Meeting Name: Budget and Finance Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 6/2/2021 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers, Room 300
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202101924 11.CommunicationCOMMUNICATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Cate Douglas, Stakeholder Services Specialist, 3CDC, 1203 Walnut Street, 4th Floor, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202, regarding property owner petitions for The Downtown Cincinnati Improvement District Services Plan + Budget for 2022-2025. (DOCUMENT ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE).Filed  Action details Video Video
202102084 12.ResolutionRESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 6/1/2021, APPROVING the petition for the 2022-2025 Services Plan that was submitted by property owners within the Downtown Cincinnati Improvement District; APPROVING the 2022-2025 Services Plan adopted by Downtown Cincinnati Improvement District, Inc.; and DECLARING the necessity of assessing the real property within the Downtown Cincinnati Improvement District in order to raise funds for the implementation of the 2022-2025 Services Plan, in accordance with Chapters 727 and 1710 of the Ohio Revised Code.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202102076 13.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 6/2/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a donation in an amount up to $505,000 from CinciVTICA, LLC for the purpose of supporting the operations and maintenance of the Cincinnati streetcar; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donation into Streetcar Operations Fund revenue account no. 455x8645; and further AUTHORIZING the transfer of service payments received in lieu of taxes for streetcar operations in accordance with agreements with third-party developers from Urban Redevelopment Tax Increment Equivalent II Fund 763 to Streetcar Operations Fund 455.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202102013 14.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 5/26/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and deposit an amount up to $500,000 into Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430 from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation for the purpose of providing resources for the design required for completion of Smale Riverfront Park; ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x212005, “Smale Riverfront Design,” for the purpose of providing resources for the design required for the completion of Smale Riverfront Park; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of up to $500,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Parks Private Endowment Fund 430 to the newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x212005, “Smale Riverfront Design,” for the purpose of providing resources for the Lot 23 and Lot 28 phase 2 design services required for the completion of Smale Riverfront Park; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to transfer and appropriate $202,215 from the Cincinnati Riverfront Park Fund 329 to capital improvement progRecommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202102015 15.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 5/26/2021, ESTABLISHING three new capital improvement program project accounts: no. 980x233x212324, “Auburn Avenue Phase 2 OPWC Grant,” for the purpose of providing Ohio Public Works Commission (“OPWC”) grant resources for the second phase of improvements on Auburn Avenue, no. 980x233x212339, “Fairbanks and Delhi Avenues Safety OPWC Grant,” for the purpose of providing OPWC grant resources for safety improvements on Fairbanks and Delhi Avenues, and no. 980x233x212346, “River Rd & Thornton Av Safety OPWC Grant,” for the purpose of providing OPWC grant resources for safety improvements to River Road and Thornton Avenue; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate grant resources in an amount up to $3,706,540 from OPWC Funding Round 35 to provide resources in an amount up to $1,700,000 for newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x212324, “Auburn Avenue Phase 2 OPWC Grant,” in an amount up to $1,680,000 for newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x212Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202102016 16.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 5/26/2021 APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or Living Building Challenge) with Apple Street Senior LLC, thereby authorizing a 15-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 4145 Apple Street in the Northside neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the construction of a new building comprised of approximately 49,475 square feet of residential space, consisting of 57 rental units, 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 $8,759,328.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Video Video
202102017 17.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 5/26/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for grants from the federal Surface Transportation Block Grant and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality programs, in an amount of up to $6,000,000, and to apply for the Transportation Alternatives Grant from the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments in an amount of up to $750,000, all for the timely completion of several transportation projects managed by the City’s Department of Transportation & Engineering.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202102018 18.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 5/26/2021, AUTHORIZING the establishment of capital improvement program project accounts nos. 980x233x212304, “Western Hills Viaduct - STBG 2020 Grant,” and 980x233x212317, “Western Hills Viaduct - STBG HC Match,” for the purpose of providing resources for the construction of the Western Hills Viaduct project; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate grant resources in the amount of up to $1,000,000 from the Surface Transportation Block Grants (STBG) Program (CFDA 20.205) through the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana (OKI) Regional Council of Governments to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x212304, “Western Hills Viaduct - STBG 2020 Grant”; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate an amount up to $125,000 from Hamilton County to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x212317, “Western Hills Viaduct - STBG HC Match”; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate an amount up to $1,328,938.76 from the Ohio DepartmenRecommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202102019 19.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 5/26/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept an in-kind donation from the 2021 Community Makeover Program valued at approximately $600,000 in the form of improvements to the Avondale Recreation Area and the Rockdale Recreation Area.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202102022 110.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 5/26/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant in an amount up to $60,000 from the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Office of Criminal Justice Services, FY21 Violence Against Women Act Grant Program, to support two domestic violence advocates from Women Helping Women.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202102023 111.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 5/26/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept funds in an amount up to $7,178,997.50 from the United States Department of the Treasury as provided by the American Rescue Plan Act for the purpose of providing resources for an Emergency Rental Assistance (“ERA2”) program to assist households that are unable to pay rent and utilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic; AUTHORIZING the Finance Director to deposit the funds in Local Fiscal Recovery Fund 469 revenue account no. 469x8543; AUTHORIZING the establishment of American Rescue Plan grant project account no. 469x101xARP101, “ERA2,” for the purpose of providing resources for the ERA2 program to assist households that are unable to pay rent and utilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic; AUTHORIZING the appropriation of the sum of $7,178,997.50 from the unappropriated surplus of Local Fiscal Recovery Fund 469 to newly established American Rescue Plan grant project account no. 469x101xARP101, “ERA2,” for the purpose of providing resources for the ERA2 program; AUTHORIRecommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202102026 112.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 5/26/2021 DETERMINING to proceed with special street lighting assessments in Lighting Group 1 for three years beginning August 1, 2020, pursuant to Ohio Revised Code 727.23, on the streets or portions of the streets described in Exhibit A hereto.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202102027 113.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 5/26/2021, TO LEVY special assessments to pay for a portion of the cost of special street lighting in Lighting Group 1, pursuant to Ohio Revised Code 727.25, for the three-year period beginning on August 1, 2020.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202102049 114.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 5/26/2021, AMENDING Ordinance 313-2020 to increase the amount of loan funding the City Manager or her designee is authorized to apply for, accept, and appropriate from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Water Supply Revolving Loan Account from the previously authorized amount of $8,000,000 to approximately the approximate amount of $10,000,000.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available