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RESOLUTION NO. j1{o
A RESOLUTION authorizing applications
for funding assistance for an outdoor recrea-
tion project to the Interagency Committee for
Outdoor Recreation as provided by the Marine
Recreation Land Act.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kent has
approved a 11 Comprehensive Park and Recreation Plan" for the
urban area which identifies a community park on Green River
in the central part of the city as a high priority; and
WHEREAS, under the provision of the Marine Recreation
Land Act, state and federal funding assistance has been
authorized and made available to aid in financing the cost
of land for parks and the construction of outdoor recreational
facilities of local public bodies; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kent considers
it in the best interest to acquire a community park in the
central part of the city generally located west of city
center bordering the south bank of Green River north of
West Meeker and west of Russell Road;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council
of the city of Kent, Washington:
1. That the mayor be authorized to make formal
application to the Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation
for fund assistance.
2. That any fund assistance so received be used
in the acquisition of approximately 35 acres of land in the
central part of the city of Kent, Washington.
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3. That any property acquired with financial aid
through the Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation be
placed in use as an outdoor recreation facility and be
retained in such use in perpetuity unless as otherwise
provided and agreed to by the City Council, the Interagency
Committee for Outdoor Recreation, and any affected federal
agency, and
4. That this resolution become part of a formal
application to the Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation.
I nPASSED at a regular meeting of the Kent City Council
this ~~ day of January 1975.
ATTEST:
(APpROVED AS TO FORM:
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DONALD E. MIRK, CITY ATTORNEY