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OFFICE -- FRESHWATER FOUNDATION 25�V SHADY` kX)D ROAD - BOX 4 RICHARD G. GRAY, SR. NAVARRE AINNESOTA 5519: TELEPH('• E 612i471-e142 TO: Board of Commissioners Hennepin County Park Reserve District FROM: Noerenberg Memorial County Park Citizen's Advisory Committee DATE: August 5, 19R5 SUBJ : Approval of Final Garden Layout The Advisory Committee met seven times during the past nine Mk -.ths to -,ws der facts, alternatives, and solutions to the Tong -range development vi the c;.aT4,(-'tns and land donated to the Park District in 1972 by Mrs. Lora Hoppe. Our consideratior,s and conclusions are as follows: 1. The Park District is indeed fortunate to have in its possession -,kith a priceless piece 3f property on Lake Minnetonka, and every effor' should be made to preserve and enhance the property in accorr,,ar-ce with Mrs. Hoppe's will. 2. A theme of an old-fashioned estate garden modeled after Mr. Edmund Phelp's many Lake Minnetonka landscaped gardens and grounds was deemed proper- for the further development of the property south of Highw,jy 51. 3. A strong position was taken by this committee that no picnicking, launching or landing of boats on the shoreline, or any dockage or other facilities be constructed on the shoreline. 4. The committee concurs with and applauds the decision of the Board of Commissioners that $1, 200, 000 of the sums left under Mrs. Hoppe's will be kept intact as principal and only income from this base sum be used for maintenance and improvements. 5. The committee concurs that a good use for monies in excess of $1, 200, 000 be for improvements to basic su-Pport services for tt-.e park, in anticipation of later major redevelopments of the gardens and grounds as monies are available. 6. The committee does not believe the construction of a visitor's center warrants top priority, but other items under Phase I of the cost estimate dated 5 August, 1985 be implemei od and completed with the exception that the water distribution syst,�,n be implemented only to the extent monies are available to do so. �1.