HomeMy WebLinkAbout2/4/2026 Item 4a, Evans
Pete Evans <riki77@gmail.com>
Sent:Thursday,
To:Advisory Bodies
Subject:Emerson Park/dog park
I am contacting you today about the proposal to turn some or
much of Emerson Park into a dog park.
I frequent this park often and there are many folks already
using it for dog walking and play, without incident as far as I
know. I have two dogs and walk them there.
I feel an official fenced dog park will divert many from the LL
arena and this will cause problems at Emerson. Since it is almost
surrounded by residences the increased traffic, parking and
noise would be unacceptable.
The LL park is often very lightly populated, and from my
standpoint, poorly managed. Right after it opened one of the
very expensive and complicated gate latches failed, and
remained that way for some time. Then months later another
failed as well and remained in disrepair for a while. One of the
sprinklers failed in the middle of the field and a huge mud pit
developed and remained for some time. It could have been
repaired with a load of sand in minutes, but.....
So, though it would be nice to have a dog park closer to the
center of town I don't think Emerson is the place. Perhaps a
better option would be to take a piece of the massive Meadow
Park for this purpose. There is plenty of room (even for
expansion if needed in the future), some areas are farther
from housing, and there is always plenty of parking nearby.
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best,
Pete Evans
recent immigrant with 57 years here in Paradise
--
"Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it
deserves."
Albert Einstein
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