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AGENDA
JOINT CITY COUNCIL and PLANNING COMMISSION South Burlington City Hall Kevin L Dorn Senior Center 180 Market Street SOUTH BURLINGTON, VERMONT Special Meeting 6:30 P.M. Tuesday, August 3, 2021
1. Welcome. (6:30 PM)
2. Agenda Review: Additions, deletions or changes in order of agenda items. (6:31 – 6:32 PM)
3. Comments and questions from the public not related to the agenda. (6:33 – 6:43 PM)
4. Panel discussion on Land Use and Equity. The information and perspectives shared will inform
future decision making. No action is anticipated at this meeting. – Councilor Emery (6:44 – 8:30 PM)
The panel will include:
• Dr. Pablo Bose of the University of Vermont, an urban geographer, political ecologist, and
migration studies scholar who works on refugee resettlement and agriculture/food security,
including through the USDA’s Community Food Program, past member of Green Mountain
Transit and Burlington Housing Authority, and current member of Burlington Public
Works and the Burlington Reparations Taskforce
• Dr. Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux of the University of Vermont, a scholar specialized in
hydrology, remote sensing, climate change and variability, extreme weather, and climate
literacy, the co-founder of the Diversity Climate Network (D-ClimNet), the Vermont State
Climatologist, President of the American Association of State Climatologists, Inc., and
member of the Vermont Climate Council
• Elizabeth Mackin, UVM Class of 2021 (BS in Environmental Studies, BA in Political Science),
Assistant Farmer Market Manager of Last Resort Farm in Monkton, Vermont
• Chief Richard "Dick" Menard of the St. Francis/Sokoki Band of the Missisquoi - Abenaki
Nation, an accomplished woodcarver, and leader working to decrease gaps in service and
treatment across the spectrums of health, human, and social services for the Abenaki
People
• Chief Don Stevens of the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk - Abenaki Nation, an award-winning
businessman, writer, and lecturer; past Chair of the Vermont Commission on Native
American Affairs who led the effort to attain legal recognition for the Abenaki People in
Vermont
Each speaker will provide 10 minutes of commentary or presentation and then there will be a
facilitated question and answer period led by Councilor Emery.
5. Adjourn (8:30 PM)
Respectfully Submitted:
City Manager
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