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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1971-106 CCR Member Vernon Ausen introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 71 -106 RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AN OPEN SPACE LAND ACQUISITION FUND AND APPROPRIATING MONIES FOR THE ACQUISITION OF OPEN SPACE LAND WHEREAS, on April 18, 1966, the (then) Village Council authorized the submission of an application to the Federal Government for financial assistance in the amount of $81,938 for the acquisition of public open space lands within the community, the cost of which was estimated to be $163,875; and WHEREAS, said application having been numbered Application NO. MINN OSA -17, was approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and pursuant thereto, the (then) Village Council did appropriate, on December 5, 1966, the sum of $83,000 as the City's share for acquisition of open space lands listed in said application and proceeded in the acquisition of said lands; and WHEREAS, the City Council did appropriate, on Mayl5, 1967, the sum of $82,000 as the Federal share for acquisition of open space lands listed in said application; and WHEREAS, the City did subsequently apply for and did receive financial assistance in the amount of $40,968 from the state government and the amount of $4,900 from the County government for acquisition of said open space land; and WHEREAS, the City Council did appropriate, on April 29, 1968, the sum of $45,868 as the state and county share of acquiring said open space lands listed in the Federal application; and WHEREAS, on December 31, 1970, the appropriation for the completed acquisition of said open space lands was unexpended in the amount of $13,602, said sum therefore transferred to General Fund Unappropriated Surplus; and WHEREAS, Section 7.08 of the City Charter does provide for the reappropriation of funds from accumulated surplus in an amount equal to a previous appropriation if not expended or encumbered for that purpose in the previous fiscal year; and WHEREAS, on May 26, 1969, the City Council authorized the submission of an application to the Federal Government for financial assistance in the amount of $69,575 for the acquisition of additional public open space lands within the community, the cost of which was estimated to be $139,150; and Resolution No. 71 -106 WHEREAS, said application having been numbered Application No. MINN OSA -82, was approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and WHEREAS, the City did subsequently apply for and did receive financial assistance in the amount of $33,675 from the state govern- ment and the amount of $17,950 from the county government for acquisition of said open space lands, leaving a balance of $17,950 to be financed from City funds; and WHEREAS, it is estimated that an additional $5,652 will be needed to provide for miscellaneous expenditures related to the acquisition of said open space land which are not eligible for federal, state or county matching funds; and WHEREAS, the City, upon receipt of monies in September, 1970, in the amount of $33,675 from the state for its share, did appropriate said amount; and WHEREAS, since the acquisition of open space lands will possibly extend over several years, the activities involved in said acquisition can best be accounted for in a separate capital project fund rather than through the General Fund budgetary system: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, that there is hereby created as of January 1, 1971, a fund to be known as the OPEN SPACE LAND ACQUISITION FUND; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the purpose of the OPEN SPACE LAND ACQUISITION FUND IS TO account for funds provided for the acquistion of open space lands; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the sum of $43,079 (consisting of $13,602 of unexpended monies from Minn. OSA -17 appropriations and $29,477 of unexpended monies from Minn. OSA -82 appropriations state share) be transferred from General Fund Unappropriated Surplus to the Open Space Land Acquisition Fund; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the sum of $10,000 be transferred from the General Fund's Mayor and Council's Contingency Fund to the Open Space Land Acquisition Fund; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the sum of $140,604 be appropriated for the acquisition of open space park lands (as set forth in Minn. OSA -82) within the Open Space Land Acquisition Fund with monies to be provided from the following sources of financing: Resolution No. 71 -106 Balance of Minn. OSA -17 General Fund Appropriation Unexpended $13,602 Balance of Minn. OSA -82 State Share Appropriation Unexpended 29,477 Minn. OSA -82 Federal Share Committed 69,575 Minn. OSA -82 County Share Committed 17,950 General Fund Mayor and Council's Contingency Fund 10,000 May 24, 1971 Date Mayor ATTEST: Clem The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member John Leary and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Philip Cohen, John Leary, Howard Heck, Theodore Willard and Vernon Ausen, and the following voted against the same: none, whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.