For:  River Valley BMX

from: Mike Raich



River Valley BMX

Sumner, WA



River Valley needs bmxer's to stand up and be counted in an attempt to demonstrate the interest, and need to keep the facililty open and oprerational.......  In reading the following e-mail please be aware that Riverside Park is the name of the park River Valley BMX is located in, in Sumner Washginton...   When they refer to "Kathy";  she is the Pierce County Parks Director, the head of the parks department......



This e-mail was received from Mark Crosby and is being posted in the hopes that people will stand up and be counted in this effort to keep River Valley BMX  open and operational........



Thank you......
Mike Raich, T.O.
Peninsula Indoor BMX
Port Orchard, WA


















----- Original Message -----

From: MCrosby814@...

To: mm.raich@...

Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 4:52 PM

Subject: riverside park





Could you please forward this to the bmx community thanks

we need as many people as possible there to save rivervalley











Dear Mark C



Thank you for your interest in Riverside Park and BMX track.  We appreciate your concerns and are diligently addressing the issues with Riverside including the recent flood damage.  At this time, the park will remain closed until we have worked through the permitting issues, associated costs, and the long range planning issues.



Kathy has met with the Deputy County Executive and provided him with a staff report regarding the history, option considered, and recommendation for the future of Riverside Park.  We have asked for the Deputy County Executive to try to give us some feedback by the end of this week - if possible.



We are planning a tentative Public Meeting for March 9th at 6:00 PM at the Lakewood Community Center. At the meeting we will talk with folks about the issues, cost, and the next steps. We greatly encourage you to come to this meeting and bring your questions and/or concerns for the park.



If I can be of any further help, please let me know at 253-798-4092.  Thank you again for your continued interest and welfare of Riverside Park.



Sincerely,

Kent





Kent Baskett

Superintendent of Parks and Operations

253-798-4092

253-582-7461 fax

253-381-1495 cell

kbasket@...

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