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PARKING LOT/PARK/DRIVEWAY SAFETY PAVED PARKINGLOTS AND DRIVEWAYS Currently two parks have paved driveways and parking lots , 411 Greenfield and Silver View. Discussion must include speed controls such as speed bumps and speed limits. The provision of parking lot lines , pattern of traffic flow and curbs makes these parking lots and drives easy to control. UNPAVED PARKING LOTS AND DRIVEWAYS Currently three parks have unpaved entries and parking lots: Random, Woodcrest and Lambert. Woodcrest and Random recently had posts installed to provide a parking barrier. Both lots have class 5 gravel as a base. Lambert has a parking space without boundaries and has a dirt base. The problem with these lots is that they are popular areas for young drivers to do spins and donuts providing wreckless driving and doing damage to the parking area. In the Five Year Capital Improvement Plan, Lambert is scheduled for a combined parking lot for winter and summer evening use and a hard court surface play area for summer daytime use at play centers. Woodcrest and Random Park parking lots are not scheduled at this time for permanent pavement. PARKS WITHOUT PARKING LOTS Three parks do not have parking lots and rely upon "on-street" parking. These parks include : Groveland, Hillview and Oakwood Parks. Parking takes a lot of precious space away from parkland and unfortunately our neighborhood parks are so very tiny that the space is a commodity of great value. There is a danger with "on-street" parking. That danger is low visibilty, children running into the street between cars. Also, parked cars sometimes pose a problem for residents living across from the park and alot of parked cars add to a "cluttered" feeling. The re-development of Oakwood Park has potential to include a parking lot. However, I believe Hillview and Groveland must continue to deal with "on-street" parking as best we can rather than give up precious space for parking.