HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Dog Park Committee - 09/09/2008 DOG PARK COMMITTEE
MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 9, 2008
The South Burlington Dog Park Committee met on September 9, 2008 in the small
conference room at City Hall.
PRESENT: Lisa Ventriss, Jamie Heins, Joan Jarvis, Claire Williams, Howard Goldberg
ALSO PRESENT: Tom Hubbard, Recreation Director
Meeting called to order at 6:35 p.m.
Tom reported that 214 surveys have been received to date and that 23 t-shirts have been
sold. Lots of people came by the Dog Park Committee booth at the South Burlington
Fire Department Open House. The conversations were overwhelmingly positive. Some
of the comments also reflected that the committee was doing a great job with this project.
There are approximately 870 dogs now registered with the city,the most in any year to
date.
Claire had agreed to write an article about the dog park and the t-shirt fundraiser for The
Other Paper. Tom will check with her regarding status of this.
As mentioned at our previous meeting, an email will go out to all folks who have
indicated on the survey that they'd like to be involved with efforts for the dog park. The
email will contain a brief summary of where we are in the process, and also include a link
to the web site with all the committee minutes. Tom asked attending committee members
if they minded having their emails published as part of this email to folks, and everyone
in attendance indicated it would not be a problem.
Site Analysis update
Local engineering firm Krebbs & Lansing has submitted a proposal for the site analysis at
the landfill area off Patchen Rd. The proposal indicates that some of the technical work
that needs to be done, as part of the environmental analysis, would need to be farmed out
to a third party who has worked with the state on these types of projects before. We hope
to have a final cost and breakdown at our next meeting.
The next steps in the process include the following:
Approval to conduct the site analysis
Presentation& Review of the site analysis
Approval to proceed further with site location
Preliminary Design& Budget Preparation
Formal presentation to City Council
Phase II Discussion:
Fundraising-
Lisa suggested coming up with 5 businesses or individuals that would welcome contact
for future and solicitation funding.
Members were asked to continue to promote the sale of t-shirts.
Need to develop costs for specific items within the dog park.
Rules-
A draft of the rules from Howard with revisions from Lisa was discussed.
Tom requested Lisa re-send the proposed rules to the committee members for their final
review.
Operations-
Recruiting volunteers for the park.
Tom suggested asking Chuck Brodsky to the October meeting for his advice and
information on developing a plan for recruiting and scheduling volunteers based on how
it is done at the Starr Farm dog park in Burlington.
Next meeting October 14th or possibly the 21st if necessary.
Invite Chuck Brodsky for volunteer recruiting input, and Bill Nedde for Site Proposal
review.
November meeting is scheduled for November 11.
Meeting adjourned at 7:50 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Joan Jarvis, Secretary