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Council Minutes of 8/17/2004 d Councilman Limpert, chairperson of the Intra-Governmental Relations Committee: 1) ~~' The committee met on Monday, August 9. Present were committee members Limpert and Miller; Councilmen Nashar, Gareau, and McKay; Mayor Musial, Human Resources Director Copeland, Safety Director Jesse, Law Director Dubelko and Nicole Dailey Jones, a member of the Charter Review Commission. Agenda items were as follows: • Ordinance 2004-43, an ordinance to submit to the electors of the City of North Olmsted a Charter amendment to provide for the members of the Landmarks Commission to have the qualifications necessary to qualify as a historic preservation review commission for federal funding. The Mayor explained the objective of this was to allow the qualifications to change as the federal government might change those requirements or qualifications to be eligible for such funding. Also, Mrs. Dailey Jones spoke in favor of the ordinance. Amendments were to be made in the ordinance to better reflect the changes that took place during review by the Charter Review Commission. Those changes are in Section 1 of the ordinance and also in the ballot wording which appears on Section 3. (In answer to an inquiry by Mr. Limpert, Law Director Dubelko said there is also a provision that would expand the authority of the Mayor to go outside the community if necessary to get preservation related professionals.) The legislation has been approved by the Charter Review Commission as far as the concept, and the committee unanimously approved and requested suspension of the rules requiring three readings this evening so that it may be submitted to the Board of Elections. • Resolution 2004-121, sponsored by Mr. McKay regarding PERS benefit changes. Mr. McKay informed the committee that, since his original request for the legislation, there had been more information provided to him and he felt the resolution was no longer necessary and requested Council table it. The committee approved that request. • Resolution 2004-123, which authorizes the Mayor, on behalf of the city, to enter into an agreement with the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for interim referrals and other HUD services. This three-year agreement will allow the city to refer cases to the Fair Housing Review Board and allow the city to accept funding and to handle such cases on a more local basis. HUD will be giving training and making sure that we achieve a substantial equivalency to what the federal regulations are. It is the recommendation of the Law Director, the Human Resources Director and the chair of the Fair Housing Board that this be approved. The committee unanimously recommended approval. • Ordinance 2004-126, which transfers the responsibility for the Tax Incentive Review Council and the Housing Council from the Mayor's secretary to the Finance Department. There was considerable discussion, and it was decided that the matter should be held in committee until more details are worked out between the administration and the Finance Department. 2) Councilman Limpert made a motion to amend Ordinance 2004-43, consistent with the changes which were mentioned in his report. The motion was seconded by Councilman Nashar and passed unanimously. Ordinance 2004-43 is amended. 4