Wilma,
At the grand opening of the Clark Park "Park A Revitalization Campaign"
on Thursday, Deputy Mayor for Environmental & Community Resources Mike
DiBerardinis ticked off the key players in the partnership that enabled
the City Dept. of Parks & Recreation to pull it off. They are --
Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell
The Food Trust
Friends of Clark Park
HMS School
Penna. Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources
Penna. Horticultural Society
Phila. Water Dept.
Rep. Jim Roebuck
Sen. Tony Williams
UCD
UCGreen
USP.
150 people attended this event and witnessed it.
The facts of this long and complex process are well known to to all the
partners who have been working together. It can be confusing at times,
though, and it is not wrong to be confused! If you are confused about
any issue, your first and best source of information will be from those
organizations which were involved and are experienced, not from people
who weren't and aren't. The Park A reconstruction project was carried
out by a well-known general contractor, Donato Spaventa, which has
handled a lot of City work over the years. This company applied the
chemical, supervised by City engineers who monitor City contracts.
In a few hours, I'll put up a Facebook album of the Grand Opening. You
may find it'll help give you a clearer understanding of the players in
this big partnership.
-- Tony West
On 6/19/2011 9:41 AM, Wilma de Soto wrote:
Glenn,
The only reason I brought it up because it was getting confusing to
me. A volunteer myself I understand what that means. I'm not that
dense. However, it appeared there was a disavowal of any knowledge of
the chemical being used and all culpability was aimed at the city and
parks commission.
There were things that happened during my volunteer service I did not
exactly like, but I had to take the heat because I was part of the
organization; nature of the beast and all that. And so it goes.
From: Glenn moyer <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:22:51 -0400
To: Alex de Soto <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
Cc: Richard Conrad <[email protected]
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Subject: Re: [UC] RoundUp burning is visible
From the UCD Quest, Summer 2010
"UCD and the Clark Park Partnership, a consortium that OVERSEES park
maintenance, events, POLICIES and capital projects..."
Wilma,
While Mr. West continually points to the Parks Dept., it seems that
UCD claims that it is in charge of Clark Park in this publication.
