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Mr. Brad Van Nest <br />August 1, 1978 <br />Page 2 <br />The will stipulates "that the Park Reserve District <br />plant evergreens and other suitable shrubs indigenous <br />to our climate in that area of the property extending <br />from the site of the dwelling house east as far as <br />the line of the Webster property" (now the Raymond <br />property). "It ;s my hope that the District will <br />thereby improv- nd beautify the area for the purposes <br />stated above." <br />C. Summary <br />While donation of the land for specified ;public park <br />purpose: implies the need for public access, the will <br />clearly -eks to place severe limitations -i he extent <br />of such access in order to maintain the land north of <br />County Road 51 in its "approximate natural state" as <br />a wildlife preserve, and the lard north of County Road 51 <br />as a memorial park to be devotei and operated as an <br />"arboretum for flowers, shrubs and trees", and fc <br />"general display garden purposes". The specific <br />exclusion of uses of the land for picnics, camping„ <br />boat launchings or any other "uses incompatible with <br />that of a general display garden area" as well as the <br />specific reference to plantings to be made east of the <br />dwelling house extending east to the Webster (Raymond) <br />property line clearly indicates that Mrs. 'loppe in her <br />will envisioned a modest public access to land that would <br />be more or less preserved in its natural state, in <br />harmony with its surroundings, and pleasing to her <br />.mmediate neighbors. <br />In the event that her intent for the land to be left <br />more or less in its natural state was unacceptable to <br />the Park-Ae"emote District, Mrs. Hoppe provided in her <br />will tha'f' 6%o•vexecutors shall. cause a charitable <br />-orperation to be organized for the same stated purposes. <br />II. Ne ative Environmental Impact <br />It has not been demonstrated to the residents that the <br />environmental impact of the project will not be adverse <br />in terms of its effects on wildlife, land and water as <br />well as the health, safety and welfare of the surrounding <br />residents with respect to the above as well as the specific <br />effects on residential property values, of litter, noise <br />and safety from additional traffic and people in the area, <br />-.dditional local law enforcement costs, potential future <br />need of widening, County Road 51, and the aesthetic impact <br />on the general sense of well being of the residents of the <br />commsn i t v <br />