TOWN OF BRISTOL
SELECTBOARD MEETING
Monday, August 24, 2020, 7:00 PM
Via Zoom Remote Meeting (see below)
I. Call to Order: 7:00 PM
1. Review agenda for addition, removal, or adjustment of any items per 1 V.S.A. §312(d)(3)(A).
2. Overview of Zoom meeting operation and procedures: rules for participation, mute microphone, recognition by Chair, etc.
II. Public Forum.
III. Public Hearing: Proposed Bristol Unified Development Regulations.
IV. Consent Agenda.
1. Authorization to apply for FEMA funds to reimburse eligible COVID-19 related expenses.
2. Authorization to apply for Vermont Local Government Expense Reimbursement Grant for non-FEMA-reimbursed COVID-19 expenses.
3. Authorization to apply for a Coronavirus Municipal Records Digitization Grant.
4. Authorization to apply to the Dept. of Children and Families for grant to recover lost revenue due to COVID-19.
5. Authorization to apply to the Ben & Jerry's Foundation for grant to fund tutoring.
6. Authorization to apply to the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program Ash Tree Management Grant.
7. Add Christopher Urban to the Emerald Ash Borer Strategic Plan Committee.
V. Regular Business.
1. Consider a resolution to participate in an Addison County Communications Union District and appoint three representatives to it.
2. Research request for Saunders River Access, including use of Rodeo herbicide for management of Reed Canary Grass.
3. Two-month review of Park Use Permit for recurring Black Lives Matter demonstration at Town Green, 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 5:30pm.
4. Consider whether to proceed with Ireland Road stabilization with NRCS Emergency Watershed Program grant funds.
5. Authorization request to apply to the Vermont Bicycle and Pedestrian Grant Program for a new sidewalk scoping study.
6. Consider how to address the two vacant Lister positions and provision of Lister services.
7. Coronavirus COVID-19 update: preparations, response, and impacts to municipal operations.
8. Paving and sidewalk projects update.
9. Approval of the August 10, 2020 meeting minutes.
10. Authorize accounts payable warrant and any liquor licenses.
11. Selectboard roundtable.
12. Town Administrator's report.
VI. Other Business.
1. Correspondence, reports, correspondence received.
VII. Executive Session - tentative: personnel matters per 1 V.S.A. §313(a)(3).
VIII. Adjourn.
Next regular Selectboard meetings:
• Monday, September 14, 2020
• Monday, September 28, 2020
REMOTE MEETING: This meeting will be conducted through the Zoom remote meeting on-line platform. See the connection information below. If you intend to join the Zoom meeting and have never used Zoom before, we recommend you begin the log-in process well in advance of the meeting to allow time for downloads and connections to occur.
PHYSICAL LOCATION: Holley Hall will NOT be open to the public.
CALL-IN: People without a computer or other device can call in from the number below and enter the meeting ID from the phone keypad.
TO JOIN THE ZOOM MEETING:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86214935863?pwd=TlBWcVBoWllKdjdSM1hzQUNPdTdOUT09
Meeting ID: 862 1493 5863
Passcode: 609749
Phone in: 1 (646) 558-8656
Minutes of meetings and some digital agenda materials can be found at: www.bristolvt.org/meeting-minutes/.
Videos of meetings can be found at: www.neatbristol.com/.
Questions? Contact me at (802) 453-2410 or townadmin@bristolvt.org.
--Valerie Capels
Town Administrator
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