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RESOLUTION NO. 7 S <br /> A RESOLUTION authorizing the Mayor to execute the <br /> Preapplication Documents to the U. S . Department of <br /> the Interior, Urban Park and Recreation Recovery <br /> Program, for a Forest Park Rehabilitation Project <br /> Grant totalling $555 , 000, and further providing <br /> for the City of Everett 30 percent share not .to <br /> exceed $166, 500. <br /> WHEREAS, the federal government funded 1983 PUBLIC WORKS <br /> PROGRAM (P. L. 98-8 ) provides forty million dollars for "accelerated <br /> jobs" projects through the U. S . Department of the Interior , <br /> Heritage Conservation and Recreations Service, Urban Park and <br /> Recreation Recovery Program, and <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Everett Parks and Recreation Depart- <br /> ment meets all the qualifying criteria for grant application <br /> under this program, and <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Everett Parks and Recreation Depart- <br /> ment has complied with all applicable components of the current <br /> Urban Parks and Recreation Recovery Program required Recovery <br /> Action Plan, and <br /> WHEREAS, Forest Park is one of the City 's oldest and the <br /> most frequently used park within the Everett park system, and <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Everett Parks and Recreation Depart- <br /> ment has held two prior meetings with representatives of the <br /> Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, and has been <br /> declared eligible to apply for grant funds under the Public <br /> Works Program, and <br /> WHEREAS, the projects proposed in the preapplication <br /> documents meet all the criteria including the creation of new <br /> jobs through park rehabilitation activities, and <br /> WHEREAS, the Everett City Council recognizes that creation <br /> of new jobs through such programs serves the best interests of <br /> the citizens of Everett , surrounding communities and the <br /> nation, and <br /> NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br /> OF EVERETT <br /> that the Mayor be authorized to execute the Preapplication <br /> documents <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Everett City Council shall / <br /> provide for the City ' s thirty percent ••e= tching share not 'to exceed <br /> $166, 500. <br /> .47, 44/1.i //1, " <br /> Councilman introducing 4es 14 <br /> Passed and approved this // ' day of May, 1983 <br /> PP' ep 4MbilEir gr <br /> C. encil President <br />