HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Recreation and Parks Committee - 06/07/2017Wednesday, June 7, 2017
South Burlington Municipal Offices, 575 Dorset Street
MEETING MINUTES for Regular Monthly Mee ng
Members Present: Be y Milizia, Melissa Cuke, Ka e Kain, Sean Devine, Lisa Yankowski and Gwen Kozlowski
Also Present: Holly Rees (NRC Staff Liaison - SB Recrea on & Parks Assistant Director), Jake (SB Recrea on & Parks intern)
Absent: Russ Agne, Kris n Williams, David Crawford
The mee ng was called to order at 6:05 pm.
1) Reviewed Emergency Evacua on Protocol
2) Addi ons, dele ons or changes in order of agenda items.
No addi ons, dele ons or changes were made to the proposed agenda.
3) Comments from the public not related to the agenda.There were no comments from the public. 4) Approval of mee ng minutesMelissa Cuke made a mo on to approve the May 2017 minutes, Sean Devine seconded. Mee ng minutes for Maywere approved unanimously.
5) Staff Update –Falcons at Red Rocks, Herbicide educa on inquiry, Weed Warrior Event, Scope of work for
WVPD/VYCC summer 2017, dog park reloca on, conference room update.
· Peregrine falcons at Red Rocks- the pair are incuba ng, can lead to possible hatch; signage has been
taken down and/or graffi ’d, but new signs are in place
· Herbicide educa on inquiry- Ci zen requested informa on on a city-wide policy of herbicide applica on
(there is not currently one in place). Would like an alterna ve to share with homeowner associa on that
had applied herbicide.
· Dog park- Kirby road dog park closed. Two smaller parks will open at Farrell, JC park “people” parks. No
date for opening yet.
· Conference room will have second egress built- progress to start maybe next week.
· Weed Warrior- Holly will check in with Ashley, may need assistance with next event
· SE group to contract for master plan for Underwood parcel. Visioning has been complete- next step will
be public input from community members and stakeholders
· Scope of work
i. VYCC will be at Red Rocks: legi mize social trails, mi gate mudding sec on, repair trail tread on
the trail, waterbar & drainage structure repair, replace small culvert
ii. Winooski Valley Park District at Red Rocks: new bike racks, remove all old signage, replace with
new wayfinding signs
iii. WVPD at Wheeler: invasive removal, bike racks, trail repair
6) Commi ee Member Updates- Be y ( Green Up Day) (6:30-6:40)
Dave, Kris n, Be y had a table at Green up day- shared info with par cipants.
7) Leadership Mee ng Update- Melissa
All commi ees shared work plans. DRB values NRC input.
· Planning commission listed 5 projects: open space, scenic views, energy si ng, wildlife and habitat corridors
· Needs challenges from commi ees: funding, partnerships: private/public, people power.
· Next step: post work plans online. Update work plan on annual basis.
· Make connec ons between commi ees- have NRC commi ee members assigned to other commi ees to
review agenda and minutes and share out at mee ngs
-Energy commi ee- Melissa
-Bike/ped- Ka e
-Rec/parks-?
-DRB- Be y/Sean
-City center-?
-Planning commission- Be y
· Review mission statement, have comments for next mee ng to Be y
8) Sub-Commi ee Reports- allowing for 10 minutes to report back and brainstorm on each of the five themesadopted on the NRC work plan. Discussed and reviewed ac on ideas of work plan.
· Invasive species- Ka e- received dra Integrated pest management developed by Craig
i. Next step: look at Burlington, state regs, review red rocks plan, meet with Craig
ii. Holly will research next step on how to proceed and moving policy forward
· Trees- Gwen/Be y- will meet with Craig to iden fy priori es to support his work
· Habitat connec vity- Melissa- researched educa on and advocacy opportuni es
9) Agenda Building Roundtable
Edit and finalize mission statement.
10) Next mee ng date- July 12, 6pm.
11) Adjourn.
Melissa Cuke made mo on to adjourn, Ka e Kain seconded; mee ng adjourned at 7:45pm.
Respec ully submi ed,
By Gwen Kozlowski