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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - City Council - 10/03/2016 AGENDA SOUTH BURLINGTON CITY COUNCIL City Hall Conference Room 575 Dorset Street SOUTH BURLINGTON, VERMONT Regular Session 6:30 P.M. Monday, October 3, 2016 1. Pledge of Allegiance (6:30 – 6:31 PM) 2. Staff Recognition (6:31 – 6:36 PM) 3. Agenda Review: Additions, deletions or changes in order of agenda items. (6:36 – 6:38 PM) 4. Comments and questions from the public not related to the agenda. (6:38 – 6:48 PM) 5. Announcements and City Manager’s Report. (6:48 – 7:08 PM) 6. Consent Agenda: (7:08 – 7:10 PM) A. *** Sign Disbursement B. *** Approve Minutes for September 19th C. *** A resolution amending the Public Art Selection Committee composition and appointing two members of the Design Review Committee directly to the Public Art Selection Committee D. *** Consider appointment of Lindsey Britt, Development Review Planner, as Assistant Zoning Administrator and Assistant Code Enforcement Officer E. *** Consider submittal of application to Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development for FY 2017 Municipal Planning Grant 7. City Center Update (7:10 – 7:20 PM) Kevin Dorn 8. Review and discussion regarding the Burlington International Airport Sound Mitigation Committee, Noise Compatibility Program, Home Buyout Program and related issues. (7:20 – 7:50 PM) 9. *** Review and discussion regarding CCRPC-sponsored feasibility study of four potential South Burlington Bike and Pedestrian projects – Paul Conner, Justin Rabidoux (7:50 – 8:10 PM) 10. ***Victim of Crime Act, Human Trafficking grant approval by Council ­ Chief Trevor Whipple (8:10 – 8:20 PM) 11. Discussion and possible action regarding extension of Amicus Curiae status relating to the plaintiff’s appeal of a Federal District Court decision related to federal F­35 NEPA litigation, Zbitnoff et al v. Deborah Lee James, 5:14­cv­132. (8:20 – 8:35 PM) 12. *** August Financials ­ Tom Hubbard (8:35 – 8:40 PM) 13. Council guidance for FY18 Budget Preparation (8:40 – 9:00 PM) 14. Consider convening as the South Burlington Liquor Control Board to consider the following applications: (9:00 – 9:05 PM) A. ***Halyard Brewing Co LLC (first class) 15. Other Business: (9:05 – 9:10 PM) A. Items held from the Consent Agenda 16. Adjourn (9:10 PM) 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. Evaluate water billing and rate structure. 5. Citizen participation in democratic process. 6. Adoption of a building code Issues that have been discussed by the Council where further action is pending: 1. East Terrace Neighborhood Forum and conversion of housing into rental units. 2. Street light policy. 3. Crosswalk issues generally and on Kennedy Drive and Williston Road. 4. Committee reorganization. 5. 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Accounts Payable Check Register Date: 10/04/16 Date Check No. Paid To Memo Amount Paid 10/4/2016 3071 South Burlington Ace 18.80 Date Voucher Number Reference Voucher Total Amount Paid 8/23/2016 VI-14095 793815/3 15.60 15.60 9/19/2016 VI-14102 794443/3 3.20 3.20 10/4/2016 3072 Adam Davis 87.54 Date Voucher Number Reference Voucher Total Amount Paid 9/16/2016 VI-14101 REFUND 87.54 87.54 10/4/2016 3073 E.J. Prescott, Inc. 887.20 Date Voucher Number Reference Voucher Total Amount Paid 9/13/2016 VI-14093 5142095 383.36 383.36 9/2/2016 VI-14094 5138193 157.13 157.13 9/12/2016 VI-14098 5141687 175.83 175.83 9/19/2016 VI-14103 5145145 117.50 117.50 9/19/2016 VI-14104 5145092 53.38 53.38 10/4/2016 3074 Clement Looby 107.85 Date Voucher Number Reference Voucher Total Amount Paid 9/16/2016 VI-14099 REFUND 107.85 107.85 10/4/2016 3075 Robert Sharpe 165.74 Date Voucher Number Reference Voucher Total Amount Paid 9/16/2016 VI-14100 REFUND 165.74 165.74 10/4/2016 3076 SoVerNet, Inc. 44.22 Date Voucher Number Reference Voucher Total Amount Paid 9/15/2016 VI-14105 3677450 44.22 44.22 10/4/2016 3077 Stiles Company Inc. 1,881.50 Date Voucher Number Reference Voucher Total Amount Paid 9/8/2016 VI-14096 225434 946.30 946.30 9/7/2016 VI-14097 225372 935.20 935.20 Printed: September 28, 2016 Page 1 of 2 South Burlington Water Dept. Accounts Payable Check Register Date: 10/04/16 Date Check No. Paid To Memo Amount Paid Total Amount Paid: 3,192.85 SOUTH BURLINGTON CITY COUNCIL _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Printed: September 28, 2016 Page 2 of 2 575 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: Appointment of Lindsey Britt as Assistant Zoning Administrator and Assistant Code Enforcement Officer DATE: October 3, 2016 City Council meeting Staff is requesting authority for Lindsey Britt, Development Review Planner to serve as an Assistant Zoning Administrator and Assistance Code Enforcement Officer. Raymond Belair serves as our Zoning Administrator and Code Enforcement Officer, and Cathyann LaRose, City Planner, is authorized as an assistant for both. Lindsey Britt joined the City in March 2016 as our Development Review Planner. In order to allow for certain timely permits (house sales, etc.) to be able to proceed without delay and to assure the highest possible level of customer service to our residents and businesses, staff is respectfully requesting that Lindsey be granted authority to issue permits and perform the other associated functions. This will enhance the Department’s capacity for customer service. Proposed Action: Appointment of Lindsey Britt as Assistant Zoning Administrator pursuant to the City Charter, Chapter 13, Section 301(2) and as Assistant Code Officer, both effective until the next annual appointments. 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: Consideration of Municipal Planning Grant application submittal DATE: October 3, 2016 City Council meeting Background The State Agency of Commerce and Community Development has made available funding for towns and cities to undertake planning activities again this year. The maximum grant award for a single municipality has increased to $20,000. As with last year, any grant over $8,000 must include a local cash match of 50% for the amount above that figure. Staff expects the application field to be competitive but believes we also have a good chance to succeed. The State awards these grants based on a series of competitive criteria. Those include: application quality, work plan & budget, linkage to comprehensive plan, citizen participation, statewide priorities, and bonus points for projects related to neighborhood development areas, of which we have one. Project Proposal The proposal is to use the MPG funds to support Phase II of the City’s “Planned Unit Development” regulations. The City completed Phase I of this project this past summer (using MPG funds). Phase I included the analysis and identification of nine potential Planned Unit Development types in the City, or models for how larger projects could be reviewed and approved for different circumstances – rural, business park, mixed residential & local commercial, infill development, commercial areas, etc. An overhaul of these “overarching” standards for larger properties has been one of the consistent themes in the discussion surrounding the impetus for a period of Interim Zoning was the need to address the planning for medium to large size lots, with substantial agreement that the current regulations for subdivisions, PUDs, and master planning are not implementing the Comprehensive Plan or the vision held by the City. 2 Phase II of this project is proposed to advance four of these PUD to language in our Land Development Regulations, and includes regular work sessions with the Planning Commission, multiple meetings with property owners, and public outreach. For the purposes of this Municipal Planning Grant, the City would be committing to $6,000 in local match to the $20,000 grant. These funds have already been identified in the FY 2017 budget. The total project will likely be somewhere larger and will be assessed and finalized in concert with the department budget. Proposed Action: Approval of the submittal of a Municipal Planning Grant application, for up to $20,000 in grant funds plus at least $6,000 in local match, for the work described above. 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 Justin Rabidoux, Director of Public Works SUBJECT: CCRPC Multi-Site Bike/Ped Feasibility Study Results DATE: October 3, 2016 City Council meeting Enclosed please find the results of a recently-completed Feasibility Study for four potential bicycle- pedestrian projects in our community. They are: • Allen Road immediately west of Spear Street • Dorset Street from Sadie Lane to Nowland Farm Road • Airport Parkway from Kirby Road to Lime Kiln Road • Spear Street near Gutterson Field House and the judghandle For the past year, the City, through a partnership and funding from the Chittenden Country Regional Planning Commission and their consultant, Toole Design Group, has assessed the feasibility and potential alternatives associated with these four potential projects. Project Summary In January 2014, the City Council, upon recommendation from the Planning Commission and staff, submitted a request to the CCRPC to include an analysis of these four potential bike-ped projects in its follow year work plan. The sites themselves were selected based on priorities and needs identified by the Bike Ped Committee and staff. The study was approved the following spring and work began in the spring of 2015 to study these four sites. A project team of staff from the Department of Public Works, Planning & Zoning, the CCRPC, and Local Motion was assembled to provide technical feedback to the consultants. Over the course of the winter, the technical team reviewed multiple options and alternatives for feasibility, cost, and general design alternatives. In May of 2016, a public information meeting and discussion was held before the Planning Commission at which feedback from the was gathered. Several members of the bike-ped committee were in attendance. Last month, the results and recommendations for preferred alternatives were presented to the Planning Commission for their consideration, and the preferred alternatives were approved. Again at this meeting, several members of the bike-ped committee were in attendance. The completion of this feasibility study positions the City well to consider applying for construction funding and/or to move forward with in-house design and construction as appropriate. South Burlington Bicycle and Pedestrian Feasibility StudyStudy Areas | South Burlington, VTPedestrian and Bicycle Facilities Feasibility Study South Burlington Bicycle and Pedestrian Feasibility StudyPurpose:‡Evaluate and identify the walking and bicycling alternatives for developing a safe route for the four study areas:‡Allen Road (from Spear Street to the existing path east of Baycrest Drive)‡Dorset Street (from existing Recreation Path from Old Cross Road to the existing path north of Autumn Hill Road)‡Airport Parkway (from Kirby Road to Lime Kiln Bridge)‡Spear Street (from US Route 2 to the existing South Burlington Recreation Path)Purpose & Need | South Burlington, VTPedestrian and Bicycle Facilities Feasibility Study South Burlington Bicycle and Pedestrian Feasibility StudyNeed:‡Create a preferred alternative for walking and bicycling for the four study areas.‡Maximize safety for users walking and bicycling in this corridor.‡Support future walking and bicycling connections in the City of South Burlington.‡To provide a preferred alternative with opinion of probable construction costs to serve as a basis for the City to apply for grant applications.Purpose & Need | South Burlington, VTPedestrian and Bicycle Facilities Feasibility Study South Burlington Bicycle and Pedestrian Feasibility StudyAllen Road | Preferred Alternative South Burlington Bicycle and Pedestrian Feasibility StudyAllen Road | Preferred Alternative South Burlington Bicycle and Pedestrian Feasibility StudyDorset Street | Preferred Alternative South Burlington Bicycle and Pedestrian Feasibility StudyDorset Street | Preferred Alternative South Burlington Bicycle and Pedestrian Feasibility StudyDorset Street | Preferred Alternative South Burlington Bicycle and Pedestrian Feasibility StudyDorset Street | Preferred Alternative South Burlington Bicycle and Pedestrian Feasibility StudyAirport Parkway | Conceptual Alternative 1 South Burlington Bicycle and Pedestrian Feasibility StudyAirport Parkway | Conceptual Alternative 2 South Burlington Bicycle and Pedestrian Feasibility StudyAirport Parkway | Preferred Alternative South Burlington Bicycle and Pedestrian Feasibility StudyAirport Parkway | Preferred Alternative South Burlington Bicycle and Pedestrian Feasibility StudyAirport Parkway | Preferred Alternative South Burlington Bicycle and Pedestrian Feasibility StudyAirport Parkway | Preferred Alternative South Burlington Bicycle and Pedestrian Feasibility StudyAirport Parkway | Preferred Alternative South Burlington Bicycle and Pedestrian Feasibility StudyAirport Parkway | Preferred Alternative South Burlington Bicycle and Pedestrian Feasibility StudyAirport Parkway | Preferred Alternative South Burlington Bicycle and Pedestrian Feasibility StudySpear Street | Conceptual AlternativesAlternative 1‡6’ sidewalk on east side adjacent to the road with 6” curb and 10’ shared use path from US Route 2 to PFG Road (UVM Campus).Alternative 2‡6’ sidewalk on east side with 7’ buffer and 10’ shared use path from US Route 2 to PFG Road (UVM Campus). Alternative 3‡Alternative 3: 8’-11’ shared use path on the west side from US Route 2 to S Burlington Recreation Path. South Burlington Bicycle and Pedestrian Feasibility StudySpear Street | Preferred Alternative South Burlington Bicycle and Pedestrian Feasibility StudySpear Street | Preferred Alternative South Burlington Bicycle and Pedestrian Feasibility StudySpear Street | Preferred Alternative South Burlington Bicycle and Pedestrian Feasibility StudyAllen Road | Preferred AlternativeOpinion of Probable Construction CostsAllen RoadPreferred Alternative (Outside of Right-of-Way)*Estimated Project Total*Note:Assume $10,000 per parcel. $310,000DorsetStreetPreferred AlternativeEstimated Project Total$610,000Airport Parkway/Lime Kiln RoadPreferred AlternativeEstimated Project Total*Note:Assume $10,000 per parcel. $2,600,000Spear StreetPreferred AlternativeEstimated Project Total$490,000 South Burlington Bicycle and Pedestrian Feasibility StudyNext Steps‡Kick-off Meeting/Existing Conditions‡Develop Conceptual Alternatives‡Concept Alternatives Presentation‡Prepare Draft Final Report‡Preferred Alternatives Presentation‡Prepare Final ReportSouth Burlington, VTPedestrian and Bicycle Feasibility Study 19 Gregory Drive, Suite 1, South Burlington, Vermont 05403 Dispatch: 846-4111(Fax 846-4102) • Records 846-4160 (Fax 846-4204) • Administration 846-4165 (Fax 846-4205) Trevor S. Whipple, Chief of Police SOUTH BURLINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT To: South Burlington City Councilors From: Trevor S. Whipple, Chief of Police Date: September 29, 2016 Re: Request to accept Human Trafficking Case Manager grant Attached please find a grant request for a new position of Human Trafficking Case Manager. This grant opportunity was announced with a very short turnaround time. Deputy City Manager Tom Hubbard agreed to have me explore the opportunity. Specifically it calls for a case manager to cover cases throughout Vermont. Requirements were that the applicant was a law enforcement agency with Human Trafficking case experience. The South Burlington Police Department is a leader in the investigation of Human Trafficking cases in Vermont. I have been an active member of the Vermont Human Trafficking Task Force steering committee and the Law Enforcement subcommittee since their inception. When this grant opportunity was announced I was encouraged, by task force partners, to submit an application. SBPD was felt to be the most likely host for this new position due to our experience, leadership and location. Currently there is no central source to manage cases or to coordinate victim services for the very unique needs of Human Trafficking victims. SBPD has a solid reputation of working closely with state and federal prosecutors, as well as victim advocates. A letter of intent was due on September 16 followed by the actual grant request on September 28. I was notified on September 29 that our grant request was approved. In brief, this grant will provide the funding required for the salary, benefits, travel, and training for the remainder of FY17, $67,500. The grant will automatically be renewed at the level of $90,000 for FY18, FY19 and FY20. This amount will continue to fully fund the position through FY20. If approved, I will immediately accept this grant offer and begin the process of hiring a properly qualified person to fill the new role of Human Trafficking Case Manager. Being able to provide direct service to victims of Human Trafficking will add a level of support not currently available. Victims of sex and labor trafficking require immediate and ongoing assistance and will benefit from a well-trained case manager. There is no requirement to retain this position at the conclusion of FY20. During FY20 we will evaluate the position and funding sources to determine if it should continue. I appreciate your consideration and hope that you will approve accepting this grant in the furtherance of our service to Human Trafficking victims.