| # | Name | Comments |
|---|
| 1 | Kelly Shannon | The Clarendon Sector Plan calls for 50% of the redesigned park to be preserved for dog park use. With the number of canine and human users of the current park, even 50% will be a squeeze. Please preserve 50% of the Park at 13th and Herndon (also know as the Clarendon Dog Park) for the dogs! |
| 2 | Sona | I would very much like to request that the Dog park remain at 50% and not less. Dogs and people need places to converse and socialize and this is the one place close that we can all meet. Please do NOT change the proposed 50% allocation. Thank you. |
| 3 | Anonymous | |
| 4 | Sue | |
| 5 | alex younoszai | |
| 6 | Danielle Conboy | This was irresponsible and inappropriate. |
| 7 | Alicia Shepard | One of the many things that makes Arlington a unique place to live is the bike paths and the dog parks. Pls don't sacrifice space for dogs to add one more bldg or make it larger. Dog parks are a great way of socializing in Arlington and many of us depend on them for both our dogs and ourselves.
Alicia Shepard
Arlington, Va. |
| 8 | D McGuinness | |
| 9 | Patricia Brown | I thought the original plan for the park was fair and well-balanced. It certainly seems unfair to change the plan without including the dog park user group. |
| 10 | Erin | |
| 11 | Jennifer Sable | |
| 12 | Christine Metcalf | |
| 13 | Dee Baloga | |
| 14 | Heather Neisworth | |
| 15 | Debra Kosch | With all of the good press that the County received recently about its CCAs, it is a shame that the Sector Plan's commitment to 50% of the space for a CCA was not honored. 40% CCA is not sufficient.
Please note comments from the Washington Post, Sunday, October 28, 2007; C01
'Arlington is a dog-park pioneer among area jurisdictions. It opened its first "community canine area" 10 years ago.
"We realized a long time ago that these parks weren't about the dogs so much but about people coming together and building communities," said Steve Temmermand, division chief for Arlington Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources. "There are potluck supper clubs, book clubs, people exchange movies, all kinds of stuff. It's an entire social network. People have met their boyfriends, girlfriends and spouses at these parks."
Temmermand said a 2002 survey commissioned by the county found that more people use its dog parks than soccer fields.
In the survey, 9 percent of those who frequently use county facilities put dog parks at the top of the list. "That means 18,000 people in Arlington use these dog parks frequently," Temmermand said, noting that the county has 30,000 registered dogs. "That tells you just how very popular they are." The Shirlington dog park has a group just for pugs, with owners and their dogs meeting there one Saturday a month.
Temmermand said the Arlington parks tend to attract an older, professional and highly educated crowd.' |
| 16 | Anonymous | There are multiple parks throughout North Arlington (Clarendon, Ballston, Courthouse, Rosslyn, Lyon Park, Cherrydale) for humans alone to use and yet one for the exercising of humans and their best friends. As the area grows and fewer people have children dogs become more the norm. Therefore the need for exercise areas for people and their furry companions increases. If you're indeed planning for the future than you must plan for growth in all areas. To reduce the dog park to less than 50% is a mistake due to the overwhelming growth of pet owners in the area. Additionally, out of the hundreds of new pet loving home owners and renters who have just moved into Clarendon you're saying sorry we want want your revenue, but we don't really care about your pets needs. Please do not let non-pet owners dictate what is best for others and their pets. |
| 17 | jane tuttle-kuhm | |
| 18 | Katherine Allison | |
| 19 | Krista Price | |
| 20 | Elizabeth Palmer | The Clarendon sector plan calls for the CCA to be 50 percent of the area, which is exactly what the excellent design drawn up by the parks staff would do. We believe that, because we were not informed of this meeting, the commission did not hear from all sides on this issue. Please do not reduce the size of the CCA, it is already one of the smallest in Arlington. |
| 21 | John Sullivan | |
| 22 | Todd Warren | Any |
| 23 | Allyson Neville | |
| 24 | Katy Davis | I am in support of retaining the 50% of the space that was previously agreed upon. It was unfair to submit the action to recommend 40% without representation from Clarendon dogs. It was unfortunate that Clarendon Dogs was not informed about this meeting until after it was held. It gives the appearance that Arlington Planning commission is sneaky and dishonest. |
| 25 | Peter Spaulding | |
| 26 | Liza Hodskins | This is a crime. ALL stakeholders need to be informed of meetings such as this. My family vehemently opposes reduction of the agreed-upon size and demands a meeting and an apology. |
| 27 | Chase Huntley | The Arlington community deserves to be about more than just property values. It seems a shame that the Arlington Planning Commission would make a decision that reverses the Clarendon Section Plan, adopted December 9, 2006, withough recognizing the narrowminded views of those pushing to shrink the size of the CCA. |
| 28 | Sarah Clarke | Secret meetings is not the Arlington way. i am shocked and saddened that my hometown acted this way. There was no announcement on http://www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/ParksRecreation/scripts/planning/ParksRecreationScriptsPlanningMasterPlanning.aspx#herndon. Please do something to right this. |
| 29 | Pam Harley | |
| 30 | Kimberly Herbert | As a 'mom' of a 47 lb. lab who needs to let out energy please save the dog parks! |
| 31 | Jennifer Carter | |
| 32 | Anonymous | |
| 33 | Anonymous | preserve the space for man's best friend |
| 34 | Thomas Brady | |
| 35 | Lauren Kamnik | |
| 36 | ESTHER DU TOIT | |
| 37 | Lissa | |
| 38 | Diane M. Sullenberger | |
| 39 | Michael Hoglund | |
| 40 | Julie St. Louis | As a former sponsoring group founding member, and a former Parks and Recreation Commissioner I would recommend that the current sponsoring leaders set up appointments with Jay Fissette, Paul Ferguson, and Barbara Favola - you can hit two in one meeting, or each individually to remind them how long people have been working to get to this phase - closing in on 15 years - seriously) the consensus was achieved and the formal agreement of 50-50 compromise between the neighborhood CA and CCA folks, as well as your letter to the Parks commis.
I share your frustration - having been one of the original group who helped negotiage the 50 percent with the neighborhood and recommended putting in demonstration gardens as a compromise with neighbors who wanted to discourage a more athletic active use that a flat grassy area would attract. I believe had the ClarendonDogs known about the meeting and had a rep attend to remind the Park Commis. (over the whining neighbors who didn't get there way through all the other many processes) that there were several processes and agreements that led to this design and to go back now on it would be a mistake - they would not have voted this way. It's unfortunate that you were not made aware. |
| 41 | Joan Esnayra | Keep the park at 50%. We have already compromised enough. You are destroying our community even at 50%. How dare you try to reduce it to 40% through clever tactics. |
| 42 | Julia Hoglund | |
| 43 | Bruce P. Merrill | As per the Clarendon Sector Plan, the size of the dog park at 13th and Herndon should remain 50%. I am furious to discover that Parks and Recreation held a meeting to discuss this issue without notifying all participants -- Clarendog.com. I believe this is dishonest and underhanded, either withdrawl your proposal or hold another meeting where all stake holders are present. Sincerely, taxpayer -- voter |
| 44 | Anonymous | My two dogs and I drive all the way from Reston to this dog park! Please do not shrink it more than 50 percent! City hounds need as much space as their tails can Wag! |
| 45 | Robert Tai | |
| 46 | Jennifer Weiss | |
| 47 | melinda bashen | To allow dog to do more exercise and run around in the park. Some people bring the frisbee or ball for dog to run and catch. If u put 50% of park.. it will not much to play lot at all. kind of crowd and too many poop.. it is not good sign for our community.. we must keep the park wide open. |
| 48 | Janet Crist | Arlington's dog population is growing, and we need adequate space to accomodate our dogs. The dog parks are important mechanisms not only for exercisning dogs but also for promoting responsible dog ownership (principally scoop the poop). Limiting space will in the long run compound barking and unscooped poop problems elsewhere in our community. I would urge the board to take a visionary approach. We have limited outdoor living space and let's find long term ways to make it comfortable for all us. |
| 49 | Elizabeth Piepenbring | We were not notified about the meeting to change the size and were not able to defend our case. If the park is cut too much in size, there will not be enough space for all the dogs that regularly use this area. |
| 50 | Anonymous | More condos in Clarendon = more dogs.
Where are you planning to have the dogs play, if you reduce there space?
Would love to know. :)
Adriana Guevara |