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Page Two <br />November 8, 1984 <br />She left the residue of her estate to the Hennepin County <br />Park Reserve District as an endowment to finance the maintenance <br />of her grounds and to remove the existing structure. Whim the <br />said "earnings", she meant exactly that, i.e., that the earnings, <br />meaning the interest and income off of the endowment, could be <br />used to maintain the area. This would include, in my view, main- <br />tenance of existing structures other than the house such as the <br />gazebo. But it would not include invading principal for permanent <br />improvements. If there is excess income, it could certainly be <br />used for creating paths, quiet areas, new planting, etc., and <br />preventive -type maintenance on existing shrubbery, flowers and <br />trees. <br />From what little I know of it, it sounds like yc,-r Advisory <br />Committee Task Force is a well -diversified community group of <br />good citizens. Its input should be very helpful to the Park Reserve <br />District in fulfilling Mrs. Hoppe's wishes. <br />Very truly yours, <br />Russell M. Bennett <br />RMB/mp <br />