January 21, 2026

Agenda:

• Welcome

• Vermont League of Cities and Towns

• Let’s Build Homes

Minutes:

• Vermont League of Cities and Towns

  • Overview of municipal authority and agriculture & VLCT 2026 policy priorities

    • Josh Hanford, Director of Intergovernmental Relations - Jhanford@vlct.org

    • Samantha Sheehan, Municipal Policy and Advocacy Specialist - ssheehan@vlct.org

  • Municipal Authority & Agriculture Presentation

    • Includes a list of municipal zoning and Act 181 implementation resources.

  • VLCT’s testimony to the Senate Committee on Agriculture regarding their position on municipal regulatory authority over agricultural activity - Linked here

• Let’s Build Homes

  • Policy Alignments with Rural Caucus - CHIP, H.730, ROOT Zones

    • Miro Weinberger, Executive Chair - miro@letsbuildhomes.org

  • Presentation

  • ROOT Zones Concept Paper

  • Let’s Build Homes 2026 platform

Meeting recording - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Cb2tXQvFJ4vtECKEsW9nql-aKGfzMc2V/view?usp=sharing