There will be gatherers all week in front of the Minnehaha county administration building at 6th & Minnesota. While morning and afternoon times may very, there will be someone there Mon-Friday • 10AM – Noon for sure.
Remember, you HAVE to be a registered voter in Minnehaha or Lincoln counties and a resident of Sioux Falls to sign the petition.
Theresa contacted Don Kearney, the Parks & Rec Director. She asked him for the following (printout below) so she had an idea where P & R is on operating costs to compare to using snow gates.
(The numbers are $Dollar amounts that reflect ANNUAL costs. Bike Trail Development means ‘NEW TRAILS’. The Greenway fountain refers to the water feature in front of the Hilton Hotel that taxpayers will be purchasing and operating at their expense for a privately owned and developed hotel – $430,000 – That’s quite a sprinkler system!)
Snow Gates petition drive organizer, Theresa Stehly wrote a great letter to the editor yesterday;
Our community leaders have supported spending tax dollars on many quality-of-life projects in the past. The cost and effectiveness often takes the back seat to what is perceived as the benefits these projects will bring to the people who want them and will use them. Providing snowgates in Sioux Falls is a service that would help everyone in our city. We feel it is a project worth the effort.
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