City Council - Charter Change Committee

Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 5:30 PM, Queen City Conference Room 3rd Floor, City Hall OR REMOTELY via ZOOM When: Oct 1, 2024 05:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Topic: Charter Change Committee Meeting Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://zoom.us/j/97093324164?pwd=2yCzdyFA3xIakBbPrG5ntwuVULZ3lb.1 Passcode: 612609 Or One tap mobile : +13017158592,,97093324164#,,,,*612609# US (Washington DC) +13052241968,,97093324164#,,,,*612609# US Or Telephone: Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 305 224 1968 US +1 309 205 3325 US +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 646 931 3860 US +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 719 359 4580 US +1 253 205 0468 US +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 360 209 5623 US +1 386 347 5053 US +1 507 473 4847 US +1 564 217 2000 US +1 669 444 9171 US +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 689 278 1000 US Webinar ID: 970 9332 4164 Passcode: 612609 International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/adXblet9jJ 1. Agenda 1.1. Motion to amend/adopt agenda 2. Adopt Draft Minutes Subject 2.1. Adopt Draft Minutes from August 14 Meeting October 1, 2024 - Charter Change Committee Meeting - Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 5:30 PM, Queen City Conference Room 3rd Floor, City Hall OR REMOTELY via ZOOM Category 2. Adopt Draft Minutes Department Council and Board Page 1 of 14  Type Recommended Action 3. Public Forum Subject 3.1. Verbal Comments Meeting October 1, 2024 - Charter Change Committee Meeting - Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 5:30 PM, Queen City Conference Room 3rd Floor, City Hall OR REMOTELY via ZOOM Category 3. Public Forum Department Council and Board Type 4. Voter Approval of Local Redistricting Subject 4.1. Voter Approval of Local Redistricting Meeting October 1, 2024 - Charter Change Committee Meeting - Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 5:30 PM, Queen City Conference Room 3rd Floor, City Hall OR REMOTELY via ZOOM Category 4. Voter Approval of Local Redistricting Department Council and Board Type Recommended Action 5. Residential Rental Notice Requirements Subject 5.1. Residential Rental Notice Requirements Meeting October 1, 2024 - Charter Change Committee Meeting - Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 5:30 PM, Queen City Conference Room 3rd Floor, City Hall OR REMOTELY via ZOOM Category 5. Residential Rental Notice Requirements Department Council and Board Type Recommended Action 6. Any Other Committee Business Subject 6.1. Any Other Committee Business Meeting October 1, 2024 - Charter Change Committee Meeting - Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 5:30 PM, Queen City Conference Room 3rd Floor, City Hall OR REMOTELY via ZOOM Category 6. Any Other Committee Business Department Council and Board Type Recommended Action Page 2 of 14 7. Adjournment Subject 7.1. Motion to adjourn Meeting October 1, 2024 - Charter Change Committee Meeting - Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 5:30 PM, Queen City Conference Room 3rd Floor, City Hall OR REMOTELY via ZOOM Category 7. Adjournment Department Council and Board Type Recommended Action Page 3 of 14  Charter Change Committee Wednesday, August 14, 2024 Public Works Front Conference Room at 645 Pine and Remote DRAFT MINUTES Members Present: Councilor Bergman (Chair), Councilor Carpenter, Councilor Doherty Staff Present: Kimberlee Sturtevant (Assistant City Attorney) Public Present: Evan Litwin, Mark Barlow Meeting called to order at 5:34 PM. 1. Agenda 1.01 Motion to amend/adopt agenda Motion to Adopt Agenda as is. Motion by Councilor Doherty, Seconded by Councilor Carpenter Final Resolution: Motion Passes Yes: Unanimous 2. Adopt Draft Minutes from 7/1 2.01 Adopt Draft Minutes from 7/1 Motion to Adopt Draft Minutes from July 1. Motion by Councilor Doherty, Seconded by Councilor Carpenter Final Resolution: Motion Passes Yes: Unanimous 3. Public Forum No members of the public wanted to speak for this item. 4. Councilor Compensation Councilor Carpenter recalled that this issue was raised back in 2021. She said she is unsure if there is motivation for the Council to move forward on this given the current budget issues. Councilor Doherty agreed and said the Committee should gauge the interest in this change with the whole Council and if there is not a strong interest then the Committee should use its time on other items. Councilor Bergman said that over the last few decades the City has had many years of budget gaps. He said this issue should be brought up with other councilors and thought about more generally. Page 1 of 3 Page 4 of 14 Evan Litwin (City Councilor): I think the Dante Seguino research is a good start. I think some other metrics need to be identified and compared for the different comparable cities and towns. Brookline, MA is one of the wealthiest towns in the Northeast and they currently pay their councilors less than Burlington. Councilor Bergman said adding a median income to the comparison chart for comparable cities would be helpful. Councilor Doherty said it might be good to have a sense of the number of hours or meetings that comparable cities’ councilors regularly work. Councilor Bergman said he would coordinate with Councilor Brown McKnight to survey what the largest impediments are to councilor service and ways to mitigate them. 5. Property Tax Revenue Neutrality and Income Sensitivity Councilor Bergman recalled the circumstances of the passage of Section 98a of the City Charter. There was to be a large reappraisal in the 1980s and the property taxes for the Old North End would have gone up considerably, leading to potential displacement. Section 98a was passed to maintain budget neutrality in an attempt to limit this new burden. Councilor Bergman said that the Mayor’s administration is working on this as well and he wants the Committee to work in concert as needed. Councilor Carpenter said that a lot of the data necessary to work on this question will come from the State Tax Department and the City as an entity will have to request that data as opposed to individual councilors. Mark Barlow (City Councilor): The Education Fund has a lot of mechanisms for revenue. The main concern is how income sensitivity would actually work and how it would affect those that would be paying more and those that would pay less. 6. Report on Department Head Charter Change Priorities Attorney Sturtevant said there was a meeting of department heads and that the Mayor’s Office has collected the notes from that meeting and is drafting a legislative agenda that will be delivered to the City Council in the fall. Motion to ask the Mayor’s Office to let the Committee know the charter change priorities as soon as possible to have any changes ready by early December. Motion by Councilor Bergman, without objection. 7. Any Other Committee Business Councilor Carpenter explained the history of attempted charter changes that would move the power of redistricting away from the legislature. She said that the City of Montpelier changed Page 2 of 3 Page 5 of 14 the process to redistrict to only require a vote by the voters and not require a bill in the legislature. The next meeting is set for October 1st at 5:30, location pending. 8. Adjournment 8.01 Adjournment Motion to adjourn. Motion by Councilor Bergman, without objection. The meeting was adjourned at 6:51 PM. Page 3 of 3 Page 6 of 14  Resolution Relating to RESOLUTION________ Sponsor(s): Introduced: ____________________ MARCH 4, 2025 ANNUAL CITY MEETING Referred to: ____________________ PROPOSED CHARTER CHANGE REGARDING ______________________________ REDISTRICTING BY CITY COUNCIL Action: ________________________ Date: __________________________ Signed by Mayor: ________________ CITY OF BURLINGTON In the year Two Thousand Twenty-Four……………………………………………………………………… Resolved by the City Council of the City of Burlington, as follows: 1 That WHEREAS, the City of Burlington’s charter currently describes City Districts and Wards in 2 explicit enumerated and geographical terms in Article 2 (City Election Areas Defined), Section 2 (Election 3 Boundaries); 4 WHEREAS, as the charter is currently written, to alter the number or geography of City Districts and 5 Wards a charter change must be enacted, a process consisting, among other procedural steps, of the review, 6 possible further amendment, and confirmation by the Vermont State Legislature; 7 WHEREAS, this process involving by the Vermont State Legislature has the practical effect of slowing 8 the City’s redistricting process at the local level; 9 WHEREAS, it is the goal of the City to accelerate any redistricting processes, while maintaining fair, 10 equitable, and reasonable processes for redistricting; 11 WHEREAS, the City aims to achieve this goal by removing the descriptions of the number and 12 geography of City Districts and Wards in Article 2 (City Election Areas Defined), Section 2 (Election 13 Boundaries) and replacing this with a procedure equipping the City to unilaterally preform redistricting without 14 needing further charter changes and involvement by the Vermont State Legislature; 15 WHEREAS, the charters of other Vermont municipalities, including Montpelier, are written as to not 16 require a charter change to effectuate an alteration to the number or geography of city districts and wards; 17 WHEREAS, the Charter Change Committee held meetings on ______________ received public 18 comment, considered the referred proposed charter language, and amended this language; and 19 WHEREAS, on ________, the Committee voted to refer the charter change language back to the Council 20 to be placed on the March 4, 2025 ballot; 21 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council approves the amendments to the city 22 charter recommended by the Charter Change Committee and requests the Mayor to place the following question 23 on the ballot of the Annual City Meeting to be held on March 4, 2025 and the City Clerk to set public hearings 24 on this question in accordance with Charter §303 and 17 V.S.A. §2645: 25 Page 7 of 14  Page 2 Resolution Relating to MARCH 4, 2025 ANNUAL CITY MEETING PROPOSED CHARTER CHANGE REGARDING REDISTRICTING BY CITY COUNCIL 26 “Shall the Charter of the City of Burlington, Acts of 1949, No. 298 as amended be further amended to 27 amend Section 2 to Article 2 as follows: 28 29 ARTICLE 2. CITY ELECTION AREAS DEFINED 30 §2. Election boundaries. 31 (a) City Districts Described. For the annual meeting of 2015 and all City elections thereafter, the City of 32 Burlington is divided into four electoral districts, constituted as follows: 33 (1) East District. The East District shall include all that part of said City lying easterly and 34 northerly of the following described boundaries: Beginning at the common boundary between the 35 Cities of Burlington and Winooski in the Winooski River beneath the Central Vermont Railway 36 bridge downstream of the Lower Winooski Falls and Salmon Hole; thence westerly in the 37 centerline of said railroad tracks, crossing Intervale Road, to a point where the centerline of Hyde 38 Street extended northeasterly intersects said railroad track centerline (approximately -73.2045 39 longitude, 44.4912 latitude); thence southerly along the extension of the centerline of Hyde Street, 40 continuing on the centerline of Hyde Street to the intersection of the centerline of North Willard 41 Street; thence southerly along the centerline of North Willard Street to the intersection of the 42 centerline of Pearl Street; thence westerly along the centerline of Pearl Street to the intersection of 43 the centerline of South Winooski Avenue; thence southerly along the centerline of South Winooski 44 Avenue to the intersection of the centerline of Main Street; thence easterly along the centerline of 45 Main Street to the intersection of the western property line of 525 Main Street extended, containing 46 the Main Street Water Reservoir (approximately -73.1992 longitude, 44.4763 latitude); thence 47 southerly along the western property boundary of 525 Main Street to its southwestern corner 48 approximately -73.1991 longitude, 44.4746 latitude); thence easterly along the southern property 49 boundary of 525 Main Street to its southeastern corner (approximately -73.1984 longitude, 44.4746 50 latitude); thence southwesterly along the western property boundaries of 49, 55, and 59 University 51 Terrace to the southwestern corner of 59 University Terrace (approximately -73.1987 longitude, 52 44.4742 latitude); thence southeasterly along the southern property boundaries of 59 University 53 Terrace and 60 University Terrace, extended to the centerline of University Heights Road 54 (approximately -73.1964 longitude, 44.4732 latitude); thence southerly along the centerline of 55 University Heights Road 1,314 feet to its intersection with the extended centerline of the walkway 56 serving the University of Vermont Southwick Hall and the Music Building from the Redstone 57 Campus loop road (approximately -73.1968 longitude, 44.4698 latitude); thence westerly along the 58 extended walkway and walkway centerline, with the Music Building to the north and Southwick 59 Hall to the south, 367 feet to its intersection with the centerline of the Redstone Campus loop road 60 (approximately -73.1982 longitude, 44.4698 latitude); thence northerly and then westerly along the 61 centerline of the Redstone Campus loop road to its intersection with the centerline of South 62 Prospect Street; thence southerly along the centerline of South Prospect Street to its intersection 63 with the centerline of the Davis Road; thence northeasterly along the centerline of Davis Road to 64 its intersection with University Heights Road, continuing easterly along the centerline of Davis 65 Road to its intersection with the common boundary between the Cities of Burlington and South 66 Burlington. Page 8 of 14  Page 3 Resolution Relating to MARCH 4, 2025 ANNUAL CITY MEETING PROPOSED CHARTER CHANGE REGARDING REDISTRICTING BY CITY COUNCIL 67 (2) Central District. The Central District shall include all that part of the City bounded as 68 follows: On the east, beginning at the common boundary between the City of Burlington and Town 69 of Colchester in the Winooski River at the intersection of the centerline of Institute Road extended 70 northeasterly (approximately -73.2139 longitude, 44.5077 latitude); thence southerly along the 71 common boundary between the City of Burlington and Town of Colchester in the Winooski River 72 to a point beneath the Central Vermont Railway bridge downstream of the Lower Winooski Falls 73 and Salmon Hole; thence southerly along the East District western boundary to its intersection with 74 the centerline of Main Street; continuing southerly along the centerline of South Winooski Avenue 75 to its intersection with the centerline of King Street; on the south along the centerline of King 76 Street extended westerly to Lake Champlain; on the west by Lake Champlain; on the north, 77 beginning at the intersection of the common property boundary between 87 North Avenue and 9 78 Lakeview Terrace extended westerly to Lake Champlain (approximately -73.2252 longitude, 79 44.4832 latitude); thence northeasterly along the extended property boundary between 87 North 80 Avenue and 9 Lakeview Terrace to its intersection with the centerline of the Central Vermont 81 Railway railroad track (approximately -73.2239 longitude, 44.4837 latitude); thence northerly and 82 easterly along the centerline of the Central Vermont Railway railroad track, crossing North Avenue 83 and the Burlington Beltline, to its intersection with the centerline of Spring Street extended 84 northwesterly (approximately -73.2183 longitude, 44.4912 latitude); thence northwesterly along 85 the extension of the centerline of Spring Street to its intersection with the centerline of Institute 86 Road extended northeasterly (approximately -73.2281 longitude, 44.4995 latitude); thence 87 northeasterly along the extension of the centerline of Institute Road extended to its intersection 88 with the common boundary between the City of Burlington and Town of Colchester in the 89 Winooski River (approximately -73.2139 longitude, 44.5077 latitude). 90 (3) South District. The South District shall include all that part of the City south of the southern 91 boundaries of the East and Central Districts. 92 (4) North District. The North District shall include all that part of the City north of the northern 93 boundary of the Central District. 94 (b) Wards Described. Each of the City of Burlington’s four electoral districts set forth in subsection (a) of 95 this section hereby comprises two wards, each of which is constituted as follows: 96 (1) East District - Ward 1 and Ward 8. 97 (A) The East District is divided into two wards by the following boundary: Beginning at the 98 center of the intersection of Pearl Street and South Willard Street; thence southerly along the 99 centerline of South Willard Street to the intersection of the centerline of College Street; thence 100 easterly along the centerline of College Street extended to the intersection of the centerline of 101 University Place; thence southerly along the centerline of University Place to the intersection of 102 the centerline of Main Street; thence easterly along the centerline of Main Street to the common 103 boundary between the Cities of Burlington and South Burlington. 104 (B) Ward 1 lies to the north and east of the boundary described in subdivision (A) of this 105 subdivision (1), and Ward 8 lies to the south and west. 106 (2) Central District - Ward 2 and Ward 3. Page 9 of 14  Page 4 Resolution Relating to MARCH 4, 2025 ANNUAL CITY MEETING PROPOSED CHARTER CHANGE REGARDING REDISTRICTING BY CITY COUNCIL 107 (A) The Central District is divided into two wards by the following boundary: Beginning at the 108 centerline of the Central Vermont Railway railroad track at the intersection of the centerline of 109 Spring Street extended northwesterly (approximately -73.2183 longitude, 44.4912 latitude); thence 110 southerly along the centerline of Spring Street extended northwesterly, continuing along the 111 centerline of Spring Street to its intersection with the centerline of Elmwood Avenue; thence 112 southerly along the centerline of Elmwood Avenue to its intersection with the centerline of Pearl 113 Street; thence easterly along the centerline of Pearl Street to the intersection of the centerlines of 114 North and South Winooski Avenue. 115 (B) Ward 2 lies to the east of the boundary described in subdivision (A) of this subdivision (2), 116 and Ward 3 lies to the west. 117 (3) South District - Ward 5 and Ward 6. 118 (A) The South District is divided into two wards by the following boundary: Beginning at the 119 intersection of the centerlines of King Street and Saint Paul Street; thence southerly along the 120 centerline of Saint Paul Street to its intersection with the centerline of Shelburne Street; thence 121 southerly along the centerline of Shelburne Street to its intersection with the centerline of Flynn 122 Avenue; thence easterly along the centerline of Flynn Avenue extended easterly to the common 123 boundary between the Cities of Burlington and South Burlington. 124 (B) Ward 5 lies to the west of the boundary described in subdivision (A) of this subdivision (3), 125 and Ward 6 lies to the east. 126 (4) North District - Ward 4 and Ward 7. 127 (A) The North District is divided into two wards by the following boundary: Beginning at the 128 intersection of the centerlines of North Avenue and the Central Vermont Railway railroad track; 129 thence northerly along the centerline of North Avenue to its intersection with the centerline of 130 Fairfield Drive; thence westerly along the centerline of Fairfield Drive to its intersection with the 131 western property boundary of 39 Westward Drive extended southerly; thence northerly along the 132 western property boundaries of 39 and 40 Westward Drive, continuing northerly along the western 133 property boundaries of properties fronting the west side of Hardy Avenue to the southern boundary 134 of 35 Derway Drive; thence westerly along the southern boundary of 35 Derway Drive, extended 135 to its intersection with the centerline of Derway Drive (approximately -73.2690 longitude, 44.5249 136 latitude); thence northeasterly along the centerline of Derway Drive to its intersection with the 137 centerline of Claire Pointe Drive; thence northerly along the centerline of Claire Pointe Drive 138 approximately 44 feet to its intersection with the southern property boundary of the Claire Pointe 139 condominium development; thence westerly along the southern property boundary of the Claire 140 Pointe condominium development to the Waterfront Bike Path right-of-way approximately 537 141 feet (approximately -73.2707 longitude, 44.5253 latitude), and then extended to Lake Champlain. 142 (B) Ward 4 lies to the west of the boundary described in subdivision (A) of this subdivision (4), 143 and Ward 7 lies to the east. 144 (5) Ward map reference. Reference is also made to a map entitled "Ward Redistricting, 8 Wards - 4 145 Districts, 12 Councilors, Referred to City Council by CC Committee (v.3), Map Date: December 2, Page 10 of 14  Page 5 Resolution Relating to MARCH 4, 2025 ANNUAL CITY MEETING PROPOSED CHARTER CHANGE REGARDING REDISTRICTING BY CITY COUNCIL 146 2013" located in the Burlington Chief Administrative Officer’s office in further aid of the description of 147 the wards set forth in this subsection. 148 There shall be election areas for the City, which shall be defined and filed with the City Clerk. The City Council 149 may make changes from time to time to the boundaries of the election areas in order to provide an equal division 150 of population among them in accordance with data produced by the U.S. Census Bureau. Election areas changes 151 shall not be made more frequently than once in five years. Such changes shall be approved by the voters at an 152 annual or special meeting of the City and shall become effective immediately upon approval unless a later date 153 is established therein. 154 155 * Material underlined added. 156 ** Material stricken out deleted. 157 158 KS/Resolutions 2024/March 4, 2025, Annual City Meeting Proposed Charter Change Regarding Redistricting by City Council 159 160 September 30, 2024 Page 11 of 14 ROUGH DRAFT Residential Rental Stability Charter Change WHEREAS CLAUSES: - Renters currently make up 70% of all Burlington residents. - The 2023 Rental Vacancy Study produced by Allen, Brooks & Minor (ABM) procured by CEDO established the current rental vacancy rate for Burlington as 1% of the currently 10,994 available units in the city. - Rent inflation in 2022 was 5.5%, which was more than twice the rate of rent inflation observed in 2021. Rent inflation for 2023 was 4.8%. In both instances, the rent inflation outpaced the average annual change in Consumer Price Index (CPI). Refer to same study - Beginning in 2025 the estimated cumulative tax impact for the Future BHS/BTC school construction bond will begin at a rate of $648 per $370k assessed homestead value and will continue increasing to $834 per $370k in 2027, which will last 18 years until 2046. (FY25 BSD City Council Presentation July 2024) - A significant number of households in the Burlington Housing Authority Section 8 program have been unable to secure housing during the customary 90-day lease-up period and have required additional 90-day extensions to find suitable housing. - Over half of all Burlington renters are considered cost-burdened or severely cost-burdened by their housing expenses. 27% of Burlington renters pay between 30% and 49% of their income on rent and utilities, and 26% of Burlington renters pay more than 50% of their income towards rent and utilities. Footnote: Households paying over 40% of income are considered cost-burdened and those paying more than 50% of income are severely cost-burdened. - A recent analysis done for City Planning determined that the cost of creating new rental housing cannot be justified even with extremely high rents for newly-built housing and that only projects that were approved and underway are moving forward at this time. RESOLVE CLAUSES: - Any property owner or agent thereof raises a tenant’s rent by more than 5% in a single notice and lease period, they are required to provide the tenant a 180-day notice of the rental increase (representing an additional 90 days beyond Burlington’s current notice period). - That in the event a property owner or agent thereof does not provide the aforementioned notice within the ascribed timeline, the tenant may exercise the right to remain in the unit for 180 days beyond the date notice was provided at the pre-existing rent rate; OR the tenant may seek relief from the Burlington Housing Board of Review for reasonable costs associated with relocating to similar housing within Chittenden County, which may include the difference in rent paid from the existing unit to the new unit [if an increase Page 12 of 14  occurs], for a total period of time covered under the 180-day notice period not to exceed 3-times the current rate of rent of the expiring lease. - Instructs the Office of the City Attorney and the Department of Permitting and Inspections to collaboratively mail written notice of these changes to all registered property owners at the address on file with the city as well as emailed if an e-mail address is on file with the city on or before XXXX DATE. The City will not be held liable if a property owner or agent thereof claims not to have received notice but the City should document the address and date notice was mailed and e-mailed and retain that documentation for a period of at least 2 years from this resolution’s efficacy date. - Instructs the Burlington Housing Board of Review to include in their annual report to the City Council any updates, positive or negative observations, and suggestions stemming from any cases brought before the Board stemming from this Resolution. SUNSET LANGUAGE: - This resolution will automatically sunset in the event that either of the two events happen: o The Vermont Legislature successfully enacts legislation that permits municipalities to pass ordinances that allow for capping or controlling rent increases AND the Burlington City Council takes up and successfully passes such an ordinance; OR o The rental vacancy rate reaches 5% as confirmed either by CEDO or Department of Permitting and Inspections. - In the event that the sunset clause is triggered, all other city ordinances governing notice or renter’s rights are to continue to be observed. SIMPLIFIED OPTION: City of Burlington Charter Change Resolution for Control Over Rental Notice Periods Whereas, the City of Burlington, Vermont, has a significant population of renters, and ensuring fair, transparent, and equitable housing practices is essential to promoting stability and wellbeing within the community; Whereas, under the current structure of the City Charter, the City of Burlington must seek legislative approval for the explicit authority to set local rental notice periods beyond what is prescribed, limiting the City's ability to address specific local rental issues and housing market conditions in a timely manner; Whereas, the State of Vermont allows municipalities to request charter amendments to grant additional powers to cities and towns, including the ability to regulate rental notice periods as Burlington’s is currently 90 days, whereas the State standard is 60 days. Page 13 of 14 Whereas, Burlington's ability to enact rental notice period regulations could enhance tenant stability, foster more transparent landlord-tenant relations, and mitigate negative impacts from sudden evictions or lease terminations, particularly for vulnerable populations; Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved by the City Council of the City of Burlington that the City shall pursue a charter change to grant authority to the City of Burlington to establish rental notice periods via the ordinance process, as follows: 1. Charter Amendment Authorization: The City of Burlington shall have the authority, under its Charter, to enact ordinances governing rental notice periods for the renewal of leases and termination of tenancies, and other tenant-owner interactions concerning the timing of notices. 2. Local Ordinance Power: The City Council may, through its legislative process, adopt ordinances that establish rental notice periods, which may include but are not limited to: ○ Minimum notice periods for lease terminations initiated by landlords. ○ Minimum notice for tenants when terminating their leases. ○ Minimum notice required for rent increases or changes in lease terms. ○ Special notice periods for vulnerable populations, including elderly tenants, low-income tenants, and tenants with documented disabilities. 3. Community Input and Stakeholder Engagement: The City Council commits to a public and transparent process when drafting and adopting any ordinances under this authority. Input from renters, owners, housing advocates, and the broader community shall be solicited and considered to ensure the ordinances address the needs of all stakeholders and reflect the community's values. Be It Further Resolved, the City Council directs the City Attorney to draft the necessary language for this charter change and to present it for approval by the voters of Burlington at the next general election. Be It Further Resolved, upon approval by the voters, the City Council shall submit the charter change to the Vermont Legislature for consideration and enactment in accordance with state law. Page 14 of 14