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<br />",. . ' , ,. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />~P~ris , <br /> <br />Study of Lake Crook <br /> <br />March, 2001 <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />-. ~,~ " <br /> <br />The city closed NW 19th Street in <br />the late 1980's as an access at the <br />poiQt where the electrical <br />transmission lines cross the road <br />south of the developed city park on <br />the southeast shores of the lake, . .i<c' <br />~." <br /> <br />The city had experienced a rash of ~t> ;t <br />illegal activities in the park and \...:. ' .t:' . <br />voted to close the street to facilitate ~ . .: ~l~:: <br />locking the park at night and better <br />controlling the criminal elements <br />which had laid claim to the park. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />':":';~(;7.;: <br /> <br /> <br />. ,,',.'" <br /> <br />.... <br /> <br />2.1 <br /> <br />CURRENT USAGE OF THE LAKE CROOK PROPERTY <br /> <br />2.1.1 Improvements. The city has installed two boat <br />ramps on the south shoreline near the water treatment plant <br />and has a small fishing pier bet\veen the two ramps. A metal <br />. building picnic pavilion approximately 80 feet by 120 feet on <br />i a concrete slab foundation has been added in recent years. <br />Also in recent years, the city has embarked on a steel post <br />and rod barrier system to keep users' vehicles on the <br />designated roadways and not allow vehicles up into picnic <br />areas or open spaces. Roads have recently been plowed and <br />re-graveled and leveled \vithin this park. City forces have <br />also thinned and underbrushed several acres 0 f parkland. <br /> <br /> <br />~.~-_.",. -=-:-~ <br />-- .. . ..:~_..... - - , <br /> <br />'. ';..~. .. ., -- .,:, ~ The gun and archer clubs have made limited improvements <br />~..~.." ,..~~~ t hro ugh the co nstruc t io n 0 f targ et ranges and target trails <br /> <br />2.1.2 Access. Access to Lake Crook is severely limited, <br />Two roads, one designated County Road 32900 and one a <br />Figure 4 Park road city road designated Lake Crook Road (formerly C.R. <br />31700) provide the only access into the city park on the <br />south shore. The Lake Crook Road is very narrow and in poor condition. It was never designed <br />to carry sigrúficant amounts of traffic and must be upgraded lithe south shoreline of Lake Crook <br />is to serve as a quality recreational area. Many of those surveyed in the mail-out indicated they <br />did not know how to access the park or were afraid to access the park on the only available <br /> <br />Page 14 of 45 <br />