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Residents urge caution on Sugar Sand park changes, call for more local sports fields and flag safety concerns
Summary
Multiple residents addressed council about parks and recreation, opposing softball fields at Sugar Sand (noting tortoise habitat and high tree-move costs), urging a dedicated softball complex, and raising public-safety issues including homeless encampments, electric bikes and pellet rifles.
During the public-comment portion of the meeting, several residents urged the council to protect parkland and respond to public-safety concerns.
Brianna Hackquist warned against converting Sugar Sand Park to ball fields, saying the park is gopher-tortoise habitat and estimating that moving roughly 3,000 trees could cost between $2 million and $15 million. "Please do not consider Sugar Sand for ball fields," she said.
Christina Broeker urged construction of a quad softball complex at…
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