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Meeting Name: Budget, Finance & Governance Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 12/4/2019 Minutes status: Final  
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201901783 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 12/2/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute and implement the labor management agreement between the City of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Organized and Dedicated Employees Inc., the updated terms of which are reflected in the summary attached hereto.   Action details Not available
201901782 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 12/02/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, DECLARING improvements to certain real property located at 137 West Seventh Street in CincinnatiÆs Central Business District to be a public purpose and exempt from real property taxation for a period of 30 years pursuant to Section 5709.41 of the Ohio Revised Code and requiring the payment of service payments in lieu of taxes by owner or owners of such real property.   Action details Not available
201901781 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 12/2/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute and implement the labor management agreement between the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 250, representing all Municipal Workers of the City of Cincinnati in the Public Service Department, Recreation Department, and Parking Facilities Division, and the City of Cincinnati, the updated terms of which are reflected in the summary attached hereto.   Action details Not available
201901775 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 12/2/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with 1814 Central LLC, thereby authorizing a 10-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 1814 Central Parkway in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of existing buildings into approximately 18,000 square feet of commercial space and approximately 5,000 square feet of industrial space, at a total construction cost of approximately $2,236,000.   Action details Not available
201901774 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 12/2/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or Living Building Challenge) with Sycamore Diner LLC and The Board of Trustees of Woodward Highschool of the City of Cincinnati, thereby authorizing a 15-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 1203 Sycamore Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of an existing single-story building into approximately 5,000 square feet of commercial space, which remodeling shall be 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 $1,186,843.40.   Action details Not available
201901745 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 11/20/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, AMENDING Ordinance 0208-2019 for the purpose of accounting for a reduction of revenue to the City in the amount of $800,000 from the State of Ohio local government fund as part of the MayorÆs FY 2020 General Fund Operating Budget.   Action details Not available
201901744 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 11/20/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with Consolidated Metal Products, Inc., thereby authorizing a 12-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 2123 Depot Street in the Lower Price Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the construction of an approximately 35,000 square-foot industrial building, at a total construction cost of approximately $3,300,000.   Action details Not available
201901743 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 11/20/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with 222 Mohawk LLC, an affiliate of Kunst Development LLC thereby authorizing a 12-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 222-226 Mohawk Street in Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of an existing building into approximately 7,000 square feet of residential rental space, at a total construction cost of approximately $1,054,000.   Action details Not available
201901742 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 11/20/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $1,326,535 within Community Health Center Activities Fund 395 from various Cincinnati Health Department personnel operating budget accounts to various non-personnel operating budget accounts for the purpose of realigning resources needed for the primary care health centers and school-based health centers programs; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $52,000 within General Fund 050 appropriations from various Department of Finance personnel operating budget accounts to various Department of Finance non-personnel operating budget accounts for the purpose of realigning resources needed for contractual services related to the completion of the FY 2019 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $50,000 from the Department of Buildings & InspectionsÆ non-personnel operating budget account to the City ManagerÆs Office û Office of Performance & Data Analytics personnel operating budget account for the purpose of providing funding for a Manageme   Action details Not available
201901736 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 11/20/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS OR NOTES IN ANTICIPATION OF SUCH BONDS, BY THE CITY OF CINCINNATI, OHIO IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $7,500,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING STREET IMPROVEMENTS.   Action details Not available
201901735 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 11/20/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or Living Building Challenge) with Northcrown Property LLC, thereby authorizing a 15-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 1614 Walnut Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of the existing building on the property into approximately 5 apartments above a ground-floor 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 $1,340,000.   Action details Not available
201901727 1 ReportREPORT, dated 11/14/19, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, regarding responses to questions from Budget and Finance Committee.   Action details Not available
201901718 1 MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmember Mann and Vice Mayor Smitherman, WE MOVE that the City administration report on the feasibility of creating a low interest (maximum of 3%) revolving loan fund to assist residents who must cover the costs of mandated hillside repairs and retaining walls. WE FURTHER MOVE that the fund be modeled on the revolving fund created to assist residents with sidewalk assessments and streetlight assessments; WE FURTHER MOVE that the City administration include in its report the estimated amount required to start the fund and recommended sources for the start-up costs. (STATEMENT ATTACHED)   Action details Not available
201901784 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 12/02/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with 313 West 5th LLC thereby authorizing a 12-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 313 West Fifth Street and 310 Perry Street in the Central Business District of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of two existing buildings into seventeen residential units and approximately 1,000 square feet of commercial space, at a total construction cost of approximately $1,359,492.   Action details Not available
201901773 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 12/2/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with 1725 ELM STREET, LLC, thereby authorizing a 12-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 1725 Elm Street in the Over-The-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of an existing building into 12 residential units and approximately 700 square feet of commercial space, at a total construction cost of approximately $1,234,442.   Action details Not available
201901772 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 12/2/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with 509 E12 ST LLC thereby authorizing a 12-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 509 East 12th Street in the Pendelton neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of two existing buildings into seven residential units, at a total construction cost of approximately $839,434.   Action details Not available
201901758 1 MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmember Dennard, RECOGNIZING residents face significant financial hardship that impacts their ability to pay fines and penalties and that dealing with unpaid parking tickets poses a disproportionate economic burden on low-income households, WE MOVE the City Administration implement a Parking Amnesty program, taking into consideration recommendations from the City Manager received on June 12, 2019 (report attached), with the exception of a specific recommendation that was provided in the report; amnesty should be made available to all persons with eligible fines/fees, including those who are not current with all parking violation fees and fines incurred in years outside of the program parameters (2018-present); WE FURTHER MOVE that a parking amnesty program should serve the purpose of forgiving late fees and penalties associated with outstanding unpaid parking tickets, in the spirit of forgiveness and to incentivize the payment of outstanding tickets and the collection of outstanding fees otherwise rendered virtually impossible to collect. WE FURTHER MOVE th   Action details Not available
201901768 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 12/2/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of the sum of $295,100 from the unappropriated surplus of Hazard Abatement Fund 347 to personnel and non-personnel operating budget accounts in the Department of Buildings and Inspections in accordance with the attached Schedule of Transfer, for the purpose of providing resources for staff, training, and equipment to support the newly established Residential Rental Registration program and the Residential Rental Property Inspection Pilot program.   Action details Not available
201901741 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 11/20/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or Living Building Challenge) with Uptown Corryville, LLP, thereby authorizing an 11-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 60 William Howard Taft Road in the Corryville neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the construction of a 117-room hotel and parking garage, 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 $12,000,000.   Action details Not available
201901739 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 11/20/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate an Improving Criminal Justice Responses Grant Program (CFDA #16.590) grant in the amount of $281,332 from the United States Department of Justice/Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), which OVW grant will be provided to the Hamilton County Family Justice Center (HCFJC), with the City as one of the subrecipients of the grant, which OVW grant shall serve the purpose of funding an Assistant City Solicitor position within Law's Division of Prosecuting Attorneys for 36 months, which prosecuting attorney will be dedicated to specialized and centralized treatment of cases pertaining to domestic violence, relationship violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and whose duties shall include coordinating with the Hamilton County ProsecutorÆs Office, Grand Jury Division.   Action details Not available
201901738 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 11/20/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or Living Building Challenge) with Traction Partners, LLC, thereby authorizing a 15-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 432 Walnut Street in downtown Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of an existing building into a hotel and first-floor restaurant, 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 $32,000,000.   Action details Not available
201901737 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 11/20/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a donation in the amount of up to $30,000 into General Fund 050 from Ohio River Way, Inc. for the purpose of reimbursing the CityÆs cost of retaining specialized legal counsel to assist with railroad-related rails-to-trails issues in connection with the multi-use recreational trail proposed by Ohio River Way, the City, the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, and Hamilton County Great Parks along the unused northern track of the Oasis railroad line in Cincinnati.   Action details Not available
201901714 1 MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Landsman, Sittenfeld, Pastor, Young, Seelbach, Mann and Dennard, WE MOVE that the Administration work with the Union Baptist Cemetery on a potential long-term partnership to ensure the future success of the cemetery and submit to the Mayor and Council a report within 30 days that lays out potential options having reviewed the current state and budget of the cemetery as well as the ideal future state and ways in which the City and private-sector partners can play in realizing that ideal future state for the cemetery.   Action details Not available
201901712 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 11/14/19, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source Capital Funds 858 and 870 the sum of $100,000 from various General Capital Budget capital improvement program project accounts for the purpose of decreasing certain existing capital improvement program project accounts, according to Section A of the attached Schedule of Transfer; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of the sum of $100,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Capital Funds 858 and 870 to capital improvement program project accounts for the purpose of providing resources for certain capital improvement program project accounts, according to Section B of the attached Schedule of Transfer.   Action details Not available
201901711 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 11/14/19, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and deposit a donation in an amount up to $229,510 from the Greater Cincinnati Foundation into Parks Private Endowment Fund 430; ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x202006, ôSawyer Point Park Gateway;ö and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $229,510 from the unappropriated surplus of Parks Private Endowment Fund 430 to the newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x202006, ôSawyer Point Park Gateway,ö for the purpose of designing the restoration of the Sawyer Point Gateway and entrance area and improving accessibility.   Action details Not available