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Meeting Name: Cincinnati City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/8/2025 2:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Council Chambers, Room 300
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202501848 11.ResolutionRESOLUTION, submitted by Councilmember Albi, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, RECOGNIZING the Store It Safe Coalition and EXPRESSING the appreciation of the Mayor and Council for the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Whitney/Strong, and the Be SMART Campaign’s commitment to secure firearm storage education and declaring Cincinnati a Store It Safe City.   Not available Not available
202501791 12.ReportREPORT, dated 10/8/2025 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 The Pickle Lodge Lunken Landing LLC, DBA Pickle Lodge Lunken Landing, 669 Wilmer Avenue. (#10006292-1, New TRFO, D1 D2 D3) [Objections: None]   Not available Not available
202501841 13.ReportREPORT, dated 10/8/2025, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Special Event Permit Application for State Ave. Flats Ribbon Cutting.   Not available Not available
202501850 14.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/8/2025, 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 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 resources into Fund 319, “Contributions for Recreation Purposes,” revenue account no. 319x8571.   Not available Not available
202501851 15.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/8/2025, ESTABLISHING new project account no. 304x101x40424001, “PRO Housing 2024,” to expand affordable housing and incentivize the development of vacant lots through construction subsidies and prototypes for middle housing types; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $2,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (ALN 14.023) program to newly established project account no. 304x101x40424001, “PRO Housing 2024”; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Community Development Block Grant Fund 304x8543 project account no. 304x101x40424001, “PRO Housing 2024.”   Not available Not available
202501852 16.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/8/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a donation of $1,131,037 from the Cincinnati Park Board Commissioners’ Fund to provide resources for horticultural supplies, maintenance contracts, salary and benefits reimbursements, and other operational expenses; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the funds into Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund revenue account no. 430x8571.   Not available Not available
202501855 17.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/8/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Water Service Agreement with the City of Madeira, Ohio, for the purpose of providing retail surplus water service through December 31, 2065.   Not available Not available
202501858 18.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/8/2025, AMENDING Sections 730-1-C2, “Commercial Establishment,” 730-1-C3, “Commercial Waste,” and 730-5, “General Provisions,” to clarify requirements for commercial waste haulers, by providing that asbestos waste, right-of-way waste, and waste generated by public school districts does not qualify as commercial waste, and further providing that commercial waste haulers serving buildings and grounds owned and operated by the City of Cincinnati require franchises.   Not available Not available
202501832 19.RegistrationREGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Colleen Reynolds, Government Affairs, Partner, 225 E Fifth Street, Suite 1900, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (LEARNING GROVE)   Not available Not available
202501840 110.RegistrationREGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Annalese Cahill, Government Affairs, Government Relations Manager, 225 E Fifth Street, Suite 1900, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (LEARNING GROVE)   Not available Not available
202501862 111.RegistrationREGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Doug Moormann, Government Strategies Group, Vice President, 700 Walnut Street, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (AMERICAN LEGACY TOURS)   Not available Not available
202501863 112.RegistrationREGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Alana Tucker, Government Strategies Group, Senior Director, 700 Walnut Street, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (HAM. CO. MENTAL HEALTH & RECOVERY SERVICES BOARD)   Not available Not available
202501820 113.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmember Owens, WE MOVE that the City Administration prepare a report within the next 30 days to provide updates on all projects that were recommended funding as part of the FY26/27 biennium budget. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED).   Not available Not available
202501794 114.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/1/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $4,200,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program (ALN 14.900) to provide resources for remediating lead-based paint hazards in eligible homes throughout Cincinnati and addressing other health risks through the City’s Healthy Homes program; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit up to $3,960,000 into Lead Hazard Research Control Fund revenue account no. 387x8556 for lead hazard control and up to $240,000 into Public Health Research Fund revenue account no. 350x8556 for Healthy Homes initiatives.   Not available Not available
202501797 115.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/1/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept grant resources of $57,000 from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation to fund construction of a comfort station at Lytle Park; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant resources into Park Miscellaneous Revenue and Special Activity Fund 326; ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x262048, “Lytle Park Comfort Station,” to provide resources to construct a comfort station at Lytle Park; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $57,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Park Miscellaneous Revenue and Special Activity Fund 326 to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x262048, “Lytle Park Comfort Station,” to provide resources for a comfort station at Lytle Park.   Not available Not available
202501604 116.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/1/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept an in-kind donation of the use of office space, valued at up to $50,000 per year, located in the Central Business District and/or Over-the-Rhine neighborhoods, from the Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation and Urban Sites to provide resources to support connecting community members with City services and violence reduction efforts.   Not available Not available
202501795 117.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/1/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $49,750 from the unappropriated surplus of Parking Meter Fund 303 to Enterprise Services Parking Meter Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 303x248x7200 to provide resources to maintain and repair the outdoor dining areas located within the public right-of-way.   Not available Not available
202501796 118.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/1/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept Cannabis Tax revenue from the State of Ohio; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the revenue into General Fund revenue account no. 050x8506.   Not available Not available
202501802 119.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/1/2025, DEDICATING, ACCEPTING, AND CONFIRMING the dedication to public use of an approximately 0.081-acre tract of real property as Langston Street, a public right-of-way for street purposes in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati.   Not available Not available
202501849 120.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/6/2025, AUTHORIZING a payment of $86,155 from Cincinnati Health Department Public Health Research Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 350x263x3110x7289 to Companies By Design, LLC, as a moral obligation for lead remediation services provided between July and October 2023.   Not available Not available
202501606 121.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/4/2025, AMENDING the official zoning map of the City of Cincinnati to rezone the real property located at 3425 Burnet Avenue in the Avondale neighborhood from the RMX-T, "Residential Mixed Transportation Corridor," and the CN-M-T, "Commercial Neighborhood Mixed - Transportation Corridor," zoning districts to Planned Development District No. 105.   Not available Not available
202501681 122.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/10/2025, APPROVING a major amendment to the concept plan and development program statement governing a portion of Planned Development District No. 79, "Uptown Gateway," to permit additional uses within the planned development to allow office, research and development, laboratory, hotel, multi-family residential, retail, restaurant, entertainment, school, and all other uses permitted within the CC-A, "Commercial Community Auto," RM-0.7, "Residential MultiFamily," OG, "Office General," ML, "Manufacturing Limited," and IR, "Institutional Residential," zoning districts in the area located at 3020-3090 Exploration Avenue in the Avondale neighborhood. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List ).   Not available Not available