Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Park Ambassadors ?":

Evelyn, Who's idea is this, and which councillors are backing/pushing it?

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The idea was brought to us.  Council  consensus  was that it was a good idea.

I didn't think there was any harm in it  although I wasn't as enthusiastic as others because it sounded like Neighbourhood Watch of years ago.

Council  agreed it should go to the advisory committee for study and report. But it  also received agreement in principle so that it can be promoted  and get a start at the street festival.

I went home and went to sleep thinking about what I'd heard about it.  I wakened up with a completely different take on it.

That's the value of discussing something in committee. You have a week to turn the idea over in your mind , talk to people about it and hear what they think. The  decision made in committee is to recommend to council.

There is time for sober second thought, community input  and a more careful decision.