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From YouTube: Essex Junction City Council - 8/10/2022
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Agenda:
00:00:00 Call to Order/Agenda Additions/Changes
00:00:44 Public to be Heard
00:05:24 Consider resolution of appreciation for the City Manager Recruitment & Hiring Planning Committees
00:09:50 Discuss ballot item to join Green Mountain Transit
00:35:08 Discuss ballot item to join the Winooski Valley Park District
00:56:29 Discuss ballot item to join the Chittenden County Communications Union District
01:20:08 Discuss ballot item to sell alcohol in the City of Essex Junction
01:21:39 Consider approval of November ballot articles
01:22:59 Discuss update regarding retail cannabis sales
01:34:55 Consider approval of Planning Commission updates to the Land Development Code and warning a public hearing
01:59:40 Consent Agenda
01:59:55 Reading File
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A
B
A
It's
all
good
mike
all
right,
so
we
have
no
agenda
additions
or
changes
no
need
to
approve
the
agenda
that
will
bring
us
into
public
to
be
heard.
This
is
a
portion
of
tonight's
meeting
where,
if
there
are
any
members
of
the
public
who
wish
to
bring
something
to
the
board's
attention
that
is
not
on
the
agenda,
then
now
was
the
time
to
do
so.
I
will
prioritize
those
in
the
room.
Is
there
anybody
here
this
evening,
who'd
like
to
bring
something
to
our
attention
that
is
not
on
the
agenda?
A
B
E
E
Okay,
so
now
you're
welcome.
Thank
you
for
everything
you
do
all
of
you.
Okay.
So
here
we
go.
I'm
sorry
that
I'm
starting
off
on
a
negative
note,
but
I
have
to
because
I
went
crazy
this
weekend
and
I
think
it
was
because
we
had
some
really
bad
guests
in
town
and
what
I
mean
by
bad
is
that
they
were
very
intrusive.
E
They
made
so
much
noise
that
we
had
to
stop
conversations
because
we
couldn't
hear
each
other
and
we
were
sitting
three
feet
apart.
It
was
the
car
show
and
it
was
the
cars.
The
noise
was
obnoxious.
It
was
loud,
it
didn't
stop.
I
I
have
meeting
on
friday
and
people
ask
me
if
I
was
okay,
because
at
one
point
the
one
that
sounded
like
gunshots
went
off.
I
jumped
the
cat
jumped
out
of
the
window.
That's
really
obnoxious
and
I
think
that
that
interferes
with
our
ability
to
pursue
happiness.
E
So
I
really
want
to
consider
not
renewing
that
contract
for
next
year.
I
don't
know
if
we
can.
You
know,
like
maybe
I
mean
I
know
it
wasn't
good
for
the
planet
with
all
those
cars-
and
I
know
the
noise
was
obnoxious,
and
I
know
I
wasn't
the
only
one
frustrated
by
it.
So
I
just
want
you
to
please
consider
that
and
then
there's
one
more
thing.
E
There's
a
front
porch
forum
conversation
going
on
about
the
cars
that
are
not
part
of
the
car
show,
and
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
appreciate
the
young
man
who
wanted
to
talk
about
it,
but
I
also
want
the
police
to
know
that
the
car
wash
on
weekends
is
where
they
go
for
an
echo
chamber,
and
I
can
verify
it
the
other
thing
I'm
I
used
to
have
a
friend
that
called
me
gladys
kravitz,
I'm
gonna,
be
glad.
Thank
you,
so
I
have
actually
been
making
videotapes.
E
This
is
really
crazy,
but
I've
been
making
videotapes
at
five
o'clock
in
the
morning
when
the
dumpsters
are
getting
emptied
and
I
have
sent
emails
to
the
red,
can
family
and
it
could
sell
people
and
let
them
know
that.
Please
stop
and
I
they
don't
listen
so
monday
mornings,
they
get
an
early
start,
and
so
do
I
and
I
don't
want
to
so.
I
would
just
like
to
bring
that
to
your
attention.
E
Yeah
they
go
to
dunkin
donuts,
that's
usually
if
they
catch
a
tail.
When
I
that's
monday
mornings
around
oh
geez,
about
five
o'clock,
it's
funny
because
they
woke
up
my
husband
while
I
was
videotaping,
so
I
didn't
want
to
save
that
video.
But
so
there
that's.
The
pattern
is
mondays
at
dunkin
donuts
and
they
do
a
couple
of
the
places,
but
the
trees
have
leaves
right
now.
E
C
Yeah
andrew
the
the
memo
is
in
there,
but
obviously
you
all
back
in
january,
took
the
initiative
to
engage
the
citizens
in
the
hiring
process,
recruitment
and
hiring
process.
You
had
11
folks
volunteer
and
accepted
all
of
them
and
put
them
onto
two
two
different
committees,
which
obviously
has
led
now
to
a
new
city
manager
being
hired,
and
so
certainly
they
put
a
lot
of
time
and
effort
into
this,
and
it
was
a
fruitful
one.
C
A
Thank
you,
brad.
I
also
want
to
make
sure
that
it's
it's
known
that
we
also
had
participation
from
two
of
our
our
counselors.
We
had
amber
tebow
and
george
tyler,
who
were
also
active
in
these
in
these
efforts.
So
I
really
appreciate
both
of
your
efforts
from
our
from
our
board
to
make
sure
that
connection
was
there.
A
B
F
And
whereas
the
village
trustees
in
january
2022
expressed
an
interest
in
involving
the
citizenry
in
planning
in
the
planning
process
to
recruit
and
hire
the
first
ever
city
manager
for
the
city
of
essex
junction
and
whereas
the
trustees
advertise
for
community
volunteers
to
fill
the
roles
for
the
recruitment
and
hiring
of
our
first
manager
and
11
members
of
the
community
applied.
And
whereas
the
trustees
decided
to
include
all
of
the
interested
community
volunteers
and
thus
appointed
two
separate
committees.
A
recruitment
planning
committee
and
hiring
planning
committee.
F
F
On
this
day,
wednesday
august
10th
2022,
the
essex
junction
city
council,
expresses
its
appreciation
to
bridget
meyer,
gabrielle
stevenson,
maggie
massey,
mary
moyer,
mike
playman,
mike
thorne,
christina
papadopoulos,
jacob
law,
chitan,
katka
and
john
warmer
for
your
efforts
in
the
senior
manager,
recruitment
and
hiring
planning
committees
that
resulted
in
the
hiring
of
our
first
ever
city
manager.
We
thank
you
for
your
time
and
service
to
our
community.
A
B
H
H
H
H
Happy
too
so
I
don't
know
who's
controlling
it,
but
we
can
just
scroll
down
so
just
a
quick
overview
of
who
we
are
back.
In
1973,
the
chittenden
county
transportation
authority
was
created
as
the
first
and
only
state
transit
authority.
In
2016
we
did
combine
with
two
rural
properties,
one
in
washington,
county
and
one
up
in
franklin,
grand
isle
county,
and
so
today
we
provide
service
in
six
counties
in
northwest
vermont.
H
We
are
the
largest
transit
agency
in
the
state,
as
you
can
imagine,
directed
by
13
member
board
of
commissioners,
and
we
have
about
180
employees.
160
vehicles
in
close
to
a
thousand
bus
stops
just
some
quick,
ridership
data.
This
is
a
trend
line
over
the
last
couple
years.
As
you
can
imagine,
we
saw
a
significant
drop
in
ridership
during
covid
and
we've
bounced
back
from
that.
We
provided
a
1.73
million
rides
in
fiscal
year,
22.
that's
about
75
of
our
pre-pandemic
ridership.
H
If
you
look
at
just
our
local
routes,
it's
about
85
percent
of
the
pre-pandemic.
The
commuter
routes
have
been
slower
to
come
back
with
teleworking
and
and
some
other
factors
in
terms
of
our
budget.
We
have
about
a
23
and
a
half
million
dollar
total
budget.
We
have
essentially
two
parts
of
our
business.
One
is
chittenden
county,
which
is
our
urban
business,
and
one
is
our
rural
business.
The
difference
there
is
just
how
we
get
our
federal
funding.
H
These
figures
are
a
little
bit
skewed
for
a
couple
reasons:
number
one:
we
are
still
spending
some
covert
relief
funds
we
received,
so
the
federal
share
is
quite
a
bit
larger
than
it
normally
is,
and
then
I
will
point
out
that
that
purple
slice
is
our
operating
revenues,
which
is
basically
our
fair
revenue.
Thanks
to
some
transportation
bill
funding
about
1.2
million,
we
received
this
fiscal
year,
we're
actually
fair
free,
so
most
of
that
purple
slice
is
actually
shifted
to
that
red
slice,
which
is
the
state
operating
revenue.
H
So,
for
essex
junction,
specific
services,
we
operate
two
fixed
routes.
The
first
route
is
the
essex
junction,
connects
downtown
burlington
out
to
five
corners.
Amtrak.
Is
the
terminus
stop
for
that
route
stops
at
40th
now
and
in
the
uvm
medical
center,
as
well
as
downtown
winooski,
provided
about
370
000
boardings
in
fiscal
year,
22,
our
second
highest
route
and
on
an
annual
basis
that
flip-flops?
Sometimes
that's
our
busiest
route,
so
a
critical
route
in
our
system
into
the
public
and
it
does
get
our
highest
service
level.
H
We
provide
service
seven
days
a
week,
we're
running
every
20
minutes
from
6am
to
6pm,
so
our
highest
frequency
and
we
operate
just
short
of
midnight
monday
through
saturday.
So
a
pretty
high
level
of
service,
the
wilson
essex
route,
a
much
lower
ridership
of
about
27
000
boardings
in
fy
22
connects
the
outlets
amtrak
and
then
out
to
taft's
corners,
much
lower
level
of
service.
We
do
operate
six
days
a
week,
but
that
bus
runs
every
75
minutes
roughly
from
7
a.m,
until
7
15
p.m.
H
Besides
those
two
fix
route
services,
we
do
operate
the
complimentary
ada
service.
We
actually
contract
that
to
ssta
and
that
service
is
for
eligible
passengers
within
three
quarters
of
a
mile
of
a
bus
route
that
cannot
access
that
bus
for
disability
or
other
reasons.
So
those
folks,
still
under
the
federal
regulations,
have
access
to
that
door-to-door
transportation
in
essex.
H
We
also
have
a
unique
agreement
with
the
essex
senior
band,
so
we
leased
two
senior
vans
to
the
town
of
essex,
operated
by
the
parks
and
recreation
department
that
provides
free
transportation
for
residents
over
the
age
of
60..
Those
vans
are
80,
funded
through
federal
dollars,
10
from
the
vermont
agency
of
transportation
and
the
town
kicks
in
10
of
the
local
match.
So
that
may
be
one
area
that
you
know
as
we
go
through
this
process,
we'll
have
to
discuss
how
that's
allocated.
H
In
terms
of
our
overall
budget
summary-
and
this
is
just
focusing
on
the
chittenden
county
service
area-
again
roughly
a
16
million
dollar
budget-
we
are
fair,
free
through
june
30th
of
next
year.
Thanks
to
those
transportation
bill
funds,
we
are
experiencing
some
significant
cost
pressures
number
one,
the
ada
program,
our
contractor,
you
know
same
pressures,
we
have
higher
fuel
labor
market
is
crazy,
but
also
as
the
population
ages.
H
The
demand
for
that
service
goes
up
and
it's
a
critical
program,
but
there
are
some
cost
pressures
that
that
creates
fuel
obviously
has
been
a
budget
pressure
for
everybody
just
to
put
it
in
perspective.
For
gmt,
we
initially
budgeted
2.75
cents,
a
gallon
per
diesel.
We
paid
477
a
gallon
in
quarter
four
of
fiscal
year
22
and
we're
buying
about
330
000
annual
gallons,
so
that
is,
has
been
and
is
expected
to
continue
to
be
a
real
pressure
on
our
budget
wages
and
benefits
with
the
labor
market.
H
We
recently
ratified
three
collective
bargaining
agreements
which
we're
very
happy
about.
We
do
feel
that
we're
providing
market
competitive
wages,
but
that
did
add
some
expenses
to
our
budget
and
we're
still
having
a
lot
of
challenges
recruiting,
especially
for
commercial
drivers
and
skilled
mechanics
and
then
fair
revenue
impacts
with
the
drop
in
ridership.
H
If
we
were
to
be
charging
a
fare,
you
know
we've
budgeted
about
700
000
less
than
what
we
collected
pre-pandemic,
just
based
on
those
ridership
impacts,
so
the
transportation
bill
funding
helped
with
some
of
that,
but
didn't
offset
all
that
loss
and
fair
revenue.
So
one
of
our
primary
goals
for
fy24
is
to
get
back
at
least
to
the
pre-pandemic
ridership.
If
that
doesn't
happen,
we'll
have
some
revenue
shortages
in
that
area,
so
specific
to
the
town
of
essex
fiscal
year,
23
assessment.
H
So
the
fy
23
fixed
route
assessment,
which
pays
for
those
two
routes,
the
the
essex
junction
in
the
essex
williston,
was
227
thousand.
That
included
a
four
percent
increase
from
fiscal
year.
22,
that's
kind
of
our
standard
annual
increase
on
the
assessment
amounts.
The
the
second
part
of
the
assessment
is
the
ada
program.
This
is
a
little
bit
more
complicated
because
it's
actually
based
on
two
things,
number
one:
the
total
cost
of
that
program
and
then
allocated
by
the
actual
usage
in
each
municipality
per
our
charter.
H
50
of
those
costs
are
used
by
federal
funds,
so
the
member
towns
paid
the
other
50
and
so
for
fiscal
year
23.
The
total
ada
program
budget
was
1.56
million.
The
50
number
of
that
780
000
in
essex.
There
was
14
of
the
total
ada
rides,
so
we
applied
that
14
to
that
780,
000
dollar
figure
and
that's
how
we
come
up
with
110
000
assessment
for
the
town
of
essex.
There
is
some
potential
good
news
why
we
think
the
program
costs
will
increase.
H
H
So
this
is
very
texty.
I
won't
read
all
this,
but
this
is
from
our
charter
about
some
information
on
membership.
So
essentially
what
it
says.
If
there's
a
municipality
in
our
service
area
that
wants
to
join
gmt,
it's
a
two-step
process
step.
One
our
board
needs
to
pass
a
resolution
authorizing
a
public
vote.
H
We
have
our
august
board
meeting
next
tuesday.
There
will
be
an
action
item
on
the
agenda
to
approve
a
resolution.
That
resolution
has
been
reviewed
by
our
board
leadership
committee.
They
fully
supported
it.
I
anticipate
our
board
will
strongly
support
the
resolution
so
once
that
is
done,
that
would
authorize
the
city
of
essex
junction
to
hold
a
public
vote
and
then,
assuming
that
public
vote
was
positive,
the
city
of
bess
conjunction
would
become
a
gmt
member
as
soon
as
fiscal
year.
2024..
H
H
So
I
underlined
the
word
projected.
If
I
had
a
highlighter,
I
would
highlight
it
as
well.
These
are
initial
projections.
We
have
not
started
our
fy24
budget
process,
we'll
be
doing
that
very
soon,
but
these
numbers
are
based
on
for
the
fixed
route.
The
percentage
of
service
operated
in
the
town
of
essex
that
occurred
in
the
village
or
the
city
of
essex
junction.
So
that's
81
percent,
so
we
took
the
fixed
rate
assessment
in
fy23.
81
would
be
billed
to
the
city
of
essex
junction.
H
That
includes
that
anticipated
four
percent
annual
increase
and
then
for
the
ada
service.
We
took
that
110
000
fy
23
assessment.
We
looked
at
the
individual
users
of
that
program
and
65
lived
in
the
city
of
essex
junction,
so
we
applied
that
65
to
that
110
000
number
again
that
program
cost
budget
still
needs
to
be
developed,
but
again
because
the
total
ridership
share
went
down.
We
think
that
will
hopefully
offset
so.
H
F
The
the
bus
that
does
the
essex
wellston
move-
that's
construction
will
still
starts
here,
goes
up
into.
The
town
continues
out
to
williston
comes
back
right
yeah,
so
your
ridership
projections
is
that
for
everybody,
that's
on
that
bus
or
that
only
how
are
you
breaking
up
the
town
in
the
in
the
city,
then?
Is
it
you
know?
Are
you
counting
fair
payers
or
riders
as
they
board
at
the
amtrak
station,
because
after
a
few
stops
it's
in
the
tents
in
the
town?
And
so
are
you
splitting
those
riders
so.
F
H
A
Just
a
quick
follow-up
from
that
one,
just
that
number
two!
You
talk
about
how
33
percent
are
it's
split,
a
third
between
essex,
winooski
and
burlington,
even
though
there's
a
portion
in
colchester,
because
colchester
has
never
been
a
part
of
green
mountain
transit?
That's
why
they're
not
assessed
for
that
that
stretch
of
route
15
by
st
mike's,
so.
H
Yes,
color
chester
is
not
a
member,
we
do
have
a
service
agreement
with
them,
so
they
do
actually
pay
the
same
assessment.
It's
not
an
assessment,
it's
a
funding
agreement,
but
they
do
pay
into
that
route.
So
the
only
difference
between
colchester
and
this
potential
structure
with
essex
junction
is
that
they
don't
have
a
c
on
the
board,
but
they
are
billed
in
the
same
way
as
if
they
were
a
member
just
without
the
voting
seat.
At
the.
H
G
May
I
add
something
I
I
think
it's
important
to
point
out
at
this
point.
Not
you
you,
certainly
everyone
here
knows
it,
but
maybe
for
folks
who
are
listening
in
is
that
this
looks
like
a
tax
increase
for
essex
junction,
and
it
is
but
it's
not
as
big
as
223
000,
because
approximately
45
to
50
of
what
the
town
was
paying
was
coming
from
essex
junction
already.
So
I'm
guessing
it
looks
more
like
about
a
hund.
H
H
So
this
is
just
a
quick
list
of
some
exciting
things
we
have
going
on
in
gmt
number
one
is
fleet
electrification.
As
I
mentioned,
diesel
prices
are
going
up
and
the
climate
benefits
of
electric
buses
are
something
that
we
want
to
explore.
We
have
two
existing
electric
buses
and
service.
We
have
a
grant
application
in
right
now
for
six
more
also
working
with
the
chittenden
county,
regional
planning,
commission.
This
is
probably
something
of
strong
interest.
H
H
So
you
know
people
can
go
on
their
phone
and
say
I
want
to
get
from
point
a
to
point
b
in
a
predefined
zone.
Bus
will
show
up
like
uber.
You
know
it
wouldn't
replace
a
route
providing
400
000
boardings
a
year,
but
you
know
in
some
of
the
neighborhoods
off
the
main
travel
corridors.
It
could
provide
that
first
mile
last
mile,
so
we
are
investigating
that
and
you
know
right
now,
it's
montpelier,
but
there
could
be
other
applications
in
chittenden
county.
J
Yeah,
along
the
lines
of
what
you
just
discussed
there
with
I
saw
tilly
drive
up
there,
there's
potential
for
an
exit
ramp
at
exit
that
the
116
overpass
right
there
in
south
burlington
on
the
interstate
yep
and
that
ramp
would
actually
end
up
until
you
drive
there.
So
so
that
would
probably
be
a
maybe
change
a
route
that
you
might
have
also
the
champlain
parkway
once
that's
completed.
That
would
also
impact,
I
sure
I
guess,
your
ridership
and
your
your
buses
traveling
down.
F
So
I
you
mentioned
tilly
and
I
was
going
to
bring
this
up
anyway.
It's
loosely
connected
only
because
you're
in
the
room
now,
so
I
apologize
in
advance.
I
guess,
but
we
just
had
a
very
exciting
business
up.
We
have
the
community
health
center,
open
a
big
location
here
and
they're
moving
their
administrative
offices
here
so
there'll
be
a
new
north
end
old,
north
end
location
and
now
they're
up
here
off
main.
F
Me
brickyard
now,
that's
not
that
far
from
the
amtrak
station,
but
for
a
lot
of
the
populations
they're
going
to
be
surveying.
You
know
it'd
be
great.
If,
if
the
company
could
consider
you
know,
is
there
a
possibility
to
change
the
approach
or
the
departure
from
the
train
station
in
any
way
to
sort
of
loop
that
in
not
going
into
that
facility
potentially?
F
That
last
mile,
but
it's
far
enough,
so
that
it
could
be
an
issue,
but
it's
close
enough
so
that
it
might
just
be
a
tweak-
and
you
know
at
uvm
health
fletcher
allen
was
there
before
there's
a
slightly
different
population
base
and
it
it's
a
recommitment
to
the
community
by
a
by
a
good
health
partner.
So
we
just
thought
I'd,
bring
it
up
and
see
if
there's
over
time
a
way
to
explore.
F
Is
there
a
need
actually
and
is
there
a
possibility
to
get
that
that
tweet
in
place
where
maybe
maybe
the
bus
doesn't
need
to
come
out,
turn
left
and
go
this
way?
Maybe
it
can
come
out
past
the
train
station
go
more
towards
the
high
school
come
around
that
way
and
that
that
would
be
the
new
route
yeah.
H
And
that
the
number
10
essex
wilson
actually
does
have
a
stop
at
brickyard.
So
it's
a
lower
frequency
every
75
minutes,
but
there
would
be
some
service
available
that
actually
goes
down.
Educational
drive
then
comes
back
out
on
15..
You
know
we
do
always
analyze
our
routes.
You
know
if
there's
a
major
trip
generator.
You
know
we
have
to
balance
that
with
the
impacts
and
other
passengers,
but
we
always
look
at
things
like
that.
So
we
can
certainly
follow
up
on
that
great.
J
J
H
We
don't
change
a
schedule
frequency
we
do
have
some
unscheduled
backup
buses
and
those
are
for
capacity
help
as
needed.
So
if
there's
a
busy
trip
and
it's
over
capacity
we'll
send
up
one
backup
buses
to
make
sure
people
can
get
there,
but
we
don't
make
any
schedule
changes
specific
for
the
fair
okay.
K
H
Well,
there'd
be
a
few
options.
I
think
the
nuclear
option
would
be
that
we
would
stop
the
bus
in
40th
and
allen.
I
don't
think
anybody
wants
to
see
that
happen.
The
other
option
would
be
working
with
the
city
council
on
a
potential
service
agreement
which
would
be
structured
similar
to
the
assessment
amounts
without
being
an
official
member
of
gmt.
So
you
know
that
could
be
a
sticky
conversation,
but
one
that
we
would
certainly
engage
in.
A
That's
a
good
question
amber.
I
can't
imagine
our
community
saying
no
to
that.
We
we
see
how
frequently
the
bus
has
come
through.
We
know
how
important
it
is
to
me
as
a
whole,
so
I
hope
that
doesn't
become
an
issue
that
we
have
to
deal
with
a
couple
of
questions.
You
mentioned
how
these
are
projected
highlighted
projected
budget
numbers
around.
When
would
these
not
or
wouldn't
these
be
finalized?
Approximately
so.
H
I
would
say:
we'll
have
some
more
refined
numbers
by
november
december
by
our
charter.
We
have
to
have
our
budget
finalized
by
february
15th.
We
try
to
have
it
done
by
the
january
board
meeting.
So
you
know
we
are
in
the
process
of
starting
our
fy
23
budget
adjustment,
which
will
be
a
fairly
heavy
lift
with
the
fuel
prices
and
some
other
changes
in
the
world.
Since
we
passed
that
budget
that
will
inform
our
24
budget.
H
So
the
ccrpc
study
would
identify
enough
revenue
generation
for
a
single
source
state
revenue
that
would
allow
all
transit
agencies
in
the
state
of
vermont
to
operate
fair
free
indefinitely.
So
you
know
that
may
be
a
uphill
climb
at
the
legislature
to
find
a
single
source
or
multiple
source,
potentially
revenue
replacement,
property
taxes
for
transit.
H
A
H
H
There's
been
a
lot
of
conversations
at
the
board
level
if
we
can
afford
that
with
our
local
partners
without
the
federal
funding
that
would
be
a
pretty
heavy
lift.
It
would
be
essentially
doubling
the
amount
of
local
funds
that
we
receive
from
our
municipal
partners,
but
there
have
been
a
lot
of
conversations
on
the
board,
and
so
I'm
sure
those
will
continue,
and
you
know
we'll
try
to
find
the
best
path
forward.
G
A
C
No,
I'm
good,
I
think
you
know,
certainly,
as
we
end
get
closer
to
the
end
of
our
agreement
with
essex
in
regards
to
the
senior
vans.
There
eventually
will
need
to
be
conversation
about
what
what
our
plans
are,
but
it's
not
relevant
today.
It's
just,
I
think,
I'm
just
saying
it
allowed
to
make
sure
we're
all
aware
and
revisit
that
with
gmt
and
as
well
as
the
town,
great.
D
H
B
J
I
Okay,
I
think
I
so
you
controlling
the
presentation
online.
We
can
just
scroll
through
the
materials.
Why
don't
we
scroll
through
this?
Because
I
think
this
will
be
a
good
setup.
My
name
is
nick
warner.
I've
been
the
executive
director
at
winooski
park
district
for
the
last
eight
years.
The
park
district
was
created
in
1972
and
essex
is
one
of
the
founding
communities
and
I
included
in
this
presentation.
I
won't
obviously
read
through
everything,
but
I
put
in
our
bylaws
and
and
his
some
historical
documents,
so
you
can
have
some
context.
I
I
We
also
manage
quite
a
bit
of
shoreline
and
hiking
trails,
and
this
is
active
management,
so
we
we
actually
do
quite
a
bit
to
to
maintain
these
properties
and
the
the
way
the
system
works.
Is
there
are
seven
member
towns?
You
guys
would
be
the
eighth,
I'm
hoping
you'll
be
the
eighth,
and
there
is
a
board
of
trustees
that
meets
monthly.
Currently
jeff
tice
is
the
combined
essex
actually
no
more
right,
because
you're
you're
in
a
new.
I
But
he
has
been
representing
the
combined
village
and
town
of
essex
on
on
the
board.
He's
the
head
of
human
resources
at
at
the
howard
center
and
he's
been
he's
been
quite
good.
So
the
way
it
works
is
we
identify
through
willing
seller,
willing,
buyer
situations
properties
through
a
variety
of
means,
they're
offered
to
us,
sometimes
as
donations,
we're
in
a
tight
network
with
the
various
conservation,
nonprofits
and
state
agencies,
fish
and
wildlife
and
so
forth,
and
obviously
with
the
municipalities.
I
You
can
keep
going
on
that
presentation,
our
it's
a
multi-uh
purpose
organization,
although
our
education
for
our
environmental
education
component
has
been,
I
won't
say,
farmed
out,
but
it's
been,
we've
been
using
partners
in
recent
years.
Currently
we
lease
to
forest
preschool,
I'm
here
at
ethan,
allen
homestead,
which
is
our
where
our
home
office
is
and
they
provide
under
their
contract
with
us.
They
have
to
provide
environmental
education
services,
which
is
part
of
their
business
model.
I
We
also
have
our
operations
manager,
lawrence
cody,
who
typically
would
be
on
these
calls.
But
she's
on
vacation
today
is
very
active
in
creating
service
learning
opportunities
working
with
various
colleges
and
schools.
We
have
dozens
of
groups
that
visit
our
parks
and
do
service
learning
projects
and
and
study
projects
and
so
forth.
It's
it's
a
huge
living
classroom
and
keep
going
and
a
big
part
of
our
model
is
utilizing,
volunteer,
labor
and
and
leveraging
resources.
So
we
work
with.
I
In
fact,
we've
worked
with
essex
rotary,
recently,
williston
rotary
boy
scout
troops,
there's
a
number
of
corporations
that
are
come
back
annually
with
groups
of
people
and
we
and
we
plan
for
and
set
up
specific
projects
around
trail
restoration,
shoreline,
restoration,
plantings,
invasive
management
and
so
forth.
So
that's
a
big
part
of
our
our
model
because
we
have
three
full-time
employees
and
two
or
three
seasonals
during
the
summer
and
our
whole
operation
is
run
by
that
group.
I
It's
a
great
deal
for
everyone,
because
we're
all
covered
under
the
same
insurance,
which
is
passive,
so
that
issue
is
quite
easy
to
deal
with,
and
basically
we
take
the
hourly
rates
of
our
crew
and
do
a
50
multiplier
for
in
charge.
That
is
our
our
fee
and
it's
a
great
deal
for
the
towns
and
it's
a
great
deal
for
us.
It's
a
revenue
generator
it's
a
way
to
get
projects
done
quickly
and
efficiently.
I
I
put
this
up
here
because
this
is
literally
across
the
river
from
you
guys
it's.
This
is
our
newest
park
that
we're
working
on
with
the
town
of
williston.
It's
a
parcel
that
was
donated
to
the
town,
29
acre
parcel
directly
on
the
river.
It's
got
very
high
conservation
values
and
also
is
going
to
serve
three
neighborhoods
that
go
right
up
against
the
the
park.
I
It's
already
being
used,
not
very
in
the
very
managed
way,
but
you
know
people
go
for
walks
there
and
and
go
fishing
and
so
forth.
So
we've
been
over
the
last
several
years,
working
to
put
together
a
way
to
make
this
park
really
operate
as
a
park,
and
it's
taken
a
while.
But
we've
worked
closely
with
trinity
baptist
church.
I
If
you
look
down
the
bottom
of
this
image,
you
see
that
that
light
blue
line,
that
is,
that
shows
an
access
point
that
will
go
from
the
back
of
their
property
and
they
have
built
a
parking
lot
and
trail
access
and
easement
into
their
plan
for
new
housing
development
on
their
property.
We're
very
grateful
to
them.
They've
been
a
great
partner,
and
it's
taken
three
years
to
get
to
this
point
and
this
winter.
We
expect
to
finalize
that
piece.
I
Then
you
see
that
blue
solid
line,
which
was
an
existing
trail
easement,
that
the
town
of
williston
had
secured
and
then
the
yellow
line
is,
is
the
park
itself.
So
between
those
three
elements,
we're
gonna
have
a
place
for
people
to
park
their
cars
and
to
get
access
to
the
park
and
make
it
really
a
park.
I
That's
going
to
be
available
to
anyone
who
wants
to
go
there
plus
there's
some
informal
trails
from
the
neighborhoods
we're
going
to
work
with
them
to
see
if
they
want
to
improve
them
or
shut
them
off
or
reroute
them.
So
this
is
just
a
really
good
example
of
of
of
how
we
work.
We
have
two
two
properties
in
they're
now
in
essex
town
right
up
against
your
border,
I
must
say
the
woodside
natural
area,
you
guys
are
probably
very
familiar
with
these
woodside
is
actually
one
of
our
most
heavily
used
properties.
I
I
As
I
was
saying,
you
know
what
you
get
with
us
is
partnership
and
leverage.
So
our
big
part
of
what
we
do
is
raise
money.
Basically,
all
of
our
major
capital
projects
and
all
of
our
acquisitions
are
funded
through
grants,
most
many,
which
I'm
sure
you're
familiar
with
land
and
water
conservation
fund.
Vorek.
Recently
there's
a
bunch
of
sources
we
go
to
this
year.
We
have
about
350
000
worth
of
capital
projects
that
we're
working
working
on
so
far.
I
The
vermont
indigenous
heritage
center,
which
has
been
operating
here
for
the
last
few
years,
is
going
to
construct
a
couple
of
new
rooms
inside
the
museum,
barn
and
expand
their
operations
and
get
staffed
up
for
for
their
operations
here.
So
we're
very
excited
about
that.
That
means
more
revenues
for
us.
It
means
improving
a
facility
and
and
so
forth.
We
also,
as
I
said,
we
rented
forest
preschool.
I
So
that's
the
big
picture.
I
wanted
to
sort
of
run
you
through
that
our
I
want
to
emphasize
that
our
board
is
incredibly
active.
So
it's
the
the
monthly
meetings
and
the
interaction
and
the
level
of
detail
that
they
participate
in
for
me
is
very
helpful.
I've
worked
in
municipal
government
for
most
of
my
career
and
it
we
really
have
a
super
board.
I
I
I
I
That
we
got
from
the
census
was
21
890
and
then
it
increased
to
2294
in
fiscal
year
23.,
and
then
we
calculate
the
percentage
of
population
for
the
for
the
whole
district,
all
seven
towns,
and
then
we
do
a
similar
thing
for
the
equalized
education
property
values,
and
then
we,
then
we
averaged
those
two
to
come
up
with
a
percentage
and
based
on
that.
You
guys
were
in
this
current
year.
64
0787
is
the
essex
town
and
city
combined
allocation.
I
Brad
was
doing
a
rough
estimate
that
probably
42
of
that
is
going
to
be
about
where
the
city
is
going
to
lie.
We're
going
to
try
similar
to-
and
I
really
appreciate
this,
the
past
presentation
I
think
running.
A
bus
service
has
got
to
be
the
hardest
job
on
earth,
but
we're
in
the
same
situation
where
our
budget's
being
developed
now
for
fiscal
year
24..
I
I
We're
going
to
try
to
keep
our
our
ask
to
the
towns,
we're
gonna,
try
to
keep
the
increase
to
three
percent,
we're
going
to
try
we're
going
to
really
try
discipline
ourselves
to
do
that
this
this
coming
year.
If
we're
able
to
do
that,
then
my
back
of
the
envelope
estimate
for
your
responsibility
would
be
around
the
28
000
range.
So
if
you're
looking
for
a
placeholder
for
a
draft
budget
for
fiscal
year
24.,
I
think
that's
probably
a
pretty
good
number
and
I'm
certainly
not
going
to
promise
that
that's
the
number.
I
A
I
Well,
it's
this
has
never
happened
before
so
it
doesn't,
it
doesn't
trigger
anything
and
we
had.
We
had
our
attorneys
look
at
the
original
stuff.
He
said
you
know
if
they
they
say
no,
they
have
the
right
to
say
no,
so
there's!
No.
If
you
were
currently
a
member-
and
you
said
no,
it
would
take
another
fiscal
year
for
you
to
get
out
of
the
the
the
the
relationship
what
it
would
do
for
us.
I
Everyone
else
would
have
to
pick
up
the
slack
left
over.
It
would
just
be
redistributed
across
the
towns.
So
it'd
be
a
you
know
a
bit
of
a
political
challenge
for
me
to
get
them
to
do
it
and
it
would
I
you
know
I
it's
this
dance.
We
do
because
my
job
is
to
run
as
lean
in
operation
as
possible,
but
also
to
keep
everything
super
high
quality
which,
fortunately,
because
we
we
have
staff
here
that
have
been
here
a
lot
longer
than
I
have
that's.
I
It's
makes
it
a
lot
easier.
My
board
really
feels
strongly
that
the
towns
you
know
should
should
step
up
and
and
potentially
provide
more
support.
I
don't.
I
don't
like
to
compare
our
operations
to
other
similar
operations
and
stop
doing
that,
because
it
was
it
just
completely
out
of
whack
in
terms
of
what
their
operating
budgets
are.
We,
I
think
we
had.
We
operate
a
pretty
lean
ship
in
terms
of
our
expenditures
relative
to
service,
so
that
was
a
long
meandering
answer,
but
the
the
short
answer
is:
it
gets
redistributed
across
the
remaining
towns.
C
Andrew,
if
I
could
just
go
ahead,
brad
just
building
on
amber's
question,
you
know
we
as
city
folk,
have
been
members
of
the
winooski
valley
park
district
since
1972
and
we've
been
paying
annually.
Just
we've
been
doing
that
through
our
membership
with
the
town
of
essex,
and
so
this
is
really
a
a
net
neutral
budget
decision,
probably
based
on
the
taxes
based
on
the
fees
we
were
already
paying
through
our
town,
taxes
and
and
currently
burlington
colchester,
the
town,
jericho,
south,
burlington,
winooski
and
williston
are
all
members.
K
Yeah,
I
was
just
going
to
say
I
appreciate
that
comment
brad.
I
just
want
to
be
clear
that
the
reason
I'm
asking
the
question
is
so
that
I
can
educate
the
folks
who
are
listening
and
watching
watching
this.
I
do
think
it
will
be
important
to
have
a
further
conversation
and
further
information
for
the
ballot
items,
but
for
those
who
are
watching
this
now,
I
did
want
to
make
sure
that
they
understood
this.
A
Good
good
point
amber,
and
I
guess
in
that
way
what
I
would
also
say
that
I
was
going
to
hold
this
comment
for
later.
It's
just
that
in
my
mind,
if
we
look
at
the
the
parks
that
are
currently
being
supported
through
with
the
winooski
valley
park
district,
we
have
colchester
pond
the
overlooking
woodside
park,
the
east
noun
homestead
park,
so
on
and
so
forth,
and
though,
all
of
those
are
ones
that
our
communities
can
walk
in
without
paying
a
dime
for
in
large
respects
because
of
the
winiski
valley
parks,
district
and
this
agreement.
A
Whereas
if
people
wanted
to
go
to
say
the
indian
brook
reservoir,
people
would
need
to
pay
a
fee
to
become
a
member
of
that
to
access
those
those
ways.
This
also
helps
to
keep
our
waterways
clean,
which
we
all
know
then
helps
to
ensure
that
we
have
clean
drinking
water.
So,
yes,
there
are
many
benefits
to
to
this
beyond
the
fact
of
it's.
What
we've
done
for
years,
just
through
the
town,
taxes.
I
I
L
We're
at
about
four
percent
in
that
in
that
category,
and
really
that
means
they
might
have
some
dial
up
phone
service
or
really
nothing
and
the
majority
of
the
public
dollars
are
in
place
to
try
to
get
those
folks
connected
to
a
fiber
connection
which
is
sort
of
the
upper
echelon.
These
days
and
since
we
have
so
such
a
small
population,
that's
not
served.
L
L
For
those
municipalities,
bolton
is
their
funding
is
already
approved
and
they're
going
to
be
completely
covered.
I
believe
charlotte's
application
is
in
I'm
not
sure
if
it's
decided
yet
and
then
I
believe
waits
field
is
either
in
process
or
already
has
submitted
applications
for
the
rest
of
their
towns.
L
L
There
are
some
small
fiber
providers
like
waitsfield
champlain
telecom,
who
could
go
directly
to
the
cu,
sorry
directly
to
the
vermont
broadband
board
to
access
this
funding,
but
because
the
funding
is
so
little,
it's
not
really
working
great
for
folks
to
be
able
to
figure
out
how
to
make
how
to
make
this
happen,
and
certainly
not
to
the
extent
where
they
could
serve
those
underserved
people
and
make
it
work,
because
those
underserved
locations
are
underserved
for
a
reason.
They
have
not
made
financial
sense
for
anybody
all
this
time.
L
So
that's
why
there's
a
number
of
towns
thinking
about
this?
It's
not
chittenden
county
wide,
because
some
of
us
are
in
fairly
good
shape.
I'll
also
mention
that
milton
has
decided
to
join
the
northwest
communications
union.
District
and
colchester
has
decided
to
not
put
the
formation
question
to
their
voters
and
I'll
say
that's
largely
because,
even
if
we
form
this
communications
union
district,
there's
really
a
small
amount
of
public
dollars
here
at
the
table.
L
So
that
is
still
going
to
be
an
issue.
But
what
we're
really
thinking
is
going
to
work?
Hopefully,
here
is
that
most
of
these
providers
are
interested
in
chittenden
county
because
we
have
the
highest
density,
and
we
have
about
71
percent
of
the
county,
served
by
cable
service
right
now
and
so
to
over.
Build
cable
to
fiber
could
be
a
really
positive
business
model
for
some
of
these
providers,
but
they're
unlikely
to
communicate
and
want
to
deal
with
individual
municipalities.
L
What
else
do
I
want
to
mention?
So?
Burlington
telecom
has
come
into
winooski
and
they
have
also
come
into
essex
junction,
and
I
will
say
of
all
of
the
municipalities
with
these
underserved
folks.
Essex
junction
has
probably
the
least
the
fewest
of
them.
Winooski
is
also
in
the
same
boat,
so
I
think
the
benefit
given
that
of
essex
junction,
at
least
even
considering
putting
this
question
forward
to
the
voters,
is
just
that.
L
L
B
A
Thank
you,
regina,
so,
in
a
in
a
nutshell,
the
the
benefit
really
is
at
some
point
in
time.
In
the
future
there
may
be
some
funding
that
could
become
available,
and
so
this
will
allow
us
to
really
jump
on
board
with
that
opportunity
sooner
rather
than
I
think,
though
you
just
said
well,
so
do
we
have
to
have
a
vote
and
if
that
passes,
or
if
that
fails,
then
we
could
join
later
with
just
a
vote
of
a
board.
L
Yeah
so
because
we
need
at
least
two
municipalities
to
vote
in
favor
in
order
to
create
this
district,
we're
thinking,
it's
probably
our
odds
are
better
if
we
get
this
question
on
multiple
town
ballots,
but
it's
also.
If
I
can't
anticipate
amber's
question,
if
the
vote
goes
down,
would
you
feel
comfortable
as
a
city
council
then
voting
to
join
right?
And
I
think
that
is
a
legitimate
question
to
think
about
the
so
yeah.
Hopefully,
hopefully
that
makes
sense.
There's
really.
We
only
need
two
towns
to
create
it.
L
We're
also
thinking
sort
of
just
the
more
information
out
there
for
folks
we're
going
to
be
doing
assisting
with
all
kinds
of
voter
education
and
all
of
that
kind
of
stuff.
The
more
sort
of
buzz
is
out
there.
The
more
people
might
understand
this
question
and
might
agree
to
to
vote
in
favor,
but
it
is
possible
to
go
either
way.
You
would
have
the
opportunity,
potentially
if
it
gets
created,
to
join
afterwards,
even
without
putting
the
question
to
the
voters.
A
And
if
we
were
to
have
the
vote
to
join
and
if
the
community
decided
to
join
at
this
point
in
time,
there
is
no
entity
created,
there
is
no
budget,
so
as
of
today
or
likely
until
the
entity
is
created,
there
isn't
a
budgetary
impact,
though
theoretically
there
may
be
in
the
future.
It's
just
at
this
point
in
time.
It's
creating
this
thing
that
again
could
provide
an
opportunity
in
the
future.
L
So
there's
actually
really
even
if
and
when
it's
joined,
there's
really
no
financial
implication
other
than
there
may
be
actual
utility
infrastructure
that
might
be
placed
in
the
city
someplace.
And
if
it's
that,
if
that's
in
sort
of
public
places,
then
there
may
be
a
slight
cost
to
sort
of
maintenance
and
and
having
it
there.
But
that's
that's
about
it.
Okay,.
F
F
So
while
it
feels
like
essex
junction
has
minuscule
numbers
of
people
for
or
something
that
that
aren't
that
are
not
served
at
all,
we
probably
have
a
very
large
number,
a
majority
that
are
not
on
fiber,
especially
with
the
arrival
of
burlington
telecom
just
about
six
months
ago
or
a
year
ago.
So
I
guess
I'm
wondering.
F
Where
are
we
going
to
stand?
If
we
vote
for
this
in
terms
of
getting
attention
from
or
the
benefit
of
this,
you
know,
in
other
words,
if,
if
they
look
at
williston
and
then
shelburne
and
maybe
another
community,
that
is
in
far
worse
shape,
I'm
wondering
where
we're
going
to
end
up
on
that
list
and
I'm
kind
of
wondering
if
it's
at
the
bottom
there's
no
cost.
I
guess
right
but-
and
I
know
that
chart
says
there
are
no
boundaries
really
I
mean
because
it
just
it's
just
going
to
flow
through.
F
L
L
Yeah,
so
it's
a
really
excellent
question,
and
this
is
it's
it's
tough
to
answer,
because
we
have
very
little
information
right
now.
There's
no
financial
plan
to
figure
out
how
to
serve
chittenden
county
there's,
no
real
business
model
in
place
to
figure
out
exactly
how
this
is
all
going
to
work
and
part
of
the
thinking
from
the
broad
communication
broadband
board
is
once
we
get
this
unified
voice.
L
L
L
Maybe
sooner
than
later,
it's
possible
again
burlington
telecoms,
already
coming
into
essex
junction
things
are
in
the
works.
It's
going
to
eventually
happen
that
the
cable
folks
are
likely
served
by
burlington
telecom
or
some
other
fiber
provider,
but
but
what
is
potentially
going
to
happen
if
we
don't
take
a
step
and
come
and
play
this
kind
of
intermediary
role.
Is
that
those
folks
who
are
underserved
now
will
continue
to
be
underserved,
because
there's
no
public.
B
F
Through,
I
think,
makes
a
lot
of
sense,
yep,
I'm
also
curious,
and
if
she
comes
back,
if
down
the
road,
because
a
community
like
ours
with
its
density,
you
know
really
could
be
looking
at
not
a
physical
connection
but
a
wireless
connection
right
and
I'm
curious
if
this
could
eventually
lead
to
opportunities
for
that.
Oh
hi.
A
F
J
Whoever
to
invest
in
putting
these
towers
up
is
that
something
that
is
going
to
be
looked
at
again,
maybe
to
maybe
ease
some
of
that
burden.
I
mean
these
rural
areas.
I
know
from
law
enforcement,
not
just
internet
access,
but
communication
access,
which
is
huge.
You
know
whether
we're
looking
at
data
or
safety,
public
safety
people
being
make
a
call
out
to
services
such
as
fire,
rescue
and
otherwise
is
huge
in
our
state,
and
I
think
that's
something
that
should
be
looked
at
as
well.
L
Yeah,
so
two
things
on
that
point:
one
is
that
there
was
a
big
grant
to
try
to
service
folks
with
internet
via
wireless
technology,
and
that
was
a
through
v-tel
and
a
lot
of
that.
A
lot
of
that
was
put
into
motion,
but
because
of
how
mountainous
our
state
is,
that
has
proven
unsuccessful.
Unfortunately,
hence
this
this
sort
of
bigger
push
towards
fiber
there
in
terms
of
just
cell
towers,
for
cellular
service.
That
provision
is
still
the
case.
L
If
there's
a
new
cell
tower
that
comes
in,
they
can
either
go
choose
to
go
through
act,
250
and
the
local
permitting
level
or
they
can
go
through
the
public
utilities.
Commission,
that's
what
happened
a
couple
of
years
ago
that
that
you
could
go
to
the
puc
instead
of
going
to
the
local
level
in
act.
250.
L
That
option
is
still
in
statute.
It's
had
a
sunset
date
and
it
that
sunset
date
just
keeps
getting
pushed
out
and
pushed
out.
That's
a
little
bit
of
a
separate
issue
than
trying
to
get
folks
on
internet,
but
yeah.
I
do
think
overall.
That's
that's
a
real.
The
communications
issue
is
a
real
challenge
as
well,
and
I
am
not
a
technology
and
well
enough
educated
person
to
understand
if
the
one
sort
of
internet
fiber
connection
will
help
solve
the
rural
communications
problem,
but
I
think
it
probably
will
will
help.
G
Regina
a
number
of
years
ago,
we
were
approached
by
the
school
district
and
we
formed
a
a
research
committee
that
looked
into
the
possibility
of
creating
municipal
wireless
here
in
essex
junction
as
a
utility
and
the
reason
we
did
it.
We
partnered
with
the
school
district
is
because
they
had
it's
for
them.
L
Yeah,
I
think
it
in
terms
of
certainly
what
we've
learned
from
covid,
where
a
lot
of
life
happens
online
and
particularly
from
the
education
perspective.
To
not
have
internet
access
is,
is
a
real
real
challenge
and
so
again
definitely
in
the
for
the
school
district,
I'm
not
sure
if
westwood
was
involved
at
the
time,
but
certainly
essex
and
westford.
At
this
point,
this
is
this
is
a
very
big
issue
for
them
for
some
parts
of
their
of
their
town.
L
So
it
is
definitely
a
big
reason
to
be
sort
of
moving
this
forward.
I
don't
know
if
I
mentioned
westford
but
westford
selectboard
is
has
mentioned,
that
they
are
interested
in
figuring
out
how
to
solve
this
problem.
They're,
not
necessarily
going
to
put
a
question
to
the
voters,
but
they
are
interested
potentially.
If
and
when
the
communications
union
district
is
formed.
F
L
F
B
B
L
A
A
F
A
C
C
Legal
council
has
advised
us
that
it's
probably
just
just
good
to
dot
this
eye
and
cross
this
tee
to
formally
take
a
vote
on
this,
even
though
you
are
currently
acting
as
a
local
control
commission,
we,
you
know,
we
have
valid
licenses.
You
recently
approved
a
new
license.
This
is
just
a
little
assurance
yep.
B
F
J
C
Considering
yeah
so
that
we're
about
it,
this
is
just
we
haven't,
had
any
votes
tonight,
because
it
was
just
in
consideration
of
each
of
the
items
that
has
already
been
on
the
agenda
going
onto
the
ballot.
So
this
would
be
your
opportunity
to
discuss
whether
or
not
you
want
to
include
all
of
those
items
and
if
you
want
to
change
any
of
the
language,
otherwise,
this
ballot
language,
for
whatever
you
approve,
will
go
off
to
susan
tomorrow
to
get
those
ballots
ready.
A
A
C
F
Sure
amber
was
was
part
of
that
as
well.
We
have
recommended
the
planning
commission
that
they,
they
authorize
retail
sale
in
two
districts
along
pearl
street
tod
and
ho
hi
can't
remember
the
term,
but
they
stand
for
right
now,
but
basically
it
would
be
from
what
is
essentially
post
office
square
down
just
past
the
fairgrounds.
To
about
the
new
just
past
the
tractor
place
it's
there
now,
manufacturing
processing
would
be
in
the
light
industrial
zone
two
or
three
different
areas.
F
F
F
I
believe
all
of
that
was
approved.
It
was
approved
at
a
public
hearing
on
august
4th
for
the
planning
commission
and
now
that
comes
to
us,
to
consider
we're
it's
separate
here,
because
it's
part
of
an
overall
look
at
land
development
code,
which
is
more
extensive.
We
are
kind
of
under
a
time
crunch
for
this.
F
The
cannabis
control
board
will
start
has
started,
considering
retail
licensing,
my
understanding
is
and
understanding
what
the
cannabis
control
board.
You
know
it's
hard,
the
way
they're
doing
things
I
think,
but
the
my
current
understanding
is
that
licenses
won't
be
issued
until
october
1st.
There
was
some
concern
for
the
past
week
or
ten
days
as
they
moved
up
the
consideration
date
that
once
they
issue
a
license,
we
then,
as
the
local
cannabis
control
board,
have
to
consider
that
license
under
the
current
ldc
and
two
things
have
kind
of
happened.
F
The
cannabis
control
board
has
said:
no,
no,
we're
not
going
to
issue
those
licenses
until
october,
1st
and
regina
pointed
out
that
there
is
a
any
any.
That
would
have
come
to
us
get
considered
under
both
so
and
regina.
You
can
correct
me,
as
I
butcher
this
explanation,
but
since
we
are
considering
amendments
to
the
ldc
right
now,
the
application
would
be
considered
under
both,
and
so
she
provided
a
great
chart.
I
would
have
to
get
into
it,
but
I
I
do
feel
a
little
bit
and
wendy
amber
virginia.
F
You
can,
I
don't
know
if
you
agree,
but
I
sort
of
feel
like
the
heat's
off
a
little
bit.
So
as
we
look
because
because
of
that,
because
we
can,
we
can
consider
these
applications
under
the
proposed
ldc
and
the
fact
that
they're
now
saying
they're
not
going
to
actually
issue
the
licenses
until
october
1st.
F
F
I
think
we
would
all
feel
more
comfortable
if
this
were
done
well
before
october
or
as
soon
before
october,
as
possible.
I'm
not
trying
to
throw
aspersions,
but
we've
had.
It
seems,
like
the
cannabis
control
board,
has
said
a
number
of
different
things
at
different
times
to
different
people.
So
I'm
today,
I'm
believing
they
mean
october.
1St
is
when
those
licenses
will
be
physically
or
digitally
delivered,
but
I
don't.
F
So
you
know,
I
think,
if
we
considered
the
cannabis
changes
tonight
separately,
warn
those
for
a
public
hearing.
We
can
probably
make
it
at
a
next
meeting
safely.
You
know
again,
we
need
the
15
days,
the
21
days,
borrowing
any
changes
you
know
the
caveat
to
that
is.
We
have
people
come
in
and
make
a
case
at
the
public
hearing,
and
then
we
amend
it
and
if
it's
a
serious
amendment,
we
have
to
do
another
15
days,
but
you
know
backing
up
with
what
regina
pointed
out
in
terms
of
how
they're
considered
under
both.
F
J
F
F
You
know,
interestingly,
though
regina
I
don't
know
how
that
applies
with
what
you
had
said
before,
but
I
guess
it's
a
moot
point,
because
we
weren't
we
weren't
declared
a
local
cannabis
control
board
before
they
were
licensed.
So
I
think
that
controls
that
shouldn't
be
that
huge,
a
deal.
It's
a
tier
one,
small
operation.
I
don't
think
it's
going
to
really
impact
the
sewage
treatment
plant
too
greatly,
but
that
is
going
to
be
a
concern.
It
was
interesting
memo
from
chelsea
yeah,
so.
A
M
The
only
thing
I
can
think
of
is
that
the
tier
one
cultivation-
and
I
don't
know
how
it
impacts
our
local
code
in
regina-
might
be
able
to
talk
about
that.
More
is
the
tier
one
is
exempt
from
waste
water,
but
I
would
hope
that
the
local
code,
if
there
were,
I
think
that
the
greater
concern
for
wastewater
is
for
an
indoor
operation
and
if
it
would
be
outdoor
operation,
would
impact
storm
water,
but
indoor
operation.
B
M
F
J
So
go
along
with
this
discussion,
we're
having
now
I'd,
be
interested
to
hear
because
of
chittenden
county,
the
number
of
ms4
commuter
municipalities
within
our
county
here,
regina,
how
other
communities
such
as
south
burlington,
burlington
colchester,
wherever
are
addressing
this
issue,
we're
talking
now
for
the
impact
on
the
and
us
being
a
tri-town
having
a
tri-town
agreement.
You
know.
Obviously
it
impacts
our
partner
communities,
essex
and
williston.
M
F
B
F
With
with
how
we've
dealt
with
cultivation-
but
you
know
it's-
the
odor
issue
on
this
in
some
ways
is
not
the
same
as
like
green
mountain
coffee
roasting
for
an
evening.
It's
it
can
last
many
weeks
or
months,
so
it
could
be
not
definitely,
but
it
could
be
an
issue
that
we
want
to
get
ahead
of,
but
no
rush.
L
Yeah,
I
know
I'm
unfamiliar
with
the
wastewater
treatment,
work
and
and
thinking
beyond
that,
but
I
can
just
say
that
winooski
also
has
established
a
local
control
board.
I
know
williston
has
also
adopted
for
particular
uses
in
particular
locations,
I'm
not
sure
about
anybody
else,
but
I
know
that's
where
those
two
folks
are.
A
Thank
you
for
our
purposes
today
and
just
moving
forward.
Should
we
approve
of
the
ldc
and
or
a
portion
thereof
like
say
just
cannabis
if,
in
six
months
from
now,
we
learned
something
or
the
wastewater
treatment
plant
says
hey,
this
needs
to
be
looked
at.
It's
going
to
have
some
detrimental
impact.
We
can
always
change
something
again
before
we
have
to
wait
until
the
full
ldc
is
rewritten
and
that's
a
correct
understanding
right.
L
A
A
L
L
L
Okay,
so
what
you've
got
in
front
of
you?
The
planning
commission
has
been
working
on
for
quite
some
time
and
there
are
a
lot
of
different
changes
within
this.
This
whole
document,
as
you
can
see
by
that
track,
change
version
that
you
have,
but
for
the
most
part,
they're
kind
of
collected
into
these
sort
of
seven
buckets.
So
the
first
is
acknowledging
that
you
in
2019,
you
had
a
new
comprehensive
plan
and
you
had
the
five
dessert
five
corners
design
plan
incorporated
into
that
comprehensive
plan.
L
So
there
were
a
few
changes
in
there
to
address
that
a
lot
to
do
with
sort
of
bike
and
pedestrian
improvements
in
the
streetscape.
So
when
an
application
comes
in
in
the
village
or
the
trunk
routes
really
bringing
in
some
concepts
about
bike
connectivity,
bike
facilities
in
terms
of
parking
for
both
visitors
and
residents
and
a
number
of
different
things
in
that
realm.
Also
under
this
bucket
is
the
tree
advisory
committee
had
a
number
of
amendments
that
they
wanted
to
get
in
the
landscaping
section
to
really
just
help
them
do
their
job.
L
Better
there's
also
a
number
of
things
in
there
in
terms
of
addressing
the
lack
of
housing
that
we've
got
in
the
city,
region
and
state.
This
is
just
what
we
could
do
that
were
kind
of
some
smaller
tweaks
before
the
housing
committee
came
forward
with
what
they're
going
to
recommend-
and
I
know
that
it's
a
little
bit
influx
now,
whether
they're
going
to
recommend
things
to
the
town
and
the
city.
But
these
are
sort
of
more
minor.
L
B
L
We
did
was
brought
some
reference
to
the
non-motorized
transportation
map
that
you
have
in
the
comprehensive
plan,
so
this
has
some
proposed
improvements
in
terms
of
future
sidewalks
and
bike
path,
connections
and
so
by
referencing.
It
in
the
ldc
that
gives
the
development
review
board
a
little
bit
more
wiggle
room
to
sort
of
require
those
amenities.
When
developments
are
coming
forward,
then,
on
the
housing
front
accessory
dwelling
units,
there
were
some
changes
to
state
statute
on
that,
and
so
we
incorporated
those.
L
Essentially,
the
changes
are
that
the
adus
can
be
30
of
the
primary
structure
or
900
square
feet.
Whichever
is
greater,
they
can
be
permitted
just
with
a
zoning
permit,
not
conditional
use
because
accessory
dwelling
units
are
supposed
to
be
treated
just
like
a
single
family
house
and
the
other
change
is
they've
retained,
the
owner
occupancy
requirement,
but
the
owner
can
live
either
in
the
accessory
dwelling
unit
or
in
the
primary
yeah
or
in
the
primary
structure.
So
a
little
more
flexibility
there
there
was.
L
Just
so
folks
know,
the
majority
of
those
are
pretty
well
built
out
right
now,
so
it's
not
likely
that
this
is
going
to
result
in
in
too
much.
But
if
there
is
some
room
to
add
some
more
units
in
there,
that
would
be
great
duplexes
and
triplexes
in
the
r1
and
r2
zoning
district.
So
that's
a
fairly
significant
change.
L
Currently
single
single-family
homes
are
allowed
in
r1
and
r2
and
of
course,
accessory
dwelling
units
are
allowed
there
as
well,
but
just
creating
some
more
flexibility
to
potentially
increase
units.
There
planned
unit
developments
they're
just
a
very
complicated
review
process,
so
just
try
to
clarify
the
purpose
and
intent
of
those
also
they're,
just
it's
just
a
complicated
review
process
and
really
tried
to
minimize
when
they
would
have
to
be
used.
L
Then
also
the
planning
commission
is
recommending
that
the
parking
requirements
are
reduced
from
two
parking
spaces
per
residential
unit
to
one
parking
space
and
they've
also
added
some
provisions
and
some
guidelines
for
shared
parking
provisions.
So
if
an
application
comes
forward
and
there's
an
opportunity
to
sort
of
match
up
different
types
of
uses
that
use
the
parking
at
different
times
of
the
day,
there's
an
opportunity
there
to
lower
the
parking
requirements.
L
Stormwater
talked
about
this
already
a
little
bit
not
too
much
more
to
add
lots
of
different
changes
throughout
the
various
sections
of
the
ldc
associated
with
this
and
other
changes
to
the
city's
permit
requirements.
But
for
the
most
part,
those
are
all
technical,
edits.
State
statute
changes
just
a
number
of
different
kind
of
minor
things.
Nothing
really
too
too
huge
here
then
this
change,
of
course,
village
to
city
planning,
commission
zba
to
the
drb.
L
L
There
are
also
definitions
that
go
along
with
those
cannabis
uses,
and
this
defines
what
zoning
districts
they're
allowed
to
be
in
and
then
this
is
not
a
map
that
goes
in
the
land
development
code
itself,
but
this
is
a
very
helpful,
informative
map
that
just
shows
the
combined
the
state
500
foot
buffer
from
the
schools
with
the
different
use
categories
and
what
districts
are
they're
allowed
in
so
that
is
it.
The
only
other
thing
I
will
say
is
just
to
clarify
process
a
little
bit.
L
L
The
action
in
front
of
you
folks
now
is
to
receive
those
amendments
and
then,
if
you
so
choose
to
set
public
hearing
dates
at
a
date
certain
and
again
we
already
talked
about
this,
but
if
you'd
like
you
can
do
them
separately,
we
sort
of
set
it
all
up,
so
you
can
do
cannabis
on
its
own
and
move
the
full
set
separately.
If
that
takes
a
little
bit
longer
for
you
to
think
through,
because
there's
a
bit
of
a
bigger
package
of
changes,
there.
A
L
Yeah
and
the
one
thing
it's
not
in
the
presentation,
but
I'll
add
I
can
show
you
bring
you
to
that
page
if
you'd
like,
but
the
one
component.
Just
for
you
folks
to
know
is
that
there's
two
sort
of
parameters
that
the
planning
commission
added
there,
which
is
the
style
of
the
structure,
still
needs
to
be
a
detached
single
family
style,
if
that,
if
that
makes
any
sense,
so
not
necessarily
sort
of
a
row
house
kind
of
structure.
L
G
B
G
Entire
city
for
our
neighborhoods
that
could
now
become
duplex,
but
I
I
have
a
suspicion
that
a
lot
of
them
are
already
kind
of
ahead
of
us
to
maybe
some
near
that
are
under
the
I'm,
not
sure,
but
I
think
it.
It
would
be
good
to
have
more
public
input
on
this,
but
I
don't
know
how
you
would
do
it
well.
B
A
B
A
J
B
A
F
F
We
highlight
the
changes
that
we
think
are
significant
and-
and
we
just
understand
that
we
might
have
one
or
two
of
these
and
they
might
be
in
unusual
times
or
places
right,
and
you
know
I
do
have
another
question,
though,
aside
from
that,
you
know
tree,
I
read
I
skim
these
and
tree
advisory
looks
like
they
had
a
lot
of
time
and
input
in
this.
Can
you
talk
about?
F
L
F
F
If
anything
I'll
bring
it
back
to
us
and
say
we're
not
pushing
for
that,
I
guess
or
something,
but
as
a
former
bike
walk
person,
I
I
kind
of
really
poured
over
the
bike,
because
I
was
very
excited
to
read
the
changes
to
the
bike
things,
but,
as
I
read
them,
I
was-
and
we
don't
go
too
far
into
this,
but
as
I
read
them,
I
was
trying
to
figure
out
what
business
could
we
possibly
put
in
here?
That
would
be
big
enough
to
trigger
you
know
the
shower
changing
room
thing.
F
L
F
L
Yeah,
you
know,
and
it's
sort
of
interesting
at
this
stage
with
with
you
sort
of
receiving
this
package
you
can,
if
you
choose
with
the
bigger
component,
maybe
you
do
something
different
with
the
cannabis
component,
but
just
with
the
bigger
component,
you,
you
know,
you
could
take
a
couple
of
meetings
to
think
through
this
and
figure
out.
If
there
are
changes
that
you
want
to
make,
because
the
statute
allows
for
the
city
council
to
make
some
changes
before
you
warn
it
for
a
public
hearing.
L
If
you
want
to
and
then
you
could
get
public
feedback,
you
know
get
feedback
that
way
or
you
can
warn
a
public
hearing.
Now,
take
all
the
comment
and
collectively
think
about
what
edits
you
want
to
make,
and
then
it
just
needs
to
sort
of
like
go
back
through
the
system.
The
planning
commission
just
needs
to
see
it,
so
they
can
okay
it
and
make
sure
it's
technically
correct.
Then
it
comes
forward
through
you
back
through
you.
K
I
was
just
going
to
weigh
into
that
comment
to
raja's
point.
We
got
we
got
this
on
monday.
This
is
a
fairly
large
document
and
I
can
definitely
tell
you
that
I
have
not
read
at
all,
though
obviously
I
was
on
the
planning
commission.
So
I
read
the
previous
version,
but
my
my
position
is:
if
there
is
an
ability
to
move
the
cannabis
changes
through
without
committing
ourselves
to
the
rest
of
the
changes,
then
that
would
be
my
preference
tonight.
A
I
I
agree
with
you
amber
and
my
understanding
is
we
can,
if
we
look
at
the
the
packets
on
this
section.
The
second
motion
and
the
fourth
motion
apply
only
to
the
cannabis
sections
and
frankly
I
agree
with
you.
I
think
that
if
we
were
to
move
the
cannabis
portions
forward
and
then
sit
on
the
rest
of
it
and
have
us
digest
it
read
it.
B
A
A
A
A
A
A
G
D
J
J
J
wow.
So
and
after
20
years.
It
says
after
20
years
of
service,
he
retired
from
the
navy
as
a
ship,
fitter
and
chief
petty
officer
and
then,
like
I
said,
came
to
ibm
in
1965
his
wife
settled
here
and
had
a
bunch
of
kids
and
10
grandchildren
and
11
great
grandchildren
before
you
passed
wow.
So
it
was
quite
interesting.
I
found
it
very
interesting
and
humbling
yeah
yeah.