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Yahoo! Mail - w_rasmussen@yahoo.com Page 5 of 5 <br /> <br /> > The Opportunity <br />> Having studied the situation, with children of my own ages 6 and 7, I <br />> would urge the leadership to create an open and accessible system of <br />> fields {not like fields which are locked or gated, like Hearst, or at <br />> the Val Vista soccer fields. <br />> <br />> Because of the closed playgrounds at Hearst School, I would recommend <br />> that a minimum size play structure as the one locked at Hearst be <br />built <br /> > immediately, so that the neighboring 630 kids (680 students minus the <br /> > 50 having access because of their Kids Club membership) have an <br /> > accessible place to play, available as immediately as possible. <br />> <br /> > Because of the closed playground at Hearst School, I would recommend <br /> > that two wall-ball courts and a shade structure for parents (like at <br /> > Hearst) are built as a part of the Bernal Property, available as <br /> > immediately as possible. <br />> <br /> > Because of the closed playground at Hearst School, I would recommend <br /> > that two full-court basketball courts be built on the Bernal <br /> property, <br /> > available as immediately as possible. <br />> <br /> > Conclusion: by looking at the past failures of the PUSD and the City <br /> of <br /> > Pleasanton to provide accessible facilities for the children living <br /> in <br /> > the surrounding neighborhoods of the Bernal Property, it is possible <br /> > for the leadership of the City of Pleasanton to IMMEDIATELY provide <br /> > that which the children have never known to exist...an open, <br /> accessible <br /> > play structure, wall-ball courts, and basketball courts. (It is <br /> > assumed that the paid representatives of football, lacrosse, <br /> baseball, <br /> > and soccer constituencies will have their representatives at the <br /> > meeting and that they will successfully lobby for their group access <br /> to <br /> > the fields.) <br />> <br /> > What I am talking about, if it is not clear, are providing for the <br /> > rights of the silent majority of kids and parents who have no local <br /> > place to go and self-organize, congregate, play, and become neighbors <br /> > who know each other. That is what makes a co~ffnunity a great place to <br /> > live, not great facilities locked behind gates. <br />> <br /> > Sincerely, <br />> <br /> <br /> > Steve Page <br />> <br /> <br /> > P.S. Please forward to the appropriate decision-makers so that they <br /> can <br /> > understand the urgency of the situation facing the kids who are <br /> "stuck" <br /> > in the situation described above. <br />> <br /> <br />> <br /> <br />h~p://us.f511 .m~l.yahoo.conffymgShowLe~er?box=Inbox&Msgld=7616_84576240_7917... 4/13/2005 <br /> <br /> <br />