* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:08:11] SO, [00:08:11] IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE'LL ALL STAND, ALL REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION HONOR GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY. UH, KEN, IF YOU LET KNOW WHEN, WHEN MARK PLUGGED IN US. OKAY. HE JUST JOINED US. ALRIGHT, GREAT. MARK, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. UM, LET, LET GIVE YOU MOTION TO OPEN THE MEETING MEETING. OH YEAH, I APOLOGIZE. OF COURSE. I GUESS THAT, UH, I JUST ASSUMED THAT WE'RE OPEN, SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO OPEN THE SPECIAL MEETING, UH, UH, FOR 7 22 . ALL THERE. AYE. ALRIGHT. UH, AND I'LL JUST NOTE FOR THE ROLL CALL PURPOSES THAT WE'RE ALL HERE. ALRIGHT, THANKS. NOW, UM, THIS IS AN AWFULLY TOUGH THING TO DIGEST. UH, AND SO I, UH, UH, I'M GONNA LET MARKUS TALK A LITTLE BIT AFTER I GIVE YOU A, A, A, A VERY GENERAL OUTLINE. UM, WE HAVE TO, UH, GET ACCOUNT INFORMATION INTO THE UNITED STATES TREASURY DEPARTMENT. UH, OUR REGISTRATION WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED, UH, ONLINE, UH, TO SYSTEM AWARD MANAGEMENT, UH, PORTAL, UH, SAM TARS IS CHARGED WITH GETTING THAT, THAT DONE. I SENT A LETTER, UH, THAT MARK POLUSKI PROVIDED, UH, INDICATING THAT SAM WOULD BE THE ENTITY ADMINISTRATOR THAT IS ADMINISTERING, UH, THE FUNDING, [00:10:01] THE REPORTING AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR RECORD KEEPING. UH, WITH RESPECT TO THIS PARTICULAR ACT WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE, AND AGAIN, THAT'S OPEN TO SOME DEBATE STILL, BUT IT'S, UH, I'M LED TO BELIEVE, AND CORRECT ME, MR. MAKI, IF I'M WRONG, 11,564,000. AND IT COMES IN TWO RANCHES OR TWO INSTALLMENTS, 50% IN THE CALENDAR YEAR, 2021, 50% IN THE CALENDAR YEAR 2022. THE, THE FUNDING, UH, THE FUNDING PERIOD, UH, OF PERFORMANCE IS, IS, IS AS FOLLOWED THE PERIOD FOR, UH, UNDERTAKING PROJECTS AND PERFORMING THEM PURSUANT TO THE AWARD GIVEN TO DONNA HAM WILL BE ON THE DATE THAT WE RECEIVE OUR FIRST INSTALLMENT, UH, THROUGH DECEMBER THE 31ST, 2026. SO, IN OTHER WORDS, OUR PERFORMANCE OF WORK THAT WE ESTABLISH, UH, WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, UH, 2026 RECIPIENTS THAT'S US MAY USE, UH, AWARD FUNDS TO COVER ELIGIBLE COSTS, ELIGIBLE COSTS INCURRED DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT BEGINS ON MARCH 3RD, 2021, AND ENDS ON 12 31 20 24. SO WE'VE GOT ALL THAT. THOSE ARE THE KEY TIME CONSTRAINTS. WE'VE GOT, UH, AGAIN, SIGNIFICANT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, UH, THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE. THERE'LL BE SOME, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS THAT WE CAN ABSORB IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS ACT. UH, AND THERE WILL BE, UH, NO MATCHING FUNDS REQUIRED IN THE PART OF THE TOWN. UH, MONEY SPENT WILL ALL BE UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO THE ALLOTMENT GIVEN TO US BY THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. AND, UH, LET ME JUST TURN, MARK, LET ME TURN IT OVER TO YOU. IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T MIND, GIVE US A LITTLE MORE MEAT ON THE SKELETON AS IT RELATES TO, UH, THE PRELIMINARY STEPS TO GET US UP AND RUNNING. ARE YOU WITH US? WELL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ADJUST YOU. NO, HANG ON. HOLD ON. MARK. OKAY. MARK, CAN YOU TRY TALKING NOW? UM, HOLD ON. I CAN HEAR I'M HAVING A HARD TIME. YEP, I NOW. OKAY. OKAY. MARK, CAN YOU JUST GIVE US AN OVERVIEW AS TO, UH, WHERE WE'RE AT PROCEDURALLY, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE. THANK YOU. RIGHT. SO EVERYTHING YOU SAID IS ACCURATE WITH REGARDS TO AMOUNT, EVERYTHING SHOULD BE UP AND RUNNING BY NEXT WEEK. SO WE EXPECT THE FIRST 50%, UH, TO BE, UH, IN. OKAY. UH, SO HERE'S, HERE'S THE SCOOP. UH, MARK, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS RECEIVED UNDER, UNDER THIS ACT, UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, SAM TOKI AS THE BOOKKEEPER ACCOUNTANT REPORTING OFFICER. AND WE'VE GOT YOU INSISTING US AS A CONSULTANT TO ADVISE US AS TO HOW WE SHOULD BE COMPLYING. AS I'M SURE THERE ARE GONNA BE QUESTIONS AS TO, UH, WHAT THE TOWN'S INTERACTION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE AS WE GO ALONG. AM I, AM I RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO LET ME, UH, ASK YOU TO AMPLIFY THAT IN TERMS OF, UH, PROGRAMS, FOR EXAMPLE, ALTERNATIVES FOR SPENDING SOME OF THIS MONEY, DOES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIRE US TO RUN BY PROJECTS IN ADVANCE FOR PRE-APPROVAL, OR NOT REALLY? NO. NO. SO, SO JIM, THE WAY IT WORKS IS THAT THE [00:15:01] FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS OUTLINED CATEGORIES MM-HMM . AND WE FOLLOW THAT GUIDANCE, RIGHT. WHEN WE DO THE PROJECT, WE WOULD SUBMIT YOU STRICT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO WE, IN OTHER WORDS, WE MAKE THE DECISION PURSU TO THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES WHEN WE READY DIRECT, WE SPECIFIC TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FURTHER DETAILS. IS THAT RIGHT? OR WHAT WE GET IS WE HAVE GUIDANCE, WE HAVE VERY SPECIFIC GUIDANCE TOO. WE HAVE FIVE CATEGORIES, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL CRITERIA UNDER EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES. RIGHT. UM, THAT ARE VERY, VERY SPECIFIC AND VERY, VERY TARGETED. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GONNA GIVE YOU, GO AHEAD ON. AND ONCE, UH, WE COMPLETE THE PROGRAM, OR WE'RE IN THE PROCESS, WE'LL THEN SUBMIT THE REPORTING OUT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WHEN YOU SAY THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US THE GO AHEAD, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? SO, WHEN THE MONEY IS AVAILABLE YEP. YOU ARE ALLOWED TO START WITH YOUR IMPLEMENTATION LOCATION OF ASSETS OFF PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE SHOULD GO THROUGH, I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS, MARK I PASSED OUT, UH, THE RESCUE PLAN OUTLINE THE FIVE ELIGIBLE CATEGORIES, AND, UH, WE CAN DISCUSS THEM BRIEFLY. I SHOULD TELL YOU THAT CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS HAVE GIVEN OUTLINES AS TO WHAT THEY THINK WILL BE, UH, IMPORTANT EXPENDITURES UNDER THE TERMS OF THE GUIDELINES. THE TOM BOARD NEEDS TO SIT AND DISCUSS ALL OF THAT AND MAKE SOME, UH, POLICY DETERMINATIONS, UH, THAT I THINK WE WOULD CONSULT WITH YOU AS WELL, MARK, AS TO WHAT, UH, IS APPLICABLE WOULD, HAS BIG SYSTEMIC VALUE, UH, AS OPPOSED TO REQUESTS THAT ARE TRADITIONAL BUDGETARY REQUESTS THAT YOU MAKE IN THE NORMAL BUDGET CYCLE. SO, GO AHEAD. EXACTLY. AND, AND YOU WANNA, YOU WANNA KEEP THIS IN MIND. SO WHEN YOU'RE REVIEWING THE, UH, THE INFORMATION, IT'S SOMEWHAT MISLEADING IN THE, UH, IN THE CATEGORIES. FOR EXAMPLE, CATEGORIES ARE PUBLIC HEALTH, YOU KNOW, WORKERS, BUSINESSES, HOUSEHOLDS, YEAH. SECTOR REVENUES, PREMIUM PAY, AND THEN ALSO WATER BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE. IF YOU LOOK AT TRENDS OF THE RURAL, WHICH IS THE GUIDANCE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, YOU'RE GONNA NOTICE THAT THESE FUNDS ARE VERY, VERY TARGETED, UH, TO SIMPLIFY THIS AS MUCH POSSIBLE, SUFFERED NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT BY THE PANDEMIC. SO IF THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A RESPONSE, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A PROGRAM OR CATEGORIES THAT MEET THE CRITERIA THAT ARE GONNA BE SUFFERED. SO THAT IS WHAT IS GONNA BE ELIGIBLE. NOW WE JUST SEE FLEXIBILITY, YOU KNOW, PER LOCAL, UH, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIVES THE LOCALITY FLEXIBILITY TO MEET LOCAL CONDITIONS. BUT YOU WANNA UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT UNDER THOSE GUIDELINES, AND YOU WANNA MAKE SURE IT GET HITS, THE HELP OUT THE PEOPLE THE MOST. RIGHT? WELL, AND AGAIN, UH, WE HAVE TO BE EXPANSIVE AS OPPOSED TO BEING INSIDE. WE'VE GOTTA LOOK AT, UH, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WILL IMPACT THE COMMUNITY, UH, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE TARGETED, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY FOR ASSISTANCE, THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN ADVERSELY IMPACTED AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN. UH, FOLKS, YOU'VE GOT, YOU'VE GOT THIS OUTLINED. I THINK, DOES EVERYBODY HAVE A COPY OF THIS? IF NOT, WE HAVE SOME, WE GET ALL, OKAY. SO THE CATEGORIES, UH, UH, ARE THESE AROUND A LITTLE BIT. SUPPORT PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES, FOR EXAMPLE, FUNDING COVID-19 MITIGATION EFFORTS, MEDICAL EXPENSES, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE, AND CERTAIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY STAFF. UH, NUMBER TWO, ADDRESS NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS CAUSED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, INCLUDING ECONOMIC HARMS TO WORKERS, HOUSEHOLDS, SMALL BUSINESSES, IMPACTED INDUSTRIES, AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR. THAT'S PRETTY OPEN END. UM, LEAVES A LOT OF ROOM FOR IMAGINATION AND DEBATE. NUMBER THREE, REPLACE LOST PUBLIC SECTOR REVENUE USING THIS FUNDING TO PROVIDE GOVERNMENT SERVICES TO THE EXTENT OF THE REDUCTION IN REVENUE EXPERIENCE DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. MARK. UH, MAY I ASK YOUR QUESTION HERE? ON NUMBER THREE? WE SUFFERED, WE SUFFERED IN, UH, UH, 2020, UH, MARCH, 2020, LET'S SAY THE MARCH 3RD, 2021, ABOUT A $44,000 REDUCTION IN SALES TAX REVENUE, AS [00:20:01] OPPOSED TO WHAT WE REALIZED IN THE CYCLE OF 2019 TO MARCH 3RD, 2020. UH, WE CAN DOCUMENT BUDGETARY LOSSES. UH, TO THE EXTENT THAT, THAT THOSE LOSSES ARE PANDEMIC RELATED, I'M ASSUMING THAT WE CAN GET SOME RELIEF UNDER THE ACT. AM I MAKING SENSE TO YOU? THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S ACCURATE, SIR. OKAY. OKAY. UH, NUMBER FOUR PROVIDES PREMIUM PAY FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS OFFERING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO THOSE WHO HAVE AND WILL BEAR THE GREATEST HEALTH RISKS BECAUSE OF THEIR SERVICE IN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS. UH, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE IS A GOOD DEAL OF INTEREST ON THE PART, ON THE PART EMPLOYEES UP WITH NUMBER FOUR. BUT GO AHEAD, SIR, PLEASE, ON THAT MISLEADING, WE TALK ABOUT PREMIUM PAY. WHO ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT? THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, DURING 2020, THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC TOWN OF HAS A BANNED SERVICE THAT PROVIDES ESSENTIAL TRANSPORTATION TO INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED KIDNEY DIALYSIS, OTHER SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITIONS. THESE PEOPLE RECEIVE SERVICE, UH, THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND THE, OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE DRIVERS. I THINK THEY MAKE ABOUT $13 AN HOUR, AND THEY HAVE RISKED THEIR HEALTH TO MAKE SURE THESE PEOPLE GOT CARE. THAT'S WHO THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR PREMIUM PAY, RIGHT? THEY WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S FAIR. THEY'VE ALSO DONE STUDIES ON THIS WHERE LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME WORKER, UH, WAGE EARNERS HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC. SO THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT BOTH PEOPLE ARE GETTING SOME HELP. ALRIGHT, THE ACTUAL, THE, THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE TO AMPLIFY NUMBER FOUR INDICATES THAT, UH, UH, PAY REFERS TO INDIVIDUALS WHO WORKED ON SITE, ON SITE WITH HIGH RISK RESPONSIBILITIES DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO DO SO PERFORMING ESSENTIAL SERVICES. SO THERE ARE SOME, THERE ARE SOME DEFINITIVE, UH, STATEMENTS HERE IN PERSON OR HANDLING PACKAGES. LOW AND MODERATE INCOME WAGE EARNERS SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED. THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS IS, AS YOU POINT OUT, OUR STUDIES SHOW THAT LOW AND MODERATE INCOME WAGE EARNERS WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED DURING THE PANDEMIC. THEY WERE REQUIRED TO WORK FOR LOW AND MODERATE WAGES IN A POSITION THAT PRESENTED A HIGH RISK OF CONTRACTING COVID. 19. WE MENTIONED ADULT DAYCARE WORKERS, VAN DRIVERS, PERHAPS, PERHAPS, UH, CLEANERS, BUT IT ISN'T, UH, IT DOESN'T GO TO THE SUPERVISOR OR THE TOWN ATTORNEY OR THE TOWN BOARD MEMBERS. WE'RE NOT IN THAT CLASSIFICATION. UH, SO AGAIN, THE TOWN BOARD'S GONNA HAVE TO SIT AND LOOK AT ALL OF THESE REQUESTS. I'VE GOT A A FOLDER FULL, UH, WE'LL GET A LOT MORE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS. BUT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY THAT ONE. IN THE FIFTH ONE, WHICH IS A PARTICULAR INTEREST TO US, I THINK, UH, IS INVEST IN WATER SEWER, BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE, MAKING NECESSARY INVESTMENTS TO APPROVE ACCESS TO CLEAN DRINKING WATER SUPPORT, VITAL WASTEWATER AND STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. AND TO EXPAND ACCESS, UH, TO BROADBAND INTERNET. WE HAVE, AS YOU KNOW, YOU BOARD MEMBERS KNOW AND PUBLIC NOT, WE HAVE NOW UNDERWAY A DRAINAGE STUDY. WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR HOW IS FOR STORM WATER DRAINAGE. WE'VE GOT A TOWN WIDE DRAIN STUDY, ALY, WE KNOW THERE A LOT OF PROBLEM THERE ON DRAINAGE, BUT THE TOWN WIDE STUDY IS DESIGNED TO GIVE US, UH, A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT WHAT OUR SYSTEM WEAKNESSES ARE, UH, PRIORITIZE, UH, HOW TO ADDRESS THOSE WEAKNESSES. FUNDING IN THIS REGARD MAY BE A LIFESAVER FOR A LOT OF US AND A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF A, UH, ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE HAVE, UH, I'D LOVE TO JUST SHUT UP AND TURN THIS OVER TO YOU FOLKS FOR SOME IDEAS, QUESTIONS, OR COMMENTS. SO, BOARD MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC SPEAK UP DEPARTMENT HEADS AS YOU SEE FIT? YES, SIR. MARK. MARK, MIKE PETRI. UM, WITH THE, UH, SEWER, UH, PART OF THIS, UH, FUNDING, WE HAVE MOUNT VERNON SEWER DISTRICT, WHICH IS THEIR OWN DISTRICT STILL. THEY DIDN'T HOLD OVER WITH THE COUNTY BACK IN THE DAY, AND THEY HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF UNDERGROUND WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. NOW, WOULD [00:25:01] THIS BE APPLICABLE, UH, UNDER THIS PROGRAM? SO MIKE, THAT'S POSSIBLY ELIGIBLE. I DO SOME MORE RESEARCH BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT, BUT I THINK THAT YOU MAY HAVE SOMETHING. OKAY. THERE ARE A LOT OF SPECIFIC THAT THAT ONE WAS BROUGHT UP. UH, IN THE MEMO IS SENT TO ME, THERE ARE A LOT OF SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT COULD QUALIFY. ULTIMATELY, THE TOWN BOARD'S GOTTA MAKE A DECISION ON EACH OF THESE PROJECTS. AND, UH, WE NEED TO HAVE COMMUNITY INPUT. UH, YOU KNOW, YOU READ IN TODAY'S BUFFALO NEWS, THE CITY OF BUFFALO'S PLAN, UH, RELEASED AT LEAST THE MAYORS, UH, WHETHER THAT MEANS , BUT WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH ULTIMATELY A PLAN. TOWN BOARD DOES, UH, HAVE MORE PUBLIC DEBATE ON IT AND TRY TO DO WHAT WE THINK IS BEST, HOPING THAT WE REACH A CONSENSUS, A CONSENSUS AS TO WHAT SHOULD BE DONE. SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEY, MARK, IT'S, I'VE GOT I SOME FURTHER CLARIFICATION. I UNDERSTAND THE GUIDANCE INDICATES, UM, THAT LOW AND MODERATE INCOME WAGE EARNERS SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED. UM, SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE VAN DRIVERS, POTENTIALLY SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES. WHERE IS, WHAT DOES THE GUIDANCE SAY AS FAR AS WHERE THAT'S CA OFF? BECAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT SOME OF OUR OTHER EMPLOYEES, UM, SOME OF OUR, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY WORKERS OR DEPARTMENT HEADS WHO HAVE BEEN PUT OVERTIME. IS THERE, IS THERE ANY ALL THAT STOP, I UNDERSTAND THE INCOME IS PRIORITIZED, BUT DOES IT GO FURTHER? SO THAT'S SOMETHING THEY WANT THE MUNICIPALITY TO MAKE A DECISION ON AS FAR AS WHAT THEY DEEM IS LOW INCOME AND, AND MODERATE WAGE EARNERS. UM, YOU WANNA USE COMMON SENSE HERE. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IF SOMEBODY IS MAKING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR, UM, THEY PROBABLY WOULDN'T QUALIFY. UH, BUT YOU WANNA MAKE SURE YOU REALLY GET HELP UP PEOPLE WHO NEED IT. AND THE REASON THEY'RE DOING THIS IS, YOU KNOW, LIKE JIM SAID, SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC. YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING HELP SO THAT THEY CAN FIND A WAY TO SUSTAIN AND CONTINUE TO GO OUT WITH THEIR DAILY LIVES. THERE ARE PEOPLE IN COMMUNITY HEALTH AND THE TOWN BOARD HAS TO ASSESS WHICH PEOPLE THOSE ARE AND, AND HOW TO HELP THEM THE MOST. OKAY. SO THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY WITH, WITH C THAT THERE'S FLEXIBILITY. AND ONE THING I THINK WE GOTTA BE MINDFUL OF, IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES, EMERGENCY WORKERS, UH, WHO, OR I SHOULD SAY ESSENTIAL WORKERS WHO PERFORMED ESSENTIAL TASKS DURING THE PANDEMIC RECEIVED OVERTIME AT TIME AND A HALF. THAT HAS TO BE FACTORED IN. UH, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF, OF NUMBER FOUR IS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO MODERATE OR LOW WAGE EARNERS WHO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE BENEFICIARIES OF, UH, OVERTIME OR IN OTHER INCENTIVES TO INCREASE THEIR PAY WHILE THEY WERE DOING THEIR DUTIES DURING THE PANDEMIC. THAT BRINGS UP THE SECOND QUESTION. UM, MARK, FOR THE PREMIUM PAY FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS, IS THAT LIMITED JUST TO TOWN EMPLOYEES, OR WHAT ABOUT HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHO ARE IN THE TOWN? VERY GOOD QUESTION. SO ACTUALLY THE TOWN ALLOWED TO GRANT, UH, GRANTS, THIRD PARTIES, UM, THAT WOULD BEEN AFFECTED. OKAY. YEAH, YOU KNOW, UH, MARTY, I, I'LL GET WITH YOU IN A MINUTE ON THAT, BUT I JUST WANNA AMPLIFY, UH, ON WHAT THE MARK SAID. UH, YOU, WE COULD ESTABLISH A GRANT PROGRAM THAT, AND MAYBE HAVE THE SOUTH TOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HELP US ADMINISTER, WHERE WE PROVIDE EITHER LOW INTEREST LOANS OR WHITE GRANTS TO BUSINESSES THAT SUFFER ECONOMIC LOSSES. THEY'D HAVE TO FILL OUT THE DETAILED, UH, UH, APPLICATION PROCESS. MM-HMM. THEY BE ABLE TO LOOK AT, UH, FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE, ARE ON THE BRINK OF FORECLOSURE, I, NOT FORECLOSURE, BUT RENT EVICTION NOTICES BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PAY RENT DURING THE PANDEMIC OCCASION BY THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT OR INABILITY TO WORK. THOSE ARE OTHER POSSIBILITIES IN THE, IN THE GUTS OF THE LAW ITSELF. IT TALKS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. AND SO THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO HELP PEOPLE PANDEMIC. I THINK MANY PEOPLE REDISCOVERED THE PARKS BECAUSE THERE WASN'T A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR RECREATION. I THINK HAMBURG COUNTY, ME, OUR PRIME EXAMPLES, PEOPLE CAME OUT AND DROVE, UM, AND, AND APPRECIATED THAT. UM, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT, UH, MANY OF OUR PARKS [00:30:01] ARE IN NEED OF RENOVATION AND, UH, WOULD THIS BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UH, GET INTO OUR PARKS AND REALLY, UM, SPRUCE THEM UP? I, I CAN'T REALLY SEE A SPECIFIC ITEM ONE THROUGH FIVE IN THE CATEGORIES. SO THAT'S MY QUESTION TO EITHER BOARD OR MARK. I DON'T KNOW, UH, THE ANSWER. GO AHEAD, MARK. YEAH, MARTY. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY UNCLEAR, UM, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THAT'S SOMETHING I DEFINITELY HAVE TO RESEARCH BEFORE I WOULD ADVISE, UH, THE TOWN TO MAKE A DECISION ON THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, THAT IS SOMEWHAT UNCLEAR, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE JUSTIFICATION WHERE YOU'RE TALKING THAT PEOPLE DID USE PARK SOCIAL DISTANCING, UM, AND RECREATION, THAT, UH, THAT COULD FALL UNDER THE INFRASTRUCTURE CATEGORIES AND THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE. I WANNA RESEARCH THAT. HONEST WITH YOU, THE THE OTHER POINT FOR POSSIBLE ELIGIBILITY, MARTY, IS THE LOSS OF REVENUE TO THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE TOWN BY VIRTUE OF THE PANDEMIC. UH, YOU WERE SHUT DOWN, LOST A LOT OF FEES, UH, A LOT OF REVENUE AT THE GOLF COURSE IN THE, IN THE . I KNOW WHEN WE GOT INTO, UH, THE SUMMER OF 2023 BEGAN TO TAKE OFF, BUT THE LOSS IN REVENUE COMPARED TO 2019 MAY RESULT IN EXCESS REVENUE BEING INCORPORATED TO ITS , WHICH MAY ADDRESS, UH, PLAYGROUND REHABILITATION PROGRAM TO THE FIRE. SO THAT'S ANOTHER POSSIBILITY. YES, MA'AM. MR. SHAW. SO TO GO ALONG THE LINES OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS, IF THE TOWN IS GONNA CONSIDER, UM, PROVIDING THAT PREMIUM PAID TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS, UM, SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE DAYCARES, UM, THAT ALSO OFFERED AND KEPT THEIR DOORS OPEN, UM, FOR THOSE ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES THAT HAD TO WORK, MAYBE ANOTHER IDEA, UM, THAT'S RIGHT TO KICK AROUND THAT MAY, UH, AS MARK WILL TELL YOU, HE'LL AGREE THAT MAY BE A VERY FERTILE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE WHO, UH, WITHSTOOD ALL THE DANGERS AND KEPT THOSE FACILITIES. UH, I, I WOULD AGREE WITH, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. AND MY WIFE IS A HEALTHCARE WORKER, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND, UH, THAT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD ANSWER. ALRIGHT. WHAT DO YOU THINK? ANY, ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS? YES, SIR. JERMAINE, LIKE MARTY, AND CAN I, YOUR SURE. MY NAME IS TOM. I'M OK. I'M THE COMMITTEE AND, UH, OVER THE PAST YEAR, AND WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS ON, UH, MANY OF OUR, I GUESS THIS, I I MAY BE SPEAKING TO PEOPLE WHO ALREADY KNOW, BUT THE, THE CHARGE OF THAT COMMITTEE IS TO EXPLORE OPTIONS FOR ENHANCING BIKING, WALKING OPPORTUNITIES IN VILLAGE BEFORE COVID AND SOME DISRUPTION TO OUR LEADERSHIP. WE HAVE MANY GOOD DISCUSSIONS THERE. DISCUSSIONS OF A NATURE TRAIL ALONG BETWEEN CREEK EXPLORATION OF HOW TO IMPROVE BIKING SAFETY IN THE TOWN. ONE SUCH PATHWAY WE DISCUSSED, UM, IS IMPROVEMENT ALONG THE CLARK STREET CORRIDOR TO ALLOW SAFE WALKING AND HIKING AND BIKING, ACCESS FROM THE ARMOR AREA, THE TOWN VILLAGE, AND SHOPPING AND RECREATION AREAS. ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED IS A SAFE BIKEWAY FROM HAMBURG TOWN AND HAMBURG AND BLA BELT VILLAGES TO LINK THE HAMBURG TOWN BEACH, WOODLAWN BEACH, AND THE EXISTING, UH, AND FUTURE, UH, BIKE TRAILS ALONG THE WATERFRONT. MM-HMM . RIGHT NOW, GETTING THERE IS A TREACHEROUS EXPERIENCE AT BEST. UH, SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, AND I'M, I'M AN ADMIN PSYCHO CYCLE ALL OVER WESTERN NEW YORK AND BEYOND. IN THE NORTH TOWNS, THERE ARE MANY STANDALONE TRAILS AND SEVERAL RAILS TO TRAILS THAT EXIST. OUR CIRCUMSTANCES DOWN HERE ARE VERY DIFFERENT, AND WE HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO IMPROVE OUR SAFE, SAFE ACCESS, MOST LIKELY ALONGSIDE EXISTING HIGHWAYS. IN THE SUMMER OF 2019, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SUPERVISOR SHAW DURING THAT TIME PERIOD WHEN THE COUNTY WAS GETTING READY TO REPAY THE KILLING PARKWAY. I DISCUSSED WITH MR. SHAW, WOULDN'T IT BE NICE BECAUSE I SEE PEOPLE WALKING UP THERE AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF SIDEWALKS. COULD WE PUT SIDEWALKS IN THERE? IT WAS GENEROUS ENOUGH TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. THE COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SAID, GREAT IDEA MR. SHAW. THEY GOT THE MONEY TO PAY FOR IT. AND OF COURSE, THE TOWN DOESN'T HAVE THAT MONEY. UM, BUT, UM, WHAT I GOT OUT OF THAT CONVERSATION WAS THAT FOR US TO IMPROVE OUR ACCESS TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR HIKING, BIKING, AND CYCLING, WE NEED TO WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH THE COUNTY AND THE STATE, BECAUSE OUR ROADWAYS ARE MANY CASES, COUNTY AND STATE, UM, HIGHWAYS. AND THE VILLAGE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THAT WHEN YOU DID, UH, BUFFALO STREET ON MAIN STREET THERE. UM, I GUESS WHAT I'M HERE TO SAY IS THAT ANY PLANNING, AND I'M THINKING THAT THIS PLANNING IS FIVE AND 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, [00:35:01] BUT WE NEED TO WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THOSE OTHER ENTITIES BECAUSE OTHERWISE THE COUNTY WILL DO WHAT THE COUNTY DID ON MCKINLEY PARKWAY. WE PAVE AND MAINTAIN THE ROAD THEY HAVE, AND WE NEED TO WORK AND HAVE A PLAN IN HAND TO PRESENT TO THEM TO ENHANCE THE SIDE LANES OR RECONFIGURE THE ROADWAYS IN SOME WAY SO THAT IT WOULD ALLOW SAFE BIKING AND BIKING AND WALKING. SO I GUESS I, NUMBER FIVE, IF MY COMMENTS ARE GERMANE, THEY FIT 80 UNDER SECTION FIVE THERE. BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE THIS BOARD TO A PORTION OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT TO ASSISTING THE HAMBURG MOVES COMMITTEE TO ENGAGE A PLANNING AND DESIGN FIRM TO DEVELOP SPECIFIC ACTION PLANS THAT WILL ENABLE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED PROJECTS BE MORE FULLY EXPLORED AND DEVELOPED. IF THAT FITS UNDER THESE. TOM AND MARK, I WANT YOU TO COMMENT ON THIS TOO. YEAH. I SAY TO YOU WHAT I THOUGHT WHEN, WHEN CALLED WITH SPECIAL MEETING TONIGHT, WAS TO GET AS MANY CONSTRUCTIVE IDEAS OUT AS MANY SUGGESTIONS AS WE POSSIBLY COULD CONSIDER, UH, IN ONE KNEE TO THEN DIGEST IT. THE MORE WE CAN LOOK AT, THE MORE IT TOUCHES OUR CREATIVE STREAK TO THINK OF THIS POSSIBILITY OR THAT POSSIBILITY PEEKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX, MAYBE, UH, SOMETHING WE CAN DO. AND THIS MAY BE OUR BEST OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE'RE NEVER GONNA SEE, UH, UH, MONEY IN THIS AMOUNT COMING OUR WAY, UH, IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. SO THAT'S WHY GETTING THESE GREAT IDEAS IS, UH, IS SO IMPORTANT TO BOARD, UH, AS IT COMES TO WIN DOWN THE PROCESS, TO COME UP WITH A PLAN COMPREHENSIVE WORKS. RIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, JIM, LEMME GET IN HERE REAL QUICK. SO TOM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WORK CLOSELY ON THIS THINGS CURRENTLY IN NUMBER ONE IS TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM. SO WE ACTUALLY ARE APPLYING FOR FUNDING THIS CYCLE. THE DEADLINE IS THE END OF SEPTEMBER. WE'RE WORKING ON A GRANT ON PROJECT NOW OF SEPTEMBER. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE TOWN RECEIVED $50,000 FROM THE WILSON FOUNDATION, AND RFP IS OUT, UH, FOR A LANDSCAPE DESIGN THAT INCLUDES CONNECTIVITY ALONG SOUTH PARK OF CLARK STREET, UM, AND ALSO, UH, ON CAMP ROAD GOING INTO THE VILLAGE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY WORKING ON A NUMBER OF THOSE AREAS AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I, I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE THAT. OKAY, GREAT. ALRIGHT. SO IN OUR WORDS, TOM, THIS IS CERTAINLY A CONCEPT THAT TIME IS LONG OVERDUE, UM, FOR SOME ACTION OF THE LOCAL ONE, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. UH, GO AHEAD LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. YES, SIR. TO PIGGY BANK AND, UH, IT'S TWO. I'M MARTY IN TOWN. UH, MY NAME'S TIMOTHY CARIG. I'M WITH THE WARD SKATE PARK PROJECT. UM, I'M HERE BECAUSE, UH, I LEARNED THAT SOME OTHER COUNTIES IN MICHIGAN WERE ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE, FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, UM, TO BUILD SKATE PARKS IN THEIR AREAS AS WELL. UM, SO WHEN I SAW YOUR FACEBOOK POST YESTERDAY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, I FIGURED I WAS, I DON'T NEED TO BRING A QUARTER OF THE COMMUNITY WITH ME , UH, BEFORE THEY EXPLODE. WANTED TO GET SOME INFORMATION OUT THERE. UM, BUT KINDA LIKE WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GETTING PEOPLE OUT, EXERCISING, YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT THE PARK SYSTEM BEING USED MORE DURING COVID BECAUSE PEOPLE REALIZE THEY NEEDED TO BE OUT IN THE OPEN. UM, I THOUGHT POSSIBLY, UH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE AND CERTAIN PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT, UM, BEING ACTIVE DOING SPORTS, UM, HELPS FIGHT THINGS LIKE DEPRESSION, WHICH IS A HUGE HEALTHCARE ISSUE. UM, SO ANYTHING THAT KINDA GETS PEOPLE OUT IN THE OPEN MOVING AROUND COULD ALSO HELP WITH THIS. UM, I'M WAITING TO HEAR BACK, FIND OUT WHAT, UH, MICHIGAN HAS ACTUALLY, UH, OAKLAND COUNTY, HOW THEY'RE USING THESE FUNDS AND HOW THEY'RE ALLOCATING 'EM FOR THIS. SO ONCE THEY KNOW WHAT CLAUSE THEY'RE PUTTING IT UNDER, I'LL DEFINITELY LET YOU KNOW AND FIND OUT IF WE HAVE A LIKE TO STAND ON. UM, BUT ON TOP OF THAT, I ALSO, UH, BROUGHT ANOTHER MEMBER OF OUR GROUP, MATT, WHO HAS HAD SOME PRETTY GOOD POINTS, UH, RECENTLY ABOUT, UM, THE HUB ASPECT OF HAMMER. UM, I DON'T WANNA STEAL [00:40:01] FROM HIM, SO I'LL LET HIM DO IT. UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK TOM NUMBER FIRST OF ALL, UH, BEING A LIFELONG RESIDENT AND HIS NEIGHBOR ON STEVEN ROAD, THEN MOVING INTO THE VILLAGE ON THE NORTH STREET, AND THEN NOW MOVING ONTO MCKINLEY AND HAVING A 10-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WHO CAN'T MAKE IT UP AND DOWN MCKINLEY PARKWAY BECAUSE THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS. UH, OUR, OUR CLERK, UH, I APOLOGIZE, UH, MATT DOMINOS. OKAY. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, AGAIN, BEING A LIFELONG RESIDENT THAT, UM, THAT I DO WITH GOOGLE IS KIND OF LOOK AT THE, THE, THE LOCATIONS AND THE THINGS THAT, THAT ARE AROUND IN OUR AREA AND THE KIND OF THINGS WE CAN DO. AND ONE THING POPPED UP, UM, WITH RESPECT TO WEST SENECA, WHEN THE SENECA MALL CLOSED, THE SENECA MALL WAS SORT OF A HUG AND A COMMUNITY FOR THE FOLKS IN WEST SENECA. NOW I GREW UP IN HAMBURG. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACES. WE'VE GOT THE MEMORIAL PARK. UH, MY COMPANY'S OFFICE IS DIAGONAL FROM, THERE'S WHERE OUR DAUGHTER LEARNED TO RIDE HER BICYCLE. THERE'S THE, UH, THE, THE, UH, MUNICIPAL PARKING LOT WHERE WE'VE GOT THE, UH, FARMER'S MARKETS. WE'VE GOT THE PLAZAS. WE'RE ON MCKINLEY NOW. AND OUR DAUGHTER GOES TO FRONTIER, A FANTASTIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. BUT THOSE AREAS FOR THE FRONTIER KITS DON'T REALLY EXIST. UM, AND SO THE SPOT THAT TIM HAS FOUND FOR THE HAMBURG SKATE PARK IN THE ELECTRIC AVENUE PARK AREA BRIDGES A LOT OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT OUR DAUGHTER HAS FRIENDS WITH. SO SHE'S GOT SOME FRIENDS IN THE SCRANTON AREA, SHE'S GOT SOME FRIENDS, UM, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SOULS. MM-HMM . UH, SOME OF THE FRIENDS ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD JUST NORTH OF THE, UH, BERT COLLEGE SITE. SO, OUR THOUGHT, AS FAR AS LOCATION GOES, UH, AND AGAIN, WE'RE KIND OF JUMPING THE GUN, UM, IF THIS IS EVEN APPLICABLE, BUT UNDER SOME OF THE CATEGORIES WITHIN HERE, UM, FOR THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF, OF KIDS, EVEN PRE EVEN PRE COVID. UM, WE CREATE A COMMUNITY AND THE GATHERING SITE WHERE THESE KIDS CAN ACTUALLY GET OUT IN AN ENVIRONMENT. AND TO AN EXTENT, IF COVID DOES COME BACK AGAIN, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THIS DELTA VARIANT IT VERY WELL, MIKE, INSTEAD OF HAVING KIDS ALL OVER THE PLACE, AT LEAST WE'RE SORT OF KEEPING 'EM IN LITTLE GROUPS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE OR NOT, BUT, YOU KNOW, CRA KIDS AND THE, THE MCKINLEY KIDS THAT HAVE REPLACED FRONTIER HAVE A HAVE THAT SMALL CENTRAL LOCATION. SO. WELL I KNOW, I APPRECIATE GO AHEAD, MARK. YEAH, NO. SO I, TO COUNT ON THAT, SO TIM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS AND AS SOON AS, UH, YOU KNOW, TIM, THIS CONTACT TREVOR, UH, FROM THE, UH, FROM THE FOUNDATION REACH OUT TO THOSE COUNTIES WHO ARE WORKING ON THIS, UM, I ASKED THEM SPECIFICALLY HOW THEY'RE DOING IT ON NUMBER ONE ELIGIBLE CATEGORY WE'RE WORKING ON. SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ELIGIBLE I TALKED TO EARLIER TODAY, UM, WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY I'M A BIG SUPPORT OF THAT PROJECT. I WROTE THE GRANT PERMIT. UM, IT IS VERY HELPFUL. SO I WANNA SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT PROJECT. UM, WE TALK ABOUT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, UM, THAT'S WHERE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF GRAY AREA, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET INTO PUBLIC HEALTH AND GO DOWN TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH A LITTLE BIT. I MEAN, I CHAIR THE DRUG PRE COALITION IN HAMBURG. UM, THERE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT NEED FOR THAT. AND IF A SKATE PARK, UM, WOULD HELP IN THAT WAY SPECIFICALLY, UM, I THINK IT'S A GOOD AREA TO GO INTO. MATT, I WANNA COMMENT TO YOUR, UH, YOUR, YOUR, I WANNA COMMENT ON YOUR COMMENTS, I GUESS. UM, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I SPENT A LOT OF MY TIME DOING IN HAM. SO I USED STRATEGIC PLANNING AND WRITING CONDITIONS, COVID, AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT'S VERY OBVIOUS TO ME. I GREW UP IN HAMBURG IN THE VILLAGE. THE VILLAGE IS VERY WELL SITUATED, UH, FOR DIFFERENT, FOR DIFFERENT, UH, VENUES AND, AND PRO AND PRO PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IS VERY SPREAD OUT OUTSIDE OF THE VILLAGE, AND WE GET THESE AREAS THAT UNDERSERVED, UM, YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE WISE. THAT'S SOMETHING I'M WORKING ON. SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WHEN I WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH TIM TO FIND A WAY TO TRY TO ALIZE, UM, THE, UH, THE PARK ELECTRIC, THAT MADE SENSE. AND ALSO WE TALKED ABOUT FRONTIER SCHOOLS, YOU COULDN'T BE MORE ACCURATE, YOU KNOW, LIKE I WENT TO HAMBURG AND HAMMER EASILY, UM, WHEN YOU WALK TO FRONTIER HIGH SCHOOL IN 21, VERY TASK. SO I KNOW THAT SEAN RYAN HAS DESIGNATED ABOUT $550,000 TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO THAT MONEY IS ALREADY DESIGNATED, UH, GOING THROUGH DOT RIGHT NOW. SO WE MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AT THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL, UM, ON AN ROAD. UH, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR WAYS, UH, UH, FIXED FRONTIER HIGH SCHOOL. UM, CLOVER BANK HAS RECEIVE SOME, UH, SOME WALKABILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT, UH, CONNECTIVITY, REVITALIZATION, THE TOWN IS SOMETHING I CAN TELL YOU VERY MUCH I'M WORKING ON. ALRIGHT, WELL THAT MAY BE ALL GREAT THINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE PURVIEW OF THE AMERICAN . WE DUNNO FOR SURE YOUR REFERENCE TO, UH, SUBPARAGRAPH ONE, UH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, UH, AND CERTAIN PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES, CERTAINLY IF TAKEN IN AN EXPANSIVE, UH, REFERENCE CAN MAYBE ENCOMPASS A LOT OF ACTIVITY. SO IT'S SOMETHING WE GOTTA, WE'VE GOTTA RESEARCH, HAVE AT, GOTTA DO SOME HOMEWORK ON THAT. SO WE [00:45:01] APPRECIATE IT. UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ANYBODY ELSE FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, SIR. YOU MIND IN THE PODIUM? I HAVE A LOT OF PAPERWORK. I DON'T MIND. WHAT IF YOU DO WHATEVER, HAPPY. MY NAME IS NICHOLAS LO. I LIVE AT 64 0 3 DRIVE IN HAMBURG, UM, A MANAGER FOR THE COMMUNITY BANK. I WORK IN THE MORTGAGE INDUSTRY, UM, SPECIFICALLY FORECLOSURE, AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN A TOUGH, UH, YEAR FOR MORTGAGES AND FORECLOSURES. UM, THE FIRST THING I'LL SPEAK ON IS I'VE BEEN DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH SINCE THIS MEETING IS ANNOUNCED, UM, ON THE SHEET HERE, UM, SOME PARAGRAPH FIVE, MISSING WATER, SEWER AND BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SEEM TO BE PUSHING IN THE US DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY GUIDELINES THEY PRINTED OUT IS INVESTMENT IN GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, SPECIFICALLY WHAT GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IS. UM, I RESEARCHED ON THE EPA GUIDELINES IS A MULTITUDE OF CATEGORIES. UM, SOME WHICH DON'T APPLY TO US BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, OR UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE PLENTY OF RAIN, UH, WHERE WE LIVE. UM, BUT GOING TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE GUIDELINES, MONEY CAN BE SPENT ON URBAN TREE CANOPIES, WHICH INVOLVES PLANTING TREES AND NEIGHBORHOODS COOLING SHADE INTO HELP SLOW TRAFFIC AND LAND CONSERVATION, WHICH I KNOW SOME OF THESE FOLKS BEHIND ME HAVE MENTIONED, UH, INVESTMENTS IN PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES. SO IF THERE ARE AREAS, AND MARK PROBABLY KNOWS MORE ABOUT THIS THAN I DO, UM, OR COULD WEIGH IN AT SOME POINT, IF WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SOMEHOW SPIN IT INTO LAND CONSERVATION OR INTO SOME TYPE OF FLOOD OR WATER CONTROL, UM, THAT MIGHT BE A POSSIBILITY. UM, UNFORTUNATELY FOR US, OUR POPULATION KIND OF HURTS US. UM, I KNOW WE MENTIONED SOME, UH, SKATE PARK IN SOME COMMUNITIES, UM, IN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SMALLER, UH, UNDER 50,000 IN POPULATION. UM, IT SEEMS LIKE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS JUST HANDING THEM A CHECK FOR THE AMOUNT AND THEY COULD DO WHAT THEY PLEASE WITH IT. UH, FOR LARGER GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS, THERE'S MORE OVERSIGHT OF IT. AND THAT'S FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY GUIDELINES. HAVING THAT BEEN SAID, UM, WORKING IN THE MORTGAGE INDUSTRY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT IS A TOWN IS INVESTMENTS THAT COULD EITHER REDUCE EXPENDITURES LONG TERM AND INCREASE REVENUE STREAMS IF POSSIBLE. UM, I, WHAT THAT IS, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC IN MIND. HOWEVER, ONE SMALL THING THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY DO, UM, IS IN THE MORTGAGE INDUSTRY AND FOR OUR TAX BASE, TREES ON PROPERTIES, ESPECIALLY OLDER TREES, INCREASE PROPERTY VALUE, WHICH IN TURN WILL INCREASE OUR TAX BASE LONG TERM. UM, LONG. WITH THAT BEING SAID, SOMETHING WE COULD DO IS EITHER LOOK AT A GRANT OR A CREDIT PROGRAM FOR HOMEOWNERS IN THE TOWN, UH, TO EITHER PLANT TREES OR IF THEY'RE ELDERLY AND CAN'T DO IT THEMSELVES, HAVE TREES INSTALLED BY LOCAL CONTRACTORS AND THEN BE REIMBURSED. UM, NOT ONLY WOULD THIS HELP THE HOMEOWNERS, UM, OUR TAX INCOME, WE WOULD ALSO HELP THE LOCAL CONTRACTORS AND LANDSCAPERS IN THE AREA TOO, WHICH I KNOW IN THE SPRING OF LAST YEAR WERE HURT WHEN EVERYTHING WAS SHUT DOWN. SOME OF THEM WENT TWO, THREE MONTHS WITHOUT HAVING ANY PROJECTS OR INCOME. SO YEAH, WE DO HAVE, WITH RESPECT TO NEW DEVELOPMENTS, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOME DEVELOPMENTS, WE DO HAVE REQUIREMENTS WITH REGARD TO, UH, TREES AND THE PLANTING OF TREES BY DEVELOPERS. SO THAT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, UH, IT MAY TIE IN WITH THE RESTORATION OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS AND PARKS AND THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT TREES GENERALLY ENHANCE THE RESIDENTIAL VALUE. UH, WE'VE HAD, UH, BOASH INFESTATION, HOWEVER THAT'S, THAT'S DECIMATED A LOT OF OUR STATELY TREES. SO THESE ARE ALL GOOD THINGS WE HAVE TO CONSIDER POSSIBILITY FOR TREES AS WELLS IS, UH, SAGAMORE PLAYGROUND. WE HAVE A BIG, HUGE, VAST OPEN AREA, WHICH WAS USED TO BE TWO BASEBALL FIELDS. AND THE THOUGHT WAS IS TO CREATE, UH, A WALKING, BIKING PATH OR EVEN A SNOW SKI PATH. BUT WE'D NEED A LOT OF TREES. IT WOULD BE A LOT OF MONEY. AND IF WE COULD DO, GET TREES ON THIS. WELL, YOU KNOW, IF I TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU WOULD BE KIND ENOUGH TO EMAIL, UH, YOUR INFORMATION TO ME, UH, I WANT, WHAT I'M GONNA TRY TO DO THIS WEEK OR EARLY NEXT WEEK IS TAKE ALL THE, THE SUGGESTIONS FROM OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND, UH, UH, FROM THE PUBLIC AND KIND OF PUT DOWN A MASTER LIST OF PROJECT ONE THROUGH ONE 50 SO THE BOARD CAN BEGIN TO LOOK AND ANALYZE. SO IF YOU'D BE KIND ENOUGH TO DO THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SURE, ABSOLUTELY. AND THE LAST THING I'LL MENTION REAL QUICK IS AS FAR AS THE TREES GO, UM, IN THE, THE NAME OF LAND CONSERVATION, AGAIN, MARK CAN, UH, FURTHER LOOK INTO THIS OR PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT. UM, IT MAY BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO USE SOME OF [00:50:01] THE FUNDS TO CUT DOWN OLD TREES EITHER THAT ARE, UH, ON TOWN PROPERTY THAT THEY'VE BEEN WAITING FOR MONEY TO GET CUT DOWN OR ON HOMEOWNERS, UH, PROPERTIES. SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, BUT ALRIGHT. YEAH, TAKE A LOOK. BE AN INTERESTING POINT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, THE, THAT ASH TREE SITUATION WE HAVE, I KNOW OUR HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT AND MARK WROTE A GRANT LAST YEAR THAT, UM, DIDN'T GO THROUGH IN THE FIRST ROUND, BUT IT WAS JUST THAT TO ADDRESS ALL THE ASH, ASH TREES. AND THAT MIGHT BE PART OF THE EQUATION TO GET ALL OF THOSE OUT. SO WE GET OTHER THINGS. WELL, WHETHER THAT FALLS UNDER THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, BROAD OUTLINE OR WHETHER IT'S, UH, SOMETHING WE HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH THROUGH OUR RESUBMISSION OF GRANTS AS ULTIMATE FOR SOME CONSIDERATION. BUT I'D LIKE TO AT LEAST HAVE IT PUT IT FORWARD SO WE CAN, WE CAN DO SOME RESEARCH ON IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, HOW ABOUT YOU? ANYBODY ELSE? FOLKS? UH, YES, SIR. OKAY. UM, BILL STOKES, I LIVE AT 4 0 6 5 JOHNSON STREET. UM, AND, UH, I WORK AT, UH, APPENDIX FOSSIL PARK IN NATURE RESERVE. UM, YEAH. SO, UM, UH, THANK YOU MR. SUPERVISOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY REALLY SUPPORT THAT IDEA OF, UH, HELPING OUT, UH, BUSINESSES VIA THE SOUTH, UH, SOUTH SOUTH TOWN'S REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. UM, AND, UH, IN PARTICULAR, SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN, UH, AFFECTED, UH, IN MANY WAYS, UH, INCLUDING NOW, WHICH, UH, WE'RE DEALING WITH A LABOR SHORTAGE AND PROBLEMS WITH THE SUPPLY CHAIN FOR A LOT OF GOODS. UM, AND I KNOW THERE'S FEDERAL AND STATE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE, UM, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, INCLUDING, UH, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHERE I WORK TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO APPLY FOR A RELIEF GRANT VIA THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. WELL, IT'S SOMETHING I, I THOUGHT THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD FIT INTO THE CHAMBER'S OVERALL, UH, UH, PURPOSE, UH, THEIR, THEIR CORPORATE PURPOSE. AND, UH, WE NEED THEIR EXPERTISE TO HELP ADMINISTER BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PAPERWORK, A LOT OF FOLLOW THROUGH, UH, AND OUR TOWN EMPLOYEES ARE PROBABLY STRETCHED TO THE MAX. BUT ONE OF THE OTHER INTERESTING THINGS TOO IS THAT WE FUND, AS YOU KNOW, UH, THE FOSSIL PARK, WE FUND THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY WHO FUND HARMONIA. WE MAKE YEARLY ALLOTMENTS IN OUR BUDGET. UH, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE COULDN'T DO THAT OR THAT WE LOST REVENUE, UH, WE MAY BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE AMOUNT THAT WE CAN FUND, UH, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF, OF THE ACT ITSELF. SO THAT'S ANOTHER FACTOR TO CONSIDER. SURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? HOW ABOUT THOSE IN THE DARK WAY IN THE BACK? IT'S LIKE, IT'S LIKE BEING IN CHURCH, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE ALWAYS SIT IN THE BACK. YES, MA'AM. I JUST, UM, , I LIVE AT 97TH CHURCH STREET. I WAS JUST GONNA ASK, UM, I KNOW OTHER BOARDS WE LOOK INTO GRANT WRITING AND WE LOOK INTO MATCHING FUNDS. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT WE CAN USE OUR CURRENT GRANT WRITER TO FIND PROJECTS OUT THERE WHERE WE CAN USE BOTH THESE FUNDS AND THE GRANT FUNDS TO REALLY EXTEND USEFULNESS OF THIS WINDFALL CASH AND MAKE IT GO EVEN FURTHER? WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE. UH, WE DECIDED THAT, UH, BETH FARRELL MADE A SUGGESTION THAT WE NETWORK WITH MARK MALKI ON, ON THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN IN TERMS OF BEING A POINT PERSON TO ADVISE US AS TO WHAT PROGRAMS, UH, REALLY HAD POTENTIAL UNDER THE TERMS OF THE ACT. AND I LIKE THE IDEA, YOUR SUGGESTION OF USING, UH, GRANTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH FUNDS WE MAY RECEIVE UNDER THE TERMS OF THE RESCUE PLAN. NOW, THE RESCUE PLAN DOES NOT REQUIRE US TO MATCH FUNDS THAT WE ARE ALLOTTED UNDER THE TERMS OF THE PLAN, BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS WE CANNOT SECURE GRANTS TO, AGAIN, HAVE A BROADER IMPACT UPON A GOOD PROGRAM THAT AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITY. SO, YEAH. UH, AND WE'VE GOT OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR TO KEEP THE BOOKS, KEEP THE RECORDS, UH, AND NETWORK WITH THE FEDS SO THAT WE STAY ON TOP OF THEIR REGULATIONS, THEIR INTERPRETATIONS, THEY'LL BE PUBLISHING. I'M SURE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS MARK, THEY'LL BE PUBLISHING, UH, CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS AND FINDINGS FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO TAG. SO, UH, IT'S KEEPING OUR EYES ON THE BALL THAT IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT. OKAY. UH, YES, YOUNGSTER. UM, I HAD A QUESTION FOR MARK. SO MARK, IT'S JENNY ROBERTSON. UM, SO UNDER THESE FIVE CATEGORIES, WHERE DOES IT FALL AS FAR AS IMPROVEMENTS? BECAUSE [00:55:01] IT HAS BEEN CHANGED SINCE COVID, UM, WITH PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME. UM, IT'S BEEN ALL OVER THE NEWS WITH DATA BREACHES AND CYBER ATTACKS. UM, WHERE DOES THAT FALL AS IF AT ALL, FOR FUNDING TO IMPROVE THE SECURITY OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE HERE? SO IT HAPPENS A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT WAYS. SO, I MEAN, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY, RIGHT? IF YOU FIND A WAY TO, UH, CREATE A WEBSITE, YOU CREATE A SYSTEM THAT HELP PEOPLE GET HELP, UM, THAT'S ONE WAY TO DO IT. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE. I NOT WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT HERE. UM, THAT'S A SITUATION WHERE, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU ARE AN INDIVIDUAL, UM, YOU HAVE TO WORK AT HOME OR A CHILD, WE HAVE TO DO YOUR SCHOOLWORK AT HOME BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. UM, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE BROADBAND COVERAGE. UM, SO IN, IN SOME RURAL COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, THEY DO NOT NECESSARILY HAVE COVERAGE, UH, FOR INTERNET. THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO SET UP THE EPISODE WHERE THOSE PEOPLE CAN GET HELP, YOU KNOW, WORKING FROM HOME OR DOING SCHOOL FROM HOME. THAT'S WITH REGARDS TO THE BROADBAND. AND THEN YOU ALSO TALK ABOUT CYBERSECURITY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, I WANNA DO MORE RESEARCH ON. YOU KNOW, SOME OF IT'S VERY TARGETED, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY SAY THEY WANNA DO, UH, CYBER SECURITY AGAINST ATTACKS AGAINST, UH, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, YOU KNOW, CLEAN WATER WASTEWATER, UH, YOU KNOW, IT MAY PROTECT AGAINST THOSE, AGAINST THOSE INDEPENDENTLY. UM, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE WE CAN DO CYBERSECURITY, ADDITIONAL I ALREADY MENTIONED, I'D BE HAPPY TO DELEGATE THAT MORE. OKAY, THANK YOU. I JUST WANNA POINT YOU IN THIS DIRECTION TOO. UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY PUBLISHED, UH, UH, TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR RECIPIENTS WE'RE, WE'RE A RECIPIENT COMMUNITY. UH, AND, AND THEIR MEMO TALKS ABOUT THE RECIPIENT HAMPERED AGREES TO COMPLY WITH ANY REPORTING OBLIGATIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED STATES TREASURY DEPARTMENT AS IT RELATES TO THE OVERALL AWARD WE'RE TO MAINTAIN, UH, AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, FOR ALL OF OUR RECORDS AND FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS TO EVIDENCE COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECTIONS OF THE LAW THAT ARE APPLICABLE, UH, ALONG WITH TREASURY RULES AND REGULATIONS. SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE DOING A, A LOT OF WORK TO KEEP THIS UP AND RUNNING AND STAY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE TREASURY GUIDELINES. IT GOES ON TO, SAY THE TREASURY OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE, OR THEIR AUTHORIZED REPS TO HAVE THE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO OUR RECORDS, ELECTRONIC AND OTHERWISE, IN ORDER TO CONDUCT AUDITS OR OTHER INVESTIGATIONS. SO, AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN OUR RECORDS FIVE YEARS AFTER ALL THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN EXPENDED, THE FUNDS CAN BE EXPENDED UP UNTIL, UH, 5 31 26. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 5 30, 1 31. I'LL BE, I'LL BE THERE AT LEAST 55 ANYWAY. UH, WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF, WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF DETAILED WORK TO DO, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO INTERACT WITH OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, OUR EMPLOYEES, AND THE PUBLIC ON AN ONGOING BASIS AS WE GO FORWARD. OKAY. HOW ABOUT OTHER FOLKS? PLEASE DON'T BE BASH IN. THE INFORMATION I RECEIVED FROM CHRIS HALL, OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, HE DID COMMENT ABOUT SOME OF THE, UM, ITEMS THAT WERE ACTUALLY ALREADY BROUGHT UP THIS EVENING. SPECIFICALLY, HE MADE A RECOMMENDATION FOR, UH, THAT MONEY BE SET ASIDE FOR QUENT MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO ASSIST IMPACTED PERSONS AND FAMILIES OF THE PANDEMIC. AND I KNOW THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, ALSO MARTY PROVIDED US WITH A, WITH A GREAT OVERVIEW OF ITEMS IN HIS DEPARTMENT. AND THEN ALSO, UH, AN OVERVIEW FROM NICOLE BACON. I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO HER ABOUT THAT ALSO WHEN I VISITED LAST WEEK. JUST ONE THOUGHT, UM, BEFORE I ASK YOU SOMETHING MORE ABOUT THAT IS THAT I RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM HALF BRIAN. UM, AND FOR, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO, PARKS OR RECREATION OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP IN MIND TOO, MAKING IT ALWAYS AADA A ACCESSIBLE. SO I KNOW HE FORWARDED INFORMATION, I THINK YOU GOT IT. ALSO SEND IT TO YOU FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE WORK WE'VE EVEN ALREADY DONE WITH OUR, UH, TOP LOTS THAT WE INCLUDE ACCESS A, DA COMPLIANT ACCESS. AND SO WE ALWAYS, ANYTHING THAT MIGHT COME OUT WITH, UH, THE MONEY THAT WE SPEND ON THESE VARIOUS PROJECTS. BUT GETTING BACK TO, UM, AGAIN, YOUR, YOUR INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED WAS, WAS TERRIFIC AND WAS DETAILED, AND I THINK THERE WERE A LOT OF GOOD POINTS IN THERE AND THAT MAYBE YOU CAN WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. AND SPECIFICALLY THE OUTLINE, UH, OF [01:00:01] INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM NICOLE DEKA ABOUT THE, THE HAMBURG AND THE POTENTIAL, THEREFORE MAYBE EXPANDING SOME OF THE OUTREACH, UH, SERVICES AND, AND CHANGING, UM, HOW WE DELIVER SOME OF THOSE IMPORTANT RESOURCES TO RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY PANDEMIC. OKAY. LET ME START WITH NICOLE'S PROPOSAL. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK, UM, MEMBERS, THE BOARD KNOW THAT NICOLE WAS PERSONALLY AFFECTED VERY SERIOUSLY WITH, WITH COVID. AND SHE WAS ILL FOR A LONG TIME AND, AND THE VIRUS WOULD NOT LEAVE HER SYSTEM. IT FINALLY HAS. AND SHE'S, UM, HOPEFULLY ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY, BUT HER MIND IS STILL WORKING. AND, UM, SHE CREATED FEED HAMBURG. UM, YOU KNOW, SHE HAS DREAMS AND HER DREAMS WOULD BE TO, UH, TAKE FEED HAMBURG AND EXPAND ON THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE, UM, OR TO, TO BECOME A RESOURCE CENTER AND PROVIDE INFORMATION, UH, AND TO HAVE, UM, UH, PEOPLE WITH EXPERTISE COME IN AND PROVIDE INFORMATION AND COUNSELING AND, UM, AND DIRECTION TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE PROBLEMS AND, AND WHAT WHATEVER THAT HAPPENS BE. WE DO A LOT OF THAT ALREADY. IT'S DONE AT THE HAMBURG, IT'S DONE AT THE HAMBURG SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTER. WE HAVE MANY SPEAKERS, MANY COUNSELORS, MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT COME IN AND TALK TO OUR SENIORS ABOUT, UM, THINGS THAT THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, ELDER LAW AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, MEDICARE COUNSELING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE DON'T WANNA REINVENT THE WHEEL. I THINK WHAT WE WANNA DO IS, IS HAVE A PLACE, A CENTRAL LOCATION TO GO TO GET YOUR FOOD, TO GET YOUR SUPPLIES, AND TO GET INFORMATION AND NOT NECESSARILY PROVIDE EVERYTHING AT THE SITE THAT SHE'S DREAMING OF OR THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHARE HER DREAM, UH, BUT WE'LL GIVE HER THE CREDIT FOR, FOR COMING UP WITH THE, UH, CONCEPT. UM, AND SO THAT'S, THAT IS NICOLE'S PROPOSAL. UM, UH, MS. UFFORD JUST BROUGHT UP, UH, UH, A POINT ABOUT, UM, MATCHING FUNDS. UM, WE, WHENEVER WE HAVE IMPROVED OUR PARKS, WE'VE ALWAYS GONE TO COMPANIES THAT CAN PROVIDE RENT MONEY TO DOUBLE, UH, OUR MONEY. AND IF WE WERE TO BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THIS MONEY TO IMPROVE OUR PARKS, UM, WE CAN GO TO THE COMPANY AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA ORDER X NUMBER OF, OF PLAYGROUND UNITS. AND AGAIN, THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE, THESE UNITS ARE ALL MODERN AND ACCESSIBLE. SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO GET TO THEM. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PATHWAYS AND THE TRAILS TO GET THERE ARE ACCESSIBLE TOO. UM, SO WE CAN, WE CAN, UM, GET A BIG BANG FOR OUR BUCK, UH, BY USING THE, IF, IF, IF POSSIBLE, USING THE MONEY COMING IN, UH, TO, TO IMPROVE OUR PARK. AND AS I POINTED OUT IN MY MEMO, UM, OUR DEPARTMENT SERVES EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY, CHILDREN OF ALL AGES, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, ELDERLY, AND EATING DAYCARE. WE SERVE SENIOR CITIZENS. UM, WE SERVE TROUBLED TEENS. UH, WE SERVE FAMILIES, WE SERVE ADULTS, UM, IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. I MEAN, I THINK PEOPLE THINK OF US AS THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT. WE'RE MORE, WE'RE THE YOUTH BUREAU. WE TAKE CARE OF THE KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO THE COURT. WE HAVE THE YES PROGRAM, WE HAVE SENIOR SERVICES, WE HAVE BAND SERVICE, WE HAVE ADULT DAY SERVICE. UH, WE HAVE MANY PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE RELATED TO HEALTH. SO WHETHER IT BE OUR, OUR NUTRITIONAL PROGRAMS AT THREE SITES, WELL, WE'RE ONLY ONE RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, OUR, UH, EXERCISE PROGRAMS, OUR FITNESS CENTER, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK WE, WE SERVE MANY PEOPLE IN MANY WAYS. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, UM, HOPEFULLY GET A CHANCE TO, UM, UH, EITHER IMPROVE OUR FACILITIES OR, UM, CREATE WAYS TO, UH, IMPROVE OUR DELIVERY SYSTEM SO FAR. SO YOU, SO YOU KNOW, UH, UH, MARTY AND BETH, UH, SO FAR WE'VE RECEIVED YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, MARTY, AND AN OUTLINE, UH, WHICH CONTAINED NICOLE'S, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE EXPANSION OF FEED AMBER. WE HAVE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT SENT, UH, OVER SOME IDEAS FOR PROGRAMS AND IMPROVEMENTS. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAS, AS YOU MENTIONED, UH, OUR DISPATCH HAS, UH, ALSO, UH, BUILT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BUILDING INSPECTION. SO, UH, WHAT I WANT TO DO IS TRY TO GET OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO COME FORWARD AS FAST AS THEY CAN WITH THEIR SUGGESTIONS. THEN I THINK WE'VE GOTTA PUT IT ALL TOGETHER IN THE MASSIVE, UH, UH, POT AND BEGIN TO THINK [01:05:02] WHAT CAN WE LEGITIMATELY ACCOMPLISH UNDER THE TERMS OF THE ACT? IT'S SO IMPORTANT NOW, WE'VE NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS BEFORE, BUT WE'RE NOT LIKELY TO SEE IT AGAIN. WE WANNA GET THIS RIGHT. WE WANT TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS I THINK THAT HAVE LONG TERM IMPACT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE PERVASIVE IMPACT THAT IMPACT THE LIVES IN A POSITIVE WAY OF MANY, MANY PEOPLE, UH, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO HAVE HAD A VERY ROUGH IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. SO THAT, THAT'S, UH, I THINK THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE, AND MARTY, ONE OF YOUR OTHER PROGRAMS, OF COURSE YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT COURSE, THE THERAPEUTIC POOL AND FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT NOT ONLY SPEAKS TO THEIR PHYSICAL HEALTH, BUT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH TOO. AND I KNOW ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THERE, EVEN GETTING THE PROGRAMMING BACK UP AND RUNNING IS THE FACT THAT THEIR LOCKER ROOM FACILITIES, THEIR BATHROOM FACILITIES ARE SUCH THAT IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO, TO ACCOMMODATE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE'RE SENSITIVE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING, ET CETERA. SO THEN MIGHT BE POSSIBILITIES THERE. ALSO, WE GOT A LOT OF NEEDS AND FOR THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT SUM OF MONEY, I THINK. SO THAT, THAT'S PRETTY COOL. YEAH. MARTY MAKES A REALLY GOOD POINT, WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING AND AND NICOLE'S CONCEPT IS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES THAT KIND OF FALL UNDER EACH OF THESE ELIGIBLE CATEGORIES IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER IN YOUR DEPARTMENT SERVE. SO THERE IS SOME REAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT QUALIFIES UNDER ALMOST ALL CASE. I, I WOULD, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. THE SOCIAL SERVICES ARE A NECESSITY. YEAH. THAT'S REALLY EMPHASIZED IN THE TERMS OF THE ACT TOO. SOCIAL SERVICES, UH, AND, AND CORRECT OUTREACH TO DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED, UH, POPULATIONS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. THAT, AND INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, DRAINAGE IN PARTICULAR, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'VE GOT SIGNIFICANT, UH, STORM SEWER ISSUES THAT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED. UH, AND WE'RE THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO IDENTIFY ENOUGH THAT, GO AHEAD, SIR. UH, I WAS WONDERING IF MARK COULD COMMENT ON POSSIBILITY SINCE, LIKE YOU SAID, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE. UH, BIG TICKET ITEMS WOULD BE HVAC FOR TOWN HALL AND SENIOR CENTER, CONSIDERING THAT THAT WAS MENTIONED DURING COVID AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO VERIFY THE AIR COMING IN AND OUT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD FALL UNDER ANY OF THESE OR NOT, BUT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. I THINK IT'S RELEVANT. THAT'S GO AHEAD, MARK. YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE. IT'S SOMETHING I WANNA LOOK INTO MORE. UM, BUT LIKE, I'VE GOTTA GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. I JUST, I WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S ELIGIBLE. YEAH. ALSO, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE CHIEF MENTIONED THAT AS WELL AS DID SEAN CRO, GO AHEAD. UH, KAREN. NO, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY I THINK THEY HAD SIMILAR REQUEST. YEAH. YEAH. WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK? ANYBODY ELSE? WELL, UH, I'LL ASK OUR FRIENDS, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT HAVEN'T SUBMITTED SUGGESTIONS TO PLEASE DO SO. AND, UH, THE PUBLIC, UH, CAN, CAN INTERACT ON THE TOWN'S FACEBOOK PAGE OR SEND US EMAILS, WHATEVER YOU WISH TO DO, UH, OR CALL US. UH, HOWEVER YOU PROCEED IS FINE. UH, AND WE'LL TRY TO HAVE, UH, ANOTHER MEETING TO, UH, NOT JUST THE FUTURE TO START TO LOOK AT PRIORITIZING. WE'RE WAITING OF COURSE. NOW. UH, MARK, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE WAITING NOW FOR THE ACTUAL FUNDING TO OCCUR NOW THAT WE FINALLY, UH, HAVE OUR SAM ACCOUNT, UH, SET UP. SO WE'RE A COUPLE MONTHS LATE, BUT, UH, UH, AT LEAST WE KNOW THE MONEY WILL BE FORTHCOMING. SO ANYTHING ELSE THERE, FOLKS? NO. NA OKAY. UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN THIS SPECIAL MEETING. SECOND. THANK YOU. I'LL, I WILL. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.