HomeMy Public PortalAbout03-1989-3 RESOLUTION NO. 1989-3
A RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE CITY OF GREENCASTLE'S SUPPORT FOR THE
""'""N INDIANA GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO PROVIDE $11 MILLION IN THE
STATE'S 1989-91 BUDGET TO FUND THE "HOMETOWN INDIANA GRANT PROGRAM",
WHICH WAS CREATED BY THE 1988 GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN SENATE BILL 23
WHEREAS, the 1988 session of the Indiana General Assembly overwhelmingly
supported the creation of the Hometown Indiana Grant Program when it passed
Senate Bill 23; and
WHEREAS, the Hometown Indiana Grant Program will support Indiana
communities and counties through the provision of a 50-50 matching fund
program for the acquisition, development and renovation of public parks and
recreation facilities, the preservation of historic sites and structures, and
community forestry planning, planting and education projects; and
WHEREAS, local agencies will match grant funds with an equal amount of
their own or donations of funds, labor, materials, equipment or land; and
WHEREAS, $11 million is a conservative funding level, based on federal
funding amounts a decade ago with no additions for inflation or increases in
demand; and
WHEREAS, outdoor recreation, historic preservation, and community
forestry are important in promoting tourism, economic development, and the
quality of life in our state; and
WHEREAS, the health, educational and cultural benefits to our citizenry
as result of parks, historic sites, and street trees, are essential to our
community's vitality and future growth; and
WHEREAS, federal support programs which have encouraged local government
to provide these valued services, have virtually been eliminated; and
WHEREAS, the loss of these federal programs has created a serious burden
on local government to provide even the most basic services,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GREENCASTLE, PUTNAM COUNTY, INDIANA, THAT:
1. The City of Greencastle expresses its support for funding of $11
million in the state's 1989-91 biennial budget for the Hometown Indiana Grant
Program.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Common Council of the City of Greencastle upon
this 31st day of January, 1989.
„._--- COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GREENCASTLE, IN iANA
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Susan V. Murry Rob�rt P. Sedlack` '�/�
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Appro ed and signed by me this 31st , -of January, 1989, at g'v%S
,4•-• o'clock, m.
Michael M. Harmless,
7ATT : Mayor
udipp Berry,
Clerk-Treasurer