8814-15 Accept OH EPA grant for stream bank restoration and fish shelf

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REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE 6/15/15. RESOLUTIONNO. 8814 -15 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Marx, Nolin, O'Leary. A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it received the affirmative vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest pe- riod allowed by law, authorizing the Director of Public Works to enter into an agreement to ac- cept a grant from the Ohio EPA clean water fund grant for the Lakewood Stream Bank Restora- tion and Fish Shelf project in the amount of $122,842 and requiring a match by the City of Lakewood in the amount of $81,894. WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood has applied and been awarded a clean water fund grant for the construction of a fish shelf and to restore a portion of the river bank of Rocky River within the city; and WHEREAS, acceptance of this grant and approval of matching fiords will allow the stabi- lization of the bank and restoration of vegetation to this area; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five of its members 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 it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health and safety, and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that this agreement is necessary to begin design and engineering work required stabilize and restore the stream bank this season for construction in 2016; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. The Director of Public Works, is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement to accept a grant from the Ohio EPA clean water fimd grant for the Lakewood Stream Bank Res- toration and Fish Shelf project in the amount of $122,842 and requiring a match by the City of Lakewood in the amount of $81,894. 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 deliberation of the Council and any of its committees that resulted in such for- mal action were in meetings open to the public and in compliance with all legal requirements. Section 3. This resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare in the City and for the usual daily operation of the City for the reasons set forth and defined in the preamble to this resolution, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Coun- cil, this resolution shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption by the Council and approval by the Mayor, or otherwise it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest peri- od allowed by law.