[2:30] right. Just early protection,
[2:35] right. You just make sure,
[2:40] okay. Oh, any gosh. Vice mayor
[2:40] certain vice mayor jan-michele
[2:44] lemon kearney is with us, from
[2:52] the finance director dudas and
[2:55] director alder and DR. Dudas.
[3:01] We have no public comment so we
[3:04] will jump right in with item 1.
[3:06] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item
[3:09] number 1 is a ordinance
[3:12] submitted by mayor pureval and
[3:13] councilmember jeffreys, this
[3:17] would authorizes the transfer
[3:23] and appropriation ofed $7,000.
[3:27] These are existing funds in the
[3:29] red bike program expansion
[3:31] capital account. These
[3:35] resources are being trans period
[3:36] to transferred to the operating
[3:39] budget and will be utilized for
[3:47] one time resources for red bike
[3:47] operations.
[3:49] >> I will turn it over to
[3:51] commune jeffreys and other
[3:52] monies who want to comment. I
[3:55] want to say that this investment
[3:58] and our continued investment is
[4:00] critically important. One,
[4:03] can't imagine a thriving urban
[4:07] center without imbibing share.
[4:10] Out a a I a bike share and when
[4:13] you look at the ridership of red
[4:15] bike and the diversity of
[4:19] incomes in which red bike
[4:21] serves, equity of transportation
[4:23] ream I is checked out. In fact
[4:27] I was actually very proud to see
[4:29] the diversity of ridership. And
[4:31] so I know that the mayor and
[4:33] councilmember jeffreys are
[4:34] working really closely with
[4:37] partners and thinking about
[4:38] sustainability and models that
[4:40] will work but proud to be very
[4:41] supportive of this.
[4:43] Councilmember jeffreys?
[4:44] >> Councilmember Jeffreys: thank
[4:45] you. So first just to
[4:47] reiterate, this is not new
[4:49] money, this is current capital
[4:55] that was unutilized. To put
[4:57] this in context. Red bike been
[5:02] a round roughly ten years.
[5:04] 144,000 trips, 35% of those
[5:07] trips are with their go program.
[5:09] For those watching, the go
[5:11] program is the program where
[5:13] folks can pay $5 a month if are
[5:16] you on public assistance or some
[5:18] sort of assistance and use it
[5:20] unlimited, so 35% of the trips,
[5:22] 20% of the users on on the go
[5:23] program and that's a lot of
[5:26] equity thing you said. So, red
[5:29] bike lost their main sponsor, uc
[5:31] health a couple months ago. And
[5:33] they were struggling and as
[5:36] everyone knows voted to shut it
[5:38] down. And we as a city said,
[5:44] no, this is a public asset and
[5:44] we need to figure out the path
[5:45] forward. So, we pulled together
[5:47] a group of stakeholders to say,
[5:49] hey, how do we have enough
[5:51] funding for the next year?
[5:52] What does that look like?
[5:55] And that's $500,000 that is
[5:59] required. So between the city
[6:00] almost $200,000, $100,000 from
[6:04] metro, $100,000 from haile
[6:05] foundation. $25,000 from
[6:07] interact for health. $25,000
[6:10] from greater cincinnati
[6:10] foundation, $15,000 from duke,
[6:15] also we have raised over $35,000
[6:16] out of a 50 challenge for
[6:18] individual donations already.
[6:19] So there is going to be a
[6:20] fundraiser at the end of the
[6:22] month. So we're at the $500,000
[6:25] which is the first step. How do
[6:26] we stabilize, have enough
[6:29] funding for the year.
[6:30] Separately interact for health
[6:32] had offered and we have had a
[6:34] meeting for about a hour and a
[6:36] half with a consultant,
[6:38] non-profit consultant on friday
[6:40] who will help the organization
[6:44] and the stakeholder figure out
[6:45] the sustainable path forward.
[6:46] There are a lot of discussions
[6:48] about is this funded by a
[6:49] different organizations like
[6:52] metro or what's the city?
[6:54] Who owns the assets, things of
[6:56] that nature. All of which we
[6:58] need to assess and figure out by
[7:01] the end of the year but this
[7:04] basically gives us full year
[7:06] much operating support and to be
[7:09] clear about a third of revenue
[7:14] is covered by fare box value,
[7:15] people paying for it. But the
[7:17] biggest thing is roughly 20% of
[7:19] their users are on the go
[7:22] program, folks who use this as a
[7:22] primary means of transportation
[7:28] to get around. And right now
[7:30] that's a object. They will open
[7:33] up on 513 day. That's the plan.
[7:39] Thank you for your support.
[7:41] >> Councilmember Harris: 513
[7:41] day.
[7:42] >> Councilmember Johnson: thank
[7:43] you, it is it sounds like some
[7:45] of the questions I have are
[7:46] answered.
[7:47] I wastering trying to
[7:48] figure
[7:51] iwas trying to figure out is this
[7:52] sustainable but that sounds like
[7:54] if I heard correctly that is
[7:58] something that's being looked
[8:01] into to where we don't just take
[8:03] almost $200,000 and then we turn
[8:07] around next year and there's no
[8:08] red bike. But it sounds like it
[8:12] is something that's being looked
[8:15] into. How soon do we think a
[8:20] path forward will be clear?
[8:20] >> Councilmember Jeffreys: we
[8:22] have said by the end of the year
[8:24] but even talk together con
[8:25] ultimate and the that's by
[8:26] OCTOBER, so by the end of the
[8:28] year so if you have funding
[8:29] through next APRIL, that gives
[8:31] you a little bit of time. But
[8:38] there are a lot of other
[8:38] stakeholders. The haile
[8:39] foundation has been a supporter
[8:40] and they are a hundred grand n.
[8:41] The other thing I would say to
[8:41] answer that is they have 72
[8:42] stations, if you just quickly do
[8:45] the math if there is $10,000
[8:48] sponsor per station, that, in
[8:49] theory would makeup the entire.
[8:51] So there are many ways for this
[8:54] to be a sustainable model. That
[8:57] would be $720,000 if you had
[8:59] $10,000 per station sponsorship.
[9:01] And that's just kind of simple
[9:04] math. There are many paths
[9:06] forward for red bike, but we
[9:09] just need the time to sort it
[9:10] out and this is not new money,
[9:13] it was already authorized 3 or 4
[9:17] years ago by council for
[9:17] capital. So.
[9:18] >> Councilmember Johnson: do we
[9:19] have any idea what happened
[9:24] between uc health and red bike?
[9:25] >> Councilmember Jeffreys: uc
[9:26] health my understanding because
[9:29] they have pulled back from
[9:30] sponsorships as almost
[9:31] everything as most have because
[9:33] of covid. I think most hospital
[9:35] systems are not sponsoring much
[9:37] of anything. They are not
[9:42] sponsoring any fill and to
[9:45] philanthropic activities is my
[9:45] understanding.
[9:46] >> Councilmember Harris: I will
[9:48] add and I think you are right in
[9:49] terms of sustainability, you
[9:50] know it is from any out side
[9:52] specify when you look at the
[9:57] model set up in 2014 the was
[9:59] that this primarily would be a
[10:03] sort of full fee paying service,
[10:04] but when you look at the fact
[10:08] which I think is eligible, 35%
[10:13] of the ridership is on this go
[10:16] pass that that piece isn't
[10:18] sustainable we need to restruck
[10:19] to say this is a tool that's
[10:22] being utilized by folks and so
[10:24] the model has to look that way.
[10:26] One of the things when I said so
[10:27] councilmember jeffreys when we
[10:34] did this was like, yes, we have
[10:35] to save this and we have to be a
[10:36] path to sustainability. And
[10:36] every partner that I have talked
[10:37] to that's been at the table is
[10:39] in complete agreement about
[10:40] that. We'll do PRESIDENT Pro
[10:45] tem parks and then vice mayor.
[10:46] >> Councilmember Parks: thank
[10:52] you, chair. So, that's where my
[10:56] questions came from around the
[10:59] question of sustainability. It
[11:01] sounds like we have really
[11:03] good-bye in from
[11:07] goodbuy in from the community. So
[11:11] my question is after this almost
[11:14] $200,000 do you anticipate that
[11:18] we will need to contribute more,
[11:21] or this will be it just in order
[11:24] to get to a point where it can
[11:26] take care of itself?
[11:29] >>
[11:30] >> Councilmember Jeffreys: I
[11:30] think the ongoing like going
[11:33] sustainable model has some
[11:35] public private pone ent. What
[11:37] the public is for we have had
[11:39] discussion was metro, metro is a
[11:41] hundred thousand dollars in.
[11:42] Does metro response or the
[11:43] entire thing?
[11:45] Are they called metro go bikes?
[11:47] There are a lot of things, I
[11:48] don't know if they are
[11:50] interested in that, they are
[11:52] their own organization. There
[11:54] is some public private to be
[11:56] clear about 15%, 20% of their
[11:57] operation is in northern
[11:59] kentucky. So we have had a lot
[12:01] of conversations with northern
[12:05] kentucky of fill deality, others
[12:06] that they obviously need to be a
[12:08] piece of it. So, I think that's
[12:10] an important part to include
[12:14] northern kentucky in this as
[12:14] well.
[12:15] >> Councilmember Parks: are they
[12:17] contributing at all at this
[12:17] point?
[12:18] >> Councilmember Jeffreys: I
[12:20] mean, other than foundations,
[12:24] devou good did offer $50,000,
[12:26] they didn't cement that but they
[12:27] are northern kentucky based.
[12:30] But we're working with several
[12:32] stakeholders, one nky, the
[12:33] chamber over this, others to
[12:39] contribute as well. Beyond the
[12:41] foundations.
[12:41] >> Councilmember Parks: thank
[12:42] you.
[12:42] >> Councilmember Harris: I think
[12:44] the think that we would add and
[12:46] what I would plans for
[12:47] sustainability come forward that
[12:50] council were able to review
[12:51] because I do imagine a world in
[12:53] which there is some city
[12:54] contribution, but we have to
[12:55] decide what we want to get out
[12:59] of that, right, like what is the
[13:01] benefit and, you know, how we
[13:03] will move forward that way. And
[13:07] so, but I do think the
[13:08] municipalities in northern
[13:09] kentucky there is real
[13:11] opportunity there for some call
[13:12] sharing. I appreciate the
[13:19] question though. Vice mayor?
[13:19] >> Vice Mayor Kearney:
[13:20] congratulations I love how you
[13:21] brought these partners together
[13:22] in the greater cincinnati
[13:23] region, not just cincinnati but
[13:24] northern kentucky too and public
[13:26] and private to make this happen.
[13:29] So I want to point out that uc
[13:30] health did support red bike for
[13:33] ten years. And so, you know, I
[13:35] still want to thank them for
[13:36] that. I understand they can't
[13:39] do it forever, but a decade is a
[13:41] long time. And so that's
[13:42] wonderful. Quick question and
[13:45] it might be premature for this
[13:47] but before the financial issues
[13:49] occurred there was talk of
[13:51] expansion and neighborhoods like
[13:53] avondale and evanston, are they
[13:54] still, is red bike still talking
[13:55] about that?
[13:56] >> Councilmember Jeffreys: I
[13:58] think the sentiment first is
[14:00] they have to get up and running
[14:02] with their current footprint and
[14:03] then the question becomes how do
[14:05] you expand. But it is almost
[14:08] like a business come out of, you
[14:09] know, chapter 11 if you will,
[14:11] you have to reorganize and then
[14:13] focus on what you have today and
[14:15] then I think candidly the
[14:16] challenge with and red bike
[14:19] would say this,s that they
[14:21] expanded the capital allowed
[14:23] them to expand but didn't have
[14:26] the operating to expand the
[14:28] dangs. You want to make sure
[14:32] that they have the operating
[14:33] dollars to continue.
[14:34] >> Vice Mayor Kearney: thank
[14:34] you.
[14:35] >> Councilmember Harris: without
[14:38] objection we'll move item number 1 for passage.
[14:39] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item
[14:42] number 2 is a grant ordinance
[14:44] for the office of environment
[14:46] and sustainability, it is a
[14:48] compost and food waste reduction
[14:50] grant through the federal U.S.
[14:52] Department of the agriculture.
[14:57] The grant is $400,000 to divert
[14:59] food loss and waste from
[15:03] landfills and to increase food
[15:05] recovery, transformation and to
[15:09] create compost. The ordinance
[15:10] also identifies the required
[15:14] grant match of $100,000. There
[15:17] is existing green cincinnati
[15:18] sustainability initiatives
[15:19] funding that will be utilized
[15:26] for the grant match.
[15:27] >> Councilmember Owens: this
[15:28] quite exciting. Moving, it is
[15:29] good to see recommendations
[15:31] being crossed off in our green
[15:32] cincinnati plan. One of the
[15:35] goals being to decrease food
[15:37] going to the landfill 50% by
[15:39] 2030. And so with just 6 years
[15:41] to go we're well on our way, I
[15:43] believe, in doing that. Making
[15:44] progress.
[15:44] >> Councilmember Harris:
[15:46] fantastic. I hope we're average
[15:48] able to leverage parner already
[15:49] took this great work. I think
[15:50] about last mile and a the work
[15:53] they are doing. So that sounds
[15:54] great. Councilmember anna albi?
[15:55] >> Councilmember Albi: I wanted
[15:56] to emphasize how important this
[15:57] work is not just the
[15:58] sustainability piece but when we
[16:02] talk about addressing food
[16:04] insecurity my staff toured the
[16:06] free store just to morning and
[16:09] nag atly the averages is 1 in 7
[16:11] families are food insecure.
[16:13] Cincinnati is actually higher
[16:17] than that. And one in 4
[16:18] children are food insecure in
[16:20] our region. I want to highlight
[16:23] the work of this and other food
[16:24] security initiatives.
[16:25] >> Councilmember Harris:
[16:27] absolutely. Without objection
[16:30] we'll move item number 2 for
[16:30] passage.
[16:32] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item
[16:34] number 3 is related to the
[16:36] western hills viaduct, so this
[16:39] is a grant related ordinance for
[16:40] the department of transportation
[16:42] and engineering. What this
[16:45] ordinance does is that it sets
[16:49] up the required match accounts
[16:52] in the capital improvement
[16:55] program for each of the specific
[16:58] grants received for the western
[17:01] hills viaduct into the specific
[17:03] matching accounts. It then
[17:07] accepts and appropriates
[17:09] $3.5 million from hamilton
[17:13] county as their portion of the
[17:16] match. Furthermore, the
[17:20] ordinance amends prior ordinance
[17:24] 8-2022, which reconciles the new
[17:27] schedule of payments to be
[17:29] received. And then finally,
[17:31] there is a transfer and
[17:33] appropriation of $8.2 million
[17:37] from the transit infrastructure
[17:39] fund, grants fund to the better
[17:41] than hills viaduct transit grant
[17:43] which is also part of the
[17:46] funding for the project.
[17:47] >> Councilmember Harris: all
[17:48] right. Without objection we'll
[17:53] move item number 3 for passage.
[17:55] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item
[17:57] number 4 is a grant ordinance
[17:59] for the department of
[18:00] transportation and engineering.
[18:05] This is a 9.0 $4 million grant
[18:08] from the ohio department of
[18:09] transportation, through the
[18:11] local major bridge program.
[18:14] The identified bridge is the
[18:17] hopple street viaduct. So these
[18:19] funds will be utilized for
[18:20] design, construction, and right
[18:24] of way acquisition related to
[18:26] major preventive maintenance
[18:28] work on the hopple street
[18:31] viaduct. The various capital
[18:35] accounts are created by this
[18:37] ordinance.
[18:38] >> Councilmember Harris: great.
[18:39] Without objection we'll move
[18:40] item number 4 for passage.
[18:42] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item
[18:44] number 5 thistles a grant
[18:46] ordinance, also for the
[18:47] department of transportation and
[18:49] engineering. This is a ohio
[18:52] urban transit program grant that
[18:54] comes from the ohio department
[18:59] of transportation. This is
[19:00] $35,395. It is earmarked for
[19:03] the streetcar, specifically for
[19:05] preventive maintenance.
[19:07] >> Councilmember Harris:
[19:08] excellent. Without objection
[19:10] we'll move item number 5 for
[19:10] passage.
[19:13] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item
[19:16] number 6 is a motion submitted
[19:18] by the vice mayor and
[19:21] councilmember anna albi and
[19:23] harris. This for the office of
[19:24] environment and sustainability
[19:28] to apply for fema funding for a
[19:29] geotechnical stunned stud I of
[19:32] the ravine behind hue et
[19:33] crescent street through the
[19:35] building resilient
[19:37] infrastructure in communities
[19:41] grant program.
[19:42] >> Vice Mayor Kearney: thank
[19:44] you, so, this came at the
[19:46] request of allison chromier who
[19:50] is executive director for cufa.
[19:52] And you are familiar, we need to
[19:55] make a change, it is not
[19:57] actually hue et crescent street,
[20:00] it is hue et crescent circle in
[20:02] evanston but the houses back
[20:04] there, the back parts of the
[20:05] houses are sliding down, they
[20:09] are sliding, the trees are
[20:11] actually leaning at this point.
[20:14] And so last year they asked for
[20:16] money from a fema grant, and so
[20:18] we met with morgan sutter and
[20:21] she's really just so fantastic
[20:23] at this whole grant writing
[20:24] process. So what happened last
[20:26] year is they needed to have and
[20:28] she can explain this better but
[20:30] I think a disaster plan or some
[20:34] kind of plan in place before
[20:34] they could apply for the money.
[20:34] And some more began pulled all
[20:37] of that together. It got
[20:39] approved. And so now the city
[20:41] is in a position where they can
[20:42] actually go after this fema
[20:43] grant. I should say I would
[20:45] like to make a friendly
[20:46] amendment, this doesn't
[20:51] necessarily have to be done by
[20:52] the office of environment and
[20:53] sustainability, it might be done
[20:56] by dote. So I would like to
[20:59] amend this and say we move that
[21:01] the administration apply for
[21:05] this grant, apply for the fema
[21:06] funding rather than oes t might
[21:08] be oes but this makes it, it is
[21:10] up to the administration how
[21:11] this happens and morgan knows
[21:14] how to do this. And I should
[21:16] also mention that we have to see
[21:20] how much the 25% match would be.
[21:24] My understanding is that it is
[21:30] about $87,000, but we don't have
[21:34] an exact number yet. We'll let
[21:35] the administration come back and
[21:36] tell us that.
[21:38] >> Councilmember Harris:
[21:39] solicitor, can the cosponsors
[21:39] accept the amendment and then or
[21:40] do we have to do a second and
[21:41] vote another amendment?
[21:45] >> the movent wouldn't need to
[21:47] make a could on the floor of the
[21:49] committee just full on make the
[21:51] amendment without seeking to
[21:54] vote on it.
[21:54] >> Councilmember Harris: great.
[21:55] >> Vice Mayor Kearney: thank you
[21:57] so much. So I will amend this
[21:59] to say we move that the
[22:03] administration apply for fema
[22:10] funding for a go owe technical
[22:10] study for the ravine behind hue
[22:11] et crescent circle and the rest
[22:12] stays the same. And the
[22:12] residents would be really
[22:15] grateful to see, and they have
[22:15] been talking this for years and
[22:18] years and every time I have gone
[22:20] to see the site I know a lot of
[22:21] you have been there too, I mean
[22:22] it looks worse and worse every
[22:30] time. So, this would be a huge
[22:37] help. So thank you so much.
[22:37] >> Councilmember Harris: yeah,
[22:38] you know, I agree with you vice
[22:39] mayor, it is an absolute
[22:40] no-brainer. And so I appreciate
[22:47] the residents coming down but
[22:47] some of our partners that work
[22:48] with us on the consistent basis
[22:49] proactively reached out. It
[22:49] obviously, right?
[22:50] Like it is the current response
[22:51] thing to do. I think as we
[22:53] heard about it we were all like,
[22:56] no, yeah, of course. So thank
[23:06] you for moving this and full
[23:06] support.
[23:08] >> Councilmember Johnson: you
[23:08] just took the words out of my
[23:09] mouth. This is should be a
[23:10] no-brainer. We need to make
[23:10] sure we do everything we
[23:11] possibly can to make sure these
[23:15] residents are not dealing with
[23:16] something of this magnitude,
[23:19] especially if this city plays a
[23:24] role in being able to alter and
[23:26] fix what's going on over there.
[23:26] So, I agree with you
[23:27] wholeheartedly, MR. CHAIRMAN.
[23:29] Thank you vice mayor for your
[23:31] lead on this.
[23:39] >> Councilmember Harris: all
[23:40] right, without objection we'll
[23:41] move item number 7 for passage.
[23:54] I mean number 6, sorry. And
[23:55] then so regarding number 7, so
[23:57] thank you all for getting your
[27:04] of 62% renters advertise
[27:05] imperative that we support the
[27:07] condition to create a healthier,
[27:08] stronger housing ecosystem
[27:10] through initiatives like access
[27:13] to council and a rental
[27:15] improvement fund that would help
[27:17] to not only improve
[27:19] affordability but increase
[27:21] wealth and increase proved
[27:23] building stock, reduce evictions
[27:26] as well. So these are tangible
[27:27] resource that is can help
[27:29] stabilize housing, increase
[27:30] affordability. And making sure
[27:32] the law department has
[27:33] everything they need to be
[27:36] responsive is quite critical. A
[27:38] city that grows certainly is one
[27:40] that thrives. And so cincinnati
[27:42] being one of the few
[27:43] metropolitan cities in the
[27:45] country that doesn't currently
[27:47] have a crane downtown, a crane
[27:48] in the sky. And so as we look
[27:52] to the convention center
[27:53] district something coming a line
[27:53] we certainly see that change
[27:55] soon. We want to make sure that
[27:56] we're seeing those impacts in
[28:00] our neighborhoods as well.
[28:03] Thriving neighborhoods, also has
[28:04] to mean that we're continuing to
[28:06] reach the goals of the green
[28:09] cincinnati plan, our carbon
[28:10] blueprint, and it is paramount
[28:12] into achieving becoming the 21
[28:15] century that we want to be. One
[28:17] where we want to proper
[28:19] protecting the environment is at
[28:21] the top of the list but
[28:22] establishing policies and
[28:22] creating conditions to make sure
[28:25] that we're going after all of
[28:27] the leveraged fell reasonable
[28:27] doubt granted possible right now
[28:30] because this is the time. And
[28:33] it also supports an emerging
[28:35] green economy which will attract
[28:36] and retain talent in the city
[28:39] and this region. Fifty-two
[28:41] neighborhoods which know all
[28:43] have different needs, but
[28:44] certainly doing our best to make
[28:46] sure we're reaching those needs
[28:48] from rivelment, climate,
[28:50] education perspective, we want
[28:51] all neighborhoods to certainly
[28:55] drive. And then finally, you
[28:56] know it is one of the most
[28:58] important jobs we have on city
[29:00] council, managing our budget.
[29:02] It is no small task but
[29:04] certainly the principles of
[29:06] transparency, accountability and
[29:07] responsibility should always
[29:08] apply. And so that certainly
[29:11] leads to more growth and
[29:12] sustainability. And so while
[29:14] we're facing a deficit and arp a
[29:16] funds are running out. Fiscal
[29:18] responsibility is now more
[29:20] important than ever. And
[29:23] taxpayer dollars are not free.
[29:26] And so competitive process that
[29:27] is demonstrate return on
[29:30] investment is how we should
[29:30] allocate taxpayer dollars
[29:32] because it is the right thing to
[29:35] do. And so by demonstrate this
[29:36] discipline and principled
[29:37] approaches I think we can once
[29:42] again help establish trust in
[29:45] government.
[29:46] >> Councilmember Jeffreys: luck
[29:47] of the draw it doesn't matter.
[29:48] I will go through each bucket
[29:51] and highlight a couple. So,
[29:54] public safety think all of us
[29:56] agree job number 1, 2, 3, we
[29:58] need to fully fund recruit
[30:00] classes for police, fire, I call
[30:02] it call out alternative response
[30:06] to crisis too which is very and
[30:08] that pedestrian safety is here
[30:10] as a priority for me. But then
[30:12] also street rehab. We heard
[30:13] from the survey that's one of
[30:15] the top issues for folks, that
[30:17] we need to take care of our
[30:19] streets. On thriving
[30:22] neighborhoods call out a couple
[30:23] here, stormwater management
[30:25] given the recent storms in
[30:29] particular I think we need to
[30:30] look at green stormwater
[30:32] infrastructure, bioswales,
[30:33] gardens, things in strategic
[30:35] areas in particular. I think
[30:36] that's particularly important
[30:39] given what we have seen
[30:40] recently. A couple other things
[30:42] that all of us would agree o
[30:44] human services fund at 1.5%, I
[30:47] think we can all agree on that.
[30:50] I call it nsp. Growing economic
[30:51] opportunity, invest in work
[30:52] force development particularly I
[30:55] think we need to invest in the
[30:59] work that the vice mayor and
[31:02] councilmember parks on urban
[31:03] leads futures program. They
[31:05] just had graduation and I think
[31:07] that's one area that we need to
[31:09] invest and have conversation
[31:11] with the county. They did I did
[31:12] talk to the urban league, they
[31:16] did get funding from sent for
[31:19] brown send a for brown we need a
[31:20] conversation.
[31:23] Between the city and county on
[31:24] what's the going funding for
[31:26] that because that program is
[31:27] fantastic. And then on the
[31:29] second bullet on that, providing
[31:32] some relief around property tax,
[31:35] whatever that looks like.
[31:38] Economic development
[31:38] organizations untilly fun
[31:39] african-american chamber,
[31:41] cintrifuse, et cetera. I did
[31:45] call out investing in
[31:46] efficiency, left that vague I
[31:47] don't know what that means but I
[31:50] think we highlighted that as a
[31:53] council multiple times. Fiscal
[31:54] sustainability, this is the year
[31:57] that we have to as we all know
[32:00] get to a structurally sound
[32:01] budget, with the futures
[32:02] commission work we don't know
[32:03] what that looks like. We have
[32:06] to keep that a little vague
[32:07] because we don't know what that
[32:09] is. Increase the pension
[32:11] contribution. I think all of us
[32:12] have that on there. It is
[32:17] another one. And then last,
[32:18] excellent equitable service
[32:21] delivery, litter abatement has
[32:25] ton evens criesed I invest in
[32:26] dps weeks continue to hear that
[32:27] from residents. Continue the
[32:30] work to improve the csr program
[32:33] which is great work already
[32:35] going on. Under way as its. So
[32:37] and then I did call out the
[32:38] deferred maintenance on the
[32:39] schedule of the cincy on track.
[32:41] So a couple highlights. Thank
[32:47] you for the opportunity.
[32:47] >> Councilmember Harris: thank
[32:50] you. Starting with public
[32:51] safety, I would like to
[32:54] highlight youth and young adults
[32:55] shelter and homelessness
[32:57] prevention to keep people off
[33:00] the streets and support people
[33:02] in need that thousands of
[33:05] cincinnati children who are
[33:06] currently experiencing
[33:08] homelessness and providing
[33:11] support for them now is a wise
[33:13] investment to put them on the
[33:17] right track. Thriving
[33:19] neighborhoods, youth arts
[33:21] programs to foster growth and
[33:24] set children up for success.
[33:27] Arts programs particularly those
[33:28] aimed at youth have been shown
[33:31] to improve the lives of
[33:36] countless people. And these
[33:39] programs provide a productive
[33:39] space for children when they are
[33:44] not at home or in school.
[33:46] Growing economic opportunities.
[33:49] Of course our jobs futures
[33:53] program which is really doing
[33:55] well I'm -- we're so happy about
[33:57] it. We're so proud. So, what I
[34:01] have listed is jobs training
[34:03] programs aimed at give giving
[34:05] all people access to economic
[34:08] self sufficiency. Also, youth
[34:10] youth job opportunities,
[34:12] particularly ones which will
[34:16] give young people a powerful
[34:18] cultural experience that will
[34:22] strengthen them. In terms of
[34:26] fiscal sustainability,
[34:28] , money
[34:31] spent on grant writing is just a
[34:36] great return on investment. I
[34:39] if I'm correct I think that we
[34:42] went from like $2 million a
[34:44] couple years ago to last year we
[34:48] actually got $600 million in
[34:52] grants. So if we are able to
[34:55] increase the number of grant
[34:59] writers just logically we will
[35:03] increase the amount of money to
[35:06] get grants. I think that that
[35:08] would be an investment and it
[35:13] will pay off twofold. Excellent
[35:15] and equitable service delivery.
[35:18] Keeping seniors in their homes
[35:19] through programs aimed at
[35:25] supporting low income seniors.
[35:28] I love organizations like, what
[35:30] is it?
[35:33] Pwc, people working
[35:35] cooperatively. And there are
[35:39] other organizations. While
[35:43] people age it is best if they
[35:45] can stay in their own homes.
[35:51] And it is a healthy place to be.
[35:52] That's it.
[35:53] >> Councilmember Albi: thank you
[35:53] so much. I first wanted to
[35:56] start by saying I started my
[35:58] morning reading through all your
[36:00] memos and heartened to see the
[36:01] overlap and how much we're on
[36:02] the same page looking at
[36:04] priorities for the future. With
[36:05] that had mind I will keep mine
[36:07] short. For when me I think big
[36:08] picture number one priority is
[36:10] making sure cincinnati is a safe
[36:11] place for people to be. For
[36:13] necessity that's are people paid
[36:17] enough to have a roof over their
[36:19] head, intoed, health care, and
[36:20] investing into programs
[36:21] supporting kids. So, with that
[36:23] in mind I want to highlight a
[36:27] few things. Under the
[36:28] beginnings response, really
[36:31] looking to invest more into vims
[36:35] systems liaison team that's care
[36:38] inn rum as I team. Survivors of
[36:39] gun violence a key group, sadly
[36:41] we're becoming a city of
[36:43] survivors so making sure our
[36:44] survivors have resources, access
[36:47] to social workers and mental
[36:49] health is really important.
[36:56] Also highlighting the need for
[36:57] funding for secure firearms
[36:58] store storage. We know 40% of
[36:59] the guns used in crimes right
[37:01] now are stolen out of cars. In
[37:04] addition secure firearm storage
[37:07] can help prevent unintended
[37:08] shootings a home and reduce
[37:11] firearm suicides. Keeping guns
[37:12] out of hands of folks who are
[37:14] going in a mental health crisis
[37:16] I want to highlight those. Of
[37:17] course making sure we're
[37:19] investing into community
[37:20] programs through boots on the
[37:21] ground, safe and clean, I think
[37:23] those are vitally important.
[37:25] And then to tag onto some of my
[37:27] comments earlier around foot
[37:28] food security, making sure that
[37:29] we're investing into groups and
[37:32] organizations that are getting
[37:33] food out into the community,
[37:36] food inn secured has gone up by
[37:37] 60% since covid ed covid and our
[37:39] office is connected with
[37:40] researchers who have found a
[37:42] direct cause and affect
[37:43] relationship between food
[37:44] insecurity and increased rates
[37:46] of violence. So trying to get
[37:48] people fed especially kids is
[37:49] really important. Last thing I
[37:51] wanted to highlight is
[37:51] communication, improved
[37:53] communication with our
[37:54] residents. We saw on that
[37:56] survey that we started 24
[37:59] process with that was like the
[38:00] number 4 area that residents
[38:02] would like to see improvement in
[38:05] is city communication. So, how
[38:06] can our city administration be
[38:08] looking into new formats and
[38:09] modes of communication including
[38:11] text messages so we can get
[38:12] people the information they
[38:13] need?
[38:14] That's a few highlights from me
[38:16] and thank you all.
[38:16] >> Councilmember Harris:
[38:18] councilmember anna albi, I mean
[38:19] considering that is your
[38:21] full-time profession and your
[38:23] expertise, I'm excited about you
[38:25] bringing that lens to this.
[38:27] Yep. Councilmember walsh?
[38:28] >> Councilmember Walsh: thank
[38:31] you, MR. CHAIRMAN. As we look
[38:33] ahead budget deficits lie on the
[38:34] horizon. The reason is simple,
[38:36] we have not grown enough to keep
[38:38] up with the demand for quality
[38:39] service delivery city of
[38:41] cincinnati. Cities that are not
[38:43] growing are dying. Now is the
[38:45] time to invest in ourselves and
[38:47] create pathways for new revenue
[38:48] and growth in our city. Our
[38:50] future depends pends on it. My
[38:51] budget priorities teak so go
[38:53] beyond business as usual and
[38:55] move cincinnati toward an
[38:56] aggressive all in growth
[38:57] meniality. Focus areas are on
[38:58] neighborhood economic
[39:00] development, fostering healthy
[39:02] and thriving small business
[39:04] ecosystem, downtown vitality,
[39:05] public safety and service
[39:06] delivery. Just a couple
[39:07] highlights here, the
[39:08] neighborhood economic
[39:09] development we need to increase
[39:13] capital funding for dced anarch
[39:15] by significance fund so we can
[39:17] be proactive in clear way to
[39:19] growth and development. Our
[39:21] downtown vitality we need
[39:22] funding for existing events and
[39:23] organization that is generate
[39:25] revenue and buzz downtown to
[39:26] make sure we're set up to
[39:28] capture each more national
[39:30] events and that and cite I
[39:32] havely about and that
[39:33] oktoberfest, black tech week and
[39:35] how we can support and develop
[39:36] it. On public safety side, it
[39:38] is vital to increase authorized
[39:39] strength of our fire department
[39:41] for the first time in nearly 20
[39:43] years to match increased demand
[39:45] for critical work we do,
[39:46] properly staffed in police and
[39:50] fire and prioritize fleet and
[39:51] equipment with long lead times
[39:52] so they are safe and prepared.
[39:53] I'm excited to work with my
[39:54] colleagues and the
[39:55] administration to craft a budget
[39:57] so we can be proud of that sets
[40:03] cincinnati up for success.
[40:04] >> Vice Mayor Kearney: well you
[40:06] know the ultimate goal is to
[40:08] help every resident and every
[40:12] neighborhood to thrive. And so
[40:13] we are so look at everything
[40:15] through a lens ever equity let's
[40:19] start by saying that. Under
[40:19] public safety three key things
[40:23] we have to reduce gun violence.
[40:25] It is out of control we to win
[40:27] that fight. And that
[40:32] establishing a robust monitor
[40:34] and far et got racial health and
[40:37] wealth gap and the aware railway
[40:40] funds are arc quibble across
[40:44] neighborhoods as the plan is.
[40:45] Third think I understander
[40:46] public safeties programs for
[40:48] youth that create mentor shies,
[40:49] recreation, career flower vagues
[40:51] and opportunities, education and
[40:54] tutoring support and conflict
[40:56] resolution training. Under
[40:57] thrive it's neighborhoods we
[41:01] have to promote community
[41:02] engagement cross all departments
[41:04] and in everything we do so that
[41:05] our community know that we're
[41:06] representing them, we're working
[41:08] for them and they are engaged in
[41:14] the problem solving decision
[41:15] make making process. We need
[41:16] funding for communities
[41:18] councils. We need to increase
[41:20] that nsp funding up to $10,000 a
[41:22] year. They do a lot, they do a
[41:23] lot for the city and it is a
[41:26] real struggle financially I'd
[41:28] like to get back to that level.
[41:30] We need training for our
[41:32] community councils to increase
[41:34] parties payings. They do
[41:35] represent their communities but
[41:38] many voices are not heard and
[41:40] many people are not attending
[41:41] and not informed. And so we
[41:44] have to help our councils to
[41:46] reach a broader audience and to
[41:49] have more participation. And
[41:50] that does include councilmember
[41:52] anna albi mentioned the same
[41:54] thing, technical to provide
[41:57] communication to all residents,
[41:58] especially concerning things
[41:59] like meetings, 77 coming
[42:03] development proposals, a lot of
[42:04] community members say I didn't
[42:05] know that was going to happen, I
[42:07] didn't know that was coming
[42:08] here, I didn't know that was the
[42:11] plan. So we have to, we have
[42:12] the technology weeks have to
[42:14] find out how we can use it
[42:16] across the city, across all of
[42:18] our neighborhoods. And of
[42:20] course supporting housing first
[42:22] efforts to helps those those
[42:24] experiencing homelessness to
[42:25] have personal innocent housing
[42:29] and 24/7 wrap around services.
[42:32] Okay skipping down to growing
[42:34] economic opportunities, of
[42:35] course employment opportunities
[42:39] for adults and youth in programs
[42:40] councilmember PRESIDENT Pro tem
[42:41] parks already mentioned the
[42:45] really awesome building futures
[42:47] with our building trades which
[42:50] graduated their first cohort.
[42:52] We hope to increase that to many
[42:56] more u maybe 4 cohorts, up to 8
[42:58] cohorts per year so we get folks
[43:00] involved in really lucrative
[43:05] jobs so that's so important.
[43:08] Support such as mid wet con,
[43:10] midwest week and other things
[43:12] that increase opportunities that
[43:14] training and growth and hot tech
[43:16] field. That is brings more
[43:18] youth and that population
[43:19] growing and younger and so
[43:21] that's really important that we
[43:23] support those. Beings
[43:25] furthering the equitable
[43:27] development policy that council
[43:30] passed in FEBRUARY of 2023, so
[43:33] that our minority and women
[43:35] contractors get into that
[43:36] clubhouse. I get a bite it
[43:38] happen he will that they get a
[43:42] chance to compete and grow. Of
[43:47] course, we have as to grow our
[43:49] wbe and mbes. In terms of
[43:50] fiscal sustainability many have
[43:51] mentioned this already, but a
[43:53] plan to address the city's
[43:54] budget deficit, correct the
[43:59] short falls and pension fund,
[44:00] and of course equitably disperse
[44:02] any balance that we're holding
[44:05] in reserve. And filely under
[44:07] excellent and equitable service
[44:10] delivery weeks have to track and
[44:11] a transparent and easily
[44:14] accessible manner across all zip
[44:16] codes and neighborhoods
[44:19] expenditures of city funds where
[44:21] tax abatements are being given,
[44:25] the number and amount of related
[44:28] and commercial tax abatements
[44:29] and of course affordable housing
[44:30] for individuals and families
[44:34] whose annual income is at our
[44:35] below area median income.
[44:36] >> Councilmember Harris: thank
[44:37] you. MR. Johnson?
[44:38] >> Councilmember Johnson: thank
[44:41] you, MR. CHAIRMAN. And it has
[44:42] been said, most things have
[44:44] already been saids as MISS Anna
[44:47] albi ants vice mayor and I think
[44:48] PRESIDENT Pro tem parks pointed
[44:53] out, the we all seem to be
[44:55] geared toward the same thing,
[44:57] thank you for the small smooth
[45:01] process that you have put in
[45:04] place, very, very briefly
[45:07] housing assistant, think we all
[45:09] know that people are stable in
[45:13] housing then all the other
[45:15] mitigating circumstances and
[45:17] factors that contribute to
[45:19] homelessness get eaten up s to
[45:21] spike. I will use that
[45:22] terminology. But keeping people
[45:24] in their homes, PRESIDENT Pro
[45:26] tem parks talked about the fact
[45:29] our seniors being able to do
[45:32] what we can to make sure if they
[45:34] choose to to stay in their homes
[45:36] they are able to do that. One
[45:38] of the you have heard me say
[45:40] this from this platform before
[45:44] as we get older in life one of
[45:48] the worse things to be focused
[45:52] on is first of all health and
[45:56] resources, so that leads me into
[45:58] our definitely our amazing
[45:59] retired city employees that we
[46:03] make sure that we adequately
[46:08] funding the pension. Of course
[46:13] teen employment, just be frank
[46:16] about something, yes, we do need
[46:20] to improve and sus stain our
[46:22] police and fire, but I'm also
[46:24] looking to see what we can do
[46:27] different in the recruiting
[46:29] proper cease to make more
[46:33] attractive to come to
[46:33] cincinnati. Ladies and
[46:37] gentlemen, we are battling our
[46:41] suburban areas to retain police
[46:43] and firemen and they are leaving
[46:46] to go to our suburban area, blue
[46:51] ash, madeira, the montgomery,
[46:52] independent ya'll hill. They
[46:55] are going there. So we have to
[46:57] be intentional about making sure
[46:58] our recruiting process they
[47:00] comes to our amazing first
[47:03] responders are addressed. Of
[47:06] course like you said, teen --
[47:09] excuse me youth violence is
[47:11] something that we want to make
[47:12] sure we're addressing. And then
[47:17] let me say this our rising 15
[47:17] business economic development
[47:21] for our rise rising 15, the 15
[47:23] most underserved communities in
[47:27] the city, we have to make sure
[47:28] we're looking to make sure that
[47:31] we're providing some avenue of
[47:34] economic development, boots on
[47:34] the ground programs for people
[47:36] that are getting done every day
[47:39] out there in the trenches. And
[47:41] then our present infrastructure.
[47:43] Thank you, MR. CHAIRMAN.
[47:44] >> Councilmember Harris: thank
[47:46] you, MR. Johnson. And so I will
[47:49] just round us out. I want to
[47:51] thank the office of performance
[47:52] and data analytics, I think the
[47:53] work they have been doing with
[47:56] all the departments to bring
[47:58] them through the performs
[48:02] management process, the ashlee
[48:03] community resilience kips that
[48:05] are in alignment with the.
[48:07] And the community surveys and I
[48:09] think that we're seeing a lot of
[48:11] overlap in our priorities
[48:13] because the data is being
[48:14] presented in a way that is
[48:17] clear. So I wanted to call that
[48:18] out. Public safety again,
[48:19] continue prioritization of
[48:22] police and fire recruit class.
[48:27] We're battling both attrition
[48:30] and hiring. Full support for
[48:32] adhering to the cincy on track
[48:34] plan. I think that's important
[48:37] at the city manager laid out a
[48:38] pathway. And so want toking
[48:39] support that. And then
[48:41] maintaining funding for
[48:43] pedestrian safety projects.
[48:45] Under thriving neighborhoods,
[48:46] continuing to fund our community
[48:48] development corporations: they
[48:51] have been doing incredible work
[48:53] and inn creation support for
[48:55] neighborhood business districts,
[48:57] nbdip, those are tools that both
[49:00] community councils and cdcs use
[49:02] and help support economic
[49:03] centers of neighborhoods. And
[49:06] then our continued supports for
[49:07] the affordable housing leverage
[49:09] fund. Under growing economic
[49:10] opportunities I think that we
[49:11] need to be thinking and
[49:14] investing in revenue generating
[49:16] events and so this year we have
[49:19] blink, we have potential forbes
[49:22] 30 under 30, we have black tech
[49:23] week, we have events that are
[49:24] drawing folks to our city,
[49:26] potential residents, potential
[49:29] new businesses and so supporting
[49:31] those are important to me.
[49:32] Asking for continued support for
[49:36] the black developers conference.
[49:38] It was wonderful hit last year,
[49:40] we served over 500 people.
[49:41] We're coming back this year to
[49:44] do more. And particularly
[49:46] around housing and having tracts
[49:47] for not only small developers
[49:49] for folks who are investors and
[49:50] folks in construction
[49:51] management. So we have learned
[49:53] so much about tailoring this to
[49:55] make it more a fruitful event.
[49:56] Physical sustainability. We
[49:59] have all said it. We have to
[50:01] implement a path forked and I
[50:03] think we're ready for that work.
[50:07] I want to prior tied leveraged
[50:09] for high return on investment,
[50:11] so for me thinking about
[50:13] organizations like redi,
[50:15] african-american chamber, cincy
[50:18] tech, cintrifuse, film cincy
[50:19] they have come to us, they have
[50:21] shown us for every dollar that
[50:26] we invest they are doing 3, 4 in
[50:28] return. And then again our
[50:31] laser focus on our pension
[50:33] solution. And then actually
[50:34] under equitable service and
[50:36] delivery, like 5 bullet points I
[50:38] want to highlight is just
[50:40] support technical and personal
[50:43] investments. We want to ensure
[50:44] permitting, zone ago
[50:45] professionals and contracting is
[50:46] done in a timely manner and
[50:50] efficient manner for our
[50:52] partners. So for folks we did a --
[50:53] >> Vice Mayor Kearney: could I,
[50:54] mr. CHAIRMAN Could I say
[50:55] something?
[50:57] I wanted to point out just so
[51:00] you all understand that whatever
[51:00] includes the african-american
[51:03] chamber I have to recuse myself
[51:06] so make sure it is in a separate
[51:07] motion because have I to step
[51:10] out during that discussion and
[51:11] vote. Just fyi.
[51:12] >> Councilmember Harris:
[51:13] absolutely, we'll make that
[51:15] procedural and announce that and
[51:16] do that thank you for bringing
[51:17] that to our attention. For
[51:19] folks watching, my colleagues
[51:22] just went through highlights, we
[51:25] will file these, approve and
[51:27] file or just file. We'll file
[51:29] these, so our full motions will
[51:31] be available on line. And so,
[51:33] you know, we just went through
[51:34] and did some highlights. Okay
[51:39] so we will file items 7-15, and
[51:42] then we have one public speaker
[51:44] that we'll go through, we'll
[51:48] take public comment.
[51:48] MR. Blassingame, you have the
[51:49] you have the privilege of the
[51:50] floor floor for two minutes.
[51:51] >> thank you for the opportunity
[51:53] I want to chime in here real
[51:54] quickie looked at some of your
[51:57] budget proposals, and vice mayor
[51:58] kearney I think it is a great
[52:00] idea partnering with the closing
[52:03] the health gap to eliminate or
[52:04] reduce helps disparities that
[52:05] cincinnatians experience.
[52:07] That's a really good initiative,
[52:08] really good effort. I want to
[52:09] know how are you going to fund
[52:10] all these ideas?
[52:12] I mean you know you aiming for
[52:15] the mayor's office at some point
[52:17] but how are going to fund them.
[52:19] Give me more detail and how you
[52:21] plan to fund those things. Some
[52:22] sayings e saying excellent
[52:23] equity, it is just equity,
[52:25] either are you going to help
[52:26] people get out poverty for
[52:28] $25,000 or plus or minus
[52:29] children out of poverty into
[52:30] upper mouth mobility in
[52:32] cincinnati or you are not. Tell
[52:34] me what you are going do do,
[52:35] what are you going do do you,
[52:37] how will you fund it. Shawn
[52:38] anna albi, I never met you or
[52:39] had a experience with you like
[52:40] the fact that are you work with
[52:43] the urban league. That's a
[52:44] wonderful said r safety net
[52:45] organization, a lot for me u a
[52:46] lot are community and it needs
[52:47] to be continued to be partnered
[52:49] with the city. Also I read
[52:51] councilmember parks you want to
[52:52] health department homeless
[52:53] individuals. I would like to
[52:54] you ask a component for people
[52:56] who are homeless who have been
[52:58] banded from homeless shelter who
[53:00] cannot get no homeless shelter
[53:01] because they are band for
[53:02] whatever reason. The city needs
[53:04] to track them because they lost
[53:09] in the sauce. Consider that
[53:11] when considering that. Thank
[53:11] you.
[53:12] >> Councilmember Harris: thank
[53:14] you for your time with that this
[53:15] meeting is adjourned.
[53:16] -captioning questions call
[53:16] 305-3991. Program info visit
[1:08:51] www.Cincinnati-oh.Gov/citicable.
[1:08:53] >> good afternoon and welcome to
[1:08:57] the findlay market opening day
[1:08:59] parade. The sunnies shining the
[1:09:01] people are lining the parade
[1:09:02] proud. We're so glad to have
[1:09:06] you with us. I'm ann thompson.
[1:09:10] >> I'm bill rinehart this it 105
[1:09:11] opening day parade from the
[1:09:13] findlay market. The skis are a
[1:09:16] little bluer, air appreciate err
[1:09:20] than color up and down race and
[1:09:23] fifth red and across the basin
[1:09:25] as well. We have a special
[1:09:27] reporter to join us today, sarah
[1:09:28] strickland. Thanks for being
[1:09:28] here.
[1:09:31] >> thanks for having me. I'm
[1:09:31] excited.
[1:09:34] >> you you will be camping up
[1:09:36] with city officials and kids and
[1:09:37] anybody interesting at that you
[1:09:38] come across.
[1:09:40] >> I can't wait to talk to the
[1:09:42] interesting people in cincinnati
[1:09:44] especially the mayor and
[1:09:45] hopefully I will catch the city
[1:09:46] manager and I have a special
[1:09:48] place in my heart for
[1:09:49] firefighters and looking for
[1:09:50] chief mckinley.
[1:09:52] >> one reason you why you run
[1:09:54] the cincinnati fire museum.
[1:09:55] >> absolutely.
[1:09:56] >> all right. Well sarah, we'll
[1:09:59] let you get to work and we'll
[1:10:01] bring up our first interview who
[1:10:05] is kelly. So if you want to
[1:10:09] come behind us and pick up a mic
[1:10:09] here.
[1:10:10] Thanks so much. Can you step up
[1:10:11] there.
[1:10:13] >> I can, hi.
[1:10:17] >> so are you a familiar face to
[1:10:18] many people and congratulation
[1:10:19] on your new position.
[1:10:21] >> thank you very much. Running
[1:10:23] findlay market. And so I wanted
[1:10:26] to mention that during the news
[1:10:28] conference that you guys had,
[1:10:29] kneel luken talked about how
[1:10:31] much you are an asset to findlay
[1:10:33] market. He was so glad too you
[1:10:35] are now the ceo.
[1:10:36] Talk with about your vision.
[1:10:40] >> thank you for that. I have
[1:10:40] been at market for almost 11
[1:10:43] years so there is a piece of me
[1:10:45] where nothing is too crazy right
[1:10:47] away. I think I understand the
[1:10:49] needs of our merchants, small
[1:10:51] businesses, our full-time
[1:10:52] merchants, outdoor vend offers.
[1:10:55] I think we're going to push our
[1:10:56] food innovation programs along.
[1:10:58] We'll be a fresh food market,
[1:11:00] that's always going to be number
[1:11:01] one. At our core we're a
[1:11:03] grocery store making sure as the
[1:11:06] market district gross grows we
[1:11:08] stay true to our values.
[1:11:10] >> you have a lot of new things.
[1:11:12] Talk about any new vendors,
[1:11:13] parking garage.
[1:11:15] >> oh, my gosh the parking
[1:11:16] garage when we talk about
[1:11:17] parking it is not good. But it
[1:11:20] is good now, we have the findlay
[1:11:22] garage. You know we talk to a
[1:11:23] lot of people and we often hear
[1:11:25] I would come more if it was he's
[1:11:26] together park. And guess what,
[1:11:28] it is easier now. We have the
[1:11:29] findlay garage that's just
[1:11:31] across the street from the
[1:11:33] market house, 500 spots. So if
[1:11:35] parking was ever a issue for
[1:11:39] people, now it is no longer a
[1:11:42] issue. We have suite names
[1:11:44] coming in the next month and new
[1:11:46] findlay launch residents this
[1:11:47] sum irrelevant. A lot more
[1:11:49] outdoor market vendors and even
[1:11:51] a commoner farmers comes up this
[1:11:51] season.
[1:11:53] >> very good. Kelly, one thing
[1:11:55] I ream I enjoyed seeing on your
[1:11:58] website that you could send a
[1:11:59] message to jim scott and in fact
[1:12:01] I thinking that you went to
[1:12:01] visit him.
[1:12:03] >> I did.
[1:12:05] >> talk about jim scott and how
[1:12:06] he is associated with the
[1:12:08] parade.
[1:12:10] >> jim is almost ever 1's best
[1:12:12] friend I think.
[1:12:13] He has been a spokesperson for
[1:12:15] the parade for many years. He
[1:12:18] has been in the parade more than
[1:12:20] 50 years. And he is just so
[1:12:22] loved by our community. I just
[1:12:24] walked the route and the signs
[1:12:27] that everyone had made, they are
[1:12:30] big banners, little kids made
[1:12:31] signs, and he's here.
[1:12:34] I just saw him right before I
[1:12:36] came down here. It was
[1:12:38] emotional. His wife is in the
[1:12:41] backseat as she should be with a
[1:12:43] pageant sash and she's got a
[1:12:46] crown on. I could not be
[1:12:47] happier that he made it here
[1:12:48] today.
[1:12:50] >> thank you so much. Kelly,
[1:12:51] we'll are the you enjoy the
[1:12:53] parade and look forward to it.
[1:12:54] >> have so much fun.
[1:12:55] >> thank you, kelly.
[1:12:56] >> thank you so much.
[1:13:01] >> up next is jason bear on with
[1:13:02] cincinnati parks and we're going
[1:13:03] to talk about not just what's
[1:13:06] happening today at cincinnati
[1:13:08] parks but what's going to be
[1:13:09] happening over the court of the
[1:13:11] entire season. Jason, how the
[1:13:12] heck are you?
[1:13:15] Good to see you. So what are
[1:13:16] parks doing for opening day.
[1:13:20] >> always a great day to be out
[1:13:21] for opening day and opening day
[1:13:23] takes place in so many parks, so
[1:13:26] we're here in piatt pushing the
[1:13:29] oldest park in 1817, you were
[1:13:31] just a junk pup. It became a
[1:13:35] park in 1868 given to us by john
[1:13:37] piatt. Who were great back
[1:13:40] there. John was a steamboat
[1:13:42] building irrelevant and federal
[1:13:43] court judge. What a gift to the
[1:13:44] city, right?
[1:13:47] And so all the years later, 200
[1:13:48] years later we're in the parks
[1:13:50] celebratings opening day. They
[1:13:52] had support back in the day.
[1:13:54] Once opening day days I at love
[1:13:58] people are focus on the solar
[1:13:58] euclid. Will you being ale
[1:14:00] shall aim to go a park and watch
[1:14:00] it.
[1:14:03] >> anywhere in the city, right?
[1:14:04] That's what makes parks so
[1:14:06] great. Ten% of the city is park
[1:14:08] land. So 5,000 acres of the
[1:14:09] city's 50 through acres are
[1:14:11] parks, so you can go to any
[1:14:13] park. We have a couple specific
[1:14:15] events. In mount airy we have a
[1:14:18] great event with the observatory
[1:14:19] training and education about
[1:14:21] eclipse on eclipse monday the
[1:14:23] eighth you can go to the
[1:14:25] moerlein house on the event lawn
[1:14:27] there will be a big day we'll
[1:14:29] have special glasses can view it
[1:14:31] with. There will be like
[1:14:32] planetarium type stuff and
[1:14:33] interactive stuff. It will be a
[1:14:35] great day. Have a beer or
[1:14:36] sandwich, come on the lawn and
[1:14:37] learn about the eclipse and hang
[1:14:40] out and watch it.
[1:14:41] >> krohn conservatory change
[1:14:43] willing the show for the season.
[1:14:45] >> absolutely we're finishing up
[1:14:47] the spring show which has been
[1:14:47] successful and everybody has
[1:14:50] lovered it. The butterfly show
[1:14:52] is starting MAY 11, cincinnati
[1:14:53] traditions like people get most
[1:14:56] excited about to come see
[1:14:58] butterflies. Each year we do a
[1:15:00] different installation. This
[1:15:01] year it is butterflies in
[1:15:04] states. So I have haven't I
[1:15:06] cannot wait to see what our team
[1:15:08] cooked up. There will be normal
[1:15:10] put flies which are amazing plus
[1:15:12] all kinds of space related
[1:15:14] things, eclipse, it will be a
[1:15:15] heck of a show. All summer
[1:15:16] until AUGUST.
[1:15:17] >> I have questions about that I
[1:15:19] will wait and go and ask them
[1:15:19] there.
[1:15:22] >> I love it.
[1:15:24] >> what he is else I new?
[1:15:26] >> is always things changing.
[1:15:28] So lytle park downtown has been
[1:15:30] kind of taken out a little bit
[1:15:32] when we did the great renovation
[1:15:35] for the tunnel from 71 so we
[1:15:36] finally brought that back on
[1:15:38] line. If you have been there
[1:15:40] recently you seen new walkways,
[1:15:42] a new playground, paths. We put
[1:15:44] in a new fountain. Can't turn
[1:15:47] on anyone else. We woke up it
[1:15:49] is e was under first reading,
[1:15:52] not until and over freezing. We
[1:15:53] will have the grand opening on
[1:15:55] friday, APRIL 26, 11:00 A.M. So
[1:15:57] hope to see you there covering
[1:15:59] it. It will be a great day and
[1:16:01] that park will bring so much
[1:16:02] energy and excitement to
[1:16:02] downtown.
[1:16:04] >> where can we go to learn more
[1:16:05] about everything that's
[1:16:05] happening in the parks?
[1:16:07] >> you can google cincinnati
[1:16:09] parks t will take you to our
[1:16:12] website and and look at social
[1:16:14] media facebook and twitter and
[1:16:15] insurance at that gram. Have
[1:16:17] the third best social media for
[1:16:19] a park system in the country, we
[1:16:20] always have great information,
[1:16:22] great place to go to learn about
[1:16:23] the natural environment, parks
[1:16:25] and all the great events and
[1:16:26] volunteer opportunities we have
[1:16:27] going all the time.
[1:16:29] >> thank you very much. Jason
[1:16:31] from cincinnati parks.
[1:16:32] >> go reds.
[1:16:34] >> as we wait for the parade to
[1:16:36] come down race street we're here
[1:16:37] arrest garfield place we will be
[1:16:39] interviewing a number of
[1:16:42] different folks and so next up.
[1:16:47] >> we've got kevin osborn to
[1:16:47] greater cincinnati waterworks.
[1:16:49] >> thank you for stopping by.
[1:16:51] >> there is a parade some where.
[1:16:52] Do you know where it is.
[1:16:54] >> that way, it is a beautiful
[1:16:58] day for a parade. Greater
[1:16:59] cincinnati waterworks has a
[1:17:01] knot. As sixth
[1:17:01] sixth year in
[1:17:04] the parade, a break due to
[1:17:07] covid. A bat water theme and
[1:17:09] our employees will be having
[1:17:10] inflatable baseballs and bats,
[1:17:13] so it is quite a little party
[1:17:16] scene. But it is really a
[1:17:18] teamwork effort. Our design and
[1:17:20] built the float on their own
[1:17:22] time. This year we like to show
[1:17:24] our support for the city and
[1:17:26] reds. So we're very happy about
[1:17:26] that.
[1:17:27] >> why are you so involved in
[1:17:29] the parade?
[1:17:30] >> well.
[1:17:32] >> because you can?
[1:17:34] >> because we can, because it is
[1:17:35] there. Actually waterworks has
[1:17:38] been around since 1817 and pre
[1:17:40] dates a lot of things you think
[1:17:41] of in cincinnati. So our roots
[1:17:43] run deep here, we like to
[1:17:45] support the city. We're the
[1:17:48] oldest municipally owned utility
[1:17:49] in the state of ohio and so old
[1:17:51] in fact that back when we
[1:17:52] started in the early 18 hundreds
[1:17:55] the water was transported
[1:17:55] through wooden pipes.
[1:17:56] >> interesting.
[1:17:58] >> I think that's very bizarre.
[1:18:00] >> I was about to ask, do you
[1:18:03] have still have wood than pipes?
[1:18:05] >> we have section of that in
[1:18:08] our little make shift museum.
[1:18:11] >> my question is did people get
[1:18:12] splinters when they drank?
[1:18:13] I don't know.
[1:18:16] >> you released a water report,
[1:18:16] is everything good?
[1:18:20] >> we have to do an annual water
[1:18:22] quality report mandated by epa
[1:18:24] and we meet or exceed all state
[1:18:26] and federal regulation also.
[1:18:26] >> congratulations, and it
[1:18:27] activists good.
[1:18:29] >> it is good for you.
[1:18:32] >> where can we learn more about
[1:18:33] greater cincinnati waterworks
[1:18:34] on.
[1:18:36] >> on our website through the
[1:18:39] city website. We know a lot of
[1:18:40] customers are battling inflation
[1:18:42] right now. We have flexible
[1:18:43] payment plans if they need help
[1:18:45] getting caught up on their bill
[1:18:47] and avoid disconnection. If
[1:18:51] they want to check this out call
[1:18:51] us.
[1:18:52] >> thank you so much.
[1:18:55] >> have a good today day.
[1:18:57] >> cautiously opennity misty
[1:18:57] particular.
[1:18:58] >> we'll take it.
[1:18:59] >> thank you for having me.
[1:19:01] Enjoy the rest of your day.
[1:19:05] >> thank you very much. Greater
[1:19:06] cincinnati waterworks.
[1:19:08] >> we have started the parade,
[1:19:10] bill you were so busy talking to
[1:19:11] kevin that it is coming down
[1:19:13] race street and I understand
[1:19:15] that it was actually a training
[1:19:20] session to make sure that all
[1:19:23] 155 plus entries stayed in
[1:19:26] order. So there were color
[1:19:29] coded maps designed by a graphs
[1:19:31] designer and that's one way they
[1:19:32] are keeping everybody in line.
[1:19:34] >> I like to hear that. More
[1:19:35] than 150 entries and if you are
[1:19:40] playing along at home, I counted
[1:19:45] 20 marching band, 4 nobody
[1:19:46] marched, do lippy and 9 entries
[1:19:48] with at least one horse. So if
[1:19:50] you are a big parade fan like I
[1:19:53] am, you will not be disappointed
[1:19:57] with the 105 findlay market
[1:20:00] parade as we head to great
[1:20:01] american ball park and we host
[1:20:04] the national this afternoon.
[1:20:06] Game time 4:10.
[1:20:08] >> did you know that 3 of the
[1:20:11] bands are actually super bands,
[1:20:15] they played up of like other
[1:20:15] bands.
[1:20:16] >> multiple schools. I did
[1:20:19] notice that. I was going
[1:20:21] through the list earlier, who do
[1:20:25] we have here we have rozzi's as
[1:20:28] we usually do. They do the
[1:20:30] fireworks for the reds games and
[1:20:32] they start off ahead of everyone
[1:20:34] else, shooting off a few flames
[1:20:37] and fireworks to make sure every
[1:20:38] cyst out of the street, on the
[1:20:38] sidewalks.
[1:20:41] >> I wanted to to add something
[1:20:43] to that. This summer we found
[1:20:45] them preparation for riverfest
[1:20:48] under a tent wiring the
[1:20:50] explosives along five bars and
[1:20:53] there were about 10,000 to
[1:20:56] 12,000 fireworks then for a 30
[1:20:58] minute show. And I was
[1:21:01] interested in the fact that rows
[1:21:05] I's rozzi's has interest in a
[1:21:07] fireworks fact friday in hitly
[1:21:09] and get some from there and some
[1:21:11] in wilmington ton.
[1:21:12] >> you know this because you
[1:21:14] used to do a lot of stores on
[1:21:15] rozzi's when you worked for
[1:21:16] cincinnati public radio.
[1:21:19] >> that's right. I have moved
[1:21:22] on. So just a quick pitch I
[1:21:23] know bill you are a cincinnati
[1:21:26] public radio, I have moved
[1:21:28] downstairs in the same building
[1:21:30] as we see the entries behind us,
[1:21:33] so I work for cet think tv
[1:21:35] public television where worry
[1:21:37] embarking on a new effort and we
[1:21:39] can talk more about that later
[1:21:41] you but using solution
[1:21:43] journalism we're taking a deep
[1:21:44] dive into the housing crisis.
[1:21:48] >> you can see the parade coming
[1:21:49] down race street. Those are
[1:21:50] cincinnati police department
[1:21:53] poker cycles and I'm pretty sure
[1:21:54] those are different departments,
[1:21:55] not just cincinnati police, you
[1:21:58] have hamilton county in there,
[1:21:59] colerain, ohio state highway
[1:22:00] patrol. They always start off
[1:22:02] the parade making sure once
[1:22:05] again like rozzi's everyone is
[1:22:07] off the street, on to the
[1:22:08] sidewalk and staling safe for
[1:22:10] the entire event.
[1:22:12] >> they had to limit the number
[1:22:14] ever entries in past years, I
[1:22:16] think it was a year or two they
[1:22:18] had to cut 40 entries because
[1:22:21] they wanted to keep it to 2
[1:22:23] hours. Let's go to sarah who
[1:22:24] has somebody.
[1:22:27] >> hi, happy opening day. Are
[1:22:27] you reds fans?
[1:22:28] >> yes.
[1:22:29] >> of course.
[1:22:31] >> and who is your favorite
[1:22:32] player.
[1:22:33] >> dewill crews.
[1:22:34] >> I like all of them.
[1:22:37] >> me too. I love them all.
[1:22:39] What neighborhood are you
[1:22:40] representing?
[1:22:41] >> I live on the west side.
[1:22:43] >> west side, awesome. And are
[1:22:45] you going to the game today?
[1:22:47] >> unfortunately not, I wish.
[1:22:50] >> I wish too. I won't be going
[1:22:51] either. Woo here comes my
[1:22:56] favorite car, the police on the
[1:22:58] motorcycles.
[1:22:59] >> all right, thank you star o
[1:23:01] say a. I have something to say
[1:23:05] about he willly, her favorite
[1:23:06] plashings, I don't know if you
[1:23:07] heard this, but the last time he
[1:23:08] con doublinged all in english he
[1:23:11] has been practicing english like
[1:23:12] every day he said.
[1:23:14] >> I saw something about that
[1:23:18] this morning. He'll as I recall
[1:23:21] last year the 2023 findlay
[1:23:23] market opening day, the
[1:23:24] motorcycle officers did their
[1:23:26] thing and then when we were just
[1:23:28] about to be done with them,
[1:23:30] suddenly one of them untruering
[1:23:33] by standing up on his bike.
[1:23:34] >> I do remember that. The
[1:23:37] question is would you do that
[1:23:38] though?
[1:23:40] >> no, no. I don't think my
[1:23:41] health insurance would cover
[1:23:44] such a thing.
[1:23:45] >> all right. Well you know,
[1:23:48] earlier I mentioned kelly and
[1:23:51] the news conference from the
[1:23:52] findlay market opening day. And
[1:23:55] I kind of like what the mayor
[1:23:56] said, so mayor pureval said this
[1:23:59] is a chance for us to celebrate
[1:24:01] the optimism of the season. And
[1:24:04] this is a day you can't spent
[1:24:05] any place else.
[1:24:07] >> we do need to thank a number
[1:24:11] of people including city cable,
[1:24:13] campbell media, tbnk, cincinnati
[1:24:14] parks, cincinnati recreation
[1:24:17] commission, and of course the
[1:24:18] cincinnati transportation and
[1:24:19] engineering department for
[1:24:21] providing us with that
[1:24:23] cherrypicker, bucket truck so we
[1:24:25] can get those smooth aerial
[1:24:28] views of the parade.
[1:24:29] >> thank you for that, bill.
[1:24:32] And we should mention that the
[1:24:37] parade focus the 1999 reds team.
[1:24:41] As it 25th anniversary as a team
[1:24:43] for that year brought brought in
[1:24:48] 2 million fans and the team went
[1:24:50] 96-67, just barely missing the
[1:24:53] play offs. And the grant grand
[1:24:58] margin challenges are from that
[1:25:00] year. Difficult my try young
[1:25:01] and poke I reece. They will
[1:25:02] becoming up as we look down the
[1:25:05] street we see the honor,
[1:25:06] cincinnati police department,
[1:25:09] carrying the flags of the united
[1:25:11] states, state of ohio, and city
[1:25:17] of cincinnati. And right behind
[1:25:20] them we seat the command staff,
[1:25:23] cincinnati police and some of
[1:25:28] their family members. Chief and
[1:25:31] that lift of your screen in
[1:25:34] uniform with a red hat, she's
[1:25:36] the one in the red. Good idea,
[1:25:37] good description there, bill,
[1:25:39] she's the one in the reds hat.
[1:25:41] >> you know and the honor guard
[1:25:44] is part of that really gets
[1:25:45] around so members were in
[1:25:47] washington D.C. Par at this time
[1:25:49] at this time pacing in a
[1:25:52] ceremony for the national law
[1:25:54] enforcement memorial vigil at
[1:25:59] the national malicious. Grand
[1:26:03] marshals pokey reese and dmitri you have
[1:26:06] state highway patrol, covington,
[1:26:07] cincinnati, hamilton county
[1:26:10] sheriff, is colerain last a
[1:26:11] motorcycle unit still and a
[1:26:13] couple others in there. And
[1:26:15] can't name off the top of my
[1:26:17] head. But they obviously do
[1:26:20] rehearse and practice together.
[1:26:23] Because I mean that might come
[1:26:24] naturally, but --
[1:26:26] >> they are very much in
[1:26:27] precision, for sure.
[1:26:28] >> here comes the cincinnati
[1:26:36] police department honor guard.
[1:26:39] The crowd recognize rises to its
[1:26:41] feet. A lot of people taking
[1:26:54] off their hats. Sarah.
[1:26:56] >> I have the police chief, the
[1:26:58] power lady, are you headed to
[1:26:59] the game after the parade?
[1:27:02] >> I will be, yes, 4:00 o'clock
[1:27:04] game and I will be there to
[1:27:07] chief cheer them to a victory.
[1:27:08] >> fantastic, have fun for me.
[1:27:10] >> thank you, I will.
[1:27:11] >> thank you, sarah, you are
[1:27:13] getting your exercise today,
[1:27:16] trying to keep up with all the
[1:27:20] officials and track down just
[1:27:21] enthusiastic fans.
[1:27:25] >> once again this is the 105th
[1:27:28] findlay market opening day we
[1:27:31] have cincinnati police leading
[1:27:37] off command staff 20 mag, 9 fire
[1:27:40] trucks, 9 entries with horses,
[1:27:43] and I see the first band coming
[1:27:43] already.
[1:27:46] >> okay, and maybe after the
[1:27:47] first band or whenever steve who
[1:27:49] is in charge tells us we have
[1:27:54] one more interview to do onset.
[1:27:56] Hey jude, excuse us as we just
[1:27:58] call out our interview if you
[1:28:01] want to step up here and so,
[1:28:03] yes, why don't you introduce
[1:28:05] yourself and tell us a little
[1:28:06] bit about the who you are with.
[1:28:09] >> okay I'm jude johnson with
[1:28:12] the city of cincinnati human
[1:28:13] services career pathways
[1:28:14] initiative program.
[1:28:16] >> and lots of people are
[1:28:18] interested in finding a job.
[1:28:20] And throughout the year you have
[1:28:20] lots of jobs.
[1:28:23] >> we do. We do we're career
[1:28:24] pathways, the city of cincinnati
[1:28:26] has never had recruiting, so
[1:28:30] with this initiative that mayor
[1:28:30] pureval and city manager long
[1:28:32] put in the place about a year
[1:28:34] and a half ago, it allows me to
[1:28:36] go out and partner with all the
[1:28:40] area high schools, colleges,
[1:28:41] universities, tech schools, work
[1:28:43] force development and tell them
[1:28:44] about our jobs that we have.
[1:28:46] >> and so if people are in high
[1:28:48] school and trying to figure out
[1:28:50] what do I want to do, like I
[1:28:52] wonder what skills they would
[1:28:53] need and of course it would
[1:28:54] demend on the job.
[1:28:57] >> it would, our brachia jobs
[1:29:00] out into three tiers, tiers 1 is
[1:29:03] part-time, season 58 jobs,
[1:29:05] co-op, intern opportunities and
[1:29:08] seasonal positions. Tier 2
[1:29:10] would be our school to work
[1:29:12] because there are a number of
[1:29:13] jobs that the city of cincinnati
[1:29:14] has where you can just graduate
[1:29:15] from high school and come right
[1:29:17] on into the city. And then of
[1:29:20] the third fear is our jobs that
[1:29:23] require the degree, licensing,
[1:29:24] or certification.
[1:29:26] >> yeah, I know people are going
[1:29:28] to be tuning in because it will
[1:29:29] be replaying all year round but
[1:29:32] in terms of summer, there is
[1:29:33] aquatic positions.
[1:29:35] >> a number of aquatic
[1:29:38] positions. We are in desperate
[1:29:42] need of lifeguard, we have I am
[1:29:43] g a that 23 pools to choose
[1:29:45] from, we provide a uniform, we
[1:29:46] provide training for you. So
[1:29:48] come on out. Here is the other
[1:29:51] thing we have head guard, we
[1:29:54] have pool monitor, we have pool
[1:29:55] managers and pool supervisor
[1:29:56] position that is we need filled.
[1:29:59] So we partner with again the
[1:30:00] area high schools and colleges
[1:30:02] for that. Also we do have our
[1:30:05] summer youth program, youth 2
[1:30:07] work, that's out of the
[1:30:08] recreation commission. And we
[1:30:10] go around to the local high
[1:30:11] schools we hire on police
[1:30:14] cadets, fire cadets and other
[1:30:15] various cities jobs where
[1:30:16] students can work.
[1:30:17] >> where can people go to find
[1:30:18] out more information?
[1:30:24] >> they can go to government
[1:30:25] jobs.Com/careers/cincinnati. Or
[1:30:30] they can just 513-352-6239 and
[1:30:32] we'll be glad to work with them.
[1:30:35] >> thank you very much. With
[1:30:37] the city human services
[1:30:39] department. Thank you so much.
[1:30:40] >> we're looking now at the time
[1:30:42] cincinnati fire department and
[1:30:44] the cincinnati firefighters
[1:30:46] union local 48, just like the
[1:30:47] cincinnati reds are the first
[1:30:49] proper fiction at baseball team,
[1:30:50] cincinnati fire department is
[1:30:51] the first professional fire
[1:30:55] department in the united states.
[1:31:00] 171 years as of APRIL 1. And
[1:31:01] you young local 48 represents
[1:31:03] more than 850 members of the
[1:31:04] cincinnati fire department, they
[1:31:06] are all fire fighters and pair
[1:31:08] immediate I, engine 5
[1:31:11] traditionally leads the parade.
[1:31:13] Frank mckinley on there some
[1:31:14] where, sarah, do you see the
[1:31:17] chief, are you with the chief?
[1:31:19] Not so much.
[1:31:21] >> I'm sure we'll find him.
[1:31:24] >> okay, keep looking. And
[1:31:25] actually looking at the entry
[1:31:26] they have another fire truck i
[1:31:28] didn't take into account. When
[1:31:31] I said 9 fire trucks, we MAY
[1:31:32] have 10.
[1:31:32] >> (Via phone): wow.
[1:31:34] >> after that your scorecard if
[1:31:36] you are playing along at home.
[1:31:38] >> so many kids when you ask
[1:31:39] them what's your favorite part
[1:31:44] of the parade they say the fire
[1:31:44] trucks.
[1:31:46] >> look at all the kids on
[1:31:48] there. Look at the ladder truck
[1:31:51] behind number 29 there.
[1:31:54] Twenty-nine has got a lot of
[1:31:55] passengers up there. And the
[1:31:58] ladder truck behind it.
[1:32:02] >> leads go reds, let's go reds.
[1:32:05] >> let's go reds I hear that.
[1:32:07] >> they are getting the crowd
[1:32:10] fired up. Get the pun?
[1:32:13] Fired up. I meant to do that.
[1:32:15] Once again cincinnati fire
[1:32:16] department and firefighters
[1:32:19] union local 48, every year they
[1:32:24] are near the front of the
[1:32:26] parade.
[1:32:30] >> we're here at eighth and gar
[1:32:33] field. And so we have another
[1:32:34] interview.
[1:32:35] >> sarah?
[1:32:37] >> I'm with the cincinnati fire
[1:32:39] department PRESIDENT Union
[1:32:41] leader matt alter. Matt, how
[1:32:42] are you doing today?
[1:32:43] >> it is a great day in
[1:32:46] cincinnati, it is a holiday. It
[1:32:47] is our favorite thing we do.
[1:32:48] Opening day is a tradition for
[1:32:50] the fire department. First
[1:32:51] professional fire department in
[1:32:52] the united states, we're
[1:32:54] honoring the first professional
[1:32:56] baseball team. Engine 5, they
[1:32:58] have been leading open opening
[1:33:00] day since the first one they
[1:33:01] started off with horses and
[1:33:04] steam pom manierer, over 200
[1:33:04] plus firefighters and their
[1:33:06] families joining us and it will
[1:33:08] be a great event. Make sure you
[1:33:10] watch the ball game here, where
[1:33:12] you will see another 200
[1:33:14] firefighters holding the
[1:33:15] american flag during the
[1:33:21] national anthem.
[1:33:23] >> cincinnati fire museum as we
[1:33:25] mentioned. And we have somebody
[1:33:28] else who has joined us on the
[1:33:31] stage, it is with the cincinnati
[1:33:31] recreation commission. Thanks
[1:33:32] so much, chris.
[1:33:33] >> thank you for having me
[1:33:34] today.
[1:33:35] >> we have lots of important
[1:33:38] information to get out. So just
[1:33:39] say, what's new?
[1:33:40] What do you than the want to
[1:33:41] talk about.
[1:33:42] >> what's new?
[1:33:45] Well, I'm pleased to be here
[1:33:46] first and foremost. Opening day
[1:33:48] is a celebration in cincinnati.
[1:33:50] Unlike any other spot in the
[1:33:52] country. So, pleased to be
[1:33:52] here.
[1:33:55] But what's not going on in
[1:33:55] recreation?
[1:33:56] In any given time I feel like we
[1:34:00] are kind of on a major baseball
[1:34:02] league schedule. 112 games a
[1:34:03] year and sometimes double
[1:34:06] headers, but we have got
[1:34:09] programs going on constantly,
[1:34:11] summer day camps presidents
[1:34:13] gearing up for summer, getting
[1:34:14] pools ready to go for folks,
[1:34:17] swim lessons accompanying our
[1:34:21] pools, swim team, we have e
[1:34:23] sports. You are looking for
[1:34:24] something to do, whether you are
[1:34:27] a kid, teen, adults, seniors,
[1:34:29] look for cincinnati recreation
[1:34:30] commission, we have so many
[1:34:32] different programs to serve the
[1:34:32] community.
[1:34:34] >> we heard from hems which
[1:34:35] leads to the question, do you
[1:34:37] have enough staffing?
[1:34:38] >> well, can you ever have
[1:34:41] enough staffing?
[1:34:41] right?
[1:34:46] We are continuing to recruit and
[1:34:48] we are going to -- it is looking
[1:34:50] good. I will put it that way
[1:34:52] without giving out too much
[1:34:52] information. We always have
[1:34:54] positions open, whether it is at
[1:34:56] the center level, whether at the
[1:34:59] at the offices near downtown, or
[1:35:01] whether it is our aquatic
[1:35:03] centers. So I think the bi-big
[1:35:05] can he the pools and aquatics
[1:35:08] but last year we did open 196
[1:35:10] our pools. Bringing those folks
[1:35:12] back and continue to have folks
[1:35:14] like jude out resulting for us
[1:35:16] and getting dollars and our life
[1:35:20] guard academy keep that's going.
[1:35:21] Feeling confident about this
[1:35:21] summer.
[1:35:25] >> good, thank you, cry chris we
[1:35:28] appreciate you stopping by and
[1:35:29] was,.
[1:35:33] >> cincy wreck.Org. Can you go
[1:35:34] to 24 hours a day or facebook
[1:35:35] and cincy rec,.
[1:35:38] >> thank you so much.
[1:35:39] >> all right. Chris pike from
[1:35:41] the cincinnati recreation
[1:35:42] commission.
[1:35:44] >> right now is the treen tries
[1:35:45] hamilton county including the
[1:35:47] sheriff department we heard the
[1:35:49] sheriff pipe and drum corps go
[1:35:52] by and embedded in them is
[1:35:54] evanston bull doing
[1:35:55] cheerleaders, if you are wonner
[1:35:58] who they are. Hamilton county
[1:36:00] commissioners in there as well,
[1:36:02] along with the hamilton county
[1:36:04] prosecutor melissa powers.
[1:36:07] PRESIDENT Alicia reece, vice
[1:36:09] PRESIDENT Driehaus and
[1:36:11] commissioner dumas. And.
[1:36:14] >> I wanted to add about the
[1:36:16] sheriff department, I don't know
[1:36:19] if they broad one of their k-9s
[1:36:21] but there is one k-9 who I don't
[1:36:24] think is here today, who I had
[1:36:26] the pleasure of meetings, larry,
[1:36:29] and he's a electronic sniffing
[1:36:31] dog which comes in handy. We
[1:36:34] won't go into how all that
[1:36:35] works, but larry seems to be
[1:36:36] doing very well for the sheriff
[1:36:37] department.
[1:36:39] >> oh, my, artificial
[1:36:41] intelligence coming for the jobs
[1:36:45] of dogs now. It is again a
[1:36:46] wonderful day here, skis are
[1:36:49] blue, not a cloud in the sky.
[1:36:51] Temperature expected to be
[1:36:53] around 57, 58 this afternoon.
[1:36:55] But I'm going to guess it is
[1:36:57] going to go above 60, that's my
[1:36:58] official prediction.
[1:37:00] >> it will with the sun, for
[1:37:00] sure.
[1:37:02] >> and thattal and all the
[1:37:04] energy, I think warms things up.
[1:37:07] >> that's right. Hamilton
[1:37:12] county melissa powers and also
[1:37:14] on the way we will have the
[1:37:16] hamilton county police
[1:37:21] association including their dive
[1:37:23] team. They represent 64 local
[1:37:27] state and federal agencies in
[1:37:28] different law enforcement
[1:37:30] aspects. They have a firearms
[1:37:33] team, a clergy team, a swat
[1:37:36] team, under water search and
[1:37:37] recovery, and honor guard.
[1:37:40] Their moto is cooperation in
[1:37:41] operation, and they say it is
[1:37:44] true today as it was 85 years
[1:37:45] ago.
[1:37:46] >> they have lots of high tech
[1:37:48] equipment, have I a look at some
[1:37:50] of their sew far stuff. They
[1:37:52] had a demonstration one time so
[1:37:54] it is fascinating. And there is
[1:37:57] one of their boats,.
[1:38:00] >> with gaper.
[1:38:03] >> I missed him. There we go we
[1:38:08] got some ends, grand marshals
[1:38:09] pokey reese and dmitri young
[1:38:09] grand marshals pokey reese and
[1:38:10] dmitri young e cincinnati reds
[1:38:11] oar that 199 team, a out feed
[1:38:15] and fromed 8 to 200-10-6789
[1:38:18] reece first base and and 1997
[1:38:20] and with the team until 2001.
[1:38:23] >> what I like is that they make
[1:38:26] regular both of them appearances
[1:38:28] at reds fest and this year at
[1:38:31] the reds fantasy camp they were
[1:38:32] co-coaches and led their teams
[1:38:35] to the championship.
[1:38:37] >> a beautiful thing about this
[1:38:38] reds balance club and this
[1:38:40] community, the players MAY
[1:38:45] leave, but they come back. This
[1:38:46] know where they are loved.
[1:38:48] >> I talked to a couple people
[1:38:50] on the parade proud this is
[1:38:51] their first parade. And
[1:38:53] somebody I work with he was like
[1:38:55] he's from out of town, hey,
[1:38:56] what's the parade?
[1:38:57] Tell me about it.
[1:39:00] >> you have to come down here to
[1:39:13] experience it. Her the
[1:39:16] cincinnati reds entry. They are
[1:39:19] getting the fans pumped up.
[1:39:22] >> let's go reds let's go reds
[1:39:27] let's go reds.
[1:39:30] >> you will hear that chant a
[1:39:32] awful lot today. There is red
[1:39:35] sill a very you ever caught a
[1:39:37] t-shirt from red sill a?
[1:39:39] >> I haven't.
[1:39:41] >> no, no I count catch it if
[1:39:46] they hand it had to me. I have
[1:39:48] at that to say whenever it rolls
[1:39:50] out on the field, hairs on the
[1:39:52] back of my neck stand up. It is
[1:39:55] a thrill. I did get on kid's
[1:39:55] cam.
[1:39:57] >> were you sitting next to
[1:39:58] anybody?
[1:39:59] >> no, that's the strangest
[1:40:06] thing. I was with some friends.
[1:40:07] You're never expecting it and
[1:40:10] there you are on the big screen.
[1:40:10] Behave.
[1:40:13] >> we have lots of regulars in
[1:40:17] the parade. I was talk tag the
[1:40:18] parade cochair she mentioned she
[1:40:22] like the jump ropers, unicorns,
[1:40:26] and the lawn mow guys.
[1:40:29] >> from wapokoneta. I'm looking
[1:40:32] to see though guys. But let's
[1:40:34] not get ahead of ourselves.
[1:40:36] We'll wait until they get here
[1:40:37] to talk about them. They are
[1:40:39] hosting the washington nationals
[1:40:40] today and while we were talking
[1:40:42] about how good the weather is,
[1:40:44] we should thank our lucky stars
[1:40:47] on the east coast two games have
[1:40:48] already been postponed because
[1:40:50] of rain, brewers and metts and
[1:40:52] philadelphia will not be playing
[1:40:53] today because they looked at the
[1:40:55] forecast and said, they said no,
[1:40:59] we're not playing.
[1:41:02] >> and along with bill we're
[1:41:05] here at race and garfield place,
[1:41:07] broadcasting the findlay market
[1:41:09] opening day parade, thanks to a
[1:41:11] number of partners including
[1:41:15] citicable, campbell media, tbnk,
[1:41:17] cincinnati parks cincinnati
[1:41:18] recreation a craigs and others.
[1:41:21] Thanks for watching.
[1:41:23] >> I think we missed governor.
[1:41:25] He watts in there some where, or
[1:41:27] supposed to be. And there is
[1:41:30] other friends from fox 19 and
[1:41:32] coming up we've got the city of
[1:41:34] cincinnati's entry.
[1:41:36] >> speaking fer governor dewine,
[1:41:38] this like his favorite day of
[1:41:39] the year.
[1:41:41] >> no doubt, no doubt. This man
[1:41:48] loves the reds he's from greene
[1:41:50] county so he's inquirely within
[1:41:55] reds territory.
[1:41:58] >> question saw the mayor walk
[1:42:01] by affidavit affidavit affidavit
[1:42:05] and city manager and council
[1:42:05] members.
[1:42:05] >> what do you think about 07ing
[1:42:05] today this year?
[1:42:06] >> opening today this year is
[1:42:07] bigger and better than ever. We
[1:42:09] have beautiful weather, we've
[1:42:10] got so much hope for the rids
[1:42:12] and the city is just doing
[1:42:15] amazing. So much momentum, so
[1:42:16] much energy it is a beautiful
[1:42:17] day?
[1:42:17] Cincinnati. Thank you so much
[1:42:20] for chatting with us. Enjoy the
[1:42:20] game.
[1:42:22] >> happy opening day everyone.
[1:42:23] >> thank you mayor pureval
[1:42:24] mayor, thank you sarah.
[1:42:27] >> the mayor, council members,
[1:42:29] city manager's office, and
[1:42:29] department of public services
[1:42:32] they are matching with the cincy
[1:42:33] sluggers softball team, a
[1:42:35] non-profit dedicated to getting
[1:42:37] in girls involved in sports.
[1:42:39] Their mission they proper I had
[1:42:40] viewed girls with structure
[1:42:42] discipline and teamwork and that
[1:42:44] helps them on and off the field.
[1:42:46] >> shout out to the city council
[1:42:48] members, jeff cramerding, meeka
[1:42:50] owens, reggie harris, vice mayor
[1:42:51] jan-michele lemon kearney,
[1:42:53] scotty johnson, PRESIDENT Pro
[1:42:55] tem parks, mark jeffreys,.
[1:42:56] >> are you headed to the game
[1:42:57] after this?
[1:42:58] >> absolutely, I will be there,
[1:43:01] I am so happy to cheer on our
[1:43:01] reds. Yes.
[1:43:04] >> wonderful, wonderful to see
[1:43:05] you.
[1:43:07] >> thank you.
[1:43:10] >> sheryl long, sheryl long.
[1:43:14] >> sheryl long. Comings up
[1:43:16] behind them we see friends from
[1:43:18] local 12. They have been
[1:43:19] involved with opening day since
[1:43:21] they came on the air about 730
[1:43:22] years
[1:43:26] 770years ago. Seventy years ago.
[1:43:29] >> speaking of friends behind
[1:43:31] them.
[1:43:34] One the nicest guys you will
[1:43:37] ever meet, jim scott, I think we
[1:43:39] both had the pleasure to work
[1:43:40] with him years ago.
[1:43:42] >> I totally agree with you,
[1:43:44] bill. He always turns the
[1:43:49] conversation to the other person
[1:43:50] as reluctant talk about himself.
[1:43:52] Extremely friendly and we're
[1:43:53] routing for you jim.
[1:43:55] >> he's the honorary began
[1:43:57] marshal this year. He's always
[1:43:59] kind of been a unofficial grand
[1:44:01] marshall walking the route of
[1:44:02] the parade with a shovel
[1:44:04] following horses, putting
[1:44:05] himself to work. Just in the
[1:44:09] last year he was revealed
[1:44:10] diagnosis with als. He was
[1:44:11] really looking forward to
[1:44:13] getting out and joining the
[1:44:14] parade again this year, so we're
[1:44:18] more than happy to have him, ifs
[1:44:19] fantastic to see him.
[1:44:23] >> aye, I think I read he had
[1:44:26] been in 50 parades, possibly, or
[1:44:27] been to 50 parades.
[1:44:33] >> handing out spark joy wrist
[1:44:40] bands he's a good man. He's
[1:44:42] always got that chip back in the
[1:44:43] backseat. He's a voice of
[1:44:48] kroger for years and worked at
[1:44:51] wlw for a good long time. He
[1:44:53] was with me whether he I first
[1:44:55] started working there and I was
[1:44:58] blown away. Why is he helping
[1:44:58] me?
[1:45:01] Why is he talking to me?
[1:45:02] I'll a nobody.
[1:45:04] >> oh, come on bill.
[1:45:05] >> he didn't think so. I don't
[1:45:08] think he's ever met anyone who
[1:45:14] wasn't a friend. There are
[1:45:17] friends from iheart radio.
[1:45:21] >> the gates open today at 2:10.
[1:45:22] The game begins 2 hours late
[1:45:24] irrelevant with the pre game
[1:45:31] ceremonies at 3:30.
[1:45:32] >> all eyes on you, you are
[1:45:36] skipping work you are in
[1:45:36] trouble.
[1:45:38] >> kroger wagon.
[1:45:40] >> there are some kids to be
[1:45:44] fired up to be out of school.
[1:45:45] They know [Indiscernible]
[1:45:48] >> kroger wagon with kroger
[1:45:50] started as just home delivery of
[1:45:52] groceries and guess what's
[1:45:53] happening a hundred and
[1:45:54] something years later.
[1:45:56] >> now they have robots.
[1:45:58] >> home delivery of groceries
[1:45:59] again.
[1:46:00] >> with robots putting those
[1:46:02] orders together in a facility in
[1:46:05] monroe, among other places.
[1:46:08] >> wow. Coming back to the game
[1:46:11] and pre gave ceremonies, do you
[1:46:14] know who is delivering the game
[1:46:16] balance ball, bill?
[1:46:20] >> I did, I did know but I
[1:46:20] forgot.
[1:46:25] >> one of my favorite players
[1:46:28] first pitch is reds hall of
[1:46:29] famer shawn case I.
[1:46:30] >> the mayor.
[1:46:34] >> hone err captain marty
[1:46:37] brennaman. Me and bill here on
[1:46:39] race street at garfield place,
[1:46:43] thanks for watching the findlay
[1:46:45] market opening day parade. What
[1:46:47] a great diactor baseball.
[1:46:51] >> spring semester spirit band
[1:46:54] MARCH band, basketball bands and
[1:46:57] others have a grand today total
[1:47:00] of 85 members their vision for
[1:47:00] the university of cincinnati to
[1:47:05] be the most musical campus in
[1:47:06] the united states.
[1:47:07] >> very good. Maybe they will
[1:47:10] favor us with a tune.
[1:47:14] >> and speaking of music, at the
[1:47:16] game [Indiscernible] From denver
[1:47:17] kentucky will be singing the
[1:47:18] national anthem. She's done it
[1:47:21] for a number of years, and while
[1:47:23] she is doing that a giant
[1:47:26] american flag, 300 by 150 will
[1:47:27] be unif you recalled by members
[1:47:30] of the cincinnati firefighter
[1:47:32] local 48 and retired firefighter
[1:47:34] john win friday sings GOD bless
[1:47:37] america during the seventh inn I
[1:47:37] go stretch.
[1:47:40] >> a number of long time
[1:47:41] traditions here in the queen
[1:47:44] city. Porkopolis, a city where
[1:47:48] professional baseball started.
[1:47:54] 1869. University of cincinnati
[1:48:06] spring semester spirit band.
[1:48:12] Oh, oh, oh, uc.
[1:48:16] >> all right, go uc. Thanks for
[1:48:16] that.
[1:48:19] >> are you a uc alumni?
[1:48:21] >> I'm not I thought I would
[1:48:22] throw my spirit in there. I
[1:48:25] went to muskingum.
[1:48:28] >> oh. Here they go.
[1:48:38] >> music (
[1:49:05] (Music).
[1:49:09] >> the first of two or three
[1:49:13] collegiate bands we have in the
[1:49:14] parade this year.
[1:49:15] >> some of the high schools are
[1:49:17] going to be bigger than you u I
[1:49:19] might remember because they form
[1:49:21] these super bands so they fit in
[1:49:22] with like the college bands and
[1:49:24] how many members they have. So
[1:49:26] we'll look forward to especially
[1:49:30] the cincinnati one that has like
[1:49:32] 4 or 5 bands into one.
[1:49:34] >> a couple of counties that
[1:49:36] just took all their high schools
[1:49:40] and combined them into one big
[1:49:41] band. Instead of 20 they will
[1:49:43] have a hundred.
[1:49:56] >> yeah. Along here we have
[1:49:57] jeff ruby culinary
[1:49:57] entertainment. The 338th united
[1:49:58] states army reserve command band
[1:50:00] finding solutions for stable and
[1:50:03] loving homes for vulnerable
[1:50:04] youth.
[1:50:05] >> and the word on the street he
[1:50:09] was going to have some mma
[1:50:09] fighters.
[1:50:11] >> oh. So I don't know if
[1:50:13] that's a his float or a little
[1:50:16] bit later.
[1:50:19] >> there is jeff ruby,.
[1:50:22] >> including mat the hammer ham
[1:50:23] he will.
[1:50:30] >> channel 9, wcpo followed by
[1:50:33] the reds community fund. The
[1:50:35] cincinnati reds non-profit
[1:50:36] providing underserved kids at
[1:50:38] the time o the turned to play
[1:50:43] baseball and softball. The
[1:50:43] community fund hosts various
[1:50:44] youth teams from greater
[1:50:46] cincinnati and junior high,
[1:50:48] baseball and softball players.
[1:50:50] >> we got a look at rosie and
[1:50:52] what is that MR. Baseball, the
[1:50:55] one with the baseball head?
[1:50:56] >> MR. Red.
[1:50:58] >> oh, okay.
[1:51:00] >> MR. Red legs and MR. Red.
[1:51:03] >> okay, thank you thank you.
[1:51:06] >> the kid glove program the
[1:51:08] powell crosley amateur baseball
[1:51:09] fund go to the purchase of
[1:51:11] baseball and softball equipment
[1:51:13] for kids in the area and they
[1:51:14] have marty and
[1:51:17] and amanda benjamin
[1:51:18] with them. I think they are a
[1:51:20] little bit back. A lot of the
[1:51:23] local high school baseball
[1:51:26] players, a lot of them. And
[1:51:33] that's got to be quite a thrill
[1:51:35] if you play the game you love
[1:51:38] the game and to be part of
[1:51:39] something like this, that's got
[1:51:40] to be lovely too.
[1:51:42] >> can't beat it. And then at
[1:51:46] some point we'll have the like
[1:51:48] old fashioned reds players.
[1:51:51] >> yes. There's I couple
[1:51:52] different convenient acknowledge
[1:51:56] groups going through the list
[1:51:59] earlier. There is marty
[1:52:01] brennaman retired a couple years
[1:52:04] ago. But still active.
[1:52:06] >> I still like listening back
[1:52:08] to his recordings like it is
[1:52:10] going, it's going gone.
[1:52:11] >> we're watching highlights
[1:52:13] from the 1975 world series at
[1:52:16] the very end and there will be
[1:52:18] filmed. Marty asking some
[1:52:22] questions of the players, like,
[1:52:22] wow.
[1:52:24] >> it's great.
[1:52:28] >> doing very well, you can't do
[1:52:29] better than opening day.
[1:52:31] >> you are going to the game?
[1:52:33] >> I am we're looking forward to
[1:52:36] seeing some baseball after a 5
[1:52:38] or 6 weeks in spring training.
[1:52:40] >> awesome, enjoy, thank you
[1:52:40] marty.
[1:52:42] >> good to see you guys.
[1:52:43] >> you too.
[1:52:48] >> great grab, sarah. Mart
[1:52:53] irrelevant benjamin. It is
[1:52:57] unique to see him in the parade
[1:52:57] because official will you he's
[1:52:58] preparing for the game.
[1:53:01] >> he would be, that's for sure.
[1:53:04] We have the anthony munoz
[1:53:05] foundation, founded by the pro
[1:53:07] hall of famer anthony munoz, the
[1:53:10] foundation names to impact
[1:53:12] mentally, fifth I canly through
[1:53:15] 8 impact programs.
[1:53:16] Scholarships, character camps
[1:53:17] presidents, leadership
[1:53:18] opportunities and a tutor
[1:53:21] thanking and mentoring program.
[1:53:24] >> so many kids have a great
[1:53:27] time waving and just being down
[1:53:32] here. Soaking it all in.
[1:53:34] >> let's go reds, let's go reds.
[1:53:35] >> many people are in the
[1:53:36] parade, even more watching it
[1:53:39] because remember this parade
[1:53:40] starts up at findlay market
[1:53:43] which is just about a mile from
[1:53:47] where we are and it goes down to
[1:53:49] #th street then turns east to
[1:53:51] the end of fifth which is
[1:53:55] sentinel where it dissolves, and
[1:53:57] I know from experience once you
[1:54:00] get onto fifth street the crowds
[1:54:02] really get thick.
[1:54:06] >> so last year there were
[1:54:08] 130,000 lining the parade proud.
[1:54:09] I can't quite remember what was
[1:54:11] the weather like, bill?
[1:54:12] Was it this nice?
[1:54:15] >> it was a lot like this, so we
[1:54:20] have had two good years in a
[1:54:32] row. I see the who dey! Coming
[1:54:34] up. Westwood chicks are made up
[1:54:37] with women from all kinds of
[1:54:39] different occupations than and
[1:54:40] different experiences and what
[1:54:41] do they do?
[1:54:45] When they get together and they
[1:54:45] tailgate.
[1:54:48] >> have we MISS The bengal
[1:54:49] legend float?
[1:54:52] >> oh, ken doctor anderson and
[1:54:56] super u super bowl 16, cove I go
[1:54:57] walker from super bowl 23.
[1:54:58] >> cincinnati make some noise.
[1:55:04] >> here's are the westwood
[1:55:08] chicks, d who'd
[1:55:10] who'd who'd chicks
[1:55:13] they tailgate for bengals games.
[1:55:16] It is all right about baseball
[1:55:16] today.
[1:55:38] >>ed happy to have them.
[1:55:41] >> who do we have next.
[1:55:43] Number 27, oh, there they are.
[1:55:45] Here is ken anderson and the
[1:55:48] cincinnati bengal legend float.
[1:55:53] Some past and present bengal
[1:55:59] players. City does love a
[1:56:06] winner all right there is ken
[1:56:21] anderson waving. Lots of people
[1:56:24] looks forward to the next bengal
[1:56:26] season. Legality get through
[1:56:31] baseball season first. We have
[1:56:33] some tights also women MISS
[1:56:36] Hoist, 2023, mad than I so than
[1:56:38] manager too much bayingly french
[1:56:41] MISS Sinned indiana cindy
[1:56:51] bridge, mallory hudson, and then
[1:56:53] my following we have some
[1:56:54] bengals mixed in with them.
[1:56:55] The.
[1:56:58] >> the kicker unit, jim breech,
[1:57:01] do you go pell friday and shayne
[1:57:02] graham.
[1:57:04] >> there is MISS America 2000,
[1:57:09] heather french henry in the
[1:57:19] jeep. And here comes the
[1:57:22] transit, well after MISS America
[1:57:25] 2000, we have the transit
[1:57:26] authority transit authority of
[1:57:28] northern kentucky with the
[1:57:30] southbank trolleys they do game
[1:57:31] day shuttle service from one
[1:57:34] side of the ohio river to the
[1:57:37] other. And they are run them
[1:57:38] daily, not just during games.
[1:57:41] So you can park on one side,
[1:57:44] ride over, see the game, and
[1:57:48] then ride back. And those are
[1:57:50] nice rides, to I have done that.
[1:57:52] >> I want to say some things
[1:57:54] about the reds, so reds
[1:57:57] PRESIDENT Bill cast cast castle
[1:58:00] league I we're wild castellini
[1:58:02] we're excited about this sees
[1:58:04] other than they arrived at
[1:58:05] spring training weeks early.
[1:58:09] And a shout out to the reds
[1:58:10] translator who are hey who works
[1:58:13] with elli and alexis, he's
[1:58:14] always smiling. I don't know if
[1:58:15] you have seen him on the reds
[1:58:17] game or at the ball park. He
[1:58:20] says it doesn't feel like a job.
[1:58:22] He even helps them buy cars, he
[1:58:26] wants them to be focused obeys
[1:58:26] balance.
[1:58:30] Onobeys balance. He has dialect
[1:58:32] that's difficult. But we did
[1:58:35] see the elli has been working on
[1:58:36] his english, I don't know how
[1:58:40] much longer he will need who are
[1:58:41] hey. He did last news
[1:58:43] conference in english.
[1:58:45] >> we have clydesdale horses
[1:58:50] from wegman farm. Big
[1:58:51] magnificent beasts.
[1:58:52] Have you
[1:58:53] ever seen their feet?
[1:58:55] >> they are pretty big.
[1:58:59] >> yep yes. And they come to us
[1:59:02] from wegman farm with the sin
[1:59:07] feet credit union float. Cinfed
[1:59:10] credit union float.
[1:59:12] I think we might have some bell
[1:59:14] gins and I'm not, I don't
[1:59:19] remember which is larger on
[1:59:22] average. Clydesdale or ben
[1:59:24] gins,
[1:59:39] >> we are colleagues from the
[1:59:41] cincinnati enquirer in the
[1:59:44] parade with their dedicated reds
[1:59:45] reporter, gordon along with
[1:59:47] other reporters and
[1:59:51] photographers. Get to work, you
[1:59:51] guys.
[1:59:55] >> what about time off?
[1:59:56] >> okay.
[1:59:58] >> we want to thank the crew