Moorestown Save Open Space

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.