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Don't worry,
there's no money to ruin White Rock Lake Park.
2/18/9
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| James
Northrup |
Councilman Sheffie
Kadane convened a Task Force to study lighting in White Rock Lake Park.
The Lighting Task Force held its fourth and final meeting on February 12th.
Below is an example of the indifference we are experiencing from City Hall
and our council representative, in particular:
-----Original
Message-----
From: Whelan, Lana
To: Kadane, Sheffield
Sent: Wed Feb 18 08:21:39 2009
Subject:
I?ve lived in
Lakewood since 1950.
Putting lights on West Lawther Drive will destroy our beautiful
lake, not only at night, but during the day when one can see
those ugly standards spaced every few feet. I?m shocked that the
City of Dallas has so much extra money that they can frivolously
spend that kind of money. However, I am glad to hear that there
are no other projects in the city of Dallas that need funding.
No need to put the downtown hotel on the referendum in May.
There?s tons of money to be wasted in
Dallas!!
From: Kadane, Sheffield
Sent: Wednesday,
February 18, 2009 9:54 AM
To: Whelan, Lana
Cc: Nosworthy, Caroline
Subject: Re:
Thank you for your email and comments. I need to let you know we
do not have funds for trail lighting. The funds for the
parking lots
came from the 2006 bonds. Thank you again.
Sheffie Kadane
214 670 4069 |
The consultants to the Parks Department presented the plan that they want to
take to the Park Board.
The majority of the Task Force disapproved of the main feature of the plan -
600 new light poles around the lake, plus an
additional 300 light poles in the parking lots around the lake.
This massive lighting would effectively ruin the
night time ambience of the lake. This appears
to be an attempt to sell the City hundreds of lights that the park
does not need.
Without any requests from the Task Force, the consultants proposed to put
pole lights on all 10 miles of trail around the lake.
Voting against 600 light poles on 10 miles of
trails were the following:
White Rock Neighborhood Association
Peninsula Neighborhood Association
For the Love of the Lake
Corinthian Sailing Club
White Rock Boat House
Greater Dallas Bicycle Club
No stake-holder association present at the meeting voted in favor of the
proposal.
The Task Force recommended the new light poles on West Lawther be
removed and no new poles added to the shoreline.
The plan is scheduled to be presented to the Park Board on March 5th.
We encourage you to contact Park Board Member Darren Boruff
(dboruff@reddyice.com)
and Councilman Sheffield Kadane
(sheffield.kadane@dallascityhall.com).
Ask them to remove the West Lawther lights and
install no more lights on West Lawther. We want no
new light poles on the nature trail, no new light poles along the
shoreline.
For more details, see http://www.ladycdesign.com/WRL.
Keep White Rock natural.
James Northrup
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