Meeting Name: Cincinnati City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/22/2021 2:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers, Room 300
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202102782 11.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, dated 09/14/2021, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby appoint Greg Landsman to the Housing Advisory Board for a term of four years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Male/White)ConfirmedPass Action details Not available
202102780 12.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, dated 09/14/2021, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby appoint Brendon Cull to the Advisory Board for a term of four years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Male/White)ConfirmedPass Action details Not available
202102825 13.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby appoint Jeniece Jones to the Housing Advisory Board for a term of four years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its rules. (Female/AA)Held one week pursuant to rule of council  Action details Not available
202102779 14.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, dated 09/14/2021, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby appoint Brian Griffin to the Civil Service Commission for a term of six years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Male/White)ConfirmedPass Action details Not available
202102778 25.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley. I hereby appoint Chandra K Matthews-Smith to the Children & Families Cabinet for a term of three years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its rules. (Female/AA)ConfirmedPass Action details Not available
202102783 46.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, dated 09/2021, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby appoint Brandy Jones to the Children & Families Cabinet for a term of three years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/AA)ConfirmedPass Action details Not available
202102784 27.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, dated 9/2021 submitted by Mayor John Cranley. I hereby appoint Robert Kahn to the Children & Families Cabinet for a term of three years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its rules. (Male)ConfirmedPass Action details Not available
202102785 28.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, dated 9/2021 submitted by Mayor John Cranley. I hereby appoint Michael Patton to the Children & Families Cabinet for a term of three years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its rules. (Male/AA)ConfirmedPass Action details Not available
202102787 29.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, dated 9/2021 submitted by Mayor John Cranley. I hereby appoint Thanapat Vichitchot to the Children & Families Cabinet for a term of three years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its rules. (Male)ConfirmedPass Action details Not available
202102788 110.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby appoint Vanessa White to the Children & Families Cabinet for a term of three years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/AA)ConfirmedPass Action details Not available
202102789 111.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, dated 09/14/2021, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby appoint Shauna Murphy to the Children & Families Cabinet for a term of three years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/AA)ConfirmedPass Action details Not available
202102792 212.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, dated 9/2021 submitted by Mayor John Cranley. I hereby appoint Eric Kearney to the Children & Families Cabinet for a term of three years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its rules. (Male/AA)ConfirmedPass Action details Not available
202102796 113.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, dated 9/2021 submitted by Mayor John Cranley. I hereby appoint Sylvia S. Hendon to the Children & Families Cabinet for a term of three years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its rules. (Female/White)ConfirmedPass Action details Not available
202102826 114.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby appoint Greg Landsman to the Children & Families Cabinet for a term concurrent with his term as chair of the Major Projects & Smart Government Committee. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Male/White)Held one week pursuant to rule of council  Action details Not available
202102786 115.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby appoint Jeremiah Thompson to the Children & Families Cabinet for a term of one year. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Male)ConfirmedPass Action details Not available
202102790 116.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby appoint Gregory Johnson to the Children & Families Cabinet for a term of three years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Male/AA)ConfirmedPass Action details Not available
202102791 117.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby appoint Leslie Maloney to the Children & Families Cabinet for a term of three years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/White)ConfirmedPass Action details Not available
202102793 118.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby appoint Rebecca Hammoor to the Children & Families Cabinet for a term of one year. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female)ConfirmedPass Action details Not available
202102794 119.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby appoint Ronald Holley to the Children & Families Cabinet for a term of one year. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Male)ConfirmedPass Action details Not available
202102795 120.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby appoint Denisha Porter to the Children & Families Cabinet for a term of three years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/AA)ConfirmedPass Action details Not available
202102822 121.ResolutionRESOLUTION, dated 09/15/2021, submitted by Councilmember Liz Keating from Andrew Garth, City Solicitor, RECOGNIZING and JOINING the Library’s senior leadership, staff, and local officials in commemorating the South Building of the Downtown Main Library in preparation for its closing as it undergoes improvements and renovations as part of its Building the Next Generation Library initiative.PassedPass Action details Not available
202102819 122.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmember Landsman, WE MOVE that the Administration work with all youth job partners- such as Cincinnati Recreation Commission, ArtWorks, the Urban League, etc. - to determine the existing collective waiting list for all youth job programs that the city supports or financially participates in.Referred to Equity, Inclusion, Youth & The Arts Committee  Action details Not available
202102820 123.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Landsman, Keating and Sundermann, WE MOVE to request the Administration re-publish downloadable 1-pager overviews of each TIF for neighborhood leaders. We further move that Council and Communities are updated quarterly or semi-annually on all TIF spending.Referred to Economic, Growth & Zoning Committee  Action details Not available
202102821 124.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmember Landsman, WE MOVE to formally request accident data on e-scooters in dense areas of Cincinnati and any recommendations the Administration may have in terms of limiting the use of e-scooters in specific areas to improve pedestrian safety, based on that crash data and similar actions taken in other cities. (STATEMENT ATTACHED)Referred to Law & Public Safety Committee  Action details Not available
202102823 125.OrdinanceORDINANCE, dated 09/16/2021, submitted by Councilmember Chris Seelbach from Andrew Garth, City Solicitor, DECLARING that Sixth Street between Main Street and Walnut Street hereby receive the honorary, secondary name of Jean-Robert de Cavel Way in honor of Jean-Robert de Cavel, in recognition of his decades of influence on Greater Cincinnati’s restaurant scene, including a decade as chef as The Maisonette, which was the highest rated restaurant in North America during his tenure.Referred to Neighborhoods Committee  Action details Not available
202102808 126.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 09/14/2021, submitted by Councilmember Sundermann, from Andrew Garth, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of the sum of $500,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to existing capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x221623, “Warsaw Avenue Creative Campus,” for the purpose of providing additional resources for the non-profit community development corporation Price Hill Will to develop the Warsaw Creative Campus project in East Price Hill.Referred to Budget & Finance Committee  Action details Not available
202102762 127.ReportREPORT, dated 9/22/2021 submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for N&I MARKET INC, DBA N&I GROCERY MARKET, 2923 Gilbert Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45206. (#6277255, C1,C2, D6, TRANSFER) [Objections: YES]Filed  Action details Not available
202102763 128.ReportREPORT, dated 9/22/2021 submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for GENKI3 INC, 3200 Vandercar Way & Patio, Cincinnati, Ohio 45209. (#3116265, D1, D2, TREX [Objections: NONE]Filed  Action details Not available
202102764 129.ReportREPORT, dated 9/22/2021 submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for ATELIER DU VIN LIMITED, 1725 Madison Rd, Cincinnati, Ohio 45206. (#0139575, D4, NEW) [Objections: NONE]Filed  Action details Not available
202102765 130.ReportREPORT, dated 9/22/2021 submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for KATCH THE KITCHEN LLC, DBA, KATCH THE KITCHEN, 4172 Hamilton Av, Cincinnati, Ohio 45223. (#4504172, D5J, NEW) [Objections: NONE]Filed  Action details Not available
202102767 131.ReportREPORT, dated 9/22/2021 submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for CINCINNATI BALLET CO INC, DBA, CINCINNATI BALLET, 1801 Gilbert Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (#14899600005, D5H, NEW) [Objections: NONE]Filed  Action details Not available
202102777 132.ReportREPORT, dated 9/22/2021 submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for SUSHI CAFÉ WORLD OF CINCINNATI LLC, DBA MR SUSHI, 580 Walnut Street STE D, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (#8717554, D5, D6, STCK) [Objections: NONE]Filed  Action details Not available
202102797 133.ReportREPORT, dated 9/22/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, regarding Special Event Permit Application for PAWTY PALOOZA.Filed  Action details Not available
202102800 134.ReportREPORT, dated 9/22/2021 submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for SPICY & TASTY CULINARY LLC, DBA SICHUAN PALACE, 343 Calhoun Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219. (#8421595, D5, TRANSFER) [Objections: YES]Filed  Action details Not available
202102801 135.ReportREPORT, dated 9/22/2021 submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for COSMIC GORILLA LLC, DBA COSMIC GORILLA, 1834 Race Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (#1761834, D5J, NEW) [Objections: NONE]Filed  Action details Not available
202102806 236.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 9/22/2021, AUTHORIZING the payment of $4,600 from the Recreation Department's non-personnel operating budget account no. 323x197x1760x7289 as a moral obligation to Diamond Pro Umpires Association for services rendered to the City of Cincinnati from March 2021 to July 2021; and AUTHORIZING the payment of $9,700 from the Recreation Department's non-personnel operating budget account no. 308x199x5960x7279 as a moral obligation to Junior Achievement of OKI Partners for platform sharing, user support, and curriculum for the Mayor’s Career Expo job fair in April 2021.Referred to Budget & Finance Committee  Action details Not available
202102807 137.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 9/22/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a donation from Talbert House Services of 500 unexpired Narcan kits to the Cincinnati Police Department valued at a total of $42,000.Referred to Budget & Finance Committee  Action details Not available
202102809 138.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 9/22/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Property Sale Agreement with Barrow Outlot LLC for the sale of City-owned real property located at the northeast corner of the intersection of Ridge and Alamo Avenues in Oakley.Referred to Budget & Finance Committee  Action details Not available
202102810 139.ReportREPORT, dated 9/22/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, regarding crossing guard and pedestrian safety improvements for schools. (SEE DOC. #202102676)Referred to Budget & Finance Committee  Action details Not available
202102811 140.ReportREPORT, dated 9/22/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, regarding mental health services available to law enforcement officers. (SEE DOC. #202100943)Referred to Law & Public Safety Committee  Action details Not available
202102812 141.ReportREPORT, dated 9/22/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, regarding City roadway improvements and traffic calming in the FY 2022 Budget. (SEE DOC. #202102165)Referred to Budget & Finance Committee  Action details Not available
202102824 142.ReportREPORT, dated 9/22/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, regarding use of Fleet Replacement budget for West Fork Incinerator. (SEE DOC. #202102306)Referred to Budget & Finance Committee  Action details Not available
202102725 143.ReportREPORT, dated 9/10/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, regarding Department of Finance Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2021 (unaudited)Approved & Filed  Action details Not available
202102726 144.ReportREPORT, dated 9/8/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, regarding FY 2021 Carryover to FY 2022 ReportApproved & Filed  Action details Not available
202102772 145.MotionMOTION, dated 9/9/2021, submitted by Councilmember Landsman, Establishing Performance Measurement Goals for the Distribution of Eviction Prevention Funding. WE MOVE that the Administration work with the Community Action Agency (CAA) and other relevant partners to immediately establish performance measurement goals for the distribution of the eviction prevention emergency funding. We further move that these results-based performance measurement goals are reported to Council - along with any potential areas of support (e.g. Additional staffing or enhanced communication) - so as to allow us to act more aggressively and purposefully to ensure money is getting to people faster. (STATEMENT ATTACHED)AdoptedPass Action details Not available
202102805 146.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 9/20/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Property Sale and Development Agreement with Nassau Avenue Investments, LLC, an affiliate of The Model Group, Inc., for the sale of City-owned property located at 114-116 W. Elder Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, for a mixed-use development consisting of first floor commercial space and approximately 16 residential units.Passed EmergencyPass Action details Not available
202102805 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 9/20/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Property Sale and Development Agreement with Nassau Avenue Investments, LLC, an affiliate of The Model Group, Inc., for the sale of City-owned property located at 114-116 W. Elder Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, for a mixed-use development consisting of first floor commercial space and approximately 16 residential units.Emergency clause to remainPass Action details Not available
202102805 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 9/20/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Property Sale and Development Agreement with Nassau Avenue Investments, LLC, an affiliate of The Model Group, Inc., for the sale of City-owned property located at 114-116 W. Elder Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, for a mixed-use development consisting of first floor commercial space and approximately 16 residential units.Suspension of the three readingsPass Action details Not available
202102814 147.OrdinanceORDINANCE (B VERSION) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 9/20/2021, PROVIDING for potential income tax refund claims for calendar year 2021 based on state legislation authorizing such refund claims for taxpayers whose employers withheld municipal income tax for the City of Cincinnati even though the underlying income may not be taxable by the City of Cincinnati due to work location during calendar year 2021 by notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 14, 15, and 16 of Ordinance No. 0213-2019, which amended the policy of managing the Stabilization Funds for the City of Cincinnati and established the Waterfall Funding Mechanism for funding the Stabilization Funds, to establish a new balance sheet reserve account no. 050x3421, “Income Tax Reserve for Refunds,” within the General Fund 050 and to authorize the transfer of funds to the newly established “Income Tax Reserve for Refunds” balance sheet reserve account; AUTHORIZING the transfer of the sum of $50,015,389 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to balance sheet reserve account no. 050x3Passed EmergencyPass Action details Not available
202102814 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (B VERSION) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 9/20/2021, PROVIDING for potential income tax refund claims for calendar year 2021 based on state legislation authorizing such refund claims for taxpayers whose employers withheld municipal income tax for the City of Cincinnati even though the underlying income may not be taxable by the City of Cincinnati due to work location during calendar year 2021 by notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 14, 15, and 16 of Ordinance No. 0213-2019, which amended the policy of managing the Stabilization Funds for the City of Cincinnati and established the Waterfall Funding Mechanism for funding the Stabilization Funds, to establish a new balance sheet reserve account no. 050x3421, “Income Tax Reserve for Refunds,” within the General Fund 050 and to authorize the transfer of funds to the newly established “Income Tax Reserve for Refunds” balance sheet reserve account; AUTHORIZING the transfer of the sum of $50,015,389 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to balance sheet reserve account no. 050x3Emergency clause to remainPass Action details Not available
202102814 1 OrdinanceORDINANCE (B VERSION) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 9/20/2021, PROVIDING for potential income tax refund claims for calendar year 2021 based on state legislation authorizing such refund claims for taxpayers whose employers withheld municipal income tax for the City of Cincinnati even though the underlying income may not be taxable by the City of Cincinnati due to work location during calendar year 2021 by notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 14, 15, and 16 of Ordinance No. 0213-2019, which amended the policy of managing the Stabilization Funds for the City of Cincinnati and established the Waterfall Funding Mechanism for funding the Stabilization Funds, to establish a new balance sheet reserve account no. 050x3421, “Income Tax Reserve for Refunds,” within the General Fund 050 and to authorize the transfer of funds to the newly established “Income Tax Reserve for Refunds” balance sheet reserve account; AUTHORIZING the transfer of the sum of $50,015,389 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to balance sheet reserve account no. 050x3Suspension of the three readingsPass Action details Not available
202102832 148.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 9/22/2021, AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of the sum of $2,500,000 from American Rescue Plan grant project account no. 469x101xARP052, “FY 2021 Restricted Funds Revenue Replacement,” to the unappropriated surplus of Local Fiscal Recovery Fund 469; AUTHORIZING the establishment of American Rescue Plan grant project account no. 469x101xARP110, “Villages at Roll Hill Boys & Girls Club,” for the purpose of providing resources for the construction of a new facility for the Villages at Roll Hill Boys & Girls Club; AUTHORIZING the appropriation of the sum of $2,250,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Local Fiscal Recovery Fund 469 to newly established American Rescue Plan grant project account no. 469x101xARP110, “Villages at Roll Hill Boys & Girls Club,” for the purpose of providing resources for the construction of a new facility for the Villages at Roll Hill Boys & Girls Club; DECLARING expenditures from American Rescue Plan grant project account no. 469x101xARP110, “Villages at Roll Hill Boys & GReferred to Budget & Finance Committee  Action details Not available