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PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION t ,MINUTES • , • Page 2 June 25 , 1981 411 CHAIRMAN' S REPORT it will be a welcome and positive addition to the (Continued) community. VISITOR PRESENTATION A small contingency of the Lambert Park area was on hand to discuss their feelings regarding the Lambert tot lot . Staff recommended that the Lambert Park tot lot issue be moved up the agenda to discuss that issue at this time rather than delaying it until later. The Commission concurred . LAMBERT PARK TOT LOT Staff reviewed the correspondence dated June 11, 1981 to Rita Waste which outlined staff' s position regarding Mrs . Waste ' s concerns about the tot lot . Staff prole, a brief history as to how the tot lot had been designed and developed in 1978 , stating that the Commission intended to develop a variety of tot lots through-out the community and that the tot lot at Lambert was primal ily designed to serve the secondary school age children A needs assessment was developed prior to the establish- ment of the tot lot and it was felt that a mini-obstacle course would challenge both the physical and mental needs of the neighborhood youth . Staff concurred with Mrs . Waste that the Lambert Park tot lot had not been as effective as had been originally desired, or hoped. At this point staff turned the meeting over to Chairpers Burmeister who invited the visitors to address the Commission . The major concerns that were addressed by Mrs . Waste and her neighbors centered around the follow- ing issues : 1 . They would like to have a more traditional • tot lot, swings , merry-grounds , slides , etc . 2 . Their children do not play on the equipment • because they don' t know what to do with it .