HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 11-28 09/19/2011RESOLUTION 11 - 28
AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND
WORK PLAN CONCERNING THE LANE LIVABILITY CONSORTIUM
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development has award a
Sustainable Cities Regional Grant to the Lane Council of Governments; and
WHEREAS, one of the conditions of the Grant is that the entities constituting the Lane
Livability Consortium enter into a Memorandum of Understanding describing how they will
carry out the requirements of the Grant; and
WHEREAS, a draft of such Memorandum of Understanding, dated September xx, 2011, (the
Draft Agreement) is attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and by this reference incorporated herein; and
WHEREAS, the City of Springfield is a proposed signatory of the Draft Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has submitted a report reviewing the terms of the Draft
Agreement and recommending that the Draft Agreement be approved; and
WHEREAS, the Draft Agreement is accompanied by a proposed Work Plan for carrying out the
terms of the Draft Agreement a true copy whereof, marked Exhibit 2, is attached hereto and by
this reference incorporated herein; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has reviewed the proposed Work Plan and recommended that it
be approved; -and
WHEREAS, the Council has reviewed the terms of the Draft Agreement and the Work Plan and
is fully informed as to the contents thereof, and has determined that it is in the public interest to
enter into the Draft Agreement And approve the Work Plan;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the common Council of the City of Springfield
finds and determines that it is in the public interest to enter into the Draft Agreement and to
approve the Work Plan; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to
execute the Memorandum of Understanding, substantially in the form of the Draft Agreement,
with such changes or amendments thereto as he shall determine to be necessary to effectuate the
direction of the Council and give effect to the terms of the Agreement, such determination to be
evidenced by his execution of the Memorandum of Understanding; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Work Plan is hereby approved; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution shall take effect upon adoption by the
Council and approval by the Mayor.
Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Springfield, Oregon, by a vote of 4
for and -L against, this 9th day of _p t emh er 2011.
Mayor.
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REVIEWED APPROVED
AS TO FORM-
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OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY
RESOLUTION NO. 11-28