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Receive Report on Harbor Bay Parkway Dog Park and Consider Recommendation for East End / Bay Farm Island Dog Park Location
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To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Recreation and Park Commission
From: Amy Wooldridge, Recreation and Parks Director
Re: Receive Report on Harbor Bay Parkway Dog Park and Consider Recommendation for East End / Bay Farm Island Dog Park Location
BACKGROUND
The City Council approved $75,000 in the FY 2021-2022 budget to construct at least one dog park located in East End Alameda or Bay Farm Island. Existing dog park facilities in Alameda include one large dog park with separate small and large dog areas, located at Lower Washington Park off 8th Street and a dog park on Main Street near the ferry terminal. The Main Street Dog Park is temporary and will be closed once Phase 2 of Estuary Park is completed, which will include a new and better equipped dog park.
City staff reviewed multiple city-owned locations throughout East End and Bay Farm Island and considered criteria for feasibility including whether they were city-owned sites, existing park uses, available amenities and potential impacts on neighbors. The three potential locations presented in a community survey were the result of this research and included locations at Krusi Park, Towata Park and Leydecker Park (Exhibit 2). A city-wide community survey on this topic was completed by 1,637 people and taff also met directly with the Towata family and the Harbor Bay Isle Homeowners Association Executive Director. This survey is one data point of the total information available for the project location recommendation.
On December 9, 2021, the Recreation and Parks Commission reviewed the survey results, heard public comment and directed staff to bring back additional information on a fourth potential location on Harbor Bay Parkway that was originally suggested by a community member in the survey.
DISCUSSION
Exhibit 3 details a comparison of all four locations that h...
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