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OFFICE — FRESHWATER FOUNDATION <br />25(V �HADYWOOD ROAD - BOX'h� <br />RICHARD G. GRAY, SR. NAVARRE, MINNESOTA 55192 <br />TELEPHONE 6IIN71.8141 <br />TO: Board of Commissioners <br />Hennepin County Park Reserve District <br />FROM: Noerenberg Memorial County Park Citizen's Advisory Committee <br />DATE: August 5, 1985 <br />SUBJ : Approval of Final Garden Layout <br />The Advisory Committee met seven times during the past nine months to consider <br />facts, alternatives, and s,,ljtions to the long-range development of the gardens <br />and land donated to the Park District in 1972 by Mrs. Lora Hoppe. Our <br />considerations and conclusions are as follows: <br />1. The Park District is indeed fortunate to have in its Qossession s•ich a <br />priceless piece of property on Lake Minnetonka, and every effort <br />should be made to preserve and enhance the property in accordance <br />with Mrs. Hoppe's will. <br />2. A theme of an old-fashioned estate garden modeled after Mr. Edmund <br />Phelp's many Lake Minnetonka landscaped gardens and grounds was <br />deemed proper for the further development of the property south of <br />Highway 51. <br />3. A strong position was to . by this committee that no picnicking, <br />launching or landing of boats on the shoreline, or any dockage or <br />other facilities be constructed on the shoreline. <br />4.. The committee concurs with and applauds the decision of the Board <br />of Commissioners that $1, 200, 000 of the sums left under Mrs. Hor- ­ Is <br />will be kept intact as principal and only income from this base s, <br />be used for maintenance and improvement:,. <br />5. The committee concur-:, ..at a good use for monies in excess of <br />$1, 200, 000 be for improvements to basic support services for the park, <br />in anticipation of later major redevelopments of the gardens ,and <br />grounds as monies are available. <br />f The committee does riot believe the construction of a visitor's center <br />wa, -ant, top but other items under Phase I of the cost <br />estimate dated 5 August, 1985 be implemented and completed with the <br />exception that the water distribution system be implemented only to <br />the extent monies are available to do so. <br />04 <br />