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He[d Mondays SepCem e i4o 1970 <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />money £Ot acquisition of park land providing they would be reimbursed <br />later from Federal and State Funds. <br />The other method of securing funds would be by the referendum vote to allow <br />bonding~ The~e was a question f-ron~ the floor0 from John McKane~ asking what <br />the cost of Open Space is to the community versus developed [and costs, <br /> There was a general discussion o£ some of the facets of the Open Space Committee; <br /> that they could use several of the community orga~tizations who are anxious to <br /> work in the area of Park and Open Space~ such as the FFA, the Jo. Co ~s, the <br /> hockey boosters and all other units or 0rg~nizations withi~'~-he City° <br /> It was suggested that the ltastinss Open Space Committee meet with the <br /> Municipal Park Boards in other communitieso that they should look for <br /> cooperation between groups and that they might pattern themselves a~ter <br /> the Bloomington advisory group~ which is very similar to what we are <br /> proposing in Hastings; that the recreation aspect of this committee would <br /> go straight to the Council but that any thing dealing with lando zoning and <br /> general open space should be through' the planning Commission. <br /> It was asked what our present levy is for Park and Open Space Programs° <br /> Using a budget of aPProximately $60~ 000 and 12~ 000 personso th~s is about <br /> $5~ 00 per capita for present park rnain~enance~ equipment and park development° <br /> We completed our meeting at approximately 10:00 po mo <br /> <br />Walter petersen~ Chairman~ <br />Hastings 1 lanning Commission <br /> <br /> <br />