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<br />having enough parking for the additional visitors, access to drinking water and <br />the other furnishings that will be provided on-site. <br /> <br />There are also considerations that need to be made within the City organization. <br />Currently, City Code does not allow animals to roam in any open site. City Code <br />would need to be changed to allow such a usage. Additional park users will <br />create additional maintenance needs. This will be everything from increased turf <br />maintenance to additional trash collection. Also, Public Safety will most like ly <br />see an increase in calls. The location may help to minimize these calls, as stated <br />above, a location away from the neighbors may keep the noise calls low, but <br />there will most likely also be calls for aggressive behaviors. These calls could be <br />for both dogs and humans. While not addressed above, both the Parks and <br />Recreation and the Public Safety Departments believe the area does need to be <br />fully enclosed. <br /> <br />Another piece that needs to be determined is finances. It will cost money not <br />only to build, but also to operate. At this point we will focus on the creation of the <br />park. Costs were provided from the construction of two different dog parks in the <br />metro area. The first is one of the most recent dog park to open, Aquatore Park <br />in Blaine. Blaine had an area that was nearly perfect to place a dog park. It is <br />bordered by Highway 65 to the east, Highway 10 to the south, Fogarty <br />Arena/Aquatore Park to the west and business office to the north. The site also <br />already had ample parking. Blaine then invested $97,691.01 into the <br />infrastructure and furnishings needed to create their dog park. The City of <br />Brooklyn Park went a different route. They selected a site that was well suited <br />for their needs and invested closer to $10,000 for perimeter fencing only.