77-5800RRESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HENNEPIN COUNTY BOARD TO
PROVIDE OPERATING SUPPORT TO-THE WOOD LAKE NATURE
CENTER
WHEREAS, the City of Richfield-:has established and operated
the Wood. Lake Nature Centerforthe past seven years,-and
WHEREAS, :Hennepin County did help the City of Richfield-est-
ablish the Wood Lake Nature Center by providing. grant assistance,
and`in 1975,. did provide the City of Richfeld~with an annual grant
to help support operation of the Wood Lake Nature ;Center, and
WHEREAS, the City of Richfield charges no fees to persons using
the Wood .Lake Nature Center, and -
WHEREAS, a high percentage of persons using the Wood Lake Nature
Center are shown by records of the City of Richfield to be .from juris-
dictions in Hennepin County and other counties which: substantiates. the
.concept of the Wood:Lake Nature Center-as a regional county recreation
resource.
NOW, 'THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED.by the City Council of the City
of Richfield that the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners be re-
quested to reconfirm the counties,.. previous: commitment. to the Wood.:
.Lake Nature Center by re-enacting .the annual operating subsidy
granted in 1975.
BE IT FURTHER REQUESTED that the Hennepin .County Board of
Commissioners authorize an annual county grant to the City of Rich-
field to help support operation. of the Wood Lake Nature Center.
Passed by the City Council of the-City of Richfield this 26th day of September, 1977.
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2'homas J. M~ an City Clerk