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into the wetland and Skinner's, Spencer's, and Pioneer Cemetery hills. Also near <br />skatepark for view to Baldy and Spencer's- key to greater park system. <br />^ We have been almost daily users of the park during the past 4.5 years for our <br />evening bike ride. We are glad to see it improved and glad to leave decisions <br />about priorities to others as we expect to be moving soon to a retirement home in <br />California to be nearer to our daughters. We just wanted to use this opportunity <br />to thank you for the planning process you are using. <br />^ The fact is that public input and actual park usage has been over-ridden by a <br />.staff and narrow sports group interest. Even when data was generated by the <br />public whole, park staff clung to the bond recommendations that were created <br />not be greatest public need but by a bond advocacy group that was made up of <br />primarily ball-sport advocates and not representative of community needs, or <br />rather desires. These ballfield recommendations were not ever to be taken as <br />the final word on the matter and in the case of Amazon Park there were many <br />design elements from the 1994 public process that could have been selected that <br />would be better. This park, which has had more parking lots and building added <br />to it than any other park and now hosts a regional pool, is the most industrialized/ <br />hardened community park. The fact that we must use $5,000 of tax payer's <br />money to build fences to allow parking on the park land is antithetical to park <br />preservation, good planning, and complimentary usage for all. I hope some day <br />our City Park planners will value nature as much and more than building sports <br />.fields by putting equal monetary resources and planning priority to protecting and <br />.enhancing the open spaces in our urban areas. <br />Amazon Park 7/26/2004 <br />Workshop 3 Questionnaire Results Page 5 <br />