Moorestown Save Open Space
Moorestown Town Council voted 3 to 2 on April 11, 2011 to fund the planning, engineering, and design of paved parking lots, lighting, scoreboards, and artificial turf fields by using funds directly from The Municipal Open Space, Recreation, and Farmland Historic Preservation Trust Fund. I believe that when the Moorestown taxpayers voted to establish this fund, it was with the intention that the monies raised would be used for the acquisition and preservation of undeveloped lands in town because it is recognized that with continued development these undeveloped parcels are a diminishing and valuable resource. I do not believe it was the intention of the voters that this fund should be used for paved parking lots, lighting, scoreboards, and artificial turf fields. Every one dollar taken from the Open Space Trust Fund is equal to a loss of four dollars when combined with state and county matching funds. I am against using the Open Space Trust Fund for anything other than acquiring and maintaining open space for conservation.
We the undersigned are against the action where
Moorestown Town Council voted 3 to 2 on April 11, 2011 to fund the planning, engineering, and design of paved parking lots, lighting, scoreboards, and artificial turf fields by using funds directly from The Municipal Open Space, Recreation, and Farmland Historic Preservation Trust Fund. We believe that when the Moorestown taxpayers voted to establish this fund, it was with the intention that the monies raised would be used for the acquisition and preservation of undeveloped lands in town because it is recognized that with continued development these undeveloped parcels are a diminishing and valuable resource. We do not believe it was the intention of the voters that this fund should be used for paved parking lots, lighting, scoreboards, and artificial turf fields. Every one dollar taken from the Open Space Trust Fund is equal to a loss of four dollars when combined with state and county matching funds. We are against using the Open Space Trust Fund for anything other than acquiring and maintaining open space for conservation.
