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Votes at a glance

1) Colchester Waystation — TIP amendment (MPO action)
Motion: Approve the minor Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) amendment to add $687,500 in federal funds for the Colchester Waystation project (agenda packet, page 9). Mover: Andy. Second: Jackie. Outcome: Approved by voice vote. Notes: Staff and TAC recommended the amendment; a board member asked whether funds were unobligated and was told yes. (Transcript references: motion and discussion at the March 19 meeting.)

2) Authorize Executive Committee to warn UPWP and FY26 budget public hearing
Motion: Authorize the Executive Committee to warn a public hearing for the Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) and the FY26 budget for a 6 p.m. May 21 board meeting. Mover: Chris (moved). Second: not specified in transcript. Outcome: Approved by voice vote. Notes: Staff said the board normally issues public warnings but asked to delegate authority because of an accelerated timeline.

3) Accept fiscal-year midyear financial report
Motion: Accept the fiscal-year midyear financial report as presented. Mover: Jeff. Second: recorded in transcript (second not named). Outcome: Approved by voice vote. Notes: Discussion covered a roughly $62,000 deficit after a $60,000 municipal-dues transfer, accounts receivable vs. payable, and need to increase billable staff hours.

4) Approve Buell’s Gore municipal plan and confirm municipal planning process
Motion: Approve the 2024 Buell’s Gore municipal plan and confirm the town’s planning process. Mover: (motion presented by staff; motion seconded by Joe Seagali). Outcome: Approved by voice vote. Notes: Staff and PAC recommended approval; the RPC confirmed PAC review and municipal adoption (Buell’s Gore plan adoption was unanimous at the municipal level per staff remarks).

5) Adopt board and committee member handbook and code of conduct
Motion: Approve the draft board and committee member handbook and code of conduct with edits discussed (executive committee recommended placing the formal conflict-resolution process in an appendix). Mover: (motion by board member, name recorded as moving it in transcript); second: recorded in transcript. Outcome: Approved by voice vote. Notes: Staff noted the document had been revised several times and that graphics and an appendix for conflict resolution were added.

Procedural note: The transcript indicates most votes were taken by voice; no roll-call tallies or recorded no/abstain counts were captured in the meeting transcript for these items.

If municipal or grant records require a roll-call tally, staff indicated they will provide supporting documentation or follow-up as needed.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission - 3/19/2025","oneSentenceSummary","At its March 19 meeting the CCRPC board approved multiple routine and administrative actions including a $687,500 federal funds amendment for Colchester Waystation, authorized the Executive Committee to warn a UPWP/budget public hearing, approved Buell’s Gore municipal plan, and adopted a revised board and committee handbook and code of conduct.","taxTitle","Chittenden County, Vermont","taxId",2749,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_46":80,"_48":81,"_50":82,"_52":83,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":84,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":85,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6115407,"CCRPC releases draft future land-use map and municipal housing targets under Act 181 implementation",2540,2419000,4959000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2739028-2d7748316d63b8aee794c10706d8c886&start=2419&end=4959","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2739028-2d7748316d63b8aee794c10706d8c886/thumbnail_2419000.jpg","/articles/6115407/Chittenden-County/Vermont/CCRPC-releases-draft-future-land-use-map-and-municipal-housing-targets-under-Act-181-implementation","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6115407-8f33864a50d0bd9260a947c876c6ee7c/orig.mp4?Expires=1775293444&Signature=FFrDoSwfr35n2ZHBdTuTNkwx5~Klcbuykj9h8ekwaEcYeegQv1W3U8x0FKHSIaHdM7o14LiMX6dtmnEAxcG0aax3VE-exUmUun0o7j1G5W3B2Muh3dV1GpUgSlKtJlJguluhmhbWOOS7GpeC1FWRHymmet4MiuUGIU1tbiZZXLhEsSfl8z2z7Ac0Eh-yFLNsAFvkWO2qq9JK97bD~boJmh6RKj8GdlGzPQejWJSc4XfkB7gPtUhQhTK8HoXaG3fqZ5a5FAxL7SUq0-~MyZ5BZdlDCbTqEGTO6Ps9Q2X2zKtYr0hbFcOaYidE5B35qLW3IGwl2moB1hVbq7XiEc4rCQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Commission staff presented the CCRPC’s draft regional future land-use map and accompanying municipal housing targets March 19 as part of Act 181 implementation work, and opened a public comment period that the commission plans to close May 19.

Taylor (first name only in the record), the staff planner leading the effort, said the draft map and targets were posted the same day on the CCRPC board page and on the ECOs engagement page. Staff will accept public comment for roughly two months, summarize responses and post a summary by May 23, and then continue follow-up outreach with municipal planning commissions and selectboards.

Taylor said the planning advisory committee (PAC) has spent more than a year developing a methodology for disaggregating the statewide/regional housing target among county municipalities. Under the staff and PAC approach, 60% of the regional housing target is assigned to the region’s urban municipalities (the commission identified the four urban municipalities in its materials), around 3.8% is allocated to rural municipalities, and the remaining share (about 36.2%) goes to municipalities classified as a mix of urban and rural. The allocation to mixed municipalities is driven by acreage of mapped “planned growth” categories, with additional weighting for presence of water or wastewater service.

Taylor described three regional scenarios — low, mid and high — for 2050 housing targets. The low scenario largely reflects historical or business-as-usual growth (Taylor said the low cumulative number was “about 15,000+ units” across the region over 25 years), the high scenario would be an ambitious build-out that would concentrate growth in walkable, transit- and infrastructure-served places, and the mid scenario is intended as a practicable, aspirational target that staff think municipalities can plan toward.

Staff reported substantial outreach since January 2025: 35 municipal meetings or events, six focus groups with more than 66 attendees, and nine key-informant interviews with stakeholders including municipal officials and housing practitioners. Taylor said the commission will hold additional focus groups and a semiannual regional housing convening April 30 at Hula at 5:30 p.m.; registration will be required because of space constraints.

Common public comments and themes staff reported included concern that the map might constrain housing choice in rural areas, questions about how the map interacts with the state’s Act 250/Act 181 tiering process and the Land Use Review Board’s forthcoming rulemaking, requests for clearer explanations of municipal responsibilities if a town opts into tier 1b, and interest in how industrial and enterprise areas were categorized on the map. Staff also noted specific feedback from one recreation-based stakeholder (Bolton Valley Resort) about how resource-based recreation areas were mapped.

Taylor said staff would provide municipal talking points to support local outreach and anticipated multiple committee and board reviews through the summer ahead of public hearings on the ECOS plan. The commission encouraged municipalities and residents to use the interactive map viewer to post parcel-level comments.

No board action was required at the March 19 meeting; staff will bring revised materials to the commission and to LRPC and PAC committees later this spring and summer.","Staff presented a draft regional future land-use map and draft municipal housing targets under state Act 181, opened a public comment period and described the methodology that assigns 60% of the regional target to urban municipalities and smaller shares to rural areas.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_46":92,"_48":93,"_50":94,"_52":95,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":96,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":97,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6115412,"CCRPC board accepts midyear financial report after discussion of underbilling and staff capacity",1373,515000,1888000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2739028-2d7748316d63b8aee794c10706d8c886&start=515&end=1888","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2739028-2d7748316d63b8aee794c10706d8c886/thumbnail_515000.jpg","/articles/6115412/Chittenden-County/Vermont/CCRPC-board-accepts-midyear-financial-report-after-discussion-of-underbilling-and-staff-capacity","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6115412-75326b78fe6d0701b4086b5fbfabec19/orig.mp4?Expires=1775293444&Signature=QurGywxHJRErnb~JmSt79LS63ooFhyvRE9A1iIzQTuGvfAPpFHwvm4qfRs1tfKKQ7w3wD5IGmVOg2dQZSfbBzDfXNBxku8DGUHQ~n0DZaWKBft7Pd2hfp5FLGlM2A4jA8f7T5YO43hKI7j0OjwR3U91JXki-6y8fVNx-eP~OeYwImphQD4NLpAeYAJyNNHwMJcmIBQEX~aTwrv56ZSDrNAwCfJ4d2geEBAb2SbrrphS0Ih7r5GrqUKHQ3vXGzMW3V0KUSQXb1QpXRTVALgD2iRTK6MDUSCg17BfeiG0EojdJNw1MMFzbNgNTifIX1dsV6jxgzU66H9A~qWb4nYMwOw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) board voted March 19 to accept the commission’s fiscal-year midyear financial report, after staff described a modest operating deficit and members pressed for steps to increase billable work.

The board accepted the report by voice vote, with board member Jeff (last name not specified in the record) making the motion and a second recorded; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript. The treasurer’s report covered results through Dec. 31, the first half of the fiscal year.

Staff reported an operating deficit of about $62,000 after allocating $60,000 in municipal dues into revenue. The report noted that the commission’s money-market reserve account held “over half a million” dollars and that accounts receivable were roughly twice accounts payable, and staff described the deficit as larger than in recent years but not insurmountable.

“[Midyear deficits are] not uncommon for the first half of the fiscal year,” Treasurer Forrest said during the presentation, adding that some state funds arrive in quarterly installments and that staff billing for transportation program work was about 46–47% of budgeted expectations halfway through the year.

Board members tied the revenue shortfall to underbilling and extended staff leave. Jeff said he was concerned that direct project revenue was at 28.5% of budget at midyear and cited extended staff leave as a factor that reduces billable capacity. Charlie, the commission’s executive director, confirmed two recent parental leaves and said staff have been reassigned and that managers are emphasizing increasing billable hours in the second half of the fiscal year.

Board members asked several clarifying questions about reimbursement-based state grants and timing of installment payments from the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD). Staff explained that many grants are reimbursement-based — the commission must incur and bill expenses before receiving payment — and that some ACCD funds arrive quarterly.

Members also discussed an internal transfer of local dues: staff had advanced $60,000 of municipal dues into revenue to close a midyear gap; board members said they expected those dues would be used later in the year for planned match and program expenses. The executive director said the commission has a cushion from prior strong operating years and expressed confidence the organization could get near break-even by fiscal year-end if billable hours increase.

The board accepted the financial report and directed staff to continue monitoring billable time and revenue performance and to report back with adjustments as needed.

The acceptance was taken as a formal motion and approved by the board during the March 19 meeting.","The Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission board accepted its fiscal-year midyear financial report after staff detailed a roughly $62,000 deficit and members urged increased billable hours and attention to staffing and matching funds.","actionData","errors"]

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