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Council Minutes of 2/15/2000 reimbursement from the federal and state governments for grant money. Reimbursement funds are to only be used for wages and benefits costs for the participating officers. The money from the fines will be directed to the General Fund to defray all other expenses not covered by the grant. The committee recommended approval. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION • Jim Burns, 3978 Dover Center, inquired whether a finalized Chapter 1163 of the Zoning Code had been presented to Council for consideration in conjunction with Ordinance 2000-12. Mr. Nashar said it had been referred back to the Planning Commission for review and then will come back to the BZD Committee. Mr. Burns questioned why the legislation was on second reading. Mr. Gareau said that the legislation would have another second reading if suggestions or recommendations from the Planning Commission meeting are incorporated into the ordinance. Law Director Gareau said that suggestions received from the Building Commissioner have been incorporated into the legislation. He plans to have a meeting this Thursday evening to come up with a final draft that will be presented to Planning Commission next Tuesday. Mayor Musial said he would strongly suggest, if the Chamber of Commerce has any comments or suggestions regarding this legislation, that they refer those to Mr. Nashar. Mr. Burns said it was his understanding that the Chamber of Commerce does plan to attend the Planning Commission meeting. • Ed Colwell, 3333 W. 231 Street, thanked everyone for the work done on the new CVS project. He regrets that the store at his end of town did not receive as much attention so that it could have been "spruced up" a little bit also. Mr. Gareau said he agreed, and he and Mr. Colwell agreed that the CVS store was an improvement over what had been there previously. Mr. Limpert noted that he felt it is critical at this point in time that the city begin to pay attention to the re-development of the east end of town. Many of the buildings on the eastern end of town are reaching their life expectancy, and now is the time to be looking very seriously at improving the look of that part of the city. Mr. Colwell agreed. Mr. Miller said we were fortunate to have the involvement of the Landmarks Commission and a concerned developer with this new CVS Pharmacy. That may not always be the case, and he feels this is a good reason for the city to employ a professional in the area of planning. This will benefit our residents and the business community. • Sharon Duecher, 23339 Westchester Drive, is concerned about a vacant house on her street that is in deplorable condition. She has been in contact with Mr. Gareau about this home and has received correspondence from Building Commissioner Conway and Inspector Tennant that goes back as far as March of 1997. In September of 1998, she was told that something was going to be done but she is still waiting. On another matter, she is concerned about water main breaks on Westchester because the street was recently repaired. At the time the street was being repaired, Service Director Bohlmann told her is was deemed "not necessary" to replace the water line on the street even though the homes were built in the 1950's. Mrs. Duecher said it was very <~. aggravating to have a water main break five and six times in the same spot because 8