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OCTOBER 9, 2007
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PURPOSE:
AUTHORIZE GRANT APPLICATION - WISCONSIN
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES URBAN
FORESTRY GRANT
INITIATED BY:
PARKS DEPARTMENT
WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has made available
grant money for urban forestry projects; and
WHEREAS, the City of Oshkosh Forestry Department has identified the need to
perform a park/public property tree inventory and Emerald Ash Borer Response Plan, and
WHEREAS, the City is required to provide a monetary match of fifty (50%) percent
for grant approval; and
WHEREAS, the fifty (50%) percent match will be derived from the Forestry
Department budgets;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council for the City of
Oshkosh that City staff is hereby authorized to submit a grant application for a Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources Urban Forestry Grant in the amount of $5,194.00 to
perform a park/public property tree inventory and Emerald Ash Borer Response Plan.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the proper City officials are hereby authorized
and directed to execute any and all documents required for purposes of the same, and are
further authorized and directed, if said grant is awarded, to accept such funds, pursuant
to the terms of the grant application.