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?. ? <br />CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2008 - 4 <br />By: Mayor O'Grady <br />A RESOL UTION A UTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY LIFE <br />SERVICES TO MAKE APPLICATION TO THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF <br />NATURAL RESOURCES FOR A NATURE WORKS GRANT FOR THE <br />PURPOSE OF PROVIDING PARTIAL FUNDING FOR CERTAIN LOCAL <br />PARK AND RECREATIONAL IMPROYEMENTS; FURTHER <br />AUTHORIZING THE I/SE OF MATCHING CITY FUNDS FOR SUCH <br />IMPROVEMENTS; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT <br />THE GRANT IF AWARDED AND TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AND/OR <br />SUCH OTHER DOCUMENTS AS ARE REQUIRED TO EFFECTUATE <br />RECEIPT OF THE GRANT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. <br />WHEREAS, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources administers a state funded <br />program that annually provides Natural Works Grants to local communities for parks and <br />recreational improvements; and <br />WHEREAS, the program requires local communities to provide a twenty-five percent <br />(25%) match; and <br />WHEREAS, the Director of Cominunity Life Services and the Parks and Recreation <br />Commissioner recommend that the City of North Olmsted make application for such a grant or <br />grants in order to provide partia] funding for certain proposed local parks and recreational <br />improvements in the City of North Olmsted, to-wit: rod iron fencing at North Olmsted Park, <br />play equipment at Barton Bradley Park, pavilion park shelter at North Olmsted Park, and/or field <br />bleachers at North Olmsted Park, as determined by the Director of Community Life Services, <br />depending upon grant funds available; and <br />WHEREAS, it is accordingly the desire of this Council, acting on the recoinmendation of <br />t11e Director of Community Life Services and the Parks and Recreation Commissioner, to <br />authorize the Director of Cominunity Life Services to malce application for a Nature Works <br />Grant or Grants through the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for some or all of the local <br />,:arl< and recreational improvements enumerated above; to authorize the use of the required <br />twenty-five percent (25%) matching local funds for any or all of the above enumerated projects <br />partially funded by such a grant or grants from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources; and <br />to authorize the Mayor to accept such grant or grants if awarded and to execute any contract or <br />contracts and any other papers required to effectuate the grant; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA, AND STATE OF OHIO: <br />. .. . . , . , > . .H^*d W? .:. . . .tMNMxN` ? ..r? i?o?a , u?bF , n a ,.?. . . . . . , . „? . ....• ,. u ?,y" 6 }V3 .ta?.`i ih, .;.rxi .. ?., . .?.. .. . . <br />I