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-2- .Minnesota Statute Section 473.315, Subdivision 1, authorizes the Council, with the advice of the Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission, to make grants for recreation open space purposes to cover all or a portion of the costs of acquiring or developing regional recreation open space. DISCUSSION .The master plan document is comprehensive and reflects a very detailed planning process. Because of early Metropolitan Council staff involvement, concerns from lack of detail or lack of clarity have been remedied before the final plan was .submitted. Ramsey County Staff should be commended for the excellent planning work the document represents. The master plan also includes a joint powers agreement between the City and the County.. The plan meets New Brighton's concerns about development in the park and describes the City's active role in its operation, The plan also. appears to meet Ramsey County concerns about the level of support which the County can .make available in the beginning years. of park operation. The plan .identifies the eight planning areas called for by the Recreation Open Space Development-Guide/Policy Plan and adequately meets each. 1. BOUNDARIES Including a map and parcel information the plan describes the boundary agreed upon by the City and County. Four unacquired parcels are recommended for inclusion. Each are described for their contribution, three basically support natural resource management in the interpretative area around Rush Lake. The fourth, an LP gas plant, is not essential but is a clearly incongruous use. adjacent to the park entrance. No major changes are proposed from the 1975 concept plan. 2. STEWARDSHIP PLAN. Interim activities in the parcels are addressed as part of several sections of the plan, in particular those which describe the planning process (II), the site (III1, site condition (VII, and acquisition (VIII). Aminimum of development and/or land management has been conducted with the exception of shade tree cleanup, some trash pickup, and work by New Brighton and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (PCA) around a petroleum "tar-pit'° dump. The latter has led to extensive water quality studies as well as plans to remove the dumped materials. Resource analysis in the plan is comprehensive. 3. REGIONAL NEEDS ANALYSIS A comprehensive service area analysis which references Metropolitan Council input as well as analysis of the County and City interest has developed a validated "needs served" discussion which is appropriate. Relationship to other areas is well covered in this section (V) and adjacent land uses are discussed (VIII.