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South Burlington Dog Park Commi ee
DRAFT
Mee ng Minutes
June 3, 2019
Present: Barb Sirvis (at large), Linda Chiasson (NRC), Mike Simoneau (RPC), Larry Kupferman, (at large), Be y
Milizia (at large), Maggie Leugers, (staff),
Members of the public: Muriel More, Molly Bezio, and Kate Lukas
1. Safety Procedures: Maggie directed group to exit door and directed group to back of administra on
offices, down stairs to parking lot in case of an emergency.
2. Appoint Clerk: Molly Bezio
3. Adopt Agenda: Adopted
4. Agenda changes: None other than addi on of SoBu Commi ee Chairs Mee ng to next steps
5. Minutes: May 6 and May 29 Approved
6. Review PPT for DPC report to SBCC
1. Ac on Item: Encourage licensed dogs at park, need a mechanism for repor ng unlicensed
dog
7. Next steps
1. SoBu Commi ee Chairs Mee ng
i. Annual Report – Due August 16th
a. October 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019
b. Used by City Council
c. Annual Report approved by DPC during mee ng
ii. 2019-2020 Annual Work Plan for Comprehensive Plan
a. Due August 16th
b. Template created where goals are ed into document tled “Vision & Goals”
iii. September 26 Commi ee Symposium (4:30 – 9:00)
a. Each commi ee has 15 minutes to tell city council everything they need to know
as to what commi ee is currently working on
2. Leadership transi on
i. Be y Milizia to run Friends of the Dog Park
ii. Jus n remains as staff un l opening of dog park, then staff responsibili es transi on to
Holly
iii. Next commi ee should select new Chair
iv. Barb Sirvis last day on commi ee is June 3, 2019
v. Commi ee approved Larry Kupferman to be interim Chair
3. Schedule mee ngs
i. Open items for discussion at future mee ngs:
a. Adopt the Rules
b. Create Work Plan (due August 16)
ii. Next mee ng scheduled for June 24th at 6PM
a. Suggest walkthrough of new proposed dog park area during next mee ng
4. External funding op ons
i. Account created with city for tracking dona ons (no crea on of 501(c)(3))
5. “Friends”
i. Kick-off a er approval by City Council
8. Updates:
1. Milton Dog Park (Muriel)
2. Interim Zoning Open Space Commi ee (Be y)
3. NRC (Linda)
4. RPC (Mike)
9. Future Agenda Items:
1. Plan for design & construc on phases Wheeler Dog Park
2. DRAFT proposal “rules”, regula ons and opera onal guidelines
a. Park rules
b. Opera ons/management/maintenance
3. Implementa on of funding strategies
4. Plan for “Friends of Dog Parks”
5. On-leash park ordinance expansion
6. Future site planning
Respec vely submi ed by Clerk: Molly Bezio