8871-16 Establish Foundation Planning Task Force

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Introduced and referred to Committee of the Whole June 6, 2016. Please substitute for the original. RES%UTION NO. 8871 -16 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Litten, Marx, Nowlin, O'Leary, O'Malley. A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect at the earliest period allowed by law, es- tablishing the Foundation Planning Task Force for the purpose of creating a new Ohio nonprofit corporation charged with addressing community health and wellness needs in the City of Lakewood. WHEREAS, Article IV of the Master Agreement among the City of Lakewood, Lake- wood Hospital Association, and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, dated December 21, 2015, provides for the creation of a foundation for the purpose of addressing the wellness needs in the City of Lakewood; and WHEREAS, in order to form the foundation, a task force made up of residents should be appointed to engage the community in the process; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five of its members determines that this resolution is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in Article 1II, Sections 10 and 13 of the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lake- wood 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 the City wishes to engage a task force immediately for the purposes stated above; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. The Foundation Planning Task Force is hereby created for the purpose of planning the establishment of a new Ohio nonprofit corporation which will address community health and wellness needs within the City of Lakewood, pursuant to the Master Agreement among the City of Lakewood, Lakewood Hospital Association, and the Cleveland Clinic Foun- dation, dated December 21, 2015, Section 2. The Foundation Task Force shall be composed of seventeen members, seven of whom shall be appointed by individual Councilmembers, two of whom shall be appointed collectively by Council by separate resolution, and eight of whom shall be appointed by the Mayor. The appointees shall have no formal term and may select a chairperson from among them. Council may appoint a representative from among councilmembers to attend task force meetings as a non - voting member, and in that event Council's representative shall report to Council following each public meeting of the task force. The Mayor or any designee of his or her choosing shall serve as a non - voting member. The administration shall appoint a staff