CCR2025.042-Grant-Holz Family FoundationCOMMON COUNCIL - CITY OF MUSKEGO
RESOLUTION #042-2025
RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT RECEIPT OF GRANT FUNDING
FROM THE HOLZ FAMILY FOUNDATION FOR
THE ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT OF CONSERVATION LANDS
Bluhm Park, Holz Island and Marshland Camps Preserve
WHEREAS, the City of Muskego is committed to advancing conservation efforts within its
parks and preserves to enhance natural habitats and maintain the ecological integrity of
designated sites; and
WHEREAS, in April, 2025 a request was made and a grant application submitted by City staff
to the Jerome J. and Dorothy H. Holz Family Foundation for financial assistance concerning
the City's restoration projects within Bluhm Park and conservation efforts at two additional
sites, Marshland Camps Preserve and Holz Island on Little Muskego Lake; and
WHEREAS, Bluhm Park contains an 18-acre oak woodland with several bur, white, and
red/black oak trees exceeding 200 years in age, a plant community identified by the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources as rare and imperiled; and
WHEREAS, the City has undertaken substantial restoration efforts in Bluhm Park since 2000,
including invasive species removal, prescribed burns, and native plantings, and seeks to
expand upon this work through the assistance of contracted ecological management services;
and
WHEREAS, Holz Island, an oak woodland preserved for conservation by Rudolf Holz in 1972,
requires further invasive plant removal to maintain its natural character and ecological integrity;
and
WHEREAS, Marshland Camps Preserve, which is partially the site of the original Holz family
farmstead encompasses 50 acres of former farmland and remnant wetland adjacent to Big
Muskego Lake, the City intends to restore and protect this area through invasive species
removal and the reintroduction of prescribed fire; and
WHEREAS, on July 7, 2025 the Trustees of the Jerome J. and Dorothy H. Holz Family
Foundation approved a grant in the amount of $15,000.00 which is to be directly allocated
toward the City's Conservation Land Management as outlined in the attached grant request.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Common Council of the City of Muskego,
upon the recommendation of the Finance Committee, does hereby acknowledge receipt of
$15,000.00 from the Jerome J. and Dorothy H. Holz Family Foundation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor is authorized to execute the Grant
Acknowledgment and any related documents on behalf of the City in order to accept the grant
and the City Attorney is authorized to make substantive changes to said documents as may be
necessary in order to preserve the general intent thereof.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor is authorized to sign such substantive changes
made by the City Attorney.
DATED THIS 22nd DAY OF JULY 2025.
SPONSORED BY:
FINANCE COMMITTEE
This is to certify that this is a true and accurate copy of Resolution #042-2025, which was
adopted by the Common Council of the City of Muskego.
City Clerk
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