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From YouTube: Williston Selectboard - 4/18/2023
Description
Call To Order 00:00:00
NEPBA Local 409 MOU 00:01:24
Minutes 00:03:32
Public Comment 00:04:40
Retiring Employee Resolution 00:12:04
Public Hearing - Sewer Allocation 00:17:29
Attachment A 00:42:25
Town & Library MOU 00:43:37
Local Emergency Operations Plan 2023 00:47:10
Housing Needs Assessment Overview 00:51:30
Liquor/Tobacco License Renewals 01:50:19
Manager's Report 01:52:15
Other Business 01:54:39
Total Run Time: 01:57:36
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A
A
B
I'll
move
to
find
that
premature
public
knowledge
regarding
of
a
labor
relations
agreement
with
employees
would
clearly
place
the
town
at
a
substantial
disadvantage
and
further
move
that
we
enter
executive
session
to
discuss
a
labor
relations
agreement
with
employees
under
the
provisions
of
Title,
1
sections,
313
a1b
of
the
Vermont
statutes
and
invite
police
chief
Patrick
Foley
police,
Lieutenant,
Josh,
Moore
and
finance
HR
Director,
Shirley,
Goodell,
Lackey
and
town
manager.
Eric
Wells
to
join
is.
A
A
D
So
this
evening
the
select
words
asked
to
consider
approving
an
mou
with
the
police
Union
that
would
adjust
the
current
Union
wage
scale.
It's
brought
to
the
select
board
amid
a
very
challenging
time
the
job
market,
especially
for
law
enforcement
Personnel.
The
mou
is
intended
to
assist
the
town
in
remaining
a
competitive
employer
for
police
Personnel.
In
addition,
the
select
boards
asked
to
consider
amending
the
Police
recruitment
and
retention
program.
These
changes
would
establish
stipends
of
thirty
seven
hundred
dollars
in
May
2023
in
2024
for
current
staff
and
a
ten
thousand
dollar
newly
hired
staff.
D
A
A
E
F
G
H
E
H
F
A
A
All
those
in
favor
say
aye,
aye
aye
the
eyes
have
it.
The
minutes
are
approved
next
on
the
agenda
public
comment:
is
there
anybody
in
the
audience
who
has
a
wish
to
speak
about
any
topic
actually
whatsoever,
whether
it's
on
the
agenda
or
not
one
person,
then
I'll
ask
about
Zoom.
So
if
you
can
come
on
up
and
state
your
name
and
give
us
your
comment.
I
One
of
the
ways
that
it
impacted
me
was
I
had
club
feet
which,
for
those
I
don't
know
it's
kind
of
like
if
you
were
had
like
skiing
slow
down
feet,
but
all
your
life
turns
out
that
having
skiing
feet
for
all
your
life
doesn't
really
promote
to
walking.
But
I
was
lucky
enough
to
have
a
surgery
as
a
toddler
and
I
also
had
surgeries
for
my
bladder
I.
I
I
The
second
bladder
surgery,
augmented
my
bladder
by
using
my
intestines,
so
I
produce
mucus
in
my
bladder
that
I
have
to
irrigate
once
a
week
with
sodium
chloride,
fluid
there's
3
000
milliliters
in
this
bad
boy,
I
use
500
every
week
to
a
thousand
and
I
I,
really
can't
tell
you
how
much
it's
improved.
My
life
I
was
so.
I
It
obviously
makes
me
mad
when
I
hear
people
talking
about
like
how,
like
abortion
rights,
aren't
good
or
how,
like
it's
bad,
for,
like
trans
kids
to
like
be
who
they
are
because
I
was,
and
I
still
am
allowed
to
be.
Who
I
am
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
all
that
that
it's
just
not
just
Ryan
Allen,
that
gets
to,
like
you
know,
improve
my
life
by
using
a
catheter
and
getting
to
choose
when
I
urinate.
I
Of
course,
the
his
day
through
the
system
is
still
going,
but
it's
not
hard
to
believe
that
a
police
officer
would
use
their
threat
of
violence,
the
threat
of
either
a
gun
or
dragging
the
putting
them
in
cuffs
and
dragging
them
down
to
the
jail
cell.
As
the
report
said,
and
it
just
really
makes
me
worried
about
my
HIPAA
rights.
My
like
you
know,
I,
don't
go
to
the
doctor
and
I:
don't
invite
John
Murad,
like
hey
John.
I
What
do
you
think
about
my
bladder
problems
and
John
Morad
has
no
right
in
my
medical
process
in
my
medical
talks,
with
my
doctors,
with
surgeons
with
nurses,
and
it's
really
messed
up
that
you
know
not
only
the
the
person
who
was
in
who
had
been
shot.
Their
HIPAA
rights
were
at
risk,
but
you
know,
without
any
consequences
from
mayor
Burlington
mayor
mayor,
Weinberger
I,
like
are
any
of
our
hipper
rights.
Okay
in
Vermont.
I
Do
we
have
HIPAA
rights
right
now
or
can
John
Murat
just
go
in
and
harass
anyone
until
he
is
able
to
get
whatever
files
he
wants
or
get
what's
ever
whatever
he
wants?
If
he
wants,
if
he
doesn't
want,
if
he
doesn't
like
abortions,
is
he
gonna
respect
that
we
just
changed
our
Vermont
constitutional
overwhelmingly
throughout
the
state
to
allow
everyone
to
have
their
own
reproduct
or
have
control
over
their
own
reproductive
systems?
I
That's
huge,
but
we
don't
have
those
rights
if
we
can't
say
like
without
that
due
process,
we
need
confidence
that
the
University
of
medical
University
of
Vermont's
Medical
Center,
is
going
to
stand
up
for
our
HIPAA
rights
and
it
terrifies
me.
It
really
does
like,
like
I
I
work
with
kids
all
day
and
I
just
want
them
to
have
the
the
best
options
and
like
I,
shouldn't,
have
gotten
mine
and
then
screw
everyone
else.
I
I
I
need
I,
need
you
all
to
use
your
influence
and
your
power
to
let
the
Burlington,
City,
police
and
the
city
council
know
that
it's
not
okay,
that
John
did
these
things
and
he
needs
to
face
consequences
like
a
leave
with
no
pay
and
until
his
court
until
the
Vermont
criminal
justice
Council
has
their
ruling,
and
if
you,
the
University
of
Vermont
Medical
Center,
can't
guarantee
our
hippo
rights,
then
why
are
they
operating
in
Williston?
We
we
need
to
protect
our
rights,
our
especially
if
those
are
vulnerable.
I
E
You
thank
you
Ryan,
for
you
know,
Having
the
courage
to
stand
up
here
and
speak
to
us.
Yeah
thanks,
Mike
you're
welcome
the
town
Works
real
hard
on.
You
know
equal
rights
for
everyone.
It's
part
of
our
you
know:
Our
Town
bylaws,
we're
working
on
it.
Thanks
to
people
like
you,
bringing
you
and
Crystal
Lee,
McSweeney
and
other
residents
of
the
town.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
as
well.
D
It
was
great
to
hear
stories
and
see
pictures
throughout
the
years
of
her
great
work
here
in
the
town
and
connection
with
a
lot
of
former
colleagues
and
current
day,
colleagues
and
friends
and
community
members,
so
I
have
for
the
board
to
consider
this
evening
a
resolution
recognizing
and
thanking
Debbie
for
her
service
look
forward
to
consider
and
Library
director
Jane
Jane
Kearns
I'd
like
to
say
a
few
words
as
well.
After
you
consider
the
resolution.
K
E
K
A
Sharing
her
experience,
audience
knowledge
and
wisdom.
Now,
therefore,
be
it
resolved.
The
Williston
select
board,
hereby
thanks:
Debbie
roderer
for
her
36
years
of
dedicated
service
to
the
community
and
the
people
of
Williston.
As
a
member
of
the
Dorothy
Allen
Memorial
Library
and
wish
her
the
very
best
in
her
retirement,
that
is,
the
proposed
resolution
is
their
emotion.
E
B
G
A
G
A
A
I
have
to
read,
unfortunately,
I
have
to
read
most
of
this
so
but
we're
here
for
a
public
hearing
on
sewer
allocation,
ordinance,
Amendment,
the
notice
of
public
hearing
States
as
follows.
Pursuant
to
24
VSA
chapter
59,
section
4
of
the
town
of
Williston
sewer
allocation
ordinance,
Williston
select
board,
is
considering
the
adoption
of
amendments
to
the
Sewer
allocation
ordinance
referred
to
as
attachment
a
an
existing
ordinance
pertaining
to
the
allocation
of
public
sewerage.
A
A
in
the
Beckett
McGuire
meeting
room,
the
town
of
Williston
Town
Hall,
a
remote
participation
option
is
available,
attachment
a
may
become
effective
60
days
after
or
will
may
become
effective
60
days
after
the
public
hearing
by
voter
board
notices
hereby
given
that
any
ordinance
or
attachment
there
to
adopted
by
the
town
of
Williston
may
be
disapproved
by
a
vote
of
a
majority
of
the
qualified
voters
at
an
annual
or
special
meeting.
As
provided
by
24
VSA
sections
to
1973,
copies
of
the
entire
text
of
proposed
attachment
are
available
for
review
at
the
Town
webpage.
A
By
my
untrained
eye,
there
is
no
one
here
to
participate
in
the
room,
but
is,
but
if
we
could
have
a
very
brief
presentation
from
Matt
about
not
that
we
haven't
dealt
with
this
repeatedly.
But
if
you
can
give
us
a
brief
presentation
and
then
we'll
see,
if
anybody
has
any
questions
or
if
anybody
hops
on
Zoom.
L
Sure,
thank
you
attachment
a
to
the
Sewer
allocation.
Ordinance
is
an
amendment
to
the
ordinance
that
is
taken
up
by
the
select
board
annually
to
establish
the
amount
of
uncommitted
sewer
capacity
that
will
be
made
available
to
new
users,
I.E
new
development
or
additional
capacity
use
in
existing
development
during
the
upcoming
fiscal
year,
in
this
case
FY
24,
starting
on
July
1..
It's
essentially
the
sewer
budget
for
the
town,
so
the
town
owns
capacity
at
the
Essex
Junction
plant,
along
with
the
city
of
Essex
Junction
and
the
town
of
Essex.
L
The
town
owns
that
capacity
in
for
FY
2024
in
the
amount
of
one
million
one
hundred
thousand
gallons
per
day
of
total
capacity
of
that
one
million
100
gallons
per
day
we're
using
currently
a
little
over
676,
000
gallons
per
day,
and
so
that's
the
rolling
five-year
average
amount
that
has
flown
through
the
meter.
Essentially
where
the
sewerage
crosses
the
border
into
the
Essex
Junction
plants.
That's
the
total
amount
that
we
know
the
town
is
using.
L
L
We
count
that
as
used,
and
we
don't
count
it
when
we
think
about
what's
remaining
available
to
the
town
to
allocate
by
recommendation
of
our
engineering
Consultants,
we
also
maintain
a
seven
percent
Reserve,
so
we
always
look
at
how
much
capacity
is
available
to
the
town
and
set
aside
seven
percent
not
to
be
sold
to
anyone
but
to
be
kept
to
handle
any
fluctuations
in
usage
that
come
about
in
the
future.
So
seven
percent
of
one
million
one
hundred
thousand
gallons
per
day
is
77
000
gallons
per
day.
L
So
what
we're
doing
is
we're
taking
the
1
million
100
gallons
per
day
and
we're
subtracting
those
other
numbers
I
mentioned
to
determine
how
much
capacity
the
select
board
has
left
to
allocate
to
new
users
this
year
and
in
future
years.
That
number
for
this
year
is
a
just
a
little
over
308,
000
gallons
per
day.
L
So,
a
very
very
briefly.
The
town
typically
makes
quite
a
lot
more
capacity
available
every
year
than
is
actually
sold
and
I'll
go
over
those
numbers
real
quick
in
a
second,
so
you
typically
make
quite
a
lot
more
than
the
15
000
gallons
per
day
that
you
could
sell
every
single
year
for
the
next
20
years
available
and
over
the
last
10
years.
The
average
amount
of
capacity
that's
been
sold
per
year
is
a
little
under
10,
000
gallons
per
day.
L
We
might
make
30
40
or
50
000
gallons
per
day
available
across
various
use
categories,
but
typically
somewhere
between
twenty
five
hundred
and
seventeen
thousand
gallons
per
day
are
sold
in
any
particular
year
again.
Breaking
out
to
an
average
of
about
ten
thousand
sewer
capacity
is
probably
the
most
limited
infrastructure
piece
of
infrastructure
that
the
town
has
in
terms
of
thinking
about
how
it
supports
new
development.
L
It's
a
finite
resource
right
now.
Capacity
might
be
able
to
be
expanded
in
the
future,
but
it
would
require
significant
funding
and
technological
advances
and
the
achievement
of
state
and
federal
permits
whose
issuance
is
not
guaranteed.
So
it
makes
a
lot
of
sense
for
the
town
to
think
carefully
about
how
it
spends
its
capacity
and
as
that
capacity
is
sold
to
users
and
and
the
supply
going
forward,
dwindles
I've
identified
on
page
five
of
the
attachment
a
memo,
a
few
strategies
the
town
might
want
to
think
about
in
the
long
term.
L
You
know,
there's
a
sort
of
a
balancing
of
meeting
the
goals
of
the
Town
plan,
including
things
like
housing,
jobs,
creation,
supporting
existing
industry,
flexibility
for
existing
users,
Etc
and,
as
the
town
thinks
about
what
its
goals
are
in
its
comprehensive
plan.
It
can
continue
via
this
process
or
other
amendments
to
the
Sewer
allocation
ordinance,
making
sure
that
what
it
does
with
its
sewer
capacity
reflects
what
its
goals
and
how
those
goals
are
prioritized
in
the
comprehensive
plan.
So
I'll
go
into
the
numbers
again
really
briefly.
L
We
have
two
full
page
tables
tables
two
and
three
in
the
memo
table.
Two
is
about
how
much
capacity
the
select
board
has
typically
made
available
for
purchase
a
mean
of
around
35,
000
gallons
per
day
capacity
made
available
for
purchase
over
the
last
10
years,
fluctuating
from
a
low
of
about
29,
000
gallons
per
day
to
a
high
of
close
to
43,
000
gallons
per
day,
and
then
Table
Three
looks
very
similar
in
its
structure,
but
the
numbers
are
quite
a
lot
smaller.
L
That's
able
to
take
advantage
of
that.
We
have
an
encouraging
specific
development.
Category
sales
in
this
category
have
been
used
to
support
expansion
at
Kerry.
Green
Mountain
have
been
used
to
support
the
relocation
of
a
primary
care
physician
into
an
Adaptive
reuse
of
an
existing
industrial
building,
Evergreen
Family
Health
at
the
White
Caps
building
last
year.
So
those
are
those
numbers
and
again
outside
of
that.
There's
there's
a
reserve
capacity.
L
L
So
the
remainder
of
attachment
a
really
goes
into
the
staff
and
planning
commission's
recommendations
of
how
much
capacity
would
be
made
available
to
new
users
in
the
various
categories
that
the
ordinance
sets
up:
residential,
affordable
housing,
new
commercial
or
industrial
Reserve
pollution
abatement,
Etc
and
really
all
of
the
difference
year
to
year
is
in
the
new
commercial
or
new
residential
categories.
As
I
as
I
discussed
at
our
preliminary
meeting
on
this
matter,
the
biggest
change
being
recommended
this
year
is
to
make
about
30,
200
gallons
per
day
available
in
the
new
residential
category.
L
The
reasons
for
that
are
that
we
have
a
couple
of
relatively
large
projects
in
the
permitting
pipeline
that
have
received
approvals
that
have
received
allocation
through
the
town's
growth
management
system,
but
that
have
not
yet
purchased
any
capacity
to
support
their
eventual
permitting
and
development.
So
this
is
reflective
a
little
bit
of
lag
and
construction
that
started
with
covid
and
continued
through
the
increase
of
interest
rates
and
labor
shortages,
and
things
like
that.
But
it's
development
that
the
town
has
planned
for
that.
L
L
There's
also
a
slight
bump
up
in,
what's
recommended
for
new
commercial
and
Industrial,
going
from
making
10,
000
gallons
per
day
available
to
15..
That's
not
necessarily
based
on
any
inside
knowledge.
We
have
of
new
commercial.
That
is
going
to
use
a
lot
of
sewer
capacity
coming
online,
but
more
so
that
that
category
tends
to
have
more
volatile
demand.
L
We
were
sort
of
in
a
position
last
year
of
needing
to
open
up
that
encourage
specific
development
category
for
Evergreen
health,
because
there
wasn't
quite
enough
capacity
in
the
new
commercial
category
to
support
their
purchase.
That
meant
they
needed
to
come
back,
have
a
meeting
with
the
select
board
and
have
that
request
approved
under
some
criteria,
as
opposed
to
just
going
upstairs
to
the
public
works
office
above
my
office
and
purchasing.
L
That
capacity
makes
sense
to
support
the
new
commercial,
that's
coming
with
making
a
little
bit
more
available,
just
just
for
the
efficiency
of
that,
because
what
happens
to
those
new
commercial
users
is
when
they
go
to
begin
their
state
permitting
process
and
get
their
state
Wastewater
permit.
The
first
thing
they
have
to
do
is
show
that
they've
been
able
to
purchase
their
capacity
from
the
town.
So
when
I
talked
to
Evergreen
Health
last
year
and
said
well,
you
know
it's
going
to
take
us
a
while
to
work
through
this,
but
I'm
sure.
That's
fine.
L
You've
got
this
big
long,
State
permitting
process
in
front
of
me.
They
said
we're
not
even
allowed
to
start
that
until
we
get
squared
up
with
the
town
on
buying
capacity
and
I
said
well,
wow,
that's
a
that's
a
much
bigger
burden
on
on
making
that
use
happen
than
I
thought
there
was.
So
that's
the
reasoning
for
that.
In
summary,
the
Final
Table
in
your
memo,
Table
Six
talks
about
historic,
approved
allocations
over
the
last
five
years
and
ends,
in
the
right
hand,
column
with
a
recommended
slate
of
allocation
for
fiscal
year
2024.
L
The
two
I
talked
about
15
000
gallons
per
day:
a
new
commercial
industrial
30
200
in
new
residential,
a
little
bit
more
in
affordable
housing,
same
amount
for
residential
additions,
same
amount
for
pollution
abatement
and
encouraging
specific
development,
a
total
new
allocation
of
65,
450
gallons
per
day
to
be
made
available,
a
77,
000
gallon
per
day
reserve
and
that's
the
recommendation.
I'm
happy
to
answer
questions.
I
didn't
talk
about
my
nice
colorful
charts
this
time
happy
to
do
whatever
of
that.
The
board
would
like.
A
G
D
E
E
L
L
That
would
require
municipalities
within
the
next
year
to
adopt
bylaws
that
allow
a
minimum
of
five
or,
depending
on
the
amendment,
maybe
only
four
dwelling
units
per
acre
density
in
areas
that
are
served
by
water
and
sewer,
so
I've
been
tracking
this
bill
really
carefully
and
always
with
an
eye
towards.
What's
it
going
to
mean
for
Williston,
the
good
news
is
that
density
preemption
doesn't
do
a
whole
lot
to
the
majority
of
williston's
lands
that
are
served
by
water
and
sewer.
L
We
currently
allow
between
three
and
five
dwelling
unit
equivalents
per
acre
in
the
residential
zoning
District
three
for
a
conventional
project,
five
for
one
that's
at
least
30
percent,
affordable
housing
and
because
we
use
that
dwelling
unit
equivalent
metric
where
a
one
bedroom
or
studio
is
one
half
of
a
dwelling
unit.
What
statute
requires
is
either
four
or
five
dwellings
per
acre,
which
we
already
allow.
Some
of
them
just
need
to
be
one
bedrooms,
so
my
read
of
where
that
bill
is
right
now
is
the
density.
L
Preemption
is
a
non-event
for
williston's
residential
zoning
District.
We
already
allow
quite
a
lot
more
density
in
the
Taft
corners
area,
where
we
also
provide
water
and
sewer
in
the
village.
We
do
currently
have
a
lower
allowed
density,
but
we've
been
working
for
a
year
on
a
bylaw
that
would
go
to
a
more
form-based
metric
and
then
that
again,
the
density
preemption
would
not
have
any
effect
on
it,
and
municipalities
will
get
a
year
to
update
their
bylaws
to
respond
to
that.
Should
that
pass
so
there
are.
L
There
are
some
things
about
density.
There
are
some
things
about
allowing
either
duplexes
or
or
fourplexes
wherever
a
single
family
home
is
allowed
again.
We
we
don't
regulate
dwelling
unit
type
to
prohibit
any
of
those
housing
types
in
the
zoning
districts
that
would
be
affected
again,
those
covered
by
water
and
sewer.
L
If,
if
at
all
so
I'll
I,
don't
I,
don't
think
we're
going
to
have
a
flood
of
higher
density
projects
and
keep
in
mind
that
those
preemptions
are
on
density
metrics.
We
still
get
to
have
a
number
of
units
on
a
shared
driveway
setbacks,
wetlands
and
stream
protections
open
space
requirements,
design
standards,
light
coverage,
whatever
other
tools
we
use
and
the
read
by
most
of
those
who
are
looking
at
this
bill-
is
that
it's
your
it's
your
base
density
rule
that
gets
preempted,
but
not
the
effect
of
your
total
zoning
bylaw.
L
E
Thank
you,
I
I,
still,
I
still
I
still
like
the
idea
of
you
know
mixed
mixed
use,
areas
and
commercial
buildings
and
those
and
expansions
I
like
you
know,
to
see
that
where
we,
you
know,
we
get
increase
our
tax
base
in
the
town.
Without
you
know,
affecting
our
schooling
that
15
000
gallons
per
day.
Do
you
believe
that
was
enough
with
what
might
be
coming
down
the
pipeline
over
the
next
couple
of
years?.
L
Sure,
well,
it
would
be
just
for
the
next
fiscal
year.
We
don't
have
any
new
commercial,
proposed
or
or
part
way
approved
right
now
in
Williston.
That
would
be
a
really
big
consumer
of
waste
water.
So
when
I
look
at
what's
been
through
the
drb
or
going
through
the
drb
recently
we
have
another
large
storage
facility
for
U-Haul.
We
have
a
couple
of
18
to
20,
000
square
foot,
flex,
industrial
buildings.
L
You
could
have
a
heavy
Wastewater
user
go
into
one,
but
there's
no
indication
that
that's
necessarily
going
to
happen.
So
there's
there's
industry
that
creates
lots
of
jobs
that
doesn't
generate
a
lot
of
Wastewater
the
industries
we
have
that
create
jobs
that
do
generate
lots
of
Wastewater
are
primarily
our
our
breweries
and
Curry
Green
Mountain,
and
that's
that's
why
that
encouraged
specific
development
decision
was
made
almost
10
years
ago
to
sell
them
that
additional
10,
000
gallons,
the
other
big
user
mic
on
the
commercial
side,
would
be
a
new
hotel.
L
A
single
new
hotel
of
around
100
rooms
is
about
10,
000
gallons
per
day.
Give
or
take
there
could
be
another
hotel
coming
at
some
point.
Williston
is
seen
by
a
lot
in
the
development
Community
as
a
pretty
desirable
place
to
develop
new
hotels,
especially
as
some
of
the
older
ones
in
town
begin
to
age,
out
of
being
able
to
continue
their
franchise,
which
is
something
we're
sort
of
aware
of
happening
in
the
background.
L
Hotel
owners
have
to
put
so
much
money
into
the
hotel
every
so
many
years
in
order
to
keep
what
they
call
their
flag
their
their
brand,
and
that's
why
you
see
I
stayed
once
across
from
a
place
that
had
been
a
Ramada
and
they
lost
their
flag
and
they
moved
the
r
over
and
it
became
the
Armada
and-
and
so
you
know,
we
have
some
hotels
that
are
getting
on
in
years.
They're
30,
35
years
old
now,
and
we
have
seen
casual
conversations
with
folks
are
interested
about.
L
You
know
what
about
another
hotel
in
Williston,
what
about
a
hotel
for
travel
Services
next
to
that
brand
new
park
and
ride,
which
is
a
zoning
District?
We
have
that
allows
it
since
I,
don't
know
about
any
of
those
that
are
in
the
pipeline
right
now.
We
might
not
need
to
sell
any
capacity
to
a
new
hotel
in
the
next
fiscal
year.
L
It
might
be
something
that
comes
up
right
near
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year,
but
those
are
the
those
are
the
big
ones
and
with
breweries
and
people
like
Carrie
Greenmount,
we
have
a
separate
issue
related
to
requiring
pre-treatment
of
high
strength,
waste
and,
and
some
of
the
other
permit
limits.
The
town
faces
at
the
plant.
So
in
short,
I
think
15
is
enough.
L
The
kind
of
mixed-used
buildings
we
get
where
you've
got.
You
know
some
businesses
on
the
ground
floor
and
apartments
up
the
biggest
users
of
water
and
waste
water
in
those
are
going
to
be.
If
you
have
a
restaurant
of
some
kind
or
you
know,
Bakery
coffee
shop
and
even
there
it's
a
very,
very
different
scale
from
a
whole
new
hotel
or
a
whole
new
big
industrial
user,
so
I
think
generally
supportable
with
that
allocation
are.
L
B
E
A
A
H
E
E
A
D
Okay,
so
the
warrant
recall
three
years
ago,
a
town
entered
into
a
memory
of
understanding
with
the
Dorothy
Allen
Memorial,
Library
and
I
always
look
at
the
date
here.
March
16th,
2020.
I,
wonder
what
was
going
on
right
after
that,
so
we
were
able
to
both
boards
are
able
to
get
this
done
and
signed,
and
now
it's
three
years
later
it
was
a
three-year
term.
This
mou,
this
mou,
reflects
the
relationship
between
both
governance
entities.
Here
in
town,
the
library
trustees
reviewed
this
back
at
their
March
meeting
that
I
attended.
D
There
was
no
no
concerns
raised
with
the
trustees
with
it.
They
passed
a
motion
to
renew
it
with
no
changes,
Town
staff
review
of
this.
It's
it's
working,
well,
I
reviewed
it.
I
spoke
with
Jane
about
it
as
well.
There's
some
no
suggested
amendments
at
this
time
from
staff
certainly
open
to
the
board's
feedback.
If
there's
anything,
you
would
like
us
to
explore
further
should
the
board
wish
to
continue.
This
mou
motion
would
be
in
order
for
another
three-year
term
and
we
prepared
the
document.
Signature
teacher
meeting.
E
F
D
Yeah,
that's
exactly
right,
Gene!
You
know
the
libraries
have
the
trustees
that
govern
the
library
and
the
library
staff
being
Town
employees.
This
kind
of
defines
the
different
relationships
between
governance
of
the
library,
oversight
of
Staff
spending
manager
and
Library
director's
role.
There
was
discussion
when
this
was
put
in
place
about
when,
when
a
new
director
was
hired,
what
that
process
would
look
like
to
codify
it
as
well.
So
those
elements
with
those
two
two
different
governance
bodies
to
Define
it
within
an
mlu.
F
It
was
very
well
written
and
I
I
if,
if
it
was
the
first
draft-
and
you
went
three
years
without
stumbling
over
something
that
needed
to
be
edited
clearly,
people
did
their
job
to
to
to
look
at
it.
I
think
it's
an
interesting
document,
but
I
also
think
it
makes
a
lot
of
sense.
I,
think
libraries
are
so
important
and
they're
so
unique
that
having
professionals
run
the
the
things
that
are
outlined.
That's
in
their
scope
makes
a
lot
of
sense
to
me.
G
D
Want
to
yep,
let's
document
the
the
board
sees
every
year:
it's
required
to
be
updated
by
the
end
of
April.
This
feeds
a
a
county-wide
Emergency
Operations
plan,
I
shared
it
with
the
board
for
your
review,
the
fire
department's
under
Chief
Colette,
as
our
Emergency
Operations,
a
coordinator
worked
through
this
document
each
year,
thanks
to
Gene
caught
a
couple.
Things
with
on
the
school
side
appreciate
that
Gene
we
I
distributed
that
to
the
board
today.
I'll
make
sure
we
have
all
our
items
accurate.
D
F
Okay,
me
again,
and
it's
not
about
cvu
this
time.
No,
this
is
just
maybe
a
little
bit
of
a
side,
but
is
there
is
there
can?
Can
you
give
me
a
couple
of
sentences
on
what
other
processes?
Besides
making
a
document
I
mean?
Do
we
do
we
have
practices?
Do
we
have
meetings
with
the
other,
with
some
of
those
folks
anything
beyond
just
putting
a
document
together
with
phone
numbers
and.
D
Yeah,
that's
something:
we've
been
looking
to
formalize
a
bit
more
I've
checked
with
the
chief
about
it
the
last
couple
of
years.
I
I
think
it
would.
It
would
do
us
well
to
have
at
least
start
with
a
table
top
drill
if
we
were
to
have
a
emergency
situation
in
town
to
have
these
stakeholders
at
the
table
to
run
through
scenarios
so
yeah
it's
been.
It's
been
on
my
mind
to
build
from.
We
have
the
plan,
but
we
need
to
practice
and
execute
the
plan
as
an
ongoing
Endeavor
throughout
the
year.
F
D
F
I
can
I
can
speak
that
the
within
the
school
we're
very
well
practiced
and
very
well
organized
for
an
emergency
in
the
school
if
it
was
an
emergency
outside
the
school
that
needed
school
facilities,
I,
don't
know
that
I
think
would
be
a
lot
of
bobbling
to
to
get
it
wouldn't
be
as
smooth
as
it
should
be.
So
I
think
that
the
school
district
would
look
favorably
on
being
in
part
of
that
as
well.
I
did
have
one
other
question,
and
this
is
not
a
got.
F
F
Yeah
yeah
I
didn't
I'm
sorry,
I
didn't
like
I
said:
I
I
usually
like
to
give
staff
a
heads
up
if
I
have
a
question,
but
it
just
seemed
like
an
odd
assortment
of
of
businesses
and
it's
not
all
the
businesses,
but
they
don't
seem
that
special,
some
of
them
either
so
I
would
appreciate
it.
If
you
got
a
chance
sure.
A
E
A
L
L
L
Housing
and
the
need
for
affordable
and
abundant
housing
in
Vermont
is
certainly
having
a
moment.
It's
been
having
a
moment
in
Williston
for
as
as
long
as
I've
been
here
and
and
some
time
before,
Williston
has
addressed
need
for
housing.
In
many
of
its
recent
comprehensive
plans
over
the
last
20
years,
it
has
convened
special
ad
hoc
committees
or
working
groups
around
the
housing
issue
several
times,
and
it
has
adjusted
its
comprehensive
planning.
L
It's
zoning
by
law
and
yes,
even
its
attachment
a
to
the
Sewer
allocation
ordinance
over
the
years
to
attempt
to
further
the
goals
of
including
affordable
housing
or
making
affordable
housing
a
reality
in
town
and
starting
about
two.
Two
and
a
half
years
ago,
when
our
office
began
its
work
on
the
Taft
Corners
project
and
the
Taft
Corners
form-based
code,
which
allows
quite
a
bit
more
residential
density.
L
In
that
part
of
town,
in
exchange
for
quite
a
lot
of
design
standards
that
are
relatively
challenging
to
achieve
as
part
of
that
process,
we
did
a
pretty
big,
wide
open
public
input
session.
Several
of
them,
in
fact,
including
a
week-long
workshop,
and
we
heard
a
lot
from
folks
about
affordability
and
about
you
know,
are
you?
L
Our
response
at
the
time
until
a
year
ago
was
we're
really
trying
to
set
the
stage
with
the
right
kind
of
land
use,
controls
here
and
the
right
kind
of
density
that
can
be
supportive
of
the
creation
of
housing
in
Williston
through
this
land
use
exercise,
and
we
are
going
to
be
immediately
upon
conclusion
of
that
project
going
after
specifically
the
housing
issue,
and
in
fact
that's
what
we
did.
Last
year,
we
asked
the
select
board
to
support
a
unified
planning
work
program
item
with
the
Chittenden
County
Regional.
L
Planning
Commission
to
assist
us
in
the
preparation
of
a
housing
needs
assessment.
Housing
needs
assessment
is
a
document
that
is
required
under
state
law,
for
a
municipality
to
have
performed
prior
to
adopting
any
zoning
bylaw
changes
that
require
the
inclusion
of
affordable
homes
in
residential
projects,
a
tactic
known
as
inclusionary
zoning,
so
the
ants
are
coming
out
of
Taft
Corners
was
we're
not
doing
inclusionary
zoning
as
part
of
the
Taft
Corners
project
number
one,
because
the
Taft
Corners
project
is
quite
large
enough
all
by
itself
without
adding
in
this.
L
This
housing
provision
number
two,
because
state
law
requires
us
to
do
this
needs
assessment.
Before
we
can
talk
policy
in
this
way.
Number
three.
Yes,
we
are
committed
and
we're
going
to
do
it.
So
the
select
board
approved
that
work
program
request.
It
was
funded
through
the
Chittenden
County
Regional,
Planning
Commission,
and
toward
the
end
of
2022,
in
partnership
with
the
regional
Planning,
Commission
and
vhfa
vhfa,
prepared
in
concert
with
Melinda
and
myself
and
other
staff.
A
housing
needs
assessment
for
Williston.
L
L
In
the
background
of
our
presenting
this
to
all
of
you
tonight,
we
are,
of
course
talking
about
well.
What
can
Williston
do
about
the
need?
That's
revealed
by
this
study,
and
there
are
zoning
policy
things
that
Williston
can
do.
There
are
budgetary
things,
Williston
can
do.
There
are
programmatic
things,
Williston
can
do,
and
there
are
many
things.
L
Williston
is
already
doing
that
are
quite
positive
in
this
regard,
but
there
is
more-
and
we
expect
tonight
to
be
mostly
about
talking
about
the
needs
assessment
itself,
with
a
very
brief
concluding
remark
at
the
end
about
what
some
of
those
policy
strategies
might
be,
we
expect
to
return
to
talk
with
the
select
board,
much
more
specifically
about
policy
in
the
very
near
future.
In
the
background,
we've
got
the
Planning
Commission,
debating
those
things
and
thinking
about
them
and
thinking
about
how
they
might
work
within
the
rest
of
williston's
zoning
by
law.
L
But
we
know
that,
ultimately,
any
changes
we
make
will
go
through
the
Planning
Commission
and
come
back
here
to
the
select
board,
and
we
want
to
work
in
concert
with
both
bodies
to
make
sure
that
what
is
ultimately
you
know
shows
up
as
a
public
hearing
item
before
this
board
is
really
contains,
no
surprises
and
is
something
that's
got
some
pretty
broad
support
before
we
go
to
a
hearing.
So
we're
going
to
talk
about
need
tonight,
we're
going
to
sort
of
take
a
take,
a
glance
at
policy
and
programmatic
changes.
L
We're
going
to
come
back
to
that
and
we're
going
to
hope
that
we're
working
all
in
concert
together
over
the
next
several
months
to
set
a
direction
for
the
town
that
folks
feel
is
supportable
around
this
issue.
So
Melinda
when
you're
ready.
We
can.
We
can
start
and
I'll
stay
up
here.
To
answer
questions
Melinda
will
be
here
to
answer
questions.
L
We've
obviously
also
brought
the
Planning
Commission
over
for
a
joint
meeting
here
so
that
they
can
hear
this
presentation,
which
they've
already
seen
a
version
of
they
can
hear
some
feedback
from
you
and
some
questions
you
might
have
about.
The
assessment.
That'll
really
be
helpful
for
them,
as
they
continue
to
to
work
on
some
of
the
nuts
and
bolts,
and
we
come
back
together
again
in
a
couple
of
weeks.
A
A
M
Great
so,
first
of
all,
let
me
just
say
that
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
some
different
metrics
in
trying
to
develop
an
understanding
of
the
housing
situation
in
Williston
and
we're
going
to
be
mentioning
some
numbers
and
those
numbers
are
not
precise,
even
though
they
look
precise.
So
just
keep
that
in
mind,
they're
just
metrics
to
try
to
understand
the
scope
of
the
problem,
so
the
first
one
that
I
will
talk
about
is
What's
called
the
jobs
to
homes
index
one
of
our
key
findings.
M
So
we
can
look
at
how
it
is
we
got
here
so
between.
So
you
can
see
that
in
the
from
1960
to
1980,
the
jobs
index
in
Williston
was
actually
below
1
and
1.5
between
1980
and
2000
Williston
gained
8
600
jobs,
which
was
a
765
percent
increase
without
a
corresponding
increase
in
homes.
This
has
resulted
in
the
skewed
jobs
to
homes,
ratio
that
exists
today.
Although
it
has
improved
a
little
bit,
you
can
see
the
the
yellow
line.
M
M
So
this
was
a
a
campaign
that
was
initiated
in
2016
by
the
Champlain
Housing
Trust
ever
North
and
the
Chittenden
County
Regional
Planning
Commission
this
campaign,
the
intent
was
to
address
the
reason,
the
Region's
severe
housing
shortage
and
it
set
a
target
of
creating
3500
new
homes
in
Chittenden.
County
by
the
end
of
2020.,
with
20
percent
of
them
or
700
being
permanently
affordable.
M
A
second
five-year
campaign,
Building
Homes
together
2.0,
was
launched
in
2021..
It's
a
campaign
to
build
five
thousand
homes
by
2025
for
people
of
all
incomes,
including
at
least
1250,
affordable
homes.
So,
given
Williston
share
of
the
jobs
and
in
Chittenden
County,
a
Williston
share
of
the
county,
Target
would
equal
594
homes.
M
So
During,
the
period
between
10
2012
to
2022
home
prices
increased
at
an
average
annual
rate
of
five
percent
and
rents
exhibited
a
similar
pattern.
Median
household
income
and
average
wage
increased
at
a
rate
of
two
and
three
percent
annually,
not
keeping
up
with
housing
costs
and
over
the
last
five
years
this
it
prices
have
increased
it
at
an
even
faster
rate
of
48,
from
2017
to
2022..
M
When
a
household
spends
more
than
this,
they
are
considered
to
be
housing
cost
burdened.
So
the
graph
that
you
see
there
is
showing
cost
burden
for
both
for
all
households,
which
is
the
bar
on
the
left
for
renters,
the
bar
in
the
middle
and
for
owners,
which
is
the
bar
on
the
right
side.
The
blue
indicates
households
that
are
not
cost
burdened.
M
M
M
The
average
wage
of
jobs
in
Williston
is
sixty
thousand
four
four
hundred
the
largest
portion
of
jobs
are
in
the
category
classified
as
service
producing,
which
includes
things
like
retail,
Food,
Services,
Hospitality,
Professional,
Services
and
health
care.
The
average
annual
wage
of
service
producing
jobs
is
56
367.
M
within
that
share.
The
largest
subcategory
is
retail,
with
1866
jobs
and
an
average
annual
wage
of
around
38
000.
housing
is
considered
affordable.
If
again,
if,
if
a
household
spends,
no
more
than
30
percent
of
their
their
income
towards
housing
costs
an
affordable
at
average
wage
assumes
the
householder
Works
a
40-hour
work
week.
M
92
of
these
are
restricted
to
Residents,
who
are
age,
55
and
older,
or
who
have
disabilities,
which
means
that
only
114
subsidized,
affordable
homes
are
available
to
work
in
college
working
age,
non-disabled
renters
in
town
and
as
as
of
the
end
of
last
year,
there
were
no
zero.
There
were
zero
vacancies
reported
among
these
apartments.
M
As
the
third
largest
employment
base
in
Chittenden
County
Williston
jobs
outnumber
its
subsidized
housing
stock
by
56
to
1
a
ratio,
that's
the
highest
of
the
County's
larger
towns.
Looking
at
apartments
with
no
age
or
disability
restrictions,
williston's
ratio
is
even
higher
at
102-1,
so
that's
subsidized,
affordable
rental
homes
to
jobs.
M
So
the
key,
the
key
finding
number
four
is
that
there's
a
mismatch
between
the
distribution
of
household
sizes
and
the
configuration
of
available
homes
in
Williston.
So
Williston
has
has
many
more
three
to
four
bedroom
homes,
where
the
greatest
need
is
for
smaller
dwellings,
based
on
average
household
size.
M
Nearly
61
percent
of
Williston
households
have
only
one
or
two
people.
66
percent
of
Williston
homes
have
three
or
more
bedrooms.
Only
34
percent
of
Williston
homes
are
one
to
two
bedrooms,
so
the
combination
of
a
surplus
of
larger
houses
and
an
abundance
of
smaller
households
represents
a
mismatch
between
supply
and
demand.
That
exacerbates
housing
on
affordability.
M
And
why
is
this?
Because
household
sizes
have
been
shrinking
over
time,
reflecting
an
aging
population
as
well
as
people
having
fewer
children
or
having
children
later
in
life,
from
1970
to
2010,
Williston
average
household
size
decreased
from
3.8
to
2.45
and
is
expected
to
decrease
from
2.45
in
2020
to
2.12
in
2050.
M
M
This
proportion,
gradually
the
proportion
of
multi-family
dwellings
gradually
increased
and
after
2010
multi-family
dwellings
are
making
up
about
75
percent
of
all
dwellings
built.
So
increasing
the
proportion
of
smaller
dwelling
units
will
not
only
better
meet
the
needs
of
smaller
households,
but
it
will
also
help
to
increase
affordability.
M
Note
that
the
figures
for
Williston
are
not
reliable
due
to
a
high
margin
of
error.
So
figures
for
Chittenden
County
are
shown.
Wealth
creation
in
the
United
States
is
largely
driven
by
home
ownership
and
black
Americans
have
historically
been
denied
access
to
housing
through
redlining
urban
renewal
and
race-based
housing
Covenants.
M
M
Key
finding
seven
availability
is
a
challenge
for
housing
in
Williston.
The
number
of
Chittenden
County
households
experiencing
homelessness
is
a
direct
indication
of
a
gap
in
the
housing
Supply
in
2022.
The
annual
point
in
time
count
recorded
668
individuals
experiencing
homelessness
in
Chittenden
County.
This
number
is
likely
in
under
count
across
Chittenden
County
as
a
whole.
The
rental
vacancy
rate
is
at
a
12-year
low
of
0.4
percent
in
comparison
of
five
percent.
M
Vacancy
rate
is
generally
accepted
to
yield
healthy
rental
market
for
both
renters
and
property
owners,
and
finding
number
eight,
of
course,
where
new
housing
is,
is
built.
Matters
building
more
homes
shouldn't
be
done
without
considering
location.
Chittenden
County
has
a
new
Regional
goal
to
ensure
ninety
percent
of
new
development
occurs
in
plant
growth
areas
in
Williston.
This
does
this
includes
the
Taft
Corners
zoning
District
Williston
established
a
designated
growth
Center
in
20
2007.
M
Since
then,
a
steadily
increasing
number
of
dwellings
have
been
built
there
from
2017
to
2022.
76
percent
of
all
dwelling
units
were
built
in
the
growth
Center.
The
recent
adoption
of
Taft
Bay
Corners
form-based
code
district
allows
for
building
forms
that
require
more
efficient
use
of
land
and
will
provide
more
opportunities
for
the
creation
of
affordable
housing
in
williston's
growth
Center.
We
believe
that
most,
if
not
all,
the
need
for
additional
housing
can
be
met
in
the
growth
Center,
although
through
new
development
on
vacant
or
underutilized
Lots
or
through
Redevelopment
of
existing
commercial
Lots.
M
The
current
bylaws
and
four
base
code
can
be
enhanced
by
additional
work
on
the
programmatic
side
by
investing
in
infrastructure,
streets,
storm
water,
public
parks
and
green
spaces,
bike
and
pedestrian
facilities
by
building
better
Partnerships
and
developing
the
town's,
affordable
housing
trust
fund
and
on
the
policy
Side.
By
considering
whether
the
town
should
move
Beyond
incentives
and
outright
require
some
portion
of
new
dwellings
to
be
affordable,
so
think
I
will
stop
there
and.
E
L
So
Melinda
presented
some
highlights
from
a
fairly
lengthy
report
that
was
also
distributed
to
the
board
and
she
started
the
introduction
by
saying
you
know
there
are
these
numbers
like
3449?
Obviously
that's
a
very
precise
number,
but
it
should
be
thought
of
as
as
a
metric
and
a
description
of
one
of
the
relationships
that
describes
the
housing
challenge
in
Williston,
similar
to
any
of
the
others
there
that
that
said,
it's
a
significant
number.
L
The
building
homes
together
goal
is
a
significant
number,
the
the
mismatch
on
household
sizes
or
the
percentage
of
especially
cost
burdened
rental
households
in
Wilson.
Those
are
all
pretty
large
numbers
and
I
think
each
of
them
provides
a
jumping
off
point
for
the
select
board
or
if
you
have
questions
about
other
ways,
we
might
think
about
housing
need
in
town.
I
think
we'd
be
happy
to
happy
to
answer
those.
L
E
I
believe
that
Williston
has
a
really
unique
challenge.
You
know
based
upon
you
know
the
jobs
and
the
homes,
and
you
you
answered,
you
know
the
rental
vacancy
rate.
You
answered
a
lot
of
questions
I,
you
know
like
I
thought
of
and
the
one
thing
I
missed
was
housing.
You
know
the
old
homes
versus
rental.
E
L
I
would
say
mike
in
general,
you
know
Burlington
Winooski,
probably
South
Burlington
have
larger
or
are
about
to
have
larger
proportions
of
rental
homes
than
Williston.
Does
you
know
the
the
county
sort
of
that
proportion
tracks
with
kind
of
the
development
pattern
in
the
various
towns
of
of
the
county?
L
The
city
of
Essex
Junction
probably
has
a
very
high
proportion
of
rental
homes.
Now
now
that
it's
its
own
City
encapsulating
some
of
the
new
development
there
and
if
we
were
to
go
back,
there
was
the
the
graphs
with
the
orange
bars
that
either
crossed
or
did
not
cross
the
Blue
Line,
showing
affordability-
and
you
know
one
of
the
realities
in
comparing
what
sort
of
home
a
typical
working
household
that's
working
in
Williston
can
afford.
L
You
know
we
see
things
like
a
Finney,
Crossing
row,
home
or
or
a
flat
in
one
of
the
nine
Plex
buildings,
and
we
also
see
rental
being
created
in
a
you
know,
a
three
or
four-story
apartment
building,
so
there's
a
there's,
a
balance
that
gets
created
in
multi-family
I,
don't
think,
we've
ever
I
won't
say
ever
I
think
we
have
very
rarely
seen
somebody
build
a
single-family
home
for
the
purpose
of
rental.
Here
it.
E
L
Means
accessory
dwelling
unit
often
referred
to
as
an
in-law
apartment
or
a
granny
flat.
It's
it's
a
unit
that
a
homeowner
builds
that
is
part
of
their
property
or
even
sometimes
part
of
the
building
they
live
in,
and
the
homeowner
continues
to
live
on
the
property
while
renting
that
accessory
unit
out
to
someone
else.
So
the
really
important
distinction
in
Williston
is
when
somebody
wants
to
create
an
Adu.
L
They
get
a
permit
that
I
can
just
sort
of
sign
in
the
office
as
long
as
they
meet
the
standards
they
they
are
not
doing
a
subdivision.
They
are
not
subject
to
the
town's
growth
management
system,
but
they
cannot
sell
that
unit
off
separately
from
the
primary
unit.
They
have
to
stay
together
and
under
under
current
rules,
at
least
until
recently,
well
under
under
rules.
Until
recently,
they
had
to
stay
living
in
the
primary
unit
and
under
current
rules
they
still
have
to
stay
living
on
the
property.
L
I,
couldn't
quote
the
numbers
at
you,
I
think
we
do
about
a
half
dozen
a
year
and
I
think
it's
been
pretty
consistent
it.
It
really
provides
a
great
option
to
lots
of
homeowners
both
to
to
bring
in
income
to
build
something
new
to
live
in,
and
the
kids
move
back
home
into
the
larger
unit.
That's
been
done
in
Williston,
or
to
bring
an
aging
parent
home
and
and
have
them
live
in
a
in
a
place.
That's
close
by
where
you
can
take
care
of
them.
L
L
If
it's
at
a
home
in
rural
Williston,
it
requires
often
upgrading
Wastewater
permit
permit
for
the
septic
system
and
and
if
it
really
requires
changing
the
septic
system.
Most
people
at
that
point
choose
not
do
it
because
the
way
the
waste
water
rules
work,
and
so
you
know
we
see
about
a
half
dozen
a
year.
I
think
they're
I
think
accessory
dwelling
units
are
great,
but
a
lot
of
homeowners
just
aren't
ready
to
to
take
on
the
project
or
to
become
a
landlord.
B
Yes,
so
I
have
a
lot
of
them,
but
I
know
we
have
plenty
of
meetings
to
to
kind
of
address
some
of
them
and
definitely
we'll
have
to
take
some
time
together.
My
thoughts,
but
looking
at
finding
number
one
in
particular
and
how
drastically
disproportionate
our
Williston
is
compared
to
other
towns
with
similar
retail
and
kind
of
commercial
development.
B
M
I
I
can
try
to
answer
that,
so
this
paper
that
I
screenshot
up
there,
the
spatial
about
spatial
mismatch,
was
quite
interesting
because
it
did
like
go
into
the
history
of
how
different
towns
developed
in
in
county
in
the
you
know,
from
starting
in
the
80s
and
90s
and
up
to
2000,
and
what
was
different
about
Williston
is
that
it?
It
had
attracted
a
lot
of
like
commercial
growth
at
that
time
during
that
time
and
wasn't
really
building
a
lot
of
housing
sort
of
in
conjunction
with
that
commercial
growth.
G
M
Astounding
amount
of
commercial
growth
like
I,
think
the
the
percentage
of
growth
over
that
20
years
was
like
700
over
700
percent
and
so
I
think
that
was
the
difference,
whereas
you
know
places
like
Burlington
and
Winooski
housing
and
particularly
affordable
housing
was
concentrated
in
those
places,
whereas
the
jobs
were
moving
out
to
the
suburbs
and
housing
was
not
being
built.
As
Much
from
the
suburbs.
B
Gonna
have
so
many
questions,
but
again
I
I,
don't
want
to
take
off
like
all
the
time
tonight,
certainly
but
I
I
think
that
this
is
really
highlighting
a
lot
of
the
things
that
you
know
that
we've
seen
that
we
we
knew
these
things
existed.
This
isn't
I
mean
while
it's
it's
awesome
to
have
the
the
specific
data
and
it's
really
important
in
terms
of
creating
policy
and
changing
things
going
forward.
I
think
we've
all
kind
of
known
and
felt
all
of
this
already.
B
A
F
Where
to
start
I
I
think
this
is
again,
the
data
is
is
helpful,
but
I
see
our
struggle
is
going
to
be
sort
of
narrowing
down
what
we
want
to
fix,
because
clearly,
a
lot
of
these
issues
are
National
issues.
A
single
retail
job
is
never
going
to
be
able
to
buy
a
home
easily,
at
least
with
the
numbers
that
we're
looking
at
so
I
I
think
it's
unrealistic
that
Wilson's
gonna
double
its
housing
stock.
A
Wouldn't
it
be
more
useful
to
have
a
ratio
of
of
lower
paying
jobs,
I
mean
if
we've
got
thrown
in
a
whole
bunch
of
people
who
were
making
you
know
150
000
a
year
who
would
never
need
a
subsidized,
affordable
apartment
anyway,
I'm
not
I'm,
not
sure
how
useful
that
tool
is
and
again
I'm,
not
I'm,
not
trying
to
flag.
You
know
a
position
I'm
just
curious
about
the
math.
L
It
might
also
be
useful
to
think
about
what
that
ratio
is
in
some
of
our
neighboring
communities,
and
this
goes
a
little
bit
to
Gene's
comment
as
well.
You
know
we
we
exist
in
a
region.
None
of
these
towns
is
under
a
glass
Dome,
where
everybody
absolutely
must
live
and
work
in
the
exact
same
town.
It's
it's
generally
pretty
unlikely
that
that
will
happen
as
a
county,
though
Chittenden
County,
also
Imports
workers
and
you
know-
has
a
has
a
jobs,
homes,
ratio,
that's
supported
by
additional
homes
outside
of
its
borders
and.
L
We
we
know
from
looking
at
census.
Data
about
commuting
patterns
that
are
are
some
of
our
lowest
wage.
Jobs
are
supported
by
a
commuter
Workforce
that
comes
from
multi-family
homes,
in
primarily
Burlington
and
Winooski,
for
example,
and
so
maybe
one
of
the
things
we
could
bring
to
you
would
be
to
look
at
what's
the
predominance
of
those
subsidized
living
situations
in
some
of
our
neighboring
communities
that
probably
lives
behind
that
commute
pattern
that
we
see
and
again
the
question
back
to
Williston.
How
does
Williston
want
to
focus
on
this
challenge?
L
How
does
it
want
to
test
its
policy,
ideas
against
the
stated
need
and
what
part
of
the
need
and
those
sorts
of
things
I?
Think
in
general,
this
is
leading
to
a
conversation.
That's
more
about
moving
these
numbers
in
what
the
town
decides
is
the
desired
direction
that
it
is
necessarily
moving
these
numbers
to
a
desired
place
at
a
certain
time.
L
D
A
N
Hi
everyone
I'm
Megan,
cope
I'm,
the
chair
of
the
Planning
Commission
and
I,
appreciate
all
the
questions
that
you
had
tonight.
I
think
they
show
that
you
really
are
engaging
with
with
the
topics
that
we're
grappling
with
I.
Don't
have
any
particular
thing
to
add,
except
that
we
have
been
going
over.
The
housing
needs
assessment,
kind
of
with
a
fine
tooth
comb
over
and
over
again
Melinda's
presentation
and
the
report
itself
from
ccrpc
have
been
really
thorough,
and
you
know
so.
N
N
A
What's
your
agenda
for
I
mean
like
chronologically
for
addressing
this
is
going
to
be
something
that's
a
major
part
of
your
meetings.
Starting
immediately,
are
you
waiting
for
the
slack
board
to
say
if
you
come
back
with
that,
we're
not
going
to
do
it
anyway,
you're,
probably
not
waiting
for
exactly.
N
The
scheduling
the
scheduling
details
are
pretty
much
the
staff's
domain,
like
they
kind
of
help
us
figure
out
like
what
we
can
fit
when
but
I
know
that
we're
coming
back
to
see
you
folks
again
at
our
next
meeting
on
May
2nd.
So
so,
hopefully
that
will
give
you
also
some
time
to
to
ponder
potential
policy
or
program.
N
You
know
all
of
those
little
pieces
coming
together
are
incrementally
going
to
make
a
difference,
and
so
just
as
the
problem
isn't
really
just
one
giant
bundle,
the
solutions
can
also
come
from
lots
and
lots
of
different
dimensions
or
angles
and
and
I
think
we're
we're
all
very
open
and
interested
in
hearing
from
from
you
folks,
as
well
as
the
community
and
ongoing
deliberations
and
and
process.
So.
E
J
Yes,
I
just
wanted
to
say
two
side
points.
One
is
that
Williston
has
put
a
lot
of
effort
into
growth
management
and
we
have
probably
very
wisely
when
you
asked
about
what
do
we
do
differently
from
other
towns,
we've
earlier
on
limited
our
sewer
area
and
designated
a
growth
Center,
and
so
we've
maintained
slower
growth
in
the
residential
and
very
much
slower
growth
in
the
rural
AG
rural
areas
by
focusing
development
at
Taft
corners.
J
That's
one
thing,
and
if
we
were
to
meet
the
goals
of
in
that
presentation,
we
would
have
to
exceed
our
growth
management
goals
which
have
an
effect
on
the
town
even
with
putting
most
of
it
at
the
growth
Center,
the
other.
The
other
point
actually
I'll,
I'll
just
leave
it
at
that.
For
the
moment
to
me,
we
haven't
addressed
that
part
of
things
I.
Well,
no
I
do
want
to
say
the
other
point,
which
is
that
we
really
to
me
the
difference
in
available
housing
to
what
people
can
afford.
J
Who
work
in
Williston
is
striking
and
I.
Don't
want
to
see
us
with
a
bunch
of
buildings,
put
up
at
half
Corners
that
are
all
affordable
units.
I
really
think
we
want
to
see
affordability
distributed
in
different
areas
and
that's
what
inclusionary
zoning
can
do
where
we
say
a
development
greater
than
so
many
houses
must
have
such
and
such
a
percent
of
affordability,
units
and
so
I
just
want
to
stress
that
that
I
think
that
that
value
is
shared
by
most
of
the
Planning
Commission.
Thanks.
L
Yes,
I'll
address
that
Williston
will
need
to
adopt
a
new
town
plan
by
at
the
latest,
the
end
of
August
of
2025
we'll
be
beginning
our
public
engagement
process
around
that
plan
over
the
next
fiscal
year,
and
you
know
in
a
town
like
Williston
that
that
is
growing
at
one
rate
or
another,
pretty
much
all
the
time.
A
lot
of
that
comprehensive
plan
is
how
will
the
town
address
deal
with
react
to
and
shape
that
growth
to
meet
the
goals
that
it
Expresses
in
that
comprehensive
plan?
L
L
We
will
probably
in
the
near
future,
as
we
sort
of
alluded
to
tonight,
be
talking
about
some
policy
adjustments
that
can
be
made
ahead
of
the
Town
plan,
but
I
would
expect
that
the
adopted
2025
Town
plan
is
going
to
have
a
significant
element
about
looking
at
the
the
performance
of
any
bylaw
or
other
changes
that
are
made.
Is
the
town
doing
doing
better
at
meeting
its
stated
goals?
L
Does
the
town
want
to
State
new
goals
about
housing
and
what
is
the
town
going
to
do
for
the
life
of
the
2025
plan
about
this
and
every
other
issue
that
the
plan
will
address
so
keep
in
mind?
Comprehensive
plans
in
Vermont
are
valid
for
eight
years.
So
what
you
consider
in
2024
and
hopefully
adopt
in
mid-2025
will
be
the
town's
game
plan
through
2032.
L
and
it
will
be,
you
know,
doing
things
that
will
you
know
maybe
not
even
be
visible
until
2050..
It's
very,
very
long
range
planning.
So
right
now,
there's
a
needs
assessment.
That
says
this
is
what
the
needs
are
as
of
right
now
or
as
of
the
2020
census.
There
are
some
policy
adjustments
to
think
about
within
the
context
of
the
Town
plan,
that's
in
effect
right
now
and
how
it
talks
about
these
things
and
then
very
shortly
from
now.
F
If
you
know,
if
that
is
sort
of
where
we
want
to
make
some
progress
before
2032.,
you
know
what
kind
of
levers
would
that
be,
and
I
and
I
do
understand.
You
can
do
an
awful
lot
of
things
like
the
inclusionary
zoning,
but
that
might
get
you
a
you
know
a
handful
of
houses,
but
you
know
is
there
something
that
could
get
you
a
hundred,
so
it
that's
that's
what
I'm
really
interested
in
is.
F
L
You
know
really,
very
briefly
we're
going
to
come
back
we're
going
to
talk
about,
as
we
said,
some
some
potential
policy
adjustments
that
that
might
move
things
more
in
the
direction
of
solving
some
of
these
challenges
and
and
at
least
not
in
in
a
Direction,
that's
away
from
them
and
Melinda
used
the
term
and
I
use
the
term
a
lot
too
of
programmatic
things
and
what
we
really
mean
when
we
say
programmatic
is
everything
else:
that's
not
changing
the
zoning
by
law.
We
have
a
Housing
Trust
Fund.
L
L
There
are
towns
in
Vermont
making
really
big
programmatic
decisions
about
housing.
There's
an
article
in
VT
Digger
today
about
a
project
on
Main
Street
in
Windsor.
Moving
forward
I
forget
the
exact
number
of
units,
so
I'm
not
going
to
quote
it.
It's
a
it's
a
three-story
building
on
Windsor
Main
Street
on
a
vacant
lot
next
to
the
diner,
and
that
project
is
moving
forward
in
part
because
the
town
pledged
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
of
its
arpa
money
toward
that
project.
That's
a
that's
a
programmatic
decision!
L
It's
a
budgetary
decision
that
has
a
very
direct
impact.
The
town
of
Waterbury
recently
made
a
decision
to
sell
a
building
and
cite
that
it
was
no
longer
using
to
a
company
that
develops
affordable
homes,
and
there
was
a
big,
a
big
public
meeting
about
that
and
a
big
decision
to
be
made
about
that.
That's
a
programmatic
action.
L
There
are
communities
in
New
England
that
are
buying
and
remediating
Lots
with
decrepit
buildings
or
subsurface
soil
pollution
issues
and
then
making
them
available
to
Preferred
developers
who
want
to
create
affordable
housing
closer
to
home.
The
city
of
Saint
Albans
announced
this
week
that
they're
moving
forward
on
a
project
on
a
Brownfield
that
the
city
acquired
over
10
years
ago,
partnering
with
I,
believe
ever
North
to
build
a
mixed
income
and
affordable
apartment
complex
on
that
site.
L
M
Last
year,
which
was
which
was
you
know
partially
some
some
tweaks
and
our
regulations
were
made,
but
some
of
it
was
programmatic,
involving
and
I'm
talking
about
the
Zephyr
place,
which
is
72
units
of
affordable
housing
from
converted
from
a
old
hotel.
So
that's
a
success
story
and
that's
like
you
know
that
was
a
some
of
it
was
a
programmatic
decision
to
refund
impact
fees,
and
you
know,
and
to
and
the
and
to
Amanda
make
a
bylaw
amendment
that
would
allow
that
project
to
work.
A
So
to
be
continued,
it's
the
answer
is
there's
no
answer
tonight,
but
we
are
going
to
have
a
number
of
more
meetings
about
this.
The
Planning
Commission
is
going
to
continue
its
work
and
I.
Think
all
we
can
say
right
now
is
we're
going
to
keep
asking
the
right
questions
and
feel
our
way
out
and
get
get
resolutions
up
as
best
we
can
so
okay.
B
You
all
for
making
this
priority
for
our
town.
This
is
really
important
work,
and
this
is
something
that
we
really
need
to
address
again
we've.
This
is
not
not
new.
We've
known.
This
is
something
that
needed
to
be
addressed,
but
I
really
appreciate
that
you
all
are
are
so
supportive
of
this
and-
and
you
know,
really
have
put
in
a
lot
of
time
and
work
to
highlight
the
the
work
that
we
still
need
to
do,
which
is
obviously
a
lot,
but
thank
you
really.
D
D
Just
rounding
out
renewals
here,
that's
just
a
couple:
liquor
license
renewals
rewards
in
consideration
this
evening,
distributed
in
a
in
a
transmittal
in
your
packet.
I
will
note.
One
of
these
establishments
did
receive
a
warning
letter
from
DLC.
Last
summer
a
manager
has
Supply
from
their
corporate
office,
supplied
the
board
a
letter
addressing
that
that
issue
for
your
review
as
well.
A
B
D
When
I
checked
in
with
the
town
clerk
the
other
day,
there
still
are
a
couple
establishments
that
have
nots
after
multiple
reminders
of
submitted
their
removal,
so
there's
a
possibility
if
they
want
to
renew
them
still.
This
could
come
back
before
the
board
on
May
2nd.
If
there's
a
couple
but
yeah
I
should
should
be
the
last,
but
might
not
be
the
last,
it
depends
if
they
want
to
renew
their
license
or
not
from
people.
They
haven't
heard
from.
B
D
It's
also
a
couple
things
I'll
highlight
for
my
written
report
this
evening.
Towns
are
fortunate
to
receive
a
transportation
Alternatives
Grant
from
Vermont
agency
of
Transportation,
a
300
000
Grant.
This
will
be
a
sidewalk
project
on
Industrial,
Avenue,
I
believe
on
the
Eastern
side,
starting
at
the
Route,
2
and
I.
Don't
think
it
will
get
us
all
the
way
up
to
Route
2A
but
I
know
it's
a
it's.
A
good
portion
of
I've
got
the
plan
map
with
the
application
somewhere.
I
can
share
with
the
board
to
put
a
visual
behind
it.
D
I'll
I'll
find
that
this
week
import
it
on
to
you,
but
good
good
work
for
this
grant
for
the
town,
we'll
continue
to
work
to
fill
in
these
sidewalk
gaps,
and
especially
with
this
a
major
employment
center.
We
have
a
town
park.
I
want
to
end
the
road,
some
residential
neighborhoods
as
well
so
I'm
working
to
we're
going
to
tie
everything
together
here.
D
So
that's
certainly
a
big
project
on
on
the
horizon
here
to
discuss
as
well
and
then
head
up
to
the
board
and
I've
got
a
couple
of
these
flowers,
leaving
your
mailboxes
Terry
and
Jean,
but
we're
gearing
up
for
green
up
day
on
Saturday
May
6th.
Really,
our
planning
department
does
a
great
job
in
leading
this
organization
and
our
staff
there.
D
This
will
be
our
second
year
of
the
Town
Fair.
It's
a
a
wave
sort
of
focusing
interact
with
departments,
some
local
non-profits,
some
activities.
I
think
it
looks
like
we're
having
a
yoga
class
to
where
I'm
going
to
stretch
out
before
they
green
up
at
nine
o'clock
and
we've
got
some
Town
bands.
Gonna
have
a
brief
concert.
D
I'm
planning
on
some
some
leave
coming
up
I
want
to
make
sure
we
have
representation
at
these
meetings
if
I'm
valuable
to
attend.
So
that's
on
the
board
to
consider
appointing
assistant
to
the
manager,
Aaron
Dickinson,
to
the
alternate
to
the
communications
Union
District
board,
so
she
may
attend,
if
I'm
not
able
to
for
a
couple
meetings
here.