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March 3, 198.2 Park Board Meet Page 6 Pat Cobb, 1700 19A St: N.W. In favor of a New Brighton plan - as a New Brighton park. Con- cerned with the joint powers agreement termination on or ..before 1984 or by mutual consent of Ramsey County and New Brighton. By that time, New Brighton has given up the land. The park is designed for 231,000 people. Why should New Brighton be re- sponsible for the majority of maintenance costs? Why is Ramsey County only responsible for a small amount? Ramsey County has control of user fees for their costs. Ramsey. County basically needs no money for development costs (it comes from :Metro Council). New Brighton pays 56% of all operating costs, Is New Brighton getting ripped off? The park is for the people of New Brighton. New Brighton does not need Rush Lake, Ramsey County does need Long Lake. No cost studies have been done to determine-the cost for a city park. To jump into this does not make sense.. Anyone who's future job is .based on how big a park they can build does not have the City in mind. Plan has bad. design features such as swimming area & boat launch for power boats. Are we overcrowding? -Have had to drag the lake-for bodies in previous years. It scares me. Why wasn~t the survey used? Because this did not fit in 'with what designers wanted for a big park. Are the people of New Brighton getting ripped off? I think so. In favor of developing New Brighton for-New Brighton and paid for by residents. Should look at all other alternatives. Would.be happy to discuss and look at other alternatives. Ed Brustman, 1615 18th Ave. N.W. Thank you gentlemen for a sound proposal. Can fau t it only for a few of my own personal views, but generally proposal is sound. Concerned with boat launch.... Would :like to be;able to .launch a 12 foot fishing boat. Need a'trailer to launch and would like access. DNR will stock the lake when an access is open.. Property values will appreciate. because of the park, with the possible exception of those on the lake: We will be the major users of the park. Sue Jacobs, 1440 l5A St. N.W; Read article from the paper written last summer by Sue Brustman stating. shoreline owners are. concerned about the park, consider it their own private playground. Jacobs stated the rest of us have an opinion, the west shoreline-will be inundated with visual pollution . New Brighton will be charged 5A% for maintenance. Will the park be funded locally by residents after four years? Anderson responded both County and City shares are by property taxes {.first four years and after) .