More Than 100 People Show Up for Lakewood City Council Meeting
What most of them showed up for wasn't even on council's agenda.
About 100 people — of all ages — showed up for Lakewood's City Council meeting on Monday night.
Many of them came out to support the Lakewood Outdoor Basketball Committee.
Recently, at city council meetings, there have been complaints about noise and profanity at Kauffman Park — the city's only outdoor basketball hoops.
The city's administration shortened the hours at the park, and closed it on Saturdays.
But LOBC's supporters came out Monday in full force to demonstrate their side of the story. A Facebook page dedicated to promoting the group encouraged fans of basketball in the city asked people to attend the meeting.
There were basketball players, their parents and mentors. Some of them asked to expand basketball in the city. Others spoke about the importance of basketball for the city's youth.
There were no issues related to basketball on council's agenda, but that didn't stop council members and Mayor Michael Summers from commenting on the issue.
Check out Lakewood Patch on Tuesday for complete coverage.
Peter Grossetti
2:10 pm on Tuesday, June 21, 2011
I'm still trying to figure out what the formal working agreement currently is between the City and LOBC? It is my understanding that the original "pilot project" slated for last summer was to be 90 days and has long expired. Under whose auspices do the Kaufman courts operate? Is there a current Memorandum of Understanding between LOBC, the City and/or Lakewood Recreation Department.
I strongly support outdoor basketball in our City!
Jordan Tadic
5:30 pm on Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Peter, that's a wonderful question that I really wanted to ask last night if I got there in time to sign up to speak at the end. You are correct that the original agreement was 90 days, but things seemed to get lost in translation a bit during the administration change. City officials are still referring to this current stage as the pilot, but we'll find out much more at our July 6th meeting with the Mayor.