2012.07.14- Board Meeting

Attendees: Erika, Mary, Kate, Mina  

DogFest 

Publicity 

• Shoreline Currents Summer 2012 published with DogFest info.

• Mary working with Sonya & City Parks Dept to get signs designed and printed (and some laminated) by the 20th. 
• Kate & Mary postering on the west side on July 21/22.  
• Erika will poster at the parks.  
• Maggie, Mina, Ben & Dawn live on east side. Mary will provide list of places... Still need to coordinate.  
• Big banner at Shoreview to alert patrons to change in venue  
• Need more sandwich sign boards- can we borrow or make more? Ask Maggie.  
• Kate will update website and send email (announce event, and solicit for volunteers). One email today, one email one week in advance.  

Site Layout  

• Site map: Two baseball fields fenced in.  
• Driveway bollards moved temporarily to allow vendor setup & tear down. Need a volunteer to monitor.  
• Evaluation of parking adjacent to event- will leave closest spaces available to event attendees.  
• Vendors and staff should park in faraway lot.  
• Parks should arrange the overflow parking.  
• Will arrange vendor layout beforehand. Will ask Parks what they use to delineate stalls. Arrange along outside arc.  
• ShoreDog & food booths outside fenced area- monitor entrance & count attendees.  
• Another ShoreDog booth inside will have money and game signup  
• Aussie PetMobile will be allowed to drive in and park on the grass. Mary will check with Dick.  

Day-of supplies  

• Parks to order garbage cans, poop bags.  
• Parks will drop off tents for ShoreDog.  
• PA system reserved. Remind them to charge ahead of time.  
• Kate will get tripod whiteboard. Erika will get office whiteboard.  
• Fencing for ShoreDog games... should we buy some like the stuff like FlyDogs have?  
• T-shirts: can Rotary sell them for us?  
• Rotary to acquire kiddie pool for dogs to splash in. Can be printed with logo and raffled off afterwards.  

Food  

• Mina & Bruce donating food & food handling essentials. Kate to write acknowledgement letter for taxes.  
• Erika will bring grill.  
• Erika will give Kate two coolers, and Kate will pick up ice.  Donations  
• Mary asking for vendor gift donations.  
• Rotary: bandanas with ShoreDog logo for dogs participating in games  

Volunteer tasks 

• Adequate water- need volunteer to monitor & refill  
• Monitor vendor access through bollards  
• Announcer/MC  
• ShoreDog booth up front  
• ShoreDog booth inside  
• Kate: photos, donations paperwork & tax receipts, misc  
• Erika: solver of miscellaneous issues  

Getting additional volunteers  

• Mina will ask her friend at KPLU about announcer  
• Erika will ask her sister for teenagers who need volunteer hours  
• Kate to ask Robyn & Neil, among other DP friends  
• Kate will ask DP friends  

Games 

• Pie-eating contest (Dorothy)  
• Doggie dash  
• Lookalike  
• Prettiest eyes  
• Fashion show (Dee Marie)  
• Shedding  
• Best trick 

Vendors  

• SplashDog  
• Mud bay  
• Trainer: Joyce's Dogs. Erika will talk to her about topics of training.  
• Fly dogs  
• Carter Subaru might support  
• Can rotary raffle stuff on our behalf?  

Non-DogFest 

• Update on progress of east-side park.  
• MLT Dog gets Arbor Barber to dump chips outside the fenced off-leash area. No entrance to park is required. Kate will contact. Need to identify an appropriate area...perhaps behind the newly installed gate?  
• Ideas for storage shed at Shoreview... MLTDog as example. Was an Eagle Scout project.  

• MTL Dog: Volunteers sign up with City and are given code-access to the shed. They can do volunteer work (poop pickup, bag refills) as needed and fill out volunteer hours for City tracking. 

Shoreline Parks Now Smoke-Free

From http://www.cityofshoreline.com/:

On March 26, Council took the historic step of making all Shoreline parks tobacco free. Ordinance No. 630, which prohibits smoking and the use of smokeless tobacco on all Shoreline park property, passed unanimously.

Tobacco-free parks help reduce exposure to second-hand smoke for children and families, and reduce pollution from cigarette butts, which is one of the main sources of litter in public places. Establishing tobacco-free parks is also part of a broad movement to create healthy and smoke-free areas, especially for children. Tobacco use in places like parks can send a mixed-message to children and youth that tobacco products are consistent with a healthy environment and lifestyle.

In a recent survey of King County residents, 70 percent said they support smoke-free public places, including parks. These survey results were echoed by Shoreline residents and park users, as 69 percent of respondents who took an online City survey stated that they would support a policy that prohibits the use of tobacco products in City parks.

In the coming months, Shoreline Parks and Recreation staff will begin installing park signage that communicates that all parks are tobacco-free.

Work Party at ShoreView: 5/19 10 am - Noon

We've had a lot of beautiful days this spring, and the Shoreview Park Off-Leash Area has gotten a lot of use! Let's pitch in for some spring cleaning on Saturday, May 19th.

Diggin' Dog needs a nap!

Come to the park between 10 am and noon to help us improve the 'sand box' area, clip blackberries, and do general cleanup. We should have plenty of tools to share, but please help out if you can bring:

• heavy gloves for blackberry pruning
• pruners, loppers, or other gardening tools
• round-point shovels to help install the edging of the sand box
• plastic bags that can be repurposed for daily poop pickup
• water to add to the dog water barrel
• water for yourself
• sunblock, hat... we're optimisic it'll stay sunny
• ideas for dog park features that your pup would enjoy

See you at the park, ShoreDoggers!

2012.02.25- Board meeting

3 PM: Existing Board Members (Erika, Maggie, Kate, Mary, Mina) 

1. Review new board candidates 
2. Website maintenance - Kate has had no luck getting Dreamweaver software through TechSoup standard purchase 
   1. Kate will ask Sonja about Dreamweaver 
   2. Maggie will find out if she has access to software 
   3. Can purchase Adobe Creative Suite (includes Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Acrobat, etc) from TechSoup for $136 
3. Schedule for Work Parties 
   1. Combination cleanup day, 3/24 
      1. 10-11: Richmond Beach cleanup in March (after 3/15 closure) , 12 - 2: Shoreview 
      2. Erika contact Tony directly (but copy Maureen) to remind him that we need wood chips 
      3. Mary will talk to Maureen about printing & laminating new signs for 'Toy Box' and 'Freebies' 
   2. Pick 5 days a year at Shoreview… schedule in advance and stick to it.  Hope that we can get a routine down. 
      1. March 24th 
      2. May? 
      3. July? 
      4. September? 
      5. One more? 
   3. Two Richmond Beach cleanups: 
      1. Before Christmas ships 
      2. After closure (sync with Shoreview party) 
4. Dogfest 
   1. Change in City of Shoreline government is committed to  supporting a larger event 
      1. Portable stage, PA system 
      2. Publicity: postings, City publications 
      3. Host a national event (maybe in future, might be too much for this year) 
      4. Partner with Rotary? Lynn has lots of  
      5. Fitness element - organized walk (eg, 5k?)  Setup, permitting, water stations, etc.  Support Healthy Shoreline goals 
      6. Rotary: Americanine Idol.  Contests, showmanship, etc. 
      7. If not in Shoreview park, will need to secure the area for off-leash dogs 
      8. Hamlin Park benefits: running water, rest rooms, etc. 
      9. Change to City ordinances… will require vendor fee… minimum approx $20.  Might be able to negotiate with City.  Perhaps can be waived for non-profit groups. 

Arrival of Potential New Board Members (4 pm) 

1. Potential New Board Members 
   1. Introductions 
      1. Ben & Dawn Ford - run their own dog walking service.  North City area.  Dawn is serving on the East Side dog park area.   
      2. Steve Goodman - Stone & 192nd.   Shepherd/husky mix Manda.  Degree in Communications (UW), writing, works in engineering dept… design, property layout, etc. 
      3. Lisa Kertson - business analyst background, Einsten = 8 yr old pup 
   2. Interests and Commitment Levels 
      1. Board term: 3 years 
      2. Would stagger terms so that not everyone's term is up at the same time 
      3. Erika suggests an amendment our bylaws to allow an interim appointment less than the 3-yr commitment.  Mina moves.  Maggie seconds.  All in favor. 
      4. Erika suggests an amendment for a resolution to add three 3-yr term positions, and one interim position for a less-than three year term.  Mina moves.  Maggie seconds.  All in favor. 
2. Treasurer's Report 
   1. Over $1500 in the checking account (estimate from Maggie) 
   2. Kate needs to send renewal notices 
3. East-Side Off-Leash Area Report: Erika, Maggie, Dawn 
   1. Final decision pending Parks Board 
   2. Recommendation potentially being made on March 22nd at 7pm in City Council chambers 
   3. Narrowed down to: 
      1. Fircrest: 150th & 20th.  Requires an agreement with State of Washington… long-term lease.  Joint-use agreement structure between City & State.  Several acres.  Fully fenced. 
      2. Small-dog Only Area: James Keough.  Not available right now… being used for staging of construction of Metro bus barn.  Slated to finish in 2012.  Want to start using prior to master planning process.  Would be compatible with a community garden area which is being proposed.  Weight limit ~20 lbs. 
      3. Aldercrest, Cedarbrook as backup plans 
4. Calendar City calendar: http://www.cityofshoreline.com/index.aspx?page=25 
   1. 3/22: Tentative: 7 pm: East Side OLA proposal at City Council 
   2. 3/24: Work party 
   3. 4/14: 2 pm @ Erika's House: Board Meeting.  Will bring snacks to share so Erika & Amy don't have to do it all.   
   4. FYI: 7/28: SolarFest 
   5. 8/11: DogFest proposed date 
   6. FYI: 8/18: Celebrate Shoreline 
5. Responsibilities 
   1. Steve will work with Erika & Tony to get fence moved. 
   2. Shoreview site aerial photo & parcel lines was generated from http://www.kingcounty.gov/operations/GIS/Maps/iMAP.aspx 
   3. Kate will send Steve the appraisal map info 
6. Updated Contact Info