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PLACED ON 1ST READING & REFRRED TO THE <br />FINANCE COMMITTEE 2/19/13. <br />PLACED ON 2ND READING 3/4/13. <br />ORDINANCE N0. 2-13 By: <br />Anderson, Bullock, Juris, <br />Pfadigan, Nowlin, Smith. <br />AN ORDINANCE TO TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY PROVIDED IT RECEIVES THE <br />AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF AT LEAST FIVE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, OTHERWISE IT <br />SHALL TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FORCE AFTER THE EARLIEST PERIOD ALLOWED <br />BY LAW, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF NOTES IN A PRINCIPAL <br />AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,500,000, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF <br />BONDS, TO PAY COSTS OF RESURFACING ARTHUR AVENUE, BLOSSOM PARK <br />AVENUE, LEWIS DRIVE, SUMMIT AVENUE, LAKELAND AVENUE, OLIVE AVENUE, <br />MARLOWE AVENUE, COVE AVENUE AND WOODWARD AVENUE, AND OTHER <br />STREETS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY, BETWEEN CERTAIN TERMINI, TOGETHER <br />WITH ALL NECESSARY APPURTENANCES THERETO, AND DECLARING AN <br />EMERGENCY. <br />WHEREAS, the Director of Finance, as fiscal officer of the City, has certified that the <br />estimated life or period of usefulness of the improvement described in Section 1 is at least five <br />years and that the estimated maximum maturity of the bonds described in Section 1 is 15 years, <br />and the maximum maturity of the notes described in Section 3 is 20 years; and <br />WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five of its members determines that this <br />Ordinance is an emergency measure, and that this Ordinance shall take effect at the earliest date <br />possible as set forth in Article III, Sections 10 and 13 of the Second Amended Charter of the City <br />of Lakewood (the "Charter"), and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public <br />property, health and safety, and to provide for the usual daily operations of municipal <br />departments and further to allow the City to issue the notes with other notes to be issued by the <br />City into a consolidated issue and obtain savings in the issuance of the notes. Now Therefore <br />BE IT ORDAINED by the City of Lakewood, Ohio, that: <br />Section 1. It is necessary to issue bonds of this City in a principal amount not to <br />exceed $1,500,000 (the "Bonds") to pay costs of resurfacing Arthur Avenue, Blossom Park <br />Avenue, Lewis Drive, Summit Avenue, Lakeland Avenue, Olive Avenue, Marlowe Avenue, <br />Cove Avenue and Woodward Avenue, and other streets located within the City, between certain <br />termini, together with all necessary appurtenances thereto (the "Improvement"). <br />Section 2. The Bonds shall be dated approximately April 1, 2014, shall bear interest <br />at the now estimated rate of 5-1/2% per year, payable semiannually until the principal amount is <br />paid, and are estimated to mature in 15 annual principal installments on December 1 of each year <br />that are in such amounts that the total principal and interest payments on the Bonds in any fiscal <br />year in which principal is payable are substantially equal. The first principal payment of the <br />Bonds is estimated to be December 1, 2014. <br />Section 3. It is necessary to issue and this Council determines that notes in a <br />principal amount not to exceed $1,500,000 (the "Notes") shall be issued in anticipation of the <br />issuance of the Bonds to pay costs of the Improvement. The Notes shall be dated the date of <br />their issuance and shall mature one year from the date of their issuance, provided, however, that <br />13 <br />,~ <br />