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From YouTube: Winooski City Council - 2/6/2023
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Agenda: https://www.winooskivt.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02062023-1069?html=true
00:00:00 Call to Order/Liquor Control Board
00:03:02 Agenda Review
00:03:12 Public Comment
00:03:44 Consent Agenda
00:04:31 Council Reports
00:12:38 City Updates
00:16:34 Finance Commission Appointment
00:18:04 Safe, Healthy, Connected Commission Appointments
00:19:56 Green Mountain Transit – Service Changes in FY24 Budget
00:41:38 TIF District Annual Report
00:44:37 Main Street Revitalization USDA & VMBB Bond Resolutions
00:55:03 Resolution: FY24 Water Rate
01:01:13 Resolution: FY24 Wastewater Rate
01:03:09 MOU: Winooski Incorporated School District for FY2023-2024
01:13:17 FY24 Fund Budgets and Capital Plans
01:17:04 Next Steps for City Council Equity Focus
01:47:34 Strategic Prioritization
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Yeah
to
share
sure
sure
so
I
was
hoping
that
Mr
chair
would
be
here.
But
what
happened
last
year?
Is
the
council
approved
this
liquor
license?
We
sent
it
on
to
the
state,
but
the
state
was
unable
to
gain
the
documentation
that
they
need
to
issue
a
license.
So
it's
technically
a
new
license:
it's
357
Main
Street.
It
was
Shiva
Ram
and
but
the
state
sent
everything
back
because
they
weren't
able
to
approve.
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A
I
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B
E
H
A
A
A
Okay,
seeing
them
we'll
move
on
next
up
is
public
comments,
so
this
is
space
for
University
public
to
make
comment
about
topics
now
on
this
evening's
agenda.
If
you
aren't
here
for
an
item
on
the
agenda,
please
wait
for
us
to
get
to
that
that
item.
We
will
have
time
for
polo,
come
in
with
each
item
and
is
there
anyone
in
the
room
wishing
to
make
a
call
will
come
in.
G
D
A
Okay
thing
they're
kind
of
a
little
to
our
consent
agenda,
so
we
have
directed
Council
minutes
for
January
3rd
now
we're
minutes
from
January
23rd,
the
public
hearing
minutes
from
January
26th.
The
accounts
payable
run
from
February
1st
to
the
payroll
for
January
8
to
21.
there
any
questions
or
comments
about
being
considered
any
consented
in
the
items.
A
D
A
G
Sure
I
don't
have
any
updates
for
the
infrastructure
commission.
Since
the
last
meeting
we
did
have
the
second
hearing
of
Just
Cause
eviction
public
hearing
on
Saturday.
We
had
about
30
folks
in
attendance,
which
was
really
wonderful,
considering
the
weather
conditions
for
the
weekend
and
there's
you
know
really
great
participation
so
from
the
community
and
residents
as
well
as
some
others
that
are
interested
that
are
outside
of
our
they're.
G
A
J
Yes,
I
attended
the
airport
Commission
meeting
on
last
Wednesday
and
the
commission
reviewed
audit,
which
showed
the
annual
audit,
which
showed
no
material
findings,
the
airport
and
Good
Financial
Health,
but
an
upgraded
financial
status.
So
it's
good
for
our
regional
International
Airport.
They
did
report
that
the
second
phase
of
noise
mitigation
homes
or
home
renovations
for
noise
mitigation,
the
54
homes,
design
phase,
went
to
homeowners
for
their
approval
and
when
that
is
received,
they'll
go
back
to
the
airport
to
apply
for
FAA
funds
for
implementation.
J
So
that's
the
I
forget
I,
believe
that's
the
second
phase
and
the
third
phase
of
application
is
coming
up
as
well
and
there's
additional.
So
that's
the
next
round
of
funding
is
being
software
design
and
that
next
round
of
houses
based
on
the
total
noise
impact,
so
good
to
see
you
continuing
progress
on
that
effort
at
the
airport.
I
was
also
fortunate
to
attend
the
Champlain
Housing
trial
tests
annual
meeting
a
last
right.
J
A
week
ago,
Friday
and
I
accept
an
award
on
behalf
of
the
city
presented
by
CHT
for
their
Community
award
for
the
work.
That's
the
city
of
widowski
has
done
on
affordable
housing,
and
provision
and
US
community
supports
around
that
in
the
city.
It
was
a
great
night
lots
of
residents
as
well
as
board
members
and
community
members
there
great
to
share
in
the
kind
of
collective
success
of
the
Champlain
Housing
Trust
and
the
work
that
they've
done
in
Winooski.
J
Beyond
I
really
wanted
to
thank
the
board
and
executive
director
Michael
Monte
for
the
recognition
and
the
invitation
to
speak,
and
also
to
fellow
counselors,
our
former
counselors
former
city
managers,
current
residents,
who
are
also
with
his
key
residents.
It
was
great
to
have
that
group
there
and
be
able
to
accept
on
that
behalf.
We
also
had
several
Housing
Commission
members
and
people
have
worked
on
Equity
work
in
the
city
in
attendance.
J
H
Nothing
super
important
to
report
really
just
I
found
it
comical
at
our
last
downtown
winuski
meeting
we're
starting
to
talk
about
Winooski
Wednesdays,
even
though
it
was
freezing
outside,
but
that
group
is
just
gearing
up
to
start
the
planning
process
for
all
of
our
summer
events,
so
you'll
be
seeing
on
their
socials
and
their
websites,
the
you
know
annual
call
for
volunteers
and
folks
who
want
to
be
engaged
on
winuski
Wednesdays.
Thank
you.
B
D
B
And
members
of
the
community
can
attend
the
budget
meeting,
as
it
feels
very
important
to
make
sure
everyone's
informed
on
that
we
have
our
upcoming
state
public,
connected
people,
Commission
meeting
on
the
14th
up
at
6
PM.
It
will
be
over
a
zoo
and
we
have
a
couple
things
on
there,
including
the
budget
review,
possibly
from
the
Chiefs
and
checking
in
on
a
a
survey.
B
B
That's
now
available
on
our
website
and
they're
going
to
create
some
shorter
versions
too.
That
can
add
some
translated
versions
to
be
able
to
kind
of
spread
that
to
a
wider
audience,
the
information
down
there,
that
is
focused
on
the
state
level
and
state
government,
but
there
is
a
lot
of
information
in
there
that
can
be
useful
and
informational
as
we're
thinking
about
how
municipalities
can
help
in
this
work
means
by
the
federal
regulations,
as
well
as
any
neutralized
inside
able
to
be
engaged
in
Municipal
governments.
Those
are
my
updates
great
thank.
A
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A
A
Wait
a
minute,
a
lot
of
like
suggestions
to
streamline
or
update
regulations,
funding
to
help
municipalities
update
their
regulations.
The
Premiership
is
the
testimony
I
provided
was
to
urge
them
to
include
incentives
for
three
bedroom
with
larger
housing,
as
we've
seen
that
priority
here
and
our
study
administrator
is
graciously
helping
them
put
together.
Some
information
for
them
to
better
understand
where
there's
duplicative
permitting
process
at
the
state
level
that
we're
learning
doing
local
pretended
be
strategic
about.
A
C
Yeah,
so
town
meeting
Day
is
coming
up
as
a
reminder.
The
election
is
on
Tuesday
March
7th
voting
takes
place
at
the
Winooski
senior
center
from
7
A.M
to
7
PM
early
voting
in
absentee
ballots
will
be
available
after
February
17th
at
the
city
clerk's
office,
at
27,
West,
Allen
Street
for
all
ballot
and
budget
details.
You
may
visit
Winooski
vt.gov
town
meeting.
C
D
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C
802-862-3966,
that's
live
questions
during
the
budget.
Presentation
live
on
comedy
TV,
there's
also
a
city
and
school
virtual
budget
presentation
on
Wednesday
February
22nd
at
6
PM
via
Zoom,
and
the
annual
town
meeting
day
budget
presentation
is
on
Monday
March
6th
6
pm
at
the
Winooski
School
District
Performing
Arts
Center,
again
visit
.gov
tell
meeting
for
all
ballot
budget
and
meeting
information.
Speaking
of
the
ballot.
C
A
recording
of
the
meeting
from
the
26th
hearing
and
minutes
for
both
that
hearing
and
the
February
4th
hearing
I
would
like
to
take
a
moment
and
thank
the
Winooski
fire
department
and
many
neighboring
agencies
for
their
efforts
during
the
significant
fire
on
Main
Street
last
week,
and
the
many
calls
that
they
responded
to
this
weekend
related
to
that.
I
also
want
to
thank
everyone
in
the
community
who
helped
share
all
of
the
important
information
from
our
state
and
Regional
Partners
regarding
extreme
winter
weather
event.
A
L
D
L
A
M
Meredith
wishing
you
could
have
been
in
a
full
position
is
on
the
training
right
now,
so
we
are
recommending
some
new
codes
for
the
remainder
of
this
year
to
an
alternate
position
and
like
I
said
Hannah
is
here
on
zoom
and
Amanda
sends
her
regrets.
She
had
another
commitment
to
make
that
she
could
not
change,
but
it's
very
interesting
to
join
us
and
so
yeah
I,
don't
know.
If
you
have
questions
for
Hannah
or
you
can
let
you
have.
C
A
J
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L
G
G
N
Yes,
oh
great,
so
my
name
is
Clayton
Clark
and
tomorrow
will
be
my
fourth
week
anniversary
in
the
new
role
at
GMT.
I'm
excited
that
as
a
former
Winooski
resident.
That
Winooski
is
the
first
municipality
that
I'm
here
talking
to
so
glad
to
be
here
and
I'm,
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
our
fiscal
year.
24
budget
and
I'm
happy
to
report
that
for
Winooski
the
the
assessment
was
a
decrease
of
3.8
percent
from
last
year.
N
The
things
that
I
want
to
bring
up
about
the
budget
is
that
there's
two
items
that
got
a
lot
of
interest
from
the
public
one
was
making
permanent
some
service
reductions
that
have
been
in
place
for
almost
three
years
and
so
in
March
and
April
of
2020.
When
the
pandemic
started,
there
were
two
routes
that
went
through
Winooski
that
ended
up
having
fewer
routes
or
fewer
visits
during
the
day
that
those
were
cut
before
our
pandemic
operations
and
the
budget
made
them
permanent,
and
so
there's
not.
N
N
N
In
order
for
that
to
permanent
to
be
permanent,
there
would
need
to
be
a
sort
of
change
in
philosophy,
with
the
state
of
Vermont
and
and
a
real
look
at
how
we're
funded,
how
the
municipalities
fund
things,
because
you
know
we
cannot,
we
would
have
to
identify
Fair
replacement.
We've
been
able
to
be
fair
free
because
of
the
coveted
relief
funds,
and
so
just
like
everybody
and
lots
of
local
and
state
governments.
N
Gmt
has
received
significant
coveted
relief
funds.
Those
are
coming
to
an
end,
hence
our
our
need
to
recontemplate
fares.
I
can
tell
you
that
Although
our
budget
considers
restarting
fares
on
July
1st.
There
is
going
that
there's
a
debate
at
the
State
House
of
whether
we,
whether
they
should
provide
additional
support
for
us,
so
that
they
could
continue
so
that
we
can
continue
to
operate.
N
So
I
think
that
there's
still
a
lot
up
in
the
air
about
whether
we
will
restart
but
I
suspect
that
that
will
be
pushed
back
and,
and
so
it's
a
very
fluid
situation
at
the
moment,
I
wanted
to
as
best
I
can
considering
that
I've
been
here
for
four
weeks.
Give
you
all
the
opportunity
to
ask
questions
about.
N
Gmt
I
definitely
want
to
thank
Elaine
for
for
making
the
Arrangements
here,
but
also
in
your
packets,
providing
a
really
great
sort
of
summary
of
how
our
municipalities
work
with
GMT,
and
that
that
you
all
have
a
representation
on
our
board
and,
in
fact
behind
me
is
my
boss,
Austin
Davis,
who
is
winooski's
winooski's
commissioner,
and
is
the
president
of
our
Board
of
Commissioners,
and
so
so
with
that.
Is
there
anything
that
I
can
do
to
help?
You
understand
our
operations.
A
A
A
N
Service
would
be
very
helpful
to
your
residents.
Absolutely
I
can
tell
you
that
one
of
the
things
that
probably
worries
me
a
little
bit
more
than
money
is
Staffing
and
that
I
can
tell
you
that,
even
if
we
there's
been
a
lot
of
talk
of
a
trillion
dollar
coin
being
printed
or
made
to
solve
our,
you
know
budgetary
problems,
and
so,
if
GMT
got
a
hold
of
one
of
those,
we
still
would
have
a
problem
with
increasing
service
simply
because
of
our
inability
to
attract
CDL
Drivers.
N
And
so
one
of
the
things
that
when
you
see
one
of
our
blue
buses
going
around
town,
there's
about
a
one
in
three
chance
that
the
driver
of
that
bus
is
on
overtime
and
frequently
that
over
time
is
forced
over
time.
And
so
it's
not
really
sustainable.
In
my
view,
long-term
term
to
continue
operating
that
way.
And
so
to
me,
the
the
biggest
barrier
for
increasing
service
is
probably
going
to
be
Staffing.
That.
N
N
So
we
are
doing
things
that
we
haven't
done
in
the
past
to
to
attract
talent
and
I
can
tell
you
my
previous
job
was
in
healthcare
and
re
and
I've
been
surprised
at
the
similarities
between
trying
to
fill
nursing
positions
and
and
driver
positions.
Is
it
really
is
that
there's
just
not
enough
people
in
the
state
that
have
that
specific
licensure
to
go
around.
N
N
H
N
Sure
so
there
was
a
bill
that
was
introduced
h101
and
that
bill
provided
some
very
broad
changes
to
how
Vermont
does
Transportation,
but
when
it
came
to
public
transit
or
in
GMT,
specifically,
what
it
contemplated
was
a
1.2
million
dollar
appropriation
to
help
continue
zero
fare,
unfortunately,
to
do
zero
Fair
through
the
entire
fiscal
year.
24
would
take
about
two
million
dollars,
so
it
doesn't
fit
the
full
amount.
D
N
So
they
do
not
have
representation
on
the
board
and,
and
frankly,
that's
something
that
I
don't
quite
understand
yet,
as
far
as
how
that
will
work,
I
know
that
the
statute
was
amended
to
allow
them
representation
and
so
I,
but
I'm
not
aware
of
any
choosing
to
do
so.
I
can
tell
you
that
it's
a
very
different,
you
know.
The
way
we
receive
funding
from
them
is
different
than
the
way
we
receive
funding
from
you
in
our
urban
areas,
and
one
of
the
things
that
may
be
confusing.
G
N
That
I
really
don't
know
yet
I
I
can
tell
you
that
we
have
approached
the
operations
within
Winooski
Burlington,
Essex
Williston
area,
with
a
fixed
route
model.
That's
based
on
40-foot
buses
and
and
perhaps
our
labor
scarcity
at
CDL
is
going
to
force
us
to
have
to
change
that
at
some
point
in
time,
in
which
case
I
think
that
you
may
see
a
very
different
different
model.
But
at
this
point,
I
I
really
can't
speculate.
D
B
N
O
Can
you
hear
me
yeah
hi,
thanks
for
thanks
for
coming
to
talk
to
the
council
today,
I
have
a
question
about
the
procedure
for
municipalities
to
request
both
cost
estimates
and
increases
in
service.
It
seems
like
GMT,
doesn't
really
have
enough
planning
staff
to
make
these
kinds
of
requests
just
moving
forward.
N
N
O
O
D
O
Yeah
so
yeah
I
just
wanted
to
you
know,
hopefully
give
staff
and
counselors.
You
know
next
steps
if
they're
interested
in
expanding
service-
maybe
you
know
maybe
to
write
Avenue
to
you
know
go
meet,
maybe
maybe
we
need
to
be
adding
things
to
the
CCR
senior
work
plan
together
these
route
studied
for
processments
and
whatnot.
B
C
D
N
D
D
D
K
L
K
G
Okay,
I
just
want
to
on
the
final
document,
I
think
in
the
series
that
was
there
on
page
eight,
so
I
just
kind
of
wanted
to
emphasize
the
last
two
sentences
basically
say
during
the
fiscal
year
2024
budget
process.
The
council
has
opted
to
bridge
to
the
expiration
of
the
Tiff,
using
arpa
dollars
and
integrated
into
the
operating
budget.
The
community
services
Grant
funded
position
other
than
the
circulation
assistant
and
records,
Clerk
support,
Regional
dispatch
and
it's
it
ends
with.
D
A
B
I
I
These
items
for
finance
folks
before
we
get
out
to
bed,
you
can
get
a
notice
to
proceed
from
from
those
agencies.
So
in
your
packet
there
are
a
bundle
of
four
Bond
resolutions,
so
three
of
them
are
USDA
so
because
usdas
are
primary
projects
before
we
can
get
the
project
out
to
bid.
This
is
one
of
the
nine
the
same
one.
So
we're
not
asking
me
to
spend
any
money
tonight,
but
this
is
one
of
the
checklist
items
that
they
require
lawyer.
So
the
three
bonds
are
for
the
different
case
of
funding
work.
I
B
I
Rate
on
these,
these
ones
and
yeah-
hopefully
we
expect
to
have
the
easement
like
I
said
this
week,
and
then
we've
got
some
work
to
do
with
our
Google
Books
to
get
all
the
keyboard
executed
internal
certificates,
but
we
want
to
be
able
to
bid
by
next
month
and
see
what
we
get
for
the
price
on
this
project.
So
so
the
other
advice
was.
I
I
I
This
is
for
the
general
for
the
scope
of
that
was
over
you'll,
see
that
the
next
meeting
and
that
we're
working
with
our
other
Financial
Partners,
whether
it
be
the
sca
or
a
state
revolving
one
point
to
cover
the
Water
Resources
piece
of
Peace
So,
a
lot
of
agencies
we're
working
with
to
kind
of
meet
this
financing.
All
work
all
come
together
for
them.
So
I'll
leave
at
that.
If
you
have
any
questions
on
okay.
C
C
It's
been
a
you
can
tell
from
from
the
brief
memo
that
it
just
there's
a
lot
of
work
behind
and
behind
this
project
in
terms
of
coordination
of
funding
sources
and
just
of
course,
on
the
construction
design
pieces
too,
and
just
as
a
reminder,
John
wasn't
acting
city
manager
throughout
some
of
this,
so
Ryan
was
really
carrying
the
water
for
some
time
and
John's
finally
been
able
to
jump
back
in
with
me
being
here.
So
just
want
to
take
an
opportunity
to
thank
the
staff
for
keeping
this
going.
G
I
was
trying
to
not
be
the
first
one
to
ask
questions,
but
it
just
kinds
up
that
way
so
I.
Obviously,
we
saw
quite
a
few
headlines
recently
where
the
state
auditor
reviewed
project
project
documents
for
the
City
of
Burlington
and
some
of
the
missed
opportunities
they
had
there
and
just
looking
for
assurances
that
we've
dotted
our
eyes
and
crossed
our
T's.
So
we
don't.
We
don't
hear,
find
ourselves
in
a
similar
situation.
I
I
Sort
of
up
on
each
and
every
step,
it's
kind
of
some
point
too,
where
we
had
to
have
calls
and
meetings
with
us
game
folks
and
new
Trans
folks
on
the
same
on
the
same
call
to
make
sure
that
contracts
are
being
separated,
apparently
correct,
been
out
correctly.
So
that
is
one
of
the
major
sort
of
behind
the
scene
tasks
since
making
sure
that
when
you
get
the
project
we
have
our
contracts
set
up
right.
I
So
we're
not
missing
so
that
that
is
something
that
is
probably
taking
the
most
that
this
I
I've
said
this
to
Elena
of
sight
words.
It's,
like
all
this
other
Financial
contract
work
to
make
sure
that
there's
there's
no
risk
when
we're
trying
to
get
reimbursements,
because
you
know
it
is
such
a
costly
project.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
not
gonna
leave
anything
on
the
table
because
you
know
we
get.
We
didn't
put
some
clause
in
a
contract
or
something.
G
It's
really
I
mean
that's
really
wonderful,
to
hear
that
the
agencies
are
willing
to
collaborate.
The
different
levels
of
government
are
really
very
I,
mean
a
longer
process,
yes,
but
just
ensuring
that
that
we're
able
to
ensure
that
the
payments
are
are
more
likely
going
to
move
through
smoothly.
So
that's
reassuring
to
hear-
and
it
is
a
follow-up
question
I
think
I
saw
a
note
in
the
in
the
was
the
documents
here
that
there's
some
some
additional
delay
with
reviewing
with
getting
EPA
approval.
I
Impact
on
the
administrative
side,
so
that
issue
we
we
have
to
go
through
this
environmental
process,
called
the
Nepal
process
to
make
sure
that
the
project
isn't
negatively
impacting
any
sort
of
any
certain
environmental
components
of
the
project.
You
have
to
start
preservation
or
or
resources
things
like
that.
So
in
this
particular
case
we
had
to
go
through
a
pretty
extensive
legal
process
for
the
USDA
funding
and
then,
as
we
received
some
of
the
new
Trans
Brands,
we
used
a.
I
I
G
D
A
H
Well,
that's
a
question.
I
just
want
to
highlight
something
that
we
talked
about
when
we
were
maybe
the
last
budget
day
or
the
one
before
that,
but
just
to
confirm
these
rates.
Although
increase
they're
not
going
to
give
you
the
money
that
we
had
talked
about
in
a
stretch
budget
for
all
of
the
water
projects
that
you
see
that
the
city
is
going
to
need
in
the
upcoming
years.
J
P
I
I
Once
we
get
to
a
sustainable
budget,
so
one
of
the
issues,
what
we've
had
to
increase
the
budget?
But
what?
If
I'm
going
to
answer
with
my
budget?
Is
we
were
sort
of
subsidizing
that
budget
with
our
fund
balance,
so
that
is
obviously
not
sustainable,
so
we're
luckily,
in
a
place
now,
where
we're
actually
with
our
balanced
budget,
we're
paying
for
our
Capital
needs,
we're
paying
for
an
operational
costs.
I
I
L
L
I
Yeah,
it's
like
I,
said
a
lot
of
it
for
this
year
would
be
the
CWD
increase,
which
I
mean
is
actually
probably
mostly
inflation
too.
So
right,
I
mean
I.
Would
I
suspect
you
can
almost
chalk
up
with
all
of
this
budget
increase
to
to
inflation
this
year,
because
last
year,
I
believe
it
was
the
first
year
we
actually
caught
up
with
having
not
to
pay.
We
weren't
subsidizing
from
our
Reserve
fund
last
year,
so
the
majority
of
this
year
would
be
CWD.
L
J
J
I
I
Are
seeing
that
fy24
budget
for
this
year's?
We
actually
have
super
lowest
capital
for
efforts,
so
we
we've
been
appointing
back
some
of
those
Capital
costs
to
try
to
again
catch
up
with
this
this
budget
as
well.
So
we
have
three
capital
projects,
pickup
truck
replacement
and
then
Q
projects
that
a
resource
treatment
plant
that
were
recently
identified
as
priority
our
in
our
recent
DC
30-year
email
organization.
So
that
is
a
new
roof
for
an
admin
building
that
houses
all
our
controls
with
the
newsletter
plant.
D
A
A
C
Yeah
so
reading
from
my
cover
sheet
here,
the
Winooski,
City
and
school
district
have
had
an
agreement
as
documented
in
a
memorandum
of
understanding,
since
at
least
FY
2009
to
10
to
share
resources
where
it
makes
sense.
The
goal
of
the
mou
is
to
provide
the
community
with
the
highest
level
of
service
in
the
most
economical
manner.
The
big
change
this
year
is
the
city
no
longer
commits
to
providing
snow,
plowing
insulting
services
to
the
school.
C
Even
this
year,
with
our
road
and
sidewalk
plows
staffed
fully,
the
city
is
staffed
enough
to
plow
City
roads
and
sidewalks
timely,
not
also
the
school.
The
school
district
was
notified
of
this
proposed
change
in
November
per
agreement
and
has
agreed
to
it.
The
new
paragraph
7
helps
formalize
the
arrangement
regarding
City
use
of
Winooski,
School,
District,
multilingual
Liaisons
and
going
forward,
given
that
the
content
of
the
mou
is
largely
operational,
I'm
recommending
that
Council
delegate
execution
of
it
to
the
city
manager
in
the
future.
A
J
J
J
I
think
this
is
the
one
time
that
we
well
one
of
two
times
that
we
as
a
council,
interact
with
the
school
district
in
a
way
so
I
guess
one
question:
I,
don't
know
the
answer
necessary
I'm,
just
curious
about
other
people's
thoughts
are
for,
like
the
benefit
of
reviewing
this
on
an
annual
basis,
is
kind
of
refreshing,
our
commitment
and
our
understanding
of
what
our
current
modes
of
interaction
of
the
school
granted.
This
is
not
all
of
them.
J
A
A
B
C
D
J
The
only
other
only
other
way
I
could
imagine
kind
of
integrating
this
relationship
and
is
adding
it
to
our
schedule
as
a
if
you
have
one.
That's
like
another
meeting
is
our
prioritization
meeting
and
maybe
we
tag
a
joint
school
board
meeting
School
Board
city
council
meeting
as
one
of
those
other
meetings
that
we
hold
are
kind
of
a
code
located
meeting
but
yeah.
N
C
J
J
Well,
we
have
a
line
for
interpretation,
but
we
don't
necessarily
commit
that
to
the
multilingual
language
program
at
the
school
district.
But
and
if
the
school
were
to
say
you
are
not
you're
not
allowed
to
request
that
we
put
in
the
mou
that
wouldn't
get
reviewed
by
Council
because
it
wouldn't
have
a
budget
impact.
J
I
would
fully
expect
you
to
like
say:
look.
They
took
this
out,
it's
not
a
budgetary
impact,
but
it's
a
regular
item
in
the
agenda,
because
it's
a
significant
change
in
and
of
itself
to
me.
That
would
be
significant
change.
So
I
guess
I,
don't
know
if
we
need
to
formalize
that
if
we
want
to
just
have
that
be
an
understanding
that
that'll
get
pulled.
D
C
C
So,
yes,
all
Winooski
voters
approved
the
general
fund
budget,
which
you
approved
a
couple
weeks
ago.
A
council
alone,
though,
approves
all
the
other
fund
budgets
we're
going
to
come
back
to
you
next
time
for
the
Community
Development
Fund,
just
because
it's
a
little
administratively
complicated.
So
tonight
we're
asking
you
to
prove
the
budgets
for
the
fiscal
year:
2023
2024,
funds
for
water,
Wastewater,
parking,
community
of
services,
programs,
the
tax
increment
Finance
districts
and
the
rental
registry,
as
presented.
A
C
L
C
Than
that
well,
actually,
this
is
true
for
all
the
other
funds.
So
all
the
other
funds
technically
have
their
own
budget.
That's
why
it's
approved
separately,
but
most
of
them
are
user
fee
supported.
So
I
don't
know
that
in
statute.
It
actually
specifies
that.
That's
why
the
board,
the
boards
for
water,
Wastewater
et
cetera,
are
the
ones
approving
everything
and
not
the
voters,
but
that's
the
distinction
of
why
they're
handled
separately.
G
C
Right
so
because
you
wouldn't
it's
ill-advised
to
adopt
a
budget
before
you've
changed
the
fees
officially,
because
who
knows
technically
what
might
happen
through
that
process?
That
would
be
the
chance
to
revisit
that
and
just
a
reminder
to
anyone
else.
There
was
a
Brent
had
brought
up
that
we
might
be
able
to
increase
that
and
close
the
gap
on
the
rental
registry.
So,
but
again
we
didn't
budget
that
way
because
it
hasn't
been
approved
by
Council
right.
A
A
A
So
there
were
several
others.
We
talked
about
operationalizing
our
engagement
procedure,
adopted
in
a
policing
assessment,
creating
a
shared
language
for
everybody.
I
could
move
into
Android
learning
here.
I,
don't
really
touch
up
those
last
two
around
the
shared
language
and
the
ongoing
learning
I
feel
that's
something
we
should
be
addressing
after
10
meeting.
A
So
the
three
actual
things
that
I've
put
on
through
discussion
today
are
operationalizing
that
engagement
procedure,
selecting
an
assessment
tool
which
I
have
a
few
examples
attached
and
then
also
talking
about
how
to
engage.
Our
inclusion
in
the
line
commission,
like
I,
probably
should
have
FYI
that
group
and
this
member
with
these
considerations
before
tonight,
but
unfortunately
I
didn't
think
clearly
about
that
until
two
days
ago.
B
A
A
A
D
A
A
B
B
But
I
wanted
to
follow
up
questions
specifically
thinking
about
the
same
Outreach,
clarifying
purpose
and
I.
Think
one
of
them
has
history
at
first
in
a
hotspot
just
begin
to
certain
impacts
in
general,
because
some
of
them
talk
about
is
there
something
that
would
greatly
benefit
for
it
was
to
have
the
reverse
effects
so
actually
kind.
B
B
B
B
B
D
A
Or
if
there's
something
that
stood
out
to
you,
when
you
were
reviewing
these,
the
different
tools
that
were
shared
like
I,
think
the
goal
today
is
to
figure
out
what
to
bring
back
to
look
at.
So
we
can
just
have
some
discussion
about
what
we
think
the
global
tool
is
or
what
things
are
like.
We
want
to
make
sure
are
captured.
H
G
G
G
J
Appreciation
for
kind
of
trying
to
take
the
various
pieces
and
pull
into
something.
That's
like
a
a
starting
point
for
Winooski,
which
is
great
and
I
in
reading,
through
the
various
examples
I
gravitated
towards
the
the
state,
which
was
the
state
of
Vermont
Equity
impact
assessment
tool
in
the
Burlington's
tool,
which
is
an
adaptation
of
the
the
fifth
example
in
the
memo,
because
it
does
give
like
specific
questions
that
you
can
ask
of
a
given
policy.
J
J
The
level
of
detail
that
is
required
in
going
into
assessing
a
given
change
like
it
seemed
helpful
to
frame
some
discussions,
and
one
thing
I
did
like
about
I.
Think
both
of
these
the
State
of
Mind.
The
Burlington
tool,
is
that
it
doesn't
require
every
question
to
be
framed
from
a
racial
or
ethnic
diversity.
J
So
I
think
that
was
something
that
stood
out
to
me
is
that
it
was
a
tool
that
was
explicitly
doing
both
instead
of
trying
to
put
everything
into
one
bucket
and
then
assess
it.
I'm
not
saying
this
right,
but
like
explicitly
calls
out
racial
Equity
as
a
second,
like
a
a
specific
area
that
we
have
to
look
at
on
its
own
and
then
Equity
more
broadly,
which
for
our
community
is
important
because
we
have
a
large
number
of
seniors.
J
You
have
people
who
have
physical
disabilities,
who
have
folks
who
have
economic
different
in
different
economic
classes.
So
I
think
that's
something
I'd
like
to
see.
We
could
adapt
this
to
use
for
any
policy.
Think
about
any
of
those
components
of
equity,
but
we
also
dive
into
the
visual
piece
and.
J
Mean
these
are
a
lot
like
I.
Don't
think
that
we
want
a
20.
Was
this
a
26
question
assessment
tool
is
a
lot
for
every
item,
but
if
we're
doing
it
only
for
certain
bigger
picture
of
things
like
ordinance
changes,
budget
policies
and
priorities,
it's
not
that
many
places
in
that
structured
and
considered
reflection
would
be
really
helpful,
I
think
to
to
produce
and
to
read
how
others
produce
it.
A
A
D
B
So
I
think
having
that
General
language
and
maybe
question
now,
but
more
depending
on
kind
of
on
our
complex
than
just
making
us
the
right
language
to
use.
But
I
didn't
keep
one
of
the
questions,
as
is
I,
think
there's
something
from
Burlington,
which
was
Joseph
item,
program
policy
or
practice
align
with
the
mission
of
ensuring
racial
Equity.
B
If
not
in
what
ways
that
was
perpetually
racial
interactivity
and
I,
think
yeah
I
think
at
least
one
or
two
questions,
but
specifically
have
us
think
about
that
I
think
being
another
one
that
might
be
outputs
go
out
is,
and
this
was
I
didn't
come
up
in
identifying.
Stakeholders
is
specifically
thinking
about
accessibility
around
not
just
language
but
ability
just
to
access
the
forms
to
make
sure
they're
available
for
screen
readers
and
it's
immediate
full
interpretation
for
an
event.
A
B
And
I
wonder
as
if
this
would
be
helpful
if
I
can
share
and
I'm
sorry.
I
was
only
able
to
really
get
this
together
today.
Otherwise
I
would
have
shared
it
ahead
of
time,
but
maybe,
if
I
share
the
list
that
I
came
up
with
and
then
folks
can
make
sure
that
and
the
if
there
are
any
other
questions,
that's
about
to
do
that
I
missed
or
is
there
any
that
I
included
that
you
think
it
aren't
beneficial?
Would
that
be
a
good
place
to
start.
D
B
This
would
be
useful
in
this
meeting
or,
if
I,
send
something
out
after
the
meeting
I
gotta
individually
question
that
you
wanted
in
there
that
I've
been
include
and
then
I've
been
kind
of,
compile
that
and
bring
that
into
inclusion
and
belonging
or
I.
Don't
know
what
we
wanted.
Some
pilot
bring
it
back
to
council,
okay,
I.
B
B
J
J
J
D
C
C
D
A
A
We're
just
going
to
distribute
this
draft
to
the
council.
We
will
review
it
at
our
221
meeting
to
provide
official
recommendation
or
was
also
going
to
distribute
it
to
the
inclusion
belonging
Commission,
so
they
have
time
to
digest
it
after
the
t201
meeting
of
our
official
recommendations
can
be
track
changed
into
that
amount
of
day
shared
with
commissioners.
A
A
A
I
think
those
are
the
two
key
professional
pieces
should
those
updates
also
include?
Is
there
value
in
US
trying
to
that's,
also
documenting
your
different
community
events
and
informal
things
we
do
and
then
the
last
goal
is
just
kind
of
the
note
to
remind
us
of
you
know
what
Jim
brought
up
about
realistic
expectations.
A
J
You
know,
I
think,
for
this
engagement
procedure
to
work.
It
doesn't
have
to
be
a
driving
person,
but
it
can
be
a
person
who
at
least
is
making
sure
to
check
in
periodically
so
it
doesn't
get
lost,
and
this
topic
is
for
me
to
think
about
where
we
were
with
winnesuke
Housing
Authority
building
meetings,
which
we'd
hope
to
do
quarterly
to
three
times
a
year
basis,
and
that's
now
so
I
think
even
just
being
reminded
to
do.
H
For
me
to
go
to
that's
personal,
but
yeah
like
I
I,
definitely
would
love
to
be
out
more
and
and
to
be
doing
more
more
events
and
meeting
with
more
diverse
members
of
our
community,
but
I.
Just
don't
personally
have
the
time
to
find
out
what
those
events
are
to
get
to
them.
Always,
and
maybe
that
is
what
this
person,
whatever
whoever
this
counselor
Suite
designate,
might
be
able
to
dedicate
time
to
doing.
A
Yeah
I
think
how
we
discussed
this
before
when
we
put
this
together,
it
was
like
you're
assigned
a
couple
of
different
touch
points
reached
out
to
them
from
time
to
time,
and
this
approach
will
be
having
one
person
kind
of
look
at
that
spreadsheet,
monthly
and
being
like
hey.
If
you
talked
to
the
next
Community
or
have
we
heard
from
them
or
there's
a
follow-up
item
and
then
reminding
us
that
could
be
me
too,
it
was
anyone
on
the
council
could
be
doing
this
I
wanted
to
check.
A
B
J
I
do
think
that
the
like,
where
are
we
doing
this
engagement,
is
something
we're
having
that
open
discussion
on
last
time.
It's
just
the
the
kind
of
counselor
LED
like
Peter,
finding
that
space
to
go
to
to
meet
with
people
where
they're
already
convening
at
the
end
of
like
a
PTO
meeting
and
making
a
point
to
get
to
one
of
those
every
six
months
in
the
setup
of
that
is
hard,
but
the
ongoing
repetition
of
that
becomes
a
little
bit
easier
and
I
wonder
so.
J
I
think
like
if
we,
if
you
if
it
does
get
if
it's
a
fairly
narrow
focus
on
trying
to
build
up
that
repertoire
of
living
in
time
of
people
who
you
can
convene
with
and
places
where
you're
convenient,
where
people
are
already
convenient
like
that
becomes
a
lot
easier.
The
next
time
around,
like
again
I'll
use.
My
personal
example
of
Community
Housing,
Authority
buildings.
J
I
now
know
who
I
would
reach
out
to
under
I
can
understand
like
roughly
how
many
people
are
going
to
show
up,
and
we
have
the
flyer
already
made
for
doing
that
session.
So
the
next
time
around
seems
like
I'll,
have
to
go
through
a
few
less
steps
than
I
did
the
last
time,
so
the
benefit
like
taking
a
spreadsheet
plus
a
person
to
just
checking
on
like
it's
been
three
months.
It's
been
six
months.
J
These
people
should
this
these
this
group,
or
these
folks
should
be
coming
back
up,
and
your
name
is
next
to
that
Thomas.
You
know
I'm
putting
together
the
report
for
Council.
What
should
I
say
it
might
help
us
stay
on
track
and
so
I
think
we
can
keep
it
somewhat
circumspect
and
not
have
to
be
like
a
broader
net
of
events
that
we
can
all
try
and
get
to,
and
that's
the
second
I
think
that's
a
useful
Direction
too,
but
it's
kind
of
two
separate
the
parallel
initiatives.
I
think.
D
A
A
K
A
A
The
city
manager
hiring
and
staff
capacity
that
there
wasn't
a
real
opportunity
or
space
to
for
members
of
council
to
have
much
input
on
that.
You
know
we
kind
of
had
an
existing
list
of
must
do's
and
not
much
room
to
not
much
wiggle
room
on
there.
So
I
wanted
to
outline
that
this
is
typically
how
we
go
about
the
process
to
make
sure
that
we
are
continuing
some
time
and
being
strategic.
A
You
might
recall
that
we
used
a
lot
of
attendance
strategy
and
priority
session
last
year,
kind
of
deep
diving
into
departments
and
operations
status
for
exposing
to
do
that
in
advance
this
year,
like
starting
after
orientation.
So
we
don't
use.
You
know
we
have
more
time
for
the
actual
prioritization
discussion
and
we
also
should
be
adding
an
engagement
plan,
Equity
assessment
tool
based
on
the
last
item,
we're
going
to
lean
on
our
conditions
to
engage
progress
towards
master
plan
goals.
They
share
recommendations.
A
Those
aren't
like
my
name
recommendations,
so
they
should
inform
our
thinking
about
what
you
know.
What
have
we've
been
doing
well
and
where
are
we
missing?
What
might
be
focus
on
I
think
there's
an
opportunity
there
to
do.
Another
convening
of
commission
chairs
not
exactly
sure
what
that
looks
like,
especially
now
that
we
have
the
inclusion
of
the
lion
commission,
which
isn't
silent
to
a
single
strategic
area
of
the
planet.
A
L
A
G
G
It
would
feel
beneficial
to
hear
thoughts
before
we
kind
of
get
to
day
of
day
of
the
retreat,
so
that
I
can
have
a
some
frame
of
reference
for
suggestions
that
the
various
counselors
will
present,
as
well
as
the
commissions
I
think
they
often
are
reactive
and
it
might
be
nice
to
offer
some
proactive
opportunities
for
input
as
well.
So
I
do
see
some
benefit
to
the
change
and
also
want
to
think
about
staff
staff
ability
and
how
that
would
play
into
it.
C
C
That
so
we
did
discuss
it
with
the
leadership
team
level
I'm
trying
to
think
through
if
I
gave
them
adequate
time
to
push
back
it
just
but
the
actually
the
debrief
we
had
at
right
after
last
year
was
like
well
that
was
we
kind
of
overloaded
Council
and
it
wasn't
wasn't
as
beneficial
as
the
intent
was
so
I.
Think
generally
spacing
it
out.
You
know
we
can.
We
can
be
flexible
about
which
department
goes
when
to
help
with
that
workload.
I
think
in
general
it's
actually
probably
a
better
approach.
Okay,
but
thank
you.
C
A
Think
there's
an
opportunity
then
too,
in
those
sort
of
Department
operations
overviews
to
preview.
What
you're
thinking
are
going
to
be
the
upcoming
priorities,
not
to
say
that
that's
what
they
are
we're
committed,
but
to
start
giving
the
difference
between
giving
more
time
to
digest
that,
and
so
also
for
anything
ensuring
that
the
commission
recommendations
come
to
council
more
than
one
meeting
before.
A
G
About
that
and
I
I
do
want
to
mention
that,
given
that
we're
in
our
first
meeting
in
February
this
might
be
this
might
even
take
another
year
before
we
can
kind
of
tease
out
the
timeline
a
little
bit
more,
so
it
can
be
or
no
more
I'd
lined
up
a
little
bit
better,
because
even
starting
now
it
still
feels
a
little
constrained
to
be
ready
for
May,
considering
like
like
for,
for
example,
the
infrastructure
commission.
We
may
not
meet
this
month
or
other
commissions
may
not
meet.
A
J
Well,
it's
something
that
I
think
we
should
consider
is
at
the
budget
if
it's
a
produce
is
setting
a
bit
of
policy
Direction
already
for
20,
and
so
like
I'm,
just
looking
back
at
our
our
policies
and
priorities,
policy,
priorities
and
strategies
from
last
year
and
like
many
of
these
things
are
things
that
have
been
budgeted.
Some
of
this
stuff
that's
been
budgeted
in
and
we
really
shouldn't
just
take
a
left
turn
and
say:
oh,
this
is
a.
This
is
a
light
green
we're
gonna
drop
it
off
the
list.
J
J
These
would
really
be
like
a
a
more
substantial
change
than
adding
something
new
or
dropping
dropping
one
new
idea
in
favor
of
another
new
idea,
so
I
wonder
if
you
could
kind
of
shorten
that
list
or
start
that
conversation
earlier,
but
like
here's.
What
we
see
is
coming
as
staff
priorities
already
based
on
the
budget,
and
that
would
reduce.
K
A
That's
a
really
good
point
Jim,
and
on
top
of
that,
other
things
that
we
are
like
legally
committed
to
continue
yeah
and
making
that
clear.
She
wants
to
know
like
this
thing,
really
can't
be
dropped
or
you
know
in
theory,
we
could
change
something,
but
if
we
have
a
lower
budget
at
a
certain
game,
so
we
should
be
eating
yeah.
D
A
A
A
That's
a
really
good
point:
Aurora
in
theory,
kind
of
a
strategy
and
priority
session.
We
should
be
able
to
like
present
those
goals
for
each
commission.
I,
don't
think
we
got
there
actually
in
most
years,
I,
don't
think,
we've
really
gotten
there
I
think
we're
getting
better
at
it,
but
we
still
haven't
gotten
there
being
very
clear
of
helping
commissions
know
what
this
this
is,
what
you
should.
A
B
Yeah
because
I
think,
maybe
especially
with
they
probably
connected
people
again
and
Christians
belongings,
both
to
be
a
little
bit
more
outside
of
the
traditional
structures
and
I
think
they're
kind
of
getting
in
that
group.
But
even
just
an
update
on
like
here
are
some
things
council
is
going
to
be
about.
J
J
The
policy
discussion,
the
policy
formulation
on
this
topic
that
so
that
could
be
a
way
to
it
would
be
nice
if
the
commission
work
plans
were
largely
written
out
of
that
policies
and
priorities
session,
or
at
least
the
first
six
items
or
whatever
for
each
commission,
and
they
can
certainly
add
but
I
think
that
would
be
helpful
to
show
or
signify
like.
Is
this
something
we
want
to
get
Commission
leadership
on.