6562-91 Appropriate property at 1412 Victoria

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RESOLUTION NO. 6562-91 BY: Boscia, Gallagher, Gazzana, George, Roth, Smith AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION declaring the necessity and intent of the City of Lakewood to appropriate the real property located at 1412 Victoria Avenue in the City of Lakewood, County of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, owned by Arlene Koz and bearing Permanent Parcel No. 314-01-108. WHEREAS, it has been determined that the subject property is necessary for a public purpose, namely the acquisition and consolidation of property necessary for the Downtown Development Project for the benefit of the entire community and particulary, the redevelopment of the downtown commercial area, and WHEREAS, after extensive negotiations between the City and the property owner, the parties have been unable to agree on a purchase price for the subject property, and WHEREAS, the City has been certified by the Department of Economic and Community Development of the State of Ohio as an impacted City, and WHEREAS, the subject property, hereinafter more fully described, is needed to create and/or preserve jobs, employment opportunities and to improve the economic welfare of the people of this City for the use or development of the subject property for a public purpose, namely the acquisition and consolidation of property necessary for the Downtown Development Project, now, therefore, WHEREAS, this resolution constitutes an emergency measure providing for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and welfare, and for the usual daily operation of a municipal department; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That this Council hereby determines it necessary and declares it to be the intention of this Council to appropriate the fee simple interest to the premises hereinafter described for the purpose of using the same to create or preserve jobs, employment opportunities and to improve the economic welfare of the people of the City for the use or development of the subject property for a public purpose, namely the acquisition and consolidation of property necessary for the Downtown Development Project, or such other industrial, commercial, housing, distribution or research use and to prevent the spread of blight, deteriorated or deteriorating conditions, said premises being owned by Arlene Koz bearing Permanent Parcel No. 314-01-108, and more fully described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein. Section 2. That the Clerk of Council be and she is hereby authorized and directed to cause written notice thereof to be given to the owner of, person in possession of, or any person having an interest of record therein, or to their authorized agent, and said notice shall be served by a person designated for that purpose by said Clerk of Council and returned made in the manner provided by law for the service and return of summons in civil actions. 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. Section 4. That this resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure for the reasons stated in the preamble hereof and