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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - Steering Committee - 07/07/2014 AGENDA SOUTH BURLINGTON STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING MONDAY, JULY 7, 2014, 5:30 P.M. City Hall Conference Room 575 Dorset Street SOUTH BURLINGTON, VERMONT 1. Agenda Review: Additions, deletions or changes in order of agenda items. 2. Approval of minutes of April 9, 2014 Steering Committee Meeting 3. City/School Financial Stewardship Collaborative - Status 4. Presentation by Gene Beaudoin of Saxon Partners regarding a proposed development in the South Burlington City Center TIF District 5. Other items to come before the Committee 6. Adjourn STEERING COMMITTEE 9 APRIL 2014 The South Burlington Steering Committee held a quarterly meeting on Wednesday, 9 April 2014, at 6:00 p.m., in the Library, Tuttle Middle School, Dorset Street. MEMBERS PRESENT: City Council: P. Mackenzie, H. Riehle, P. Nowak, C. Shaw, M. Emery; K. Dorn, City Manager; School District: E. Fitzgerald, M. LaLonde,J. Beatty, D. Bugbee, D. Fleming; D. Young, Superintendent of Schools ALSO PRESENT: T. Hubbard, Deputy City Manager; I. Blanchard, Program Manager;J. Rabidoux, Public Works Director;J. Stewart, School District 1. Election of Officers: Ms. Fitzgerald presided over the election of a Chair. She noted that there had been discussion of having the Chairs of the two boards alternate as Steering Committee Chair. She then opened the floor for nominations for Chair. Ms. Nowak nominated Ms. Mackenzie. Ms. Riehle seconded. There were no further nominations and Ms. Mackenzie was elected unanimously. She then presided over the remainder of the meeting and opened the floor for nominations for Vice Chair. Mr. LaLonde nominated Ms. Fitzgerald. Ms. Beatty seconded. There were no further nominations, and Ms. Fitzgerald was elected unanimously. Ms. Nowak then nominated Mr. Dorn for Clerk. Mr. Fleming seconded. There were no further nominations, and Mr. Dorn was elected unanimously. 2. Minutes of 22 January 2014: It was noted that on p. 3, the year of the bond should be 2005. Ms. Nowak moved to approve the Minutes of 22 January 2014 as amended. Mr. LaLonde seconded. Motion passed unanimously. 3. City Center/Market Street Schedule: Mr. Rabidoux said the expectation is that reconstruction/rebuilding of Market Street will occur in 2017. By the end of April, the city should have detailed engineering plans. Ms. Blanchard added that all financing should be secured by March 2017. The city has been told it will be a 2- season construction project. STEERING COMMITTEE, 9 APRIL 2014, PAGE 2 Mr. Rabidoux noted they can't do any work of substance after 30 October as permitting beyond that date is very difficult. Market Street will be a drastically different road from what it is now. An old sewer line down the middle of the road will have to be replaced. This will result in one lane of traffic and possibly a full shut down of the road for a short time. A traffic control plan will be proposed. Access to Central School would not be affected during the school year. There will, however, be truck traffic for delivery and unloading of equipment, etc. This can cause noise and dust. Mr. Rabidoux also noted that this summer, Route 2 (Williston Road)from the Sheraton to the "jughandle" will be widened. This will give an idea of what Market Street will look like. Mr. Rabidoux reminded the School Board that the School District owns a large piece of land next to the Market St. project. This might be appropriate for use to stockpile materials, etc. The city is also working on design for Garden Street, which runs perpendicular to Market St. from behind Healthy Living. It will eventually tie into the back of Midas Drive. This project is several years away. Mr. LaLonde said it is their understanding that Garden St. will cut through the southeast corner of school property. The School District needs to understand what this will mean. Ms. Fitzgerald asked to be informed as to when the District needs to get involved. Ms. Fitzgerald then outlined the major concerns of the School District with regard to the road project(s). These include: 1. Disruption of utilities 2. Disruption of bus access 3. Disruption of summer school programs 4. Interaction with construction equipment, etc. Mr. Rabidoux said there is usually a public relations person as part of the project. Supt.Young said it will be important for the schools to communicate with their constituents with regard to traffic flow, noise, dust, after school activities, etc. Mr. Dorn said the city would not rule out Garden Street beginning before Market Street. Ms. Blanchard added that 1/3 of the property is owned by one landowner, so at least part of it could get started. Mr. Dorn said the road could touch the southeast corner of school property. Mr. Rabidoux said that as the projects get closer,the school district could participate in monthly meetings and receive the minutes of those meetings. Ms. Fitzgerald said "We don't know what we don't know," and asked for the city to reach out to them. STEERING COMMITTEE, 9 APRIL 2014, PAGE 3 5. City/School Financial Stewardship Collaborative: Ms. Mackenzie cited the need for discussion on how schools are funded. She noted there are now 2 bills in the Legislature to this end. She cited the need to form a collaborative to present recommendations to help the state solve this problem. Supt. Young then outlined the 2 bills in the Legislature: H889 has been passed by the House and is in the process of going to the Senate. The bill adjusts the homestead rate in a favorable way for taxpayers. It also requires that a budget vote include per pupil spending. Supt. Young said excess spending calculations are likely to change and would require schools to stay within a spending threshold which is being adjusted downward. Mr. Stewart noted that in 2017, if the South Burlington school budget increases at the same rate as in past years, they will be at the limit and will be above it in 2018. H883 is related to Pre-K-12 governance. It would result in some efficiencies that would give some revenue relief and would put budgets and tax rates more in line. This bill has passed through committee but is "stuck" in Ways& Means. Supt. Young said the School Board will discuss the implications of this with Chittenden County legislators. Ms. Mackenzie said the Business Roundtable is willing to partner with the city to understand what is happening and what can be done about it. They are looking for direction and volunteers to work on this. Mr. Shaw and Mr. Fleming agreed to represent the city and schools. 6. Voter Information: Supt. Young directed attention to a handout of 2009-2014 voter data and cited concern with the number of voters at the March election. He was equally concerned that this year's budget passed by only 133 votes. He cited this as an opportunity to improve communications. 7. Other Business: No issues were raised. As there was no further business to come before the Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 7:00 p.m. , Clerk Public Sign-In July 7, 2014, Steering Committee Meeting Please Print Name Name Name 1 t,i 18 35 2 hn !' iyvvorao 19 36 3 -� .4� . 20 37 4 ' "";2 _`' ,1. 21 38 5 � �� �� �, � % 22 39 Lfl C� ,"i d 23 40 7 AL 24 41 8 id 4h; Cu( S (/YIS0ti 25 42 9 ,7& 7 ri 6th 26 43 10r.: I �� 27 44 11 &.Sctv\ (I 28 45 12 Nqe ii %‘4,a/ 29 46 13 (A]Lc.k-t Alt( 30 47 14 fir,.; 2 t (�ci. 31 48 15 f � `/� : 32 49 16 1',li V33 50 17 34 51