03-13-2008 Park Commission Meeting

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`.. February 6, 2008 Pequot Lakes Park Board Mayor Cathy Malecha Thanks for all that you do for the City of Pequot Lakes. Thanks to Cathy Malecha for her January 31 LAKE COUNTRY ECHO event planning article, arriving at the same time as the winter edition of the INITIATIVE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE.* Have you read the attached article? Don't you agree that many of the ideas could be applied by each of us in our person lives (set an example!) and in our community (set a challenge!)? Your development of the parks, gazebo, American Legion memorial, benches, lighted pathways, picnic shelter, Dru's Garden, etc. is remarkable. Everything is positive for walking and its healthy benefits. Many of the tips are connected to traffic and streets. Pequot Lakes streets should respect pedestrians and cyclists. Snow, debris, and potholes need immediate attention. School children should be able to walk to school safely. Budgets, scheduling, and weather play a big part in MNDOT and Crow Wing County painting stripes, adjusting cross walk signals, making signals easy to reach. However, such safety measures must be kept in good repair. The Pequot Lakes police department has similar constraints on how much time to allot to vehicle/pedestrian movement and personal safety. But their presence around town can be a positive influence on everyone's behavior. Parking areas could be striped and identified with signage to encourage shoppers, diners, and business people to leave their vehicles in a safe spot. Parking adjacent to the Cole Building, the Chamber, and the Paul Bunyan Trail serves many numbers of vehicles and is much easier to maneuver in and out of than on busy Cty. Rd. 11 and in front of the post office! Can we encourage residents to use the ISD 186 van and the Crow Wing County bus? Suggestion#10 mentions a "walkability tour"; could this be done at the time �.. the Chamber members do their annual spring walk-about?