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WE CALL THIS WORK SESSION TO ORDER AND START UNUSUAL WITH P FLAG.
P FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE STRONG.
JENNY, YOU WANNA START US OFF? SURE.
SO I ASKED JENNY TO, UH, JUST GIVE US A LITTLE REPORT ON THE, I KEEP CALLING IT BY THE WRONG NAME, BUT JENNY CAN REPORT ON OUR MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE YES.
WHICH IS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
SO I SUBMITTED A RESOLUTION, UM, IN MANAGEMENT PLATFORM THAT WOULD PROVIDE THE IT DEPARTMENT TO MANAGE THE NETWORK AS WELL AS IT REQUESTS THAT COME INTO OUR DEPARTMENT TWO PART PROGRAM, THREE PART PROGRAM.
UM, ONE IS BSA, WHICH IS THE VIRTUAL ADMINISTRATOR, WHICH ALLOWS US TO MANAGE, UH, REMOTE, UH, REMOTE MONITOR AS, AS WELL AS ENDPOINT MANAGEMENT.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO VISUALLY SEE THE ENTIRE NETWORK AS A WHOLE, UM, MANAGE AND PUSH OUT PATCHES AND UPDATES, WHICH IS SUPER IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW AS EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN UKRAINE AND THE INCREASE IN CYBER ATTACKS THAT ARE OCCURRING, UM, MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS DONE TO THE BEST OF ITS ABILITY.
RIGHT NOW, JAY AND I WOULD HAVE TO GO TO EVERY SINGLE PC AND DO UPDATES WHERE THIS WILL ALLOW US TO BASICALLY DO IT THROUGH ONE SOFTWARE.
UM, IT WILL ALSO ELIMINATE, UM, INDIVIDUALS FROM POSSIBLY DOWNLOADING SOMETHING THEY SHOULDN'T.
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTROL.
WE CAN MONITOR THE HEALTH OF ALL OF OUR ENDPOINTS, UH, WHICH, WHICH ARE THE PCS.
UM, AND IT DOES PROVIDE US WITH A, A BETTER SECURITY MODEL AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT THINGS ARE UPDATED THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE.
UM, THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS THE EMS PORTION, WHICH IS, UH, A BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SOLUTION, WHICH IS THE IT HELP DESK THAT WILL ALLOW EMPLOYEES TO SUBMIT A HELP TICKET INTO THE IT DEPARTMENT.
WE CAN BETTER MANAGE THE TYPES OF CALLS THAT ARE COMING INTO OUR DEPARTMENT.
IT'LL PROVIDE THE EMPLOYEES, UM, WITH A STATUS UPDATE WHERE THEY CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE
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ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, UM, FIXING IT.UM, IT, IT ALSO WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE A MORE ROBUST, UM, ROBUST, UH, CAPABILITY TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO THEIR PC REMOTELY SO WE CAN ASSIST THEM, UH, WITH ANYTHING THAT THEY MAY NEED.
AND WHERE THIS WILL COME INTO, UM, WELL THIS WILL BECOME MORE BENEFICIAL FOR THE TOWN, IS THAT IT PROVIDES A WAY TO HELP FIX IT SOLUTIONS OUTSIDE OF TOWN HALL WITHOUT HAVING TO DRIVE THERE.
SO IT'S GONNA CUT DOWN ON GAS AND MILEAGE COSTS, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO BE DRIVING TO ALL THESE OUTSIDE SITES.
NOT SAYING IT WON'T ELIMINATE IT, BUT IT DEFINITELY WILL CUT DOWN.
UM, AND IT WILL ALLOW US TO DO BACKUPS.
SOME INDIVIDUALS ARE EVEN WORKING WITHOUT THEM NOTICING THAT WE'RE DOING THEM.
SO THAT REMOTE ACCESS IS CRITICAL FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN IT GLUE IS THE THIRD COMPONENT OF IT, AND IT IS KIND OF WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.
IT KIND OF TIES ALL OF THESE COMPONENTS TOGETHER INTO ONE WHERE WE CAN RUN ANALYSIS REPORTS AND, UH, BE ABLE TO KIND OF SEE EVERYTHING AS A WHOLE INSTEAD OF BITS AND PIECES OF, AND NOT HAVING A FULL OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING WITH WITHIN OUR NETWORK.
SO I PROPOSE THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE A SMALLER DEPARTMENT FOR THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE EMPLOYED HERE.
AND, UM, IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND PRODUCTIVE WITH GETTING THINGS DONE AS, AS WELL AS PROTECTING OUR NETWORK.
UM, THE COST IS, UH, ROUGHLY IS 13,000, UH, UM, SORRY, IT WAS ON THE RESOLUTION, BUT IT'S $13,000.
IT DOES INCLUDE A 2,500 ONTIME INSTALLATION FEE, AND THAT WOULD BE AN ANNUAL COST THAT, UM, IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE TOWN WANTED TO STAY WITH, THAT WE WOULD HAVE MOVING FORWARD.
UM, CERTAINLY I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
I THINK THAT IT'S GONNA HELP US TO REALLY STREAMLINE SOME THINGS AND BE PROACTIVE ABOUT OUR CYBERSECURITY.
UM, SO YOU ARE GONNA SEE ON THE AGENDA THAT THERE'S, UH, SEVERAL RESOLUTIONS ON HERE THAT ARE, UH, REQUIRING, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UH, AMONG THEM ARE THE, UH, PEOPLE INC, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UH, PROPOSED CODE CHANGES, CODE AMENDMENTS ON THE TABLE.
UH, WE ALSO ARE, UH, HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THAT, AS WELL AS SOME WORK THAT OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD HAS DONE ON SOME SPEED STUDIES AND, AND RECOMMENDED SPEED REDUCTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THOSE? AS FAR AS THE, UH, SPEED STUDIES THAT WAS REQUESTED BY THE TOWN OF THE COUNTY.
SO THE COUNTY DID COMPLETE ALL FOUR OF THOSE SPEED STUDIES.
UH, THE GROUP REC, UH, OVERVIEW, THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE IN THE COUNTY STUDY, AND THEN ALL FOUR OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT, IN THAT ONE RESOLUTION.
BUT THAT WAS, THOSE WERE COUNTY STUDIES THAT WERE, THAT WERE COMPLETED.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS AFTER A LOT OF DIALOGUE AND, AND, UH, SEVERAL OF THEM ARE, YOU KNOW, IN AREAS WHERE THAT ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE VILLAGE AND THE, AND THE TOWN ARE WHERE THEY COME TOGETHER AND THEY WERE IMPORTANT TRANSITION AREAS.
SO I THINK THESE WILL BE GOOD ADJUSTMENTS.
I HAD, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO LAURA HACKATHORN TODAY, UM, ABOUT THIS SPECIFICALLY AND A FEW OTHER THINGS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH TOWN VILLAGE PARTNERSHIP.
MY ONLY QUESTION ON, WHEN IN REVIEWING THOSE, UH, NUMBERS, IT SEEMS, WAS THERE EV EVER THOUGHT, OR WAS IT EVEN A POSSIBILITY TO HAVE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSISTENT INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, 30, I THINK IT WAS LIKE 30 TO 35 THAN 40 AS OPPOSED TO IT CHANGING FROM DIFFERENT PARTS, DIFFERENT SECTIONS BECAUSE IT, THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY WHAT IT DID.
THERE WAS, UH, SOME OF THE DIFFERENT ROADS, FOR EXAMPLE, EXAMPLE CLARK GOES, THAT WAS PART OF THE ISSUE.
SO THE, UM, SPEED STUDY WAS IN THAT AREA.
UM, AND THE, THE GOAL WAS TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHETHER IT WAS JUSTIFIED TO REDUCE THE SPEED.
SO JUST THAT THERE'D BE CONSISTENCY FOR A LARGER STRETCH.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA JUMP IN AND ADD ANYTHING, BUT I, BUT I, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, SO EVEN THOUGH THERE, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S THE 30, 35, 40 THERE'RE ACT, IT'S ACTUALLY AN IMPROVEMENT COMPARED TO WHAT IT WAS IN TERMS RIGHT.
THEY'RE, SOME OF THOSE ARE IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
SO WHEN THE ACTUAL RECOMMENDATION IS TAKEN FOR THOSE, UM, FOUR SPOTS, THEY'RE IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
IN THE AREAS THAT ARE AROUND THEM,
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THE ACTUAL, THE SPEED REDUCTION ACTUALLY MAKES THEM CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S ADJACENT.THEY'RE, UM, LEGION DRIVES ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE.
IT WENT THE, THE SPEED, UM, WENT FROM ONE SPEED TO A, A SCHOOL ZONE TO ANOTHER SPEED TO THE TOWN, WHAT THE SPEED WAS IN THE TOWN.
SO THIS ACTUALLY SOMEWHAT SMOOTHS THAT TRANSITION OUT.
AND THAT WHEN WE'VE MET WITH INDIVIDUALS FROM THE VILLAGE, THAT WAS PART OF THE CONCERN, JUST THAT, THAT THERE WAS THAT VARIATION AND THE SPEED WAS JUMPING AROUND.
AND SO AT LEAST, EVEN IF THERE WAS A CHANGE, THAT IT WAS MORE GRADUAL AND IT WAS AT A POINT WHERE THE ROAD WAS GOING, UM, IN, YOU KNOW, HAD BEEN IN THE TOWN AND WAS OPENING UP, SO TO SPEAK.
SO I, I THINK ALL FOUR OF THEM ACTUALLY DO A LOT TO BRING THAT, AS YOU SAID, CONSISTENCY AND TO PROVIDE LIKE A GATEWAY ZONE AS YOU'RE GOING FROM THE VILLAGE TO THE TOWN.
UM, SINCE WE'RE ON THE TOP TOPIC OF SKI, I'M GONNA ASK THIS QUESTION.
UM, I NOTICED IN FRONT OF HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S 15 MILES PER HOUR MM-HMM
AND THEN IN FRONT OF FRONTIER IT SAYS 30, BUT THERE'S A SPECIFIC SIGN THAT SAYS IT'S 15 DURING SPECIFIED HOURS MM-HMM
UM, WHERE IN FRONT OF HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S NOT SPECIFIED MM-HMM
IS THERE A REASON WHY ONE WOULD HAVE IT'S SPECIFIED AND ONE NOT? IS IT JUST A SIGNAGE ISSUE OR IS IT ACTUAL, UH, THE WAY THE, THE LOG WOULD REACH VILLAGE ONE? I THINK THAT MIGHT BE BECAUSE OF THE, UM, OUT OF HOURS ACTIVITY THAT GOES ON AT HALL FIELD.
SO IT STAYS CONSISTENT THROUGH THERE BECAUSE OF THE WAY, THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME SET UP AT FRONTIER, BUT THEY DO AT HAMBURG.
UM, AND I, EXCUSE ME, I WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE.
I DRIVE THROUGH THE, UH, DALE ROAD AREA, DALE HIGH SCHOOL, JUNIOR HIGH.
UM, AND THAT, THAT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT, I THINK, WITH WHAT FRONTIER IS.
BUT I'LL, I'LL, I WILL FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
WHAT I FIND YEAH, THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE.
AND HAMBURG'S GOT THE, UM, CROSSWALK, WELL THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HAD ACTUALLY JUST GOT THEIR SCHOOL ZONE SPEED DESIGNATION WITHIN THE PAST YEAR.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE PROBABLY THE MOST UP-TO-DATE REASONING AND DOCUMENTATION FOR YOU.
WE ACTUALLY JUST PUT THAT THROUGH LAST YEAR.
THAT WAS SOMETHING I HAD HAD REQUESTED, AND WE WENT THROUGH QUITE A LONG PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO STRAIGHTEN THAT OUT ON, ON AMSTEL ROAD.
UM, AND THEN IN FRONT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, UH, I KNOW THAT THEY DO HAVE THOSE HOURS, THOSE HOURS POSTED ALSO.
WERE YOU REFERENCING HIGH SCHOOL OR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR FRONTIER? THEY DO.
UM, BUT THE HAMBURGER, THEY DON'T, BUT IT DOES MAKE SENSE THAT THEY MIGHT NOT BECAUSE HOW FIELD AND THERE'S ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF NORMAL SCHOOL HOURS.
SO THAT, THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE.
IT JUST SEEMED ODD THAT ONE HAD IT, ONE DIDN'T, AND I KNEW WE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES THAT HAMMER OR FRONTIER MIDDLE, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND SO IT KIND OF GOT ME THINKING, WELL, IS THERE CONSISTENCY AND SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT IT? BUT THAT MAKES SENSE.
WELL, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD? OH, THE ONLY THING I WOULD POINT OUT IS THAT, UH, AS BETH SAID IT, THE, UH, CHANGES DO ADD CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE, THE TOWN AND THE VILLAGE.
UM, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS WE REDUCED THE SPEED LIMIT FROM 45 TO 40, UH, FROM NEWTON ROAD TO MCKINLEY PARKWAY OR ON NEWTON ROAD FROM MCKINLEY PARKWAY TO THE ORCHARD PARK.
SO THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE VILLAGE IT'S 30, THROUGH THE TOWN, IT'S 30 UNTIL, UNTIL YOU HIT, UM, I'M SORRY, 35 UNTIL YOU HIT, UH, MCKINLEY PARKWAY, AND THEN IT BECOMES 40 TO THE ORCHARD PARK, UM, LINE.
SO I THINK OTHER THAN THAT, IT, IT'S PRETTY UNIFORM.
UM, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE HERE ITEM NUMBER 17, SCREENING COMMITTEE FOR DIRECTOR OF RECREATION POSITION WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT RESOLUTION AS WHY WE'RE, UH, PUTTING THAT RESOLUTION FORWARD.
MARTY DEKE AT RECREATION DIRECTOR ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT THIS PAST WEEK AS MAY 6TH.
UH, MARTY HAS SOME VERSION, UH, PERSONAL BUSINESS THAT HE'S TAKING CARE OF, UH, TODAY.
UM, BUT HE, SO HE WON'T BE AT THE MEETING TONIGHT.
UM, I WAS HOPEFUL THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAY A, A FEW WORDS AND, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON HIS RETIREMENT, BUT MARTY WILL BE BACK IN THE OFFICE, UH, THIS WEEK.
UM, BUT CERTAINLY A KEY POSITION TO FILL.
AND THIS SCREENING COMMITTEE IS GONNA BE THE, THE START OF THAT PROCESS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WHEN IS THAT? UM, MAYBE HERE TOO.
WHEN DOES THAT POSTED? UH, LIKE WHEN DOES THAT PROCESS START AS FAR AS, YEAH.
SO WE'LL BE STARTING IMMEDIATELY ONCE, ONCE WE GET THIS, UH, GROUP TOGETHER.
WE'RE CURRENTLY REVIEWING THE, UH, JOB DESCRIPTION.
UM, AND, UH, AND WE'LL BE POSTING IT HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
WE'D LIKE TO GET SOMEBODY READY TO START, UH, AS OR BEFORE MARTY LEAVES.
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YEAH, THERE'S SOME BIG PROJECTS TOO.UH, AND I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATE MARTY EVERYONE ON HIS RETIREMENT, BUT ALSO THANK HIM FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST THE KIND OF GUY HE HAS TAKEN THE INITIATIVE TO LET US KNOW IN ADVANCE.
UM, HAVING THAT THE DEPARTMENT REALLY, UM, AT THE FOREFRONT BECAUSE THIS WILL REALLY ALLOW US THE TIME AND EFFORT TO REALLY GO THROUGH A, A THOROUGH SELECTION PROCESS AND HOPEFULLY HAVE, UM, HAVE A NICE, UM, TRANSITION.
YOU KNOW, HE'S GOT OVER 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE.
HE'S GOT SO MANY, YOU KNOW, THREE, ESSENTIALLY THREE DIFFERENT UNITS, THE YOUTH, THE RECREATION, THE SENIOR SERVICES.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.
AND, AND THE FACT THAT, UM, HE'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, UP, UP UPFRONT IN TERMS OF LETTING US KNOW HIS PLANS IN ADVANCE IS REALLY GONNA BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE TOWN TO, TO HAVE THE PROCESS BE, YOU KNOW, AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE.
AND WE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH THE FINANCE, UH, PROCESS AND, AND, UH, RANDY HAD A BIG PART IN THAT.
AND, UM, AND SO I'M, I'M EXCITED TO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE FORMAT WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO, UH, HOW WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
AND BETH WAS A PART OF THAT AS WELL.
UM, I THINK IT WAS A, IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO REALLY DO A THOROUGH JOB BUT YET HAVE IT CONCISE AND, AND HAVE A DECISION MADE IN A TIMELY MANNER.
AND SO I THINK, UM, OUR THOUGHT IS TO HAVE THAT, UM, THAT THAT MINDSET, THAT PROCESS THAT WE USE SUCCESSFULLY FOR THE FINANCE DIRECTOR APPLIED TO THE RECREATION POSITION.
ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I JUST HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT TOO.
I SAY THERE'S SOME VILLAGE LEADERSHIP ON THERE, WHICH AGAIN, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THE VILLAGE.
THEY'VE GOT A GREAT RECREATION DEPARTMENT, SO GOOD TO SEE.
JOSH IS ON BOARD TO HELP OUT WITH SCREENER TOO.
THERE IS, ON ONE OF THE CODE AMENDMENTS, I'M GONNA BE OFFERING A VERBAL AMENDMENT.
IF YOU LOOK AT, THIS IS ON PAGE FIVE.
SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING, BUT WHAT I'M GONNA BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO IS NUMBER 11, 100 DASH THREE CONTROL OF DOGS.
UM, SO WE WANT TO ADD SUBSECTION D AS FILES.
ALL PET OWNERS AND KEEPERS ARE REQUIRED TO IMMEDIATELY AND PROPERLY DISPOSE OF THEIR PET CELL WASTE DEPOSIT ON ANY PROPERTY, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, NOT OWNED OR POSSESSED BY THE PERSON.
AND WE WANT TO ADD, UH, LANGUAGE THAT ANY VIOLATIONS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE ENFORCEMENT REQUIREMENTS AND PENALTIES OF CHAPTER 100 OF THE TOWN CODE.
SO I'LL OFFER THAT AMENDMENT WHEN WE GET THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? UM, THE REST OF THEM, IT'S WHAT'S IN BOLD BASED IS THE CHANGE.
SO SOME OF IT, LET SEE SOME, IT'S, IT'S BOLDED, UH, AND OTHERS, UH, IT'S A REVISION TO, UH, TO, TO REVISE AS, AS STATED IN THE AMENDMENT.
LIKE YOU SEE IN NUMBER TWO, UM, REVISE LAST SENTENCE TO READ AS FOLLOWS.
AND THEN THE PARENTHETICAL DESCRIBES WHAT, WHAT WAS PULLED THERE.
IT WAS THE HOURS OF OPERATION FOR, FOR BUSINESSES.
JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR ON WHAT THE ABSOLUTELY.
SO WE'RE CLEAR ON WHERE IT WAS BEFORE AND WHERE IT'S MOVING TO.
YEAH, SO THE, UM, FIRST ONE IS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION.
UM, AND THAT IS, UH, TO BE LOCATED NO CLOSER THAN FIVE FEET FROM ANY PROPERTY LINE UNLESS OTHERWISE APPROVED BY THE TOWN ENGINEER.
AND, AND I THINK THE, THE REVISION THERE IS THE FOUR NEW CONSTRUCTION, WHICH DIDN'T EXIST IN THE EXISTING CODE.
UM, SO THE FIVE FEET IS NOT WHAT CHANGED OR ANYTHING, IT'S JUST THE, THE FOUR NEW CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN IN THE, UH, NEXT ONE, THIS IS, UH, AGAIN, SIMPLY REMOVING THE LANGUAGE RELATED TO HOURS OF OPERATION FOR, FOR BUSINESSES.
AND WHAT WAS THE PREVIOUS LANGUAGE ON THE HOURS OF OPERATION? I THINK IT WAS LIKE 10 TO EIGHT, I BELIEVE.
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AND THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT AGREED THAT IT WAS, IT WAS RELATIVELY UNENFORCEABLE AND CUMBERSOME FOR, FOR BUSINESSES.UM, THE NUMBER THREE WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, WHERE FOLKS CAN, CAN BUILD, UM, UH, ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE, UH, 60 FEET IN THE COASTAL EROSION HAZARD AREAS, UH, AND IN OTHER AREAS, 40 FEET, IF NOT WITHIN THE COASTAL EROSION HAZARD AREA.
SO I THINK THAT'S A, UH, NEW ADDITION TO BE CONSISTENT WITH STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
WHAT ARE THEY CURRENTLY, I'M SORRY, THEY'RE GOING TO 1640 AND CURRENTLY THEY ARE.
WE CAN, WE CAN GET THAT BEFORE THE MEETING.
WHERE THEY'RE, WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.
'CAUSE THAT WASN'T, WASN'T INCLUDED.
IS THAT SOMETHING, IS THAT SOMETHING WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, UM, SEAN, DIDN'T THAT DISCUSSION COME UP IN THE, WAS IT THE C-E-A-C-E-A THAT YOU WERE, I I THINK THIS IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS ON THE LAKE GEAR SHORELINE, NOT THE 18 MILE CREEK.
IS IT THE SAME? I'M JUST WONDERING IF IT'S THE SAME ISSUE BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS AN ISSUE AT THAT TIME ABOUT THAT IT'S, AND WHETHER THIS WOULD BE THE SAME ISSUE.
WELL, I THINK THE, THE ISSUE'S THE SAME IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, CONSERVING THE LAND, HAVING IT NOT, NOT SO CLOSE TO THE EMBANKMENT.
UH, BUT THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S SPECIFICALLY TALKS ABOUT THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE.
HOW DOES THAT IMPACT ON ANYBODY WHO ALREADY HAS A STRUCTURE THAT NEEDS REMEDIATION OF SOME SORT? LIKE THEY NEED TO FIX, SAY THE BACK OF A HOME BECAUSE IT WAS DAMAGED IN A STORM? I, I WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE TO CHECK WITH THE PLAN PART, BUT I BELIEVE AT THIS WOULD JUST BE ANY NEW NEW PLAN.
SO IF THEY WANTED TO GO FURTHER BACK, PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED.
BUT FIXING ANYTHING THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE WOULDN'T AFFECT IT.
I THINK I WOULD, I WOULD DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S NOT GONNA IMPACT PEOPLE WHO ALREADY HAVE STRUCTURES, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE SEVERITY OF THE RECENT STORMS. HOMES THAT NORMALLY WERE NOT IN AN AREA OF HIGH DAMAGE ARE ROUTINELY IN AN AREA OF HIGH DAMAGE NOW.
AND I WOULD WANNA GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE WHATEVER CHANGES THEY NEEDED TO MAKE TO MAKE THEIR HOMES SAFE MM-HMM
AND NOT HAVE IT CONSIDERED A NEW BUILD OF ANY SORT, ALL STRUCTURES TO BE CONSTRUCTED, DOESN'T NECESSARILY SPECIFIED NEW.
THERE COULD BE SOME AMBIGUITY THERE.
AND WE DO, AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS, UH, RESOLUTION FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE'LL HAVE TIME TO, TO INFLUENCE THESE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, PLUMBING AND SITE UTILITY WORK, ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS, REMOVING SECTION C TWO.
UM, THAT ONE I, I THINK MAY HAVE BEEN RELATED TO NUMBER FIVE, BUT I CAN TRY AND FIND SOME CLARITY ON, ON THAT ONE.
UM, FIVE OF COURSE BEING, UH, REMOVING THE EXCEPTION FOR, FOR, FOR HOMEOWNERS AS FAR AS HAMBURG OR, UM, ALL PLUMBING AND SITE UTILITY WERE CONDUCTED IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG SHALL BE FORMED ONLY BY DULY LICENSED PLUMBERS.
AND CURRENTLY IT'S, THERE'S, THERE'S AN EXCEPTION THAT EXISTS FOR, FOR HOMEOWNERS.
SO THIS WAS A RE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE, FROM THE BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT.
OH, THIS IS FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT? YEAH.
UM, AND UH, NUMBER SIX IS IN REGARD TO, UH, MONUMENT SIGNS.
THERE'S A SECTION, UH, THAT IS WITHIN THE CODE CURRENTLY THAT, UH, PROHIBITS POLE SIGNS.
UM, AND THE EXISTING, THE, THE, THE PART FEATURED HERE, UM, WAS, UH, PROHIBITIVE TO BUSINESSES THAT WERE LOOKING TO ADD A, JUST A PANEL TO THEIR POLE SIGN.
SO, SO THEY HAD A POLE SIGN AT ONE POINT AND THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT PIECE OF PLASTIC THAT'S SITTING THERE, IT MIGHT BE BROKEN, UM, IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD, BUT THE ONLY OPTION THAT SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES HAD WOULD BE TO GO TO A MONUMENT SIGN.
UH, THIS ALLOWS REPLACEMENT OF SIMPLY THE PANELS, NOT A REPLACEMENT OF THE SIGN, BUT JUST THE PANELS.
SO THE, THE BUSINESS HAVE A OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAN THAT UP.
UM, AND THEN NUMBER NUMBER SEVEN IS, IS THE, UH, IS THE PIECE THAT ALLOWS FOR THE SIGN PANELS.
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AND IF YOU LOOK AT NUMBER EIGHT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CUTTING AND REMOVAL OF DEAD TREES.UH, PROPERTY OWNERS ARE, UH, REQUIRED TO REMOVE THOSE TREES WITHIN A TIMEFRAME SET BY THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
UH, AFTER A NOTICE IS MAILED TO THE HOMEOWNER BY THE BUILDING INSPECTOR SENT BY CERTIFIED MAL, UM, TO ENSURE, UH, SAFE TREE REMOVAL.
UM, NUMBER NINE IS, UH, UH, RELATED TO, UH, NUMBER EIGHT.
UM, AND BASICALLY IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS AUTHORIZING THE TOWN TO CUT DOWN AND REMOVE THE TREES IF THE PROPER DON DOESN'T AND ADD THAT TO THE, UH, TAX LEVY.
UM, MINIMUM LOT SIZE, UH, RE A REVISION TO, UH, READ THE REQUIRED MINIMUM LOT AREA FOR SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED DWELLINGS MAY BE REDUCED TO NO LESS THAN 10,000 SQUARE FEET, WHICH, UH, FROM THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS VANTAGE POINT WOULD ALLOW THE, THE HOMEOWNERS, UH, TO, UH, TO ADD ON SOME FEATURES THAT A LOT OF FOLKS THAT HAVE A NEW BUILD ARE, ARE LOOKING TO DO.
THAT MIGHT BE A DECK ON THE BACK.
SOME EXISTING LOTS WERE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER AND PROPERTY OWNERS WERE, WERE SURPRISED AT THE RESTRICTIONS THAT, THAT THEY HAD ON, ON SOME OF THEIR PROPERTY.
UM, 11 WE DISCUSSED CONTROLLED DOGS, A, KA, THE POOPER SCOOPER BILL, UM, AND NUMBER 12 IS, UH OH, THIS ONE IS, UM, POOLS.
UM, SO WE HAD, UH, A CODE AT ONE POINT THAT ALLOWED FOR THESE PERMITS TO BE OPEN FOR A FULL YEAR, WHICH RESULTED IN PEOPLE DECIDING THAT THEY WANTED A POOL AND THEN MAYBE THEY DIDN'T WANT A POOL AND THE, THE PROJECT WOULD JUST KIND OF LANGUISH THE CODE WAS CHANGED TO THREE MONTHS, UM, TO TIGHTEN THAT UP.
SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THESE POOL PROJECTS.
UH, BEING OPEN AND, AND CREATING UNSAFE SPACES IN THE COMMUNITY THREE MONTHS WAS JUST A LITTLE TOO, TOO FAST, ESPECIALLY WITH FOLKS THAT ARE TRYING TO GET ON A WAIT LIST TO GET A POOL INSTALLED IN THEIR HOME.
SO THEY SUGGEST, UH, OPENING THAT UP TO, TO SIX MONTHS, 180 CALENDAR DAYS.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ABOUT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE CODE? WE'LL, UH, IF WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK, WE'LL TRY AND GET SOME INFORMATION ON THOSE TWO POINTS THAT YOU GUYS RAISED.
UM, AND IF NOT, WE CAN CERTAINLY CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION AS WE APPROACH THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WANNA JUMP IN? SURE, PLEASE DO.
I CAN CHECK WITH REGARD TO NUMBER THREE.
SO RIGHT NOW THAT SUBSECTION E, BUT THEY WANNA PUT IN, UM, DOESN'T EXIST.
SO THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS IN TERMS OF THE COASTAL EROSION HAZARD AREAS OR THE, LIKE THESE BUILDING THRESHOLDS THAT THEY'RE LISTING.
IT WOULD BE A NEW SECTION ALTOGETHER, AT LEAST FROM MY READING OF THE CODE JUST NOW.
AND THAT'S A, THAT'S SOMETHING NEW BECAUSE THERE'S A NEW REQUIREMENT OR THAT, I'M NOT SURE.
I JUST KNOW THAT THAT LANGUAGE AS PROPOSED IS NOT IN THE CODE.
UM, E ONE AND TWO DOES NOT EXIST.
SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S A STIPULATION FROM THE STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR ANYTHING? IT'S THAT I'M NOT SURE OF.
SO AS IN ADDITION AND IT WOULD BE, UM, UH, ALL STRUCTURES TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
SO THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD EXEMPT EXISTING STRUCTURES, CORRECT.
LISA? YES, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THE CODE AMENDMENTS? ANY OTHER BUSINESS? YEAH, I WOULD WANNA DISCUSS MOVING THE JUNE 20TH MEETING TO JUNE 21ST.
UM, JUNE 20TH IS THE FEDERAL DAY OF OBSERVANCE FOR JUNETEENTH, SO I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE WE SHOULD MOVE OUR MEETING TO THAT TUESDAY.
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TO THE 27TH.SO, SO THAT WOULD PUT IT CLOSED.
THAT WOULD PUT IT ON THE 27TH.
AND WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING WEEK OFF FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY.
I THINK STAYING WITH MONDAYS WOULD OKAY.
DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU, SEAN? YEAH, THAT'S FINE.
SO, UM, YEAH, YOU'RE GONNA OFFER THAT AS A RESOLUTION.
DO YOU FOR TODAY? I'LL PUT IT ON THE JENNIFER.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANY REPORTS, ANY BUSINESS FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT WE WANNA TALK ABOUT BEFORE THE MEETING? I DIDN'T THINK SO.
WE HAVE TO SPRING THAT ONE FORWARD YET.
UM, BUT WE'LL RECONVENE BACK DOWN HERE AT, UH, SEVEN O'CLOCK INSTEAD OF THE DOWN LINE.
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SECOND MOTION BY SUPERVISOR HOKE.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HULK.
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THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS AS FOLLOWED.FEBRUARY 28TH, 2022 TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION.
FEBRUARY 28TH, 2022, TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER COMERFORD AND A SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
RECORDING LEGAL NOTICE RFP 18 MILE GOLF COURSE.
FOOD CONCESSION STAND SEAL PROPOSALS ARE HEREBY REQUESTED ON THE FOLLOWING OPERATION OF A FOOD CONCESSION.
STAND AT 18 MILE CREEK GOLF COURSE.
2022 TO 2024 WITH A 2025 OPTION SEASONS ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH SPECIFICATIONS ON FILE WITH THE HAMBURG TOWN CLERK CATHERINE.
A RODINSKY 6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK D SPECIFICATIONS MAY BE OBTAINED IN THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS ON WEEKDAYS, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 9:00 AM TO 5:00 PM LOCAL TIME SEALED PROPOSALS ON THE ABOVE MUST BE FILED AND SUBMITTED IN WRITING TO THE HAMBURG TOWN CLERK.
6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK.
1 4 0 7 5, NO LATER THAN 11:00 AM LOCAL TIME ON MARCH 25TH, 2022.
PROPOSALS MUST BE MARKED OPERATION OF A FOOD CONCESSION STAND AT 18 MILE CREEK GOLF COURSE 2022 THROUGH 2024.
WITH 2025 OPTION SEASONS, THE TOWN BOARD RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ALL PROPOSALS AND TO WAIVE ANY FORMALITIES.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOKE.
OPPOSED? CARRIED LEGAL NOTICE SON OF HENRY, PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT THERE HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE TOWN BOARD ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 2022.
PURSUANT TO THE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, A PROPOSED LOCAL LAW TO BE KNOWN AS PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NUMBER 1, 20 22 SAID LOCAL LAW PROVIDES FOR THE AMENDMENT OF LOCAL LAW.
CHAPTER 2 8 0 ENTITLED ZONING AND PROVIDES SUBSTANTIALLY AS FOLLOWS, AMENDS THE TOWN ZONING LAW CHAPTER TWO 80 OF THE HAMBURG TOWN CODE BY AMENDING THE EXISTING PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT A MAP COPY ILLUSTRATING THE AREA OF THE TOWN APPLICABLE TO THIS LAW WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS AT THE TWO FOLLOWING LOCATIONS, HAMBURG TOWN HALL, TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE, UPPER LEVEL AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, LOWER LEVEL 6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK, 1 4 0 7 5.
AND IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG'S WEBSITE WWW.TOWNOFHAMBURGNY.COM.
THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO THE STATUTES AND PROVISIONS OF MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON MARCH 14TH, 2022 AT 7:00 PM LOCAL TIME, AT WHICH TIME ALL INTERESTED PERSONS MAY BE HEARD.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
OPPOSED? CARRIED PROPOSED CODE AMENDMENTS WHEREAS HAMBURG TOWN COURT CODE CONTAINS AND SPECIFIES THE LOCAL LAWS AND ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
AND WHEREAS DRAFT LANGUAGE HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE HAMBURG TOWN CODE SEE ATTACHED AMENDMENTS.
AND WHEREAS PURSUANT TO THE HOME, MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD IS PROPOSING TO ENACT A LOCAL LAW AS FOLLOWS.
BE ENACTED THAT THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMPTON, NEW YORK, THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AMENDS THE HAMBURG TOWN CODE CODE AS FOLLOWS.
A TWO 80 DASH 2 77 A REVISED TO READ ACCESS DRIVES PARKING AREAS AND WALKWAYS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE LOCATED NO CLOSER THAN FIVE FEET FROM ANY PROPERTY LINE IN LESS OTHERWISE APPROVED BY THE TOWN ENGINEER.
2 2 80 DASH 69 INTENT REVISED LAST SENTENCE TO READ.
COMMERCIAL USES IN THIS DISTRICT ARE NOT OVERLY INTRUSIVE TO THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS, LOW NOISE LEVELS AND ODOR GENERATION.
UNOBTRUSIVE LIGHTING, LIMITED SIGNAGE, MINIMIZATION OF POINTS OF EGRESS AND INGRESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF SHARED ACCESS.
REMOVE LANGUAGE RELATED TO HOURS OF OPERATION.
3 2 80 DASH 10 D SECTION THREE.
CONSERVATION AREAS ADD SUBSECTION E AS FOLLOWS, ALL STRUCTURES TO BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG LAKE ERIE.
SHORELINE SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING SETBACKS FROM THE TOP BANK AND MUST MEET ALL THE TOWN, STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
ONE IN THE COASTAL EROSION HAZARD AREAS.
TWO IN OTHER AREAS NOT WITHIN THE COASTAL EROSION HAZARD AREAS.
40 FEET FROM THE TOP OF BANK NUMBER 4 76 DASH 24 PLUMBING AND SITE UTILITY WORK.
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS REMOVE
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SECTION C NUMBER 5 76 DASH 24 A REVISE AND TO READ ALL PLUMBING AND SITE UTILITY WERE CONDUCTED IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG SHALL BE PERFORMED ONLY BY A DULY LICENSED PLUMBER.REMOVE EXCEPTION FOR HOMEOWNERS NUMBER 6 2 80 DASH TWO 40 E.
SECTION TWO REGARDING MONUMENT SIGNS REMOVE AND INSTANT TIRE.
NON-CONFORMING SIGNS REVISED FIRST SENTENCE TO READ.
NON-CONFORMING SIGNS EXISTING AT THE TIME OF THE ADOPTION OF THIS ARTICLE, WHICH DO NOT CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS IN THIS ARTICLE, SHALL BE CONSIDERED NON-CONFORMING SIGNS AND SHALL ONLY BE REPLACED WITH THE SIGNS THAT FULLY COMPLY WITH THE PRECISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE PROVIDED.
HOWEVER, NON-CONFORMING SIGN PANELS MAY BE REPLACED IN KIND AND NON-CONFORMING SIGNS MAY BE MAINTAINED REPAINTED OR REPAIRED SUCH REPAIRS SOLELY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INCURRENCE OF DAMAGE OR DETERIORATION OF THE SIGN AND PROVIDED THAT SUCH REPAINTING REPAIRS DO NOT EXCEED THE DIMENSIONS OF THE EXISTING SIGN.
CUTTING AND REMOVAL OF DEAD TREES REVISED TO READ ALL OWNERS OF REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH DEAD OR ABANDONED TREES ARE PERMITTED TO STAND, WHICH PRODUCE OR CAUSE TO BE PRODUCED A DANGEROUS CONDITION LIKELY TO CAUSE IMMINENT DAMAGE TO A STRUCTURE OR BUILDING LOCATED ON SAID PREMISES OR TO STRUCTURE OR BUILDING ON LAND'S.
A JOINING SAID PREMISES SHALL CUT DOWN, SAID TREE OR TREES.
REMOVE THE SAME FROM THE PREMISES WITHIN A TIMEFRAME SET BY A COURT ENFORCE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AFTER THE MAILING OF A NOTICE IN WRITING BY THE BUILDING INSPECTOR SENT BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL TO THE OWNER OR OWNER SHOWN IN THE CURRENT ASSESSMENT ROLE TO THE ADDRESS SHOWN THEREON.
NUMBER NINE 90 DASH FOUR DISREGARD OF NOTICE REVISED TO READ IN THE EVENT THAT THE OWNER OR OWNER SHALL FAIL TO CUT DOWN DEAD TREES AND SHALL FAIL TO REMOVE THE FALLEN DEAD TREES AFTER THE MAILING OF SAID NOTICE AS HEARING SPECIFIED, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO CUT DOWN OR REMOVE THE SAME AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN CUT DOWN AT THE EXPENSE OF THE OWNER OR OWNERS.
WHICH EXPENSE OF SUCH WORK SHALL BE REPORTED TO THE TOWN BOARD WHO SHALL DIRECT THE SAME TO BE LEVIED AGAINST THE PREMISES UPON WHICH SAID WORK WAS DONE.
TEN TWO EIGHTY DASH TWO 80 2D MINIMUM LOT SIZE REVISED TO READ THE REQUIRED MINIMUM LOT AREA FOR SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED DWELLINGS MAY BE REDUCED TO NO LESS THAN 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
NUMBER 11 100 DASH THREE CONTROL OF DOGS ADD SUBSECTION D AS FOLLOWS, ALL PET OWNERS AND KEEPERS ARE REQUIRED TO IMMEDIATELY AND PROPERLY DISPOSE OF THEIR PET'S SOLID WASTE DEPOSITED ON ANY PROPERTY, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, NOT OWNED OR POSSESSED BY THE PERSON.
ACTION ON APPLICATION, REVISE THE FIRST SENTENCE TO READ.
PERMITS SHALL CONTINUE UNTIL REVOKED OR FINALIZED AS PROVIDED HEREIN OR EXPIRE AFTER A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR.
PERMITS WILL EXPIRE AFTER A PERIOD OF 180 CALENDAR DAYS.
REPLACE 60 DAYS WITH 180, WHEREAS THE TOWN WOULD LIKE TO START THE PROCESS OF CONSOLIDATING THESE ZONING REVISIONS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECRET REGULATIONS, THE TOWN BOARD WOULD LIKE TO ESTABLISH ITSELF A SECRET LEAD AGENCY AND REFER THESE PROPOSED CODE REVISIONS TO ERIE COUNTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SECTION 2 3 9 DASH M NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN TON BOARD SETS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AT THE HAMBURG TOWN HALL.
6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK AT 7:00 PM ON MONDAY, APRIL 4TH, 2022.
SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY ON THE QUESTION.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO OFFER, UM, AN AMENDMENT HERE TO ADD TO SECTION 11 UNDER 100 DASH THREE CONTROL OF DOGS, UH, TO, UH, ADD LANGUAGE THAT ANY VIOLATIONS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE ENFORCEMENT REQUIREMENTS AND PENALTIES OF CHAPTER 100 OF THE TOWN CODE.
SHARE THAT AMENDMENT WITH THE CLERK.
UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, WITH AN AMENDMENT OFFERED SECOND ON THE AMENDMENT.
MAY I INTERRUPT? MOMENT WE GO ON.
UM, WE GOING TO TAKE COMMENTS ON THE, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR NUMBER FIVE.
UM, WE DO HAVE A, A PUBLIC HEARING.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE TO SPEAK AND, UH, WE CAN, WE CAN START, UM, WHO WOULD LIKE TO START ON BEHALF OF THE PROJECT OR AGAINST THE PROJECT? GOOD EVENING, HOW ARE YOU? VERY WELL.
JOCELYN BOSS, VICE PRESIDENT, PEOPLE INC.
SORT OF AN OVERVIEW, UM, OF WHAT THIS IS.
UM, IT'S A PROJECT THAT WE'LL BE APPLYING FOR FUNDING FOR NEXT DECEMBER.
IT'S A COMBINATION OF SENIOR APARTMENTS
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AND ALSO 18 AND OVER TOTAL NUMBER.UM, OUR TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE IS, UH, 15,003 STORY BUILDINGS, 35 UNITS IN BUILDING A, WHICH IS THE SENIOR COMPLEX 49 UNITS IN BUILDING B, WHICH IS THE 18 AND UP.
SO IT'S SORT OF A GRANDPARENTS AND WORKFORCE HOUSING SPLIT BETWEEN BY A HUGE ATRIUM.
THAT WAY WE CAN APPLY FOR TWO SEPARATE FUNDINGS.
COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL, UM, CAME WITH CHRIS HALL TO SEE OUR OAKLAND PROPERTIES AND UM,
UM, THE CONCEPT PLAN, MARK BROOKS IS HERE IF YOU WANNA SEE IT FROM LONG ASSOCIATES.
WE ORIGINALLY CAME BEFORE THE TOWN BOARD IN DECEMBER, AT WHICH TIME THE TOWN BOARD TOOK LEAD AGENCY.
WE'VE BEEN TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOUR TIMES AND THEY MADE A UNANIMOUS REFERRAL TO YOU TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT TO THE PUD.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I MEAN, I COULD JUST KEEP GOING ON OR NOT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
I, I THINK FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, JUST A QUICK SUMMARY OF OF OF WHERE YOU'RE AT.
UH, THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR THE PUD WAS CALLED OLD TIME VILLAGE, WHICH CONSISTED OF A GAS STATION AND A MIXED USE BUILDING.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO DO IS MODIFY THE PUD TO ALLOW FOR THE TWO APARTMENTS VERSUS A GAS STATION AND, UH, RETAIL.
I THINK IT WAS FROM THE EARLY EIGHTIES THAT THIS PUD WAS DONE.
UM, I DID SEND TO THE BOARD, UM, A MARKET STUDY THAT WAS DONE BY NEW MARK FRANK ALMOST A YEAR AGO NOW.
AND THE CAPTURE RATE ON THE NEED IS ONLY 3%, WHICH MEANS OF THE ELIGIBLE FOLKS THAT ARE COMING OR WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE COMPLEX, WE WOULD ONLY HAVE TO CAPTURE 3% OF THOSE IN ORDER TO BE A HUNDRED PERCENT FULL.
UM, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED AT OUR FIRST PLANNING BOARD MEETING, ONE OF THE ADEQUACY OF PARKING.
UM, I HAD SHARED WITH THE PLANNING BOARD, UM, A DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF CURRENT PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE OF OVER A THOUSAND UNITS.
AND HOW MANY PARKING SPACES ARE IN EACH ONE? UM, WE HAVE 1,190, UH, TOTAL UNITS AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CARS AT THOSE COMPLEXES ARE 591.
SO IT'S HALF COMPARABLE TO 50% NEED.
UM, PARKING FIXES, WE HAVE 104.
UM, GIVEN THAT 85.7% OF THE PROPOSED UNITS CONSIST OF ONLY ONE BEDROOM AND ALSO GIVEN THE PARKING DEMAND FROM OUR NUMEROUS OTHER PROJECTS, AS I MENTIONED, WE ENTIRELY ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE PROPOSED A HUNDRED, 405 MINUTES WILL BE ADEQUATE.
UM, THERE IS ALSO QUESTIONS ABOUT SIDEWALKS ON ROGERS.
WE HAVE PUT THEM ON ROGERS AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT WOULD THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DO FOR THE CHILDREN AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAID THEY WOULD PULL INTO THE COMPLEX TO PICK UP THE CHILDREN.
THAT'S SORT OF A QUICK SUMMARY.
THE INCOME LEVELS WHICH MAKES YOUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING RULE IS, UH, ALL OF OUR UNITS ARE 60% OR LESS IMMEDIATE INCOME WHERE THE TOWN'S AFFORDABLE RULE I BELIEVE IS 80% OR LESS.
SO I'LL COME BACK UP IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT FOR OR AGAINST? ALRIGHT.
DO WE NEED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? IS THAT OFFICIAL? OKAY, THEN I WILL A HEARING NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, THEN WE'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL, UH, IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, I LIVE IN SENIOR HOUSING ON SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD AND I'M HERE TO JUST ON FOUR MORE SENIOR HOUSING IN AMBER.
I WAS ON A WAITING LIST FOR OVER A YEAR MYSELF TO GET INTO THE SENIORS AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED IN HAMBURG.
SO, UH, A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BY SUPERVISOR HO.
SECOND AND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL.
I THINK THAT BRINGS US TO RESOLUTION SEVEN.
WHEREAS THE SPEED LIMIT ON CLARK STREET LINE TO MCKINLEY PARKWAY IS 35 MILES PER HOUR.
AND WHEREAS THE SPEED LIMIT ON LEGION DRIVE IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG FROM THE HAMBURG VILLAGE LINE TO CAMP ROAD IS 35 MILES PER HOUR.
AND WHEREAS THE SPEED LIMIT ON NEWTON ROAD IN THE TOWN
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OF HAMBURG FROM THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG LINE TO MCKINLEY PARKWAY IS 40 MILES PER HOUR.AND FROM MCKINLEY PARKWAY TO THE HAMBURG TOWN LINE IS 45 MILES PER HOUR.
AND WHEREAS ON DECEMBER 13TH, 2021, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD PASSED A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE COUNTY OF ERIE CONDUCT A TRAFFIC STUDY TO ASSESS REDUCING THE SPEED LIMITS ON THE AFOREMENTIONED PARTS OF CLARK STREET, LEGION DRIVE AND NEWTON ROAD IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
AND WHEREAS THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD HAS RECEIVED THE RESULTS OF THE COUNTY SPEED STUDY ASSISTANCE REQUEST ATTACHED HERE WITHIN THE DATA PROVIDED, RECOMMENDS REDUCING THE SPEED LIMITS ON THE SPECIFIED ROADS AS FOLLOWS, 30 MILES PER HOUR ON CLARK STREET FROM THE VILLAGE LINE TO MCKINLEY PARKWAY AND 30 MILES PER HOUR ON LEGION DRIVE FROM THE VILLAGE LINE TO CAMP ROAD AND 35 MILES PER HOUR ON NEWTON ROAD FROM THE VILLAGE LINE TO MCKINLEY PARKWAY AND 40 MILES PER HOUR ON NEWTON ROAD FROM MCKINLEY PARKWAY TO THE ORCHARD PARK TOWNLINE.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE REDUCTION OF SPEED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPEEDS RECOMMENDED BY THE ERIE COUNTY SPEED STUDY ASSISTANCE REPORT.
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT DB 0.511 0.005 SIGNS AND SIGNALS.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CUMBER.
WHEREAS ON JANUARY 11TH, 2021, THE SOUND BOARD OF HAMBURG AUTHORIZED SAG TO CONNECT SEVEN 70 WATT HIGH PRESSURE SODIUM LUMINARIES FOR THE PLEASANT CREEK SUBDIVISION.
PHASE TWO STREETLIGHT INSTALLATION WORK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EXISTING RATE TARIFF, WHEREAS SAG IS UNABLE TO CONNECT LIGHTS UNDER THE EXISTING TARIFF RATE TARIFF DUE TO THE UPCOMING TOWN PURCHASE OF ALL THE STREETLIGHTS AND REQUIRES NEW STREETLIGHTS TO SET UP BE SET UP AS SERVICE CLASSIFICATION FOUR FOR NICE EGG ENERGY ONLY.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED NICE EGG TO CONNECT SEVEN 70 WATT HIGH PRESSURE SODIUM LUMINARIES FOR THE PLEASANT CREEK SUBDIVISION.
PHASE TWO STREETLIGHT INSTALLATION WORK UNDER THE SC FOUR ACCOUNT AND ASSOCIATED RATE TARIFF AND BE FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TWO CERTIFIED COPIES OF THIS RESOLUTION BE PROVIDED TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSMITTAL TO NYSEG.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOKE.
DO YOU HAVE NINE ON HERE? NO, IT WASN'T ON THERE.
IS MR. RYAN HERE NUMBER NINE? RIGHT HERE.
OH, DO YOU HAVE THE DO WE HAVE THE DOCUMENTATION FOR BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOLUTION.
IS THAT ON THE RIGHT? IT'S NOT ON THE IT'S NOT? NO.
BUT WE CAN LET THIS RIDE FOR NEXT MEETING.
IT IT'LL BE BEFORE THE FIRST SO I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE OKAY.
SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HOKE OFFERED A MOTION TO TABLE RESOLUTION NUMBER EIGHT.
NOT SURE IF WE NEED IT, BUT WE'LL DO IT ANYWAYS.
COUNCIL MEMBER KINDLY ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WHEREAS THE HAMBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT IS IN NEED OF A NEW BID TO PROCURE AND ACCESS POLICE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND WHEREAS THE CURRENT BID EXPIRES IN APRIL OF 2022.
THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR POLICE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HULK ON OR SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL.
OPPOSED CARRIED RESOLUTION 11.
APPROVE LOS SAP ADDITIONAL POINTS WHEREAS THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, WOODLAWN, NEWTON, ABBOTT ARMOR, BIGTREE LAKESHORE SCRANTON HAS PREVIOUS ESTABLISHED A LENGTH OF SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM HEREIN REFERRED TO AS LOS A FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS, THE AFOREMENTIONED FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS AND ESTABLISH A POINT SYSTEM FOR LOS A IN ACCORDANCE WITH NEW YORK STATE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SUBSECTION TWO 17.
AND WHEREAS THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED AND THE GOVERNOR SIGNED, UH, F-A-S-N-Y ENDORSED LEGISLATION AMENDING THE LENGTH OF SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREDITING OF UP TO FIVE ADDITIONAL POINTS PER MONTH.
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FOR PERIODS OF LESS THAN ONE MONTH TO EACH ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER FOR EACH MONTH.THAT SPECIAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE RULES WERE IN PLACE RESTRICTING FIREFIGHTER RESPONSES TO EMERGENCY RESPONSES AND OR RESTRICTING THE HOLDING OF ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH POINT POINTS COULD BE EARNED DUE TO GUIDELINES RELATED TO THE STATE DISASTER.
AND WHEREAS IN ORDER FOR THE ADDITIONAL POINTS TO BE AWARDED, THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION CONTROLLING THE FIRE SERVICE MUST ADOPT A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THE NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL SAP POINTS TO BE CREDITED EACH MONTH.
AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF NEW YORK STATE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SUBSECTION 2 1 7 P HAS DETERMINED TO AWARD AN ADDITIONAL TWO POINTS PER MONTH UNDER THE POINT SYSTEM FOR EACH MONTH SINCE THE COVID-19 STATE EMERGENCY WAS IN PLACE, STARTING WITH MARCH 1ST, 2020 AND CONTINUING THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2020 AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT ANY ADDITIONAL POINTS CREDITED PURSUANT TO GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW.
SUBSECTION TWO 17 P SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER POINTS EARNED DURING THE STATE DISASTER AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS THAT WERE NOT ON THE ACTIVE ROLES DURING ALL OR PART OF THE FORSET PERIOD DUE TO LEAVE OF ABSENCE, SUSPENSION OR OTHER REASON, SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THESE SPECIAL COVID-19 POINTS DURING ANY PERIOD THAT THEY WERE NOT ACTIVE FIREFIGHTERS PARTICIPATING IN THE ACCUMULATION OF POINTS UNDER LSAP.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER C****R.
WHEREAS THE HAMBURG REJUVENATION PROJECT COMPRISED OF VOLUNTEER MEMBERS HAS ANNUALLY PLANNED TOWN WIDE EVENTS TO BENEFIT AND BRING TOGETHER OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS FOLLOWING A TWO YEAR HIATUS DUE TO THE CONSTRAINTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PANDEMIC, THE HAMBURG REJUVENATION PROJECT MEMBERSHIP HAS RESUMED PREPARATIONS FOR THESE MUCH ANTICIPATED AND VALUED EVENTS.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD ANNOUNCES THE HAMBURG REJUVENATION PROJECT WILL COORDINATE AND SPONSOR THE FOLLOWING EVENTS DURING THE YEAR 2022 TOWN BEAUTIFICATION MONTH, MAY, 2022, LAST ON THE BEACH JULY 30TH, 2022 AND CHRISTMAS AT THE CABIN DECEMBER 3RD, 2022.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THEN INFORMATION REGARDING THESE EVENTS WILL BE DISSEMINATED ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE AND THROUGH TOWN AND HAMBURG REJUVENATION PROJECT, SOCIAL MEDIA.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOKE.
BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVE THE TERMINATION AND HIRING OF PERSONNEL FOR THE YOUTH RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
AS PER THE ATTACHED PAF WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CUMBER.
WHEREAS THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT IS IN NEED OF AN IT MANAGEMENT PLATFORM TO MORE EFFE EFFECTIVELY STREAMLINE NETWORK OPERATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS.
AND WHEREAS A MANAGEMENT PLATFORM PROVIDES COMPLETE VISIBILITY AND CONTROL OVER THE TOWN'S NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHEREAS AN IT HELP DESK SOLUTION PROVIDES A MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO MANAGE DAY-TO-DAY IT REQUESTS WHILE SAVING TIME AND MONEY NOW BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF CASIA, THE PURCHASE PRICE IS $13,372 AND 93 CENTS.
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT A 1 6 9.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL.
WHEREAS ON FEBRUARY 7TH, 2022, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO RELEASE AN RFP FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES PERTAINING TO THE A DA ACCESSIBILITY PROJECT AT HAMBURG TOWN HALL.
AND WHEREAS THE RFPS WERE OPENED ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10TH, 2022 WITH THE FOLLOWING FIRM SUBMITTING PROPOSALS LEWIS DESIGN SOLUTIONS ARCHITECTURE LLC $12,500 Z ARCHITECTURAL PC $17,250 EI TEAM ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION $123,584.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH LEWIS DESIGN SOLUTIONS ARCHITECTURE.
LLC FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,500 IS AVAILABLE WITHIN CD 46 86.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
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ON DECEMBER 13TH, 2021, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO RELEASE AN RFP FOR CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL SERVICES.AND WHEREAS THE RFPS WERE OPENED ON FEBRUARY 18TH, 2022 AND REVIEWED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING, SUBMITTING PROPOSALS, LEGAL AID BUREAU $75 AN HOUR CENTER FOR ELDER LAW AND JUSTICE $20,000 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED AS THE HUNDRED POUND BOARD AUTHORIZED THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE LEGAL AID BUREAU OF BUFFALO INCORPORATED BASED UPON THEIR RESPONSE TO THE PRESS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.
RFP FUNDING FOR THE CONTRACT IS AVAILABLE WITHIN THE CD 45 86.
UM, DO WE KNOW THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR CHRIS? HOW MANY HOURS WE NOT NORMALLY REQUIRE? YES.
UH, IT'S BASED ON A 50 HOUR, 50, UH, 50 CLIENT MAX FOR A TWO YEAR CONTRACT.
AND IF WE PLACE IT ON THREE HOURS PER CLIENT, IT'S ABOUT 11,002.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
THE TOWN, HAMBURG TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE ON A SCREENING COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE THE QUALIFICATIONS OF CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF RECREATION.
RANDALL HOKE, SUPERVISOR SEAN CONNOLLY.
DANIEL CHACHA, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE YOUTH BOARD TO BE DETERMINED, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD TO BE DETERMINED AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD TO BE DETERMINED.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOKE.
AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, ACCEPT THE TOWN BOARD AUDIT OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS DATED MONDAY, MARCH 14TH, 2022.
TOTAL CASH DISBURSEMENTS SUBMITTED FOR AUDIT.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
AND THAT TAKES US TO BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR.
WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL FOLKS THAT ARE JOINING US FOR WHAT MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT AND THEIR STUDENTS.
SO IT MAY BE THE LAST TIME, BUT WE HOPE THAT YOU COME BACK AND SEE US ANOTHER TIME.
UH, IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WISHES, UH, TO BE HEARD? ALL RIGHT, THEN WE WILL GO RIGHT TO REPORTS FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS.
IF ANYBODY, UH, WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING AT THE END, UM, THEY CAN DO SO.
LISA, LEGAL, NOTHING TO REPORT.
JOE, YOU'RE HERE ON BEHALF OF MARTY.
UH, AS WE ALL KNOW, THIS THURSDAY ST.
PATRICK'S DAY, UH, AT THE HAY CITY COMMUNITY CENTER.
I CAN'T GUARANTEE ANYBODY'S GONNA FIND GOLD IN THE RAINBOW, BUT WE'RE HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY LUNCHES FOR OUR SENIOR PARTICIPANTS AND ADULT DAY SERVICES AND OUR COUNTRY DINING WITH AS WELL AS ENTERTAINMENT FOR TODAY.
SO OUR BOARD MEMBERS HAVE TIME THAT DAY.
PLEASE STOP BY AND, UH, HAVE A WONDERFUL SEAT.
CAMMI ENGINEERING, UH, JUST WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS FILLING THE POSITION OF THE PRINCIPAL ENGINEERING ASSISTANT.
WE HAD FIVE INTERVIEWS AND HAVE NARROWED THAT DOWN TO THREE CANDIDATES, BUT WE'VE ASKED TO COME BACK SO WE'LL BE SCHEDULING THAT SOON.
UM, ALSO I WAS ADVISED TODAY THAT THE 90% DESIGN FOR OUR LED CONVERSION OF STREETLIGHTS IS COMPLETE.
UH, THEY SENT ME A VERY, VERY LARGE FILE THAT I'VE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH YET, BUT I'LL BE DOING THAT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH THEM TO GO OVER THEIR PROGRESS AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
CAN I ASK ONE QUICK, QUICK QUESTION? SURE.
UM, ANY UH, PROGRESS NOTES ON THE TOWN WIDE RANGE STUDY? UH, NO.
THE LAST PROGRESS I STILL HAD WAS THAT THEY WERE A ANALYZING THE, THE LARGE PILE OF DATA THAT THEY HAVE COLLECTED OVER SEVERAL MONTHS.
UM, AND THEN WOULD HAVE SOMETHING MORE FOR US IN THE SPRING.
THERE IS A COUPLE FOLLOW UP AREAS FOR SOME FIELD WORK, UM, THAT THEY DO HAVE TO BALANCE THE WINTER WEATHER VERSUS A GOOD SPRING RAIN IS WHAT THEY'RE KIND OF GOING FOR.
SO THAT WILL TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME.
HAVE THEY GIVEN YOU I'LL TRY TO HAVE SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE DETAILED BY THE NEXT MEETING.
SO THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN YOU LIKE A TIMELINE OR WHEN WE MIGHT ANTICIPATE SOMETHING? NO, THANK YOU.
JUST WANNA SAY THANKS TO THE BOARD
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FOR APPROVING OUR CONTRACTS TONIGHT.OTHER THAN THAT, THE FEDERAL BUDGET, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE SIGNED THE 2022 FEDERAL BUDGET.
WE'LL HOPEFULLY BE SIGNED BY TOMORROW.
AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL PROBABLY FIND OUT OUR AMOUNT WITHIN SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS FOR THE 2022 GRANT YEAR.
NOTHING'S BEEN ON HOLD IS OCTOBER 1ST WAS THE START OF THE YEAR AND THEY JUST PASSED IT.
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, NOTHING TO REFLECT.
OTHER PAT FINANCE, NOTHING TO REPORT KATHY CLERKS NO REPORT.
ALRIGHT, UM, REPORTS FROM THE BOARD, MR. OH, I'M SORRY.
UM, AS I ANNOUNCED IN THE RESOLUTION, THE HAMBURG REJUVENATION PROJECT IS VERY EXCITED THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO RESUME WITH SOME OF THOSE, UM, ALWAYS ANTICIPATED, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS.
UH, IN PARTICULAR, WHAT I WANTED TO NOTE WAS THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE THIS YEAR.
UH, THE TOWN IS PROBABLY VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE TOWN WIDE, UM, CLEANUP DAY THAT USUALLY IS HOSTED AT THE BEGINNING OF MAY THIS YEAR.
THE CHANGES THAT IT WILL BE, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED IT IN THE RESOLUTION, IT IS A TOWN WIDE BEAUTIFICATION MONTH.
UH, SO IT WILL BE STRUCTURED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY AND THERE WILL BE INFORMATION FORTHCOMING AND GROUPS THAT ARE INTERESTED WILL BE ABLE TO PICK UP KITS, BUT IT WILL BE A MONTH OF BEAUTIFICATION IN OUR TOWN AS OPPOSED TO DESIGNATION OF THE, I BELIEVE IT WAS USUALLY THE FIRST SATURDAY.
SO THAT IS ONE, ONE CHANGE I WANTED TO NOTE.
AND THAT, UM, INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THOSE SOCIAL MEDIA SITES AND ON THE TOWN WEBSITE AS, AS MORE BECOMES AVAILABLE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
THANKS, BETH MEG? UM, I JUST FOUND A REPORT THAT I HAD MET WITH THE LIBRARY GROUP AND IT WAS VERY EXCITING.
I WAS INTERESTED TO SEE ALL THE THINGS THEY HAVE PLANNED FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN THE COMING MONTHS.
UM, THEY HAVE SOME PROJECTS OF, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY PLAN ON MAKING TO THEIR BUILDING, BUT THEY'RE ALSO PLANNING ON BRINGING BACK MANY OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WERE PUT ON HOLD DURING COVID.
SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE LIFE GETTING BACK TO A LITTLE BIT OF NORMAL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, AS MENTIONED IN THE, IN THE WORK SESSION AS WELL AS EARLIER, UM, OUR RECREATION DIRECTOR, MARTY DEKE, HAS ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT EFFECTIVE MAY 6TH.
UH, WE DO HAVE A SCREENING COMMITTEE READY TO GO, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK MARTY DEKE FOR HIS, UH, 36 34 YEARS OF SERVICE.
30 19 88 IS WHEN MARTY STARTED, UH, WITH THE TOWN.
SO CERTAINLY BIG SHOES TO FILL.
UM, I ALSO, UH, JUST WANT TO RECOMMEND THE, THE WORK OF, OF COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL AND THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD IN RECOMMENDING, UH, THOSE, THOSE SPEED REDUCTIONS.
IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN OUR, OUR VILLAGE OF HAMBURG WHO WITH THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IDENTIFIED THAT NEED AND THEIR PLANNING PROCEDURES.
AND THEN OF COURSE WORKING WITH ERIE COUNTY TO HAVE THE, THE STUDY DONE.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, I WOULD BE REMISS IF A TOWN BOARD OF FOLKS WITH NAMES LIKE HULK FERRELL, CONLEY AND COMERFORD DIDN'T WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY ST.
SO, UM, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
HOW'S THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW KATHY WILL WANNA NOTE A FEW WEEKS.
SO IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT MARTY'S RETIREMENT WILL BE LIKE TOM BRADYS
ALRIGHT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOKO IN A FAVOR, SAY AYE.
MR. FOLKS AND STUDENTS, IF YOU NEED STUFF SIGNED, FEEL FREE TO COME ON UP AND WE CAN DO THAT FOR YOU.