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Meeting Name: Budget, Finance & Governance Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 12/18/2019 Minutes status: Final  
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201901829 1 ReportREPORT, dated 12/11/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, on budget monitoring for the period ending October 31, 2019.   Action details Not available
201901834 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 12/11/2019, 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 Willkommen Holding, LLC or a related affiliate entity, thereby authorizing a 15-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 1521 Vine Street; 1602 Pleasant Street; and 1512, 1514, 1516, 1518, and 1520 Republic Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the construction of three new buildings containing approximately 7,921 square feet of commercial space and 68 residential units, which construction shall be completed in compliance with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver, Gold or Platinum standard or Living Building Challenge standards, at a total construction cost of approximately $13,556,141.   Action details Not available
201901872 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 12/16/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, DECLARING, pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 5709.40(B), improvements to certain real property located east of the existing terminus of Walworth Avenue in the East End neighborhood of Cincinnati to be a public purpose and exempt from real property taxation for a period of 30 years.   Action details Not available
201901873 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE, (EMERGENCY) submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, on 12/16/2019, 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 improvements made to real property located at 1221-1233 Main Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of five existing buildings into approximately 17,706 square feet of residential space, consisting of 22 residential rental units, and approximately 8,308 square feet of 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 $5,404,700.   Action details Not available
201901874 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE, (EMERGENCY) submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, on 12/16/2019, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or Living Building Challenge) with 20 Findlay, LLC, thereby authorizing a 15-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 20-22 Findlay Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of two existing buildings into approximately 7,500 square feet of residential space, consisting of eight 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, at a total remodeling cost of approximately $1,346,350.   Action details Not available
201901875 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE, (EMERGENCY) submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, on 12/16/2019, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or Living Building Challenge) with Este Investors, LTD., thereby authorizing a 15-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 124 E. 7th Street in the Central Business District of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of an existing building into approximately 35 apartments and ground floor 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 $4,000,000.   Action details Not available
201901842 1 MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmember Mann, WE MOVE that the City Administration adhere to the following guidelines when recommending how to appropriate TIF District funds: 1. Transparency: For each TIF district, the Administration should post all the following information on a user-friendly, public-facing page of Cincy Insights and update the page at least quarterly: a. TIF district fund balance b. A list of expended funds with descriptions of how funds were spent c. Information on permissible fund uses 2. Community Engagement: Before recommending expenditures from TIF District fund balances, the Administration shall present the proposal to the relevant community council(s) and ask for a vote to gauge the community council's support for the proposal. 3. Eligible Uses: Any TIF district fund expenditure for housing within the district shall go toward projects that include housing for individuals earning 60% AMI or less. (STATEMENT ATTACHED) (AMENDED IN COMMITTEE ON 12/16/2019)   Action details Not available
201901846 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 12/11/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, DECLARING, pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 5709.40(B), improvements to certain parcels of real property located at the southwest quadrant of the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Reading Road in the Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati to be a public purpose and exempt from real property taxation for a period of 30 years.   Action details Not available
201901856 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) dated, 12/16/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with Liberty Modern, LLC and The Board of Trustees of Woodward High School of the City of Cincinnati, thereby authorizing a 12-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 1432-1434 Main Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of buildings into approximately 7,238 square feet of commercial space, at a total construction cost of approximately $450,000.   Action details Not available
201901857 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 12/16/2019. 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 Bigelow Land LLC, thereby authorizing a 15-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 1832-1850 Walker Street and 1905-1915 and 1902-1914 Bigelow Street in the Mount Auburn neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the construction of a building into approximately 166 residential apartments and a structured parking garage containing approximately 261 spaces, at a total construction cost of approximately $33,456,242.   Action details Not available
201901862 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE, (EMERGENCY) submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, on 12/16/2019, REVISING the Classification and Salary Range Schedule for all employment classifications in Divisions 0, 5, 7 (LAW), 8, and 9 of Chapter 307 of the Cincinnati Municipal Code to constitute the new Classification and Salary Range Schedule for said classifications and to provide for a cost-of-living adjustment of 0.990099% effective December 15, 2019.   Action details Not available
201901863 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 12/16/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with 756 E McMillan, LLC, thereby authorizing a 12-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 742-756 E. McMillan Street, 2507-2519 Stanton Avenue, and 2508-2520 Hemlock Street in the Walnut Hills neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the construction of approximately 49,988 square feet of residential space across two buildings containing approximately 64 residential rental units, at a total construction cost of approximately $7,500,000.   Action details Not available
201901865 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 12/16/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Grant of Access and Encroachment Easements in favor of University Housing Group, LLC pursuant to which the City of Cincinnati will grant non-exclusive easements across portions of City-owned property for the benefit of the grantee’s adjoining property located at 2616 Short Vine Street in the Corryville neighborhood of Cincinnati.   Action details Not available
201901866 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 12/16/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, ESTABLISHING priority order of property tax exemptions granted for parcels of real property located at 3261 Spring Grove Avenue in the Camp Washington neighborhood of Cincinnati, within Cincinnati’s Camp Washington Incentive District (Camp Washington TIF District), in connection with a development undertaken by The William Powell Company.   Action details Not available
201901871 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 12/16/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, DECLARING, pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 5709.40(B), improvements to real property located at 2439 Spring Grove Avenue, 2503 Spring Grove Avenue, and 2535 Spring Grove Avenue in the Camp Washington neighborhood of Cincinnati to be a public purpose and exempt from real property taxation for a period of 30 years.   Action details Not available
201901879 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE, (EMERGENCY) submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, on 12/16/2019, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with CBT Partners, LLC, Port of Cincinnati, LLC, Cincinnati Bulk Terminals, LLC, CBT Property Holdings, LLC, and Mehring Investors, LLC, thereby authorizing a 15-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 856, 884, 917, 967, 977, 1105, 1106, 1109, 1125, and 1297 Mehring Way, certain other parcels on Mehring Way, 1069 and 1277 Front Street, a parcel on Perin Street and 311 Baymiller Street in the Queensgate neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the construction of certain industrial improvements, at a total construction cost of approximately $8,000,000.   Action details Not available
201901830 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 12/11/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and deposit donations totaling an amount up to $200,000 from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation into Parks Private Endowment Fund 430; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of up to $200,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Parks Private Endowment Fund 430 to Cincinnati Parks Department non-personnel operating account no. 430x202x7200 for the purpose of providing resources necessary for Amplio Event Production & Consulting, LLC to manage the Carol AnnÆs Carousel; and further AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute any agreements necessary for the receipt and administration of this private donation.   Action details Not available
201901836 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE, dated 12/11/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a grant of up to $300,000 over a three-year time period from the Ohio Department of Health Safety Net Dental Care Program to cover uncompensated care for the target population, uninsured children through age 21 and women up to age 45, who are at high risk for dental disease and lack access to care.   Action details Not available
201901832 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE, dated 12/11/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for grant resources in an amount up to $25,000 from the Bloomberg Philanthropies Asphalt Art Initiative, for the purpose of providing resources to implement street mural projects pursuant to the CityÆs street mural program.   Action details Not available
201901833 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 12/11/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with Willkommen Holding, LLC or a related affiliate entity, thereby authorizing a 15-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvement made to certain real property located on Pleasant Street, Race Street, Woodward Street, Yukon Street, West Liberty Street, Moore Street, Walnut Street, East Liberty Street, and East 15th Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of 17 buildings into 95 residential units and approximately 15,700 square feet of commercial space, at a total construction cost of approximately $18,899,879.   Action details Not available
201901876 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 12/16/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, AMENDING Ordinance No. 153-1994, passed on May 11, 1994 and in which Council declared to be a public purpose and exempted from real property taxation the improvement on real property located at 505 Vine Street in the Central Business District of the City of Cincinnati, to reduce the term of the exemption therein granted pursuant to Section 5709.41 of the Ohio Revised Code.   Action details Not available
201901877 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 12/16/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, DECLARING, pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 5709.40(B), improvements to real property located at 505 Vine Street in the Central Business District of the City of Cincinnati, which will be redeveloped by Fountain Place, LLC, an affiliate of Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation, to be a public purpose and exempt from real property taxation for a period of 30 years.   Action details Not available
201901854 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) dated 12/16/2019, 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 E.M.A. Freeman L.L.C., thereby authorizing a 12-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 2022-2024 Freeman Avenue in the West End neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of approximately 8,500 square feet of residential rental space, consisting of approximately 13 apartment units, and approximately 1,350 square feet of 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 $600,000.   Action details Not available
201901888 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE, (EMERGENCY) submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, on 12/16/2019, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute an Amended and Restated Lease Agreement with CBT Partners, LLC, Port of Cincinnati, LLC, and Cincinnati Bulk Terminals, LLC, which amends and restates the existing leases to extend the lease term of City-owned property located east of the Mill Creek and south of Mehring Way in the Queensgate neighborhood of Cincinnati.   Action details Not available
201901858 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE, (EMERGENCY) submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, on 12/16/2019, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with Linwood Real Estate Holdings, LLC, thereby authorizing an 8-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 3152 Linwood Avenue in the Mt. Lookout neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of approximately 19,167 square feet of residential rental space, approximately 1,337 square feet of office space, and approximately 1,762 square feet of commercial space, at a total construction cost of approximately $958,250.   Action details Not available
201901859 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 12/16/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with To Life LTD, thereby authorizing a 12-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 5110 Herringbone Drive in the Madisonville neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the construction of a building containing approximately 35,980 square feet of office space and approximately 16,240 square feet of commercial space, at a total construction cost of approximately $9,412,000.   Action details Not available
201901860 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE, (EMERGENCY) submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, on 12/16/2019, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with 1735 Vine, LLC, thereby authorizing a 12-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 1735 Vine Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of an existing building into approximately 4,500 square feet of residential rental space, across six residential rental units, and approximately 693 square feet of commercial space, at a total construction cost of approximately $1,044,555.   Action details Not available
201901861 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 12/16/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with Madison and Stewart, LLC, thereby authorizing a 12-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 5522-5540 Madison Road and 5015-5119 Stewart Avenue in the Madisonville neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the construction of approximately 82,312 square feet of residential space, consisting of 151 residential rental units across 37 buildings, as well as the remodeling of a building, at a total construction cost of approximately $15,500,000.   Action details Not available
201901867 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 12/16/2019, submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, DECLARING improvements to certain real property located at 3261 Spring Grove Avenue in the Camp Washington neighborhood of Cincinnati, to be constructed pursuant to a Development Agreement between the City of Cincinnati and The William Powell Company, 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.   Action details Not available
201901868 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE, (EMERGENCY) submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, on 12/16/2019, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with Acanthus Properties V, L.L.C., thereby authorizing a 12-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 1704 Elm Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of an existing building into approximately 2,224 square feet of residential rental space, across two residential rental units, and approximately 721 square feet of commercial space, at a total construction cost of approximately $966,627.   Action details Not available
201901869 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE, (EMERGENCY) submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, on 12/16/2019, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Property Sale and Development Agreement between the City of Cincinnati and Fountain Place, LLC for the sale of City-owned property at 505 Vine Street (known as Fountain Place), located in the Central Business District of Cincinnati, to be redeveloped as approximately 205,000 square feet of new office space; 20,000 square feet of renovated commercial space; and a renovated 165-space underground parking garage.   Action details Not available
201901870 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE, (EMERGENCY) submitted by Patrick A. Duhaney, City Manager, on 12/16/2019, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or Living Building Challenge) with Veregate Race Street, LLC, thereby authorizing a 15-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 1518 Race Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the construction of a mixed-use building containing approximately 12,009 square feet of residential space, consisting of 13 residential rental units, and 3,692 square feet of commercial space, 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 remodeling cost of approximately $3,400,000.   Action details Not available