Poll: Would You Use a Dog Park?

The city could take one big step toward a new dog park Monday night.

The dog park proposed to be built next to Gilleran Park will be about six acres once complete. Right now the county owns 2.7 of those acres.

Before work can begin, the city needs to swap land with the county.

In exchange for their land, the county wants 1.5 acres to complete the implementation of the Arroyo Trabuco Trail. It's the only regional county trail connected to Mission Viejo.

Here are some of the features of the proposed dog park:

• a 1.4-acre large dog area
• a .6-acre small dog area
• a single dog area a tenth of an acre big
• a 42-car parking lot

Everything else will be slopes and turf, according to a city report.

Also Monday, the council will compare the current budget to actual expenses and revenues.