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Playgrounds for Materion Park, Central Park Victoria West, Tamarack Park, Central Park Ballfields Implementation Planning Session One 12 March 2013 Page 2 Tamarack Park Traffic, speeders Lack of sidewalks Volume of children playing soccer No parking High demand for park space in summer Increase in break-ins Access on Dionne is not sufficient The group (all of whom were neighbors to the park) focused on th the park by large groups of teenagers from the neighborhood. Whi were not opposed to the presence of these groups, they did note numbers posed concerns for the comfort of other park users and for overuse of the park. As opposed to focusing on playground improvements, the offered ideas that would secure the park from vehicle access, pr connections to the surrounding neighborhood, and better separate teenager activity from playground. Central Park Ballfields Need water fountain (that works better than one already there Seating area below protective screen Remove flag pole Bigger play area and structure Uneven/worn pavement surrounding pavilion Trees for shade (and protection?) Exercise Two Perfect day As a group focused on a park, participants were asked to share t would make for a perfect day at the playground: Materion Park Consider perfect night as well Basketball hoop, half court Walking on plowed path in winter More lighting in the evenings (HANC has this) Picnic on a picnic bench Finding a spot to park Neighborhood park clean up, weeding out Central Park Victoria West Central Park Victoria West Shade to sit in Playground equipment for all ages Waterfall going Lots of different types of people doing lots of different things Tamarack Park Playground centered Safe walking paths (off residents lawn) Picnic area