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Minutes of meot1ngYr1da~ June 1. 1956 in the Cit2 Hall Auditorium
.~ This was a oalled meeting of the Park Oommittee of the City Oom-
mission, the ~lanning Board, the Crest Lake Assooiation and the Skyorest
Sohool PrA.
Planning Board members PI' eeent ware Chairman Kruse, members Homer,
Levison, Norton and Reade.
City Commissioners present we~e Mayor Brown, Commissioners Insco,
and Roberta.
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The meeting was opened at 1:45 P.M. by Mayor Brown who turned the
meeting over to the Chairman of the Park Committee of the City Commissiono
Commissioner Insco.
Commissioner Insco read exoe~sJ pertaining to Crest Lake Park, from
Oommission minutes of February 20th and April 30th. Commissioner Insoo
then introduoed Mr. Kruse and asked tor any comments he might l'Iish to
make oonoerning Crest Le.ke Park. Mr. Kruse stateC1 that the tirst thing
the Planning Board did after reoeiving the assignment trom the Commission
was to aoquire aerial photos of the area. He then ex.plained the process
of stucty that had resu1 ted in the drawing of the sketoh presented at this
meeting. Mr. Kruse also explained in detail the sketch and answered
questions from the audience.
Commissioner Insoo then asked for the representative of the Skycrest
Sohool Pl'A to gl ve any oomments they .might wish to make. Mrs. Boyd Harris
stated that the Skyorest PTA was well pleased with the sketoh whioh the
Planning Board had drawn up. but they had hoped it Would have basketball
oourts and playground equipment such as swings for small ohildren in it.
Mayor Brown commented on this alX1 statea that they had tried to "strike
a happy medium" to .meet the desires or all interested and make the Park
useful as well as a thing of beauty.
neoeasary.
Mrs. Ferguson, Chairman or the Civio Beautirioation Commi~tee of the
Garden Club said that the Garden Olub woula be more than glad to help in
any way they oould with Crest Lake ~ark. Mayor Brown thanked her and
said that the Garden Club would probably be oalled upon later to assist
in planting.
There was some discussion of the ty pe mat.~rial the sidewalks should
be made of but no conolusions were reached.
Commissioner Insco reportea that the Eleotrical Department of the
Oity had eSuimated the l+gnts tor the Park would cost around $1,500.
Mayor Brown commented on the sugges~ion of plaoing more play
equipment on the ground of Skycrest Sohool and said the matter would be
investigated.
The next prooedure in the development program for Crest Lake Park
will probably be a determination or priorities a~~ the p~eparatlon of
prel~1nary estimates to be included in the budget for the next fiscal
'..;".r.:...J year 'I It is quite probable that the Park Commlt'&ee of the Planning Board
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Mr. Stark, representing the Crest Lake Assooiation, was asked to
give his oomments next. Mx. Sterle said that on May 18th the Association
had passed a resolution on the tY.l.'J pla.n they would endorse ror the area,
and stated that he be11evea that the sketoh drawn by the Planning Hoard
da~ed May 14th was well within ~he scope or the resolution and would be
entirely favorable to the Assooiation.
Commissioner Insco then explained that the ~ark Committee of the
Commission woUl~ have to report to the other Commissioners ooncerning
the matter and that the COmmission as a whole would then take any action
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will be asked to assist in the seleotion or the development priorities.
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In the event that quoatio~8 might be asked by the Garden Club,
or other interested parties conoerning the Stevenson Creek Park, the
Planning Bo~rd inoluded in its exhibits a reoently prepared Sketoh
of the Park at Stevenson Creek. This proposed park did enter into
the discussion informally and a print of the proposed park was given
to Mrs. Haseltine of the Garden Club for her study. However, it is
not antioipated that any action will be taken by the Garden Olub until
its first meeting in the Fall. It was the opinion of Mrs. Haselti~e
and other ladies of the Garden Club that were present that the scheme
appeared to meet their desires and .requirements.
The meeting adjourned at 2:)0 P.M.
Res eottUlly submitted ~
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