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Residents urge larger dog park; council points to parks committee review
Summary
Residents and a Parks Committee advocate criticized a council-approved 90-by-40-foot space at Pickleball Park as too small and urged a half-acre facility with separated areas for large and small dogs; council members encouraged discussion at an upcoming parks committee meeting and some urged starting with a smaller pilot site.
Laurie Coker, chairperson of the SPI Parks Committee and a South Padre Island resident, told the council during public comments that she and a volunteer advocate group oppose the 90-by-40-foot space the council approved for a dog park in Pickleball Park and urged the council to reconsider.
“While I appreciate the City Council's designation of a space for a dog park on February 5, I am deeply disappointed by its limited size and scope,” Coker said, summarizing a letter she said she had sent to the city. She said a citizens’ advocate group formed to pursue a dog park has “over 100 members” and provided a business plan to the city in October 2022…
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