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Mr. Richard G. Gray, S- Page Two November 9, 1984 parts of the country, I have the impression that this portion of her Will reft-red to "approximate natural state". To me an approximate natural state does not mean that turn it into a hiqh-producing game farm. Question 2 - You are correct that only earnings of the funds can be used. In my mind, this means thatno principal can be used. Question 3 - No, there are no restrictions on whe: the funds can r)e invested. That is in the discretion of th nnepin County Park Reserve District. Therefore, they cou-:d, for ex_,,ple, invest in high -yield items to make as much income as possible. They could also invest in low income yield items, ,although T would not see much purpose in doing that since you can't s;:_nd principal. In any event, that is a decision that would be up to them. The instrument intentionally doe,not put limitations on how that is accomplished. Question 4 - Can the earnings be useu only for "mainten- ance", cr can some sort of improver t3 tine done other than mainten- ance? In .•y mind, thf- earnings only can be use., for maintenance and no principal may be used for maintenance. l.o-..z:�ver, I think that if there i at might be termed excess earnings, meaninr, more funds ava_.aole than are c.rrently being used for the project, `he - would be nothing wrong under the Will 1, making modest improve- hie'.- that carry out her intent. As I said in my last letter, I chink the addition of walking paths or modest :mproveme,its that woi.i.d improve the quiet enjoyment of the place would be in order. Tha: would include signs, for Example, or labeling of different ':'ont' or bushes so the p�jblic could be educated thereby. Question 5 - Can a boat dock be installed on the shoreline to be used by visitors r-ming by boat, but not launching boats? In rr,y mind, the answer o this one is clearly "no". The reason being thin was discusser'. with Mrs. Poppe, a--3 she felt, as did we, that it would be impossible to enforce it in the senFe that you wouldn't know which people were coming to use it for the intended purpose and which people were .,jming just to have a place to land and have a picnic, or a beer party, or whatever. Mrs. Hoppe was very anxious that the general ch.iracl:.er of the area not be :-hanged, and she was particularly sensitiv,- the views of Mr. 6 MrE. Leonard Carpenter, her neighbors. also had conservation ideas similar to Mrs. Hoppe. i remember pointinq out to her specifically that unless she wanted to have the Part, Reserve District pay for a full time watchman, or other enforcement procedures, it would be very difficult to have a dock or bouy area that would accommodate true nature lovers coming to the park, as distinquished from people who wanted to come there ft,r an all-night party, or worse.