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00:00:00 Call to Order/Agenda
00:01:15 Newly Elected Councilor: Maea Brandt
00:03:03 Litigation Update/Executive Session
00:06:36 Committee Reports
00:12:00 City Council - General Affairs
00:18:35 City Council President Updates
00:19:20 Mayor - General Affairs
00:21:03 Climate Emergency Reports
00:23:01 Consent Agenda
00:24:12 City Council with Mayor Presiding
00:34:26 Public Forum
01:00:31 City Council with Mayor Presiding (Continued)
01:07:14 Board of Civil Authority
01:08:51 Local Cannabis Control Commission
01:13:33 Decision: Orlando's Entertainment Permit
01:15:42 Resolution: Gun Violence in Burlington
01:28:56 Rehabilitation of Vacant/Dangerous Structures
01:32:46 Proposed Charter Change: Ward Boundaries
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A
C
D
A
Opposed,
please
say:
no,
we
have
an
agenda
and
I
will
note
that
counselor
McGee
is
joining
us
by
Zoom,
so
we
have
an
agenda
with
that.
We
will
go
to
item
number
two
on
our
agenda,
which
is
the
swearing-in
of
newly
elected
East,
District
City
councilor,
mayor
Brandt,
and
for
the
swearing-in
I
will
go
to
Mayor
Weinberger.
A
A
Congratulations:
councilor
Brandt,
and
we
welcome
you
to
the
Burlington
City
Council.
We
look
forward
to
working
with
you
and
working
with
you
on
the
many
initiatives
that
we
have
in
the
months
to
come
before
we
get
to
our
consent
and
deliberative
agendas.
We're
going
to
move
to
item
three,
which
is
a
communication
from
the
acting
City
attorney
regarding
an
update
on
various
litigation
items
and
before
motions
are
made
to
go
into
executive
session.
I
would
turn
to
the
administration
or
to
the
acting
City
attorney.
E
A
F
Thank
you,
president.
Paul
I
move
that
the
council
find
that
premature
general
public
knowledge
of
legal
advice
and
information
concerning
the
details
of
probable
and
pending
litigation,
to
which
the
city
is
a
party
or
has
a
stated
interest,
would
clearly
place
the
city
at
a
substantial
disadvantage.
A
G
A
F
A
Thank
you,
councilor
Shannon
seconded
by
councilor,
Travers
and
I
believe
this
executive
session
will
just
include
obviously
the
acting
City
attorney,
but
the
mayor
and
any
any
members
of
the
mayor
staff
is
that
correct.
Okay,
all
those
in
favor
of
the
motion
is
made
by
councilor
Shannon,
please
say
aye
aye
any
opposed.
Please
say
no!
That
motion
passes
and
we
expect
and
have
on
our
agenda
that
this
executive
session
will
last
approximately
one
hour
we'll
be
going
downstairs
to
the
butcher
conference
room
so
for
those
that
are
in
contoice,
you
can
make
yourselves
comfortable.
A
We
will
hope
to
return
at
7
15..
Thank
you,
703
we're
running
ahead
of
schedule,
which
gives
us
a
fair
amount
of
time
between
now
and
the
public
forum.
Since
we,
since
we
aren't
able
to
move
on
to
our
deliberative
agenda,
we
will
go
to
the
end
of
our
agenda,
which
our
community
reports-
city,
council,
I,
don't
see
the
mayor
here
yet.
But
if
the
mayor
does
have
comments,
we
would
go
to
him
as
well.
So
we'll
go
to
item
number
eight
on
our
agenda,
which
is
committee
reports.
H
H
An
update
on
the
south
end
multimodal
Center
feasibility
study,
an
update
on
the
Lake
Street,
shared
use,
path,
concept,
plans,
a
potential,
Green
Mountain,
Transit
funding
discussion,
a
Main,
Street
Great
streets,
update
and
a
discussion
of
a
resolution
on
the
implementation
of
a
carbon
pollution
impact
fee
for
new
construction
and
large
existing
commercial
and
industrial
buildings.
So
we
got
the
presentation
on
at
our
last
meeting.
I
Thank
you,
president.
The
racial
Equity
inclusion
and
belonging
committee
reib
will
be
meeting
tomorrow
at
5,
30
and
listen
very
well.
The
address
this
time
is
now
is
going
to
be
at
the
Queen
City
room,
149,
Q,
Street,
third,
floor
City
Hall.
So
the
agenda
we
have
exploration
of
the
racial
Equity
inclusion
and
belonging
commission
and
by
Park
organization,
will
be
showing
up
to
speak
in
favor
or
favor
about
it.
I
J
Thank
you,
president
Paul.
The
ordinance
committee
met
twice
over
the
last
month,
or
so
mainly
to
consider
the
minimum
maximum
parking
requirements
and
TDM
matter
that
this
Council
sent
back
to
the
committee
for
consideration,
while
still
waiting
on
some
final
edits
to
distribute
to
the
full
Council.
There
is
an
amended
version
of
that
matter
that
will
be
coming
back
to
the
full
Council
and
that
was
unanimously
voted
on
in
favor
in
favor
of
before
the
ordinance
committee.
The
amended
version
still
extends
the
elimination
of
minimum
parking
requirements
Citywide.
J
It
also
still
includes
important
changes
to
our
institutional
parking
management
plans
that
the
city's
institutional
organizations
and
katma
have
been
expressing
interest
in
to
the
extent
there's
been
some
amendments.
The
Amendments,
from
my
perspective,
address
a
number
of
the
concerns
raised
by
the
city's
affordable
housing
organizations
around
TDM
and
while
Transportation
demand
management.
Provisions
are
still
in
the
amended
version
for
larger
projects
and
and
still
propose
that
these
Provisions
be
extended
city-wide.
J
There
are
a
number
of,
in
my
opinion,
good
improvements
that
have
been
made
that
we'll
dive
into
details
on
when
this
comes
back
before
the
full
Council
in
January.
But
the
most
important
change
from
my
perspective
is
that
it
will
expand
the
menu
of
options
that
large
projects
can
choose
from
in
selecting
their
TDM
strategies,
so
excited
to
get
back
to
that
in
January.
And
we
do
not
have
any
matters
before
the
committee
at
the
moment.
J
F
A
F
F
Actually
economic
development
director
I
think
was
his
title:
Bruce
Cipher,
who
was
instrumental
in
really
creating
the
Burlington
that
we
see
today,
instrumental
in
assuring
that
we
had
lots
of
viable
businesses
on
North
Street
in
the
South
End
and
throughout
the
city,
really
a
supporter
of
of
our
small
business
Community
here
and
he
was
a
Bruce
and
I
I.
Think
Bruce
every
two
years
would
put
my
opponent's
billboard
in
his
yard.
F
Some
of
his
thoughts
and
I
will
share
with
the
council
this
email
that
he
asked
to
be
on
the
record,
because
I
think
that
his
voice
is
is
an
important
one
without
without
question
and
something
that
should
be
considered
whether
or
not
we
agree,
he
wrote
hi
Ben
and
Joan
the
following
letter,
I
sent
to
the
city
planner
about
changing
the
Enterprise
zoning
District
to
include
housing.
I
am
strongly
opposed
to
this
zoning
change.
We
need
to
preserve
some
land
for
business
expansion
in
the
future.
F
F
I
would
urge
you
to
go
out
to
see
the
construction
now
underway
by
Beta
at
the
airport,
Industrial
Park
they're,
creating
hundreds
of
jobs.
The
business
expansion
could
lead
to
thousands
of
livable
wage
jobs
located
in
Burlington.
Long-Term
planning
is
key
to
allow
our
regional
economy
to
grow.
The
proposed
zoning
change
in
the
South
End
will
result
in
Less
jobs
in
our
community.
Downtown
has
a
lot
of
vacant
space
for
mixed
use.
Development
I,
co-authored
three
textbooks
since
working
for
the
City
of
Burlington
discussing
strategic
Economic
Development.
F
The
second
has
a
chapter
on
the
south
end
and
its
future,
so
I'm
going
to
forward
the
letter.
He
then
shared
shared
with
planning
for
all
of
our
benefit
I.
Think
it's
important
to
give
consideration
to
that
voice
that
had
a
lot
of
foresight
that
we
all
benefit
from
today
and
I.
If
you
thought
it
appropriate.
President
Paul
I
I
think
it
would
be
appropriate
to
have
a
moment
of
silence
for
his
passing.
J
Thank
you,
president
Paul.
There
is
an
item
on
our
consent
agenda
this
evening
with
respect
to
a
memorandum
of
understanding
regarding
the
cswd
drop-off
location
in
the
South,
End
and
and
I
fully
support
that
consent.
Agenda
item,
which
will,
from
my
perspective,
provide
greater
flexibility
around
cswd
expanding
services
at
the
Pine
Street
location,
while
allowing
cswd
and
the
city
additional
opportunities
to
explore
moving
the
drop-off
location
to
Flynn,
Avenue
I.
A
Thank
you
if
there
are
no
other
counselors
with
comments
on
Journal,
City
Affairs
will
go
to
the
next
item,
which
is
city
council
president
updates
I
just
wanted
to.
Let
people
know
that
after
the
holidays,
when
we
reconvene
in
January,
we
will
have
an
upcoming
work
session
and
at
this
discussion
and
possible
adoption
of
council
rules,
that
a
group
of
four
of
us
have
been
working
on
for
some
time
and
also
a
couple
of
presentations
during
the
month
of
January
and
February
from
various
first
first
response
service
providers,
so
that
we
can
learn.
A
We
and
the
public
can
learn
about
the
work
that
they
do,
but
more
on
that
to
come
in
January.
That
would
bring
us
to
what
usually
is
the
last
item
on
our
agenda,
but
won't
be
this
evening,
which
is
item
11
updates
from
the
mayor
mayor
Weinberger.
If
you
have
any
comments
to
share
with
us,
the
floor
is
yours:.
E
There
and
I
also
just
wanted
to
remind
counselors
and
and
the
public
that
we
have
a
New
Year's
Eve
celebration
that
is
coming
up
in
just
a
couple
of
weeks.
Once
again,
Burlington
City
Arts,
with
many
partners,
is
producing,
highlight
which
will
feature
events
throughout
the
downtown
Waterfront
and
this
year.
For
the
first
time,
we'll
include
from
five
to
nine
a
a
use
of
the
new
Moran
frame.
E
That
I
think
will
be
a
nice
introduction
to
the
way
in
which
that
new
facility
can
be
a
real
Center
for
for
our
arts
and
Recreation
and
entertainment
in
in
the
years
ahead.
It's
a
first
of
a
series
of
kind
of
pilot
events
there
and
so
I
hope
to
see
everyone
down
there
and
out
around
town
at
highlight.
Thank
you,
president
Paul
thank.
A
A
If
there
aren't
any,
we
can
close
out
that
item
I
unless
somebody
else
can,
unless
some
of
my
colleagues
can
show
me
any
other
items
that
can
be
done
before
public
forum.
It's
now
20.
After
seven,
there
are
four
people
in
the
in
the
queue
remotely
to
speak
during
public
forum.
I
can
find
three
of
the
four
not
really
sure
that
we
can
start
public
forum
until
7
30
as
per
our
rules
is
that
is
that
correct
attorney,
Sturtevant.
A
A
A
A
A
A
That's
a
very
good
question:
are
we?
Are
we
able
attorney
Sturdivant
to
adjourn
the
council
meeting?
Can
we
go
to
some
of
the
other,
for
example
like
the
city
council
with
mayor
presiding?
Yes,
wonderful,
suggestion,
okay,
we
will
adjourn
our
council
meeting
at
7
20
and
hand
the
floor
to
the
mayor
for
the
city
council,
with
the
mayor,
presiding
and
I.
Believe
there's
also
another
there's
also
another
meeting
as
well.
I
think
it's
a
BCA,
a
board
of
civil
Authority.
E
Do
you
think
it
has
been
our
practice
not
to
convene
these
meetings
either
before
the
public
forum
happy
to
make
an
exception
tonight,
but
I
think,
if
would
have
to
raise
I,
think
the
way
reason
we've
always
done
that
in
case
there
is
some
sort
of
public
testimony
that
can
impact
the
decisions.
So
if
that
does
transpire
in
some
ways,
I
guess
we
always
have
the
possibility
of
reconsidering
these
decisions.
E
Great
we're
on
the
city
council,
mayor
presiding,
so
I
think
you
you
mean
that
right
so
great.
Thank
you.
Is
there
a
second
for
that
motion
segment
by
counselor
Traverse
discussion
of
the
amendment,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye
opposed
motion
carries
unanimously,
so
that
brings
us
to
the
public
forum.
Is
there
anyone
in
attendance
who
would
like
to
speak
to
the
city
council,
mayor
presiding
about
our
business
tonight,
seeing
none
there.
E
E
D
A
D
E
A
E
E
And
actually
I
say
it's
working
and
I.
Don't
don't
see
all
of
the
items
loading?
Oh
now
there
it
is
so
I'm
happy
to
read
out
I,
mean
I.
Think
it's
I'd
like
to
try
to
perceive
I.
Don't
recall
this
happening
exactly
before.
But
let's
there
are
two
applicants
for
this.
First
item:
3.01
airport,
commission
term,
expiring,
June,
30th,
2023,.
E
E
F
M
F
E
E
E
A
Mayor,
maybe
what
you
know:
I
I
hate
to
do
this
because
we're
in
the
middle
of
a
meeting.
Perhaps
you
want
to
just
recess
that
we'll
go
back
to
the
council
meeting.
We
can
do
public
forum
without
really
having
board
docs
and
then
perhaps
there.
Perhaps
somebody
could
just
check
and
see
if
it's
a
if
it's
a
an
issue.
E
Okay,
given
the
time
president
Paul
I
think
that's
a
helpful
suggestion,
since
we
are
at
the
time
certain
7
30,
we
will
recess
the
city
council
with
mayor
presiding
I.
Do
I
am
in
refreshing
the
page
able
to
get
the
documents
they
have
been
posted
since
Thursday,
so
I'm
reluctant
not
to
act
tonight
without,
but
hopefully
we
can
have
that
fully
addressed
by
the
time
we
reconvene
so
back
to
you,
president
Paul
thank.
A
You
it's
now
7
31.,
we're.
We
we've
reconvened
the
council
meeting
at
the
7
30
hour
to
do
public
forum.
There
are
a
number
of
people
that
are
in
contos
a
few
that
have
asked
to
speak
in,
in
contrast,
as
well
as
a
number
of
people
that
are
online
and
waiting
to
speak
before
we
begin
public
forum.
Just
a
few
items
of
information
about
the
table
in
front
of
me,
there
is
a
system
on
the
table
that
has
three
lights.
A
A
green
light
will
shine
when
you
begin
speaking
a
yellow
light
when
you
have
30
seconds
left
and
then
a
red
light
when
your
time
is
up.
We
just
ask
that
you,
please
complete
your
comments
when
the
red
light
indicates
that
your
time
is
up,
if
you're
in
the
middle
of
ascendance,
please
please
complete
it,
but
just
so
that
we
can
give
everybody
the
same
amount
of
time.
If
you
can
wrap
up
your
comments
from
there,
we
have
a
hybrid
system
for
a
public
forum.
A
So
if
you
wish
to
speak
here
in
person,
there
are
pieces
of
paper
in
the
corner
just
fill
one
out
and
give
it
to
the
clerk.
That
is
to
my
right.
If
you
wish
to
speak
by
Zoom,
you
can
go
to
burlingtonvt.gov
public
forum
and
a
form
will
come
up
just
fill
out
the
form
populate
the
form
and
the
answers
will
come
into
a
spreadsheet.
That
I
have
in
front
of
me
and
I
will
call
on
you
in
the
order
in
which
you
submitted
your
your
form
has
been.
A
It's
been
our
practice
that
Burlington
residents
will
have
first
priority
in
public
forum,
we'll
go
to
Burlington
residents
and
contos,
who
have
submitted
a
form
then
to
Burlington
residence
online
back
to
non-burlington
Residence
in
person
and
then
back
to
our
online
Burlington
non-burlington
residence.
We
just
simply
ask
that
you
do
your
best
to
use
respectful
language
when
you're
speaking
to
us.
Please
direct
any
of
your
comments
to
me
as
the
chair
and
not
to
anyone
else
at
this
table,
and
please
do
your
best
not
to
personalize
your
comments.
A
N
N
While
you
dance
around
all
the
real
reasons,
the
absurdity
in
the
last
few
years,
I
warned
the
Democrats
years
ago
that
Trump
was
a
real
problem.
They
laughed
at
me
even
before
that
I
warned
all
the
Democrats
and
the
Republicans
that
the
wars
that
were
unjustified
and
illegal
and
unbased
and
based
on
lies
would
ruin
our
country
and
create
circumstances
that
would
destroy
us
from
within,
and
here
we
are
years
later
and
the
absurdity
of
watching
you,
people
still
dance
around
trying
to
blame
everything
except
the
real
causes.
N
You
are
throwing
all
this
money
towards
war
in
Ukraine.
In
the
same
newscasts
of
schizophrenia,
you
talk
about
how
we
need
to
not
have
a
gun
problem
with
our
children.
Well,
you
literally
tell
how
we
need
more
money
to
kill
Russians.
You
say
we
need
less
guns,
and
yet
you
don't
talk
about
the
real
causes
and
the
issues.
According
to
the
FBI
itself,
most
crime
is
caused
by
Undercovers
in
this
country.
The
DEA
FBI.
N
All
these
undercover
agencies
Chase
each
other
around,
and
we
like
to
blame
all
the
poor
people
and
all
these
outcasts
for
these
problems.
Year
after
year,
we
dance
around
the
issues,
and
yet
here
we
are
at
the
precipice
of
falling
apart
and
you're
still
dancing
around
the
issues,
and
you
wonder
why
your
children
are
pissed
off.
G
That
would
be
mostly
out
of
the
need
to
belong
to
have
somebody
have
your
back
and
when
we're
talking
about
youth
violence,
we
need
to
keep
in
mind
that
it's
we
should
be
looking
in
the
mirror
if
the
adults
are
not
modeling
good
behavior,
that's
what
kids
are
going
to
see
and
if
you're
working
class
kid
in
Burlington
right
now,
this
generation
is
already
going
to
be
having
less
standards
of
living
compared
to
their
parents,
so
the
Outlook
is
pretty
bleak.
They
have
looking
at
minimum
wage
jobs.
G
You
know
like
we
respond
to
emergencies
with
like
people
with
guns,
homelessness,
people
with
guns.
What
about
that?
Violence,
that
a
gun
isn't
the
problem?
Violence
is
a
problem
and
the
City
perpetrates
most
of
this
violence
on
poor
people,
on
working-class
people
and
on
people
who
are
homeless.
So
please
step
back
and
look
in
the
mirror.
O
So
this
was
something
that
I
forgot
to
to
bring
up
before
and
it's
kind
of
the
last
minute,
but
it's
not
too
late.
It's
good
to
see
a
new
face.
So
nine
years
ago
we
had
a
very
late,
a
very
late
passage
of
the
ward
redistricting
Charter
change.
It
went
into
effect,
they
would
have
been.
It
went
into
effect
of
2015
and
the
transition
wasn't
over
until
2018
two
years
before
the
next
census
was
going
to
be.
O
I
can't
remember
name
and
also
talked
with
Jeanette
white
chair
of
Senate
government
Ops
and
also
talked
with
a
lawyer
at
the
state
capitol
about
it,
and
they
completely
refuted
that,
if
you
choose
to
you
can
make
this
new
Charter
applied
just
to
the
offices
elected
after
the
charter
comes
into
an
effect
and
allow
the
offices
that
are
the
the
counselor
terms
and
School
Board
terms
that
are
halfway
through
to
just
continue
to
their
end.
The
transition
will
be
over
in
a
year
and
it
will
be
over.
Nobody
has
a
term
truncated.
O
A
P
P
4
615
people,
519
Pages
by
our
estimates,
it's
between
1
and
2
000
hours
of
work
that
dozens
of
volunteers
engaged
in
over
the
last
several
years.
So
I'm
really
excited
that.
As
we
move
forward,
we
will
be
engaging
in
a
public
discourse
about
proposition,
zero
and
community
control
of
police
and
and
I
just
want
to
express
my
gratitude
to
everyone
who
is
involved
in
that
effort
and
to
the
board
of
civil
Authority
for
receiving
those
petitions.
Thank
you.
Q
Good
evening,
I'm
here
tonight
to
speak
on
agenda
item
7.0,
4
resolution
addressing
gun
violence
in
Burlington,
there's
a
fair
amount
in
here.
So
let's
just
dive
on
in
I
am
I
think
we
can
all
agree
that
we
want
to
limit
and
stop
the
gun.
Violence
that's
occurring
on
our
streets,
I
I,
disagree
with
the
eight-year-old
Charter
change
that
banned
firearms
and
establishments
that
have
a
liquor
license.
Q
Q
Q
Q
A
A
D
D
I
D
And
the
guy
performs
two
hours
so
I
just
want
to
speak
about
Battery
Street
jeans,
he's
clothing,
the
homeless,
and
we
should
give
him
a
medal.
We
shouldn't
give
him
any
problems.
He
with
this
encumbrance
thing.
I
hope
it
all
goes
smoothly
because
he's
doing
a
great
thing
and
there
are
only
a
few
agencies
and
people
food,
not
bombs,
is
one
keeping
the
homeless
alive.
D
D
A
R
I
wanted
to
briefly
talk
about
an
ongoing
issue
that,
unfortunately,
is
not
actually
going
to
go
away
until
you
know
what
and
it
may
never
go
away,
but
the
point
I'd
like
to
make
is:
we
have
to
take
real
steps
to
address
racial
disparities
in
policing
and,
in
addition
to
racial
disparities
and
say
traffic
stops.
There
has
continued
to
be
an
ongoing
issue
with
an
unacceptable
pattern
of
behavior
by
some
of
our
officers.
I
do
not
want
to.
R
You
know,
paint
the
whole
department,
but
this
behavior
is
driven
by
race
and
that's
not
okay.
There
could
be
inappropriate
use
of
language
or
statements
that
are
racially
insensitive.
It's
a
variety
of
things
we
have
bought
up
non-stop
on
the
police
commission,
begging
at
times
that
our
acting
Chief
addressed
this
issue
and
I
would
like
to
see
the
council
and
I
would
like
to
see.
R
A
K
All
of
those
meetings
were
separate
and
distinct,
and
they
were
not
linked
to
the
rule,
which
I
believe
still
exists
regarding
the
consent,
agenda
and
public
forum.
So
I
feel
that
you
know
acting
attorney.
Sturdivan's
world
is
Planning
and
Zoning
I,
don't
envy
her
trying
to
step
in
and
do
this,
but
I
would
like
you
to
look
at
that,
because
I
don't
think
that
that
was
something
that
was
atypical.
K
Public
forum
is
a
time
where
people
can
speak
about
anything
but
frequently
they're
talking
about
things
on
the
agenda,
and
so
it
is
placed
early
in
the
agenda.
So
where
you
have
your
deliberative,
you
can
consider
those
comments.
If
you
choose
to
with
the
consent
agenda,
those
items
are
put
on
consent
for
convenience,
and
so,
if
you
don't
allow
the
public
to
speak,
then
you
preclude
them
for
giving
giving
you
input
to
pay
potentially
remove
it
from
consent
or
change
the
action.
K
A
S
S
Ahead,
my
name
is
Mark
Sherman
and
I'm,
one
of
the
owners
at
Outdoor
Gear
Exchange
on
Church,
Street
and
I,
want
to
thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
speak
tonight,
as
well
as
to
counselors
Carpenter,
Barlow,
Bergman,
McGee
and
Hightower.
For
meeting
with
me
and
one
of
my
colleagues
over
the
past
few
weeks,
it's
been
an
honor
to
connect
with
all
of
you.
S
S
I'd
also
like
to
see
a
commitment
to
opening
a
safe
injection
site
ASAP
with
limited
ability
to
police,
City,
Hall,
Park
and
other
areas
known
for
drug
use.
We
are
currently
condoning
an
unsafe
injection
site
and
other
unsafe
injection
sites
that
are,
in
fact
no
closer
to
Church
Street
than
the
proposed
location
near
Clark
Street,
and
this
will
reduce
overdose
deaths
and
minimize
police
resources
needed
to
respond
to
them.
S
I'd
like
to
see
a
commitment
to
fully
fund
the
Cahoots
model,
as
proposed
over
a
year
ago
and
I'd
like
to
see
a
commitment
to
Progressive,
robust
and
transparent
policing
in
a
way
that
will
encourage
and
expedite
growth
of
the
Burlington
Police
Department,
which
is
desperately
needed
and
already
approved
by
the
council.
Thank
you.
A
T
A
little
unstable
here,
congratulations,
councilor
Brant
for
nearing
session
to
the
council.
I
just
want
to
take
a
moment
today
to
recognize
some
folks
I
think
play
a
pretty
important
part,
a
role
in
our
community
that
sometimes
I,
don't
think,
maybe
get
the
credit
they
deserve,
and
those
are
the
folks
that
do
the
incredible
work
at
keeping
the
marketplace
clean,
vibrant
and
livable.
T
That
would
be
Jim,
Daly,
Bruce,
Medeiros,
Gabe,
gagne
and
Alex
Spears
and
really,
as
the
city
continues
to
decline
and
into
a
state
of
blightedness
they've,
really
become
the
kind
of
the
last
line
of
defense
and,
as
you
walk
around
downtown,
you
see
kind
of
a
lot
of
things
that
you
know
weren't
here
a
few
years
ago.
Yet
when
you
step
onto
the
marketplace,
it
still
looks
largely
as
it
did
in
years
past,
so
I
wanted
to
recognize
them
for
their
efforts.
T
I
was
also
saddened
to
learn
recently
from
my
folks
that
work
in
the
nightclub
industry
and
are
out
late
two
three
in
the
morning
that
there's
apparently
a
rise
in
I,
guess
harassment,
both
verbal
and
physical
of
our
unhoused
population.
It
was
attributed
to
drunken
college.
Students
was
the
phrase
that
was
used.
I,
don't
know
if
that's
the
the
correct
phrase,
but
that
was
the
way
it
was
described
to
me
and
that's
a
little
bit
of
a
concern.
We
can't
have
that
going
on
as
sport
in
our
community
and
I.
T
Think
from
my
perspective,
I
think
that's
just
another
reason
why
we
need
to
have
an
increased
enforcement
here
in
downtown.
Our
most
vulnerable
should
not
be
preyed
upon
like
it's.
Some
kind
of
sport-
and
they
too
deserve
to
the
protection
and
be
able
to
enjoy
life
with
dignity
here
in
downtown,
so
I
just
wanted
to
share
that
that
was
kind
of
disturbing
I
didn't
expect
to
hear
that
it
was
quite
a
bit
of
a
shock
and
surprise
and
I
just
wanted
to
share
that
with
everyone.
So
thank
you
for
your
time.
A
E
Thank
you,
president
Paul.
So
we
will
reconvene
the
city
council
of
Mayor
presiding
on
the
item
that
we
were
at
when
we
suspended
the
meeting.
So
this
is
3.01
the
airport
Commission
appointment
that
has
three
nominations
for
Stephen
gillick,
Robert,
Etter
and
Dan
casting
castagano.
Thank
you,
Council
Bergman.
E
E
E
E
E
A
E
E
E
U
E
A
E
That
that
is
unanimous
thank
you
Laura,
and
we
appreciate
your
service
and
serving
on
this
critical
Commission,
and
with
that,
seeing
that
we
have
done
all
the
business
of
the
city
council
of
Mayor
presiding.
If
there's
no
objection,
I
will
adjourn
that
body
at
803
pm
and
then
just
give
me
just
a
moment.
I
will
call
in
to
session
the
board
of
civil
Authority,
and
the
first
item
on
this
agenda
is:
is
the
agenda
and
I
welcome
a
motion
regarding
it.
E
Great,
thank
you
very
much.
President
Paul.
Is
there
a
second
for
that
motion?
Second,
by
councilor
Barlow,
any
discussion
of
the
agenda
any
Amendment,
seeing
none
will
go
to
a
vote.
All
those
in
favor
of
the
motion,
please
say:
aye
all
right.
Are
there
any
opposed?
The
agenda
is
adopted,
and
this
brings
us
to
our
only
business,
which
is
the
consent
agenda.
E
I
E
Are
there
any
opposed
that
motion
carries
unanimously
and
we
have
completed
the
business
of
the
board
of
civil
Authority
for
tonight?
So
if
there's
no
objection,
I'll
adjourn
that
board
at
804,
pm
and
I
think
with
that
President
Paul.
If
I
haven't
forgotten
anything
I'll
hand,
the
microphone
back
to
you.
A
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
counselor
Shannon
seconded
by
councilor
Travis.
Thank
you
both
Mr
Travers.
Thank
you.
Both
is
there
any
discussion
on
the
motion
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor
of
the
motion,
please
say
aye
all
right,
any
opposed.
Please
say
no
and
we
have
our
agenda.
We
have
one
item
on
our
agenda,
which
is
item
two:
a
20
20
22
Local
cannabis
control
application.
We
have
one
application
to
vote
on
this
evening.
A
It's
been
our
it's
been
our
custom
before
we
go
to
a
vote
to
see
if
the
applicants
are
here
and
as
they
are
aware,
the
applications
are
heavily
redacted
with
the
city,
attorney's
Direction,
but
we've.
What
we've
done
in
the
past
is
that,
while
applicants
are
under
no
obligation
disclose
to
disclose
business
information,
we
invite
them
to
come
forward
and
introduce
themselves
along
with
information
about
their
business.
F
A
V
A
M
I
would
just
say
that
perhaps
this
would
be
appropriate
for
us
to
add
to
the
city's
legislative
agenda
and
we
are
talking
with
legislators
on
Friday
and
because
I
I
agree.
This
is
a
bad
dog
and
pony
show
right.
It's
not.
You
know
it's
a
dog
and
pony
show,
but
it's
not
even
a
good
one.
So
we
need
to
get
that
fixed.
A
D
A
A
There
are
four
items
on
our
deliberative
agenda
and
that
is
what
we
what
we
have
left
this
evening.
The
item
7.01
has
been
moved
to
our
consent
was
moved
to
our
consent
agenda.
So
we've
already
voted
on
that
that
will
move
us
to
item
7.02,
which
is
a
notice
of
decision,
a
hearing
regarding
a
sworn
complaint
of
a
resident
pertaining
to
Orlando's,
Bar
and
Lounge
22
2022,
2023,
entertainment
permit
and
for
this
item,
I'll
go
to
counselor
Traverse
for
a
motion.
J
I
moved
to
approve
and
adopt
the
decision
posted
on
board
docs
in
regards
to
the
sworn
complaint
of
Resident
pertaining
to
Orlando's,
Bar
and
Lounge
2022-2023
entertainment
permit,
and
to
impose
a
two-week
suspension
of
the
permit
affected
from
April
15th
to
April
30th
2023.
As
detailed
in
the
decision
posted
online.
A
A
A
C
A
Any
opposed,
please
say:
no,
there
are
11
of
us.
The
motion
passes
on
a
vote
of
nine
with
two
recusals,
and
that
concludes
that
item
I
did
want
to
also
thank
on
behalf
of
the
council,
the
assistant
City
attorney
Haley
McClanahan,
for
her
guidance
and
counsel
and
drafting
this
decision.
Wonderful,
great
job.
A
A
C
Thank
you,
president
Paul.
This
resolution
is
the
result
of
a
process
that
began
several
weeks
ago
with
the
Board
of
Health,
due
in
large
part
to
their
efforts.
We
were
able
to
turn
around
somewhat
quickly
and
get
our
own
resolution
together.
Excuse
me,
I
am
battling
some
kind
of
cold
get
our
own
resolution
together
for
our
final
meeting
of
the
year,
which
is
this
evening.
C
I
know
we
all
share
deep
concern
over
the
sharp
rise
in
violence
we've
seen
here
in
Burlington
throughout
the
state
of
Vermont
and
across
the
country
on
average,
in
the
United
States,
we
lose
41
000
people
per
year
to
gun
violence,
that's
110
people
every
single
night.
This
trend
has
become
the
tragic
Norm
in
our
society.
We
cannot
have
this
debate
without
acknowledging
the
fact.
The
United
States
is
the
only
major
country
in
the
world
for
them.
That's
happen
on
such
a
scale.
C
C
C
C
We
can't
begin
by
working
collaboratively
with
the
Burlington
school
district
and
Community
organizations
to
support
our
young
people
and
those
that
support
survivors
of
intimate
partner
violence,
and
we
cannot
do
this
work
alone.
That's
why
this
resolution
calls
for
Action
from
State
leaders
to
do
three
things.
C
I
want
to
express
my
gratitude
to
the
Board
of
Health
for
the
substantial
effort
in
providing
research
and
recommendations
which
provided
a
foundation
for
this
resolution.
I'd
also
like
to
thank
councilor
Travers
for
his
efforts
in
helping
to
draft
the
resolution,
as
well
as
counselor
Bergman
for
his
input,
and
thank
you
to
president
Paul
for
your
thoughts
during
our
community
discussion.
C
You
know
helping
to
ensure
that
this
resolution
made
it
on
the
agenda
over
four
years
out
I
hope
tonight.
The
council
will
speak
with
the
unified
voice
and
unanimously
support
this
resolution
to
convey
the
importance
of
taking
these
actions
to
prevent
future
gun
deaths
and
begin
to
address
violence
in
our
community.
Thank
you.
J
Why
I
think
many
of
us
wanted
this
to
come
back
in
our
last
meeting
here
in
2022,
which
was
to
have
this
resolution
in
hand
to
support
the
city
and
its
legislative
agenda
in
Montpelier
heading
into
the
legislative
session
in
2023.
While
there's
many
components
of
this
as
councilor
McGee
just
spoke
to
I.
J
Think
some
of
the
most
important
components
are
those
that
are
are
calling
on
our
Burlington
delegation
and
calling
on
their
peers
in
Montpelier
to
provide
Burlington
as
Vermont's
largest
city,
the
flexibility
that
we
really
need
in
order
to
properly
address
the
gun.
Violence
epidemic
that
we're
all
facing
here.
J
Councilor
McGee
spoke
to
it
that
in
2014
Burlington
voters
overwhelmingly
supported
very
reasonable
gun
reform
measures
that
are
still
pending
before
the
legislature,
and
it
would
be
well
within
their
right
to
take
those
matters
still
up.
They
have
not
expired
and
and
their
matters
that
our
legislature
could
still
take
up.
J
Unfortunately,
we
all
know
how
many
mass
shootings
and
other
incidents
of
gun
violence
there
have
been
since
2014
I
can
only
imagine
what
would
occur
with
those
Charter
change
measures
if
they
were
put
before
voters
today
can
only
imagine
how
much
more
overwhelmingly
supported
they
would
be
in
town
meeting
day
2023.
So
I
appreciate
this
being
before
the
council
today
and
hope
that
our
Burlington
delegation
and
our
City
heading
into
the
next
legislative
session
will
really
use
this
to
Spur
change.
That's
much
needed
here
at
the
local
level.
Thank
you.
M
Thank
you
just
very
briefly.
I
I
just
want
to
say
how
important
the
the
participation
of
the
Board
of
Health
was.
You
know
we
engaged
with
them.
We
had
originally
talked
about
the
Burlington
Charter
changes
and
they
responded
with
a
much
more
comprehensive
approach,
and
it
was
incredibly
collaborative
and
I
just
want
to
point
out
something
that
so
it
doesn't
get
lost
on
lines
59
through
62,
which
really
speak
to
this.
The
resolve
Clause
that
speaks
to
dealing
with
root
causes
at
the
end
of
the
day.
M
M
It
includes
all
of
the
social
service
agencies
as
well
as
other
departments,
and
you
know
I
have
said
in
the
past
that
if
we
don't
deal
with
root,
causes
we're
just
chasing
our
tail
and
I
really
really
believe
that
it's
there
are
lots
of
components
on
it,
and
if
we
ignore
that
fundamental
aspect
of
this,
we
will
be
here
for
a
lot
longer
than
we
should
so.
I
hope
that
we
support
this
unanimously
and
then
put
the
administrative
resources
of
the
city
to
bear
in
the
comprehensive
manner
that
this
resolution
really
calls
for.
E
E
I
would
be
equally
happy,
maybe
even
happier
if
the
legislature
took
an
alternative
action
which
would
be
just
instead
of
giving
Burlington
the
sole
authority
to
put
these
safe
storage
and
prohibition
for
guns
and
bars
and
restaurants.
They
could
take
that
action
on
a
Statewide
basis
as
well
and
in
some
ways
I
think
that's
a
more
likely
path
to
achieving
this
and
I
definitely
plan
to
be
very
active
in
Montpelier
this
year,
as
I
do
expect
there
being
gun
Bills
moving
to
advocate
for
those
that
position.
E
Encouragement
focus
on
expanding
the
work
that
is
is
happening
to
prevent
future
violence
to
be
exploring
root
causes,
as
well
as
systematic
interventions
that
we
could
take
to
prevent
the
type
of
violent
Spike
that
we've
seen
in
2022
prevent
that
from
happening
again
in
the
future.
There
are
great
many
conversation
on
those
lines
that
are
happening
currently
and
that
the
administration
is
engaged
in
and
I
look
forward
to
speaking
further
with
the
council
and
the
public
about
those
efforts
shortly.
E
Finally,
I
there
is
one
note
that
I
think
would
be
remiss
not
to
be
spoken
to,
which
is
there's
a
resolve.
Clause
that
suggests
that
the
cities
should
continue
to
participate
in
the
Chittenden
County
gun
violence
task
force
and
encourages
me
to
partner
with
state
and
federal
agencies
to
better
prevent
and
investigate
incidents
of
gun,
violence,
I
just
hope
it's
not
lost
on
anyone.
E
It
should
not
be
lost
on
anyone
how
how
effective
the
Burlington
Police
Department
has
been
in
those
investigations
having
resolved
more
than
86
percent
of
the
the
shootings
and
a
hundred
percent
of
of
the
homicides
would
not
want
any
part
of
that
Clause
to
be
misunderstood
as
lacking
an
appreciation
for
for
that
really
impressive
effort
on
on
the
part
of
the
department
under
challenging
circumstances.
Thank
you,
president.
Paul.
A
C
A
All
those
any
opposed,
please
say:
no,
that
motion
passes
unanimously
with
many
thanks
to
the
Board
of
Health,
as
other
others
have
said,
and
also
to
councilor
McGee.
For
your
work
on
this
resolution
and
your
thoughtful
comments,
we
will
move
on
to
item
7.05,
which
is
an
ordinance
Burlington,
Coat
of
ordinances,
abatement
and
Rehabilitation
of
vacant
buildings
and
dangerous
structures.
A
A
J
Thank
you,
president
Paul.
This
is
a
matter
that
was
sent
before
the
ordinance
committee,
where
president
Paul
you
councilor,
Hightower
and
I
met
and
we're
joined
by
director
Ward
who's
here
in
contoi's
Auditorium
as
well.
President
Paul
credit
is
due
to
you,
I
know
in
your
role
as
as
council
president.
You
can't
speak
to
it
as
much,
but
I'll
try
to
speak
on
your
behalf
here.
J
So
the
matter
before
the
council
today
would
strengthen
some
of
those
requirements
would
make
the
requirement
more
strict
with
respect
to
when
a
dangerous
building
needs
to
be
taken
down
when
it's
been
declared
by
the
city.
As
as
being
in
an
unsafe
dangerous
condition,
it
increases
vacant
building,
permit
fees
which,
from
my
perspective,
are
a
good
thing
to
the
end
of
discouraging
owners
of
vacant
buildings
from
allowing
them
to
remain
in
a
vacant
State
and
at
the
great
suggestion
really
of
director
Ward,
there's
some
language
in
here
as
well.
J
That
will
allow
for
the
placement
of
new
placards
on
buildings
that
that
are
that
are
vacant
that
may
present
a
risk
to
First
Responders
if
they
are
having
to
enter
the
building.
It's
it's
a
placard
that
goes
up
in
the
building
and
is
a
signal
to
our
First
Responders
to
know
that
they
may
face
some
unfortunate
unsafe
conditions
in
the
building
so
greatly
appreciated
director
Ward,
bringing
that
forward
and
the
committee's
work
on
this
matter.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
You
councilor
Travers
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
that
we
have
not
only
with
us
the
director
of
Permitting
and
inspections,
Bill
Ward
in
contos.
We
also
have
acting
fire
chief
Libby
who's
joining
us
by
Zoom.
So
if
there
are
any
questions
from
the
council
or
if
they
have
any
comments
that
they
would
like
to
make,
they
are
both
here.
A
A
L
A
Any
opposed,
please
say
no,
that
motion
passes
unanimously
with
many
thanks
to
all
who
helped
craft
this
and
get
us
to
this
point.
That
will
get
us
to
the
last
item
on
our
agenda,
which
is
item
7.06.
A
resolution.
March
7
2023
annual
City
meeting
proposed
Charter
change
regarding
Ward
boundaries
and
for
this
item
I'll
turn
to
councilor
Barlow
for
a
motion.
A
A
Thank
you.
You
saved
me,
the
you
saved
me
the
trouble
of
going
to
the
acting
City
attorney
for
a
brief
explanation
of
that,
but
that
is
exactly
what
we
are
voting
on.
It's
a
a
lot
of
language
that
was
carefully
crafted
by
the
acting
City
attorney,
as
well
as
the
as
well
as
planning
director,
Megan,
Tuttle
and
others
to
get
us
a
resolution
that
draws
out
the
maps.
The
mat,
the
ward
boundaries
in
words.
M
Councilor
Bergman
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
obviously
did
not
vote
in
favor
of
the
map.
Last
week,
I
will
vote
in
favor
of
this
resolution,
because
I
believe
that
the
the
voters
have
a
chance
have
a
have
a
right
to
to
to
vote
on
what
we
have
adopted
in
in
the
map
and
so
I
think
it's
time
to
put
this
in
front
of
the
the
voters.
M
V
A
You
raise
a
good
point
in
that
after
the
vote
last
week
there
were
a
number
of
people
who
reached
out
to
me
and
and
asked
how
they
even
find
the
map,
while
those
of
us
at
this
table
who
have
been
looking
at
these
maps
for
months,
know
how
to
access
them.
They,
it
is
not
easy
and
so
I
had
asked
that
of
the
of
a
CIO,
Barker
and
I
think
that
is
being
worked
on.
So
thank
you.
A
C
A
Any
opposed,
please
say
no,
that
motion
passes
and
that
completes
our
deliberative
agenda
and
because
we
have
already
already
completed
items,
eight,
nine,
ten
and
eleven.
That
brings
us
to
an
adjournment
and
the
end
of
our
agenda.
I
would
just
ask
for
a
motion
to
adjourn
so
made
by
Council,
Bergman
and
seconded
by
councilor
Freeman,
all
those
in
favor
of
the
motion
to
adjourn,
please
say:
aye
aye
any
opposed.
Please
say
no,
it
is
amazingly
8
34
and
we
are
adjourned.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
this
evening.