Agenda (minutes planned = 90)
• Call to order (5)
• Agenda review (5)
• Approve last meeting minutes (5)
• Announcements (5)
• Meeting protocols and etiquette (Robert’s Rules vs. VCLT alternatives) (15)
AGENDA
1. Minutes – April 15, 2021
2. Public Participation
3. Monthly Report on Pedestrian and Bicycle Incidents
4. Monthly Report on Traffic Data Collection
5. Updates/Continued Discussion on Ongoing Matters
(a) Putney Road Interim Bike/Ped Improvements
Are the daily summaries still useful to you? The numbers are going down in general, but they aren’t at zero and new variants are making their way through the system. When should I stop summarizing the data?
I was thinking that perhaps if we hit zero cases in Vermont for 5 days in a row, that could be a signal to call it quits. But NH still has a pretty high transmission rate (around 3%), and MA isn’t at zero yet, either though their numbers have impressively declined.
What say ye? Let me know what you’d like…
Call to Order
Approval of minutes of December 7, 2020
Review current plan progress and revised timeline.
Review and edit hazard mitigation project scoring matrix.
Public Comment 5 min
Adjourn
The first floor (lower level) of the Brattleboro Transportation Center (parking garage) will be closed for three weeks from Sunday, May 16 through Saturday, June 5, 2021, in order to make repairs to that floor of the structure. The Flat Street entrance/exit to the Transportation Center will be closed to all traffic. Vehicles will be allowed to enter and exit through the Elliot Street entrance only. All vehicles must be removed from the first floor of the BTC by 9:00pm on Saturday, May 15, 2021.
AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER – Emily Murphy Kaur, Committee Chair
II. Approval of Minutes from March 15, 2021
III. Title IX: Final Recommendations
IV. Discussion with Janice Stockman, Early Childhood Coordinator
Hi, all. Has anyone else had a VW Jetta with electrical problems? ie, the headlights come on by themselves, or the daytime running lights, or the plate light, or the seat belt warning comes on when you are buckled in. How did you resolve it, where did you take the car for repair? What did you pay? Were you satisfied with the repair work? Thanks.
Yesterday, a few voters decided to spend some money to improve Academy School.
The official results from WSESD:
Yes – 508
No – 126
Bela Lugosi, the Hungarian actor remembered for his role as Count Dracula in the classic 1931 movie, was actually born in the region of Romania known as Transylvania.
AGENDA
A. Meeting Called to Order
B. Announcements
C. Public Comment
D. Approve Minutes of April 9, 2021 (5 minutes)
E. Opportunity to comment to USDA
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MENU
May 10 Ranch Chicken
Rice Pilaf
Broccoli
Peaches
The fourth installment of the 2020 Real Estate and Personal Property Taxes will be due on May 17, 2021 by 5:00 PM. Payments made after May 17, 2020 will have an additional 1% interest, as well as an 8% penalty added to the unpaid balance.
The Town of Brattleboro utility bills are also due on May 17, 2021. Payments made after May 17, 2021 will have an additional 1% interest, as well as an 8% penalty, added to the unpaid balance.
BCTV Channel 1075 schedule for the week of 5/10/21
Monday, May 10, 2021
4:35 am The Feed – GorMatt StrangePeak – Great Art Undone
5:00 am Vermont Racial Justice Alliance – Abolish Slavery Vermont Learning Session 4/7/21
6:22 am Red Newt Productions – Spring Moon 2021
6:30 am Leland and Gray Players Present – Much Ado About Nothing
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast
Brattleboro VFW Breakfast special for Wednesday May 12th will be a waffle with strawberries and whipped cream for $5.50. Breakfast is served from 6am-10am. Public welcome, as are to-go’s.
$7 lunch special for Thursday May 13th will be chicken fettucine alfredo with a salad.
$7 lunch special for Friday May 14th will be goulash with a salad.
Brattleboro will soon be going through a public process to determine how to spend over $3 million in ARPA funding. The selectboard will be setting up a process for gathering ideas and suggestions, evaluating them, and deciding what to do. They will be looking for items that give the greatest long-term benefit to Brattleboro.
As the Lorax would say, “I’d like to speak for the trees.”
I’m not sure what the right amount is, but for argument’s sake I’d like to suggest $100k be spent on shade trees. Few things would give longer-lasting benefits to the town.
REVISED AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 p.m. – David Schoales, Board Chair
II. COMMUNICATIONS
• Chloe Leary, Winston Prouty Center – Childrens’ Integrated Services
• Cassandra Holloway, BPAC – Prevention Efforts in the Community
6:00-6:05 Call to order Public Hearing
6:05-7:00 Public Hearing on proposed land use amendments
1. Staff Presentation on proposed land use amendments
2. Public Comment
6:55-7:00 Adjourn Public Hearing
7:00 – 7:05 Open Public Meeting
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Tuesday, May 11 and Wednesday, May 12, DMI Paving (a contractor of the town) will be patching Western Avenue between Melrose ST and Meadowbrook Rd. The work is expected to take place between 7 am and 5 pm.
(Rain date: Thursday, May 13 and Friday, May 14)
Motorists should expect delays in the area and seek alternate routes during these days.
The Brattleboro Women’s Chorus will perform their spring “Singalong Finale” via Zoom on Mother’s Day: Sunday, May 9 at 4 pm.
As we finish our 25th anniversary year, the chorus will be singing songs led by Director Becky Graber and some guests as well! Some of the songs are very easy to join along with, and Becky will teach a song or two to all. Singalong-goers can register online via Zoom and pay for a ticket using the links on our website.
Singers will be muted, though we will hear harmonized vocal tracks, so feel free to sing along in the comfort of your homes, if you wish.
The Brattleboro Selectboard heard the sad tale of the Parking Fund and its many losses over the previous, current, and probably future year at Tuesday’s meeting. Estimates for the coming year are just guesses. One of the hardest financial discussions ever, the Town Manager told the board.
Everything else, however, went smoothly. The Utilities Fund is pretty much as it was before. New paving projects have been approved. Winston-Prouty got a liquor license (for a single event for grown ups, ahem…), and more. No public participation, either. “A return to normal,” your reporter snarks snarkily.
