LHA news

To:  Lakeshore Homeowners and visitors to all of our parks

From: Lakeshore Homeowners Association

Date: April 2009

Re:  Update on our parks work

The Parks Committee which meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 7:30 pm at LHA offices welcomes all volunteers to join us.

For the last few months we have been busy putting together a long range plan for our parks, mainly Oak Grove and the park at the office.  Our plans for Oak Grove include taking out some invasive species, clearing brush, and replanting oaks, redwood, and buckeye along with some other undercover species.  In the office park we are taking out some overgrown plants, invasive species, and plan to try adding some more color to the park.

We have had a couple of great work party events where we have pruned plants and spread mulch.  If you have interest in helping us occasionally, please call Claudia at the office and give her your email address so we can notify you when we are having our next event.

Oak Grove, like all of our park areas, is available to dog owner only if they keep their dogs on leash.  The City of Oakland Animal Control will be randomly patrolling Oak Grove Park and issuing citations to people that continue to disobey our on-leash dog policy.  Please be courteous to your neighbors and other park users by obeying all rules and be sure to pick up after your dogs and carry it home with you.  Remember the parks are for the benefit of all home owners within the association. 

There are a number of off-lease parks in the area that you can use if you want your dogs to run free.  Here are just a few:

Cesar Chavez Park
(Berkeley Marina)
Type: Off-Leash area for dogs
Size: 90 acres with designated off-leash area
Location: Off Highway 80 - University Avenue exit to the Berkeley Marina

Point Isabel Regional Shoreline Park
Richmond (north of Berkeley and Albany)
Type: Off-Leash dog park
Size: 21 acres of off-leash area with bay and San Francisco views, and water access for dogs. Point Isabel and surrounding mudflats and marshes are also a haven for bird watchers.

Hardy Dog Park
491 Hardy Street, Oakland, CA 94618
Hardy Dog Park is an enclosed, fenced, off-leash dog park that spans 2.16 acres along Hardy Street and Claremont Avenue in the Rockridge District. Slightly out of the way and directly underneath the freeway (Highway 24),

Piedmont Dog Park

305 Wildwood Avenue  (creek area behind City Hall)
Piedmont, CA

Managed By:

City of Piedmont

Fees: must have an off leash permit

Park Size: 15 acres

Type of Park: Not Fenced

Other Notes: The dogs are not allowed off leash on the lawn but are allowed off leash on the hiking trails. There is also access to this park at Highland Ave. Off leash permits can be purchased at the police department.