48-77 Construct elevator at Senior Center

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ORDINANCE NO. 48-77 BY:Messrs. Salmon, Sinagra, Usher, Brockman, Chinnock, Magnotto, McBride AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE authorizing and directing the Director of Public Works to employ by contract the firm of Weinberg, Teare and Herman as the Archi- tects to provide professional architectural services in coanection with the construction and installation of an .elevator at the Lakewood Senior Citizens Center, 16024 Madison Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio, which service shall i~lude the preparation of construction drawings, contract documents and specifications. WHEREAS, this Council has determined that there is a need to remove additional architectural barriers at the Lakewood Senior Citizens Center to facilitate the mobility of Lakewood's disabled citizens Visiting said Genter, and WHEREAS, this Council further determines that the removal of the aforementioned architectural barriers would best be accomplished by the con- struction and installation of an elevator at the Center which would also alleviate safety and welfare factors at the Center, and ~ WHEREAS, this Council further determines that the installation of a.n elevator should be accomplished at the earliest possible time in the ~est interests of the citizens of the City of Lakewood~ and WHEREAS, this Council further determines that it is necessary to employ the services of an architect in regard to the construction and installa- tion of an elevator at the Lakewood Senior Citizens Center, and WHEREAS, this Ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the usual 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 construction and installation of an elevator at the Lakewood Senior Citizens Center, 16024 Madison Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio; 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 Weinberg, Teare and Herman, 837 Terminal. Tower, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, as the professional architect for the purpose of preparing construction drawings, contract documents and specifications for the purpose of construction and installation of an elevator at the Lakewood Senior Citizens Center, 16024 Madison Avenu'e, Lakewood, Ohio. Said contract shall' provide for an architectural fee in accordance with the Schedule of Fees contained in the original contract by and between Weinberg, Teare and Herman andl the City of Lakewood for the remodeling of the Senior Citizens Cedter dated August 2, 1976. 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 aR1 members elected to Council,it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its' adoption and approval by the Mayor,~'~otherwise it shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest . period allowed by law. Adopted: 1777 Approved: Mayor