Comments on: Mountain Lion Sighting http://www.glenoakscanyon.org/2009/02/mountain-lion-sighting/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:11:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: John A Diaz http://www.glenoakscanyon.org/2009/02/mountain-lion-sighting/comment-page-1/#comment-86 John A Diaz Sat, 02 May 2009 06:15:09 +0000 http://www.glenoakscanyon.org/?p=211#comment-86 I personaly hope that your experiences, if any, with the Glendale Park Rangers have been great ones. But unfortunately, the service our Rangers provided may be at an end. We recently were informed that the City's Parks, Recreation, and Community service director George Chapjian has submitted a proposal to the City council to have the Park Ranger program disbanded as of July 1, 2009. Having the program disbanded would directly impact public safety. As you are aware personally, our department is responsible for the parks, fire roads, and open space areas around your homes and attempt to provide an immediate response when called. In the future, the Police Department will have to respond to any calls for service in parks, fire roads, and open space. The Police Departments command staff has already been quoted as saying that they do not have the staffing and man power to provide the type of service as the Park Rangers. Unfortunately, any calls normally handled by Park Rangers will be subject to prioritization by the Police Department, and response times can be extended dramatically. This new delay can impact public safety directly! We at the Glendale Park Rangers Association ask for your support in stopping the City from disbanding the Park Ranger program. Please take a moment to email the City of Glendale Mayor and Council members to express your disapproval of this proposal. Mayor Frank Quintero FQuintero@ci.glendale.ca.us Council member Ara Najarian ANajarian@ci.glendale.ca.us Council member John Drayman J Drayman@ci.glendale.ca.us Council member Dave Weaver DWeaver@ci.glendale.ca.us Council member Laura Friedman LFriedman@ci.glendale.ca.us Thank you for your support, John A. Diaz GPRA President (626) 500-9252 I personaly hope that your experiences, if any, with the Glendale Park Rangers have been great ones. But unfortunately, the service our Rangers provided may be at an end.

We recently were informed that the City’s Parks, Recreation, and Community service director George Chapjian has submitted a proposal to the City council to have the Park Ranger program disbanded as of July 1, 2009.

Having the program disbanded would directly impact public safety. As you are aware personally, our department is responsible for the parks, fire roads, and open space areas around your homes and attempt to provide an immediate response when called.

In the future, the Police Department will have to respond to any calls for service in parks, fire roads, and open space. The Police Departments command staff has already been quoted as saying that they do not have the staffing and man power to provide the type of service as the Park Rangers. Unfortunately, any calls normally handled by Park Rangers will be subject to prioritization by the Police Department, and response times can be extended dramatically. This new delay can impact public safety directly!

We at the Glendale Park Rangers Association ask for your support in stopping the City from disbanding the Park Ranger program.

Please take a moment to email the City of Glendale Mayor and Council members to express your disapproval of this proposal.

Mayor Frank Quintero FQuintero@ci.glendale.ca.us
Council member Ara Najarian ANajarian@ci.glendale.ca.us
Council member John Drayman J Drayman@ci.glendale.ca.us
Council member Dave Weaver DWeaver@ci.glendale.ca.us
Council member Laura Friedman LFriedman@ci.glendale.ca.us
Thank you for your support,
John A. Diaz
GPRA President
(626) 500-9252

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