Ice Skating Prohibition Will Come to Vote in Bloomingdale This Week
Council could formally ban skating, sledding and walking on icy borough ponds Tuesday.
The Bloomingdale Borough Council will entertain a public hearing on an ordinance to officially prohibit ice skating, sledding and other activities on frozen borough ponds on Tuesday.
During the council's regular meeting, members will be asked to vote on a measure to ban the activities on the borough's two ponds, Bogue Pond and Oakwood Lake. Already, according to Mayor Jonathan Dunleavy, such activities are not monitored on the ponds and police officers have asked people to refrain from entering the ice for safety reasons when they have seen them.
If the ordinance is passed, signs explaining that skating and sledding would be at the participants' risk would be hung near the ponds.
The public hearing will be held Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Bloomingdale Borough Hall on Hamburg Turnpike.
Do you think skating and sledding on borough ponds should be prohibited? Participate in our poll below and let us know your thoughts in the comments.
Cindy
11:52 am on Monday, February 18, 2013
I can't understand why anyone would allow for this continue without proper supervision especially after the most recent incident at Budd Lake. It would only make sense to allow activities if proper supervision is available. Kids will be kids and they are adventurous and daring and regardless of how smart, funny, loving and wonderful kids they are, they are still kids and decisions tend to be made under peer pressure or the need to fit in which causes these types of accidents and/or fatalities. It's wonderful to be able to have these activities in our towns, but we need to be more aware of the dangers of these areas being unsupervised.
toomanydamnlaws
2:15 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
great - and then bloomingdale will pay to keep a cop on watch to make sure nobody flaunts the law! we wonder why our kids are glued to the pc's and video games, instead of being outside playing....
Rick
6:00 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
http://triboro.patch.com/articles/ice-skating-could-be-prohibited-in-bloomingdale-with-new-ordinance
The link above has a greater level of depth on this discussion. While safety is important, we should seek an alternative and voice concern tonight at the meeting. This could be a great attraction to our town.
Mr. Tom Fox
10:22 pm on Tuesday, April 23, 2013
We have a Boro Recreation department and is'nt ice skateing a recreation? Are the members sooooo busy during the winter off months that someone from that department can't spend a few minutes a day checking the safety of the ice and putting either a red (signifying no skating; ice is unsafe) or a green flag( signifying the ice is a safe depth to skate on). Maybe a little less time sitting around coming up with excuses and a little more time actually doing something for their pay is what is in order here>>>