12/11 & 12/20/2002 - Packet Monthly Report
December, 2002
For
Skate Park Task Force
1. Meetings were held on(list dates during month)
-Fowler Teachers meeting to discuss Fowler site on 12/11.
-On 12/20 Bill, Dan, Ed, Jim, Matt, Jim W. met to discuss Fowler area resident concerns.
2. Current activities (summarize): Finance meetings and site selection process.
3. Status of long-term projects:
The major long-term projects continue to be the selection of a site location for the skate
park facility and the subsequent fundraising campaign.
a) SITE SELECTION (same as above)
b)FUNDRAISING
There was a fund raising event on 12/18. A preview showing of a Skate/Bike Video was
shown in the Water Building Auditorium with the attendance/raffle ticket revenues going
to the Tigard Skate Park fund raising effort. It is estimated that the event generated
between$300 and$500 dollars. The kids had a great time.
c) DESIGN
n/a
4. Number of volunteer hours contributed this month(noted number of volunteers and total
hours). N/A
5. Attachments (include notifications, sign-in sheets, minutes, reports,press releases,
proposals, etc.)
E-mail (several emails were sent pertaining to meetings & results of meetings)
6. Any items to be scheduled for on the Council tentative agenda(list item and date):
7. Status of members—are there any members scheduled to have their terms expire in the
next four months? Are any members indicating that they plan to retire,move or resign
soon? Please give details.N/A
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By EMILY TSAO last week "But most parks are built in calling area,dial 503-225-5555 from a touch-tone "if this falls through,and there are no
THE OREGONIAN areas not in neighborhoods and that are phone,then enter4690.ore-mail us at south- more public lands available and the \ 5i S.W. Tigard St. a°
TIGARD—Randy Keeling gets upset not surrounded by houses." west@news.oregonian.com. (skate park task force)wants to continue, N
thinking that the peace and quiet of the Other residents in the area have also they would have to look at private land," <'
said Dan Plaza, L Fowler
woods behind his house may soon be re= expressed concerns — noise, loss of the city's parks manager. Middle
on the northwest corner of the Fowler 'The task force has to sit down and fig-
placed by the noise of whirling wheels wildlife habitat,unsupervised teenagers, Be School
and thudding landings. traffic, a decrease in property values— site. ure out whether it is feasible to continue "' W000ARD PARK-
Keeling, 49, lives on Southwest Gallo about a skate park that may be located Their opposition may now stymie the Please see PARK,Page 5
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