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-4— twice a year. That's why the kids are going up to 19"' instead of coining through Hansen Park. • Lastly, if we have $62,000, not that I'm thrilled about spending it at all, instead of spending it on creating a new path, which we don't know will be maintained or not, why don't we spend it on the current path as all the neighbors would like to continue to see. Then we can continue to look at the lake, and have the kid ride his bike through there, instead of in the back of someone's house. Mark Barton, 275 14"' Ave NW I am on Hansen Park, not in the area that is affected here. Came in late and doesn't know if there was discussion about the rationale for moving the path. He often rides bike in that area and he knows it can be wet. Generally it's good enough to ride through there. He enjoys going by the lake. He wondered why they are not putting the path down by the lake; building up that area and trying to make that path better. He understands that they want to make another path for the kids to go to Bel Air. He thought Dennis' ideas made good sense. The existing path is really nice. How much thought has gone into making it better and more useable. He uses the ball fields every year; coaching little league for the last nine years. The fields can get a little wet, but they work pretty well for the younger kids; he would not want the ball fields to go away. Pat Wells, 623 17t" Ave NW She lives right where Option A angles down. Want to reiterate some things. She has talked with some parents and teachers that have said they don't think the kids are going to use this path to go to school. People are much more wary of having their kids out of their site. Have always said this path right now would be wonderful if it hadn't been let go wild. When we first moved there, you could get right down to the pond. Her kids had rafts. For awhile it was maintained very well and then they said they couldn't do it because it was too wet. She walks the paths in the park. The one in the back, the floating one is nice, but it's creepy. There are signs in the park that say don't walk alone. Kids are not going to go through there alone. I would hate for this to go in in my backyard and have nobody use it. I do not see how there could be so much money spent on the trail (with the class 5). I have seen only one board on our end of the park that has been changed in years. I hope you think about it. Norm Wells, 623 17t" Ave NW Several years ago they redid 17"' Ave. The street was supposed to be a 7-9 ton. He suggested 9 ton because the school buses race down the street morning and night; afternoons too when the kindergarteners get out. Even when the street was under construction and closed to thru traffic, you couldn't keep the school buses out. He was told that the buses were supposed to go up 7'11 Street, down Silver Lake Road and down 5'1. 17"' Street was never supposed to be an access point, but it is a heck of a short cut. He thinks it is past time to go to the City Council and School Board so all of the buses will stay off that street. It will be a lot safer for everyone, not just kids. There are kids on the street who race out of their driveways on their bicycles; they sometimes look; sometimes don't. He cannot believe there hasn't been someone picked off by a bus, garbage truck or by those that speed down 5"', 17"' , 7t" and over to Polynesian Village. The biggest problem is when people are late to their softball game and race down 17t" to get to the softball game. We've had police sitting there,