Label
Councilman Riley
Title
Authorizing and supporting Woodlawn Cemetery to preserve land in the City of Toledo.
Summary
WHEREAS, Woodlawn Cemetery Association (the Cemetery) is a charitable organization whose mission is to preserve and perpetuate its historic cemetery, in a park like setting for the benefit of its families and community; and
WHEREAS, the Clean Ohio Green Space Conservation Program (Clean Ohio) helps to fund preservation of open spaces, sensitive ecological areas and stream corridors; and
WHEREAS, the Cemetery intends to submit an application to Clean Ohio to acquire fee title to property located in The City of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio and owned by the City of Toledo; and
WHEREAS, the property consists of approximately 11.897 acres of in wooded condition; and
WHEREAS, the Cemetery’s purchase of the above named property will provide recreational and aesthetic preservation benefits to the residents of the City of Toledo; and
WHEREAS, the Cemetery’s purchase of the above named property will permanently protect this valuable resource; NOW, THEREFORE,
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That Toledo City Council fully supports Woodlawn Cemetery Association’s application to the Clean Ohio Green Space Conservation Program for this project.
SECTION 2. That it is found and determined that all formal actions of this City Council, City of Toledo, County of Lucas, State of Ohio concerning the adoption of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Toledo City Council, and that all deliberations of this Toledo City 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 including Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.
SECTION 3. That this Resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 11, nays 0.
Adopted: February 11, 2020, as an emergency measure: yeas 11, nays 0.
Attest:
Gerald E. Dendinger Christopher J. Delaney
Clerk of Council President Pro Tem
Approved: February 11, 2020
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor