I'd like to hear more about this plan including details from the park board. The Cedar Lake Park Association does not support the plan.
I'm wondering if any residents from Kenwood can explain "the problem" at hidden beach by describing the evidence that a problem exists. I find this area around Cedar Lake to be a wild and alluring urban wilderness, rivaled only by Wirth park and the river gorge south of Franklin. Cant we leave anything alone anymore? >From the Press Release: CLPA President Keith Prussing said, "After a conversation April 9 with an MPRB official, I was stunned to learn that the scope of the changes planned for the area is far greater than we had previously known. I learned that the project is driven by what police say they need to adequately insure public safety, with much less concern for environmental values. The project area, as proposed, is almost 16 acres in and around Hidden Beach. (An acre measures approximately 205 ft. by 205 ft., two-thirds the size of a football field.) In this area all buckthorn and mulberry will be removed. All standing and downed dead woody material will be removed. Anything else they feel needs to be removed will be removed. The mud baths, part of a small wetland, will be filled in. Work is expected to start when the ground dries out, perhaps as soon as early May. A replanting plan will be developed in 2003, although no funding amounts have been specified and no planting dates have been set." Conor Donnelly Waitepark W1 _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
