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Don't
expect much help
for Mitchell Blvd. Park.
County
says 'no' to burn. |
Graffiti
goof returns
"I'm back, I'm back,"
he taunts
June
12, 2006 -- The restrooms in Mitchell
Blvd. Park were temporarily closed last week
after they were vandalized with graffiti,
apparently by the same person who vandalized
them three
times last year, according to County
Supervisor Lynne DeBruin.
The
vandal even wrote "I'm back, I'm back,"
DeBruin said.
"He's
very proud of himself, that he's back,"
she said.
The
Sheriff's Department, which is increasing
park patrols, has vowed to step up efforts
to catch the vandal, DeBruin said.
"He's
now habitual," DeBruin said.
Anyone
with information about the vandal or the vandalism
is asked to contact the Sheriff's Department
at 278-4788.
Don't
expect much county help for Mitchell Blvd.
Park
May
15, 2006 -- Less mowing and fewer
garbage cans are the unhappy outlook for county
parks this year, and small parks like Mitchell
Blvd. Park bearing the brunt of the budget-cutting
burden, according to County Supervisor Lynne
DeBruin.
"Parks
that do not have revenue-generating activities
occurring in them are the lowest priority
-- abolute lowest," she said.
The
Parks Department is broke. It is coming off
an estimated $1.3 million 2005 deficit and
was forced to make cuts again this year to
avoid a 2006 deficit.
Parks
Director Sue Black is entering the summer
season with 50 to 70 fewer seasonal worker
positions than she had last year, DeBruin
said.
"She
has a whole list of the type of services she
will be reducing," DeBruin said.
The
good news: the county's pools will all open,
as will baseball and soccer fields.
There
will, however, be less mowing and fewer garbage
cans in park interiors -- the cans will be
concentrated more on the edges of parks, DeBruin
said.
For
those trying to enjoy the unmowed vistas,
DeBruin said, there will be "an expectation
that they're going to carry their trash further
then they used to do."
Bad lawn-mowing at Mitchell Blvd. Park left
behind huge clumps of grass, which madethe
park generally unuseable for active recreation
purposes. Sorry, kids.
The other choice...
a field of weeds in Bluff Park.
County
says 'no' to burn at Mitchell Blvd. Park
March
30, 2006 -- County risk managers
have quashed plans for burning the invasive-infested
natural areas in Mitchell Blvd. Park.
"I
just wanted to let you know that we finally
received a reply from the County's risk management,"
Parks Department Natural Areas Manager Paul
Kortebein wrote to Gerard Froh, head of the
Story Hill Neighborhood Association Parks
Committee. " The answer is no to performing
a burn at Mitchell Blvd. Park. We will, therefore
be flail mowing the site in the near future.
Thanks for your support all the same."
The
burn was originally was supposed to occur
last fall, but snow fell before it could get
done.
Flail
mowing will not destroy the invasives, which
will likely continue to spread.
Growing
in the Mitchell Park natural area...
A short walk through a small part of the west
side natural area of Mitchell Blvd Park produced
a big bag of garbage.
