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boards likely to attract large numbers of people from outside the neighborhood, which <br /> exceed its carrying capacity. vvi) <br /> Scobert as Scobert cannot be all things to all people. <br /> Absolutely it cannot remain a park worthy of its history if it continues to be <br /> abused by the illegal behavior that, ironically, has come to characterize it. From this <br /> destructive behavior virtually everything that has been noted by the committee as a <br /> problem follows: threats to public safety via discarded hypodermics and bodily wastes; <br /> harassment and intimidation which poison the experience of the park for responsible <br /> users; destruction of plant materials; police presence and police absence. <br /> The problem, as I see it, is that we have not come together as a neighborhood <br /> and a community to provide an active, on- the - ground presence commensurate with the <br /> above -noted history and scale of the park, whose passive activities such as work <br /> parties, recreation, gardening and concerts, would both honor its volunteer history and <br /> discourage inappropriate use. <br /> Most of these "solutions," however, have been tried discontinuously (such is the <br /> nature of volunteer work) and failed. Police enforcement of chronically, flagrantly <br /> violated park rules is a prerequisite given the makeup of the neighborhood and its <br /> proximity to the mission and the railroad tracks. <br /> • <br /> j ig ? <br /> f \\ 411L —.0060 ,,41) <br /> • <br /> 1 <br />