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f nd4rson, Bullock, George, Litten, RESOLUTION NO. 9060 -19 BY: }'Le;ary; O'Malley, Rader A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of council, or otherwise to take effect at the earliest period allowed by law, ratifying and endorsing the City's Integrated Wet Weather Improvement Plan, and especially the Priorities and Principles recited therein. WHEREAS, after years of study under the integrated planning framework advanced by the federal government, the City has prepared an integrated plan to address and minimize combined sewer overflows into Lake Erie and Rocky River for the health, safety and welfare of Lakewood residents and for compliance with the federal Clean Water Act of 1972; and WHEREAS, the plan, found within Phase 2 of the City's Integrated Wet Weather Improvement Plan, is due to the Ohio EPA on or about March 1, 2019; and WHEREAS, Council has been involved in the planning of Phase 2 of the City's IWWIP, from participating in the public process to passing five years' worth of water and sewer rates in order to fund imminent improvements called for under the plan to adopting long -term capital strategies that permit the construction of a high -rate treatment facility among other improvements, and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Ohio and the Ohio Revised Code, municipalities have the power of local self - government; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Ohio and the Ohio Revised Code, municipalities have the power to enact laws that are for the health, safety, welfare, comfort and peace of the citizens of the municipality; and WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Third Amended Charter of the city of Lakewood, this Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that this resolution is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety, and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that the City's IW WIP Phase 2 plan is due on or about March 1, 2019; now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. Council hereby ratifies and endorses the City's Integrated Wet Weather Improvement Plan, and especially the Priorities and Principles recited therein, in substantially the same form as the document attached as Exhibit A, as part of the City's overall Phase 2 submission to the Ohio EPA.