Please Join your neighbors for
THE CITY-WIDE ASSEMBLY on THE FUTURE OF MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM,
This TUESDAY, September 26th, from 6:30 to 8:30 at Contois Auditorium
This town-meeting style assembly is hosted by all of the Neighborhood Planning Assemblies in Burlington, because the people of the city, from the grassroots up, decided that they should have a say in whether or not this historic building is preserved, renovated, and kept as a public commons. Recently, the City was involved in discussions with UVM about tearing it down and turning the entire block, from South Union to South Winooski, into a hockey stadium. Luckily, UVM pulled out of the deal. Save Memorial Auditorium, an ad hoc community group, wants to make sure that the people get to weigh in and make a clear statement about what we want for this building before something like this happens again. Please join your neighbors from all city wards on Tuesday, or watch the facebook livestream: http://city-wide.org provided by the Allwards NPA group.
See the following links for information about Memorial and our efforts, as Save Memorial Auditorium, to keep the building as a community space for generations to come:
https://www.facebook.com/SaveMemorialAuditorium/
https://savememorial.wordpress.com/
Here is the agenda for the Assembly, provided by the ALL-Wards NPA:
What: Town Hall Meeting - Memorial Auditorium
Who: Hosted by your Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPA)
When: Tuesday, September 26th, 2017 from 06:30 PM to - 08:30 PM
Where: City Hall, Contois Auditorium (2nd floor)
6:30 - 6:45 Introduction, Ground Rules, Questionnaire
-- Respect the agenda and process
-- Listen to others speaking
-- Share your opinion politely
-- Treat people respectfully
-- Use microphone so everyone can hear you, including CCTV and Facebook live.
-- Two-minutes per person to allow everyone opportunity to speak
-- Respect timekeeper who will warn if time limit approaching
-- Able to speak again after others have had opportunity
Please consider completing the circulated questionnaire to share your opinion of Memorial Auditorium.
6:45 - 7:00 Video tour “A Visit with Memorial Auditorium”
https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/memorial-auditorium-tour
7:00- 7:15 Brief history of Memorial Auditorium - Tom Visser, Chair of University of Vermont’s Dept of Historic
Preservation
7:15 - 7:30 Overview of the building - Alan Abair, former property manager of Memorial Auditorium
7:30 - 8:25 Town Hall Style Open Forum
8:25 - 8:30 Questionnaire Results / Next Steps Charles Simpson, Ward 6
ALLWARDS: https://city-wide.org #btvcitywide @btvcitywide
Burlington Community will be able to watch via Facebook Livestreem or CCTV by going to our Facebook page thru http://City-Wide.org
Chair: Jim Holway, Secretary: Charles Simpson, Committee members Sandy Baird, Bea Bookchin, Amanda Hannaford Martha Molpus and Chris Trombly. Assisted by Genese Grill, Tony Redington and many others. Special thanks to Burlington City CEDO staff member Phet Keomanyvanh and other City employees and city officials for their support.
The "membership" of Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (a,k,a, the NPA) is, by city resolution, all residents who call Burlington Vermont their home.
As the city is divided equally by population into Districts (North, Central, East and South) - further subdivided into 2 Wards each (Wards 1 thru 8). A resident living in the geopolitical boundary of a particular Ward is associated with that Wards NPA and thereby a member in accordance to that Wards bylaws.
Each NPA is holds routinely scheduled public meeting in their District and guided by a volunteer citizen board known as "the Steering Committee" elected by the NPA members in accordance with that NPA Bylaws.
Routine city-wide gatherings are held by Steering Committee members of every Ward. (a.k.a "AllWards" ) While mostly for the purpose of shared information and resource planning, AllWards may may take action in accordance with its own Bylaws.