"The goal is to enhance the legitimate use of the park and make the park safe and enjoyable for everyone," says assistant to the mayor, Joel Plant.

After constant complaints about problematic behavior in Brittingham Park the city is taking action. Wednesday night a proposal released by the mayor's office to attack the problem head on was unveiled before a meeting with the Board of Park Commissioners .

"We've got a variety of people causing trouble at Brittingham Park," says Plant. "When we talk about trouble I'm talking about everything from violent behavior all the way down to loud noise. There's drug usage there's a lot of alcohol consumption that fuels a lot of this behavior."

The proposal mainly calls for security cameras in and around the park to deter this type of behavior. Other fixes would include improved lighting at night, remodeling the park's shelter and cooperation with local liquor stores selling alcohol to known abusers. Many of these are already in the works.

"We've decided to pull 4 pack beer," says Capitol Centre Market assistant manager, Mike Bahneman. "Once they are gone we are no longer going to restock them and it's going to help keep out some of the less desirable individuals."

The plan was created by several city agencies, advocacy groups and service providers. Putting cameras in the park requires much more discussion but the future of Brittingham Park does look safer.

"I hope that by really going at this by a broad humanistic and police enforcement approach and environmental approach that we can really improve conditions in the park really for everybody, for all Madisonians," says alder Julia Kerr.