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202002027
| 1 | 1. | FYI Memo | FYI MEMO, dated 10/20/2020, submitted by Councilmember Mann from Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, “Update on Coronavirus Relief Fund Allocation”, The purpose of this memorandum is to provide the Mayor and the City Council with an update on funding received by the City from the State of Ohio and Hamilton County under the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF), established by the United States Department of the Treasury pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). | | |
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202001880
| 1 | 2. | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 09/25/2020, submitted by Councilmember Landsman, from Andrew W. Garth, Interim City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the return of the sum of $339,245 from the Cincinnati Health Department’s Cincinnati Health District Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 416x263x7200 to the unappropriated surplus of Cincinnati Health District Fund 416; AUTHORIZING the transfer of the sum of $339,245 from the unappropriated surplus of Cincinnati Health District Fund 416 to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 for the purpose of returning funds to source; AUTHORIZING the return of the sum of $95,000 from the Department of Recreation’s General Fund 050 non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x199x7200 to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the Department of Community and Economic Development’s General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x164x7200 for the purpose of providing leveraged support funding to The Dragonfly Foundation to provide support for families affected by pediatric cancer; AUTHORIZING the appropriation of the sum | | |
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202002063
| 1 | 3. | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 10/26/2020, AUTHORIZING the appropriation of the sum of $3,942,957 from the unappropriated surplus of COVID-19 Fund 473 to the City Manager’s Office COVID-19 Fund personnel operating budget account no. 473x101x7100 for the purpose of providing reimbursement of or resources for certain personnel expenditures as set forth in the attached Attachment A; AUTHORIZING the appropriation of the sum of $5,037,042 from the unappropriated surplus of COVID-19 Fund 473 to the City Manager’s Office COVID-19 Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 473x101x7200 for the purpose of providing reimbursement of or resources for certain non-personnel expenditures as set forth in the attached Attachment A; AUTHORIZING the appropriation of the sum of $42,220,000 from the unappropriated surplus of COVID-19 Fund 473 to the City Manager’s Office COVID-19 Fund personnel operating budget account no. 473x101x7100 for the purpose of providing funds for the reimbursement of FY 2020 payroll and benefit expenses of public safety and publ | | |
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202001900
| 981 | 4. | Motion | MOTION, submitted by Councilmember Kearney, WE MOVE for the City Administration to provide a report to City Council regarding the feasibility of partnering with mynde.me - a nonprofit project recently launched in Cincinnati that seeks to provide a free mental health education portal to any city or community that wants it. Example: . WE FURTHER MOVE for this report to be delivered to City Council within 14 days, and for the Cincinnati Health Department to engage directly with Mr. Neal O’Farrell (neal@mynde.me ), the founder of mynde.me, prior to delivering this report to City Council. (STATEMENT ATTACHED) (AMENDED ON THE FLOOR OF COMMITTEE ON 10/26/2020 TO CHANGE 14 DAYS TO 30 DAYS) | | |
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202001902
| 1 | 5. | Motion | MOTION, submitted by Councilmember Kearney, WE MOVE to allocate a total of $70,000 in city funding to implement the Saving Our Brothers and Sisters (SOBS) Project - a partnership and commitment between Truth & Destiny Covenant Ministries UCC (Pastor Lesley E. Jones), House of Hope Fellowship Church (Pastor Nick Burnett), R.E.A.L. Truth, Inc (Rufus Johnson), and B.E.A.F. Project (Candance Tubbs) to address gun violence. WE FURTHER MOVE for the City Administration to provide a report to City Council regarding the feasibility of the proposed plan, as well as recommendations rooted in community organization best practices to achieve maximum community impact. WE FURTHER MOVE for this report to be delivered to City Council within 14 days following the passage of this motion. | | |
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202001878
| 1 | 6. | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, Interim City Manager, on 10/14/2020, AUTHORIZING the deposit into Fund No. 312, “Private Lead Service Line Replacement,” of one-third of all future payments on the lease between the City of Cincinnati and T-Mobile Central LLC dated July 3, 2007 (75x1030) (“Wardall Lease”) for location of cellular communications equipment on the City telecommunications tower located at the Greater Cincinnati Water Works (“GCWW”) Wardall water tower site; and AUTHORIZING the transfer from the unappropriated surplus of Fund No. 101, “Water Works,” into Fund No. 312 account 2140 of the year-to-date amounts of the GCWW share of payments already made for FY 2021 on the Wardall Lease, totaling approximately $3,325.55 through October 2020, for the purpose of assisting qualified, low-income residential property owners with the cost of private lead service line replacement through GCWW's Help Eliminate Lead Pipes (“HELP”) Program. | | |
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202001879
| 1 | 7. | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, Interim City Manager, on 10/14/2020, MODIFYING the Administrative Code of the City of Cincinnati by amending Article XXI, Section 2, “Duties of the Director of Buildings and Inspections,” to add the responsibilities associated with administration and enforcement of the City's weed, high grass, and litter regulations and the Private Lot Abatement Program (“PLAP”) to the duties of the Director of the Department of Building and Inspections; and AMENDING Article VI, Section 2, “Duties of Director of the Department of Public Services,” to remove the responsibilities associated with administration and enforcement of the City's weed, high grass, and litter regulations and the PLAP; and further AUTHORIZING the transfer of the sum of $40,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Stormwater Management Fund 107 and the transfer of $787,520 within Stormwater Management Fund 107 from and to various operating accounts of Stormwater Management Fund 107 for the purpose of transferring the Private Lot Abatement Program from the Department of Publi | | |
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202001884
| 1 | 8. | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, Interim City Manager, on 10/14/2020, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Property Transfer Agreement with BJ Homes Limited Partnership under which the City will acquire fee interest in and to certain real property located adjacent to Boldface Park at 3110 Illinois Avenue in the Sedamsville neighborhood of Cincinnati. | | |
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202001972
| 1 | 9. | Petition | PETITION, submitted to the Clerk of Council from Lot Owners, being a Petition seeking the imposition of special assessments to pay the costs for Public Improvements at property known as the Walworth Junction Property, located at 2927-3121 (odd) Walworth Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio. | | |
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202001885
| 1 | 10. | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 10/09/2020, submitted by Councilmembers Sundermann, Mann and Vice Mayor Smitherman, from Andrew W. Garth, Interim City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the designation of $235,000 of the $1,000,000 included in the Approved FY 2021 Budget Update for the Community Safety Response Program for the Victims Assistance Liaison/Cincinnati Citizens Respect Our Witnesses Unit of the Cincinnati Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Section; and AUTHORIZING the designation of $20,000 of the $1,000,000 included in the Approved FY 20921 Budget Update for the Community Safety Response Program for the UCanSpeakForMe program for assistance in community outreach and crime solving initiatives; and AUTHORIZING the designation of $20,000 of the $1,000,000 included in the Approved FY 2021 Budget Update for the Community Safety Response Program to Ennis Tait Ministries for Violence reduction administered by Project Lifeline. | | |
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202001991
| 1 | 11. | Motion | MOTION, submitted by Councilmember Landsman, Kearney, Young, Seelbach and Sittenfeld, WE MOVE that the Administration work with Kingsley and Co. and the Mt. Auburn community to ensure that project - and community-based commitments are ultimately met, including an attempt by the developer to resolve remaining tenant issues. | | |
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202001993
| 2 | 12. | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 10/21/2020, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Care Resource Coordination Support Grant (RC 21) in the amount of $275,583 from the Ohio Department of Health, to support vulnerable populations facing social and economic instability related to COVID-19 testing and diagnosis that results in isolation and quarantine. | | |
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202001994
| 1 | 13. | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 10/21/2020, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and deposit a donation in an amount up to $110,000 from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation in Fund No. 430, “Parks Private Endowment,” for the purpose of providing resources to reimburse capital improvement program project accounts for the implementation of a landscaping renovation plan completed at Hyde Park Square; ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x212003, “Hyde Park Square Renovation,” for the purpose of providing resources for the implementation of a landscaping renovation plan at Hyde Park Square; and further AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of up to $110,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Fund No. 430, “Parks Private Endowment,” to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x212003, “Hyde Park Square Renovation.” | | |
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202001996
| 1 | 14. | Ordinance | ORDINANCE submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 10/21/2020, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Release of Easement to release public pedestrian ingress and egress easements across certain real property located at 525 Vine Street in the Central Business District of Cincinnati to facilitate the redevelopment of Fountain Square West. | | |
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202001998
| 1 | 15. | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 10/21/2020, DECLARING, pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 5709.40(B), improvements to certain parcels of real property at the former Cast-Fab site, located west of Disney Street in the Oakley neighborhood of Cincinnati to be a public purpose and exempt from real property taxation for a period of 30 years. | | |
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202001999
| 1 | 16. | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 10/21/2020, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or Living Building Challenge) with Graphite Oakley, LLC, thereby authorizing a 12-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 2980 Disney Street in the Oakley neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the construction of five new building into enclosed parking on the first floor, consisting of approximately 564 parking spaces, and approximately 360,828 square feet of residential rental space on the upper floors, consisting of approximately 316 apartments, 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 $35.569.369. | | |
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202002000
| 1 | 17. | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 10/21/2020, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant in the amount of $56,000 from the Oregon Community Health Information Network COVID-19 Telehealth Funding Program to support telehealth innovation for underserved communities. | | |
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202002026
| 1 | 18. | Resolution | RESOLUTION submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 10/21/2020, DECLARING by legislative resolution the necessity of improving Walworth Avenue by constructing an extension thereto, together with curbs, street lighting, streetscaping, sidewalks, water mains, and storm and sanitary sewer; necessary remediation of soil in the related right-of-way; installing retaining walls; acquiring land necessary to construct and install the foregoing; and acquiring, constructing, and installing other related improvements, and of assessing certain lots adjacent to Walworth Avenue, as extended, for costs of those improvements, in accordance with Chapter 727 of the Ohio Revised Code. | | |
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202002053
| 1 | 19. | Motion | MOTION, dated 10/21/2020, submitted by Councilmember Landsman, MOTION: LEGAL AND OTHER SUPPORTS TO ASSIST LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS. Cincinnatians continue to face extreme financial uncertainty. A staggering number of children and families are having to face legal issues, such as eviction, without the necessary funds for desperately needed legal services. (BALANCE OF MOTION ON FILES) | | |
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202002057
| 1 | 20. | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 10/22/2020, submitted by Councilmember Sittenfeld, from Andrew W. Garth, Interim City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the reallocation of $11,000 from the City Manager’s Office General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x7200 which was formerly designated for increased Census outreach efforts to be redesignated for the purpose of providing partial funding to support a “Fare Free Day” for Cincinnati Metro on Election Day, November 3, 2020; and further AUTHORIZING the designation of $1,500 from the Other City Obligations non-departmental account non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x959x7200 for the purpose of providing partial funding to support a “Fare Free Day” for Cincinnati Metro on Election Day, November 3, 2020. | | |
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202002061
| 1 | 21. | Ordinance | ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 10/26/2020, AUTHORIZING the expenditure of funds for the provision of inexpensive food and non-alcoholic beverages to required attendees of City board and commission meetings, for the purpose of facilitating the efficient conduct of City business at such meetings; AUTHORIZING the expenditure of funds for inexpensive food and non-alcoholic beverages for attendees of outreach and engagement meetings and events, for the purpose of encouraging the greatest possible attendance at such meetings and events; AUTHORIZING the expenditure of funds for the provision of inexpensive awards, food, and non-alcoholic beverages for employee recognition events, for the purpose of supporting employee morale and facilitating employee advancement; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to establish rules and regulations specifying the circumstances in which the City may expend funds for such purposes, as well as controls to ensure the appropriate expenditure of such funds; and further DECLARING that such expenditures serve a public purpose. | | |
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