2022-38 - Authorize consent secree with US Dept. of Justice

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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. The Mayor is hereby authorized, on behalf of the City, to execute a federal consent decree in the same or substantially the same form as on file in office of Council. Section 2. The Lakewood Integrated Wet Weather Improvement Plan, found as Chapter 10 of the March 1, 2019 submission to Ohio EPA, is hereby amended and the Mayor is hereby directed to submit the revised Chapter 10 in the same form as on file in the office of Council, to conform the plan to the requirements of the consent decree. Section 3. The Mayor shall cause to be published, in fulfillment of the consent decree and Lakewood's commitment to public engagement as part of Clean Water Act Integrated Planning, the consent decree and its appendices, as well and the amended and updated IWWIP. Section 4. 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 any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements. Section 5. 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 two thirds of the members of Council, this resolution shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption by the Council and approval by the Mayor, or otherwise it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law. Adopted 10� � Litten, President of Council Maureen M. Bach Clerk of Council Approved �Z2- Meghan F. George, Mayor