[RP TownTalk] keeping our parks lovely, was: street sweeping,

[bruce.wernek at mindspring.com]

Sarah

I agree with you.  We should educate these trash throwing people by issuing stiff fines for doing so.

Bruce

-----Original Message-----
>From: Sarah Wayland <sarah.wayland at gmail.com>
>Sent: Sep 5, 2009 11:23 AM
>To: TownTalk <towntalk at riverdale-park.org>
>Subject: [RP TownTalk] keeping our parks lovely, was: street sweeping,
>
>> Not to mention the ear
>> splitting music.  I can hear it at my house and I wonder how the people who
>> live on the border of the park stand it.  I thought there were bands playing
>> down there, but it seems like the people just line up their cars and blast
>> their stereos.  Maybe the park police don't work on weekends?
>
>No, they do, and our police are in communication with them. Whenever I
>hear that music (and I can sometimes hear it from my house next to the
>RR tracks!) I call our police department at 301-927-4343 and tell them
>about it. It's my understanding that they call the park police who
>then come over and deal with the issue. It clearly violates any
>reasonable noise ordinance.
>
>Our police need us to help be their eyes and ears because they can't
>be everywhere. If you tell them what you see, they can do something
>about it.
>
> A truck playing music in a park that is 4 blocks from my house is
>just insanity (this is the park that's north of E-W highway, and west
>of the NW branch of the Anacostia River.)
>
>> Maybe our
>> town needs to form some type of relationship with P&P to keep the area
>> clean?  Is there anyone at the town office who could look into this and
>> guide us to a solution?
>
>I know that when I ride my scooter through the park on Monday
>mornings, there are usually a host of MNCPPC (Maryland National
>Capital Parks and Planning Commission) employees cleaning up the mess.
>
>And you are right, the mess is UNBELIEVABLE. I think we should start
>by educating people who are playing in the park about littering.
>
>Perhaps "No Littering" signs, MORE trashcans, and enforcement are all
>important components of returning our parks to a state that I want to
>go to them with my kids. (Currently I don't because it's just too
>loud, and too messy.)
>
>I know that it would have to be MNCPPC that implements these changes,
>so our town would have to figure out how to coordinate with them. It's
>been my impression that in the past they have been willing to work
>with us to address other issues in our parks (e.g., the fields off
>Tanglewood Drive, and Oglethorpe, on the west side of the NW branch of
>the Anacostia.)
>
>-Sarah
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