I appreciate the effort to partner with those benefitting the most financially with the new residential construction taking place in downtown Ballard. Open spaces and parks add greatly to liveability of a business and residential community. My concern is with the sustainability of this partnership. Portland has recently included a cost to developers of projects of a minimum size to be set aside for open spaces and parks. This guarantees a consistent income for the acquiring, developing and maintaining of open spaces. To only apply this to already acquired property (17th Street park) guarantees this to be a short-term partnership.

Steve Grumm

Ballard