10/10/2017 Resolutions 2017-285��
RESOLUTION 2017-285
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Island, Nebraska proposes to apply for federal
assistance from the Land and Water Conservation Fund Program for park amenities such as
playground equipment and picnic shelters; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor is authorized to sign documents to obtain financial assistance,
including a Project Agreement with the State of Nebraska and the National Park Service; and
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Island Nebraska will, within thirty (30) days
following federal approval, obtain the necessary consultant or appraisal service for this project as
directed and as required by Nebraska Game and Parks Commission staff; and
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Island, Nebraska has budgeted or currently has
available its 50 percent match of the proposed total project funds and will allocate these funds
toward this project upon project approval by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission; and
WHEREAS, such project will be funded through the Food and Beverage Tax; and
WHEREAS, the City of Grand, Nebraska has the financial capability to operate
and maintain the completed project and park property in a safe, attractive and sanitary manner;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Island, Nebraska will not discriminate against any
person on the basis of race, color, age, religion, disability, sex or national origin in the use of any
property or facility acquired or developed pursuant to the project proposal, and shall comply with
the terms and intent of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, P.L. 88-354 (1964), and any of
the regulations promulgated pursuant to such Act by the Secretary of the Interior and contained in
43 CFR 17; and
WHEREAS, no property acquired and/or developed under this project shall,
without the approval of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and the Secretary of the
Interior, be converted to other than public outdoor recreation use and, such approval may be
granted only if it is in accord with the then existing Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor
Recreation Plan (SCORP), and only upon such conditions as deemed necessary to assure the
substitution of other outdoor recreation properties of at least equal fair market value and of
reasonable equivalent usefulness and location; and
WHEREAS, the City of Grand, Nebraska will replace the land in the event of a
conversion in use in accordance with Section 6(�(3) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund
Act of 1965, as amended; and
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Island, Nebraska agrees to comply with all State
and Federal requirements and standards where they can be applied in making the facilities
developed under this project, and all future projects, accessible to and usable by the disabled.
Approved as to Form tt
October 9, 2017 � it�r ttorney
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, that the Mayor is hereby authorized and
directed to execute such agreement on behalf of the City of Grand Island.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, October 10, 2017.
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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