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Teresa Bender From: Pat Branch Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 1:27 PM To: Amy Okan Cc: Teresa Bender; Tom Wilharber Subject: Re: Eagle Park Mrs Okan, Thank you for the note. We do want to be good neighbors. We will revisit this issue at or next committee meeting. The Parks and Recreation Committee meets in the City Hall at 6:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month. If you would personally like to raise the issue with the committee, you are always welcome to do so. I have placed this issue on the agenda and we will reconsider the placement of that portable toilet. We are aware of the Buckhorn problem. As your note indicates, past efforts to remove the Buckhorn have not been successful Pat Branch Sent from my iPad On May 19, 2013, at 11:05 PM, "Amy Okan" < o�(ci)hotmail.com wrote: Dear Park & Rec Committee: Please see the forwarded emails below about a porta potty issue at Eagle Park: The previous location, which housed the porta potty for 13 years, is central to both the tennis courts and the play area. Why has that location suddenly become an issue? It is not true that the toilet has not been there the last 1 -2 years. How is this a safety issue? There is actually more vandalism in that portion of the park than in any other. Where it stands now it could be easily tipped over and leak into our property. It blocks the view from the road to the play area causing an even greater probability of vandalism and crime from the park. The last time the city was adamant about placing the porta potty in this area I watched 2 teenagers nearly tip it over in the middle of a Saturday afternoon. The only thing stopping them was a passerby. Thirteen years ago we ran across this same problem. The city of Centerville put that porta potty literally in our backyard. In doing so they killed trees and did other destruction to our property. When we asked why we heard it was a vendor issue. I called 4 vendors again today. Most, including Jimmy's Johns, have a 30 foot hose for their pumper trucks. I personally went and measured 30 feet from the existing spot. The porta potty should be reachable by the pumper truck without driving on the path. There is also another spot to the East that is well within that range. The vendors also said that they pick up the porta potty when placing them. Again, no truck is needed on the path. I see squad cars driving up that path. How does that not do damage? i