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Morven Meadows Park

Morven Meadows Park. Location Analysis. Improperly Zoned. Area not zoned as dog park The phrase “dog park” has been purposefully removed from the proposal because it violates the zoning “off-leash area” substituted to try to get around the issue with a technicality

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Morven Meadows Park

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  1. Morven Meadows Park Location Analysis

  2. Improperly Zoned • Area not zoned as dog park • The phrase “dog park” has been purposefully removed from the proposal because it violates the zoning • “off-leash area” substituted to try to get around the issue with a technicality • “off-leash area” = “dog park” • This alone should be enough to stop wasting tax payer money on the proposal for this location ($50,000 so far).

  3. Inaccessibility • The proposed park is EXTREMELY inaccessible. Made very clear when compared to other parks in the area. • Compare to the 7 dog parks in Fairfax County • Reston, Herndon, Chantilly, Oakton, Annandale, Alexandria, & Springfield

  4. Entrance to Reston • At Corner of Baron Cameron and Wiehle Ave • Both divided, two lanes each way, roads.

  5. Entrance to Oakton • Off of Blake Lane, a divided, two lanes each way, road.

  6. Entrance at Herndon • Off of Herndon parkway, a divided, two lanes each way, road.

  7. Entrance at Chantilly • Off of Braddock Road, an easily accessible paved stretch of road.

  8. Annandale Entrance • Off of Columbia Pike, a divided, two lanes each way, highway.

  9. Springfield Entrance • Off of Fairfax County Parkway, a divided, two lanes each way, major road.

  10. Proposed Leesburg Entrance • Only routes in are on the very narrow Old Waterford Rd (a rural gravel road from the NW) or directly through our neighborhood (the more likely route), on Fairview, a non-divided, one lane each way, 25mph road.

  11. Location, location, location • Dog parks are located in urban areas, centrally located and accessible from every direction. • Morven meadows is located on the western most side of Leesburg… practically a rural area. • Most dog parks are located nearby denser housing (apartments, condos, townhomes). • Dog parks are located next to areas where the increased traffic will not be noticeable. • Morven Meadows would be the only dog park in Loudoun… Fairfax has 7… this proposed park will have a LOT more impact than Fairfax parks see. • At 6 acres, the Morven Meadows Park Dog Park area will be large enough to handle considerably more dogs than any park in Fairfax. (In contrast, Reston & Herndon are only 1 acre each)

  12. Reston statistics • Sunday, Feb 23, 2008, 10:30am-11:30am • 35 degrees F • 80 visitors during that one hour period • Average of one car every 45 seconds • Parking lot had approx 35 cars at any one time…. All dog park visitors

  13. Morven Meadows Statistics • Sunday, Feb 23, 2008, 12:20-1:20pm • Fairview Road is the most likely impacted road to show an increase in traffic if dog park added at Morven Meadows • 33 cars in one hour (approx ~24 were neighborhood residents) • Average of 1 car every 1.8 minutes (109 seconds) • If Morven Meadows had the exact same number of visits as Reston, traffic would increase 342% on Fairview Rd. • But, Morven Meadows is NOT 1 of 7 parks • Reston actually has 3 other parks VERY close to it. • Morven Meadows is 6 times larger than Reston. • Fairview will likely see an even larger increase than 342%. • Morven Meadows has been designed to only hold 30 cars. This means spillage of overflow onto a VERY narrow Old Waterford Rd, or into the residential Old Waterfod Knoll nearby.

  14. Statistic Extrapolation • Assume Morven Meadows gets 3 times the visitors that Reston gets (an easy number to imagine since Morven Meadows is 6 times larger, and doesn’t have the benefit of other dog parks nearby to draw visitors) • Traffic on Fairview goes from 1 car every 109 seconds down to 1 car every 8.25 seconds. • Good luck to the neighborhood kids who regularly cross that road • Parking spillage would extend all the way up Fairview Rd. • Keep in mind that these numbers are taken on a relatively cold day in February. During the warmer months, dog parks tend to get more (not less) busy. • These numbers could get a lot worse.

  15. Closing • Dog Park location is extremely important when planning the park • This location is not desired by anybody • The proponents of the dog park are willing to accept this undesirable location because they aren’t able to find another inside of Leesburg. This location is an act of desperation. • Many of the residents in the surrounding neighborhoods have and love dogs, but, are opposed to this dog park. The location choice simply doesn’t make any sense. • Proponents of the dog park have argued that dog parks are very important. • However, the negative impacts on the humans located near the park clearly outweigh the positive impact the dog park my have on the humans and dogs who use the park. • It’s simply not zoned to be dog park (even if it’s called an “off leash area” instead)

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