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325 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 326 SEPTEMBER 28, 1994 327 PAGE SEVEN 328 329 improvements. Council member Helmbrecht noted centerville 330 Elementrary needs a lot of help and she is personally going to 331 fight for the help it needs. 332 333 Boulevard Improvements. 334 The City Council reviewed a letter dated September 8, 1994 from 335 Greg Hellings, City Attorney, regarding boulevard improvements. 336 A copy of this letter is on file with the Clerk/Administrator. 337 338 Council member Brenner expressed she felt the City should not do 339 anything regarding the placement of boulevard improvements. 340 Council member Brenner expressed, in her opinion, the City does 341 not have an ordinance regulating boulevard improvements. 342 343 Sanna Buckbee, Acting Clerk/Administrator, noted the City 344 Attorney advises in his letter that the City may create a greater 345 liability for itself it chooses to regulate boulevard 346 improvements and then fails to fOllow-up on improvements. Mr. 347 Hellings noted that if somebody was injured by a boulevard 348 improvement which was brought to the city's attention, for which 349 the City should have known about, but failed to act upon, the 350 City could possibly be held liable. Several boulevard 351 improvements have been brought to the attention of the City, 352 therefore it create a greater liability for itself. 353 354 Mayor Buckbee noted Mr. Hellings noted the City could choose to, 355 at a minimum, have the property owner sign a hold harmless 356 agreement indemnifying the City of centerville from any liability 357 which could result from boulevard improvements. Mayor Buckbee 358 questioned what happens to the hold harmless agreement after the 359 owner who signs it moves. 360 361 Motion by Buckbee, second by Brenner to direct City staff to 362 investigate if the City of Centerville currently has a policy 363 regarding placement of boulevard improvements; 364 to request the City Attorney's opinion if a hold 365 harmless agreement can be filed with the property 366 owners deed; 367 and to present the information to the City Council at 368 the next appropriate City Council meeting, 369 motion carried unanimously. 370 371 Update on Projects being Performed by Tamara Miltz-Miller. 372 The City Council reviewed a pending projects update dated 373 September 27, 1994 from Tamara Miltz-Miller. A copy of this 374 information is on file with the Clerk/Administrator. 375 376 Council member Brenner expressed concern with the estimated 377 Capital Improvement Plan completion date. The Star City 378 Committee needs this project completed for its application