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From YouTube: Williston Selectboard - 5/16/2023
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Call To Order 00:00:00
Minutes 00:00:40
Animal Trapping Policy 00:05:11
Mud Pond Park MOU 00:20:38
Town Sponsorship Policy 00:29:40
Finney Crossing Wastewater Request 00:36:18
Housing Policy 00:59:10
Manager's Report 01:56:53
Other Business 01:59:04
Total Run Time: 02:04:28
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A
All
those
in
favor
of
accepting
the
minutes
say
hi
hi.
What
was
his
name
yeah
eyes?
Have
it
next
public
comment
for
General
issues?
If
you
do
have
something
to
speak
of
on
an
agenda
item,
it
might
be
better
to
wait,
but
legally
you
don't
have
to
so.
This
is
your
moment
to
speak
on
any
issue
that
you
wish.
If
there's
anybody
in
the
room
that
wishes
to
speak,
if
you
could
come
up
to
the
to
the
table,
okay,
Aaron!
Is
there
anybody
online.
H
A
A
A
I
Thank
you.
So
members
of
the
board,
who
are
here
in
February
may
recall
that
the
trapping
policy
was
presented
to
you.
Then
it
was
then
moved
on
to
the
town
attorney
for
review
before
returning
to
you.
I'll
come
to
the
policy
in
just
one
moment,
but
tell
Attorney
did
thankfully
found
it
to
be
legal
and
made
some
minor
comments
on
the
content
of
the
policy.
Just
to
add
a
few
things
in
by
way
of
background.
I
I
did
go
over
this
last
time,
but
I
know
a
couple
of
you
weren't
here
at
that
point.
In
2021
the
town
did
receive
a
petition
from
a
number
of
members
of
the
public
asking
the
select
board
to
enact
an
ordinance
to
ban
body
Holden
kill
traps
on
Town
and
land.
This
was
a
partly
in
response
to
an
incident.
The
Mahan
found
where
trap
had
been
set
illegally
without
Town
approval
and
the
court
of
Coyote
Law
Enforcement
did
deal
with
that
issue.
I
The
select
board
directed
The
Conservation
Commission
to
draft
such
a
policy.
We
worked
very
closely
with
the
Department
of
Public
Works
and
we
also
solicited
public
feedback
at
a
number
of
meetings
on
the
policy,
which
is
the
one
before
you
today.
So
probably,
the
key
aspect
of
that
policy
is
that
the
town
will
only
approve
requests
for
trapping
on
its
own
land
for
essential
purposes.
I
It
also
goes
on
to
stipulate
some
best
practice
measures
that
will
require
people
to
do
if
they
trap
on
Town
land
and
you
if
we
do
trap
on
Town
land
ourselves.
Anyone
Contracting
with
us
will
be
required
to
provide
us
with
a
copy,
their
license,
notify
us
of
any
non-target
species
court
and
then
there's
also
a
bit
more
detail
in
there.
With
regards
now
we're
going
to
manage
beavers
as
that's
sort
of
main
issue
we
face
with
traveling.
I
The
last
issue
which
we
did
discuss
with
the
Conservation
Commission
was
maintaining
Public
Safety
and
where
we
reached
with
that
was
where
there
is
a
possibility
of
conflict
between
trapping
and
dogs
and
pedestrians,
such
as
on
Town
Trails.
We
will
sign
we,
don't
we
don't
do
any
trapping
on
Town
land
simply
because
there's
not
any
critical
infrastructure
there
and
it's
also
sort
of
counter-intuitive
to
our
conservation
goals
to
travel
beavers
on
there
unless
we
absolutely
had
to,
but
that
policy
for
signing
doesn't
apply
in
the
town
right
of
way.
I
So
culverts
and
things
like
that,
where
people
generally
wouldn't
be
Ward
and
dogs
wouldn't
be
roaming
and
that's
response
to
Department
of
Public
Works
requesting
that
we
don't
sign
in
those
instances
because
they
have
had
instances
of
traps
being
stolen
and
they
need
to
make
sure
that
they're
able
to
react
quickly
when
a
town
critical
infrastructure
is
at
risk.
So
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
I'm
looking
forward
to
moving
this
policy
on.
F
I
So
what
I
quite
like
about
this
policy
is-
and
we
may
get
some
public
comment
to
the
contrary.
So
this
sounds
like
Focus
was
because
I
don't
think
we
did
spend
a
lot
of
time
working
on
it.
We
took
a
lot
of
public
comment
and
we
spent
a
lot
back
and
forth
with
public
works,
so
the
public,
the
Conservation
Commission
and
as
part
of
the
public
works
of
the
main
people
who
are
interested
in
I
think
it
does
satisfy.
I
I
That
yeah
and
we
did
receive
a
few
comments.
An
earlier
draft
of
the
policy
had
some
language
in
it
that
was,
should
I,
say
value
Laden
about
trapping,
and
so
that
was
removed
to
make
it
more
neutral
in
tone,
because
people
we
do
recognize,
people
do
need
to
trap
on
their
own
land,
and
we
didn't
want
to
feel
like.
We
were
making
a
statement
on
that.
So
that
was
probably
one
one
element
where
we
did
amend
the
policy
as
well
and.
F
I
Here,
or
is
it
so?
The
policy
is
that
we'd
only
everyone
needs
to
come
to
us
to
ask
for
permission
if
they
want
to
trap
on
Town
land
staff
will
also
follow
this
policy
Public
Works
and
if
conservation
needs
trap
for
some
unknown
reason,
we
would
also
follow
it
and
we
would
follow
best
practice
so
making
sure
we
use.
We
use
a
reputable
trap
that
follows
all
the
best
practice
guidance
on
the
types
of
Trials
which
are
selected
for
their.
D
A
J
I
support
this
and
the
neutral
language
used
and
the
policy
for
the
past
12
or
so
years.
We've
used
trapping
for
beavers
and
our
in
our
neighborhood
association
and
the
continued
Beaver
presence
is
a
problem
and
can
cause
significant
amount
of
damage
for
those
of
you
familiar
in
fact,
there's
a
Beaver
Lodge
by
the
new
pedestrian
bridge
and
so
and
there's
quite
a
few
trees
missing
I,
don't
know
if
anyone
noticed
that
pedestrian
bridge
connecting
the
wreck
path,
the
naturopath
so
anyway,.
B
J
Idea
that
for
trapping
I
think
all
stigmas
should
be
erased
from
it,
because
trapping
is
necessary
in
some
cases.
In
fact,
if
you
look
at
Idaho,
they
use
trapping
as
a
revenue
source
for
a
lot
of
Trappers
and
also
for
a
valuable
me
sorts.
If
you
look
at
Beaver,
beaver,
meat's,
very
tasty
and
it's
highly
nutritious
and
I
think
any
type
of
stigma
is
the
track.
Attachedness
trapping
should
be
erased.
This
is
democracy
and
we
should
allow
all
types
of
discussion
for
this
and,
in
fact,
the
survey
that
everyone
uses
touts.
J
It's
only
384
people
that
responded
to
the
survey
and
they
keep
saying
62.8
percent
and
that's
statistically
insignificant-
and
this
is
posted
on
protect
the
wildlife,
Vermont
and
also
the
question.
I
teach
English
and
the
question
has
they
neglected
the
Oxford
comma
and
that
should
be
neglected
totally.
B
J
J
A
H
Thank
you
for
trying
to
move
this
forward
as
best
as
you
have
done
so
far
in
Williston,
but,
as
most
of
you
know,
I'm
a
veterinarian,
I've
treated
animals
caught
in
traps
and
I.
Think
there's
two
things:
I'm
I'm
really
most
concerned
about
number
one.
Is
the
target
animals
I've
read
that
as
as
low
as
only
18
out
of
100
animals
that
were
trapped
were
the
target
animals
it's
impossible
to
specify
with
the
Trap
which
animals
they
are
going
to
catch.
Sometimes
they'll
catch
dogs,
cats,
birds
and
you
know
the
story.
H
I
don't
have
to
go
into
it,
but
trapping
is,
is,
is
it'll
it's
non-specific
and
the
other
thing
is
trapping
is,
is
extremely
painful.
The
animals
that
I
have
treated
that
have
been
caught
in
traps
had
rotting
muscles,
broken
bones.
They
were
in
excruciating
pain
and
it
seems
to
me
that
we
could
probably
try
to
find
a
better
way
to
handle
the
excess
animals
that
we
don't
want
in
traps.
Maybe
I
have
a
heart
trap
and
moving
them.
H
You
know,
I,
don't
know
it
requires
some
more
discussion.
I
think
Beaver
baffles
are
pretty
effective
as
far
as
controlling
beavers
Green
Mountain.
Animal
Defenders
has
a
contact
with
the
person
that
is
very
well
experienced
with
Beaver
baffles
I
believe
he
did
one
up
at
the
UVM
and
took
care
of
a
beaver
problem.
There
there's
one
more
problem,
and
that
is
that
rappers
when
they
find
an
animal
in
a
trap,
their
methods
of
killing
them
is
pretty
inhumane.
H
It
would
be
so
much
more
Humane
if
they
but
just
put
a
bullet
in
their
brains,
but
they
don't
want
to
waste
the
ammunition
according
to
what
I've
read
so
anyway.
That's
that's
my
side
of
the
story.
I
feel
very
concerned
for
the
animals
and
I've
treated
them
I've,
seen
what
happens
to
them
and
I
wish.
We
could
find
a
better
way.
F
I
B
I
C
A
A
I
So
you
probably
probably
are
aware
that
the
the
modern
country
park
has
a
three-mile
trail
on
it.
That's
for
multiple
uses,
snowshoeing
mountain
biking,
running
and
so
on.
That
was
developed
by
Fellowship
of
the
wheel
and
we
have
an
informal
agreement
with
them
that
they
will
maintain
it
and
improve
it.
For
us,
the
sort
of
trails
built
out
which
is
looking
after.
B
I
What
that
means
is
that
informally,
they
come
to
us
to
agree
their
trial
plan.
We
generally
approve
it,
and
then
we
work
together
to
for
Grants
and
volunteer
days
to
to
implement
the
work.
We're
also
looking
at
developing
the
quiet
connector,
which
is
a
very
small
section
of
route
of
Trail
between
the
parking
lot
and
mud,
Pond,
Mobile
mode
and
the
crossing
to
Mud
Pond
Country
Park,
who
runs
through
the
Conservation.
B
I
And
the
purpose
of
that
is
to
make
that
a
better,
less
Steep
and
challenging
route
for
all
users,
but
it
will
also
allow
bikes
to
access
the
country
Park
and
without
going
down
south
low,
which
a
lot
of
cyclists
find
challenging.
So
as
well
as
having
the
management
plan
for
country
for
the
country,
Park
saying
we
should
really
develop
this.
I
I
F
To
Jeff
seat
so
I,
he
told
me
I
have
to
ask
three
questions
for
every
topic,
so
we'll
do
a
little
bit
I'm
kind
of
I'm
interested
in
the
there's,
a
comprehensive
liability
commentary
which
made
me
kind
of
interested
in
how
our
agreement
works
for
insurance
for
a
trail.
It's
kind
of
mutually
owned
like
this
responsibility,
so.
I
Generally,
they
in
order
to
carry
out
work
on
Town
land,
and
this
this
isn't
just
them.
This
applies
to
contractors
in
general.
They
have
provide
the
town
with
their
Certificate
of
Insurance
to
show
that
they're
insured
to
carry
out
that
worksheet
and
the
thing
happen,
so
they
have
been
giving
us
their
stiff,
give
insurance,
but
this
essentially
memorializes
that
they
do
have
to
do
it
and
stipulates
the
amounts
they've
got
to
be
insured
for.
F
F
B
I
F
I
I
B
F
E
A
A
A
E
E
E
It's
modeled
on
best
practices.
We
reference
several
other
Municipal
sponsorship
policies,
vetted
it
internally
with
department
heads
who
are
involved
with
sponsorships
and
then
also
had
Finance
review
it
from
a
lens
and
having
this
policy
will
help
ensure
that
sponsors
are
compatible
with
our
values
and
our
ethics.
Ensure
transparency
and
consistency,
mitigate
conflicts
of
interest
and
also
ensure
legal
and
ethical
compliance.
A
B
D
E
E
So
it
you
know,
has
a
rotating
window
of
sponsors
for
that
department,
so
his
he
would
probably
have
the
most
volume.
There
may
be
opportunities
for
the
library
to
have
some
sponsorships.
You
know
if
there
was
another
clam
chowder
challenge
or
something
like
that.
It
could
apply
to
other
departments.
E
F
And
this
is
really
just
a
comment
to
think
about,
but
I
know
that
the
school
has
a
similar
policy
and
since
a
lot
of
direct
programs
go
on
at
the
school
or
on
school
property,
we
should
make
sure
that
that's
at
least
called
out
but
which
one
supersedes-
or
it
would
just
be
a
conversation
with
the
school
district.
I.
Think
I
would
have
to
think
about
that.
F
F
Religious
or
actually
I,
don't
know
what
rhetorical
when
Nature
means,
but
I
know
what
religious
in
nature
means
so
I'm
just
wondering.
Does
that
mean
like
the
Federated
Church
would
not
be
allowed
to
sponsor
something
or
it's
just
they
could
sponsor
something,
but
it
couldn't
be
overtly
religious
that
that
was
just
that
should
probably
be
clarified.
A
A
A
E
B
A
K
As
the
other
categories
can
someone
who
wishes
to
purchase
from
this
category
must
come
before
the
select
coordinate
request
and
if
the
select
board
votes
to
to
agree
to
that
request,
then
that
capacity
can
be
sold.
So,
within
this
category,
encourage
specific
development
for
the
current
fiscal
year.
There
is
ten
thousand
gallons
per
day
capacity
available.
K
Snyder
group
is
requesting
it
in
partial
support
of
their
construction
of
a
new
hotel
at
the
Finney
Crossing
mixed-use
development
and
Taft
Corners.
It's
115
room
hotel
and,
as
I
said,
the
the
tie
here
for
the
select
board
is
to
look
at
how
selling
this
capacity
to
this
development
would
achieve
Town
plan
goals.
So
I've
prepared
my
memo
a
couple
of
references
to
some
elements
of
the
Town
plan
that
the
project
appears
to
support.
K
Also,
this
is
the
part
of
town
where
the
town
envisions
the
majority
of
new
development
occurring,
including
things
like
large
hotels,
Additionally.
The
land
use
chapter
of
the
comprehensive
plan
we're
under
called
for
the
town
to
develop
a
new
sort
of
Zoning
for
top
corners.
The
form-based
code,
which
was
developed
and
adopted
by
this
board
in
October
of
2022
I,
happened
to
tuck
my
memo
inside
the
code.
K
There's
also
a
chapter
of
the
Town
Plan
called
Community
design.
It
talks
about
three
things
that
I
called
out
in
the
memo
minimizing
the
amount
of
area
devoted
to
parking
and
the
visual
impact
of
parking
and
avoiding
what
are
called
dead
walls
I'll
talk
about
parking
first
under
the
new
form-based
code
and
in
compliance
with
that
code.
This
project
shares
its
parking
with
a
number
of
other
uses
within
Finney
Crossing.
K
In
other
words,
these
different
uses
have
different
hours
of
peak
demand
and
times
of
month
and
Times
of
year
of
peak
demand
that
can
be
calculated
and
therefore
one
parking
space
can
serve
more
than
one
use
and
less
surface
parking
needs
to
be
created.
Secondly,
minimizing
the
visual
impact
of
parking,
one
major
element
of
the
form-based
code:
that's
different
from
the
zoning
it
replaced
and
that
this
new
project
follows
is
that
all
parking
meets
a
30-foot
setback
from
the
property
line
with
the
street
and
all
parking
is
placed
behind
the
building.
K
So
from
this
building,
Street
frontages
on
Holland,
Lane
and
Market
Street,
you
don't
see
the
parking
for
this
building,
because
the
building
is
the
thing
that's
on
the
street
instead
of
the
parking
lot.
Another
element
that
Shields
the
visual
impact
of
parking
that
comes
from
the
form-based
code
is
where
there
is
not
a
building
brought
up
to
the
street
Frontage,
which
happens
at
the
ends
of
the
building.
K
There
is
instead,
a
minimum
four
foot
high
masonry
Street
wall
in
compliance
with
the
code,
which
also
breaks
up
the
visual
experience
of
seeing
that
large
parking
lot
behind
the
building.
So
even
if
you're,
not
standing
right
in
front
of
the
building,
there's
some
sort
of
element
there.
That
does
that.
Lastly,
dead
walls
just
think
of
the
back
of
any
large
shopping
center.
Essentially,
that's
a
dead
wall.
Very
little
visual
interest,
not
very
pleasant
to
walk
past
and
in
Williston
and
in
its
form-based
code
and
Zoning.
K
Before
there's
always
been
this
tension
between
what
somebody
wants
to
be
the
operational
front
of
a
building
generally
near
the
parking.
Then
the
fact
that
the
town
would
like
the
parking
to
not
be
the
first
thing
right
up
on
the
street
and
then
well
if
functionally,
the
back
of
the
building
is
the
street.
Can
it
be
visually
interesting
and
pleasant?
And
you
know
work
well
along
that
sidewalk.
K
The
form-based
code
addresses
that
significantly
the
proposed
Hotel
under
this
request
that
you're
looking
at
tonight
meets
the
form-based
code,
placing
more
doors
and
windows
at
street
level
on
the
back
side
of
a
115
hotel
room
hotel
that
I
think
I've
ever
seen.
So
you
know
having
a
design,
that's
responsive
to
the
code
having
a
code
that
fulfills
a
very
important
Town
plan
goal
and
then
being
able
to
support
it
with
infrastructure,
really
kind
of
completes
the
picture
here.
K
So
those
are
the
three
elements
in
community
design,
there's
also
some
general
aspirations
in
the
economic
development
chapter,
especially
its
introduction
that
I
did
not
address
in
my
memo,
but
the
applicant
talked
about
in
their
request
letter
and
not
not
to
Discount
those
I
just
went
for
things
that
were
numbered
goals.
The
applicant
looked
at
the
overall
thrust
of
that
chapter
and
found
some
connections
there.
I
would
say:
I
generally
agree
with
those
as
well.
K
Lastly,
the
math,
as
I
mentioned,
there's
ten
thousand
gallons
per
day
capacity
available
to
purchase
from
this
category
in
fiscal
year,
23,
which
ends
the
last
day
of
June
of
this
year.
In
not
too
long
from
now
should
should
the
select
board
vote
to
authorize
the
sale
of
these
10,
000
gallons
to
the
applicant,
they
could
purchase
the
remainder
of
their
needed
capacity
from
the
new
commercial
category
in
fy23.
K
K
I.
Believe
we
put
15,
000
gallons
in
new
commercial
for
24..
So
if
the
applicant
needed
to
purchase
10
give
or
take
out
of
that
there'd
be
about
five
left
for
the
remainder
of
that
year,
we
don't
know,
what's
going
to
come
in
the
door
looking
for
that
capacity,
but
there's
in
my
mind,
certainly
some
wisdom
to
making
the
sale
happen.
While
the
capacity
is
available
now
and
leaving
some
flexibility
in
the
upcoming
fiscal
year,
I'll
stop
there
and
answer
any
questions.
I
can.
K
So
we've
certainly
heard
some
things
about
parking
at
the
site
of
the
post
office:
34
Blair,
Park
Road,
the
hotel
that's
been
under
construction
there,
since
2019
has
had
a
significant
impact
as
a
construction
site
on
available
parking
on
that
site.
The
applicant
in
that
project
came
in
under
the
Blair
Park
or
Business
Park
zoning
District
standards
they're
a
little
different
from
the
form-based
code
standards,
but
they
do
allow
for
a
shared
parking
analysis
which
the
applicant
did
perform
on
that
site.
K
It
is.
It
is
busy
there
I'm
there
to
use
the
post
office
I'm
there
to
go
to
The,
UPS,
Store
and
I'm
there
to
get
my
hair
cut
periodically
when
I
remember,
I
have
always
found
a
space,
but
it
has
been
tight.
An
important
thing.
We
learned
from
our
consultant.
The
last
time
we
looked
at
parking
standards
is
that
most
people
perceive
a
parking
lot
as
full
when
it
is
73
percent
full.
In
other
words,
more
than
a
quarter
of
the
parking
lot
is
empty.
K
K
Finney
Crossing
makes
extensive
use
of
shared
parking,
the
Healthy
Living
parking
lot
and
Hilton
home
two
parking
lot
and
L.L
bean
and
the
other
commercial
businesses
there
all
the
way
over
to
Union
Bank
all
share
parking
with
one
another
one
way
or
another,
and
you
know
it's
funny.
What
we're
finding
over
by
healthy
living
with
the
share
with
the
Hilton
home
too,
is
a
lot
of
the
Hilton
home.
K
Two
folks
are
parking
in
the
Healthy
Living
parking
lot
or
along
the
The
Market
Street
Drive
by
how
be
living
and
the
Hilton
home
2
parking
lot
is
quite
empty,
despite
heavy
occupancy
of
that
hotel.
So
everybody
does
what
we
all
do
we
try
to
park
by
the
door
or
where
it
feels
most
convenient
and
then
there's
constraint.
K
I'll
also
say
in
regards
to
the
post
office
that
in
the
first
eight
weeks
that
I
was
a
planner
in
Williston
in
2008
we
were
having
a
staff
meeting.
An
older
gentleman
came
in
with
a
drawing
tucked
under
his
arm,
and
it
was
a
drawing
of
the
vehicle
circulation
and
parking
at
the
post
office,
and
he
said
you
guys
got
to
fix
this.
K
It's
so
bad
over
there
and
anybody's
been
to
the
post
office.
Knows
it's
bad
over
there.
One
of
the
challenges
with
that
site
is
that
everybody
I
think
categorically
who
wants
to
use
the
post
office
wants
to
park
by
the
post
office
door.
You
don't
want
to
walk
around
the
building,
who
would
and
so
it's
and
it
and
people
turn
over
very
quickly
right
unless
the
line
is
long
at
the
counter
and
then
then
they
don't
so
you
won't
always
get
the
parking
space.
K
G
K
I
I
hope
it
works.
Well,
it's
been
really
rewarding
to
work
with
the
applicants
through
this
project.
I
will
note
that
application
materials
for
this
project
are
posted
on
the
agenda
page
for
the
project
Review
Committee,
for
this
project,
which
is
a
staff
committee.
We
have
not
scheduled
that
project
review
committee
meeting.
Yet
as
we
need
to
know
what
the
path
is
going
to
be
for
allocation,
the
applicant
has
some
subdivision
approval.
K
K
So
there
there's-
probably
some
timing,
delay
related
to
this.
It's
probably
measured
in
in
the
matter
of
a
month
or
two.
From
my
perspective,
the
the
more
the
bigger
challenge
is.
If
the
applicant
needs
to
wait
to
purchase
the
needed
allocation
out
of
the
next
fiscal
year,
they
won't
leave
very
much
for
anybody
else
who
comes
in,
and
you
know
when
we're
when
we're
sitting
here
towards
the
very
end
of
the
fiscal
year.
K
You
know
if
somebody
wants
to
buy
it
all,
there's
not
a
lot
of
of
impact
to
that,
but
it
could
put
somebody
a
year
out
starting
July
1.
If
these
folks
need
to
come
back
and
make
that
purchase,
so
that's
I
think
it
really
just
limits
future
flexibility
for
the
town.
More,
so
that's!
That's!
That's
the
potential
burden
on
the
town.
The
burden
on
the
applicant
is
a
delay.
F
More
general
question:
I,
don't
I'm,
not
I,
don't
have
a
problem
with
this
I
think
it
makes
sense
to
use
the
fy23
allocation
rather
than
hold
up
next
year,
but
I
guess
it's
facetious,
but
to
say
that
another
hotel
is
a
is
a
planning
goal
for
the
town.
I
was
struggling
with
that
a
little
bit
but
I
think
I
understand
that's
more
the
how
it
fits
with
the
with
the
plan.
But
are
we
in
a
situation
now,
where
every
time
we
put
up
a
hotel,
that's
housing
that
can't
be
built.
K
So
all
all
uses
of
land
consume
land
and
consume
sites,
and
and
they
do
consume
some
Wastewater
capacity,
but
the
town's
always
sort
of
strive
for
a
balance
of
those
things,
and
you
know
hotels,
it's
a
it's
almost
a
sort
of
a
hybrid
between
commercial
and
housing.
It's
a
sort
of
a
short-term
housing.
We
see
them.
K
Obviously,
we've
seen
them
recently.
You
know
used
in
a
really
creative
way
to
deal
with
a
homelessness
crisis,
but
in
Williston
the
hotels
and
especially
those
extended
stay
hotels.
It's
often
where
a
new
Williston
resident
lives
for
six
months,
while
they're
waiting
for
their
home
to
be
completed
or
or
they're
waiting
for
the
other
person's
home
to
be
completed,
so
they
can
move
in.
So
they
add
some
flexibility
that
way
as
well.
K
Finney
Crossing
the
the
site
of
this
project
under
the
old
zoning
bylaws
was
essentially
within
a
few
units
of
its
maximum
density.
Already,
the
density
is
dealt
with
differently
under
the
new
form-based
code.
There
is
other
residential
potential
in
fitting
now,
but
originally
everything
from
the
power
lines
down
to
Route
2
was
envisioned
to
be
commercial,
so
I
would
say
already
the
residential
Supply
that's
been
brought
by.
That
project
has
exceeded
what
the
town's
expectations
were
originally
and
I
can't
say
that
everything's
not
a
trade-off.
F
B
B
F
G
A
C
K
If
I
could
address
that
under
under
the
form-based
code,
pitched
roofs
are
heavily
encouraged
and
the
applicant
has
taken
that
up
on
this
building.
So
it's
a
four-story
hotel
with
a
pitched
roof
on
top
meeting
the
minimum
required
pitch
and
other
required
architectural
elements.
So
it
will
not
be
flat
root.
A
A
The
the
thing
that
I
keep
saying
particularly
on
front
porch
forum,
is
that
people
are
complaining
that
the
town
allowed
another
Steakhouse,
the
town
allowed
another
hotel
or,
or
something
and
I
just
wanted
to
take
this
opportunity
to
say
the
town
sets
up
laws
and
if
you
obey
those
laws,
it's
your
property
and
you
there
are
a
lot
of.
There
are
a
lot
of
conditions
on
on
what
you
can
do,
but
it
is
still
your
property
to
do
with
within
those
those
conditions
and
I.
A
F
C
A
F
L
Great
thanks
for
having
us
again
to
continue
the
housing
discussion
So,
based
on
some
of
the
feedback
that
we
heard
last
time
we
heard
some
concerns
related
to
just
acceleration
of
development
and
the
amount
of
development.
The
pace
of
development,
so
I
wanted
to
provide
some
information
to
you
to
provide
some
clarity
on
those
issues
tonight.
L
Looking
at
a
percentage
of
affordable
units
for
built
and
proposed
developments,
the
percentage
of
affordable
as
incentivized
under
the
growth
management
system
is
variable
across
projects
from
as
little
as
five
percent
in
projects
with
affordable
units
to
as
much
as
32
percent
inclusionary.
Zoning
that
we're
proposing
would
standardize
the
requirement
across
all
projects
over
a
certain
size
and
ensure
a
consistent
or
minimum
percentage
of
affordable
units.
B
L
K
Yeah
Cottonwood
was
in
heavy
competition
with
Finney
Crossing
for
limited
allocation
at
the
time
that
they
promised
their
affordability
and
it's
and
you
note
that
a
substantial
portion
of
what
was
promised
at
Cottonwood
is
Affordable
at
120
percent
median
income.
The
30
percent
at
Summerfield
is
all
affordable
at
a
hundred
percent
median
or
below.
So
it's
a
slightly
lower
percentage,
but
a
much
higher
affordability
level
Northridge
at
23
percent
was
also
looking
to
be
competitive
in
the
growth
management
process,
where
the
incentive
currently
lives.
F
L
L
So
looking
at
the
units
that
are
likely
to
be
built
between
now
and
2030.,
this
is
this
is
a
rough
estimate
of
what
we
could
see
in
Williston,
based
on.
What's
currently
in
the
growth
management
allocation
table
and
on
the
historic
pace
of
development.
So
about
600-ish
units
in
the
growth
Center,
200
or
so
units
in
the
rzd
in
the
sewer
service
area,
outside
the
growth
Center
and
between
20
30-ish
units
in
the
arzd.
L
And
getting
into
a
little
more
detail,
these
are
the
predictions
for
near-term
development
in
these
growth
and
each
growth
management
area.
So
there's
moderate
there's
been
moderate
demand
in
the
growth
Center.
It
was
low
and
uncompetitive,
but
foreign-based
code
creates
new
opportunities
for
smaller
infill
projects
and
staff
is
anticipating
requests
of
20
to
50
units
on
a
per
building
basis,
rather
than
major
plan
developments
requesting
hundreds
of
dwellings.
L
All
at
once
note
that
Cottonwood
Crossing
received
its
allocation
in
2016,
yet
only
60
out
of
209
units
have
been
constructed
in
the
sewer
service
area
outside
the
growth
Center.
The
demand
is
very
high
at
the
this
March's
growth
management
hearing,
five
subdivisions
sought
allocation
for
114
and
a
half
dwelling
unit
equivalents,
but
the
drb
could
only
allocate
23
blowing
unit
equivalents
for
projects
like
Summerfield.
It
will
take
four
to
nine
years
for
them
to
receive
all
of
their
requested
allocation
and
that's
assuming
no
more
subdivisions
enter
the
system.
L
L
L
L
So
that's
what
you
see
is:
what's
left
the
remaining
undeveloped
Parcels
with
an
area
of
five
acres
and
greater.
There
are
21
of
these
parcels
and
out
of
these
there's
four
Parcels
that
are
greater
than
10
acres.
That
could
potentially
support
substantial
development
of
greater
than
50
units
or
so,
but
keep
in
mind
that
lands
in
Williston
are
quite
constrained
by
Wetlands.
So
what
we
see
here
is
not
the
actual
land
that
could
be
developed,
so
the
big
picture
is
that
most
future
development
will
happen
in
the
growth
Center.
Not
much
outside.
L
L
So
in
these
two
versions
of
the
Town
plan,
future
land
use
map
the
colors
and
the
symbols
are
different,
but
the
lines
that
were
drawn
have
remained
the
same.
The
town
made
a
decision
a
long
time
ago
to
designate
a
portion
of
the
town
for
residential
growth
and
that
decision
hasn't
changed
across
the
decades
and
several
iterations
of
the
Town
plan,
so
changing
course
and
altering
the
land
use
boundaries
would
be
a
major
policy
shift.
If
the
town
wants
to
consider
such
a
change,
it
should
be
discussed
during
the
upcoming
town,
Plan
update.
L
L
D
G
G
L
Yeah
and-
and
you
know,
I
I
agree
with
you
on
that
and
I
think
that
that
sort
of
deep
affordability
of
below
80
percent
I
don't
think
it's
possible
to
get
that
with
inclusionary
zoning
I.
Think
that
comes
more
with
working
with
partners
and
and
getting
funding
for
that
kind
of
housing,
which
you
know
again
is
is
something
that
the
how
you
know
housing
committee
could
start
working
on
trying
to
further
that
development
of
Partnerships
and
kind
of
bring
those
kind
of
projects
into
Wilson.
L
L
For
example,
some
of
the
Finney
Apartments
created
in
20
you
know
2015,
is
that
the
apartments
that
started
out
at
100
median,
like
the
you
know,
the
rent
at
100
median,
are
now
at
at
80
percent
and
those
you
know
so
so
there
is
this
sort
of
affordability
that
happens
over
a
period
of
time,
this
natural
affordability.
So
so
you
know,
a
house
that
starts
out
at
being
affordable
at
a
certain
level
is
likely
to
become
more
affordable
over
time.
K
K
K
It
gets
a
few
units
that
are
affordable
at
some
level,
100
of
the
median
income,
eighty
percent
of
the
median
income
Etc,
but
it's
the
pipeline
of
dwellings
that
come
into
the
system
and
and
continue
to
come
in
over
time
and
then
age
into
affordability.
That
really
creates
the
amount
of
abundant
and
affordable
homes
that
meet
the
needs
that
we
talked
about
when
we
started
this
conversation.
L
The
you
know
like
some
of
them,
with
with
the
greatest
percentage
of
affordable,
are
stuck
in
the
growth
of
management
system
right
now,
you're
just
to
get
all
their
allocations.
So
it
just
means
that
that
that
project
with
a
significant
component
of
affordable
is
going
to
take
a
pretty
long
time
to
build
out,
because
there's
a
backlog.
G
L
G
That,
like
with
Cottonwood
Crossing,
only
60
of
the
over
200
units
have
been
built.
I,
don't
I,
don't
really
see
the
need
for
exclusionary
zoning
and
more
houses.
I
think
with
climate
change
upon
us,
rural
Williston
is
more
valuable
than
ever.
I
think
that
the
the
2025
Williston
Town
growth
plan
should
take
into
effect.
G
I,
don't
think
we
should
be
selling
off
our
open
lands
to
for
exclusionary
zoning
I
think
we
should
be
patient.
I
think
we
should
stay
with
the
wolves
and
town
growth
plan
and
and
what
changes
we
need
to
make
for
for
extra
housing
should
be
done.
That
way,
because
there's
been
so
much,
you
know
once
once
we
give
this
out
these
houses,
we
can't
take
them
back,
they're,
go
it's
gone
forever
and
right
now,
there's
so
much
housing
that
we've
already
given
out
that
is
even
being
utilized.
G
G
So
if
we
come
up
with
a
town
growth
plan
in
2025,
it
makes
sense
that
is
workable,
takes
into
effect,
climate
change
and
the
changes
that
we
need.
Let's
wait,
let's
get
to
town,
let's
get
that
what
we
need.
Let's
not
give
an
open
check
to
people
that
build
200,
more
houses
in
town
and
they
might
not
build
them
for
another
eight
to
ten
years.
G
During
that
eight
to
ten
years
we
will
have
no
say
and
how
they
build
those
houses
or
any
of
the
rules.
I
think
it's
important
that
we
keep.
We
don't
we
keep
this.
We
keep
this,
keep
it
to
ourselves
right
now.
We
don't
give
it
out.
This
is
something
we
don't
have
to
give
out.
We
should
I,
don't
think
we
should
be
giving
it
out.
G
K
Know
I
I
think
what
I
do
want
to
say
to
that
is
some
of
the
maps
will
Melinda
head
up
with
the
red
yellow
green
parts
of
town.
Williston
has
has
made
those
decisions
differently,
based
on
geography
right,
so
there's
the
AG
World
Zone,
where
the
creation
of
new
housing
has
not
been
a
priority
at
all.
In
fact,
it's
it
has
been
a
lot
of
what
you
said
of
you
know,
really
really
restrict
the
growth
of
new
housing,
especially
by
not
providing
wastewater
treatment
in
that
part
of
town.
K
Just
looking
at
again
the
green
part
of
town,
the
numbers
we're
seeing
in
the
majority
of
the
acreage
of
Williston
everything
that's
under
the
Green
in
that
map
are
are
tiny,
so
we
saw
fewer
than
10
homes
per
year
in
the
green
part
of
town.
That's
a
lot
less
than
growth
management
actually
currently
plans
for.
In
others.
We
we
don't
give
out
all
of
the
allocation
that's
available
to
new
projects
there.
K
So
a
lot
of
what
I
hear
in
your
comment,
Mike
is,
you
know,
keep
doing
what
the
town
is
doing
in
terms
of
planning
for
where
it
will
grow
and
where
it
won't,
and
nothing
that
we're
talking
about
in
considering
an
inclusionary
zoning
provision
or
inclusionary
zoning
as
a
as
a
alternate
Pathway
to
growth
management
would
undo
the
general
thrust
of
the
Town
plan
of
grow.
Here
don't
grow
there.
That's
that's
still,
you
know
very
much
in
effect,.
F
Never
I
thought
what
you're
saying,
which
is
funny,
because
I've
never
considered
growing
too
slow
in
Williston,
which
is
what
I
think
you're
saying
but
I
think
I
thought.
What
you
were
saying
is
that
if
we
go
with
the
inclusionary
zoning
and
and
there
is
a
rush
and
and
it
would
give
out
all
the
allocation
and
then
they
just
sit
on
it,
then
they've
locked
themselves
into
the
current
growth
rules.
I
assume
current.
F
F
F
Yeah,
okay
I
want
to
make
sure
I
understood
that,
because,
because
I'm
on,
the
exact
opposite
side
of
that
is
is
to
to
have
the
possibility
that
we're
going
to
build
300
or
400
houses
in
order
to
get
30
units
of
100.
You
know
that
affordable
or
whatever
to
me,
that's
the
risk,
which
is
the
opposite
side
of
what
you
were
saying.
So
it's
this
is
very
complicated.
It's
a
good
thing!
You
guys
are
on
top.
G
L
L
If
it's
not
producing
the
results,
the
town
wants,
we
change
it
and
you
know
that's
that's
kind
of
the
way
that
we've
kind
of
gone
about
it,
so
just
I
just
want
to
say
that
it
doesn't
mean
you
know
the
town
will
be
locked
into
this
for
the
next
20
or
30
years.
There's
always
the
ability
to
come
back
and
revisit
and
make
changes.
K
Also
note
that
we
do
have
some
expiration
provisions
and
growth
management
that
could
be
mirrored
in
any
inclusionary
zoning
Provisions
so
approvals.
If
they're
not
acted
on,
don't
have
to
be
forever
and,
and
we
can,
we
can
think
about
that
a
little
bit.
It's
good
feedback
that
you
don't
want
to
be
locked
into
a
whole
bunch
of
stuff.
On
paper.
K
You
you're
only
allowed
to
build
that
project
at
a
rate
of
a
handful
of
units
a
year
and
if
you're
building
a
20-year
Department
building
it
just
it
just
doesn't
work
at
all.
You
need
to
come
back
and
get
a
new
approval
under
the
new
rules
so
to
to
that
feedback,
that's
something
that
we
could
make
sure
was
true
for
all
residential
projects,
regardless
of
the
approval
path
they
chose.
G
L
Yeah,
so
that's
that's
another
thing
that
we're
looking
at
is
just
making
sure
that
those
affordable
units
are
constructed
along
with
the
market
rate
units.
You
know
so
the
schedule
the
phasing
schedule
would
include
both
affordable
and
market
rate
units
I
mean
there's,
there's
a
way
to
make
sure
that
you
don't
end
up
with
that
and.
K
We
want
to
feed
that
back
to
the
town.
In
terms
of
you
know,
we've
we've
talked
about
how
many
units
were
promised
affordable
in
some
of
those
projects.
We
showed
that
table
tonight,
but
there's
there's
a
much
longer
story
than
I
could
tell
you
tonight
about
the
challenges
of
working
with
applicants
to
actually
make
sure
that
all
happens
and
happens.
The
way
it's
supposed
to,
including
you
know,
does
it
happen
evenly
throughout
the
project.
D
So
Wastewater,
obviously
my
favorite
thing
to
talk
about,
so
how
would
this
I
mean?
Obviously
we
have
a
finite
amount
of
Wastewater
capacity,
and
so
this
you
know
inclusionary
Zone,
would
obviously
you
know,
speed
up
the
potential
growth
to
provide
affordable
housing
which
I
I
find
a
necessary
thing.
At
this
point
we
are,
we
are
as
I
mentioned
in
in
previous
meetings.
We
are
housing
shortest
crisis,
I
mean
it
is.
D
It
is
Crisis
level
and
so
I
I
support,
inclusionary
zoning,
but
also
I'm
very
concerned
about
our
Wastewater
capacity.
So
what
would
the
limitations
be
on?
How
would
we
manage
that
on
a
year
to
your
basis,
and-
and
you
know
what
would
be
the
Ty
do-
that
also
I
do
think
there
should
still
be
some
limitations
on
the
amount
of
housing
that
could
be
developed
each
year,
including
inclusionary
zoning
housing.
So
if
you
could
talk
about
that
and
what
the
I'll.
K
It's
still
a
year-to-year
decision
by
the
select
Board
of
how
much
new
capacity
they'd
like
to
make
available
for
both
market
rate
and
affordable
housing.
Generally.
Historically,
we
see
that
under
we
see
that
affordable
housing
category,
which
we
usually
put
about
five
thousand
gallons
per
day
in
every
year,
it
goes
really
underutilized,
so
I
think
there's
some
room
in
that
system
to
support
the
reasonable
amount
of
new
permitted
development.
We
think
we
would
expect
under
this
bylaw
change.
K
As
Melinda
said,
inclusionary
zoning
would
create
some
fraction
of
what's
needed,
but
it's
really
that
programmatic,
stuff
and
partnership
stuff
that's
going
to
hit
the
the
the
deepest
need
and
the
people
with
the
greatest
need.
This
is
this
is
another
level
of
housing
beyond
that.
But
yes,
the
select
board
still
maintains
control
over
over
attachment
a
and
the
bylaw
still
contains.
K
Provisions
that
say
the
you
know:
Dr
beer
administrator
can't
approve
projects
that
are
unable
to
acquire
sewer
allocation
and
that's
why
we
run
upstairs
to
Bruce
when
we
have
a
permit
that
requires
sewer
allocation
to
see
if
it
can
be
purchased
or
if
it
has
been
purchased.
It's
part
of
our
permitting
process
on
every
new
use
that
we
that
we
allow
under
ours
only
so.
D
F
Because
I'm
confusing,
because
I've
always
kind
of
conflated,
sewer
allocation
and
growth
management
plan
is
the
same
thing
right
so
and
we're
you
can
skip
the
growth
management
plan.
If
you
have
your
10,
affordable
housing,
I,
always
conflated
that
with
you
also
get
to
Scoops.
You
know
you
get
to
pass
on
the
sewer
allocation,
you
get
it
I
mean.
Otherwise.
K
K
K
It
it
is
it
in
in
williston's
policies
in
willison's
town
plan.
It
says,
Williston
has
limited
resources
in
the
numbers
of
ways
and
it
will
manage
its
rate
of
growth
to
ensure
concurrency
with
its
ability
to
provide
services.
When
growth
management
was
established
in
1990,
it
was
as
much
about
school
capacity
as
anything.
It.
K
So
that's
you
know,
we
still
have
constrained
resources
and-
and
we
still
have
growth
management
as
one
of
the
policies
that
addresses
that,
but
the
way
I
see
it.
We've
we've
created
in
growth
management,
residential
growth
management,
a
theoretical
limit,
a
number
that's
expressed
as
essentially
a
comfort
level.
If
we
go
too
much
Beyond
this,
it
gets
harder
to
provide
services.
K
K
Other
hotels
has
to
wait
until
other
hotels
have
their
permits,
it
just
comes
and
goes,
and
then
it
shows
up
at
your
door
and
either
there's
capacity
to
purchase
or
not
so
I
only
say
that
to
say
that
there
are
many
policy
Pathways
to
ensuring
that
the
rate
of
growth
is
manageable.
For
the
town,
residential
growth
management
allocation
is
one
of
them.
It
explicitly
regulates
and
slows
the
rate
of
the
creation
of
new
homes
in
Williston.
K
Realiston
also
has
affordability,
goals
and
housing
goals
that
are
achieved
by
constructing
housing
and
constructing
homes.
There
is
tension
there
and
that's
that's
why
we're
here?
That's
where
why
we're
here
on
our
sort
of
our
third
meeting
right
talking
about
this
is
because,
if
it
was
as
easy
as
saying
well,
everything's
all
set
up,
let's
just
build
more
homes,
we
would
just
go
off
and
do
that
the
town
is
trying
to
do
it
in
a
way.
That's
in
consideration
of
all
of
these
other
limits.
F
And
just
to
one
more
cool
clarification
on
the
sewer
allocation,
I
always
thought
that
the
annual
amount
that's
spread
over
10
years.
That's
an
internal
decision,
there's
no
technical
reason
why
we
couldn't
give
all
the
super
allocation
the
way
now,
as
far
as
the
zero
plant
is
concerned,
right,
you.
K
K
F
F
B
K
This
is
this
is
an
expansion
of
the
treated
duplex
like
a
single
family,
home
legislation
that
came
out
a
couple
years
ago
and
the
other
thing
I'll
say
is
in
a
practical
sense
when
we
start
running
projects
of
three
four
five
units
through
growth
management.
All
of
that
scoring
and
incentive
stuff
kind
of
falls
apart.
K
People
start
doing
kind
of
silly
counter-intuitive
things
to
their
developments
to
to
make
points
in
the
system,
and
the
other
thing
is
that
those
small
projects
and
I'm
going
to
use
a
word
that
not
everybody's
comfortable
with
infill
projects
tend
to
create
naturally
affordable
homes,
kind
of
off
the
bat.
You
know
it's
the
person
who
does
the
duplex
conversion
or
converts
the
old
Victorian
into
the
four
apartment
unit,
or
you
know,
ads,
adds
on
in
some
way
or
divides
an
existing
home
up.
K
We
think
it
will
be
easier
for
those
applicants
to
just
promise
the
affordability
or
sorry.
We
think
those
admins
will
simply
create
affordability
by
the
nature
of
what
those
projects
are
like,
so
just
take
them
through
make
sure
they
meet
all
the
other
development
standards,
and
our
experience
is
likely
to
mirror
accessory
dwelling
units.
We
allow
them.
K
Not
everybody
wants
to
be
a
landlord,
it's
a
small
part
of
the
solution,
but
you
know:
we've
seen
a
lot
of
flexibility
added
to
that
over
the
years
and
a
handful
of
units
that
mean
a
lot
to
the
people
who
build
them
and
the
people
who
live
in
them.
But
from
the
perspective
of
a
town
of
ten
thousand
one
hundred
people,
you
don't
really
feel
it.
We
think
the
four
unit
thing
is
kind
of
like
that
as
well.
F
K
No,
it's
come
up
in
our
conversations
at
the
Planning
Commission
there's
about
60
something
short-term
rentals
in
Williston.
Over
half
of
them
are
units
at
the
Sonesta
that
are
listed
through
Airbnb,
the
other
25
to
30,
about
two-thirds
of
them
are
a
room
or
or
efficiency
unit
in
somebody's
home.
The
remaining
third
so
we're
down
to
10
ish,
our
our
entire
homes.
We
have
suggested
the
town
continue
to
monitor
that
and
think
about
when
those
numbers,
when
do
those
numbers
get
big
enough,
that
you
would
want
a
short-term
rental
ordinance.
F
L
So
that
means
there's
a
lot
of
criteria
that
that
are
I,
think
what
you
refer
to
sort
of
the
silly
like
there
was
one
you
know
related
to
focal
points,
and
if
your
development
is
near
a
focal
point,
I
think
there
may
be
two
focal
points
in
town
and
it
scores
points.
So
it's
kind
of
getting
rid
of
the
kind
of
the
silly
criteria
and
narrow
kind
of
honing
it
down
a
bit
into
criteria
that
makes
sense
and
actually
help
the
talent
achieve
its
goals.
K
So
we
assume,
if
people
were
using
inclusionary
zoning
as
a
pathway
alternate
to
growth
management,
that
that's
how
your
affordables
are
coming
in.
So
we
would
take
the
affordable
incentive
out
of
growth
management
and,
what's
left
after
you,
do
that
and
you
pair
away
some
of
these
ones
that
we're
seeing
as
as
being
relatively
ineffective
or
actually
causing
people
to
do
things
that
are
developments
that
don't
make
sense.
K
The
big
criteria
that
are
left
are
Energy
Efficiency,
sustainable
Transportation
facilities
and
in
the
AG
rural
area,
the
provision
of
permanently
conserved
open
space,
where
a
third
party
enforces
the
conservation
so
kind
of
you
know.
We
started
with
a
system
that
was
about
managing
growth.
It
evolved
into
a
system
that
managed
growth
and
also
incentivized
all
these
desirable
things
that
the
town
either
couldn't
or
wasn't
quite
ready
to
outright
require,
and
it
kind
of
became
like
well
everything
we
want,
we'll
just
throw
it
into
the
incentives
of
growth
management.
K
The
the
scoring
system
has
become
very
complicated
and
we
would
see
the
opportunity
of
if
the
scoring
around
affordable
housing
just
turned
into
its
own
pathway.
Take
what's
left
and
make
it
really
meaningful
and
really
push
those
100
market
rate
projects
to
do
creative
things
to
be
competitive,
especially
around
energy
production
and
storage,
and
things
like
that,
you
know
so.
Somebody
with
a
big
expensive
parcel
with
you
know:
views
of
Lake
Champlain,
who
just
can't
figure
out
how
they're
going
to
integrate
an
affordable
unit
instead
goes
into
growth
management.
L
K
F
B
D
Thank
you,
Krista
hi,
yeah,
okay,
so
one
of
the
things
I
noticed
too,
and
one
of
the
bullet
points
is
the
conversion
of
hotels
to
affordable
housing.
Do
we
have
a
sense
of
what
the
office
space,
like
vacancy
rate,
is
and
like?
Is
there
a
potential
to
like
to
incentivize?
Conversion
of
you
know
that
too
did
I
miss
it.
D
K
So
there
is,
there
is
some
vacant
office
space,
it's
pretty
reflective
of
what
it
looks
like
all
over
the
County
right
now.
I
could
not
give
you
a
percentage
or
a
number
of
square
feet
off
the
top
of
my
head,
and
some
of
that
space
is
is
probably
pretty
unsuited
to
residential
conversions.
Some
of
it
is
a
little
more
suited
to
that,
and
you
know
we.
K
We
had
that
I
think
I
brought
up
at
one
of
our
previous
meetings,
the
the
fellow
who
has
a
building,
that's
commercial
on
the
ground
floor
with
one
office
and
one
apartment
upstairs,
and
he
wants
to
have
a
second
apartment
and
he's
going
through
his
growth
management
process.
Right
now,
there's
a
few
of
those
out
there.
A
B
A
D
So
we've
talked
a
lot
about
inclusionary
zoning,
but
also
on
the
table
is,
is
Fielding
a
housing
committee
and
also
funding
the
of
affordable
housing.
What's
that
I'm
trust
the
trust
fund?
Yes,
thank
you
so
I
mean
those
are
also
things
that
that
it
sounds
like
are
kind
of
would
simultaneously,
ideally
be
be
built
and
and
worked
on.
Okay.
What
do
you
envision
for
the
housing
committee?
D
L
A
member
of
this
ddhi
group
trying
to
think
who
else
you
know
so
I
would
most
likely
staff
it.
I
wouldn't
be
one
of
the
committee
and
you
know
I
mean
I.
Guess
if,
if
you
guys
weren't
all
so
overworked,
I
would
say
one
of
the
select
board
members,
but
I
know
that
we
have
a
lot
on
your
plate,
but
but
yeah,
that's
kind
of
you
know
that's
kind
of
what
I'm
envisioning.
D
I
D
A
So
we
are
tasked
with
two
separate
things:
one
is
the
creation
of
a
whether
we
should
whether
we
agree
to
the
concept
of
a
town.
Housing
Committee
in
the
other
is
general
direction
from
this
board
on
possible
zoning
bylaw
changes
that
we
would
give
to
assist
the
Planning
Commission
so
that
they
don't
do
a
huge
amount
of
work
only
to
find
out
that
we
never
thought
it
was
a
good
idea
to
begin
with.
A
F
Yeah
I
mean
I
think
it's
something
we've.
If
the
town's
talked
about
in
a
long
time,
we
should
really
move
forward.
Now's
the
Time
to
move
forward.
I
would
be
really
interested
in
seeing
the
charge,
because
I
can
see
it
being
a
little
convoluted
with
too
many
too
many
hands
in
the
what's
the
term
there.
F
You
wouldn't
want
and
I
don't
want
to
set
up
a
committee
and
then
say
that's
great
you're
all
here,
but
we
don't
actually
have
the
ability
to
listen
to
anything.
You're
going
to
tell
us
so
yeah
if
it
was
I,
would
be
interested
right
off
the
bat
and
what
that
charge
would
be
and
how
it
interacts
with
the
other
committees
and
things
on
town
in
town.
My.
D
G
Right,
yeah,
you
know,
I
I
could
agree.
If
you
know
there
were
rules
to
follow
through
to
completion.
You
know
not
just
give
these
give
them
something
and
then
not
ensure
that
they
follow
through
with
it
and
also
you
know
a
limit.
You
know,
I,
don't
think
this
should
be
an
open-ended
here.
You
know
this
is
allocation.
K
I
I
heard
three
major
points
of
feedback
I
think
tonight,
and
the
night
before
one
was
that
affordable
units
should
be
built
in
concurrence
with
the
market
units
they
shouldn't
be
left
till
the
end.
Another
was
that
there
should
be
a
similar
expiration
of
approval,
as
there
is
to
the
growth
management
system.
K
In
other
words,
you
can't
get
an
approval
and
just
sit
on
it
forever,
and
then
the
town
gets
hit
with
a
whole
bunch
of
stuff
building
at
once,
and
I
heard
that
there
should
be
still
some
concurrence
with
the
availability
of
wastewater
treatment
capacity
and
all
of
those
things
can
be
incorporated
into
a
draft
they're
they're
sort
of.
If
we
do
this
and
all
the
things
Melinda's
got
that
are
sort
of
the
things
that
might
produce
more
more
homes.
F
And
that
last
one
we
say,
sewer
I
mean
to
be
really
clear:
just
yeah
we
can't
ramp
up
and
be
building
fast,
more
more
homes.
Faster
I
mean
that
much
faster.
That's
that's
the
I
think
we're
saying
the
same
thing,
but
I
don't
want
to
see
300
houses
built
because
they're
putting
in
a
couple
of
units
yeah
I'm,
not
a
huge
fan,
I
think
if
you're
looking
at
300
200
houses,
10
is
20
units
and
we
need
how
many
800
I
mean
it
seems.
This
is
almost
like
a
red
herring.
F
It's
that
this
is
not
going
to
solve.
Our
problem
can't
hurt
if
you
think
it'll
help,
you
know
get
some
spread
around
the
town.
More,
that's
fine,
I
think
you've.
You
know
infill,
and
things
like
this
with
the
four
units
and
you
know
be
more
effective
than
than
trying
to
talk
to
our
friend
Chris
into
you
know,
putting
in
a
whole
bunch
of
a
few
little
smattering
of
houses
here
and
there
for
his
next.
F
So
I'm,
not
a
huge
fan.
I.
Just
don't
think
it's
that
big
a
deal
so
I
mean
I'm
not
going
to
get
in
the
way
of
it
as
long
as
it
I
would
get
in.
The
way
of
this
I
thought
it
was
going
to
ramp
up
housing.
Building
in
the
town
I
was
hit
up
would
be
not
what
I'm
understanding
with
the
town
things
they
can
accomplish.
C
So
the
you
know,
the
state
obviously
has
a
housing
crisis
and
as
do
we-
and
we
need
to
do
our
part
and
I'm-
not
sure
what
that
is
at
this
point,
you
know
when
we
get
something
back
from
the
Planning
Commission
to
react
to
them.
I
think
we
can.
We
can
do
that.
We
can
at
that
point,
we'll
know
what
the
moving
parts
are.
As
you
mentioned,
you
know
we
can
get
more
into
the
details
of
how
each
of
these
things
work
in
interacting
to
it.
Will
we
solve
all
of
our
problems?
C
No,
maybe
we
will
in
50
years,
but
you
know
we.
We
look
at
the
town
that
started
out
50
years
ago
with
a
thousand
people
in
a
number
of
Ten
Thousand,
and
we
have
also
we
need
to
look
at
the
the
infrastructure
costs
they
go
along
with
everything.
So
there's
a
lot
of
uneasiness
out
there,
including
myself,
probably
about
you
know:
where
do
we
go?
How
do
we
get
there
and
and
when.
A
A
I
I
don't
want
to
sit
here
and
say
that,
but
I'm
I
am
overall
in
favor
of
it.
I'm
just
concerned
that
it
doesn't
do
enough
to
address
the
issue.
I
do
think.
Williston
does
have
an
obligation
to
address
the
housing
situation
I.
You
know
not
yeah
we're
never
going
to
have
enough
housing
in
town
to
house
every
single
person
that
lives
in
Williston
and
I
don't
think
that's
even
as
a
matter
of
principle,
something
that
is
needed
anyway.
B
A
B
A
B
K
If
we
get
to
that
informational
meeting
and
we
we
find
that
we're
that
we're
off
track
enough,
that
substantial
changes
are
required.
We'll
we'll
follow
the
process
to
do
that.
We
know
how
to
do
that,
but
we
would
anticipate
working
on
this
through
the
middle
of
summer
with
a
a
hopeful
goal
of
adoption
by
midfall
of
23..
K
E
I'll
be
quick,
so
in
Eric's
report
he
provided
the
local
option
tax
report
for
this
for
the
third
quarter
that
was
included
in
the
agenda.
If
you
read
his
memo,
there's
some
additional
background
information
for
new
members
that
gives
kind
of
the
overall
what
this
looks
like
through
the
year.
But
anyhow
it's
a
very
favorable
report.
E
Thank
you
also.
He
in
his
report
noted
the
town
has
been
awarded
a
four
thousand
dollar
Municipal
energy
resilience
program.
A
mini
Grant
by
the
state
department
of
buildings
and
general
services
and
Melinda
will
be
managing
that
Grant
and
then
just
an
update
on
the
scoping
committee
for
the
library
assessment
and
Community
Center.
They
recently
wrapped
up
their
first
phase
of
community
engagement,
which
was
a
lot
of
in-person
interviews
and
collection
of
data.
From
that
data.
They
then
created
a
survey
that
will
go
out
electronically
and
also
be
provided
hard
copy.
D
E
Yeah,
so
the
Vermont
Bond
Bank
requires
a
slugware
to
approve
a
certificate
of
completion
for
the
Muddy
Brook
Culvert
replacement
project,
and
there
was
a
copy
of
the
certificate
included
in
the
materials
that
you
received.
But
I
have
the
hard
copy
for
your
signature.
I,
don't
know
if
he
sends
a
specific
10
around
or
if
y'all.
No,
no,
all.
D
F
Maybe
under
other
business
I
don't
know
what
protocol
is
here,
but
I
was
cleaning
up
all
of
my
paperwork
from
different
meetings
and
my
notes
trying
to
keep
the
order
with
four
whole
meetings
under
my
belt
now
and
it's
something
some
things
that
is
there
a
process
or
is
there
a
way
that
we
manage
like
I'd,
be
interested
in
coming
back
to
the
parent
group?
That
was
here
last
time.
Do
we
just
thank
you
for
your
information
and
move
on,
or
do
we
other
things?
That's
just
an
example.
F
A
F
I
also
said:
I
know
if
it's
just
a
personal
question
burning
question
I
have
but
like
all
these
folks
are
I
think
are
expecting
not
to
just
be
dismissed,
and
so
what's
the
you
know
so
so
what
I'm
hearing
is
I
I
do
agree
that
when
things
come
to
the
select
board
directly,
there's
probably
a
appropriate
either
staff
or
committee
or
commission
that
it
should
go
to
and
then
maybe
we
just
I
asked
Ted
or
ask
the
whole
board.
Is
this
something
we'd
like
a
status
on
in
six
months
or
something
like
that?
Yeah.
A
F
F
Does
the
town
do
anything
besides
put
the
emergency
plan
together
and
put
it
in
a
drawer
and
and
Eric
said?
Well,
we've
been
talking
about
doing
tabletop
exercises
or
something
that
would
be
another
thing
that
you
know
it
could
come
up
next
year
when
we
sign
up
on
these
papers
again
and
I,
can
ask
the
same
question
or
is
this:
it
was
at
the
process
for
that
too.
F
B
F
D
Can
I
advocate
really
quickly
that
people
go
and
grab
the
Williston
2050
cards
from
out
front
of
the
parks
and
rec
department
and
fill
it
out?
The
Planning
Commission
has
this
project
and
I
just
think
it's
a
really
fun
way
to
see
where
we
are
as
a
town
now
and
to
think
about
the
future
and
to
you
know
for
for
Williston
in
2050
to
see
what
our
priorities
were
in
this
year.