It is time for the Monday morning Selectboard Agenda and Notes.
If you attend in person or catch the replay on BCTV, you will find discussions and actions pertaining but not limited to Constitution Week, repairing the Church Street wall, a loan of $50k to the Land Trust for the project underway on Birge Street, a radiological emergency budget, parking meter hood authorizations, and potential changes to Harmony Lot and the High/Grove lot.
Note that there will be an Executive Session for the first 30 minutes. Public meeting begins at 8:30 am at the Municipal Center
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BRATTLEBORO SELECTBOARD
Monday, September 10, 2007
8:00Am Executive Session
Regular meeting begins at 8:30AM
AGENDA
1. Convene Meeting
2. Confirm meeting officially warned
3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
4. INTERNAL BUSINESS
A. Proclamation - Constitution Week - September 17-23, 2007
B. BACLT - Authorize Letter of Support - Martha Ratcliffe
C. RERP - Approve Budget
D. Church Street Wall - RFP - Steve Barrett
E. Birge Worden Limited Partnership/Esteyville Housing Limited Partnership - Release Bank's interest in ROW to CVPS
F. Ordinance Amendment - First Reading - Authority for Parking Meter Hood Rentals
G. Ordinance Amendment - First Reading - Remove Loading Zone in Harmony Lot
H. High-Grove Parking Lot - Request for Six Additional Permit Spaces
5. OLD/OTHER BUSINESS
Open Space Forum - Discussion of second forum
6. NEW BUSINESS
7. CORRESPONDENCE
8. MEETINGS
Planning Commission
Monday, September 10, 6pm
Selectboard Meeting Room
Finance Committee
Thursday, September 13, 5:45pm
Hanna Cosman Room
Development Review Board
Monday, September 17, 7pm
Selectboard Meeting Room
Brattleboro Selectboard
Tuesday, September 18, 6:15pm
Selectboard Meeting Room
Employee Picnic
Friday, September 21, Noon
Kiwanis Shelter
Planning Commission
Monday, September 24, 6pm
Selectboard Meeting Room
Traffic Safety Committee
Tuesday, September 25, 8:30am
Selectboard Meeting Room
Brattleboro Selectboard
Tuesday, September 25, 6:15pm
Selectboard Meeting Room
Finance Committee
Thursday, September 27, 5:45pm
Finance Conference Room
Peak Oil Task Force
Thursday, September 27, 7pm
Hanna Cosman Room
ADJOURNMENT
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The following will summarize those items on the Agenda for the Monday, September 10, 2007 Selectboard Meeting.
4A. Proclamation - Constitution Week - September 17-23, 2007. The Daughters of the American Republic (DAR) have requested that the Board proclaim the week of September 17-23 as Constitution Week.
Requested Action: To approve the Proclamation designating September 17-23, 2007 as Constitution Week.
4B. BACLT - Authorize Letter of Support for Additional VCDP Funding - Martha Ratcliffe. The Brattleboro Area Community Land Trust asks that the Board request an additional grant of $50,000 from VCDP, to be loaned at the same rate and terms as the original loan, for renovations at 68 Birge Street. The rehabilitation project has run into unanticipated complications such as unsuitable soil and electrical upgrades. Martha Ratcliffe will be on hand to further explain the request and update the Board on the status of the project.
Requested Action: To authorize the Acting Town Manager sign the Letter of Support requsting and additional $50,000 in grant funds from VCDP for the Birge Worden Limited Partnership's project at 68 Birge Street.
4C. RERP - Approve Budget. Over the past month the Town has participated in a series of Radiological Emergency Response Plan budget meetings hosted by Vermont Emergency Management. Each year towns within the Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) and reception site towns request money to cover expenses related to being within the EPZ. These request are incorporated into the Department of Public Safety's annual budget request - although Entergy reimburses the State for the grants. The budget request before you is for the FY09 year beginning July 1, 2008.
Requested Action: To approve the FY09 RERP budget request.
4D. Church Street Wall - Approve RFP - Public Works Director Steve Barrett will come before the Board to update you on the proposed process to reconstruct the Church Street stone wall that fell several months ago. As the Board might recall, ownership of the wall was in question and being investigated prior to the wall collapse. The Town hired a surveyor to investigate the ownership question. The results of the investigation remain inconclusive. The Town has been discussing with the current owner a variety of ideas for rebuilding the wall, but at this time we have no clear estimate of the project costs. Director Barrett proposes that the Town prepare an RFP seeking masons to submit proposals on alternatives means of rebuilding the wall - maintaining the original character of the wall but possibly reducing the height and/or sloping the land above the wall. These proposals would provide direction on alternative means of rebuilding the wall, as well as corresponding costs. Results of the RFP would come back to the Board for further discussion.
Requested Action: To approve preparation and publication of an RFP seeking alternatives and prices for rebuilding the Church Street Wall.
4E. Birge Worden Limited Partnership/Esteyville Housing Limited Partnership - Release Bank's interest in ROW to CVPS. CVPS has been granted a right of way across the property of Birge Worden Limited Partnership and Esteyville Housing Limited Partnership to extend utility lines to service the property. As the Town has a financial interest in the property, CVPS request that the Town release the easement from the mortgage so that the work might proceed.
Requested Action: To authorize the release and quitclaim to Central Vermont Public Service Corporation title and interest in and to a certain right of way over lands and premises of Birge Worden Limited Partnership and Esteyville Housing Limited Partnership as described in right of way deed date June 12, 2007 and recorded in book 361 at Page 374.
4F. Ordinance Amendment - First Reading - Authority for Parking Meter Hood Rentals. Currently, the Ordinance only allows for the Chief of Police to provide parking meter hoods to applicants. An amendment has been requested that would allow for the Chief's designee(s) to also provide hoods to those that apply. Also, the amendment will allow the Chief's designee(s) to provide hoods for uses other than vehicles. The second reading/public hearing will be scheduled for September 18th.
4G. Ordinance Amendment - First Reading - Remove Loading Zone in Harmony Lot. At their meeting of August 28th, the Traffic Safety Committee reviewed a request to remove the loading zone that used to service the Midtown Mall from the Harmony Lot. Because the entrance is no longer there, the loading zone is no longer needed. The Committee unanimously recommended that an amendment to the ordinances be drafted to remove the zone. The second reading/public hearing will be scheduled for September 18th.
4H. High-Grove Parking Lot - Request for Six Additional Permit Spaces. There is currently a waiting list for permit spaces on the High-Grove lot. Parking Enforcement Coordinator Carol Coulombe request that the total number of permits for High-Grove be increased from fifteen to twenty-one.
Requested Action: To approve the request for six additional permit spaces in the High-Grove Parking Lot.
5A. Open Space Forum - Discussion of second forum. At its August 7 meeting the Board discussed how it might follow-up on the discussion of open-space (in this context this term is being used to include field space, open space, protected lands, etc).The idea of a second forum was presented. The Board is asked to further define possible structure and goals of the second forum.