- "It should be a safe and welcoming place "?? What a change since the Park for a Park meant as a rich, pleasant add-on for visitors to the PAC, to downtown employees, and to the downtown visitor community!
Well, we've gotten rid of the enjoyable tall trees; and now we're getting rid of the well-designed, formerly enjoyable-to-view fountain ... And what employees still enjoy eating a sandwich and sitting in the sun during their lunch hour!!??
IS it THAT hard to pass and enforce a "no loitering" regulation/ordinance for the Park?  Is it that unaffordable to  keep a summer  law enforcement officer and a community transport van stationed there to haul loiterers away who refuse to move on and stay moved on?  If Alaska's major metropolitan city like can't keep a small, sweet park like this attractive and safe, maybe we should pave it and turn it into additional parking for cars instead of parking for loiterers- At least drivers would pay a parking fee!!