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Meeting Name: Cincinnati City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/7/2025 2:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Council Chambers, Room 300
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202500952 11.ResolutionRESOLUTION, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, RECOGNIZING Co-op Cincy and EXPRESSING the support of the Mayor and Council for Co-op Cincy during the International Year of Cooperatives as declared by the United Nations.   Not available Not available
202500963 12.ResolutionRESOLUTION, submitted by Councilmember Owens, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, RECOGNIZING May 6 through 12, 2025 as Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Week, and honoring the University of Cincinnati Medical Center Registered Nurse Association for its dedication and service.   Not available Not available
202500930 13.ReportREPORT, dated 5/7/2025, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding funding sources for businesses impacted by City construction projects. (Reference Document # 202402527)   Not available Not available
202500931 14.ReportREPORT, dated 5/7/2025, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding examination of Camp Washington Zoning Diagnostic. (Reference Document # 202402541)   Not available Not available
202500933 15.ReportREPORT, dated 5/7/2025 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 Good Seeds Holding Inc, DBA Fries Cafe, 3245-47 Jefferson Avenue. (#3328348, TRFO, D1 D2 D3 D3A D6) [Objections:None]   Not available Not available
202500934 16.ReportREPORT, dated 5/7/2025 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 SSA Group LLC, 1301 Western Avenue Concourse/Mezz & Rotunda 1st Fl & Lower Lvl Omnimax & 4th Landing & 5th Tower A. (#76432140025, TRFO, D1 D2 D3 D6) [OBJECTIONS: None]   Not available Not available
202500935 17.ReportREPORT, dated 5/7/2025, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Special Event Permit Application for 2025 AfriFest: Taste of Africa.   Not available Not available
202500938 18.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/7/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Development Agreement with 441 Vine Street Owner LLC, an affiliate of Victrix Investments LLC, pertaining to the mixed-use redevelopment of an existing structure located at Units 2 and 3, W. Fifth Street in the Central Business District of Cincinnati, which is property commonly known as the Carew Tower, and providing for City assistance to the project in the form of a rebate of a portion of the service payments in lieu of taxes imposed in connection with a proposed thirty-year property tax exemption for improvements pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 5709.41, subject to the passage by Council of a separate ordinance authorizing such tax exemption. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List ).   Not available Not available
202500939 19.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/7/2025, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a First Amendment to Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with Rhinegeist Properties, LLC, authorizing a five-year extension to an existing tax exemption previously authorized by Council for 100 percent of the value of improvements made to real property located at 1910 Elm Street, in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati.   Not available Not available
202500940 110.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/7/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $14,057 from General Fund Audit and Examiners Fees Non-Departmental non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x941x0000x7418 as a moral obligation to CCH Incorporated for outstanding charges related to software licenses and maintenance services from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025.   Not available Not available
202500941 111.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/7/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a funding agreement with Adopt A Class to provide one-time operational support to the program; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to expend existing resources of up to $20,000 from the City Manager’s Office General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x7200 to provide one-time operational support to Adopt A Class; and DECLARING such expenditure to serve a public purpose.   Not available Not available
202500942 112.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/7/2025, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x199x251928, “Walnut Hills Recreation Improvements RCF,” for the installation of a turf infield at Owls Nest and various improvements at the Ashland Recreation Area; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a donation of $150,000 from the Reds Community Fund for the installation of a turf infield at Owls Nest and various improvements at the Ashland Recreation Area; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit $150,000 from the Reds Community Fund into Fund 319x8571, “Contributions For Recreation Purposes,” for the installation of a turf infield at Owls Nest and various improvements at the Ashland Recreation Area; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to transfer and appropriate $150,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Fund 319, “Contributions For Recreation Purposes,” into newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x199x251928, “Walnut Hills Recreation Improvements RCF,” for the installation of a turf infield at Owls    Not available Not available
202500943 113.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/7/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $10,676,473 existing within certain Restricted Funds and the unappropriated surplus of certain Restricted Funds according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to realign and provide resources for the ongoing needs of City departments through the end of FY 2025; ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x981x252534, “Fleet Replacements - Pharmacy Vehicle,” to provide resources for the Cincinnati Health Department to acquire or replace automotive or motorized equipment necessary to facilitate pharmacy delivery services; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $40,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Cincinnati Health District Fund 416 to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x981x252534, “Fleet Replacements - Pharmacy Vehicle,” to provide resources for a pharmacy delivery vehicle.   Not available Not available
202500944 114.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/7/2025, ACCEPTING AND CONFIRMING the dedication to public use of Lots 1-14 of Erkenbrecher Avenue Subdivision and Dedication Plat as a portion of Erkenbrecher Avenue, a public right-of-way for street purposes in the Avondale and Corryville neighborhoods of Cincinnati.   Not available Not available
202500945 115.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/7/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $23,971,572 within the General Fund from and to various operating accounts and the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to realign and provide funds for the ongoing needs of City departments; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $5,800,000 from General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x2580, “Reserve for Weather Events, Other Emergency and One-Time Needs,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $120,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to capital improvement program project account no. 980x255x232520, “Centennial II Office Renovation,” to provide resources for the renovation of Department of Economic Inclusion office space; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of the sum of $180,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to capital improvement program project account no. 980x981x252505, “Fleet Replacements,” to provide resources   Not available Not available
202500946 116.Legislative ResolutionRESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/7/2025, APPROVING the Hamilton County 9-1-1 final plan for implementing and operating a countywide 9-1-1 system.   Not available Not available
202500967 117.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/7/2025, AMENDING Attachment A to Ordinance No. 340-2020 to remove the School for Creative and Performing Arts from the special assessment for the Over-the-Rhine South Special Improvement District for service plan years 2023 and 2024; and AUTHORIZING the Hamilton County Auditor to remove the special assessment for plan years 2023 and 2024 levied upon the property of the School for Creative and Performing Arts, Parcel No. 076-0001-0166-00.   Not available Not available
202500936 118.RegistrationREGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Doug Moormann, Lobbyist, 700 Walnut Street Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (Trowbridge Capital Partners)   Not available Not available
202500937 119.RegistrationREGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Doug Moormann, Lobbyist, 700 Walnut Street Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (Sunflower Development Group)   Not available Not available
202500968 120.PetitionPETITION (REVISED), submitted by the Clerk of Council, from Joseph J. Braun, from Strauss Tory Attorneys at Law, regarding the Referendum Petition on City of Cincinnati Ordinance No. 0097-2025 being filed pursuant to Article II, Section 8(3) of the Charter of the City of Cincinnati.   Not available Not available
202500969 121.PetitionPETITION, submitted by the Clerk of Council, from Joseph J. Braun, from Strauss Tory Attorneys at Law, regarding the Referendum Petition on City of Cincinnati Ordinance No. 0097-2025 being filed pursuant to Article II, Section 8(3) of the Charter of the City of Cincinnati.   Not available Not available
202500970 122.CommunicationCOMMUNICATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, Pursuant to Article II, Section 8 (A)(4) of the Charter of the City of Cincinnati, I have reviewed the enclosed certified copy of a petition submitted by Joseph J. Braun to the Clerk of Council on May 2, 2025. The certified copy of the petition meets the requirements as to form provided by the Charter.   Not available Not available
202500889 123.ResolutionRESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/30/2025, AUTHORIZING tax levies for the calendar year beginning January 1, 2026, certifying them to the Hamilton County Auditor pursuant to R.C. Section 5705.34, and requesting the County Auditor and County Treasurer to pay monies that may be in the County Treasury and are lawfully applicable to the purpose of this calendar year to the City Treasurer pursuant to R.C. Section 321.34.   Not available Not available
202500889 1 ResolutionRESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/30/2025, AUTHORIZING tax levies for the calendar year beginning January 1, 2026, certifying them to the Hamilton County Auditor pursuant to R.C. Section 5705.34, and requesting the County Auditor and County Treasurer to pay monies that may be in the County Treasury and are lawfully applicable to the purpose of this calendar year to the City Treasurer pursuant to R.C. Section 321.34.   Not available Not available
202500889 1 ResolutionRESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/30/2025, AUTHORIZING tax levies for the calendar year beginning January 1, 2026, certifying them to the Hamilton County Auditor pursuant to R.C. Section 5705.34, and requesting the County Auditor and County Treasurer to pay monies that may be in the County Treasury and are lawfully applicable to the purpose of this calendar year to the City Treasurer pursuant to R.C. Section 321.34.   Not available Not available
202500918 124.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/30/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $13,298.48 from Emergency Communications Center General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x103x0000x7289 as a moral obligation to Voiance Language Services, LLC (Cyracom International Inc.) for outstanding charges related to over-the-phone interpretation services.   Not available Not available
202500918 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/30/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $13,298.48 from Emergency Communications Center General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x103x0000x7289 as a moral obligation to Voiance Language Services, LLC (Cyracom International Inc.) for outstanding charges related to over-the-phone interpretation services.   Not available Not available
202500918 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/30/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $13,298.48 from Emergency Communications Center General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x103x0000x7289 as a moral obligation to Voiance Language Services, LLC (Cyracom International Inc.) for outstanding charges related to over-the-phone interpretation services.   Not available Not available
202500919 125.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/30/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $7,985.21 from the capital improvement program project account no. 980x199x6000x7671x231901, “Recreation Facilities Renovation,” as a moral obligation to Perkins Carmack Construction, Inc. for outstanding charges related to the construction of the Eastside Recreation Center.   Not available Not available
202500919 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/30/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $7,985.21 from the capital improvement program project account no. 980x199x6000x7671x231901, “Recreation Facilities Renovation,” as a moral obligation to Perkins Carmack Construction, Inc. for outstanding charges related to the construction of the Eastside Recreation Center.   Not available Not available
202500919 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/30/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $7,985.21 from the capital improvement program project account no. 980x199x6000x7671x231901, “Recreation Facilities Renovation,” as a moral obligation to Perkins Carmack Construction, Inc. for outstanding charges related to the construction of the Eastside Recreation Center.   Not available Not available
202500922 126.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/30/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $194,990 from the Ohio Public Works Commission (“OPWC”) Clean Ohio Green Space Conservation Program to acquire approximately one-third of an acre of property located at the corner of Parkside Place and Martin Drive in Mt. Adams (Parcel ID 007200020288) (the “Property”) for permanent public access and greenspace preservation and to fund improvements to the Property, including but not limited to trails, trees, and benches (the “Improvements”); ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x252043, “Mt. Adams Greenspace Acquisition - OPWC,” to provide resources for the acquisition of the Property and for the Improvements; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit up to $194,990 of the OPWC Clean Ohio Green Space Conservation Program grant resources into newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x252043, “Mt. Adams Greenspace Acquisition - OPWC”; AUTHORIZING the C   Not available Not available
202500923 127.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/30/2025, AUTHORIZING the establishment of capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x252042, “Glenway Park Improvement - ODNR,” to provide grant resources for improvements to Glenway Park; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $50,082 from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources NatureWorks grant program to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x252042, “Glenway Park Improvement - ODNR,” to provide grant resources for improvements to Glenway Park; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant resources into newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x252042, “Glenway Park Improvement - ODNR.”   Not available Not available
202500923 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/30/2025, AUTHORIZING the establishment of capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x252042, “Glenway Park Improvement - ODNR,” to provide grant resources for improvements to Glenway Park; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $50,082 from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources NatureWorks grant program to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x252042, “Glenway Park Improvement - ODNR,” to provide grant resources for improvements to Glenway Park; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant resources into newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x252042, “Glenway Park Improvement - ODNR.”   Not available Not available
202500923 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/30/2025, AUTHORIZING the establishment of capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x252042, “Glenway Park Improvement - ODNR,” to provide grant resources for improvements to Glenway Park; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $50,082 from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources NatureWorks grant program to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x252042, “Glenway Park Improvement - ODNR,” to provide grant resources for improvements to Glenway Park; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant resources into newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x252042, “Glenway Park Improvement - ODNR.”   Not available Not available
202500921 128.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/30/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $175,000 through the FY 2025 Police Reform and Equitable Justice Grant Program from the United States Conference of Mayors and the Target Corporation to support and promote police policies and practices shown to be effective in advancing equitable treatment of all residents of Cincinnati; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Law Enforcement Grant Fund 368, project account no. 25TUSM.   Not available Not available
202500921 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/30/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $175,000 through the FY 2025 Police Reform and Equitable Justice Grant Program from the United States Conference of Mayors and the Target Corporation to support and promote police policies and practices shown to be effective in advancing equitable treatment of all residents of Cincinnati; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Law Enforcement Grant Fund 368, project account no. 25TUSM.   Not available Not available
202500920 129.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/30/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager and employees of the Cincinnati Recreation Commission to solicit and accept donations of money, sponsorships, in-kind contributions, team registration fees, vendor fees, and other things of value from the Cincinnati business community, individual benefactors, and other appropriate sources to provide resources to support the Queen City Slam Basketball Tournament; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the resources donated to or generated by the event into Fund No. 319, “Contributions for Recreation Purposes.”   Not available Not available
202500920 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/30/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager and employees of the Cincinnati Recreation Commission to solicit and accept donations of money, sponsorships, in-kind contributions, team registration fees, vendor fees, and other things of value from the Cincinnati business community, individual benefactors, and other appropriate sources to provide resources to support the Queen City Slam Basketball Tournament; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the resources donated to or generated by the event into Fund No. 319, “Contributions for Recreation Purposes.”   Not available Not available
202500920 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/30/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager and employees of the Cincinnati Recreation Commission to solicit and accept donations of money, sponsorships, in-kind contributions, team registration fees, vendor fees, and other things of value from the Cincinnati business community, individual benefactors, and other appropriate sources to provide resources to support the Queen City Slam Basketball Tournament; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the resources donated to or generated by the event into Fund No. 319, “Contributions for Recreation Purposes.”   Not available Not available
202500924 130.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/30/2025, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the execution of a Job Creation Tax Credit Agreement with Waites Sensor Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, pursuant to which the company agrees to create 48 new jobs at 1045 W. 8th Street in the Queensgate neighborhood of Cincinnati and, for a period of seven years, the City agrees to provide an income tax credit equal to forty percent of City income tax revenue from such new jobs.   Not available Not available
202500924 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/30/2025, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the execution of a Job Creation Tax Credit Agreement with Waites Sensor Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, pursuant to which the company agrees to create 48 new jobs at 1045 W. 8th Street in the Queensgate neighborhood of Cincinnati and, for a period of seven years, the City agrees to provide an income tax credit equal to forty percent of City income tax revenue from such new jobs.   Not available Not available
202500924 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/30/2025, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the execution of a Job Creation Tax Credit Agreement with Waites Sensor Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, pursuant to which the company agrees to create 48 new jobs at 1045 W. 8th Street in the Queensgate neighborhood of Cincinnati and, for a period of seven years, the City agrees to provide an income tax credit equal to forty percent of City income tax revenue from such new jobs.   Not available Not available
202500754 131.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/16/2025, AMENDING the official zoning map of the City of Cincinnati to rezone the real property located at 198 E. McMillan Street and 237 William H. Taft Road in the Mt. Auburn neighborhood from the OG-T, “Office General-Transportation,” zoning district to Planned Development District No. 104, “Chick-fil-A.”   Not available Not available
202500754 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/16/2025, AMENDING the official zoning map of the City of Cincinnati to rezone the real property located at 198 E. McMillan Street and 237 William H. Taft Road in the Mt. Auburn neighborhood from the OG-T, “Office General-Transportation,” zoning district to Planned Development District No. 104, “Chick-fil-A.”   Not available Not available