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<br />MAYOR PIERCY AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL: <br /> <br />My name is Brittainy Wilson and I am an 8th grade student at Prairie Mountain <br /> <br />School. I would like to bring to your attention the Golden Garden Ponds. I have lost a <br /> <br />classmate to those ponds. I didn't know Nick Davis very well. All though we weren't <br /> <br />very close; he was still a classmate of mine. He always brought laughter and liveliness to <br /> <br />our class room. I was very sad when I found out that he and his cousin, Britton, had <br /> <br />drowned at Golden Garden Ponds. It brought our 8th grade class closer as friends. It <br /> <br />shouldn't be death that brings people together. If I was sad, you could only imagine what <br /> <br />his family must have felt. They must have been devastated. I just wanted to let you know <br /> <br />that to prevent more deaths, we need to make this major project the top priority on your <br /> <br />list. <br /> <br />In order to prevent more deaths, we need to make this area, where lots ofteens my <br /> <br />age like to hang out, safe. There are many ways to make the ponds safer. A few ways <br /> <br />could be to totally close them down. Since that is not a possibility, then we need to think <br /> <br />of something more realistic. Realistically thinking, we could make the ponds look nicer, <br /> <br />plant various flowers and trees, and we could also make it automobile accessible. <br /> <br />Our class is going to do our part by planting trees and shrubs. We want to make <br /> <br />this place safe now, instead of twenty years from now. I would like to be able to go there <br /> <br />and not worry about falling in the water or breaking my wrist walking on the un-safe <br /> <br />trails. I would like to go to those ponds and not worry about other people getting hurt or <br /> <br />myself. Nick Davis' death shouldn't be the reason of wanting to do something about this <br /> <br />(~ <br />i ) <br />_/ <br />