Save the Davis Arroyo Park Zipline

The Zipline is closed again! Please sign and share the new petition to reopen:

Sign the Petition Keep the Zipline at Arroyo Park

We did it!!! Thank you everyone who contributed, we couldn't have done it without you!
As the City of Davis Parks and Community Services said, "Get your zip on!"

Great work everyone! We’re almost at 600 signatures!

The Davis City Council meets Tuesday, 4/27, to decide the fate of the Arroyo Park Zipline. The most effective step we can take now is to email the Council directly! Please take 1 minute to email them and make sure our voices are heard!

To make it easy, we’ve added an email template below.
Please a few personal comments below the second paragraph, sign, and send it today!

To:
[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]

Subject:
Reopen the Arroyo Park Zipline immediately!

Dear City Council members,

I strongly encourage you to follow the recommendation of the Parks Commitee and reopen the Arroyo Park Zipline as soon as possible and with no restrictions. As you know, the Parks Committee voted last week to recommend this action, following overwhelming public support for the Zipline.

As I’m sure you are aware, the City of Davis invested considerable tax dollars to install this ADA accessible feature, which quickly became one of the most popular park attractions. The City made further investments to upgrade it with sound-dampening retrofits, conduct a professional noise assessment, and finally by paying City Staff to lock and unlock the Zipline every evening and morning. These additional measures were in response to a single formal complaint from a neighbor. The Zipline has now sat locked 24/7 through the entire pandemic (even after other park features were re-opened in September), denying its use at a time when outdoor play is one of the few healthy social activities children can engage in.

An online petition (see the responses here: https://tinyurl.com/2p9ubyvb) has received over 580 signatures in support of reopening the Zipline immediately with no further restrictions. Please listen to the families of Davis and unlock the Zipline now!

Sincerely,

Davis Resident

Hey Davis City Councilmembers, just wanted to make sure you saw this!

Our petition to re-open the Arroyo Park Zipline has 558 signatures and counting!

You can read some of the reasons why Davis residents want the Zipline open here:
https://www.change.org/p/davis-residents-save-the-arroyo-park-zipline/c

We're hoping that when you meet this Tuesday you listen to the people of Davis and your own parks commission and agree to re-open the Arroyo Park Zipline with NO RESTRICTIONS!

Davis City
Gloria Partida for Davis City Council 2018
Lucas Frerichs for Davis City Council
Davis City Councilmember Will Arnold

Supporter comments · Davis residents : Save the Arroyo Park Zipline · Change.org See why other supporters are signing, why this petition is important to them, and share your reason for signing (this will mean a lot to the starter of the petition).

We’re at 427 signatures and counting! Let’s make it to 500 by noon today!
If you haven’t signed the petition yet, go to
http://chng.it/HXcFffdd
And sign
If you’ve already signed, share it with your fiends and ask them to sign!

The Zipline is equipped with a wheelchair accessible, ADA approved ramp and swing - the only one of its kind in Davis. We love accessibility and equity, don’t you?

Did you know that the city conducted a noise study after the one (and only) noise complaint was filed? The study found that the zipline was well below the City of Davis noise ordinance.
See details here!

Sign the petition to reopen the Zipline! And please share with your friends!

Sign the Petition Save the Arroyo Park Zipline

A chronology of the Arroyo Park Zipline:
August 2018 – March 2019: Parks staff surveyed park-goers on their desired amenities. City Council approved the purchase of play equipment.

March 2019 – Notices posted about park changes posted on City website, social media and on-site at the park with renderings of new equipment. Total project cost: $168,038.

April 24, 2019 – Arroyo Park Zipline opened! The dual track includes one disc seat and one ADA seat, complete with ADA ramp to access the amenity.

May 15, 2019 – A local neighbor makes first complaint about the zipline.

May 20, 2019 – Arroyo Park Zipline closed.

May 20, 2019 – Petition started to reopen zipline gains 281 signatures.

May 24, 2019 – Arroyo Park Zipline reopened! Zipline is locked nightly to discourage after-hours use.

Also on May 24, 2019 – The original complainant makes a second complaint about the zipline.

May 2019 – Original complainant calls 911 five times during the month of May to report noise complaints.

June 2019 – February 2020 – Zipline remains open!

July 2019 – City of Davis conducted a noise study of the zipline with an acoustical consultant. The zipline produces an average of 44 decibels which was satisfactory relative to the city’s 55 decibel noise ordinance standard by a considerable margin – 9-11 decibels below the standard. “No additional noise mitigation measures would be required of this play equipment.”

February 2020 – City of Davis conducts survey about Arroyo Park. 94% of respondents like the zipline!

March 2020 – Covid19 shuts down all playgrounds across the state of California.

September 2020 – California Department of Public Health reopens all playgrounds! City of Davis reopens parks in response – but Arroyo Park Zipline is never unlocked.

September 2020 – April 2021 - City Parks Department states that the Zipline remains locked due to “staffing shortages due to Covid19.”

April 21, 2021 – Parks and Recreation Commission asked to opine on Arroyo Park Zipline. Commission passes recommendation (4-1) to open the Zipline as soon as is practicable.

April 28, 2021 – Davis City Council will make final decision regarding the fate of the Zipline in a closed session.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article231332203.html

Zipline was a hit in Davis neighborhood – until an ex-mayor and his wife complained The first complaint hit the inboxes of Davis city officials on May 15. The wife of a former mayor was upset.

Thank you for liking the Davis Arroyo Park Zipline! We are huge fans of the Zipline and want to do everything we can to encourage the city to permanently unlock it.

Please see our daily updates to learn:
- the history of the Zipline
- what you can do to help permanently open the Zipline