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<br /> <br /> <br />Resolution 2007 – 11 Ruth Park Municipal Park Grant <br />Ms. Ricci moved to amend Municipal Parks Grant Commission number five (5) to read “If a <br />grant is awarded, the City of University City will enter into an agreement of contract with the <br />St. Louis County Municipal Park Commission regarding said grant”. The motion to amend <br />was seconded by Mr. Glickert and was approved unanimously. <br /> <br />CITIZENS’ COMMENTS <br />PRO <br /> <br />The points brought out in favor of the learning center were: <br />1. Generations present and future will be able to learn the game of golf <br />2. Golf pro of 17 years has always worked with neighbors and community <br />3. Parks’ Commission has approved the learning center <br />4. Additional revenue would be received <br />5. Misrepresentation of golf pro’s salary had been circulated <br />6. Previously proposed 2004’s driving range would be more costly, change involved <br /> three holes and fewer hitting stations. <br />7. Equal opportunity for all to hit practice golf balls, not limited to a self-selected few. <br />8. One of the top ten golf course architects in the U.S. prepared the design <br />9. Would be beneficial for Junior Golf training and for recreational courses for Brittany <br />Middle School students <br />10. Architectural visual rendering showed neighborhood buffering with pine trees. There <br />would be a minimal dispersion of lighting because of modern technology now available <br />11. Present driving area is unsafe and has limited availability <br /> <br />CITIZEN’S SPEAKING PRO LEARNING CENTER <br /> <br />Max Gornish, 1019 Laval Dr. Larry Mass, 8131 Balson <br />Faisal Filifil, 2161 Yale Steven Goldstein, 712 Swarthmore Ln <br />Charles Crump, John Sterbenz, 6904 Kingsbury <br />Ron Akin, 8211 Groby Mike Molloy, 8130 Teasdale <br />Raymond Davis, 7353 Balson Michael McDermott, 6830 Kingsbury <br />Barry Sleckman, 7447 Wellington Way Danielle Herron, 7833 Gannon <br /> <br /> <br /> CON <br />The points brought out against the learning center were: <br />1. Diminishes property values <br />2. Not enough parking so golfers would block spaces for residents living there <br />3. Greatly increase traffic on quiet residential streets <br />4. Lighting interference with surrounding homeowners <br />5. Financial difficulties now was because of poor management <br />6. Loss of existing wild life <br />7. Increased revenue was only a conjecture not factually based <br />8. Violation of zoning laws <br />9. Many years required before producing usable revenue <br />10. Use virtual golf machines in place of a driving range <br />September 4, 2007 <br /> <br />