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Reporter

(Invité)

ID du Problème:

1019011

Submitted To:

Macon-Bibb County

Catégorie:

BEAUTIFICATION: Safety Issue

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4093 fois

Quartier:

Macon

A signalé:

le

Description

Even though our recreation rental contract forbids most of the practices in this picture, no violator suffers any consequence because there's no safety deposit required. Here's a best of list of problems:

1. Almost all cars entering the park illegally drive to the pavilion, the area near the playground with the most children. The more beautiful the park becomes, the more families use it, and the more chance that a child or a park-goer will be hit. In this case, Kacy Keene (in red) was there with her child, and according to her, the child was nearly hit by motorcycles.

2. Though the contract clearly states that renters only rent the space within the perimeter of the pavilion itself, this party has simply set up a grill and seating right on the public walking path, effectively preventing free passage.

3. When people bring a bounce house into the park, they go far beyond the pavilion into the field, effectively closing off an entire section of the park far beyond the pavilion--a violation of the contract's perimeter rule. Since the contract welcomes bounce houses, it essentially welcomes a violation of the contract's own rules. Since renters bring bounce houses in on trucks, and since the contract allows bounce houses, the city's contract invites a violation of its own rule: Vehicles in the park violation: “No vehicles of any kind are allowed on the grass or within a park’s perimeter. Vehicles MUST be parked in designated parking areas.”

4. Vehicles driving into the park damage the park grounds. The turf where cars regularly drive has been stripped bare of grass, leaving large, unsightly dirt patches, making the pavilion area look like a raggedy provisional parking lot.

5. This party, like many, has set up a large grill right next to the sidewalk. These large grills are almost always carried in by truck, violating the no cars in the park contract rule. In this case, they wedged their trailer between five maples next to the pavilion. The trees have had their bark damaged already by vehicles operating in this area.

6. The contract states that there should be no decorations taped to the facility, since it harms the paint. But there is no enforcement of this—or any—contract stipulation. Today, tape and nails cover the pavilion's new paint job.

7. This party brought five cars in and out of the park, repeatedly violating the no driving in the park stipulation of the contract. Law enforcement asked them to take the cars out of the park after a few hours, but when the police left, the party brought two more cars in the park.

The recreation contract does not work because it carries no consequences.


16 Commentaires

  • Mercer (Membre officiel vérifié)

  • David A. Davis (Utilisateur inscrit)

  • C Merricks (Utilisateur inscrit)

  • lw (Utilisateur inscrit)

  • Diane Mead (Invité)

  • Ron Lemon (Invité)

  • Chuck Boulware (Invité)

  • Chuck Boulware (Invité)

  • Ellen Byron (Invité)

  • Mercer (Membre officiel vérifié)

  • Reconnu Mercer (Membre officiel vérifié)

  • Craig (Utilisateur inscrit)

  • Dr. Barbara Walker (Utilisateur inscrit)

  • Janet Stroud (Invité)

  • Janet Stroud (Invité)

  • Clos Denise Knighton (Utilisateur inscrit)

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