[5:40] >> Councilmember Harris: all

[5:41] right, we'll begin. Welcome to

[5:44] budget and finance, I'm your

[5:47] committee chair reggie harris.

[5:51] Joined today by my colleagues

[5:54] councilmember jeffreys,

[5:55] councilmember owens,

[5:57] councilmember johnson,

[6:01] councilmember walsh, your vice

[6:02] clair councilmember cramerding

[6:06] is joining via zoom. The vice

[6:07] mayor is supposed to be joining

[6:12] via zoom as well. And I think

[6:13] councilmember anna albi and

[6:14] parks are running late. But we

[6:16] have a long agenda ahead of us

[6:19] so we are going to dive right

[6:23] in. From the administration we

[6:25] have DR. Dudas, director alder,

[6:27] christine zimmer from the law

[6:28] department, welcome budget and

[6:32] finance, got a new face. Okay.

[6:34] Well new to me, not new for you.

[6:37] I'm sure you have had, yeah.

[6:42] You're like I've seen some

[6:43] things. And then we have the

[6:47] city manager, sheryl long and

[6:50] acm weber joining us here they

[6:52] will be there for our

[6:54] presentations. And then our

[6:57] clerk is MR. Robert neely. We

[6:58] do have public comment, we have

[7:00] one person on zoom and one

[7:05] person in person. We'll take

[7:11] our -- is our zoom speaker

[7:13] ready?

[7:14] So our zoom speaker is not

[7:17] logged in. So we'll do our in

[7:22] person speaker and we have I

[7:26] might mispronounce the name,

[7:26] jennifer ice

[7:34] jennifer.

[7:39] >> thank you. It is ice meyer.

[7:42] I'm the executive of camp joy.

[7:44] We provide experiential

[7:47] education for 10,000 youth and

[7:48] adults every year. Thank you

[7:50] for the opportunity to speak to

[7:53] you today and for considering

[7:55] jam-p joy leveraged support add

[7:56] indication in the proposed

[7:59] budget. Your investment of

[8:01] $75,000 will enable 1600

[8:02] cincinnati public school

[8:04] students to participate in

[8:07] student leadership programming.

[8:09] Experience based programs for

[8:10] cincinnati youth designed

[8:11] specifically for the kids in the

[8:14] neighborhoods you serve. We are

[8:16] focusing on seventh and eighth

[8:18] graders based on expert

[8:19] recommendations. Aiming to

[8:20] address future potential issues

[8:25] such as adverse behaviors,

[8:26] absenteeism and economic

[8:28] inequity. By fostering and that

[8:31] skills early on we're equipping

[8:32] these stewed tents become

[8:34] leaders in their schools and

[8:35] communities. Resulting in

[8:41] better personal outcomes. Camp

[8:42] joy gives opportunities to be

[8:44] successful in new ways.

[8:44] Delivering programming to

[8:45] cincinnati school students in

[8:47] their schools allows us to meet

[8:51] them where they are.

[8:57] Eliminating concerns about as

[8:59] cease ability and travel. And

[9:01] we camp joy addresses this

[9:03] critical need by providing

[9:05] essential skills to some of the

[9:06] community's most vulnerable

[9:07] youth who wouldn't otherwise

[9:09] have this chance but for your

[9:11] support. Thank you for

[9:11] supporting this opportunity to

[9:14] make a lasting impact on your

[9:18] student's lives.

[9:20] >> Councilmember Harris: thank

[9:26] you. Let's jump into the agenda

[9:27] and end with the presentation.

[9:28] So we'll move fast. So DR.

[9:31] Dudas, you want to take us away?

[9:32] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[9:35] number 1 is a grant ordinance

[9:38] for the health department. This

[9:41] is $120,000 from ohio department

[9:42] of health creating healthy

[9:45] communities program. $120,000

[9:46] would reimburse existing staff

[9:49] for their work on the healthy

[9:51] communities program in the

[9:55] health department.

[9:56] >> Councilmember Harris: without

[9:57] objection womb move item

[9:57] number 1 for passage.

[9:58] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[10:00] number 2 is also a grant

[10:02] ordinance for the health

[10:09] department, this is a grant of

[10:13] $225,000 from bureau of health

[10:14] preparedness. Funds would be

[10:16] utilized to respond to public

[10:18] health threats such as bio

[10:20] terror social security,

[10:23] infectious disease and other

[10:24] health related emergencies at

[10:30] the county and regional.

[10:31] >> Councilmember Harris: doctor

[10:34] mussman is on a roll now. He's

[10:36] like that's all me, all grants.

[10:37] Without objection we'll move

[10:39] item number 2 for passage.

[10:40] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[10:42] number 3 is a grant ordinance

[10:43] from the office of environment

[10:49] and sustainability, this is

[10:52] $47,000 this is from the united

[10:54] states environmental protection

[10:56] agency. The star program

[10:57] science to achieves results.

[11:00] The awardee is green umbrella,

[11:02] they have selected the city as

[11:06] the sub awardee to receive the

[11:06] funds. The funds would be, this

[11:09] is part of the drivers and

[11:11] environmental impacts of energy

[11:13] transition in underserved

[11:15] communities and specifically

[11:18] this funding would allow oes to

[11:21] work with green umbrella to work

[11:24] with a report on evaluating the

[11:25] environmental behavioral and

[11:27] financial benefits of

[11:30] electrification and energy

[11:33] efficiency for underserved

[11:34] communities.

[11:36] >> Councilmember Harris: this

[11:37] aligns with at least the top of

[11:40] my head a few strategies in the

[11:41] green cincinnati plan,.

[11:46] >> Councilmember Owens:

[11:46] absolutely, it gets to one,

[11:46] equity, but also understanding

[11:47] what are the needs as we build,

[11:51] we electrify the city for more

[11:53] electric vehicles.

[11:54] >> Councilmember Harris: this is

[11:59] great to see. Green umbrella is

[12:01] a great organization. Thank

[12:02] you.

[12:03] >> DR. Dudas: item number 4 this

[12:07] is a then and now payment for

[12:08] the department of transportation

[12:09] and engineering, it would

[12:15] authorizes the payment of

[12:17] $113,000 from existing funds

[12:21] that are within dote's capital

[12:22] improvement program project

[12:25] account for traffic signals

[12:26] infrastructure. The payment

[12:30] would go to capital electric for

[12:31] outstanding charges related to

[12:33] labor, materials and equipment

[12:36] services provided to the city

[12:37] for traffic signal

[12:39] infrastructure improvements.

[12:40] >> Councilmember Harris: all

[12:42] right, without objection we'll

[12:43] move item number 4 for passage.

[12:45] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[12:48] number 5 is a moral obligation

[12:49] ordinance for office of

[12:50] environment and sustainability.

[12:56] This is a payment of $27,000

[12:59] going to atc group services llc

[13:02] doing business as at last

[13:05] technical consultants llc. Oes

[13:08] utilized at last technical

[13:14] consultants for consulting work

[13:17] on their contract related to

[13:19] residential recycling and there

[13:21] are existing funds in the oes

[13:26] budget to make this payment.

[13:29] >> Councilmember Harris: great,

[13:32] this is item number 5?

[13:32] Yes?

[13:33] all right without objection

[13:38] we'll move item number 5 for

[13:41] passage.

[13:48] >> DR. Dudas:

[13:50] >> DR. Dudas: I have lost a page

[13:58] of my agenda. Pardon me. Item

[14:00] number 6 is a --

[14:01] >> Councilmember Harris: did you

[14:02] know that you have never had a

[14:04] MISS Step before, have I never

[14:09] seen that happen that you have

[14:11] lost an agenda page. So we're

[14:14] just going to forget that is a

[14:18] blip, as clit much in the

[14:20] matrics. Okay.

[14:24] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[14:25] number 6 is a special assessment

[14:27] ordinance. This is for street

[14:28] lighting. This would be for

[14:30] lighting group 1, this is the

[14:33] second step in the 3 step

[14:34] process. This would determine

[14:37] to proceed with the street

[14:38] lighting assessment for that

[14:41] lighting group 1. Step 1 was

[14:46] approved by council in MARCH.

[14:47] >> Councilmember Harris:

[14:49] councilmember johnson?

[14:49] >> Councilmember Johnson: thank

[14:53] you. If you could help me out,

[14:56] where is group 1 located?

[15:01] Or does the chair remember?

[15:02] >> Councilmember Harris: so, no,

[15:03] DR. Dudas, you take it I was

[15:05] going to answer a different

[15:07] question, but yes.

[15:10] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, the

[15:11] lighting group 1 includes

[15:14] streets in avondale, bond hill,

[15:17] clifton, college hill, cuf, east

[15:19] walnut hills, hyde park, kennedy

[15:21] heights, mount lookout, north

[15:24] avondale, oakley, pleasant

[15:25] ridge, south fairmont. West

[15:27] price hill and westwood.

[15:28] >> Councilmember Johnson: thank

[15:30] you very much.

[15:30] >> Councilmember Harris: that's

[15:34] a great question. Just to be

[15:35] clear for folks who might be

[15:40] tuning in. There are a number

[15:42] of street lighting fixtures

[15:45] around our city that are not

[15:47] owned by the city. But it is

[15:48] their responsibility to

[15:51] maintain. So I think a good

[15:55] example is cincinnati

[15:56] metropolitan housing authority

[15:57] they have street fixtures that

[16:00] are obviously illuminate public

[16:01] spaces but they are the

[16:02] responsibility to maintain.

[16:05] This is the assessment of those

[16:06] fixtures that are not maintained

[16:08] by the city and then we do them

[16:10] in sort of zones because we have

[16:13] a big city. All right. Without

[16:17] objection we'll move item number 6 for passage.

[16:20] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[16:22] number 7 this is the third step

[16:24] of that special assessment

[16:26] process for straight lighting

[16:28] group 1. This is the third and

[16:30] final step which would be to

[16:35] authorizes the levying of the

[16:36] assessments.

[16:36] >> Councilmember Harris: all

[16:37] right w out objection we'll move

[16:39] item number 7 for passage.

[16:42] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[16:47] number 8 the next self items are

[16:48] entitlement grants from the

[16:49] federal department of housing

[16:52] and urban development, this is

[16:54] our community development block

[16:57] grant money. Item 8 is the

[17:00] community development block

[17:01] grant funding, there is three

[17:03] parts of the funding here first

[17:11] is accepting and appropriating

[17:13] $11 million that is our

[17:16] entitlement for cdbg. The

[17:18] ordinance also appropriation

[17:24] program income in the amount of

[17:26] $355,000. And then finally it

[17:34] authorizes a realignment of 436,

[17:37] $419 of existing funds. The

[17:38] ordinance also then.

[17:42] Files our annual action plan for

[17:44] 2024 which is a requirement of

[17:47] receiving the funds.

[17:48] >> Councilmember Harris: at the

[17:49] outset, I just want to give a

[17:53] real big shout out to morgan

[17:58] sutter, our grants guru.

[18:01] Managing federal grants and hud

[18:03] grants as many folks in the

[18:05] department know, it is a huge

[18:07] lift, particularly with the

[18:09] number of programs that we fund

[18:12] through the city. And also want

[18:13] to brag on the fact that we

[18:14] continue to number good stand

[18:16] with all of our grants across

[18:17] multiple years. And so I think

[18:22] that this year is a example of

[18:27] both us continuing to fund

[18:29] programs, reallocating dollars

[18:31] to programs that have been

[18:32] performing well, reassessing

[18:34] programs that have been

[18:36] underperforming. So it is this

[18:38] consistent, constant sort of

[18:41] year to year balancing of

[18:43] priorities. And so, you know,

[18:46] we each have the opportunity to

[18:50] be briefed about these a lotment

[18:55] and I just again continue to be

[18:56] impressed with our department

[19:00] and particularly MISS Sutter as

[19:04] work.

[19:04] >> Councilmember Jeffreys: echo

[19:06] that. It just doesn't happen,

[19:07] it happens because good people

[19:09] make it happen. So I do want to

[19:12] call out within this, you know,

[19:15] several years ago the funds for

[19:17] cdcs that we gave to

[19:19] neighborhoods was about

[19:20] $300,000, went up to $900,000

[19:23] and now it is 1.9. So that is a

[19:24] significant investment in

[19:27] neighborhood and cdcs which we

[19:28] know are strong return on

[19:30] investments and so we want to

[19:31] call that out because that's

[19:32] been a choice that we made in

[19:35] the last few years and I think

[19:36] we'll see the -- we have seen

[19:39] the rewards but even more in the

[19:44] future just enabling those cdcs.

[19:44] >> Councilmember Harris: yeah.

[19:45] >> Councilmember Walsh: I want

[19:47] to he can/that point, coming

[19:48] from the community development

[19:50] world the investment that we're

[19:51] making is fantastic.

[19:54] Morgan sutter has been a

[19:55] phenomenal lead other this

[19:57] effort here because you can see

[19:58] as I flip through there's it

[20:00] gets complicated where money due

[20:02] too time limits that is to

[20:04] timeliness of that same year in

[20:05] that category. Fantastic work

[20:07] for all the efforts that's gone

[20:08] into it our granting government

[20:09] affairs department has stepped

[20:11] up to the next level. We see

[20:12] all the grants we're getting

[20:14] now. This is one of the many

[20:16] that we get of the thank you for

[20:17] everything that are you doing,

[20:18] morgan.

[20:19] >> Councilmember Harris: that's

[20:20] right. All right. Without

[20:23] objection we'll move item number 8 for passage.

[20:26] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[20:30] number 9 this is also one of the

[20:32] hud community development block

[20:34] grant related ordinances. This

[20:37] specifically is for our

[20:38] entitlement amount for housing

[20:41] opportunities for persons with

[20:44] aids, hospital with a hopwa. So

[20:48] so this would appropriate

[20:50] entitlement funds as well as

[20:53] file our annual action plan for

[20:59] the hopwa grant program.

[20:59] >> Councilmember Harris: all

[21:01] right. Without objection we'll

[21:03] move item number 9 for passage.

[21:05] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[21:08] number 10 this is also part of

[21:11] our hud entitlement ordinances.

[21:15] This specific ordinance is for

[21:16] the home investment partnership

[21:17] program. So this ordinance

[21:23] would accept and appropriate

[21:24] 2-point $4 millions of

[21:27] entitlement funds. It also

[21:28] appropriates program income in

[21:34] the amount of $06,000.577 and it

[21:38] files the and that action plan

[21:38] for the.

[21:42] Home program.

[21:43] >> Councilmember Harris: great.

[21:44] Without objection we'll move

[21:47] item number 10 for passage.

[21:49] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[21:52] number 11 this is the fourth and

[21:55] final hud ordinance. This is

[21:57] for the emergency solutions

[21:58] grant program. This ordinance

[22:04] would accept and appropriate

[22:07] $989,000 of those esg

[22:09] entitlement funds and files the

[22:10] annual action plan for the use

[22:17] of those funds.

[22:17] >> Councilmember Harris: without

[22:20] objection we'll move item number 11 for passage.

[22:24] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[22:27] number 12 is a ordinance, this

[22:31] is related to project tifs. And

[22:35] due to an allowance in state law

[22:39] for the revised code, the city

[22:44] is allowed to take action to

[22:46] enable excess service payments

[22:50] from project tifs to be used for

[22:51] urban redevelopment. This is a

[22:55] opportunity that the city has to

[22:58] opt in from affirmatively to get

[23:01] this benefit before JUNE 30 of

[23:04] this year. The ordinance also

[23:07] then amends a variety of

[23:09] ordinances that would impacted

[23:13] by the potential of excess

[23:14] service payments being made

[23:15] available.

[23:16] >> Councilmember Harris: this is

[23:18] so great, and I'm glad that we

[23:21] are doing this this year. You

[23:24] know, just in the past six

[23:26] months we have authorized two

[23:29] project tifs that will likely be

[23:31] very successful. And so when we

[23:34] start to think about creating

[23:36] opportunities and pools of money

[23:37] for investment I think this is

[23:40] just a really great tool. So, i

[23:42] guess the question I would ask

[23:45] is that if we -- whatever we

[23:47] need to do to operational eyes.

[23:50] Do we have to opt in annually?

[23:53] So once we opt in we're in, all

[23:55] right, well we're in we're in.

[23:56] All right. Councilmember

[23:58] jeffreys.

[23:59] >> Councilmember Jeffreys: so

[24:00] acm web he asked most of my

[24:03] questions on this. So these are

[24:05] project tifs versus geographic

[24:08] tifs I think that's important to

[24:08] mention. To the administration,

[24:10] can you give us a sense of how

[24:13] much money there might be here

[24:16] and then what this could enable,

[24:18] like just in ball park like what

[24:22] types of projects could this

[24:22] enable?

[24:25] >> to the chair, to the

[24:25] councilmember it is several

[24:26] million dollars that's something

[24:35] we can follow-up with you on.

[24:36] >> Councilmember Harris: all

[24:37] right. Without objection we'll

[24:44] move item number 12 for passage.

[24:46] >> DR. Dudas: item number 13 is

[24:49] a motion submit bid

[24:50] councilmember anna albi, vice

[24:52] mayor kearney, members jeffreys,

[24:54] walsh johnson and owens, to

[24:56] provide a report within 90 days

[24:57] for the feasibility of setting

[25:00] up a fund to support residential

[25:04] sidewalk repair.

[25:05] >> Councilmember Albi: thank

[25:06] you. So, I appreciate the

[25:07] administration taking this on

[25:09] the report. I think we can

[25:11] appreciate when we're walking

[25:12] around neighborhoods and sit a

[25:14] sidewalk that's in dis repair,

[25:16] right now it is obviously the

[25:18] burden of the resident there and

[25:20] sometimes those repairs can be

[25:22] expensive the ask is to ask the

[25:23] administration what is that cost

[25:25] burden on our residents and how

[25:28] can we as a city help that?

[25:29] i believe sidewalks are an

[25:32] important part of our existing

[25:34] infrastructure that make it

[25:35] schedule and walkable and all

[25:36] those things. That's the and

[25:38] that cost burden on our

[25:40] residents and how we as as I

[25:43] city can think innovatively how

[25:44] we can support that looking at

[25:45] the profits from the railroad

[25:49] sale to go into existing

[25:52] infrastructure.

[25:56] >> Councilmember Harris: without

[26:01] objection we'll move item number 13 for passage. All

[26:05] right and that is our agenda.

[26:07] We will hop in our

[26:10] presentations. So our first

[26:13] presentation will be from our

[26:15] esteemed city manager on the

[26:17] city manager's recommended

[26:21] fiscal year 2025 budget update.

[26:23] City manager long?

[26:24] >> City Manager Long: I'm going

[26:27] to stay over here this time

[26:30] around. Okay. Let's begin.

[26:34] Ready director dudas?

[26:35] DR. D?

[26:37] Okay. So over the past two

[26:38] years my administration made a

[26:41] big commitment to using data,

[26:45] defining kpi and taking a close

[26:47] loot at what works and doesn't.

[26:50] By doing a honest assessment our

[26:51] processes we can make decisions

[26:53] about the smartest most

[26:55] efficient way to spend money.

[26:57] This has been hard work that is

[27:00] a cultural shift for the city.

[27:01] I news anchor all of you for

[27:03] your support as we continue to

[27:05] be good fiscal steward of public

[27:09] dollars. I'm happy that the

[27:10] combination of inn discreted

[27:11] projected revenues and managed

[27:13] spending we're discussing

[27:14] presenting a structurally

[27:16] balanced budget for all ongoing

[27:18] operating expenses. For the

[27:20] first time since the pandemic

[27:22] the city does not need to rely

[27:23] on american rescue plan

[27:25] resources to cover operating

[27:27] expenses. And the small amount

[27:31] of remaining rescue plan dollars

[27:33] will be used to support

[27:35] impactful one time investments,

[27:36] especially in the area of

[27:40] economic development.

[27:42] Considered will get into many

[27:42] more specifics in the

[27:44] presentation in a moment. But,

[27:47] I do want to share some quick

[27:49] highlights that align around the

[27:50] five strategic goals that align

[27:53] with the mayor us vision for the

[27:56] city. The goals are growing

[27:59] economic opportunities, driving

[28:01] neighborhoods, public safety and

[28:03] health, excellent and equitable

[28:06] service delivery and fiscal

[28:07] sustainability. Under growing

[28:09] economic development we're using

[28:11] some of the arp funding to

[28:14] invest more than 8 million in

[28:16] dced initiatives. Including the

[28:19] new quick straight acquisition

[28:21] and project support fund, the

[28:22] neighborhood business district

[28:24] improvement program, resources

[28:26] for strategic property

[28:28] acquisitions, property

[28:30] improvement more. I think it is

[28:32] important that our city staff

[28:35] and dced law and other relevant

[28:36] departments know that we have

[28:37] the full support of

[28:39] administration as they lead the

[28:42] charge for economic development

[28:43] in the region. For driving

[28:44] neighborhoods we're building on

[28:46] a lot of quality of life

[28:47] investments that have come on

[28:48] line since last year. Including

[28:52] the new building is best

[28:54] academy. This is an innovative

[28:56] concepts that trains building

[28:58] inspectors in-house. Much like

[29:01] we on board fire fighters

[29:02] unbelievers. And public safety

[29:04] and health we're investing in

[29:06] cfd staffing and projects fire

[29:09] department will achieve full

[29:11] sworn budgeted strength. On the

[29:14] cpd side we're investing in 2

[29:15] two 350 person recruit classes

[29:16] to

[29:21] class2350 person and that non police

[29:23] interventions to alternate

[29:25] response to crisis program which

[29:27] saves hundreds of hours by

[29:30] dispatching mental health and

[29:31] public health specials I was to

[29:34] calls where an unyou've

[29:35] uniformed necessary -- where a

[29:37] uniformed officer is not the

[29:40] best response, excuse me. And

[29:42] this budget ark will have

[29:44] expanded and that staff team.

[29:45] Alternative response teams ace

[29:46] scam of a that see where

[29:48] investments are making sense and

[29:51] how we into toad and that save

[29:53] dollars. This is a complete

[29:54] great example of the that data

[29:55] hand how we're depending on

[30:00] that. For excellent and

[30:02] accessible service see 31 cincy

[30:04] smart resources allocation.

[30:05] Thirty-one allows us to hear

[30:07] about problems and that and

[30:09] sloughs from residents

[30:10] immediately and fits that

[30:12] quickly and this budget

[30:14] recommends the funding of a new

[30:15] customer service team to

[30:18] continue improving 311.

[30:19] Finally, the fiscal

[30:22] sustainability I recommend a

[30:24] .75% increase in the city

[30:26] employer pension contribution

[30:30] from 17% to 17-point 75%. For

[30:31] city staff pass the, present and

[30:33] future we need to take care of

[30:35] home and making healthy

[30:35] investments in the pension fund

[30:38] now we reduce long term

[30:38] financial risker.

[30:40] On the capital side, we are

[30:42] preparing for increase

[30:43] investment from the sale of the

[30:45] cincinnati southern railway that

[30:50] is completed in early 2024. The

[30:52] cincy on track and transparency

[30:53] in spending and special report

[30:55] in the budget document a

[30:57] tracking dashboard coming later

[30:58] this year and increased staffing

[31:00] in the department of public

[31:02] service to ensure efficient

[31:03] deployment. We have heard from

[31:04] residents and we have learned

[31:06] from residents and we are

[31:08] prepared to deploy a residents

[31:10] have asked for and that is

[31:11] complete transparency. I'm

[31:12] proud of what we were doing when

[31:16] we talk about cincy on track.

[31:17] Overall, I believe this budget

[31:19] will help us achieve strategic

[31:22] objectives and prepare for

[31:24] operating deficits. Without

[31:26] throughout leslie slashing or

[31:28] increasing log than now DR.

[31:32] Dudas can tell you much more.

[31:34] >> DR. Dudas: all right. Thank

[31:36] you, very much, city manager.

[31:42] We'll start with the just basic

[31:43] overview of the fiscal year 2025

[31:45] budget update start with the

[31:47] operating budget and then moving

[31:51] to the capital budget. We have

[31:54] the five strategic priorities

[31:57] that things are centered around.

[31:59] And my pitch usually is that

[32:02] when you look at the budget

[32:03] document the icons that are

[32:05] assigned to each of the

[32:06] strategic priorities you will

[32:09] see in the department summary

[32:12] section each department summary

[32:13] page is related to one of these

[32:15] five priorities based on the

[32:17] best fit of that program and

[32:19] service that is are being

[32:20] delivered by that department to

[32:25] one of these five priorities.

[32:28] Beginning with the fiscal year

[32:30] 2025 operating budget I think it

[32:32] is important to look a little

[32:37] bit long term at where the city

[32:40] is headed. Certainly since the

[32:45] pandemic the general fund budget

[32:47] has not been balanced even

[32:48] though that's our goal each and

[32:50] every year. We have used

[32:51] american rescue plan dollars and

[32:53] one time revenue sources which

[32:54] means the past several fiscal

[32:58] years we have had a balanced

[33:00] budget but not structurally

[33:02] balanced development. And

[33:06] operating budget for 2025 is

[33:10] balanced. But it is

[33:11] structurally balanced

[33:12] development while we're using

[33:14] one time revenues we have

[33:15] earmarked those one time

[33:19] revenues sources for one time

[33:20] expenditure items which is I

[33:23] think an important distinction.

[33:26] So we are structurally

[33:30] unbalanced for. There are and

[33:32] 225 continue to $3 million of

[33:33] arp resources that is what is

[33:36] being used to support those one

[33:40] time expenses that will not

[33:44] reoakier in fiscal year 2026.

[33:47] Looking beyond the upcoming

[33:50] fiscal year, fiscal year 2026

[33:52] through 2029, we do have

[33:54] projected budget deficits in

[33:58] those out years. Our look into

[34:02] the future does show that

[34:04] expenditures continue to grow at

[34:07] a faster pace than revenues,

[34:09] this is good news foretime 2025

[34:12] but there is projected deficits

[34:14] and imbalance between

[34:17] expenditures growth and revenue

[34:19] growth. As the city manager has

[34:21] indicated, the administration

[34:23] will continue to look for

[34:25] opportunities to enhance

[34:27] revenues, increase efficiency,

[34:29] improve service delivery, and

[34:32] certainly to support policy

[34:33] conversations related to the

[34:36] city's finances and particularly

[34:38] the recent recommendations from

[34:42] the cincinnati futures

[34:47] commission. From a operating

[34:49] budget specify, what I wanted to

[34:53] call your attention to here is

[34:55] the third column of numbers

[34:57] which is our recommended fiscal

[35:02] year 2025 update. We have in

[35:04] total $1.3 billion operating

[35:07] budget that includes the general

[35:10] fund as well as all of our

[35:13] restricted funds. Going back

[35:15] and making sure that we spend

[35:16] some time at general fund

[35:18] budget, this is a little bit of

[35:21] a history over the past several

[35:24] months in terms of where things

[35:28] have gone from the tentative tax

[35:30] budget to now. For the past

[35:32] several years when the city

[35:33] prepares its continuation budget

[35:36] for the upcoming fiscal year tet

[35:38] of the tentative tax budget

[35:42] which is usually DECEMBER,

[35:45] JANUARY of the -- in terms of

[35:48] time. We have had a projected

[35:51] budget deficit ranging anywhere

[35:55] from 18-$30 million. Tet of the

[35:57] ttb this year that was no

[35:59] different. We had projected a

[36:04] 26-point $4 million deaf sit, we

[36:06] had $25.2 million of arp

[36:08] remaining, so we had projected a

[36:10] deficit of just over a million

[36:12] dollars. There have been some

[36:13] significant material changes

[36:17] that have occurred since the ttb

[36:19] was approved and these next

[36:21] several slides will walk us

[36:23] through what those material

[36:25] changes amounted to. On the

[36:27] revenue side, we saw some

[36:30] significant increases in ref

[36:35] knew total of $32.9 million,

[36:37] $9.6 million of that is from

[36:39] increased practices ref property

[36:42] tax revenue, that is due to

[36:44] county property value

[36:45] assessments so those increased

[36:49] property values have driven.

[36:51] Revenue growth. The city income

[36:56] tax revenue hassles grown by

[36:58] $8.7 million as in terms of our

[37:01] projection for fiscal year 2025,

[37:04] essentially that's due to

[37:05] current trent trends on markiea

[37:08] carter revenue and a better than

[37:12] projected economy regionally and

[37:15] nationally. We also had another

[37:17] $14.6 million of increased

[37:18] miscellaneous revenue. This is

[37:21] from a variety of different

[37:23] sources including the admission

[37:25] tax, short term rental exercise

[37:27] tax, increased building and

[37:30] permit fees as well as some

[37:31] investment income. Primarily

[37:33] these are due to adjustments

[37:37] based on current year trends but

[37:41] also a rigorous administration's

[37:44] review of revenue enhancement

[37:47] opportunities through our siet

[37:50] process. When we get to the use

[37:50] of american rescue plan dollars

[37:55] as I indicated there is

[37:57] $25.2 million remaining. The

[37:59] fiscal year 2025 recommended

[38:02] budget uses $7.6 million in the

[38:04] operating budget for those one

[38:07] time non reoccurring expenses

[38:10] and then $17.6 million will be

[38:12] transferred out to the capital

[38:17] budget to be used for capital

[38:22] items. Continuing the process

[38:24] of balancings our general fund

[38:27] budget for fiscal year 2025, we

[38:29] also had some expenditure

[38:32] reductions that occurred since

[38:35] the tentative tax budget, the

[38:39] the first is the timing of fire

[38:43] recruit classes. We due to

[38:45] delaying delaying of a current

[38:48] class here in fiscal year 2024,

[38:53] there will now be one class in

[38:55] fiscal year 2025 and two classes

[39:00] in fiscal year 2026. We also

[39:03] had included in the continuation

[39:08] budget a 5% increase in calendar

[39:13] year 2025 employer health care

[39:16] premium increase based on

[39:20] current projections. We do not

[39:22] have that premium increase need

[39:24] so that resulted in a savings in

[39:27] the general fund of

[39:28] approximately $1.7 million. We

[39:30] had some other miscellaneous non

[39:32] personnel reductions, some

[39:34] increase reimbursements and

[39:35] increased position vacancy

[39:37] savings that we were able to

[39:42] take advantage of. Comment

[39:48] increases. In terms of

[39:50] increasing a variety of

[39:54] different items, we had

[39:56] $4.7 million which are

[39:59] considered one time department

[40:00] exceptions. This includes

[40:03] funding to do the final phase of

[40:05] the public safety facilities

[40:09] master plan funding to do a

[40:10] refresh of plan cincinnati

[40:13] funding for the urban league

[40:14] minority business program.

[40:16] These are all examples of one

[40:18] time department exceptions that

[40:22] are included in the 2025 general

[40:25] fund budget. $4.1 million was

[40:28] set aside in the reserve for

[40:33] contingencies. So unallocated

[40:35] funds, 4.9 million was utilized

[40:37] for ongoing department

[40:39] exceptions, this includes

[40:41] continuation funding for the

[40:43] city mediation program in the

[40:45] law department, the neighborhood

[40:48] catalytic capital improvement

[40:49] program for community and

[40:52] economic development. And

[40:56] strategic code enforcement and

[40:57] buildings & inspections, those

[41:02] are all continuing.

[41:02] $4.3 million went toward

[41:05] staffing increases net of

[41:07] reimbursements from a variety of

[41:10] sources. There is approximately

[41:13] $1 million of information

[41:14] technology expenditure growth

[41:19] that's included, and $400,000 of

[41:20] reversal of credit to expense,

[41:24] that's this is a issue that we

[41:25] tackled in the fiscal year 2024

[41:29] budget and this is the

[41:31] recalibration after having the

[41:33] past 8 important 9 months to

[41:37] review those estimates.

[41:40] Additionally as I mentioned

[41:41] $17.6 million will be

[41:42] transferred out to the capital

[41:46] budget for one time expenses the

[41:50] breakdown of those dollars

[41:53] includes $8.85 million for

[41:55] various community and

[41:57] development issues. $5 million

[42:01] for the green cincinnati plan

[42:02] which a significant portion much

[42:04] that will go as to the revolving

[42:07] loan fund to be able to take

[42:10] advantage of the direct pay

[42:11] benefits offer by the federal

[42:15] government. And additional

[42:18] $2 million for fleet

[42:20] replacements, $1 million toward

[42:25] upgrades at lunken airport and

[42:28] $750,000 for income technology

[42:30] upgrades which includes service

[42:32] enhancements for the 3

[42:34] 311 service

[42:35] line.

[42:36] >> Councilmember Harris: one

[42:37] moment.

[42:37] >> Councilmember Johnson: thank

[42:39] you, DR. Dudas, the $2 million

[42:42] for the fleet replacement, is

[42:48] does that include fire?

[42:51] >> DR. Dudas: yes, the way the

[42:52] allocation would work is that

[42:55] would be added with the regular

[42:58] annual allocation which is

[43:00] divided up between all of the

[43:02] general fund departments, police

[43:04] and fire as being a significant

[43:07] percentage of that, we'll see a

[43:11] percentage of this $2 million.

[43:11] >> Councilmember Johnson: thank

[43:19] you, appreciate it.

[43:20] >> DR. Dudas: looking at general

[43:23] fund revenue for fiscal year

[43:26] 2025, the general fund revenue

[43:31] comes in at an estimated

[43:32] $57,870,000,000. As you can see

[43:33] based on pie chart we continue

[43:35] to heavily rely.

[43:39] on the $570 million.

[43:42] This/earnings tax is saning will

[43:44] source of general fund revenue.

[43:49] We then have obviously the arp

[43:51] act dollars, we have our

[43:54] property tax, state shared

[43:57] revenue, casino tax, and

[44:00] investment as well as other

[44:03] revenues. In terms of the

[44:05] expenditures, that same

[44:09] $570 million is budgeted in

[44:11] expenditures, much like previous

[44:14] fiscal years the majority of

[44:16] those expenditures this shows

[44:18] the expenditures by department

[44:20] does go to public safety both

[44:23] police and fire are our two

[44:27] largest general fund supported

[44:28] departments. City manager's

[44:30] office checks in as the third

[44:33] most, keep in mind that the city

[44:35] manager office does include a

[44:38] portion of public safety in the

[44:39] e

[44:43] cc is included in that report.

[44:46] And as well as all of our human

[44:47] services and leveraged support

[44:49] funding which is a significant

[44:51] amount. You can see the

[44:53] allocations to the other

[44:54] departments, this does include

[44:58] our transfers out, not only to

[45:01] the capital budget as previously

[45:04] discussed, but this also shows

[45:05] the transfer out to the health

[45:07] department which by state law

[45:10] general fund resources have to

[45:12] be transferred to the cincinnati

[45:18] health difficulty fund. Looking

[45:21] at various breakdowns of those

[45:23] general fund expenditures, this

[45:24] shows the breakdown between

[45:27] public safety and non public

[45:32] safety. As can you see, over

[45:34] 2/3 of our general fund budget

[45:36] goes to public safety, police,

[45:39] fire, and emergency

[45:40] communications center, that

[45:43] leaves just under a third for

[45:47] our non public safety

[45:49] expenditures. Personnel versus

[45:51] non personnel, personnel and

[45:53] employee benefits is our largest

[45:58] category of spending. Nearly

[46:00] 81% go to personnel and benefits

[46:02] with in the general fund. That

[46:05] leaves just under 20% for non

[46:06] personnel which is our

[46:09] contractual services, supplies,

[46:14] materials, and those types of

[46:16] expenses. From a staffing

[46:18] perspective, as I indicated

[46:19] personnel and benefits expenses

[46:21] are nearly 81% of the general

[46:24] fund budget. Within the general

[46:27] fund with have 82.7% of

[46:30] employees that are recommend

[46:31] represented by a bargaining

[46:33] unit. So this shows the

[46:35] breakdown. So police, the

[46:37] fraternal order of police, and

[46:41] nearly 29% followed by the enter

[46:42] international association of

[46:45] fire fighters at 23.4% and

[46:47] nearly 20% represented by

[46:49] afscme, either full-time asset

[46:56] forfeitures my afscme, or we

[47:00] have bargaining with cincinnati

[47:01] organized and dedicated

[47:03] employees and just 10% of those

[47:05] are not general fund. Small

[47:09] amount are not building trades

[47:10] organization and that leaves

[47:14] just over 13% as non represented

[47:17] and 4.4% as part-time. The

[47:18] important part here is to

[47:23] understand that a lot of our

[47:24] wages that are included in the

[47:25] budget particularly moving

[47:30] forward are based on the labor

[47:31] contract that we have that we

[47:34] have negotiated with. It is

[47:35] important to point out that we

[47:37] are currently in negotiations

[47:42] with both the iaff and the fop,

[47:45] and there are reminding

[47:49] bargaining units within the next

[47:51] 14-16 months will be negotiate

[47:53] with everybody else. So that is

[47:56] important as we look at

[47:57] expenditure growth into future

[48:02] fiscal years. Some highlights

[48:04] here with in the operating

[48:06] budget. We wanted to spend a

[48:09] little bit of time talking about

[48:11] spastically from

[48:13] public safety particular public

[48:14] safety and that in terms of the

[48:16] police department. There is a

[48:18] current recruit class that is

[48:22] expected to graduate in all this

[48:25] year. That includes funding for

[48:27] a 50 member police recruit class

[48:29] to start in OCTOBER 2024. And

[48:32] then a class to start a year

[48:36] from now in MAY of 2025. For

[48:39] the fire department, the plan is

[48:42] for a 50 member class that will

[48:46] graduate in SEPTEMBER 2024. And

[48:49] 50 member class that will start

[48:53] immediately thereafter in

[48:57] OCTOBER. Also, included in this

[49:00] budget police adds 7 fte, these

[49:02] are civilian ftes the imagine of

[49:06] these are part of the

[49:09] civilianization plan to try to

[49:14] maximize sworn staff and deploy

[49:16] those sworn officers to street

[49:19] strength as opposed to roles

[49:23] that could be filled by a

[49:30] civilian. Looking ahead at fire

[49:36] staffing, when we look at our

[49:38] modeling for our sworn both in

[49:42] fire and police, we look at the

[49:43] timing of recruit classes, the

[49:45] size of the recruit classes, as

[49:48] well as our projection of

[49:53] attrition for how many sworn

[49:55] personnel will retire or

[49:58] otherwise leave city service.

[50:00] Our estimates are at the start

[50:03] of the fiscal year in JULY fire

[50:10] will have 829 sworn fte. This

[50:16] is in comparison to a strength

[50:18] of 859. Well deployment of the

[50:19] recruit class that is scheduled

[50:23] to graduate in SEPTEMBER, we do

[50:26] expect fire to increase their

[50:28] sworn compliment slightly over

[50:30] their budget thed sworn

[50:33] strength. They will continue

[50:35] that growth with the recruit

[50:37] class that will graduate next

[50:40] MARCH and we do expect by the

[50:41] end of the year for the

[50:43] department to still be slightly

[50:47] above their budgeted sworn

[50:50] strength. Looking at the

[50:53] longitudinally, the fire

[50:54] department a long the office of

[50:58] budget and evaluation and the

[51:02] office of data analytics we have

[51:05] carefully reviewed class size,

[51:08] timing, along with attrition

[51:10] projections to not just look at

[51:12] what these estimates are, but

[51:15] also with a look at what officer

[51:17] time needs are for the

[51:20] department. Budgeted over time

[51:25] for fire in fiscal year 2025 is

[51:27] $10.3 million. And we will

[51:29] continue to monday for both

[51:31] staffing and over time needs as

[51:36] we move through fiscal year

[51:41] 2025. On the police side of

[51:43] things, police's just for a

[51:47] benchmark police's budgeted

[51:49] sworn strength is 1059 ftes and

[51:52] they are significantly lower

[51:54] than that currently. Our

[51:57] projection is thattity start of

[52:03] the fiscal year they will be 917

[52:06] sworn police officers in the

[52:07] department. 250

[52:10] two 50 person

[52:13] recruit classes with a MAY and

[52:15] AUGUST graduation will still

[52:18] leave the department short of

[52:20] their 1059 budgeted sworn

[52:22] strength. Our estimate

[52:25] currently is 978 a a year from

[52:30] now, next JUNE. Much of this is

[52:34] due to projected continuing high

[52:37] attrition along with recruitment

[52:38] challenges. Those recruitment

[52:41] challenges are a national trend

[52:42] but the administration continues

[52:45] to work with the department to

[52:46] improve recruitment efforts with

[52:48] the hope of attracting

[52:50] additional officers not just in

[52:54] fiscal year 2025 and beyond, but

[52:56] also to retain existing officers

[52:58] as much as possible. Budgeted

[53:03] over time for police in fiscal

[53:06] year 2025 is just over

[53:09] $9.5 million and that does

[53:12] include $200,000 that's being

[53:13] allocated specifically for

[53:15] special event over time that

[53:19] will be deployed at the

[53:24] discretion of the city manager.

[53:26] Over expenditure budget

[53:28] highlights include leveraged

[53:31] support to provide a brief

[53:32] refresher on our leveraged

[53:35] support process last year we

[53:36] defined leveraged support as

[53:37] financial support from the city

[53:39] to an external private

[53:43] organization either as general

[53:44] operating support to fund their

[53:46] work or funding a specific

[53:47] program to address a pressing

[53:50] public need with in the city.

[53:53] The application process that was

[53:56] instituted last year continued

[54:00] again for fiscal year 2025. The

[54:04] minimum eligibility criteria

[54:06] included that applicants be an

[54:07] existing organization with 3

[54:11] years of audited financial

[54:11] statements. They requested

[54:14] amount should be between $50,000

[54:19] and $500,000 dollars with only

[54:22] extraordinary services to

[54:24] consider amounts in excess of

[54:26] $500,000. And then certainly

[54:28] the services must directly

[54:30] benefit city residents under one

[54:35] of the identified categories.

[54:36] The application process just a

[54:40] little bit of background. The

[54:43] application portal opened on

[54:45] FEBRUARY 12 this year, close odd

[54:47] MARCH 24. The city receives

[54:49] significantly more applications

[54:52] this year than they had in the

[54:55] prior year, receiving 168

[54:59] applications from 155 unique

[55:01] applicants. Applications were

[55:05] reviewed and disorder scored by

[55:07] staff utilizing the following

[55:08] criteria, looking at alignment

[55:11] with city priorities the clarity

[55:14] of funding proposal. The

[55:16] demonstrated expertise including

[55:20] prior year performance where

[55:22] applicable. Clear identified

[55:24] capital

[55:27] kip kpi as and how the

[55:30] organization is funded. The

[55:33] final recommendation was to

[55:35] allocate $4 millions of

[55:39] leveraged support to 31

[55:41] organizations. That looked at

[55:43] not only application scoring but

[55:49] himself a review of those

[55:51] organizations and their receipt

[55:53] of receiving city funding from

[55:55] from a variety of sources from

[56:00] current and prior years. These

[56:03] next several charts provide the

[56:06] breakdown of the leveraged

[56:08] support recipients by

[56:10] categories. I won't go into

[56:13] each and every category, but

[56:15] this first chart shows the

[56:18] allocation within the arts

[56:21] category as well as economic

[56:24] development and neighborhood

[56:29] support. Next three categories

[56:32] are on this slide this includes

[56:35] the environment, equity

[56:36] inclusion, as well as

[56:41] homelessness and eviction

[56:46] prevention. And the last two

[56:49] remaining categories are the

[56:49] allocations for human services

[56:52] and violence prevention as well

[56:56] as work force programming and

[56:59] important reduction, grand total

[57:04] $4 millions across all 7

[57:07] categories. Additional

[57:09] highlights related to leveraged

[57:12] support is the funding for human

[57:15] services as well as city

[57:19] operations program support. The

[57:20] leveraged support definition

[57:21] does not include city funding

[57:24] ever third parties to perform

[57:26] programs considered to be

[57:32] elements of city operations. Of

[57:34] those organizations that fit

[57:37] into this operations program

[57:40] attic support there is

[57:43] $13.6 million allocated. That

[57:46] also includes the amount for the

[57:50] human services fund. The human

[57:54] services fund is just over

[57:56] $8.5 million for fiscal year

[57:59] 2025 it is in line with the

[58:01] updated human services

[58:02] strategies and priorities plan

[58:05] and it does meet the requirement

[58:09] of allocating 1.5% of general

[58:11] fund operating budget revenue

[58:15] for human services. This slide

[58:19] shows the list of organizations

[58:23] and activities that are

[58:26] designated for city operations

[58:28] programmatic support as well as

[58:32] human services which gets us to

[58:38] that $13.6 million. Highlights

[58:41] with in the budget in terms of

[58:45] fiscal sustainability, it's

[58:49] number one item here is

[58:51] continued investment in the

[58:53] pension for the cincinnati

[58:53] retirement

[58:57] requirement retirement system.

[58:59] So the fibbing 25 and that

[59:00] employer pension cedric g and

[59:00] patricia neils boulter

[59:02] contribution rate of 17-point

[59:05] 75%. That's a.57%

[59:08] acknowledge point increase over

[59:10] the fiscal year 2024 amount.

[59:13] Fiscal year 2024 had been at 17%

[59:15] for fiscal year 2025 it will be

[59:19] 17-point 75% and that will apply

[59:23] across all funds.

[59:26] In terms of fiscal

[59:27] sustainability, the budget

[59:28] includes continuation of

[59:31] resources for our federal grant

[59:32] funding consultant. So that

[59:36] will continue as we continue to

[59:37] pursue those grant opportunities

[59:40] when they become available. And

[59:43] as previously mentioned, one

[59:45] time resources for the final

[59:48] phase of public safety

[59:50] facilities master plan the goal

[59:51] is to ensure efficient and

[59:54] thoughtful capital planning and

[59:55] resource deployment in future

[59:58] fiscal years based on the

[1:00:03] findings of that master plan

[1:00:06] report. Highlights for

[1:00:08] staffing, with in the city

[1:00:12] manager's office there are 11

[1:00:14] money 27

[1:00:18] 2711.27 ftes growth that

[1:00:20] is position was place based

[1:00:24] initiatives. N a marketing type

[1:00:25] position in the office of

[1:00:27] communications, a community

[1:00:29] responders team in the emergency

[1:00:34] communications center a data

[1:00:36] analyst specifically earmarked

[1:00:39] for a review of our fleet

[1:00:41] services, that will be housed in

[1:00:43] opda as well as a variety of

[1:00:45] other administrative positions.

[1:00:47] The parks department adds 12

[1:00:48] ftes, this includes some

[1:00:51] positions that were added during

[1:00:54] fiscal year 2024 as well as new

[1:00:58] positions in 2025 which include

[1:01:01] a second shift of staffing to

[1:01:04] support praying as smale river

[1:01:07] praises at smale riverfront.

[1:01:09] Buildings & inspections adds 9

[1:01:11] fte that includes a assistant

[1:01:13] supervisor of inspects to be

[1:01:15] involved and support the

[1:01:19] building inspector train academy

[1:01:22] as well as bike lane is add b&I

[1:01:26] and that there will be dedicated

[1:01:30] inspector staff for large scale

[1:01:31] development projects

[1:01:34] specifically starting with the

[1:01:35] convention center project,

[1:01:36] redevelopment project, so there

[1:01:39] will be a dedicated group of

[1:01:40] inspectors to handing those

[1:01:45] large scale projects. Some

[1:01:48] highlights on the restricted

[1:01:52] funds as I means the convention

[1:01:54] center which w the renovation

[1:01:58] for the closure of duke energy

[1:02:00] convention center the fiscal

[1:02:02] year 2025 recommended budget

[1:02:08] update reflects that as revenues

[1:02:09] and expenditures are impacted

[1:02:11] while that work is going on.

[1:02:13] The income tax infrastructure

[1:02:16] fund we did need to take some

[1:02:19] reductions of various items

[1:02:22] within that fund. The income

[1:02:23] tax infrastructure fund is a

[1:02:25] fund that bears watching as we

[1:02:28] need to make sure we have a

[1:02:30] stable fund balance.

[1:02:31] Expenditures continue to out

[1:02:34] pace revenues in that fund so

[1:02:36] that is something that we are

[1:02:42] continuing to monitor. And in

[1:02:43] the waterworks waterworks and

[1:02:45] that ex suspension the lead

[1:02:47] service line replacement plan

[1:02:48] which is in response to changes

[1:02:51] at the time federal level for

[1:02:57] lead program requirements. All

[1:02:59] right. Shifting gears to the

[1:03:06] capital budget. Our recommended

[1:03:09] all funds capital budget update

[1:03:11] is depicted here on this

[1:03:14] particular chart. As can you

[1:03:19] see the majority of our all

[1:03:20] funds capital budget is

[1:03:23] allocated to the utilities

[1:03:25] between msd and waterworks that

[1:03:29] takes up the majority of that.

[1:03:32] The general capital budget us

[1:03:35] just arched 25%. In all the all

[1:03:41] funds call tall budget update is

[1:03:43] $621.3 million. Drilling down a

[1:03:46] little by the into that general

[1:03:49] capital piece, this shows the

[1:03:54] general capital resources of

[1:03:55] 105-pointed million dollars and

[1:04:00] this shows the breakdown. We do

[1:04:07] have property tax supported

[1:04:10] [Indiscernible] In the general

[1:04:16] capital budget. We have 16.6%

[1:04:18] which is labeled as general fund

[1:04:19] these are the american rescue

[1:04:22] plan resources that are being

[1:04:23] transferred into the capital

[1:04:29] budget. And then lastly just

[1:04:31] under 28% is southern railway

[1:04:34] revenue. These are the

[1:04:35] $29.2 million that the rail

[1:04:37] board provided to the city

[1:04:40] primarily from a transactions

[1:04:42] fees from the sale of the

[1:04:48] southern railway. How those

[1:04:51] general capital revenues are

[1:04:53] allocated this shows the

[1:04:57] breakdown of that $105.9 million

[1:04:59] by department. Transportation

[1:05:01] and engineering is our single

[1:05:03] largest recipient of general

[1:05:06] capital resources, given the

[1:05:09] maintenance of roads, bridges,

[1:05:12] traffic signal infrastructure,

[1:05:13] those types of items are

[1:05:15] included in transportation and

[1:05:17] engineering. Public services

[1:05:21] our next biggest which includes

[1:05:24] not only our fleet, but also our

[1:05:26] city facility management so

[1:05:27] that's maintenance and repair of

[1:05:33] our city facilities. With the

[1:05:34] significant investment of

[1:05:36] general fund resources into

[1:05:38] community and economic

[1:05:42] development, we see department

[1:05:43] of community and economic

[1:05:46] development at just under 14%.

[1:05:48] Enterprise technology solutions,

[1:05:51] at just under 10%, and then a

[1:05:54] variety of other departments and

[1:05:57] their capital general capital

[1:06:00] allocations. In terms of lie

[1:06:02] lights from the general capital

[1:06:04] budget, general capital budget

[1:06:05] does include 13 and a half

[1:06:08] million dollars for street

[1:06:12] rehab. Based on a

[1:06:14] 500,000-dollar per lane mile

[1:06:16] estimate this should ruled in 24

[1:06:20] lane miles of

[1:06:23] rehabs reaks and 19 lane miles

[1:06:28] of preventive maintenance. The

[1:06:29] total fleet replacement

[1:06:31] allocation is $13.1 million.

[1:06:34] This includes a basal indication

[1:06:39] of $11.1 million plus additional

[1:06:40] $2 million of general fund

[1:06:45] resources transferred to

[1:06:46] capital. The neighborhood

[1:06:49] business district improvemental

[1:06:51] indication has historically been

[1:06:54] at $2 million. Additional

[1:06:56] $3 million general fund

[1:06:59] resources is recommended for

[1:07:02] allocation to nbdip bringing

[1:07:04] that to $5 million. $5 million

[1:07:08] is being allocated to the green

[1:07:10] cincinnati sustainability

[1:07:12] initiatives. This will help to

[1:07:13] advance the green cincinnati

[1:07:16] plan goals but also to be

[1:07:19] utilized in the revolving energy

[1:07:21] loan fund to leverage those

[1:07:23] direct pay benefits and funding

[1:07:25] can be used for vehicles,

[1:07:27] equipment and infrastructure

[1:07:29] related to any alternative

[1:07:30] sources of energy generation of

[1:07:34] storage and use. $3 million is

[1:07:37] included for the victory parkway

[1:07:39] complete street project. This

[1:07:41] provides local match to leverage

[1:07:44] grant funding, specifically this

[1:07:47] would be the park avenue bridge

[1:07:49] rehabilitation and converting a

[1:07:53] portion of victory parkway to a

[1:07:57] complete street. The funds

[1:08:01] capital budget difficult voted

[1:08:01] to affordable housing trust

[1:08:03] funding increases to $400,000.

[1:08:05] And that revenue growth

[1:08:07] generated by the short term

[1:08:10] rental exercise tax. So that

[1:08:11] additional $400,000 brings that

[1:08:15] allocation to $1.9 million for

[1:08:17] fiscal year 2025. Continued

[1:08:18] investment in traffic calming

[1:08:23] and enhance the pedestrian

[1:08:26] safety, $1.2 million for that

[1:08:29] program. Within economic

[1:08:31] development, $1 million is being

[1:08:34] allocatessed for quick straight

[1:08:35] acquisition and project support

[1:08:37] fund. This is part of those

[1:08:39] general fund resources being

[1:08:43] transferred out to the capital

[1:08:44] budget. $1 million for lunken

[1:08:52] airport improvements. These

[1:09:08] than that on provide funding for

[1:09:08] airport improvements

[1:09:08] opportunities or ate port

[1:09:13] [Indiscernible]

[1:09:14] >> DR. Dudas: lastly with in the

[1:09:16] capital budget just a brief

[1:09:20] overview of cincy on track. And

[1:09:21] we're next presentation will

[1:09:26] provide a much deeper dive into

[1:09:29] these expenditures. But the

[1:09:31] recommended capital budget does

[1:09:32] include $29.2 million of

[1:09:34] southern railway revenue in

[1:09:38] fiscal year 2025. This is our

[1:09:40] transition year. Fiscal year

[1:09:41] 2026 would be the first year

[1:09:47] that we would receive revenue

[1:09:51] from the invested sale proceeds

[1:09:55] from that infrastructure trust.

[1:09:59] Even sew for 2025 this is a

[1:10:00] $2.8 million I can crease over

[1:10:01] what we had estimated.

[1:10:03] Would be received under our

[1:10:04] previous lease arrangement.

[1:10:07] These funds can only be used on

[1:10:11] existing city infrastructure.

[1:10:13] The breakdown by department in

[1:10:15] terms of that csr revenue,

[1:10:19] transportation and engineering

[1:10:22] at $17.9 million, $3.7 million

[1:10:24] to recreation, $2.7 million to

[1:10:28] public services, $2.7 million to

[1:10:29] parks, $2.1 million to health

[1:10:32] gets us to the total. As I

[1:10:33] indicated, each department will

[1:10:35] be presenting separately on

[1:10:37] their planned use the cincy on

[1:10:39] trac funding. Looking at both

[1:10:41] at the major project level but

[1:10:44] also highlighting some of the

[1:10:46] sub projects that will be

[1:10:47] included. I think it is

[1:10:52] important to note that given the

[1:10:54] city's deferred maintenance

[1:10:56] needs and the significant bag

[1:10:59] log that we have had and

[1:11:00] continue to have

[1:11:02] departments are presenting their

[1:11:04] planned use of these resources,

[1:11:07] but those are subject to change

[1:11:13] as we have critical failures or

[1:11:15] other important things come up

[1:11:19] that might need to

[1:11:22] reprioritized. So, so keep that

[1:11:24] in mind as we move forward

[1:11:27] through this process. And with

[1:11:31] that, I'll take questions.

[1:11:32] >> Councilmember Harris: I need

[1:11:34] to stand up and stretch a

[1:11:37] moment. I'm sorry. I really

[1:11:41] did though. Let's do this, can

[1:11:44] we bring up zoom any want to

[1:11:46] check in with vice chair

[1:11:48] cramerding and the vice mayor to

[1:11:53] see if they had any questions.

[1:11:54] >> Vice Mayor Kearney:

[1:11:55] MR. CHAIRMAN, thank you so much.

[1:11:57] This is, these reports are great

[1:11:58] and we're going through them.

[1:12:01] It is a lot of of information,

[1:12:03] well put together, very

[1:12:04] understandable and so at this

[1:12:06] point I don't have any

[1:12:08] questions, just taking it all in

[1:12:12] and appreciate this

[1:12:15] presentation.

[1:12:16] >> Councilmember Cramerding: DR.

[1:12:17] Dudas, could you -- thank you,

[1:12:18] MR. CHAIRMAN, appreciate it.

[1:12:19] DR. Dudas could you just walk

[1:12:21] through the perimeters of the

[1:12:23] public safety facilities master

[1:12:26] plan, what that plan will

[1:12:27] encompass, and then just, you

[1:12:29] know, we've got that important

[1:12:32] plan in the works. In the

[1:12:34] interim we have investments in

[1:12:37] infrastructure, investments in

[1:12:40] fleet, how are we -- how do we

[1:12:43] know where to spend money when

[1:12:47] the plan is in progress?

[1:12:50] >> to the chair, to the vice

[1:12:54] chair, the facilities plan

[1:12:57] shooed look at all aspects of

[1:12:58] our public safety facilities,

[1:13:00] not just the locations but the

[1:13:03] calls for service, response

[1:13:11] time, the staffing, the age and

[1:13:14] relative maintenance needs of

[1:13:15] those facilities, so it should

[1:13:18] be relatively all encompassing

[1:13:21] in terms of that. Keep

[1:13:22] cincinnati beautiful. I think

[1:13:24] once we have the results of that

[1:13:27] master plan I think the goal

[1:13:32] then would be to reevaluate our

[1:13:34] existing public safety

[1:13:36] facilities and make

[1:13:39] determinations as to where to,

[1:13:42] where would be best to invest

[1:13:55] our infrastructure dollars.

[1:13:56] >> Councilmember Cramerding: --

[1:13:57] we write I think is a good

[1:13:59] thing, where are we encouraging

[1:14:01] the enterprise funds water and

[1:14:04] msd to do the same as far as

[1:14:07] increasing their pension

[1:14:07] contribution?

[1:14:09] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, to

[1:14:13] the vice chair, the budget

[1:14:16] includes that 17.75 employer

[1:14:20] contribution rate for all funds.

[1:14:23] So, all of the restricted funds

[1:14:27] will be contributing that amount

[1:14:28] beginning in fiscal year 2025.

[1:14:29] >> Councilmember Cramerding:

[1:14:31] that's great, that includes msd?

[1:14:35] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, yes.

[1:14:36] >> Councilmember Cramerding:

[1:14:39] thank you.

[1:14:40] >> Councilmember Harris: okay.

[1:14:42] All right. Got through the

[1:14:44] first half, let's move to the

[1:14:45] second half. You have a

[1:14:48] question, councilmember

[1:14:49] jeffreys?

[1:14:49] >> Councilmember Jeffreys: just

[1:14:52] so first of all I thinks we

[1:14:56] should point out this is

[1:14:57] structurally balanced so that's

[1:14:58] no small thing. I think that's

[1:15:04] a big thing. For 2026-2029 can

[1:15:05] you talk through so we have

[1:15:07] visibility the deficits in the

[1:15:11] out years like what those are?

[1:15:15] >> yes, to the chair, do

[1:15:17] to the

[1:15:17] councilmember. Those deficits

[1:15:21] will continue to inn crease. I

[1:15:24] think it is important to note

[1:15:26] last year at this time we looked

[1:15:28] at the out year deficits as

[1:15:30] being pretty significant

[1:15:32] property I quickly. What the

[1:15:36] revenue increases here in fiscal

[1:15:41] year 2025 probably means that

[1:15:44] our significant deficits are

[1:15:46] delayed a little bit. I believe

[1:15:51] our fiscal year 2026 deficit I

[1:15:53] don't have the apologies to not

[1:15:54] have the numbers right in front

[1:15:57] of me, but we're looking at the

[1:15:59] neighborhood of under

[1:16:01] $10 million and then steadily

[1:16:03] growing after that. I think the

[1:16:06] big component to realize is that

[1:16:13] our projections for all of our

[1:16:16] city employees if there is not a

[1:16:17] bargaining agreement in place we

[1:16:22] have used a 2% wage increase

[1:16:25] factor for those out years. So,

[1:16:28] keep in mind that those deficits

[1:16:31] could grow if there are labor

[1:16:35] agreements in excess of that 2%.

[1:16:35] >> Councilmember Jeffreys: that

[1:16:38] makes sense. And the

[1:16:40] connecticut contingency rewhat

[1:16:43] does that bring us up to for the

[1:16:45] toal roughly.

[1:16:47] >> DR. Dudas: so this, so just

[1:16:48] to make sure we're clear on what

[1:16:51] we're talking about, the reserve

[1:16:54] for contingencies in this case

[1:16:56] that $4.1 million, this is a

[1:16:59] general fund non departmental a

[1:17:02] count, so it is not included

[1:17:03] with our other strategic

[1:17:05] reserves like the working

[1:17:08] capital reserve or the weather

[1:17:10] reserve or those formal reserves

[1:17:12] that we top off each year as

[1:17:15] part of the close out process.

[1:17:18] So there was an additional

[1:17:19] $4.1 million added to that I

[1:17:23] believe the total in that a

[1:17:25] count as recommended is about

[1:17:30] 4-point $4 millions. Just under

[1:17:32] $4.1 million of that is what the

[1:17:37] mayor has proposed as his source

[1:17:41] for the budget adjustment that

[1:17:43] he proposed upon releasing the

[1:17:46] budget last week.

[1:17:47] >> Councilmember Jeffreys: got

[1:17:48] it. Have I other questions that

[1:17:50] I will takeoff line. Safe and

[1:17:54] clean I notice it had jump oud

[1:17:56] at $500,000 and zero this year.

[1:17:58] How are we think being safe and

[1:17:59] clean fund?

[1:18:00] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, to

[1:18:01] the councilmember member, safe

[1:18:04] and clean was not included in

[1:18:06] the city manager recommended

[1:18:08] budget, however I believe the

[1:18:10] mayor's adjustment includes

[1:18:20] $500,000 for that program.

[1:18:21] >> Councilmember Walsh: three

[1:18:22] things I want to compliment you

[1:18:24] and your team on put this budget

[1:18:26] together. I read it over the

[1:18:27] weekend. It is incredibly

[1:18:29] in-depth and detail and I talked

[1:18:31] to the few others who have red

[1:18:33] many over the years and this is

[1:18:35] most transparent budget we have

[1:18:36] had yesterday yet I appreciate

[1:18:38] all the work that's gone into

[1:18:39] this. Because I mean really you

[1:18:41] can get a great sense of what's

[1:18:42] going on with the city and that

[1:18:44] plans are moving forward reading

[1:18:45] every little note that you have

[1:18:47] along the way. I want to get a

[1:18:49] special call out I appreciate

[1:18:51] funding for the special projects

[1:18:53] team satellite office and H.R.

[1:18:55] Comp study. Those will be

[1:18:56] impact foul for the work we're

[1:18:58] trying to do as a council and

[1:18:59] city going forward. The only

[1:19:02] question I have at this point I

[1:19:03] have a plethora of questions I

[1:19:05] will ask off line I will save

[1:19:07] council some time today.

[1:19:08] Building offer councilmember

[1:19:09] jeffreys' questions there, can

[1:19:11] you just re -- so I understand

[1:19:12] you correctly the contingency

[1:19:17] that was set aside is remaryland

[1:19:19] what resilience so two part

[1:19:22] question, how much is left of

[1:19:24] that and two I think if I was

[1:19:26] reading correctly we lowered how

[1:19:28] much arp money we put in to

[1:19:30] close some gaps, is there any

[1:19:32] arp money left?

[1:19:34] Throws my two part questions.

[1:19:36] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, to

[1:19:39] the councilmember the first

[1:19:41] question within that reserve for

[1:19:46] contingency I think the after

[1:19:47] the mayor's utilization I want

[1:19:50] to say there is $380,000, I

[1:19:52] would have to confirm that exact

[1:19:53] amount but there would be a

[1:19:56] small amount there. So not all

[1:20:02] of it is being utilized by the

[1:20:04] mayor. Second question, and as

[1:20:08] far as the american rescue plan

[1:20:12] dollars, this $25.2 million that

[1:20:15] we're utilizing here in this

[1:20:17] budget is the final amount that

[1:20:21] we had set aside for fiscal

[1:20:25] stability. The only -- with the

[1:20:29] coming expiration of the

[1:20:31] dollars, dollars have to be

[1:20:33] encumbered by the end of this

[1:20:35] calendar year. The only

[1:20:38] additional arp that might result

[1:20:40] would be any external dollars

[1:20:43] that were provided that could be

[1:20:45] returned as of now there is

[1:20:47] nothing that has been returned

[1:20:50] but that does not mean over the

[1:20:52] next several months that that

[1:20:54] might not happen as we go

[1:20:56] through our quarterly reports to

[1:21:00] the department of treasury we

[1:21:02] review spending and work with

[1:21:05] any entities. I will say the

[1:21:07] vast, overwhelming majority of

[1:21:11] funds that have well allocated

[1:21:12] have been spent down but there

[1:21:17] could be some that are returned.

[1:21:17] >> Councilmember Harris: we

[1:21:19] didn't need to use any arp

[1:21:20] dollars to fill gaps. We were

[1:21:23] able, to we were able to meet

[1:21:24] all of our obligation was our

[1:21:36] revenue. So, yes. Other

[1:21:37] questions?

[1:21:38] All right, cincy on track, see

[1:21:41] who is up first.

[1:21:41] >> City Manager Long: we will

[1:21:43] change the tune in this radio

[1:21:46] station from andrew dues as to

[1:21:50] bright and cheer I city manager

[1:21:54] for the cincy on track program.

[1:21:55] >> City Manager Long: let's go

[1:21:55] before this presentation begins

[1:21:58] I want to say a few words about

[1:22:00] the impact that csr funding will

[1:22:03] have on the capital budget as as

[1:22:05] well as the transparency my

[1:22:06] administration is bringing to

[1:22:09] the process say cincy on track.

[1:22:11] The railroad sale is a

[1:22:13] significant moment for our city

[1:22:14] infrastructure, and this money

[1:22:16] will be an important resource

[1:22:18] for decades to come. With that

[1:22:21] significant boost of dollars

[1:22:22] comma me I responsibility to

[1:22:24] spend the money efficiently,

[1:22:27] equitably and transparently.

[1:22:28] What we're doing right now

[1:22:31] within presentation is a perfect

[1:22:32] example. Each department is

[1:22:34] explaining their top priorities,

[1:22:36] we're showing thousand how the

[1:22:38] funds will be spread across the

[1:22:39] city and different

[1:22:40] infrastructure needs and an

[1:22:42] opportunity for council members

[1:22:43] to have a conversation. But

[1:22:45] that's only the beginning.

[1:22:47] Citicable viewers I sigh you,

[1:22:49] but we have 300,000

[1:22:51] cincinnatians to share this

[1:22:52] information with. So I really

[1:22:54] want to thank the budget office

[1:22:56] and my own city manager office

[1:22:58] for their hard work in designing

[1:23:00] cincy on track to be a robust

[1:23:04] equitable effort built on

[1:23:13] transparency. As you can see

[1:23:14] for fiscal year 25. We are

[1:23:18] looking at $29.2 million, which

[1:23:19] about $2.8 million more than

[1:23:21] what we would have received in

[1:23:23] lease payments. This is a

[1:23:24] bridge year, while we wait for

[1:23:33] the found generate returns. For

[1:23:36] 2026 it is higher in and that

[1:23:38] year will disbursement will

[1:23:39] begin. Going forward from there

[1:23:41] we'll take into consideration

[1:23:43] the disbursements when we

[1:23:45] develop the fiscal year 26-31

[1:23:47] capital improvement program and

[1:23:50] it's fiscal year 26, 27 capital

[1:23:52] budget. As a quick reminder as

[1:23:54] a mandate by law, all funding

[1:23:57] from the csr can only be used on

[1:24:01] existing city resources. We

[1:24:03] broken the spending into five

[1:24:05] categories which are streets and

[1:24:08] bridges, recreation, public

[1:24:11] services, parks, and health. As

[1:24:14] you can see, a majority of the

[1:24:18] funds for fiscal year 25, about

[1:24:19] $17.9 million is going toward

[1:24:21] streets and bridges which is

[1:24:23] what the community told us over

[1:24:26] and over again is their biggest

[1:24:30] infrastructure priority. This

[1:24:32] slide is incredibly important

[1:24:36] more than 830% of the funding is

[1:24:38] in the neighborhoods with a

[1:24:41] median income of less than

[1:24:42] $50,000. Huge investments are

[1:24:43] coming to majority black

[1:24:45] neighborhoods like the west end,

[1:24:48] walnut hills, and south

[1:24:50] fairmont. And westwood our city

[1:24:53] largest neighborhood in terms of

[1:24:54] square miles is appropriately

[1:24:56] set to receive the largest

[1:25:00] investment in this round of

[1:25:03] funding. On the same topic, you

[1:25:04] will see here that the

[1:25:05] investments are spread all over

[1:25:07] the city. While some projects

[1:25:09] are bigger or more expensive

[1:25:11] than others, we're not putting

[1:25:13] all of our eggs in one basket.

[1:25:16] We know a city as diverse as

[1:25:18] ours has different needs

[1:25:19] depending what need you are are

[1:25:21] in so we're very ink tensional

[1:25:26] about addressing that. So now

[1:25:29] I'll gwen to hand things over to

[1:25:30] each of the departments who we

[1:25:32] ask to identify their

[1:25:33] priorities. Each department

[1:25:35] will share their methodology for

[1:25:36] how they determined the projects

[1:25:38] and then they will get into the

[1:25:40] specifics on what investments

[1:25:41] are recommended. But I also

[1:25:43] want to make a very important

[1:25:45] point before we proceed, the

[1:25:47] exact dollar amounts projects

[1:25:49] and areas we're talking today

[1:25:52] are not set in stone. As you

[1:25:54] know, urgent items come up

[1:25:55] throughout the year and we will

[1:25:57] appropriately address those when

[1:25:59] needed. It MAY mean we have to

[1:26:01] adjust priorities but we will

[1:26:03] also a be transparent about

[1:26:05] those decisions. That said, the

[1:26:06] overall strategy is set. We

[1:26:09] have target amounts we inn toned

[1:26:10] spend in the five categories and

[1:26:12] we have identified neighborhoods

[1:26:13] and specific projects with the

[1:26:16] highest level of needs. Even if

[1:26:18] we pivot or some of these line

[1:26:20] items change going forward, the

[1:26:21] overall affect of cincy on track

[1:26:23] is the same, we're making

[1:26:25] historic investments in city

[1:26:26] infrastructure, and we're doing

[1:26:31] it in a way where everyone

[1:26:35] benefits.

[1:26:37] >> Councilmember Harris: all

[1:26:40] right. Director brazina, you

[1:26:59] are up.

[1:27:00] >> John Brazina: thank you very

[1:27:04] much for having me today. I'm

[1:27:05] brazina, I'm director of the

[1:27:07] department of transportation and

[1:27:08] engineering. I wanted to start

[1:27:11] out by thanking council for

[1:27:13] their financial support for the

[1:27:15] department of transportation and

[1:27:18] engineering but also for your

[1:27:19] policy support as well. Some of

[1:27:21] the changes that we have made on

[1:27:23] our streets and bridges over the

[1:27:28] last year have been impactful as

[1:27:30] some people have liked them,

[1:27:31] some people have not liked them.

[1:27:32] But with your support we think

[1:27:34] that the changes that we have

[1:27:39] made have been very positive and

[1:27:42] impactful. So the methodology

[1:27:45] that dote has used for these

[1:27:47] projects for cincy on track

[1:27:51] include safety, asset

[1:27:53] preservation, accessible and

[1:27:55] connectivity, and pavement

[1:27:58] condition index. It is a rating

[1:28:01] that our street rehabilitation

[1:28:03] program uses to assess the

[1:28:04] condition of the streets, give

[1:28:08] it a number, good, fair, poor,

[1:28:10] failure, and we use that number

[1:28:12] to when we were in the

[1:28:13] neighborhoods on what streets

[1:28:15] get prioritized in those

[1:28:18] neighborhoods for street rehab.

[1:28:19] Safety, methodology is pretty

[1:28:21] obvious we want to improve

[1:28:23] safety for all of the users in

[1:28:25] the streets, asset preservation

[1:28:27] is again with our street

[1:28:28] rehabilitation program we want

[1:28:30] to preserve those assets that we

[1:28:33] have. Along with our bridges,

[1:28:34] and then accessibility and

[1:28:37] connectivity. We want to why

[1:28:40] that so everyone in the city of

[1:28:40] cincinnati has the ability to

[1:28:46] use all of our road network and

[1:28:52] assets. So as director dudas

[1:28:56] mentioned, we are receiving

[1:28:57] approximately $17.9 million in

[1:29:00] railway proceeds this year. The

[1:29:04] majority of that is going into

[1:29:07] our street rebbe program, little

[1:29:10] over $13 million there. Various

[1:29:12] neighborhoods include college

[1:29:17] hill, north avondale, carthage

[1:29:20] east westwood, mt. Adams, north

[1:29:24] avondale, north fairmont, south

[1:29:24] fairmont, queensgate walnut

[1:29:29] hills, went and westwood. Also

[1:29:31] we're doing work in victory

[1:29:33] parkway complete street project

[1:29:34] which I'll detail a little bit

[1:29:37] more as one of my highlighted

[1:29:39] projects. It is a really

[1:29:41] exciting project, complete

[1:29:43] streets, lots of improvements

[1:29:44] there, lots of disciplines

[1:29:48] involved there. And lastly for

[1:29:51] our projects are the traffic

[1:29:53] signals infrastructure, a little

[1:29:56] over $1.4 million. I do want to

[1:29:58] point out that for our traffic

[1:30:02] signal rebuild projects that

[1:30:06] those traffic signals will be

[1:30:11] pro boys and girls compliant,

[1:30:12] pro pro with problem e public

[1:30:14] right of way public

[1:30:15] accessibility guidelines, those

[1:30:19] have been adapted by the federal

[1:30:22] government. And the doj and

[1:30:24] department of transportation

[1:30:27] figuring out hose though apply

[1:30:29] to of the dote is also reviewing

[1:30:31] the guidelines and pushing

[1:30:32] forward some of those

[1:30:35] improvements. We plan on

[1:30:36] incorporating the recent changes

[1:30:38] into our designs for these

[1:30:42] traffic signals before odot

[1:30:44] tells us how they recommend

[1:30:47] doing it. The pro with changes

[1:30:50] will help all of the residents

[1:30:51] especially those with

[1:30:52] disabilities.

[1:30:55] For examples signals will have

[1:30:56] better push about the on

[1:30:58] locations for those who use

[1:31:01] wheelchairs and walkers-p and

[1:31:04] also better audible cues for

[1:31:12] those with visual impairments.

[1:31:13] Before I begin highlighting the

[1:31:15] couple projects that do I have

[1:31:17] here, I want to mention that

[1:31:19] what our project goals are and

[1:31:22] who actually benefits from these

[1:31:25] projects. The department of

[1:31:26] transportation and engineering

[1:31:27] is committed building a

[1:31:29] transportation network that

[1:31:32] enables people of all ages and

[1:31:34] all physical and economic

[1:31:36] abilities to safely and

[1:31:38] comfortably move around the city

[1:31:44] using all modes of travel. So,

[1:31:47] for the victory parkway complete

[1:31:49] street project this project uses

[1:31:53] all four of our methodology both

[1:31:56] safety, asset preservation,

[1:31:58] accessibility, connectivity, and

[1:32:04] pci rating. So this project is

[1:32:05] in the walnut hills and each

[1:32:05] walnut hills neighborhoods. We

[1:32:10] will be rehabbing 1 mile long

[1:32:14] kor door from martin drive and

[1:32:17] eden park to victory parkway and

[1:32:18] william howard taft. This

[1:32:21] possibler of the roadway starts

[1:32:23] just south of krohn conservatory

[1:32:27] which is eden park drive, eden

[1:32:30] park drive turns into victory

[1:32:32] parkway after you get past park

[1:32:35] avenue bridge up to william

[1:32:38] howard taft. We will be using a

[1:32:41] new technology for called smog

[1:32:43] eating pavement which is a

[1:32:45] attive that gets added on top of

[1:32:48] the pavement that helps and some

[1:32:51] some of the smog that

[1:32:52] gets/limited from tail pipes.

[1:32:55] In addition to the rehab we will

[1:32:58] be doing structural repairs on

[1:33:02] the bridge over kemper lane.

[1:33:06] This includes railings and

[1:33:07] sidewalks on that bridge. Can

[1:33:08] you see some of the pictures

[1:33:11] here that I have of the pavement

[1:33:12] condition and then the picture

[1:33:14] on the right shows the picture

[1:33:17] of the sidewalk and railing for

[1:33:21] the bridge. Some of the other

[1:33:23] highlights includes adding

[1:33:26] missing sidewalks, adding curb

[1:33:27] bump outs at intersection and

[1:33:30] raised crosswalk up across eden

[1:33:33] park drive. This is one of the

[1:33:34] complete street projects that

[1:33:35] encompasses many disciplines in

[1:33:40] the department, rehab, bridge

[1:33:43] rehabilitation, sidewalks, and

[1:33:44] they be also pedestrian safety

[1:33:46] with addition will curb bump

[1:33:49] outs and raised crosswalks. I

[1:33:51] don't have a map here, the map

[1:33:53] was too large to include here

[1:33:58] but the at the just south of the

[1:34:01] park avenue bridge there is a

[1:34:04] intersection of loran eden park

[1:34:05] drive, we're improving that

[1:34:07] intersection, removing one of

[1:34:09] the slip lanes that will help

[1:34:11] access and at the new

[1:34:13] intersection that's where we're

[1:34:15] praising the raised crosswalk

[1:34:18] which will allow people to go

[1:34:19] from the neighborhood in walnut

[1:34:22] hills over to that look out for

[1:34:24] eden park. This is just one of

[1:34:26] the many projects that we have,

[1:34:27] but there is a really good

[1:34:29] project that shows all that

[1:34:30] complete streets policy that

[1:34:34] we're doing in the department.

[1:34:37] And the last project that I have

[1:34:40] here is a street rehabilitation

[1:34:43] project in south fairmont, on

[1:34:44] beekman street. The methodology

[1:34:46] that we're using here is for

[1:34:50] asset preservation and pci. The

[1:34:52] pci rating for beekman street is

[1:34:55] 34 out of a hundred which gives

[1:34:57] it a poor condition. And we

[1:34:59] look forward to improve that's

[1:35:04] roadway in the south fairmont

[1:35:09] neighborhood.

[1:35:10] >> Councilmember Harris: thank

[1:35:11] you, direct. I think we'll hold

[1:35:13] our questions for the end.

[1:35:15] We'll get through these. Does

[1:35:15] that work?

[1:35:18] Okay. Let's do that.

[1:35:22] Thank you. All right, director

[1:35:39] wilkerson. You are up.

[1:35:41] >> good afternoon, chair, chair,

[1:35:45] committee members, jerry

[1:35:46] wilkerson, department director

[1:35:49] for and that director joe

[1:35:51] dependency director. I want to

[1:35:53] go over some of the projects

[1:35:56] that are recommended in the

[1:36:00] railroad revenues for dps.

[1:36:04] Our methodology that we use is

[1:36:06] took several factors.

[1:36:08] Addressing past obligations,

[1:36:11] looking at modernizing

[1:36:14] facilities, such as roof

[1:36:17] remediate and hv vac safety

[1:36:20] which currently looking to have

[1:36:24] a ark flash hazard studies that

[1:36:24] define of the life safety issues

[1:36:27] and projects that we need to

[1:36:30] address. We also looking at

[1:36:32] resiliency and sustainability.

[1:36:34] We have a number of buildings

[1:36:36] and equipment that is out of

[1:36:38] lifecycle so we're trying 20 get

[1:36:40] those back in lifecycle this

[1:36:41] additional revenue streams that

[1:36:44] we have. And also preservation

[1:36:48] of and operations facilities.

[1:36:50] When you look at public services

[1:36:54] in our facility maintenance area

[1:36:56] we're responsible for

[1:36:57] maintaining over 8 # facilities

[1:36:59] across the city which includes a

[1:37:01] lot of firehouses, police

[1:37:04] stations, city hall, centennial,

[1:37:04] and various other buildings

[1:37:10] around the city. With you look

[1:37:12] at the three projects that's

[1:37:16] totaling up to $2.7 million,

[1:37:18] these projects are in various

[1:37:20] areas, one in is in south

[1:37:21] fairmont, one in paddock hills

[1:37:23] and one in east price hill.

[1:37:25] When you first project is we're

[1:37:29] looking at cfm city facility

[1:37:30] management head quarters on

[1:37:32] beekman street. The garage roof

[1:37:34] remediate project. This

[1:37:38] building was built in 1943. It

[1:37:39] houses our city facilities

[1:37:43] management staff, cincinnati

[1:37:45] recreation commission

[1:37:47] maintenance workers as well as

[1:37:48] surveysers for the department of

[1:37:50] transportation and engineering.

[1:37:52] This roof is 81 years old, it is

[1:37:54] in the original building.

[1:37:57] Twenty years ago the roof was

[1:37:59] refurbished with a ten year

[1:38:01] warranty. You can see it is out

[1:38:05] of lifecycle. So this is a

[1:38:06] project that we're going to be

[1:38:07] addressing with the resources

[1:38:12] that we have. Second project

[1:38:15] we're looking at is going to be

[1:38:17] the police district 4 parking

[1:38:20] deck restoration. This building

[1:38:26] was built in 1975. The roof is

[1:38:29] basically occupies over top of

[1:38:31] office spaces underneath. There

[1:38:35] is concrete issues and water

[1:38:39] leaking water leakage in the

[1:38:42] roof in the parking deck. So we

[1:38:44] are required having a structural

[1:38:46] engineer looking at it and

[1:38:48] design and partially fund

[1:38:50] construction. We really don't

[1:38:52] have accurate count of how much

[1:38:53] this probably is going to cost

[1:38:55] until we get into it a little

[1:38:57] bit more, but we are looking to

[1:38:59] have additional funds for the

[1:39:02] entire project to be funded in

[1:39:07] fiscal year 2026. And third

[1:39:09] project that we're going to be

[1:39:10] utilizing additional funds for

[1:39:13] is warsaw building roof

[1:39:15] remediate. This is a building

[1:39:18] built in 1907. It was the old

[1:39:22] police district 3 until 2015.

[1:39:24] Right now it is being utilized

[1:39:26] as police special services

[1:39:28] section, a existing roof was

[1:39:31] installed in 1994. There is

[1:39:32] constant maintenance issues over

[1:39:34] the years and hopefully this

[1:39:36] project is going to be

[1:39:39] addressing the roof that really

[1:39:42] needs to be dressed in a

[1:39:51] expeditious way. Are there any

[1:39:52] questions?

[1:39:53] >> Councilmember Harris: all

[1:39:54] right, you said right to the

[1:39:55] point. That's helpful. We're

[1:39:57] going to save our questions for

[1:39:59] the end just to get through the

[1:40:00] presentations. But thank you

[1:40:04] very much. Appreciate it. All

[1:40:08] right, I think we have DR.

[1:40:11] Mussman. Yep, health

[1:40:22] department.

[1:40:24] >> thank you very much. To the

[1:40:26] chair and voice chair thank you

[1:40:30] for having us here to talk about

[1:40:31] this. And to the committee to

[1:40:36] everyone on the committee. So

[1:40:40] to prioritize our requests this

[1:40:45] year we especially emphasized

[1:40:47] safety includes staff and

[1:40:49] visitorses toker. Our project

[1:40:51] requests include things like

[1:40:52] improvements to structural

[1:40:54] support, fire pumps, generators

[1:40:56] those sorts of things. We

[1:41:01] wanted to prioritize

[1:41:03] accessibility and some areas

[1:41:07] where we had a americans with

[1:41:08] disabilities at compliance

[1:41:10] concerns and overall access to

[1:41:15] health care with our facilities.

[1:41:17] We have several projects where

[1:41:23] our goal was preservation of our

[1:41:24] operations. And these are just

[1:41:26] projects that we need to keep

[1:41:28] our buildings in proper working

[1:41:30] order, including things like

[1:41:33] roof replacement, hvac. Parking

[1:41:35] lot maintenance, those sorts of

[1:41:36] things.

[1:41:38] And these requests are

[1:41:40] inclusive of community feedback

[1:41:43] that we got that we have gotten

[1:41:45] through various methods

[1:41:49] including patient satisfaction

[1:41:53] surveys. So, I'll start with

[1:41:55] some structural integrity

[1:41:58] projects. At our burnet and

[1:42:01] king building we have

[1:42:04] replacement of a fire pump and a

[1:42:07] boiler and one of the elevate

[1:42:09] organizations which will

[1:42:12] highlight. We have our air

[1:42:15] handler at our price hill health

[1:42:17] center, at our northside health

[1:42:19] center some parking lot

[1:42:22] maintenance and generator. The

[1:42:26] bobbie sterne center some

[1:42:27] structural mitigation in the

[1:42:31] basement as well as hvac. Also

[1:42:34] at bob eastern we have a cooling

[1:42:37] tower and fire pump and basic

[1:42:41] parking lot phaeupbt nans. For

[1:42:43] facilities renovation for

[1:42:45] continued operation we have a

[1:42:48] roof replacement and burnet and

[1:42:51] king campus and a renovation of

[1:42:53] northside health center adult

[1:42:55] provider space. And finally

[1:42:56] parking lot expansion at our

[1:43:03] price hill health center. So,

[1:43:06] I'll spotlight this one first.

[1:43:08] This is the price hill health

[1:43:13] center parking lot expansion.

[1:43:15] So, looking at this various ways

[1:43:17] one way is from code

[1:43:18] requirements and our medical

[1:43:21] services and clinics require 1

[1:43:23] parking space per 150

[1:43:26] 150 square

[1:43:27] feet and our existing parking

[1:43:31] does not meet those

[1:43:33] requirements. We're by code

[1:43:35] required to have 114 total

[1:43:39] parking spaces and we have 29, 7

[1:43:41] staff and 22

[1:43:42] 22 public. Most of

[1:43:44] the staff and public park on

[1:43:47] streets and in areas

[1:43:51] surrounding, can you find

[1:43:54] parking. We're ride to have

[1:43:55] 5ada accessibility face spaces,

[1:43:57] we have 3 and our limited

[1:44:00] parking has been a bit of a sore

[1:44:02] spot with our patients and it is

[1:44:08] a major feedback item for us.

[1:44:08] >> Councilmember Harris: I would

[1:44:09] like to go on record that this

[1:44:12] is a parking expansion that I

[1:44:13] fully support. So I just want

[1:44:18] to be very clear about that

[1:44:21] please continue.

[1:44:28] >> thank you. Northside health

[1:44:32] center this is a provider space

[1:44:35] renovation that we wanted to

[1:44:37] spotlight and the project would

[1:44:38] take so just generally our

[1:44:47] clinics are running up against

[1:44:48] capacity issues in a lot of

[1:44:51] spots and we're not built to run

[1:44:53] efficiently as modern health

[1:44:56] care facilities and that creates

[1:44:57] access problems and barriers to

[1:45:01] care with our patients. So this

[1:45:03] would convert under utilized

[1:45:05] space in our northside health

[1:45:08] center for adult medical

[1:45:11] providers. And we know from

[1:45:13] experience with our ambrose

[1:45:15] center when we do this it

[1:45:19] encourages a collaborative work

[1:45:20] environment, promoting the open

[1:45:23] exchanges of ideas but even in

[1:45:29] measurable outcomes like our

[1:45:34] efficiency and our ability to

[1:45:35] accommodate patients. This will

[1:45:38] free up existing offices so so

[1:45:39] using this old medical reports

[1:45:41] space would free up existing

[1:45:42] offerses which could be

[1:45:44] converted into additional exam

[1:45:46] rooms and further support our

[1:45:48] efforts to provide access of

[1:45:49] care. And really benefits both

[1:45:53] the staff and community in those

[1:46:00] ways. I'll spotlight remediate

[1:46:03] of one of our elevators at our b

[1:46:06] and k campus. So elevator one

[1:46:08] incurred damage in JULY of we're

[1:46:10] 2023 that cause it had, we have

[1:46:15] two elevators and this elevator

[1:46:18] fell and it caused some

[1:46:19] permanent irreparable damage and

[1:46:24] has been out of service.

[1:46:27] Elevator inspectors have and due

[1:46:32] to obsolete and that no longer

[1:46:33] manufactured skipping to the

[1:46:35] forth bullet and our other unit

[1:46:37] in at building has been

[1:46:40] frequently out of sr. Visitors

[1:46:43] and that very long lead times

[1:46:44] for sourcing remediate remediate

[1:46:45] parts, and current building code

[1:46:47] requires a elevator to be

[1:46:49] connected to a building fire

[1:46:52] protection system and since we

[1:46:55] don't have a spring willer

[1:46:57] system like that at the b and k

[1:46:59] there would be some additional

[1:47:02] building reretrofits to getting

[1:47:05] this operating. And this is

[1:47:08] important for removal of

[1:47:11] components and supplies which we

[1:47:14] frequently do our on the third

[1:47:18] floor is our equipment room and

[1:47:24] just generally required for our

[1:47:30] building. And that's the end of

[1:47:33] my presentation.

[1:47:34] >> Councilmember Harris: we'll

[1:47:35] roll through and save them until

[1:47:54] the ent. You're up.

[1:47:55] >> good afternoon to the chair

[1:47:57] and committee. I am tiffany

[1:48:00] stewart assistant director of

[1:48:02] recreation. I have two of my

[1:48:05] colleagues with me our cfo

[1:48:06] jeanette and dan jones are

[1:48:11] division manager of planning and

[1:48:16] engineering. So as we look at

[1:48:18] our methodology for the

[1:48:20] priorities we felted as though

[1:48:22] all 8 of these was something

[1:48:26] that we actually look at when

[1:48:26] we're doing our priorities. So

[1:48:29] over the years we have created a

[1:48:30] ongoing priority list of

[1:48:32] infrastructure that included

[1:48:36] parking lots, hvac, et cetera.

[1:48:38] These updated and estimated at

[1:48:40] least every year and used for

[1:48:42] ongoing six year faith

[1:48:44] assessment. Budget plans and

[1:48:46] ada requirements. Some things

[1:48:47] that I want to point out to you

[1:48:49] is that our playgrounds are

[1:48:52] about a 10-20 year expectancy,

[1:48:55] roofs are about 15-30, sport

[1:48:58] courts and feeds are 7 year

[1:48:59] expectancy, our recreation

[1:49:02] center is 20 year expectancy

[1:49:04] with 6 of 24 right now are in

[1:49:08] this need of renovations. Our

[1:49:10] aquatic facilities are 24 year

[1:49:12] expectancy so with those 24 that

[1:49:16] we opened up there is 24, 15 are

[1:49:20] in need of renovations now.

[1:49:22] Last renovation was done in

[1:49:24] 2016. The priority store each

[1:49:25] entity is based on inspection

[1:49:27] that is are made through our

[1:49:29] planning and development staff,

[1:49:34] vendors, ada, life safety, code

[1:49:35] issues, wouldn't requests,

[1:49:38] available funds, our

[1:49:39] partnerships, neighborhood and

[1:49:42] of course where we did our last

[1:49:45] renovations. We also look at

[1:49:46] the vandalism and stayed right

[1:49:48] needs to keep up with day care

[1:49:54] and summer programs. To the

[1:49:58] chair and council, of the

[1:50:01] $3.7 million that we will be

[1:50:05] getting, we are going to be

[1:50:05] utilizing $1.3 million of that

[1:50:07] for our outdoor and athletic

[1:50:08] facilities renovation and this

[1:50:11] is a list of our projects that

[1:50:18] we have included on our slide.

[1:50:21] And the remaining projects will

[1:50:24] be utilized for recreation

[1:50:27] facilities renovations and that

[1:50:31] always about 2.376 mill million

[1:50:33] dollars. These projects are

[1:50:34] ones that are project labor

[1:50:39] ready for us to begin. In

[1:50:42] utilizing the railway revenue

[1:50:45] funds so we're getting.

[1:50:48] >> out of that list she provided

[1:50:51] to you we wanted to highlight

[1:50:52] bond hill recreation center this

[1:50:54] project will provide resources

[1:50:57] for renovation for that area and

[1:50:58] neighborhood. The renovations

[1:50:59] would include adding new

[1:51:02] entrances on to the building

[1:51:04] office up to 15 year warranty

[1:51:05] condition, full renovations on

[1:51:08] the interior and exterior of the

[1:51:10] facility upgrades to safety

[1:51:11] systems, fire protection and

[1:51:13] security systems, this

[1:51:14] renovation would bring the

[1:51:16] facility up to current build

[1:51:18] willing codes and ada

[1:51:19] requirements. It also

[1:51:21] reconfigures the layout to meet

[1:51:23] current and future programming

[1:51:25] needs. So on those pictures if

[1:51:28] you look at the first two at the

[1:51:29] top, actually the first four are

[1:51:33] what bond hill currently looks

[1:51:34] like. And at the bottom it is

[1:51:36] what it could potentially look

[1:51:37] like which is similar to the

[1:51:40] price hill rec centers. Also

[1:51:42] just keep in mind for the bond

[1:51:45] hill recreation that will be a

[1:51:46] multiyear funded project and so

[1:51:48] that project MAY not start until

[1:51:53] fiscal year 2026, 27. At next

[1:51:54] with you with wanted to

[1:51:57] highlight is the turkey ridge

[1:51:58] recraigs area as can you see in

[1:52:02] the pictures this will give them

[1:52:05] ada access, parking I. Prompts,

[1:52:08] a d size base sport court

[1:52:10] renovations, new ada drinking

[1:52:12] found continue and new signage

[1:52:14] that will be out there. So on

[1:52:16] this your bottom two is

[1:52:18] currently what turkey ridge

[1:52:19] looks like and then as you look

[1:52:22] at the bottom court and blue

[1:52:24] court is what it will look like

[1:52:26] and above that is what the new

[1:52:28] baseball field. We wanted to

[1:52:30] give a layout of what the area

[1:52:33] will look like once it is

[1:52:36] complete. That is all.

[1:52:37] >> Councilmember Harris: thank

[1:52:39] you so much. We will close it

[1:52:53] out with parks.

[1:52:55] >> MR. CHAIRMAN, I think what

[1:52:58] you said we will close it out

[1:52:59] with parks! Sorry, try to bring

[1:53:02] some energy for a long meeting.

[1:53:07] Thank you all my I'm driving,

[1:53:08] right?

[1:53:11] There we go. So our friend

[1:53:14] robert passing out our three

[1:53:16] year forecast of dap tall

[1:53:18] projects I will get into that in

[1:53:20] just a second but I wanted to as

[1:53:24] often with these projects the

[1:53:25] screen makes the print looks

[1:53:26] tiny, I will tell you where you

[1:53:28] can get on the website as well.

[1:53:31] first which will run through our

[1:53:32] presentation first of all happy

[1:53:34] to be here today and that

[1:53:36] appreciate the work of on the

[1:53:38] city manager office and office

[1:53:39] of budget and evaluation to get

[1:53:42] this together and take care of a

[1:53:45] look and that so first up kind

[1:53:48] of how do we assess and that

[1:53:49] capital needs are. Of course

[1:53:51] the number one thing is public

[1:53:52] safety that's number one thing

[1:53:54] we're looking at to keep parks

[1:53:57] safety and emerging that

[1:53:59] requires remediation to keep it

[1:54:03] number one. Two past open

[1:54:04] gayses cincinnati parks has a

[1:54:05] lot of projects that have been

[1:54:07] in the works for several years

[1:54:09] that wire trying to get sorted

[1:54:10] out and get direction back to

[1:54:12] some we're taking care of some

[1:54:14] of those projects and getting

[1:54:17] those off the rolls. We look at

[1:54:18] accessible and connectivity,

[1:54:20] making sure we have parks that

[1:54:21] people can get in and out of and

[1:54:23] have access to. Operations

[1:54:24] facilities are important to us

[1:54:26] to keep those deferred

[1:54:28] maintenance structures work and

[1:54:30] keep ems and that and priorities

[1:54:31] obviously community budget

[1:54:33] questions come in we have people

[1:54:35] that as many of your offices

[1:54:37] know contact you all the time to

[1:54:38] tell you what should happen in

[1:54:39] parks, tell us what should

[1:54:41] happen in parks and we try to

[1:54:42] takes into into account and come

[1:54:45] up with partnerships that can

[1:54:46] make community priorities work.

[1:54:48] And that loose week about the

[1:54:50] grant project in bramble park

[1:54:51] that we're excited. A quick

[1:54:53] update that we will be able to

[1:54:55] do that and that community and

[1:54:57] everything and gets back on

[1:54:59] track on that one. So crossing

[1:55:00] priorities and past obligation

[1:55:01] that we didn't know about with

[1:55:03] the community priority that we

[1:55:04] were excited to know about and

[1:55:05] we'll be able to make that

[1:55:08] happen. Lastly, resiliency and

[1:55:08] sustainability, with everything

[1:55:10] we do we're looking to make

[1:55:11] things more efficient for the

[1:55:12] and future and set and ready to

[1:55:14] go for future challenges. A lot

[1:55:17] has to do with I read a long

[1:55:20] e-mail to present here at that

[1:55:22] score water and and/recovery

[1:55:24] services that's caused in a and

[1:55:26] as that better and repair city

[1:55:27] of. Alignment with city and

[1:55:30] regional goals and last only

[1:55:32] last on here because it is

[1:55:35] emergency ago that and equity.

[1:55:38] And that plan of work we

[1:55:38] institutessed this two years ago

[1:55:40] the plan of work which is about

[1:55:42] a I canly wrapping our arms

[1:55:43] around those existing projects

[1:55:44] that had been in the work for a

[1:55:46] long time and put some order

[1:55:48] into what's the possible or the

[1:55:49] ordinance of that and what

[1:55:51] should we expect every year for

[1:55:53] anybody watching on citicable

[1:55:55] initials that watch this on you

[1:55:57] tube later or however awatch it

[1:55:59] media members that this is

[1:56:00] available on our website it can

[1:56:02] download it as pdf. We have

[1:56:04] printed outcomes for sny city

[1:56:06] that stops by parks can pick up

[1:56:08] one from our office to see what

[1:56:10] we're up to. A run down the 30

[1:56:12] biggest projects and where they

[1:56:14] are another. Some are happen

[1:56:16] this year, top six or 7 have

[1:56:18] already happened and are

[1:56:20] complete. And as you can see we

[1:56:21] won't be able to dig into for a

[1:56:23] couple years yet. There is

[1:56:25] where it is at in the process.

[1:56:27] So the next page we have the

[1:56:30] chart that shows what those

[1:56:31] projects are and approximate

[1:56:35] timing of it is a than park

[1:56:37] board in and NOVEMBER t23 we're

[1:56:40] in at and park and version of

[1:56:43] this and 24 and plan that an

[1:56:45] every six months or so with park

[1:56:46] board approving it every

[1:56:47] DECEMBER and it approved in

[1:56:50] DECEMBER that's it's same time

[1:56:51] we a profit capital priorities

[1:56:52] of the nexts year as part of the

[1:56:55] ongoing city budget process.

[1:56:57] So, when we talk about equity

[1:56:58] and how we're thinking about

[1:57:00] equity at parks we have 3

[1:57:02] different points we want to talk

[1:57:05] about today. One it's

[1:57:06] accessibility. Every year we

[1:57:08] are a top ten rated park on the

[1:57:10] trust for public lands city park

[1:57:13] score than at the top hundred

[1:57:15] parks in the a top ten. This

[1:57:16] year we're 8, we were four a

[1:57:20] couple years ago, 6, 7, we

[1:57:22] flacket way up and down based on

[1:57:24] various this year year we're the

[1:57:26] so tenth best. We spend more

[1:57:28] money on company tall per

[1:57:31] resident then we had other the

[1:57:33] year before but was that's

[1:57:35] category that drug us down a

[1:57:37] bit. We a top ten city in terms

[1:57:39] of this. So as part their our

[1:57:40] team is developed this and this

[1:57:43] is terrible maybe map to look at

[1:57:47] on if you go to the pdf you can

[1:57:48] click on this learning or go to

[1:57:49] the trust for public land can

[1:57:53] you click on it. This shows you

[1:57:54] ever park and green space in the

[1:57:56] city and every area in the city

[1:57:58] so all the green spots on here

[1:57:59] are green spaces in the city.

[1:58:02] That includes park space, rec

[1:58:03] spaces, includes school yards

[1:58:05] that are green and open to the

[1:58:09] public, includes like a cemetery

[1:58:10] like spring grove that you can

[1:58:11] walk through, all kinds of

[1:58:15] degree space that is give this

[1:58:17] access. What you can see in

[1:58:18] purple is areas where we have

[1:58:20] need for parks in order to

[1:58:25] increase our accessibility. Are

[1:58:27] this a ten minute walk of a

[1:58:29] green space cause see in the

[1:58:31] westwood area we have some, I

[1:58:33] don't think it shows up there in

[1:58:35] the westwood area we have dark

[1:58:37] purple and light purple that

[1:58:38] we're looking for opportunities

[1:58:40] to increase green space access

[1:58:41] and how we're getted targetd

[1:58:44] with this, how we think about

[1:58:45] inaccessible accessibility to

[1:58:46] green spaces, that's one later

[1:58:48] that we're looking at.

[1:58:51] We're doing a 20 year analysis

[1:58:53] on what is are has our spend

[1:58:55] been whether it has been spoken,

[1:58:57] where and what is spent for,

[1:58:58] right?

[1:59:01] As park ben economies, parking

[1:59:02] lots, for pads, playground

[1:59:05] limit. All that to see what is

[1:59:07] that historical spend and where

[1:59:08] has it happened throughout the

[1:59:10] park system which will give a

[1:59:13] layer to see s have we been

[1:59:14] accessible, not been equitable

[1:59:16] and that will be a factors and

[1:59:20] we apparent liz how to go

[1:59:22] forward. And next up we're

[1:59:24] involved with something called

[1:59:26] tpl, trust for public land, the

[1:59:28] trust for public land is a great

[1:59:29] partner and we're participating

[1:59:31] in something called park equity

[1:59:33] accelerate or so this has to do

[1:59:37] with our work to create more

[1:59:38] questionable accessibility to

[1:59:40] that 10 minute work plan and

[1:59:42] that best practices from cities

[1:59:45] aurorean the country toquet pot

[1:59:46] policies going forward. And

[1:59:48] just as an example how that can

[1:59:50] be tricky in the park system if

[1:59:53] you just look at the deferred

[1:59:55] maintenance deferred maintenance

[1:59:56] is stuff that exists. The stuff

[1:59:58] that exists is based upon 150

[2:00:00] year pad earn of spending in

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