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• <br /> tiv made by two - thirds majority votes (deletions indicated by a strikeout font style, additions by a bold- <br /> italics font style), as follows: <br /> I. Safety. Crime and Drug Prevention. Park Rules. and Police Involvement <br /> 1. Provide additional law and park rules enforcement, including contract police services and <br /> intermediate forms of enforcement with good interface with the police. Possibilities are: civilian <br /> park guides, private security, and other measures. <br /> 2. Ask City Council to pass large single- serving and fortified alcohol (beer and wines) sales ban in <br /> the neighborhood. <br /> 3. Provide regular police officer foot or bicycle patrols in the neighborhood around Scobert Park. <br /> When the Whiteaker Public Safety Station (one block south) is open, one of the officers assigned <br /> there could periodically patrol the park. Undercover police officers could patrol on bicycles. <br /> 4. Provide stiffer appropriate penalties such as geographic probation, <br /> community service, or other meaningful sanctions for those who habitually break park rules or <br /> laws. <br /> 5. Encourage citizens interested in crime related issues in Scobert Park to work with the <br /> Neighborhood Advisory Board and Whiteaker Community Council <br /> 7. Have social services agencies set up booths for an information day several times a year. <br /> 8. Provide outreach by social service groups providing information on drug and alcohol rehabilitation <br /> programs. <br /> II. Park Design. Aesthetics. Setting. and Plantings <br /> 9. Maintain Scobert Park as it was designed - -keep its unique character as a visual, passive -use area <br /> in the neighborhood. <br /> 10. Provide plaques with information on the plants and trees in the park. <br /> 11. Encourage support organizations such as local garden clubs, youth clubs, or a new "Friends of <br /> Scobert Park" group to adopt the park for funding, volunteering, and maintenance. <br /> 12. Change the park name to "Scobert Garden" to change people's attitude toward the space and <br /> reinforce the park's intended use as a quiet, garden -like area. <br /> c <br /> MINUTES — Scobert Park Advisory Committee March 4, 1997 Page 3 <br />