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Resolution 23-111

The City of Monticello, Iowa

RESOLUTION #2023-111

Authorizing the City of Monticello to Pursue a REAP Grant Application Land Purchase to Expand Community and Regional Trails

WHEREAS, the City of Monticello, Iowa is an incorporated city within Jones County, Iowa; and

WHEREAS, the City of Monticello, Iowa, proposes to purchase land to expand paved trials that would link Highway 38 with relocated Highway 151 and associated areas; and

WHEREAS, the City of Monticello, Iowa believes this trail will have significant positive environmental, social and fiscal impacts; and

WHEREAS, the citizens of Monticello have expressed their desire for a trail in this area of the community by including it within the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Monticello and in the Trail Plan for Grant Wood Loop, connecting Cascade, Monticello and Anamosa to the Wapsipinicon Trail.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Monticello, Iowa does hereby do the following:

  1. Respectfully request a grant award in the amount of $100,000.00 from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources REAP program.
  2. Promise to promote further trail expansions and improvements in this area of Monticello and the region.
  3. Be diligent stewards of the local environment.

IN THE TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the Great Seal for the City of Monticello, Iowa to be affixed.  Done this 7th day of August, 2023.

Mayor David Goedken

Attest:

Sally Hinrichsen, City Clerk/Treasurer