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5) Police patrol the area often, but this park almost requires an officer there full time during the busy summer hours. Frankly, having a Ciry Pazk generate that type of need for police presence in these days of dwindling budgets, makes little fiscal sense. 6) Last, the two buildings at the park are poorly designed and they are conduits for continued problems. The band shell, a wood frame structure that offers a place for juveniles to hide from view, has no method or means to secure it. It has no exterior or interior lighting at night, and no fire suppression system or alarms. The park building was designed without any thought to Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPED). The roof can be accessed on the north side by the parking lot be pulling yourself up onto the roof or by having some lift you up. Either can be done in seconds. Exterior lighting is not vandal proof and the general construction and exterior surfaces make the building easily damaged. There truly is no sense in digging deeply into the CPED standards as they apply to recreation facilities, as the building is up and operational and changes at this point would be very expensive. If anyone desires for future reference, the CPED standards can be seen in the second edition of Housing and Resideatial Development published by McGraw Hill. I truly believe that our focus at this point needs to be in the form of prevention, detection and apprehension. I have directed our patrol staff to direct as much of their free time as possible in enforcement tactics in and around Lions Park. They have been instructed that Zero Tolerance is the policy for tobacco violations, damage to property, park rules, etc. They will issue as many citations as possible there this summer. Prevention can be accomplished better by looking at damage resistant light fixtures for the exterior of the building and then working on a way to block or prevent access to the roof on the north side. Last, detection and apprehension can be accomplished by installing a series of recorded cameras to the park azea to detect and record violations so suspects can later be identified and charged with the property crimes they commit. We could also look at restricting access to the skate park, disbanding the skate park or moving it to another location. I look forward to working with you on solutions to these continuing problems.