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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - City Council - 12/14/2021South Burlington Economic Development Committee Room #301 at 180 Market St South Burlington, VT 05403 AGENDA Participation Options In Person: Room #301 – 3rd Floor – 180 Market St Assistive Listening Service Devices: Available upon request. Reach out to staff or committee members before meeting begins Electronically: https://www.gotomeet.me/SouthBurlingtonVT/economic-development- meeting12-14-2021 You can also dial in using your phone. United States: +1 (571) 317-3112 Access Code: 831-143-349 Tuesday December 14, 2021 5:30 PM 1.Welcome, agenda review and approval 2.Public comments on items not on the agenda 3.***Approve prior meeting minutes from November 22, 2021 EDC Meeting 4.***Handling/Scheduling EDC items on CC FY22 Policy Priorities and Strategies 5.Future meeting schedule (2nd Tuesdays?) 6.Further discussion/resolution about the proposed LDR changes 7.City economic data - Update on request for data/research from UVM 8.City Manager Updates 9.Topics for future meetings Commercial sales of cannabis Enter/exit polling based on property transfers 10.Adjourn (approx. 7:00 pm) 11.***Attachments included 11-28-21 MEETING MINUTES Economic Development Committee, South Burlington Meeting of 11-22-2021 held in Room 301 South Burlington City Hall, 180 Market Street Members Present: John Burton, Tom Bailey, Jacob West and Sriram Srinivasam Members Absent: John Wilking, Linda Norris and Seth Bowden Staff and Guests: Jessie Baker, City Manager, Ilana Blanchard, City Special Projects, and remotely Janet Bellavance and “Wayne” The Meeting was called to order by John Burton, Chair, at 5:35 PM. (1)AGENDA: The agenda was reviewed and approved. (2)PUBLIC COMMENT: John Burton acknowledged and welcomed the guests who chose to make no public comments at that time. (3)MINUTES: Tom moved and Srinivasam seconded a motion to approve the minutes of the October 25, 2021 meeting. The motion passed unanimously. (4)FUTURE MEETINGS: The next meeting of the committee was scheduled for December 14th at 5:30 PM, tentatively. The members present acknowledged that all the members should be consulted about scheduling future meetings. (5)PROPOSED LDR AMENDENTS: Jessie indicated that City Councilors Chittenden and Cota are studying the economic consequences of the proposed amendments and how future development would be affected. Tom expressed that the committee should provide data-based guidance to the City Council with regard to major policies being considered such as the proposed amendments. There followed a ranging discussion among the members. John opined his concern about how the removing of “conserved” land from the tax rolls would erode the tax base. A discussion of the tax effects of conserving land and current use followed. (6)UPDATE ON REQUEST FOR DATA/RESEARCH FROM UVM: John summarized his efforts in utilizing likely research resources at UVM. He suggested that UVM could provide a “snap shot” for the economic status of the county with South Burlington data included, which committee members found promising. Srinivasam suggested a focus on the commercial side of the economy is important and perhaps zoning permits and grand list data should be mined for this. John indicated he would report further. (7)POLICY AND STRATEGIES: The committee discussed the FY22 Policy and Strategies approved by City Council as a basis for the committee’s work plan for 2022. John had already excerpted from the document the items that applied to the committee and will circulate it to the members. (8)CITY MANAGER UPDATES: (a)Ilana briefed the committee on the acquisition of federal funds for the bike/pedestrian path adjoining Williston Road. (b)Jessie noted that the Vermont legislature had passed a policy that allowed individual municipalities to adopt mask mandates, and committee members opined as to the practicality of them. The SBBA was apparently considering them. (c)Jessie pointed out that the City budget will first be presented at the December 6th meeting of the City Council, and that strategic use of ARPA funds would be on the agenda. (d)Jessie announced that Kelsey Peterson has been hired by the City as part of the Planning and Zoning staff and summarized her background. (9)FUTURE MEETING TOPICS: The committee members suggested that the committee should collect data on why people move into South Burlington and why they leave, and a discussion of possible data sources followed. (10) ADJOUNMENT: Before adjournment, Joyce commented on the value of natural resources to the City. Then Jacob moved to adjourn and Srinivasam seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 6:55 PM. Economic Development Committee Priorities Category Priority Implementation Strategy Description Responsible Leader(s) Timeline Committee(s) Action Affordable Strong Must do LDR Updates: *Explore rezoning the land around the airport *Continue revisions to City Center Form Based Code and associated Official Map updates to support successful development of the downtown Paul FY22 EDC, PC *EDC to participate in airport rezoning subcommittee *PC to discuss and adopt all Affordable Strong Committee Interest Work with staff to review options for buying or developing existing city‐owned land Affordable Strong Core Services Plan for effective use of ARPA funding *Infrastructure (including IT) *Affordable Housing *Economic development and business support Andrew Multi- year AHC, EDC Make recommendations to Council on how best to use ARPA funding for housing and economic development Walkable Committee Interest EDC Continue to participate in I89 Corridor Green & Clean Committee Interest EDC Explore ways to recruit and retain clean energy businesses Opportunity Oriented Must do Develop metrics for fiscal and economic development: do we have a tax base goal? What do we need to be financially sustainable? How do we support GL growth that enables this? Jessie, Ilona ongoing EDC Develop and review metrics Opportunity Oriented Must do Assess the City's Industrial‐ Commercial Zoning districts: What uses MUST be away from housing? Should we reserve land for those purposes only while making other "business parks" eligible for a wider range of mixed uses? Paul FY22‐ FY23 PC and EDC Provide feedback and review of options Opportunity Oriented Committee Interest EDC Identify staff support for EDC Opportunity Oriented Pending community Consider ballot item on Commercial Cannabis Jessie FY22 EDC Explore Commercial Cannabis, monitor CCB's efforts and make recommendations to Council or committee interest Core Services Must do ***Update permitting systems and processes: *Provide technology to streamline processes *Build an expedited pathway for Sustainable Energy Projects *Support efficient DRB review Paul FY22 PC (recommend ed by EDC) Update permitting system: Ensure an expedited pathway for high impact priority projects Core Services Must do Initiate review of progress on the 2016 Comprehensive Plan in preparation for the 2024 Plan. All Departments and Committees FY22‐ FY24 All committees Participate in review of progress on the 2016 Comprehensive Plan in preparation for the 2024