6517-90 Urge to review procedures of foreclosures

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RESOLUTION NO. 6517-90 BY: Boscia, Gazzana, Graham, Roth, Smith AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION urging the Department of Housing and Urban Development of the United States Government to review procedures concerning foreclosures on property by HUD to expedite such foreclosures and minimize negative impacts on communities. WHEREAS, the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development is from time to time forced to foreclose on or take possession of residential properties in various programs it supports, and WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the Federal Government and local communities that such houses be preserved, maintained, and resold as quickly as possible to preserve the individual housing stock and the community interest, and WHEREAS, there have been instances in the City of Lakewood, including the property located at 1361 Geil Avenue, wherein the foreclosure of the property and/or retaking by HUD and return of the property to the housing market in satisfactory condition have taken unreasonably excessive period of time, and WHEREAS, this resolution constitutes an emergency measure providing for the health, safety and welfare of all citizens of our community; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development is urged to immediately review all procedures relative to foreclosure of properties and the maintenance, care of, restoration and resale of such properties to ensure that all procedures therefore are expedited to minimize the negative impact upon the local community in which such properties are located. Section 2. That this Council urges the Department of Housing and Urban Development and all elected representatives to take every effort possible to ensure that foreclosed properties do not become a blight on local communities but rather that the Department works in conjunction with local communities, particularly the Building Department in each municipality to ensure that the property is maintained, restored and returned to the mar~ketplace as quickly as possible. Section 3. That the Clerk of Council be and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Director of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, D..C. and to Senators Howard Metzenbaum and John Glenn and United States Representatives Edward Feighan and Mary Rose Oakar, and that a copy of this resolution be spread upon the minutes of this meeting. Section 4. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements. Section 5. That this resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure for the reasons stated in the preamble hereof and provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members 1