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P~`~RK BOARD MEETING October ~, 1972 Meeting was called to order at ~i~05 p.m. Board members present° Cook, Dahl, Gunderman, Hagemeyer, Sherlock and ti~~eissman. Smith appeared at 8°1_0 p.m. Board members absents Council Representative Rebelein. Others present: Robert Hemmings, Space staffs Richard Millers Terry Fishers a representative from the t~~T i c klund . Kenneth Simons, Ramsey County Open 1'~itkens Councilman and Mrs. E. E. League of ?cmen Voters and Robert Minutes of the regular meeting of September 6, ).972 ?>Tere approved as submitted. Ramsey County Open Space Proposal Robert Her.~mings presented a proposal staff for the acquisition of the X30 Long Lake and south of County Road H Rice Creek. He explained that this and Ramsey Counties. The purpose of the watershed area in a natural scat recreation area. Some 60-70 acres o 20-Ll-0 acres is high, usable ground. entire Rice Creek ?~ratershed area, fro County to the P~lississippi River ?rill recreation. The County is intending the acquisition of the property in N such application by October J3, 1972 from the Ramsey County Open Space acres of property northeast of , including land on both sides of was a joint venture between Ano1La this acquisition was to preserve e and secondly to provide a f the property is floodplain and It is hoped that eventually the m the chain of lakes in tidashington be protected and available for to apply for regional funding for e?,r Brighton and they must submit for funding in ]..973. Gunderman asked about the status of the property around Rush Lake. It ?~ras estimated that the County would be presenting a proposal for that area in one month. presently the Count ;r is attempting to relate the Rush Lake, Rice Creek and Long Lake si'ces into an integrated package. The feeling was that Rush Lake ?~rould be a complementary or secondary support facility to Long LaY>e Park. Richard Miller, owner of the property in question, appeared and made. the folio?ring statements. He did not ?rant the County to condemn his property. He has tried to develop the property but has been unsuccess- ful. He stated that he is a resident of T~1e?~r Brighton and felt the County's cost estimates ?were ?ray to?,r and did not like the idea of tax- payers paying the price this property ?~rould command. He further stated he had offered the Village 15 acres of park land free ?~ahen he submitted his PRD and this ?~ras refused. He did not understand ?~rhy it ?oas deter- mined that more park land ?~ras needed no?~r. He further stated that it has been proven now that development can be done to accommodate flooding