2021-32 - Authorize allocation of $1.68M in ARPA funds to LCSC

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Bullock, Kepple, Litten, Neff-,, O'Malley, Rader, Sha.chrzer. RESOLUTION NO.2021-32 BY: A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives 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 and Director of Planning and Development to enter into an agreement with Lakewood Community Services Center for the provision of Emergency Rent Assistance with funds allocated from the American Rescue Plan Act in the amount of $1,680,006. WHEREAS, Lakewood is in receipt of approximately $23,609,787 of American Rescue Plan Act funds, and; WHEREAS, Lakewood annually contracts with Lakewood Community Services Center to provide Homelessness Prevention Services annually utilizing the City's Emergency Solutions Grant funding, and; WHEREAS, due to the COVID 19 Pandemic, Lakewood would like to continue assisting low- and extremely -low income Lakewood families at imminent risk of eviction and homelessness by providing funding in the amount of $1,680,006 for an Emergency Rent Assistance Program administered by Lakewood Community Services Center, 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 resolution is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety, and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in order to receive and make these funds available as soon as possible; now, therefore. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO : Section 1. That the Mayor or Director of Planning and Development is authorized to enter into an agreement with Lakewood Community Services Center in the amount of $1,680,006 to administer an Emergency Rent Assistance Program in accordance with the Funding Proposal attached as Exhibit "A" and subject to any further guidance issued as to the use of the American Rescue Plan Act funds.