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ORDINANCE NO, 85-81 BY: Brown, Chinnock, Gallagher, Graham, McBride, Salmon, Wendllng AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE authorizing and directing the Mayor to purchase certain real p~operty located at1463 Belle Avenue, hereinafter more particu- larly described. WHEREAS, the Hospital Board of Trustees five-year plan included a recommen- dation that suitable property in the Hospital vicinity be acquired as it becomes available for future requirements of the Hospital's present programs and facilities, and WHEREAS, the Hospital Administration has established a property acquisition policy which requires consultation with the Mayor, Chairman of the Hospital Board of Trustees' FinanCe Committee and the Chairman of the City Council Hospital Committee prior to an offer being made by the Hospital to the property owner, and WHEREAS, an approved offer was made to the property owners and said property owners have accepted same, and WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of Lakewood Hospital by Resolution 592, adopted August 25, 1981 requested Council adopt appropriate legislation authori- zing the acquisition of the subject property for future Hospital expansion, and WHEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the immediate preservation of the public safety and welfare and for the usual daily operation of a municipal department and for the further reason that the owners have agreed to sell said property for the consideration herein stipulated and this Council determines it to be in the best interest of the City that the property be purchased as soon as possible. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the Mayor be and he is hereby authorized and directed to purchase from Frank K, Ziegenruecker and Margaret M. Ziegenruecker the following described property: Situated in the City of Lakewood, County of Cuyahoga, State of Ohio, and being known as Sublot No. 122 in the Belle Avenue Allotment of parts of Original Rockport Town- ship Section No. 22 as shown by the recorded plat in Volume 41 of Maps, Page 23 of Cuyahoga County Records, and being 45 feet front on the easterly side of Belle Avenue (60 feet wide), 187.72 feet deep on the southerly line, 187.83 feet deep on the northerly line and 45 feet in the rear, as appears by said plat, be the same more or less, but subject to all legal highways, and further known as 1463 Belle Avenue, together with all buildings and appurtenances thereon and appurtenant thereto or thereon in their present condition. and to pay therefor the sum of Eight Two Thousand Dollars ($82,000.00). Section 2. That the title to said property shall be subject to the approval of the Director of Law; that taxes and assessments shall be prorated as of the date of the filing of the Deed for record using the last available tax rate and valuation for computing tax prorations; that the Director of Finance be and he is hereby authorized to pay the amount set forth in Section 1 hereof from the Hospital Fund upon delivery by the Grantors of a good and sufficient Warranty Deed to the City of Lakewood, together with guarantee of title disclosing the said real estate to be free and clear of all encumbrances