2020-14 - Upgrade of guardrails at Clifton & Lake

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Please substitute for the original Referred to Public Works & Sustainability 2/18/20 Bullock, I(epple, Litten, Neff, O'Malley, Rader, RESOLUTION NO.2020-14 BY: Shachner 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 and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing the Mayor, Director of Public Works or Law Director to enter into agreements necessary to allow the Ohio Director of Transportation to complete the upgrade of guardrails on Clifton Blvd. near Lake Road in the City of Lakewood. WHEREAS, the State has identified the need for the described project: Upgrade guardrail end treatment on Clifton Blvd (US -6) near Lake Road in the City of Lakewood. this work is part of a larger ODOT project to upgrade guardrail end treatments on National Highway System routes within Cuyahoga and Lake counties; 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 property, health, and safety and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments, in that this project should be authorized for the 2020 construction season; now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. Being in the public interest, the City of Lakewood hereby gives consent to the Ohio Director of Transportation to complete the above described project. Section 2. The City of Lakewood shall cooperate with the Director of Transportation in the above described project as follows: The entire cost and expense of the construction will be provided by the Ohio Department of Transportation. No financial participation will be required by the City of Lakewood. The City of Lakewood agrees to pay one hundred percent (100%) of the cost of those features requested by Lakewood which are determined by the State and Federal Highway Administration to be unnecessary for the Project. Section 3. Lakewood agrees to acquire and/or make available to ODOT, in accordance with current State and Federal regulation, all necessary right-of-way required for the described Project. Lakewood also understand that right-of-way costs include eligible utility costs. Lakewood agrees to be responsible for all utility accommodations, relocation, and