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Pocahontas Park <br />Implementation Planning Session One <br />16 May 2013 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />Work session participants compared and assessed concept plans that would orient the park <br />to neighborhood or community use. As a preface to this exercise, it was noted that defining <br />a community focus for the park was difficult for the same reason <br />noted by residents. <br /> <br />Exercise Three was integrated into this exercise as a natural course of the dis <br />Responses included: <br /> <br />Component, activity, or idea <br />The park gets lots of walkers from Waters Edge; a crosswalk is n <br />B2 and PascalStreet. <br />Programming and notification of events at the park, perhaps online (tennis grou <br />meeting at 10:00 am at Pocahontas). <br />Sign with trail map and connectionswayfinding improvements. <br />Play structure needs more play equipment. <br />Get rid of wood as fall material in the playground. <br />The best chairs at the ones at New Brighton City Hall Park. <br />Make the park more of a picnic spot for the neighborhood, but ma <br />enough trash containers. <br />Schedule a park clean-up day. <br />Create a right-sized open play field; kids dont go to the parkthere are no kids in the <br />neighborhoodexcept there are six new families on Brooks and lots of houses t <br />turning over. <br />Provide earlier notification of the schedule for the puppet wago <br />Create the path connections to the path and overlook. <br />Create a walkway around the senior housing (Rose Point). <br />Keep the courts where they aretoo steep to move them to the hill. <br />Pavilion near the playground would be good; one near the tennis <br />good idea. <br />Keep the hill open for sliding. <br />Create walking loop through the park. <br />City should buy the nursery and turn it into a wetlanddevelopment brings too much <br />traffic. <br />Rose Point has gardens for its residents; dont need community g <br />to carry tools. <br /> <br /> <br />