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I went to a skate park in Scotts Valley where they had a rule
that if kids were seen not wearing helmets the park got shut down
for the day (a lock was put on the gate). Police patrolled the area
several times a day, like they do at Community Park.After a few
closure days, the kids started
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policing’ each other so the park would stay opened. Who would I
contact to discuss a similar ‘rule’?
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“I went to a skate park in Scotts Valley where they had a rule that if kids were seen not wearing helmets the park got shut down for the day (a lock was put on the gate). Police patrolled the area several times a day, like they do at Community Park.After a few closure days, the kids started “policing’ each other so the park would stay opened. Who would I contact to discuss a similar ‘rule’?”
Dear Self Policing, Red Phone contacted Maureen Drewniany, marketing and events supervisor for the city’s Recreation and Community Services Department. First, she thanked you for your interesting idea and said it has merit.
“The initial plans for the Morgan Hill Skate Park did include staffing it to help monitor issues like this,” she said “During the past few months, as we have been working through budget reduction strategies, we have had to reconsider the staffing of the skate park and are looking at other options. Ideas that encourage ‘self-policing’ are certainly of value, especially in a time when resources are more limited.”
Chris Ghione, the recreation manager at the Centennial Recreation Center, will have operational responsibility for the skate park when it opens, she added. The skate park is currently scheduled to open mid July. Everything will be removed from the old skate park once the new one is open.
“Chris would be happy to chat with the Red Phone caller and others in the community that have ideas to share,” she said. “Chris can be reached at (408) 782-2128 or
ch**********@mh***.com
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So good caller, looks like you may have helped solve a problem and perhaps save the city some money.
LOHS construction irks parent
“Hi, I have a student at Live Oak High School and there was a project that was started just at the start of the school year where they tore up the front where you drop kids off. So, it’s been torn up now for four months and there’s no work going on. I’m just wondering if you guys have looked at that or were aware of it. I think it’s worth considering covering because you just wonder what the heck they are doing when they start a project at the start of a school year and then do nothing.”
Dear Doing Nothing, Red Phone contacted Dan Ehrler, spokesman for the district, who said construction is ongoing.
“Remodeling of the administration office and entrance area is continuing and scheduled for completion in late spring, this year,” he said.
So good reader, hopefully it’ll be finished soon and life will return to normal, or as normal as life can get.
The ‘hump’ is revisited, again
“Again, I see you referring to the ‘hump’ as being possible in ‘most vehicles.’ What kind of vehicle do you drive? I have not been able to go over that ‘hump’ in either of my vehicles at 25 miles an hour, one being a car and the other an SUV! If you can go over that ‘hump’ at 25, let us interested folks of Morgan Hill know what day and time to be there and I would love to see you do it. Then I would recommend all residents go out and buy whatever it is that you have. Otherwise, I would suggest they consider that they made a mistake and replace it with a 25 mph hump.”
Dear Humped, Red Phone has answered the question numerous times and it is possible to travel over the hump at 25 mph. Red Phone drives a five-year-old small Toyota pickup and traverses the northbound humps every morning about 9 a.m. Feel free to come by and watch. Now, it is easier if you sidle over to one side or the other and just cross it with either the two left or two right tires. Regardless, Red Phone had to cross one the other day behind a van that came to a complete stop, and the resulting lurch was much more severe than when traveling 25 mph. Oh, by the way, I’m sure Toyota would be pleased if everyone in Morgan Hill ran out and bought a new truck. Maybe fewer layoffs at NUMMI.
