They say that

the third time is the charm and the committee for the Peachtree City Dog

Park certainly hopes so.

Dog Park Chairman

Fred Bryant addressed the Peachtree City Recreation Commission Monday

night with their third proposed site for a park. The original plan was

to go near the Kedron Aquatic Center but there were too many problems

with the site, chief among them a runoff problem that could have adversely

affected the water supply.

Next, they

suggested a spot near the Baseball/Soccer Complex on Ga. Highway 74 south.

This site had them screened from the highway, put them away from any subdivisions

in the area and gave them a good deal of parking and space, but opponents

suggested that parking was limited due to the people using the athletic

fields and were concerned over dogs ruining the fields.

The new proposed

site for the dog park is southeast of the BMX track near the Frederick

Brown Jr. Amphitheater. The dog park will be on three acres of land and

is far away from area subdivisions. The $5,000 that the city donated to

the dog park committee will still be used to put in a water line and drinking

fountain for owners and their dogs. The dog park will not have evening

hours of operation and though a minimal amount of trees may have to be

cleared, the dog park committee does not feel that there will be any need

for grading the area. The committee is working with the people who use

the BMX track to make sure any concerns are addressed.

The committee

was seeking a vote of confidence from the Recreation Commission so that

they could bring it before City Council this week. Members of the commission

were pleased with the new plans but wanted the dog park committee to get

an endorsement from the nature conservancy, which has a trail near the

amphitheater, before they would sign off on the new site. Bryant agreed

to talk with the nature conservancy and to "do the project right,

so they wouldn't have to come back before the commission again."

The dog park

and their new site will likely come before city council within the next

month.