Calendar
Annual Meeting
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:
- Public Comments (5 minutes)
- Approval of the October 9, 2019 Minutes (enclosed)
- Acceptance of the October Financial Reports (enclosed)
- TRORC Investment Assistance update
- Regional Plan update status
- Executive Director FY 20 Goals discussion
- TRORC staffing short and long term
- Housing Study update, TRORF Strategic Planning, Regional Energy Coordinator proposal
- December 11, 2019 TRORC Board Meeting agenda review
- Executive Session (if needed)
- 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.
_____________________________________________________________________________
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.
- Public Hearing – Town Plan Approvals and Confirmation of Planning Effort per 24 VSA, 4350 for Granville and Corinth (draft decisions enclosed)
- Public Hearing – Issuance of a Determination of Energy Compliance for Corinth Town Plan (draft determination enclosed)
- 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.
- Action on Town Plan approvals and Confirmation for Granville and Corinth
- Action on Issuance of a Determination of Energy Compliance for Corinth Town Plan
- Approval of October 30, 2019 TRORC Board Minutes (enclosed)
- Acceptance of October and November TRORC Financial Reports (enclosed)
- Staff/Commissioner Updates
- Regional Plan
- Commissioner Items
- Legislative Preview
- TRORC Projects
- 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.
Tentative Meeting Agenda:
- Public Comments (5 minutes)
- Approval of the December 4, 2019 Minutes (enclosed)
- Acceptance of the December Financial Reports (enclosed)
- TRORC Investment Policy Draft – Walk-through (please be familiar with the draft provided to you all last month)
- Regional Plan update status
- TRORC Tuition Reimbursement/Loan Pay Down Benefit
- TRORC staffing
- Updates: Housing Study, TRORF Strategic Planning; Regional Energy Coordinator proposal; TRORC Strategic Plan
- February 26, 2020 TRORC Board Meeting agenda review
- Executive Session (if needed)
- Other
The next meeting of the TRORC Executive Committee will be on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at the TRORC Offices in Woodstock, VT from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. Snacks will be available.
Tentative Meeting Agenda:
- Public Comments (5 minutes)
- Approval of the January 8, 2020 Minutes (enclosed)
- Acceptance of the January Financial Reports (enclosed)
- TRORC Investment Policy Draft – Walk-through. We will review the results of the online survey we all took on risk tolerance
- Regional Plan update status
- TRORC staffing update
- Updates: Housing Study, Regional Energy Coordinator proposal; TRORC Strategic Plan
- February 26, 2020 TRORC Board Meeting agenda review
- Executive Session (if needed)
- 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 March 11, 2020. The date, time, location and agenda will be posted on www.trorc.org
TRORC will hold its next meeting Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. at the Thompson Senior Center, Woodstock VT.
Proposed Agenda
- Call to Order/Approval of Agenda/Introductions/Public Comment – 6:30 p.m.
- Public Hearing – Town Plan Approval for Fairlee (draft decision enclosed) [10 minutes]
- Public Hearing – Confirmation Action for Fairlee per 24 VSA, Section 4350 [5 minutes]
- Public Hearing – Determination of Energy Compliance, Fairlee Town Plan (draft decision enclosed) [5 minutes]
- Presentation and discussion on draft Basin 14 Plan (summary enclosure) – Danielle Owczarski, Basin Planner with ANR will present on Basin 14 Plan, and Jess Richter from TRORC will lead a discussion on the draft. (This draft is not yet available to the general public, so please contact Jess Richter at [email protected] or (802) 457-3188 if you would like a copy of the full draft Plan.) [55 minutes]
- Action on Fairlee Town Plan Approval and Confirmation [10 minutes]
- Action on Fairlee Determination of Energy Compliance [15 minutes]
- Approval of December 11, 2019 TRORC Board Minutes (enclosed) [5 minutes]
- Acceptance of December, 2019 and the January, 2020 TRORC Financial Reports (enclosed) [5 minutes]
- Staff/Commissioner Updates [10 minutes]
- Act 250 projects
- Commissioner Items
- Legislative Updates
- Draft Regional Plan
- TRORC Projects
- Adjournment – 8:30 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 TRORC Board Meeting will be held on March 25, 2020. A full packet and agenda will be sent out to Commissioners in mid-March.
Hartford Energy Memo, Royalton TP Review
Remote Mtg. information
NOTE: Commissioners will attend the March meeting via audio/video conference call.
To attend the meeting using a computer, enter this URL into your computer’s
browser: https://zoom.us/j/872161083
The meeting ID number is 872 161 083. Please activate the URL at least 5‐10 minutes early. The video
portion will allow you to see the transportation slides. You can use your computer’s speakers or
headphones for sound.
To join the meeting using your phone, dial 1 (646) 558‐8656. At the prompt, enter the meeting ID
number 872 161 083. You can still use your computer’s video if you like for the slides.
Important note: To ensure the highest quality of sound during the meeting, please mute your
computer’s microphone or your phone unless you have the floor. We will mute all attendees
initially. We may have to pivot from video and audio to all audio for performance but we will warn you
in the meeting and the dial‐in number should not change.
Agenda
- Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Public Comment
- Public Hearing – Norwich Town Plan Approval
- Public Hearing – Confirmation of Planning Efforts for Norwich
- Action on Town Plan Approval and Confirmation for Norwich
- Approval of the TRORC Board Meeting Minutes for March 25, 2020 (attached)
- Acceptance of the March 2020 Financial Reports (attached)
- Updates: Regional Energy Coordinator; TRORC Regional Plan; COVID -19 efforts; Commissioner Items
- Other
Under Act 92, this Board is legally allowed to host electronic meetings due to the COVID-19 situation. If you need accommodations for this meeting, please contact Peter Gregory at [email protected].
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- Call to Order
- Public Comment
- Approval of the April 8, 2020 Minutes
- Acceptance of the April Financial Reports
- Review of Accounting Manual changes
- Preliminary draft FY 21 budget and timeline
- Proposed changes to Regional Plan and timeline
- Full Board agenda review for May 27, 2020
- Updates
- Other
NOTE: Virtual Meeting
Under Act 92, this Board is legally allowed to host electronic meetings due to the COVID-19 situation. If you need accommodations for this meeting, please contact Peter Gregory at [email protected].
Proposed Agenda
- Call to Order. Approval of the Agenda (Action)
- Public Comments
- Public Hearing – Rochester Town Plan Approval
- Public Hearing – Confirmation of Rochester Planning Efforts
- Public Hearing – Determination of Energy Compliance of Rochester Town Plan
- Vote on Approval of Town Plan and Confirmation of Planning Efforts (Action)
- Vote on Determination of Energy Compliance of Rochester Town Plan (Action)
- Vote to approve TRORC Board minutes from April 22, 2020 (enclosed)
- Vote to accept the April Financial Reports (enclosed)
- Proposal on a draft Regional Plan changes (memo enclosed)
- Vote to accept changes and authorize staff to set final public hearing and arrange vote to adopt Regional Plan. (Action)
- Commissioner reports on local Covid-19 response and recovery activities
- Executive Director updates –
- TRORC COVID-19 activities; preliminary FY 21 budget; TRORC Annual Meeting; Regional Energy Coordinator
- Other
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The next meeting of the TRORC Executive Committee will be on Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at 3:00 pm via Zoom Meeting – see log-in information below.
Meeting Agenda:
- Call to Order, Review Agenda
- Public Comment
- Approval of May 13, 2020 Minutes (Attached)
- Acceptance of the May Financial Reports (Attached)
- Approval of the FY 21 Budget (Attached)
- Regional Energy Coordinator Discussion
- Volunteer of the Year award – Action (Attached)
- Full Board agenda review for June 24, 2020
- Updates: Scholarship results, Legislative
- Other
The next Executive Committee meeting will be July 8, 2020. The date, time and agenda will be posted on www.trorc.org
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