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WELCOME EVERYBODY TO OUR WORK SESSION.
LET'S CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ALRIGHT, FOLKS, WE HAVE, I WOULD SAY, A LIGHTER AGENDA THAN USUAL TONIGHT.
UH, PROBABLY DO IN LARGE PART TO THE PROXIMITY TO OUR LAST MEETING.
UM, SO CERTAINLY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO DEPARTMENT HEADS WHO WERE ABLE TO GET THEIR MATTERS OF BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GET DONE WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN APRIL.
UM, LET'S, UM, I'D LIKE TO JUST START BY, UH, OPENING UP TO, UH, COLLEAGUES ON THE TOWN BOARD IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP DURING THIS WORK SESSION.
UH, EITHER RELATED OR UNRELATED TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
UM, I JUST WANNA COMMENT ON 16, THE VEHICLE PURCHASE.
SEAN WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS OF, OF INDICATING WHY THAT NEED WAS, WAS NECESSARY, SO I APPRECIATE IT.
YOU HAD PROVIDED PICTURES AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME AS FAR AS EVEN JUST SIZE WISE, WHAT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO YOUR JOB.
SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THIS ON HERE.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US ALL THE INFORMATION AND GIVING US NO QUESTIONS.
WE ALSO HAVE ON THE AGENDA, HAMBURG TOWN PARK SECURITY SYSTEM.
UH, IS THAT AN UPDATED QUOTE THAT YOU HAVE THERE, JENNY? IT'S ALRIGHT.
SO AT THE TIME THAT WE PUT THE AGENDA TOGETHER, WE DIDN'T HAVE, WE HAD, UH, A QUOTE THAT WAS JUST SLIGHTLY OUTDATED AND JENNY MADE SURE THAT WE GOT A NEW ONE.
AND SO THE RESOLUTION, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE AGENDA, CALLS FOR, UH, LESS THAN $20,000.
AND THIS QUOTE CAME IN AT $18,068 AND 95 CENTS.
SO WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE RESOLUTION, UM, THIS, UH, IS A PROJECT, UH, THAT, UH, JENNY AND SEVERAL DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT OUR, OUR CAMERA CAPACITY THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, DIFFERENT TOWN, TOWN BUILDINGS, DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWN OPERATIONS.
UH, THIS PIECE OF, OF THAT PUZZLE IS TIMELY FOR A COUPLE REASONS.
NUMBER ONE, WE'VE HAD SOME RECENT VANDALISM AT THE TOWN PARK.
UH, NUMBER TWO, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE SEEING SOME WARMER WEATHER AND THE TOWN BEACH WILL BE
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THE OPENING.UM, AND, AND I JUST WANT TO, UH, THANK JENNY FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AS WELL AS RECOGNIZE THAT THE TEAMWORK THAT WAS ABLE TO, TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.
I KNOW THAT YOU WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR RECREATION DIRECTOR, UH, AS WELL AS PAT RYAN AND SEAN CROTTY ON THIS PROJECT.
I KNOW THAT FOLKS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
AND MEG, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? UM, YEAH, I HAD A REALLY NICE CONVERSATION THE OTHER DAY WITH MARK
UM, IT DOES HAVE A PRETTY TIGHT TIMELINE.
THE GRANT FUNDING STARTS NEXT MONTH.
THE PRO APPLICATION PROCESS, WE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT I THINK IF WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT INVESTING, UM, TOWN DOLLARS INTO THE NIKE BASE, ANY GRANTS WE COULD FIND TO MATCH WOULD BE WORTHWHILE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE FOCUS WAS ON, UM, ATHLETIC FACILITIES, WHICH THERE ARE FOUR BASEBALL SOFTBALL FIELDS THERE THAT DEFINITELY COULD USE A LITTLE TENDER LOVING CARE AND UPDATING.
UM, AND THEN PARK EQUIPMENT THAT WAS THERE.
AND, UM, A COUPLE OTHER OUTDOOR FACILITIES LIKE WE COULD REALLY USE THAT MONEY TO JUST ENHANCE WHATEVER PLANS WE HAVE AND TO BUILD MORE ONTO THOSE PLANS.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE TOO, UM, INCLUSION OF MORE FACILITIES AND MORE THINGS THAT WE HAVE FOR PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY CONCERNS SO THAT IT'S THESE NEW FACILITIES WE'RE BUILDING OUR PERHAPS MORE INCLUSIVE AND A BETTER USE OF THOSE SPACES.
AND WHO IS ISSUING THE GRANTS? UM, THE CFA, SO OH, THE CONSOLIDATED FUND? YEAH.
AND THERE ARE 50 50 MATCHES, BUT GOOD THINGS WE COULD USE IT FOR.
SO YES, THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF OPPORTUNITY AT THE NIKE BASE AND, UM, UH, BEFORE, UH, WE SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, UH, WE DO NEED TO FIGURE OUT, WE DO HAVE GOOD NEWS.
UH, LEGISLATOR GILMORE HAS, UH, ADVOCATED FOR $350,000 IN FUNDING FOR THE NIKE BASE AND THE SKATE PARK PROJECT.
WE HOPE TO BE IN RECEIPT OF THAT CONTRACT FROM THE COUNTY THIS WEEK.
UM, SO THAT LEAVES $300,000 TO DO EXACTLY, UH, WHAT, WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, UM, $300,000 CAN GO VERY QUICKLY MM-HMM
AT THE NIKE BASE, AND I KNOW COUNCILMAN CONLEY HAS A COUPLE PROJECTS IN MIND AS WELL, UM, THAT A LOT OF RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR AT THAT PROPERTY.
UM, SO I THINK THAT ONCE THAT CONTRACT COMES IN, WE CAN GET TOGETHER QUICKLY TO SEE WHERE WE WANT TO FOCUS THOSE RESOURCES.
UM, AND THEN, UH, SEE WHAT'S, WHAT'S NEXT RIGHT.
FOR, FOR THAT, UH, THAT GRANT PROJECT THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TOO, THAT FACILITY HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL AND THERE ARE SO MANY PROJECTS UNDERWAY, UH, IN RECENT YEARS.
THE BMX PROGRAM HAS EXPANDED GREATLY, AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT THE NEED FOR IMPROVING OUR BATHROOM FACILITIES THERE, OUTDOOR AND WITH A DA ACCESSIBILITY.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THOUGH, TO HAVE ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN THE TOWN, UM, COLLABORATE AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE WORKING ON VARIOUS PROJECTS THERE, UM, CHRIS HALL LAST YEAR PUT TOGETHER AND WE WERE ABLE TO PUT THROUGH AND, UH, HAVE THE FUNDING AND IT'S UNDERWAY FOR AN, UM, AN INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND.
AND I KNOW I, I HAVE WORKED WITH SOME INDIVIDUALS FROM SOME OF THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT WE SELECTED, UM, A PLAN FOR THAT PLAYGROUND THAT, THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF NEEDS, INCLUDING, UM, INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM, ET CETERA, MOBILITY NEEDS.
SO I THINK WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT TERRIFIC PROJECTS THERE THAT AGAIN, ARE GOING TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR ALL OF, UH, UH, PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY POPULATION.
THAT IS PROBABLY IMPORTANT THAT WE EVEN TAKE A STEP BACK AND, AND PULL EVERYONE TOGETHER, MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, THE PLAN OVERALL, LIKE GLOBAL, WE'RE PULLING IN THE SAME DIRECTION RIGHT.
OF THE, OF THE WHOLE FACILITY IS VERY SEAMLESS.
I KNOW THAT I'VE SPOKEN SEVERAL TIMES WITH MR. RYAN FROM BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, BECAUSE NOT ONLY AT THIS FACILITY, BUT SOME OF OUR OTHER PLAYGROUNDS WHERE WE'VE, UH, PUT SOME UPDATES IN, IN PLACE.
NOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO CIRCLE BACK AND WE NEED TO PUT IN, UM, SOME OF THE ACCESS TO THOSE, THOSE IMPROVED PLAYGROUNDS.
UM, I KNOW HE DID A QUOTE FOR, UM, SOME WIDEN SIDEWALKS, ET CETERA, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE, ET CETERA.
SO, AND IT MIGHT JUST BE AN OPPORTUNE TIME TO TAKE THAT, THAT STEP BACK AND, AND PULL EVERYONE TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL KNOW WHAT ALL PIECES THERE ARE AND THAT THEY'RE ALL COMING, COMING TOGETHER.
UM, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE, THE PROJECT THAT CHRIS HALL IS SPEARHEADING AT THE NIKE SITE, THAT, THAT PLAYGROUND REALLY IS.
UM, I THINK IT'S, UH, IN THIS AREA IT'S, IT'LL BE ONE OF THE FIRST AND, AND THE INDIVIDUALS WHEN
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WE CONTACTED TO HAVE INPUT, WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE.ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS? I'VE GOT A FEW.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA WAIT TILL AFTER BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PRESSING, BUT JUST UPDATES OR FOR NOW? SURE.
I, LET ME JUST, UH, BRING EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION.
THESE ARE, THESE ARE QUICK ONES.
UM, THERE'S, UH, UH, A RESOLUTION, A LATE RESOLUTION, UH, FROM THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT.
UH, AND THIS IS SO THAT WHEN THE WEATHER BREAKS IN APRIL, WE CAN HAVE A CREW THAT'LL BE READY TO OPEN UP THE, THE GOLF COURSE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO NOTIFY YOU.
I GOT A CALL FROM, UH, PAT RYAN, UH, THIS MORNING.
HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE READY TO GO ONCE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
UH, SO JUST TO KIND OF CONTINUE WITH, UM, FROM MAG'S CONVERSATION ABOUT THE NIKE AND, AND BE AS WELL IS, I AGREE COMPLETELY.
WE'VE GOT SO MANY THINGS, SO MANY THINGS GOING ON THERE THAT'LL BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO COLLABORATE, MAKE SURE WE'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT EVERYTHING IN A HOLISTIC MANNER, UM, BECAUSE IT'S SO EXCITING 'CAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH HAPPENING.
BUT IT, WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HA WE WANT TO HAVE CLEAR COMMUNICATION AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING AND THINKING IN TERMS OF FUNDING, IN TERMS OF, UH, CONSTRUCTION AND IN TERMS OF COORDINATION OF EVERYTHING, UM, AND NOT DUPLICATING, UH, OUR EFFORTS.
SO, UM, I LOVE THAT IDEA IN TERMS OF, OF GETTING TO THE, THE COLLABORATION STAGE WITH, WITH EVERYTHING HAPPENING.
UM, ALONG THOSE LINES, WE, I DID HAVE A MEETING WITH MARTY AND, UH, PAT RYAN, UH, ABOUT THE PARKS.
WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LAST TWO YEARS, WHAT CAN WE DO TO, UM, CONSOLIDATE SOME, SOME FACILITIES? AND THEY DID A COMPREHENSIVE, UM, ANALYSIS AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
SO WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND THEY'VE IDENTIFIED A FEW PARKS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO, UM, RETROFIT IN TERMS OF, UM, SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S OUTDATED AND NOT BEING USED THAT WE WOULD PRESERVE THE PARKS, BUT YET, UM, NOT PUT MORE MONEY AND TIME AND EFFORT INTO THE INFRASTRUCTURE SINCE THEY'RE NOT BEING USED.
AND THEY'RE BEING, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE AT THE POINT OF, OF PAST THEIR LIFE EXPECTANCY.
SO, UM, I SUGGESTED THAT, UM, WHEN THEY FINALIZE THAT THEY CAN COME TO A WORK SESSION AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT SPECIFICS.
UM, THE GOOD NEWS IS, LAST YEAR, IF YOU RECALL, UH, ONE OF THE PARKS THAT'S, UH, HEAVILY USED THAT CERTAINLY NEEDED NEEDS AN UPLIFT IS THE ROUNDTREE VILLAGE, UH, PARK.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD QUITE A FEW RESIDENTS REACH OUT TO US TO, TO ASK US TO LOOK INTO IT.
UM, I'VE BEEN ON SITE AS WELL AS I KNOW MANY OF YOU, MANY OF THE OTHER PEOPLE, UH, ON THE BOARD IN THE, UM, UH, REC REC DEPARTMENT AND BUILDINGS OF GROUND.
SO THEY HAVE A, A PLAN THAT THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE, UM, THE NUMBER ONE FACILITY THAT'S, THAT'S DUE AND READY FOR, FOR AN UPGRADE.
UH, BUT THEY CAN, UH, AS THE SEASON GETS CLOSER AND THEY CAN SHARE WITH US A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICS ON WHAT THEY FINISHED LAST YEAR IN TERMS OF ANALYSIS AND WHAT THE, THE GAME PLAN WILL BE THIS YEAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND MIKE PETRI HAD, HAD STARTED, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, SOME, SOME IDEAS, UH, YEARS BACK.
UM, IT'S, IT'S A LONG, IT'S GONNA TAKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A DECADE PROBABLY TO GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
UM, BUT I THINK WE'VE MADE SOME STRIDES IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND I THINK WE'RE EVEN MORE, AND THAT'S WHERE IT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE A RP FUNDS AND SEEING, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE POSSIBLY USE TO ENHANCING MAYBE, UM, YOU KNOW, SHORTEN THAT DURATION BETWEEN THE TIME WE GET TO ALL THE PARKS.
WOULD IT BE WORTHWHILE TOO, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PARKS AND THE USE OF THE PARK FACILITIES TO LOOK AT THE FIELD FACILITIES WE HAVE AND MAYBE CATALOG THEM ALL AND REACH OUT TO LOCAL SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR EXTRA FIELDS TO WORK HAND IN HAND AS LIKE A SPONSORSHIP.
LIKE, IF YOU'LL HELP AND WORK WITH US ON THIS FIELD, THEN THAT WOULD BE THEIR HOME BASE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? VERSUS THEM JUST BOUNCING FROM FIELD TO FIELD TO FIELD.
SOMETIMES IF THEY HAVE OWNERSHIP OVER A FIELD, YEAH, THEY WOULD IMPROVE THAT.
AND THEY DID TAKE IT IN THE FIELD, THE FIELD INTO THE ANALYSIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS ONE EXAMPLE I KNOW WAS MENTIONED, UH, CARNEGIE.
UM, AS AN EXAMPLE, UM, AND EVEN ELECTRIC AVENUE MM-HMM
UM, THOSE ARE FIELD, OUR, OUR FACILITIES THAT, YOU KNOW, YEARS BACK THEY HAD MUCH MORE ACTIVITY, MUCH MORE, 'CAUSE BASEBALL WAS A BIG SPORT.
THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, EVERYWHERE FROM THE T-BALL TO THE SOFTBALL, TO THE, UM, TO THE, TO THE HARDBALL BASEBALL.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, TIMES HAVE CHANGED AND THEY GET, THEY HAVE, UH, DIFFERENT USAGES OF THE PARK.
UM, ELECTRIC AVENUE AS AN EXAMPLE, I HAD TWO PRETTY SIGNIFICANT BASEBALL
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DIAMONDS THAT, UM, APPARENTLY AREN'T BEING, UH, NEARLY USED WHAT THEY WERE 20 YEARS AGO.UM, AND THAT'S WHY THE, THE SKATE PARK, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFIED THAT AS AN AREA.
SO I KNOW IN THEIR ANALYSIS, THEY HAVE FACTORED IN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE SPORTING FACILITIES AS WELL.
SO IT, IT'S, IT'S ALL, IT ALL KIND OF TIES IN.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING EBBS AND FLOWS.
IS ALMOST, YOU KNOW, RE REGIONALIZING WHERE WE WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE'D IDENTIFY A COUPLE KEY AREAS THAT, UM, COULD BE MORE DESTINATION PARKS MM-HMM
AND, UM, WITH THE TOWN OUR SIZE, IT'S JUST UNREALISTIC TO THINK THAT WE CAN PROPERLY, YOU KNOW, BE ON TOP OF AND MAINTAIN, HAVE THE BEST EQUIPMENT AT 38 PLAYGROUNDS.
UM, BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SIX TO 10 THAT, UH, GEOGRAPHICALLY WOULD BE WITHIN A FIVE MINUTE DRIVE OF ANY RESIDENT.
SO A FIVE, 10 MINUTE DRIVE, WE'LL SAY.
UM, SO WE KIND OF THROWN ABOUT ALL THOSE IDEAS, BUT I THINK AT THIS POINT THEY'VE DONE ENOUGH WORK AND DUE DILIGENCE THAT I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A HEADS UP THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, I'D LIKE THEM IN FRONT OF THE, THE ENTIRE BOARD AND THE, AND THE, THE TOWN TO GIVE US A, A MORE DETAILED UPDATE.
UM, BUT THAT'S KIND OF IN THE WORKS NOW.
WE HAD BEEN DOING ABOUT, UM, THREE HOT LOTS A YEAR.
I KNOW WE, I THINK TOOK THE YEAR AFTER DURING COVID, BUT THAT'S A GREAT PROGRAM BECAUSE THE FUNDING, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PERCENTAGE THAT'S, THAT'S COVERED.
SO ARE WE, UH, LOOKING AT THREE THIS YEAR ALSO? YES.
'CAUSE THAT WAS ONE WAY WHERE IT WAS A VERY NICE FLOW THEN WHERE WE WERE GETTING THREE, THREE DOWN A YEAR.
SO YEAH, THEY IDENTIFIED THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO ANOTHER THREE THIS YEAR AS WELL.
SO THAT, THAT, THAT PART OF THE PROGRAM IS STILL CONTINUING TO, TO PROGRESS NICELY, RIGHT.
BECAUSE THAT FUNDING, THAT'S A GREAT FUNDING SOURCE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
NO, THEY'VE REALLY DONE A GOOD JOB OF STAYING ON TOP OF THE FUNDING AND MAXIMIZING THE DOLLARS TO GET, YOU KNOW, UPDATE, UPDATE THOSE.
AND THAT WAS ALL PART OF THAT OVERALL PLAN WHEN MIKE, UH, PETRI HAD STARTED THAT.
SO DO WE KNOW WHAT THREE ARE ARE SLATED FOR THIS YEAR? I THINK THEY PROBABLY HAVE AN IDEA, BUT I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW.
AND MAYBE WHEN THEY COME LATER, THEY CAN IDENTIFY, BUT I DO DO KNOW IN THE MEETING THEY MENTIONED THREE THAT THEY WANTED THAT, THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO.
BUT AGAIN, ROUNDTREE IS CERTAINLY ONE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE GET A LOT OF USAGE.
IT'S REALLY BEEN NEGLECTED, AND WE IDENTIFIED IT LAST YEAR, UM, AND WE THANK THE, THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE HAD PATIENTS WITH US BECAUSE IT'LL, IT'LL STILL TAKE A WHILE, BUT OUR GOAL IS TO, UH, TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THAT ONE THIS YEAR.
UM, I ALSO WAS ABLE TO DO A, A TOUR OF THE TOWN PARK, UH, WITH LOUIS FROM THE BILLINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT, UM, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT WERE THERE TO GIVE ME SOME FEEDBACK.
I, AT, AT SOME POINT, UH, LOUIS WILL, WILL COME AND, AND PRESENT, BUT I KNOW HE SENT AN EMAIL WITH, WITH PICTURES AND MM-HMM
AND IT'S KIND OF THE GAME PLAN.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP THAT, IN MY OPINION, YOU KNOW, BASED ON WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT I SAW PERSONALLY THERE AND WHAT HE HAD SENT IN THE LAST FEW, UH, FEW MONTHS IN TERMS OF UPGRADES, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT CAN, CAN, CAN, IN MY OPINION, NEEDS TO BE DONE THERE TO GET IT TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
UM, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU'VE GOT SEVEN BIG POLES THAT HOLD UP THE PATIO, UH, WHICH IS THE MAIN STRUCTURE WHERE THE, THE FOOD AND BEVERAGES AND WHERE IT'S ACCESS TO THE BATHROOMS, AND THEY'RE ALL RUSTING.
THEY'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, KIND OF COMING APART.
AND WE LOOKED AT A PICTURE ON THE WALL, WHICH IS A REALLY NICE, UH, PICTURE, THE HISTORICAL, UH, ASPECT OF THE BEACH.
AND THE PICTURE WAS ONE OF THE PICTURES FROM 1925, AND WE IDENTIFIED THE SEVENTH POLES
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WELL PAST ITS, ITS LIFE USAGE.
AND, UM, NOW THAT WE'RE, UM, NO LONGER RESPONSIBLE FOR WOODLAWN BEACH, IT'S CREATED THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, TO REFOCUS ON THE HAMBURG TOWN PARK AND BEACH.
AND, UM, I THINK WITH, AGAIN, THE, THE FUNDS THAT RANDY'S TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF TRYING TO BE JUDICIOUS AND, AND, AND GETTING THE BIGGEST BANG FOR THE BUCK, UM, I'D LIKE TO BRING THAT ON EVERYONE'S RADAR BECAUSE THERE'S JUST A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT I, I FEAR, UH, SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS WE HAVE.
UM, IF WE DON'T TACKLE 'EM NOW, IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO TACKLE 'EM.
AND WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT HIGHER EXPENSES IF WE DON'T TACKLE NOW BEFORE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE WALLS, YOU KNOW, CRUMBLE AND WE HAVE TO DO A BRAND NEW WALL AS OPPOSED TO REPLACING AND, AND REPAIRING SOME OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURES.
AND THERE'S QUITE A BIT, UM, THAT I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, GIVING YOU A HEADS UP THAT I'D LIKE HIM TO COME, UH, AND HE'S, HE, HE, HE OFFERED TO COME AND PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, GIVE THE PRESENTATION IN TERMS OF WHAT THE NEEDS ARE, BUT THEY'RE PRETTY EXTENSIVE.
I WAS A, I WAS A BIT SURPRISED
UH, BUT AGAIN, GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND AGAIN, A CREDIT TO, TO CHRIS AND BETH, I KNOW YOU GUYS, UH, HAD DONE SOME WORK THERE MM-HMM
RECENTLY, THE BATHROOMS MM-HMM.
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THE RAMP LOOKS GREAT.UM, YOU KNOW, AS AN EXAMPLE THOUGH, WE, WE HAVE A STAIR THAT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, IF YOU'RE FACING THE STRUCTURE, UH, THAT'S COMPLETELY GONE.
SO THERE'S REALLY ONLY ONE ACCESS POINT WHERE THERE USED TO BE TWO ON BOTH SIDES.
UM, SO THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT, THAT JUST, UH, NEED A LITTLE MORE TLC.
CHRIS HAVE, HAVE WORKED ON A COUPLE PROJECTS THAT, UM, I WAS ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT AND OBSERVE, AND IT'S, IT'S A GOOD START, BUT I THINK WE GOT, UH, A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US IF WE REALLY WANNA GET THAT, UH, A PLACE WE CAN, UH, BE, BE PROUD OF IT AND FEEL LIKE IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING THE WAY WE SHOULD.
AND THE CHALLENGE THERE IS THAT, UM, WE CAN'T TURN TO GRANTS OR OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE'VE LOOKED TO IN OTHER SITUATIONS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LEASE AGREEMENT THAT, THAT IT'S PRIVATE.
UH, A, A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THAT THERE WERE SOME PRESERVATION GRANTS THAT WERE AVAILABLE THAT WOULD'VE HELPED US OUT WITH SOME OF THOSE WALLS, ESPECIALLY OUT BY ROUTE ROUTE FIVE.
THAT ALSO, THEY MIGHT NOT BE PART OF THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, BUT THEY'RE PART OF AESTHETICALLY AT THE, AT THE ROAD.
BUT WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T USE ANY OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T PURSUE ANY OF THOSE FUNDING SOURCES BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT'S, THAT'S STRUCTURED THERE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A DIFFERENT SET OF CHALLENGES BECAUSE THE, THE FISCAL, THE FINANCIAL PIECE OF IT IS REALLY GONNA FALL SWIRLY ON.
SO I'VE, I'VE HEARD THAT MENTIONED WITH, WITH, WITH THE TOWN PARK THAT WE CAN'T APPLY FOR GRANTS.
AND IS, IS THAT BELIEF BASED ON THAT A GRANTOR WOULD REQUIRE US TO NOT HAVE A RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT? CORRECT.
BECAUSE THAT'S THE STATE OR, OR WHOEVER THE FUNDING.
SO STATE GRANTS WE CAN'T APPLY FOR, WELL, I THINK IT'S IN, I THINK IT'S ALL AT THE, UM, OR AT LEAST ANY OF THE, YOU KNOW, ANY OF YOUR GOVERNMENT BASED GRANTS, UH, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T, IT CAN'T BE PRIVATE, SO TO SPEAK, JUST TO THE TOWN RESIDENTS.
YOU HAVE TO OPEN IT UP IF YOU'RE GOING TO, UM, GO AFTER THOSE TYPE OF FUNDING SOURCES.
AND IT'S A UNIQUE CHALLENGE NOW BECAUSE, UM, AS AN EXAMPLE OF, OF, AGAIN, A COMBINATION OF FACTORS, BUT I GUESS CLIMATE CHANGE CERTAINLY WOULD BE PART OF THIS IS, UM, THEY'VE SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER DEBRIS MM-HMM
UM, GO ALL THE WAY UP TO THE BUILDING MM-HMM
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WALL THAT SEPARATES THE, THE PATHWAY, THE DRIVE, THE DRIVE THAT GOES AROUND, UM, IT USED TO BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LEVEL OF SAND AND THE TOP OF THE, UH, THE WALL WAS GENERALLY, I THINK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT THREE FOOT.
UH, NOW IT'S, IT'S JUST A FEW INCHES.
SO WHAT'S HAPPENING IS ALL DEBRIS COMING RIGHT ACROSS MM-HMM
BLOWING ONTO THE OPPOSITE SIDE.
UM, AND SO SOMETHING SIMPLE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD REALLY THINK WOULD BE A CONCERN, UM, 10, 15 YEARS AGO OF THE SAND ACTUALLY WORKING ITS WAY ACROSS THE, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE, UH, THE, THE WALL THERE AND, AND ALL THE DEBRIS THAT'S THERE, UM, IS NOW AN ISSUE THAT WE DIDN'T FACE 10 YEARS AGO.
AND IT'S PROBABLY ONLY GONNA GET WORSE.
SO IT'S KIND OF BEING PROACTIVE, I THINK, TO, UM, TO GET AHEAD OF IT IF WE CAN.
IT'S REALLY DUE IN LARGE PART TO THE INCREASED WATER LEVELS IN LAKE GARY DUE TO THE DECREASED AMOUNT OF WATER THAT'S GOING OVER THE FALLS.
THERE WAS A RESTRICTION PLACED ON IT IN 2014.
THAT'S CAUSED THE WATER LEVELS TO INCREASE.
AND IT'S JUST, THE ANALOGY I ALWAYS USE IS THE BATHTUB ANALOGY.
IF YOU FILL THE BATHTUB WITH JUST THAT LITTLE BIT MORE WATER, THE WAVES MORE EASILY CRASH OVER THE SIDES OF THE BATHTUB.
IT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN LAKE ERIE IS WE JUST FILLED THE BATHTUB TOO HIGH, AND NOW WE HAVE THIS LONG-TERM PROBLEM OF WATER EROSION.
WE'VE SEEN IT ALL ALONG, AREAS ALONG, UM, THE SHORELINE OF HAMBURG IS, EXCUSE ME, AREAS THAT USED TO HAVE 20 FEET OF BEACH FRONT.
NOW WE HAVE FIVE FEET OF BEACH FRONT.
AND THE OTHER ISSUE DOWN THERE IS THE DEC.
'CAUSE SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT I HAD THROWN ABOUT IN TERMS OF MAYBE PAVING OR IMPROVING, UM, BEYOND ONGOING PROBLEM BY THE BOAT LAUNCH, UM, OUR HANDS ARE SOMEWHAT TIED BECAUSE TO HAVE THE PERMITS AND TO DO SOME OF THAT WORK, YOU HAVE TO GET APPROVAL BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WORKS SO CLOSE TO THE WATERWAY.
UM, SO I, I THINK BETWEEN THE FUNDING ISSUES, UM, JUST THE, UH, MEG'S POINT ABOUT OF WHAT THE, THE CHANGES IN THE WATER LEVEL, UH, CLIMATE CHANGE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FACT THAT THE DEC IS INVOLVED IN, IN, IN APPROVALS FOR WHAT WE DO, IT'S A CHALLENGE DOWN THERE.
AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA TAKE A WHILE TO GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE, BUT IT'S, TO ME, UH, SUCH A UNIQUE PART OF HAMBURG AND, AND LOOKING AT THE HISTORY OF, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG IT'S BEEN THERE AND SOME OF THOSE OLD PICTURES, IT REALLY IS QUITE A GEM THAT WE HAVE THAT I THINK WE SHOULD, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WITH SOME OF THESE FUNDS, HOPEFULLY, UH, THAT WE CAN MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND WORK IS CONTINUING ON THE LWRP,
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WHICH I THINK IS HAND IN HAND WITH A LOT OF THE, THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE JUST BEEN RAISED.UH, THEN MOVING ON TO THE, UM, THE NIKE PROJECT.
UM, CAMMY, UH, IS WORKING ON, OR WE'RE WORKING ON HAVING A, A MEETING BEFORE WE HAVE THE THREE FINALISTS PRESENT, WHAT, TO THE ENTIRE TOWN BOARD? SO THE, THE COMMITTEE IS GONNA MEET TOWARDS THE END OF, UH, MID TO END OF APRIL, UH, WITH THE GOAL OF AT SOME POINT IN MAY, WE'D HAVE THE, THE THREE FINALISTS COME.
UH, WHAT WE WANNA DO IS WE WANT TO, INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING THEM COME IN, WE WANNA HAVE A MEETING BETWEEN THE COMMITTEE SO THAT WE CAN GO TO THE THREE FINALISTS, TELL THEM SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR IN THAT FINAL PRESENTATION, UM, SO THAT ONCE WE HAVE THAT FINAL PRESENTATION, WE SHOULD HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION TO MAKE A FAIRLY QUICK DECISION AS TO WHO WOULD WOULD LEAD THE PROJECT.
UH, AND THEN IN THE ENGINEERING OFFICE, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO CONDUCT THE FINAL INTERVIEWS, UH, FOR THE ENGINEERING POSITION THAT WE'VE ADVERTISED FOR.
AND SO I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT WE SHOULD HAVE, UM, A, A, A CANDIDATE AND A RESOLUTION AT THE NEXT MEETING, UM, PUTTING SOMEONE IN THAT POSITION.
UM, WHILE WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT GRANTS, UM, WE RECEIVED A, UH, A CALL FROM, UH, SENATOR KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND'S OFFICE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING.
IT'S A GRANT OPPORTUNITY AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UM, MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A FEDERAL EARMARK.
AND THESE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN, IN A LONG TIME.
AND, UH, THE DEADLINE IS APRIL 10TH, SO NOT A LOT OF TIME TO WORK ON THIS.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE SOME NICE PROJECTS, UH, THAT, UH, TURN THE DISCUSSION WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE SENATOR'S OFFICE.
UH, SHE AGREED THAT THEY WOULD AT LEAST FIT THE DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF THEIR, THEIR FUNDING ACCOUNTS.
UM, AND THAT IS THE WORK AT THE, THE GOLF COURSE, UH, THAT THE, THE IRRIGATION WORK AT THE GOLF COURSE THAT IS ALSO WOULD INCLUDE THE WORK AT THE ICE ARENA, AT THE NIKE SITE, AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ON THE MOUNT VERNON SEWER DISTRICT.
SO I FIGURED, UH, IT'D BE A NICE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO APPLY FOR THESE GRANTS AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO, TO BOND OR, OR FUND THESE IN OTHER WAYS.
BUT IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET SOME OF THESE FEDERAL FUNDS, THEN WE CAN, OF COURSE, USE THOSE DOLLARS FOR, FOR OTHER NEEDED PROJECTS.
AND THERE'S NO MATCH THERE STRAIGHT UP.
RIGHT? WELL, SOME OF 'EM, IT DEPENDS ON THE FUND.
SOME OF 'EM MAY HAVE A MATCH, BUT I FIGURED, I MEAN, WE'RE PLANNING ON A HUNDRED PERCENT ANYWAY, SO MM-HMM
UM, AND I MENTIONED THE, THE, THE FUNDS FOR THE NIKE BASE, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET STARTED, UH, PLANNING FOR THAT.
UM, AND THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION IS THAT, UM, WE'VE HAD, UH, TON OF RETIREMENTS MM-HMM
OR PEOPLE, UH, GETTING OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
IT WAS, IT WAS A BIG WEEK FOR, FOR TURNOVER HERE AT TOWN HALL.
UM, SO WE HAVE, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A LOT OF POSTING AND A LOT OF HIRING.
OUR, UH, DEPUTY CLERK, UH, FROM, UH, CLERK RUBIN'S OFFICE IS MOVING ON TO A POSITION WITH THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG.
UH, AS, AS THE DEPUTY CLERK, WE HAVE A NEW, UH, WE HAVE A RETIRING COMING UP IN THE BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT.
LON IS, IS RETIRING, UM, IN OUR LEGAL OFFICE.
UH, JAMIE SEYMOUR HAS, HAS FOUND, UH, ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR HERSELF.
AND MOST RECENTLY IN THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
TIM JEROME RETIRED LAST WEEK, AND IN HIGHWAY, UH, DAN KEBER.
SO OUR PERSONNEL OFFICE IS GONNA HAVE A, A LOT OF WORK AND, AND I FORESEE A LOT OF HIRING COMING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
THE REST, IT'S JUST THE, UH, THE LATE RESOLUTION.
ANYTHING FROM COUNCIL MEMBER? HOPE? NOPE.
ANYTHING FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT WE WANNA DISCUSS BEFORE THE SEVEN O'CLOCK MEETING? ALRIGHT.
OH, I DID WANNA DISCUSS, UH, RESOLUTION NUMBER 13.
SO WHEN I SAW THAT, I WAS A LITTLE BIT CURIOUS ABOUT HOW WE'RE MAKING OUT, UH, ON THOSE, THOSE FUNDING.
THIS IS CHIP'S FUNDING PAVE THE EMERGENCY WEATHER, UH, FUNDING.
THIS IS ALL MONEY THAT GOES TO OUR HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
AND, UM, SO WE HAVE, UH, SOME, SOME GOOD NEWS TO, TO REPORT IN 2020, THOSE CHIPS, EXTREME WINTER RECOVERY IN PAVE NEW YORK.
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2021.THE TOTAL FOR THOSE THREE PROGRAMS IS $524,494, A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.
AND I JUST WANNA POINT THAT OUT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT BUDGET WAS DETERMINED DURING THE, THE, REALLY THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC, UH, WHERE NEW YORK STATE GOVERNMENT WAS LOOKING TO DO WHATEVER THEY CAN TO HELP LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, UH, WEATHER THE, THE STORM.
AND I BELIEVE I CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE THOSE FUNDING LEVELS ARE PROPOSED TO REMAIN INTACT WITH, WITH THE NEW BUDGET AS WELL.
SO GOOD NEWS FOR, FOR OUR LANE MILES IN HAMBURG FOR SURE.
UM, AND I ALSO JUST WANTED TO BRING TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION THAT, UH, WE ARE HIRING, UH, A NEW, UH, CLERK, I BELIEVE SENIOR CLERK TYPIST IN THE TOWN COURT.
AND I WAS TALKING TO, UH, BRIDGET LAVAL, THE DEPARTMENT HEAD, AND, UH, SHE ASKED IF, IF THE, UH, IF THE CANDIDATE, UH, WOULD BE ABLE TO COME TO JOIN US TONIGHT AT THE TOWN BOARD MEETING.
SO SHE WILL BE HERE WITH HER FAMILY.
SO IF THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO WELCOME HER, UH, FORMALLY.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA? UH, I JUST BROKE OUTTA THE SPOT BILL, BUT I KNOW, UH, I'VE TALKED TO, TO BILL IN TERMS OF THE, UM, THE TOWN PARK, THE BEACH, AND, UH, I KNOW YOU, YOU'VE REACHED, YOU'VE REACHED OUT TO OTHERS.
SO, UM, WE HAD TALKED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ABOUT THAT.
DID YOU WANNA, UH, SPEAK ON THAT BEFORE WE STARTED TO GO THROUGH OUR AGENDA? UM, I CAN, I, I WOULD JUST STATE IT FOR THE, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING, BUT I MEAN, IF, IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO, I CAN.
JUST IN GENERAL TERMS, I KNOW YOU'VE, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE IN, IN, UH, YOU INPUT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, BEEN APPRECIATED.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, NOW BE A GOOD TIME SINCE WE, WE HAVE OKAY.
THIS SHOULD TAKE LIKE ABOUT TWO MINUTES OR WHATEVER, SO IF EVERYBODY NEEDS TO TAKE A BATHROOM BREAK NOW, HOWEVER WE DO GOOD TIME TO DO IT.
SO
UM, I'M, UH, I'VE LIVED IN HAMBURG HERE FOR ALMOST 13 YEARS, AND PROXIMITY TO THE LAKE AND BEING A BEACH BUMP AND LOVING WATER RECREATION AS MUCH AS I DO, UM, STARTED PHIL HOME HERE.
I'VE GOT INVOLVED WITH QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS, UH, JOINED A FEW DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND WITH THAT, MET A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TOWN, HAMBURG BEACH.
IT'S A SECOND HOME TO ME, AND I'VE MADE SOME GREAT FRIENDSHIPS AND GOTTEN TO KNOW, UH, SO MANY OTHERS.
I HAVE A, UH, I'VE SEEN A LOT BEING DOWN THERE AS MUCH AS I AM.
UM, AND SO I, I SEE WHY THEY'RE SO CHERISHED BY EVERYBODY.
THE DIVERSITY OF THE FAMILIES, UM, OF EVERY MAKING KIND IS, IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
AND THE SENSE OF CAMARADERIE AND COMMUNITY IS VERY EVIDENT AND PROVES, UM, EXACTLY WHY THE HAMBURG GETS A TON OF THE FRIENDSHIP BELT.
UM, ON SUNSETS, UH, OUR SUNSETS RIVAL ANYONE I HAVE EVER SEEN IN PERSON ONLINE AND DRAWS LARGE KARATE, BUT ON CLEAR NIGHTS, AND WE WERE PARTLY CLAUDIA ONES PEOPLE COME DOWN HERE TO RELAX, TO HAVE SOME FUN, SPEND SOME TIME TOGETHER WITH FAMILIES, SOME, UH, SOME LIKE MYSELF.
AND BEING WITH MOTHER NATURE AND LIKE HEARING, JUST SOAK UP EVERYTHING IN ITS GLORY.
THE, UH, THE HAMBURG TOWN PARK AND BEACH WAS, GET IT OVER TO THE PARK OR GET IT OVER TO TOWN IN APRIL ON OCTOBER 5TH, 1914.
SINCE THEN, THE BUILDING HAS BEEN A ROLLER BREAK, DAN S BARRACKS AND, UH, A YOUTH SECTOR, MOST NOTABLY, IT'S BEEN A FAMILY BEACH AND HAS DECADES OF CHERISHED MEMORIES FOR MANY HAMBURG RESIDENTS.
UM, I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A CONVERSATION FOR A WHILE NOW, BUT LAST MONDAY'S, LAST MONDAY'S VANDALISM, UM, UNFORTUNATELY HAS BROUGHT THIS CONVERSATION TO THIS DAY, WHICH ACTUALLY PROVES TO BE TIMING SEEN THAT THE SUMMER SEEMS TO KNOW IS ALMOST UPON US.
UM, INSTANCES OF ILLEGAL DUMPING BY THE DUMPSTERS.
UH, SEVERAL INSTANCES OF A BEACH GUARDER, A BEACH GUARDERS BEING HARASSED BY A RESIDENT WHO THINKS THEY ON THE BEACH, ATTENDED TO THE GUARD SHACK, GETTING HARASSED WHILE CHECKING BEACH STICKERS.
SO PEOPLE JUST BLOWING THROUGH THE STOP SIGN DOWN THERE, UH, PERIOD, AND LONG BOARDS, EMPLOYEES, LIFEGUARDS THAT REPORTED EXCUSE, UM, AS WELL, I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE A PROPOSAL WAS BROUGHT FORWARD TONIGHT BY COUNCILMAN CONLEY.
I KNOW WE IS BEEN COMMUNICATION WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS AND HAS ACTUALLY GONE DOWN AND SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
THE HANDBOOK PD HAS STEPPED UP, ITS PATROLS AND IT'S TIME TO GET SOMETHING DONE.
AND WE ALL KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU ARE JUST CONCERN ABOUT THIS AS WE ARE.
UM, IF I MAY OFFER A SUGGESTION FOR CONSIDERATION AS TO WHERE SECURITY CAMERAS COULD GO.
UH, NUMBER ONE WOULD BE ON THE GUARD SHACK FACING THE ROADWAYS RESIDENCE DRIVE DOWN.
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OF THEM UP ON TOP OF THE GUARD SHACK.ONE FACING THE UPPER PARKING LOT WHERE THE DUMPSTER IS, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE FACING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BEACH.
UM, ANOTHER ONE DOWN AT THE, UH, LEFT GUARD STATION EN BOARDS, WHICH THERE IS ONE, BUT IT'S KIND OF, KIND OF BROKEN.
IT DOESN'T REALLY WORK AND PEOPLE ARE ALREADY THROWING CRACKS AT IT AND STUFF, SO IT'S KIND OF DAMAGED IN SUB, SO IT'S NOT REALLY IN, IN WORKING ORDER AND STUFF.
UM, ANOTHER ONE IS LOOKING DOWN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BEACH WHERE THE BOAT LAUNCH IS, AND THEN ONE OUT SHOP ON TOP WHERE THE PLAYGROUND, UH, WHERE THE PLAYGROUND IS.
UM, MY LAST REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT COULD BE PUT INTO THIS PROPOSAL, BUT I'M WILLING TO LOOK AT, LOOK AT DOING THIS OR ANOTHER PROPOSAL FURTHER ON DOWN LINE IF IT CAN'T BE DONE NOW, BUT MY LAST REQUEST WOULD BE IS INSTALLING A WEATHER CAMERA UP ON TOP OF THE BUILDING WHERE PEOPLE COULD ACTUALLY LOG IN AND ACTUALLY SEE THE ACTUAL CONDITIONS OF THE BEACH ITSELF.
UH, BECAUSE A LOT OF US ARE WATER RECREATION, UH, PEOPLE AND STUFF, AND THEY ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE BEACH TO WEATHER THE CONDITIONS, THE WATER CONDITIONS, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
UM, AND, AND, AND I BRING THESE SUGGESTIONS BECAUSE IT IS MY SECOND HOME, I HAD THE ABSOLUTE PLEASURE OF TALKING WITH SO MANY PEOPLE DOWN AT THE BEACH.
DIFFERENT FAMILIES, UH, WITH LOUIS BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, WHILE THEY ALL COUNT TO PEOPLE VISORS PAST, PRESENT, UM, JUST FOR, I'M ON QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND STUFF, BUT, UM, BUT THIS PAST INCIDENT, UH, UH, REALLY CHANGED A LOT FOR ME AND STUFF, I GUESS, UM, OR, OR, OR BROUGHT MORE THINGS TO LIGHT AND STUFF.
UM, I TAKE INCIDENT, IT'S LIKE JUST A HEART BECAUSE IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE FOR ME AND FOR THE RESIDENTS.
I CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PEOPLE AND OUR COMMUNITY.
I, WE HAMMERED MY HOME YEARS AGO AND I'M INVOLVED IN MANY, MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF IT, AND I'M DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO HELP TO MAKE THIS A EVEN BETTER COMMUNITY TO LIVE AND WORK WITH ALL I GOT.
WELL, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR, UM, BEING OUR EYES AND EARS DOWN THERE FOR SURE.
AND, AND FOR CERTAINLY BEING SUCH A GREAT AMBASSADOR, UH, TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY FOR THIS, THIS GREAT ASSET.
I MEAN, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A, A TEENAGER AND MY MOTHER HAD HAD THREE, THREE BOYS AND MY YOUNGER SISTER HERE TO, TO KEEP BUSY DURING THE DAY, AND WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT, AT THAT BEACH.
UM, YOU KNOW, I ALSO APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR REACHING OUT TO THE BOARD, UH, ON, ON THIS ISSUE IN PARTICULAR.
THIS IS, UM, THINGS WON'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS HAPPEN THIS FAST, RIGHT? RIGHT.
UM, BUT WE HAD A GREAT TEAM WORKING ON LOOKING AT CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, AND I HAD MENTIONED THIS EARLIER BEFORE, BEFORE YOU WERE HERE.
UM, SO THE, THE TIMING WAS PERFECT AND, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THESE, THESE CAMERAS DOWN THERE FOR, UH, FOR INTI FOR THE TIME, FOR THE BEACH OPENING.
UM, AND WHILE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ADDRESS THE, THE WEATHER CAM, THE BEACH PAN CAM, THAT COULD, COULD BE HELPFUL FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND FOR, FOR PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO DO SPORTS OUT ON THE WATER, UM, THAT IS DEFINITELY ON OUR RADAR AND WE HOPE THAT DOWN THE ROAD WE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO ADD THAT ONTO THE PROJECT AS WELL.
I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT IN THE PAST.
IN FACT, I KNOW I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH, UM, JEN ROBERTSON OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS BECAUSE WE HAD SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS CONTACT US ABOUT PUTTING A WEATHER CAM UP THERE.
SO I DON'T KNOW, IS THAT, I, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT A NUMBER OF TIMES, IS IS IT IN THE PLAN? SO IT'S NOT IN, I WOULD CONSIDER THIS PHASE ONE FOR TOWN PARK MM-HMM
UM, BECAUSE OF THE VANDALISM THAT HAPPENED A WEEK AGO.
AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE BEACH IS OPENING IN APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS AND WE'RE 30 DAYS OUT FROM JUST GETTING PHASE ONE COMPLETED, UH, THE GOAL WAS TO AT LEAST GET THIS APPROVED AND THE PROCESS STARTED SO WE COULD GET THE INITIAL SECURITY CAMERAS PUT IN PLACE.
I'VE ALREADY HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH AMHERST ALARM ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UM, RECREATIONAL AND POLICE AND DISPATCH USAGE OF A MORE ROBUST CAMERA THAT WOULD GIVE POLICE THE ABILITY TO ZOOM OUT INTO THE WATER IN CASE THERE WAS A RESIDENT ISSUE, BUT ALSO ALLOW A STREAMING PURPOSE FOR THIS GENTLEMAN'S, UM, USE IF HE WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE, THE LATE CONDITIONS WERE ON A SPECIFIC DAY.
SO LOOKING AT FUNDING AND KIND OF FIGURING OUT WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST AVENUE TO GO DOWN, UM, IS STILL IN THE PROCESS.
AND REALLY THE GOAL WAS TO GET THIS GOING.
UM, WHAT THE HOPE THAT, UM, I WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING TO MOVE THESE TWO ALONG, UM, TO ADDRESS SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS AS FAR AS
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CAMERA PLACEMENT, UM, WE DID TRY TO PUT CAMERAS IN PLACES THAT WOULD COVER A LOT, A LOT OF, UM, THE RESIDENTS CONCERNS AS FAR AS, UM, BEACH, UM, POTENTIAL BEACH ISSUES, UH, ENTRANCE COVERAGE, UM, AREAS THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE THE MOST, UM, POST THE MOST ISSUES.I'LL ACTUALLY EMAIL YOU ALL THE FOOTAGE OF, OF WHERE THAT COVERAGE WILL BE.
UM, THERE IS SOME FLEXIBILITY TO MOVE, UH, THE CAMERAS A LITTLE BIT IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL IMAGERY THAT YOU FEEL WOULD BE PRECEDENT, ESPECIALLY SHOWN SINCE YOU'VE BEEN DOWN THERE.
UM, BUT THE GOAL IS TO, UH, HOPEFULLY GET THIS MOVING, UH, TOMORROW WITH THE WHOLE BOOTH, UH, UH, INSTALLATION START THE 1ST OF MAY.
JENNY, AND, AND MAYBE SEAN KNOWS THIS TOO, I, I SEEM TO RECALL THERE WAS SOME SORT OF CONVERSATION AT ONE POINT THAT ISN'T THERE A HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD PROVIDE FUNDING FOR, HAD WE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE? NO, IN THE PAST WHEN WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS, FIND A WAY TO FUND THIS, TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE BUILDING AS FAR AS KIND OF WHAT BILL'S DESCRIBING THAT COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, MULTIPURPOSE.
SO THE HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS JUST GOT POSTED LAST WEEK WEDNESDAY, UM, AND THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE COVERED UNDER THAT.
THE PROBLEM IS, IS YOU HAVE TO BE APPROVED FOR THOSE BEFORE YOU MAKE THAT PURCHASE.
SO IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHETHER OR NOT THE TOWN WOULD WANNA WAIT TO SEE IF THE FUNDING WAS APPROVED OR REPORT WITH PHASE TWO PRIOR TO.
UM, OBVIOUSLY IF WE CAN GET FUNDING, THAT'S THE BETTER WAY TO GO.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF BROKE THIS INTO A TWO PHASE PROCESS, BUT AT LEAST 90% OF THE FACILITY AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS WOULD BE COVERED FOR SECURITY REASONS, NOT ONLY FOR OUR FACILITY, BUT FOR RESIDENTS AS WELL.
IT COULD BE, IT COULD BE PART OF A MUCH BIGGER PIE THAT WHAT GARY COUNTY SUBMITS FOR POOR SECURITY GRANT.
UM, AND WE COULD HAVE A PIECE OF IT.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S TIMELINESS AND I KNOW THAT THIS FIRST PHASE IS IMPORTANT TO GET ROLLED OUT.
AND THERE'S ALSO SOME, LIKE THE LIVE STREAM, THERE'S SOME CONCERNS LIKE A, THE NIGHT TECH CAMERAS OR THE CAMERAS THAT COVERED, UM, TRAFFIC AROUND THE AREA, WHEN THERE'S AN INCIDENT THAT'S LIVE OCCURRING, THEY BLOCK THAT STREAM OUT SO PEOPLE DON'T GO AND SEE AND WATCH THE ACCIDENT OR SEE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO NAVIGATE THROUGH.
AND IF THERE'S A, AN ACTIVE INCIDENT AT THE BEACH OR, YOU KNOW, IN THE, THE VIEW OF THE CAMERAS, WE'D HAVE TO DEVELOP A POLICY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT LIFE DOWN.
SO I'VE ALREADY WORKED ON THAT PROCESS, SO I'VE ASKED EVIDENCE WE CAN DISCUSS.
UM, IN ADDITION, UH, I WILL BE APPLYING THROUGH FEMA FOR, UM, ADDITIONAL CAMERA FOOTAGE AND SURVEILLANCE FOR OUR OTHER REMAINING FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.
UM, I'M DOING A TOWN WIDE SECURITY CAMERA STUDY THAT STARTS APRIL 18TH AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH TO YOU.
UM, DUE TO THE CURRENT EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE AND ITS AGE, IT WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED.
UH, SO I DID FIND FUNDING FOR THAT, SO THE CAMERA THAT SEAN'S SPEAKING OF AND WILL, THAT WILL GIVE US THAT ABILITY TO HAVE RESIDENT SEE THE LAKE COMMISSIONS OR FOR POLICE PURPOSES THAT MAY ALSO BE COVERED UNDER THAT GRANT.
UM, IT'S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE
BUT I THINK THE NEED IS THERE AND I THINK WE HAVE THE RIGHT JUSTIFICATION.
UM, SO MY HOPE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE FUNDINGS WILL BE, THOSE FUNDS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR A TOWN WIDE PROJECT, NOT JUST TOWN PARK.
SO AS SOON AS I HAVE MORE, WE'LL PASS TO YOU.
ALRIGHT, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, THEN WE CAN, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE, THE WORK SESSION.
WELL JUST ONE, ONE FAST LAST ON THAT IS, UM, FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T AWARE, WE DO HAVE A MEETING, UM, AT THE END OF THE SEASON WITH, UH, ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS OF THE, UH, TOWN PARK AND THEN AT THE START OF THE SEASON.
SO WE'LL BE HAVING ONE PROBABLY IN ABOUT A MONTH.
I THINK, UH, MARTY'S LOOKING TO SCHEDULE IT END OF APRIL EARLY, UH, MAY.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK OR YOU KNOW, THE PROPOSALS, UH, YOU KNOW, FEEL FREE TO SEND MY WAY.
YOU KNOW, RANDY WOULD BE A PART OF THAT, UH, MEETING AS WELL.
THE SUPERVISOR HAS BEEN IN THE PAST, SO, UM, IT'LL BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO BRING YOU UP TO SPEED AT WHAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A, A RUN.
UH, WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS.
UH, CERTAINLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB.
WE'VE GOT, UH, A BETTER PRESENCE THAN WE'VE EVER HAD.
WE'VE WRITTEN MORE TICKETS THAN HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN, UH, SOME YEARS.
SO, UH, ALTHOUGH WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS AND, AND THE LED LIGHT IS UH, HOPEFULLY GONNA BE UP AND RUNNING, UH, THIS SEASON.
UM, THERE'S STILL A, A LOT OF ITEMS ON THAT LIST AND YOU BROUGHT UP A COUPLE ADDITIONAL ONES, UH, TONIGHT.
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SO, UH, ANYBODY YOU KNOW IN THE COMMUNITY OR UH, COUNCIL THAT WANTS TO ADD, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS BEFORE WE HAVE THAT MEETING WOULD BE GREAT.COUNCILMAN HOS SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
WE'LL BE BACK AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, FOLKS.
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BOARD MEETING.I SEE WE HAVE A BUNCH OF STUDENTS HERE.
STUDENTS YOU PICKED AT NIGHT WITH A VERY LIGHT AGENDA.
WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE YOU OUTTA HERE PRETTY QUICK, UH, BUT MAKE SURE YOU STICK AROUND AT THE END AND WE'LL SIGN WHATEVER SHEETS YOU NEED.
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OPEN THIS MEETING WITH THE PLEDGE.YOU FLAG PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE P FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER DOUBT INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE TOWN CLERK FOR THE CALLING OF THE ROLE SUPERVISOR HOKE, PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN CONLEY.
AND MAGGIE, YOU WANNA GET STARTED OFF NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED.
THE TOWN OF HAM HAMBURG TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING AS FOLLOWS.
TOWN BOARD MEETING, REGULAR SESSIONS.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER COMERFORD SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOL ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? CARRIED RESOLUTION NUMBER FOUR AND RECOGNITION OF TIMOTHY M JEROME.
WHERE AS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG ACKNOWLEDGES RETIREMENT OF TIMOTHY M JEROME, A DEDICATED EMPLOYEE IN THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT WHO WAS A RECORD OF QUALITY PUBLIC SERVICE.
AND WHEREAS TIM'S TERM WITH THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT SPANNED A PERIOD OF 22 YEARS THAT FOLLOWED OVER 30 YEARS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS TIM'S PASSION FOR QUALITY YOUTH SPORTS HAS LED HIM TO FURTHER PERSONAL GROWTH AND CREDENTIALING THAT GREATLY ENHANCED THEIR OFFERINGS FOR YOUTH PARTICIPANTS AND ADULT LEADERS IN THE REGION.
AND WHEREAS TIM'S WORK WITH LOCAL, REGIONAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEES DEMONSTRATED HIS COMMITMENT, LEADERSHIP, AND FOLLOW THROUGH ON THIS WORTHY INITIATIVE.
AND WHEREAS TIM ENHANCED OUR OPERATIONS AND IMPROVED PROGRAMMING, ADDITIONAL EVENTS AND NEW SERVICES, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME CREATING A CULTURE THAT FOCUS ON HEALTHY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT.
AND WHEREAS TIM'S VERSATILITY AND INTEREST IN OTHER AREAS ALLOWED FOR THE CREATION OF UNBORN MENU ITEMS OUTSIDE OF THE SPORTS REALM FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES RECOGNIZES TIM AS A VALUED PUBLIC SERVANT WHO HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR RESIDENTS, NEIGHBORS, AND VISITORS.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT ALL OF TIM'S COWORKERS, FRIENDS AND PARTNERS THANK HIM FOR THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS HE MADE TOWARD THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WISH HIM THE VERY BEST IN HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
COUNCILMAN COUNTY OFFERS A UNANIMOUS SECOND.
ALRIGHT, THIS IS THE, UH, LEGAL NOTICE FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT THERE HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE TOWN BOARD ON MARCH 14TH, 2022.
PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, PROPOSED LOCAL LAW TO BE KNOWN AS PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NUMBER 2, 20 22 SAID, LOCAL LAW PROVIDES FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN, TOWN CODE, OR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE.
THE AMENDMENTS CAN BE DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS AND ARE LISTED.
A DETAILED COPY OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEW DURING REGULAR BUSINESS DOLLARS AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS.
HAMBURG TOWN HALL, TWO LOCATIONS, TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE, UPPER LEVEL 6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, AND IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG'S WEBSITE.
THEREFORE, FOR SOON TO THE STATUTES AND PROVISIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, THE TOWN BOARD AT THE TIME OF HAMBURG WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT, APRIL 4TH, 2022 AT 7:00 PM LOCAL TIME AT WHICH TIME ALL INTERESTED PERSONS MAY BE HEARD.
AT THIS TIME, IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK, UH, FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSED CODE CHANGES? ALL RIGHT.
I HAD A BOSS ONCE WHO, UH, SAID, PLAY THE, THE THEME TO JEOPARDY IN YOUR HEAD.
AND ONCE YOU GET THROUGH THAT, THAT MEANS ALL HEARTS AND MINDS ARE CLEAR.
SO AN EASY NIGHT FOR QUESTIONS FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT TONIGHT, TIM.
SO AT THIS POINT I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND, MOTION TO ADJOURN THE PUBLIC HEARING BY SUPERVISOR HOKE.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COVER.
BE IT RESOLVED WITH THE TOWN BOARD.
APPROVE ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF TOWN JUSTICE GERALD P CORMAN AND TOWN JUSTICE CARL W. MORGAN ALONG WITH BRIDGETTE LABELLE, COURT ADMINISTRATOR TO HIRE LEAH, JANICE TO THE POSITION OF SENIOR CLERK TYPIST WITH A START DATE OF MONDAY, APRIL 18TH, 2022.
SALARY IS $23 AND 84 CENTS AN HOUR AND UM, THE PERSONNEL ACTION FORM IS ATTACHED.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY ON FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT UH, LEAH, JANICE IS WITH US HERE TONIGHT.
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UH, LEAH, IF YOU COULD JUST MAYBE STAND AND AND WAVE.LEAH'S GONNA BE JOINING US IN OUR COURTS.
WELCOME TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, YOU CAME FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT ALL ALRIGHT? AND WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, HAVE LEAH TRANSFER INTO THIS TITLE.
SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
LET'S GIVE LEAH A ROUND OF APPLAUSE WHILE, ALL RIGHT, THIS NEXT ONE, NUMBER SEVEN IS REZONING FOR 65 19 HEZ ROAD, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM DEBORAH KATI TO REZONE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 65 19 HEZ ROAD FROM C TWO GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO RA RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT.
AND WHEREAS THE CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE REVIEWED THIS REQUEST AND FOUND A MERIT IN THE REZONING OF THIS PROPERTY, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE RY TOWN BOARD HEREBY REFERS THIS REZONING REQUEST TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR ITS REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL.
CARRIED RILEY BOULEVARD REZONING REQUEST WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM DAVID BURKE, MEMBER OF HAMBURG BUSINESS PARK TO REZONE A PORTION OF PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF RILEY BOULEVARD FROM C TWO TO NC.
AND WHEREAS THE CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE REVIEWED THIS REQUEST AND FOUND MERIT IN THE REZONING OF THIS PROPERTY, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED AT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD, HEREBY REFERS THIS REZONING REQUEST TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR ITS REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD WOULD LIKE TO ACT AS LEAD AGENCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT AND HEREBY AUTHORIZES THE PLANNING BOARD TO PERFORM THE APPROPRIATE NOTIFICATIONS.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOKE SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL.
OPPOSED CARRIED HOST COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENT WHEREAS A HOST COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SOLAR ENERGY PRODUCING PROJECT LOCATED AT 62 71 SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD, HAMBURG, NEW YORK 1 4 0 7 5, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE PLANNING BOARD WITH PERMIT ISSUED.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RECOGNIZES THE MYRIAD OF BENEFITS SURROUNDING SAID PROJECT AND THE TOWN ACKNOWLEDGES THAT CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS IN OUR TOWN ARE TO BE ENCOURAGED.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT HAMBURG TOWN BOARD APPROVED AND AUTHORIZED THE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN THE ATTACHED HOST COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENT SO THIS PROJECT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
10 SMALL WIRELESS FACILITY MASTER LICENSE AGREEMENT WHERE THE TOWN OF HAMBURG JONES OPERATES, MAINTAINS OR OTHERWISE CONTROLS THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY SITUATED WITHIN ITS JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES AND OWNS AS IT'S PERSONAL PROPERTY A CERTAIN NUMBER OF POLES LOCATED IN THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY.
AND WHEREAS LICENSEE VERIZON WIRELESS OWNS AND OR CONTROLS, MAINTAINS AND OPERATES A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK FOR WHICH LICENSEE DESIRES TO INSTALL, ATTACH, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY.
WHEREAS TOWN OF HAMBURG RECOGNIZES THAT SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES, INCLUDING FACILITIES COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS SMALL CELLS AND DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEMS, ARE CRITICAL FOR THE TOWN'S POPULATION TO ACCESS ACCESS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES WIRELESSLY AND ARE OFTEN DEPLOYED MOST EFFECTIVELY IN THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN SUPERVISORS AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE A SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES MASTER LICENSE AGREEMENT, PERMITTING THE LICENSEE'S DEPLOYMENT OF ITS SMALL CELL WIRELESS FACILITIES ON UTILITY POLLS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY PURSUANT TO THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER COMERFORD.
YOU RESOLVE THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVE THE TERMINATION IN HIRING OF PERSONNEL FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF UTE RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES AS PER THE ATTACHED PAF MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONMAN.
HE RESOLVED THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED JOHN ZDA FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES TO TRAVEL TO SARATOGA SPRINGS FOR THE N-Y-S-R-P-S ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND AWARD BANQUET.
HE WILL ATTEND RELATED EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS AND IS A RECIPIENT OF THE A DCD AWARD ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY.
THE EVENT WILL RUN FROM APRIL 24TH THROUGH APRIL 20, UH, SIXTH OF THIS YEAR.
ESTIMATED COSTS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. REGISTRATION $185, ACCOMMODATIONS $125.
MILEAGE $350, MEALS, $100 TOLLS AND INCIDENTALS.
ESTIMATED TOTAL $810 FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT NUMBER A 7 0 2 0.492.
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MOTION MAY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL.WHEREAS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS RECEIVE FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES FROM NEW YORK STATE UNDER THE CONSOLIDATED LOCAL STREET AND HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM CHIPS, WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL $93,715 98 CENTS FOR THE 2021 FISCAL YEAR.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, BUT THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE REVENUE ACCOUNT DB 3 5 0 1 0.1 CHIPS AND APPROPRIATE ACCOUNT AN APPROPRIATION ACCOUNT DB 512.21 IN THE AMOUNT OF $91,715 AND 98 CENTS DUE TO UNANTICIPATED CHIPS FUNDING TO BE RECEIVED FROM NEW YORK STATE AND WHEREAS THE NEW YORK STATE BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES AMOUNTS FOR PAVE NEW YORK APPROPRIATION AND EXTREME WINTER RECOVERY, EWR APPROPRIATION TO HELP LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MAKE NECESSARY REPAIRS TO HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL $34,544 AND 33 CENTS FOR PAVED NEW YORK FOR THE 2021 FISCAL YEAR.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL $29,799 AND 10 CENTS FOR EXTREME WINTER RECOVERY EWR FOR THE 2021 FISCAL YEAR.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE REVENUE ACCOUNT DB 3 5 0 1 0.2 PAID NEW YORK AND APPROPRIATION ACCOUNT DB 5 110 0.2 1.2 IN THE AMOUNT OF $34,544 AND 33 CENTS.
AND TO INCREASE REVENUE ACCOUNT DB 3 5 0 1 0.3 EXTREME WEATHER RECOVERY AND APPROPRIATION ACCOUNT DB 5 100 0 0.21 0.3 IN THE AMOUNT OF $29,799 AND 10 CENTS DUE TO UNANTICIPATED FUNDING RECEIVED FROM NEW YORK STATE.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HULK.
THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED PATRICK SHAY TO ATTEND THE 2022 NEW YORK GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICER'S ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN ALBANY, NEW YORK FROM WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6TH, 2022 THROUGH FRIDAY, APRIL 8TH, 2022.
3 0 4 38 REGISTRATION TWO 50 MEALS ONE 20 MILEAGE $342 FOR A TOTAL COST OF $1,016 AND 38 CENTS.
MONEY IS AVAILABLE IN A 13 10 0 4 9 2 SEMINARS.
SO MOVE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
WHEREAS CHEVROLET PRODUCTION ORDER REQUESTS OF ALL 2023 CHEVROLET TRUCK MODELS ON NEW YORK STATE OGS CONTRACTS OPENS.
HE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF A NEW VIDEO SECURITY SYSTEM TO BE INSTALLED AT HAMBURG TOWN PARK.
LOCATED AT 44 20 LAKESHORE ROAD HAMBURG, NEW YORK, 1 4 0 7 5 BY AMHERST ALARM INC.
THE ESTIMATED PURCHASE PRICE IS $18,068 AND 95 CENTS AND IS NOT TO EXCEED $19,999.
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT A 6 9 4 1 9.
MAY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL ALL IN FAVOR AND SAY AYE.
WE'RE IN A CHEVROLET PRODUCTION ORDER REQUEST OF ALL 2023 CHEVROLET TRUCK MODELS ON THE NEW YORK STATE OGS CONTRACTS OPENS APRIL 21ST, 2022.
AND WHEREAS PRICING HAS HELD THE STANDARDS OF THE NEW YORK STATE OGS MINI BIT BASED ON CHEVROLET'S, NEW YORK STATE OGS PRICE SCHEDULE AS SUBMITTED.
2160 US 14 DASH 20 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED.
THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE TO PURCHASE ONE NEW AND UNUSED 2023 CHEVY SILVERADO 2,504 BY FOUR WORK TRUCK FROM KAINO CHEVROLET, 9,000 BOSTON STATE ROAD FOR THE PRICE NOT TO EXCEED $48,000.
THE FUNDS FOR THIS VEHICLE ARE AVAILABLE IN A 87 60 0.202 MOTOR VEHICLES.
SECOND MOTION BY SUPERVISOR HULK.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HULK.
AND WE HAVE A LATE RESOLUTION FROM THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE HIRING OF THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES IN BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
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TO THE TOWN BOARD, THE TUM BOARD AUDIT OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS DATED APRIL 4TH, 2022.TOTAL CASH DISBURSEMENTS SUBMITTED FOR AUDIT.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
NOW WE HAVE, UH, TIME FOR BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR.
IF ANY RESIDENT, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT.
TRY AND KEEP IT UNDER THREE MINUTES.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO REPORTS FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS.
UH, AND IF ANYBODY WOULD STILL LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AFTER THAT, THEY'RE WELCOME TO DO SO.
UM, JUST THE SMALL CELL WIRELESS AND THE BUFFALO SOLAR CONTRACTS.
UM, I'M WORKING ON THOSE SINCE I, UM, BEGAN IN THIS POSITION AND HAVING TO GET 'EM SIGNED ANOTHER WAY.
OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK REPORT.
FROM THE REPORT BUILDING INSPECTION, UM, AS YOU KNOW, UH, OUR ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR LINE ROBINSON, UH, IS GOING TO PLAN ON RETIRING THE END OF MAY BE A BIG LOSS TO OUR DEPARTMENT.
AND HIS, HIS SPECIALTY IS, IS ELECTRICAL INSPECTION, CORRECT? CORRECT.
YOUTH REC AND SENIOR SERVICES.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, FOR THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT, THE TENTATIVE OPENING DAY FOR THE GOLF COURSE IS THIS COMING SATURDAY, APRIL 9TH.
THAT IS WEATHER PERMITTING THE COURSE.
UM, ALSO THIS ARENA, UH, WILL HAVE ITS LAST RENTALS ON THAT SAME DAY, UH, THE NIGHT.
AND, UH, AFTER THAT, THE ICE MELTS AND THE, UH, BUILDING THE GROUNDS CREWS INSTALLED A SUPPORT PORT, WHICH SHOULD BE UP PROBABLY IN TWO OR THREE WEEKS AFTER THAT.
UM, ON THE SENIOR SIDE, UM, WE HAVE A NEW VAN THAT CAME IN, ONE OF THREE THAT ARE COMING, UH, WITH THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 53 10 GRANT PROGRAM.
WE RECEIVED THOSE VANS AT, UH, 20% AS OUR MATCH, UH, TO THE 80%, UH, PAID, UH, FOR BY THE MONEY CONTEXT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT IS ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE YORK STATE.
AND LAST, UM, WE ARE HAVING A, UH, VACCINE CLINIC, UM, ON APRIL 18TH, SPONSORED BY TOPS.
THAT'LL BE AT THE SENIOR CENTER, UH, FROM NINE TO NO, UH, REGISTRATION IS ONLINE.
WE HAVE INFORMATION AT THE OFFICE FOR ANYBODY SOCIAL.
BRIDGET COURTS, JUST THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE LEAH START ON THE 18TH.
UM, WE'RE BURIED SO IT'LL BE NICE TO HAVE TRAFFIC POSITION FILLED, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, NOTHING.
KIM, NOTHING TO REPORT ALL IT.
UH, WE MADE MY SECOND, UM, WIRE TRANSFER TO ERIE COUNTY TODAY.
UM, SO IT FACT, UH, GIVES THEM LIKE 1,000,004 GOT WIRED, UM, THIS AFTERNOON.
AND I WANNA THANK, UM, COUNCILWOMAN HULK AND LEGISLATOR GILMORE FOR ALL THEIR HELP WITH THE, THE VETERANS PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON IN AUGUST AT THE NIKE BASE.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL, UM, SECURING, UH, THE STAGE FOR THE, UH, FOR THE EVENT AND UM, ALSO FOR GETTING A SPONSORSHIP.
SO I WANT TO THANK THEM BOTH FOR THEIR HELP.
BETH, UH, JUST A QUICK REMINDER THAT APRIL 19TH IS THE DATE FOR THE PUBLIC MEETING REGARDING THE COMP PLAN DRAFT AND IT WILL BE HERE AT TOWN HALL.
UH, AND MORE INFORMATION WILL BE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IN THE SUN, BUT IT WILL BE APRIL 19TH HERE AT TOWN HALL.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA ECHO WHAT, WHAT KATHY WAS SAYING.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF EVENTS COMING UP.
I KNOW WE'RE FINALLY SWINGING BACK INTO BEING ABLE TO DO SOME THINGS THAT WE HAD PLANNED FOR THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.
UM, AND I THINK THE ONE THAT'S UPCOMING PROBABLY BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING IS SENATOR RYAN AND ASSEMBLYMAN RIVERA ARE HAVING, UH, HOLD ON BEACH CLEANUP.
THAT'S ON SATURDAY, APRIL 23RD.
SO IT'S NICE TO SEE ALL THESE TRADITIONS COMING BACK.
YEAH, FRONTIER HIGH SCHOOL ACTUALLY DOES ONE AS
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WELL THAT DAY.DO THEY? YEAH, THEY'RE ENVIRONMENTAL CLUBS, SO I KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE FRONTIER STUDENTS HERE TONIGHT.
AND I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT MYSELF AND, UH, WE'LL GIVE ONE MORE PASS TO THE PUBLIC IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
UH, JUST A NOTICE FROM THE HAMMER, REJUVENATION, UH, COMMITTEE.
UH, WE'RE HAVING A TOWN WIDE CLEANUP.
UH, I COMPLETELY ILL-PREPARED FOR THIS.
JUST, UH, THE MONTH OF MAY? YEAH, MAY THE TOWN OF MONTH.
IT'S GONNA BE FROM THE ENTIRE MONTH OF MAY.
UM, FROM MAY 1ST, MAY 30, MAY 1ST TO MAY 31ST.
AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO, UM, IF ANYONE OR RECRUIT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CALL THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE AND THEN WE'LL GET YOU SET UP WHERE THEY STARTER KIT AND THEN I'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH A PHONE NUMBER TO GET AHOLD OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT TO HAVE YOUR TRASH PICKED UP WHENEVER YOU GUYS DOING STUFF.
SO IT'S, IT'S A WHOLE MONTH LONG THING WE HAVEN'T ADVERTISED ON FACEBOOK, UM, AND ON INSTAGRAM AND STUFF.
AND THE WAS NICE ENOUGH TO PUT IT IN THERE IN THE PAPER LAST WEEK TOO, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF GROUPS PARTICIPATING.
THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT COMMITTEE.
TIM, I WOULD ADD ONE MORE THING, UH, SINCE I'VE ASKED ABOUT IT A LOT.
THE, UH, I ISSUED THE SITE WORD FOR THE CHICK-FIL-A TODAY, SO, ALRIGHT.
IF YOU'RE ASKED, YOU'LL KNOW COMING THIS COMING IN 2022, RIGHT? YES.
A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE YEAR.
MAYBE THEY'RE HOPING FOR SEPTEMBER.
I ALMOST THINK IT MIGHT BE SOONER, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE HOPING FOR.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL.