Should Parleys Historic Nature Park be an off-leash dog park?
This has been a very volatile issue in our community. The current city council has done extensive research on the park including a one-year "off-leash" trial period and utilizing a "working group" to decide whether the park should be off-leash, on-leash, or a shared use.
On July 17th the Salt Lake City Council reviewed and accepted recommendations from the Parleys Historic Nature Park Committee to:
- Appoint a park advisory board to provide stewardship for the park
- Adopt an interim management plan (within 90 days)
- Develop a Master Plan for the park which includes long range vision
- Monitor day to day operations and make recommendations
- Establish partnerships with user groups and interested parties
- Encourage user groups to participate in maintenance
- Determine criteria for assessing the parks health
- Develop a Management Plan for the park
- Develop and strengthen the partnership with Salt Lake County who owns adjoining Tanner Park
- Recognize BMX Riders as legitimate users of the park
- Provided financial resources to manage and maintain the park
- Develop a time-line for implementation of the recommendations
Aside from the above recommendation the committee could not come to a consensus on whether the park should be all off-leash, all on-leash, or some kind of segregated or split use. It was a hung committee.
The council accepted a motion to implement the above recommendations and reserved the right for a final decision after review of the management and master plans that will be provided. But the council still could not decide on the core issue. On or off leash? The decision has been put-off yet again with off-leash getting the benefit of the doubt until the long-term plans are determined.
Click here to read the candidates statements: Should Parleys Historic Park be off-leash?
For other posts in the Salt Lake City District 6 Blog Debate:
Blog Debate Introduction
Salt Lake City District 6 Candidate Bios
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