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Michele McPherson From: Sandy Peine[speine @ci.elk-river.mn.us] "lent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 8:18 AM o: Michele McPherson ubject: FW: ATTENTION: Ms. Mc Pherson and Park Board Michele, People are watching the Park Board on Cable. Read on. Sandy Original Message . From: Wagenpfeil, Otto [mailto:Otto.Wagenpfeil @ci.minneapolis.mn.us] Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 4:25 PM To: 'cityclerk @ci.elk-river.mn.us' Subject: ATTENTION: Ms. Mc Pherson and Park Board Hi. My neighbors and I on Fresno Street have been waiting for word on when the Park Board will discuss possible improvements to park. I have to tell you that it was with great interest that I watched the Park Board meeting earlier in July when the discussion of naming and renaming parks came up. When our park was called, I found it funny (and embarassing) to hear one Park Commissioner refer to it as "Not Much of a Park" park, and another refer to it as (my particular favorite) "Two Garbage Cans and a Basketball Court" park. It was interesting to see that the Commissioners were comfortable with this. III ome on, Elk River can do better than that! Even the Park Board sees the inequity here! In a previous meeting, they discussed having our kids cross the street (Mississippi) and go to the park in Mississippi Oaks development. Yeah, right! Would you want your 6 year old crossing Mississippi? Not to mention, there currently is no park in Mississippi Oaks! However, we have noticed a VERY NICE park being built off of Joplin Street. . . .in a subdivision that was also built after ours! What gives It has just the type of playground equipment we are asking for, but I didn't notice a basketball court. Funny, most of our basketball players come from there and Mississippi Oaks. (Nice planning. ) Did the Park Board get recommendations from those residents, or just put the equipment up? I'm curious about the process. We are having a block party for National Night Out at our "Basketball Court and 2 Garbage Cans" park on Tuesday, August 7. We will be passing a petition around asking for a redesign of our park to be more appropriate for the kids who live here, where we, too, can have a nice playground set. Maybe you can pass this on to the Park Board members to see if one or two of them would be willing to come to the Park and address our neighborhood about this. Tell them to look for the new sign we will be erecting, (not attached to any poles so that we are in compliance with city ordinances) , bearing our parks new name: Fresno Street Basketball Court and Two Garbage Cans Park. I look forward to hearing from you or someone at City Hall. Otto Wagenpfeil 1$259 Fresno Street Elk River, MN 55330 763)_ 441-1264 • (612) 673-5658 (work) 1