The city of Minnetonka has changed the ordinance that all dogs need to be on leash in city parks except in designated off-leash areas. A Purgatory Master plan was approved, but then shelved for a working group, designated by the City Council, to align on off-leash dog areas at a few Minnetonka parks. The working group couldn't align on where those off-leash areas should be at Purgatory Park so now the decision is with city staff on where to put off-leash areas at Purgatory park. We want to KEEP THE EXISTING off-leash areas at Purgatory Park. The plan presented by the city staff was rejected and the Purgatory master Plan was reintroduced.
The Purgatory Master Plan was approved 5-2 and the April 23 Park Board Meeting. It still needs to be approved by the Mayor and City Council at the May 5 meeting. This plan is the best plan to maintain the majority of the existing off-leash area at Purgatory Park. Please provide positive support of the Purgatory Master Plan at the meeting and ahead of time to the mayor and city council.
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MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!!
Please write to the mayor and city council in SUPPORT OF THE PURGATORY MASTER PLAN that was recently approved by the Park Board.
Urge the City Council to support the plan with a positive, respectful email before the meeting on Monday May 5. Supporting the Purgatory Master Plan can set precedence to expand off-leash areas at more Minnetonka parks. More details can be found in the link below:
https://www.minnetonkapawsforparks.org/makeyourvoiceheard
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UPDATE: The Minnetonka Park Board voted 5-2 to bring back the original Purgatory Master plan that had been approved by the Park Board and City Council last year. It still needs to be approved by the City Council when presented to them on Monday May 5. It will be open to public comments. We feel like the petition helped, so thank you for signing! We won the battle, not the war, so we need to keep fighting. Please sign up for Paws for Parks at minnetonkapawsforparks.org for future updates.
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CALL FOR COMMENTS: Public comment will not be permitted at the Park Board meeting next week. Any comments may be submitted to Matt Kumka (mkumka@minnetonkamn.gov) no later than Wednesday morning for inclusion in the agenda packet for the meeting.
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UPDATE: The city staff has created a proposal for off-leash areas at Purgatory Park and we have lost a lot of area! The proposal will be shared at the Park Board meeting Wednesday, April 23, 6:00 p.m. at 14600 Minnetonka Boulevard. The agenda, with the proposal can be found here:
https://www.minnetonkamn.gov/government/city-meetings
WE NEED AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO ATTEND SO WE CAN BE SEEN AND HEARD! Let's pack the Park Board meeting!!
