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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - City Council - 12/15/2015 AGENDA SOUTH BURLINGTON CITY COUNCIL City Hall Conference Room 575 Dorset Street SOUTH BURLINGTON, VERMONT Special Session 6:30 P.M. Tuesday, December 15, 2015 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Agenda Review: Additions, deletions or changes in order of agenda items. 3. South Burlington Comprehensive Plan Public Hearing 4. ***City Council work session on Comprehensive Plan 5. Possible warning of second City Council Public Hearing on South Burlington Comprehensive Plan 6. ***Consider warning public hearing on draft amendment to the Land Development Regulations: re-designating an approximately 0.34-acre segment of land located immediately south of Park Road in the Southeast Quadrant from the Park and Recreation District to the Southeast Quadrant Neighborhood Residential sub district. 7. Comments and questions from the public not related to the agenda. 8. Other Business 9. Adjourn Respectfully Submitted: Kevin Dorn Kevin Dorn, City Manager *** Attachments Included Issues raised by Councilors or the public that have not been on a prior meeting agenda: 1. Policy regarding landscaping City-owned land and request from Hadley Road. 2. Cost of development/cost of open space. 3. Airport noise survey 4. Crosswalk issues generally and on Kennedy Drive and Williston Road 5. Evaluate water billing and rate structure Issues that have been discussed by the Council where further action is pending: 1. East Terrace neighborhood conversion of housing into rental units. 2. Street light policy. 3. Committee reorganization. 4. Encouraging litter removal by businesses and the public. South Burlington City Council Meeting Participation Guidelines City Council meetings are the only time we have to discuss and decide on City matters. We want to be as open and informal as possible; but Council meetings are not town meetings. In an effort to conduct orderly and efficient meetings, we kindly request your cooperation and compliance with the following guidelines. 1. Please be respectful of each other (Council members, staff, and the public). 2. Please raise your hand to be recognized by the Chair. Once recognized please state your name and address. 3. Please address the Chair and not other members of the public, staff, or presenters. 4. Please abide by any time limits that have been set. Time limits will be used to insure everyone is heard and there is sufficient time for the Council to conduct all the business on the agenda. 5. The Chair will make a reasonable effort to allow everyone to speak once before speakers address the Council a second time. 6. The Chair may ask that discussion be limited to the Councilors once the public input has been heard. 7. Please do not interrupt when others are speaking. 8. Please do not repeat the points made by others, except to briefly say whether you agree or disagree with others views. 9. Please use the outside hallway for side conversations. It is difficult to hear speaker remarks when there are other conversations occurring. Published by ClerkBase ©2019 by Clerkbase. No Claim to Original Government Works. 575 Dorset Street South Burlington, VT 05403 tel 802.846.4106 fax 802.846.4101 www.sburl.com MEMORANDUM TO: Kevin Dorn, City Manager South Burlington City Council FROM: Cathyann LaRose, AICP, City Planner SUBJECT: Draft Comprehensive Plan DATE: December 10, 2015 December 15th represents the first warned public hearing on the draft Comprehensive Plan which you formally received from the Planning Commission on November 12th. This is one of the two required public hearings that the Council must hold. The second hearing must be warned with at least 15 days of notice. Public Feedback I am pleased to share with you the feedback we have received on the draft Comprehensive Plan since it was warned by the City Council on November 12th. These submissions are attached. Approach for Review Following review of any additional public comment offered at this December 15th Public Hearing and a review of comments received to date, Staff recommends that the Council consider whether they wish to make any changes to the document. Staff and some members of the Planning Commission will be in attendance at the hearing to answer questions as to the content of the Plan, providing background and historical discourse on the concepts highlighted and language used. Commissioners, committee members, residents, and other stakeholders have dedicated substantial time to share a variety of important and impassioned thoughts. Staff recommends that the Council consider for changes or new inclusion in the Plan anything that is egregiously under- or misstated in the Plan and that which the Council feels does not represent the vision and goals of the City. We recognize that no plan will ever be perfectly complete; there may be suggestions for updates which the Council finds respectable, but which may require further time for outreach, development, or understanding. It is an option to include these on a dynamic list for research and discussion for the next Plan. The Planning Discussion has begun just such a list. Staff recommends that if the Council decides to make any changes, that such changes be provided to Staff with specificity and detail. The current Plan expires on March 9th; renewal and expansion of the City’s New Town Center and TIF districts are tied to having a duly adopted Comprehensive Plan. If the 2 Council is comfortable with a document at the end of its 12/15 work session, it could warn its second hearing for a possible January adoption. Comprehensive Plan Timeline A reminder of legislative procedure: 1. The Council must hold a minimum of two (2) Public Hearings. These must be given 15 days of notice in the newspaper and at our normal posting locations around the City. 2. The City Council may propose changes to the draft Plan. If any changes are proposed, the Council must do the following: a. Provide a copy of the proposed changes to the City Clerk and Planning Commission, and request that the Planning Commission review the changes for consistency with the 17 statewide planning goals. The Commission must be given at least 15 days to review and provide its report. b. If the Council makes substantial changes after its public hearings, it must warn and hold a new public hearing on the revised Plan, with 15 days public notice as described above. 3. Following the completion of the public hearings, and once the Council has no more changes to propose or make, it may vote to adopt the Plan. The Plan takes effect upon passage. Regional Approval The Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission is responsible for determining consistency with the Statewide planning goals established in Statute. The CCRPC completed an informal review over the summer. The feedback was very positive, and included a few items to be addressed. These have been addressed by the Planning Commission in the present draft. Staff will request that a formal review be held in January. Staff is confident that the Plan will be approved. Comprehensive Plan Councilors have been given a printed copy of the warned Plan. Anyone wishing to access the Plan online may find it at www.sburl.com/planning. From:Jennifer Kochman To:Pat Nowak; jshaw5226@aol.com; meaghanee@yahoo.com; Thomas.chittenden@gmail.com; Helen Riehle Cc:Maggie Leugers; "Glenn Sproul"; Paul Conner; Cathyann LaRose Subject:R & LA Comp Plan comments 111615 Date:Wednesday, November 18, 2015 8:32:59 PM Attachments:R and LA Comp Plan notes 111615.docx Dear City Council members, At our Recreation and Leisure Arts Committee meeting Monday, November 16, we reviewed the Comprehensive Plan Notes that were sent to you last week. After discussion and a few changes, we voted unanimously to accept the Notes (attached). Thank you for your consideration, Jennifer Kochman Vice-Chair Recreation and Leisure Arts Committee Jennifer Kochman 75 Hadley Rd. South Burlington, VT 05403 802-862-8281 Recreation and Leisure Arts/Recreation and Parks Department 11/16/15 Notes to the South Burlington Comprehensive Plan Draft of November 3, 2015 City Council and Planning Commission, We thank the Planning Commission for incorporating many of the changes to the Comprehensive Plan that we offered in June, and in the fall. Our special thanks also to Paul and Cathyann for the time they have spent with Recreation and Parks Department staff and the Recreation and Leisure Arts Committee. We appreciate the thought and effort that the Commission and staff have taken in formulating the Plan, including willingness to listen to so many voices. We offer here a very few edits and changes. We believe the Plan is a design for the City’s best vision and aspirations. And we believe that the details and words matter. We believe these few changes better represent the vision and aspirations of recreation. We hope you will give serious consideration to these changes. Respectfully, Maggie Leugers, Director of Recreation and Parks Department Glenn Sproul, Recreation and Leisure Arts Chair Jennifer Kochman, R & LA Vice-chair Liz Robitaille George Donovan Naa Addo Mike Simoneau Mary Olmsted Rebecca Poquette Changes to the Comprehensive Plan: Requested Change 1. Strategy 28 Page 2-47 Strategy 28 Construct people-oriented public facilities - including a community library, city hall, recreation and environmental infrastructure - in the City Center area. Recreation recommends this change: Encourage consideration of the construction of people-oriented public facilities, including a community library, city hall, indoor recreation facilities, and community center; and open space environmental infrastructure in the City Center area. Requested Change 2. Page 2-111 Inventory Recreational Facilities. The City of South Burlington is home to a diverse range of recreational facilities. A comprehensive listing of parks, public and private, can be found in the Community…. Recreation recommends this change: The City of South Burlington Recreation and Parks Department offers diverse leisure time and recreational opportunities in a variety of settings. A comprehensive listing of parks, public and private, can be found in the Community… Requested Change 3. Page 2-114 Strategy 79: Work with private developers to integrate additional public parks into the recreation system; create sufficient active recreation fields to enable restoration and maintenance. Recreation recommends this change: Integrate additional public parks into the recreational system to reflect National Recreation and Parks Association Level of Service Standards (LOS); create sufficient active recreation fields to enable restoration and maintenance. Recreation recommends adding an Additional Strategy: Work with private developers to integrate open space and neighborhood parks into planned development. Requested Change 4. Pages 2-112 and 2-113 Recreation recommends this change: Consistency: Recreation and Parks Department Examples: Thank you again for your consideration. For reference: LOS NEED AND GAP ANALYSES (From the Open Space Report) The city has also adopted the following Level of Service (LOS) standards, based on former NRPA guidelines, for the provision of a “core system” of park and recreation paths – as referenced in the city’s comprehensive plan, capital improvement program and recreation impact fee ordinance:8 8 The National Recreation and Parks Association now recommends that LOS standards be determined locally, based on a more detailed assessment of individual community needs and priorities. The city’s current LOS standards have been endorsed by the Recreation and Leisure Arts Commit-tee, and the larger South Burlington community (as reflected in recent surveys) for continued use in facility planning and development. 25 acres of city parkland per 1,000 residents, 7.5 acres of developed parkland per 1,000 residents, 1.0 mile of linear recreation path per 1,000 residents. A community park within 1 mile of all neighborhoods A neighborhood park within easy walking distance (1/4 to 1/2 mile) of all local neighborhoods. December 7, 2015 Dear South Burlington City Council members, The South Burlington Energy Committee is pleased to provide the following comment on the draft Comprehensive Plan that was warned for the first City Council public hearing on Tuesday, December 15, 2015. Suggestion (1-1 on Page 11) Change the second Green & Clean goal to "Reduce energy consumption and increase renewable energy production." rather than "Reduce energy consumption city-wide and increase renewable energy production where appropriate." Rationale Inclusion of the words "where appropriate" seems like an attempt to minimize the importance of increasing renewable energy production compared to the other goals. The appropriateness of a proposed renewable energy installation will be determined at the time of permitting regardless of whether or not the Comprehensive Plan contains the words "where appropriate". Locations where renewable energy are encouraged are already defined in Objective 23 on page 2-79 (101). Thank you for the time and effort you have devoted to reviewing this draft, and we appreciate the opportunity to provide suggestions to improve the Comprehensive Plan. Please let us know if you have any questions or comments about our suggestions. Sincerely, South Burlington Energy Committee Keith Epstein, Chair Karen McKenny, Vice-chair Don Cummings Fred Kosnitsky Wayne Maceyka Linda McGinnis Marcy Murray Sam Swanson Patty Tashiro Thor Vue 575 Dorset Street South Burlington, VT 05403 tel 802.846.4106 fax 802.846.4101 www.sburl.com MEMORANDUM TO: Kevin Dorn, City Manager South Burlington City Council FROM: Paul Conner, Director of Planning & Zoning SUBJECT: Land Development Regulations – SEQ-NR Public hearing DATE: December 15, 2015 City Council meeting At last week’s meeting, staff noted that we had missed the warning of the City Council public hearing on a small piece of the JAM Golf-related zoning changes. In order to make sure we’ve properly dotted all of the “i’s” and crossed all of the “t’s”, staff respectfully requests that the Council warn a public hearing on this item for January 44th, 2016. At this meeting, you will need to set a time for the hearing. The item is as follows: To consider re-designating an approximately 0.34-acre segment of land located immediately south of Park Road in the Southeast Quadrant from the Park and Recreation District to the Southeast Quadrant Neighborhood Residential subdistrict. This amendment was included in the package of amendments that was submitted by the Planning Commission following its duly-warned public hearings. The only item that was missed was the inclusion of this specific item in the warning of the City Council’s public hearing for December 7th.