8969-17 Accept Grant for Keep Our Parks Safe program

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RESOLUTIONNO. 8969 -17 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Litten, Marx, Nowlin, O'Leary, O'Malley. A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it received the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing the Mayor (Director of Public Safety), to enter into an agreement to accept a grant from the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Office of Criminal Jus- tice Services, Ohio Community- Police Relations Grant Program for Lakewood's Keep Our Parks Safe (KOPS) in the amount of $29,976.30 and requiring a match by the City of Lakewood in the amount of $9,992.10. WHEREAS, the Ohio Department of Public Safety has identified Lakewood Police De- partment as a jurisdiction eligible for funding under this grant; and WHEREAS, the funding to provide additional officer presence in the parks, enhanced visibility, response to quality of life complaints, and to be a proactive presence with our youth and other park visitors; and WHEREAS, these funds will be used to staff special assignment cars and patrolling Lakewood's parks from April through September; and WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, this Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that this reso- lution is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately, 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 it is necessary to fund additional officers for public safety services in the City of Lakewood; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. The Mayor (Director of Public Safety), is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement to accept a grant from the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Office of Criminal Jus- tice Services, Ohio Community- Police Relations Grant Program for Lakewood's Keep Our Parks Safe (KOPS) in the amount of $29,976.30 and requiring a match by the City of Lakewood in the amount of $9,992.10. 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