FINANCE COMMITTEE

Y. LAKETA COLE, Chair MONDAY

JEFF BERDING, Vice Chairperson NOVEMBER 09, 2009

CHRIS BORTZ, Member 2:00 P.M.

DAVID CROWLEY, Member COUNCIL CHAMBERS

LESLIE GHIZ, Member ROOM 300

GREG HARRIS, Member

ROXANNE QUALLS, Member

CECIL THOMAS, Member

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Robert. Neely

Clerk to the Committee

A G E N D A

Items Received from Council Calendar

1-200901447 ORDINANCE submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on

10/28/2009, authorizing the City Manager to do all things

necessary to cooperate with the Director of the Ohio Department

of Transportation (ODOT) in order to complete the West Martin

Luther King, Jr. Improvements Project (the Project) including,

but not limited to: accepting sub-allocated funds from the

Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana (OKI) Regional Council of Governments

through the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and entering

into a Local Public Agency (LPA) agreement with ODOT,

notwithstanding any conflicting City policies, rules and/or

regulations.

2-200901454 REPORT, dated 10/28/2009, submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City

Manager, regarding sale of 846 Lincoln Avenue. (SEE DOCUMENT

#200901367 FOR COMMUNICATION)

3-200901455 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City

Manager, on 10/28/2009, authorizing the transfer and

appropriation of the sum of $81,800.00 from various Stormwater

Management Fund 107 accounts and the unappropriated surplus of

Stormwater Management Fund 107 to other Stormwater Management

Fund 107 accounts for the purpose of realigning and providing

funding for current year operating expenses.

4-200901456 ORDINANCE submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City Manager, on

10/28/2009, authorizing the City Manager to do all things

necessary to cooperate with the Director of the Ohio Department

of Transportation ("ODOT") in order to complete the Ohio River

Trail from Lunken to Salem Project (the "Project") including,

but not limited to: accepting federal SAFETEA-LU funds through

the Federal Highway Administration ("FHWA") and entering into a

Local Public Agency ("LPA") agreement with ODOT, notwithstanding

any conflicting City policies, rules and/or regulations.

5-200901461 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City

Manager, on 10/28/2009, authorizing the City of Cincinnati to

accept a donation in the amount of $6,500.00 from the Cincinnati

Mounted Patrol Committee for the purpose of purchasing a new

canine for the Cincinnati Police Department's Canine Squad.

Items Held in Committee

6-200901464 RESOLUTION, dated 10/26/2009, submitted by Councilmember Cole

from John P. Curp, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING tax levies for

the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2010, and certifying them

to the Hamilton County Auditor pursuant to R.C. 5705.34 and

requesting the County Auditor and County Treasurer to pay monies

that may be in the County Treasury and are lawfully applicable

to the purpose of this fiscal year to the City Treasurer

pursuant to R.C. 321.34.

7-200901451 COMMUNICATION, dated 10/23/2009, submitted by Councilmember

Cole, from Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA),

transmitting the 2010 SORTA Funding Request.

8-200901317 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), dated 09/23/2009, from Milton Dohoney,

Jr., City Manager, AUTHORIZING the transfer of three parcels of

land titled in the name of the City of Cincinnati to the Board

of Education of the City School District of the City of

Cincinnati, and repealing Ordinance No. 246-2009. (APPROVED BY

CITY PLANNING COMMISSION ON 04/03/20090

9-200901161 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City

Manager, on 9/2/2009, authorizing the transfer of three parcels

of land titled in the name of the City of Cincinnati to The

Board of Education of the City School District of the City of

Cincinnati.

10-200901254 REPORT, dated 9/10/2009, submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City

Manager, regarding the 2008 Comprehensive Annual Financial

report and Auditor's Management letter. (REPORT ON FILE IN

CLERK'S OFFICE)

11-200901465 COMMUNICATION, dated 10/26/2009, submitted by Councilmember

Cole, from Dan Boller, Jr., bols81800@gmail.com, regarding

Cincinnati Public School property transfers.

Item Received by Clerk

12-200901452 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City

Manager, on 10/26/2009, authorizing the establishment of new

capital improvement program project account no. 980x104x03676,

"Providence North COAF"; and further AUTHORIZING the

appropriation of the sum of $282,228 to new created capital

improvement program project account no. 980x104x03676,

"Providence North COAF", for the purpose of providing funding

for soil and groundwater environmental assessment work at and

around the intersection of Central Avenue and Findlay Street.

13-200901483 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City

Manager, on 11/09/2009, authorizing the City Manager to apply

for, accept and appropriate a grant of approximately $60,000

from the Ohio Department of Public Safety's Officeof Criminal

Justice Services, for the purpose of funding the Domestic

Violence Advocate Program for Women Helping Women; and further

authorizing the expenditure of $20,000 to provided by Women

Helping Women for the purpose of providing the local match

required by the grant.

14-200901484 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City

Manager, on 11/9/2009, authorizing application to the Department

of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") for 2010 funding for

the City of Cincinnati from the Community Development Block

Grant ("CDBG") Program, the HOME Investment Partnerships

Program, the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS

(HOPWA") Program, and the Emergency Shelter Grants ("ESG")

Program, filing of the 2010 Entitlement Year Consolidated Action

Plan and submission of the 2010-2014 Consolidated Plan.

15-200901485 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City

Manager, on 11/9/2009, authorizing the City Manager to apply

for, accept and appropriate a grant in the approximate amount of

$290,000.00 from the Ohio Department of Public Safety's Office

of Criminal Justice Services which will provide funding for the

Cincinnati Police Department's Cincinnati Initiative to Reduce

Violence ("CIRV") Community Engagement Team.

16-200901486 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City

Manager, on 11/9/2009, authorizing the City Manager to apply

for, accept and appropriate a grant of approximately $120,000

from the Ohio Department of Public Safety's Office of Criminal

Justice Services, for the purpose of funding the cincinnati

Police Department's pesonnel costs for enforcement of the

Cincinnati Initiative to Reduce Violence ("CIRV") and to provide

funding associated research provided by the University of

Cincinnati; and further authorizing the expenditure of $46,000

from the State Criminal Activity Forfeiture Fund 369 for the

purpose of providing a local match for the grant.

17-200901491 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City

Manager, on 11/9/2009, authorizing the City Manager to apply

for, accept and appropriate a grant of up to $2,000.00 from the

National Society for Professional Insurance Investigators

Foundations, Inc., for the purpose of providing funding for the

purchase of a ZRTV Screen Capture System, a digital

investigative tool for the Cincinnati Police Department to

photograph screen displays of digital devices used in criminal

activities in order to identify other involved parties to the

crime.

18-200901492 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Milton Dohoney, Jr., City

Manager, on 11/9/2009, approving and authorizing the execution

of a Community Reinvestment Area LEED Tax Exemption Agreement

with RBM Development Company, LLC, thereby authorizing real

property tax exemption for a period of fifteen years in

connection with the construction of an 132,000 square-foot

office building to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

Certified, Silver, Gold or Platinum standards, as defined by the

U.S. Green Building Council located at 4820 Red Bank Road,

Cincinnati, Ohio 45212, at an estimated cost of $15,000,000.00

in the City of Cincinnati Community Reinvestment Area.