HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-R-26RESOLUTION NO. -
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF
TIlE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA
SUPPORTING THE TRANSFERENCE OF LAND AT
THE CHARLESTOWN AMMUNITION PLANT BY THE
U.S. ARMY TO THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT
OF NATURAL RESOURCES
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana recognizes the
Charlestown State Park is an exceptional asset to this region, and
WI~REAS, Director Larry Macklin and the Indiana: Dep~ent ofNatura! Resoume.~ has
done an outstanding job of developing this asset, and
WItEREAS, in 1998, our Congressional delegation of Senators Richard Lugar and Dan
Coats, and Congressman Lee Hamilton obtained legislation calling for the transfer of certain
acreage situated inside the Chartestown Ammunition Plant (INAAP) by the Army to the
Indiana Department of Nataral Resources for use as a part of the Charlestown State Park, and
WHEREAS, it has been over three (3) years since Congress passed this legislation and it
appears that this transfer to the state park system has been unnecessarily delayed,
NOW THE~FORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Jeffersonville,
Indiana urges the U.S. Army and our Congressional delegation to take whatever steps
necessary to complete the transference of land referred to in the 1998 legislation
mentioned above.
Adoptedby theCouncil of the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana, this day of
~ 2001.
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