08/27/2019 Resolutions 2019-265�
RESOLUTION 2019-265
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, proposes to apply for federal assistance
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund program for the purpose of park development at
Veteran's Field park improvements; and
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, 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, 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, the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, has the financial capability to operate
and maintain the completed project and park property is 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, the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, has no property acquired andJor
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 Island, 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
August 26, 2019 tt City Attorney
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, is hereby authorized to apply for the Land and Water
Conservation Fund; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, The Mayor be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to
execute documentation on behalf of the City of Grand Island for such process.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, August 27, 2019.
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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R r Steele, Mayor
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