Parks board members rejected a plan this week to turn part of Emma Long Metropolitan Park into a temporary off-leash dog area.
The Austin Parks Department wants to find a spot where dogs can run free because it's planning to close the popular off-leash area at Bull Creek District Park for six months starting in November to replant vegetation and because water samples have shown high levels of E. coli bacteria, believed to be the result of dog waste.
Parks officials said they wanted to open a temporary off-leash area near water, as dog owners had requested. Emma Long park fronts Lake Austin. But parks board members said they were concerned about dog waste contaminating the lake; crowding; and allowing dog owners in for free, as city staff had recommended, while continuing to require other park users to pay an entrance fee.
The board recommended asking a city task force to search for other sites suitable for off-leash areas. And it approved making Bull Creek an on-leash park for six months after the plant restoration work to measure bacteria levels in the creek.
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