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The Blade (Toledo, OH)
9-07-00
SANDUSKY -- Governor Taft today plans to release a plan on how state agencies can better coordinate their efforts to protect [cartoons] and restore Lake Erie.
One new initiative calls for the state to establish model ordinances that local governments along the lake could adopt to balance development with preservation of open spaces, Scott Zody, a state Department of Natural Resources deputy director, said.
Mr. Taft is scheduled to speak at 9:40 a.m.at the Radisson Harbour Inn, 2001 Cleveland Road.
Tomorrow, Mr. Taft is scheduled to present amock check for $2.5 million to Toledo Area Metroparks officials for acquisition of land for the Fallen Timbers battlefield. The event starts at 11 a.m. at the Fallen Timbers state memorial at Side Cut Metropark.
The state Controlling Board in July released $2 million for the project, and the legislature is expected to provide $500,000.
The Metroparks district has an agreement with Toledo to buy the 188-acre site of the 1794 battle in Maumee for $5.5 million. In addition to the state, Lucas County has agreed to spend $300,000 and Maumee city council voted to spend $500,000 for land acquisition.
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