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Referred to PWS 3/1/21 Please substitute for the original Please Substitutefor Original Bullock, Kepple, Litten, Neff, O'Malley, Rader, RESOLUTION NO. 2021-10 BY:.,Shachner A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives 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 and directing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with Cleve- land Metroparks for the construction and maintenance of the Detroit Connector Trail, an all- purpose trail, and accepting funds in the amount of $25,000.00 toward the project construction costs. WHEREAS, Lakewood is the owner of the public right-of-way of Detroit Avenue in Lakewood which is contiguous to the Cleveland Metroparks; and WHEREAS, Lakewood is constructing an all-purpose trail within the public right-of-way that will connect to an existing all-purpose trail owned and managed by the Cleveland Metro - parks in the Rocky River Reservation; and WHEREAS, Lakewood wishes to accept funds to assist in the construction of the all- purpose trail and to rely on the Cleveland Metroparks for the ongoing maintenance of the all- purpose trail; and WHER.A.S, this Council by a vote of at least five of its members determines that this reso- lution is an emergency measure, and that this resolution shall take effect at the earliest date pos- sible 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 department in that the ac- ceptance of these funds and maintenance agreement are necessary for the construction of the De- troit Connector Trail; -now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. The Mayor is hereby authorized, on behalf of the City, to enter into an agree- ment with the Cleveland Metroparks to accept funds in the amount of $25,000 and for the ongo- ing maintenance of the Detroit Connector Trail as approved by the Director of Law and in sub- stantially the same form as the document attached as Exhibit A. 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. 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-