2023-70 - ARPA allocation for ADA Transition Plan projects

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DocuSign Envelope ID: D733A3F0-EC57-49D6-A4C4-7A15E4E44C25 referred to COW 12/4/23 Please substitute for the original RESOLUTIONNO. 2023-70 BY: Baker, Bullock, Litten, 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 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds on certain high priority projects identified in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Self -Evaluation and Transition Plan (SETP). 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, a $1 million tranche of these ARPA funds were set aside for projects and initiatives prioritized by Lakewood City Council and intended to be allocated in either 2023 or 2024; and WHEREAS, Lakewood City Council supports allocating $300,000 of these funds to be spent on certain high priority projects identified in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Self -Evaluation and Transition Plan so that the City may be more accessible for all individuals and to make progress toward compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act; and, WHEREAS, because the Administration shares an interest in this project, the Mayor will contribute $700,000 from the City's General Fund, ARPA funds, or other allowable source; 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 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 fund these projects in a timely manner; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. That $300,000 shall be allocated from City Council's $1 million tranche of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds and spent on certain high priority projects identified in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Self -Evaluation and Transition Plan (SETP). Section 2. That $700,000 of the City's funds shall be allocated and spent on the above -mentioned projects. Section 3. 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.