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• PARKS, RECREATION & FORESTRY DEPT. <br /> • ", :! • 121 NE 4 AVE., AUSTIN, MINNESOTA 55912 PHONE (507) 433-1881 <br /> /41 <br /> rAAuslriiv`� J. C. HORMEL NATURE CENTER <br /> " '` :�r � 1304 NE 21 ST., AUSTIN, MINNESOTA 55912 PHONE (507) 437-7519 <br /> • <br /> October 4. 1990 <br /> A SLIDE"S TALE_ <br /> It"s amazing how a few short summers can change so many <br /> opinions, attitudes, rules, and regulations_ When our new <br /> pool was built in 1985 we wanted the pool to be more than <br /> "just a pool". We wanted a water slide as an additional <br /> attraction to the pool. <br /> Once the slide was proposed all the "nay sayers" began their <br /> • chorus of problems that would occur. The insurance premium <br /> would be to high, there would be a large number of accidents, <br /> the water quality would suffer, the City couldn"t afford such <br /> a structure. and on and on it went. <br /> Now three fun filled summers sliding on the slide have past, <br /> no one admits to having ever had a problem with the slide. <br /> There have been no accidents, no high insurance premiums, no <br /> water quality problems, and the additional revenues have more <br /> than paid for the slide. Me added revenue generated each <br /> year now helps reduce the tax burden. <br /> Me summer of 1987 was the first summer the slide was in use. <br /> Mere were over S6.000 uses recorded that summer and the first <br /> three weeks of the season the slide was not in use yet. <br /> A lot of the "nay sayers" have also enjoyed a ride down the <br /> slide "need I say more". <br /> Resrct fully,. <br /> 777 <br /> • <br /> Robert J. Auer <br /> • Director of Parks, Recreation. <br /> and Forestry Lepartment <br /> ROBERT E. SCHAUB ROBERT J. AUER DENNIS L. MASCHKA <br /> Foreman of Pan(S Forestry Director of Parks, Recreation& Forestry Assistant Director of Recreation <br /> KIM A. KELLY "nY L. DOLP' Ant-MAT MM.,/ _- .. <br />