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Recommendation to receive and file the recommendation of the Parks and Recreation Commission that four sites, Scherer Park, Veterans Park, Golden Avenue at Wardlow Road, and Drake/Chavez Greenbelt, provide viable locations to develop dog parks in the western half of Long Beach. (Districts 1,2,6,7,8)
DISCUSSION
On March 20, 2007, the City Council requested that the City Manager work with the Parks and Recreation Commission (Commission) to identify possible park locations for a dog park in the western half of Long Beach, and report back to the Council on the feasibility of creating such a dog park. On April 19, 2007, the Commission referred the request to their Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) Committee for review and analysis of potential sites. On July 19, 2007, the CIP Committee recommended two sites to the Commission. On August 16, 2007, the full Parks and Recreation Commission met and recommended four sites that are viable locations for dog parks in the western half of the city.
To begin evaluating locations for a potential dog park(s) in the western half of Long Beach, staff began by developing criteria for dog park locations based upon the experience of the dog park in Recreation Park, and the dog zone on the beach in Belmont Shore. The resulting criteria were:
. Size: Dog parks need one acre to 1.5 acres in order to provide running space, a waiting/resting area, and separate sections for large and small dogs. The park sites in the western half of Long Beach that are five or more acres are Houghton, Ramona, DeForest, Ed "Pops" Davenport, Scherer, Cherry, Los Cerritos, Silverado, Veterans, Hudson, Admiral Kidd, Cesar E. Chavez, Bixby, and Martin Luther King, Jr. The undeveloped park sites of Golden Avenue at Wardlow Road and the Drake/Chavez Greenbelt could also accommodate a dog park.
. Recreational Impact: Dog parks should not displace existing active recreation uses. The 1.5 acre dog park size was overlaid on aerials of the above pa...
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