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/ "292 Included in Mr. Sue1s presentation was: that site was a complex one; city master plans for ultimate development to a full potential included various acquisitions of pre- sent park land and possibility of some property-fronting on Jefferson Avenue; that plans have been prepared in the ultimate sense to a total park over a 10-15-20-50-100 year period as well as including plans which could take place now in a period of first phase developmentr that buildings presently on site represent heavy capital investments and would probably have to remain and that site plans were de- signed around them. - " . Mr. Sue's design included: a lagoon, west and southerly of the Veterans Memorial Building, and a controlled waterway proposal for the 'creek segment designed to handle 350 cu. ft. per second through the park channe1-approx. 61 deep and 101 wide at the bottom and approx. 30-40' wide at the "top, noting a map-indicated well near Madison Avenue which could be uncapped and used as one source of water supply for the project¡a green belt with mounded areas to a grade which would permit use of tractor drawn equipmentr pathway system along creek systemr small picnic areasr Phase 3, C.A.B.: more ballfie1ds, eliminating of all inside-the- park parking - possible covering of lIimprovedli gunited section of creek near Vera-Dickey streets to permit large parking site; said that it was their feeling that preserv- ing the stream would be more visually attractive and not as costly as covering the creek; that the plans as presented were their .own as professional architects as they had not been swayed one way or the other with regard to solving the creek problem~through the park. Mr. Sue also displayed small model of suggestion for play- ground equipment at Dolphin Park - a "Chinese Junkll install- ation which embodied slides, climbers, etc. and which would be approx. 60' long. COMMISSION DISCUSSION included: Acknowledgement that the design as presented was most attractive from a visual standpoint but regi"stered its instant and strong opposition to the proposed lagoon and open stream system, noting that the Commission had gone on record for a number of years as recommending covering of the creek which would permit immediate utilization of approx. 5 acres of park land in the park for development and expansion of park facilities which are so urgently needed. In opposing the open stream system, Commissioners noted: that the creek is, and always has been, an eyesore and public health hazard; that, with the exception of only a few weeks of the year, the creek contains either mud, stagnant water, or a small trickle . .