 Thank you. So we'll call the meeting to order the Winooski Planning Commission at 635 First item on the agenda is public comment. Are there any public comment? Hearing none. We'll move to the Third agenda item. It's approved minutes from 110 2018 Get a motion. I make a motion to approve the minutes. I second. Sorry. Sorry to catch up here Take your time. All those in favor? Super 5 by signing. Aye. Aye. All those opposed? Welcome. Motion passed. Minutes approved. So there's been one change on the agenda item. We've moved item four Which is the review signed letter of support for Green Mountain Development Group to the end of the meeting So the next agenda item will be the Main Street updates. So this is me. Obviously, I'll leave it very brief Following that on the heels of the the meeting on the 10th we sent VHB back to the drawing board and the current iteration that came out of That meeting and is being drawn up and will be reviewed by you and the Public Works Commission and a joint meeting has essentially The the uphill travel bike lane on the north on the uphill side So the the northbound lane The the curb to curb dimensions Remain the same as as we're in alternative one. There's on-street parking on both sides Alternating. There's also bus accommodations. So basically we've they've managed to Pull it out of the hat that they've got uphill accommodations down downhill. Cheros in addition we have commitment from local motion to do demonstration projects on weaver over the course of early summer spring early summer to look at how bike accommodations would be fit into that so Jason Vandreis has committed that organization's time and energy into again doing three or four demonstration projects to look at different iterations of bike accommodations on weaver and has also committed his Considerable time to the project in terms of making sure that we address the the cycle cycle Pedest or cycle Rider on Main Street it to the fullest extent that we can without compromising Bus and or The whole parking will obviously be compromised by the project in general. So to the extent that it's However minimized or not minimized we don't know yet, but So it in and in every way possible. I think we've they're moving in the direction that you guys provided or Pushed or promoted so great. It's great. It's awesome. Yeah, it's really been some really fruitful Couple meetings since we've had with BHB since and Jason in local motion since the the tent That's it. That's it Hang on just one second. Let me just go Okay, so you said local motion has committed to demonstration projects For the next meeting Yeah, the next meeting with Public Works Commission will review the drawings Okay, so rather than do it with just this body we figured we'd wait till we have our next joint meeting with public works So it's both of you reviewing it having a I Think probably just a tacit nod that you've seen it And it's you agree that it's moving in the direction that you voted on it on the 10th and And We'll go from there that the other piece I guess I'll just add is that with the demonstration projects this summer I think it's really a good opportunity to make it into a bigger event and even have some community outreach where we talk about other What for example when we did the form-based code Outreach we did some We we had a booth at the farmers market where we took general input about city direction and things like that So I think that when we do these day-long demonstration projects We can look for input on a variety of things in addition to The quality of or the disposition of the bike accommodation on Weaver Street So I think it's really kind of exciting that you know the idea of it becoming a street festival that celebrates Viking bicycle bicycle usage in the city and alternative means of transit and all that stuff so We came pretty close to having a crit down Which is like a bike race around the downtown so maybe we can That would be reinvigorate that That would be cool, but we can do it. I don't think we're gonna do it on the road We're just gonna go around around was through the rotary in front of the businesses and then down west canal and then up either Weaver or the one in between Centres one comes across but the one that comes fall out so I don't just know that's I mean that's the kind of thinking that something like that I'm cool to kind of get more of the bike community here to kind of experience right The next agenda item is the economic development plan update So I will talk it over a little bit with you and Last week what is The final copy from more in associates of the economic development strategic plan It's very close to what was presented at the joint meeting of city council in the planning What I really like to highlight is I think for purposes of the municipal plan This is something that can be taken and you can really Look at it from a high level with the five overarching goals and really pull those out and flesh them out If they seem like the right goals And then this will be the appendix that supports the The piece that you include in the municipal plan, you know, the graphically interesting little snippets any questions about this I Know that you were there for the presentation The other thing that I I've put in front of you is I've been breaking this out in a bunch of different ways all of the action plan Nothing on there. That was just right Whenever you guys were called out I pull things over here anything that made sense specifically for planning. There's one error that I made I included on the Awesome. Thank you So the next thing on the agenda is review sign letter of support for the Green Mountain Development Group. Oh, yeah So we were going to wait for Mike that um Well, we need to retroactively go back and open up for public comment on the two agenda items We've already right covered So correct. So yeah, yes We can sue on a retroactively go back to public comment Public comment on Maybe we should I mean street revitalization street revitalization project There's At this point, there's no intent to have the city council or the planning commission have any Explicit approval there's a there there will be a tacit Approval that they're we're moving in the the the the same direction as as the the vote on January 10th, which was the the Formalized preferred alternatives meeting, which is a legal requirement. We have to heard we have we had to have the the The public concerns Meeting and then we have a legal obligation to do alternatives and then do a preferred alternative vote in discussion so I think we we feel that we've In addition to all the previous visioning we've done as a city that that satisfied both The visioning requirements for that we would want to have just as an obligation to our community But also the the legal requirements. So at this point For many purposes, but for the fact that what they was voted on unanimously and the council endorsed it as well we needed to Move forward with engineering to get to the the preliminary engineering report so that we can seek funds and That needs to happen by the end of March and if we open this up to a debate again We would never get there. So That is the plan we're moving forward That's that's the plan we're moving forward and again What's what's great about the plan as it's currently its current iteration is that it provides maximum flexibility in the sense that the curb curb to curb dimensions are um The the 38 feet that alternative one depicted however with some clever kind of other dimensioning we've managed to have the the uphill cycle path or the northbound the separation and then parking and again there's some nuances of where the parking goes and where the That Jason is our local motions weighing in on our sort of commenting on as we move forward So but within that 38 to 40 foot curb to curb You can do a whole bunch of different things and that uphill Bike lane is a definitive part of the conversation moving forward but on a good note bus accommodations are met, you know, we've we've it's a Hatsay, I was very impressed with the engineering team for the work and the due diligence They did to get to that point. So Mr. Mayer, I think that's part of the reason why that local motion also committed its energy to this because they they saw the positive values of both what was past or voted on and then also the commitment from the city to to really pursue The all the things that the both the planning commission the city council endorsed and the other public comment I have a question about that though. I think that An email about the meeting that's happening now in Burlington with Green Mountain transit I think local motion has something to do with it also about just Just how the buses and the cars and the bikes can work together and is that something that we could Explore doing here. Also, I'm sad that I'm not at that meeting, but Just curious if we could try to Make that by all means and it's just a matter of with all the different phone calls Yeah, right now I'm getting I've been calling Green Mountain transit We've been trading phone calls back and forth and setting up that next level is definitely a part of our plan going between now and Now in April whatever when we apply for the funding and then post that too, there's a period of time where We're not limbo, but we're in Kind of we resting We're resting and I think we have some time to we're waiting to hear back from the sources. We'll have some time to really Pursue some of the things if we that we're not part of the preliminary engineering report Again, once the preliminary engineering engineer report is done it kind of It's it sets the benchmark for the funding request and then there's There's I wouldn't say it's wiggle room, but there's latitude within there to start to explore the whole range of different potential options that don't impact Impact design, but don't impact funding Paul can we do the I think we have to do public comment specific to the economic development plan as well So any public comment for the economic development plan update hearing none Green Mountain Development Group So We'll have to just let Mike come in a little late on this. He'll be here five after You have in front of you a letter of request for a letter of support from this city and also a letter of support from From you and the City Council a joint letter The city council being the the first signatories and then you would be the second body to sign The the request is for a general request for support in terms of that this fits into the overarching city policies the city's vision statement and The request is specifically to support a letter to the two Vermont housing financing financing agency for tax credits for this project The project if you're I sent you drawings of what it looks like It's in the form base code district the Gateway districts It is for the most part Entirely and conforming with the form-based code requirements. It's it's subject to project review committee review on Tuesday January 30th, which is next week It's it's an administrative permit the project review committee is advisory so we we will be reviewing it for Just to make additional comments to improve the project if we the committee which is public which is city department heads Can find places where we can improve the project The project on that day should be by my estimation Approved administratively in which case it would go That would go to the tax the request for tax credits with a approved permit administrative permit Which would put it in very favorable status for those tax credits Which would probably ensure that it gets built so You're you're signing of the letter would be great Let you guys discuss it from here So my understanding is that this is going to be built by Nate Justice company who built the city lights for the Green Mountain Green Mountain development group I think that that would be a fair description of the I know that both Nate digests his company and Green Mountain development group are both on the application. So They they In terms of the public documents they were they're both a part of that I can't speak to their exacts financially arrangements, but They're both a public face on the on the project What is at this site currently? It's a two-unit 2500 square foot building yeah residential housing Is it is a big lot? Yeah, where is one building right now? It's two houses down from where the two gas stations are before the interstate so it's before the body Yes, and no, it's after the body is the same project that we saw a rendering of or preliminary rendering of probably six months ago No, that's the one that's down across from that that one's directly across from beverage warehouse, and that's 66 units This is 39 years. I see okay that 66 unit was Market rate as far as we know and this is Do you know what percentage it is? I mean it says in here 39 units with 12 being market rate 27 affordable to low income and for Four of those affordable units will provide service and rich housing for the homeless and at-risk I Personally think it's a it's a pretty good idea for that spot. I think that It's not I'm glad to see that there's no retail On the first floor because that's like a pretty busy Throughway for cars and stuff, and so it's nice that it's not going to be a lot of in-and-out traffic for Business type activity during the day, so that's my personal opinion. It seemed like a good fit I think this is like gonna add to the affordable housing that makes that we have in Winooski, which is For the most part quite a bit older So this will be some nice newer stuff. There is some stuff obviously down right downtown, so I don't know I I looked through it. I thought it was pretty good With the the 60% of air area median income number. Is that coming from a requirement that PHFA has? of Targeting I mean, I don't I don't know stuff if you know the answer to that And that's 60% specifically And City Council has already approved this letter or no So Paul I guess I have a question in terms of design currently is there a sidewalk on that side of the street Think there is There's a black top sidewalk up to it, but I think it's turned. It's an actual But it's this sidewalk, and so if you're living like downtown and you want to access I'm just curious this sidewalk Well, they'll be required to build to our to what we had approved, right? But just in their spot, right? What are they connecting to us the correct so the rest of the city? Is there accessible you so if I live here, and I want to walk from there to CCB or from there to beverage warehouse Is there means for me to walk? It looks like there's sidewalk all the way Crane tracks I think there's sidewalk there's both sidewalk and The multi-pack multi-direction recreation path on that side, yeah, it's not it's not a it's not a concrete sidewalk According to the Google Maps here up through but then Can't really tell it looks like it might turn into it And I've actually walked up there too, but I also know the other side of the street has a sidewalk And we've just done enhanced crosswalk Mm-hmm at the intersection Man so in Maine so we have a better crosswalk with the signal eyes. I think we have a die-on Die-on and he's that Yeah, so we there is It's this is the body shop for here these these two Yeah, it's this lot only though this lot is owned by one of the Handys Closer to the gas station so but it actually extends way down and kind of like curls with the railroads and goes way up The building is actually gonna be right up on the street. Yeah. Yeah, I got it. Yeah, all right there's Yeah, I personally think that this is in line with the vision that we've been discussing Yeah, I have no objection I just so I will make a motion that we Are a signatory letter second All those in favor signify by saying I was opposed Motion carried so do we how do we go about adding our name to this list? It's The letter the official letters here, okay, it will go back on the clipboard in this vlog Yes, and so that you you'll see that on this this page that is the signing page there's There's the counselors and There's a place for Seth's name or the mayor's name and Jesse's name and then the counselors and then right below that is your name So do you guys need a pen or do you want to do it with your own pens or So for this was not a unanimous vote then we would be in trouble Well, no, you could have not voted three to two Mike could say no, right, but we just leave everyone would have to sign Yeah, you have to sign. Yeah It's nice that it's already also already someone that's built in the city and the city team have a good Report So you have to sign this Well, this could be the shortest planning commission We don't have so we're okay. We didn't have anything on the agenda about the municipal plan You know you that we never did open it up to public comment on this piece either so Turn any public comment on the Yes, the heading it's on the side where you're headed east Any further public comment on that item Hearing none last agenda item is adjourning Could contribute by adjourn Second that second by Palace all those in favor soon by saying aye. All right. That was you that Meeting adjourned. Thank you everyone for coming