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Recommendations and Guidelines for Dog Park Site Selection, Design, Operations and Maintenance <br /> <br />Page 24 <br />Notes from public meeting held on September 24, 2013 <br />9 members of the public and 3 Park Advisory Commission members attended. The same presentation was <br />made as at the first meeting, but then participants were divided into two groups to discuss the criteria and <br />make suggestions as to specific potential locations. <br />Input on Proposed Criteria: <br /> Size - people tend to take little dogs to little parks. <br /> Enforcement is crucial – needs to be staffed. <br /> Cleaning up after dogs. <br /> Bar code entry, swipe card. <br /> Swift Run is really huge – it doesn’t need to be that big. People lose track of their dogs. <br /> Drainage – muddy dog park not good, need to rethink surfacing, provide alternatives, make sure any <br />new areas have proper drainage. <br /> Parking spaces – need to be adequate for anticipated use. <br /> Noise – elevation difference between park and surrounding area – in a valley or on a hill can help. <br /> Keep an eye on historical nature of park; make sure that change in use does not change intention <br />or character. <br /> Natural feature preservation – no development of sensitive natural features/areas. <br /> Shade – need to make sure there are adequate trees. <br /> Operation – can you control number of dogs using a particular dog park at any one time? <br /> Use conflicts – buffers needed between different types of uses (play areas, etc.). <br /> Connection to river or a moving body of water is a desirable feature. <br />Ideas for new dog parks: <br /> Fuller Park South – has adequate parking, need to stay away from wetlands. <br /> Kuebler Langford Park – thruway hikers, away from neighbors, noisy highway would cover noise <br />of barking. <br /> Broadway Park – close to downtown, not much pedestrian traffic, not connected to B2B trail, noise <br />from trains, away from neighbors. <br /> Veterans Memorial Park – noise offset by traffic, parking adequate, may be too popular, need an <br />acre minimum for this site. <br /> DTE Property – not owned by City, away from neighbors. <br />