8033-05 Request Social Security Retain Office in Lakewood

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Resolution No. 8033~05 By: Corrigan, Demro, Dever, Dunn, FitzGerald, Madigan, Seelie. A RESOLUTION requesting that the Social Security Administration retain its local office at the Lakewood Center West Building located at 14650 Detroit Avenue; WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood is home to over 12,000 residents sixty years or older; and WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood is home to densely populated senior housing including the fixed income developments of the Westerly, and Southwesterly but also the assisted living cooter called the Northwesterly all located within walking distance of the current Social Security Administration Office; and WHEREAS, the current Social Security Administration Office is centrally located providing easy access to public transportation and Northeast Ohio's highway system; and WHEREAS, the proposed area for the move is sparsely populated, not centrally located aud difficult to be served by pubJic transportation; and WHEREAS, Executive Order 12072 requires that the Federal Govemment "give first consideration to a centralized community business area" and the Lakewood Social Security Administration Office meets that requirement; now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: SECTION I: That tbe City of L¡lli:ewood does hereby urge Ohio's Congressional Delegation to oppose the United States Social Security Administration's efforts to move its local office from 14650 Detroit Avenue and further take the necessary action to support Representativé Dennis Kucinich SECTION 2: The Clerk of Council is hereby directed to forward certified copies of this Resolution irinnemately upon passage and approval to the President of the United States, U.S. Social Service Administration Commissioner, and each of the elected Senatórs and Congressmen in the State ofOllio. , SECTION 3: It is found and detennined that all fonnal actions of this Council concerning and relating to this Resolution were adopted man open meeting of this Conncil, and that all deJiberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such fonnal actions were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements, including Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code. SECTION 4: This Resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure immediately necessary for the preserva,tion of the public peace, health, safety and welfare of said City, and for the further reason so that it may be ú;ansmitted to the government officials mentioned above to make them aware of our concerns over Lakewood's So.cial Security Administration Office, this Resolution shall take effect and be in force immediately rrom and after its passage and approval by the Mayor. ~doPted: fJr:;[~,j. /-Oð )~ . ~k President Approved: &cc, if, JtJO <::