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12 defined passive as anything that's unorganized, that is, snow mobiling, water skiing and similar uses, ball playing is a passive use, however, if it's/~ organized, that is a tournament, a snow mobile race, or a water ski race then it's active. I think that it was our opinion, at least at that meeting, thatah such a definition ~n the word passive is totally contrary to w~ia~'s nor= mally accepted use. The other footnote it regarding that is the ah the ah number of questionnaires that were submitted. There was some mention in the proposed plan that the questionnaire could not be used as a solid basis for development of this park because only X12 ~eepe~.~e~ households responded. It seems reasonable t conclude that those X12 return questionnaires are a better basis for the public's opinion of how the park should be used than any other basais that we have available. and further- more ~.t appears that at least those people were the people inter- ested in the develpment of Long Lake Regional Park. It should also be noted that when you talk about the term passive that 86/ of the questionnaires returned indicated specifically that they wanted a passive use. 8/ discussed both a passive and an active use. and 6/ desired an active use. And I think the definition of active is further supported by the fact that ah the majority of the uses which were received votes were ah were things that we alsways recognize as passive uses like ah picnicking, nature canter, bicycle trails, hiking trails, etc. Ah uses such as tobaggan runs, ball fields, overnight camping, etc. were extreme- ly low. And I think that it was our position, the position of the Long Lake Home Owners Association ah and ah I think a reasonable interpretation of that questionnaire that passive, in the sense that it's normally defined, is the use that ah that ah ought to be made ~~ of this regional park. Another matter that came up here ah just recently and crossed my mind, this isn't part of the resolution, but I'm adding it on my own behalf, that is the question of whether or not it's a regional park or a local park. Ah, I find it fiery difficult to believe that this thing could get to the stage that it got. That is a presentation to the City Council without some determination of what uses are required in order to receive regional funds, apparently there is no consideration of what uses we are required to have in order to get regional ~ funds, so we aren't even in a position to decide whether we want a regional park or a local park at this point. Ah I have nothing further, thank you. JS Thank you. App laus e JS Yes Sir Mr. Mayor, members of the Council, my name is Steve Thompson, I live at 1860 15th Ave. N.W. I'm here not just representing myself but. also the Winwood Terrace Homeowners Assoc. of t~hich I am preseident. I would like to begin by saying that the Park Board should in a number of respects be commended, altho I don't like the results that they came up with. They did make an effort to find out what the people wanted. I don't think they take good attention to those surveys, but it should be noted that they did make a tremendous effort to give the general public its say. Even granting the number of things in this proposal that I don't like, I would like to say