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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 20, 2017 Page 13 O'Neill noted that this allowed the transfer by the current Relief Association members and positioned the fund well, with it now being 108% funded. Unless there was a market adjustment not under the city's control, Chief O'Neill ex- pressed his confidence that things would continue on a positive note. Chief O'Neill alerted the City Council that the Fire Relief Association would be bringing forward a requested Cost of Living Adjustment based on Social Security indexes and based on the agreement made approximately ten years ago. Chief O'Neill estimated that 5-10 of these recipients would leave through attrition over the next 5-8 years; with the result eventually sun -setting the Relief Association. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Chief O'Neill provided more specif- ics related to vesting for part-time employees in their retirement fiend; and poten- tial liability to the city for those remaining in the Relief Association. Chief O'Neill also clarified that the city could not and would not terminate anyone from the Relief Association, and under legal obligation to continue those benefits for the duration. Chief O'Neill spoke confidently that while there was some risk for the city, the steps taking in 2010 by the City Council had capped that liability and moved things in a different direction (PERA) through making those good choices. d. Discuss the Annotated Outline Illustrating Present Structure of the Subdivi- sion Code and How a Rewritten Code Might Differ; Provide Input to Guide the Drafted of an Updated Ordinance (PROD -0042) Senior Planner Bryan Lloyd introduced Mike Lamb, consultant with Kimley- Horn, undertaking the rewrite of the city's subdivision code as detailed in the staff report and related attachments. Title 11 (Exhibit A), Subdivisions and his Memorandum dated February 23, 2017 Exhibit B Mr. Lamb provided an overview of the five major topics needing review: lan- guage in code (definitions) and their consistency with other city code; minor sub- division process as discussed by the Planning Commission and of interest to the City Council; Park Dedication mechanism and how to address that moving for- ward; Design Standards and any revisions of those standards embedded in code; and those areas for reliance on the Public Works Design Standards Manual cur- rently in process. In the City Council's review of Attachment A, Mr. Lamb clarified that the first column represented current code and right hand column provided suggestions from his office and staff. Mr. Lamb further clarified that those are just sugges- tions, and not recommendations, but simply based on experience and requiring City Council feedback. Mr. Lamb also referenced excerpts provided from the subdivision ordinances in the metropolitan area and language from those that