Comments on: LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Wayzata Should Apply for Skate Park Grant http://wayzata.com/2009/10/22/letter-to-the-editor-wayzata-should-apply-for-skate-park-grant/ News, Sports, Internet services in Wayzata, MN Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:43:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: heidicomfort http://wayzata.com/2009/10/22/letter-to-the-editor-wayzata-should-apply-for-skate-park-grant/comment-page-1/#comment-61 heidicomfort Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:21:53 +0000 http://wayzata.com/?p=3705#comment-61 It occurred to me that I left out the most important and positive part of my comment – a suggestion – so sorry! Here it is: My dad was the greatest salesman ever!! He knew how to get what he wanted or needed because he paid attention to what others wanted and needed and he ALWAYS found a way for them to get all, or at least most of, whatever that was! Put the skate park in Klapprich Park - there is room for everyone! 1. Turns two projects into one. 2. Meets all expectations of this grant opportunity. 3. Gets both project moving faster and more economically. 4. Utilize existing bathrooms and drinking fountains. 5. Eliminates the need to maintain another separate location. 6. Skate park area can be used in the winter for snow skating - my kids use our ramps for this activity. 7. Skate park in more out in the open where locals can take note of behavior. 8. Will not encroach on school or church areas where there seems to be some concern noted. It occurred to me that I left out the most important and positive part of my comment – a suggestion – so sorry!

Here it is:
My dad was the greatest salesman ever!! He knew how to get what he wanted or needed because he paid attention to what others wanted and needed and he ALWAYS found a way for them to get all, or at least most of, whatever that was!

Put the skate park in Klapprich Park – there is room for everyone!
1. Turns two projects into one.
2. Meets all expectations of this grant opportunity.
3. Gets both project moving faster and more economically.
4. Utilize existing bathrooms and drinking fountains.
5. Eliminates the need to maintain another separate location.
6. Skate park area can be used in the winter for snow skating – my kids use our ramps for this activity.
7. Skate park in more out in the open where locals can take note of behavior.
8. Will not encroach on school or church areas where there seems to be some concern noted.

]]> By: heidicomfort http://wayzata.com/2009/10/22/letter-to-the-editor-wayzata-should-apply-for-skate-park-grant/comment-page-1/#comment-58 heidicomfort Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:05:46 +0000 http://wayzata.com/?p=3705#comment-58 The above letter to the editor is right on! It is “disingenuous” to submit a grant application for Klapprich Park Rehabilitation and expect everyone to believe if funded, will provide a new sports opportunity for Wayzata youth! Following are two items from the application that are at least curious if not downright frivolous: 1. Project Description states: “The permanent hockey boards do not allow for full use of the field during the summer months.” Found at the following link page 70: http://wayzata.govoffice.com/vertical/Sites/%7B95A8F424-4B5B-4F0B-BF37-7DA6B8C22A80%7D/uploads/%7B3B421853-BDF2-4AE6-8AF7-B05D3A048C70%7D.PDF a. Budget line item “Installation” cost $6000.00 (page 77 at the link above) is to fill the Prowall Dasher Boards (hollow plastic hockey rink boards) with SAND – water is an option but is not recommended in states where extremely cold temperatures can cause expansion damage. b. In order that the park can be “fully utilized during the summer” – what moving and storage solutions will be adopted? i. Risk damage and use water so they can be moved more readily during the summer? ii. Empty the sand and store that too? iii. Will there be $6,000.00 annual re-installation charges? iv. What will it cost to move, and store them, and where? v. Is it realistic to believe portability is a selling feature? vi. After all this rigmarole, is there truly savings enough to opt out of using the standard board walls? 2. Budget line item “Goals, Etc.” cost $10,000.00 – page 77 at the following link: http://wayzata.govoffice.com/vertical/Sites/%7B95A8F424-4B5B-4F0B-BF37-7DA6B8C22A80%7D/uploads/%7B3B421853-BDF2-4AE6-8AF7-B05D3A048C70%7D.PDF a. Vendors link below shows price for a pair of goals to be $1195.00 for the most expensive pair – “Etc.” is apparently very expensive and we need to avoid needing anymore of it! http://www.beckerarena.com/6mmframenetpad.aspx Final comment, I have two teenage boys who have been skateboarding and rollerblading almost as long as they have been walking. Fortunately, we have a tennis court and built a small skate park on it for them. Over the 13 years we have had this set-up, we have had MANY children at our home using the “park” – we have even had complete strangers show up and use our facility thinking that it’s a park. We have been very blessed to have lots of smart, fun, properly engaged, healthy kids at our home every summer – kids enjoying the out of doors, challenging their minds, bodies and each other in a joyous childhood activity without potato chips, video games, or other mindless, unhealthy activities! Clearly this grant opportunity should be submitted in hopes Wayzata could win funding for a skate park that has been trying to happen for years! The above letter to the editor is right on!
It is “disingenuous” to submit a grant application for Klapprich Park Rehabilitation and expect everyone to believe if funded, will provide a new sports opportunity for Wayzata youth!
Following are two items from the application that are at least curious if not downright frivolous:
1. Project Description states: “The permanent hockey boards do not allow for full use of the field during the summer months.” Found at the following link page 70: http://wayzata.govoffice.com/vertical/Sites/%7B95A8F424-4B5B-4F0B-BF37-7DA6B8C22A80%7D/uploads/%7B3B421853-BDF2-4AE6-8AF7-B05D3A048C70%7D.PDF
a. Budget line item “Installation” cost $6000.00 (page 77 at the link above) is to fill the Prowall Dasher Boards (hollow plastic hockey rink boards) with SAND – water is an option but is not recommended in states where extremely cold temperatures can cause expansion damage.
b. In order that the park can be “fully utilized during the summer” – what moving and storage solutions will be adopted?
i. Risk damage and use water so they can be moved more readily during the summer?
ii. Empty the sand and store that too?
iii. Will there be $6,000.00 annual re-installation charges?
iv. What will it cost to move, and store them, and where?
v. Is it realistic to believe portability is a selling feature?
vi. After all this rigmarole, is there truly savings enough to opt out of using the standard board walls?
2. Budget line item “Goals, Etc.” cost $10,000.00 – page 77 at the following link: http://wayzata.govoffice.com/vertical/Sites/%7B95A8F424-4B5B-4F0B-BF37-7DA6B8C22A80%7D/uploads/%7B3B421853-BDF2-4AE6-8AF7-B05D3A048C70%7D.PDF
a. Vendors link below shows price for a pair of goals to be $1195.00 for the most expensive pair – “Etc.” is apparently very expensive and we need to avoid needing anymore of it! http://www.beckerarena.com/6mmframenetpad.aspx

Final comment, I have two teenage boys who have been skateboarding and rollerblading almost as long as they have been walking. Fortunately, we have a tennis court and built a small skate park on it for them.
Over the 13 years we have had this set-up, we have had MANY children at our home using the “park” – we have even had complete strangers show up and use our facility thinking that it’s a park.
We have been very blessed to have lots of smart, fun, properly engaged, healthy kids at our home every summer – kids enjoying the out of doors, challenging their minds, bodies and each other in a joyous childhood activity without potato chips, video games, or other mindless, unhealthy activities!
Clearly this grant opportunity should be submitted in hopes Wayzata could win funding for a skate park that has been trying to happen for years!

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