HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2012-42 - Submission For Franlo Park Ball Field Improvement Project Grant - 03/06/2012 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO.2012-42
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FILING OF APPLICATION AND EXECUTION OF
AGREEMENT TO DEVELOP SPORT OR RECREATION FACILITIES UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THE HENNEPIN YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM FOR
IMPROVEMENTS AT FRANLO PARK BALLFIELD
WHEREAS, Hennepin County, via its Youth Sports Grant Program,provides for capital
funds to assist local government units of Hennepin County for the development of sport or
recreation facilities; and
WHEREAS, the City of Eden Prairie desires to develop protective players benches and
batting cages(known as Franlo Park Ballfield Improvements, hereinafter PROJECT) for the
purpose of protecting players and enhancing the quality of the playing experience baseball.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Eden
Prairie:
1. The estimate of the total cost of developing PROJECT shall be $38,000 and LGU
is requesting$19,000 from the Hennepin County Legacy Grant program and will
assume responsibility for a match requirement of$19,000.
11. LGU agrees to own, assume one hundred (100) percent of operation costs for
PROJECT, and will operate PROJECT for its intended purpose for the functional
life of the facility,which is estimated to be twenty years.
III. LGU agrees to enter into necessary and required agreements with Hennepin
County for the specific purpose of constructing a sport or recreational facility and
long-term program direction.
IV. That the Mayor and City Manager are authorized to execute said application and
the Park and Recreation Director will serve as official liaison with Hennepin
County or its authorized representative.
ADOPTED by the Eden Prairie City Council on this 6'h day of March 2012.
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KoNeen Porta, City Clerk