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HAMMITT Bob From: MORGAN Dick A To: HAMMITT Bob; BREMER Richard B; BLACK Timothy R Cc: ETTER John F; RHAY Tim W; BILLS Jennifer Y; SIEL Rick B; TELSEY Nadia (U0) Subject: RE: Scobert Park Date: Wednesday, January 28, 1998 8:37AM Concerned Folks of Scobert Gardens; Much of the work to be done at Scobert Gardens has been completed! The City had $10,000 to put back into the park. The Scobert Garden Party was held September 6th. and the new park sign was installed this past week on thursday, January the 22nd. The new play equipment is still in the planning stage, with John Etter and his staff having the lead. The neighborhood group that was meeting on the park has not met since the week before the garden party! A representative of the group was to contact John Etter to work on the design. This has not been done to date. The $9,100 for the play equipment is still available. The parks maintenance section has had the lighting level increased in the park, extended the back field fence to protect that shrub area and done some minor pruning to help with the visibility into the park Two other small projects remain to be done by the City 1) remove the basalt column in the southeast shrub bed and 2) install a small bulletin board with a map of the area and the social service providers available. A long term project was to look at the possible redesign of the park that might include a wrought iron fence or some other type of barrier to keep people out of the various shrub beds. The long range project needs to have a representative group of the neighborhood work with the City on making any changes! The thought of the group at the last meeting was to wait to see what effect these other changes would have on the use of the park. I am retiring from the City on February 6th. In my absence Tim Rhay will have any maintenance resposibilities concerning Scobert Gardens. John Etter will be in charge of park design. Dick Morgan From: BREMER Richard B To: HAMMITT Bob; BLACK Timothy R Cc: MORGAN Dick A; BILLS Jennifer Y; SIEL Rick B; TELSEY Nadia (U0) Subject: RE: Scobert Park Date: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 5:44PM Bob, FYI... The concern was raised by former Advisory Board member Judy Granatstien. I think that she sees a need for some follow -up communication with the original board(and interested parties ?). As you may be aware of, there is an informal group of immediate neighbors of the park, along 4th Ave., that have been meeting. believe that one of their members includes, James Reed, a former Advisory Board member. I believe that he has been communicating with Dick Morgan regarding playground remodeling issues. Rich From: BLACK Timothy R To: HAMMITT Bob Cc: BREMER Richard B Subject: Scobert Park Date: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 4:15PM At this week's meeting of the Whiteaker Public Safety Station Neighborhood Advidory Board, folks asked about the status of Scobert projects and funds. I wasn't involved when this started, so I don't know all the history -- I'm just passing along their questions: -- What is the status of the park design? -- What is the status of the money ($10,000) that was designated for Scobert? -- Who is currently in charge of this project? I'd like to report back to them at the next meeting, so any info. you can pass along would be helpful. They may also appreciated having someone come to give them an update. I think the next meeting is Monday, February 23, 4 -5:30. Thanks. Page 1