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At its regular meeting scheduled for 4:00 p.m. today, Toledo City Council will likely vote on Ordinance 229-16, which would authorize the sale of the former Southwyck Mall site for $2.8 million to trustee Louisville Title Agency for Northwest Ohio, Inc. The ordinance also reserves for the City of Toledo the right to repurchase the site if $2.5 million in improvements are not made to it within five years. NAI Harmon Group, formerly Industrial Developers, Ltd., which brokered the sale, has not disclosed the name of the actual purchaser. Other legislation likely to be voted on by Council include: • Resolution 247-16 urging Congress to modify the Clean Water Act by creating direct regulatory controls over nonpoint sources of pollutants as part of the Total Maximum Daily Load program. The resolution is aimed at improving the health of the Lake Erie watershed and addressing the formation of Harmful Algal Blooms in the Western Lake Erie Basin. • Ordinance 168-16 which would authorize accepting $10,677,460 in grant funding from the Ohio Department of Transportation for resurfacing of Central Avenue from Upton to Cherry Streets, Alexis Road from Telegraph Road to I-75, and Glendale Avenue from the Anthony Wayne Trail to Broadway Street. A portion of the funds are also for reconstruction of Bancroft Street from Secor Road to Parkside Boulevard. • Ordinance 169-16 which would authorize accepting $894,984 from the Ohio Public Works Commission for reconstruction of Bancroft Street from Secor to Parkside. Accepting the grant reduces the City’s required match from the Capital Improvement Program fund for federal grant dollars received for the project. • Ordinance 240-16 which would authorize accepting a $1,700,000 loan from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for the Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination Project to eliminate storm sewer connections from the sanitary sewer systems in the DeVilbiss/Lockwood area. It also appropriates $20,000 to pay loan application fees and miscellaneous project costs not funded by the loan. Prior to its regular meeting, Council will hold an executive session to discuss the recent court decision holding Lucas County responsible for incarceration costs of Toledo prisoners charged under Ohio Revised Code, and Toledo’s agreement with the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio. The executive session is scheduled to begin at 3:00 p.m. All Council meetings are held in Council Chambers on the first floor of One Government Center, located on Jackson Boulevard in downtown Toledo.