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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - 06/10/2014 SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL 10 JUNE 2014 The South Burlington City Council held a special meeting on Tuesday, 10 June 2014, at 6:00 p.m., in the Conference Room, City Hall, 575 Dorset Street. MEMBERS PRESENT: P. Mackenzie, Chair; H. Riehle, P. Nowak, C. Shaw, M. Emery ALSO PRESENT: K. Dorn, City Manager; T. Hubbard, Deputy City Manager; S. Quest, B. Nowak, M. Holt 1. Agenda Review: Additions, deletions or changes to the order of agenda items: No changes were made to the agenda. 2. Comments & Questions from the public not related to the agenda: No issues were raised. 3. Review and consider approval of Memorandum of Understanding relating to the use of the Underwood Property for agricultural purposes: Mr. Dorn advised that information had come to the city today regarding the ability of the city to sign an agreement with Mr. Mack for the growing of sunflowers on the Underwood property. The City Attorney learned that Mr. Mack is on the state's list of people that municipalities cannot contract with this year. Mr. Dorn recommended tabling the issue. Ms. Quest asked whether there is money for maintenance of the property. Ms. Mackenzie suggested warning a discussion at the next meeting. Mr. Hubbard said there is $4,000-5,000 in the Open Space account. He said a resolution could be prepared for the Council to act on at the next meeting. Ms. Nowak expressed concern with having a commercial operation on land that the taxpayers paid for with all the proceeds going to the person running the commercial operation. Ms. Riehle said the city does get some benefit from the renourishing of the soil. Ms. Emery added that the city would have to pay to mow the property. Ms. Quest agreed and noted that last year because 3 committees said they wanted to have a plan for the land, the Council put off action, and nothing happened. Members agreed to first look for a South Burlington farmer willing to maintain the land and if that doesn't work out to have staff work with someone to maintain the land with funds from the Open Space fund. 4. Review and Consider Approval of Bond Allocation Agreement with Vermont Economic Development Authority: Mr. Holt noted 2 minor changes: the full address of the school and the full name of the school. Ms. Riehle moved to approve the Resol.ution and to empower the City Manager to sign it. Ms. Nowak seconded. Motion passed unanimously. 5. Designate South Burlington Community Library at 540 Dorset Street, Healthy Living Market at 222 Dorset Street, and Hannaford Supermarket at 218 Hannaford Drive as public places for posting meeting agendas in accordance with lV.S.A.Sec.312(d)(1)(B): Ms. Emery moved to designate the South Burlington Community Library, Healthy Living Market and Hannaford Supermarket (218 Hannaford Drive) as public places for posting meeting agendas in accordance with 1 V.S.A. Sec. 312(d)(1)(B). Ms. Riehle seconded. Motion passed unanimously. 6. Other Business: Mr. Shaw raised several issues: a. Trash receptacles around town: Members appreciated the efforts of Bernie Paquette to do something about this. Ms. Nowak suggested encouraging businesses to possibly maintain an area. b. Changing of name of Dorset Park: Mr. Shaw noted he received several comments that people's written verbal comments to Council members weren't given equal weight with comments from those present atthe meeting. Ms. Emery noted this was a sensitive topic and people didn't want to seem to be against veterans. Ms. Nowak and Ms. Mackenzie said the Council was elected to make decisions, and that is what they did. c. Open Space Fund: Mr. Shaw noted there had been discussion of using up to 5% of Open Space funds for additional maintenance personnel. Mr. Hubbard said the funds are committed for FY15, so they would have to look for other options. As there was no further business to come before the Council, Ms. Emery moved to adjourn. Ms. Riehle seconded. Motion passed unanimously, and the meeting was adjourned at 6:55 p.m. Published by ClerkBase ©2019 by Clerkbase. No Claim to Original Government Works.