13-2023 - Authorize lease with LCSC for 12900 Madison

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-Plwase Substitute for Qrig a 1st read & referred to COW 5/15/23; 2nd reading 6/5/23 Baker, Bullock, Kepple, Litten, ORDINANCE NO. 13-2023 Marx, Rader, Shachner AN ORDINANCE 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 and directing the Mayor or Director of Planning & Development (Director) to enter into an agreement for the sale of 12900 Madison Avenue (Parcel 315-09-022), Lakewood, Ohio. WHEREAS, in 2022 the City consolidated and relocated the operations of the Human Services Department to Cove Community Center resulting in there being no current public use for the former Youth Division property located at 12900 Madison Avenue; WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 155.07 of the Codified Ordinances, the Administration has solicited proposals for the reuse of the above listed properly and recommends the sale of the property to Lakewood Community Services Center to renovate and utilize the space for office use on the first floor and residential use on the second floor; WHEREAS, this Council has determined it is in the best interest of the City to sell said real property to Lakewood Community Services Center and that such sale shall further the interest of the City and its residents; 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 ordinance 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 this property is currently vacant and should be renovated and occupied; now, therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. The Mayor or Director is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement, in substantially the same form as Exhibit A, for the sale of 12900 Madison Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio to Lakewood Community Services Center. Section 2. The Mayor or the Director is hereby authorized and directed to enter into all agreements and related instruments for the sale of said real property. Section 3. The Mayor or the Director shall make no representations or warranties concerning the conditions of the property, including, but not limited to the property's environmental condition, mechanical systems, dry basements, foundations, structural integrity or compliance with code, zoning or building requirements. Section 4. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council,