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HAMMITT Bob <br /> From: MORGAN Dick A <br /> To: HAMMITT Bob <br /> Cc: ETTER John F <br /> Subject: Scobert Park <br /> Date: Friday, May 09, 1997 1 1:20AM <br /> Bob, the activity in Scobert Park is on the rise! There was another stabbing this last wednesday night (5/7) <br /> with another one about three blocks away the same night. The drinking problem is increasing with people <br /> going into the shrub beds at the back of the park and into the east side shrub bed. The plant material is <br /> already showing signs of trampling. Food not Bombs is giving food away every thursday and Friday at <br /> about 3pm. The police are hesitant to enforce the need for a Restraunt license to disburse food from the <br /> stand point that the City might look bad for preventing an organization from helping the homeless! Plus <br /> there would probably be a major confrontation with the Icky's crowd. I have a call into Larry Morris in <br /> facilities to look at getting a motion detecting Tight put into the sounteast area of the park. As I suspected <br /> Bob Emmons wanting to have a meeting was regarding the possibilty of getting a simulated wrought iron <br /> fence around the landscaped areas to prevent access into those areas. My rough guess is that a fence <br /> along the path all the way around the park would cost some where between $12,000 - $15,000 (about <br /> $25 per lineal foot)! The problem is not going to go away. In my opionion the only real answer will be a <br /> major enforcement effort by DPS. <br /> Page 1 <br />