Dear Mr. Thoman;
Library Park is truly a beautiful park and lovely setting; however, it doesn't
seem to the serve the community as a whole since it is all too often occupied
by those who vandalize that which you have worked so hard to improve. It
actually might be best for the preservation of its partial beauty to host the
canine community and its owners in the lovely oasis so that just through their
abundant presence more citizens will take notice and will enjoy the park; as
well, mischievous conduct will be deterred.
I personally thought the Grand Ave religious organizations & fine Churches
would get more involved with Library Park; however, that does not seem to be
so, given that most special occasion photo ops occur on the boardwalk.
Just curious, i watched the slicing of original relief on the Young Mens
Christian building this past weekend recently purchased by johnny mac & co.,
does the historic society have an opinion or suggest control on what can be
destroyed on such a historic building? Thanks for your patience to my obvious
lack of knowledge of your efforts.
Kindly,
Reggie
On Jun 7, 2012, at 6:54 PM, Hinge wrote:
> Also, dogs aren't permitted at the beach area from May until Sept.
>
> We dog owners will do our own cleaning up, exactly the way it's done at The
> Wolf Hill dog park in Oceanport. Your organization should take a field trip
> there to see how clean and beautiful it is. It would probably change your
> mind completely.
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, cbrianwatkins@... wrote:
> >
> > You mad?
> >
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > C. Brian Watkins
> > cbrianwatkins@...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert Thoman <byline4336@...>
> > Sender: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:21:47
> > To: <AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com>
> > Reply-To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com
> > Cc: Dolly Sternesky<dsternesky@...>; Teddy Chomko<ChomkoT@...>; TROPRJ@...
> > Troppoli<TROPRJ@...>; jimhenry100@... Henry<JimHenry100@...>; Antic
> > Hay<sales@...>; cmorrissette@... Morrissette<cmorrissette@...>;
> > davidsobotka@... Sobotka<davidsobotka@...>
> > Subject: [AsburyPark] Dog Park
> >
> > As a member of the Asbury Park Historical Society, I among the majority of
> > others on the Board of Directors, listened to Rachel Hirchfeld's
> > presentation to the Board a few months ago touting the virtues of having a
> > dog park located in a section of Library Park. Having spent in excess of
> > $60,000 dollars to bring the park back to its former glory which included
> > restoration of the fountain, putting in a sprinkling system to water the
> > many hedges and plants and trees we planted, we informed Ms Hirchfeld that
> > as a group we were not in favor of setting aside a portion of the park for
> > the dogs of Asbury since there already is a portion of the beach set aside
> > for the dog's "socialization" as she called it. The park historically was
> > intended for the use of the people of Asbury, not for its canine
> > population. We are vehemently opposed to turning this historical property
> > over to those who view it as a dumping grounds for the use of dog-owners
> > and their pets who, perhaps, are too lazy to walk their pets to the beach
> > area! We wanted to know who would be responsible for cleaning up the
> > dog-droppings, maintaining the set-aside area, paying for the installation
> > of fences around the designated area, etc. Ms. Hirchfeld said that would be
> > determined as plans for the dog area progressed and invited us to appoint
> > members of the historical society to the planning board. Teddy Chomko and I
> > volunteered to serve on that committee, but as of today, we have not heard
> > a word from the committee. Now, it seems, the plans for the dog part have
> > have been approved by the council to try it out. Thanks again, Asbury Park
> > City Council, for including the Historical Society in the decision making
> > process!! Even though we were instrumental in bringing the park back from
> > oblivion, you have chosen to ignore our work and our wishes!
> >
> > Sincerely, Robert Thoman, member of the Executive Board, Asbury Park
> > Historical Society
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
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