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<br />RESOLUTION NO
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<br />8154-06
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<br />BY' Antonio, Butler, Demro, Dever,
<br />FitzGerald, Madigan, Seelie.
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<br />A RESOLUTION opposing the nnfunded mandate by tbe EP A
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<br />WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood owns, operates and maintains- its wastewater
<br />treatment plant; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood O\Vl1S and maintains the sewers located
<br />therein; and;
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<br />WHEREAS, the City has and continnes to make significant upgrades and
<br />improvements to both the sewer system and the wastewater treatment plant which has
<br />and continues to significantly reduce overflows into Lake Erie; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the EP A is in negotiations with several Ohio cities, including
<br />Lakewood, that would require an uncompromising, drastic reconstruction of our current
<br />sewer system at an unfathomable cost; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the EP A has and continues to issue these unfunded mandates on
<br />municipalities, such as Lakewoo<4 that would dramatically increase sewer rates to
<br />citizens; an<4
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<br />and,
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<br />WHEREAS, clean and healthy waterways are vital to the Lakewood community;
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<br />WHEREAS, the residents of Lakewood have recently had dramatic increases in
<br />necessary expenses, including but not limited to,. prescription drugs, natural gas, school
<br />levies, gas for automobiles; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the income for many of Lakewood's residents is fixed, and said
<br />residents are unable to absorb an increase to their sewer rates,
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<br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO:
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<br />Section 1, That the Federal Govenunent and/or the State Government take all
<br />necessary steps to institute a more equitable manner of funding the EP A mandate
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<br />Section 2. That the EP A unfunded mandate shaIl not be funded by raising the
<br />rates of residents who cannot absorb this proposed increase,
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<br />Section 3, That the Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this Resolution
<br />to any and all state and federal representatives who represent the City of Lakewood,
<br />Ohio.
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<br />Section 4, That is resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure
<br />necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety, and
<br />welfare in the City and for the usual daily operation o(the City for the reasons set forth
<br />and defined in the preamble to this resolution, and provided it receives the affinnative
<br />vote of at least five (5) of it members elected to Council, this resolution shaH take effect
<br />and be in force immediately upon it adoption by the Council and approval by the Mayor
<br />otherwise, it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law
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<br />President
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<br />Approved:
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