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Join 89+ of your neighbors in saying NO to the BMX jumps! Sign The Petition

UPDATE July 2011 Parks Dept. to ask City Council for more $$ info

Everyday, residents use the Lafayette Community Park in Burton Valley to run, walk their dogs, birdwatch, swing in the Grove, enjoy peace and quiet, play on the fields and playground, and spend time in nature with their children.

The Lafayette Parks Commission wants to build BMX bike jumps uphill from theLafayette Community Park playing fields. The plan is to bulldoze a 1.8 acre hill, have children build bike jumps (huge piles of dirt), and install a 4 foot high fence. more info

The BMX jumps will change the entire area. It will disturb the peace and quiet, hurt plants and animals, and limit the things you can do in our Community Park.

The City wants you to believe this is a ' done deal' But don't be fooled - this is your public land and no BMX jumps will be built in the face of strong opposition.

5 Reasons the Lafayette BMX jumps are a BAD IDEA

1. The question was never asked – do you want this? The interest of the community as a whole has been overlooked and the "support" has been wildy exagerated. read more

2. The BMX jumps will cause severe, permanent damage to the environment in and around the Lafayette Community Park. Animals will die and the hill will be an ugly scar on the entire area. California Red Legged Frogs (an endangered species) will be killed! read more View the Habitat Assessment report here

3. This project is NOT worth $1 million or the risk to the safety of children. read more

4. The BMX jumps will limit the available recreation activities in the Lafayette Community Park space. What do you like to do in the park? read more

5. Building BMX jumps with your tax dollars will reward illegal activity on public property. read more

LOVE Lafayette - NO BMX Jumps in Our Park!

Keep Lafayette beautiful, green, rural, healthy, and wild - don't allow the City to develop our precious open space.