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rn <br />1�MORA.NDUNI <br />T0: <br />FR��I : <br />De�ember 3, 1975 <br />Fran'� J . Rog <br />Haward Dahlgren <br />SUBJECT; Dedicaiion of Pazk Land - Michel's Plat <br />Assurni.ng an obj active for the City of Roseville .ta util.ize i.ts <br />n.atural asseis and Iand in the city �o the best posszble ad-- <br />van�age for the various forms of dev�lopment, I strox�.gly suggest <br />�ha� �he r�as� ap��'o�ria�e tiv�.y to 7.3�11122 �he I��? ch�I.' s��o?���ty <br />(z��rLh o� ��i1.i�.bTr7 Pond) is �a ci��relop a�a�x o� c��.1-��-sacs �ro�n <br />eizY:�r en.d w�th a park ax-ea zn tne ce�.ter ca�r_ec�tin� �h� st�b <br />streets f�om �he north and the existing park land o� �hs south. <br />In this man�c�.er, a numbez of ,crery desirable lots are created on. <br />the t�ao cul--de-sacs, a numb�r wh� ch wi.11 be con.�iguov:s to �ha <br />exi.sting park lands ar_d �he pzoperty xn the ce�ter. �he natural <br />wet�.ands area ir�. the middie of the groperty will be utilized <br />paxti.a�l.y �ar drainage pu.rposes. The real asset, ho�veve�, is <br />a�rt �esth�tic one. preservafiion o� a na�ural ��e�lands-cattai� <br />ar.ea wh�.ch �ri11 enhance the charac�er of the e�z�ting parks to <br />�he south and �Che resid�nt-� al area i.x� its env�.rons . <br />Tha na�ural wetlands a�ea should be �eft i�, its natural cand�tion---- <br />consequence to o�•m.ing such pzoper�y. Thi.s praperty sai1l. also se��re <br />as a vi�al connectzng �.ink between the �esxdentxal area �a thA <br />nortr {via Dellti�ood Street} and the park area to the sou�h. <br />In �he minds of many, it is jus� as itnportari� to acquire and <br />uaa�ntain na�ural �,�etlands as i� is to acquire and maintai:n <br />shoreline proper�ies. As the co�nunx�y urbanizes, and more ra�a <br />Zand �.s usurp�d for developmen.�C pu�poses, ap�arecia�ior_ for, and <br />the value of, such weClands a�eas increases enormQUS�y. Lan.�s <br />requzre no mo��i�.g , p low�.ng , or upkeep in. �he normal sens �. Their <br />value �.s best appreczated by s�mply leaving th�m in �ha�.r �.a'�ura1 <br />stat�. � <br />We suggest tha� the preservation o� �his axea th�ot�gh a park ded�ca- <br />t� an xs in �Che best interest of the city and �he inr,3edia�e neigh-- <br />borhood. <br />