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MINUTES
FEBRUARY 3, 2010
The regular meeting of the Dog Park Committee was held on Wednesday evening,
February 3, 2010 at 6:30pm in the small conference room of the Municipal Office
Building.
PRESENT: Lisa Ventriss, Chair; Jaime Heins, Vice-Chair; Joan Jarvis, Secretary; Claire
Williams
ALSO PRESENT: Tom Hubbard, Recreation Director; Bill Nedde, Krebs & Lansing
The meeting was called to order at 6:33 pm.
There was discussion on history of where we have come as a committee and how we
came to the Airport/Kirby Road site. The Airport has agreed to give us the location as
part of a specified lease agreement, terms yet to be established. The Airport has
encouraged us to move forward with design, identifying the exact area to be fenced, and
other amenities, including plan for parking. This information will also go to City Council
and will require DRB approval as well.
The City will provide the access for water, fencing, and supplies for operations.
Donna Kinville, City Clerk has informed us that last year 919 dogs were registered.
As the committee is proposing to have a slight increase in dog license fees to cover the
operational costs of the dog park, we need to meet with Donna to discuss the required
process for this to happen. It is anticipated that a$4.00 fee increase would be required.
Scope of Work
Bill Nedde talked about having Justin Rabideau have DPW go out and conduct a physical
layout of the area and trees. Kirby Road is maintained as a public road and needs to
allow for plowing and plow turn arounds.
Bill suggested a perpendicular parking pattern along the road and having them backup
and pull back into the road. Discussion ensued on the amount of spaces for cars and how
overflow could be potentially handled also allowing for fire/police access on an
emergency basis, and the need to provide for handicapped parking.
Bill discussed that the west side of Kirby Road is within the Centennial Brook watershed.
He feels that the entire area of proposed dog park in within the watershed, and whether
ANR would or would not consider the area to be an addition to the street and what
thresholds would trigger the need for a storm water runoff system.
South Burlington water dept. could be used to do the work for extending the water line to
the specified location, DPW would level areas where needed within the park, and develop
,.� the parking and entry areas for the dog park. A separate contractor would be brought in
for the fencing.
Tom discussed the airport's offer to reuse any of the existing stockade fencing possibly
along the back side of the park in areas closest to remaining houses. Bill suggested doing
specs and going to bid for fencing and allowing a bidder to allow for an alternative.
In regard to permitting, Bill was gong to do some checking on storm water and waste
water permit requirements. Bill said if we needed storm water permit the costs could be
up to $20,000-$25,000 for permit and storm water pond requirements, but is hopeful that
this would not be required.
Tom, Lisa and Bill talked about a possible time-line with a target completion of July 1,
2010.
Fundraising
Tom suggested committee review past meeting minutes in regard to sources for
fundraising and begin to identify particular elements and amenities that would require
fundraising. Lisa suggested getting an idea of what will be covered by impact fees and
what could be targeted for funding. Jaime noted that we need to be realistic about how
much we can raise and who could be targeted as sources.
A volunteer base will also be required for on-going maintenance and funding.
Marketing
Tom said that the Other Paper would be doing a profile on various city committees, and
has identified the Dog Park Committee as one of these committees. Lisa suggested that
we look at the timing when we would want our profile to appear.
The committee will also utilize the list-serve of 200+ supporters who have indicated their
interest in this project.
Minutes of the last meeting were approved.
Potential next meeting scheduled for 2/17. Tom will keep everyone posted by email.
The meeting adjourned at 8:20 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Joan Jarvis, Secretary