801 Plum Street  
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202  
City of Cincinnati  
CALENDAR  
Cincinnati City Council  
ROLL CALL  
PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  
FILING OF THE JOURNAL  
MAYOR CRANLEY  
Human Services Advisory Board: 14 members; 2 M, 12 F; 5 W, 9 AA  
REAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby reappoint Ariel  
Miller to the Human Services Advisory Committee for a term of three years.  
This reappointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent  
pursuant to its Rules. (Female/White).  
1.  
2.  
Recommendation:  
CONFIRM  
Mayor  
Sponsors:  
REAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby reappoint  
Heidi Mechley-Felton to the Human Services Advisory Committee for a term of  
three years. This reappointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and  
consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/White).  
Recommendation:  
CONFIRM  
Sponsors:  
Mayor  
REAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby reappoint Cliff  
Jenkins to the Human Services Advisory Committee for a term of three years.  
This reappointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent  
pursuant to its Rules. (Male/White).  
3.  
Recommendation:  
CONFIRM  
Mayor  
Sponsors:  
Community Development Advisory Board: 17 members; 10 M, 7 F; 9 W, 6 AA, 1 A, 1 U  
APPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby appoint Jagdish  
Bhati to the Community Development Advisory Board for a term of three years.  
This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent  
pursuant to its Rules. (Male/A).  
4.  
Recommendation:  
CONFIRM  
Sponsors:  
Mayor  
REAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby reappoint  
Gina Marsh to the Community Development Advisory Board for a term of three  
5.  
years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent  
pursuant to its Rules. (Female/White).  
Recommendation:  
CONFIRM  
Sponsors:  
Mayor  
REAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby reappoint  
Cheryl Meadows to the Community Development Advisory 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).  
6.  
7.  
Recommendation:  
CONFIRM  
Mayor  
Sponsors:  
Lunken Airport Oversight Advisory Board: 8 members: 7 Male/1 Female; 8 White  
REAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby reappoint  
Anne Sesler to the Lunken Airport Oversight Advisory Board a term of three  
years. This reappointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and  
consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/White).  
Recommendation:  
CONFIRM  
Sponsors:  
Mayor  
Board of Housing Appeals: 2 appts; 1M/1F; 2 AA  
REAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby reappoint Ron  
Mosley, Sr. to the Board of Housing Appeals for a term of three years. This  
reappointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant  
to its Rules. (Male/AA).  
8.  
Recommendation:  
CONFIRM  
Mayor  
Sponsors:  
Board of Health: 6 Male/3 Female; 3 AA/4 W/2 A  
APPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby appoint Raynal  
Moore to the Cincinnati Board of Health for a term of three years. This  
appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to  
its Rules. (Female/AA).  
9.  
Recommendation:  
CONFIRM  
Mayor  
Sponsors:  
Cincinnati Elections Commission: 5 appts: 1 Male/3 Female; 2 AA/2 White  
APPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby appoint Marcus  
Bethay II to the Cincinnati Elections Commission for a term of four years. This  
appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to  
its Rules. (Male/AA).  
10.  
Recommendation:  
CONFIRM  
Sponsors:  
Mayor  
CABA - 10 members: 5 Male/5 Female; 8 White/2 AA  
APPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby appoint Sgt.  
Anthony Mitchell to the Cincinnati Accessibility Board of Advisors (CABA) for a  
term of two years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice  
and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Male/AA).  
11.  
12.  
Recommendation:  
CONFIRM  
Mayor  
Sponsors:  
APPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby appoint Jason  
Harris to the Cincinnati Accessibility Board of Advisors (CABA) to fill the  
unexpired term of Brian Hart and the term shall expire in January 2022. This  
appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to  
its Rules. (Male/AA).  
Recommendation:  
CONFIRM  
Mayor  
Sponsors:  
Economic Inclusion Advocacy and Accountability Board (EIAAB): 17 members: 12  
Male/ 5 Female; 8 White/8 AA/ 1 Other  
REAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby reappoint  
Cathy Lindemann to the Economic Inclusion Advocacy and Accountability  
Board (EIAAB) for a term of three years. This reappointment is submitted to  
City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/White).  
13.  
Recommendation:  
HOLD ONE WEEK PURSUANT TO THE RULES OF COUNCIL  
Mayor  
Sponsors:  
REAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby reappoint  
Barbara Smith to the Economic Inclusion Advocacy and Accountability Board  
(EIAAB) for a term of three years. This reappointment is submitted to City  
Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/AA).  
14.  
Recommendation:  
HOLD ONE WEEK PURSUANT TO THE RULES OF COUNCIL  
Mayor  
Sponsors:  
APPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby appoint Jilson  
Daniels to the Economic Inclusion Advocacy and Accountability Board (EIAAB)  
for a term of three years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its  
advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Male/AA).  
15.  
16.  
Recommendation:  
HOLD ONE WEEK PURSUANT TO THE RULES OF COUNCIL  
Mayor  
Sponsors:  
REAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby reappoint Matt  
Jones to the Economic Inclusion Advocacy and Accountability Board (EIAAB)  
for a term of three years. This reappointment is submitted to City Council for its  
advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Male/White).  
Recommendation:  
HOLD ONE WEEK PURSUANT TO THE RULES OF COUNCIL  
Mayor  
Sponsors:  
SWORWIB - 52 Members: 27 Female/25 Male; 24 Minority/28 White  
APPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor John Cranley, I hereby appoint Alicia  
Reece the Southwest Ohio Region Workforce Investment Board (SWORWIB)  
to fill the unexpired term of Stephanie Summerow-Dumas. This appointment is  
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submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules.  
(Female/AA).  
Recommendation:  
HOLD ONE WEEK PURSUANT TO THE RULES OF COUNCIL  
Mayor  
Sponsors:  
MS. KEARNEY  
ORDINANCE, dated 7/29/2021, submitted by Councilmember Kearney, from  
Andrew Garth, City Solicitor, ESTABLISHING new Chapter 886, “Equitable  
Restrooms,” of Title VIII, “Business Regulations,” of the Cincinnati Municipal  
Code, and AMENDING Section 1501-9, “Class C1 Civil Offenses,” of Title XV,  
“Code Compliance and Hearings,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code to require  
equal access to single-occupancy toilet facilities in public buildings and places  
of public accommodation for all persons regardless of their sex, gender  
identity, physical or mental capacity, or familial status.  
18.  
Recommendation:  
EQUITY, INCLUSION, YOUTH & THE ARTS COMMITTEE  
Kearney  
Sponsors:  
MS. KEATING  
MOTION, submitted by Councilmember Keating, Recently Cincinnati City  
Council passed a water rate increase to fund infrastructure improvements  
around the city. WE MOVE that the city administration provide a report  
detailing the following: Tracking the status of ongoing projects (i.e., is the  
project on track/keeping a timeline), The spending designated to each project,  
Which vendors are being contracted to complete these projects, Breakdown of  
contracted businesses by WBE, MBE, and locality, Any other relevant  
information relating to the projects. WE FURTHER MOVE that this report is  
produced and published quarterly to increase transparency and clarify to our  
residents who are funding these improvements made by Greater Cincinnati  
Water Works.  
19.  
Recommendation:  
BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE  
Keating  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 7/29/2021, submitted by Councilmember  
Keating, from Andrew Garth, City Solicitor, TO SUBMIT to the electors of the  
City of Cincinnati an amendment to the Charter of the City to require council  
members to resign upon offering themselves for nomination or election to a  
salaried non-City office during their current term on council, to require the  
mayor to resign upon offering himself or herself for nomination or election to a  
salaried non-City office during his or her term in office, and that would remove  
obsolete language from the Charter by amending Article II, Section 4 and  
Article III, Section 1.  
20.  
Recommendation:  
EDUCATION, INNOVATION & GROWTH COMMITTEE  
Keating  
Sponsors:  
MR. LANDSMAN  
MOTION, submitted by Councilmember Landsman, In addition to expended  
efforts to get illegal guns off our streets and other safety measures the City is  
pursuing, WE HEREBY MOVE that the Administration, working with its many  
capable and diverse partners, establish a renewed effort to support emerging  
community-driven safety plans. (STATEMENT ATTACHED) (BALANCE ON  
21.  
FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE).  
LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE  
Landsman  
Recommendation:  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 7/29/2021, submitted by Councilmember  
Landsman, from Andrew Garth, City Solicitor, AMENDING Article III,  
“Department of Law,” Section 10, “Code Compliance and Administrative  
Hearings” of the Administrative Code of the City of Cincinnati for the purpose  
of establishing a new position of ethics and good government counselor within  
the Department of Law to support ethics and election and campaign finance  
efforts, which is contingent upon funding being appropriated to hire the ethics  
and good government counselor and other staff necessary for the duties of  
that office.  
22.  
Recommendation:  
LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE  
Landsman  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 7/29/2021, submitted by Councilmember  
Landsman, from Andrew Garth, City Solicitor, TO SUBMIT to the electors of  
the City of Cincinnati an amendment to the Charter of the City of Cincinnati  
requiring prompt reporting of all political contributions by the currently elected  
Mayor and Members of Council totaling more than $200 per election cycle.  
23.  
24.  
Recommendation:  
EDUCATION, INNOVATION & GROWTH COMMITTEE  
Landsman  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 7/29/2021, submitted by Councilmember  
Landsman, from Andrew Garth, City Solicitor, MODIFYING Chapter 117,  
“Campaign Finance - Disclosure,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by  
AMENDING Section 117-3, “Reporting Requirements when Campaign has no  
Activity; Publication of Campaign Reports,” to require timely reporting by the  
currently serving Mayor and Members of Council, and their associated  
campaign committees and political action committees, of political contributions  
in excess of $200 per election cycle; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to take  
all actions necessary to design and implement a public-facing website through  
which such reports will be available; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to  
develop such requirements, rules, and guidance, in consultation with the  
Cincinnati Elections Commission, as are necessary to carry out the purposes  
described herein, contingent upon funding being appropriated for such  
purposes.  
Recommendation:  
LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE  
Landsman  
Sponsors:  
MR. MANN  
MOTION, submitted by Councilmember Mann, I MOVE that the Administration  
develop a long-term plan for addressing the reality that hundred-year floods  
are now a regular challenge for our community and that is no longer  
acceptable that businesses and residents may at any time find livelihoods and  
households severely damaged or destroyed by predictable events.  
(STATEMENT ATTACHED).  
25.  
Recommendation:  
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE  
Mann  
Sponsors:  
MR. SMITHERMAN  
RESOLUTION, dated 7/29/2021, submitted by Vice Mayor Smitherman, from  
Andrew Garth, City Solicitor, RECOGNIZING and honoring Elmer J. Hensler  
for the service he and his company, Queen City Sausage, have provided the  
City of Cincinnati.  
26.  
27.  
Recommendation:  
PASS  
Sponsors:  
Smitherman  
MS. SUNDERMANN  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 07/29/2021, submitted by  
Councilmember Sundermann, from Andrew Garth, City Solicitor, TO SUBMIT  
to the electors of the City of Cincinnati an amendment to the Charter of the  
City of Cincinnati reducing the number of signatures required on nominating  
petitions for candidates for City Council and Mayor to not less than 50 nor  
more than 100.  
Recommendation:  
EDUCATION, INNOVATION & GROWTH COMMITTEE  
Sundermann  
Sponsors:  
MS. SUNDERMANN  
MR. SEELBACH  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 7/29/2021, submitted by  
28.  
Councilmembers Sundermann and Seelbach, from Andrew Garth, City  
Solicitor, TO SUBMIT to the electors of the City of Cincinnati an amendment  
to the Charter of the City of Cincinnati providing a time within which the Mayor  
must assign legislative matters to the appropriate committee of the Council of  
the City of Cincinnati for consideration, allowing the Clerk of Council to assign  
legislative matters to the appropriate committee if they are not assigned by the  
Mayor within that time, providing a time within which Council committee chairs  
must place assigned ordinances on their committee agendas, providing a time  
within which the Mayor must place an ordinance approved by a committee on  
the Council agenda for passage, and providing that motions and  
non-legislative resolutions on the council calendar may be immediately  
considered by Council upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of its members.  
(BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE).  
Recommendation:  
EDUCATION, INNOVATION & GROWTH COMMITTEE  
Sundermann and Seelbach  
Sponsors:  
CITY MANAGER  
ORDINANCE submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on  
1/27/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Grant of  
Encroachment Easements in favor of Ingalls Hotel, LLC, pursuant to which the  
City of Cincinnati will grant encroachment easements to permit a subsurface  
air intake system, two out-swinging doors, a cornice projection, and  
basement/subbasement space to encroach upon portions of the Vine Street  
East Fourth Street public rights-of-way in the Central Business District.  
29.  
Recommendation:  
BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, regarding Gas Station Leak in West Price Hill  
30.  
Recommendation:  
Sponsors:  
LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021 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 TEWOLDE LLC, DBA ONE STOP SHOP,  
5000 Paddock Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45237. (#8950146, C1, C2, D6,  
TRANSFER) [Objections: NONE]  
31.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager,  
regarding Special Event Permit Application for SUNFLOWER REV IT UP.  
32.  
33.  
34.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager,  
regarding Special Event Permit Application for RIDE CINCINNATI 2021.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager,  
regarding Special Event Permit Application for HUDEPOHL 14K BREWERY  
RUN.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager,  
regarding Special Event Permit Application for MAKING STRIDES AGAINST  
BREAST CANCER.  
35.  
36.  
37.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager,  
regarding Special Event Permit Application for BELVEDERE PRODUCTIONS  
LLC.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021 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 6415 MADISON RD LLC, DBA  
MADISONVILLE SUNOCO, 6415 Madison Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45227.  
(#8196248, C1, NEW) [Objections: NONE]  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021 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 GRATZI CATERING LLC, 1761 Tennessee  
Unit A, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229. (#33140480015, D3, NEW) [Objections:  
NONE]  
38.  
39.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021 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 CWW CORP, DBA UPPER DECK AT THE  
COVE PATIO POOL & VOLLEYBALL FIELDS, 4855 Kellogg Avenue,  
Cincinnati, Ohio 45226. (#18697330005, D1, D2, D3, D3A, D6, TRANSFER)  
[Objections: NONE]  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021 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 EL BARRIL MEXICAN SPORT BAR LLC,  
940 Pavilion Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (#0470146, D5, D6, TRANSFER)  
[Objections: YES]  
40.  
41.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021 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 JOE POULOS INC, DBA SKYLINE CHILI,  
1001 Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (#4305764, D1, NEW) [Objections:  
NONE]  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager,  
regarding Special Event Permit Application for MONICA 2 FILMING.  
42.  
43.  
44.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager,  
regarding Special Event Permit Application for THANKSGIVING DAY RACE.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager,  
regarding Special Event Permit Application for WALK TO END ALZHEIMER’S.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager,  
regarding Special Event Permit Application for OKTOBERFEST ZINZINNATI.  
45.  
46.  
47.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager,  
regarding Special Event Permit Application for RIVERFEST 2021.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021 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 SYMPOSIUM CINCINNATI LLC, DBA  
SYMPOSIUM, 2835 Woodburn Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45206. (#8652835,  
D5J, NEW) [Objections: YES]  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021 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 ALAMO TIGER LLC, 1324 Main Street,  
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (#00928160005, D5, TRANSFER) [Objections: YES]  
48.  
49.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021 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 MOM N EM MADVILLE LLC, 4310 Whetsel  
Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45227. (#60985100005, D1, D2, TRANSFER)  
[Objections: YES]  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021 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 CAFÉ LOLA LLC, 6111 Montgomery Road  
1st Fl & Basement & Patio, Cincinnati, Ohio 45213. (#11782170005, D5J, D6,  
TRANSFER) [Objections: YES]  
50.  
51.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager,  
regarding Special Event Permit Application for FIDANT CELEBRATION.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager,  
regarding Special Event Permit Application for SHILLITO PLACE BLOCK  
PARTY.  
52.  
53.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021 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 COURT STREET CONDOS LLC, 30 E.  
Court Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (#17770000025, D5J, NEW) [Objections:  
YES]  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021 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 WHAT A LIFE SPIRITS LLC, DBA  
FRANKIES SIPS & SAVORIES, 14 Garfield Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.  
(#9551671, D5, TRANSFER) [Objections: YES]  
54.  
55.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021 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 3100 VANDERCAR WAY INC, 3100  
Vandercar Way, Cincinnati, Ohio 45209. (#8869601, D5, TRANSFER)  
[Objections: NONE]  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021 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 HAPPY HARRYS LLC, 22 W. Court Street,  
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (#3607272, D5J, NEW) [Objections: YES]  
56.  
57.  
58.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021 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 COURT & VINE LLC, 7 - 11 Court Street,  
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (#1777711, D5J, NEW) [Objections: YES]  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021 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 URBAN LEGACY VIII LLC, 1005 Walnut  
Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (#9171005, D5J, NEW) [Objections: YES]  
Recommendation:  
Sponsors:  
FILE  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021 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 MOCHIKO LLP, DBA CAFÉ MOCHIKO,  
1524 Madison Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45206. (#6073797, D5J, NEW)  
[Objections: NONE]  
59.  
60.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021 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 INGALLS HOTELS LLC, DBA  
COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT, 6 E. Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.  
(#4103531, D5A, NEW) [Objections: NONE]  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager,  
regarding Special Event Permit Application for PEPPER-2021 FILMING.  
61.  
62.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager,  
regarding Special Event Permit Application for EAST WALNUT HILLS  
SUMMER IN THE STREETS.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager,  
regarding Special Event Permit Application for MLCC FALL FESTIVAL.  
63.  
64.  
65.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager,  
regarding Special Event Permit Application for BATTLE AT THE BANKS.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager,  
regarding Special Event Permit Application for OAKLEY COMMUNITY  
COUNCIL EVENT.  
FILE  
Recommendation:  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager,  
regarding Special Event Permit Application for FOO FIGHTERS AT ICON  
MUSIC CENTER LAWN.  
66.  
67.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 8/4/2021, AMENDING the official zoning map of the City of  
Cincinnati to rezone certain real property located at 3201, 3215, 3223, and  
3229 Woodburn Avenue in the Evanston neighborhood from the CN-P,  
“Commercial Neighborhood-Pedestrian,” zoning district to the RM-0.7,  
“Residential Multi-Family,” zoning district in furtherance of the Evanston  
Fire-Point Urban Renewal Plan (2003).  
Recommendation:  
ECONOMIC GROWTH & ZONING COMMITTEE  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021, submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, regarding Department of Finance Report for the Month Ended May  
31, 2021.  
68.  
69.  
Recommendation:  
BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021 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 ADAMODAY INC, 2435 Harrison Avenue,  
Cincinnati, Ohio 45211. (#0048175, C1, C2, NEW) [Objections: YES]  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
REPORT, dated 8/4/2021 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 GB LICENSE LLC, 5130 Glencrossing  
Way, Unit 112, Cincinnati, Ohio 45211. (#30612130035, C1, C2, NEW)  
[Objections: YES]  
70.  
71.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
ORDINANCE submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on  
8/4/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for a grant in the  
amount of up to $100,000 from the Ohio State Transportation  
Innovation Council for the purpose of constructing a precast raised  
crosswalk, curb extensions, and pedestrian amenities at the  
intersection of Harrison Avenue and Montclair Avenue.  
Recommendation:  
BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
ORDINANCE submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 8/4/2021,  
MODIFYING Title V, “Traffic,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by AMENDING  
Section 515-9, “Impoundment and Immobilization,” of Chapter 515, “Parking  
Infractions; Collection Procedures,” to remove obsolete language.  
72.  
73.  
Recommendation:  
BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 8/4/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and deposit  
a donation in an amount up to $69,530.63 from the Cincinnati Parks  
Foundation into Parks Private Endowment Fund 430; and AUTHORIZING the  
transfer and appropriation of $69,530.63 from the unappropriated surplus of  
Parks Private Endowment Fund 430 to existing capital improvement program  
project account no. 980x203x192009, “Tom Jones Commons,” for the purpose  
of providing additional resources for the construction of the public recreation  
area, Tom Jones Commons, in Eden Park.  
Recommendation:  
BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 8/4/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute two deeds  
in favor of the State of Ohio, Department of Transportation, to convey land  
adjacent to Interstate 75 in the Carthage and Bond Hill neighborhoods in  
connection with transportation improvement project HAM 75 - 7.85.  
74.  
75.  
76.  
Recommendation:  
BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 8/4/2021,  
AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Property Sale Agreement with  
Mark A. Rosenzweig and Shirley F. Rosenzweig for the sale of City-owned real  
property located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Frank Street and  
Artist Alley in the Pendleton neighborhood.  
Recommendation:  
BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 8/4/2021,  
AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a grant in the  
amount of $25,000 from the Ohio Association of Community Health Centers’  
Community Oral Health Transformation Initiative by DentaQuest for the  
purpose of providing resources to improve the delivery of quality oral health  
care; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds  
into Public Health Research Fund 350.  
Recommendation:  
BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 8/4/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and  
appropriate a donation of $400,000 from the Cincinnati Park Board  
77.  
Commissioner’s Fund for the purpose of purchasing horticultural supplies, and  
Krohn Conservatory gift shop inventory, and paying for maintenance contracts,  
salary reimbursements, and other vital costs associated with running City  
parks; and AUTHORIZING the Finance Director to deposit the donated funds  
into Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430.  
BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE  
City Manager  
Recommendation:  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on  
8/4/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for and accept a  
grant of up to $148,000 from the United States Department of  
Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration through the  
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) (Assistance Listing Number 20.106)  
for the purpose of offsetting costs related to operations, personnel,  
cleaning, and sanitization services for combatting the spread of  
COVID-19 at Lunken Airport; and authorizing the Finance Director to  
deposit the grant funds into the General Aviation Fund revenue account  
no. 104x8554.  
78.  
Recommendation:  
BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
CLERK OF COUNCIL  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Lou  
Gentile, Lobbyist, Vorys Advisors, 52 East Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215.  
79.  
80.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent  
Thomas E. Niehaus, Lobbyist, Vorys Advisors, 52 East Gay Street, Columbus,  
Ohio 43215.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Lou  
Gentile, Lobbyist, Vorys Advisors, 52 East Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215.  
(VISTRA)  
81.  
82.  
83.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent  
Alison Trianfo, Associate, Government Strategies Group, 700 Walnut Street,  
Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (NATIONAL MARKETSHARE GROUP)  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent  
James T. Benedict, Vice President, Government Strategies Group, 700 Walnut  
Street, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (NATIONAL MARKETSHARE  
GROUP)  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent  
Katherine Ott Zehnder, Civil Engineer, 28 Liberty Ship Way, Suite 2815,  
Sausalito, California 94965. (POLITICOM LAW)  
84.  
85.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent  
Holly Bowen Nagel Hankinson, Advocacy Director, 720 East Pete Rose Way,  
Suite 120, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (WOMEN’S FUND OF THE GREATER  
CINCINNATI FOUNDATION)  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent  
Meghan Elizabeth Cummings, Executive Director, 720 East Pete Rose Way,  
Suite 120, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (WOMEN’S FUND OF THE GREATER  
CINCINNATI FOUNDATION)  
86.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent  
Candace Sabers, Vice President, Government Realtors, 3200 Burnet Avenue,  
Cincinnati, Ohio 45229.  
87.  
88.  
89.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent  
Robert Kellman, Government Relations, 1455 Market Street, Suite 400, San  
Francisco, CA 94103-1355.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent  
Edward J. Babbitt, Vice President & Senior Counsel, Western & Southern, 400  
Broadway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent  
Colleen Marie Reynolds, Government Affairs, 255 East 5th Street, Suite 1900,  
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.  
90.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent  
Colleen Reynolds, Partner, Government Affairs, 255 East Fifth Street, Suite  
1900, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (NORFOLK SOUTHERN)  
91.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent  
Matt Davis, President, Government Affairs, 255 East Fifth Street, Suite 1900,  
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (NORFOLK SOUTHERN)  
92.  
93.  
94.  
95.  
96.  
97.  
98.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent  
Matt Davis, Government Affairs, 255 East Fifth Street, Suite 1900, Cincinnati,  
Ohio 45202.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent  
Matt Davis, President, Government Affairs, 255 East Fifth Street, Suite 1900,  
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (TWG)  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent  
Megan Hube, Government Affairs, 255 East Fifth Street, Suite 1900,  
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent  
Colleen Davis, Partner, Government Affairs, 255 East Fifth Street, Suite 1900,  
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (TWG)  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent  
Colleen Reynolds, Partner, Government Affairs, 255 East Fifth Street, Suite  
1900, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (PROMISE HEALTH)  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent  
Matt Davis, President, Government Affairs, 255 East Fifth Street, Suite 1900,  
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (PROMISE HEALTH)  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Ted  
Heckmann, Senior Director, Government Affairs, 221 East Fourth Street,  
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.  
99.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent  
Anne C. Sesler, Senior Associate, Government Strategies Group, 700 Walnut  
Street, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent  
Dustin Aaron Holfinger, Director, State Government Relations, 5211 Madison  
Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45227. (AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION)  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent  
Alison C. Trianfo, Director of Operations & Engagement, Government  
Strategies Group, 700 Walnut Street, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent  
James T. Benedict, Vice President, Government Strategies Group, 700 Walnut  
Street, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent J.  
Douglas Moormann, Vice President, Government Strategies Group, 700  
Walnut Street, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent  
Alana M. Tucker, Senior Associate, Government Strategies Group, 700 Walnut  
Street, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent  
Charles H. Gerhardt, III, President & CEO, Government Strategies Group, 700  
Walnut Street, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.  
Recommendation:  
FILE  
Sponsors:  
Clerk of Council  
BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE  
ORDINANCE submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on  
6/23/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and  
appropriate a Victims of Crime Act Grant in an amount up to $42,000  
from the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General, for the purpose  
of providing funds for the Homicide Unit’s Victims’ Assistance  
Practitioner in the State Victims Assistance Act and the federal Victims  
of Crime Act grant programs; and AUTHORIZING the Director of  
Finance to deposit the grant funds in Law Enforcement Grant Fund  
368, Project Account No. 22VALU.  
Recommendation:  
PASS  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 6/23/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and  
appropriate a grant in the amount of up to $70,000 from the Interact for Health  
COVID-19 Relief Fund for the purpose of providing support for Cincinnati  
Health Department dental and vision school-based health centers; and  
AUTHORIZING the Finance Director to deposit the grant funds into Public  
Health Research Fund 350.  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on  
6/23/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and  
appropriate a grant from the United States Department of Justice,  
Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, FY2021  
Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program, which would  
provide the Cincinnati Police Department with reimbursement of up to  
$146,000 for bulletproof vest body armor expenditures, related to the  
projected departmental expenditures in Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023 for  
bulletproof vest body armor that is approximated to be $292,000; and  
AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into  
Law Enforcement Grant Fund 368, Project Account No. 22VEST.  
Recommendation:  
PASS  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
ORDINANCE submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on  
6/23/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to partner with the HOPE  
Community Center in applying for and accepting, as a sub-recipient, a  
grant from the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Office of Criminal  
Justice Services, FY 2021 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance  
Grant, for resiliency training for local law enforcement.  
Recommendation:  
PASS  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 8/2/2021, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF NOTES IN THE  
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $2,000,000 BY THE CITY OF CINCINNATI IN  
ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS  
FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IMPROVEMENTS.  
PASS EMERGENCY  
Recommendation:  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 8/2/2021, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to  
execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with Bleh  
Property Holdings LLC, thereby authorizing a 10-year tax exemption for 100%  
of the value of improvements made to real property located at 33, 35, and 37  
E. Court Street in the Central Business District of Cincinnati, in connection with  
the remodeling of the existing buildings into approximately 3,438 square feet of  
commercial space, at a total construction cost of approximately $248,800.  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 8/2/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute any and  
all agreements and take such other steps as may be necessary in order to sell  
City-owned real property at 1712 Logan Street in the Over-the-Rhine  
neighborhood of Cincinnati to Southwest Ohio Housing Development, Inc. (an  
affiliate of Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority), or other affiliated  
organization acceptable to the City Manager, to facilitate an affordable housing  
development by the company in partnership with Urban Sites Capital Advisors,  
LLC.  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 8/2/2021, AMENDING Ordinance No. 228-2012 passed by City  
Council on June 20, 2012, as previously amended by Ordinance No. 246-2013,  
Ordinance No. 179-2014, Ordinance No. 272-2015, Ordinance No. 268-2016,  
Ordinance No. 213-2017, Ordinance No. 244-2018, Ordinance No. 321-2019,  
and Ordinance No. 270-2020, for the purpose of reducing those special  
assessments levied and to be collected in 2022 (with tax year 2021 property  
taxes) based upon a report of the administrator for bonds issued by the Port of  
Greater Cincinnati Development Authority related to the Oakley Station  
development project.  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 8/2/2021, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the execution of a  
Job Creation Tax Credit Agreement with CTI - Clinical Trial Services, Inc.,  
pursuant to which the company agrees to create 70 new jobs at the Baldwin  
500 building located at 2090 Florence Avenue in the Walnut Hills  
neighborhood of Cincinnati and, for a period of 8 years, the City agrees to  
provide an income tax credit equal to 45% of City income tax revenue from  
such new jobs.  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 8/2/2021, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to  
execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with 254  
Mohawk LLC, thereby authorizing a 12-year tax exemption for 100% of the  
value of improvements made to real property located at 254 Mohawk Street in  
the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the  
remodeling of two existing buildings to create approximately 3,655 square feet  
of residential space consisting of 9 residential units, at a total construction cost  
of approximately $725,847. (MR. MANN IS EXCUSED FROM VOTING ON  
THIS ITEM)  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 8/2/2021, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to  
execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with CH  
KeyMark LLC, thereby authorizing a 15-year tax exemption for 100% of the  
value of improvements made to real property located at 5906-5910 and 6060  
Hamilton Avenue in the College Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection  
with the remodeling of 3 existing buildings to create 15,100 square feet of  
residential space consisting of 26 apartments, 3,395 square feet of commercial  
office space, and 1,487 square feet of commercial retail space, at a total  
construction cost of approximately $3,632,132.  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 8/2/2021, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to  
execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with SLD  
Enterprises, LLC and Brothers Express, LLC, thereby authorizing a 12-year tax  
exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property  
located at 5790 Center Hill Avenue in the Winton Hills neighborhood of  
Cincinnati, in connection with the construction of approximately 11,200 square  
feet of industrial space and approximately 2,800 square feet of office space, at  
a total construction cost of approximately $1,780,000  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 8/2/2021, AUTHORIZING the establishment of new capital  
improvement program project account no. 980x164x221647, “West Price Hill  
Glenway Properties Development,” for the purpose of providing resources for  
permanent public improvements in the right of way as well as the renovation or  
new construction of residential or commercial structures all in the West Price  
Hill business district, including planning, design, acquisition, demolition, and  
construction of these improvements and structures; AUTHORIZING the  
transfer and return to source of the sum of $1,900,000 from capital  
improvement program project account no. 980x162x171640, “West Price Hill  
Mixed-Use Development,” to the unappropriated surplus of Urban  
Development Bond Fund 862; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of  
the sum of $1,900,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Urban Development  
Bond Fund 862 to newly established capital improvement program project  
account no. 980x164x221647, “West Price Hill Glenway Properties  
Development,” for the purpose of providing resources for permanent public  
improvements in the right of way as well as the renovation or new construction  
of residential or commercial structures all in the West Price Hill business  
district, including planning, design, acquisition, demolition, and construction;  
and further DECLARING expenditures from capital improvement program  
project account no. 980x164x221647, “West Price Hill Glenway Properties  
Development,” to be for a public purpose.  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 8/2/2021, AUTHORIZING the establishment of capital  
improvement program project account no. 980x164x221648, “8th and Overlook  
Permanent Improvements,” for the purpose of providing resources to facilitate  
commercial business district capital improvements; AUTHORIZING the  
transfer and return to source of the sum of $100,000 from capital improvement  
program project account no. 980x162x171640, “West Price Hill Mixed-Use  
Development,” to the unappropriated surplus of Urban Development Bond  
Fund 862; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of the sum of  
$100,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Urban Development Bond Fund  
862 to the newly established capital improvement program project account no.  
980x164x221648, “8th and Overlook Permanent Improvements,” for the  
purpose of providing resources for right of way improvements related to  
signage, beautification, and safety and security, and to facilitate permanent  
improvements on property adjacent to the 8th Street and Overlook intersection  
in the West Price Hill neighborhood; and DECLARING expenditures from  
capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x221648, “8th and  
Overlook Permanent Improvements,” to be for a public purpose because the  
project will stabilize and revitalize this business district in the West Price Hill  
neighborhood.  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething,  
City Manager, on 8/2/2021, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement  
program project account no. 980x233x222346, “River Road Rehab  
(PID 108937) ODOT Grant,” for the purpose of rehabilitating River  
Road from Anderson Ferry Road to Fairbanks Avenue (HAM-50-14.21  
PID 108937); AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and  
appropriate a grant in the amount of up to $1,350,000 from the Federal  
Highway Administration (Assistance Listing Number 20.205), as  
administered by the Ohio Department of Transportation, to newly  
created capital improvement program project account no.  
980x233x222346, “River Road Rehab (PID 108937) ODOT Grant,” for  
the purpose of providing grant resources for the HAM-50-14.21 PID  
108937 project, which will rehabilitate River Road from Anderson Ferry  
Road to Fairbanks Avenue in the Riverside community; and further  
AUTHORIZING the City Manager to do all things necessary to  
cooperate with the Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation  
in order to complete the HAM-50-14.21 PID 108937 Project.  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething,  
City Manager, on 8/2/2021, AUTHORIZING the establishment of new  
capital improvement program project account no. 980x162x221645,  
“OTR Affordable Housing FHAct50 - TIF,” for the purpose of providing  
resources for Logan Commons and Willkommen II, two affordable  
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit housing developments located in  
Over-the-Rhine; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of  
$2,350,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Downtown/OTR West  
Equivalent Fund 482 to newly established capital improvement program  
project account no. 980x162x221645, “OTR Affordable Housing  
FHAct50 - TIF,” to provide resources for construction and development  
costs associated with the Logan Commons and Willkommen II housing  
developments; and further DECLARING that expenditures from capital  
improvement program project account no. 980x162x221645, “OTR  
Affordable Housing FHAct50 - TIF,” will serve a public purpose  
because the project will create additional affordable housing in the  
Over-the-Rhine neighborhood.  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 8/2/2021, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to  
execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or  
Living Building Challenge) with 6121-23 Madison Rd. Opportunity Fund, LLC,  
thereby authorizing a 15-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of  
improvements made to real property located at 6007 and 6011 Madison Road  
in the Madisonville neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the  
remodeling and expansion of an existing building into approximately 7,707  
square feet of residential space consisting of 7-8 apartments, and  
approximately 3,793 square feet of commercial space, which remodeling 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 remodeling cost of approximately $1,234,650.  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething,  
City Manager, on 8/2/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply  
for, accept, and appropriate a grant in an amount up to $700,000 from  
the United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs,  
Bureau of Justice Assistance, assistance listing #16.738, for the  
purpose of developing and expanding the newly formed Crime Gun  
Intelligence Center by adding dedicated crime analysts and a project  
coordinator, and collaborating with regional training in the National  
Integrated Ballistic Information Network; and AUTHORIZING the  
Finance Director to deposit the grant funds into Law Enforcement Grant  
Fund 368, Project Account No. 21CGIC.  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 8/2/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept,  
and appropriate a grant of an amount up to $290,309 from the United States  
Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Edward Byrne Memorial  
Justice Assistance Grant Program Local Solicitation (ALN #16.738); and  
further AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into  
Justice Assistance Grant Fund 368, project account no. 21JAG.  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 8/2/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Property  
Sale and Development Agreement with 6121-23 Madison Rd. Opportunity  
Fund, LLC, for the sale of City-owned real property located at 6007 Madison  
Road in the Madisonville neighborhood of Cincinnati, to be consolidated with  
the purchaser’s own property and redeveloped as a mixed-use development;  
ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no.  
980x162x221641, “DCED Property Improvements,” for the purpose of  
providing resources for permanent improvements to vacant buildings and  
properties controlled or previously controlled by the Department of Community  
and Economic Development; and further, DECLARING expenditures from  
capital improvement program project account no. 980x162x221641, “DCED  
Property Improvements,” to be for a public purpose.  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething,  
City Manager, on 8/2/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply  
for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $31,250,000 from the U.S.  
Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services  
(“COPS”), FY 2021 COPS Hiring Program (ALN 16.710), for the  
purpose of creating and filling up to 250 entry-level, sworn Police  
Officer positions within the Cincinnati Police Department over a five  
year grant period to provide an opportunity for the Police Department to  
increase its sworn strength levels; and further AUTHORIZING the  
Finance Director to receive and deposit the grant funds into Law  
Enforcement Grant Fund 368.  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 8/2/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Grant of  
Encroachment Easements in favor of Fort Wash Hills, LLC, pursuant to which  
the City of Cincinnati will grant easements over and across property known as  
Hammond Street in the Central Business District to allow access and  
temporary construction rights.  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 8/2/2021, AUTHORIZING a payment of $66,347.30 from the  
Human Resources Department General Fund non-personnel operating budget  
account no. 050x121x1000x7289 as a moral obligation to  
Industrial/Organizational Solutions (“I/OS”) for payment of outstanding charges  
for legally and contractually required testing services for Police and Fire  
promotional exams for sworn personnel provided by I/OS prior to the execution  
of a professional services contract.  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething,  
City Manager, on 8/2/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager and the  
employees of the Office of Human Relations to solicit and accept  
donations of money, in-kind contributions, and other things of value  
from the Cincinnati business community, individual benefactors, and  
other available sources for the Office of Human Relations to support  
the West End History Project; and AUTHORIZING the Finance Director  
to deposit funds donated to the City of Cincinnati for the West End  
History Project into Special Revenue Fund No. 435, “Human Relations.”  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 8/2/2021, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of  
$740,000 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the City  
Manager’s Office General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no.  
050x101x7300 for the purpose of providing funds for supplies and materials  
necessary to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus known as COVID-19.  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 8/2/2021, AMENDING Ordinance No. 0362-2018 to increase the  
amount of funding the City Manager is authorized to accept from the Ohio  
Department of Transportation’s Ohio Bridge Partnership Program from  
$3,064,000 to $3,250,000 and to appropriate the additional amount of  
$186,000 to existing capital improvement program project account no.  
980x233x192348, “Kennedy Avenue Bridge Grants,” for the purpose of  
providing resources for the replacement of the Kennedy Avenue Bridge.  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 8/2/2021, AUTHORIZING the payment of $29,500 as a moral  
obligation to Matlock Electric Co., Inc. for payment of outstanding charges for  
services received by Greater Cincinnati Water Works for the reconditioning of  
the hydro turbine generators at the Richard Miller Treatment Plant.  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
Sponsors:  
City Manager  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 8/2/2021, AUTHORIZING the payment of $23,983 as a moral  
obligation to Degree Lawn & Landscape for payment of outstanding charges  
for services received by Greater Cincinnati Water Works for grass cutting at  
multiple GCWW facilities in May and June of 2021.  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 8/2/2021, AUTHORIZING the transfer of the sum of $574,760  
within General Fund 050 from and to various operating accounts for the  
purpose of transferring the duties of Zoning Administration from the  
Department of Buildings and Inspections to the Department of City Planning  
and Engagement, in accordance with the attached Schedule of Transfer.  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
EDUCATION, INNOVATION & GROWTH COMMITTEE  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) (B VERSION), dated 7/30/2021, submitted by  
Councilmember Seelbach, from Andrew Garth, City Solicitor, TO SUBMIT to  
the electors of the City of Cincinnati an amendment to the Charter of the City  
that would establish a 0.1% earned income tax levy for financing affordable  
housing for low-income households, and otherwise providing for the housing  
needs of low-income households such that the overall City earnings tax rate is  
increased from 1.8% to 1.9% and that would remove obsolete language from  
the Charter, by amending existing Section 6c of Artcile VIII, “Taxation and  
Finance.”  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
Seelbach  
Sponsors:  
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE  
ORDINANCE, dated 7/27/2021, submitted by Vice Mayor Smitherman, from  
Andrew Garth, City Solicitor, DECLARING that Gilbert Avenue at Florence  
Avenue in the Walnut Hills neighborhood shall hereby receive the honorary,  
secondary name of David L. Cole Memorial Way, in memory of Cincinnati  
Police Officer David L. Cole and in recognition of his service to the City of  
Cincinnati.  
Recommendation:  
PASS  
Sponsors:  
Smitherman  
ORDINANCE, dated 7/27/2021, submitted by Vice Mayor Smitherman, from  
Andrew Garth, City Solicitor, DECLARING that Vine Street at McMillan Street  
in the Mount Auburn neighborhood shall hereby receive the honorary,  
secondary name of Pope-Jeter Memorial Way, in memory of Cincinnati Police  
Officer Daniel J. Pope and Police Specialist Ronald D. Jeter and in recognition  
of their service to the City of Cincinnati.  
Recommendation:  
PASS  
Sponsors:  
Smitherman  
ORDINANCE, dated 7/27/2021, submitted by Councilmember Kearney, from  
Andrew Garth, City Solicitor, DECLARING that Rockdale Avenue shall hereby  
receive the honorary, secondary name of Alvertis W. Bishop Way, in memory  
of Alvertis W. Bishop, recognizing his contributions as a businessman to the  
City of Cincinnati and as a vital member of the Avondale community.  
Recommendation:  
PASS  
Sponsors:  
Kearney  
ORDINANCE, dated 7/27/2021, submitted by Councilmember Kearney, from  
Andrew Garth, City Solicitor, DECLARING that Allston Street hereby receive  
the honorary, secondary name of James T. Aglamesis Way, in memory of  
James T. Aglamesis and in recognition of his contributions to the City of  
Cincinnati through entrepreneurship.  
Recommendation:  
PASS  
Sponsors:  
Kearney  
SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS  
LAW & PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE  
MOTION, dated 6/16/2021, submitted by Councilmember Mann, I MOVE that  
the City Administration create a Master Plan for street calming and pedestrian  
safety. (STATEMENT ATTACHED)  
Recommendation:  
ADOPT  
Mann  
Sponsors:  
RESOLUTION, submitted by Councilmember Kearney, from Andrew Garth,  
City Solicitor, EXPRESSING the support of the Mayor and the Cincinnati City  
Council for the passage of S. Bill 1237, “Jaime’s Law,” currently pending in the  
117th Congress, First Session, and their ratification of the City Administration’s  
efforts to effectuate its swift passage to address gun-related injuries and  
deaths, on behalf of the City of Cincinnati and its residents.  
Recommendation:  
PASS  
Sponsors:  
Kearney  
ECONOMIC GROWTH & ZONING COMMITTEE  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 6/23/2021, ACCEPTING AND CONFIRMING the dedication of  
approximately 0.211 acres of real property as public right-of-way for street  
purposes, as portions of the public street designated as Kellogg Avenue  
located in the East End neighborhood of Cincinnati.  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
MAJOR PROJECTS & SMART GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 6/23/2021, MODIFYING Title VII, “General Regulations,” of the  
Cincinnati Municipal Code by AMENDING the provisions of Chapter 719,  
“Wireless Communications Facilities in the Right of Way,” to ensure that the  
City’s regulation of wireless communication facilities in the public right-of-way  
is consistent with recent changes to applicable state and federal laws and  
regulations.  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City  
Manager, on 8/2/2021, MODIFYING Article XXI, “Department of Buildings and  
Inspections,” of the Administrative Code of the City of Cincinnati by  
AMENDING Section 2, “Duties of Director of Buildings and Inspections,”  
Section 3, “Division of Permits and Inspections,” and Section 5, “Division of  
Property Maintenance Code Enforcement,” and by REPEALING Section 4,  
“Urban Conservator”; and MODIFYING Article XXV, “Department of City  
Planning and Engagement,” by AMENDING Section 2, “Duties of the Director  
of the Department of City Planning and Engagement,” and by ADDING new  
Section 3, “Zoning Administrator,” and new Section 4, “Urban Conservator,” to  
transfer the roles of Zoning Administrator and Urban Conservator, and  
subordinate employees, from the Department of Buildings and Inspections to  
the Department of City Planning and Engagement, in order to facilitate the  
oversight and efficient integration of zoning administration and urban  
conservation responsibilities into the operations of the Department of City  
Planning and Engagement.  
Recommendation:  
PASS EMERGENCY  
City Manager  
Sponsors:  
ANNOUNCEMENTS  
Adjournment