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The City Coun^ finds time to argue with Long Lake about fire service and the development <br />of tw' nty lots. You find the time and money to obstruct the Highway 12 upgrade process and <br />build a new city hall without putting either issue before the citizens of the Community for a <br />vote. For your information, as a resident I don’t care where Highway 12 is built as long as the <br />least number of people are directly affected (whether they live in Long Lake or Orono) and the <br />road is adequately designed to handle the traffic volumes without delays in excess of those <br />experienced today. As far as the new city hall is concerned, I would have voted yes on a tax <br />referendum to pay for it, but I’m angry that the City was able to skim enough tax money to <br />build the facility without a vote of the citizens, while I have to drive to Mound, Medina or <br />Plymouth to find i playground with updated equipment and swings for my son. <br />The Park Commission is not a high priority for City staff. I don’t blame individual staff <br />members. Their priorities are set by the Council. I am aware of only one meeting our City <br />Manager has attended. The parks are always the last priority with public works. Be it flooding <br />for ice skating or grading for playground equipment, any other project will take priority. <br />When I decided to resign, I did not intend to make all of my dissatisfactions known. I was just <br />going to leave quietly. The straw that broke this camels back was when John Gerhardson <br />mentioned in passing that the City Council and Planning Commission were going to meet jointly <br />to discuss the proposal for the hockey arena. If anything showed me the total disregard that the <br />Council and Staff have for the park commission this was it. How can you possibly discuss a <br />proposal for the biggest recreational facility in the community, one that I have invested over <br />$3,(XX) worth of my companies time studying and not even notify the Park Commission. <br />If I have misjudged you, prove it. Make a commitment to fund a Comprehensive Park plan, <br />provide additional staff resources and send a representative of the City Council to the Park <br />Commission meetings. The Park Commissioners and your constituents deserve it. <br />Sincerely, <br />cc: Ron Moorse <br />John Gerhardson <br />Park Commission Members <br />J ,