INC NEWS - Re: INC NEWS

[kjj1 at duke.edu]

Just to weigh in on this from where I sit: Old West Durham has lost all our 
parks and recreational spaces to street and highway projects and I'm a bit 
frustrated by tax dollars going to support park spaces in new areas while 
the city hasn't made good on promises to replace the spaces it took from us.

Kelly J.

--On Wednesday, March 09, 2005 2:23 PM +0000 Richard Mullinax 
<rcmj at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> I agree with Melvin here. What is the budget to maintain this open space
> over the next ten years at least? I know it will not be much, but I have
> not seen it in any of the dialog about this park area.
>
> It was proposed that $100,000 each is all that is being asked of the City
> and of the County. What if it goes higher than projected?
>
> I would hope that the land being offered to sweeten this deal will be
> open space even if the whole tract does not go through. I am very
> supportive of this group buying the land to protect the areas around
> their homes. There is money available for this type project without
> burdening our local tax collections. I wholly support asking for more
> time for these neighbors to get the resources to buy this land. I also
> would like to see Duke step up here and offer this to the communities.
>
> PACII did not have this in its budget requests for this year. In no way
> does this group have our support at this time to use City funds. I do not
> remember one PAC group supported this item.
>
> Duke Park is just now seeing the results of the commitment that was made
> to upgrade it years ago. There are other parks in other neighborhoods,
> like Old North Durham Park that have not seen the money being spent yet.
> Take care of what we have first. Chris Boyer does not have current
> funding to just maintain the trees in our parks. They have been on
> deferred maintenance for years and are now starting to drop limbs on
> power lines and adjoining property. This will cost the City more than
> preventive maintenance.
>
> We have two lakes in this area with very few homes on their shores. We
> are blessed with open spaces unlike many other places. I think our
> governments have done all they should to ensure this. If individuals want
> more they are welcome to provide it themselves.
>
> Richard
>
> --
> Richard Mullinax
> 921 N Mangum St
> 680-3883
> Housing Chair, Old North Durham PAC II co-chair
>
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