HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Natural Resources Committee - 08/02/2017Wednesday, August 2, 2017
6:00pm
South Burlington Municipal Offices, 575 Dorset Street
MEETING MINUTES for Regular Monthly Mee ng
Present: Be y Milizia (NRC Co-Chair), Melissa Cuke (NRC Co-Chair), Sean Devine (NRC Member), David
Crawford (NRC Member), Lisa Yankowski (NRC Member), Kris n Williams (NRC Member), Holly Baker (NRC Staff
Liaison – Asst. Director, Recrea on & Parks), Sarah Dopp (South Burlington Land Trust President)
Absent: Gwen Kozlowski, Ka e Kain
The mee ng was called to order at 6:05pm.
1) Emergency Procedures:
Holly reviewed emergency procedures exit doors marked, exist into parking lots
2) Land Conserva on Proposal:
Ms. Dopp discussed an ongoing proposed property conserva on project concerning property in the southeast
quadrant, known as the Ewing Family Land. The property consists of approximately 112 acres in Shelburne and
South Burlington. Ms. Dopp indicated she was hoping to present the proposal to the South Burlington City
Council reques ng approximately $20,000 from South Burlington.
Mr. Crawford asked about the process involved in establishing the conserva on easement as well as receiving
approval from the City Council and the involvement of the NRC Commi ee. Ac on items from the discussion
included reviewing the process for reviewing proper es and determining how much money may be available
from the Open Space Fund at this me.
The commi ee indicated Ms. Dopp could note to the City Council that she had presented the proposal briefly
to the NRC and while generally unopposed to the transac on, requested addi onal informa on before they
would indicate their approval.
Mr. Devine forwarded the Open Space Natural Resource Scorecard to the NRC members.
The discussion regarding this item ended at 6:45pm.
3) Addi ons, dele ons or changes in order of agenda items:
The only changes in order were to move Ms. Dopp’s proposal to second due her needing to leave early due to a
conflict.
4) Comments from the public not related to the agenda
None received.
5) Review of minutes:
The group pointed out several typographical errors in the minutes from the previous mee ng. No substan ve
changes were offered.
Mr. Devine made a mo on to approve and Ms. Milizia seconded. Minutes were approved unanimously. (6:50
pm)
6) Staff Report:
Ms. Baker reported on two items, Apprecia on Day at Centenial Field and the Underwood Master Planning
Party on August 8th. Ms. Milizia volunteered to represent the commi ee at the Underwood Party. Mr. Devine
indicated he will try to a end part of the celebra on.
7) Commi ee Opera ng Procedures review:
The commi ee members present reviewed the final sec on of the opera ng procedures line by line making
minor adjustments to several items, resul ng in the final product.
Ms. Yankowski make a mo on to approve the Mission Statement, Guiding Principles, Opera ng Procedures,
and Commi ee Work Plan. Ms. Williams seconded the mo on and the commi ee approved the mo on
unanimously.
8) Reports on City Commi ees:
Ms. Cuke read Ms. Kain’s report on the Bike and Pedestrian Commi ee – Highlights include informa on on the
City Website being updated to include a page dedicated to the Bike and Ped Comm. Also provided some
informa on on funding available from VTrans.
The group decided to provide read ahead synopses of Theme and Commi ee updates for future mee ngs.
9) Next Agenda Items
1. Subcommi ee reports
2. Themes/work plan reports
3. Be y to Invite Lani Ravin from UVM about Edlund Land
4. Discuss South Burlington owned-land visits
10) Next Mee ng
Next mee ng September 6, 2017
Ms. Milizia made a mo on to adjourn, Ms. Yankowski seconded and the mee ng was adjourned at 8:05 p.m.