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Resolution No. 96-24
A Resolution Authorizing Participation in the
Community Roadside Landscaping Partnership Program
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation administers a grant program which fosters
partnerships with municipalities and promotes volunteerism to beautify areas adjacent to state highways; and
WHEREAS, residents of the Lake Forest neighborhood have requested assistance from the City of St. Louis
Park and have offered to provide volunteer services to beautify state-owned property along the east side of
Trunk Highway 100 in an area bounded by Parkwoods Road on the south and Burlington Northern railroad
property on the north; and
WHEREAS, the City of St. Louis Park desires to work with neighborhood volunteers to assist with the planting
and on-going maintenance of landscape materials to be planted in this area:
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of St. Louis Park shall act as the sponsoring unit for the
project identified as Parkwoods Road/Highway 100 East Frontage Road on State Trunk Highway 100 to be
conducted during the period of April 1996 through June 1996; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Manager of Grounds and Natural Resources of the City's Parks and
Recreation Department is hereby authorized to apply to the Minnesota Department of Transportation for funding
f this project on behalf of the City of St. Louis Park.
Attest:ZVIC4
City Clerk
Reviewed for Administration
ty Manager
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Adopd,by the
ouncil ebruary 20, 1996
Mayoril Dorfman
Approved as to form and execution:
.144.444.14. Zuf. lac..
City Attorney