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MINUTES
JULY 14,2008
The regular monthly meeting of the Dog Park Committee was held on Monday evening,
July 14,2008 at 6:30pm in the small conference room of the Municipal Office Building.
PRESENT: Lisa Ventriss, Chair; Jamie Heins, Vice-Chair; Joan Jarvis, Secretary;
Howard Goldberg,Claire Williams
ALSO PRESENT: Tom Hubbard
The meeting convened at 6:40 p.m.
Lisa reviewed the City Council meeting and approval of moving forward to Phase II of
the committee's work.
Minutes from June meeting were approved.
Tom said up to 180 responses now received from survey. Results remain very favorable.
Review of City Council meeting and Council approval of landfill location.
List of issues:
Have conversation with Public Works and other parties involved with siting Dog
Park on site
Site analysis for the location
Talk about developing master plan for site
Other projected site uses for the landfill area: airport parking,rec path connection,
public works use, short& long term plan for quarry, and other uses.
Parking and access-may come from Airport Parkway,not the DPW site.
Tom will get a map of the site for help in layout.
The committee unanimously passed a motion as part of a formal request to City Manager
Chuck Hailer,to approve funds for a site analysis for the Dog Park to be located at the
Landfill Site. The committee also feels this should be only the first step in developing a
master plan for the entire area. Tom will discuss this further with Chuck and inform the
committee regarding approval and time frame for this work to be done. It is understood
that a contract will need to be prepared with a defined scope of work,but much of the
committee's continued work hinges on this site analysis and confirmed approval and
safety for this site. The committee is hopeful that this process and final report can be
completed within 60 days.
Committee should move forward on various components of park such as decisions on the
type of fencing,needing fill or not-layout of area, etc.
Review of"Friends of Dog Park",by the Committee and starting to firm up how to create
the"Friends of Dog Park"and building volunteer lists and financial resources.
Tom suggested having a presence at So. Burlington Night Out on Aug. 5th, and using that
as an opportunity to interact with community members. Lisa suggested checking
schedules and when we could man the booth having surveys available,etc. Committee
members will be at booth from 5-9pm. Claire will work on a banner for the booth,
maybe even a design for a T-shirt for"Friends"group as a fundraiser. Jamie suggested
having puppies from Humane Society that could be potentially adoptable&draw more
people into the booth.
Lisa asked for commitment of committee members for Phase II. All indicated
continuance of all committee members. Lori has resigned from the committee as she is
moving out of town. The committee certainly appreciates all her work to date.
The committee will work on guidelines and principals and policies of park while we
await site review. Lisa asked Howard to head up Rules& Regs and consult with Chuck
Brodsky for what has been done at Starr Farm.
Some discussion followed on how the 2-acre site would be laid out. The committee will
make a site visit next week to make an initial recommendation.
Next meeting Aug. 12th Tuesday. Lou Bresee from the Rec. Path Committee and Bruce
Hoar from Public Works will be invited as guests at the Aug. 12th meeting.
Lisa asked about potential time line for Dog Park. The committee is hopeful that a site
plan could be done within a reasonable time frame so that we can proceed with next steps
and cost analysis of components of the park.
Committee will be scheduling monthly meetings starting Sept on Tuesdays. Committee is
projecting to have site analysis available to be able to firm up costs associated with set
up.
Lisa asked members to develop a list of opportunities that potential Friends of Dog Park
could contribute for components for the park.
Claire is tasked with creating list of items that could be used for fund raising&what
types of companies could be approached for becoming a"friend".
Meeting adjourned 8:10 pm
Respectfully submitted,
Joan Jarvis, Secretary