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December 29, 1938 <br />Mary Sarion <br />Parks and Recreation Director <br />2401 Highway10 <br />Mounds View, MDQ 55112 <br />Dear Ms Sarion, <br />ew <br />The ice skating sea son looksabnedksize ofor ethe rMounds <br />� <br />pleasurerinksat <br />residents with the city's Pl <br />Hillview and Grovel and parks, Iinviteand takthe developer <br />l op�er of the plan <br />to take a drive to these parks <br />it <br />puddles the plan has produced for then obviously re side <br />nnoVercrowdedrrinksTand ,s,d <br />not sensed that problems will the developer has not lac.. <br />inadequate skating area, <br />up a pair of skates and participated in the activity. <br />would allocate funds for new <br />It totally baffles me that thehousys and in turn offer skating <br />lighting and improved warming �rlounds View rinks in their <br />rinks that are grossly undersized. <br />ns <br />present form will create danger•oueverely l iming atdskatersdue <br />enjoymentl�Of <br />of area to maneuver in and Hill se la playing racketball <br />the activity. The situation can be compared to p Y <br />in a closet. <br />to your department regarding size of rinks was <br />My initial inquiry est attendance was examined when <br />answered with the response that p <br />the rinks were graded this year. It was also statad that the . <br />A <br />dept. <br />determines nes the size of rinks based <br />sa ti anon awi with a maintenance <br />previous year sires. I had fully dictates rink area <br />and he advised that <br />the recreation dept• <br />that he seriously questioned this years pleasure rinksnare half <br />and t arks p <br />is different in 1903 that the subject p <br />the size of previous years? then I <br />If past attendance is the criteria for determiningLra fewiceea,cubes <br />would expect that next year the city will throw ou: a curtail <br />at Hillview and Groveland, because this Selsdo nolknowLwh?re atenda^ce <br />attendance based on available mrink amily skates regularly at Hillview <br />statistics are derived from• good number of skaters,dasp3te poorly <br />park a^u there are always a 9 <br />maintained skating surfaces and lack of city organized activities atL <br />ma oars. <br />the local rinks in past y - <br />Resident skaters respond to skating conditi❑ns, activities available <br />s ice rinks <br />and reasonable ice area. If the city con�inual-k openholiday and <br />two weeks after neighboring cities, neglects we-, <br />�. g <br />ailable ska_in <br />es <br />routine zee maintena-�ce andsdai��pursu?rdnecactiv?tyrelsewhere or net <br />area, then obviously skaters <br />a _ermined a dacl i ne in pard c- <br />engage in the sport at aIZ. Ii you have dater <br />mined <br />y r�-1 action �i ��i'�{S dp't' 1 <br />it is a e programs a` <br />p the city ' s rinks i r c _ _i and prog <br />i ants at t y ri d o t <br />fort and planning to provide e en a?i l t such t;�a : w near <br />P-rast e If it naefs remincing, our Lclima. o1' yearly ,.a. "y. <br />t in{s. bstantial porion o. yea y Pa-, K a:t ,�; <br />ac v;; _ r�presen_ a s'1 as, ? s <br />ice skating is one o' <br />fit r'_s d'_nn _5 an Caq- r <br />'in3:t'3'157v '� <br />?.r Ga': <br />n '?'/�"'"�. Cn loran. <br />