So the city has to shut down park bathrooms. It is
inevitable. The money needs to be cut somewhere. They will have to ADD police officers for what will take place when the bathrooms are closed. The homeless will be deficating in our alleys.
So what if we get a volunteer group that will ensure that the bathrooms are kept up and the park clean? Here is the problem with that. Apparently, only Beyer, Davis, Downey, and Tuolomne Park's restrooms will remain open 24/7. Then we get the community to take care of Enslen and Graceada parks. If other communities do not step up to keep their community park clean, then that leaves only a few parks with their restrooms clean. Now EVERY Tom, Dick, and Harry will be at our parks (the one with the open restrooms) which means more trash, more cleaning, more issues (drug deals and illegal activity) all because our community has chosen, and assured the city, that we will clean Enslen and Graceada parks.
How about the sports teams? How are you going to hold a soccer or baseball practice at Enslen Park now that the bathrooms will be closed? In case you have not noticed, Modesto does not have enough facilities for practices. It is already overcrowded. Where are these teams going to go?
so my question is, what do the maintenance workers do? I mean, the graffiti seen here on the left has been there for some time. The Enslen pillars have been tagged for awhile. I appreciate what the maintenance workers doing cleaning the park, but do they NOT report graffiti? Are they blind to it? Maybe they just wait for a pissed off resident to finally call and say, "Hey". The graffiti on the Boy Scouts Building has been there only for a few days according to one of the "residents".
