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The Lincoln Hound Society is a group of conscientious dog owners who are seeking to promote responsible dog ownership, community involvement and the formation of city sanctified Dog Parks within the City of San Jose, California and surrounding areas with emphasis on the development of a Dog Park at Lincoln High School. Members agree to the following:
Annual Dues of $10.00 per pet household to support LHS's on-going efforts to promote city snactified dog parks are requested. With paid membership, you will receive the useful, city animal control services recognized membership card that include the above rules. Contact Society Chair Bob Walker for details about these handy and useful cards! |
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Seeking Interested Citizens for Task Force for Martial Cottle ParK Plan. The Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department is initiating a master planning project for Martial Cottle Park, a new jointly owned County-State park in South San Jose. In collaboration with the California State Parks and Recreation Department, the County Parks and Recreation Department will engage the members of the community in a two-year public participatory planning process. The County Parks and Recreation Department is seeking interested citizens to form a Task Force Committee that will include a diverse range of stakeholder interests. The Committee will serve as an advisory body to the County and State Parks and Recreation Department and contribute to planning discussions related to the development of a historic agricultural park at Martial Cottle Park. If you are interested in participating in this Master Plan Task Force Committee, please download application packet.PDF
Deadline for submittal of this application is August 31, 2007. Please contact the following staff if you have questions: The Athletic fields at Lincoln High School CLOSED for remainder of 2007 The Athletic fields at Lincoln High School were fenced and closed as of the week of June 3rd. and will remain unaccessable to the public until field renovations are completed. The only stated date for re-opening is that the renovations will be done 'in time for baseball season, 2008'. High School baseball begins in February. Please find other areas to walk your dog during this period. "DOG DAYS at Lincoln" for 2007 has been canceled, due to lack of field avaiablity or suitable alternate locations. We hope to revive our annual event for the summer of 2008. Latest Draft of Santa Clara County's Dog Park Access Policy and Park Access Matrix, Downloadable PDFs. Posted 4/1/07 New Concerns about Dog Actvities have been voiced by Downtown Preparitory School ( Hester ). Members of LHS and local neighbors met with school officials to discuss their concerns and best ways to address them. The school is upset by the constant droppings found on the grounds, pets bothering non-pet people, dogs in the children's play areas and the use of the water fountains to give animals a drink. A flyer stating these concerns has been created as a hand-out for dog walkers who use the school grounds. If you would like a copy of the flyer, please contact LHS Chairman, Bob Walker. LHS asks that everyone abide by the rules so that the old Hester grounds may remain a useable area for pet excerise and community socializing. Mr. Funk, Principal of Lincoln High School announced the finalized plans for the redevelopment of the campus athletic grounds. In the plans, there is call for much less fencing than orginally scheduled, leaving greater portion of the feild as open space. Most of the area toward Dana will remain as 'turf' with the majority of fencing concentrated around the old baseball field and a new softball area at the football stadium end of the grounds. Construction will begin in mid to late May, after the baseball season is concluded and will continue through the summer and fall of 2007. Click here for a downloadable detailed Map ( PDF) of the finalized development scheme. New Neighborhood Dog Park Opens in San Jose A new neighborhood style dog park is now open. Located near downtown at Delmas and Park, the new 17,000 square foot strip of land runs adjacent to Highway 87 and is easily accessible to Lincoln Hound Society members. The park , a long, narrow strip of land, donated by the VTA, was in the planning for over four years by the PRNS, and provides adequate romping room for our four-footed friends and comes with $100,000 worth of amenities, which include picnic tables, benches and a water fountain that also serves two-footed companions. New Charter school in residence at Hester Please be aware that the new Charter school occupying the old Hester Elementary School is now officially in residence (12/5/05). Our CO-Chair, Bob Walker has spoken with the representative monitoring the school grounds, a Mr. Jose Arreola, who stated the following: The school is closed to the public between 8:00am and 5:30pm . (Actually - just continue to follow the LHS Lincoln rules - and all should be fine). The school has supplied a trash can for doggie bags to help make sure all dog walkers can cleanup. It near the large trash canisters, by the children's play area on North/West corner. Please place your doggie bags here. which will be locked in the future.Let's show our appreciation and keep the grounds neat and clean. Robert Walker Lincoln Hound Society to meet with Ken Yeager and Cindy Chavez. Sixth District San Jose Councilmember Ken Yeager has agreed to meet with up to four representatives of the Lincoln Hound Society to discuss our objectives and how we can work successfully with the plans and goals of the City of San Jose. The meeting is tentetively scheduled to be held in his offices on Thursday, 9/8/05 at 4 pm.. A second meeting will be held with Vice Mayor Cindy Chavez on the following Thursday morning 9/15/05 to discuss expanding our Dog Park objectives to her District Three and throughout the City of San Jose. Details of results wil be posted. Welcome to the Pack Party loads of fun!! Members, new and old, of the LHS met for an enjoyable afternnoon on Sunday 8/21, to celebrate the success of the 'Dog Days at Lincoln' event. Abundant food provided by members, plus drinks and pizza galore kept everyone full and content. There was even home-made doggie-biscuits for our four footed freinds. Mostly, everyone just basked in the pleasant joy of pet companionship.  For photos of the get-together, please click here.
July 2005 Lincoln Hound Society's 'DOG DAYS at Lincoln' a Rousing Success! At first count, our event had attendance in the neighborhood of 500 guests, give or take 80+ non-registered guests and our official LHS roster grew by 45 NEW members! Thank you and Welcome to the Lincoln Hound Society. Not counting all of our wonderful LHS event volunteers, 26 current members attended and paid their annual dues in support of our free-roam park movement. Given that this was our first attempt at a public event, things ran beautfully - with only a minimum of glitches. More details will be posted as we review the event. In the meanwhile, photos are being posted as they come in for you to enjoy. They are to be found on the event page. Looks like the Lincoln Hound So ciety's Free-roam Park movement is on its way! May 2005 Lincoln Hound Society K9 Clean-Team Efforts Well Received The Lincoln Hound Society has only been part of the city-wide PRNS ( Parks & Rec Dept) Anti-Litter Campaign for two weeks, and already response from the general public and the school administration has been remarkable. How YOU can help! We still seek 10 more LHS members who would like to help out on our eco-minded, community service project. Those who join in will receive, free of charge, a city anti-litter kit which includes, bags, safety gloves, a pickup tool and a vest .We have marked the vests with the ID of “Lincoln Hound Society Volunteer,” to help promote visibility of our efforts. April 2005 Lincoln Hound Society Update Report
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Oct. 28. COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETING WELL ATTENDED
Over 80 people attended the Wednesday night Community Meeting regarding the Lincoln Dog Park proposal, with attendees both pro and con. A lively Q&A session followed a well presented program from the scheduled speakers.
The evening was opened by a welcome speech and overview presented by San Jose Councilmember, Ken Yeager.
Speakers included, Chris Funk, Principal of Lincoln High School, presenting the park proposal, followed by Jon Cicirelli, Deputy Director, Animal Care and Services Division, speaking on the county Animal policies and closed by Steve Roemer, Manager, Parks and Recreation , with very interesting insights on both concepts and planned dog parks in San Jose City Districts 3 and 6, including the proposed Lincoln park.
For more detailed information , please read the article in the 11/04 issue of the Rose Garden Resident. or use this link to read it on line.
Note: The meeting will also be featured in the 11/18 edition of METRO. Please pick up a copy of interested.
Sept 25. ACS Grand Opening Great Success.
Around 100 people attended the 11am opening ceremonies, but soon the front and rear parking lots were filled to over-flowing as thousands of pet owners and the curious descended on brand new state-of-the-art animal shelter. The 43,500-square-foot facility is located at 2750 Monterey Road and features its own veterinary hospital, dog-training site and education center and room after room of specialized adoption areas.
The Facility is mind-blowing and if you didn't attend the festivities, you should make it a point to visit in the near future.
One interesting feature at the opening was a DOG PARK table. It appears that San jose has three existing parks, one under construction and seven more proposed. Lincoln was not listed as one of the seven! We need to Rectify that as soon as possible.
The Dog parks listed are as follows:
| Existing | Under Construction | Proposed |
| Miyuki Dog Park Miyuki Drive and Santa Teresa Blvd. Ryland Dog Park Watson Dog park |
Fontana Dog Park Golden Oak and Paseo Pueblo Groundbreaking due 2004 |
Willow Street /Frank Bramhall Park Camden Community Center Delmas Avenue Guadalupe Gardens Penitencia Creek Saratoga Creek Wallenburh and - Lincoln - if we stay at it! |
San Jose City Council Votes to Increase Pet Ownership Limit
The City Council of San Jose closed business in August with a vote to increase pet ownership from the current limitation of two, to a total of five, still maintaining a restriction on dogs to a maximum of three. The new limit increase goes into effect on October 15th.So, how do the members of the Council stack up on being pet owners? See below.
| Linda LeZotte - No pets | Cindy Chavez - One cat | Nora Campus - One dog |
| Forrest Williams - No pets | Chuck Reed - Two cats | Terry Cregory - One dog |
| Dave Cortese - Two cats | ( And ) | |
| Ken Yeager - Two cats | Judy Chirco - Two dogs, one cat |
New Lincoln Stadium Complex completed. This is a reminder that the new football field and track area is forever off-limits to dogs. Please comply. (Additional concerns on 'Off-Leash' page)
Animal Control Expands Its Enforcement Patrols
Santa Clara County Animal Control has expanded its enforcement patrols for off-leash dogs. For more information about the municiple code, visit the city's website at: www.sanjoseca.gov
Most Recent Animal Control Activity in Lincoln High School Area:
MONDAY 6/04/07 @6:50 pm
A school neighbor on Hester Avenue is calling Animal Control. - AGAIN!
ALERT! We are being watched by ACS, SJ Police AND the Sherrifs Dept.
Avoid fence area near southeast corner of the new football complex.
GREEN Light indicates one week of free roaming time 
Yellow Light indicates recent activity.
Please REPORT any Animal Control Activity
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