2023-32 - Authorize application for CMAQ funds

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Referred to PWS 6/5/23 Baker, Bullock, Kepple, Litten, RESOLUTION NO. 2023-32 Marx, Rader, 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 period allowed by law, authorizing the City Engineer of the City of Lakewood to prepare and execute an application for Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funds for the stated described project and to submit same to the Northeast Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) for consideration of funding by Ohio Association of Regional Councils (OARC) on behalf of Lakewood. WHEREAS, the United States Congress has set aside monies for Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) projects through the State of Ohio, Department of Transportation (ODOT), and administered by the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA); and WHEREAS, Lakewood can apply for these monies and be selected for funding by the Ohio Association of Regional Councils (OARC), who has been charged with management of a statewide CMAQ program by ODOT; and WHEREAS; the Phase 6 — Traffic Signal Improvements project is a transportation activity eligible to receive federal CMAQ funding; and WHEREAS, if requested funds are granted, the City of Lakewood shall be responsible for at least twenty (20%) percent of the eligible costs unless NOACA is requested to apply Toll Revenue Credits (TRC) to TRC eligible applicants, as defined in NOACA's Regional Transportation Investment Policy (RTIP),. 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 to provide for the usual daily operation of the City in that grant applications are due by June 20, 2023; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITIY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. The City Engineer of the City of Lakewood is hereby authorized to prepare and execute an application for Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funds for the stated described project and to submit same to the Northeast Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) for consideration of funding by Ohio Association of Regional Councils (OARC) on behalf of Lakewood.