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