8591-12 Authorize agreement for Senior Community Services

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RESOLUTION NO. 8591-12 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Nowlin, Powers, Smith. A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing the Mayor or his designee to apply for and enter into an agreement with the Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging for Title lII of the Older Americans Act, Senior Community Services for the 2013-14 program years. WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood received notification from Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging of the deadline for proposals to accept fimding under Title III of the Older Americans Act for the Senior Conununity Services program for the 2013 and 2014 program years, such deadline being August 8, 2012; and WHEREAS, the WRAAA Request for Proposal requires County, the City of Lakewood is required to produce a resolution permitting contracting authority and authority to submit a proposal along with the proposal; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five of its members determines that this resolution is an emergency measure, and that this resolution shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in Article III, Sections 10 and 13 of the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, and that it is necessary for the inunediate preservation of the public property, health and safety, and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that this legislation is necessary to inchtde this resolution with the proposal for 2013-2014 Senior Conununity Services programs and the proposal is due on or before August 8, 2012; now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY TI-IE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OIIIO: Section L The Mayor or his designee is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging for Title III of the Older Americans Act, Senior Conununity Services for the 2013-14 program to accept and expend fiords under that program through December 2014. Section 2. The Mayor or his designee is hereby authorized to submit a grant proposal to Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging for the provision of program services for the 2012 and 2013 program years. 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 forma( actions were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements.