Should the Harris Lot be developed by a private contractor? The Brattleboro Selectboard will discuss it at their next regular meeting.
There will also be a discussion about expanding a parklet program, a discussion about the Prouty-Delta Development initiative, discussion and possible apoproval of selectboard goals, and more. You can bring up other items not on the agenda during public participation.
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The Brattleboro Selectboard will meet on Tuesday, May 3 , 2022, at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Brattleboro Municipal Center at 230 Main Street. At the conclusion of the meeting, the Selectboard will meet in executive session to discuss contracts. Invited into the executive session are Yoshi Manale, the Town Manager and Patrick Moreland, the Assistant Town Manager. Everyone will be required to maintain social distance. The public is encouraged to participate in the meeting over Zoom. The attached agenda contains information on how to access the meeting remotely, including the required “passcode.” ASL interpreters will be available for deaf and hard-of-hearing community members.
Jessica Sticklor (she/her/hers)
Executive Assistant
Town of Brattleboro
230 Main Street, Suite 208
Brattleboro, VT 05301
(802) 251 – 8115
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BRATTLEBORO SELECTBOARD
TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2022
SELECTBOARD MEETING ROOM + ZOOM
REGULAR MEETING – 6:15PM
EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC MEETING
The physical location for this meeting will be the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Municipal Center,
230 Main Street, where everyone will be required to wear a face covering and maintain social distance.
The public is encouraged to attend and participate in this meeting using Zoom.
If you join the meeting from your computer, tablet, or smartphone, please use this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86067892659
The “Meeting ID” for this meeting is:
860 6789 2659
Passcode: 12261753
You also can call in using your telephone
by dialing any of these toll-free numbers in the United States:
833-548-0282
877-853-5247
888-788-0099
833-548-0276
or you can access a list of non-toll-free numbers
for locations around the world using this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/u/k2Hdbk6mA
The meeting also will be carried live on BCTV:
On Cable TV: Channel 1085 or Channel 10
Streaming Online: https://www.brattleborotv.org/channel-10-stream
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/brattleborotv
AGENDA
1. CONVENE REGULAR MEETING
2. APPROVE MINUTES – April 19, 2022
3. CHAIR’S REMARKS
4. MANAGER’S COMMENTS
5. SELECTBOARD COMMENTS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
7. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Bike/Walk Master Plan – Bid Award
B. Bylaw Modernization Contract – Award Contract
C. Local Emergency Management Plan – Annual Re-Adoption
D. Grader Replacement – Bid Award
8. LIQUOR COMMISSIONERS
A. Hermit Thrush Taproom – First Class Liquor License
9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. Selectboard Goals – Continued Discussion and Possible Adoption
10. NEW BUSINESS
A. Parklet Program – Discussion
B. Prouty-Delta Initiative – Presentation
C. Harris Place Project – Option Agreement
11. CORRESPONDENCE/FYI
A. Warrants and Correspondence
12. MEETINGS
See Town Calendar
13. ADJOURNMENT
MEMORANDUM
To: Selectboard
From: Patrick Moreland, Assistant Town Manager
Re: Administrative Report
Date: April 29, 2022
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The following will summarize the proposed motions for the Selectboard meeting on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. The Board will convene the business meeting at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting
Room and on Zoom. At the conclusion of the public meeting the Board will enter into executive session to discuss contracts. The public is strongly encouraged to attend and participate on Zoom. People who choose to attend the meeting in-person will be required to adhere to social distancing.
Join the meeting from a computer, tablet, or smartphone, using this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86067892659
The “Meeting ID” for this meeting is:
860 6789 2659
Passcode: 12261753
You also can call in using your telephone
by dialing any of these toll-free numbers in the United States:
833-548-0282
877-853-5247
888-788-0099
833-548-0276
or you can access a list of non-toll-free numbers
for locations around the world using this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/u/k2Hdbk6mA
The meeting will be carried live on BCTV:
On Cable TV: Channel 1085 or Channel 10
Streaming Online: https://www.brattleborotv.org/channel-10-stream
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/brattleborotv/
Closed Captioning: Live Transcript will be enabled for this meeting. Participants may view subtitles by
clicking on Live Transcript at the bottom of the screen.
7. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Bike/Walk Master Plan – Bid Award
B. Bylaw Modernization Contract – Award Contract
C. Local Emergency Management Plan – Annual Re-Adoption
D. Grader Replacement – Bid Award
In a memorandum dated April 22, 2022, Planning Director Sue Fillion recommends awarding the bid for consultation services for the Bike/Walk Master Plan to SLR for a lump sum bid of $30,000. $22,000 of that sum will come from a Municipal Planning Grant and $8,000 will come from local funds that have been allocated from within the Planning Services department budget. A Selection Committee reviewed and interviewed the proposals and based on the scoring and interview, they recommend awarding the contrast to SLR, an international firm with offices throughout the northeast, including Waterbury, VT.
In a memorandum dated April 22, 2022 Planning Director Sue Fillion recommends that the Board award a bid for consultant services for the Bylaw Modernization project to PlaceSense for a lump sum of $24,000. $23,980 of the sum will come from a Bylaw Modernization Grant from the State of Vermont and $20 will be matched in local funds that have been allocated from the Planning Services department budget.
The Vermont Emergency Management requires municipalities to annually submit a Local Emergency Management Plan (LEMP). The Board is asked to adopt the 2022 Brattleboro LEMP and to authorize Town Manager Manale to certify that the Town’s LEMP has been duly adopted by the Board. A copy of the Town’s 2022 LEMP is included in the backup materials, along with a memorandum dated April 19, 2022, from Fire Chief Leonard Howard III that summarizes this year’s LEMP update.
In a memorandum dated April 22, 2022 Director of Public Works Dan Tyler recommends purchasing a John Deere 672G Grader for $268,743 ($343,743 less a $75,000 trade-in) from the Town’s Sourcewell membership, which offers cooperative purchasing contracts for state and local governments. Tyler also recommends purchasing a premium table for the grader, which will cut down on maintenance to the grader and increase its future trade-in value. The premium table costs $19,000. The Board is asked to approve the purchase of a John Deere 672G grader with the premium table option for $287,743. There is currently $315,000 allocated in the FY23 budget for this purchase.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS PRESENTED.
8. LIQUOR COMMISSIONERS
A. Hermit Thrush Taproom – First Class Liquor License
In a memorandum dated April 18, 2022 Town Clerk Hilary Francis recommends that the Board approve a First Class Liquor License to the Hermit Thrush Taproom located in Suite 101C. They currently hold a First Class Liquor License for Suite 201, which is located at the southwestern corner of the building and associated with the parklet/outdoor permit. They closed their original indoor taproom at Suite 101C in March of 2020 due to the pandemic and the Department of Liquor Controls is requiring that they license Suite 101C in order to re-open that space. Staff have reviewed the application and recommend approving this license. Mr. Christophe Gagne will be present at the meeting to answer any questions the Board might have.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO APPROVE A FIRST CLASS LIQUOR LICENSE FOR THE HERMIT THRUSH TAPROOM LOCATED AT SUITE 101C.
9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. Selectboard Goals – Discussion and Possible Adoption
The Board is asked to continue its discussion of a list of annual goals that was initially discussed on March 19 and then documented and by Town staff. The Board will consider the revised list of goals and may approve them as submitted, modify them as needed. .
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO APPROVE THE SELECTBOARD’S GOALS FOR 2022-2023, AS REVISED.
10. NEW BUSINESS
A. Parklet Program – Discussion
In a memorandum dated May 3, 2022 Planning Technician Stephen Hayes discusses the background, proposed programs and possible pricing options for a continued Town-wide Parklet Program. The Board is asked to consider these options and give direction regarding a Town-wide Parklet Program.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TBA
B. Prouty-Delta Initiative – Presentation
Representatives from the Prouty-Delta Initiative will be in the meeting to conduct a presentation on the Prouty-Delta Development initiative and to answer any questions from the Board or the public.
NO MOTION REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM.
C. Harris Place Project – Option Agreement
In a memorandum dated April 25, 2022, Town Manager Yoshi Manale asks the Board to review the qualification and accept the agreement for M&S Development LLC to create a financial and development proposal for the “Harris Lot” to present to the Selectboard in 6 months’ time. If the Selectboard accepts the resulting proposal by M&S Development LLC, it will need to be considered by Representative Town Meeting. The option agreement will provide exclusive development rights to M& S Development LLC for the Harris Lot conditioned upon the Selectboard’s future approval of a to-be-developed plan that the developer will submit to the Board. There is no obligation by the Selectboard to approve any plan proposed by M&S Development LLC.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN OPTION AGREEMENT WITH M&S DEVELOPMENT FOR THE HARRIS LOT.
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