7618-02 Funds for W117th Reconstruction

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RESOLU~ON NO.: 7618-02 BY: Corrigan, Dunn, FitzGerald, Georg~ Roth, Seelie, Skindell. AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION authorizing the Director of Public Works to accept and expend a $50,000 contribution of State funds from the Western Elmwood Berea Corporation for the purpose of paying to Cuyahoga County a portion of the City of Lakewood's cost of improvements at the West 117th Street/Madison Avenue intersection, as a portion of the local share of the West 117th Street reconstruction project. WHEREAS, as authorized by Ordinance 83-87, the City of Lakewood entered into an agreement with Cuyahoga County to pay a local share of the cost of reconstruction of West 117th Street; and WHEREAS, Resolution 7435-99, authorized the Director of Public Works to expend Community Development Block Grant funds to pay for a portion of the City's local share of the reconstruction costs for West ll7th Street, and WHEREAS, Ordinance 52-99, authorized the Director of Public Works to bid and contract for the design and construction of CDBG funded streets, including West ll7th Street, and WHEREAS, the Cities of Lakewood and Cleveland, in cooperation with the Western Elmwood Berea Corporation (WEBCO), the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority and the Cuyahoga County Engineer' office, incorporated modifications to the West ll7th Street reconstruction project to address pedestrian and vehicular safety, efficiency and other aesthetic and design improvements to the West ll7th Street/Madison Avenue intersection; and WHEREAS, WEBCO received a $100,000 grant from the State of Ohio to be used for a public capital improvement within the organization's service boundary; and WHEREAS, the West ll7th Street/Madison Avenue intersection is within WEBCO's service boundary and the WEBCO membership voted to contribute the entire grant toward the cost of the intersection improvements; and WHEREAS, the County requires that such funds be paid directly by the cities of Lakewood and Cleveland which have agreements with the County related to the West 117th Street reconstruction project; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5) members elected thereto determines that this resolution is an emergency measure, and that this resolution shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in ARTICLE III, SECTIONS 10 and 13 of the SECOND AMENDED CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, and that immediate action is necessary in order to expedite the receipt and expenditure of these State funds for this project. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO Section I That the Public Works DireCtor is hereby authorized to accept and expend a $50,000 contribution from WEBCO of State grant funds, to supplement the City's CDBG funds, for the purpose of paying to Cuyahoga County a portion of the City of Lakewood's cost of improvements at the West 117th Street/Madison Avenue intersection, as a portion of the local share of the West 117th Street reconstruction project. Section 2. 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 any of its committees that resulted in such formal actions, were in meetings open to the public in compliance With all legal requirements. Page 1 of 2