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Meeting Name: Cincinnati City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/20/2024 2:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Council Chambers, Room 300
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202402379 11.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby appoint Tianay Amat to the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Board for a term of three years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/AA).   Not available Not available
202402419 12.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmember Jeffreys, WE MOVE that the Administration issue a report within sixty (60) days that: Outlines traffic citations overall and by neighborhood for 2024, and update the same for the previous four years. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED).   Not available Not available
202402426 13.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmember Walsh, WE MOVE that the $1,782,421 returned to the City of Cincinnati from the Hamilton County Auditor from the Real Estate Assessment Fund be directed to the Capital Project Reserve. WE FURTHER MOVE that the attached policy go in place with the allocation of the fund. (STATEMENT ATTACHED)   Not available Not available
202402433 14.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmember Albi, WE MOVE that the City Administration provide a report within ninety (90) days on the feasibility of creating a holistic strategy to combat hate crime and incidents. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED)   Not available Not available
202402435 15.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Albi, Parks, Owens and Vice Mayor Kearney, WE MOVE that the administration to provide a report within sixty (60) days on the current availability and quality of lactation rooms in City-owned or City-maintained properties. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED)   Not available Not available
202402442 16.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmember Cramerding and Johnson, WE MOVE that Councilmember Scotty Johnson be appointed to vice-chair of Budget and Finance Committee.   Not available Not available
202402385 17.ReportREPORT, dated 11/20/2024 submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for Price Hill Petroleum LLC, 3749 Glenway Avenue. (#70770400010, New, C1 C2) [OBJECTIONS: None]   Not available Not available
202402390 18.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/20/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $199,691.96 from the National Association of County and City Health Officials Adaptation of Project Firstline Tools and Resources program to develop tools and resources related to infection prevention and control activities and to promote them to community healthcare facility partners; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Public Health Research Fund revenue account no. 350x8571.   Not available Not available
202402392 19.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/20/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Lease Agreement with 39th Parallel Leasing, LLC., pursuant to which the City will enter into a new lease for the use and occupancy of Lunken Airport Lease Areas 11, 28, and 29 for up to twenty years.   Not available Not available
202402395 110.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/20/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $25,569 from the Cincinnati Police Department Community Preventive Education Grant Program to operate the Cincinnati Recreation Commission’s Queen City Safety While Integrating Skills and Hoops (SWISH) Program; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Fund 319, “Contributions for Recreation Purposes,” revenue account no. 319x8571.   Not available Not available
202402396 111.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/20/2024, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x199x251924, “Hartwell Field - FCC Donation,” to provide resources for the installation of a turf field at the Hartwell Recreation Complex; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a donation of $30,000 from FC Cincinnati into newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x199x251924, “Hartwell Field - FCC Donation,” to provide resources for the installation of a turf field at the Hartwell Recreation Complex; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit $30,000 from FC Cincinnati into capital improvement program project account no. 980x199x251924, “Hartwell Field - FCC Donation.”   Not available Not available
202402397 112.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/20/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $10,000 from the FC Cincinnati Foundation to support the City’s Rec@Nite program at the Lincoln Recreation Center in the West End neighborhood; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Fund 319, “Contributions for Recreation Purposes,” revenue account no. 319x8571.   Not available Not available
202402398 113.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/20/2024, AMENDING Ordinance No. 31-2023, which authorized the City Manager to accept and appropriate a grant of up to $6,000,000 from the Congestion Mitigation/Air Quality program awarded through the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI) (ALN 20.205) to provide resources to upgrade and install a fiber optic Coordinated Traffic Control System in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood, to increase the grant resource value to up to $6,600,000.   Not available Not available
202402399 114.ReportREPORT, dated 11/20/2024, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding road closure policy update. (See Ref. Doc. 202401922)   Not available Not available
202402400 115.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/20/2024, MODIFYING Chapters 723, “Streets and Sidewalks, Use Regulations,” 883, “Public Assembly Permit,” 865, “Theaters and Exhibitions,” and Title XV, “Code Compliance and Hearings,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by ORDAINING new Sections 883-1-E “Event,” 883-1-F, “Facility for Public Assembly; Facility,” 883-1-F1, “Facility Manager,” and 883-1-P1, “Person,” and by AMENDING the provisions of Chapter 883, “Public Assembly Permit,” to establish a clear and effective framework for ensuring the safety, security, and welfare of persons at public assembly events where such events may require heightened safety considerations; and further AMENDING Sections 723, “Applicability,” 865-31, “Emergency On-the-Scene Authority of Police and/or Fire Officer in Charge,” 865-33, “Selling of Tickets Over Capacity of Places of Assembly,” Section 1501-11, “Class E Civil Offenses,” to make the provisions consistent with the changes provided herein; and further REPEALING Chapter 881, “Facilities for Public Assembly,” of Title VIII, “Business   Not available Not available
202402411 116.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/20/2024, AMENDING the official zoning map of the City of Cincinnati to rezone the real property located at 4710-4722 Madison Road in the Madisonville neighborhood from the MG-T, “Manufacturing General - Transportation Corridor,” zoning district to the CG-A-T, “Commercial General-Auto Oriented - Transportation Corridor,” zoning district to facilitate the construction of three new commercial buildings for day care center, retail, and restaurant uses.   Not available Not available
202402318 117.ReportREPORT, dated 11/6/2024, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding the Department of Finance Investment Policy update.   Not available Not available
202402319 118.ReportREPORT, dated 11/6/2024, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding residential sidewalk repair assistance. (See Doc. #202401457)   Not available Not available
202402341 119.Legislative ResolutionRESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/6/2024, DECLARING the intent to appropriate to public use certain real-property interests necessary to secure, stabilize, repair, improve, and protect a portion of the public roadway known as Harrison Avenue, and the sidewalk and retaining wall adjacent thereto.   Not available Not available
202402342 120.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/6/2024, APPROPRIATING to public use certain real property interests necessary to secure, stabilize, repair, improve, and protect a portion of the public roadway known as Harrison Avenue, and the sidewalk and retaining wall adjacent thereto.   Not available Not available
202402371 121.OrdinanceORDINANCE, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, RENAMING General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x3422, “Deferred Appropriations,” to “Discretionary Reserve”; and AUTHORIZING the transfer of $1,782,421 from the General Fund unappropriated surplus to renamed General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x3422, “Discretionary Reserve,” to reserve resources to be used for one-time FY 2026 General Fund Operating Budget priorities.   Not available Not available
202402335 122.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/6/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate up to $25,000 from the City of Norwood to capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x242308, “Street Rehabilitation,” to rehabilitate the section of Edwards Road from Wasson Road to Madison Road, a portion of which is located within the City of Norwood; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the resources into capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x242308, “Street Rehabilitation.”   Not available Not available
202402338 123.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/6/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate up to $180,000 from Hamilton County to capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x242308, “Street Rehabilitation,” to provide resources for rehabilitating the section of West Galbraith Road from Vine Street to the corporation line, a portion of which is located in Springfield Township; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the resources from Hamilton County into capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x242308, “Street Rehabilitation.”   Not available Not available
202402332 124.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/6/2024, AUTHORIZING the payment of $2,257.14 from Parks Department capital improvement program project account 980x203x242000, “Park Infrastructure Rehabilitation,” as a moral obligation to W. W. Grainger, Inc. for charges related to the purchase of shop supplies for the Parks Department Division of Natural Resources building.   Not available Not available
202402366 125.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/14/2024, AUTHORIZING the payment of $2,288.01 from Parks Department General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x202x1000x7316 to CDW Government LLC as a moral obligation for outstanding charges related to the purchase of telephones and headsets for use in City parks.   Not available Not available
202402367 126.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/14/2024, AUTHORIZING the payment of $999.99 to W. W. Grainger, Inc. from Parks Department Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430 non-personnel operating budget account no. 430x202x1059x7379 as a moral obligation for outstanding charges related to the purchase of a workbench for the new Division of Natural Resources building.   Not available Not available
202402334 127.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/6/2024, AUTHORIZING the payment of $5,487.50 from Parks Department Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430 non-personnel operating budget account no. 430x202x3137x7373 to Forevergreen Complete Ground Care for charges related to the clearing of the Fort Washington Way planter irrigation systems, pursuant to the attached then and now certificate from the Director of Finance.   Not available Not available
202402337 128.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/6/2024, AUTHORIZING the payment of $3,000 from Parks Department capital improvement program project account 980x203x242000, “Park Infrastructure Rehabilitation,” to Southwestern Ohio Services pursuant to the attached certificate from the Director of Finance to repair the pickleball courts at Sawyer Point.   Not available Not available
202402336 129.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/6/2024, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x104x251056, “Public Access EV Charging Ports - Grant,” to provide grant resources for public-facing electric vehicle charging infrastructure at City-owned properties that are in or adjacent to disadvantaged communities; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $854,547 from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program (ALN 20.205) to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x104x251056, “Public Access EV Charging Ports - Grant”; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit grant resources into capital improvement program project account no. 980x104x251056, “Public Access EV Charging Ports - Grant.”   Not available Not available
202402340 130.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/6/2024, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252321, “Columbia Parkway Landslide OPWC Grant,” to provide Ohio Public Works Commission (“OPWC”) grant resources for landslide stabilization work along Columbia Parkway and new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252322, “Warsaw Avenue OPWC Grant,” to provide OPWC grant resources for the Warsaw Avenue rehabilitation project; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate grant resources of up to $2,438,518 from OPWC Funding Round 38 to provide OPWC grant resources of up to $1,166,000 to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252321, “Columbia Parkway Landslide OPWC Grant,” for landslide stabilization work along Columbia Parkway and up to $1,272,518 to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252322, “Warsaw Avenue OPWC Grant,” for the Warsaw Avenue rehabilitation project; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit OPWC grant resources of up to    Not available Not available
202402365 131.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/14/2024, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x234x252352, “Lunken Runway 3L-21R 2025 OH AIP Grant,” to provide grant matching resources for the decommissioning of runway 3L-21R at Lunken Airport; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $76,265 from the 2025 Ohio Airport Improvement Program awarded by the Ohio Department of Transportation to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x234x252352, “Lunken Runway 3L-21R 2025 OH AIP Grant,” for the purpose of decommissioning Runway 3L-21R at Lunken Airport; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant resources into capital improvement program project account 980x234x252352, “Lunken Runway 3L-21R 2025 OH AIP Grant.”   Not available Not available
202402333 132.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/6/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a donation of $4,999 from Paul M. Jurgensen to be used for Cincinnati Police Department members’ special weapons and tactics (SWAT) training; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donation into General Fund revenue account no. 050x8571; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $4,999 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to Cincinnati Police Department General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x222x7200.   Not available Not available
202402339 133.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/6/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager and employees of the Cincinnati Police Department to solicit and accept donations of money, in-kind contributions, and other things of value from the Cincinnati business community, individual benefactors, entertainment industries, and other available sources for the Victims Assistance Liaison Unit/Cincinnati Citizens Respect Our Witnesses to provide food and gift cards to the surviving families of homicide victims during the upcoming holiday season; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit funds donated to the City of Cincinnati into Public Safety Special Projects Fund 456.   Not available Not available
202402388 134.OrdinanceORDINANCE, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORZING the City Manager to accept an in-kind donation of event space valued at $2,200 from the Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation for the purpose of holding the State of the City address at Memorial Hall on November 12, 2024.   Not available Not available
202402370 135.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/14/2024, AUTHORIZING the establishment of capital improvement program project account nos. 980x203x252038, “Mt. Airy Trails Expansion - GF,” to provide resources for the expansion of trails in the Mt. Airy Park; 980x203x252037, “Park Trails Expansion - GF,” to provide resources for trail expansions in the Cincinnati Park network; 980x255x252501, “City Facility Renovation and Repairs - CSR,” to provide resources for the continuation of ongoing repairs, alterations, and upgrades to City facilities such as those used by the Police, Fire, and Public Services Departments; and 980x252x252533, “Brine Equipment,” to provide resources for the upgrade of the City’s salt brine system; AUTHORIZING the establishment of permanent improvement program project account no. 758x227x252226, “Records Management System Peripherals,” to provide resources for printers, scanners, and other peripherals to support the upgrade and conversion of the existing records management system; AUTHORIZING the redirection of $11,797.82 in Cincinnat   Not available Not available
202402394 136.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/18/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a First Amendment to Development Agreement with Oakley Yards Land, LLC, an affiliate of Neyer Properties, Inc., pertaining to the redevelopment of property located at 2800 Robertson Avenue in the Oakley neighborhood of Cincinnati. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List ) (COUNCILMEMBER NOLAN IS EXCUSED FROM THIS ITEM).   Not available Not available
202402384 137.MotionMOTION (AMENDED) submitted by Councilmembers Jeffreys, Parks and Vice Mayor Kearney, WE MOVE that the administration *allocate $250,000 in FY 2025 and another $250,000 in FY 2026 from the Cincinnati Health Department for mental health and safety services for transgender and gender nonbinary youth. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED).   Not available Not available
202402344 138.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/6/2024, MODIFYING Chapter 503, “Vehicular Construction and Equipment,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code (“CMC”) by AMENDING Section 503-52, “Unauthorized License Plates,” to align the CMC with R.C. 4503.21, which the General Assembly amended to remove a requirement that motor vehicles display front license plates; and MODIFYING Chapter 506, “Operation and Right of Way,” of the CMC by AMENDING Section 506-66, “Vehicle Restrictions-Street Usage,” to reflect the removal of the entrance ramp to northbound Interstate 75 from Central Parkway.   Not available Not available
202402285 139.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/30/2024, MODIFYING Chapter 721, “Streets and Sidewalks, Establishment and Maintenance,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by AMENDING Sections 721-1-D, “Department,” 721-1-D1, “Director,” 721-23, “Undedicated Streets, Improvements Forbidden,” 721-47, “Undedicated Streets, Construction Under Public Supervision,” 721-49, “Fund for Inspection of Streets and Sewers Privately Constructed,” 721-51, “Undedicated Streets; Review of Engineering Details for Supervised Construction,” 721-53, “Rules and Schedules of Prices,” and 721-55, “Fund for Reviewing Engineering Details for Construction of Undedicated Streets,” to establish permit requirements for the construction, maintenance, repair, and replacement of private streets and drives in the City of Cincinnati.   Not available Not available
202402286 140.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/30/2024, MODIFYING Chapter 507, “One-Way Streets,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by ORDAINING new Section 507-4, “Contra-Flow and Limited Access Lanes,” and by AMENDING Section 507-1, “One-Way Streets and Alleys,” to allow for the City Manager to designate lanes on two-way streets as limited to specific vehicles so as to provide for Complete Streets in the City of Cincinnati.   Not available Not available
202402232 141.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmember Johnson and Vice Mayor Kearney, WE MOVE that The City (DOTE) looks into street calming measures in Mt. Airy, specifically the blocks: 2200-2400 of West North Bend Road. We also move that a report of street-calming measures be provided after 60 days.   Not available Not available
202402409 142.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/19/2024, APPROVING the application for the creation of a community entertainment district in the Sayler Park neighborhood to be known as the “Sayler Park Community Entertainment District,” pursuant to Chapter 834, “Entertainment Districts,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code.   Not available Not available