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A RESOLUTION NO. 2021-39 INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Bodnar AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF SUBMITTING A JOINT PROPOSAL WITH THE CITY OF HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, OHIO TO THE GREATER CLEVELAND REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY'S CONNECTWORKS MICRO TRANSIT GRANT PROGRAM WHEREAS, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) is seeking proposals for its ConnectWorks Micro Transit Program to provide customers with a last/first mile connection from GCRTA's system to their ultimate place of employment; and WHEREAS, Progressive Insurance, Mayfield Village and the City of Highland Heights, have been discussing the need for such connections for the employees of Progressive Insurance working on Wilson Mills Road and SOM Center Road, as well as other employees working on Beta Drive in Mayfield Village and Alpha Drive in Highland Heights; and WHEREAS, the proposed connection could also be utilized by residents of both communities to reach other destinations along its route; and WHEREAS, GCRTA's ConnectWorks Micro Transit Program offers financial assistance to successful applicants and Mayfield Village wishes to partner with the City of Highland Heights to submit a program proposal by the deadline of November 12, 2021; and WHEREAS, the Council deems it necessary and in the best interest of the health, safety and welfare of all Mayfield Village residents to submit a proposal to the GCRTA's ConnectWorks Micro Transit Program. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF MAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT: SECTION 1. The Council of Mayfield Village supports the preparation and joint submittal of a proposal for the 2021 ConnectWorks Micro Transit Program to assist with the funding of a transportation bus loop to provide last/first mile connections from GCRTA's system to places of employment on Wilson Mills Road, SOM Center Road, Beta Drive and Alpha Drive. SECTION 2. The Council finds and determines that all formal actions of this Council relating to the adoption of this Resolution have been taken at open meeting of this Council; and that deliberations of this Council and of its committees, resulting in such formal action, took place in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all statutory requirements including requirements of Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code. r SECTION 3. This Resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure immediately necessary for the preservation of health, safety and welfare of the residents of Mayfield Village, Ohio, for the reason that Mayfield Village desires to work with Highland