South DaCola Followup; Family Park

l3wis

16 years ago

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Without little fanfare the city council and mayor accepted another white elephant gift (see below). I have covered the progress of this park before, and before that. Sure the park will be wonderful, but not only will it be very expensive to maintain (I’m guessing over a million a year), it takes 51 acres of private property off the tax rolls. And as far as I can tell, will be surrounded by private property benefitting the developers of that area as a selling point. So not only will we be losing property tax money and spending more money in the Parks budget, Sioux Falls taxpayers will be footing the bill for developers to make their developments more desirable. Business as usual I guess.

Remember the Trojan horse?

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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A CONDITIONAL GIFTING AGREEMENT FOR THE DONATION OF LAND FOR A NEW PARK SITE ON OR NEAR WEST 12TH STREET AND THE TEA ELLIS ROAD, WHICH INCLUDES THE NAMING OF THE PARK AS A CONDITION OF THE GIFT.

Document: Res. 0002

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A motion was made by Council Member BeningaÂ and seconded by Council Member CostelloÂ to adopt said Resolution 55-09. Â

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Vote to adopt: Roll Call: Yeses, Jamison, Knudson, Litz, Staggers, Anderson Jr., Beninga, Brown, Costello, 8. Noes, 0.Â Â Motion Passed.
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RESOLUTION NO.
55-09

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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A CONDITIONAL GIFTING AGREEMENT FOR THE DONATION OF LAND FOR A NEW PARK SITE ON OR NEAR WEST 12TH STREET AND THE TEA ELLIS ROAD, WHICH INCLUDES THE NAMING OF THE PARK AS A CONDITION OF THE GIFT.

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If there aren’t any “WHEREAS” phrases, skip “NOW, THEREFORE” and begin with just “BE IT RESOLVED…”

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF SIOUX FALLS, SD:

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That the document attached to and part of this resolution entitled â€œA Conditional Gifting Agreement for the Donation of Land for a New Park Site on or Near West 12th Street and the Tea Ellis Road,â€ which includes the naming of the park as a condition of the gift, is hereby approved.

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That the Mayor is authorized to sign such agreement after it is ratified and executed by Crusher Investment Company.

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Date adopted:

06/15/09

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ATTEST:

Debra A. Owen

City Clerk