The Citizen Advisory Committee deliberated the criteria by which they’d recommend a site for the Southwest Minneapolis dog park.
By Sheila Regan, Southwest Minneapolis Patch
The 6th District Dog Park Citizen Advisory Council (CAC) finalized their membership at a meeting Monday.
The CAC, which is tasked with advising the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board on the site for an off-leash dog area in the 6th Park District, is still developing criteria for their decision.
CAC to Examine More Sites
The CAC was originally allotted 45 days to report back to the park board, but it’s likely that they’ll recieve a deadline extension, as the park board recently decided to allow the CAC to consider more than the three original sites the board had proposed (the Rock and Peace Garden, Lyndale Park Parking Lot Area, and the Southside Operations Center). The new sites examined by the CAC can not include Dr. Martin Luther King Park in Kingfield. Chair Tom Nordyke said he would discuss a revised time frame with park staff.
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