Received: from opus.hpl.hp.com by jr.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA056239782; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 17:16:30 -0700 Return-Path: <SHiley@WSGC.com-DeleteThis> Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA021929775; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 17:16:15 -0700 Received: from wsgc-bh.wsgc.com (wsgc-bh.wsgc.com [198.93.40.66]) by hplms26.hpl.hp.com (8.9.1a/HPL-PA Relay) with ESMTP id RAA04940 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 17:16:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by wsgc-bh.wsgc.com (8.8.8/8.6.11) id RAA02771; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 17:06:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from unknown(192.168.253.68) by wsgc-bh.wsgc.com via smap (4.1) id xma002534; Mon, 19 Jul 99 17:05:38 -0700 Received: by SFEXSVR2 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id <30WWTAW0>; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 17:05:40 -0700 Message-Id: <294B00DB40B2D0119AA900A02461F5670524B478@SFEXSVR1> From: Stephen Hiley <SHiley@WSGC.com-DeleteThis> To: "'wind_talk'" <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Cc: "'carol_prince@ggnpa.org-DeleteThis'" <carol_prince@ggnpa.org-DeleteThis> Subject: FW: Re[2]: Crissy Field Update - IMPORTANT PARKING CHANGES! Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 17:05:39 -0700 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain
FYI:
Here is the word back from Carol Prince at the park service on the turf
question at Crissy.
Carol,
Thank you for the response.
> ----------
> From: Carol Prince[SMTP:carol_prince@ggnpa.org-DeleteThis]
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 1999 5:39 PM
> To: Stephen Hiley
> Subject: Re[2]: Crissy Field Update - IMPORTANT PARKING CHANGES!
>
> I don't know the schedule of events at the Yacht Club, But I can
>
> tell you about the turfed parking at Crissy Field. The decsion
> to use turfed parking was made for 2 reasons: (1) to avoid
> having
> a huge asphalt parking area in this national park and (2) to
> make
> it a good rigging surface for boardsailors. The turf is a
> native
> grass. The soil has had a fiber called re-green tilled into it.
>
> It creates a strong root mat. It is used on race tracks,
> sporting fields etc.so it can be driven on. Also, for this
> first
> season only we are planting a sterile wheat as a nurse crop. It
>
> will grow quickly and help stabilze the soil and the roots of
> the
> slower growing native grass. Because it cannot reproduce, it
> will disappear after the first season. It should make a good
> durable surface.
>
>
> ______________________________ Reply Separator
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> Subject: RE: Crissy Field Update - IMPORTANT PARKING CHANGES!
> Author: Stephen Hiley <SHiley@WSGC.com-DeleteThis> at INTERNET-GATEWAY
> Date: 7/19/99 11:11 AM
>
...
...
> Also, am I reading this right that the plan is to have a "turf" parking
> area?? Grass is supreme for rigging/spectating areas. But with the volume
> of traffic likely down there, it would seem like a turf parking area would
> be ruined shortly after it is opened.
>
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