Parks committee recommends city wait on Pickleball Park dog park, seek larger site

The Parks Committee voted to recommend that the City Council postpone building a dog park on the 40-by-90-foot parcel near Pickleball Park and continue searching for a larger site.

Committee members voted by voice to approve the recommendation after an extended discussion that included multiple residents urging a pause and more study. Susan moved the recommendation and Kathy seconded; the motion passed on an oral vote with no roll-call tally recorded.

Committee members and residents said the narrow parcel—described to the committee as a 40-by-90-foot area subdivided into a 40-by-55-foot “large dog” section and a 35-by-35-foot “small dog” section—would function more as a dog run than a full off-leash park and raised several concerns about safety and usability. A resident who identified…