| JOHN CRANLEY, Chair JEFF BERDING, Vice Chairperson CHRIS BORTZ, Member Y. LAKETA COLE, Member DAVID CROWLEY, Member LESLIE GHIZ, Member ROXANNE QUALLS, Member CECIL THOMAS, Member | MONDAY OCTOBER 06, 2008 1:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS ROOM 300 |
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Robert. Neely Clerk to the Committee A G E N D A |
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1-200801094 REPORT, dated 9/17/2008, submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, regarding Cincinnati Retirement System Task Force. (REPORT ON FILE IN CLERK'S OFFICE) |
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2-200801118 ORDINANCE submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 9/24/2008, authorizing the payment of $10,000 as a moral obligation to the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments ("OKI"), in consideration for funds which the City Planning Department committed to be used in the OKI Fiscal Impact Analysis Modeling activities in the region. |
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3-200801124 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 9/24/2008, authorizing the Board of Health to apply for and accept a grant in the amount of $44,000.00 from the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati to provide funding to develop an operational business plan to implement and sustain the Oyler School-Based Health Center. |
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4-200801125 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 9/24/2008, authorizing the Board of Health to apply for and accept a grant in the amount of $100,000.00 from the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati to provide funding to enhance access to care by providing care coordination for the uninsured into primary medical homes utilizing a network of preventive and primary care providers and community health workers. |
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5-200801126 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 9/24/2008, accepting with gratitude a donation of 500 teddy bears and 500 footballs from State Farm Insurance to be distributed by the Cincinnati Fire Department as promotional items during the Fire Department's Fire House Day on October 11, 2008. |
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6-200801145 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 10/1/2008, authorizing the employees of the City of Cincinnati to solicit and accept donations of money, in-kind contributions, and other things of value, for the purpose of providing contributions in support of the 2008 Citizens on Patrol Awards Ceremony to be held on October 11, 2008. |
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7-200801146 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 10/1/2008, authorizing application to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for 2009 funding for the City of Cincinnati from the Community Development Block Grant Program, the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program, and the Emergency Shelter Grants Program, and filing of the 2009 Entitlement Year Consolidated Plan/Action Plan. |
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8-200801152 ORDINANCE submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 10/1/2008, authorizing the transfer and return to source Anthem Stock Sales Fund 638 the sum of $176,738.91 from existing capital improvement program project account number 980x162x02935 "Capital Arts Project '04," and further AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of the sum of $176,738.91 from the unappropriated surplus of Anthem Stock Sales Fund 638 to existing capital improvement program project account number 980x162x03007 "Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati '04" for the purpose of providing resources to support the renovation of the Ensemble Theatre in Over-the-Rhine, pursuant to a motion considered by City Council on August 4, 2008 (Doc. No. 200800981). |
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9-200801154 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 10/1/2008, authorizing the City Manager to apply for and accept a grant in the approximate amount of $11,028 from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources through the Hamilton County Solid Waste Management District. |
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10-200801160 ORDINANCE submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 10/1/2008, authorizing the transfer and return to source Fund 858 the sum of $804,433.80 from three capital improvements program project accounts, and further AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $804,433.80 from the unappropriated surplus of Fund 858 to capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x02849, "Ohio River Trail - Salem to Downtown," as set forth in the attached Schedule of Transfer, for the purpose of realigning and providing funds to fully fund the Ohio River Trail project - Wilmer to Carrel, as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Neighborhood Improvement Program federal funds were insufficient to fully fund the project. |
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11-200801161 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 10/1/2008, authorizing the transfer of the sum of $3,000.00 from the General Fund 050 for the purpose of adjusting the office budget of Councilmember Roxanne Qualls. |
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12-200801184 FYI MEMO, dated 09/15/2008, submitted by Councilmember Cranley, from Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, FYI Memo regarding Community Development Spring/Summer 2008 NOFA Projects. |
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13-200801109 ORDINANCE, (EMERGENCY) dated 9/10/2008 submitted by Councilmember Qualls, ESTABLISHING a new capital improvement program project account no. 980x162x03513 "Glencoe Hotel and Condominiums" and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of the sum of $300,000.00 from the unappropriated surplus of the Miscellaneous Permanent Improvement Fund 757 to the Glencoe Hotel and Condominiums Project Account, for the purpose of providing pre-development funding to Dorian Development Ltd., and Ohio limited liability company (the "Developer"), for the Glencoe Hotel and Condominiums project in Mt. Auburn; and DIRECTING the City Manager to enter into a contract providing for the granting and disbursement of these funds to the Developer, for the purposes described herein. |
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14-200800719 MOTION, dated 06/03/08, submitted by Councilmembers Berding and Cranley, that detailed information on all of the City's expenditures equal to or more than the amount of $2,000 (two thousand dollars) be listed on the City's website, www.cincinnati-oh.gov, in a searchable format and be available to the public in paper and disk formats within a timely manner after a request has been made. The database for expenditures over said amount should be updated frequently, at a minimum of once a month. The list of expenditures should include all expenses starting January 1, 2008; and that the payees name and city or origin be listed, as well as the amount, a descriptive purpose of the expense, and which department debited the expenditures; and that expenditures subject to search shall include any check, electronic fund transfer, purchase order, direct voucher, grant, leasehold, contract, and subcontract. Transfers between City agencies, payroll information and state or federal assistance to individuals shall be excluded. The database should be executed in the least expensive manner possible. (STATEMENT ATTACHED) |
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15-200801036 REPORT, dated 9/4/2008, submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, regarding costs associated with searchable expenditure database. (SEE DOCUMENT #200800719 FOR MOTION) |
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16-200801068 ORDINANCE submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on 9/10/2008, authorizing the granting of an easement for electric service to Duke Energy Ohio, Inc., on City of Cincinnati owned real property located in Mt. Adams, which grant is not adverse to the interest in the real property retained by the City of Cincinnati. (APPROVED BY CITY PLANNING COMMISSION ON 10/3/2008) |
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17-200801188 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 10/06/2008, submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for and accept a Brownfield?s Job Training grant in the amount of approximately $200,000 from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, for the purpose of providing job training in the abatement of lead and asbestos, as well as the removal of other hazardous waste materials. |
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18-200801189 ORDINANCE(EMERGENCY), dated 10/08/2008, submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the execution of a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with Masi Realty, LLC, thereby authorizing real property tax exemption for a period of fifteen years in connection with the construction of a commercial building located at 3804 Edwards Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45209, at an estimated cost of $484,000 in the City of Cincinnati Community Reinvestment Area. |