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The most Ribbon Cutting and most Ribbon Cuttings, we keep everybody off limits and then we cut the ribbon and then stuff happens. You cant stop them. You can only hope to contain them in there so were going to let everybody continue to play. So, its been said that, that success has many, many, many parents and there are many parents, many people who have contributed to this outstanding, outstanding effort. We are so, so proud of this project and so thrilled to be able to give a new face to Lafayette Park. This park has tremendous history, from a City Attorney who claimed ownership of 12 acres ...

Story for today. Reporter 10 to the into the 40s and 50s heroes a live look for our studio here concede the bay bridge is very dark out still and we have to clear skies up there will continue on with his clear skies it will help the drop of the temperatures before the sun comes out in seven to this morning sentence of 53 daily city same for some sell fremont had 49 degrees and the temperatures are going to continue to stay cool until about 8 00 this morning and there will quickly one of litter on this afternoon. Reporter of our 60 to 07 days you ready to let light jacket tim to war to lure 60s...

So, at rec and park, were encoloneling people to get out and play. Thats our tag line, get ready, 1, 2, 3. Get out and play. We say that because of the importance of keeping our families active and healthy. This is a real serious issue. According to the center for disease control, Childhood Obesity has more than doubled in our children and tripled in adolescents in the past 30 years. In 2010 more than onethird of our children were overweight or obese. It is important that we get our kids outside. Our children today average over 71 2 hours behind a screen. Listen to that. 71 2 hours behind a sc...

Shout out to the entire city family for their role, Mohammed Nuru and folks at department of public works had a role, lindsay hirsch. applause with all due respect to dpw and everybody else who is here, the hardest working staff in government is rec and park. Gk, construction manager, mary hobson, project manager. [cheering and applauding] director of capital planning, don. Our great operations staff, zach taylor, judy auberry who is here, and everyone else who has contributed to this incredible project. So, at rec and park, were encoloneling people to get out and play. Thats our tag line, get...

But i know theyll have to fix the water and sewer infrastructure. Woman the city had chronic sewage overflows into the chattahoochee and its tributaries. Fecal coliform bacteria levels were in the millions of colonies per hundred milliliter, which was a significant Public Health threat. And this had been occurring for decades. But neither the federal epa nor the epd back in the 90s were willing to take action under the clean water act to make the city fix its plumbing. So in 1994, we started upper chattahoochee river keeper. We filed a clean water act lawsuit. In 1997, we won. And so for the p...