Sandra Bolton Executive Director for Pretend City o Need a lease ASAP. Will lose $5M in funding if they don’t use the money soon. Pretend City has had 1.4 million visitors. o Youth Council junior board for Pretend City helps create events. One of them being autism nights. This allows teenagers to volunteer. o Pretend City Children’s Museum is ready to go. It has a great youth volunteer program. It is the only early education museum in Irvine. Report shows that there are 350,000 visitors a year. $5m dollar seed money; need to get things moving. o Involved with Pretend City. Wonderful resource for children. Goals for Great Park are diversity. Mission for Pretend City is similar. Pretend City distinguishes Irvine and brings a lot credit to Irvine. Sandy Peffer Stone Founder of Pretend City o Been here since 1997 asking for more land. Irvine values education. Incorporate more early childhood education.
OPEN SPACE
Irvine’s diversity is the best, but need more places to interact We need more open spaces Space that allows connection with nature Create a space that allows children to connect with natural land Allow more space for children More green space – as the City grows, people need more space to go and unwind We are running out of open space, we need more ground Designate open spaces throughout the property
PLAYGROUND
Kids Rock playground doesn’t compare to others It is inadequate Great Park needs to have the best playground Expand the playground Existing playground is too small
PUBLIC OUTREACH Was there any public outreach done to gather public opinion before the expansion was done? Were there any meetings before this one? Resident from Laguna Niguel came for the meeting because they care enough to see what will be developed in the Great Park – all of Orange County is watching, we want a regional hub Pete Carmichael seemed to just be “telling” us what’s coming, as opposed to being open to public input. Is there going to be any future public meetings where public comments can be put into official record? It’s good that we are doing public outreach When are the surveys going to be put online? Hold more community meetings Would like to see more information online Irvine and Great Park should use social media
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