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SOUTH BURLINGTON CITY COUNCIL
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Special Meeting 6:00 P.M. Monday, June 8, 2020
1.Agenda Review: Additions, deletions or changes in order of agenda items. (6:00 – 6:01 PM)
2.Comments and questions from the public not related to the agenda. (6:01 – 6:10 PM)
3. Consider and possibly approve a resolution related to the murder of George Floyd in MinneapolisMinnesota and the protests and violence that has occurred in the aftermath – Councilor Barritt (6:10 –
6:25 PM)
4.***Consider and possibly approve a resolution related to asking the City of Burlington/BurlingtonInternational Airport to apply for grant funding to support active noise monitoring at the Airport
consistent with the Noise Compatibility Program – Councilor Emery (6:25 – 6:35 PM)
5.***Consider and possibly approve a resolution related to the wearing of face coverings in publiclocations in South Burlington. (6:35 – 6:50 PM)
6.***Consider and possibly approve a resolution authored by the Vermont League of Cities and Towns
calling on Congress to allocate fair and direct federal support to all of America’s communities,regardless of population size – Kevin Dorn, City Manager (6:50 – 7:00 PM)
7.Consider and possibly approve a name for the City building to be located at 180 Market Street (7:00 –
7:15 PM)
8. Consider and possibly endorse the “Raise the Blade” project. (7:15 – 7:20 PM)
9. Update on the proposed new date for a vote on the FY 2021 School District budget and how thatrelates to the setting of property tax due dates and related implications – Tom Hubbard, Deputy City
Manager. (7:20 – 7:35 PM)
10.Other Business (7:35 – 7:40 PM)
11.Adjourn (7:40 PM)
Possible Executive Session to discuss pending or probable civil litigation to which the public body may be a party and confidential attorney-client communications made for the purpose of providing professional legal
services to Council and to discuss negotiating or securing of real estate purchase or lease options.
Respectfully Submitted:
Kevin Dorn
Kevin Dorn, City Manager
South Burlington City Council Resolution
Asking the Burlington International Airport Director
to Apply for Noise Monitoring Equipment Funding
WHEREAS, the Vermont Air National Guard Unit (VTANG) is based at the Burlington International Airport
(BIA); and,
WHEREAS, VTANG began their transition to the 5th Generation F-35 (Lightning II) in 2019; and,
WHEREAS, VTANG has received 15 of its expected 20 F-35 aircraft, with the remaining fighter jets
planned to arrive this summer, and anticipated to be in Vermont by September; and,
WHEREAS, the FAA has determined that residential land use and related structures are not compatible
and should be prohibited, or prohibited with conditions, within the 65+ dB DNL contour, and therefore,
federal funds may be made available to assist with sound mitigation within that area through the Airport
Improvement Program (AIP); and,
WHEREAS, the Noise Exposure Map released in 2019 is reflective of future operations at the Airport and
has identified 2,640 homes in South Burlington, Winooski, Colchester, and Burlington within the 65+ dB
DNL contours; and,
WHEREAS, the cities of Burlington, South Burlington, and Winooski have been working toward the
establishment of a Memorandum of Understanding concerning future Noise Compatibility Programs;
and,
WHEREAS, a term of that agreement stipulates that the parties acknowledge that as a condition of any
AIP grant, the FAA may require the Airport to continue to offer acquisition to certain homeowners—for
example, those within the 75 dB DNL contour area in any future NEM; and,
WHEREAS, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) first approved a noise monitoring system in 1990,
making it eligible for FAA funding; and,
WHEREAS, the FAA again approved a noise monitoring system in BIA’s most recent Noise Compatibility
Program (NCP) update in 2008; and,
WHEREAS, BIA issued a Request for Qualifications in 2018, including among the itemized request an
Automated Airport/Aircraft Landing Identification and Billing and Noise and Operations Management
System, and specifying a Noise and Operations Management System with integrated camera-based
aircraft identification technology; and,
WHEREAS, Richard P. Doucette of the FAA confirmed BIA’s eligibility for a noise monitoring system in a
May 18, 2020 email forwarded to South Burlington City Council Chair Helen Riehle and Vice Chair
Meaghan Emery.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the South Burlington City Council:
That the South Burlington City Council formally requests the Director of BIA to apply for grant funding
for a noise monitoring system by the mid-June 2020 deadline, using the cost established in the recent
Request for Qualifications or another valid cost estimate.
And be it further Resolved:
That the South Burlington City Council requests that the Burlington City Council join with the South
Burlington and Winooski City Councils in making this request.
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Helen Riehle, Chair
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Meaghan Emery, Vice Chair
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Tim Barritt, Clerk
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Thomas Chittenden, Councilor
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David Kaufman, Councilor
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Adopted
RESOLUTION REGARDING USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT WITHIN CITY OWNED BUILDINGS AND IN PLACES OF PUBLIC ACCESS WITHIN
THE CITY OF SOUTH BURLINGTON
WHEREAS, Consistent with the Vermont Governor’s Stay Home, Stay Safe Emergency Orders
related to social distancing as well as the health care measures recommended by the Vermont
Department of Health and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the City Council desires
to enact and encourage measures that promote the public health safety and welfare of its citizens
to further the goal of slowing the spread of COVID-19; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the potentially disastrous effects COVID-19 could have
on its citizens were business and citizens not to follow the responsible, common sense, and creative
measures to conduct business in a manner consistent with CDC and Vermont Department of Health
social distancing guidelines; and,
WHEREAS, as the State of Vermont begins to slowly resume opening businesses and public
spaces, the City Council recognizes the need to ensure these measures, particularly the use of
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), are followed in order to avoid the needless illness and deaths
of its citizens.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that any member of the public entering a City owned
building must wear a PPE face covering or respirator that covers at least their mouth and nose and
the Council directs the City Manager to attempt to provide PPE masks at points of public access
to City owned buildings open to the public.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, based upon authority extended by the Governor, all City
business and non-profits shall require all members of the public entering a Place of Public Access,
as that term is defined in the City’s Ordinance Prohibiting Smoking in Places of Public Access,
and 18 V.S.A. § 1741(2), to wear a PPE face covering or respirator that covers at least their mouth
and nose.
Dated at South Burlington, Vermont this 8th day of June, 2020, effective upon passage.
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Helen Riehle, Chair Meaghan Emery, Vice Chair
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Tim Barritt, Clerk Thomas Chittenden
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David Kaufman
South Burlington City Council Resolution
All Cities, towns and villages in Vermont are essential, and Vermont local officials
support fair and direct federal emergency aid to reopen and rebuild local American
economies.
Whereas America’s cities, towns and villages face unprecedented threats due to the ongoing COVID-19
pandemic emergency;
Whereas municipalities are essential to America’s economic recovery and without funding support for
local governments, municipalities may go from being a critical part of the economic solution, to
becoming a major obstacle to long-term stabilization and recovery;
Whereas America’s cities, towns and villages will experience budgetary shortfalls of up $134 billion in
fiscal year 2020 alone, and the negative effects of the pandemic emergency on communities will
continue long after this year;
Whereas three million critical municipal worker jobs are at risk, threatening cuts to basic community
services, including 9-1-1 response, sanitation, economy recovery and maintenance;
Whereas communities have taken extraordinary measures to protect health, safety, and the
continuation of essential services throughout the emergency;
Whereas Vermont’s municipal leaders are united in helping their communities make a strong
comeback after experiencing furloughs among municipal staff, loss of direct municipal revenue and
tremendous demand from residents and Main Street and other local businesses for assistance; and
Whereas America’s rural communities and small towns, especially here in Vermont, are struggling just
as much as big cities and risk being left far behind; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, that
1.Vermont local officials call on Congress to allocate fair and direct federal support to all of America’s
communities, regardless of population size;
2.this funding be flexible and address not only the additional expenses incurred by communities to
respond to the pandemic emergency, but also the dramatic budgetary shortfalls resulting from
pauses in commerce, tourism, and other economic engines;
3.local governments will ensure federal funds are immediately used to rebuild and reopen the
economy;
4.funding will keep workers employed and critical services operating; and
5.Vermont local officials have been part of the emergency response and now call on Congress to
build a united national partnership for a safe, healthy, prosperous life.
Approved: ______________________
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Helen Riehle, Chair Meaghan Emery, Vice Chair
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Tim Barritt, Clerk Thomas Chittenden, Councilor
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David Kaufman, Councilor