Brattleboro Charter Review and Traffic Safety Meeting Agendas – August 15, 2024

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Brattleboro Charter Revision Commission
AGENDA
Thursday, August 15, 2024 6:15pm Selectboard Mtg. Room and Zoom
Topic: Charter Revision Commission
Time: 06:15 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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1. Call to Order
2. Approval of July 11, 2024 Minutes
3. Old Business
a. Timeline
b. Meeting schedule
c. Powers of the People (Article III, Section 2, Initiative)
d. Petition for inclusion in the warning of an article to reflect public sentiment and to be advisory only.
e. Petition for inclusion in the warning of an article to adopt an ordinance
f. Petition to bring to a vote of the town a proposed amendment to the town plan, zoning bylaws, or subdivision regulations.
g. Should a provision be added that allows voters to get a matter directly on the town meeting warning without having to petition the selectboard?
4. New Business
a. “Exercise every other power that is not specifically set forth herein but that is granted to councils or legislative bodies by the statutes of the State of Vermont.” [From the City of Essex Junction Page 8 of Other Charters Report]
b. Update on fees and taxes from Other Charters Committee
c. “Licenses; fees; charges; user fees; fees for service” [From Town of Williston page 13 of Other Charters Report]
d. “Requirements for legal resident voters who are not citizens” [From the City of Burlington page 18 of Other Charters Report]
5. Other Business
6. Adjourn

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TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO
TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2024
8:00AM
THE SELECTBOARD MEETING ROOM AND ZOOM

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1. Minutes – June 20, 2024
2. Public Participation
3. Monthly Report on Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Traffic Incidents– For June and July
4. Safety Action Requests
(a) Pedestrian crossing safety near 805 Western Avenue – Marilyn Chiarello
(b) Unsafe Intersection at Ames Hill Road and Hinesburg Road – Many
(c) Unsafe, Blind Turn at Hamilton Road
(d) Speed Concerns on Elliot Street between Kiplings and William’s Street – Jenna Struble
(e) Speed Concerns on South Main Street to Cotton Mill Hill – Alan Lewis
(f) Stop Sign at Citizen’s Bridge – Dick DeGray (from a verbal request made at a Selectboard Meeting)
(g) Concern Regarding Increased Traffic on Fairgrounds Road Due to New Bridge – Sara Moore
(h) Request to allow parking in a no-parking zone on Western Avenue – Bill Daley (from a request by the Selectboard to look at the issue)
(i) Speed Concerns Near the Library
5. Monthly Report on Data Collection
6. Adjournment