I personally would not agree with having the courts removed - maybe relocated if that is a possibility but not eliminated. The design is bad with having the court so close to the play area but it is used constantly by the kids in the area. I've seen the trash left and heard the language but I've also seen the majority of the kids that are playing basketball here behaving.

The trash in this photo is worst than usual due to the party in the park that was hosted last night by the park district. I attended and unfortunately it wasn't just the teens playing ball that couldn't place their trash into the trash cans.

I would like to see some additional police presence in the area to perhaps assist with some of the bad behaviors near the park from those that blow the stop signs, allow their dogs off leash in the park, and to visit with the kids and perhaps speak to them to help build a relationship with the kids. There are a handful of older teenage kids in the Ogden Falls and Highlands that have been terrorizing a few neighbors and perhaps it would redirect their behavior with more of a police presence.

This issue has been forwarded to the Oswego Park District.

Thank you

The park district party is not the issue. I can take photos everyday of the trash. Im constantly throwing it away while visiting the park. I'm grateful they came out to bring the community together in a positive manner and they do a great job of maintaining the park despite the careless people causing problems. pPolice patrol will create a sense that our community is not safe. Our police are doing are great job already. Parents remind your teens to clean up after themselves and be respectful of the younger kids. We also had a wanderer sleeping in a tent over the summer and we now have a dumped kid size mattress (thrown over a really large hole someone recently dug up), a bag of really disgusting looking trash, empty birth control pills, blunt/cigar wrappers, and a chair behind the hill near some trees. I think this is a real issue that needs to be addressed.

This issue has been forwarded to the Oswego Park District

Thank you