Hello, Burlington!

Celebrate Burlington is coming up on August 5, and applications for tables are open.

The Select Board is scheduled to vote this week on the proposed senior housing development at 35 Mountain Road known as Winn View Heights II. Read the latest on this proposal here. Meanwhile the tally of residents who have signed the petition against the Select Board providing a letter of support for the project has grown to nearly 500, with 159 comments.

Additionally, the School Committee will meet jointly with the Elementary School Building Committee to do a second reading of the Educational Program and Space Summary that has been in development for the last few weeks. Once the School Committee has approved these two components, the Building Committee will review and vote on the Program Design Plan (PDP) as a whole on July 13 and submit it to the state on July 14, thus moving into the next phase of planning.

The Educational Program and Space Summary looks at all eight-plus options required by the state to see what the needs would be for each. After the entire PDP is submitted to the state, the Committee will work to narrow down which option makes the most sense and sign it.

Be on the lookout for the following meetings in the next several weeks:

• The following meeting of the School Building Committee will be WEDNESDAY, June 28, at 6PM to review cost estimate information.
• July 11 will be the second (virtual) Community Meeting at 7PM. They’ll go through an update of the concepts, options, criteria, and pricing, which is probably the most anticipated part of this investigative process.
• July 13 at 6PM the School Building Committee will meet again to approve the submission to the MSBA.

This Week in Burlington

Meetings and Events

Monday, June 26

• 10:30 AM - Sensory Friendly Summer Reading Kickoff with Batman and Batgirl (Library event; Register)
• 11:00 AM - Summer Reading Kickoff with Batman and Batgirl (Library event; Register)
• 12:00 PM - Select Board Alcohol Subcommittee will discuss a new Beer & Wine license for Raja & Rana’s Indian Market (Town Hall)
• 6:00 PM - Select Board (Town Hall and Virtual)
• 7:00 PM - General Bylaw Review Committee (Virtual)
• 7:00 PM - School Committee will do a second reading of the Educational Program and the Space Summaries for the Elementary School building project and vote to approve them. (BHS and Virtual)
• 7:00 PM - Virtual Trivia Night (Library event; Register)
• 7:00 PM - Teen Summer Reading Kickoff (Library event; Register)

Tuesday, June 27

• 10:30 AM - Cookies with a Cop (Library event; Register)
• 7:00 PM - Board of Health (Town Hall and Virtual)

Wednesday, June 28

• 1:00 PM - Fox Hill Building - Executive Working Group (Virtual)
• 4:00 PM - Board of Assessors (Town Hall)
• 5:30 PM - Community Dinner at the Presbyterian Church in Burlington
• 6:00 PM - Fox Hill School Building Committee Joint School Committee (BHS and Virtual)
• 6:30 PM - Democratic Town Committee (Town Hall Annex)
• 7:00 PM - Teen Tie Dye (Library event; Register)

Thursday, June 29

• 12:30-3:00 PM - Bridge club (Human Resources Building, 2nd floor)
• 4:00 PM - Sensory Friendly I Spy Bottles (Grade K-5 Library event; Register)
• 4:30 PM - I Spy Bottles (Grades K-5 Library event; Register)
• 5:30 PM - Love this Memory Notebook Class (Made in Burlington event; Register)
• 6:30 PM - Free Blood Pressure Screening at the Library
• 7:00 PM - Library Book Club: Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

Friday, June 30

• All Day, Opening at 10:00 AM - Teen Summer Craft Kits
• 10:30 AM - Drop-in Flicks & Crafts at the Library
• 7:00 PM - Summer String Art Class (Made in Burlington event; Register)

Saturday, July 1

• 11:00 AM-1:30 PM - Afternoon Off Doll Club at the Library (Drop-in)

Sunday, July 2

• Library Closed

Note: Town offices will be closed on Tuesday, and the 4th of July Parade will be marching through town, rain or shine!

See you tomorrow, Burlington. Have a lovely Sunday!

Nicci