So sorry, another thought, The over day there was a discussion here about letting vagrants recycle the rubbish. So they are good for that but cannot rest your parks???
Come on. On 13 October 2011 10:56, Helen Swart <[email protected]> wrote: > 1) The park is managed by the OCA, The deposit on the keys is R50.00 > refundable on return. The money stays in the park funds, You must apply for > the key by filling out a form eith your details and pay the deposit to > receive a key. > > 2) The park is owned by council and the OCA has an agreement with them to > keep the park as safe as possible for our toddlers, Previously we used to > pick up injection needles discarded by drug addicts ( Im sure nobody wants > their little ones to pick up these needles and stand a chance to get pricked > by them) and broken booze bottles left by the drunken vagtrants and night > club goers, this created a problem as far as the little ones are concerned. > > Helen > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Giada Thiago" <[email protected]> > To: "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 1:39 PM > Subject: [obsnw] parks & keys > > > in response to the below post from someone: >> >> As for the kiddies park, gate is to be locked at all times, non key >> holders are not permitted to enter, all mess must be cleaned up. >> Helen >> >> >> a few questions - why do we have to pay for keys if we already >> contribute to the Cids? why do keys cost R30 when i can get one cut >> down the road for R10? who sets the price and where does the 'profit' >> go? what are the criteria for being permitted to purchase a key? >> >> also... as a 'non key holding' resident of observatory i'm shocked >> that i am 'not premitted to enter' the parks. who owns the parks? i >> completely agree that they should (in line with city policy) be locked >> at night, the Green point park, for instance, is locked from 7 in the >> evening, but surely the parks should be readily and FREELY accessible >> to everyone who wants to use them during the day. >> >> If VetusSchola are successfully implementing their brief to clear obs >> of non-conformists then surely this restrictive approach is not >> entirely necessary? parks in rondebosch/pinelands/claremont are not >> locked during the day. >> >> i do btw have a small child who i take to parks in the city centre and >> elsewhere and we don't have a problem with sharing the space with our >> fellow capetonians... >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to obsnw+unsubscribe@** >> googlegroups.com <obsnw%[email protected]>. >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >> group/obsnw?hl=en <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en>. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to obsnw+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <obsnw%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/obsnw?hl=en <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en>. > > -- Melanie Hoffman Tel: +27-722161416 (Mobile) Tel: +27 21-6857701 (Landline) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en.
