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Request to sell Kimball Pines Park land withdrawn after commissioners raise funding and access concerns
Summary
After discussion about a proposed quitclaim deed to sell park land for a new service road, the Road Commission withdrew its request. Commissioners raised concerns about using park property to cover a Park Fund deficit and asked the Road Commission to consider easements and return with a deficit plan.
A proposal to sell land at Kimball Pines Park to allow construction of a new access road was withdrawn May 3 after commissioners pressed the Road Commission on funding, community impacts and whether the sale would be used to cover a Park Fund deficit.
Road Commission Managing Director Dennis Randolph told the Board the road would serve future uses, is on the Battle Creek Area Transportation Study project list for 2014 and has federal aid approval, but the…
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