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South Burlington councilors weigh growth targets and revenue trade-offs as staff readies memo update
Summary
Councilors at the May 7 retreat debated city plan growth targets, county/regional housing goals and how different growth rates would affect schools, wastewater and city services. Staff said it is preparing an updated growth-management memo and will include revenue/strategy options.
South Burlington councilors discussed whether to adopt the city plan’s growth guardrails or align more closely with higher county housing targets, and what revenue and infrastructure triggers would follow different growth scenarios.
Councilor Elizabeth (City Councilor) said the city plan provides a reasonable mid-range target and recommended using the plan’s 1.5%–2% annual growth range as a starting point for modeling. She told colleagues the regional plan’s higher targets (which she described as a mid/upper-range around about 2.3% in…
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