Wards 2 & 3 NPA

Meeting Notes Wards 2 and 3 Neighborhood Planning Assembly Thursday, May 9, 2024 Join in person: ONE Community Center, 20 Allen St. Join virtually: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85860854764 Moderator: Chris Haessly Notetaker: Roxanne Meuse Attendees: See last page for scans of sign-in sheet Community events and resources mentioned in this meeting Who shared info Borrow a trash grabber! A resident anytime Lisa Scofield, Ward 2 resident got a bunch for neighbors to pick up trash Take the survey for our county’s Survey closes at the CCRPC “ECOS” Regional Plan! end of May https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YG H2YSN should take 5-10 minutes. Completing this survey will allow you to be entered into a $50 Visa gift card raffle Burlington Farmers Market First market of the Harold Kaplan, associated year is Saturday May with the market 11 10am-2pm ONE Clean Up and Clean Out Day - Saturday May 18, City Councilor Gene Bergman Accepting furniture, trash, debris (see 10am-2:30pm full list at link). In need of volunteers! Rally for the Planet May 23 on State Erika Faulkner, adult leader House Lawn for the Vermont Youth Lobby & Ward 2 resident Unveiling of the Embrace and June 14, Phet Keomanyvanh, REIB Belonging Monument at Dewey Park 11am-12:30pm  Resource: CivicClerk (all city meetings n/a City Councilor Melo Grant - agendas, notes, related materials) The mayor announced that there will TBD City Councilor Joe Kane be formal community conversations on Israel & Palestine coordinated by the Community Justice Center 6:45 pm Introductions & Announcements Steering Committee members present: Chris Haessly, Roxanne Meuse, Mollie Flanigan, Erika Faulkner, Lauren Ebersol, Jessy Robbins, Amy Francisco 6:40 pm Public Forum ● Lisa: Trash grabber lending library is going great. Has 5 tonight if anyone wants to borrow one ● Erika Faulkner: [adult leader for youth climate org]: Annual rally for climate coming up ● Luzeh(sp?): [new here, from Boston] Can we put together a group of volunteers to beautify the city more often? ○ Melo Grant (city councilor) spoke to this and said there’s an event on Saturday the 18th for cleanup. If you’re interested, email Gene Bergman ● Chris Haessly: This is teacher appreciation week ● Harold(?): Burlington Farmers Market this Sat 10-2 on Pine St - first of the year. 6:55 pm Update on Roosevelt Park Comprehensive Plan Sophie Sauvé, Burlington Parks, Recreation, and Waterfront Phet Keomanyvanh, Racial Equity Inclusion and Belonging (REIB) Office Website of the Roosevelt Park Comprehensive Plan ● Roosevelt Park: ○ City is doing more outreach, with smaller groups, reaching out to both those that already do and don’t use Roosevelt Park. ○ Next public meeting coming up: 5pm on ○ Attendee: Did you reach out to the school and Boys & Girls Club? ■ Sophie: Yes, and biggest idea was to have a more permanent place to play soccer. Also: a school, a park. Kids like the swing at Oakledge. ○ Ben from Decatur St: Why does there need to be a comprehensive plan since it’s so well used? And, is an off-leash dog area being considered? ■ We identify parks for comp plans when we have capital project money coming up, and do it to make sure what’s there is still serving everyone, to make them more accessible. And Roos Park is well used, but there are  people not using it, and some perceive it as unsafe after an incident. And without this process, we don’t get the feedback we need to plan for the future. ○ Charlie Giannoni: With City Hall Park, there were 20 meetings and only 5 got recorded. The public said they wanted more grass and trees, but instead we have paved areas and markets. And now the little park at end of Archibald St is mostly concrete. So what about Roos Park? ■ Sophie: City Hall Park is about more than just grass & trees. Arborist found that the trees weren’t in good shape. There’s also emerald ash borer. City is planting a lot of trees. It’s about meeting as many needs as we can. And every park is zoned to only have a certain percentage of paved areas and all our parks are within that. And accessibility requires some paving (which wasn’t thought about in the 70s when most of these parks were built. ○ Melo Grant: Requests they post on FPF and email info to City Councilors to distribute. ○ Clifford (Pearl St): Could we have a basketball court with lights in Burlington ■ Sophie: Have heard that, it’s not cheap, we’re working on fixing issues with our parks, so it’s lower on the priority list. ○ Charlie Messing: Hopes we can keep the park parklike, without a whole lot of concrete. ○ Masoud: Ideas: Plant evergreens and indigenous trees. Build a research unit - a scientific park where scientists can conduct research. ● Embrace and Belonging monument at Dewey Park: ○ In 2020 after George Floyd’s murder, the City made a commitment ○ Unveiling on June 14 ○ Nora: Context on the artist not being from Vermont? ■ A call went out to artists across the country. The selection committee (of ONE residents, including Farmers market, students, organizations) selected that artist. ○ Amy: What about enough room for the farmers market? ■ Phet: We’re still in talks, having continuous conversations ○ Janet Hicks: There’s a gap somewhere, from people like Charlie saying the public was not heard (wanted trees, got pavement), compared to the City saying they are getting and taking public feedback. ■ Phet: Our (at the REIB) view of the “public” is more than who’s here today. Asks that folks here think outside their own community, including marginalized communities. 7:25 pm Give feedback on the 2025 ECOS Regional Plan  Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) ● See slides ● Question about what comes out of the plan (policy? grants?) Answer is that a city/town applies for funding through the CCRPC for projects that further one of the plan’s goals. Also, the CCRPC uses the plan to know what to advocate for at the state level. ● Question on how much money we’re talking about: Most of the funding comes from Federal Highway Administration, then goes straight to towns/cities (about $2.5-3 M a year). For example funds from the CCRPC is covering most of the Battery St corridor project.. The rest of their budget is mostly for its staffing. ● Break-out groups! 8:15 pm City Councilors and School Commissioners updates ● Melo: ○ Encourages everyone to learn how to use CivicClerk where you can find meetings, ○ Marvelous nights of May ● Joe Kane: ○ Will be keeping an eye on the parking revenue aspect of our budget. Might be subsidizing parking too much. ○ Jonathan Chappel-Sokol from the Ward 1 NPA brought a resolution to the City Council last Monday. “Resolution Relating to The Relationship Between City Officials and The Neighborhood Planning Assemblies City of Burlington” - passed by the Ward 1 NPA at their March 2024 meeting. Action out of it: Community Development and Neighborhood Revitalization Committee to review and advise. ○ Joe is on the Community Development and Neighborhood Revitalization Committee. Next meeting: Wed ○ Progressive councilors wrote a letter supporting the students encampment at UVM ○ The mayor announced that there will be formal community conversations on Israel & Palestine coordinated by the Community Justice Center ● Gene: ○ Cleanup date: Saturday June 18 - cleanup day. One from IAA, one from SA. People can bring their unused garbage and furniture. 10-2:30pm. ● Question: There used to be CDBG money for neighbors to request money from. ○ Melo: we’re using $ from our budget allocation. ● Jacob Flanigan: Will there be recycling at the event on the 18th? And how will this be shared with the community and how can we engage and sign up? ○ Melo: We just posted on FPF, will do more of that and social media. Need people to spread the word. And will need volunteers to sign up.  ● Melo: Police officer count is still where it was. And foot patrols will be more downtown, not in the ONE. So help each other out, let your councilor know if you need something. Overdoses did start to trend down. Some progress with federal partners, stopping some drug trafficking. Legislature passed overdose prevention centers. We should have an event on those to share information. ● Question: Is there any plan to put officers in front of the library? Answer: They’re already there a bit, including the Howard Center outreach team, and one of the park rangers. But the focus for staffing will be City Hall Park and Church St. but that’s nearby. ● Charlie G: $13 million deficit is historic, nothing approaches it in the past 50 years. I’m shocked that no one in City govt realized this any sooner. ○ Melo: There was a significant deficit last year and they used ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) money to plug the hole. Don’t have that this year. Adjourned at 8:45pm

Wards 2 and 3 Neighborhood Planning Assembly Thursday, May 9, 2024, 6:30-8:30pm Join in person: ONE Community Center, 20 Allen St. Join virtually: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85860854764 Community dinner: 5:30-6:30pm | Wild Spring Dinner with Ramp Risotto cakes, Nettle & Garlic Mustard Pesto, Lentil Salad with Fiddleheads, and Rhubarb cake Music: Brian Perkins Moderator: Chris Haessly Notetaker: Roxanne Meuse 6:30 pm Introductions & Announcements | 10 min 1. Adopt the agenda 2. NPA member introductions 6:40 pm Public Forum | 10 min (2 minutes max per person) Please state your full name, pronouns, street, and ward, and follow the NPA ground rules. 6:50 pm Update on Roosevelt Park Comprehensive Plan | 15 min Sophie Sauvé, Burlington Parks, Recreation, and Waterfront Phet Keomanyvanh, Racial Equity Inclusion and Belonging (REIB) Office Website of the Roosevelt Park Comprehensive Plan 7:05 pm Give feedback on the 2025 ECOS Regional Plan | 30 min Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) Our county’s regional plan is called ECOS (Environment, Community, Opportunity, Sustainability). 2-page summary of the ECOS plan. We’ll learn about the ECOS plan, and break out into groups to discuss the following focus areas of it: ● Economy and Household Finance. see summary ● Housing and Health. see summary ● Civic Engagement and Social Connectedness. see summary If you’re attending online, wedo not have a Zoom break-out group option, so you might just need to wait out that portion (10-15 minutes). However, you can use the Raise Hand or Q&A features to ask a question or say something, and our Zoom monitor will bring it to the group when we gather back together after breakouts. 7:35 pm City Councilors and School Commissioners updates | 15 min+ Bring your questions and concerns. 7:50-8 pm Adjourn - thank you for coming! Our next meeting is Thursday, June 13. 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Webinar link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85860854764 Webinar ID 858 6085 4764 Or iPhone one-tap US: +19292056099,,85860854764# Or telephone +1 929 205 6099 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 669 900 6833 Wards 2 and 3 NPA Steering Committee To email the full steering committee: wards2and3npa@googlegroups.com Lauren Ebersol Ward 2 lebersol27@gmail.com Erika Faulkner Ward 2 efaulkner013@gmail.com Mollie Klepack Flanigan Ward 2 mollieklepack@gmail.com Jessica Hyman Ward 2 jessicahymanvt@gmail.com Roxanne Meuse Ward 2 rtmeuse@gmail.com Michelle Borbas Ward 3 sarno75@gmail.com Chris Haessly Ward 3 haessly@adelphia.net Amy Prenowitz Ward 3 aprenowitz@gmail.com Jess Robbins Ward 3 jessiemayrobbins@gmail.com Charlie Messing Ward 3 charliemessing@gmail.com Appendix to agenda | Wards 2 & 3 NPA - Page 1 About Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) A section of Burlington City Council resolution first adopted in 1982 establishing provisions for a Neighborhood Planning Assembly in each City ward. …Neighborhood Planning Assemblies shall... help provide citizens with information concerning city programs and activities; help obtain citizen views of city needs; help provide citizens with the opportunity to participate in making recommendations with respect to governmental decisions including the allocation of revenues. ...Assemblies shall also be encouraged to provide advice to the appropriate commission or this council with respect to community development, housing programs, this City's Comprehensive Plan and its waterfront planning activities, and the city's budget among other issues.... NPA GUIDING PRINCIPLES: ● Operate through democratic principles and democratic procedures; ● Provide a safe and welcoming forum where residents can actively share their voices about issues that matter to them, and where they can learn from the voices of others; ● Cultivate involvement by a diverse spectrum of community members through active outreach and through eliminating barriers to participation; ● Operate in a manner that models respectful, inclusive, culturally, and economically aware practices; and ● Be a fun, creative, and vital organization that provides value and benefit through the multitude of perspectives shared by those who participate. NPA GROUND RULES: ● Meetings should have clearly defined Agenda & Roles. ● Honor Time limits: A best effort must be made to start on time, follow the agenda, and finish on time. ● Listen to others: Make efforts to be an open-minded member of the group. ● Respect the agenda and the process: Try to remain focused on the issue at hand. ● Share your opinion respectfully: Speak out, but not over, others’ comments. ● Treat people how you would like to be treated: Be respectful of everyone, including guests. Appendix to agenda | Wards 2 & 3 NPA - Page 2 Elected officials representing Wards 2 and 3 Mayor: Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak Progressive mayor@BurlingtonVT.gov City Councilors: Central District (Wards 2 & 3) Melo Grant Progressive megrant@burlingtonvt.gov 802-310-0962 Ward 2 Gene Bergman Progressive gbergman@burlingtonvt.gov 802-598-3602 Ward 3 Joe Kane Progressive jkane@burlingtonvt.gov 802-391-4394 School Board Members: Central District (Wards 2 & 3) Jean Waltz jwaltz@bsdvt.org 802-355-7856 Ward 2 Polly Vanderputten pvanderputten@bsdvt.org 802-578-8653 Ward 3 Saja Almogalli salmogalli@bsdvt.org Vermont State House Representatives: Chittenden-15 Troy Headrick Progressive/Democrat theadrick@leg.state.vt.us Chittenden-15 Brian Cina Progressive/Democrat bcina@leg.state.vt.us (802) 828-2228 Chittenden-16 Kate Logan Progressive/Democrat klogan@leg.state.vt.us (802) 828-2228 Chittenden-16 Jill Krowinski Democrat jkrowinski@leg.state.vt.us (802) 828-2228 Chittenden-17 Abigail Duke Democrat aduke@leg.state.vt.us (802) 828-2228 Vermont State Senators: Chittenden-Central Tanya Vyhovsky Progressive/Democrat ltvyhovsky@leg.state.vt.us (802) 828-2228 Chittenden-Central Martine Gulick Democrat mgulick@leg.state.vt.us (802) 828-2228 Chittenden-Central Philip Baruth Democrat/Progressive pbaruth@leg.state.vt.us (802) 503-5266 Appendix to agenda | Wards 2 & 3 NPA - Page 3