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00:00:00 Start
00:01:06 Introductions
00:01:56 Opening Statements
00:03:34 School Budget
00:04:46 Ballot Items
00:08:11 VT Legislative Initiatives
00:10:07 Housing
00:13:56 Love of Burlington
00:16:06 Ranked Choice Voting
00:18:00 Work Experience in Vermont
00:20:04 Voter Accountability
00:22:12 Language Access
00:24:40 Safe Injection Sites
00:25:58 Public Safety
00:28:42 Development and Change
00:30:09 Closing Statements
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town
meeting,
TV,
sorry
and
we're
here
with
Hannah
King
and
roan
Allison
Hannah.
Would
you
like
to
make
your
opening
statement
yeah.
B
Absolutely
hi
everyone.
My
name
is
Hannah
King
and
I'm,
proud
to
be
running
for
the
ward,
8
City
Council
seat,
I'm,
deeply,
proud
of
my
roots
and
more
day,
I've
served
on
the
wards.
One
and
eight
neighborhood
planning
assembly
steering
committee,
as
well
as
the
city
of
Burlington's
Community
Development
block
grant
Advisory
Board
as
their
Ward
8
representative
I
spent
the
last
year
campaigning
hard
for
our
new
congresswoman
Becca
ballant,
where
I
served
as
her
Finance
director
and
I'm.
Looking
forward
to
talking
more
today,
great
thanks
around.
C
Hi,
my
name
is
Roan
I'm
running
for
Ward
8
as
well.
Obviously,
I
would
like
to
run
because
housing
here
is
out
of
control
and
that
needs
to
change
and
I.
Don't
think,
there's
going
to
be
any
way
to
change
it
other
than
housing
for
all
policies.
We
need
to
build
public
housing,
that
is
mixed
income.
We
need
to
densify
the
city
to
make
mixed-use
development
and
we
need
to
put
rent
controls
on
the
landlords
who
have
been
taking
advantage
of
uvm's
overadmittance
of
students.
C
On
top
of
that,
I
would
like
to
create
a
20
minimum
wage
and
attach
it
to
the
CPI.
I
would
like
to
remove
the
city's
ability
to
enforce
binding
interest
arbitration
on
its
unionized
workers
I.E,
preventing
its
unionized
workers
from
striking
I,
would
like
to
remove
that
and
finally
I'd
like
to
buy
more
buses,
I'd
like
to
build
protected
bike
lanes
and
I'd
like
to
create
a
municipal,
Bike
Share.
A
C
Yeah
I'll
be
supporting
the
increase
to
the
Burlington
school
budget
regarding
teacher
cuts,
I
mean,
hopefully
with
a
increase
of
funding
that
can
provide
enough
to
not
have
to
cut
teachers,
but
if
we
need
to
increase
funding
somewhat
more,
then
I
would
also
be
for
that
too,
prevent
the
firing
of
teachers
because
I'm
not
exactly
a
big
fan
of
firing.
Workers.
A
B
I
also
will
be
supporting
the
increase.
You
know
increasing
this,
it's
not
for
anything
luxurious,
it's
really
just
to
maintain
our
Public
Schools.
The
current
budget
increase
also
will
ensure
that
the
funding
will
meet
our
strategic
plan
objectives
and
it
also
with
the
Staffing
levels.
The
proposed
budget
aligns
Staffing
levels
with
student
enrollment,
which
I
think
tends
to
be
a
good
thing.
A
Great
thanks
so
much
so
Burlington
has
six
items
before
the
voters
on
the
ballot.
Those
are
proposition:
zero,
instant,
runoff
voting,
all
Resident
voting,
redistricting,
The,
Citizen,
Police
oversight,
body
and
a
polling
place
change
of
these.
How
will
you
vote
and
what
do
you
feel
the
most
strongly
about
and
why
we'll
go
Hannaford,
okay,.
B
I'm
just
going
to
go
down
the
list,
the
carbon
pollution
impact
fee
I'll
be
voting
for
it.
I
think
climate
change
is
the
most
pressing
issue
of
our
time
and
so
I
think
anything
we
can
do
to
mitigate
the
effects
are
important.
I
will
be
voting
for
proposition
zero
I
think
it
directly
strengthens
our
direct
democracy
and
I.
Also
think
voters
are
smarter
than
we
tend
to
give
them.
Credit
for
I
will
be
supporting
instant
runoff
voting.
B
The
last
time
it
was
on
the
ballot
it
passed
was
64
percent
of
the
vote,
so
I
think
it's
clear.
A
majority
of
burlingtonians
are
in
support
of
it.
I
will
be
voting
for
all
Resident
voting.
I.
Think
every
neighbor
that
is
in
the
city
should
have
a
say
in
what's
going
on
in
our
local
government
and
then
the
issue
that
I
feel
most
I
feel
is
most
important
in
wardate.
Right
now
at
least
is
redistricting.
I
will
be
voting
against
the
current
redistricting
model
that
is
put
forward.
B
Wardate
basically
gained
nothing
from
the
current
maps
that
the
council
moved
forward
and
I.
Think
neighbors
have
been
saying
for
years
now
that
there
is
an
issue
with
a
number
of
students
versus
long-term
residents
in
the
neighborhoods
and
then
austro
also
districts
are
largely
unfavored
and
I.
Don't
think
that
we
had
a
long
enough
conversation
about
that.
So
that's
my
big
concern
there
and
then
the
Citizen
Police
oversight
body
right
now,
I
am
Unsure
how
I'm
going
to
vote.
B
I'm
voting
on
March,
7th
but
I
will
say:
I
fully
support,
improving
the
system
of
police
oversight
and
Community
accountability
in
Burlington
I
fully
agree
with
the
intention
of
the
ballot
item
and
I
think
that
a
vast
majority
of
my
wardate
neighbors
and
folks
across
the
city
do
too
I
just
am
concerned
that
the
authors
have
come
forward
saying
the
ballot
item.
Language
is
needs
to
be
worked
on
and
they're
going
to
rely
on
the
state
to
do
that.
I
think
we
really
need
to
be
pushing
for
local
control
for
an
issue
like
this
I.
C
Prop
zero,
that's
an
obvious!
Yes,
of
course,
we
want
burlingtonians
to
be
able
to
propose
laws
that
circumnavigate
the
city's
elected
officers,
instant,
runoff,
yeah,
four,
all
Resident
voting,
Big
Easy
for
the
redistricting,
absolutely
not
it's
kind
of
a
political
Ploy,
civilian
citizen
oversight
of
the
police
board.
Definitely
voting
for.
You
should
too
it's
a
kind
of
a
half
measure
of
a
half
measure,
but
that's
usually
what
gets
passed
here.
C
It's
weird
that
ngos
are
going
to
be
the
ones
who
are
representing
assistance,
I
mean
we
elect
inspector
of
Elections.
We
elect
school
board
members
I,
don't
know
why
we
can't
just
select
Community
oversight
members,
but
it's
better
than
having
nothing
so
we're
I'm
going
to
be
voting
for
that,
and
you
should
too
is
that
everything
on
there.
A
C
The
biggest
of
the
Vermont
legislative
initiatives
is
the
Vermont
proact.
I
am
going
to
be
heavily
involved
in
canvassing
for
that
to
be
passed.
That
is
hugely
important.
We
want
to
protect
the
rights
of
workers
in
the
state.
We
want
to
allow
them
to
unionize
more
expeditedly
and
efficiently,
because
Vermont
is
a
pro-union
state
and
we
need
to
represent
those
interests
as
as
I
see
fit.
Man
well,
as
we
all
see
fit.
B
One
piece
of
legislation
I
plan
to
follow
is
actually
being
introduced
this
week
and
so
we'll
see
if
it
gets
assigned
to
a
committee
and
it's
by
Progressive,
Burlington,
representative
Hendrick,
and
in
the
outline
legislation
it
would
cap
uvm's
enrollment
until
the
Burlington
rental
vacancy
Rises
to
five
percent.
It
also
would
guarantee
that
UVM
provides
on-campus
students
with
a
minimum
square
footage
of
living
space.
B
It
would
also
require
that
UVM,
when
they're
building
housing,
one
of
the
first
things
that
they
do
is
gets
rid
of
the
force
tripling
and
then
also
that
uvn
will
have
to
use
any
rooms
that
currently
don't
meet.
The
minimum
footage
footage
requirement
to
accommodate
students
with
documented
medical
need
for
a
single
room,
I
think
it.
B
That
would
be
huge
for
word
h
just
because
so
many
of
our
neighbors
live
on
campus
and
you
know
UVM,
just
added
I
think
it's
245
renters
to
the
off-campus
market,
for
the
June,
24,
Lisa's
and
so
I
think
we
need
to
start
looking
really
critically
on
how
we
can
lessen
the
rental
need
in
the
neighborhoods
and
and
really
hold
UVM
accountable
for
the
housing
crisis.
Great.
A
B
I
absolutely
think
Burlington
has
a
housing
crisis.
I,
don't
think
my
team
has
gone
to
one
door
or
talked
to
one
person
without
them
mentioning
rents
being
too
high
or
having
a
challenge
with
finding
housing,
I
think
specifically
in
Ward
8
a
project
I'll
talk
about
is
the
Trinity
development.
There's
been
this:
will
they
won't
they
between
the
city
and
UVM?
For
years
now,
I
think
we
need
to
end
that
never
ending
cycle
and
find
common
ground.
So
that
way
we
can
get
the
project
moving.
You
know
we
need
more
housing
of
all
types
everywhere.
B
Housing
is
a
human
right
and
is
not
the
foundation
of
Health
racial
Justice
and
long-term
Economic
Opportunity.
As
awardee
counselor,
as
Roan
mentioned,
they
will
also
be
supporting
event.
Stabilization
I
also
am
in
support
of
that
and
so
I
think,
just
as
a
renter
I
will
be
a
strong
advocate
for
trying
to
lessen
the
housing
crisis
and
holding
predatory
landlords
accountable.
Great.
C
Yeah,
so
when
we
treat
housing
like
an
investment
vehicle
to
be
speculated
upon
by
large
landlords
and
property
owners
and
treat
tenants
like
numbers
on
a
spreadsheet,
this
inevitably
forces
long-term
residents
out
and
contributes
to
the
public
safety
issue.
We're
currently
facing
by
driving
more
people
to
do
crime
in
a
certain
extents
I.
I
I
think
it's
pretty
clear
that
the
housing
crisis
has
contributed
to
the
increase
of
crime
in
here.
C
I
think
that
housing
for
all
is
a
necessity.
It
has
to
be
done
and
we
need
to
do
it.
Climate
change
is
going
to
continue
to
bring
more
people
coming
here,
looking
for
a
better
climate
and
we
need
to
have
the
houses
ready
for
that,
and
that
requires
aggressive
planning
before
it
becomes
a
gigantic
problem
and
before
Burlington
becomes
another
gentrified
landlord-owned
nightmare
City
we
have.
We
have
the
ability
to
do
it.
We
have
the
Burlington
Housing
Authority
I
would
like
to
put
money
into
that.
C
I
would
like
to
build
more
units
as
much
as
possible
anywhere.
We
can
and
hopefully
use
rent
controls
to
force
landlords,
specifically
large
investment-based
landlords
out
of
the
market
and
in
and
drive
those
units
into
public
ownership
so
that
the
prices
can
be
controlled
by
the
government
so
that
they
are
cheaper
and
available
for
everyone,
regardless
of
income.
I
would
like
mixed
income
public
housing.
We
need
to
rezone
a
lot
of
the
city
to
make
it
available
for
more
densed
mixed
use.
C
Development
such
as
the
old
North
End,
where
there
are
shops
on
the
bottom
floors
and
housing
on
the
top
floors
and
then
obviously
yeah
rent
controls
are
cool.
This
needs
to
happen
and
I
highly
doubt
that
the
current
Administration
in
the
city
wants
to
do
anything
about
it,
because
you
know
some
of
them
are
in
bed
with
the
landlords,
but
I
will
be
screeching
at
the
top
of
my
lungs
to
get
them
to
do
so.
A
B
A
C
C
I
will
walk
usually
late
at
night
from
my
residence
over
on
campus
in
the
Redstone
Lofts
over
to
the
old
North
End
during
the
summer
months,
I
like
to
skateboard
down
there.
It
just
gives
me
a
bit
of
time
to
clear
my
mind
and
it's
always
a
pleasant
walk
specifically
the
little
corner.
Mart
Momos
is
an
awesome
place.
C
Why
I
love
Burlington,
because,
unlike
a
lot
of
the
rest
of
the
US,
which
has
just
been
so
thoroughly
like
corporatized
and
controlled
by
special
interests
and
all
that
junk
Burlington
isn't
entirely
in
the
graphs
of
the
one
percent
and
we
still
have
an
ability
to
make
our
city
our
city
and
not
some
rich
person
100
miles
away
City.
So
that's
why
I
like
Burlington,
because
it's
one
of
the
few
places
left
in
the
country
that
isn't
completely
ruined
by
the
rich.
B
Yeah
I
came
to
Burlington
for
school
to
go
to
UVM
and
I
fell
in
love
with
really
the
wardate
community.
I've
never
lived
anywhere,
but
Ward
8
before
during
my
time
in
Burlington
and
so
I'll,
say
I.
Think
one
of
my
favorite
spots
is
we,
like
my
friends
and
I
like
to
support
the
Wallflower
Collective,
which
is
really
the
only
Ward
8
bar,
which
is
kind
of
interesting.
We
also
like
to
go
to
the
Waterfront
and
I
like
to
walk
my
dog,
my
friend's
dog
down
there.
A
Thanks
so
much
so
your
city
council
race,
is
one
of
the
first
in
Burlington
using
ranked
Choice
voting,
because
there's
two
of
you
and
a
write-in
candidate
option.
This
gives
voters
a
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
will
go
Hannah
first.
B
It's
really
interesting
that
in
the
city
council
races
it
can
become
really
hyper
political
and
so
I
think.
One
of
the
reasons
why
I
really
like
ring
Choice
voting
is
it
gives
neighbors
a
pause
and
takes
time
to
step
back
and
say:
okay,
instead
of
just
voting
for
the
person
that
may
be
along
your
party
lines
that
you
can
take
more
time
to
look
at
all
of
your
options.
So
that
way
you
can
properly
rank
them,
and
so
in
terms
of
how
that's
affected,
how
I'm
campaigning
my
team's
campaigning.
B
C
I,
don't
think
rake
Choice
voting
changes,
much
of
anything,
at
least
in
this
specific
election,
just
because,
obviously
there's
two
candidates,
it's
the
same
messaging,
but
in
a
political
campaign
as
City
councils,
a
political
C.
The
policy
is
the
most
important
thing
and
I
like
the
fact
that
there
is
ranked
Choice
voting,
because
if
there
was
an
independent
third
candidate,
it
would
nice
be
nice
to
rank
them
from
the
list
of
the
most
pro-labor
down
to
the
list
of
the
most
pro-corporate
and
yeah.
A
D
Hi,
my
name
is
Lily
and
I
was
hoping.
Each
candidate
could
expand
on
their
work
experience
in
Vermont
and
how
it
has
informed
their
understanding
of
state
and
local
politics,
and
particularly
the
city's
relationship
to
the
legislature,
and
you
know
how
they're
going
to
be
affected
with,
what's
under
the
city
council's
jurisdiction,
great.
C
Awesome
so
previously,
I
have
worked
on
Kate
Logan's
campaign.
Tanya
viehovsky's
campaign
I
have
worked
for
vpird
votes,
so
I've
canvassed
throughout
the
state
during
the
previous
midterms
and
I've
worked
on
the
previous
city
council
candidates,
campaign,
Ali
house,
so
I've
gotten
a
general
situation
of
the
political
sphere
in
the
state.
Relatively
locked
down.
B
Start
by
saying,
I
think
you
can
work
and
engage
on
political
campaigns
without
being
held
beholden
to
a
party.
But
beyond
that,
as
I
mentioned
at
the
beginning
of
this
forum,
I
just
had
the
opportunity
to
work
for
Becca
ballant
as
her
Finance
director,
and
so
it
was
really
amazing
to
see
how
she
could
run
a
campaign
that
was
based
on
courage
and
kindness
and
making
sure
that
she
was
running
on
good
policy
and
good
politics.
A
D
E
C
F
D
A
B
C
The
only
thing
that
voters
have
over
politicians
to
hold
them
accountable
is
The
Ballot
Box
if
I
suck
in
my
policies,
suck
and
I
go
back
on
what
I've
said
you
can
vote
me
out.
Hold
me
accountable
vote
me
out.
I,
don't
have
any
donations
from
anything
other
than
private
money.
Donations,
I
haven't
taken
any
landlord
money
and
I
don't
work
for
any
business
lobbying
firms.
C
A
Okay,
so
regarding
language
access,
we
are
in
a
community
with
a
diversity
of
languages
spoken
and
a
language
access,
a
policy
adopted
in
2020.
What
ways
do
you
see
that
the
city
government
can
expand
access
and
accountability
to
more
community
members
who
want
to
participate
in
local
democracy?
We'll
have
Rome
go
yeah,
absolutely
number
nine.
C
Yeah,
so
the
language
policy
issue
personally
I
only
speak,
English
it'd
be
nice.
If
I
could
speak
other
languages,
it's
gonna
sound
like
a
goofy
answer,
but
Google
translate
sometimes
helps
I'm
personally
from
an
area
of
the
country.
Where
there's
a
lot
of
bilingualism
in
San
Diego,
there
was
a
significant
proportion
of
the
population
that
spoke
Spanish
and
a
decent
portion
of
a
population
that
only
spoke
Spanish
at
work.
People
in
administrative
jobs
would
often
use
Google
Translate
as
a
useful
tool
to
describe
things.
B
I
think
this
is
a
really
important
question.
I
know
that
I'm
proud
that
I
was
able
to
help
organize
the
first
live,
translated,
mayoral
debate
in
in
Burlington
and
I.
Think
that
is
incredibly
important.
I
think
resources
like
Google
translate
are
important,
but
also
we
have
to
recognize.
Not
everyone
has
access
to
the
internet,
or
things
like
that
and
so
I
think
we
really
need
to
push
as
local
leaders
to
make
sure
our
any
materials
that
are
being
put
out
that
are
relating
to
local
policy.
F
C
I'm
in
favor
of
not
only
safe
injection
sites,
I
believe
that
drugs
should
be
decriminalized.
They
were
specifically
criminalized
by
Nixon
to
criminalize
quote
black
people
and
hippies
because
they
were
his
political
enemies.
The
fact
that
they
are
still
used
as
tools
to
put
people
in
in
prison
and
to
criminalize
them
is
ridiculous.
C
I
would
hope
to
completely
remove
drug
criminalization,
not
legalization
but
decriminalize,
all
drugs
in
the
city,
as
well
as
having
safe
injection
sites,
drug
testing
kits-
and
hopefully
we
could
possibly
do
this
in
accordance
with
the
university,
but
there
might
be
some
federal
legislation
that
blocks
that,
if
not,
we
can
do
that
off
campus.
It
won't
be
an
issue
yeah
safe,
safe
injection
sites,
drug
testing,
decriminalizing
drugs.
All
those
things
are
fun
and
awesome.
Great.
A
Thanks
so
much
so
we
talked
a
little
bit
about
Public
Safety.
The
city
council
has
sat
squarely
in
the
middle
of
a
conversation
about
crime,
about
police
accountability
and
about
racial
Justice.
What
is
next,
in
your
mind,
for
this
conversation,
do
you
see
problems
that
exist
and
if
so,
how
will
they
be
addressed?
Go
wrong.
First,.
C
The
city
council
has,
as
we've
all
known,
fought
for
quite
some
time
over
this
police
budget
over
the
community
control
the
police
over
various
issues
regarding
crime,
we'll
see
if
the
ballot
on
the
7th.
If,
if
the
Burlington
populants
wants
to
have
community
control,
the
police
I.
Imagine
that,
following
the
institution
of
that,
if
it's
passed,
the
next
steps
will
be
kind
of
smoothing
out
the
The
Kinks,
so
so
to
call
it
and
that's
going
to
require
some
tact.
C
It'll
also
come
with
the
first
time
that
the
the
community
control
of
the
police
board
would
have
to
actually
exercise
its
powers.
So
there's
no
way
of
me
foreseeing
what
that's
going
to
entail,
but
I
would
like
the
police
to
have
oversight
and
I
would
like
violent
crime
to
decrease
so
I'm
going
to
act
in
accordance
with
that.
B
Yeah,
you
know,
as
a
white
cisgender
person,
I'll
first
acknowledge
my
privilege
when
discussing
racial,
Justice
and
Equity.
You
know
I've
experienced
Burlington
in
ways
that
you
know.
Unfortunately,
my
bipoc
neighbors
haven't
I.
Think
when
we
look
at
our
current
crisis
of
Justice,
it's
important
that
we
recognize
the
systemic
realities
which
are
holding
us
back
from
creating
practical
Progressive
change
for
communities
of
color.
B
From
the
start
of
this
campaign
and
in
my
work
in
the
Burlington
Community
I've
been
consistent
in
my
belief
that
we
need
compassionate
Public
Safety
that
serves
all
burlingtonians
and
there's
no
doubt
that
there
is
a
division
on
the
different.
You
know,
issues
relating
to
Public,
Safety
and
policing,
but
I
think
looking
forward.
We
need
to
confirm
a
permanent
police
chief
that
really
understands
the
importance
of
racial
and
social
justice,
as
at
the
Cornerstone
of
24th
century
policing.
I
think
we
need
to
advocate
for
our
state
legislators
to
end
qualified
immunity.
B
A
Thanks
so
much
so
regarding
development
and
change,
there
are
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
on
the
city
council
to
address
these
issues?
We'll
go
Hannah
first,
yeah.
B
As
we
are
running
in
in
more
date,
I
think
that
the
most
relevant
one
right
now
is
the
is
Memorial
Auditorium
because
it
is
in
our
award.
Currently,
it
seems
as
though
our
Council
doesn't
have
a
real
plan
on
how
the
space
should
be
used,
and
so
I
mean
this
week
alone.
The
council
is
spending
more
money
on
roof
stabilization
on
a
building
that
lays
vacant,
and
that
just
seemed
pretty
ridiculous
to
me,
and
so
as
a
counselor
I
will
push
for
the
city-owned
space
to
be
turned
into
more
housing
in
a
community
space.
C
If
a
building's
lying
vacant,
it's
got
to
be
housing.
The
fact
that
there's
any
vacant
housing
or
any
vacant
land
here
in
the
city
is
ridiculous.
The
the
housing
needs
to
be
built.
If
there's
vacant
land,
we
build
housing
on
the
vacant
land.
If
there's
an
empty
building
like
the
Memorial
Auditorium,
we
turn
it
into
housing.
A
C
Yeah,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
I
want
the
city
to
prosper
and
I
want
it
to
be
prepared
for
the
coming
problems
of
the
future.
I
want
to
protect
the
workers
of
the
city
and
support
the
workers
of
the
city
and
build
public
housing
with
the
Burlington
Housing
Authority.
This
is
going
to
be
an
uphill
fight
against
a
entrenched
upper
class
here
in
Burlington
and
I
need
your
help
to
vote
me
in
so
I
can
fight
it
and
not
capitulate.
B
A
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