Hey, Wed off-road riders...who are also GCC members,
Wed 12 Mar as
you guys passed along the berm on the west side of our Anglewood
neighborhood, you encountered a wall of cut saplings and crummy chain link
fence, just before you made it to Clear Lake Drive (CLD).
I want you
to know that local neighbors have nothing to do with that...here is what I
do know...
--the previous "owner" has returned to that property that
fronts CLD. A house burned at this site more than 10 years ago. This
owner wants to build a new house there. He is fencing off berm access
that he claims is part of his property to stop public access for liability
reasons.
--the berm & retaining wall he is blocking was built by
the City of Gainesville just about 10 years ago. The city maintains
the berm, mowing it, doing flood control, etc. This was well reported
at the time...but after the house burned and the CoG built up the berm
after purchasing the
land, they released the flat parcel for private ownership. As far as
I can tell at this point, CoG still owns the berm property. Unless
the CoG made an unusual deal with the owner to stop public access on the
berm, I hope this situation is resolved soon.
--I have requested
that CoG Public Works come out and see what is going on...you are not the
only ones who use this greenway...it is used by this entire
neighborhood...walkers, joggers, bird watchers, etc. Hopefully, they
will be on site soon and this problem will be resolved.
--Wed nite
you all did a good job of restoring public access. But, beware, this
afternoon, I could hear pounding...it seems the "owner" returned and put up
multiple new poles and chain link. He also put back some of the
vegetative wall. There may also be chain link on the very north end of the
berm where it ends at CLD.
Keep checking
that location for access to be restored.
Good riding...Bob
Howland
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