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ID 4C F .. . . . k .,r, <br /> SAINT PAUL PIONEER PRESS , <br /> WEDNESDAY,JUNE 30;1993,x: _' <br /> Inver Grove <br /> voters reject. <br /> arena J ect <br /> ro j <br /> p <br /> A $5.9 million parks bond refer- <br /> endum in Inver Grove . Heights <br /> failed Tuesday. - . <br /> uesday. . <br /> The final :vote:. was 2,017 to <br /> 1,414. Voter turnout during the <br /> day was described as "very light"_ <br /> Ai <br /> lir : by City Hall officials. <br /> Passage of the $5,965,000 parks <br /> referendum would have resulted <br /> in a tax increase of approximately <br /> $50 a year on a $100,000 home to <br /> pay for the new facilities and an- <br /> nual maintenance. <br /> The money would have paid for <br /> a civic arena that would be built <br /> in connection with the National <br /> Guard armory scheduled for con- <br /> struction this fall. The proposed <br /> arena was to have an ice sheet to <br /> be used six months a year for for. <br /> hockey, ringette and other ice ac= <br /> • tivities. <br /> During the rest of the year, the <br /> arena was planned for indoor soc- <br /> cer, youth baseball and indoor golf <br /> and also had social rooms. It could <br /> • seat from 1,200 to 2,000 people, <br /> officials said. - . <br /> The armory and 'civic arena <br /> would have been located at.80th <br /> Street and Babcock Trail.' ' ::' _ <br /> 411 The bond : money also would <br /> have paid for upgrading Ernster <br /> I. Park, North Valley Park and Rich' <br /> Valley Park. <br />