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Burlington City Council 7/18 Agenda:
1. Agenda 00:00
Executive Session 10:28
2. Public Forum 2:45:30
3. Climate Emergency Reports 3:10:10
4. Consent Agenda 3:10:24
5. Board of Civil Authority 3:11:45
6. Ground Lease Agreement with Beta Technologies Inc. 3:14:58
7. Overdose Prevention Site and Harm Reduction 3:24:55
8. MPM Services Champlain Parkway Project 3:48:10
9. Collective Bargaining Agreement: AFSCME 4:07:35
10. Parking Requirements and Transportation Demand Management 4:17:00
Break 4:22:00
Continue: Parking Requirements and Transportation Demand Management 4:25:28
11. Electricity: Permitting, Fees, and Reporting Structure 4:32:18
12. Thermal Charter Change Work and Decarbonization 4:35:16
13. Presentation on School and Leadership 4:48:20
14. Adjourn 5:16:20
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A
So
good
evening
tonight
is
today
is
july:
18th
2022.
It
is
about
10
after
six
and
thank
all
who
are
joining
us
in
contois
and
on
and
those
are
online
for
the
burlington
city
council
meeting
we're
going
to
meet
we're
going
to
begin
our
agenda
this
evening
with
a
motion
to
adopt
the
agenda.
Counselor
travers.
B
Thank
you,
president
paul.
I
move
to
amend
and
adopt
the
agenda
as
follows.
Add
to
the
consent
agenda
item
5.24
communication
from
brad
wilfong
regarding
encourage
alternative
transport
with
better
infrastructure,
with
the
action
to
waive
the
reading,
accept
the
communication
and
place
it
on
file
also
add
to
the
deliberative
agenda
item
6.045
resolution,
ratification
of
tentative
agreement
and
authorization
to
execute
collective
bargaining
agreement
between
the
city
of
burlington
and
bpoa
july,
1st
2022
through
june
30th
2025
with
material
to
be
posted
per
council.
President
paul
also
note
proposed
amendment.
B
A
C
A
Thank
you,
councillor
bergman.
I
can
certainly
let
others
speak
to
that,
but
for
myself
I
it
was
the.
It
was
my
intention
that
we
would
have
an
executive
session
that
is
gonna
follow
shortly
and
at
that
time
we
collectively
and
collaboratively
would
agree
as
a
body
to
add
that
to
the
agenda.
I
was
told
late
friday
afternoon
by
assistant
attorney
pellerin,
because
I
had
asked
him
for
motion
language
to
be
able
to
do
that
that,
according
to
vermont
statute,
we
cannot
do
that.
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B
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A
So
we
have
one
no
vote
from
councillor
freeman
and
counselor.
Jang
is
absent
and
the
others
are
all
in
favor.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
your
patience
with
that
we're
going
to
move
to
now
we
have
an
agenda
so
we're
going
to
move
to
item
number
two,
and
there
are
three
executive
sessions
before
us
item
2.01,
2.02
and
2.03.
A
The
first
is
an
update
on
the
city's
least
with
lease
with
beta
technologies.
The
second
is
on
collective
bargaining
with
the
bpoa,
our
police
union,
and
the
third
is
on
tax
increment
financing
on
our
audit
for
our
tif
for
tax,
increment
financing
and
just
for
the
for
the
public.
We
anticipate
that
these
executive
sessions
will
last
until
approximately
probably
around
quarter
of
eight.
Originally
we
thought
around
7
30,
but
we
haven't
quite
started
them
yet.
A
So
it's
customary
that
we
do
ask
before
we
would
make
the
motions
to
go
into
executive
session.
If
there's
anything
in
public
session
to
be
either
that
the
administration
or
council
feels
you
can
give
the
public
by
way
of
information.
Usually
I
look
to
the
mayor
for
that.
We
have
several.
You
know
several
different
bodies
that
are
here
to
address
each
item.
J
Thank
you,
president
paul.
I
will
say
we
addressed
the
beta
lease
at
the
board
of
finance
and
so
any
member
of
the
public
who's
interested
in
hearing
about
that
could
review
the
board
of
finance
recording.
We
will
also
have
a
public
session
after
the
executive
session,
so
people
can
stay
tuned
about
that
and
I
don't
think
there's
anything
from
an
administration
perspective
that
we
are
ready
to
say
about
the
bpoa
contract.
J
On
the
tiff
audit
I'll
just
say.
For
the
past
year
the
city
has
been
undergoing
a
routine
audit
from
the
state
auditor's
office
on
our
waterfront
tif
district,
and
we
are
nearing
conclusion
on
that.
We'll
be
briefing
the
council
about
that,
because
it's
not
wrapped
up,
there's
not
much.
We
can
say
publicly,
but
we
should
be
receiving
a
draft
report
soon
and
look
forward
to
working
with
the
state
auditor's
office
on
releasing
those
reports
to
the
public
in
the
next
few
weeks.
Hopefully,.
A
K
I
move
that
the
burlington
city
council
find
the
premature
general
public
knowledge
of
legal
advice
and
information
concerning
the
details
of
pending
lease
negotiations
with
beta
technologies.
Inc
to
which
the
city
is
a
party
or
has
a
stated
interest,
would
clearly
place
the
city
at
a
substantial
disadvantage.
A
K
A
Thank
you
councillor.
Shannon
motions
have
been
made
on
the
first
wave
of
motions
to
go
into
executive
sessions
seconded
by
councillor
barlow,
so
we
will
vote
on,
though,
on
that
motion
and
then
go
to
the
second
motion.
I'll
need
some
suggestion
on
how
to
do
that,
given
the
fact
that
there
are
different
reasons,
different
findings,
but
we'll
go
we'll
go
to
a
vote.
First,
all
those
in
favor
of
the
motion
as
presented
by
councilor,
shannon
and
seconded
by
council
barlow,
please
say
aye
any
opposed
so
that
motion
passes.
K
A
I
think
it
why
well
usually,
when
we
make
that
motion
to
go
into
executive
session
before
we
make
before
we
vote
on
the
motion.
We
would
then
say
who
was
included
in
the
executive
session
in
this
case.
The
executive
session
on
the
first
item,
which
is
the
beta
lease,
would
include
the
mayor's
chief
of
staff,
the
cao
attorney
jeremy
farkas,
our
consultant
jeff
glassberg
interim
director
of
aviation
nick
longo,
members
of
the
btv
team,
shelby
lozier,
director
of
ground
transportation
and
cfo.
A
Marie
friedman
to
the
second
item
on
collective
bargaining,
would
be
the
mayor's
chief
of
staff
attorney
john
maitland
hr
director,
karen
durfy,
the
cao
catherine
shedd
city
attorney
pellerin
and
to
the
last
item
would
be
attorney,
stephen
ellis
and
the
cao
and
the
mayor's
chief
of
staff.
I
please
correct
me
if
I'm
missing
anyone,
and
then
we
can
go
to
a
vote.
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A
So
if
you
are
in
the
middle
of
a
sentence
by
all
means
wrap
it
up,
but
other
than
that.
Please
conclude
your
comments
when
the
red
light
comes
on,
so
we
have
a
hybrid
system
for
public
forum
and
if
you
wish
to
speak
online,
there's
still
time
to
do
that,
you
go
to
burlingtonvt.gov
public
forum
and
there's
a
form
that
comes
up
and
you
can
fill
that
out
and
that
will
populate
onto
a
spreadsheet.
A
A
I
think
I
said
that
correctly.
I
hope
so
and
one
last
item,
and
that
is
that
during
public
forum
we
ask
that
you,
please
speak
to
me
and
address
your
comments
to
me
as
the
chair.
Please
use
respectful
language
and
keep
in
mind
that
there
are
many
people
who
watch
city
council
meetings
as
their
way
with
their
families
of
as
their
way
of
engaging
in
their
community.
A
A
R
R
We
cannot
have
a
civil
society
where
one
segment
decides
that
they
do
not
want
to
to
follow
the
laws.
Today.
I
I
had
it.
I
saw
a
cop
at
the
far
end
and
started
talking
to
him.
Why
are
you
not
enforcing
these
laws?
They
do
not
have
enough
backup
that
they
feel
comfortable
going
and
confronting
people
who
have
mental
conditions
or
drug
intoxication
issues,
and
they
need
to
have
a
second
person
or
a
third
person
behind
them
to
keep
themselves
safe
in
an
environment
where
we
have
weapons
on
on
people.
R
R
A
S
I'm
a
pike
porter
burlington
resident.
Some
of
you
know
me
back
in
early
june,
I
sent
you
all
a
letter
regarding
the
airport
lease
with
the
air
national
guard
around
june
6th,
and
thank
you
to
the
one
city
councilor
who
responded
today.
I
sent
you
another
several
emails
with
the
air
national
guard
lease
and
a
joint
agreement
between
the
city
and
the
air
guard.
S
S
S
S
The
tenant
on
those
280
acres
has
polluted
the
winooski
river.
I
sent
you
links
to
data
with
that
as
city
councilors
and
with
the
ability
to
draft
ordinances
that
you
can't
come
up
with
something
to
at
least
hold
the
tenant
accountable
for
the
polluting
of
the
winooski
river
and
the
farm
downstream
from
the
air
guard,
I
believe,
shows
just
a
lack
of
non-will
on
your
part
to
really
look
at
environmental
crisis
financial
crisis
difficulty
at
with
space
at
the
airport.
A
T
T
I'm
here
tonight
to
speak
in
opposition
to
the
so-called
safe
injection
facilities
that
this
council
is
debating
endor
re-endorsing
tonight,
but
before
I
get
started
on
that,
I'd
like
to
qualify
some
of
my
comments
this
evening.
I
am
very
well
aware
of
how
the
opioid
epidemic
is
impacting
our
community.
T
T
T
Data
also
indicates
that
so-called
clients
only
utilize
the
facility
every
14
days.
That
tells
me
that
they're
only
really
going
there
to
exchange
needles.
The
habits
of
addiction
are
as
such
that
one
is
usually
using
multiple
times
a
day
and
if
they're
only
going
there
once
every
14
days,
the
benefits
really
aren't
what
you're
claiming
they
are.
T
A
U
Hi
folks,
my
name
is
lee
morgan,
my
pronouns:
are
they
them?
I'm
a
resident
of
ward
7..
There's
been
a
lot
of
loss
in
my
world.
The
my
circle
of
the
world
this
week
and
it's
made
me
reflect
a
lot
on
my
sobriety
and
my
recovery
journey,
and
especially
the
time
before
I
got
sober
and
so
for
me
it's
very
poignant.
U
The
resolution
you
are
all
discussing
tonight.
It's
very
important
to
me.
You
know,
there's
a
lot
of
more
options
today
for
recovery
than
there
was
when
I
got
sober,
which
was
over
14
years
ago,
and
that's
it's
really
encouraging.
I
feel
like
there's,
there's
more
hope
in
that.
I,
I
think
the
reason
why
overdose
prevention
sites
are
so
important
is
dead.
People
have
no
chance
at
recovery.
U
The
hope
ends
at
death
as
long
as
there's
there's
time,
there
is
hope.
I
just
want
to
tell
you
about
my
friend
sarah,
so
I
knew
her
a
while
ago
she
had
seven
years
in
recovery,
went
to
probably
five
meetings
a
week
had
a
job
had
a
sponsor
sponsor
people.
Her
life
was
dedicated
to
recovery
and
she
had
to
have
a
dental
procedure
that
was
absolutely
necessary.
She
was
really
worried.
U
She
died,
you
know
during
during
a
use,
and
I
mean
might
she
be
alive
if
she
was
at
if
she
had
the
option
of
a
safe
use
site,
maybe
maybe
she
would
have
gone
on
to
die,
but
she
would
have
made
it
through
that
dose
and
there
would
have
been
some
hope
there
and
we
all
lost
out
when
we
lost
her.
So
thanks.
A
A
V
V
While
many
do
all
they
can
every
day.
The
tragic
fact
is
we,
as
a
state
are
not
doing
all
we
possibly
can.
We
are
not
being
allowed
to
as
a
matter
of
policy.
Governor
scott
has
vetoed
legislation,
namely
h728
designed
to
research,
the
feasibility
of
opening
an
overdose
prevention
site
in
vermont
our
health.
Commissioner,
dr
levine,
has
supported
this
position.
V
V
V
V
A
Thank
you
thanks.
So
much
if
you
have
comments-
and
you
want
us
to
be
able
to
read
those
as
well
you're
welcome
to
submit
them
to
the
clerk.
Thank
you
very
much
ed.
We
have
four
people
who
wanted
to
speak,
who
are
joining
us
online
and
there's
going
to
be
a
timer
that
will
come
up
on
the
screen.
The
first
is
josh
katz
with
katma
and
josh.
I've
located
you
and
I've
enabled
your
microphone.
X
I
want
to
echo
many
of
the
points
made
in
the
memo
provided
to
the
council
by
the
planning
commission,
specifically
regarding
the
institutional
parking
management
plans.
Projects
that
have
no
impact
on
supply
or
demand
of
parking
like
routine
maintenance
should
not
require
an
approved
chip
to
secure
a
zoning
permit
or
certificate
of
occupancy.
In
addition,
we
agree
there
must
be
languages
and
ordinance
to
allow
for
an
extension
of
up
to
six
months
on
the
institutional
parking
management
plans
regarding
the
expansion
of
tdm
requirements
and
getting
rid
of
minimum
parking
requirements.
X
We
think
this
is
a
great
step
forward
in
to
reducing
the
over
building
of
parking
and
alleviating
the
copious
negative
impacts
that
this
can
have.
However,
based
on
our
experience,
working
with
developers
and
others
around
this
ordinance
as
currently
written,
there
are
some
points
of
feedback
that
would
make
this
ordinance
more
effective.
X
The
exacting
requirements
of
this
ordinance,
specifically
under
the
tdm
strategies,
section,
do
not
best
meet
the
needs
of
all
developers
to
create
an
effective
tdm
program.
We
have
seen
this
through
working
with
multiple
developers
that
feel
based
on
project
size,
location,
target,
resident
populations
and
income.
Some
of
these
tdm
strategies
aren't
effective,
as
we
have
gone
through
the
process
of
working
with
clients
to
meet
the
requirements
of
this
ordinance.
X
Based
on
these
experiences,
we
urge
the
city
council
to
consider
implementing
a
waiver
process
that
considers
a
project's
location,
size,
target,
resident
population,
income
restrictions
etc
and
determining
whether
all
or
some
of
the
tdm
might
cause
more
harm
than
good
if
university
applied.
Thank
you
for
the
time
I
submitted
my
comments.
If
you
would
like
to
read
them
again,
thank
you.
A
A
Y
Great
thank
you
and
good
evening,
burlington
city
council.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
give
testimony
in
support
of
the
resolution
relating
to
establishing
an
overdose
prevention
site
in
burlington.
I
apologize
for
having
to
do
this
online.
I
really
want
to
come
in
person,
but
unfortunately,
I
dislocated
my
shoulder
this
weekend
and
couldn't
drive
downtown.
Y
My
name
is
mike
selleck
and
I'm
the
associate
director
of
capacity
building
for
national
harm
reduction
coalition.
My
organization
has
been
around
for
26
years
and
we
advocate
for
drug
laws
that
respect
the
dignity
and
rights
of
people
who
use
drugs.
They
also
provide
trainings
for
anyone
interested
in
learning
more
about
harm
reduction.
Although
my
organization
is
national,
I've
lived
in
burlington
for
almost
three
years.
I'm
in
ben's
district
I'm
excited
to
contribute
to
our
wonderful
city.
Y
I
started
working
at
new
york
harm
reduction
educators
a
decade
ago,
and
I
worked
on
the
campaign
to
get
the
onpoint
overdose
prevention
centers
pushed
through
new
york
city
council.
The
resolution
gives
the
best
possible
rationale
on
the
topic
of
opening
an
overdose
prevention
site
in
burlington.
The
data
shows
a
36
increase
in
overdoses
in
our
state.
The
data
show
that
90
of
safe
recovery
program
participants
would
use
an
overdose
prevention
site
if
it
were
available
to
them.
Y
The
program
in
new
york
city
has
saved
hundreds
of
lives
in
just
a
few
short
months
and,
most
importantly,
no
one
has
ever
died
in
an
overdose
prevention
site
at
any
of
the
100
plus
facilities
around
the
world
in
over
30
years,
since
the
first
one
opened.
The
resolution
is
an
important
next
step
in
the
fight
to
bring
the
service
to
vermont,
and
everyone
in
city
government
should
vote
to
pass
it.
However,
this
fight
will
likely
be
harder
and
longer
than
passing
this
resolution.
Y
Z
Y
That
you
will
join
us.
I
also
hope
that
if
and
when
the
governor
does
not
meet
the
community
demands
and
the
demands
of
this
resolution
that
the
city
of
burlington
will
take
the
next
step
forward
without
the
support
of
the
state,
if
need
be,
overdose
is
an
issue
that
requires
urgency.
On
average,
we
lose
four
vermonters
to
overdose
every
single
week.
Y
A
AA
Thank
you
very
much,
counselor
paul.
I
wanted
to
speak
on
the
overdose
prevention
center.
I
just
want
to
do
a
quick
correction
regarding
the
services
that
are
offered
in
san
francisco.
I
believe
it's
called
the
linkage
center
that
actually
is
being
funded
through
the
rest
of
the
2022
calendar
year,
and
that
is
going
to
give
the
mayor
of
san
francisco
finalizing
their
budget,
which
is
going
to
include
something
that
they're
calling
sobering
centers.
So
it's
not
something
that
is
being
completely
shut
down.
AA
AA
A
A
A
A
A
AB
AC
AB
AC
So
I'll
move
to
amend
and
adapt
the
agenda
as
follows:
at
john
peter
phillips,
159
north
willard
street
and
margot
whitcomb
37
bright
street
number
205
and
add
linda
siegel,
239
redrock
drive
to
consent,
agenda
item
2.02
resolution
appointment
of
assistant
election
officials
for
the
august
9
2022
state
primary
election,
councilor
paul
per
ward,
2
ward
clerk,
wendy,
ko
per
ward,
5
ward
clerk,
michael
healey,
add
rachel
smith,
392,
north
street
apartment
1
to
this
agenda.
Item
per
ward,
8,
ward,
clerk,
keith,
pillsbury.
AB
G
AB
AB
A
So,
as
I
had
said,
we
do
have
a
number
of
items
on
our
deliberative
agenda
and
in
the
interest
of
time
and
being
able
to
accomplish
everything
on
our
agenda
and
probably
not
adjourned
within
our
rules,
but
adjourn
at
a
reasonable
hour.
There's
minutes
allotted
to
the
agenda
items
as
per
our
council
rules
I'll
do
my
best
to
see
that
we
adhere
to
them
and
ask
all
of
you
to
help
me
with
that.
A
Thank
you,
counselor
carpenter,
so
a
motion
has
been
made
by
councillor
carpenter
to
take
the
action,
as
recommended
in
board
docs
and
that
would
be
seconded
by
councillor,
shannon
nick.
Thank
you
so
much
for
being
here.
I
see
that
you
have
jeff
glassberg
with
you,
and
I
know
you
also
have
someone
who's
here
from
beta
technologies
in
the
interest
of
time.
A
AE
Absolutely
thank
you,
council,
president
paul.
I
will
keep
my
comments
very
brief
and
hand
it
right
over
to
jess
glassberg,
who
has
helped
us
tremendously
throughout
this
lease
negotiations.
The
one
thing
I
will
say
is
over
100
years
ago,
the
first
aircraft
landed
at
the
burlington
international
airport.
Tonight
truly
is
a
historical
night
by
leasing
to
a
company,
a
manufacturer
of
what
will
be
100
electric
aircraft.
As
I
mentioned
in
the
board
of
finance.
AE
AF
Thank
you
for
your
time
this
evening.
Up
in
the
council's
packet
is
a
summary
of
the
lease
terms,
and
that
is
available
for
the
public
to
review
as
well.
In
the
interest
of
time.
I
just
want
to
provide
some
context
rather
than
going
through
the
terms
in
accordance
with
direction
from
the
mayor
and
the
council.
AF
We
believe
that
this
lease
is
truly
beneficial
for
burlington,
the
region
and
the
state.
It
provides
a
home
for
transformational
technology
that
will
reduce
greenhouse
gas
production.
It
uses
an
underutilized
land
asset
at
the
airport
to
induce
beta
to
invest
upwards
of
200
million
dollars
at
btv
in
people,
infrastructure
and
buildings.
AF
Beta
has
been
a
tenant
at
the
airport
since
2019
having
leased
the
former
north
hangar
they've
performed
in
accordance
with
that
lease
they
now
employ
over
300
people
in
vermont.
They
invested
over
15
million
dollars
in
that
facility.
They
run
a
robust
internship
program
and
collaboration
with
educational
institutions
in
the
community.
AF
In
addition
to
beta's
plans
which
include
hiring
up
to
another
300
employees
in
burlington,
we
can
anticipate
a
number
of
ancillary
benefits
which
will
follow,
including
the
co-location
of
vendors
and
subcontractors
that
will
service
beta.
All
of
that
will
generate
income,
tax
revenue
rooms
and
meals,
tax
revenues,
as
well
as
helping
to
grow
our
community.
AF
We
believe
that
the
transaction
is
especially
good
for
burlington.
The
investment
in
infrastructure
by
beta
at
the
airport
in
excess
of
eleven
and
a
half
million
dollars
in
the
ground
will
provide
further
development
opportunities
for
airport
land,
including
the
ability
to
house
a
new
tech
center
for
burlington
high
school.
AF
AG
Thank
you
for
having
us
it's
a
fantastic
night
and
I'd
be
remiss
and
on
kyle
and
katie
clark's
behalf,
not
recognizing
the
tremendous
work
both
by
the
council,
the
mayor's
team,
nick
jeff
jeremy
and
their
team
tonight's.
The
culmination
of
a
lot
of
work
by
a
lot
of
different
people
to
get
us
here
and,
as
we
talked
in
the
board
of
finance,
meeting
nick
and
jeff
just
did
a
fantastic
job.
Providing
highlights
of
the
lease
in
front
of
you.
AG
What
we
don't
want
to
lose
sight
of
is
the
fantastic
partnership
opportunity
around
aligned
goals,
whether
it's
attacking
climate
change,
whether
it's
sustainability,
whether
it's
the
jobs
that
we're
going
to
create
this
transaction
tonight,
allows
us
to
lay
the
foundation
to
continue
the
great
work
that
we
started
out
at
the
north
hangar.
I
know
that
time
is
of
is
precious
tonight.
We
did
submit
some
slides
for
the
city
council's
review.
AG
AG
A
A
A
Please
do
not
let
the
lack
of
questions
be
an
indication
of
our
enthusiasm
for
this
agreement.
We
have
had
two
executive
sessions
on
this.
We've
had
many
opportunities
to
really
learn
about
the
agreement
and
I
think
the
the
fact
that
there
aren't
that
many
comments
on
that
is
actually
a
very
positive
sign
of
our
understanding
of
the
agreement
and
our
support
for
it.
A
O
A
All
those
thank
you
all.
Those
opposed
any
opposed
the
motion
passes
unanimously.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
So
much
thank
you
to
nick
to
your
team,
to
to
shelby
and
to
marie
that
are
here,
as
well
as
our
legal
counsel,
jeremy,
farkas
and
our
consultant
jeff
glassberg,
and
also
to
the
entire
team
at
beta
technologies,
for
all
your
efforts
to
get
us
to
this
incredibly
historic
agreement.
Thank
you.
This
is.
B
A
H
H
Thank
you,
president
paul.
I
want
to
begin
by
thanking
the
members
of
the
public
who
spoke
here
and
over
zoom
tonight
in
support
of
this
resolution,
and
I
want
to
offer
special
thanks
to
ed
baker
and
the
vermont
overdose
prevention
network,
for
the
feedback
they've
offered,
which
has
only
made
this
resolution
stronger.
H
I
also
want
to
thank
you,
president
paul,
for
your
continued
commitment
to
harm
reduction
in
establishing
an
overdose
prevention
site
here
in
burlington,
a
journey
which
you
and
others
began
in
earnest
four
years
ago.
Yesterday,
fundamentally,
this
resolution
is
about
reducing
harm
in
our
community
and
saving
lives.
H
H
The
highest
number
the
department
of
health
has
ever
recorded
last
year
through
july
11th,
there
were
29
overdose
fatalities
in
chittenden
county
alone.
Preliminary
data
through
today
for
chittenden
county
shows
30,
confirmed
or
likely
overdose
fatalities
at
the
most
recent
happened
just
one
week
ago.
Today,
one
thing
is
quite
clear:
our
state
and
city
are
not
doing
enough.
H
This
resolution
is
another
step
toward
realizing
an
overdose
prevention
site
in
burlington.
We
have
the
chance
to
prove
to
the
rest
of
the
state.
This
evidence-based
harm
reduction
tool
can
work
here
and
should
strongly
be
considered
for
funding
through
the
opioid
abatement.
Special
fund
overdose
prevention
sites
offer
an
opportunity
for
people
who
use
drugs
to
build
community
gain
stability,
access,
mental
health
care,
find
housing
and
employment
and
start
thinking
about
recovery
and
reconnect
with
their
families.
H
While
we
continue
to
wait
for
the
federal
government
to
issue
an
official
memo
regarding
litigation
related
to
overdose
prevention
sites,
providers
in
other
states
have
forged
ahead
in
new
york
city
on
point,
as
ed
mentioned,
has
been
operating
two
overdose
prevention,
centers
and
two
mobile
units.
Since
november
of
2021..
H
In
a
recent
interview
on
ed's
addiction,
recovery,
channel,
kaelin
c,
a
senior
director
of
programs
for
onpoint
shared
some
of
their
initial
successes
with
over
24
000
visits
by
nearly
1400
clients,
the
site,
the
staff
at
the
sites
has
reversed
nearly
400
overdoses,
often
using
just
administration
of
oxygen,
not
even
having
to
use
naloxone.
For
that.
H
A
recent
poll
found
that
vermonters
overwhelmingly
support
the
thinking
that
over
the
overdose
epidemic
is
a
public
health
emergency
and
that
harm
reduction
tools
like
overdose
prevention
sites,
should
be
aggressively
pursued.
We
are
called
to
act
now.
We
are
entering
the
fifth
year
since
the
council
first
endorsed
harm
reduction
in
overdose
prevention
sites
and
those
who
are
dying
preventable
deaths
cannot
wait
any
longer
for
us
to
nibble
around
the
edges.
H
A
W
Hello,
everybody
thank
you
for
having
us
I'll,
make
some
brief
comments
and
then
jess
can
make
some
brief
comments
and
then
we're
here
for
questions.
I
have
been
involved
since
city
council
started
this
this
journey
and
I
have
spoken
many
times
on
this
issue,
so
I
was
figuring
tonight
that
I
might
start
with
an
anecdote.
W
Instead,
this
week
I
had
a
client
come
in
and
I
hadn't
seen
him
in
over
a
year
and
he
came
in
to
talk
to
me
about
four
years
ago
or
five
years
ago,
when
I
reversed
his
overdose
outside
our
office,
we
were
at
work
and
a
person
came
running
through
the
door.
A
young
man
screaming
my
friends,
overdosed,
my
friends,
overdosed,
and
so
we
ran
outside
and
I
administered
narcan
and
had
to
do
rescue
breathing
for
over
eight
minutes.
For
this
person
it
was
terrifying.
W
W
So
this
is
what
the
front
lines
are
up
against.
This
is
what
my
staff
and
I
are
up
against
and
really
the
overdose
epidemic
is
just
getting
so
much
worse.
What
the
front
lines
need
is
time,
and
we
don't
have
time
when
we're,
depending
on
people
to
come
in
from
other
places
and
and
come
screeching
into
the
driveway.
W
We
want
to
bring
people
in
to
providers
like
me
who
care
and
want
to
be
there
for
people
and
want
to
respond,
but
every
single
overdose
that
we've
reversed
has
been
been
luck
and
what
we're
looking
at
now.
What
we
always
worry
about
is
that
it's
going
to
be
the
one
time
where
we
don't
have
enough
time
to
save
someone's
life.
I
am
not
a
medical
provider,
I
don't
aspire
to
be
a
medical
provider
and
so
for
our
staff,
the
hyper
vigilance
and
the
fear
is
real
and
we
really
want
to
do
best
practices.
W
I
have
visited
the
overdose
prevention
site
in
vancouver.
I
can
talk
about
that,
but
what
I
can
tell
you
is
we
are
losing
more
vermonters
than
we
ever
have
for
jess,
and
I
those
are
all
people,
we
know
we
know
them.
We
know
their
family
members
and
we
know
their
loved
ones,
and
we
really
need
to
be
able
to
have
every
tool
on
hand
that
we
know
is
working
everywhere
in
other
places.
So
I
just
figured
I'd
start
with
an
anecdote.
AH
Thanks
grace
I'll
just
add,
you
know
when
I
think
in
a
few
minutes
what
I
want
to
say
about
this,
I'm
thinking
about
what
I
said
the
last
time
that
I
was
here
at
the
city
council
talking
about
overdose
prevention
sites,
and
it
was
that
I
was
saying
that
things
are
worse
than
ever.
I'm
a
person
with
lived
experience,
I'm
the
harm
reduction
supervisor
at
safe
recovery
and
work
every
day
in
the
certain
service
program
there-
and
you
know
I've
experienced
overdoses
myself.
I
know
a
lot
of
people
who
have
had
overdoses.
AH
I
have
a
lot
of
clients
that
are
having
overdoses
currently
and
when
I
was
here
last,
I
talked
about
how
things
were
worse
than
ever
and
now
you
know
several
months
later
they
have
gotten.
Even
you
know
worse
than
that,
the
supply
is
really
contaminated
and
dangerous,
as
we
know,
and
people
are
having
more
wounds
and
serious
and
hard
to
treat
infections
and
endocarditis
and
very
serious
overdoses.
AH
More
serious
overdoses
that
are
really
hard
to
reverse
and
people
are
really
scared,
and
you
know
one
of
the
hardest
parts
of
my
job
is
talking
to
people
about
overdose
prevention
and
having
people
say
to
me.
I
am
scared.
I
have
had
overdoses,
my
friend,
my
partner,
my
family
member
recently
died
of
an
overdose,
but
I
can't
say
that
I'm
safe
and
that
I
won't
use
alone
because
I
end
up
in
that
situation.
AH
A
lot
where
I
don't
have
a
safe
place
to
use,
and
I
don't
have
anyone
to
use
with,
and
I
need
to
use
and
that's
a
really
tough
situation,
because
right
now
I
don't
have
an
offering
for
people
about
a
place
that
they
can
go
and
safely
use.
And
so
it's
just
it's
gotten
really
tough.
You
know
it's
really
scary
at
safe
recovery
every
day,
because
we
do
witness
overdoses
and
people
are
witnessing
more
overdoses
than
ever
narcans
flying
out
the
doors.
A
A
K
K
I
am
supportive
of
this.
At
the
same
time,
I
do
just
want
to
note
that,
as
we
move
this
forward,
I
think
that
we
need
to
be
cognizant
of
the
advice
of
our
city
attorney
and
the
differences
between
our
community
and
other
communities.
I
also
think
mr
felker
is
probably
right
that
the
that
the
radius
around
such
a
site
is
probably
500
meters
or
six
blocks,
which
actually
sounds
pretty
good.
C
C
People
are
concerned
about
dealing
in
their
streets,
my
neighborhood,
you
know,
I
see
deals
that
are
happening
at
the
city
hall
park.
I
was
just
there
for
a
meeting
the
other
day
and
was
was
waiting
and
it's
not
very
very
hard
to
see
so
that
all
is
not
something
that
the
community
doesn't
see
and
community
engagement
is
absolutely
essential
for
us,
and
we
are.
I
know
that
this
council
will
join
with
the
administration
in
making
that
effective
and
that's
what
we
need
to
make
this
a
real
success.
Thank
you.
AI
I
feel
like
I'm
going
to
be
by
myself
on
this
one
tonight,
but
I'm
fairly
new
to
the
this
discussion.
I
know
that
the
council
brought
it
up
initially
in
2018,
and
a
lot
of
work
has
gone
on
since
then,
and
I
rely
on
the
advice
of
city
staff
and
the
city
attorney's
office
when
we
were
asked
to
make
these
complicated
decisions.
AI
So
I
feel
like
we.
We
have
done
that,
especially
in
line
61
62
city
attorneys
in
their
in
their
memo
advised
us
to
use
different
language,
and
we
we
chose
not
to
so.
I
I
just
have
to
take
their
recommendations
seriously
and-
and
I
feel
like
we're
opening
the
city
up
for
liability
if
we
get
ahead
of
their
office.
So
with
this
decision,
so
I'm
not
going
to
be
supporting
this
tonight.
AI
A
B
Thank
you,
president
paul
and
as
council
mcgee
did
would
like
to
thank
you
as
well
as
counselor
mcgee,
for
your
work
on
this.
You
know,
substance
use
disorder
does
not
discriminate.
I
can
all
but
guarantee.
Nearly
everyone
in
this
room
has
either
personally
felt
the
pain
or
is
near
and
dear,
to
someone
who
has
personally
felt
the
pain
of
losing
someone
and,
as
counselor
mcgee
said.
B
B
And
a
juncture
with
an
opportunity
of
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
coming
into
vermont
through
legal
settlement
monies
with
opioid
manufacturers,
as
councilor
mcgee
noted,
we
are
not
doing
enough.
We
need
to
do
more
and
again
I
thank
everyone
on
this
council,
as
well
as
other
folks
online
and
throughout
the
community
who
have
worked
on
this
and
are
bringing
us
another
step
forward
to
a
new
and
innovative
approach,
but
a
new
and
innovative
approach.
That's
also
a
proven
approach
to
saving
lives.
B
I
understand
that
with
newness
comes
questions
and
concerns
wearing
my
attorney
hat.
I
respect
that.
Some
of
these
concerns
stem
from
the
fact
that
other
overdose
prevention
sites
have
come
under
legal
challenge.
I'm
excited,
though,
about
the
education
and
engagement
campaign
that
council
bergman
noted
here
to
answer
some
of
those
questions
and
concerns,
and
I
appreciate
the
council's
openness
to
adding
language
that
that
counselor
barlow
was
just
referencing
about
our
exploring
the
potential
costs
of
operating
an
overdose
prevention
site.
B
AD
Thank
you.
I
don't
want
to
repeat
the
comments
of
most
of
my
colleagues
but
just
again
to
say
that,
for
me,
this
resolution
allows
us
encourages
us,
pushes
us
to
do
our
homework,
to
be
ready
with
this
form
of
harm
reduction
and
that's
what
we
need
to
do
lots
of
impediments.
But
we
need
to
do
the
work
first,
and
this
will
allow
us
to
do
it.
AJ
Thank
you,
yeah.
Thank
you,
councilor
mcgain.
Thank
you,
president
paul
and
everybody
here
grace
jess
everyone
who
put
work
into
this
proposal.
Many
of
you
know
I'm
a
social
worker
and
I've
worked
with
families
who
have
experienced
addiction
and
with
many
infants
and
children
who
have
experienced
opioid
exposure
and
neonatal
opioid
exposure,
and
this
is
a
huge
step
forward.
This
is
really
meaningful
to
our
community
and
I
too
would
like
to
call
on
our
leaders.
I
want
to
call
on
our
council,
I'm
so
heartened
that
there's
so
much
support
behind
this.
AJ
A
A
Line
78
of
the
resolution,
I
hope
I
believe
I
have
the
final
version
talks
about
the
council
asking
the
mayor
and
governor
to
proclaim
august
31st
to
international
overdose
awareness
day
and
the
month
of
september
is
recovery
month.
Just
wanted
to
add
that
the
mayor
before
he
left
and
when
he
read
this,
certainly
agreed
to
do
this,
and
so
we'll
look
forward
to
august
31st
being
international
overdose
awareness
day
in
the
city
of
burlington,
as
well
as
the
month
of
september
being
recovery
month.
A
A
A
We
will
move
on
to
item
6.03,
which
is
a
communication
from
corey
mims
public
professional
engineer.
The
senior
a
senior
public
works
engineer
norm
baldwin
assistant
director
of
public
works.
Since
the
city
engineer
which,
regarding
the
dubois
and
king
amendment,
number
five
on
the
services
for
the
champlain
parkway
project
before
owen,
and
we
also
have
the
director
of
public
works,
chapin
spencer,
councillor
travers
I'll,
look
to
you
for
a
motion
on
this.
B
Thank
you,
president
paul.
I
moved
to
authorize
the
director
of
public
works,
so
their
designee
to
execute
a
fifth
amendment
to
the
contract
with
du
bois
and
king
incorporated
regarding
champlain
parkway
municipal
project
management
services
to
increase
the
maximum
limiting
amount
by
228
000
to
425
485
dollars
for
a
continued
municipal
project
managing
services
through
the
completion
of
initial
construction.
A
A
AK
E
I
was
very
disheartened
to
hear
that
our
unanimous
vote
had
been
used
to
undo
a
temporary
stop
order
or
had
been
used
as
a
reason
to
undo
a
temporary
stop
order,
and
I
just
don't
want
my
vote
to
ever
be
construed
as
a
reason
to
not
pursue
the
environmental
justice
process
that
I
think
is
happening.
Ultimately,
I
think
this
project,
like
most
highway
designs,
that
came
out
of
the
60s,
was
based
in
a
racist
ideology
and
goes
against
all
of
the
tenets
of
environmental
justice
that
I
believe
in
so
based
on
that.
E
I
just
wanted
to
have
the
opportunity
to
vote
no
on
this
and
many
future,
probably
votes
and
again.
That
speaks
nothing
to
dpw's
work,
which
I
think
has
done
a
tremendous
job
of
making
this
an
acceptable
project
to
the
city.
So
both
want
to
thank
you
for
your
work
and
I
will
be
voting
now
on
this
item.
A
A
AK
What
we
do
is
towards
the
end
of
the
initial
construction
contract.
The
final
plan
set
needs
to
be
developed
for
the
final
construction
contract.
The
initial
design
was
split
into
two.
This
initial
construction
contract
bid
set
was
all
put
together.
The
same
thing
would
need
to
be
done
for
the
final
graphs.
Now
it's
not
saying
that
we're
issuing
or
doing
it
moving
forward
with
that,
but
it's
the
preparation
work
that
needs
to
be
done
in
order
to
then
look
to
move
forward
with
bidding.
AC
Okay,
understood
I
mean
I
will
say
that
does
make
it
does
make
me
somewhat
uncomfortable.
I
guess,
because
I
had
understood
it
to
be
very
much
that
we
wouldn't
begin
putting
resources
towards
towards
phase
two
at
this
stage
yet,
and
even
that
preliminary
work
is
money
that
we
would
be
spending
towards
phase
two,
so
that
that
does
concern
me.
Thank
you.
AK
I
would
say
that
the
that
effort
was
very
small.
It's
just
one
of
those
things
that,
towards
the
end
of
the
project
of
the
initial
construction
project,
that
work
would
be
commencing
now,
depending
upon
where
the
project
is
at
that
point
as
well
would
dictate
whether
or
not
that
work
was
proceeding.
So
this
would
allow
for
them
to
assist
the
city
when
we
get
to
that
juncture
does
not
dictate
that
what
will
be
moved
forward
so.
L
AC
C
Well,
you
had
me
until
like
that
last
point
right
because
I
don't
want
to
spend
a
dime,
not
one
dime,
on
a
connection
of
189
to
the
maple
street
king
street
neighborhood.
Now
that's
just
my
vote
and
if
I-
and
so
I
would
ask
you
to
sever
that
aspect
now,
you
can
come
back.
If
this
is
going
to
happen
over
a
period
of
time,
then
there's
no
reason
to
come
back
and
ask
that
that
work
be
done.
C
You
know
af
upon
a
future
authorization,
but
I
I'm
not
willing
to
to
do
to
spend
money
on
a
connection
of
189
to
to
maple
street.
I
am
supportive
of
phase
one
made
that
very
clear
and
if
the
railroad
enterprise
project
fails,
I
won't
support
the
connection.
I've
made
that
absolutely
clear
and
in
public.
So
I
need
you
to
walk
through
how
I
make
sure
that
I
am
not
authorizing
the
payment
of
any
money
to
design
a
connection
with
the
on
to
maple
street,
and
if
you
cannot
do
that,
then
you
can.
AK
AL
C
I'd
make
that
I
don't
know
if
it's
a
motion
or
it's
an
amendment
to
to
the
to
the
current
motion.
That's
there
asking
that
we
not
expend
that
we
know
that
we
not
do
the
work.
However,
you
said
it
all
right,
I
don't
I
don't
have
it
it's
getting
late,
but
I
you
know
where
you
know
what
I'm
doing
so.
I
need
some
help
here
in
wanting
to
to
get
that
done,
because
that
community
has
suffered
enough.
A
Okay,
we're
going
we're
going
to
have
to.
I
understand
you
want
to
make
an
amendment
to
the
motion,
we're
going
to
need
to
probably
a
couple
of
minutes
to
be
able
to
work
the
wording
out
on
that
I'll
I'll
go
to
counselor
zhang.
Who
is
next
in
the
queue?
Perhaps
you
might
be
able
to
work
that
out,
if
not
we'll
take
a
couple
minutes
break
after
councillor
jang,
please
go
ahead.
Councillor
jang.
AM
AM
To
just
comment
that,
mr
corey,
I
am
pretty
aware
of
the
great
work
you
do
on
the
king
street
neighborhood
of
for
your
children,
and
I
know
as
a
person
of
color.
You
will
not
do
anything
to
arm
that
population,
because
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
as
well,
because
I
have
seen
you
into
action,
doing
great
work
for
king
street
and
the
kids
who
are
utilizing
that
facility.
Thank
you.
AI
AM
A
AK
A
C
L
A
AL
A
AM
AK
AM
AD
AK
We
are
still
getting
their
assistance
on
the
initial
construction
contract
and,
as
the
contract
has
with
them
has
been
going.
What
this
is
saying
is
that
I'm
understanding
the
intent
is
that
the
council
does
not
wish
for
any
of
the
additional
services
to
go
towards
the
final
construction
contract
at
this
point,
but.
AK
AD
AB
AD
A
Right,
okay,
I
think
thank
you,
councillor
carpenter.
I
think
the
point
of
the
amendment-
and
others
can
say
if
they
disagree-
is
that
there
are
concerns
about
the
rail
yard
enterprise
project
and
wanting
to
do
this
in
a
way
in
a
deliberative
fashion,
so
that
we
know
what
we
are
doing
in
advance
of
doing
it,
and
that,
I
believe,
is
the
is
the
majority
of
the
reason
for
the
amendment.
But
if
other
the
maker
maker
has.
C
I
I
will
just
say
I
supported
phase
one
very
clearly
saying
that
I
would
not
support
phase
two
that
I
needed
to
as
it
like,
would
connect
to
the
to
maple
street
that
we
needed
to
have
the
railroad
enterprise
district.
So
that
makes
that
clear-
and
I
I
need
this
vote
to
be
true
to
myself,
because
otherwise
I'm
just
getting
my
I'm
just
fooling
myself
and
I'm
not
going
to
do
that.
AC
Yeah,
just
going
off
of
that
is
staff
did
tons
of
work
to
bifurcate.
Maybe
that's
the
wrong
word,
but
separate
this
project
into
the
two
phases
so
that
the
city
council
would
retain
the
ability
to
potentially
not
move
forward
with
phase
two
or
delay
phase
two
depending
on
other
construction
in
the
south
end
and
how
this
would
impact
people's
livelihood
in
the
south
end
and
especially
in
the
king,
maple
neighborhood.
AC
So
for
us
you
know,
after
doing
all
that
work
for
us
to
then
put
money
towards
paying
a
contractor
to
start
preparing
bid
documents
for
phase
two
is
not
really
consistent
with
the
the
bifurcation
and
leaving
that
flexibility
and
not
putting
resources.
Yet
towards
that.
So
I
think
the
amendment
makes
sense
and
and
I'll
support
it.
A
A
Are
there
any
opposed?
Please
say
no,
so
that
that
amendment
passes
unanimously,
so
we're
back
to
the
we're
back
to
the
recommended
action,
and
if
there
are
no
comments
on
the
recommended
action,
as
amended,
we'll
go
to
a
vote
all
those
in
favor
of
the
recommended
action,
as
amended.
Please
say:
aye
aye,.
AC
E
A
A
A
Okay
and
the
seconded
by
councilor
jang,
you
wanted
the
floor
back
counselor
mcgee!
No,
I
I
wasn't
sure
so.
The
floor
is
open
for
any
comments
or
questions
from
the
council
and
then
after
that,
if
there
are
any
comments
from
the
bargaining
team
or
the
cao
who
wish
to
speak
to
this
will
come
to
you.
Are
there
any
counselors
who
wish
to
speak
to
this
councillor?
Carpenter.
A
AN
Didn't
think
it
would
be
that
long
seems
to
always
go
that
way.
Now.
This
is
probably
one
of
the
best
contracts
I've
ever
seen
working
on
three
of
them
over
the
last
last
decade.
I
believe
that
your
employees,
we
had
98
of
the
vote
that
came
through.
We
had
a
big
turnout
at
the
airport
dpw
a
lot
of
the
employees
came
out,
but
we
really
worked
pretty
hard
with
catherine
and
and
karen
and
justin,
I'm
sorry
to
see
him
go.
He
was
a
really
big
asset
to
the
city
as
well.
AN
AN
AN
AN
AN
You
know
the
next
four
years
and
not
leave
which
will
help
the
workforce
on
attrition,
so
you'll
be
keeping
a
lot
of
the
skill
set
of
the
individuals
that
are
there
to
retain
it
to
carry
over
from
staffing
that
are
there.
So
I
really
commend
the
city
on
their
acts
of
negotiating
and
being
able
that
I
got
to
spend
24
hours
and
two
days
to
try
to
get
it
ratified
and
all
the
areas
that
were
there.
AN
A
A
AN
A
J
A
Thank
you,
ceo
shad.
Seeing
no
other
comments,
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
so
we'll
go
to
a
vote.
All
those
in
favor
of
the
ratification
of
tentative
agree
of
the
tentative
agreement
and
authorization
execute
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
between
the
city
of
burlington
and
our
afscme
employees
for
july
1,
2022
to
june
30
2026,
please
say:
aye.
C
A
A
Thank
you
thanks
damian
for
being
here,
so
that
will
move
us
on
to
at
the
end
of
our
agenda
was
item
6.09.
That
is
simply
because,
when
we
amend
our
agenda
we
can't
add
to
it.
We
have
to
add
at
the
end,
so
we
will
go
to
agenda
item
6.045,
which
is
a
resolution,
the
ratification
of
the
tentative
agreement
and
authorization
to
execute
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
between
the
city
of
burlington
and
and
pop
the
bpoa
number
zero.
A
A
A
N
A
A
A
C
Point
of
point
of
information
or
order.
We
are
getting
close
to
the
time
and
I
would
maybe
move
to
suspend
the
rules
it
may
be.
Is
it
too
early
to
suspend
the
rules
and
have
us
finish
all
the
items
on
the
deliberative
item
on
the
deliberative
agenda,
so
that
would
go
through
6.08
with
the
schools
who
are
patiently
waiting
in
the
back
row?
There.
A
Great,
so
emotion
has
been
made
to
suspend
our
rules
to
complete
the
items
on
our
deliberative
agenda,
which
would
be
from
6.05
to
6.08.
Is
there
a
second
to
that
that
would
be
seconded
by
councilor
mcgee,
all
those
in
favor
of
the
motion
to
suspend
the
rules
to
complete
our
deliberative
agenda?
Please
say:
aye:
are
there
any
opposed
so
that
passes
unanimously
again
with
counselors,
hightower
and
house
that
are
absent?
However,
it
is
a
unanimous
vote,
so
thank
you
so
much
councillor
berkman,
so
we'll
go
on
we'll
go
back
to
6.05.
AC
Great
so
I'll
move
to
waive
the
third
reading
and
mourn
the
ordinance
with
technical
corrections
recommended
by
the
planning
commission.
In
addition
to
I'm,
just
gonna
incorporate
the
other
amendments
too.
So
I
I
believe
it's
all
captured
in
the
the
document
that
says
final
and
for
public
hearing.
Okay,.
AC
Oh
got
it:
okay,
I'm
glad
you
yeah.
I
was
unsure
of
that.
So
I'll
move
that
which
does
incorporate
those
additional
changes,
ordinance
I'll.
Just
I'm
just
going
to
read
the
title:
ordinance,
counselor
hanson,
za2207,
cdo,
article
4
and
8
re
min
and
max
parking
7,
8
22,
pc
recommendations,
pdf.
So
I'm
moving
that
which
is
and
moving
to
waive
the
third
reading,
worn
the
ordinance
as
laid
out
in
that
document
for
for
public
hearing.
AC
M
M
A
A
A
B
Well,
I
I
actually
think
it's
worth
yielding
back
to
councillor
hansa.
You
know
I
would
just
say
that
it
is
worth
noting.
I
know
that
the
ordinance
committee
with
the
prior
council
spent
a
great
deal
of
time
on
this
at
least
five
public
meetings.
I
know
the
planning
commission
as
well.
I
spent
a
great
deal
of
time
on
this
with
at
least
five
public
meetings
themselves,
as
well
as
a
public
hearing
on
it.
AC
Back
sure,
yeah
I'll
try
to
abbreviate
what
I
was
gonna
say
because
we're
we've
now
we're
taking
this
up
very
late,
but
yeah.
This
we've
been
discussing
this
issue
since
2019
the
housing
summit,
at
least
that
long-
and
this
is
an
issue
that
is
beneficial
in
a
number
of
ways.
It's
beneficial
for
housing,
climate,
livability,
transportation,
safety,
urban
heat
effects,
so
many
different
issues,
cost
of
living
and
more,
and
I
think
this
is
a
really
exciting
step
forward.
AC
I
you
know
the
ordinance
committee
spent
a
few
months
on
it.
During
that
time,
planning
commission
also
held
multiple
meetings
on
it.
We
did
have
at
least
one
joint
meeting
during
that
time.
It
was
passed
again
unanimously
by
the
council
in
march.
Really,
the
only
changes
since
that
unanimous
reading
second
reading
in
march
is
really
what
came
from
the
planning
commission.
AC
However,
you'll
notice,
we
didn't
take
everything
that
they
recommended.
This
has
been
a
long
and
subsident.
Part
of
this
debate
is
around
the
tdm
aspect
and
in
their
memo
they
recommended
some
pretty
big
changes
that
again
have
been
raised
throughout
since
2019,
and
that's
not
the
direction
that
we've
we've
chosen
to
go
this
far.
I
don't
feel
the
need
to
get
super
deep
into
that
unless
we
need
to,
but
we
did
take
basically
their
other
all
their
other
changes.
The
technical
changes
and
the
more
minor
changes
are
incorporated
into
this.
AC
So
all
that
being
said,
I
think
this
is
a
huge
opportunity
to
do
something
really
meaningful
on
housing
and
climate
and
other
issues,
and
I
hope
we
can
get
this
done
tonight
in
terms
of
some
of
the
other
issues
that
we've
heard
sort
of
just
in
the
last
few
hours
around
a
waiver
process.
I
think
that's
definitely
worth
looking
at.
AC
A
AO
Thank
you
I'll
just
say.
Thanks
to
the
council
on
the
council
ordinance
committee,
that
spent
time
on
this
ordinance,
as
councilor
hanson
said,
I
think
that
policies
to
help
us
reduce
the
impact
of
parking
on
housing,
cost
housing,
availability
and
land
use
in
general
has
long
been
a
policy
objective
that
our
department
has
been
interested
in
working
with
you
and
the
planning
commission
to
help
advance.
So
thank
you
to
councillor
hanson
for
continuing
to
move
this
policy
broader
than
the
areas
that
we
had
initially
adopted
it
and
expand
it
citywide.
AO
I
appreciate
as
well
the
council
ordinance
committee's
engagement
with
the
planning
commission
really
on
their
behalf.
Thank
you
for
giving
them
the
opportunity
to
review
the
ordinance
and
provide
you
with
detailed
feedback
both
early
in
your
process,
as
well
as
at
the
end
here
during
the
technical
amendment
process.
A
A
AG
A
Any
opposed,
please
say
no,
no!
No!
So
there
is
one
absent.
The
vote
is
ten
ten
eyes,
one,
nay
and
one
absent
yes
and
councilor
freeman.
Is
there
as
well?
So,
yes,
that
is
the
vote.
Thank
you
so
much
the
motion
passes
so
we'll
move
on
to
item
6.06,
which
is
an
ordinance
electricity,
permitting
fees
and
reporting
structure.
B
A
B
Thank
you
very
much,
president
paul.
In
the
interest
of
time
I
spoke
with
director
ward,
who
is
here
prior
to
this
agenda
item
and
spoke
to
him
about
my
as
as
chair
of
the
ordinance
committee,
providing
a
brief
overview
of
the
resolution.
The
resolution
is
is
relatively
minor
in
nature.
It
makes
some
technical
changes
in
updating
the
name
of
the
department
and
of
director
ward's
title
as
well.
It
it
updates
the
pronouns
within
the
resolution
to
gender
neutral
pronouns.
B
B
And
finally,
it
does
include
a
slight
increase
to
fees
associated
with
electric
inspections.
I
can
say
that
director
ward
came
to
the
ordinance
committee
explaining
how
the
current
fees
do
not
cover
the
administrative
expenses
of
the
electrical
inspections
taking
place.
Unlike
some
other
inspections
that
take
place
throughout
the
city,
there
is
no
re-inspection
fee
associated
with
electric
inspection,
so
that
is
added
by
this
as
well.
I
know
director
ward
is
here
to
answer
any
questions,
but
I
think
that
covers
it
all.
A
A
A
AP
AP
AP
AP
We've
also
begun,
but
have
not
done
as
much
public
stakeholder
engagement
as
we
would
like
to
and
as
outlined
in
the
kind
of
the
forward-looking
time
frame,
but
we
have
had
engagement
with
the
university
of
vermont
with
university
of
vermont
medical
center
and
champlain
college,
and
we
are
looking
forward
to
additional
engagement
there
and
we
tried
to
summarize
very
briefly
the
different
sectors:
new
construction,
major
renovation
and
then
city
buildings
and
large
existing
commercial
buildings,
some
different
thoughts
there,
I
think,
with
new
construction.
We
already
have
a
primary
renewable
heating
ordinance.
AP
AP
Note
that
the
definition
in
the
primary
renewable
heating
ordinance
is
relatively
broad
includes
a
variety
of
renewable
fuels
and
technologies.
We
have
some
ideas
for
expanding
that
definition
for
additional
policy
and
trying
to
make
it
as
flexible
and
inclusive
as
possible
for
major
renovation.
We
have
a
recommendation
to
include
a
definition
in
the
final
report.
We
did
not
make
one
in
this
report
and
then
for
large
existing
buildings
and
city
buildings.
We
reviewed
two
different
approaches.
AP
AP
AP
That
gives
them
more
more
flexibility
to
achieve
that,
and
we
also
recommend
that
for
building
owners
that
have
multiple
buildings
that
might
be
included
in
this
cohort
that
they
would
have
the
option
to
comply
over
the
portfolio
of
buildings
as
opposed
to
a
single
building
approach.
That
will
give
them
more
flexibility
to
achieve
reductions
in
some
of
the
buildings
that
are
easier.
AP
There
are
going
to
be
issues
around
historic
preservation,
whether
things
like
process
steam,
which
is
used
at
places
like
the
hospital,
should
be
included
or
not
included
in
this
type
of
definition,
and
there
are
two
cross-cutting
issues
that
we
outlined:
one
is
as
allowed
by
the
charter
change.
Should
we
have
some
sort
of
alternative
compliance
carbon
fee?
AP
We
also
note
that,
given
the
advisory
question
item,
seven
on
the
town
meeting
day,
ballot
from
2021
the
desired
to
have
the
benefits
of
this
policy
flow
to
disadvantaged
burlingtonians,
that
that
may
be
an
opportunity
to
feed
proceeds.
If
there
is
an
alternative
compliance
carbon
fee
to
dedicate
a
portion
of
those
funds
to
projects
that
might
benefit
the
communities
that
were
named
in
ballot
item
seven
and
then,
lastly,
making
sure
that,
as
we
did
with
the
rental
weatherization
standards,
all
of
the
bed.
AP
And
given
it's
only
been
two
months,
we
did
lay
out
a
additional
several
months
time
frame,
including
a
public
forum,
additional
policy,
research,
engagement
with
the
mpas
and
then
trying
to
have
a
final
report
to
the
council
at
the
end
of
october,
with
the
idea
that
if
there
is
an
alternative
compliance,
carbon
fee
proposed
that
has
to
go
back
to
voters
likely,
I
would
assume
on
town
meeting
day
in
2023
per
the
charter
change.
So
we
hope
that
that
time
frame
gives
us
the
opportunity
to
to
do
that
if
that
is
proposed.
AP
A
Great
thanks
very
much
darren,
and
thank
you
also
for
acknowledging
that
we
have
not
only
in
addition
to
you
and
to
bill.
We
also
have
jen
green
and
chris
byrne
from
berlin
burns
from
burlington
electric
and
patty
wieman,
the
housing
housing
division
manager
were
there
any
things
anything
that
any
of
the
four
of
you
would
wanted
to
add
to
this.
A
AC
As
you
can
see,
we've
had
a
lot
on
our
plate.
The
last
few
days
getting
ready
for
this
meeting
so
definitely
we'll
be
engaging
with
you
more.
But
one
immediate
question
is:
did
you
all
evaluate
a
ban
on
gas
hookups
for
new
for
new
buildings,
and,
if
so,
can
you
share
what
you
found
in
that
evaluation.
AP
AC
AM
AP
They,
I
think,
like
the
city,
are
on
a
mission
to
take
steps
relative
to
climate,
and
so
I
think,
we're
aligned
in
our
mission
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
think
we'll
find
not
just
from
uvm,
but
probably
from
everybody
who
might
have
a
building
that's
affected
by
this.
Is
they
want
the
city
to
set
policy?
That's
realistic!
AP
That's
pragmatic!
That's
achievable
that
takes
economics
into
consideration
and
takes
the
current
economic
situation
into
consideration.
We
have
high
inflation.
We
have
volatile
fuel
prices.
I
think
there
are
great
opportunities
to
reduce
that
volatility
by
moving
off
of
fossil
fuel.
So
I
think
this
is
an
opportunity
as
well,
but
I
think
we're
going
to
have
alignment,
I
believe,
on
the
idea
of
wanting
buildings
to
be
more
efficient
to
reduce
fossil
fuel
use.
AP
AM
AP
That's
correct
this
it's
worth
repeating
over
and
over
again,
I
know
there
are
misconceptions:
this
does
not
affect
existing
residential
buildings
as
it's
been
drafted
and,
as
we've
been
working
on
it
I
would
affect
new
construction
would
affect
large
existing
commercial
buildings.
We're
not
looking
to
have
this
effect,
at
least
in
this
iteration
small
businesses.
AP
This
is
about
larger
buildings
that
have
a
capital
budget
that
are
making
plans
over
a
period
of
time
and
making
sure
that
city
policy
can
move
those
buildings
towards
more
efficiency
and
fossil
fuel
reduction,
and
this
also
affects
city
buildings.
So
our
recommendation
is
that
whatever
we
decide
on
as
a
community
for
large,
existing
commercial
buildings
should
also
apply
to
city
buildings.
The
city
can
continue
to
lead
by
example
as
well.
Yeah.
AM
AP
AP
So
we're
working
under
the
council
resolution
from
may.
That
really
said,
we
want
you
to
look
at
new
construction,
major
renovation,
large
existing
buildings,
city
buildings.
So
that's
what
that's!
What
we're
focused
on
here?
Not
residential
buildings
and
the
city
could
decide
in
the
future
that
it
wants
to
take
a
different
or
more
expansive
approach.
But
that's
not
what
we're
focused
on
at
the
moment.
A
A
A
A
Thank
you
so
much
for
to
all
of
you
to
superintendent,
flanagan,
chair
claire
wall
and
finance
director
nathan,
lavery
of
the
schools.
My
understanding
is,
you
have
a
powerpoint
and
if
you
could,
you
know
take
hopefully
no
more
than
about
10
minutes
to
give
us
that
that
presentation
and
then
we'll
go
to
counselor
question
and
further
discussion
thanks.
So
much
for
being
here.
AQ
AQ
So
we
have
a
couple
of
slides
here
that
we've
already
gone
through,
so
I
won't
go
through
those
again
and
we'll
just
keep
jumping
after
that
one
there's
the
schematic
design,
which
you
can
again
see
laid
out
on
the
building
laid
out
on
the
on
the
property
there.
The
next
design
next
slide
shows
similar
design
or
the
same
design
from
a
different
angle,
pretty
beautiful
building.
AQ
If
I
do
say
so
myself,
I
didn't
design
it
though,
and
then
the
next
slide
is
where
we'll
get
into
the
the
answers
and
to
the
questions
that
you
brought
forward
to
us,
and
the
first
question
is
really
is
about
and
following
up
to
the
last
presentation
on
the
building
and
energy
efficiency.
So
question
came
to
us
about
the
will.
AQ
The
building
be
net
zero
and
I
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
you
all
understand
that
we
take
this
question
very
seriously
and
the
importance
of
energy
efficiency
extremely
seriously
as
a
as
a
educational
operation.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
are.
We
are
leading
the
way
and
that
our
students
understand
the
importance
of
of
the
environment,
the
climate
and
the
impact
that
humans
are
having
on
the
climate.
AQ
So
we
are
doing.
We
are
conducting
energy
modeling
right
now.
We're
designing
right
now
for
leed
certification,
but
the
net
zero
potential
still
remains
there.
There
is
a
cost
benefit
analysis
that
we
will
need
that
we
are
that
we
need
to
conduct
and
also
we
need
to
decide
if
we're
going
to
continue
to
use
the
wood
chip
plant.
That
was
built
in
20
and
2006
2007
that
currently
heats.
The
building
and
wood
chip
plants
are
inherently
not
net
zero.
AQ
That's
my
understanding
from
our
team,
and
so
that's
something
that
we
we
have
to
work
through
and
we
are
working
toward
having
more
concrete
answers
to
that
question
pre-bond.
So
we're
ready
to
talk
more
about
that
if
you'd
like,
but
are
also
in
deeply
investigating
this
and
we'll
be
making
it
we'll
make
sure
that
we
have
more
specific
answers
to
that
as
we
move
forward.
AQ
AQ
We
have
a
thousand
students
going
to
school
every
day
that
don't
have.
That
would
not
have
the
certainty
of
a
building
and
we're
currently
in
a
temporary
space.
That
is
not
not
a
long-term
solution
for
for
our
students
and
and
the
biggest
concern
that
I
have
is
that
students
who
have
been
historically
marginalized
by
our
systems
or
are
at
most
risk
for
being
further
marginalized
through
the
delay
of
a
of
a
building
so
I'll
leave
it
at
that.
So
that's
those
are
the
the
answers
to
those
those
two
questions
there.
AQ
AQ
Tax
impacts
will
come
in
late
july,
so
we
will
have
a
better
sense
of
the
exact
tax
implications
in
late
july
and
we
are.
We
are
aggressively
and
actively
fundraising
and
we'll
be
able
to
continue
to
fundraise
after
the
vote,
because
it's
it
the
the
funds
that
we
are
seeking.
Many
of
the
funds
that
we're
seeking
are
coming
through
from
from
federal
programs
that
we
can
apply
to
we've
already
applied
to
a
couple.
AQ
I
mentioned
those
last
time
so
that
will
that
will
continue
and
the
question
the
last
question
was
about
the
funding
and
what
funding
is
in
place,
and
I
would
just-
and
so
the
funding
we've
already
identified,
25
million
through
grants
and
savings
and
reduce
the
cost
of
the
original
design
by
20
million,
and
we've
also
chosen
of
the
five
option
designs
that
were
presented
to
us
by
our
design
team.
The
least
expensive
option
from
the
start.
AQ
So
we'll
we'll
continue,
though,
to
com
complete
or
we
are
completing
we're
sort
of
in
the
end
process
of
doing
the
state
and
federal
research
and
I've
identified.
We
have
identified
funding
sources
to
go
after
and
we
are
going
after
those
now
working
in
collaboration
with
senators,
leahy
sanders
and
representative
welch
in
that
work
and
also
partnering
with
the
burlington
student
foundation,
so
that
we
can
launch
fundraising
efforts
to
private
for
private
fundraising
and
we
have
a
mechanism
to
be
able
to
bring
those
funding
streams
toward
this
project.
AQ
AQ
Once
we
get
the
schematic
design,
cost
estimates
in
july
and
the
bond
ballot
item,
then
we
plan
to
bring
to
you
on
october
15th,
sorry
august,
not
october.
Thank
you.
What
time
is
it
and
and
then
we
can
take
questions
now
or
we
can
also
take
them
and
answer
them
now
or
we
can
take
them
now
and
provide
some
written
commentary.
I
H
AQ
AQ
We
were,
we
were,
we
were
and
still
are,
aiming
for
150,
but
we
are
coming
up
to
a
critical
moment
in
time,
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
we
have
been
thinking
about
is
the
wording
of
the
bond
language.
So
there
have
been
prior
bonds
that
have,
and
really
any
bond
says
that
you
will
borrow
up
to
a
certain
amount.
So
we
had
a
bond
that
the
citizens
of
brunton
voted
on.
That
said,
we
would
borrow
up
to
70
million
for
the
renovation
project
that
we
didn't
complete.
AQ
We
did
not
borrow,
we
borrowed
66
million
of
the
70
million,
and
then
we
did
not
borrow
the
rest
of
the.
We
did
not
borrow
the
66
million,
so
it's
an
example
of
we
don't
have
to
borrow
what
we
what
we
ask
for
in
the
bond,
and
we
are
going
to
continue
to
aggressively,
seek
funding
for
that.
The
cost
of
the
the
current
estimate
for
the
bond-
if
it
if,
if
we,
if
it
was
today,
is
165
million
dollars,
and
so
that's
where
we're
modeling.
What
that?
AQ
What
the
impact
of
that
165
million
dollars
will
be
on
taxpayers
and
the
tax
implications,
and
our
team
team
is
working
on
that.
But
it's
important
to
note,
because
I've
heard
that
there's
some
question
about
cost
of
the
building.
The
cost
of
the
building
is
pretty
strictly
based
on
the
square
footage
at
this
point,
and
it
is
the
cost
of
a
high
school
building
in
our
region.
Now,
and
we
chose
the
least
expensive
option
from
the
beginning
of
the
five
options.
AQ
AG
H
Great
thank
you
and
I
certainly
appreciate
the
care
and
attention
you've
paid
to
making
sure
that
we're
bonding
for
what
we
might
need
for
this
project
and
also
all
the
avenues
you're
pursuing
to
reduce
the
impact
on
taxpayers.
So
look
forward
to
supporting
this
going
forward
and
hopefully
having
a
new
bhs
by
august
of
2025..
Thank
you.
E
This
isn't
a
question.
This
is
more
a
comment,
but
just
looking
at
the
new
schematic
designs
and
how
much
grading
will
likely
have
to
be
done
behind
the
building
for
parking
and
just
maybe
a
small
nudge
of
encouragement
to
look
at
what
the
cost
of
the
building
is
versus
the
cost
of
that
parking.
And
then,
if
we're
going
to
make
cuts
somewhere,
maybe
making
it
to
the
parking
and
especially
thinking
about
what
we
could
possibly
be
by
2025
and
or
beyond
and
yeah.
AQ
AQ
AI
Thank
you,
and
I
want
to
reiterate
my
thanks
to
you
for
sticking
with
us
for
for
so
long
tonight.
My
question
is
more
about
the
progress
I'm
wondering
about
the
progress
you've
made
in
trying
to
find
alternative
sources
of
funding.
Specifically
for
remediation.
We
know.
30
million
dollars
of
the
up
to
30
million
dollars
of
the
project
is
for
site
remediation
and
demolition,
and
50
million
dollars
is
to
support
the
tech
center.
And
my
understanding
is
you
know.
AQ
Yeah
well,
yes
and
I'll:
ask
nathan
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
the
fundraising
efforts,
because
he'll
have
a
little
bit
more
detail
on
the
specific
programs
that
we're
eligible.
We
think
we're
eligible
for
and
are
applying
for
or
we
are
eligible
and
applying
for.
But
I
also
wanna,
but
in
terms
of
the
of
the
technical
center
we've
already
taken.
AQ
We
we
are
not
planning
to
go
to
bond,
to
support
that,
because
we
already
we
have
10
million
dollars
that
we
received
in
a
grant
that
we
applied
for
through
senator
leahy's
office.
So
that's
that's
that
10
million
is
in
addition
to
the
to
the
25
million
plus
the
20
million,
that
we
pulled
off
that
we've
already
taken
away
from
the
project.
So
I'd
say:
we've
put
in
we've,
put
significant
effort
toward
reducing
the
overall
cost
of
the
building
already,
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
that
through
specific
fundraising.
AQ
AR
So,
with
respect
specifically
to
pcb
remediation
and
kind
of
how
we
dispose
of
the
buildings,
we've
got
a
couple
opportunities.
There.
There's
significant
money
in
the
state
budget
put
toward
dealing
with
pcbs
in
schools,
not
all
for
burlington.
Obviously,
most
of
that
money
is
not
going
to
be
available
until
next
year,
which
is
an
example
of
what
we
talked
about
earlier
with
respect
to
needing
to
bond
for
the
amount
we
need,
because
we
won't
have
certainty
on
what
on
what
kind
of
allocation
we
could
get.
AR
But
that's
you
know
a
very
real
source
right.
There.
We've
also
made
some
progress
trying
to
and
work
with
with
our
attorneys
on
the
potential
eligibility
for
brownfields
money
there
there
may
be
a
path
toward
eligibility
for
brownfields
money,
which
would
be
a
another
opportunity
and
there's
formally
the
limits
to
brownfield
awards
were
lower,
but
more
recently
there
was.
AR
The
state
creates
more
flexibility
in
the
size
of
those
awards,
and
so
we
think
that
there's
a
potential
there
to
you
know
best
case
scenario,
probably
be
kind
of
an
eight
figure
award.
That's
all
at
this
point.
It's
not
concrete,
but
those
are
the
areas
that
we're
pursuing
aggressively
and
then
beyond
that
there
are
a
number
of
other
opportunities
for
funding,
other
pieces
and
components
of
the
project,
be
it
storm
water,
the
kind
of
landscape
and
environmental
design,
elements
of
it.
AR
Things
like
electric
car
charging
stations
even
like
there's
a
lot
of
different
avenues.
We've
looked
at
both
the
state
budget
and
the
federal
infrastructure
bill
to
identify
all
those
sources
and
then
we've
prioritized,
which
of
those
we
feel
like.
We
have
the
most
potential
to
kind
of
draw
down
or
you
know
achieve,
and
I
think
the
good
news
is
that
these
are
all
as
superintendent
superintendent
flanagan
mentioned,
they're
all
existing
programs
predominantly.
AR
So
we
know
that
even
should
we
successfully
pass
a
bond
that
doesn't
change
our
eligibility
for
these
programs,
meaning
that
we
could
still
draw
down
at
least
as
much
money
as
we
would
need
to
reduce
our
borrowing
to
150
million
and
perhaps
even
below
that
amount.
We
won't
necessarily
know
that
by
the
time
we
go
to
voters,
but
the
potential
will
remain
even
after
the
bond
vote.
AR
B
Thank
you.
President.
Paul
council
barlow
asked
one
question
that
I
had
I
I
echo
the
comments
made
appreciating
your
being
with
us
late
this
evening,
mindful
the
fact
that
this
is
our
last
meeting
before
our
meeting
on
august
15th
when
we'll
be
voting
on
a
bond.
So
thank
you
for
taking
time
with
the
questions.
Councilor
mcgee
mentioned
our
discussion
at
our
last
meeting.
With
respect
to
150
million.
I
know,
165
million
has
also
been
the
number.
B
B
I
suppose,
to
a
certain
extent,
though,
I'm
I
am
holding
my
breath,
as
I
suspect
you
may
be,
as
well
with
respect
to
estimates
to
come
at
the
end
of
this
month
regarding
the
schematic
design
cost
and
I'm
just
wondering
if
you
can
speak.
I
know
we've
been
speaking
quite
a
bit
to
each
other,
and
I
know
that
those
who
are
involved
in
the
schematic
design
have
been
tuned
into
these
meetings
as
well.
AQ
Yeah
I
mean
I
appreciate
you
bringing
that
up.
We've
certainly
stressed
the
importance
and
they're
very
aware,
having
been
here
through
the
last
meeting
and
and
just
knowing
that
this
is
an
important
part
of
the
of
the
puzzle
right
that
we
make
sure
that
we
are
really
mindful
of
the
impact
of
this
building
on
the
taxpayers
of
burlington.
AQ
AR
Just
just
a
kind
of
a
clarifying
element,
so
I
think
what
specifically
we're
talking
about
is
kind
of
the
design
elements
right
and
making
sure
that
our
design
team
understands
the
the
need
to
kind
of
produce
a
cost-effective
design,
which
I
think
they
are
aware
of,
and
they've
been
working
with
us.
Obviously,
to
maintain
that
there's
going
to
be
opportunities
in
the
future
as
well
to
make
design
decisions
that
would
reduce
the
cost,
albeit
potentially
in
in
ways
that
will
you
know,
force
us
to
grapple
with
difficult
choices.
AR
AR
The
last
thing
we
would
want
to
do
is
successfully
pass
a
bond
that
turns
out
to
be
insufficient
to
deliver
the
building
that
we
have
advertised
in
during
the
voting
process.
So
we
look
forward
to
those
numbers
but
as
as
you
noted,
I
think
we're
also
holding
our
breath
because
we
we
know
that
there
are
a
lot
of
pressures
and,
and
most
of
the
pressures
are
in
the
wrong
direction.
Right
now,.
AC
Great
thanks,
I
just
want
a
second
counselor
hightower's
push
for
looking
more
deeply
at
reducing
parking
as
a
as
a
cost-saving
mechanism
and
a
sustainability
measure
and
then
yeah.
I
would
love
to
follow
up
with
you
all
on
the
net
zero
piece,
maybe
with
burlington
electric
as
well.
Have
you
all
been
consulting
with
bed
on
that
aspect
of
this
or.
AR
AC
What
I'm
seeing
in
here
with
wood
chip
plants,
because,
at
least
under
the
the
ordinance
that
requires
new
buildings
to
have
primary
heating-
that's
renewable!
I
believe
wood
chips
are
allowed
under
that.
Maybe
you
all
don't
consider
them
net
zero,
maybe
that's
a
different
conversation,
but
yeah
anyways.
We
we
can
talk
about
it.
Offline
thanks.
AQ
A
AM
AM
Z
AM
AQ
AQ
AD
AD
A
A
If
there's
no
other
comments,
then
I
we
will
doesn't
appear
as
though
there
is
a
recommended
action.
So
I
guess
what
that
means.
Is
that
we'll
close
this
informational
item
and
thank
you
very
much,
we
will
look
forward
to
seeing
you
at
our
council
meeting
in
august
and
please
do
communicate
with
us
in
between
any
information
that
you
have,
and
you
can
share
with
us
would
be
greatly
appreciated
the
more
time
we
have
the
better
and
thank
you
as
well
for
staying
until
this
hour
greatly
appreciate
it.
A
That's
great,
thank
you
again,
so
that
completes
our
deliberative
agenda
and,
as
per
our
vote,
to
suspend
our
rules
that
completes
our
meeting.
So
I
will
take
a
motion
to
adjourn
a
motion
made
by
councillor
bergman
and
seconded
by
councilor
mcgee,
all
those
in
favor
of
the
motion
to
adjourn.
Please
say
I
I
I
assume
no
one
is
opposed.