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I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE WORK SESSION FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, APRIL 19TH, 2000, UH, 21.
I'LL FIRST ASK FOR THE ROLL CALL.
UM, DEPUTY SUPERVISOR CONLEY HERE.
THINK SHE'S ON KAREN FREEZE MODE.
KAREN, ARE YOU HERE? ARE YOU HERE?
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME OKAY? OH, OKAY.
NOW WE CAN, NOW WE CAN HEAR YOU.
I CAN'T, I CAN'T SEE ANYBODY, SO I CAN'T TELL IF THE, OH, GEE.
KAREN WON'T BECAUSE THE CAMERA'S ON THE LAPTOP.
YOU OKAY? ONLY SEE SOMEBODY IF YOU WERE WATCHING ON FACEBOOK.
SO I DO, WE'RE JUST CALLING ATTENDANCE, SO WHEN I JUST CALLED YOUR NAME, OH, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING.
UH, SO THE FIRST ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA IS GONNA BE THE LEGAL NOTICE, UM, PUBLIC HEARING.
WE WILL HAVE, UH, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK FOR THE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM LAW, AND, UH, LIKE TO HAVE DREW RILEY, UH, COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ABOUT, UH, THE LAW.
YES, AND I APOLOGIZE, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STICK AROUND FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT PLEASE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE ALSO NEED TO GET OUR COMMENTS FROM THE COUNTY AND FROM OUR SECRET COORDINATOR REVIEW.
SO ONCE YOU GET ALL THOSE COMMENTS, WE'LL SIT DOWN AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT ANY POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS.
KATHY HAS A HANDOUT, IF ANYBODY'S HERE TONIGHT.
IT EXPLAINS THE BASIS OF WHY WE'RE DOING IT.
BATTERY STORAGE IS REALLY UP AND COMING.
THE, THE STATE HAD A MODEL LAW THAT WE FOLLOWED THE MODEL LAW MARK WALLING HELPED.
WE PUT, WE PUT INFORMATION IN THAT LAW.
WE HAVE THREE TIERS OF SOLAR PROJECTS, SO PLEASE STATE COMMENTS.
THE FIRST TWO TIERS ARE, RE FIRST TIER IS REGULATED JUST BY BUILDING PERMIT.
THE SECOND TIER IS, IS REGULATED THROUGH SITE PLAN APPROVAL.
AND THE THIRD TIER IS SITE PLAN, SPECIAL USE PERMIT, AND ONLY ALLOWED IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
THAT'S VERY LARGE BATTERY STORAGE UNITS FOR, YOU KNOW, THE BUYING OF THE, FOR THE STORING OF POWER AND SELLING IT TO THE GRID.
SO, UM, EVERYTHING ELSE IS PRETTY MUCH, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A HOME RESIDENCE GO TO THESE, AND THAT'S GONNA BE A TIER ONE.
IF YOU WANT TO DO A BATTERY STORAGE INSTEAD OF A GENERATOR, YOU CAN STORE ENERGY AT YOUR HOUSE.
THEY WERE, THEY, THE, THOSE SYSTEMS ARE, ARE BECOMING PREVALENT.
SAME THING WITH BUSINESSES THAT CAN USE BATTERY STORAGE FOR THEIR BUSINESSES, AND THAT'S GONNA BE A TIER TWO ABOVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
THEN THE PRIMARY USE ONES, LIKE I SAID, THOSE ARE VERY RESTRICTIVE.
SO GET YOUR PUBLIC INPUT AND THEN WE WILL MEET WITH THE TOWN BOARD AGAIN AND SEE IF YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THAT LAW, AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH ADOPTING THAT LAW.
COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATE ARE DOING THIS.
I JUST GAVE A PRESENTATION TO, UH, THE, THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE, AND BASICALLY EVERY COMMUNITY IS LOOKING AT ADOPTING SOME LEVEL OF VALUE.
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THANK YOU.UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE DATTO REZONING SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD.
LOOKING OVER THERE, THAT ONE YOU'RE JUST CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING ON MM-HMM
SO THAT'LL BE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO, UH, SPEAK ON THAT ITEM? DREW? THAT'S FOR, THAT'S THE BRIARWOOD ONE.
I THOUGHT WE WERE JUST CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.
WELL, THIS IS THE REZONING FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN, UH, BOULEVARD.
I THINK IT'S TO SCHEDULE THE ZONING, RIGHT? IT'S A SCHEDULE.
THIS IS THE APPLICATION THAT'S BEEN BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD FOR A WHILE.
THE PLANNING BOARD HAS MADE A RECOMMENDATION.
NOW YOU'RE CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING ON IT.
MR. BURKE WANTS TO, WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON IT.
SO ALL YOU'RE DOING IS CALLING THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.
MIKE, DO YOU WANNA TALK, TALK AT ALL ON THAT? NO, NO.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR SIGN.
BETH, DID YOU WANNA MAKE ANY COMMENTS? THAT'S ALSO PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD FROM THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD.
UM, THEY'VE DISCUSSED PUTTING THAT IN, UM, AND THEY'RE RECOMMENDING IT AT THAT LOCATION AT THIS POINT.
ITEM SEVEN IS, UH, BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS EQUIPMENT.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT A 2021 JOHN DEERE TRACTOR, UH, LEASE PAYMENT GOING THROUGH NEW YORK STATE CONTRACT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE.
UM, PAT, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR, UH, SPEAK ON THAT ONE? YEAH, SHAWN, THAT'S JUST THE LEASE PROGRAM.
UM, WE DO A, A THREE YEAR LEASE AND THEN WHEN THE LEASE IS UP, WE JUST RESIGN THE LEASE FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS.
NEXT ITEM IS, UH, BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS HIRING AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYEES.
I KNOW ON A LOT OF THE OTHER PFS, WE ALWAYS HAVE HAD THE, LIKE R AND AND N FOR RETURNING AND NEW AND WE'VE HAD A COUPLE TIMES NOW, UM, WHERE IT HASN'T SHOWN UP ON A FEW OF THE PFS.
CAN WE BE SURE TO GET THAT JUST FOR OUR EDIFICATION AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THESE DOCUMENTS? ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK THAT'S A VERY REASONABLE REQUEST WE CAN MAKE FOR SURE.
I KNOW A LOT OF THESE ARE, UH, SEASONAL HIRES, RIGHT? FOR THE GOLF COURSE.
UH, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIAL ON THIS, UH, PARTICULAR ONE, PAT OUTSIDE OF, UH, YES.
UM, I'D LIKE TO AMEND IT AND ADD WALTER MAZER BECAUSE HE WAS LEFT OFF BY A MISTAKE.
HE'S A GOLF COURSE EMPLOYEE FOR, UH, HE'S A SUMMER HELP AND OUR SECRETARY MADE A MISTAKE.
IF I CAN RUN THAT, ADD HIS NAME TO IT.
AND HE'S A, HE'S A REHIRE, RIGHT? YES, HE COMES EVERY YEAR.
DO YOU HAVE HIS RATE OF PAY? UH, WOULD BE THE DECEASED 1250.
AND HE'S, UM, HIS TITLE SEASONAL PART-TIME LABOR? YES.
AND WHAT WOULD HIS START DATE BE? FOUR 20 TOMORROW.
AND CAN YOU SPELL HIS NAME AGAIN? WALTER MAZER.
UH, NUMBER NINE IS A PAF FOR THE YOUTH REC SENIOR SERVICES.
THIS IS ALSO, UH, SEASONAL HIRES PRIMARILY, UH, THE GOLF COURSE.
CAN I ASK, CAN I GO BACK TO THE LAST STEP? I'M JUST WANTING WHAT THAT WAS ASKING.
OR ON THE PAF IF YOU NOTICE, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE PAF THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, AND TYPICALLY, AND, AND ACTUALLY ALL OF YOURS HAVE HAD THEM IN THE PAST.
UM, IN THE COLUMN WHERE IT SAYS NRR, IT TYPICALLY SAYS THE NRR.
IF YOU LOOK, IF YOU CAN COMPARE THE TWO EVEN.
AND FOR SOME REASON, THE LAST COUPLE FROM BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS HAS NOT HAD THE, THE N OR THE R.
AS YOU CAN SEE, ALMOST ALL OF THESE ON THE REC ATTENDANT ARE, UH, RETURNING.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 10, I'LL, UH, WITH THE RALPH C. WILSON JUNIOR
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LEGACY GRANT, I'LL TURN OVER TO BETH.DO YOU WANNA COMMENT? UH, YES.
MARK MALKI AS PROJECT MANAGER AND MARTY AND MYSELF PUT TOGETHER, UM, A GRANT APPLICATION AND SUBMITTED IT FOR, UH, THE RALPH C VOLSON JUNIOR LEGACY, UH, GRANT PROJECT.
AND WE WERE THRILLED TO FIND OUT LAST WEEK THAT THE TOWN OF EFFECT WAS AWARDED, UM, THIS GRANT OPPORTUNITY FOR $50,000.
UM, WHEN WE WROTE THE GRANT, IT WAS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT GATEWAY AREAS THAT GO FROM THE VILLAGE TO THE TOWN, UH, NAMELY ON SOUTH PARK AND ON, UH, THE CAMP LAKE CORRIDORS.
UM, THIS I THINK IS AN IMPORTANT, UH, STEP GIVEN EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, GIVEN EVERYTHING ELSE WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH REVITALIZATION IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, MANY OF THE OTHER STRATEGIC PLANNING ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN, THIS WILL BE A VERY IMPORTANT PART.
IT WILL ALSO SET US UP FOR FUTURE GRANTS THAT WE WANT TO APPLY FOR, WHETHER IT BE THE DRI TAP, CFA PROCESS, ET CETERA.
UH, SO WE, AGAIN, WE'RE THRILLED TO GET THIS, THIS GRANT.
IT WILL ALLOW US TO, UH, PUT OUT AN RFP FOR, UH, DESIGN CONSULTANT WORK TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE AREAS AND MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE'RE ALSO HOPING THAT SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT COMES FROM THERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE AS WE LOOK AT OTHER AREAS OF OUR TOWN FOR REVITALIZATION.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO DO WHEN WE SUBMITTED, UH, THE APPLICATION WAS WE, UM, HAD TO IDENTIFY A TIMELINE.
WE ALSO, ANOTHER CONDITION WAS THAT WE SET UP AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND SO THIS, UH, RESOLUTION WOULD IDENTIFY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO BE MARK MALKI IS THE PROJECT MANAGER, MYSELF, MARTY DEKE, UH, BILL CLARK OF THE, THE PLANNING BOARD CHAIR, AND SEAN DOYLE FROM OUR, UH, THE HAMBURG IDA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
GIVEN THE FACT THAT AGAIN, IT DEALS WITH THE REVITALIZATION, UH, MAY INVOLVE SOME, SOME PLANNING ISSUES, ET CETERA.
AND THEN THIS GROUP WILL PUT TOGETHER THE RFP AND THAT INFORMATION IS THERE ALSO.
AND WE WILL, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH MARK MALKI, WE WILL OVERSEE THE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE, UM, TASKS AND BENCHMARKS THAT WE IDENTIFIED IN THE APPLICATION ARE MET.
SO WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE FOR THIS GRANT.
I THINK IT'S JUST OUTSTANDING NEWS BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE FOUNDATIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK, THE RALPH C. WILSON, UH, FOUNDATION, ESPECIALLY KNOWING THAT IT'S ONLY 20 YEARS OF THEM GIFTING, UM, IS DEFINITELY THE PREEMINENT FOUNDATION.
AND FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TO GET APPROVED AND RECOGNIZED REALLY SPEAKS, SPEAKS, UH, HIGHLY OF, OF WHERE WE'RE AT AS A TOWN, I FEEL.
UM, SO, UH, BETH, I KNOW YOU'VE PUSHED REALLY HARD ON THIS AND MARK AS WELL.
IT'S A HUGE, UM, VICTORY FOR THE TOWN IN TERMS OF, UH, GETTING THAT, UH, KEY AREA OF THE TOWN THAT WE CONTINUOUSLY HAVE HEARD OVER THE LAST DECADE ABOUT SOME OF THE VACANCIES AND SOME OF THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE EYESORE THAT THAT PARTICULAR AREA HAS.
UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO SOME OF THE REVITALIZATION IN THE VILLAGE.
SO TO HAVE THIS, UM, BE AWARDED TO THE TOWN IS REALLY GREAT NEWS, AND WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE TO THE RALPH C. WILSON JUNIOR LEGACY, UM, PROGRAM PROJECT, UH, THAT'S OUT THERE.
AND THIS IS BEING ADMINISTERED BY THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO.
SO WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OF BOTH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY ARE PRESENTING THROUGHOUT THIS, UM, NOT JUST THE TOWN, BUT THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN NEW YORK REGION TO BE ABLE TO UNDERTAKE PROJECTS SUCH AS THIS.
SO MANY THANKS TO BOTH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ALSO.
AND IT'S ALSO KEY TOO, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER POSSIBILITIES IN THE TOWN THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT THE RALPH WILSON FOUNDATION WOULD BE THE KEY FUNDER FOR.
THEY'RE THE PERFECT TIE TIE-INS IN TERMS OF WALKABILITY, COMMUNITY RECREATION, UH, SENIORS.
AND, UH, I THINK GETTING A THIS TO BE A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT UNDER THEIR SPONSORSHIP, UH, CAN, CAN SET THE, THE TONE AND, AND THE STAGE FOR FUTURE POSSIBILITIES.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TOWARDS IS, UH, OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND USING THIS TO BE A SPRINGBOARD FOR, FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND, AND OTHER PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES THAT THE TOWN IS EAGER TO UNDERTAKE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? UH, THE NEXT IS PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH.
YEAH, THAT ONE WAS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
I KNOW SEAN HAD REACHED OUT TO US TO GIVE US SOME BACKGROUND AS FAR AS THAT CHANGE FROM, UH, FULL-TIME TO PART-TIME.
KNOW IF ANYBODY HAD ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? NO, I'M GOOD.
UH, YEAH, I WOULD THANK SEAN FOR SENDING SUCH A DETAILED, UH, EMAIL THAT REALLY WENT THROUGH, UH, A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE RATIONALE
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AS TO WHY THIS IS, UH, UH, NECESSARY.UH, THE NEXT IS FAIRLY STANDARD.
IT'S, UH, BIG TREE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, UH, ONE NEW ME, UH, TWO NEW MEMBERS, UH, HANNAH AND KYLE.
ITEM NUMBER 13 IS AWARDING, UH, LAKE AVENUE CROSSWALK.
UH, THIS HAS COME UP IN THE PAST, UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD IT UNSUCCESSFUL, UH, BIDDING PROCESS GO THROUGH IN THE FALL, AND WE REVISITED IT THIS YEAR.
UH, KAMI, TOM, DO WE, EITHER YOU WANNA SPEAK ON, ON THE STATUS OF THIS? UH, JUST THAT THE FIRST BID, THE FIRST TIME WE BID THE PROJECT, WE ONLY HAD A SINGLE BIDDER, AND WE FELT THAT THE PRICE WAS HIGH.
UM, WE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHETHER WE COULD CHANGE SOMETHING.
IT GENERALLY WENT OUT AS THE SAME PROJECT.
THIS TIME WE HAD TWO BIDDERS, UM, AND THE LOWEST BIDDER ENDED UP JUST ABOUT THE SAME PRICE AS OUR ORIGINAL BID HAD LAST YEAR.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE TO DETERMINE THAT THAT IS THE COST OF THIS PROJECT.
AND OUR SECOND BID BIDDER WAS AN ADDITIONAL, I BELIEVE IT'S 10,000 MORE.
SO, UM, THAT GIVES THE TOWN AN IDEA OF WHAT THE COST OF A PROJECT LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE.
I THINK AS FRUSTRATING AS THIS WAS IN TERMS OF, UM, TRYING TO REBID IT IN HOPES THAT WE COULD GET A LOWER COST, UM, I STILL THINK IT WAS WORTH THE TIME AND THE EFFORT AND THE DELAY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UH, WE REALLY, WE DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE BEST COST.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE WE'RE FINDING THAT, UH, IT'S A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN WE FIRST THOUGHT.
UM, BUT I THINK THE SUPERVISOR WAS WISE TO, UH, GIVE THIS ANOTHER GO AROUND.
AND WE CLEARLY KNOW THAT NOW THE 76,000 THAT WE'RE GONNA SPEND, UM, THE NEXT BEST IS 83,000.
SO, UM, I THINK, UH, ALTHOUGH I KNOW SOME MIGHT BE FRUSTRATED IN TERMS OF HAVE NEEDING TO DELAY THIS, YOU KNOW, REALLY IMPORTANT CROSSWALK, UM, I THINK WE WERE VERY WISE TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND, AND, UH, AND NOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
HAVE WE IDENTIFIED WHERE THE, IT SAYS FUNDS AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT, AND THAT WAS LEFT OPEN.
HAVE WE IDENTIFIED THAT YET? DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHICH FUNDING WE HAD DISCUSSED USING FOR THIS OFFHAND? NO.
I DON'T RECALL WHERE THE SUPERVISOR, I KNOW THAT I HAD MADE INQUIRIES ABOUT, UH, WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, BE CREATIVE AND THINK WHERE WE COULD, UM, FIND THE FUNDING.
I KNOW I HAD INQUIRED ABOUT CDBG FUNDS EVEN IN THAT POSSIBILITY.
AND, AND EVIDENTLY WE'RE NOT ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS.
I THINK BECAUSE OF WHERE IT'S LOCATED.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SUPERVISOR HAD ULTIMATELY DECIDED.
SO I THINK THAT THE BEST THING TO DO IN THAT CASE WOULD JUST BE TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION AND TAKE THAT SENTENCE OUT.
UM, SINCE OBVIOUSLY IT'S A WORTHWHILE PROJECT THAT THE BOARD HAS BEEN DISCUSSING FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
AND THEN ONCE THE SUPERVISOR IS HERE FOR THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, IF HE SEES FIT TO HAVE IT BE IN A RESOLUTION, UH, THAT CAN JUST BE A SIMPLE ONE-LINER, BUT WE CAN AT LEAST MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT TODAY.
SO WE WOULD CONTINUE THAT, THAT ENTIRE LINE.
BUT JUST THE LAST FOUR WORDS WE WOULD TAKE OUT.
AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE ON, UH, MY AGENDA.
WAS THERE ANY OTHER LATE ITEMS ADDED OR NO? DID ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? UH, THEY WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE AGENDA? I CAN, WELL, NOT ON THE AGENDA.
UH, SOMETHING I CAN BRING UP IS THE TOWN WIDE, UH, DRAINAGE STUDY.
SO, UH, WE DID HAVE, UH, FIRMS, UM, SUBMIT BIDS.
UM, I DON'T WANNA GET TOO IN DETAIL UNTIL THE SUPERVISORS BACK.
WE AGREED TO WAIT UNTIL THE WHOLE BOARD WAS TOGETHER.
UH, BUT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS AND, UH, WE'LL REPORT AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
UH, I GUESS ALONG THE SAME LINES, SINCE WE'RE TALKING DRAINAGE, UH, KIM AND I HAD A MEETING ON FRIDAY IN TERMS OF THE GOLF COURSE, THE DRAINAGE THAT IRRIGATION, AND, UH, WE HAD TWO, THERE WERE TWO SUBMISSIONS FROM THE RFP TWO DIFFERENT FIRMS. UM, SO WE, WE TOOK A LOOK AT BOTH OF THEIR PROPOSALS ON FRIDAY.
UM, I'M FOLLOWING UP WITH PHONE CALLS THIS WEEK.
I'VE ALREADY PLAYED PHONE TAG WITH ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN, AND OUR HOPE WOULD BE THAT, UH, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA CONSULT WITH JIMMY BRAND FROM THE GOLF COURSE.
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BUT OUR HOPE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, LIKEWISE, IF WE CAN COME BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING WITH A RESOLUTION OF WHO WE WANNA GO, WE CAN HOPEFULLY GET BOTH OF THOSE DRAINAGE ISSUES, UH, MOVING.YEAH, I THINK WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ON OURS AND GO THROUGH IT.
AND, UH, IF WE COME TO AN AGREEMENT THERE, THEN THE NEXT MEETING, YOU KNOW, PUT A RESOLUTION THROUGH, SO.
UH, BETH, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO SPEAK WHILE YOU GOT SOME TIME? SURE.
I KNOW THAT YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK OVER THE LAST, UM, PERIOD OF TIME A WHILE ABOUT, UH, DIFFERENT WALKABILITY AND, AND SAFETY, UH, INITIATIVES REGARD AROUND SOME OF OUR, UH, SCHOOLS, OUR FRONTIER SCHOOLS.
AND WE WERE LOOKING FOR FUNDING AND WRITING GRANTS FOR THAT.
UH, WE'VE BEEN CHANGING THE SCOPE.
WE'RE FOCUSED ON AMSEL ROAD AND, AND WE SHOULD HAVE SOME DETAILS PRETTY SOON THAT WE CAN TALK MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT.
BUT I'M, I'M CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS THERE AND BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON ANOTHER, ANOTHER PROJECT.
SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE, THOSE, UH, IMPORTANT PEDESTRIAN AREAS OF CONCERN AND MAKE PROGRESS THERE ESPECIALLY.
AND ALSO WITH, UH, MCKINLEY AND CLARK, WE'RE CONTINUING, AS YOU KNOW, THE CONVERSATIONS THERE AND, AND DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES.
CAMMY'S BEEN ASSISTING US WITH OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO TAKE A LOOK AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES, UH, ADDITIONAL POSSIBILITIES SINCE THE LAST TIME I REPORTED TO THE BOARD.
SO WE SHOULD HAVE MORE INFORMATION THERE.
ALSO, ALSO, I RECENTLY RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM A GROUP, UH, AND YOU'VE HEARD ME SPEAK ABOUT THIS BEFORE TOO.
THERE'S A, A CITIZENS GROUP, UH, THAT HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE WIND TURBINES THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO PUT UP IN LAKE ERIE.
AND THEY'VE BEEN MEETING REGULARLY.
AND, AND, UH, ONE OF THEIR MEMBERS CONTACTED ME RECENTLY ABOUT THEY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, HAVE TWO SMALL GROUP MEETINGS, ABOUT 15 TO 20 PEOPLE, OR 20 OR 30 PEOPLE, AND SOMETIME WHEN THE WEATHER IS BETTER IN MAY, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO PICK TWO INTERSECTIONS ON ROUTE FIVE.
AND THEY JUST, UH, CONTACTED ME TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY PROTOCOL TO FOLLOW.
I DID TALK TO CHIEF TRASK, AND, AND HE AND HIMSELF JUST SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, SAFETY CONCERNS.
SO THE GROUP SAID THEY'LL REMAIN IN CONTACT ONCE THEY HAVE A DATE AND HAVE A LOCATION, BUT THEY JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WERE NO OTHER PROCEDURES THE TOWN WANTED THEM TO FOLLOW IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO BE AT AN INTERSECTION AND, AND HOLD UP SOME SIGNS AND JUST EXPRESS THEIR, UM, THOUGHTS ON, ON THIS ISSUE.
SO THEY'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP US POSTED.
AND THEN, UM, CAN WE HAVE AN, AN UPDATE ON, I KNOW IT HAD SEVERAL INQUIRIES ABOUT THE, OUR ID BADGE SITUATION, AND I HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS, BUT MAYBE IT WOULD BE GOOD JUST, UH, FOR EVERYONE'S EDIFICATION, JUST TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE ID BADGES THAT PROJECT.
SO TODAY I SENT, UM, THE DRAFT POLICY, THE EMPLOYEE BADGE POLICY TO CHUCK NUTTON, AS WELL AS KATE.
UM, AND THE FORMS THAT WENT ALONG WITH THAT FOR, UH, BASICALLY FOR TRACKING AND FOR CONTRACTORS AND HOW THAT WAS GONNA BE HANDLED MM-HMM
UM, THAT WAS WORKED ON, YOU KNOW, WHEN JERRY WAS KIND OF IN CHARGE OF THAT PROJECT.
UM, SO I'VE SENT THOSE DOCUMENTS FOR CHUCK TO REVIEW AND TO EDIT WERE NECESSARY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY WERE NOT DONE.
UM, WE DID FINALIZE ALL OF THE PHOTOS THAT WERE TAKEN.
HOWEVER, AFTER GOING THROUGH LAST WEEK AND CHECKING TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THEM WERE TAKEN, IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE ARE STILL EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE NOT HAD THEIR PHOTO TAKEN.
UM, SO THAT'S GOING TO NEED TO BE, UM, CORRECTED.
UM, AND THEN I SPOKE WITH SEAN KARATE, AND AS SOON AS WE HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE AND THE BOARD AGREES TO THAT POLICY, AS WELL AS HOW THE BADGES ARE GOING TO BE MANAGED AND WHO WILL BE DESIGNATED AS, UM, AN EMERGENCY, UH, WILL HAVE EMERGENCY PRIVILEGES TO TRAVEL, UM, THEN WE CAN START ISSUING THEM.
AND THEN I JUST HAD ONE OTHER, I RECEIVED A COUPLE OF PHONE CALLS AND, AND ACTUALLY GOT A VIDEO SENT TO ME.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF, IF DREW OR BILL CLARK WAS EVEN ON THE MEETING BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, I, I TYPICALLY TRY TO LISTEN TO PARTS OF THE, THE PLANNING BOARD MEETINGS, BUT I WAS NOT ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE LAST ONE.
AND I KNOW I HAD SEVERAL PHONE CALLS FROM INDIVIDUALS JUST EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERN OVER SOME THINGS THAT HAPPENED AT THAT MEETING.
AND I REALLY DON'T, I'M NOT FAMILIAR.
SO THAT THEY WERE JUST CONCERNED WITH THE WAY THE MEETING WAS CONDUCTED AND SOME LACK OF WHAT THEY VIEWED PROFESSIONALISM.
I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, I, I, I DON'T THINK BILL'S ON ATTENDANCE IS, HE WAS NOT ON THE MEETING, SO IT'S PROBABLY NO INFORMATION.
BETH, I, I THINK IT WAS BROUGHT UP, I WASN'T AT THE MEETING, BUT I THINK WHEN THE SUPERVISOR, HEAD
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OF HIS DEPARTMENT HEAD MEETINGS, DID THEY TALK ABOUT, IT WAS THE FIRST AMENDMENT, UM, AUDIT GROUP OR WHATEVER MM-HMMTHAT VIDEOTAPED THE PLANNING BOARD AND HAD SOME COMMENTS ON, ON, ON THE WAY FUNCTION.
SO I THINK, I HAVEN'T SEEN THE VIDEO, OBVIOUSLY I WAS AT THE MEETING, BUT THE TOWN BOARD SHOULD REVIEW THAT.
I MEAN, UH, PLAYING BOARD MEMBERS ARE, ARE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES AND THE PEOPLE AT THE MEETING, SOME OF THEM WERE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES.
SO IF THE TOWN BOARD WANTS TO LOOK AT IT, THEY SHOULD LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY MERIT TO SOME OF THE, THE, THE FIRST, FIRST AMENDMENT AUDITOR'S NOTES ON IT.
I, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T SEEN THE VIDEO.
I KNOW THE SUPERVISOR BROUGHT IT UP AT A, AT THE, UH, THE DEPARTMENT HEAD MEETING.
THAT'S ALL I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT IT.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING, I WASN'T AWARE OF IT.
SO WE CAN BRING IT TO THE SUPERVISOR ATTENTION AND HAVE IT ADDRESSED.
AND DUE THE NEXT MEETING, BRING IT UP.
JUST BEFORE I LEAVE, JUST, UM, YOU HAVE MY REPORT.
UM, I AM LOOKING FOR THE SUPERVISOR AND I ARE, ARE SUPPOSED TO MEET NEXT WEEK ON THE INCENTIVE ZONING WALL THAT YOU HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING ON.
IF ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMMENTS, WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AT THE MEETING.
WE GOT SOME OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COUNTY.
IF ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COME COMMENTS, THE SUPERVISOR WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE FINAL REVISIONS OF THAT LAW TO HOPEFULLY ADOPT IT IN MAY BECAUSE THE PROPERTIES WILL BE GOING UP FOR SALE SOON AND THEY WANT TO HAVE THAT LAW ADOPTED.
SO PLEASE PROVIDE ME WITH ANY COMMENTS, MR. CONLEY WORK WITH, I, I MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE 18 MILE CREEK PROTECTION LAW.
PLEASE, IF YOU CAN PROVIDE ANY MORE DIRECTION ON THAT, WE COULD ALSO ADOPT THAT LAW IF, IF THE BOARD FEELS COMFORTABLE.
I KNOW SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAD ALSO HAD COMMENTS ON THAT WE WANT DEVELOP AMENDED LAW AND MOVE FORWARD ON THAT OR NOT.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO OUTSTANDING ISSUES.
EVERYTHING ELSE, WE HAD A BIG CODE MEETING, UH, LAST WEEK, UM, AND THE MINUTES FROM THAT MEETING AND ACTION ITEMS OR IN YOUR PACKET TONIGHT.
SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT, THERE'S A LOT OF REZONING REQUESTS COMING IN WHILE WE'RE DOING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THERE'S A LOT OF REZONING REQUESTS COMING IN.
A LOT OF ISSUES ARE ARISING RELATED TO THE CODE.
SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND KEEP UP TO SPEED.
AND I'M SURE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN WILL WILL MENTION, WE DO HAVE OUR FIRST PUBLIC MEETING BY ZOOM TOMORROW NIGHT FOR THE CONFERENCE PLAN.
AND I THINK SO FAR WE HAVE JUST OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE SIGNED UP.
IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO JOIN THE MEETING, IT'D BE VERY HELPFUL.
IT'S KIND OF AN INTRODUCTORY MEETING AND, AND TALKING ABOUT VISION AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD WHERE, WHERE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE EIGHT 1700 SURVEY RESPONSES WE GOT.
AND THEN WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? SO PLEASE, IF ANYBODY HAS THE TIME TOMORROW, YOU KNOW, OR LET YOUR NEIGHBORS KNOW, PLEASE JOIN THE, JOIN THE ZOOM CALL.
AND WERE THERE ANY UPDATES ON, I KNOW THE BETWEEN CO REVIEW AND THE PLANNING BOARD OR BILL CLARK, UH, YOU WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH SOME, WITH SOME SUGGESTED, UH, REVISIONS TO THE MIXED USE, WHAT THEY WERE PUTTING TOGETHER.
WAS THERE ANY PROGRESS THERE? I HANDED THE MIXED USE OUT AT THE CODE REVIEW MEETING.
AGAIN, TAKE A LOOK AT THE PLANNING BOARD HAS WORK TO PUT THAT LAW TOGETHER.
I KNOW WE'VE GOTTEN DIFFERENT COMMENTS ON IT.
THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING WE'LL SLOWLY DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A COPY, LET ME KNOW.
I RECEIVED A COPY FROM THE PLANNING BOARD SO I CAN GET A COPY.
WE DON'T HAVE A MIXED USE ZONING LAW.
MOST LARGER SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES HAVE MIXED USE DISTRICTS.
NOW WE HAVE A, WE HAVE, UH, OUR, A COUPLE OF DISTRICTS THAT WE ALLOW, BUT WE DON'T ALLOW MIXED USE BUILDINGS.
WE ALLOW SEPARATE, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MIXED USE BUILDINGS.
RETAIL ON THE FIRST FLOOR, APARTMENTS ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
WE REALLY DON'T HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN OUR LAW.
SO THE PLANNING BOARD PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER AS A DRAFT.
BUT THAT'S IN OUR, THAT CODE MEETING, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS BEING DISCUSSED, POSSIBLE REVISIONS, SOME OF IT IS TRYING TO SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE CONFERENCE PLAN, BUT SOME OF IT YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD ON.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE MCKINLEY MALL HAS BEEN A HUGE ISSUE.
I THINK IT'S, IT SHOULD, IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
THE RETAIL COMMITTEE LOOKED AT IT.
SO, UM, BUT PLEASE, ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO GET A WORK SESSION WITH THE TOWN BOARD IN THE FUTURE, UH, TO TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THESE ISSUES THAT ARE ARISING AND GET THE TOWN BOARD'S INPUT TO THE ZONING ISSUES.
UM, BUT THE INCENTIVE ZONING LAW AND THE 18 MILE CREEK LAW WE'VE HAD PUBLIC HEARINGS ON.
SO PLEASE GIVE YOUR COMMENTS ON THOSE.
DREW, ARE THERE ANY OTHER FUTURE, UM, MEETINGS FOR THE PUBLIC IN REGARDS TO THE NEW COMP PLAN? YEAH, THERE WILL BE.
MATTER OF FACT, AT THE MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANNA LET PEOPLE GO AHEAD OF TIME, BUT THE MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT, WE WILL ANNOUNCE SOME FUTURE MEETING.
'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE PEOPLE FOCUS ON THE ONE MEETING.
THEY THINK, OH THIS, I'LL WAIT TILL THE NEXT ONE OR WHATEVER.
WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET THEM TO SHOW UP AND THEN WE'LL ANNOUNCE AT THE END OF THAT MEETING.
AND PART OF THAT MEETING IS TOMORROW NIGHT.
WHETHER IT'S A HUNDRED PEOPLE, 150 PEOPLE IS GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE COMP PLAN IS, I FOUND OUT MY 40 YEARS OF DOING COMP PLAN.
THE GREATEST WAY TO GET THE WORD OUT IS WORD OF MOUTH.
AND THROUGH GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS AND WHATEVER, YOU CAN DO ALL THE ADVERTISING YOU WANT THE BEST WAYS PEOPLE TALK TO THEIR NEIGHBORS AND SAY WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT.
ALL THESE PEOPLE SHOW UP TO MEETINGS ALL THE TIME AND YELL, SCREAM ABOUT
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PROJECTS.WELL, COMPREHENSIVE A PLAN SETS THE ZONING OF THE TOWN AND THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE TOWN.
YOU CAN'T WAIT FOR DEVELOPMENT TO COME.
YOU HAVE TO PLAN FOR IT AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT AND NOT WANT, AND HOW WE WANT TO DEVELOP IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THIS WILL BE A VERY INTERESTING MEETING.
ONE THAT, UM, PARTICIPANTS PROBABLY HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, BE INVOLVED WITH BEFORE, AT LEAST IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE, THE TOWN.
WE HAD A DRIVE RUN, UM, EARLIER TODAY IN PREPARATION FOR, FOR TOMORROW NIGHT.
AND THE ZOOM, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE OF COVID AND THERE'S A NEW EMPHASIS ON BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY AND ZOOM MEETINGS, ET CETERA.
AND THERE ARE, OF COURSE, THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS AND SOME PEOPLE WOULD PREFER TO BE IN PERSON.
BUT ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE, UM, PERKS OR THE INTERESTING THINGS THAT, THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW NIGHT, AND I THINK IT'S IT'S QUITE INTERESTING, IS THAT THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, UH, SURVEY QUESTIONS FOR IT'S VERY INTERACTIVE INSTANT POLL.
SO BASICALLY INSTANT POLL, YOU POLL A HUNDRED PEOPLE, YOU GET INSTANT RESULTS.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE, AND IT ACTUALLY WORKS TO ASK QUESTIONS.
IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S A STATISTICAL, BUT YOU CAN SEE, HEY, 90% OF PEOPLE ON THE CALL HAVE THIS OPINION.
WELL, YOU KNOW, OKAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT ISSUE WITH MORE SO I, TECHNOLOGY, ENTERTAINMENT, PLACE OF THE IN PERSON.
RIGHT? I LOVE IN-PERSON MEETINGS.
I'VE BEEN DOING THEM THOUSANDS OF THEM, BUT, BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT THAT WAY.
THERE'S STILL MANY GOVERNMENT, NOT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG STILL DOES THEIR MEETINGS HERE, BUT THE COUNTY, OTHER PLACES DO NOT ALLOW PUBLIC MEETINGS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FOLLOW NOT ONLY THE TOWN'S GUIDANCE, BUT THE COUNTIES AND OTHER GUIDANCE AT ANY PUBLIC MEETINGS.
WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO, IT'D BE VERY LIMITED ANYWAY, ANY ROOM.
WE COULDN'T GET MORE THAN 34 PEOPLE IN A ROOM ANYWAY WITH THE, WITH THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS.
SO THESE MEETINGS WILL, THIS FIRST ONE IS A ZOOM MEETING.
WE COULDN'T REALLY HAVE A PUBLIC FACE-TO-FACE MEETING.
RIGHT? SO, SO I THINK IT'LL BE VERY INTERESTING.
AND IT'S, LIKE I SAID, IT'S, IT IS GETTING IT GOING NOW.
GETTING THE WORD OUT AND GETTING PEOPLE INTERESTED.
WE'VE DONE THAT SOME VERY NICE, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSIONS IN THE NEWSPAPER, ET CETERA.
BUT IT'S GETTING THE WORD OUT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.
YOU ONLY ONLY GET PROBLEMS WHEN THEY PROPOSE SOMETHING, THEN PEOPLE DON'T LIKE WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
YOU'LL SEE IN THE HAMPER THE PLANNING BOARD MEETINGS.
I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE VERY UPSET ABOUT SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TOWN.
WELL, THEY'RE ZONED CORRECTLY.
THAT'S WHERE THE TOWN HAD THOUGHT WAS WHAT THEY WANTED 20 YEARS AGO.
BUT MAYBE THAT HAS CHANGED NOW.
UM, A LOT OF MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT BEING PROPOSED RIGHT NOW.
IS THAT WHAT THE TOWN WANTS? SOME PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE SIZE OF LOTS IN SUBDIVISIONS.
IS THAT WHAT THE TOWN WANTS? YOU WANT LARGER LOTS, SMALLER LOTS.
HOW DO YOU WANNA ACCOMPLISH IT? YOU WANT MORE GREEN SPACE, HOW ARE YOU GONNA KEEP THAT GREEN SPACE? BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE TOWN OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS AND DEVELOPING THAT, THAT PLAN AND HOPEFULLY SOMETHING THAT THAT'LL BE EXCITING FOR THE TOWN TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
AND THERE'S GONNA BE A WHOLE SEPARATE OF THE PLAN THAT WE'RE GONNA HAND AS THE IMPLEMENTATION TO EACH TOWN BOARD MEMBER SAYING, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE SUBSCRIBED TO DOING FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND WE'RE GUARANTEED THAT THERE'S GONNA BE AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT THE TOWN HAS TO ACT UPON.
UH, ONE LAST, UH, COMMENT OR QUESTION IS, BETH BROUGHT UP A POINT ABOUT WIND TURBINES.
AND FOR THE RESEARCH I'VE DONE, THE PEOPLE I'VE TALKED TO, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT ISN'T OUR POWER AS A MUNICIPALITY FAIRLY LIMITED? YOU'RE FAIRLY LIMITED.
I WOULD TELL THAT SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP, THEY SHOULD START WRITING AND CORRESPONDING WITH THE RES ORES, THE OFFICE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SERVICES, THEY WILL CONTROL, YOU'LL HAVE NO LEGISLATIVE POWER OVER WHAT HAPPENS IN THE LAKE.
NOT THAT YOU HAVE MUCH BEFORE, BUT NOW ANYTHING OVER 25 MEGAWATTS IS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE.
EVERYTHING IS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE.
AND THAT'S IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS IN THE GREAT LAKES.
SO IT'S EVEN MORE COMPLICATED.
I'VE BEEN TOLD, DON'T QUOTE ME, BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT IT'S PROBABLY 10 YEARS OF WORK BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY COULD DO THAT.
BUT NOW'S THE TIME TO HAVE SOME INFLUENCE BEFORE THEY FINISH UP ALL THE STUDIES AND EVERYTHING THAT ACTUALLY HAD THAT HAPPEN IN THE LAKE.
SO, UM, IT IS A DIFFICULT ISSUE.
THERE'S A LOT OF GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT AREN'T HAPPY ABOUT IT.
NOW'S THE TIME TO GET THOSE COMMENTS EARLY AHEAD OF TIME BEFORE THE STATE SPENDS TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS JUST STUDYING IT AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT'S GONNA BE DONE IN THE, IN THE DIFFICULT ISSUES, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH INTERNATIONAL WATERS.
SO I THINK WE'RE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, UM, AND, AND ALLOW OUR RESIDENTS TO SPEAK ON THAT.
BUT, UH, EVERYONE SHOULD BE AWARE AND REALIZE THAT IT'S AT THIS POINT REALLY MORE STATE ISSUE THAN A LOCAL MUNICIPALITY.
I, I'VE SEEN SOME MUNICIPALITIES PASS RESOLUTIONS ALONG LAKE ONTARIO AND OTHER LAKES AND WHATEVER SAYING WE'RE OPPOSED TO THIS.
BUT AGAIN, UNDERSTANDING IS REALLY JUST AN INFORMALITY.
YOU REALLY HAVE NO CONTROL, BUT YOU COULD STATE REASONS WHY YOU HAVE CONCERNS OVER THE PLACEMENT OF, OF WIND TURBINE IN YOUR LAKEFRONT.
SINCE WE HAVE TIME, ARE WE ABLE TO GO TO THE DEPARTMENT HEADS NOW AND COMPARE,
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UH, OR SHOULD WE HOLD OFF UNTIL THE PUBLIC, UH, HEARING? UM, WELL, YOU CAN ASK IF ANYBODY'S GOT ANYTHING THEY NEED TO DISCUSS.OTHER THAN THAT LAST MEETING, WE WERE DONE EARLY.
UH, I THINK WE WERE, WE HAD OVER A HALF HOUR BEFORE WE CAME BACK FOR THINGS, SO.
SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING MAJOR THAT THEY WANNA DISCUSS THIS WAY THAT WE'VE GOT SOME TIME TO OUT? ALWAYS ME.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA JUST PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH AN UPDATE.
UM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, UH, YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THIS.
NORMALLY I SENT IT TO YOU BY EMAIL, BUT HERE WE ARE.
UM, SO OUR, UH, FIRST QUARTER SALES TAX CHECK WAS RECEIVED LAST WEEK, UM, AND IT WAS $2,163,000 APPROXIMATELY, UM, WHICH IS ACTUALLY WITHIN ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS OF WHAT OUR FIRST QUARTER PAYMENT WAS IN 2020.
UM, SO IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT HAS THE TREND WITH THAT FIRST QUARTER PAYMENT IS THAT IT IS INCREASING.
UM, AND I THINK THAT IS MOST LIKELY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE, THE INTERNET, UM, SALES TAX LEGISLATION CHANGE.
HOWEVER, OBVIOUSLY OUR 2020 SALES TAX WAS A BIT LOWER THAN OUR 2019 WAS DUE TO THE IMPACTS OF COVID.
LUCKILY IT WASN'T AS DIRE OF A SITUATION AS WE HAD FEARED AND THEY WERE PROJECTING.
SO I, I AM HOPING THAT WE ARE NOW ON TRACK TO REALLY GET AN UNDERSTANDING THIS YEAR WITH OUR FOUR QUARTERLY PAYMENTS OF WHAT THE TRUE BENEFIT OF THAT INTERNET SALES TAX LEGISLATION CHANGE WILL BE DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, HOW PREVALENT THE SURE WIDE REACHING THE IMPACTS OF COVID CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLY.
UH, ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS, UH, WISH TO SPEAK? SEAN, DO YOU WANNA DISCUSS DOG DOGS? UH, SURE.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN, UH, PROBABLY SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF, UM, ANALYZING THE DOG, UH, SITUATION IN TERMS OF HOW MANY RESIDENTS HAVE LICENSES FOR THEIR DOGS.
AND, UM, I THINK THERE WAS ENOUGH CONSENSUS FROM OUR CONVERSATION AT THAT POINT, WHICH NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT PROBABLY WAS THE FALL OF LATE FALL OF LAST YEAR, UM, THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS WORTHY OF, OF CIRCLING BACK AS I SAID I WOULD.
AND SO I SAT DOWN WITH, WITH KATHY AND, AND BRAD AND, UH, TOOK A LOOK AT SOME NUMBERS IN TERMS OF HOW MANY RESIDENTS WE HAVE, HOW MANY, UH, LICENSES WE HAVE, AND DOING RESEARCH, COMPARING US TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND, UM, THE PERCENTAGES OF OUR OWNERS, UH, THAT HAVE LICENSES VERSUS NOT LICENSES.
WE'RE FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT, UM, THERE'S A VAST MAJORITY OF DOG OWNERS WITH DOGS THAT AREN'T PROPERLY LICENSED, UM, WHICH CREATES A WHOLE HOST OF, OF PROBLEMS, UH, ISSUES THAT, UH, WE FEEL MAKES SENSE TO ADDRESS.
UM, KATHY HAS, HAS, UH, IN THE PAST THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, LOOKED INTO IT.
SO I'LL HAVE YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO, TO, TO, UH, YOUR, YOUR THOUGHTS.
AND, UM, FOR YEARS I'VE BEEN BRINGING THIS UP AT BUDGET TIME FOR THE TOWN TO DO A CENSUS.
WE USED TO DO A CENSUS YEARS AGO, UM, WELL ACTUALLY WHEN MY PREDECESSOR WAS HERE, IT WAS REQUIRED BY THE STATE AND THEN THE STATE SAID, OKAY, IT'S NOT MANDATORY ANYMORE.
SO AFTER THAT, WE STOPPED DOING IT.
SO IT'S BEEN OVER 20 YEARS SINCE WE'VE DONE A CENSUS.
AND, UM, SO THERE IS A COMPANY THAT I FOUND WHERE THEY'LL DO IT BY MAIL AND THEY GUARANTEE THAT THEY'LL GET TO EVERY RESIDENT, WHETHER IN AN APARTMENT, A HOUSE, WHATEVER, THEY'LL, THAT THEY'LL REACH OUT TO EVERYBODY.
SO WE'LL TELL 'EM WHAT THE FEES ARE.
THEY HAVE ABOUT A MONTH TO REPLY, YOU KNOW, COME IN AND LICENSE THE DOG.
AND THEN IF THEY DON'T LICENSE IT AFTER THAT POINT, UM, THEN THEY'LL BE FINED.
AND THE STATE DOES ALLOW US TO ISSUE A FINE BECAUSE THAT IT COVERS OUR COST OF DOING THE CENSUS.
SO, UM, WE MET WITH COUNCILMAN COUNTY AND WE DECIDED THAT THE FEE WOULD BE $50 FOR THE FINE.
SO RIGHT NOW OUR LICENSE FEES ARE $11 AND $18, AND THEN THERE WOULD BE A $50 FINE ON TOP OF IT.
AND THE REASON FOR THE FINE IS WE OBVIOUSLY NEED TO HAVE A DETRIMENT.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOTTA BE, UM, SOME PAIN FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA TRY TO CONTINUE TO AVOID THE FEE.
UM, WHICH APPARENTLY, YOU KNOW, SEEMS TO BE THE CASE.
I WOULD SAY IT'S ACTUALLY NOT TOO, UM, IT, IT'S FAIRLY SIMILAR TO THE ISSUE WE HAD AT THE BEACH IN TERMS OF, UM, MANY RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, HARDWORKING RESIDENTS TAKING THEIR MONEY, YOU KNOW, USING THEIR MONEY TO, TO BUY THEIR PAST YET, YOU KNOW, MANY OTHER RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTS, UM,
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NOT PAYING THE FEE.UM, SO IN ESSENCE THERE'S A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE SUBSIDIZING OTHER RESIDENTS, UH, THAT ARE BOTH EQUALLY USING THE SERVICE.
AND SO, UH, WE IMPLEMENTED THE BEACH, UH, AND THANKS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, KEVIN TRASK, UH, PUSHING TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS PATROL PROPERLY.
UM, WE SAW RECORD NUMBER OF, UM, FINES ISSUED AND WE SAW A RECORD NUMBER OF, OF REVENUE COME INTO THE TOWN.
UM, AND IT'S REALLY NOT ABOUT NECESSARILY MONEY OR REVENUE, ALTHOUGH CERTAINLY, UH, I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A BENEFIT THERE.
I THINK IT'S REALLY ABOUT FAIRNESS, UH, QUALITY.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, UH, TOWN SERVICES THAT, UH, FROM THE LOOKS OF OUR DATA INDICATE THAT, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BENEFITING FROM US, HAVING A DOG CATCHER AND HAVING THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE ARE NOT, UH, ARE NOT PAYING FOR THAT, THAT SERVICE.
AND IF EVERYBODY DID THEIR PART, I MEAN $11, UH, FEE IS PRETTY REASONABLE.
AND IF WE SEE THE NUMBERS INCREASE IN TERMS OF, UH, THE, THE, THE DOG OWNERS, UH, ALL CHIPPING IN AS AS THEY, YOU KNOW, AS THEY, THEY SHOULD AND NEED TO, UM, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY WE COULD HOPEFULLY EVEN SEE THAT FEE GO DOWN SO THAT IT'S SPREAD OVER MORE RESIDENTS.
UM, AND SEAN, CAN I ALSO, I KNOW OBVIOUSLY KATHY AND I WERE IN THE SAME BUDGET MEETINGS.
UM, ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION FROM THE INTER MUNICIPAL MEETINGS THAT I ATTEND WAS, I BELIEVE GRAND ISLAND ACTUALLY.
UM, THEY HAVE LIKE A LOCAL PROJECT WHERE, UH, ALMOST ON AN ANNUAL BASIS I THINK IT IS, THERE'S UM, LIKE BOY SCOUT AND GIRL SCOUT TROOPS THAT ACTUALLY, UM, IN SOME MANNER HANDLE THIS.
SO THERE REALLY ISN'T A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH IT, UM, IN CASE THAT THAT'S AN OPTION AND ALSO IT'S A GOOD WAY TO GET COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
UM, THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS INTERESTING FROM ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY THAT I HAD HEARD.
I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY COMPANIES REALLY ARE OUT THERE OFFERING THIS SERVICE.
WE MAY BE PRETTY LIMITED TO THAT ONE.
GRAND ISLAND DID A MAILING, 'CAUSE I HAVE THE COPIES OF IT.
WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE CHARGE FOR THIS COMPANY? THE MAILING? $7,000 TO THE WHOLE TOWN? YEAH.
IS THAT BASED ON SOMETHING OR BASED ON THE POPULATION.
AND I, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I KNOW WE DID THE MATH IN TERMS OF, UH, IF WE DID TWO MAILINGS AND IF WE HAD A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF SUCCESS THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR, I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN CLOSE TO A BREAK EVEN, UH, BUT SUB YEARS, UH, THE, THE MAILING, THE COST THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO KIND OF DO UPFRONT WOULD MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, OFFSET, UH, BE OFFSET BY THE, THE INCREASED LICENSING FEES.
YEAH, WE WOULD'VE TO BUY MORE TAGS BECAUSE WE'RE ALMOST OUT OF TAGS.
SO, UM, 15,000 TAGS WILL COST ABOUT $3,000.
UM, AND THEN, THEN WITH THE SEVEN, $7,000 FEE, SO AN UPFRONT COST ABOUT $10,000.
SO THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE I'LL, I'LL, UH, PRESENT A RESOLUTION WITH ALL THE HARD NUMBERS, ALL THE DATA, ALL THE FACTS THAT WE WENT THROUGH.
UM, THAT WAY IF ANYBODY HAS ANY, ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, UH, THEY CAN LET ME KNOW, YOU'LL SEE THAT IN ADVANCE.
UM, BUT I DO FEEL THAT AFTER 20 YEARS OF REALLY NOT REASSESSING THE SITUATION IN TERMS OF IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE DOG USAGE IN OUR TOWN OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, UH, BETWEEN JUST POPULATION GROWTH AND, AND THE INTEREST IN, IN PET OWNERSHIP AND DOG OWNERSHIP, UH, CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE WANNA REVISIT.
UH, I KNOW THE CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR AT LEAST THE LAST SIX YEARS HAD NUMEROUS, UH, COMPLAINTS AND ISSUES AND REQUESTS FROM RESIDENTS TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF DOGS EACH HOUSEHOLD CAN HAVE.
UM, SO DURING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND THOSE INQUIRIES, I MEAN, IT WAS FOUND THAT SEVERAL, UH, SEVERAL FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS, UH, NOT ONLY HAVE A TRADITIONAL DOG OR TWO, BUT 3, 4, 5, 7, UM, UH, IN, IN SOME CASES EVEN MORE.
AND SO IT'S AN ISSUE THAT WE, UH, FROM MY KNOWLEDGE ANYWAY, THE TOWN REALLY HASN'T ADDRESSED ANY DOG RELATED ISSUES, UM, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE SHORT TERM OR EVEN IN THE LONG TERM.
AND I THINK THE TIME, UH, HAS COME THAT WE, WE REALLY, UH, SHOULD BE ADDRESSING IT.
THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE A LIMIT ARE THE TWO VILLAGES HAVE LIMITS HOW MANY DOGS YOU CAN HAVE.
SO AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S A, A WHOLE SEPARATE ISSUE.
UM, BUT THIS ONE TO ME, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, THAT WE COULD, UH, DEBATE IN THE FUTURE, BUT THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AFTER 20 YEARS, I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO ADDRESS IT.
UM, IF WE WANNA REALLY BE WATCHING OUT FOR THE TAXPAYERS AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE.
UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, IT'S CLEARLY NOT HAPPENING.
UM, SO I THINK WE REALLY HAVE TO, TO TAKE SOME ACTION.
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THE BOARD OR ANY ANYWHERE ELSE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE COVID FUNDS THAT WE'RE GONNA GET REIMBURSED? IS THERE A PROCESS TO IT OR ANYBODY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? I WOULD DIRECT THAT TO SAM.I KNOW I ASKED THE SUPERVISOR THAT QUESTION AT THE LAST MEETING AND HE SAID THAT THERE WASN'T ANY INFORMATION AT THAT POINT.
SO I THINK WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, FINAL LEGISLATION AND KIND OF DIFFERENTIATING WHAT EXACTLY WILL BE INCLUDED IN IT AND WHAT WON'T BE.
I DID HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TOWN SUPERVISOR THOUGH, JUST BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE RECEIVED THE FIRST ROUND OF AID, UM, WE REALLY HAD TO WORK QUICKLY BECAUSE OF THE TIMEFRAME THAT WAS ON IT AND HOW QUICKLY IT NEEDED TO BE SPENT.
THAT I DON'T THINK, UH, I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE IDEAL, ESPECIALLY WITH SUCH A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE TOWN BOARD HAVE TIME TO DELIBERATE WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS TO ALMOST HAVE IT BE LIKE A, A MINI BUDGET PROCESS, IF YOU WILL, SINCE THIS IS REALLY A, A ONE TIME SHOT OF REVENUE.
SO MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE TOWN SUPERVISOR, BECAUSE REALLY WE DON'T KNOW WHAT DAY WE WILL GET EXACT REQUIREMENTS ON THIS, WAS TO DEVELOP A PLAN OR A TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OR A TENTATIVE PROCESS WITH ALL OF YOU.
THAT WAY ONCE WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE THAT INFORMATION, WE'RE READY TO GO AND WE DON'T WASTE ANY TIME, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THOSE SUGGESTIONS ARE GOING TO COME FROM WITH FEMA, UM, ITEMS. I KNOW THAT SEAN KARATE DOES A GREAT JOB OF COORDINATING THE EMERGENCY DISASTER EXPENSES.
UM, SO WITH THE FIRST ROUND OF COVID RELIEF THAT DUTY FELL TO HIM.
AND THEN THE PREPARATION OF THE VOUCHERS, UM, PRIMARILY FELL TO THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS, BUT ALSO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY OF HANDLING, ESPECIALLY SUCH A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY WHEN WE HAVE MUCH MORE TIME WITH THIS PROCESS THAN WE DID WITH THAT FIRST ROUND OF AID.
SO I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE THAT BEST THAT WAY.
THE TOWN BOARD SHOULD REALLY BE DECIDING WHERE THOSE FUNDS ARE SPENT, WHAT THE BEST PURPOSES ARE.
AND I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, SPEAK TO EVERYBODY ABOUT THAT SO WE COULD GET MOVING WITH IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE JUST SO THAT WE, WE NEED ALL OF THE SPENDING DEADLINES AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE CAN USE IT FOR.
SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF IN A HOLDING PATTERN UNTIL WE KNOW THAT I THINK JIM'S BEEN RECEIVING THE MOST, UM, COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION OR UPDATES TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
SO HOPEFULLY BY THE TIME, UM, HE RETURNS NEXT WEEK, WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING MORE.
DO WE HAVE FROM THE FIRST ROUND.
AND THAT WAS, WHAT WAS THE FIGURE ON THAT AGAIN? ABOUT A MILLION.
A MILLION THAT, THOSE WERE A MILLION.
DO, CAN YOU PROVIDE US WITH ANYTHING, UH, SINCE I THINK ALL THAT HAS BEEN, UM, DIRECTED NOW, CAN WE HAVE A FINAL, UM, BREAKDOWN OR OVERVIEW OF HOW THAT WAS DISPERSED? ABSOLUTELY.
SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO, NO, I CAN'T SPEAK TO EXACTLY.
I KNOW SOME OF IT WAS OBVIOUSLY FOR THE DISPATCH RENOVATION PROJECT, RIGHT? SO I'M NOT SURE IF EVERY SINGLE BILL FOR THAT HAS BEEN PAID, BUT WE APPLIED FOR LIKE, I THINK $1,040,000 OR SO.
THEY DIDN'T TELL US WHAT WE HAD TO ELIMINATE FROM OURS.
IT WAS JUST A MILLION DOLLAR CAP.
SO THE INITIAL LISTING THAT I BELIEVE SEAN HAD SENT TO EVERY BOARD MEMBER WITH THE APPROVED AND APPLIED FOUR ITEMS, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE HAVE NOT DEVIATED FROM THAT.
THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ITEMS WERE PAID PRIOR TO 1231 BECAUSE THAT WAS THE INITIAL DEADLINE THAT WE WERE GIVEN.
SO WHAT I, THE INFORMATION THAT YOU ALREADY WERE PROVIDED WITH IS DEFINITELY COMPREHENSIVE AND THERE HAVEN'T BEEN DEVIATIONS.
HOWEVER, THERE MIGHT BE NOMINAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN VENDORS SINCE THE DISPATCH PROJECT JUST OCCURRED.
SO, UM, I CAN WORK ON THAT WITH SEAN, BUT IN GENERAL, THE ITEMS THAT WE SAID WE WERE SPENDING THE MONEY ON, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS SPENT ON.
SO WHENEVER THAT IT PROCESS IS COMPLETE, IF WE CAN JUST HAVE SOME MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THAT, WHETHER IT DEVIATED OR NOT, OR JUST A FINAL, LIKE HERE'S HOW IT FINALLY SHOOK OUT.
YEAH, I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH BETH ON THAT.
THAT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE A, A SUMMARY REPORT, YOU KNOW, ITEMIZED IN TERMS OF WHAT WE SPENT, HOW MUCH WE SPENT.
UM, AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, FAIRLY EASY IN TERMS OF FIGURING OUT WHAT TO SPEND BECAUSE WE IDENTIFIED A LOT OF NEEDS BECAUSE OF COVID, WHETHER IT BE REMOTE TECHNOLOGY, UH, SIMPLE THINGS LIKE, UH, CONFERENCING, OUR MEETINGS, UM, AIRFLOW QUALITY, UM, UH, PERSONAL PROTECTION THAT A MILLION DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, TOOK US A WHILE, BUT WE HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH THAT WAS, WAS ABLE TO,
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TO COVER.NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY OVER 10 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND YOU KNOW, I DO FEEL THAT WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB IN TERMS OF KEEPING THE FINANCES REALLY TIGHT, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE IN A POSITION THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA WANNA DO A LOT OF HOMEWORK AND DUE DILIGENCE TO SPEND THAT 10,000, UH, YOU KNOW, AS JUDICIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, GONNA BE A LOT OF MONEY.
AND THAT'S MY CONCERN WITH HAVING A GREAT PROCESS FOR IT BECAUSE REALLY, I MEAN, IT IS 20% OF ONE OF OUR ANNUAL BUDGETS.
WE TALK ABOUT OUR INABILITY TO REALLY RAISE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF REVENUE OTHER THAN PROPERTY TAXES IN THE PAST.
I KNOW ALL OF YOU HAVE SAT THROUGH DIFFICULT BUDGET SEASONS THAT WE'VE HAD, ESPECIALLY AS OF LATELY IT SEEMS. SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE GET A HISTORIC ONE SHOT REVENUE THAT WE CAN USE FOR A LITANY OF PROBLEMS THAT IN BOARD MEETING, AFTER BOARD MEETING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ADDRESSED ALSO THE, THE COST WHEN WE RECEIVED THAT MILLION DOLLARS, THE PORTION THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, PPE, THOSE ITEMS THAT WE NEEDED RIGHT AWAY.
I MEAN, WE DIDN'T GET THIS MONEY OR WE DIDN'T HAVE NOTIFICATION ABOUT IT UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
WE HAD ALREADY BEEN PURCHASING THOSE ITEMS AND THERE WAS NOTHING THAT WE COULD DO ABOUT IT OTHERWISE.
SO WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THAT MILLION DOLLARS, A LOT OF THAT, UM, IT REALLY WASN'T, I WANNA SAY OFFHAND, MAYBE BETWEEN 200 TO 300 MILLION WAS STUFF THAT WE, UM, HAD DONE PRIOR TO EVEN KNOWING THAT WE WERE GETTING THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
I KNOW SEAN DID A GREAT JOB OF ASKING DEPARTMENTS WHAT OTHER ITEMS, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THE TOWN APPLIED FOR THE FULL MILLION DOLLARS.
AND I THINK THE PART WHERE, UM, THE PROCESS WAS UNPRECEDENTED COMPARED TO FEMA WHERE YOU HAVE TO DETAIL EVERY DOLLAR AND WHAT IT'S FOR WAS THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY WITH THAT TO GET, YOU KNOW, AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF MONEY WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO HANDLE SOME ITEMS, UM, LIKE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE, LIKE THE TOILETS AND SINKS, ANYTHING THAT WE COULD KIND OF MAKE SO THAT IT WAS, UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO TOUCH IT OR TIME CLOCKS ITEMS OF THAT NATURE, BUT THE GAP BETWEEN THOSE ITEMS WE HAD SPENT THE MONEY ON AND THEN PROBABLY ABOUT THE $600,000 THAT WE WANTED TO APPLY FOR TO HIT THE MAX.
I THINK THAT WAS WHERE WE WERE DOWN TO THE WIRE WITH IT.
AND THAT'S REALLY THE PART WHERE I WANNA ENSURE THAT THE TOWN BOARD HAS A, A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE.
I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN PUT ON THE TABLE THAT WE CAN USE IT TOWARDS THE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF REVENUES THAT WE LOST.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT REPLENISHING OUR FUND BALANCES IN THE DIRE POSITION THAT THOSE WERE IN OR OTHER CAPITAL ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN THAT WE SIMPLY COULDN'T ADDRESS IN ANY ONE YEAR'S BUDGET.
IT IS, YEAH, I'M SORRY, BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THIS, THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY AND IT REALLY HAS TO HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, VERY THOUGHT.
WE HAVE TO BE VERY MINDFUL AND THOUGHTFUL BECAUSE IN THE END, WE NEED TO LEVERAGE THIS OPPORTUNITY IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR TAXPAYERS, NOT JUST FOR TODAY, BUT GOING FORWARD.
HOW DO WE POSITION OURSELVES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, WE DON'T WANT KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO COME DOWN THE ROAD.
AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS AND IMPORTANT CONVERSATION SO THAT WE ARE ACTING IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR TAXPAYERS, UM, GOING, GOING FORWARD.
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AND I THINK JUST, YOU KNOW, TO FURTHER THAT POINT, WE HAVE HAD, WE PLANNED AS BEST WE COULD HAVE ONCE COVID HIT THE TOWN BOARD DID A GREAT JOB OF REDUCING EXPENSES OVER TIME AS MUCH AS WE COULD TO RESPOND QUICKLY AND PLAN FOR THE WORST.
AND THEN FOR THE MOST PART, A LOT OF THE NEWS FINANCIALLY AT LEAST THAT WE'VE GOTTEN SINCE THAT INITIAL OCCURRENCE AND WHEN WE WERE ALL WORKING IN JUNE ON THOSE BUDGET CUTS, IT DIDN'T PAN OUT AS BAD AS WE HAD FEARED IT POSSIBLY COULD.
AND THAT REALLY EVEN IMPACTED OUR PRI YOU KNOW, OUR BUDGET SEASON AND OUR DELIBERATIONS THERE.
SO I THINK IT'S A, A, A GOOD, UH, IT'S AN AMOUNT OF GOOD NEWS.
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NEVER GOING TO WISH FOR ANOTHER PANDEMIC LIKE THIS, SO WHO KNOWS WHEN WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS AGAIN WITH THIS FUNDING, IT CAN CORRECT A LOT OF OUR INHERENT, YOU KNOW, ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN FACING THAT NONE OF US KNEW HOW IN ONE BUDGET SEASON TO START MAKING A CHANGE WITH 'EM.
AND, AND IT'S A BIG OPPORTUNITY THERE AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT WE BORROWED FOR THE DEBT ISSUANCE AT HISTORIC LOWS.
SO WE DO HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF THAT BORROWING TO AND REINVEST IN OUR FACILITIES AS WELL WITHOUT MAKING IT BE A BURDEN ON THE TAXPAYERS.
AND NOW IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE THIS $10 MILLION COMING AS WELL.
SO THINGS ARE FINALLY STARTING TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
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I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE TOWN BOARD TO CONSIDER, UM, OUR DEPARTMENT CUT 10% LAST YEAR AND CUT ANOTHER 10% THIS YEAR.I'D REALLY LIKE TO CONSIDER JUST THE LEAST GETTING THAT BACK IN ITS WHOLE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY DIMINISHING OUR ABILITY TO DO THE WORK THAT WE NORMALLY DO IN THE SUMMERTIME, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PARKS FIXING UP THAT WE'D LIKE TO DO.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING MONEY, GRAB EVERYBODY JUST GRAB MONEY.
ALLS I CARE ABOUT IS GETTING THE MONEY BACK BY LOSS AND ANYTHING ADDITIONAL IS, IS FINE.
IT'S BEEN MY, BUT I JUST REALLY WOULD LOVE TO LEAST GET BACK WHERE WE, WE LOST AND IT WAS DUE TO COVID.
THE WAY I READ IT, IT SAID ANYTHING THAT COVID AFFECTED.
SO IN MY OPINION THAT IS IF YOUR BUDGET WAS AFFECTED BY COVID, WHICH IT WAS BECAUSE WE CUT IT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT REPLENISHED.
AND IF IT SOUNDS WORTH, WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN THEY'RE SPEAKING, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
I THINK IT IS VERY REASONABLE AND WE'VE, WE, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS A BOARD WE SET ALL ALONG, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO MAKE THESE CUTS FOR A WORST CASE SCENARIO TO BE PROACTIVE, TO POSITION OURSELVES THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A TAX INCREASE IF A WORST CASE SCENARIO HAPPENS.
I THINK WE WERE EFFECTIVELY DID THAT AND NOW THAT, UH, WE'VE GOT SUCH A BIG, UH, STIMULUS NOW COMING BACK TO US IN ADDITION TO THE 1 MILLION, UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE THE, THE EMPLOYEES, THE PROGRAMS, UH, THINGS THAT WERE CUT, THOSE ARE THE FIRST THINGS WE NEED TO AT A MINIMUM RESTORE BECAUSE THE ONLY REASON THEY WERE CUT WAS 'CAUSE OF COVID.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN UNREASONABLE REQUEST AT ALL.
AND I ALSO THINK, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH DEPARTMENTS LIKE ENG OR YOU KNOW, HIGHWAY RECREATION WHERE THEY MAKE LARGE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, POLICE AS WELL WITH THEIR FLEET OF CARS, ITEMS OF THAT NATURE, EVERYONE IS ON THEIR OWN ROTATION SCHEDULE.
LIKE HOW PAT HAD MENTIONED EARLIER TONIGHT ABOUT THE CAPITAL LEASING THAT HE DOES.
SO IN THOSE CASES, IF WE DIDN'T REPLENISH THAT FUNDING TO AT LEAST THAT LEVEL THAT IT WAS AT BEFORE, THEN WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE FACT THAT THAT WHOLE, UM, REPLENISHMENT AND KIND OF KEEPING THE FLEETS THAT EV ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE BEEN WORKING TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP SOMEWHAT CURRENT THAT WE DON'T HAVE BACKWARDS PROGRESS THERE.
BUT TO BETH'S POINT, I THINK IT'S REALLY CRUCIAL THAT WE HAVE A GAME PLAN AND WE START TO MEET ON AS, AS A REGULAR BASIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
'CAUSE I THINK ABOUT JUST SOME OF THE SMALLER PROJECTS, UH, THAT I'VE BEEN A PART OF TO TRY TO SAVE MONEY, UH, WHETHER IT BE JENNY AND I IN IT WITH, UH, PRINTING AND REDUCING THE PRINTERS, UH, OR YOU KNOW, WITH KATHY AND THE DOG LICENSES OR, UM, IN THE, UH, UH, RECREATION, UH, DEPARTMENT, UH, WITH THE DRAINAGE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, SHOP OUT, UH, CONTRACTORS.
I THINK OF ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT, ALL OF THOSE TAKE, AND IN EACH OF THOSE CASES, WE'RE TALKING MAYBE SAVING 15,000, 25,000, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 30,000, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 40,000.
UM, WHETHER WE, YOU KNOW, SHOP IT OUT OR WE GET A BETTER RFP DONE.
THAT'S A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT FOR, YOU KNOW, 10, 15, 20,000.
WE'RE NOW TALKING OVER $10 MILLION.
AND IF YOU THINK OF, IF WE REALLY WANNA GIVE IT THE TIME, THE EFFORT, THE RESEARCH, THE DUE DILIGENCE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY, TO WORK HARD AND TO, YOU KNOW, AND, AND TO COLLECTIVELY GET AS MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED AS POSSIBLE, UH, RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BUDGET, UH, COMMITTEE THAT, THAT MEETS ON THE BUDGET, POSSIBLY BRINGING THAT VOLUNTEER BOARD IN TO, TO ASSIST.
UM, ON THE RECREATION SIDE, I KNOW THEY'VE GOT A, A, A, A COMMITTEE OF VOLUNTEERS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE CONSERVATION, UH, BOARD HAS A, A COMMITTEE.
I THINK IT, IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF EFFORT IF WE'RE REALLY GONNA TRULY SPEND THE $10 MILLION AS EFFICIENTLY AND AS EFFECTIVE AS WE CAN, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
AND SEAN, SO, UM, JUST TO KIND OF AT LEAST GIVE ALL OF YOU AN IDEA OF HOW WE COULD POSSIBLY MOVE FORWARD.
OUR STATE, UH, THE, THE REPORT THAT WE MUST FILE WITH THE STATE ANNUALLY IN REGARDS TO OUR PRIOR YEAR FINANCIALS, IT'S CALLED OUR ANNUAL UPDATE DOCUMENT OR A UD.
THAT IS DUE ANNUALLY ON MAY 1ST.
SO RIGHT NOW MY DEPARTMENT IS WORKING WITH THE AUDITORS MODEL, FOX DILIGENTLY ON THAT.
SO AFTER, UH, SO THE WEEK OF MAY 3RD, WE WILL HAVE, THEY WON'T BE FINAL NUMBERS, BUT THEY WILL AT THAT POINT BE AT LEAST FOR THE FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENT PURPOSES, WHICH IS WHAT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT IN OUR BUDGET DELIBERATIONS.
THOSE WILL BE AVAILABLE THEN, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS AFTERWARDS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THAT WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE ALL OF YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE TRULY ENDED UP,
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WHAT THE COVID IMPACTS WERE, AT LEAST IN THAT YEAR, UM, TO, TO HAVE ALL OF YOU ABLE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHERE THE FUNDING WOULD, YOU KNOW, BEST BE PLACED.SO REALLY WE'RE STARTING, WE WERE PLANNING ON STARTING THE BUDGET SEASON A BIT EARLIER THIS YEAR ANYWAYS, SO THAT WE COULD HAVE EVERY DEPARTMENT MEET WITH PERSONNEL FIRST TO GET THE SALARY AND WAGE COMPONENT FOR ANY REQUESTS DONE, AND THEN START THE NORMAL BUDGET PROCESS IN AUGUST LIKE WE USED TO, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
UM, SO REALLY THE WAY THAT I ENVISION THIS IS THAT WE SHOULD JUST BE STARTING THIS BUDGET PROCESS EARLY, BECAUSE IT'S ALL GOING TO BE FLOWING TOGETHER.
WE SHOULD HAVE SOME KIND OF NEWS AROUND MAY 1ST.
UM, SO ONCE YOU START LOOKING AT THE PRIOR YEAR END NUMBERS, YOU CAN COMPARE THEM TO THE, THE ONES BEFORE THAT, AND THEN WHAT YOU DECIDE TO DO WITH THAT FUNDING.
IT'S ALSO GOING TO KIND OF HELP YOU GET THE BUDGET TOGETHER FOR THE FALL.
SO IT REALLY DOES ALL GO TO TOGETHER QUITE NICELY, SIMILAR TO HOW WE PREPARED FOR IT AND KIND OF AIR IT ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION LAST BUDGET SEASON.
SO IS THAT, THAT NOR THAT NORMALLY STARTS IN AUGUST, THAT PROCESS? THAT IS HOW IN THE PAST IT HAD AND THEN DUE TO DIFFERENT EMPLOYEE LEAVES.
UM, WE'VE, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN PUSHED MOSTLY TO SEPTEMBER, HOWEVER, AT THAT POINT IT'S USUALLY JUST THE TOWN SUPERVISOR BECAUSE IT'S HIS BUDGET UNTIL HE FILES IT AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
AND THEN A LOT OF THE DELIBERATIONS OCCURRED WITH THE TOWN BOARD IN OCTOBER THROUGH NOVEMBER 20TH.
SO I THINK IN THIS CASE IT MIGHT BE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT ALL OF YOU WILL OBVIOUSLY BE INVOLVED IN THE, THE COVID RELIEF DELIBERATIONS, IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE DEPARTMENTS REALLY THINKING ABOUT THEIR REQUESTS EVEN EARLIER.
AND THEN INCLUDING EACH OF THEIR LIAISONS, IF NOT THE ENTIRE TOWN BOARD, UM, EARLIER IN THE PROCESS THAN HOW IT NORMALLY WOULD TRANSPIRE WITH THE SUPERVISOR'S BUDGET.
AT LEAST HAVING TENTATIVE NUMBERS OF WHAT STUFF LOOKS LIKE.
THAT WAY YOU CAN ALL DECIDE WHERE YOU WANNA ALLOCATE THE COVID MONEY BASED ON WHERE WE'RE TENTATIVELY AT WITH NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AS WELL.
YEAH, THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT TOPIC? ANY OTHER, UH, DEPARTMENT HEADS WITH, UH, INFORMATION THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE? QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? ALL RIGHT.
HEARING MON, UH, NONE, I'D, UH, ACCEPT THE MOTION TO CLOSE THE WORK SESSION.
MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE WORK SESSION.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM BETH, SECOND.
ANY OPPOSED? MOVE BACK AT SEVEN.
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TO THE, UH, TOWN BOARD MEETING APRIL 19TH, 2021.I'D LIKE TO START WITH A ROLL CALL.
UH, IF EVERYBODY COULD STAND, WE'RE GONNA I TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT SPANS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY INJUSTICE TRIAL.
THE FIRST ITEM TONIGHT IS THE LEGAL NOTICE.
SO WE'LL HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, OPEN THE MEETING.
I MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE TOWN BOARD MEETING OF, UH, APRIL 19TH, 2021 SECOND.
WE HAVE A SECOND, UH, ON THE QUESTION.
UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE, UM, IS A LEGAL NOTICE, PUBLIC HEARING, BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM LAW.
IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, MOVE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED? SO I'M GOING TO START BY READING THE LEGAL NOTICE.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT THERE HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE TOWN BOARD ON APRIL 5TH, 2021, PURSUANT TO THE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, A PROPOSED LOCAL LAW TO BE KNOWN AS PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NUMBER FIVE 2021 SAID, LOCAL LAW PROVIDES FOR THE ADOPTION OF BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM LAW WITH THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES, A, TO PROVIDE A REGULATORY SCHEME FOR THE DESIGNATION OF PROPERTIES SUITABLE FOR THE LOCATION, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS. B, TO ENSURE COMPATIBLE LAND USES IN THE VICINITY OF THE AREAS AFFECTED BY BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS C TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES SUCH AS IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS, FOREST, WILDLIFE, AND OTHER PROTECTED RESOURCES.
THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO THE STATUTES AND THE PROVISIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 19TH, 2021 AT 7:00 PM LOCAL TIME, AT
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WHICH TIME ALL INTERESTED PERSONS MAY BE HEARD.IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE SUBJECT? JENNY, IS THERE ANYBODY, UH, LINE? NO.
I WILL JUST ASK FOR A SECOND TIME, IS THERE ANY INTERESTED PARTIES TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED LAW? ANY ONLINE? NO.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION SECOND.
MOVING ON TO THE MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS.
KAREN AND ALL OF THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD IS HEREBY APPROVED THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING AS FOLLOWS, MARCH 22ND, 2021 MINUTES OF TOM BOARD WORK SESSION MARCH 22ND, 2021 MINUTES OF REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, APRIL 5TH, 2021 MINUTES OF TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION, AND APRIL 5TH, 2021 MINUTES OF REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETINGS.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM DTO DEVELOPMENT LLC TO REZONE PORTIONS OF THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 5 4 8 6 AND 5 4 7 2 SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD, AS WELL AS 5 5 0 2 SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD, SBL NUMBER 180 2 0.09 DASH ONE DASH 2 180 2 0.051 DASH 18, AND 180 2 0.05 DASH ONE DASH 19 FROM C ONE LOCAL RETAIL BUSINESS DISTRICT TO PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT A MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROJECT CONSISTING OF 182 UNITS.
WHEREAS THE CO REVIEW COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND FOUND MERIT IN THE REZONING OF THIS PROPERTY.
AND WHEREAS THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD REFERRED THE REZONING REQUEST TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR ITS REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS, WHEREAS THE HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD FORWARDED A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION ON THIS REZONING REQUEST TO THE TOWN BOARD AT ITS MEETING ON MARCH 3RD, 2021.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD HEREBY SCHEDULES A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS REZONING REQUEST TO BE HELD ON MAY 3RD, 2021.
WHEREAS BRADLEY LANE IS A RESIDENTIAL ROAD RUNNING FROM SOUTH PARK AVENUE TO CLARICE DRIVE IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, CONNECTING SOUTH PARK AND SLES ROAD.
AND WHEREAS BRADLEY LANE HAS BECOME A CUT THROUGH BY MOTORISTS AVOIDING THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AT SOUTH PARK AND SOLES RESULTING IN AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC IN THIS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT A BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR SLOW DOWN SIGN SHALL BE INSTALLED ON BRADLEY LANE AT SOUTH PARK AVENUE FUNDS AVAILABLE IN DB 5 1 1 0 0.0205 SIGNS AND SIGNALS.
FOUR ZERO BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE LEASE OF THREE 2021 JOHN DEERE 2025 R COMPACT TRACTORS WITH A YEARLY LEASE PAYMENT OF $9,000.
THE TRACTORS ARE ON THE NEW YORK STATE CONTRACT, PC 6 81 31 FUNDS AVAILABLE IN A 7 1 4 0 2.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVE THE HIRING AND TERMINATION OF THE FILE EMPLOYEES IN THE BILLINGS AND GROUND DEPARTMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A AMENDMENT TO THIS TO INCLUDE A REHIRE FOR WALTER MASER.
IT'LL BE A SEASONAL PART-TIME LABORER EFFECTIVE FOUR 20 2021.
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AMENDMENT.ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT? AYE.
UM, THE AMENDED RESOLUTION BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE HIRING TERMINATION OF THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES AND BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT, UH, WITH THE ADDITION OF WALTER MASER.
IS THERE A SECOND OR SECOND? SECOND.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE TERMINATION AND HIRING OF PERSONNEL FOR THE YOUTH RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS FOLLOWS.
THESE ARE THE PART-TIME, UH, PRIMARILY RECREATION ATTENDANCE FOR THE SEASONAL, UH, HIRING AT THE GOLF COURSE.
WHEREAS PROJECT MANAGER, MARK MAKI, COUNCILWOMAN BETH FERRELL AND DIRECTOR OF YOUTH RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES, MARTY DEKE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR A 2021 RALPH C. WILSON, JR.
LEGACY FUNDS AWARD ADMINISTERED BY THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO ENTITLED HAMBURG GATEWAY REVITALIZATION DESIGN PROJECT.
AND WHERE IS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THAT THE PROJECT WAS AWARDED $50,000 IN GRANT SUPPORT FOR GATEWAY DESIGN ALONG THE SOUTH PARK AND CAMP LAKE CORRIDORS TO FACILITATE REVITALIZATION OF THE AREAS.
AND WHEREAS THE GRANT APPLICATION IDENTIFIED THE NEED TO CREATE A PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD DESIGNATE MARK MALKI, PROJECT MANAGER BETH FERRELL, COUNCILWOMAN MARTY DANKE, DIRECTOR OF YOUTH RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES, WILLIAM CLARK, PLANNING BOARD CHAIR AND SEAN DOYLE, HAMBURG INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AS THE PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH MARK MALKI OVERSEEING PROJECT COMPLIANCE AND COMPLETION AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL PREPARE AN RFP FOR DESIGN CONSULTANT SERVICES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TOWN'S LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND INSURANCE CARRIER, THE EVANS AGENCY, THE RFP WILL BE RELEASED 6 1 21 AND RESPONSES WILL BE OPENED IN THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE AT 11:00 AM ON 7 15 21.
ANY OPPOSED? RESULT THAT THE HAMMER TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE RESIGNATION AND HIRING AS DETAILED IN THE ATTACHED PERSONAL ACTION FORM FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE.
UH, THE ATTACHMENT SHOWS AMY OSA FROM PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH ARE FULL-TIME TO PART-TIME.
RESOLVE THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE FOLLOWING INTO THE BIGTREE VOLUNTEER FIREMAN'S COMPANY.
41 22 GROVER PLACE, APARTMENT ONE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK, KYLE WOODBURN, 37 50 HEATHERWOOD DRIVE.
WE HAVE A SE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
CROSSWALK CROSSWALK WALK, PROJECT RESOLUTION.
WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD MADE THE COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE SAFE CROSSING OF LAKE AVENUE FOR RESIDENTS OF THE AREA AND WHEREAS THE TOWN ENGINEER WAS AUTHORIZED TO PREPARE DRAWINGS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND SOLICIT COMPETITIVE BIDS FOR THE PROJECT.
AND WHEREAS PREVIOUS BID WAS REJECTED DUE TO THE TOWN RECEIVING A SINGLE BID AND THE PROJECT WAS AUTHORIZED FOR REBID.
AND WHEREAS BIDS WERE OPENED AND PUBLIC READ ON FOUR 15 2021 AT 11:00 AM AND TWO FIRMS PROVIDING BIDS AS FOLLOWERS, MILLIMAN CONSTRUCTION, $83,560 NORTH SPUR CONSTRUCTION, $76,632, WHEREAS THE TOWN ENGINEER REVIEWED THE BIDS AND NORTH SPUR CONSTRUCTION, LLC WAS THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AWARD, THE LAKE AVENUE CROSSWALK PROJECT REBID TO NORTH SPUR CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $76,632.
FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN SUPERVISOR IS AUTHORIZED TO CONTACT THE ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
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WORKS DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS AND REQUEST FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE PROJECT.I WOULD LIKE TO THIS AMENDMENT, UH, AS YOU, AS YOU NOTICED, I EXCLUDED THE FOUR WORDS IN THE, THE SECOND LAST, UH, RESOLUTION, UH, THERE.
THEREFORE, UH, SO I PROPOSED OR I'D LIKE TO MAKE, UH, A MOTION TO ACCEPT, UH, AN AMENDED RESOLUTION.
UH, ON THE AMENDED RESOLUTION, UH, SECOND.
THAT CONCLUDES THE AGENDA PORTION OF TONIGHT'S, UH, MEETING.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE UP OF CASH DISBURSEMENT.
UH, WE WANT TO, UM, TAKE CARE OF THE CASH DISBURSEMENTS, UM, THE TOWN BOARD AUDIT OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS EFFECTIVE MONDAY, APRIL 19TH, 2021, AMOUNTS TO $2,928,264 AND 99 CENTS.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
MOTION, UH, PASSES FOR THE CASH DISBURSEMENT.
UH, THAT THEN DOES, UH, CONCLUDE THE AGENDA PORTION OF THE MEETING.
UM, DO WE WANNA ASK JEN IF THERE WERE ANY COMMENTS THAT SHE RECEIVED DURING THE COURSE OF THE MEETING FOR COMMUNICATION TO THE BOARD? SURE.
UH, THE ONLY COMMENT THAT WAS MADE WAS THAT THEY HAD A HARD TIME HEARING THE BOARD MEETING DUE TO INTERMITTENT SOUND.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM HERE? ANYBODY, UH, IN THE AUDIENCE BEFORE WE GO TO THE DEPARTMENT HEADS? OKAY.
WE'RE JUST GONNA GO ALPHABETICALLY HERE.
ROGER GIBSON BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
PAT RYAN? UM, THE ONLY THING I REPORT IS THE, UH, DREDGING HAS BE BEGUN UP TO HAMBURG TOWN PARK BEACH AND ALSO THE CLEARING OFF OF DEBRIS FROM THE BEACH HAS BEEN STARTED TODAY.
SO, UM, FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED.
IS THAT DREDGING, UH, NORMALLY DONE AROUND THIS TIME? ARE WE EARLIER OR LATER THAN NORMAL? PROBABLY A LITTLE LATER.
CHRISTOPHER HALL, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
UH, JENNIFER, UM, I TALKED TO JENNIFER EARLIER.
SHE WAS, SHE WAS TIED UP WITH SOME WORK, SO SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT.
UM, THE ONLY THING WE HAVE COMING UP ARE PROPOSALS FOR THE CLOCK TOWER, SIDEWALK AREA DESIGN FOR REPAIRING THE DOOR DAMAGE.
SO WE'LL HAVE PROPOSALS IN HAND SOON TO REVIEW.
ANYTHING, TOM? NOTHING TO REPORT.
UH, SAM IN FINANCE, NOTHING ELSE TO REPORT.
UH, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY JUDGE.
UH, JUSTICE, I TALKED TO BRIDGET, UH, EARLIER TODAY AND SHE WANTED TO RELAY, SHE HAD NOTHING TO REPORT AS WELL.
UH, LEGAL WALT, NOTHING IN YOUR REPORT? OKAY.
UH, KEVIN, I KNOW HE WAS HERE EARLIER.
UH, RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES.
MARTY, UM, ON SATURDAY, IT'S EARTH DAY AND THERE'S TWO BEACH CLEANUPS.
ONE IS AT HAMBURG TOWN PARK AND, UH, THE ALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES AND OUR, UH, CONCESSIONAIRE LONG BOARDS ARE, UH, HANDLING THAT.
AND THEN AT WOODLAWN BEACH STATE PARK, WE HAVE INFORMATION THAT, UM, ASSEMBLY MEMBER JOHN RIVERA AND SENATOR SEAN RYAN ARE SPONSORING THAT CLEANUP AT, UM, AT WOOD LONG BEACH STATE PARK.
AND THE CHIEF ISN'T HERE, BUT I WILL
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ANNOUNCE BECAUSE HE IS NOT THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING A, UH, PILL DROP OFF AT OUR MAIN BUILDING.THE HAMBURG SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTER ON SATURDAY FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AND THAT'S FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE, UH, DRUGS, UH, OVER THE COUNTER OR, UH, PRESCRIPTION DRUGS THAT NEED TO BE, UH, UH, DISPOSED OF.
AND THE COPS WILL BE THERE TO HANDLE THAT.
ANYBODY CAN JUST DRIVE UP AND, AND DROP OFF THEIR EXCESS, UH, MEDICATIONS.
WHAT ARE THE HOURS AGAIN? MARTY? 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM THANK YOU.
KATE IS NOT ABLE TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING, BUT SHE, UH, I DID COMMUNICATE WITH HER TODAY.
AND ONE, UH, NOTE THAT WE DID WANT TO MAKE IS THAT THE, UH, SIGNS DID GO UP TODAY ON AMSEL ROAD AROUND THE FRONTIER MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH THE SCHOOL ZONE DESIGNATION AND THE REDUCED SPEED.
UM, NOTHING TO REPORT OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT I BELIEVE AMANDA HAS SENT OUT THE SEXUAL, UH, HARASSMENT, UH, POLICY QUESTIONNAIRE, UM, TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS OR JUST DEPART? WE JUST START WITH DEPARTMENT AS FOR RIGHT NOW.
IS THERE ANY OTHER, UH, DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY OR GROUP IN THE TOWN THAT, UH, I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? ANY MEMBERS FROM THE BOARD, UH, HAVE ANY REPORTS OR UPDATES? I THINK WE WENT OVER A LOT OF THINGS IN OUR, UM, DURING OUR WORK SESSION, SO I DON'T WANNA BELABOR AND GO OVER THOSE SAME THINGS AGAIN, BUT I'LL JUST LOOK FORWARD TO A LOT OF, UH, WE DISCUSSED A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT'LL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR MAY 3RD.
WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A COUPLE BI UH, BUSY MEETINGS COMING UP BASED ON, UH, A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE NOW COMING THROUGH FRUITION.
UM, I DON'T SO MUCH HAVE AN UPDATE, IT'S JUST, UH, JUST A QUICK THANK YOU.
IT'S, UM, NATIONAL VOLUNTEERS WEEK AND I KNOW THAT WE JUST, UH, PASSED A RESOLUTION FOR THE TWO NEW VOLUNTEER, UM, AT BIG, AT BIG FIRE COMPANY FOR KYLE AND HANNAH, BUT WE ALSO HAVE IN OUR 26 VOLUNTEER BOARDS IN THE TOWN THAT, UH, HAVE A LOT OF PARTICIPATION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THAT WE HAVE ON ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND ESPECIALLY OUR NINE FIRE DISTRICTS AND COMPANIES AND, UM, THANK THEM FOR THEIR VOLUNTEER SERVICE.
UM, ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC, UH, WISH TO SPEAK AT THIS POINT? UM, IS THIS ALL RIGHT? UM, EXPLAIN, UH, JUST TO TALK ABOUT, UH, MY ISSUES WITH THE DOG CONTROL OFFICER, YOU'RE SAYING? UH, SURE.
DO YOU HAVE YOUR NAME? GO AHEAD.
NAME AND ADDRESS AND IF YOU CAN COME UP SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.
SO, UM, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF ISSUES WITH MY, MY FAMILY AND I WITH DOG CONTROL OFFICER STROBEL.
UM, IN MY OPINION, UH, HE HASN'T BEEN CARRYING OUT HIS DUTIES AS THE DOG CONTROL OFFICER EFFECTIVELY AND LEGALLY, UH, MY MALTESE MIX, BUT AT THE TIME, SEVEN MONTH OLD PUPPY, WHICH AGAIN, IS VIEWED BY THE LAW, UH, AS PROPERTY WAS SEIZED, UH, FROM ME BY DCO STROBEL, WITHOUT ANY SORT OF DOCUMENTATION OR TIMEFRAME AS TO WHEN I WOULD RECEIVE HIM BACK, HE SAID UPON QUESTION AT THE TOWN, I CAME INTO TOWN AND, UH, SPOKE TO HIM THAT IT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO A FEW MONTHS TO EVEN A YEAR DUE TO COVID.
AFTER CONSULTING WITH MY ATTORNEY, I FOUND OUT THAT HE COULD NOT, THAT HE COULD TAKE MY DOG OR MY PROPERTY, BUT ACCORDING TO THE AGRICULTURAL MARKET LAW SECTION ONE 17, I SHOULD HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT I HAD A, UH, A SEVEN DAY WINDOW TO WHERE I WOULD BE, UH, UH, INFORMED OF WHEN I WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE A JUDGE AND GET MY PROPERTY BACK.
UM, SO, UH, DCO STROBEL ALSO TOLD ME, UM, OF AN ALLEGED BITE INCIDENT BY SOMEONE WHO DID NOT WITNESS WITNESS THE ALLEGED BITE.
UH, THAT PERSON WAS, UH, FOUND OUT VIA FACEBOOK AND CONTACTED DCO STROBEL.
THEREFORE, MY PROPERTY WAS TAKEN BASED SOLELY ON HEARSAY.
I WAS ALSO TOLD BY DCO STROBEL THAT IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY
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TO CONTACT THIS FAMILY TO FIND OUT INFORMATION ABOUT THE ALLEGED NIPPING INCIDENT, UM, AND TO HAVE THEM CONTACT HIM, THIS IS NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY WHATSOEVER.SECONDLY, DCO STROBEL IS PROVIDING FALSE INFORMATION TO A NEIGHBOR OF MINE WHOSE SON WAS, UM, ON MY PROPERTY, TEASING OUR, OUR PUPPY AT THAT TIME.
HIS NAME IS GUS, AND WAS ALLEGEDLY NIPPED, UM, BY HIM FUELING FURTHER AGGRESSION AGAINST MY FAMILY, WHICH HAS LED TO MULTIPLE POLICE REPORTS BROUGHT ON TO THAT FAMILY.
UH, THE NEIGHBOR APPROACHED MY FAMILY WHILE WE WERE SITTING IN OUR YARD AND THEY WERE TAKING PHOTOS OF US ON OUR DRIVEWAY AFTER PRACTICING THE TRAINING THAT WE WERE TOLD TO DO BY OUR DOG TRAINER THAT WE HIRED AS PER THE JUDGE'S ORDER.
UM, AT THE FIRST, THE FIRST DANGEROUS DOG DOG PROCEEDING, UH, MY NEIGHBOR INFORMED US THAT DCO STROBEL TOLD HER THAT GUS HAD TO BE MUZZLED IN OUR FRONT YARD.
THE VERY LAW ITSELF, EGGS AND MARKET LOSS SECTION 1 23 CLEARLY STATES ON PUBLIC PROPERTY THAT DOG COULD BE ORDERED TO BE MUZZLED BY THE JUDGE, WHICH GUS WAS NOWHERE DOES THIS SAY IN MY FRONT YARD, WHICH IS PRIVATE PROPERTY.
I HAVE THE POLICE REPORT HERE IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHERE DCO STROBEL SAID HE BELIEVED THAT GUS HAD TO BE MUZZLED, WHICH AGAIN WAS FALSE INFORMATION.
I WOULD HOPE HE KNOWS THE LAWS THAT HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE PROTECTING AND ADHERING BY.
SO RIGHT NOW, AND, UM, I'M LETTING THE TOWN KNOW THAT IF THE SECOND DANGEROUS DOG CASE IS NOT DISMISSED, SAYING I'M DOING EVERYTHING THE JUDGE ASKED ME TO, AGAIN, ALSO FOLLOWING UP WITH, UH, CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, CAME IN TO CHECK MY 4-YEAR-OLD FOSTER DAUGHTER WHO WAS ABUSED AND HAD TO CHECK HER BODY TO MAKE SURE THERE WERE NO RIDICULOUS DOG MARKS FROM A PUPPY.
UM, I'M DOING EVERYTHING THAT THE JUDGE ASKED AND IF THE HARASSMENT DOES NOT CEASE, IT WAS, UM, RECOMMENDED BY MY ATTORNEY THAT I FILED BOTH CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THE TOWN CIVIL FOR HER HARASSMENT BY DCO STROBEL AND CRIMINAL FOR ILLEGALLY SEIZING MY DOG OR PROPERTY WITHOUT A WITNESS TO THE ALLEGED INCIDENT AND TAKING THE WORD FROM SOMEONE WHO FOUND OUT SIMPLY VIA FACEBOOK AND NOT PROVIDING ANY ACCURATE TIMETABLE FOR THE RETURN AND, AND HIS WHEREABOUTS.
SO THAT'S WHERE I'D LIKE TO LEAVE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE HEARD FROM JENNY FACEBOOK? ANY ACTIVITY? NO.
HEARING NONE, I'D MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE, UH, THE MEETING.
THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.