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PLACED ON 1ST READING & REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 4/1/02. PLACED ON 2ND READING 4/15/02. ORDINANCE NO: 102-02 BY: Corrigan, Dunn, George, Roth, Seelie, Skindell. AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor or her designee to enter into a contract, in an amount not to exceed Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00), with Hull & Associates, Inc. for the purposes of a Phase II Environmental Assessment of the Koepke properties located at 11901-11 and 12187 Detroit Avenue (PP's 315-13-013 and 315-10-001, 002) Lakewood, Ohio. WHEREAS, the Koepke properties located at 11901-11 and 12187 Detroit Avenue (PP's 315- 13-013 and 315-10-001, 002) LakewoOd, Ohio have been on the market for four (4) years; and WHEREAS, a Phase I Environmental Assessment of the property has been completed by the property owner and concluded that a Phase II Environmental Assessment is necessary; and WHEREAS, pre-development activities including environmental assessments are eligible activities for funding through the EDF; and WHEREAS, it was determined that certain environmental conditions required remediation prior to the sa le of said property to a subsequent purchaser; and WHEREAS, it is in the public interest to see that this property be returned to an economica Ily viable and tax generating use; and WHEREAS, as an authorized use of the City of LakeWood's entitlement allocation of federal Community Development Block Grant dollars, the Economic Development Fund (EDF) was established and approved by Lakewood City Council on December 2, 1996. The intent of the EDF is to promote business investment and redevelopment in identified area of Lakewood for the purpose of supporting Lakewood's competitiveness and attractiveness as a location for new businesses and the expansion of existing businesses; and WHEREAS, the BIP was established and approved by Lakewood City Council on 3une 2, 1997 as a meansfor implementing the EDF in order to provide needed and appropriate assistance and support to companies investing in Lakewood that would foster redevelopment efforts to increase jobs, generate new tax revenue and provide for physical improvements in Lakewood; and WHEREAS, this 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 III, SECTIONS 10 and 13 of the SECOND AMENDED CHARTER OF TH E CITY OF LAKEWOOD, to provide for the immediate preservation of the public property, health and safety, and to provide for the timely redevelopment of this important commercial property, NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1-1' ORDAZNED BY THE cri'Y OF LAKEWOOD, 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 Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00), With Hull & Associates, Inc. for the purposes of a Phase II Environmental Assessment of the Koepke properties located at 11901-11 and 12187 Detroit Avenue (PP's 315-13- 013 and 315-10-001, 002) Lakewood, Ohio. Section 2. The Council of the City of Lakewood hereby determines that entering into an agreement with Hull & Associates, Inc. in the preparation of a Phase II environmental assessment of the Koepke properties located at 11901-11 and 12187 Detroit Avenue (PP's 315-13-013 and 315-10-001,002) Lakewood, Ohio are inthe best interest of the public health, safety, and welfare of the City of Lakewood and will further the goal of returning the properties to an economically viable and tax generating use. Page I of 2