8948-17 Authorize Agreement to Operate the Small Business Performance Grant Program

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REFERRED TO THE COMMITTE OF THE WHOLE 9/5/17. RESOLUTION NO. 8948 -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 after the earliest pe- riod allowed by law, authorizing and directing the Mayor to enter into a grant agreement with the County of Cuyahoga for the operation of a Lakewood -SBA Small Business Performance Grant Program, and approving the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $50,000.00 from the eco- nomic development account within the General Fund for the purposes of the program. WHEREAS, the City and the County of Cuyahoga have an interest in entering into an agreement for the operation of a $150,000 Lakewood -SBA Small Business Performance Grant Program to assist small businesses located in Lakewood; and WHERAS, this Council by a vote of at least five of its members determines that this reso- lution is an emergency measure, and that this resolution shall take effect at the earliest date pos- sible 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 immediate preservation of the public property, health and safety, and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal department in that the grant program begins October 1, 2017; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO Section 1. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed, on behalf of the City, to enter in- to a grant agreement with the County of Cuyahoga for the operation of a Lakewood -SBA Small Business Performance Grant Program, the agreement to be on terms approved by the Director of Law and in substantially the same form as the document attached as Exhibit A. Section 2. Council hereby approves the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $50,000.00 from the economic development account within the General Fund for the purposes of fulfilling the City's obligations under the program. 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 formal action were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements. Section 4. This resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare in the City and for the usual daily operation of the City for the reasons set forth and defined in the preamble to this resolution, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Coun- cil, this resolution shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption by the Council