26-80 Apply for Federal-aid Urban "M" Funds - traffic signals

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ORDINANCE NO. 26-80 BY:Brown, Chinnock, Galla§her, Graham, McBride, Salmon, Wendling AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the City of Lakewood to make application for Federal-aid Urban "Mu Funds and granting the consent to the Director of the Department of Transportation to construct improvements hereinafter described under the supervision of the Director of Transportation subject to final approval of the City of Lakewood. WHEREAS, the public interest and safety demands the improvements of portions of the following described public highways, said improvement to include the installation and improvement of traffic signals, signs and pavement markings at major intersections on various routes within the City of Lakewood. WHEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and welfare, and for the usual daily operation of a municipal department; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That it is declared to be in the public interest that the consent of said City be and such consent is hereby given to the Director of Transportation to construct the above-described improvement, in accordance with plans, specifications and estimates as approved by the City of Lakewood and by the Director Section 2. That said City hereby proposes to cooperate with the of Ohio, in the cost of the above-described improvement as foltows: Assume and contribute upon approval by the City of Lakewood the entire cost and expense of the improvement less the amount of Federal-aid Urban"M" Funds set aside by. the Director of Transportation and the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) for the financing of this improvement from funds allocated by the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. Further, the City agrees to assume and bear one hundred percent (100%) of the cost of preliminary engineering and right-of-way. Section 3. That the Mayor of said City is hereby empowered and directed on behalf of the City to enter into agreements with the Director of Transportation necessary to complete the planning and construction of this improvement subject to the approval of Council. Section 4. That upon completion of said improvement, said City will thereafter keep said highway open to traffic at all times, and (a) Maintain the improvement in accordance with the provisions of the statutes relating thereto and make ample financial and other provisions for such maintenance; and (b) Maintain the right-of-way and keep it free of obstructions in a manner satisfactory to the State of Ohio and hold said right-of-way inviolate for public highway purposes and permit no signs, posters, billboards, roadside stands or other private installations within the right-of-way limits; and (c) Place end maintain all traffic control devices conforming to the Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices on the improvement in compliance with the provisions of Section 4511.11 and related sections of the Ohio Revised Code. (d) Regulate parking in the following manner: Prohibit all parking within the limits of intersection improvements.