Dog Park Talk Needs Less Din

The next meeting on the dog park will be with fewer people.

The starting point for talks on its location will have it near the

Town Administrator Andrew Maylor reported to selectmen Monday that he met with a large group at Phillips Park an hour before Monday's meeting.

The many voices made it hard to have a conversation on the dog park topic, he said.

He wants the next meeting to include two abutters and two dog park proponents so the conversation can advance instead of being drowned in a sea of voices.

Selectmen have said there will be an off-leash dog park at . The board voted for it two years ago.

What remains undecided is its location.

The off-leash park has been moved from its original site at Kid's Cove in the park.

Wherever it ends up it will be in a fenced area about 100 feet by 100 feet in size.

Some residents who live near Phillip Park said earlier that they are concerned that a dog park will bring barking, noise, parking problems and turmoil to their neighborhoods and yards.

Marc Eichler, president of the Swampscott Park for Off-leash Time (SPOT), said earlier that the park would not cause more problems.