September 2018 NPA Meeting
Neighborhood Planning Assembly Agenda for the Wards 2 and 3
Thursday September 13, 2018
FREE Community Dinner at 5:30 pm
Old North End Community Center (formerly St. Joseph's School)
20 Allen St
At the June 14, 2018 Wards 2 & 3 NPA meeting, it was resolved that the City should consider a Ward to be a stakeholder in any multi-stakeholder City-created group that is intended to provide advice that would affect that Ward. Each Ward should appoint its own delegate and alternate delegate and each Ward via its delegate should have equal status to the other stakeholders. Each Ward would determine the duration of participation of its delegate(s).
:05 NPA Announcements:
Invitation to participate on bylaws development committee (Infinite Culcleasure)
Financial Report (James Lockridge)
Winooski Corridor Ward representation update (Tony Redington)
:10 Public Forum Announcements / Comments / Issues / Suggestions (One minute per speaker)
:09 City Councilors’ Report
Jane Knodell, Central District (Wards 2 and 3)
Brian Pine, Ward 3
Max Tracy, Ward 2
:12 State Representatives’ Report
Jill Krowinski and Curt McCormack (Chittenden 6-3)
Selene Colburn and Brian Cina (Chittenden 6-4)
:10 Recap of June Meeting (Emma Schoenberg)
What did we learn from the visioning exercise, and how does this help us plan for the NPA’s future?
:10 CEDO Update re: Memorial Auditorium Survey; Civic Engagement Best Practices
Neale Lunderville, Interim Director, CEDO ([email protected])
:10 Proposed NPA Endorsement: Ballot Item, City Hall Park Redevelopment (Donna Walters)
Keep the Park Green describes a ballot item to cancel the approved plan for City Hall Park redevelopment and seeks an NPA resolution of endorsement:
“We, the undersigned voters of the City of Burlington hereby petition our City Council to warn the advisory resolution below for a Town Meeting vote: Whereas, City Hall Park needs work, but the city’s current redevelopment plan removes approximately 40% of the trees and increases paved area to cover about 1/3 of the park, at an estimated cost of $4 million; Shall we, the citizens of Burlington, advise the Mayor and City Council to: A) cancel the current plan for City Hall Park that was approved by the City Council on 6-25-18; and B) instead, repair, maintain, and improve the Park by preserving more existing trees and shaded areas, repairing grass and existing walkways, increasing lighting and benches, and retaining the historic character of the Park?””
:10 Dry Cleaner PCE & TCE Contamination on Elmwood Avenue (Pending Amanda)
The EPA recently measured levels of perchloroethylene (PCE) and trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination in the Elmwood Avenue neighborhood that were above federal limits.
:10 Pathways Vermont
Abby Levinsohn, Employment Team Leader/Outreach Coordinator ([email protected])
Meeting concludes at 8:45pm
:05 NPA Announcements:
Invitation to participate on bylaws development committee (Infinite Culcleasure)
Financial Report (James Lockridge)
Winooski Corridor Ward representation update (Tony Redington)
:10 Public Forum Announcements / Comments / Issues / Suggestions (One minute per speaker)
:09 City Councilors’ Report
Jane Knodell, Central District (Wards 2 and 3)
Brian Pine, Ward 3
Max Tracy, Ward 2
:12 State Representatives’ Report
Jill Krowinski and Curt McCormack (Chittenden 6-3)
Selene Colburn and Brian Cina (Chittenden 6-4)
:10 Recap of June Meeting (Emma Schoenberg)
What did we learn from the visioning exercise, and how does this help us plan for the NPA’s future?
:10 CEDO Update re: Memorial Auditorium Survey; Civic Engagement Best Practices
Neale Lunderville, Interim Director, CEDO ([email protected])
:10 Proposed NPA Endorsement: Ballot Item, City Hall Park Redevelopment (Donna Walters)
Keep the Park Green describes a ballot item to cancel the approved plan for City Hall Park redevelopment and seeks an NPA resolution of endorsement:
“We, the undersigned voters of the City of Burlington hereby petition our City Council to warn the advisory resolution below for a Town Meeting vote: Whereas, City Hall Park needs work, but the city’s current redevelopment plan removes approximately 40% of the trees and increases paved area to cover about 1/3 of the park, at an estimated cost of $4 million; Shall we, the citizens of Burlington, advise the Mayor and City Council to: A) cancel the current plan for City Hall Park that was approved by the City Council on 6-25-18; and B) instead, repair, maintain, and improve the Park by preserving more existing trees and shaded areas, repairing grass and existing walkways, increasing lighting and benches, and retaining the historic character of the Park?””
:10 Dry Cleaner PCE & TCE Contamination on Elmwood Avenue (Pending Amanda)
The EPA recently measured levels of perchloroethylene (PCE) and trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination in the Elmwood Avenue neighborhood that were above federal limits.
:10 Pathways Vermont
Abby Levinsohn, Employment Team Leader/Outreach Coordinator ([email protected])
Meeting concludes at 8:45pm