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terials. The use of pesticides and toxic weed killers should be elimi- 

 nated or rigidly controlled. 



22. Restoration of our waterfront areas should be given high 

 priority in the comprehensive planning by local governments with 

 attention to utilizing our city lake and river systems for boating, fish- 

 ing, and other leisure pastimes. 



23. Funds and staff should be applied to the development of more 

 imaginative and f arsighted long-range plans for the structure of our 

 cities. 



24. Downtown parks should be strategically located to ventilate 

 and beautify the central business district. Here different needs must 

 be met lunchtime picnics; places for shoppers to meet, rest, and 

 chat; art shows; concerts; and the selling of flowers. 



25. Every public library should include an "outdoor room" to pro- 

 vide open space for reading and studying in pleasant outdoor sur- 

 roundings, and perhaps facilities for exhibiting local art and sculp- 

 ture. 



26. There should be determined efforts to light our parks properly, 

 patrol them adequately, and insure the public safety in their use. 



27. The use of parks and open spaces is urged to dramatize the en- 

 trances to our cities, to highlight and enhance historic structures and 

 public buildings; to open up vistas, and to provide relief from often 

 monotonous urban development. 



28. Local councils should be established to align the many groups 

 and associations at work on various aspects of urban design and open 

 space planning and to coordinate with the governmental agencies 

 in the achievement of urban settings which provide convenience, 

 comfort, diversity, dignity, and beauty. 



29. The State and Federal role is vital but limited and should re- 

 main so. It is proposed that local officials be encouraged to recog- 

 nize and accept direct responsibility to the electorate for the quality 

 of the urban environment. They in turn must rely heavily on 

 skillful and imaginative planners, landscape architects and other 

 professionals. 



30. Greater emphasis should be placed upon the design of small 

 crowded spaces in urban areas. These spaces should afford oppor- 

 tunities for programing a variety of leisure time activities of interest 

 to the individual as well as the family unit in the immediate neigh- 

 borhood of home. 



31. Parks and open spaces should be planned to accommodate 



