CLEAR LAKE – A proposed veteran’s memorial in Clear Lake has stoked debate and opinions, and the item will be discussed tonight at the Clear Lake City Council meeting.
The Clear Lake City Council will meet tonight at 6:30 at the Clear Lake Fire Station. The meeting will be held at the Fire Station due to the construction happening in the City Hall offices. Citizens should enter through the door on the north side of the building.
A major item on the agenda is a proposed veterans memorial.
“For those of you who want to share your thoughts, concerns, opinions, or beliefs regarding a new Veteran’s memorial in Clear Lake – You are invited to come to our public council meeting and voice your opinion,” Mr. Nelson said Monday. “Exercise your rights!”
City Administrator Scott Flory will give a presentation on the project following citizen and council comments.
On July 16, the Clear Lake Park Board decided not locate the proposed memorial at the sea wall by City Park. The board decided to recommend to the City Council to form a task force of a variety of community members, to research alternative memorial locations and present preferred options to City Council .
Several citizens spoke at that meeting with opinions on the matter.
Among them, Julie McQuaid spoke that she was concerned for the safety issue that could arise from placing the memorial at the Sea Wall location, and was opposed to the Sea Wall location.
Gene Madson spoke that he had visited with several board members about the memorial. He continued that the focus is to have the memorial at the seawall location and that he has heard concern for the obstruction of view of the lake, and that the proposed memorial would not have any view obstruction. Madson finished by stating that the memorial would be 35 feet at its widest point, and that he can’t speak for the whole town but that this is the only spot that makes sense, and that he has checked other locations.
Donna Dull spoke that she works with Central Gardens and is concerned with the respect that people will show to the memorial if placed at the sea wall location, as she currently doesn’t see respect shown at the gardens and believes that a veterans memorial deserves to have that respect shown.
Mike Nelson spoke that you would be able to still see around, over and through the memorial if placed at the seawall. He stated our vets earned that turf.
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