The May 17th Planning Commission agenda contains a single item: Connected Communities.

For those unfamiliar, the Connected Communities legislation, at present, contains proposed text amendments modifying multiple Chapters of Title XIV, “Zoning Code of the City of Cincinnati,” and Title XVII, “Land Development Code,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code.

We are requesting that those of you with strong opinions please engage and consider joining the Planning Commission meeting.

During the meeting the full report (available at the link below) will be presented by Planning Staff. They will then allow for anyone from the Public to provide comments for up to 3 minutes. This will be followed by Planning Staff discussion and then likely voting.

Meeting specifics are below:

Friday, May 17, 2024, starting at 9:00 a.m.
Cincinnati City Hall
Council Chambers, Room 300
801 Plum Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202

Please join us on Tuesday, May 14th, at 7:00 PM, for the Annual Meeting which includes awards and trustee election by HPNC members.

It will be held at Hyde Park School, at 3401 Edwards Road. Please enter through Door #1, which is adjacent to the main parking lot, on Edwards Rd.

HPNC also holds monthly meetings, which are the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM; since the location may vary, please check on the HPNC website, Facebook, or the previous meeting packet to confirm the location of future meetings; the meeting packet can be found below or on the Meetings & Minutes page.

Earlier today HPNC delivered the letter below to Mayor Pureval, City Council, and several other members of City of Cincinnati government.

Should you wish to read the entire letter you can find a PDF of it here.

And the full survey results and analysis are available here.

At the April HPNC meeting Membership voted to adopt new bylaws. During the discussion prior to the vote a number of issues with the bylaws were raised. Rather than delaying the vote, as a number of members of the audience made very clear they had joined because of the previously announced vote, the HPNC President decided to hold the vote. Prior to making this decision it was agreed that a second vote would be held at the May meeting regarding the slight changes proposed. To that end, we are sharing a modified version of the bylaws adopted at the April meeting, which reflects those changes. We will be requesting a vote on these modifications as part of the May meeting.

Below are the sections where changes have been proposed to the bylaws adopted in April. You can see a clean version of the bylaws that will be put up for a vote at the link below.

Connected Communities is pending legislation within the City of Cincinnati that has the potential to have a significant impact on Hyde Park. If you are not familiar with the key tenets of Connected Communities, and how it will impact Hyde Park, you can learn more at the survey link below.

We are seeking feedback from the Hyde Park community to deliver directly to the City of Cincinnati. To that end, we would very much appreciate it if you could take the time to respond to the survey linked below.

Please join us on Tuesday, April 9th, at 7:00 PM for the monthly meeting.

It will be held in the Little Theater, on the second floor of Hyde Park Community United Methodist Church, at 1345 Grace Ave.

Monthly meetings are the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM; since the location may vary, please check on the HPNC website, Facebook, or the previous meeting packet to confirm the location of future meetings; the meeting packet can be found below or on the Meetings & Minutes page.

There is an opportunity for some members of our community to have their lead service line replaced free of charge! Greater Cincinnati Water Works is starting a project soon in Hyde Park. Please check out the linked map to confirm the locations, but if you live on one of the following streets you may be able to get your privately-owned lead service line replaced at no cost:

- Besuden Court

- Burch Ave.

- Clarkwood Place

- Erie Ave.

- Kendall Ave.

- Madison Road

- Mooney Ave.

- Stettinius Ave.

- Villa Lane

For more details on the program please call 513-651-LEAD (5323) or email GCWW at lead@gcww.cincinnati-oh.gov.

You can also join the April meeting to hear directly from a representative from Greater Cincinnati Water Works.

The map and some other program details can be found via the Map & Info button below.