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B
D
B
Our
community,
while
doing
that
to
think
about
what
are
the
most
pressing
public
health
issues
and
then
consider
how
the
safety
and
health
of
the
Burlington
Community
his
enhanced
fight.
Looking
at
Social
determinants
of
Health
working
with
Community
organizations
addressing
Health
disparities,
we
work
with
you
city,
council
and
City
residents,
while
also
trying
to
share
useful
and
evidence-based
health
information
focusing
on
culturally
congruent
and
multilingual
methods.
B
B
Jenny
tomczak
is
going
to
talk
about
prevention
of
gun
violence
before
she
does.
I
just
want
to
also
highlight
a
couple
other
things,
which
is,
we
feel
very
proud
to
have
worked
with
several
Community
organizations
this
year,
the
Howard
Center
for
safe
recovery,
the
Chinden
Clinic
Vermont
legal
aid,
the
office
of
racial
Equity
inclusion
and
belonging
community
and
economic
development
office,
UVM,
Health,
Network,
Community
Health
needs
assessment
team
and
the
Chittenden
accountable
Community
for
a
health
group.
So
we're
appreciative
of
all
the
collaborations
we've
been
able
to
make
this
year.
E
It
working
okay.
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
update
you
on
our
latest
work
within
the
Board
of
Health
gun.
Violence
is
one
of
the
topics
we've
been
working
on
to
address
this
year
and
it's
closely
interconnected
with
our
other
main
areas
of
focus
which
are
systemic
racism
and
substance
use
disorder
in
response
to
an
accelerating
increase
in
gun
violence
in
our
community
as
well
as
Nationwide,
we
presented
a
resolution
on
the
prevention
of
gun
violence
to
city
council
last
November.
E
Both
resolutions
asked
the
Vermont
legislature
to
allow
Burlington
to
ban
guns
from
establishments
with
the
liquor
license
and
require
safer
storage
of
firearms.
Both
resolutions
made
a
broader
request
to
allow
municipalities
to
enact
reasonable
firearm
regulations
by
ending
Vermont's
firearm
preemption
law.
Unfortunately,
repeal
of
the
1988
preemption
rule
has
not
been
addressed
at
the
state
level.
Yet,
however,
we
are
encouraged
that
state
legislators
responded
to
hours
and
others
calls
to
combat
the
gun.
Violence
crisis
by
passing
two
of
their
own
resolutions.
E
This
year
house
resolution
h.230
is
an
act
aimed
at
Suicide
Prevention
by
reducing
access
to
lethal
means
requiring
a
72-hour
waiting
period
prior
to
firearm,
purchase,
creating
new
gun
storage
requirements
and
expanding
access
to
extreme
risk
protection.
Orders.
Senate
resolution
S4
seeks
to
reduce
crimes
of
Violence
by
juveniles
by
reducing
access
to
dangerous
weapons.
E
It
also
provides
Community
safety
grants
for
outreach
and
intervention
both
are
passed
in
the
Senate
and
House
on
May
5th.
At
the
local
level.
We
are
grateful
to
Mayor
Weinberger
for
creating
the
mayor's
task
force
to
reduce
gun
violence
within
the
office
of
racial
Equity
inclusion
and
belonging
as
a
means
of
addressing
gun
and
other
violence
with
racial
equity
and
trauma-informed
solutions,
Guided
by
data
analysis
and
Community
input.
We
would
like
to
contribute
to
these
and
any
other
efforts
to
improve
mental
health
data
collection
and
Analysis,
and
to
increase
awareness
in
education
going
forward.
E
F
F
More
specifically,
we
see
the
work
of
our
board
to
be
that
of
improving
Equitable
access
to
care
and
services
that
relate
to
health,
safety
and
well-being.
So
to
date,
I'll
briefly
outline
the
groups
we
have
met
with
and
the
direction
of
the
work
we've
met
with
the
office
of
racial
Equity,
inclusion
and
belonging.
These
connections
have
been
fruitful
and
ensuring
our
work
is
Guided
by
the
principles
of
reib
to
stay
aligned
with
the
focus
of
their
committee.
F
It's
led
to
the
Board
of
Health
Data
modernization
efforts
whereby
we've
chosen
to
take
a
closer
look
at
past
herbicide
and
pesticide
applications
to
assess
those
for
Health
Equity
in
this
project.
We're
analyzing
data
to
examine
spatial
trends
that
may
exist
in
application
approvals,
pesticide
and
herbicide
use
and
demographics.
We've
met
with
the
community
and
economic
development
office.
F
B
The
main
focus
of
that
was
to
reduce
the
number
of
discarded
syringe
needles
in
our
community,
and
that
was
done
through
working
it
with
key
stakeholders,
as
we've
described.
One
of
the
main
things
we
do
is
try
to
collaborate
with
our
community
organizations
and
I
named
some
of
those
before
and
actually
working
with,
the
c-click
fix
system
for
the
discard
syringes
to
identify
where
the
high
frequency
areas
are.
B
A
G
B
Thank
you
for
your
question.
You
mostly
speak
to
that,
but
I
want
to
start
by
saying
that
when
I
received
that
as
well
I,
think
one
of
the
important
things
is
how
much
we
have
started
to
work
with
our
community
and
take
on
some
of
these
issues
and
expand.
What
we're
able
to
do
within
our
limitations
of
what
we're
able
to
do.
And
so
we
are
working
with
that
particular
Community
member
and
had
been
prior
and
also
recognizing
that
the
railroad
is
not
all
within
the
jurisdiction
of
Burlington.
B
E
G
H
B
B
There
are
several
organizations
who
are
already
working
on
this.
So
our
main
goal
is
to
collaborate
with
the
community
organizations
who
are
really
working
hard
on
this
and
then
look
at
what
is
our
capacity
for
sharing
this
information,
particularly
looking
at
Outreach
to
community
members
who
might
not
receive
this
information,
because
that's
what
part
of
our
mission
and
then
also
to
look
at
the
impact
on
the
city
and
figure
out.
B
If
there
are
ways
we
can
use
data
to
better
understand
it
and
then
continue
to
again
increase
the
capacity
of
the
organizations
already
working
on
it.
So,
specifically,
the
Howard
Center
for
safe
recovery,
Chittenden
clinic
and
Vermont
legal
aid
are
working
on
this
individual
as
organizations,
and
we
feel
that
we
can
provide
strong
collaboration
with
them
to
continue
and
expand
their
work.
I
B
So
in
the
next
year
we
plan
to
allocate
funding
and
then
also
increase
some
of
the
infrastructure
and
and
also
use
the
Board
of
Health
to
advocate
for
increased
harm
reduction
services,
so
safe
injection
sites,
increasing
access
to
naloxone
and
access
to
Fentanyl
and
xylosine
test
strips.
So
we
look
carefully
at
our
budget
and
those
are
not
all
things
that
will
necessarily
to
be
able
to
increase
this
year.
But
it's
something
we
look
forward
to
in
each
year,
figuring
out
what
will
make
the
biggest
difference
at
that
time?.
H
Thank
you
so,
with
regards
to
Needles
again
and
the
different
organizations
that
are
involved
and
the
coordination,
is
there
one
organization
or
is
it
the
Board
of
Health,
that's
responsible
for
the
Outreach
and
tracking
for
lack
of
a
better
word,
the
productivity
like
who's
tracking,
the
number
of
needles
that
are
being
taken
off
the
street?
So
you
have
a
heat
map
for
activity,
but
there's
someone
actually
tracking
the
number
of
needles
and.
B
Right
now
is
we're
using
the
data
that's
coming
out
of
c-click
fix,
which
is
the
city's
operation
for
if
people
report
a
fan,
syringe
using
those
ones
that
are
picked
up,
we're
understanding
where
those
are
so
that's
the
main
data
that
we
have
coming
in.
It's
not
the
only
data
that
exists,
but,
more
importantly,
it's
not
the
only
information
about
usage
of
and
and
where
syringes
are.
B
But
it's
it's
what
we
have
now
that
works
well,
and
so
we're
trying
to
increase
our
ability
to
use
that
and
and
get
as
much
out
of
that
as
we
can
so
that
we
can
help
to
solve
the
problem.
I
wouldn't
describe
our
the
Board
of
Health
as
organizing
all
of
that.
I
certainly
wouldn't
want
to
take
credit,
we're
working
hard
to
collaborate
with
all
the
community
organizations
that
have
been
doing
it
for
a
long
time,
as
well
as
the
city.
H
B
And
if
that
information
isn't
readily
accessible
or
it's
a
barrier
to
people
being
able
to
dispose
of
needles
or
syringes.
We
want
to
change
that
and
figure
out,
whether
that's
linguistic
or
where
the
information
is
or
what
information
they
have
so
continuing
to
find
those
barriers
and
and
address
them.
B
J
Thanks
president
Paul
I
just
have
a
brief
comment.
First
of
all,
thank
you
very
much
for
your
service
on
the
board
of
health
and
commend
you
greatly
for
stepping
up
and
coming
here
to
meet
before
the
full
Council
I
spent
a
number
of
years
on
the
housing
board
of
review
and
then
on.
Parks
Commission
I.
Don't
think
I
once
came
in
person
to
give
our
annual
report,
and
so
I
really
appreciate
your
reaching
out
here.
J
I
appreciated
you
reaching
out
around
gun
violence
and
are
having
an
opportunity
to
work
on
that
together
and
we'll
look
forward
to
an
opportunity
to
work
on
that
in
the
future.
In
joining
the
reib
committee,
I
met
and
as
Castro
there,
and
so
it's
very
clear
that
you
as
a
board
are
taking
your
role
seriously
in
our
inserting
yourselves
in
very
important
ways,
rightfully
so
on
a
number
of
important
issues
for
our
community
I.
J
Think
one
of
the
only
concerns
I
have
about
your
great
work
and
that
of
a
number
of
other
boards
and
commissions
with
the
city.
Is
that
if
you
actually
look
in
writing
at
our
Charter
at
what
the
role
of
Board
of
Health
is,
you
know
it
was
clearly
born?
Out
of
you
know,
concerns
around
spoiled
milk
and
cream
right.
J
But
of
course,
it
won't
go
on
forever
that
you
think
some
about
how
we
in
our
ordinance
can
memorialize
the
work
that
you're
doing
such
that
it's
in
our
ordinance,
perhaps
even
in
our
Charter,
to
give
you
all
and
and
your
successors
sort
of
a
clear
path
to
continue
the
great
work
that
you're
doing
so
we
can
follow
up
on
that,
but
just
just
a
thought,
as
we
receive
your
great
report.
Thank
you.
K
K
Looking
at
that
going
forward,
you
know,
I
think
the
bill
that
passed
the
session
authorized
drug
checking
Services,
which
go
beyond
the
information
that
somebody
would
get
from
a
fentanyl
or
silazine
test
strip,
and
so,
as
we
get
those
Services
here
in
Burlington,
making
sure
that
that
information
is
coordinated
in
addition
to
those
other
harm
reduction
services
and
also
that
bill
approved
expanded
access
to
naloxone
with
vending
machines
and
kiosks.
So
that
will
be
another
component.
That
I
hope
is
that
funding
gets
distributed.
K
Some
of
the
UL
will
look
at
as
well
and
then,
lastly,
related
to
the
overdose
prevention,
centers
I'm
hopeful
that
that
bill
is
going
to
pass
that
will
not
just
authorize
overdose
prevention
centers
throughout
the
state,
but
also
hopefully
come
with
it.
Some
funding
and
I
think
you
know
one
of
the
big
questions
that
will
have
to
be
answered
as
we
think
about
starting
an
overdose
prevention
center
in
Burlington.
L
But
I
did
read
the
report,
and
so,
if
somebody
already
asked
this
question,
but
of
course
we
all
have
different
comments
on
different
parts
of
it.
For
me,
I'm
a
housing
person
first
and
so
yeah
interested
in-
and
you
don't
have
to
answer
this
now,
but
definitely
as
chair
of
the
cdnr
committee
and
also
just
as
an
individual
counselor,
as
you
think
about
what
you're
going
to
be
doing
on
housing
Equity
over
the
next
year.
L
And
then
worked
very
hard
for
us,
unfortunately
still
stalled,
which
is,
of
course
the
the
just
cause
eviction
piece
that
we
pass
through.
So
anything
that
and
I
know
that
a
lot
of
my
ideas,
I'm,
like
it,
doesn't
really
make
sense
until
we
have
that
protection
in
place,
and
so
anything
that
you
all
are
thinking
about,
would
love
to
love
to
hear
about
it.
Collaborate
on
it.
E
B
And
what
are
the
social
determinants
of
health
and
because
our
city
is
the
size
that
it
is
we're
able
to
look
at
the
whole
city
and
all
the
citizens
and
where
the
impact
will
be
where
inequities
exist
and
how
we
can
work
to
link
them
to
health
and
then
collaborate
with
the
organizations
and
counselors
who
are
most
passionate
about
changing
that,
so
that
everyone
has
access
to
Equal
Housing.
So.
N
N
You
are
not
here
to
remember
reinvent
the
wheels,
but
you
are
here
to
collaborate
with
existing
efforts
in
the
city
about
health,
about
the
well-being
of
everyone
in
this
community,
and
that's
that's
great
reading.
Your
report
and
hearing
your
presentation
today
touching
on
the
CNA
report.
The
community
health
need
assessment
from
the
uvmmc
is
just
evidence-based
approach
on
what
the
community
already
said.
They
want
or
the
what
they
already
said,
is
missing.
N
That's
that's
great
and
the
collaboration
piece.
I,
don't
know
how
many
times
Innes
have
participated
in
the
racial
Equity
inclusion
and
belonging
committee
meetings,
and
even
if
she
can't
make
it,
someone
else
will
will
take
their
place.
I
think
and
also
you
sometimes
witness
conversations
that
are
very
hard
and
not
digestible,
but
just
the
professionalism
that
you
guys
show
and
also
we
are
here
to
learn
and
to
grow.
N
We
are
here
to
add
to
whatever
you
guys
are
doing
as
just
it's
just
amazing
and
also
hearing
all
the
aspects
of
collaboration
with
all
the
city
departments.
It's
just
amazing.
I
love
the
approach,
I
love,
the
thinking
and
I
love,
also
the
way
that
we,
some
of
you,
such
as
Jennifer,
we
meet
Sundays
or
Saturdays
sometime
in
coffee
shops.
To
just
talk
about
issues
related
to
gun,
violence
to
housing
to
new
Americans
This
is
just
amazing.
N
B
B
So
we
we
have
the
ability
to
collaborate
like
you
described,
and
we
really
like
doing
that.
We
love,
we
have
a
group
of
people
that
are
very
excited
about
using
evidence-based
data-driven
practices
and
so
we're
looking
into
improving
the
technology
that
we
have
in
the
website
and
looking
at
the
data
that
that
is
available
to
us
to
better
understand
the
issues
and
we're
working
together
and
then
with
citizens
to
try
to
come
up
with
Solutions.
B
But
we
can't
necessarily
complete
all
the
solutions.
Without
the
city
council,
we
can't
so
that's
and
and
there-
and
that
is
our
purpose-
is
to
bring
to
you
ideas
in
the
hopes
that
you
will
help
us
enact
them
in
the
city
and
then
also
bring
them
to
the
state
level
and
hopefully
create
some
change.
So
thank
you
for
what
you've
already
done
for
that
and
we
look
forward
to
doing
that
in
the
future.
N
Yeah,
thank
you
and
I.
Think
I
will
help.
You
maybe
say
what
I
have
heard
you
said.
So
basically
it
seems
that
you
want
to
better
make
sure
that
you
know
the
technology
that
you
have
in
place
is
performed.
Your
website
is
better
and
if
there
is
a
dollar
amount,
I
think
the
way.
That's
where
exactly
the
city
council
can
come
in
on
the
mayor's
office
to
say
yes,
just
make
the
request
of
what
you
need.
N
This
is
how
what
we
need,
how
much
it
costs
and
I'm
pretty
sure
that
people
will
do
it.
Thank
you
again.
My
second
question
is
about
the
Declaration
of
racism
as
public
health
emergency
in
the
City
of
Burlington,
and
was
just
wondering
if
you
have
heard
of
it
and
if
you
have
exported
or
if
you
are
pushing
in
order
for
the
city
to
make
action
into
it,
and
what
the
collaboration
effort
should
look
like
in
that
area.
F
F
We
are
trying
to
in
some
ways,
keep
our
work
realistic,
right
and
understand
what
is
within
our
scope
and
if
I
may
just
add
to
your
first
question,
counselor
dang
my
impression
in
meeting
with
these
groups
and
you're
correct,
and
you
know
we
really
wanted
to
understand
the
needs
and
hear
the
needs
first
before
our
determining
what
is
our
role.
My
impression
is
when
there's
bottom
up
work
being
done
such
that
of
so
many
amazing
stakeholders.
F
There
is
a
gap
in
understanding,
policy
impact
and
opportunity
for
policy
change
and
I
think
even
within
our
board,
we
may
be
limited
in
understanding
that
scope
and
I
think
that's
where
it's
a
very
exciting
collaboration
to
to
have
conversations
with
you
all
where
you
all
see
opportunity
or
see,
challenges
or
see,
barriers
that
we
might
not
so
honest
and
transparent
communication
I
think
would
be
the
ideal
to
be
working
towards,
together
speaking
to
racism
as
a
Public
Health
crisis,
I
Can
Begin.
By
saying
we
have
just
begun
the
work
of
understanding.
F
What
is
the
data
that
we
should
be
using
in
Burlington,
as
Celia
mentioned?
It's
very
important
for
us
to
take
an
evidenced
based
approach,
because,
while
we
may
recognize
that,
probably
and
culturally,
this
is
undeniable
racial,
the
re,
the
need
for
racial
Justice
is
undeniable
I.
Think
greatest
impact
can
be,
can
be
through
using
using
data
to
inform
the
citizens
of
Burlington
and
to
describe
stories
with
with
a
base
of
of
of
knowledge,
really
and
collection
of
you
know
of
data.
F
So
we've
just
begun
that
effort
and
we
are
looking
to
the
opportunities
in
the
next
year
of
how
can
we
use
and
access
information
regarding,
let's
say,
violence
in
the
community
or
housing
insecurity
or
even
within
our
own
work.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we
and
we
look
within
and
without
in
our
approval
of
pesticide
use
and
or
approval
of
applications.
F
N
A
Lots
of
lots
of
questions
lots
of
interest,
seeing
no
other
counselors
in
the
queue,
as
you
I
sure,
have
gathered
by
our
enthusiastic
questions.
We're
here
to
support
your
efforts
throughout
the
year,
not
just
when
you
not
just
coming
and
giving
your
annual
report
and
just
want
to
thank
you,
Celia
Jenny,
Inez,
and
also
your
colleagues
who
aren't
here
this
evening
for
your
time
in
service
to
our
city.
Thanks.
So
much
and
thanks
again
for
being
here.
E
F
A
G
G
G
Regarding
you
know,
biomass,
so
I
think
that
at
the
very
least,
we
will
end
up
with
a
an
event
that,
if
we're
really
good
at
we're
really
lucky,
we
will
both.
We
will
all
at
the
end,
be
speaking
the
same
language.
We
may
not
draw
the
same
policy
conclusions,
but
we
at
least
when
people
talk
about
the
harvesting
of
biomass
at
McNeil,
will
all
have
a
common
knowledge.
G
We'll
have
a
common
framework
in
terms
of
the
science
and
it
will
be
focused,
not
abstractly
about
the
harvesting
of
wood
and
the
burning
of
wood,
but
actually
the
practices
that
we
are
using
at
McNeil
and
the
burning
that
we
are
doing
at
McNiel.
So
that
we
can
decide
what
do
you
know?
What
should
we
do
and
again?
This
is
for
all
of
us.
The
climate
emergency
affects
all
of
us
and
it
affects
our
grandbabies
and
their
babies
along
the
way.
So
I'm
really
excited
about
this.
Thanks
for
the
opportunity.
A
A
Seeing
none
councilor
Bergman
gave
us
the
perfect
segue
to
the
next
item,
which
we
can
get
to,
which
is
item
number
seven
committee
report.
So
we've
heard
about
a
little
bit
about
what
took
is
doing
I,
don't
know
if
you
have
a
meeting
scheduled
if
you
wanted
to
mention
that
and
did
want
to
also
acknowledge
that
councilor
Barlow
in
addition
to
counselor
Jang
councilor
Barlow,
is
also
joining
us
via
Zoom.
Are
there
any
counselors
who
wish
to
offer
a
committee
report.
J
J
So
if,
if
Council
Bergman
would
allow,
he
and
I
are
co-chairing
The
Joint
Committee
between
the
ordinance
committee
and
Charter
change,
committees
to
question
of
police
oversight
and
accountability.
We
held
our
first
meeting
and
have
two
additional
meetings
scheduled
for
this
month,
one
on
May,
23rd
and
another
on
May,
30th
I.
Believe
I
can
speak
on
behalf
of
the
committee,
where
there's
some
sense
that
these
meetings
will
last
through
the
summer
as
we
delve
into
and
collect
significant
information
on
this
important
issue.
J
23Rd
and
30th.
We'll
look
forward
to
perhaps
reporting
back
to
the
full
council
at
our
meeting
on
June
5th.
So
the
work
we've
done
over
our
first
three
meetings,
the
ordinance
committee
itself
has
had
two
meetings
on
the
rezoning
proposal
for
the
South
End
Innovation
District.
It
appears
we
will
need
another
meeting
or
two
to
wrap
up
that
work.
We
have
not
scheduled
our
next
meeting
in
early
to
mid
June.
K
Thank
you,
president
Paul
I
would
like
to
let
everyone
know
that
the
first
meeting
of
the
parks,
arts
and
culture
committee
will
be
on
May
24th
from
five
to
seven.
We
will
meet
in
person
in
the
Boucher
conference
room
or
online
via
zoom
and
folks
will
be
able
to
find
the
agenda
for
that
meeting
on
the
government
meetings
calendar,
hopefully
in
the
next
week
or
so
great.
H
Not
necessarily
a
report,
but
reib
has
continued
to
work
on
the
Juneteenth
celebration,
which
will
be
Saturday,
June,
17th
and
I
just
wanted
to
put
a
reminder
out
there.
There
will
be
soon
advertisements
for
all
the
beautiful
events
that
will
be
happening,
downtown,
Burlington
and
just
want
to
make
sure
all
berlintonians
know
that
there
will
be
shuttle
buses
throughout
the
city
bringing
people
from
different
parts
of
the
city
into
the
downtown
area.
Thank
you.
A
G
If
for
anybody
who
hasn't
read
it,
I
would
ask
you
to
take
a
look
at
that
and
with
regard
to
the
way
that
we
enforce
our
relocation
ordinance
so
I'm,
hoping
that
that
the
record
will
be
set
straight
and
the
landlords
will
know
that
it
is
their
responsibility
when
it's
not
the
tenant's
fault,
to
to
relocate
their
tenants.
Thank
you.
A
N
N
You,
president
Paul,
thank
you
for
seeing
me
here.
Yes,
I
just
wanted
to
send
a
huge
shoot
out.
You
know,
thank
you
so
much
to
DPW,
Japan,
Spencer
and
team.
As
you
probably
know,
in
the
recent
City
sweep
Citywide,
you
know
parking
ban.
There
was
substantial
amount
of
issues,
especially
in
the
new
North
End,
where
some
toad
car
are
being
parked
in
neighborhood
streets
that
brought
some
level
of
confusion
and
some
level
of
concern
from
so
many
taxpayers
in
here,
but
very
quickly.
N
When
we
requested
for
Chapman
Spencer
to
provide
a
plan
about
next
steps,
he
developed
one
that,
after
he,
actually
they
debrief
about
the
situation
and
the
plan
is.
It
was
shared
with
a
new
northern
city
councils
and
also
it
was
put
in
our
new
North
End
Facebook
group.
But
the
plan
includes
that
the
city
will
no
longer
be
exclusively
Towing
to
residential
neighborhoods,
which
is
very
appreciated
and
also
they
will
be
towing.
Cars
to
perking,
Spears,
I,
believe
it's
somewhere
in
the
city
and
other
facilities
that
are
less
distribute
disturbived
to
Residents.
N
They
will
also
be
communicating
clearly
performance
goals
and
to
tow
companies
with
contract
after
they
have
contract
with.
They
will
also
be
working
more
clearly
about
communication
to
the
top
plan
around
the
city
for
All
City
residents
in
the
city.
I
just
wanted
to
say,
I
mean
it's
not
easy,
sometimes
to
identify
that
issue
was
made
and
also
to
quickly
debrief
and
bring
another
plan
and
we're
looking
forward
to
what
it
will.
N
A
J
Thanks
president
Paul
I
just
wanted
to
briefly
briefly
follow
up
on
the
comment
from
councilor
Bergman,
so
the
property
on
Saint
Paul
Street,
which
is
in
Ward
5,
which
unfortunately
suffered
significant
fire
damage,
I've
also
been
in
touch
with
Bill
Ward
and
Patty
Wayman
in
the
code
enforcement
office
and
I
I,
just
want
to
say,
they're
owed
a
great
deal
of
credit
for
the
work
that
they've
done
with
the
tenants
who
unfortunately
had
to
relocate.
Because
of
that.
J
My
understanding
and
I
hope
I'm,
not
speaking
out
of
turn
here.
But
my
understanding
in
Communications,
with
Bill,
Ward
and
Patty
Wayman,
is
that
the
owner
of
that
property
was
served
with
formal
notice
of
their
requirement
to
pay
the
relocation
expenses
of
those
tenants
and
taking
a
closer
look
at
our
city
ordinances.
J
My
understanding
is
that
if
the
property
owner
does
not
pay
up
with
respect
to
those
relocation
expenses,
that
the
city
pays
those
relocation
expenses
and
is
entitled
to
take
a
lien
out
on
the
property
for
the
amount
of
any
relocation
expenses
that
are
paid
so
I
I
understand
that
our
code
enforcement
offices
is
well
aware
of
their
full
Authority.
Under
our
ordinances
has
been
in
close
touch
with
the
tenants
here
and
I
trust,
an
update
will
be
forthcoming
along
those
lines,
but
I
appreciate
councilor
Bergman,
bringing
it
up
individually.
J
A
Great
thanks
so
much,
and
thanks
for
that
update
so
again
before
we
just
get
we're
running
a
couple
of
minutes
but
behind
with
public
forum,
but
just
to
round
out
the
end
of
the
agenda
as
the
the
mayor
due
to
a
conference
and
personal
commitment
is
not
joining
us
this
evening.
So
we
won't
have
an
update
from
the
mayor
but
to
round
out
the
end
of
the
agenda
with
item
number.
Nine
just
wanted
to
remind
everyone
that
I
think
just
a
another.
A
Just
one
more
reminder
about
the
fact
that
we
will
be
repainting
the
black
lives
matter,
Street
mural
on
Sunday
June
4th,
if
you're
interested
in
assisting
or,
if
you
know
of
community
members
who
are
interested,
all
they
need
to
do
is
show
up
at
around
eight
o'clock
on
Sunday
June
4th
and
we
will
be
happy
to
have
them,
help
us
and
as
well.
May
31
is
the
deadline
for
the
annual
commission
and
board
appointments.
A
There's
a
table
in
front
of
me
and
on
that
table
is
a
light
system.
There
are
three
lights.
The
green
light
will
shine
when
you
begin
speaking
second
yellow
light
when
you
have
30
seconds
left
and
the
last
Light
is
red
and
when
that
shines,
your
time
is
up.
We
ask
that
you,
please
complete
your
comments
when
the
sound
and
the
light
indicate
that
your
time
is
up,
so
that
we
are
able
to
give
everyone
equal
time
and
to
also
keep
the
public
forum
moving
along.
We
have
a
hybrid
system
for
public
forum.
A
A
You
just
need
to
go
on
to
burlingtonvt.gov
forward,
slash
city
council
forward,
slash
public
forum
and
a
form
will
come
up.
Please
complete
the
form
and
your
answers
will
come
into
a
spreadsheet
that
I
have
in
my
computer
in
front
of
me
and
that
way
I
can
call
on
you
in
the
order
in
which
you
submitted
a
form
has
been.
A
It's
been
our
practice
that
Burlington
residents
have
first
priority
to
speak
and
we
will
go
to
Burlington
residents
that
are
joining
us
in
con
Toys
who
have
submitted
one
of
these
forms,
and
then
we
will
go
to
Burlington
residence
online.
We
will
go
back
to
non-burlington
Residents,
who
are
joining
us
in
person
and
then
returning
online
to
non-burlington
Residents
during
public
forum.
We
have
really
one
request
that
we
make,
and
that
is
that
you
please
use
respectful
language.
A
We
would
like
to
remind
everyone
here
and
joining
us
online
that
there
are
a
number
of
families
who
watch
our
Council
meetings,
and
this
is
their
connection
with
Civic
engagement,
teaching,
their
children
about
city,
government
and
public
discourse.
Please
try
to
keep
that
in
mind
when
you
speak
with
us
and
also,
if
you
can,
please
direct
your
comments
to
me
as
the
chair
and
not
to
anyone
else's
at
this
table,
and
please
refrain
from
personalizing
your
comments.
A
We
really
want
to
hear
what
you
have
to
say
and
it's
a
lot
easier
for
us
to
listen
intently.
If
you
speak
respectfully
with
that,
as
I
said,
we
have
a
number
of
people
that
are
joining
us
in
conjoice
wanting
to
speak
and
I.
Think
all
of
them
are
Burlington
residents.
So
the
first
is
Romeo
Von
Herman
to
be
followed
by
Dave
Mayer.
M
O
O
P
Thank
you
welcome.
My
name
is
Dave
Marr
I've
lived
in
the
area
for
almost
50
years
and
seen
a
lot
of
changes
in
those
50
years.
I
want
to
talk
about
a
news
program.
I
saw
last
night
on
CNN,
it's
titled
what
happened
to
San
Francisco,
it's
about
the
homeless
in
San
Francisco,
and
how
the
homeless
population
has
exploded
in
recent
years.
Did.
D
P
Else
here
see
that,
by
the
way
anyway,
I
encourage
everyone
to
see
that
as
part
of
that
newscast,
they
interviewed
a
number
of
people
living
on
the
streets
and
what
they
found
out
is
a
lot
of
them
were
from
out
of
town.
They
weren't
from
San
Francisco
they're
from
outlying
areas,
sometimes
as
far
away
as
Portland
Oregon,
and
they
went
to
San
Francisco,
because
San
Francisco
just
happens
to
be
a
great
place
to
be
homeless.
P
So
it
sounds
like
a
tough
situation,
but
I
have
to
wonder
if
some
of
those
people
would
be
better
off
if
San
Francisco
wasn't.
Quite
so,
welcoming,
didn't
have
quite
so
many
services
and
wasn't
such
a
nice
place
to
hang
out
in
the
streets
and
do
drugs.
Maybe
some
of
those
people
wouldn't
have
moved
to
San
Francisco.
They
might
have
cleaned
up
gotten
their
act
together
and
I
joined
the
rest
of
society.
P
So,
if
you
haven't
seen
it
I
highly
recommend
that
all
of
you
watch
that
everyone
on
the
city
council,
anyone
else
who
is
concerned
about
dealing
with
a
homeless,
I'm
sure,
even
though
it
aired
last
night,
you
can
probably
still
see
it
pay-per-view
or
something.
But
if
you
can't
seem
to
fight
it,
I've
got
to
record
it.
On
my
DVR
and
you're
welcome
to
come
over
to
my
house
and
watch.
It
just
give
me
a
call
and
schedule
the
time.
Thank
you.
D
Q
Q
So
I
guess
I
wanna,
say
I
think
it
would
be
a
good,
supportive
and
safe
thing
to
do
to
choose
a
place
somewhere
in
Burlington
in
one
of
our
parks
that
could
be
safe
and
controlled
and
supportive
so
that
we
don't
have
people
suffering
as
much.
You
know
to
be
compassionate
towards
those
situations
and
I'm,
just
remembering
well
I'll.
Stop
there
thanks
for
listening.
Thank
you.
R
R
You
know
the
look
of
our
public
spaces
in
Burlington
changed
last
summer.
In
particular,
I
saw
tense
in
encampments
that
I'd
never
seen
before
and
I'm
anticipating
this
Summer
that
that's
going
to
be
even
more
so
there
are
systems
that
have
brought
about
the
situation
that
we're
in
and
that
people
without
houses
are
in,
and
it's
going
to
take
some
time
to
provide
enough
housing
for
everybody
who
needs
it.
So
in
the
interim,
what
can
we?
R
A
S
My
name
is
Lee
Morgan,
my
pronouns:
are
they
them?
I
am
a
resident
of
Ward
7.
I
am
worried
about
the
growing
tensions
and
rhetoric
surrounding
houselessness
in
Burlington.
I
have
been
in
the
same
room
with
some
of
you
when
people
talk
proudly
about
how
they
are
surveilling
people
to
keep
tabs
on
them.
S
S
S
A
T
Hope
I
have
your
name
right.
You
did
you
spelled
it
right.
Great
thanks.
Great
I
just
want
to
make
a
pitch
for
city
parks
being
used
as
a
place
for
recreation
and
enjoy
appointment
by
all
citizens
and
I
live
right
next
to
Lady,
Park
I,
don't
know
if
any
of
you
live
next
to
Parks,
but
right
now,
Letty
Park
is
a
lawless
place
where
there's
goings
on
all
hours
of
the
night,
where
there's
nightly
fireworks,
parties,
fires,
dogs,
running
wild
and
please
God
bless
him.
T
Wife
is
part
of,
can
I
get
extra
time.
My
wife
is
part
of
the
Burlington
concert
band
and
during
the
summer
we
go
down
there
to
enjoy
the
nightly,
that's
been
doing
it
for
50
years
and
if
tents,
we
have
to
ask
people
to
move
them
out
of
the
site,
so
they
can
even
practice
there
or
have
their
concerts
there
and
they
still
have
to
deal
with
all
the
noise.
In
the
background,
while
that's
going
on,
you
know,
they
talk
about
crime.
T
There's
a
lot
of
crime
in
those
communities
right
now
and
the
shootings
I
see
in
the
paper
and
hear
about,
is,
you
know,
I
think
it's
the
other
way
around
I.
Don't
think
people
are
robbing
the
homeless
or
the
houseless,
but
unfortunately
good
or
bad,
so
I
think
you
should
finding
a
place
for
them.
Not
in
city
parks
is
what
I'm
looking
for.
A
U
Course,
I
prepared
a
report
on
the
2023
legislative
session
for
you
relevant
to
Burlington.
As
far
as
I
see
it
from
my
my
committee
on
environment
and
energy,
as
well
as
other
projects
that
I've
worked
on
and
I
will
need
more
than
that
amount
of
time.
In
order
to
do
that,
so
I'll
start
in
order
priority.
First
House
Bill
288
was
signed
by
the
governor.
Today,
it's
a
bill
on
liquor,
liability
insurance,
I
was
approached
by
bars
in
downtown
Burlington
at
the
beginning
of
the
session.
U
A
V
Well,
most
Americans
nicknames
especially
spies,
mind
you
are
or
prick
I
got
called
Jedi,
no
matter
where
I
went,
they
knew
I
didn't
want
to
kill
them.
That's
why
they
called
me
Jedi,
no
matter
where
I
went
I
represented
the
America.
They
wanted
to
see
not
the
America.
They
were
seeing
in
our
foreign
policy
in
our
domestic
policy,
killing
our
children
killing
their
children
right
here.
V
W
W
Ward
6,
the
center
councilman
and
I
sent
you
an
email
concerning
the
camping
bill
in
tips
can
be
presented
and
I
guess
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
it
just
seems
a
little
ludicrous.
The
presentation
of
it
like
I,
think
it's
valid
to
talk
about
and
there's
absolutely
something
that
needs
to
be
done.
You
know
it's
obviously
an
issue,
but
I
think
that
it's
very
apparent
you
know
just
me
walking
down
the
street
with
my
friends
or
with
colleagues.
W
W
X
X
The
way
jaina
ossoff
so
I'm
here
to
voice
my
support
for
the
resolution
relating
to
the
process
for
updating
Sheltering
on
public
lands
as
a
prison.
Abolitionist
who
works
closely
with
formerly
incarcerated
people
I
can
tell
you
that
the
lack
of
supports
and
services,
namely
housing,
are
feeling
the
cycles
of
trauma
and
incarceration
in
our
state
Vermont
Prides
itself,
on
providing
robust
supports
for
its
people,
but
I
feel
this
is
something
we
can
no
longer
claim
with
vermonters
with
Vermont's
homelessness,
population
ranking
second,
worst
per
capita
in
the
United
States.
X
X
We
are
in
a
moment
when
2800
people
are
expected
to
be
evicted,
yet
the
state
is
actively
planning
to
expend
100
million
on
new
prison
construction,
but
refuse
the
50
million
dollar
price
tag
to
house
folks
until
2024.
as
more
and
more
people
become
displaced
and
have
less
access
to
Social
Services.
The
more
we'll
see
our
community
members
ending
in
prisons,
there
are
no
Public
Safety
plans
that
involve
nourishing
communities
by
investing
in
them.
X
We
are
dealing
with
a
health
care
crisis,
Mental
Health,
Care
crisis,
Child,
Care
crisis
substance
use
epidemic
on
top
of
ongoing
effects
of
the
pandemic.
Are
we
to
blame
these
folks
when
they
are
enforced
to
engage
in
survival
crime
to
live?
Are
we
to
blame
these
folks
when
their
mental
health
issues
are
exacerbated
by
choosing
to
not
invest
in
the
community?
X
We'll
see
these
effects
play
out
across
multiple
spheres
of
life
and
with
the
cost
of
living
continuing
to
Skyrocket
I
implore,
the
rest
of
you
to
see
that
this
could
very
easily
be
the
rest
of
our
fate
very
shortly
when
rent
Rises
to
levels,
you
cannot
pay.
Who
will
save
you?
Where
will
you
go?
How
many
safety
nets
stand
between
you
and
homelessness?
It
is
much
closer
reality
than
most
of
us
want
to
acknowledge.
Thank.
A
Y
Y
Y
The
crisis
of
the
unhoused
is
is
absolutely
a
wound
on
this
country
and
especially
in
this
state,
and
nobody
will
disagree
that
the
general
assistance,
Hotel
program
or
the
plan
being
presented
tonight
is
a
Band-Aid.
Nobody
disagrees
with
that,
but
if
we
get
rid
of
the
Band-Aids,
that
wound
is
going
to
reopen,
it
is
going
become
infected
and
that
infection
is
going
to
spread.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
We
have
no
one
else
who
had
signed
up
to
speak
in
person,
so
we
will
go.
We
will
go
to
zoom
and
set
a
timer
on
the
screen.
The
first
person
who
wished
to
speak
was
Bob
Kiernan
and
Bob.
I
have
found
you
and
enabled
your
microphone.
You
should
be
able
to
speak
by
unmuting
yourself.
I
There's
an
important
discussion
and
action
taking
this
evening
regarding
the
Liberty
was
done
to
item
603,
which
is
the
Forefront
of
much
thinking
and
opinion
city-wide.
As
you
all
know,
as
of
right
now,
I
do
not
yet
support
the
resolution
has
written
and,
at
the
same
time,
I
do
not
support
what
the
administration
proposes
in
both
their
entireties
is
the
need
for
further
collaboration.
I
I
A
Z
Yeah,
this
is
Andrew,
chronic
fell
from
Ward
7.
I
was
calling
in
support
of
the
resolution
for
camping
on
public
grounds.
This
is
an
issue
that,
if
we
don't
deal
with
it's
just
going
to
get
worse
and
worse,
I
know
that
the
emergency
rental
assistance
program,
which
helps
you
know
economically
insecure
vermonters,
is
coming
to
an
end.
There's
a
possibility.
Z
The
hotel
voucher
program
may
come
to
an
end,
and
then
you
know
that's
thousands
more
people
that
are
going
to
be
living
in
tents
and
it's
sad,
but
it's
true-
and
you
know
I
I,
think
ignoring.
This
is
not
gonna,
not
gonna.
Help
I.
Think
another
thing
to
consider
is
environmental
refugees.
You
know
a
new
scientific
research
just
came
out
that
a
lot
of
parts
of
America
are
going
to
be
underwater
sooner
than
we
thought,
so
there
could
be
even
more
people
coming
here
from
Southern
States
in
the
future.
A
C
Thank
you,
president
Paul.
First
of
all,
thanks
to
the
Community
Development
and
neighborhood
revitalization
committee,
Commissioners
Hightower
and
McGee
and
King,
with
Christine
Curtis
as
the
city
staff
support
person
and
their
work
on
the
resolution
for
updating
Sheltering
on
public
lands.
Policy.
C
Fletcher-Free
library
is
a
good
example
of
that
welcoming
of
everyone,
and
during
these
turbulent
times
there
is
also
a
now
relaxed
security
personnel.
As
part
of
the
library
experience
for
all
of
us
and
I
understand,
the
library
is
not
a
place
to
sleep
I
look
forward
to
seeing
where
a
sleeping
welcome
will
be
extended.
Thank
you.
A
AA
Good
evening
hi,
my
name
is
Aspen
and
I'm
here
in
sport
of
resolution,
6.03
and
I
want
to
start
by
laying
out
the
situation
we
are
facing.
This
isn't
a
funding
crisis
likely
one
of
the
greatest
in
our
state's
history,
so
many
of
our
so
many
families,
and
so
many
people
are
going
to
be
thrown
out
and
and
basically
allowed
to
die
and
I'm
aware.
This
is
not
the
fault
of
this
Council.
AA
Rather,
it
is
the
joint
cruelty
of
the
Republicans
and
the
vast
majority
of
Democrats.
In
this
deep
house,
however,
we
are
facing
a
crisis,
and
it's
coming
soon.
Our
first
neighbors
will
be
kicked
out
without
housing.
In
just
over
two
weeks.
It
seems
increasingly
unlikely
that
any
solution
for
Montpellier
is
coming,
so
we
must
so
this
city
must
act.
AA
I
want
to
start
by
saying
this
bill
is
not
enough.
We
should
have
had
a
plan
earlier
and
we
should
have
had
better
plants
than
camping.
The
fact
that
this
bill
is
coming
through
now
is
is
incredibly
disappointing
and
will
lead
us
to
be
incredibly
unprepared.
However,
this
is
the
barest
minimum
to
prepare
to
start
to
prepare
Burlington
to
think
about
taking
care
of
our
neighbors.
AA
A
A
D
D
People
are
not
just
going
to
disappear
if
it
continues
to
be
illegal
for
them
to
Camp
I'm,
also
in
favor
of
us,
using
our
parks
for
recreation
and
I
I.
Don't
think
that
this
is
a
great
solution,
but
I
do
appreciate
the
language
in
this
resolution.
That's
about
researching
best
practices,
because
this
is
a
complicated
problem
and
again
it's
it's
not
just
going
to
disappear.
If
we
postpone
till
June
it's
not
going
to
disappear.
If
we
don't
pass
the
resolution,
this
is
here
to
stay.
D
A
A
AB
Thank
you,
I
wanted
to
come
and
speak
because
I
have,
in
the
last
many
years
been
working
on
the
shelter
of
those
who
are
on
house
throughout
the
state
of
Vermont.
In
the
last
couple
of
months,
I
have
visited
16
of
the
hotels,
some
in
Burlington
and
talked
to
a
thousand
of
the
people.
The
guests
in
the
hotels
in
Chittenden
County,
the
people
who
I've
spoken
to
include,
who
are
going
to
be
exiting
in
June,
include
a
couple
whose
wife
just
had
brain
surgery.
AB
Multiple
families
who
have
are
in
recovery
from
substance
use
disorder.
But
we
know
from
data
that
substance
use
disorder
is
not
able
to
be
maintained
when
unsheltered,
frequently
many
people
who
have
now
stabilized
mental
illness.
That
will
become
destabilized
on
well
out
in
the
street,
and
this
is
not
unsheltering
is
not
a
choice
that
they
made
for
themselves.
AB
I
just
had
a
different
set
of
circumstances
and
safety
nets
that
allowed
me
to
remain
sheltered
and
my
son
to
remain
sheltered
in
the
last
20
years.
It
is
our
responsibility
as
human
beings
and
our
responsibility
as
communities
in
the
state
that
Prides
itself
on
this
to
actually
do
what
we
can
to
support.
What
is
coming,
whether
we
like
it
or
not.
Thank
you
so
much.
A
AC
It's
file.
Thank
you
so
much.
My
apologies.
No
you're
good
I'm
here
to
speak
on
item
6.03.
People
do
not
want
to
be
unsheltered.
This
is
a
situation
that
we
have
created
as
a
country
and
as
a
state
and
as
a
city
where
people
have
no
choice
but
to
live
outside.
People
are
currently
Sheltering
in
our
public
land
in
our
public
parks,
and
that
is
not
going
to
change
as
much
as
we
send
police
to
tell
them.
AC
AC
What
we
need
to
do
is
ultimately
prioritize
getting
people
into
permanent,
affordable,
Supportive,
Housing,
and
until
we
are
able
to
do
that,
we
need
to
have
a
plan
of
where
people
are
going
to
be
able
to
go
and
we
need
to
make
wherever
people
are
going
to
be
able
to
go.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
that
place
is
safe.
We
need
to
do
everything
in
our
power
to
make
sure
bare
minimum
that
there
is
access
to
bathrooms,
trash
removal,
storage
and
sharks
disposal.
AC
We
cannot
wait.
We
cannot
wait
until
June
to
figure
this
out.
This
is
something
that
we
need
to
do
now
and
it's
not
only
the
the
hundreds
of
people
who
are
going
to
be
unsheltered
in
June
and
going
forward.
If
the
legislature
chooses
to
unshelter
people,
I
am
a
tenant
organizer
and
every
single
day
I
see
people
and
I
talk
to
people
who
are
losing
their
housing
because
their
landlords
are
raising
their
rent.
AC
I
I
talk
to
people
with
children
who
have
waited
years
to
get
a
Section
8
voucher
and
who
could
not
find
an
apartment
where
the
rent
is
thirteen
hundred
dollars
or
less.
This
is
a
situation
that
we
have
created
and
we
have
the
responsibility
to
make
sure
that
everyone
in
our
community
is
safe
and
taken
care
of.
Thank
you.
A
A
I
AD
AD
Lukewarm
acceptance
is
much
more
bewildering
than
outright
rejection
and
that's
Dr
Martin
Luther
King's
letter
from
Birmingham
Jail
also
to
point
out
there's
something
called
the
dunning-kruger
effect,
which
is
the
cognitive
bias
in
which
people
wrongly
overestimate
their
knowledge
or
ability
in
specific
area.
In
this
specific
area,
this
tends
to
occur
because
of
a
lack
of
self-awareness,
prevents
them
from
accurately
assessing
their
own
skills,
and
that
this
is
something
that
I'd
like
to
just
highlight
that
the
language
that
I've
heard
from
from
a
few
people
has
circled
what
we
are
we
were.
AD
AD
A
A
P
A
H
A
A
We
contacted
everyone
who
had
been
the
maker
of
those
resolutions,
any
items
that
were
on
that
list
and
when
and
and
in
fact
most
of
the
items
that
were
on
that
list
actually
were
were
items
that
had
already
been
addressed
and
we
had
done
a
lot
of
that
work
and
so
at
the
end
of
every
meeting
or
at
the
beginning
of
every
meeting.
When
we
do
the
agenda,
we
go
through
this
list.
Most
of
the
items
are
actually
pretty
pretty
current.
A
The
reason
why
that
one
is
still
on
there
is
because
some
of
the
items
that
were
in
that
resolution
are
part
of
the
information
that
is
being
used
by
The
Joint
Committee
on
police
oversight,
the
charter
change
and
ordinance
committees.
So
because
of
that,
and
because
it
isn't
completely
complete,
we
have
kept
it
on
there
and
that's
the
reason
why
that
one
is
on
there.
H
So
I
guess
I
understand
that
latter
part,
but
I'm
just
concerned
about
it
being
updated
like
what
does
it
mean
that
it's
on
the
consent
agenda
and
we're
going
to
prove
it
with
information?
That's
not
current
or
kind
of
reflective
on
on
what
we're
trying
to
do,
or
just
the
name
of
the
document
doesn't
change.
A
Guess
it's
already:
it's
always
been
called
the
accountability
list
and
I
suppose
we
could
call
it
anything.
We
we
want
it's
the
the
idea
is
for
it
to
be
a
working
document
and
it's
a
record
of
any
resolutions.
Ordinances
Communications
that
have
made
their
way
to
the
council
needed
an
action
to
be
taken
or
actions
to
be
taken,
and
until
those
actions
are
complete,
we
keep
it
on
the
list.
H
Okay,
so
if
we
prove
it
as
part
of
the
consent
agenda,
I
can
say,
send
information
to
the
co-chairs
of
the
joint
committee
and
say
we
should
be
looking
at
changing
this.
So
it's
more,
it
reflects
current
information.
I
guess
is
my
concern.
If
someone
were
to
look
at
this,
they
would
see
information
that
does
not
fully
reflect
our
current
situation.
A
Well,
that
is
that
particular
item
on
item
number.
Two
is
also
part
of
item
number.
Six.
Those
are
those
are
together.
Those
are
two
actions
that
the
council
took
that
directly
relate
to
police
oversight
and
accountability.
Among
other
things,
particularly
item
number,
two,
a
number
of
the
things
that
are
in
item
number
two
have
been
addressed.
H
A
Okay,
in
fact,
in
fact,
one
item
that
will
probably
be
taken
off
of
this
list
is
item
number
three,
that
was
the
fairness
and
reappraisal
process
for
the
property
tax
system,
which
we
received
a
a
a
very
in-depth
report
on
at
I
believe
our
last
meeting,
and
that
really
completes
the
work
of
that
particular
resolution
doesn't
mean
that
we're
we're
done
with
property,
tax-free
appraisal,
but
the
resolution
itself
is
no
longer
on
our
accountability
list.
Thank.
H
A
AE
A
A
The
first
one
is
a
public
hearing,
6.01
a
public
hearing,
the
Community
Development
block,
grant
and
home
investment.
Partnerships
proposed
allocations
for
the
2023
action
plan
for
the
housing
for
Housing
and
Community
Development,
and
we
have
with
us
Christine
Curtis
as
well
as
Todd
Rawlings
from
cedo.
Did
you
want
to
give
us
a
a
brief
overview
and
then
we'll
open
up?
The
public
hearing
is
that
does
that
sound
like
a
plan
yeah.
AF
AG
AF
A
A
AF
AF
L
AF
So
a
little
background.
First,
the
City
of
Burlington
is
allocated
a
certain
amount
of
funding
each
year
from
the
U.S
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development
through
the
Community
Development
block,
grant
or
cdbg
program
and
the
home
investment,
Partnerships
or
home
program.
These
programs
provide
a
principal
Revenue
source
for
local
communities
to
address
the
roots
and
consequences
of
poverty.
So,
in
order
for
the
city
to
access
these
funds
every
year
we
have
to
draft
an
action
plan
and
we
have
to
submit
it
to
HUD.
AF
This
action
plan
outlines
the
activities
that
the
city,
as
well
as
Community
Partners
plan
to
execute
to
address
priority
needs
and
goals
that
are
identified
in
the
city's
five-year
Consolidated
plan.
So
this
action
plan
that
we
are
talking
about
today
is
going
to
cover
the
2023
program
year.
That
starts
July
1st
of
2023,
with
a
program
completion
date
of
June
30th
2024.
AF
AF
AF
So
this
is
a
breakdown
of
our
funding
for
the
year,
so
the
top
section
there-
that
is,
our
entitlement
funds,
that's
our
annual
allocation
that
we
get
that
we
will
be
receiving
from
HUD
this
year,
the
middle
section
there
we
did
have
some
carryover
funds
for
both
programs
for
cdbg
and
home.
We
are
able
to
carry
those
over
and
use
those
for
the
upcoming
program
year.
So
the
bottom
section,
that's
the
total
that
we're
working
with
for
this
action
plan
with
cdbg
at
759,
311
and
home
funds
at
685
309
dollars.
AF
So
we're
going
to
look
at
cdbg
awards.
Cdbg
awards
are
broken
up
into
two
kind
of
sub
categories.
Those
categories
are
public
service
and
development.
So,
right
now
we
are
looking
at
the
Public
Service
Awards
I'm
gonna
keep
going
through,
but
at
the
end
of
this
presentation,
I'm
happy
to
go
back
to
talk
in
more
detail
or
answer
questions
about
any
of
the
programs
that
you
see
up
on
this
slide.
AF
AF
The
Administration
funds
are
used
to
fund
salaries
at
cedo
to
help
us
Implement
and
administer
and
manage
these
programs
throughout
the
year
again
happy
to
go
back
to
any
of
these
after
the
presentation,
but
I'm
going
to
keep
going
so
kind
of
a
breakdown
here,
like
I,
said,
there's
two
subcategories
within
the
cdbg
program,
public
service
and
development.
Public
service
projects
are
typically
capped
at
15
percent
of
the
annual
allocation.
So
you'll
see
there
that's
slightly
higher
than
15
this
year.
That's
because
of
the
cdbg
carryover
funds.
AF
AF
So
our
home
breakdown
again
since
these
projects
and
applications
come
on
a
rolling
basis
throughout
the
year.
We
don't
have
as
many
detailed
line
items
as
far
as
Awards
go,
but
this
is
kind
of
the
breakout
of
how
the
home
funds
get
broken
out
into
at
the
at
the
beginning
of
the
year
and
again,
admin
and
planning
at
the
bottom.
That
is
capped
at
10
of
the
home
annual
allocation,
so
timeline.
We
did
already
present
to
cdnr.
AF
They
made
a
motion
to
sponsor
this
resolution
that
will
be
coming
soon
to
board
of
finance
and
city
council,
so
May
15th.
Here
we
are
our
official
public
hearing.
We
will
be
accepting
comments
on
this
action
plan
through
June
5th.
So
if
someone
does
not
want
to
come
out
here
today,
they
can
come
at
via
email
and
we
will
accept
those
up
until
June
5th,
so
right
now
tentatively
planning
and
hoping
to
be
on
the
May
30th
Board
of
Finance
agenda.
AF
That
would
approve
this
action
plan
via
resolution
same
with
June
5th,
on
the
5th,
with
that
approval
date
that
public
comment
period
would
end
and
then
pending
City
council's
approval,
we
will
submit
that
the
action
plan
to
HUD
and
then
pending
their
approval.
We
could
start
the
program
year,
July
1st
of
2023,
meaning
that
these
projects
can
begin
incurring
costs.
That
would
then
be
able
to
be
reimbursed
with
these
funds,
so
some
resources
here.
Obviously
this
is
a
very
quick
brief
overview.
The
action
plan
document
itself
is
a
bit
longer.
AF
There's
a
bit
more
narrative
in
there
I
highly
recommend
everyone
to
check
it
out.
That
can
be
found
online
and
there's
some
more
program,
details
and
overview
and
applications
you
can
find
online
as
well,
and
that
is
all
I
have
thank
you
for
your
patience
as
we
struggle
to
get
started
this
presentation,
but
we
will
accept
questions
and
comments
now.
Thank
you.
A
A
So
with
that
we
will
open
the
public
hearing.
The
way
that
this
works
is
that
members
of
the
community,
if
you're
joining
us
in
person
or
you're
joining
us
online
you're,
welcome
to
offer
your
comments
regarding
the
action
plan.
All
you
need
to
do
is
raise
your
hand
or
use
the
raise
hand
function
online,
and
we
will
recognize
you.
A
I
do
not
see
anyone
online
either,
so
with
that
we
will
close
the
public
hearing
as
I
say.
Normally
we
don't.
We
don't
go
to
the
council
for
this
because
it
has
gone
through
a
committee,
but
if
there
are
counselors
who
have
any
questions
or
concerns
about
the
action
plan,
we
can
certainly
entertain
that
at
this
time.
A
N
Okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
president
Paul,
and
thank
you
for
the
presentation.
People
from
cedo
I
just
noticed
that
there
were,
let's
say
nearly
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
from
last
year.
That
was
not
allocated
and
I
just
wanted
to
understand.
Why,
with
all
these
issues
and
all
the
problems
that
we
have
solved
here,
why
do
we
kept?
Why
have
we
kept
nearly
three
hundred
thousand
dollars.
AH
Sure
that's
a
great
question.
The
as
I
think
many
of
us
in
this
room
are
are
aware.
The
funding,
affordable
housing
projects
is
something
that
often
has
a
quite
a
lengthy
gestation
period,
and
we
need
to
do
a
significant
amount
of
planning
in
terms
of
ensuring
that
we
have
funding
available
for
the
project
when
it
is
ready,
and
so
that
is
the
case
right
now.
AH
We
anticipate
that
most
of
the
the
home
funding
that
was
carried
over
as
well
as
the
funding,
the
new
funding
that
we're
getting
for
2023
and
probably
for
2024,
will
largely
go
to
two
projects.
One
is
the
VFW
project
on
South
Winooski,
which
will
be
creating
38
units
of
new
housing,
30
of
which
will
be
permanently
affordable,
and
then
the
other
project
is
high
in
place
or
the
85
units
of
CHT
permanently
affordable
housing
at
CityPlace.
N
Okay,
so
basically
there
is
a
plan
in
providing
those
resources.
Yeah.
Thank
you,
yeah.
So
also
I
wanted
to
understand
about
the
RFP
process,
because
since
the
pandemic,
there
has
been
substantial
amount
of
great
wonderful
organizations
that
were
created,
including
the
one
working
on
the
language
and
I,
was
just
wondering.
Why
haven't
we
seen
any
proposal
from
those?
Can
you
paint
me
a
picture
about
how
you
send
that
RFP
and
who
do
you
send
it
with
how
people
can
find
out
about
this?
Actually
is
my
question.
AF
N
I
mean
thank
you
and
I.
Think
my
only
charge
and
request
would
be
for
you
to
consider.
You
know
going
back
and
looking
at
that
email
list
and
see
what
organization
are
do
you
think
are
missing
here,
especially
those
that
are
new
set
of
organization
in
the
state
and
working
on
cheating
and
County.
Again,
thank
you
and
please
consider
doing
that.
Revisit
the
email
list
to
see
what
what
other
organization
you
can
reach
out
to.
A
It
doesn't
appear
that
there
are.
If
there
are
no
others,
then
we
will
close
out
the
presentation
and
thank
you
very
much
for
being
here
this
evening
and
as
per
your
presentation,
we
will
look
forward
to
the
resolution
coming
to
the
board
of
Finance
next
week.
I
believe
it
is
and
then
coming
to
the
Council
on
the
5th
of
June.
Thank
you
again.
Thanks.
AH
A
J
J
So
I
know
that
City
staff
have
already
started
work,
including
with
coordination
with
Burlington
City
arts
on
planning
for
a
solar
eclipse
which
is
going
to
pass
through
Burlington
on
April
8th
of
next
year.
I
think
what
is
particularly
unique
about
this
event
is
that
Burlington
is
in
the
direct
path
of
totality
for
this
solar
eclipse.
It's
truly
a
once
in
a
lifetime
event.
J
J
I
know
that
Vermont
hotels
are
already
booking
up
for
this
event
on
April,
8th,
I,
I,
truly
think
it
may
turn
out
to
be
one
of,
if
not
the
biggest
events
in
the
city
of
Burlington's
history,
drawing
perhaps
more
people
to
our
city
than
any
event
in
the
past
and
appreciate
your
efforts
and
and
hoping
to
get
the
council
support
such
that
we
can
coordinate
with
City
staff
and
continue
to
receive
updates,
as
Burlington
continues
to
prepare
for
this
again
unique
once
in
a
lifetime
event.
Thank
you.
Thanks.
I
Z
N
Counselor
Jake,
please
yeah
I,
just
wanted
to
make
a
very
quick
comment
for
both
of
you
who
are
considering
to
put
this
and
also
all
those
updates
to
go
to
a
specific
Community.
I.
Think
it's
it's
I
didn't
know
about
this
until
I
read
this
resolution,
but
wanted
to
say
thank
you
so
much
for
doing
it,
and
also
for
hearing
that
both
some
cities,
departments
and
hotels
are
gearing
up
for
this.
I
may
God
give
us
health
and
to
be
there
to
witness
it.
Thank
you.
M
A
You
so
much
I
actually
had
heard
that
the
hotels
within
an
hour
of
rolling
into
April's
7th
of
2023
were
completely
booked
up
and
sold
out
for
the
this
amazing
event,
seeing
no
one
else
in
the
queue
or
on
Zoom.
We
will
go
to
a
vote
all
those
in
favor
of
the
motion
to
await
the
reading
and
adopt
the
resolution.
Please
say
aye
aye
any
opposed.
Please
say
no!
A
L
L
To
city
council
also
know
that
I'm
a
bit
of
a
compromiser,
so
I
like
working
on
compromise
and
I,
did
not
know
that
this
wasn't
going
to
be
that,
although
it
definitely
feels
like
it
and
drafting
it,
we
know
and
I
mean
there
I.
The
resolution
is,
you
know
pretty
clear
on
that.
We
have
a
lot
of
issues
around
folks
experiencing
houselessness
right
now
in
Burlington.
We
have
testimony
about
how
folks
are
feeling
about
folks
coming
into
like
camping
and
Parks.
Currently,
this
resolution
I
do
want
to
be
clear.
L
Just
for
folks
who
didn't
understand
this
resolution
explicitly
says:
let's
not
talk
about
Parks,
let's
not
talk
about
the
Urban
Land
Reserve.
Let's
just
talk
about
all
of
the
other
public
lands,
so
we're
not
talking
about
Oakland
Park,
we're
not
talking
about
we're,
not
talking
about
any
of
the
parks,
we're
talking
about
specifically
other
public
land
that,
but
not
our
typical,
like
what
we
think
of
our
recreational
parks.
L
But
yet
we
still
have
people
camping
in
those
Parks,
because,
as
so
many
in
public
forum
talked
about,
this
is
a
reality
of
where
what
people
have
to
do.
The
only
option
that
they
have
and
we're
about
to
have
even
more
of
that
I
think
for
this
city,
both
the
administration
and
the
city
council
to
not
to
not
have
done
anything
up
to
this
point.
L
To
really
prepare
us
for
what's
happening
in
the
summer
is
irresponsible
and
for
us
to
still
not
take
action
tonight
would
be
even
more
so
and
really
the
reason
I
thought
this
would
be.
A
simple
resolution
to
pass
is
all
that
it's
asking
us
to
do
is
to
do
research
on
what
best
practices
would
be.
What
other
cities
have
done?
What
the
pros
and
cons
of
that
are
it's
just
more
data
to
help
us
make
a
better
decision
down
the
road
that
should
not
be
something
that
we
are
afraid
of,
or
that
is
controversial.
L
That
should
be
something
that
we
welcome
and
that
we
want
in
front
of
us
to
help
us
make
more
decisions.
So
I,
I
I,
hope
that
this
I
was
I
assumed
this
would
pass
easily.
I
am
I'm,
truly
I,
feel
so
responsible
for
what
we're
about
to
see
in
our
city
like
as
like
when
every
time
somebody
comes
in
and
is
like,
like
we're
finding
needles,
and
it's
like
I,
can't
believe
that
I
know
it's
we're
hearing
the
numbers
of
like
hundreds
of
people
every
week
now,
but
I
like
that.
L
Has
that
those
are
people
like
I,
don't
know
like
I,
don't
understand
how
we're
not
in
this
moment
saying
what?
What
can
we
possibly
do
to
prepare
for
this
and
not
and
that
we
didn't
do
it
three
months
ago,
that
we
didn't
do
it
a
year
ago
and
I
also
just
like
I,
do
have
to
respond
to
some
of
the
comments
that
were
made
in
public
forum,
which
is
that
I
know
that
there's
this
like
movie
narrative
where
we
see
like
folks
who
hit
rock
bottom
and
they
turn
around.
L
That's
about
to
end
and
we're
about
to
put
people
into
bad
situations,
and
sometimes
we
get
emails
being
like
you
should
try
being
homeless,
I
have
tried
being
homeless,
it
wasn't
fun
and
I
was
lucky.
I
had
a
car
every
time
and
I
had
a
job
every
time,
so
all
I
had
to
do
was
survive
long
enough
until
my
paycheck
came
in
so
that
I
could
get
a
deposit
so
that
I
could
get
an
apartment,
and
that
was
in
places
that
had
a
much
much
higher
vacancy
rate
right
than
Burlington
did
here.
L
L
I
understand
that
we
can't
tackle
this
as
a
city
alone.
I
understand
that
we
need
the
help
of
other
cities.
We
need
the
help
of
the
state,
but
we
also
need
a
plan
and
right
now
we
have
no
plan,
and
all
I'm
asking
us
to
do
is
to
get
the
information
that
we
need
to
start
making
a
plan,
and
that
is
all
this
resolution
is
doing
again.
L
We
should
have
been
making
this
plan
months
ago,
and
part
of
that
is
also
on
me,
because
I
waited
too
long
until
we
got
the
the
the
things
that
we
needed
from
the
mayor's
office
and
I
should
have
just
forged
ahead
and
done
it,
but
like
this
is
the
moment
that
we're
in
now
and
I
do
not
I
truly
do
not
feel
comfortable
with
waiting
any
longer.
We
have
waited
too
long
already.
Thank
you.
A
AI
The
work
that
CDR
has
done
and
I
appreciate
the
such
a
difficult
position
we're
in,
but
what
I
am
hearing
I'm
hearing
directly
from
the
administration?
Is
we,
the
City
of
Burlington
in
terms
of
resources
and
experience,
are
not
in
a
position
according
to
the
administration
to
deal
with
sanctioned
camping?
We
all
got
a
memo
which
is
posted
on
the
City
website.
AI
From
the
mayor
expressing
his
deep
concerns
about
this
particular
resolution.
We
could
have,
as
we
often
do,
go
back
and
forth
and
doctored
it
and
offered
different
proposals
and
amendments.
It
was
my
thinking
that
we,
since
the
mayor
was
not
going
to
be
here
tonight,
that
we
would
be
better
served
to
have
a
working
session
and
understand
I
understand
there
has
is
work.
Being
happened,
he's
been
talking
to
secretary
Samuelson
agency
of
Human
Services.
AI
We
need
to
be
talking
to
our
delegation,
State
delegation,
other
municipalities
and
I,
need
to
understand
all
of
that
before
we
send
cdnr
down
a
path
of
something
that
will
fail
so
I'm
going
to
propose
and
and
you've
seen.
My
Amendment
also
posted
that
we
I
would
like
to
move
that.
We
postpone
this
debate
and
vote
on
the
resolution
to
June
5th
and
request
that
the
administration
bring
us
a
full
update.
What
are
they
working
on
with
the
city
with
the
state,
other
municipalities
and
our
legislative
delegation,
and
address
these
in
a
full
work
session?
AI
So
we
can
understand
if
we're
going
to
adopt
some
of
the
things
in
this
resolution
or
not
and
I,
think
we
can
be
much
better
served
by
having
a
full-bodied
conversation.
We
don't
usually
do
that
in
this
form.
We
need
a
forum
where
we
can
ask
questions
back
back
and
forth
the
ideas
and
that's
the
intent
to
postpone
this.
The
June
5th
have
a
work
session,
invite
in
others
like
the
Continuum
of
Care,
which
is
really
the
group
in
Chittenden
County,
charged
with
managing
homelessness,
not
the
city,
the
Continuum
of
Care.
A
H
A
AI
A
And
then
offered
other
other
language
that
will
also
be
included
for
the
record.
Is
there
a
second
to
that
motion?
A
second
thank
you,
councilor
Barlow,
so
there's
a
motion
and
it's
been
seconded.
We
will
discuss
the
motion
first
and
then,
depending
on
where
we
end
up
with
that,
we
will
go
back
to
the
underlying
resolution
or
a
postponement
counselor
McGee
I.
Imagine
you
probably
wanted
to
speak
to
the
resolution.
Do
you
want
to
speak
to
the
motion
to
postpone
all.
K
A
K
K
It
was
never
the
intent
of
that
proposal
that
people
would
be
camping
in
Recreation
areas
in
our
our
Sports
fields
or
in
city
hall
Park,
but
we
know
that
there
are
public
spaces
in
Burlington.
You
know
wooded
areas,
other
public
lands
where
people
are
camping
and
we
have
an
obligation
to
make
it
clear
where
camping
is
prohibited,
and
this
resolution
tonight
also
does
not
suggest
that
people
should
be
allowed
to
camp
in
City,
Hall
Park
or
on
the
baseball
fields
at
Roosevelt,
Park
or
Callahan
park
or
Smalley
Park.
K
K
H
We
have
no
time
I.
We
have
no
time
we
were
out
of
time
along
a
while
ago.
People
are
camping
now
and
I
believe
I've
been
copied
on
a
couple
of
emails
that
other
individuals
on
the
council
have
also
been
copied
on
of
pictures
of
tents
in
front
of
businesses,
people
sleeping
in
doorways.
So
we
have
a
variety
of
situations
that
are
already
happening
now.
H
My
concern
about
the
mayor's
memo
was,
you
know
there
was
a
statement
that
he
did
not
support
tent
camping
as
a
solution
to
addressing
homelessness
in
our
community.
Well,
neither
do
I
I,
don't
think
anyone
on
this
Council
supports
that,
but
we're
in
a
very,
very
unfortunate
reality.
This
is
not
a
long-term
Solution
by
any
stretch
of
the
means,
but
we
need
something
in
the
end
term
giving
what
thousands
of
people
are
going
to
be
facing,
including,
as
it
was
mentioned,
about
700
children.
H
Is
that
the
type
of
shame
that
we
really
need
to
have
in
this
community?
The
shame
of
of
children
intense
in
the
in
the
street
in
completely
unorganized
at
pray?
That
God
knows
what
that's
the
shame
that
has
to
come
down
upon
us.
We
really
need
to
be
more
mindful
of
this.
You
know
we
want
quote
unquote
hard
wall
options,
not
tense.
We
all
want
that,
but
we
don't
have
that
option
right
now.
We
have
all
these
things
in
the
pipeline,
some
of
which
were
discussed.
M
H
But
we
don't
have
it
now
and
we
have
a
crisis
now,
not
even
an
impending
crisis.
We
know
the
money
was
not
funded
by
the
legislature.
That's
done
so.
We
know
people
are
going
to
be
in
situations
where
they
more
people
will
be
camping.
More
than
last
year,
we're
already
seeing
it
I
think
that
I
want
to
reinforce
the
education
provided
by
counselors,
McGee
and
Hightower
around
the
fact
that
this
resolution
calls
for
putting
clear
signage.
So
it's
easier
for
people
to
do
enforcement
in
the
Parks,
because
the
goal
is
to
take
back
our
Parks.
H
H
Yes,
police
officers
may
be
involved
in
enforcement,
but
we
put
our
Parks
Department
people
who
work
for
parks
are
put
into
a
lot
of
health
and
safety
situations
that
they're
not
equipped
for
in
order
to
help
maintain
and
clean
up
all
these
areas
where
people
are
camping,
we
have
work
being
done
by
employees
at
the
library.
The
library
is
even
going
to
be
putting
in
lockers,
we
have
work
being
done
by
the
people
who
work
for
our
fire
department,
so
to
say
that
we
would
need
new
funds.
We
are
already
spending
money.
H
We
are
already
spending
a
great
deal
of
money
and
that
money
will
continue
to
be
spent.
It's
just
a
matter
of.
Can
we
organize
it?
Can
we
focus
it
to
create
a
a
situation
where,
when
people
are
told
to
move
they're
given
a
place
where
they
can
go
because
otherwise
it's
just
whack-a-mole
you
move
here,
people
complain,
move
them
again.
People
complain,
move
them
again
that
happen
all
summer.
Long,
it's
not
viable.
H
So
I
would
also
say
that
when
we
review
some
of
these
options
down
the
line,
we
can't
keep
waiting.
I
I
understand
what
councilor
Hightower
said
about.
You
know
waiting
for
information
from
the
mayor's
office.
As
you
know,
former
police
commissioner
I'm
very
well
versed
in
constant
delays
around
important
issues.
This
information
should
have
been
here
a
long
time
ago.
H
H
There's
no
compassion,
as
as
people
mentioned
earlier,
there's
no
compassion
and
there's
no
understanding
that
just
to
say
no
that
we're
not
even
going
to
research
and
we're
behind
in
the
research
right,
we
should
have
already
been
researched,
but
just
to
say
no
that
we're
not
even
going
to
research.
It
now
is
going
to
stop
what's
what's
already
happening
and
I'll
leave
it
there.
Thank
you.
L
When
we're
saying
like.
Let's
talk
to
you,
let's
have
the
conversation,
that's
what
came
out
of
what
talking
to
City
staff.
That's
what
came
out
of
talking
to
our
partners.
None
of
them
said
this
is
the
right
answer,
which
is
why
we
didn't
phrase
it
that
way.
But
they
said
what
we're
doing
right
now
isn't
working
and
to
be
clear.
It's
not
just
not
working
for
our
neighbors
who
are
experiencing
houselessness
is
also
not
working
for
our
city
staff.
It's
also
not
working
for
other
neighbors.
L
What
we're
doing
is
not
working,
and
all
this
is
asking
is,
do
we
think
sanctioned
camping
would
be
an
improvement
on
the
status
quo
to
take
it
off
the
table
without
even
really
doing
the
research
on
that
when
so
many
people
think
it
could
be.
That
seems
that
seems
a
little
ridiculous
I'm,
not
saying
that
it
is
the
answer,
but
to
not
even
be
willing
to
entertain
it
or
do
the
research
to
see
if
it
is
that.
Why
are
we
so
scared
of
figuring
like
finding
out
that?
L
L
I
do
not
support
the
the
movement
to
postpone
just
because
I,
we
need
momentum
and
action
on
this.
What
I
would
support
is
if
we
added
language
to
this
resolution,
saying
let's
have
that
Community
Forum,
let's
have
the
discussion
in
June
and
then,
if
we
need
to
push
back
the
research,
let's
push
back
the
research
I
think
the
research
would
actually
be
really
helpful
for
having
the
discussion
so
I'm,
not
sure
why
we
would
want
to
have
one
over
the
other,
but
I
think
I
would
prefer.
We
do
both,
but
I
need
I
trust.
L
The
people
at
this
table
I,
don't
necessarily
trust
the
mayor's
office
to
move
this
forward,
because
they've
been
so
opposed
to
doing
this
and
blocking
even
the
work
of
the
cdnr
committee
and
trying
to
move
this
work
forward.
So
no
I
think
we
need
some
pathway
forward.
We
need
some
momentum
on
our
side
and
some
okay.
L
If
we
don't
come
up
with
a
better
solution,
we've
got
another
plan
in
place,
so
I'm
asking
the
council
to
consider
not
postponing
action
on
this
instead
changing
this
to
have
that,
we
can
still
have
the
community
conversation
that
we
want
in
June,
but
we
need
we
need
to
keep
moving
this
forward.
Thank
you.
A
A
A
K
I
had
not
requested
the
floor
back
okay,
but
I
will
just
say
that
I
hope
that
there
is
some
agreement
that
we
can
come
to
tonight.
That
sees
this
resolution.
Move
forward
sees
that
City
staff
and
Community
Partners
have
time
to
discuss
a
plan
and
that
that
might
inform
our
work
session
on
June
5th
I.
A
G
Go
ahead,
I
just
want
to
voice
my
opposition
to
to
postponement.
It
really
feels
like
a
burying
of
our
hits,
and
we've
heard
enough
tonight
to
make
it
clear
that
that
is
just
an
unacceptable
action
to
take.
There's
no
reason
why
we
can't
act
on
this
and
still
have
the
discussion
on
June
5th,
as
other
people
have
said,
and
I,
don't
understand
why
we
have
to
postpone
asking
the
mayor's
office
to
support
updates
to
the
current
Outreach
and
removal
policy.
G
Given
the
new
positions
in
the
city,
talk
about
the
community
service
Liaisons
and
the
park
rangers
and
provide
us
an
update,
it's
as
late
as
June
20th,
that's
lines
83
through
85.
makes
no
sense
to
me
to
postpone.
That
makes
no
sense
to
me
to
postpone
having
this
Council
get
behind,
study
and
understanding.
G
We
have
the
three
areas:
I,
don't
need
to
to
go
into
all
of
them
and
there's
even
been
a
proposal
to
push
back
the
dates,
but
it
makes
no
sense
at
all
to
block
for
another
what
20
days
or
what
have
you,
the
the
city
staff
being
able
to
be
looking
at
this,
particularly
when
we
heard
when
I
have
heard
them
willing
and
able
to
do
that
now
right?
What
we
have
is
a
mayor,
saying:
I,
don't
want
to
talk
about
this
stuff
and
I:
don't
want
my
staff
dealing
with
it.
G
This
is
a
policy
decision.
You
know
and
clearly
our
rules
say
that
when
there
is
an
important
matter
for
staff
to
be
dealing
with
that,
sometimes
you
need
the
full
Council
support
for
it.
So
staff
can't
act
if
we're
going
to
postpone
this.
This
is
just
burying
our
heads
in
the
sand
and
then
getting
feedback.
Why
would
we
postpone
asking
for
feedback?
Why
would
we
postpone
having
the
city
council
and
the
administration
work
with
the
legislative,
the
legislative
delegation
to
find
additional
funding?
It
makes
no
sense.
G
A
J
J
A
A
The
benefit
of
being
the
benefit
of
the
public
who
may
be
watching,
been
working
on
the
resolution,
and
there
is
an
amendment
that
will
be
coming
that
will
be
posted
very
shortly
to
board
docs.
All
members
of
the
council
have
just
received
it.
We
are
back
in
Open,
Session
and
I.
Don't
remember
if
there
was
anyone
that
was
in
the
queue
I,
don't
believe
so
I
think
we
left
off
with
counselor
Travers,
who
had
made,
who
had
asked
for
a
recess.
So
before
we
go
to
counselor
Traverse
we
will
go
to.
A
AI
Thank
you
as
you've
seen
us
feverishly
working
away,
I
think
there
were
valid
points
there.
There
was
a
lot
in
the
original
resolution
that
we
all
agreed
on
my
original
concern
and
my
recommendation
for
postponing
this
was
that
we
needed
time
to
work
out
other
language
and
that
we
could
not
be
focused
exclusively
on
the
City
of
Burlington.
Taking
on
more
campers
without
support,
the
City
of
Burlington
has
done
a
lot
and
I
think
we're
underestimating
what
we
have
done,
I
hope
in
a
Works
session.
AI
We
can
be
more
explicit,
I
challenge
us
to
look
at
what
other
communities
have
done
or
I
will
say
not
done
particularly
other
communities
in
county
and
that's
where
we've
got
a
little
bit
of
work.
A
lot
of
bit
of
work
to
do,
I
hear
that
we
have
no
plan
and
I,
don't
believe.
That's
the
case
and
again,
that's
the
point
of
a
Sit
of
a
work
session
is
to
be
brought
up
to
speed
on
what
have
we
done?
What
are
we
doing?
What
do
we
got
for
future
plans?
What's
in
the
hopper?
AI
We
need
to
have
that
session
an
interactive
session,
so
we
can.
We
can
understand
it.
Having
said
all
of
that,
as
I
said,
there
wasn't
the
entire
resolution
that
we
concerns
about.
That's
why
I
was
just
moving
to
postpone
it,
but
I
think
we
have
worked
out
some
language
that
will
allow
us
to
move
forward
and
start
doing
some
stuff
in
the
next
couple
of
weeks.
So
I'm
going
to
move
to
I'm
going
to
withdraw
my
emotion
to
postpone.
A
AE
A
Carpenter
and
to
counselor
Barlow.
Thank
you
for
your
thank
you
for
your
flexibility
on
this.
As
we
work
through
this
as
a
body
with
that,
I
will
go
to
counselor
Traverse
and
just
for
the
benefit
of
the
the
public
on
6.03.
There
is
a
new
addition
to
that
on
board.
Docs
called
the
Traverse
Amendment
and
with
that
I
will
go
to
counselor
Travers.
J
I
think
I
I
take
some
exception
to
some
of
the
statements
that
were
made
about
the
motion
to
postpone
that
was
on
the
table
being
tantamount
to
you,
know,
punting
or
turning
or
otherwise,
burying
our
heads
in
the
sand
on
this
issue.
I
think
counselor,
Carpenter,
just
noted,
I
think
Burlington
and
Burlington
City
staff
led
by
mayor
weinberger's.
Efforts
on
this
matter
have
have
taken
really
significant
steps,
I
believe
more
so
than
perhaps
any
community
in
Burlington
to
address
our
houselessness
crisis.
J
That
said,
I
think
there
are
some
potential
changes
to
the
resolution.
That's
on
the
table
that
would
at
least
secure
my
support
and
I
think
there
were
really
two
issues
that
I
had
with
the
language
of
the
underlying
resolution
and
in
the
text
of
the
resolution,
they're
relatively
limited,
but
a
lot
has
happened
over
the
last
few
days.
I
saw
this
resolution
for
the
first
time,
I
believe
Wednesday
a
draft
event.
J
Of
course,
last
Friday,
notwithstanding
the
efforts
of
a
number
of
members
of
our
legislative
delegation
here
from
Burlington.
Unfortunately,
our
state
legislature
failed
to
take
action
to
preserve
the
vital
hotel,
motel
voucher
program,
and
so
the
concerns
that
I
had
about
the
underlying
resolution
were
twofold,
one
with
the
apparent
forthcoming
crisis.
J
This
never
has
been,
and
particularly
now
is
not
just
a
Burlington
problem
is
a
Burlington
problem.
This
is
a
Winooski
problem.
This
is
a
South
Burlington
problem.
It's
a
Chittenden,
County
problem,
it's
a
regional
problem
that
we
need
to
be
addressing
not
just
here
on
the
city
level,
but
but
regionally
in
partnership
with
our
colleagues
on
select
boards
and
City
councils
and
administrations
around
Burlington.
J
The
other
issue
that
I
had
with
it
is
that
the
the
resolution,
as
its
sponsors
have
noted
here
is,
is
very
or
was
very
targeted
towards
the
question
of
camping
and
whether
or
not
to
use
the
term.
That's
in
the
resolution
we
should
be
exploring
sanctioned
camping,
but
I
think
the
the
forthcoming
issues
that
we'll
be
facing
here
are
much
broader
than
just
the
question
of
camping,
the
Sheltering
options
that
we
need
to
be
looking
at
here.
J
One
is
in
the
first
resolve
Clause
after
line
86
I
I.
Don't
think
that
we
should
just
be
focusing
on
camping
options
and
certainly
not
just
options
here
in
Burlington,
so
what
it
would
do,
what
it
would
do
is
under
option
under
topic.
Two,
it
would
State
now
that
cdnr
will
be
will
receive,
updates
on
Chittenden
County
Sheltering
options
when
shelter
capacity
has
been
reached,
striking
the
term
camping
options
and
striking
the
language
of
including,
but
not
to,
but
not
limited
to
sanctioned
camping.
A
Doc,
thank
you
very
much
councilor
Trevor.
So
there
is
a
motion
to
amend
the
resolution
that
is
called
on
board
docs
the
Travers
Amendment
striking
and
replacing
from
line
86
going
forward.
The
text
that
is
in
that
amendment
is
there
a
second
to
that
motion
seconded
by
councilor
Bergman.
Is
there
any
counselor,
councilor
Barlow,
you
have
your
hand
raised
and
I'm,
not
sure
if
that's
still
have
that
still
having
that
raised
or
if
you
wished
to
be
recognized.
AE
AE
AE
There's
a
camp
there,
that's
been
an
issue
for
two
years:
there's
been
conflicts
with
existing
uses
hazards
in
the
campsites
and
a
situation
that
hasn't
been
adequately
addressed
or
resolved
with
the
residents
living
adjacent
to
that
Park
and
last
week
there
was
a
significant
fire
there
and
our
experience
with
sanctioned
camping
at
Sears,
Lane
weren't
ideal.
So
I'm
very
concerned
that
when
we
formally
sanctioned
camping
on.
M
AE
It's
also
I
agree
with
councilor
Traverse.
This
is
not
this
is.
This
is
a
problem
that
we
have
now
that's
being
made
worse
by
a
state
by
state
in
action,
and
we
we've
heard
throughout
the
night
that
it's
you
know
Burlington's
imperative,
to
respond
to
this,
and
and
it
is
really
a
bigger,
it's
a
it's
a
regional
problem.
It's
a
state
problem.
AE
We
shouldn't
be
acting
on
our
own,
because
if
we
do
we're
going
to
take
a
Statewide
problem
with
these
thousands
of
people
that
won't
have
the
motel
Voucher
Program
anymore
and
we're
going
to
make
it
disproportionately
a
Burlington
problem,
and
we
can't
be
doing
that.
We
need
to
be
coordinating
a
more
sustained
response
with
the
state
and
with
neighboring
communities.
AE
A
L
We
need
to
do
way
more
education
of
ourselves
and
others
on
what
what
is
the
reality
and
then
I
also
want
to
be
clear
that
I
am
fine
with
this,
because
it's
been
introduced
as
a
broadening
of
the
options,
rather
than
the
removal
of
sanctioned
camping
as
an
option
and
I
do
just
want
to
get
into
it
a
little
bit
because
I
feel
like
there's
some
confusion,
which
is
fair
because
I
also
didn't
know
a
year
ago.
What
sanctioned
camping
was
we
currently
do
not
have
sanctioned
camping
in
the
City
of
Burlington.
L
We
have
areas
where
camping
is
expressly
prohibited
in
areas
where
it's
not
expressly
prohibited
and
at
least
in
the
conversations
that
we've
had
about
what
like
what
the
difference
would
be
between
what
we
have
now
is
right.
Now,
we've
got
one
or
two
here,
like
we've
got
a
few
areas
in
the
city
and
Sears
Lane
was
one
of
them
where
people
were
like.
Oh,
this
is
one
of
the
few
places
where
I
may
not
be
removed
as
long
as
I
like
do
the
things
sanction
camping,
at
least
what
we're
thinking
about
what
cities?
L
What
we
have
heard
in
some
of
the
conversations
is
you
don't
want
just
one
campsite,
so
it
wouldn't
just
be
one
place
where
everybody
would
congregate.
It
would
be
like.
Okay
can
we
have
a
few
places
in
the
city
where
support
staff
would
know,
there's
campsites
there,
and
there
would
be
some
understanding
of
like
a
limit
of
how
many
folks
should
Camp
there,
and
there
would
be
some
minimal
provision
of
services.
Some
of
the
things
that
we
hear
complaints
about
a
lot.
It's
like!
L
L
L
The
Administration
has
been
good
about
like
we
have
Elmwood
Avenue,
we've
done
some
things
on
other
types
of
camping,
but
we
have
not
done
a
lot
on
trying
to
fix
like
we
still
have
folks
camping
and
how
do
we
manage
that
and
we're
going
to
have
more
folks
camping?
And
how
do
we
manage
that?
And
we're
not
going
to
be
able
to
get
all
of
them
in
the
short
term
over
the
next
year
into
permanent
housing
and
so
I'm.
Supportive
of
this,
with
the
understanding
that
this
is
a
broadening,
not
an
exclusion.
H
It's
already
happening
it's
going
to
get
worse.
We
saw
what
happened
last
summer,
I
personally
believe
from
my
observations
and
the
people
that
I've
talked
to
in
the
community
that
it's
going
to
be
worse
this
summer.
It's
not
that
we
can
stop
it.
We
can't
so
we
have
to.
We
can't
keep
thinking
that
way,
because
that's
what's
slowing
us
down.
Thank
you.
Thank.
J
A
J
Just
like
to
briefly
say
in
my
remarks
before
I
think
I
I
gave
some
accolades
to
the
mayor's
Administration
and
rightfully
so,
for
the
steps
we've
taken
here
in
Burlington
to
address
our
homelessness
crisis.
I
also,
however,
want
to
give
credit
to
my
colleagues
here
on
the
council
that
have
been
continuing
to
pursue
this
issue.
J
I
mentioned
in
the
earlier
remarks
that
we
do
have
a
camping
policy
that
the
text
of
which
at
least,
is
designed
to
strike
a
balance
between
our
existing
prohibition
on
camping
in
our
parks
and
ensuring
that
our
parks
are
available
for
everyone
in
the
public
to
freely
use,
as
well
as
the
Humane
side
of
as
councilor
Grant
has
pointed
out.
You
know
camping
being
a
a
reality
right
now
and
I.
J
I
say
that
that
is
in
the
text
of
the
policy,
because
you
know,
anyone
who
went
to
our
Parks
last
summer
saw
that
that
the
policy
was
not
effectual
and
I.
Appreciate
the
efforts
that
my
colleagues
here
have
put
into
this
matter,
recognizing
that
we
do
have
a
policy
that
I
think
needs
some
updates,
or
at
least
some
clarification
and
no
small
part.
J
Because
of
the
additional
City
staff
that
we
put
forward,
I
think
that
some
of
our
colleagues
have
taken
undo
Flack
in
response
to
their
pushing
forward
on
this
I
do
want
to
say
that
I've
never
understood
their
efforts
here
to
be
saying
that
we
should.
We
should
be
sanctioning
camping
in
Smalley
park
or
Callahan
park,
or
these
places
where
you
know
we
have
playgrounds
and
ball
fields
and
Community,
Gardens
and
so
on.
J
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
so
much
councilor
Trevor.
So
what
we
are
voting
on
now
is
the
Traverse
Amendment.
If
that
passes,
that
will
become
part
of
the
of
the
underlying
resolution
and
then
we
will
vote
on
the
resolution.
So
this
is
on
the
on
the
on
the
motion
known
as
the
Traverse
Amendment.
If
Lori,
if
you
could
call
the
rule,
please.
A
A
K
K
V
A
A
What
we
have
seen
tonight
is:
it
may
be
a
little
bit
messy
sometimes,
but
we
saw
a
democracy
and
collaboration
and
action
and
just
want
to
give
a
huge
shout
out
to
all
of
my
colleagues
for
working
so
hard
to
get
us
to
a
place
where
we
could
all
agree,
and
the
good
news
is
that
we
did
the
beginning
the
end
of
our
agenda
at
the
beginning,
and
this
was
the
reason
why
so
without
I
shouldn't
say
without
objection,
I
should
actually
call.
We
need
a
motion
to
adjourn
so
moved.