HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-31-1970 VILLAGE OF ORONO
REPORT ON NE.'� PROCEDUF,ES FOR OUTD00?? RECREATION GRANT P??OGn.A'iS - State of
:,linnesota Office of Local and Urban Affairs , State Planninc; Agency
:•iarriott Inn - Bloominnton - J�_ily 31 , 1970
i�1r. Tom Cla��son revie�,r�r� State a�ct Federal Assistanc� Programs , Cnanters
379 and 1139 of the 1969 P�tinnesota Statutes . T'�e money is divic��d bet�v;;�n
t:�e State and Federal funds , LA'�ICON - Federal ; and Natural Resottrces - State.
Ttie needs of a local area are basecl on loc�!1 priorities that fit each
pro�ram. Under LA?1►CON, the priority is reRional si�:�ificance. ?Tnder
�Iatural Resour.c�e;�� „ th� nriority is acauisition of land.. By re�ional
si�nificance , they mean the number of ncople outsidc the tax base using
tiic facility.
One of thc jobs of the State Planning Agency is to correlate aIl axeas of
government to �aork tonetner towards tlie �evelopment of ot�t�?oor recreation,
s.uc>i as : ��Ietropolitan government , Iiennepin County Par?: Reservc , Local ,
County, State, anc? Private. To be eli�ib�le , a government mt�st have a firre-
year plan that coincides ivith tli� :�Iinnesota State plan.
��tr. Barry Peterson spoke on the `Ietro Coitiicil. He reported that a i�Ietronolitan
Develonment guide �aill soon be sent to each government, Recreation
components that the i•letro Council are most interestec� in are : seleetion of
large open space areas ; water access areas which shoul� be preservecZ, s�ioLtld
be 50- 500 acres (a park more than an access) ; r��ional trails .
Priorities for the i�letro Coi�ncil are : projects of 'ietrop�litan siguificance
that are programraed in the `tetropolitan �?evelopnent Guic�c ; projects of local
significance , not in conflict with the "�tetropolitan Guic?e ; projects of local
sic;nificance not included in plan.
Besides the above mentionec� spea?:ers , t:iere was valvable time spent on
public cor�munication a.nd tl�e details of fillinR o«t all of the necesszry
forms . I had lunch with `tr. Barry Peterson, lssistant director of nl�.nning
for the `•tetropolitan Council , �vho t��as very interested in nossibl� �
acc{uisition of Big Island (it fits their first t�ao recreation components)
and said it has alreac�y been cliscizsseci amon? them an� su�g�sted possibl�
coiitacts for us to ma?:e, I also tall:ed ivith 'ir. Tom Cla�vson , from t}Ze office
of I.Jrban Affairs , �aho said iie would be hapny to mcet with us in preparing
a fiv�-year plan. Eie stated �vc nced cost fi�;ures , arca maps , and potential
ideas before he can bc of n�:lp to us . I �aill attempt to invite him to o?�r
Sentember 15 , 1970 meeting. �iuch taorl: must bc �1one by us beforc that meetinc;.
TIJO things necessary be£ore ive can apply for any Recreation Grant are : a
five-year detail�cl. plan and a source of reventte far matc.iinR funds .
This was a very valuable rneeting for someone from our group to attcnc�.
Although I c?o not see ho�� �ve can have everything reac?y by October 15 , 1970 ,
(tlie deadline for applying for funds) , I �10 feel this was a very fine first
step and it is no�r up to us to preceed as efficiently as possible,
Rcspectfully submitted,
Eclith Jones
Secretary