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• ~~ r ~ 1 w • • ~ ~ ~ ~ IICw-. 4-, Cttyy Ot S~~n Leat~d~•c~ ~~f,_r.~~; _ - ri e~ y~ ~~~~~ _. (. i~~ic` Cr=i~Yc~~ ~ ;'~~ F. t ~f1~ Slrc~i,l ~~, ~' ~~ ~, ~ ~~~ ~ <= Yf" e ' ~ S~~n I_c~~ntim, < ~lifcrrni~t ~1.1.~" October 1. 2{~)OS ~+~ °C,~ ~ +~ ~' Honorable l~'fayor and Cif}~ Council ~~~',, ~~ Cite of Sate Leandro K ~ 5 h-. l ~`~' Street San Leandro, CA 9477 Dear ~Mavor Santos and Council Members: As retluested by th~c Cit}- Council at the September ~4. ?OU7 City Council meeting, the Recreation and Park Commission has researched the feasibility of building a dog park in San Leandro. It is the recommendation ol• the Recreation and Park Commission that the City Council crnlsider using park development fees to build a dog park with areas for hoth small and large dogs at the Marina Shoreline in a section that is currently used as an off leash area for dogs located just south of the E}31)A de-chlorination building. 'this recommendation is a result oC one year o1' thorough, thoughtful research and discussion with cornrnunity members, Four Paws Society (a local non profit pex advocacy group). other agcneics managing dog parks and city staff from various departments. Thro>_ighout the past year the Recreation and Park Commission held nine Commission meetings jone of wrhich was publicized in the newspaper in addition to regular postings}: one communit}> meeting on a Saturday at a potential dog park site; surveyed 15 agcneics managing, dog parks revie~a~ing their design. size, cost to build, cost to maintain and issues of concern post-ope~ling of the park: worked with 1=our Paws Society on design, loc;atiun and issues generated by their community survey and received design and maintenance input and cost estimates from the Public works and Engineering and Transportation Ucpartmcnts. Consistently through our meetings and research we heard nothing but community support and need for a dog park. f:very agency said that their dog park was the most heavily used park. Staff`, working with Four Paws Society and input fiom the community from meetings and surveys, have prepared a conceptual design including a prelerre.d location. The preferred location is due to its proximity to parking and restrooms and distance from neighbors. 'I~l~e conceptual design includes a 1. ~ acre fenced. gated park with separate small and large dog areas. water, a shade structure. benches and garbage cans. The ground cover would he decomposed granite which allows drainage, reduces the need for mowin~~ or irrigating and is a nice surface for dogs. Attached is a cope of the conceptual designs as wall as three cost estimates developed by the Engineering and Transportation Ucpartment• The cost variance per estimate is dependent on the amount of decomposed granite. Option #1 has a ~'perimcter of decomposed granite around the ii,~nce to lessen the need for hand weeding along the fence (a high maintenance costj. Option #2 lu~,~: ti~u,t~,,, :.t~:~~.~,,~ < ~i4 t ~nu~~il '~uri~-~nr--~ C_ C~r.ml: .Atfrhr>>~~~ j Gr~•~ .. In~i i'i.,l,~. 11i.~n,i ~, _u~i1~t: ~r,~cr~ Imo. `~L'irn<,~ ., !lil' `~t, n~.~. ~.