LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – An outdoor court at Aztlan Park in North Lubbock is covered in tire tracks after someone recently drove on it.<\/p>\n
Karen Penkert, assistant director of Parks and Recreation, said one of her employees told her on Friday that someone drove on the basketball court at the park near Interstate 27 and First Street.<\/p>\n
\u201cI understand that some things are accidents, but this is not something that\u2019s an accident. This is something that is very intentional,\u201d Penkert said.<\/p>\n
The North Lubbock Facebook page posted photos sent in by a community member. The sender said the community works hard to keep the neighborhood clean, safe and beautiful, and to respect it.<\/p>\n
Graffiti was also found at the Carrillo Family Recreational Area nearby.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s frustrating for us as a department, but I also know that it\u2019s very frustrating even for myself as a citizen that we have some people who just don\u2019t want to take care of what we have,\u201d Penkert said.<\/p>\n
Court resurfaced last year<\/p>\n
Penkert said the court was resurfaced about a year and a half ago. The city is in the middle of a project to create a futsal, a soccer variant, court at the location. The goals for the court have already been delivered.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very discouraging sometimes from a department standpoint because it\u2019s like, as soon as you think that you\u2019re making progress, we\u2019re doing a whole project out here. I\u2019m working on finishing it up right now. You have something like this that you got to go and address and take time and money and effort to come and fix,\u201d Penkert said.<\/p>\n
Penkert said it would probably cost between $15,000 and $20,000 to repaint the court, a cost the parks budget did not account for.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we want to see new things come to the parks, we can\u2019t be spending all of our time and resources on fixing things that should have never happened in the first place,\u201d Penkert said.<\/p>\n
Mural also vandalized<\/p>\n
Kevin Glasheen posted that someone vandalized a new mural at the shopping courtyard Cactus Alley. The \u201cLucky me, I live in Lubbock,\u201d mural was changed to say \u201cUn-lucky me, I live in Lubbock.\u201d The same graffiti signature found at the park was left on the mural. The other side of the mural contains a message against AI.<\/p>\n
Penkert shared a message regarding city property.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would just encourage everybody, just think about genuinely, what would you want somebody to do in your yard or with your stuff or if it was your money invested? Because this is all of our money invested,\u201d Penkert said.<\/p>\n
Penkert said she is not sure what the city can do about the tire tracks yet but hopes power washing could help.<\/p>\n
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