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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't want to sacrifice mature trees for a kiddie pool that will get used 8 hours a day, 3 months a year and will be a stagnant eyesore the rest of the year. If Mary Cheh is going to push her high density agenda, she should at least preserve the little green space we have now. Pouring tons of concrete on to a field is not preserving green space. How about you sacrifice an extra five minutes for our urban environment and use one of the already constructed pools.

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Our neighborhood, and your street specifically, is not lacking mature trees and those are trees that in some cases are nearing the end of their time on earth.

But since you don't like cement, seem concerned about preserving trees and just expressed a desire to see the park used more efficiently then to be consistent you surely would support taking out the lightly used tennis courts and replacing them with a more heavily used swimming pool?  Surely since you are new convert to environmentalism you'd prefer the city lose the tennis courts over some mature trees to accommodate a pool?

And maybe I'm missing something but what does a swimming pool have to do with a "high density" agenda?

Not that you would understand this but part of smart growth (of which high density near transit is but one component) is siting neighborhood services like a pool in neighborhoods where people need them so they don't have to spend a lot of time and contribute to pollution and congestion by driving to things in other neighborhoods when there is demand for them locally,[/quote]

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