Stop the Skateboard Bowl
in Glen Park!
** Council Meeting: Wednesday, May 13th! **
Stop the Skateboard Bowl
in Glen Park!
** Council Meeting: Wednesday, May 13th! **
Stop the Skateboard Bowl
in Glen Park !
*** Last month we stopped a motion to design a skateboard bowl in Glen Park. GREAT!
NOW ->
The City Council is setting up a committee to evaluate Skatebowl sites throughout the city.
This coming Wednesday they vote on:
1. What the committee will actually do
2. HOW they will judge the sites, the criteria.
-> ** The draft plan says nothing about neighborhood needs or approval!
3. The KINDS of Committee Public Members they want.
-> ** The draft plan says members need to have skateboarding experience
*** AND ->
*** 3 City Councilmen have said they like Glen Park for skateboards.
We Need To Speak Up Once Again,
Just Like We did Last Time!
**** With Quick, Easy Actions... That Work! ****
#1. Sign quick Petition/Survey.
#2. Send an Email to City and to Councilmembers - Just click addresses below
#3. Call City Council to leave a short message - Numbers are below
#4. Attend the Council Meeting on Wednesday, May 13 at 6:00 - Info is below
Topics
Personal:
-How often you come.
-The things you do in Glen Park.
-What qualities do you like about the park?
The Committee: Members and Goals
-The Committee also needs to represent the neighborhoods or districts.
-Find locations that have a youth population. Cardiff youth #'s are low and getting lower
-Make neighborhood buy-in one of the goals.
-The goal isn’t to find a cool looking place for skateboard features. It’s to serve the city actual needs.
Noise and Intensity:
-Will skateboard sounds and action impact your use of the park?
-Glen Park is a big bowl and sounds travels loudly.
-If you avoided the park while the loud homeless person was there, because of the noise.
-The high, sharp, whacking sound of skateboards is particularly disturbing.
-Skateboard percussive sounds carry further than the lower, softer sounds of inflated balls for basketball and volleyball.
Live nearby?
-Do you hear people and sounds from the park at your home?
-Hear Park sounds in your patio or even inside your living room… or even bedroom?
Parking and road safety:
-Parking is a very common problem surrounding the park.
-Streets get packed. The lot fills up.
-Streets are very narrow and curved. Dangerous for pedestrians, dogs, and driving.
*Let's be Thankful:
-You can ask this city council for help... as it is known for speaking up for existing neighborhoods... to help protect our experience of this great old park.
#2: Emails
*Emails can be short and sweet. Say something personal, from your experience, your needs. Ask them to support you and your neighbors, to help you.
*Send to: City Clerk - So it gets in the record; and to Each Councilperson, with links below.
1. *The City Clerk: cityclerk@encinitasca.gov
* It’s recorded as part of the record, for the meeting!
2. Mayor Bruce Ehlers: behlers@encinitasca.gov
3. Joy Lyndes: jlyndes@encinitasca.gov
4. Marco San Antonio: msanantonio@encinitasca.gov
5. Jim O'Hara: johara@encinitasca.gov
6. Luke Shaffer: lshaffer@encinitasca.gov
#3: Call City Council to leave a short message
*You just call and leave a short message. It's like submitting a vote to them, letting them know another person needs their help on this.
Mayor Bruce Ehlers:
760-633-2624
Joy Lyndes:
760-633-2621
Marco San Antonio:
760-633-2623
Jim O'Hara:
760-633-2620
Luke Shaffer:
760-633-2622
#4. Attend the Council Meeting
-> Wednesday, May 13 at 6:00
-> Item 10D
-> Come to speak or watch & support speakers, to show that Cardiff is present!
What you say can be simple and brief. You can be personal….
***What do you want the Committee to pay attention to?
Just standing up with your voice is the biggest thing. It can be brief.
--> Fill out a Pink Speakers Slip upon arrival <--
Last month we all saw that
our community voice,TOGETHER,
is Strong and can have a Big Effect.
Protect Glen Park