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Mr. Wayne Burmeister <br /> Chairman, Mounds View Parks <br /> and Recreation Commission <br /> 2401 Highway 10 <br /> Mounds View, MN 55112 <br /> • <br /> May 29 , 1937 <br /> Dear Sir: <br /> A hazardous situation exists at Oakwood Park, for which our <br /> Di.r(ar,i..c)rr, M.-try r,.-1,4 she Cannot he <br /> r y)•):r•; i;)l a :30 she has recommended I contact you. <br /> Having lived adj,3C3nt to the :-;ofi:h.t1.1 fi.c?ld at Oakwood Park <br /> for nine years, I have grown accustomed to "foul ticks" <br /> hitting my house, garage, and vehicles. <br /> I began complaining to Bruce Anderson, our. former Parks <br /> Director, several years ago when a;liil.i- ter) t:1)�.1.1- cOrims beyrin <br /> to dominate this i)all_fi.el.c1, increasing the rlrinli)Orr or, r.or1l <br /> ticks" striking Emmy ito 1 , <br /> Bruce had his department move hoirte plate back about two <br /> feet, to cut down on the angle; but ; 11 endeavor <br /> accomplished nothing. <br /> Finally, during the Public Hearings i'r)rr i:li<'. P.ar% ievy <br /> Referendum, I obtained Bruce' s publicly spoken promise to <br /> rfn(;L.r)ici a backstop cage similar to the one at Greenfield <br /> Park. <br /> Unfortunately, it was cont inyeni: on Lilo lbaSc4i1A9 or Lhe <br /> Referendum, of which we both know the outcome- <br /> As only 600 residents voted affir)kl-iLiv<?l,y; riO other <br /> money available, the new backstop was never built. <br /> • Fr)1rr? Cli.d try to . l.i.r?viai'.c i.hca .; i.i. {,t' Y{; i:iV)r1J11; l)� <br /> scheduling only T-Ball at Oakwood Park, making the <br /> spring/summer ()r i.•m i i)o.:•i i,cml_i_i ;: L-.7%-"" F_ree <br /> ( T am enclosing copies of past correspondences between Bruce <br /> A ' . ) <br /> Anderson myself. ) <br /> r.f�: <br /> 1987 is a completely different situation. <br /> • After observing a baseball practice at Oakwood P,Arrk, �. <br /> contacted Mary Saarion at the Parks DeparLin-rti-. on 11,11/. 20, <br /> and received a very negative, patronizing response to rri.i <br /> irirlr{i riO4 <br />