eComments Report for City Council Meeting Agenda of July 18, 2023 Item Name E-Mail Address Comment Received
18. (23-0769) Recommendation to
request City Manager to work with the
P
arks, Recreation, and Marine
D
epartment and the Public Works
Tidelands Development Team and
r
eport back in 60 days potential sites
located in Council District 2 for a second
dog beach in Long Beach. The report
back should include the location, size,
and approximate boundaries of eac
h
pot
ential site, identify a preferred
location, and provide a general overview
of the rules and guidelines users are
ex
pected to follow.
Analies Ross-Dyjak [email protected] The City should consider an additional dog park to accommodate dog owners in downtown Long Beach. Please consider one or a combination of the below options:
1. D
esignate the Cesar Chavez dog park as an "off-leash" dog park betw een t
he hours of 4pm-7pm. If self-monitoring is not currently favorable to Long B
each Unified School District, the City should consider having a parks representative on-site. The Parks department has recently begun dispatching Animal Control officers (and handing out citations) at this location. Their presence could be a helpful monitoring and safety tool.
2. C
reate a smaller dog-designated area within the existing Cesar Chavez park, so that children can have their own dog-free area.
3. Create a fenced dog park at the intersection of 6th and Golden. The field is largely unused and has facilities to accommodate an influx of people and dogs
.
4. C
onnect the small dog and large dog Lincoln area and replace the w
oodchips with grass.
7/18/2023
18. (23-0769) Recommendation to
request City Manager to work with the
P
arks, Recreation, and Marine
D
epartment and the Public Works
Tidelands Development Team and
r
eport back in 60 days potential sites
located in Council District 2 for a second
dog beach in Long Beach. The report
back should include the location, size,
and approximate boundaries of eac
h
pot
ential site, identify a preferred
location, and provide a general overview
of the rules and guidelines users are
expected to follow.
William Sheehan [email protected] It's amusing that Long Beach wants to create another dog beach because the city has been unable or unwilling to manage the first one for two decades.
The Rosie's Dog Beach rules- one dog per adult, dogs must be leashed approaching the dog beach and dogs can't go out of bounds on the beach -“ are violated every day of the year. In fact, except for the shoreline between the Granada and La Verne lifeguard towers in summer, the area east of the Granada ramp has become one giant dog beach. When Rosie's opened in 2001, the organizers promised volunteer ambassadors would help enforce the rules. The ambassadors all vanished within weeks. One said she quit after being cursed at and intimidated by dog owners who refused to follow the rules. Enforcement responsibilities pinballed from the lifeguards to the police, to animal control and finally back to the lifeguards, who have no time to monitor Rosie's. I'll support a second dog beach when the city gets Rosie's under control.
7/17/2023
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