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Meeting Name: Budget, Finance & Governance Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/13/2017 Minutes status: Final  
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201701339 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE, (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, on 9/13/2017, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to reinstitute merit step salary increases of 3% for non-represented City employees by using funds available within the existing appropriation of the General Fund and the existing appropriation of the various restricted funds. (VERSION B)Passed Emergency  Action details Not available
201701290 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 9/7/2017, authorizing the City Manager to accept and appropriate a grant in the amount of $126,604 from the Ohio Public Works Commission's Emergency State Capital Improvement Program to existing capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x172312, "Wall Stab. & Landslide Correction," to provide resources for the correction of the failed retaining wall which supports Beekman Street; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to enter into any agreements necessary for the receipt and administration of these grant resources.Passed  Action details Not available
201701268 1 ReportREPORT, dated 9/7/2017, submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, regarding travel to North Carolina and Mississippi. (SEE DOCUMENT #201600454 FOR ADOPTED MOTION)Approved & Filed  Action details Not available
201701269 1 ReportREPORT, dated 9/7/2017, submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, regarding Conceptual Implementation Framework - MLK Corridor. (SEE DOCUMENT #201700810 FOR COMMUNICATION)Approved & Filed  Action details Not available
201701270 1 ReportREPORT, dated 9/7/2017, submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, regarding Baum Street Underground Utilities Project Special Assessment. (SEE DOCUMENT #201700386 FOR ADOPTED MOTION)Approved & Filed  Action details Not available
201701104 1 ReportREPORT, dated 8/2/2017, submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, regarding Central Parkway Pedestrian Bridge. (SEE DOCUMENT #201700085 FOR MOTION)Approved & Filed  Action details Not available
201701226 1 ReportREPORT, dated 9/7/2017, submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, regarding Pendleton Street Tax Abatement. (SEE DOCUMENT #2017000975 FOR COMMUNICATION).Approved & Filed  Action details Not available
201701237 1 ReportREPORT, dated 9/7/2017, submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, regarding Pedestrian Safety in East Price Hill and North Avondale. (SEE DOCUMENT 201701073 FOR MOTION)Approved & Filed  Action details Not available
201700941 1 MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmember Flynn, We move that a comprehensive wage and position study be conducted for the entire workforce of the City of Cincinnati. The funding for such study is in the FY17 budget.Approved & Filed  Action details Not available
201701330 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 09/11/2017, submitted by Councilmember Flynn, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x181652, "Mt. Airy CURE," for the purpose of providing resources for rehabilitation of property near the intersection of North Bend Road and Colerain Avenue to provide retail, office and residential opportunities to Mt. Airy; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of up to $350,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Miscellaneous Permanent Improvement Fund 757 to the newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x181652, "Mt. Airy CURE"; and further DECLARING expenditures from capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x181652, "Mt. Airy CURE," to be for a public purpose.Passed Emergency  Action details Not available
201701325 1 MotionMOTION, dated 09/11/2017, submitted by Councilmember Simpson, WE MOVE that the Human Service funding for Violence Prevention in the FY 2018 Budget 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.Adopt  Action details Not available
201701252 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 9/7/2017, authorizing the appropriation of the sum of $8,740,485 from the unappropriated surplus of Fund No. 395, "Community Health Center Revenue Fund," for the purpose of realigning and providing funds for the ongoing needs of the Health Department in accordance with the attached Schedule of Transfer.Passed  Action details Not available
201701240 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 9/7/2017, authorizing the City Manager to apply for grants, loans and loan assistance awarded by Hamilton County from the Municipal Road Fund program and the Ohio Public Works Commission State Capital Improvement Program, Local Transportation Improvement Program and the Revolving Loan Program Round 32 funding for the purpose of ensuring the timely completion of various road and bridge construction projects throughout the City.Passed  Action details Not available
201701205 1 ReportREPORT, dated 9/7/2017, submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, regarding Routine Report Listing Emergency Purchases.Approved & Filed  Action details Not available
201701272 1 ReportREPORT, dated 9/7/2017, submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, regarding Walnut Woods Update. (SEE DOCUMENT #201601120 FOR COMMUNICATION)Approved & Filed  Action details Not available
201701303 1 ReportREPORT, dated 9/7/2017, submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, regarding Street Sweeping Downtown and Over-the-Rhine. (SEE DOCUMENT #201700939 FOR MOTION)Approved & Filed  Action details Not available
201701295 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 9/7/2017, approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or Living Building Challenge) with Maplewood & Kinsey LLC, thereby authorizing a 12-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 2415 Maplewood Avenue and 175 Kinsey Avenue in the Mt. Auburn neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of an existing building into 14 residential rental units, 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 $1,000,000.Passed Emergency  Action details Not available
201701294 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 9/7/2017, approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or Living Building Challenge) with 233 Gilman, LLC, thereby authorizing a 12-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 225 and 227 Gilman Avenue in the Mt. Auburn neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of an existing building into 6 residential rental units, 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 $350,000.Passed Emergency  Action details Not available
201701292 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 9/7/2017, authorizing the City Manager to execute a Lease Agreement with Ingage Properties, LLC (dba Thrive Impact Sourcing) pursuant to which the City will lease to the company a portion of the Schmidt Sports Complex located near Riverside Drive in the East End neighborhood of Cincinnati, for $0.00 during the initial 3-year term and at fair market rental value during the two 3-year renewal periods, for the construction and use of a parking lot for the company's employees and visitors, at no cost to the City.Passed  Action details Not available
201701266 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 9/7/2017, authorizing the City Manager to execute an Agreement of Lease with ONI Advertising, Inc. for the lease of City-owned property at 4240 Canal Ridge Road on the Interstate 75 corridor of Cincinnati, for an initial term of five years with two 5-year renewal options, at fair market value, for the use of an existing outdoor advertising structure.Passed  Action details Not available
201701265 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 9/7/2017, amending Ordinance No. 0188-2017, which authorized the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $1,875,000 from the United States Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, FY 2017 COPS Hiring Grant program (CFDA #16.710), for the purpose of revising the City's required matching funds amount.Passed  Action details Not available
201701264 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 9/7/2017, authorizing the City Manager to execute a Property Sale Agreement with North Fairmount Community Center for the sale, at fair market value, of a 0.478 acre portion of City-owned property located at 1759 Carll Street in the North Fairmount neighborhood of Cincinnati, currently used as a parking lot, for assemblage with the purchaser's adjoining commercial property.Passed Emergency  Action details Not available
201701262 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 9/7/2017, establishing new capital improvement program project account no. 980x239x182384, "Computerized Traffic Signal System Grants"; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a Congestion Mitigation/Air Quality grant in the amount of $3,200,000 from the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments that is administered by the Ohio Department of Transportation to newly created capital improvement program project account 980x239x182384, "Computerized Traffic Signal System Grants"; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a grant in the amount of $925,821 from the Ohio Public Works Commission to capital improvement program project account 980x239x182384, with the proceeds of both grants to be used to install an interconnected fiber optic cable system and to upgrade the computerized traffic signal system in the neighborhoods of Bond Hill, Carthage, Hartwell, Pleasant Ridge, and Roselawn.Passed  Action details Not available
201701263 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 9/7/2017, authorizing the City Manager to apply for grants over $500,000 awarded by the Ohio Department of Transportation's Highway Safety Improvement Program for the purpose of ensuring the timely completion of various safety improvement projects throughout the City.Passed  Action details Not available
201701243 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 9/7/2017, modifying the provisions of Chapter 515, "Parking Infractions; Collections Procedures," of Title V, "Traffic Code," of the Cincinnati Municipal Code, by amending Section 515-11, "Parking Infraction Fines," to correct what is currently an incorrect reference in a punitive provision that arose from a change made in a recent ordinance.Passed Emergency  Action details Not available
201701241 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 9/7/2017, authorizing the City Manager to apply for grants of up to $500,000 awarded by the Ohio Department of Transportation's Highway Safety Improvement Program for the purpose of ensuring the timely completion of various safety improvement projects throughout the City.Passed  Action details Not available
201701227 1 ReportREPORT, dated 9/7/2017, submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, regarding Drug Addiction and Substance Abuse as priority for Human Services Funding. (SEE DOCUMENT #201701074 FOR MOTION)Approved & Filed  Action details Not available
201701225 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, 9/7/2017, accepting and confirming the dedication of permanent easements for the construction, maintenance and repair of water mains and water main appurtenances in accordance with the dedication plats recorded in the Hamilton County, Ohio Recorder's Office at Plat Book 457, Page 79; Plat Book 457, Page 80; Plat Book 453, Page 69; Plat Book 455, Page 4; and Plat Book 453, Page 97.Passed  Action details Not available
201701293 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 9/7/2017, authorizing the appropriation of the sum of $50,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Park Board Permanent Improvement Fund 752 to operating account no. 752x203x7600 for the purpose of purchasing the Collins Property which is located within Sawyer Point Park.Passed Emergency  Action details Not available
201701140 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 8/2/2017, authorizing the City Manager to execute a Grant of Aerial Encroachment Easements in favor of Eighth and Sycamore, LLC and The Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority to create two aerial encroachment easements for portions of the mixed-use building located on Sycamore Street between 7th and 8th Streets in Cincinnati that protrude over the Sycamore Street public right-of-way.Passed Emergency  Action details Not available
201701138 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 8/2/2017, expanding the purpose of Health Services Fund 395 to explicitly authorize deposit of monies received from the operation of Federally Qualified Health Centers; AMENDING Ordinance No. 210-1986 by eliminating State Health Program Income Fund 394, Federal Health Program Income Fund 418, and Health Stores Fund 208; RENAMING Health Services Fund 395 to Community Health Center Revenue Fund 395; AMENDING Ordinance No. 234-1975 and Ordinance No. 235-1975 to remove the specified amount for General Fund overhead for both dental and medical services; and further TRANSFERING any remaining balances in State Health Program Income Fund 394, Federal Health Program Income Fund 418, and Health Stores Fund 208 to the unappropriated surplus of Community Health Center Revenue Fund 395; all for the purpose of more accurately and appropriately accounting for the income and expenditures of the Cincinnati Health Department in light of its operation of Federally Qualified Health Centers.Passed  Action details Not available
201701137 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 8/2/2017, authorizing the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant in an amount of up to $123,975 from the United States Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency for a grant from the FY 2017 FEMA Port Security Grant Program for the purpose of providing funding for the maintenance, sustainment, and training budget for the existing surveillance camera system along the Ohio River and to fund procurement of zodiac boats with radiation assessment detectors to enhance Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) detection capability on the Ohio River.Passed  Action details Not available
201701136 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 8/2/2017, authorizing the City Manager to reinstitute merit step salary increases of 3% for non-represented City employees by using funds available within the existing appropriation of the General Fund and the existing appropriation of the various restricted funds.Filed  Action details Not available
201701260 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 9/7/2017, authorizing the City Manager to execute a Grant of Easements in favor of Strietmann Building, LLC pursuant to which the City will grant permanent easements over portions of the City-owned public right-of-way known as West Twelfth Street for the installation and maintenance of planters and door swings attached to the grantee's building located at 235 West Twelfth Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati.Passed Emergency  Action details Not available
201701239 1 ReportREPORT, dated 9/7/2017, submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, regarding City-Wide Salary Class and Compensation Study. (SEE DOCUMENT #201700941 FOR MOTION)Approved & Filed  Action details Not available
201701254 1 ReportREPORT, dated 9/7/2017, submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, regarding Solid Waste Management Plan. (SEE DOCUMENT #201700205 FOR COMMUNICATION)Approved & Filed  Action details Not available
201701101 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 8/2/107, approving and authorizing the execution of a Job Creation Tax Credit Agreement with TV One Broadcast Sales Corporation pursuant to which the company will agree to create at least 34 new jobs at 621 Wilmer Avenue in the East End neighborhood of Cincinnati within 3 years, and, for a period of 5 years, the City will agree to provide an income tax credit to the company equal to 30% of City income tax revenue from such new jobs.Passed  Action details Not available
201701118 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 8/2/2017, approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with 1737 Vine, LLC, thereby authorizing a 12-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 1737 Vine Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati in connection with the remodeling of the existing building into commercial and residential space, which remodeling shall be completed at a total construction cost of approximately $1,200,000.Passed Emergency  Action details Not available
201701317 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Harry Black, City Manager, on 9/11/2017, approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or Living Building Challenge) with OH-UC Holdings I, LLC, thereby authorizing a 15-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 424 Straight Street in the CUF neighborhood of Cincinnati in connection with the construction of a residential apartment 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, in each case as more particularly specified in the agreement, at a total hard construction cost of approximately $51,737,933.Passed Emergency  Action details Not available