HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Natural Resources Committee - 01/18/2017Wednesday, January 18, 2017
South Burlington Municipal Offices, 575 Dorset Street
MEETING MINUTES for Regular Monthly Mee ng
Members Present: Be y Milizia, Melissa Cuke, Lisa Yankowski, Sean Devine, Ka e Kain, David Crawford, Russ Agne, Gwen
Kozlowski
Also Present: Holly Baker (NRC Staff Liaison - SB Recrea on & Parks Assistant Director)
The mee ng was called to order at 6:05 pm.
1) Addi ons, dele ons or changes in order of agenda items.No addi ons, dele ons or changes were made to the proposed agenda.
2) Comments from the public not related to the agenda.
There were no comments from the public.
3) Approval of mee ng minutesLisa Yankowski made a mo on to approve the December 2016 minutes, Ka e Kain seconded. Mee ng minutes forDecember were approved. 4) Paul Connor, Director of Planning and Zoning
Paul Connor, Director of Planning and Zoning, gave overview of the South Burlington Comprehensive Plan. It is an
overarching policy document that was adopted about 11 months ago. It lays out the vision and goals of community.
Paul highlighted pieces of the document and encouraged the NRC members to iden fy areas of interest for our NRC
work plan. Paul sees a need in bringing citywide policies down to the community ac on.
5) Updates from commi ee members
· Wheeler Conserva on Easement Task Force: recommenda ons report has been completed, but has not
finalized. Next step will be to present to city council (hopefully soon).
· Be y Milizia a ended Recrea on & Parks Commi ee. South Burlington has been approached by Red Clover
Events. They are proposing to use a part of the Wheeler property to host events, such as weddings.
6) Staff Update- Holly Baker
· Baycrest Park- there will be some tree removal at this loca on construct as a neighborhood playground.
· Ac on item: Holly will update and resend commi ee contact list.
7) Update on retreat date
· Retreat will be held at the next mee ng.
· NRC members should review Comprehensive Plan and think about areas to focus. If possible, fill out the
Annual Work Plan- Ac on Items Worksheet that Paul handed out. Please get ideas to Be y by January 25.
8) Next mee ng date- February 1, 6pm
9) Adjourn. Lisa Yankowski made mo on to adjourn, Ka e Kain seconded; mee ng adjourned at 7:45pm.
Respec ully submi ed,
By Gwen Kozlowski