79-6161R32
RESOLUTION N0. 6161
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FILING OF APPLICATION
FOR GRANT TO DEVELOP OPEN SPACE AT ADAMS HILL
PARK UNDER THE PROVISION OF THE FEDERAL LAND
AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND ACT A1`1D THE STATE
NATURAL RESOURCE FUND
WHEREAS, the Land-and Water Conservation Fund Act and the
State Natural Resources Fund provide for the making of grants
to assist local public bodies in the acquisition and develop-
ment of outdoor recreation projects, and
WHEREAS, the City of Richfield, Minnesota, desires to
develop certain -land known as Adams Hill Park, which land is to
be held and used for permanent-open space, and
WHEREAS, in order for the proposed project to be eligible
for approval there must be proof that it is part of a comprehensive
outdoor recreation plan and five-year action program (capital im-
provement) , and
WHEREAS, the City of Richfield has a five-year action program
which includes Adams Hill Park, and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that the cost of developing said
interest shall be $350,000.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Richfield, Minnesota as follows:
1. That an application be made to the Office of Local and
Urban Affairs of the State Planning Agency for a grant from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund as amended in 1965 for an amount
presently estimated to be $175,000 and the applicant will pay the
balance of the cost from other funds available to it.
2. That an application be made to the Office of Local and
Urban Arrairs of the State Planning Agency for a grant from the
Nature Resource Fund (Minnesota Law, 1979, Chapter 333, Section
31, subdivision 3, paragraphs (j) and (k) for an amount presently
estimated to be $37,500 and the applicant will pay the balance of
the cost from other funds available to it.
3. That the City P•7anager is hereby authorized and directed
to execute and to file F.) such application and, B) the five-year
action program with the State Planning Agency, Office of Local
and Urban Affairs, and to provide additional information and fur-
nish such documents as may be required by said Agency, to execute
such contracts as are required by said Agency.
4. That the Director of Comu-nunity Services Department of
the City of Richfield is Yiereby authorized to act as the authori-
zed correspondent of the applicant.
5. That the proposed development is in accordance with plans
for the allocation of land for open space uses, and that should
grant be rnade, the applicant will develop and retain said land
for use(s) designated in aid application and .approved by the
Office of Local and Urban~Affairs and the H.C.R.S.
6. That the United 'States of America and the State of Minn-
esota be, and they hereby~~are, assured of full compliance by the
applicant with the regulal~tions of the Department of the Interior,
effectuating Title Vl-of ''the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Passed by the City Council of the C';-y of Richfield, Minn-
esota, this 13th day of November, 97 ~~ n
_ t/ L r en L. a s ~' P~layor
ATTEST:
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.y a K. Bergh, Actin lity Clerk