DEC 18 - MAJOR IMPACT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS - Housing at Burlington College, Staniford Farm, Appletree Point Farm, Thayer Commons, COTS, and Ethan Allen Residence, plus Starr Farm solar,

1922 Staniford farmhouse

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Community Room at the Miller Center. Welcome neighbors coming together to look at five projects proposed for the North End, and receive an update on a completed project at the former Thayer School and DMV property. 


AGENDA

6:45 Sign in, GREET NEIGHBORS AND CITY OFFICIALS

7:00 WELCOME. INTRODUCTIONS and ANNOUNCEMENTS, AGENDA, GROUND RULES.

7:05 BUSINESS  - Bianca LeGrand Ward 7 CDBG rep and NPA steering committee nominee

7:10 Speak up/Speak out

7:20 Appointed and Elected Officials

8:00 Major impact development project previews – Burlington College, Staniford Farm, Ethan Allen residence, and COTS, plus Starr Farm Solar. Update on Thayer Commons and relocation of 1820 farmhouse at Appletree Point Farm.

9:00 – Adjourn

Community Room at the Miller Center. Welcome neighbors coming together to look at five projects proposed for the North End, and receive an update on a completed project at the former Thayer School and DMV property.

Farmhouse will be moved and restored.

Ethan Allen Residence, Staniford Farm, Appletree Point Farm, Starr Farm Solar, and Burlington College. BC has chosen the same development partnership that created the popular and successful Thayer Commons: Cathedral Square Senior Housing, Champlain Housing Trust family housing, and Eric Farrell market rate housing.

Farrell is also putting in the infrastructure for Staniford Farm home lots, and will be moving the 1820 farmhouse onto a new foundation to prepare it for restoration. Farrell received a Preservation Burlington Award. Appletree Point Historical Society was also recognized by PB for advocacy to preserve this historic home.

Staniford Farms, scheduled to commence in the summer of 2013, is an exciting new neighborhood being developed by Farrell Real Estate.  It’s the first new residential neighborhood to be developed in Burlington in many years and features 19 home sites in a variety of sizes and orientations, 3 acres of common land reserved for natural woods, community gardens, and a play area for children. The new public street, to be named “Staniford Farms Road”, will be professionally landscaped, includes sidewalks on both sides, state-of-the-art street lighting, and underground utilities.

 

Two-tract vision, Burlington College

On the northern 16-acre tract, the plan calls for one or two residence halls (150-200 beds), a lakeside pavilion, an amphitheater, a small student center, a woodworking/sustainable agriculture facility, an agricultural field, an orchard, a president’s house/visitor center, and a green 250 feet wide and 1,100 feet long — 6 acres of green space altogether. The dorms likely would be built and managed by a private developer, and the other campus buildings would be underwritten largely by college fundraising or financing.

A public-access recreation path from North Avenue to the lakeside bike path would be provided, Farrell said. The southern 16-acre tract would include 75 units of senior/congregate housing, 40 units of affordable rental family housing, 120 units of market-rate rental housing and 30 single-family homes on lots of 65-70 feet by 110 feet. These are not “hard numbers,” Farrell added, and could be revised.