Revitalize Yik Oi Huang Peace and Friendship Park from place of loss into a place of joy!
Visitacion Valley, San Francisco, CA, USA
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I love having chickens. My children enjoy taking care of them. I almost always have extra eggs my neighbors enjoy. Thank you for taking action so more people can have access to clean fresh eggs and poultry.
Aubrey supported: Permit Property Owners to Keep Chickens Despite HOA RulesI am four people having chickens on their property as long as they go through a training and realize this is a financial and long-term commitment. These are living beings and must be cared for properly. Therefore they need daily care, a place to live where they are warm in the winter and shade provided in the summer, fresh, clean water daily, chicken feed daily, a place for them to roost at night that is protected from predators, the chicken pen and chicken house must be cleaned out on a regular basis. There must be a place provided for them to take their dry baths in dirt that will help keep them healthy. So, if people are committed to educating themselves, committed to the financial expense of caring for chickens, willing to make sure that everything that is needed is provided for these live animals, then I support this. But, humans are fickle and just like during the pandemic when everybody adopted a pet and then they decided they didn't have time for them so they gave them to shelters. That behavior from humans is not okay. So think before you make a commitment to keeping live chickens on your property.
Amber supported: Permit Property Owners to Keep Chickens Despite HOA RulesHOA’s have too much deciding powers that can negatively affect homeowners. Their ability to source their own food on their own land is one of these things. Homeowners should be able to have their own garden, chickens for eggs, etc. to help sustain themselves.
Joe supported: Permit Property Owners to Keep Chickens Despite HOA RulesI go to South Mountain at least once a week, rain or shine. For it to close during the summer blocks my easy escape from the dense urban lifestyle surrounding it. Especially as it gets hot, South Mountain is more crucial to provide a local escape from the concrete heat island that the Valley has become.
Jared supported: Keep Phoenix Trails Open for All: Stop the Restrictive ClosuresOur high school mountain bike team has been regularly practicing at South mountain for 8 years starting in July. We begin our rides at 6:30am and finish by 9am, before the temperatures exceed 95 degrees.
We are out there with a full staff of coaches and plenty of water, and we are always sure to keep the riders from over exerting.
The 8am closure would significantly impact our team training. And such an early closure time really is excessive. Please reconsider closing at a more reasonable time, maybe 10am before temperatures get too hot.
Thank you.
Eduardo supported: Keep Phoenix Trails Open for All: Stop the Restrictive ClosuresAs a local resident and avid user of the South Mountain Park trail systems, l disagree with the proposed trail closure policy. Responsibility of well being is on the individual, not the City to govern.
Diminishing the rights of persons to utilize a public facility is not proper as there are other methods that can alert, educate and monitor the trail systems.
Chuck supported: Keep Phoenix Trails Open for All: Stop the Restrictive ClosuresI mountain bike and hike on south mountain regularly. I've volunteered as bike patrol and assisted with trail maintenance. I'm one of the many people who've made a choice to move closer to the mountain for recreation. Please don't take this away from me.
james supported: Keep Phoenix Trails Open for All: Stop the Restrictive ClosuresTrail 100 is my favorite trail to run. I know my limits regarding the heat. I know my personal time constraints and when I can fit a run in. We do not need government oversight to dictate when I can be on our Arizona trails. If my mental state isn’t good at a particular time and I know that movement is what I need to get my endorphins going, I don’t need permission to get out and go for a run, walk or bike on the trails, I need to go get some miles. I am the adult, I need to dress properly, water up and protect myself. Leave it up to me. Keep government out of my decision making. Keep the trails open.
Steve supported: Keep Phoenix Trails Open for All: Stop the Restrictive ClosuresAs a 38-year-old born and raised in Arizona, I, along with many others, understand and respect the temperature extremes of the desert. As a former first responder (8 years) who often worked outside in high temperatures, I’ve been a part of rescues and seen plenty of heat related-illnesses. Sure, it’s a real risk in the Phoenix area. However, applying blanket laws and restrictions does no good and only frustrates the 99.9% of responsible trail users who come prepared.
Exercise and outdoor time has been scientifically proven to ail mental illness and increase psychological well-being. As a pilot (for over 15 years) and trained weather spotter (16 years) I pay attention to the weather in this area. We often see summer monsoon days where the morning temperatures are cooler. How does the blanket approach account for the beautiful mornings where the temps are in the 80s and trail users are excited to hit the trails for a good workout and appreciation of nature? Think summer of 2021 where we had record monsoon rains and mornings where it was not even 80 degrees F?
It is also unacceptable for the City of Phoenix to restrict the trail use times because for many people, driving much longer distances to use other trails far away from the Phx metro area is not always feasible due to high cost of gas, transportation times, etc. Keep these trails that are in fairly close proximity open to all city residents without time restrictions due to heat so that people have close and convenient access to explore nature.
Authoritarian government approaches don’t do any good, as we’ve seen the past several years with other blanket government approaches in this country. They don’t go over well. As other petition signers have mentioned, provide education to residents instead, by engaging first responders with the community. From there, if people still choose to be stupid and not come prepared for the weather extremes, it should not be the other prepared residents who get stuck paying the price.
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