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MEETING MINUTES
25 JULY 2023
The South Burlington Planning Commission held a regular meeting and public listening session
on Tuesday, 25 July 2023, at 7:00 p.m., in the Auditorium, City Hall, 180 Market Street, and via
Go to Meeting remote technology.
MEMBERS PRESENT: J. Louisos, Chair; M. Mittag, D. MacDonald, D. Leban, L. Smith, F.
McDonald
ALSO PRESENT: K. Peterson, City Planner; S. Dopp, M. Simoneau, N. Senecal, T. Doyle, L.
Marriott, J. Belevance
1. Instructions on exiting the building in case of an emergency:
Ms. Louisos provided instructions on emergency exit from the building.
2. Agenda: Additions, deletions or changes in order of agenda items:
Approval of the minutes was removed from the Agenda as they had not been included in the
meeting packet.
3. Open to the public for items not related to the Agenda:
No issues were raised.
4. Planning Commissioner announcements and staff report:
Additional listening sessions will be held on 27 July at noon, 29 July at 10 a.m., and 1 August at
Noon, all in the Community Room of the Library.
5. Public Listening Session on the City Plan 2024:
Ms. Louisos reviewed the nature of the City Plan and explained the name change from
“Comprehensive Plan.” She said it lays out the long-term city vision and goals. It is updated
and adopted every 8 years; however the plan looks further into the future than that. Some
elements of the plan (e.g., the Energy Plan) are required by State law.
Ms. Louisos then showed a power point of elements of the plan including the 4 Guiding
Principles. She reviewed the preparation of the plan and noted that the plan is now in an
informal draft state. An official draft will be presented at a formal public hearing before being
SOUTH BURLINGTON PLANNING COMMISSION
MEETING MINUTES
25 JULY 2023
forwarded to the City Council in October for their public hearing and approval by February
2024.
Ms. Louisos then explained the Land Use Map and noted that in some residential areas there
will be an allowance for some small-scale commercial, and in some traditionally Industrial-
Commercial areas, there will be the potential for some residential use.
Ms. Louisos noted that the public can make comments in person or by mail or directly to
Planning Staff at City Hall. Ms. Peterson said all comments are due by 2 August.
Public comment was then solicited and was recorded by staff for discussion by the Planning
Commission.
Following the public comment session, members reviewed their participation in the future
comment session.
6. Other Business:
No other business was brought forth.
As there was no further business to come before the Commission, the meeting was adjourned
by common consent at 7:55 p.m.
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Clerk