2023-62 - Authorize application to County for Madison Park

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DocuSign Envelope ID: D6BDA395-EEAA-4533-AAF3-8EA3D8F417C8 RESOLUTION NO. 2023-62 BY: Baker, Bullock, Kepple, Litten, Marx, Rader, 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 at the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing the Mayor or the Director of Planning & Development to apply to the Cuyahoga County Community Development Supplemental Grant Program for a $50,000 grant to be used for the transformation of 2048 Halstead Avenue into a new east entrance of Madison Park through the Madison Park - Birdtown Neighborhood Connector Project. WHEREAS, on October 17, 2023, the proposed grant application was presented in a public forum at the Lakewood Public Library Main Branch and previous meetings were held to gather resident feedback regarding the proposed new east entrance at Madison Park. WHEREAS, the Madison Park - Birdtown Neighborhood Connector Project involves the demolition of the blighted and vacant structures at 2048 Halstead Avenue, grading and reseeding of the property, installation of privacy screening along the side property lines as requested by the adjacent neighbors, installation of landscaping, and construction of a path leading from Halstead Avenue to Madison Park, and WHEREAS, the project is a priority recommendation of the draft Madison Park Master Plan and will provide a direct connection between Madison Park and the Birdtown neighborhood at Thrush Avenue supporting improved resident access to the park; 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 ordinance 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 property is currently vacant and should be renovated and occupied; now, therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. The Mayor or Director of Planning & Development is hereby authorized to prepare and submit an application to the Cuyahoga County Community Development Supplemental Grant Program for a $50,000 grant to be used for transformation of 2048 Halstead Avenue into a new east entrance of Madison Park through the Madison Park. Section 2. The Mayor or the Director of Planning & Development is hereby authorized and directed to enter into all agreements as may be necessary and appropriate for obtaining this financial assistance. 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.