Click here for July 20th Lakewood City Council Docket Agenda.

DOCKET
OF A MEETING OF
THE LAKEWOOD CITY COUNCIL
TO BE HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS
LAKEWOOD CITY HALL – 12650 DETROIT AVENUE
JULY 20, 2015
7:30 P.M.

The Regular Meetings of Lakewood City Council shall be held on the first and third Mondays of each month at 7:30 P.M., except that when such meeting date falls on a holiday such meeting shall instead be held on the following day.  A Docket and Agenda of the business proposed to be transacted by Council will be available in the Clerk’s Office and on the City’s website www.onelakewood.com as soon after 4 PM on the Friday before a Council meeting as possible.

Section 121.08 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood establishes rules for the public to follow when speaking before Council:

ADDRESSING COUNCIL – The President may recognize any non-member for addressing Council on any question then pending.  In such cases, the person recognized shall address the chair, state his or her name and address and the subject matter he or she desires to discuss.  Speakers must be courteous in their language and avoid personalities.  When addressed by the Chair, the speaker must yield the floor and comply with all rulings of the chair, said rulings not being open to debate.  Except with permission of Council specifically given, speakers shall be limited to five minutes.  No person who has had the floor shall again be recognized until all others desiring an opportunity to speak have been given an opportunity to do so.

 AGENDA ITEMS PROTOCOL:

The Clerk at the beginning of the meeting will present the AGENDA ITEMS sign-in sheet to the President of Council.  Speakers will be called to address Council by the Chair.  A citizen must first write his or her name, address and agenda item number on the designated sign-in sheet in order to be recognized.  

PUBLIC COMMENT PROTOCOL:

The clerk at the end of the meeting will present the PUBLIC COMMENT sign-in sheet to the President of Council.  Public Comment will be welcomed at the end of a Council Meeting on miscellaneous issues or issues other than agenda items.  A citizen must first write his or her name, address and topic on the designated sign-in sheet in order to be recognized.  The forum is not designed to be a question and answer session.

1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Moment of Silence

• Roll Call

Reading & disposal of the minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council held July 6,  2015.

Reports, legislation and communications from Members of Council, the Mayor and other City Officials.

****OLD BUSINESS**** 

1. Committee of the Whole Report of 7/20/15 meeting. Madigan; Chair (To Be Provided)

2. RESOLUTION NO. 8805-15 – A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with Everstream, Inc., an Ohio corporation, or OneCommunity, an Ohio non-profit corporation, for the installation, operation and maintenance of a fiber optic communications system within the city of Lakewood without the necessity of bidding in accordance with Lakewood Codified Ordinance 111.04(a)(10) in an amount not to exceed $900.000. (REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 5/18/15, DEFERRED 6/1/15 & 6/15/15, DEFERRED 7/6/15)  (Pg. 5)

3. RESOLUTION NO. 8809-15 – A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing the Mayor to enter into an amended agreement with Rockport Square, LLC, or its assignee, affiliate or designee, for the development of the remaining phases of the Rockport Square development project. (REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 6/1/15, DEFERRED  6/15/15, DEFERRED 7/6/15) (Pg. 7)

4. Finance Committee Report regarding Resolutions 8811-15 & 8812-15. (To Be Provided)  – Mr. Nowlin; Chair.

5. RESOLUTION NO. 8811-15 – A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, requesting the Cuyahoga County Fiscal Officer to draw and the Cuyahoga County Treasurer to pay to the City of Lakewood Director of Finance an advance of all real; personal property; estate taxes and special assessments collected in the year 2016 in such amounts as may be requested and available. (REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE 6/15/15) (Pg. 11)

6. RESOLUTION NO. 8812-15 – A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, accepting the amounts and rates as determined by the Budget Commission and authorizing the necessary tax levies and certifying them to the County Fiscal Officer. (REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE 6/15/15) (Pg. 13)

7. Public Works Committee Report regarding Resolution No. 8806-15 (To Be Provided). Mr. Juris; Chair.

8. RESOLUTION NO. 8806-15 – A RESOLUTION approving the use of submerged lands for property located at and abutting 12550 Lake Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio (a legal description of which is attached hereto as “Exhibit A”), in order to permit the owners the opportunity to undertake lakeshore protection measures. (DEFERRED 6/15/15, DEFERRED 7/6/15) (Pg. 15 )

9. ORDINANCE NO. 25-15 – AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect at the earliest period allowed by law, to approve the editing and inclusion of certain ordinances and resolutions as part of the various component codes of the Codified Ordinances and to provide for the publication of such new matters. (PLACED ON 1^ST READING & REFERRED TO THE RULES & ORDINANCES COMMITTEE 6/15/15, REPORTED OUT ON,  PLACED ON 2^ND READING, RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION 7/6/15) (Pg. 18)

****NEW BUSINESS**** 

10. Communication from Councilmember Anderson regarding appointment of Jerry Gubani to Clean Water Integrated Planning Task Force. (Pg. 20)

11. Communication from Councilmembers Anderson, Marx, O’Leary, and Bullock regarding Clifton Road Extension. (Pg. 21)

12. Communication from Mayor Summers regarding 2015 Grand Marshal of the 4^th of July Parade (Pg. 23)

13. RESOLUTION NO. 8815-15 – A RESOLUTION thanking Lakewood Catholic Academy for participating as the 2015 Grand Marshal in the City of Lakewood 4^th of July Parade (Pg. 24)

14. Communication from Mayor Summers regarding revision to the Clean Water Integrated Planning Task Force (Pg. 25)

15. RESOLUTION 8803-15A – A RESOLUTION to amend Resolution 8803-15, adopted June 1, 2015, increasing the number of members and to appoint members to the Clean Water Integrated Planning Task Force (Pg. 26)

16. Communication from Finance Director Pae regarding 2015 Third Quarter Transfers (Pg. 29)

17. ORDINANCE NO. 26-15 – AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect at the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing the transfer and advance of certain funds. (Pg. 30)

18. Communication from Public Works Director Beno regarding a 20 year zero interest loan in the amount of $676,500 from the Ohio Public Works Commission to partially fund the 2016 Watermain Project (Pg. 32)

19. RESOLUTION NO. 8816-15 – A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect at the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing the Director of Public Works to enter into an agreement for a loan with the Ohio Public Works Commission for the 2016 Watermain Replacement Project in the amount of $676,500. (Pg. 33)

20. Liquor Permit Application for D1, D2, D3 and D6 Transfers to Voyage Cider House; 12401 Madison Avenue. (Pg. 57)

Click here for July 20th Lakewood City Council Docket Agenda.