HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT & EDUCATION COMMITTEE DAVID CROWLEY, Chair TUESDAY CHRIS MONZEL, Vice-Chair OCTOBER 14, 2008 JEFF BERDING, Member 12:00 NOON CHRIS BORTZ, Member COUNCIL CHAMBERS ROXANNE QUALLS, Member ROOM 300 CECIL THOMAS, Member LESLIE GHIZ, Member ******************************************************************************** Robert A. Neely, II Clerk to Committee A G E N D A Presentation: CincyCare |
1-200801169 MOTION, dated 09/30/2008, submitted by
Vice-Mayor Crowley,
Councilmembers Qualls, Cranley,
Cole, and Thomas, that City
Council approve the revised
Environmental Justice Ordinance as
proposed
by City Council members whose signatures appear below
for
approval and passage. (STATEMENT ATTACHED)
2-200801170 ORDINANCE, dated 09/30/2008, submitted
by Vice-Mayor Crowley,
AMENDING the provisions of Title
X, Environmental Code, of the
Cincinnati Municipal Code, by
Enacting Chapter 1041,
Environmental
Justice.
3-200800548 COMMUNICATION, dated April 28.2008,
submitted by Vice-Mayor
Crowley, from Renee Daniel,
Cincinnati Association for the
Education of Young Children,
Public Policy Chairperson
(RDaniel@vnsgc.org), regarding
support of the Environmental
Justice Ordinance.
4-200800549 COMMUNICATION, dated 04/29/2008,
submitted by Vice-Mayor
Crowley, from Dwight Tillery, President & CEO, Center for
Closing the Health Gap in
Greater Cincinnati, 3120 Burnet
Avenue, Suite 210, Cincinnati,
OH 45229.
5-200801225 COMMUNICATION, dated 9/30/2008,
submitted by Vice Mayor Crowley,
from
George Wharton, Board Chair, Cincinnati Human Relations
Commission, City Hall Room 158,
801 Plum Street, Cincinnati, OH
45202-5704, regarding the CHRC
Board of Commissioners and staff
support
of the Revised Environmental Justice Ordinance.
6-200801226 REPORT, dated 10/14/2008, submitted by Milton
Dohoney, Jr., City
Manager,
regarding Environmental Justice Ordinance. (SEE
DOCUMENT #200801170 FOR
ORDINANCE)
Item Received from Council
Calendar 9/24/2008
7-200801212 MOTION,
dated 10/7/2008 submitted by Councilmembers Bortz and
Crowley, that the adopted Human
Services Commission
recommendations
be amended to state that no single agency may
have
more than two program initiatives funded, and that no
agency
may be awarded more than $250,000. When two or more
agencies
are collaborating on an application that new
collaborative
will be considered as a distinct applicant. WE
FURTHER MOVE that the pre-application
deadline will be November
21, 2009 and the final
application deadline will be January 25,
2009. WE FURTHER MOVE as part of
this transitional year only
that
all agencies currently funded can be eligible for an
automatic
three month extension if their pre-application is
approved.
However, all agencies that wish to be funded for the
twelve
month period beginning April 1, 2009 must apply for funds
according
to the Human Services Commission recommendations. WE
FURTHER MOVE that all agencies
receiving human services dollars
via the
community development budget be held to the same
standard of
accountability and follow the defined process.
(STATEMENT ATTACHED)
8-200801227 MOTION, dated 10/06/2008, submitted by
Councilmembers Cranley,
Qualls, Thomas, Berding, Bortz
and Vice Mayor Crowley, that
Council adopt the attached
ordinance to authorize the CincyCare
pilot
program -- which will provide primary healthcare services
for
working Cincinnatians; and that the CincyCare pilot program
be
funded by a $600,000 annual grant of CDBG dollars, a one-time
grant
of $37,500 from the Over the Rhine Home Buyers Loan
Program, or other sources the
administration identifies; and
that
the Administration and Health Department contract,
according
to the outlines of the outlines of the attached
ordinance,
with the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati,
UMR, a UnitedHealthcare
Company, Interactive Health Solutions,
and KGB
Advertising in October, 2008, so that CincyCare can be
in
place in early 2009 and can leverage the financial
commitments
of these organizations.
9-200801228 ORDINANCE, dated 10/09/2008, submitted by
Councilmember Cranley,
from
John P. Curp, City Solicitor, APPROVING the implementation
of the
CincyCare Phase One Pilot Program; COMMITTING to fund the
program
with the sum of $600,000.00 per year utilizing 2009-2010
CDBG funds, contingent upon the
receipt of said funds and
completion
of the Consolidated Plan citizen participation
process;
and further AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to
source
Other City Deposits Fund 638 the sum of $37,500.00 from
existing
capital improvement program project account number
980x164x02904 "OTR Arts
Dist Home Buyers Loan," and further
AUTHORIZING the transfer and
appropriation of the sum of
$37,500.00 from the
unappropriated surplus of Other City
Deposits Fund 638 to Public
Health Research Fund 350 for the
purpose
of providing resources to support the CincyCare Phase
One Pilot Program
10-200801125 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.
Items Held in Committee
11-200800925 REPORT, dated 10/1/2008, submitted by
Milton Dohoney, Jr., City
Manager, on a communication,
dated 6/9/2008 submitted by
Councilmember Qualls, from
Warren R. Webster, M.D., The Christ
Hospital Medical Associates,
Hyde Park Internists, 2727 Madison
Road, Suite 208, Cincinnati, Ohio
45209-2276, regarding Clean
Needle
Exchange Program in the City of Cincinnati.
12-200801130 REPORT, dated 9/24/2008, submitted by
Milton Dohoney, Jr., City
Manager,
regarding notification of Gypsy Moth spray. (SEE
DOCUMENT #200800600 FOR MOTION) (ADDITIONAL REPORT REQUESTED
FROM THE ADMINISTRATION)
13-200800570 MOTION, dated 4/25/2008 submitted by
Councilmembers Berding,
Cole, Qualls, Thomas, Cranley,
Ghiz, and Vice Mayor Crowley,
that
the City Manager and the Office of Environmental Quality
report
to Council the feasibility of an Anti-Idling Policy for
all
applicable vehicles in the City's fleet. WE FURTHER MOVE
that the
program shall record the amount of gas per gallon
pumped
into each municipal vehicle and record the mileage at the
time of
every fill up for all applicable vehicles in the City's
fleet.
(STATEMENT ATTACHED) (REFERRED TO
ADMINISTRATION
FOR A REPORT)
Item Received from City
Planning Commission
14-200801155 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by
Milton Dohoney, Jr., City
Manager, on 10/1/2008,
authorizing the grant of an Environmental
Covenant over the property
located at Center Hill Road and Este
Avenue in favor of the State of
Ohio, which covenant will not
contravene
any municipal purpose and AUTHORIZING the City
Manager to enter into an
Operation and Maintenance Agreement
with
the State of Ohio in conjunction with the grant of the
Covenant. (APPROVED BY CITY PLANNING COMMISSION ON 10/3/2008)
15-200801211 RESOLUTION, dated 9/25/2008 submitted
by Councilmember Berding,
ESTABLISHING the Office of
Maternal and Infant Health and Infant
Mortality Reduction (MIHIMR) in
collaboration with Hamilton
County and creating a
sub-committee of the Child Fatality Review
Team to collect data pertaining
to infant mortality in Hamilton
County.