House Committee on Natural Resources, Fish, and Wildlife

 

AGENDA

 

Ethan Allen Room

January 28, 2020 - January 31, 2020

Last Updated 2/3/2020 3:03 PM

 

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

After Floor                         Caucuses

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Northeast Kingdom Collaborative

Katherine Sims, Director, Northeast Kingdom Collaborative

Don Stevens, Chief, Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk-Abenaki Nation

Abigail Long, Executive Director, Kingdom Trails Association, East Burke

Bob Primeau, Chair, Memphremagog Trails

Lee Kinsey, Owner, Black Bird Bistro

Katie Meyer, Owner, Craftsbury Farmhouse

Jessie Upson, Owner, Craftsbury Farmhouse

 

1:45 PM                   Break

 

2:00 PM                   Teens Reaching Youth

UVM Extension Program for Youth

Chuck Ross, Director, University of Vermont Extension

Kate Forrer, Outreach Specialist, UVM Extension Urban & Community Forestry

Lauren Traister, Teen and Leadership Specialist, UVM Extension

 

2:30 PM                   Act 250

Enhanced Natural Resources Board - Joint Proposal

Testimony from ANR and/or VNRC

Jon Groveman, Policy and Water Program Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council

Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Matthew Chapman, General Counsel, Agency of Natural Resources

Evan Meenan, Associate General Counsel, Vermont Natural Resources Board

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

9:00 AM                   Act 250

Ed Larson, Lobbyist, Vermont Forest Products Association

Mark Whitworth, President, Energize Vermont

Karen Horn, Director, Public Policy & Advocacy, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

 

10:00 AM                   Break

 

10:15 AM                   19-0040 - An act relating to changes to Act 250

Walk-through with Side by Side of Joint Proposal

Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Evan Meenan, Associate General Counsel, Vermont Natural Resources Board

Matthew Chapman, General Counsel, Agency of Natural Resources

Jamey Fidel, General Counsel, Vermont Natural Resources Council

Ed Stanak, former District Coordinator, District Environmental Commission

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

10 Min After Floor                   Act 250

Response to VNRC / Administration Joint Proposal

Sandy Levine, Senior Attorney, Conservation Law Foundation

 

2:15 PM                   19-0040 - An act relating to changes to Act 250

Walk-through with Side by Side of Joint Proposal

Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Billy Coster, Director of Planning and Policy, Agency of Natural Resources

 

3:00 PM                   Act 250

Proposed Changes

James Dumont, Environmental Attorney, Law Offices of Dumont - Phone

 

3:30 PM                   Act 250

Judicial Changes in Joint Proposal

Hon Brian Grearson, Chief Superior Judge, Vermont Judiciary

 

4:00 PM                   19-0040 - An act relating to changes to Act 250

Walk-through with Side by Side of Joint Proposal

Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Billy Coster, Director of Planning and Policy, Agency of Natural Resources

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, January 30, 2020

9:00 AM                   19-0040 - An act relating to changes to Act 250

Committee Discussion

Ed Stanak, Former District Coordinator, District Environmental Commission

 

10:00 AM                   19-0040 - An act relating to changes to Act 250

Walk-though with Side by Side of Joint Proposal

Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Charles Baker, Executive Director, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission

 

11:15 AM                   Vermont Housing & Conservation Coalition

Phil Huffman, Director of Government Relations and Policy, Vermont Housing & Conservation Coalition

Peggy Smith, Resident, Stowe

Guy McGuire, Program Director, South Hero Land Trust

Dave Hobbs, Member, South Hero Trails Committee

Josh Ryan, Principal, Timber and Stone LLC

David Newell, President, Prospect Mountain Association

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

10 Min After Floor                   Act 250

Wildlife Impacts and Section 248 Proceedings

John Austin, Director, Department of Fish & Wildlife

Catherine Gjessing, General Counsel, Department of Fish & Wildlife

Louis Porter, Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife

 

2:40 PM                   19-0040 - An act relating to changes to Act 250

Walk-through with Side by Side of Joint Proposal

Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Billy Coster, Director of Planning and Policy, Agency of Natural Resources

Ed Stanak, Former District Coordinator, District Environmental Commission

 

5:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, January 31, 2020

8:00 AM                   New Science to Inform Climate-Resilient Land Protection

Joint Meeting with Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Room 11

 

Heather Furman, State Director, The Nature Conservancy

Mark Anderson, Ph.D., Director of Conservation Science, The Nature Conservancy

Jim Shallow, Director of Strategic Conservation Initiatives, The Nature Conservancy

Phil Huffman, Director of Government Relations and Policy, The Nature Conservancy

 

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

10 Min After Floor                   19-0040 - An act relating to changes to Act 250

Walk-through with Side by Side of Joint Proposal

Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Kate McCarthy, Sustainable Communities Program Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council

Billy Coster, Director of Planning and Policy, Agency of Natural Resources

Chris Cochran, Director of Community Planning & Revitalization, Housing and Community Development

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   19-0040 - An act relating to changes to Act 250

Walk-through with Side by Side of Joint Proposal

Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Billy Coster, Director of Planning and Policy, Agency of Natural Resources

Karen Horn, Director, Public Policy & Advocacy, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

Jon Groveman, Policy and Water Program Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council

 

3:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

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If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Marc Grimes at 802-828-2261 or mgrimes@leg.state.vt.us