From: "Fraser, Roger" 
Date: March 8, 2010 9:49:25 PM EST
To: "Tetens, Robert"  
 
Subject: FW: Skate Park Letter
Gentlemen:
On behalf of nearly all the members of the Ann Arbor City Council, I
am sending to you the attached letter regarding efforts to develop a
skate park in the City.  Also attached is a PDF containing the
resolution Council adopted in 2009 regarding these efforts.  The
signed original of this letter will be sent to you tomorrow.  We look
forward to your
consideration.
  
Roger Fraser 
 
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March 8, 2010 

Robert Marans, PhD, Chair
Robert Tetens, Director 
Washtenaw County Parks Commission
Parks & Recreation Administration
2230 Platt
Ann Arbor, MI  48104 

Dear Sirs: 

We are writing to communicate our gratitude and encouragement for your
consideration of joining in a unique partnership for the development
and operation of a new recreation facility for our City and County
citizens. 
As you know, the City of Ann Arbor has been working with an
enthusiastic group of citizens who are interested in developing a
skatepark.  The Ann Arbor Skatepark Action Committee (AASAC) has begun
serious work on raising funds for the capital needed to develop this
park asset.  The AASAC is coordinating with the Ann Arbor Community
Foundation, which is handling the Ann Arbor Skatepark Fund. 

In January, 2009, the Ann Arbor City Council passed Resolution
#08-1029 agreeing to the development and operation of a skatepark
facility at Veteran’s Memorial Park provided that funding for the
maintenance and operation of the skate park is arranged.  The
resolution also approved a detailed memorandum of intent which spells
out the expectations of the City and AASAC regarding the skate park. 
Those documents are enclosed for your information. 

We have recently learned that the Washtenaw County Parks Commission
may consider an investment in this proposed skate park, as it would
serve the interests and needs of a population well beyond the
boundaries of the City.  We, the undersigned members of the Ann Arbor
City Council and Ann Arbor Parks Advisory Commission, wish to express
our earnest support for your consideration of such an investment. 
Additionally we are committed to working to identify further
opportunities for the City to leverage capital or in-kind resources to
further the realization of a skate park facility. 
  
Again, we thank you for your consideration, and look forward to any
opportunity to work collaboratively to strengthen an important and
underserved recreational offering in our County. 
Sincerely, 
 
 
Carsten Hohnke, Ann Arbor City Council 
 
Mike Anglin, Ann Arbor City Council; Ex-Officio Member, Ann Arbor
Parks Advisory Commission 
 
Sabra Briere, Ann Arbor City Council 
 
Stephen Rapundalo, Ann Arbor City Council 
 
Christopher Taylor, Ann Arbor City Council; Ex-Officio Member, Ann
Arbor Parks Advisory  Commission 
 
Stephen Kunselman, Ann Arbor City Council 
 
Margie Teall, Ann Arbor City Council 
 
John Hieftje, Ann Arbor Mayor 
 
Sandi Smith, Ann Arbor City Council 
 
Tony Derezinski, Ann Arbor City Council 
 
Scott Rosencrans, Chair, Ann Arbor Parks Advisory Commission