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Ohio Department of Development Resolution
Office of the Mayor
Simon Nyi
Revised
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Authorizing and expressing the City of Toledo’s support for applications to the Ohio Department of Development’s Building Demolition and Site Revitalization grant program for funds to demolish vacant and blighted properties which will facilitate their productive redevelopment; authorizing the Mayor to enter into cooperative grant subrecipient agreements with the Lucas County Land Reutilization Corporation; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The Ohio Department of Development’s Building Demolition and Site Revitalization grant program provides grants for the demolition of commercial and residential buildings and revitalization of surrounding properties on sites that are not brownfields. The Fiscal Year 2027 grant opportunity will consider applications in which there is demonstrated support by the municipal corporation where the projects are located.
The Lucas County Land Reutilization Corporation (dba the “Land Bank”) is the designated Lead Entity eligible to apply for the funds in Lucas County. The Land Bank will submit applications for funds to demolish five vacant properties in the City of Toledo, and will enter into subrecipient agreements with appropriate property owners to facilitate access to the sites and the completion of the demolition work.
Separate applications will propose to demolish the properties at 1400 and 1486 N Summit, owned by the Toledo Community Improvement Corporation; the property at 2328 W Sylvania Ave, owned by the City of Toledo; the property at 6041 Hill, to be transferred to the Land Bank by Toledo Public Schools; and the property at 410 S. Erie, owned by the Board of Lucas County Commissioners.
Passage of this ordinance is required for the City to become eligible to receive funding assistance through the grant, which requires the Land Bank to submit executed subrecipient agreements with its application, and to...
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