42-01 Hull & Assoc Environmental Remediation Detroit & Hird

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PLACED ON IST READING & REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 9/17/01. 2nd Read 10/1/01. ORDINANC~.NO: 42-01 BY: Corrigan, FitzGerald, George, Roth, Seelle, Skindell, Smith. AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor or her designee to enter into a contract, in an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), with Hull & Associates, Inc. for the purposes of technical assistance and environmental remediation of the property located at 11726-28 Detroit Avenue and 1385-87 Hird Avenue (PP~ 312-33-017), Lakewood, Ohio. WHEREAS, the property located at 11726-28 Detroit Avenue and 1385=87 Hird Avenue (PP~ 312=33-017), Lakewoed. Ohio has been on the market for nearly five (5) years; and WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood has completed a Phase I and Phase H Environmental Assessment of the property utilizing Community Block Grant dollars and a Cuyahoga County Brownfield Technical Assistance Grant; and WHEREAS, as a result of the Phase I and Phase H Assessments, Asbestos-Containing Materials (ACMs) were identified and an Underground Storage Tank was discovered on the subject property; and WHEREAS, it was determined that certain environmental conditions required remediation prior to the sale of said property to a subsequent purchaser; and V~-IEREAS, it is in the public interest to see that this property be returned to an economically viable and tax generating use; and WHEREAS. Resolution No. 7574-01 was adopted by Lakewood City Council on July 16, 2001 authorizing application for financial assistance through the Cuyahoga County Brownfield Redevelopment Loan Fund for the purpose of pUrChasing and remediating the aforementioned property; and W-HEREAS, th~ Council by a vote of at least five (5) members elected thereto determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure, and that this ordinance shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in ARTICLE IH, SECTIONS 10 and 13 of the SECOND AMENDED CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, and that immediate action is necessary in order to facilitate this project prior to the expiration of the Purchase Option Agreement. NOW, V~HEREFOR]5, BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE crrY OF LAKE%VOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. The Council of the City of Lakewood hereby authorizes the Mayor or her designee to enter into a contract, in an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), with Hull & Associates, Inc. for the purposes of technical assistance and environmental remediation of the property located at 11726-28 Detroit Avenue and 1385-87 I4_Jrd Avenue (PP# 312-33-017), Lakewood, Ohio. Section 2~ The Council of the City of Lakewood hereby determines that entering into an agreement with Hull & Associates, Inc. for the purposes of technical assistance and enviromnental remediation of said property is in the best interest of the public health, safety, and welfare of the City of Lakewood and will further the goal of returning the property to an economically viable and tax generating use. Section 3. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this Ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in such formal actions, were in meetings open to the' public in compliance with all legal requirements. Section 4. This Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure for the reasons set forth and defined in the preamble of this Ordinance, and provided it receives the affu'mative vote of at least five (5) of its members elected to Council, this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption by the Council and approval by the Mayor; otherwise it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law. Approved: Mayor