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201600954
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 06/17/2016, submitted by Councilmember Winburn, from Paula Boggs Muething, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute three agreements pertaining to the major renovation of the City-owned property known as Music Hall located in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, namely; (i) a Termination of Lease and Funding Agreement with Music Hall Revitalization Company, Inc., pursuant to which the existing 75-year Lease and Funding Agreement dated May 14, 2013 will be terminated; (ii) a Lease, pursuant to which the City will lease Music Hall to Music Hall Revitalization Manager, LLC for the remaining 72 years, and the permitted affiliated assignee of the tenant, Music Hall Landlord, LLC, will commit to undertake an approximately $137,000,000 renovation project; and (iii) a Funding Agreement, pursuant to which the City will commit to provide a grant of $10,000,000 to Music Hall Revitalization Company, Inc. in 2016 to pay for permanent public improvements that support the arts in Over-the-Rhine, and an additional $2,000,000 in each of 2017, 2018 | Passed Emergency | |
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201600895
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 6/22/2016, authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract with Creekwood Energy, LLC in the amount of $1,458,855 for the purpose of installing energy efficiency measures at twenty City facilities resulting in energy savings, improved building comfort, reduced maintenance costs and a decrease in carbon emissions. | Passed | |
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201600896
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 6/22/2016, authorizing the City Manager to execute a Grant of Ingress/Egress Easement in favor of FFDOH1, LLC and a Grant of Ingress/Egress Easement in favor of GT Home City Series, LLC, pursuant to which the City will grant non-exclusive easements for ingress/egress over portions of the public right-of-way known as Gold Street in Cincinnati, for the construction, use and maintenance of driveways to serve the single-family residences being constructed on the abutting properties. | Passed | |
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201600897
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 6/22/2016, authorizing the City Manager to execute a Property Sale and Development Agreement with The Commons at South Cumminsville Housing Limited Partnership, for the sale for fair market value of a portion of the Herron Avenue public right-of-way in the neighborhood of South Cumminsville, to facilitate the construction of permanent supportive multi-family housing on the Developer's adjacent property. | Passed | |
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201600900
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 6/22/2016, authorizing the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $600,000 from the United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, FY 2016 Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program Grant, CFDA #16.835 for the purpose of expanding the existing Body Worn Camera program by adding an estimated 400 additional body-worn cameras; and further AUTHORIZING the Finance Director to deposit the grant funds into the existing capital improvement program project account no. 980x222x162202 "Police Mobile Digital Video Storage and Police Body Cameras." | Passed Emergency | |
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201600952
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 06/27/2016, submitted by Councilmember Winburn, from Paula Boggs Muething, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Property Sale Agreement with Auburn Land Holdings LLC, which provides for the City's sale to the purchaser, for fair market value, of a 0.3908 acre portion of the City-owned right-of-way in Mount Auburn known as Inwood Place, lying north of the intersection of Inwood Place and Glencoe Place and adjacent to several properties owned by the purchaser. | Passed Emergency | |
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201600943
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 6/27/2016, approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or Living Building Challenge) with New Avondale Center LLC, an affiliate of The Community Builders, Inc., thereby authorizing a 12-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of certain improvements made to the real property known as the Avondale Town Center in the Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati in connection with the remodeling of a portion of a building located on such real property into commercial space, which remodeling shall be completed in compliance with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver, Gold or Platinum standards or Living Building Challenge standards at a total remodeling cost of approximately $1,102,500. | Passed Emergency | |
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201600942
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 6/27/2016, approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or Living Building Challenge) with New Avondale Center LLC, an affiliate of The Community Builders, Inc., thereby authorizing a 15-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of certain improvements made to the real property known as the Avondale Town Center in the Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati in connection with the construction of two mixed-use buildings located on such real property, which construction shall be completed in compliance with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver, Gold or Platinum standards or Living Building Challenge standards at a total construction cost of approximately $25,709,833. | Passed Emergency | |
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201600940
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 6/27/2016, authorizing the transfer of $40,000 within the Department of Community and Economic Development's FY 2016 General Fund 050 Budget, from various personnel and non-personnel accounts in the department to non-personnel account number 050x164x7200 in the Economic Development Division in accordance with the attached Schedule of Transfer, for the purpose of providing additional contractual funds to Cintrifuse to allow the City to use the services of tech incubator Cintrifuse to help to connect the region?s high-potential, venture-backable startups to business advice, funding, and potential customers and thereby increase their chances of success. | Passed Emergency | |
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201600938
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 6/27/2016, authorizing the City Manager to execute a Property Sale and Development Agreement with DREA 8 - CHS, LLC (being an affiliate of real estate developer The Saint Francis Group and wholly-owned by Neyer Holdings Corporation) pursuant to which the City agrees to: (i) sell to the developer, for $1.00, an approximately 5.3 acre development site at the NW corner of the intersection of W. North Bend Road and Hamilton Avenue in the neighborhood of College Hill for phase I of a mixed-use development; (ii) provide a $3,250,000 grant to the developer for the construction of two public garages and other public improvements, subject to the passage of a separate ordinance by this Council to appropriate the funds; (iii) lease the public garages to the developer for a term of 35 years, with two 10-year renewal options, at base rent of $1.00/year; (iv) grant to the developer an option to purchase the garages, at the end of the term of the lease, at fair market value; and (v) grant to the developer an option to purchase, for $ | Passed Emergency | |
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201600907
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 6/22/2016, authorizing the City Manager to execute a Property Sale, Lease and Development Agreement with Eagle Realty Group, LLC pertaining to the redevelopment of the developer's property located at 300 Lytle Street and 311 Pike Street in downtown Cincinnati into an approximately 106-room hotel, including (i) the City's sale of an approximately 0.3128 acre portion of the adjacent Lytle Street and E. Third Street public rights-of-way, and (ii) the City's lease, for a term of 99 years (extended thereafter on a perpetual basis for successive periods of 99 years each), of an approximately 0.1616 acre portion of the adjacent City-owned Lytle Park. | Passed Emergency | |
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201600905
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 6/22/2016, approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or Living Building Challenge) with SFA Properties, LLC, thereby authorizing a 12-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of the improvements made to real property located at 555 Carr Street in the Queensgate neighborhood of Cincinnati in connection with the remodeling of a building located on such real property, which remodeling shall be completed in compliance with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver, Gold or Platinum standards or Living Building Challenge standards, in each case as more particularly specified in the Agreement, at a total remodeling cost of approximately $3,700,000. | Passed Emergency | |
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201600904
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 6/22/2016, approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or Living Building Challenge) with The Kroger Co., thereby authorizing a 12-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of the improvements made to real property located at 901 Elm Street in the Central Business District neighborhood of Cincinnati in connection with the remodeling of a vacant building located on such real property for use as the Kroger Culinary Center, which remodeling shall be completed in compliance with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver, Gold or Platinum standards or Living Building Challenge standards as more particularly specified in the agreement, at a total remodeling cost of approximately $2,475,000. | Passed Emergency | |
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201600903
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 6/22/2016, authorizing the City Manager to execute a Funding, Acquisition and Development Agreement with Ackermann Enterprises, Inc. (also known as the Ackermann Group), providing for the redevelopment of the area surrounding the intersection of Whetsel Avenue and Madison Road in the Madisonville neighborhood of Cincinnati. | Passed Emergency | |
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201600902
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 6/22/2016, approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or Living Building Challenge) with OTR Holdings, Inc., thereby authorizing a 15-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of the improvements made to real property located at 11-25 East 14th Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati in connection with the construction of a commercial office building located on such real property, which construction shall be completed in compliance with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver, Gold or Platinum standards or Living Building Challenge standards as more particularly specified in the Agreement, at a total construction cost of approximately $12,000,000. | Passed Emergency | |
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201600901
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 6/22/2016, approving and authorizing the execution of a Job Creation Tax Credit Agreement with Mountjoy Chilton Medley LLP, pursuant to which the company agrees to create 64 new jobs in Cincinnati and, for a period of 5 years, the City agrees to provide an income tax credit equal to 35% of City income tax revenue from such new jobs. | Passed Emergency | |
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201600871
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 6/22/2016, approving and authorizing the execution of a Job Creation Tax Credit Agreement with 80 Acres LLC, pursuant to which the company agrees to create 50 new jobs at 4535 Este Avenue in the Spring Grove Village neighborhood in Cincinnati, and, for a period of 5 years, the City agrees to provide an income tax credit equal to 45% of City income tax revenue from such new jobs. | Passed Emergency | |
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201600870
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 6/22/2016, approving and authorizing the execution of a Job Creation Tax Credit Agreement with Blue & Co., LLC, pursuant to which the company agrees to create 20 new jobs at 720 East Pete Rose Way in Cincinnati's Central Business District and, for a period of 6 years, the City agrees to provide an income tax credit equal to 40% of City income tax revenue from such new jobs. | Passed Emergency | |
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201600869
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 6/22/2016, approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with Maslott Properties, LLC, thereby authorizing an 8-year tax exemption for 75% of the value of the improvements made to real property located at 1818-1820 Logan Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati in connection with the remodeling of the buildings thereon into 6 residential rental units, to be completed at a total construction cost of approximately $436,241. | Passed Emergency | |
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201600868
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 6/22/2016, approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with 3MG Properties LTD, thereby authorizing a 12-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of the improvements made to real property located at 1607 Main Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati in connection with the remodeling of the building on the property into residential and commercial space, to be completed at a total construction cost of approximately $850,000. | Passed Emergency | |
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201600867
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 6/22/2016, authorizing the City Manager to execute a Funding Agreement for the Grant of City Capital Funds with Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati pursuant to which the City will make a grant of up to $200,000 to the grantee to help pay for renovation costs for property located at 1127 Vine Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, which will help improve the grantee's existing performing arts theatre and administrative offices as part of a larger project for the expansion of the Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati. (MR. SMITHERMAN IS EXCUSED FROM VOTING ON THIS ITEM) | Passed Emergency | |
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201600866
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 6/22/2016, approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or Living Building Challenge) with BAM Realty Group, LLC, thereby authorizing a 15-year tax exemption for 75% of the value of the improvements made to real property located at 3094 Madison Road in the Oakley neighborhood of Cincinnati in connection with the construction of a mixed-use building located on such real property, which construction shall be completed in compliance with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver, Gold or Platinum standards or Living Building Challenge standards, at a total cost of approximately $1,000,000. | Passed Emergency | |
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201600865
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 6/22/2016, approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or Living Building Challenge) with Auburn Land Holdings LLC, thereby authorizing a 15-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of the improvements made to real property located at 111 Wellington Place in the Mount Auburn neighborhood of Cincinnati in connection with the construction of four residential buildings located on such real property, which construction shall be completed in compliance with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver, Gold or Platinum standards or Living Building Challenge standards, at a total construction cost of approximately $36,300,000. | Passed Emergency | |
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201600864
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 6/22/2016, approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with 15th and Race, LLC, an affiliate of 3CDC, thereby authorizing a 12-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of the improvements made to real property located at 1523, 1525, 1527, 1529, 1531 and 1535 Race Street, 1532 Pleasant Street, and 33 Green Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati in connection with the remodeling of a portion of the buildings on the property into commercial space, at a total construction cost of approximately $1,166,750. (MR. SMITHERMAN IS EXCUSED FROM VOTING ON THIS ITEM) | Passed Emergency | |
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201600862
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 6/22/2016, declaring improvements to the real property located at 5311 Hetzel Street in the Madisonville neighborhood of Cincinnati to be a public purpose and exempt from real property taxation for a period of time pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 5709.40(B). | Passed | |
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201600733
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 6/2/2016, authorizing the City Manager to execute a Lease with Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy pursuant to which the City will lease to the school portions of the public rights-of-way known as Pendery and Britt Alleys in downtown Cincinnati, for a term of up to 20 years, at fair market value, to enable the school to gate off the leased area to public traffic to enhance safety and security at the school. | Passed Emergency | |
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201600710
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 5/25/2016, authorizing the City Manager to execute a Property Sale and Development Agreement with BONA Residential Properties, LLC and KAB Holding, LLC for the sale at fair market value of City-owned property located at 57 East McMicken Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, to be renovated into nine apartment units, consistent with the objectives of the Cincinnati Land Reutilization Program. | Passed Emergency | |
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201600941
| 1 | | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 6/27/2016, authorizing the City Manager to execute a Purchase Option and Development Agreement with one or more affiliates of The Community Builders, Inc., providing for the City's sale and the developer's redevelopment of the Avondale Town Center on Reading Road in the Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati. | Indefinitely Postponed | |
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201600939
| 1 | | Motion | MOTION, dated 06/22/2016, submitted by Councilmembers Simpson, Seelbach, Young, Murray, Sittenfeld, Smitherman, Winburn, Flynn and Vice Mayor Mann, WE MOVE that the City's Human Services funding for FY 2017 be allocated according to the recommendations of the Human Services Advisory Committee, as outlined in the attached report (Attachment A); and WE FURTHER MOVE that the Administration take all steps necessary to enter into funding agreements with the designated agencies consistent with the information contained in this report; and WE FURTHER MOVE that the Administration take all steps necessary to enter into an agreement with the United Way of Greater Cincinnati to continue administering this program, consistent with the terms and conditions of its current agreement. (STATEMENT ATTACHED) | Adopt | |
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