[Summit] Please don't get in or on the fountain

[Michael McGlynn]

I think that because the fountain wasn't in use for many years, we didn't
anticipate this use.

Nobody's fault, just human nature.

On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 11:27 AM, Elizabeth Grossman <eggbdk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> It makes me soooo sad,  after all the work that went into getting thist
>  art deco fountain going again,  to hear people talk of  removing  and
> preplacing  it…  i would rather have it go silent again than have it
> destroyed…that way there is the potential it could be revived again in
> better times  Elizabeth
>
> On May 18, 2017, at 11:02 AM, Sheila Judkins <shejudkins at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> okay so are the chemicals in the water dangerous to kids or are they
> regular pool chemicals?
>
> On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Annie Voss-Altman <ahava27 at telus.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I agree, and not just in Charleston: In Iowa City, IA, Palo Alto, CA,
>> Columbia, MO, and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, there are fountains where kids
>> strip down to their swimsuits and jump in to escape the summer heat.  If
>> this fountain currently can’t handle children, then I agree that the
>> solution should be either to fix it or to replace it with one that can.  As
>> a city, we want to attract families with young children, and making spaces
>> to welcome those children is part of that mission.
>>
>>
>> On May 17, 2017, at 20:54, Martha Fraenkel <mfraenkel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> In Charleston, SC, every city fountain I saw was posted " please do not
>> use soap in the fountain".  That is, they literally invite and expect you
>> to enjoy the water.
>>
>> Can we not do better than the endless needless controversy over this
>> fountain, which is nice but not THAT nice?   I  support replacing it with
>> one we can reliably and safely play in, which would have far more amenity
>> than what we have now: a vaguely handsome relic that is reliably broken.
>>
>> And now the kids are going to be threatened with arrest for doing what
>> kids do?
>>
>> I agree with Aaron.    Something is wrong here, and not just with the
>> fountain.
>>
>> And,  when we can't afford to fix or replace this fountain, how about a
>> pulldown shower or two, like you have at the beach?  Can we think  fun
>> instead of NO fun?
>>
>>
>> On 5/17/2017 8:32 PM, Aaron Smuts wrote:
>>
>> If it is so dangerous and poses a nearly irresistible lure to children,
>> just get rid of it.  And if it's so fragile that it needs to be protected
>> by an array of ugly signs and an ugly fence like the one around the bird
>> feeder obstruction, then it should go.  Get the dangerous eyesore out of
>> the park. . . . Then again, perhaps we could just use some milder
>> chemicals, let children play, and see what happens. If it can't stand up to
>> the weight of a few kids, it's garbage. Old, but still garbage with some
>> sort of maintenance plan that wreaks of corruption. How much was that
>> caulking again?
>>
>> On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 5:07 PM, Ethan Gyles <ethangy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> As we get a taste of summer, the Parks Department has asked SNA to relay
>>> their plea that folks *do not stand on or get in the water at the
>>> Lippitt Park fountain*. Reportedly dozens of people were in it
>>> yesterday, and ignored Parks staff who happened to be nearby and alerted
>>> them that it was unsafe. It is unsafe because the water is heavily
>>> chemically treated and the fountain is historic and may not be able to bear
>>> the weight of people without damage.
>>>
>>> The Parks Department plans to increase their signage in the area with
>>> some stern warnings for now, and will be calling the police if folks refuse
>>> to get out of the fountain going forward. They also mentioned the idea of
>>> setting up a temporary fence all the way around the fountain, which I think
>>> would be a shame because it most certainly would be a chain-link eyesore.
>>>
>>> Please, let's not misuse this public resource or tolerate others doing
>>> so.
>>>
>>>
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Thank You,
Michael McGlynn
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