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You could wait and actually see plans when they are released and then comment on it.

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Clearly DGS is damned if they do and damned if they don't here.   They decided to talk to the community to get input and concerns before developing a plan.  Seemed like a very reasonable and sensible plan to me.  Hear what the community thinks and then create a design with that feedback in mind.  Instead, they are criticized for trying to deceive people by not having a plan before the community meetings.

Let's be honest here-- the neighbors who are against the "others" coming into their neighborhood regardless of what the plan will look like.  Then there are people (like me and many that I know) who are interested in learning about it, open to the idea, and waiting to see the actual design before chaining ourselves to the trees.[/quote]

If DGS was planning multiple rounds of feedback -- get feedback, develop plan, get feedback, revise plan, repeat until plan is acceptable -- then what you're saying would make sense. But it's pretty apparent that the pre-plan feedback will be the limit of public input. People are understandably upset that they're being asked to comment on a plan that doesn't exist.[/quote]

You are correct.  The pool is not a 'plan' but rather a concept.  And DPR's concept is trade-off free, even though honest observers know that space is finite and existing park uses are substantial.  Something's gotta' give.  Empty happy talk from DPR ignores this, assuming that everyone will be convinced that they eat lots of cake and yet lose weight at the same time.  But most folks aren't that dumb.  They know that there will be trade-offs.  They just want to understand what they are and then have a meaningful public process in which to analyze and weigh them.[/quote]

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