7574-01 Enviromental Remediation Detroit & Hird

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RESOLUTION NO. 7574-0I BY: Corrigan, FitzGerald, George, Roth, Seelie, Sklndell, SMith. AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION authorizing the Mayor or her designee to apply for financial assistance through the Cuyahoga County Brownfield Redevelopment Loan Fund for the purposes of funding the potential purchase and environmental remedlation of the property (PP# 312-33-017) located at :11726-28 Detroit Avenue and 1385-87 Hird Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio. WHEREAS, the property (PP# 312-33-017) located at 11726-28 Detroit Avenue and 1385-87 Hird Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio have been on the market for nearly five (5) years; and WHEREAS, it is in the public interest to see that this property be returned to an economically viable and tax generating use; and WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood has comPleted a Phase ! and Phase II Environmental Assessments of the property utilizing Community Development Block Grant dollars and a Cuyahoga County Brownfield Technical Assistance Grant; and WHEREAS, as a result of the Phase I and Phase TT Assessments, Asbestos-Containing Materials (ACMs) were identified and an Underground Tank was determined to have been installed at some point on the subject property; and WHEREAS, certain environmental hazards require remediation prior to the sale of said property to potential buyers and, further it was determined that no remediation or further action is required related to the Underground Tank; and WHEREAS, Cuyahoga County has Brownfield Redevelopment Loan Funds available to fund a potential purchase and remediation of said property; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5) members elected hereto determines that this Resolution is an emergency measure, and that this resolution shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in ART/CLE III, SECT/ONS :10 and 13 of the SECOND AMENDED CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, and that this project is necessary to facilitate the sale and remediafion of said property for an economically viable and tax generating use. NOW, THEREFORE, BE TT ORDAINED BY THE COUNC/L OF THE CTI'Y OF LAKEWOOD, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. The Council of the City of Lakewood hereby authorizes the Mayor or her designee to make application to Cuyahoga County for a Brownfield Redevelopment Loan, for the purposes of funding a potential purchase and environmental remediation of the property (PP# 312-33-017} located at 11726-28 Detroit Avenue and 1385-87 Hird Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio. Section 2. The Council of the City of Lakewood hereby determines that application for such funding for said purchase and remediation is in the. best interest of the public health, safety, and welfare due to the known Asbestos-Containing Materials on the property and will further the goal of returning the property to an economically viable and tax generating use. 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 any of its committees that resulted in such formal actions, were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements. Section 4. This Resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure for the reasons set forth and defined in the preamble of this Resolution, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at .least five (5) of its members elected to Council, this Resolution shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption by the Council and approval by the Mayor. President of Council