638 CONFERENCE ON NATURAL BEAUTY 



(a) Model legislation for State and municipal consideration 

 to assure appropriate open space and conservancy programs 

 and the legal basis for rights in land. 



(b) Guidelines for local public action programs. 



( c ) Procedures and legal basis for the acquisition and preser- 

 vation of open spaces. 



(d) Examples of successful application. 



2. Regional conferences and seminars on Urban Park and Open 

 Space Planning should be initiated. 



3. A study of the economic values of urban parks, parkways, and 

 open spaces, should be initiated with due recognition of intangible 

 values, and recommendations developed therefrom and made avail- 

 able. 



4. We urge development of the proposed scenic roads program as 

 one of the major contributions to a nationwide natural beauty pro- 

 gram. This does not relieve any Federal-aided agency of the respon- 

 sibility to insure that other roads are attractive. 



5. We urge Federal agency and public support for the provisions 

 of title VIII of the pending housing bill and the open space bill 

 recently introduced by Senator Williams. 



6. We urge that the Corps of Engineers be instructed to give 

 greater consideration to natural beauty in all its water resource 

 developments, particularly those affecting rivers and navigable waters 

 within urban and metropolitan areas. 



7. We urge that there be a Bureau of Public Roads requirement 

 that grants-in-aid be contingent upon more effective coordination 

 of highway plans with comprehensive and open space recreation 

 plans of State and local governments. 



8. We urge establishment of Federal parks in urban areas with 

 emphasis on the protection, maintenance, and interpretation of his- 

 toric and natural resources of national significance. 



9. Adequate financial aid should be made available in Federally 

 aided programs (such as public housing and urban renewal) for 

 such works of art as sculpture, fountains, plazas, civic squares, 

 and courts. 



10. The Federal Government should require local governments 

 to include adequate open space provisions in local zoning ordinances 

 as a prerequisite to a grant under the Land and Water Conservation 

 Fund Act comparable to the present Federal requirements for an 

 open space land grant. 



