What’s Your Opinion?
While the whole city of Jamestown is under a water restriction, and letting thier laws turn brown and crunchy, should the parks and Jamestown College be allowed to dump around 10,000 gallons a day on their various baseball, soccer, and football fields?
I went to the City Council meeting at 8:00am, this morning, but did not stay long enough to see the outcome. I know, for sure that our water usage will continue to be restricted, but I don’t know if City Council made exceptions for the Park Board and Jamestown College.
UPDATE:
The council also voted 4-1 to allow Jamestown College and Jamestown
Parks and Recreation to water athletic fields up to five hours a day at
a time convenient to the two entities. Councilman John Grabinger voted
against the amendment, which was added to the motion banning all
outdoor watering with the exemptions mentioned above. Jamestown College
will use between 2,200 and 2,700 gallons of water a day. The Parks and
Recreation Department will use 4,600 gallons per day.Councilman
Dwaine Heinrich asked City Engineer Leslie Horgan if the two entities
using up to 8,500 gallons a day would cause any significant problems
for the water plant. Horgan said it wouldn’t.
Let us know what you think, and why. We’ll know soon enough, what they decided.
Water restrictions should be a blanket. No matter who you are what your excuse. Unless it’s for health/human safety STOP EXCESSIVE water use
I agree fully with the No excuse rule. There should be no exclusions made for Jamestown College or anyone else for that matter using Jamestown water.
Now that the restrictions no longer apply to Jamestown College and Jamestown Parks and Recreation, maybe we should all meet at the athletic fields with a bunch of 5 gallon buckets. Fair is fair?
Everyone using the City Water supply should be held to the same rules and regulations of the water ban. Adding exceptions will only make the un-excepted citizens mad an more apt to break the rules.
Exactly! I told my wife about the restrictions and who is still allowed to water, and her first reaction was “anger”. She then suggested that we break the rules (which we didn’t).
I think that we need to recognize that Councilman John Grabinger stuck to his guns on this one, and was out-voted. The citizens wanted some change in city government and that’s exactly what they’re getting (though it’s from unexpected places).
I, personally, appreciate that John Grabinger stuck by his decision, but this is the first time in a long time that I’ve seen Heinrich and Grabinger vote differently.
Water is precious. It sustains life. We take it for granted that it will always be available, from one source or another.
Test yourself. Go completely without drinking water from any source, for 3-5 days. You will then gain a new perspective on the importance of how it should be used.