Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

 

AGENDA

 

Room 27 and Zoom

January 24, 2023 - January 27, 2023

Last Updated 1/27/2023 11:10 AM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/senate-economic-development-housing-and-general-affairs.

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

10:00 AM                   Omnibus Housing Bill

Walk-through

Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

11:10 AM                   Break

 

11:20 AM                   Omnibus Housing Bill

Walk-through Continued

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

9:00 AM                   Omnibus Housing Bill

Rep. Seth Bongartz, House Committee on Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife (9:00 AM)

Sarah Phillips, Director, Office of Economic Opportunity (9:15 AM)

Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board (9:30 AM)

Chris Cochran, Director of Community Planning & Revitalization, Agency of Commerce and Community Development

 

10:20 AM                   Break

 

10:30 AM                   Omnibus Housing Bill

Sue Minter, Executive Director, Capstone Community Action (10:30 AM)

Ramsey Papp, Housing Team Manager, Capstone Community Action (10:30 AM)

John Adams, Director, Center for Geographic Information, Agency of Digital Services (11:00 AM)

Taylor Newton, Planning Program Manager, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (11:15 AM)

 

11:30 AM                   Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition

Introductions & Updates

Anne Sosin, Interim Director, VAHC

Michelle Kersey, Director of Development, Downstreet Housing and Community Development

Robert Little, Director of Community Development, RuralEdge

 

Thursday, January 26, 2023

9:00 AM                   Vermont Underserved Community Index

Doug Farnham, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Administration

 

9:30 AM                   Omnibus Housing Bill

Megan Sullivan, Vice President of Government Affairs, Vermont Chamber of Commerce (9:30 AM)

Gary Scott, Vice President, Hospital Services, Concerned Resident (9:45 AM)

Kati Gallagher, Sustainable Communities Program Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council (10:00 AM)

 

10:35 AM                   Break

 

10:50 AM                   Omnibus Housing Bill

Ron Rodjenski, Town Administrator, Hyde Park (10:45 AM)

Xusana Davis, Executive Director of Racial Equity, Agency of Administration (11:05 AM)

Jay Green, Racial Equity Policy and Research Analyst, Office of Racial Equity (11:05 AM)

 

Friday, January 27, 2023

9:00 AM                   Omnibus Housing Bill

Karen Horn, Director, Public Policy & Advocacy, Vermont League of Cities and Towns (9:00 AM)

Zeke Davisson, Chief Operating Officer, Summit Properties (9:30 AM)

Jonah Richard, Founder, Village Ventures (9:45 AM)

Sabina Haskell, Chair, Natural Resources Board (10:15 AM)

Peter Gill, Executive Director, Natural Resources Board (10:15 AM)

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:45 AM                   Omnibus Housing Bill

Rachel Seelig, Project Director, Vermont Legal Aid (10:45 AM)

Kathy Beyer, Senior Vice President, Real Estate Development, Evernorth (11:00 AM)

 

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES

 

Please email handouts to the committee assistant at least 24 hours before your scheduled meeting time. With few exceptions, any documents you send to a committee assistant are open to the public and may be posted to the committee’s web page.

 

If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Scott Moore at smoore@leg.state.vt.us