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RESOLUTION NO. 5153 BY: Messrs. Salmon, Sinagra, Usher, BrOckman, Chinnock, Magnotto, McBride A RESOLUTION requesting the Cleveland Regional Sewer District to take whatever steps are necessary to expand its statutory purpose under Ohio Revised Code Section 6119.01 to include the supply of water to users within and without the District and to under,take negotiations to assume the responsibility of opera- ting and managing the Regional Water System of the City of Cleveland, and declaring an emergency. WHEREAS, the City of Cleveland currently operates a water supply system which has over a number of years been continuously expanded to serve the entire Greater Cleveland area tQ the extent that said system is a regional water system, and W~EREAS, the City of Lakewood along with other municipalities in the Greater Cleveland region, has heretofore contracted with the City of Cleveland to have the City of Cleveland, Division of Water and Heat of the Department of Public Utilities, provide an adequate supply of water, and ~EREAS, it has been demonstrated in the past that the operation of muni- cipally owned utilities which service large metropolitan areas is best handled on a regional basis and a greater efficiency can be obtained by tbe pooling of resources and manpower throughout the area serviced, thereby accomplishing improved mainten- ance, repair and expansion, and WHEREAS, it is~recognized that the City of Cleveland has attempted to provide service but has been unable to do so because of the vast area that the Water Department services, andi WHEREAS, water: revenue receipts collected by the Cleveland Water Depart- ment are being imprudentily and unnecessarily applied so that the most pressing pro- blems of repair and expansion in all parts of the system are not being solved, and WHEREAS, unless proper action is promptly instituted, the condition of the Cleveland Water System will continue to drastically deteriorate not only as to the inadequacy of the water pressure and volume being delivered by Cleveland, but also as to the quality of water to be furnished, and WHEREAS, the Cleveland Regional Sewer District has demonstrated an ability to operate, maintain, improve and expand the regional sanitary sewer system, and WHEREAS, Chapter 6119 of the Ohio Revised Code allows for regional sewer and water districts by petition to expand its statutory purpose to include the supply of water to users within and without the district and to assume the opera- tion of a water supply and distribution system; now, therefore, BE IT P. ESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That this Council, Administration and Mayor hereby request that the Cleveland Regional Sewer District take whatever immediate steps are necessary to expand the statutory purpose under Ohio Revised Code Section 6119.01 to include the supply of water to users within and without the District and to under- take negotiations to assume the responsibility of operating and managing the regional water system of the City of Cleveland. Section 2. That the Clerk of Council be and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward certified copies of this resolution to the Cleveland City Council, all suburban Councils and to the Regional Sewer District. Section 3. ~hat this resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure in that the same provides for the immediate preservation of the safety and welfare of the City of Lakewood, Ohio, and for the further reason that a real and present emergency exists in that unless immediate action is undertaken, the Cleveland Water System will continue to drastically deteriorate and be unable to provide adequate water service to its present and future users; wherefor_~_f this resolution shall be in full force and effect from and immediately after its p~sz~ge~/~ and ap~rov,al/by~heMayor.///~f~ Ado ted' ~ ~/~ ~~ ~ /f~ . ~ Clerk ~ ~..4 Approved: ~' ~/~ ~ //~a¢'r /~ ~