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Resolution No. 2005 -76 WHEREAS, F.I.R.S.T has recently received a renewable ODOT Coordination grant in the amount of Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000), and has further received Trapeze software from the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority ( "GCRTA "), valued at One Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars ($110,000.00), for the purposes of establishing a call and dispatch center at a suitable location in western Cuyahoga County; and WHEREAS, F.I.R.S.T. has demonstrated an interest in establishing the operations of its call and dispatch center at the said City -owned real property on Butternut Ridge Road; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council to authorize and direct the Director of Law to enter into negotiations with F.I.R.S.T. for the lease of the City's said real property on Butternut Ridge Road as a call and dispatch center, on terms and conditions that are substantially similar to the lease formerly existing between the City and Horizon Activities Center, and including provisions for a five -year term with options for renewal and consent to sublease in the future all or a portion of the facility to the Senior Transportation Connection of Cuyahoga County ( "S.T.C. ") on a revenue - producing space basis acceptable to the City; and WHEREAS, it is further the desire of this Council to authorize the Mayor to execute on behalf of the City the lease that is ultimately negotiated by the Director of Law with F.I.R.S.T, consistent with the general terms and conditions set forth above; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: That this Council hereby authorizes and directs the Director of Law to enter into negotiations with the First Integrated Regional Senior Transportation ( "F.I.R.S.T. ") consortium for the purpose of leasing the City's real property located on Butternut Ridge Road, and identified as Permanent Parcel Numbers 235 -6 -9, 235 -6 -10 and 235 -6 -11, for use as a centralized call and dispatch center for transporting the elderly and disabled to and from locations within the F.I.R.S.T. regional area; and further authorizes the Mayor to execute, on behalf of the City, the lease that is negotiated by the Director of Law consistent with the general terms and conditions set forth above. SECTION 2: That this Resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure immediately necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare, and further for the reason that it is necessary that this Resolution go into effect immediately because F.I.R.S.T. is scheduled to conduct testing of the call and dispatch center (and the Trapeze software) in June with the anticipation to begin operations in July, and the Director of Law requires sufficient time to conduct negotiations within this time frame, and further provided it receives the affirmative vote of two - thirds of all members of Council, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor. 2