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Council reviews new public rights-of-way for municipal garage project; survey to define alignment
Summary
Winooski City Council opened and closed a public hearing April 21 on two proposed public rights-of-way tied to a municipal garage and mixed‑use development. Staff described a next step to commission a survey to define and record the rights‑of‑way; the proposed street names were cleared by emergency services.
Winooski City Council opened and closed a public hearing April 21 on two proposed public rights‑of‑way connected to a development at the corner of Winooski Falls Way and Abenaki Way, and heard no public comment.
City staff said the project includes a municipal garage, 83 housing units and a 110‑room hotel. Because the roadways are proposed as public rights‑of‑way, staff advised the council that a formal survey is required to set the exact location, after which the survey report and findings would be recorded in the land records.
Staff said one roadway would be an extension of Winooski Falls Way and the other would be a new street the developer suggested naming Community Way. The proposed names were run by police and fire and cleared for compliance with 9‑1‑1 addressing standards, staff said. The survey process described by staff would be completed within 60 days and returned to council with a report before any recordation in land records.
Council discussion was procedural; no members raised substantive objections during the hearing. The public hearing record was closed after staff invited Zoom and in‑person comment and none were received.
Next steps described by staff were the commissioning of the right‑of‑way survey and return of the survey report to the council for formal acceptance and recording in the land records.
