Dog Park_City Manager Memo re Future Dog ParksDubuque
THE CITY OF
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Masterpiece on the Mississippi
2007
December 12, 2007
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Future Dog Parks
Leisure Services Manager Gil Spence has provided an update on attempts to locate
another Dog Park in the City of Dubuque.
Mic ael C. Van Milligen
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cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Gil Spence, Leisure Services Manager
TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Gil D. Spence, Leisure Services Manager
SUBJECT: Future Dog Parks
DATE: December 12, 2007
When the idea of providing dog parks in Dubuque first surfaced, the plan was to provide
at least three sites. Those sites were identified as:
• The Grandview Avenue site of the present park;
• In conjunction with the rebuilding of the 32nd Street detention area; and
• Roosevelt Park, when that park was redeveloped
The 32nd Street site did not work out as the two uses could not mix. We then began
looking for other possible sites and investigated several suggestions from different
people, and identified three possible sites:
• A 4.88 acre site on East 12th Street across from Art Pape Transfer that
belongs to A.Y. McDonald Manufacturing;
• A 4.08 acre site on Terminal Street next to the south floodwall walking path,
that is City-owned property; and
• The area at Dodge and Bluff Streets that is IDOT property. This is the least
attractive site as noise may be an issue.
All three sites were submitted in the FY 2009 to FY 2013 C.I.P. budget proposal and are
working their way through the process. We are waiting for EPA approval on the 12th
Street site. Discussions to date seem positive but final approval has not been received.
The people at A.Y. McDonald Manufacturing are very supportive and willing to lease the
land to the City when approval is given.
With EPA approval, the A.Y. site could be ready when funding is available; the Terminal
Street site can be ready to develop when funding is available; and the Roosevelt Park
site needs to go through a master planning process before budget requests can be
made.
Please call if you have any questions.
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