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Page 5 o Team Leaders will be available at PREC Commission meetings to keep them informed of progress and resolution of any problems. o Requesting a good faith time interval to prove the result of our youth -empowered program from May 6 — December 2009 to improve the park and show they care. o All participants of the skateboard park will be asked to sign and respect the rules of behavior requested by the Pike Lake Skaters and Team Leaders. The pledge consists of. We the undersigned skateboarders that make up a, newly organized team to keep our skateboard park to make Freedom Park a safe environment for all residents in New Brighton. We will keep the park free from trash by picking up after skateboarding, graffiti by reporting it to the hotline, vandalism by calling the same hotline, fighting by calling 911 or an adult, tobacco ;by referring. people to the no smoking sign in the park and drugs and alcohol by reporting it to 911. Their intent is to use the park to pursue their hobby of skateboarding and to keep it safe for themselves, families and neighbors. Tandeski stated it is unbelievable what they do with that sport. When asked how to do a trick, he has never seen any hesitation by a skater to teach someone a trick or to coach them. He is proud to be associated with the skateboard youth. These are not the youth that lead to the petition to close the skateboard park. Let's get to the youth that are causing the problem. Let's make the decision to let these 30-90 people use the skateboard park. The skateboarders want to have a sign in the park with the rules, so they can point to the sign and say, tell kids to observe the rules, change your behavior or leave the park. Tandeski would like to have meetings with the residents to come up with a way to solve the issue of these few that are causing problems. Tyler Jewett felt that the condition of the skate park may be a reason why it is vandalized. It looks bad, so people feel they can abuse it. Tyler stated there are huge bumps in the skate park and you loose your balance and fall. This make skateboarders not want to use the park. Tyler also stated that if others are there and not skating they will just watch and talk to them or they will go up to the pavilion and hang out. Many of the kids that are causing problems there live in the area. They have commented that they will still come to the park even if the skateboard park is gone because they live close.