Stop the Skateboard Bowl
in Glen Park!
** New Update and Actions to Take **
Stop the Skateboard Bowl
in Glen Park!
** New Update and Actions to Take **
Stop the Skateboard Bowl
in Glen Park !
LAST SPRING:
*** This past Spring we stopped a motion to build a skateboard park in Glen Park.
GREAT! We Stopped It... TOGETHER!
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The City Council then set up a committee to evaluate Skatebowl sites throughout the city
... with Glen Park still very much liked by the skateboard park promoters.
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NOW:
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The Skateboard Committee's FIRST Meeting
Tues. Sept. 1 5:30
City Hall-Poinsettia Room
**** We won't have to be there long...! ****
Public comments are at the Start of the meeting
Your attendance matters!
We want the committee's eyes to bulge out at our numbers!
You can speak or simply be there with people who stand for Glen Park!
Our numbers, together, will make a real difference!
We have to put a stop to this... AND WE CAN ! ! !
** If you'd like to Speak: (Remember, just attending is a big statement to the committee)
- Keep it simple... Make it 1-2 minutes max and make it personal... how often you come, what brings you there, how peaceful it is, etc.
- Even just saying your name, how often to come to the park, and that you and your friends Don't Want a Skateboard Feature in our beautiful old park! That's it!
- Fill out a Speakers Slip upon arrival
- There are some topics listed below...
** If You Can't Make it Tuesday at 5:30: (even if you can...)
Please do 3 easy things:
1. Let 3 neighbors or locals know about Tuesday night at 5:30 and why it matters.
2. CALL and leave a message for 2 City Council members who will lead the meeting;:
Marco San Antonio: 760-633-2623
Luke Shaffer: 760-633-2622
3. Email (can copy paste one email) to:
(Email can be short and sweet. Say something personal, from your experience, your needs. Ask them to support you and your neighbors, to help you. Tell them Glen Park is simply NOT the Place)
Parks & Rec Manager: dnorgard@encinitasca.gov
Marco San Antonio: msanantonio@encinitasca.gov
Luke Shaffer: lshaffer@encinitasca.gov
Spread the Word...
Share this site with friends who have enjoyed Glen Park with you!
Get on the mailing list:
For email updates, to invite people: send a message to
protectglenpark@gmail.com
Guide for People who Speak:
1. Just standing up with your voice is the biggest thing. It can be simple and brief
- even two or three sentences. Being there is the biggest statement.
2. Make it personal. How often you're there... what you do there... how skateboards will distrupt all of that.
3. How strongly you feel about our 100 year old park.
4. What do you want the Committee to pay attention to? There is little need in Cardiff for ANOTHER skateboard bowl. Please provide for areas in the city that truly need one. Etc.
Glen Park might be pretty, peaceful, west of Freeway 5, but that's not the reason to put it here!
5. Ask them to help protect everyone's experience of this great old park and put skatebowls in neighborhoods that need them.
Misc. Topics to draw from...
Personal:
-How often you come.
-The things you do in Glen Park.
-What qualities do you like about the park?
The Committee Goals:
-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's actual needs.
Noise and Intensity:
-Will skateboard sounds and action impact your use of the park?
-Glen Park is a big amphitheater and sounds travels far, 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 Committee for help... to truly evaluate locations based on real need, on avoiding heavy impact on small spaces. ***To serve the needs of the city, the people who live here and not just serving a contingent of enthusiasts who want more presence in cool places.
Last Spring we all saw that
our community voice,TOGETHER,
is Strong and can have a Big Effect.
Protect Glen Park