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RecreationandParkCommission | 2019-09-12 | 47 | I'm Lisa Klofkorn. I have lived across from Jackson Park for twenty years, and previous to that lived for ten years in the neighborhood where many of the pro- playground folks now reside. I raised my children in these two neighborhoods and I'm intimately familiar with both. A traditional playground, especially any structure that needs to be fenced in, doesn't fit into this narrow park, which was originally intended for passive recreation. Other factors that make this site a poor one for a playground include the busy streets that surround the park on all sides, the poor condition of the existing trees that may pose a hazard, and the lack of sufficient parking (as this is an extremely high density neighborhood with many multi-unit dwellings). I reviewed the video of your May 9 meeting. The social media surveys mentioned did not ask respondents for their addresses, so it would not be possible to know if the respondents were from the immediate area. The results stating that all respondents were for having a playground built in Jackson Park were inaccurate, as I and others responded to the Nextdoor survey with our opposition and concerns, but these comments were not referenced in the May 9 meeting. I'm attaching a few of these responses in the packet I'm leaving with you tonight. In Ms. Wooldridge's report on the July 30 meeting in Jackson Park, which I attended, she comments that of those who voiced opinions about half were for the playground and half were opposed. The sign-in sheet did not ask for the addresses of those in attendance. After that meeting I wrote to Ms. Wooldridge to clarify what was meant by "neighborhood" in reference to the city council's stipulation that the playground was "contingent upon neighborhood approval". She wrote back that the city generally uses the standard of 300' from any given project. At the July 30 meeting it was apparent that several of the people voicing their approval of the proposed playground were from areas outside the immediate neighborhood, including those | RecreationandParkCommission/2019-09-12.pdf |