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From YouTube: Burlington City Council - 3/13/2023
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Call To Order 00:00:00
Climate Emergency Reports 00:01:23
Committee Reports 00:03:13
City Council President - Council Updates 00:09:28
Mayor - General Affairs 00:10:55
Local Control Commission 00:12:43
Local Cannabis Control Commission 00:18:24
Board of Civil Authority 00:26:04
Public Forum 00:27:19
"Mayor Miro Weinberger, re: Appointment of Fire Chief" 01:00:01
"Indoor Entertainment Permit Application: 202 Main Street" 01:59:03
"Tobacco License & Substitute Endorsement App: Float On" 02:00:41
Tobacco Substitute Endorsement App: Pearl St Pipe & Beverage 02:01:20
Resolution: Acceptance And Approval Of The FY2022 Audit 02:02:44
Resolution: Supporting LGBTQIA+ Community Members 02:23:04
Resolution: Thanking City Staff And Community Partners 02:41:25
Resolution: Support for Early Childhood Education System 02:48:33
Total Run time: 03:04:32
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A
All
right
so
we'll
get
ourselves
started
here
good
evening.
Everyone
who's
joining
us
in
con
toys
and
everyone
who's
joining
us
online
today
is
March
13th
2023,
and
thank
you
so
much
for
joining
us.
The
time
is
6
40.,
we'll
begin
this
evening
with
our
agenda
our
Council
agenda
and
going
to
item
1.01,
which
is
a
motion
to
adopt
the
agenda.
Is
there
a
motion
to
adopt
the
agenda.
A
C
A
The
second
item
is
public
forum,
and
public
forum
is
for
a
Time
certain
of
7
30
and
we
have
not
arrived
at
the
7
30
hour.
So
we
will
continue
with
our
agenda
and
come
back
to
the
public
forum
as
the
time
is
now
6
6
40,
we'll
move
on
to
the
first
item
that
we
can
go
to,
which
is
climate
emergency
reports.
D
D
What
we're
still
not
quite
done
with
this,
this
may
not
have
been
cleared
everyone
that
to
actually
create
this
and
and
start
enforcing
this
new
fee.
There
is
going
to
need
to
be
some
ordinance
work
and
the
BD
team
has
already
started
working
on
that,
and
it
will
be
we'll
be
ready
to
work
with
you
on
that
to
get
it
in
place
in
the
coming
months.
D
From
my
perspective,
this
is
an
important
important
step
forward
in
our
efforts
to
become
a
net
zero
City
by
by
2030
this.
This
new
fee
Works
hand
in
hand
with
the
very
significant
incentives
the
Burlington
electric
department
is
offering,
and
the
two
of
them
together
will
be
really
quite
a
powerful
combination
for
Transforming
Our
buildings
in
the
years
to
come.
Looking
forward
to
working
on
that
with
the
Council
on
the
mud
said.
A
A
E
Just
briefly,
the
charter
change
committee
will
bring
back
for
our
last
meeting
the
rules
that
were
referred
to
our
ordinance
out
to
our
committee
and
we're
just
going
to
be
re-veting
to
make
sure
that
all
the
the
changes
and
things
that
we
did
are
included
in
the
document
that
we're
getting
from
the
city
attorney.
So
when
we're
having
a
meeting
to
do
that
the
Thursday
before
so,
we
will
put
this
on
the
agenda
with
the
information
to
come
and
you
will
see
revised
rules
at
your
next
meeting.
A
F
Thank
you,
president
Paul.
The
license
committee
will
be
meeting
on
March
22nd
at
3,
30
and
among
are
more
typical
or
aside
from
our
more
technical
items,
we're
also
going
to
be
discussing
the
matter
of
the
Cannabis
local
control
board
and
the
fact
that
it
seems
to
waste
a
lot
of
council
time
subcommittee
time,
staff
time
and
worst
of
all,
it
is
simply
an
obstacle
that
lengthens
the
amount
of
time
that
applicants
for
an
applicant
to
actually
get
license,
it's
a
hoop
that
they
have
to
jump
through.
F
A
F
G
You
president,
the
racial
Equity
inclusion
and
belonging
committee
will
be
meeting
on
the
21st
at
five
o'clock
in
The
Bushel
room,
and
we
will
be
looking
into
the
mission
statement
of
the
committee.
We
will
also
be
talking
a
little
bit
about
Juneteenth
celebration
and
also
receive
update
around
the
strategic
planning
of
the
roadmap
for
the
City
of
Burlington
around
racial
Equity
inclusion
and
belonging.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
president
Paul.
The
Public
Safety
Committee
has
been
working
in
collaboration
with
the
police
commission
in
the
police
department
to
amend
certain
Department
directives,
as
recommended
by
cna's
operational
assessment.
We
will
be
working
with
the
police
commission
later
this
month
to
review
some
of
the
work.
B
That's
been
done
on
those
and
would
hope
to
finalize
that
work
in
April
at
our
next
public
safety
committee
meeting
on
March
23rd
at
five
o'clock,
we
will
be
working
to
finalize
the
committee's
report
on
all
of
the
CNA
recommendations
which,
if
all
goes
according
to
plan,
we'll
come
back
to
the
full
Council
for
a
presentation
and
vote
on
the
27th.
So
look
forward
to
bringing
that
back.
Thank
you
all.
H
I
Thank
you,
president
Paul.
The
ordinance
committee
does
not
have
a
meeting
scheduled
at
the
moment,
although
before
our
committee
is
pending,
the
proposed
zoning
changes
for
the
South
End
Innovation
District
I.
Think
consensus
has
come
to
that,
because
this
is
likely
to
stretch
over
multiple
meetings
that
we
will
meet
on
this
upon
the
next
city
council
term,
beginning
so
folks
are
tuned
in
to
the
status
of
those
proposed
zoning
amendments.
We
are
looking
to
potential
meeting
dates
in
mid-april
for
us
to
begin
as
an
ordinance
committee.
I
Our
consideration
of
the
South
End
Innovation
District
proposed
zoning
amendments.
The
other
piece
I
will
add
in
my
role
is
as
chair
of
the
ordinance
committee,
but
I
know
it
involves
Council
Bergman
as
well
as
chair
of
the
charter
change
committee,
is
that
this
council
did
pass
a
resolution
committing
us
jointly
to
continuing
to
consider
proposals
on
police
oversight
and
accountability.
I
In
the
event,
Burlington
voters
rejected
that
the
question
seven
proposal
on
a
community
control
board,
given
the
results
from
town
meeting
day,
we
are
now
obligated
and
I'm
glad
to
do
so
to
continue
this
vital
important
discussion.
I
know
I
I've
already
been
in
touch
with
councilor
Bergman
and
will
be
working
to
coordinate
plans
not
only
between
our
two
Community
committees,
but
also
how
to
best
bring
in
other
community
stakeholders
and
organizations,
as
we
continue
to
consider
this
issue.
Thank
you.
A
Great
thank
you.
Councilor
Travers
seems
as
though
we've
covered
just
about
every
committee,
so
I
think
we
can
probably
close
that
out
and
go
on
to
item
seven,
which
is
city
council,
General,
City
Affairs.
Are
there
counselors
that
wish
to
offer
comments
on
General,
City,
Affairs
or
Community
updates.
A
Seeing
seeing
none
then
we'll
move
on
to
the
next
item,
which
is
item
number
eight
city
council,
president
updates.
The
only
update
that
I
have
is
that
I
did
see
was
a
the
Flynn
theater
is
pretty
dark
and
it's
possible
that
I
didn't
see
everyone
that
was
at
the
public
safety
event.
I
saw
a
couple
of
of
City
councilors
at
the
event
it
was
a.
It
was
a
great
conversation
with
some
national
experts
on
Q
on
police
oversight
and
accountability.
It
was
a
very
interesting
conversation.
D
Thank
you,
president
Paul.
Just
one
item
from
for
me
today,
exciting
event
coming
up
this
week
that
I
intend
to
be
at
and
I'm
sure
there'll
be
counselors
there
as
well.
We,
the
Burlington
school
district,
will
be
moving
forward
and
having
its
groundbreaking
of
the
new
Burlington
High
School
on
Wednesday
and
all
right.
It's
a
very
important
project
for
this
community.
One
overwhelmingly
supported
at
the
polls
and
it's
exciting
to
see
it
reaching
this
Milestone.
D
There
is
also
I,
will
share
a
lot
of
discussion
in
Montpelier
making
good
on
our
mutual
attempting
to
make
good
on
our
mutual
commitment,
working
with
the
school
district,
to
secure
other
sources
of
funding,
to
ensure
that
it
is
not
Burlington
taxpayers
alone
that
are
shouldering
the
financial
cost
of
this
Regional
entity
and
this
entity.
That
is
going
to
involve
a
significant
cleanup
that
was
required
by
by
state
action,
so
that
work
continues
and
hope
to
be
back
soon
with
further
updates
there.
After
this
exciting
milestone.
A
All
right,
thank
you,
mayor
Weinberger.
We
still
have
plenty
of
time
between
now
and
the
time
that
the
public
forum
would
start.
So
we
have
three
other
meetings
that
this
evening,
that
we
need
to
attend
to
that
being
the
local
Control
Commission,
the
local
cannabis,
Control
Commission
and
the
board
of
civil
Authority,
so
we'll
recess
the
city
council
meeting
at
6
52
and
we'll
call
to
order
the
local
Control
Commission
meeting
at
the
same
time.
A
A
C
A
A
Seeing
none
all
those
in
favor
of
the
motion,
please
say:
aye
aye
any
opposed.
Please
say
no!
That
motion
passes
which
moves
us
on
to
our
deliberative
agenda.
There
are
five
items
on
our
deliberative
agenda.
The
first
is
item
3.01,
which
is
an
application
for
a
festival
permit
for
two
days
for
Oktoberfest
Waterfront,
Park,
September,
22
and
23
of
2023.
A
A
C
A
J
A
A
Thank
you,
commissioner,
Shannon
seconded
by
commissioner
Travers
any
discussion
on
the
motion.
Seeing
none
all
those
in
favor
of
the
motion,
please
say
aye
aye
any
opposed.
Please
say
no.
That
motion
passes
unanimously,
which
brings
us
to
the
last
item
on
this
deliberative
agenda.
A
first
item
3.05,
which
is
a
first
and
third
class
commercial
caterer
liquor,
license
application
for
Pine
and
ginger
LLC.
Commissioner
Shannon
move.
A
C
A
Opposed,
please
say
no
that
motion
passes
unanimously
and
thank
you
so
much
to
the
license
committee
for
all
of
this
work.
We
have
no
other
business
on
this
agenda
and
seeing
no
objection
will
adjourn
the
local
Control
Commission
meeting
at
6
58
and
call
to
call
to
order
the
local
cannabis
Control
Commission
meeting.
At
the
same
time.
A
The
first
item
on
that
agenda
is
item
1.01.
Is
there
a
motion
to
adopt
the
agenda
move
to
adopt
the
agenda?
Thank
you,
commissioner,
Shannon
seconded
by
commissioner
Travers.
Is
there
any
discussion
on
that
motion
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor
of
the
motion
to
adopt
the
agenda?
Please
say:
aye
aye.
C
A
A
A
Okay,
all
right,
so
what
we
have
done.
This
is
a
an
odd
situation.
We,
as
as,
as
has
been
pointed
out,
we
don't
really
have
a
whole
lot
of
authority,
but
we
do
have
to.
We
do
have
to
vote
on
these,
and
what
we've
done
in
the
past
is.
While
applicants
are
under
no
obligation
to
disclose
their
business
information,
we
invite
them
to
come
forward,
introduce
themselves
along
with
any
information
that
they
wish
to
pass
along
about
their
business.
It's
a
an
opportunity
for
our
version
of
a
little
free
advertising.
C
K
Josh
Markle:
this
is
my
partner
Scott
Sweeney.
We
are
forming
true
802
cannabis,
which
is
located
above
Ace
Place,
130,
134,
Church,
Street
132
is
our
shop,
our
new
shop,
that
is
opening.
Basically,
what
I'd
like
to
tell
you
guys
is
we're
trying
to
start
something
organic,
something
from
the
ground
up.
I
mean
I
know
that
there
is
quite
a
few
different
shops
Stones
throw
away
from
from
ours
right.
So
there's
one
in
the
alley.
There's
one
to
the
right
of
us.
K
There's
one
to
the
left
of
us
and
I
can
assure
you
like
I.
We
definitely
wish
success
on
everybody,
but
our
our
plan
is
completely
different
than
what
these
other
shops
are
are
selling,
so
just
not
getting
too
in
depth
on
it.
But
you
know
we
look
at
it
as
just
very
as
advocate
advocating
for
the
farmers
for
the
consumers.
K
We
want
you
to
come
up
and
just
we're
going
to
have
a
couple
of
a
couple
of
different
zones
right,
so
you
walk
in
there's
going
to
be
like
this
information,
decompression
Zone
with
some
art
on
the
walls
of
local
farmers
of
you
know
just
different
pictures
of
flower
Farmers
like
flower
in
different
we're,
not
trying
to
say
just
in
different
stages:
flowers
in
different
stages,
right
and
the
information
of
the
Farms.
So
you
know
we
want
you
to
gain
the
information.
K
F
C
A
A
F
F
A
I
Yeah,
just
very
briefly,
president
Paul
one
of
the
joys
of
serving
on
the
license
committee
and
whereas
I
have
some
concerns
around
the
authority
of
the
Cannabis
Control
Commission
of
serving
on
that
commission
has
been
the
sneak
peek
that
it
provides
into
the
business
activity
and
and
the
vibrancy
of
our
downtown
and
I'm
incredibly
excited
that
we
have
three
additional
cannabis
applicants
here
who
are
looking
to
open
businesses.
Downtown
we've
already
approved
permits
for
revolution,
kitchen
reopening
under
new
ownership.
I
The
former
owners
of
the
half
Lounge
on
Church
Street
are
moving
into
the
sidebar
on
Main.
Street
Oktoberfest
is
coming
back
to
our
Waterfront
and
it's
it's
incredibly
exciting
to
see
our
downtown
continuing
to
return
to
being
a
vibrant
place
for
folks
to
be
I'm.
Grateful
to
the
folks
who
are
here
and
the
other
applicants
who
are
opening
up
job
and
really
contributing
to
that.
So
thank
you.
A
A
That
motion
passes
unanimously,
because
in
fact
that
is
really
the
only
thing
that
we
can
do
with
no
other
business
on
this
agenda
and
seeing
no
objection
will
adjourn
the
local
cannabis,
Control
Commission
meeting
at
705,
and
that
brings
us
to
the
next
meeting,
which
is
the
board
of
civil
Authority
that
is
chaired
by
the
mayor.
So
I
will
pass
the
gavel
to
the
mayor
to
preside
over
that
meeting.
Mayor
Weinberger.
D
D
Thank
you
to
us
ever
second
by
counselor
Shannon,
any
discussion
of
the
agenda.
Seeing
none
will
go
to
a
vote.
All
those
in
favor
of
the
motion.
Please
say:
aye
aye.
Are
there
any
opposed?
The
motion
carries
unanimously
and
it
brings
us
to
our
only
item
of
business
on
the
border.
Civil
Authority
agenda,
which
is
the
consent
agenda
and
I,
would
welcome
a
motion
to
take
the
actions
indicated
on
it.
D
Thank
You
seconded
by
councilor
Shannon
any
discussion
of
the
consent
agenda.
Seeing
none,
we
will
have
a
vote
all
those
in
favor
of
the
motion.
Please
say:
aye
aye
any
opposed
the
consent
agenda
carries
unanimously
and
with
that
we
have
completed
our
agenda
and
without
objection
are
adjourned
at
706
pm.
A
Mayor
Weinberger,
that
brings
us
back
to
the
public
forum
I'm
just
going
to
take
a
moment
to
look
at
the
number
of
people
that
have
signed
up
for
the
public
forum.
We
still
are
about
20
minutes
early,
despite
my
despite
my
best
intention
of
being
able
to
time
this,
so
that
we
would
literally
go
into
public
forum
from
all
of
these
other
meetings.
A
A
Pull
them
out
fill
one
out
and
bring
it
to
the
clerk,
which
is
who
is
also
to
my
right
in
the
front
of
the
room.
If
you
wish
to
speak
via
Zoom,
you
can
go
to
burlingtonvt.gov
public
city
council,
public
forum
and
a
forum
will
come
up
just
complete
the
form
and
your
answers
will
come
into
a
spreadsheet.
That
I
have
right
in
front
of
me
on
my
computer.
That
way,
I
can
call
on
you
in
the
order
in
which
you
signed
up.
A
It
has
been
our
practice
that
Burlington
residents
will
have
first
priority,
we'll
go
to
Burlington
residents
in
contos
first
and
then
to
Burlington
residents
online,
then
back
to
non-burlington
Residents
in
Perth,
who
are
here
in
person
and
to,
and
we
will
finish
with
online
Burlington
resident
Burlington
residents
that
are
joining
us
online
during
public
forum.
We
make
one
request
of
everyone
that
speaks
at
public
forum
other
than
keeping
to
the
time
limit,
and
that
is
that
you
please
use
respectful
language.
A
We
ask
that
you
think
about
that
when
you
are
making
your
comments,
please
direct
them
to
me
as
the
chair
and
not
to
anyone
else
at
this
table.
Please
do
not
personalize
your
comments
again.
We
are
excited.
We
are
always
happy
to
see
a
large
gathering
for
public
forum
and
we
want
to
hear
what
you
have
to
say
and
it
is
a
lot
easier
for
us
to
listen.
If
you
speak
respectfully
with
that,
we
will
go
to
the
public
forum
and
the
first
person
is
Jessica
oski
to
be
followed
by
Emily
Copeland.
L
L
A
You
thank
you.
Thank
you,
Jessa.
Thank
you
so
much
our
next
speaker
is
Emily
Copeland
and
I.
Just
also
would
remind
you
if
you
could
just
use
your
use
your
hands,
to
show
your
support
for
what
someone
is
saying
as
opposed
to
clapping.
We
can
continue
with
the
public
forum
Emily.
Thank
you
for
joining
us.
M
You
come
and
you
stand
up
against
things
that
are
not
right
and
we
are
Big
Time,
Burlington,
arms
Walkers
and
we
take
stickers
down
every
day
and
my
kids
know
all
about
what
the
stickers
mean
and
how
they
don't
include
all
of
our
friends
and
family
members,
and
they
are
seven
and
ten
and
they
want
to
do
better
so
I'm
here
trying
to
facilitate
that.
Thank
you.
A
N
Hi,
my
name
is
Olivia
Taylor
I
am
a
resident
of
word
seven
and
I
clean
stickers
I'm
here
today
in
support
of
the
resolution
that
supports
the
lgbtqia
community
and
condemns
transphobia
I
believe
that
every
person
deserves
the
opportunity
to
find
themselves
in
a
safe
and
supportive
environment
around
the
country.
Right-Wing
extremists
and
special
interest
groups
are
spending
money
to
enact
policies
that
limit
the
rights
of
trans
and
queer
people
in
Burlington.
There
are
people
who
want
to
make
schools
parks
and
public
spaces
unsafe
and
unwelcome
to
queer
and
trans
youth.
N
I
am
hopeful
that
this
resolution
will
lead
to
further
action
and
change
and
I
am
extremely
thankful
for
all
of
you
for
working
on
this
together
to
close
I
want
to
say
to
every
trans
person
you
matter,
you
are
important
and
I
will
never
stop
fighting
for
you
and
gender
affirming
Health
Care
saves
lives.
Thank
you.
A
O
Oh
I,
don't
consider
myself
trans
but
would
making
myself
more
masculine.
Make
me
more
of
a
Target,
and
this
was
after
convincing
myself
to
come
to
City
Council
in
the
first
place.
I've
been
quiet
for
some
time,
though
I
used
to
come
here
constantly
and
even
ran
for
office
was
just
life
getting
busy
and
part
of
it
was
fear.
We've
all
seen
the
stickers,
the
podcasts
the
tweets,
and
then
things
escalated.
O
Vermont's
GOP
attacked
legislators
who
were
trying
to
help
young
people
get
access
to
gender
affirming
treatments.
Shortly
after
these
threats,
Fern
feather
a
trans
person
from
Montpelier
was
stabbed
to
death.
A
week
later,
someone
threw
a
brick
through
the
pride
Center's
glass
door,
transphobes
with
cameras
harassed
people
at
the
pride
March
and
then
came
to
antagonize
and
berate
children
at
a
charity
fire
truck
poll.
They
insist
that
the
parents
of
trans
children
should
be
put
in
prison.
They
brandish
guns
in
an
attempt
to
intimidate.
O
O
But
here
we
are
with
the
fear
in
the
back
of
our
minds
that
the
trans
folks
among
us
might
be
killed.
The
first
time
I
heard
someone
announce
their
pronouns
I
was
confused
and,
admittedly
annoyed,
but
I
grew
up.
I
freed
myself
to
wonder
about
what
gender
I
wanted
to
be
and
it
turned
out.
I
didn't
want
to
be
any
of
them.
O
A
A
P
As
other
speakers
have
mentioned,
there
is
growing
attacks
on
the
lgbtqia
plus
Community,
not
just
today,
but
has
been
growing
for
years,
and
there
is.
There
are
hate
crimes
and
proposed
and
enacted
legislation
growing
around
the
country.
Acts
like
these
stickers
are
part
of
this
concerted
effort
to
challenge
the
mere
existence
of
queer
and
trans
people
in
our
country
and
our
state.
We
must
take
this
seriously.
P
It
should
not
end
with
this
resolution
and
we
must
especially
take
action
when
young
people
are
targeted,
which
we
know
is
happening
due
to
the
targeting
of
schools
and
youth
centers
like
outright
Vermont.
Vermont
is
not
immune
from
hate,
and
the
state
delegation
that
I
serve
with
are
looking
into
researching
our
state
hate
crimes
to
see
what
gaps
exist
and
making
sure
that
we
can
protect
schools
and
places
where
Young,
Folks
and
minoritized
communities
convene.
It
is
that
important
that
we
work
together
and
I
hope
it
goes
beyond
this
resolution.
Thank
you.
A
Q
More
importantly,
as
a
member
of
the
Green
Mountain
transits,
Justice,
equity
and
diversity,
committee,
I
always
stand
for
the
importance
of
equality
and
as
well
as
inclusion,
saying
that
I
also
wanted
to
table
a
motion
today
as
part
of
the
speaking
time,
which
I
do
understand
is
two
minutes
and
I
was
wondering
if
subsequent
meetings
it
could
be
considered
having
two
additional
time
for
up
to
four
minutes,
if
possible
in
the
future.
Thank
you.
A
A
R
R
I
want
you
all
to
know
that
Burlington
is
not
different
from
the
other
places
where
all
this
transphobic
stuff
is
happening
around
the
country.
We
are
not
different
from
Texas
we're
not
different
from
Tennessee
I
know.
Sometimes
it
might
be
like
oh
everything's
all
rainbows
here,
it's
not
I
can't
even
count
the
number
of
trans
friends,
including
myself,
who
have
been
attacked
or
harassed
on
the
streets.
R
I
can't
count
how
many
times
I've
tried
to
pick
up
my
meds
from
Walgreens
and
waited
until
the
pharmacy
closed
or
the
number
of
times
that
I've
seen
stickers
walking
around
it's
really
scary
here
and
I'm
glad
you're
doing
something
about
it.
I
do
want
you
to
know,
though,
that
this
resolution
is
not
going
to
fix
all
those
things.
So
I
hope
that
the
reaction
to
this
isn't
Oh
yay.
We
passed
a
resolution
everything's
back
to
being
all
rainbows.
It's
fine
I'm,
not
sure.
R
R
S
My
bad
okay
hi,
my
name,
is
Aspen
ovary
and
I'm.
Here
speak
on
issue,
5.07
and
support
of
the
career
committee.
A
few
weeks
ago,
I
held
a
vigil
for
brionic
gay
on
the
steps
of
this
very
building.
Brianna
is
a
victim
of
the
same
violence
that
is
infecting
this
country.
That's
infecting
the
world
that
is,
that
is
reaching
its
tendrils
into
this
city.
S
It's
a
it's,
a
violence
that
is
attempting
to
strip
the
autonomy
strip,
the
strip,
the
lives
and
strip
the
Dignity
of
trans
people
and
I
want
to
say
this
is
nothing
new.
We
have
been
here
before
in
Germany,
the
Magnus
hirschfeld
Institute
was
the
first
habits,
but
was
one
of
the
first
habits
books
burned?
Because
of
course
it
was
we
us.
As
trans
people,
we
have
the
power
to
Define
ourselves,
the
power
to
reach
into
ourselves
to
reach
into
the
social
Fabric
and
Craft
our
very
being,
and
now
this
bill
wouldn't
change.
S
It
wouldn't
change
anything.
This
is
functionally
a
symbolic
Bill
and
Burlington
needs
to
Far
Far
More
To,
Be,
A,
Safe
Harbor
for
Trans
people
and
the
families
that
that
are
coming
and
will
come.
But
what
this
does
do
is
send
a
valuable
message
and
is
a
message:
I
hope
that
go
here,
that
as
long
as
there
is
breath
in
my
lungs
and
life
in
my
body,
I
will
fight
for
my
Liberation
and
fight
for
my
autonomy
to
have
control
over
my
own
life.
S
T
And
I'm
here
to
call
out
wcax's,
intentionally
divisive
trans
activism
that
is
harming
this
community
and
possibly
trans
themselves.
I
became
suspicious
of
their
so-called
reporting
even
before
transfeather
was
murdered.
I
noticed,
then,
how
much
more
time
they
were
giving
to
the
story
than
other
news
outlets.
T
The
honest
story
is
that
for
two
for
the
second
year,
lgbtq
was
not
allowed
to
carry
their
Banner.
The
parade,
after
all,
was
all
about
things.
Irish
I
complained
to
see
ax
about
their
activism.
I
received
a
very
angry
and
hateful
email
in
return.
Accusing
me,
predictably
of
being
transphobic
and
hateful
as
I
see
it.
T
Wcax
is
intentionally
stirring
up
haters
to
manipulate
this
community
and
all
of
you
they
need
to
stop
their
irresponsible,
misleading
and
excessive
trans
activism
to
the
trans
people
here,
I
just
want
to
say
it
is
hateful
to
label
everyone
who
doesn't
support
gender
ideology
as
hate
hateful
and
transphobic
for
the
purpose
of
intimidating,
shaming
and
silencing
them.
You
may
think
that
hating
people,
those
people
and
politically
manipulating
others
to
hate
with
you
feels
right,
but
it
is
wrong.
A
U
A
U
Resolution
contains
multiple
references
to
so-called
transphobic
stickers,
which
made
me
realize
that
many
may
actually
not
know
or
be
aware
of
what
the
written
content
of
these
stickers
is.
These
stickers
State
such
controversial
phrases
such
as
I
defend
women's
sports
spaces
and
rights,
listen
to
D,
transitioners
and
no
one
is
born
in
the
wrong
body,
is
objectively
obvious
that
this
is
constitutionally
protected
speech
on
an
area
of
public
concern
to
those
who
demand
that
government
censor
track
and
Target
individuals
because
they
deem
their
statements
to
be
offensive,
know
this.
A
A
Thank
you.
I.
Just
also
would
just
like
to
remind
everyone
that
part
of
public
forum
is
allowing
us
the
opportunity
to
listen
to
All
Points
of
View,
and
everyone
should
feel
welcome
to
be
here.
So
if,
if
we
could
just
write,
if
we
could,
if
we
could
all
just
simply
keep
you
you're,
you
have
your
opportunity
to
speak
and
once
you've
had
your
opportunity,
if
you
could
just
allow
other
people
to
speak
without
without
interrupting
them,
we
would
appreciate
it.
V
A
A
W
Hi
everyone,
my
name-
is
Nick
tatakis
I
am
a
member
or
resident
of
Ward.
3.
I
was
inspired
to
come
here
tonight
because
of
the
resolutions
that
my
counselor
councilor
McGee
highlighted
for
me.
So
I
want
to
start
by
saying
that
I'm
proud
to
be
a
member
of
the
LGBT
community
and
proud
that
my
counselor
is
supporting
these
resolutions.
W
Proud
of
my
LGBT
qia
plus
community
members
for
speaking
up
tonight
and
sharing
their
stories
specifically
I
would
like
to
voice
my
support
for
resolution
5.08
and
the
portion
of
it
reiterating
the
call
for
overdose
prevention,
centers,
I,
I'm,
a
public
health,
professional
and
I
have
a
history
of
working
in
Philadelphia
in
the
harm
reduction.
Space
and
I
know
that
harm
reduction
works
and
harm
reduction,
saves
lives
and
I
would
be
a
proud
burlingtonian
if
we
had
an
overdose
prevention
center.
W
I
know
that
overdose
prevention,
centers
are
especially
important
for
people
who
are
in
extra
precarious
circumstances.
After
a
period
of
abstinence
and
that
period
it
can
be
voluntary,
it
can
be
made
mandatory
and
if
they
return
to
use
they're,
especially
vulnerable
to
fatal
overdose
and
I
believe
that
overdose
prevention,
centers
work,
safer
consumption
sites,
work,
harm
reduction,
Works
empathy
works,
it
all
saves
lives
and
so
I
implore
you
to
continue
the
work
to
find
how
you
can
bring
more
of
that
into
Burlington.
Thank
you.
A
X
Y
Z
My
name's
Lizzy
I'm,
a
ward
3
resident
and
I
just
wanted
to
come
here
and
speak
about
my
sister
who's
trans
and
who
I
love
very
much
she's
creative
and
she's,
intelligent
and
she's,
beautiful
and
she's
kind
she's.
A
performance,
artist
and
I
wanted
to
share
a
quote
from
one
of
her
pieces,
which
is
a
monologue
addressed
to
herself
the
year.
She
came
out.
Z
A
AA
Please
welcome
I
work
in
Burlington,
that's
that's!
Okay,
my
name
is
Kel
Arbor
I
use
Warrior
and
they
pronouns
I
work
at
the
pride
Center
of
Vermont.
As
the
Director
of
the
health
and
wellness
team,
I
also
came
out
in
Burlington,
I
was
assigned
female
at
Birth
and
in
the
late
90s
Burlington
became
a
refuge
for
transgender
non-binary
and
non-binary
gender
non-conforming
people
we
are
so
diverse
in
who
we
can
be,
and
Burlington
has
been
a
beacon.
AA
We've
been
a
mediocre,
pretty
good
Beacon
we've
been
a
beacon
for
LGB
people,
but
the
tqi
of
us
are
not
being
served
while
in
this
state,
I
live
in
Montpelier
right
now
and
I
agree
with
everybody
who's
saying
that
the
heat
is
happening
everywhere,
I
see
it
everywhere.
I
drive
around
the
state,
my
neighbors
are
petrified
I
I,
don't
move
in
that
fear,
because
that
was
that
fear
can't
exist.
In
my
life
we
have
to
move
in
Liberation
and
to
have
that
support
and
that
space
to
be
our
authentic
selves.
AA
We
need
these
resolutions
to
support
transgender,
neighbors
and
community
members
and
stop
this
hate
speech.
The
number
of
people
that
come
to
the
pride
Center
because
they
have
had
a
traumatic
life
event
I
almost
died
of
an
AIDS
diagnosis.
We
are
taking
our
own
lives,
we
are
leaving
the
state
for
other
states
because
we
don't
feel
safe
here.
I
want
us
to
be
better
than
good
I
want
us
to
be
who
we
can
be
not
just
who
we
are
being
now.
AA
I
want
us
to
dream
of
a
space
where
the
youth
they're
beautiful,
diverse,
incredible
identities
that
we
support
them.
Our
bodies
are
our
choices.
We
leave
the
womb
and
we
need
other
people
to
help
us
support
our
freedom,
When
We're
Young
we're
standing
up
for
all
the
young
people
here
we
never
had
that
as
kids
I'm
45.
To
imagine
that
I
could
have
been
supported
and
didn't
have
to
struggle
and
go
through
such
pain
and
Trauma.
But
Burlington
gave
me
a
safe
space.
We
are
not
doing
that
for
everybody,
and
this
resolution
could
help.
AB
I
think
there's
two
areas:
I
want
to
talk
about
very
briefly
in
Burlington
Progressive
areas,
and
many
people
came
here
for
many
reasons
to
Burlington,
for
social
justice,
but
not
to
be
harassed,
are
being
pigeonholed
and
attacked
whether
it's
Berkeley
Boulder,
Santa,
Fe,
Montpelier,
strategically
hate
groups
are
coming
after
what
was
considered
safe.
This
resolution
is
good
because
it's
a
path
in
the
right
direction,
but
I
think
we
have
to
go
further
and
consider
a
sanctuary
City.
AB
You
may
not
realize
how
many
people
are
coming
from
Texas
Kansas
other
places
people
have
been
threatened,
harassed,
their
kids
have
been
threatened,
who
have
been
transitioning,
who
are
coming
here
literally
seeking
Freedom.
It's
no
exaggeration,
so
I
think
part
of
what
Burlington
needs
to
do
is
collaborate
at
other
quote-unquote,
Progressive
minded
areas
and
strategize.
AB
Another
factor
I,
want
to
point
out
very
quickly.
I
was
told
not
to
come
here
because
it
may
impact
my
business
I'm.
A
cultural
vendor
I
do
a
lot
of
business
and
trades
in
the
in
the
new
North
End,
and
there
are
people
in
our
part
of
town
who
actually
would
like
to
eliminate
transphobic
people
who
told
me
that,
because
I
am
supposedly
one
of
them,
I
was
even
called
a
traitor
because
I'm
considered
a
heterosexual
male.
AB
AC
A
AD
AD
Now
everybody
has
a
problem
in
this
country.
The
Selective
outrage,
that's
going
around.
Everybody
wants
to
be
selective
about
their
outrage
and
use
it
as
a
reason
to
harass
people.
They
don't
like
from
all
walks
of
light.
All
of
you
doing
all
of
you
have
been
taught
by
Facebook
to
do
it
and
you
all
are
participating
I,
don't
see
too
much
sanity
going
around
amongst
any
of
you
here
we
are
now
squirrel.
AD
You
guys
remind
me
of
the
dog
with
the
collar
in
the
movie.
Up
here
is
a
wedge
distraction.
We
are
arguing
about
what
we
failed
at
police
reform.
While
we
failed
at
the
economy
for
our
children.
Well,
rents
are
unlivable
for
our
children,
houses
are
unaffordable,
drug
problems
left
and
right
and
all
you
people
do
is
argue
over
words
and
their
meanings.
A
AE
AE
The
beginning
of
my
life
was
a
very
dark
time
for
me.
I
did
not
come
from
an
accepting
family
so
to
just
put
it
mildly,
and
to
paint
a
picture
of
what
that
looked
like.
For
me,
my
teen
years
were
a
complete
blur
of
suicide
attempts,
overdoses
and
substance
use
disorder
over
time.
I
learned
how
to
build
towards
the
life
I
wanted
and
surrounded
myself
with
people
who
could
get
me
closer
to
that
goal.
AE
As
a
result,
I
haven't
had
any
contact
with
my
blood
family
and
over
10
years
and
I
don't
miss
it.
I've
lived
in
Burlington
for
over
four
years.
I
came
here
because
it
was
a
refuge
from
where
I
was
as
a
trans
person,
and
let
me
tell
you
what
my
life
is
like
now,
because
it's
really
good.
You
know,
you
know
it's
funny.
What
being
in
a
supportive
environment
and
having
loving
people
will
do
so?
I
I
fell
in
love
in
Burlington
I'm,
getting
married
in
in
June.
AE
To
someone
who
accepts
me
and
loves
me
and
is
proud
of
me,
along
with
his
family
I,
don't
have
to
hide
who
I
am
at
all
I'm
super
involved
in
the
Burlington
Community.
As
most
of
you
know,
I'm
on
my
NPA
steering
committee
I'm
on
the
Community
Development
block
grant
Advisory
Board
through
cedo,
and
you
folks
recently
appointed
me
to
the
parks
and
rec
Commission
and
on
March
1st
I
celebrated
15
years.
Clean
and
sober
and
coincidentally,
I
haven't
attempted
suicide
since
I
got
sober.
AE
Life
is
really
good
for
me,
in
spite
of
my
environment
growing
up.
If
you
pass
this
resolution
tonight,
you
have
a
chance
of
helping
people's
lives,
be
good
because
of
their
environment
and
I'll.
Just
finish
with
this,
the
day
of
trans
visibility
is
vital
to
building
a
safe
and
accepting
Community
for
all
and
showing
our
young
folks.
That
may
be
in
a
dark
place
that
there
is
something
to
stick
around
for
thanks.
A
J
Hey
folks,
my
name
is
Dana
Kaplan
I
use
he
and
him
pronouns
and
I'm
outright
Vermont's
executive
director
I
forgot
about
the
time
limit.
So
I'm,
going
to
read
fast
for
over
30
years,
outright
has
worked
tirelessly
to
build
to
Vermont,
where
all
lgbtq
youth
have
hope,
equity
and
Power.
In
the
recent
months
and
years,
we've
seen
a
rise
in
aggressive
anti-trans
hate.
We
must
understand
that
these
attacks
are
attacks
on
our
rights,
our
lives
and
dignity
and,
in
the
proper
context,
as
real
and
escalating
threats
to
public
health
and
safety.
J
A
coordinated
Nationwide
effort
is
underway
to
erase
and
disenfranchise
trans
people
according
to
the
ACLU
409
anti-lgbtq
bills
are
currently
active
in
the
United
States,
most
of
which
Target
trans
youth
for
Vermont
youth.
The
national
landscape
forms
a
horrifying
backdrop
to
the
struggles
that
they
face
every
day
in
their
schools
and
communities
right
here,
trans
youth
have
been
targeted
online
by
P
peers
and
authority
figures
singled
out
for
false
and
defamatory
media
attention,
their
identities
weaponized
by
adults
who
care
more
about
making
a
political
statement
than
about
their
well-being.
The
kids
are
not
all
right.
J
The
stickers
plastered
around
Burlington's
neighborhoods
constitute
an
anti-trans
hate
campaign
and
it's
just
one
more
tactic
among
many
that
aims
to
tell
Vermont's
lgbtq
youth
that
it's
not
okay
to
be
who
they
are,
that
they
are
not
valued
or
cared
for
or
allowed
to
exist
in
Vermont.
According
to
the
2019
yrbs
data.
J
We
know
that
lgbtq
youth
are
two
times
as
likely
to
have
been
bullied
than
their
peers
three
times
as
likely
to
have
skipped
school
in
the
last
30
days,
because
they
didn't
feel
safe
going
to
school
and
four
and
a
half
more
times
more
likely
to
attempt
suicide
in
the
last
year
as
adults
showing
up
for
lgbtq
youth.
It
means
taking
visible
and
vocal
action
against
hate,
supporting
them
in
facing
day-to-day
challenges
and
taking
decisive
action
to
create
communities
where
they
are
not
only
safe,
but
seen,
celebrated
and
loved.
This
moment
demands
urgency
and
decisiveness.
J
It's
time
for
the
administration
and
city
council
to
break
its
silence
and
show
lgbtq
youth
that
their
lives
matter,
and
that
Vermont
is
a
place
where
they
belong.
I
want
to
thank
the
Burlington
City
Council
for
taking
up
resolution
5.07
and
for
lgbtq
youth
watching
and
listening
know
that
we
are
here
for
you
that
you
are
loved,
respected,
cared
for
and
adored
for.
Exactly
who
you
are.
You
are
worthy
of
a
world
of
possibilities
before
you
and
we
are
here
to
help
you
don't
hesitate
to
reach
out
to
us.
Thank.
AF
AF
I'm
fighting
for
the
women
that
enjoy
penises
I'm
fighting
for
the
women
that
enjoy
going
to
dress
shops
and
being
only
with
women
and
not
having
to
subject
ourselves
to
men
or
whatever
they
claim
to
be
I
mean
yes,
be
yourself.
However,
why
make
it
law?
Why
have
to
force
us
to
follow
their
will?
You
know
this
is
a
democracy.
That
means
no
one
can
impose
their
personal
will
on
you,
and
you
know
many
times
many
many
times
this
issue
is
being
imposed
on
us.
AF
There
are
many
people,
whether
they
like
to
admit
it
or
not.
You
know
for
me:
I
speak
the
truth,
because
I'm
going
to
do
what
I
need
to
do
in
this
life
and
then
I'm
going
back
to
where
I
belong,
Heavenly
places
so
I'm
just
here
to
do
my
thing
now
is
shh
I'm,
still
a
woman
anywho.
The
point
is
this
is
the
time
this
is
the
time
for
us
to
look
at
what
is
morally
right.
I'm
a
student
at
the
Harvard
Kennedy
School.
We
study
morals
all
the
time
moral
leadership.
Are
you
guys
doing?
AF
AF
There
are
a
lot
of
Africans
that
are
highly
uncomfortable
with
this
there's
a
lot
of
Nepali
people
that
are
highly
uncomfortable
with
this,
a
lot
of
Vietnamese
community
that
are
highly
uncomfortable
with
this,
but
yet
they
don't
have
the
English
or
the
spunk
or
the
ability
to
come
up
and
say:
hey,
we
disagree.
We
don't
want
our
children
around
this.
We
don't
want
our
to
you
know
to
be
subject
to
this
type
of
stuff,
so
this
is
time
for
our
leaders
think
about
the
future
and
Vermont
in
general.
A
A
AG
AG
And
Beautiful
People
he's
been
surrounded
with
his
entire
life
he's
currently
out
of
state.
In
his
first
year
of
college,
we
regularly
get
texts
from
him.
You
see
the
legislation
out
of
South
Dakota.
Did
you
see
the
legislation
out
of
Florida?
Did
you
see
what
happened
in
Missouri
today
he's
terrified
as
a
as
a
resident
of
this
country
by
what
is
happening
across
this
country?
What
I
invite
you
to
do
is
allow
him
to
increasingly
speak
with
pride
about
his
home
state
and
his
home
Community
passing.
AG
A
A
AH
AH
It
would
be
a
woman
not
wanting
to
work
in
the
kitchen
in
2023.
It
is
not
instantly
agreeing
that
someone
says
who
they
are
truthful
warnings
and
affirmations
about
states
of
being
are
not
hate,
speech
statements
on
the
stickers
they're
supposedly
paid
for
what
are
being
considered
normal
by
pretty
much
everyone.
Until
10
minutes
ago,
Common
Sense,
neutral
sayings
I
considered
hateful,
while
immature
punk-like
Scrolls,
where
you
can
actually
detect
the
rage
and
Target
certain
individuals
are
allotted.
This
sort
of
response
can
only
occur
after
heavy
brainwashing.
AH
I
will
read
part
of
the
book,
the
end
of
gender
by
Dr
Deborah,
so
which
I
find
to
be
relevance.
What
does
it
mean
to
feel
like
a
woman
or
to
feel
like
a
man
who
could
have
predicted
that
such
benign
questions
would
evolve?
Seemingly
overnights
in
the
next
civil
rights
Frontier
once
uncontroversial
and
matter
of
fact,
discussions
about
gender
and
becomes
a
cultural
Minefield,
hostile
terrain,
striking
fear
to
the
hearts
of
anyone
who
Treads
against
Orthodox
the
unforeseen
shift.
AH
AH
A
A
AI
Hello
and
the
resolution
supporting
lgbtqia
plus
community
members
and
condemning
transphobia
is
a
perfect
example
of
why
House
Republicans
are
looking
into
the
weapon
with
weaponization
of
the
federal
government.
This
resolution
invites
weaponization
of
local
government.
There
are
a
lot
of
lies
built
in
this
resolution
and
gender
ideology
as
a
whole.
You
claim
we
are
targeting
youth
we're
extremists
spreading
hate
when
that
is
precisely
what
you
and
radical
leftists
are
doing
with
gender
ideology
targeting
gay
kids.
This
is
a
stunning
narcissistic
reversal,
the
kind
of
rhetorical
tactic
common
to
domestic
abusers
Psychopaths
and
Munchausen
mommies.
AI
You
accuse
us
of
what
you
are
guilty
of
you
confess
to
targeting
children
by
projection.
You
admit
your
Hate
by
slinging
accusations
at
people
who
merely
disagree
with
you.
We
don't
hate
anyone.
We
have
a
problem
with
the
active
grooming
of
children
into
a
cult
that
insists
if
they
don't
surgically
sterilize
and
chemically
alter
themselves,
they're
doomed
to
unhappiness
and
likely
suicide.
We
reject
that
false
presence
premise.
As
a
gay
man
who
protested
the
outright
fire
truck,
pull
and
the
vicious
assault
on
gay
rights.
AI
Pioneer
Fred
Sergeant
I
find
the
use
of
our
communities
accomplishments
over
the
past
50
years,
aberrant
and
offensive.
How
dare
you,
weaponize
gay
men's
accomplishments
in
order
to
advance
lies
that
harm
kids?
The
so-called
aggressive
stickering,
which
includes
phrases
like
no
child,
is
born
in
the
wrong
body
and
trans
women
are
men
get
over
it
and
lifelong
medical
dependency?
Isn't
kindness,
It's
a
business
model.
Our
innocuous
statements
of
observable
fact.
AI
Further
radicals,
like
yourselves,
have
no
problem
with
threats
of
violence
or
personal
attacks
directed
at
Republicans
like
Christopher,
Aaron,
Felker,
violent,
aggressive
stickering
is
fine
as
long
as
it
only
targets
your
political,
your
hypocrisy
is
apparent.
You
support,
Eugenics
sterilizing
minors.
You
support
medical
experimentation
on
them.
This
is
Joseph
Mengele
level.
Insanity
I
invite
you
all
to
wake
up.
Thank
you.
A
AJ
AJ
Fine,
my
name
is
Kevin
Hurley
I'm
a
42
year
old,
gay
man.
I
am
also
one
of
the
coordinators
of
the
stickering
campaign
that
you,
the
council
are
pretending
is
what
you
call
transphobic
hate
speech.
This
resolution
paints
myself
and
my
colleagues
in
Burlington
as
a
hate
group,
and
we
know
what
happens
to
people
in
hate
groups.
Don't
we
you
intend
to
paint
Targets
on
our
backs,
but
of
course
you
and
the
mayor
are
lying.
We
are
not
a
hate
group.
AJ
It
may
be
inconvenient
for
some
on
the
council,
but
the
public
should
know
that
you
are
targeting
a
group
of
gays,
lesbians
and
bisexuals
only
because
they
refuse
to
enthusiastically
indulge
the
delusions
of
a
loud
minority.
This
resolution
publicly
Associates
us
with
the
murder
of
a
young
man
who
made
bad
decisions.
It
implies
that,
because
of
our
speech,
Fern
feather
is
dead.
Fern
feather
was
killed
by
a
psychopath
hitchhiker
who
he
chose
to
pick
up
not
by
anyone
connected
to
us,
but
that
doesn't
fit
your
made-up
narrative.
AJ
Does
it
just
like
those
who
tried
to
silence
our
predecessors
in
the
gay
and
lesbian
Rights
Movement?
You
will
not
succeed.
We
will
speak
the
truth
publicly
and
loudly,
and
you
certainly
will
not
Custom
Tailor
a
graffiti
loss
specifically
to
to
fit
your
desire
to
quiet
us.
We
will
continue
to
use
public
spaces
to
exercise
our
first
amendment
rights
and
to
shed
light
on
your
lies.
I
can
understand
why
that
makes
you
uncomfortable
I
can
and
will
return
to
this
public
forum
every
other
week.
AJ
A
AC
My
name
is
Avery
erdogan
I'm
in
Ward,
one
I'm
here
as
a
member
of
the
LGBT
community,
I'm
I'm,
a
member
in
a
myriad
of
ways
to
voice
my
support
for
the
resolution
that
is
acting
to
show
support
for
us
across
the
country
and
the
world.
Vermont
is
one
of
the
safest
places
to
live
as
a
person
in
the
queer
community,
and
yet
bigotry
is
still
very
present.
We
are
still
targets
of
violence
and
hate,
and
just
anger
for
literally
existing
and
defending
ourselves.
In
the
face
of
all
this.
AC
Keeping
us
where
we
are
is
not
enough.
We
must
keep
pushing
forward
for
legislation,
that's
not
only
fighting
again,
not
fighting
against
us,
but
actively
lifting
us
up.
We
are
not
immune
from
hate
in
our
small
community
and
we
must
work
together
to
rise
above
it.
Supporting
the
trans.
Community
also
goes
beyond
the
surface
level
issues
it
includes.
Livable
wages,
secure
housing
and
funding
education.
Moving
Burlington
forward
as
a
whole
cannot
come
without
uplifting
minority
groups.
We
just
want
to
exist
without
fear
or
worry,
but
some
think
that's
too
much.
AC
A
AK
Hey
hi,
my
name
is
Jay
Voss
I
live
in
Ward,
5.
and
I'm.
Speaking
to
the
the
the
resolution
that
everybody
else
is
speaking
to.
If
the
purpose
of
this
resolution
is
to
support
trans
folk
and
stop
the
anti-trans
graffiti,
it
is
already
a
failure
with
this
divisive
language.
Of
course,
I
have
for
the
violence
of
throwing
rocks
at
the
front
door
of
the
pride
Center,
but
I'm
also
shocked
by
The
Assault
on
Fred
Sergeant
at
last
year's
Burlington,
Pride
March,
mention
of
which
has
been
purposely
left
out
in
the
resolution.
AK
I'm
sure
it's
a
homophobic
decision,
Mr
Sergeant,
a
hero
of
gays
lesbians
and
bisexuals
and
I
would
add.
Transgenders
for
recognition
of
our
rights
was
present
at
the
Stonewall
riots
in
July
1969
and
organized
the
first
gay
Gay
Liberation
March
a
year
later.
But
what
really?
What
I
really
object
to
are?
Are
the
be
it
further
resolves
in
the
resolution,
particularly
in
line
30.
AK
A
AL
AL
AL
I,
do
very
much
understand
how
small
hateful
stickers
can
fuel
larger
hateful
acts
of
violence,
I'm,
sick
of
seeing
the
stickers
around
town
I,
don't
care
what
all
these
people,
who
are
pro
stickers
say
they
are
instigating
hate,
it's
not
just
about
trying
to
show
a
different
Viewpoint,
it's
stigmatizing
them
and
I'm
here
to
show
support
for
Trans
people,
even
if
I
don't
fully
understand
them
because
they're
humans
and
we
need
to
treat
them
ethically
the
stickers.
All
the
negative
comments.
AL
A
A
AM
I
am
honored
to
have
your
attention
to
express
my
unwavering
support
of
Mayor
weinberger's
appointment
of
Michael
LaChance
as
fire
chief
of
Burlington
Vermont.
As
we
all
know,
Chief
LaChance
has
been
a
dedicated
member
of
our
community
for
over
two
decades
serving
the
city
with
the
utmost
professionalism
and
selflessness.
AM
But
let
us
not
forget
the
tremendous
sacrifices
that
Chief
lachance's
family
has
had
to
endure
as
well.
The
stress
and
worry
that
comes
with
being
the
spouse
or
child
of
a
firefighter
or
a
police
officer
cannot
be
understated
and
I
praise
them
for
their
bravery
and
resilience
in
the
face
of
these
challenges.
AM
AM
A
AN
We
have
lots
of
issues
and
there
are
a
lot
of
people,
not
only
the
trash
Community
who
are
suffering
from
the
violence
and
the
white
supremacy
in
which
we
live
every
day
every
day,
if
you
actually
paying
attention
as
you're
hearing
about
the
violence
against
the
trans
community,
so
I
beg
that
you
take
it
even
farther
than
just
condemned
the
violence
against
trust
Community,
but
ensure
that
they
are
going
to
have
a
livelihood
in
this
City
I
yield.
My
time
thank.
AO
AO
What
that
thing
is
I
can't
say:
I'm,
not
you,
but
what
I
can
say
is
the
moment
we
start
ignoring
fellow
Americans,
who
are
giving
us
their
lived
experiences
about
the
difficulties
they
experience
just
living
next
door,
just
walking
down
the
street.
That
should
make
us
all
extraordinarily
concerned,
and
we
should
do
something
about
it,
because
the
next
person
is
going
to
be
you
or
someone
you
know,
or
your
grandmother
or
your
sister
or
your
brother,
or
your
trans
best
friend
or
your
nibbling
or
your
niece
or
your
nephew.
AO
AO
We
we
enact
Terror
against
one
another,
often
in
Silence,
by
ignoring
by
shunning,
by
leaving
people
out,
and
so
what
I
would
urge
you
all
to
do
in
this
moment
is
to
think
about
times
when
you've
been
left
out.
When
you,
you
haven't
gotten
the
table
at
the
restaurant,
and
somebody
else
has
what
goes
through
your
mind,
how
does
it
feel?
AO
A
A
X
X
X
I
was
really
grateful
to
catch
myself
in
that
moment
and
slow.
My
thinking
down
and
check
myself
and
then
I
was
grateful
to
have
some
good
friends
who
I
can
be
upfront
with
when
I
catch
myself
in
those
moments
and
talked
it
through
and
realized,
like
okay
I'm
having
this
knee-jerk
reaction
in
a
very
similar
way
that
some
people
do
around
birth
control,
that
there's
people
who
say
you
can't
give
kids
condoms
they're
all
going
to
start
having
sex.
X
The
idea
of
giving
free
birth
control
to
kids
to
young
people
to
anyone
is
because
we
know
some
of
them
are
having
sex
anyway,
and
it
will
reduce
the
possible
harm
of
STIs
and
pregnancies
same
thing
with
a
safe
injection
site.
I
was
like
oh
right.
That
makes
sense
so
for
anyone
for
whom
it's
a
new
idea
who
feels
like
has
a
knee-jerk
bias
against
drug
users,
because
they
are
highly
biased
group.
X
A
X
AP
Okay
hi:
this
is
Mark
Redman
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
spectrum
Youth
and
Family
Services
based
in
Burlington
Spectrum
works
with
teenagers
and
young
adults
who
are
homeless,
runaways
inter-exiting
the
foster
care
system,
those
exploited
by
human
trafficking.
Those
who've
dropped
out
of
high
school
I'm
speaking
tonight
in
support
of
the
resolution
supporting
lgbtqia
plus
community
members
and
condemning
transphobia
according
to
the
national
network.
For
you,
whoa
research
has
shown
that
those
who
identify
as
lgbtq
Plus
have
a
120
percent
higher
risk
experiencing
some
form
of
homelessness.
AP
Up
to
40
of
the
4.2
million
youth
experiencing
homelessness,
identifying
AS
lgbtq
Plus,
while
only
9.5
of
the
US
population,
lgbtq
youth
plus
disproportionately
experienced
homelessness
compared
to
their
straight
and
cisgender
peers.
Family
conflict
is
the
primary
cause
of
homelessness,
which
is
disproportionately
due
to
a
lack
of
acceptance
by
family
members
of
a
youth,
sexual
orientation
or
gender
identity.
End
quote
these
National
statistics
mirror
what
we
see
expected.
AP
48
of
the
youth
coming
into
our
drop-in
center
on
Pearl
Street,
identify
as
lgbtq
Plus
in
our
warming,
shelter,
which
we
operate
during
the
coldest
months
of
the
year.
22
identify
as
such.
In
our
shelter
on
Pearl
Street,
which
we
call
The
Landing
52
identify
as
lgbtq
keep
in
mind.
This
is
in
comparison
to
9.5
of
the
population
of
Youth
identifying
as
lgbtq,
so
there
is
an
obvious
over-representation
in
America
and
in
Burlington
among
the
homeless
youth
population.
Thank
you
to
the
counselors
who
have
introduced
this
resolution.
We
are
grateful
to
you.
A
A
A
AQ
Good
evening
my
name
is
Kyle
Blake
I'm,
the
president
of
the
Burlington
firefighters,
Association
I'm,
here
to
support
I,
think
it's
agenda
item
5.01
the
appointment
of
the
fire
chief.
We
are
thrilled
about
that,
but
before
I
speak
to
that,
I
want
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
an
individual
who
the
fire
department
and
the
membership
of
the
bffa.
AQ
AQ
Thanks,
though,
and
the
other
individual
is
the
individual
that
will
be
sitting
before
you
shortly
and
that's
deputy
chief
Michael
a
chance,
the
mayor
came
and
you'll
probably
hear
all
of
this
spoke
to
each
of
our
shifts
all
of
our
members
and
asked
what
we
were
looking
for
in
the
next
Fire
Chief
and
the
one
message
that
came
out
overwhelmingly
was
we
wanted
one
of
our
own.
We
wanted
someone
that
understood
us
understood
the
problems
we
had
faced.
AQ
AQ
Chief
of
a
chance.
Some
of
the
council
has
reached
out
asked
me
what
I
thought
about
him.
I
made
the
joke.
If
you
cut
that
man
he
will
bleed
BFD
and
I
I
do
not
say
that
in
jest
he
loves
this
department.
He
cares
about
the
members
we're
going
to
be
in
good
hands,
so
I
know
I,
don't
need
to
say
this,
but
I
strongly
urge
a
unanimous
vote,
supporting
him,
supporting
the
BFD
and
supporting
the
bffa.
Thank
you.
A
A
A
AR
A
Aye
any
opposed,
please
say:
no:
we
have
approved
our
consent
agenda,
which
brings
us
to
our
deliberative
agenda.
We
have
we,
we
had.
We
have
eight
items
on
our
deliberative
agenda
and
there
are
time
limits
that
we've
attached
to
each
item
which
we've
agreed
to
by
approving
our
agenda
and
we'll
do
our
best
to
keep
to
those
time
limits.
D
Thank
you,
president
Paul
I
am
excited
to
be
bringing
to
you
tonight,
A
individual
and
Michael
chance
that
I
hope
you
will
confirm
tonight
as
the
next
fire
chief
for
the
the
City
of
Burlington
and
want
to
ask
Chief
of
a
chance
to
come,
have
a
seat
here
and
after
some
brief
remarks
from
me.
You'll
have
a
chance
to
hear
from
him
directly
welcome
chief.
D
D
Chief
LaChance
has
really
taking
great
initiative
with
changing
the
way
in
which
we
Recruit
new
firefighters
and
I've
bumped
into
him,
and
Randolph
he's
been
all
around
the
state
working
to
strengthen,
strengthen
the
community
and
he,
as
he
has
done
so
he
and
something
that
really
played
a
key
role
in
my
bringing
him
forward.
He
has
shown
himself
be
very
committed
to
diversifying
the
department
in
the
in
the
years
ahead,
working
towards
a
department
that
looks
more
like
the
community
that
serves.
D
Finally,
in
addition
to
his
professional
accomplishments,
his
experience
his
priorities,
I'm
excited
to
be
nominating
him,
appointing
him
because
I
believe
he
is
he's
a
great
leader.
He's
he's
a
very
good
man.
He,
as
you
can
see,
has
the
support
of
the
firefighters
as
a
function
of
that
he
is
incredibly
committed.
Father
I've
had
the
pleasure
of
meeting
his
family
I
know
his
his
father
has
joined
us
as
well
and
I.
Thank
you
for
being
here
and
I.
D
A
AS
Thank
you,
council
president
Paul
I
do
appreciate
very
much
the
mayor's
words
and
his
his
his
support
in
this
appointment.
I
very
much
appreciate
the
support
of
the
firefighters
of
the
Burlington
Fire,
Department
and
I
very
much
appreciate
the
support
that
has
been
shown
by
community
members
here
in
Burlington.
I.
Look
forward
to
this
new
role.
I,
look
forward
to
moving
the
fire
department
forward.
I
have
great
love
for
this
department
in
this
city.
AS
I
do
go
back
quite
a
ways.
My
father
grew
up
in
Burlington,
my
mother
as
well
on
Catherine
Street
in
Green,
Street
and
I.
Just
have
I've
always
I
always
wanted
to
be
a
Burlington
firefighter
I'll.
Just
say
that
and
it's
my
career
has
been
a
blessing
and
I
I
really
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
lead
this
great
Department.
Thank
you.
A
B
B
One
of
the
driving
factors
in
my
support
for
your
appointment
tonight
is
your
commitment
to
member
well-being
within
the
department
and
I
just
want
to
thank
acting
Chief
Libby
for
his
years
of
service
to
Burlington
and
for
his
leadership
over
the
last
several
months
through
a
number
of
challenging
issues
and
I'll
be
glad
to
vote
Yes
tonight
and
look
forward
to
working
with
you
chiefly
chance
in
the
months
ahead.
Thank
you.
G
Thank
you,
president
Paul,
but
I
have
questions
instead
of
comments,
okay
to
your
Chief
sure,
soon
to
beat
you
all
right,
thank
you
for
applying
and
for
stepping
up
to
lead,
and
can
you
because
I
was
not
part
of
the
search
committee.
I,
don't
know
much
I
read
your
resume.
I
think
it's
extensive,
it's
it's
great,
but
we
are
living
in
a
certain
time
right
now
where
Public
Safety
is
so
important
to
the
Forefront
of
all
burlingtonians
right.
G
We
also
just
passed
a
pandemic
a
couple
of
years
and
we
know
we
are
appreciative
of
the
hard
work
of
the
members
of
the
fire
department.
Every
single
one
of
them,
I
was
just
wondering
if
you
can
tell
us
a
little
bit.
What
is
your
vision,
Fort
Burlington?
What
is
your
vision
for
the
men's
and
women
of
the
fire
department?
Can
you
just
alert
me
tell
me
a
little
bit
about
it
if
you
want.
Thank
you.
G
AS
Currently,
there
are
no
plans:
counselor
I,
moved
I
live
in
Franklin
County,
currently
I've
lived
there
since
2001.
I
was
interested,
my
wife
and
I.
When
we
got
married
looked
for
housing
in
Burlington
and
honestly,
we
were
unable
to
afford
it.
I
made
7.96
an
hour
when
I
started
working
as
the
fire
department.
AS
G
A
D
President
Paul
I,
just
since
the
question
of
the
hearts,
there's
been
a
little
discussion.
The
question
of
the
hardship
exemption
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
the
the
council,
the
public,
is,
is
clear
that
Chief
LaChance,
you
know
the
council's
really
grappled
with
when
is
it
appropriate
to
Grant
this
exception
and
has
laid
out
three
criteria,
two
of
which
Chief
LaChance
squarely
meets?
One?
Is
that,
as
he
stated,
he
has
children
in
another
school
district?
D
The
council
has
grappled
this
this
in
the
past
and
determined
that's
an
important
reason
for
for
granting
this.
Secondly,
the
he
has,
as
we've
been
discussing,
risen
up
through
the
ranks,
and
that
is
another
reason
for
the
for
the
exemption
if
someone
is
being
promoted
from
within
so
I
I
appreciate
that
the
motion
has
been
made
with
that,
and
the
chief
of
the
chance
certainly
has
my
full
support
for
this.
The
exemption.
A
Thank
you
so
much
mayor
Weinberger,
seeing
no
one
else.
We
will
go
to
a
vote,
so
a
motion
has
been
made
to
confirm
the
appointment
of
Chief
LaChance
as
fire
chief
engineer
and
Grant,
a
personal,
hard
hardship
extension
of
the
department
head
resident
residency
requirements
per
the
council
rules.
All
those
in
favor
of
the
motion,
please
say:
aye.
C
A
Any
opposed,
please
say:
no,
that
motion
passes
unanimously
a
warm
congratulations,
Chief
LaChance
and,
as
you
know,
none
of
us
do
this
work
for
the
city
alone,
while
they
aren't
here
with
you,
I
know
that
they're
here
with
you
in
spirit,
and
that
is
to
your
family,
your
wife,
Rebecca
to
your
children,
Andrew
Jack,
Ray
and
Grace.
Congratulations,
and
also
to
your
dad,
who
is
here
with
us.
Congratulations.
AT
Thank
you,
president
Paul,
as
you
can
see,
I'm
traveling
I'm,
not
in
Burlington
I'm,
not
in
a
space,
that's
being
great
with
the
internet
and
so
I'm
gonna,
unfortunately
leave
you
and
my
colleagues
I,
want
before
I
leave
just
to
encourage
all
of
you
to
support
the
resolutions.
5.07,
5.08
and
5.09
I
believe
those
are
three
very,
very
valuable
resolutions
and
we
need
to
pass
them
unanimously.
So
thank
you
for
sticking
in
there
for
me
and
all
the
work
you
all
did
thanks.
Thank.
A
C
D
A
A
C
AR
A
A
C
A
C
G
This
is
like
cities,
finances
has
been
looked
into
by
professionals
and
they
haven't
found
anything
that
is
really
significant,
which
is
mean
that
the
city's
Financial
Health
is
definitely
in
good
hands,
I,
don't
know,
and
the
mayor
one
will
go
or
and
the
CFO
chart,
but
whoever
they
are.
You
want
to
say
really
thank
you
so
much
for
your
diligence
for
your
hard
work
in
making
this
really
for
doing
a
great
job.
Thank
you,
yeah.
A
AR
AR
AR
As
counselor
Zhang
noted,
there
were,
thankfully,
no
material
weaknesses
or
deficiencies
noted
in
this
audit.
We
do
benefit
from
three
recommendations
from
our
auditors
and
the
first
one
is
a
recommendation
that
has
been
made
in
previous
years
and
that
is
to
improve
our
general
ledger
monitoring
and
adhere
to
a
more
formal,
closing
schedule.
AR
AR
AR
Six
months
after
the
fiscal
year
which
you
saw
in
this
year's
management
letter,
the
second
recommendation
was
to
improve
Capital
project
Accounting
in
cedo.
The
letter
acknowledges
that
we
have
made
a
lot
of
progress
with
our
Capital
accounting.
That's
something
we've
been
working
on
since
I
got
here
and
we're
almost
there.
AR
Steito
is
one
of
the
more
complicated
departments,
so
we'll
continue
with
that
and
then
the
last
one
is
we've
over
the
past
couple
of
years
run
into
some
issues
where
around
pensions
are
what
is
in
the
ordinance
and
what
is
in
our
collective
bargaining
agreements.
There
are
some
gray
areas,
we've
worked
through
those
one
by
one,
but
we
thought
it
might
be
helpful
to
do
with
our
pension
administrator
and
our
city
attorney's
office.
AR
AR
We
spoke
about
at
the
training
that
one
of
the
most
useful
parts
of
this.
What
can
be
overwhelming
100
plus
page
report
is
the
management,
discussion
and
Analysis,
and
so
that
is
your
first
tabbed
page.
If
you
want
to
open
up
to
page
25
you'll
see
those
are
the
financial
highlights,
and
that
shows
what
the
city's
net
position
is.
It
shows
the
unassigned
fund
balance
right
there
on
page
25.
AR
and
if
you
go
just
turn
one
page
to
page
27,
you
can
see
the
changes
in
net
position
and
you'll
see,
there's
a
comparison
between
foi,
22
and
fy21,
and
also
you
can
see,
there's
two
columns
governmental
activities
and
business
type
activities,
and
you
will
recall
that
this
sheet
assesses
our
near-term
operating
needs.
You
can
take
a
quick
glance
at
it,
see
that
we
are
overall
in
better
Financial
shape
in
2022
than
we
were
in
2021.
AR
AR
It
also
gives
you
a
snapshot
of
the
capital
projects
fund,
I'm,
not
going
to
spend
too
long
on
any
of
these
I'm.
Mindful
of
the
time
again
happy
to
answer
questions,
something
I
do
get
a
lot
of
questions
about
towards
the
back
here
on
page
93
is
a
list
of
everything
in
the
fund
balance
and
in
bottom
quarter
is
the
everything
we
assigned
during
last
year's
budget
for
the
assigned
fund
balance.
AR
AR
Last
but
not
least,
I
wanted
to
highlight
on
page
134.
We
spend
a
lot
of
time
in
previously
in
the
report
talking
about
our
major
governmental
funds,
but
we
don't
want
to
forget
about
the
non-major
ones,
and
this
includes
traffic
parking,
cedo,
Church,
Street,
Marketplace
and
others,
and
so
you'll
see
that
here
as
well
as
arpa.
D
Thank
you,
Catherine
I
want
to
Echo
the
comments
made
by
councilor
Zhang
that
there's
a
lot
to
be
very
appreciative
of
and
proud
of
in
this
audit
I'm
thankful
to
the
whole
clear
treasure
team
for
the
hard
work
on
it.
It
wasn't
that
long
ago
that
our
audits
looked
nothing
like
this
and
it's
only
we've
only
gone
to
this
place
through
a
ton
of
hard
work
over
many
years.
D
I
fully
support
the
action
on
the
consent
agenda
to
create
this
new
budget
position,
which
I
think
is
really
going
to
address
a
challenge
that
has
been
tough
for
us
for
a
number
of
years
of
closing
out
the
each
month
in
a
timely
manner
and
being
able
to
produce
reports
for
for
the
public
for
this
Council
that
are
actionable
over
the
course
of
a
budget
year.
So
I
I
hope
the
council
will
join
in
accepting
this
audit
and
that
we
will
keep
working
together
to
make
the
city's
Financial
systems
as
strong
as
possible.
A
AC
A
AU
It
was
a
pleasure
working
with
you.
It
was
a
pleasure
working
with
Catherine
I
worked
more
with
her
than
used
to
working
recently,
so
this
was
really
a
great
year
and
I
really
got
a
really
good
relationship
built
with
Catherine
and
I
appreciate
all
the
hard
work
of
the
team
that
they
put
into
this,
and
we
already
have
a
plan
to
have
a
meeting
scheduled
in
the
spring
to
go
over
the
next
year
to
prevent
some
of
the
closing
issues
that
happened
so
I
look
forward
to
next
year's
audit.
E
E
It's
got
almost
seven
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
it
and
I
know
from
in
particular
the
work
in
the
took
and
in
our
work
on
Transportation
demand
management
that
there
are
just
significant
needs
that
these
funds
could
be
used
if
we
had
sufficient
funds.
One
of
the
things
that
would
be
helpful
in
terms
of
going
forward
is
also
to
see
more
history
than
what
we've
got.
Now
you
look
at
the
the
parking
facilities.
E
We
know
that
we've
had
major
problems
with
keeping
up
with
the
apparent
repair
repair
of
our
parking
facilities
Okay,
so
it
would
be,
as
we
look
to
the
Future,
to
have
a
better
look
to
the
past
and
a
longer
Vision.
That
would
be
helpful
and
in
fact,
I
I
was
really
pleased
with
the
demographic
information
that
you've
got
there,
because
it
it.
It
actually
is
long,
although
I
do
think
one
column
could
be
really
helpful.
E
May
you
know
we're
going
to
be
making
some
major
choices,
and
some
of
us
have
big
ambition
right
and
so,
and
we
know
that
we
don't
have
the
funds
to
meet
that
ambition,
but
understanding
the
The
Long
View
being
able
to
look
at
the
trends
trying
to
figure
out
how
we're
going
to
turn
Trends.
What
the
trends
that
we
can
see
mean
you
look
at
the
demographic
information
with
regard
to
income.
Both
business
and
personal
and
I'm
struck
by
that
information.
E
H
Thank
you,
president
Paul
and
I'll
Echo.
The
thank
you
for
the
hard
work
this
I
know.
This
is
a
ton
of
work
to
produce
this
information.
I
had
a
question
about
the
management
letter
recommendation.
The
first
recommendation
and
I
was
wondering
if
you
could
just
give
us
a
little
more
color
on
what
happened
with
the
five
million
dollar
Arbor
grant.
That
was
Miss
I
guess
it
was
miscategorized.
If
you
could
just
talk
about
that
a
little
bit
and
what
what
you
know?
AR
A
A
AV
A
There
were
probably
about
four
of
us
who
read
that
resolution
and
we
all
missed
it.
So
thank
you,
that's
what
we
need
auditing,
for
that
is
a
friendly
Amendment
and
that
would
be
friendly
to
count
to
you,
counselor
Zhang
and
to
the
seconder,
which
was
councilor
Brandt.
Yes,
great.
Thank
you.
So
much
attorney,
Stewart
event
with
that.
We
can
then
go
to
a
motion
on
the
resolution,
so
the
all
those
in
favor
of
the
motion
to
waive
the
reading
and
adopt
the
resolution.
Please
say
aye
aye
any
opposed.
A
Please
say
no!
That
motion
passes
unanimously
and
also
as
well
to
me
for
me.
Thank
you
so
much
Catherine
for
all
of
your
work
for
all
of
the
work
of
your
entire
Team.
All
the
city
departments
I
have
to
say
this
is
the
single
best
discussion
that
we
have
ever
had
at
a
council
meeting
on
the
audit
and
all
the
time
that
I
have
been
on
the
council.
A
A
B
A
B
There
are
people
here
in
Vermont
who,
through
hateful
rhetoric
and
protests,
have
attempted
to
intimidate
and
marginalize
queer
and
trans
people,
particularly
trans
youth.
Here
in
Burlington,
we
have
seen
increasing
quantities
of
transphobic
stickers
being
put
up
in
our
public
spaces
near
our
schools,
in
your
spaces
that
are
meant
to
support
and
celebrate
the
lgbtqia
community.
B
By
adopting
this
resolution,
the
council
will
send
a
clear
message
that
transphobia
has
no
place
in
our
community
to
those
who
spoke
out
against
this
resolution
tonight,
I
ask
you
to
reflect
on
your
rhetoric
and
your
actions
and
consider
taking
accountability
for
the
harm
you're,
causing
to
many
in
our
community
to
those
who
have
not
felt
seen
heard
or
protected.
I
am
deeply
sorry.
B
B
B
A
F
A
H
Thank
you,
president.
Paul
I
also
wanted
to
thank
Olivia
Taylor
for
her
work
on
this.
She
spent
a
lot
of
time
educating
a
bunch
of
us
in
the
new
North
End,
and
making
raising
awareness
and
scheduling
weekly
sticker
removals,
which
councilor,
Carpenter
and
I
were
able
to
participate
in
back
in
December.
So
thank
you
again
for
Olivia.
H
Because
that's
what
I
view
the
sign
stickering
to
be
I
mean
it's
it's
akin
to
Graffiti,
and
it
was
especially
when
it's
done
to
Target
someone
or
some
group
in
the
community
in
a
harmful
way.
It
seems
like
we
could
come
up
with
some
standard
that
didn't
impinge
on
people's
right
to
free
speech,
but
that
would
also
protect
protect
our
ability
to
make
sure
that
groups
weren't
harmed
by
this.
So
I'm
hoping
that
when
this
comes
and
gets
into
ordinance
that
we'll
be
able
to
make
some
Headway
on
that.
A
A
I
But
we've
seen
even
beautiful
artwork
as
of
late
around
the
city
be
defaced
with
graffiti
defacing.
Public
property
with
a
sticker
is,
is
a
civil
offense.
We've
had
folks
here.
I
know
it's
sometimes
difficult
to
know
who
is
behind
some
of
these
acts,
but
we've
had
folks
here
who
have
identified
themselves
now,
as
as
those
who
are
at
fault
here
with
respect
to
facing
public
property,
our
our
ordinances
allow
with
this
as
a
civil
offense
for
them
to
be
prosecuted
as
such,
and
regardless
of
the
content.
C
I
End
look
forward
in
our
role
in
the
ordinance
committee,
looking
into
as
councilor
Barlow
said,
figuring
out
how
we
can
can
continue
to
strengthen
those
ordinances
now
speaking
specifically
to
the
content
of
this
councilor
McGee
I
want
to
thank
you
for
bringing
this
resolution
forward.
I
know
that
it
wasn't
easy.
Unfortunately,
I
know
it
comes
at
personal
expense
to
you.
I
think
this
was
very
brave
of
you
to
introduce
this
resolution.
I
also
want
to
Echo
your
gratitude
for
folks
who
similarly
bravely
came
out
tonight
to
speak
at
public
comment.
I
That's
been
the
subject
of
the
discussion
that
we've
had
right
now,
because,
frankly,
it's
it's
the
type
of
hate
speech
that,
whether
you
agree
with
it
or
not,
is
protected
under
our
first
amendment,
but
the
First
Amendment
doesn't
stop
us
as
a
city
council
for
calling
out
that
speech
for
what
it
is.
It
is
in
the
eyes
of
many
of
our
community
members
hateful
it's
harmful.
It's
hurtful
and
I'm
glad
that
we're
taking
this
opportunity
to
call
it
out.
D
D
I
will
be
enthusiastically
signing
this
resolution.
It's
I
appreciated
the
work,
the
opportunity
to
give
some
input
into
the
resolution
to
councilor
McGee
in
the
lead
up
to
tonight,
and
then
a
couple
of
large
meetings
that
we
have
had
with
councilor,
McGee
and
others
over
the
last
several
months
and
then
once
it's
signed,
my
Administration
will
be
working
hard
to
implement
it
and
and
make
sure
that
everything
in
this
the
numerous
items
are
that
require
City
action
are
carried
out.
D
These
actions
are
especially
problematic
and
cruel
in
that
they
have
been
aimed
at
Burlington
children
and
then,
if
they
come
at
a
time
of
increasing
terrible
anti-trans
rhetoric,
policy
and
violence
nationally
and
even
here,
Vermont,
the
administration
will
continue
working
with
our
community
and
the
council
to
make
clear
that
Burlington
loves
and
values.
Our
queer
and
trans
community
members.
D
We
are
standing
with
the
many
burlingtonians
who,
through
their
actions
and
with
their
voices,
are
creating
belonging
and
safety
for
their
lbgtqia
plus
Neighbors.
This
is
the
spirit
of
Burlington
that
I
want
people
to
see
and
know.
It
has
been
heartwarming
tonight
to
hear
someone
you
come
out
and
talk
about
Burlington
as
a
safe
harbor
as
a
place.
That
is
a
place,
a
city
that
has
had
particular
significance
and
importance
in
your
lives
and
we've
got
to
work
hard
to
keep
it
that
way.
D
AH
AW
Thank
you,
president
Paul
I
was
trying
to
decide
how
much
I
wanted
to
say,
because
you
know
this
topic
feels
emotional
for
me,
and
the
conversation
was
emotional
as
well.
So
I
was
sort
of
jotting
some
things
down,
as
you
were
speaking
I
just
wanted
to
thank
councilor
McGee
for
bringing
this
forward.
AW
They
did
an
incredible
work
on
it
and
I
just
feel
really
thankful
for
you
carrying
that,
and
also
for
so
many
community
members
who
step
forward
who
worked
on
this
who've
been
working
on
the
issue
for
a
long
time
and
also
who
just
came
out
tonight
and
spoke.
It
was
really
wonderful
to
sort
of
counterbalance
some
of
the
harmful
rhetoric
and
language
that
we
heard.
AW
AW
N
AW
It's
very
hard
to
say
this
all
tearing
up
I'm.
Sorry,
it's
funny
to
look
back
at
myself
from
younger
years
and
my
childhood,
and
it's
not
me
which
is
so
weird
because
I
think
as
a
person
and
some
of
you
probably
have
picked
up
on
this
I'm
really
strong.
At
being
me,
I'm
I
have
a
big
personality
and
I
like
to
be
me.
I
love,
I
I
have
to
come
in
with
a
big
personality.
AW
Just
really
appreciate
that
it
seems
like
this
will
absolutely
pass
unanimously
and
I
I.
Just
when
these
conversations
come
up,
I
continue
to
feel
so
thankful
that
we
we
pass
them
unanimously
and
I
just
want
to
extend
my
gratitude
and
things
to
the
folks
around
this
table
and
your
support
of
this
and
I'm
hearing
the
affirming
things
that
you're
saying
it's.
It's
really.
It's
wonderful
and
I
really
appreciate
it
and
I
appreciate
everyone
who
came
out
tonight
and
I'm
sorry
for
the
some
of
the
comments
that
were
really.
AW
A
Seeing
no
others
will
go
to
a
vote
all
those
in
favor
of
the
motion
to
waive
the
reading
and
adopt
the
resolution.
Please
say:
I
I
any
opposed.
Please
say
no!
That
motion
passes
unanimously
and
with
our
thanks
with
our
thanks,
councilor
McGee,
for
all
of
your
work
on
this,
which
brings
us
to
the
next.
B
Thank
you,
president.
Paul
I
want
to
start
my
remarks
tonight
by
thanking
the
city
staff
and
Community
Partners,
who
worked
diligently
to
set
up
the
extreme
cold
weather
shelter
at
the
Miller
Center
on
the
first
weekend
of
February.
That
shelter
captures
the
essence
of
harm
reduction,
meeting
people
where
they're
at
supporting
them
and
keeping
them
alive.
B
B
B
B
B
These
are
all
measures
that
are
supported
by
Advocates
by
clinicians
by
physicians
and
by
have
been
implemented
around
the
world,
and
we
see
that
they
work.
We
see
that
the
evidence
is
there
supporting
these
essential
measures
and
we
know
that
they
save
lives
and
it's
time
for
us
to
implement
them
now
in
closing,
I
just
want
to
share
my
own
personal
story
and
my
own
experience
with
substance
use
and
loss.
B
B
B
People
struggling
with
substance
use
disorder
are
parents,
children,
siblings,
neighbors
and
Friends.
They
deserve
a
society
and
a
system
that
recognizes
their
humanity
and
does
everything
possible
to
offer
support
and
stability.
That
is
the
kind
of
success.
Excuse
me,
that
is
the
kind
of
society
we
can
achieve
if
we
lean
into
this
work,
if
we
Embrace
harm
reduction
and
prioritize
trauma-informed
care,
so
we
hope
that
we
can
unanimously
support
this
resolution
tonight
and
with
one
voice,
tell
the
governor,
the
Department
of
Health
and
the
legislature
that
it
is
time
to
save
lives.
Thank
you.
A
A
I
Thank
you,
president
Paul,
so
am
I.
Introducing
this
resolution
is
is
born
out
of
my
three
young
kids.
I
was
talking
to
councilor
Brant
earlier
tonight,
ages,
seven,
five
and
20
months
old
and
the
early
childhood
education
providers
that
we've
met
at
ganyeladim
here
locally
in
Burlington
and
now
at
Full,
Circle
preschool
at
ohavi,
zetic
synagogue
with
those
providers
having
become
a
part
of
our
extended
family.
My
wife
and
I
moved
to
Vermont
from
Brooklyn
10
years
ago.
I
In
part
to
start
our
family,
we
thought
mistakenly
come
to
find
out
that
a
move
to
Vermont
would
allow
us
to
avoid
the
grind
our
friends
had
experienced
in
seeking
out
and
finding
available
affordable
child
care
in
New
York
City,
when
my
wife
and
I
became
pregnant
with
our
first
child.
Well,
when
my
wife
became
pregnant
with
our
first
child,
having
previously,
unfortunately
suffered
from
pregnancy
loss,
we
were
understandably
apprehensive
about
telling
folks
about
the
development
in
our
Lives
four
months
into
my
wife's
pregnancy,
though
we
applied
it
pretty
much.
I
Thankfully,
there
was
that
one
provider
that
had
a
spot
Daniela
deem
here
in
Burlington
without
having
family
nearby
the
early
childhood
education
providers
that
we
met
there
became
a
part
of
our
family.
My
kids
were
the
the
flower,
children
and
one
other's
wedding
recently,
and
when
three
of
those
providers
decided
to
leave
and
open
a
new
preschool
here
in
Burlington
full
circle
preschool,
we
were
the
first
in
line
to
move
with
them
over
to
full
circle
and
to
work
with
them
there.
I
But
even
with
that
folks
are
are
facing
a
wait
list,
and
these
are
the
challenges
faced
by
someone
like
myself:
who's
privileged
enough
to
be
able
to
afford
Child
Care.
Once
you
receive
a
spot
and-
and
it
isn't
cheap,
you
know,
I
would
say
many
if
not
most
providers
here
in
Burlington,
without
the
the
ACT
166
funding,
that's
available.
I
Child
Care
tuition
annually
can
be
upwards
of
of
twenty
thousand
dollars
a
year
at
this
point
in
time,
and
we
are
at
a
critical
moment
right
now,
where
groups
like
let's
grow
kids,
which
have
had
the
great
mission
of
actually
being
a
group,
that's
trying
to
work
itself
out
of
business
right.
They
they
they.
They
don't
want
there
to
be
a
need
any
longer
for
let's
grow,
kids
and
I
think
we
really
are
on
the
precipice
of
some
substantial
change
in
this
area.
I
So
I'm
hopeful
that
we
can
get
behind
this
matter
and
I
know,
there's
a
note
here
on
the
board
docs
from
Lucia
cambriella
from
campariello
from
let's
grow
kids,
who
also
serves
as
our
Ward
5
school.
Commissioner,
noting
that
in
April
on
on
April
12th
at
1pm,
there
will
be
a
rally
with
respect
to
their
efforts.
I
look
forward
to
being
there
and
hope
others
will
too.
Thank
you.
D
Thank
you,
president
Paul.
Thank
you.
Councilor
Travers,
for
for
sharing
all
that
and
I
do
take
pleasure
and
hearing
a
specific
story
of
how
the
program
the
city
set
up
the
Early
Learning
initiative,
which
is
funded
both
Grant
programs
and
scholarships
for
low-income
Burlington
children
to
receive
high
quality
child
care
in
Burlington
or
in
surrounding
municipalities.
D
It
is
great
to
hear
tangible
examples
of
how
the
work
we've
done
together.
What
this
program
has
done
and,
as
your
comments
point
out,
it's
very
clear
to
me.
It's
always
been
clear
to
me
that
the
city
is
not
in
position
to
come
forward
with
the
comprehensive
Solution.
That's
really
that
this
challenge
demands
are
youngest
burlingtonians
families.
Child
care
workers
are
all
really
being
held
back
by
the
current
system
in
in
so
many
ways
the.
D
Money
invested
in
Early
Education.
You
know
it's
actually
kind
of
upside
down
from
the
way
we
invest
in
in
in
other
areas
of
society.
The
the
time
of
life
when
government
intervention
government
spending
can
have
the
the
greatest
impact
and
can
have
the
kind
of
highest
returns
is
in
the
earliest
years
of
life,
and
yet
in
this
country
we
continue
to
spend
very
little
money
relative
to
the
later
later
stages
of
education,
and
we
got
a
chance
this
year.
D
I
agree
to
change
that
to
change
that
here
in
Vermont,
in
a
way
that
will
have
an
enormous
impact
on
the
quality
of
life
and
on
life
here
in
Vermont
and
when
we
get
it
done
here,
I
think
we'll
Ripple
outside
of
the
state
and
and
could
really
be
one
of
the
first
states
to
take
this
comprehensive
step.
So
I
appreciate
councilor
Travis
for
bringing
this
resolution
forward.
AX
Thank
you,
president
Paul
I.
As
a
as
a
woman
working
woman
who
had
told
two
children
I'd
have
to
say
that
quality
Child
Care
was
absolutely
vital
to
my
mental
health,
the
well-being
of
my
children
and
my
partner
and
my
family,
and
it
is
often
overlooked.
It
is
a
heavy
burden
financially
for
families
and
to
have
a
government
help
with
the
child.
Care
is
absolutely
essential.
AX
I
also
just
wanted
to
say
that
there
is
an
Anthem
that
was
created
for
and
by
let's
grow
kids
written
by
Kat,
Wright
and
Chris
Dorman
and
I
would
recommend
that
everyone
listen
to
it
is
very
beautiful
and
it's
you
know
it's
of
Vermont.
It's
homegrown,
it's
really
beautiful
and,
as
is
this
initiative,
thank
you.
G
As
a
mayor,
I
know,
we
don't
agree
all
the
time
and
I
know
that
I
told
you
this
before,
because
the
leadership
in
bringing
early
childhood
education
in
the
City
of
Burlington
and
I
think
what
he
has
done
is
basically
strengthening
Equity
through
program
for
to
support
families
of
color.
That's
that's
unique.
That's
very
specific
Burlington
has
done
it.
The
simple
families
with
children
with
disabilities,
Mira
Weinberg
has
done
it.
Marginalized
communities
have
done
it.
G
The
easy
Early
Childhood
leader
in
the
city,
right
working
with
vulnerable
population
and
connected
them
with
the
ccip
Child
Care
Subsidy,
has
been
unique,
and
this
eyewitnesses
firsthand
helps
support
many
parents
to
come
to
the
city
and
take
advantage
of
the
program
you
created.
I
want
to
say
thank
you,
yes,
but
at
the
same
time,
I
think
we
have
to
be
very
careful
as
a
city
about
early
childhood
education.
G
G
G
G
It
is
going
to
ask
all
four-year-old
children
to
go
to
Burlington
schools
to
go
to
the
schools
to
the
district
to
receive
preschool
Pre-K
programs.
Currently,
it's
a
third
three
years
old
and
four
years
old.
They
are
participating
in
Act
166.,
which
basically
giving
them
option
to
utilize
private
programs
and
the
city's
answering
10
hours
of
pre-K
to
Old,
Third
and
four-year-old
children
in
the
state
of
Vermont.
They
can
utilize
it
privately
or
in
a
partnership
model.
G
Yes,
I,
like
component
of
the
bill,
which
you
will
be
increasing,
the
child
care
financial
assistance
from
300
to
400
percent
of
the
federal
level.
I
think
that's
significant!
That's
great
right!
I,
like
also
the
aspect
of
providing
more
support
to
child
care
workers.
Increased
benefit,
pay
tuition
for
college
I
I
like
all
of
those,
but
there
are
components
of
this
bill
that
will,
if,
if
it
passes
as
it
is,
it
will
significantly
going
to
impact
property
taxpayers
of
the
city.
G
What
I
like
about
this
resolution,
though,
is
a
little
bit
General.
It's
not
really
specific.
It's
not
talking
into
the
nitty-gritty
of
what's
happening
at
the
state
through
s56
and
h208.
Right
reason
why
I'll
be
supporting
it,
but
let's
pay
attention
and
I
think
we
need
to
focus
more
on
how
do
we
increase
The,
Early
Childhood
Program
of
the
marijuana
to
support
vulnerable
communities
in
the
city
as
part
of
the
budget
that
we
will
be
passing
soon?
Thank
you,
but
we'll
be
supporting
this
as
it's
just
general.
Thank
you.
A
AW
Thank
you,
president
Paul
I
just
wanted
to
speak
briefly.
I
was
really
excited
to
see
this
on
the
agenda.
Thank
you,
counselor
givers,
for
bringing
this
forward.
I
am
not
sure
about
the
comments
regarding
I
didn't
see
anything
in
it.
That
overtly
said
that
there
would
be
a
direct
tax
increase.
I
think
that
I
understand
that
people
in
the
U.S
are
nervous
to
talk
about
taxes.
We
do
use
taxes
to
pay
for
public
goods,
though,
and
there's
not
anything
in
this
resolution,
though
that
really
speaks
specific
taxes.
AW
I
think
the
intent
of
it
is
to
talk
about
how
we
fund
Public,
Services,
Early,
Childhood
Ed,
is
so
vital.
I
really
appreciate
it.
The
mayor's
comments
about
how
vital
it
is
to
fund
that
as
a
community
resource
I'm,
it's
really
wonderful
to
have
so
many
of
us
and
around
the
table.
Agree
on
that
and
agree
on
an
issue
and
I
just
was
really
excited
to
see
this
on
the
agenda.
So
I
just
wanted
to
thank
you
for
putting
work
into
it
and
everyone
who
worked
on
it
and
sponsored
it
and
spoken
support.
AW
A
B
A
Made
by
councilor,
McGee
and
seconded
by
counselor
Zhang,
all
those
in
favor
of
the
motion,
please
say:
aye
aye
any
opposed.
Please
say
no
are
the
motion
passes
and
we
are
adjourned
at
9
50..
Thank
you
for
joining
us
this
evening.
Our
next
meeting
is
on
March
27th,
the
last
council
meeting
of
the
council
year.
We'll
look
forward
to
seeing
you
then
have.