Recommendations

1) Willard Beach is a beautiful city park on the seashore. However, it is small, and in the summertime the beach is especially crowded. There is not room for dogs to run off-leash there.

We recommend that the current city ordinance pertaining to Willard Beach be amended to require that during the summer hours when dogs can be at Willard Beach, they remain on leashes.

2) We need to reduce congestion in all of the city parks and provide a place for dogs to run.

In agreement with the recent vote of the ad hoc advisory committee, we recommend that South Portland create a modern dog park.