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RESOLUTION: 7545-01 BY: Corrigan, FitzGerald, George, Roth, Seelie, Skindell, Smith. A RESOLUTION declaring it necessary to improve Forest Road (from Lake Avenue to south end) by the complete reconstruction of the pavement cross-section including the necessary installation and replacement of curbs, aprons and sidewalks, together with all necessary appurtenances thereto and tree laWn restoration. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO; Section 1. That it is necessary to improve the following street in the City of Lakewood: Forest Road (from Lake Avenue to south end) Section 2. That said Forest Road (frOm Lake Avenue to south end) shall be improved in accordance with specifications hereinafter referred to and now on file in the office of the City Engineer including the complete reconStruction of the pavement cross-section including the necessary installation and replacement of curbs with ODOT Type 6 curbs, aprons and sidewalks, together with all necessary appurtenances thereto and tree lawn restoration. Section 3. It is hereby determined and declared that said improvement is conducive to the public health, convenience and .welfare of said City and the inhabitants thereof. Section 4; That the plans, specifications and estimates of the proposed improvements heretofore prepared and now on file in the office of the City Engineer are hereby approved. SeCtion 5. Council hereby determines that the lots and lands abounding and abutting upon the proposed improvements are specifically-benefited by said improvements shall be assessed at a rate not to exceed $31.00 per foot of frontage based upon an assessment rate of not greater than twenty (20) percent of the cost of the 'project from back of sidewalk to centerline of street. Those lots with side yards benefited by any of the said improvements shall be assessed an amount equal to the average for all lots having frontage on the improved portion of the street, plus an amount not to exceed $31.00 per foot for any lot depth in excess of 150 feet. The assessments shall cover twenty (20) percent of the actual cost of said improvement, less costs which are appropriately attributed to other funds. Improvement costs include the cost of preliminary and other surveys, publishing notices, resolutions and ordinances, the amount of damages resulting from the improvement assessed in favor of any owner of land affected by the improvement and the preparation, levy, and Collection of the special assessments, the cost of purchasing appropriating, and otherwise acquiring labor and material, interest on bonds and notes issued in anticipation of the levy and collection of the special assessments together with all other necessary expenditures. Such amount being hereby determined to be equal to the .special benefit derived by lands so abounding and abutting these improvements. Section 6. That the Clerk of this Council be and she is hereby directed to deliver a certified copy of this resolution to the Director of Finance of this City. Section 7. That pursuant to Section 3 of Article XVI of the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, the Director of Finance of this City be and is hereby authorized and directed to prepare and file with this Council the estimated assessments of the cost of the improvement described in this Resolution. When such estimated assessments have been so filed, said Director