2022-03 - Accept NOPEC Energized Community Grant

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Baker, Bullock, Kepple, Litten, O'Malley, Rader, Shachner RESOLUTION NO.2022-03 A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect at the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing the City of Lakewood to enter into an agreement to accept Northeast Ohio Public En- ergy Council ("NOPEC") Energized Community Grant ("NEC Grant") which is offered through NOPEC and their supply partner NextEra.. WHEREAS, Lakewood is a member of NOPEC- and is eligible $144,016 for an NOPEC Energized Community Grant for 2022 as provided for in the NEC Grant Program guidelines and has been awarded $3,500 for a 2022 Community Event Sponsorship; and WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lake- wood, 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 property, health, and safety and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that entering into this grant agreement immediately will allow Lakewood to access the funds and begin qualifying projects; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. The Council of the City of Lakewood hereby authorizes the Mayor to apply for and to enter into any and all necessary agreements to accept and receive the NEC Grant(s) for 2022 and to enter into and execute the grant agreement and any other required ancillary documentation with NOPEC to effectuate the foregoing. 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