How are its resources – beautiful landscape, hills, trees, lake, and picnic shelters – to be used?
For public recreation pursued by people on their own? Or, for private entertainment events that preclude others from doing their own things? That is what we have now on many weekends. 4. How does its location – surrounded by single-family homes of residents expecting some level of peace and privacy — affect what goes on in the park? Many of us see the greatest values of Freedom Park — a respite from urban noise and congestion and a place for all people to come and enjoy beautiful natural resources — being lost to amplified noise from private groups. The simple pleasures of the park, for which it is so famous — picnicking, quiet walks around a tranquil pond, enjoying its natural beauty, young people courting, a day in the park with the children — are being displaced. These traditional park activities require a certain level of peace and privacy. Loud amplified noise is devaluing the park for the general public. And the rights of nearby residents are being ignored or violated by ext
