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1. AGENDA ITEM STAFF ORIGINATOR Marty Asleson DATE July 8, 1993 TOPIC M-6, Lamotte Park Update v{?1rtliRX�3'lAl�!!1':RJwi}}{'::4v v:•':L.ii•Y Please see attached information from the April 28, meeting. The decision that was made at the last Park Board meeting was to set up a meeting with the neighborhood, to try to discuss the perceived problems with the use of the park by youth in the neighborhood, and to try to come up with some solution to the problems. Please see the attached letter that was drafted and sent to the neighborhood. A meeting was held on June 3rd. There were several adult residents and few youth at the meeting. A spectrum of opinions and comments were given at the meeting. I think the one opinion that may have been more common than not was that of providing alternative opportunity in this park for the youth to use, such as a volleyball net. Most agreed the park was a mini park and had limited use. I felt that one resident was extremely vocal and at times intimidating. I received a call from one of the residents concerning this and may be one of the reasons for a perceived lack of concern in some instances. The resident that was vocal did state that he had been a resident for 26 years and that the park was promised to be left an open and undeveloped area. I stated that neighborhoods and ideas change over time, especially in parks and recreation. A survey was drafted and Board member Jacquelyn Farm ran it through the neighborhood the next weekend. The results are included with this report. 1. Develop park appropriately. This could be phased in. This was listed as a priority 19 in our comprehensive plan. We have limited funds in dedicated parks and nothing in capital outlay for 1993. Perhaps a volley ball court could be added for a ti couple of hundred dollars, and some additional plantings established in spring 1994 shallsuffice for right now. We are doing our best to groom the park in 1993. It has been wet and unaccessible at times to equipment.