 Being 6 p.m. on Monday April the 16th 2018 we'll call to order the liquor control board meeting for city of Wanooski And we'll ask that everybody please stand and join us for the Pledge of Allegiance led by Deputy Mayor Nicole Mace I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all Okay so for tonight we do have a quick liquor control board meeting and then we'll transition to city council so if you're here for city council items you hang in there we will get there So first up tonight we have approval for an outside consumption permit for four quarters brewing located at 150 West Canal Street Any issues, concerns, report from staff? So Brian is here if you want to speak with him directly. We are working with him on waking windows permits and some other permitting concerns at his location but we have trust that we can come to resolution and recommend that you award the permit Nope. We don't have to ask you any questions unless you really feel like coming up I have a question Yeah sure So is this just for the waking windows weekend or is this to renew the line? No this is the regular one What's that? This is the regular one To renew for the whole year? Yeah Okay great We take care of the waking windows in one big bundle Any questions or concerns from the liquor control board? For staff? For Brian is this here tonight? No Any questions or concerns from the public? So seeing and hearing none I entertain a motion for approval for the outside consumption permit for four quarters brewing located at 150 West Canal Street Motion by Nicole, second by Hal, any further discussion? Hearing and seeing none, all those in favor please say aye Aye And those opposed? Motion carries Item B approval of first class liquor license, outside consumption permit, restaurant license and sidewalk usage permit We have Sweet Babu LLC for Shawna Rachel Goldberg located at 25 Nuski Falls way So similarly we are working with them on some good business practices that were experienced last summer but believe that they understand the requirements now and recommend approval Great Questions, concerns from the public? Or excuse me from the liquor control board? Questions, concerns from the public? So seeing and hearing none I entertain a motion for approval of the first class liquor license, outside consumption permit and restaurant license and sidewalk usage for Sweet Babu LLC So moved Motion by Nicole, second by Eric Christine Oh Christine, sorry, just heard from the left So motion by Christine, second by Eric Sorry Janet Any further discussion? Seeing and hearing none, all those in favor please say aye Aye And those opposed? Motion carries Then we have approval of the second class liquor license renewals We have Pamphazia Veniza for Chick's Market at 60 Hickok Street We have Westcoe which is Champlain Farms at 280 East Down Street We have Westcoe which is also a fast stop located at 155 Main Street For any of these three permits any concerns expressed or issues about the year? Okay Any questions or concerns from the liquor control board? Any questions or concerns from the public? So seeing and hearing none I entertain a motion for the slave renewal approvals for Chick's Market, Champlain Farms and the fast stop So moved Motion by Christine, second by Hal, any further discussion? Seeing and hearing none, all those in favor please say aye Aye And those opposed? Motion carries Then we have approval of first class liquor license for drafts and crafts located at 45 Main Street We heard what we do previously So this is a little bit of an odd one So you previously approved their first year liquor license It was then when it was sent to the state it was not issued in a timely manner So and those run until May 1st on So now they're back for a May 1st renewal even though they won't start serving until May So we are actually waiving the fee for this since they never actually were able to use their last year's permit as it was never approved by the state Minus the customer service Thank you So it is technically a renewal even though they won't start serving until the beginning of this permit Okay, great, thank you very much And seriously thanks for handling that that way Great Any questions or concerns from the liquor control board? Any questions or concerns from the public? So seeing and hearing none, I retain a motion for approval of the first class liquor license again for drafts and crafts located at 45 Main Street Second Motion by Eric, second by Christine, any further discussion? Seeing and hearing none, all those in favor please say aye Aye And those opposed? Motion carries Alright And with that we've concluded tonight's circuit control board commission meeting I would entertain a motion for adjournment Second Motion by Nicole, second by Christine Any further discussion? Seeing and hearing none, all those in favor please say aye Aye And those opposed? Motion carries That concludes tonight's circuit control board meeting I will switch hats and Let's see tonight's Winooski city council meeting So we'll call the order of the city council regular city council meeting for Monday April the 16th 2018 And ask that everybody please stand and join us again for Pledge of Allegiance led by Deputy Mayor Nicole Mace I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all Okay, first up tonight is agenda review, this is an opportunity to move items around or have any adjustments to tonight's agenda Council, any questions or concerns about tonight's agenda? Okay, so seeing and hearing none We did notice, thank you, that we have two Ds, so we're just going to do D1 and D2 Thank you, Mike Thank you, Mike Very good, duly noted Great, so with that we'll acknowledge that we have an extra letter there, it's not printed And we will move on to public comment, this is an opportunity for the public to address the council about anything that's not on tonight's agenda We do have agendas in the back and we appreciate everybody taking a second to make sure that you sign in coming in or going out We appreciate you doing that This is an opportunity for the public to address the council about anything that's not on tonight's agenda Thank you folks Okay, yes ma'am I just want to tell you that the Wienewski Peace Initiative is really grateful for the support that we've been receiving And that we hope to really have some new projects coming along, especially that will go through the summer And our purpose is to bring people together so that we can talk and once we know people better and we're closer to each other It's much more difficult to say disparaging things when you know somebody And it creates better community building, so I just want to let you know that we're working on that And if you have any suggestions feel free to let us know Great, that's the best contact for that, sister Pat That's it, pat.mikittrick at uvmhell.org Great, for those watching at home, if you want to get involved, it's a great opportunity Thank yous always for all your work Thank you, it's a great place to be Great, any other items for public comment? So seeing and hearing none, we'll move on to tonight's consent agenda We have five items on tonight's consent agenda We have the approval of city councilor controlments from April 2, 2018 The warrants from 4-13, 2018 payroll periods from the 25th of March to the 7th of April We also have the city council liaison assignments that we discussed in depth, local emergency operations plan Which didn't sound like there was a whole lot of tweaks to be done here And then a resolution related to Arbor Day which is commemorating a tree that's going to go into Richard's Park on Arbor Day Actually, it will be on Arbor Day, it will be on the 5th of May for, or 6th Saturday, that's also a green up day Any questions or concerns in regards to the consent agenda from council? Any questions or concerns from the public? Okay, so seeing and hearing none, I retain a motion for approval of the consent agenda as presented So moved Second Motion by Nicole, seconded by Christine Any further discussion? Seeing and hearing none, all those in favor, please say aye Aye And those opposed? Motion carries So the update Great, thank you, I have a number of items for you tonight First, today we got received word that the low income tax credits that the developers at 268 East Allen applied for were fully awarded So that's the true mixed use housing development located on East Allen Street up on the other side of the railroad tracks It's a 39 unit building, 17 of those units are one bedrooms, the remaining are two bedrooms 12 are market rate, the remaining are affordable to 60% AMI And four of those units are reserved solely for those at risk of homelessness So it's really that exact kind of mixed use building we're looking for The developers are hitting the ground running, they are meeting tomorrow to go over pre-construction documents and intend to break that ground in August So we'll see that coming this summer Friends, the mayor mentioned green up day is May 5th Come down to OCC at 9 o'clock and get your bags and visit with your neighbors and plant a tree Help plant a tree That weekend also is waking windows, the 4th, 5th and 6th, so just for the public and the council to remember, that's a big weekend here in Muskie CCRPC is hosting a housing committee convening, they're calling it So there are a number of housing committees located throughout Chinden County So as a result, kind of a next step coming out of a community conversation they had on affordable housing a number of months ago Was bringing all those bodies together So that will be April 30th at 6 o'clock I believe it will be at the CCRPC offices here in Muskie where that has yet to be confirmed So we'll share that, you're more than welcome to attend that as well Heather will be going and presenting a few slides on what we're currently working on I wanted to give you a couple of quick staffing and program administration updates As you know, we have a planning and zoning administrator vacancy, that position is posted We're getting some pretty interesting applications for that position, so we're excited about that Define interest in Some very qualified, intriguing people that we would be happy to welcome to the city Right, kind of interesting As I think I mentioned briefly before, but just to reiterate, John Audie has taken on the interim ZA role in this transition And Heather and I are heading up planning efforts I'll talk later in the presentation or in the agenda and the economic development update about the master planning efforts And our plans to move that forward in the interim Our new assistant city clerk, Angel Lane, started today She is fantastic, next time you're in the city come and say hi to her, she's working full time She has over 20 years of experience in customer service and management at FedEx And really brings a lovely positive attitude and a lot of experience and detail orientation, which we're excited about Just because our next meeting will be the public hearing for the Main Street Revitalization Bond Vote I wanted to remind you that there will be a community dinner on that project on April 24th at the OCC People are interested in coming out and hearing about that project Six o'clock the OCC on April 24th The public hearing will be at your next regular meeting and then May 8th is the citywide meeting In conjunction with Main Street, we are also planning for the Weaver Bike Lane pilot that will happen late spring So coordination is happening between public works and local motion on that Our community outreach program, which is our partnership with our surrounding communities and Howard Center Will be fully operational by April 30th The staff has been hired now for about a month and going through training both with Howard Center and the police departments Has done a number of ride-alongs with our officers, but they will be here and operational by the end of the month Two other quick things, one in the next few weeks and before our next council meeting All regular employees will also be participating in a two-hour customer service training Because we work for all the residents and visitors to Winooski and businesses in Winooski The leadership team really decided to prioritize customer service training this year So all of the employees will be going through two hours of that training And then finally, in the kind of exciting news, the Interveil Food Hub Which for those who don't know is located in Burlington just on the other side of the river Reached out to us because our membership in Winooski is growing They reached out to the library to be a service delivery hub So starting in the first week of June, people who register for that Interveil CSA can pick up at the library Which not only brings fresh food closer to our residents, but also may bring some new people into the library So it's a great partnership. You can sign up, sign up ends at the end of May You can sign up through the Interveil Food Hub website Thank you Thank you Okay, next up is Council Reports I think we started this way last time, so we'll start on the left this time Yeah, I was going to bring you updates from my first meeting with Public Works as liaison But since John is presenting today, I don't really have any information not already included in there Cool I don't have any updates I think maybe an update on Christine and I met with both with Jesse and staff regarding Various outreach events that are taking place to inform voters ahead of the May 8th vote And then we've met separately too about presentations and things that will go into How we'll do outreach as well. We have CCTV scheduled for next Tuesday For a show that's going to sit around describing the project And the potential vote, so I think we'll see some more items from that And then the Planning Commission and the Public Works Commission Had a great joint meeting where they got a project update That was a lot of good questions that bounced around And I think a lot of positive enthusiasm I think right now that's all update Public Safety Commission meets tomorrow night, but probably within that area The biggest update would be the notification we got from the Attorney General's office That following their review of our fair and impartial policing policy They did not believe that it was in compliance with Act 54 So that's honestly a discussion item today, so we'll blabber away about it now And no report at this time Thank you And I think just a big heads up obviously is folks at home know Hopefully by now that there will be a music festival in Uski Between that and our next meeting So obviously Waking Windows will fire up But the 4th then of May through Sunday So watch Nixle Traffic Advisors I'm sure all that stuff will be available on the City website As well as the Waking Windows folks In terms of any impacts you might see in a regular daily life And as always we very much appreciate people Accepting that the City does this for vibrancy And that we've approved this permit year after year Because the festival promoters have been very good to work with From a logistic perspective And have tried to be very thoughtful about the impact to residents And certainly there will inevitably be a couple residents That get inconvenienced by some portion of it But we appreciate everybody's patience And paying close attention to any alerts that are out In terms of what you can do to better navigate the City during that time Okay, and with that we'll go on to our regular items So first up tonight we have appointments For the Green Mountain Transit Board Commissioner and alternate So some context for this appointment As you know the council appoints not only commissions But several key board memberships here in the City Or that the City sits on or participates on So Green Mountain Transit is our public transit provider in the region We direct fund them in part and purchase services And obviously they provide a huge level of service delivery to our residents We appoint a commissioner and an alternate To sit on that Board of Directors Each community in the region does as well It's a challenging seat to fill Because often the meetings are either early in the morning Or during the day So the current alternate is Robert Millar who's here And I'm sure we'll be happy to give some perspective as well If you would like And I met with Candid We did a posting for the position We got three applicants Actually we got four applicants and one with Drew We interviewed the goals we set for the appointment process Where we were really focused on trying to get Somebody who uses public transportation to sit on the Board Per Robert's guidance There isn't that voice at the table at the Board right now And we feel like that's an important voice to add As well as thinking about somebody who could really connect The dots between some of the big projects going on in the city Like the master plan redevelopment Gateway quarter development and the main street project To public transportation And make sure those voices were being heard back and forth Through municipal planning So having interviewed with those goals in mind Robert and I are recommending the appointment Of Ebony Neone who's here tonight And as an alternate ray coffee As community services director Who can participate when Ebony cannot From a staffing perspective Awesome Hey Ebony Good, do you want to join us? Up here for the selection? You don't have to if you don't want to That's right And did Ray not come to give a speech for his candidacy? Ray was in Utah taking care of his brother And I believe you are aware of his qualifications Thank you for volunteering for this position It's exciting What made you interested in serving on the Board? Because this has been my interest for a while Since I've started using public transportation It's given me a whole new understanding Of people's plight who don't have vehicles Which a lot of people in the area Don't have vehicles So I have some great suggestions That I would love to be able to suggest That's great Moose has got a long history of playing A pretty pivotal role on the Board Including a number of years recently Where the chair of the Board was from Moose So that's great To be able to fill those shoes very capably Any good questions for Ebonie? I appreciate your step it up Thank you Very appreciative of your time Thank you very much And thank you to Robert and Ragu Who I know is not here tonight For their past service on the Board too It's really important As I think of the discussion Of a lot of people who rely on bus service All right, great Any questions or concerns from the public? Great So seeing and hearing none I entertain a motion for approval of the appointments For Ebonie, for the City's Commissioner's seat For the Green Mountain Transit Board And Ray for the Green Mountain Transit Board Alternate position So a move Motion by Hal, second by Nicole Any further discussion? Hearing is seen now All those in favor please say aye Aye And those opposed, motion carries Thank you very much Congratulations You're welcome Thanks Ebonie Okay, I'm sorry I have to attend another event That's okay I look forward to staying in touch Usually we'll ask See if the members want to come in This once a year And tell us what's going on And all the good work going on at GMT Nice Thank you Thank you Thank you All right Item B, approval appointments Are allowed to Community Services Commission Yes, so Ayane is here tonight With us as well We have a vacant Santa Community Services Commission The Chair of the Commission And Afea interviewed Ayane And he is here tonight To answer any questions Okay Good evening, Ayane How are you? I'm doing good, thank you Good, good Thank you for volunteering All right That's great What made you interested in the position? I mean, I lived in Murnuski For about 10 years now And I spent all my teenage years up here I thought like It would be a good place to Try to help the community To get involved That's awesome I remember playing basketball at the YMCA Years ago too You know parks and recreation stuff Yeah, yeah, yeah I grew up in that environment I used to play basketball there I still know the different stage That one is going through so That's great Thank you very much For offering to volunteer for the position too Questions? Mr. Alon? No, I just want to say I served on the commission Prior to becoming under the council And I think it's a very important role So I'm glad you're stepping up to do that Okay, and I will take it serious Great Big shoes to fill Size 13 Big shoes Any questions or concerns from the public? Kind of an appointment process So seeing and hearing none I'd entertain a motion for an ally to allow For an appointment to the community services commission Motion by Eric Second by Christine Any further discussion? Seeing and hearing none All those prepared to say aye Aye And those opposed? Motion carries Congratulations Thank you very much Thank you Okay, next up we have a new introduction I'll let Jesse and Chief take it from here So we have in the interest of making sure That you all know your staff And the community knows the staff Who want to bring Michael McCormick Who is our newest police officer To meet you this evening And I'll let the Chief give a quick buy up Good evening everybody Good evening So this is Officer Michael McCormick He comes to us from the Chittany County Sheriff's Department He started about five and a half weeks ago Interviewed really well I think he brings a really nice mix of experience And personality to the job And I think he's going to make you Right now with the team That's awesome Hi So yeah, good evening I'm Michael McCormick I'll tell you about myself Well, we're starters I've been here five weeks And I can tell you I'm having A phenomenal time I've learned so much already And the team downstairs The men and women are like amazing So helpful About myself though Born in Burlington from this area Born in, sorry Burlington Essex is where I grew up I left the state for a little while Which helped me get some great life experience I lived in a couple different states Experiencing different like cultures Bigger cities Bigger than what cities we have here And ultimately I found myself back here For school I went to CCV right here In Lewinsky which is great And like you said I started My law enforcement career With the Tenant County Sheriff's Department That was a great foundation But ultimately this city is where I'm finding my name is for law enforcement I met with the challenges That you folks have here So I'm very happy to be onboard And I'm very happy about the future here as well Welcome Yeah welcome, that's great And I think Chief has probably Explained it pretty well But you know the thing he asked For people to do right As good as you are with the police work You also have to be able to flip pancakes And hand out ice cream cones I can give you my resume It's quite excessive There's every kind of customer service You can have food service To restore justice board To change drywall To fill in cars I can do everything But ultimately all that Yeah kind of found me Into the right career which is this And yeah through those different jobs I've had to kind of adapt To different environments And also battling different Language barriers as well That's awesome It's exciting to have you And we're so proud of the model The community based policing model That's been used in the department And the results that it's yielded So it sounds like you're going to be An awesome fit into that And that's great And I'm glad you're enjoying it So far that's key too Thanks so much Any questions from the public? Please I just want to be sure that Rick let you know That you work very closely with the Risky Peace Initiative I'm really glad to hear about your talents Sister Pat, I'm looking for you I flashed my lights at one of the policemen And he said, sister, we're usually the ones That flash our lights That's fun Thank you Well thank you very much We're excited to have you as part of the team We appreciate you coming in today And saying hello and we'll look forward to Seeing you out in the field Any time you see me wave So I'm Michael Thank you, welcome Thank you Michael You too Alright, we'll pivot into The Fair and Partial Policing Policy So Councillor Covey Gave a quick update about this already This is Communication we received The end of last week from the Attorney General's Office indicating that The Fair and Partial Policing Policy As previously proved is out of compliance With the model policy and offering Per the state expectations That we sit with the Attorney General's Office and try and come to A solution that would meet Everybody's needs So the Chief and I thought it was important To bring it before you because it was a Policy the Council had adopted To say this is where we are Also we're hopeful to get Some guidance from you about Resource allocation here We obviously have a lot going on With the police department through strategic planning Running an assessment center as of June 1st Lieutenant Cram will be Retiring or Lieutenant McGivrin will be retiring Without Lieutenant So doing some hiring Obviously covering shifts and what not So also entering into negotiations With FOP So our question for you and no need To vote but just some guidance Is how if you would Like us to move forward with meeting With the Attorney General's Office How would you like us to do that From a staffing perspective An option would be to send Myself and the Chief to meet with Representatives from your Board Alternatively we could hire Legal counsel to represent us in those Discussions we will be meeting with a lawyer On the other side so we could go In that direction as well But primarily we wanted to let you know That this is the feedback we had heard From the Attorney General's Office Yeah so I mean you can see from the Email they want to sit down Right we don't even know What specifically is going to be cited Or what actions are going to be requested So I would think the first step Is just to hear that out And probably frankly report that Back and that's where the Decision Lunchpin is going to come This came just in time to get On to the agenda So I would think it would be about Sitting and listening and hearing them out And seeing if it's something that We lay people understand Or if we need to consult With an attorney about before we spend The additional resources there I think That's the check back here That would be kind of how I figured that would go It's an outside agency So I'm going to be there As that Re is on But open ears for the rest of it Is there any sense of a timeline Of how this is going to come together Or is this an open process And into the governing statute There isn't any specific timeline That's laid out We're varying this reconciliation process Or even what the process is And I think looking at the email From From David Sharer at the attorney general's office It doesn't give us any sort of indication Of what you were saying What components of the policy There might be pinch points I agree with your assessment that And hear what those are But I think those I think that would be really more Of a listening session than us talking I think it's hearing What are your issues And from your perspective What solutions are you proposing To what those said issues are And again if it's not something That can be addressed here before Any resources get spun on it I think the council needs to decide To take that action because that's not The understanding I would like to request That they Put their concerns Into writing So that it's not Sort of you guys having a report Back On a conversation with the attorney general's Office But that the Requests be when In advance of the meeting We'd like to see Documentation of the specific Areas of Noncompliance And the proposed remedy So that we may We're not going to bring an attorney to this Meeting but we need to Have something that we could then Discuss as a council and share with Our legal counsel I think there's a more request My guess is that a proposed remedy On their behalf may be the model policy So I think if we're looking for solutions To the areas by which we unanimously Voted to You know address those five specific Areas that we diverged I mean who knows I'll be interested To see what they say but I absolutely Agree something in writing I just think putting you all in the position Of having to translate the discussion With the attorney general's office Is a difficult position to be in And if they are Finding that the policy Is not in compliance I think the burden is on them To say where And why I think we might know that But it'd be good to have it in writing Thank you So if I'm hearing that I think we'll just set up a meeting Talk to them and report back on that Just included the four of us Yeah So Eric wanted to be part of that Any other issue with that We can only bring one additional counselor Just chopping up the bit Want to make a forceful argument that they get that Opportunity or it's worked a lot on the issue But okay So seeing and hearing them We'll move forward in that direction And actually Probably see if it can happen here We'll talk about that though In Manuski To cut down on you guys There's transit time and all that good stuff I think he's a I think he's a What's that Yeah I mean I think this is Late afternoon or the evening One should be fine Okay we'll get that set up Get the ball rolling on that and report back in the next meeting Assuming we can have that by then Any questions Concerns from the public Yes sir It is it's in the package Yes So we don't know how many components The email from the Attorney General's office Didn't identify where in the policy They believe it's not compliant With Act 54 just that they believed it was not So until we have the meeting And hear those and see them in writing Any other questions Yes We have an existing policy right now So we do Mm-hmm Yes Actually this proposal Is Actually this policy is Adopted I understand so Technically this is our policy right now Any questions or concerns Okay Thank you Thank you Chief Thank you Appreciate you guys taking the time to bring new staff into Thank you for that Alright item D Discussion marketing and branding presentation Put up The marketing and branding initiative Was commenced in late May 2017 And it's expected to be completed in May 2018 Our consultants here with us tonight Mike Bento of Engaged Strategies Has been working on this project with us And he'll give us a presentation tonight Of where it stands in draft form Mike has worked with the steering committee Of community members And has solicited public input Through a range of engagement opportunities And presentation Upon completion of the new brand And marketing strategy Myself and the communications coordinator Will take leading roles in implementation And funding for implementation Is built into the FY19 budget And RFP for an improved city Website utilizing the new branding Was issued on March 26th Of 2018 And an award will be made in late May So the timing will be perfect for that Jesse Baker Manager, Ray Coffey Director of community services Paul Sarn, communications coordinator And I'm the community And economic development officer Have all been playing a lead role In kind of going through the logo Process So you'll see a draft of that this evening So I'm going to turn it over to Mike Bento Do you want me to flip the slides Or do you want to flip the slides? No, I can do that at home Yeah, feel free to take Great to be back I'll tell you what, with public works You have to make everything in the city work I'm sorry I'm just really Great, well thank you For giving me the opportunity to do this work And thank you for having me back I'm going to walk through About 25 slides pretty quickly But give you the high level Of what we found and what we're Recommending going forward And I think you will I hope you will feel the sense of excitement That we feel about where this is all headed So as Heather said Yep, okay The goal of this Was to develop a brand platform And a strategy That would sustain and accelerate The economic revitalization of the city This year In great shape How do we keep things moving forward The steering committee Heather mentioned Great input throughout the process Thoughtful Smart creative folks Who really gave us great input And I do want to say Jesse, Heather, Ray and Paul Were great partners in this process And we worked really well together They made this Fun and a fascinating project So I'm grateful to them for that Public input, we did A community dinner at the O'Brien Center That was very well attended Two public input sessions At the senior center One with a group of boutonnese seniors Which was fascinating We tabled at the farmers market in July I did a little over 20 Individual interviews And this dovetailed with the Economic Development Residence Survey That happened last summer We both the economic development firm And us use that data So all of that is the inputs You know The overview of what we found Eric, at the community dinner You tweeted, our brand is our people And That absolutely Emerged in all of this work That is the truth of Winooski In everything that I, everyone I talk to There's this remarkable continuity Of values and traditions And across Very different cultures, ethnic group Ages, these threads emerge These common threads And I'll get to some of them What we heard And what is clearly part of the brand Is there's a very high value placed Here on building and sustaining Community More than just economic development It's about community And the depth and richness to that That's really powerful There's a deep commitment To openness And inclusivity And I've never seen anywhere else You folks don't just Talk this talk, you walk the walk In a way That doesn't happen In many other places I really want to give you that perspective It just doesn't happen in other places There's a city wide culture of humility Which I don't really want to change But I wish you would knock it off a little bit Thank you There's so many spectacular things About this community And at the city level At the schools level You're all very modest And matter of fact And I want to push you To tell the story Of what happens here What the legacy of this community is And what you've accomplished So humility is a great value But occasionally And even in the interviews And research where people had areas of concern About direction And what might be happening Those were always tempered with optimism There's this overall sense That the city is going in the right direction So how does that translate To a brand And the pieces of the brand And the brand story A tagline And then a visual image The brand story that we've developed And Nuski has welcomed strivers People looking to build a better life For themselves and their families We're a small city Where neighbors know each other We're a city where all of our kids learn together Play together, grow together We're a community where everyone can participate In city government In neighborhood potlucks In our lively downtown We're always striving to improve our city And to welcome our next New neighbors That's the common threads That emerged across all of these conversations That is a Unique and differentiating Statement I don't know of another place That can say that I'll stop a minute and see How those words ring That's a good job Yeah, I think For me This encompasses this idea That we're very human scale Here So everybody really matters Yeah And this sense Strivers is This is a place that creates And you'll hear the word opportunity in a minute This is a place that has For a hundred years has created And provided opportunities for people And that's not It is really a hundred year legacy And that's a through line in your history And it's unique to you So Boiling that down to A single statement The tagline Winooski is Vermont's opportunity city And the proof points to that Are this hundred year legacy Of providing opportunity To successive waves Of new Americans Really a hundred years of new Americans And that means opportunity For individuals, for families, for businesses And for the city itself For the city on the rise And that you have uniquely This culture of constant innovation Grounded by long held values Even the dome Which is certainly an innovative idea And what you're known for When you go back and look at it The value behind that was That everybody would benefit It wasn't someone's Get rich quick skiing It was someone's idea for How do we make all of us better That simplifies Winooski So from this language Then how do we capture that In an image And this is by and far The hardest part of these projects Is coming up with the image You already have Strong organizational brands The city's brand, downtown Winooski The school district has a new logo That they're finalizing What there wasn't Was this broad umbrella logo That captured everybody's story Everybody's brand And if you think about it It's sort of like New York has For the I Love New York campaign Or Michigan now Their economic development is Michigan pure There needed to be a shared tool Used to define and promote Winooski So this is the draft of the logo And let me tell you a little bit About the elements and the thinking To this The river The bridge The mill It is uniquely Winooski We wanted to capture a sense of place Because place here is powerful It captures The mills suggest this 100 year legacy The mill town This 100 year legacy of opportunity It's also The legacy of Community building And Rita Martell really Interesting way That the mills were about More than economic opportunity They were about community building That may not have been their purpose But people from different families And neighborhoods and churches Came together in the mill And that formed community So this logo is about both Economic future And a commitment To continuing to build community Thoughts? I like the mills do so much Define our recent history It's an interesting progressive step And this weekend I can help to think It's Binch marking a new historical perspective Whereas Our current logo looks all the way Back To The Abnaki Indian tribe To settle in the waterfront To collect the onions that grew here And start marking A more recent history That is maybe more relevant I don't know I'm careful not to get into the design Heather and Jesse And Paul and Ray will agree It is the hardest part of this process We went down a few roads That we had to turn back It's hard to capture it But when we got here In all different ways There was one Let me show you how it begins to play out And where it goes So the marketing strategy That then follows Has four key points First leverage the tremendous strengths Of this community To build community pride Second is to create A platform to tell stories And I was really influenced By Dan Higgins work And some other efforts like that And tell stories here To frankly address The challenges you have with FACS There are some challenges And continue to be straight forward About them, but maybe And I'll show you some ways to do a better job Talking about some of those challenges And then build the tools To attract targeted businesses and residents So That happens along three pillars First the city And I'll talk about ways to strengthen The school district wasn't Technically part of this project But at the same time they were doing Their own project with a consultant That was funded on a grant We worked together and it really dovetailed nicely And come up with some joint recommendations Because the schools are a big part Of the reputation of the community And then the last piece I'll talk about is this legacy campaign And I'll come back to that So the city Boiling it down Internally to three key messages The city provides residents with A broad range of high quality services The city operates on deeply held values Of transparency and openness And they have a broad tradition Of civic participation That's the messaging internally And now you're going to say a lot of other things But that gives you the framework To unify all of those other things Externally As we look at Outside of this community Into the region to prospective residents And businesses You want to talk about what This is a vibrant small city Offering an appealing environment For individuals, families, businesses, and corporations The importance of affordable Opportunities for locating a business Renting an apartment or buying a home That is one of your competitive Edges On all three of those points Business running or buying You are affordable where others aren't In a vibrant small city environment And then the third differentiator Is the Streamlined and rational Policies for zoning and permitting That balance protecting quality Of life with encouraging investment You are The envy of some of your neighbors For that And that should be a strong part Of your message externally Delivering those messages You've got great relationships locally Already with local and regional media Continuing to build on those Your social media For a city this size Your social media is as good as it gets You're continuing to grow and deepen that One of the places that you could Go deeper Is around storytelling Profiling local citizens To make the point about Interconnectedness and The through lines A couple examples here I met a longtime resident A native At the senior center Who now serves on the restorative justice panel That's an example of The longest resident Doing some of the newest, most innovative work Of the community In the same way, and I gather he moved Unfortunately because he was a great example In this PowerPoint, but there was a New American citizen Who served as a volunteer firefighter One of the oldest institutions Now being staffed by New arrivals These pieces that Drive a narrative of the Integration of the community And that give you an opportunity To model behavior And draw people towards it I'm going to talk in a minute And give you an example of infographics But there's some storytelling techniques That would help As Heather said, your website Is already in the rebuild process You guys jumped ahead quickly On this because it needed it But infographics There's a lot of numbers It's hard for people to grasp Numbers, and I'm going to give you an example One of the things that I heard Consistently was concerns about crime And the comparison Set This is the department of justice data And if you take the crimes per Thousand people And look at Vermont on the left Winooski numbers two from the left South Burlington All United States And then Burlington You get a relative sense Of what the crime issue is Now 25 crimes per thousand Is too many You're working to combat that But it does give people a sense Of where are we in comparison As opposed to where are we in comparison When we grow up So this is an example of Infographics that can do a better job Telling a story that give people A visual picture There's an opportunity to Do more externally In terms of business media Telling a good news story Beyond Burlington And the immediate area Going to regional media in the northeast Targeting the business media Looking at trade publications, conferences You have a huge success story here And getting it out Will draw more success You haven't had the bandwidth And there's a staff bandwidth issue here In the best of all possible worlds You'd get to a business to business Website, business to business Social media But there's a capacity issue So think of those as an In the future bucket But the future's not too far off on that So that's Telling the story from the city side From the schools And there, as I said They've got an effort underway That needs to be supported And I'm sure will be by the city And integrated into communications Efforts you're doing here So they're launching a new website They have great content You have great social media There's an opportunity to use their content Your social media to tell their story And their story And I I can't tell you how The two or three times I went up to the schools And sat with Sean How fired up I was by What's going on up there Winooski Schools really is A regionally respected Innovative school system That's providing high quality 21st century education to students Of all abilities and backgrounds I live in Washington DC I can describe the Winooski schools To high resource parents In a way that makes them think That must be the best charter school Ever invented and how do I get My kids in there When you talk about Student centered project based learning Farm to table cafeteria Wellness program for teachers And for students and teachers They have cracked some nuts Up there That American education hasn't figured out Anywhere else They are incredibly humble And they focus all their time On teaching and learning Not on telling their story Outside They need some help with that Because it's a great story Data will show some of that And picking the data apart So things like graduation rates Don't look great when you take them as a whole But as you begin to disaggregate that data There's really good stuff in there They need some help doing that The other piece and this is an opportunity For them with their PTO The school rating sites like great schools It's based on three or four year old data The numbers aren't good And the parent comments Are three or four years outdated So without spamming Those sites There's an opportunity to get engaged And increase, give parents Looking at moving here More up to date information about the strengths Of the school system Now the last piece of this Is a great name Normally in an economic Development project like this What I'd be showing you now Is some snappy ad That you would run in Boston And Manchester and Portland and New York They come to Winooski Everything's great in Winooski What we've done is actually flip that On its head and say Instead of running out there in the world To say we're great and should come here Put energy To hear what is great About this place And build this community in a way Then that others will see it And be attracted to it So with the Centennial coming in Four years, that gives you a milestone What we're recommending is creating this Campaign that builds pride In a shared narrative about Winooski Hundred years of welcoming strivers This tight-knit community And a culture of always wanting to do better This campaign would be Broadly owned by the community With a steering committee driving it And what it is, it becomes a platform Then to celebrate the traditions And cultures of this city In a way that says Everyone's story here matters Which is important internally And the best message You could be putting out there In the world externally Three tracks to it The first one is traditions and as I said Between the historical society's book Dan Higgins' Projects Other similar efforts Collect the stories Go to the next place in Storytelling, oral history Family photos, archives And two examples I've teed up a couple examples in this To spark thinking And then let the community Take this in its own direction But imagine If using, if you know NPR StoryCorps They have a curriculum that they provide To schools. Imagine Juniors and seniors at the high school Interviewing retired mill workers In a StoryCorps format To capture that story It would be a chance for these Young people to learn About the history of the community To capture it. And it would be a chance For seniors to meet the extraordinary Young people who are in the school system So it cross-fertilizes both ways Imagine the senior center Hosting a lunch and talking About all the lost traditions A lot of traditions that the older folks Grew up with and have sort of Slipped away. Let's capture them Let's talk about them and let's think Of some of the ones that they want To bring back. The churches could Play a big role in this. So capturing that information Is in the traditions track. Cultural events. You have Great models already with French Heritage Day and Saraswati Pooja. That's a model to be Replicated and invite Lots of other communities to do the same Thing. Not by having the city Organize it, but by creating A simple toolkit, some Easy pathways For people to say You are invited to do the same thing Here's the process. Here's A little mentoring from these other groups To get you going. So you could Do that by cultural Communities. You could look at Some themes that cut across Cultures, like Sports. And again Everywhere, it was fascinating The history and the talking to people Sports are a big deal. Bingo, cricket, Baseball always have been Unifying in community building Forces in the city. So Imagine if the Bhutni softball League could host an old timer Game with former High school all stars. And You begin to have that conversation Happening that way. Or a garden tour In one of the, I Literally left Scout, a conversation for Agu Talking about his father and his father's Garden in the seed bank Walk down the hill to meet with Rita And Rita was talking about how gardens Were so important. I'm like, I just Had the same conversation with two Very different people. How do we Do this together? So imagine a garden tour And there's some sillier tactics There used to be a mustache club That one of the churches had here So if the downtown businesses Had mustache Mondays And people with mustaches or facial Hair and I clearly have a dog in this fight Got a drink special or something like that You could make it fun The idea is to Animate the city with events Celebrating the culture and History of the city. All sorts Of them. And then the Third track are Places. And it was Fascinating. I heard about the Heights and the flats and cork Alley and Fort Pitt. I heard All sorts of things about chicks market And what Fascinates me about chicks is For 50 years Teenagers, I think most of the boys Have been hanging out outside of Chicks. And The teenagers hanging out there For 50 years ago Are no different than the teenagers Hanging out there now. How do we begin To create that dialogue between Them? There are places In this community that have been Important for 100 years or For many years. How do we Commemorate them, mark them Tell those stories. I don't Know the places but I'll bet you do I'll bet folks here do. There are rooming houses or apartment Houses in the city that have been the Starting place, the beach head For successive waves of families. How do you begin to tell Those stories? And these are All, the point of all this is These are stories that tie us together That connect people together and create That shared narrative that is True. So how it all Works? I've laid out a broad Framework with the idea that Local folks will now grab A hold of it, get creative And within these broad Boundaries Adaptive. Steering committee will Provide overall guidance, Contents collected and curated online On the new city website, You know, social media And on all of the partners, so Downtown Winooski The library School district, they all have Share content on their Website and social media The brands How they work together now The institutional brand The city's seal Continue to strengthen the use of That. There are places like the Senior center where it's not clearly Branded as being the city Tighten up on some of that so what The city is doing is even clearer And then the new logo This promotional brand is owned By the city but is licensed Without charge to all partners Used by the city and other partners to Brand this legacy campaign And to project yourself out there To promote externally Just a couple examples of This is how it would look on a Facebook page This is an example of co-branding There's a terrific, you know These things come together pretty nicely There's an event happening on Teaching people to tell stories It's being sponsored by Recreation and Parks department This is how that sponsorship Would get branded under the campaign So the next steps We're finalizing the report And delivering Developing an implementation matrix Step by step, short, medium and long Term activities, a usage guide For the logo Standing up the steering committee And then continuing to work With the city team to support Implementation of these things So I'm going to stop And we can have a discussion I just I want to come back to The Unique Nature of this approach Instead of the ads That say we're terrific come here This is about building this community And celebrating this community And We're arguing that is the strongest Form of economic development marketing You can do So I'll stop Thank you So I think maybe now we'll open it up And see if there's Questions, comments, thoughts Sort of direction proposed here The legacy campaigns That we've kind of talked about in general Is how do we address the Impending huge birthday And I think there's A really wide feeling that the city Was in need of a A bit of a refresh that's a little bit more reflective Of what's going on in the city today In terms of the way we're presenting ourselves To the outside world, so I want to thank you for your work It's clear that you actually learned About the community And with all due respect To a lot of Contracts, sometimes that's not the case Sometimes people roll in with a can Something that they Insert the words into And then that's what you get And we appreciate the thoughtfulness That you clearly applied to the approach And the amount of time it took to Learn those things, so thank you Alright guys Thoughts, questions For Mike in terms of How they landed on items or for Heather Just so we're clear This would not, the logo Would not replace the City seal That we typically use to Brand our Agendas Or even our website That that would still be Used for a specific Set of circumstances, but this Other image would be used across Departments and organizations Can you talk a little bit about the Red, white, and blue color scheme Was that discussed at all? So The Blue, and we played with Lots of color schemes, the blue Is the river But we were not going For a flag Red, white, and blue The We struggled a lot with The brick red of the mill And went darker than The flag Red And also looked at the colors Both so that we could render This in black and white But it's small, it's Recognizable from a distance And the white and black did that For us So I'm not sure where to address This question I'm following like the storyline Of using this in You know, in a Centennial Campaign But I wonder what like the Original problem That we were trying to address Here is Like I understand The Misconceptions about the school And crime But are there other things That we were trying to address Through like a rebrand I can speak to that a little bit I'll speak for myself But coming in One of the first things that Struck me in my position was That I felt that we weren't telling Our story well And then I would see The complete opposite As a fresh set of eyes It wouldn't bring true to me at all And so one thing that I was hoping Through this was for us to Start speaking with a common voice From Winooski in a much more Positive way about ourselves Some of that being the humility That Mike was mentioning So when I heard stories about Crime here I looked into the Crime stats and You are safer standing in any Single place in Winooski than you are On Church Street in Burlington So I didn't understand why that Concerned about this community At least for me it was very much About telling our story better Both internally and externally And it was In the early part of this We looked at The range of language And descriptors And it was all over the map And what people in the community Were using so one of the ones that Particularly bugs me is And we saw this in Real estate listings so Winooski Is the Brooklyn of Vermont Yeah I've heard that You are not derivative You are not comparative You are who you are so this process Was what is that or who we are How do we what's the language We want to put around that to define Us not in comparison Or in comparison To somebody else but purely as ourselves Is there already buy-in From like downtown Winooski Or school or these various Organizations to like work together On this front or is that In the next steps I think there's I mean and this is another one of those Things that from the outside I'm struck by how knit Together you all are already And First of all everybody knows everybody But you The last time I was up here Sitting Having my dinner at Water Works Met the owner who talked about What he was doing with Sean Having cultural programming going on In the Restaurant These things are all There's both appetite for it And it's already happening That's exciting Also the most Prominent brand That was created was when we did The downtown Winooski logo Like that That was a painful process But it was designed by A resident Came with a number of different Logo ideas And it really It made a difference For lack of a better word It energized people Something common visually to rally Upon which I thought was really positive You know one thing I've been really vocal first branding Update concepts Discussions I was in was around planning And I think Where we've really failed Is linking planning efforts Together in a coherent way For people to understand that they're all feeding into A succinct strategy And When you keep asking people the same questions With no Or different questions with no Clear visual Stamp that says we're heading in this Direction towards this one thing You know you criticize the process Or whatever you like Plan BTV was extremely well Executed from a production Stamp point because people saw They knew when they saw that logo on something That they were feeding into that larger process So I think this is kind of interesting Because it's the duality of it Which I think Keeping two logos Can you talk about that a little bit In terms of the seal versus A lot of replacement I'm just curious And go back to Michigan Pure And I love New York and things like that There will always need to be The government Logo and voice There are things you're going to speak about Purely a function of the city government That are not in any way Promotional But you need to have some Platform And voice that is Promotional and celebratory And that's where the difference comes And Structures, water, no people Did you guys talk about that? We actually didn't Didn't come up, yeah Some do, some don't Humanistic one, right? There's people doing things on there Some don't What Mike didn't tell you Is that we went through a very elaborate process With the logos And they went back to the drawing board I think a couple times And I was actually calling Mike with feedback Saying, please don't fire us It was a very long process To get to this I think beyond the logo The notion of A story to tell And I'm really appreciative of The lengths you went to To talk to people in this community Because I, as I said earlier That rings true for me And I haven't been here For much more than a decade But I, you know That resonated with me And I think When I think about the potential development And changes But the changes that are on the horizon And the absence of a Common story And thread that sort of binds us As the changes occur We could lose the things That we celebrate today So I, you know Whether or not You know how we use a logo To me it's less Important than that Plan around How is it that we Tell the story And celebrate what it is That makes this community special So, thank you I'm interested to see those tools How we tell the story of that actually Is that me? Definitely think it is really important To kind of Honor our history as well But make sure that we also do that In a sensitive way That there are a lot of people here Who share very different histories Than what Yusuke has been to And similarly to And I remember being at that community Dinner as well hearing that What a lot of people celebrate is The composition of our community Right now and the vibrancy And thriving this right now So absolutely celebrating our history too But making sure we're also celebrating that So We have this long standing history as a Meltdown and I like the connection Of the community thought So those values Are what we're celebrating as that community And what it does to drive Our city forward right now It's really interesting and I can't wait To see how it pans out I'll give you an image That occurred along the way If you think of the mythical Welcome to a Yusuke sign And under it Welcome in a series of successive Languages starting with Avanaki And Irish and French Each For a hundred years this community has Added new languages But always with hooks At the bottom for the next set of languages And that's really special In that vein I think You're two examples about The new American volunteer firefighter And senior center Working on new initiatives I appreciate those Points or that line of storytelling To sort of bridge the gap amongst communities here Because I think there are a lot of people That really value All the differences here But then we still have some gaps there Where people are not intersecting And making those connections For them could be helpful I think this is great work And I think communicating it Is going to be really important And I hope we can be creative And sensitive Doing it in a way to Communicate Orally So others who don't speak English Can Experience What we're celebrating And share it And their tongue as well So whether it's a QR code Or whatever, there's other ways That you can tap in And people Throughout our community I can add one thing Back to Christine's comment So Heather and I spent an hour today With Dan Higgins Talking about his project About telling the stories of who we are Which is running in parallel In conjunction to this And we just spent a lot of time talking about What you just said How do we use art and branding And all the community events To make those connections between people So it's not just capturing a story Somewhere, it's telling a story To connect it to another story And I think we're early in that I don't think we have The answers, and I don't think We are going to have the answers I think that's where this becomes A relinquishing control to the community To see what the community does with it But I think there's some really Interesting conversations to be had About that Using the stories to connect The people That's how I mean Not to preamble something That's now rebooting a little bit But with the municipal plan That was the direction and vision That the Planning Commission was going down Towards too, is making it more Of a narrative focused document That had all the technical benchmarks Necessary to complete a plan But really focused on the experience Of the people living here Doing business here That's good feedback Thanks Another thought is that this is something That wouldn't just be used for the legacy campaign But shared by all those different groups Beyond too, right? It kind of reminds me of if you drive through Downtown street or something In some city and they have the banners Up along the side of the road That's the kind of image you see The brand of the city So kind of along those The way I think about this is the Stowe Swish If you picture this, everyone can picture It's very referential to what happens In that community And I think, as Heather said We had a lot of conversations about The logo and a lot of iterations And kept coming back to the mill Because to a great extent It is how people think of the city It is that fundamental image So we were talking We were presenting this kind of In a half hazard way to the leadership Team last week And the police chief looks down I already came up with this And the mill is on the public safety badges And we don't necessarily think Of that connection But I think it is Really fundamental to What others perceive As our community And what we as our community perceive It's iconic But do keep in mind Both aspects of the mill The economic engine And the community building engine And other questions, thoughts So we Resourced some of this work To a certain degree This is a question for Heather And Jesse Acer How do you see Operationalizing some of these recommendations And Within the resources that you have I saw that as Next steps with the The short-term, interim, and long-term Yeah Similarly to the way that we did The economic development strategic plan That matrix Is an unbelievably helpful tool That I'll speak about Actually in the next segment But we'll have a similar tool So we'll have things that have been Prioritized as the immediate pieces Of that we'll be able to Direct our attention In that manner In addition to that In the economic development matrix What they did is divide it out By lead department Because some of those things are not Within my purview And so that's also been broken down And given out to each individual department So I think it'll be a matter of First seeing the matrix And then breaking it down in a similar way So there will be a longer A long-range plan As well as an immediate term That's already invested in this To a large degree We have built money into the FY19 budget For the new website rebrand We've invested in Paul And having that position fully staffed I know the schools have invested Or are looking to invest some money In communications. I think that a lot So while there will be tasks Associated with all of that I think we have the Human and resource infrastructure At least for FY19 to continue this And then I think we are incredibly Fortunate to have Paul on board I think his skill set Naturally ties in with this And then thinking about Dan Higgins work And some of the public art task For the work we've been talking about And what the Wienewski piece initiative is All of these pieces very quickly Start lining up With not A whole lot of additional infrastructure needed Thank you Any questions for Mr. Bento For having a run on Sure In one of the preceding slides There was mention of creating a toolkit Or something so that folks could easily Replicate the French heritage Event etc Is that something that should be In next steps or that's under consideration So I have Assembled pieces Of it from some other Contacts Main streets People that I know And I'm going to provide that to Heather I think some of that exists In your existing Permitting process for events So it's pulling that together But if I can use that Opportunity to also say I think it's Who's the Eric? You're now the liaison to Downtown Wienewski What's critical to the success Of that is Downtown Wienewski And I think part of the next step Conversation is what role Will we as the city play And what role will there be Our promotional arm play And Kelsey's been involved in this More was involved in this But I think that that's articulating That is really important Because I think often people who Want to do events go To Downtown Wienewski Where we all How are we as the city putting into place Clear communications about how you Close streets and how you repress Services and that kind of thing But also ensuring that our partner Organizations who may hear of people Interested in doing things first Have that same information. It goes back to That kind of quality improvement Process mapping we talked a little About earlier than last time. Other questions? Thoughts or items for Heather That looks like we'll look forward To a final report and the matrix Coming forward. Is there anything else Specific you wanted feedback on That you feel like we missed? I think overall that since it's Really impressive work in a great Direction and it is building upon Something I think we already Recognize the importance of that Narrative piece and how That can really move mountains If done correctly and That can be a really unifying Thing to do for the community so It's very exciting and I really appreciate all the work. And I want to say thanks for the opportunity To do it. This was soul feeding Work which doesn't always happen So now we'll also turn To the public to see if there's Any questions, comments or concerns From the public in regards to The update on our Marketing and branding. Yes? Absolutely yes. It's in the package. It starts around Page 28 or so. I really appreciate All the hard work that's gone into this And I'm excited to see How the Initiative will fit into this very easily The storytelling, the photos The opportunity to see Our values and traditions I think that's really important. I have to say For the local I was a little surprised There wasn't a little bit of green in there If we talk so much about environment And the green areas around And people. I was You know I kind of feel that we talk About community building and I know You can't put everything in the little logo But somehow I just It seems to me it would be a warmer Something to it. But I Understand that. I was surprised to see Bingo Listed as a sport. We have to come to a new ski to find What we need. Other than that And I love the storytelling idea That's part of what we are working on Also with some people to get people To tell their stories. We realize that We have a richness in diversity But we often have a lot of silos So how do we connect? Thank you. I also found it was very well done And congratulations. But I was disappointed That on that logo This is awesome. This is really The fall of this river And it's beautiful. That's the blue. It doesn't show up. It doesn't give the fall I'm not an artist but I think And I would have put the bridge The Winooski up higher And the bridge closer to the water But it's the falls that I would like To see because that's rather unusual For such a small city And you can see it from the bridge. Right. Thank you. Other comments, thoughts or suggestions As we move forward? I have to say I appreciate it. You're saying this was a soul-feeding Experience for you. That's great. Great. Thanks for your time. Thanks for coming today. Thanks for all your work. We appreciate it. And it's exciting. Thank you. All right. So next up we have Strategic Priorities Update Economic Vitality Okay. So this is our second update On economic vitality And in your packet You have a memo from Jesse and myself There are Four priority strategies That we have listed in the table In your packet. They are to develop A municipal plan, master plan To implement the economic development strategic plan Implement the parking study And to address potential gentrification Through master plan housing policy And planning and the economic development Strategic plans. So I will just give you a brief update On these and some of the other Strategies that we've made priority As well. Developing a municipal plan And master plan. Do you want to take that one? Sure. I do in this packet On the final page of the report A schedule that Heather and I have put together Since Paul Jarre left About to accomplish the Municipal plan overhaul Before it expires in April 2019 So that's the goal we're working towards. So with the planning commission At the last meeting last week We went over the schedule With them. And also committed as you know We applied for a municipal planning grant To support them in the work. So with that Those resources already identified Will bring on a consultant To work with us throughout The entire municipal plan Process. So not just until we hire staff But through bringing you A municipal plan to consider. That will give us Continuity during a transition period As well as some expert Guidance and technical assistance To support them in the work. So what that looks like Is about two months of onboarding Consultant To help us with that work Which is going to run in parallel To the work the commissions are currently doing To broaden our community aspirations Five months of prioritization Public process Drafting, looking at the data Looking at the plans already written And how those plans will be integrated Into the master plan Five months of public Required public process through state Statute that we'll go through. So that's where we are. I think the planning commission Was pretty Received well this schedule And the concept of bringing on Some additional support To work with the city staff And the planning commission on this process And we will be moving forward In that direction. Much more to come. As some concern, especially with this Staffing change about staying On track with the master plan Process. It's aggressive. And it's I think we're going to have to constantly Monitor and weigh in And I think You know what we promise To do this time For the community is not slap Something together. Just to pass a plan That we've done for the last plans. Which is why we have the plan we have today. So I think We're, you know, This one to me is a It's a red on here. I think if there's ever been a red item For our list, this one's it. And I think we just need to be Really honest with that. Because we're also asking a lot In terms of staff resources now To pull this back into range. But With all of that said And that sounds really negative. There's been a lot of really great work Done along the way. So we have so many components That have been done so well That it's really about pulling those together More than it is creating New material and writing something From scratch. We don't have to sit and say, Hey, what should Transportation look like? We've spent a significant amount of time Resources and effort doing that I have nothing but pure confidence In the staff capabilities And steering that forward. And we have a really sharp planning commission. But it's aggressive. How's that for a wet blanket? Any other questions For Jesse and Heather? I just In general, I thought this was great. You did a great job with the write up overall Was really informative and Did a good job and Reminding me of some of the stuff That we don't always get to talk about Every time, so thanks. Happy to go through any of it That you have questions about? I have some questions just about the parking Study. So There was Some Recommendations in the study I recall in terms Of Assessing Usage within The garage Looking at signage So I'm wondering Sort of where that sits In the work I don't remember And I'm interested In how you see the shared parking App as like Fitting into the general Those recommendations So all those things you mentioned Sit solely on my desk So I take full responsibility For the progress Or lack thereof made to date That's my responsibility So I think they're interrelated In a couple of ways And we have not The progress we have made Has been to allow some of those interrelated Things to go forward. For example We didn't want to re-sign the garage Until we knew what we were going to do In the marketing We wanted to start with a parking App because it's something that People have been talking about a lot And it is a way for us to integrate With our surrounding communities So moving to park mobile allows Us to go on to the same platform That Burlington and UVM are both on So when we think about Our users of our system That's a significant customer Service win for them As we brought on that One of the things we learned was that It could be used for access control In the garage So now the question is for the garage Users, is that how they want To manage access control So basically what that means is When they drive in, if they click On here, we could be tracking That at no cost As opposed to a traditional Access control system where there's A gate and Costs associated with that And then finally quite frankly the The other big Thing I've been working on About parking is trying to figure out How to build new municipal parking So as we figure that out Having A new access control system inform That building as well Any other questions For Heather and Jesse on Update Questions, concerns, comments from the public Thank you for all of your work Thank you guys. Thank you. Alright item F discussion of the Public Works 2018 summer work schedule Update. So we Wanted to Coming off The budget cycle And with John starting to give you A very high level Summary of What work will be underway this summer I know in the past there's been Some concern about having a good understanding Of what troubles in the ground As you might see over the course Of the summer so John has put this together So he'll walk through this quick Presentation and then your following Agenda item is actually A step we need you to take for One of these projects so these two Items are related. Okay so If summer does get here We do have some projects Going forward So the projects I'm going to Go through are just kind of the Highlighted projects for the summer That are actually Going to be performed So we've got a lot on our Drafting table right now but these Are the projects you're going to see being implemented For this year So on the capital Side we've got Quite a bit of investment Going on in the treatment Plant facility this year We also have Some maintenance and repair work Going on for The Manuski river bridge And then we do have our annual Street repair Caving program So the Manuski river bridge We are Looking to repair the railing And some of the sidewalk sections Along the bridge so you'll see On the eastern side Some of the bridge railing Is decayed or missing So that's the work we're looking to Target for replacement And we also have some sidewalk Replacement work that's going to be Done in conjunction with that So this is through a V-Transstructures grant that We're doing a 50-50 split With City of Burlington So currently our share Is a 10% grant match So we're targeting about 30,500 that'll be coming out Of the city coffers for that project So we're Targeting starting work June 4th We received bids April 10th So we're currently Reviewing those bids And you should see Probably during that first May meeting Some bids Coming to you for authorization This project it's pretty straight forward I mean it's just a Replacement maintenance project Some traffic issues So that's a big part Of this project is getting the Information out We may have situations Where we have to close a lane So we're planning to use Some of the portable Changeable signs In the contract we do require That 14 days before any Lane closures that Each side of the bridge is notified We'll have signage On the side and notify Drivers will definitely be Working with the downtown groups Kind of get that message out Further ahead of time So that's probably the more Difficult part of this project Challenging part is Making sure we notify Those folks of potential lane Closures Two other quick points to make On this one Because this is a 50-50 project We've had a lot of conversations with them Working in close cooperation We are doing the administrative support For this project So while they secured a grant And we secured the grant and the Total of those two grants is what Enables us to do the work They are accepting our Percurement process and we are Managing the administrative work So we're trying to be good Natives in this effort Can you talk briefly about It's great timing So Burlington They are going to be performing Water main replacement work on Colchester Ave And also repaving All of Colchester Ave Hopefully before this project gets rolling I did see that They may start that work Hopefully in the next couple weeks here So When I say there will be some traffic Issues We'll have to communicate That well with the public And coordinate that Burlington Work with this project And kudos to John for already Building a relationship with Chapin And being in close contact To make sure that work is coordinated And I think the one thing That we learned between Different large scale downtown projects We did a very good job Last time when the Circles being reconfigured Of talking to businesses And they responded really well to that They knew the work schedule They got updates when things were going to be closed And they helped share it And that was a really great relationship We've had some past examples Where we didn't do a great job with that And it didn't go particularly well You know, people ended up frustrating So just positive encouragement Reinforcement for stuff I'm sure you're already thinking about So annual And resurfacing work So Working with accounting It appears we have $185,000 for budget this year Which is great We do have Some candidates already selected Mainly based on Where we've done some utility repair work And there's Very poor paving conditions So those are listed We're currently selecting Other candidates at this point So part of this Scope is also in the background We're starting to put together that CIP program To make this A bit more routine I'd say So part of that CIP is Trying to get roads on 15 year, 18 year cycles So we're milling and filling them And being more strategic About how we Resurface roadways And even building in maybe a maintenance program And try to keep them alive a little bit longer With slurry mixes and Crack sealing So that's kind of what we're also working on In the background as we're looking at These potential road candidates And With that Plugging that information Into our asset management system And really trying to Utilize that tool To help us better Program road maintenance So wastewater projects This one's a little more standard It's an equipment replacement Project Not that exciting But we are replacing An undersized generator That's only feeding Partially feeding Our process system So if that generator were to go down Or if we had an electrical issue Or had to be utilized We could only use Our aeration system And we'd have to forfeit some of our other processes So not ideal for Water quality And treatment process So what we're looking to do Is upsize that generator To a 150 kilowatt Generator with To be fed by natural gas Instead of diesel power Associated with that A boiler system That's also Diesel Using a hot water system With natural gas Along with this We're also looking to try to utilize A GMT curtailment Program so that During those peak energy Hours We could kick on the generator And then potentially That could save us some funding For the energy bill And then the larger project That we'll actually be talking about On the next Item Is our head works project So this went to the bond vote Proved by the voters This is a much needed Improvement for our primary Treatment system So this will update Our grinder pump grip removal system To a more Mechanical bar screen So we don't have guys manually Hand scraping bar screens Not ideal So this is Also going to Use a 2000 square foot garage That will be tacked on to the Facility to help Store some of our sewer Equipment and Prolong those For those vehicles There's kind of two tracks for this project The head works It's a little more sophisticated design So we're going to be starting Design on that work This spring into the fall And then hopefully start construction By the end of this Season In December The garage is a little It's a little easier design So we think we can start Design and construction This summer and try to get that project Wrapped up before the wintertime And then I won't read all these But this is kind of our Typical to-do list for the summer I will highlight we are Working to upgrade some of the Downtown lighting in Rotary Park Right now and some of the electrical service In Rotary Park We've heard some feedback during events That's required So we're trying to get that expedited Before waking windows and some of these Bigger vents take place So they're actually out working now To get that resolved But everything else Is pretty typical Public works activities that we do Throughout the summer There is one item The downtown paver assessment That's not a Shovel in the ground type Work but we are starting to look at How do we address those paver issues In the downtown area Any questions on that Any other tasks that we may be Missing that we should add to the list I'm excited The painting is a big one If we charge people to park in the spot They should be able to see where the spot is And the last couple years We've heard deployment of new bike racks And I think there's a bunch Hanging out somewhere I know that's one that the public Asked about from time to time We had the big yellow one out at one point And one of those cool little fixture things When we did a multi-modal tour Two years ago So I don't think it's ever been deployed It's a question It's been some fun balance in that one time It was just like Mammy Any other questions, thoughts, comments For Anybody want to make a pitch to Jonathan For their street Putting the list together Okay Any questions, concerns from the public Just one Appreciate you talking about food neighbors So I'm just assuming that You're thinking about notifying the hospital For ambulance transportation When you're doing the bridge So we don't have those kind of problems Thank you We'll notify them if they promise to notify us When they do large construction projects And bring massive things to the middle of the city And choose the city as their primary Rout for doing things So tonight, for me, it's brilliant to be around So we'll gladly make that exchange I think we should bring that out We will Great partners Thank you for doing this, it means a lot I think for people to know where their Money is going every year It certainly helps from a transparency perspective And for people to know what to expect So thanks for the time and putting this together I really appreciate it And it's ambitious, thanks for all the work And in advance And it'll all go perfectly and there'll be no surprises Or unexpected hiccups Fingers crossed, yes Thank you Thank you And then we'll move right into Consideration for approval of the Headworks State Revolving Loan Fund Application for the Headworks Project So this is actually A document you've seen A couple of times now When every time we go to SRF They're around a funding for their phases It's a three phase preliminary engineering Final design construction phases You have to, as the legislative body Sign off on the actual loan application So this is the loan application For the 82,000 phase Two part of the Headworks Project that was approved by the Voters through the bond vote Questions or concerns from council? Again, it's a document That the body itself has seen In a process that we kind of walk Through on and we do have two new members If you've got any questions that it's part of The larger funding package That was approved as part of the bond vote Questions or concerns? Any questions or concerns from the public? So seeing and hearing none I entertain a motion for approval of The Headworks State Revolving Loan Fund Application Motion by Eric, second by Christine Any further discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor please say aye Aye Thank you Thank you Next up is a tax requirement Financing district agreed upon procedures Audit So Angelis Here and can read you this whole Audit document, but basically This is for our TIF district We have agreed upon procedures That we are required to follow every year To appropriately implement the administration Of it, we are then audited On how we meet those procedures And the body and then our obligation In your financial Authority capacity Is to receive that audit So no action is needed, but we need to present it to you Thanks to Angelis Great work, it is a clean audit With no unexpected findings No adjustments Now OTV's calculated No exciting things this year So we'll see you next year Great Thank you for all of your work Between auditors and state bodies And I think it's a lot of work We'll think that The downtown's done Because the shovels aren't still out But obviously it's a lot of work Thanks very much for all you do for that Are there questions in regards to The report that council received From the auditors Obviously The indication is that we're doing a good job Angelis is doing a good job Any questions from council? Seeing and hearing none Any questions from the public In regards to the TIF Agreed upon audit procedures Seeing and hearing none That was up as a discussion item Thank you very much We'll move on to item I Which is the discussion of the International City Management Association Retirement Corporation So I'm going to invite Julie Up to sit with me We'll give a quick summary While she's coming up So currently For our eligible employees We offer a retirement plan That's provided through One plan provided through three Separate vendors Julie and I and Angela Over the last year have looked at That plan, heard some feedback From our employees It's Had some challenges And so we've been exploring Options to Move to another provider So tonight as a discussion only Agenda item we wanted to Bring you the recommendation to move to What's called ICMARC Which is The International City Management Association Retirement Corporation's Separate subsidiary that provides Retirement a retirement solution In municipal employees across The country It's the only one that solely provides To public sector Municipal employees There are four items That we'll need you to vote on If you decide to move forward with this Recommendation at a future meeting And those are outlined in your memo And just to highlight a few goals we had In doing this and then Julie can walk Through kind of our process to date We were looking for a plan Had expertise in providing Municipal retirement systems A plan that had a proven track record And a plan that really improved Had better customer service We really feel like our current Plan does not Provide the best benefit to our employees Because there isn't that face to face On-site assistance In retirement planning And ensuring that our employees While they're here Understand our investing Appropriately and specifically When they leave you feel like their families Are taken care of So those are our goals of the Effort and I'll turn over to Julie To talk about Where we have been So our process to date We've talked a lot with ICMA about How this will affect employees And one really nice thing That they did for us was sort of show us Their fees So one benefit to employees is that Their fees on investments are much much lower So the money that they retire with They will keep more of it Versus paying administrative costs We presented that to the employees We had two all-employee meetings Where folks came, they could ask lots of questions A couple of folks from ICMA came And explained the plan And then we worked with our Union to Do an MOU to change This mid-contract And they've agreed to do that And share in the cost savings as well The response from employees was great Most people walked out of the room And said are we starting this now And just to sort of add to ICMA My own experience with ICMA And having administered one of their plans In the past is that they are very high touch For your employees They will call up the organization Every three months, visit Meet with employees one-on-one Provide presentations on Retirement. So my experience with them Is that they will provide a level of customer Service that our employees are not getting now There is one significant Plan change that will be associated with this move That I just want to make sure we call out Currently under our current plan People are allowed to do drawdowns Against their retirement plan That is used sporadically But a bit ICMA does allow loans From plans but they have to be repaid So that is a change In what our employees currently have Access to. From Benefits theory perspective We really believe that that's a positive change The point of these Dollars in this benefit is to Allow for those dollars to be Invested for the future care of our employees And their families And with the ability to draw down the funds We are not providing The intent behind that benefit to the same Degree I just want to make sure we call that out And we would be remiss If we didn't first take a second To acknowledge the newest member I'm assuming of the State Board of Ethics In her profession So congratulations to Julie That's an awesome achievement It's the first State Board of Ethics That's a way to go That's a great honor and reflective Of everything we've seen in terms of Who you are as a member of the staff So congratulations Okay Any questions? Concerns from folks? I mean it's been around since 1972 That's great, we're not changing the contribution It actually results in a net negative It's been vetted well with staff Investment plans Even if you stay the same People change all the time So you're probably going to get forced out Of whatever funds you really think are great anyway So And it sounds like the fees are lower I'm missing any setbacks Anybody got a question or a concern? They already addressed Mark Questions, concerns Is this going to require anything? Because functionally The city will provide a retirement plan We don't need to touch personnel policies Do we? We don't get that specific In there, I don't think I don't think there's language to change In the personnel policy, no Okay Any other questions, concerns from council? Questions or concerns from the public? I'd like to see well taken care of Healthy, happy staff So thank you for all your work To support that, I appreciate it This is on this discussion It sounds like it's clear agreeing to go For the next steps So we will bring it back to you For the next meeting for approval And we do need your authorization For a number of documents Sounds like a nice consent and journal package I don't know Thank you very much Thank you We have a discussion In our approval for a resolution of Basin of 35 to the Billington International Airport So following The last two meetings The direction from council in the last meeting Was to provide Language back That Hit a couple key bullet points The first was reiterating Support of the Guard And finding a mission For the Air National Guard At the Billington International Airport Restating the fact that The City of Lewinowski during the formal EIS process And subsequent to that as well Wade in And essentially said there are a number of unanswered Concerns and questions That we've asked that have actually Not been answered today either In regards to the basing As a potential impact to our community As such the City has consistently Said we think Billington should be passed over In this round of basing until those Questions can be addressed or answered And then the third Kind of point was Supportive of the effort That was going on in Billington Which is really where this request came from Just from A broader discussion standpoint I believe South Billington Is taking up something similar this evening Well and if not this evening In their next meeting From a conversation with their chair So I think the content Speaks to itself any questions Or concerns or thoughts or any places where I didn't Reflect the interest to the Council In terms of content Or concerns One typo Oh boy Oh I see it too Of course Students At the top of the Or at the bottom of the next page Okay It's on the second page isn't it No is it It's on the first page Awesome So in other words we can Anybody catch anything else Because there may have only been one pair Of eyeballs on this one I did see that and I don't remember I can say I can say what time of night this was written Yeah All the thoughts are there Okay So in light of that I think you could take action To pass it with that adjustment Sign the second page and we can clean up The first page Questions or concerns I think this is Pretty reflective of a number of different documents We'll pass that on to Scottie Okay We'll now open it up Any questions or concerns from the public In regards to the resolution Yes Richard Sure Okay should I go over here Mike do you have a good audio Can you hear me if I do You talk a lot Okay So three days before The recent vote in Burlington Of the F-35 basing I was arrested Along with others For disorderly conduct Which is a criminal offense So disorderly conduct generally means Obnoxious public behavior And we did an F-35 Noise demonstration Six minutes in multiple Locations in Burlington And it was worse than obnoxious It was a painful Oppressive Sensory experience that was very unpleasant We used An actual recording of F-35 Noise From a truck We blasted the recorded noise Of a deafening 115 decibels That's the Same 115 decibels That the Air Force says Whenuski residents will be subjected To repeatedly For the next 30 to 50 years As the planes take off over So it's fair to say that most Burlington voters have never experienced The impact of 115 decibels Of military generalism But they had heard years Of pro F-35 propaganda So our purpose was to inform The voters The people who were in the demonstration Were frankly shocked Although we got a lot of thumbs up For people who knew exactly What we were doing and supported it But some people came running out of their houses And then rushed back in And called the police Others pleaded with us To please, please stop this noise Some people became agitated Angry or aggressive And that response Is very easy to understand Because the noise at that level Is toxic And it's correctly criminal I've correctly characterized as criminal So I will no doubt Receive appropriate punishment For my participation In that demonstration that day But based on that demonstration And of course many other things I don't understand how a plan To subject people including Many vulnerable people For years To sensory assault So destructive as to be criminal In any other context That would ever be justified in a society In which people matter Thank you, Richard Mr. Cross Is there a copy of the resolution That you're going to pass available? Yes, it's at muskivt.org In tonight's package Okay, thank you Yep, so we post those every Friday Before the meeting I think it's going to be voted upon Questions, yes? Just a reminder that there is A health care facility In runuski, our lady of providence And when the ones go over right now It's horrible, you can't hear a thing You have to stop everything if you're doing a treatment You have to reassure people It'll be just a few minutes So I can't imagine with something like that And also I remember when the initial Studying was done The data that was used around health implications Was like over 10 years old The information for health And so I think that People were misled And we don't have an idea of what the Repetitive, it's not that it's one time It's the repetitive thing And what it does to your whole system So just a reminder That's unfortunate And if there was any way to stop it It would be wonderful Thank you There is a slaughter claim That they could use The pilots even And that would give two more jobs For the pilots And they could even use that plane Which is the least noise Sometimes For sick people And then they would be 10 And it's a safer plane Than the F-35 So I just I can't understand how You don't want to take into consideration The people, then they would be able To keep their homes And the school would be alright And the children would be safe And not have all this noise in their ears I just I mean We're here to serve the people And Thank you, assistant Any comments, questions, concerns Perhaps the resolution One comment, I want to thank you For what you did That was a Good thing to do Appreciate it I didn't hear it, I wasn't there But I heard about it You're lucky you weren't there No With my grandchildren It would have been awful Just one other quick point Is a suggestion that maybe City Council and City Magic Could look into Last year the legislature Appropriated some money To Luton State College to buy Sound recording equipment For windows In particular However, speaking to The people that set that all up That equipment is portable Could be used for other Purposes And I would suggest that you try To contact Senator John Rogers Who was one of the instigators Of that Regardless of his purr Policies on other things And See if there's some way I don't even know whether the Equipment was purchased or not Because there had to be some Money raised to Make it work But if it was If there's any way that that Equipment so that Apparently at Luton State College There was a professor who was an expert To have some Unbiased sound measurement Which we've had not By the way Absolutely zero It seems there would be reasonable To charge with that We did put that to George In our previous resolution from Fall of 2016 That kind of gave our political Marching orders for what we've Been doing since that time Asking the airport about that question It was my understanding that There's very of course Very specified Specialized equipment that Has to be used because one of our Proposals is for the money to be Spent for Baseline sound measurements to be done So that if they're exceeded in the Future beyond what's actually being Modeled that that be reflected Correctly I understand trusting the Other Questions thoughts or Concerns to remain to this issue Okay So seeing and hearing none Nothing further from the Council I retain a motion for approval Resolution for basing anything at F-35 With the Burlington International Airport Motion by House Second by Christine Seeing and hearing none all those in favor Please say aye and those opposed Motion carries And we will deliver A copy of that to the Secretary Of Air Force and CC Our congressional delegation as well As our Two communities that we've discussed With And with that I would retain a motion to adjourn Motion by Eric second by the Colony for the discussion Seeing and hearing none all those in favor Please say aye and those opposed Motion carries So we made up