Point is that the park did not cost "city" taxpayers money to construct. All the taxpayers in the entire state paid for this property many years ago, when the DOT purchased it. Privte donations paid for the park's construction. Nothing was pulled from the city's current budget to build the park. So it has nothing to do with the current budget shortfall. The only thing the city has to do now is take over the care & maintenance of the park. Granted, this does cost money, but the plan for the park was put into place several years ago. Small price to pay for a free park on prime real estate.