HomeMy WebLinkAbout9.b. Ordinance Relating to Maintenance of Rosemount Veterans Memorial WalkAGENDA ITEM: Ordinance Relating to Maintenance of
Rosemount Veterans Memorial Walk
AGENDA SECTION:
New Business
PREPARED BY: Dan Schultz, Parks and Recreation
Director
AGENDA NO. 61_0,
ATTACHMENTS: Proposed Ordinance
APPROVED BY:
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RECOMMENDED ACTION: Motion to hold the first reading of the Ordinance and
schedule the second reading of the Ordinance for August 18, 2009.
4 ROSEMOUNT
CITY COUNCIL
City Council Special Meeting: August 3, 2009
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
ISSUE
At the July 15, ::?009 City Council work session a concept plan for a trail project honoring veterans was
reviewed. The plan was developed by the Rosemount Veterans Memorial Walk (RVMW) group and
includes a statue, signs, flags, engraved pavers, rest and reflection areas and monuments to be placed along
the east side of the Flint Hills Trail (Koch Trail) in Central Park. Staff also explained that the Minnesota
state statutes re quire that the City must adopt an ordinance to allow for the construction and maintenance
of a memorial project for veterans. Listed below is the statute regarding memorials for veterans.
MINNESOTA. STATUTES 2008 416.01
416.01 MEMORIALS FOR VETERANS.
The governing body of any city of this state, however organized, may adopt an ordinance
providing for the erection, equipment, and maintenance of a building or monument or parks
in recognition of the services performed by soldiers, sailors, marines, and war veterans of the
United States. The ordinance may also provide for the supervision and control of the building or
monument or parks after its erection. The estimated cost, as determined by the goveming body, of the
monument or parks or building must be stated in the minutes of the meeting in which the ordinance is
adopted and ro sum shall be expended for the monument, park, or building in an amount more than ten
percent in excess of the amount so stated in the minutes. The governing body of the city may acquire a
site within the city upon which the monument or parks or building may be erected. History: (1933 10)
1923 c 325 s 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 2008 c 236 s 1
SUMMARY
The City Attorney has prepared an ordinance for the City Council to review that would meet the
requirement of the state statute relating to Memorials for Veterans.
Staff is recommending that the City Council conduct the first reading of the Ordinance, recommend any
changes needed to the Ordinance, and schedule the second reading of the Ordinance for August 18, 2009.
CITY OF ROSEMOUNT
COUNTY OF DAKOTA
STATE OF MINNESOTA.
ORDINANCE NO.
ORDINANCE RELATING TO MAINTENANCE OF
ROSEMOUNT VETERANS MEMORIAL WALK; ADDING
NEW SECTION 4 -3 -19 TO THE ROSEMOUNT CODE OF
ORDINANCES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMOUNT, MINNESOTA, ORDAINS as follows:
Section 1. Rosemount City Code is amended by adding new Section 4 -3 -19 as follows:
4 -3 -19: VETERANS MEMORIAL: Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section
416.01, the City Council is authorized to erect, equip, maintain, supervise and
control the Rosemount Veterans Memorial Walk Project in Central Park in
recognition of the services performed by soldiers, sailors, marines and war veterans
of the United States.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be effective the day following its publication.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Rosemount, Minnesota, the day of
2009.
ATTEST:
Clerk
349248v1 CLL RS215-7
Mayor