02-15 Authorize Agreement to Sell Property at 1351 W. Clifton

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PLACED ON 1ST READING & REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 1/20/15. PLACED ON 2ND READING 2/2/15. ORDINANCENO. 2 -15 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Marx, Nowlin, O'Leary. 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 pe- riod allowed by law, authorizing and directing the Director of Planning and Development to en- ter into a purchase agreement with Liberty Development Company the sell the real property lo- cated at 1351 West Clifton Blvd. pursuant to Section 155.07 of the Codified Ordinances. WHEREAS, the City is the owner of real property located at 1351 West Clifton Blvd.; and WHEREAS, this Council has determined it is in the best interest of the City and will ful- fill the City's obligations to the Lakewood City School District, the prior owner, to sell said real property and that such sale shall further the interest of the City and its residents; and WHERAS, this Council by a vote of at least five of its members determines that this or- dinance is an emergency measure, and that this ordinance shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in Article III, Sections 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 department in that redevelopment plans for this property are underway and further steps toward construction cannot commence until this agreement is finalized; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. The Director of Planning and Development and Mayor are hereby authorized and directed, on behalf of the City, to enter into a purchase agreement, in substantially the same form as the document attached as `Exhibit A," with Liberty Development Company or its nomi- nee, as well as all related documents and instruments of conveyance, for the sale of real property located at 1351 West Clifton Blvd., the former site of McKinley School, pursuant to Section 155.07 of the Codified Ordinances. 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 of 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. That 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 pre- amble to this ordinance, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of