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• ''~•./ <br />„~. .F~ <br />CIIAISLtiS K. D,4}' 1 O~ <br />KICt1AFU <i. i'CI'I"1..IK. <br />JOII!Y II.„JII'i~1~1 <br />rlul.m }5. c,t:T1s <br />,~ .IArlrti A. rAVnt <br />JOl1i1 C:..KI~.Ii;Y <br />tSKAlH.L'1' .1. CiILLA1 <br />CAKOI.I'~ CIIAL^ll:K1 <br />JOiYAT11A71 l.. t:ISt:IttSCKG <br />f ;f't(~, UAY"fU[y, t-f['-~ :t~ly, GIZAf-it1M ~ Cft:"1'~'S <br />~~3o t.urusl.,c ezclln~c;e <br />l I7 jJU7 tl I'1!'1'tl STKtiCT, rll~~t_AYO1.15. ru~^;t:5~>'r~ s~~ao? <br />iviay 2b, 190'1 <br />r~ir . Robert iVethercutt <br />liirector <br />i~ietropolitan Parks and Open <br />i Space Commission <br />Metropolitan Council <br />300 Metro Square ]3uilding <br />St. Paul, i~iinnesota 55101 <br />Re: Proposal For Lang Lake Regional Park <br />Our File dumber 1202.01 <br />Dear T•Ir. Nethercutt: <br />It is .our understanding tnat trIe proposal for Long sake <br />Regional Park will be considered by the Parks and Open Space <br />Commission at 3:00 p.m. on June 7, 19is2. titi'e represent t'rIe <br />.Long Lake Improvement Association, an association of ap- <br />poximately 150 families in the vicinity of Long Lake and TJew <br />13rignton, Tinnesota. . <br />(6 t 2)339.7633 <br />Is petition has 1JC?VIl filed by more titan 500 citizens <br />caith the biinnesota Lnvironmental Quality Board, requesting <br />that the City and County be required to prepare an L'nviron- <br />mental Impact St~.tement for tno regional pail: project. A _ •- <br />contested case hearin~~ has been scheduled. The 1~ublic <br />.testimony will ire taken in part on Junc ~, 19~"L, ~:nu acic!itional <br />testimony including etport testimony will ba pre5c:r.tea to <br />the Hearing Examiner on July 7, 192. <br />I have discussed this matter with Karen Schaffer, one <br />of the lawyers for the T~ietropolitan Council and expressed <br />our position that the :Minnesota Environmental Policy Act <br />prevents tho Park ana Open Space ('OiTllll1SS10I1 zronl taking <br />actioll on the master plan for Long Lake Regional Park prior <br />to the completion of tht~ i::nvlronmental Impact Statement <br />process by the ,•IEQ);. `I'l1c M%QL' ciiu advise the County and trio <br />City by letter that no actions or approvals of tlic park <br />