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Date: June 17, 197« <br />To: Orono City CourTPTT' ' <br />Fro.ti: Orono Park Comission <br />fARk <br />Subject: Park Land Acquisition <br />Parcel 5900 <br />Plot 41440 <br />The purpose of this letter is to submit for your consideration the proposal <br />that the City of Orono acquire the above parcel of land fo»’ use as a village <br />park. Presented herein are discuss'ons of the following aspects of the <br />proposed acquisition: <br />- Description <br />- Financial Consideration <br />- Potential Uses <br />- Park Planning Status <br />Description <br />The proposed park is a 8.72 acre undeveloped area located on Stubb's Bay <br />Road in the northwest corner of its intersection with the Luce Line Trail <br />system. A plot map of the property is enclosed with this proposal. <br />The park is mostly open field sloping to the northwest with a wooded area <br />and ravine in the northwest corner. An undeveloped fresh water spring is <br />located in the southeast corner. Adjoining the southeast corner of the park <br />is a y/edge of land on which an old dairy building stood. The "dairy" property <br />is tax delinquent and stands to be acquiree by Hennepin County eventually. <br />We plan to coordinate the use of the wedee of land as a rest park for Luce ♦ <br />Line users. <br />Adjoining the park to the west is a heavily wooded undeveloped area which <br />we intend to investigate in the future as additional park area. <br />The park is currently owned and controlled jointly by several members of <br />the Larson family. <br />Fi£3nci^al^ CpjnsidcratJ^on <br />We have reached an agreement with the present owners of the property on both <br />the price and method of payment which we believe to be equitable. We can <br />readily handle the acquisition in the resources of the city's park and <br />recreation budget.