Open It Up & Make It Look Like a Park

First, I’m extremely grateful and happy to have a park brought into our neighborhood.  We live between Winchester Blvd and San Tomas Exp. And there is literally no open space here. Thank you. My concern I that the plan being submitted to you is based on the premise that sometime in the future the city…

Would You Have Changed Your Vote?

Would the Parks Commissioners changed their vote had they know certain critical pieces of information at the 9/2/20 Parks Commission meeting on the topic of Pueblo Play?

Let’s Keep the Shark Park

Honorable Mayor and Councilmembers, As a 20-year resident who came from the South Bronx NY, as a single mother to raise four children in this neighborhood of the Cadillac-Winchester, to give them a better and healthier life. I did not only had work to support my family, but I got involved in many different non-profit…

Inconsistent with the Urban Village Plan

We want flexible, usable open space for picnics, sports, gardens rather than more concrete, buildings and parking lots.

Maria, the Natural Placemaker

More than anyone else, Maria Veliz deserves credit for the building of the Sharks Playground, which led to the new park at 3257 Payne Avenue. This is an article I should have written years ago that describes her efforts. The videos at the end of the article provide glimpses of her impact. https://puebloplay.wordpress.com/2020/10/25/the-real-community-champion-maria-veliz-team/ Maria, the…

“Prominent Groups Ask for Delay”

Dear Neighbors,  On Tuesday afternoon (not before 5pm) SJ City Council has scheduled a vote to approve a Master Plan for how "Payne Park" at 3257 Payne Ave will be developed.   The City's Park, Recreation & Neighborhood Services's (PRNS) recommendation is to demolish the existing community built Sharks Playground, to develop the 1.9 ac parcel around an…

Footings Specifications Please

It looks like the concrete may not be up to specification. In this submittal to the City Council, Ken asks for the concrete footings specifications, which is referenced in the Vice Mayor's 10/23/20 memo. He also points out that the core pieces of the Playworld structure have limited 25-year warranties.

Those Are Brown M&Ms in My Candy Bowl

To: Honorable Mayor and City Council                 Date: 10/22/20 Subject: Delay the Vote - Re-Examine the Plan with Better Community Engagement, Council Agenda 10/27/20, Item 7.1, File: 20-1282 Honorable Mayor and Councilmembers, In the 1980s, the rock band Van Halen had a rider in their contracts with promoters…

Where’s the Money for Maintenance or Staffing?

Dear City Council The District 1 Leadership Group is requesting a deferral vote on the future plans of the Phase 2 park upgrade at 3257 Payne Avenue. Our letter is attached. link I am very concerned when I see large amounts of money planned or appropriated for a capital improvement project but there is no money…

D1LG Board Members – A $30M Community Center Doesn’t Make Sense in a Neighborhood Park

The D1 Leadership Group respectfully asks the Council to defer and reexamine the proposed Park Master Plan at 3257 Payne Avenue. There are many valid points made by community members as to why this plan should be deferred and reexamined and we request that you carefully consider those recommendations.  This letter will focus on one…