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Please state your <br />reasons for wanting to <br />serve on this <br />represent the era of the historic club house. Auction items were <br />collected and auctioned off. A memorial entryway was created <br />and dedicated to Leo Feser. A local family donated much of the <br />labor for repairs. The election in 2016 displaced Stay the <br />Course. It was a wonderful example of community coming <br />together and raising up a city asset. I would like to see that <br />happen again at all the parks. If you would like before and after <br />pictures for your archives, please reach out. <br />To preserve OUR land and open spaces we hold so dearly. <br />When it's gone, it's gone for good. <br />Commission/Committee. To make a difference in our parks by preserving our green <br />spaces while ACQUIRING NEW land for new ideas and <br />infrastructure. <br />The idea of over -developing our current parks is not only <br />detrimental to the neighborhoods they are located in, but <br />harmful to the environment and the delicate eco-system that <br />exists within our parks. <br />Our current park system consists of many "pocket" parks <br />located and tucked neatly into neighborhoods. They are not <br />located in a campus environment nor near a school nor next to <br />a downtown. A careful examination and look is needed to see <br />what fits this very different model both long-term and short-term. <br />All this being said, it needs to be done while considering <br />conservation, preservation and sustainability. However, that is <br />hardly doable if we do not know what our citizens want. We are <br />way overdue for a professional citizen survey. <br />We are going to see some very dramatic changes with the loss <br />of ash trees and climate change. What is our plan? With the <br />canopy lost, the lay of our parks will change. What will that look <br />like and what is our strategy? <br />I have visited all the parks in Orono and most of the access <br />points. I didn't intend to at first, but I became friends with one of <br />my Meals on Wheels clients who is 94 years young. She is a <br />retired gym teacher from Orono who implemented the Title IX <br />program at Orono schools for girls. <br />I tell you this because she loves Lake Minnetonka. On our <br />weekly outings to get ice cream, Bev loves to go to the "Lake" <br />to see the water. It was apparent in very short order that there <br />are NOT very many access points in the "Lakeshore City", nor <br />are there any "accessible" access points. We need to work on <br />that by improving what we already have so there is access to <br />all. <br />�3 <br />