City Plans

The 2006 Municipal Development Plan is the city’s land use planning document, revised every five years. It is prepared by the Department of Planning & Zoning and is the city’s principal guide directing land use policy and decision-making.

Moving Towards Home: Strategies for Ending Homelessness in Ten Years, is the city’s 10-year plan for ending homelessness. It was prepared by the Community & Economic Development Office in February 2004.

The Urban Forestry Master Plan includes a Master Plan and a Street Tree Planting Plan. It was prepared by the Department of Parks & Recreation.

The Waterfront Revitalization Plan was approved by the voters in 1990 and revised by the City Council in December 1998. It provides a guiding vision and unifying force for development of the waterfront district.

The Open Space Protection Plan was adopted by City Council in October 2000. It prioritizes lands that are most important and suitable for long-term protection and creates a land conservation fund, sustained in part with dedicated city funding.

The Climate Action Plan sets goals and outlines strategies to achieve target CO2 emissions reductions for the city.

The 2000 Legacy Action Plan laid out a thirty-year vision for the city together with priority actions.

Moving Forward Together: Transportation Plan for the City of Burlington (August 2007 draft) describes Burlington’s long-term transportation vision as well as intermediate-term strategies for moving toward the vision and specifies an initial Five Year Plan that will be updated annually.

The city’s Community Safety Task Force Public Education and Community Safety Plan, endorsed by City Council in October 2005, sets out recommendations for responding to crime, educating citizens and promoting safety.

Reports and Other Information Sources

The Transitional Housing Gap Report, Burlington, Vermont (and surrounding areas), Michael Ohler, September 2007.

2006 Energy Efficiency Annual Report, Burlington Electric Department.

Burlington Livable Communities Project Action Plan, May 2007, prepared by AARP Vermont.

Report of the City Council Ad Hoc Committee on Senior Centers, December 2007.

Burlington School District 2006-07 Annual Report.

Shaping the Future of Long-Term Care and Independent Living, 2006-2016, prepared by Julie Wasserman, Department of Disabilities, Aging, & Independent Living, Vermont Agency of Human Services.

Phase II Stormwater 2006 Annual Report, Department of Public Works.

Fiscal Year 2006 Performance Report, Department of Public Works.

Reimbursement Practices and Issues in Vermont’s Long-Term Care Programs, November 2006, prepared by the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute for the Long-Term Care Workforce Policy Committee of the Community of Vermont Elders (COVE).

Vermont Elders and Persons with Disabilities Transportation Program Review, Submitted to the State of Vermont Department of Aging and Independent Living by Wilbur Smith Associates, April 2005.

The Child Welfare Information Gateway, a service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Report of the Public Transportation Task Force to the Chittenden County Metropolitan Planning Organization Board, November 2004.

Chittenden County Transit Funding Report, December 2002.

Short-Range Public Transportation Plan for Chittenden County Transportation Authority, Final Report, June 9, 2003, Prepared for State of Vermont Agency of Transportation.

The Allen & Brooks Report is a definitive housing market analysis prepared every six months by a private sector real estate consulting firm.

Supportive Services Programs in Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities, prepared for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by Barbara A. Ormond, Kirsten J. Black, Jane Tilly and Seema Thomas, Urban Institute, November 2004.

Third-Tier Cities: Adjusting to the New Economy, Beth Siegel, Andy Waxman, Mt. Auburn Associates, Inc., 2001.

Real Estate Practices Audit of Fair Housing Law Compliance in Vermont, Fair Housing Project of the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, 2002.

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