Ward 8 NPA — Burlington, VT
Date: 2026-04-23
Time: 18:30

Ward 8 Neighborhood Planning Assembly
 April 23, 2026 | 6:15 - 7:40pm

 Join in-person Join online Facilitator: Tom Carroll
 City Hall, 149 Church Street https://zoom.us/j/9152307 Notetaker: Amy
 Sharon Bushor Room 7007 Malinowski



 6:15pm Welcome & food
 15 min Pizza (vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free options)

 6:30pm Opening
 10 min Welcome. Review today’s agenda and meeting practices. Introduce yourself and share announcements
 (events, meetings, activities of interest to our Ward 8 community).

 6:40pm Speak out (2 min per person)
 15 min An opportunity to speak out about anything relevant to our Ward 8 community—raise concerns, sing out
 appreciations, etc.

 6:55pm Updates from City Council
 15 min Marek Broderick, Allie Schachter

 7:10pm Community Coalition
 30 min Gail Shampnois, Cam Laychak
 The Community Coalition’s mission is to connect the UVM campus and the local community and support
 proactive, collaborative initiatives to address shared opportunities and challenges.

 7:40pm Closing




What to expect at this month’s meeting:




 Wheelchair accessible Closed Captions available on Bathroom available on same No live language translation or
 via ramp from the street. Zoom. No ASL interpreter or ﬂoor and is ADA accessible. document translation is
 CART is planned. Email a planned. Email a request 2-4
 request 2-4 weeks in advance. weeks in advance.




 Masks not required, but free Low or no fragrance not No childcare (though View parking options
 at door. Air ﬁltration & required of attendees. children are welcome). and bus routes.
 ventilation unknown.




 bit.ly/ward_8_npa →
 email the steering committee ● watch meeting recordings ● propose agenda topics ● sign up for email reminders
Purpose, principles, and practices to guide us:

Practices Principles Purpose

We collectively help each other Practice deep democracy ✦ Help provide residents with
honor the agenda focus and The Ward 8 NPA should provide a information concerning city
 safe and welcoming forum where programs and activities.
time containers. (But if needed,
 residents can actively share their
the facilitator will redirect voice about issues that matter to ✦ Help obtain resident views of
activity.) them, and where they can learn city needs.
 from the voices of others.
 ✦ Help provide residents with an
We are collectively responsible Nourish diﬀerence & diversity opportunity to participate in
for cultivating a posture of The Ward 8 NPA should cultivate making recommendations with
curiosity when listening. We involvement by a diverse spectrum respect to the city budget.
support each other in speaking of community members through
honestly and directly, while active outreach and through ✦ Maintain and enhance the
 eliminating barriers to quality of life in in our ward.
holding compassion. participation. The Ward 8 NPA
 should be operated in a manner ✦ Ensure that the voices of Ward
We will prioritize the voices of that models respectful, inclusive, 8 residents are heard in all
 culturally and economically aware matters pertaining to life therein.
those living in our ward as well
 practices.
as those who have not yet
 ✦ Provide a vehicle for residents
spoken. Grow each other of Wards 8 to collectively act.
 The Ward 8 NPA should be fun,
We allow each other space to creative, and vital organizations
 that value & beneﬁt through the
speak in “rough draft.” (But if multitude of perspectives shared
needed, say “oops” or “ouch.”) by those who participate.




Let’s collaborate!
 Contact the steering committee Current steering committee:
 Reach out to the steering committee by emailing: Tom Carroll
 ward-8-sc@googlegroups.com Amy Malinowski

 Propose an agenda item
 Please ﬁll out the NPA request form at least 2-4 weeks
 before you would like to present.
 www.burlingtonvt.gov/221/NPA-Request-Form
Who represents Ward 8?
CITY
MAYOR, BURLINGTON SCHOOL BOARD, WARD 8
Emma Mulvaney-Stanak Bill Church
Progressive | term ends XXXX term ends 2026
mayor@burlingtonvt.gov | (802) 865-7272 bchurch@bsdvt.org | (802) 922-0432

CITY COUNCILOR, WARD 8 SCHOOL BOARD, EAST DISTRICT
Marek Broderick Matthew Price
Progressive | term ends 2026 term ends 2027
mbroderick@burlingtonvt.gov | (802) 488-5134 mprice@bsdvt.org | (802) 735-6058

CITY COUNCILOR, EAST DISTRICT
Allie Schachter
Democrat | term ends 2027
aschachter@burlingtonvt.gov | (802) 448-4227


STATE
REPRESENTATIVE, CHITTENDEN 14 REPRESENTATIVE, CHITTENDEN 16
Barbara Rachelson Kate Logan
Democrat | term ends 2027 Progressive/Democrat | term ends 2027
brachelson@leg.state.vt.us | (802) 828-2228 klogan@leg.state.vt.us | (802) 828-2228

REPRESENTATIVE, CHITTENDEN 14 SENATOR, CHITTENDEN CENTRAL
Mary-Katherine Stone Philip Baruth
Democrat | term ends 2027 Democrat/Progressive | term ends 2027
mstone@leg.state.vt.us | (802) 828-2228 pbaruth@leg.state.vt.us | (802) 503-5266

REPRESENTATIVE, CHITTENDEN 15 SENATOR, CHITTENDEN CENTRAL
Brian Cina Martine Larocque Gulick
Progressive/Democrat | term ends 2027 Democrat | term ends 2027
bcina@leg.state.vt.us | (802) 828-2228 mgulick@leg.state.vt.us | (802) 828-2228

REPRESENTATIVE, CHITTENDEN 15 SENATOR, CHITTENDEN CENTRAL
Troy Headrick Tanya Vyhovsky
Independent | term ends 2027 Progressive/Democrat | term ends 2027
theadrick@leg.state.vt.us | (802) 828-2228 tvyhovsky@leg.state.vt.us | (802) 828-2228

REPRESENTATIVE, CHITTENDEN 16 GOVERNOR, VERMONT
Jill Krowinski Phil Scott
Democrat | term ends 2027 Republican | term ends 2027
jkrowinski@leg.state.vt.us | (802) 828-2228 vermontce.my.vermont.gov/s/governor-oﬃce-ce
 (802) 828-3333


FEDERAL
SENATOR, VERMONT REPRESENTATIVE, VERMONT
Bernie Sanders Becca Balint
Independent | term ends 2030 Democrat | term ends 2026
sanders.senate.gov/contact | (202) 224-5141 balint.house.gov/contact | (202) 225-4115

SENATOR, VERMONT
Peter Welch
Democrat | term ends 2028
welch.senate.gov/email-peter | (202) 224-4242
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Ward 8 Neighborhood Planning Assembly
April 23, 2026 | 6:15 - 7:40pm | City Hall, Sharon Bushor Conference Room

 Recording & transcript available on Town Meeting TV →
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS_B8xZlWx0

FACILITATOR: Tom Carroll | NOTETAKER: Amy Malinowski
STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Tom Carroll, Amy Malinowski


 6:15pm Welcome and food
 Pizza (vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free options)

 6:35pm Opening
 start time ●​ Tom calls meeting to order
 ●​ Introductions: Tom Carroll, Ambrose, Amy Malinowski, Cam Laychak, Gail Shampnois, Anne Brena,
 Stephen Chisa, City Councilor Marek Broderick, Mary Cox, Barbara Turnbull (with CEDO), Charlie
 Giannoni (with Town Meeting TV)
 ●​ Announcements:
 ○​ Vermont International Film Festival | Made Here Film Festival | April 23-26| link
 ○​ Queen City Contra Dance | April 24 6:45 - 10:00pm | 305 Flynn Avenue | link
 ○​ Peace and Justice Center | “Libraries: The History and Future of a Rad Idea with Jessamyn
 West” | April 25 4-6pm | link
 ○​ Silent Book Club | April 27 6:00 - 8:00pm at Bar Renee | link
 ○​ Local Motion | EZ Breezy x Free Bike & Gear Repair Day | April 28 5:30 - 6:30pm | link
 ○​ Peace and Justice Center | BTV Clean-up Crew | April 30 7:30 am - 10:00 am at the top of
 church street | link
 ○​ planBTV 2050 Community Open House | 1 Main Street | April 30 3:30 - 8:00pm | link
 ○​ Rock Point Commons | Reading Rock Point 2026: A 5-Part Naturalist Class | May 2026 -
 January 2027 | link
 ○​ May Day | May 1 5:00 - 7:00pm | March and Rally in Williston
 ○​ GreenUp Day | May 2
 ○​ Mothership Monthly Film Fest Screening | May 2 8:00pm | Spiral House Collective
 ○​ Burlington Farmer’s Market | May 9 9:00am - 2:00pm | link
 ○​ Rock Point Commons | Wildflowers and Wild Views! | May 9 noon | link
 ○​ The Makery | Woven Mending | May 18 6:00 - 8:00pm | link
 ○​ Local Motion | Bike Ferry Opening Day | May 22 | link
 ○​ Vermont City Marathon | May 24 | link
 ○​ Spring Move Out Program @ lower Buell Street | May 21 11 - 2:00pm | link
 ○​ Spring Move Out Program @ lower Loomis Street | May 14 11 - 2:00pm | link

 6:45pm Speak Out
 ●​ Mary: Spoke as a member of the Police Commission and shared that the commission has discussed
 prioritizing facilitating greater community engament–especially at the NPAs. Encouraged folks to
 attend the next Police Commission meeting on Tuesday, April 28 at 6:00pm in Contois Auditorium.
 Interested in coordinating with our NPA for a future agenda item–especially to share more about the
 ICAT training.
 ●​ Amy: Did a rapid research dive into ways that other municipalities are experimenting with how to give
 residents more opportunities to weigh in on the city budget. Three ways she learned about are:
 ○​ Make the budget more transparent. (example in LA)
 ○​ Get targeted feedback on the city budget. (example in Hartford, CT)
 ○​ Give residents total control over a slice of the city budget and support a multi-month
 "participatory budgeting” process. For example, Cambridge, MA gave residents control of
 $1,032,000 and 10,000 residents voted and voting was open to all residents 12 yrs+. In another
 example, NYC gave residents control of $3.9 million and 93,000 residents voted and voting was
 open to all residents 11yrs+.

 6:55pm Updates from City Council
 Marek Broderick
 ●​ Applications for boards and commission are live and there are a lot of vacancies. Applications may be
 submitted to the Clerk/Treasurer’s Office, 149 Church Street, 2nd Floor, Burlington, VT 05401, Attn:
 Lori with the deadline date for submission being Wednesday, May 20, 2026, no later than 4:30 p.m. If
 you have any questions, please contact Lori at (802) 865-7136 or via email lolberg@burlingtonvt.gov
 or contact Marek mbroderick@burlingtonvt.gov
 ●​ Budget season is upon us. There are public forums at each of the budget sessions that residents can
 attend and comment on. Those sessions are: April 29 at 5:30pm, April 30 at 6:00pm, May 4 at
 5:30pm, May 7 at 5:30pm in Sharon Bushor Room in City Hall or online.
 ●​ On May 20th, Councilors Broderick, Schachter, and Neubieser will be meeting with the University of
 Vermont regarding negotiations generally such as the MOU, fee for service and pilot payment in lieu of
 taxes, etc. If folks have thoughts or questions they would like brought up at that meeting, please reach
 out to Marek.
 ●​ Discussion:
 ○​ Cam: What are your goals when talking about the MOU in this discussion?
 ○​ Stephen: Is the current budget deficit resolved or is that resolved in the coming months during
 these meetings?
 ○​ Amy: I would like to see collaboration around potentially finding a free and available space on
 campus or near campus for our NPA given that so many of our residents are students. (This
 kicked off a broader discussion about ward 8 meeting locations. There was an expression of
 concern about meeting on campus rather than a city location. The idea of recombining with
 Ward 1 was also floated. It was shared that the ward 1 meeting is pretty crowded already and
 historically wasn’t well represented on the steering committee. It was also expressed that it was
 worthwhile to try to find a better location that could better accommodate students while also
 being a good compromise for residents.)
 ○​ Charlie: Very very few people from ward 8 are on boards and commissions. In your application,
 write that you are a resident of ward 8 in big bold capital letters.
 ○​ Mary: Expressed that it would be very exciting and tremendous to have students joining the city
 boards and councils.


7:10pm Community Coalition
 Gail Shampnois, Cam Laychak
 ●​ Gail is the founding director of the Office of Student and Community Relations. Cam serves on UVM
 SGA and chairs the Committee on Legislative and Community Affairs. Together, they co-chair the
 Community Coalition. The Community Coalition was started in 1994 by the then SGA president who,
 at the time, was concerned about a noise violation ticket increase and, after talking to community
 members, he realized there was a lot of relationship building and conversations that needed to happen
 across the community. It is now a monthly meeting open to the public, and consists of students,
 neighbors, city and university staff, public safety officials, non-profit partners, the Burlington Electric
 Department, Fair Housing, and more to identify and discuss neighborhood challenges so that they can
 create opportunities for action in our shared community.
 ●​ Projects over the years:
 ○​ Comprehensive off-campus living guide (now on 9th edition)
 ○​ Street strategy – what would help our neighborhoods be healthier, safer, and more vibrant?
 They adopted the Isham Street neighborhood as a project and are on that street doing events
 ~4x a year. They helped with projects like Isham Street Gardening and Other Optimistic Doings
 (ISGOOD) and saw a significant decrease in police data for noise, vandalism, and burglaries.
 They also noticed things like students were staying 2 years, instead of 1 because they felt like
 they were part of the neighborhood.
 ○​ Community gardening – Landlords have donated land for gardens and there are several
 gardening projects underway. This supports food security but also teaches students who have
 never grown a cucumber. Phil and Brian from ISGOOD have said that gardening is relationship
 building. They go to Gardener’s Supply together and have received grants from the New England
 Seed Program.
 ○​ Spring Move Out Program: Students who are moving out can recycle their mattress for a fee as
 well as sort items they want to rehome into categories and non-profit organizations have been
 reached out to so folks in need can show up and take items. Moved from “students leave
 Burlington trashed to… students turn trash to treasure.” It takes a lot of work and coordination
 to pull off these events.
 ○​ Neighborhood grants: Folks can reach out about projects in their neighborhoods–this is not
 paperwork, it’s a conversation about what your needs are and the best way to meet them. There
 must be a student and non-student leading the initiative. Loomis Street asked for help with a
 blockparty and the coalition supported them with tables, games, volunteers, funding for pizza,
 etc. They also supported the Old East End for their Winterlude events.
 ●​ Approach to their work:
 ○​ “Do things with neighborhoods, not for.” For example, Buell Street wanted a community garden
 and then a landlord donated the land to make it happen but it started with neighbors coming to
 the coalition.
 ○​ “Go where people are.” For example, the neighborhood grants program encourages neighbors to
 come forward with ideas and challenges they care about, and the grants require that a student
 and non-student are leading the initiative.
 ○​ “See each other as people, not opinions or positions.” For example, nurturing a community of
 care and being willing to go off-agenda if something is coming up that needs addressing.
 ●​ Cam shared that a lot of the problems that students are facing are also problems that are being faced
 by Burlington residents and that the Community Coalition brings together a wide range of folks and is
 at the forefront of bringing UVM and the community closer.
 ●​ Discussion:
 ○​ Tom: Encouraged explorations of ways to prompt participation from other wards (NPA steering
 committee members but also neighbors). Spoke to the most recent meeting which was a
 dialogue between the Mayor Mulvaney-Stanak and President Tromp, and really appreciated the
 Community Coalition making it happen.
 ○​ Amy: Expressed that the Community Coalition is a really unique gathering of folks all in one
 room that feels really special and really appreciates the work of the Community Coalition.
 ○​ Gail: The university has a new Green, Gold, and Bold strategic plan and Dr. Tromp is really
 wanting us to think boldly – is there a charge for the coalition to put something forth that is
 their bold idea? Maybe it could have something to do with more interaction with the NPAs? It’s
 a new era and new opportunity.
 ○​ Amy: Could you speak more about the neighborhood grants?
 ○​ Amy: Could you speak more about the Spring Move Out Program?
 ○​ Mary: Sweetwaters used to have a coat giveaway to folks in need and when they shut down
 Sweetwaters, I felt bad that that program was no longer around. Would you maybe consider
 doing something like that or do you know if someone else is doing something like that?

7:40pm Adjourn
adjourn ●​ Tom adjourned the meeting




Ward 8 Steering Committee: Contact us! Next meeting:
Tom Carroll ward-8-sc@googlegroups.com Thursday, May 28 6:15pm
Amy Malinowski
 Submit a request to present!
 https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/
 221/NPA-Request-Form