[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Hey, hey hey. [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Good afternoon. Welcome to today's citizens forum. You'll have two minutes uh to address council as I call your name. We'll start with Todd Zinder. Welcome. >> Good afternoon. Thank you. My name is Todd Zinder and I am from West Price Hill. I submitted two letters recently that I wanted to follow up on and make sure that the members receive the letters. Uh one uh concerned the mayor's membership on the board of directors for Centrifuse. Since Centrafuse receives funds from the city, uh I think that the mayor's membership on that board raises some ethics issues. Uh the second letter had to do with the uh city manager contracts for the collaborative agreement consultant. I think there are some issues with those contracting actions that need to be fixed. Uh and in my letters I pro suggest corrective actions for both of those situations that I really think need to happen. Um, and it would be awesome if I got some kind of response to my letters. I um I do correspond quite a bit. I've never received anything from you, Mr. Mayor. I have received some emails once in a while from the members, but there is a rule in the city council uh rules. I think it's 1.5 that says that the members of city council should I don't know exactly what it says, but make a good faith effort to respond to letters from citizens. So, I did and I did want to remind remind the mayor that um I did apply for a position a vacant position on the uh city's audit committee. I I don't know if you got that. I didn't get a thank you for your interest or anything like that, but uh I I am interested in helping the city in terms of their uh compliance with the rules. So, I appreciate it. >> Thank you. Betina Ernst, welcome. After tens of thousands of registered deaths and countless remaining unknown, it is nearly impossible to find the words to discuss the ongoing genocide in Gaza. I could bring up the systematic target targeting of journalists, academics, and doctors with their families as collateral damage to the terrorist Israeli state. I could mention the destruction of hospitals, schools, and other public infrastructures. I could acknowledge the numerous massacres of people seeking aid, desperate to feed themselves or their loved ones, only to be shot and left to die. I want to discuss children. I want to remind you that the care of children and their families is a local issue. Over 300 Cincinnati public school students do not have a regular place to sleep at night. The rate of students who are unhoused in our city grows each year. The lack of stability is extremely disruptive for their quality of life and schooling in these formative years. In Gaza, there are no schools, there are no houses, there is no consistent education. Children who should be studying algebra, reading literature, and learning about their history are forced to hold press conferences begging for our help. How can we as a country have enough resources to bomb the people of Palestine, but not enough to ensure safe, clean, and stable housing for our own children? The flow of money to fund genocide abroad is a local issue because it highlights our disturbing priorities of violence and occupation. We have failed the children of Cincinnati and the children of Palestine. We need to divest from institutions that profit from war crimes and reinvest in the futures of children across the globe. We need the radical imagination to conjure a world where no one goes hungry or unhoused and the courage to make it a reality. Thank you, Jaylen Balden. Welcome. Uh what's up? Um around like uh September last year, I visited Palestine. I was volunteering there uh at a school. I was volunteering with a bunch of kids. I was going around and just helping wherever I could for a night. A man, his name was Adal Heathlyn, he gave me like a a place to stay and he was a really cool dude. Um, I got to meet his family who he has wonderful kids. Uh but July 28th of this year, he was gunned down by just a a random uh just some dude that was harassing the whole village. And my friend was actually there. She's a amazing doctor, Anelise. She tried to administer aid, but an IDF soldier pulled her away and allowed adult to uh bleed out to death. And I just want to bring more awareness that these are the people that our country is sending billions of dollars to while neglecting the people here that the billions of dollars could greatly affect. But instead now two groups of people are either dying or slowly dying. I don't know. People here could use the billions of dollars. the people in Palestine, they don't need the those billions of dollars to be used to fund weapons that are later going to murder them, their kids, you know, and that's just all I guess. Thank you. Jonathan Norton, welcome. By this time two years ago, you were busy drafting a resolution expressing sympathy for the people of Israel, offering support to Israelis and their family and friends here, condemning the killing and kidnapping which took place. Two years where every single day since you have had the opportunity to find even a fraction of that sympathy and offer it to the people of Palestine, the Palestinians in our community, their family and friends that make this city whole. Two years or more than 680,000 killings that could have used your same condemnation. two years with more than 10,000 Palestinians still held hostage in Israel. People kidnapped in the West Bank held without charge, trial, or contact. People in Gaza kidnapped and tortured to death, all on camera. Doctors kidnapped for daring to save those Israel has sought to exterminate. Every day, an image made clear of where you where you truly place your support. Your silence serves the same purpose as any endorsement. Your silence has paved the way for the number of children turned into orphans in Gaza to rise above 56,000. paved the way for 90% of Gaza to be destroyed and home to the largest number of child amputees in the world. Paved the way for genocide and starvation to run rampant. Instead of condemnation, you've blocked resolutions calling for arms embargos. You've denied an occupation and denied Palestinians their basic shared humanity. You care more about an apartheite state that strips Jewish people outside of it of their freedom than you do about Jewish people. They are told the only place they can be safe is there, condoning Israel's murderous actions. Even when 61% of Jewish Americans say Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza, when 32% of people, only 8% of Democrats support Israel's actions in Gaza, you've demonstrated you care more about donors than voters. While you imagine the positions of your future, you've displayed the future of your constituents as one where we will continue to fund genocide and aparttheid. One where the people we count on to fight for racial justice and human rights instead would rather profit from the biggest affront to these issues. We shouldn't have to be on the receiving end of our bombs to be on the receiving end of our tax dollars. We demand different. We demand divestment. We demand action and free Palestine. >> Thank you. >> Stanford Pool. Welcome. As we keep on looking at dirty diaper man that messing up this country, racist U policies, we got to look at Cincinnati. much we doing right here is 15 black leaders that Cranley did. Now, most likely you're doing the same thing. You're not helping your people. You got your your you got your votes, you got your title, you get a check every two weeks, your benefits, that's all that you're concerned with. When the building department come in here and says they racist to certain areas, poor neighborhood, you didn't do nothing. You sit there in your seats, didn't do nothing. They said give up their titles. When black people got these little houses that were all tow up, you had a white flight away from Cincinnati because they didn't want to go to school was to live. And they stayed here and kept this city afloat. And here you go. put a red line on them and then you come into the neighborhood and write them up. This right here is just part of the violations that your building department been writing up on poor neighborhoods and then your law department sit here and say only a couple which is a lie. I mean, we tired of this. When are you going to stand up and do and do something? You're letting a a Palestinian lady get spit on. And we got women on here and didn't do nothing. We got men that pow be a man. Didn't do nothing. And then here you go. This gentleman here make a vacant building permit on poor black people to give up $1,500 where that money can go on paint and labor. What kind of rip ripoff people are you? Are you going to stand up for something or you just going to get a paycheck every two weeks and benefit and that's okay? Some of y'all stood up, but the rest of you stood up and spous. >> That's your time. Minister Adrian, welcome. >> My name is Adriana. I am here today because I had a scheduled meeting on 10:30 a.m. this week on Thursday. Unfortunately, Miss Lip Bomb, her assistant, came to my office last week, October 2nd, without my acknowledge and a decision made with duplicity as I left unformed and my issue was blainly ignored. She came into my office and didn't even acknowledge what the system all the sessions that I had for children and also to families in the West End. Plus, I donate 85% of my profit to kids down here in this area of the neighborhood and teach them different forms of their emotions and along with that art as well. Miss Lipom came to my office without any notice or any call. Our nonprofit, like I said, helps kids and families in the West End. I asked her could she come and bring the city manager for at least 30 minutes of my time. She did not. She actually lied and pushed the meeting a week earlier. Then came into the office and didn't even acknowledge everything I had. Only came in for just a split one minute to about 30 seconds. The sad part about it was that I was very excited with her bringing the city manager because the city manager has also told me she's interested in these type of things when it comes to kids in the community, which you all advertise for kids downtown in any area. The sad part about it is that not only had this issue keep going, I have actually called her multiple times about different meetings which have been cancelled two other times. Every single time I've tried to communicate with you guys, it came to a point where I have been ignored or I get checked off a list as if I am nothing at all. For a bunch of kids my age or any young children, especially young women and young men who have just reached the peak of age of 20, we have try to communicate with you guys with your power to come help us out. But instead, we just keep being pushed. >> Thank you, Adriana. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Are you Minister Adrien or are you Adriana? >> I'm Minister Adri. This is my daughter and this she wants to finish her stuff. >> She she got her two minutes. So sir, if you'd like to take two minutes, that'd be great. >> You can you can also use that mic or you can switch sides. That's fine. >> Um yeah, so back to what she was saying, her main issue is being here today is that she's still being banned from CFFM, which someone told us that they're going to help us fix it. She was led to believe that her issue was going to be fixed by the city manager and that was not the case. And while she's donating to this neighborhood, people are are not even considering what she's doing and they're basically just misleading her. So the point of the matter that she wants to do is she still needs to sit with somebody to talk about this issue at Finley Market, which is still not being followed through. So can we can we can we uh No, no, I don't need to say that. Can we figure out a way how we can get her to sit with somebody to make this happen? Because this is a little girl in your neighborhood and a lot of you are trying to get voted in. And Ma, a couple couple board meetings ago, city council meeting ago, you said you're here for the neighborhood, especially blackowned businesses, and she's and she's 19, just turned 20. So, can somebody please help her with this issue that she keep coming up here for? Because you're supposed to help small businesses, which makes up a large part of your taxes, right? She paid taxes. She helps these people in the neighborhood while she's paying taxes, but nobody's up here helping her. And the duplicity is showing. I regain my time. >> Thank you, Crystal Sardan. Welcome. >> Okay. Um, good afternoon. Thank you guys for having me. Um, so Councilwoman Owens, I saw you on TV last week about new municipals against landlords that are retaliating against tenants. So the previous apartment complex that I was at, they were horrible. I had to call the board of health. They sanctioned them because they just kept ignoring mold issues that was causing me and my family health issues. When I terminated my lease, my lease was up. I didn't know it not notice it until I moved into my new apartment complex because my wife and I were trying to get a house in which I've worked hard to uh get my credit to where I can be able to purchase a house. I was told by my realtor that the previous apartment complex, Blue Valley Flats, which is managed by Heritage Hill, which is owned by Whispering Pines, put on my credit that I owed them $9,650. I don't understand how there were no damages to the apartment and I terminated my lease. So, if someone can just help me get this resolved, it's retaliation at its finest. I shouldn't be retaliated against when I have to call the board of health because these people, it's part of the slumlord culture in Cincinnati do not care about their properties and they want people to get sick. People are literally dying in these moldinfested apartments. Okay. So, with that being said, I just want to move along um along with what these ladies have been saying about Palestine. You guys have heard it so much. I'm sure you've heard it over and over and over again. For people that say this is not our fight, they need to reconsider their options and think wisely because what they do to those people, they definitely do it to us. In this country, we are suffering so much because they're taking some of our hard-earned tax dollars and they sending it to Palestine. Black and brown people are now being detained by ICE, but naked in the middle of the streets in handcuffs. Where's the humanity in this? >> Thank you very much, Paul Bean. Welcome. [Applause] >> So, so basically when I come down here, I'm talking to myself, right? Because ain't nobody heard me for what, two and a half years. And it's you you still ain't trying to give me no help. You know what I mean? Then you stealing parts from this project I gave you. Y'all got drone stations set up. I tell you as you you know this new life program is better than your drone station. Your drone stations ain't even working. We still you still hear people crying at night. You have shootings every night. This is ridiculous. Commissioner, you said you told me you you didn't even see this project. But for him to tell me it cost too much money, you had to see it cuz you make decisions around here, too. And they go for all y'all have seen this project and that's wrong. All this don't even have to happen around here. You can set up stations just like I told you. It's sitting right in the back. It seemed like only thing this city is making money off his crime. And damn, it's going up. It's It's going up. Crime is going up so bad. You need this new life system. Don't you agree? I I think only reason you you mad at me, I I can't get no response from from none of y'all about this accident that I didn't had. I'm 62 years old. I've been working all my life. I've been so ignored. I I You talking about mental problems? You send a lady behind me saying I have mental issues. >> Thank you. No, >> how welcome. >> Um, my name is Lisha Howell. This is like my third time coming directly down here through the city. Um, my issue um, well, my concerns is regarding to the Cincinnati Police Department. um with me being um intentionally targeted by you know your sergeants at District 4 and C um and two police officials due to me taking the corrective measures in regards to having the uh your officials um investigated you know for misconduct. Well, I've taken the corrective measures by some of the um moral police officials that told me to get in contact with the city manager and stuff like that, and no one has given me a call back. Um, you know, I really don't want to say what's on this paper because it's it's a it's a bit explicit as far as with I would rather speak with someone uh in regards to the matter because nothing is being done. Um, you know, my life matter to me. I'm not down here to beg or to plead or anything like that. I'm down here in regards to demanding, you know, actions be taken against y'all corrupt officials who um think that they are bigger than the law. You know, um either the law applied to everyone or it doesn't apply to anyone. But again, I've followed the rules and I've taken the corrective measures. I've been patient, but again, you know, um I'm intentionally not being helped. I know that my name must be here in Cincinnati, Ohio. um on some type of list where I'm intentionally being blacklisted, but overall I just up and um I'm definitely going to stand for myself. I'm going to speak for myself and I'm going to continuously address the issue directly with the higher superiors because again my life matter and this is really interfering with my finances and everything. And so I would like to know what other um options do I have to speak directly to a city manager or either you know the mayor because again I've done everything on my end. >> Thank you. Going to Zoom. Mike Ulehorn. [Applause] Let me Hello. Can you hear me? >> Hi, Mike. We can hear you. Go ahead. >> Okay, there we go. Yes, I'm here once again. I didn't realize there was a rule that council members are supposed to make an effort to respond to letters. I've been sending letters for months and months about Greater Cincinnati Waterworks and violation of Ohio Code 2913 when they're billing people from finding absolutely nothing of value when they have the water turned off at the meter. Apparently, there's a pandemic going on there with city council members that they don't respond because that seems to be a very common themeing today. But anyway, I've tried to contact the Ohio Attorney General's office since Greater Cincinnati Waterworks is violation of Ohio Vice Code 2913 fraud statute. They said to me that the public utilities commission of Ohio is 100% responsible to regulate all all public utilities. I contacted public utility commission of Ohio and they said no they have no responsibility because of the home rule provision that cities when they own municipality owns a water parks that the city regulates that they're responsible they directed me to contact you mayor pure ball regarding this matter and I've been contacting for months and months probably over years now and not once has anybody contacted me back about the fraud in Greater Cincinnati Waterworks admits. I just imagine if every company out there started following the president that has been set by Greater Cincinnati Waterworks and just started invoicing everybody just because they're ready to provide something and people have access to it just by making a phone call or showing up at the business. I mean, it's precedent. It's well established. I mean, I've been invoicing all of you guys with my business exactly just the same way. Not one of you paid bill. So, well, I thank you very much for your time. Hopefully, I hear from somebody about this. >> Thank you, Mike. >> Surprise. >> Our next speaker is Stefan Prior. Welcome. >> Good afternoon. Y'all can hear me loud and clear. these parking meters on on on the street parking. It should be no damn $40. How they charging $40 on game day? That is super wrong. $40 on parking meters on game day. Them street parking, it shouldn't be like that. Y'all need to look into that and change that. Or go on my page and check it out. I interviewed somebody from uh from uh where we from uh Cleveland. But anyway, CPS will be opening the safe sleep lot March the 1st. Temporary space for the families with school age children living in their cars located outside Taff Elementary School. The lot will be offered on sites bathroom security access hygiene, and food product. Y'all got all that money y'all done gave up. Jeff Cradine, you gave up $5.4 $24 million to a outreach youth program for 200,000 a waste of money. A curfew center at the lighthouse 100,000 waste of money. Uh pivot drones 40,000 waste of money. Mobile cameras 100,000 waste of money. Your head shooting on Fountain Square, none of them drones or cameras or the some of the street workers outreach workers was down there. And it's a shame y'all keep giving up easy money to these nonprofit organizations ain't doing nothing for the community but making their salary more fatter. And they investing in the community with they with the taxpayer dollars y'all giving them. They invest in their community buying their houses and their apartment buildings. Y'all need to do better, man. I keep calling y'all liars in suits. Y'all keep lying to the people. How is that? And why is that? It's a shame. Jeff Cradine, you got to do better, man. Mark Jeffrey, you got to do better. Don't smile. It's the truth. My name is Stefon Prior. The people behind me, I'm running for city council. I'm coming for one of y'all seats. Sean John Jameson. Welcome. I'm here to talk to you today about um a problem in North Side on Brookside and Chase at the UDF there. There's a lot of um drug activities there and um homeless, but mostly drug activity and a lot of it's been going on since um people have been allowed to sleep at Kain up the street. They come and hang out at the UDF all day and sell their stuff and they they're constantly blocking the steps there and we call the UDF constantly the corporate office and they tell them that tell us that it's not their problem because it's not their property on the side of their wall but they continue to um talk talk to them One particular manager talks with them and hangs out with them. The the dealers and they put trash bags out for them and there's a an old telephone box there that they use as a a table. I talked to one guy, one of the um corporate guys, and they said they took a garbage can out because it kept getting graffitiized. And so they're willing to take that out and put plastic bags and tie that onto a bicycle rack that's owned by the city apparently because it's not their property. And people hang out on their steps constantly and we have to walk around and we can't walk around there, but there's constant drug activity and people are selling down there and cars are coming around. It's a one-way street. They tear up the street um literally and figuratively. and there's kids on the street and we can't let our kids go down there and it's just constant day and night and the UDF um isn't really caring about it. We call the police and they say that there's really nothing they can do about it either. >> Thank you, Taylor Jameson. Is this someone? Hi, I'm Taylor Jameson. I'm a business owner in North Side. This is my husband here. Um, I've been a business owner in North Side for 30 years. I have two children that grew up there. I have a son who is a Cincinnati fireman, grew up there. Uh, a fireman in North Side, he's now a lieutenant, and he would be here uh to let you know the problem, too. The problem is the drug dealers at the UDF, not the homeless people, although they're mixed in. So, we have to decipher with the police who we're calling about. Um it's a very well organized operation there and it's actually stemming from inside the UDF here. We've called the headquarters. Uh we have a phone link, a phone chain. Our neighbors have called the headquarters. We were told to call the National Guard. A joke, right? And then um basically I you know I've had a business there. That business on the corner was the biggest drug place in North Side. And now it's right where I live on Brookside right there. And I was assaulted years ago and we were told by the police, get a block watch and get a a citizens on patrol. Well, I am blockwatch. I am here. That's what they've told us every meeting we've had with the North Side community. And I've dropped off all the the paperwork right there. And I hope every one of you gets to see it because we are being held hostage on our street and we're not doing it. And the UDF has to step up and take some responsibility. There's somebody in there dealing with them. And when the police come around, they they nip in there and act like customers. And we know they've been allowed to do that. And the police sat there for 10 minutes every now and again. Well, when District 5 used to be there, the police were there all the time. And now we have to get drags of police coming in now and again and be told that we need blockwatch and citizens on patrol. I am not put myself in a position. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Aiko Kamura. Welcome yesterday. yesterday. >> Oh, >> one second. Could we pause? Um, her mic's not on. >> Here we go. Could we start her time over? >> Thank you. Yesterday marks two years of the genocide in Palestine. Two years of relentless killing. Two years of the systematic destruction of hospitals, schools, sanitation systems, farmlands, homes, livelihoods, and families. Over these past two years, most people in Gaza haven't been able to sleep in their homes or sleep in a home at all. They haven't been able to access clean bathrooms. Have been forced to live surrounded by trash and sewage. Haven't been able to take a real shower, drink fresh, cold water, go to bed with a full stomach, tuck their kids into bed with a full stomach, haven't been able to go to school, go to the doctor for medicine when they get sick, or when they lose their limbs in Israeli air strikes. Most women in Gaza haven't been able to access menstrual hygiene products. Most parents haven't been able to give their babies formula or diapers. No one in Gaza has been able to get a quiet night's sleep in two years. Israeli bombs exploding and fighter jets roaring come to yank them away from rest. Everyone in Gaza has spent these last two years saying their last goodbyes to their loved ones over and over and over again. Losing their parents, children, husbands, wives, friends, losing their entire families. Many people in Gaza did not get the chance to say goodbye to their loved ones as the Israeli military continues to dig mass graves and abduct the bodies of Palestinians. Many people in Gaza have spent days, weeks, and months looking for their loved ones. Whether digging through rubble with their bare hands or trying to find those they got separated from during force displacement. And here in Cincinnati, we continue to fund it. Continue to pay for this genocide with our tax dollars. For a year and a half, people have come to this council and asked for a ceasefire to be called for and for our tax dollars to be divested. And for a year and a half, members of this council have chosen not to reflect on the fact that they are funding genocide. I've chosen not to divest and have chosen not to address the many of the other problems that people come to city council with that our tax dollars could be helping. Divest from genocide, invest in Cinadians. >> Thank you, Mo Shaw. Welcome. Good afternoon everybody. Um, two years ago, the week of um, October 7th, 2023, Mayor Purval, you stood in my synagogue and you said that you were going to help combat and fight the hate in city of Cincinnati post October 7th. Um, since then, uh, five minutes from my house, we've had Nazis on an overpass. We've had uh yesterday we've had banners flying over the I71 South overpasses on Lawson Way and it took eight or 10 hours for those to get removed. Why? It's it's also a it's also a safety hazard. Those those those banners that they hang up there are full of bolts. If they fall onto traffic, they bust the windshield that people are going to get hurt. Besides the entire intent of that is something and I and I suggest that everybody here if you're not familiar with it um familiarize yourself with stochcastic terrorism when they consistently v vilify and vilify and vilify eventually they're going to strike out in violence and until the city that I grew up in and I love the high school I went to is Walnut Hills High School changes what the way we do things and we say no more nothing's going to change and I ask you like why why did it take 10 hours. Why did I have to go there and cut those down? It's all I got for you to you guys. You guys are going to stay silent and you're going to allow it. It's going to get worse. >> It's all I got. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Jonathan Adib, welcome. Good afternoon, Mr. Mayor, members of council. I'm dressed a little bit different today. Uh we are in the midst of our Gorilla Glue Day in the community. Um a couple hundred Gorilla Glue volunteers are currently doing a major transformation around Oiler School in Lower Price Hill. So, if you get a chance, go and check it out. Um the reason that I'm here today is take a little trip down memory lane to earlier this spring when um all of you passed the the budget and included in that budget are a number of allocations to um many leverage partners keep KCB being one of them um for which we're we're very grateful. Um, the reason that I just wanted to bring something to your attention is that from the time that the ordinances are passed until the time that all the signatures are generated to the time that contracts are actually executed with all the members um of the administration that need to be executed at least in this case is at least four months or um a third of our operating year we're operating without any funding whatsoever. Um, I would implore um those in the administration to to to see what kinds of ways um they could there could be efficiencies to allow the leverage partners who at least in our in our capacity are returning $22 for every dollar in public support to be able to utilize those dollars for the purposes for which are intended sometime during the operating year. Thanks so much. >> Thank you, Orlando Maget. Apologize, Orlando. Um, but welcome. To be clear, I'm apologizing for the pronunciation of your last name. I'm >> Majette. >> Majette. Yeah. >> Welcome, Mr. Majette. >> All right. I got a just a couple issues I wanted to talk about. Uh, one is first, uh, you know, as a contractor of Cincinnati, uh, y'all all promise the minority. So, we going to kill the minority cuz my company is blackowned. That's how I want to be known cuz minorities, y'all misuse that word, you know, cuz y'all y'all allow these big guys to sub these contracts out to mom and pop and nobody does nothing about it but sweep it under the carpet and the little guys never get a chance to grow and you know, so they can be bigger companies and stuff like that. But then I look on the TV and y'all go on TV and say, "We going to get these kids and put these kids in training and get them, you know, get these people change their lives." But this never happens cuz the best training is hands-on training. And y'all don't know these people. We deal with these people out here in these streets. We got to be the ones that change these guys lives and let them know it's a better way out of this and it's some way to do this other than what you're doing. But on the contrary, if y'all don't give us no contracts, we can't train these people. You know, that's like all these big contractors. Y'all give all the big contractor jobs. Like Jurgens, they got the pothole jobs. You know what I'm saying? Y'all could have gave that to some small companies and let them let them advance, you know, let them make some money. But them same guys got the expressways, all the big streets, y'all give it to them. The guys never get to grow. Just like that Spence Bridge, I said in all these meetings, "Oh yeah, we gonna give y'all some we gonna give y'all some work. We gonna get y'all some work." Never happened. Never did. I know this because I sit in these meetings with these people. You know, they promise us this. They promise her that. It's like y'all just supposed to smoke up our ass all the time. And it ain't it ain't fair to us. You know what I'm saying? I don't I don't feel good about it. But I just want y'all to know if y'all want to change crime and and people lives, y'all got to trust in the people that's small. So they can take these people that they know and say, "Hey, man. Look, I'm gonna take you to work with me and I'm gonna show you this trade. These guys are >> Thank you, sir. >> Thank you very much." Florence Rothenberg, welcome. >> Hi, and thank you for your work. Many of you have seen um my place of business. I'm a physician. and I own the heart of North Side in North Side and I'm here to highlight what Mr. and Mrs. Jameson said earlier regarding problems in the neighborhood about the drug trade that's been taking hold um and causing a lot of problems for the people that live there and work there. So many of you have been to my place of business. I'm a physician trying to improve healthy access to healthy food and improve health literacy in the neighborhood of North Side and thereby reducing heart attacks and strokes for everybody that lives there. Kain is right next door to my property. I love Cane. We need to have a food pantry, but they've been allowing drug addicts to sleep on their property every night and eat from the free refrigerator there. And what that does is they go back and forth between the UDF and my and my property through my parking lot. They cause they leave trash and filth and needles um that I have to clean up. And I'm having a lot of programs that have children there. And it's unsafe for the children. It's unsafe for everyone in the neighborhood. No one should have to live like this. I've since had to buy materials to block off the parking lot. Um, and the drug addicts know who I am. And whenever they see me in the neighborhood, they glare at me. It's frightening for me. It's frightening for the Jamesons and anybody that's working to promote a healthy neighborhood. And I I hope that we can do something together to improve this problem in North Side. Thank you. >> Thank you. That concludes this portion of our citizens forum. It's now 2:13. We will immediately begin today's business c portion of Cincinnati City Council and the clerk will please call the role. >> Council member Kdane >> here. >> Council member Jeff >> here. >> Council member Johnson. >> Vice Mayor Karnney. >> Council member Nolan >> here. >> Council member Owens >> here. >> Council member Parks >> here. >> Council member Walsh >> here. Council member Albby >> here. >> Please stand for a moment of silence. And now the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty, justice for all. The motions from the previous meeting will be approved and filed without objection. Hearing none, they'll be approved and filed. We'll begin today's meeting with a presentation of a resolution recognizing the Storage Safe Coalition from Council Member Albby. >> Dad, thank you. And if our AAP mom demand action and Whitney Strong folks would come to the front, this is an exciting day. We are a store it safe city here in Cincinnati. So come on up. Who would like to do the honors? Great. Perfect. All right. Well, come in. >> Thank you to our members of the American Academy of Pediatrics coming in all from Columbusish area. >> We're local. >> Local. Okay. Local. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. All right, everyone. Well, thank you. And um there's a lot of you all here. So, um, maybe I will first have people just go down the line and say name quickly an organization and then I'll read the resolution. >> Brooke Powell, Ohio chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics. Um, Dr. Denise Warick. I'm a general pediatrician in Anderson Township with Tri Health. >> And I'm Chris Peltier. I'm a general pediatrician in Eastgate. I'm the immediate past president of the Ohio chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. >> Karen Morris, be smart with Moms Demand Action. >> And Bobnick, be smart and Mom's Demand Action. Linda Miller, Be Smart, Moms Demand Action. >> Jill Bowman, Moms Demand Action Brothers, Cincinnati Hoops. >> Michelle Mueller, part of the local um group here in uh Mom's Demand Action in Cincinnati. >> Whitney Austin, executive director of Whitney Strong. >> Al Staples, retired Cincinnati police officer. Ann Wallace, Whitney Strong, >> Alexis Winrob with Whitney Strong. >> Awesome. Well, thank you. As you can see, we have an amazing representation here of so many great people doing amazing work. So, let's get into it. Recognizing the store it safe coalition and expressing the appreciation of the mayor and council for the Ohio chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics, Whitney Strong in the B Smart campaign's commitment to secure firearm storage education in declaring Cincinnati a store its safe city. Whereas firearms are the leading cause of death and suicides and whereas almost 50% of US homes have a firearm and whereas 82% of youth who die of suicide use a firearm from their home and whereas unsupervised teens across uh teen access to firearms triples the risk of death by suicide. And whereas young children are often curious and prone to touching and mishandling potentially harmful items while teens are still learning how to control impulses. And whereas barriers to lethal means are are effective in reducing accidents and suicides. And whereas the store it safe coalition led by the Ohio chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics is a group of pediatric health care providers, educational professionals, firearm safety experts, mental health and suicide prevention experts, law enforcement, state and local governments, and community organizations that have joined together to help reverse the trend of irreversible actions by keeping Ohio's children safe from unintentional in uh injury and harm. So whereas the city of Cincinnati is committed to protecting its residents, particularly children and adolesccents through education and practice safety measures, and whereas the city of Cincinnati is working to create a safer community for all families and caregivers by fostering awareness and empowering residents to practice responsible storage of firearms alcohol marijuana and medication. Now therefore, be it resolved by the council of the city of Cincinnati, the mayor and council declare the city of Cincinnati to be a store its safe city and invite all residents to commit to safely storing all lethal means in their homes and to join in commending the organization working to educate, empower, and protect our families. So, thank you for everyone here who does this amazing work. I read off a bunch of statistics there, but the important part is how the work you all do every day helps save life. We'll never know the number of people who we save with this work, right? But the fact that we can educate folks and prevent people from having access to lethal means is so important. Um, as many of you know, we just had a tragic incident in one of the Cincinnati suburbs where a child was unintentionally shot. These are the type of tragedies that you all are working hard every day to prevent and I'm so grateful for your work and I'm so glad to celebrate it here today and to declare Cincinnati a store safe city. Would any of you like to say >> Mr. Mayor, Madame Vice Mayor, city council members, um my name is Dr. Chris Peltier. I'm a general pediatrician here in Cincinnati with Pediatric Associates of Mount Carmel. And as I said, I'm also the immediate past president of the Ohio chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. On behalf of the Ohio AAP, we are truly honored to join in partnership with Cincinnati City Council and the residents of Cincinnati to advance the work of becoming the second store it safe designated community in Ohio. This designation represents not only a commitment to youth and adolescent safety, but also a shared investment in the health and the well-being of families and caregivers across Cincinnati. Through the Ohio AAP store it safe program, over 5,000 lock boxes have been distributed across the state and over 300 healthc care providers have been trained to screen for both suicide and discuss safe storage, resulting in 14,000 adolescents in Ohio being screened for depression and suicide. Overall, we estimate that the program has touched 130,000 Ohioans. The roots of this collaboration began at last year's Ohio AAP's annual meeting where a presentation on store it safe inspired one of our attendees to connect us with Councilwoman Alb's office. From our very first conversation, Councilwoman Albi's leadership and enthusiasm were evident. She immediately recognized the importance of store safe and the opportunity to bring this life-saving initiative to Cincinnati. Her dedication combined with the collective support of city council and community members demonstrates the power of collaboration to create meaningful change. We are deeply grateful for your commitment to this work and we look forward to building on this partnership to ensure that every child and family in Cincinnati has access to the tools, resources, and support that they need to feel seen, supported, and safe. Becoming a store its safe designated community is more than just adopting a title. It's joining a movement. This designation means taking real action, promoting safe storage of lethal means, educating families, and creating environments where help is accessible and stigma has no place. It's a bold step toward protecting our most valuable resources, our children. Thank you. and then would take a few words. >> Thank you. Um, Mr. Mayor and Council, thank you very much for having us here. I'm Karen Morris. As I said, I represent the BS Smart program, which is a part of the Moms Demand Action Network, and we are working uh day in day out to meet with parents and caregivers to share the message that firearms need to be securely stored. And we appreciate the partnership with you. We've had so many opportunities to see each of you in action out in the community as we're there talking with the community and we are especially grateful for Council Member Albi and her leadership in this effort and we thank you for your time. >> Thank you mayor and members of city council and also member Albi for doing this and also the leaders that are here with me today doing this important work. Uh Whitney Strong started more than seven years ago. Many of you all remember the shooting that happened on September 6, 2018 in which one form of gun violence showed up in our city, the form of mass violence. I will never forget the ways in which that changed my life, but also the ways in which so many people's lives were changed that day. And that is what motivates us at Whitney Strong is that we are on the side of trying to make sure that that trauma doesn't show up over and over and over again. And that trauma shows up in ways that could be prevented with gunlocks. So, while Whitney Strong does a lot of things, I will always be very proud of the work that we do and that these great leaders do to make sure that we're locking up guns and keeping them as secure as possible to prevent many, many forms of gun violence. So, thank you for recognizing all of these leaders and for being a part of the team. And make sure you always have a gun lock and make sure you're always having a conversation about about what it means to truly be a responsible gun owner. Thank you. Thank you. So, I just want to thank all these, you know, reducing kids access to firearms is a key pillar of our act for Cincy, and these are the folks doing that work every day. So, thank you, council, for your support in these amazing leaders. >> Thank you so much. Comments from council. Vice Mayor, >> thank you, Council Member Albi. Thank you so much, all of you. Um, the Ohio chapter, the American Academy of Pediatrics, I loved what you said, Dr. uh Peltier that you know when you said 130,000 people um lives have been touched and we know even more many we can't even count and so that's amazing and still going of course Moms Demand Action you guys are so phenomenal um you've been doing this work you've never I don't know if you get tired but you never act like you get tired you guys are out there all the time we really appreciate it and you know Whitney Strong is just a rock star you took you a horrible horrible tragedy and uh turned it into a life's purpose to save others. I appreciate your um stop the bleed uh training several years ago, maybe two years ago, we honored two young high school girls who had just taken the training and actually saved another student's life. So, um it's it's you know, it really hits home and uh we are just proud and grateful to all of you. So, thank you for your work. >> Further comments, Miss Owens, then Mr. Well, actually, I always go to Mr. Jeff last, Miss Owens. So, I'd love to offer Mr. Jeff the opportunity if that's okay. Thank you, Mr. Jeff. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh, thank you, Councilwoman, uh, Albby, for this and echo all the sentiments of the vice mayor uh, in terms of the works that work that you guys put in every day. Um, I have the lens of my wife being a pediatrician at Westside Pediatrics. We actually talk a lot about this because they do screen and they and I know she asked um do you have a gun and is it stored? And I think there is so much to the training because it's not about do you have a gun, you shouldn't have a gun in the house because then you completely turn people off. It is it's okay but as long as it's stored. Uh and I do think there's such a bigger opportunity to get those gun locks out there um in more of the independent practices especially. I mean, Children's is great. U but the more we can get them out in those independent practices and make sure that the physicians are doing as you said, not not condemning it, but just saying if you have one, great. Just make sure it's um stored and truly saving lives. So, thank you to everyone for um all of your work on this issue. >> Miss Owens, >> thank you. I just want to say it is because of you. You are in a testament to making our community more resilient every single day and you are uprooting trauma. You are making sure that our communities are safer. It's because of your advocacy. It's because of your allyship and it's because you are also holding us accountable to to seeing results. And so for that we are so grateful and we thank you. >> Comments on this side, Mr. Nolan. >> Thank you, Mayor. Uh thank you, Council Member Albi, for bringing this group together. Um you know, there there are common sense uh gun control regulations that that we as a country could move forward. Um unfortunately, there are folks at the federal and state level that are actively working against us. Um, I know everyone here at this city is unified in trying to come up with ways that we can help and and it is a struggle and we very much appreciate all the work that you do. The challenge that you are up against that we are all up against. Uh, your work is relentless and very much appreciate you keeping at it and if there's anything uh that we can do to partner together, you know, let's continue the conversation. So, thank you, >> Mr. Walsh. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to all of you for stepping up. in a situation that some days can just feel incredibly hopeless. Um, and there's no two ways about it. I mean, any situation of gun violence is just too much. And the steps that we are doing now, the proactive preventative measures, um, they're not necessarily appreciated when the violence happens, but there's so much violence that we're able to prevent because of the actions you are doing right now. Um, it reminds me of President Eisenhower who said the greatest accomplishments he achieved during his presidency were not the the things that he passed but the wars he prevented. And I I think that is something we need to hold uh close to our heart in some of these really trying times frankly when it can feel hopeless because what we don't know is what we've been able to solve and it's been solved because of the actions you guys have done. So thank you for that. >> Further comments Mr. Johnson. >> Thank you Mr. Mayor. Um thank you all. Uh we can't talk about this enough. We cannot talk about this enough. Thank you uh Mrs. Albby for for bringing this to uh front and center. Um one of the days I will never forget was the day on Fountain Square. Um the amazing work that you've done Whitney since then has uh it's just been amazing. uh to my old buddy there, Al Staples that morning. Uh clearing Dunkin' Donuts together. Um all of those things. Those are some of the days I will never forget. But this is something that we can never talk enough about. It cuts through every divide that's trying to take place in our country right now. Every race, every creed, everybody's affected by this obsession, this ugly obsession that I've talked about numerous times this country has with guns. It's but we can never talk about the preventive measures enough. Thank you all for your dedication. Thank you all for your commitment to make sure that we are doing everything we can to keep guns out of the hands of people that should never ever ever touch one. So, thank you. Thank you. Final comments. Roll call and adopt. Excuse me. Roll call on passage of the resolution, please. >> Council member Crane, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. Vice Mayor Karnney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> It passes. >> Congratulations. >> So, we can go out. We can take a picture on the stairs. >> Moving to our agenda. Item one has been dealt with. Items 2 through six are as indicated. Item seven will be referred to public safety and governance. Items 8 through 12 are as indicated. Item 13 is a motion from council member Owens that the city administration prepare a report within the next 30 days to provide updates on all projects that were recommended funding as part of the fiscal year 2627 bianium budget. This is in budget and finance. Mr. Kraming, may I have Miss Owens introduce this item? >> Yes. Thank you, Mayor. >> Miss Owens, >> thank you. Um, yes, of course. We're excited. we get to, you know, have all these great infrastructure improvement uh projects across our city because of the passage of the cell of the railroad. And so we are excited to have updates on uh active projects and future projects and also um estimated completion dates. So it's really important that you know as the public continues to ask us you know what's happening uh that we are uh getting these dollars out the door and and certainly getting projects across the finish line. Further comments? Seeing none, roll call and adoption of the motion, please. >> Council member Pering. Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Browley. >> Item 14, first reading. >> Ordinance authorizing the city manager to apply for, accept an appropriate grant of up to 4.2 2 million from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development lead hazard reduction grant program. >> Protocol and suspension. >> Council member Kering. Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Karnney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kering. >> Mayor, this is a $4.2 million grant from HUD for uh the important lead paint removal abatement program. >> For the comments, Mr. Jeff. Yeah, I just made these comments on Monday, but just reiterate, there are just as a reminder, there's at least 65,000 homes in the city that have lead paint. Uh we as a city have done a great job on lead uh pipes that'll be remediated by 2035. Uh and the next challenge is going to be lead paint. Uh kids under two in particular whose brains are to be developed. uh there's between 500,000 kids per year who are severely impacted their IQ, their attention uh and as a result their education and uh career achievement. Uh so this is something uh that is hugely helpful this 4.2 million uh that'll go towards um helping to remediate some of this issue. >> Mr. Johnson, >> thank you Mr. Mayor. Um myself and the vice mayor were in Price Hill last week and um the conversation did come up about lead and it was amazing the number of cases that have increased here in the city of Cincinnati. Um we're going to this is I I thank thank you for this great assist in addressing this issue, but our city nurses are doing some amazing things in trying to address this issue. Uh, here's something that's a little bit off the cuff. I mean, a little bit out of the ordinary, but they talked about the planting of sunflowers was an assist in drawing lead away from the soil. We'll be hearing more about that, but our city nurses are doing some great work. This is also an assist, but this is also an a matter in which we have to make sure we stay on top of. But um just salute our city health department for their awareness of things that we can do here in this city that would help draw down the amount of lead in the atmosphere. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Further comments. >> Roll call and passes, please. >> Council member Kerane, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, yes. Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice May Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. Item 15, first reading, please. >> Ordinance authorizes city manager to accept grant resources of $57,000 from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation to fund construction of a conference station at Lidle Park. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Kramering. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kramering. This is a $57,000 uh grant from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation for a com comfort station and bathroom at Lido Park. So, thanks to the Parks Foundation. >> Further comments, Mr. Johnson? >> Yes, Mr. Mayor. I just I would like What What exactly is a comfort station? I'm going to quit acting like I know. So, what exactly is a comfort station, >> Mr. Creity? >> It's a bathroom. >> Thank you. I think I think it's I think it's a >> bathroom. It's a very comfortable bathroom. >> The depths in which we Okay. Okay. Further comments. Roll call on passage, please. >> Council member Kardine. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan? >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council um Council Member Albby, would you also like to be a yes vote on suspension? >> Yes. And for items 13 and 14 that I missed. >> Item 16, first reading, please. Emergency ordinance authorizes city manager to accept an inind donation of the use of office space valued up to $50,000 per year located in the central business district and or over the Ryan neighborhoods from the Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation and urban sites. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Perine. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Kernney. Yes. >> Council member Nolan. Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council Ralphie. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kramering. Yeah. Thanks to 3CDC and urban sites for this inind contributions. Uh their uh inkind contribution allows for a satellite office, a satellite office on Main Street and otr that will uh allow the city to connect uh community members with city services. >> Further comments, Miss Alvi? >> Yeah, this is a wonderful thing that we're doing now having the act for Cincy out in the community making our city services more accessible and you know really being in the heart of things uh down in otr. So really grateful for the team for doing this and trying something new for how we deliver city services. >> Further comments. Roll call on passage, please. >> Council member Kering? >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff? >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson? >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Karnney? >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan? >> Yes. >> Council member Owens? >> Yes. >> Council member Parks? >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh? >> Yes. >> Council member Ali? >> Yes. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Karding? >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff? >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson? >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan? >> Yes. Yes. Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Parks. Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Item 17, first reading, please. >> Emergency ordinance authorizing the transfer and appropriation of $49,750 from an unappropriated surplus of parking meter fund 303 to Enterprise Services Parking meter fund non-personnel operating budget account to provide resources to maintain and repair the outdoor dining areas located within the public right away. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Crimine. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. Yes. Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh? >> Yes. >> Council member Albby? >> Yes. >> Mr. Kering. >> The city's got the very popular outdoor streeteries and this money is just an internal transfer to go to the repair of some of those streeteries. >> Further comments, Miss Owens. >> Thank you. Um, I just want to take a moment to applaud uh the city for uh during, you know, our eeries came as a result of the pandemic era. And so, how might we save our restaurants uh and people still being able to patronize them? And so, as a result, we recently learned that our otr street eeries were added to a new exhibition at the National Building Museum and it was exactly >> Really? >> Yeah, >> that's cool. >> I think the Inquirer you reported this today. Um, but this exhibit focuses on how downtowns around the country um, really created new spaces during the pandemic. And so I am really happy that we are continuing to invest in the success of them. And you know, when you're walking down the street, Vine Street, and you see people out eating and enjoying, it's like it's all it also adds to the culture and the vibrancy uh, of our city. So thank you, city of Cincinnati. >> Absolutely. Great job, everyone. Further comments. Roll call on passage. >> Council member Kering. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. Council member Nolan? >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Kane. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. Yes. >> Council member Johnson. Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kerney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. Item 18, first reading, please. >> Emergency ordinance authorizing city manager to accept cannabis tax revenue from the state of Ohio. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Kirine. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. Yes. >> Council member Johnson? >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kney? >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan? >> Yes. >> Council member Owens? >> Yes. >> Council member Parks? >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh? >> Yes. >> Council member Ali? >> Yes. >> Mr. Kramerang? >> Yes. Mayor, so the voters uh in the state of Ohio legalized a number of cannabis products. those uh several years ago, those products will be taxed. Some of that tax revenue will flow to the city of Cincinnati. Uh we don't have an estimate yet on what that revenue will look like, but this is enabling legislation that will allow us to accept that revenue. >> Further comments? >> Roll call on passers, please. >> Council member Kane, yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> We'll call an emergency. >> Council member Peroding. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Item 19, first reading, please. >> Ordinance dedicating, accepting, confirming a dedication to public use of an approximately 0.081 acre of track of real property as Langster Street. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Hermed. >> Yes. Council member Jeff. >> Yes. Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kney. Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kramer. >> This is just accepting a small parcel of land in uh on Langston Street and over the R. >> Further comments. Roll call on passage. >> Council member Kardine. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Item 20, first reading, please. >> Emergency ordinance authorizing the payment of $86,155 from Cincinnati Health Department public health research fund nonpersonnel operating budget account to companies by design. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Crimine. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. Yes. >> Council member Owens. Yes. >> Council member Parks. Yes. Council member Walsh. Yes. Council >> member Alb. Yes. Mr. Mr. Kitting, >> this is a moral obligation to one of our vendors that is conducting the lead remediation work. >> Further comments. >> Roll call on passage. >> Council member Kermading. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan? >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Criming. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice May. >> Yes. Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Ali, >> yes. >> Item 21, first reading, please. >> Ordinance submitting an official zoning map of the city of Cincinnati to reszone a real property located at 3425 Burner Avenue in Aenddale neighborhood. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Kardine, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Ali, yes. We're now in equitable growth and housing. Mr. Jeff. >> Yeah, this is a really exciting project in the heart of Aendale on Bernett. This is the first of four phases. Uh the this this phase in particular approving a zoning change. Uh it will allow for 344 units uh along with parking uh in in the units. And the exciting thing about this is uh first it's along transit corridors. Uh it's right along um Bernett. Uh so allowing folks to get in and out. It's close to Children's Hospital, much neededed housing. Uh the community Aenddale Development Corp, the community council, etc. are all behind it. Uh and uh excited for this as one of the first of four. Uh much more housing to come. >> Thank you for the comments, Mr. Nolan. >> Thank you, Mayor. I just want to acknowledge that uh many of our neighborhood business districts are experiencing uh changes and are are seeing vacancies and are trying to figure out um how how they can grow moving forward. I appreciate the diligent efforts of the many organizations in Aendale uh to come together to put together a plan. I know it was a long time in the making, but to see a sevenstory building with 300 plus units in the heart of a business district to help create a thriving neighborhood is exciting. I'm happy to support it. >> Thank you. Further comments. Roll >> call and passage. Council member Kardine, >> yes. Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, yes. >> Council member Park, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Ali, >> yes. >> Item 22, first reading, please. Emergency ordinance approving a major amendment to the concept plan and development program statement governing a portion of plan development district number 79 Uptown Gateway. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Kardine, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Ali, >> yes. >> Mr. Jeff, >> yeah, we're staying in the neighborhood of Aenddale. is the other side of Aenddale Uptown Gateway uh right basically the footprint of the digital futures building uh on MLK and this will allow for more uses that currently do not exist. So they're exploring a hotel residential other uses uh right there on site which is really exciting. Um add a little more vibrancy uh to that corner because right now it's mostly uh office spaces. >> Further comments Mr. Nolan? >> Thank you mayor. I just want to acknowledge that where a planned development had hoped to develop some office properties. Um it turns out that following the pandemic, we don't quite have the market for that. But we do have investors and we do have lenders willing to put money into our community to build more housing because of the significant demand that we have and we need to keep doing that. So thank you. >> Thank you. Further comments? Roll call on passage. >> Council member Kermadine. >> Yes. Yes. Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albi. >> Yes. >> Pro call on emergency. >> Council member Kane. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Park. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albi. >> Yes. >> That concludes the business portion of our agenda. City Manager Long. Do you have any announcements? >> I have no announcements. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you manager announcements from councel anybody. No going once. All right meeting is adjourned.