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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UH, I'LL CONVENE, UH, THERE'S A SECOND, UH, OUR WORK SESSION FOR 8 9 20 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.UM, SOME THINGS THAT ARE FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD ON THE AGENDA, I'M JUST GONNA RUN THROUGH IT REAL QUICKLY.
AND THEN WE GOTTA TALK ABOUT LED AND A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE LED QUESTION.
WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON A LOCAL LAW, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA HEAR CITIZEN, UH, CONCERNS, UH, SUPPORT FOR OR AGAINST.
I GOT A COUPLE EMAILS AGAINST TODAY AND I GOT A CITIZEN CALLED IN FAVOR ON FRIDAY.
UH, THE MINUTES, OF COURSE, THAT'S THERE.
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SEAN CONLEY'S, PF UH, SERVICES.AND THEN WE'RE GONNA OFFER, UH, PROCLAMATIONS TO, UH, I'M SORRY, WE'VE GOT A PERSONAL CHANGE IN DISPATCH, KAREN.
AND THAT'S, UH, THE RETIREMENT OF, UH, ONE OF THE FULL-TIME DISPATCH OFFICERS.
AND THEN WE GOT THREE PEOPLE TO, UH, GIVE ACCOMMODATIONS TO ACCOMMODATIONS TO, I SHOULD SAY, UH,
WE ALL KNOW THAT AS OF 7 31, UH, KATE HILLMAN, UH, RESIDE.
UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, UH, MIKE
UH, WE'VE GOT THE GOLF COURSE CONCESSION FOR TWO YEAR CONTRACT RULE.
ZO CG BETH, THAT'S A, UH, BID.
SO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER GOT THE AWARD.
THAT'S STRAIGHTFORWARD, RIGHT? COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT APPLICATIONS.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING YOU COULD EXPLAIN WHEN WE GET TO IT.
UH, NOW THE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF THE LOCAL LAWS.
THESE ARE ALL, UH, LOCAL LAWS THAT WE, WE ADOPTED, ADOPTED.
THAT'S THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD.
WE ALREADY WANNA EXPAND THE MEMBERSHIP, SO WE MAY HAVE TO DO AN AMEN TO LOCAL LAW.
MARK, DO SOME RESEARCH ON THAT.
THEY ALSO WANNA BE MORE OF AN ADVISORY.
THEY WANNA BE, HAVE BIG BINDING DECISIONS, SO WE GOTTA TALK WITH THEM.
SO ANYWAY, UH, THE NEXT TWO WERE, UH, ZONING CODE AMENDMENTS, AND THEN THERE'S A BUDGET TRANSFER THAT WAS JUST TO GIVE MORE MONEY TO OUR FRIEND, UH, JOE O'BRIEN.
WE GAVE HIM AN EXTRA 15 HOURS A WEEK, REMEMBER? YEAH.
SO, UH, IT HAS TO BE IN THE BUDGET, TRANSFER SOME MONEY INTO HIS ACCOUNT FROM CONTINGENCY.
AND THEN IN ROGERS, UH, ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNT, WE HAVE 118,000.
THAT'S A MISTAKE, UH, IN THE 2021, UH, BUDGET, UH, ASSURED ROGER THAT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA ADDRESS SOME OF HIS CONCERNS, PARTICULARLY REGARDING VEHICLES, BUT, UH, BASED ON SAM'S RECOMMENDATION, WE PUT THAT THROUGH THE, UH, PUT THAT INTO CONTINGENCY, UH, JUST SO WE CAN HAVE SOME GREATER FLEXIBILITY AS WE GET THROUGH THE BUDGET.
NUMBER 20, I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE, BEFORE I, I, THIS RESOLUTION FROM ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS PERSPECTIVE.
SO MAYBE THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSION.
UM, MR. CASEY UNDERSTANDS THAT PREVIOUSLY IT HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED THAT THIS WOULD BE DEFERRED TO BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.
I EXPRESSED THAT AGAIN, ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DID A MEMO FOR ME.
WALTER, WHAT DO YOU SAY? YOU DID SOME RESEARCH TOO ON THIS BECAUSE I ANTICIPATED WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESS.
MR. CASE ONLY ONLY RELEASED THE, THE AGREEMENT WAS HE RELEASED A, A SMALL PORTION OF HIS BUDGET BACK TO THE TOM BOARD'S CONTROL.
AND THAT WAS BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT BY THE TOM WARD AND BY THE IOWA SUPERINTENDENT.
HE CAN'T ARBITRARILY JUST TRANSFER THOSE FUNDS BACK.
HE NEEDS TOM BOARD APPROVAL TO DO THAT.
AND THOSE FUNDS PREVIOUSLY WEREN'T ALL ALLOCATED TO PAVING.
THEY WERE ALLOCATED TO A VARIETY OF THINGS.
SO WE JUST CAN'T CHANGE THAT ALLOCATION.
THAT WAS FOR A VARIETY OF THINGS, JUST TO PING.
AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT THE TOM BOARD'S APPROVAL.
AND THE TOM BOARD HAS NO INTEREST IN DOING THAT, AT LEAST IS MY UNDERSTANDING, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA SOLVE IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
THIS SUMMER, UH, AT LEAST SHE CAME TO SEE ME, TALKED TO ME, UH, PAT RYAN G MOST DEPARTMENTS GAVE CLOSE TO 10% VALUE.
CASEY, UH, THE FUNDS DIDN'T COME.
I'VE SAID TO EVERYBODY, AND THEY ALL ACCEPT THIS, LOOK, WE'VE GOT GOOD REVENUE ON SALES TAX, MORTGAGE, WE GOT, THINGS ARE LOOKING BETTER THIS YEAR.
WE'RE GONNA TRY TO ADDRESS IT AND ADDRESS A COMPREHENSIVE WAY.
I UNDERSTAND TED'S ANXIOUS TO GET PAID, DO THAT, PUT ON HIS PAMPHLETS THAT HE'S REALLY KNOCKING BID.
BUT THERE'S GONNA BE REQUESTS TO FILES WORKERS IN THAT.
SO I'D LIKE TO DO EVERYTHING, CONVERSATIONS.
WELL, DO YOU WANNA WITHDRAW THIS? DO YOU WANNA VOTE? WELL, OR WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I SUPPOSE GENERALLY
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DISCUSSION.YEAH, I DON'T WANNA HAVE, ALRIGHT, WELL, ALRIGHT, LET'S WITHDRAW IT FOR TONIGHT.
AND, AND, AND LISTEN, WE'LL KEEP OUR WORD.
I MEAN, IF, IF WE WANT TO, UH, HE WANTS MORE SUMMER HELP, HE WANTS MORE LABORS, HE NEEDS MORE EQUIPMENT.
NEVER, YOU KNOW, BUT I DIDN'T INDICATE AS BEEN COMMUNICATED PREVIOUSLY, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY DURING THAT BUDGET PROCESS YEAH.
HIS CONCERN IS THAT IT WILL JUST DIMINISH WHAT HE NORMALLY GET.
I SAID NOT TO MAKE ANY ASSUMPTIONS.
AND SO PUTTING HIS INFORMATION BUDGET, I AGREE WITH YOU.
I MEAN YOU, I CAN SEE HE WOULD ASSUME THAT, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE TO MY KNOWLEDGE, VERY GENEROUS.
SO, YOU KNOW, UH, NOBODY WANTS TO SEE THE PEOPLE, SO.
UH, NOW LEMME JUST HOLD OFF ON
UM, UH, MR. NOACK, WE'VE GOT THE BID SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE BEACH AND FOR THE NIKE BASE.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANNA TELL US OR EXPLAIN TO US ABOUT THIS? UH, NOT REALLY.
THEY'RE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
UM, I'VE GOT THE BEACH SPLIT UP INTO THREE, BASICALLY, UH, GROUPS.
A IS THE ENTRANCE TO EXIT ON THE LOWER BOWL.
I HAVE B IS THE UPPER PART WHERE THE GYM ENTRANCES.
AND OBVIOUSLY IF IT'S COST EFFECTIVE, YOU KNOW, THEY GIVE A TOTAL VALUE OF DOING BOTH ALL AT ONCE.
UM, THE ONLY ISSUE I GOT, I HAVE THERE IS I HAD TO CHANGE THE RPA LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I WANTED TO USE THE MILLINGS TO SHORE UP THE EXTRA PARKING LOTS THERE.
UH, THAT'S POSSIBLY, IT'S FEASIBLE, BUT IT'S GONNA HAVE TO GO UNDER, UNDER STUDY A, A, UH, PERMIT.
PERMIT I GUESS THROUGH OH D-E-C-D-E-C.
SO AT THIS TIME, I'M JUST GONNA HAUL THOSE MILLINGS OFF SITE TO TRY TO USE IT A LATER DATE.
AND IF WE CAN WORK ON THIS, ON THE PERMIT THAT, AND GET THE OKAY TO DO THIS, THEN WE CAN DO IT LATER DATE.
THESE BID ARE RETURNABLE ON AUGUST THE 30TH, RIGHT? UH, YEAH.
NOW, SO YOU GET THE BID IN THAT DAY AND, AND, UH, WE MAKE AN AWARD.
WILL THE COMPANY HAVE SUFFICIENT SET UP TIME A LITTLE BETTER TO, UH, GET THIS DONE? EPTEMBER? I BELIEVE SO.
THE, THE PLANTS AND STUFF USUALLY CLOSE MID-OCTOBER SO THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, JUST USING THE NIKE BASED PARKING LOT IS, YOU KNOW, AN EXAMPLE.
UH, THEY WERE DONE IN TWO WEEKS.
SO IF, WOULD THAT BE WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
I MEAN, THERE'S NOW
AND THERE'S NO WAY TO ACTUALLY, UM, THAT'S A, IT'S ANOTHER, THAT'S A BIG AREA.
UM, AND WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ORIGINALLY, UM, IT WAS JUST A, FROM ENTRANCE TO EXIT LOWER BOLT.
WE'RE JUST DOING THE, THE UPPER PART TO SEE WHERE WE STAND FINANCIALLY AND SEE IF WE CAN DO IT ALL AT ONCE.
AND ALSO WHEN WE, WE LOOK AT THE AREA ABOUT AROUND THE WATER RESCUE, THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME UP, UM, REGARDING TOW ZONE SIGNAGE, WHETHER WE SHOULDN'T ALSO LOOK AT THE RATES FORMATTED AND SEIZE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS, UH, MAYBE
I MEAN, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DISCUSSED AND WE CAN DO THAT IN HOUSE THROUGH.
AND THEN WHEN THE RRP FOR SITE THROUGH THAT FIRST TIME, I KNOW THERE WERE SOME ADJUSTMENTS THAT WERE MADE BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ENGINEERING AND FROM THE HIGHWAY ADVISORY BOARD.
WERE ARE THOSE, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE SOMEWHAT THE SAME APPLICATION THAT ARE THOSE REFLECTED IN THIS RRP ALSO, UH, IT
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ENGINEERING INPUT, YOU KNOW, I WANNA MAKE MENTION, UH, UH, THE NUMBER 14.THAT'S YOUR MOTION, SEAN? YES.
THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT APPLICATION.
YOU WANNA GIVE US A LITTLE THUMBNAIL SKETCH OF THAT? AND THAT'S GONNA, UH, CERTAINLY DO WE WANNA ALSO DO THAT? SO BOARD NOW, BUT WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC HERE.
SO THIS WOULD, THIS RESOLUTION A, A PUBLIC HEARING MM-HMM
UH, AND THIS IS A, THESE ARE FUNDS, THESE ARE CARES FUNDS ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY RENEWAL.
AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN FARRELL HAS WORKED WITH ME TO, UH, ENGAGE WITH, UM, THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY RENEWAL AND, AND REVIEW THE PROJECT AND REVIEW ELIGIBILITY.
AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS WOULD BE, WOULD BE A 450,000 GRANT WOULD BE THE REQUEST THAT WE WOULD ISSUE THESE GRANTS.
AND WITH THEN, IF THE TOWN RECEIVES THE MONEY, THEN THERE WOULD BE A, IN A, A SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH HAMBURG DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WHERE WE WOULD ADMINISTER GRANTS TO SMALL BUSINESSES.
SO THESE WOULD BE, WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO FUND AS A GRANT BETWEEN 10,030 $5,000.
SMALL BUSINESSES, 25 EMPLOYEES OR LESS WITHIN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
UH, SO ESSENTIALLY THEY CAN RECEIVE THIS GRANT FUNDING.
UM, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS, SO THERE ARE, FOR EVERY $35,000, GRANTED, THEY'D BE LOOKING TO HIRE, UH, ONE NEW FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEE.
UM, BEYOND THAT, THE MONEY IS LOOKED TO BE SPENT FOR MEASURES REGARDING COVID.
SO BUSINESSES THAT NOT ONLY SUFFERED FROM COVID, BUT BUSINESSES WHO ARE MAKING INVESTMENTS IN, UH, TO ESSENTIALLY SHIFT THEIR OPERATIONS OR MANAGE THEIR OPERATIONS MORE EFFECTIVELY, UH, THROUGH COVID.
SO ELIGIBLE USES COULD BE, UM, A COMPANY INVESTING IN WEBSITE DESIGNER SOFTWARE IF THEY HAVE MAYBE A RETAIL OPERATION TO MOVE THEIR PRODUCT OFFERINGS ONLINE, UH, WHERE THEY CAN OFFER IT ESSENTIALLY VIRTUALLY AND SHIPPING, UM, RENOVATIONS TO, UH, BUSINESS FACILITIES TO IMPROVE HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING INSTALLATION OF, UH, TRANSACTION WINDOWS.
UH, THE AREA BUSINESSES HAVE SEEN MORE OF A GRAB AND GO, UH, TYPE OF WORK TO GO, UH, TYPE OF ORDERINGS FOR MEALS OR WHATNOT.
UH, SO THEY, THEY COULD INVEST IN THAT REGARD.
UM, OUTDOOR DINING, UM, THAT WOULD BE AN APPLICABLE USE AS WELL.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE EXAMPLES.
RECEIVED ATION JUST TODAY, ON FRIDAY, AND THE PRE-APPLICATION I WAS SUBMITTED WAS ACCEPTED AND GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT LIGHT BY NEW YORK STATE.
SO NOW WE ARE AT THE POINT WE CAN SUBMIT THE FULL APPLICATION AND, UH, THAT IS THE NEXT STEP HERE.
AND ONCE THAT FULL APPLICATION IS ACCEPTED, THEN WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH THAT PROCESS.
HEARING YOU SET THE DATE? AUGUST 26TH, 23RD.
THANK PRETTY MUCH GETS TO, UH, THE LED BUSINESS.
UH, I SENT A COUPLE OF EMAILS OUT TO THE TOWN, GET, GET IT, UH, TO UPDATE YOU AS TO WHAT WE, I THINK I WILL DO IS SET UP FOR A WHILE AND TURN YOU OVER TO CAM.
UH, CAM YOU DID A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS FOR US.
UH, CAN YOU ADDRESS, UH, THAT ANALYSIS AND GIVE US SOME INSIGHT AS TO WHAT YOU'RE THINKING? SO, UM, ON, TO SUMMARIZE, SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT WOULD BE THE TANGO PERFORMANCE CONTRACT AND THE NYPA PERFORMANCE CONTRACT.
UM, ONE OF THE MAJOR ITEMS THAT OF COURSE WILL STAND OUT IS THAT NYPA IS OF COURSE, A LOCAL COMPANY.
UM, THEY ARE NOT FOR PROFIT TANGO AS WE KNOW, IT'S, IT'S OUT OF, UH, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
UM, THERE IS A PRICE DIFFERENCE, BUT A NYPA CONTRACT IS A HIGHER PRICE.
THE CONCERN IS THAT IN THE TANGO CONTRACT, IT BASICALLY SAYS THAT THEIR PRICE IS ESTIMATE AND THAT THEY TO CHANGE ORDERS, SHOULD PRICING
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BE HIGHER THAN THEY ANTICIPATE.THEY HAVE TOLD US THAT THE LIGHTING PURCHASE, THEY USE SORT OF AN AVERAGE PRICE OF WHAT THEY WOULD EXPECT.
SO UNLESS THE TALENT IS, UH, A CADILLAC VERSION OF LIGHT FIXTURES, THAT SHOULD BE IN THE BALLPARK WHAT THEY EXPECT.
BUT IF MATERIAL COSTS GO UP, THAT PRICE CAN GO UP.
FOR INSTALLATION, THEY'VE GIVEN ME ABOUT WHAT THEY USE TO ASSUME INSTALL COSTS.
THEY WILL HAVE TO GET A LOCAL CONTRACTOR TO DO INSTALLATION.
UM, THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO THE LOCAL CONTRACTORS AND THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY'RE GETTING VERY HIGH NUMBERS BACK FOR INSTALLATION COSTS.
SO THEIR RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THE INSTALLATION TO GO OUT TO A PUBLIC BID THAT TANKO WOULD PREPARE, UM, IN THE HOPES THAT THE COMPETITION WOULD LEAD TO MORE, UM, BETTER PRICING BASICALLY ON THE INSTALLATION.
BUT IF IT DOESN'T UP AND THE PRICES DO COME IN HIGHER THAN TANGO ANTICIPATES, THE TOWN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THAT ADDITIONAL COST.
THERE ARE A COUPLE ITEMS THAT NYPA TAKES INTO ACCOUNT.
THEY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, UM, ANY WIRING ISSUES.
THEY PUT SOME MONEY IN THEIR ESTIMATE FOR ANYTHING SHOULD YOU GO TO CHANGE OUT A LIGHT AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A F WIRING ISSUE THAT THEN YOUR INSTALLER CAN HANDLE.
UM, I KNOW THAT SUPERVISOR, YOU HAD SENT ME AN EMAIL LATE TODAY THAT I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO ANSWER.
UH, NYPA HAS, UH, A HAZARDOUS DISPOSAL LINE ITEM IN THEIR ESTIMATE THAT TANKO DOES NOT COVERED.
ALTHOUGH NYPA, IT'S ONLY I THINK 20,000.
AND AGAIN, NIPA IN THEIR ESTIMATE EARLY ON TO KIND OF SHOW THE PRICING.
SO YOU HAVE TWO PRICES, ONE WHICH NOT FEELS STRONGLY THAT THEY'VE TAKEN ALL THOSE ISSUES AND, AND ITEMS THAT YOU MIGHT RAISE AND YOU TAKE'S ESTIMATE THAT SPECIFICALLY SAYS IF PRICES GO UP, THE TOWN WILL PAY MORE AND
BUT AT THAT POINT, THE TOWN IS ALREADY IN CONTRACT WITH THAT.
SO IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER WHEN YOU KIND OF LOOK AT THE TWO PRICING.
UM, THERE WAS SOME DISCREPANCIES AND REFERENCES.
UM, UB IS DOING THE CITY OF BUFFALO, THE CITY OF ROCHESTER.
THEY DID SYRACUSE, THEY DID ALBANY.
UH, KO MENTIONED WORKING WITH BUFFALO AND ROCHESTER.
IT TURNS OUT THEY DID FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS ONLY.
SO THEY DO THEIR PERFORMANCE CONTRACT WITH THESE.
UH,
I BELIEVE ALBANY AND SYRACUSE ARE DONE.
UH, I'M NOT SURE WHERE ROCHESTER, BUT I THAT'S DONE AS WELL.
THEY'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE TOWN OF TOWANDA AS ON THE
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THEY'VE WORKED, I THINK THE LIST IS SOMETHING LIKE EIGHT DIFFERENT STATES, UM, ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, YOU KNOW, SO ON.
SO AS FAR AS NEW YORK STATE AND SPECIFICALLY WESTERN NEW YORK, THEY ARE A LITTLE MORE STARTING TO GET INTO IT.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'VE DONE SOME SMALL PIECES OF THESE LED CONVERGENCE, BUT NOT A FULL CONVERSION.
UM, THE, THE COUNSELING LIST WAS GENEVA, VILLE AND
NYPA SAYS APPROVED BY FALL OF 2022.
UH, THE TANKO DEADLINE IS THE END OF 2022.
THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT A SALES AND PURCHASE OF THE LIGHTS WENT QUICKLY.
THEY, THAT THEY, THAT DISTANCE WAS THAT TIMELINE SHORTEN.
UM, BUT THEY HAVE TO GIVE THEMSELVES THE PROPER WINDOW OF THAT.
UM, WHAT ELSE? UH, NYPA OFFERED AS AN ADDITIONAL ITEM, UH, WHAT THEY CALL AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM.
SO THEY WOULD PUT NOTES ON ALL THE LIGHTS AND IT'S FOUND A SOFTWARE THAT WOULD MONITOR THE CONDITION CYCLE LIGHTS AS WELL AS CONTROL LIGHTS.
SO IT NOT DETERMINED FOR ANY REASON THEY WANTED TO DI OR INCREASE LIGHTING.
THEY COULD CONTROL THE LIGHTS THAT WAY.
YOU ALSO WOULD GET AUTOMATICALLY NOTIFIED, UM, IF A LIGHT WENT OUT.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR RESIDENTS TO CALL THE TOWN AND TRY TO FIND THE RIGHT PERSON TO REPORT AN OUTAGE.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT'S, UH, SEVEN 26,000.
IT'S NOT REQUIRED, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT PRESENTED AS A CONSIDERATION.
KO HAVE NOT DISCUSSED ANY OF THAT KIND OF, UM, SERVICE WITH THEM.
UM, IF YOU GO WITH NYPA, THEY ALSO WOULD ASSIST YOU IN GETTING A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT TOGETHER AND WORKING WITH LOCAL CONTRACTORS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DON'T DO THAT IF YOUR PERFORMANCE CONTRACT IS WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
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KO HAS PRESENTED I THINK A DRAFT MAINTENANCE CONTRACT AS WELL WITH SOME OPTIONS ON HOW THEY WOULD RUN YOUR MAINTENANCE SYSTEM.THE TOWN ALSO HAS A CHOICE TO DO THAT ON YOUR OWN.
UM, BUT IF YOU WILL NOW OWN OVER 5,000 LIGHTS, YOU WILL NEED SOME KIND OF MAINTENANCE SYSTEM, UH, TO HANDLES.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE MAIN ITEMS THAT I SAW.
I, YOU KNOW, THE CONTRACT QUESTION CONTRACT THAT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, YOU GOING TO SCOPE AND I ALWAYS ASK THEM THAT QUESTION.
I DIDN'T GET THAT QUESTION OUT TODAY BECAUSE THEIR SCOPE OF SERVICE SPECIFICALLY SAYS LED STREET LIGHTING.
THIS IS A, UP UNTIL MORE RECENTLY I THOUGHT IT INCLUDED ALL THE BUILDINGS, BUT WELL, WHEN YOU READ THEIR SCOPE, IT SAYS STREET LIGHTING, LED STREET LIGHTING, SCOPE OF WORK ON TOP OF IT.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE TANGO DOES INCLUDE THE TOWN BUILDING.
SO IT IS, IT IS A QUESTION TO VERIFY WITH KO.
I, I'VE HAD, I JUST HAD AN EMAIL WITH EMILY, I BELIEVE IT'S, AND SHE, BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS SCHEDULED TO START THIS FALL AND SHE SAID THAT THEY'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE.
PROBABLY SPRING, YOU KNOW, IT WAS PROBABLY THE EARLIEST, BUT THERE WAS DISCUSSION OF THEM DOING THE NIKE BASIN.
NIKE LIGHTS CHANGE ORDER IS NOT IN THE CONTRACT.
IT MIGHT BE A CHANGE ORDER TO THEIR CONTRACT BECAUSE THE WAY THEIR PROPOSAL IS WRITTEN, IT'S, IT'S MORE OF A PROPOSAL AS OPPOSED TO A CONTRACT TALKS ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY COULD DO OPPOSED TO WHAT'S ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING 60 TALKING TOP, LET'S JUST SAY YOU ADD THAT TO THE RIGHT, THESE ADDONS, THERE IS DIFFERENCES.
SO WE NEED TO CONFIRM THAT WITH TANGO TO, TO RIGHT.
TO VERIFY THAT ALL TOWN LINES AND BUILDINGS ARE, AND THE ONE THING TO POINT OUT WITH THAT IS THAT ALTHOUGH BOTH NYPA AND TAN HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE PURCHASE OF STREET LIGHTS, THAT TOWN BUILDINGS OBVIOUSLY WOULD START SOONER RATHER THAN THERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT A PURCHASE.
THERE'S NO PURCHASE REQUIREMENT.
THEN THERE ARE ALL TOWN LINES.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE KEVIN? NOPE.
SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? WELL, I I I REALLY THINK THE TOWN NEEDS TO CONSIDER THE POWER AUTHORITY.
AND ONE POINT I I, ME MENTIONED THE MEMO WAS THAT WHEN THE TANK GAVE US HARD NUMBERS, WHEN WE WERE GETTING THE BOND, IT WAS 6.2 MILLION.
THIS WHOLE NUMBER, THEY HAD BOUND THE PENNY AND WHICH IS WHAT WE GOT THE BONDS FOR.
AND THE, THE NUMBER THAT THE POWER AUTHORITY IS GIVING IS ONLY $200,000 HIGHER THAN THAT NUMBER.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT TENCO PROPOSAL, WHICH IS 2.5 MILLION, YOU ADD 1.3 FOR THE LIGHTS, THERE'S STILL A HUGE GAP IN THAT.
AND WHERE, WHERE'S THAT MONEY GOING THAT THEY TOLD US WE NEEDED TO GET, WE NEEDED TO GET 6.2.
1.3 IS GOING TO PURCHASE OF THE LIGHTS, WHERE'S THE REST OF THE MONEY GOING? CHANGE ORDERS CHANGE.
WELL POSSIBLY CHANGE ORDERS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF VAGUENESS IN THEIR CONTRACT.
AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE A FOR-PROFIT COMPANY, THEY'RE IN CALIFORNIA, WE'VE HAD SOME DIFFICULTIES WITH THE TIMELINE WITH THE AUDIT.
AND YOU'RE, AS OPPOSED TO A UTILITY THAT HAS DONE MAJOR CITIES IN NEW YORK STATE THAT HAS THE EXPERIENCE AND THOSE, ALL THESE OTHER CONTINGENCIES AND OTHER THINGS THAT TANKO ISN'T EVEN CONSIDERING THEIR NUMBER SEEMS A MUCH MORE REALISTIC NUMBER TO TANK GONNA COME BACK TO US.
THE CHANGE ORDER THAT'S GONNA COST MORE THAN POWER.
CAN I GIVE YOU SOME? THE C OF TROY BANKS, UH, DREW RILEY CALLED ME AND I SPOKE, CALLED ME AND SAID THAT PLEASE TALK TO MR. TALKED AND I TALKED TO MR.
UH, MR. RONALDO IS THE CEO OF TROY BANKS,
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UH, INDICATED TO ME THAT, UH, UH, HE COULD GO FORWARD, HIS COMPANY GO FORWARD WITH THE AUDIT AS IT RELATES TO IC AND NATIONAL GRID.UH, AND I SAID TO, WELL, THAT'S ALL WELL AND GOOD AND LET'S ASSUME YOU THAT MISTAKES WHATEVER MIGHT BE NATIONAL GRID CONTEST, THAT, AND IT MIGHT BE IN THEIR ARY BEST INTEREST BECAUSE THE LONGER THEY THIS OUT BETTER, THE DEAL IS THEY CAN SQUEEZE UP THE MAKING BECAUSE TIME IS NOT ON OUR SIDE FOR LOSING MONEY ALL THE TIME.
SO I SAID, MR. REVEL, THAT'S A, THAT'S A PROBLEM.
NOW, I SPOKE TO, UH, MR. K, UH, WHO PRESENTATIONS ON BEHALF OF WOMEN AND, AND HE INDICATED THAT, UH, UH, IF WE WERE TO SIGN THE EG NATIONAL GRID CONTRACT PURPOSE THAT'S ON THE AGENDA, WE COULD STILL GO AHEAD AND NEGOTIATE.
UH, BUT I SAID, WHAT LEVERAGE DO WE HAVE? WENT SAY, WELL, OUR COMPANY CAN HELP HIM WITH THIS.
AND I SAID, LOOK, YOU KNOW, SALES PITCH IS NOT, THAT'S NOT THE POINT BACK TO, I CALL BACK MR. ROME.
I SAID, LOOK AT, UH, IF WE GO FORWARD AND SIGN THESE AGREEMENTS, UH, WHAT WHAT INCENTIVE DOES, DOES EITHER UTILITY COMPANY HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH OR NEGOTIATE WITH TROY AND BANKS ON REDUCTIONS AND TALK TO THIS ONE, UH, TO, UH, JOE CRIMMY FROM THE POWER AUTHORITY? CRIMMY SAID, JIM, MY ADVICE TO YOU IS DON'T GO FORWARD WITH THE AUDIT ON UTILITIES.
THE AVERAGE SAVINGS IS ABOUT 10%.
AND HE SAID, IT'LL TAKE MONTHS TO GET SOME AGREEMENT FROM THOSE TWO COMPANIES TO THE TROY AND BANKS FINANCES.
THEY'RE IN NO HURRY TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH IT.
YOU'RE GONNA BE TO THE END OF THE YEAR NEGOTIATING.
BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'VE GOTTA GET, WE'VE GOTTA GET, UH, THE AGREEMENT SIGNED WITH THOSE TWO COMPANIES AND THEN GET THAT MOVING BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION BEFORE WE CAN GO TO PHASE TWO, WHICH IS THE ACTUAL INSTALLATION.
WE CAN GET OUR, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LINE UP OUR DUCTS BEFORE WE INSTALL, BUT CAN INSTALL UNTIL WE GET A PS E PS C AUTHORIZATION.
THAT'S GONNA TAKE FOUR TO SIX MONTHS ON TOP OF NEGOTIATING WITH THEM.
SO, UH, MR. EY SAYS, JIM, I THINK YOU GOTTA TALK TO BANKS ABOUT DOING YOUR OTHER STUFF, NOT DOING, UH, THE AUDIT ON LEASE.
I SAID, GEE GUYS, I'M GETTING CONFLICTING SIGNALS HERE.
IT'S TOO, WHAT'S THE BEST THING TO DO? I SAID, ONE THING I KNOW WE GOTTA DO.
I THINK THE BOARD, WE GOTTA MAKE A DECISION FISHER HERE ON THIS, THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
DON'T YOU THINK? I MEAN, WE CAN'T KEEP SITTING ON THESE DECISIONS AND DEBATING A B SO YOU THINK, WALTER, YOU SAID YOU THINK WE GOTTA LEAN MORE TOWARDS THE POWER AUTHORITY.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS HERE? I RESPECT YOUR ADVICE.
I LEAN MORE TOWARDS THE POWER AUTHORITY IN THE END FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN WE FIRST GOT TAKENS PROPOSAL THERE, THERE, THEIR OPENNESS IN THE FIRST PAGE TO SAY THERE WILL BE CHANGE ORDERS AS THE PRICE INCREASES MAKES ME EXTREMELY NERVOUS.
WE'VE HAD TO GO BACK TO THEM TWICE TO GET THEM TO ADD THE TECH NUMBER.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS RIGHT THERE.
YOU KNOW, WE THEN THEY CAME TO US AND SAID, YOU KNOW, LOCAL CONTRACTORS A LITTLE HIGH.
I DON'T THINK THEY'VE TAKEN EVERYTHING INTO ACCOUNT.
THAT MAKES ME VERY NERVOUS THAT THE END RESULT OF THIS PRICE WILL BE MUCH HIGHER.
WHERE I FEEL LIKE NYPA MOST LIKELY HAS ALREADY TAKEN THESE THINGS INTO ACCOUNT AND IT IS MOST LIKELY GONNA COME IN BELOW THAT WITHOUT NOT NEEDING ALL THESE CONTINGENCIES.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT VOTING ON ANYTHING GUYS.
WHAT DO YOU KAREN, GIVE, ARE WE VOTING ON? WELL, WE CAN MAYBE, MIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING
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ABOUT? MAYBE WE SHOULD AMEND THE RESOLUTION.SAY WE AUTHORIZED THE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN THE GRIEVANCE PENDING, UH, CONFIRMATION OF, UH, A FEW KEY TERMS TO BE DETERMINED BY THE TOWN ATTORNEY AND THE BOARD PURSUANT TO EMAIL BACK AND FORTH.
SO I, I THINK REALLY THE ONLY DIFFICULTY PASSING THESE TWO THINGS RIGHT HERE IS TRY WHAT YOU WANNA DO, GO FORWARD WITH THIS.
SO LET'S SAY WE DO THIS INFORMATION RIGHT AS TO HOW, ALSO AS HOW MUCH THAT POSITION MAY MEAN FOR US.
I MEAN, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF DIFFERENT QUOTES ON WHAT WE COULD REALIZE FROM HAVING THREE BANKS DO THE, UM, AUDIT AND, AND IT'S A PRETTY BIG VARIANCE AND WE'RE TALKING SIGNIFICANT VARIANCE.
AND SO I THINK WE NEED THAT INFORMATION AND WE ALSO NEED ABSOLUTE INFORMATION ON, UH, ON THE TIMING AND WHETHER IT REALLY WILL, UH, UP PROCESS GIVE UP ON THE OPPORTUNITY AFFORD.
SO, WELL MAYBE KAREN IS TO TABLE, I MEAN I, TO ME ADVANCE THEM AND THEY SAY LOOK, RIGHT, BUT AT ONE POINT YOU TOLD, I GET IT, I KIND OF TWO MONTHS.
RIGHT? HERE'S THE THING, UH, SAYS NOVEMBER 1ST.
NOVEMBER 1ST, THAT'S WHEN THEY FINISHED I ANOTHER EMAIL COPY EVERYBODY FOLLOW, WE GOT AN AUDIT ALREADY DONE.
TAKE OUR AUDIT, LOOK AT IT, WE'LL SHARE THE INFORMATION.
WE HAVE PROPRIETARY INTEREST, IT'S OURS.
AND, UH, COME UP WITH SOME ESTIMATIONS.
SO REAL QUICK, BECAUSE IN TWO WEEKS WE GOTTA MAKE A DECISION.
I THINK THAT THAT MIGHT MAKE SENSE BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT WE DON'T DO SOMETHING ON THE BIG QUESTION OF WHETHER WE YES.
EITHER TONIGHT OR IN TWO WEEKS.
MIGHT WE GOTTA PASS IT SPECIFICALLY? UM, YEAH, I SUPPOSE YOU COULD AUTHORIZE ME TO SIGN IT TOO AND I DON'T SIGN IT.
UH, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A BIG DECISION THEN IN TWO WEEKS I THINK WE GOTTA MAKE A DECISION.
WE'RE GONNA STICK WITH
GOTTA, SO WE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO NOW AND THEN, UH, CANDID.
DO YOU THINK IT'S REALISTIC THAT UH, UH, WE CAN TAKE THE AUDIT AND, AND SHARE THAT WITH, UH, TROY AND BANKS SO THAT THEY CAN THEN COME UP? LOOK, THEY THEN HAVE THE AUDIT OF THE LIKES.
THEY'VE GOT OUR BILLING FOR THE LAST HOW MANY MONTHS.
UH, THEY CAN DO SOME MATH PRETTY QUICKLY AND USE US SOME BALLPARK.
ANYWAY, WE ALREADY SHARED THE TWO INVENTORIES THAT WE ORIGINALLY GOT.
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OKAY.I TOMORROW TO TRY TO HIRE ALRIGHT, SHARE ALL THAT WITH AUDITOR.
YOU SAID THE AUDITORS WITH TROY.
HE TOLD, HE TALKED WITH TOM AND I KNOW, AND JAMES WILL BE THAT SHE PROVIDED THEM WITH THOSE THREE DOCUMENT.
I, MIKE, AND I DON'T WANT TO TELL MR, GIVE US A BALLPARK BECAUSE WE'RE UNDER THE GUN BECAUSE HE'S GONNA GIVE US A HIGH BALLPARK.
I'D RATHER JUST SAY WE WANT YOU TO GIVE US YOUR BEST ESTIMATION TO DROP.
BUT, BUT ONCE WE SIGN THIS, PROCEED.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I WAS CONCERNED.
BUT BANKS SET, LET'S SAY TO ME THIS MORNING AND LOOK AT IF YOU SIGN THE GRIEVANCE PURCHASE, UH, NATION NATIONAL GRID AND
I SAID WAIT A MINUTE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUTS FOR, I MEAN, GOING FORWARD WE GIVE KIND KIND OF STUFF GONNA HAPPEN.
WELL, WALTER, ANY THOUGHTS THERE? I UH, I MEAN BOTH HAVE MERIT.
I I I THINK WE NEED TO PRESS FORWARD WITH SIGNING THE CONTRACTS FOR THE BUYING OF THEIR UTILITIES.
I THINK THE SAVINGS POSSIBILITY WITH TROY AND BANKS, IT'S POSSIBLE VERSUS THE KNOWN SAVINGS WE'RE GONNA GET ONCE WE GET THE BALL ROLLING WITH POWER AUTHORITY.
PERSONALLY, I LIKE THAT PATH BETTER.
I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE MOVED OFF THE PATH OFF THE TABLE AND IT'S STILL NOT GONNA INTERFERE WITH THEM GOING BACK AT THIS.
IT MIGHT JUST COST A COUPLE MONTHS OF TIME.
IT IT'S WAY IT'S GONNA COST COST SOME MONEY.
WELL, YOU STILL ON THERE? THERE'RE STILL GONNA, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU WANT AUTHORIZE ME TO SIGN, I'M GONNA DO, I'LL STAY IN TOUCH WITH FOUR OF YOU, UH, DAILY THIS WEEK.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO SEND EMAILS, CONFIRM.
WE'RE ON THE PAGE TWO WEEKS YOU CAN AUTHORIZE.
THAT MAY ONLY BE A DAY OR TWO AND SO MAY ONLY, SO WHY DON'T WE DO THAT, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? WE CAN FORGE AHEAD, BUT IT'S, IT MEANS THAT IT GIVES US A LITTLE TIME YEAR OR TWO TO GET AN IDEA.
THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT THE TROUBLE FINDING WE GET INTO THIS PROJECT THAT THE MORE WE GET IN, THE MORE WE REALIZE THERE ARE THINGS COMING DOWN THE PATH THAT NO ONE EVER EXPLAINED TO US IN THE BEGINNING.
AND HOW THESE PIECES ALL FIT TOGETHER.
I MEAN, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, I'M READY TO GO DOWN THE OTHER ISSUE.
I'M WELL I, UH, WE CAN TAKE A LITTLE SOUNDING ON THAT, BUT OF COURSE I DON'T WANNA NO FORECLOSE YOUR DECISION MAKING UNTIL WE GET THERE TWO WEEKS FROM RIGHT.
BUT I'M KIND OF, I'M IN THE SAME BOAT, UH, IN TERMS OF MAKING UP MY MIND HERE, BUT, ALRIGHT.
UH, WHAT ELSE DO WE WANNA DISCUSS?
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UH, BETH, YOU MIGHT WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS.DO YOU WANNA TALK ANYMORE ABOUT LED FOR NOW? IS ANYTHING ELSE? WANNA KICK IT AROUND 25? YOU, YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS AND THIS IS THE MULTI, UH, PROGRAM.
WE'RE FRONTING FIVE 50 TO BE REIMBURSED TO FEDERAL AND STATE PORTION.
THAT, THAT I DON'T THINK REIMBURSED OUR PORTION.
BUT ANYWAY, THIS IS THE CROSSWALK.
UH, AND SIDEWALK
AND IT IS ALSO OUR SHARE ON THE LEASE, WELL, LAKE SHORE, LITTLE LEAGUE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
AND WHAT'S THE THIRD ONE? MAKE? TRYING TO THINK.
AND I I THOUGHT THOSE WERE SEPARATE TOO.
I THOUGHT THERE WAS 250 FOR THE LITTLE LEAGUE.
THERE WAS THE, AND THEN THE, THE MONEY FOR, UM, AMDA.
WELL THIS IS ROLLED INTO ONE RESOLUTION ON THE MULTI FOR FIVE 50 K.
I THINK IT ENCOMPASSED THREE THINGS.
I GOT THE TWO, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER THE, WE CAN FIND OUT THOUGH.
THAT WAS A DIFFERENT, YOU REMEMBER, BUT WELL ANYWAY, BUT THIS WAS FOR PRIMARILY
RIGHT? GRADE SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WAS IT FRONTIER HIGH SCHOOL THAT TEASED OUT ACTUALLY ALONG THE WAY AS WE OKAY.
UH, WE'LL, UH, UH, I THINK WE SHOULD ADOPT IT.
UH, THERE WERE THREE PROJECTS, BUT I JUST, I JUST THINK REMEMBER WE SHOULD KNOW THAT, UH, WE'VE GOT IT.
WE'VE GOT A, UH, PETITION FEMA FOR AN EXTENSION OF THEIR, UH, THEIR GRAND TERM ON THIS 2019, UH, HALLOWEEN STORM.
SO WE CAN COVER THE REPAIRS TO THE SIDEWALK NEAR THE FOUNDATION, NEAR THE BLOCK TOWER BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA RULE OUT, WE GOTTA GET AN EXTENSION AND WE DON'T GET THE EXTENSION.
SO IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING'S COMING UP, HUH? NEVER.
WHAT? I THINK IT RUNS OUT THE END OF THIS YEAR, KAREN.
WHO IS THE, UM, IF THE RESIDENT IS SUBMITTING A FEMA APPLICATION, I HAD A RESIDENT CONTACT ME IN THE LAST COUPLE DAYS AND THEY, WHO IS THE APPLICATION CALLS FOR? UM, THERE'S A TOWN INDIVIDUAL WHO'S DESIGNATED IT INDICATES, AND IT SAID TIM WILLARD, BUT WHEN THEY CONTACTED TIM WILLARD, SO I SENT THAT TO ROGER.
AND, AND HE SAID IT MIGHT BE AN ENGINEER, BUT HE HAS TO CONTACT AN ENGINEER.
BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS ROGER ALSO.
ROGER IS THE ONE CLAIMS MANAGEMENT OFFICER'S NOW SIGN ON THAT THEY NEED MORE EFFORT.
THEY MIGHT HAVE TO CONTACT THE ENGINEER AND ROGER OFTEN TOUCHES BASE WITH ME ON THOSE TYPES OF APPLICATIONS.
APPLICATION FOR OR MODIFYING A SITE OF SOME KIND OR SOMETHING.
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SCHOOLS, TWO SCHOOLS.BUT THAT, I THOUGHT THIS WAS JUST FOR THOSE AREAS.
I I THOUGHT THE TWO 50 FOR THE BASEBALL, THAT'S ANOTHER TWO 50.
UH, WELL THE TOTAL AMOUNT, THIS GRANT IS FIVE.
THAT'S, UM, WALTER, UH, CHANGE, FINISH UP THE, UH, PROJECT DOWN FOLKS.
THE TWO LOTS QUESTION IS CULVERT EXTENSION THERE? WHAT THE HECK? NO, IT'S A, A MINOR DRAINAGE SOIL.
BASICALLY A SMALL CHANNEL THAT WOULD CONNECT THOSE TWO BACK LOCKS INTO THE, THE NORTH DITCH PROPERTY.
WELL THAT'S WHERE A SLIGHT DISAGREEMENT, UH, INTERNALLY IS THAT THE SURVEY THAT GHD DID SHOWS THE END OF THE PAVEMENT, THE SANITARY SEWER LINE THAT GOES THROUGH THERE.
AND THEN THE PROPERTY LINE ALL FAIRLY CLOSE TOGETHER, WHICH REALLY WOULD NOT ALLOW ENOUGH ROOM TO PUT THIS LITTLE
UH, TOM LARDO WENT OUT IN THE FIELD AND HE SAYS THAT HE BELIEVES THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM TO GET IT IN THERE WITHOUT GOING ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY, WITHOUT GOING ON THE PRIVATE ROOM.
NOW THE ONLY CONCERN WITH THAT WOULD BE A CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE OR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HAVE TEMPORARILY, YOU KNOW, IMPACT THE PROPER PROPERTY.
UM, BUT I GUESS I, I HAVEN'T GONE OUT TO CONFIRM THIS WITH TOM AND HE'S ON VACATION, PUT TOGETHER ON THAT DO BACKYARD AND TREES.
SO IT'S NOT AS IF WE'RE GONNA DESTROY SOMEONE'S ROSA.
YOU CANNOT SEE THE HOMES FROM THE DEAD.
WELL GEE, THAT WOULD BE THE WAY TO GO.
SO WHY DON'T I DO THAT ONCE TOM GETS BACK AND GIVE, THEY ARE VERY BUSY WITH INSPECTION, SO GET SOMETHING INTO HIS SCHEDULE FOR HIM AND I TO STOP OUT THERE.
SEE IF WE REALLY THINK AND WE GET IT WOULDN'T BE A BIG DEAL.
BUT NO, I, UH, THERE'S THERE'S NO WAY WE WOULD REACH ANY KIND OF PUBLIC BIDDING REQUIREMENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THEY PROBABLY CALLED A COMPANY THAT DID THE SIGNIFICANT
DEPEND SEE WITH THAT PERSON, THIS IS MY ENGINEERING REPORT NOW.
I DID NOT GET A, I GOTTA DOWN TO DOLPHIN, UH, AND TALK THE PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, THE SIDEWALK, WHICH IS MUCH MORE CHALLENGING SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET.
SO I'LL LET YOU KNOW THIS WEEK WEDNESDAY.
AND WE HAVE A LIST OF A COUPLE CONCRETE CHALLENGING FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR BY SIX OR SEVEN.
SO WE'LL GET A FEW MORE, UM, CHATTING.
THEY WERE EXPECTING THE PIECE TO COME IN BY SATURDAY AND THEY WANTED CONSULT TOMORROW.
THE SHIPMENT IS COURTS DELAYED NOW AND IT'S COMING IN THURSDAY.
THEY MAY TRY TO SQUEEZE IT INSIDE, BUT IT'S MOST LIKELY.
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THANKS.UM, AT THE NIKE CENTER, HOW THINGS PROGRESS.
SO WE SHOULD BE OKAY AS COMES IN RIGHT TIMEFRAME.
WE CAN'T DO THE SEMINARS FIRST CLASSES DO.
THEY SAID THEY WERE, UH, THEY'RE NO LONGER COMFORTABLE DOING THE TRAINING IN PERSON.
SOME CHANGES WITH, THEY OFFERED TO DO IT VIRTUAL, BUT WE HAD TIME TO PUT IT TOGETHER.
IT NOT GONNA BE PERSON HAS RESPONSIBILITIES YOU SUGGEST.
WELL, I DID HAVE A MOMENT TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL MEMBER EARLIER AND WE COULD OFFER IT VIRTUALLY NOW THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
BUT WE MIGHT WANNA GET IT IN BEFORE THE END OF SEPTEMBER, WHICH MIGHT BE THE END FUNDING FOR THIS.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE CONTRACT BECAUSE WE WERE GONNA DO IT ON THE 17TH, 19TH OF AUGUST.
IF WE PUSH IT BACK, I DO IT VIRTUALLY.
REAL CONSIDERATION, UH, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, CIRCUMSTANCES WE FIND OURSELVES NOW.
SO WE FIRST IN SEPTEMBER FOR, UM, DEPARTMENT HEADS, ET CETERA.
AND THEN WE, ONCE THEY KNOW IF THEIR FUNDING HAS BEEN EXTENDED, IT SHOULD HAPPEN BY IN SEPTEMBER.
WE, WHETHER WE CAN CONTINUE OTHER VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITIES OR NOT, BUT AT LEAST WE WOULD'VE GOTTEN THAT FIRST.
SO I, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS COME UP AND TRY TO VIRTUAL IT BECOMES A QUESTION THAT AGAIN, WHETHER IT'S A ONE, ONE DAY, FIVE HOURS OR TWO DAY, TWO AND A HALF HOURS THERE, ANY MOVEMENT UPDATES AND ANYTHING SHARED, UH, IN REGARDS.
NEITHER I, I THINK THEY, THEY'RE NOT REGULAR TIME.
AND WITH COVID, I MEAN THE STUDY, WE, THE STUDY, THE STUDY STUDY, THEY ACCEPTED THE STUDY AND NOW THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO COME BACK TO US WITH THE SCHEDULE OF THE NEXT PORTION, WHICH WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE DETAILED INVESTIGATION AND PUTTING AN ACTUAL CAPITAL PLAN TOGETHER FOR REPAIRS AND LINING AND IMPROVEMENTS.
AND TYPICALLY THEY WOULD BREAK THE, YES, THEY WOULD FOLLOW OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ON BREAKING AREAS INTO PIECES THAT ARE MORE MANAGEABLE THAN EVERY.
SO MOST MUNICIPALITIES CHOOSE TO DO INVESTIGATION ONE YEAR, IN FACT IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
AND THEN WHEN THEY'RE DOING THAT CAPITAL, THEY DO THE NEXT STAGE OF INVESTIGATION FOR THE NEXT AREA.
UM, I KNOW MOUNT VERNON IS NOT A HUGE AREA, SO, UM, I THINK WE HAD BROKEN IT DOWN, BROKEN IT DOWN INTO A FEW WATERSHEDS.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBERS.
EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO IS BEEN DONE.
WE'VE MET ALL OUR OBLIGATIONS.
IT'S THAT WAS, THERE WAS ANOTHER TWO.
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YES.AND THEN ALSO, UM, AMEND THIS RESOLUTION JUST AS THE LAST FEW AS FAR AS COORDINATING.
SO WE CAN DO THE COMPLIANCE AND DO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS.
SO WHY DON'T JUST READ IT IF YOU DON'T MIND.
JOHN, ANYTHING YOU WANNA TELL US WHAT HE GOT? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BOTHERED ME, I'M NOT SURE THAT IF YOU INTERPRET THE PUBLIC OFFICER'S LAW, THAT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING, THE LAW TALKS ABOUT THE EXPOSURE, FINANCIAL EXPOSURE, UH, OTHER SIDE OF LITIGATION STUFF, NOT NECESSARILY CONFIDENTIAL.
SO I THINK UNLESS YOU WANNA TALK MORE ABOUT I THINK WE'VE IT UP.
THEY'RE WORKING ON, I THINK JIM REQUESTED THAT.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THIS WEEK.
SO YOU RICK, HOW FAR, I'M SORRY.
UH, DID YOU WANNA FINISH? NO, I WAS, I'M SORRY.
UH, RICK, UH, HOW FAR? WE'VE DONE SOME OF OUR OWN CONVERSION.
A LITTLE BIT HERE IN TOWN HALL POLICE.
UM, I'VE GOT TWO OUTTA THREE BUILDINGS IN MY FACILITY DONE IN THE PARKING LOTS THAT ALL STARTED WAY BEFORE ALL THIS LED TALK STARTED.
MIKE BENNETT'S GOT A LIST OF ALL THE THINGS THAT HE'S DONE.
OVER, OVER THE LAST SAY FOUR YEARS.
WELL, UH, WE NEED TO GET THAT ONCE WE GET PROPOSAL POWER BOARD, UH, WE'LL NEED TO GET THAT, UH, THROUGH EITHER OR THE POWER REPORT, UH, AFTER OUR NEXT MEETING BACK.
THOSE, UH, PROJECT BACK ASPECT OUT THE PROCESS.
I KNOW THEY HAD TALKED TO US ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST.
WELL WE'VE GOT ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR TO GO HERE, FOLKS.
WE, UH, WE WENT THROUGH OUR WORK SESSION AND, UH, THE, ALRIGHT, WHY DON'T YOU, SHOULD WE ADJOURN THIS WORK SESSION AND YOU OH
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YEAH, YEAH.YOU TALKING ABOUT PERSONAL ISSUES REGARDING PERFORMANCE? NO.
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TO GO? OKAY.MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL PLEASE? HAW HERE.
COUNCIL HEARING COUNCILMAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WOULD YOU BE GOOD ENOUGH TO STAND FOR THE PLEASE? THANK ALLEGIANCE STATES OF AMERICA NATION.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS A PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR 7:00 PM AND THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE READS AS FOLLOWS.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT THERE HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE TOWN BOARD ON 7 26 21 PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, A PROPOSED LOCAL LAW TO BE KNOWN AS PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NUMBER 10 FOR THE YEAR 2021 SAID, LOCAL LAW PROVIDES SUBSTANTIALLY AS FOLLOWS.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT, UH, IS TO CREATE A STRICTER, STRICTER REGULATIONS
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IN REGARDS TO BONFIRES AND RECREATIONAL FIRES.STATED PROPOSAL NUMBER 10 OF THE YEAR, 2021.
THEREFORE PURSUANT TO THE STATUTES AND DIVISIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, THE TOWN BOARD, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG PUBLIC HEARING ON 8 9 21 AT 7:00 PM LOCATED HERE AT THE TOWN HALL, AT WHICH TIME ALL INTERESTED PERSONS MAY BE HEARD.
SO HAVING GIVEN YOU THAT NOTICE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION, OPEN UP A HEARING FOR COMMENT.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND? SECOND IS, IS HOPE ON THE QUESTION.
DOES ANYBODY WANNA ADDRESS THIS PARTICULAR LOCAL LAW? WE HAVE A MICROPHONE HERE IF YOU WANT, OR YOU CAN DO IT BY STANDING UP AND STATING YOUR NAME.
UH, MY NAME IS CRAIG CHRISTOFF AND, UH, I'M HERE IN OPPOSITION STEP LAW.
I UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WAS A STIPULATION OF 50 FEET FROM YOUR HOUSE SHIP.
UM, I LIVE ON POSTMAN LANE AND MY, SO, UM, AS AN ADULT, I DON'T FEEL I NEED A, THEY HAVE TO GET A PERMIT OR PERMISSION TO HAVE A SMALL BONFIRE IN MY BACKYARD.
I HAVE A MASONARY FIRE 25 FEET AWAY FROM MY HOUSE AT THE END PATIO.
I, UH, I, I'M DEFINITELY IN OPPOSITION TO THIS.
I DON'T SEE HOW IT WOULD FIT CIRCUMSTANCE.
AND, UH, ALSO IS THIS GOING TURN INTO NEIGHBOR AGAINST NEIGHBOR? THE PEOPLE CALLING AND COMPLAIN AND, UH, THEN WE HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR THE FIRE PIT SECRET POLICE BE CRUISING AROUND LOOKING FOR, AND SO I JUST DON'T SEE WHERE THIS GONNA COME.
HOW YOU GUYS DOING TODAY? PRETTY WELL.
WHAT'S YOUR DATE, SIR? I'M DOING WHITMER AND I GOT SOME THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THIS.
I MOVED TO HAMBURG IN 2011 AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE TOWN BUILT ON FRIENDSHIP, NOT FINDING YOUR NEIGHBORS, WEAPONIZING THE POLICE AND GOVERNMENT AGAINST YOUR NEIGHBORS AND OVERAGGRESSIVE ERRONEOUS FINDINGS OF YOU HAVING A BONFIRE FOR THE LAST YEAR.
I OWN AN ACCOUNTING FIRM AND THE LAST YEAR, 40% OF MY CLIENTS WENT OUT OF BUSINESS.
WHEN I WALK THROUGH THE VILLAGE, I SEE VACANT SHOPS.
DID YOU GUYS HAVE A MEETING TO CHANGE THE RULES TO HELP THOSE BUSINESSES CUT THEIR TAXES SO THEY CAN STAY OPEN? I DON'T THINK YOU DID, BUT HERE WE ARE SEEING IF YOU CAN RAISE MONEY ON PERMITTING AND FINDING PEOPLE FOR ENJOYING THE LAND THAT THEY PURCHASED AND THEY PAY TAXES ON, WHICH BY THE WAY, JUST WENT UP.
HEY, CONGRATULATIONS, WE SHUT YOUR BUSINESS DOWN.
CONGRATULATIONS THAT YOU HAD TO STAY HOME, BUT YOUR TAXES ARE GOING UP.
SHOULD HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING FOR THAT.
HOW FAR ARE WE WILLING TO TAKE THIS? I HAVE A BONFIRE IN MY BACKYARD.
ARE THE POLICE GONNA SHOW UP AND TICKET ME? ARE THEY GONNA FIND ME? WHAT IF I DON'T PAY IT? YOU'RE GONNA PUT A LIEN ON MY HOUSE.
YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA TAKE MY HOUSE AND I DIDN'T PAY THE BRAND NEW HAMBURG PERMIT TAX FOR HAVING A BONFIRE.
ARE YOU GONNA PUT A WARRANT OUT FOR MY ARREST IF I, IF I DON'T PAY THIS PERMIT? IF I DON'T PAY THIS? FINE.
ARE YOU GONNA ALLOW THE GOVERNMENT TO BE WEAPONIZED AGAINST PEOPLE TRYING TO ENJOY THEIR BACKYARD? THEY'VE BEEN LOCKED DOWN, FORCED TO STAY HOME.
THEY WANNA ENJOY THEIR PROPERTY.
HEY, GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO CUT IF YOU ENJOYING YOUR LAND.
I HOPE THE HAMBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT STEPS UP.
THEY WERE TOLD THAT WHEN THEY HIRED HER TO PROTECT AND SERVE, DOES THAT INCLUDE, LIKE THIS MAN SAID, BACKYARD SECRET POLICE TO MAKE SURE YOUR BONFIRE ISN'T TOO BIG AND SCARING YOUR NEIGHBOR? THAT'S TERRIFYING.
I HOPE THE HAMBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT STANDS WITH THE RESIDENCE OF HAMBURG AND IF THIS LAW GETS PASSED, THEY DON'T ENFORCE IT.
IF YOU PASS A PERMITTING LAW, I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING PROHIBITION TYPE BONFIRES IN MY BACKYARD EVERY FRIDAY.
AND IF YOU WANNA BRING THE POLICE, I HOPE THEY BRING A WARRANT.
I HOPE YOU GUYS CONSIDER DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR THE PEOPLE OF HAMBURG, ENCOURAGING 'EM TO TALK TO THEIR NEIGHBOR, HAVE DISCUSSION IF SOMETHING'S GOING ON.
THE TOWN BUILT ON FRIENDSHIP, NOT THE TOWN BUILT ON GOVERNMENT TAKING CARE OF US.
SAY SOMETHING IS THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, A VIOLATION OF SAFETY REGULATIONS, WHICH I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S GONNA ARGUE THAT THERE HAS TO BE SOME, EVEN THE BOY SCOUTS OF REGULATIONS.
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TO HAVE THE FIRE AND A FIRE RING FIRE ABOUT THE SIZES OF HOW BIG THIS IS.A BIG, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FINE FOR VIOLATING A SAFETY REGULATION AND HAVING TO GO SEEK PERMISSION TO USE YOUR PROPERTY BEFORE YOU'VE DONE ANYTHING WRONG.
IF YOU WANNA HAVE THE REGULATION ON THE SIZE OF THE FIRE OR THE FIRE, THE WAY YOU CAN HAVE THE FIRE, HOW FAR IT HAS TO BE THINGS STRUCTURED, YOU'VE ALREADY GOT THAT IN SOME OF THE OTHER REGULATIONS THAT YOU HAD, THAT'S FINE.
BUT BY PENALIZING PEOPLE BEFORE THEY'VE DONE ANYTHING WRONG, TO SEEK PERMISSION TO COME AND SAY, I WANNA HAVE AN OPEN FIRE IN MY, IN MY BACK BEFORE, THAT'S A VIOLATION OF THE PROPERTY.
SO IF
THAT'S ONE THING IF IT, IF IT HAS TO BE INTENDED.
IF YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME WATER SOURCE THERE TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T GET OUTTA HAND.
IF IT HAS TO BE SO FAR FROM MABLE MATERIAL SO FAR FROM TREE, WHATEVER, BUT BEFORE YOU DO, THEY HAVE TO PAY TO GET PERMISSION TO USE YOUR PROPERTY.
THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN VIOLATING A SAFETY REGULATION AFTER THE FACT AND AFTER THE PROCESS, I WOULD OPPOSITION THIS NUMBER REASONS, UH, THE LAW DOES NOT SERVE.
STARTING WITH THE DEFINITIONS WHICH INTRODUCE, UH, RECREATIONAL FIRES, BUT FAIL TO MAKE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN, UH, INCINERATOR OUT FIREPLACES.
PORT S NEW YORK STATE CODE ADDRESSES VERY IMPORTANT DISTINCTION TO MAKE BECAUSE THEY DON'T FOLLOW THE SAME REGULATION OF DISTANCE AND EVEN YOUR CODE AS EXISTS TODAY.
AND AS YOU PROPOSED, YOU HAVE THE 15 FOOT RULE RECREATIONAL FIRES.
UM, THE DEFINITION ALSO INCLUDES SPECIFYING THE TYPE OF FUEL THAT YOU CAN AND THAT HAS TO BE ATTENDED IS ALREADY ADDRESSED, UH, FURTHER IN YOUR LAW OR ALSO BY DEC AND THE NEW YORK STATE FIRE CODE.
IT DOESN'T ADD ANY VALUE TO PARAGRAPH B UH, IS AN EXISTING PARAGRAPH WITH A FEW AMENDMENTS.
YOU, UH, IDENTIFY A COUNTY PERMIT HERE THAT IS INDICATED TO BE DIFFERENT THAN BURN PERMITS.
WHAT PERMITS ARE REQUIRED WHEN, UM, YOU ARE ALSO ADMITTING RECREATIONAL FIRES WITHOUT A PERMIT IN PUBLIC PROPERTY? MY QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT THIS WILL INCLUDE, UH, FIRES IN PARKS OR CAMPGROUNDS AND ALREADY DESIGNATED FIREPLACES.
THE LAW AS IT READ THE PROPOSED LAW, UM, REQUIRE PERMIT FOR CASES.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, UH, ALSO SPECIFYING THAT S ARE PROHIBITED.
THIS IS ALREADY ADDRESSED BY THE DOESN'T BE ADDRESSED.
UM, INTRODUCING PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS.
UM, MUCH OF WHAT IS ALREADY ADDRESSED AGAIN BY NEW YORK STATE CLAUSE.
SO AGAIN, ADDING THIS TO THE LOCAL LAW DOESN'T, UM, ADD ANY VALUE.
ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL ALLOWED CLOUD UNDER, UH, PARAGRAPH E, YOU'VE STIPULATED THAT, UH, A FIRE IS CONTAINED BY SOME, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING DEFINED IN THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION AGENCY, BUT HAVE NOT STIPULATED CODE.
THIS WOULD BE UNDER ADDITIONALLY, AN FA DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE ANY AUTHORITY OVER FIRES.
NEW YORK STATE INVOKES OR A MODIFIED VERSION OF IFC AND AIR FIRE CODE N IS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT TODAY.
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PARAGRAPH F.ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED ADDRESSED BY DEC AND NEW YORK STATE.
THIS STIPULATION DOESN'T ADD ANY VALUE.
UM, G YOU STATE THAT ANY USE THAT FIRES ARE NOT ALLOWED.
THIS IS VERY SUBJECTIVE AND BE PROOF TO BE VERY HARD TO RELEASE.
IT JUST BECOMES A HE SAID SHE SAID OF, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORS AGAINST EACH OTHER AS OPPOSED TO ACTUAL, UH, USEFUL FOREST.
UH, AND THEN ADDITIONAL STIPULATION HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.
UM, IN SUMMARY, MY OPINION IS THE PROPOSED MAN SEEKS TO IMPOSE OVERLY RESTRICTIVE PERMITTING REQUIRES BASED ON INCIDENT OCCURRING WITH MINORITY OF CASES PRESENTED TO THE TOWN REPRESEN PERSPECTIVE, AS MOST NOT CALL IN A, THAT DON'T HAVE ISSUE WITH INTERVIEW, SINGLE PERMIT SYSTEM IS GONNA ENCOURAGE ADDITIONAL REPORTING OF FIRES.
AMERICANS, WHICH CONSIDER FIRES NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT SO THAT WE'RE JUST IMPOSING UNNECESSARY BURDEN ON THE TOWN.
INVESTIGATE BACK FIRES BASED ON, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORS WISHING TO EITHER REPORT THE GOOD FAITH OR HAVING ANOTHER ISSUE THAT, YOU KNOW, USING THIS AS A VENUE ORDER TO TURN THIS UP, FIGHT THE NEIGHBOR OVER.
UM, AND IT ULTIMATELY IS NOT ELIMINATING ANY HAZARDOUS FIRES.
LAWS AREN'T ACTUALLY IMPOSING IT.
JUST INTRODUCING, UM, MORE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.
UH, THERE ARE SUFFICIENT LAWS IN PLACE TO ENSURE AND ALLOW HAZARDOUS FIRES.
GOVERNMENT ADDITIONAL LAWS ADD CONFUSION BETTER SERVED BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC OF THESE LAWS ARE
THIS ALLOWS FOR THE ESSENTIALLY AMOUNT FOR VIOLATIONS.
MOST THANK ANYBODY ELSE CARE TO SPEAK OF THE QUESTION? YES, SIR.
MR. UM, TO AVOID REDUNDANCY? I THE SAME.
I JUST, UH, HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER POINTS.
ONE IS, UH, IN SESSION 1 13 52 B, IT CONTAINS A, A STATEMENT THAT SAYS UNCONTAINED OPEN BURNING.
IN SECTION ONE 13 DASH 52 BONFIRES AND RECREATIONAL FIRES B THERE'S A LINE IN THERE THAT CONTAINS UNCONTAINED OPEN BURNING THAT'S NOT DEFINED.
THERE'S NO DEFINITION FOR WHAT IS THAT? THAT THERE'S NOT NO DEFINITION FOR THAT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, PRIOR TO THAT, UH, PRIOR, UH, INFORMATION THAT
THE TOWN BEACH ALREADY HAS GRILLS WHICH WILL BE DEFINED, UH, IN THAT, UH, UH, REQUIREMENT TO GET A PERMIT TO USE, UH, A GRILL ON THE BEACH.
ARE THEY CLAIM ON REMOVING THE GRILLS FROM THE EVERETT BEACH? THANK YOU.
CAN YOU SAY FOR THE LAW PASS, I I'M NOT NECESSARILY TO CONTRADICT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IN CERTAIN AREAS.
SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED BECAUSE OF SMOKE.
YOU KNOW, WHY SHOULD NEIGHBORS HAVE TO BREACH THE SMOKE OF SOMEBODY'S QUICKNESS OF THEIR FIRES THAT THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT BEING, UM, TOLD THAT THEY CAN'T DO CERTAIN THINGS.
THEY WOULD'VE GOT OUT THE CONVERTERS BECAUSE WE HAVE A CHOICE.
THERE'S TOWNS IN COLORADO, ALMOST EVERY BIT OF COLORADO.
YOU CAN'T HAVE A WOOD BURN IN YOUR HOME ANYMORE.
YOU CAN'T BECAUSE YOU'RE POLLUTING YOU TO DO IT.
THIS WHAT YOU GONNA HAVE FOR YOUR GRANDKIDS WHEN YOU GROW UP? HOW ARE THEY GONNA GROW UP EVERY DAY? WHO WANTS TO BREATHE THAT? IT'S NOT HEALTHY, IT'S NOT GOOD FOR YOU.
I LIVE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF HAMBURG.
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I INTERRUPT, I'M SORRY.I LIVE IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF HAMBURG AND I HAVE A LARGE PARCEL OF PROPERTY.
AND IN THE SPRING AND SUMMERTIME WE HAVE A LOT OF DEBRIS, YARD DEBRIS, AND WE DO A, A CONTAINED PET.
WE DON'T DO OPEN BURN WHERE IT'S ALL WILD AND CRAZY.
AND IS THE TOWN WILLING TO PAY OVERTIME FOR MY ADDITIONAL BRUSH PICKUP THAT I CAN'T BURN THAT.
I'M SUFFERING FROM THE EMERALD ASH, YOU KNOW, BEETLE AND I HAVE A TON OF TREES THAT ARE COMING DOWN.
IS A TOWN WILLING TO PAY A SUPPLEMENT TO THE EMPLOYEES TO COME AND PICK UP THE ADDITIONAL BRUSH? BECAUSE ONCE A MONTH IS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR ONLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS, A YEAR, A FEW MONTHS, A YEAR.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU ARE WILLING TO CONSIDER? I MEAN, THESE ARE ALL THINGS I'M A RESPONSIBLE BURNER.
I DON'T JUST GO AHEAD AND DO ALL WILLY-NILLY AND I DO ENJOY HAVING A NICE BONFIRE WITH MY CHILDREN TO ROAST MARSHMALLOWS AND ENJOY THE SCENIC AREA OF OUR, OUR AREA.
AND I'M ZONED RA I HAVE NOT ZONED, UM, ANYTHING ELSE.
SO ARE, ARE YOU WILLING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE ADDITIONAL BRUSH PICKUP? WELL, WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION ALL THE ISSUES THAT ARE RAISED HERE TONIGHT.
THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF THE HEARING IS TO GET EVERYBODY'S POINT OF VIEW SO THAT WE CAN COME TO SOME INTELLIGENT DECISION AS TO WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST WE CAN.
ANYBODY ELSE HERE TO SPEAK? YES MA'AM.
I LIVE ON 41 66 WALKER PLACE FOR THE LAST, I WOULD SAY FIVE TO SIX YEARS, I'VE BEEN SUFFERING FROM THE NEIGHBOR.
ALTHOUGH DISPUTES WAS BURNED FROM THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON TILL TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, SOMETIMES SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
I'M ASKING YOU WHY, BUT SOMETHING'S GOTTA BE DONE.
I RECENTLY CALLED NUMEROUS TIMES.
THERE'S NO ORDINANCE IN THE COUNTY.
THERE'S NO BURN IN THE VILLAGE.
THEY COULDN'T DO A THING BECAUSE THERE'S NO ORDINANCE IN THE COUNTY.
I'VE SUFFERED PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, EMOTIONALLY FROM THIS.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ABUSE BASICALLY.
THE DEC IS BEEN CALLED, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE REALLY AT A STANDSTILL BECAUSE YOU CAN CALL IT A RECREATIONAL FIRE BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT HOT DOGS AND A HOSE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH WATER ACCESSIBLE TO IT.
WHEN THE POLICE COME IN, EVERYTHING IS BROUGHT DOWN.
WE'VE GOT, THEY HAVE FLAMES ABOVE MY FENCE, SIX FEET HIGH.
OKAY? AND I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS FOR SIX YEARS.
IT'S, IT'S USE BASICALLY NEIGHBORS.
I'VE GOT A 50 FOOT LOT AND I SEE FLAMES EVERY NIGHT AND THE SMOKE IS COMING THROUGH MY HOUSE.
WE GOT AIR CONDITIONERS AND BRING SMOKE IN.
NO ONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAYING ANYTHING BUT ME.
I, I, THEY HAVE STOPPED IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND MY HEALTH HAS GOTTEN BETTER.
BUT TALKING AND TALKING COMPETENCY POSITIONS OVER THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
YOU CAN'T EVEN GO INTO BACKYARD AND ENJOY YOUR, AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TAXES.
YOU PAY MY TAXES, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T EVEN ENJOY YOUR YARD, OKAY? THAT YOU GO OUT AND YOU PAY THE TAXES FOR IT.
NOW YOU HAVE A HOUSE DOWN IN SALT CREEK THAT YOU'VE GOT SOME LAND.
YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK SOMETHING OUT THERE.
YOU'RE, YOU'VE GOT A VERY SMALL LOT.
PEOPLE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE AND BURNING AND BURNING AND BURNING EVERY DAY.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T DO THAT, BUT MY NEIGHBORS DO.
ALL RIGHT? SO IT'S AFFECTED MY HEALTH, THE ANIMAL'S HEALTH, BOYFRIEND'S HEALTH.
WE DON'T NEED TO PUT UP WITH IT ANYMORE.
THE TOWN I AM PROUD OF MY, WHERE I'VE BEEN.
I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE SOME, I'VE LIVED IN THE HOUSE THAT I GREW UP IN.
I CAN'T EVEN GO IN MY BACKYARD AND ENJOY IT.
OKAY? SO SOMETHING'S GOTTA BE DUMP.
ANYTHING ELSE? LADIES A JOKE? YES MA'AM.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT ISOLATED INCIDENTS, ALTHOUGH I EMPATHIZE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, ISOLATED INCIDENTS SHOULD NOT, UM, BE BECAUSE FOR STRICT STRINGENT LAWS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TOWN.
IT'S NOT, I'M NOT GOING TO REITERATE WHAT A LOT OF WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING BECAUSE I AGREE WITH YOU.
BUT AS SOMEONE ELSE POINTED OUT, WE ARE ALL ONE ADULTS IN THIS ROOM.
AND I'M POSITIVE THAT GROWN ADULTS OTHER THAN YOUR INCIDENT, KNOW HOW TO CONTAIN THE PLAYER ON YOUR PROPERTY.
AND I'M, I APOLOGIZE THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THAT.
BUT AGAIN, AN ISOLATED INCIDENT SHOULD NOT BE CAUSED FOR A TOWN THROUGHOUT.
THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH THIS, BUT THE PROBLEM IS AT, SO HOLD ON PLEASE.
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HERE.THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE SPEAKING NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS LAW, AND I HOPE THAT YOU LISTEN TO WHAT THESE, AGAIN, TAXPAYERS ARE SAYING.
PLEASE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE FEW INCIDENTS, BUT ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG ARE SAYING.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD CARE TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER? UH, WELL, A CHANCE.
LEMME GIVE THIS HOLD A CHANCE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO JUST FIND OUT WHAT IS THE ACTUAL DEFINITION, UH, WHAT DOES THE TOWN HAVE IN PLACE CURRENTLY FOR FIRES? UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR EVERYONE.
I MEAN, I HAVE RIDE BLADE SO I APOLOGIZE, BUT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE CURRENT, UM, CONDITIONS FOR HAVING A FIRE ON YOUR PROPERTY? I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S SOME SPECULATION.
IF YOU HAVE HOT DOGS, YOU HAVE WATER, YOU HAVE ALL THESE THINGS, I THINK WOULD HELP TO DEFINE THAT FIRST AND THEN DECIDE, OKAY, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES? BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S, THAT IS A PROBLEM.
UM, BUT I THINK THERE ARE PARAMETERS.
I SIT ON EIGHT AND A HALF ACRES.
IF I'M A FIRE, IT'S PROBABLY NOT BOTHERING A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I HAVE NEIGHBORS IN MY PERIMETER.
THEIR FIRE IS BOTHERING ME MORE BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY BURN.
SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT MIGHT HELP TO DEFINE WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO BURN VERSUS, I MEAN, YOU CAN'T BURN LEAVES 'CAUSE IT DOES A LOT OF SMOKE.
I MEAN, IS THERE REALLY ANY DEFINITION FOR THIS? AND I THINK IT SHOULD START WITH THE DEFINITION.
IT SHOULD START WITH PARAMETERS AND THEN WORK OUR WAY UP.
DOES IT NEED A PERMIT? I'M NOT SO SURE.
I THINK WE NEED MORE EXPLORATION ABOUT IT.
WALTER, WOULD YOU, YOU GIVE A LITTLE SUMMARY OF WHAT THE EXISTING LAW STATES? WE DO IT ALONG.
I DON'T HAVE THE EXISTING LAW IN FRONT OF ME.
ALRIGHT, WELL CAN WE START WITH THAT
YOU WANT ME TO READ IT HERE? LOVE THAT.
THERE, THERE ARE, THERE ARE FINES NOW ABOUT, UH, BURNING, UNCONTROLLED BURNING, BURNING, UH, COMBUSTIBLE THINGS THAT ARE SOMEWHAT TOXIC.
SO THIS LAW HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR A LONG TIME.
CAN I, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THIS IS IN ADDITION TO EXISTING.
THIS IS JUST THE LOCAL, THE, UH, THE QUESTION WAS WHAT DO WE HAVE LOCALLY ON THE BOOKS? OKAY.
AND IT TALKS ABOUT BONFIRES AND OUTDOOR RUBBISH FIRES.
A COUNTY PERMIT REQUIRED FOR BONFIRES AND OUTDOOR RUBBISH FIRES.
NO PERSON SHALL KINDLE OR MAINTAIN A BONFIRE OR RUBBISH FIRE OR AUTHORIZE ANY SUCH FIRE TO BE KINDLED OR MAINTAIN ON OR, OR IN ANY OF ROAD FURTHER ON THE GROUND WITHOUT A PERMIT OR OTHER PROPER AUTHORIZATION DURING A STRUCTURED DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES.
NO WASTE MATERIALS OR RUBBISH SHALL BE DISPOSED OF BY BURNING ON THE PREMISES OR IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY WITHOUT HAVING OBTAINED A PERMIT OR OTHER PROPER AUTHORIZATION.
THAT SEEMS TO MAKE SOME SENSE.
NO PERSON SHALL KINDLE OR MAINTAIN A BONFIRE BRUSH, FIRE, OR AUTHORIZE ANY SUCH FIRE TO BE KINDLED OR MAINTAINED ON ANY PRIVATE LAND.
THAT THE LOCATION IS NOT LESS AND 50 FEET OF ANY STRUCTURE AND ADEQUATE DIVISION IS MADE TO PREVENT THE FIRE AND FIRE FROM SPREADING TO WITHIN 50 FEET STRUCTURE WHERE THE FIRE IS CONTAINED IN APPROVED WASTE, FURTHER LOCATED SAFELY, NOT LESS THAN 15 FEET, MANY STRUCTURE.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, UH, NO RUBBISH FIRES OR BONFIRES, UH, THAT ARE WITHIN 50 FEET OF A STRUCTURE.
WELL, BONFIRE IS DIFFERENT THAN A CAMPFIRE, OBVIOUSLY.
UH, AND A RUBBISH FIRE IS, THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE DOING.
THE FIRE, THE FIRE CHIEF AND THE BUILDING INSPECTOR OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MAY PROHIBIT ALL, ANY OR ALL BONFIRES OR OUTDOOR RUBBISH FIRES WHEN ATMOSPHERE CONDITIONS OR LOCAL CIRCUMSTANCES MAKE SUCH FIRES HAZARDOUS.
NOW THAT'S PRETTY SUBJECTIVE, BUT AGAIN, IT'S A QUESTION OF COMMON SENSE.
MOST PEOPLE HAVE ABUNDANCE OF COMMON SENSE NOW, THEN THEY GO ON TO TELL YOU WHAT THE PENALTIES ARE.
UM, SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE GOT ON THE BOOKS.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT BONFIRES AND OUTDOOR RUBBISH FIRES ARE DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT FROM BACKYARD CHARTERS.
YOU KNOW, UH, CERTAINLY CHARCOAL GRILLS, NOBODY'S
SO LET GIVE THIS BACK TO YOU, SIR.
THAT'S WHAT THE EXISTING LAW IS.
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OH, THANK YOU.ALRIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ANYTHING ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE MAKE ANY MORE COMMENTS? JUST A QUESTION WHERE, LEMME YES, GO AHEAD.
SO FOR ME IT'S MORE OF FOR, YOU KNOW, ONE OR TWO, MAYBE FOURS A YEAR.
I, FROM MY HOUSE, I'M GONNA BE, LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST A SMALL FIRE AND IT, MAYBE IT SHOULDN'T BE.
I WOULDN'T, SIR, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN BONFIRE AND CAMPFIRE AS, AS I UNDERSTOOD ORDINANCE AND THE REPORTING OF IT, THAT CAMPFIRES AREN'T ALLOWED NOW AS IT EXISTS AND YOU WOULD NEED TO HAVE IT MEANT FOR THOSE AS WELL.
IS THAT CORRECT? I THOUGHT IT WAS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BONFIRES AND RUBBISH FIRES.
I THINK IF YOU HAVE A BURNER IN YOUR BACKYARD, FOR EXAMPLE, A PIT, UH, YOU DON'T NEED UNDERSTAND.
YOU HAVE, I I WAS LOOKING UP, YOU SAID THERE'S BIG OH YEAH.
BROTHERS FIRING AND, AND OPEN FIRE IN THE BACKYARD YEAH.
AND I THINK THAT DISTINCTION BETWEEN BON FIRES AND UH, UH, AND SMALLER BACKYARD FIRES, I WOULD ASSUME, AND THAT'S GONNA, THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE A VERY SPECIFIC DEFINITION.
UH, LEMME ASK YOU, THIS GENTLEMAN'S GOT HIS HAND UP.
NO, LET THIS GENTLEMAN SPEAK SIR.
I JUST A LITTLE DISTURBED THAT ASK A QUESTION OVER HERE LIKE, WHAT IS THE LAW IF YOU GUYS ARE PROPOSING SOMETHING AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THE BASICS IS FROM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND IT'S, IT'S VERY DISTURBING BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY, VERY COGNIZANT OF THE NEIGHBORS.
I GUYS IN MY NEIGHBOR'S RIDICULOUS.
AND WE, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS, UM, GET POLICE TO COME.
JUST ENFORCE THE LAWS AND THEN, AND, AND OBVIOUSLY IF THE LAWS EVEN TWEAK, THAT'S FINE.
LET'S USE TO THE ONES THAT LIGHT UP THE SKYLIGHT.
IT'S LIKE IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY'S HAVING A BASEBALL GAME AND THEY JUST NOT THE STREET.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE WANT INTO PROBLEMS. BUT WE SHOULD BE KNOWING IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT A LAW OUT THERE OR YOU'RE GONNA CHANGE THINGS UP, WHERE'S THE BASIS OF THIS? SO MEAN, THE QUESTION ASKED IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS MEETING YOU ALREADY HAVE.
IT'S LIKE I WANT INPUT AND DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE ANSWER.
WHAT'S THE CURRENT LAW? YEAH, I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T READ THE CURRENT LAW WITH ME.
I JUST ASSUMED THAT IT WAS, IT WAS HERE.
SOMETHING I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST DIDN'T SEEM LIKE WE HAD PROPOSAL MOVE WANT.
UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
UH, ANYBODY ELSE CARE TO SPEAK ON THIS QUESTION? IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION, THE THAT'S ALRIGHT.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE? YESTERDAY? GO AHEAD.
UM, BAGS OF STUFF THEY DO THAT, YOU KNOW, THE OLD SHED THE DIFFERENCE ON, BUT ALSO
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.NOW THE WOMAN IN THE BACK, SHE HAS HAD A CHANCE.
IF THE TOWN HAS TO GET THEM, PLEASE DO BECAUSE OTHERWISE I HAVE THIS DON'T THE REST OF US WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE OUR PROPERTIES.
KNOW, IT JUST SEEMS THAT THE ISSUES THAT ARE, THESE ISSUES ARE HAVING.
WE ALREADY HAVE LAWS ON THE BOOKS PREVENTING THINGS THAT, THAT HAPPEN.
UH, WE ARE ENFORCING THE LAWS THAT ARE READING THE BOOKS.
I DON'T THINK WE EVEN ATTACK ON MORE THINGS JUST NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING RESPONSIBLE AND TAKING CARE OF THOSE THAT ARE NOT THE LAWS ARE ALREADY BOOKS.
ANYBODY ELSE? UH, I SAY THINGS, I, I ALSO WANT BUSINESS IN CHAR PARK AND WE, I GOT A HUGE PROBLEM NEXT TO ME THERE.
SO I KNOW THE GUY BROUGHT UP ALL THESE DC LAWS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
I UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS HAVE TO PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT THE POLICE CAN ACTUALLY SIT THERE AND, AND MAKE SOME RULINGS ON BECAUSE DC DOESN'T REALLY BACK YOU UP ON A LOT OF THIS STUFF.
THEY ENDED UP THROWING IT RIGHT BACK ON YOUR, ON YOUR PLATE AND SAYING IT'S A LOCAL PROBLEM.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GOTTA MAKE SOME GUIDANCE THERE, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE SMALL FIRE PIT, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE, THE REAL OLD FIREPLACES THAT ARE BUILT ON WOOD SIDE AVENUE THAT HAVE BEEN FOR A HUNDRED YEARS, 50 YEARS.
IT'S ABOUT THAT GUY'S GOT THE, YOU KNOW, 20 FOOT FIRE GOING IN THIS BACKYARD THAT'S CAUSING MAJOR PROBLEMS. SO DEALING WITH THOSE ISSUES, I THINK YOU'LL SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
MOTION ELSE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY? I, 1, 2, 3.
MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND'S? GOT DID YOU WANT ME TO ADDRESS? SORRY,
COMMENTS FROM, UH, PEOPLE ON FACEBOOK? YES.
SO WE DO HAVE SEVERAL COMMENTS ONLINE.
UM, A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS ARE SIMILAR TO THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED BY THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HERE.
UM, WE DO, I THINK THE BIGGEST CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS, UH, CLARIFICATION FOR RESIDENCES TOO.
WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN ROAST MARSHMALLOWS IN THEIR BACKYARD, WHETHER THAT WOULD BE PERMITTED OR IF THEY WOULD NEED A PERMIT.
UM, ALL RESIDENTS, I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY THOUGHTS AGAINST THE BONFIRE PERMITS.
IF YOU WANT TO DO THIS FOR LARGE GROUPS, THAT IS FINE, BUT HOMEOWNERS SHOULD NOT BE PUNISHED BECAUSE OF THE FEW NOISY NEIGHBORS THAT COMPLAIN.
UM, UH, MOST OF THE COMMENTS BASICALLY REVOLVED AROUND, UH, THE VIEWPOINT THAT THEY DID NOT WANT THE LAW PASSED.
SO, ALRIGHT, WELL I APPRECIATE IT.
WE APPRECIATE THAT AND WE CAN, WE CAN, UH, ALSO ON A FACEBOOK PAGE, UH, TOMORROW, THERE WAS ONE MORE COMMENT THAT I DID WANNA ADDRESS.
UM, WE DID HAVE A RESIDENT THAT WAS REQUESTING TO SEE STATISTICS ON THE NUMBER OF INJURIES OR FIRE INCIDENTS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST YEAR TO, FROM THE TOWN.
WELL, I CAN SAY TO THAT PERSON WE DO, WE'VE HAD MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE IN TERMS OF INJURIES.
I, I DUNNO, EFFECTFULLY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE.
I, I'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL OTHER, UH, EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS FROM RESIDENTS WHO COULDN'T BE HERE ALSO.
ALRIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I HEARD THIS.
WE MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? A AYE MOTION IS CARRIED.
UH, MINUTES IS A PRIOR MEETING RESULT OF THE HAMMER TOWN BOARD IS HEREBY APPROVED.
THE MINUTES THE PREVIOUS MEETING IS 12 7 12 20 21
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TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION 7 22 20 21 TOWN BOARD SPECIAL SESSION 7 26 20 20 TOWN BOARD.SO SECOND, MR. P ON THE SECOND OTHER QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE BY SAYING AYE.
UH, TOWN BOARD APPROVED TERMINATION, HIRING PERSONNEL, YOUTH RECREATION SENIOR SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT, ALRIGHT, NOW THE QUESTION WOULD REGARD TO THAT.
ANYONE? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THE MOTION BOARD TERMINATION OF THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT ON THAT QUESTION.
THE RESOLUTION IS TO GET TO ACL THREE.
UH, THE FIRST IS FOR KATHY DUGGAN AND IS WHEREAS KATHY DUGGAN AND AS A FITNESS INSTRUCTOR SINCE 1984, AND WHEREAS THE DURATION OF HER SERVICE IS MATCHED BY THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICES SHE EXTENDED TO HUNDREDS OF PARTICIPANTS WHO BENEFITED FROM HER INSTRUCTION AND GUIDANCE.
AND WHEREAS WE HAVE SECURED A CERTIFICATION PERSONAL TRAINER LIFESTYLE CHOICES SERVED AS AN EXAMPLE TO MANY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT HAMBURG.
WHEREAS KATHY IS EXEMPLIFIED PATIENCE, PARTICULAR KINDNESS TO ALL OF HER STUDENTS FOR OVER 37 YEARS.
DEDICATED SERVICE NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVE WITH THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
EXTEND OUR SINCERE THANKS TO OUR HEART WISHES FOR A HAPPY RETURN.
KATHY IS, COULD NOT MAKE IT TONIGHT, BUT OUR OTHER TWO, UH, PROCLAMATION OH HONORS ARE, ARE REGRET AT LEAST THE DAUGHTER OF ONE AND, AND ONE LIVE.
ALRIGHT, SO I HAVE FLOWERS TO PRESENT THEM, SO, ALRIGHT, WELL I'M GONNA GIVE YOU KATHY.
AND UH, WAIT, WE, WE'LL LET YOU GIVE IT TO HER WITH OUR THANKS.
CAROL CARROLL AND CAROL, HOW ARE YOU? ALRIGHT.
WHEREAS CAROL CARROLL HAD SERVED THE TIME OF HAMBURG AS A VOLUNTEER LEADER, SENIOR SERVICES PROGRAM IN THE YOUTH RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF TOWN GOVERNMENT ED, WHEREAS WAS WORKED AS A SENIOR PROGRAM DIRECTOR, TOWN MEMBER IN 1990S AFTER SHE RAN HER OWN GIFT SHOP.
AND WHEREAS CAROL WAS BEEN LOYAL AND SENIOR SERVICES BRANCH FOR 25 YEARS SOCIAL CLUB LEADER IN THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG.
AND WHEREAS CAROL HAS HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF MANY SENIOR CITIZENS THAT CREATED AND OFFERING A DIVERSE ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE CONTINUED SOCIALIZATION, ACCOMPLISHED SENIORS WHO DEPEND UPON THE GOOD FELLOWSHIP OF THEIR PEERS TO MAINTAIN GOOD HEALTH.
NOT ONLY A JOHN WELL DONE, BUT THE WIFE OF SHARON BOARD WISHES HER CONTINUED SUCCESS COULD HELP.
SHE MOVES NEXT HER PRODUCTIVE LIFE.
SHE HAS OUR ENDURING APPRECIATION OF THE JOB.
WELL EVERYBODY YOU GO COME DOWN AND THIS PICTURE PLEASE.
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OH MY GOSH, REALLY WELL, GOD BLESS YOU.YOU KNOW, LISTEN, YOU KNOW ALL BOARD MEMBERS, YOU KNOW KAREN? I KNOW IT.
OH, SHE'S A OH, THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
ALRIGHT, THIS IS FOR YOUR MOM.
WHEREAS RIST IS SERVED IS A CLUB LEADER, SENIORS RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG FOR MORE THAN 46 YEARS.
AND WHEREAS KURT HAS BEEN A CONSISTENTLY DEDICATED AND CREATIVE CLUB LEADER WHO BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER, ENRICHES THEIR SOCIAL EXPERIENCES, ORGANIZES EVENTS AND ARRANGES FOR SPEAKERS ON A REGULAR BASIS, WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT FOR ALMOST A HALF A CENTURY.
AND WHEREAS GER IS AN ACCOMPLISHED SAILOR WHO HAS OWNED AND OPERATED HER FRIENDS A SAILBOAT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, IN ADDITION TO INSTRUCTING OTHERS ON VOTING SAFETY.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED AS A SENIOR SOCIAL CLUB LEADER FOR MORE THAN 46 YEARS, BROOKE WILL BE STEPPING ASIDE AS SHE APPROACHES HER 92ND BIRTHDAY.
WHILE SHE'S TOO YOUNG TO RETIRE, HANFORD CHILD BOARD RECOGNIZES SHE THAT SHE IS DISCHARGED AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE GREAT CLAIM OF ALL WHO HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH BEING FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE HANFORD TOWN BOARD COMMEMORATES KURT'S SERVICE THANKS HER FOR HER EFFORTS AND WISHES HER THE HAPPIEST AND HEALTHIEST OF TIMES IN THE YEARS AHEAD.
WELL, YOUR MOTHER'S A GREAT LADY.
FRAN, DO YOU KNOW HER? HUH? DO YOU KNOW HER? I'VE MET HER A COUPLE TIMES, YES.
I'LL GIVE THAT TO YOU FOR YOUR MOM.
OKAY, WELL WHATEVER YOU OUR BEST REGARDS AND YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY YOU KNOW DO.
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OKAY, LET'S SEE WHERE, WHERE IF UPON RECOGNITION RESERVATION MEMBERS TRAFFIC SAFETY COORDINATOR CAME HOME EFFECTIVE 7 31 21 THEY SEE IN THAT POSITION NOW EXISTS.AND WHEREAS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POSITION TRAFFIC SAFETY COORDINATORS ON THE TRAFFIC SAFETY DEGREE TO ADDRESS ON AN BASIS.
AND WHEREAS MR. PALM MC HEALTH AND SAFETY COORDINATOR, HAMBURG HAS EXPRESSED HIS WILLINGNESS TO ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A TRAFFIC SAFETY COORDINATOR.
AND WHEREAS MR IS DISCHARGED HIS RESPONSIBILITIES, HEALTH AND SAFETY COORDINATOR SINCE HIS APPOINTMENT BY THE HAMBURG TOWER BOARD, IN AN EXEMPLARY OF THAT NOW THEREFORE OUT THE HAMMER TOWN BOARD MR. AS TRAFFIC SAFETY COORDINATOR TO FILL THE BALANCE OF THE UN TRAFFIC SAFETY IMMEDIATELY UPON ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS? SECOND? SECOND IS MS. FERRELL ON THE QUESTION.
THE RESOLUTION SECURITY JUST REPEAT.
WHEREAS UNDER TITLE 19 N-Y-C-R-R 4 3 4 DEPART REQUIRE CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL TO RECEIVE A MINIMUM OF 24 HOURS OF IN-SERVICE TRAINING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
WHEREAS WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER B BUILDING OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION PERIODICALLY SPONSORS EDUCATION TRAINING, UH, CONFERENCE, WHICH CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TOWARDS STATE MANDATED TRAINING.
WHEREAS IN ORDER THAT
THIS PROGRAM IS TO BE HELD AT THE CHICAGO HARBOR HOTEL 10 REGISTRATION FEE OF 275 AND FOR THE CONFERENCE NON REGISTRATION 3 25 FOR ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL G TOTAL OF THE TOWN SEMINAR AND MEMBERSHIP FEES WILL BE 650.
VEHICLE WILL BE PLUMBING 8 3 6 2 4 9 2.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY ATION OPERATION SECOND.
SECOND IS MR, THIS QUESTION DO ALL FAVOR? AYE, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ON JULY 12TH, 2021, THE HAMBURGER TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO RELEASE AND ADVERTISE THE BID FOR THE 2021 VILLAGE, BLA CDBG INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT ON MILLER AVENUE AND WHEREAS THE BIDS WERE OPENED ON AUGUST 4TH, 2021 AT 11:00 AM FOLLOWING
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CORPORATION TOTAL BID 1 29 3 89 25 TOTAL BID 30,680 AND 50 CENTS IN OUR GENERAL CONSTRUCTION TOTAL BID, ONE 30,000 7 86 FOURTH GENERATION CONSTRUCTION TOTAL BID 185,004 AND ACADIA SITE CONTRACTING A TOTAL BID OF FOUR AND 30 CENTS.NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE DEPARTMENT OF
SO IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND IS KAREN HOPE, UH, ON THE QUESTION FAVOR AYE RESOLUTION IS WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG BOARD WISHES TO ACCESS THE ADVISABILITY OF SUBMITTING A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK, GRANT CORONAVIRUS, CDBG CV APPLICATION THROUGH HAMBURG DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY RENEWAL TO PROVIDE GRANT FUNDS TO SMALL BUSINESSES TO PREVENT, PREPARE FOR AND RECOVER FROM COVID-19 IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IS REQUIRED TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 7 0 0.486 SUBPAR ONE OF THE CFO AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE HOUSING AND AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974 AS AMENDED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC AND TO PUT CITY CITIZEN COMMENTS REGARDING COMMUNITY NEEDS AND THE PLAN PROPOSAL PRIOR TO SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION FOR CD BG CB FUNDING.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED WITH THE TOWN BOARD, HEREBY CALLS FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, WHEREAS ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHALL BE HEARD REGARDING THE CDG CV PROGRAM AND THE PROPOSED FUNDING APPLICATION SUCH PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 23RD, 2021 AT 7:00 PM AT HAMBURG TOWN HALL, 6 1 0 0 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK, AND BE FURTHER RESOLVED THAT AT LEAST EIGHT DAYS NOTICE OF SUCH HEARING SHALL BE GIVEN BY PUBLISHING SUCH NOTICE AT LEAST ONCE IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE TOWN.
SECOND, UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
NOTICE HEREBY GIVEN THAT AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, DULY HELD IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, NEW YORK, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW, THE TOWN BOARD OF SAID TOWN ON 21ST DAY OF JUNE, 2021, PUT LOCAL LAW NUMBER FIVE OF THE YEAR, 2021 TOWN OF HAMBURG HISTORIC PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD, UH, THAT WAS THE CREATION AND IT PROVIDE SUBSTANTIALLY AS FOLLOWS, UH, BE IT ENACTED BY THE TOWN BOARD, TOWN OF HAMBURG, NEW YORK, HAMBURG TOWN BOARD MENS, THE HAMBURG TOWN CODE FOR LOCAL LAWS TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PROPER FILING INCLUDED
AM I CORRECT, UH, THAT YOU WANTED, I MEAN, IT WAS DONE WRONG OR SOMETHING? NO, I, I-I-I-I-I-I THINK THAT, I MEAN THE BO THE BOARD ALREADY VOTED ON THIS YES.
SO I DON'T THINK, THINK JUST THE NOTICE HAS TO BE RELEVANT.
UH, SO ANYWAY, THE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF THE LOCAL ON THE FIVE HAS JUST BEEN READ THREE OF YEAH, THE HAS NOTICED, UH, THAT IT GOES INTO EFFECT UPON FILING WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
THE NEXT ONE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING HELD IN THE OF NEW YORK, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW, THE BOARD OF THE TOWN ON 21ST DAY OF JUNE, BACK TO THE FOLLOWING LOCAL LAW TO WHI LAW, THE SIXTH OF THE YEAR, 2021, TO AMEND THE ZONING CODE TO REZO PROPERTIES AT 54 86, 54 72 SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD, AS WELL AS 55 0 2 SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD FROM C1 TWO
THAT'S THE, UH, UH, BURKE, PUD ON ROUTE 20 BETWEEN CULVER BANK AND DALE, I THINK.
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THAT ONE.THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, NOTICE ELECTOR HELD IN THE TOWN OF NEW YORK IN A ACCORDANCE WITH, UH, LAW.
THE TOWN BOARD OF SAID TOWN ON THE 21ST DAY OF JUNE, 2021, ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING LOCAL LAW, LOCAL LAW NUMBER SEVEN OF THE YEAR, 2021 TO AMEND THE ZONING CODE TO RE ZONE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 34 97 MCKINLEY PARKWAY FROM OUR TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE ATTACHED TO DISTRICT C ONE LOCAL RETAIL BUSINESS DISTRICT TO C ONE AND PROVIDE SUBSTANTIALLY FOLLOWS BEING ENACTED BY THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HE NEW YORK WITH THE HE TOWN BOARD OF MENS WE TOWN COLE, THE FOUR LOCAL LAW TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY AFTER PROPER FILING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, KATHY, I THINK THAT'S MCKINLEY AND UH, MILES GROUP WHERE WE'VE GOT, UH, UH, THE OLD PIZZA BUILDING, NEW HEALTH CENTER GOING IN, RIGHT? OKAY, THAT'S THAT WHERE THE TOWN PARKS BEACH SECURITY OFFICER SHIFTS INCREASED FROM FOUR HOURS TO SET FROM, UH, WELL IT'S ACTUALLY, THIS IS THE MISTAKE, UH, INCREASED FROM 20 HOURS TO, UH, 35 HOURS PER WEEK.
UH, EACH SECURITY SHIFTS INCREASED FROM, UH, WELL, ACTUALLY I APOLOGIZE THE WAY IT'S BECAUSE OF FIVE SEVEN TO 35 5 FOURS OR 20, SO I APOLOGIZE.
WHEREAS THE TOWN PARK STREET SECURITY OFFICERSHIPS INCREASED FOUR HOURS TO SEVEN HOURS BEGINNING OF 2 27.
AND WHEREAS THIS INCREASED COST A BUDGETARY SHORTFALL OF 4,840 NOW THEREFORE BEING RESOLVED WITH THE TOWN BOARD OF ROOFS, THE TRANSFER 4,008 40 CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT, 1990 0.419 TO TOWN PARK OPERATIONS SECURITY 71 81 4.
SECOND TO THAT SECOND ON THE QUESTION, ANYBODY ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WHEREAS A BUDGET DISCREPANCY IN THE AMOUNT OF 118,006 20 SAFETY INSPECTION PERSONAL SERVICES 30 10, WHEREAS VARIOUS REQUESTS ARE MADE TO ALLOCATE THESE FUNDS FOR OTHER TOWN NEEDS, NOW FOUR PEOPLE, THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE TRANSFER OF 18, 6 28 35, 10 80 19 4 1 9 BE ALLOCATED BY FUTURE RESOLUTION.
SECOND TO THIS SECOND, MR. DETRI ON THE SECOND ON THE QUESTION ON STANDARD AYE.
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS AGAIN ASKING THAT, UH, FUNDS THAT HE VOLUNTARILY, UH, GAVE BACK TO OUR OPERATING BUDGET WERE, WOULD BE REINSTATED.
WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS AT SEVERAL OTHER MEETINGS.
UH, WE DID ASK DURING THE WORK SESSION OUR TOWN ATTORNEY, MR. ROOF TO COMMENT ON THAT AND HE DID.
AND WE AGREED THAT AT THIS POINT WE COULD WITHDRAW THIS RESOLUTION.
AND, UH, WE ALSO AGREED THAT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT MR. CASEY'S NEEDS WOULD BE DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF WEIGHING LAST YEAR'S REDUCTION AND THE NEEDS GOING INTO THE 2022 BUDGET YEAR.
SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO WITHDRAW THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION TO WITHDRAW.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND IS, UH, THE QUESTION OR FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THE TOWN OF IS RECEIVED PROPOSED STREET LIGHTING AND NATIONAL GRID.
THE LINK TO PURCHASE OF ALL FACILITIES OWNED NATIONAL GRID ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT AND HARDWARE IS SPECIFIED THEREIN.
AND THE GRIEVANCE PERMITS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS A LICENSEE TO ATTACH AND MAINTAIN ALL LICENSED FACILITIES SUBJECT TO ANY LAW.
GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS NOW OR HEREAFTER.
UH, HEREAFTER ENFORCE AND IN SUBSEQUENT ECHELON INTERFERE WITH NATIONAL GRID USE AND MAINTENANCE OF COMPANY POLES, WIRES, AND PROPERTY CONTAINED NOW THEIR PROB BEING RESOLVED.
UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE DENVER COUNTY ATTORNEY TOWN ENGINEER, ALONG WITH THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION, THE TOWN SUPERVISOR SHALL EXECUTE THE BY NATIONAL GRID
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RELATES TO THE PURCHASE OF THE FACILITIES SUBJECT TO THIS SALE.SEATED BY SAYING A AYE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED, UH, WHEREAS THE TOWN OF BURY HAS RECEIVED STREET LIGHTING ATTACHMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN NEW YORK STATE, NEW YORK STATE ELECTRIC AND GAS, AND THE TOWN OF BURY TO THE PURCHASE OF ALL FACILITIES HEREAFTER, I'M SORRY, HERE
AND WHEREAS THE AGREEMENT IS A LICENSE TO ATTACH AND MAINTAIN ALL LICENSE FACILITIES SUBJECT TO GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS NOW OR HERE HEREAFTER FORCED IN SUCH MANNER AS SHA WANTED
NOW THEREFORE, WE RESOLVED THE FILE OF RECOMMENDATION OF THE HAMMER CHILD ATTORNEY IN TOWN ENGINEER ALONG WITH THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION.
GENERAL SUPERVISOR SHALL EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT SUBMITTED TO THE TOWN YORK STATE ELECTRIC AND GAS CORPORATION TO THE PURCHASE OF THE FACILITIES SUBJECT TO THIS SALE.
SECOND TO THAT ON THE QUESTION, THE AYE RESOLUTION RESOLVED THAT THE, THAT THE TOWN BOARD SECTION 1 42 HIGHWAY LAW AS AMENDED SECTION 1 0 3 OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW HEREBY DIRECTS SPECIFICATIONS.
WELL, THE NOTICE BE RELEASED IN ACCORDANCE LAW TO SECURE BID BASED MONARCH SOCCER PARKING LOT RECEIVED AND BY SAYING, AYE.
I'LL GET TO THE QUESTION THEN.
ALRIGHT, MR. THE SECOND, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION TO BRING THIS UP DURING WORK SESSION.
UM, SO I DID RECEIVE, UM, A QUESTION FROM MR. CASEY BECAUSE PREVIOUSLY WHEN WE DID THE RRP FOR THE NIGHT SITE, WE DID NOT, WE DID NOT BELIEVE IT SAID IT REFERENCED, UH, SECTION 1 42 OF HIGHWAY LAW WHETHER THAT WAS APPROPRIATE TO, UM, UH, MR. I'M ASKING WELL, ALRIGHT, I, UH, I'M GONNA, UH, IF YOU, IF YOU'RE SUGGESTING WE SHOULD AMEND IT, UH, I DUNNO THE ANSWER, WE CAN ADOPT IT AND REFERENCE TO 1 42, UH, WE CAN DEAL WITH LATER, BUT CERTAINLY SECTION 1 0 3 OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW REQUIRES THE BIDDING.
UH, THE TOWN BOARD HIGHWAY LAW ACTUALLY, UH, REQUIRES THAT THE, UH, HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT BE INVOLVED IN THIS.
BUT IN ANY EVENT, UM, LET'S, I, MY SUGGESTION IS TO IT IS WRITTEN AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME AMENDMENTS IN SUBSEQUENT TIME.
AND THE SAME WILL BE FOR THE NEXT ONE YES.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THE QUESTION IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
HE, HE COUNTY BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1 42 OF THE HIGHWAY LAW AND SECTION 1 0 3 GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW HEREBY DIRECTS SPECIFICATIONS, THE BID ACCESS ROAD AND ADJACENT PARKING FACILITIES 11:00 AM ON AUGUST 30TH, 2021.
UH, IS THERE A SECOND TO A QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE.
SO I'D LIKE TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT TO NUMBER 25.
UH, WE'D LIKE TO ADD, UH, A FINAL OR BEFORE THE LAST RESOLVE IF IT WOULD SAY AND RESOLVED THAT E-E-C-G-L-L-C,
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I'M SORRY, EECG CONSULTING, LLC WILL MANAGE THE PROJECT ON BEHALF OF THE, OKAY, A SECOND ON THE AMENDMENT ACT, THE AMENDMENT, UH, RESPECT THE AMENDMENT.AYE, NOW THE RESOLUTION IS AMENDED.
WHERE ON YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SURE.
WHEREAS A PROJECT FOR THE MULTIMODAL IM C PROJECT AGREEMENT, PIN FIVE MA 0.50 6.30 A IS ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING UNDER TITLE 23 US CODE AS AMENDED AND NEW YORK STATE'S MULTIMODAL PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, N-Y-S-D-O-T.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN TAM DESIRES TO ADVANCE THE PROJECT BY MAKING THE FOR ADVANCED FUNDING OF THE NON-LOCAL SHARE AND FUNDING OF THE FULL LOCAL SHARE OF THE COST PROJECT.
THEREFORE, NOW THE TIMBERTOWN BOARD DOES DETERMINE THE FOLLOWING RESOLVED WITH THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD HEREBY APPROVES THE ABOVE SUBJECT PROJECT AND IT IS HEREBY FURTHER RESULT THAT THE TOWN BOARD HEREBY AUTHORIZES THE COUNTER CONTAIN THE FIRST INSTANCE 100% OF THE FEDERAL AND NON-FEDERAL SHARE AT THE COST OF WORK FOR THE PROJECT OR PORTIONS THERE, THE RESULT OF SOME OF 550,000 IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED PURSUANT TO THE GRANT APPLICATION AND MADE AVAILABLE TO COVER THE COST OF PARTICIPATION IN THE ABOVE PHASE OF THE PROJECT.
IT'S FURTHER RESOLVED THAT IN THE EVENT THAT THE FULL FEDERAL AND NON-FEDERAL SHARE COSTS OF THE PROJECT EXCEEDS THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED ABOVE THE TOWN BOARD SHALL CONVENE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO APPROPRIATE SET EXCESS AMOUNT IMMEDIATELY UPON THE NOTIFICATION SAFETY DT THEREOF.
AND IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERVISOR BE AND IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE FOR REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST FOR FEDERAL AID AND OR MULTIMODAL PROGRAM FUNDING ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WITH NEW YORK STATE DOT IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADVANCEMENT FOR APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROJECT AND THE MUNICIPALITY'S FIRST INSTANCE, FUNDING PROJECT COSTS AND PERMANENT FUNDING OF THE LOCAL SHARE OF FEDERAL AID AND ALL PROJECT COSTS THAT ARE NOT TO BE ELIGIBLE, NOT SO ELIGIBLE.
AND IT'S PROVEN RESOLVED THAT A CERTIFIED COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION BE FILED IN NEW YORK STATE COMMISSIONER TRANSPORTATION OF THE STATE NEW YORK BY ATTACHING IT TO ANY REQUIRED AND OR APPROPRIATE AGREEMENTS EXECUTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROJECT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
AND IT'S FURTHER RESOLVED THAT EECG CONSULTING LLC WILL MANAGE THE PROJECT ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF, AND IT'S FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
UH, ANYBODY ELSE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
NOW 21 IS MARKED AS THREE 46,000 1 3 88.
THE TOTAL CASH DISPERSEMENT, WHICH HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR AUDIT ARE FOUR $76,132 AND 58 CENTS.
AND MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE THIS REPORT AND FILE IT ACCORDINGLY.
SECOND, MS. HO ON THE QUESTION.
NOW, UH, WE HAVE A SPARSE GROUP.
IN ANY EVENT, UH, IT ANYTHING TO REPORT? NOTHING TO REPORT.
MR. ROOF, ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA TELL US? NOPE.
AND HOW ABOUT YOU MADAM CLERK? NO.
ALRIGHT, MR. EE, UH, A SAD NOTE.
UH, PAT SULLIVAN, WHO WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE HAM RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD AND CHAIRMAN FOR MANY YEARS, UH, PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 4TH.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT THAT FOR THE RECORD, UH, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL, THE BASE DIAMOND CEREMONY.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW.
WE GIVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR HONOR HIS LIFE CONTRIBUTIONS.
PARDON? ANYTHING ELSE? NO, I'M SORRY.
UH, TAMMY, HOW ABOUT YOU? NOTHING ELSE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP EARLIER ON TOO.
AND HOW ABOUT YOU, RICK? NOPE.
ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT, I THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN
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BOARD MEMBERS, ALL BOARD MEMBERS.MR. SAID THAT ONE TIME BEFORE.
ANYTHING ELSE? MEMBERS? I JUST, JUST TWO.
I WANTED TO NOTE THAT TWO RESOLUTION, TWO OF THE RESOLUTIONS THIS, THIS EVENING, ONE IN PARTICULAR, I KNOW, UM, MR. UH, DOYLE FROM OUR HIDA AND HBC HAD TO STEP AWAY, BUT, UH, WE DID GET THE GREEN LIGHT ON THE FIRST LEVEL OF AN APPLICATION FOR FUNDING THAT WILL ASSIST SMALL BUSINESSES, THAT ALL FOR A GRANT OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR, UH, COMMUNITY.
SO NOW WE GO ON TO THE FULL APPLICATION PROCESS AND, UH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT, THE POTENTIAL FOR THAT FOR BUSINESS, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
ALSO, THE OTHER RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED THAT ACKNOWLEDGES $550,000 IN, UM, FUNDING THAT WILL, UH, PROVIDE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG AM STILL ROAD AND AT THE CLOVER BANK SCHOOLS.
THOSE ARE TERRIFIC OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE IN THAT TIME.
UM, KAREN, ANYTHING, UH, MICHAEL, ANY YOU, KAREN, ANYTHING? I JUST WANNA SAY TO YOU TOO, UH, WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY DEPARTMENT HEADS HERE, BUT I'VE GOTTEN A LIST OF SUGGESTIONS FROM EACH OF DEPARTMENTS ABOUT THE, THE AMERICAN RESCUE, UH, PLAN FUNDING.
UH, AND WHAT I'M GONNA TRY TO DO THIS WEEK IS GET A MASTER LIST, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENT THEIR REQUESTS NEXT, NEXT, NEXT, AND GET THEM PASSED OUT TO, UH, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND TOWN BOARD MEMBERS WHO GOING AHEAD TO START THINKING BETWEEN NOW, LET'S SAY IN OCTOBER 1ST, HAD TO START THINKING ABOUT WHAT PROJECTS, UH, HAVE MORE EFFICACY THAN OTHERS AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO ALLOT THE MONEY IN YEAR ONE AS OPPOSED TO YEAR TWO AND SO ON.
SO, GOT A LITTLE WORK TO DO TO GET THAT OUT FOR EVERYBODY.
UH, I'LL MAKE, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO ADJOURN HOPEFULLY IN.