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00:00:00 Introductions
00:01:55 Opening Statement
00:02:42 Budget
00:03:41 Ballot Items
00:07:47 VT Legislative Initiatives
00:09:52 Housing
00:12:04 Rank Choice Voting - Campaign
00:12:45 Language Access
00:14:51 Development and Change
00:19:56 Closing Comments
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A
Hi
friends
Sinead
here
with
B
perk
with
some
more
exciting
news,
Town
mein
day
elections
will
be
using
ranked
Choice
voting
for
the
first
time
since
the
2021,
Charter
change
and
all
Burlington
voters
get
to
participate,
I'm
familiar
with
ranked
Choice
voting,
keep
watching
or
click
the
link
below
ranked
Choice
voting
lets
voters
write
candidates
in
order
of
preference,
first,
second,
third
and
so
on.
If
your
vote
can't
help
your
first
choice
win,
it
counts
to
your
second
choice.
Instead,
here's
how
it
works.
A
If
one
candidate
gets
over
50
percent
of
everyone's
First
Choice
votes
they
win
and
the
election
is
over.
However,
If
no
candidate
reaches
a
majority.
The
candidate
with
the
fewest
First
Choice
votes
is
eliminated
and
their
supporters
votes
will
count
toward
their
second
choice.
This
process
continues
until
one
candidate
reaches
over
50
percent
of
the
vote.
Ranked
Choice
voting
gives
voters
more
voice,
more
choice
and
makes
for
a
stronger
democracy,
learn
more
about
ranked
choice
or
try
it
out
for
yourself
at
betterballotvermont.org,
BTV
2023.
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A
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welcome,
counselor
Barlow.
If
you'd
like
to
give
us
an
opening
statement
about
why
you're
running
and
what
will
be
different
for
Burlington.
If
you
are
elected
well,.
B
Thanks
for
having
me
tonight,
I
am
the
North
District
City
councilor,
which
comprises
both
Wards
four
and
seven
and
I've,
served
in
that
capacity
for
the
last
two
years
and
I'm
running
again,
because
I
want
to
continue
to
serve
my
community
and
work
on
priorities
that
are
important
to
the
north.
North
District
constituents,
but
also
Burlington
at
large
and
I
would
account
among
those
like
Public
Safety,
which
is
a
Hot
Topic
in
the
city
right
now,
housing.
A
B
B
So
this
budget,
the
one
thing
that's
notable
about
it-
is
it's
the
first
budget
where
we're
going
to
have
some
of
the
new
Debt
Service
coming
online
for
the
new
high
school
and
I
believe
that
of
that
increase,
2.75
percent
is
the
number
that
I
was
told
is
just
attributed
to
the
new
high
school.
So
the
the
rest
of
the
increases,
you
know
rather
small
by
historical
school
budget
standards,
but
yeah
I
think
it's
a
good
budget
and
I'll
be
supporting
it
great.
A
A
B
There
as
well
so
the
school
budget
is
the
the
first
question
and,
as
I
said,
I'm
supporting
that
I'll
be
supporting
the
other
questions
up
to,
but
not
including
ranked
Choice
voting
the
community
control
board
and
proposition
zero.
Where
ranked
Choice
voting
is
concerned,
my
I
don't
support
ranked
Choice
voting
I.
B
B
There's
a
gentleman
in
my
District
Robert
Bristow
Johnson
who's
been
very
vocal
about
this
and
he
thinks
that
there's
different
ways
to
count
RCV
and
the
way
that's
being
used
in
currently
in
Burlington
is
not
the
best
way.
I
know
they're
having
discussions
about
that
at
the
state
with
regard
to
community
control
of
police,
everybody
that
I've
that
everybody
involved
in
government
most
of
the
citizenry
understands
that
we
need
to
change
the
way
we
do.
Police
disciplinary
oversight.
B
B
We
have
City
departments
who
have
experts
on
various
things
that
we
create
ordinance
about,
and
there
there
are
there's
a
commission,
the
Planning
Commission
in
the
case
of
zoning
ordinances
and
the
city
council,
and
there's
a
robust
public
process
with
the
ordinance
creation
that
doesn't
lend
itself
to
a
petition
drive.
So
for
that
reason,
I'm
not
supporting
proposition
zero,
either
great.
A
B
Well,
when
we
one
of
the
the
two
big
ones
are
funding
for
the
high
school
and
there's
two
ways
we
can
get
funding
for
the
high
school.
That
I
think
the
state
should
step
up
and
provide
additional
resource
to
the
community
for
and
the
first
is
for
the
PCB
cleanup
and
the
demolition
of
the
old
high
school
and
Institute
road.
We
know
that's
going
to
cost
23
million
dollars.
32
million
dollars
was
appropriated
by
the
legislature
and
put
aside
last
year
and
we
don't
have
a
high
school.
So
we
have
a
critical
need.
B
B
You
know,
attending
legislative
sessions
and
trying
to
do
some
lobbying
around
that
Additionally,
the
Burlington
Technical
Center,
which
is
really
a
regional
resource.
It's
not
just
the
burlington-specific
resource,
Burlington,
voters
and
taxpayers
shouldn't
be
shouldn't,
be
bearing
the
entire
expense
for
that.
So
there
should
be
State
funding
for
that
I
believe
the
price
tag
was
50
million
dollars
for
that
portion
of
the
project.
B
There's
10
million
dollars
that
Senator
Leahy
was
able
to
get
us
for
the
aviation
program,
but
the
other
costs
associated
with
building
a
new
Technical,
Center
I
think
should
be
shared
more
widely
than
just
in
Burlington
voters.
And
lastly,
we
have
a
problem
with
retail
theft
in
downtown
Burlington
and
right
now,
it's
anything
under
900
dollars
is
considered
a
misdemeanor.
So
I
would
like
to
see
the
strengthening
of
our
retail
theft
laws
to
make
it
a
felony
offense
for
a
much
lower
threshold
than
that
just
to
deter
the
activity.
B
Units
Cambrian
rise
out
in
my
end
of
town,
is
still
building
I
think
they
have
the
steel
up
for
at
least
two
new
structures
there.
So
that's
going
to
add
units,
and
additionally,
there's
this
new
project
in
the
South
End,
the
in
The
Innovation
District
that
we
are
starting
to
consider
changing
zoning
about
that
is
going
to
also
add
housing.
So
I
think
all
of
these
are
really
important
in
the
mix.
B
Oh
there's
also
Trinity
the
Trinity
campus
project,
so
there's
a
lot
of
housing
projects
that
are
sort
of
either
underway
or
in
the
planning
stages.
But
in
addition
to
that,
we
need
to
find
ways
to
create
additional
density
in
our
our
existing
neighborhood.
So
like
in
my
end
of
town.
It's
all
single
fan
a
lot
of
it's
single-family
homes.
We
could
change,
hopefully
we'll
build
a
change
through
zoning,
the
ability
to
have
more
duplexes
and
triplexes,
and
you
know
we
also
maybe
need
to
make
it
easier
to
build
accessory
dwelling
units
as
well.
A
Your
answer-
your
city
council
race,
as
you
mentioned,
is
one
of
the
first
council
elections
to
be
using
ranked
Choice
voting
right
choice.
Voting
gives
voters
the
chance
to
rank
candidates
in
order
of
preference.
Please
tell
us
whether
or
how
this
has
affected,
how
you're
campaigning
and
communicating
with
voters.
B
A
B
Was
an
interesting
question
too,
and
one
when
it
was
post
to
me
prior
to
this
forum,
I
didn't
really
have
a
lot
of
information
about
I
knew
we
had
we'd
passed
a
language
access
policy,
so
I
actually
inquired
about
it
and
was
happy
to
find
out
that
that
there
are
some
things
underway.
It
is
really
important
that,
in
order
to
allow
participation
in
our
democracy
that
everybody
is
able
to
to
access
it-
and
obviously
communication
is
a
central
part
of
that.
B
So
when
I
was
on
the
school
board,
we
had
multilingual
Liaisons
and
we
had
a
different
model
on
how
we
did
it.
In
the
city
we
have
Jillian
Nanton
at
ceto,
who's
heading
up
the
effort
and
I.
When
I
spoke
with
her,
she
said
that
there
are
just
completing
some
training
that
they're
going
to
start
to
roll
out
on
best
practices
for
language,
access
to
departments
and
they're,
trying
to
identify
representatives
in
each
of
the
Departments
to
sort
of
be
the
liaison
back
to
tosido.
B
B
That's
compiled
from
news
from
all
the
various
City
departments
and
it's
translated
into
eight
language
and
then
it's
distributed
through
the
trusted
Community
partner
Network.
So
that's
all
really
good
good,
good
stuff
and
I'm.
Very
supportive
of
that
I
think
it's
really
important
and
I
suggested
to
Jillian
that
we
would
have
them
to
the
full
Council.
So
everybody
could
be
apprised
of
that
important
work.
Awesome.
A
That's
very
cool
I
did
just
want
to
remind
folks
that,
if
you're
tuning
in
live,
you
can
call
in
with
questions
at
802-862-3966.
This
question,
though,
is
regarding
development
and
change.
The
Memorial
Auditorium,
the
pit,
the
Catholic
Diocese,
the
Vermont
Department
of
Health
office,
Perkins,
Pier,
King,
Street,
the
southern
connector
and
more
Burlington
is
undergoing
a
lot
of
change
and
growing
pains.
What
do
you
see
as
the
most
important
locations
that
need
Redevelopment,
and
how
will
you
use
your
role
in
the
city
council
to
address
these
issues?
I.
B
Think
we
touched
upon
it
earlier,
a
little
bit,
I
think
housings,
like
number
one,
so
I
think
the
one
project
that
we'll
need
Council
action
is
the
the
housing
that
that
is
proposed
to
be
built
in
the
South
End.
So
that's
something
that
we
definitely
will
be
working
on.
You
know
some
of
the
other
projects
like
Memorial
Auditorium
is
a
good
one.
B
We're
sort
of
constrained
that
way
so
we're
looking
to
be
more
creative
about
how
we
do
it.
With
public-private
Partnerships
and
so
I
think,
those
kinds
of
things
will
be
important
and
and
as
a
counselor
I
would
be
supportive
of
being
creative
on
how
we
approach
some
of
these
things,
I
think
the
the
the
public
infrastructure
that
needs
to
be
built
around
some
projects
that
will
require
Capital
spending.
You
know
we're
just
going
to
have
to
be.
B
A
B
Well,
you
know
one
of
the
things
and
it
was
in
my
set
of
questions
which
I
think
was
different
than
yours,
but
the
the
one
thing
that
is
important
to
me
right
now
it
doesn't
even
involve
my
district-
is
the
downtown
is
a
real
concern
to
me.
I've
lived
in
Burlington
since
1974
and
I've
seen
a
lot
of
changes
recently,
I've
had
people
come
to
me
daily
and
say
that
they
won't
shop
in
Burlington.
B
They
won't
dine
in
Burlington
and
now
they've
had
store
owners
and
I've
spent
time
down
on
Church
Street.
Talking
to
some
who
are,
you
know
they're
at
their
sort
of
limit
of
what
they
can
tolerate.
We
don't
have
a
public
safety
presence
a
lot
of
the
time
downtown
now,
because
we
don't
have
the
resources
in
the
police
department.
So
you
know,
I
have
been
sort
of
prioritizing
that
as
a
sort
of
a
fundamental
problem
that
needs
to
be
solved.
B
We're
we
just
got
a
600
000
over
600
000
grant
for
and
getting
those
resources
into
the
downtown
so
that
we
can.
We
can
sort
of
fix,
fix.
What's
ailing
us
it's
we.
We
have
a
lot
of
issues
down
there
right
now,
and
so
you
know
one
of
the
things
that's
sort
of
informing
a
lot
of
my
work
on
the
council
is
going
to
be
what
how
can
we
create
conditions
to
fix
that
and
those
things
are
going
to
be
prioritized.
B
Do
that
fire
has
told
me
they
can't
go
into
situations
to
provide
Aid
without
police
presence,
sometimes
so
having
being
able
to
rebuild
our
Police
Department
I
think
is
Central
to
solving
a
lot
of
what's
going
on
downtown
right
now
and
providing
deterrent
for
behaviors
that
people
are
sort
of
emboldened
to
to
exhibit
right
now,
because
there
is
no
Public
Safety
presence.
So
that's
a
big
one
for
me.
A
I'll
just
reiterate
it
for
folks.
It
says
the
city
council
has
sat
squarely
in
the
middle
of
a
conversation
about
crime,
police
accountability
and
racial
Justice.
What
is
next
in
your
mind
for
this
conversation,
and
do
you
see
problems
that
exist
and
how
will
they
be
addressed,
but
thank
you
for
addressing
that
counselor
Barlow
I
appreciate
you
on
having
a
Keen
Eye
but
yeah.
That's
great
I
appreciate
your
answer.
B
Well
well,
I
will
say
that
in
my
race,
I
don't
have
an
opponent,
but
it
and
in
the
school
commissioner
Kendra
sellers
doesn't
have
an
opponent
either,
but
just
because
there's
no
sort
of
candidates
to
vote
for
the
ballot
questions
are
really
important
and
I
would
just
encourage
all
of
my
voters,
but
all
the
voters
Citywide
to
make
sure
that
you
return
your
ballot.
That
should
be
mailed
to
you
in
the
next
few
days.
So
great
vote,
it's
important
yeah.
A
I
think
it's
February
15th
is
where
the
city
says
folks
should
have
ballots
by
so
definitely
check
your
mailboxes,
it's
wet
and
warm
and
there's
snow
melting.
We
don't
want
folks
to
get
soggy
balance.
That's
right,
great!
Well!
Thank
you.
So
much
counselor
Barlow
really
appreciate
your
time
here
today
spent
with
me
and
spent
with
CCTV,
and
thanks
folks
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A
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