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Council members will take another look at the skateboard park planned for Lions Park, although it might be too late in the game for any major changes. About two dozen residents urged the council to reconsider its plans for Lions Park, which include the skateboard park and rebuilding the downtown community center. Councilwoman Libby Cowan emphasized that the council carefully considered the location of the skate park before deciding to place it in Lions Park. She also said plans for both the skate park and the downtown community center had been on council agendas in some form for three years. Cowan noted that the residents’ concerns were surfacing late in the process. “We’re pretty far down the road for design and construction,” she said. On one side of the park, the city plans to rebuild some World War II-era buildings, with a brand-new downtown community center. A parking lot will be built on the site of the old center. On the other side of the park, at 18th Street and Park Avenue, a 10,000-square-foot skateboard park is planned.