Forwarded from a friend:
Greetings Friends!
As you know, the theme of tomorrow's Art Walk is "Bark in the Park",
and among the many dog-centered activities of the evening there will
be fundraising for the proposed off-leash dog park.
As you may know, Parks & Rec and the dog park committee had been
making serious plans to construct the dog park in the open lawn area
adjacent to Lamson Woods State Preserve, in SE Fairfield near the
golf course. Many people, though not at all opposed to a dog park per
se, are strongly opposed to placing the dog park in a high quality
natural area like Lamson Woods. Recent letters to the editor in the
Ledger addressed this controversy.
At a meeting held at City Hall on August 26th [July 26th?],the dog
park committee presented to the public their imminent plans to start
the construction of the dog park at Lamson Woods, and many people in
the audience expressed their strong opposition to this location.
Based on this, the City is presently looking more seriously into
alternative sites. Lamson Woods has not been ruled out, however, and
should that continue to be the site of choice, the final decision
will be made by the City Council (rather than the Parks & Rec Board).
In order to have this decision reflect wide community input, please
contact your City Council person and at-large representatives (see
link below). Let them know what you think about this issue! Thank you!
<http://cityoffairfieldiowa.com/Public/TheCity/CityCouncil/Members/index.cfm>http://cityoffairfieldiowa.com/Public/TheCity/CityCouncil/Members/index.cfm
