HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - Steering Committee - 09/18/2024AGENDA
SOUTH BURLINGTON STEERING COMMITTEE
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 6:00 PM
(Joint meeting of the City Council and School Board)
577 Dorset Street
SOUTH BURLINGTON, VERMONT
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In Person: 577 Dorset Street – Room 154
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1)Call Meeting to Order (6:00 PM)
2)Agenda Review: Additions, deletions or changes in order of agenda items (6:01 – 6:04 PM)
3)Comments and questions from the public not related to the agenda (6:05 – 6:15 PM)
4)Safe Routes to School Update – Andrew Chalnick and Elaine Cissi (6:16 – 6:30 PM)
5)FY 2026 Budget Preview discussion (6:31 – 6:55 PM)
a)City – Jessie Bakerb)School – Violet Nichols
6)Overview of City Center development and upcoming capital projects - Jessie Baker (6:55
-7:15 PM)
7)Overview of other Shared Priorities (7:15 - 7:30 PM)
a)Charter Committee discussion on All-Resident Voting
b)City Greenc)City Center Parking planning
8)Other Business (7:30 - 7:40 PM)
9)Adjourn (7:40 PM)
A DOWNTOWN
UNDERWAY
AUGUST 22, 2024
CITY CENTERin City adopted plans since the 1970s
Today: CityPlan 2024
“Invest in a welcoming and walkable built environment, thriving neighborhoods, and a vibrant, pedestrian-oriented City Center”
8/22/2024
WHERE IS CITY CENTER?
New Town Center Neighborhood Development Area
TIF District
Vermont Designations
CITY CENTER
Developed and
Developing
East West Crossing
(2026)
Williston Rd Streetscape
(2026)Garden Street
including Williston Rd
Intersections (2026)
City Center Park
Phase II (2025)
RMCS
City Hall and
Public Library
CITY CENTER
Walkable,
Bikeable, and
Transit Accessible
Traffic Signal
Improvements
Williston Road
shared use path green buffer
Williston Rd
Dorset St to Hinesburg Rd
•Buffered shared-use path
•Pedestrian lighting
•Realigned White
St/Midas Dr intersection
•Connection to Market St
via Garden St & Midas Dr
Price Chopper
Shopping Plaza
Al’s
French
Fries
Swiss
Host
Motel
Parklet
City Center Park:
Improving access to green
space and the FTMS/SBHS
campus.
Community and School District
North-South Walk Bike Connection
Lookout over wetlands
Market & Garden St ponds
become City Center Park entrance
CVS
Williston Road
Quarry Hill
U-Mall (old sears)
Staples Plaza
Comfort
Inn
Homewood
Suites
Walk Bike Bridge Over I-89
Connecting communities
SINCE 2012…
(as of May 2024)
$69,000,000 added to the tax base
27,200 square feet of new commercial occupied
58,000 square feet of new commercial in construction
49,000 square feet of new public building in operation
348 new housing units occupied (incl. 128 affordable)
551 new housing units under construction
8.96 acres of new park open to public
22 EV public chargers in operation
New storefronts for
restaurants & retail
in the four
Catamount Run
buildings
11,000-13,500 square feet of
storefront per building
52,000 new square feet!
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New neighbors on and near Market St!
Timeline to open - street improvements:
August
2024
August
2025
September 2025
ADVANCING CITY CENTER
Park Feasibility Study: City Green
Develop system to manage
parking
Traffic Improvements
•Light on Hinesburg Road
•Smart Signals on Dorset Street
•School Zone
Support South Burlington City
Center Collaborative
•Events
•Coordination with businesses
•Community-led
SUPPORTING AND BUILDING COMMUNITY
Downtown events and activities in parks & public spaces
Community Yard Sale
POP-UP Healthy Snacks
Rec on the Go
Movie Night
Market Street Ponds, September 5, 2024, 5:30 – 9:30
Girls in Sports Day
Jaycee Park, October 12
Glow Walk
Market Street Ponds, October 2024
Illuminate Vermont
Market Street, 2025 TBD – Spring