2023-37 - ARPA Allocation to Chamber

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Referred to COW 7/3/23 Please substitute for original Baker, Bullock, Kepple, Litten, S. RESOLUTIONNO. 2023-37 BY:J Marx, Rader, Shachner 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 Mayor and/or Director of Finance or Director of Law to allocate and expend $70,000 of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce to facilitate small business support. WHEREAS, Lakewood received a total of $47,219,575 of Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (CSLFRF) through the ARPA, with the first fifty percent (50%) received in 2021 and the second fifty percent (50%) received in 2022; and WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood has already allocated the majority of these funds toward public infrastructure projects including park and sewer improvements, public safety and human services; and WHEREAS, $3,000,000 of remaining ARPA funds were set aside to address initiatives proposed by Lakewood City Council; and WHEREAS, in February 2023 City Council established a process whereby community organizations, city departments, and businesses were invited to propose specific uses of the funds within the funding guidelines to address community needs; and WIIEREAS, members of City Council with remaining funds support allocating the following funds to the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce to help them support Lakewood's small business community. The Lakewood Chamber of Commerce $70,000 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 assist the funding of these various programs and projects; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. That $70,000 be allocated from American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce for projects consistent with the description of those projects provided to and considered by Council in public meetings. Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and