Meeting Name: Cincinnati City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/13/2021 2:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers, Room 300
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202102904 11.ReappointmentREAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby reappoint Paul Sylvester to the Cincinnati Southern Railway Board of Trustees for a term of five years. This reappointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Male/White).ConfirmedPass Action details Not available
202102955 12.ReappointmentREAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby reappoint Dr. Monica Mitchell to the Cincinnati Board of Health for a term of three years. This reappointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/AA).Held one week pursuant to rule of council  Action details Not available
202102961 13.ReappointmentREAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby reappoint Pete Witte to the Hamilton County Convention Facilities Authority (CFA) for a term of four years. This reappointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Male/White).Held one week pursuant to rule of council  Action details Not available
202102967 14.ReappointmentREAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby reappoint Jerome Jackson to the Human Services Advisory Committee (HSAC) for a term of three years. This reappointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Male/AA).Held one week pursuant to rule of council  Action details Not available
202102977 15.ReappointmentREAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby reappoint Susan Castellini to the Board of Park Commissioners for a term of six years. This reappointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/White).Held one week pursuant to rule of council  Action details Not available
202102983 16.ReappointmentREAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby reappoint Neil Tilow to the Lunken Airport Oversight Advisory Board for a term of three years. This reappointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Male/White).Held one week pursuant to rule of council  Action details Not available
202102990 17.ReappointmentREAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby reappoint Greg Landsman to the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments for a term of one year. This reappointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Male/White).Held one week pursuant to rule of council  Action details Not available
202102919 18.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmember Kearney, WE MOVE that the Administration REPORT on a viable source of funding by June 2022 for the $700,000 needed for the Department of Transportation and Engineering to construct pedestrian safety measures, including but not limited to a crosswalk, on Erie Avenue near the Cincinnati Police Department District 2 Headquarters.Referred to Budget & Finance Committee  Action details Not available
202102923 19.OrdinanceORDINANCE, dated 10/8/2021 , submitted by Councilmember Seelbach, from Andrew Garth, City Solicitor, AMENDING Ordinance 375-2021 to change the location of the honorary, secondary name of Jean-Robert de Cavel Way in honor of Jean-Robert de Cavel from Sixth Street between Main Street and Walnut Street to a new location of Seventh Street at Vine Street.Referred to Neighborhoods Committee  Action details Not available
202102921 110.MotionMOTION, submitted by Vice Mayor Smitherman, Councilmembers Goodin, Sundermann and Kearney, WE MOVE that a traffic study be conducted on Hamilton Ave. with a focus on the intersection of Hamilton Avenue, Teakwood Avenue and Harbeson Avenue. WE FURTHER MOVE that the instillation of a traffic light be considered as a potential traffic calming measure.Referred to Law & Public Safety Committee  Action details Not available
202102942 111.MotionMOTION, submitted by Vice Mayor Smitherman, Councilmember Keating, Goodin, Sundermann, Kearney, Landsman and Mann, WE MOVE the City Administration identify funding to provide computer tablets/iPads for all Cincinnati Police personnel to support the Mobile Crisis Team. WE MOVE the City Administration attempt to identify grants or private partnerships to pay for the tablets/iPads. WE FURTHER MOVE that the administration prepare a REPORT assessing the cost and possible funding sources to purchase and provide iPads for all law enforcement officers for the Mental Health Response Team through the Mobile Crisis Team by University of Cincinnati Health. This report should include the price per iPad to assess the possibility of providing iPads to as many of our officers as possible.Referred to Budget & Finance Committee  Action details Not available
202102897 112.ReportREPORT, dated 10/13/2021 submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for AFTERMATH OTR LLC, 1127 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (#0073230, D5, NEW) [Objections: NONE]Filed  Action details Not available
202102898 113.ReportREPORT, dated 10/13/2021 submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for SAUCE INCORPORATED LLC, DBA WILLS PONY KEG, 4448 Plainville Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45227. (#7760613, C1, C2, TRANSFER) [Objections: YES}Filed  Action details Not available
202102920 114.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 10/13/2021, MODIFYING Title XIV, “Zoning Code of the City of Cincinnati,” and Title XVII, “Land Development Code,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code, by AMENDING the provisions of Sections 1401-01-A8, “Animal Keeping,” 1403-05, “Land Use Regulations,” 1409-07, “Land Use Regulations,” 1411-05, “Land Use Regulations,” 1413-05, “Land Use Regulations,” 1422-05, “Development Regulations,” 1422-07, “Maintenance and Storage,” 1425-19, “Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements,” 1437-05, “Establishment of UD Overlay Districts,” 1437-07, “Applications Subject to Review,” 1437-09, “Development Standards in UD Overlay Districts,” 1437-11, “Approval,” 1437-13, “Appeal,” 1439-07, “Zoning Hearing Examiner,” 1439-11, “Zoning Board of Appeals,” 1703-2.40, “T3 Estate,” 1703-2.50, “T3 Neighborhood,” 1703-2.60, “T4 Neighborhood Medium Footprint,” 1703-2.70, “T4 Neighborhood Small Footprint,” 1703-2.80, “T5 Main Street,” 1703-2.90, “T5 Neighborhood Large Setback,” 1703-2.100, “T5 Neighborhood Small Setback,” 1703-2.110, “T5 FlexReferred to Economic, Growth & Zoning Committee  Action details Not available
202102922 215.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 10/13/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a grant in an amount up to $15,000 from the Cincinnati Recreation Foundation for the purpose of providing funding support to youth sports programs in need; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donated funds into Fund 319, “Contributions for Recreation Purposes.”Referred to Budget & Finance Committee  Action details Not available
202102925 116.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 10/13/2021, AUTHORIZING the transfer of the sum of $395,800 within the General Fund, from and to various operating accounts and the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund according to the attached Schedule of Transfer, for the purpose of realigning and providing funds for the ongoing needs of City departments; and AUTHORIZING the transfer of the sum of $161,845 from the unappropriated surplus of the Stormwater Management Fund according to the attached Schedule of Transfer for the purpose of providing funds for the ongoing needs of the Department of Public Services.Referred to Budget & Finance Committee  Action details Not available
202102926 117.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 10/13/2021, AMENDING the official zoning map of the City of Cincinnati to align the boundaries of certain portions of the CG-A, “Commercial General Auto-Oriented,” zoning district and Planned Development District No. 64, “Oakley Station,” in the Oakley neighborhood with the curvature of Disney Street and its intersection with Jared Ellis Drive.Referred to Economic, Growth & Zoning Committee  Action details Not available
202102931 118.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 10/13/2021, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x199x221906, “Avondale Synthetic Baseball Field RCF Donation,” for the purpose of providing donated resources for the construction of a synthetic baseball field at the Avondale Recreation Area; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a cash donation from the Cincinnati Reds Community Fund up to the amount of $150,000 to the newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x199x221906, “Avondale Synthetic Baseball Field RCF Donation.”Referred to Budget & Finance Committee  Action details Not available
202102933 119.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 10/13/2021, ACCEPTING the grant of permanent public utility easements in favor of the City of Cincinnati for the construction, maintenance, and repair of stormwater sewers in and upon certain real property located north of Golden Avenue in the Columbia Tusculum and Hyde Park neighborhoods.Referred to Budget & Finance Committee  Action details Not available
202102944 120.ReportREPORT, dated 10/13/2021 submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for WASHINGTON PARK MANAGEMENT GROUP, 1230 Elm Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (#9416563, F8, TEMPORARY) [Objections: NONE]Filed  Action details Not available
202102873 121.ReportREPORT, dated 10/6/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, regarding Department of Finance Reports for the Month Ended July 31, 2021Approved & Filed  Action details Not available
202102888 122.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 10/6/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for a grant in the amount of up to $5,000,000 from the Highway Safety Improvement Program, as awarded by the Ohio Department of Transportation, for the purpose of providing resources for the Ludlow Avenue Safety Improvement project, which includes right-sizing Ludlow Avenue from Central Parkway to Whitfield Avenue, reducing vehicle lanes to add on-street bicycle facilities, reconfiguring intersections, and various other pedestrian safety improvements.PassedPass Action details Not available
202102888 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 10/6/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for a grant in the amount of up to $5,000,000 from the Highway Safety Improvement Program, as awarded by the Ohio Department of Transportation, for the purpose of providing resources for the Ludlow Avenue Safety Improvement project, which includes right-sizing Ludlow Avenue from Central Parkway to Whitfield Avenue, reducing vehicle lanes to add on-street bicycle facilities, reconfiguring intersections, and various other pedestrian safety improvements.Suspension of the three readingsPass Action details Not available
202102889 123.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 10/6/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept in-kind donations from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation of park supplies and contracted services valued at approximately $50,099 to benefit and improve various City parks.PassedPass Action details Not available
202102889 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 10/6/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept in-kind donations from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation of park supplies and contracted services valued at approximately $50,099 to benefit and improve various City parks.Suspension of the three readingsPass Action details Not available
202102890 124.ReportREPORT, dated 10/6/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, regarding Tax Incentive Review Council status of property tax agreements for Year End 2020.Approved & Filed  Action details Not available
202102893 125.MotionMOTION, (AMENDED), submitted by Councilmember Kearney, Goodin and Sundermann, WE MOVE that the Administration REPORT on a viable source of funding for the $300,000 needed for the Department of Transportation and Engineering to install a high friction surface at the curve in the road need the 2200 block of Harrison Avenue in June 2022. WE MOVE that the ordinance language be amended to include and additional $69,000 for the purpose of fulfilling the administration’s proposed “recommended countermeasures.” The additional countermeasures to the ordinance are as follows: $2,000 for the purpose of “Improved Streetlighting.” This would allow DOTEE to add a new light pole to the street. $1,000 for “Additional Signage” to be installed to help drivers navigate the roadway. $1,000 to replace existing signage with new higher reflective signage. This upgraded/updated signage countermeasures totals $2,000. $15,000 for the purpose of restriping road markings to improve visibility, $50,000 for “Raise Pavement Markings” (RPMs) to increase visibility at night and in wet weather, as well as to replAdoptedPass Action details Not available
202102927 126.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 10/11/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant in the amount of up to $90,000 from the United States Department of Agriculture (ALN 10.935) for a Community Compost and Food Waste Reduction Pilot Project entitled “Cincinnati Community Composting Collaborative” for the purpose of providing resources for travel, equipment, supplies, contractual services, and other expenses necessary for creating small-scale community composting and food waste drop-off sites for vegetative food waste in Cincinnati; and AUTHORIZING the Finance Director to deposit grant resources into Fund No. 436, “Environmental Studies.”Passed EmergencyPass Action details Not available
202102927 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 10/11/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant in the amount of up to $90,000 from the United States Department of Agriculture (ALN 10.935) for a Community Compost and Food Waste Reduction Pilot Project entitled “Cincinnati Community Composting Collaborative” for the purpose of providing resources for travel, equipment, supplies, contractual services, and other expenses necessary for creating small-scale community composting and food waste drop-off sites for vegetative food waste in Cincinnati; and AUTHORIZING the Finance Director to deposit grant resources into Fund No. 436, “Environmental Studies.”Emergency clause to remainPass Action details Not available
202102927 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 10/11/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant in the amount of up to $90,000 from the United States Department of Agriculture (ALN 10.935) for a Community Compost and Food Waste Reduction Pilot Project entitled “Cincinnati Community Composting Collaborative” for the purpose of providing resources for travel, equipment, supplies, contractual services, and other expenses necessary for creating small-scale community composting and food waste drop-off sites for vegetative food waste in Cincinnati; and AUTHORIZING the Finance Director to deposit grant resources into Fund No. 436, “Environmental Studies.”Suspension of the three readingsPass Action details Not available
202102929 227.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 10/11/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept an in-kind donation from Perfetti Van Melle USA Foods of candy valued at up to $6,000 for use by the Cincinnati Recreation Commission for Halloween activities.Passed EmergencyPass Action details Not available
202102929 2 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 10/11/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept an in-kind donation from Perfetti Van Melle USA Foods of candy valued at up to $6,000 for use by the Cincinnati Recreation Commission for Halloween activities.Emergency clause to remainPass Action details Not available
202102929 2 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 10/11/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept an in-kind donation from Perfetti Van Melle USA Foods of candy valued at up to $6,000 for use by the Cincinnati Recreation Commission for Halloween activities.Suspension of the three readingsPass Action details Not available
202102820 128.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Landsman, Keating and Sundermann, WE MOVE to request the Administration re-publish downloadable 1-pager overviews of each TIF for neighborhood leaders. We further move that Council and Communities are updated quarterly or semi-annually on all TIF spending.AdoptedPass Action details Not available
202102836 129.OrdinanceORDINANCE, dated 9/24/2021, submitted by Councilmember Kearney, from Andrew Garth, City Solicitor, DECLARING that Reinhold Drive shall hereby receive the honorary, secondary name of The Lubavitcher Rebbe Way, honoring the life of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known internationally as The Lubavitcher Rebbe, in recognition of his contributions to the religious, educational, and humanitarian needs of the City of Cincinnati.PassedPass Action details Not available
202102836 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE, dated 9/24/2021, submitted by Councilmember Kearney, from Andrew Garth, City Solicitor, DECLARING that Reinhold Drive shall hereby receive the honorary, secondary name of The Lubavitcher Rebbe Way, honoring the life of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known internationally as The Lubavitcher Rebbe, in recognition of his contributions to the religious, educational, and humanitarian needs of the City of Cincinnati.Suspension of the three readingsPass Action details Not available
202102837 130.OrdinanceORDINANCE, dated 9/23/2021, submitted by Councilmember Kearney, from Andrew Garth, City Solicitor, DECLARING that Reading Road at Forest Avenue hereby receives the honorary, secondary name of Reverend Clarence S. Wallace Way in memory of Reverend Clarence S. Wallace, recognizing his contributions to the City of Cincinnati through his impactful service to the Avondale community.PassedPass Action details Not available
202102837 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE, dated 9/23/2021, submitted by Councilmember Kearney, from Andrew Garth, City Solicitor, DECLARING that Reading Road at Forest Avenue hereby receives the honorary, secondary name of Reverend Clarence S. Wallace Way in memory of Reverend Clarence S. Wallace, recognizing his contributions to the City of Cincinnati through his impactful service to the Avondale community.Suspension of the three readingsPass Action details Not available
202102885 131.OrdinanceORDINANCE, dated 9/29/2021, submitted by Councilmember Kearney, from Andrew Garth, City Solicitor, DECLARING that Southern Avenue in Mt. Auburn hereby receive the honorary, secondary name of “Rebecca Nored Avenue,” in memory of Mrs. Rebecca Nored and in recognition of her many contributions to the City of Cincinnati.PassedPass Action details Not available
202102885 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE, dated 9/29/2021, submitted by Councilmember Kearney, from Andrew Garth, City Solicitor, DECLARING that Southern Avenue in Mt. Auburn hereby receive the honorary, secondary name of “Rebecca Nored Avenue,” in memory of Mrs. Rebecca Nored and in recognition of her many contributions to the City of Cincinnati.Suspension of the three readingsPass Action details Not available
202102886 132.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 9/30/2021, submitted by Vice Mayor Smitherman, from Andrew Garth, City Solicitor, DECLARING that Rockdale Avenue at Washington Avenue shall hereby receive the honorary, secondary name of Lynwood L. Battle, Jr. Place, in memory of Lynwood L. Battle, in recognition of his selfless service to the Cincinnati community and his leadership in promoting diversity, inclusion, and equality.Passed EmergencyPass Action details Not available
202102886 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 9/30/2021, submitted by Vice Mayor Smitherman, from Andrew Garth, City Solicitor, DECLARING that Rockdale Avenue at Washington Avenue shall hereby receive the honorary, secondary name of Lynwood L. Battle, Jr. Place, in memory of Lynwood L. Battle, in recognition of his selfless service to the Cincinnati community and his leadership in promoting diversity, inclusion, and equality.Emergency clause to remainPass Action details Not available
202102886 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 9/30/2021, submitted by Vice Mayor Smitherman, from Andrew Garth, City Solicitor, DECLARING that Rockdale Avenue at Washington Avenue shall hereby receive the honorary, secondary name of Lynwood L. Battle, Jr. Place, in memory of Lynwood L. Battle, in recognition of his selfless service to the Cincinnati community and his leadership in promoting diversity, inclusion, and equality.Suspension of the three readingsPass Action details Not available