8941-17 Concur with Planning Commission on updates to Community Vision

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REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 6/5/17. RESOLUTIONNO. 8941 -17 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Litten, Marx, Nowlin, O'Leary, O'Malley 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 at the earliest period allowed by law, concur with the Lakewood Planning Commission in the adoption of the updated Lakewood Community Vision. WHEREAS, Article XII, Section 3, Powers and Duties of the Planning Commis- sion, of the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood states that it shall be the function and duty of the Planning Commission to make and adopt a general plan for the development and improvement of the City; and WHEREAS, in July 1993 the Lakewood Community Vision was accepted as the General Plan for the City of Lakewood and subsequently updated in 2013; and WHEREAS, the Lakewood Community Vision is an expression of where we stand as a community and where we hope to be in the future; and WHEREAS, as a result of an administrative review and public hearings before the Planning Commission, it was determined that the focus areas, goals and objectives in the Vision are still relevant and current, with the exception of a few objectives that had been accomplished; and WHEREAS, the "Where are We Now" data was updated to reflect current statis- tical data as well as making the online version of the Community Vision more visual and informative by including links for recent projects; and WHEREAS, on March 2, 2017, the Planning Commission reviewed and voted to submit with recommendation for adoption of a final draft of an updated Community Vi- sion a copy of which is on file in the Cleric of Council's Office; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five members thereof determines that this resolution is an emergency measure, that this resolution shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in Article III, Sections 10 and 13 of the Second Amend- ed Charter of the City of Lakewood and that it is necessary for the immediate preserva- tion of the public property health and safety and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that the Community Vision should be updated immediately to reflect current data and the on -line version should be updated to include this additional information; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: