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>> welcome everyone to budget
and finance committee, we'll get
started in about 2 minutes.
>> Councilmember Cramerding:
let's get tarted here in budget
and finance committee is in
session. I'm jeff cramerding
vice chair of committee standing
in for councilmember reggie
harris who is excused on my left
is councilmember scotty johnson
and councilmember meeka owens,
on my right is councilmember
anna albi and councilmember mark
jeffreys. Councilmember seth
walsh is here with us as well.
And I think a few others will be
joining us shortly. Robert is
our clerk keeping us in order.
From the administration is DR.
Dudas, karen alleged are ander
today faaborg from law. With
that I'm going to have DR. Dudas
take us away and walk us through
the agenda started with item
number 1.
>> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item
number 1 is a ordinance this is
related to the convention center
development project. This would
authorizes the vacating of
public right of way. It is
total of.7968 acres and these
are more commonly known as right
of way on elm street, convention
way, oprah, hatters alley,
thorpe alley and sixth street in
the central business district.
These properties are proximate
to the convention center so this
would authorizes vacating the
right of way and it would also
authorizes the release and
quit-claim of walkway ease
easements that have been in
place related to the millennial
hotel. All their property will
be needed for the public plaza
that's part of the convention
center redevelopment. The city
will maintain ownership of the
parcels.
>> Councilmember Cramerding: any
questions from any colleagues?
>> Councilmember Jeffreys: no
questions, just comments,
between this one and the next
one eliminating the sky walks
which originally were supposed
to benefit businesses had a
detrimental affect between this
one and the next one it is about
getting people out on the
street, more people out in the
more their frequenting
businesses and more vibrancy we
have downtown so I think this
one and the next one are both a
good thing.
>> Councilmember Cramerding:
seeing no other questions or
comments we'll put item 1 on for
passage. DR. Dudas, item number 2.
>> DR. Dudas: to the vice chair,
item number 2 this is a
ordinance that would authorizes
a funding agreement with the
model group inc. This is funds
from the city for two things.
One is removal of the elevated
pedestrian sky walk bridge above
walnut street. This connects
it's america tile building and
U.S. Bank tower. It would
provide funding for rests toker
ration of the public right of
way along walnut street and
exterior facade and limited
interior portions of those
buildings. The ordinance
includes the release acknowledge
quit-claim of public walkway
easements over the library
building and it additionally
authorizes the transfer and
appropriation of $1,753,737 from
the downtown south refer front
fund to the department of
community and economic
development to be utilized for
this purpose for the model group
and finally the ordinance does
declare these expenditures to
serve a public purpose.
>> Councilmember Cramerding:
thank you, DR. Dudas. So we're
all clear this was already
approved by council. This the
actual transfer of the funds
along the lines what we already
approved?
>> DR. Dudas: that's correct.
>> Councilmember Cramerding: any
other questions from my
colleagues?
>> as he my colleague said
another exciting project for
those at home and my colleagues
if anybody is interested in
reading cincinnati's plan 2000
which I just did it was very
interesting. It was written in
1992 and the emphasis on both
sky walks and department stores
being critical from downtown.
And the downtown has come a long
way as well. We survived the
closure of the elder beerman
department store which this
report which we said we could
not do. Cued toes us.
>> DR. Dudas: to the vice chair,
item number 3 this is a moral
obligation ordinance for the
cincinnati health department it
would authorizes the payment
there are existing funds in the
community health center
activities fund to make this
payment. The payment will go to
group holdings, doing business
as say owe group llc. They have
been providing.
Wide area network connectivity
services essentially internet
services for the health
department and this will make
that payment. Great, womb put
item 3 on for passage.
>> DR. Dudas: to the vice chair,
item number 4 this is a
ordinance that would authorizes
payment of 2325 to the
cincinnati parks department
parks private endowment and
donations fund which has
existing funds to make the
payment this is classified as a
then and now payment to general
factory supply. And out
standings charges related to
cables, adapters, and graffiti
removal supplies purchased by
the parks department.
>> Councilmember Cramerding: I
have a nice nut from gus that
says this item is for tables,
cables and graffiti removal.
All important things. Thank you
gus for these notes. We'll put
item 4 on for passage. Welcome
vice mayor kearney and DR.
Dudas, item number 5.
>> item number 5 is a donation
ordinance this would authorizes
the acceptance of an in-kind
donation of goods from
activities beyond the classroom.
Valued at up to 30 $35,000 for
the cincinnati recreation
commission, the equipment and
goods would be utilized at the
hartwell recreation center to
create a public technology lab.
>> Councilmember Cramerding:
thank you to activities beyond
the classroom for your generous
contribution to the hartwell
wreck center. We'll put item
number 5 or for passage.
>> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item
number 6 is a donation ordinance
also for the cincinnati
recreation commission, we would
ask that this item be indefinite
postponed. It has been replaced
with a b version which is number 7 on the agenda.
>> Councilmember Cramerding:
great, we'll see no objection
we'll indefinite postpone item
number 6 and turn to item number 7.
>> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item
number 7 is a donation ordinance
for the cincinnati recreation
commission. The original
version had identified the
donation as $150,000 of in kind
goods and servicesment the
structure of the donation has
changed slightly which
necessitates the b version. So
the b version still is a total
of $150,000, but there is
$61,000 of in-kind donations
being provided to the city by
playground equipment services,
there is $89,000 of a monetary
donation that is coming to the
city from the reds community
fund, the funds from the reds
community fund will be deposited
into a capital improvement
project account to be utilized
for the installation of a turf
in fieldity bond hill correct
craigs center.
>> Councilmember Owens: thank
you, MR. CHAIRMAN, I want to say
that right where this is
happening I had the opportunity
to tour the jesuit academy that
will be coming. It is an
amazing collaboration of as the
principal said like all of the
great titans of the city who are
helping to provide education,
quality education for young
people who might not necessarily
have it. And so I'm excited
about the partnerships and how
that area is just, transformed
and the school is going to be a
mainly or success for young boys
in the city.
>> Councilmember Cramerding:
thank you, well said.
Councilmember anna albi?
>> Councilmember Albi: I want to
highlight with this item and the
previous item the importance of
our rec centers being gateways
into our community and I'm very
grateful for activities beyond
the classroom and the reds
community fund of looking about
how they can help improve these
vital resources right in the
case of technology lab, we know
from covid how important it is
to have access to internet, to
support our kids learning and
development, for adults work
force being able to apply for
jobs or whatever needs they
have. And then for the baseball
field, in field giving kids a
fun, safe place to go, ride?
Social security so important to
have these resources, these
activities and opportunities and
I'm very grateful for both of
these items and what it means
for the city.
>> Councilmember Cramerding:
thank you both, well said, and
thank you to our tremendous
community partners and there is
nothing we do as a city that
makes us feel better than being
proactive and giving kids
engaged in a productive way
instead of being reactive which
we have to be sometimes. Great.
Seeing no objection we'll put
item number 7 on for passage.
>> DR. Dudas: to the vice chair,
item number 8 this is a
ordinance from community and
economic development this would
execute a property sale
agreement with 101 west fifth
llc. This is related to the
saks fifth avenue development.
This specific ordinance would
vacate and con say.0382 acres
of public right of way which is
a portion of west fifth street
in the central business
district. This would be a sale
of that public right of way to
allow for out door dining at the
new development. Secondly, this
ordinance executes a grant of
easement in favor of 101 west
fifth vote which would allow an
even very muchment easement over
a portion of race street in the
central business district, the
fair market value of the
property is $92,000, fair market
value of the easement is $2,900.
The property sale is for 1
dollar due to the economic and
non economic benefits the city
expects to derive from the
development.
.
>> Carolyn Jones: last week
there were about a than the city
and the feedback was just
overwhelm, on line and talking
to people about.
How great they thought our city
was and the vibrancy of downtown
and this is just another way to
continue some of that vibrancy.
Outdoor dining near the
convention center and creates a
live low hood in downtown and
another mechanism to do that.
>> Councilmember Cramerding:
thank you, councilmember
jeffreys. Well said. Any other
announcements or business for
the committee?
Seeing none I will --
>> Councilmember Owens: yes,
well since I won't be here this
week headed off to cleveland for
climate conference I want to say
thank you to everyone who came
out for social services day.
Again to the city manager, all
of the city departments that
were there and our external
departments. So real excited
for the next one in SEPTEMBER.
>> Councilmember Cramerding:
thank you for your work. Great,
seeing -- let's see I will thank
gus for his help supporting me
in the absence the chair. Thank
you, gus. Seeing no other
business the finance committee
is adjourned.
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