Ward 2 NPA

Meeting Notes Ward 2 Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA) May 8th, 2025 | 6:30-8:30pm | All are welcome Join in person: O.N.E. Community Dinner ONE Community Center, 20 Allen Street 5:30-6:30pm | Free | Donations welcome Spring Foragers Feast Menu: Pea Fritters with Ramp Aioli, Join remotely: Sauteed Fiddleheads with Nettle & Garlic Mustard Pesto, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85860854764 Carrot Salad with French Sorrel Dressing, and Rhubarb cake/crisp. Music: Charlie Clark​ Facilitator: Lauren Ebersol​ Notetaker: Kason Hudman 6:30 pm Introduction 5 min 6:35 pm Public Forum (2 minutes max per person) 10 min -​ Alyssa, Ward 2, (she/they) - Tomorrow morning, 5/9/, 8:30am there is a court hearing happening for Rumeysa Ozturk at the Federal Court building at 11 Elmwood Ave. -​ Lee Morrigan (he/him), Ward 3 Resident, lives on George St - Lee is encouraging people to go to the Ward 3 NPA meetings to help change and rectify the things that have happened regarding the Ward 2/Ward 3 split. -​ Ward 4/7 Steering Committee Member - Wants to encourage further collaboration between all the NPA Steering Committees. Proposes that we have an All Wards BBQ at some point in the future. -​ Alyssa Favor, Ward 2 - Friday May 30th at noon there will be a trout parade in the Old North End. Students from Sustainability Academy will be parading and learning about trouts. -​ Ward 2 Resident - Reminder about the Burlington Lead Program, keep an eye out at the Farmer’s Market and Old North End Farmers market for their booth for more information. -​ Charlie Giannoni - mentions that Ward 3 and Ward 8 are looking for poll workers, and encourages folks to volunteer to be poll workers. Also encourages people to sign up to be on a city commission. -​ Question from Ward 2 Member, do you have to be a resident of Ward 3 to volunteer at the Ward 3 polls? Answer from Charlie: technically you should be a resident, however, Charlie has worked extensively with Ward 3 despite living in Ward 2. There are places for all people from all the Wards at the different polling locations. 6:45 pm Proposed Development - 77, 83, 91 N. Winooski 20 min Bren Alvarez, Smith Alvarez Sienkiewycz Architects Bren is joined by one of the visioning partners to introduce the project. The project is combining a few units on North Winooski Avenue into a Memory Care facility, a Daycare facility, and on-site staff housing. There would be three small buildings demolished to build the new facility: a barn, a garage, a short-term rental unit (that will be relocated). The facility would encourage outdoor ​ ​ Ward 2 NPA - April 10, 2025 - Notes - Page 1  recreation in the residents, include a pollinator garden, and ensure that the dining hall and food service would be deep within the facility outside the view of the street. Bren reminds everybody that Vermont, particularly Chittenden County, is in need of more memory care facilities and assisted living centers for elderly residents. CarShare Vermont and Bus Service are both readily accessible from the proposed site. There will be little available parking at the facility, but enough to maintain a functional facility. Question from Ward 2 Resident, what is the proposed timeline? Answer from visioning partner, assuming that all the permitting processes line up, they are thinking that they will break ground in about 18 months. Question from Ward 2 Resident, is the daycare for elderly folks or children? Answer from Bren, the daycare is intended for children, but that could be reconsidered as well. Question from Ward 2 resident, you are the architecture firm, do you have operators in mind? Bren answers that the question is complicated, it could be that the current owners put together a team to run the facility. The architects are working with memory care consultants. Question from Jane, Ward 4 Resident, do the three current property owners already agree? The visioning partner answers, the properties are actually owned by two people, Neil Gardener and Wayne Nelson, and they have both agreed with the proposal. Question from Ward 2 resident, mentions that she works with older adults and thinks that the project is sorely needed. She wants to know if Wayne and Neil have mentioned the project to the neighbors around the project. Bren answered that they have done so. 7:05 pm Green Mountain Transit Updates 40 min Clayton Clark - General Manager, Green Mountain Transit -​ Clayton wants people to know about some of the difficult changes coming to GMT due to the current fiscal challenges facing the state and federal governments. He mentions that GMT used to be known as CCTA, and focused entirely on Chittenden County (urban service). Clayton mentions that it is likely that GMT will outsource its current rural service to other providers, and return to an urban-focused transit provider within the next 18 months. Clayton mentions that GMT is facing a $3M budget gap due to the loss of COVID funds, and encourages folks to reach out to our state representatives to ensure GMT receives the funding that they need. -​ Shawny, Ward 2 resident, asks, with the end of rural transportation, are you anticipating that you will put more into Chittenden County? Clayton answers that they have never been able to mix rural and urban funding, so the move should be funding neutral. Shawny further asks, when does the summer schedule start? Clayton answers that it is meant to start in June, and brings his co-worker Chris to answer further. Chris answers that the summer schedule will end in August, and it will move some 20min routes down to 30min, and also combine some routes together on Sundays. -​ Ward 2 resident asks if there are any alternative funding plans for GMT? Clayton answers that there are some alternative plans, although he doesn’t think they are politically viable until there is a new governor. ​ ​ Ward 2 NPA - April 10, 2025 - Notes - Page 2 7:45 pm Updates on Housing Development in Burlington 40 min Brian Pine - Director, Community & Economic Development Office (CEDO) -​ Post Apartments on the site of the old VFW, 38 affordable units, with 8 being dedicated to folks exiting homelessness -​ 100 Cambrian Way, 40 affordable rental apartments, 8 unites dedicated to people exiting homelessness -​ Shale Beach Condos, 30 affordable for-sale condos -​ Old YMCA building, 78 new units, 15% should be affordable. -​ One Lawson Lane, 38 New Units -​ CityPlace Burlington, 300 Housing in the North Building, 50 units in the building on Bank Street. -​ Former State Office Building, could be demolished, 250+ residential units could be built. Needs to be demolished due to failure to maintain -​ Old Cathedral will be demolished, 200-300 new units could be built in its place. -​ Infill housing has also been going in at various locations due to the recent reworking of the Neighborhood Code. VHIP funding is available for people to build infill and accessory dwellings. -​ Question from Ward 2 resident, happy to hear that CityPlace cannot opt out of inclusionary zoning, wondering about other units. Brian mentions that it depends on the zoning of the location in terms of the census data. 8:25 pm Door prize drawing + Adjourn! 5 min Scan the QR code (or click here) to: Email us • Go to our website • Watch meeting recordings on CCTV's website • Connect with us on Facebook or Instagram • Request a time slot with CEDO’s request form • Get to all links related to this meeting Appendix to the Agenda Ward 2 NPA Steering Committee To contact the entire Ward 2 NPA Steering Committee, email ward2npa@googlegroups.com Name Email Joined Term expiration Lauren Ebersol lebersol27@gmail.com 2023 2027 Kason Hudson kasonhudman@gmail.com 2024 2028 Charlie Giannoni charliecpg@gmail.com 2024 2028 Marc Stannard Marc.Stannard@outlook.com 2024 2028 ​ ​ Ward 2 NPA - April 10, 2025 - Notes - Page 3 Vacancy Vacancy NPA Guiding Principles ●​ Operate through democratic principles and democratic procedures. ●​ Provide a safe and welcoming forum where residents can actively share their voices about issues that matter to them, and where they can learn from the voices of others. ●​ Cultivate involvement by a diverse spectrum of community members through active outreach and through eliminating barriers to participation. ●​ Operate in a manner that models respectful, inclusive, culturally, and economically aware practices. ●​ Be a fun, creative, and vital organization that provides value and benefit through the multitude of perspectives shared by those who participate. Ward 2 NPA Ground Rules ●​ Meetings should have clearly defined agenda and roles. ●​ Honor time limits: A best effort must be made to start on time, follow the agenda, and finish on time. ●​ Listen to others: Make efforts to be an open-minded member of the group. ●​ Respect the agenda and the process: Try to remain focused on the issue at hand. ●​ Share your opinion respectfully: Speak out, but not over, others’ comments. ●​ Treat people how you would like to be treated: Be respectful of everyone, including guests. ​ ​ Ward 2 NPA - April 10, 2025 - Notes - Page 4 Elected officials representing Ward 2 Mayor Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak Progressive mayor@BurlingtonVT.gov City Councilors Central District (Wards 2 & 3) Melo Grant Progressive megrant@burlingtonvt.gov 802-310-0962 Ward 2 Gene Bergman Progressive gbergman@burlingtonvt.gov 802-598-3602 School Board Members Central District (Wards 2 & 3) Jean Waltz jwaltz@bsdvt.org 802-355-7856 Ward 2 Polly Vanderputten pvanderputten@bsdvt.org 802-578-8653 Vermont State House Representatives Chittenden-15 Troy Headrick Progressive/Democrat theadrick@leg.state.vt.us (802) 828-2228 Chittenden-15 Brian Cina Progressive/Democrat bcina@leg.state.vt.us (802) 828-2228 Chittenden-16 Kate Logan Progressive/Democrat klogan@leg.state.vt.us (802) 828-2228 Chittenden-16 Jill Krowinski Democrat jkrowinski@leg.state.vt.us (802) 828-2228 Chittenden-17 Abigail Duke Democrat aduke@leg.state.vt.us (802) 828-2228 Vermont State Senators Chittenden-Central Tanya Vyhovsky Progressive/Democrat tvyhovsky@leg.state.vt.us (802) 828-2228 Chittenden-Central Martine Gulick Democrat mgulick@leg.state.vt.us (802) 828-2228 Chittenden-Central Philip Baruth Democrat/Progressive pbaruth@leg.state.vt.us (802) 503-5266 ​ ​ Ward 2 NPA - April 10, 2025 - Notes - Page 5 ​ ​ Ward 2 NPA - April 10, 2025 - Notes - Page 6 ​ ​ Ward 2 NPA - April 10, 2025 - Notes - Page 7 ​ ​ Ward 2 NPA - April 10, 2025 - Notes - Page 8 ​ ​ Ward 2 NPA - April 10, 2025 - Notes - Page 9