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Chairman Bullock indicated a desire for a provision to give maximum discretion to the building commissioner and noted his support for Mr. baker's point to use precise language for liability purposes. Councilmember Baker added that qualifying undue delay and contractor roles should be made clear, as the language remains ambiguous as it was drafted. He offered to draw some up and bring it to the next Council meeting. Chairman Bullock asked whether the city should narrow the definition of what engineer is qualified. Commissioner Parmelee stated that specific qualifications in the structural engineering field are difficult to specify. Mr. Bullock suggested publishing informal guidance or criteria in what to look for when hiring a structural engineer for the report. Mr. Parmelee indicated that the plan is to go live in November with the ordinance and that letters will be sent out in July notifying building owners of the change in legislation. He said that the criteria could be included in the July communication. Mayor George added that no structural engineer is going to want to accept professional liability for a report if they're not qualified, and the nature of the requirement was self-weeding. Chairman Bullock likened the ordinance to the city's commercial forward program, with the responsibility of inspection and preventative maintenance being put on the owner. Mayor George expressed a desire to not bring the legislation back for another committee hearing based on one sentence of changes that were looking to be made. Chairman Bullock stated he would like to make the changes in committee. Ordinance 05-2022 was deferred to the next meeting. RESOLUTION 2022-04 -A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, supporting the preparation and execution of an application for Safe Routes to School(SRTS) for development assistance towards a city-wide School Travel Plan. (Referred to HPD 02/22/22) Director Leininger stated that Resolution 2022-04 supports the city's application to the State of Ohio's Department of Transportation for safe routes to school, which will look to update the bicycle master plan and provide improvements throughout the city as a whole, while thinking of active transport as a whole. David Baas of the Planning Department spoke to the new verbiage of active transport, which looks to all modes of transportation, instead of just being bike focused. The comprehensive active transport plan needs to be nested with other local/regional plans &policies and has to reflect as many organizations and community visions as possible. The Planning Department applied the previous week for development assistance for a citywide travel plan, which is beholden to the State's application process and sequencing. The state has a second application forthcoming in April and is looking to select a handful of cities to pilot the new contemporary thinking of active transport within ODOT. The city will find out in June if it has received state assistance or not. ODOT resources would help optimize the city's plan.