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From YouTube: Winooski City Council - 10/17/2022
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https://www.winooskivt.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10172022-1013
00:00:00 Call to Order/Pledge of Allegiance
00:00:42 Agenda Review
00:00:55 Public Comment
00:01:22 Consent Agenda
00:02:20 Council Reports
00:08:14 City Updates
00:10:46 Inclusion & Belonging Commission Appointments
00:15:48 Joint Meeting with School Board
01:17:28 Winooski Valley Parks District Presentation
01:51:53 Treasurer's Q1 September 2022 Budget Report
02:00:44 FY24 Budget Goal Setting
03:04:02 COVID-19 Recovery Non-Profit Grant
03:12:27 Vote to Cancel the City Council Meeting on 11/21/22
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A
And
the
student
Republic,
for
which
it
stands,
one
nation
indivisible
with
liberty
and
justice
for
all.
Thank
you
and
I'll
note
that,
while
we're
fortunate
to
have
our
mayor
joining
remotely
with
this
many
people
in
the
room,
we
agreed
I'll
facilitate
the
meeting
when
needed.
So
thank
you,
mayor
for
still
being
here,
despite
not
being
in
the
state
and
I
will
Forge
ahead.
At
this
moment,
we
can
look
at
Agenda
review.
If
there
are
any
items
you
want
to
raise
about
the
agenda.
A
Okay,
next
we'll
move
on
to
public
comment.
This
is
an
opportunity
for
members
of
the
public
to
make
comments
on
any
topic
that
is
not
included
in
tonight's
agenda.
If
you're
here
for
a
topic
included
on
the
agenda,
please
wait
until
we
reach
that
item
and
as
a
reminder
for
folks
who
are
joining
us
on
Zoom.
You
can
raise
your
hand
and
we
can
move
you
over
to
speak.
Is
there
anyone
who
wishes
to
speak
during
public
comment.
A
B
A
Moving
on,
we
have
our
consent
agenda
tonight.
This
involves
the
approval
of
the
city
council
minutes
and
cannabis.
Control
Commission
minutes
of
10
3
2022,
the
approval
of
the
accounts,
the
approval
of
the
accounts
payable
warrant
of
10,
13
22,
and
approval
approval
of
payroll
warrant
for
9
18
22
to
10
122..
A
A
B
C
C
The
commission
members
didn't
feel
they
were
quite
ready
to
finish
review
and
go
through
it
all.
So
we're
going
to
hold
a
special
meeting
most
likely
on
the
first
November
1st
and
finish
that
review
then,
and
so
we
can
have
it
on
the
council
meeting
on
the
7th
for
Council
to
review
and
at
our
inclusion
and
belonging
Commission
meeting.
Unfortunately,
we
didn't
have
a
quorum
but
see
our
first
regular
item
is
to
bring
on
two
more
members,
so
hopefully
going
forward.
A
E
Committee
with
the
finance
commission
earlier
this
month
and
the
time
we
discussed
arpa
priorities
as
well
as
budget
priorities
for
Council
to
consider,
we
will
be
having
another
joint
meeting
on
November
17th
and
look
forward
to
recomputing
at
that
time,
and,
and
that
will
be
the
regularly
scheduled
meeting
for
the
infrastructure.
Commission.
E
The
children,
Solid
Waste,
District
bond
boat
just
want
to
remind
residents
to
request
that
ballot.
In
addition,
it
was
not
a
part
of
the
mail-in
ballot
that
was
sent
by
the
state,
so
just
want
to
advise
folks
if
they
are
doing
mail-in
ballots
to
request
that
from
our
city,
city
clerk
and
that's
all
I
have.
F
F
A
Great
thank
you
mayor
and,
since
our
last
meeting,
I
was
fortunate
to
attend
the
heart
of
Winooski
Foundation
meeting
as
a
board
member,
which
was
the
first
time
I've
been
able
to
get
back
together
with
that
group
in
quite
a
while,
which
is
really
exciting,
because
we
were
talking
about
I,
bypoc
educator
fund
by
a
bipod
teacher
fund
set
up,
so
the
ability
to
apply
for
and
receive
funds
for,
training
support
to
grow.
Our
Workforce
bypoc
individuals
in
the
school
district,
which
is
great
also
we're
seeking
a
parent
representative
for
the
group.
A
Still
so
a
member
of
the
PTO
is
it's
supposed
to
be
appointed
per
Charter.
This
would
be
a
great
opportunity
to
get
involved
in
the
Winooski
school
district
and
understand
some
of
the
work
and
needs
of
our
students
and
teachers
and
support
them
and
great
chance
to
get
involved
with
the
PTO
great
chance
to
get
involved
with
Harvard
Winski.
It's
a
twofer,
so
I'd
encourage
any
parents
who
are
interested
to
reach
out
to
the
school
district
or
myself,
and
we
can
get
you
set
up
with
supports
and
information
for
joining.
G
I
haven't
met
with
downtown
Winooski
since
our
last
meeting,
but
I
did
want
to
remind
everybody
that
we
still
need
some
volunteers
to
help
with
setting
up
the
pumpkins
in
the
middle
of
Winooski
for
our
Halloween
celebration.
So
this
weekend,
Saturday
and
Sunday
from
nine
to
five
at
the
Winooski
Senior
Center,
we
will
be
carving
pumpkins
I'll,
be
there
on
Sunday.
G
A
H
H
Of
course,
so
this
is
a
reminder
that,
as
the
weather
gets
colder
and
We
Gather
indoors
more
that
covet
is
still
around.
You
can
get
your
free
test
kits
from
the
city
from
the
city,
clerk's
office,
the
library
or
Senior.
Center
and
vaccines
are
available
near
you
to
find
a
walk-in
clinic
near
you
visit
healthvermont.gov,
covid,
hyphen
vaccine
or
19
slash
vaccine
or
just
call
2-1-1.
H
There
are
City
Board
and
commission
seats,
open
Winooski
commission
for
inclusion
and
belonging
town
meeting
TV
trustee,
Finance,
commission,
Municipal
infrastructure,
commission,
safe,
healthy,
connected
people
commission
to
learn
more
and
apply
visit.
Our
news,
Upstate
updates
section
at
winooskibt.gov.
H
It
is
not
too
late
to
register
to
vote
in
the
for
the
November
8th
election.
You
can
do
that
all
the
way
up
until
the
day
of
voting.
You
would
do
so
at
that
on
that
day,
at
the
polls
which
for
Winooski
is
at
the
senior
center.
You
can
also
register
to
vote
now
up
until
then
an
advanced
visit,
Winooski,
vt.gov
vote
or
connect
with
the
city
clerk's
office
at
802-655-6410.
H
Lastly,
if
you're
looking
to
develop
affordable
housing
as
a
developer
as
a
homeowner
on
your
own
property
or
need
a
bit
of
extra
help
with
a
down
payment
for
buying
your
first
home
and
it
is
a
Winooski,
please
note
the
Winooski
Housing
Trust
Fund
is
available
to
potentially
help
you
more
information
is
at
winningski
vt.gov
or
by
calling
opportunities.
Credit
Union,
which
is
the
grant
administrator
at
1-800-865-8328.
J
A
B
D
Good
evening,
a
couple
of
a
couple
of
little
amendments
that
were
discovered
after
the
agenda
was
created.
After
reviewing
the
charter
with
Elaine.
We
realized
that
the
the
terms
for
our
five
members
should
have
been
staggered.
Three
two-year
terms,
two
one-year
terms
we
had
on
everybody
in
at
6,
30
24
for
two-year
terms.
So
in
order
to
correct
this
and
I
reached
out
to
all
the
council
members,
they
I
contacted
them
all
for
their
preference
and
the
length
of
the
term.
D
D
and
with
the
resonation
of
Ariana
today
I'm
requesting
an
appointment
of
Abdi
Muhammad,
who
is
I,
know
visiting
with
us
with
zoom
to
a
member.
He
originally,
we
had
Abdi
as
a
alternate,
but
do
the
resonation
we'd
like
to
bring
him
aboard
for
the
five,
so
we
have
a
quorum.
So
he
is.
We
have
a
one-year
term
expiring
on
1031-23
for
OBD.
J
D
J
A
K
A
E
A
L
C
A
A
B
H
M
A
We
are
coming
to
a
wonderful
yearly
tradition
of
having
the
school
in
the
city
meet
jointly
and
I.
Don't
think
we
did
this
last
year,
so
I'm
glad
it's
hopefully
going
to
become
a
yearly
tradition
again,
so
very
excited
to
be
welcoming
our
school
board
members
and
our
superintendent
to
the
meeting.
Thank
you
for
being
here
on
our
regularly
scheduled
evening
and
in
the
city
hall.
Chambers
I
would
ask
the
mayor.
Do
you
want
to
introduce
this
item.
F
Yeah
sure,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
Jim,
for
facilitating
and
thank
you
school
board
for
joining
us
trustees.
I.
We
definitely
didn't
do
it
last
year
and
I
almost
want
to
say
the
year
before
either,
but
I've
historically
tried
to
have
an
annual
joint
meeting
as
part
of
our
partnership
in
serving
Winooski
and
so
bringing
that
back
to
tradition
wanted
to
do
first,
some
introductions,
I,
don't
know
that
we
have
all
had
a
chance
to
meet
and
then
do
a
little
overview
of
each
of
our
boards
and
how
they
function
in
our
organizations.
F
Talk
about
the
memorandum
of
understanding
and
some
changes
that
are
coming
from
superintendent,
mcmanon
and
city
manager,
Wong
and
then
I've
drafted
a
memo
here
related
to
the
shared
Equity
audits
that
our
two
organizations
went
through
wanted
to
touch
base
on
our
shared
priorities.
There
were
a
couple
of
recommendations
out
of
that
report
for
for
the
school
and
the
city
and
then
talk
about
ongoing
engagement
opportunity
so
to
kick
us
off.
If
you
could
share
your
name,
your
role
and
maybe
something
that
you
do
outside
of
your
board
role.
F
O
J
B
P
B
C
Q
F
Sharing
so
first
wanted
to
kind
of
run
through
our
different
board
roles.
I
have
I
can
share
my
screen
right,
yeah,
I
can't
okay,
so
just
a
little
quick.
This
is
from
our
2022
Council
orientation
wanted
to
start
for,
for
the
city
council
with
our
strategic
Vision,
which
was
Community
Driven
through
a
lot
of
inputs.
We
kind
of
focus
our
work
around
these
four
key
areas.
I
know
wsd
has
a
mission
statement,
so
this
is
similar
so
around
economic,
Vitality,
Municipal,
infrastructure,
housing
and
safe,
healthy
connected
people.
F
R
F
This
very
messy
orc
tart
from
a
prior
presentation,
but
essentially
just
want
to
call
out
that
when
you
see
residents
and
voters
are
there
at
the
top,
because
that
is
who
we
answer
to.
They
elect
us
to
then
provide
guidance
to
the
manager
down
to
staff
for
the
city
and
so
here's
another
demonstration
of
of
the
council
manager,
form
of
government
and
and
how
our
rules
function.
Where
you
know,
we
are
primarily
there
with
the
high-level
Mission
and
policy,
whereas
the
management
and
administration
kind
of
sits
closer
to
with
the
staff.
F
P
Do
you
wanna
yeah,
so
yeah?
So
we
are
the
school
board.
So
what
we
do?
We
follow
policy
governance.
We
are
obligated
by
our
owners.
The
way
we
call
it
in
positive
governance
is
their
owners,
and
that
would
be
wouldiskey
residents.
Parents,
staff
and
one
of
our
big
roles
that
we
are
gonna
start
really
focusing
in
on
is
how
we
link
with
our
ownership.
P
We
do
have
a
policy
that
requires
us
to
have
a
three-year
plan
for
how
we're
going
to
do
Outreach
and
stay
in
communication
and
hear
and
see
the
needs
and
wants
and
advocacy
pieces
for
our
parents
and
students
and
community
members,
and
so
we're
going
to
be
launching
into
that,
hopefully
starting
in
November
and
us
talking
about
at
the
four
table
and
really
doing
some
deep
dive
into
where
we've
been
with
community
outreach
and
where
we
would
like
to
see
ourselves
going.
We
were
super
I
was
super.
L
P
F
H
B
H
The
Plea,
the
student
resource
officer
from
our
police,
roster,
the
snow,
plowing
and
salting
services
to
the
school
I
have
to
say
that
City
staff
have
asked
for
that
to
not
continue
in
the
coming
year.
We,
we
did
say
that
last
year
that
this
was
in
here
for
this
year,
but
it
is
going
to
be
a
challenge:
we're
going
to
have
to
contract
out
that
service
again,
because
we're
short-handed
again
and
just
a
note
to
the
public.
H
H
The
fourth
item
is,
of
course,
remitting
back
to
the
city
to
the
school.
The
Statewide
property
taxes
are
collected
on
your
behalf,
the
oops.
That's
our
own
item
is
actually
number
five,
so
the
second
item
has
to
do
with
I'm
sorry,
police
officers
at
a
security
at
sporting
events
and
after
hours.
Activities.
H
Sixth
item
is
a
partnership
on
the
school
newsletter,
so
that
was
a
great
initiative
started
by
the
school
district
and
we
jumped
on
that
because
it's
great
that
it's
mailed
to
all
addresses
and
I'll
say
the
community
I
came
from
it
went
to
Property
Owners,
which
is
not
everybody
and
given
their
High
renter
population.
That
was
a
that's
a
nice
thing
that
we
do
provide
at
least
English
for
the
time
being
and
number
seven.
The
last
one
is
use
of
facilities
for
Mutual
benefit.
H
M
M
Can
I
add
something
while
you're,
of
course,
yeah
no
I
would
just
say
this
document
for
me
is
really
important
because
it
symbolizes
the
the
partnership
across
the
city
and
it
gives
us
shared
responsibilities.
It
gives
us,
in
some
cases,
even
shared
language,
about
how
we
work
with
youth
and
how
we
can
all
kind
of
look
after
our
youth
and
take
care
of
them
in
different
ways,
not
only
by
providing
programming,
but
it's
lent
itself.
M
You
know
having
City
staff
running
the
Thrive
program
or
being
engaged
in
21c
summer
and
after
school
programming.
You
know
we
share
training
about
how
to
interact
with
students,
in
particular
environments
and
so
forth,
and
that
also
goes
out
into
the
community
at
the
pool
and
at
the
senior
center
and
in
the
community
where
all
of
our
employees,
our
city,
employees
and
staff,
many
of
whom
live
in
the
city
as
well,
can
take
a
consistent
approach
to
working
with
particularly
students,
but
all
community
members.
H
And
I'll
add
that
staff
have
are
recommending
meeting,
Sean
and
I
that
we
add
an
agreement.
Paragraph
number
eight
on
the
parties
developing
in
consultation
with
the
new
ski
Community,
a
shared
work
plan
based
on
the
shared
Equity
audit
conducted
by
opportunities
Consulting
with
the
report
dating
April,
22nd
2022,
and
that
is
purposely
lacking
in
specifics,
because
we
want
to
develop
that
over
the
next
year
in
future
years.
Perhaps
there
would
be
more
detail,
but
for
now
we
want
to
codify
that
commitment.
Make
sure
that
the
two
bodies
agree
on
that
and
then
number
nine.
M
H
A
E
E
O
L
You,
you
went
through
those
items
pretty
quickly
and
one
of
them
that
that
some
of
our
neighbors
may
have
questions
about
is
that
the
police
at
school
events
I,
was
wondering
if
you
could
speak
to
that
a
little
bit
about
how
that
how
that
works
and
what
our
community
members
can
expect
from
that
partnership.
Agreement.
L
M
So
I
at
last
week's
board
meeting
I
s
the
spoke
to
the
board
and
we
had
a
discussion
because
I
wanted
to
be
clear
about
whose
decision
it
was
within
this
mou
to
notify
the
city.
If
there
was
going
to
be
a
change
that
would
have
budget
implications
for
fy24
and
the
discussion
centered
around
that
that
was
my
decision
in
the
existing
mou.
M
I,
don't
think
that
they
will
notice
a
lot
of
differences
aside
from
the
geographical
difference
with
the
new
building,
in
that
the
SRO
will
have
an
office
at
the
the
front
of
the
building
with
our
receptionist
and
the
the
SRO
will
not
be
in
the
building
all
of
the
time
and
set
up
and
be
there
in
off
time.
So
we'll
start
transitioning
to
the
district
liaison
officer
which
is
really
built
around
that
they
are.
M
L
I
M
Have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
around
our
emergency
procedures,
with
doubling
our
square
footage,
so
I
would
expect
that
he
is
going
to
continue
to
spend
quite
a
bit
of
time
and
working
on
emergency
procedures
and
working
with
our
Public
Safety
Committee
to
Shore
that
up
this
year
and
next
year.
Thank
you.
G
Just
really
happy
to
see
the
share
agreement.
Number
eight
I
heard
from
some
members
of
the
community
about
the
desire
for
a
question
and
answer
period
or
some
sort
of
event
around
the
equity
audit.
That's
great
that
there
looks
like
some
Community
input
is
going
to
be
being
sought
out.
So
thank
you
for
that.
C
Good
to
know,
I
heard
similar
feedback
of
really
looking
for
some
kind
of
organized
response.
So
I
want
to
see
action,
and
not
just
words.
I
think
is
a
lot
of
what
the
community
is
looking
for
and
on
a
lot
of
these
items
it
really
is
going
to
be
a
collaboration
between
the
city
and
school.
So
I
look
forward
to
making
sure
that
happens.
M
To
that
I
just
wanted
to
mention
that
next
Wednesday,
the
26th,
we
will
be
having
a
community
dinner
that
is
going
to
be
focused
on
a
report
that
was
done
on
diversifying
the
workforce
specific
to
the
school
district.
But
it's
also
something
that
Elaine
and
I
have
talked
about
that.
We
both
share
a
want
and
a
desire
to
continue
to
grow
across
the
city's
public
entities
here.
J
N
H
On
behalf
of
the
city,
it
is
a
very
challenging
thing
for
us
to
cover,
especially
with
the
increase
in
paved
surface.
So
he's
probably
going
to
say
no
because
of
the
way
your
budget
is
going
right
now,
but
we're
hoping
to
not
do
that
this
year,
but
we'll
we'll
have
to
figure
it
out
one
way
or
the
other.
E
A
E
M
To
say,
there's
a
lot
of
interest
is
an
understatement,
as
everybody
knows,
and
I
would
just
tell
you
that,
because
I
don't
want
to
get
out
publicly
ahead
and
promise
something
that
I
cannot
deliver,
and
this
has
been
really
complicated
work
and
the
positive
results
that
have
happened
is
that
the
school
district
has
taken
the
lead
and
really
gotten
outside
of
what
our
scope
of
General
work
is.
But
we
just
we've
decided
that
it
was
really
important.
We
committed
funding
to
a
local
community,
organizing
group
to
help
recruit
potential
drivers
to
work
with
sta.
M
P
Okay,
I
just
want
to
add
that
describing
the
work,
which
is
the
small
word
for
the
amount
of
work
it
took
to
get
to
this
place,
is
really
important
in
recognizing
the
barriers
that
we
all
need
to
help
continue
to
break
down.
So
that
there's
more
access
everywhere,
and
it
really
is
a
huge
lift
for
the
school
district
to
to
do
that
work.
But
it
was
in
the
best
interest
of
the
kids,
our
families,
our
community,
and
it's
amazing
that
you
and
Nicole
took
that
on.
B
P
B
H
H
M
Opportunity
for
elected
officials
to
legislatively
Advocate
and
for
resources
for
breaking
down
of
bureaucracy
and
for
those
folks
to
even
push
up
to
the
federal
level
which
impacts
something
like
bus
driving.
It
has
made
it
very
challenging.
We've
learned
a
ton
and
we've
advocated,
but
also
will
help,
and
we
can
give
you
more
specific
information
and
language
that
you
could
use
to
Advocate
as
well.
N
Of
a
common
question,
I,
believe,
is
all
set
in
the
prices
and
all
that
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that,
because
there's
a
lot
of
new
people
and
school
board
on
that
that
started
really
in
my
2018-2019,
it
was
Jim
and
I
presented
that
kind
of
partnership
and
and
work
together
between
the
school
board
and
the
city
and
I.
Think
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
recognize
some
of
those
Partnerships.
N
That
has
helped
us
to
strengthen
the
city
and
also
the
school
district,
and
that's
just
one
level
of
it,
and
also
the
other
thing
that
we've
done
together
well
as
a
city
and
as
a
school
is
just
advocating
for
the
way
at
the
same
level.
So
what
Sean
has
mentioned?
Isn't
anything
that
we
haven't
done
before,
but
it
shows
the
strength
of
what
happens
when
we
do
work
together
in
average
and
I,
think
everybody
and
then
I'll,
say
I.
E
I
had
one
other
recommendation-
that's
perhaps
not
covered
in
here,
but
in
terms
of
the
city
and
school
collaboration,
just
really
exploring
the
channels
of
how
we
usually
distribute
information
through
our
own
social
media
through
from
porch,
Forum,
Etc
and
I.
You
know
I
would
want
the
city
manager
and
to
to
and
the
city
staff
to
consider
whether
or
not
it
would
be
appropriate
to
share
any
school
updates
as
part
of
the
city
updates.
As
part
of
our
opening
agenda
items.
E
A
Thank
you,
Bren
and
I.
Do
want
to
note
that
we'll
have
some
time
to
talk
more
about
the
equity
audit
findings
too,
which
I
think
would
plug
in
that
would
plug
in
nicely
too,
to
kind
of
thinking
Beyond.
This
mou
in
particular
how
we
can
strengthen
some
of
those
other
areas
to
I
wanted
to
so
I.
Don't
know
if
your
comment
or
a
question
Stephen
was
related
to
that
or
something
else.
L
A
L
A
Thank
you
at
this
point,
I'd
like
to
pause
and
see
if
any
members
of
the
public
who
are
here
in
Chambers
or
online,
have
any
questions
or
comments
on
the
mou
draft
and
previous
the
Moe
recommendations
and
previous
items
before
we
move
on
to
talk
about
the
equity
audit
and
finding
new
recommendations.
So
if
you're
on
Zoom,
you
can
raise
your
hand
if
you're
in
Chambers,
and
you
want
to
speak,
please
let
us
know.
A
F
F
So
we
had
coming
out
of
that
report.
Free
the
school
district
had
some
priorities.
Given
the
city
had
some
and
then
there
were
three
shared
areas:
the
first
being
School
transportation,
which
we
just
heard
an
update
from
the
district
on
in
the
memo,
I
included
some
other
efforts.
The
city
has
undertaken
around
public
transition,
public
transportation,
more
generally,
including
some
advocacy
with
GMT
around
a
more
affordable
assessment
or
with
the
the
state
around
increased
funding
for
public
transit.
M
So
I
think,
as
everybody
knows,
our
cultural
Liaisons
are
our
gold
and
they
were
particularly
during
covet
the
ability
to
communicate
with
families
so
frequently
about
covet
and
health
about
learning
about
logistics,
and
everything
was
incredible,
and
so
that's
also
reflective
of
my
biggest
concern,
which
is
their
health
and
their
capacity,
because
all
of
them
will
answer
the
call
from
a
member
of
their
Community
any
day
of
the
week.
Any
hour
of
the
day
and.
M
Frequently-
and
they
don't
go
and
clock
in
and
ask
for
the
15
minutes
to
take
the
phone
call
at
one
in
the
morning,
because
the
fire
alarm
is
going
off
and
you
know
they're
not
sure
what
to
do
or
who
to
call
or
whatever
they
answer
the
call,
and
they
help
solve
the
problem.
And
we
never
know
about
it.
B
C
Can
I
say
kind
of
towards
that
I
think
with
some
of
the
arpa
listening
sessions
that
that
even
came
up
especially
of
say,
families
that
have
moved
to
other
school
districts,
thankful,
Essex
and
Colchester
were
given
as
examples
of
the
school
Liaisons
here
in
Winooski
would
still
be
called
for.
Help
like
calling
out
a
child
who's
sick
and
having
that
translation
service.
So
I
like
the
idea
of
really
expanding
it,
Beyond
Winooski
and
advocating
with
our
other
towns
to
make
sure
that
they
have
those
resources
to
to
make
sure.
There's
that
fair
compensation.
M
M
It's
one
of
the
one
of
the
only
Silver
Linings
I
can
think
of
at
the
moment
about
covet
was
we
pushed
on
the
health
department
we
pushed
on
other
organizations
just
when
they
said
to
us.
Oh
we'll,
just
have
your
folks
translate
that
and
interpret
it
and
send
it
out,
and
we
were
like
you
guys
should
have
been
prepared
for
this,
and
you
should
have
had
the
capacity
to
do
that
now
when
you're
asking
us
to.
M
We
can't
do
x,
y
and
z,
so
I
think
we
need
to
continue
to
Advocate
to
kind
of
build
that
capacity
everywhere.
And
what
does
it
look
like
from
the
city
perspective?
You
know
what
do
you
all
want
to
communicate
and
when
you
talk
to
multilingual
residents,
what
is
it
that
they
want
to
know
from
the
city
and
then
figure
out
what
the
model
is
from
there.
N
Like
I'm
sitting
on
the
school
board
for
the
last
two
years
or
come
on
understanding
that
just
translating
is
not
enough,
like
there
is
a
lot
of
lingle
that
we
do
that,
like
coffee,
that
you
think
it's
just
strict
translation
and
I
think
I
really
appreciate
kamal's
perspective
on
that
and
teaching
us
to
think
deeper
on
that
and
what
the
second
point
that
I
would
like,
or
it's
a
leading
question
Sean.
So
you
know
but
I
think
about
our
Liaisons
there's
a
pipeline,
their
jobs
within
the
city.
You
think
about
things
that
they
had.
N
Those
are
skill
sets
that,
are
you
know,
they're
problem
solversed.
It
goes
well
on
to
resumes
and
all
that,
and
so
it's
a
pipeline
to
positions
that
go
into
the
city
now
I'm,
not
saying
I'm
scared,
because
it
includes
our
culturalism
because
we
have
the
building
pipeline,
but
I
think
it
is
a
natural
recruitment
and
we
have
to
think
about
that
and
how
to
develop
into
building
it
into
the
city
structure
or
to
those
other
state
jobs.
N
B
N
And
so-
and
this
was
about
you-
know,
residency
right
and
that's
only
one
and
I
know
that
our
Liaisons
are
doing
about
130
or
you
know
more
on
that
every
night
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
just-
and
this
is
what
I
think
about
conclusion
and
Equity
standpoint.
We
just
don't
think
about
how
it's
going
to
serve
the
city,
but
we
also
take
care
of
the
people
who
are
doing
the
job
and
grow
them
into
a
city.
We're
not
really
true.
J
That
we
saw
come
on
well.
I
just
wanted
to
add
to
the
example
that
I
can
think
of.
You
know
when
we
think
about
translating
stuff
and
then
sending
out
to
the
new
American
folks.
I'll
give
you
in
one
example:
there
was
one
person
who
reached
out
to
me
asking
if
he
can
get
a
subsidies
on
his
Green
Collar
car,
because
the
translated
document
that
he
received
said
you
know
for
a
green
vehicle.
J
J
J
R
J
Give
them
opportunity
to
learn
about
different
positions
and
their
roles,
so
they
can
come
here,
participate
and
voice
themselves.
We
have
great
Liaisons
to
help
at
the
school
where
the
people
can
for
any
issue
just
reach
out
to
the
Liaisons
and
then
get
to
the
school
that
way.
But
if
we
provide
an
opportunity,
if
the
city
and
school
can
work
together
to
help
our
residents
again,
that
information
and
knowledge
of
the
system,
the
structure
which
is
very
new
to
a
lot
of
new
American
communities,
I
can
speak
for
my
own
family.
J
You
know
the
place
that
we
came
from.
We
had
king
and
the
school
was
completely
different,
so
everything
here
is
new.
The
structure
of
this
city,
council
or
the
structure
of
the
school
is
completely
new
compared
to
what
we
had
back
in
Nepal
and
a
lot
of
other
immigrant
communities
from
different
parts
of
the
world
have
various
different
structures.
So
it's
very
very
important
that
I
I
think
when
we
talk
about
access
and
when,
when
we
talk
about
giving
voice
to
our
community,
that's
one
aspect
that
we
have
to
think
yeah.
J
A
Is
is
super,
helpful
and
I
think
it
touches
back
to
something
that
was
envisioned
in
some
of
the
shared
Equity
work
at
the
prior
to
the
Covenant
19
pandemic,
around
city
tours
and
a
Civic
governance
kind
of
learning
opportunity
for
different
language
groups
in
our
community,
because
that
was
a
gap
like
knowing
where
to
go
for
what
service
and
who
you'll
find
there
and
how
that
all
fits
together
is
feels
transparent
to
us.
But
it's
pretty
much
transparent
to
no
one
else.
A
Whether
or
not
you
speak
English
as
a
first
second
or
acquired
language,
and
so
I
appreciate
that
and
I
hope.
As
we
kind
of
come
into
this
new
stage
of
the
covid-19
pandemic,
that's
something
that
we
can
revisit.
Yeah
May
I
want
to
recognize.
You
had
other
items
in
that
memo
that
you
had
not
yet
gotten
to
before.
We
go
further
on
this.
Do
you
want
to
continue
on
the
other
items.
B
F
A
F
F
F
F
F
For
potential
collaboration-
and
you
know,
Tori
and
I-
have
discussed
I
shared
with
her
the
Community
Access
plan
that
we
approved
as
Council
a
few
months
ago
and
as
they
set
out
to
work
on
their
linkage
plan,
there's
certainly
opportunity
for
alignment
there.
We
are.
We
have
started
reaching
out
to
community
members
under
that
plan.
B
B
F
Planning
Commission
up
to
the
council,
we
recently
updated
local
zoning
to
incentivize
development
of
affordable
and
three-bedroom
or
larger
housing
to
meet
Community
needs,
and
our
city
manager
has
also
been
working
with
other
agencies
to
bring
education
resources
into
the
community.
So
one
of
the
specific
priorities
was
landlord
and
tenant
education
and
then
advertising
in
Recruitment
and
City
hiring
was
also
touched
on
a
little
bit
earlier.
But
that
is
another
priority
of
the
city
to
you.
F
A
N
Of
the
things
I
think
is
important,
Equity
audit,
that
is
missing
and
one
of
the
things
I'm
proud
of
about
the
city
and
the
school
collaboration.
The
number
of
projects
that
you
offer
for
our
community
engagement
partnership,
giving
our
students
the
the
projects
to
look
at
parks
to
look
at
like
items
to
listen
to
them
and
treat
it.
N
P
I
think
one
of
the
things
in
the
equity
audit
that
really
stood
out
is,
you
know,
really
highlighting
the
idea
of
schools
as
a
community
Hub
and
that
that
did
come
out
in
the
equiology
audit.
That
wsd
is
the
heart
of
the
community
and
it
is
a
hub
for
community
and
there's
still
places
to
grow
that
there
are
students
who
do
feel
that
they
have
someone
in
their
lives
within
the
school
community
that
they
can
trust
and
share
their
problems
with
and
and
be
seen
and
heard,
and
there's
still
discrepancy
between.
P
At
least
from
my
perspective
is
you
know
we
really
need
to
dial
in
and
just
investigate
or
not
investigate,
but
just
really
pay
attention
to
discipline
really
need
some
attention
and
it
seemed
like.
Law
enforcement
was
also
a
part
of
that
that
discrepancies
in
how
byproc
students
are
experiencing
those
two
entities
is
not
Equitable
through
white
peers.
P
So
there's
some
places
operationally
that
need
to
happen,
which
is
not
our
role
but
I
think
the
shared
pieces
is
to
do
strengthening
strengthening
our
focus
on
where
our
students,
where
our
youth
are
being
cared
for
throughout
the
community
and
I,
feel
like
there's
some
great
strengths.
All
right,
like
the
library,
does
amazing
work
with
youth
amazing.
P
P
B
P
K
A
M
Yeah
I'm
happy
to
kind
of
go
through
the
some
of
the
school
recommendations.
You
know
number
one
was
around
early
reading
strategies
which
we
have
invested,
money
and
time,
training,
new
curriculum,
new
assessments
and
really
kick
that
off
wholeheartedly
this
year
and
that's
a
multi-year
piece
and
we
incorporated
the
attention
to
multilingual
Learners
in
in
early
literacy.
But
it's
also,
you
know
evidence
research
based
curriculum
for
all
learners
and
then,
as
far
as
the
reducing
instances
of
inequalities
is
exclusionary.
School
discipline
years
ago,
we
had
started
work.
B
H
And
if
I
could
tack
onto
the
law
enforcement
piece
of
that
other
part
of
that
pie
so
similar
to
what
Sean
was
saying,
there's
data
we
want
to
look
at
the
disaggregated,
because
this
is
a
certain
type
of
data
which
is
instructive,
and
then
we
also
want
to
look
at
what
the
Continuum
looks
like
looking
at
school
discipline
records
compared
to
what
we've
been
doing
over
time
as
they
get
older.
So
some
we
want
our
our
actions
to
be
data
driven
as
well.
So
that's
our
current
effort
with
that.
N
N
Brighten
up
when
they're,
given
that
opportunity
to
perform
and
I
know
that
I'm
sure
you
all
enjoy
their
performance
as
well,
and
that
leads
to
the
third
data
point.
The
data
point
I
care
most
of
most
of
them
have
been
one-
is
that
on
the
and
I
always
screw
up
the
survey
on
this
lines
that
the
youth
and
behavioral
risk.
N
F
I'm,
just
really
grateful
that
we
could
have
this
conversation
tonight
like,
as
you
can
see,
this
quick
highlights
memo
that
I
drafted
does
not
capture
all
of
the
great
work
and
forward
progress.
That's
being
made.
You
know,
I
think
we
are
coming
from
many
angles
to
try
to
better
support
the
community
and
obviously
have
a
lot
of
opportunities
to
keep
working
together
and
doing
better
area.
So
thank
you
all
for
your
hard
work
at
the
the
school,
the
city
staff.
All
these
volunteers.
A
L
I
just
another
gratitude
that
I
understand
that
this
meeting
hasn't
happened
for
years
and
and
that's
I,
think
a
great
loss
for
our
community
I'm
really
grateful
that
we
can
come
together
tonight
and
talk
about
our
shared
values
and
shared
Vision
I,
and
it
makes
me
optimistic
about
the
year
ahead
and
year
scoring.
So.
Thank
you.
B
A
P
A
A
A
I
Happy
to
introduce
Nick
Warner,
the
executive
director
of
unity,
Valley,
Park,
District
and
I.
Think
it's
fair
to
say.
Nick
and
I
have
done
quite
a
lot
of
work
over
the
last
number
of
years,
as
well
as
members
of
his
staff
from
the
park.
District.
Just
had
the
pleasure
of
spending
two
days
with
Lauren,
who
is
also
a
new
ski
resident,
but
she
is
the
business
manager
for
the
park
district
and
that
we're
down
at
the
Vermont
Rec
and
Parks
conference
last
week
and
really.
I
B
I
S
S
Just
a
real
quick
summary
most
of
you
are
aware
of
who
we
are
and
how
we
operate,
but
we're
a
hybrid
Vermont,
incorporating
municipality
and
501c3
nonprofit,
and
we
have
a
Board
of
Trustees
form
that
includes
one
from
each
of
our
seven
towns
and
Aaron
Dupuis.
Here
trustee
she
would
have
joined
us
tonight,
but
she
has
a
class
and
Lauren
would
have
joined
us
tonight,
but
she's
been
she
just
finished,
getting
a
walking
tour
to
the
Burlington
City
Council
on
some
Trails
over
at
Ethan
Allen
Homestead.
S
So
so
it's
just
me
tonight
so,
and
we've
been
in
business
the
park
district
for
50
years.
We
realized
that
this
year
it
started
in
72..
Waninski
was
a
very
early
adopter
to
the
system.
Currently
we
have
19
properties
a
little
over
1700
Acres
of
property,
25
miles
of
trails
and
about
12
or
13
miles
of
Shoreline
that
we
manage
and.
S
Incrementally
over
time,
we
really
I
was
fortunate
when
I
started
that
Tim
larnit
who's
been
there.
We
believe
for
20
years
now,
I
think
this
is
his
20th
year
and
Lauren
ducote,
who
Ray
just
mentioned,
who
started
a
couple
years
before
I
did
so
two
very
experienced
people
are
still
there
and
doing
a
tremendous
job
of
maintaining
the
parks
and
operating
Administration
and
so
forth.
R
S
The
the
equalized
Grant
List
comparison
for
a
list
that
didn't
exist
last
year,
so
all
the
logistics
watching
that
Community
come
together
have
been
really
interesting.
But
we
are,
we
put
together
our
numbers
this
year,
making
a
an
optimistic
assumption
that
the
city
of
Essex
is
going
to
be
part
of
our
system.
This,
for
starting
in
fiscal
year,
24.
S
S
You,
if
you
didn't
realize
there
already
Winooski,
has
some
of
the
highest
value
conservation
lands
in
the
region
in
Cass,
Von
Park
in
the
memorial
area.
You
also
have
some
of
the
most
archaeologically
sensitive
and
amazing
areas
in
the
entire
state
of
Vermont.
It's
it's
truly
a
treasure
down,
especially
down
by
the
river
and
gas
Pond
and
gilbrook
and
Memorial
are
just
really
spectacular.
Gems.
S
S
You
are
the
one
town
who
hasn't
paid
the
full
vote
each
year,
but
from
the
beginning,
when
I
first
started
eight
years
ago,
winooski's
overall
fiscal
situation
was
not
strong
and
we
had
also
had
some
relationship
issues
with
the
city
involving
things
that
had
nothing
to
do
with
Ray
and
myself.
So
we
took
a
deep
breath
and
said:
okay,
we
want
to
rebuild
this
relationship.
We
wanted
strengthen
it
and
and
I
feel
like
that's
gone
extremely
well.
We
have
talked
about
the
potential
of
the
park
district,
owning
Memorial.
It's
it's.
S
But
we
feel
like
it
would
make
a
lot
of
sense
for
the
park
district
to
own
that
property
within
your
municipality.
It's
it
makes
the
money
that
you
pay
us
a
lot
more
efficient,
but
it's
also
we
we
do
active
management
of
all
our
Trail
systems
and
all
our
parts.
So
when
we
acquire
property,
we
only
do
it
if
we
know
that
we
can
do
a
good
job,
maintaining
it
the
signage
in
the
trails
and
the
litter
and
the
Mowing,
and
all
that
stuff.
S
S
Which,
of
course,
we
had
to
delay
because
the
pandemic,
but
we
are
also
working
with
the
town
of
Williston,
on
a
property
that
we
call
the
Jacob
parcel
because
we're
going
to
have
a
name
for
the
park
yet,
but
for
the
last
several
years
we've
been
building
up
our
our
resources
and
our
planning
to
do
an
acquisition
that
property,
it's
all
tied
in
with
a
Housing
Development.
That's
going
through
an
approval
process
right
now,
so
that
will
be
another
growth
in
our
Park
system.
S
We
also
own
seven
historic
buildings
between
Colchester
on
Natural,
Area
and
Ethan
Allen
Homestead.
We
have
two
caretaker
houses.
We
have
a
great
Arrangement
where
we
have
caretaker
caretakers
who
live
there,
I
bring
you
reduced
rent
and
they
open
and
close
Gates
and
do
maintenance
for
us
and
I
think
what's
really
key,
also
we're
enjoying
working
with
Robin
your
new
Rec
director,
by
the
way
she's
great.
So
that's
been
another
good
relationship
that
we're
building
really
a
huge
part
of
our
model
is
leveraging.
S
So
each
year
we
get
dozens
of
some
tight
coming
years.
We've
got
100
couple
hundred
hours
of
volunteer
time
between
corporations.
Schools
colleges,
even
individuals
who
approach
us
about
doing
volunteer.
We
work
closely
with
the
youth
Conservation
Corps.
We
have
a
couple
Americorps
work
in
our
office
right
now,
with
associated
with
the
wildways
program
in
Burlington,
and
we
go
after
grants
pretty
aggressively
and
work
to
increase
our
impact
through
leveraging.
S
So
that's
that's
a
huge
part
of
our
model
and
frankly,
it's
one
of
the
more
fun
parts
of
the
job
is
finding
resources
and
bringing
in
we
carry
no
debt
and
we
own
all
of
our
assets
and
fee
simple,
and
all
of
them
have
some
form
of
legal
protection
that
keeps
them
in
conservation
permanently.
So,
if
you,
if
a
property
comes
into
our
fold,
we
manage
in
perpetuity
we,
we
have
an
easement,
that's
held
by
a
third
party,
that's
irrevocable
and
keeps
the
the
property
in
conservation.
S
So
it's
a
very
simple
but
very
strong
model,
which,
interestingly,
is
now
being
duplicated
in
different
parts
of
the
country.
It's
it
allows
the
municipalities
to
be
front
and
center
in
the
conservation
World,
which
a
lot
of
times
municipalities
aren't
so
I've
worked
in
municipal
government,
my
whole
career
and
this
one
reason
I
wanted.
This
job
is
because
I
saw
that
connection
between
economic
development
and
social,
economic
development
and
conservation
and
municipal
government.
S
So
I
did
give
you
some
materials
to
look
at
I.
Don't
know
if
you
had
any
any
questions
or
comments
each
year
we
do
a
comparison
to
the
previous
fiscal
year.
We
do
a
formula
in
which
we
take
the
equalized
grand
list
for
each
town
and
the
population
of
Beach
town,
and
we
do
a
little
bit
of
math
to
come
up
with
a
way
to
what
we
call
Our
Fair
Share
split
of
of
the
town's
contribution
to
our
system.
Each
year
the
towns
provide
about
80
percent
of
our
operating
Capital.
S
So
we
are
a
creature
of
the
municipalities,
but
to
be
clear,
you
have
a
trustee
honor
board
that
meets
monthly,
so
I'm
looked
after
very
closely
in
a
good
way.
It's
a
very
active
board.
Aaron
is
fantastic.
She's
got
the
strong
real
estate
background.
She
loves
Winooski
and
we
hope
she
stays
with
us
for
a
long
time
and
she's
sorry.
She
couldn't
be
here
tonight
any
questions.
Okay,
yes,.
A
A
A
G
Yeah
I
was
just
wondering
if
you
do
plan
on
doing
any
Research
into
where
your
visitors
are
coming
from,
given
that
there
aren't
any
perks
within
the
Winooski
borders
and
a
large
percentage
of
our
population
does
not
drive.
I'd
really
be
interested
in
knowing
that,
when
we're
talking
about
allocating
money
to
an
organization,
yeah.
S
S
Managers
helped
us
out
Deke
and
we
really
wanted
to
get
a
sense
of
what
people
are
using
the
parts
for
where
they
were
coming
from
what
their
attitudes
were,
and
it
was
fascinating
data,
but
it
was
by
no
means
comprehensive,
so
I.
We
can
tell
you
just
because
we're
in
the
field
every
day,
and
especially
our
more
heavily
used
parks
that
in
general,
since
the
first
day
of
lockdown
for
covid,
we
got
overwhelmed
and
we
felt
like
that.
S
That
was
going
to
tail
off
pretty
significantly
and
it
hasn't
I'm
happy
to
report
that
we
get
pretty
heavy
usage
in
our
parks
in
a
way
that
we
did
not
see.
Pre-Covered-
and
you
know
it's
funny-
I
see
families
that
when
they
first
came,
they
didn't
even
have
the
right
shoes
to
walk
a
trail
and
now
they're
showing
up
with
backpacks
and
equipment,
and
people
have
educated
themselves
in
the
outdoors.
There's
more
demand
for
it.
There's
more
specific
demand
for
for
decent
Trails.
S
S
S
S
So
we
there
were
especially
a
few
years
ago.
We
had
a
lot
of
deep
discussions
with
our
board
and
with
Deke
about
that
and
really
just
came
back
to.
We
need
to
deal
with
income
sensitivity.
We
need
to
deal
with
population
if
we
start
parsing
it
by
Town.
It
would
change
our
operation
completely
in
our
relationship
with
our
Park
system
and
our
towns,
and
it
would
skew
things:
we'd
probably
lose
a
couple
of
communities,
it's
not
a
perfect
system,
but
it's
as
you
know,
we
looked
into
we've
studied
Progressive
versus
regressive
models.
F
Yeah
I
could
agree
that,
like
pivoting
to
an
acreage-based
model
wouldn't
make
sense,
maybe
some
kind
of
base
or
like
a
flat
fee
for
areas
where
you
do
provide
programming
like
I
see.
You
know,
I
use
some
of
your
other
spaces
and
really
appreciate
that
I
have
access
to
those
for
free,
but
I
also
feel
like
managing
those
properties
like
you're
sort
of
creating
an
opportunity
to
bring
visitors
into
a
city
and
help
with
their
Economic
Development
and
like
that's,
not
something
that
we're
getting
out
of
the
relationship
as
strongly
so
I'm.
F
S
S
That
we
used
to
lease
Castle
vault
and
when
the
the
Redevelopment
of
downtown
started
to
occur,
my
predecessor,
I
think
probably
disagreed
with
some
of
the
I.
Don't
I'm
not
sure
what
happened,
but
the
relationship
kind
of
soured
at
some
point
in
the
past
and
Ray
and
I
just
sort
of
picked
up
and
said.
Okay,
let's
take
a
deep
breath,
we
looked
at
caspan
again
we
did
things
like
transfer
the
right-of-way
underneath
the
highway
back
to
the
city,
so
you
guys
could
more
effectively
plan
the
potential
expansion
of
River
Walk.
S
S
Well,
I've
actually
been
directed
by
Elaine
to
come
up
with
something
for
to
talk
about
next
fiscal
year.
So
what
will
be
it's
something
we
talked
about
with
Elaine
and
we
have
a
more
clear
path.
I
think
now,
towards
having
that
discussion.
I
mean
I,
can't
speak
for
Elaine
in
the
city
council,
but
but
Meanwhile
we're
doing
our
best
to
make
sure
that
that
part
functions
and
doing
a
lot
of
Trail
work
down
there
and
there's.
R
I
S
Interesting
at
the
end
of
Morehouse
Drive
in
Colchester
there
they
own
some
land
back
there
that
connects
into
the
trail
system.
So
we've
been
working
with
the
Champlain
Housing
Trust
on
that
I
think
long
term
that
there
is
huge
potential
for
trail
connectivity
along
your
side
of
the
of
the
waniski
river.
S
S
S
L
B
H
H
It
is
also
currently
being
used
by
the
unhoused,
which
Nick's
organization
is
more
used
to
supporting
and
managing,
and
you
know
what
have
you
in
terms
of
making
sure
that
folks
know
what
resources
are
available
to
them
and
we
are
completely
not
so.
That
is.
Those
are
a
couple
reasons
why
we
I
would
like
the
council
to
consider
that
in
a
future
year.
It's
you
know,
there's
a
lot
going
on
this
year,
so
it
felt
like
a
new
thing.
C
I
ask
the
question
on
that.
Specifically
so,
with
the
Memorial
Park
I
know
in
our
Abenaki
land
use
acknowledgment
resolution,
we
specifically
have
that
the
city
of
Winooski
shall
work
in
partnership
with
official
Abenaki
leadership
on
future
Forest
management
plans
for
winooski's
natural
areas,
for
the
result
that
Winooski
is
hereby
committed
to
working
with
members
of
the
Abenaki
Community
to
rename
Memorial
Park
and
the
trails
using
words
and
phrases
from
the
anaki
language.
C
H
Right,
no,
that's
a
great
point,
and
that
was
a
third
reason
that
I
neglected
to
mention.
So
thank
you
for
bringing
that
up.
So
I
in
the
meeting
with
Nick
I
had
mentioned
that
concern
like
we
have
a
burgeoning
relationship
thanks
to
the
deputy
mayor
with
the
Mrs
Coy
tribo,
the
abnaki,
so
we
would
definitely
want
to,
and
we
are
part
of
their
territory,
so
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
Winooski
Valley
Park
District
had
some
track
record
of
working
with
indigenous
folks
on
making
sure
we
were
doing
culturally
sensitive,
appropriate
planning
programming.
H
C
S
It's
one
of
the
most
archaeologically
important
sensitive
areas
in
the
entire
region:
I
mean
that
that
that
whole
strip
of
land
along
the
Winooski
River,
so
at
the
very
least,
an
archaeological
easement
or
some
kind
of
agreement
to
make
sure
that
there's
you
know
that
there
there
are
ways
to
protect
that
land
against
future
encroachment.
What
what
we
typically
would
do
is
work
with
a
you
know:
vhcb
or
Lake
Champlain,
land
trust
and
the
and
the
city
to
to
negotiate
some
kind
of
conservationism
for
the
property.
S
S
A
lot
of
ways
to
get
there
it's
it's.
A
lot
of
us
are
struggling
to
figure
it
out
because
of
the
the
newness
of
the
concept
of
land
acknowledgment,
at
least
in
Vermont
it
it
done
a
lot
of
research
on
the
way.
The
way
state
parks
is
dealing
with
it.
The
way
the
federal
government
is
dealing
with
it,
there's
no
single
methodology,
but
I
would
certainly
want
to
see
that
property
highly
protected
over
time,
and
it's
it's
just
an
incredibly
ecologically
important
and
archaeologically
important
area.
C
We
can
involve
many
organizations
that
say
that
they
know,
but
if
we're
not
actually
involving
the
people
who
are
affected,
because
we
also,
you
know,
made
sure
we
put
in
the
right
to
sustainably
harvest,
fiddleheads
and
other
culturally
important
plants
in
our
parks
and
natural
areas.
So
that's
another
thing.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
kind
of
we're
not
going
back
on
the
things
that
we've
said
and.
A
A
As
a
potential
path
forward
for
actual
fee
ownership
within
the
city,
I
had
wanted
to
ask
just
thinking
about
what
kind
of
connectivity
that
you're
creating
do
you
allow
other
like
mountain
biking,
fat
biking,
I'm,
just
curious.
What
types
of
Trail
use
and
impacts
you're
allowing
in
not
just
if
we
knewski,
would
have
a
property,
but
how
that
trail
use
is
being
managed
across
the
network.
Is
it
open
to
all,
or
do
you
restrict
to
certain
types
of
use.
S
We
we
currently
don't
own,
we
don't
manage
any
mountain
bike
trails.
We
manage
quite
a
few
properties
that
have
established
bike
paths,
gravel
or
paved
that
go
across
them
are
adjacent
to
them,
but
we
are
currently
not
managing
any
sites
with
mountain
biking.
That's
not
a
philosophy
in
our
bylaws
is
just.
S
We
we've
had
a
couple
of
situations
where
it
may
have
made
sense
on
a
different
on
a
couple
of
different
properties,
but
currently
we
it's
all
you
you
come
in
and
and
leave
your
bike
at
the
door
and
and
and
use
the
trail
system.
It
doesn't
mean
we
wouldn't
change,
but
mountain
biking
is
it's
a
whole
different
thing.
I
mean
it's,
it's
needs
to
be
managed,
I
mean
it's
kind
of
like
managing
a
ski
area
in
some
ways
in
terms
of
parking
and
bathrooms,
and
Public,
Safety
and
and
active
management.
E
S
We
did
that
in
the
past
at
Colchester
Pond,
especially,
and
then
it
got
pretty
frequently
abused
and
it
was
actually
pretty
functional.
It
was
before
my
time
so
it
it's
a
little
bit
different
philosophy.
When
people
come
to
our
parks
and
then
they
come
to
a
Trailhead
at
state
parks
and
I
signed
into
those
same
things.
S
E
S
S
B
S
E
And
then
just
one
more
follow-up
question
sure
at
so
probably
I
don't
know
must
be
five
years
ago.
Now,
maybe
not
that
long
ago,
but
at
the
state
level
there
was
an
Initiative
for
volwreck
to
explore
outdoor
recreation
and
increasing
accessibility
was
the
parks
District
involved
in
any
of
that
conversation.
S
We
received
a
grant
for
fifty
thousand
dollars
through
voric,
we
teamed
up
with
the
City
of
Burlington
and
with
local
motion
and
the
community
Sailing
Center
on
that
Grant
process
and
that
is
to
rebuild
what
is
called
Wetlands
walk
North,
which
is
this
incredible
boardwalk
at
International
Homestead.
That
goes
right
through
a
major
Wetland
which
is
heavily
used
and
loved
by
hundreds.
B
S
Students
each
year,
mostly
kids,
because
it's
like
a
Great
Outdoor
Classroom,
so
that
gives
us
you
know
a
little
less
than
half
of
what
we
need
to
complete
the
project
that
we're
going
to
be
going
after
some
additional
Trails
money
to
help
fill
that
Gap
and
we're
getting
geared
up
for
that.
So
so
yes-
and
we
also
are
regular
applicants
to
lwcf
and
also
when
we
do
Acquisitions,
we
work
with
Vermont
housing
conservation
board,
Vermont,
Land,
Trust,
Lake,
Champlain,
Land
Trust
and
the
Trails
program
at
the
state.
R
A
A
A
A
R
Good
evening
everyone
I'm
John
fenney.
He
him
pronouns
I
started
my
position
as
City
Treasurer.
This
past
August
I'm
here
to
present
some
key
takeaways
from
the
q1
f23
financial
report.
In
q1
we
saw
winooski's
financial
position,
strengthen
as
Community
activity
continues
to
return
to
pre-pandemic
levels.
R
The
city's
general
fund
currently
projects
a
final
Surplus
to
close
to
half
a
million
too
close
of
a
half
a
million
dollars.
The
bulk
of
this
increased
forecast
and
surplus
is
due
to
cost
savings
from
staff
vacancies
across
multiple
departments,
we're
also
forecasting
surpluses
in
the
following
Enterprise
and
special
Revenue
funds,
the
combined
parking
garage
fund
to
fund
community
and
Economic
Development
Fund.
R
Specific
details
to
support
current
forecasts
can
be
found
within
the
respective
financial
report
on
the
city
of
Winooski
website.
Please
bear
in
mind
that
this
is
a
quarter
one
report
and
that
projections
are
a
best
guess
Guided
by
the
financial
activities.
We've
realized
so
far
and
therefore
are
subject
to
change.
As
we
progress
through
the
year.
A
R
R
We
error
on
the
conservative
side
of
budgeting
where
we
budget
for
low
Revenue,
High
expenses,
so
we're
kind
of
just
like
navigating
an
ambiguous
time
of
these
new
developments,
and
so
we
kind
of
in
this
particular
forecast
aired
down
on
our
projected
Revenue,
just
because
we're
still
trying
to
figure
out
where
we're
going
to
land.
Okay,.
R
As
we
draw
nearer
to
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year,
it's
almost
like
you're
going
through
a
thick
fog
and
the
fog
lessons
as
you
progressed
through
the
fiscal
year,
but
because
these
properties,
we
knew,
we
don't
really
know
what
the
cycle
is
going
to
be
like
and
again
we
just
kind
of
went
down
in
Revenue
to
be
more
conservative,
but
we
could
see
Revenue
bounce
up
again
as
we
get
closer
to
the
end
of
the
year,
because
we
are
airing
on
the
conservative
side.
Thank
you.
Yeah.
Q
E
Q
E
Q
We
did
not
forecast
any
usage
information
into
that
Revenue
number
for
new
construction
simply
because
we
cannot
predict
what
the
occupants
will
use.
We
could
go
by
awwa
standards,
but
we
do
see
a
lot
of
fluctuation
dependent
on
the
number
of
people
in
a
household
and
then
how
that
household
interacts
with
their
water
service.
Somebody
who
showers
only
at
a
gym
will
not
use
as
much
water
as
a
two-person
household
where
they
work
from
home.
Q
E
G
Thanks
for
putting
us
all
together,
there's
a
lot
of
good
infilling
here,
I'm
wondering
if
I
could
get
some
more
information
on
the
rental
registry
fund
from
your
report.
It
looks
like
this
is
the
fourth
year
of
being
in
a
deficit
and
that
there
were
plans
to
correct
billing.
But
that's
not
going
to
happen
this
fiscal
year.
I
was
just
wondering.
Is
that
Personnel
issues
and
do
you
think
it
will
be
corrected
next
fiscal
year.
R
I
think
Angela
may
be
able
to
give
a
little
more
insight
to
that.
I
know
conversations
started
before
the
pandemic
and
they
kind
of
got
held
up
because
of
the
pandemic
and
now
we're
kind
of
on
the
other
side
of
that.
So
I
know
conversations
have
kind
of
restarted,
but
I'm
not
sure
we're
in
the
process
there
are.
They
are.
Q
We
we've
recently
drafted
letters
to
the
properties
that
have
verbal
agreements
where
they're
not
paying
a
hundred
dollars
for
every
unit
that
they
have.
Those
letters
have
not
yet
been
sent
to
those
Property,
Owners
Elaine
may
have
more
information
than
I
do
on
the
status
of
the
other
properties
that
were
in
question
and
that's
the
Winooski
Housing
Authority
properties,
the
taxable
ones,
and
then
the
non-taxable
ones,
where
we
conduct
inspections.
H
Yeah,
those
are
the
letters
that
we
have
drafted
and
it's
just
a
matter
of
an
event.
I've
been
with
to
be
able
to
get
those
out
and
the
reason
why
we're
not
projecting
it
will
all
go
into
place
this
year
is
because
it
is
going
to
be
quite
a
hefty
increase
for
them.
So
we
want
to
give
them
this
projection.
Is
the
conservative
estimate
of
like
how,
if
they're
going
to
request
some
time
to
get
into
that
yeah.
Q
The
projection
that
I've
included
there
includes
none
of
those
additional
revenues
coming
in
and
we
do
anticipate
potentially
having
some
additional
come
in
from
those
properties.
The
projection
only
includes
commercial
inspection,
billing
and
time
of
sale,
inspection
billing
that
is
anticipated
to
occur.
There
should
be
no
additional
rental
registry
billing
in
general,
with
the
exception
of
those
few
properties
and
any
new
units
that
get
developed
during
the
year,
but.
G
A
F
A
H
B
H
Items
that
you
expect
to
use
Tiff
money
for
starting
in
fy25,
as
noted
in
your
packet,
we
have
the
following
questions
for
you
when
I'm
installing,
so
I
can
open
it
up,
which
are
what
are
your
party
areas
to
fund,
given
that
we
may
need
to
identify
Cuts?
What
are
your
party
areas
for
service
reductions
and
then
are
there
new
initiatives
or
programs?
You
would
like
us
to
consider
as
staff
builds
the
budget.
H
H
This
year,
I
would
request
that
you
allow
staff
to
present
you
a
level
service
budget
which
includes
anticipated
increases
in
hard
costs,
as
well
as
what
labor
should
cost
if
it
had
salaried
people
working
their
scheduled
versus
actual
hours,
as
well
as
a
stretch
budget.
That
would
include
some
of
those
new
initiatives
or
programs
that
you
may
or
may
not
identify
tonight.
H
So
my
first
question
is
really
whether
you're,
okay,
with
not
setting
a
tax
rate
goal
today,
there
will
be
cuts
that
we
and
you
and
or
you
will
have
to
make
in
terms
of
like
the
affordability
problem
for
our
residents
and
taxpayers.
But
I
do
feel
that
it's
important
that
we
make
that
more
transparent
to
you
and
the
public
and
I
think
that
that
would
be
more
transparent.
If
we
give
you
a
level
Services
budget
at
the
outset,.
F
B
B
F
To
retain
level
service
but
mitigate
increases,
so
not
a
specific
number
right
but
like
if
a
level
service
budget
is
eight
percent
higher.
You
know
we.
We
could
have
a
conversation
about
using
some
of
those
funds
to
mitigate
that
burden
on
the
community,
while
still
being
able
to
maintain
a
level
service
budget.
E
A
I
understood
the
mayor's
proposal
would
be
the
level
Services
budget
might
have
end
up
being
an
eight
percent
tax
increase,
and
so
the
finance
commission
supported
putting
arpa
in
to
turn
that
into
a
six
percent
tax
increase,
but
maintain
level
services
that
be
that
wouldn't
be
a
stretch
budget.
That
would
be
the
level
Services
budget
with
a
lower
tax
like
a
depressed
rate
of
increase,
the
stretch
budget
might
be
a
10
tax
increase
and
we
could
use
arpa
to
take
that
down.
To
eight
is
how
I
understood
it.
H
G
B
H
A
A
So
I
would
like
to
see
that
be
our
priority
personally
and
I
will
be
getting
the
Weeds
on
trees.
I
think
that
we
got
to
maintain
that
five
thousand
dollars
and,
however,
that
whatever
that
level,
that's
appropriate
to
maintaining
our
commitment
to
keeping
the
city
tree,
because
it
is
our
one
I
think
on
the
ground,
climate
change
mitigation
and
adaptation
strategy
that
we
have
put
in
place
over
time.
I'd
like
to
see
continue,
Christine.
F
F
I
also
want
to
say
about
right
sizing
existing
Services.
We
know
staff
capacity
is
tight,
I,
don't
know
how
much
of
that
is
attributable
to
ongoing
vacancies
versus
just
having
a
pretty
thin
crew
to
begin
with,
and
so
I
would
hope
that
that
is
something
that
staff
could
bring
forward.
Some
recommendation
on
right
and
I
think
are
so
like
existing
commitments.
H
F
F
F
The
so
the
pavement
plan
for
like
the
streets
we
were
going
to
do
each
year
we
had
a
five-year
plan
that
we
showed
residents
last
year.
You
know
we
tackle
X
streets
each
year,
which
we
weren't
we
weren't
able
to
complete
that
work
this
year,
our
inability
we
said
we
approved
adding
funds
last
year
for
more
striping,
and
then
they
got
I.
Guess
that
had
to
be
pulled
out
because
of
where
we
were
financially
so
I
would
consider
adding
those
in
again
and
then
sidewalk.
There
was
also
a
sidewalk
plan
that
was
shared.
F
B
G
G
Like
I
can
third
what
Jim
said
and
second
what
Christine
said
like
I
I
spoke
with
some
neighbors
and
some
other
residents
recently
and
they're
all
they
really
love
the
programs
that
we
provided.
They've
sent
their
grandkids
or
their
kids,
but
one
thing
that
they
mentioned
to
Christine's
point
is
it's
one
person
said
it's
great:
that
I
can
take
my
grandkids
down
to
the
pool,
but
I
need
an
alignment
after
driving
onto
the
pool,
so
like
I
think
that's
one
thing
that
our
community
really
notices
and
we
did
make
that
promise
to
them.
A
E
E
Often
we
continue
doing
something
even
though
like
just
because
we've
always
done
it
rather
than
taking
a
hard
look
at
it
and
saying
this
isn't
really
meeting
our
needs
and
this
isn't
really
meeting
our
goals.
But
that
again
is
a
level
of
detail
that
Council
won't
have
any
insights
to
so
something
that
I
would
encourage,
as
departments
start
to
develop
their
budgets
to
consider
and
I.
E
E
That
would
have
the
greatest
amount
of
incentive
funds
available
for
the
city
within
the
next
fiscal
year,
and
so
I
would
encourage
that
to
be
considered
as
a
potential
priority
and
I
think
it
kind
of
gets
into
a
later
the
later.
In
the
conversation,
but
in
terms
of
one
of
the
Matrix
of
considerations
having
limited
High
incentives
way
way
in
to
some
of
the
budget
decisions.
C
C
Is
that
need
for
community
and
that
and
thinking
about
that
too,
as
including
child
care
in
that
and
concerns
about,
what's
going
to
happen
with
senior
center,
so
I
just
see
in
both
of
those
areas
and
extreme
need,
and
if
there
is
that
thought
of
using
some
arpa
dollars
to
keep
the
tax
rate
down.
But
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
argument
to
be
made
that,
especially
in
our
community
services,
that
those
are
some
of
the
folks
directly
addressing
needs
due
to
the
pandemic.
E
E
F
I,
come
at
this
from
another
angle
that
no
one
ever
wants
to
about
reductions.
I
think
the
the
reverse
on
the
right
size.
Discussion
is
if
there
are
like
non-essential,
aesthetic
landscaping
and
maintenance
activities
that
are
occurring,
that
we
don't
need
to
do
or
any
kind
of
sort
of
one-off
programming.
That's
like
higher
lift
than
it's
where
you
know
it's,
not
income
or
Revenue,
generating
I.
Think
that's
a
way
to
look
at
things
as
well
as
we
consider
potential
cuts.
G
I
think
that
you
know
giving
the
Landscaping
as
an
example
I
know
that
there
is
some
interest
from
different
businesses
and
partnering
with
us
on
that
and
maybe
funding
some
more
of
that
work.
I
know
it
sounds
really
small,
but
the
Landscaping
does
give
something.
People
does
give
people
something
to
be
proud
of
when
you're
driving
through
Windows
key,
especially
with
our
giant
circle
of
cement.
It's
nice
to
see
some
stuff
around
it.
H
So
if
I
could
ask
for
clarification
on
areas
to
prioritize,
are
Bryn
offered
a
caveat
that
right
sizing
includes
sun
setting
where
we're
not
meeting
our
goals
with
existing
and
Christine's.
Second
of
that,
just
looking
to
see
if
there
was
a
consensus
around
that
or
a
majority
or
is
that
something
that
you're
looking
for
even
in
the
level
service
budget,
I.
A
It
so
I
think
yes,
I
would
love
to
say,
like
this
program.
Just
isn't
functioning
but
I
worry
about
benchmarks.
We
used
to
define
that
and
not
being
well
set
Thrive
as
my
biggest
concern.
It's
a
money
loser
if
you
look
at
as
far
as
a
fee
model,
which
is
why
I
rolled
into
gender
fund
and
I
don't
know
that.
B
A
Would
come
up
with
metrics
that
say
this
isn't
meeting
its
goals?
Should
we
so
we
should
end
it.
I
would
rather
look
for
like
a
real
values,
discussion
about
like
if
we
have
to
pick
one
of
the
20
things
that
we
really
care
about
in
the
city
to
end.
What
would
it
I,
so
I
I
think
right.
Sizing
in
the
goals
in
terms
of
priorities
to
fund
in
a
positive
way
is
how
do
we
maintain
what
we
were
doing?
A
Pre-Pandemic
and
that's
I
I
think
that
there's
the
Esser
funds
added
a
whole
new
bunch
of
work
and
brought
with
it
additional
funding.
I.
Don't
think
that
right
sizing
is
keeping
that
going
into
the
future
indefinitely.
I
think
that's
pulling
back
to
what
we
were
able
to
do
before
personally,
so
I
think
right.
Sizing
to
me
is
making
sure
that
we
don't
lose
any
of
the
core
Services
we
are
providing
the
volume
and
type
can
change.
A
I
would
like
to
strip
out
extra
funding,
we're
using
right
now
to
fund
those
programs
at
a
higher
size
or
higher
subsidy
level,
but
I
think
we
want
to
maintain
as
far
as
I'm
concerned.
Each
of
the
Departments
have
identified
their
priority
service
areas.
We've
agreed
that
those
are
worth
pursuing
this
year
and
developing
further.
In
some
cases,
I'd
like
to
see
those
maintained,
I,
don't
know
about
like
program.
A
Efficiency
modeling
like
I,
just
don't
know
what
the
metrics
would
be
I'd
be
interested
to
see
if
there
are
recommendations
to
end
programs,
but
I,
don't
know
that
I
want
I'd,
rather
see
staff
telling
us
what
it
is.
They
need
to
do
to
accomplish
what
we've
already
told
them
that
we
want
in
the
previous
several
years
and
then
evaluating
that.
If
it's
really
too
high,
then
we
need
to
look
at
cuts
and
that's
where
I'd
like
to
come
back.
Okay,.
A
H
B
F
E
Yeah
and
for
clarity,
when
I
think
of
evaluation
criteria
regarding
success
of
programs,
it's
not
entirely
revenue
or
cost
based,
so
the
council
understands
what
I
mean
there
and
that
I
think
review
and
sun
setting
programs
goes
to
a
depth
of
City
level.
That
I
know
I,
don't
have
knowledge
or
access
to
so
I,
don't
feel
like
I
can
say
this
program
works
for
this
program.
Doesn't
I?
Actually
don't
have
I'm,
not
privy
to
that
degree
of
information.
E
C
So
is
it
that
we
have
programs
that
would
be
meeting
needs
if
we
were
able
to
let
people
know
that
they
were
there,
thinking
with
the
pool
and
being
able
to
have
both
scholarships
and
being
able
to
make
those
scholarships
easier
and
able
just
to
get
the
word
out
that
see
an
increase
in
use.
So
I
guess
that
would
be
like
my
little
asterisks
Nest
next
to
thinking
about
how
we
decide
that
a
program
is
or
isn't
working,
which
you
know
feels
like
more
work.
C
H
So
I
know
this
is
a
a
bit
of
a
murky
process.
There
there's
clearly
some
consensus
around
right
sizing
with
maybe
some
caveats
but
I
think
that'll
work
itself
out
at
some
point.
You're
going
to
have
to
see
cut
soul,
we'll
be
suggesting
what
those
should
be
at
a
detail
level,
but
in
terms
of
the
other
items
it
wasn't
unanimous.
There
was
a
majority
on
some
of
it
just
curious
if
you're,
anticipating
that
we
would
use
all
of
your
input
or
the
cons
or
areas
where
there
was
a
majority
of
you.
A
A
A
F
F
B
F
Well,
right,
I,
doubt
race,
trying
to
run
every
single
thing
that
he
did
under
Esser
forever
into
the
future,
but
I'm
sure
he
has
some
learnings
of
what
he
might
recommend
we
carry
forward
and
similarly,
like
code
enforcement,
we
know
we
want
to
do
more
there.
But
what
has
the
team
actually
thought
about
were
things
they
could
Implement
right.
F
So,
even
if
we're
saying
something
is
a
priority,
if
this,
if
you,
if
you
all,
can't
actually
produce
that
in
the
next
year,
then
I
wouldn't
expect
to
see
that
in
the
budget,
but
I
think
you
could
include
items
that
were
lifted
up
here,
that
you
also
see
viable
and
valuable,
and
then
we,
you
know
when
we
actually
look
at
that
budget.
We'll
have
to
Hash
it
out.
H
Right
and
I
understand
your
perspective.
My
our
challenge
is
that
the
level
service
budget
is
going
to
be
much
higher
than
the
city
can
comfortably
support,
so
we
need.
It
would
be
helpful
to
have
some
guidance
at
this
stage
to
say
what
areas
you
would
be
comfortable
back
burnering
for
a
year,
I
get
I
still
get
like.
Your
point
is
still
valid,
but
if
there's
anything
that
Council
can
say
about
okay
well,
so
this
year
this
area
can
yeah.
E
Decisions
aren't
going
to
be
fully
supported
by
everyone
right,
so
I
think.
A
decision
that
Council
made
last
year
that
we
may
want
to
reconsider
is
additional
contributions
to
downtown
manewski
and
we
had
agreed
to
have
a
five
percent
contribution,
and
that
may
be
something
that
we
want
to
reconsider.
A
And
I
maybe
brought
in
that
concept
to
looking
at
across
our
contributions,
our
voluntary
contributions
to
all
of
our
partners,
because
we
will
have
other
requests
from
town
meeting
TV
today
from
wpv,
wvpd
I
think
we're
already
getting
Fair
shakes
with
these
requests.
But
if
there
were
ones
that
we
can
look
at
those
might
be
areas.
E
A
Q
Makes
you
feel
like
one
of
the
me
but
I?
Don't
know
that
they're
necessarily
optional,
so
a
lot
of
those
fees
are
in
exchange
for
services,
so
the
channel
17
payment
is
for
Channel
17
coming
to
two
meetings
a
month.
So
if
we
work
to
pay
that,
then
your
meetings
are
no
longer
televised,
so
GMT
that's
up
for
bus
service
coming
through
winooski's.
So
a
lot
of
these
things.
While
it
feels
like
they're
just
being
assessed
on
us
they're,
they
are
for
services
that
are
provided
to
the
community
I.
F
F
H
Like
any
any
yeah,
anyone
that
doesn't
have
a
dedicated
budget
or
if
a
department
needs
extra
budget
like
they
would
all
come
out
of
that,
and
it
has
been
underutilized
in
recent
years,
but
I'm
trying
to
actually
make
a
push
for
for
staff.
Certainly
to
use
it
and
I
suggested
that
counselors
mention
to
your
commissions
that
you
all
have
access
to
that,
because,
if
you're
going
to
serve
want
to
make
sure
that
you
feel
supported
in
that
service.
C
F
H
So
I'm
going
to
jump
in
and
comment
on
the
Bingo
program.
I
understand
that
was
a
very
unpopular
decision
to
remove
that
and
after
I
reviewed.
The
reasoning
with
Ray,
who
obviously
is
here-
I
have
to
say
I
agree.
It
is
basically
sanctioned
gambling
so
that,
especially
with
an
older
population
that
some
of
them
may
or
may
not
have
all
their
faculties,
so
that
that's
why
I
haven't
made
a
push
for
that
to
come
back,
but
it
is
your
budget,
so
I
can
be
on
the
table
if
you
want
it
to
be.
G
I
guess
I,
don't
know
how
I
ever
how
high
of
a
priority
it
is,
but
I
know
a
lot
of
Windows
key
residents
go
to
Colchester
for
Bingo,
so
we
don't
know
that
we're
stopping
them
from
doing
so
by
just
not
having
it
here.
I,
don't
know
how
important
it
is
to
anybody
else.
It's
not
particularly
important
to
me,
but.
G
H
Will
say
that,
well,
that's
true,
right
I
will
say
that
we
have
yet
to
do
a
big
advertising.
Push
like
we've
mentioned
in
the
venues
that
people
probably
don't
generally
pay
attention
to
Paul
before
he
went
on.
Vacation
worked
on
the
first
version
of
a
and
that
like
a
leave
behind
for
code
and
for
planning
zoning
that
would
reach
those
two
program.
Audiences,
better
and
opportunities,
is
working
on
an
Outreach
Workshop
that
would
not
just
focus
on
this,
but
other
things
that
might
be
useful
to
first-time
home
buyers.
H
So
it
is
currently
undersubscribed
and
I'm
hoping
for
feedback
from
folks
as
to
what
would
make
it
better
subscribed,
however,
to
an
earlier
Point
one
of
you
made
about
that,
there
are
other
resources
for
for
funding
that
so,
whether
or
not
you
decide
to
allocate
more
money
or
actually
allocate
money
to
it,
you
know
you'd
certainly
want
to
have
that
information
first,
but
it
is
not
part
of
it's
not
impacting
the
budget.
Now.
E
E
A
Q
Q
F
H
Q
F
A
I
mean
I
I
would
tend
to
agree
with
the
mayor
on
the
capital,
Improvement
plan
and
thinking
about
scaling
back
capital
projects,
provided
we
can
try
and
meet
some
of
the
commitments
that
we've
made.
But
maybe
we
go
back
in
time
and
look
at
what
those
are
in
order,
so
it
might
bump
sidewalks
and
striping
off
before
bumps
Paving
I
think
that's
a
you're
thinking
of
like
first
and
last
out
or
last
in
first
out.
A
Those
might
be
a
way
to
think
about
those
priorities
and
that
we
know
that
road
resurfacing
has
been
chronically
behind,
so
I
would
probably
opt
for
waiting
more
heavily
towards
the
sidewalks
and
I
went
towards
resurfacing
just
in
terms
of
meeting
our
previous
commitments.
I,
don't
feel
great
about
that.
Speak
there,
because
I've
been
pushing
hard
for
sidewalks,
but
I.
Think
if
we
got
to
look
for
something
capital
and
infrastructure
might
be
the
most
cost
effective
places
that
don't
touch
people.
E
H
E
H
B
B
A
The
work
that
side
of
the
WCC
Grant
funded
work
is
kind
of
on
pause,
I
think
this
there's
some
action
steps
that
come
out
of
that
shared
work
program
that
if
there
are
ways
to
support
that
that
would
be
areas
I'd
be
interested
in,
but
I,
certainly
I'm
interested
in
the
first
two
questions
more
and
what
the
resolutions
are
to
those.
But
that
would
be
one
area.
That's
of
interest
to
me.
A
B
C
And
I
kind
of
second,
what
Jim
said
trying
to
think
if
thinking
about
having
that
Dei
position,
but
also
thinking
about
we're
talking
about
right
sizing
that
one
position
might
not
be
enough
and
of
course,
as
talked
a
lot
about
past
and
there's
work
being
done.
Of
course
doing
the
Dei
work
is
a
part
of
every
single
position
in
every
single
Department
in
the
city,
but
are
there
other?
G
G
Thank
you,
yeah
I,
I,
agree
partially
in
what
you're
saying
or
like
I'm,
not
sure.
If
a
single
Equity
director
is
the
best
approach
to
Dei,
I
would
like
to
commend
Elaine
and
one
of
the
reasons
we're
really
excited
about.
Is
you
have
a
DI
approach
to
how
you
take
on
your
job
and
we
think
having
that
at
the
top
May,
similarly
equal
out
to
hiring
a
director
for
that
position,
and
it
may
not
be
necessary,
as
it
possibly
had
been
in
past
years,.
F
C
I
wanna
fall
on
I've,
seen
so
about
having
a
position
that
could
increase
overall
capacity.
I
think
that's
definitely
something
to
hold
acknowledging
one
that
that
can
be
a
very
high
burnout.
Those
type
of
positions
can
be
very
high
burnout,
especially
if
they're
low
paid,
but
that
there
does
there
could
some
of
what
I've
heard
is
that
there
could
be
additional
admin,
slash
Operational
Support
that
could
you
know,
support
some
of
our
directors
and
hopefully,
then
free
up
them
to
focus
on
other
tasks.
A
Maybe
one
final
area
I'll
put
out:
there
is
grant
writing
capacity
and
that
might
actually
be
a
substitution
rather
than
had,
but
I'd
be
curious.
How
that
could
interplay
with
needed,
Cuts
or
thinking
about
a
bridge
between
there
is
that
it
feels
very
odd
to
be
having
this
conversation
always
said
on
1.2
million
dollars
in
cash
I
will
be
up
like
that
is
struggling
I'm
struggling
with
that,
and
we
will
struggle
with
that
through
this
budget
season.
So
we're
gonna
have
to
figure
out
how
to
communicate
that,
and
it's
motivating
me
to
think
about.
A
That's
just
our
money.
There
is
met
orders
of
magnitude
more
at
the
state
and
federal
level
that
could
be
captured
to
your
point
about
capturing
out
opportunities
now,
and
so,
if
there's
a
way
to
work,
a
contract
or
sorry
grant
writing
support
into
some
service
cut
model
where
we
can
then
backfill
with
other
funds
to
bring
those
Services
back
up
to
where
we
would
need.
That
seems
like
something
that
it
would
be
nice
to
hear
if
that's
feasible,
useful
worthwhile
for
the
city.
C
Bye
kind
of
tied
to
that
too
and
I
don't
know
if
this
would
be
the
same
position,
but
are
there
areas
where
can
we
are
there
organizations
that
have
already
received
Arbor
dollars
that
we
could?
Then
you
know
team
up
to
fulfill
needs
in
the
community,
so
we
can
try
and
expand
our
money
by
partnering
with
other
organizations.
H
The
LCT
is
supposedly
doing
that,
but
they
actually
advised
him
when
the
sessions
consider
temporarily
deepening
your
bench
so
that
you
can
capture
all
that.
We
have
some
good
capacity
on
the
infrastructure
side,
but
I
haven't
seen
all
the
details
for
all
the
other
areas
that
maybe
it
would
be
helpful
just
to
have
someone
tracking
all
that
the
the
tricky
bit
is.
Can
they
actually
deliver
on
that
and
actually
offset
that
loss
of
Revenue?
That's
the
question
but
yeah
something
I.
H
Think
we
should
consider
so
not
not
to
cut
you
off,
but
I
just
want
to
mention
that
for
this
bunch
of
for
this
set
of
responses
for
this
question,
new
initiatives
I
think,
rather
than
looking
for
consensus,
it's
more
that
we
would
consider
if
it
made
sense
to
us
and
then
recommend
against
the
ones
that
made
more
sense
to
us
to
staff.
So
you
don't
have
to
come
to
consensus.
If
you
don't
want
to
be
comfortable
with
that,
yeah
all
right
and
then.
B
H
H
H
A
I'll,
be
honest:
I
still
haven't
been
able
to
open
this
and
review
it
did
not
because
you
you
sent
it
to
me,
but
it's
because
of
the
way.
The
time
you
wrote
this
afternoon,
I
still
haven't
looked
at
this
I
would
I
can
try
now,
but
I
won't
be
able
to
fully
participate
in
this
question.
Christina.
Do
you
ever
end
up.
F
We
we
should
maybe
this
isn't
the
right
location,
the
criteria,
but
I
was
thinking
back
to
the
discussion
about
potential
use
of
mitigation
of
escalation,
mitigating
escalating
costs
on
existing
Services
as
being
a
potential
use
or
like
upfront
paying
for
Capital.
Instead
of
adding
new
debt
to
our
debt
service.
F
F
H
F
H
H
C
One
I
I
also
like
the
list
and
the
suggestions,
one
thing
that
I've
been
trying
to
toy
with.
If
this
would
be
a
helpful
addition-
and
this
would
I
guess
my
thought
behind
it-
would
be
to
give
Equity
initiatives.
Kind
of
I
want
to
say
bonus
points,
but
give
them
necessary
weight
would
be
maybe
a
question
say
directly
addressed
in
the
equity
audit,
again,
I'm,
not
sure
if
that
necessarily
considering
number
three
but
I
thought
it
might
be
interesting
to
consider.
C
R
A
H
Yeah
thanks
for
that
discussion
and
because
you
didn't
have
much
time
with
it
and
you
haven't
had
much
time
with
it
at
all.
Jim
I
think
what
we
will
do
is
yeah
just
start
with
this,
and
maybe
the
leadership
team
will
actually
rank
them
and
propose
that
and
see
how
where
Council
comes
out
leadership
team
thanks
for
sitting
through
all
this?
H
A
A
Think
we
can
be
relatively
quick
on
these
remaining
free
items,
so
the
next
one
will
be
our
test
and
we
won't
break
after
this.
So
here
we
go
next
up.
We
have
item
f
for
on
for
discussion,
approval,
covid-19,
non-profit
Grant.
There
is
a
question
of
clarification
needed
from
Council
about
how
much
we
intended
to
allocate
and
obligate
in
our
vote
around
the
economic
or
say
the
nonprofit
recovery
grants
Elaine
I
presume
you
want
to
say
more
a
little
more
of
what
the
issue
is.
H
Just
for
the
benefit
of
the
public,
because
we've
had
a
signal
to
everyone
that
we
Council
would
probably
award
today,
11
applications
were
received
on
October
5th,
each
for
the
maximum
amount
of
ten
thousand
dollars.
The
original
plan
was
for
Council
to
consider
awarding
the
kova
19
recovery
non-profit
grants
this
evening.
However,
as
a
councilor
heard
mentioned
at
the
top,
a
safe,
healthy
and
connected
people,
commission
was
unable
to
make
their
recommendations
during
their
regular
meeting
on
Tuesday
October
length.
H
So
the
commission
did
decide
on
a
special
meeting
on
over
November
1st,
to
consider
their
award
recommendations,
so
hopefully
Council
will
have
it
on
their
agenda
on
November
7th
to
decide.
The
question
was:
I
had
interpreted
from
your
July
18th
meeting
about
the
grant
program
that
you
wanted
a
total
of
fifty
thousand
dollars
to
go
to
non-profits
at
that
stage.
H
I
won't
call
it
around
at
that
stage,
meaning
including
the
5000
that
was
already
awarded
at
the
Congolese
Association
of
Vermont
and
another
5
000
awarded
to
the
Food
Shelf
functionally,
meaning
that
there
is
forty
thousand
left
to
award
in
the
grant
round.
However,
Aurora
asked
about
this
and
I
realized
that
the
discussion
is
not
perfectly
clear
so
wanted
to
make
sure
that
you
had
the
opportunity
to
direct
staff.
To
your
wishes
is
the
total
to
award
Now,
50
or
40.
A
You
can
ask
a
clarifying
question:
do
you
want
us
to
confirm
our
intention
from
that
prior
meeting,
or
do
you
want
us
to
discuss
whether
we
would
like
to
instead
have
50
000
I
interpret
as
the
first
one
more
narrow?
What
did
we
mean
because
that's
the
direction
we're
given
to
grantees
and
shcp
figure
about
another.
H
A
A
That's
my
recollection.
The
number
of
responses
is
high,
which
is
encouraging
and
I
would
love
to
see.
The
I
would
like
to
keep
it
at
50,
but
like
50,
total
10
already
obligated
with
the
direction
that
the
safe,
healthy
connected
people
commission
to
recommend
if
we
need
to
up
that
level
because
they
had
more
applications
than
they
could
fund.
A
So
I
think
it'd
be
helpful
to
know
that
if
there
was
more
than
fifty
thousand
dollars,
would
you
fund
more
than
50
or
more
than
forty
thousand
dollars
worth
of
additional
grants?
Does
that
make
sense?
So
that's
my
I'll
put
that
on
the
table
as
a
path
forward.
Rather
than
making
this
decision
now
to
change
the
amount
higher
may
I
see
you
had
your
hand
up.
F
Q
Q
A
A
C
I
was
the
one
that
raised
the
question
so
fair
enough
and
I.
Don't
know
if
maybe
part
of
my
recollection
was
that
there
was
I,
don't
know
if
it's
exactly
20K
left
with
a
small
business
that
could
then
be
moved
because
I
do
worry
and
I
think
it
was
my
sense
from
the
com,
the
commission
members,
not
just
the
commission
chair,
but
the
commission
members
that
they
seemed
concerned
that
they
were
only
awarding
40
instead
of
50..
C
C
E
I
think
it
was
something
that
was
part
of
the
discussion
and
I
had
all
also
raised
at
the
time
when
the
food
shelf
requested
funds
and
the
Congress
Community
requested
funds
that,
if
they
should
apply,
it
would
be
considered
in
the
amount
of
funds
that
they
would
be
eligible
for.
For
this
being
it
all
coming
from
the
same
pot
that
Council
has
approved
previously.
So.
Q
C
E
A
J
A
A
A
So
the
next
item
is
maybe
a
housekeeping
item
deciding
whether
to
cancel
the
November
21st
council
meeting.
When
we
set
our
schedule
in
March
we
did
not.
We
did
not
remove
the
November
21st
meeting
generally.
We
do
not
meet
the
week
of
Thanksgiving,
so
there's
a
recommendation
to
carry
that
tradition
forward
and
not
meet
the
week
of
Thanksgiving.
A
C
A
All
right,
so
the
change
would
be
to
change
all
pronouns
in
the
second
paragraph
of
public
comment
on
page
two
from
her
today
or
them
yep,
and
she
from
her
today
and
she
to
them
any
other
changes
that
need
to
be
made
to
the
minutes.
All
right
can
I
have
a
motion
to
approve
the
minutes
as
amended.
Second.