08/29/2000 Resolutions 2000-250
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RES 0 L UTI 0 N 2000-250
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Island, Nebraska proposes to apply for federal
assistance from the Land and Water Conservation Fund program for the construction of camping
facilities at the sport shooting facility being developed at the former Cornhusker Army Ammunition
Plant site; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor is authorized to execute 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 will, within thirty (30) days following federal
approval, obtain the necessary consultant or appraisal services for this project as directed and as
required by the NGPC staff; and
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Island has budgeted or currently has available its 50%
share of the proposed total project funds and will allocate these funds toward this project upon
project approval by the NGPC; and
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Island has also 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 will not discriminate against any person on the
basis of race, color, age, religion, handicap, 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 ofthe 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 Games and Parks Commission and the Secretary of the Interior, be
converted to non-public outdoor recreation uses; 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 recreation properties
of at lest equal fair market value and of reasonably equivalent usefulness and location; and
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Island will replace the land in the event of a
conversion in use in accordance with Section 6(f)(3) of Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of
1965, as amended; and
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Island 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 T Cfl;:'"
August 25, 2000 '" City Attorney
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, that the City of Grand Island, Nebraska is
authorized to apply for assistance from the Land and Water Conservation Fund program for the
construction of camping facilities at the sport shooting facility being developed at the former
Comhusker Army Ammunition Plant site; and the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to
execute such application and other documentation on behalf of the City of Grand Island for such
grant process.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Grand Island, Nebraska on August 29,2000.
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
Approved as to Form T ~
August 25, 2000 .A. City Attorney