Ward 5 NPA — Burlington, VT
Date: 2026-03-19
Time: 18:30

Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA):
 Draft Agenda
 Thursday, March 19th
 6:30PM-8:15PM
 ​

 Join in person: 645 Pine Street (DPW Building)
  ​ Join virtually: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
​
Facilitator: ​ Jason Van Driesche​ ​ Note Taker: Lena Greenberg


6:30 ​ ​ Community Dinner​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ | 30 min
7:00 ​ ​ Welcome & Public Forum​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ | 15 min
7:15 ​ ​ Join the NPA steering committee!​ ​ ​ ​ | 5 min
 ●​ We have steering committee elections in April - hear about reasons to
 join.
7:20​ ​ Overdose Prevention Center updates ​ ​ ​ ​ | 30 min
 ●​ Theresa Vezina will present on the community survey
7:50​ ​ How to burn fewer fossil fuels in homes ​ ​ ​ ​ | 20 min
 ●​ Jacob Flanigan will present
8:10​ ​ Adjourn
 ●​ Next meeting will be Thursday, April 16, 2026

Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA):
 Draft Agenda
 Thursday, March 19th
 6:30PM-8:15PM
 ​

 Join in person: 645 Pine Street (DPW Building)
  ​ Join virtually: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89574495720
​
Facilitator: ​ Jason Van Driesche​ ​ Note Taker: Lena Greenberg


6:30 ​ ​ Community Dinner​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ | 30 min
7:00 ​ ​ Welcome & Public Forum​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ | 15 min
7:15 ​ ​ Join the NPA steering committee!​ ​ ​ ​ | 5 min
 ●​ We have steering committee elections in April - hear about reasons to
 join.
7:20​ ​ Overdose Prevention Center updates ​ ​ ​ ​ | 30 min
 ●​ Theresa Vezina will present on the community survey
7:50​ ​ How to burn fewer fossil fuels in homes ​ ​ ​ ​ | 20 min
 ●​ Jacob Flanigan will present
8:10​ ​ Adjourn
 ●​ Next meeting will be Thursday, April 16, 2026




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Overdose Prevention Center


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Introductions and Overview

• What is an Overdose Prevention Center (OPC)?
• What is the status of the OPC in Burlington?
• OPC Services Assessment
• Tonight’s Listening Session




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Tonight’s Listening Session

  Preliminary survey results

  Evaluation next steps • What positive impact do you hope the
 OPC will bring to our community?

 • What are your concerns or questions
  Discussion with Residents related to the OPC?

 • What would you like to see for ongoing
 communication once the OPC opens?




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Services Assessment
Overview Evaluation Activities to Date
• The City of Burlington contracted with In-person surveys with
  Pacific Institute for Research and people with 49 people
  Evaluation (PIRE) to inform the Services with living experience*
  Assessment report required by the OPC Online community
  Guidelines. survey completed with
 over 1500 responses*
• Purpose is to engage people with living
  experience and the wider Burlington Ongoing tracking of
  professional and residential community community engagement
  to help inform the City and VCJR in the activities
  implement of the OPC.
 *Preliminary findings only include quantitative data.
 Qualitative (open-ended) data will be shared in final report



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Who did we hear from?
 49 individuals 1505 respondents
 completed the in-person completed the online
 PWLE Survey community survey

All respondents used an illicit substance 75% of survey respondents
within the past 30 days identified as Burlington residents, 45%
 work in Burlington, and 2% are Burlington
84% of respondents reported not having business owners
a stable place to live, with 80% unsheltered
 8% identified as a person who used to use
86% used drugs at least once per day or currently uses non-prescription opioids
 or stimulants
43% used drugs alone most of the time or always
47% had at least one overdose in the past year.



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Where
are people
using drugs
in Burlington?




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Utilization and Perception of the OPC
 PWLE utilization of the OPC
 Of the 49 respondents, 92% responded that they
 would consider using the OPC once it opens, with
 73% responding that they would use the OPC
 always or most of the time.

 Community Perception of the OPC
 On scale of 1 (least helpful) to 10 (most helpful),
 the most selected answer was 10,
 the median answer was 7 and
 the average answer was 6.3


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Respondents’ Preferred OPC Location
PWLE survey: How likely would you be to use
 Location Factors
an OPC at various locations? (from community survey)
Community survey: Where should an OPC When asked which are important
be located in Burlington to be most effective? factors when considering the
 vicinity of the OPC:
• Downtown Burlington was the most Accessibility for potential clients
  selected response on both PWLE and was the most common response
 (52%), followed by proximity to
  community surveys schools/playgrounds (40%),
• The ONE and Riverside/Intervale area were other support services (40%),
 and transportation (38%)
  a the 2nd and 3rd choices on both surveys


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 Access to the OPC (PWLE survey)
 68% of PWLE responded that
 Time PWLE are willing to
 they would be likely or very
 travel to access an OPC: likely use a free shuttle if it
 68%
 were offered between downtown
 5-15 minutes 60% and the location of the OPC


15-25 minutes 23% 75% of PWLE responded that
 they would be likely or very
 75% likely to use the OPC if it was
25-35 minutes 13% a mobile van that traveled
 around Burlington.




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Security and Safety at the OPC
(PWLE Survey)

 How would a security guard How would a security guard
 inside the OPC make you feel? outside the OPC make you feel?

 More safe 53% More safe 47%

 Less safe 19% Less safe 19%
Neither more safe or Neither more safe or
 less safe 28% less safe 34%


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 1. Prevent overdoses and save lives
Public Health 2. Reduce the number of people using drugs

  Outcomes
 outdoors and in public spaces
 3. Help connect people to drug treatment and
 health and social services
 Community survey
 respondents ranked the 4. Less burden on emergency rooms, police,
 order of importance of fire, & EMS by reducing overdose-related
 seven identified public calls
 health outcomes 5. Reduce crime in the area surrounding
 (in order of most the overdose prevention center
 importance to least)
 6. Reduce number of syringes or other litter
 related to drug use discarded in public
 7. Reduce HIV and hepatitis
 C transmission due to syringe sharing


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Services and Supports
• The majority of PWLE respondents reported that proposed OPC
  services such as medical care, STI testing, bathrooms and showers,
  peer support, drug checking, on-site buprenorphine, mental health
  and drug treatment referrals, and support with basic needs are
  important or very important
• Community survey respondents ranked possible OPC services:
  Referrals to drug treatment, Mental health services or referrals, on-
  site buprenorphine treatment, bathrooms, and peer support were
  noted among the most important services to offer at the OPC



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Ongoing
Community
Conversations
Community survey:
How would you want to engage
in community conversations
around the OPC?




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Next Steps
• Continued engagement at NPA meetings, focus groups, attendance at
  community meetings, and interviews with people with living experience
• Final report with findings to inform the Services Assessment in April
• Hiring OPC Project Manager
• Link to Annual Progress Report




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For More Information
 Link to Annual Progress Report


 Theresa Vezina
 Special Assistant on OPC Implementation
 tvezina@burlingtonvt.gov
 802-735-8358




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Discussion Questions

• What positive impact do you hope the
  OPC will bring to our community?
• What are your concerns or questions
  related to the OPC?
• What would you like to see for ongoing
  communication once the OPC opens?


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Fossil Fuels
How to stop burning them
 in your home




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 Why it is Important

Fossil Fuel appliances are:
 Big ticket items
  ○ They last a long time (hopefully)
  ○ Locks us in to that fuel for a long time



 Stuck With It
 Just need 1 appliance that uses fossil
 fuels and we are stuck maintaining the
 infrastructure for that fuel.
 ○ There is a cost just maintaining access
 to a fuel
 ○ Incentivises using that fuel for more
 than one appliance
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Why make a plan to replace them Now?

Great Options
 Lots of great options and Incentives
 that weren’t available before


Otherwise, Emergency!
 Most people replace these
 appliances when they break
 ○ When it is an emergency it is
 hard to change to something else



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The Things
 What are we talking about?

In Your Home (4)

● Dryer
● Stove
● Hot Water Heater
● Furnace/Boiler
Outside Your Home (~2) Other Important things we
 won't talk about
 ● Car ● Efficiency
 ● Lawn equipment ● Biofuels



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Heatpump, Heatpump, Heatpump
How much heat

Could a heatpump heat

If a heatpump

Could pump heat




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Incentives
Burlington Electric Department (BED) Rebates
● To switch from fossil fuels appliances to Electric
● To switch to more efficient electric appliances
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Tax Credits
● Renewables, Heatpumps, insulation, electrical upgrades, EVs
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Electrification Rebates for Low/Moderate Income
(LMI)
● VT gets $58,555,020 to dole out
● Not available yet! Still working out procedures


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Dryer

Electric Dryer
 ● If you already have one your already done!
 ● If you are replacing a gas dryer
 ○ Purchase cost is the same as a gas dryer ● No Incentives
 ○ Need an electrician to install a 240V outlet
 ○ Could trigger need for an electrical service upgrade




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Dryer
 Clothesline
 ● By far the cheapest option
 ● Takes some more time ● No Incentives
 ● Need space inside in the winter




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Dryer
Heatpump dryer
 ● Looks and feels like any other dryer
 ○ Works like a dehumidifier
 ● Many can plug into standard 120V
 outlet
 ● No vent needed
 ● Often come as washer/dryer combo Makes it a great
 ● Has condensate that needs to be
 emptied option for apartments
 ● Takes longer to dry

Let’s talk about the $
 ● Uses ~40% less electricity than conventional electric dryer
 ● Likely don’t need any electric upgrades
 ● $400 Rebate from BED BED
 ● $860 LMI Incentive from IRA - Still pending
 ● Costs twice as much as electric or gas dryers
 ● $200 - Hybrid Heatpump
 ○ But BED rebate gets us back down to striking range ● $400 - Full Heatpump
 IRA
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 ● *up to $860 LMI Incentive from IRA
Stove

Electric Stove
 ● If you already have one your already done!
 ● If you are replacing a gas stove
 ○ Purchase cost is the same as a gas stove
 ■ Starts ~$500
 ○ No CO emissions into your home
 ○ Need an electrician to install a 240V outlet
 ○ Could trigger need for an electrical service upgrade




● No Incentives
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Stove
Induction Stove
 ● Knocks the socks off gas and tradition
 electric
 ○ Cooks faster
 ○ More responsive
 ○ Can set to lower temperatures Because surface never
 ○ Even heat gets super hot you can
 ○ Easy to clean clean spills while still
 cooking
 ○ Safer
 ● If you are replacing a gas stove
 ○ Costs twice as much as electric or gas stove
 ○ No CO emissions into your home
 ○ Need an electrician to install a 240V outlet BED
 ○ Could trigger need for an electrical service ● $200
 upgrade
 IRA
 ○ Requires the use of steel or iron pots
 ■ If a magnet sticks to the bottom they ● *up to $840 rebate for LMI
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Stove
Induction Hot Plate

● Inexpensive $60-$200
● Works on 120V outlet
● Can supplement use of existing
 stove
● Portable, can use in other
 locations




● No Incentives
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Stove
Other ways to Cook without fossil fuels Can usually find one for free when college
 students leave, or for cheap at a reuse store
● Microwaves
 ○ super efficient!
● Electric Kettles
 ○ Fastest way to heat up water! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpoXFk-ixZc)
● Toasters
● Toaster Ovens
 ○ more efficient/faster than heating up a full size oven
● Air Fryers
● Crock Pots
● Rice Cookers
● Bread Machines
● No Incentives
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 Heatpump hot water heaters
 BED

Hot Water Heater ●
 ●
 $500-$800 (depends on efficiency),
 +$400 for LMI
 ● +$300-$600 through contractor
 (depends on efficiency)
Types of Electric Hot Water Heaters IRA
 ● Resistive ● *30% of cost tax credit ($2000 cap/yr)
 ○ Cheap to buy, expensive to operate, fast reheat incentive from IRA
 ○ Needs 240V circuit ● *up to $1750 rebate LMI Incentive
 ● Hybrid (both resistive and heatpump) from IRA
 ○ More expensive to buy, less expensive to operate, fast reheat
 ○ Needs 240V circuit
 ○ Some dehumidification
 ● Heat Pump
 ○ More expensive to buy, cheap to operate, slowest to reheat
 ○ Can plug into 120V outlet
 ○ Some dehumidification Heatpumps heat water up slower than electric resistance or
 gas so to compensate a larger tanks size and/or setting the
What determines how much hot water I have?
 tank to a higher temperature is used to achieve the same
 ● Tank size
 amount of hot water.
 ● Re-heat power
 -higher tank temperatures don't mean scalding tap temperatures.
 ● Water temperature
 Modern Heat pump hot water heaters have mixing valves so that extra hot tank
 temperatures are mixed with cold water so tap temps are within expectations (if set
 correctly).
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Lease/On Bill Financing
 More
 E
 and I xciting th
 mage a
 sugg n the Title
 ests!
● VGS leases Heatpump hot water heaters
 ○ Lease payments are added to the gas bill
 ○ VGS owns it and therefore if it breaks they fix it (and
 it is usually faster for them to come out to your house
 than a plumber)
 ○ Great option for landlords/renters
● VGS Also leasing Hybrid centrally ducted
 heatpumps
 ○ But only the ones that still have backup gas and
 aren’t cold climate rated, aka don’t do much :(
● BED on-bill financing for commercial customers
 ○ For ventilation, emergency swap outs, facada
 alterations. (limited fed covid money)
● VHFA - Weatherization Repayment Assistance
 Program (WRAP)
 ○ Pay on your utility bill
 ○ Can add in costs for heat pumps and hot water
 heating to a weatherization project

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Furnace/Boiler

Types of Electric Heating Systems
 ● Resistive
 ○ Cheap to buy, expensive to operate, fast reheat
 ○ VT efficiency code prohibits resistance heat for most applications
 ● Hybrid (both resistive and heatpump)
 ○ More expensive to buy, less expensive to operate, fast reheat
 ○ Includes Air Conditioning
 ● Heat Pump
 ○ More expensive to buy, cheap to operate, slowest to reheat
 ○ Includes Air Conditioning




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Electric Resistance Heaters
● Baseboard
 ○ Electrician installs
 ○ Except in special cases, not allowed by VT
 efficiency code
● Space heaters
 ○ Super cheap to buy $30-$100
 ○ Super expensive if heating whole house
 ○ Really great to heat one room




● No Incentives
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Heatpumps
So Many different kinds!
 ● But the outside compressor probably looks
 something like this
 ● Cold climate models rated to work in -15F temps
 ● Can integrate electric resistance backup




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Window Unit
● Like your window AC but can
 provide heat as well
 ○ Options for 120V (normal wall outlet) and
 240V
 ○ $500-$3000
 ○ Great option for renters/trailers/smaller
 areas
 ○ Not super common yet. More and better
 options are coming to market
 ■ Efficiencies/capabilities can vary
 greatly model to model
 BED
● Typical style ● $100 (energy star most efficient)
 ○ Likely cheapest, somewhat loud IRA
● Saddle style
 ○ More efficient and quiet. Also leaves more of your ● *30% of cost tax credit ($2000
 window for use cap/yr) incentive from IRA
● “Portable” style ● *up to $8000 rebate LMI Incentive
 ○ Works in windows the other two can’t fit in from IRA
 ○ Louder and less efficient (the double hose versions
 are more efficient than the single hose versions)

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 BED
 ●
Mini Split ●
 $1350-$5450 (depends on tons)
 +$500 for LMI
 ● +$1000-$2000 through contractor (depends on
 tons)
● Most common
● Most efficient IRA
● Typically just one room but can do multiple rooms as well ● *30% of cost tax credit ($2000 cap/yr) incentive
● Don’t work well with small rooms (<10’x10’) from IRA
● The one most contractors are used to ● *up to $8000 rebate LMI Incentive from IRA




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 Furnace Replacement (Centrally ducted)
 ● Straight swap in replacement
 for a gas furnace
 ● Fewer experienced
 contractors
 ● Existing ducts may need to be
 upsized

BED
 ● $1250-$6250 (depending on
 efficiency)
 ● +$400 for LMI
 ● +$1000-$2000 through contractor
 (depending on efficiency)
IRA
 ● *30% of cost tax credit ($2000 cap/yr)
 incentive from IRA
 ● *up to $8000 rebate LMI Incentive Heatpump Heat
 Old Furnace Replaced With
 from IRA Exchanger
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 Boiler Replacement
 (Hydronic - baseboard or radiant floor)
  ● swap in for a gas
 boiler
 ○ Likely need to swap
 out radiators as well
 ● Very few experienced
 contractors in VT
 ○ More common in UK
BED and Australia
 ● $2000/ton
 ● +$400 for LMI

IRA
 ● *30% of cost tax credit ($2000 cap/yr) incentive from
 IRA
 ● *up to $8000 rebate LMI Incentive from IRA
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Questions
Resources/Thanks To
 ● Burlington Electric Department
 ○ https://www.burlingtonelectric.com/rebat
 es
 ○ Brian
 ● Rewiring America
 ○ https://www.rewiringamerica.org/app/ira-
 calculator
 ○ Great compilation of the IRA incentives
 ● Technology Connections Youtube
 ○ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVL
 LNjSLJTQ&t=2s
 ○ Great resource explaining how this
 technology works and its pros and cons
 ● Mr. Electricity
 ○ https://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/
 ○ Outdated but awesome website
 explaining how you can save on utility
 bills
 ● Energy Action Network
 ○ https://eanvt.org/annual-report/
 ○ Incredible organization that, among
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Insulation
● Plastic windows Heat flows 3 ways
● Window Inserts
 1. Conduction
● curtains
● Latch windows 2. Convection
● Caulk window trim 3. Radiation
● Spray foam holes
● Door seals
● Threshold sweep
● New windows
● New doors
● Basement insulation
● Attic insulation
● Wall insulation
● White roof


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Special Loans
● Efficiency Vermont - Home energy Loan
 ○ Low to no interest for low and moderate income households




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NPA 2&3 march 2024 presentation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbRU01bRKvU&list=PLljLFn4BZd2N95y-kUze
wx0ZN0Tf8rLo_&index=2




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Neighborhood Planning Assembly Minutes
 Ward
 NPA: 5

 Date of Assembly : 3/19/26 Start Time: (Commence): 7:02 pm
 Location: 645 Pine Street Finish Time: (Adjourn): 8:23pm
 Note taker: Jak Tiano Please forward these official minutes to: BT

Steering Committee Members in Attendance:​
Jason Van Dreische, Jak Tiano, FaRied Munarsyah, Lena Greenberg, Prim VanWolvelear
Discussion Topics
●​ Join the Steering Committee Actions Taken / Decisions Made
●​ Overdose prevention center (Postponed) ●​ None
●​ How to Burn Fewer Fossil Fuels

 Agenda Items and Actions:

 ●​ Commence: 7:02pm
 ○​ Steering committee introduces themselves
 ○​ Jason opens the meeting and lays the ground rules for the NPA
 ●​ Public forum
 ○​ Gar: brings awareness to the growing threat of ICE in Burlington and Vermont
 ○​ Bram: VT leg has done a few things: the “No Secret Police” bill in the statehouse
 forbids law enforcement from wearing masks and wear uniforms that identify
 officers; another law prohibits civilian arrests in more places (schools, hospitals,
 government facilities, etc); a bill passed out of the house that allows Vermonters
 to sue federal law enforcement that break constitutional rights.
 ○​ Andy: Two of the people detained in the ICE raid last week have been released,
 and a third (Camila) has a hearing at the courthouse in Burlington tomorrow.
 Tomorrow morning in St Albans there is a check in for Steven Tendo, carpools up
 there tomorrow leaving around 8:30am. Also asks for signatures to get
 Proposition Zero on the ballot in November.
 ○​ Scott: Leadership has the ability to write executive orders limiting ICE in their
 operations, e.g. Sarah George has the ability to prosecute violations of rights of
 any members of the community. ICE agents that violate these rights need to be
 held accountable at the time of the offense. Agents aren’t allowed to wear masks
 except for in hazardous conditions, but what if they create hazards using tear gas,
 etc?
 ■​ Bram: Legislation was focused on preventing people wearing masks in
 unmarked clothes throwing people in unmarked vans.
 ○​ Lena: Circulating QR codes for joining a group chat to help people who are now
 sheltering at home out of fear. If you need assistance with Signal, please talk to
 me after the meeting. I’m happy to see our leaders speak out against this action,
 but disappointed to see that there wasn’t a lot of willingness to admit fault. Is very
 disappointed, and waiting for people with access to institutional power to take the
 moment. Wants to see more collective unwillingness to accept the active rise of
 facism.
 ○​ David: Attended the National Low Income Housing Forum in Washington DC.
 There’s broad consensus that what’s happening isn’t right.
 ○​ Joanna: Is running for State Senate in Chittenden Southeast! Resonates with the
 conversation, agrees that she wants to see more aggressive movement on
 protecting our neighbors. The rights that we’ve established are great, but they’re
 no good if nobody can afford to live here to access those rights. Excited to use the
 seat as county govt proxy.
 ○​ Jak: Become a small scale developer and help build up your neighborhood!
 https://www.incrementaldevelopment.org/events/homesforallvtworkshop-middleb
 ury
●​ Join the Steering Committee
 ○​ Jason gives an overview of what the steering committee is like.
 ○​ Prim: Was really great to see how friendly and welcoming the NPA was and
 wanted to get involved in the neighborhood.
 ○​ Faried: It’s a good way to meet neighbors and stay connected with what is
 happening in the neighborhood, and also see what’s happening in other parts of
 the city. NPA is Burlington’s way to do local democracy.
 ○​ Jak: nice
 ○​ Lena: I’ve learned so much about how the city works through the NPA. There’s
 something valuable in being able to say you’re associated with a neighborhood
 body, and ask for leaders/staff time to explain important things. We also have this
 gift of being able to have a space to experiment in new ways to organize our
 neighbors.
 ○​ Charlie: This is also a great way to build your skills, like how to speak in public
 and organize meetings. This is an opportunity to take the next step in “how do I
 get involved”?
 ○​ Jason: Being on the steering committee has “stretched my brain”, and what I
 mean by that is that it would be really easy for me as someone later in my career
 to get stuck in a routine, and being part of the NPA has been a part of my mental
 flexibility program. The combination of working on the steering committee and
 coming to the NPA, and learning how to work with people you don’t get to pick,
 has been really great.
 ○​ Questions?
 ■​ Kelly: How do the topics of our conversations make its way up to higher
 levels of city government?
 ●​ Jason: We often have elected officials at our meeting, and a set of
 priorities we give the city council.
 ●​ Lena: There have been recent changes in our relationship to the
 city, but one of the items is establishing that information doesn’t
 flow only from the city to the npa, but the other way as well.
●​ How to Burn Fewer Fossil Fuels (Jacob)
 ○​ Fossil fuels are big ticket items that last a long time
○​ We need a plan to replace appliances before they break, because when they break
 we’re in an emergency mode
○​ Dryer, Stove, Hot water heater, and furnace
○​ The key is “heat pumps”, which are an extremely efficient way to move heat with
 electricity
○​ BED has lots of incentives
○​ Dryer
 ■​ Electric dryers require 240V and an electrician
 ■​ Clotheslines instead
 ■​ Heat pump dryer, basically a dehumidifier for clothes (BED has rebates)
○​ Stove
 ■​ Again need an electrician and 240V outlet
 ■​ If you want high-end cooking, get an induction stove (small BED rebate)
 ■​ Induction hot plate for renters, go into a 120V outlet (no incentives)
 ●​ Jason adds that they had one at home for boiling water
 ■​ You can also use other things: microwaves, electric kettles, toaster/ovens,
 air fryers, etc
○​ Hot water heaters
 ■​ Resistive
 ●​ Uses a lot of electricity (needs 240V)
 ■​ Heat pump
 ●​ More expensive to buy, cheap to operate
 ■​ Hybrid
 ●​ Benefits of both (but expensive)
 ■​ On bill financing!
 ●​ VGS will take out your gas hot water heater, and replace it with a
 heat pump hot water heater
 ●​ Also can use VHFA WRAP program
○​ Furnace/boiler
 ■​ Resistive/hybrid/heat pump - same as hot water heaters
 ■​ Electric resistance baseboard heaters, space heaters
 ■​ Heat pumps, including cold-climate heat pumps
 ●​ Integrate electric resistance backup for the coldest days
 ●​ Window unit heat pumps (still need cold climate)
 ●​ Mini split, compressor outside, wall/ceiling mount inside
 ○​ Best used for more open floor plans
 ○​ Lots of rebates
 ●​ Central ducted furnace replacement
 ○​ Swap gas furnace for heat pump heat exchanger
 ●​ Boiler replacement for baseboard/radiant floor
 ○​ Hydronic systems, more complicated and harder to find in
 the US
○​ Sign the pledge: https://www.fossilfuelfreeequipmentpledge.org/
○​ Question:
 ■​ Kelly: Is there a good priority? A: Really the best way is to be prepared
 for what fails next, but if you want to be productive, then air/water heating
 is the best place to start.
 ■​ Jason: The electrical inspector is overly conservative on electrical load
 capacity, and you can push them to get an alternate assessment. A: yeah,
 you really don’t need more than 100 amps.
●​ Adjourn: 8:23pm