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cl'ry OF ARDEN Ir r,5 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DAB: May 27, 1994 <br />1113: Dorothy Pe sc , City Administrator <br />cly Severtson, Parks and Recreation Director <br />Letter from, a resident regarding lasues at Floral <br />Park <br />c17 <br />1 received a call from a res ident , Sarah Rhude, din. <br />recce g parking <br />around Floral Park_ I met with this individual on -site in an attempt <br />to care up with alternatives /solutions . The letter attached suggests <br />extending the "no pares areas; " which after meeting, we both agreed <br />greed <br />would help. <br />Sarah Rhude and her fan .ly live in the first house adjoining Floral <br />Park_ Her concern is that the park is used on a regular basis by <br />Little Lake Little Lague. Floral Park does not have a ` <br />parking lot. <br />Consequently, dhoti , cars park along both s ides of the street throughout the <br />_ <br />neighborhood. This creates somewhat of a safety hazard. <br />Sarah Rhude refers to Floral._ Park as a neic h orh. ;od park , which it i <br />_ is. <br />However-, all of the pars in <br />i , men Hills are techni ly neighborhood <br />hood <br />Actul Floral Park is tied with arrinings 1 7 <br />k for the <br />largest park acreage. Since the city does not have a con o snit <br />Y park, <br />the neighborhood parks are used for a number of city recreation <br />programs as well as youth association games and practices. Floral <br />Park is predominantly used as a Little Lakes Little ` <br />League field. As <br />an organization, Little Lakes has contributed money to install <br />sideline fencing at Floral Park in an attempt to make the playing <br />field safer. There are 220 kids playing little league baseball el front <br />Arden Hills in 1994_ All youth associations receive fields according <br />to the number of participants from Arden Hills. As you are aware <br />• there are always an insufficient number of fields in Arden Hills <br />to <br />accommodate all parties. The parks Little Lakes can use are limited <br />by what fields are needed by the City's recreational adult and <br />youth <br />leagues and M undsview' s Girls Fastpitch <br />Association . Given the <br />current demand on our softball fields, if Little Lakes didn't use <br />Floral Park, some other activity would be planned there_ It <br />is not <br />possible to use Floral Park entirely as a practice facility_ <br />