PORT ANGELES — A dog park will once again be proposed to city officials.
Port Angeles’ two Rotary clubs will present a proposal for an off-leash dog area at Lincoln Park to the city’s Parks, Recreation & Beautification Commission on Thursday.
If approved, the fenced area probably would encompass about 2 acres in the southwest portion of the park, said Jim MacDonald of the Port Angeles Rotary Club.
The commission approved a dog park there in 2007. The idea fell through due to a lack of funding.
A group calling itself the Port Angeles Dog Park Committee also sought a dog park at Lincoln Park in 2003, but nothing came of the proposal.
More recently, the city last summer proposed turning about half of Charles R. Willson Park over to dogs. That idea was dropped because of opposition from neighbors.
The Port Angeles and Nor’Wester Rotary clubs would build and maintain the park if approved, MacDonald said.
The idea of working together on this project came about two months ago, he said.
Both agreed that a dog park is something that Port Angeles is missing, MacDonald said.
“We kind of look at it as a part of the infrastructure of our city,” he said. “Parks are important to our city.”
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Reporter Tom Callis can be reached at 360-417-3532 or at tom.callis@peninsuladailynews.com.
