Where should we go from here? First, let’s modify the plan to avoid taking out healthy trees. Then, let’s really find out how much the committee’s plan for Rip Van Winkle Open Space might cost, both up front and annually. Finally, let’s see if we can get all the parties to that old agreement to strike the “no-parking” clause. If we can’t, then no parking plan will work.

Other parks and neighborhoods are still available for dog walking. Safe parking is available along Forest Lodge Road; a safe pathway runs along the east side of Congress; and a walkway across Congress with rumble strips already exists.

Lets move to more important matters..

Congress Extension Parking – Council Speaks Out

“I haven’t been able to get help,” said Jill Durward, a 69-year-old retiree who lives near Asilomar. “The last time I saw the coyote was five days ago, and it’s really sick, you can tell. I guess a lot of people don’t love coyotes.”

Durward said the animal, which is gray with patches of fur missing, surprised her near her home on Crocker Avenue. She had seen the animal before and surmised it may have been in the area of Sunset Drive, possibly crossing the road in an attempt to scrounge dead fish on the beach.

“I tried to give it its space,” she said.

She said repeated calls to local wildlife officials went unanswered. She went door-to-door asking people to help her find the animal and get it treatment. She said she received an indifferent response.

“Some people told me, ‘If the animal is sick, it should just be left to die,'” she said. “But that isn’t fair. The coyote has a right to live, just like we do. It’s like a sick dog, and it needs help. People just don’t seem to care if an animal is suffering.”

P.G. Woman Comes To The Rescue Of Sick Coyote