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180 Market Street
South Burlington, VT 05403
(802) 846-4106
www.sbvt.gov
Meeting Wednesday, March 30, 2022
City Hall, 180 Market Street, Room 301 and Online
7:00 pm
This meeting will be held both in person and digitally via Zoom. Participation Options:
In person: South Burlington City Hall Room 301, 180 Market Street
Assisted Listening Service Available; reach out to staff before meeting begins
Interactive Online (audio & video): https://zoom.us/j/92663739964
Telephone (audio only): 929 205 6099, Meeting ID: 926 6373 9964
AGENDA:
1. Instructions on existing building in case of emergency and review of technology options (7:00 pm)
2. Agenda: Additions, deletions or changes in order of agenda items (7:02 pm)
3. Open to the public for items not related to the agenda (7:05 pm)
4. *Continue review of pathways and actions by sector (7:10 pm)
a. Building/Thermal Sector pathways and actions
b. Transportation Sector pathways and actions
c. Next steps: remaining sectors; evaluation & organization of work
5. *Minutes: March 10, 2022 (8:55 pm)
6. Other Business (8:59 pm)
7. Adjourn (9:00 pm)
*Item has attachments
Respectfully submitted,
Paul Conner, AICP,
Paul Conner, AICP
Director of Planning & Zoning
Chief Sustainability Officer
180 Market Street South Burlington, VT 05403 tel 802.846.4106 fax 802.846.4101 www.sb vt.gov
MEMORANDUM
TO: South Burlington Climate Action Plan Task Force
FROM: Paul Conner, Director of Planning & Zoning & Chief Sustainability Officer
SUBJECT: March 30, 2022 Task Force Meeting Cover memo
Hi folks. Enclosed is this week’s packet.
1. Instructions on existing building in case of emergency and review of technology options (7:00 pm)
2. Agenda: Additions, deletions or changes in order of agenda items (7:02 pm)
3. Open to the public for items not related to the agenda (7:05 pm)
4. *Continue review of pathways and actions by sector (7:10 pm)
Before diving into the Sectors, a quick update / note on the Science-Based Target analysis provided by ICLEI
at the last meeting. Staff is following up with the folks at ICLEI on the important questions raised by the Task
Force, as well, importantly, as to how to adjust for the work having a 2015 base year. It is possible that the
targets will need to be adjusted based on our estimates of the level of progress made in the intervening
years. More to come on this…
a. Building/Thermal Sector pathways and actions
Task Force members were given the homework item of identifying any “fatal flaws” in the
buildings/thermal sector. The enclosed draft is the same as was sent to Task Force members last week
for individual review and includes the edits requested at the 3/10 meeting. Fatal Flaw feedback is
welcome at the meeting.
CCRPC and City Staff received feedback from a couple of members that the proposed actions would
strongly benefit from being organized along a series of categories, with associated policies, promotions,
and investments under each. They felt that this would help the Task Force to identify any missing areas
of actions NOW, and improve readability for those reviewing the proposals.
In staff’s view this is very helpful and gives the CCRPC some really good ideas for how to organize and
package the information in the next round of this iterative review.
Staff requests that the Task Force determine whether the work at this stage need to be paused to
consider organization, or whether to proceed as is for the timebeing in order to keep on schedule and
have CCRPC staff consider this feedback, and bring back suggestions for the next round. A couple of
considerations: staff is eager to have the Task Force’s “ok” on this initial draft of Buildings/Thermal to
begin reaching out to the public for feedback, and the project, separately is at risk of falling behind
schedule (and budget).
b. Transportation Sector pathways and actions
Enclosed is the first complete draft of the Transportation Sector. It includes the individual feedback
provided by Task Force members of the draft sent out by the CCRPC last week. These individual
proposed edits are shown and noted in red.
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c. Next steps: remaining sectors; evaluation & organization of work
This item will be for the Task Force to discuss how it would like to proceed with review of the pathways
and actions within the remaining sectors, and a reminder for everyone to keep an eye trained to the
Equity goals of the work as well.
5. *Minutes: March 10, 2022 (8:55 pm)
Not included in today’s packet. Staff will get this out to the Task Force before the meeting.
6. Other Business (8:59 pm)
7. Adjourn (9:00 pm)
TRANSPORTATION SECTOR
DRAFT FOR CLIMATE ACTION TASK FORCE
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ID
Transport # 2030 Science Based Target Metric for periodic
monitoring
DRAFT Action
1 4.5%* annual growth of
Electric Vehicle (EV)
adoption
# of electric vehicles
registered annually
Promotion - Educate student drivers about electric and high efficiency vehicle and
transportation options including electric bikes.
2 4.5%* annual growth of
Electric Vehicle (EV)
adoption
# of electric vehicles
registered annually
Promotion - EV education and buyer assistance support currently being offered by Drive
Electric Vermont.
3 4.5%* annual growth of
Electric Vehicle (EV)
adoption
# of electric vehicles
registered annually,
number of new ev
charging stations
Policy - Develop a policy for existing multifamily properties to install elected vehicle charging
equipment.
From Srini - Replace above with: Work with a consultant to inventory current multi-family
electric vehicle charging network needs/capabilities to inform a policy for existing
multifamily properties to install electric vehicle charging equipment. The policy could include
an incentive program for rental owners to allocate space for charging station.
4 4.5%* annual growth of
Electric Vehicle (EV)
adoption
# of electric vehicles
registered annually,
number of new ev
charging stations
Policy - Adopt a policy to require all new building be built with elective vehicle charging
equipment.
From Srini- Replace above with: Adopt a policy (i.e. building code or zoning regulation)to
require all new buildings be built with enough level 2 electric vehicle charging equipment to
ensure all residents or employees have access to charging.
5 4.5%* annual growth of
Electric Vehicle (EV)
adoption
# of electric vehicles
registered annually,
number of new ev
charging stations
Policy - Develop a policy with incentives for existing commercial properties to install electric
vehicle charging equipment.
From Donna - add the above text.
6 4.5%* annual growth of
Electric Vehicle (EV)
adoption
# of electric vehicles
registered annually
From Srini - Add the following: Program - Work with CarShareVT to consider EV car share
program for eligible residents.
7 4.5%* annual growth of
Electric Vehicle (EV)
adoption
% of fossil fuel
reduction in heavy duty
vehicles
Strategic Investment - Determine strategy and budget for municipal vehicles and equipment
to electrify or become zero emisson. Consider having VTCCC conduct a free fleet analysis.
Consider joint investment on shared EV assets with other towns to reduce capital burden.
Publicize results as an example of clean investment potential, City to look at options for
financing as well as grants to speed adoption
From Srini & Donna [combined by CCRPC] - add the above text
8 4.5%* annual growth of
Electric Vehicle (EV)
adoption
% of fossil fuel
reduction in heavy duty
vehicles
Policy - Conduct an annual accounting of fossil fuel data for municipal fleet vehicles
9 4.5%* annual growth of
Electric Vehicle (EV)
adoption
% of fossil fuel
reduction in heavy duty
vehicles
Strategic Investment - Budget for annual EVSE installments at various City departments.
10 4.5%* annual growth of
Electric Vehicle (EV)
adoption
% of fossil fuel
reduction in heavy duty
vehicles
From Srini - Add the following: Policy - Work with the School District to develop a roadmap
for zero emission buses.
11 4.5%* annual growth of
Electric Vehicle (EV)
adoption
% of fossil fuel
reduction in heavy duty
vehicles
From Donna: Add the following: Policy - Work with solid waste haulers to reduce service
duplication.
12 10%* reduction in Vehicle
Miles Traveled (VMT)
Feasibility and/or
recommendation
Research the applicability for micro-transit programs in South Burlington
City of South Burlington
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TRANSPORTATION SECTOR
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MARCH 30, 2022 CAPTF MEETING
Transport # 2030 Science Based Target Metric for periodic
monitoring
DRAFT Action
13 10%* reduction in Vehicle
Miles Traveled (VMT)
Policy Adopted,number
of telecommuting
employees, VMT
reduction
Policy - Support telecommuting for city government employees
14 10%* reduction in Vehicle
Miles Traveled (VMT)
Number of employers
who are CATMA
members, VMT
reduction
Promotion - Partner with CATMA to increase membership among employers (Senior Center,
School District, and large employers) in the City to reduce driving alone to work and
encourage transit use through reduced fares, carpooling, and walking/biking.
From Donna: add the above text
15 10%* reduction in Vehicle
Miles Traveled (VMT)
Number of new routes,
ridership, frequency,
VMT reduction
Strategic Investment - Invest in Green Mountain Transit to increase transit ridership on
existing route, identify new routes, and increase frequency.
16 10%* reduction in Vehicle
Miles Traveled (VMT)
Number of new routes,
ridership, frequency,
VMT reduction
From Donna - add the following: Promotion - Survey residents on approaches for
encouraging bus ridership. Approaches could include advocating for free ridership.
17 10%* reduction in Vehicle
Miles Traveled (VMT)
VMT reduction Policy - Maintain existing bike/ped infrastructure used for transportation puposes to ensure
it can be utilized during all seasons.
18 10%* reduction in Vehicle
Miles Traveled (VMT)
VMT reduction From Donna and Srini [combined by CCRPC]: add the following: Policy - Work with the
School District and Safe to Routes to School to adopt a policy to encourage more bike/ped to
school options.
19 10%* reduction in Vehicle
Miles Traveled (VMT)
VMT reduction, miles of
bike/ped infrastructure
Strategic Investment - Increase bike/ped infrastructure (routes, bike parking, signage, and
striping) city wide to connect all neighborhoods in South Burlington and to adjacent
communities.
From Donna and Srinri: Add above text.
20 10%* reduction in Vehicle
Miles Traveled (VMT)
VMT reduction, # of park
and rides
Strategic Investment -Establish park & ride/carpool lots to connect with public
transportation, (e.g. I-189 Exit, Chittenden County Park and Ride Plan)
21 10%* reduction in Vehicle
Miles Traveled (VMT)
Number of events Promotion - City events reinforce transportation goals, such as Open Streets event (perhaps
closing northbound lane of Dorset Street and/or Market Street) or showcase bike path with
an annual event (marathon/half marathon/5k)
22 10%* reduction in Vehicle
Miles Traveled (VMT)
Policy Adopted, VMT
Reduction
Policy - Foster basic services to exist within ½ mile of neighborhoods.
23 10%* reduction in Vehicle
Miles Traveled (VMT)
Policy Adopted, VMT
Reduction
Policy - Adopt a Transportation Demand Management requirement for
development/redevelopment. Include incentives or requirements for multi-modal
transportation or parking maximums where feasible, or other tools. Include bike share, car
share, and supporting city policies.
24 10%* reduction in Vehicle
Miles Traveled (VMT)
Policy Adopted, VMT
Reduction
Policy - Foster higher density, mixed use devleopment and redevelopment through
the land development regulations in areas with existing or planned reliable transit
options, services, and infrastructure. Require that new development include at least
30% of residential units affordable at 80% median income or less. Create incentives
for these redevelopment projects by reducing/eliminating most development fees
and considering property tax credits.
From Darrylin - add the above text.
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TRANSPORTATION SECTOR
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Transport # 2030 Science Based Target Metric for periodic
monitoring
DRAFT Action
25 10%* reduction in Vehicle
Miles Traveled (VMT)
Policy Adopted, VMT
Reduction
Policy - Develop a policy to support sufficient housing to meet employment demands within
a 5-mile radius of the employment
From Donna: Replace the above with: Plan housing within close proximity to employers, City
to coordinate with employers and developers to address housing needs
From Andrew: "I think the final action regarding housing within a five mile radius of
employment should be deleted. The question of where to construct new housing must be
considered holistically together with the imperative to protect open space and natural
resource lands and a five mile radius encompasses a lot of land."
26 10%* reduction in Vehicle
Miles Traveled (VMT)
Policy Adopted, VMT
Reduction
From Srini - Add the following: Policy - Work with Local Motion to identify appropriate safety
policies and measures for e-bike use,existing and new multi-use paths and sidewalks, and
develop a vision for addressing problem intersections for cyclists and pedestrians.
*The modeled EV growth rate and VMT reduction will likely change because of adjustments made to the base year assumptions prior to 2025. CCRPC is
working with ICLEI to iterate on the modeling.
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