[NENA] follow up with Water Authority

K Cunnar HappyKris at msn.com
Tue Sep 9 19:37:08 EDT 2008 

Dear NENA Members,

I have received the following from Roy at the Water Department.

"Thanks for the note.  The best process is to call 311 to let Parks know, they do not have a swing or grave personal to observe when a sprinkler has been broke and really relay on our input.  The Water Authority uses a annual water budget to hold the Parks accountable, as well as fining them if the water runs into the street.  We hope that public turf will encourage individuals to abandon turf, except small personnel areas, but if public turf isn't being used effectively then maybe your suggestion is appropriate.

Roy Robinson, PE 
Chief Operating Officer 
Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority 
505-768-3621 "



As with the email from Mr. Grunwald. Well, all I can say is that Nor Este has only had 1 female President

since 2003 and prior to that I would have to look in the basement of the Office of the Neighborhood Association.  I'm not sure when the next Board elections are, but could somebody please tell me?  I have

observed that the same names appear on the newsletters beginning since 2003 with the same people 

on the Board, just different duties assigned.  As a female, I did believe that in 2006 was a decent year when

there was a female President of Nor Este.  As a female who studied Women's Studies in college, it would

be nice to have another female President.  Sorta like, why are there only female bank clerks, but no

are hardly any female bank presidents?  The invisible ceiling is real.  No, Mr. Grunwald, people don't suspect

anything in discussing a lush, green grass.  I did do some research on artificial fake grass used on soccer fields and discovered that the Rep. from La Cueva really did research on artificial grass as the research indicates that soccer fields are now using artificial grass.  I thank the neighbor who emailed me about also

noticing the water shooting straight up, too.  I thank TJ in getting back to me.  It is awful that Nor Este

doesn't have a newsletter.  I would think that the amount in the Nor Este would certainly be enough for a newsletter.  In life, there is freedom of information which the press uses freely.  Newsletters are subject

to audits from outside sources as with everything under the Freedom of Information Act.  Keeping members

up to date should be more important than worrying if somebody suspects something as Mr. Grunwald pointed

out.


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"Careful there with the lush green grass, people might suspect something.

 

   For city water leaks call THREE-ONE-ONE"

 

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Subject: Re: [NENA] xeroscaping the Arroyo Park

 

Dear NENA Members,

 

Every time I walk my dog at the Arroyo Park, I enjoy the lush green grass.
My own back and front yard

is xeroscaped, so my dog has a nice place to run around.  At the last
Neighborhood Association Meeting,

I asked our President for imput on my idea to get a 200 stipend offered at
the Office of the Neighborhood

Association to improve the area.  I was told that if I wanted to be the sole
person to do all the work, then

I could.  Well, each day I see the Parks and Rec people out in the Arroyo
Park what the Parks and Rec

people don't see at night is all the water waste at the Arroyo Park.  I keep
thinking that somebody is going

to report the water leak that has water shooting up like a rainbow of water
spout about 10 feet in  the air.

It has been several months and nobody has reported this disgusting waste of
water.  Our President and members of the Board work during the day and don't
have time to help with simple 200 dollar stipend projects.

Society cannot leave it up to Parks and Rec to discover the water sprinkle
system leak where the majority

of water from the leak goes into the Arroyo and not on the grass causing
more times needing to be watered.

 

It would be a shame to loose the green grass, but the water leak is causing
a terrible leak and waste of water.

I am going to be proposing that the Arroyo Park be xeroscaped with rocks and
a rock garden- no more

green grass. That would mean having to take our dogs to a Dog Park or to the
park on Academy and Eubank where there would be green grass.

 

It makes no sense to keep funding a water leak.  I perhaps am a little bit
more sensitive to water waste

as if not for water being drilled and discovered in 1993, then the area
subdivision would not be developed.

It used to be people had water tanks on their property and had to get water
from trucks delivered to their

property.

 

Nor Este just like every other Neighborhood Association needs to do their
best at water conservation.  

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