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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - 04/06/2004CITY COUNCIL 6 APRIL 2004 The South Burlington City Council held a regular meeting on Tuesday, 6 April 2004, at 7:30 p.m., in the Conference Room, City Hall, 575 Dorset St. Members Present: J. Condos, Chair; T. Sheahan, S. Magowan, D. O'Rourke, C. Smith Also Present: C. Hafter, City Manager; D. Gravelin, Asst. City Manager; J. B. Hoover, Director of Planning & Zoning; Jill Spinelli, City Attorney; Planning Commission members: J. Zwick, R. Kay, M. Beaudin, T. Duff; T. Hubbard, Recreation Dept; J. Wilking, J. Pasakow; A. Johnston, The Other Paper; Free Press; Channel 17 1. Comments & Questions from the Audience, not related to Agenda Items: No issues were raised. 2. Announcements/City Manager's Report: Mr. Sheahan: Housing Committee of the Regional Planning Commission is working on a formula for "fair housing allocation" based on an estimate of what the county will need in the way of housing units. Mr. Sheahan will bring the S. Burlington recommendation to the Council. Mr. O'Rourke: Met this morning on the police department building. The next meeting will be 27 April, 8:30 a.m. Potential sites are being reviewed. There is a suggestion that Mr. O'Rourke and another Council member review a couple of recently built stations in Connecticut. Mr. Sheahan said he would be willing to go. Stormwater Advisory Committee will meet on 14 April, 4 p.m. Mr. Condos: MPO Executive Committee meeting Monday at 4 p.m. Mr. Hafter: Reminded members of the public hearing on the proposed FY 2004-5 city and school budgets, Thursday, 7:30 p.m. VLCT is holding a seminar tomorrow, and Mr. Hafter will serve on a panel concerned with labor negotiations. He is also on the Unemployment Trust Board that is meeting Thursday in Montpelier. Council members are invited to attend the grand opening of the new Kohls store, 16 April, 7 a.m., University Mall. A meeting schedule for the next year is being prepared. Members agreed they would like to meet only once in July and August. Bids were opened on the water tank project and are higher than the estimate. Water line bids are still to be opened. Mr. Hafter felt the city would come out OK on these. South Burlington has won the Housing Commissioner's Award for the O'Dell Housing project. Mr. Condos will accept the award next week. CCTA has been working on an alternate funding plan and would like to address the Council on this at the next meeting. There will also be a report on the arena study. 3. Presentation from South Burlington Rotary Club on proposal to construct a public bandstand: Mr. Wilking noted that this is the Rotary's 100th anniversary, and Rotary International wants local groups to build something in their communities to commemorate the occasion. The S. Burlington group came up with the idea of a bandstand. They felt it would draw families to local events and be an asset to the community. Their plan is to raise the funds for the project, build it and then give it to the city. The suggested location is Dorset Park. Mr. Wilking showed the preferred site, near the traffic circle. It would be a 30-foot structure. Mr. Wilking then showed a series of early conceptual drawings. It would be a shingled, wood structure. The land would slope up from the bandstand for seating on the grounds. Members felt this was a great idea and that Dorset Park was the perfect location. They did want to be sure the siting was right. Ms. Hoover said it should be checked against the master park plan. Mr. Condos suggested having the Recreation Committee review the concept. Mr. Hubbard said they will meet next Wednesday. Mr. Kay suggested expanding the concept to a "performance stage" so it can include plays as well as music productions. Members felt this was an excellent idea. 4. Public hearing: Amendments to South Burlington Land Development Regulations, traffic overlay district; second reading of same: Mr. Condos opened the public hearing and asked if there were any comments or concerns. None were forthcoming. Mr. Magowan then moved to close the public hearing. Mr. Smith seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Mr. Sheahan moved to waive reading of the amendments and approve them as presented. Mr. Smith seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Ms. Hoover noted the amendments will take affect on 28 April 2004. 5. Public hearing on Vermont Community Development Program (VCDP) planning grant for market analysis and vision/build-out for City Center; approval of resolution for application: Mr. Condos asked for public comment. There was none. Mr. O'Rourke moved to close the public hearing. Mr. Magowan seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Ms. Hoover explained the continuing nature of the project. Mr. Smith moved to approve the resolution as presented. Mr. Magowan seconded. Motion passed unanimously. 6. First reading of ordinance prohibiting smoking in places of public access; schedule public hearing and second reading of same: Mr. Hafter distributed information from the Coalition for a Smoking Free Vermont. The city attorney explained the approach in writing the Ordinance. Language was copied from the state statute, but the "cabaret" exemption was eliminated. She indicated this is the most defensible approach. Mr. Hafter read the section in the statute which says that a municipality can adopt a more stringent policy than the state. He also noted there are cabaret licenses on the agenda for approval at this meeting. He suggested the Council approve them and then on 3 May, when this ordinance takes affect, the smoking provisions of that license would be voided. He also felt those applicants should have their $100 fee refunded. Members agreed. Mr. Magowan moved to waive the first reading of the ordinance prohibiting smoking in places of public access and to schedule a public hearing for 3 May 2004. Mr. Sheahan seconded. Motion passed unanimously. 7. Consideration of approval of warning for Annual City Meeting, 18 May 2004: Mr. Condos read the warning. Mr. O'Rourke moved to approve the warning as read. Mr. Smith seconded. Motion passed unanimously. 8. Consideration of entertainment permits: Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center, The Pour House, Franny O's, Talent Skatepark, and the Windjammer: Mr. Hafter noted these are annual permits and explained what they cover. He said he had a concern with the Skatepark request for "punk rock shows" and suggested these be eliminated and that any such shows have a special event permit. The same is true for a special event requested by the Windjammer. Members agreed. Mr. Magowan moved to approve the entertainment permits for Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center, The Pour House, Franny O's, Talent Skatepark, and the Windjammer, with the changes indicated above. Mr. O'Rourke seconded. Motion passed unanimously. 9. Review Planning Commission Agenda for 6 April 2004: No issues were raised. 10. Review Minutes of 15 March 2004: Mr. Smith moved to approve the Minutes of 15 March as written. Mr. Sheahan seconded. Motion passed unanimously. 11. Sign Disbursement Orders: Disbursement Orders were signed. 12. Liquor Control Board: Mr. Smith moved the Council adjourn and reconvene as Liquor Control Board. Mr. Sheahan seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Mr. Hafter presented annual liquor license renewals which were all approved by Police, Fire and Tax Departments. Mr. Condos read the list. Mr. Smith moved to approve 2004 Liquor Licenses for the following: Mr. Sheahan seconded. Motion passed unanimously. As there was no further business to come before the Council, the meeting was adjourned at 8:35 p.m. Clerk Published by ClerkBase ©2019 by Clerkbase. No Claim to Original Government Works.