9001-18 Authorize Purchase Agreement for Hilliard Square Theater

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REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 5/7/18. RESOLUTIONNO. 9001 -18 BY: Anderson, Bullock, George, Litten, O'Leary, O'Malley, Rader. A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earli- est period allowed by law, authorizing the Mayor and Director of Law to enter into a purchase agreement with Robert Dobush, owner of the property located at 16021 Madison Avenue, Lake- wood, Ohio (PPN 313 -14 -007), for valuable consideration including the settlement of all out- standing claims against Dobush for the demolition of the structures that formerly stood on that site and was commonly known as the Hilliard Square Theater. WHEREAS, the City declared the structure formerly located at 16021 Madison Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio a structural nuisance and razed the structure in 2017; and WEREAS, Lakewood expended funds exceeding $900,000 to abate environmental haz- ards and to raze the structure; and WHEREAS, there is currently a lien on the property exceeding $1,000,000 which in- cludes the amount of abatement and delinquent taxes; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Ohio and the Ohio Revised Code, mu- nicipalities have the power of local self - government, and the power to enact laws that are for the health, safety, welfare; 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 and in the best interest of the City to resolve the claims and accept this vacant property immediately; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. The Mayor and Director of Law are hereby authorized to enter into an agree- ment, in substantially the same form as attached as Exhibit A, with Robert Dobush, owner of the property located at 16021 Madison Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio (PPN 313 -14 -007), for valuable consideration including the settlement of all outstanding claims against Dobush for the demoli- tion of the structures that formerly stood on that site and was commonly known as the Hilliard Square Theater. 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 of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements.