Debris at Chinquapin Park

From: "glenn eugster"
To: "Mark Jinks"
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 2:46:28 PM
Subject: Debris at Chinquapin Park


Dear Mr. Jinks,



I hope this note finds you well.



Nearly two years ago I contacted the managers in the Recreation Department and the Executive Director of the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust about the piles of debris in Chinquapin Park. I received a number of notes from City and Trust staff indicating that it would be removed, or left there as an interpretive display to illustrate the maintenance work of volunteers. Volunteers, lead by the Trust under a contract with the City of Alexandria, were helping the City remove invasive plants from this part of the park.



Today I took a walk in the park near the trail-head and noticed that the debris pile has not been moved but has grown in size. I also noticed that there wasn't any interpretive exhibit helping the public understand the City's management practices.



Can you help me please? It seems to me that we need to give higher priority to maintaining our existing parks. When our parkland is used for dumping debris by the City it makes it seem as if the land has been abandoned.



Attached are photos from today. If you would like to see the earlier correspondence and photos I sent in 2009 please let me know.



Thank you.



Sincerely,



Glenn



J. Glenn Eugster