The parks department is having a public meeting at the Yauger Skate Park this Friday at 4PM with the intention of opening talks about bikes and how they can meet the needs of riders.
The format is the carrot and the stick.
The carrot being Parks want to talk to you about building some sort of bike park. They want to get input as to what type of park will fill the needs the best. Skaters will be present also. I'm hoping we can avoid bikes vs. skate argument and make the point that the best solution is a larger properly designed park that offers opportunities for both bike and skate of all types with dirt area.
The Stick being Parks will now begin to enforce the $75 tickets for riding in the skate park. The reason this meeting has come up so suddenly is a flood of calls to parks and 911 from skaters every time a bike shows up on a busy day at the park.
Come out and voice what you want in parks for bikes, no mater what you ride.
If you can not make the meeting email Mr. Rogers below and voice your concerns and most importantly ideals for solving the bike vs board as well as graffiti at the park.
Terry V. Rodgers, Associate Director
Olympia Parks, Arts & Recreation Department
trodgers@ci.olympia.wa.us
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