[music] Thank you. [music] [music] N. Hey. >> [music] >> Natal. [music] Hey hey hey. Thank you for your patience. now begins our public comment. As I call you your name, you'll have two minutes to address council. Our first speaker is Kevin Corey. Welcome. Good afternoon, Mayor, honorable council members. Uh I'm I'm here today for a call for a proactive call for a future causation. Um as I read the paper today, I I read about um one of the young mans that was recently, not recently, but last year killed in the over the rhyme. He was shot over the rhyme. I think his trial and the information concerning that was in the paper today. And my main purpose here today is just to remind you of the support that you do have outside of the policing outside of the department. I I know you uh are familiar with the Wesley Chapel Mission Center or you should be by this time and if you're not, you'll be by the time you know by the time the uh end of the year because I'll remind you enough of it. But we're to to right now presently we're putting together strategies to deter youth violence and also gun violence. We're not waiting till it warms up. You know, um as a former, you know, law enforcement professional as as well as a FBI graduate, you know, I understand crime. I I did big cases nationally. Um, I came here 2013 and I took over the police chief of uh, Lincoln Heights. And I think in that first year, and this is recorded through the Hamilton uh, calls for services, I had 1,600 less calls for services because of a strategy I put together. Policing is not complicated when you have the right leadership, when you have the right people in there. There are people who may know more than other people do and I've offered my services and I still offer my services and anything I can do to help let me know and many of you know how to get in contact with me. God bless you. Thank you for what you do and listen. Thank you. >> Thank you so much Kevin and thank you for the incredible work that the Wesley Chapel Mission Center does. Very grateful. Uh, Tom Madu, welcome. Good afternoon, city council and mayor. I'm tall madu and I got a question. How come every time I be place to place like a parking city parking or fle market or other place they just call me they don't want me be over there for why I'm just over there just look I'm not talking to nobody I'm not asking nobody I just keeping my eye like sometime you send a gas station cross the street you see what's going on the gas station like those place be gone some gun parking every parking city parking you know it's some gun over there I just go just to look I'm not ask nobody question I'm not you know but what I know they just call on me now if nobody come to me like a security or person work in the parking or person work at free market somebody come to me say you don't have to stay here go they just call me and arrest me where You don't like somebody, you know, you guess somebody, you can complain that person. That's why they ask me, I be say no question, no complaint. Thank you. >> Thank you, tall. Uh, moving to our uh zoom. Our next speaker is Vanessa Sparks. Welcome. >> Can you hear me? >> Yes. Go ahead. >> Okay. Greetings to all council members, mayor, city manager. My name is Vanessa Sparks and I'm here today on behalf of black property owners uh and homeowners, legacy families who have been s systematically stripped of property equity and dignity in this city. Let me be clear. What is happening is not about safety. It is not about code compliance. It is about power, displacement, and profit. For years, black property owners, especially elders and longtime residents, have been targeted with ex exaggerated or unproven violations. We have been buried in fines um that can that we cannot afford, threatened with receiverhip, and coerced in into signing away our homes just to survive the pressure. Even after surrendering property, many are hit with surprise bills for demolitions or repairs they never authorized. This is not enforcement. This is extraction. We are talking about generational wealth being erased block by block while development accelerates around the very communities being pushed out. This is not accidental. The pattern is clear and harm is measurable. City council has a legal and moral duty to intervene. Silence is not neutrality. It is consent. We are demanding transparency, accountability, and an immediate halt to predatory receiverhip practices. We are demanding that impacted homeowners be recognized as injured parties, not criminals. Black property owners are not disposable. Our homes are not collateral. And our communities are not for sale. Until there is justice, there can be no peace. All power to the people. Thank you. Our next speaker is Katie Borson. Welcome. >> Hello. Um, thank you for providing this time uh for the community to share issues that are on our hearts and minds. Uh, thank you to the city manager and everyone involved in the snow removal process. As we continue to get better with um removing these larger amounts of snow more frequently, I'd like to call attention to uh the need and assistance for um salt and removal, particularly around uh not only the crosswalk areas, but especially the school crossing guard crosswalks. Um, I work for College Hills C U C U C U C U C U C U C U C U C U C URC and I particularly pay attention to the intersections where I know there's crossing guards uh each morning protecting our children and um helping them across the streets. It's already dangerous enough with the uh wild traffic and everything, but uh for them to hurdle snow mounds and ice is um I think just asking too much. Uh, so I've been helping out with that, but I cannot afford salt to help them, you know, not slip and such. Um, and I understand constantly removing the larger mounds um, each time the snow plows go by. But recently, a snow plow um, for whatever reason pushed a 7 foot x 5 foot by like 4ft tall mound right into a corner where there's going to be um, elementary school children's uh, trying to cross. And I'm pretty tired of um shoveling at this point for three blocks for the last two weeks over and over. And um it's just disheartening seeing snow being put intentionally where people need to walk. Uh we are a walkable business district and um it would just be great to have a better plan on how we can take care of crossing guards that are taking care of our children. Um but especially the accessibility to salt because I can't afford it on my own. Um, if we could just consider that, that would be wonderful. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thanks for coming in. Gerald Czecho welcome. Good afternoon. Uh I am Gerald Chico, the uh president of the Mil Creek Conservancy District, and I'm here to support the work that the Mil Creek Conservancy District and the city have done together to create a path forward for the the district. Uh Mil Creek has done an extraordinary amount of progress uh over the last few years due primarily to MSD, SMU, and the Mil Creek Alliance. And it is time now for the Mil Creek Conservancy District to take care of the flood control um expenditure that have been done by the Army Corps of Engineers since 1961. So the agreement in front of you is an agreement that is carefully crafted. It took two years to get to this point and we are very grateful for this work and we are wholeheartedly supporting that work. Thank you. >> Thank you Angelica Hardy. Welcome. >> Greetings, mayor and members of city council. My name is Dr. Angelica Hardy. I am the vice president of community impact at the American Heart Association. Uh February is American Heart Month, but every day cardiac arrest strikes without warning in our homes, at work, and in our neighborhoods. Here in the city of Cincinnati, the survival rate of out of hospital cardiac arrest is only 10%. We are fortunate to have an outstanding C city um fire department and worldclass health care, but before we get to emergency response, help does not arrive instantly. And it's those critical first minutes um us as neighbors have to respond. And that's where bystandard CPR comes in. uh bystandard CPR can double and even triple our um chance of survival. And yet too many people hesitate simply because they don't feel prepared. That's why city of Cincinnati and many of the amazing partners we have across the region are working to build a nation of lifesavers. And we've set a bold goal to actually increase the survival rate by 20% by 2030. So, hands only CPR. You were all gifted a handsonly CPR kit. Um, to call 911, push hard and fast on the center of the chest, and get an AED. Anyone can do it, and everyone should know how. Uh, and reminder that Friday is also National Wear Red Day where we're spreading heart health awareness. So, learning bystander CPR, you're not only just gaining a lifelong skill, you're showing leadership, you're showing commitment to the community. And I invite you all to join us as a nation of lifesavers to help we ensure that cardiac arrest and emergency happens in Cincinnati. Help is already there. Thank you. >> Thank you, Stanford Pool. Welcome. Let's start off this country. We look at this country here and we see what Donald Trump doing to the country. Corruption, racism. So I'm not going to talk about that. Um we're talking about Cincinnati. Cincinnati has got an atmosphere of taking property from poor people, but if they rich, they take care of them. And if we look at this stuff, let's go to vacant building permit uh housing uh court and we saying um is a nuisance. Now when slavery was going on or and that white people was taking property from black people, they would use a white woman to institute it. City of Cincinnati is using nuisance and blight Even though they helped do this, you put a red line all the black and poor neighborhoods and didn't put no money in it. You put in High Park, Mount Adams, downtown, and now you're coming into the neighborhood. You can't take no land from High Park or none of them places. So what does low fruit? So your city's council people took a oath. Some of your lawyers took an oath on top of that. the mayor a lawyer, Miss Kernney a lawyer, think you got a law degree and that but there's something called miss prison of felon. When you know it's a crime, you got to do something. If you don't do nothing, you're guilty. You can be wrote up and brought to to the law. The building department came in here and admitted that they targeting the black neighborhood and they racist. They go in and write them up, take their propert, tell them to give their property, not buy, not trade, but you'll give a contractor with money, the Port Authority DC 3C money, but a black person, you want to take that property. That's a >> That's your time, sir. Our next speaker is Chris Patterson. Welcome. Mr. Mayor, council, thank you very much. I'm Chris Patterson. I'm a village council person for the village of Evenendale. I'm here with Steve Burke, who's the vice mayor, to thank you for your political and financial commitment to the Mil Creek Conservancy District. the ability that you've given all of us to move forward in a systemic way with handling flood control and liability issues along the Mil Creek with the ability to balance that out with recreation is really we all owe you a tip of gratitude. We've been involved as a village with Mil Creek Conservancy District for a long time. We're grateful to have you on board and we thank you much for your help you're about to give. >> Thank you, sir. Dave Schmidt. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Council [clears throat] members, I'm Dave Schmidt, the executive director of Mil Creek Alliance. I'm also here to speak in support of the funding mechanism for you today for the Mil Creek Valley Conservancy District. Um, as council member Patterson just indicated, uh, Mil Creek Alliance has been involved with the district for many, many years. It provides incredibly valuable services not only to the city of Cincinnati, but to the entire region of Hamilton County and beyond. Um, if the district were to become defunct, then the responsibility for maintaining all of the flood control structures, including the barrier dam, would fall on the municipalities in which they sit. Um, a majority of that would fall on the city of Cincinnati, including the barrier dam. So, it's a smart investment purely from that regard. I'll also indicate though that the district has been an incredible partner to the Mil Creek Alliance as we have revitalized the Mil Creek and the Mil Creek Valley over the last 30 years. Many of you are familiar with a lot of the the great projects that we've implemented just in the last year at Sowway Park, the placement of a kayak kiosk there, the the stream ramp that went in at Yellow Bridge, uh opening up the new green space at Yellow Bridge. Um we're so close to an agreement um to further extend the Mil Creek Greenway bike trail from that point at Yellow Bridge down almost to the Ohio River. None of that would be possible without the conservancy district. Um all of that is on their property. Um so without their cooperation, without their existence, so much of what we've been able to do to revitalize our neighborhoods in the lower Mil Creek would not have been possible. So I urge you to support the funding mechanism. Thank you. >> Thank you. Our next speaker is on Zoom. Mike Ulehorn. Welcome. >> Can you hear me? >> Yes. Go ahead, sir. >> Okay. Yes. So, you know, I'm here. It's uh been another month has passed and I still have not heard from anybody about how to address the fact that Greater Cincinnati Waterworks is committing fraud against people by invoicing when they have the water turned off at the water meter and are providing absolutely nothing and they're violating Ohio Revised Code 2913. I keep hoping that somebody will reach back out to me. I'll leave messages on all of your voicemails and with your assistance. Most of them just hang up the phone as soon as they hear me call. So, I don't know how they're serving the people of Cincinnati if they won't even listen to somebody talk but I like to be referred to somebody who can help me with this situation. I just learned today, I guess, from Stefan Prior, I think it was, that several of you are attorneys, so you do understand the concept of setting a precedent. Of course, Greater Cincinnati Waterworks has they're the only company that invoices people for providing absolutely nothing until now. Of course, as you know, my company has adopted that precedent and has been invoicing all of you. But none of you are paying the invoices that I'm sending that are identical to the ones Greater Cincinnati Waterworks sends for just being ready to provide something and people having access to it. Now, I know Greater Cincinnati Waterworks, when you don't pay those kind of bills, they sue people for not paying that bill. They've got leans against properties. Sometimes they even end up seizing the properties or the city of Cincinnati takes over the property because they're paying they're they're invoicing people for providing nothing. So, the president has been well established. I hope that I don't have to follow this precedent all the way through like Greater Cincinnati Waterworks does and have to sue the people that are not paying their invoices or just being ready to provide something and people having access to it. I hope that somebody will contact me so we can get this resolved soon. >> Thank you, sir. Our next speaker in person is Paul Bean. Welcome, Paul. Um, I've been down here 100 times. I said I wasn't coming back. My next move is just gone file paperwork on y'all for for your street justice that you watch happening here in the city. It can be stopped. You you have a you have a package. You stole my package for y'all for justice and you ain't giving me justice. But you steal justice. You steal you lie and everything. Are you supposed to be people that have degrees? How's all this going on? You letting street justice be street justice, but you don't give justice. How's all this going on? All y'all have to be replaced. If we get the same council, ain't nothing changed. Change mean change something. All you doing is building a city. But to build a city, you got to protect a city. If you can't protect it, stop building. Change means help the people, not make yourself look good. That's all you're doing. You make yourself look like something. We look like nothing. We don't have the money that you have to sit there just to listen. Listening don't solve the problem. I told you I was targeted years ago. You go in front of Mike DeWine and you under oath and I told you I was targeted. I told you I see my man and you is a damn puppet on the string. Okay, put your put your truck back up in front. It's needed. >> Thank you. Our next speaker is Jonathan Norton. Welcome. Right now, the Trump administration is seeking to remove the legal resident status of Haitians living here in the US. An attempt temporarily blocked by a federal judge, but one that will be appealed and escalated to a higher courts until they get the ruling they want, demonstrating yet again that this issue that has led to the dehumanization of so many. Entire swaths of people deemed illegals is just a matter of paperwork. Paperwork so easily taken away that can just as easily be given. given to people just like us equally deserving of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. 350,000 people now subjected to having their lives upended and ripped away from them. A community of our neighbors in Springfield already targeted by Trump and Vance with lies and vitriel. We know their fight is not over because this administration is not aiming to follow laws or keep cities safe. They aim to instill fear and pursue any that defy them. People like Liam Ramos and Makmoud Khalil, both arrested by ICE. Liam, a 5-year-old child from Minneapolis, and Makmoud, a green card holder who had the decency to speak out against the genocide and palide we engage in. This temporary uh this temporary block is not an end for our neighbors in Springfield. The administration will come for them as the same as they do for others. These are our brothers and sisters. You all understood we needed to stand up for back in 2024. Where is the action for them now? As we've been saying here for years, the violence we allow and fund abroad will always make its way back to us. The bombing we fund in Palestine made its way to Venezuela. The forced starvation in Gaza we see in the blockade of Cuba. The ethnic cleansing of Palestine we now see here as people are pulled from their homes, forced to concentration camps, riddled with disease, demonized with lies, and scapegoated. Fascism is snaking its way through our country and knocking at our door. It is time for this sanctuary city to start providing some sanctuary. Start leading. Start actually standing up for those in need. To do that, you'll need to stop the constant capitulation to the donor class, forgoing promised measures to keep our children safe. instead shelling out millions for surveillance tech that will assist ICE. Surveillance tech used and tested in Gaza, owned by a board of Epstein associates. Are these decisions of a council fighting for a better tomorrow? Refuse to work with ICE, divest, and end all deals made with these genocidal pedophilic elite. >> Derek Blasame on Zoom. >> All right. Now, uh back to uh regular regularly scheduled uh programming here. I want to uh chime me in here today because I'm a little bit concerned about some things at Cincinnati. You all recently paid a settlement out to some folks, those protesters from uh the George Floyd protesters. I'm concerned about that because the same people who voted for to give them a slap on the wrist uh to uh expunge their records and to and 99% of the people you all did this for were white. And then Jen Michelle Lemon Kernney and Scotty Johnson and all of you all turn around and give him a settlement after you gave him a expungement. First you reduce their their criminal offenses to misdemeanors and then you gave them expungements and then you gave them money in their pocket. That's typical white supremacy. Cincinnati pave a way for white liberals to get opportunities that black kids will never get through those same efforts such as protesting with uh Timothy Thomas and the unrest. None of those individuals got the same benefits or the same privileges. I'm also concerned that J Michelle Lernie, you are the one who created all of these fallacies. You're the one that promoted all of these uh low uh these these these uh soft on crime policies of the last four years and now you want to be the mayor of the city of Cincinnati. You're weak on crime. You're weak on on the justice system and you're weak in many other areas and you need to beef it up. Derek blasting the government washed off. Let me tell you this. I'm not coming back to Cincinnati. There's nothing there for me. Everything that I love is gone. I'm a international worldrenowned citizen and I want to keep it that way because there's not a damn thing in history that I give a damn about. Ahala. >> Okay. Thank you. Um Ron Sha Walker, I'm I apologize if I'm mispronouncing that. >> All right. Well, my name is Rona Walker. I'm here on behalf of Cincinnati Parent Empowerment Network and I'd like to speak to the urgency the needs of the urgency of the snow removal from the sidewalks and the bus stops. Um also to say that we are in agreeance with council member Shth Walsh and the changes he wants to make about um sidewalk safety. Right now, the fine is um $25, which we believe should be increased to $150 with the exemption for elderly people. We also want to urge people in the community to get with their local um community council to make plans for their future for future um inclement weather and um snow removal just to have plans for future just to get ahead of things. Also, we'd like to initiate a citywide um just a citywide initiative to shovel up. Get with your neighbors, um your friends, and just this weekend, maybe we just as a community should just get outside and try to remove as much snow as you can in your own community. Um we'd like to partner with anybody um locally um council members. Um if anyone has any feedback or would like to join us um we have a Facebook page for Cincinnati Parent Empowerment as well as um just reaching out to me. My name is Rona Walker. Um my email is walker ranchaggmail.com. um as well as um Christian Davis, the uh founder of CPEN. So, we just wanted to be here to just express our concerns and just to give this city some we just want to express working together, coming together as a community. >> Thank you. That concludes public comment. Uh it's now 2:01 and we will immediately begin the business portion of our meeting. And the clerk will please call the role. >> Council member Johnson >> here. >> Vice Mayor Kernney >> here. >> Council member Nolan >> here. >> 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. >> Thank you. 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. >> 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, items 1 through 35 are as indicated. We begin with item 36 in budget and finance. It's a motion from council members Jeffre, Cranbering, Nolan, Owens, Albby, and Walsh for city council to begin the annual review of the city manager. The review will be based on the 10 categories listed below and will follow the timeline listed below. Mr. Kramer, may I have Mr. Jeff introduce this item? >> Yes. Thank you, Mayor. >> Mr. Jeff. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh, so this is a core obligation of council. Uh, every year we should be evaluating the the manager and uh so this is just consistent with that. uh we have laid out a process where the manager uh on her own every well on her own she she does present every December a review of what her results have been uh and uh we have uh had one session with her uh and we plan to have two others and then we'll report back uh subsequently um uh in March with a report. >> Thank you Mr. Jeff. Further comments? >> Seeing none roll call on adoption of the motion. >> Council member Johnson. Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> 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. >> Item 37 is a motion from our vice mayor that the administration prepare a report within 30 days indicating findings of a market analysis to increase the salary range of the deputy clerk position for the city of Cincinnati. Vice Mayor. >> Thank you. Uh so we are wondering if our uh clerk of council uh offices um are underpaid. So we need to do a market analysis. Uh they have not received a raise for quite some time. So let's look and see how other markets are paying and make sure that we are being competitive. >> Thank you. Further comments? Seeing none, roll call and adoption of the motion, please. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. [snorts] >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Karing, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Item 38, first reading, please. >> Emergency ordinance authorizing the payment of $1,3258 to the Broadcast Music, Inc. from Cincinnati Recreation Commission Recreation Special Activities Fund Non-personnel Operating Budget Account as a moral obligation for outstanding charges from music licensing services. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> 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. Mr. Kramering. >> This is a moral obligation for music licensing services. That's from the Cincinnati Recreation Commission. >> Any comments? >> Roll call on passage, please. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> 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. Roll call on suspension. Oh, I'm sorry. Item 39, first reading. I'm over three. Emergency, please. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> 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. >> Item 39, first reading, please. An emergency ordinance authorizing the payment of $8,740 from the Greater Cincinnati Waterworks Waterworks Capital Fund Capital Improvement Program Project Account Grandon Lane Grandon Road Torrance to United Title Services LLC as a moral obligation for title services for water main infrastructure improvements and hired park provided after January 1, 2025. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> 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. >> Mr. Kramering. >> Uh, Mayor, this is a moral obligation for some work done in Hyde Park out of waterworks. Uh, as I did in committee, uh, with the cold weather, we've had an extremely high number of breaks. Our waterwork crews have been out working diligently. It's my understanding they've now switched to 12-hour shifts. So, we certainly appreciate their work in very difficult conditions. >> Thank you. Further comments? Seeing none, roll call in passage, please. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Karine, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. Yes. >> 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. >> Item 40. First reading, please. >> An ordinance authorizing the city manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant from the US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Brew of Justice Assistance. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> 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. >> Mr. Kramering, >> this is a grant of up to $527,000 for bulletproofs vests. So, thank you from Thank you to the Department of Justice. Obviously, critically important. >> Further comments. Roll call on passage, please. Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> 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. >> Item 41, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance establishing new capital improvement program project account Gilbert Avenue safety phase 1 rehab to provide resources for the Gilbert Avenue safety project phase 1. Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> 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. >> Mr. Kramer. >> I'll defer to my colleague, Council Member Jeff on this item. >> Mr. Jeff. >> Uh, thank you, Mr. Mayor. So, this is just establishing a capital improvement uh program fund for a complete street uh project along Gilbert Avenue. We've received funding from the federal government from ODOT. Uh this has been in the works for quite some time. Uh the administration working with the neighborhood all along uh Walnut Hills. It's an exciting project uh and excited to see it come to fruition. >> Mr. Chair, >> further comments? Miss Owens? >> Yes, thank you. And just to build on that, um, in the last carryover, I think it was, we allocated $2 million, uh, for Gilbert redesign. And so it's it's really great to see this our dollars being leveraged, but also that this important transit corridor, our arts partners are all along there. And so I think this is quite transformative and so really just exciting to see this work move forward and people are are on board with that. Thank >> you. Further comments? Seeing none, roll call on passage, please. Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> 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. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kaming, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Item 42, first reading, please. >> An ordinance establishing new new capital improvement program project account Little Miami Scenic Trail to provide resources to extend the existing shared use path along Beachmont Avenue from the intersection of Ston Road to the intersection of Ranchfail Drive in the Mount Washington neighborhood. >> Roll call and suspension, please. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramerine, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramering. >> Uh, this ordinance both establishes a new capital improvement program called the Little Miami State Trail and accepts a grant from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Uh the grant and the capital account will be used to uh extend the mixeduse trail along Beachmont Avenue in Mount Washington. >> Further comments, Mr. Mayor. >> Yes, Mr. Jeff. >> Yeah, I just want to uh shout out to Ohio Department of Natural Resources. These are great grants. Uh this extends a shared use path uh which we know for example the Wasam Way, 75% of the people who use it are walking or running on it. Uh it's a great asset for neighborhoods and in this case uh Mount Washington. So excited to see this um be built. >> Thank you. Further comments. Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> 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. >> Item 43, first reading, please. an emergency ordinance authorizing the transfer and return to source fund community development block grant of $3,100,18429 to close out or decrease existing project accounts according to section A of the attached schedule of transfer. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Karine, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. Council member Jeff. >> Yes, >> Mr. Graming. >> These are internal transfers and realignments within our community development block grant funds. All to ensure that the money goes out the door and is spent in a timely manner. >> Further comments. >> Roll call and passage. >> Council member Johnson? >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. >> 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. >> Roll call in emergency. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> Council Member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Thank you. Item 44, first reading, please. an emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to execute a funding agreement with the Clifton Heights Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation to facilitate acquisition of real property located at 125 Calhoun Street in the CUF neighborhood of Cincinnati. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Karnney, >> yes. >> 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. >> Mr. Kramer. >> This is a TIFF expenditure. 995,000. 99 $995,000. Uh it will go to acquire property at 125 Calhoun Street. This is a big project for the development corporation and for Clifton Heights. >> Further [snorts] comments? >> Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. 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. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> 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. Items 45 and 46 are as indicated. >> Item 47, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the policy of managing the stabilization funds for the city of Cincinnati. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> 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. >> Mr. Kramer. >> Uh, Mr. May, this is item number 47. >> 47. Yep. >> I apologize. >> No worries. >> Uh, the city closed out its operating budget last year. This is uh the ordinance that establishes the waterfall uh which we use to provide structure as we allocate those leftover funds including providing for our pension, providing for the housing trust fund. Uh the mayor and the administration recommended some changes to the final bucket dividing that final bucket between public works and economic development. >> Further comments? >> Uh Mr. Chair. >> Yes, Vice Mayor. >> So I I actually oppose this because I I really think for the final bucket we shouldn't have that uh those restrictions uh they should be allowed um for what we see as the needs. uh we should be allowed to allocate that. Um I think our votes if if we want those areas that are indicated um five votes will make that happen. But in this case, these restrictions prevent us from bringing forth some other needs uh that our residents have. So for that reason, I just oppose the restriction on that final bucket. >> Thanks, Vice Mayor. Further comments? Roll call on passage, please. Council member Johnson, >> no. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> no. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> no. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kmerding, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> no. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Yes. Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> 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. Item 48 is a motion from the vice mayor that the administration prepare an analysis of the effects of amending 2026 waterfall update so that the general fund contingency count remains at 2% in the carryover waterfall and the overall p percentage of reserves remains at 16.7%. Vice mayor, would you like to introduce this item? >> Thank you. So, uh, council members Walsh and Owens brought forth some really good ideas about, um, how we calculate, um, percentage of reserves, the effects, uh, on our on our credit rating, um, what metric we should use, whether we should use uh, revenue or expenditures. Uh, that that motion didn't pass, but I think it it really um warrants further consideration. And so um I asked for an analysis uh there were a lot of questions uh and we didn't really have I think enough time to really consider it. So while the while it won't be in effect now it should be something we can consider for the future. So an analysis of those issues the percentage of reserves that uh we should have any effects it might have on our credit rating the pros and cons. Um some cities use expenditures versus revenue. we've we've been told and so it would be good to really be informed on those issues and to consider them in the future. Not for not for this particular period but in the future. So we need an analysis to be informed. >> Thank you, Vice Mayor. >> Mr. Chair, >> further comments? Yes, Miss Owens. >> Yes. No. Um I wish we did this in a different order, but that's okay. Um we had a philosophical debate about our budget. I think it's important that we have one because it's our most important. It's our responsibility being the best fiduciary agents to this city as possible. And so yes, while we are thinking about how we become more accurate in those projections and and how we look at our reserves, how we look at what we have now to be able to make the impact that we want to make while also maintaining our not just maintaining but improving our credit rating. It also becomes a conversation around how we uh solve for our pension liability. And so I think all of these things are so related. Um, but at least I'm happy that we are now getting uh questions, putting questions out there and getting answers. >> Thank you. Further comments? >> Roll call on adoption of the motion, please. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> 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. >> Items 49. Item 49 is as indicated. Item 50. First reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the transfer of 2,761,27 from the unappropriated surplus general fund to unappropriate surplus of working capital reserve fund to increase the city's working capital reserve. >> Roll call on suspension. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> no. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Karing, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Thank you, Mr. Kramer, would you like to introduce this item? >> Yes, Mayor. This uh we talked earlier about the structure of the waterfall. This actually allocates the money into the waterfall. As my colleague said, I thought our debate was uh very constructive and I look forward to continuing it. I just want to couple, you know, we did have some points of disagreement. Some points that I think that we are all in agreement on uh that is part of the waterfall is continuation of five $5 million going to the housing trust fund, $2 million going to shore up the pension, and all of our reserve funds are are full and where they should be to help us weather any uh unforeseen events or uh economic downturns. >> Do you have further comments, >> Mr. Chair? >> Yes, Vice Mayor. I'm Vice Mayor. I'm sorry I can't see you. I apologize. So, >> it's okay >> for uh Vice Mayor and for President Johnson, if you could um get my attention by speaking to the mic when you need to speak because I I can't see either of you. >> Thanks. Go ahead. >> So, I I just wanted to say um I I made my previous um problem with the with how we're doing the waterfall, but given that that's passed, um I do want us to move forward. There are many good things in it. My only complaint was about how we did that bottom bucket. Uh and so the rest of this is totally fine. Uh and we we definitely need to go forward and and get going and get those funds allocated. So, uh we're a little bit behind our usual schedule. We usually do this in the fall. Uh and so we we we need to get moving. And so for that reason, uh I'll approve it and let's just get going. >> Great. Thank you. Further comments. >> Roll call on passage, please. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. Yes. Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> no. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramer, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Roll call emergency. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> no. Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Thank you. Item 51, first reading, please. Ordinance B version authorizing the city manager to enter into and execute a funding agreement and substantially the form of attachment A hereto to enable Mil Creek Valley Conservancy District to develop the revenue and capacity to operate, maintain, repair, and replace Mil Creek Local Flood Protection Project. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> 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. >> We're now in climate city service and infrastructure. Council member Owens, >> thank you. So, but for the work of the Mil Creek Alliance and the Mil Creek Conservancy District, we are now talking about economic development along the Mil Creek Corridor. So, very excited that the administration has found a path forward to be able to establish this body, uh, keep them going. It's a board of three. Uh it's multi-jurisdictional in terms of where the Mil Creek's path is. And so us doing this is act uh actualizing the long the short-term and long-term benefits of their work. So I really am grateful to the administration, Director Yang, uh for being able to move this along because as you heard before, this would be a huge cost to the city in terms of infrastructure maintenance uh if we're not moving this forward. >> Thank you. Further comments, Mr. Mayor? Yes, Mr. Jeff. >> Yeah, just to add on to that, uh, if you think about the Mil Creek wershed, 170 miles, around 10 or 11 is in the city, 10 jurisdictions. So, this goes all the way up to Butler County for for decades until a few decades ago, there was flooding and the Army Corps built this amazing infrastructure, the barrier dam, you see all the channels along the way. Uh, and for context, the uh the Mil Creek Conservancy is responsible for that, but it has no money. And so the Mil Creek Conservancy absent us doing something will dissolve and then to uh my colleagues point we will be obligated to millions of dollars a year. So this is essentially providing them a loan over several years to make sure that they can do the work to figure out what is a fair and equitable revenue source uh uh for maintaining this infrastructure. So, thank you to the Mil Creek Conservancy, Mil Creek Alliance, and uh and folks at Waterworks and Storm Water uh Management for all of your work to make this possible. >> Mr. Chair, sorry, just to add to that, too, I think it's important to note that because we get to move this work forward, they get to hire an executive director who will help have these conversations in other jurisdictions. And so, um that's an important point. >> Thank you. Further comments? >> Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> 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. Item 52 is a motion from council members Nolan Walsh Jeffrey Scraming Owens Albby James, and Vice Mayor Kernney that the city administration design a neighborhood planning cycle to be implemented and managed by Department of City Planning and Engagement that spans approximately a 10-year period and provides each neighborhood with a new comprehensive neighborhood plan or comprehensive plan update approximately every 10 years. This is in housing and growth. Mr. Jeff. >> Yeah, I'll let go colleague I'll let our colleague, Mr. Nolan, uh uh talk to this motion. >> Mr. Nolan, please. >> Yes. Thank you. Uh I want to thank the mayor and my colleagues for the support of this motion and the process to get here. Uh this motion comes after months of work and many conversations with city staff and community partners. Uh, I'm excited to move this proposal forward and bring a sense of stability and consistency to the neighborhood planning process to proactively engage our residents to set the vision for development and growth in their neighborhood and to spur development of muchneeded housing and in our neighborhood business districts. Um, so appreciate all the work for everybody uh involved and we went through the motion at length uh both at the press conference we had and in committee. So leave it at that. Thank you. Further comments, >> Mr. >> Miss Owens, >> thank you. No, I will just add one thank you for Council Member Nolan for your work that you uh put in to get us to this point. Uh I mentioned in committee, this is about accountability. Uh this is about making sure that we are accomplishing what it is that we're setting out to do. I also want to recognize that in order to even have these conversations, I do want to echo uh my my sentiment and accolades to the city manager for the work that she's been doing behind the scenes in terms of getting people and process in place. Uh because if you don't have people in place, they they can't carry the work forward. So just all around, I'm excited for the step that we are taking. >> Thank you. Further comments? Yes, Miss Alvie. >> Thank you. Uh thank you, Council Member Nolan, for your work on this. This is really exciting. I'm going to repeat myself a little bit from committee, but I I absolutely think the ability to get our neighborhood plans going on a uh consistent cycle is going to be exciting. I know Madisonville is in our process right now, and I think our last one was like in the 70s, right? So, a lot has changed. Um, so to be able to provide that consistency on a 10-year rotation will be great, but also more importantly, I think to have really big intentional conversations uh early in the process of how neighborhoods and neighbors want to see their community grow and thrive and the assets they want in their neighborhood and putting that on the front end of of engagement and projects ahead of time is really going to be a quite a big shift that I hope will have positive outcomes as we think uh how to intentionally grow our city for everyone in all walks of life. So, I'm really excited for this. I'm excited for this to be uh side by side with the next motion you're going to introduce. Thank you. >> Thank you. Further comments? >> Roll call on adoption of the motion, please. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> 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. >> Item 53 is a motion from council members Nolan Walsh, Albby, Kramering, Vice Mayor Kernney Owens, Jeff James, that the city manager immediately commence the creation of uh an office of strategic growth inside the city manager's office. >> Mr. Jeff, may I have Mr. Nolan introduce this item? >> Yes, please. >> Mr. Nolan. >> Yes. Thank you. Again, I want to give thanks to the the mayor and my colleagues for their support and and work on this. Uh, you know, I I think I can say this council, the mayor, and the administration, we are all aligned on our priorities of intentional and equitable growth. Uh, two years ago, the futures commission recommended the creation of this office of strategic growth to help grow our city. Uh, I'd like to thank the chamber uh and everyone that contributed to the futures commission report for the recommendations to help streamline city processes and enhance our economic development service delivery. Uh, creating this office is a critical step to hitting our strategic goals around affordable housing and our audacious goal to add 40,000 housing units over a 10-year period. Uh, finally, I'd like to thank the administration uh for their many thoughtful conversations and the back and forth uh we had to get to this point and I hope we can all be excited about moving forward. Thank you. >> Thank you. Further comments? >> Roll. Yes, Mr. Jeffrey. Sorry. >> Oh, no. Thank you. No, just thank you uh council member Nolan for this. I think this is a critical recommendation of the futures commission. If you think about uh we always talk about growth, but why it matters. The reason why we see housing costs growing as fast as they are is because we're not adding enough housing. So, we need to grow housing more. The reason why we have a lot of budget challenges, we need to grow population more. For every thousand people we add, we add about a million in earnings tax. So, we have to grow as a city. If we're not growing, we're declining and then we're cutting services. And so this office of strategic growth is a key element in order to drive that change. >> Thank you. Further comments? >> Roll call on adoption of the motion, please. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> 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. Item 54 is also a motion from council members Owens and Jeffre that the city administration prepare a report by March 1st, 2026 updating the council on all active lead tax abatements. Mr. Jeff. >> Yeah, I'll let my colleague uh Councilwoman Owens uh introduce this. >> Thank you. Um so anytime we can get a lead project across the finish line, it is obviously important uh not only by way of you know building more housing project but also doing it sustainably. And so while this might not be a frequent the most frequent occurrence, we still want to understand uh why you know these kind of projects are being amended. And so we want to make sure that our incentives, everything is aligned to actually get these projects accomplished. >> Further comments? >> Roll call on adoption of the motion, please. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> 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. >> Item 55, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance approving the continued operations of the existing designated outdoor refreshment area in the central business district of Cincinnati, known as the Dora at the Banks, for an additional 5 years pursuant to chapter 838 of the Cincinnati Municipal Code outdoor refreshment areas. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kardine, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Mr. Jeff. >> Yes. So, this is for approval of a uh or refresh of the DORA, the designated outdoor refreshment uh area at the bank. So for context, the state of Ohio gives Cincinnati six of these designations. Uh we have allocated four of them. We still have two more uh to figure out which neighborhoods. And essentially what this allows, as people know in the banks, uh our folks to carry and drink alcoholic beverages. Uh and it's been very successful there. It's been very successful in other neighborhoods like Westwood. Um, and so, uh, this has been, uh, uh, supported by all the businesses that are down there, uh, to renew as, uh, an important economic driver for their continued growth. >> Thank you. Further comments. >> Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> 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. >> Roll call in emergency. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> 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. >> Item 56, first reading, please. An emergency ordinance designating the Brinker building located at 4030 Glenway Avenue in the West Price Hill neighborhood as a local historical historic landmark. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Karnney, >> yes. >> 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. Mr. Jeff. >> Yeah, this is a great project. West Price Hill on Glenway. It's a old building, the uh Brinker building. Uh the developer uh asked that uh they want to make it historic, so they can get a historic tax credit. It's uh a project that is supported uh from the neighborhood. Uh fantastic project. I think it's five units and then it'll add some retail space there right on Gladway. >> That's wonderful. Further comments, Mr. Kramer Day. >> Yeah, mayor. I just want to emphasize how important that this this project is on Glennaway and is for for West Pricell right there in the central business district and it's a refrain of trying to get development in areas where the tiffs are not generating development. This area certainly meets this criteria. So this historic designation will go far towards making this a successful project. >> Thank you. Further comments? Roll call on passage, please. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> 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. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> 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. >> Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Was that our final item? >> Yes. That concludes the business portion of our agenda. City Manager Long, do you have any announcements? >> I have no announcements, Mayor. Thank you. >> Thank you. Announcements from council. Vice Mayor? >> None. >> Mr. Mayor. >> Yes. Mr. Jeff, then Mr. Nolan. >> Yeah. So, uh, just to alert folks on February 18th at 1:00, we've invited CHA to come to Housing and Growth. There are a lot of questions around City West, a lot of questions on other, uh, CHA properties. So, they're going to present about their current plans and future plans, not just around City West, but uh any other uh any other of their properties. And so, look forward to having them uh present and invite all of my colleagues and and public to come out. >> Thank you, Mr. Nolan. >> Yes, I would like to uh just announce the creation of the Metro Discounted Bus Pass program for city employees. Uh Metro has graciously offered a 25% discount. Uh the city has contributed a small amount of funds for an additional 50%. Uh I want to thank director assistant city manager John Brazina and uh Matthew Hume for their help in getting us to this point. Uh all city employees are eligible and should sign up for their metro pass and get their discount. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Nolan. Announcements on this side. Mr. Kramer. >> Yeah, mayor. A bit of unfortunate news that uh this morning Steve Shuckman passed away. He was the director of planning for many many years. So passionate about the city and about parks. He was the embodiment of of of a what a city employee could be and the difference they could make and his work at Tedbury Park was just a example of his legacy. So uh very sorry to report his passing. >> Thank you Mr. Kramering. Our condolences go to his family. >> Further announcements. >> Yes, Miss Owens. >> Mr. Chair, thank you. Um four years ago, this council had a vision and that vision is how do we disrupt uh housing being housing inst unstable uh by way of stabilizing people in their housing and looking at evictions uh as a result of that which disproportionately impacts single black moms in this city and in the county. And so it was with with the support of the administration uh mayor your support in getting the ordinance written uh that is now called access to council. It has been with the support of this council that has continued to invest in rental assistance along with the legal representation that's important to help keep um keep families housed. Um being reminded that we have helped over a thousand families. I'm so very proud of this work and very proud of this council for continuing to invest in that vision. And so today I am very happy to announce that our access to council program has received an award from the Ohio City County Management Association for intergovernmental cooperation between the city of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Clerk of Court's office. Uh building on the legacy, Mr. then clerk that that you created. Um, but this work would not be possible without uh Deanna White being at the center of this every single day and clerk Pavven Periq uh providing the legal uh support here. And so I couldn't be more excited about this partnership that we've continued to build upon and we will be receiving this award at a statewide conference at the end of this month in Sharonville. So hats off to everyone who continues to move this work forward. Congratulations to the entire team. That's wonderful. >> Yeah. >> Thank you, Miss Owens. Any other announcements? Seeing none, meetings adjourned. Thank you.