31-11 Accept Nature Works grant for gazebo

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PLACED ON 1ST READING & REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE 6/6/11. ORDINANCE NO. 31-11 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Nowlin, Madigan, Powers, Smith. AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it received the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members of Council, or otherwise it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law authorizing the Director of Public Works to enter into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to accept a NatureWorks Grant in the amount of Sixteen Thousand Forty-Eight Dollars ($16,048.00) and will require a match from the City of Lakewood in the amount of Three Thousand Five Hundred ($3,500.00), such match to be in the form of labor for the purchase and installation of a gazebo at Lakewood Park. WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood has received notice of an award of a NatureWorks Grant from the Ohio Deparhnent of Natural Resources that will pay fora 16 foot diameter gazebo at the northeast corner of Lakewood Park; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5) of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure, and that this ordinance shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in ARTICLE III, SECTONS 10 and 13 of the SECOND AMENDED CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, 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 agreement must be returned to the State of Ohio in a timely manner in order to secure this funding for this construction season. Now Therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO Section 1. That the Director of Public Works to enter into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to accept a NatureWorks Grant in the amount of Sixteen Thousand Forty-Eight Dollars ($16,048.00) and will require a match from the City of Lakewood in the amount of Three Thousand Five Hundred ($3,500.00), such match to be in the form of labor for the purchase and installation of a gazebo at Lakewood Park. Section 2. 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, and that all such deliberations of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements. Section 3. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare in the City and for the usual daily operation of the City for the reasons set forth and defined in the preamble to this ordinance, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) of members of