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BAKER PARK Volume 6 Issue 5 | March 2015

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were examined at the February 4th meeting. There were

no cost numbers for any of the items. It was suggested

that nothing be removed until the 60 percent plan was

completed.The reason for this suggestion was that at the

60 percent plan completion phase there would be cost

estimates, engineering results about the site on what they publisher reg buxton
marketing consultant joel kessler
could or couldn’t withstand and a myriad of other facts batya maman
contributing writers kelly merritt
that were needed to make an intelligent choice of whether mayor john sorey
graphic design bill barnett
to keep these items, move them, or just say no to any that dr. allen weiss
karen coney coplin
the majority of the council weren’t comfortable with at jeff bohr
diana jarrett
that time. This approach was not taken and many items sandra lee buxton
kaydee tuff
that were donated were removed. Included in this was a lois bolin
sue huff
return of a $500,000 donation john s. cox
tim tetzlaff
In talking with many citizens some of whom had donated
items already they were as a whole extremely disappointed. opus studio, inc.
What seemed most disappointing to these citizens was
that these cuts were made without a solid figure of total
cost. Nothing would have been lost but perhaps much
gained by waiting until the 60 percent completed plan was
brought forward with solid numbers and facts. Having
the facts in front would seem to lead to a well-informed
decision. This council has a history of working together
and listening to their constituents. Those I have talked
to do not believe that has happened in this case. The call
from the community is work together on this, listen to the
majority that has spoken out many times on what they
want in their park.

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