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PLACED ON 1ST READING & REFERRED TO THE <br />HOUSING COMMITTEE 7/5/11. <br />RESOLUTION NO. g504-11 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, <br />Nowlin, Smith. <br />AN RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it received the affirmative <br />vote of at least five (5) members of Council or otherwise, or otherwise it shall take <br />effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing a <br />Development Agreement between the City of Lakewood and the County of Cuyahoga, <br />Ohio to accept Neighborhood Stabilization Program II funds in an amount estimated at <br />$200,000 for the development of vacant property located at 2070 Dowd Avenue, <br />Lakewood, Ohio. <br />WHEREAS, 2070 Dowd Avenue was donated to the City of Lakewood by the <br />Center for Families and Children in 2009; and <br />WHEREAS, structures on that property were razed by the City of Lakewood using <br />Neighborhood Stabilization Program Funds; and <br />WHEREAS, in order to put the property to a viable use and to meet the intent of <br />the Neighborhood Stabilization Program the City of Lakewood is seeking funding to <br />build a new home on the site; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood has had plans drawn up and has bid out the <br />construction of the residential structure; and <br />WHEREAS, accepting this funding will allow the City of Lakewood to move <br />forward with the redevelopment of this residential properly and allow the City to return <br />it to a tax generating parcel with a single family home; and <br />WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5) of its members determines <br />that this resolution is an emergency measure, and that this resolution shall take effect <br />at the earliest date possible as set forth in ARTICLE III, SECTONS 10 and 13 of the <br />SECOND AMENDED CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, and that it is necessary for <br />the immediate preservation of the public property, health and safety, and to provide for <br />the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that this easement is necessary to <br />construct a single family home on this vacant parcel during the 2011 construction <br />season. Now Therefore, <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: <br />Section 1. That the Mayor, on behalf of the City of Lakewood is hereby <br />authorized to enter into a Development Agreement between the City of Lakewood and <br />the County of Cuyahoga, Ohio to accept Neighborhood Stabilization Program II funds in <br />