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Meeting Name: Budget, Finance & Governance Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/10/2018 Minutes status: Final  
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201801503 1 ReportREPORT, dated 10/03/2018, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, Acting City Manager, regarding Department of Finance reports for the month ended July 31, 2018.Approved & Filed  Action details Not available
201801504 1 ReportREPORT, dated 10/03/2018, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, Acting City Manager, listing emergency purchases over $100,000 authorized by the provisions of Section 321-89 of the Cincinnati Municipal Code.Approved & Filed  Action details Not available
201801505 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, Acting City Manager, on 10/03/2018, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a grant totaling $943,000 from the Transportation Alternatives program as awarded by the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments to existing capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x172373, "Wasson Way Trail Grants," for the purpose of providing resources for Phase 2A of the Wasson Way Trail project; and further AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute any agreements necessary for the receipt and administration of these grant resources.Passed  Action details Not available
201801491 1 ReportREPORT, dated 10/3/2018, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, Acting City Manager, regarding General Real Estate Appraisers for the City of Cincinnati. (SEE DOCUMENT #201800679 FOR COMMUNICATION)Approved & Filed  Action details Not available
201801471 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, Acting City Manager, on 9/26/2018, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Lease Agreement with Talbert Services, Incorporated pursuant to which the City will lease to the company a portion of the unimproved street known as Penniston Court in the Walnut Hills neighborhood of Cincinnati, at fair market rental value, for an initial term of 1 year with two 1-year renewal options, for the construction and use of a parking lot for employees and visitors to the company's adjacent building at 2621 Victory Parkway.Passed  Action details Not available
201801509 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE, (EMERGENCY) submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, Acting City Manager, on 10/03/2018, AUTHORIZING the Board of Park Commissioners to accept the donation of messaging and design services by LPK, a local branding and design firm, to create a new targeted signage strategy to promote improved park behavior, which donation is valued at approximately $35,000.Passed Emergency  Action details Not available
201801524 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, Acting City Manager, on 10/03/2018, AMENDING Ordinance No. 138-2018 to allow the City administration to accept up to $210,000 in grant funds from the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General as part of the State Victims Assistance Act and federal Victims of Crime Act grant programs.Passed Emergency  Action details Not available
201801525 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, Acting City Manager, on 10/03/2018, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $27,000 from the Department of Economic Inclusion personnel services account no. 050x281x7100 to contractual services account no. 050x281x7200 for the purpose of funding the cost of temporary personnel needed to cover a vacant position.Passed Emergency  Action details Not available
201801526 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, Acting City Manager, on 10/03/2018, AUTHORIZING the transfer of the sum of $50,000 from the Cincinnati Parks Department personnel services account no. 050x202x7100 to contractual services account no. 050x202x7200 for the purpose of funding a memorandum of understanding with the Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC) for work performed at Ziegler Park and Washington Park.Passed Emergency  Action details Not available
201801529 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, Acting City Manager, on 10/03/2018, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with OTR Market Properties, LLC, thereby authorizing a 9-year tax exemption for 91.67% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 1635 Race Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of an existing building into seven residential units and one commercial storefront unit, which remodeling shall be completed at a total construction cost of approximately $511,000.Passed Emergency  Action details Not available
201801530 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, Acting City Manager, on 10/03/2018, AUTHORIZING the expenditure of funds from capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x181607, "Neighborhood Business District Improvements," for the stabilization of a building owned by the Hamilton County Land Reutilization Corporation located at 3864 Reading Road in the North Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati; and DECLARING such expenditure to be for a public purpose.Passed Emergency  Action details Not available
201801531 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, Acting City Manager, on 10/03/2018, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with Paramount Redevelopment Group, LLC, thereby authorizing a 12-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 731 E. McMillan Street in the Walnut Hills neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of an existing building to include approximately 1,000 square feet of office space and 800 square feet of commercial space, at a total construction cost of approximately $200,000.Passed Emergency  Action details Not available
201801533 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, Acting City Manager, on 10/03/2018, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute an Amended & Restated Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with Race and Vine Offices, LLC, an affiliate of 3CDC, thereby authorizing an 11-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 1502 Vine Street, 1432-34 Vine Street, and 1537 Race Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of the existing buildings thereon into commercial space, at a total construction cost of approximately $15,997,073.Passed Emergency  Action details Not available
201801534 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, Acting City Manager, on 10/03/2018, AMENDING Ordinance No. 0110-2018 and Ordinance No. 0115-2018, which had authorized the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate grants of up to $94,131.06 from the State of Ohio Department of Public Safety, Office of Criminal Justice Services for the purpose of funding IDEP, Impaired Driving Enforcement Program, and STEP, Selective Traffic Enforcement Program, in order to correct the total grant amount, which has increasedPassed Emergency  Action details Not available
201801548 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE, (EMERGENCY) submitted by Councilmember P.G. Sittenfeld, from Paula Boggs Muething, City Solicitor, on 10/2/2018, AUTHORIZING the transfer of the sum of $1,680,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the unappropriated surplus of Working Capital Reserve Fund 754 for the purpose of increasing the City's working capital reserve; AUTHORIZING the transfer of the sum of $21,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to balance sheet reserve account no. 050x2535, "Emergency Reserve," for the purpose of increasing the City's emergency reserve to 0.66% of FY 2018 General Fund revenues; AUTHORIZING the transfer of the sum of $862,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to balance sheet reserved account no. 050x2580, "Reserve for Weather Events, Other Emergency and One-Tie Needs, for the purpose of providing resources for unanticipated emergencies including those caused by unusual weather events, in order to increase the City's reserve for this purpose to 1.25% of FY 2018 General Fund revenues: (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE)Indefinitely Postponed  Action details Not available
201801550 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, Acting City Manager, on 10/08/2018, REPEALING those portions of Section 5 of Ordinance No. 163-2018 that amended Cincinnati Municipal Code Sections 895-13, "Outdoor Advertising Sign Construction Permit," and 895-19, "Annual Outdoor Advertising Sign Permit Renewal," to increase fees for certain outdoor advertising sign permits and renewals, in order to restore those fees to the levels that existed prior to the adoption of Ordinance No. 163-2018.Passed Emergency  Action details Not available
201801552 1 MotionMOTION, dated 10/03/2018, submitted by Councilmembers Landsman and Dennard, WE MOVE that the Administration recommend that City Council exercise its discretion under Ordinance No. 275-2017 and approve a 15-year net 60% CRA abatement for the Kingsley + Co. Mt. Auburn hotel investment for the reasons stated herein. This investment warrants a 15-year, net 60% CRA abatement in part because of the nature and size of the investment, and the neighborhood in which the investment will be made, as well as the project's additional commitments to higher wages, local worker hiring preferences, and a youth wellness fund for the neighborhood itself. The census tract where the hotel is being constructed as a 44.4% poverty rate. Over the last five years, the only subsidies that the City has provided in Mt. Auburn have been for housing projects. Kingsley + Co. will create and maintain at least 10 permanent full-time equivalent employees and commit to pay such employees at least $15.00 per hour and such commitment shall be reflected in the related CRA Agreement. Kingsley + Co. are investing $14 millionAdopt  Action details Not available
201801571 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 10/08/2018, submitted by Councilmember Landsman, ESTABLISHING new Fund No. 430, "Parks Private Endowment," for the purpose of accounting for revenue from various private endowments to be used for park operations, maintenance, programs, events, and capital projects only at Parks facilities; AUTHORIZING expenditures to be made from newly established Fund 430 for continued park operations, maintenance, programs, events, and capital projects only at Parks facilities; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate funds from the Cincinnati Board of Park Commissioners Private Endowment Funds to the newly established Fund 430 operating budget accounts; RENAMING Fund No. 326, "Park Donations and Special Activity" to "Park Miscellaneous Revenue and Special Activity," for the purpose of accounting for revenue from various park programs and events for operating Krohn Conservatory Trust Fund No. 332, all for the purpose of implementing the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Cincinnati Board of Park Commissioners, the Cincinnati Parks FPassed Emergency  Action details Not available