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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPLICATION TO THE CONSERVATION PARTNERS LEGACY METRO PROGRAM FOR FUNDS TO ACQUIRE 83.2 ACRES FROM THE FOREST HILL CEMETERY FOR RECREATION AND PRESERVATION.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
RESOLVED, that the proper city officials are hereby authorized to apply for up to $400,000 from the Conservation Partners Legacy Metro Program (CPL Metro)
FURTHER RESOLVED, the city of Duluth has the legal authority to accept the money and financial, technical, and managerial capacity to ensure proper planning and maintenance of the project. The City will meet the required 10% match with funds from the US Forest Service Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program.
FURTHER RESOLVED, the Duluth city council names the fiscal agent for this project as Jen Carlson, City of Duluth Finance Director, 411 West 1st Street, Duluth MN 55802.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This resolution authorizes application for up to $400,000 from the State of Minnesota Conservation Partners Legacy Metro Program to acquire an undeveloped 82.3-acre portion of Forest Hill Cemetery in the Woodland neighborhood to be managed for outdoor recreation and long-term preservation consistent with the Imagine Duluth 2035 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use map for this area and Comprehensive Plan Guiding Principle #2: Declare the necessity and secure the future of undeveloped places. The Comprehensive Plan designates these lands as "OS - Open Space" to provide for parks, recreation, or natural resource preservation.
If the funds are awarded, the City intends to meet the 10% match requirement with federal funds from a pending application to the US Forest Service Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program.
The Duluth Cemetery Association Board of Directors responsible for the Forest Hill Cemetery property is a willing seller though final property boundaries and a final sale price have yet to be agreed upon.
The property is home to ecological resource...
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