Calendar
Annual Meeting
The next meeting of the TRORC Executive Committee will be on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 3:00 pm via Zoom Meeting – see log-in information below.
Meeting Agenda:
1. Call to Order; Changes to Agenda
2. Public Comment
3. Approval of February 10, 2021 Minutes (attached)
4. Acceptance of unaudited February Financial Reports (attached)
5. Mascoma Wealth Management. Socially Responsible Investing; Additional deposit into Mascoma; CD Review
6. IREC Update – Town Meeting Results
7. Project and Staffing Updates
8. March full Board meeting?
9. Other
The next Executive Committee meeting will be April 14, 2021. The date, time and agenda will be posted on www.trorc.org
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REMOTE MEETING: Under Act 92, this TAC is legally allowed to host electronic meetings due to the
COVID-19 situation. 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. Or contact Rita Seto ([email protected] – (802)
281-2927) before the event to walk through a practice session.
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Agenda
1. Introductions.
2. Additions to Agenda and Public Comments
3. Approval of January 14 minutes
4. Vermont Project Selection and Prioritization Process (VPSP2) walk through – Rita (45 mins)
VTrans and RPCs will be utilizing the new project selection and prioritization process this year.
Rita will walk through the initial process and look at the initial projects (Roadway, Traffic and
Safety and Paving projects only. Bridges will be next year).
5. Other business (10 mins)
• VTrans Draft Airport System Plan is available for review – the document is available
using the following link: https://vtrans.vermont.gov/aviation/vermont-airport-system-plan
Virtual public meeting on March 24, 2021 @ 6:00pm link available on the project website
https://vtrans.vermont.gov/aviation/vermont-airport-system-plan
• Grants in Aid Year 4 schedule overview
Future meeting topics? Next meeting on Thursday May 13, 2021
• Project Selection and Prioritization Review and Approval
2020-2021 TRORC TAC Meeting Dates:
July 8 / Sept 9 / Nov 11
March 18, 2021
6 – 8 p.m.
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Under Act 92, this Committee is legally allowed to host electronic meetings due to the COVID-19 situation. If you need accommodations for this meeting, please contact Kevin Geiger at [email protected].
Agenda
- Call to order, any changes to agenda, and introductions– Bruce Martin, Chair
- Approval of minutes for 12/17/2020 (attached)
- Approval of TRORC Invoice
- Approval of treasurer’s report – Brad Salzmann, Treasurer
- LEPC12 Tier II Reports Summary – Kevin Geiger, TRORC
- Draft Regional Emergency Management Committee (REMC) structure and draft statewide LEPC plan – Kevin Geiger, TRORC and Kim Lapierre, SERC Chair
- Other Business
LEPC12 next and final meeting – June 17, 2021
For any questions, please contact Kevin Geiger at [email protected].
Proposed Agenda:
- Open Meeting, Review February 2nd Minutes and Objectives for the Meeting
- Review Refined list of Action Items (below)
- Discuss New Trends to Identify new Action Items
Based on our discussions last meeting:
Under Strategy 1: Delete Action 1A and retain Action 1B
Under Strategy 2: Delete Action 2A, retain Actions 2B and 2C
Under Strategy 3: Retain Action 3A and 3B
Under Strategy 4: Retain Action 4A and modify Act 4B to once a year
Under Strategy 5: Retain Actions 5A and 5B and collapse 5C and 5D into one action
Under Strategy 6: Retain Action 6A
New Trends to discuss:
- Potential Population increases
- Accelerating housing crisis
- Broadband needs for ecommerce and telehealth and education
- Death of bricks and mortar retail
- Climate issues
- Other?
Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/98480028408?pwd=SlgzY2ZMaDBXcThHUXlsR0szRUkwUT09
Come join TRORC Staff Person Pete Fellows to learn about flooding, Vermont’s number one hazard!
Three zoom webinars will be offered (no more than 30 minutes long) to explore different subject areas related to flooding in Vermont. These webinars will be recorded and uploaded to our YouTube channel if you are unable to attend.
The three webinars will be held on the following dates and times:
- April 14, 2021 at 9:30 a.m.: Floodplain Mapping Update
- This zoomer will include information on the White River basin that completed its discovery and some of its survey work this past year, as well as the Ottauquechee Basin which is just beginning.
- April 19, 2021 at 9:30 a.m.: LOMA-LIDAR, how-to and your bylaw questions
- This session will include information on Letters of Map Amendments (LOMAs) and how to use the new VT Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) data to help homeowners complete LOMAs. Questions about bylaw administration will be addressed as well.
- April 27, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.: Flood response and recovery issues
- This zoom session will include your questions about bylaw administration during disaster recovery as well as general flood disaster recovery and floodproofing preparedness.
For all three webinars, use the following zoom and call-in information:
- https://zoom.us/j/6409965060
- 1-(646)-518-9805, Access Code 6409965060#
For more information, contact Pete Fellows at [email protected].
The next meeting of the TRORC Executive Committee will be on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 3:00 pm via Zoom Meeting – see log-in information below.
Meeting Agenda:
1. Call to Order, Changes to Agenda
2. Public Comment
3. Approval of March 10, 2021 Minutes (attached)
4. Acceptance of unaudited March Financial Reports (attached)
5. Mascoma Wealth Management. Discussion and attached Fidelity Reports
6. Michael Sacca (Tunbridge) and potential TRORC Code of Conduct Violation (Policy attached). Document from Sacca detailing the situation will be sent prior to meeting. John Echeverria (Strafford) also invited to meeting per Chair of TRORC.
7. Project and Legislative Updates
8. April full Board meeting
9. Other
The next Executive Committee meeting will be May 12, 2021. The date, time and agenda will be posted on www.trorc.org
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Energy and Land Use: Using Land Use Tools To Meet Energy Goals
Thursday, April 15, 2021, 6:30-8:00 pm.
Join us as TRORC Senior Planner Kevin Geiger and Regional Energy Coordinator Geoff Martin facilitate a training session on how the tools of local land use planning and regulation can be brought to bear on meeting energy goals.
This lightning Zoom training will go over what actionable steps towns can take to meet their energy and climate goals. The training will offer tools for decarbonization and lowering energy usage at various scales, from zoning districts down to the building level. Topics will include:
- Promoting denser development while preserving forests or fields
- Requiring solar- and electric vehicle-ready development
- Discouraging or preventing investment in fuels and technologies that will need to be phased-out in order to address climate change
- Encouraging compliance with the Residential Building Energy Standards (RBES) and above-code construction
This will be especially useful for planning commissions and energy committees, but DRBs, ZBAs and Conservation Commissions may also be interested.
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Passcode: 503707
This is an open and free training, but we request that you send an RSVP to Meghan Asbury at [email protected] if you plan to attend.
Come join TRORC Staff Person Pete Fellows to learn about flooding, Vermont’s number one hazard!
Three zoom webinars will be offered (no more than 30 minutes long) to explore different subject areas related to flooding in Vermont. These webinars will be recorded and uploaded to our YouTube channel if you are unable to attend.
The three webinars will be held on the following dates and times:
- April 14, 2021 at 9:30 a.m.: Floodplain Mapping Update
- This zoomer will include information on the White River basin that completed its discovery and some of its survey work this past year, as well as the Ottauquechee Basin which is just beginning.
- April 19, 2021 at 9:30 a.m.: LOMA-LIDAR, how-to and your bylaw questions
- This session will include information on Letters of Map Amendments (LOMAs) and how to use the new VT Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) data to help homeowners complete LOMAs. Questions about bylaw administration will be addressed as well.
- April 27, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.: Flood response and recovery issues
- This zoom session will include your questions about bylaw administration during disaster recovery as well as general flood disaster recovery and floodproofing preparedness.
For all three webinars, use the following zoom and call-in information:
- https://zoom.us/j/6409965060
- 1-(646)-518-9805, Access Code 6409965060#
For more information, contact Pete Fellows at [email protected].
Agenda
- Discussion of alleged TRORC Conflict of Interest situation.
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Meeting ID: 945 3151 5044
Passcode: 581352
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