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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - 12/05/1977CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 5, 1977 The South Burlington City Council held a meeting on Monday, December 5, 1977 at 8:00 pm in the Conference Room, Municipal Offices, 1175 Williston Road Members Present Paul Farrar, Chairman; Frank Armstrong, William Burgess, Michael Flaherty, Martin Paulsen Others Present William Szymanski, City Manager; Fran Brock, Free Press; Joe Slakas, WJOY/WQCR; R. Wendell Miller, Kay Neubert Interview of R. Wendell Miller for Planning Commission vacancy Mr. Farrar asked Mr. Miller why he wanted to serve end was told that he had just begun to live in South Burlington and that he has the time available and wants to help. Mr. Farrar asked if he would be willing to serve on another board and was told that he might. Mr. Farrar asked if he had had any experience on Planning Commissions or had any experience which might lend itself to planning. Mr. Miller replied that he had never been on a Planning Commission but that planning had been important in his work - aircraft and spacecraft engineering. He said that he had not yet read the Zoning document or the Master Plan because he had only lived here since August. Mr. Flaherty asked if he had any general thoughts on planning in South Burlington and was told that Mr. Miller did not feel that he was in a position to say anything about that yet. He has no fixed thoughts in that direction. Mr. Paulsen asked if he had ever been party to a hearing so that he could get the feel of it and was told that he had not. Mr. Armstrong asked if he had lived in California and was told that he had only lived there a short while - he had lived a long time in St. Louis. Mr. Burgess had no questions. Mr. Farrar thanked Mr. Miller for coming in and said that the appointment would be made later. Minutes of November 21, 1977 Mr. Flaherty moved to approve the minutes of November 21, 1977 as printed. Mr. Armstrong seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Disbursement orders Disbursement orders were signed. Continuation of Public Hearing on Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations amendments Mr. Paulsen moved to conclude the public hearing. Mr. Flaherty seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Mr. Flaherty then moved to refer the changes to the Zoning Ordinance with the corrections noted in the memo of December 5, 1977 from Stephen Page, to the Planning Commission. Mr. Burgess seconded the motion, which was passed unanimously. Mr. Flaherty then moved to remove from the table the definition of Subdivision. This motion was seconded by Mr. Paulsen and passed unanimously. Mr. Flaherty further moved to reject the definition of Subdivision. Mr. Burgess seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Mr. Paulsen then moved to refer the balance of the amendments to the Subdivision Regulations, including our deletion, to the Planning Commission for their consideration. Mr. Burgess seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Sign short term renewal notes Mr. Szymanski told the Council what the notes were for and the amounts of them. Mr. Paulsen moved that the City Council sign the 10 renewal notes as presented by the City Manager and that the Council sign the one new note for $100,000 for the Bartlett's Bay sewer project. The motion was seconded by Mr. Armstrong and passed unanimously. Southern Connector Discussion on appointment of Citizens Committee to study the proposed extension in South Burlington Mr. Farrar said that he had received two letters from the Highway Department and that one dealt with the Citizens Committee. He read this letter. He suggested that 11 members be appointed: 1 by the mayor of Burlington and 1 by the Burlington Planning Commission, 1 by the Shelburne Selectmen and 1 by the Shelburne Planning Commission, 1 by the Regional Planning Commission, and that South Burlington appoint the other 6 - some by the Council and some by the Planning Commission. Mr. Flaherty asked who would appoint the Chairman and was told that the Council probably would. Mrs. Neubert pointed out that the Burlington Citizens Committee had only had two outside members and that they had had a larger board. She said that many people did not come regularly and might have only come one or two times because of the amount of homework involved. She felt that a larger committee was necessary and said that she would like to see more South Burlington people - one from Queen City Park, one from the South End, a businessman, etc. Mr. Burgess said that although the city wanted other communities involved, the final opinions should be those of South Burlington, and he said that he would like to have more residents on the committee. Mr. Armstrong agreed. Mr. Flaherty felt that if there were too many people, the board would be very unwieldy. Mrs. Neubert said that the committee was mainly there to react to Highway Department planning, and that they would be given lots of choices. She said that the members would vote but that the votes would be just a recommendation. She recommended that there be 15 members on the committee. Mr. Flaherty moved to appoint a Citizens Committee of 11 members to study the proposed Southern Connector extension in South Burlington. Two are to come from Burlington; one to be appointed by the mayor and one to be appointed by the Planning Commission; two are to come from the town of Shelburne; one to be appointed by the Selectmen and one by the Planning Commission. One is to come from the Regional Planning Commission; preferably Hugh Marvin, South Burlington's representative. The other 6 members are to be appointed as determined by the South Burlington City Council. Mr. Paulsen seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Mr. Farrar asked Mrs. Neubert is she were willing to serve on the committee and she replied that she would rather not serve on the committee the way it was set up. Update on the response to the Environmental Impact Hearing comments Mr. Farrar read a letter sent to him concerning the Environmental Impact Statement and said that it seemed to be a positive response to the major questions that the city had raised. Discussion of purchase of copier Messrs. Farrar and Burgess removed themselves from this discussion. Mr. Szymanski said that he had called the Secretary of State and gotten the list of copiers approved for making permanent records, and that there were only 3. These are a Dennison BC14 or BC1200, a 3-M #360 Secretary 2, or a Xerox #914, 1000, 3100L.D.C. or 3107. The Dennison machine was not tried and the 3-M had a serious drawback in that it had to be fed by hand. To buy the Xerox machine that they have been leasing for the past 20 months would save about $90 a month. Mr. Szymanski said. The city will get credit for the leasing price they have put in so far. He said that all the area communities have the Xerox machine that the city has. Mr. Paulsen asked about the ABDick machine and was told that the Secretary of State did not accept that one. Mr. Szymanski also said that the ABDick people had recommended going somewhere else to get permanent records copied. Mr. Armstrong moved to authorize the City Manager to purchase a xerox #3100 copier. The motion was seconded by Mr. Flaherty and passed with Messrs. Farrar and Burgess; abstaining. Zoning Board and Planning Commission agendas There were no comments on either agenda. Consider, going into Executive Session to discuss the following: 1. Pending Lakelands litigation 2. Land purchase - approximately 15 acres of Nowland property 3. Planning Commission appointment Mr. Paulsen moved to go into executive session for the purpose of discussing the 3 items on the agenda. Following that the Council will reconvene the regular session for the sole purpose of making an appointment to the Planning Commission. The motion was seconded by Mr. Flaherty and passed unanimously. The Executive Session was adjourned and the regular session reconvened at 9:15 P.M. on motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed. APPOINTMENT TO PLANNING COMMISSION Mr. Burgess moved to appoint George Mona to the South Burlington Planning Commission to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jan Rozandaal. The motion was seconded by Mr. Flaherty and passed unanimously. On motion made, seconded, and passed unanimously, she meeting was declared adjourned at 9:20 P.M. Approved Published by ClerkBase ©2019 by Clerkbase. No Claim to Original Government Works.