3617 - 54 Employ counsel regarding new bridge over Rocky River

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F RES~LI~TION IiC. 3617 I3Y ~31'? ChoQkley APi R~~~tQEt~CY RE84LUTIt3N further atatin~; general policy relating to the traffic crossing Rocky River and the nature sf prelircinary action to be taken in connection therewith. ~fiE~CEAS, tsr the reasons stated Cherein, this Council has a- dapted a resolution employiag Special Counsel to represent the intar- eats sf the City in general connection with a new bridge aver Rooky River as proposed by the County IGngineer of Cuyahoga County; and E I~HEREAS, it is understood from statements appearing in news- pazpers and attributed to the.a that the Board of County Comnisaioners of Cuyahoga Ccunty and the Countyy sneer intend forthwith to request the IJirectsr of Highways of the State of fihio to declare the necessityy out~thdetcan~enteoi'uthte GityCOtsLakewood;flwtsd~d particular bridge xith- ta'FiEREAS, this resslutiott constitutes an +?a~ergency far the reason that imraec'3ate action by the Gity is necessary in order to properly op- pose any such request and any such declaration of necessity, it ax~r, which might otherwise be made responsive thereto, and so as to prevent, s if at all possible the construction of such bridge northerly of the N.Y.C. ~ St. L. Ra~Iroad as heretofore and presently proposed, and f©r ~ the further reason that this resolution provides fcr the public welfare and safety and the usual daily operation of aeuiaicipal departments; now, therefore, 3 !3% IT RE5t5LYED RY TKE CC3tthCIL QF THE CITY 0~' LAKE"~"~?OT1 RTATE OF p£iIQ 2 ~ uectian 1. That Special Counsel, Amer-Redden-k'ykoff & Yon F Duzer b®, and they are hereby, autborissed and requested to confer with the rector oS Highways as anon as possible regarding the bridge across Rocky 2".ivsr as proposed by the County Engineer and as has been sr may be proposed by the Board of County Comm4:ffisioners of Cuyahoga County ` generally referred to, in the Knappen-Ti petty-Abbett-McCarthy report' to the Board of County Csmraisaioners oP Cuyahoga County„ as a bridge on Alil;nraent A sr as alternatives abridge on Aligarrants 8 or B-1, and to eke known to the Mrector of ~ighways the general psaition sf this i~ Council to bet ~l) That it does not canaider an additional bridge to be necessary in that essential needs can be satisfied by the improvement of approaches to the existing Cetroit- Rockq niver bridge; ~ (2} That it is not in accord with the building of a bridge pursuant is Alignment A or .Alignment B or B-1 sf the Knappen-Tippetta-Abbett-z~cGarthy report; but that (3} In the event the LYrector of Iii ways of the Stt~Ce sf Ohia is of the opinion that he show c?eclsre the necessity of a new bridge across Rocky Piiver aL same paint in Lakewood, then that it is preferable to construct such bridge sn an al3gnr~ant substantially as uelineated in the plan presented by Fish-Coru~an. Section 2. The Clerk sf this Council is directeet to fcrward a copy sf this resolution to the special Counsel concurrently with the forwarding to them of Resolution tdo. 3616. Section 3• This resolution is hereby declared Lo be an emer- ;~ency ~seasure far the reasons stated in the prea~sble hereof and, pro-