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The TRORF Strategic Planning meeting for Wednesday, October 16 has been cancelled.  It will be rescheduled.

Join us at the next Green Drinks event to meet the staff at the Two Rivers – Ottauquechee Regional Commission (TRORC) and learn how TRORC works for you! TRORC serves 30 towns in east- central Vermont and provides planning, mapping, grant writing, facilitation, and project management services to its member towns. TRORC staff will be discussing how their work advances sustainability in the TRO-region including areas such as energy, water quality, forestry, buyouts, and more. Each area of discussion will also be followed by a short Q&A session. Complimentary snacks will be provided.

Green Drinks are hosted on the 3rd Thursday of every month by the non-profit Sustainable Woodstock. Green Drinks are social events meant to keep our community informed about local sustainability group and initiatives in a fun and relaxed environment. Green Drinks are Free and open to all. Visit https://www.sustainablewoodstock.org/get-involved/green-drinks/ to learn about upcoming Green Drinks. Contact Zach@sustainablewoodstock, 802-457-2911 to learn more or for inquiries.

See the Facebook Event and RSVP Here 

October 17, 2019

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

VA Hospital, White River Junction

Agenda

1. Call to order and introductions– Bruce Martin, Chair
2. Approval of minutes for 8/22/2019 (attached)
3. Action on TRORC Invoice.
4. Treasurer’s report – Brad Salzmann, Treasurer
5. Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) – Mariah Whitcomb
6. Action and discussion on LEPC12 schedule change from bi-monthly to quarterly meetings.
7. Other Business/Upcoming Trainings
   1. SERC meeting – LEPC consolidation update
   2. LEPC12 website
   3. LEPC plan template

LEPC12 Next meeting – December 19, 2019 at TBD

This double-header training will first review (5:30-6:30) how local land use bodies (DRBs, Planning Commissions, ZBAs) should be making decisions, and then will follow up (6:45-7:45) with a review of the powers of subdivision bylaws and the useful concepts of density and conservation subdivisions.

For many rural areas with little development, the subdividing of land is much more of a land use issue than types of uses. Creation of roads, house placement, strange lot lines and shapes, and protection of natural areas can all better be addressed in subdivision bylaws than usually under zoning.

Light refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP here by 10/11

A copy of the agenda can be found here: TRORC Board Meeting Agenda 10-30-19

Public Hearing Notices October 30, 2019

• Regional Plan Hearing Notice Oct 2019
• Town Plan public notice 2019 Corinth, Plymouth, Woodstock
• Town Plan public notice 2019 Corinth and Woodstock Energy Plan

Our region is participating in a housing study called Keys to the Valley. The Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission, Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission, and Southern Windsor County Regional Planning Commission are partnering to better understand the housing challenges facing our communities and to develop strategies for tackling those challenges. Please join us to learn more about the project and share your experiences with housing issues in the region.

Following this talk, Deanna Jones will present on the Homeshare Project. The Thompson Center is training to be a Homeshare satellite office. Homesharing can be a rewarding way to find housing and connect people who are living alone and willing to share a home as long as they meet the basic requirements. Come to this talk to learn more on the benefits of homesharing.

Learn where water quality restoration and protection efforts have been identified in your basin. Find out who your local watershed partners are and how you can help to protect surface water quality in your community. Join the Stevens, Wells, Waits, Ompompanoosuc & CT River Direct Tributaries (Basin 14) State Watershed Planner for a presentation and discussion on the 5-year update to the Basin 14 Tactical Basin Plan. Attendees are encouraged to provide feedback on the plan and its priorities. All are welcome!

Learn some best practices on how to develop a Municipal Enhanced Energy Plan and how these adopted plans work in the Section 248 Process.

Register for this FREE webinar here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/0978dc4feb3b9918c5b9141539e44ee6 

The next meeting of the TRORC Executive Committee will be on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at the TRORC Offices in Woodstock, VT from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.   Snacks will be available.

Tentative Meeting Agenda:

1. Public Comments (5 minutes)
2. Approval of the October 9, 2019 Minutes (enclosed)
3. Acceptance of the October Financial Reports (enclosed)
4. TRORC Investment Assistance update
5. Regional Plan update status
6. Executive Director FY 20 Goals discussion
7. TRORC staffing short and long term
8. Housing Study update, TRORF Strategic Planning, Regional Energy Coordinator proposal
9. December 11, 2019 TRORC Board Meeting agenda review
10. Executive Session (if needed)
11. Other

If any person needs accommodation to participate in this meeting, please call Peter Gregory at 802-457-3188.

The next Executive Committee meeting will be January 8, 2020.  The date, time, location and agenda will be posted on www.trorc.org

TO: Regional Commissioners

 FROM: Jerry Fredrickson, Chairperson

             Peter G. Gregory, Executive Director

 DATE: December 3, 2019

 RE: Next Commission Meeting – December 11, 2019 – 5:00 p.m.

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Holiday appetizers available at 5:00 p.m.

The Regional Commission will hold its next meeting Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Rockefeller Room, of the Woodstock Inn, in downtown Woodstock.

 Proposed Agenda

 Call to Order/Approval of Agenda/Introductions/Public Comment – 6:00 p.m.

1. Public Hearing – Town Plan Approvals and Confirmation of Planning Effort per 24 VSA, 4350 for Granville and Corinth (draft decisions enclosed)
2. Public Hearing – Issuance of a Determination of Energy Compliance for Corinth Town Plan (draft determination enclosed)
3. Energy Action Network (EAN) eanvt.org presentation. Jared Duvall, Executive Director of EAN will present details on EAN’s Vermont Energy Dashboard and their new Community Progress Maps Tool.  Discussion and Q & A will follow.   
4. Action on Town Plan approvals and Confirmation for Granville and Corinth
5. Action on Issuance of a Determination of Energy Compliance for Corinth Town Plan
6. Approval of October 30, 2019 TRORC Board Minutes (enclosed)
7. Acceptance of October and November TRORC Financial Reports (enclosed)
8. Staff/Commissioner Updates
   1. Regional Plan
   2. Commissioner Items
   3. Legislative Preview
   4. TRORC Projects
9. Adjournment – 7:30 p.m.

NOTE:  If you are unable to attend, please notify your town’s other representative so he or she can attend.  Thank you!

The next Regional Commission Meeting will be held on February 26, 2020.   A full packet and agenda will be sent out to Commissioners in mid-February.