house. You got the housing court that PG uh pastor and them had a problem with making money here and then that wasn't enough. And then the housing court uh Deers Cranley and the mayor had something to do with it to put more pain on the brown people. And then you had housing um permits, vacant building. They had one and this gentleman here put another one and he had other people voted for it to put more pain on taking black and brown people property. You had your law department and and building department said that they go to the poor neighborhood which they racism to take black and brown people homes for their own profit. And then we got city council people that know about it and did nothing. And when you came into this thing, you say you're going to stop the corruption. You had PG&M taking money. You didn't do nothing. You got two minutes on here. You couldn't even put a minute on here to change something and you keep on appointing the same people. You had a white man come here for 20 minutes and say >> our next speaker is uh Adrien Blazingame. Adrienne, if you could please come to the dis. Lucinda, you're next. Welcome. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Stefan, I apologize. Stefan, you're next. >> Stefan, I that was an accident. All right. Uh, the Stevenson uh, Corp LLC, they own their own dump truck business, three of them. And they need contracts. Blackowned business. Young lady and her brother here, Stevenson. Steve Stevenson here in the back. They need these same contracts that other other construction companies get into. You know what I mean? As fair as fair blackowned dump truck company. Y'all got to make sure they know where to get the contracts at or actually direct them in the right direction. That'll be fair. All right. Kenyon Bar District. Let's talk about that. H City Council in 23. Y'all did apology about rooted in racism. How Kenyon Bar district was back in the 40s. And I see y'all got Fountain Square District. See y'all taking the district from the King Bar era and put it to the a whole new era in the future of Fountain Square District. So y'all did apology, but y'all got to make y'all wrongs right for that apology. Start helping people with their homes instead of doing this receiverhip. What Mr. Stanford Pool was talking about. So how can y'all do this? Easy. Go back and do some amendments on y'all policy change about these housing issues. Cuz if I'm not mistaken, uh housing problems shouldn't be a credible matter. It should be a civil matter. not credible matter because they taking people property and putting it into a receiverhip hand and once they get the property, they fix it up and they go out and sell it and make a profit. So then the homeowners and property owners lose their land off a receiver and that's dirty. That's super wrong. Y'all should actually change that whole policy. People shouldn't be losing their homes. And ICE, the guy came up talked about ICE. Well, ICE is going to be coming after uh African-Americans too. I know they will from Africa, the country Africa. So, y'all need to do something about that. All right. Peace. >> Thanks, Stefan. Our um next actually if Adrian if Adrien Blazing Blazing Game could please come to the dis. Greg Fritz also if you could please come to the dis. Next speaker is Lucinda. Welcome. >> Mayor Perval and members of the council. Thank you for your time today. I'm the Reverend Dr. Lucinda Pereira Issacs and I'm the pastor of Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church. I'm asking the council to take action to keep ICE agents out of places of worship. This was their own policy until DHS uh ended blanket sensitive location protections in 2025. Christian faith caused me to affirm the inherent dignity and worth of every person regardless of country of origin, nationality, or immigration status. This commitment is ancient. Moses instructed his people to treat immigrants as nativeorn and to love them as themselves. Jesus fled political violence and lived as a refugee in Egypt. He also taught people uh that people often fail to recognize that they've encountered the presence of God only to learn that they have done so when they have welcomed the stranger. Providing sanctuary and worship without fear, where immigration status and nationality have no bearing on dignity or belonging, is required of those who practice Christian faith. These expressions of faith recognize a divine presence among us, and I do not get to choose whether or not to honor this obligation. Permitting ICE enforcement actions in places of worship substantially burdens the free exercise of religion. It directly interferes with our ability to practice our faith as we are called to do. So, I urge the council uh to um protect houses of worship as spaces where human dignity is upheld without exception using all available resources to protect this inalienable right from federal overreach. >> Thank you, Reverend. If Karen Arnett could please come to the dis. [applause] I've called um Adrien's name a few times. It doesn't appear as if Adrian's here. Our next uh if we could also have John Grannon please come to the DAIS but our next speaker is actually on Zoom. Mr. Ulehorn, can you hear us? >> Yes, I can hear you. Can you hear me? >> Yes. Go ahead, sir. >> Great. Well, I'm excited to be here this week. Sorry, I missed last week and as uh the first speaker began talking today about that sounds like a good topic. I think everybody here would agree that if somebody is taking money from you or a company is taking money from you without your permission every month and they're providing nothing to you, absolutely nothing, that would be theft. And the people who are committing that theft would be thieves. Well, that is exactly what Greater Cincinnati Waterworks and the city of Cincinnati does because when Greater Cincinnati Waterworks has the water turned off at the meter and they're providing nothing. They're not providing water to your house because they have the water turned off. They're committing a crime that is theft, as I think everyone here would agree. and I call again and again to all your offices and nobody ever returns my call. Most of your assistants just hang up abruptly as soon as they realize I'm calling except for Scotty Johnson's office. And now I actually had a very nice chat with Ryan James assistants the other day who actually sounded like they were concerned about the issue and would try to do something about it. I'd love to see if anybody else would like to actually try to do something to end this fraud. Because after all, the precedent has been set for every company to charge. In the exact same way, Greater Cincinnati Waterworks does just for being ready to provide something and people having access to it. And that's what I've started doing with my business, charging all of you. But none of you are paying the same kind of bills that you expect people to pay. I can't imagine why that would be. I guess it's fine for you to steal money from. >> Thank you, sir. That's your time. Our next speaker is Greg Fritz. Welcome. >> Hi, my name is Greg Fritz and I live in Manary and along with several other speakers this afternoon, we are here to address the city's 2017 designation as a sanctuary city. I think a few of you on the dis may recognize me from working in the community on your behalf, distributing your yard signs, donating to your campaigns or working outside polling locations on election day to inform voters. But on November the 25th, I sent an email to all nine council members and the mayor to address some concerns I have regarding the reluctance of city leaders to reply to letters sent to the council members by 11 immigrant rights organizations in Cincinnati and to to inquire about what pre-planning or strategies the city has done in anticipation of ICE mobilizing in the area. I would like to thank council member Albi who was the only city council member who responded to my email and she was kind enough to explain programs the city had funded but also explained the city is reticent to do anything that may bring the city to the attention of ICE and the administration. So, this is the reason I have come personally to council chambers to restate my questions and suggestions in order to try and elicit a response from city leadership. And I use the leadership of the term leadership on purpose as each council member along with the mayor have all been elected to lead the city and be proactive on an issue we know is already at our doorstep. Bullies don't stop. And if city council and the mayor think by not addressing their commitment to this issue that will mysteriously keep ICE out of the city, you need to look no further north than Columbus and even closer to Hamilton, Ohio, where ICE has already begun to take up residence. The resolution that was passed unanimously by council last Wednesday is a good first step, but it lacks much of the concrete actions other cities such as Chicago, Portland, and Minneapolis are implementing to simply not comply with ICE requests. Actions that are within the law, I might add, and that this Thank you. >> Thank you, Steve Stevenson. Steve Stevenson, if you could please come to the dice. Uh Karen, you're next. >> Good afternoon. My name is Karen Arnett. I'm actually a resident of Mount Healthy. Uh so in a sense, you might say, I don't really have standing here. However, um it's of great interest to me personally to see the city of Cincinnati use the good research that transformations and other groups have done into what other cities have enacted to sort of protect us from the overstepping of ice. Uh, I feel that a small city like Mount Healthy and many of the other local municipalities would be able to look to Cincinnati for an example for our own legislation. In turn, just as Mr. Fritz mentioned, cities such as Chicago and Boston that Cincinnati can take as a model. I feel like it could be really strengthening for our tri-state area, for the greater Cincinnati area to have uh multiple municipalities passing strong legislation to protect our neighbors from ICE. Um, this is of great personal interest to me because I have a number of neighbors on my own street who are um the kind of people of color who who are Latinos who are vulnerable. And it breaks my heart. Every day I worry about some of my neighbors. And my next door neighbor said to me recently, "Every morning when I get up, I look across the street and I count the cars there because I'm so worried that this one man who is a sterling character uh might not be here anymore, might have been taken." Um our neighbors, you know, who are being snatched up, including more than 6,000 in the year 2025. uh are so valuable to our communities and they're such good people and they contribute so much and I would like for you to do as much as you can to protect them and to protect our communities. Thank you. >> Thank you. Bill Ca uh Caholan Cahalen Bill apologies for mispronouncing that. Uh welcome John. You're next. >> Hi uh my name is John Granon. Uh, I live in Oakley and I'm also here to um talk about ICE and urge that as part of your um protections that we pass a fourth amendment resolution, workplace resolution to protect businesses as well as the um employees rights from being unconstitutionally searched and seized uh by ICE agents. Um there's a number of businesses that I know personally that have plenty of very, you know, legal just people are trying to get by uh and they are more worried than they need to be uh because of these lack of protections. These people are able to just walk into businesses and they don't seem to know what their rights are. And so as part of uh resolution um that would involve including training for both the workplaces and the workforce members so everybody involved knows when you know somebody comes in what their rights are what they can do as a business as an individual and um I think that's good for everybody involved both the businesses and the people that are working there. They're just trying to get by. They're just trying to earn a living. And by passing this fourth amendment uh work workplace resolution, it will make it easier for them a little bit to uh go into work without being concerned about being seized. Thank you. >> Thank you, Brian. Um Mole, [applause] if you could please please come to the dice. Brian, it looks like M is the first letter you want. Okay, great. Welcome. Uh, our next speaker is Steve. >> No need to touch the mic. I'm sorry. >> Good morning, everyone. >> One second. Uh, if we could Okay, you're good now. Go ahead, sir. >> Yes. My name is Steve and um I'm here down here today to speak on my um dump truck company. I've been down here three or four different times and now I'm starting to Hey, I I'm starting to wonder is you guys taking me seriously and my sisters seriously? And the word for me today for you guys is accountability. Um, you guys send me to the back and I talk to someone and they give me some information and it never goes as planned. Um, I've been around Scotty Johnson a few times over at Mr. Rodney Church. I've been with Miss uh Jan a few times as well. And I'm just saying, where does a young black man like myself grew up in Cincinnati to show these young people uh a way? Because that's all you see right now is a lot of young men's killing each other and black men's killing each other because they don't have anything else to do. So my thing is me trying to show them the right way and the right path. And it's hard because I'm still getting blocked and I'm still not getting what I'm trying to get uh achieved. So, I'm asking you guys to take real notice to what's going on around the black community as well and try to help us move forward because there's no way that I have three dump trucks now and we're not we're not elevating. We're we're just staying steady and that's not a part of the uh that was not part of the plan. So, With that being said, I appreciate you guys' time and hope that I get some real type of feedback and help. >> Thank you. [applause] >> PV uh Hamilton County Clerk of Courts, Pavven Periq, please come to the dice. Uh Bill, uh you're next. >> Yeah, I'm Bill Cahalen. I'm a resident of East Price Hill for about 38 years. Um, [clears throat] this summer, two Latino men were grabbed by ice in the Kroger parking lot, leaving their wife and kids behind, not knowing where they were going or why they were picked up or if there would be a hearing or anything. Uh, I don't know what's happened since then, but I am very concerned about ICE. Of course, a lot of people are given watching what's happening and what happened in Minneapolis and in Minnesota at large. Uh, I would I know city council has already passed a resolution, read about it in the inquir about a week ago. Uh, requesting that ICE do what Cincinnati police do, which is not use a mask, have their names on their chest, say the agency labeled on their bodies that they're from. Uh, and Trump is using ICE like his own secret police increasingly. So, a mutual aid fund to assist people left behind with breadwinners especially are grabbed and taken away would be great because a lot of them are kids, wives, uh, partners who who are going to have trouble making rent and paying for food and then if they have to voluntarily so-called deport themselves, that's going to cost a lot of money to get uh, passports and so forth. So, a mutual aid fund would be great and putting some more teeth into the requests that ICE um uh behave like the local police are required already would be great. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. [applause] >> Paula Houston. Paula Houston, please come to the DAS. Welcome, Brian. >> Hi. Uh so, my name is Brian Maul. I'm a resident of Cincinnati and pastor at City Peace Church also in Cincinnati. And I wanted to just sort of ask what kind of city and county do we want to be as we attempt to defend and protect our immigrants? Because we've been shown two extremes so far. One is Henipin County where the mayor of uh Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, and the governor of Minnesota have demanded ICE be removed from their city, county, and state. And closer, we have Butler County, where Sheriff Richard Jones has mocked the Constitution and inflamed hateful rhetoric toward our immigrant neighbors in order to profit off of his racism and bigotry. One county is trying to both uphold the Constitution and protect the people who live there, while the other county is violating the rights of humans without mercy or due process. And I understand that it seems like we're trying to play it safe here in Cincinnati. But the kind of county and city we're going to be all depends on your leadership, mayor, and whether we want to be complicit with the machinery of white supremacy or stand in solidarity with those who make our city and county so great. It was just yesterday in Minneapolis that a 5-year-old child, Liam Kjo Ramos, was used as bait by ICE to be able to detain his father. And here's the reality. Whether we choose to play it safe or take a stand may not change the actions of ICE, but it will determine how our mayor and our city will be remembered. >> Thank you. Thank [applause] you. Todd Zinder. Todd Zinder, please come to the DAS. Uh it's our honor to welcome Hamilton County Clerk of Courts PV and Pri. >> Good afternoon. I am here today as co-chair of the America 250 Ohio Hamilton County Committee to speak in support of the resolution for the city of Cincinnati to become an officially designated America 250 Ohio community. This year on the 250th anniversary of our founding is an opportunity to reflect on the story of the United States of America and to celebrate the possibilities for our future. The America 250 Ohio Commission has given counties cities villages and townships across the state the opportunity to network with each other. But what does being an American mean today? In this moment of national turmoil, as you've already heard today, we must reflect upon that foundational question. It is my belief that this is an opportunity for us to shine a light not only on the positive, but also on the difficult, uncomfortable stories that have happened here. We have experienced turmoil as a city and as a county in our history. But we came through it. We endured. We persevered. What will be the story that future historians will tell about us in another 250 years? The story of Cincinnati's impact on American history cannot be overstated. This year can also be an opportunity for Cincinnati to help set the tone for our region and the stories that we tell and the way in which we embrace diversity and inclusion in our celebrations of America 250. Someone will tell the story of our community. Let's ensure that we tell our story and preserve our history on our terms. So, thank you for your consideration in becoming an America 250 Ohio community. >> Thank you. Walter Vasquez, please come to the dis. Welcome Paula. >> Good afternoon. [clears throat] My name is Paula Houston. I'm a Price Hill resident and a former Cincinnati public school teacher. I'm here to support Miss Sullivan and all the other presenters in asking the council for a new stronger comprehensive resolution to limit all ICE cooperation. [clears throat] We strongly u ask that all branches of the city departments including CPD, the health department, and Cincinnati public schools, cancel all contracts with media and technology companies and those in the supply chain which share information with any homeland security division. This should include current contracts with local firms such as Senova, 7 Hills Technology, as well as national ones like Flock licensing plate readers which ICE can access. We also [clears throat] ask that we that the city avoids entering into any new contracts with media and technology companies and those in their supply chain uh which give access to ICE as well as be careful vetting any and all potential new contracts to ensure that that the information is not shared with any homeland security division. It's vital that we are proactive now. We see what's happening in in Minnesota and uh and it's only going to get worse. You know, we we we have the opportunity to be an example for other cities uh in protecting our beautiful immigrant citizens. And I this is of personal importance to me because of my beautiful students that I taught and their beautiful families who are so hardworking uh who all show up for the parent student conferences of the whole extended family. They value their education. They value their community. They're hardworking, loving, intelligent, beautiful human beings and the city would not be the same without them. >> Thank you. Uh, if we could have Susan Afan Aphenol please come. I apologize Susan. Uh, Todd, welcome. Good afternoon. My name's Todd Zinder. I'm from West Price Hill. I wanted to talk about the uh, Center Hill landfill solar array. Uh, as I understand it, the city was going to get $10 million from the federal government to construct that, but that $10 million got cancelled. So now you're proposing to use city money for that project. And I got to think that there's a lot better uses for $10 million than this uh solar array. I mean, there are so many needs in this city for people. And as I understand it, the whole rationale for the solar array is to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. And Mr. Jeffrey said that we're going to get we're going to benefit $200,000 a year, but $200,000 if you put that into 12 million, it would take 60 years to really, you know, get that money back. And that just doesn't seem to make sense. What I would be interested in seeing is the due diligence that the city council went through. What information did you look at? engineering analyses, a a net present value analysis that looks at all the different angles. I just don't see that happening. I saw a 14page PowerPoint presentation that looked very nice, but I don't think that's the kind of information the council needs to make a a righteous decision on whether to spend $12 million on this on this array. So, I would just like the council to reconsider this emergency ordinance today. Uh, take a step back and assure the public that you've done your due diligence and actually make some of that material available online so the citiz citizens can see what you're basing your uh funding decision on. So, thank you. >> Thank you. Uh, Steve Austin, please come to the dis. Uh, welcome Walter. Good evening, mayor and city council members. It's an honor to be here and share with you. Uh before I start, I do like to remind us this that resolutions and public statements matters, words matter, but also we must ask ourselves, do they actually protect people or do that make them more vulnerable? I hear a lot of people sharing and I'm grateful to the support of everyone. I work as a community pastor as a neighbor of Price Hill who has come to love the neighborhood for 18 years and I have every story that it's been shared. I have navigated with families and working alongside them when they talk about family being deported. I have been advocated and walk along the way to make sure they make it home safely. I have visited their home homes back home. When I've gone wherever they go, I have gone and checked to make sure they're okay. But here is the thing the things that we are the community is facing as we are walking all of the the last year has been painful for me and I believe for everybody. Every day day when we sit with parents who are afraid of either sending their kids to school h every day we I we talk to business owners who are afraid of either opening their businesses or the number of clients that they will they will get. Again, I work with a national organization where I go and visit churches and we see the decline. I do believe is the same thing in Cincinnati, 40%. So, I come here just to remind that we need to protect people. We need to protect the vulnerable. We need I do believe that our city, the city of Cincinnati needs to connect with their neighbors outside of making public statements. How do we walk walk alongside the immigrants? How do we I I I do think we can do better as a city and I urge the support for >> Thank you. >> better community. >> Thank you. Um [applause] I I really appreciate uh Walter your um your words and and I would love to uh engage with you personally on on how we can achieve that. Um so thank you. Uh Walter if you could uh Walter if you could share your information um please with my colleague uh we'll follow up. Our next speaker um to come to the DAS is Rosemary Ventura. Um moving to our next speaker uh is on Zoom and that is Vanessa Sparks. Welcome. >> Can you hear me? >> Yes. Go ahead. >> Karma never forgets. Mayor AFTA, Puraval, City Manager Cheryl Long, the members of city council. You each swore an oath of office, not to a party, not to past administrations, but to the Constitution and to the unalienable rights of the people. Those rights are not granted by government. They are inherent. Life, liberty, dignity, and equal protection under the law. We recognize a truth today. You inherited a system shaped by deception, harm, and unlawful practices from prior administrations. That history is real. But inheritance does not remove responsibility. What matters now is choice. Continuing policies that harm the vulnerable because that's how it's always been done does not absolve anyone. It makes those who maintain them accountable. And that brings us to karma. Karma is not superstition. It is a principle recognized across cultures and moral traditions. Karma means action and consequence. It means what we do, especially when we have power, creates outcomes that return to us, to our institutions, and to those who come after us. Karma does not forget. It does not skip generations. It does not care about titles. Mayor Puval, your middle name is karma. Let that be a reminder, not a coincidence. Every vote cast, every policy upheld, every injustice ignored sends something forward into the future, into the lives of our children and grandchildren. We have an opportunity right now to break cycles instead of continuing them. To choose transparency over convenience, justice over comfort. >> Thank you, Vanessa. Um, [applause] Karma is my middle name, but I have two middle names. Uh, the other one is Singh. S I N G H. >> Susan, welcome. >> Thank you. Um, we've been hearing a lot about public safety in the past year. And this is just a reminder that public safety includes protecting all of our residents, particularly those who are most vulnerable and in this case our immigrant community. We are dealing with ICE agents who are completely ignoring the law and the constitution, in particular the Fourth Amendment. The immigrant community is by and large obeying the law, going to their legal check-ins and doing what they can to stay on a legal path. We cannot have ICE agents terrorizing our community and our city. So we urge city council to make sure that non-public property is remains offlimits to ICE agents. They are only able to terrorize communities because there is compliance at every step of the way. People think that they have to work with them. City governments, city police think that they have to work with ICE agents. We want to be on the right side of history. And please keep in mind that someone fleeing their country is an absolute last resort. If they could, they would go through the process of residency, but that is not open to non-professionals. It is open mainly to people who work for large professional companies. But when we allow immigrants a place in our community, our economy expands. As more immigrants are hired, more Americans are hired in these same businesses. And census data show that immigrants have the same rates of language acquisition and social mobility as in past generations. They have higher rates of employment and lower rates of crime. So again, we urge you to protect our immigrant community. >> Thank you, Steve Austin. Welcome. >> Thank you. I'm a resident of Oakley and a congregant in Brian Mole's church. Desmond Tutu said that neutrality in the face of injustice favors the oppressor. Watered down self-promoting half measures have the same net effect. Council must act unequivocally and decisively to protect all of our residents through every agency, every constituency, every organization to support our residents against these ICE agents who are flouting const our constitution and every basic facet of of moral decency. These are unprecedented times that require strong measures. The this seems this too shall pass. And the re when the reckoning comes for those who sat by and done nothing or done little in the face of such rank injustice, the loss of moral capital, political capital, social capital, economic capital will be incalculable to our city. So now is the time to act, to stand up and be counted. Thank you. >> Thank you, [applause] Rosemary Venturo. Welcome and thank you for your patience. >> Thank you. Good afternoon everyone. Mayor, city council. It's a pleasure to be here in front of you guys. Um I just want to start off with a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King. And you know we know Monday was his day and it says in the end we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends. Today I'm here in front of you and I was not planning to speak today. I'm sorry. [snorts] I know most of you here have seen me up here come various times. It's the first time I'm in front of Mayor Pural because I haven't seen him here before. But many of you have seen me here before and know that I'm very strong. I'm not too emotional. But today, I told Miss Sullivan I was not going to speak because I did not feel the strength to be able to speak. But I felt something in my heart that I had to speak up. As many of you know, my name is Rosemary Ventura. I'm a first generation daughter, as you are, Mr. Mayor, [snorts] and a resident of East Price Hill, one of the most diverse communities in the city of Cincinnati. And today I come in front of you guys with a heavy heart to plea your help and support for my community. It is not the time to be silent, but to come together and enforce our constitutional rights. This administration is saying that they are coming for criminals and people that are threats to our community. But when I'm seeing hardworking people being harassed in the streets, the stores, our neighborhood, it is not about criminals anymore, but about the feeling of being able to be freely racist because no one speaks up. People are feeling racist and they are feeling there are many racist people, but they are feeling more freely to be able to express the racism that they not they were not able to express in past in past years. That's >> I'm I'm sorry. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much. [applause] Thank you. Thanks very much. Appreciate it. Thank you very much, >> Miss Venture. To be fair, we have to um have equal time for everyone. But I'm I'm happy to um see that. Yeah, I'm I'm happy to to see that um to to chat with you uh afterwards about um your your powerful statement. Uh Miss Venture, if you could connect with my colleague in the corner there, I'd love to follow up. Uh our final speaker is on Zoom, Derek Blazing Game. >> All right, I appreciate the opportunity. Derek Glass again uh live from the uh the great city of Glendora, California, beautiful suburb right outside of Los Angeles. Want to chime in here today and I also want to uh put a disclaimer here that I have no affiliation nor does my family have any affiliation with the Adrian blasting game. U I don't have any Adrian blasting games in in my family. So I just want to make sure that that that that affiliation is no longer connected to me. I want to let you all know racism is the ability to deny a person opportunity because of the color of their their skin or because of their race. I don't have any of that that type of power. I want to chime in also on the issue with city council uh in this issue with Captain Denita Pettis. She was uh considered to be one of the people that was going to be in line for the chief of police job around the around the same time that Teresa uh Fiji was uh being considered for the for the for the situation. SO, I'M CONCERNED THAT THE city manager is kind of involved with a little bit of a quidd proquo where she really wants Pettis to be uh the uh first uh female black female uh police chief and she stuck with the first white female uh chief of police and she doesn't know how to resolve it. The other thing is that Donald Trump has only been in office uh for this term for one year. There's no way in hell he is to blame for centuries of carnage and injustice in this country. So, let's stop playing the game. You all just hate Trump because he's a Republican. I don't like Cincinnati. I don't love you. I don't like you. You all don't love me and you don't love you don't like me. You killed my mother and everything that I love. Then you sent me to the city of Atlanta to be a gay man. Shame on you. I've survived all of your games, your tactics. I'm still the boss. I still paid the cost to be the boss. I suffered the cost for the for for Christ's sake. I did the work and I got the results. AND I'M STILL STANDING and I'm still SHINING WITH OR WITHOUT CINCINNATI. BY A SHOW OF HANDS, WHO ON CITY COUNCIL HAS DEREK BLAST EVER CALLED SINCE MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY IN 2017 and ask you for a favor or a dollar or a drink of water. Give me a give me A RAISE OF HAND. NOBODY. I DIDN'T THINK SO. DEREK BLAST. AND ALSO ONE FINAL THING I MAY HAVE TO ADD. I GOT A MIDDLE NAME TOO. >> SORRY. That's your badass. >> Uh I think that's it. So that ends the this portion of the citizens forum. It's now 2:22 and we will begin today's business portion of Cincinnati City Council. And the clerk will please call the role. >> Council member Nolan >> here. Council member Owens >> here. >> Council member Walsh >> here. >> Council member Albi >> here. >> Council member Kramering >> here. >> Council member James >> here. >> Council member Jeff >> here. Council member Johnson >> here. >> Vice Mayor Kernney >> 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 and justice for all. >> [clears throat] >> The minutes from the previous meeting will be approved and filed without objection. Hearing none, they'll be approved and filed. Moving to our agenda, we'll start with item number 14. And we'll now recognize Vice Mayor Kernney for a resolution expressing support of the mayor and council of the Ohio Commission for the United States Semi Quincentennial uh to celebrate Ohio's contribution to the United States on its 250th anniversary. Vice Mayor, >> thank you. And our um our Hamilton County co-chair is here as well. Pavan Periq, our clerk of council. Thank you so much for being here. >> Clerk of courts. >> Clerk of courts. I'm so sorry, Mr. Cington. I'm giving away your >> I'm sensitive about that. >> That's right. That's right. Clerk of courts. Sorry. Okay. So, everyone knows um July 4th, 2026 will be the 250th anniversary of our country's Declaration of Independence from British rule. And so a few years ago, um, the Ohio Commission for America 250 was created. So there's a 29 member commission. It's headed by former Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman and also by Douglas Priest. And it's charged with preparing our state's 88 counties, and that includes Hamilton County, of course, to participate in the 250th anniversary, which culminates on July 4th, 2026. So, um, here, uh, in Hamilton County, the America 250 Ohio is being led by, as I said, clerk of courts Pavven Periq and Cincinnati Museum Center Director Elizabeth Pierce. Uh, for those who um have some ideas, there is still an opportunity for citizens to submit ideas for this uh, commemoration. Uh, and there's even grant funding from the state. So, Mr. Kariq has more information about that. Um, other cities in Ohio such as Columbus and Dayton have already signed this resolution and the resolution uh doesn't obligate us to any funding. Uh, it it really just says that we want to be a part of the country's 250th commemoration of the Declaration of Independence, specifically here in Ohio. So, I want to make sure people know that. Um, if there are questions, I'm sure we can ask uh Mr. Periq. I'll give the phone number for the office, too. There's a Columbus office number 6143249954. Uh, and the website is America 250.org. Um I I I have to say I would be remiss in not saying um that you know given the declaration's promise of equality and freedom um that that was only extended uh to to white men. So Independence Day I understand we all understand uh it's a time of of rejoicing for some and a time a time of mourning for others. So I just want to say as as as Mr. Periq really has alluded to as well. Um let let's take this opportunity of our 250th anniversary um also as an opportunity for for for truthtelling that would lead us on the path of healing and also reconciliation. Uh so let me ask if any if it's okay with the chair if anyone has any questions about this resolution that Mr. Periq can answer since he is our county's co-chair. >> Yes. Um, Mr. Clerk, we'd love for you to come to the Well, let me ask, are there any questions for um our Hamilton County Clerk of Courts? >> Seeing none. Okay. >> All right. That's it. Thank you so much. >> Well, anything you'd like to add, Mr. Clerk? >> Let me make sure your mic is on first. Yep, you're good to go. >> Yes. Yeah. All right. Perfect. Ju just to add a little bit of context uh what we're asking from the city. All 88 counties have signed up as a as a jurisdiction to be an official community. Uh at the end of 2025, 325 different communities across the state of Ohio, which means cities, townships, and villages and counties were signed up. We have as a commission or as a committee from the county reached out to all 49 jurisdictions in Hamilton County. 26 are signed up and at least five of them to this date are because of the outreach our work has done. There may still be more to come. Uh we're happy to add Cincinnati to be number six. Uh and there are other major cities in Ohio that have signed up. City of Columbus, surrounding areas like the city of Dublin, Grove City, Cleveland Heights, Dayton. Uh and I want to reiterate that this is about as the vice mayor said, telling our story and it has not always been a positive story. But given these times that we are living in, it is an opportunity for us to reflect on who we have been as a nation for 250 years, but also to look forward if we survive for another 250 years. Who are what is the story that we are going to tell about who we were at this point in time. And so it is about being retrospective on our history, but also thinking about the future, the future that we want for our children and our children's children and how we want to re want to be remembered. Because as I alluded to in my earlier comments, you cannot tell the story of the United States of America without telling the story of the city of Cincinnati and the history that comes from here. The presidents that came from here, the leaders, military, political, arts and culture music business the the history of this country is the history of this city. And we are so excited that you are taking this up today. Thank you. >> Thank you. Roll call on passage of the resolution item 14. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Sorry. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramer, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> It passes. Congratulations. Uh, item 15. We will now recognize council member Walsh for the presentation of a resolution recognizing Julie Calvert and expressing the appreciation of the mayor and the council of the city of Cincinnati for Miss Calvert's leadership and commitment to adding vibrancy to Cincinnati through her work at Visit Cincy. Mr. Walsh. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Julie, would you like to join me? Would your team like to join you up here? Have you guys figured this out? Are you getting tired of the accolades yet? Uh thank you Mr. Mayor for this moment and for as everyone knows surely after yesterday's fantastic visit Cincy meeting uh Julie Calbertt is departing visit Cincy at the end of the month. Um so today we get we were hoping to get this in last week. We were a little behind schedule so we couldn't celebrate you yesterday which gives us a chance to celebrate you today. Um and before we get started I you know I just want to raise up you know as I've reflected on this moment and and what you've meant there there two stories that come to mind for me. The first is when we met when I was just a wee pup getting started here. It's 2013. Um, and you gave me advice then that you probably don't even remember you gave me uh that I've given to every young person I've met since then. Uh, which is that when you put other people first, you will find success in that pathway. And I think it is so true and I think it really embodies who you are. Uh, then flashing forward 10 years later, I was appointed to city council. uh like so many of us when we get on city council, we're trying to figure out what that means, how we can become a leader, how we can actually navigate in this space. And you looked at me and you said, Seth, remember the things you care about and go out there and advocate for those things. And that's how these things happen. Um and as we look in the back over here, you know, I see Ben and Julia, you know, Cincinnati Sports Commission, you know, that was one of the things I really was talking about and I really cared about and now it's come to life. And it's not because of me, but it is because you've inspired a lot of people to be able to step up and advocate for the things that matter. So, as we celebrate you, I hope you know that your work resonates out in ways you won't even get the accolades and kudos for, but I'm glad we get this chance to do it today. So, if you'll bear with us for a little bit, we're going to make you uncomfortable for a second as we uh sing your praises here. Um, and then my colleagues are going to chime off. So, uh, this resolution in front of you says, uh, recognizing Julie Calvert and expressing the appreciation of the mayor and the council of Cincinnati for Julie's leadership and commitment to adding vibrancy to Cincinnati through her work on visitency. Julie's work throughout her career has grown the size and impact of the region's travel, tourism, and convention industries, contributing immensely to the vibrancy of our city and region. Julie's led award-winning led an award-winning team, many of whom are here today. Thanks for hanging with us here for the last hour or so, guys. Um, at Visit Cincy that attracted high impact meetings and events to Cincinnati through her through her work with civic and business leaders to establish and promote Cincinnati's reputation as a world-class destination, including our new convention center. Whereas the priority of to her appointment prior to her appointment as the chief executive officer officer of Visit Cency, Julie served as a founding executive director of source Cincinnati where she led the ch charge to elevate Cincinnati and his story into the international spotlight. Julie particip participated as an inaugural member of the Hamilton County Commission on Women and Girls. Julie worked on the Cincinnati Music Festival, which has led to over 80,000 people a year visiting Cincinnati, 90% of which are from outside the city. and the recent reopening of the Cincinnati Convention Center and the revitalization of the convention district convention center district was accomplished by the efforts of Julie and her peers. Julie has been recognized with various awards for her work including the Cincinnati Business Careers Women Who Mean Business, the corporate and the corporate incentives travels, women who lead, black meetings and tourism magazines apex award winner and Cincinnati's chapter of public relations society of America's PR professionals of the year. We need to shorten that. Um, and after 25 years with Visit Cincy, including eight years serving as a CEO, Julie's work will be continuously appreciated. Now, therefore, be resolved by the council of the city of Cincinnati. That the mayor and the council hereby recognize Julie for her leadership and commitment to adding vibrancy to Cincinnati through her work with visitency. Julie, congratulations on what you've accomplished, and we are eternally in debt for for everything you've done for us. >> Thank you so much. [applause] As Mr. Walsh mentioned, it's now time for council to um share thoughts. Yes, Vice Mayor. >> Thank you. Well, Julie and I go way back. Um our 20some kids were in preschool. Uh and we were, you know, just the parents back then. So, but watching you in this leadership role and so much that you've done for the city of Cincinnati, I mean, you've been truly amazing. uh not just bringing in conventions and revenue and just putting Cincinnati on the map as a destination for tourists and conventions and all kinds of meetings, but you've made sure that we're a welcoming city and that we're inclusive and you celebrate diversity and that's, you know, that has really helped the culture of the city and and our our reputation in the country and the world. And so I really appreciate all that you've done. um you're going to be a hard act to follow and uh I do not want to see you leave, but um you know, I know you've made this decision and um you know, we we've tried to stop a lot of people from doing things that never work. So, we just you know, we just have to hope that you're going to keep working with us and and continuing leading because you have really been phenomenal. Thank you for everything. >> Thank you, Vice Mayor, Mr. Nolan. Thank you, Seth, for uh taking the lead on this resolution. Julie, thank you for everything you've done. Um you know, your accomplishments and contributions I I think are evident to everyone. Uh thank you for bringing energy and excitement. Um you deserve a little bit of a break, but I think um whatever you do next, I I hope it's here in Cincinnati and and it leaves the same impact that you've you've made already. So, thank you, >> Miss Albby and then Mr. Jeff. >> Julie, this is amazing. You know, I was thinking walking into this of all the great things I could say about you, uh, and all the great your work you've done, but then our our clerk said something that struck me just now, which is that you can't tell the the history of America without telling the story of Cincinnati. And I think that's what you've done. You've told our story. You've drafted our story. You have made Cincinnati a national landmark. You've you've raised our prominence across the country. you've brought people to our city to enjoy our city, learn our history, be part of our culture, and that's just truly remarkable. And to the clerk's uh words here, you know, you have shaped part of American history with the work you've done for our city. So, thank you so much for all that. I know whatever is next is going to be phenomenal, but I'm will forever be grateful for everything you've done for our city. Thank you, >> Mr. Jeff. Thank my colleague for bringing this resolution. And Julie, sad to see you go. I, you know, as I reflect on your eight years, I mean, think about when we came in in the pandemic. I mean, the hit to tourism was just massive. And when you look at the tourist number, I think in 2023, we surpassed pre- pandemic, which was a lot faster than a lot of other regions. And a lot of that, most of that was due to you and your leadership. So, thank you for that. I know tourism is like over a 4 billion dollar industry. And it's it's not just a nice to have. I mean, it is an economic driver. We talk about how important it is to grow and we're finally growing as a city. Uh a big part of that is tourism where people can come into the city and be wowed. There's so many people who come here and are wowed there. We surpass expectations when people come to Cincinnati so often. And I think a big part of our growth now and future growth is when people come here from the foundation you've laid and are experienced that wow and consider potentially even moving here. And so, thank you for all of the work you've done and leadership to lay the foundation for that and for our continued growth. >> Thank you. Any final comments, Mr. >> Yeah. Oh, um, uh, Mr. Excuse me, President Johnson and then Miss Ellens. >> Absolutely. Julie, congratulations. It's all been said. Uh, you've got an amazing team that always showed up and did it the right way. So, congratulations and Godspeed on your next endeavors. >> Thank you, Miss Owens. >> Thank you. You know, it's all been said, but you know, when people say that we we are a city that punches above our weight, it's because of people like you, people that make us dream bigger and take those big swings to actually be remarkable and do the work and bring other people along to to to do that. So, thank you for being an example. Thank you for making us dream bigger when we came into office and we're talking about a convention center. Now we got to cut the ribbon uh for sports commission and everything else in between and for making allowing other people to say yes to this magical city that we have because of people like you. Thank you Julie. >> Thank you Julie. I you know just big fan. Um it really is going to be sad to see you go. I've I've talked um just yesterday about just the incredible record of achievement and how hard you worked in your time um with not just me but previous mayors, previous councils to put Cincinnati in the position that it is today. And that work was intentional. It was hard. It was oftenimes complicated. But u but you did it all with such poise and grace. And um well, first of all, uh I'm sorry I called you short on stage yesterday. That just kind of came out of my mouth. Um I was trying to say that you were powerful, but anyway, uh but on a personal note, I really am going to going to miss you and and our our partnership. Um I genuinely hope you're not going too far away. Uh and I hope that all of us can lean on you in the future for advice and counsel. Thank you so much. Roll call on passage of the resolution, please. Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Karing, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> It passes. >> Congratulations, M. Mr. Chair, would you indulge us for a two-minute recess for a photo of council and the mayor with Julie? >> Let's uh let's take a a very brief recess to take a picture. Welcome. >> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Heat. [music] Heat. >> [music] >> Thank you, council. Please take your seats. >> Just waiting on Karing. [laughter] >> Poor thing. >> I love you, Karing. All right, here we go. Back in session. Uh, we are now at item one, which is an appointment of Anna Albby to the city planning commission as the member of Cincinnati City Council. Roll call on confirmation of the appointment, please. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramer, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. So self-s serving. Items two through four, reappointment of Raquel Howard Smith, Sarah Sheets, and Tiana Amat to the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Board. Without objection, we will have one roll call vote on items 2 through 4. Any objection? Hearing none, roll call confirmation on items two through four, please. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. Council member Kramerine, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Item five is the appointment of Shauna Daniel to the Cincinnati Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority Board of Commissioners. Roll call on confirmation of the appointment. >> Council member Nolan. >> Sorry. Are we on item number five? >> Yes. >> I have that. That one's being held for a week. Are we voting on that now? >> One second. >> I apologize. Um, Mr. Nolan, you are correct. Item number five uh will be held for a week. Thank you for uh noting that. >> Items six through seven are appointments of Dave Roberts, reappoint of Susan Thomas to the housing advisory board. Without objection, we will have one roll call vote on items six and seven. Any objection hearing? None. Roll call on confirmation of items six and six and seven. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Karding, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Item eight is the appointment of Dr. Santo Menon to the Cincinnati Board of Health. Roll call on confirmation of the appointment please. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. Item nine is the reappoint of Council Member Mark Jeff to the Ohio Kentucky Indiana Regional Council of Governments. Roll call on confirmation of the reappoint. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, yes. Skip Jeff. >> Was was was skipping Jeff intentional? >> Yes, since he was being appointed. >> Okay. Did we not skip uh Miss Albby for planning? >> Correct. >> Okay. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. [laughter] >> Classic. Okay. Item 10. Reappoint of Key Beck to the Cincinnati Accessibility Board of Adviserss. Roll call on confirmation of the appointment. reappointment. Excuse me. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Item 11 is the appointment of Andrea Carter to the nonparty affiliated seat of the Cincinnati Elections Commission. Roll call on confirmation of the appointment please. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Karding, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Item 12, the appointment of Liz Keading to the board of downtown Cincinnati Special Improvement District. Roll call on confirmation of the appointment. Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kardine, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Item 13 is as indicated. Items 14 and 15 have been dealt with. Item 16 will be referred to EGH. Items 17 through 45 are as indicated. Item 46 is a motion from council members Jeffrey Albby and Jeff Albby and James that the administration work with the Cincinnati Recreation Commission to report back within 60 days to identify which specific CRC locations are not eligible for being childc care facilities today. Mr. Jeff, well, this is in budget and finance. May we have Mr. Jeff introduce this item? >> Thank you, Mayor. >> Mr. Jeff. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. So, in December, the Daniel Betts, director of um Cincinnati Recreation Commission, was in front of council and he uh made a point of pointing out that about half of CRC facilities are qualified under Ohio as childc care facilities. Uh and we asked the question at the time, what would it take to make all of them uh eligible? And the context of that is that we in Cincinnati and throughout Ohio and the country, frankly, have a child care crisis. uh this uh we have a huge uh uh uh disparity uh in child care seats that are available. In fact, the 4C for children study uh said that we have about 2600 fewer child care slots here in the southwest Ohio than in 2020 pre- pandemic. So for a lot of parents uh working parents trying to uh find a place for their child, this is a real challenge. Uh and so we as a city have to figure out what we can do. Um and uh that includes looking at rec centers and I have a fellow in my office who's exploring other potential solutions uh that we can do. It's not just a city of Cincinnati issue. The state has uh uh has some grants that are available. The state policies are trying to help. This is a big challenge not just in the city but across the state. Uh but this is one step that we can do. So specifically what we've asked is how much in capital do we need uh for CRC to build out the 13 remaining rec centers to make them childcare eligible. Uh and then the second part of that is if in fact that happens, how much in revenue does that generate because we do get reimbursement from the state for these and how much is expense? In other words, is it going to cost us? Do we need more money or do we make up the money? Uh and so we are asking for a report from the administration uh within 60 days so the council can then determine any further action that we uh need to take. >> Thank you. Uh would the other co-sponsors like to speak? Um Mr. James then miss Albby. >> As [clears throat] uh Council Member Jeff put I think this is an example of getting creative and solutioning against um what CO did to our options for childare which is really devastating. Um not f many folks know this but this is also a opportunity to potentially drive affordability forward. Um the RCRC options for child care are just more affordable than the private options. Um not many and to added another fact there um child care is actually on average in Cincinnati costs families about $20 an hour which is more than most families make per hour in Cincinnati. Um so I think that this is an example of getting creative. This is driving the right message forward. I don't think this is the end of the solutioning that we plan to do and uh thank you for leading the charge on this. >> Thank you, Miss Albby. >> Yeah, thank you. Uh I'm going to repeat a little bit of what I said before, but I think I I want to clarify, you know, our rec centers are doing youth programming all the time, which is great. This is really about making sure uh that all the facilities are up to the standards needed for the state licensing to be official childcare facilities. And that's important uh for a couple reasons. One of them being that makes that facility eligible to accept childcare vouchers. And we've had instances of families in our city who are confused why this rec center takes a voucher but this one doesn't, but this one's closer. Um, so this really provides equity across the board. Um, and a fact that uh, Council Member Jeff and I talked about after uh, Director Betts came in is these childcare facilities and and because of that voucher program and how the um, compensation works is driving revenue for our rec centers. So, not only is this a a win for greater access to child care, this is a win for our our our WCK programs overall. So, I'm really excited for this. I think, you know, as soon as we get this report back, we should have really uh good conversation with the administration about how we can uh leverage funding to get across the finish line these uh any type of facility improvements that would be needed to make sure these facilities are eligible for that licensing. So, thank you. I'm really excited about this. >> Thank you. Further comments, >> Mr. Chair, >> Vice Mayor, then Mr. I just wanted to give a shout out to um Director Betts because when he first uh started working here, I think only one child care one CRC was certified as a child care facility and now there are about 13 that are certified. Um maybe more, but but I think that's wonderful. And so, you know, he's definitely going in the right direction. So, I just want to give him his uh kudos. >> Mr. Nolan, >> thank you, Mayor. uh you know there are a lot of problems facing this world and uh the government can't solve all of them but this is a real issue that we face and it's one that uh as a city we have done a pretty good job tackling and I know with uh our girls um and our family are in CRC and they love it and this morning completely unprovoked uh our seven-year-old asked when she could go back to CRC insteading instead of hanging out with us. Um, so something we need to work on, but she loves it and it's something we need to make sure is accessible to everyone. >> I I was going to tell a similar story. Uh, our eldest son is in uh precare and afterare at the Clifton CRC and every time he sees me pick him up, he's very disappointed. Um, roll call on adoption of the motion, please. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Item 47 is also a motion from Council Member Owens, Vice Mayor Kernney, Jeff Kramering Nolan Walsh Albian and James that the city administration, and the Cincinnati Police Department provide an update on all 5.42 42 million allocated in motion number 202501648 Cincinnati's increased investment in public safety approved on September 10th 2025. This is in budget and finance. Mr. Kramering, may I have Miss Owens introduce this item? >> Uh yes, Mayor. >> Miss Owens. >> Thank you. Uh of course safety is our highest priority and and delivering the expectations that our residents uh the services that our residents expect. And so, of course, last summer, uh, we infused an additional $5.4 million from in a variety of ways, uh, everything from lighting to technology, license plate readers. And so, this is really being transparent and the oversight of how have we allocated these dollars and and what do we need to do to to get more dollars out the door if if anything. And so, looking forward to this update uh, from the administration. >> Thank you. other co-sponsors want to miss Albby. >> Yes, thank you. Um, thank you, uh, Council Member Owens. I know, uh, ACM Brazine is giving a report on Monday, uh, about all of this. I think, you know, we'll get a report on on these dollars specifically, but I think more broadly, uh, this will also shine a light on how we as a city can get dollars out the door quicker, especially when we're responding to urgent needs. We as council passed this 5.4 million. uh responding to urgent needs in the community and so our ability as a city uh generally to be able to get those door those dollars out the door and activated uh quickly is really paramount. So I'm looking forward to to this update to also be able to identify where were the barriers to to getting contracts completed and uh you know implement the solutions that we are funding because I think that's important not just in the public safety space but across the board for us as a city. So, uh, I hope as we get this report back and this information back, we'll learn more too about, uh, our procurement processes and everything else to make sure that when we as council are all allocating dollars, we can make sure that the they're being spent quickly and efficiently, especially when there's urgent needs. So, thank you. >> Thank you. Further comments, >> Mr. Cramer? Yeah, as my colleague Council Member Albby indicated, uh, ACM Brazina and Captain Henny will be here, acting Captain Henny will be here at Monday at budget and finance to go through the report. Council will have the report in advance. There's a lot of information in it. If council members could email ACIA and Captain Henny your questions before that hearing. It would help us facilitate the presentation. Of course, uh when it comes to the actual uh presentation, we won't cut anybody off, but that would just help us if you get your questions to them in advance. >> Thank you. Further comments on this item. Seeing none, roll call on adoption of the motion. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Item 48, first reading, please. >> Emergency ordinance amending ordinance number 2-2 20125 to provide funding to the Hamilton County Land Reutilization Corporation for remediation services at the West for Incinerator site. >> Roll call on suspension. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kramer. >> Mayor, this is amending an earlier ordinance uh for funding for the West for Concinerator. >> Further comments. >> Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> And emergency. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Item 49, first reading, please. an emergency ordinance authorizing the payment of $136,58653 from the Cincinnati Fire Department general fund nonpersonnel operating budget account to University of Cincinnati Physicians Company LLC. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Karing, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kramering. >> This is a then and now payment to the University of Cincinnati for paramedic training and other services provided by the Cincinnati Fire the Cincinnati Fire Department. >> Further comments. >> Roll call on passage. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh? >> Yes. >> Council member Albby? >> Yes. >> Council member Kramering? >> Yes. >> Council member James? >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff? >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson? >> Yes. Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> An emergency. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albi. >> Yes. >> Council member Kane. >> Yes. >> Council member James. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Item number 50. First reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing a payment of $16,32.96 to Mike Albert Leasing Inc. from Cincinnati Fire Department general fund nonpersonnel operating budget account. Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kitting, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramering. >> Mayor, this is a series of moral obligations all from the Cincinnati Fire Department. There was some personnel changes there. uh and the new person is you know uh correcting some items. That's the reason where he had a a several more than several uh more obligations out of fire. That was the first year and Dr. Dudis again explained to council and the public uh both then and now payments and more obligations what they are and the administrative review that happens before they come to council. >> Thank you. Further comments? Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Karing. >> Yes. >> Council member James. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Roll call in emergency. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Kramering. >> Yes. >> Council member James. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. Item 51, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing a payment of $8576 to the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers from the Cincinnati Recreation Commission general fund non-personnel operating budget account. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Karding, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kering. >> I have nothing to add to the clerk's summary. >> Further comments. >> Roll call on passage. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albi. >> Yes. >> Council member Kineing. >> Yes. >> Council member James. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. Roll call. An emergency, please. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> 52. First reading, please. An emergency ordinance amending ordinance number 231-2025 to include the purchase or construction of solar facilities related to the installation of a solar photovoltaic array at the former Center Hill landfill as authorized uses of bond issuance. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kitting, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Mr. Karding. >> Uh, Mayor, I'll defer to my colleague, Council Member Owens on items number 52 and 53. >> Miss Owens, >> thank you. Um, one, I just want to say thank you to the administration for working so hard to make this project happen and to get across the finish line considering the gap, millions of dollars where we were last year. And what we're talking about is taking a old landfill to put solar panels on them that eventually will help to reduce the energy costs that our uh residents are burdened with uh not only here but across the country as there are rising energy cost, housing costs, and all of the other things. And so I am just so incredibly uh excited uh that we continue to push the goals of the Green Cincinnati plan uh not only because it helps our residents and the equity issue that we are talking about right now, but also from a policy perspective of making sure that we are uh investing in renewable energy, clean energy that ultimately again helps us to operate more efficiently, but also for our residents to to live the same way. And so again, thank you for all of the hard work that has been put into this project. >> Further comments, Mr. Jeff? >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh, just to build on that, and this is taking a one of the biggest liabilities any city has, which is a landfill. You can't do a lot with a landfill. You can't build housing on a landfill because of multiple reasons. There's methane coming gas coming out of there. Nothing we can do on this into making it a liability. Uh and for perspective net the this will yield for the city several hundred,000 per year net of recovery. So if you do any NPV on that that is a very positive NPB to be clear um according to the administration. So the other part is that this is providing predictable energy cost. We all know the impact of data centers uh on you know on electricity costs and energy costs and the more as a city we can provide predictable energy uh pricing and costs for the city the better it is for taxpayers. So all around this is an amazing project and appreciate all the work of uh director Croner and uh everyone in pulling it together. >> Thank you for the comments. Seeing none roll call in passage please. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kmerding, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Item 53, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance establishing a new capital improvement program project account center hill solar power array. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Karding, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Mr. primiting. >> Uh I again will defer to my colleague uh Council Member Owens. >> I'm sorry you mentioned that already. Sorry, Miss Owens. >> Same things. We're getting a solar project accomplished. This is great. When we're owning the land, that's what made the difference. And so again, we're excited. >> Thank you. Further comments? >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member King. Yes. >> Council member James. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Roll call in emergency. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Kramering. >> Yes. >> Council member James. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Item 54. First reading, please. an emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to accept a donation of $1,000 from the Rotary Foundation of Cincinnati to provide resources for team building and promotional events in the Cincinnati Fire Department. >> Roll call on suspension. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Mr. Kermiting. >> Yeah, mayor. We have a number of foundations that make contributions to the city throughout the years. Some of them make regular contributions. The Rotarians are certainly one. So, we thank them for this contribution. Just a reminder to my colleagues when we do get a donation, it's always great if you could send them a note or a phone call and thank them for their generosity. >> Further comments? >> Roll call on passage, please. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Item 55 is as indicated. Item 56, first reading, please. An ordinance authorizing the city manager to take all necessary and proper actions to cooperate with the director of the Ohio Department of Transportation to facilitate the performance of bridge maintenance activities. >> Roll call on suspension. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Miss Owens. >> Yes. Mayor, standard operating procedure is us working with our state partners to improve infrastructure in this city. >> Further comments. >> Roll call on passage. >> Council member Nolan? >> Yes. >> Council member Owens? >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh? >> Yes. >> Council member Albi? >> Yes. >> Council member Kramering? >> Yes. >> Council member James? >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff? >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson? >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. Item 57, first reading, please. An >> emergency ordinance approving the revised public transportation agency safety plan for the connector as recommended by the street cars accountable executive and chief safety officer. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Miss Owens, >> yes. We are being compliant to safety standards as it relates to our street car. >> Further comments. Roll call on passage. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Kramer. >> Yes. >> Council member James? >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff? >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson? >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Item 58 is a motion from Vice Mayor Kernney that the administration work with city council to create a quote by the building program to assist small businesses in obtaining ownership of a building in which they will house their business. The city of Cincinnati's office of opportunity would track the progress of of the program, including participants, demographics, and report to council on a quarterly basis. Mr. Jeff, may I have the vice mayor introduce this item? >> Yes, please. >> Thank you, Vice Mayor. >> So, thank you. First, uh, let me just say that this is the version that, um, we were going to indefinitely postpone. Um, the version that we want on uh, is the one asking for a report um, which is what Mr. Jeff um committee passed on to council. Um I'll say a few things about by the building and then we have to figure out the process here because this isn't the right version B. So by the building so so here's what happened just real quickly uh in a nutshell. There's a business owner um who came to us because he had a business on the first floor of a building that had residents uh up upstairs. So it was you know mixed use something that we promote and love. Uh but he wanted the building went for sale. He wanted to buy it and I said, "Oh, well, Hamilton County has a program to help you buy the building and they'll help you with that down payment and all of that." So when he went to to Hamilton County, he found out that um their program required that the entire building be commercial. They didn't have a program for mixed use. So he couldn't have a business on the bottom uh and then uh residences uh residency on the top. And so um so we as we're asking the city to consider that. I mean it's a great opportunity for businesses um to have another stream of of income. Uh it stabilizes their cost to have a fixed mortgage instead of of being renters. Uh it gives them the freedom to customize their space. Uh helps them build build equity and and build wealth. And so we wanted the city to consider having a by the building program that didn't have the same restrictions as the county program. However, that's version B asking the administration to give us a report on the feasibility. >> Thank you, Vice Mayor. So, if we could deal with the procedural aspect before we get into the substantive comments. So, it sounds like this is um the incorrect motion before us. So, city solicitor, do I make a motion to indefinitely postpone this item? Yeah, they're a little tricky. >> Also not working. >> Uh, if you could speak to the one in front of Kathy, that one's Our audio leader is on her way. >> Okay, I'm good now. Uh, Mr. Chair, what I would suggest for this because it's a motion is to simply amend the motion here today in council. So if you have a motion to amend uh the motion that is >> item 58 >> item 58 to ask for a report and that gets a second vote on the motion to amend and then you can vote on the adopting the motion all today. >> Are you okay with that vice mayor? >> I'm fine with that. Thank you. >> Wonderful. So before I get to the um substance of of this item, I'd like to uh make a motion to amend um to change the language uh to ask the administration to create a report um in the next 60 days. Um do I have a second? >> Second. >> Okay. Any um conversation or comments about the specific motion? Seeing none, roll call on adoption of the amendment to uh the motion in item 58. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kermiting, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Okay. Now that the motion is appropriately in front of council, any comments on the substance of the motion or responses to the vice mayor's introduction? Seeing none, roll call on adoption of the mo of the amended motion item 58. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. Yes. Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Item 59 is a motion from council member Jeff Owens, Nolan, Albian, and James that the administration will report back within 90 days to identify opportunities to build incomerestricted housing a top new city facilities in the next several years. Uh Mr. Jeff. >> Yep. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh so uh this uh title of this motion is housing where we serve. Uh as everyone knows, the city uh builds new um city facilities. It might be a firehouse, might be a police house, uh station, it might be a rec center. Uh and a number of other cities attached to this motion are some examples from other cities have built housing on top of that. Uh it's a unique opportunity. A we have a housing crisis. It's a great way [clears throat] to build up. Uh a lot of folks would love to live below a rec center. Um a lot of people today live by a firehouse or or a firehouse. Uh perfectly fine. Uh it's also the opportunity because the city has a lot of the sunk cost of building the first floor to uh enable a lot of income restricted ideally under 60% uh housing on the floors uh that uh are above it. And so this is asking the administration to look across the next couple of years uh on our master plan of what construction we have and to see where this might make sense uh and then also to explore uh what development partner might be a part of that process because obviously the apartments up top uh would be a partner. So uh it's a a very innovative I think way of exploring ways to build new housing across our city in the next few years. >> Thank you. uh other co-sponsors like to comment. Mr. James, >> I think this is exactly innovative is exactly the word that I would use. You know, I I don't know that there's an extreme amount of verticality here where we're getting thousands of units, but this is a very creative way to create some housing that uh like you said, Council Member Jeff, um would in a lot of scenarios would be particularly luxurious being above a rec center or having the security of being near a police department or fire department. Um, yeah, this creates an opportunity to also create affordable housing specifically, which is a commitment that I know that we've tried to stay curious and aggressive in our appetite for creating. So, I think this is a step in the right direction. I'm excited to support. Thank you, >> Miss Alvie. >> Yeah, thank you to Council Member Jeff on this. I'm excited about this. You know, I I said earlier uh when this came up, you know, Cincinnati, we have our boundaries drawn. So, since we know the limits to our city, being able to build up and and use space efficiently like this is just really exciting. Um, and to really leverage the the power of the the city's dollars to council member Jeffy's point, if we're putting in the major investment on that first floor that, you know, can cut down the the co overall cost for the housing up above. So, this is really exciting. Uh, yeah, this will hopefully get help us get to the 40,000 in 10 years. >> Thank you. Further comments? Roll call on adoption of the motion, please. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Karing, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Item 60, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance approving and authorizing the city manager to execute a first amendment to the community reinvestment area tax exemption agreement with EMA Freeman LLC, amending an agreement previously authorized by council. Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Mr. Jeff, >> yes. So, this is for a property in the West End. There are 14 units of housing. uh they had received a tax exemption and lead uh for lead and they are unable to make the financials work even without this lead. It's remarkable they have negative.06% return. I don't know what this company is but God bless them that they're still moving forward with the the housing uh project even though they're losing money um on it. that this is essentially relieving them of the the the obligation uh to as part of this agreement to pursue uh lead certification. >> Further comments? >> Roll call on passage. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> That concludes the business portion of our agenda. City Manager Long, do you have any announcements? >> I have no announcements. Thank you, Mayor. >> Council, any announcements? Um, Mr. Kramerang. >> Thank you, Mayor. Uh, this relates to the uh the carryover. Uh, at the end of the city's operating budget, we usually have some money left over. We did last year. Uh, in the past, uh, council established a structure uh, for how that money would be allocated, making sure that commitments to the pension and the trust fund, the housing trust fund would be met. Uh, so we are at that process again. uh it will be split into two parts. Uh one, if there's any changes to the structure, also known as the waterfall, that will be in phase one. Uh and after we have a structure, there could be allocations from the various categories, more commonly referred to as the buckets. Uh that that would be at council's discretion. So, I'm going to uh read the various deadlines to council members. This is in your inbox. Your council have it, so this is largely uh for the public at large. Uh and if council members have questions, they can uh ask me. So on Tuesday, January 27th is the deadline for council members to submit changes to the waterfall. That's to the structure. On Monday, February 2nd, the finance committee will discuss and vote on that structure. Uh the deadline to submit uh motions on the carryover money, that's the actual allocation, will be Monday, February 9th. Uh on Tuesday, February 27th, the there's a holiday that week, President's Day, the budget committee will discuss the various proposals. And on Monday, February 23rd, we hope to have a a final comprehensive motion that ideally would have nine votes, but at least five votes uh on what would be the final carryover motion. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Kering. Further announcements, Miss Albby. >> So, totally different topic. Um, Cincinnati native Rose Lavell was named US Soccer Federation Player of the Year. So, wanted to share that. Uh, as many know, I'm a big soccer fan, former player. Um, really exciting. She, uh, not only has helped, uh, pushed team USA to World Cup victories and Olympic gold medals, uh, she helped her, uh, club team win the championship last year. So, unfortunately, a previous mayor, I think, already gave her the key to the city. So, I don't know what else we have left to offer her. Um she has a mural in the city but uh always love to give a shout out for an amazing Cincinnati doing cool things. >> Thanks Miss Alvi chair >> announcements on Oh yeah vice mayor >> I just wanted to um to acknowledge um Betty uh Daniels Roseman uh who passed January 5th. Uh you know she was a freedom fighter um trained up at uh Western University which is now Miami University. uh got on the bus in the 1960s uh rode down to Mississippi um to register voters um had to hide in a phone booth uh because people were were dragging folks off the bus uh you know people were were being killed and so a a a truck driver came by and put her in the truck and really saved her life and so she she lived to tell the tale and talked a lot about uh her experiences uh as a freedom writer and so she's been honored at least twice by city council starting with council member uh Ivette Simpson and um she was honored I think for black history month uh more recently here but I'm not sure if it was someone on this council or maybe right before this council but um she has been honored twice but um deserves so much more and so I just wanted to acknowledge uh her passing on on January 5th. >> Thank you. >> Thank you Mr. Mayor. >> Mr. President Johnson. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Thank you, uh, Vice Mayor, uh, for pointing that out. And as we just celebrated in these chambers, uh, which will be celebrating July July 4th, 250 years of America. And, uh, as M. clerk, the clerk, our county clerk pointed out the fact that uh you know, we've got some truths to tell. And when she in when she got on that bus years ago, her bus ride was an attempt to try to change what's ingrained in the very fabric of this country. Hatred, bigotry, racism. She tried to change that. So when we want to jump up and down and celebrate July 4th coming for the 250th birthday of this country, we need to really be honest about what story and what are we really celebrating. The needle in America has still got a far far way to move and go. So when we have people that do everything they can, that give their lives to try to make sure equal opportunity is provided. That's not something to sneeze at. And to be quite honest with you, I really don't know what we're going to be celebrating July 4th because America still has a far, far way to go. And if we can put our heads in the sand and barbecue and do all those things where we get to forget, there are those of us in this country, our ancestors, and what we still incur will never forget. Thank you, Mr. Chair. >> Thank you, Mr. Johnson. Any final announcements? City Manager Long. >> Mayor, I forgot. Um we are expecting a very interesting um weather event this weekend. So I want to advise all of our residents to make sure that they try to do their best to stay off the streets. We are the weatherman is definitely um saying that it could be a lot of inches. DPS is is well prepared. We will be having a press conference to go into depth about that tomorrow. But I just want to let everybody know if you do not have to go out, please make sure that you stay home. Also, if you have a driveway, please use that driveway. If you have a neighbor that has a driveway and you don't have a driveway, we would love for you to share theirs to try to get as many people off parking off the streets as possible as well. Thank you. >> Thank you. If there's no further announcements, this meeting is adjourned.