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<br /> -- <br /> OCT-i3-94 THU 12:39- KATE i-IUEBSCH <br /> 6124266699 P.BS <br />- <br /> Clippings, Continued <br /> ... .. .. --..-..----.-- - ~- --. -- - ~-""_. ......- ~". ". -I ---~. <br /> .-- ... <br /> Pag.~ ., Fall 1')'14- <br /> pop~lar Park Faces Problems <br /> Pcrrv {l'.,Hk. rhe City's mOSt "sed park, is io need of improvements according to <br /> [he Parks & Re~re-.lcion Commission. Tne City has devcJopcd :,\ plan co address <br /> erosion :md Jrain~~e problems as well as p.rkil1g and safetY hazards within <br /> [he p"rk. <br /> Included in ,he proposcd improvements are plans ,0 move the playground <br /> equipment do,,,r to the park enrran~~ and eliminate the overlapping outficltl~. <br /> The Parks & R~crc"tjon DcpartlnCnt would alsn like to make ,he park more <br /> ace~,~iblc to ,hose with disabilities. Specific measures include rcdevelopin!1; th~ <br />- park 50 rh" r i [ is one level rather than cwo, <br /> Parks & Recre~,icn Director Cindy Severtson says, "We are looking for <br /> rllal sol\ltions to the p"rk's prohlems... not q\lick,tixcs." <br /> Perry is (i~cJ wi th Floral Park for the largest city park in term. of .erc~ge. <br /> The Ill~jori,v of the city's adult softb~1l und little league ~'amcs are held at <br /> Perry Park as 'Mc'high school girls' fQstpitch softhall games, <br /> Thc Ci,.,.'h<1s :!]1plicd for a gram to covcr ~ portion of tile cost ot"the <br /> imp""'cmcnc,, Severtson notes that if (he gr~l1C is awarded, it wiil be <br /> mUlched with money froIll the P~tk Fund ~nd pos~ihlv other sources. <br /> C~~ <br /> ~l lq~4 <br />- <br />