HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976 Resolution No. 048 [DEFEATED]•
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A RESOwrION IN SUPPCRT OF PIVPOSITION 1
WHEREAS, Parks and open space areas enhance the environment
and inprove the quality of life for citizens of Colorado; and
~. Citizens look to local govei111ert to provide parks and
open space areas; and
WHEREAS, F.scalat1ng land costs and serious revenue limitations
nake it virtually ~ssible for local govelTIJ1ellts to provide sufficient
recreatiaial lands without state assistance; and
WHEREAS, 'lhe Conservation Trust Furx1 was designed to foster
parks, recreation and open space through direct appropriations to local
go vernneuts for a c quiring , developing and rna.1.ntaining such areas; and
WHEREAS, In 1976 the General Asseni>ly appropriated $725,000
to the Qxiservatioo 'Jhast Fund to be distributed am:>ng approximately
60 counties am 200 lllJl'l1c1palities; and
~. Pl'OpOsitioo 1 authorizes the Colorado Racing Conmission,
a state agency, to coniuct sweepstakes races arxi appropriates the net
proceeds of such races to the Cooservat1oo Trust Fund for distribution
to l11Jll1cipal1ties am counties for park, recreation and open space
purposes; and
WHEREAS, F.st1mates prepared for the Colorado Racing Conmission
1n11.cate that the sweepstakes will nake available at least $10 million
annually to local governnents through the Conservation Trust Fund;
N:M, 'IHEHRJm, BE IT RESOLVFD BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EXlra«XD, OOUJWX>, as follows:
'!hat the City Council of the City of Englewood support and urge
the favorable adoption of Proposition 1 oo November 2, 1976.
AOOPI'ED AND APPRJVED this 4th day of October, 1976.
Mayor
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ex orflclO City Clerk-Treasurer
I, William D. James, ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer, of the
City of &lglewood, Colorado, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing
is a t rue, accurate and carplete copy of P.esolution No. _, Series of 1976.
ex officio City Cl.er~asurer