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Parks Committee hears opposition to proposed dog park; approves yard-award and meeting date change
Summary
At a Port Isabel Parks Committee meeting, a resident opposed a small dog park next to the pickleball courts. Staff reported recent park repairs and event planning; the committee approved minutes, excused absences, the May yard landscape awards and moved its June meeting date.
Mary Ann Simmons, a Port Isabel resident and property owner at 600 Padre Boulevard, told the Parks Committee she opposed placing a proposed off-leash dog park in “that little strip of land there next to the pickleball courts,” saying the site is too small for off-leash activity and therefore not a good location. "I just wanted to state my concern and basic opposition to the proposed dog park in that little strip of land there next to the pickleball courts. It's tiny," Simmons said during the public-comment portion of the meeting.
Committee members and staff spent most of the meeting on routine business and park operations. A parks staff member reported crew work to ready parks for holiday weekends, saying, "We actually did replace the water…
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