[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Natal. [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] [Music] Good afternoon everyone. Welcome to today's public comment. You'll have two minutes as I call your name. We'll start with Randy Pullins. Welcome. >> How you doing? All right. All right. How you doing there? All right. This is personally I don't know you guys personally, but there's a lot of things going on in this city which a lot of us don't like. I'm going to start off with um uh replacing the police chief the other day. I mean, uh, because anybody that knows anything about Cincinnati knows their directives come from you, the the mayor and the city manager and, um, so I don't know, you're trying you're trying to dig up dirt on on her or whatever. And, um, and you turned down helping the governor recently, but there's a lot of crime. I work downtown and downtown every day. And um, like uh, we got a lot of judges that have been appointed by you guys who are letting these criminals out. uh the two recent shootings should have both been in jail after the Bengal game and uh the other one on Fountain Square there. And so, you know, we need to stop letting these uh out and they were appointed by you guys on this as far as I know. And um like another one I want to bring up is um this Iris Rolley. Why does she have all this power in this city? She's unelected and she's against the police. She she's interfered with police officers doing their job and over the rind and stuff and um and and then she hired her son for over $50,000 for a part-time job which is outrageous, you know. And um and then there's another point I want to bring up that is a government square. I've been saying this for years. I don't know why they have all these buses converged with these teenagers. I see them yelling and fighting all the time and you know they they need to do something with that. Um, and um, all I know is, uh, I wish I had money and connections like you guys. Being an ex-Navy person, I'm more of a leader than anybody up there. I mean, a leader inspires and motivates. And I don't see that from any of you people up here. And um, and um, and like Victoria Parks over there saying they deserve that beat town and we're all that that that's outrageous to get away with that, you know. So anyway, thank you. >> Thank you, Randy. Thank you for your service. >> All right. Thank you, >> Ronald Doula. Welcome. >> I got beat and robbed on um Fountain Square on the 26th, the day of a big brawl. Um they refused to investigate. I I I don't know why, but I'll tell you a brief story. I took advantage of a girl one time. She She bought me everything everything I wanted. Everything I wanted. And I seen that girl years later in a thrift. And I just wept and cried because I knew I did a wrong. I did a wrong. But it didn't keep me from reaping what I sow. It didn't keep that karma from coming back to me really strong. I'll say this. You reap what you sow. You reap what you sow. And me, I I you know some everybody hating on you, but I see you. I don't know you from Adam, but I just see you shining. I just see you shining. >> Thank you, sir. >> What you s welcome. I'm going start off with this country. We look at this country saying that uh this president that some of you people didn't put in into the office and they're tearing the country up racist uh lying and criminal. Then we got to look at Cincinnati. What have you did any special more than what Trump is doing and his clowns? You're taking people property. You're putting them in jail. you create creating different rules. We got Mr. here started a a vacant building thing when you already had one and he he started another one cuz he don't see enough suffering taking money out of people property out of their pockets to put in their pocket. Um Mr. Johnson brought in the building department. They told you that they was going into the black neighborhood and taking their property and telling them give up their title, not buy it, not trade, just take it. That's a crime. Miss Mika, I think you voted for this vacant bill of thing. It's not enough pain on the people and help. And anybody else that voted for that same project, he came up. Mayor, me and Miss Miss uh um me and another the buil people platform lady came into your office talked to you about this criminal stuff that your building department and law department were doing and you said you'll get back with us in a couple of weeks. I haven't heard a word from you. So you kind of lied to us. You haven't called us or nothing. you had an aid there that getting paid could have called and you keep on saying you got to listen to the people you listen to but you don't want to do nothing you just want to get a paycheck and your title and continue now if >> thank you Mr. pool. I was >> Don't thank me. I was happy to meet with you. I kamura, please come to the das. >> Hello. Detaining and charging kids who break a 6 or 9 or 11 p.m. curfew will do nothing but make these problems so much worse. And having the SWAT team at Fountain Square every day will make people fearful and increase violent arrests. Some of you have said in the media that you want to enforce curfew without giving kids a criminal record, but you are still doing just that. Within the guidelines for the curfew or the possibility for kids to be taken to the youth detention center and to be charged with a misdemeanor, the C the CSG justice center states that in many states up to 80% of youth who are incarcerated are rearrested within three years of release. Incarceration harms kids physical and mental health and places great barriers towards their succeeding in getting an education and a career. I know you all are being pressed for a quick solution, but incarcerating and charging kids who have done nothing more than be out and about within the city they call home is not the answer. It will perpetuate the problems we are seeing right now, not provide a solution. We have 4,000 homeless kids in CPS right now. And a paper published by UC found that 270,000 families in Cincinnati experience food insecurity every year. Fixing these systemic problems will do the city a lot more good than the creating new ones will. Muhammad Ibrahim is a Palestinian American who just spent his 16th birthday in Israeli prison. While he while he was visiting his family in the West Bank in February, his relative's house was raided by the Israeli military. He was blindfolded and arrested. In prison, he has lost a quarter of his weight and contracted scapes. And this July, his cousin, Safoola Musellet, was beaten to death by Israeli settlers. This is the reality that all Palestinians in the West Bank face every day. Every day, the Israeli military and Israeli settlers enact horrific crimes against Palestinians on our tax dollars. We must divest from occupational violence, and I ask that you all use the power you have as elected officials to ask for the release of Muhammad Ibrahim. Thank you. >> Thank you, Stefan Prior. Welcome. >> Good afternoon, council. Mark Jeffrey, you at least could have said something about the chief, man. Y'all keep getting this in the mail. You get a F minus, man. You standing right next to Chief Thei. You ain't saying nothing about him to back her up. Y'all got caught uh uh caught up in the darkness and not information. They ain't tell y'all nothing. You're in the dark, so they ain't tell you nothing. You get a F minus, man. I'mma t this up, too. I ain't vote for you at all. Politicians use scapegoating to shift public frustration away from their own policy of lack of solutions, creating common enemies. The dirty politics of scapegoating that is unfair and y'all wrong. Y'all know y'all wrong. Especially you, Mary F. Tap. I like you, man, as a person, man. But your ways is messed up, man. You wrong for that. You is super wrong for that. How you going to get fired the chief of police, man? You keep That's sad what y'all doing. It's sad. Y'all ain't coming to the forefront talking to the people about what's going on. Don't look sick over there like I got sad faces. Y'all know what y'all doing and it's wrong. It's up to y'all to ch y'all. Y'all lawmakers. Y'all can change laws and stop some of this crime. A stroke of a pen. If you get caught with a gun, you can say, "We going to give you 10 years. I bet them guns calm down then." No. Y'all just using scapegoat tactics to get a chief out of here. I like I like I like uh Miss Thie. I like her. But it's sad though. All it's going to be a settlement. She goes in the sun, got all that money, and it's over. And then there come another chief. They don't get rid of him. Y'all need to stop doing these same tactics, y'all. For real. It's getting played. What y'all doing? And you know you getting recorded. Uh Mayor Fab from the back over here and me. It's just super wrong, man. Come on now. I'm thinking about not voting for you, man. I'm thinking about not voting for you. I always tell y'all I love you and there nothing you can do about it. Thank you, Todd Zinder. Welcome. Thank you. Good afternoon. My name is Todd Zinder. I am from West Price Hill. I was going to speak about uh the email I sent to each of you about um a recommendation I offered on the collaborative agreement, but instead I'd like to respond to something that council member Walsh said on the radio this morning. I mean no disrespect, sir, but Mr. Walsh, you need to apologize to Jerry Wilkerson, the former director of public services. You basically said that Mr. Wilkerson was forced to retire because of the performance of DPS in response to snowstorm Blair. As if forcing him to retire was some type of accomplishment. It sounds more like scapegoating. You knew or should have known that the state of our fleet, including snowplows, was in critical condition, not to mention the understaffing and outdated processes of DPS. This was all reported by the city's internal auditor in January of 24, an entire year before snowstorm Blair crippled the city. Did any of you even read the report? Unfortunately, it took snowstorm Blair for the mayor and council to even pay attention. The auditor told you that 685 vehicles, almost 50% of the fleet were out of life cycle, including snow plows, with an estimated $82 million needed to bring the fleet up to speed. Jerry Wilkerson devoted his life to the city, 32 years. On April 8th, the city manager congratulated him on his service. How dare you crap all over his career? I do not know Mr. Wilkerson. Never met him, but I thank him for his service. And you, sir, need to apologize to Mr. Wilkerson. Thank you. >> Thank you. Jonathan Nortman, welcome to the Das. Okay. >> What you're looking at are the bodies of the hundreds of Palestinians given back as part of the ceasefire exchange. These are some of the photos that had to be shown to surviving families in Gaza in hopes that they could identify the remains of their loved ones in hopes that they had something to bury. While you look, imagine having to stare at the images of your murdered people all so that you can grieve those you love. Imagine having to see their faces and bodies like this. Faces beaten, bloodied, and flattened. Bodies bound, broken, blindfolded, and forever imprinted with the tracks of the tanks that ran them over. These people aren't in this condition because they were under the rubble. These people are in this condition because they were under Israeli detention. These people illegally kidnapped, held hostage, circulation cut off with zip ties, tortured and mutilated, executed point blank or under the weight of the tanks we pay for. Palestinian families in Gaza gathered in the bombed out remains of Nasser Hospital to look at these photos. And they were told that peace has been achieved, that the people that can do this deserve our defense, funding, and security. People who can lie about settlers bulldozing homes in Gaza and then use that as an excuse to carry out more than a 100 air strikes and block aid. That's supposedly the nation working for peace. The state still holding a 16-year-old American citizen, Muhammad Ibrahim, in prison without charge or trial for over eight months. That's the fair negotiator deserving our dollars. Politicians lying to us is nothing new. We see it when a mayor wants to campaign and leech attention from no king's protests will tell us diversity and immigration is good for the city. But these actions he says we need are nowhere to be seen. The same man that said he'd work with ICE and follow the law. All the while they're rewriting laws and breaking them. The largest group held in ICE attention are immigrants with no criminal record. You can't stand up to the tyrants of America without acting against their biggest crimes. And there is no greater crime than genocide. This is what's being done to people just like us in Israeli detention. Some sent back with their organs harvested. Where have you seen images like this? Would you go home happy to know that your funding is what makes it possible? That it's your silence is what assists it. That it's your actions that prolong it. We should be divesting from all those complicit. We should be refusing to work with ICE. And we should show it when we say we care about human lives. >> Thank you, Jaylen Balden. Welcome. yo. So, I want to talk about the genocide happening in Palestine, but first I kind of want to just put something in perspective. uh around like I think it was 2021 I believe I went to a Black Lives Matter protest and the following year in 2022 I went to two free Palestine protests and both of them were very peaceful and in 2024 I also went to another free Palestine protest to where lots of hateful uh sayings from outlookers were saying were being thrown to us in the crowd and I began to think about how people who stood next to me in the Black Lives Matter protest protest regardless of race and religion now stood against people like Hine Rajab and Adi Adah Hathleene. We should not be able to pick and choose whose lives matter and whose lives don't matter. Black lives matter if it means anything is that if one life doesn't matter, all lives do not matter. But dear in Palestine had his family shot burned down twice by the IOF for refusing to close down. similar to how mobs of white people burn down black businesses. The village of Uma being burned to ashes similar to Tulsa. Cops harassing minority citizens akin to the IOF harassing Palestinians. Over 160 black churches burned down in 1996, similar to mosques being destroyed, similar to synagogues being destroyed. And in my time in Palestine, I even saw graffiti on an Israeli school that said, "Gass the Arabs." So, what are we doing? You know what we see Ice doing? It's crazy. And personally, ICE would not do that around me. How many ICE agents could I take down? Maybe like six, seven. You know what I mean? But whatever. I love everybody. Peace out. Love you. Moving to Zoom. Welcome Mike Ulehorn. Mike, if you can hear me, can you go off? Oh, there we go. >> There we go. >> Go ahead, Mike. >> Yes. I'm sure you guys missed me last week. Unfortunately, I signed in a little bit too late. He didn't make it. But, um, I wanted to tell a little story today. My dad owned a machine shop down in Aenddale in a very bad neighborhood of Cincinnati with a lot of high crime. And some people came in there and they broke into the building and they stole all the plumbing pipes for the copper and sold them all. What did the city of Cincinnati do after these thieves stole the pipes? Did they catch the thieves? No, they didn't catch the thieves. But they sent a bill every single month to his business from the water company just because the water company was ready to provide his business with water and he had availability to the water because they had pipes out there. They didn't provide him anything, nothing at all value. But that didn't stop them from sending a bill every single month for providing nothing. And which crime would be worse? the ones that criminals did or the city of apparently ran by criminals that stole money from him every month and provided nothing and in violation of Ohio Revised Code 2918. Nobody seems to do anything about that. I don't see any of you guys getting arrested up there for committing fraud against people. You've committed fraud against me on one of my properties I purchased. Nobody does anything. I've asked for people to contact me. Nobody contacts me. When I call the offices and your aids answer as soon as I say my name, most of them hang up the phone on me. Or maybe line just gets disconnected. They'll give them the benefit of the doubt. But and I've asked them since the precedent has been set that Greater Cincinnati Waterworks can charge people for providing absolutely nothing. Any business can do that. How would they like it if my business charged like that? They hang up. >> Thank you. >> Sometimes they get very angry. >> Our next speaker is in person, Jack Cunningham. Welcome. Hello everyone. I really am glad to see you all here. I want to express my gratitude for the people here who believed in me, who've given me a choice to a chance to showcase who I am. I'm glad for some of the experiences that people in the Young Democrats gave me, including Ethan Nichols, for treating me the way they did because it helped me grow as a person. It helped me see more about the culture of our party, how people treat each other. how people should treat each other. I am glad to be here because this is the last time I'm going to be speaking as a city of Cincinnati resident in these many years that I've been here that I've gotten to know you. Do I believe that you people care in your heart? Yes. But do I also think that you are doing enough to help the working class in this city? I don't think so. I see so many people hurting. I also see so many people happy and organizing these protests that we see. Thousands of people came out. And y'all should have been there. Y'all should have been there to see where people are so fearful of the government and ICE going after their people, their loved ones. SNAP benefits are going to be cut and millions of people are going to be hungry. And I don't know what you plan to do to help those people. I really hope you do. So many people are scared. So many people are frightened right now. And as I've talked to you for several times here, people need your leadership right now. Because as more and more people are being harmed by our national government, people are looking to you to be leaders. So please, please, I am counting on y'all to stand emphatically with the working class. Please. Thank you. Tall Madoo. Welcome. Good afternoon, city council mayor. I'm Mad and I see something going on the city. It's not right. What's that? like something happy you know city officer like a police like evidence supposed to s to arrest that person somebody trying to stop do that that's not right you know surveillance camera and city and a state and country and war it have to be like that like a London you know like a UK how many camera they got over there sometime city no camera where some happy they can see but some over there turn black you can know who's the person to talk yeah and after that and me I never s city or a state or United States never when you check up there you can liue by my name but somebody else you receive yeah if it's not true you can check thank you have a good day >> thank you sir uh our next speaker is Paul Bean welcome Paul So, hey, it look like you say this new life program don't it's too big. Everybody down here fighting. Y'all throwing each other under the bus now, right? So, this project had to exist to do something all around America. And it's that big. It really is. You didn't swept me up under the rug once. How many brooms you got? How many brooms do you got, baby? And I'm a living proof cuz see I I ain't supposed to be here. I I know you didn't seen this laid out of mine cuz I done been down here too many times for you not to. And this is really getting ridiculous. Times have to change somewhere. It really does. So, you know, this program help everywhere. You You see it. You said you haven't seen it. I You I know you seen it. You in the Lord Jesus. But it will change and it will help and it'll save lives. You you see it. This project is if our power goes out, nuclear war come. This this get this gets us power. This is big power. This is no exaggeration. This is real. Cuz see I am I'm living proof. Okay. So we going to take this one day at a time. It's time to put up this product. >> Okay. >> Thank you. Moving back to Zoom. Our next speaker is Inz Deran. >> Welcome Inz. >> Can you hear me? >> Yes. Go ahead ma'am. As we observe domestic violence awareness month this October, I would like to share my personal story of resilience and triumph. I currently reside in Silver Spring, Merlin, having been forced to relocate from Cincinnati, Ohio. I have personally experienced the devastating effects of abuse, retaliation, and manipulation, which ultimately led to my displacement from Cincinnati and homelessness. I reflect on my journey of escaping the abusive relationship I endured with my spouse, Steven L. Duran senior Cincinnati firefighter. I am thankful for my survival and recognize that many others have not been able or fortunate to survive. I am grateful to have found the strength to report the abuse and overcome the retaliation I faced from Cincinnati police officers neither who protecting my spouse over upholding justice. Mayor Poval or future mayor Corey Bowman, I urge you to prioriterize supporting first responder spouses and ensure they receive the help and civil rights protections they deserve from Cincinnati leadership. As I was denied and retaliated against. As a survivor of domestic abuse, retaliation, and denial of civil protection, I am advocating for change and calling on the city of Cincinnati to take action to protect vulnerable individuals from domestic abuse and ensure they receive the support they deserve. Despite filing for a permanent legal separation, my spouse, a retired firefighter, continues to threaten and intimidate me, utilizing the court system. As a pro-say legitimate, I am facing an unfair advantage against his three attorneys. Have not been afforded due process and the magistrate have already declared a divorce and established my validation date as of June the 21st, 1985 through July the 10th, 2016. I have been ordered to pay $1,235 for his attorney fees incurred in pursuing two motions to compel. one in which my former attorney should have provided the >> Thank you, Enz. That's your time. Our final speaker is Derek Blazing Game. Welcome sir. >> Um, Mr. Blazing Mr. Mr. Mr. Blazingame Mr. Blazing Game, if you could give me one moment, please. Ma'am, you got one moment. >> One second, Mr. Blazing. Ma'am, what did you say? Madame Madame Clerk, could we uh help out our citizen here? We'll bring you a card immediately. Sorry for that confusion to speak. Yes. Yep. Okay. Sorry about that, Mr. Blazing Game. Go ahead sir. >> Okay. Whatever. So, uh I want to chime in on the uh the chief of police situation here. I I think that it's a scapegoat because uh word on the street uh the black city manager, Cincinnati city manager is has uh her eyes on uh appointing the first black female uh police chief of chief of police and and I think that there's some controversy in the background that needs to be uh uh brought to the forefront. I don't think the police chief should be scapegoed and and and fired uh because of some of the turmoil that the department has has has has gone through. I think that uh the chief of police has done an exceptional job. Uh I think she's done a a good job given the circumstances that she's been faced and the pressure that she has been faced to uh resign. So that this current city manager uh can appoint the first black female uh police chief. That's what's not being discussed and that's not what's being talked about. And I don't think that the first white female city uh chief chief of police should be pushed out just so that the black city manager, a female city manager can appoint her first black uh female police chief of police. And that's what that's the controversy that needs to be brought to the forefront here. I think that the city manager should be fired because I think that she's doing quit proquo. I think that the way that she handled Iris Rolley in that contract with her giving money to her son, I think that that needs to be reviewed and I think the city manager should be placed under fire and I think that Chief Pete is doing an exceptional job and her job should not be taken from her. Derek Blasting, the government watchdog. >> Thank you. And our final speaker is Mrs. Carol Cunningham. Welcome, Miss Cunningham. Purva and M >> Mrs. Cunningham, I apologize. If you could if you could get closer to the mic before you start. Go ahead. >> Good afternoon, Honorable Mayor AB Purval and city council. Um, I'm going to read this very quickly. I like many others viewed the mayoral debate. You were wonderful, awesome and amazing, giving voice and s sincere emotion articulation. The past several months have been very challenging for all of us who share your vision. I was able to ascertain of your great abilities and intelligence of developing leadership early on when I met you at Hamilton County Clerk of Courts and I view of civic problems concerning the plight of citizens in cities and counties and towns urban and rural within your jurisdiction. Your achievements have been long coming and I am grateful. The first ever to have lawfully arrested the New York cowboy having seen his performance December 23rd, 2024 on Government Square. 32° in the freezing cold cowboy hat boots and red, white, and blue USA bikini underwear attire only while playing guitar and singing as adults and children watched. It was public nudity, voyerism, obscene, and vulgar. As soon as you as I call this to your attention, you stop this. Also initiating fines and etc. forcing many of those sick men to pull up, buckle up their pants so their underwear and worse, butt cracks reveal long tops. >> Thank you, Mrs. Connie. >> One more. >> I'm I'm sorry, everyone. Everyone only gets two minutes, but I appreciate you coming. Thank you. Thank you, Mrs. Cunningham. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Miss Cunningham. Uh we will we our my colleague Noah Nixon in the back can get your information and we can help help out. Thank you, Miss Cunningham. Uh that concludes this portion of our citizens uh forum. It's now 2:05 and we'll immediately begin today's business portion of Cincinnati City Council and the clerk will please call the role. >> Council member Walsh >> here. >> Council member Albby >> here. >> Council member Karine >> here. >> Council member Jeff >> here. >> Council member Johnson >> here. >> Vice Mayor Kernney >> here. >> Council member Nolan here. >> Council member Owens >> here. >> Council member Parks >> here. Please stand for a moment of silence. And now the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the stands nationy for all. Moving to our agenda, items 1 through 13 are as indicated. Item 14, first reading, please. An >> emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to execute and implement the labor management agreement between the city of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Organized and Dedicated Employees Incorporated. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Karine, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramerang. >> Thank you, Mayor. This uh ordinance is council's approval of the collective bargaining agreement between the city and code. Congratulations to both sides. >> Further comments, >> Miss Albby. >> Uh thank you. Yeah, I wanted to thank our code members who are here. It's okay. You can clap if you're that excited. There you go. Uh thank you thank you all for being here today. Thank you administration. Thank you to everyone from code for for working on this. I know it was a long road. Um appreciate you all taking the time to chat with me a few weeks back. So congratulations to everyone across the board. >> Thank you. Further comments >> mayor. >> Yes, Miss Owens. >> Thank you. No negotiations are hard work and so it took everyone to be able to stay at the table and so just happy that we have arrived at this place. So thank you to code. Thank you to the administration. Thank you. Further comments I'll add my thank you and gratitude to code of course for this contract but also all the work that you do day in and day out uh to make sure that the city uh is delivering services as effectively and efficiently as possible. Um all of your members and all of our 6,000 employees uh we're just so grateful for. So thank you so much for your commitment to public service. Roll call on passage, please. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albi. >> Yes. Council member Kramerang, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Roll call on emergency, please. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Karing, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. Item 15, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to execute and implement the labor management agreement between the city and the Cincinnati Building Trades Council. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Mr. Craring. >> Mayor, this is the approval of the collective bargaining agreement between the city and the building trades. Again, congratulations to both sides and uh congratulations on a successful contract. >> Further comments. >> Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Karing, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Crarmerding, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Item 16, first reading, please. in an emergency ordinance establishing new project PR proousing 2024 to expand affordable housing and incentivize the development of vacant lots through construction subsidies and prototypes for middle housing types. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. Council member Parks. >> Yes, Mr. Kramering. >> Mayor, this is uh $2 million. I repeat, $2 million for new housing on vacant lots. We had a good conversation in the committee about the uh correlation between vacancies and crime. I talked about my experience in a study that was done in Price Hill. Uh so this is critically important and I want to note that the uh city's passage of the connected communities initiative was critical to us getting this $2 million grant. Further comments, Mr. Nolan, then Miss Albby, then Mr. Walsh. No, Mr. Nolan, then Miss Albby. Thank you, Mayor. I just want to iterate the comment, reiterate the comment I made on Monday that um the support from the federal government uh is often lacking and has been disappearing recently and this is one great opportunity where regardless of partisan politics, we see a need that needs to be addressed and we are working together and thank the the federal government for providing these resources. Thank you, Miss Alvie. >> Uh, I just want to tag on to that and say great to have these resources and it's always great to see when kind of two things combine for a net positive, right? This council did the hard work to reform our zoning code to make it easier to build housing and then you tag on to this the the funding that can enable that type of building and incentivizing middle housing. So, I'm really excited about this. You know, I hope uh as the years pass here, we get to see these projects come to fruition and help address our housing uh crisis here in Cincinnati. >> Thank you. Further comments? >> Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Vice Mayor, would you like to vote yes on emergency? >> I'm sorry. I apologize. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. Thank you. Item 17, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $250,000 from the US Environmental Protection AY's National Clean Investment Fund Grant Program. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Karing, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kramering. >> Mayor, I'll defer to my colleague, Council Member Jeff. >> Mr. Jeff. >> Yes. So, about a year ago, we established uh what is called the green bank. Uh and it is all about leveraging other dollars, federal dollars, private dollars uh to enable more uh renewable uh energy among other things. And it's about reducing costs for homeowners. So, this is a grant 250,000 from uh US uh EPA uh to further enable that work. >> Thank you. Further comments. >> Roll call on passage. >> Council member Walsh? >> Yes. >> Council member Albi? >> Yes. >> Council member Karing? >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff? >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson? >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan? >> Yes. >> Council member Owens? >> Yes. >> Council member Parks? >> Yes. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Walsh? >> Yes. Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Item 18, first reading, please. An ordinance authorizing the city manager to apply for a grant of up to $2,82,000 from the US Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, fiscical year 2025, Homeland Security Grant Program, Urban Area Security Initiative. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member King, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kramerang. >> This is a $2.1 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Association. Again, as was noted, a committee uh our our city employees and our first responders are not only preventing crime and and responding to emergencies, but they're also uh engaging in the prevention of terrorism, a uh critically important act that often goes unnoticed. >> Thank you. Further comments? Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. Item 19, first reading, please. an emergency or ordinance authorizing the city manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $25,569 from the Cincinnati Police Department Community Preventive Education Program to operate the Cincinnati Recreation Commission's Queen City Safety while integrating skills and hoops. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kramering. >> This uh grant goes to the Swiss basketball program and a special thanks to our police department's community prevention education program that uh that gave us the grant. Miss Albby, >> I just wanted to give a shout out to CPD. I think fire also attends these. This is a great program and a great example of how the city is investing in many different ways to give kids safe spaces to engage in positive activities. Um, I've made a habit of going to I'm not a great basketball player, but I've gone to Swiss the last couple years. It's really good vibes and awesome competition. It's just really uh great to see uh our our officers and our firefighters out there interacting with our kids and them having fun playing basketball. >> Further comments, Mr. Johnson. >> Thank you, Mayor. Uh just quickly, we also want to make sure that CRC gets the proper recognition also. They all three of those uh departments do amazing work. So yeah, just want to make sure I shout out CRC also. >> Thank you, council member. Thank you to CRC. >> Thank you. Further comments. Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. Item 20, first reading, please. An emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $36,80 awarded through the Ohio Department of Transportation, Ohio Urban Transit Program to provide resources for preventative maintenance of the Cincinnati Street Car System. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kring, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramering, it's >> a $36,000 grant from the Ohio Department of Transportation that will go to street car maintenance. >> Further comments. >> Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kring, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kane, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. Item 21, first reading, please. an emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to accept and appropriate a donation of $1,131,37 from the Cincinnati Park Board Commissioner Fund to provide resources for horicultural supplies, maintenance contracts, salary and benefits reimbursements, and other operational expenses. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council Mayor, no. Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kramerang. >> Mayor, the next four items are all going to be uh accepting grants and transfers within our parks department. This is a $1.1 million donation from the park the park board of commissioners fund. >> Further comments? >> Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albi. >> Yes. >> Council member Kramering. >> Yes. Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Karding, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. Item 22, first reading, please. >> An ordinance authorizing the city manager to accept and deposit a donation of up to $112,233 from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation for horicultural supplies, maintenance contracts, salary reimbursements, and other vital costs associated with running the city's parks. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson. Council, Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramering, >> Mayor, these are two uh donations from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation. Thanks to the Parks Foundation, one of our most consistent and generous partners. These contributions go into the Riverfront Park Fund and the Special Activity Fund, respectively. >> Thank you. Further comments? Roll call on passage, please. Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kering, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Item 23, first reading, please. >> An ordinance authorizing the city manager to accept and deposit a donation. Excuse me. An ordinance authorizing the city manager to accept a donation of up to $256,117.52 from the Greater Cincinnati Foundation Board of Visitors to provide resources for horicultural supplies, maintenance, contracts, salary reimbursements, and other vital costs associated with running Bsentennial Commons at Sawyer Point. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member King, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. Council member Johnson, >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramering, >> thank you to the Greater Cincinnati Foundation Board of Visitors for this donation. >> Further comments. >> Roll call on passage. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Kramering. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Item 24, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the transfer and appropriation of $256,117 from the unappropriated surplus of Sawyer Point Fund to various personnel and non-personnel operating accounts. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Karing. >> Yes. Yes. Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kramering. >> Yeah. Mayor, our parks department uh operates a variety of funds for different purposes. These are just internal transfers within those funds. >> Further comments? Roll call and passage. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Kramering. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Roll call. Emergency. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Kramering. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. Item 25, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing a payment of $3,186 to Harris Distributing Code. From the Office of Environment and Sustainability General Fund as a moral obligation for outstanding charges related to the storage of recycling containers, solar panels, bicycle racks from May to September 2025. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramer, >> it's a moral obligation to Harris distributing for a variety of recycling and other green initiatives. >> Further comments. >> Roll call on passage, please. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. Roll call in emergency. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Coun Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Item 26, first reading, please. An ordinance amending section 7:30 TAC 1, TA tax C2, commercial establishment, 7:30 TAC1, TA tax C3, commercial waste, and 7:30 TAC 5, general provisions to clarify requirements for commercial waste haulers. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. Council member Parks. >> Yes, >> Mr. Kramer. >> Mayor, this is a clarification so that it's clear when a contractor is removing asbestos from a public school, it does not qualify as commercial waste. Uh therefore, there is no fee and will encourage the removal of asbestos. >> Further comments? >> Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kering, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Item 27 is as indicated. Item 28, first reading please. >> An emergency legislative resolution determining that the petition for the establishment of the convention district community authority complies with chapter 349 of the Ohio Revised Code and fixing the time and place for a public hearing on the petition. >> Roll call on suspension. Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kering, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramer. >> Mayor, this establishes a convention district authority. This is these are the first two of a four-step process. The process is petition, resolution, public hearing, and then a resolution. Uh in short, this mechanism allows uh property owners to to tax themselves uh on food and beverage and that money will be used as part of the uh this that money is a critical part of the convention center stack that is necessary to build the convention center and I would also like to then turn it over to to ACM Weber who's going to provide a little more elaboration on this important issue. >> Thank you, Mr. Weber. >> Thank you, Mayor. Um to build off that uh and to be clear, this creates a limited purpose entity that is new to support the financing of the convention center. As the council member mentioned, it will uh create what is called a new community authority under state law that will assess a 1% search charge on food and beverage sales at 29 establishments in the vicinity of the hotel project. As mentioned, uh all of those establishments have voluntarily agreed to be a part of this and supporting the project. um since they will be benefiting from the hotel patrons and the customers at the convention center um that will come. Um we are grateful for their participation because this charge will raise an estimated $1.2 million per year uh which will support the public bond issuance that will fund the construction of the hotel itself. Um the main purpose of the entity is really just to collect that revenue and then transmit it to the trustee to pay debt service for the bonds. Um and finally under uh state law as mentioned this is a multi-step process. So this is the beginning and we will be back after a public hearing uh for final approvals. >> Thank you Mr. Rubber. Any other comments? Mr. Walsh. >> Thank you Mr. Mayor. Um I just want to raise up that this is a fantastic uh tool for us in terms of how we are going about the convention district uh redevelopment. We have spent as a city and as private entities and 3CDC over the last 25 plus years hundreds if not billions of dollars to revitalize over the Rine and downtown and be able to really bring it back. Now we are using and we are leveraging the success with the businesses that have come in to now take it to the next level. Um, so when we talk about the economic development impact that we're trying to have, this is the next phase and it it shows that we can get creative in how we make this happen, there's a lot that we've been passing regarding the convention district. I'm really excited about this one. Thank you to everyone who's been involved in it and been able to push the boundaries and figure out ways to make this a reality. Uh, it's going to be fantastic when it's done. >> Thank you. Further comments, Mr. Jeff, then Miss Albby. >> Yeah, just to build on that, uh, congratulations to the administration and also 3CDC on I mean, this is a really innovative financing stack. uh and it's not readily apparent to folks how you make this work. It's a very difficult process. So appreciate the innovative thinking and the 29 businesses also recognizing the benefit they receive and hence self-taxing themselves to enable this financing. So thank you to all parties involved. >> Thank you Miss Albby. >> Thank I want to share on the excitement. Uh this project is truly exciting and I am really grateful just to emphasize these are businesses that have opted in to tax themselves because they so believe in the power the convention center and convention center district is going to bring to Cincinnati and the energy in the economic uh infusion um that it's going to bring. So I'm just really excited and I want to thank again the businesses for for opting in. um that that's really exciting and thank the administration, 3CDC, everyone who's involved with all the legal complexities behind the scenes that make this happen. >> Further comments. >> Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. Roll call emergency. Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> Council Member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Moving to equitable growth and housing, item 29, first reading, please. >> Ordinance B version. This transmitter corrects an exhibit from the initial version of the ordinance transmitted on October 3rd, 2025. >> Roll call in suspension. Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Karding, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Mr. Jeff, >> yes. So, uh, this just moves a couple blocks from the convention center downtown to the former Sachs building. recall that payor was going to leave the area and we kept them here in the city which is uh a significant number of jobs that we're bringing into the city and then renovating the sax building for their headquarters. This specifically uh is just enabling permanent signage uh at the payor uh at the payor headquarters. >> Further comments? >> Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Item 30 is a motion from Council Member Nolan, the vice mayor, and council members Albi and Owens that vice mayor Jam Michelle Leman Kernney, and that council members Anna Albby and Mika Owens be appointed to the community investment subcommittee. Mr. Nolan, would you like to or Mr. Jeff, may I have Mr. Nolan introduced this item. Mr. Nolan. >> Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Jeff, and thank you all of council for for supporting this effort. Uh, this uh completes the the committee members for the community investment subcommittee, and we will be having our first meeting next Thursday at 1 p.m. here in chambers. Uh this subcommittee is intended to proactively bring together all of the community stakeholders, the residents, the community councils, development partners, uh the departments of the city that are involved in economic development in trying to promote economic development out in our communities and in our neighborhood business districts. Uh the first neighborhood uh area we're going to take on is Bond Hill and in particular the Reading Road corridor leading up to Midpoint Crossing. and look forward to uh everyone joining for next week's meeting. Thank you. >> Thank you. Further comments, Miss Owens, Miss Well, actually, excuse me, Miss Owens. May I have Mr. Jeffy's comment first as this is his committee? >> All good. Uh no, thank you to Councilman No Nolan for bringing bringing this up and creating this subcommittee. So, if I think the bigger picture is this is under equitable growth and housing, we have seen tremendous progress over the years in pockets of neighborhoods. we mentioned over the rine, you know, Walnut Hills, uh, College Hill, etc. And there are a lot of neighborhoods that need a lot of extra attention and we put some investment behind, but we need a conser need a concerted effort to really bring the stakeholders together to drive uh forward progress. So, appreciate the leadership of council member Nolan on this. >> Thank you, Miss Owens. >> Thank you. No, I want to say thank you uh council member Nolan. I think this is very forward- facing uh and this will create spaces of better conversation and collaboration uh as we continue to see investments in communities across Cincinnati. So I'm looking forward to participating and the results of this subcommittee. >> You miss Alvi. >> Uh thank you. I'm excited to be a part of this. Uh you know this is a great way to bring various stakeholders with various perspectives to the table. As we know, you know, community is not a monolith. So having so many people in a room and having these very intentional conversations is is going to be truly remarkable and I and I'm excited to be a part of it. >> Thank you. Further comments? >> Roll call and adoption of the motion, please. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramerine, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Item 31, first reading, please. >> An ordinance approving a major amendment to the concept plan and development program statement governing a portion of plan development district number 94. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Karing, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Mr. Jeff. >> Yeah. We were just talking about neighborhoods that have seen a lot of investment through the years. Oakley is certainly one of them over the last 10-15 years. Considerable investment. This project uh we had previously approved 119 new units of housing. This is an amendment uh to the planned development uh that there's a plot of land within the development which is essentially adjacent to a railroad. It's not productive for housing. Uh but this would allow uses like a pickle ball court, a dog park, and pavilion that the developer the developer wants. Just enhancing uh the experience for the the 119 units that will be built right there. >> Thank you. Further comments, Mr. Nolan. >> Thank you, Mayor. Uh this project has has been in the works for for a very long time. Um, this is a small accommodation being made to help facilitate the construction of 119 uh, new town homes, which is very exciting. I also want to call out that, um, this this part of the Oakley neighborhood um, fits into the Oakley master plan that was put together under the leadership of former city employee Jared Ellis, who unfortunately passed away, which is why you see the street being named for Jared Ellis for all the great work that he did. Thank you. >> Thank you. Further comments? >> Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> That concludes the business portion of our agenda. City Manager Long, do you have any announcements? >> Thank you, Mayor. I'm going to let um ACM Bailey take this one. >> Miss Bailey, go ahead. Just a quick um mention that Greater Cincinnati Waterworks has a program. It's a supervisory training program called leaders. And if I remember right, it is lead by example, attitude, and dedication to excellence, respect, and service. Leaders is the acronym. And so it's a 10 10-month program. It's for new supervisors within the utility. um they have a project that they do as well at the end of the program, but several of them are here today to observe council and to learn more about the leadership in the city. So, we're happy to have them here. >> Welcome. Thank you all for being here. Yes. [Applause] Announcements from council. Seeing none, this meeting is adjourned. Thank you. Members of the press, just give me one second. You guys can stay there. I plan to stand right at the corner of the press button.