HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2004-38 - Supporting Local Initiative Grants HF 2556, SF 2392 - 03/09/2004 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2004-38
SUPPORTING LOCAL INITIATIVE GRANTS HF 2556, SF 2392
WHEREAS,Minnesota communities need to protect their green infrastructures, i.e.,their open
spaces, to serve increasing populations; and
WHEREAS, a community's green infrastructure—it's parks, forests,meadows,prairies,
gardens,bluff lands,wetlands and shorelines—nurtures and sustains the well being of its residents and
their businesses and the local and global environment; and
WHEREAS, development pressure is increasing within and next to the most appealing segments
of our green infrastructures; and
WHEREAS, land prices are rapidly escalating; and
WHEREAS, opportunities to protect such environmentally important and publicly values land
decrease day-by-day; and
WHEREAS, local governments often do not have the resources to adequately respond in a
timely manner to open space acquisition opportunities; and
WHEREAS,the City of Eden Prairie and other local governments throughout Minnesota have
demonstrated a need and have applied for assistance from the Natural and Scenic Areas and Regional
Non-Metro Park Grants programs; and
WHEREAS, funding for these programs would help redress the 2002 vetoes of$1,000,000 for
Natural and Scenic Area grants and$4,000,000 for Regional Non-Metro Park grants and help provide
for new, increasing needs.
NOW THEREFORE,be it resolved that the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie:
1. Supports and respectfully requests funding for the Department of Natural Resources from the
Minnesota Legislature and Governor Pawlenty for the Local Initiative Grants bill,HF 2556, SF 2392.
2. Respectfully requests that the recommended amount be for$4,000,000 in bonding, including
$2,000,000 for Regional Non-Metro Parks and$2,000,000 for Natural and Scenic Areas.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie this 91h day of March, 2004.
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ATTEST: SEAL
Kalhleen Porta, City Clerk