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MONDAY,OCTOBER 30.2000
<br /> D from Al II tainty of its effect. Similarly, the
<br /> t Cottage Grove City Council has
<br /> an aims f or A proposal Forest j i taken no position on the referen-
<br /> to keep L"ake dim amid concerns that the
<br /> New scarxtra
<br /> I I It .` ° Township city's development plans might
<br /> green corridor county s be affected b landowners in the
<br /> Forest Lake , by
<br /> open space ' Township {± city who decide to participate in
<br /> alongcounty's'7� t the program.
<br /> l�ol L/Gty's Washington County gl �` 'r a;
<br /> a J � t (� Referendum supporters are
<br /> residents will vote Nov. i pp
<br /> 7 on whether to adopt I I I---* _'1 [ counting on the votes of new
<br /> eastern edge a program that would let 1� r s a suburbanites in Woodbury,Oak
<br /> the county buy Marine ix _ dale and elsewhere — who•
<br /> "I'm an avid supporter of open
<br /> p rights stf Croix
<br /> develo ment ri is from 1:, ;
<br /> pp jr) moved to Washington County be-
<br /> "I'm It's a !,
<br /> space,"said Emily White,a New %; "�' 1 '' cause of its open spaces —.to
<br /> tool used in other parts , f Hugo 1 p P
<br /> port City Council member arid of the United States to g ! push the measure to victory. Lee
<br /> referendum proponent. But, she • preserve open space, r� _,- , f May i , ' Ronning, executive director of
<br /> cautioned; "a lot of people just butithasnotbeenused f r Townshp 1 1,000 Friends of Minnesota, a
<br /> look at [how much] their taxes in Minnesota.If the t nonprofit land use -group, said
<br /> referendum passes,the 4 ,,
<br /> are going up." county would have$31 I-� Washington County's enthusiasm
<br /> If the measure passes, the million to buy I Stillwater for the program is a sign that
<br /> Dellwood Township:
<br /> financial bite will last nine years development rights lr, 1 : �; s "there are that many forward-
<br /> and be based on property use primarily near the St. .: t Grant ir <PT:-• thinking people"in the county.
<br /> ) $18 a year for nonagricul- Croix River Valley in an Wdlerneg gg r Some residents in the county's
<br /> attempt to create a
<br /> rural areas,where the opposition
<br /> feral land having at least Mahtomedr
<br /> "green corridor." � � pp
<br /> $100,000 in market value -'; . seems to be the strongest,bristle
<br /> Birchwood 1Prne y' $tdlwater�
<br /> $45 a year for nonagricul- r , x at attempts to divide the county
<br /> tural land having at least Spnngs try n oak Parks.
<br /> ' ,< n along city and rural lines to win
<br /> $250,000 in market value Areas already .. I i t t Height`s o votes, and they also resent the
<br /> $6 a year for homesteaded protected Raytown BayP t power the suburban voting bloc
<br /> agricultural land having at least i take Township may have on the issue.
<br /> Areas eligible r Elmo
<br /> $100,000 in market value r . ; - z "Why should a person that
<br /> $27 a year for homesteaded • for program if r !
<br /> y referendum J. -� owns no land be deciding these
<br /> a ricultural land having at least passes. Oakdale .1,West Tow Township g kinds of things?They have a little
<br /> 00 in market value. b 1 , p stinking lot,big deal,"Borner,the
<br /> Landfall , --.=_:
<br /> r that money, supporters •. } Lakeland dairy farmer,said
<br /> are promising to preserve the r Ej7shores Joyce Wilander, president of
<br /> rolling farmland and woodlands
<br /> rii j YLa ehand the Washington-Ramsey Farm
<br /> near the St. Croix River Valley, - ! Lake;t`• Bureau, an organization repre-
<br /> ;- Croix Beach
<br /> one of the Twin Cities areas most 4 s t stinting many of the county's
<br /> inviting settings.The vol /� Woodbury i Afton ' S Mary's large farmers, agreed. Develop-
<br /> visually program would target Map , Point ment already has spread across
<br /> 82,000 acres in a"green corridor" area ,...01,4-A7-7,11 F the county,added Wilander,who
<br /> on Washington County's eastern " ENewport
<br /> g ty' ; with her husband,Art,operates a
<br /> edge.With housing development '< century-old old dai farm.
<br /> V�ASHIlVGTOI�CO ry dairy
<br /> in Woodbury, and elsewhere Mpls tm-- - "They're not going to save
<br /> marching eastward, proponents ItS$Y'� } St Paul" much of Washington County be-
<br /> say time may be running out. co ( � Pia 611 ow shp cause Washington • County's
<br /> "The idea was to preserve the t Grey Cloud , mostly gone,"she said
<br /> viewsheds,' " explained Lee Island Cottage` s" Mike Kaszuba can be contacted at
<br /> Hunt, Lake Elmo's mayor and a Z Township Grove ♦ ntkaszuba @startriburee.cont
<br /> referendum supporter. "A St f�aul ;.� g N
<br /> 'viewshed' is a very important .r. `,1rsss,„ ,,; ,..;��.' '
<br /> thing.It leads to [giving]people a
<br /> sense 'of calmness, a sense of source:
<br /> feeling good." Wash'
<br /> Voluntary program
<br /> There are fewer than 20 pur-
<br /> chase-of-development-rights pro-
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<br /> many of them on the East C' a
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