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Cit~ of Paris Stud~ of Lake Crook March, 2001 The city closed NW 19~ Street in the late 1980's as an access at the point where the electrical transmission lines cross the road south of the developed city park on the southeast shores of the lake. The city had experienced a rash of illegal activities in the park and voted to close the street to facilitate locking the park at night and better controlling the criminal elements which had laid claim to the park. Other than recent city improvements to the public park area on the south shore, no additional permanent development Figure 3 Looking north into city property work has apparently been attempted at the lake in the last thirty years. 2.1 CURRENT USAGE OF THE LAKE CROOK PROPERTY 2.1.1 Improvements. The city has installed two boat ramps on the south shoreline near the water treatment plant and has a small fishing pier between the two ramps. A metal building picnic pavilion approximately 80 feet by 120 feet on a concrete slab foundation has been added in recent years. Also in recent years, the city has embarked on a steel post and rod barrier system to keep users' vehicles on the designated roadways and not allow vehicles up into picnic areas or open spaces. Roads have recently been plowed and re-graveled and leveled within this park. City forces have also thinned and underbrushed several acres of parkland. Figure 4 Park road The gun and archer clubs have made limited improvements through the construction of target ranges and target trails :r 2.1.2 Access. Access to Lake Crook is severely limited. '~ Two roads, one designated County Road 32900 and one a city road designated Lake Crook Road (formerly C.R. 31700) provide the only access into the city park on the south shore. The Lake Crook Road is very narrow and in poor condition. It was never designed to carry significant amounts of traffic and must be upgraded if the south shoreline of Lake Crook is to serve as a quality recreational area. Many of those surveyed in the mail-out indicated they did not know how to access the park or were afraid to access the park on the only available Page 14 of 45