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RESOLUTION NO. ~
(Series of 1977)
WHEREAS, the City has been advised that potential exists
for receiving a matching grant from the Bureau of Outdoor Recrea-
tion for the acquisition of a substantial part of the North Star
Ranch, owned by James Hopkins Smith, and
WHEREAS, the formulating of terms of any such acqui-
sition through federal funding will be time consuming, and it is
the desire of the landowner that a commitment to purchase be
given as early as possible, all of which make the involvement of
the Nature Conservancy or other foundation, advisable, and
WHEREAS, the Aspen City Council wishes to authorize
City administrators to continue their investigation of the
feasibility of acquisition (as proposed) and do so of record,
I~OW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO:
That it does hereby authorize and encourage the
City administration to
to an award of federal
Star Ranch.
seek state and federal approvals necessary
funds for the acquisition of the North
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that City administrators invite
the help of the Nature Conservancy, or any other foundation,
to consider its cooperation in devising interim funding techniques
that may facilitate acquisition.
3E IT FINALLY RESOLVED that nothing herein shall be
construed to be a formal offer of purchase, nor an acceptance
of any grant award, nor a commitment of City monies to the
acquisition, nor as evidence of an intention to condemn for
public purposes; but this resolution should be limited in its
interpretation to an in-house directive to pursue the proposal
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in the anticipation that any and all commitments of City
funding, or otherwise, will be'considered when and if appro-
priate, and be made by future resolution of the City Council.
Dated:
Stady-~tandley I~ ~
Mayor
BY: Pete De Gregorio, Chairman
Kathryn S. Hauter, do hereby certify that the fore-
going is a true and accurate copy of that Resolution adopted by
the Aspen City Council at its regular meeting held the ~
day of ~ , 1977.
Kathryn S~ iIauter
City Cler~
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