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PARK BOARD MEETING <br />April 4, 1973 <br />Meeting was called to order at 8003 p.m. <br />Board members presento Cook, Dahl, Gunderman, Hagemeyer, Sherlock, <br />Smith and ?^~eissman. <br />Board members absento None. <br />Others present: Judy Have, League of Z~Tomen Voters and Robert M. <br />~iicklund, Director of Parks and Recreation. <br />Page 3 of the minutes of the regulax meeting of March 7, ~-973 were <br />corrected as followso M.R.P.A. - No. 2 Spring Conference will be <br />held May g and ~_0. The minutes were approved as corrected. <br />Agenda additionsa Trails and M.R.P.A. Conference added to the agenda. <br />Dowtown Study <br />Hagemeyer reviewed the contents of the Citizens Study Committee's <br />report on the downtown area. The report claimed the downtown area <br />was deteriorating because of the loss of anchor businesses such as <br />the bank, the post office etc. The report offered several alter- <br />natives but did not specifically recommend any solution other than <br />that some course of action be adopted. The report further suggested <br />that Boards and Commissions within the Village be involved in any <br />planning and that should any funding for redevelopment be required <br />that it come from the internal source. <br />Smith commented that the report considered the entire area between <br />Highway g6 and County Road D as the downtown area when, in fact, <br />there are three separate commerical strips. The type of business <br />is mostly service oriented and he did not feel that there was that <br />much for this type of business. He recommended~tha.t the area <br />between 6~~- and 7th Street be considered for the civic/social center, <br />leaving the other two commercial strips as they are with an effort <br />to clean them up. He further commented that he did not feel that <br />internal sources of funding were significant to finance any major <br />projects. <br />Hagemeyer and Smith were asked by the chairman to draft a written <br />statement for the Board to consider at the May meeting. <br />M.R.P.A. Spring Conference <br />Gunderman notified the Board that the Board and Commission Spring <br />IriStitute will be held on l~~ay 2, 1973• The format will be similar <br />