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<p align="center"><b><font face="Verdana" size="5" color="#0000FF">Welcome
to the Town of Needham's Open Space & Recreation Advisory Group</font></b></p>
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<font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000">Background</font><!--mstheme--></font></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="2" color="#000000">The
Open Space & Recreation Master Plan (�Plan�) was recommended by the
Community Preservation Committee and funded by Town Meeting in November
2005 in the amount of $20,000. The Board of Selectmen, Town Manager,
Park and Recreation Commission, Planning Board, and Conservation
Commission (�Sponsors�) jointly sponsored the proposal.</font></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="2" color="#000000">The
Open Space & Recreation Plan is intended to be a community-planning
document that defines the Town�s goals for reasonably preserving its
natural resources and for maintaining adequate outdoor recreation
opportunities. The Plan lays out a strategic framework for
implementation consistent with community needs and desires by:</font></span></p>
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<font size="2" color="#000000">Documenting the community�s natural,
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<font size="2" color="#000000">Developing strategies to reasonably
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<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="2" color="#000000">Much
of the required historical information, land information, and mapping
components have been completed. The Open Space & Recreation Plan
Advisory Committee (�Committee�), along with the project Sponsors, will
provide the required community input.</font></span></p>
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<font size="2">Reviewing the 2003 Open Space Working Group report,
the 1988 Open Space Plan, and 2003-draft Open Space Plan revision,
proposing items for removal that have been accomplished or are no
longer relevant;</font></span></font></li>
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<font size="2">Reviewing the input provided by the project Sponsors
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Suggesting areas for further research and evaluation by the Town;
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Providing comment and input to the consultant on a draft Plan
recommendation to the Town Manager and project Sponsors for
approval.</font></span></li>
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