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Home My WebLink AboutFeedback as of 3-13-200303/02/03 To: Greg Lee From: Mike Kampa Ref: Proposed Skate Park I will be unable to attend the upcoming meeting in regards to this, so I will express my concerns to you here. As both a resident and employee of the City of Mounds View, I question the need for a skate park at this time. Although the Community Center is a good location for this, I question whether the staff will be able to adequately supervise and/or monitor the activity occurring in or around the skate park. They already seem to have a shortage of staff to cover the existing facility and our Police calls have increased because of it. I know the Police calls for service will increase, if this facility is constructed, not so much from the individuals who will use it, but from the other kids it will attract. I am also concerned about any potential liability issues, that might arise should someone get seriously injured. They recently raised the user fees for residents and non-residents to cover the basketball court, but they are still low, compared to other similar facilities and don't adequately cover the costs associated with it. I know the funds to construct the skate park will come from Park Dedication fees, but there are always unforeseen costs for operation, maintenance, etc. that will be passed on to the residents. Could these Park Dedication fees be better used, to maintain our existing park facilities? With the pending budget crunch, I can only see this costing the residents of Mounds View more money. They are already considering freezing our salaries, as a means to save money. Although I am not totally against the construction of the skate park, I question the timing of this facility and the added costs that will be associated with it. Thank You! Sincerely, Michael A. K ipa( Mounds View P. D. CC/Deputy Chief Brennan Page 1 of 1 Lee, G From: BRIAN OGDAHL [TAMLOGTOOL@msn.com] Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 9:51 AM To: greg.lee@ci.mounds-view.mn.us Subject: Skate park Dear Sir -- As Mounds View residents, we wholeheartedly support construction of a skate park in Mounds View. My son and his friends are avid skateboarders and we regularly take them to skateparks in the area - Shoreview, St. Anthony, Andover, New Brighton, 3rd Lair, etc. My son wrote letters to former Mayor Coughlin years ago expressing a desire and need for this in Mounds View. I am glad to see this interest is still alive and will support whatever we can do to bring this idea to fruition. Thanks for all that you and your commission are doing to help with this. We will attend the meeting on March 6 to learn more. Sincerely, Brian, Char & Eric Ogdahl 7370 Park View Terrace Mounds View 3/13/2003 Page 1 of 1 Lee, Greg From: Ortie [ortie@attbi.com] Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 12:54 PM To: greg.lee@ci.mounds-view.mn.us Subject: Skate Park Greg Lee: While looking for information on what parks have open warming houses and rinks (which I was unable to find) I came across the Mounds View page in regards to the possilbility of a skate park. The information did not make it clear as to if this was refereing to a skate board park or a roller skating/roller blade rink or an ice skating rink. In any case, with 2 teenage boys, I am interesting in learning more about this. It is nice when the community offers activites that the whole family can participate in. Any additional information you could direct me to would be appreciated. Thanks, Linda Stewlow 2366 Pinewood Circle Mounds View 3/13/2003 Lee, Greg From: Tom Kosel [TKosel c@compuserve.com] Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 10:26 AM To: greg.lee@ci.moundsview.mn.us Subject: skate park We do NOT need a skate park in Mounds View. First, we cannot afford it. With the economy as bad as it is today, you should be looking at way to cut costs, not add to them. Second, the parks that we have don't seem to get used. I hardly ever see anyone using them. Third, the liability for such a park would more than likely be incredible. Fourth, given the type of people that would use such a facility, you would definitely have to have someone there to monitor the facilities use, again somewhat costly. Lastly, the average type of juvenile that would make use of such a facility is not the type of juvenile that I would want traveling through/into my neighborhood. You can bet there would be problems! Tom L. Kosel (763) 786-5136 1 March 4, 2003 Dear City of Mounds View, I adamantly disapprove of the proposed Skate Park, placed at the community center or anywhere in the City of Mounds View for several reasons. I do believe I am not the only resident that feels this way. I have compiled a list of my key objections and questions that I feel need to be addressed before we go forward and would like them considered during the decision making process. • Does it make sense to put more money into an already financially troubled community center? Why not come up with some ideas that generate revenue for the community center without using substantial additional funds, ex. Gym night for families with children 1-5 years of age. St. Anthony community center does this on Wednesday evenings. • Resolve current issues with YMCA management before adding additional responsibilities, i.e. not enough staffing/security on teen night. • The community center has already had several problems with graffiti and mischievous behavior. Will this add additional responsibilities to an already busy police force? • Do we want to attract more non -residence patrons to the community center before servicing residents? Maybe we should consider adding activities to the community center that would benefit residents. Maybe something like the eagles nest (New Brighton C.C.) or open gym for families. • As I look through the most recent Mounds View Matters (March/ April 2003) I find activities for children 3+, Kids through 8th grade, adult sports and things for seniors but nothing for children under 3 or family activities or high school age children. • I just can't believe we would take dollars from walking tails that are desperately needed due to the recent school busing limitations and build a skate park. • As for taking skaters off the streets and away from neighbored driveways... to be honest it will have an opposite affect on ALL the families living around the community center. I live near the community center with two small children and it will only increase the amount of loitering by teenagers. • For the claim of "Undeserved middle -school group" — There are more actives listed in the mounds view matters for this group than any other group. • Who is going to ensure the youth do "what is expected"? The police? The parents? What happens if parents aren't supervising? Do we punish the parents? Do we spend more money and hire someone to supervise? We seem to continue to add things to the City of Mounds View that either will be used by non-residents or things that other cities do not want. Quite honestly, I don't know of one Mounds View resident that uses the community center on a regular basis, but I do know several that would like to if only it had more family activities available. • Sporting activities come in and out of fashion. In the 80's it was roller-skating, now many of those rinks have closed or struggle to survive. What happens when skate boarding is no longer in fashion? Do we end up with an empty $55,000 skate park? • Has a cost analysis been done? How many participants of this skate park are needed before it is deemed successful? How long will is take before a profit is made? What will be the city's liability be when injuries occur? And they will happen. Thanks in advance for reviewing some of my concerns. Please feel free to contact me with any questions. Anita Erickson 5473 Adams Street 763.786.7577 (As J "T A %1" •fw Your FEEDBACK is requested! Please comment on any thoughts or concerns you may have regarding the creation of a skate park in Mounds View. 1+ I's cab o o 4- -4-'tw -e. our co w� w� u ,9,`4-'1 &fkrs a. 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Name _ A l e-� S)', k Phone Address (LI U e t) u G ` V Zip 2�3-78e`31Sy Thank you for taking the time to complete this form. You may leave it with any staff member, drop off at City Hall; fold and mail; or fax to 763-784-3462. E-mail comments to: greg.lee@ci.mounds-view.mn.us Your FEEDBACK is requested! Please comment on any thoughts or concerns you may have regarding the creation of a skate park in Mounds View. kA Should this project proceed, what issues should be addressed? Are there any additional features or things you would change in the plarl? l 4 inp S'C-- crto✓- I � ��. cl _C- How did you find out about this meeting? Mailed meeting notice o Newspaper article o Cable TV o City Bulletin Board o Was the notification adequate? Yes o No o If not, how could we improve it? The following is optional. However having your name and address allows us to obtain additional information, if necessary, to follow up on your comments. Name C �c ) � d, -o- L- Phone 7 Address C> n ( ►► N Zip .� Z: 'T \ \� 2 Thank you for taking the time to complete this form. You may leave it with any staff member; drop off at City Hall, -fold and mail; or fax to 763-784-3462. E-mail comments to: greg.lee@ci.mounds-view.mn.us