HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Natural Resources Committee - 04/02/2014South Burlington Natural Resources Committee
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014
6:15pm
South Burlington Municipal Offices, 575 Dorset Street
MEETING MINUTES for Regular Bi‐Monthly Meeting
Present: Laurel Williams (NRC/OSC Chair), Patrick Clemins (NRC/OSC Clerk), Russell Agne
(NRC/OSC Member), Jeff Dickson (NRC/OSC Member), Larry Michaels (NRC/OSC Member),
Betty Milizia (NRC/OSC Member), Cathyann LaRose (NRC/OSC Staff Liaison ‐ SB City Planner),
Sarah Dopp (OSC Member ‐ SB Land Trust), Glenn Sproul in place of Jennifer Kochman (OSC
Member ‐ Rec and Leisure Arts Cmte), Sharon Murray (OSC Consultant ‐ Front Porch
Community Planning & Design)
OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE
Meeting called to order at 6:20pm.
1/29/2014, 2/12/2014, and 3/19/2014 Minutes: Dickson moved to approve the minutes from
1/29/2014. Williams seconded and the motion passed.
Williams moved to approve the minutes from 2/12/2014 with edits. Agne seconded and the
motion passed.
Finally, Michaels moved to approve the 3/19/2014 minutes with edits. Dickson seconded and
the motion passed with 2 abstentions.
Open Space Report Draft: Murray distributed and walked the Committee through the open
space report draft. Some topics of discussion included:
The reason for including certain case studies and examples in the report;
Highlighting the importance of a diversity of open space types;
The importance of matching the type of open space with the land it is located on (i.e.
locate agricultural lands on soils good for agriculture);
The impact on the report of the forest canopy study that the University of Vermont is
finishing;
Appropriate use of land purchased by the Open Space Fund; and
Re‐purposing existing open space to meet current and projected open space needs vs.
acquiring new land to meet those needs.
Action Items for Committee:
Williams will look for the notes from the Open Space Farmer’s Market event.
The Committee will review the report draft, notes for conducting a scenic resource
inventory, and strategy/recommendations discussion list and provide comments to
Murray.
City Committee Structure: City Council has appointed a two‐member working group to review
the structure and number of city committees.
Next Meetings: The next few regular meetings of the Natural Resources Committee / Open
Space Committee will be:
Wednesday, Apr 16th at 5:30pm – Committee discusses report with Murray (@6:30pm)
Wednesday, Apr 23nd at 5:30pm – Finalize OSC Report Draft with Murray
May TBD – Review of Revised Form‐Based Code Draft for City Center from Planning
Commission (Red‐lined draft is scheduled for approximately May 1)
May TBD – Public Comment meeting on Final OSC Drat
Meeting adjourned at 8:30pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Patrick Clemins