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Board Minutes, December 4, 1961`cont'd. page
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which Will create the need for paved paths to reduce mud; and dirt ih.
the school.
The baseball backstops are dearly completed. The hockey rink is,
installed and'the lights for skating and hockey 411 be installed soon.
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NINE.`MILE.CREEK WATERSHED'..DISTRICT = AFFECT ON EDINA PARK.PLANN;IN
Including Valley V ew Road Junior .H g Sc ool site, the lesson
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Road Eiemeniary�Schbol Site and the new CountrysideElementary
School Site.
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Mr. George Hite,.Edina Planning Director, reviewed for -the Board_,:
the Nine Mile Creek watershed proposal which had been presented b; Mr
Hugh ;McP�illa6 end i�1r Douglas Barr at the January,' 1961 Park Board
meeting.. He stated that the over-all plan has been approved by the
State Water Resources Board, including the lake for ponding purposes
on the site of tdln"a Mud,Lake and surrounding area.
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This'area,was viewed the hoard on: a map as' it exists today an
with the,aid of an overlay, as it will be when the ponding area is'
developed. Mr.`Hiteincluded on the overlay the surrounding area as
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it is possible to develop it in the future. This'plan"shows all of
the area surroundi.ng',and adjacent to the 'proposed lake as park property.
Adjoining"Ahs proposed -park site on the south are the 'Gleason Riad
and Dalley; View School site.
W 14ite then state,, hat, while it ,will take several years to
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complete the Watershed plan for this area, now is the time.to'start
development the surrounding
thinking and planning or -the future of
area and he ,beleves the Village has a unique opportunity to crei�te
a park area of real beauty. �T46 ponding 'area'will cover' approximately
125 acres,; with'an •,eleva`ton of 860°. The deepest point will be.eight
or nine feet and tfie' shallow point will be two ' •to three feet in depth.
After much discussi`on th6 Board members agreed that a "park
beautiful"`in this area is desirable and `they"requestedMr. French 'ta""`
find out about the availability and `costs of the land needed to develop
such a park. They also r:Qquested that the sub -marginal and buildable;,
land be identified so they *i 11 know the amount and location of land
that is good, buildable an as well as the amount of lana that can
not, by today°standards, be -used for homes or other buildings. Mr.
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Hite had previously stated that much of the poor land surrounding
Lake is now tax dplinquentt, althougY•not yet available to the Village.
Mr. Stevens then requested that the two school' sites be shown in a
'different color so that the actual proposed park area can be easily
identfiedo
Mr. Hill asked what procedure must be followed`'by the'Villageto
adopt the proposed plan. P�1r. Hite replied that if the Council and
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Park Board; feel` that ids should be "adopted, the Council must petition ;
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ttie Nine Mile Creek t?VaterShed District to create the ponding area.
He -said that the actual flood plain must be acquired and that it is
possible, and'may be• -advisable, for Village to acquire this land