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CITY OF LAKEVILLE
• ..RESOLUTION
Date January 21, 1986 Resolution No. 86-9
Motion Enright Seconded by Harvey
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE PRESIDENTS COMMISSION ON AMERICAN OUTDOORS
{PCAO), THE COMMISSION ON MINNESOTANS OUTDOORS (COMO) AND THE
REVITALIZATION OF MINNESOTA'S LOCAL AND REGIONAL RECREATION GRANT PROGRAMS
WHEREAS, PCAO and COMO will study public and private outdoor
recreation patterns; and
WHEREAS, PCAO AND COMO will prepare findings and recommendations to
the President and Congress and the Governor and Legislature; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lakeville has a history dedicated to acquiring
and developing parks and open space facilities in the public interest; and
WHEREAS, without the assistance of the Federal Land and Water
Conservation Fund (LAWCON), the State Legislative Commission on Minnesota
Resources Fund {LCMR) and the Regional Recreation Open Space Capital Grants
Program, many of the existing recreation amenities would not have been
possible; and
WHEREAS, there is a continuing need to expand and improve outdoor
recreation opportunities in Lakeville and to plan for the recreation
opportunities of generations to come; and
WHEREAS, the LAWCON, LCMR, and the Regional Recreation Open Space
Capital grant programs provide additional benefits to local communities by
strengthening the statewide tourism market, by creating local jobs, by
promoting volunteerism and by conserving our natural heritage; and
WHEREAS, the Lakeville Park and Recreation Advisory Committee has
• recommended that the City of Lakeville support the PCAO, the COMO and the
Minnesota grant programs;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Lakeville hereby recommends that the recently created Presidents Commission
on American Outdoors strongly consider, in their findings, the present and
future need to expand local and regional outdoor recreation opportunities in
Minnesota and throughout the Nation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Lakeville recommends a
strengthening and revitalized commitment by the United States and State of
Minnesota to financially assist local governments in their efforts to
continue developing the recreation estate by creating a dedicated trust fund
for that purpose.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Gity Council of the City of Lakeville,
Minnesota, this 21st day of January 1986.
CITY OF LAKEVILLE
By:
Du a R. Zaun, or
ATTEST:
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Patrick E. McGarvey, City Clerk