1975-5449r486
RESOLUTION NO. 5449
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF APPLICATION FOR GRANT
TO SUPPORT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNER SUBSIDIES UNDER THE.
PROVISION OF THE MINNESOTA STATUTES SECTION 18.023.
WHEREAS , the State of Minnesota provides for the making. of grants ,
pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 18.023, to assist residential
property owners in removal and disposal of diseased -trees .
WHEREAS., the City of Richfield meets all the eligibility criteria for such
grants as set forth in the Department of Agriculture's Regulation.Agr 10.7,
including the administration of a shade tree disease control program approved
by the Minnesota Commissioner of Agriculture, and a local subsidy program
which is .compatible with the administrative requirements of the .State grant
program .
WHEREAS, $8, 000.00 has been appropriated by the:-City of Richfield for
the local subsidy program for the remainder of 1975 and the calendar year of
1976, and based upon the appropriate formulas and tree surveys, it has been
estimated that the amount of State grant will. not exceed $8, 000.00.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the city council of the City of
Richfield:
1. That an application be made to the Department of Agriculture, Shade
Tree Disease Control Program, for agrant-in-aid pursuant to Minnesota
Statutes, Section 18.023, as amended in 1975 for. an amount presently
estimated to be $8,000.00.
2. That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute
and to file such application with the State of Minnesota, Plant
Industry Division of the- Department of Agriculture, and to provide
additional information and to furnish such documents as may be
required by said Agency, to execute such contracts as are required by
said Agency and to act as the authorized correspondent of the Applicant.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Ri lifield this 8th day of
December, 1975.
L. Law
ATTEST:
Thomas j. Doran City Clerk
Mayor