THE NEW SUBURBIA 451 



Many of our smaller streams and some of our larger ones are 

 dry in summer most of them are also polluted. Our plans include 

 cleaning them to a recreation use level and storing spring flood waters 

 to enhance their natural beauty during the time when most metro- 

 politanites can appreciate them. The storage of flood waters in new 

 impoundments created from gravel pits, for example, can further 

 augment natural beauty. 



Natural resources, as a foundation for the planning of metropolitan 

 areas, will not only preserve natural beauty but enhance it and, in 

 some cases, create it. The new suburbia in any metropolitan area 

 can have more natural beauty than the agriculture it is replacing. 



Mr. BRILEY. Being the mayor of a metropolitan area of 533 

 square miles, which contains both urban, suburban and rural lands, 

 we are very much aware of the problems in the suburban area of 

 attempting to maintain natural beauty. 



We have participated heavily in the open space program, buying 

 lands reasonably available for park purposes, having acquired about 

 700 acres during the past two years in some several tracts of land, and 

 are creating recreational facilities and preserving the natural beauty 

 of the terrain. 



We are attempting, through subdivision regulations, to develop a 

 land use program in the suburban area as it builds up, maintaining 

 the natural beauty of the terrain. 



We need to take another look at the partnership relations between 

 the Federal, State and local governments in attempting to further 

 the efforts that we are making in our own local community. 



By our urban renewal projects we are re-creating some degree of 

 natural beauty in the downtown urban renewal programs. 



We have a capability and are maintaining to some degree in the 

 suburban areas a consideration for natural beauty and for open 

 spaces. 



We have the Metropolitan Beautification Commission, consisting 

 of some of our leading citizens and a complementary staff, that both 

 does a housecleaning job from the urban use of land as well as bring- 

 ing to our attention the various things that can be done to preserve 

 the natural beauty of our terrain, having the responsibility of preserv- 

 ing the tree-lined streets and thoroughfares. 



We conduct programs through the Commission many times during 

 the year, such as the Clean-Up Program in the spring, utilizing all of 

 the civic clubs, garden clubs, Boy Scout units and so forth in making 



