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• the last Thursday evening of May, June, July, and August. Carol Kriegler will <br />investigate the cost and availability of local musicians, including school groups. We <br />also would like to hire a magician to perform at the winter event. <br />4. Request from the U of M Recreational Sports to base their summer <br />youth programs at Community Park. This program involves the daily <br />participation of 100 youth from early June until Labor Day. As many as 100 youth can <br />be present at the base during drop-off and pick-up time, and about 50 would be at the <br />base for lunch. The rest of the time, most of the children would be off-site participating <br />in recreational and academic programs at various University campus locations. The <br />commission is open to exploring this request as long as we can take steps to continue <br />meeting the needs of the neighborhood users of the park. We want to be a good <br />neighbor to the University. We see benefits to having the park building open all day <br />long and to having more people present in the park all day. <br />Areas of concern: <br />• Do not want older kids on playground, and want to regulate the number of young <br />children on playground at any given time. <br />• How many parking spaces will be needed for staff cars and vans? <br />• Increased traffic at drop-off and pick-up times raises safety concerns for children <br />playing in park. <br />• Suggest having clear limits for tennis courts, basketball courts, picnic table, and trail <br />use. <br />• Is our park suitable far archery? <br />• Can the University's recreational fields continue to be used for archery and soccer? <br />• Set behavioral expectations for park use. <br />• We would like their flag/banner/signage to be subdued. <br />• Don't make commitment for more than one year. <br />• With such heavy daytime use, when can the park be mowed? <br />Next step: We would like Rec Sports to provide us with a plan that designates the <br />anticipated level of use of individual areas of the park at all hours of the day, and what <br />ages of children would be using the specific areas at each of these times. <br /> <br />Submitted by Carol Weisberg <br /> <br />