The following policy resolution will be discussed at tonight's City Council meeting.

Policy Order Resolution O-21 IN CITY COUNCIL April 23, 2007 COUNCILLOR DAVIS WHEREAS: Fort Washington is the first off-leash dog area in the city; now therefore be it ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to bring together stakeholders interested in maintaining Fort Washington as a park for both dogs and people, including dog owners, the Historical Commission, the Department of Public Works, and other interested in this goal. The purpose of this group is to evaluate current conditions and to collaborate to assure that Fort Washington remains a high-quality park.

If you use Fort Washington or want to maintain access to it for off-leash dogs, please attend.

To speak at City Council meetings, you can either show up at the Council
chambers at City Hall between 5:30 and 6:00 PM Monday evening and sign up in
person or you may call 349-4280 between 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM on Monday and
sign up over the phone. If you call in, you'll be among the first to be
called to speak when the meeting starts (sometime after 5:30, depending on
how prompt we are), but if you are not there when your name is called you'll
get your chance at the end.

Public comment is restricted to items that the City Council could vote on,
such as items on the City Manager's agenda, Council Policy Orders, etc. You
cannot speak on items awaiting report or public communications unless the
Council suspends the rules to allow you to do so. Also, you are limited to
three minutes of testimony total, regardless of how many topics you wish to
cover or how many people you are speaking for. There is no communal banking
of speaking time.

Citizens can also get public testimony into the Council's agenda by getting
documents to the City Clerk by 5:00 PM on the Thursday before a Council
meeting. The Clerk's email is
MDrury@Cambridgema.gov.

The entire Council may be emailed at
Council@Cambridgema.gov and the City
Manager may be emailed at
RHealy@Cambridgema.gov.