Burlington Community Development Corporation — Burlington, VT
Date: 2025-03-10
Time: 17:00

Monday, March 10, 2025, 5:00 PM,
 Burlington Community Development Corporation Meeting
 Bushor Conference Room, 149 Church Street, 1st Floor

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1. Agenda
  Subject 1.1. Motion to adopt agenda
  Meeting March 10, 2025 - Burlington Community Development Corporation Meeting - Monday,
 March 10, 2025, 5:00 PM,
 Burlington Community Development Corporation Meeting
 Bushor Conference Room, 149 Church Street, 1st Floor


  Category 1. Agenda

  Department Council and Board


  Type Action
 Procedural


  Recommended Action Motion to adopt agenda

2. Public Forum
  Subject 2.1. Verbal Comments
  Meeting March 10, 2025 - Burlington Community Development Corporation Meeting - Monday,
 March 10, 2025, 5:00 PM,
 Burlington Community Development Corporation Meeting
 Bushor Conference Room, 149 Church Street, 1st Floor


  Category 2. Public Forum

  Department Council and Board
  Type Action
 Procedural


  Recommended Action open Public Forum
 close Public Forum

3. Deliberative Agenda
  Subject 3.1. Westlake Area Condominium Association - DPW - Division of Parking and
 Traffic
  Meeting March 10, 2025 - Burlington Community Development Corporation Meeting - Monday,
 March 10, 2025, 5:00 PM,
 Burlington Community Development Corporation Meeting
 Bushor Conference Room, 149 Church Street, 1st Floor


  Category 3. Deliberative Agenda

  Department Public Works Department


  Type Action


  Recommended Action to authorize the Division Director of Parking and Traffic, or their designee, to be
 appointed to exercise both the City’s and BCDC’s votes on the WACA Board of Directors

4. Adjournment
  Subject 4.1. Motion to adjourn
  Meeting March 10, 2025 - Burlington Community Development Corporation Meeting - Monday,
 March 10, 2025, 5:00 PM,
 Burlington Community Development Corporation Meeting
 Bushor Conference Room, 149 Church Street, 1st Floor


  Category 4. Adjournment

  Department Council and Board


  Type Action
 Procedural


  Recommended Action Motion to adjourn

Monday, March 10, 2025, 5:00 PM,
 Burlington Community Development Corporation Meeting
 Bushor Conference Room, 149 Church Street, 1st Floor

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https://zoom.us/j/97358532867
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+16469313860,,97358532867# US
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Webinar ID: 973 5853 2867
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1. Agenda
  Subject 1.1. Motion to adopt agenda
  Meeting March 10, 2025 - Burlington Community Development Corporation Meeting - Monday,
 March 10, 2025, 5:00 PM,
 Burlington Community Development Corporation Meeting
 Bushor Conference Room, 149 Church Street, 1st Floor


  Category 1. Agenda

  Department Council and Board


  Type Action
 Procedural


  Recommended Action Motion to adopt agenda

2. Public Forum
  Subject 2.1. Verbal Comments
  Meeting March 10, 2025 - Burlington Community Development Corporation Meeting - Monday,
 March 10, 2025, 5:00 PM,
 Burlington Community Development Corporation Meeting
 Bushor Conference Room, 149 Church Street, 1st Floor


  Category 2. Public Forum

  Department Council and Board




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  Type Action
 Procedural


  Recommended Action open Public Forum
 close Public Forum

3. Deliberative Agenda
  Subject 3.1. Westlake Area Condominium Association - DPW - Division of Parking and
 Traffic
  Meeting March 10, 2025 - Burlington Community Development Corporation Meeting - Monday,
 March 10, 2025, 5:00 PM,
 Burlington Community Development Corporation Meeting
 Bushor Conference Room, 149 Church Street, 1st Floor


  Category 3. Deliberative Agenda

  Department Public Works Department


  Type Action


  Recommended Action to authorize the Division Director of Parking and Traffic, or their designee, to be
 appointed to exercise both the City’s and BCDC’s votes on the WACA Board of Directors

4. Adjournment
  Subject 4.1. Motion to adjourn
  Meeting March 10, 2025 - Burlington Community Development Corporation Meeting - Monday,
 March 10, 2025, 5:00 PM,
 Burlington Community Development Corporation Meeting
 Bushor Conference Room, 149 Church Street, 1st Floor


  Category 4. Adjournment

  Department Council and Board


  Type Action
 Procedural


  Recommended Action Motion to adjourn




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 City of Burlington
 Department of Public Works
 Division of Parking and Traffic
 645 Pine Street, Suite A
 Burlington, VT 05402
 802.863.9094 P
 802.863.0466 F
 802.863.0450 TTY
 www.burlingtonvt.gov


 Chapin Spencer
 DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS




To:  Burlington City Council and Burlington Community Development Corporation
(BCDC) Board of Directors

From: Jackie Esperti, Division Director, Parking and Traffic

Date: March 10, 2025

Re: Westlake Area Condominium Association

This memorandum seeks the approval of the City Council and the Burlington Community
Development Corporation for the Division Director of Parking and Traffic, or their
designee, to be appointed as their respective authorized voting representative to the
Westlake Area Condominium Association (“WACA”) Board of Directors.

Background

In 2005 a portion of the City’s urban renewal lands generally located along Battery Street
between Cherry Street on the north and the Hilton Hotel on the South remained in City
ownership. Desiring those lands to be developed, the City created the Westlake Area
Condominium (the “Master Condominium”). Working through the Burlington
Community Development Corporation (BCDC) and with various private developers, the
area was developed into what today includes the Marriot Hotel, Hotel Vermont, the
Westlake Residential Condominium (the “Residential Condominium”) and two parking
garages behind those buildings.

The City’s condo declaration created five condo units, units A through E. Unit C was
further divided into three sub-units C-1 through C-3. Today those units are occupied as
follows:




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 • Unit A – Hotel Vermont
 • Unit B – the City-owned Lakeview garage, the northern half of the Downtown
 Garage.
 • Unit C – the parking garage behind the Residential Condo and the Marriot
 o Unit C-1 – Lowest level parking owned by BCDC and leased to a private
 entity, Westlake Garage LLC which sub-leases it to the residential
 condominium
 o Unit C-2 – The second level parking, owned and operated by the City
 o Unit C-3 – The top-level courtyard off of Cherry Street, owned by the
 Marriot Hotel group
 • Unit D – Marriot Hotel
 • Unit E – Westlake Residential Condominium

The City’s master condo declaration created the Westlake Area Condominium
Association (WACA) to manage the affairs of the Master Condominium. WACA, while
existing as a legal entity, has never actively operated nor as far as I can tell has it ever
officially held a meeting. It seems that in the past this was not a particular concern. But in
recent years maintenance of various common facilities of the Master Condominium has
needed to be addressed and the need to activate WACA has become apparent.

WACA’s responsibilities under the Master Declaration and Bylaws are quite narrow.
Nonetheless, since 2020 there have been several informal meetings of representatives of
the various parties, and it has been generally agreed that WACA could be a forum to pro-
actively address maintenance and operational concerns of the various parties.

Under the terms of the Master Declaration, the Unit Owners select the Board of Directors
of the association. Exhibit B of the Master Declaration sets forth the voting rights for
WACA as shown in the following table. The City and BCDC combined have 2.5 votes.
The hotels (under related ownership) jointly have 2.5 votes and the residential
condominium has 1 vote. Because it is a lessee and not an owner, Westlake Parking LLC
has zero votes. But because of its substantial leasehold interest it has been participating in
the meetings.

 Unit Owner (informal names) Voting Interest
 Unit A Hotel Vermont 1 vote
 Unit B City (Lakeview Garage) 1.5 votes
 Unit C-1 A City entity: Burlington 0.5 vote
 Community Development
 Corporation (BCDC),
 leased to Westlake Parking
 LLC, sub-leased to
 Westlake Residential
 Condominiums
 Unit C-2 City 0.5 vote
 Unit C-3 Marriott (top level of 0.5 vote
 garage)
 Unit D Marriott 1 vote
 Unit E Westlake Residential 1 vote
 Condominiums



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Each owner must formally designate representative(s). Each of the hotels, the residential
condo, and the City (on behalf of itself and its entity BCDC) needs to formally appoint
and notice the appointment of their representatives. Those representatives will, in turn,
elect the Board of Directors.

Because the City’s interests in this development are largely related to parking, I seek
appointment as the City’s and BCDC’s representative for each of its three units with the
authority to appoint a proxy acting on my behalf and the authority to vote on the City and
BCDC’s behaves.

We would like to note some possible upcoming issues to work through:
  • Water management in Westlake Garage
  • Overall ongoing maintenance of Westlake Garage
  • Future transfer of C-1 from the City to Westlake Parking as required under the
 original agreement. This will happen in 2026.
  • The City’s future role in operating public parking in the Westlake Garage

Following each WACA meeting, I will issue an update to the City Council’s TEUC at
their next regularly scheduled meeting.

Motion (for both BCDC and City Council): To authorize the Division Director of
Parking and Traffic, or their designee, to be appointed to exercise both the City’s and
BCDC’s votes on the WACA Board of Directors.




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 Board of Finance and City Council Submission Checklist
 Department: DPW – Parking and Traffic Submitter: Jackie Esperti

 Title/Subject: Westlake Area Condo Association



 Approval: Meeting Date:
 ☒ Board of Finance 3/10/2025
 ☒ City Council 3/10/2025
 ☐ Concurrent Click or tap to enter a date.

This form must be completed by the person submitting the materials, and sent with the final submission. Please do
not indicate that a signoff was received until it has actually been obtained.

Signoffs Received

 Date
 Signoff Needed Received Note
 Received
 Department Head Yes 2/18/2025 Chapin Spencer

 Mayor’s Office informed and approved memo Yes 3/5/2025 Joe Magee
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 date.
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 -Identify attorney in note
 City Attorney’s Office has approved memo and Yes 2/14/2025 Erik Ramakrishnan
 motion(s) or resolution(s)
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 CAO has reviewed budget, financing, and Yes 3/6/2025 Katherine Schad
 memo
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