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RESOLUTION A
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE AWARD OF A WHEREAS,
there is, and has been for years, an urgent need in
WHEREAS, the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors has adopted a
plan to address the shortage of swimming pools in WHEREAS,
the Board of Supervisors has appropriated funding for the initial pool to
be built at Vint Hill; and
WHEREAS, this project has been deemed to be of high development
priority by the Board of Supervisors of Fauquier County and shall be
referred to as the Vint Hill Swimming Pool; and
WHEREAS, in order to obtain funding assistance from the Department
of Conservation and Recreation, the Board of Supervisors of Fauquier
County has given its assurance that the funds needed as the proportionate
share of the cost of the approved program will be provided, up to One
Million One Hundred Seventy-Four Thousand Seven Hundred Six Dollars
($1,174,706); and WHEREAS,
an additional amount beyond that proportionate share of this project of
One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($125,000) was requested from the
Department of Conservation and Recreation; and WHEREAS,
the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation and the National
Park Service approved said grant request of $125,000 in January of 2003;
and WHEREAS,
all grants must be accepted by the Board of Supervisors; now, therefore be
it RESOLVED
by the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors this 18th day of
February 2003, That the County of Fauquier does hereby accept the Grant of
$125,000 in support of park development at Vint Hill Swimming Pool from
the Virginia Outdoors Fund/Land and Water Conservation Fund (L&WCF);
and, be it RESOLVED
FURTHER, That the Virginia Outdoors Fund (VOF)/Land and Water Conservation
Fund (L&WCF) Program Agreement for Project Development and
Administration be, and it is hereby, approved, and that G. Robert Lee,
County Administrator, be, and is hereby, authorized to execute this
Agreement; and, be it RESOLVED
FURTHER, That the County Administrator is hereby authorized to cause such
information or materials as may be necessary to be provided to the
Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and to enter into such
agreement as may be necessary to permit the formulation, approval, and
funding of the Vint Hill Swimming Pool; and, be it RESOLVED
FURTHER, That the Board of Supervisors of Fauquier County gives its
assurance that the General Provisions of the Land and Water Conservation
Fund Act (L&WCF) and the Virginia Outdoors Fund Fiscal Procedures will
be complied with in the administration of this project; and, be it RESOLVED
FURTHER, That the Board of Supervisors of Fauquier County will operate and
maintain the public recreation facility in good condition and will provide
permanent project acknowledgement signs of the participating funding
agencies and that this signage will clearly state that said facility is a
“public” recreational facility; and, be it RESOLVED
FURTHER, That the Board of Supervisors of Fauquier County shall dedicate
the metes and bounds of the Vint Hill Swimming Pool property, in
perpetuity, for public outdoors, recreational purposes in accordance with
the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act (L&WCF); and, be it RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Board of Supervisors of Fauquier County gives its assurance that all other applicable Federal and State regulations governing such expenditure of funds will be complied with in the administration, development, and subsequent operation of this Swimming Pool; and, be it RESOLVED
FURTHER, That the Department of Conservation and Recreation is
respectfully requested to assist in approval and funding of the Vint Hill
Swimming Pool in order to enhance the standard of public recreational
enjoyment for all our citizens; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Virginia Department of Conservation and
Recreation Virginia Outdoors Fund/Land and Water Conservation Fund Grant
Award be, and is hereby, accepted and that the County Administrator, be,
and is hereby, authorized to execute any documents needed; and, be it
RESOLVED FINALLY, That the Supplemental Appropriation in the amount
$125,000 be, and is hereby, approved. |