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<br />" <br /> <br />..~ <br /> <br />Ramsey EPB Case 3 Mar 3, 2007 <br />Open Space Referendum Info Update <br /> <br />Plymouth 2006 Referendum <br /> <br />Talked with Eric Blank who is the Director of Parks & Recreation <br /> <br />Started with 2000 Comp Plan for Development of Northwest Greenway <br />This is a 2 ~ mile long area for trails and may include additional athletic fields <br /> <br />Estimated that the cost to acquire needed land would be approximately $13-14M <br />They had earmarked $4-5M <br />Estimated a need for $9M additional funding (this is the amount the referendum was for) <br /> <br />Started to work on putting the referendum together in first part of 2006 <br />Completed a Citizen Survey in June, 2006 by Decision Resources (400 out of <br />27000 households) <br />25 question survey <br />Survey predicted a 73% Yes vote for up to $9M referendum <br />The referendum was to include both acquiring land for the Northwest Greenway <br />and to construct additional athletic fields <br />T,,:,o Public Open Houses were held in the,fa.l.l of2006 <br />Created a 4 page information flyer that wassent to residents in October of 2006 <br />Citizen Committee ofY outh Athletic Associations was formed to help in writing <br />"Letters to the Editor", finding places to put yard sign, etc (125? Yard signs <br />provided by the city) <br /> <br />Referendum passed with a 64% Yes vote <br /> <br />Cost per average household ($368,000) would be $36/year for 15 years <br /> <br />1 <br />