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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Sharon Brown on Park and Recreation Accessibility
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Sharon Brown testifies on the importance of parks and recreational facilities, emphasizing the need for after-hours school access, disability accommodations, and state-of-the-art amenities. She argues that these improvements would enhance community safety and provide opportunities for aspiring athletes.
- Advocates for opening schools after hours for community use to reduce youth problems and improve safety
- Stresses the importance of making parks and facilities accessible for disabled individuals, including adapted play equipment
- Suggests upgrading park facilities to cater to potential professional athletes and incorporating the latest technologies in recreation centers
Sharon Brown
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Hello.
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My name is Sharon Brown.
1:52:45
Before I begin, remember Israel released the hostages, let Yahweh's people go, defend Israel.
1:52:51
Okay.
1:52:52
The parks are very necessary.
1:52:54
The schools should be allowed to open up after hours for the community.
1:53:02
This would help out the safety in the areas when people have something to do with their time, outdoor activities, children will not get into so much trouble and the problems that they're having in schools and stuff like that will dissipate when they actually have something to do during school times and after school.
1:53:29
They have to make the parks accessible for the disabled.
1:53:34
There has to be activities for disabled people.
1:53:38
They need to when they have slides for well bodied people, they also have to have some kind of slides or something for disabled people.
1:53:48
I don't know who's doing the drawings and the blueprints, but they also have to make sure that disabled people are represented.
1:53:57
People are gonna be training for Olympics and competitions and different things like that in the parks, they need to upgrade what we have in our parks.
1:54:07
We definitely need water and things like that.
1:54:10
These are things that we know are the essentials, but we also have specialty of things that we need in the parks.
1:54:18
Like a lot of people go to the parks, they play basketball and then they wind up in professional sports and things like that.
1:54:26
So we need to try to have these facilities also cater to people who are going to be in professional athletics.
1:54:35
It's not the only thing that they can do, but, this is something that they need in these parks.
1:54:43
We need, the parks to be state of the art and the recreation centers to be up on the latest technologies in play and just regular technology.
1:54:53
I can go into that further at a different time.