{"id":2441,"date":"2021-11-03T20:28:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T00:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/?p=2441"},"modified":"2021-11-03T20:37:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T00:37:27","slug":"article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/03\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\/","title":{"rendered":"Article 36 Task Force lists potential action items, invites public input"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Article 36 Task Force is winnowing its list of potential action items as it prepares to make recommendations to the Selectboard in December. From a list of nearly 50 items<\/a>, the Task Force preliminarily narrowed the list to 13 items at its October 28 meeting. However, the list remains a work-in-progress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Task Force plans to hold three drafting sessions as it further develops the list and report. The first meeting is at 7 PM on November 4, at Tracy Hall and via Zoom or telephone. The agenda and draft of the report are here<\/a>. Also, in my communications with Task Force Chair Jack Cushman, he emphasized the Task Force’s interest in receiving public input.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Task Force first met in April 2021. Its charge is to create<\/a> “an aggressive and comprehensive work plan to achieve the elimination of direct fossil fuels in the Town of Norwich.” The charge stems from the passage at Town Meeting 2019 of advisory Article 36. That Article calls for Town government to reduce its fossil fuel use by at least 5% per year. In addition, the Task Force is an advisory pubic body, tasked with making “recommendations jointly to the [Selectboard] and Town Manager.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The preliminary list of 13 items, set forth in the October 28 draft meeting minutes<\/a>, follows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Source: http:\/\/norwich.vt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/10-28-2021-DRAFT-MINUTES-Article-36.pdf<\/a>
Note: TON refers to Town of Norwich. FF refers to fossil fuel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

* * *<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for reading my blog. Contact me at norwichobserver [at] gmail.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Article 36 Task Force is winnowing its list of potential action items as it prepares to make recommendations to the Selectboard in December. From a list of nearly 50 items, the Task Force preliminarily narrowed the list to 13 items at its October 28 meeting. However, the list remains a work-in-progress. The Task Force plans to hold three drafting sessions as it further develops the list and report. The first meeting is at 7 PM on November 4, at Continue reading Article 36 Task Force lists potential action items, invites public input<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,8,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article-36-2019","category-climate-change","category-fossil-fuel-use"],"yoast_head":"\nArticle 36 Task Force lists potential action items, invites public input - Norwich Observer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/03\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Article 36 Task Force lists potential action items, invites public input - Norwich Observer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Article 36 Task Force is winnowing its list of potential action items as it prepares to make recommendations to the Selectboard in December. From a list of nearly 50 items, the Task Force preliminarily narrowed the list to 13 items at its October 28 meeting. However, the list remains a work-in-progress. The Task Force plans to hold three drafting sessions as it further develops the list and report. The first meeting is at 7 PM on November 4, at Continue reading Article 36 Task Force lists potential action items, invites public input→\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/03\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Norwich Observer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-04T00:28:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-11-04T00:37:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Opera-Snapshot_2021-11-03_203331_norwich.vt_.us_.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"826\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"244\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"CTK\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"CTK\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/03\\\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/03\\\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"CTK\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7c777bca932c48863421eb322d49c18d\"},\"headline\":\"Article 36 Task Force lists potential action items, invites public input\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-04T00:28:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-11-04T00:37:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/03\\\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":251,\"commentCount\":1,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/03\\\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/Opera-Snapshot_2021-11-03_203331_norwich.vt_.us_.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Article 36 (2019)\",\"Climate Change\",\"Fossil Fuel Use\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/03\\\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/03\\\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/03\\\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\\\/\",\"name\":\"Article 36 Task Force lists potential action items, invites public input - Norwich Observer\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/03\\\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/03\\\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/Opera-Snapshot_2021-11-03_203331_norwich.vt_.us_.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-04T00:28:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-11-04T00:37:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7c777bca932c48863421eb322d49c18d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/03\\\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/03\\\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/03\\\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/Opera-Snapshot_2021-11-03_203331_norwich.vt_.us_.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/Opera-Snapshot_2021-11-03_203331_norwich.vt_.us_.png\",\"width\":826,\"height\":244},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/03\\\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Article 36 Task Force lists potential action items, invites public input\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Norwich Observer\",\"description\":\"Occasional news and commentary about local government in Norwich, VT\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7c777bca932c48863421eb322d49c18d\",\"name\":\"CTK\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/11840c9a170ac22dbf5bc0397622f4e4.jpg?ver=1777337518\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/11840c9a170ac22dbf5bc0397622f4e4.jpg?ver=1777337518\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/11840c9a170ac22dbf5bc0397622f4e4.jpg?ver=1777337518\",\"caption\":\"CTK\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norwichobserver.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/ctk\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Article 36 Task Force lists potential action items, invites public input - Norwich Observer","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/03\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Article 36 Task Force lists potential action items, invites public input - Norwich Observer","og_description":"The Article 36 Task Force is winnowing its list of potential action items as it prepares to make recommendations to the Selectboard in December. From a list of nearly 50 items, the Task Force preliminarily narrowed the list to 13 items at its October 28 meeting. However, the list remains a work-in-progress. The Task Force plans to hold three drafting sessions as it further develops the list and report. The first meeting is at 7 PM on November 4, at Continue reading Article 36 Task Force lists potential action items, invites public input→","og_url":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/03\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\/","og_site_name":"Norwich Observer","article_published_time":"2021-11-04T00:28:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-11-04T00:37:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":826,"height":244,"url":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Opera-Snapshot_2021-11-03_203331_norwich.vt_.us_.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"CTK","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"CTK","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/03\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/03\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\/"},"author":{"name":"CTK","@id":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7c777bca932c48863421eb322d49c18d"},"headline":"Article 36 Task Force lists potential action items, invites public input","datePublished":"2021-11-04T00:28:51+00:00","dateModified":"2021-11-04T00:37:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/03\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\/"},"wordCount":251,"commentCount":1,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/03\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Opera-Snapshot_2021-11-03_203331_norwich.vt_.us_.png","articleSection":["Article 36 (2019)","Climate Change","Fossil Fuel Use"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/03\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/03\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\/","url":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/03\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\/","name":"Article 36 Task Force lists potential action items, invites public input - Norwich Observer","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/03\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/03\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Opera-Snapshot_2021-11-03_203331_norwich.vt_.us_.png","datePublished":"2021-11-04T00:28:51+00:00","dateModified":"2021-11-04T00:37:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7c777bca932c48863421eb322d49c18d"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/03\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/03\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/03\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Opera-Snapshot_2021-11-03_203331_norwich.vt_.us_.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Opera-Snapshot_2021-11-03_203331_norwich.vt_.us_.png","width":826,"height":244},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/03\/article-36-task-force-lists-potential-action-items-invites-public-input\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Article 36 Task Force lists potential action items, invites public input"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/","name":"Norwich Observer","description":"Occasional news and commentary about local government in Norwich, VT","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7c777bca932c48863421eb322d49c18d","name":"CTK","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/11840c9a170ac22dbf5bc0397622f4e4.jpg?ver=1777337518","url":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/11840c9a170ac22dbf5bc0397622f4e4.jpg?ver=1777337518","contentUrl":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/11840c9a170ac22dbf5bc0397622f4e4.jpg?ver=1777337518","caption":"CTK"},"url":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/author\/ctk\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2441"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2455,"href":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441\/revisions\/2455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}