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A. It's just too much. It appears they are trying to concentrated all of the facilities and activities of a ten acre park, serving three or more subdivisions, into a couple of acres. It's suppose to be a neighborhood park and everyone has continually expressed their interest in an natural park setting. You have a copy of the previous letter from many in our neighborhood sent with no response. Granted it is much shorter and more general, but it includes the same points that we are bringing to you tonight. B. This concentration in essence makes the Lonesome Pine Trail cul-de-sac, the primary entry point to the park. I don't think this is what people had in mind when they moved into this neighborhood. And I don't think it was designed to serve as the main entrance to this park. C. In addition, several of the proposed facilities and activities will attract vehicular traffic. This end of the park has no infrastructure to safely handle this type of traffic and parking. This point has been made repeatedly a previous meetings, again with no response. In fact, just as we had feared, at our last meeting we were surprised by a proposal for an extensive ball field setup including large backstop with wings and benches protected with fences. This doesn't sound like sandlot ball. It will surely draw youth teams for practices and perhaps even games. There also was a proposal for a picnic shelter. While this might be nice for occasional neighborhood use, but it will undoubtedly bring unwanted traffic, parking, loitering and litter. The bottom line is simple. The "load" of the park must be spread out, especially placing destination facilities where there are appropriate accommodations to safely handle traffic and parking Point 2. Now lets focus on what's going into the park. There appears to be little attention being given to the Neighborhood Park Survey Results. The highest priorities after the playground equipment and open play space is a nature walk and benches. Besides that, the path would just seem the logical first step. It connects the neighborhoods and makes it possible to move on wheels which seems to a very popular mode of transit in this area. It would seem to be especially important for parents with strollers and individuals with disabilities.