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From: "Centola, Peter" <pcen...@watertown-ma.gov>
Subject: Filippello meeting - October 6th at 7:00
Date: September 22, 2015 at 1:28:23 PM EDT
To: Kathy Alpert <k...@postmarkpress.com>
Cc: "Thebado, Ernest" <ethe...@watertown-ma.gov>, "Foley, Maureen" <mfo...@watertown-ma.gov>

Kathy,
 
I am not sure what meeting you are referring to.
 
The meeting to review the renovation of the entryway to Filippello Park (Grove) is October 6 at 7:00
 
I have included the flyer and preliminary concept plan for your information.
 
Hope to see you at the meeting.
 
Regards,
 
Peter
 
Peter Centola
Director of Recreation
 
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From: Kathy Alpert [mailto:k...@postmarkpress.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 1:09 PM
To: Centola, Peter <pcen...@watertown-ma.gov>
Subject: Fwd: [watertownmadogs] CHANGE OF DATE!
 
Hello,
 
I won't be able to join your for the meeting this evening. I'd appreciate your sharing my thoughts (below) with interested parties.
 
Thank you,
 
Kathy Alpert
16 Spruce Street

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From: Kathy Alpert <k...@postmarkpress.com>
Date: September 22, 2015 at 10:11:04 AM EDT
To: "waterto...@googlegroups.com" <waterto...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [watertownmadogs] CHANGE OF DATE!
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Hello everyone,
 
I, too, will be unable to attend this evening’s meeting, but I would appreciate having the following message read on my behalf:
 
“Like countless other Watertown property owners - along with residents and people who work or own businesses in our wonderful town - I was thrilled to learn of the new dog park.  Then I saw the sketch.  Not only is the area currently allocated for the dog park disproportionately small, the configuration is problematic.  Some dogs feel threatened when forced to share tight spaces such as the planned entrance to the proposed dog park.  Large dogs need more space to run. 
 
We need to provide a welcoming and comfortable environment for our dogs. There is plenty of green space currently available to the people of Watertown near existing schools and in parks.  This land offers a rare opportunity to secure a spacious green area that allows our loyal canine friends the optimum opportunity to exercise and socialize.
 
Our tax dollars finance the town’s educational and recreational facilities. Yet many of us don’t have kids taking advantage of our school system. We’re happy to share the burden, but it’s only fair that the town offer facilities that meet our needs as well.  Now is the time for Watertown to show it is a progressive, inclusive community, serving the wide range of stakeholders in the town, including people whose dogs deserve better.  
 
Thank you, Tony, for standing up for us."
 
Sincerely,
 
Kathy Alpert
Spruce Street
 
 
On Sep 22, 2015, at 9:39 AM, Patricia Ahern <rub...@comcast.net> wrote:
 
I too was very disappointed with the plan. There appears to be plenty of space for both a real dog park and a Green. Thank you Tony for recognizing the needs of suburban dogs and their people.  And thank you Deb, for keeping us focused.  
All best, 
Pat Ahern 
 
On Sep 22, 2015, at 8:27 AM, 'Deborah Whitman' via Watertown MA Dogs <waterto...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
 
Hi Everyone,
 
I fully agree with Josh that the proposed site for a "potential dog park" is completely inadequate!  With all the "green" areas within Filippello, one more is not needed.  The space designated as "The Green" should be fully given to the dog park.  As Barbara has stated, the criteria which we submitted to the Town a few years ago form the basis of the Town Council's promise  to "do it right".  The present proposal falls woefully short. With land so precious in our town, we will never again have the chance to have a full-sized, state of the art dog park. We must insist on a significant revision to this proposal.
 
I deeply regret that due to the change in date, I will not be able to attend, but I know that all of you who have been so very supportive and active in the past will come forward again at this crucial time.
 
My deepest thanks to Tony for his strong leadership and tireless support and to all of you for your calls, emails and presence as we strive to meet our goal.
 
Deb Whitman
 
 

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From: Kathy Alpert <k...@postmarkpress.com>
To: watertownmadogs <waterto...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Mon, Sep 21, 2015 10:40 am
Subject: Re: [watertownmadogs] CHANGE OF DATE!

 
 
Bravo, Josh. See you on the 6th.
 
Best,
 
Kathy Alpert
Spruce Street 

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On Sep 21, 2015, at 8:01 AM, " jdpa...@comcast.net" < jdpa...@comcast.net> wrote: 

Fellow dog lovers,
 
To call this design for a dog park (and only a "potential" dog park at that) an afterthought is a disgrace to afterthoughts. I visited the site yesterday, and it looks even worse on the ground. I would describe it as shoehorned; it's even shaped like a shoehorn. But I'm not sure we can blame the desiger for this disappointing proposal: someone didn't get the memo that a dog park was supposed to be central to the redesign. It's a dog strip-mall, not a dog park. 
 
It's not even accurate to call this a redesign. Other than relocating the entry road, everything stays pretty much the same. There will be basketball courts where there were basketball courts, and a green (sorry, "The Green") where there is, you guessed it, a green (though not a very green green, I have to admit). Oh wait, the hopscotch is new. And the ping-pong. Just no acceptable dog park.
 
Contrast this proposal with what just opened in East Boston: 22,500 square feet (about half a football field) with (and I quote) "two sections, a 17,000-square-foot area for large dogs, and a 5,500-square-foot area for small dogs. Both sections have exercise equipment for the dogs, pet waste stations, and water fountains both for pets and their owners". You can live next to the airport and still have a dog park that puts this "potential" park to shame. A vacant lot puts this to shame.
 
I'm not angry, just confused. Were we not heard? Was our hard work--by most of you more than me--proving the benefits of a dog park to the community and on what makes a good dog park deemed irrelevant? Who directed the designer to treat our dream as a postscript?
 
I hope we get satisfactory answers to these questions at the meeting (see Tony' s correction: Tuesday, October 6th). But more, I hope we get a serious proposal. This one is sorry. If you weren't motivated to attend the meeting before, I hope you are now!
 
Josh Passell
Shattuck Road

 

From: "Councilor Tony Palomba" < councilo...@gmail.com> 
To: "Dog Park Task Force" < waterto...@googlegroups.com> 
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 9:31:05 PM 
Subject: [watertownmadogs] CHANGE OF DATE! 
 

​Dog Park Task Force Members and Friends,
 
I know you have been saving September 30 in your calendar for the big meeting about renovation of the Grove Street entrance to Filippello Park.  HOWEVER THE DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED!  The new date is MONDAY, OCTOBER 6​ at the same time, 7:00 PM, in the same place, Town Council Chambers, Town Hall.
 
​Here is a CONCEPTUAL design.  Personally I am not super impressed.  I think that Dog Park is too small and we will need to remove quite a few trees, while the courts and the Green take up all the presently unused space.  This is not using the entrance for a Dog Park, this is adding a dog park by clearing more space.  This was NOT the intention of the Council's public works committee.
 
This is what I posted when the design appeared on      www.facebook.com/AaronDushku4you/photos/a.817261071633307.1073741839.735947299764685/1228472427178834/?type=1                                    
 
​ At first glance, the conceptual design is a disappointment in terms of the dog park. I believe it was the intention of the Public Works Committee of the TC and other members of the TC that some of the available unused space at the entrance would be for a dog park. In this design the dog park is carved out of existing space and would necessitate remove quite a few trees. It almost feels like the promised "state-of-the-art" dog park was an after thought and clearly it took back seat to basketball courts and the Green.


May I suggest that you click no the link above and register your comments and PLEASE SHOW UP IN NUMBERS AT THE OCTOBER 6 MEETING.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tony Palomba
Councilor At-Large
  
  
 
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Community Meeting - Announcement - Filippello Park (Grove Street Entrance) - 10 6 2015.pdf
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