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c~> 3. .The Council is requesting authority from the legislature to bond 30 million"dollars to fund the regional system. This would be in the form of grants to counties and municipalities for "regionally significant" facilities. The Metropolitan staff indicated-that the. Long Lake/ Rice Creek/.Rush Lake area together.. would be con- sidered a regionally significant site and would. qualify for. this `fund on a high priority basis. 4. There is another section to the proposal involving Protection Open.. Space which includes areas such as wet lands, water courses, water re-charge areas, steep slopes, etc. The intent of Metro Council is to request that the state provide regulations on these -areas very similar to those existing for flood plains. This would _'permit municipalities to prevent development on property having a role inthe Metropolitan Hydrologic System. This is extremely complex and is going to involve each Village in surveying its community to determine if significant hydrologic areas do exist: and adopting the state's standards for such areas. The Metro Council staff indicated that they would be providing extensive assistance in this area. Dahl reported on attending the meeting of the Rice Creek Watershed Commission. She stated that one interesting point brought out was that all plans dealing with development on lands adjacent to or having effect on Rice Creek have to be brought before the Watershed Commission. Department Report 1. The Park Board was informed that rink flooding was under way and that given no severe weather, the rink would be open the weekend of December 16th. 2. .Gerry Smith read a newspaper article which appeared in the St. Paul Dispatch of December 5, 1972. The article indicated that New Brighton residents had appeared before the New Brighton Village Council voicing displeasure over the free-skating facilities at Hansen Park. The Board indicated that they were somewhat dis- appointed in that the Council had not referred this matter to the Park Board and that there appeared to be a communications gap between the Board and the Council. Many of the issues listed in the newspaper article were items that the Board had discussed at great length in developing a rink-use policy for the coming year, however, it appeared that the Council was not aware of the Board's efforts in this area. 3. M.R.P,A. Conference - Gunderman reported that the Board and Com- mission section of the M.R.P.A, had met and prospects appeared good for some productive effort in the comming year. One of the major projects, which he requested be discussed at the January meeting,