The Parks and Recreation of Sentinel City offer services that include swimming lessons, nutrition education, gardening classes, summer programs, city sports, adult fitness program, and after school’s services. Budgeting for parks and recreation have decreased in the last two years. There has been a rise in citations cited at the parks and recreation center for trespassing, intoxication, and violent crimes. Common complaints have been an increase in the homeless population at the parks and the cleanliness has decreased in the last 2 years. An interview with Mayor Franklin Hill showed promising changes to the parks and recreation. He explained more are being added to include adding bike lanes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A multifunction sports complex is in the plans but the residents are not impressed with the tax increase that would have to occur to …show more content…
There is an increased demand of meals served in the months of March, July, and August. The soup kitchen has good sources for food but is very low in sources for emergency food services which demonstrated the rise in the homeless population of Sentinel City. Mayor Franklin Hill has explained the city’s plans to transform the abandoned buildings into homeless shelter to meet the increased needs of the homeless population. More services are needed to help with job assistance, and job training.
The Affordable Housing Project offers studio, 1 bedroom, and 2-bedroom apartments that are income based. There are some issues that the city is attempting to resolve per the interview with Mayor Hill. Factory smoke, dogs barking, and noise have been the common complaints of residents. More recycling is going to be introduced to battle the pollution problem. There will be conferences with the local factories to create solutions to reduce air pollution. I did not observe a proposed plan to address the stray animal issue.
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