The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St. We will begin with a community meal provided by The People’s Kitchen at 6:30pm, and start into our agenda at 7:00pm.
Neighbors can also attend virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

6:30 - Food from People's Kitchen & Community Time

7:00 PM Welcome, Public Forum | 20 Minutes

7:20 PM Pine Street Updates | 10 Minutes

● BCA’s Community Room and Exploration of Music Venue

● Presented by BCA’s Doreen Kraft

7:30 PM Community Climate Conversation | 60 Minutes

● Following our NPA conversations about important topics like Safety and Affordability, we’ll moderate a community conversation around Burlington’s Climate goals to get a sense of our collective thoughts on both direction and progress

8:30 PM Adjourn
next meeting: Thursday, April 17, 2025

Our public record agenda and minutes are hosted by CivicClerk: https://burlingtonvt.portal.civicclerk.com/?category_id=75
NPA5@City/CEDO https://burlingtonvt.gov/227/Ward-5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available near-live)
CCTV (available a few days later)

*** This month our Ward 5 will meet together with Ward 6, representing together the South District, to bring you a candidate forum. The meeting is 2 weeks earlier than usual to better align with Town Meeting Day early/mail-in voting. ***

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is (usually) the third Thursday of every month, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St. We will begin with a community meal provided by The People’s Kitchen at 6:30pm, and start into our agenda at 7:00pm.
Neighbors can also attend virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

6:30 - Food from People's Kitchen & Community Time

7:00 PM Welcome, Public Forum | 20 Minutes

7:30 - Updates from City Councilors on ballot initiatives

Becca Brown McNight - Ward 6, Ben Traverse - Ward 5, Joan Shannon - South District

7:45 - Updates from School Board representatives

Clare Wool - Ward 6, Lucia Campriello - Ward 5, Jeff Wick - South District

8:00 PM - South District City Council candidate forum | 30 minutes

candidates will introduce themselves, speak about why they are running, and hear questions from attendees
Buddy Singh, Jen Monroe Zakaras

8:30 PM - DPW presentation on bond initiatives | 30 Minutes

Megan Moir, DPW Water Resources

9:00 PM Adjourn
next meeting: Thursday, March 20, 2025

Our public record agenda and minutes are hosted by CEDO at burlingtonvt.gov/227/Ward-5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available near-live)
CCTV (available a few days later)

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St. We will begin with a community meal provided by The People’s Kitchen at 6:30pm, and start into our agenda at 7:00pm.
Neighbors can also attend virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

6:30 - Food from People's Kitchen & Community Time

7:00 PM Welcome, Public Forum | 20 Minutes

7:20 PM Community discussion on affordability | 40 Minutes

● Overview of current cost of public services in Burlington (taxes + utilities

for homeowners, rent + utilities for renters), as well as the impact of the

proposed bonds that are on the Town Meeting Day ballot on cost for

homeowners and renters at various levels

● Open discussion on affordability, with a focus on creating a space for

people to consider the broader context of all the things we are being

called on to pay for and discuss what we can afford as a community

o This will include an acknowledgement of the inherent inequity of

renting in Burlington, and the fact that many renters want to be

homeowners but have no realistic path for getting there

8:00 PM Affordability Polling | 30 Minutes

● Participants will be given a way to communicate collectively and

anonymously to our elected officials what we feel we each can afford in

terms of additional monthly cost of living in Burlington

● This will be cross-referenced with anticipated cost of the bonds, so as to

give a sense of how big of a bond people in attendance are willing to

support

8:30 PM Adjourn
next meeting: Thursday, February 20, 2025

Our public record agenda and minutes are hosted by CEDO at burlingtonvt.gov/227/Ward-5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available near-live)
CCTV (available a few days later)

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St. We will begin with a community meal provided by The People’s Kitchen at 6:30pm, and start into our agenda at 7:00pm.
Neighbors can also attend virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

6:30 - Food from People's Kitchen & Community Time

7:00 PM Welcome, Public Forum | 30 Minutes

7:15 PM - State House Discussion with Tiff Bluemle and Bram Kleppner | 30 Minutes

● Our state representative Tiff Bluemle and representative-elect Bram

Kleppner will share and hear thoughts on the upcoming legislative session

● Time for Q&A

8:30 PM Adjourn
next meeting: Thursday, January 16, 2025

Our public record agenda and minutes are hosted by CEDO at burlingtonvt.gov/227/Ward-5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available near-live)
CCTV (available a few days later)

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St. We will begin with a community meal provided by The People’s Kitchen at 6:30pm, and start into our agenda at 7:00pm.
Neighbors can also attend virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

6:30 - Food from People's Kitchen & Community Time

7:00 PM Welcome, Public Forum | 30 Minutes

7:30 PM Community Development Block Grants | 10 Minutes

● Explain the CDBG program

● Nominate a community member to serve on the board

7:40 PM DPW Water Resources Bond Vote | 20 Minutes

● Presented by Megan Moir

8:00 PM City Council Update | 30 Minutes

● Presented by Councillors Ben Traverse and Joan Shannon

8:30 PM Adjourn
next meeting: Thursday, December 19, 2024

Our public record agenda and minutes are hosted by CEDO at burlingtonvt.gov/npa5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available near-live)
CCTV (available a few days later)

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St. We will begin with a community meal provided by The People’s Kitchen at 6:30pm, and start into our agenda at 7:00pm.
Neighbors can also attend virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

6:30 - Food from People's Kitchen & Community Time

7:00 PM Welcome, Public Forum | 10 minutes

7:10 PM HomeShare Vermont | 20 minutes
presented by Ric Cengeri

7:30 PM Fletcher Free Library updates | 10 minutes
presented by Mary Danko

7:40 Ballot Item: Burlington Electric Department Bond Issue | 20 minutes

presented by Darren Springer, BED General Manager

8:00 Ballot Item: Police Oversight Change | 30 minutes

8:30 Adjourn
next meeting: Thursday, November 21, 2024

Our public record agenda and minutes are hosted by CEDO at burlingtonvt.gov/npa5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available near-live)
CCTV (available a few days later)

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St. We will begin with a community meal provided by The People’s Kitchen at 6:30pm, and start into our agenda at 7:00pm.
Neighbors can also attend virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

6:30 - Food from People's Kitchen & Community Time

7:00 - Welcome to the NPA | 5 minutes
● Adopt the agenda
● Ground rules
● Introductions

7:05 PM Public Forum | 15 minutes

7:20 PM Announcements: Burlington Electric, Public Works
presented by Darren Springer, BED and Chapin Spencer, DPW

7:30 PM South End Community Center update
presented by Neighborhood Doing Assembly Big Ideas Team

7:40 PM Calahan Park update
presented by Sophie Nichol Sauvé, BPRW and NDA Calahan Park Team

8:00 PM Fletcher Free Library update postponed
presented by Mary Danko, FFL

8:05 PM Department of Public Works Safer Streets initiatives
presented by Philip Peterson, DPW

8:30 PM Adjourn
Our public record agenda and minutes are hosted by CEDO at burlingtonvt.gov/npa5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available near-live)
CCTV (available a few days later)

Save the Date for a community event presented by your Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA).
Let’s get together with good food in a comfortable setting!

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Food from People's Kitchen & beyond.
Presentations and teach-in sessions on encouraging pedestrian and bicycle safety through the design of our streets and intersections.

Write down your ideas for neighborhood improvement.

Join our ‘Neighborhood Doing Assembly’ subteams to get involved with initiatives you care the most about.

5:30 PM (approximately) - Clean up

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St. We will begin with a community meal provided by The People’s Kitchen at 6:30pm, and start into our agenda at 7:00pm.
Neighbors can also attend virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

6:30 - Food from People's Kitchen & Community Time

7:00 - Welcome to the NPA | 5 minutes
● Adopt the agenda
● Ground rules
● Introductions

7:05 PM Public Forum | 15 minutes

7:20 PM Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission plan update
presented by Anne Nelson Stoner, CCRPC

7:40 PM Burlington History and Culture Center historical society and museum initiatives
presented by Gail Rosenberg, BHCC

8:00 PM South End Community Center presentation and resolution vote
presented by Jak Tiano, Neighborhood Doing Assembly Big Ideas Team

8:40 PM Adjourn
Our public record agenda and minutes are hosted by CEDO at burlingtonvt.gov/npa5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available near-live)
CCTV (available a few days later)

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St. We will begin with a community meal provided by The People’s Kitchen at 6:30pm, and start into our agenda at 7:00pm.
Neighbors can also attend virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

6:30 - Food from People's Kitchen & Community Time

7:00 - Welcome to the NPA | 5 minutes
● Adopt the agenda
● Ground rules
● Introductions

7:05 PM Public Forum | 15 minutes

7:20 PM Burlington PD community engagement discussion | 15 minutes
● Goal: provide guidance to BPD regarding desired community engagement
in Ward 5
● Presented by Shannon Trammell of BPD

7:35 PM Update on Neighborhood Doing Assembly | 10 minutes
● Goal: provide an update on status of teams and invite additional people
to participate
● Presented by Jason Van Driesche

7:45 PM Brainstorming and discussion re: South End Community Center | 45 minutes
● Goal: discuss and add to community-generated concepts for getting a
community center built in the South End Innovation District
● Presented by Jak Tiano

8:30 PM Adjourn
Our public record agenda and minutes are hosted by CEDO at burlingtonvt.gov/npa5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available near-live)
CCTV (available a few days later)

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St. We will begin with a community meal provided by The People’s Kitchen at 6:30pm, and start into our agenda at 7:00pm.
Neighbors can also attend virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

6:30 - Food from People's Kitchen & Community Time

7:00 - Welcome to the NPA

7:02 - Public Forum

7:20 - Water Supply Line Survey - Emily Piersiak, Burlington Water Resources

presentation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gJ5Mms9fIFs9UU0wwbn45cMKrFPk9ca7/view?usp=sharing

7:35 - Steering Committee Election

7:50 - Neighborhood Doing Assembly organizing session

8:20 - Adjourn

Our public record agenda and minutes are hosted by CEDO at burlingtonvt.gov/npa5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available near-live)
CCTV (available a few days later)

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St. We will begin with a community meal provided by The People’s Kitchen at 6:30pm, and start into our agenda at 7:00pm.
Neighbors can also attend virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

6:30 — Food from People's Kitchen & Community Time

7:00 — Welcome to the NPA

7:02 — Public Forum

7:20 PM: Remaining agenda TBD

8:xx: Adjourn

Our public record agenda and minutes are hosted by CEDO at burlingtonvt.gov/npa5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available near-live)
CCTV (available a few days later)

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St. We will begin with a community meal provided by The People’s Kitchen at 6:30pm, and start into our agenda at 7:00pm.
Neighbors can also attend virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

6:30 PM — Food from People's Kitchen & Community Time

7:00 PM — Welcome to the NPA

7:02 PM — Public Forum

Sample ballot for Town Meeting Day
https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/sites/default/files/Ward%205%20Sample.pdf

7:20 PM — Burlington School District Budget Update
Russ Elek, BSD Communications

7:50 PM — Candidate Forum - Ward 5 City Council Seat
Lena Greenberg (I) and Ben Traverse (D, incumbent)

8:30 PM — Adjourn

Our public record agenda and minutes are hosted by CEDO at burlingtonvt.gov/npa5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available near-live)
CCTV (available a few days later)

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St. We will begin with a community meal provided by The People’s Kitchen at 6:30pm, and start into our agenda at 7:00pm.
Neighbors can also attend virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

6:30 PM: Food from People's Kitchen & Community Time

7:00 PM: Welcome to the NPA

7:02 PM: Public Forum

7:20 PM: Preview of bylaws work and working meeting schedule

7:25 PM: Presentation on Gateway Block Development
Samantha Dunn, Assistant Director for Community Works

7:50 PM: Burlington School District budget proposal overview
Lucia Campriello, Ward 5 School Commissioner

8:10 PM: Revisiting neighborhood improvement ideas from August Social

8:40 PM: Adjourn

Our public record agenda and minutes are hosted by CEDO at burlingtonvt.gov/npa5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available near-live)
CCTV (available a few days later)

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St. We will begin with a community meal provided by The People’s Kitchen at 6:30pm, and start into our agenda at 7:00pm.
Neighbors can also attend virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

6:30 — Food from People's Kitchen & Community Time

7:00 — Welcome to the NPA

7:02 — Public Forum

7:20 PM: Petra Cliffs presentation of new site/expansion

7:50PM: Recap of last month's discussion, the resolution we passed, and an open discussion on responding to harm at NPAs

8:10: Discussing neighborhood improvement ideas from August Social
Google Form: http://tinyurl.com/NPA122123

8:40: Adjourn

Our public record agenda and minutes are hosted by CEDO at burlingtonvt.gov/npa5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available near-live)
CCTV (available a few days later)

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St. We will begin with a community meal provided by The People’s Kitchen at 6:30pm, and start into our agenda at 7:00pm.
Neighbors can also attend virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

6:30 — Food from People's Kitchen & Community Time

7:00 — Welcome to the NPA

7:02 — Public Forum

7:20 — Election: Community Development Block Grant Representative for Ward 5

Online voting: CDBG Election https://forms.gle/5Ai2HU1Sz6J2Tc9A6

7:40 — Resolution discussion and vote:

A Resolution Affirming Norms of Respect within the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly

Online voting: Resolution https://forms.gle/DwdpGraqW3Pb8agV6

8:15 — Adjourn


Our public record agenda and minutes are hosted by CEDO at burlingtonvt.gov/npa5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available near-live)
CCTV (available a few days later)

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St. We will begin with a community meal provided by The People’s Kitchen at 6:30pm, and start into our agenda at 7:00pm.
Neighbors can also attend virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

6:30 — Food from People's Kitchen & Community Time

7:00 — Welcome to the NPA

7:02 — Public Forum

7:20 — Burlington Neighborhood Code presentation

Sarah Morgan, City Planning

7:40 — Drug use declared a Public Health Crisis

Melo Grant, City Councilor - Central District

7:55 — Community discussion regarding creative solutions to drug and housing crises

8:25 — Adjourn


Our public record agenda and minutes are hosted by CEDO at burlingtonvt.gov/npa5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available near-live)
CCTV (available a few days later)

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month at 7:00pm, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St, as well as virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

Please join us at DPW, 646 Pine Street, at 6:30pm for a community dinner with delicious food provided by People's Kitchen. If you can't make it in person, you can attend the meeting by Zoom starting at 7:00pm.

6:30 — Food from People's Kitchen & Community Time

7:00 — Welcome to the NPA

7:02 — Public Forum

7:20 — Update on Community Development Block Grants

Ilona Blanchard, Ward 5’s representative to CDBG

7:25 — Update from Ward 5 residents displaced by fires

7:35 — Discussion of proposed expansion of McNeil Generating Station

reference: presentation from Stop BTV Biomass, Lena Greenberg (in Google Drive)

reference: presentation from Burlington Electric Department (in Google Drive)

8:30 — Adjourn

Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

Public agenda and minutes at burlingtonvt.gov/npa5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available semi-live)
CCTV (available after meeting)

Hello neighbors! Please come on out to Calahan Park - Sunday August 20 for a FREE community meal and social event. It's happening from 3:00 to 5:30 right next to the playground, where the big oak tree used to be. :(

Bring your families, friends, and neighbors to hang out, eat, and play!

We'll have a few grills going -- feel free to bring grillables and/or a dish to share. There'll also be food from the People's Kitchen and a mic set up for sharing music and neighborhood updates. Bring chairs and blankets, songs and stories, and your ideas for how to make the South End even more vibrant and welcoming.

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month at 7:00pm, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St, as well as virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

Please join us at DPW, 646 Pine Street, at 6:30pm for a community dinner with delicious food provided by People's Kitchen. If you can't make it in person, you can attend the meeting by Zoom starting at 7:00pm.

6:30 – Food from People's Kitchen & Community Time

7:00 – Welcome to the NPA and Public Forum

7:20 – State Legislature Updates
Tiff Bluemle and Gabrielle Stebbins, Chittenden-13 Representatives

7:50 - City Council Updates
Joan Shannon, South District Councilor and Ben Traverse, Ward 5 Councilor

South End Innovation District handout

8:20 – Adjourn

Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

Public agenda and minutes at burlingtonvt.gov/npa5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available semi-live)
CCTV (available after meeting)

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month at 7:00pm, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St, as well as virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

Please join us at DPW, 646 Pine Street, at 6:30pm for a community dinner with delicious food provided by People's Kitchen. If you can't make it in person, you can attend the meeting by Zoom starting at 7:00pm.

6:30 – Food from People's Kitchen & Community Time

7:00 – Welcome to the NPA and Public Forum

7:20 – 179 Queen City Park Road: Rhino Foods potential expansion project

Martin Courcelle, Champlain Consulting Engineers, ChamplainConsulting.net
presentation https://drive.google.com/file/d/17rNzT6AbYAHuHw4z9a6Od2dVg24XYa7N/view

7:50 - 453 Pine Street: Nordic bath house and commercial building project

Jovial King, SiltBathHouse.com
presentation https://drive.google.com/file/d/1la8a41hVADolEYM5ev2gk2N-Kc3-MDQj/view

8:20 – Adjourn

(Canceled / Postponed) HEART (Humane Eviction And Removal Team) Wildlife Removal program

JoAnn Nichols, HEART Wildlife Removal, HeartWildlifeRemoval.com

Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

Public agenda and minutes at burlingtonvt.gov/npa5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available semi-live)
CCTV (available after meeting)

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month at 7:00pm, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St, as well as virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

Dear neighbors,

First of all, sincere apologies for scheduling our meeting on the last day of Ramadan. We will be more aware in the future. Eid mubarak!

The Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA) meeting will start at 7 PM on Thursday, April 20. Come early to 645 Pine Street for the Planning Department's open house on South End development, then for delicious food from People's Kitchen starting at 6:30. If you can't make it in person, you can attend by Zoom when the meeting starts at 7.

This is your chance to join the NPA Steering Committee. This hardy group of volunteers organizes the monthly meetings and works to build community in Ward 5. If you want to join us, come to the meeting on 4/20 to nominate yourself or get someone else to put your name up for election.

Hope to see you there.

Andy

6:30 – Food from People's Kitchen & Community Time
7:00 – Welcome to the NPA
7:05 – Public Forum
7:25 – Steering Committee election

Google Form for online voting:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9TlqiPjV-1KmZHowxpaI02kQuozpYa-Fbw_spGN4kyBwL8A/viewform

7:40 – Railyard Enterprise Project update (Corey Mims)

https://www.railyardenterprise.com/

7:55 – CSWD Drop Off Center on Pine Street (Chapin Spencer)

Presentation (Google Drive link): 195-201 Flynn Avenue Property Acquisition
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T9K6FCtb9vWjCLGRMb_Pc8QVdqkc0G83/view?usp=share_link

8:10 – Community discussion on police oversight/public safety
8:45 – Adjourn

Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

Public agenda and minutes at burlingtonvt.gov/npa5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available semi-live)
CCTV (available after meeting)

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month at 7:00pm, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St, as well as virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

Agenda outline:
6:30 – Snacks and Community Time
7:00 – Call to order: Intro and Public Forum
Announcement: Fletcher Free Library Strategic Planning survey (Mary Danko)
7:20 – Announcement: NPA Steering Committee Election in April
7:25 – South End Changes: Champlain Parkway (Norm Baldwin)
7:45 – South End Changes: Innovation District, Transit Center, Burton (Charles Dillard)
8:15 – South End Changes: Silt Bathhouse at the Barge Canal (Jovial King)
8:35 – South End Changes: Burton/Higher Ground (Citizens for Responsible Zoning)
8:50 – Adjourn

Public agenda and minutes at burlingtonvt.gov/npa5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available semi-live)
CCTV (available after meeting)

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month at 7:00pm, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St, as well as virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

Agenda outline:
6:30 - Snacks provided; community time
7:00 - Intro and Public Forum
7:20 - Proposed Resolution(*) and discussion
7:30 - Report from Montpelier (Tiff Bluemle, Gabrielle Stebbins)
7:45 - Review of upcoming Ballot Items
8:00 - City Council Candidate Forum (Billy Anderson, FaRied Munarsyah, Joan Shannon)
8:50 - Adjourn

* Proposed Resolution, To the Burlington Public Works Commission and the Burlington City Council:

Community activist, former transportation planner, and former NPA Steering Committee member Tony Redington passed away this summer. In recognition of Tony's decades of tireless advocacy on behalf of pedestrian and bicycle safety, his commitment to transportation equity, and his years of teaching Burlington residents about the efficiency and elegance of roundabouts, the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly hereby requests that the Shelburne Street Roundabout be officially designated the "Tony Redington Roundabout."

Public agenda and minutes at burlingtonvt.gov/npa5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available semi-live)
CCTV (available after meeting)

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month at 7:00pm, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St, as well as virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

Agenda outline:
6:30 - Snacks provided; community time

7:00 - NPA intro

7:05 - Public Forum

7:25 - School budget presentation

7:45 - Town Meeting Day Ballot Items

8:45 -Wrap up

Public agenda and minutes at burlingtonvt.gov/npa5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available semi-live)
CCTV (available after meeting)

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month at 7:00pm, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St, as well as virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

Agenda outline:
7:00pm – Public Forum (questions, concerns, ideas)

7:20pm - Burlington Community Justice Center, Parallel Justice and Public Safety
Brigid Blazek and Lauren Monaco Eddings, Burlington Police Victim Services

7:50pm - Howard Center Re-development proposal
Sam Beall, Duncan-Wisniewski Architecture; Sandy McGuire, Howard Center; Joe Weith, White+Burke Real Estate

8:10pm - Rhino Foods potential expansion on Queen City Park Rd
Blaine Paxton, Rhino Foods

8:30pm - Adjourn

Public agenda and minutes at burlingtonvt.gov/npa5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available semi-live)
CCTV (available after meeting)

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month at 7:00pm, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St, as well as virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

Agenda outline:
7:00pm – Public Forum (questions, concerns, ideas)

7:20pm - Parking Services Update (Jeff Padgett, Dept. of Public Works)
7:40pm - Building Electrification Policy Proposal (Jennifer Green and Darren Springer, Burlington Electric Dept.)
8:00pm - Adjourn

Public agenda and minutes at burlingtonvt.gov/npa5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available semi-live)
CCTV (available after meeting)

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month at 7:00pm, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St, as well as virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

Agenda outline:
7:00 – Public Forum (questions, concerns, ideas)

7:20 – Updates from our City Councilors - Joan Shannon (South District Wards 5/6) and Ben Traverse (Ward 5)

7:35 – Community Story Map - Evan Litwin and Mariah Sanderson (Burlington Partnership for a Healthy Community)

This item canceled, resulting in later items moving 20m earlier:
Building Electrification Policy Proposal - Jennifer Green and Darren Springer (Burlington Electric Department)

7:55 - 453 Pine Bath House and Bowling Alley project discussion - Jovial King (founder, Urban Moonshine)

8:15 – Adjourn

Public agenda and minutes at burlingtonvt.gov/npa5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available semi-live)
CCTV (available after meeting)

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City and Schools officials for a lively forum on issues important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month at 7:00pm, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St, as well as virtually via Zoom.
Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
or by phone at: +1 301 715 8592, Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

This is our first meeting since kids returned to school August 31, and we are focusing on Burlington School District topics including the proposed high school. We also have an update from the Lakeside-area MultiModal Transit Center feasibility study.

Agenda outline:
7:00 – Public Forum (questions, concerns, ideas)

7:20 – Burlington Schools update - Tom Flanagan (BSD Superintendent), Lucia Campriello and Jeff Wick (School Board members)

focus on BHS/BTC 2025 plans, bond vote November 8
reference: ‘NPA Presentations’ at https://www.bsdvt.org/bhs-btc-2025/

8:00 – Back to school at Champlain Elementary - Joe Restighini (CES Principal)

8:15 – South End Multimodal Center Feasibility Study Update (Jeff Dube and David Saladino with VHB)

concept drawings, more info from the study in progress
<link to presentation: 2022-09-15 - SEMC Public Meeting v2.pdf>

8:45 – Adjourn

Public agenda and minutes at burlingtonvt.gov/npa5

Video replay:
Youtube (often available semi-live)
CCTV (available after meeting)

The monthly meeting of the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA). Join your neighbors and City officials for a lively forum on the issues most important to the South End.

Our monthly meeting is the third Thursday of every month at 7:00pm, at the DPW office at 645 Pine St, as well as both virtually via Zoom.

Though our meetings always benefit from broad participation of our community, this time perhaps especially. We have essentially devoted the June meeting to expanding upon May's introduction of housing-focused planning/zoning changes. We hope to discuss development (or not?) of properties adjacent to the Barge Canal and redevelopment near Sears-Lakeside, and more areas highlighted by community members.

Agenda outline:
7:00 – Public Forum (questions, concerns, gripes, ideas)
7:20 – Facilitated discussion about the South End's future
8:00 – Q&A with City representatives (Councilors, DPW, Planning-Zoning)
8:45 – Adjourn

Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
By phone at: +1 301 715 8592
Webinar ID: 895 7449 5720

Video Replay:
Public agenda and minutes at burlingtonvt.gov/npa5
Youtube (often available semi-live)
CCTV (available after meeting)