LINWOOD PARK - NORTH PROPERTY LINE
Noxious
Weed and Maintenance Problem.
TYPES of Weeds
Growing and Spreading:
CLASS A Noxious
Weeds:
Common Cordgrass
/ Spartina Anglica
Spurge Flax / Thymelaea
Passerina
Bighead Knapweed
/ Centaurea Macrocephala
CLASS C Noxious
Weed:
Canadian Thistle
/ Cirsium Arvense
Since 2001 we have had a chronic problem with the south property line of our property
due to the lack of maintenance from the north property line of Linwood Park.
Prior when there were
15 green spruce trees that were 60 feet tall there was no
"up-keep" from the county
and we spent thousands of dollars cleaning up the situation
in 2001 until the very
trees we warned the Spokane County Park officials about
on May 21, 2008 broke
and crashed in May of 2010 during a wind storm.
Nine [9] Years of funding
this tree line's clean up and maintenance.
Don Secor was formally
contacted in May of 2008 about the tree line
and it's hazards.
He responded three months later in August of 2008.
He specifically stated
that "his professionals in the field and foresty industry
and included based on
"expert"
advice that these trees pose no significant concern."
May 3rd, 2010 one of the
very trees that created our initial concern broke.
[16 months later from
our formal alert to the situation]
Spokane County then removed
the ALL of the trees, leaving a "no man's land" area
that still has no regular
maintenance and still polutes the property north.
Since 2011 a noxious weed
problem has developed and now is worse.
These noxious weeds were
never growing on our property and now they
have spread to our lawn
and dirt areas. We have had to use extended methods
to kill off these noxious
weeds that are only found on our South sections next to the
contaminated part of
the park. However it is chronic due to the lack
of maintenance on the
park's side of the fence.
We always make certain
that this "no mans" land that is a fire hazard
is cropped short for
the 4th of July week.
Weeds two feet high on fence line.
This has always been the most un-maintained portion of Linwood Park.
This is still a potential FIRE HAZARD.
Week after week on Monday's of every month the Spokane County Park maintenance crew
is asked to do something about this section of the park. Nothing is ever done.
I have specifically stopped the lawn tractor operators and inquired and contacted
the Spokane County Park Department numerous times on the phone, fax and mail.
Basically the current
maintenence at this end of the park consists of briefly driving the
mower through in a random
fashion, sometimes the driver uses a weedwacker
around the new trees
planted in this section.
As of today: July 20th,
2015 the Canadian Thistle and other noxious weeds
are not even cropped
short by the Park Crew, just left to grow taller to seed and spread.
To
Date : July 27th, 2015 the Spokane County Park Maintenance Crew
will not / does not
lower the weeds / noxious
weeds on their Monday schedule when at this park with the crew.
I have asked the drivers
of the mowers and weed wackers to take care of it,
or have Don Secor or
their foreman contact me.
A noxious weed or injurious weed is a weed that has been designated by
an agricultural auhtority as one that is injurious to:
Agricultural Crops
Horticultural Crops
Natural Habitats
Ecosystems
Humans
Livestock
Most noxious weeds have been introduced into an ecosystem by:
Ignorance
Mismanagement
Accident