How to make a multi-service center unusable
Here is a story that could use some further details: KHOU-11 has a news release posted about the city wanting to build a new multi-service center at Tidwell Park, but the state won't allow anything to be built on park land that's not related to parks and recreation:
The city would like to build another one of its multi-service centers on city park property in northeast Houston.
That's where the city wants to put a building that would house everything from meeting rooms to a neighborhood clinic, but it won't be easy.
State law generally forbids using park property for any sort of development that has nothing to do with parks and recreation.
Then it gets confusing because the story quotes Mayor White:
"If it's a public purpose that's consistent with park use, I'm for it, but I've said 'No' plenty of times to people that wanted to build things in parks that weren't park-like," said Mayor Bill White.
Well, who in the city is pushing for this if the big boss is saying no?
Then we get a nice view of government in action:
A similar multi-service center at Selena Quintanilla Park in Denver Harbor sits mostly empty because when the building was constructed, no one at the city government noticed that state law prohibits putting this sort of facility on park property.
Oh brother! How much did that (unusable) building cost city of Houston residents? When was it built? Who approved it? Doesn't the city have people on staff to "notice" these things before they are built?
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 10/13/05 06:46 AM | Print | Comments (0)
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