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KUDOS!
I just went over the agenda (#19) for next weeks city council meeting. I just want to give the city council kudos for the arrangement that was made between the High School football team and the sod company that will place sod in 3 new parks in the new developments being built. I personally think this is a great idea and hope more arrangements like this can be made in the future! :)
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posted by
jer72
on Apr 1, 2007 at 09:27 AM
I do agree it is a great idea to get some new parks in place. My one question is who is going to take care of the parks? Have they worked with the TVRPD and arranged a contract to have them take care of them, is the city going to use current city staff or are they going to contract with a outside organization? While I was on the TVRPD board this came up a number of times but the city never approached the TVRPD for any Park and Recreation standards that most if not all park and recreation districts have. If they are leaving this up to the housing developments to proved, more than likely they will use the cheaper standards. My next question would be, is the city now trying to create a new city ran park district? If this happens then TVRPD would more than likely disappear. Why? Well right now the TVRPD is a independent organization that the county and city appoints the board members and give X amount of tax dollars to per population according to the Quimby Act. So if the city creates it's own park district, why would they need the TVRPD. This then would turn the TVRPD into a county organization and more than likely be swallowed into the greater Kern County Parks Department, which would mean less representation for the areas parks. What I have said is more or less just a theory but a possible one. posted by
rm6
on Apr 2, 2007 at 08:50 PM
It seems funny to me that all 3 new parks will be furnished with fresh sod, but the high school campus itself has had hardly any grass or landscaping since it's construction.
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