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Dog Park Committee
Tuesday 5-11-21- 6:00 – 7:00pm LOCATION: New Dog Park Site at Dorset & Swift DRAFT Agenda 1. Adopt Agenda
2. Public Comment for items not related to the agenda 3. Dog Park Work Plan (from 2020 Annual Report w/updates from Betty)
2019-2020 Work Plan
• Collaborate with SoBu personnel on design and implementation of a dog park at Wheeler
Homestead
• Finalize operational policies and procedures for existing dog parks
• Implement a public and private fundraising plan
• Establish "Friends of the Dog Parks"
• Establish an ongoing evaluation plan for the dog parks
• Review existing ordinances for possible revision/addition proposals to City Council
• Draft proposed City-wide master plan for South Burlington dog parks
ADDITIONAL Work Plan tasks IDd, recently:
Collaborate with personnel on Dog Park Guidelines for Development Review
Board/developers (Matt Cota has offered to assist us)
Update current proposed Park rules-grammar, terminology
Conduct nationwide search on communities that have large open space for off-leash dogs
Develop list of relevant questions. (Committee members could do this)
Review city open space maps (include private parcels and areas not typically considered)
The Committee will need to go through the work-plan and new items to prioritize, then determine who and how to address each one. 4. Update from Dog Recreation Task Force - The Dog Recreation Taskforce hasn’t met in two months and is likely to be postponed or "folded" into the Dog Park Committee
5. Update on new member recruitment – The Deadline for applicants to DPC will be extended, since it wasn’t included in the original advertisement 6. To Do List from last meeting
a. Update on Dog License Fee Fund - $4 for every dog license goes into a special fund; to date the fund has just under $11k in it.
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b. The fund was established by City Council per the meeting minutes: Effective at the June 3, 2019 City Council meeting the Council increased dog fees by $4.00 to be dedicated for the
creation and maintenance of the city's dog parks.
c. As of May 5, 2021 there are roughly 1,115 registered dogs in South Burlington. 7. Wheeler Park Update
8. General member items
9. Set future meeting date June 8, 2021 6-7pm Location/Setting TBD