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Some officers still anxious over changes AVALON STYLES-ASHLEY STAFF WRITER
Community leaders in Chittenden County have been trying to regionalize emergency dispatch for 50 years, but for the most part 911 calls are still routed to a constellation of local centers. Studies, reports and committees over time have brought hope for the effort but never fruit, to the point where many public safety officers on the ground have given it Circ Highway status, in reference to the state’s decades-long attempt to build a circumferential highway around the county. A four-mile remnant of the failed highway still stands in South Burlington. Now, funding from various federal and state sources might just drag regionalization efforts across the finish line. “Having kind of a front windshield view on the project, it looks like the capital is going to fall into place and there’ll be some investments made, and once that happens, I believe that the project will take off,” South Burlington police chief Shawn Burke said. “But I think if you were to poll a variety of public safety employees, they would kind of chuckle and say, ‘Yeah, they’re going to build a circumferential highway, as well.’” Federal money in an omnibus appropriations bill, shepherded by Vermont’s congressional delegation, will provide $750,000 for regional dispatch, in addition to $252,744 in state homeland secu-
rity grants. But the biggest source of potential funding could come in an $11 million bundle in a current state budget bill, H.740. Rep. Maida Townsend of South Burlington, who sits on the House Committee on Appropriations, helped fight for the money, which is in conference as representatives and senators reconcile differences in spending. While Townsend is optimistic the $11 million will remain intact, how that money is broken out between different regional centers throughout the state and when it will be available is still up for debate. “I have great hopes, because both chambers address the issue,” Townsend said. “I can’t imagine either body wanting to just throw up their hands and put it in the trash.” The gist of the bill is to create a task force to study long-term funding models for regional dispatch centers, timelines and transition funding needed to get centers up and running. Both allot $11 million but they diverge from there. The Senate version allows $6.5 million of the total to be distributed to four dispatch facilities as grants before a task force delivers its report, but the House version keeps the total funding in reserve until the task force work is done. Townsend said she realized, after working on this portion of the See DISPATCH CENTER on page 10
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Vermont Day School students took an all-school field trip to BETA Technologies, an electric aerospace company in South Burlington, during CLIC week — Create, Learn, Innovate and Celebrate. As students rotated to different stations, they saw the company’s Alia aircraft up close, visited a charging station, learned how electric energy is created and sat in the flight simulator. BETA then challenged students from the school to design and create a book that can teach other children about their work.
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Southeast quadrant wildlife studies show differing results AVALON STYLES-ASHLEY STAFF WRITER
According to Chittenden County forester Ethan Tapper, our ecosystems are difficult to quantify. While those who study them, by nature, deal in hard science, evaluating and quantifying the environment is not so exact.
Take the southeast quadrant in South Burlington, one of the last rural spaces in the city, characterized by grasslands, the Great Swamp, wildlife and few houses. The area was at the heart of a 2020 study by environmental consulting firm, Arrowwood Environmental, which was contracted by the city to analyze forestland for
use in the planning commission’s work overhauling local land development regulations. The firm’s analysis extended to evaluating habitat beyond forested areas and the creation and ranking of “habitat blocks,” now a major point in the city’s new environmental protecSee WILDLIFE on page 13
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As the Vermont legislative session winds down, bills passed out of both chambers head to a conference committee, a team of House and Senate negotiators who will try to reconcile the two versions. South Burlington legislators discussed some of their work over the past few months at a forum Monday night, touching on subjects like the general fund budget, housing crisis, regional dispatch and airport governance, among other things. Rep. Maida Townsend, who sits on the House Committee on Appropriations, helped pass the $8 billion state budget out of committee. Some highlights she’s proud of include new funding to support higher education, to support entities that provide at-home care and other health services and to modernize systems at the departments of labor and motor vehicles. The budget bill, H.740, is in conference where legislators are working toward consensus. One specific point Townsend noted is the allotment of $11 million to start up regional dispatch centers throughout the state, an effort that some communities in Chittenden
County have been working toward for decades. (See related, page 1) Rep. John Killacky spoke to a potential charter change in the city of Burlington that would ban no-cause evictions. An amendment to extend the moratorium on evictions didn’t make it into the final version of one of his committee’s major housing bills, but Killacky noted there’s funding in other legislation that could aid in rehabbing derelict properties as well as help low- and middle-income Vermonters buy their first homes. At the nexus of housing and education issues, Sen. Thomas Chittenden also noted that bill H.703, which addresses workforce development would take $50 million from the education fund and put it toward buying defunct properties for education use. “This will create a revolving loan fund managed by the Vermont housing and conservation board, to be used to have career and technical centers buy dilapidated properties and actually teach kids, to build up the workforce with those properties and to bring them back to usable life,” he said. A bulk transportation bill, which represents about $8.7 million, will give funding for a task force to analyze the current
governance of the Burlington International airport, added Chittenden. While he introduced the amendment to the bill, he also commended Townsend for her efforts to pass similar legislation in the House. In Rep. Ann Pugh’s committee work, she noted the hearing aid bill passed out of the House and is currently in the Senate, as of press time. “There’s real interest in trying to move that issue forward. A bill has been introduced on that I think as long as the airport issue, so we’ll try to get that passed,” Pugh said. As far as possible vetoes, Chittenden said he doesn’t think Gov. Phil Scott is likely to veto the proposed pension bill nor the state budget. “Where I do expect a veto is this housing bill S.10, which is for that rental registry,” Chittenden said. He also isn’t confident that a bill which would provide universal meals for all Vermont schools will make it past the governor’s desk. The legislators discussed many other bills that are in conference, a sign that the end is nigh, and are expected to see action over the last few weeks of the Legislative session. Lawmakers hope to finish this session by May 6.
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Scaled-back parking could take Beta expansion airborne Number of spaces reduced from 200 to 41 resident Michael Keller called the situation “ludicrous” while another resident, Lynn Cummings, said Beta Technologies is running the board should be doing everyout of time to build its new facility thing they can to keep Beta in in South Burlington, but company South Burlington. “You are making a ridiculous officials hope a new proposal with less parking will stop their idling decision about where a parking lot is going at and help them fly off the tarmac. “It certainly will help the risk of actually keeping Or rather, hover a taxpaying, and vertically further applications good commertake off from the tarmac, like the in the future to move cial business in South Burlingbattery-powered ton. That makes green planes they through the process no sense at all. build. COURTESY PHOTO Please, please, “I don’t think more smoothly.” please, allow Vermont Day School kids learned how motors rotate at Beta Technologies in South Burlington during a recent field trip. I can stress it enough. We’re out — Art Klugo, them to put their parking lot next of time,” Blaine When council approved the cil and planning and zoning staff that rests with the South Burlingto the road if Newton, chief of amendment and warned a hearing made in recognizing the hardships ton Development Review Board. Beta Technologies that is what it in March, director of planning and that exist in the land develop- The project still needs Act 250 finance and operations at Beta, said as he and team takes to keep them. Who cares?” zoning Paul Conner noted that the ment regulations — even though approval. member Art Klugo presented a Cummings said. While the battery-powered, “standard would only apply to an it does not apply to this applicaThe South Burlington City application submitted under these tion tonight, it certainly will help green aviation startup has not slashed parking plan at the South Burlington development review Council also made moves to regulations, so no current appli- further applications in the future explicitly threatened to leave its board’s reopened hearing Monday address the zoning issues, adding cation in front of the city would to move through the process more headquarters in Vermont, where its an amendment to new land devel- automatically be moved over to smoothly,” Klugo said Monday. night. founder and many current employWith the number of spots down opment regulations that exempts it,” but added that Beta would be He added that, with Beta’s ees were born and raised, anothfrom 200 to 41, putting Beta in certain buildings within the perim- an example of an application that state stormwater permit soon to er option would be to expand its compliance with the local parking eter of the airport from the parking falls under this amendment. be issued, the only outstanding facilities across the lake in Plattsordinance, it’s likely the project ordinance. “The effort that city coun- permit is a local zoning permit and burgh should this application fail. will succeed, though the board has not yet issued a decision. “That makes the whole parking discussion a non-issue, right? It complies,” South Burlington development review board ANNUAL member Frank Kochman said Monday. The board issued its original decision in March on Beta’s application to build an expansion of its facility at the Burlington International Airport, but did not offer • Networking the company an exemption to the • Advocacy city’s parking ordinance, which • Impact disallows parking lots for new • Education developments to face the street, and public outcry has been notably • Empowerment loud for a local zoning issue. Even Gov. Phil Scott spoke The SBBA is South Burlington’s up, calling on the South Burlingonly business organization ton board to make the application focused solely on strengthening Members and those interested in membership, work. business in South Burlington. please RSVP by May 5th: sbbabiz@gmail.com “This is too important for We find strength in numbers, Vermont. This is not just about and welcome new member Sponsored by: jobs for Chittenden County; this businesses, large and small. will have a ripple effect across the For more information, state,” Scott said. visit www.sbbabiz.com. The development review board Not a member yet? announced it would reopen the Join us for networking and dialogue hearing April 25 to give the appliaround day-to-day and long-term cant a chance to address the parkissues in the South Burlington ing issues. business community. In written comments sent to the board ahead of Monday’s meeting, AVALON STYLES-ASHLEY STAFF WRITER
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South Burlington Police Blotter Total incidents: 177 April 18 at 2:24 p.m., some people having a dispute near some Dorset Street apartments got mediation assistance from police. April 18 at 6:51 p.m., police investigated a report of unlawful mischief and vandalism on Reel Road. April 19 at 12:43 a.m., officers responded to a report of intoxication on Shelburne Road. April 19 at 3:53 p.m., someone fled the scene of a crash near Dorset and Market streets. April 20 at 1:22 p.m., someone stole something from Hannaford on Dorset Street. April 20 at 5:15 p.m., a car crash on Williston Road resulted in some injuries to passengers. April 21 at 6:51 a.m., officers assisted a motorist at the corner of Swift Street and Shelburne Road. April 21 at 1:54 p.m., police checked on the wellbeing of someone near Shelburne Road and Imperial Drive. April 22 at 4:07 a.m., a suspi-
cious event was reported on Farrell Street. April 22 between 10:28 and 10:32 a.m., police were called to Moe’s Southwest Grill and Ho Hum Motel, both on Williston Road, for public assistance requests. April 23 at 8:24 p.m., an animal problem was reported at Old Orchard Park. April 23 at 10:25 p.m., someone reported a case of larceny on Dorset Street. Arrests: Korey Koch, 32, of Winooski, was arrested March 10 for retail theft. Lacey L. Partlow, 29, of Swanton, was arrested April 26 for retail theft. Anthony James Saucer, 43, of South Burlington was arrested April 18 on an in-state warrant. An unnamed juvenile, 18, of Richmond, was arrested April 22 for aggravated assault. Mark A. Dickinson, 64, of South Burlington was arrested April 23 for simple assault.
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OPINION New standard will offer Vermonters choices for clean, affordable heat alternatives such as electric heat beneficial to low-income Vermontpumps or advanced wood heating ers, who pay the highest percentsystems. They can be obtained by age of their household income on Rep. Martin LaLonde reducing fossil fuel consumption heating bills. through replacing some fossil fuel It is possible that fuel dealers Recognizing the trajectory of delivery with biofuels. may increase the price of fossil climate change and the adverse Fuel dealers that import fossil fuels under the program to recoup impacts on Vermont if it goes fuels into the state would the cost of acquiring clean heat unchecked, the Vermont thereby take on the credits. But there is no evidence General Assembly responsibility to move that the policy will lead to substanpassed the Global Warmtoward less-polluting tial price increases in fossil fuels. ing Solutions Act in heating options. It would The closest example to the clean 2020, which set legally be up to them to obtain heat standard is Oregon’s clean binding greenhouse the necessary clean heat fuels standard. Oregon’s expegas emission reduction credits by incentivizing rience has been that, for every 5 targets. It requires the consumers to weatherize percent reduction in emissions, the state to reduce greentheir homes or buildings effect on fossil fuel prices has only house gas pollution to or to move to less pollut- been about a 1 percent increase. 40 percent below 1990 ing heating options. The clean heat standard bill Martin LaLonde levels by 2030, and to Vermont House Consumers would provides an overall policy direc80 percent below 1990 of Representatives continue to have a choice tion — with clear parameters levels by 2050. The District 7-1 of the heating options and guardrails — that will be law created a Vermont that work best for them, implemented by the Vermont Climate Council, which but fuel dealers would be Public Utilities Commission. released a climate action spurred to provide incentives that The commission will conduct the plan at the end of last year. would prioritize the lowest-cost, necessary processes to implement During the current session, the the law, including public hearings, Legislature continues to do its part best emissions-reducing options. Dependence on fossil fuels for technical analysis, compliance to limit the state’s contribution to heating — especially propane and and verification. The clean heat the climate crisis. It is advancing fuel oil — is expensive, with unpre- standard would not go into effect policies that reduce reliance on for two-and-a-half years after the fossil fuels in a manner that has the dictable price swings for Vermont consumers. By encouraging cleaner law is passed. There will be plenty added benefit of saving money for heating options that do not rely on of time for the commission to do Vermonters. fossil fuels, the clean heat standard its work, stakeholders to weigh in The clean heat standard, which would help Vermonters switch and fuel dealers to transition to the has passed the Vermont House to lower cost, more price-stable standard’s requirements. and is being considered by the options like heat pumps powered The clean heat standard would Senate, is such a policy. Heating with clean electricity. give Vermonters more choices for homes and businesses produces It would reduce our vulneraclean, cost-effective and price-stagreenhouse gases that account bility to the volatility of fossil-fuel ble heat over time while also doing for one-third of Vermont’s carbon prices, like we are experiencing our part in reducing greenhouse pollution. As determined in the now. This change will be most gas emissions. 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This is the heart of the district’s global ends policy, which states: “Students successfully complete their education from the Michelle Boyer South Burlington School District ready for their next step. They will show cultural and Straight-up and without mincing words, academic competence appropriate to grade the last two years have been hard on our and developmental capacity. All graduates school community. We have each had a role will be prepared for college, in making extraordinary adjustcareer, or individually determined ments to the business of teaching next steps. The ends will be met and learning, moving overnight at a cost that the community will from familiar and stable systems support.” to unfamiliar and challenging new Specific components include ones, requiring difficult decisions academic achievement, personal and resulting in disparate impacts. development, citizenship and a Our school community has commitment to life-long learnalso continued to wrestle with the ing as described in the policy, challenges of making progress on where “ends policy” is simply the overcoming systemic racism, and Michelle Boyer, governance jargon that is used to in achieving equity of opportunity South Burlington document the goals, objectives for all students. School Board and priorities of district policies. We have each shared in the There are also many elements burdens and the opportunities in the policy related to district and board created by these circumstances and events, responsibilities. Interested readers can find and my hope is that each of us will share the full collection of policies on the South responsibility for the successful recovery of Burlington School District website. student learning in the coming months and years. What can you expect? This is an exciting and a challenging time for our schools. There is a lot of work The new board held its first meeting the to be done, and the South Burlington School day after elections, and dove into multiple Board is ready and eager to work with you urgent actions, including organizing the toward our shared student learning goals. search for an interim South Burlington By way of this first, post-election superintendent, planning a longer-term introduction, we are mostly a new board, superintendent search, reviewing and refinwith three newly elected members, one ing the mask mandate, reviewing curricumember who has served for one year and lum monitoring reports and the continuous one seasoned, five-year member. Each of us improvement plan, and engaging in contract comes to this service with unique perspecnegotiations with all three collective tives, skills and professional backgrounds, bargaining units. and while we begin to unite around the Simultaneously, several of us have been substance of school board responsibilities, busy learning the formal rules of order and many of us are also ramping up on the protocols under the school board’s governecessary procedural aspects for the how the nance structure, as well as Vermont laws board conducts business. and proposed legislation related to public funding of education in the state. Goals, priorities As we move forward in the near-term, the board will assume a strong role in Since we are all new to each other, we are giving much thought to setting near-term agenda setting, learning recovery monitoring, equity policy and master planning to priorities. Central among those priorities is name a few immediate priorities. Agenda to seek community input that is fully repremanagement is the means for coherent plansentative of our community. In the coming ning and prioritization of policy and actions. weeks, months and years we will provide different avenues for you to share your ideas Close monitoring of learning recovery is the means to the district global ends policy as and thoughts as we address near- and longdescribed. term district goals. The district’s new equity policy provides We encourage your participation in a lens through which all district policies school board meetings — in-person or must be reviewed, and master planning is virtually — and we invite your feedback on where we can bring it all together to make our performance as we work through our sure that we are affording students, leaderprioritized discussions and action items. ship, faculty and staff a safe environment We also recognize that while this type for teaching and learning, that respects the of involvement is second nature to some, it limits that taxpayers express through their is less familiar to others. Until two months votes. ago, I would have included myself in the As we work through each of these less familiar group, but fortunately we have board members who can help us think about challenges, we encourage you to share your thoughts, expertise, and vision. Our and plan for ways to engage diverse interest decisions will better for the diversity of the in our discussions. voices they represent. Getting a bit more specific about our goals, priorities and challenges, students are Find board members’ phone numbers always our primary focus, and our primaand emails at sbschools.net/page/48 ry goal is to ensure that value, in multiple forms of student achievement, is returned to or leave a voicemail message at (802) 652-7476. the community.
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Green Up challenges Vermonters to clean every roadway Guest Perspective Kate Alberghini Green Up Day, a 52-year-old tradition that spans generations of volunteers, continues to impact our landscape and quality of life. Many residents have been contacting the Green Up Vermont office, concerned about the amount of trash on the roadsides this spring, looking for Green Up Day supplies and information — and solutions. I can’t tell you the number of times I have heard, “What kind of person thinks it is OK to roll down the window and toss their trash into the environment.” Indeed, it is disappointing and there is no good answer, other than continuing to work
year-round on a variety of initiatives inclusive of continuing promote the ever-so important Green Up Day and extend education for waste reduction. Giving up on Green Up Day because litter keeps happening would be disastrous. Beyond having an unhealthy impact on where we live, work and play, our tourism economy would suffer immensely. Additionally, municipalities just don’t have room in their budgets to include the labor for litter clean up. Do the math. If the 22,000 volunteers in 2021 were paid minimum wage for only two hours of their time — most work far longer than that — it would cost well over a half a million dollars. So how do we combat the problem of litter.
This year has been amazing duty to work together in cleanin the support and eagerness of ing our environment. volunteers getting out and cleanGreen Up Day 2021 statistics ing up already. There are a few showed trash pickup increased towns who have already run out by 70 percent or higher. of the signature Vermonters Green Up Day cleaned 75 In 2021, Vermonters bags and have percent of the requested more. approximately cleaned 75 percent Many schools 13,000 miles are back and town roads. of the approximately of more interested With more than ever to people involved 13,000 miles of do their part. this year and Communities the heightened town roads. are reviving concern for their outreach trashy roadand sense of celebration around sides, Green Up Vermont is Green Up Day with community challenging more Vermonters, projects, volunteer breakfasts clubs and businesses to get out and potlucks. and help clean every mile. This togetherness is fueled Together we can do this and by two years of social distance prove to the nation that litter has that never let go of the social no place here. Our “Brave Little
State” can make a very large statement that will in turn get more people to listen and act in ways that will further protect the environment with waste reduction, innovative recycling efforts and will further inspire future generations to be influencers for a clean environment by making simple changes to their everyday routines. The habit of keeping the environment clean will make a huge difference to the health of our planet. Green Up Day is Saturday, May 7. Consider grabbing a friend or your family and taking a walk with a Green Up Day trash bag. Find your town details at greenupvermont.org. Kate Alberghini is executive director of Green Up Vermont.
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To the Editor: I’m writing to express my support for Lt. Gov. Molly Gray in her race to become the first woman to represent Vermont in Congress. Gray grew up on a farm here in Vermont and is a product of our state’s education system, from kindergarten through Vermont Law School. She combines her deep Vermont roots with considerable experience on the national and global stage, having worked in Rep. Peter Welch’s office and served abroad with the International Committee of the Red Cross. Like Gray, I was raised in a small town in rural Vermont and now live close to Burlington. It’s essential that our next representative understands the challenges and opportunities impacting both rural Vermonters and those living in urban centers. The issues facing our state — workforce shortages, a lack of affordable and accessible health care, gaps in broadband — are often particularly acute in our less-populated regions. Gray will be a representative for all Vermonters because she has seen first-hand what needs to be done. Her policy priorities and varied experience uniquely qualify her to get to work on big, complex issues like climate change, human rights, child care and educating the state’s workforce. Gray understands
Vermont’s challenges and she knows what action is needed at the federal level for Vermont to reach its full potential. Finally, and perhaps most important, Gray is a truly remarkable person. I have known her for 20 years, and I have admired her for all of them. She is kind, incredibly hard-working and she loves Vermont and the people who live here. Gray is bold, brave and intelligent, but without ego. She is quick to laugh, deeply compassionate and as comfortable picking strawberries on her family farm as she is on the debate stage. Above all else, I trust her to do the right thing, and to lead and to listen, the way she has for her entire life. I look forward to casting my vote for Molly Gray when early voting opens June 24. Whitney Coombs South Burlington
Embrace election transparency To the Editor: During the last election, and in the face of a changing climate, neighbors came together as a group under the banner Voices of the Environment (VOTE) to try to safeguard our increasingly fragile and imperiled natural habitat. I was active in supporting this group and wish to clarify a few things.
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COMMUNITY Run for the animals
Community Notes Pancake breakfast sales will help Ukrainians Enjoy a Knights of Columbus pancake breakfast at St. Catherine of Siena’s parish hall Sunday, May 1, 9:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 72 Church St., Shelburne. All proceeds will go to Catholic relief services to help Ukrainian families. More at bit. ly/3ECRobD.
Green Up Day returns Saturday, May 7 Like communities across the state, South Burlington’s Green Up Day is Saturday, May 7. Here’s how you can help: • Green Up bags will be distributed at the welcome center desk, City Hall, 180 Market St., anytime between 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, through May 6. Take only what you will fill, a maximum of four bags per household, and return unused bags at the time of trash drop-off. • Drop off filled bags at 104 Landfill Road, South Burlington, May 7 only. Note: This is a new location. • On May 7, bags will be avail-
able for pick up between 9 a.m.noon at the Landfill Road location. Drop off is from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and no late drop-offs will be accepted. • There will be no roadside pickup. Only abandoned roadside tires will be accepted. More at bit.ly/3K0VSdj.
Church offers concert with ‘Mothers in Mind’ Charlotte Congregational Church welcomes pianist Annemieke McLane back to its sanctuary for a concert, on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 8, 2-3 p.m., 403 Church Hill Road. McLane’s program is titled, “Music with Mothers in Mind: Love, Loss, Laughter and Life,” and will feature Beethoven’s Sonata Pathétique, framed by works by Debussy, Mendelssohn and Part. A free-will donation basket will be available, and all proceeds benefit the church’s partnership with Malayaka House in Uganda. (malayakahouse.com) Questions? Go to charlotteucc. org, email charlotteucc@gmavt. net or call 802-425-3176.
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The Humane Society of Chittenden County hosts its 28th Walk for the Animals and 5K Doggie Fun Run at Burlington’s Battery Park, Sunday, June 5. This is the humane society’s largest fundraiser of the year, and all proceeds support programming and services, including finding homes for almost 1,400 cats, dogs and small animals each year. For more information or to sign up for the walk or fun run, go to hsccvt.org.
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Diane Chamberlain of Faith United Methodist Church presented a check for $2,800 to Bob Brosseau, president of the VT-Chittenden County Chapter of the Sleep in Heavenly Peace, or SHP. The proceeds and resulting donation were the result of a lasagna take-out supper held on April 9 at the church, which both church and Sleep in Heavenly Peace members hosted. The organization works to ensure that “no kids sleep on the floor in our town.” To date they have built 1,133 beds for children in the Chittenden County area. More at shpbeds.org.
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bill in committee, that people are “anxiety-ridden and angry” over this issue, so her goal became to do everything she could to finally move dispatch forward. “People were slamming on tables and saying, ‘We’re not going to do that until we have X, Y and Z’,” she recalled. “I did not want the whole effort to go up in smoke. For me, my key piece is that the system is fragile right now. The existing dispatch system is fragile, and the human beings working in the system are very fragile. The working environment, doing this kind of work is really tough, so I felt a real compelling need to do what I could to see that we did not lose this opportunity for the $11
million investment, which was the first time ever we’ve had that kind of commitment.” Whichever language wins out will determine the timeline for Chittenden County’s regional dispatch project, but either way, should the $11 million remain, it’s likely to pass muster. South Burlington city manager Jessie Baker noted that this funding from the feds, state grants and the Legislature will cover the biggest cost in regionalizing dispatch: start-up and transition. “That’s really the biggest cost because as you can imagine, dispatch isn’t a service we can turn on and off,” Baker said. She also hopes that, in addi-
tion to easing the burden on emergency dispatchers, streamlining public safety efforts and shortening response times, this new model will help the city’s current staffing struggles. South Burlington is not alone in this — staffing shortages have plagued job sectors across the country — but six vacancies in the city’s police department have spread the force thin. There are six dispatchers on staff with a seventh in training, but that’s nothing compared to the Burlington Police Department, whose staff is running at half a tank, Burke noted. Through regionalization, Baker said dispatchers will have more opportunities for profession-
al development and for promotion, while shouldering less of the stress that currently accompanies the job. “If somebody’s considering becoming a dispatcher and is going to be the only dispatcher on duty for a whole municipality versus one of five dispatchers on a team dispatching for a number of municipalities, I think that is a competitive advantage,” Baker said. Some dispatchers still feel anxiety over the idea that the way they’ve answered 911 calls their whole careers will be overhauled. In an interview last year about the dispatch efforts, retired dispatcher Deb Kruger told The Other Paper that she fears “insti-
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SPORTS South Burlington girls come in second at Essex Vacational LAUREN READ CORRESPONDENT
Track and field The South Burlington track and field team competed in the Essex Vacational meet on Thursday. The girls came in second, buoyed by second place finish by Sierra Fisher in the 1,500-meter race and 3,000-meter race. Nora Clear came in second in the 100-meter hurdles and teammate Meagan Boyer was close behind in third. The Wolves also went 1-2-3-4 in the 300-meter hurdles — Mia Carmolli (first), Izzy Laramee (second), Cassie Scarpa (third) and Aisa McLean (fourth). Clear also came in second in the pole vault, Rama Al Namee was second in the long jump and Savannah Werner was first in the shotput to round out the top field event
finishers. For the boys, the team finished in fifth. Kimario Lee was third in the 100-meter race, Dylan Plamer was second in the 3,000-meter race and Tucker Hall was second in the 300-meter hurdles. Aidan Lybarger was first in discus and third in shotput.
Baseball Essex 7, South Burlington 4: Essex scored all its runs in the final three innings to beat South Burlington in baseball on Saturday, April 23. Nick Kelly took the loss for the Wolves, giving up two hits in four innings of work. Keifer McGrath and Shane Burke each had two hits. Eli Bostwick drove in four runs to pace the Essex offense. It was the second loss in the row
for South Burlington, which fell to Colchester 3-2 on April 21.
Softball Essex 9, South Burlington 1: Essex and South Burlington battled in tight game Saturday before the Hornets broke it open with seven runs in the sixth inning to take the win. Emily Borrazzo went the distance in the circle, giving up nine runs on five hits and striking out 15. Emma Stevens drove in the Wolves lone run with a triple.
Boys lacrosse South Burlington 14, Burlington 1: The South Burlington boys’ lacrosse team remained undefeated with a win over Burlington on Friday, April 22. With the victory, the Wolves move to 4-0.
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Predators like this bobcat keep rodent populations in check in the southeast quadrant. This is a still from a game cam set up and monitored by St. Michael’s College students Aimee Turcotte, Samantha Callaway, Olivia Freud and Timothy Strzepa, and professor Declan McCabe.
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continued from page 1 tion standards. “Habitat Blocks, as defined and delineated by (Arrowwood Environmental) in this study, are large enough areas to provide habitat, either permanently, or seasonally for wider ranging species of wildlife such as bobcat, red and grey fox, white-tailed deer, river otter and fisher,” the report found, having identified the blocks via aerial imagery and geospatial data in a windshield survey. However, as public hearings began on the city’s new environmental protections and the city council battled over whether to pass the regulations, many community members questioned the existence and value of habitat in the southeast quadrant. “They hired a consultant that’s never walked our land. To call something critical habitat without ever stepping foot on it is impossible,” Jeff Nick, a part landowner of the Hill Farm area in South Burlington, told The Other Paper in March after he and co-owner, Jeff Davis, sued the city and three city councilors over the new land development regulations. In a separate analysis, Peter Spear, a wildlife biologist with Natural Resource Consulting Service who Nick and Davis hired to evaluate their property, came to almost opposite conclusions than Arrowwood. “I have never seen a deer, a red or grey fox, river otter, fisher, or bobcat on the site. I have seen deer tracks/sign but no sign from the other possible species cited by Arrowwood. And, I have assiduously looked for them, in mud and on snow,” Spear wrote, concluding that “the land is not critical habitat.” Spear’s assessment was concentrated in one area, as opposed to Arrowwood’s broader scope, but how can two evaluations of the same habitat come to such opposing conclusions?
This isn’t an easy question to answer, nor does it seem like many scientists want to touch it with a 10-foot pole. Spear did not return multiple requests for comment, consultants at Arrowwood Environmental declined to comment as did officials at the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife. Multiple state wetland delineators and two University of Vermont professors also did not return requests for comment. For Tapper, who spoke in a general sense and not to a specific case, he thinks one reason folks might be reticent to address discrepancies in scientific analyses is that governance issues can “get really messy.” “We want to be apolitical. We obviously want to be advocating for smart practices that protect ecosystems, but there’s a fine line between doing that and then getting engaged in this whole messy governance process,” Tapper said. But he doesn’t think the environment should be political. “I believe that the protection of ecosystems is not a political issue. I think it collides with political issues, but it fundamentally supports our communities, our economies, the joy of our lives living in a beautiful state, and then also our physical existence,” he said. Declan Mccabe, a South Burlington resident who teaches biology at Saint Michael’s College, is not reticentto speak out. He was so flabbergasted after reading Spear’s report that he set up his own game cameras with some of his students, eventually capturing footage of various animals using the land. He thinks one reason there is a perception that South Burlington is too urban for wildlife is because mammals tend to keep out of sight. “There are lots of bird-watchers,” he said. “But you can walk in the woods for four months and
never see a fox and then out of the blue, unpredictably, there’s a fox. I’ve been doing this for a long time. I’ve seen one gray fox in my entire lifetime in the flesh. I’ve never seen a bobcat in the flesh. My 15-yearold daughter has. I’m very jealous, but I can tell you, if I put the cameras out, I will find them.” (Read his report of the experience, “SoBu: tale of two reports,” The Other Paper, March 3, 2022, bit.ly/3K gNAy0) Tapper also verified the presence of wildlife in the area, noting that species present in South Burlington include bobcat, red fox, deer, and perhaps coyotes — species more resilient to living in smaller habitat blocks. “The physical presence of a species is not necessarily the most important thing because populations of different species are cyclical,” Tapper added. “They might not be using a given area for habitat all the time, but that doesn’t mean that they won’t in the future. Furthermore, we don’t really even have the ability to recognize all of the different species that are utilizing a different habitat.” Without speaking specifically to either study, Paul Conner, the city’s director of planning and zoning, wondered if this question, of how opinions can differ in science, might be “challenging” because “it may not be a disagreement in science, it may be a different approach to a subject area.” Either way, Tapper hopes to continue to protect critical habitat and forests, even in more urban areas like Chittenden County, because trying to make sense of our ecosystems is a never-ending story. “The fact is that, with our ecosystems or with our wildlife, the simple and easy truth is rarely the right one,” he said. “These are incredibly complex, dynamic systems, and they’re messy and they’re irregular and they don’t follow the rules.”
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TAURUS April 21 - May 21 A lot of things are keeping you on your toes, Taurus. There’s a good chance you have been craving some quiet time. Find a retreat and stay there for a couple of days.
GEMINI May 22 - June 21 There are no obstacles in your way on the path to success this week, Gemini. If you have been holding off on big plans, now is the time to push things into action.
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SCORPIO
June 22 - Jul. 22 Cancer, aligning your goals with others is a surefire way to get things accomplished. You can deviate onto your own course when action is established.
Oct. 24 - Nov. 22 Nothing is guaranteed, but taking a risk this week could pay off in a big way, Scorpio. Things are more likely to go your way this time of the month, so start moving!
SUDOKU Here’s How It Works: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!
SAGITTARIUS Nov. 23 - Dec. 21 Pay some extra attention to your life at home, Sagittarius. There are issues that can use a little attention. Letting them fester could lead to big problems.
CAPRICORN Dec. 22 - Jan. 20 A hectic week is likely ahead of you, Capricorn. Things seemingly pop up out of nowhere and you have to figure out how to tackle them all. Try to delegate some of your tasks.
AQUARIUS Jan. 21 - Feb. 18 It’s understandable that you want to make some waves right now, Aquarius. However, it may be better to aim for subtle ripples instead of a cannonball splash.
PISCES Feb. 19 - March 20 Express your confident side at work and others will be inspired, Pisces. It’s good to stray out of your comfort zone every so often.
CLUES ACROSS 1. North American people 6. Chinese surname 10. Fit in at the last minute 14. “Very” in musical terminology 15. Underwater displays 17. Crosby’s bandmates 19. Belong to he 20. Informed about the latest trends (archaic) 21. Sequences of alternating turns 22. Genus of grasses 23. Satisfy 24. Petty quarrel 26. Made level 29. Ruler of Iran 31. Historical region of Syria 32. Food suitable for babies 34. Something to lend 35. Zone of oceanic trenches 37. Philippine island 38. Domesticated animal 39. Plant of the lily family 40. Bluish green 41. __ Tomei, actress 43. Without (French) 45. Lilly and Manning are two 46. Apply pressure to
47. Divide in half 49. Bad deed 50. Don’t know when yet 53. Hollywood’s greatest honor 57. Aiming to exhort 58. Faked 59. A way to pierce 60. Midway between northeast and east 61. Points CLUES DOWN 1. Chop up 2. __ Spumante (Italian wine) 3. Egyptian goddess 4. Split pulses 5. Afflict 6. Type of area rug 7. Tide 8. Affirmative 9. Sudden change 10. One picked 11. Debauched man 12. Stiff bristles 13. Famous arena 16. Established rules and methods 18. Injection 22. Father 23. Protein-rich liquids 24. He delivers gifts 25. Advanced degree
ANSWERS
27. Fencing swords 28. Chinese mountain range 29. Shaft horsepower (abbr.) 30. Precursor to hemoglobin 31. Much __ about nothing 33. Compound fabric (abbr.) 35. A way to act slowly on 36. Ottoman military commanders 37. Popular kids’ network 39. Hard compound 42. Sympathize with 43. Northeast college 44. Blood group 46. Frosted 47. Turn away 48. Benefit 49. Dry or withered 50. Bangladeshi monetary unit 51. Reproduced 52. Contributes 53. Thrust horse power (abbr.) 54. Wear 55. Promotes retention of water (abbr.) 56. Very small
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