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<br />'" <br />, <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 37-85 <br /> <br />By: Brown, Chinnock, Gallagher, Graham <br />McBride, Salmon, Wendling <br /> <br />AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE to provide for the issuance of notes 6£ <br />the City of Lakewood, Ohio, in anticipation of the issuance of bonds, <br />for the purpose of paying the property owners' portion, in anticipation <br />of the levy and collection of special assessments, and the City's por- <br />tion of the cost of improving Chester land Avenue and certain other <br />streets in the City of Lakewood, Ohio, by the necessary grading and <br />replacement of the base, resurfacing with asphaltic concrete, including <br />the necessary replacement and resetting of castings together with the <br />necessary appurtenances thereto. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Director of Finance, as fiscal officer, has <br />certified to this Council that the estimated life of the improvements <br />hereinafter mentioned is at least five (5) years and has further certi- <br />fied the maximum maturity of the hereinafter mentioned bonds is five {5) <br />years and that the maximum maturity of notes issued in anticipation of <br />said bonds is five (5) years from the date df issuance of the driginal <br />notes, or one (1) year if sold privately; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, this ordinance is an emergency measure which is <br />necessary fdr the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, <br />health, safety and, welfare in the City and for the further reason that <br />the immediate issuance and sale of the ndtes herein authorized is neces- <br />sary to provide fot the construction of street improvements in the City <br />in order to remove hazards to traffic; <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City of Lakewood, <br />Cuyahoga County; Ohio: <br /> <br />Section L That it is hereby declared necessary to issue <br />bonds of the City of Lakewood in the principal amount of $700.000 for <br />the purpose of paying the property owners' portion ($170.000), in <br />anticipation of the levy and collection of special assessments, and the <br />City's portion ($530,000) of the cost of improving Chesterland Avenue, <br />Cook Avenue, Glenbury Avenue, Lake Road, Manor Park Drive. anq Parks ide <br />Drive, by the necessary grading and replacement of the base, resurfacing <br />with asphaltic concrete, including the necessary replacemeñt and <br />resetting of castings together with the necessary appurtenances thereto, <br />in the manner and between the termini provided in Resdlution No. 5931-85 <br />duly adopted by the Council of the City on February 19, 1985. <br /> <br />Section 2. That said bonds shall be dated approximately <br />May 1, 1986, shall bear interest at the estimated rate of ten per centum <br />(10%) per annum, payable semi-annually, until the principal sum is paid. <br />and shall mature in five (5) substantially equal annual installments <br />after their issuance. <br /> <br />Section 3. That it is hereby determined that notes (herein- <br />after called the "Notes ") in the principal amount of $700,000 shall be <br />issued in anticipation of the issuance of said bonds for the above- <br />described purpose. The Notes shall bear interest ,at a xateot rates not <br />exceeding the maximum interest rate permitted by law, as may be fixed by <br />the Director of Finance in his certificate awarding the Notes at private <br />sale, such interest to be payable at maturity, with provision, if <br />