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1984-092 Establishing Grievance Producure for Discrimination Against Handicapped 36 Amendments to the County Comprehensive Paln and all Area of City Impact Ordinances which apply within the Referral Areas shall be sent by the Ada County Planning Commission to the Meriidan City Council and amendments to the County Zoning Ordinance which apply within the Referral Areas shall be sent by the Ada County Zoning Commission to the Meridian City Council. Such amendments shall be received at least 15 days prior to any public hearing on them. Any comment by the Meridian City Council on such amendments shall be made to the appropriate county agency in writing prior to or at such public hearing. The Board of Ada County Commissioners shall notify the Meridian City Council in writing of the county's action on such amendments within 15 days following a final actit~ri by Ada County on such a wetter. PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, THIS 15th DAY OF OCTOBER, 1984. APPROVED: '' ~2~~ RANT P. KI GSF ATTEST: ELUTION N0. 92 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE FOR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE HANDICAPPED; SETTING FORTH THAT THE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE HANDICAPPED IS AGIANS.T CITY POLICY. WHEREAS, handicapped individuals are entitled toti~.e same rights as non-handicapped individuals. WHEREAS, discrimination against handicapped is degrading to all parties involved and only makes life more difficult for the handicapped. WHEREAS, It is in the bEST interest df Th:e City of Meridian and its citizens to alleviate any and all descrimination against the handicapped, particualarly physical barriers. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, that the City hereby adopts the following as its official policy against discrimination of the handicapped and a procedure for processing and resolving complaints of such discrimination: 1. It is the official policy of the City of Meridian that discrimination against the handicapped is forbidden; that this policy shall apply to employment practices, such things as physical barriers of any kind or anything whatever that dis- criminate or act to discriminate against the handicapped. Z. That pursuant to the above policy the City hereby adopts the following procedures for processing and resolving complaints involving discrimination against the handicapped: A. The individual complaining of violation of the above policy shall be referred to as the "Complaintant." The com- plainant shall file a formal complaint. The complaint need not be a legal document and may be informal in its terms. The complaint shall be in writing and shall contain as much information as possible about the alleged violation. If for some reason the complainant cannot write or is visually impaired he may have someone else prepare the complaint or request the Program Co-ordinator to assist irn,its preperation. The complaint must be signed or indicate the com- plainant cannot sign and in such case it must be signed by the com- plainants agent. B. The complaint should be dated and filed within thirty (30) days of the date of the alleged violation; the complaint must be filed with the Program Co-ordinator, who for the City of Meridian, hall be whose address is 728 Meridian Street,. , e~: - ~~,~,, :._ a o, 2; phone number 888-4433 and whose office hours are 8:00 a.m. to S:OOp.m. C.- Aithin fifteen (15) working days of receipt of the compliant the Program CO-ordinator shall respond in writing (or by means of a method understood by the complainant) to the Complaint. The response shall offer a resolution or explain the pos- ition of the City of Meridian with respect to the complaint. D. If in the opinion of the complainan~- +-he response by the Program CO=ordinator is=7~not suffident or_does not satsfactor- ily resolve the issue, .the complainant may,.=within twermty (20) working days of the date of the responce, request a hearing before the City Council of the City of Meridian for a resolution. Teh request for hearing should be sent to the City Clerk, City of Meridian, 728 Meridian Street, Meridian, Idaho, 83642, phone umber 888-4433. E. Within ten (10) days of receipt of the request for hearing, '..,. the City Clerk shall schedule a hearing before the City Council which hearing may not be scheduled more that fortey-five days after receipt of the request for hearing. F. At the hearing the complainant may be represented by an attorney but need not be, he may present his version of the facts and circumstances and may present any documentary or testimonial evidence he desires. The City may likewise present anything it deems relevant to the issue and may have its case presented by the City Attorney G. Within thirty (30) days of the hearing, the City Council shall decide the issue and its decision shall be in writing or by means of a method understood by the complainant. A copy of the written decision, or by such other means, shall be mailed or delivered to the complainant. H. All complaints received. by the. Program Co-ordinator and responses by the City Council shall be kept or filed by the City of Meridian for a period~of three years. These documents may be requested by the Office of Revenue Sharing should an investigation-into alleged discrimination on the basis if handicapped status be initiated. 3.3'7 I. The decision of the City Council shall be final. 3. It is the intent of the adoption of this policy and procedure to meet the requirements of the Office of Revenue Sharing as it pertains to discrimination of the handicapped and a grievance procedure to process complaints of violation. PASSED BY THE City Council and approved by the Mayor of the City of Meridian, this 15th day of October, 1984. GRANT P. KINGSF RD MAYOR ST CITY CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY FO MERIDIAN RESOLUTION N0. 93 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ISSUANCE BY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, OF ITS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BOND IN THE FORM OF THE NONRECOURSE REVENUE NOTE (NEWBERRY ENTERPRISES) 1984 IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $400,000.00 AND APPROVING THE RESOLUTION OF SAID PUBLIC CORPORATION AUTHORIZING SAID BOND, INCLUDING THE AGREEMENT AND DOCUMENTS RELATING THERETO. WHEREAS, the Economic Development Corporation of the City of