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Ordinances address unmet social needs BRIANA BRADY STAFF WRITER

It can be difficult to convince someone to accept help, even if they’re struggling. However, South Burlington recently updated a series of city ordinances laying the groundwork for police officers to continue offering it. The ordinances, which the city council approved Aug. 18, are part of a broader initiative by the police department to connect people who have underlying

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unmet social needs — homelessness, mental health conditions, substance use or poverty — to appropriate services. In June, police chief Bill Breault presented a plan to the council that included not only the ordinances, but also a proposed contract with the Howard Center to have an outreach worker inside the department. Breault said that outreach See ORDINANCES on page 12

New ‘princiPAL’ will start at SB High School MARI HUGLIN STAFF WRITER

Lissa McDonald is the new principal at South Burlington High School, ringing in her 40th year of being an educator. McDonald had been the principal at Rick Marcotte Central School for the past four years and previously served as the assistant principal for 17 years at the high school. She is replacing Patrick Burke, who was principal for 27 years. Initially, McDonald had planned to retire at the end of this year follow-

ing her other colleagues who participated in a retirement buyout. She will be paid a $180,000 salary. “I was really planning to retire, and when I got the opportunity, I realized it is something that I can do, and I’m happy to do it for the community,” McDonald said in an interview this week. The new principal said she was excited for the opportunity when it was oﬀered to her. She said she was enticed by the idea of going PHOTO BY SOPHIA BALUNEK

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City seeks to update emergency management BRIANA BRADY STAFF WRITER

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License plate readers are not flocking around town BRIANA BRADY STAFF WRITER

While towns and cities around the country debate the proliferation of cameras using artificial intelligence for automatic license plate recognition, their number in Vermont is relatively small. Of the two dozen or so that have been identified, at least four of them are in South Burlington — although they aren’t associated with the police department. The ALPR cameras use a high-speed system to automatically read and record

vehicle license plates along with date and location, and, in the case of companies like Flock Security, can upload the information to a database. Vermont law tightly restricts the use of the technology within the state — although reporting from VT Digger found that agencies were frequently accessing data obtained beyond state borders. The cameras The Other Paper was able to verify in South Burlington are See CAMERA on page 15

As South Burlington updates its emergency management plan and operations for the future, it’s looking to the recent past to inform how to improve its response to events like civil unrest or climate disasters. The city recently approved $48,500 left over from American Rescue Plan Act funding to build out a modular emergency operations center — a control-center for emergencies that can be unpacked, or even travel, as needed. However, this is only part of the update that the city is looking to make. While South Burlington established a dedicated emergency operations center in 2002 in the public works department, within the last two decades the space was reassigned to make room for the growing department. For years, deputy fire chief Chris Corbin wrote to city council members in a memo, there was little need for an emergency operation center. In March, that changed. During the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid on a property on Dorset Street on March 11, the city set up a makeshift operations center in city hall, as protesters clashed with state and local police in the streets. “We recognize we needed a much more solid plan,” Corbin said in a separate interview. Buying the equipment for the modular center is the first phase of the city’s emergency management re-vamp. The second phase, Corbin said, will be to draft a thorough emergency operations plan. Lastly, the city will invest in employee training and full-scale exercises such as a mock disaster. For the new operations center, Corbin said a lot of the equipment comes down to computers and large shared screens. Right now, he said, technology is the city’s biggest vulnerability. During an emergency or disaster, a leadership team will gather in one place — the plan is to host the emergency operations center at the police station, but

the cases with the equipment will be on wheels — to be able to quickly confer as they make decisions. Corbin said that could include the police and fire chiefs as well as the city manager and potentially leaders from the legal, finance or public works departments. Updated computing systems and large screens, he said, can ensure everyone is looking at the same maps as well as things like live body camera footage from police officers or building records to assess potential fire hazards. “It’s just a lot of computers, a lot of screens, and areas for us to be able to work together and collaborate and see in real time what’s going on and make decisions to be preemptive and get ahead of the situation,” he said. The idea that civil unrest might top the list of reasons to launch emergency operations is a recent development in Vermont, Corbin said. Similarly, he said, before Tropical Storm Irene in 2011, Vermonters might not have considered the fallout of being hit by a hurricane. Now, he said, a comprehensive emergency operations plan needs detail when it comes to large scale civil disturbances and weather-related disasters. While South Burlington, because of location and terrain, has been largely spared in the flooding that has plagued the state in recent years, it might face those problems in the future. Technically, he said, the city already has an emergency management plan — municipalities are required to have one by state law. “It’s outdated. It doesn’t utilize modern technology, doesn’t meet modern world emergencies or situations or cultures. So, we’re starting from scratch in that aspect,” he said. Corbin estimated the total cost for the city to buy technology, put together the plan, train employees and run a fullscale exercise at $100,000 — including consulting costs. However, it is likely that outside of the equipment, the city will be able to access alternative funding like grants.

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Fire chief named international assoc. leader South Burlington Fire Chief Steven Locke has been sworn in as president and board chair of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, the world’s largest professional association representing fire and emergency service leaders. Locke’s election to the presidency follows years of leadership within the IAFC. He was first elected to the IAFC Board of Directors in 2016. He went on to serve as treasurer and in multiple vice-presidential positions. “Chief Locke’s election by his peers to lead the International Association of Fire Chiefs is an extraordinary honor for Steve, for the city of South Burlington and the South Burlington Fire Department, and for our entire community,” city manager Jessie Baker said. “Throughout his career, Chief Locke led change and modernization, built talented teams and prioritized the safety of the community. His ability to bring people together, identify common challenges and work toward practical solutions will serve the IAFC and the fire service exceptionally well. We are proud that he will represent South Burlington on the national and international stage.” As IAFC president, Locke will serve as the association’s principal spokesperson and representative on issues affecting fire and emergency services. He will preside over meetings of the association and its board of directors and help lead efforts to address the chal-

lenges facing fire and EMS organizations across the country and around the world. “It is an incredible honor to serve as president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs,” Locke said. “I am grateful to the members of the South Burlington Fire Department, the city council, city manager Jessie Baker, and the entire South Burlington communi-

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OPINION Changing conversations will change health care Guest Perspective Mark Crow Vermont has an unprecedented opportunity to reshape its health care system. Through the federal Rural Health Transformation Program and other recent and proposed state reforms, we have the chance to build a system that is more sustainable and better able to meet the needs of future generations. But funding, planning and policy are only part of the challenge. The hardest part of health care transformation will be making difficult decisions together. Vermont’s health care system is under increasing strain. Health care providers face mounting financial pressures amid workforce shortages, an aging population, declining birth rates and growing demand for behavioral health services. These are not isolated challenges. They are interconnected forces reshaping health care delivery across our state. The encouraging news is that Vermont still has choices. But opportunities have a shelf life. Every year meaningful change is delayed, the options available to hospitals, communities and policymakers become more limited. If we wait until another hospital is forced to eliminate a service or becomes financially unsustainable, the focus won’t be on designing a stronger health care system. It will be about managing another crisis. The decisions ahead won’t simply determine where and how health care is delivered. They will help define what access to, and the cost of, health care looks like in Vermont for the next generation. That means we need to begin talking more openly about the compromises required to preserve health care for the long term.

That may be an especially difficult conversation in Vermont. Our identity is rooted in local communities. We value local institutions and decisions made close to home. But preserving health care for future generations may require us to rethink what “local access” means in a changing world. Health care transformation increasingly requires us to think beyond individual communities and consider what best serves an entire region. That isn’t simply an operational challenge. It’s a structural and cultural one. The recent closures of the birthing centers at Copley Hospital and Brattleboro Memorial Hospital illustrate this tension. No community wants to lose services that families have relied upon for generations. Yet, these closures also reflect broader national realities. Rural hospital administrators across the country reported that approximately 200 births per year were needed for both the financial viability and clinical sustainability of an obstetrical program. Births at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital declined to 230 in 2024, while births at Copley Hospital fell to fewer than 200 in recent years. Those realities do not make the loss of local services any less painful. But they remind us that hoping things remain the same is not a strategy. Sustaining health care in Vermont will require rethinking how and where some services are delivered. That may mean greater collaboration among hospitals, stronger regional networks for specialized services and increased investment in primary care, emergency care, telehealth, preventive care, chronic disease management and community-based services. None of these approaches are predetermined solutions at this point, but all deserve thoughtful public discussion before changing

circumstances leave us with fewer options. One lesson I’ve learned from working alongside health care organizations is that successful transformation depends as much on public understanding as it does on good policy. Communication isn’t simply about explaining difficult decisions after they’ve been made. It’s

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Letters to the Editor Life is like driving the school bus To the Editor: Focus on arriving safely at your destination by avoiding all moving and stationary hazards. As your bus fills with people, enjoy the company, especially kindergarten. Try not to let the increasing noise level become too much of a distraction. You will not be able to control everything happening on your bus. Some days will seem more manageable than others. They are all good kids however sometimes they will behave poorly. Don’t spend too much time looking in the rear-view mirror. Again, focus on

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COMMUNITY Community Notes Cub Scout pack to host open house Cub Scout Pack 678 will host an open house Thursday, Sept. 3, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the pavilion at Veterans Memorial Park in South Burlington. Children in grades K-5 and their families can learn more about Cub Scouting and the local pack. Activities will include bottle rockets, Gaga ball, inflatable archery, crafts and knot-tying. Bring a friend.

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Town Hall Theater’s free 5 Fridays Concert Series returns Middlebury on Friday, Sept. 4, from 3 to 8 p.m. Billy Wylder plays at 5:30 p.m.

South Burlington Rotary Club will host its 28th charity golf tournament Aug. 31 at Vermont National Country Club, benefiting the DREAM Program and South Burlington Rotary Charities. DREAM offers six no-cost youth mentorship programs across eight regions, including outdoor programming at its 50-acre Camp DREAM in Fletcher. SB Rotary distributes tens of thousands of dollars to local organizations — including the South Burlington Food Shelf, area Scouting units and the South Burlington Public Library — and supports projects like Green Up Vermont and the Vermont City Marathon. Meetings are 7:30 a.m. Thursdays at the South Burlington Senior Center.

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corn with peppers, an apple and milk. Registration is required by Sept. 3. Contact Pam Niarchos at 802-662-5283 or pniarchos@ agewellvt.org. Tickets also are available at the Age Well office, 875 Roosevelt Highway, Suite 210, Colchester.

South Burlington Green Community Festival The South Burlington Green Community Festival will take place Saturday, Sept. 19, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Market Street, which will be closed to traffic for the event. The festival will feature food trucks, live music and information from local nonprofits and businesses about energy efficiency, sustainability and the environment. Kids can enjoy a bounce house, face painting, Champ and other activities. Experts will be available to answer questions about energy efficiency, solar power, gardening and bike commuting. E-bike and other demonstrations will be offered. Free parking is available, including bicycle valet parking. Details at southburlingtonvt.gov/701/ Green-Community-Festival.

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Obituary Diana Carris Diana Marie (Farrar) Carris, 88, of South Burlington, died on Aug. 10, 2026, in Berlin. She was born Sept. 20, 1937, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the only child of Roland “Jerry” Farrar and Dorothy Lynch Farrar. She attended Nativity School in Saint Paul, graduated from Derham Hall High School, and had completed two years at the University of Minnesota when she married Barry Carris in Saint Paul in October 1958. The first dozen years Diana Carris of their marriage moved them often, following Barry’s service in the Navy and then his career with American Hospital Supply Corporation: Brunswick, Maine; Duluth and Saint Paul, Minnesota; White Plains, New York; and Glenview and Buffalo Grove, Illinois, before they settled in Lake

Forest, Illinois. When her son entered high school, Diana announced that she intended to finish college before he did, and she did, earning her bachelor’s degree from Barat College in 1977, at thirty-nine. In those same years she and Barry opened two small businesses in Lake Forest: a clock shop, the Clockworks, and then a bookstore of her own, Farrar & Company, named for her family. She was an avid, lifelong reader who spent much of her life in libraries and used bookstores, and for many years a member of P.E.O., the philanthropic educational organization that helps women return to school — a cause she had lived herself. In 1981 they sold the businesses and moved to Vermont, fulfilling a long-held

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Museum adds to library of early American paintings, portraits she really wanted to be represented in that collection,” one of the museum’s curators, Katie Wood The Shelburne Museum has Kirchhoff, said. This Stuart piece was an acquired a Revolutionary War-era portrait that will further the obvious yes. It was given to the museum’s conversations about museum by the great-great-great granddaughter of the subject. the country’s founding period. Shelburne Museum is not The portrait of William Seton, a Scottish businessman and an encyclopedic-style museum that curates Loyalist during comprehenthe Revolution, “Stuart really is one sive collecwas painted by tions based Gilbert Stuart, of those artists who is on era, an iconic AmeriK i r c h h o ff can portrait artist absolutely central.” said. Rather, with over 1,000 Webb had pieces, including — Katie Wood Kirchhoff a particuthat familiar one lar lens and on the face of the collected items from both wellU.S. one-dollar bill. The painting is displayed known artists and informally within the museum’s Webb trained folk artists. However, Kirchhoff said, Gallery, named after museum founder Electra Havemeyer the museum wants to ensure it’s Webb. This collection of Amer- giving an even hand to history in ican art was the last that Webb its exhibitions. “As we collect, we really need worked on — she died in 1960 — and she left manuscripts and to keep an eye toward where the materials that dictated the kind of stories are, that perhaps Electra work she wanted future museum didn’t think to fill while she was alive because her context was so curators to procure. “She had a checklist of sort different from ours,” Kirchhoff of A-grade American artists who said. SOPHIA BALUNEK STAFF WRITER

Kirchhoff is a curator and art historian who works on the museum’s pre-1945 American fine decorative and folk art. She also rotates paintings within the American paintings galleries, deciding where to place artwork and how it contributes to the conversation happening in the room. People who were painted by the “it” painters of the time were among classes of prominent landowners, merchants, politicians or businessmen. Kirchhoff said these painters often found subjects through word of mouth or other connections, like Stuart’s Scottish heritage. “Stuart really is one of those artists who is absolutely central to understanding why American art looks the way it does, and why many of the conventions of portraiture that we think of now as conventions of American portraiture are the way that they are,” Kirchhoff said. She said Stuart’s portraits are in a realistic style that often followed a formula that illustrates the subject’s professional regard in society though the pose, clothing and “attributes” in the

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background that build a narrative of importance and respect. The Webb Gallery displays American paintings and other objects roughly chronologically from the late 18th century to the mid 20th. Seton’s portrait is intentionally placed across from one by John Singleton Copley, a peer and rival of Stuart — and a piece Webb was most proud of acquiring. Copley painted John

Scollay, a revolutionary, who sits in contrast to Seton’s loyalism to the British. Kirchhoff points out that, contrary to what people today might think, not everyone was pro-revolution at the time, a symptom of history being written by the winners. So, this exhibit also ties into the story the museum is telling about America’s founding, 250 years later.

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continued from page 9 wish to live in small-town New England. Diana found work almost immediately at Hackett, Valine & MacDonald, and the two of them were welcomed by a community that became lifelong friends. They lived first in South Burlington, then built a home in Charlotte where they stayed for many years, before downsizing to a townhouse and later a cape in South Burlington. Much of their life together was spent outdoors — canoeing, camping, sailing, hiking and cross-country skiing — and after Barry’s retirement they traveled throughout the United States and abroad, to Europe, Central America and as far as New Zealand. More recently she was a member of the Friends of the South Burlington Library. Barry, her husband of fiftyfour years, predeceased her in

June 2013. She is survived by her son, David Carris of Montpelier; her former daughter-in-law, Anne LaBrusciano of Marshfield; and three grandchildren, Ruby LaBrusciano-Carris and Ella LaBrusciano-Carris, both of Portland, Oregon, and Theo LaBrusciano-Carris of San Francisco. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10, at St. John Vianney Church, 160 Hinesburg Road, South Burlington, with the Rev. Timothy Naples officiating, followed by a reception for family and friends in the parish hall. The Rite of Committal will be private. Memorial gifts in support of the Vermont Chapter of P.E.O. and women’s education may be made to the P.E.O. Foundation, 3700 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50312

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Hexum Gallery presents ‘Wallflower’ Hexum Gallery presents “Wallflower,” a group exhibition featuring the work of 11 artists, Aug. 28 through Sept. 25. The exhibition explores both flowers and the social idea of the “wallflower,” with artists responding to a shared theme centered on identity and self-portraiture. A reception is Aug. 28, 4-8 p.m.

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The Spring Chickens Trio (Jenny Monfore, Chris Hollis, and banjo player) will play. Our caller will be Will Mentor. All are welcome; all dances are taught; no partner or experience necessary. $12 adults over 18, $5 kids 12-18/low-income, under 12 free. Please bring a pair of clean, soft-soled shoes to dance in and a water bottle to keep you hydrated.

Chamber music comes to the farm The Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival will hold an afternoon of music and discussion Thursday, Aug. 27, at Meach Cove Farms in Shelburne. The program will feature a talk by David Serkin Ludwig, dean of the Juilliard School, followed by a concert of American spirituals and Antonín Dvořák’s E-flat Major Viola Quintet. Tickets are available at lccmf.org.

Clothes and comedy mix in stage play Carole Vasta Folley brings a staged reading of her comedy “Control Top” to Lost Nation Theater Sept. 3-4. The 90-minute play, inspired by interviews with hundreds of women, explores women, clothes and reclamation — “and why we rarely have pockets.” Talk-backs follow each show. Performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday at Lost Nation Theater, 39 Main St., Montpelier. Tickets $20 at lostnationtheater.org.

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to a highway or whatever the case might be — we have the authority to move them sooner than just letting them stay there for days,” Breault said. When an officer issues a violation, the protocol will be that they also offer to connect that person to the outreach worker and services. While someone may not accept help on the first offer, police are often interacting with the same people multiple times; the offer will come again. Importantly, Breault said, because the interaction will involve civil violations, everything will also be documented. “All of this revolves around a progressive enforcement model,” he said. The first step would be to explain to someone that they’re in violation of a civil ordinance while offering services. The second or third time, if the person again turns down services, an officer might issue a written warning, which would enter the violation into the city’s system. Eventually, if the person continues to reject help, it could lead to a summons to civil court. “Quite frankly, my intent when we get this rolling is to meet with the civil court judges to explain the program and say, ‘Hey, if we bring somebody here, it’s honestly not their first or probably even fifth offense.’” he said. “We’ll have a well-documented history of all of the opportunities that we’ve provided this individual to

change the behavior.” The objective is not to criminalize conduct driven by unmet social needs, Breault added, but he also doesn’t want the department to end up enabling the situation. A judge, he said, may give one last chance to access services in lieu of fines or punishment. Along with the addition of tents and shelters, other changes include that someone cannot discard, possess, keep or store drug paraphernalia “in a manner that the person knows or reasonably should know would intentionally or otherwise endanger, harm, or potentially place in harm the welfare of a child,” and specifies city parks, schools and playgrounds as specific areas protected from discarded paraphernalia. Additionally, an updated ordinance prohibits people from standing on medians or in roadways, which are common places to panhandle. Breault noted that this change is largely a safety measure. In July he said, there was a crash at the intersection of Dorset Street and Williston Road, right over a median where an elderly woman often stands. If she had been there that day, he said, she would have been significantly injured or worse. “Our goal is to help connect you to services to help you improve the quality of life that you live, not to continue the quality of the life that you are currently living, right?” Breault said.

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at the Shelburne Road Lowe’s hardware store. Four cameras, which appear to be models made by Flock, dot the corners of the parking lot. According to the Lowe’s corporate website, select stores across the nation have invested in the technology. Similar use by police departments and state agencies across the country has raised concerns about privacy and data sharing. In its policy, Lowe’s states that “personal information is collected through ALPRs to help ensure security, prevent theft and fraud, assist with parking enforcement, and to help maintain your safety and the safety of individuals and our properties.” The store employee in South Burlington in charge of loss

prevention declined to comment on the use of the cameras and the corporate offices have not responded to a request for comment. According to police chief Bill Breault, the South Burlington Police Department is not tapping into data from the store’s cameras. Like any other instances of retail theft, he said, the store will often provide video footage to attempt to verify suspected thefts. However, in general, he said, his department is more focused on “good old-fashioned police work” — using that supplied footage, yes, but also talking to witnesses or cross-checking with other departments. Lowe’s privacy policy states that the store will only share personal identifying information as part of a legal process “or when we

believe doing so will help protect the safety, property, or rights of individuals or Lowe’s.” Examples the company gives include crimes committed on the property or a judicial search warrant. Along with other groups and individuals, the American Civil Liberties Union has raised issue with Flock cameras and those made by other companies, largely in relation to the maintenance of a large network of data. “They all have the same problems: a lack of transparency, oversight, and regulation into how they collect, store, and use our data, and how to hold public and private actors accountable if they abuse it,” the ACLU’s page on Flock cameras reads. According to Flock Security, users are in control of the data

collected by their own cameras. However, a private owner can decide to share the data collected by its camera with the wider network. The site deflock.org tracks reports of cameras submitted by volunteers. The information isn’t perfect, however. In South Burlington, a camera was also reported in the parking lot of the Hannaford on Dorset Street. The mobile unit parked outside the grocery store is labeled as a product of Liveview Technologies, which, while the company utilizes AI in its video monitoring, claims that it maintains its data on a private cellular network. Another camera reported in a residential neighborhood does not appear to be there at all — or at least is not visible from the street.

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Adoption of Proposed Amendments to South Burlington City Code Chapter 14 – Environment; Chapter 20 – Miscellaneous Offenses; Chapter 32 – Streets, Sidewalks and Other Public Places; and Chapter 36 – Traffic and Vehicles

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, at 7:00 p.m., the City Council will hold a second reading and public hearing on possible adoption of amendments to the City of South Burlington City Code Chapter 22 – Parks and Recreation; and Chapter 36 – Traffic and Vehicles. The hearing will be held in person and remotely via Zoom. Participation options: • In Person: City Hall Auditorium, 180 Market Street • Interactive Online: https://zoom.us/j/91449743064 • Telephone: 929 205 6099 | Webinar ID: 914 4974 3064 Following the second reading and public hearing, the City Council may take action on final passage of the proposed amendments to the South Burlington City Code. These proposed amendments are for the purpose of addressing e-mobility devices on the City’s sidewalks, recreation paths, and shared use paths and contain the following components: 1) Chapter 22 – Parks and Recreation: Delete the entirety of Division 7 from this Chapter and move it, with minor amendments, to City Code Chapter 36; 2) Chapter 36 – Traffic and Vehicles: Clarify the purpose and authority of the Chapter; incorporate definitions set forth in 19 V.S.A. §2301 and add other clarifying definition language; and amend and incorporate the language of Chapter 22, Division 7 to permit the use of electric bicycles and other e-mobility with an electric motor of less than 750 watts and prohibit motor vehicles, motor-driven bicycles, motor-assisted bicycles, devices powered by an internal combustion engine, and all other motor-assisted devices having a propulsion system of 750 watts or greater. The proposed updates to South Burlington City Code Chapter 22 – Parks and Recreation; and Chapter 36 – Traffic and Vehicles are available for public inspection at the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 180 Market Street, and on the City website at www. southburlingtonvt.gov. Tim Barritt, City Council Chair August 18, 2026

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, at 7:00 p.m., the City Council will hold a second reading and public hearing on possible adoption of amendments to the City of South Burlington City Code Chapter 14 – Environment; Chapter 20 – Miscellaneous Offenses; Chapter 32 – Streets, Sidewalks and Other Public Places; and Chapter 36 – Traffic and Vehicles. The hearing will be held in person and remotely via Zoom. Participation options: • In Person: City Hall Auditorium, 180 Market Street • Interactive Online: https://zoom.us/j/91449743064 • Telephone: 929 205 6099 | Webinar ID: 914 4974 3064 Following the second reading and public hearing, the City Council may take action on final passage of the proposed amendments to the City Code. These proposed amendments to the City Code are for the purpose of addressing quality of life issues and improving community safety and contain the following components: 1) Chapter 14 – Environment: add ordinances relating to prohibition of littering and disposal of drug paraphernalia; 2) Chapter 20 – Miscellaneous Offenses: add prohibition on the public use of alcoholic beverages; 3) Chapter 32 – Streets, Sidewalks, and Other Public Places: amend chapter to include definitions for public space and public street, sidewalk, and right of way and incorporate shelter and tents into the definition of structure; 4) Chapter 36 – Traffic and Vehicles: for safety of individuals and traveling public, prohibit standing or stopping upon any portion of the roadway, including any traffic island, unless required by traffic control device or authorized by City Manager; and 5) Amend the penalty section of each addressed Chapter of the City Code to grant discretion to issuing officers to refer individuals acting in violation of the City Code to an appropriate diversion program that is designed to assist the individual in meeting unmet social needs. The proposed updates to South Burlington City Code Chapter 14 – Environment; Chapter 20 – Miscellaneous Offenses; Chapter 32 – Streets, Sidewalks and Other Public Places; and Chapter 36 – Traffic and Vehicles are available for public inspection at the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 180 Market Street, and on the City website at www.southburlingtonvt.gov. Tim Barritt, City Council Chair August 18, 2026

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