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Council Minutes of 10/16/2007 7) The annual leaf pick up will begin next Monday in Ward 3. 8) Concrete will be poured next Monday, weather permitting, for the permanent street on the east side of Stearns Road between I-480 and Lorain. The street will be closed to through traffic on that day. Once that concrete cures, we will transition over and motorists will be using that finished roadway to transit Stearns Road as work on the west side of the street is completed. 9) With regard to legislation, he asks those committees that are holding legislation in committee to more it forward. Finance Director Copfer read Law Director Dubelko's report: 1) On October 3, he attended the court-ordered mediation in the Nancy Kovacic litigation. The plaintiffs' case against the city was settled in accordance with the settlement authority memorandum he previously provided to Council. The settlement encompasses all of the claims of the plaintiff mother as well as those of ,b both of her minor children, and comprehensively includes the city and all of its officials and employees who were involved in this matter. Probate Court will approve the settlement with respect to the minor children. 2) On October 4, the city received notice that HUD had completed its annual review of the city's fair housing program and had approved the city's program as "substantially equivalent." Congratulations to Asst. Law Director Carole Heyward for her good work in administering the city's program during the past year, and to the city's Fair Housing Review Board, especially its chair, Councilwoman Nicole Dailey Jones, for her enthusiastic support of fair housing in the city. 3) On October 8, he received the final draft of Asst. Law Director Heyward's proposed real ~ " property maintenance initiative for the city. The report will be timely provided to the Mayor, Finance Director and other administration officials for inclusion and consideration in the budget discussions for 2008. 4) On October 10, following the prior evening's BZD committee meeting regarding the half-way house legislation and in response to comments made by residents at that meeting, he conducted further review and research regarding the use of the property at 6044 Gareau Drive. Also he provided assistance to the Building Dept., which led to the Building Dept. sending a violation notice to the property owner on October 12. Building inspectors will visit the property on October 19 to determine whether the violation has been abated. If not, the matter will be turned over to the Law Dept. for enforcement action. 5) On October 11, he attended a lengthy, but very productive meeting of the Records Commission. Commission members Finance Director Copfer and Human Resources Director Farver were in attendance. The commission, with the assistance of the Mayor's Administrative Assistant Annie Kilbane, Finance Department secretary Donna Murphy, and. law clerk Erika Schindler made substantial progress in its review of the proposed retention schedules for City - Council and the Building Department. It is anticipated that the schedules for Council and Building when further revised and improved will be able to serve as models to be used by the other departments and divisions of the city. 6) On October 15, he attended the HB9 mandated public records training at a seminar put on by the Ohio Attorney General's office at Lorain Community College. Also in attendance were the Mayor, the Finance Director and the Human Resources Director. He previously corresponded '~ with City Council regarding the changes in public records law effected by HB9 and will continue $, to make the Law Department's resources available to City Council with respect to any public records law questions. 7) Litigation report from Asst. Law Director O'Malley: In the case of City of North Olmsted v. Scott Koberna, in Rocky River Municipal Court, the city's complaint was dismissed with costs split equally and with the defendant's stipulation that the rocks are not on defendant's property 2