Jan 27, 2015 — The Mayor, Supervisor Weiner and Rec & Park and DPW have definitely responded to our concerns about Buena Vista Park sent out exactly a year ago in a Change.org petition. The Mayor provided $100k in his budget to prune the most hazardous trees (work begins this fall), Sup. Weiner obtained funds for a chipper to help with mulching/erosion (on order), and RPD & DPW have really improved garbage pick-up in the park as well as initiating a pilot erosion-control landscape improvement on the west side.
We now have a chance to develop the first-ever Capital Plan (i.e. physical structures, irrigation, paths, forest) for the park beginning on February 10th at the Randall Museum, 6-8 PM. The plan is essential to understanding what funds are really needed for more 'permanent' fixes to erosion, deteriorating paths, lack of sufficient irrigation, and a declining forest canopy. The process (3 meetings in total) will identify approx 3 small ($500k) projects that can launch the capital improvements until large funding sources are determined. Please attend this important meeting and provide your ideas. If you can't make the first meeting but want to be notified of the dates for the 2 additional meetings, please send notify Isabel Wade (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)