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RECREATION AND LEISURE ARTS COMMITTEE
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16
5:00 P.M. to 6:30 P.M.
Medium Conference Room, City Offices
AGENDA
(5:00) Call meeting to order
Changes or additions to the agenda
Approve minutes from October 19 meeting
(5:05) Presentation by John Bossange, Chair, Burlington Park Foundation:
what the Park Foundation does and how it came into being.
(5:25) *Discussion of how to begin the process of forming a comparable
entity in South Burlington. Do we have volunteers for a subcommittee
to work on this issue and report back to the committee? Timeframe?
(5:45) Director’s Report
(5:55) Liaison report for Natural Resources Committee by Chair Betty
Milizia and brief presentation by Kimberley Hagan, UVM Extension
Grazing Consultant
(6:10) Liaison report for Planning Commission (Jennifer): schedule for
approval of 2016 Comprehensive Plan and Land Development
Regulations (LDRs); do we have volunteers for a subcommittee to
represent recreation & park concerns in the LDRs process?
(6:25) Brief reports on recreation-related action in other city entities:
Bike & Pedestrian (Rebecca)
City Council (Mike)
Sustainable Agriculture (Edie)
SB Land Trust (Edie)
Library Board (Mary)
School Board (Liz)
Winooski Valley Park District (George)
(6:35) Adjourn
Next meeting: Monday, December 21, 5:00 P.M.
Note: plan for improving park at Baycrest Drive is on Dec. 7 City Council agenda