[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