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City of Sr~n Le~l~dr-~~ Civic C~~iltc~r, t;;~i F. 1-trh SfrF~t_~l Spin Lc~~~ndro, C~r~liirxnia ~).(7 t)ctober ] . ?008 Honorable Mayor and City C ouncil City of San Leandro 83S I. 14`x' Street San Leandro, CA 94;77 Dear Mavor Santos and Council Members: As requested by the City Council at the September 4, 2UU7 City Council meeting, the Recreation and Park Commission has researched the feasibility of building a dog park in San Leandro. It is the recommendation of~ the Recreation and Park Commission that the City Council consider using park development fees to build a dog park with areas for both 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 F.BDA de-chlorination building. This recammendation is a result of one year of thorough, thoughtful research and discussion' with community members, Four Paws Society (a local non profit pet advocacy group), other agencies managing dog parks and city staff from various departments. Throughout the past year the Recreation and Park Commission held nine Commission meetings (one of which was publicized in the newspaper in addition to regular postings}; one community meeting on a Saturday at a potential dog park site; surveyed 15 agencies managing dog parks reviewing, their design. size, cost to build, cast to maintain and issues of concern past-opening of the park: worked with 1-'our Paws Society on design, location and issues generated by their community survey and received design and maintenance input and cast estimates from the Public Works and Engineering and Transportation Departments, Consistently through our meetings and research we heard nothing but community support and need for a dog park. Every agency said that their dog park was the mast heavily used park. Staff; working with 1''our Paws Society and input iiom the community from meetings and sun°eys. have prepared a conceptual design including a preferred location. The preferred location is due to its proximity to parking and restrooms and distance from neighbors. "hhe conceptual design includes a 1.3 acre fenced, gated park with separate small and large dog areas, water, a shade structure, benches and garbage cans. The ground cover would be decomposed granite which .allow°s drainage, reduces the need for mowing or irrigating and is a nice surface for dugs. Attached is a copy of the conceptual designs as well as three cost estimates developed by° the Engineering and Transportation Department. The cast variance per estimate is dependent on the amount of decomposed granite. Option #1 has a 3'perimeter of decomposed granite around the fence to lessen the need for hand weeding along the fence (a high maintenance cast). Option #2 ~i~n1' S.111If~p, ~A111'~~i rt~ 4 nurr~ il: ~urlcn~~ G. (~r:mt; ~AlirhnP•~ J. C;rr•~~ri~~; Iini I'nil,r. I li.in,i ~~1 tir,u~d; ~c~~rr K~ 5i~rntir~,~1,: Kfl~ ~4chhC`~c.