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RESOLUTION
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Resolution to authorize a contributian of $500 from the City Council Contingency Fund
for a plaque honoring Samuel H. Morgan.
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1 WHEREAS, Samuel H. Morgan, a long rime Saint Paul resident, dedicated his life to the acquisirion and official
2 designation of park land throughout Minnesota; and
3 WFIEREAS, in Saint Paul, Sam Morgan played an important role in developing the Gateway Trail and successfully
4 advocating for the Saint Paul City Charter and Ramsey County Charter to include "no net loss" of park land
5 amendments, which protect park land from arbitrary dish for development; and
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WHEREAS, Sam Morgan took on many leadership roles to ensure the conservation, improvement and enhancement
of park land, not only as a founder and charter member of the Friends of the Pazks and Trails of Saint Paul and
Ramsey County, but also as founder and President of the Council of Parks and Trails of Minnesota (formally Imown
as the Minnesota Parks Foundation), President of the Fort Snelling State Park Association, Chairman of the
Metropolitan Park Reserve Boazd, President of the Voyageurs Narional Park Association and the President of the St.
Croix River Associarion; and
12 WHEREAS, on September 20, 2002, a trail running 14.7 miles along the Mississippi River from Highway 5 to the
13 Battle Creek Regional Park was dedicated to the memory of Samuel H. Morgan and marked with a commemorative
14 plaque; now therefore be it
15 RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council authorizes a contribution of $500 from the City Council Contingency
16 Fund toward purchase of this commemorative plaque honoring one of the City of Saint Paul's great citizens.
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Resolution to authonze a conhihution of $5�� 8om the City C,ouncit Contiugency Fund for a plaque honoring Samuel fL Morgan.
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