As a 68 year resident of Beverly Hills, 48 of them next to Roxbury Park on Spalding Drive, I am horrified at the city’s persistent plans to destroy the park. I have been to five meetings, attended by the consultant, at each of which he produced basically the same plan--to destroy the natural park of trees, grass and plants where people can read or sunbathe, or just sit, and stuff in all the programmed athletic activities the residents turned down in the planned athletic facility in the industrial zone.
This is the only park left in Beverly Hills and was designated a Memorial Park, not a Municipal Athletic facility with all space designated to an organized use. We do not need a two-story, 365-car garage spewing out families into the totally residential area. Every resident who spoke at the meetings wanted the natural park preserved and measures taken to repair and renovate what needed repair and renovation-- such as the leaking roofs of the buildings, the floor of the auditorium, and the repulsive bathrooms and electric wiring of the community center.
The building is fine if it is fixed up and maintained. We do not need a new multistory building. All the surrounding residents agree there should be a plan put forward to fulfill these purposes instead of the boondoggle so far presented. The consultant says that he has been forbidden by the Council to do this. Seeing as they are supposed to serve us, and we don’t want this $50 million desecration, I suggest that they reconsider.
Peggy Kaus
Beverly Hills
