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March 2, 2005 <br />Rose�ille City Hall <br />26�0 Ci�ic Center Drive <br />Rosevi[le, MN 55113 <br />Dear Tom Kough, <br />I had been planing on attending t�e city mee#ing for the �adys�ipper par[c d�v�loprr�ent <br />howe�er, i ended up watcE�ing it on cab(e. <br />I grew up as a kid in a house on Farringtan Court which is locatecf on t�e pond edge. 1 <br />remember the city putting in the canal and all of us kids in the r�eigf��orha�d floating <br />rubber raft boats in it. Yes 1 do agree, it is a beauti�u[ nature area. <br />I do li�ce the plans t�at were presented for �.ady s�ipper park with ane exception, the <br />fishing pier, The idea of a pier is fine, however to allaw fishing here, and aetually to <br />promote it I do not like what it will bring. <br />The raii road trestl� that is �ocated on the opposite side of the ponc� also use ta be a <br />beautiful place to walk down to, Then at some point in time, this changed. This railroad <br />trestle was listed in a book that came out pr4matir�g it as one of the best shoreline <br />fishing spo#s �r� the metra area. <br />This �roug�fi in car Ioads of peopEe. They s�end all day at the trestle until ia�e at night. <br />Instead of putting tl�e smal[ fish back in the water tf�ey are thrown on shore which <br />makes both an ur�pleasant si�e and smell. The Trash is also thrown out of their cars <br />where they park so they did not have to bring it with them. The raiiroad trestfe looks <br />more like a garbage dump now. This is truly a shame since it was flnce a unique, clean <br />pface to enjoy walking ta. <br />T�e F�ause that I now live in is right by the place that all these people park their cars. <br />This is located at the corner of South Owasso by the rail road #racks. E can tell you that <br />afong with the fishing large amour�ts of beer is dra�k, and it even is a little scary <br />because their cars are still parked there un#il we[I after dark. f often clean the trash up in <br />this area and once founc� (4) syringes laying an the ground. The people who come here <br />#o fish, do not appear �o be �ery nice. No one feels safe to go walking to the trestle <br />anymore. <br />This issue had bee� brought up at the March 1,2005 meeting by Scott Higbee, <br />howe�er LQnne Brokke, quickly assured fi�at it would nat be a pro�fem and this issue <br />was not brought up again. Please walk down to this trestle in the summer and see for <br />yourseives. <br />