APPOINTMENT, dated 5/14/2008 submitted by Mayor Mark Mallory, pursuant to Section 3 of the Board of Hamilton County Commissioners' Resolution Creating the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, I appoint Mr. Edward Owens III, to the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority Board of Directors (SORTA). Mr. Owens a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, is currently the Senior Vice President and Director Community Affairs for Fifth Third Bank. Mr. Owens will serve a term of 3 years set to expire May 31, 2011.

COMMUNICATION, submitted by Councilmember Cole, from Chris Pecquet, Neighborhood Grill, 2928 Cleinview Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45206 regarding downtown vending leases.

RESOLUTION, dated 5/20/2008 submitted by Councilmember Qualls, URGING the Federal Transit Administration to grant an exemption to Metro, the regional bus service operated by the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, from the newly revised charter service regulations that prohibit Metro from operating their 2008 Riverfest Express route, as well as other similar routes that benefit special events.

RESOLUTION, dated 5/14/2008 submitted by Councilmember Qualls, RECOGNIZING Cincinnati Health Department nurses Sheila Hicks, Karen Thompson and Margaret McLaughlin for receiving Florence Nightingale Awards for Nursing.

ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 5/21/2008, approving payment in the amount of $9,995.35 to Pleasant Ridge Community Council for technical consulting fees incurred in the monitoring of the Hilton Davis environmental remediation site.

ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 5/21/2008, authorizing the City Manaer to enter into an agreement with Hale Justis, LLC for the sale of surplus City-owned property located at 20-24 E. Central Parkway, 1114, 1122-28 Jackson Street and 25 E. Twelfth Street, more commonly known as the Hale Justis Project, which real property is no longer needed for any municipal purpose.

ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 5/21/2008, authorizing the City Manager to apply for and accept a grant in the amount of $86,096.00 from the Governor's Highway Safety Office for the purpose of funding a law enforcement liaison to assist in achieving Ohio's safety goals and objectives.

ORDINANCE submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 5/21/2008, to appropriate to public use, property required for the improvement of Colerain Avenue at West Fork Road and Virginia Avenue.

ORDINANCE submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 5/21/2008, authorizing the City Manager to enter into and execute an Amendment of Lease with the Cincinnati Bulk Terminals, LLC, for the riverfront real property located between Gest and Baymiller Streets.

REPORT, dated 5/21/2008, submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on a motion, dated 03/27/2008, submitted by Councilmember Monzel, that the Administration provide a report based on the concerns raised in the attached letter from the Madisonville Community Council.

REPORT, dated 5/21/2008, submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on a motion, dated 4/22/2008 submitted by Councilmembers Roxanne Qualls and Chris Bortz, We move that the administration draft a policy to preserve access to the public rights-of-way, including alleys. The policy should not permit the sale of any right-of-way unless there is a reverter clause that gives the City the option to regain ownership, or the right-of-way is physically irrelevant, such as a paper street.

REPORT, dated 5/21/2008, submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on a communication, dated 4/22/2008 submitted by Councilmember Qualls from Dawn Longworth, [dlongworth@fuse.net] regarding the illegal dumping at the Hartwell Armory Baseball Fields.

REPORT, dated 5/21/2008, submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a premit application for Aldi Inc Ohio DBA Aldi, 5505 Ridge Avenue. (#01007780790, New, C1, C2) [Objections: The Cincinnati Police Department]

REPORT, dated 5/21/2008, submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for Blue Wisp LLC DBA Blue Wisp Lounge, 318 E. 8th Street. (#0767176, Transfer of Ownership, D5, D6) [Objections: None]

REPORT, dated 5/21/2008, submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for LT Square Entertainment LLC DBA (None listed), 2634 Vine Street, 1st Floor and Basement. (#4951260, Transfer of Stock, D5, D6) [Objections: None]

REPORT, dated 5/21/2008, submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for Mutual Benefit Assn of Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. DBA Recreation Center, 59 Staburn Avenue. (#6263926, New, D3, D5) [Objections: None]

REPORT, dated 5/21/2008, submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for Fatima LTD DBA Price Hill Marathon, 3431 Warsaw Avenue. (#2656902, New, C2) [Objections: The Cincinnati Police Department & the East Price Hill Improvement Association]

RESOLUTION submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 5/21/2008, recognizing National Public Works Week and the Department of Public Services' 2007 Employee of the Year.

ORDINANCE, (EMERGENCY) submitted by Charles C. Graves, III, Director, City Planning Department, TO REZONE certain property in the vicinity of Matson Place, Mt. Hope Avenue, Price Avenue and West Eighth Street in the West Price Hill neighborhood from SF-2, Single Family Distrct, SF-4, Single Family District, RMX, Residential Mixed, and RM 0.7, Multi-family District to PD No. 53, Planned Development District. (CITY PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED THIS ITEM ON 6/2/2008)(PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD BEFORE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2008 AT 12:00 P.M.)

ORDINANCE, submitted by Charles C. Graves, III, Director, City Planning Department, MODIFYING the provisions of Chapter 1419, Additional Development Regulations, of the Cincinnati Zoning Code by ordaining new Section 1419-39. (PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD BEFORE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2008 AT 11:30 A.M.)(CITY PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED THIS ITEM ON 9/7/2007)

ORDINANCE, submitted by Charles C. Graves, III, Director, City Planning Department, MODIFYING the provisions of Chapter 1425, Parking and Loading Regulations, of the Cincinnati Zoning Code by amending Schedule 1425-19-A of Section 1425-19. (PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD BEFORE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2008 AT 11:30 A.M.) (CITY PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED THIS ITEM ON 9/7/2007)

ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 5/14/2008, authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Contract For Sale of City Property with OTR Holdings, Inc., an Ohio not-for-profit corporation ("OTR") and OTRCH/Eber LLC, an Ohio limited liability company ("OTRCH"), for real property located within Over-The-Rhine bounded generally by the west side of Vine Street, the east side of Elm Street, West 15th Street and West 14th Street to redevelop into residential units, which real property is no longer needed for any municipal purpose.(CITY PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED THIS ITEM ON 5/16/2008)

REPORT, dated 5/14/2008, submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on a motion, dated 3/25/2008, submitted by Councilmember Qualls, that the City of Cincinnati repair the ceramic tile mosaic, "In This Together", by Jan Marx Knoop, at the corner of Fourth and Plum. This work of art was a gift to the City for the City's Bicentennial in 1988. Money to pay for the repair should come from the City's Small Capital Art Fund. (STATEMENT ATTACHED)

MOTION, dated 5/19/2008, submitted by Councilmembers Roxanne Qualls and John Cranley, We move that the administration develop policies and procedures that maximize the City's recycling efforts, and report back to council including: 1. A comprehensive recycling program that includes, at a minimum, paper, glass and plastics recycling, for all City departments and facilities, and which also includes efforts to minimize use of non-recyclable and non-recycled materials, to be fully implemented by January 2009. (STATEMENT ATTACHED)

MOTION, dated 05/19/2008, submitted by Councilmembers Qualls, Cranley, Thomas, Cole and Vice-Mayor Crowley, that the administration renegotiate its curbside recycling contract so that any new contract incorporates provisions that serve the following goals: 4. Increase eligible households for the recycling program to include all apartments, condominiums and public housing units. (STATEMENT ATTACHED)

MOTION, dated 05/19/2008, submitted by Councilmembers Qualls, Cranley, Thomas, Cole and Vice-Mayor Crowley, that the administration renegotiate its curbside recycling contract so that any new contract incorporates provisions that serve the following goals: 1. Prior to the annual renewal of the current curbside recycling contract with Rumpke in 2009, the City shall put out a request for proposals to all providers. 2 That any compensation paid to a contractor providing recycling services be based on the annual diversion rate, as calculated using net tonnage. The diversion rate in 2007 was 10 percent. The baseline diversion rate shall be increased as follows: 15 percent in 2011; 25 percent in 2013; and 30 percent in 2015. 3. Ensure that all workers that perform any work that is related to the City's recycling contract, including workers who sort any recyclable material, receive a living wage for all their labor at the Rumpke facility. 5. Count the recyclables collected in City buildings (including, for example, fire and police stations, clinics, recreation centers) in the City's waste diversion amounts. 6. Provide for additional revenue payback to the City from the sale of other types of recyclable materials collected in addition to paper (i.e., aluminum, bi-metal, steel, plastic and glass). 7. Include innovative programs that build in a combination of incentives to recycle, and disincentives for not participating in curbside recycling. 8. End City payments to the contractor for promotion of the recycling program. 9. The contract includes recycling work done to remove all materials listed in Section 1 (C) of the current Rumpke contract from the solid waste stream. (STATEMENT ATTACHED)

MOTION, dated 5/19/2008, submitted by Councilmembers Roxanne Qualls and John Cranley, We move that the administration develop policies and procedures that maximize the City's recycling efforts, and report back to council including: 2. Require mandatory comprehensive recycling that includes, at a minimum, paper, glass and plastics, as a permit condition for special public events (e.g. Taste of Cincinnati). (STATEMENT ATTACHED)

ORDINANCE, dated 3/11/2008, submitted by Councilmember Berding, DIRECTING the City Manager to implement the procedures necessary to ensure that the budgeted General Fund expenditures do not exceed budgeted revenues, commencing with the 2009-2010 Biennial Budget, and further directing that once the City's projected ending minimum combined reserve balance reaches 10 percent or greater of projected revenues, only then may those resources over the 10 percent required reserve be appropriated and then such prior year resources may only be appropriated for one time non-recurring expenditures that will not increase future operating expenditures.

ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 5/7/2008, authorizing the Cincinnati Recreation Commission to apply for and accept a "Boating & Safety Education" grant in the amount of $6,543 from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to implement the "Paddle and Sail Safe Cincinnati Program", for the purpose of providing hands-on experience, instruction and training to all participants in a safe and supportive recreation environment in order to reduce the risk of personal injury and to increase fun, self-confidence and practical skills in the areas of boating and sailing.

ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 5/7/2008, establishing the new project account no. 410x162x78005, "Excel Development Co., Inc."; ESTABLISHING the new project no. 410x162x78006, "Talbert House, Inc."; and further ESTABLISHING funding for a 2007 Shelter Plus Care Program with six (6) project agencies; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to enter into agreements with the project agencies for the purpose of providing tenant-based rental assistance to homeless/disabled populations in accordance with the provisions of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Shelter Plus Care Program.

ORDINANCE submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 5/7/2008, authorizing the City Manager to apply for and accept a grant from the United States Department of Justice, Bulletproof Vest Partnership, in the amount of up to $73,440.00, for partial reimbursement of the Cincinnati Police Department's 2008 expenditure for body armor.

ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 5/7/2008, authorizing the City Manager to apply for and accept a grant in the amount of $250,000.00 from the Department of Justice, Edward Byrne Memorial Discretionary Grants Program, to be used for records management system support for digital audio video evidence capture and storage, and also for crime analysis software.

ORDINANCE submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 5/7/2008, modifying the provisions of Chapter 321, Procurement and Disposal of Supplies Services and Construction, of the Cincinnati Municipal Code, to permit electronic bidding, to permit the City of Cincinnati to participate in the U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance, and to clarify existing provisions to conform with current policies.

ORDINANCE submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 5/7/2008, accepting with gratitude the donation of two patrol canines, having a total value of $11,600.00, from The Haverkamp Foundation and Park Board Commissioner Otto M. Budig, Jr., to be used by the Cincinnati Police Department's Canine Squad.

ORDINANCE submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 5/14/2008, authorizing the City Manager to apply for and accept a grant in the amount of $250,000.00 from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Watercraft Recreational Harbor Evaluation Program Grant Fund for the purpose of providing funding to pay for dredging and clearing the Little Miami River in the area where it merges with the Ohio River.

ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 5/14/2008, authorizing the transfer of the sum of $33,290.54 from existing CDBG project account number 304x162x42255, Vine Street Facade Improvement project, to existing CDBG project account number 304x162x72220, 2007 NBD Improvements Program for the purpose of providing funding for the construction costs of the public parking lot at 1521 Vine Street.

ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 5/14/2008, authorizing the City Manager to apply for and accept a grant from the State of Ohio's Clean Ohio Assistance Fund for up to $750,000.00 for the purpose of providing funds to be used for cleanup of environmental contamination, demolition of buildings, and other eligible uses at 1654 and 1660 Central Avenue in the West End.

ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 5/14/2008, authorizing the City Manager to apply for and accept a grant totaling $53,923.37 from the Governor's Highway Safety Office of the State of Ohio, to be used by the Cincinnati Police Department for the purpose of funding an intensified traffic enforcement program aimed at reducing deaths and injuries resulting from vehicular crashes due to speed, loss of control and restraint violations.

ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 5/14/2008, revising the Classification and Salary Range Schedule for certain employment classifications by repealing certain existing sections of Division 8, Chapter 307 of the Cincinnati Municipal Code and ordaining in their place certain new sections of Division 8, Chapter 307 of the Cincinnati Municipal Code to constitute the new Classification and Salary Range Schedule for said classifications.

ORDINANCE submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 5/14/2008, authorizing the City Manager of the City of Cincinnati to accept up to $2,100,000.00 from the Bessie Steele Trust to pay for operations and capital improvements for the Otto Armleder Memorial Projects; ESTABLISHING a new Fund 444, "Armleder Projects", and further, MODIFYING the Cincinnati Municipal Code by amending Section 301-15 to provide that Fund 444 shall be a treasury investment account.

ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 5/14/2008, establishing a new capital improvement program project account, 980x195x03505, "Golf Course Equipment '08" and further AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of the sum of $350,000 from the unappropriated surplus of the Municipal Golf Activities Fund 105 to the newly created capital improvement program project account, 980x195x03505, "Golf Course Equipment '08" for the purpose of providing funding for the purchase of new equipment, such as specialty law mowers and motorized sprayers, which are needed to maintain the City's golf courses.

ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 5/14/2008, authorizing the Board of Health to apply for and accept a grant totaling $1,266.00 from the University of Cincinnati Health Education Center for the purpose of funding a two-session program in recognition of "Women's Health Week," which is intended to train mothers on methods to modify recipes, using healthier ingredients, which recipes will be subsequently compiled into a cookbook.

ORDINANCE submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 5/14/2008, to levy special assessments to pay for a portion of special street lighting, decorative poles, and fixtures for three years beginning August 1, 2007 and ending on July 31, 2010 on numerous streets within the City of Cincinnati.

ORDINANCE, dated 05/15/2008, from Patricia M. King, Interim City Solicitor, Authorizing the sale of 310 square feet of the Ida Street Open Space to Menke Development, LLC, which real property is no longer needed for any municipal purpose.

REPORT (SUPPLEMENTAL), dated 4/9/2008, submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on a report, dated 2/13/2008, submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on a motion, dated 1/15/2008 submitted by Councilmember Cole, that the Administration develop a double-dipping policy that includes but not limited to: if the City finds it necessary to rehire or contract with individuals that have retired, that they be rehired at a minimum of 20% less than the pay they were receiving at the time of retirement, as well as no healthcare benefits. I FURTHER MOVE that a policy be developed and reported back to Council by February 6, 2008. (STATEMENT ATTACHED)

RESOLUTION submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 4/9/2008, declaring the intent to appropriate to public use property located at 4532 Glenway Avenue required for the expansion of City of Cincinnati, Fire Station 24.

ORDINANCE, submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 5/14/2008, authorizing and directing the City Manager to establish terms and conditions for the presentation of the "X Marks the Block" celebration by Saint Xavier Church on Sycamore Street, from East Sixth Street to East Seventh Street on Friday, August 1, 2008, beginning at 5:00 PM and ending at 11:00 PM; AUTHORIZING and directing the City Manager to take such actions as are necessary and proper to implement the presentation of "X Marks the Block," notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 713, Section 723-1, Chapter 839, Chapter 845, Section 506-91, Chapter 321 and any other sections of the Cincinnati Municipal Code which would prohibit programs deemed proper by the City Manager in the presentation of "X Marks the Block" by Saint Xavier Church; APPROVING the use of the above described area for the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages subject to the issuance of the proper licenses by the State of Ohio and procurement of liquor liability insurance; PROHIBITING the solicitation of monies; PROHIBITING the sale of wares by peddlers and itinerant vendors except by persons associated with and authorized by Saint Xavier Church in the area of Sycamore Street bounded by the north curb line of East Sixth Street and the south curb line of East Seventh Street for the period of time beginning at 5:00 PM and ending at 11:00 PM on Friday, August 1, 2008.

ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated May 16, 2008, submitted by Councilmember Thomas, authorizing and directing the City Manager to establish terms and conditions for the presentation of "A Taste of Cincinnati" by the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Cincinnati Restaurant Association on Fountain Square, Government Square, Fifth Street from Elm Street to Broadway Street, Race Street from Fourth Street to Sixth Street, Vine Street from Fourth Street to Sixth Street, Walnut Street from Fourth Street to Sixth Street, Walnut Street from Fourth Street to Sixth Street, Main Street from Fourth Street to Sixth Street, and Sycamore Street from Fourth Street to Sixth Street beginning at 6:00 P.M. on Friday, May 23, 2008, ending at 6:00 A.M on Tuesday, May 27, 2008; authorizing and directing the City Manager to take such actions as are necessary and proper to implement the presentation of "A Taste of Cincinnati," notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 713, Chapter 723 Sections 1 and 11, Chapter 839, Chapter 845, Section 506-91, Chapter 321 and other purchasing related ordinances and any other provisions of the Cincinnati Municipal Code which would prohibit programs deemed proper by the City Manager in the presentation of "A Taste of Cincinnati"; approving the use of the above-described area for the sale of beer and wine subject to the issuance of proper licenses by the State of Ohio and procurement of liquor liability insurance; prohibiting the solicitation of monies; prohibiting the sale of wares by peddlers and itinerant vendors except by persons associated with and as authorized by the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Cincinnati Restaurant Association in the area bounded by the north curb line of Fourth Street from Elm Street to Broadway Street, the south curb line of Sixth Street from Elm Street to Broadway Street, the east curb line of Broadway Street from Fourth Street to Sixth Street and the east curb line of Elm Street from Fourth Street to Sixth Street for the period of time beginning at 11:00 A.M., May 24, 2008, through 10:00 P.M., May 26, 2008.

REPORT, dated 5/20/2008, submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, regarding the Quality of Life Index - 1st Quarter 2008.