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A RESOLUTION OF THE AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY OF cOJv1MISSION
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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ADOPTION OF A COMMUNITY
GREENSP ACE PROGRAM AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY
GREENSP ACE TRUST FUND FOR AUGUST A-RICHMOND COUNTY.
WHEREAS, the Georgia General Assembly enacted legislation creating a
Georgia Greenspace Program to promote the permanent protection as greenspace of at
least 20 percent of each eligible county's geographic area; and
WHEREAS, The Georgia General Assembly enacted legislation creating the
Georgia Greenspace Trust Fund and provided appropriations to that fund for the purpose
of awarding grants to eligible counties as provided for in the Georgia Greenspace
Program; and .
WHEREAS, the Georgia Greenspace Program requires that each county and each
municipality that has received approval of its Community Greenspace Program by the
Georgia Greenspace Commission shall sign a grant award agreement executed by the
Georgia Department of Natural Resources; and
WHEREAS, the Augusta-Richmond County Commission recognizes that the
preservation of community greenspace is in the best interest of the citizens of our county;
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WHEREAS, the Augusta-Richmond County Commission desires to participate in
the Georgia Greenspace Program; and
WHEREAS, the Augusta-Richmond County Commission desires to receive
grants from the Georgia Greenspace Trust Fund to assist the county in achieving the goal
of permanently protecting greenspace;
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that Augusta-Richmond
County adopts the Community Greenspace Program described in the report attached to
this resolution and by reference incorporated herein, and that said report sets forth
Augusta-Richmond County's greenspace protection goal and the methods and schedule
this body intends to use to achieve that stated goal; and
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Augusta-Richmond County
Commission will diligently pursue the implementation of the Community Greenspace
Program as described in the attached report; and
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER RESOLVED, that Augusta-Richmond County has
described the sources of funding for greenspace that are available to the County other
than the funds it will receive from the Georgia Greenspace Trust Fund; and
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IT IS HEREBY FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Augusta-Richmond County
Commission will enter into a contractual agreement with the Georgia Department of
Natural Resources to receive grant funds from the Georgia Greenspace Trust Fund, by
authorizing Bob Young, Mayor, to sign the grant award agreement for the County.
This Resolution is adopted this t1...- day of Lj;;(J/)et, 2003.
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