Adopt-a-Drain
Help the City keep its storm drain tops free of leaves, debris and ice! Join our Adopt-a Drain program and become a Drain Defender!
Climate Action Plan Progress Report
In April 2013, the City Council ratified Burlington’s updated Climate Action Plan, including 36 strategies in 8 key sectors. These strategies, requiring the work of various City departments and stakeholders, were identified to help us reach our greenhouse gas reduction targets while advancing Burlington as a great place to live, work, and play.
Eighteen months after Climate Action Plan Ratification, how are we doing to realize these strategies? How many have been completed? What remains incomplete, and what strategies have been launched or implemented?
Past Public Engagement Initiatives
Burlington Town Center Redevelopment
On December 15th, the City Council unanimously approved a robust plan to engage the public around the redevelopment of the Burlington Town Center mall at the heart of our downtown. The proposed investment of more than $200 million in new retail, office space, housing, and public spaces would create new jobs, grow state and local revenues, restore public north-south pedestrian and bike connections through the mall along the St. Paul Street and Pine Street corridors, create a dramatic new roof-top park between Church Street and Macy’s, revitalize Bank and Cherry streets and the surrounding downtown, and complement the City’s new multi-modal transit center with one of Vermont’s first transit-oriented developments.
Downtown Parking Improvement Initiative
The Downtown Parking Improvement Initiative is working hard to implement the new parking management system for all of Burlington beginning Fall 2014. The new improvements aim to make parking more convenient and improve the experience for businesses, residents, and visitors alike.
PlanBTV South End
planBTV South End is a community conversation! The South End is rapidly growing and changing, as we have seen in the last few years. It is time to engage in a planning process to protect and preserve what is most loved about the South End while proactively preparing for the continued growth and change!
North Avenue Corridor Study
The North Avenue Corridor Study is evaluating the existing corridor and developing recommendations that will remake the corridor as a more walkable, bikeable, and safe corridor for all users.
PlanBTV Parks Master Plan
The Parks Master Plan will provide a comprehensive plan for the future of Burlington parks amenities and recreation programming. This is the City’s first system-wide parks plan and it will include considerations for all of our parks, waterfront, trails, conservation areas, beaches, community gardens, cemeteries, facilities and program offerings.
Public Investment Action Plan (PIAP)
Over the summer and early fall, the 29 finalists responded to a Request For Proposals issued by the City, with final proposals due October 17, 2013. The City received 9 final proposals - five from private entities and four from the public sector - many of which were proposals submitted by several of the 29 finalists combining together.
Mayor Miro Weinberger recommended five of the following waterfront projects to City Council to place on the March ballot, the culmination of the year-long Public Investment Action Plan (PIAP)
PlanBTV Downtown & Waterfront Plan
This web tool was developed after receiving countless public comments during the planBTV public outreach and engagement process. In order to keep the planning process open and transparent, we wanted to allow everyone to see the comments and ideas we have heard at meetings, during the charrette or through email. This forum ended April, 2012
Ward Redistricting
Redistricting is the process of adjusting electoral district boundaries to meet U.S. Constitutional requirements of equal representation. To ensure equal representation, the city has a responsibility to redraw ward boundaries and get voter and legislative approval for a charter change as soon as possible. The courts have determined that except in extraordinary circumstances, the difference between the highest and lowest number of people a city councilor represents should be less than 10%. The results of the 2010 US Census show that Ward 1 voters are under-represented, and Ward 4 and 7 voters are over-represented by the current system.
