6783-92 Apply for Forestry Funds

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RESOLUTION NO.. 6783-92 BY: Boscia, Gallagher, George, Gibbons, Roth, Seelie, Smith A RESOLUTION authorizing and directing the Director of Public Works to file an application and enter into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for the purpose of acquiring funds through the Division of Forestry's Urban Forestry Assistance Program. WHEREAS, the qualitY of urban life is enhanced by the proper management of the urban forest resource, and WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood recognizes the importance of providing tree and shrub related benefits to its citizens, and WHEREAS, funding for the purchase, installation and care of trees and other urban vegetation is available through the Ohio De- partment of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to file an application, and if awarded, to enter into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to administer a grant to implement said program. Said agreement to be substantially in the form of Exhibit "A" attached hereto with such modifications as deemed by the Law Director to be in the public interest. Section 2. That the City of Lakewood hereby requests that the Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, consider its application to fund the project. Section 3. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its commit- tees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings~ to the public in compliance with all legal requirements.~ ? Adopted: :A~~' ~/~ CLERK Approved: