{"id":4657,"date":"2014-04-16T22:07:55","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T05:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4657"},"modified":"2014-04-16T22:07:55","modified_gmt":"2014-04-17T05:07:55","slug":"stapleton-mca-fountains-on-green-to-remain-open-to-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4657","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton MCA: Fountains on Green to Remain Open to Public"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"fountain\"<\/a>There is chatter from Stapleton residents every year around the fountains on the green and whether or not non-Stapleton residents should be able to enjoy them. \u201cI think the fountains should be meant for Stapleton residents to enjoy,\u201d said Stapleton resident Nicole Christin. \u201cAfter all, it\u2019s our money running that thing.\u201d Christin explains that many times outsiders overrun the fountain so residents cannot enjoy relaxing in peace or even have their own kids play in them. \u201cAlmost every time we are up there, my kids don\u2019t get a chance to play in the fountain,\u201d says Christin. \u201cI really don\u2019t trust these non-Stapleton kids, who aren\u2019t even being supervised.\u201d\n\nOther residents agree with Christin. \u201cIn the summer, it is a total mess,\u201d says Dan Stevens. \u201cI don\u2019t know where these kids and families come from, but it\u2019s not Stapleton. We need to figure out a way to regulate it, or at least charge these outsiders for coming in and playing in the fountain.\u201d MCA President Liza Kampstra says that charging for using the fountains has been on the table. \u201cWe have thought about charging a fee to help fund the cost of running them,\u201d Says Kampstra. \u201cBut, in the end, the benefits don\u2019t outweigh the negatives.\u201d Kampstra says that someone would have to be hired to monitor the situation, and making it a \u201cpay to play\u201d model would certainly hurt the aesthetics of the area. \u201cWe are trying to find a solution, but right now, nothing has come up that wouldn\u2019t be more of a distraction and burden than the outsiders are.\u201d\nAside from hurting the appearance of the fountain, residents have other concerns with a pay model. \u201cIf you start charging them, it won\u2019t be long before they decide, \u2018heck, let\u2019s just pay to go to a Stapleton pool,\u2019\u201d says Skylar Jones. \u201cI don\u2019t think any of us want that.\u201d Although Stapleton residents don\u2019t quite have a feasible solution, most agree that something needs to be done. \u201cSometimes I just want to sit outside and enjoy a piece of pizza,\u201d says resident Autumn Nielson. \u201cBut then I have to look at all these non-Stapleton people, and it quickly becomes a pretty unsettling lunch.\u201d\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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