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June 16, 1998 John Hutton Director of Public Works City of Colton Colton, Ca 92324 Re: Cooley Ranch Park Dear Mr. Hutton: We the residents of the City of Colton Community Facilities District 89-1 paid a large sum of money to have a park put in our area. Twenty six trees, two fountains, a walkway and grass were installed. Since the park was turned over to the City of Colton for regular up keep and maintenance, it has steadily deteriated. The grass in many areas is now nothing but weeds. A few of the trees have died, were taken out and not replaced. It is our understanding that the maintenance company is suppose to replace any trees or plants as they are taken out. We are asking for your help in bringing our park back up to its original position and then to add some items to make it more useful to our community. The following are items that need replacement. A map of the park is included and numbered from 1 to 5 are trees that are gone and have not been replaced. Trees 6 & 7 are dead and need replacement. Many areas of the grass need to be rototillered and reseeded. The following are items we would like for improvements. First, we would like to have more trees put in that will give more shade to the areas. The liquid Amber and Canary Island Pine have not grown very well and are not giving off much shade. We would like to have 7 or 8 more trees added as shown by letters A to I on the map. These trees could be sycamores, good shade trees, etc. Second, we would like to have three picnic areas installed as marked by AA, AB, BB. Included in these areas there should be a picnic table and a barbecue. Third, we would like to have benches installed by each of the fountains for places for people to sit.