43-77 Remodel Warren Rd Fire Station

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ORDINANCE NO. 43-77 BY: Messrs. Chinnock, McBride, Salmon, Sinagra, Usher, Brockman AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE authorizing and directing the Director of Public Works to employ by contract the firm of Richard L. Bowen & Associates, Architects, to provide professional architectural services in the remodeling of Fire Station No. 1 located on Warren Road in the City of Lakewood, which services shall include preparation of construction drawings, contract documents and specifications. WHEREAS, this Council has determined that, rather than to construct a new Fire Station within the City at this time, it would be in the best interest of the City to remodel Fire Station No. 1 situated on Warren Road in the City of Lakewood, and WHEREAS, this Council further determines that the remodeling of this safety facility should be accomplished at the earliest possible time in the best interest of the citizens of the City of Lakewood, and WHEREAS, this Council further determines that it is necessary t~employ the services of an architect in regard to the remodeling of said Fire Station No. 1, and WHEREAS, this Ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the usdal daily operation of a municipal department and for the immediate pre- servation of the public safety and welfare in that there should be no delay in the remodeling of Fire Station No. 1; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the Director of Public Works be and he is hereby authorized and directed to employ by contract the architectural firm of Richard L. Bowen & Associates, Architects, 13124 Shaker Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44120, as the professional architect for the purpose of preparing construction drawings, contract documents and specifications for the remodeling of Fire Station No. 1 situated on Warren Road in the City of Lakewood, including converting the Chief's Office into a Day Room, the Generator Room into a Kitchen, and the West Apparatus Bay into a Dining Room, and the remodeling of Fire Station No. 3 to provide for relocation of the Chief's Office and the Fire Prevention Bureau to that station. Said contract shall be based upon the proposal submitted by the said Richard L. Bowen & Associates, Architects, dated July 29, 1977, designated Lakewood Fire Station No. 1 Remodeling Project No. RLB 01309PF, and shall provide for a fee to be computed in accordance with said proposal. Section 2. That this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure for the reasons stated in the preamble hereof and provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members elected to Council, it shall take effect and be i~ force immediately upon its adoption and approval by the Mayor. Adopted:~~~~4~~__ ~lSr~e~ent Mayor