Meeting with City of Alexandria Parks Department on Fort Ward Park. February 26, 2008

Meeting with City of Alexandria Parks Department

Meeting on Feb. 26, 2008 with Roger Blakeley, Steve Tompkins, John Walsh, Dennis Carroll, Tom Fulton, Jeanne O’Leary, Elizabeth Sullivan and Glenn Eugster
Note:  Roger will send a note to confirm what he agreed to do.  A summary of the follow up actions include:
1.         Clean up fence line
2.         Clean up maintenance yard
3.         Close maintenance yard to the public
4.         Look into a modified schedule for garbage pickup
5.         Cover the large trash container
6.         Re-grade the maintenance yard to change the flow of water from the site away from residential properties
7.         Look at local and Commonwealth laws, ordinances and guidelines for solid waste storage and disposal.
8.         Look at other possible locations for the dumpsters
9.  Enforce park permits and limits on park use
Roger said they will not close the main gate to Ft. Ward Park.  They believe that the Police need to do their job and that criminals will get into the park whether the gate is closed or not.  (Note: Last weekend the City removed the existing gate at the main entrance to the park.)