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At its regular meeting scheduled for 4:00 p.m. today, Toledo City Council will likely amend and vote on Ordinance 226-16, which would create requirements for lead-based paint in single-family and duplex rental properties constructed prior to 1978. Such properties would be required to obtain a certificate by passing a dust wipe and visual inspection and paying a $45 filing fee. The ordinance does not require full abatement of lead paint, but rather using practices to reduce exposure. Penalties are included in the ordinance for non-compliance. Proposals related to the ordinance that may be considered include: • An alternative proposal from Councilman Rob Ludeman which would require lead paint inspection of rental properties with up to four units and child care centers, follow-up inspections for properties failing an initial visual inspection by the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department, development and distribution of enhanced educational materials, and signing of the Disclosure of Information on Lead-Based Paint by the tenant. • Another alternative from Councilman Larry Sykes would also expand requirements to rental properties with up to four units, and include home-based child care centers. It would also maintain the originally proposed requirement for dust wipe inspections and require that applications for lead-safe certificates and property maintenance hazard reports have information of all tenants. Other changes include the expiration timeframes for certificates, specifying informational materials to be provided to tenants, and exemptions for Lucas County Metropolitan Housing Authority properties. Council is also expected to vote on the following legislation: • Ordinance 299-16, which authorizes the issuance and sale of $1,105,000 of general obligation bond anticipation notes to retire a prior sidewalk improvement note maturing on October 20, 2016. It is estimated that this will decrease the City’s outstanding debt for sidewalk improvements by at least $170,000. • Ordinance 309-16, which would authorize $58,267 from the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority to be placed into the Capital Improvement Program fund for the relocation of Jeep Parkway as part of the Overland Industrial Park redevelopment project. The funds will be used to reimburse the City for unanticipated contractor costs related to removal of previously unknown concrete foundations. • Ordinance 314-16, which would vacate part of Twining Street and part of an alley between MedCorp Drive and North Expressway Drive. Resolution 448-15, passed in September 2015, declared the City’s intent to vacate the property. All preliminary steps to facilitate the vacation for site assemblage at the location are now complete. All Council meetings are held in Council Chambers on the first floor of One Government Center, located on Jackson Boulevard in downtown Toledo.