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r IITVESTIGATICN: August 25, 1Q80 I personally inspected the park. ��pp '.•Thile there I spoke with a group of neign%orho 4 PAuE523 SEP 101960 youths, then visited the home of Mr. Odgen Merrill (the author of the letter to Chairman Siebert) and the home of Mr. Russell Hockman. Both the Merrills and the Hockmans live around the lake. The youths confirmed Mr. Merrill's description of the happenings, plus added a story about someone water skiing on this 4 acre pond. Mr. Merrill was away on business, but.Mr. Merrill confirmed the activities at the lake. She also stated,. that "Things have been much quiter since the County- posted a "swimming not authorized, by order of the Board of County Commissioners" aign and the increased surveillance of the lake area by the Sheriff's Dept." Mr. and Mrs. Hockman, when interviewed at their home also confirmed the above. SUGGESTIONS: 1. The lake currently does not have a State Hermit as a "natural public bathing place." To obtain and maintain such a permit would be extremely costly for such a limited size facility. It would be of dubvious benefit to the neighborhood and other County taxpayers. (State requirements for this type permit attached) 2. Posting signs citing IRC Ordinance 79-22 should discourage the "beer parties" and encourage the Sheriff's Department to disperse these groups and enforce the law. 3. An ordinance banning the operation of any fossil fueled device or vessel in lakes of under 20 acre size owned by the county would eliminate the boating problem here and at other parks. 4. "No Parking" signs posted along the west shore (33rd Avenue) would allow the Sheriff's Department to keep that area clear. 5. With "No swimming authorized", "No Al4ol Allowed", and "No fossil powered boats allowed in the lake", there will be no need to be concerned about cars parking on the beach at the north end, and no need for a streetlight, since there will be no one there, save for an occasional fisherman. 6. There presently is no law preventing a horse from being in a non swim permitted lake, provided the owner holds onto the reins. If however he lets go, the horse can be impounded by the Sheriff's Dept. under IRC Ordinance 77-41. 7• .A request to the Sheriff's Department by the Board, to enforce the existing ordinance 79-22 and the suggested ordinance dealing with boats, especially during evening and weekend hours should be considered. - ® Bill Cook, Park Super I