01-18-2005 - Laserfiche WebLink

Commission Minutes--January 18, 2005 2848 RESOLUTION #2005-1 WHEREAS, the United Patriotic Bodies, speaking for and on behalf of the local veterans community, has requested support from the County of Cass, as well as from other local governing jurisdictions, in their efforts to petition the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT) and the Legislature of the State of Minnesota and the North Dakota Department of Transportation (ND DOT) and the Legislature of the State of North Dakota to name the Main Avenue Bridge the "Veterans Memorial Bridge;" and WHEREAS, the Cass County Board of Commissioners is highly supportive of efforts of local veterans organizations to develop, design, raise the required funds, and construct a lasting and more accessible Veterans Memorial, including the offering of potential use of public property and the setting aside of local public matching funds for such memorial; and WHEREAS, naming of a local bridge - including the newly reconstructed Main Avenue Bridge - in honor of area veterans is not incongruent with, and may even complement this larger objective, provided such naming is undertaken fully in concert with the selected bridge's architectural design and interpretive elements; and WHEREAS, given the enormity in undertaking the recently completed Main Avenue Bridge replacement project, as well as the importance of the ongoing relationships with key federal, state and local organizations, Cass County highly recommends the United Patriotic Bodies seek similar support and necessary approval from the Federal Highway Administration, Minnesota's Congressional Representatives, MNDOT, the Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office, the Minnesota Historical Society, the Minnesota State Archeologist, Clay County, the Clay County Historical Society, the City of Fargo and the Cass County Historical Society regarding the proposed naming of the Main Avenue Bridge as "Veterans Memorial Bridge." NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Cass County Commissioners that Cass County does hereby support the petition by the United Patriotic Bodies to seek from the State of Minnesota the naming of the Main Avenue Bridge as "Veterans Memorial Bridge." BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Cass County Board of Commissioners that Cass County provides such support with the understanding that the United Patriotic Bodies and other representative veterans organizations will seek similar support and necessary approval regarding the proposed naming of the Main Avenue Bridge as "Veterans Memorial Bridge" from the Federal Highway Administration, Minnesota's Congressional Representatives, MNDOT, the Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office, the Minnesota Historical Society, the Minnesota State Archeologist, Clay County, the Clay County Historical Society, the City of Fargo and the Cass County Historical Society. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Cass County Board of Commissioners that Cass County supports design and placement of additional, appropriate signage denoting such naming of the Main Avenue Bridge as "Veterans Memorial Bridge," provided such effort is undertaken in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Transportation and the City of Moorhead, such effort is consistent with the bridge's architectural design and interpretive elements, and the cost for such efforts is undertaken for, by and on behalf of the United Patriotic Bodies and other representative veterans organizations. Dated at Fargo, North Dakota, this 18th day of January, 2005.