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• <br /> I. Gagne Park is being used for things that a public walking park should not be used for. <br /> A. Dumping <br /> 1. piles of garbage <br /> a. city has to haul out <br /> 2. old machine/car parts <br /> a. I dragged a fender out of there <br /> 3. littering <br /> a. every time I go there I leave with a shopping bag size collection <br /> B. Motorized Vehicles <br /> 1. noise pollution <br /> a. offends nearby residences <br /> 2. encourages growth of aggressive weeds(opens up the soil) <br /> a. we are trying to make this a native prairie <br /> 3. landscape alterations <br /> a. bike jumps don't make for the best walking trails <br /> II. Plan to secure the parks so that these things won't happen. <br /> A. Northern Prairie <br /> 1. main road <br /> a. 500 ft. four strand tie wire fence <br /> -t-posts 15 ft. apart <br /> b. 8 or 12 ft. swinging gate where roads fork <br /> - hinged and hooked on 8 ft.6x6's cemented into ground <br /> • 2. river trail entrance c. two or three foot open space for human passage to right of gate <br /> a. there are already 3 boulders there,just need to be moved into effective <br /> positions <br /> b. repast sign reading "no motorized vehicles" <br /> B. Southern Prairie <br /> 1. parking lot entrances <br /> a. 120 ft. four strand wire fence <br /> -t-posts 15 ft. apart <br /> -6 ft. away from trees to allow lawn mower to make full circle <br /> +John Mauer, citizen of Ohio, has summer residence <br /> in property closest to southern prairie. He's been mowing <br /> very nice trails around the park that neighbors say they <br /> enjoy. Set up a picnic table under tree. <br /> (above info, obtained from neighbor and <br /> caretaker of John's property while he's gone.) <br /> +2 concerns: <br /> 1. path mowed through center of prairie,dividing it <br /> 2. trail may not be exactly where it is wanted <br /> b. 8 or 12 ft. swinging gate at right-hand entrance <br /> - hinged on 2 8 ft. 6x6's cemented into ground <br /> 2. river entrance <br /> a. four 8 ft. 6x6's place three feet apart to block four wheelers, etc. allow <br /> humans. <br /> Ill. Materials and Costs <br /> A. "T"-posts: 42 6 ft. $145.74 at$3.47 apiece from Home Depot <br /> B. 10 .6 treated 8 foot 6x6's for$188.80 at$18.88 apiece from Home Depot <br /> - 10 10 ft. for$138.00 at$230.00 apiece from Home Depot <br /> C. 2500 ft rolls of 14 gauge wire$24.99, 2500 ft rolls 0112 gauge wire$58.99 <br />