Ward 1 NPA — Burlington, VT
Date: 2025-04-09
Time: 18:30

Ward 1 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA)
 Wednesday, April 9, 2025
 In-person at the Friends Meeting House, 173 North Prospect Street
 And Zoom online:
 https://zoom.us/j/96245939050
 Webinar ID: 962 4593 9050
 Or by phone: +1 929 205 6099 ID = 962 4593 9050

 Facilitator: Selene Colburn Recorder: Carol Livingston


6:15 - Welcome and Food


6:30 - Formal Start - review agenda
 Introductions: name, street
 Announcements: share events, meetings, activities of interest to Ward 1 community.


6:40 - Speakout - an opportunity to raise concerns & appreciations about Ward 1 community


7:00 - City Council update - Carter Neubieser and Allie Schacter


7:30 - School Commissioner update - Gary Golden and Matt Price


7:40 - Proposed Burlington History & Culture Center - Gail Rosenberg


8:00 - Transportation Demand Management action plan (TDM) - Charles Dillard, City Planner

8:30 - Adjourn


 Ward 1 NPA Steering Committee

 Carol Livingston carol.livingston1951@gmail.com,
 Jonathan Chapple-Sokol chapplesokol.npasc@gmail.com,
 Selene Colburn selene.colburn@gmail.com,
 Sam Doherty samcharlesdoherty@gmail.com
 Gretchen Shuman gshuman7005@yahoo.com
 Rob Gutman rgutman@gmail.com

Ward 1 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA)
 Wednesday, April 9, 2025
 In-person at the Friends Meeting House, 173 North Prospect Street
 And Zoom online:
 https://zoom.us/j/96245939050
 Webinar ID: 962 4593 9050
 Or by phone: +1 929 205 6099 ID = 962 4593 9050

 Facilitator: Selene Colburn Recorder: Carol Livingston


6:15 - Welcome and Food


6:30 - Formal Start - review agenda
 Introductions: name, street
 Announcements: share events, meetings, activities of interest to Ward 1 community.


6:40 - Speakout - an opportunity to raise concerns & appreciations about Ward 1 community


7:00 - City Council update - Carter Neubieser and Allie Schacter


7:30 - School Commissioner update - Gary Golden and Matt Price


7:40 - Proposed Burlington History & Culture Center - Gail Rosenberg


8:00 - Transportation Demand Management action plan (TDM) - Charles Dillard, City Planner

8:30 - Adjourn


 Ward 1 NPA Steering Committee

 Carol Livingston carol.livingston1951@gmail.com,
 Jonathan Chapple-Sokol chapplesokol.npasc@gmail.com,
 Selene Colburn selene.colburn@gmail.com,
 Sam Doherty samcharlesdoherty@gmail.com
 Gretchen Shuman gshuman7005@yahoo.com
 Rob Gutman rgutman@gmail.com
 Ward 1 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA)
 April 9, 2025
 MINUTES

 In-person at the Friends Meeting House, 173 North Prospect Street
 And Zoom online: Webinar ID: 962 4593 9050
 Or by phone: +1 929 205 6099 ID = 962 4593 9050
 Search for Ward 1 NPA Recordings at:
 https://www.youtube.com/@townmeetingtv/search?query=ward%201%20npa

Facilitator: Selene Colburn​ ​ ​ ​ Recorder: Carol Livingston

6:15 - Welcome and Food

6:30 - Formal Start - review agenda
​ Introductions: name, street

​ All Attendees names listed here:
​ Sam Doherty, Allie Schacter, Richard Hillyard, Troy Headrick, Rob Gutman, Sharon
 Bushor, Marian Price, Gail Rosenberg, Peter Lackowski, Sharyl Green,
 Catherine Bock, Jeanne Keller, Caryn Long, Lisa Lax, Carol Livingston, Mark Demers,
 Jonathan Chapple-Sokol, Angie Chapple-Sokol, Tom Derenthal, Dave Cawley, Kathryn
 Vermann, Lyn Severance, Carter Neubieser, Brian Cina, Evan Litwin, Erhardt Mahnke,
 Shawny Corey, Charlie Giannoni, Gretchen Platt
 Online: Sophie Quest,, Serrill Flash
​

Announcements: share events, meetings, activities of interest to Ward 1 community.
​ List announcements with meeting details, links, etc.
 Brian: House Health Care Committee ​ ​
 Summary of House Education Bill:
 https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.454
 Full bill language:
 https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Workgroups/House%20Appropri
 ations/Bills/H.454/Drafts,%20Amendments,%20and%20Legal%20Documents/H.454~Jul
 ia%20Richter~Fiscal%20Note~4-8-2025.pdf

6:40 - Speakout - an opportunity to raise concerns & appreciations about Ward 1 community
 Concerns raised:
 - Free Speech resolution being introduced to City Council Monday, 4/28.
 - DOGE/Federal cuts: people losing jobs, and dying due to careless decisions
 - Friendly reminder - lock your cars
 ​ - Jeanne Keller & Martha Lang filed appeal about UVMMC parking project, given
 ​ ​ amicus status, access to all material and can ask questions through
 Green Mountain Care Board; unclear whether reconstruction needed.
 Email Jeanne for updates: jeannekeller2007@gmail.com

7:00 City Council update - Carter Neubieser, Allie Schacter
​ Carter:
 - Fire chief LaChance is retiring in June- confident in continuity of transition
 - Chief Shawn Burke started his work as BPD chief week
 - Carter doing lit drop of what his work has been this year
 - Free Speech Resn upcoming CC meeting: concern about detentions of foreign
 students at universities across the US.
 - Upcoming info about which committees Carter & Allie will be on - do know
 Carter elected to Board of Finance.
 -Carter grateful for discussions with Allie and working together
 -Allie - committed to being a team member, collaboration, working well with
 Carter
 -Mark Barlowe leading Democratic caucus; Gene Bergman leading Progressives
​
 Open questions/answers:
​ ​ - Concern about news about texting during City Council meetings;
​ ​ - Any way to give municipal tax aid to people struggling with tax bills who are on
 fixed income? State level has this component, but municipal does not.
 Erhard - education funding may change - under $47,000 there is break for
 both education tax at state & municipal levels.
 -Recycling concern - increasing residential costs
 Allie - don’t want to continue to burden residential taxes;
 Carter - do need to cut costs, but concerned this is not the place; in long
 term look at municipal trash & recycling
​ ​ -Need for City Councilors to understand fully the issue of impact fees & how
 adjusting these fees helps save money
 Impact fees discussed at Planning Commission - important to look at
 impact fees creatively - especially parks
 Importance of strong inclusionary zoning requirements
 -City administration & councilors looking at ways to save money: combining​
 departments to avoid duplication but need to invest in housing, solid waste
 Health care costs increase city burden
 - 2 highest categories of city costs = retirement and interest on money borrowed.
 - Strengthen, clarify parking fines enforcement (only enforce if debt is $2500)
 - UVM MOU - impact on housing - important issue for Ward 1
​ ​ ​ Allie - top priority is UVM MOU - hopeful that can talk in fall
7:30 School Commissioner update - Gary Golden, Matt Price
​ Gary:
 - New-principal search at SA and Edmunds Elementary
 - Concern about governor’s education funding plan; Chitt. Co. too big to consolidate
 - State House legislators voting Thursday, 4/10, on proposed ED bill (see links above)
 Matt:
 - letter sent by VT Dept of Ed to all districts to certify Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
 - BSD has done a good job of managing funds, have some reserve funds; if we lose
 federal money, there will be major staff cuts

7:40 Proposed Burlington History & Culture Ctr - Gail Rosenberg
​ History and Culture Center: https://burlingtonhistoryandculturecenter.org/
 Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BHCMSurvey
 ​ Fundraiser: April 17th, 6pm @ Burlington Beer Company -
 - Organization generated from community, not top down
​ - Center is working with current historical & culture centers​
​ - Connections to people in Ward 1: Ohavi Zedek & lost mural; Sisters of Mercy;
 George Walter Williams = first Vter of color graduate from UVM med. school
 - Don’t have physical space at this point - can do virtual tours, online tours

8:00 Transportation Demand Management action plan (TDM) - Charles Dillard, City Planner
***​ Charles’ Slide show
​ - TDM = non- infrastructural ways for people to move around BTV - programs & services
​ - TDM action plan = result of study by city, requested by City Council - esp with parking
 changes arising from development
 - “Neighborhood TDM plans” - have hub in neighborhood with bike library, stroller library,
 place to deliver packages. BTV looking at possibilities for our neighborhoods.
 Sharon: look at how to augment pedestrian use.
 - Winooski and So Burl working on own TDM plans.
 - How can we de-incentivise students having cars on campus?
 - Concern about Residential Parking Program component in TDM = city “renting” empty
 ​ neighborhood parking spaces. Residents very concerned; TEUC (Transportation,
 Energy, Utilities committee) of City Council decided this is not a priority right now;
 - City Planning Dept (& Charles) would like to work on a neighborhood plan for our area
 once the UVMMC 18-month plan is completed
 - City Housing target - middle target = 7,120 new homes in next 25 years (2050).
 Have built 77 homes/yr for last 3 yrs - $500,000 median cost. Target requires 285/yr
 South end project - 1500 homes; Neighborhood code housing - 100’smore;
 Cambrian Rise & City Place scheduled for 100 more units each
 - Look at regional planning land use map: May 19 - close of public comment on the map
CCRPC Housing Plan: This has housing target and land use:
 https://www.ccrpcvt.org/our-work/our-plans/ecos-regional-plan/ecos-engagement/

8:30 Adjourn
 Ward 1 NPA Steering Committee
 Carol Livingston carol.livingston1951@gmail.com
Jonathan Chapple-Sokol chapplesokol.npasc@gmail.com
 Selene Colburn selene.colburn@gmail.com
 Sam Doherty samcharlesdoherty@gmail.com
 Gretchen Platt gshuman7005@yahoo.com
 Rob Gutman rgutman@gmail.com
 It’s About Time!




A Community-Driven Initiative
“There are close to 200 historical societies
 throughout (Vermont) that work to
 document the history of particular
 towns or regions.”
 - Vermont Historical Society


 Burlington is not one of them.




 Who are these people?
Who We Are
 “The more you know your local history,
 the more you care about a place.”
 Jason Stuffle, Resident, Old East End Neighborhood Coalition


 From Eva Sollberger’s “Stuck in Vermont,” Greenmount
 Cemetery, 2021, Old East End Neighborhood Coalition



St Joseph’s Cemetery
 The Pate Family
 Who? Tell us your stories What?
 The historical ﬁgures Topics & themes of
 and unnamed importance to you
 people who built
 Burlington




 When? Where?
Important time periods The places, landmarks,
 and eras How? and neighborhoods that
 Finding exciting ways to present hold signiﬁcance
 these stories
 Help to Shape the Future
Volunteer Participate Donate
  Board of Future Focus Become a
  Directors Groups “Founding Funder”

 Ask your friends to Donate in 2025!
  Advisory
 take the survey
  Council


 Research/
Oral histories
 Join Us for a Fundraiser for the Proposed
 Bur$ing(on His(or- & Cu$(ure Cen(er
 April 17th, 6pm @ Burlington Beer Company

 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT

 The Lumière Northamerican Company 1901: Burlington's Role in the
 Development of Color Photography and Early Cinema

 Talk by Hugo Martínez Cazón




 Former home of the Lumière Brothers Factory

Travel back to the first days of the twentieth century, when the world of the horse
carriage and black and white daguerreotypes gave way to motion pictures and then to
the daybreak of direct color photography. This talk will focus on the events of the first
ten years of the twentieth century and why Burlington became one of the principal
places to participate in these monumental changes.



 Free and open to the Public. Complimentary hors d'oeuvres with a cash bar.

 Sponsored by the Burlington Beer Company

 Funded in part by VT Humanities.

 Lots of fun!



 https://burlingtonhistoryandculturecenter.org/donate
Transportation Demand
Management Action Plan
BURLINGTON OFFICE OF CITY PLANNING
CHARLES DILLARD, AICP, DIRECTOR
Citywide Transportation Options Study Overview
The Citywide Transportation Options Study was a project led by the
City of Burlington’s Planning Department in close coordination with
other city departments to assess existing and previous TDM programs
in the city and recommend approaches the City may take to build on
those efforts.
The study is the product of a 2021 City Council resolution.
The goals of the TOS are to:
1. Evaluate the City’s TDM program and transportation needs
2. Identify opportunities to expand TDM beyond new development
3. Explore models for neighborhood-based TDM

 The TDM Action Plan is the culmination of the CTOS
TDM Action Plan Overview
Plan components:
1. Analysis of Previous and Current Plans and Studies
2. Best Practices Analysis
3. Public Engagement Summary
4. Strategies Toolkit
Strategies Toolkit
Toolkit components:
1. Transportation Options – specific ways of moving that
 the City should prioritize
2. Regulations and Plans – ordinance and policy planning
 priorities
3. TDM Management and Funding – operational and
 funding priorities
4. Neighborhood TDM Strategies – tools that expand the
 reach and equity of TDM
Strategies Toolkit
Toolkit format:
Strategies Toolkit
Toolkit format:
1. Strategy Overview – describes tool, assesses
 current application in Burlington, if applicable, and
 makes general recommendation
2. Benefit for Burlington – provides the rationale for
 why the recommendation is made and what the tool
 can do for our communities
3. Recommended Action Steps – details specific
 steps the City should take in implementing the
 recommendation; includes identification of any
 necessary partners
4.Strategies At a Glance – profiles whether the
  strategy is a citywide or neighborhood strategy, its
  relative cost, and a realistic implementation timeline
Transportation Options Strategies
Regulations and Plans Strategies
Management and Funding Strategies
Neighborhood TDM Strategies
Burlington and
Chittenden County Draft
Housing Targets and
County Land Use Map
PLANNING COMMISSION
2025.04.08
Overview
Act 47 (the HOME Act) introduced new requirements
for regional and municipal plans.
One of the Act’s primary rules requires that each
Regional Planning Commission and municipality must
include housing targets for 2030 and 2050.
CCRPC has developed a tailored methodology that allocates
the bulk – 60% - of growth to the four cities in Chittendent
County: Burlington, South Burlington, Winooski and Essex
Junction.
Overview
Each
municipality
has a low,
middle, and
high target.

The middle
target is
what we will
aim for.
Overview
Act 181 makes significant changes to the State’s
planning framework, most prominently in the
following two ways:
◦ Each municipality’s comprehensive plan, including planBTV,
  must be consistent with the regional plan and associated
  Future Land Use Map
◦ It establishes a new location-based process for Act 250
  jurisdictional control and designated centers. The Act’s
  tiered approach intends to streamline environmental review
  and promote smart growth policies across the state.
Overview
Burlington’s DRAFT Future Land Use Map includes
three Downtown Centers and three Village Centers
 •Eligible for Tier 1A status: full Act 250 exemption
All other non-conservation areas are mapped as
Planned Growth Areas
 •Eligible for Tier 1B status: 50 units on 10 acres or
  less are exempt from Act 250
Overview
Planning in Burlington
 “planBTV” is a collection of plans that
  outline a long-term vision for:
  How we use and develop land
  What infrastructure and tools are needed
 to support those uses
 The plans in this collection are rooted
  in and inform the citywide
  Comprehensive Plan
 We will be working on a new
  Comprehensive Plan in 2025/2026.
  planBTV: NNE will inform the new
  Comprehensive Plan
This collection of plans includes…


and the Citywide Transportation Plan New North End
are about expanding safe, robust is our guide to downtown
transportation choices that are development, a vital economy,
competitive with the automobile. housing, and transportation choices.




 & the Open Space Protection Plan
 are about the long-term stewardship
 is about preserving and
 & management of the city’s natural
 enhancing the arts, industry,
 & recreation resources
 & innovation in the South End.
Transportation Options Strategies
T.1: Work with CarShare Vermont to expand carshare
services and supporting programs
Recommended Action Steps:
1. Work with CarShare Vermont to identify specific areas
 and demographic groups where there is unmet demand
 or opportunities for car sharing.
2. Streamline the permitting processes for allocating
 carshare spaces.
3. Integrate carshare space planning into all neighborhood
 planning processes.
4. Update the City’s development code to include
 requirements for shared spaces that can be used for
 carshare.
5. As funding becomes available, provide additional
 operating funds for CarShare Vermont.
Transportation Options Strategies
T.2: Work with CATMA to Expand the Guaranteed Ride
Home (GRH) Program
Recommended Action Steps:
1. Establish a program structure and define equitable
 eligibility criteria for Draft an annual program budget
 and secure
2. Implement a user-friendly registration system.
3. Develop and distribute marketing and education
 materials.
4. Develop and distribute marketing and education
 materials.
Transportation Options Strategies
T.3: Work with Go! Vermont to Expand the Ride
Matching/Carpool Program
Recommended Action Steps:
1. Coordinate with Go! Vermont to evaluate gaps in
 participation.
2. Meet with local employers, schools, and community-
 based organizations to increase awareness of the
 program, recruit participants, and create more
 opportunities for commute matches.
Transportation Options Strategies
T.4: Work with GMT to Expand Transit Service and Pilot
Microtransit Service
Recommended Action Steps:
1. Develop and adopt bus stop design standards for
 Burlington. (Near Term)
2. In partnership with GMT, launch a marketing and
 information campaign to support transit. (Near Term)
3. If microtransit service is identified as a priority service,
 implement a microtransit pilot program. (Med - Long
 Term)
4. As funding allows, allocate additional local funding to
 support expanded GMT service. (Med - Long Term)
Transportation Options Strategies
T.5: Create Shared Stop Guidelines and a Unified Shuttle
Program
Recommended Action Steps:
1. Develop and adopt a shared stop policy. (Med. Term)
2. Create public access to privately-operated shuttles.
 (Long Term)
3. Develop a unified branding identity for shuttle service.
 (Long Term)
Transportation Options Strategies
T.6: Update the City of Burlington Employee Parking
Benefits Program to Incentivize Sustainable Commuting
Options
Recommended Action Steps:
1. Review current City employee transportation benefits
 and parking policies,
2. Update benefits to provide balanced options for
 employees.
Transportation Options Strategies
T.7: Implement a Sustainable Travel Choice Information,
Education, and Marketing Program
Recommended Action Steps:
1. Begin coordinating with CATMA, GMT, Go! Vermont, and
 other local and regional partners to develop a unified
 brand for TDM programs in Burlington. (Near Term)
2. Launch a branded TDM website for Burlington. (Near
 Term)
3. Develop and distribute marketing materials that include
 trip planning information. (Med. Term)
4. Coordinate marketing and educational materials
 distribution with neighborhood Community Mobility
 Rituals programs. (Med. Term)
Regulations and Plans Strategies
R.1: Update and Expand Burlington’s TDM Requirements
Recommended Action Steps:
1. Begin drafting a points-based TDM ordinance.
2. After finalizing the ordinance structure, begin developing
 TDM program guidelines to support successful
 implementation.
TDM in the Region
Municipalities with TDM programs in place:
• South Burlington
 • Adopted in 2024
 • Applies to new development
 • No commute trip reduction ordinance (CTR)
• Winooski (zoning amendment in progress)
 • Currently under review
 • Applies to new development
 • No commute trip reduction ordinance (CTR)
TDM in South Burlington
Applicability
• New Development – three tiers:




• Requirements intend to reach target reduction in trips generated from a development
TDM in South Burlington
Trip reduction points (measured in % reduction in trips) achieved in four categories:
• TDM Credits
 • e.g. transit-proximate development, mixed-use development
• Active Transportation
 • e.g. sheltered bike parking, showers and lockers, pedestrian amenities
• Site Design
 • e.g. bus stop amenities, carpool parking, park-and-ride spaces
• Ongoing Activities
 • e.g. GMT credits, carshare, CATMA membership
TDM in Winooski
Applicability
• New Development – three tiers:




• Requirements intend to reach target reduction in trips generated from a development
TDM in Winooski
Points achieved via primarily elective strategies:
• Required of all applicable development
 • Marketing to residents and/or employees
• Elective Strategies
 • Bicycle-focused (e.g. parking, e-bike charging, showers/lockers)
 • Transit-focused (e.g. GMT credits, bus stop amenities, transit displays)
 • Misc (e.g. CATMA membership, carshare, trip-reducing uses)
Regulations and Plans Strategies
R.2: Adopt a Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) Ordinance
Recommended Action Steps:
1. Begin developing a CTR framework.
2. Draft and adopt the CTR ordinance.
3. Develop TDM program guidelines to support successful
 implementation.
Regulations and Plans Strategies
R.3: Adopt Neighborhood-Based TDM Plans Using the
Neighborhood TDM Framework
Recommended Action Steps:
1. Building on lessons learned through the Old North End
 neighborhood TDM planning effort, begin implementing
 the TDM framework process through City-led planning
 efforts.
Regulations and Plans Strategies
R.4: Adopt a Framework for Creating Parking Benefit
Districts (PBDs)
Recommended Action Steps:
1. Develop and adopt a PBD ordinance.
2. If and when priced parking expands to new parts of the
 city, collaborate with local stakeholders to implement
 PBDs.
Regulations and Plans Strategies
R.5: Update the Residential Parking Permit (RPP) Program
Recommended Action Steps:
1. Review the residential permit pricing structure and
 program management/operating costs.
2. Tie RPP permits to Transportation Demand Management
 (TDM) programs.
3. As space allows, incorporate an employee permit option.
Regulations and Plans Strategies
Regulations and Plans Strategies
Regulations and Plans Strategies
R.6: Develop and Implement a Downtown Public Realm
Safety Plan
Recommended Action Steps:
1. Conduct a safety audit for downtown to assess current
 conditions and identify areas for improvement.
2. In partnership with the Police Department, Parking
 Services, Public Safety Committee, and Downtown
 Burlington, develop and implement safety
 improvements.
  • Improved lighting and streetscape/landscape treatments near
 public parking facilities, including the Downtown Garage and the
 Marketplace garage.
  • An ambassador program that deploys staff in the downtown area to
 monitor and respond to safety issues at priority locations and times
 of day, or offers to escort people to or from their vehicle upon
 request.As space allows, incorporate an employee permit option.
Management and Funding Strategies
M.1: Hire or Designate a TDM Program
Manager/Coordinator
Recommended Action Steps:
1. Designate a TDM coordinator at the City of Burlington.
 (Near Term)
2. As funding allows, hire a full-time TDM coordinator at the
 City. (Med. Term)
Management and Funding Strategies
M.2: Expand Funding Sources for TDM
Recommended Action Steps:
1. Review existing local revenue sources, including parking
 revenue and impact fees, to confirm eligibility and
 feasibility for funding TDM programs. (Near-Med. Term)
2. Establish an annual TDM program budget and allocate
 funding from existing revenue sources. (Near-Med. Term)
3. After designating a TDM program manager, pursue state
 and federal TDM grant opportunities to fund TDM pilots
 and programs. (Long Term)
Management and Funding Strategies
M.3: Formalize and Expand Burlington’s Partnership with
CATMA
Recommended Action Steps:
1. Form a working group and hold monthly coordination
 meetings with City of Burlington and CATMA staff.
2. Identify and formalize goals, roles, and responsibilities,
 and memorialize in a Memorandum of Understanding.
3. Periodically evaluate the impact of partnership by
 collectively reviewing the success of TDM initiatives and
 adjust strategies as needed.
Management and Funding Strategies
M.4: Expand Public Advisory Roles for Non-Driving
Transportation Issues and Needs
Recommended Action Steps:
1. Review scope and responsibilities for the Walk | Bike
 council.
2. Ensure that a new or expanded council includes diverse
 representation of the community.
Neighborhood TDM Strategies
N.1: Establish a Public Bicycle/Electric Bicycle Lending
Library
Recommended Action Steps:
1. Identify partners and develop an operating plan.
2. Identify a central location for the library.
3. Promote the bike library. Integrate information about the
 library in citywide marketing materials and with
 community partners.
Neighborhood TDM Strategies
N.2: Establish Community-Based Mobility Hubs and
Delivery Hubs
Recommended Action Steps:
1. Pilot the community-based hub concept in the Old North
 End neighborhood.
2. Coordinate with community organizations in the Old
 North End to increase awareness about the hub and
 identify programming opportunities for the space, such
 as special events and service/resource distribution.
3. After 1 year, evaluate the impact of the hub and modify
 the approach as needed for application in other
 neighborhoods throughout Burlington.
Neighborhood TDM Strategies
N.3: Expand Burlington’s “Walk to Shop” Shopping Trolley
Program
Recommended Action Steps:
1. Include funding for shopping trolley distribution as part of
 neighborhood TDM implementation.
2. Explore the establishment of shared, neighborhood
 trolley libraries to facilitate convenient transportation of
 groceries and goods.
Neighborhood TDM Strategies
N.4: Implement a “Bus Buddies” Transit Rider Education
Program
Recommended Action Steps:
1. Form a “Bus Buddies” working group that includes GMT
 and community-based organizations who work with
 populations that may benefit from the program.
2. Develop and implement a training course for bus buddy
 volunteers to help them effectively support program
 participants.
3. Begin operating the program. Regularly gather input and
 feedback from bus buddy volunteers and from program
 participants to identify gaps in the program. Augment
 training as needed.
Neighborhood TDM Strategies
N.5: Pilot a Neighborhood Transportation Wallet Program
Recommended Action Steps:
1. Identify funding and develop a budget for the transportation
 wallet pilot program.
2. Identify eligibility criteria and a pilot area to test the mobility
 wallet.
3. Coordinate with local community-based organizations and
 residents within the study area to identify mobility needs and
 desired benefits to include in the wallet.
4. Develop a price structure that includes “base” and “affordable”
 options.
5. Evaluate preferred format and technology options for
 distributing and managing the wallet.
6. Define equity-driven pilot evaluation criteria.
7. Based on pilot evaluation, consider opportunities to refine or
 expand the program.
Strategies Prioritization
Based on the recommended timeframes, budget realities and
community priorities, the following strategies are recommended for a
first phase of implementation, to be completed in 2025:
1. Update and expand Burlington’s TDM requirements. Adopt a
 point-based requirement structure that includes additional TDM
 measures and provides flexibility for developers.
2. Adopt a Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) Ordinance, including
 amendments to Institutional Parking Plan requirements.
3. Adopt neighborhood-based TDM plans using the neighborhood
 TDM framework (New North End).
Next Steps
planBTV: New North End
• Neighborhood TDM Frameworks for 3-4 sub-areas
• Neighborhood Mobility Hub Conceptual Planning


Mobility and Transportation Innovations (MTI) Grant
• Funding for Mobility Hub Guidebook
• Funding for conceptual design and implementation of a pilot Mobility Hub in Burlington’s
 Old North End neighborhood

SECORD (South End Coordinated Redevelopment)
• Goal to create one or two Mobility Hubs that can facilitate the City’s and its partners’ goal
 of creating a car-light urban district in Burlington’s South End
THANKS!


 Charles Dillard
 Principal Planner/Interim Director
 City of Burlington Office of City Planning
 cdillard@burlingtonvt.gov

Ward 1 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA)
 April 9, 2025
 MINUTES

 In-person at the Friends Meeting House, 173 North Prospect Street
 And Zoom online: Webinar ID: 962 4593 9050
 Or by phone: +1 929 205 6099 ID = 962 4593 9050
 Search for Ward 1 NPA Recordings at:
 https://www.youtube.com/@townmeetingtv/search?query=ward%201%20npa

Facilitator: Selene Colburn​ ​ ​ ​ Recorder: Carol Livingston

6:15 - Welcome and Food

6:30 - Formal Start - review agenda
​ Introductions: name, street

​ All Attendees names listed here:
​ Sam Doherty, Allie Schacter, Richard Hillyard, Troy Headrick, Rob Gutman, Sharon
 Bushor, Marian Price, Gail Rosenberg, Peter Lackowski, Sharyl Green,
 Catherine Bock, Jeanne Keller, Caryn Long, Lisa Lax, Carol Livingston, Mark Demers,
 Jonathan Chapple-Sokol, Angie Chapple-Sokol, Tom Derenthal, Dave Cawley, Kathryn
 Vermann, Lyn Severance, Carter Neubieser, Brian Cina, Evan Litwin, Erhardt Mahnke,
 Shawny Corey, Charlie Giannoni, Gretchen Platt
 Online: Sophie Quest,, Serrill Flash
​

Announcements: share events, meetings, activities of interest to Ward 1 community.
​ List announcements with meeting details, links, etc.
 Brian: House Health Care Committee ​ ​
 Summary of House Education Bill:
 https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.454
 Full bill language:
 https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Workgroups/House%20Appropri
 ations/Bills/H.454/Drafts,%20Amendments,%20and%20Legal%20Documents/H.454~Jul
 ia%20Richter~Fiscal%20Note~4-8-2025.pdf

6:40 - Speakout - an opportunity to raise concerns & appreciations about Ward 1 community
 Concerns raised:
 - Free Speech resolution being introduced to City Council Monday, 4/28.
 - DOGE/Federal cuts: people losing jobs, and dying due to careless decisions
 - Friendly reminder - lock your cars
 ​ - Jeanne Keller & Martha Lang filed appeal about UVMMC parking project, given
 ​ ​ amicus status, access to all material and can ask questions through
 Green Mountain Care Board; unclear whether reconstruction needed.
 Email Jeanne for updates: jeannekeller2007@gmail.com

7:00 City Council update - Carter Neubieser, Allie Schacter
​ Carter:
 - Fire chief LaChance is retiring in June- confident in continuity of transition
 - Chief Shawn Burke started his work as BPD chief week
 - Carter doing lit drop of what his work has been this year
 - Free Speech Resn upcoming CC meeting: concern about detentions of foreign
 students at universities across the US.
 - Upcoming info about which committees Carter & Allie will be on - do know
 Carter elected to Board of Finance.
 -Carter grateful for discussions with Allie and working together
 -Allie - committed to being a team member, collaboration, working well with
 Carter
 -Mark Barlowe leading Democratic caucus; Gene Bergman leading Progressives
​
 Open questions/answers:
​ ​ - Concern about news about texting during City Council meetings;
​ ​ - Any way to give municipal tax aid to people struggling with tax bills who are on
 fixed income? State level has this component, but municipal does not.
 Erhard - education funding may change - under $47,000 there is break for
 both education tax at state & municipal levels.
 -Recycling concern - increasing residential costs
 Allie - don’t want to continue to burden residential taxes;
 Carter - do need to cut costs, but concerned this is not the place; in long
 term look at municipal trash & recycling
​ ​ -Need for City Councilors to understand fully the issue of impact fees & how
 adjusting these fees helps save money
 Impact fees discussed at Planning Commission - important to look at
 impact fees creatively - especially parks
 Importance of strong inclusionary zoning requirements
 -City administration & councilors looking at ways to save money: combining​
 departments to avoid duplication but need to invest in housing, solid waste
 Health care costs increase city burden
 - 2 highest categories of city costs = retirement and interest on money borrowed.
 - Strengthen, clarify parking fines enforcement (only enforce if debt is $2500)
 - UVM MOU - impact on housing - important issue for Ward 1
​ ​ ​ Allie - top priority is UVM MOU - hopeful that can talk in fall
7:30 School Commissioner update - Gary Golden, Matt Price
​ Gary:
 - New-principal search at SA and Edmunds Elementary
 - Concern about governor’s education funding plan; Chitt. Co. too big to consolidate
 - State House legislators voting Thursday, 4/10, on proposed ED bill (see links above)
 Matt:
 - letter sent by VT Dept of Ed to all districts to certify Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
 - BSD has done a good job of managing funds, have some reserve funds; if we lose
 federal money, there will be major staff cuts

7:40 Proposed Burlington History & Culture Ctr - Gail Rosenberg
​ History and Culture Center: https://burlingtonhistoryandculturecenter.org/
 Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BHCMSurvey
 ​ Fundraiser: April 17th, 6pm @ Burlington Beer Company -
 - Organization generated from community, not top down
​ - Center is working with current historical & culture centers​
​ - Connections to people in Ward 1: Ohavi Zedek & lost mural; Sisters of Mercy;
 George Walter Williams = first Vter of color graduate from UVM med. school
 - Don’t have physical space at this point - can do virtual tours, online tours

8:00 Transportation Demand Management action plan (TDM) - Charles Dillard, City Planner
***​ Charles’ Slide show
​ - TDM = non- infrastructural ways for people to move around BTV - programs & services
​ - TDM action plan = result of study by city, requested by City Council - esp with parking
 changes arising from development
 - “Neighborhood TDM plans” - have hub in neighborhood with bike library, stroller library,
 place to deliver packages. BTV looking at possibilities for our neighborhoods.
 Sharon: look at how to augment pedestrian use.
 - Winooski and So Burl working on own TDM plans.
 - How can we de-incentivise students having cars on campus?
 - Concern about Residential Parking Program component in TDM = city “renting” empty
 ​ neighborhood parking spaces. Residents very concerned; TEUC (Transportation,
 Energy, Utilities committee) of City Council decided this is not a priority right now;
 - City Planning Dept (& Charles) would like to work on a neighborhood plan for our area
 once the UVMMC 18-month plan is completed
 - City Housing target - middle target = 7,120 new homes in next 25 years (2050).
 Have built 77 homes/yr for last 3 yrs - $500,000 median cost. Target requires 285/yr
 South end project - 1500 homes; Neighborhood code housing - 100’smore;
 Cambrian Rise & City Place scheduled for 100 more units each
 - Look at regional planning land use map: May 19 - close of public comment on the map
CCRPC Housing Plan: This has housing target and land use:
 https://www.ccrpcvt.org/our-work/our-plans/ecos-regional-plan/ecos-engagement/

8:30 Adjourn
 Ward 1 NPA Steering Committee
 Carol Livingston carol.livingston1951@gmail.com
Jonathan Chapple-Sokol chapplesokol.npasc@gmail.com
 Selene Colburn selene.colburn@gmail.com
 Sam Doherty samcharlesdoherty@gmail.com
 Gretchen Platt gshuman7005@yahoo.com
 Rob Gutman rgutman@gmail.com