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Cincinnati council approves motions and grants including building‑standards report, brownfields funding and downtown conversions
Summary
Council adopted a motion directing staff to prepare a report on building performance standards, and approved a series of funding and development items: a port funding agreement for a brownfield program, an OWDI grant application for Owls Nest Park, an ODOT grant for Lincoln Airport drainage planning, a Central Trust Tower redevelopment amendment, a small Vandalia Avenue dedication, and an amendment to a parking garage lease.
Cincinnati City Council cleared a series of motions and emergency ordinances advancing environmental, parks, redevelopment and parking items on Monday. Key actions included a 30‑day request for a staff report on building performance standards, a funding agreement to expand the Ohio EPA voluntary action (brownfield) program, grant applications for park and airport improvements, and development and lease amendments downtown.
Council member Owens asked the city administration to prepare a report within 30 days summarizing findings from four stakeholder engagement sessions on building performance standards; the motion carried on roll call. Council member Kramer Ding described a funding agreement with the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority to expand the brownfield program under an urban designation and said the ordinance would send OES money to the port for that purpose.
The council approved applying for up to $500,000 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for renovations at Owls Nest Park in Walnut Hills, and accepted a $73,685 Ohio Department of Transportation airport improvement grant to support a Lincoln Airport drainage infrastructure plan. Council also approved an amendment to the funding and development agreement for the Central Trust Tower redevelopment (noted in discussion as the 'SkyCentral' residential project), accepted a small right‑of‑way on Vandalia Avenue for public use, and amended the city's master parking lease to add four garages and adjust revenue flows to repay construction debt first. All measures were passed with recorded roll calls.
