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PARK BOARD NIgN~TES V l L ,AGE OF NEW BF2 g Cq-170N The regular meeting of the Park Board was held November 15, 196 at $e 00 P,IN. F'resento Ounderman, Morris, t3ansen, Wei~mann and hlagemeyer. Also present< Pheobe Snetsinger, League of Women Voters9 Robert Schaefer, Village Manager; Dick Phelps and Don Brauer of Brauer and Associates. ,SETTER FROM OC~Y ENO I NEER A,~TED ply®~~ ,~ 8 96~ A getter from thee.Ramsey (county Engineer dated November 9th was read to the Board. The body. of the letter is copied for the minute~e The, Board of County Oommissioners has iiastructed this office to investigate the possibility of acquiring. easements ae~d ownership in and around the Rice Creek flood plain within the Villages of New Brighton, Mounds V1ew and Arden 1-1ills for story water reten- ~°ion and joint recreational uses .with the intent of securing these lands for pub8ic use at a later data, Notion by I~ansen, seconded by Hagemey®r, to receive the letter. A11 ayes - carried. ~f,~S I T,j ON 5TA`~ENIENT I,EA~~9E 0~' WCNNEN VOTERS Mrs. Pheobe Snet~inger presenfied a statement of position of the t_eague of Women Voters regard°sng Village pas°ks. The statement is Copied here in the minuteso league of Women Voters -Statement of Positiono Nov. 1966 Support of a Comprehensive, long-range park acquisition and develop- cnent program for° the Village of New Brighton, with emphasis on re- so~irce ~°sar i anted, regional -community s i tes . Details of Position. T'he 8_eague of Women. Voters of-.New Brighton recommends that the Village of New Brighton provide additional open space for recreation, with the goal of approaching as nearly as possible the nationally recommended standard of ten acres of open space per thousand of the ultimate popu- fation. This space should be acquired in the very near .future to avoid physical or financial pre-emption of suitable sites. Acquisition should be made primarily through the conventional channels of negotiated pur- chase, or condemnation where deemed necessary, and financed by a C~mbina- tion of geaaeral obligation bonds and federal and/or state aid programs. The League favors a comprehensive, resoarce=oriented park program which wouBd provide a wide variety of recreationaB~opportunities and take-ad- vantage. of natural features, Emphasis in the vi8iage program sh©uid be placed can regional-community sites rather"than c~eighborhood parks, It is felt that many neighborhood proposed scoot sites, and that there should be coordinated planning for park development between school district and village to avoid duplication. Present village emphasis sh®uBd be on acquisition of land, but definite plans for early first= phase developments on all new sites should be incBuded. Chairman ~underman asked Mrs. Snetsinger it there were any specific thoughts or ideas expressed by the members ~°egarding parks. Mrs. Snetsinger replied that there was. one nearly unanimous feeling acid that was: an objection to neighborhood parks.