Recently, there have been several articles in the Davis County Clipper regarding the removal of the Skate Board Park from the plans of the new South Davis Recreation Center. Bountiful City it seems nixed this part of the project, as some nearby residents complained. Never mind that the City and the South Davis Recreation Board had promised this feature as part of their sales pitch to the community to win support for the project.
There was also discussion by the Bounitful City Council at this time regarding the regulation of Skate Board Ramps in the City. It was alleged by one of the City Council members that there were problems with Skate Board Ramp noise bringing in complaints to City Hall. However, when asked how many complaints there were and to what scale this problem was, Bountiful City Manager Tom Hardy stated that Bountiful City does not keep records of complaints of any kind.
Does not keep records of complaints of any kind? How can the City of Bountiful make decisions, and determine the extent of problems without keeping records of the complaints made by its citizenry? How does it plan and make regulation without having some kind of analysis performed on this type of data? How does regulation in Bountiful City then come about? Is it done by gut feel? That could be a bit arbitrary and capricious. Please see dictionary.reference.com/browse/capricious
One would think that a State Statute would require The City to keep these kind of records.... Of course, without records, The City cannot be held accountable, can it? Do you think that the City of Bountiful should be required to keep records of the complaints that it receives?
What is your opinion?