Committee Urges Buying 762 Acres For Parks

A $4 million bbna" issue ter purchase and develop an additional 762 acres of land for parks was recommended last night by a special park land lacquisition committee. The City Council, after hearling this and four other recommendations, suggested the committee meet with both the PlanIning Commission and the counIcil informally to discuss the Iproposals. Other recommendations adIvanced by the committee were Ithat (l) the city solicit donaItions from citizens for park land lacquisitions, (2) the council 1 1 port any revisión of the state I ■planning laws which would 1 ! Bable the city to require the ded-1 Bication in new subdivisions ofl Bpark land and open space onl flan equal footing with streets.l i I Utilities, fire lañes and otherl items, (3) the city continue tol wstudy the feasibility of special! Bassessment procedures "and-orl B 'incentive zoning' for the pur-B Bpose of acquiring parks andl Bopen spaces in the already 1 Bveloped sections of the city," Band (4) the city continue tol Bwork closely with the schools,! Bcounty, townships and the Uni-I rlversity in retaining land nowl ilpublicly owned which may be suitable for park land. i The committee said its $4 mil-B I Ilion recommendation was basedl Ion the city's Parks and Open Space Plan. i Second Ward Councilman Wil-I Bliam E. Bandenier said t h e council "could make a mistake"l I in trying to hurry the bond is-l I suc, while Fourth Ward Council-H PARKS 65 man Ëdward C. Pierce said iil would be "worthwhile to discuss I it at a working committee meet-jB ing:" The council discussed the proposal at a secret session Saturday and a concensus showed that ihe council preferred to wait until the fall for a special elec[tion on the proposed bond issue.