Forest Park Beach: Suggestions/observations

1.  Open up the wooden walk at the south end.  That would be far safer than forcing people to walk down the auto/boat ramp.  There is actually a worn path to the walkway.  I can duck between the two boards, but I think the boards should be removed entirely.

2.  I saw at the last Parks and Recreation meeting on May 20th that the beach operates at a $50,000 loss for tax payers.  Why do we need to hire 3-4 high schoolers to stand at each entrance?  I know Mary Van Arfdale likes to spend taxpayer money like a drunken sailor, but I'm pretty sure we don't need such a big staff of stand-arounds.  Lifeguards, yes.  Book-readers, no.

3.  Isn't there a better handheld device that can be tossed a distance, in addition to the ring near the flag pole?  Or, something like this: http://www.gizmag.com/longreach-james-dyson-award-winner-2010/16575/  or this: http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/rescue-drone-drops-life-preservers

4.  The binocular scopes are not collimated.  Could someone get that fixed?  I'd like to see some bikinis, er, speedos, er, moon-craters in 3 D please!