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Proposed skatepark is too big for American Legion ball field by Duane Williams, KLCB 1230 AM Libby News Radio October 21, 2009 The parks committee of the Libby City Council told the Council the recommendation for the proposed 12,000 square foot concrete skatepark is too big for the property available at the American Legion ball field. The proposed skatepark is three times the size of skateparks in several Western Montana communities. The recommendation of the committee is either reduce the size of the skatepark, or find a more appropriate piece of ground. The committee's second recommendation is the park, while owned by the city, be operated and maintained by an organized community user group, not by the City. According to Trent Oelberg, a park the size of most in Western Montana can accommodate only three to four skaters at a time. The skateboard park, as designed, has a price tag of $160,000. In other discussion, the council looked into the options of paving for the Bowen Hill sewer project. To do it right, the Council has to come up with an additional $300,000 it does not have, and not included in the project bid. There is $200,000 in the package to resurface the road to its present standard, which is substandard. The current road is the result of decades of chip seal upon chip seal of ununiform thickness. The half-million dollars approach would be a true asphalt surface of uniform thickness. _____________________________ Story by Duane Williams, KLCB 1230 AM Libby News Radio, www.todaysbestcountryonline.com. Related Links New Libby skateboard park proposed - By Duane Williams, KLCB 1230 AM Libby News Radio (LibbyMT.com, 10/11/09)

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