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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 25, 2022 Page 3 Maintenance was provided for Council review. Maps showing the location of the two sites were also provided. Councilmember Jenson asked what type of maintenance is required on a dog park. Mr. Yunker stated they were more focused on location at this point. It would need nearly daily maintenance. Residents would be asked to clean up after their dogs but City Staff would be the backfill. 8 Councilmember Walker asked why Site A is preferable to Site B. Mr. Yunker stated it is a 9 bigger area and more centrally located and the noise would not be affecting the neighborhood 10 over the highway noise. Councilmember Walker stated his concern would be the height of the 11 fence. 12 13 Councilmember Webster thanked Mr. Yunker and appreciated the research done on this matter. 14 The Ann Arbor report was helpful in looking at the two possible sites. She stated she would 15 move ahead with further exploration of a dog park in St. Anthony. Residents have expressed 16 interest in a dog park where they can take their dogs off -leash. 17 18 Mayor Stille stated Council needs to be realistic in looking at this. The Ann Arbor report 19 showed parking as key. There would not be good parking at the 37u Avenue site. One of his 20 greatest concerns is phosphorus going into the drainage ditch from the dog feces. He would like 21 to hear what the City Engineer would say about that. The usable space at the site is much smaller 22 if a fence was constructed. Those are barriers he has concerns with. 23 24 Councilmember Jenson stated he would not be in favor of cutting down trees to allow for a dog 25 park. The liquid urine will go right into the ground and there is no way to clean it up. It would 26 take a significant amount of maintenance. He is on the fence as the site is so small. 27 28 Councilmember Walker referred to the report and said those residents that really wanted it would 29 hopefully volunteer to keep it clean. He would like to move forward with further research of a 30 dog park. 31 32 Mayor Stille stated he would be interested in knowing more but does not want to take a lot of 33 Charlie's time to research. Mr. Yunker stated he can check with the County whether it is an 34 option. He suggested staff explore it a little more. 35 36 VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. 37 38 A. Resolution 22-075 — Approving the City of St. Anthony's Participation in a Joint Powers 39 Agreement for a Fence Consortium with Several Hennepin County Police Agencies. 40 41 Police Captain Jeff Spiess reviewed in the spring of 2021, several police agencies in Hennepin 42 County expressed interest in exploring the possibility of using shared resources to secure a 43 fencing/barrier system to protect critical city infrastructure in the event of a civil unrest situation. 44 The goal was to have an anti -scale fencing structure readily available, within close proximity that 45 could be set up within hours. A Fence Working Group was formed with members of several