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Council Minutes of 12-17-2013 • Regarding James Connell vs. The City of North Olmsted, this is the case filed concerning class action flooding. The case will be a year old on January 20, **ay 2014. This case is now against Cuyahoga County, who was added as a defendant some time ago. For the past year, the city has been involved in the accumulation of records and cooperating and coordinating with counsel to exchange those documents. Paper discovery and depositions will continue throughout 2014. They are expecting a ruling on class action status/certification late in 2014. • The RFP process is proceeding this week for outside counsel for the Fox and Bielozer police matters. There are a number of firms that have inquired, and the deadline is this Friday. • The city was contacted about a real estate donation. They typically receive a request for people who have quit paying taxes on their remnant parcels years ago, and just want to get rid of them. The city chooses to decline that. Recently the city was contacted about a parcel that is adjacent to current city-owned property on Butternut Ridge Road. There is an estate that has one piece of real estate left that they would like to donate to the city. It's a remnant parcel from when I-480 was built. The city will do a survey and examine the title to make sure there are no liens on the parcel. • Regarding property maintenance, there are three cases with convictions that are pending sentencing. There are three open cases subject to conviction. Twelve complaints have been authorized and are awaiting filing. There are two complaints referred to law and are pending prosecution, and three complaints with unresolved issues in the Service Dept. due to the weather making it harder for people to comply. • He wished everyone a Merry Christmas. Director of Finance Copfer: • She has been asked to serve on the selection committee for the Master Plan consultant. There were ten or eleven proposals that were reviewed, and they interviewed four consultants today. They have been narrowed down to two consultants to choose from. • Council received the October month end detail and summary. She is currently reviewing November. Council should have this by the end of the week. • She has been working on the budget for 2014 and closing out 2013. • She wished everyone a Merry Christmas and looks forward to working with everyone next year. Council President Jones, Chairwoman of the Committee of the Whole: The Committee of the Whole met Tuesday December 10, 2013 at 7:33 p.m. Present were all members of Council, Councilwoman-elect Hemann, Mayor Kennedy, Law Director Gareau, Finance Director Copfer, Planning/Development Director Wenger and guests. Council heard from Greg Myers, Economic Development Consultant, who updated Council on economic development in the city highlighting the $19 million in private commercial construction projects that happened this year. He and the Planning Dept. continue to look for opportunities for redevelopment in the city. Sara Barnhart updated Nrr. Council on the Springvale Golf Course and Ballroom. In 2013, Springvale saw a number of in-house projects funded which includes the installation of fairway drainage, a new 2