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CALL THE WORK SESSION FOR THE TOWN BOARD MEETING, UH, OF 3 8 21, UH, TO ORDER.IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? SECOND.
MR. PETRI? UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHY DON'T WE STAND UP FOR THE PLEASURE? THANK YOU.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
PLEASE, AND GENTLEMEN, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE WORK SESSION, UH, THAT, UH, ARE NOT RELATED TO THE REGULAR MEETING, UH, AGENDA.
LET ME GET A COUPLE OF THEM OUT OF THE WAY.
I WANT TO THEN TURN OVER TO, UH, DREW RILEY AND THEN TO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO DISCUSS.
UM, I SENT LAST WEEK TO THE BOARD A, UH, MEMO AND I ATTACHED TO IT AN OUTLINE PREPARED BY EVAN'S INSURANCE.
TWO YEARS HAVE COME AND GONE, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER WE CAN, SHOULD CONTINUE THEIR CONTRACT FOR ANOTHER TWO YEAR TERM, OR WHETHER WE SHOULD, UH, SEND OUT RFPS TO SECURE PROPOSALS FROM OTHER INSURANCE CARRIERS.
SO, UH, I WELCOME YOUR ADVICE.
WHAT DO YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? WHO, UH, WHO DEALS WITH THE INSURANCE MOSTLY? WELL, WE ALL DO TO SOME EXTENT.
UH, ARE YOU HAPPY WITH ENGINEERING? ARE YOU HAPPY WITH ALL THAT, SAM? YEAH, I CALL RON MILLER.
I THINK, UM, LEGAL PROBABLY DEALS WITH THEM THE MOST, BUT EVEN WHEN THEY CAME IN AND DID THEIR PRESENTATION LAST TIME, I DO THINK THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF CREATIVE, CREATIVE IDEAS AND THEY'VE REALLY BEEN AT HARD AT WORK, AT LEAST FROM WHAT
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I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE AT A DISTANCE.SOUNDS LIKE WE SHOULD KEEP 'EM EVERYBODY HAPPY.
ANYBODY ELSE? ANY THOUGHTS? WE HAVE FOUR OR FIVE COMPANIES THAT ARE CALLING AND WANTING TO KNOW IF THEY CAN SUBMIT PROPOSALS.
IT'S A, A COVETED PIECE OF BUSINESS.
I HAVE NO, I HAVE NO AGENDA HERE.
SO, UH, I THINK THEY'VE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE TO OUR NEEDS.
I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN COMING IN PERIODICALLY AND OFFERING ADVICE AND SUGGESTIONS.
I KNOW WE, UM, THEY'VE GIVEN A LOT OF ADVICE IN TERMS OF, UM, AND HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH WALTER REGARDING, UM, LIABILITY CERTIFICATES, ET CETERA, AND REALLY DOING A GREAT JOB OVERSEEING THAT SO THAT, UM, ANY PARTICULAR CONTRACTS, ET CETERA, IF THEY HAVE NUANCES THAT WE, THAT WE REALLY ARE PROTECTED AND COVERED.
AND SO I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED IN THAT REGARD.
WELL, UNLESS THERE'S SOME STRONG FEELINGS, WE STILL HAVE TIME.
IF ANY OF YOU HAVE SOME STRONG FEELINGS TO THE CONTRARY OR YOU COME UPON INFORMATION THAT LEADS YOU TO A DIFFERENT CONCLUSION, LET ME KNOW.
OTHERWISE, I'M GONNA WAIT A COUPLE WEEKS, TWO, THREE WEEKS, AND I'LL SEND MR. MILLER A NOTICE THAT, UH, WE WILL RENEW AND NOT GO OUT INTO THE MARKET.
UNLESS IN GENERAL, HOW OFTEN ARE THINGS LIKE THAT HAVE BEEN, BEEN IN THE PAST? I DON'T KNOW.
UH, THE TWO, 2019 IN THE SPRING, WE ENTERED INTO A, UH, WE OPENED UP, UH, THE PROPOSALS.
THEY HAD BEEN IN OUR INSURANCE CARRIER FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
AND, UH, I, I REMEMBER PARTICULARLY AT THAT MEETING WHEN WE WERE, WE WERE DEBATING IT, EVANS CAME, THEIR REPRESENTATIVES ACTUALLY CAME TO THE MEETING TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS, AND, UH, LISTENED TO THE DEBATE.
I THINK THAT CARRIED A LOT OF WEIGHT WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS.
SO, I DON'T KNOW, SEAN, I THINK, UM, IN THE PAST, LIKE, SINCE THOSE ARE SUCH, IT, YOU REALLY HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, TIME UNDER YOUR BELT TO GET TO KNOW THE TOWN AND UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING BEFORE, YOU KNOW, IF WE MADE A CHANGE.
LIKE WE'VE NEVER MADE A CHANGE YEAR TO YEAR BEFORE THAT I'M AWARE OF BECAUSE AS THAT RELATIONSHIP BUILDS, USUALLY THEY GET MORE CREATIVE IDEAS FOR US.
I THINK IT'S A LITTLE EARLY TO, TO REBID THERE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO THAT PERIODICALLY, EVEN IF THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB TO, YOU KNOW, TEST THE MARKET.
YEAH, THEY, THEY HAVE A TWO YEAR CONTRACT AND WE HAVE AN OPTION TO RENEW IT.
SO I'LL J I'LL JUST, UH, PROCEED ON THE ASSUMPTION WE'RE GONNA RENEW.
IF YOU GUYS OR GALS HAVE ANY CONTRARY FEELINGS OR COME UPON SOME DIFFERENT INFORMATION YOU WANT TO RELAY TO ME, LET ME KNOW.
UH, THE OTHER ONE INVOLVES A
THE, UH, THE TOWN ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY CONTRACTED OUT FOR SERVICES, UH, RELATING TO APPRAISALS, SPECIFIC APPRAISALS, UH, WHERE WE HIRE AN APPRAISAL COMPANY, OR WE HAVE A CERTIFIED FORD CERTIFIED APPRAISER, UH, UNDERTAKE APPRAISAL WORK.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE NO CONTRACT.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A FAIRLY LARGE, LARGE APPRAISAL COMPANY IN WEST OF NEW YORK.
THEY DO A LOT MORE RESIDENTIAL THAN COMMERCIAL, BUT IN ANY EVENT, THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING, I FOUND OUT, UH, LAST WEEK, UH, WITHOUT A CONTRACT, UH, WITH US EXPIRED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
UH, UH, OUR CURRENT ASSESSOR HAS SUGGESTED IT MIGHT BE WORTHWHILE TO GET INTO A W2 SITUATION, UH, WITH ORCHARD PARK AND, UH, UH, PAY AN APPRAISER TO DO THE WORK.
RIGHT NOW, GARRA WORKS HERE AND THEY WORK IN ORCHARD PARK ALSO.
UH, WE'RE PAYING ROUGHLY, WELL, FOR THE PERSON ASSIGNED TO US, WE'RE PAYING $35 AN HOUR FOR THE APPRAISAL WORK, AND IT'S BEEN RUNNING IN BETWEEN 55 AND 60,000 THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO, WHAT I THINK, UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME STRONG FEELINGS, I THINK I'M GONNA REACH OUT TO GAR AND TO OUR TOWN ASSESSOR AND SAY THAT WE'D LIKE TO PUT OUT AN RFP AND TALK ABOUT A NEW CONTRACT.
AND I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST GAR.
THEY'VE DONE, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THEY'RE OKAY.
BUT SINCE THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING WITHOUT A CONTRACT, IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO GET A CONTRACT.
AND IF WE'RE GONNA GET A CONTRACT, WE SHOULD GET SOME COMPETITION.
IS EVERYBODY ALL RIGHT WITH THAT ONE? DEFINITELY.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE PAYING, THAT'S WHAT, BUT ROUGHLY WHAT WE'RE PAYING ACCORDING TO THE ASSESSOR, YES.
WE DO A $35 AN HOUR, $35 AN HOUR, TWO, THREE DAYS A WEEK.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S OVER 1700 HOURS A YEAR.
THAT'S, UH, SO I DEFINITELY WOULD STRONGLY PREFER JUST TO, ALRIGHT,
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SO I'M GONNA SEND OUT, I'M GONNA GET A HOLD OF DAN AND, UH, SEE IF WE CAN'T DRAW UP AN RFP FOR THAT, FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT AT THE END OF THE MONTH AND GO FROM THERE.THE FINAL THING IS TONIGHT WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER.
THIS IS ON THE AGENDA, SO I APOLOGIZE.
ITEM NUMBER 22 IS THE LSAP RESOLUTION.
WE WE'RE GONNA BE SENDING THIS RESOLUTION OUT TO FIRE COMPANIES AND TO PEN FLEX, SO WE OUGHT LET 'EM KNOW THAT WE CAN SPELL THE RESOLUTION.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ROLE, IT'S ROLL.
SO I'LL AMEND IT TO PROVIDE THAT.
BUT THAT'S ONE SNAFU THAT WE'RE GUILTY OF MORE OFTEN THAN NOT.
THE, THE STATE LEGISLATURE DUR SOMETIME IN THE SPRING OF 2020 AS A RESULT OF THE COVID CRISIS.
UH, IT FROM, AS A RESULT OF PRODDING FROM THE STATE ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS PASSED A, A LAW THAT ALLOWS MUNICIPALITIES OR FIRE DISTRICTS TO ENACT, UH, A LOW SAP PROVISION ALLOWING VOLUNTEERS TO COLLECT UP TO FIVE CREDIT CREDITS PER MONTH DURING THE PANDEMIC EMERGENCY.
THE PANDEMIC EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED IN A LEGISLATION TO START ON MARCH 1ST, 2020, AND IT ENDED, IT RAN THROUGH THE CALENDAR YEAR 3 31, UH, 1231, UH, 20.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU'RE AN ACTIVE FIREFIGHTER, AND LET'S ASSUME THAT BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, YOU COULDN'T GO TO THE FIRE HALL TO DISCHARGE FUNCTIONS, OR YOU COULDN'T ANSWER AS MANY CALLS, OR YOU COULDN'T DO THIS OR YOU COULDN'T DO THAT.
UH, THE STATE LEGISLATURE, THE GOVERNOR SIGNED THE LEGISLATION SAYING IT'S UP TO TOWNS, VILLAGES, AND OTHER, UH, ENTITIES THAT OVERSEE DISTRICTS TO DEVELOP POINT SUPPLEMENT PROGRAMS. YOU CAN GIVE 'EM UP TO MAXIMUM OF FIVE A MONTH FOR ESSENTIALLY NINE MONTHS, I THINK.
WELL, NO, I'M SORRY, 10 MONTHS NOW IN BLAZEDALE WE DON'T, WE, WE HANDLE, WE'RE, UH, UH, WE'RE OVERSEERS FOR LAKESHORE, WOODLAWN, NEWTON, ABBOTT ARMOR, BIG TREE.
LAKEVIEW ADMINISTERS ITS OWN PROGRAM.
AND THEN THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG IS, IS COVERED BY THE VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
THE SAME APPLIES TO OUR FRIENDS IN BLAZEDALE.
IN BLAZEDALE, THEY WENT, UH, I THINK TWO POINTS PER MONTH FOR, I CAN'T REMEMBER.
SHE TOLD ME FOUR OR SIX MONTHS, UH, STARTING ON MARCH THE FIRST, LAKEVIEW DID TWO POINTS INSTEAD OF FIVE, AND THEY DID IT FOR, UH, UP TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
AND THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG OFFERED NO POINTS TO THE VOLUNTEERS.
I DISCUSSED IT WITH A COUPLE OF OUR, UH, OUR PEOPLE IN THE, IN, IN ONE IN LAKE SHORE.
AND THEN I'VE ALSO TALKED TO LAKEVIEW TO GET THEIR OPINION, UH, AND IN WOODLAWN.
UM, AND SO I RECOMMENDED HERE THAT WE GIVE TWO POINTS, NOT FIVE, AND THAT WE GIVE IT TO THEM, UH, FROM MARCH ONE TILL THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.
MY RATIONALE FOR THAT, IN PART WISE, WHEN WE ADOPTED THE 2021 BUDGET, WE KEPT THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS, UH, PRETTY FLAT.
0.00 IS REALLY WHAT THEY GOT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN, IN A NUMBER OF YEARS, THEY DID NOT GET A SIGNIFICANT BUMP.
SO I THOUGHT WE'RE NOT GONNA GO FIVE POINTS.
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A WINDFALL, BUT IT SEEMED THAT TWO WAS OKAY FOR ME.
AND, AND, UH, AND SO I PUT DOWN IN THE RESOLUTION, UH, MARCH TILL DECEMBER.
SO I'M OPEN TO ANY DISCUSSION OR SUGGESTIONS.
THIS IS JUST MY OFF THE WALL CONCLUSION.
I CAN GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON IT IF YOU LIKE.
EVEN IF YOU WENT FIVE POINTS, IT DOESN'T REALLY HURT ANYTHING.
AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE BEGINNING IS ALL OF OUR MEETINGS WERE SHUT DOWN.
SO YOU GET A POINT PER, SO YOU GET 12 POINTS A YEAR FOR YOUR MONTHLY MEETINGS.
OURS DIDN'T GET ESTABLISHED FOR SIX, SEVEN MONTHS.
SO IF YOU COME IN AND YOU'RE GONNA HIT ABOUT 50 OR 55 EVERY YEAR, IF YOU DON'T DO ANY SPECIAL TRAININGS AND YOU JUST DO YOUR CALL CALLS, YOU GET 25 POINTS MM-HMM
FOR GETTING YOUR RECOMMENDED CALLS AND THEN MEETINGS AND TRAININGS, YOU GET A POINT FOR UP TO
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10, 12, OR 15, AND THAT'S HOW YOU GET TO YOUR 50.WHILE ALL THE TRAININGS WERE CANCELED, ALL THE, UH, DRILLS, ALL THE MEETINGS WERE CANCELED FOR AT LEAST FIVE, SIX MONTHS OF BLAZE.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER COMPANIES.
SO WHAT THIS IS GONNA ALLOW THEM TO DO IS, IS GET TO THEIR 50 MM-HMM
AND ALSO JUST FROM A FINANCE PERSPECTIVE.
UM, AND WHEN ONCE THEY GET THOSE 50 POINTS, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE ACTIVE, UM, MEMBERS.
AND THEN FROM THERE, IN ORDER FOR THIS TO HAVE ANY KIND OF A FINANCIAL IMPACT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE VESTED AND THEN EVENTUALLY DOWN THE ROAD, UM, THIS WOULD AFFECT THEIR PAYMENTS.
BUT LIKE MIKE HAD SAID, THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO HIT THOSE 50 POINTS.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY, IT'S A WAY TO KIND OF HELP THEM BECAUSE OF COVID, WHILE NOT TRULY HAVING AN IMPACT TO OUR, OUR FINANCES IN ANY WAY.
AND I THOUGHT I'D GIVE A LITTLE MORE, I'D BE A LITTLE MORE GENEROUS.
I'D RECOMMEND RECOMMENDING A LITTLE MORE GENEROSITY THAN THE OTHERS, SIMPLY BECAUSE WE WERE A LITTLE BIT TIGHT ON THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.
WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANNA DO IS OKAY WITH ME.
BUT THAT'S THE, I WANTED YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE.
TO ME, IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE ON THE POINT NUMBER.
IF YOU WANT TWO OR FIVE, IT, ANYBODY WHO'S CLO YOU KNOW, WHO RESPONDS A LOT, THEY REALLY, THEY NEED THE MEETINGS OR THEY NEED THE TRAININGS TO GET THERE.
WELL, THE LAKEVIEW GAVE GAVE THEIR PEOPLE TWO.
BLAZEDALE GAVE THEIR FOLKS TWO, AND THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG WAS ZERO.
SO I THOUGHT, WELL, I, WE WOULD DO IT FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME AND STAY IN LINE WITH OUR FOLKS.
GETTING TO, THAT WAS MY THOUGHT.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S THE UNDERSTANDING.
UH, ANYBODY ELSE ON THE BOARD WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME STUFF OFF THE AGENDA? IF NOT, WE'LL GO TO OUR FRIEND.
UH, YOU SENT AN EMAIL ABOUT A ZOOM MEETING ON THURSDAY? YEAH.
SO JUST GOING TO AT TWO, THE IDEA THERE, MIKE, IS TO GET A HANDLE ON WHERE WE'RE AT ON THE, ON THE NINE DIFFERENT PROJECTS, SEE HOW WE'RE DOING.
AND IF PEOPLE CAN'T MAKE THE ZOOM ON THURSDAY AT TWO, WE'LL TRY TO CATCH 'EM FRIDAY.
I THOUGHT I'D DO TWO ON FRIDAY, BUT SEND OUT AN EMAIL TOMORROW.
IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT THURSDAY, WE'LL TRY TO GET THE REMAINDER OF YOU FOR FRIDAY.
ARE YOU GONNA DO IT EARLIER OR LATER AGAIN? WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY TWO, UNLESS, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE, I DON'T CARE WHY YOU GOT SOME WORK ISSUES.
WELL, I WORK, I WORK DURING THE DAY.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU AVAILABLE IF I, WELL, PROBABLY AFTER FOUR, WELL, UH, WE LOSE SOME OF OUR PEOPLE WHO GO HOME AT THREE.
I MEAN, IF YOU WANNA HAVE IT AND, AND THERE'S PROBABLY A COPY OF IT OR YEAH, WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
AND A LOT OF OUR FOLKS AFTER THREE ARE, THEY'RE TOUGH TO GET.
AND IF YOU MISS IT, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEND IT OUT TO EVERYBODY.
BRIAN, IS THIS AN OFFICIAL MEETING? PARDON ME? LIKE, WILL IT REQUIRE MINUTES? IT'S, UH, NO, IT WILL NOT REQUIRE MINUTES.
MAINLY NOT SO MUCH, UH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PASSING RESOLUTIONS, BUT JUST KIND OF LIKE OUR DEPARTMENT HEAD MEETINGS WHERE WE GET INPUT FROM THIS PERSON, THAT PERSON, THIS PERSON, THAT PERSON.
NO LEGISLATION WILL RESULT FROM THAT, OR RESOLUTIONS WILL RESULT FROM THAT.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF, YES, MA'AM.
UM, THE FIRST IS THE REJUVENATION COMMITTEE IS STARTING TO LOOK AT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THEIR EVENTS FOR THE YEAR.
UM, THEY HAVE TYPICALLY THREE MAIN EVENTS THAT WOULD BE THE TOWN WIDE CLEANUP, THE BLAST ON THE BEACH, AND THEN THE CHRISTMAS IN THE CABIN.
UM, WHICH THEY CAN DEFER DECISION MAKING ON THAT.
BUT IN THE CLEANUP, THEY'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR.
UM, THE PEOPLE WILL PICK UP, UH, KITS, ET CETERA, SO IT WON'T BE ANY TYPE OF AN EVENT WHERE EVERYONE CONGREGATES.
SO THEY DON'T FEEL THEY HAVE ANY ISSUES THERE.
BUT THEY DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE BOARD, AND THEY FEEL LIKE THE DECISION REALLY HAS TO COME FROM THE BOARD AS WE DID LAST YEAR.
UM, REGARDING THE BLAST ON THE BEACH.
THAT EVENT, UH, THEY DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND THEY HAVE CONCERNS.
THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, EVEN WHETHER THE EVENT SHOULD TAKE PLACE, THERE ARE SOME WHO FEEL ARE WE ABLE AND WHAT WILL THE GUIDELINES BE AT THAT POINT? WILL WE BE ABLE TO POLICE PEOPLE KEEPING SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES OR WILL THOSE EVEN BE IN PLACE IF THE EVENT GOES FORWARD? THEN THEY HAVE SEVERAL CONCERNS.
THE FIRST BEING, UM, THEIR FUNDRAISING FOR THE EVENT HAS BEEN SHORTENED AND THEY HAVE CONCERNS THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FUNDRAISE IN THE SAME WAY THEY HAVE IN THE PAST.
AND IF THEY COME UP SHORT ON WHAT THEY NEED TO SPONSOR THE EVENT, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER THERE WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE, THE BOARD'S THINKING WAS ON ANY LEEWAY WITH THEIR BUDGET AMOUNT SINCE THEY DID NOT USE THEIR
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BUDGET LAST YEAR.AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT, THAT OF COURSE, THEY ALWAYS RELY HEAVILY ON SEVERAL OF THE DEPARTMENTS IN THE TOWN FOR OVERTIME DURING THAT DAY.
AND OF COURSE WE HAVE BEEN VERY CAUTIOUS, ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST YEAR REGARDING OVERTIME AND, UH, FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
SO THEY REALLY FELT AT THIS POINT THAT THEY NEEDED GUIDANCE FROM THE BOARD YES.
BEFORE THEY STARTED TO DO ANY MORE PLANNING OR EVEN TO MAKE A DECISION REGARDING THE EVENT.
WELL, THAT'S A WORTHY THING TO CONSIDER.
I, UH, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE CDC IS GOING TO BE OR WHERE NEW YORK IS GOING TO BE.
UH, WHETHER WE'RE AT HERD IMMUNITY AT 70, 75 OR 80%, OR WHETHER WE HAVE THE VACCINATION ROLLOUT IS TERRIFIC.
TWO THOU, 2 MILLION, UH, UH, UH, A DAY OR A WEEK, WHATEVER IT IS.
BUT, UH, WE'RE DOING MUCH BETTER.
I DON'T KNOW, IS THERE, IS THERE A DROP DEAD DATE THAT THEY NEED? THEY DE WELL, THEY'RE ALREADY ACTUALLY THEIR TIME.
RIGHT? THEY'RE, WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF THEIR PATH IS DROP DEAD, BUT THEY DEFINITELY, THEIR FUNDRAISING TIME HAS ALREADY BEEN SHORTENED.
TYPICALLY BY NOW THEY WOULD'VE BEEN GIVING DEPOSITS.
AND SOME OF THOSE DEPOSITS ARE FAIRLY, YOU KNOW, LARGE AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDRAISING TO COVER.
THEY DO FEEL THAT PROBABLY EVEN IF THE EVENT TAKES PLACE, IT WOULD BE SOMEWHAT SCALED, A SCALED DOWN VERSION THIS YEAR.
THEY EVEN MIGHT MAKE SOME CHANGES IN TERMS OF THE VENDORS, WHAT VENDORS THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE SOME OF THE GROUPS PROVIDING, UM, FOOD OTHER THAN ACTUAL VENDORS WHO, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE DOING THIS MORE REGULARLY.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A LOT TO CONSIDER, BUT THEY FELT THE FIRST STEP WAS TO REALLY FIND OUT WHAT OUR THOUGHTS WERE AND, AND WHAT COMMITMENT WE WERE WILLING TO GIVE IN TERMS OF THAT.
THEY DID HAVE A SHORTFALL REGARDING FUNDRAISING.
THIS IS THE LAST SATURDAY TRADITIONALLY IN JULY.
HOW, HOW MUCH ARE YOU TALKING FROM A DOLLAR STANDPOINT IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY MIGHT NEED AND WHAT WE, WHAT THEY MIGHT NEED FROM US? YEAH.
THAT'S, THAT'S VERY HARD TO TELL.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY'RE IN A RE BECAUSE THEY, THEY HAVE NO SENSE OF WHAT THEIR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE EVERYONE'S BEEN IN THIS SITUATION.
AND SO, UM, THEY TYPICALLY KNOW WHO THEY CAN RELY ON FOR FUNDRAISING, AND THEY REALLY DON'T HAVE A SENSE WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO COME UP VERY SHORT.
UH, I THINK THEY SOMETIMES SPEND ALMOST 9,000 IN FIREWORKS ALONE.
UM, AND TYPICALLY FUNDRAISING WILL COVER MM-HMM
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO ESTIMATE WHAT THE IMPACT OF COVID AND, AND WITH BUSINESSES, ET CETERA, WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ANY TYPE OF SUCCESS WITH THEIR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS.
SO THEY WANT TO KNOW FROM US TWO THINGS, AND THEY WANT, THEY WANT TO GET OUR BLESSING TO GO FORWARD.
AND THEN SECONDLY, THEY WANNA KNOW, BECAUSE THEIR FUNDRAISING HAS COMPACTED SOMEWHAT, THEY WANT TO KNOW, WILL THE TOWN HELP MAKE UP SOME OF THE DIFFERENCE IF THEY CAN'T PUT IT ALL TOGETHER? CORRECT.
HOW MUCH HAS BEEN SPENT IN PAST YEAR, IT'S JUST A ROUGH AVERAGE AS FAR AS IN A FUNDRAISER FOR THE EVENT, THE TOTAL COST OF THE EVENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THE TOTAL COST OF THE EVENT BECAUSE SO MUCH OF IT IS COVERED BY FUNDRAISING.
THEIR BUDGET FOR THE YEAR IS $5,000, AND THAT COVERS ALL THREE EVENTS.
SO THEIR FUNDRAISING IS, IS VERY SIGNIFICANT.
IT PRETTY MUCH TAKES CARE OF THE, THE EXPENSES.
THAT'S THE UNKNOWN FOR THEM RIGHT NOW.
AND I CAN GET, I CAN ASK LAURA TO TRY TO GIVE ME A BETTER SENSE OF, OF THAT IF, IF YOU NEED, WE COULD PUT LIKE A CAP ON HOW MUCH, UH, WE'D BE WILLING TO YEAH.
WE'RE NOT GONNA KNOW BETH ANYMORE TWO WEEKS FROM NOW THAN WE KNOW TODAY.
UH, SO MY SENSE OF IT IS BY THE END OF JULY, I'M, I'M A BETTING PERSON TO SOME EXTENT.
I'M, I'M WILLING TO BET THAT, UH, RESTRICTIONS WILL BE PRETTY MUCH EASED AND IT MIGHT BE A, A, A VERY WELCOME EVENT AT THE END OF THE END OF, UH, JULY.
SO I, IF YOU HAD TO PUT ME ON THE SPOT, I'D SAY LET'S TAKE A RUN AT IT.
I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE READY TO, TO DO THINGS.
UH, I, THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR LONG ENOUGH, THEY KNOW THE LOGISTICS MM-HMM
I'M SURE THEY CAN PUT A PLAN IN PLACE AT, YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT WHEN WE KNOW WHERE THE SAFETY MEASURES ARE.
UH, AND I THINK IN TERMS OF, OF THE FINANCIAL END, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS DESERVE TO HAVE OUR BACKING.
IF, IF FOR SOME REASON THEY CAN'T COME UP WITH THE FUNDRAISING, THEY'VE DONE A FABULOUS JOB FOR 20, 30 YEARS.
IF THIS IS THE ONE YEAR WE HAVE TO KICK IN A LITTLE BIT, UH, TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT.
AND AS THEY SAID, IT'LL PROBABLY BE SCALED DOWN, UM, BASED ON WHERE WE DO STAND.
AND THEY'RE PREPARED TO DO THAT.
AND THEY'RE VERY, THEY'RE VERY ADAPTIVE, VERY CLEVER, UM, RESOURCEFUL GROUP OF PEOPLE.
SO I'M SURE THEY WILL ADJUST ACCORDING TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE, UM, GUIDELINES ARE AT THAT POINT.
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I'LL DO FOR THE NEXT MEETING IS ASK THEM TO PUT TOGETHER SOME ESTIMATES ON WHERE THEY STAND NOW.WHERE THEY, YOU KNOW, SOME PROJECTIONS YEAH.
WHAT THEY FEEL THEIR TOTAL COSTS WILL BE IF THEY ARE PAIRING BACK.
UH, SO THAT I CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.
AND BETHS, THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ADD TO THAT IS MM-HMM
ANY CONTRACTS, LIKE, OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THESE THINGS THEY HAVE TO SIGN CONTRACTS IN ADVANCE FOR MM-HMM
UM, I THINK WE PROBABLY WANT AN IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'RE COMMITTING TO AND HOW EARLY IN CASE THEY DO NEED TO SCALE BACK ANY FURTHER, JUST SO THAT THERE ISN'T TOO MUCH LIABILITY ON OUR END.
THE IDEAL TO HAVE A, A RANGE AND THEN WE CAN MAYBE GO BACK TO THEM AND SAY, WE'RE WILLING TO PUT IN X MM-HMM
UM, AND THEN THEY CAN ASSESS WHETHER THAT'S ADEQUATE OR NOT.
I'M SURE, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE A SENSE FROM US THAT WE, THAT THEY CAN, UM, PROCEED AND THAT OVER TIME TOO WOULD, UM, BE COVERED.
SO I THINK NOW THEY FEEL, I'M SURE THEY'LL FEEL LIKE THEY CAN START TO PLAN AND THEY CAN PUT THOSE NUMBERS TOGETHER FOR US.
NOW I MIGHT, I'M PRETTY SURE I SAW THIS, BUT I KNOW THE ST.
PATRICK'S DAY PARADES ARE CANCELED.
BUT I BELIEVE THE THING IS DAY PARADE IS, IS A GO AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE LEARNED FROM WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN RESPECT TO THIS.
DO WHAT BURGER FOSTER ARE THEY PLANNING OUT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BURGER FED, THAT'S JULY 15TH OR 16TH.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE FAIR.
WE ASSUME THE FAIR IS GONNA GO FORWARD, BUT, WELL, I GUESS THE THING WE HAVE ON OUR SIDE IS THAT IT'S ALL OUTDOORS.
IT'S LIMITED PARKING, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S MM-HMM
LIKE SEAN SAID IT WE'RE A YEAR IN NOW.
SO, AND AS FAR AS, AS FAR AS COMING UP WITH, WITH HELPING THEM OUT WITH THE FUNDING, I THINK AFTER, AFTER THIS YEAR, WE KINDA YEAH.
TO HEAR THAT THEY SHOULD BE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.
AND AS LONG AS THEY KNOW THEY HAVE THE OKAY.
BUT IF THEY'RE SHORT, I'M OKAY WITH IT.
UH, ONE OTHER ITEM, OR ACTUALLY A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS, UH, THERE WAS A QUESTION REGARDING, UH, OUR LARGE TRASH CONTRACT.
IT ENDS UP THAT THE AMOUNT BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR DOES NOT COVER WHAT THE INCREASE IS IN THE CONTRACT.
AND SO WE NEED SOME GUIDANCE IN, AGAIN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, SAM, BUT WE NEED SOME GUIDANCE ON WHERE TO TAKE THAT FROM MM-HMM
BECAUSE THAT'S COMING UP, THAT'S GONNA START VERY QUICKLY.
AND SO ESSENTIALLY, UM, THE LARGE TRASH PICKUP, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S PAID FOR OUT OF OUR B FUND MM-HMM
HOWEVER, THAT DEPARTMENT, UM, IS UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF TED CASEY.
WE PUT AS THE DEPARTMENT HEAD ON THAT WHEN KIND OF THE SPLIT WITH B AND G AND HIGHWAY WAS HAPPENING.
THAT, THAT ONE SEEMED LOGICAL.
UM, SO HISTORIC, I MEAN, THE B FUND REALLY, THERE AREN'T TOO MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THERE IN COMPARISON TO, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR GENERAL FUND.
SO AN ITEM LIKE THIS, I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS REQUEST WASN'T MADE DURING THE BUDGET SEASON MM-HMM
FOR THE INCREASE FOR THIS COMING YEAR.
SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT IT WOULD BE PAID FOR, FOR, FROM ONE OF HIS OTHER ACCOUNTS, UM, WITHIN THE B FUND.
IT IS SEPARATE FROM THE HIGHWAY FUND.
UM, OTHERWISE, UH, TO ME THAT MAKES THE MOST LOGICAL SENSE.
AND THEN WHAT HE CAN DO IS THIS YEAR WHEN HE APPLIES FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, HE CAN BUILD THE INCREASE IN LIKE WE HAVE EVERY OTHER YEAR.
SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, UM, IT, IT WOULD, IF, IF THAT'S THE ROUTE THAT YOU WANT TO GO, IT'S JUST A TRANSFER WITHIN ONE OF HIS OWN DEPARTMENTS.
SO THAT MEANS THAT YOU CAN JUST SIGN A BUDGET TRANSFER FORM.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE EVERYBODY? IT MAKES SENSE TO ME, I GUESS.
AND YOU'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT, SAM, THE TRANSFER AND THEN HAVE IT SIGNED? YES.
AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT IT WENT TO THE BOARD AND I WASN'T, UM, SURE WHETHER TO GET A DRAFT, JUST SO THEY COULD START TO LOOK AT IT, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'LL GO TO CODE REVIEW FIRST.
THERE WAS A, YOU'VE HEARD US REFERENCE THIS BEFORE, A MIXED USE ZONE.
UM, THE, THE PLANNING BOARD, BILL CLARK AND THE PLANNING BOARD, SOME PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PUT THAT TOGETHER.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE AND THEY DID PUT TOGETHER A DRAFT, I BELIEVE SOUNDED LIKE IT SOUNDED LIKE TECH.
RE REGARDING THE
AND AND WHAT AND WHAT IS THE BIG FUND TOWN? OUTSIDE VILLAGE? YEAH.
TOWN OUTSIDE THE TWO VILLAGES? YEAH.
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IT'S A TOWN OUTSIDE OF THE TWO VILLAGES.YEAH, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE BREAK DOWN, UP YEAR OVER YEAR FROM TWO 19.
1 79 WAS ADDED, THE CONTRACT PRICE WAS ONE OR 8 24 90.
AND THEN THE, UH, 2020, THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATION WAS 180 9 5, UH, THAT WAS THEN REDUCED TO 180 70.
AND THEN AS BETH HAD NOTED, THERE'S A GAP FOR THIS YEAR.
SO IT, IT LOOKS LIKE OVERALL THE MONEY IS COUNTED FOR, UH, THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE THREE YEARS OF THIS CONTRACT, BUT SHUFFLING UP THIS DIFFERENCE.
WELL, SAM MADE A SUGGESTION AS TO WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
SAM, DO YOU WANNA REITERATE THAT IN MORE LOUDLY THAN BEFORE? I THINK COMFORTABLE, SARAH, IF THAT MAKES YEAH, SURE.
10 SARAH GOING OFF THE SPEAKER.
SO WE JUST HAD TO SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER.
YOU HAVE, SO WITHIN YOUR B FUND YOU HAVE, THERE ARE TWO OTHER ACCOUNTS WITHIN THAT DEPARTMENT, UM, FOR THE LARGE TRASH PICKUP.
AND I MADE THE SUGGESTION THAT THE FUNDING COMES FROM THOSE TWO OTHER ACCOUNTS THAT ARE THERE TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE.
AND THEN IN THIS COMING YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS, YOU WILL SIMPLY APPLY FOR AN INCREASE TO MAKE UP FOR, UM, THAT PORTION THAT YOU DIDN'T INCLUDE IN YOUR BUDGET REQUEST LAST YEAR.
THIS IS THE, THE YEAR OF A LARGE CRASH.
SO THE BOARD WILL MAKE DETERMINATION WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANNA PUT THIS
I KNOW THERE WAS TALK A FEW WEEKS AGO RELATIVE TO COLLABORATION RELATIVE TO A GARBAGE PICKUP.
NOT THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED AS WELL HAVE TO.
YOU WERE, I WAS JUST COMMENTING ABOUT THE MIXED EXCUSE.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE BOARD'S AWARE OF THAT
I BELIEVE IT'S BE REVIEWED BY CODE REVIEW.
WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO ANY COMMENTS.
YEAH, THEY HAVEN'T AT THAT POINT IT HAD, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONE A COPY TO THE BOARD YET.
UM, WELL THAT IT DID, I THINK WHEN I LOOKED, WHEN I LOOKED TODAY, IT WENT TO, UM, CODE REVIEW, BUT I DON'T THINK A DRAFT WENT TO THE BOARD.
DO YOU WANT ME TO FORWARD THAT TO THE BOARD? WELL, IF YOU WANT TO I GOT IT.
THAT'S A VERY, BY THE WAY, IT'S A PRETTY GOOD CONCEPT.
I THINK IT, IT'S A, I THINK IT'S A TERRIFIC CONCEPT.
SO, AND, AND IT'S A FLOATING ZONE.
SO BASICALLY YOU'RE CREATING THE DISTRICT, SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TO APPLY MM-HMM
TO APPLY IT TO A PIECE OF PROPERTY.
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE CHANGING ANYBODY'S ZONING.
YOU HAVE A MIXED USE PROJECT OR WHATEVER.
ANYTHING ELSE? THEN WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE, THE AGENDA, THERE'S A FEW ITEMS, UM, THAT CHUCK AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, RELATIVE TO TRAINING ET WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT THEN.
UH, ANYBODY ELSE ON THE BOARD FOR ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT, DREW, WHAT DO YOU THINK? UH, JUST, UH, WE PUT TOGETHER, YOU HAVE FOUR RESOLUTIONS ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT.
BASED UPON TWO WEEKS AGO I MADE A PRESENTATION, UH, MR. CONNOLLY HAS THE 18 MILE CREEK PROTECTION ZONE, WHICH ALL YOU'RE DOING IS CALL IN A PUBLIC HEARING AT BEGINNING THE PROCESS FOR THAT, THAT PROJECT.
UM, WE HAVE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GLENN WETZEL.
THE REZONING TYPICAL PROCESS IS YOU'RE, YOU'RE THE LEAD AGENCY WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, ALLOWING A PLANNING BOARD SO THEY CAN LOOK AT BOTH PROJECTS.
WE HAVE PARKER ROAD SUBDIVISION AND THE GLENN WETZEL PROCESS.
WE'RE GONNA LOOK TOGETHER FROM A SECRET STANDPOINT.
WE'RE ALSO ASK YOU TO CALL A PUBLIC HEARING SO THE PLANNING BOARD CAN HEAR THE PUBLICS.
SO AFTER THAT, THE PLANNING BOARD WILL DO THEIR JOB OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS TO DO SEEKER.
IF THEY MAKE A GOOD A SEEKER DECISION, THEN IT WILL COME BACK TO YOU FOR A DECISION ON THE REZONING.
WHAT I WOULD OFFER TO THE BOARD IS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, PROVIDE INPUT AS A, AS AN EVOLVED AGENCY.
NOW PROVIDE INPUT FOR, TO THE PLANNING BOARD ON ANY CONCERNS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE WETZEL REZONING.
I'M SURE YOU'RE GETTING EMAILS FROM DIFFERENT RESIDENTS OUT THERE.
PLEASE PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
AND, AND PLUS YOU CAN DO THAT AS AN AGENCY.
JUST PROVIDE, SAY, HEY, HERE'S MY CONCERN.
HERE'S SOME EMAILS OR CALLS I'VE RECEIVED.
PLEASE PROVIDE THAT TO PLANNING BOARD BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO DO THEIR JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT THOSE ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED IN THAT PART OF TOWN.
IT'S GONNA CHANGE THAT PART OF TOWN.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TWO VERY LARGE PROJECTS SIDE BY SIDE UP THERE.
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UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING US.DREW, CAN I ASK YOU QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ONE? THAT, THAT RESOLUTION IS NUMBER 11 ON THE AGENDA.
IT, IT, IT SAYS HERE ONE, WHEREAS THE, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD CONDUCTED A COORDINATED SEEKER PROCESS TO ESTABLISH TOWN BOARD AS THE SEEKER LEAD AGENCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH, UH, UH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT.
AND THEN THE PLANNING BOARD, DURING ITS REVIEW OF THIS REZONING APPLICATION, RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FOR A MAJOR SUBDIVISION.
THAT'S THE, IN, IN ADDITION, BECAUSE INITIALLY THERE WERE A LI MORE LIMITED NUMBER OF APARTMENT UNITS, THEN THEY, THEY, THEY ABANDONED THAT AND THEN SUBMITTED A HUNDRED A PLAN FOR 152 OR THREE OR FOUR.
BUT WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THAT PART OF THE RESOLUTION IS THERE'S A PROJECT ADJOINING TO THIS.
SO NOW IT SAYS THE HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD, DURING ITS REVIEW OF THIS REZONING APPLICATION, RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FOR A MAJOR SUBDIVISION.
SO WITH THIS RESOLUTION IS ATTEMPTING TO DO THEN IS TO, IS TO DISLODGE US AS THE LEAD AGENCY ON THE APARTMENT PROJECT AND GIVE BOTH TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
THE, THE PLANNING BOARD AS AN INVOLVED AGENCY CAN SAY ANY, ANY AGENCY SENT YOU COULD STEP IN AND SAY, HEY, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE LEAD AGENCY.
YOU THEN NOW FINISH THIS PROCESS.
YOU CAN SAY, HEY, WE'RE NOT GONNA ACCEPT THE LEAD AGENCY.
THE PLANNING BOARD HAS ASKED, WE'RE GONNA GRANT THAT TO ANOTHER INVOLVED AGENCY.
NOW IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THAT, THERE'S A PROCESS.
YOU GO TO THE DEC TO RESOLVE IT, BUT THERE'S NO DISAGREEMENT AT THIS POINT.
THE PLANNING BOARD IS ASKING YOU AND I THINK YEAH, BASICALLY ON THE CONVERSATIONS YOU'RE ALLOWING THEM.
BUT AGAIN, WHAT I SAID IN COURT, OKAY, YOU'RE NOT GIVING UP.
PLEASE GIVE ANY INPUT TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF YOUR CONSERVATIVE.
'CAUSE ULTIMATELY THAT REZONING IS COMING BACK TO YOU FOR APPROVAL.
SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE TRY TO HAVE THE P BOARD ADDRESS THOSE SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE YOUR DECISION ON THE RECORD ABOUT THE REZONING.
YOU STILL HAVE THAT POWER ON THE REZONING.
THE NEXT ONE ON THE AGENDA IS THE, UM, MCKINLEY MALL.
THE INCENTIVE ZONING AGAIN, UH, WE'RE CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING, BEGINNING THE REVIEW PROCESS.
I THINK WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
HOPEFULLY THINGS WORK, WORK WITH THAT.
BUT IT'S A GREAT TOOL, ANOTHER TOOL FOR THE TOWN COURT TO USE.
NOT CHANGING THE UNDERLYING ZONING, BUT GIVING THIS AS A INCENTIVE ZONING LAW.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE JUST STARTING THE PROCESS ON THAT.
AND THE LAST ONE IS THE LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM.
MY UNDERSTANDING, AND I DID, UH, WALTER DID CALL ME THIS WEEKEND BECAUSE WE WANT ME TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE.
YOU HAVE SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
YOU HAVE A GRANT SIGN, A CONTRACT STATE OF NEW YORK.
THEY'VE AUTHORIZED YOU TO ALLOW YOU TO HIRE YOUR TOWN PLANNER IF YOU WANT TO.
SO WE PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL CONTRACT MATCHING.
WALTER ASKED ME HOW THEY COME UP WITH THE SCOPE OF SERVICES.
IT'S WORD FOR WORD OUT OF YOUR CONTRACT WITH THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
THE STATE OF NEW YORK SAYS, THESE ARE THE THINGS THE CONSULTANT MUST DO.
THE TEAM IS WWS PLANNING WHO'S DONE PROBABLY 50 L WPS THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE IS VERY COMFORTABLE WITH HER.
WE ALSO HAVE MARK VOLUSIA ON YOUR TEAM WHO YOU'RE ALSO HIRING SEPARATELY.
YOU'RE HIRING MARK TO DO THE GRANT MANAGEMENT OF THE PROJECT.
AND IT'S IN YOUR GRANT TO DO THAT.
AND HE'S GONNA BE PART OF OUR PROJECT TEAM.
MARK IS VERY INTIMATE WITH MEETING WITH ALL THE RESIDENTS ON THE WATERFRONTS.
AND WE THOUGHT HE WAS THE PERFECT ONE TO KEEP THE PUBLIC OUTREACH COMPONENT, WHICH IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROJECT, TO KEEP THAT COMMUNICATION OPEN WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE WATERFRONT.
'CAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WATERFRONT ISSUES CAN GET, GET COMPLICATED.
WE DID THE PREVIOUS LWRP AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE MARK ON OUR TEAM TO HELP WITH THAT COMMUNICATION AND MAKE SURE WE GET THAT PROPER INPUT.
SO, UH, IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, WALTER SAID IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE TIME, THEN BASICALLY YOU DON'T HAVE TO PASS THAT.
BUT WE'RE ASKING YOU WHETHER AT THIS BOARD MEETING OR THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEETING TO, TO GET GOING ON THAT.
I KNOW THE WATERFRONT COMMITTEE IS, IS READY TO GO ON IT.
WE DO HAVE TO HAVE TO PRODUCE THIS PROJECT.
BUT I THINK IT WAS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LWRP DOES WITH, FOR YOU.
ONCE YOU HAVE THIS ADOPTED NEW LWRP, WHICH IS GOING TO HAVE SUSTAINABILITY COMPONENT OF IT, YOU'RE GONNA OPEN UP A WHOLE DIFFERENT SOURCE OF GRANT MONIES THAT YOU CAN DO ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE THE PROBLEMS THAT EXIST ON YOUR WATERFRONT.
WE'RE HOPING THAT THE READY PROGRAM WOULD OPEN UP TO, TO THE COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAKE SHORELINE THAT CAN HELP WITH THOSE PROBLEMS AND OTHER ISSUES RELATED TO THE, TO THE WATERFRONT.
SO WE THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
IT'LL ALSO WORK HAND IN HAND WITH YOUR CONFERENCE PLAN.
'CAUSE AN LWRP IS YOUR CONFERENCE PLAN FOR THE WATERFRONT AND YOU'RE DOING A CONFERENCE PLAN FOR THE REST OF THE TOWN.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WILL TAKE PLACE.
AND IT WILL INCLUDE THE 18 MILE CREEK.
NOW ALSO INCLUDE 18 MILE CREEK, WHICH WILL BRING IN THE GRANT MONIES FOR WORK YOU WANNA DO ON 18 MILE COURSE.
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REMINDING ME OF THAT BIG CHANGE.UM, I'LL DO MY REGULAR, UH, PLANNING BOARD AGENDA IS VERY BUSY.
I'M SURE YOU'VE BEEN KEEPING, THEY HAD A LOT OF BIG PROJECTS BEFORE 'EM, A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS.
I KNOW CHICK-FIL-A'S GONNA BE COMING BACK AGAIN AND, AND OTHER THINGS GOING ON.
WE HAVE ANOTHER DOLLAR GENERAL.
UM, WE DID HAVE, UH, I WANNA THANK SARAH SARAH'S ON THE LINE.
SHE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH JEN AND PARK FOR THE VILLAGE OF LADALE BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THE, THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD'S NOW REVIEWING PROJECTS THAT ARE VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE.
WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, OUR PLANNING BOARD WANTED TO MAKE SURE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE.
'CAUSE THEIR LAWS ARE VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD UNDERSTANDS THE LAWS AREN'T THE SAME.
WE'RE NOT REVIEWING 'EM UNDER THE LAWS OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
WE'RE REVIEWING 'EM UNDER THE LAWS OF THE VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE.
SO I THANK SARAH, SHE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH JOHN CLARK TODAY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE.
UM, WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON 5G ISSUES IN THE TOWN.
AND THE TOWN ATTORNEY IS, UH, UH, TAKING THE LEAD ON THAT WITH THE SUPERVISOR.
I THINK THAT IS ALL OF MY REPORT FOR THE, AND IT'S VERBAL TODAY.
I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T GET A MEMO OUT I GAVE YOU ONE, TWO WEEKS AGO, BUT MOST OF IT THE SAME.
SO IT'S JUST UPDATING YOU ON THOSE ISSUES.
DREW, LET ME ASK YOU A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
UH, WITH REGARD TO THE, UH, UH, THE LWRP.
UH, THE CONTRACT SUM IS $56,000 FOR THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THAT WILL BE RENDERED.
BUT, UH, IT DOES INDICATE IN THE CONTRACT THAT, UH, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT WENDELL MAY BE REQUIRED TO PERFORM BEYOND THOSE WHICH ARE OUTLINED IN THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? AND WE ALWAYS PUT THAT CAVEAT ON THERE.
IF YOU ASK FOR SOMETHING ELSE TO BE DONE, WE'RE GONNA PUT A PROPOSAL TO YOU TO DO IT.
BUT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING THE L WRP FOR THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
WE'VE DONE DOZENS OF, MATTER OF FACT WE'VE DONE TO THE NORTH, WE'VE DONE THE CITY OF LA JUAN, CITY OF BUFFALO ALL THE WAY UP.
WE'VE DONE ALL THE WAY ACROSS ORLEANS COUNTY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE UNDERSTANDING LRPS ARE VERY PROGRAMMATIC.
THE REST OF IT IS THE CREATIVITY THAT MARK AND THE PEOPLE OF TOWN ARE GONNA BRING AND SAY THESE ARE OUR NEEDS AND WHATEVER.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT, THAT ANY ADDITIONAL SERVICES ARE SOMETHING CORRECT.
ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO AGREE ON THAT WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE? CORRECT.
IF YOU COME TO ME AND SAY, DREW, YOU'VE RECOMMENDED THIS PROJECT, CAN YOU DO A LITTLE MORE DESIGN FOR THAT? WHEN WE DID THE CITY OF BUFFALO WAS LWRP.
THEY WON, THEY HIRED A SEPARATE CONTRACT 'CAUSE THEY LIKED SOME OF THE IDEAS AND THEY WANTED FURTHER DESIGN OF THOSE IDEAS IN THERE.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE PLANNING TO DO THAT WORK FOR WHAT'S IN YOUR BUDGET, WHICH WAS YOUR GRANT MONEY.
YOU HAD THREE IN KIND SERVICES, UH, THE TOWN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
THE EL THE WATERFRONT COMMITTEE.
AND THEN YOU ALSO HAD MR. BEKI AS THE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR.
I THINK THAT THAT ONE'S THE ONLY ONE I THINK COMING OUT OF YOUR POCKET.
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO PAY HIM.
WHAT WAS THE IN-KIND SERVICES FOR 4,000? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DO WE THAT WAS YOUR CONTRACT WITH THE STATE.
I WASN'T INVOLVED IN THAT IN THAT AGAIN, PUTTING, I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS.
PUTTING A GRANT TOGETHER FOR THE STATE OF NEW YORK FOR THESE TYPE OF GRANTS, YOU HAVE TO COME UP WITH A MATCH AND YOU CAN DO THAT IN, IN KIND SERVICES.
THEY'RE OFFERING THE TOWN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO DO $4,000 OF IN KIND SERVICES.
AND THEY'RE ALSO ASKING THE, THE COMMITTEE TO DO IN KIND SERVICES YOU CAN CHARGE FOR THEIR TIME PER SE.
SO THE LAST ONE WAS DONE IN 2009.
IS THERE, WHAT'S THE AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A PLAN BEFORE YOU HAVE TO DO A FULL NEW ONE? THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS NO, WE'VE RUN COMP, WE'VE DONE L WPS THAT HAVE LASTED 20, 25 YEARS.
THE ISSUE IS THAT A LOT OF COMMUN ARE DOING LWRP UPDATES RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE STATE HAS CHANGED SOME CRITERIA, THEY NOW REQUIRE SUSTAINABILITY.
SO THEY'RE ENCOURAGING COMMUNITIES TO UPDATE THEIR L WRP.
NOW, HOPEFULLY THAT LWRP WILL LAST ANOTHER 10, 15 YEARS OR PLUS, UNLESS THE STATE CHANGES CHANGES, OTHER THINGS.
YOU REALIZE WHAT AN LWRP DOES IS WITHOUT AN LWRP IN PLACE, THE STATE OF NEW YORK CONTROLS YOUR WATERFRONT.
THE ONLY, THE ONLY COMMUNITY IN WESTERN NEW YORK THAT DOESN'T HAVE AN LWRP IS THE CITY OF NIAGARA FALLS.
BASICALLY, THEY'VE BEEN TOLD THE STATE OF NEW YORK WHERE LIKE YOU KEEP CONTROL OF WHAT HAPPENS THERE.
UM, BUT WITH AN LWRP, YOU GAIN MORE CONTROL OF WHAT HAPPENS IN PLANNING FOR YOUR WATERFRONT, ET CETERA.
SO IT'S REQUIRED IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT CONTROL.
AND AGAIN, THE LENGTH OF TIME DEPENDS UPON WHAT HAPPENS.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE A, THE SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENT, EASY TO GET THE GRANT, WE NEED TO UPDATE THAT.
AND B MY UNDERSTANDING OF MARK MAKI'S WORK WITH THE WATERFRONT PEOPLE IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT TOWN WANTS TO DO ON THE WATERFRONT.
AND IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE THIS UPDATED PLAN THAT INCLUDES THOSE IDEAS THAT ARE IN THERE.
I THINK THE TIMING'S GOOD, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING WE HAVE GOING ON, UH, IN THE 18 MILE CREEK IS, IS, IS ESSENTIAL TOO THERE.
UM, BUT MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION IS, IS THERE A WAY
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TO CREATE THIS SO THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO IN ANOTHER 10 YEARS OR 11 YEARS, LIKE IN THIS CASE, UM, CREATE A WHOLE NEW DOCUMENT AS OPPOSED TO AMENDING THE EXISTING? I MEAN, WOULD, COULD IT BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO AMEND EXISTING? YOU CAN UPDATE YOUR CONFERENCE MATTERS A LITTLE OR AS MUCH AS YOU WANT.THE STATE OF NEW YORK IS GOING TO FI PROVIDE FUNDS FOR WHEN THEY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU UPDATE IT.
BUT LIKE I SAID, SOME OF THE L WPAS OUT THERE ARE STILL 30 YEARS OLD AND THEY BOTH HAVE NO INTENT OF UPDATING THEM.
THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'VE BEEN OFFERING MONEY.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO CREATE IT? THEY'RE ALL PRETTY STANDARD.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD EXPLAINED TO THE PEOPLE IS THAT, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE VERY PROGRAMMATIC.
THEY'RE WHAT YOU HAVE TO PUT IN THERE.
THE CREATIVE PART OF IT IS THE PROJECTS YOU CREATE.
SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS, SAY FOR TWO YEARS FROM NOW, IF YOU HAD NEW PROJECTS YOU WANT TO ADD TO IT, I BELIEVE YOU DON'T HAVE TO HIRE A CONSULTANT.
YOU COULD PAY SOMEBODY, SAY SOMEONE ELSE TO DO THAT AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE DOING MINOR AMENDMENTS TO IT.
YOU STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
YOU HAVE TO FILE WITH THE STATE.
AND THERE'S, THERE'S A PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENT FOR THEM HAVING THAT DONE.
THE STATE OF NEW YORK WANTS TO MAKE SURE IT'S DONE TO THEIR STANDARDS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S UP TO YOU.
THERE'S NO, I SAID COMPREHENSIVE PLANS.
I CAN, I TELL YOU LW PS ARE KIND OF LIKE UP TO YOU TO DECIDE.
THERE'S NO MANDATE TO CHANGE IT.
LIKE, LIKE, UH, UM, UH, BETH SAID THAT BASICALLY ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS IS WHEN YOU WANTED TO ADD 18 MILE CREEK, WHICH IS ANOTHER NEW CHANGE IN THE LAW, ALLOWING INLAND WATER.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT IN OH NINE.
IT WAS NOT AN INLAND WATERWAY.
YOU COULD NOT INCLUDE IT IN LWRP.
SO, UM, I GUESS MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE, UH, WHEN YOU MAKE IT, WHEN YOU FINALIZE IT, IF, IF MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A GAME PLAN, UM, EVERY THIRD YEAR, EVERY SECOND YEAR, EVERY FIVE YEARS, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.
THAT WAY WE CAN EXTEND THE LIFE EXPECTANCY AND WE CAN SAVE A LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE AN AMENDMENT MIGHT COST 2,500 EVERY FIVE YEARS AS OPPOSED TO 60,000 EVERY 10 YEARS.
THE ONLY THING ABOUT THE 60,000 IS YOUR END OF THAT IS ONLY IN KIND SERVICES 25%.
SO THE STATE OF NEW YORK IS SAYING, WE AGREE, YOU NEED TO UPDATE THIS.
IF YOU CAME TO THREE YEARS FROM NOW, THEY MAY SAY, WELL, WE'RE NOT GONNA HELP YOU PAY FOR ANY OF THIS.
THIS IS, WE DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.
AGAIN, IF THEY CHANGE SOMETHING AGAIN, THEY WOULD COME OUT.
MATTER OF FACT, I HAD APPROACHED SOME COMMUNITIES THAT LACK OF WATER ONLY DID THEIRS TWO YEARS AGO.
THEY'RE ALREADY GOING THROUGH AN UPDATE.
'CAUSE THE STATE STEPPED BACK EVEN BEFORE THEY ADOPTED, THEY SAID, WE WANT YOU TO ADD SUSTAINABILITY TO THIS.
WE CHANGED OUR CRITERIA AND WHATEVER.
SO CITY OF KNOCK FALLS NOW IS, UM, CITY OF BLACK AND WHITE IS NOW GONNA HAVE TO UPDATE THEIR PLAN BEFORE THEY EVEN GOT ADOPTED.
SO THE GRANT, UM, MADE IT AN OPPORTUNE TIME FOR US TO DO THIS AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ADDING THE 18 MILE CREEK IN THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM ME? NO, I, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANYMORE, UH, ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO ON THAT YET? WELL, ONE MORE ON THE, WELL, ON THE INCENTIVE ON THE INCENTIVE ZONING.
UH, WE'VE MADE IT CLEAR IN THE MAP AND IN THE LOCAL LAW THAT, UH, IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE THE MALL SBL NUMBERS AND THE RING PROPERTIES ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF MCKINLEY.
AND THE PROPERTIES THAT, THAT CIRCLE THE MALL RIGHT AS YOU'RE MOVING EAST, UH, DOWN MILES
AND THERE'S A MAP IN YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT.
AND BY THE WAY, THIS IS CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING TO DO A COORDINATOR REVIEW.
I'VE ALREADY GOT SOME COMMENTS.
UH, UH, UH, UH, THE PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS, SOME HAVE SENT SOME COMMENTS AND WANT SOME TWEAKS AND TWEAKS IN IT.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE COMMENTS, WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TO 'EM AND SAY, HEY, ANY OTHER CHANGES YOU WANT? REMEMBER WE'RE TRYING TO GET CREATIVE ON USES INCENTIVES AND OTHER THINGS IN THAT WALL, SO, OKAY.
YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD EXPECT WE'RE GONNA GET COMMENTS.
YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH ANYTHING ELSE OFF THE AGENDA? YOU WANNA GO THROUGH THE AGENDA AND THEN WE CAN MAYBE TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK AND TALK ABOUT SOME STUFF AS WE GO ALONG HERE.
JEN, DID YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE POLICE DISPATCH PROJECT? SAY WHAT? THE POLICE DISPATCH PRO, LIKE THE OLD POLICE DISPATCH AREA? NO, UH, NOT REALLY.
UH, UH, WE CAN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT, THAT UH, UH, SESSION ON THURSDAY.
UH, PROGRESS REPORT IN TERMS OF, UH, THE DISPATCH AREA.
NOW IS, MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THAT SEAN KARATE'S BEEN ABLE TO USE A LOT OF CARES ACT MONEY TO MAKE SOME UPGRADES AND SOME COSMETIC CHANGES AND, AND I THINK SOME STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO DISPATCH.
WE'VE GOT, UH, VACANT SPACE, UH, IN I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE YEAH, THE VACANT SPACE IN TOWN HALL.
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I, I THINK WE'RE GET INTO THAT ON THURSDAY, BUT IF PEOPLE WANNA DISCUSS IT NOW, IT'S OKAY WITH ME.DO YOU WANT ME TO, DO YOU WANT ME TO BE THERE THURSDAY THEN FOR THAT? WELL, I, I DON'T REMEMBER IF WE PUT YOU ON THE EMAIL THREAD.
I, I HAVEN'T BEEN ON ANY OF THE EMAIL THREADS FOR IT.
I'LL, I'LL SEND YOU ONE TOMORROW.
WELL, KAREN, WE'RE GONNA APPROVE SOME MINUTES AND WE'RE GONNA, AND BY THE WAY, KAREN, WE'RE GONNA MAKE, UH, WE BRIAN WALINSKI AND BRAD BRADSKY MARRIAGE CLERKS.
YOU GUYS HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MARRY PEOPLE.
YOU'VE GOT A WEDDING SCHEDULED ON WEDNESDAY, SO IF THERE'S NO OFFICIAL TO OFFICIATE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE EMBARRASSING SITUATION.
CAN, CAN'T YOU DO IT? I DUNNO.
SO THE BOARD HAS TO AUTHORIZE SOMEBODY TO DO IT.
SO WE GOT THAT, BUT WE GOT THE MINUTES HERE.
22ND, UH, WORK AND REGULAR SESSION.
BETH, ANYTHING ON THE FAIR HOUSING PRO? THIS IS SOMETHING WE DO ANNUALLY.
IT'S, UM, TO RECOGNIZE FAIR HOUSING, THE NATIONAL FAIR HOUSING ACT AND THAT APRIL IS, UH, A MONTH THAT MM-HMM
AND THIS IS, UH, THE 53RD ANNIVERSARY.
WHAT DO WE GOT THERE? UH OH, THIS IS, WELL THIS IS THE SETUP FOR TOWN BOARD MEETINGS FOR THE SECOND, UH, QUARTER OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.
TAKES US TO THE LAST MEETING IN JUNE.
SO ANY QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS WITH THAT? THEY'RE SET FOR APPROXIMATELY EVERY TWO WEEKS.
I GUESS I JUST HAVE ONE CONFLICT THAT CERTAINLY WE COULD STILL HAVE, BUT, UM, JUST WANNA MAKE YOU AWARE, I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN ON, UH, FIRST WEEK IN APRIL.
SO YOU, WHICH IS DINGUS DAY TOO.
AND BRIAN HAS ALREADY NOTED THAT THERE'S STILL THE PARADE AND
I WOULD IN THE PAPER, THAT'S ALL.
WELL, UH, APRIL 5TH, YOU WON'T BE WITH US ON APRIL THE FIFTH.
I MAY NOT BE HERE ON THE 19TH, BUT I DON'T KNOW YET.
UM, OH, BRIAN HO HAD SENT OVER, UH, UH, REQUEST TO APPOINT ANITA METZKER.
SHE'S BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR FIVE YEARS AND SHE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE.
SO, UH, I TOLD BRIAN THAT, UH, WE WOULD TAKE THIS UP THIS WEEK.
UM, AND THEN, UH, MR. ROBERT MANN, UH, WANTS TO JOIN THE LAKE SHORE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY.
THEY SENT A LETTER IN REQUESTING THAT, SO THAT'S OKAY.
KAREN, I'LL TURN THIS NEXT ONE OVER TO YOU.
UM, THIS ONE, JUAN IS JUST TAKING FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFICE.
THE PART-TIME CLERK, UH, WHO WAS SEASONAL IS GOING TO JUST PART-TIME NOW.
UH, AND SEAN, WE'VE GOT, UH, YOUTH AND RECREATION, UH, MARTY'S JUST GOT MARYANNE
THIS IS IN REGARDS TO THE FEED HAMBURG.
THERE'S A VACANCY THAT, UH, MARYANNE, UH, IS POISED TO TAKE TAKE ON.
UH, SHE'S BEEN WITH 'EM FOR, SINCE THE INCEPTION.
UH, YEAH, AN EXCELLENT VOLUNTEER.
UM, OKAY, GREAT BACKGROUND IN LEADERSHIP SKILLS.
UH, SO THIS IS GONNA BE FILLING A VOID THAT'S THERE NOW FOR THE PROGRAM.
NOW, NUMBER 10, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, THIS IS THE RESOLUTION THAT DREW TALKED ABOUT, UH, A LITTLE BIT.
ANYTHING MORE YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT THAT? OKAY.
EVERYBODY ALRIGHT WITH THAT ONE? ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE 22ND AND THEN, UH, THE CODE REVISION, UH, COMMITTEE HAS ALREADY LOOKED AT IT.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, WETZEL, UH, ON THE, GIVING THE PLANNING BOARD THE AUTHORITY TO BE THE LEAD AGENCY WITH REGARD TO THE TWO PROJECTS THAT ARE NOW PENDING.
THIS RESOLUTION, UH, TALKS ABOUT THAT AS A, AS A RESOLVE, BUT THE WAREHOUSES WERE A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING TO ME, BUT IN ANY EVENT,
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THAT'S THE THRUST OF IT.SO THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG THING FOR US TO CONSIDER DOWN THE ROAD.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE MCKINLEY MALL, UH, INCENTIVE ZONING RESOLUTION.
WE SET UP A MEETING, A PUBLIC HEARING RATHER FOR THE 22ND, AND DREW'S GOT THE MAP ATTACHED TO IT.
AND BETH, THERE YOU ARE ON THE LWRP, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT DREW WAS JUST, UH, SPEAKING ABOUT.
AND, AND THEN THIS ONE, UH, BETH IS THE, UH, OUR FRONT MIDDLE SCHOOL RIGHT DEAL WHERE WE'RE ABLE NOW TO HAVE SIGNS POSTED, WE'RE INSTRUCTING THAT SIGNS BE POSTED, UH, TO DENOTE THE SPEED, UH, ZONE AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
YOU KNOW, WHAT IS YOUR FEELING, UH, ABOUT, I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT IT, UH, UH, BETH, BUT I THINK I'VE TALKED TO MAYBE KAREN TOO.
UH, I THOUGHT THAT, THAT, UH, IT WOULD BE A WORTH CONSIDERING MAKING DALE BETWEEN FIVE AND 20, A 30 MILE ZONE, THEREBY ENABLING US TO GO DOWN TO 20 ON THE, UH, SCHOOL ZONE.
BECAUSE OUR FRIEND GINA, UH, WIL KOWSKI HAS SAID, CONTRARY TO OUR 1968 LAW, YOU CAN'T MAKE THE SCHOOL ZONE SPEED MORE THAN 10 MILES LESS THAN THE, THAN THE SPEED FOR THE STREET ITSELF.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT? I I LIKE THE 30 20.
OR WOULD YOU DO 30 THE OLD LENGTH TILL YOU HIT 20? OR, OR AFTER THE SCHOOL? WELL, WELL I, BUT RIGHT NOW THIS, THE ROAD ITSELF IS 35.
AND, AND OF COURSE THERE'S NOTHING IN THE DARN SPEED ZONE.
SO YOU'D BE 35 AND YOU GOT SOME PEOPLE CRUISING AROUND THERE, 45 AND SO ON.
AND, AND AS YOU KNOW, DRIVING THAT ROAD, WHEN YOU GET AROUND THE SCHOOL, YOU'RE DOWN, YOU'VE GOT CURVES, IT GETS A LITTLE BIT, UH, DICEY.
SO I DON'T KNOW, I, UH, WE COULD REQUEST A TRAFFIC STUDY.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING THAT.
REMEMBER WE COULD, WE STARTED, THIS STARTED ACTUALLY WITH, UM, WE DID A STUDY AND WE HAD THE CAMERAS ALONG THERE TO GATHER DATA THAT SUPPORTED THE NEED TO GO FORWARD WITH GETTING A SCHOOL ZONE DESIGNATION.
UM, ONE, AND I SPOKE TO KATE HILLMAN ABOUT THIS SOFT ZONE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE THINKING, UH, IS THAT GOING AHEAD WITH, THIS IS A START.
IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD START AND WHAT WE CAN DO, IT MIGHT BE A GREAT STEP AND EITHER IT MIGHT BE A GREAT FIRST STEP OR WE MIGHT FIND OUT THAT THAT'S ALL THAT'S NEEDED, BUT BY GETTING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS READY TO GO SO WE CAN GET THIS DONE AND, UM, IN PLACE AND WE CAN START TO GET THE RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE COMING TRAVERSING THROUGH THEIR USE TO THE NEW SPEED ZONE.
AND THEN WE COULD ALWAYS DO A STUDY AGAIN AND SEE HOW THIS FIRST STEP IMPACTS THAT WHOLE STRETCH.
MAYBE IT'LL HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE WHOLE STRETCH.
IF NOT, THEN WHAT WE CAN DO IS COME BACK AND WE WOULD HAVE THAT DATA TO SUPPORT GOING FORWARD WITH LOOKING AT A CHANGE IN SPEED FOR THE WHOLE LENGTH.
AND THEN WE REDUCE THE, WELL WE COULD ASK THE COUNTY IN A COUPLE MONTHS IF YOU WANT IT.
WE ASK THE COUNTY TO CONDUCT THE STUDY.
UH, AND THEN, UH, THAT TAKES THEM SEVERAL MONTHS.
AND THEN THEY WOULD COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION.
YOUR REQUEST TO GO TO 30 AND THEN 20 MAKES SENSE OR NO, THE, THE FACTS DON'T SUPPORT IT.
THE ONLY THING I, I WOULD PUT OUT THERE AS A CAVEAT IS THE SITUATION WITH THE SCHOOL RIGHT NOW, IF WE DO A STUDY NOW, HOW ACCURATE IS IT COMPARED TO RIGHT WHEN, WHEN THINGS ARE REALLY OLD? THAT'S RIGHT.
SO I, AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THIS INTERIM STEP, I AGREED TO THE FIRST STEP AND WHEN EVERYTHING GETS KIND OF BACK TO NORMAL AND PEOPLE ARE, IT'S NORMAL THERE INSTEAD OF LIMITED.
'CAUSE IT IS LIMITED HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING THERE.
I'M HOPING THAT ONCE THIS GOES INTO PLACE THAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE AN EFFECT ON THAT WHOLE STRETCH.
HEY, HEY KAMI, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? UH, UM, WE POSTPONED BY, WE DID A TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WE RESOLVED TO DO IN EARLY 2020, I'M SORRY, LATE 2019, I THINK IT WAS REGARDING THE CROSSWALK AT LAKE AVENUE WHERE THE SENIOR CITIZENS FACILITY IS RIGHT ON THE VILLAGE TOWN LINE, REMEMBER? AND WE GOT THAT ONE PROPOSAL FROM ONE COMPANY.
AND IT WAS REALLY, REALLY VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE WE THOUGHT.
AND WE THOUGHT, MY GOSH, WE GOTTA GET MORE PROPOSALS.
THE TIMING IN THE, IN THE GIVEN PORTION OF THE YEAR MAYBE HAVE BEEN OFF.
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WE BE READY TO GO BACK WITH, UH, THE SAME SPECS AND A NEW, UH, BID DOCK IN, IN APRIL OR MAY OF THIS YEAR? YEAH.YOU THINK THAT'S A GOOD TIMING THEN? YES, I THINK SO.
YOU MIGHT WANNA GO APRIL SOONER TO GET AHEAD, GET ON ON SCHEDULES FOR SUBCONTRACTORS EARLY.
YOU MIGHT GET A BETTER, UM, PRICING.
WELL, YEAH, I THOUGHT WE COULD ALSO DISCUSS SOME REALLY MINOR CHANGES.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE, UH, ELIMINATE SOME OF THE SIDEWALK THAT WAS ASSOCIATED OR SOMETHING OF SORT.
UM, THE CROSSWALK IS OBVIOUSLY THE BIG ITEM AND THAT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE.
AND THAT FLASHING LIGHT, UH, TOO ALL THE SIGNS.
THE LIGHTS AND THE ACTUAL PAINTING IN THE CROSSWALK.
SO YOU THINK WE OUGHT TO MAYBE GET THE SPECS READY TO GO OUT IN APRIL? YES.
WELL, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU NEED ANOTHER BOARD RESOLUTION.
WE'VE ALREADY AUTHORIZED YOU TO DO IT.
YOUR COMPANY HAS DRAWN THE SPECS.
YOU SHOULD, YOU'RE JUST CHANGING THE DATES.
IT'S, IT'S NOT A YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S, I HESITATE TO EVEN CALL IT AN UPDATE BECAUSE WE'RE JUST CHANGING DATES AND REPOSTING IT OUT.
AND WE DID AGREE WITHOUT PASSING A RESOLUTION, THERE WAS A GENERAL CONSENSUS ON THE BOARD THAT, UH, THAT ONE BID WAS JUST WAY OUTTA LINE AND WE NEEDED TO GO OUT AND TEST THE MARKET.
IT HAD A BETTER TIME DURING THE YEAR.
ALRIGHT THEN I'LL SEND YOU A MEMO AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP FOR APRIL THEN.
UH, NUMBER 15, EMPLOYEE TRAINING.
WE HAVE, UM, GONE THROUGH THIS A A FEW TIMES IN THE PAST.
SO WE DO HAVE TRAINING THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH.
UM, THAT WOULD BE OUR, OUR, UM, SEXUAL WORKPLACE VIOLENCE AND OUR HARASSMENT AND OUR BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS TRAINING.
AND SO THIS RESOLUTION NOW THAT WE HAVE MR. MCQUILLAN AND AS OUR WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY COORDINATOR, I KNOW THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS, WE, WE PUT THAT POSITION SOMEWHAT AS THE POINT PERSON.
THEY WOULD CONSULT WITH OUR LABOR RELATIONS CONSULTANT, OUR, UM, UH, PERSONNEL DIRECTOR, OUR, THE EVANS AGENCY.
OUR TOWN INSURANCE BROKER AND OUR TOWN HEALTH INSURANCE BROKER.
BECAUSE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE EVEN JUST RECENTLY COME ABOUT THAT ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE FREE FOR THE TOWN.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK FOR ALWAYS THAT ARE THOSE FREE OPTIONS AND PUTTING THAT TOGETHER NOT ONLY FOR THE TRAINING, BUT FOR MONITORING.
UM, WE, WE REALLY WANNA BE, UM, CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE MONITOR COMPLETION OF THE TRAINING THAT WE MAINTAIN THOSE RECORDS.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IS FOR.
IT DOES, UH, TASK THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND ALSO GIVES A DEADLINE SO THAT WE ARE, UH, HAVE THIS TRAINING COMPLETED BY NOVEMBER 1ST.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME FOR THEM TO PLAN AND THEN TO EXECUTE THE, THE TRAINING.
ALRIGHT, CHUCK, YOU'RE GONNA BE INVOLVED WITH THAT A LITTLE BIT, I GATHER, RIGHT? YES, EXACTLY.
WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THESE ISSUES.
UH, WE'RE, I THINK MAYBE THE NEXT MEETING WE'LL PUT FORWARD TO UPDATE THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY NEEDS A BIT OF AN UPDATE BECAUSE THEY PUT AN AFFIRMATIVE DUTY TO REPORT EVEN IF A, EVEN IF AN EMPLOYEE DOES NOT MAKE A FORMAL COMPLAINT.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT WAS IMPLIED IN THE LAST, IN, IN THE CURRENT POLICY, YEAH.
THE STATE DID PASS A STATUTE THAT SAID THIS IS THE LAW WE PUT IT IN, UH, FORWARD A, A DRAFT COPY, MS. FARRELL, UHHUH
THE BERG PATHOGENS POLICY IS UP TO DATE IN THE PAST THAT'S ONLY BEEN GIVEN TO SELECT EMPLOYEES AND USUALLY THROUGH AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR.
UH, WHOM I DON'T THINK IS WITH US ANYMORE.
AND, UH, I, I KNOW CONCERN ABOUT THE COVID AND HOW THAT WE DO HAVE COVID KIND OF ADC AND THAT'S NOT THE MM-HMM
IT'S AN EMERGENCY TYPE SITUATION.
AND I DID SPEAK WITH MR. MILLER, UH, WITH EVANS AGENCY TODAY ABOUT THE, UH, IT'S, IT'S REALLY NEW.
THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT I, I REVIEWED IT IN THE PAST.
I'VE LOOKED AT THE OFF SHELF TRAINING MODULES OF THAT AND I'VE BEEN VERY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE THEY'RE USUALLY FOCUSED ON INDUSTRY, OFFICE, OFFICE, UM, ENVIRONMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T QUITE FIT IN THE MUNICIPAL MIXED, YOU KNOW, BLUE COLLAR, WHITE COLLAR ENVIRONMENT.
BUT IT SEEMS, IT LOOKS, THEY'VE ADVERTISED THIS MUNICIPAL BASE AND NEW YORK BASE TRAININGS THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE AVAILABLE.
SO HE'S MAKING ARRANGEMENTS TO GET US ACCESS TO THAT REVIEW IT AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT OUT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER WITH THE, HOPEFULLY THIS PANDEMIC LIFT SO WE CAN GET SOME MORE OF THIS STUFF DONE ON A MORE TIMELY BASIS.
AND ALSO REINSTITUTE THE SAFETY COMMITTEE.
WE ALSO SHOULD UPDATE THE, UH, GENERAL HARASSMENT, UH, POLICY, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT VAGUE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'VE APPLIED IN CERTAIN CASES WE'VE HAD.
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AND, AND I'D LIKE TO GET THE SAFETY COMMITTEE, UH, INVOLVED TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS.I HAVE MY OWN IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR THAT, WHICH I WILL SHARE.
ESPECIALLY, UH, WE WON'T GET INTO SPECIFICS RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UPDATE THAT FULL TOWN ON BOARD WITH, YOU KNOW, PROPER CONDUCT FOR PUT IT IN WRITING SO WE COMMON SENSE BECAUSE SOMETIMES THAT HIS WIFE, YOU THINK OKAY.
THROUGH, UM, THE EVANS AGENCY, ACTUALLY OUT OF A CONVERSATION I'VE BEEN HAVING WITH MR. MILLER ONGOING, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING VERY NEW THROUGH ONE OF THE AGENCIES THAT THEY WORK WITH TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO US, THE HOUSTON AGENCY, UM, THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS TRAINING JUST BECAME AVAILABLE AND IT'S GONNA COME UNDER THAT UMBRELLA OF FREE SERVICES AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO.
SO THAT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL ALRIGHT.
FOR US TO HAVE THAT TAKEN CARE OF.
AND ACTUALLY CHUCK JUST SPOKE ABOUT, IF WE WANT TO JUST JUMP AHEAD TO 17.
HE WAS REFERENCING THE, THE POLICIES THAT THE OTHER RESOLUTION I HAVE IN BECAUSE WE SHOULD PERIODICALLY, EVEN IF THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, WE SHOULD PERIODICALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THEM.
WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE SOME, SOME CHANGES TO THE, UM, SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND THAT'S THE DRAFT THAT CHUCK WAS REFERENCING AND I WILL FORWARD THAT TO ALL OF YOU.
WE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO BE, UH, A LITTLE BIT AHEAD ON THE TIMEFRAME BECAUSE SINCE OUR CONVERSATION LAST WEEK, CHUCK WAS ABLE TO GET THAT DRAFT TO ME.
UM, SO I PROBABLY WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE THAT UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'LL PUT THIS RESOLUTION THROUGH AND IF THE RESOLUTION TO ACTUALLY ADOPT IT IS READY SOONER, THEN WE'LL HAVE IT READY SOONER.
OH, MIKE, YOU'VE GOT THE ARMOR HEATING.
WE'RE GONNA REFUND THEM SOME MONEY.
UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT 17, SO, UH, OH THIS IS, UH, THIS IS THE HUD PROGRAM ON 18.
THAT WOULD BE THE, UM, THERE 2021 CBG PROJECTS MM-HMM
AND THEY'RE OUTLINED THERE, THERE ARE FIVE, FIVE PROGRAMS THERE.
AND THEN IN 19, UM, WE GO ON FOR THE A DA BID APPROVAL, UH, YOU'VE HEARD ME SPEAK ABOUT THAT BEFORE.
AND THAT'S FOR THE, THE TOWN BEACH AND THE PARK FOR A DA COMPLIANCE MM-HMM
UH, THEY WANT TO AWARD THAT WAS OPENED THE RFP.
AND SO THEY WANT TO AWARD THAT RFP TO NORTH SPUR.
AND THE COST FOR ALL OF THE COMPANIES THAT RESPONDED ARE OUTLINED THERE.
THEN THE NEXT WOULD BE THE CDBG CONTRACT FOR BLAZE DELL FOR 2021.
AND THEY WILL BE DOING RECONSTRUCTION ON MILLER AVENUE WITH THEIR HUD TARGETED, UM, AREA AND THEIR FUNDS.
AND THEN 21 WOULD BE THE HIGHWAY CD BG CONTRACT FOR TWENTY TWENTY ONE, A HUNDRED AND TWENTY $5,000 FOR ROAD, UH, RECONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE HUD TARGET AREA.
THOSE FUNDS, THAT'S, THAT'S A LITTLE HIGHER THAN WE HAD LAST YEAR IS A LITTLE BIT YEAR, ISN'T IT? YES.
IT'S LAST YEAR I BELIEVE WAS 80, 80.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT HIGHER.
I THINK THE BIG HELP IS, IS THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG'S.
LITTLE MORE BANG FOR OUR BUCK, HUH? MM-HMM
UM, 22, WE TALKED ABOUT THE LOS UH, DEAL.
SO I GOTTA CHANGE THE SPELLING IN THE LAST, UH, RESOLVE THERE.
SO WE GOT R-O-L-L-S AS OPPOSED TO ROLE.
HAS, UH, ANY MORE ON THAT? YOU WANT TO KICK HER AROUND? OKAY.
HERE'S THE FINALLY THE HAMBURGER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM.
WE WERE GONNA DO THIS AT THE REORG MEETING, BUT WE HAD SOME VACANCIES WE HAD TO FILL.
SEAN KARATE SUGGESTED A GREAT GUY TO BE THE DEPUTY COORDINATOR.
NICK PIEL, UH, REALLY CONSCIENTIOUS FELLOW, UH, HELPED NEGOTIATE OUR A MR AMBULANCE CONTRACT.
THE CHIEFS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT LIAISONS, THEY HAVE NOT FORWARDED OVER THE RESULTS OF THEIR ELECTION.
SO I TALKED TO SEAN, WHATEVER, WHOEVER THEY ARE, THEY ARE MM-HMM
AND WE WILL JUST PLUG 'EM IN WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY GET HERE.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT, UH, WE'VE, WE'RE GONNA KEEP MR. MCQUILLAN KIND OF BUSY GETTING STARTED HERE.
UH, AND THIS IS NOW WE FINALIZED THE, UH, HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE.
WE WERE LACKING SOME, UH, REPRESENTATIVES, UH, UH, UH, FROM THE PBA AND THE COMMAND OFFICERS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT ONE? OKAY.
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AND HERE WE GO.BRIAN, ON WEDNESDAY, WE'LL BE ALL SET.
UM, AND THAT, I THINK, CAN WE GO BACK TO HEALTH AND SAFETY JUST FOR ONE SECOND? YEAH.
IT STRUCK ME ONLY BECAUSE I HAD IT IN ANOTHER RESOLUTION.
WE HAVE, UM, RON MILLER FROM THE EVANS AGENCY, OUR BROKER.
SAM, WOULD THERE BE ANY BENEFIT INTO HAVING, UM, THE REP FROM BANNER ON THAT TOO? YEAH, I THINK REALLY, UM, ANYWHERE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FREE TRAININGS OR THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN OFFERED AS THE BOARD HAS WENT OUT AND, UH, SOLICITED RFPS TO KIND OF SEE WHAT WE CAN GET OUT OF THESE DEALS, UH, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE.
SO IF THEY'RE INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE, IT MIGHT BE WORTHWHILE BECAUSE THEY CAN BE LOOKING FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ALSO.
WELL YOU WANNA AMEND THEM, AMEND TO ADD, AMEND, AMEND THIS RESOLUTION.
I'M KAREN, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? AMEND AMENDED? SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
YEAH, IT WAS THE VANNER AGENCY.
AND THEN THE TOWN BOARD AUDIT AND UH, THAT'S THE AGENDA.
SO WE GOT SOME TIME TO KILL HERE.
MR. HALL IS GONNA GIVE US A LECTURE ON THE EVOLUTION OF HUD FUNDING.
UH, HEY CAM, UH, CAN I ASK YOU, UH, OTHER THAN THE, UH, THE LAKE AVENUE PROJECT, WHAT OTHER ONES ARE ON TAP FOR SOME WORK IN THE SPRING? WE GOT THE, UH, TWIN WILLOWS.
WE GOT PART TWO OF TWIN WILLOWS COMING UP, RIGHT? YES.
WE NEED TO TAKE SOME STEPS ON THAT.
UM, I, I PLAYED A LITTLE PHONE TAG WITH THE CONTRACTOR THAT CAN DO THE VIDEOING MM-HMM
SO WE HAVE TO NAIL THEM DOWN AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET A LOOK INSIDE, FIGURE OUT.
BUT YES, TWIN SLOPE IS DEFINITELY ON DECK FOR THE SPRING.
AND, AND THEN WE'VE GOTTA GET A COUPLE OF EASEMENTS SIGNED ON THURSTON TO FINISH UP ABOUT 40 FEET OF THE, THAT UH, UH, THAT ABUTS PRIVATE PROPERTY.
WELL, WALTER AND I WERE ACTUALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT TODAY.
UM, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S WHAT THE TOWN WANTS TO DO THAT.
SO THERE'S BASICALLY TWO PROPERTIES THAT ABUT THE TURNAROUND AT THE END OF LYNN DRIVE.
SO BECAUSE OF THE PAVEMENT, THE LIMIT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THE SANITARY SEWER THAT RUNS RIGHT THERE.
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO EXTEND ANY OF THE DITCH PAST LIN DRIVE.
THOSE TWO, THE REAR PORTIONS OF THOSE TWO PROPERTIES, THE HOMEOWNERS HAVE SAID THAT THEY DO GET A LOT OF STANDING WATER THROUGH THERE.
AND THEY WOULD LIKE A WAY TO BE ABLE TO DRAIN IT AWAY FROM THEIR, UM, PROPERTIES.
IT WOULD BE A SIMPLE THING TO CUT A SMALL SWALE OVER INTO THE, WHAT WE CALL THE NORTH DIP.
SO TO DO THAT, THE TOWN WILL NEED AN EASEMENT AND THE TOWN CAN EITHER DO YEAH.
A PERMANENT EASEMENT AND THEN THAT SWALE WOULD BECOME THE TOWN'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR LONG, LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE.
YOU COULD CONSIDER TEMPORARY EASEMENT TO GET IT INSTALLED.
UHHUH, AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO THE HOMEOWNERS AND SAY THAT IT'S NOW THERE POSSIBILITY FOR YARD DRAINAGE.
I, I THINK, AND, AND THE BOARD CAN CORRECT ME OR WALTER, UH, I THINK WHEN WE, WHEN WE ADOPTED THE, THE RESOLUTION FINALLY AFTER A LOT OF GO AROUND LAST SUMMER, I THOUGHT WE AGREED TO SECURE THE EASEMENTS AND FINISH THAT, THAT UP THERE.
I, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND READ TO BE SURE.
UH, AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT A PERMANENT EASEMENT VERSUS A TEMPORARY EASEMENT.
WE WANT MORE THAN A RIGHT OF ENTRY.
UH, WHAT DO YOU THINK WALLER? I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT THE RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD THE LANGUAGE WAS OF THE TOWN BOARD.
I THINK CAMMY AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS ABOUT WHAT THE TOWN WANTS THERE AND HOW YEAH.
I MEAN, PUTTING ON THE HOMEOWNERS SEEMS TO BE IDEAL FOR OUR PURPOSES, THEN WE HAVE LESS RESPONSIBILITY.
AND IT, YOU THINK THEY WOULD'VE A VESTED INTEREST IN MAINTAINING THAT TO PREVENT FLOODING ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY? YOU WOULD THINK SO.
AND IT WOULD LINK UP TO THE EXISTING RIGHT SWALE THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE THAT TOO DIFFICULT ONCE THE INITIAL WORK HAS BEEN DONE.
SO RIGHT OF ENTRY MIGHT MAKE MORE SENSE, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TOWN WANTS TO DO AND I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY BEEN THERE, SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY.
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WHY DON'T WE READ, GO BACK.WE'LL DO A LITTLE READING OF WHAT WE DID THIS SUMMER.
AND THEN, UH, 'CAUSE I KNOW ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS IN NOVEMBER SENT ME AN EMAIL ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE EASEMENTS.
SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AND THEN WE'LL REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD, UH, ON THE 22ND.
NOW, CAMMY, WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING, UH, AT ALL ON THE, UH, COLUMBIA AVENUE O'NEILL STORM SEWER SITUATION.
WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO BE SIGNED.
WAITING FOR RESPONSE FROM JACK O'NEILL'S ATTORNEY.
SHE HASN'T WELL IN THE WORLD IS THE DELAY.
WHAT'S HIS PROBLEM? I THINK HE JUST HAS SOME ISSUES WITH USING A TOWN CONTRACTOR.
I BELIEVE HE WANTS TO USE HIS OWN HANDPICKED CONTRACTOR WHO HAS A MUCH MORE EXPANSIVE VIEW OF THE WORK THAT WOULD BE DONE ON THE TOWN'S DIME.
SO I THINK THERE'S SOME RESISTANCE ON THAT END.
WELL, WE CAN'T, THE TOWN CANNOT CON ALLOW THE HOMEOWNER NO, I AGREE TO CONTRACT.
I'LL CALL, I'LL CALL THE ATTORNEY TOMORROW.
WELL, HEY, YOU KNOW WE, I I'VE WRITTEN TO HER.
I MEAN, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO RIGHT ALL JIM, I CAN PROVIDE A PBS UPDATE RIGHT NOW IF YOU'D LIKE.
SO I DON'T DO IT DURING A NORMAL MEETING IF THAT.
I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION THAT MIGHT INVOLVE CAMMY.
IS THERE AN UPDATE ON, I KNOW, UM, THE RESIDENT, UH, JOE WAS HERE LAST TIME AGAIN.
IS THERE ANY UPDATE ON THE MEETING WITH MR. DROUGHT? YEAH, I GOT A CALL INTO MR. DROUGHT.
IF HE DOESN'T CALL ME BACK BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON, I'M GONNA TAKE A, GET A SANDWICH AROUND ONE AND TAKE A RIDE OVER TO LOOK FOR HIM.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA MEET, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO MEET THIS WEEK.
I'LL LET YOU KNOW IF WE CORRAL MR. DROUGHT.
SO, UH, ALRIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE ON DRAINAGE AND THEN WE'LL SHIFT TO SAM OR SAM'S GONNA BE A CLOSE VOTE.
EITHER WE SHIFT TO YOU OR WE ALL, UH, GO BACK AND HAVE SOME, UH, DIET PEPSI OR SOMETHING.
I'LL VOTE FOR THAT ONE INSTEAD.
SO, UM, I'LL BE PREPARING SOMETHING OFFICIAL IN WRITING, BUT IT IS NICE TO KEEP ALL OF YOU UPDATED, UM, AT THESE MEETINGS NOW THAT WE'RE MAKING FORWARD PROGRESS.
SO DEPARTMENT HEADS WILL BE UPDATED TOMORROW AT OUR MONTHLY MEETING TO KEEP THE, UH, UH, KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON TO KEEP THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.
I'LL ALSO BE EMAILING ALL OF YOU TO HOPEFULLY SET UP THE TIME WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO TO INDIVIDUALLY ANSWER QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AND GET YOUR THOUGHTS BEFORE IMPLEMENTING ANY PART OF THE PROCEDURAL CHANGES THAT WILL BE COMING DOWN.
UM, WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDST OF PHASE ONE.
UH, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PRINT CHECKS SINCE THE LAST BOARD MEETING.
UM, SO I WAS JUST NOTIFIED ACTUALLY AT FIVE 30, UH, WITH SOME GOOD NEWS THAT NOW THEY HAVE A NEW SOLUTION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE READY TO TEST TOMORROW MORNING.
IN THE MEANTIME, NECESSARY PAYMENTS ARE BEING MADE THROUGH ALTERNATIVE METHODS.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, THE SPECIFIC PEOPLE THAT NEEDED THE PAYMENTS QUICKLY AS WELL AS M AND T BANK AND KBS.
UM, SO I'LL, I WILL ASSESS ANY MORE URGENCY OR URGENT CHECKS AT THE DEPARTMENT HEAD MEETING TOMORROW.
IF FOR SOME REASON THE CHECKS ON TONIGHT'S AUDIT ARE NOT PRINTED BEFORE THEN.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU GUYS THAT THIS IS NOT DISCOURAGING INFORMATION WHATSOEVER.
THESE REALLY ARE SIM SIMPLE KINKS THAT THE COMPANY IS HANDLING TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITIES AND EXACTLY WHY WE'RE RECEIVING SUCH A GOOD DISCOUNT TO BE THE BETA CLIENT.
SO THE ISSUE STEMS FROM, UM, ALL OF OUR INFORMATION, IT WAS BEING STORED ON OUR OWN SERVERS BEING TRANSFERRED TO THEIRS, AND I GUESS SO FAR THEY'VE NOTICED THAT THERE'S SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WINDOWS SEVEN AND WINDOWS 10.
UM, SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE THAT WE'RE GETTING SO FAR WITH THIS.
UM, AND WE'RE WORKING TO REALLY IMPLEMENT THIS AS BEST AS WE CAN.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND THEN I WILL, UM, ADDRESS ANYTHING OBVIOUSLY WITH JIM, UM, THAT COMES UP WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
THAT'S URGENT UNTIL WE ALL MEET AGAIN.
AMANDA, I WANNA WELCOME YOU, UH, TO OUR, OUR NEW PERSONNEL BOSS.
HOW ARE THINGS GOING? THANK YOU.
VERY BUSY IN THAT OFFICE, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS, SO YEAH.
AND, AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA COME INTO OUR BUSY SEASON PRETTY QUICKLY WITH, UH, A LOT OF STUFF HAPPENING AND, UH, NOW ARE YOU GONNA BE LEAVING US ON THE 15TH OF MARCH OR THE APRIL? THE FIRST OR
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THE 19TH IS MY LAST DAY.SO YOU WON'T, THIS IS YOUR LAST MEETING? YEP.
OH MY GOSH, I DIDN'T THINK OF THAT.
WE SHOULD, WE GOTTA HAVE YOU COME BACK ON THE 22ND FOR A RESOLUTION, HUH? WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WANT? WE'LL GIVE YOU A PROCLAMATION,
OR YOU COME ON BACK AND WE'LL DO, IT'S THAT SEAN'S DOWN.
ALRIGHT, I'LL MAKE A NOTE TO DO THAT.
I GOT A CALL FROM UH, UH, A GAL THAT LIVES IN THE SCRANTON AREA AND HER, HER OLDER SISTER IS HAVING HER 100TH BIRTHDAY ON MARCH THE UM, OH GOSH, 17TH OR 18TH.
ANYWAY, THEY WANTED TO KNOW IF THE TOWN COULD DO SOMETHING SPECIAL TO HONOR HER.
AND I SAID, WELL, SURE, UH, WE, WE COULD PASS A PROCLAMATION, WE PUT A LITTLE RIBBON ON IT.
I TOOK DOWN SOME NOTES, GIMME HER NAME AND HER BACKGROUND, WHAT DID SHE DO AND HER FAMILY AND ALL THAT STUFF,
SO I SAID TO THE SISTER WHO'S 81 OR TWO AND HER FRIEND, LOOK AT IF YOU WANT TO COME TO THE MEETING ON MARCH THE 22ND, WE'LL PRESENT THIS TO YOU.
AND SHE SAYS, OH, I CAN'T MAKE IT ON THE 22ND.
I SAID, WELL, WE HAVE SOMETHING IN APRIL.
SHE SAYS, WELL, MY SISTER'S A HUNDRED AND I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S, I SAID, OKAY,
I SAID, UH, WELL WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER MEETINGS SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T VOLUNTEER YOU ON SATURDAY BEFORE THE MEETING.
THEY'RE HAVING A LUNCHEON AT THEIR HOUSE.
SO I'M GOING OVER WITH THE PROCLAMATION TO HOPE THAT YOU GUYS PASS IT ON 20 SECONDS.
SO I CAN BE DEALING WITH WOMEN MY OWN AGE.
ANYTHING ELSE THERE FOLKS BEFORE WE START AT SEVEN? OKAY, WELL I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, ADJOURN THE WORK SESSION AND WE'LL CONVENE IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
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GENTLEMEN, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CONVENE THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD FOR 3 8 21 TO ORDER.WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RI HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER HOPE HERE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WOULD YOU RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? PLEASE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG ON THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE TWO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
UH, UH, KAREN HOKE, YOU'RE UP.
RESOLVE THAT THE HAMPER TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS AS FOLLOWS.
TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION OF FEBRUARY 22ND, 2021 TO BOARD REGULAR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 22ND, 2021.
SO MOVED SECOND ON THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR A MOTION IS ADOPTED.
WHERE IS THE TOWN OF HANDFORD? RECOGNIZES THAT APRIL, 2021 IS THE 53RD ANNIVERSARY OF TITLE VII OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1968, ALSO KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL FAIR HOUSING ACT.
AND WHEREAS MUCH MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH FAIR HOUSING SO THAT ALL PERSONS ARE TREATED EQUALLY AND FAIRLY UNDER THE LAW.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS HAD ITS OWN FAIR HOUSING LAW SINCE 1986 AND IS CONSIDERED THE LEADER IN FAIR HOUSING THROUGHOUT WESTERN NEW YORK AND WHEREAS THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S FAIR HOUSING MONTH IS FAIR HOUSING MORE THAN JUST WORDS NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH ITS PARTNERS IN FAIR HOUSING, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD ONCE AGAIN DESIGNATES THE MONTH OF APRIL, 2021 AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH WITHIN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
SO MOVED SECOND ON THE QUESTION.
THE TOWN BOARD ADOPTS THE FOLLOWING MEETING SCHEDULE FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2021, APRIL THE FIFTH, APRIL THE 19TH, MAY THE THIRD, MAY THE 17TH, JUNE THE SEVENTH AND JUNE THE 21ST BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED AND ALL OF THE MEETINGS WILL BEGIN WITH A WORK SESSIONS STARTING AT 5:30 PM FOLLOWED BY THE REGULAR MEETING BEGINNING AT 7:00 PM IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND MR. CONLEY'S.
ON THE SECOND ON THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR A AYE MOTIONS CARRIED WHEREAS THE FIVE YEAR TERM BEING SERVED BY ANITA MET METZKER ON THE HAMBURG LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS EXPIRED AND WHEREAS MS. METZKER HAS SERVED THE HAMBURG LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES WELL HER CONTINUED PRESENCE ON THE BOARD IS DESIRED AND SHE WISHES TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE LIBRARY BOARD AND THE GREATER HAMBURG COMMUNITY AS A TRUSTEE ON THE HAMBURG LIBRARY BOARD.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVE THAT THE REAPPOINTMENT OF ANITA METZKER TO THE HAMBURG LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEE FOR A FULL FIVE YEAR TERM COMMENCING IMMEDIATELY AND EXPIRING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025 IS HEREBY APPROVED BY THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD.
SECOND IS MS. FARRELL ON THE QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR THE LAKE SHORE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY TO COMMENCE ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP FOR THE INDIVIDUAL AS FOLLOWS, MR. ROBERT MANN 44 77 STRATFORD TERRACE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK.
SECOND IS, UH, KAREN HOPE ON THE QUESTION.
RESOLVE THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE PERSONNEL CHANGE OF SUBMITTED AND THE ACCOMPANYING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFICE PERSONAL ACTION FORM.
SECOND IS MS. FERRELL, UH, ON THE QUESTION.
IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE TERMINATION OF HIRING A PERSONNEL FOR THE YOUTH RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICE DEPARTMENT AS FOLLOWS, UH, MARYANNE NEGAN.
UH, ANYONE ON THE QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
MOTION IS CARRIED WHEREAS THE HAMBURG TOWN CODE CONTAINS AND SPECIFIES THE LOCAL LAWS AND ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RECOGNIZES THE 18 MILE CREEK QUARTER IS AN IMPORTANT ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAS DESIGNATED IT A CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL AREA AND WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS DETERMINED THAT THE CURRENT CODES
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ARE OUTDATED AS IT RELATES TO THE PROTECTION OF THIS RESOURCE AND HAS DETERMINED THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO UPDATE THE TOWN'S CODE.AND WHEREAS THE TOWN CONSERVATION ADVISORY BOARD HAS RECOMMENDED CODE REVISIONS AND THE TOWN PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND TOWN CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE HAVE DRAFTED A NEW LAW AND THIS DRAFT LAW HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE TOWN BOARD.
WHEREAS PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, THE TOWN BOARD IS PROPOSING TO ENACT A LOCAL LAW AS FOLLOWS, BE IT ENACTED BY THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, NEW YORK, THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AMENDS THE HAMBURG TOWN CODE PART TWO GENERAL LEGISLATION BY ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 1 0 6 ENTITLED 18 MILE TRIP PROTECTION AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE ATTACHED COPY.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD WOULD LIKE TO START THE PROCESS OF CONSIDERING THIS HAMBURG TOWN CODE REVISION BY REFERRING THIS PROPOSED CODE REVISION TO THE HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD AND ERIE COUNTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SECTION 2 39 DASH F AND AUTHORIZING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO BEGIN THE SECRET PROCESS BY COMPLETING A SECRET COORDINATED REVIEW TO ESTABLISH THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AS THE SEE LEAD AGENCY AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD SETS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS PROPOSED HAMBURG TOWN CODE REVISION AT THE HAMBURG TOWN HALL.
UH, 6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK 7:00 PM UH, TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS RESOLUTION? SECOND.
SECOND IS MS. FERRELL ON THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AND BRIAN, YOUR OFFICE IS GONNA PUBLISH THE, UH, THE LOCAL LAW PROPOSED LOCAL LAW.
WHEN WOULD YOU DO THAT? ME? YEAH.
YEAH, LEGAL WILL GET THAT OUT TOMORROW.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM GLEN WETZEL TO REZONE 16.4 ACRES OF VACANT LAND IS A PORTION OF SBL NUMBER ONE 60 POINT 19 DASH TWO DASH 1.1 LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BIG TREE ROAD EAST OF 42 55 MCKINLEY PARKWAY FROM C ONE LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT TO R THREE MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT MUL A MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE FAMILY PROJECT THAT INCLUDES UH, 104 ATTACHED UNITS.
AND WHEREAS THE CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE TOWN BOARD ENTERTAIN THE ZONING REQUEST WITH CONCERNS, WHEREAS THE APPLICANT HAS REVISED THE REZONING REQUEST FOR THIS PROPERTY AND NOW REQUESTS THAT 22.4 ACRES BE REZONED FROM C ONE TO R THREE IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT 156 ATTACHED UNITS.
AND WHEREAS THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD REFERRED THIS REVISED ZONING REQUEST TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR ITS REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION AND WHEREAS THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD CONDUCTED A COORDINATED C PROCESS TO ESTABLISH THE TOWN BOARD AS THE SEEKER LEAD AGENCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT KNOWN AS SEEKER.
AND WHEREAS THE HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD DURING ITS REVIEW OF THIS REZONING APPLICATION RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FOR A MAJOR SUBDIVISION ON THE ADJOINING PROPERTY AND WHEREAS THE HEBERT PLANNING BOARD BELIEVES IT WOULD BE BETTER TO COMPLETE THE SECRET PROCESS FOR BOTH PROJECTS TOGETHER, THUS ENSURING THAT ANY CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ARE CONSIDERED AND THEREFORE REQUESTS THAT THE TOWN BOARD ALLOW THE HEBERT PLANNING BOARD AS AN EVOLVED AGENCY TO ACT AS THE SEEKER LEAD AGENCY ON THE WETZEL REZONING APPLICATION.
WHEREAS THE HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT ON THE WETZEL REZONING TO ASSIST WITH THEIR REVIEW OF THE REZONING AND COMPLETION OF SEEKER AND THEREFORE REQUEST THAT THE TOWN BOARD HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE REZONING APPLICATION.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD HAVING COMPLETED THE UH, THE 30 DAY COORDINATED REVIEW AND RECEIVING A REQUEST FROM THE PLANNING BOARD TO BE LEAD AGENCY HEREBY AUTHORIZES THE HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD TO ACT AS THE SECRET LEAD AGENCY ON THE WETZEL REZONING APPLICATION AND COORDINATE THIS REVIEW WITH THE ADJOINING PROPOSED SUBDIVISION.
HE HAD FURTHER RESOLVED THE HAMMERING CHILD BOARD SINCE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS PROPOSED REZONING APPLICATION AT THE HAMBURG TOWN HALL AT 6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE 7:00 PM ON 3 22 21.
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RESOLUTION? SECOND.SECOND IS MR. PETRI ON THE QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
WHEREAS THE HAMBURG TOWN CODE CONTAINS AND SPECIFIES THE LOCAL LAWS AND ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS SEEN THE MCKINLEY MALL AN IMPORTANT ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY BECOME OUTDATED, SUFFER TENANT LOSSES, UH, ENTER BANKRUPTCY AND RECEIVERSHIP.
AND WHEREAS THE MCKINLEY MALL WILL NOW BE ENTERING A NEW PHASE AS THE PROPERTY WILL WILL BE MARKETED AND OFFERED FOR SALE AND WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS DETERMINED THAT THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE PROPERTY MAY BE AN IMPEDIMENT TO ITS REDEVELOPMENT AND MAY NOT RESULT IN REDEVELOPMENT THAT WILL MEET THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE TOWN AND THEREFORE IT IS NECESSARY TO UPDATE THE TOWN'S ZONING CODE MAP.
WHEREAS THE TOWN CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE, THE TOWN SUPERVISOR, THE TOWN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WITH INPUT FROM THE PLANNING BOARD HAVE DRAFTED AN INCENTIVE ZONING LAW AND OVERLAY DISTRICT.
AND THIS DRAFT LAW AND MAP REVISION HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE TOWN BOARD AND WHEREAS PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL WHOLE RULE LAW, THE TOWN BOARD IS PROPOSING TO ENACT A LOCAL LAW AS FOLLOWS, BE IT ENACTED BY THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, NEW YORK AT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD OF MENS, THE TOWN ZONING LAW CHAPTER TWO 80 OF THE HAMBURG TOWN CODE BY ADDING A NEW ARTICLE ENTITLED QUOTE, MCKINLEY MALL AREA INCENTIVE ZONING LAW END QUOTE AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE ATTACHED COPY AND AMENDS THE TOWN ZONING MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE AREA OF THE TOWN APPLICABLE TO THIS LAW.
AND THE MAP IS ATTACHED TO THE RESOLUTION.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD WOULD LIKE TO START THE PROCESS OF CONSIDERING THE ZONING CODE AND MAP REVISION BY REFERRING THIS PROPOSED CODE AND MAP REVISION TO ERIE COUNTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SECTION 2 39 DASH M AND AUTHORIZING THE PLANNING BOARD TO BEGIN THE SEEKER PROCESS BY COMPLETING A SEEKER COORDINATED REVIEW TO ESTABLISH THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AS THE SEEKER LEAD AGENCY AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD SETS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS PROPOSED ZONING CODE AND MAP PROVISION AT THE HAMBURG TOWN HALL 6,100 SOUTH CLARK AVENUE AT 7:00 PM ON MARCH THE 22ND, 2021.
IS THERE A SECOND? DEVELOPMENT? SECOND.
ON THE SECOND ON THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR, AYE THE RESOLUTION IS CARRIED WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS AN EXISTING LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM LWRP ADOPTED IN 2009 AND WHEREAS THE TOWN UNDERSTANDS THAT THE EXISTING LWRP IS BECOMING OUTDATED AND DOES NOT REFLECT THE CURRENT ISSUES RELATED TO THE TOWN'S IMPORTANT AND VITAL WATERFRONT AREAS AND WHEREAS 18 MILE CREEK HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AND INLAND WATERWAY AND IS AN IMPORTANT CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL AREA, CEA AND THE CURRENT LWRP DOES NOT INCLUDE 18 MILE CREEK AND WHEREAS TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS PURSUED AND OBTAINED A GRANT FROM NEW YORK STATE TO UPDATE THE LWRP AND WHEREAS THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS IS TO HIRE A QUALIFIED WATERFRONT CONSULTANT TO ASSIST IN COMPLETING THE LWRP UPDATE AND TO HIRE A FIRM TO ASSIST WITH THE MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF NEW YORK STATE DOS AND WHEREAS THE TOWN'S PREVIOUS LWRP WAS COMPLETED BY WENDELL, A QUALIFIED WATERFRONT PLANNING CONSULTANT WHO HAVE COMPLETED NUMEROUS LRPS IN NEW YORK STATE AND WHO HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO COMPLETE THE TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE AND HAS BEEN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG PLANNER FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
AND WHEREAS WENDELL HAS BEEN HIRED THROUGH PROCUREMENT PROCESSES FOR THEIR OTHER WORK WITH THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, AND THIS IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE NEW YORK STATE DOS AND WHEREAS WENDELL, INCLUDING WWS PLANNING AND MARK MAKI AS TEAM LEADERS HAS SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL CONTRACT THAT MEETS THE CONTRACT REQUIREMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TOWN'S CONTRACT WITH NEW YORK STATE FOR THE COMPLETION OF THIS LWRP UPDATE AND WHEREAS EECG CONSULTING PREPARED THE GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE LWRP AND IS INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT WITH NEW YORK STATE DOS AS THE GRANT MANAGER NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERVISOR IS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH WENDELL FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE LWRP UPDATE FOR $56,000 AND WITH EECG CONSULTING FOR GRANTS MANAGEMENT FOR $5,000 WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IS COMMITTED TO AN ADDITIONAL $4,000 IN IN-KIND SERVICE.
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SECOND.SECOND IS MS. HOPE ON THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WHEREAS WHILE AMELLE ROAD AND ERIE COUNTY ROAD CONNECTS ROUTE FIVE AND ROUTE 20, IT IS LINED WITH RESIDENCES AND PROVIDES ACCESS TO SEVERAL LARGE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND FRONTIER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS RECOMMENDED AND RESOLVED TO PURSUE A SCHOOL SPEED ZONE AT FRONTIER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WHEREAS THE ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS HAS ISSUED A PERMIT TO ENACT SIGNAGE MARKING A 25 MILE PER HOUR SPEED ZONE AT THE FRONTIER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE INSTALLATION OF SIGNAGE TO MARK THE SCHOOL SPEED ZONE ON AMSEL ROAD AT FRONTIER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THE HOURS OF THE SPEED ZONE SHALL BE POSTED AS 7:00 AM TO 6:00 PM SCHOOL DAYS AS PER M-U-T-C-D REGULATIONS AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TRAFFIC SAFETY COORDINATOR SHALL SUBMIT THE REQUISITE WORK ORDERS TO PLACE, UH, TO PROCEED WITH THIS PROJECT.
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN DB 0.511 0.0205 SIGNS AND SIGNALS.
SECOND IS MR. PETRI, UH, ON THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD RECOGNIZES THE NEED TO PROVIDE ALL TOWN EMPLOYEES WITH TRAINING TO ENHANCE AND ENSURE THEIR SAFETY AND MAINTAIN AN APPROPRIATE WORK ENVIRONMENT AND WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD DESIRES TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL REQUIRED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT, PECHA WORKPLACE VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT AND BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS TRAINING GUIDELINES FOR TOWN EMPLOYEES AND WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD DESIRES TO HAVE ALL TIME EMPLOYEES COMPLETE SAID TRAINING BY NOVEMBER 1ST, 2021 TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH PECHA GUIDELINES, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THE TOWN BOARD TASK, PAUL MCCLELLAN, WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY COORDINATOR TO SCHEDULE AND MONITOR COMPLETION OF SAID TRAINING AND REPORT TO THE TOWN BOARD THE PLAN FOR ACCOMPLISHING SAID TASK AND THE STATUS OF COMPLETION AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED.
PAUL MCCLELLAN SHALL COLLABORATE WITH THE LABOR RELATIONS CONSULTANT, PERSONNEL DIRECTOR, TOWN INSURANCE BROKER, THE EVANS AGENCY AND THE TOWN'S HEALTH INSURANCE BROKER VANNER BENEFITS MARK BYRNE REGARDING NO COST DELIVERY AND MONITORING OPTIONS FOR THE COMPLETION OF SAID TRAINING AND BE FURTHER RESOLVED.
IF THE SELECTED TRAINING WILL INCUR ANY COST, IT MUST BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE TOWN BOARD FOR APPROVAL AND IDENTIFICATION OF A FUNDING SOURCE.
SECOND IS MR. PETRI ON THE QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WHEREAS ARMOR HEATING PAID FOR A BUILDING AND ELECTRICAL PERMIT TO INSTALL A GENERATOR AT 5 1 5 9 ALDER COURT PERMIT NUMBER 2021 DASH 0 8 8 WHEREAS MR. AND MRS. LEC CHANGED THEIR MIND AND DO NOT WANT THE GENERATOR INSTALLED, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT ARMOR HEATING BE ISSUED A REFUND FOR THE BUILDING PERMIT AND ELECTRICAL PERMIT AND THE AMOUNT OF $135.
SECOND IS MR. CONLEY ON THE QUESTION.
WHERE THE TOWN BOARD RECOGNIZES THE NEED TO PERIODICALLY REVIEW ADOPTED POLICIES SUCH AS THE WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICIES AND WHEREAS THE STATE OF NEW YORK ISSUED NEW GUIDELINES AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICIES NECESSITATING AN UPDATE TO THE CURRENT TOWN POLICY, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THE LABOR RELATIONS CONSULTANT WILL DRAFT THE REVISED POLICY AND SHARE IT WITH ALL STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING TOWN BOARD MEMBERS AND THE TOWN'S INSURANCE BROKER, THE EVANS AGENCY BY 3 15 21 TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REVIEW AND INPUT ON THIS DRAFT POLICY THROUGH 3 22 21 AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE, THE LABOR RELATIONS CONSULTANT WILL UPDATE THE TOWN BOARD AT THE 3 22 21 WORK SESSION AND PROVIDE THE DRAFT REVISED POLICY TO COUNCILWOMAN FARRELL BY 3 23 21 SO THAT THE REQUIRED RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE POLICY CAN BE PREPARED AND SUBMITTED BY THE DEADLINE FOR THE FOLLOWING TOWN BOARD MEETING.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD, HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO PROCEED WITH THE FOLLOWING 2021 CDBG PROJECTS FOR THE 2021 HUD PROGRAM, YEAR
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PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION, 45,000 HAMBURG HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE RECONSTRUCTION 125,000 BLAZEDALE INFRASTRUCTURE RECONSTRUCTION MILLER AVENUE $117,064 REMOVAL OF ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS 100,000 AND FAIR HOUSING HOUSING COUNSELING ACTIVITIES $50,000.SO MOVED SECOND ON THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE UH, RESOLUTION IS CARRIED WHEREAS ON AUGUST 31ST, 2020, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO RELEASE AND ADVERTISE A BID FOR THE ACCESSIBILITY RAMP AT THE HAMBURG TOWN BEACH AND PARK.
AND WHEREAS THE BIDS WERE OPENED ON MARCH 3RD, 2021 AT 11:00 AM WITH THE FOLLOWING COMPANY SUBMITTING BIDS NORTH SPUR WITH A TOTAL FOR THE BID AND ALL ALTERNATIVES AT 52,250 H AND K SERVICES FOR A TOTAL OF 91,560 PINTO CONSTRUCTION FOR A TOTAL OF 94,082 AND FOURTH GENERATION FOR A TOTAL OF $120,000.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH NORTH SPUR CONSTRUCTION TO COMPLETE THE ACCESSIBILITY RAMP AT THE HAMBURG TOWN BEACH AND PARK FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $52,250 IS AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT CD 46 8 6 6 2 0.362.
I'LL SECOND THAT ON THE QUESTION.
MOTION IS CARRIED WHEREAS THE VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE HAS ENTERED INTO A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A SHARE OF THE TOWN'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS AND WHEREAS THE VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE WILL RECEIVE $117,064 FROM THE TOWN OF HAMBURG'S 2021 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE RECONSTRUCTION ON MILLER AVENUE WITHIN A HUD TARGET AREA IN THE VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERVISOR BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT BY IN BETWEEN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND THE VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE FOR THE USE OF THEIR FUNDS.
OKAY, MR. CONLEY IS ON THE SECOND ON THE QUESTION.
RESOLUTIONS CARRIED BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO ENTER INTO AN INTRO DEPARTMENTAL CONTRACT WITH THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, ALLOWING HIGHWAY TO COMPLETE $125,000 IN ROAD RECONSTRUCTION WORK WITHIN HUD TARGET AREAS UTILIZING THE TOWN'S 2021 CDBG FUNDS.
SECOND IS MR. PETRI ON THE QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
WHEREAS THE BOARD OF FIRE, COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG FOR THE WOODLAWN, NEWTON, ABBOTT ARMOR, BIG TREE, LAKESHORE AND SCRANTON VOLUNTEER COM FIRE COMPANIES HAS PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED A LENGTH OF SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM HERE AND AFTER REFERRED TO AS LOS FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS OF THE AFOREMENTIONED FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS AND ESTABLISHED A POINT SYSTEM FOR LOS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW YORK STATE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SECTION TWO 17.
AND WHEREAS THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED AND THE GOVERNOR SIGNED FABS, THE ENDORSED LEGISLATION AMENDING THE LENGTH OF SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREDITING OF UP TO FIVE ADDITIONAL POINTS PER MONTH, PRORATED FOR PERIODS OF LESS THAN ONE MONTH TO EACH ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER FOR EACH MONTH.
THAT SPECIAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE RULES WERE IN PLACE RESTRICTING FIREFIGHTER RESPONSES TO EMERGENCY RESPONSES AND OR RESTRICTING THE HOLDING OF ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH POINTS COULD BE EARNED DUE TO GUIDELINES RELATED TO THE STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY.
AND WHEREAS IN ORDER FOR THE ADDITIONAL POINTS TO BE AWARDED, THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION CONTROLLING THE FIRE SERVICE MUST ADOPT A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THE NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL LOW SAP POINTS TO BE CREDITED EACH MONTH.
AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE NEW YORK STATE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SECTION TWO 17 P HAS DETERMINED TO AWARD AN ADDITIONAL TWO POINTS PER MONTH UNDER THE POINT SYSTEM FOR EACH MONTH.
SINCE THE COVID-19 STATE EMERGENCY WAS IN PLACE, STARTING WITH MARCH 1ST, 2020
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AND CONTINUING THROUGH DECEMBER THE 31ST, 2020, HE HAD FURTHER RESOLVED THAN ANY ADDITIONAL POINTS CREDITED PURSUANT TO GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW.SECTION TWO 17 SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER POINTS EARNED DURING THE STATE DISASTER AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS THAT WERE NOT ON THE ACTIVE ROLES DURING ALL OR PART OF THE ENFORCEMENT PERIOD DUE TO A LEAVE OF ABSENCE SUSPENSION OR OTHER REASONS, SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THESE SPECIAL COVID-19 POINTS DURING ANY PERIOD THAT THEY WERE NOT ACTIVE FIREFIGHTERS PARTICIPATING IN THE ACCUMULATION OF POINTS UNDER LOEP.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND.
SECOND IS MR. PETRI, UH, ON THE QUESTION.
UH, WALTER, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO CHECK, I WAS GOING THROUGH THIS EARLIER TODAY AND MAKING SOME CALLS AND I ALSO WAS TALKING TO MARK WALLING.
WHAT ABOUT VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS? UH, YOU, YOU'VE GOTTA BE AN ACTIVE FIREFIGHTER.
UH, YOU CAN'T BE SUSPENDED AND SO FORTH AND SO ON.
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU ARE OUT ON DISABILITY? I, I'D LIKE TO, IF INDEED THESE PEOPLE, MEN OR WOMEN WHO ARE OUT ARE ON DISABILITY COULD ACCUMULATE SOME POINTS IF THEY COULD.
UH, AND OUR NEXT MEETING MAYBE I'D LIKE TO DO AN AMENDMENT, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
THAT'S BEEN A CONTINUING ISSUE WITH THEM.
I KNOW I'VE BEEN TALKING TO MARK ABOUT THAT.
ANYWAY, THAT'S ON THE QUESTION.
THE MOTION IS MADE AND SECONDED.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THE QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
UH, BRIAN, WE GOTTA SEND A CLERK CERTIFIED, UH, COPIES TO THE FIRE COMPANIES IN QUESTION.
I'LL GET YOU ALL THE DETAILS TOMORROW.
JIM, DO THESE GO WITH THAT? I THINK SOMEONE SET 'EM WITH ME.
I DON'T WHAT'S THAT? I THINK IT'LL BE AFTER HONOR.
UH, RESOLVED THAT THE RESOLUTION, WHICH FIRST APPEARED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE MEETING HAVING OCCURRED ON 1 4 21, ALSO KNOWN AS THE REORGANIZATION MEETING AND IDENTIFIED AS ITEM 38 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM BE REMOVED FROM, UH, THE TABLE FOR CONSIDERATION.
IS THERE A SECOND TO REMOVE THAT FROM THE TABLE? SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
NOW THAT IT'S BEFORE US, RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD IS HEREBY APPROVE THE FOLLOWING TO THE HAMBURG EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR 2021 COORDINATOR, SEAN CROTTY, DEPUTY COORDINATOR NICHOLAS PIEL, FINANCE ADMINISTRATION, JAMES SHAW, SAMANTHA KY IT SUPPORT.
JENNIFER ROBINSON, TOWN CLERK KATHY REPINSKI, POLICE CHIEF KEVIN TRASK, PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH.
NICHOLAS PIEL HIGHWAY, TED CASEY, DARREN SMITH AND BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT LIAISONS WILL BE DETERMINED AND ADDED TO THIS LIST.
UH, BY VIRTUE OF, UH, THE COMPUTATION OF THE ELECTION OF FIRE CHIEFS ONCE COMMUNICATED TO US, ENGINEERING IS TOM LARDO.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND.
SECOND IS MR. PETRI ON THE QUESTION.
UM, NOW MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND, UH, RESOLUTION HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE.
ITEM 34 TO ADD THE NAME OF MARK BYRNE, B-Y-R-N-E, VANNER AGENCY TO THIS LIST.
UH, HAVING SAID THAT, UH, IS THERE A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND.
ALRIGHT, ALL DAVID PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE A.
GOOD, THE SECOND RESOLUTION STANDS AMENDED WITH REGARD TO THE FIRST RESOLVE THAT THE RESOLUTION WHICH FIRST APPEARED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE MEETING HAVING OCCURRED ON 1 4 21, ALSO KNOWN AS THE REORGANIZATION MEETING AND IDENTIFIED AS ITEM 41 HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE BE REMOVED FROM THE TABLE FOR CONSIDERATION.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? ONE SECOND.
NOW, THE, THE MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED RESOLVED THE TOM BOARD APPOINT THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR A TERM OF ONE YEAR COMMENCING ON 1 1 21 AND ENDING ON 12 31 21.
COORDINATOR MR. PAUL MCQUILLAN, JAMES SHAW, TED CASEY, ROGER GIBSON, MARTY EE, CHUCK NAUGHTON, RONALD MILLER OF THE EVANS AGENCY.
CHRISTOPHER COLE OR HIGHWAY, UH, BLUE COLLAR HIGHWAY
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UNION REPRESENTATIVE PATRICK RYAN, UH, OR A BUILDING THE GROUNDS FOREMAN, JACK CHAPON, JR.IAFF, UNION REP, TRACY HANER, WHITE COLLAR UNION REP TIM CRAWFORD, PBA UNION REP, TODD ETT, UH, OR SUCH OTHER COMMAND OFFICER AS A UNION REP, ROSEANNE RIDGE ALSO.
AND, UH, KEVIN TRASK, OUR POLICE CHIEF.
THAT IS THE MOTION AS AMENDED WITH MR. BYRNE ADDED TO IT.
SECOND IS, UH, UH, MS. FARRELL ON THE QUESTION, QUESTION.
WHEREAS SECTION 11 C OF THE DOMESTIC RELATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AUTHORIZES TOWN BOARDS TO APPOINT MARRIAGE OFFICERS WHO SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SOLEMNIZED MARRIAGES AND WHEREAS THE HENRICK JOHN BOARD'S APPOINTED MARRIAGE OFFICERS PURSUANT TO SUCH LAW NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE FOLLOWING NAMED INDIVIDUALS BE IT HEREBY OUR APPOINTED MARRIAGE OFFICERS AUTHORIZED TO SOLEMNIZED UH, ALUMNI MARRIAGES WITHIN THE TERRITORY OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, BRAD WALINSKI, DEPUTY TOWN CLERK, BRAD KY, DEPUTY TOWN CLERK, EFFECTIVE THEIR APPOINTMENTS EFFECTIVE 3 8 21 RETURN EXPIRING ON 12 TWO AT 12 31 23.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND.
SECOND IS MR. CONLEY ON THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE LAST ONE ON, ON THE AGENDA IS THE TOM BOARD AUDIT OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS.
THIS IS A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THIS REPORT.
TOTAL OPERATING FUNDS, UH, DIS DISPERSED AS OF 3 8 21 $1,117,573 AND 30 CENTS.
THE TOTAL CASH DISBURSEMENT SUBMITTED FOR AUDIT R $1,117,573 AND 30 CENTS.
THE MOTION IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT.
SECOND IS MR. PETRI ON THE QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
THAT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN CONCLUDES THE, UH, BUSINESS AGENDA OF THE TOWN BOARD.
WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I'LL GO TO, UH, DEPARTMENT HEADS TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME COMMENTS OR REPORTS FROM THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENT HEADS, UH, JENNIFER ROBERTSON IN IT.
UH, WE HAVE OUR, WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE DISPATCH UPGRADE.
UM, SO THAT IS DONE WITH MY ASSISTING THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WITH THE KBS UPGRADE AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE TOWN WIDE, UH, WORKSTATION EQUIPMENT UPGRADE.
UH, ALYSSA STRAUSS, THIS IS YOUR, YOUR FINAL REPORT? YEP, YEP.
UM, I'VE JUST BEEN TRAINING AMANDA, UH, FOR THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, SO IT'S BEEN OVER A MONTH NOW IN TRAINING AND DOING GREAT.
LISTEN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US AND I WASN'T TEASING YOU EARLIER.
IF YOU WANNA, IF YOU CARE TO STOP AND SEE US ON THE 22ND, WE'D BE HONORED TO HAVE YOU AND I'LL PREPARE A PROCLAMATION, UH, THAT YOU CAN KEEP, UH, WHICH EXPRESSES THE BOARD'S APPRECIATION FOR YOUR WORK.
UH, HOW ABOUT MR. HALL? CHRIS, UH, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE ACCESSIBLE RAMP IN THE BEACH WILL BE OPENING HOPEFULLY BY MAY 1ST DEFINITELY.
BUT BY THE TIME THE, UH, BEACH IS OPEN, SO WE'LL GET THAT PROJECT UP IN LINE THIS SPRING.
HOW ARE THINGS GOING WITH YOU? GOOD.
CHIEF TRASK, HOW ARE WE DOING? ANOTHER REPORTER.
DAN, ANYTHING NEW FOR YOU? UH, JUST, UH, RECORDING.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MEETING, UH, WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH, UH, THE BOARD BEACH ASSOCIATION REGARDING THE UH, UH, SPLITTING OF EXEMPTIONS OFF TO THE INDIVIDUALS.
ARE YOU MEETING 'EM HERE AT THE HALL OR DOWN AT THE NO, IT'S WITH THE, UH, WITH THEIR BOARD.
UH, TOM LARDO IS ALSO HERE AND CAMIE RELL IS HERE AS WELL.
SO TOM OR CAMIE, EITHER ONE OF BE FINE.
TOM, WE DISCUSSED, YEAH, WE DISCUSSED SEVERAL PROJECTS FOR THE SPRING DURING THE WORK SESSION.
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STEADY STREAM OF CALLS.SO WE'VE BEEN GETTING IN FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WE'VE GOT SOME REFERRALS FROM FAMILY MEMBERS.
UH, WE GOT ONE FROM THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COURT.
SO JUST A LOT OF INFLUX OF PEOPLE CALLING IN TO GET INFORMATION, ASSISTANCE, RESOURCES, REFERRALS, IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE GET FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GOOD WORK.
ANYTHING? UH, NOTHING TO DO TO REPORT TONIGHT.
UH, AND KATE HILLMAN? ANYTHING? KATE? NO, I'M IN THE REPORT RIGHT NOW.
HOW ABOUT, UH, MR. DEKE? I HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IS, UH, ERIE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT CONTACTED, UH, THE SENIOR SERVICES DEPARTMENT ON FRIDAY LAST WEEK, VERY LATE IN THE DAY.
AND, UH, WE PULLED TOGETHER A, UM, COVID VACCINATION CLINIC.
UH, THEY ASKED US TO DO OUTREACH AND FIND SENIORS WHO WERE NOT REAL, UM, REAL GOOD WITH TECHNOLOGY AND WE FILLED, UM, A 300, UH, DOSE, UH, CLINIC AND THAT WILL HAPPEN TOMORROW.
HAD TO BE 65, UH, OR OVER NO EXCEPTIONS.
UH, SAMANTHA TEKI, WHAT ABOUT YOU? UM, YES FOR THE DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT WEREN'T HERE, UM, BEFORE WHEN I ANNOUNCED IT TO THE TOWN BOARD, I WILL BE UPDATING ALL OF YOU TOMORROW AT THE DEPARTMENT HEAD MEETING IN REGARDS TO THE KBS UPGRADE PROCESS AND ALSO CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST OF LUCK TO ALYSSA, ALTHOUGH I KNOW THAT SHE WON'T NEED IT.
UM, IT'LL BE EXCITING TO CONTINUE COOPERATING CLOSELY WITH WEST SENECA LIKE WE HAVE, UM, THUS FAR.
AND, UH, HER AND I HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TWICE NOW AND NEITHER TIME HAS BEEN LONG ENOUGH, ALTHOUGH ALYSSA MIGHT THINK DIFFERENTLY.
UH, AND WALTER RUTH, HOW ABOUT YOU SIR? NOTHING TO REPORT YOU.
AND HOW ABOUT IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE? BRIAN, ANYTHING TO TELL US? NOTHING TO REPORT TODAY.
UH, WE'VE GOT SARAH DEJEAN ON, I DUNNO IF WE
ANYTHING TO REPORT? YES, JUST WANNA, UH, THANK, UH, CHRIS PAUL AND BOARD FOR, UM, INCREASING THE, UH, CDDG FUNDS AT, UH, GREATER THAN 50%, UH, YEAR OVER YEAR.
UM, WE'LL BE USING THOSE FUNDS FOR, UH, THE ROADS IN THOSE DESIGNATED AREAS.
UH, AND IT'S, UH, UH, A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UH, IT'S CERTAINLY, UH, WELL BELOW MY REQUEST, UH, TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE ESTIMATE TO BE ABOUT 30 ROADS IN THOSE HUD AREAS.
BUT AGAIN, UH, A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO THANKS TO ALL, UH, THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE'RE BOARD TIME THROUGH THE BOARD INDICATED THAT THEY WERE GOING REVISIT, UH, MY BOND PROPOSAL, UH, THIS SPRING.
UH, IF YOU RECALL AND, AND DONE ANY, UH, DISCUSSION
SO WITH THE COMING OF SPRING, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS.
ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH, JUST A REMINDER THAT, UH, THE BOND PROPOSAL TAKE CARE OF, UH, ALL OF THE, SO WE CAN BRING IT UP AT ANOTHER MEETING IN FUTURE OBSERVATION.
ON THE, THE 80 A POSSIBILITY THAT, I KNOW THERE'S NUMBER, BUT THERE'S, FROM THE, TO THE HIGHEST, I'M WONDERING IF, UH, PREVAILING WAGE, UH, IS BEING USED BY A LOW BIDDER, UH, BECAUSE THE OTHER THREE WERE CONCRETE PRICE.
I WONDERING WHAT THE, UH, WHAT THE DIFFERENCE, UM, IS BETWEEN THOSE FOUR BIDS? DOES ANYONE KNOW? CHRIS, CAN YOU COMMENT ABOUT THE PREVAILING WAGE? WHAT TED'S ASKING IS, GIVEN THAT THERE WAS A DISPARITY IN THOSE FOUR BIDS, THE LOWEST BID, THE ONE THAT WE AWARDED, HE WANTED TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAD CONDITION HAD BEEN MET.
OF COURSE, IT, WE HAVE TO USE FEDERAL DAVIS PAID WAGE RATES, AND THAT'S PART OF THE BID PACKAGE ITSELF.
COULD YOU HEAR THAT, TED? I, I, SOMETHING I, UH, NOTED.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.
I KNOW THAT YOU HAD THAT, YOU ALWAYS ADDRESSED THAT, BUT THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE AUDIENCE? ANY, ANY GENUINE CIVILIAN?
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OKAY.ANYTHING ELSE? BOARD MEMBERS, ANYTHING YOU WANNA REPORT? NO.
KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED, PLEASE AND GENTLEMEN, TWO THINGS ARE IN THE HOPPER HERE.
UH, THE STATE SENATE AND BUDGET, UH, UH, DELIBERATIONS INDICATES THAT, UH, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT WILL HOLD ON TO OUR VIDEO LOTTERY TERMINAL FUNDING, UH, IN THE SAME AMOUNT THAT WE SECURED LAST YEAR.
SO, CAN'T, CAN'T CLOSE THE DOOR ON ADVERSE SURPRISES, BUT IT'S ENCOURAGING.
SECONDLY, IF THE HOUSE PASSES, UH, THE COMPROMISE, UH, THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF THE SENATE PASSED THE COMPROMISE TOMORROW ON THE SENATE'S VERSION OF THE RESCUE PLAN, AND THE PRESIDENT SIGNS IT.
IF THAT HAPPENS THIS WEEK, WE ARE GOING TO BE IN FOR SOME VERY, VERY GOOD NEWS.
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT ON THE 22ND.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO SAY, I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.