4963 - 73 Urge support for Cuyahoga Valley Nat'l Historical Park

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RESOLUTION NO. 4963 BY: Messrs. Brockman, Graber, Magnotto, Sinagra, Usher, Werner AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION urging the appropriate elected representa- tives to the Congress of the United States to support the pending legislation to establish the Cuyahoga Valley National Historical Park and Recreation Area. WHEREAS, a Bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives to establish the Cuyahoga Valley National Historical Park and Recreation Area, the primary purpose of which is to preserve thg Cuyahoga Valley--the only major open space remaining between the highly industrialized cities of Cleveland and Akron, and WHEREAS, the State of Ohio has no National parks or recreational areas and there isa pressing and critical shortage of Federal and State recreation facilities in this specific area, and WHEREAS, the Cuyahoga Valley is one of the most strategically located resources in reach of urban America, and represents a unique natural resource that can be programmed and preserved as a recreational mecca for the American public, and WHEREAS, this Council desires to express'to the appropriate elected representatives to the Congress of the United States its deep concern for the preservation of this magnificent Valley and the relief of the critical shortage of open space and outdoor recreational resources for the millions, of people in the area, and WHEREAS, this resolution constitutes an emergency m~asure in that it is imperative that the Cuyahoga Valley recreation area be preserved as soon as possible before development destroys the beauty of the Valley. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD~ STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the Council of the City of Lakewood for and on behalf of the citizens of the City of Lakewood strongly urges the representatives to the Congress of the United States to support and expedite the pending legislation to establish the Cuyahoga Valley National Historical Park and Recreation Area. Section 2. That the Clerk of Council be and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a certified copy of this resolution to United States Senators William B. Saxbe and Robert Taft, Jr., and to United States Representa- tives James V. Stanton, Louis Stokes, Charles Ao Vanik and William E. Minshall. Section 3. That this resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure for the reasons stated in the preamble hereof and provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members elected to Council, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its ado~p~ion and approval by the "~ /~r~s~]en t Approved: