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          OPPORTUNITIES FOR 
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FOLKS, FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC MM-HMM. 
          TO ENGAGE. 
          UM, BUT THIS IS SPECIFIC TO, UH, VOTING BY BOARD MEMBERS. 
          SO ANYBODY WANT TO WEIGH IN OR HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS FOR KATHY? I, I'LL WEIGH IN. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE IT, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN SOMEBODY IS SYMPTOMATIC OR COVID, THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE AREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND. 
          BUT I SEE WHERE YOU'RE SAYING THERE COULD BE AN ISSUE WITH IT BEING, I DON'T WANNA SAY ABUSED, BUT USED TOO FREQUENTLY. 
          UM, I GUESS IT WOULD BE UP TO OUR DISCRETION ON, ON HOW WE WANTED, HOW WE WANTED TO PRESENT THAT. 
          BUT I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH, UH, PURSUING BECAUSE I THINK THAT, UM, GIVEN THE NATURE OF WHEN SOMEBODY HAS ILLNESS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO HAVE THEIR VOTE COUNT DURING THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL MEASURES WE COULD PUT IN PLACE, UH, THAT WOULD ACCOMPANY THE LOCAL LAW, NOT ACCOMPANY THE LOCAL LAW, BUT MAYBE BE JUST PART OF OUR INTERNAL POLICIES THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, USING THAT FORMAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          I DUNNO IF IT'S OPEN A CAN OF WORMS, BUT I, I DEFINITELY THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT FEATURE TO HAVE. 
          I THINK IT'S A WORTH CONSIDERING, CONSIDERING ALL OF OUR BOARD POSITIONS, BOTH PLANNING BOARD, ZONING BOARD, AND EVEN TOWN BOARD, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SUPERVISOR. 
          WE ALL HAVE FULL-TIME JOBS THAT ARE OTHER THAN THIS ROLE. 
          AND I THINK WE JUST, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS TO BE MINDFUL OF TOO. 
          LIKE, SOMETIMES THINGS HAPPEN OUT OF YOUR CONTROL AND YOU HAVE TO BE OUTTA TOWN, BUT YOU STILL WANNA BE PRESENT AND PARTICIPATING. 
          IT WOULD OFFER THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UM, I WOULD WANNA SEE IT BE USED EVERY SINGLE MEETING, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, I THINK TOO IS A, UH, MINDFUL OF THE CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT. 
          I KNOW WHEN PLANNING BOARD, WHEN I WAS ON IT AND WE COULD PARTICIPATE REMOTELY, THE ATTENDANCE WAS ACTUALLY BETTER BECAUSE THERE WAS NO REASON YOU COULDN'T PARTICIPATE WHEN THE WHOLE WORLD WAS SHUT DOWN BECAUSE WE WERE HOME. 
          AND THEN I KNOW FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, WHEN I DID HAVE AN EXTENUATING MOBILITY CIRCUMSTANCE, I WAS STILL ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN EVERY SINGLE MEETING, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NO WAY I COULD PHYSICALLY GET TO THE BUILDING TO DO THAT. 
          SO IT WAS NICE AND IT WAS NICE FOR THE RESIDENTS 'CAUSE WE HAD MORE RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT DURING THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS WHEN IT WAS VIDEO CONFERENCE THAN PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC. 
          AND WE WEREN'T TOO REGULARLY VIDEO CONFERENCING. 
          SO IT WAS NICE TO OFFER RESIDENTS OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH MEETINGS, COMMENT ON MEETINGS, PARTICIPATE IN A PUBLIC HEARING PERIOD AS WELL. 
          I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. 
          I THINK THIS WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT STEP. 
          I THINK ONE OF THE, UM, TRENDS THAT HAS COME OUT OF WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED THE LAST TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, LIKE EVERYTHING YOU, SOME OF THOSE SILVER LININGS, AND THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THEM THAT I THINK IT HAS MADE, UM, THE, THE PROCESS FOR BEING ENGAGED, AS YOU SAID, THE PUBLIC I HAVE, THAT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE ALSO THAT I'VE SEEN ACTUALLY AN UPTICK IN AT CERTAIN TIMES IN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. 
          UM, BECAUSE THEY, THEY DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          IT GIVES THEM ANOTHER, ANOTHER WAY TO PARTICIPATE. 
          UH, AND I THINK LOOKING OVER THE GRAND ISLAND AS A TEMPLATE, NOT THAT WE WOULD TAKE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN ITS ENTIRETY, OR WE COULD, BUT I THINK IT HAS A LOT OF GOOD GUIDELINES IN THERE. 
          AND I THINK IT'S A, A STEP THAT, THAT REFLECTS WHAT THE CURRENT TRENDS ARE AND IT'S RESPONSIVE. 
          AND I THINK, UM, AFFORDS NOT ONLY THE PUBLIC, BUT BOARD MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE WHEN THERE COULD BE A CIRCUMSTANCE. 
          UH, I THINK WE'RE ALL TRYING TO BE VERY MINDFUL IN THIS DAY AND AGE AND USING OUR DISCRETION WHEN AT TIMES WE CAN BE IN ATTENDANCE, BUT MAYBE NOT PHYSICALLY IN ATTENDANCE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I THINK THIS IS, IT WOULD BE A GOOD STEP, A GOOD TOOL FOR US TO HAVE. 
          AND KATHY, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS, UM, SO THIS LAW BECAME IN EFFECT ON APRIL 9TH OF THIS YEAR, UH, AND IT WILL EXPIRE IN 2024. 
          YES. 
          SO THIS IS, THIS WOULD GET US THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, AND THEN IT WOULD EITHER BE ADDRESSED BY STATE GOVERNMENT, PROBABLY THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION OR A SUGGESTION. 
          UH, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE A AMENDMENT TO THE LAW THAT CAPPED THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS THAT SOMEBODY COULD ATTEND VIRTUALLY A VOTE ON VIRTUALLY? YEAH. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE UP TO, UP TO US. 
          THAT'S HOW WE WRITE IT. 
          YEAH. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD PROVIDE THE HAPPY MEDIUM WHERE IF SOMEBODY IS SICK A FEW TIMES A YEAR, THEY'RE OUT OF TOWN FOR BUSINESS OR, OR EVEN VACATION FOR THAT MATTER MM-HMM . 
          UM, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO VIDEO CONFERENCE, UH, MAYBE 2, 3, 4 TIMES A YEAR. 
          UM, BUT IT'S CAPPED SO THAT IT'S NOT USED. 
          GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
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I LIKE THE PROVISION TOO. 
          I'M A DRY ISLAND, ONE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YEAH. 
          LIKE, THAT'S A NICE OPPORTUNITY THAT IF GIVEN BUFFALO AND EVER CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS, WE'D STILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A MEETING. 
          EVEN IF THERE WAS LIKE A TOWN STATE OF EMERGENCY AND THE ROADS WERE SHUT DOWN, YOU COULD STILL CONDUCT BUSINESS AND KEEP MOVING ALONG AND GETTING THE THINGS DONE WE NEEDED TO GET DONE THAT NIGHT. 
          IT DOES HAVE A POINT IN HERE ABOUT NOTIFICATION, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, WHENEVER POSSIBLE, WHICH I WOULD THINK WOULD ALWAYS BE PREFERABLE THAT TO PROVIDE THAT 24 HOUR, I THINK THERE MM-HMM . 
          YOU KNOW, NOTIFICATION. 
          I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH INDICATORS HERE TOO. 
          UM, WE'RE ALL PROFESSIONALS AND, AND I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH DIFFERENT ITEMS IN HERE THAT, THAT, UM, GO ALONG WITH THAT IDEA OF THAT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE NORM. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS SUPPOSED AN EXTRAORDINARY TO FACILITATE FACILIT OPTIMAL INVOLVEMENT, BOTH BY MEMBERSHIP AND BY THE PUBLIC. 
          AND, AND I THINK IT'S GOOD TO VIEW IT AS SUCH IN, IN THAT POSITIVE WAY. 
          IT'S A WAY TO, UH, INCREASE PARTICIPATION MM-HMM . 
          AS OPPOSED TO MEMBER PARTICIPATION. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS? HAS, UM, TENANT ATTORNEY, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT LOOKED IT OVER? HAVE THEY GAVE ME, UM, SOME OF THE INFORMATION? I'VE NOT SEEN THE, UM, RELYING ON EXAMPLE. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT I THINK THAT WAS IN THE EMAIL, BUT, UM, YEAH, I TOOK A LOOK AT IT AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, PREPARED TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR THE NEXT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING FIRST, BUT WE CAN GET TOGETHER A DRAFT LOCAL LAW, CERTAINLY GET IT GOING. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THINK EVERYTHING I NEED. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WELL THANKS FOR YOUR INPUT. 
          WE WILL, UH, WORK ON THAT TOWARDS NEXT, UH, MEETING NOW. 
          WELL, MAYBE SOMETHING AT THIS POINT, IT JUST, I, I JUST THOUGHT OF A, THAT MICHAEL HAND IN HAND WITH THIS IS THAT, UM, BOTH FOR THE PUBLIC'S PARTICIPATION AND THE, THE PARTICIPANTS' PARTICIPATION. 
          UH, I I THINK AND YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD KNOW THIS MAY, THE PLANNING BOARD AND THE ZONING BOARD, I BELIEVE SOMEWHAT THEIR DATES ARE PRETTY MUCH SET, YOU KNOW, THOSE YES. 
          LIKE THE WHOLE YEAR VIRTUALLY. 
          CORRECT. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, THAT WAS ONE SUGGESTION A WHILE AGO EVEN I HAD WANTED TO MAKE FOR THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT, UM, IS THAT EVEN TOWN BOARD MEETINGS, I KNOW WE'VE HISTORICALLY ALWAYS DONE THEM QUARTER TO QUARTER, BUT I, I DON'T SEE WHY WE COULDN'T PUT OUT A, A LONGER SCHEDULE, LIKE WHY WE COULDN'T DO THE SAME THING. 
          WE KNOW WHEN HOLIDAYS ARE, WE KNOW LIKE WE MADE THE ADJUSTMENT FOR THE JUNE HOLIDAY, WE KNOW, UM, THE COURT SCHEDULE, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE TYPICALLY WHAT SECOND AND FOURTH IS THAT WHAT IT, WHAT IT IS. 
          SO WE COULD EVEN HAVE A DISCUSSION AS FAR AS HOW WE WANNA HAVE HANDLE SUMMER, BECAUSE SUMMER IN THE PAST HAS BEEN HANDLED A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT, UM, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE THAT, THE PUBLIC'S INVOLVEMENT, I THINK IF WE HAVE IT SCHEDULED, THAT'S MORE CONSISTENT AND THAT'S CAN BE LOOKED AT FURTHER OUT. 
          I, AND I'M THINKING WE, I WOULD THINK WE COULD PUT TOGETHER A YEAR SCHEDULE AND, AND HAVE IT OUT THERE SOONER. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THAT MEANS YOU CAN GO ALONG WELL WITH THIS YEAH. 
          FOR PLANNING PURPOSES WHERE THERE'S A POSSIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO PLAN IF YOU HAVE THAT SCHEDULE FAR ENOUGH IN ADVANCE. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT, KATHY? WOULD THAT MAKE THINGS EASIER OR HARDER FOR THE CLERK'S OFFICE? OR IF IT DOESN'T MATTER? YEAH, WE'RE FLEXIBLE. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO, UM, BY THE TIME WE ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE THIS ADDRESSED, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE AFTER THE 60 DAYS WOULD BE UP. 
          SO THERE MIGHT BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME IN THERE WHERE WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE BY VIDEO CONFERENCE. 
          BUT, UH, HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY IS IN TOWN ENJOYING A BEAUTIFUL SUMMER AND HEALTHY TO DO SO. 
          SO. 
          ALRIGHT, THANKS MORE TO COME ON THAT. 
          UH, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS WE HAVE MARK WALLING, OUR DEPUTY TOWN ATTORNEY, WHO'S BEEN DOING SOME WORK ON A DRAFT HISTORIC PRESERVATION LAW. 
          THE BOARD MAY RECALL THAT OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, UH, IS IT A COMMISSION THAT WAS, UM, WELL, THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD BE IF WE, WE RENAME IT RIGHT NOW. 
          IT'S THE, IT'S CALLED THE, UH, HISTORIC ADVISORY BOARD. 
          UH, SO THE, THE, THE PROBLEM WITH IT IS THAT IT'S, IT'S BEEN PRETTY BARE BONES. 
          SO I, UH, I THOUGHT WE SHOULD CONSIDER RENAMING IT AS A HISTORIC, UM, UH, PRESERVATION COMMISSION. 
          SO BECAUSE IT, IT, IT WOULD BE EXPANDING THE DUTIES OF THIS, UM, THIS BOARD. 
          SO WHAT IF YOU CALL IT COMMISSION, IT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE THEY'RE MORE IMPORTANT THAN I THINK THEY WOULD BE MORE IMPORTANT. 
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SO, YEAH. 
          UH, BUT I, I'M GLAD TO TALK ABOUT IT. 
          I'VE GOT COPIES HERE. 
          I GUESS MICHELLE ARE ALSO MAKE COPIES, SO WE HAVE MORE COPIES THAN WE NEED, BUT, UM, HERE'S, UH, COPIES OF WHAT I DRAFTED. 
          THAT WOULD BE THE NEW LAW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE THE NEW LAW. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND HERE'S THE OTHER ONE. 
          AND THEN THIS IS THE CURRENT LAW. 
          WE GOT, UM, FIVE COPIES OF THAT. 
          AND IF YOU WANTED IT, I ALSO HAVE THE AMHERST LAW, WHICH I BASE THIS IN LARGE PART ON. 
          UM, SO OH, YES, YOU GET A COPY, MICHELLE. 
          NOW YOU, UM, YOU CAN GIVE HER, GIVE HER, NOT THIS ONE, BUT THIS ONE. 
          ALL YES, PLEASE. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, SO JUST A SHORT, UM, SUMMARY HERE. 
          SO I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, I WOULD NAME IT, RENAME IT, IT'S THE PRESERVATION COMMISSION. 
          UH, IT IS PARALLEL TO WHAT AMHERST HAS. 
          I THINK THEIRS IS A GOOD LAW. 
          THAT'S WHY I BASED IT ON THAT. 
          UM, IT, WHAT IT DOES IS IT EMPOWERS THE COMMISSION TO RECOMMEND DESIGNATION OF A PARTICULAR PROPERTY AS WHAT THEY CALL A LANDMARK. 
          OR YOU COULD ALSO, THE, THE COMMISSION COULD ALSO RECOMMEND A GROUP OF PROPERTIES AS EITHER BEING A HISTORIC SITE OR A HISTORIC DISTRICT. 
          FOR INSTANCE, IN THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG, UH, MAYBE ALL OF YOU HAVE NOTICED THAT THE, UM, THE ENTIRE MAIN STREET FROM, FROM LAKE TO NORTH BUFFALO IS, IS CALLED A HISTORIC DISTRICT. 
          UH, SO THAT, THAT IS A, A RESULT OF WHAT ITS PRESERVATION COMMISSION DID. 
          UH, SO IT'S A RECOMMENDATION FUNCTION THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD HAVE. 
          ONCE IT RECOMMENDS SOMETHING, WHETHER IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OR SEVERAL PROPERTIES, THEN IT COMES IN FRONT OF THE, THIS BOARD AND THE TOWN BOARD HAS ITS OWN HEARING PROCESS. 
          SO THIS, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A TWO STEP HEARING PROCESS. 
          THE, THE COMMISSION HOLDS HEARINGS ON WHAT IT COULD RECOMMEND TO BE LANDMARKED, AND THEN, THEN IT MAKES ITS RECOMMENDATION AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          AND THE TOWN BOARD WOULD'VE ITS OWN PUBLIC HEARING ON WHAT WAS PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION AS THE LANDMARK PROPERTY. 
          AND, AND THEN, UH, AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S WHERE THE, THE PUBLIC INPUT COMES IN. 
          AND THEN IT'S THE FINAL DECISION IS YOURS. 
          UH, YOU DECIDE WHETHER PROPERTY IS, UH, SHOULD, UH, SHOULD HAVE THIS LANDMARK STATUS. 
          AND THERE'S SECTIONS SEVEN TO NINE IN THIS, WHICH THIS LIMITS THE ABILITY OF ANYBODY TO DEMOLISH OR SIGNIFICANTLY ALTER A LANDMARK PROPERTY OR ANY PROPERTY IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT. 
          UH, UNLESS THERE'S THE, THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS THAT HAS TO GET ISSUED. 
          SO AGAIN, IT GOES FIRST IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION, THE PRESERVATION COMMISSION. 
          SO ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO DEMOLISH A BUILDING THAT'S BEEN LANDMARKED HAS TO GO IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION AND, AND GIVE JUSTIFICATION FOR WHY IT BUILDING SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED OR SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERED. 
          AND THEN THE COMMISSION WOULD MAKE ITS RECOMMENDATION AGAIN TO YOU AS A TOM FORD. 
          AND THEN YOU GET THE FINAL SAY, DO YOU, DO YOU AGREE WITH WHAT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMISSION, OR DO YOU DISAGREE? DO YOU THINK THIS BUILDINGS WARRANTS BEING SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERED OR DEMOLISHED, OR DO YOU THINK IT NEEDS TO STAY THE WAY IT'S, UH, AND THAT, UM, THEN THERE'S ALSO REQUIREMENTS, UH, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY ANY OWNER CAN DO ORDINARY MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS, BUT, UM, BUT YOU HAVE, AS AN OWNER, YOU HAVE TO, YOU CANNOT ALLOW PROPERTY TO BE IN WHAT THEY CALL A SIGNIFICANT STATE OF DISTRICT THERE. 
          SO THAT OBVIOUSLY WAS AN ISSUE IN BUFFALO WITH THAT BUILDING. 
          WE'VE HEARD ABOUT SO MUCH THE, THE, THE, THE GREEN, 
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IT WAS CLEARLY IT WAS ALLOWED TO GET INTO A VERY BAD STATE OF DISTRICT THERE. 
          SO, UH, IF A LANDMARK PROPERTY EXISTS, UM, THERE'S, THERE WOULD BE TEETH IN THE LAW TO PREVENT AN OWNER FROM ALLOWING IT TO DETERIOR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN THERE WOULD BE, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE AND ENFORCEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, THAT LANDMARK PROPERTIES STAY PRESERVED. 
          AND THEN THERE ARE PENALTIES, AND THEN THERE'S AN APPEAL PRO PROCEDURE. 
          IF SOMEBODY DISAGREES WITH A DECISION, THEY GET TO APPEAL THE DECISION THROUGH IT, UH, THROUGH THAT APPEAL PREP PROCEDURE. 
          AND THIS WOULD'VE THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING THAT, THAT, UM, THAT I, WE HAD TO, I HAD TO THINK ABOUT HERE, AND YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT, UM, THE VILLAGE HAS ITS OWN, AS I SAID, ITS OWN, UM, PRESENTATION. 
          BUT THE WAY I WROTE THIS, IT WOULD APPLY TO THE ENTIRE TOWN OF HAMBURG EXCEPT THE VILLAGE OF, OF, UH, HAMBURG. 
          SO IT WOULD ALSO APPLY TO THE VILLAGE OF BLATON. 
          AND THE REASON I THOUGHT THAT WAS APPROPRIATE IS THAT THE VILLAGE OF BLATO JUST DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING, ANY MECHANISM AT ALL, PRESENTATION. 
          SO IT SEEMED TO BE, TO BE, AND, AND IT'S A MUCH SMALLER VILLAGE THAN THAN HAMBURG. 
          IT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF HISTORY. 
          MAKES MORE SENSE, I BELIEVE, FOR THE TOWN BOARD TO, TO HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO DECIDE ABOUT WHETHER THERE'S A PARTICULAR BUILDING IN THE VILLAGE OF, OF DALE THAT WARRANTS BEING PRESERVED OR NOT. 
          UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT. 
          SO, UM, I, UH, ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, I THINK GLAD TO ANSWER IN SECTION THREE. 
          UNDER, UNDER PURPOSE. 
          THE ONE THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION WAS D BECAUSE IT, I DON'T SEE THAT THERE'S REALLY ANYTHING SIMILAR REPRESENTED IN THE CURRENT, JUST AGAIN, BECAUSE WE WANT THIS PARTICULAR COMMISSION TO FLOW AND IN AND OUT OF OTHER EXISTING BOARDS AND PROCEDURES OF ET CETERA, NOT TO, UM, I'M LOOKING FOR POTENTIAL FOR A CONFLICT AND, AND, YOU KNOW, EACH BOARD'S REALM, ET CETERA. 
          AND SO DEE SAYS, ENSURE THE HARMONIOUS, ORDERLY AND EFFICIENT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN. 
          COMMENT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ONE. 
          WELL, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE, THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THOSE REALLY GENERAL STATEMENTS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I MEAN, IT DOES SEEM TO OVERLAP WITH, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL, WELL, WITH THE COMP PLAN AND WITH MANY OTHER THINGS. 
          AND SO, YEAH, I AGREE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT COULD EVEN BE DELETED BECAUSE FRANKLY IT'S KIND OF UNNECESSARY. 
          I MEAN, UM, IT'S, THIS IS REALLY FOCUSED ON PRESERVATION OF A PARTICULAR, UH, PROPERTY OR GROUP OF PROPERTIES. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY ECONOMIC FUNCTION EXCEPT THE DIRECTLY, IT'S LIKE THE, IT'S PROBABLY KIND OF SURPLUS LANGUAGE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND MAYBE IT'S IN THE NEW ONE, BUT IT'S, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKED ABOUT THE, THE PREVIOUS, AND, AND MAYBE AGAIN, WE'RE JUST GETTING THIS, IT'S HARD TO KNOW IF IT'S CONTAINED IN THERE, BUT PREVIOUSLY ON THE SECOND PAGE OF THE, THE CURRENT ONE AT THE VERY BOTTOM, NUMBER SEVEN TOO. 
          AND IT WAS ALWAYS ONE THAT I THOUGHT WAS, UH, PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE, AND ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF THE ROLE OF THIS GROUP, WAS TO ENSURE, ENSURE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE VALUE OF HISTORIC, CULTURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL PRESERVATION, UM, BY DEVELOPING AND PARTICIPATING IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS. IN OTHER WORDS, BRINGING THAT INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC. 
          I, I ALWAYS SAW THAT AS BEING THE, ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE, UM, ATTRIBUTES OF, OF HAVING A GROUP WHEN WE FIRST DECIDED TO PUT THAT GROUP, UH, TOGETHER. 
          AND WELL, THAT, THAT , AND MAYBE, CAN YOU COMMENT? IS IT IN THE, IS IT IN THE CURRENT ONE? I, IN, IN A QUICK GLANCE, I DIDN'T SEE IT, AND YET I FELT IT WAS A VERY SIGNIFICANT, IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE CURRENT GROUP. 
          I, THERE'S NO REASON IT SHOULDN'T BE IN THE NEW ONE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THAT I CAN THINK OF. 
          UM, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          I MEAN, EVEN, EVEN IN THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME THIS COMMISSION HAS BEEN, THIS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN EXISTENCE. 
          THEY, THEY'VE ALREADY, UM, INCREASED PUBLIC AWARENESS, RIGHT. 
          BEEN IN A COUPLE OF MEETINGS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, UM, I THINK IT SHOULD BE, UH, MM-HMM . 
          THAT'S NOT, THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING. 
          'CAUSE THEY ALSO WALK HAND IN HAND WITH THE, UM, WITH OUR HISTORIC SOCIETY AS IT SHOULD. 
          AND SO I THINK THOSE TWO PIECES, YOU KNOW, THAT'S INCLUDED, THAT EDUCATION PIECE, THAT PUBLIC AWARENESS, UH, APPRECIATION, UNDERSTANDING, GOES A LONG WAYS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT. 
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FOR THOSE TWO SECTIONS IN SECTION THREE, C AND D, MY INTERPRETATION WAS THAT THEY WERE, UM, THEREFORE THE, THE COMMITTEE TO, TO NOT HAVE THEIR OWN AGENDA OR TO GO OFF ON A TANGENT WITHOUT KEEPING THE TOWN'S AGENDA, THE TOWN'S PLANS INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          SO I THINK I CAN APPRECIATE THE BEST POINTS. 
          I THINK SHE, SHE'S CORRECT THAT THESE, THE WORDING OF THESE TWO, UH, IS PROBABLY TOO NARROW. 
          BUT I ALSO THINK WE MAY WANNA REPLACE 'EM WITH SOMETHING THAT RE REFERENCES THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BECAUSE YOU DON'T, I, I, I FEEL THAT WE WOULDN'T WANT THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE TO START TO MAKE DECISIONS AND ACT IN A MANNER THAT'S NOT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION ALL THE TIME. 
          THE EFFORT TO DO DILIGENCE THAT'S BEEN DONE TO CREATE THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT'S REALLY OUR ROADMAP. 
          AND SO, WHETHER IT BE SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF JUST STAY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE TALENT ESTABLISHED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, OR, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD WANT THEM TO UTILIZE OR REFERENCE THE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT MIGHT ADDRESS THE BATTALION BETWEEN THE TALENT PLAN OBJECTIVE, UM, AND THEIR ROLE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THEY'RE NOT ON THEIR OWN ISLAND DOING THEIR OWN THING WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF EVERYTHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE. 
          UM, BUT YET THEY NOT TOO RESTRICTIVE, YOU KNOW, AS SOME OF THESE MIGHT BE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, POINTED OR, OR RESTRICTED IF YOU JUST REFERENCE A  PLAN THAT MIGHT ADDRESS, AND IT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE BEST PLACED THEN IN PURPOSE, BUT MORE SO IN, UH, A GUIDING POINT. 
          MARK. 
          I GUESS I'M JUST WONDERING TOO, AND MAYBE IT'S LISTED IN HERE, BUT THIS IS PRETTY MEATY SO FAR, UM, THE COMMISSION, DOES THE LANDOWNER GET A SAY OR CAN THE COMMISSION GO AND SAY, THIS AREA IS GONNA BE CONSIDERED A HISTORIC AREA, OR THIS HOME IS GONNA BE CONSIDERED A HISTORIC HOME, AND IF THE LANDOWNER IS AGAINST IT, IS THAT STOP IT? OR CAN IT BE DONE AGAINST A LANDOWNER'S WISHES? WELL, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          UM, THAT'S, THAT IS ULTIMATELY THE TOM BOARD'S DECISION. 
          IS THIS IS ALL, THE COMMISSION IS PRETTY RESTRICTIVE. 
          YEAH. 
          ALL THE COMMISSION WOULD DO WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. 
          AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S TWO SET OF PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          IT'S, IT'S FRANKLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU HAVE SOME OTHER LOCATIONS WHERE THE, THE MUNICIPALITY GETS MUCH MORE POWER TO A UNELECTED COMMISSION. 
          AND THEN THE COMMISSION REALLY GETS TO DO THINGS THAT THE LAND OWNER MAY NOT WANT TO DO IT ALL. 
          SO BY HAVING TWO SETS OF HEARINGS WHERE YOU, THE LANDOWNER CAN BE HEARD IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION, AND THEN ALL THAT THE COMMISSION MAKES IS A RECOMMENDATION AND ANOTHER SET OF HEARINGS IN FRONT OF YOU AS THE TOP BOARD, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD BEFORE ANY DECISIONS MADE. 
          SO IT GIVES THE LANDOWNER, IN MY OPINION, MORE OF A, SAY, PROCESS, SOME OF THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES GIVEN WHY WOULD A LANDOWNER WANT THIS DESIGNATION? BECAUSE IT, THIS SEEMS TO REALLY RESTRICT A LOT OF WHAT THEY CAN CHOOSE TO DO TO THEIR PROPERTY IF THEY WANT TO PUT AN ADDITION ON, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA BE ALLOWED. 
          IF THEY WANNA CHANGE THE SIDING. 
          SEEMS LIKE THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA, LIKE I'M KIND OF THINKING EVEN IF THEY HAVE TO REPLACE THE WINDOWS, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO IN FRONT OF THE HISTORIC COMMISSION TO GET AN OKAY TO REPLACE THE WINDOWS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT MOST OF US, IF YOU HAVE AN OLDER AGING HOME, ARE JUST GONNA DO OUT OF GOOD MAINTENANCE. 
          UM, WHAT WOULD BE THE ADVANTAGE TO A LANDOWNER SAYING, YES, I WANT THIS DESIGNATION FOR MY HOME TAX CREDITS IS A BIG ONE. 
          YOU, I DON'T KNOW. 
          UM, CAN YOU GIVE ME DATA ON WHAT THE TAX CREDITS WOULD BE LIKE? AND I, I COULD CERTAINLY GET INFORMATION. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU ACTUALLY, MATT, THE LAST MEETING OF OUR CURRENT COMMITTEE, WE HAD A PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN ABOUT, IT WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN THERE ABOUT THE VARIOUS TAX CREDITS. 
          TAX CREDITS CAN, CAN GO NOT JUST TO BUSINESSES, BUT TO HOMEOWNERS. 
          SO, 
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UM, IT CAN ACTUALLY BE A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT TO, TO GET THOSE TAX CREDITS, BUT I, I CERTAINLY CAN GET MORE INFORMATION. 
          YEAH. 
          I'D BE INTERESTED TOO, TO FIND OUT IF IT AFFECTS PROPERTY VALUES, KNOWING THAT YOU'RE SELLING A HOME THAT MAY HAVE THESE RESTRICTIONS PLACED ON 'EM. 
          IF IT WOULD MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR SOMEBODY TO SELL A HOME, SAY IN A DESIGNATED HISTORIC DISTRICT. 
          LIKE, I LOVE THE IDEA, TRUST ME, LIVE IN A HISTORIC OLD HOME. 
          BUT I ALSO WORRY, LIKE WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THE DECISIONS, YOU'VE GOT WOODEN SIDING AND IT'S GETTING EXPENSIVE EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS TO PAINT IT, RIGHT? YOU'RE GONNA GO TO VINYL SIDING AND NOW YOU CAN'T. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL THAT'S, THAT, THOSE ARE EXACTLY THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT YEAH. 
          THAT, THAT HAVE TO BE DECIDED ABOUT. 
          I THINK ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE, UH, MOST COMPELLING CASES FOR, UM, FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION STATUS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT, THAT MEETING WAS THE STORY OF, OF HAMLIN PARK, WHICH IS JUST SOUTH OF KENESHA COLLEGE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS, UH, GETTING INCREASINGLY BOUGHT UP AND CONVERTED INTO STUDENT HOUSING, UM, UNTIL THEY GOT TO SOME, SOME HOMES THAT WERE, WERE DEEMED HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT BY THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND, UM, THERE WAS LIKE 1500 PROPERTIES I THINK THAT FELL UNDER, UH, THE POTENTIAL FOR THAT HISTORIC DESIGNATION, WHICH NOT ONLY PROTECTED THOSE, THOSE HOMES, THE CHARACTER OF THEIR HOMES, BUT BROUGHT IN SOME SIGNIFICANT, UH, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR PROPERTY OWNERS TO, TO, TO, TO RENOVATE AND RESTORE SOME OF THOSE HOMES AS WELL. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE EAST SIDE OF BUFFALO HAS CERTAINLY HAD ITS, ITS FAIR SHARE OF, OF GENTRIFICATION AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY SOME, SOME, SOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT, UH, WERE, WERE LEFT BEHIND. 
          BUT HAMILL PARK IS, UH, IS, IS REALLY, REALLY STANDS OUT AMONG MANY OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, I BELIEVE. 
          UM, WHEN THAT MEETING STARTED, THE, THE PRESENTATION WAS VERY INTERESTING AT THE, AT THE LAST MEETING BY THE GENTLEMAN, AND I BELIEVE, UM, WE HAD MADE THE REQUEST THAT, THAT JENNIFER WAS RECORDING THAT PRESENTATION ON ALMOST POSITIVE THAT SHE DID. 
          SO IF ANY OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS EVER WANTED TO VIEW THAT JUST FOR YOUR OWN, UH, EDIFICATION, IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING, UH, PRESENTATION. 
          AND, UM, YOU, I'M SURE YOU COULD JUST CONTACT JENNIFER AND SHE'D BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT. 
          I, I'M, I THINK OF LIKE OUR, OUR HAMLETS, OUR HISTORIC HAMLETS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, I THINK OF THE HAMLET OF LAKEVIEW, WHICH IS SURROUNDED BY, BY NEW HOMES, NEW BUILDS. 
          I'M SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS THAT LAND BECOMES MORE SCARCE, AND WE LOOK AT SOME OF THESE MORE HISTORIC AREAS WITH OLDER HOUSING DEVELOPERS ARE GONNA LOOK TO, UH, TO, TO MAKE SOME CHANGES IN THOSE AREAS. 
          AND THIS WOULD, WOULD PROTECT SOME OF THAT HISTORIC CHARACTER. 
          MARK, IS THERE ANY REASON WHY, UM, WE COULD, YOU KNOW, INCORPORATE SOME OF THIS, THE NEW DOCUMENT YOU GAVE US, BUT DO WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE TITLE OF THE GROUP? I MEAN, THE, THE GROUP IS FAIRLY YOUNG. 
          I WISH THAT WAS MY IDEA. 
          IN NATURE, YOU GET TO DECIDE WHAT YOU CALL . 
          I MEAN, I THINK THAT THE, THE TITLES ARE, ARE PRETTY TELLING THIS, THIS PREVIOUS LEGISLATION, UM, I MEAN, I WASN'T ON THE BOARD AND YOU GUYS MADE THAT CALL, BUT, UM, AN ADVISORY BOARD DOESN'T, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S SIMPLY ADVISORY IN NATURE. 
          UM, THERE'S, THERE'S NO TEETH THERE. 
          AND, AND YOU KNOW, MY UNDERSTANDING OF, UM, WHAT THE, WHAT THE BOARD IS CURRENTLY LOOKING TO IS CONFER SOME SORT OF HISTORIC STATUS TO, UM, TO DOSE ON THE LAKE. 
          UM, THEY COULD DO THAT, BUT, BUT WHAT WOULD IT MEAN? IT, IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE ANY TEETH OR OFFER ANY PROTECTION OR GIVE THE LANDOWNER THE PROPERTY OWNER ANY, ANY RECOURSE OR ANY OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON, ON THAT. 
          BUT I THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS COMING TO THE TOWN BOARD ANYWAYS. 
          I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT REALLY ASSUMING ANY AUTHORITY WAS MY UNDERSTANDING FROM MARK JUST WORDED IT SO WELL, THEY, THEY DO MORE THAN THEY DO NOW. 
          THEY, THEY WOULD, THEY'D HOLD HEARINGS, THEY'D MAKE, UH, FORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE MORE EXTENSIVE THAN WHAT ANY RECOMMENDATION THEY WOULD MAKE. 
          NOW, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY COULD RECOMMEND THAT IT BECOMES A HISTORIC SITE. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT DOESN'T IT STILL HAVE TO COME TO THE TOWN BOARD? THEY, THAT RECOMMENDATION TO THE TOWN BOARD. 
          WELL, RIGHT. 
          AND THEN THE TOWN BOARD COULD SAY, OKAY, THIS IS A HISTORIC SITE, BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, AGAIN, IT LIES WITH THE TOWN BOARD TO MAKE THAT DESIGNATION. 
          I GUESS I'M STILL, UM, I, I, I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE WE GO TO COMMISSION, AS YOU JUST SAID, WE'RE GIVING THEM THE RIGHT FOR HEARINGS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          I JUST SEE IT OPENING. 
          UH, TALK ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE ON THE PLANNING BOARD, THE ZONING BOARD, UH, RIGHT. 
          YOU, THERE'S A LOT OF TRAINING 
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OBLIGATIONS MM-HMM . 
          SO I, I WOULD THINK THERE WOULD BE, THERE WOULD BE A LOT I WOULD WANT TO HAVE CONSIDERED BEFORE TESTING SOME OF WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED TO, UM, AND IF IT'S COMING TO THE TOWN BOARD ANYWAYS, FOR THOSE DESIGNATIONS, HOW IS IT REALLY DIFFERENT THAN MAKING A RECOMMENDATION? I'M JUST, I'M, I'M STILL TRYING TO GET A CLEAR PICTURE ON HOW, SO MY UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS IS, UM, THEY'RE GONNA DO THE WORK. 
          THEY'RE GONNA DO THE BACKGROUND. 
          THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA LOOK AT THESE ISSUES. 
          THEY'RE GONNA, UM, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON CERTIFICATES OF, OF APPROPRIATENESS, UM, WHICH BRINGS THOSE TASKS, UM, AND THAT AUTHORITY TO, TO CITIZENS OF HAMBURG. 
          UM, OTHERWISE, UM, IT GIVES THE TOM BOARD THE RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THAT DUE DILIGENCE AND DEC AND DECIDE WHAT IS APPROPRIATE OR NOT. 
          THIS GIVES THEM A FRAMEWORK TO, TO ACT ON, ON THE ISSUE. 
          AND THEN, SO THEY ARE ACTING ON THE ISSUE NOT BRINGING, SO THAT'S WHERE I GUESS I'M GETTING AT. 
          SO THE ACTION WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION. 
          THEY ONLY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT'S A RECOMMENDATION, NO POWER. 
          ULTIMATELY, THEY HAVE NO POWER TO ENFORCE, UH, TO, TO MAKE ANY DEC UL ULTIMATE DECISION ON ANYTHING. 
          THE FOUR OR THE FIVE OF YOU ARE THE ONES WHO DECIDE, UH, WHO HAVE ALL OF THE DECISION MAKING. 
          MM-HMM . 
          ALL THEY DO IS MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, AND, AND WHAT, WHAT I LIKED ABOUT IT IS THAT NO MATTER WHETHER IT'S THE HOMEOWNER OR THE BUSINESS OWNER OR THE PEOPLE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR WHOMEVER, THEY GET A CHANCE TO PRESENT THEIR IDEAS BOTH TO THEM AND TO YOU. 
          I THINK THAT'S AN ADVANTAGE. 
          IF I'M A BUSINESS OWNER AND I'M NOT SURE I WANNA HAVE MY PROPERTY LANDMARKED, I'D WANNA BE ABLE TO PRESENT MY POSITION FIRST TO THEM AND, AND, AND A HEARING FROM THEM. 
          AND THEN SECONDLY TO YOU, RATHER THAN JUST HAVE ONE HEARING, I THINK IT'S BETTER FOR THE PROPERTY TO HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO BE HEARD PERSON. 
          I THINK I HAVE CONCERN TOO, THAT WE TALK ABOUT HAVING STANDARDS, HISTORICAL STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS, AND MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ANY ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS FOR NEW BUILDS. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THE HOMEOWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS WHO HAVE OLDER HOME TO AN ARCHITECTURAL STANDARD AND A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS. 
          BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA HOLD NEW BUILDS THAT ARE COMING IN AND NEW DEVELOPERS TO A SIMILAR EXPECTATION OF HIGH QUALITY GOODS AND MATERIALS OR ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS THAT ARE KEEPING WITH THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY'RE BUILDING. 
          SO IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, PERHAPS WE NEED TO TAKE A GENERAL LOOK AT ALL OF IT. 
          IF WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT MAINTAINING HISTORICAL INTEGRITY AND MAINTAINING HIGH QUALITY, UH, PROPERTIES, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SAME THING BE HELD FOR NEW BUILDS COMING IN AND NEW DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESSES AND SUCH THAT WE HOLD THEM TO AN EQUALLY HIGH STANDARD OF EXPECTATION. 
          AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, I, I, I MEAN, I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF US TAKING A LOOK AT, AT DOING THIS AND INCORPORATING, I THINK WE AGREED THAT THE PREVIOUS ONE DIDN'T HAVE QUITE ENOUGH IN IT, BUT I JUST WANT US TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING INTO PLACE AND MAYBE TAKE SOME INTERMEDIATE, IMMEDIATE STEPS, UM, AND MAKE SURE, THAT'S WHY I REALLY LIKED THAT EDUCATION PIECE. 
          I THINK A LOT OF IT WILL COME OUT OF, AS WE BRING HEIGHTENED AWARENESS AND SO MANY TIMES, IF YOU CAN GENERATE THAT, IF YOU CAN GENERATE THE INTEREST WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY THROUGH AN UNDERSTANDING, THROUGH IT, INCREASE APPRECIATION, SOME OF WHAT THEY'RE GONNA WANT TO DO THEN WILL JUST NATURALLY COME ABOUT. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD PLACE TO START, YOU KNOW, TO BUILD THAT AND TO, AND TO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE ANY RESTRICTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE PUT IN PLACE THAT COMES AFTERWARDS, IT'S SOMEWHAT OF A NATURAL PROGRESSION. 
          AND I ALWAYS LIKE WITH STARTING WITH THAT FIRST PIECE OF PIECE, UH, RAISING AWARENESS, HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE, HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND, IN THIS CASE THE, THE, IF THERE'S TAX CREDITS, WHAT THEY COULD DO, HELPING THEM KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES, IN OTHER WORDS, ALMOST OF THIS GROUP TOO, I SAW THEM, IS, UH, ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS THEY COULD DO IS TO REALLY BE A SOURCE. 
          I MEAN, GREAT INDIVIDUALS ON THERE WITH A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY COULD BE A SOURCE FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE INTERESTED. 
          SO MANY TIMES IT'S BECAUSE YOU DON'T, YOU 
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DON'T KNOW. 
          AND IF YOU HAD SOMEONE TO TURN TO THAT COULD HELP YOU TO KNOW HOW TO PRESERVE THE QUALITIES IN YOUR HOME, MAYBE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, HOMEOWNERS ARE, ARE BUSY AND THEIR ACTIONS ARE, ARE BRED OUT OF, THEY, THEY DON'T KNOW. 
          AND SO A GREAT FIRST STEP WOULD BE TO HAVE THIS GROUP WHO CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION, PROVIDE AWARENESS, PROVIDE INCREASED INTEREST, AND PEOPLE WANTING TO JUMP ON BOARD WITH THAT, AND ALSO GIVING THEM THE TOOL BEING THERE IS THAT TOOL AND THAT RESOURCE FOR HOW TO DO IT. 
          AND I ALWAYS PREFER WHEN THAT'S THE, THE FIRST STEP. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHILE TANDEM ALSO LOOKING AT, THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT PIECES OF PROPERTY IN THE TOWN THAT WE WANNA BE POISED AND READY TO, UM, BE ABLE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, LEAD A CHARGE OR WHATEVER, TO, TO PRESERVE. 
          I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS GOING HERE WITHOUT HAVING TO BE RESTRICTED OR BEING VIEWED. 
          I WOULDN'T WANT THIS TO BE VIEWED AS BEING RESTRICTIVE. 
          I WOULD WANT IT TO BE HELPFUL IN HAVING OUR COMMUNITY EMBRACE THOSE ROOTS AND, AND WANTING TO JUMP ON BOARD WITH, WITH PRESERVATION EFFORTS WHEREVER WE COULD AND WHERE IT MADE, MADE SENSE AND, AND WASN'T RESTRICTIVE OR INHIBITIVE TO, TO A, A BUSINESS OWNER OR A RESIDENTIAL OWNER. 
          ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE NOT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND YOU CAN MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT BY NATURE OF BEING A PROPERTY OWNER, THEY'RE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          BUT OFTEN YOU CAN HAVE A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE A PROPERTY OWNER THAT DOESN'T LIVE HERE IN HAMBURG AND MAY MAKE DECISIONS IN THEIR FINANCIAL BEST INTERESTS WHILE LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY. 
          BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, DECIDING TO, TO RAISE THE, UH, OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP FORMER CHURCH AND PUT IN DOLLAR GENERAL. 
          I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ZONED OVER THERE, BUT, BUT THAT'S RIGHT. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT THAT'S WHEN I TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE PIECES HERE LIKE THAT, WHERE WE HAVE TO, THIS IS WHERE THAT CAN, CAN LEAD THE CHARGE. 
          EXACTLY. 
          NO, I, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU AT ALL. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT THERE'S, I, I JUST DON'T SEE A LOT OF TEETH IN, IN HERE. 
          EVEN IF THEY DO DECIDE, OKAY, IT'S HISTORIC. 
          AND THEN WE SAID, OKAY, YES, IT'S HISTORIC. 
          WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I MEAN, WE STILL DON'T HAVE ANY, THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING IN, IN OUR CURRENT LAW THAT WOULD, IF, IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY AND, AND THEY BOUGHT THE CHURCH AND THEY WANTED TO RAISE IT, THERE'S, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN HERE THAT WOULD NO, I THINK WE WERE ALL THAT WE NEEDED TO ADD ON TO THAT ORIGINAL DOCUMENT. 
          I THINK THAT'S NO POINT OF CONTENTION. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I, I'M AGREEING WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID. 
          I THINK THE BOTTOM LINE, CORRECT, IF I'M WRONG, IS BASICALLY AS A TOWN, WE WANT TO BE BETTER STEWARDS OF HISTORIC LANDMARKS, DESTINATIONS BE MORE SENSITIVE TO THAT. 
          AS OUR TOWN GROWS, WE HAVE THE, FOR, WE'RE IN THE FORTUNATE POSITION TO BE SOMEWHAT SELECTIVE AND SOMEWHAT, UM, PARTICULAR, UM, AS WE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MAX OUT IF, IF, IF WE GET TO THE POINT OF MAXING OUT. 
          SO THIS, I THINK IS A FORWARD THINKING WAY TO AT LEAST GET THE BALL ROLLING. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE, THE TIME TO FACILITATE THIS. 
          UH, IF WE HAVE PEOPLE ON THIS COMMITTEE THAT ARE EXPERIENCED, KNOWLEDGEABLE, EDUCATED, PASSIONATE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE GREAT TO WORK WITH FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESS OWNERS. 
          UM, BUT I AGREE WITH MEGAN'S POINT THAT IF WE ONLY DO THIS AND DON'T ALSO DO IT FOR EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE TOWN, ALL THE NEW BUILDS, WE'RE PROBABLY SELLING OURSELVES SHORT. 
          BECAUSE, UM, I THINK IF WE HAD BOTH GOING TO REALLY BE A TOWN THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, BE PROUD OF IN THE SENSE OF HAVING SOME SORT OF, UM, GUIDANCE RULES, REGULATIONS OF UNIFORMITY, UH, IN MY OPINION, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOWNS OF WESTERN NEW YORK, ROCHESTER, CENTRAL NEW YORK, THAT HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB WITH MAINTAINING THE CHARACTER OF THEIR COMMUNITIES FROM A HISTORICAL, FROM JUST A BEAUTIFICATION AESTHETIC, UM, THEY'RE ALL THE ONES THAT HAVE MUCH MORE STRINGENT RULES, REGULATIONS, COMMISSIONS, BOARDS THAT ARE ACTIVELY, UM, LOOKING AT PROJECTS, ANALYZING PROJECTS, UM, HAVING A GAME PLAN FOR THEIR, THEIR TOWN AND ALLY, THEIR VILLAGE OF, UM, SOME STRUCTURE, SOME GUIDANCE. 
          THEN I THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE BETWEEN THE HISTORIC COMMISSION AND POTENTIALLY, UM, AN AGRICULTURE OR A ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW FOR, FOR MORE OF THE NEW BUILDS, I THINK WE CAN AT LEAST START IN THAT DIRECTION. 
          I, I'M, I'M, I'M HEARING EVERYBODY, I JUST, I JUST FEEL LIKE I, I REALLY WANNA SAY THAT I, I RECOMMEND YOU TO WATCH THE PRESENTATION IF JENNY CAN GET YOU THAT PRESENTATION. 
          IT'S EXTREMELY INFORMATIVE. 
          IT'S VERY, IT SPELLED OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRESERVATION AND DESIGN STANDARDS. 
          AND, AND, AND I, I, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE HOLDING NEW BUILDS TO THE SAME 
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HISTORIC STANDARDS. 
          I THINK THAT'S APPLES AND ORANGES. 
          SO I, I THINK THAT, I MEAN, WE, AND WE DO REQUIRE A GREAT DEAL OF, OF NEW BUILDS AS FAR AS WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BUILD, WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BUILD IT, HOW BIG THE LOT IS GONNA BE. 
          SO THERE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF TEETH THERE ALREADY, IT SOUNDS LIKE. 
          AND I, AND I NEED TO WATCH THE PRESENTATIONS, BUT WE'RE TALKING, WE'RE HAVING TWO SEPARATE CONVERSATIONS HERE. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FUNCTION OF THIS BOARD, UM, BEING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LARGE FOCUS OF THE CONVERSATION TALKING ABOUT ENFORCING RESTRICTIONS, AND THEN THERE'S A LARGE PORTION OF THAT CONVERSATION TALKING ABOUT PROMOTING OPPORTUNITY AND, AND BASED ON SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT YOU'VE CITED IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT IT'S AFFORDED THESE, UM, HOMEOWNERS AS FAR AS NOT JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, TAX OPPORTUNITIES, UH, BUT PROTECTION, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S TWO PIECES TO THIS. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE FUNCTION OF THE BOARD. 
          AND, AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT DO THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, TEETH FOR, I AGREE, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS FURTHER. 
          THERE NEEDS TO BE MAYBE SOME STRONGER LANGUAGE IN THERE FOR THOSE TIMES WHEN, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU HAVE A HOMEOWNER WHO, WHO DOES NOT HAVE A HISTORIC DESIGNATION TO PREVENT THEM FROM TURNING IT INTO A, YOU KNOW, A STORE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          SO, UM, I'LL CERTAINLY GET THE PRESENTATION AND WATCH IT, BUT IT JUST SEEMS, LIKE I SAID, THESE CONVERSATIONS KEEP, SEEM TO BE TAKING TWO DIFFERENT PATHS AS FAR AS WHAT THE FUNCTION OF THE BOARD IS. 
          AND THEY SHOULD BE DOING BOTH. 
          BUT I, I THINK WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY CAN DO BOTH. 
          AND IT'S NOT THE, THE LIMITATIONS. 
          IT IS ALSO ABOUT PROMOTING OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE PRESIDENTS TO, UH, BE PROTECTED BY THIS DESIGNATION TO MAINTAIN, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY HAVE. 
          SO, YEAH. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. 
          OH, THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THAT'S ALL WE HAD ON THE FORMAL AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. 
          WE HAVE A, UH, WE HAVE A FULL AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING. 
          NOTHING, UH, REALLY JUMPS OUT, UM, AS FAR AS WHAT WE MIGHT WANT TO DISCUSS IN WORK SESSION, BUT WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS OR REPORTS FROM THE BOARD. 
          I GUESS I CAN START, GO FOR IT. 
          UH, SO JUST A COUPLE REPORTS, UH, TO BREAK YOU UP TO SPEED ON A FEW THINGS. 
          UM, THE CONSERVATION, UH, ADVISORY BOARD HAD A TREE PLANNING, UH, BELIEVE IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT, UH, IT WAS TWO WEEKENDS AGO. 
          UM, SO IT WAS REALLY AS, AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, ONE OF THE FIRST, UH, MAJOR TREE PLANNINGS THAT, THAT OUR TOWN HAS, HAS DONE, UH, IN RECENT MEMORY. 
          UH, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK DY LOWE. 
          HE DID A, A TREMENDOUS JOB COORDINATING THAT AS WELL AS ALL THE MEMBERS FROM THE, UH, CONSERVATION ADVISORY BOARD AND, UH, THE COMMUNITY, THE VOLUNTEERS THAT STEPPED FORWARD. 
          UM, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THAT AS AN ANNUAL, UM, AND TO BUILD OFF ON WHAT WE DID, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO. 
          AND SO, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT AREN'T AWARE, THERE'S BEEN A SEVERE, UH, THE BORE ASH, UH, PROBLEM OF A LOT OF TREES, UH, THAT WERE LOSING, UH, BECAUSE OF CURRENT CONDITIONS. 
          AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO, OUR BEST TO, TO REPLANT, UH, STRATEGICALLY. 
          AND, UM, THE BUILDING TO GROUND AND IWA HAVE ALSO BEEN VERY HELPFUL, UH, IN DOING THAT. 
          SO THIS IS WAS THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL EVENT, BUT WE CERTAINLY HOPE TO, UM, MAKE IT BIGGER AND BETTER, UH, NEXT YEAR IN TERMS OF THE, UH, RECREATION DEPARTMENT, THE, UM, THE SOCCER FIELD, UH, PARKING LOT, THE MONARCHS, AND WHERE THE KNIGHTS ARE, WHERE THEY DO THE FLYING, UM, MODEL AIRPLANES. 
          THE PARKING LOT WAS PAVED IN THE OFF SEASON AT THE END OF LAST YEAR BASED ON THE BOND. 
          UM, LAST WEEK I WAS FORTUNATE TO GO OUT AND, AND SEE THE ONSITE, UH, DO AN ONSITE INSPECTION, UH, AT THE SAME TIME THEY WERE PUTTING IN SPEED BUMPS. 
          SO, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO JUST, UH, CAUTION EVERYBODY THERE THAT ALTHOUGH THE PARKING LOT IS NOW PAVED, UM, WE STILL WANT TO HAVE VERY SLOW TRAFFIC FLOW. 
          SO THE SPEED BUMPS ARE, ARE THERE TO HELP FACILITATE A SAFE, SLOW, UH, ENVIRONMENT. 
          UM, THE, THE, THE PARKING LOT, UH, LOOKS INCREDIBLE. 
          SO WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FURTHER HELP ON THAT PROJECT AND TO LET ALL THE PEOPLE KNOW, BECAUSE THIS WILL BE THE FIRST WEEK WE, WE START THE PROGRAMS OUT THERE, UM, TO REALLY, UH, BE RESPECTFUL OF THE FACILITY AND, AND TO DRIVE SAFELY, SAFELY. 
          UH, ON JUNE 27TH, WHICH WOULD BE OUR LAST MEETING IN JUNE, UH, WE'RE SCHEDULING TO HAVE ALL THREE OF THE FINALISTS FOR THE, UH, NIKE, UH, ICE ARENA COMPLEX, UH, COME BEFORE US. 
          OUR COMMITTEE HAS, UH, COME UP WITH ALL THE FINAL CRITERIA THAT WE'RE GONNA ASK OF THEM. 
          UH, THE PRESENTATIONS WILL IDEALLY BE, UH, BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MINUTES EACH. 
          UH, AND WE'RE REALLY ENCOURAGING THE PUBLIC, ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED IN THE 
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ICE ARENA, UH, TO ATTEND THAT EVENT SO THEY CAN GET A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THESE, UM, ENGINEERING FIRMS ARE GONNA PROPOSE AND WHAT DIRECTION WE MIGHT WANT TO TAKE AS A TOWN, UM, IF THERE'S AGREEMENT TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          UM, ALONG THOSE LINES, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, SOME PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ENTITIES. 
          WE REALLY WANT THIS TO BE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. 
          UM, RANDY AND I HAVE HAD, SO, UH, A MEETING, UM, JOE WENZEL AND I HAD A MEETING, UH, TODAY WITH DIFFERENT, UH, ENTITIES THROUGH OUR, OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE FEEL ARE GONNA BE PARTNERS WITH US IN THE PROCESS IN TERMS OF EITHER JUST, UH, GROUPS THAT ARE GONNA USE THE ICE OR THAT CAN, UM, CAN ASSIST, UH, THE TOWN, UM, IN, IN, IN WHATEVER WAY. 
          UH, WE FEEL, UH, MIGHT BE A, A WIN-WIN PARTNERSHIP. 
          UM, AND THAT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, PRIVATE BUSINESSES, UM, WHOEVER REALLY IS OUT AT THE ARENA USING THE ARENA. 
          WE WANT TO GET AS MUCH FEEDBACK AND INPUT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO REACH OUT TO, UH, PEOPLE THAT WE THINK, UH, THAT WE KNOW USE THE FACILITY AND HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE FACILITY. 
          BUT FOR ANY OF YOU OUT THERE THAT HAVE NOT APPROACHED US OR HAVE TALKED TO US ABOUT, UH, CONCERNS OR THOUGHTS YOU HAVE ON THE PROJECT, UH, WE CERTAINLY WELCOME THAT INPUT, ESPECIALLY BEFORE THE JUNE 27TH MEETING. 
          SO THAT GIVES YOU A FULL MONTH, UH, TO POTENTIALLY, UM, MEET WITH US AND, AND GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK, UH, TO, TO ANY, ANY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD A CANDIDATE, UM, THAT WASN'T ABLE TO FULFILL HIS COMMITMENT IN THE POSITION THAT WE HAD, UH, HIRED HIM FOR. 
          SO, UH, WE WENT TO THE SECOND CANDIDATE AND, UH, HE ALSO, UM, DECLINED THE POSITION. 
          SO UNFORTUNATELY, UM, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BACK AT SQUARE ONE, SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS IN TERMS OF STAFFING TO GET US THROUGH THE NEXT, UH, FEW WEEKS AND POSSIBLY MONTHS. 
          UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UM, UH, WE HAD A SETBACK THERE, WHICH ISN'T TOO UN UNCOMMON IN THIS ENVIRONMENT. 
          UH, COUNTER OFFERS, UM, ARE, ARE KIND OF THE NORM BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO LOSE, LOSE THEIR GOOD EMPLOYEES. 
          SO WE CAN RESPECT AND UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT, IT DEFINITELY STILL PUTS US IN A DIFFICULT, UH, POSITION FOR THAT DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, THE LAKE ERIE SEAWAY TRAIL COMMITTEE HAS MADE, UH, TREMENDOUS PROGRESS, UH, THIS YEAR IN GETTING THE, UH, THE SEAWAY TRAIL CENTER, UH, ON LAKE ROAD OPEN. 
          UM, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE ARE, HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY AT LEAST, UM, HALF A YEAR, MAYBE UP TO A YEAR NOW ON, UH, HAVING A, A NEW STATUE OR A NEW ART SCULPTURE. 
          UM, SO I REALLY WANTED TO THANK, UH, TIM WILLARD, PAT RYAN, UM, ED HUGHES, AND THE, UH, FRANCINE AND THE WHOLE COMMITTEE FOR THE SEAWAY TRAIL. 
          'CAUSE THEY'VE REALLY DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB IN GETTING THIS, UH, PREPARED. 
          FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT AREN'T AWARE, UM, WE HAVE A INTERNATIONAL RECOGNIZED ARTIST, UH, LOCAL ARTISTS, ELLEN, UH, STEIN FIELD, WHO'S DESIGNING WHAT WE CALL THE RED FISH. 
          AND, UM, I ALSO WANTED TO THANK SERVPRO, UH, WHO DID A GENEROUS DONATION IN, UH, THE PAD THAT WE NEED TO, UH, TO, TO HOUSE THE, THE STRUCTURE THAT WAS POURED OVER THE WEEKEND SUCCESSFULLY. 
          AND, UM, THE INSTALLATION SHOULD HAPPEN IN THE NEXT, UH, WEEK OR SO. 
          AND THE, THE GOAL WOULD BE, UM, BY THE END OF JUNE TO HAVE A, UH, CEREMONY, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY WILL BE INVITED TO FOR THE UNVEILING, UH, OF THIS, UH, BEAUTIFUL, UH, SCULPTURE THAT WILL HOPEFULLY, UM, ENHANCE, UM, THE ENTIRE, UH, CENTER. 
          UH, THE LAST ITEM I HAD WAS, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE HOUSING, UM, REQUIREMENT THAT THE 10,000 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM. 
          UM, AND I HAD, YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR, OUR GOAL WAS TO TABLE IT, TO, TO TALK AND GET FEEDBACK. 
          SO I DID TALK TO TIM WILLARD TO GET, UM, THE, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S, UH, FEEDBACK AND, UM, BETWEEN TIM AND THE CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE, I, I FEEL THIS IS SOMETHING WE DO WANNA, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW BACK UP ON MY, MY OPINION BASED ON MY CONVERSATION WITH TIM AND THE REMOTE REVIEW, THE CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE, THEIR THOUGHTS AND, AND WHY THEY PUT IT FORWARD. 
          I DO FEEL THAT THE 10,000 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM IS APPROPRIATE. 
          UM, SOME OF THE, THE, THE CONCERNS I HAD, WHICH WERE, UH, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, LOW INCOME HOUSING, UM, I THINK ALL THOSE CONCERNS WERE MET IN TERMS OF, UM, THE PRICE OF THE HOUSE, WHETHER IT'S A 5,000 SQUARE FOOT OR 10,000 GENERALLY IS NOT GONNA BE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SIDE OF THE LIGHT, THE, THE SIDE, THE, THE, THE SIZE OF THE LOT ISN'T GONNA BE PROHIBITIVE. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAN, THAN MANY COMMUNITIES. 
          AND, 
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UM, SOME, SOME SQUARE LOTS, EVEN WATERFORD PINES AS AN EXAMPLE, THEY'RE EXTREMELY SMALL SQUARE FOOTAGE. 
          UM, AND EVEN ON, ON ON THOSE LOTS, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF GOES IN THE OTHER DIRECTION TOO. 
          YOU'VE GOT $400,000 PLUS HOUSES ON A REALLY SMALL SQUARE LOT. 
          SO ALL THE ARGUMENTS THAT I HEARD WOULD LEAD ME AT LEAST TO GIVE FEEDBACK THAT SO FAR, BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD, I THINK THAT THEIR RECOMMENDATION, UH, WAS APPROPRIATE. 
          AND, UH, I, I THINK WORTHY OF, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERATION TO INCLUDE. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          OKAY. 
          NO, GOOD FOR NOW. 
          THANKS. 
          COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS. 
          I I DON'T THINK AT THE LAST MEETING WE HAD A CHANCE TO MENTION, BUT I KNOW, UM, SUPERVISOR AND MYSELF WERE INVOLVED RECENTLY IN AN INITIAL MEETING OF DISCUSSIONS REGARDING CLARK AND MCKINLEY, UH, AS IT RELATES TO FUNDING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AND, AND INVOLVING VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS TO START THE, THE PLANNING PROCESS, UM, FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE THAT FUNDING FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE INTERSECTION. 
          SO WE'LL KEEP EVERYONE, UM, UP TO DATE ON THAT, BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS A, A GOOD FIRST MEETING. 
          THE GENTLEMAN FROM, FROM THE COUNTY, HE HAD A GREAT DEAL OF INFORMATION. 
          IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT TIP, CAMMIE THERE. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH SOME OF THE WORK THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE IN, IN OUR PLANNING. 
          SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT PROCESS, UH, GOING FORWARD. 
          UH, AND OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS REMAIN OPEN TO ANY INPUT OR SUGGESTIONS THAT, THAT ANYONE HAS. 
          THERE WERE A LOT OF IDEAS THAT WERE DISCUSSED THAT THAT DAY. 
          UM, THE, AS YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT BEFORE, THE TOWN WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET A $50,000, UH, GRANT FROM THE RALPH C WILL WILSON FOUNDATION, UH, FOR OUR HAMBURG GATEWAY REVITALIZATION PROJECT. 
          SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS. 
          UH, WE DID AN RFP, WE HAVE A, A COMPANY THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH, AND WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM, UH, AND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE THEIR FIRST, THERE WILL BE SEVERAL, BUT THE FIRST PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE ON JUNE 2ND AT 6:00 PM THERE WILL BE A VIRTUAL COMPONENT AND THERE WILL BE, UH, AN IN-PERSON COMPONENT THAT WILL BE HERE IN THE BASEMENT. 
          I KNOW THAT THEY DID SHELBY, I BELIEVE THEY SAID THEY BOOKED THAT THROUGH. 
          YOU WE'RE ALL SET ON THAT, BUT THERE'S NO CONFLICT WITH THE BASEMENT ON THAT EVENING. 
          UM, YEAH, I CAN HEAR THAT. 
          PARDON? WITH LABA? YES. 
          YES. 
          YEP. 
          SO WE'RE ALL SET. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES I TALKED WITH, WITH KATHY, AND I KNOW WHEN THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD SPOKEN WITH YOU, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL SET. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S QUOTE FOR TUESDAY NIGHT. 
          PERFECT. 
          UM, SO THAT, YEAH, SO THEY'RE HOPING THAT WE WILL HAVE THE PUBLIC THERE, EITHER VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON TO INPUT. 
          AND AGAIN, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO COMMENT ON THIS, ON THIS PROJECT. 
          BUT THAT IS THE HAMBURG GATEWAY REVITALATION PROJECT THAT'S BEEN, UH, A WONDERFUL COLLABORATION. 
          WE HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE FROM THE, THE VILLAGE WHO ARE INVOLVED ON THAT COMMITTEE, INCLUDING, UM, FORMER MAYOR MOSES, TRUSTEE, UH, LAURA HACKATHORN, UM, THE SUPERVISORS ON THAT COMMITTEE MYSELF. 
          SO WITH, THAT'S BEEN AN ENJOYABLE PROCESS TO BE PART OF, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT END, THE END OF THAT PROJECT. 
          AND, AND THE, UM, THE, THE, UH, DOCUMENT THAT THEY PROVIDE WITH US, THEY PROVIDE WITH US, UH, JUST TO COMMENT ON WHAT, WHAT, UM, SEAN WAS SAYING. 
          I AGREE. 
          I ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, AND I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU. 
          I THINK ANY CONCERNS OR ANY QUESTIONS I WOULDN'T, SEVERAL PEOPLE HAD BROUGHT UP CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS AT THE MEETING ABOUT THE 10,000 SQUARE FEET. 
          AND SO I ALWAYS LIKE TO ALSO, YOU KNOW, WHEN EVEN IF SOMEONE ELSE HAS THE QUESTION, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR WHAT THE ANSWER IS TO THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          SO I TOO HAD HAD A CONVERSATION AND I WOULD SAY I'M IN THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE SAME SPOT AS, AS YOU WERE. 
          I THINK IT WOULD BE PROVEN FOR US TO CIRCLE BACK AND, AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, THAT AGAIN. 
          UM, AND THEN THE LAST ITEM WOULD BE, I KNOW I HAD BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE, BUT IT WAS JUST PRIOR TO THE CFA, WE WERE ANTICIPATING THE CFA PROCESS OPENING UP, AND THAT HAS OPENED UP, I BELIEVE MAY 5TH, AND THAT WILL BE CLOSING THE END OF JULY. 
          AND AS WE HAVE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, I KNOW IT WAS ALWAYS ONE OF, ONE OF MY GOALS TO IMPROVE THE TOWN'S, UM, FOOTING AND STANDING AS WE PUT IN REALLY COMPETITIVE, UH, APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T FUND EVERYTHING THROUGH OUR TAX BASE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO LOOK FOR THAT LEGISLATIVE FUNDING, WE HAVE TO LOOK FOR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. 
          YOU KNOW, THE, WHAT I JUST SPOKE ABOUT WITH THE HAMBURG GATEWAY REVITALIZATION PROJECT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT, THAT WAS PAID FOR THROUGH A GRANT. 
          AND IT'S GIVING US A, A, A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO BRING THE VILLAGE AND THE TOWN TOGETHER AND TO LOOK AT THOSE CORRIDORS AND THOSE GATEWAYS. 
          SO THE CFA IS ANOTHER PRIME EXAMPLE. 
          UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT SEVERAL PROJECTS NOW. 
          UM, BUT, BUT THAT CYCLE HAS OPENED UP, AND 
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SO TO BE PROPERLY PREPARED FOR IT, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, WE NEED TO, UH, OUR GRANT WRITER NEEDS THAT, THAT TIME. 
          THERE MAY BE PIECES OF INFORMATION HE HAS TO GET EITHER FROM ENGINEERING, FROM PLANNING, UH, SO JUST THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE THAT WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT, I THINK IT'S TWO PROJECTS WE'D WANNA PUT FORWARD. 
          WHAT TWO PROJECTS ARE WE PUTTING FORWARD? I THINK HE MAY HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH SOME, SOME INFORMATION. 
          SO I WAS INTERESTED IN THE CONVERSATION AND, UM, MAKING SURE THAT, THAT HE HAD AMPLE TIME TO PREPARE THE, THAT GRANT APPLICATION SO THAT WE'RE AS COMPETITIVE AS POSSIBLE IN, IN THE CFA FOR THIS CYCLE. 
          I KNOW THERE WAS, THERE WAS TALK, I BELIEVE ABOUT ADVANCING SOME OF, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING POSSIBLY TWO, ONE TO ADVANCE OUR EFFORTS AT THE NIKE SITES, SOME ADDITIONAL PROJECTS, FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THERE. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER WOULD BE TO ADVANCE EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING ALONG THE WATERFRONT. 
          WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROJECTS GOING THERE, WHETHER IT BE THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, THE LWRP. 
          UM, SO AS WE HAVE ONE THING IN MIND, WE WANT TO BE THINKING OUT FOR THE NEXT, SO THAT WE HAVE THE NEXT THING, UM, LINED UP. 
          SO WHILE WE'RE DOING FEASIBILITY ALONG THE, UH, SHORELINE AND TAKING A LOOK AT HOW WE PROVIDE THE SHORELINE PRESERVATION, ET CETERA, THERE'S THAT WORD AGAIN, PRESERVATION, IT'S AN IMPORTANT WORD. 
          UM, AND PROTECTION. 
          UH, WE WANNA, YOU KNOW, BE LOOKING AHEAD TO THE NEXT PIECE WOULD BE THE DESIGN. 
          HOW DO WE DO THE DESIGN FOR THEN THE IMPLEMENTATION? AND SO WE WANT TO BE LINE UP THOSE FUNDING SOURCES NOW, WHICH WOULD BE PUTTING IN FOR THE CFA APPLICATION. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW WE WANNA PROCEED, BUT I THINK GIVEN THAT THAT OPENED UP ON THE FIFTH, WE DON'T WANNA WAIT TOO MUCH LONGER SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE, UH, OUR GRANT WRITER AND THE OTHERS WHO WILL BE INVOLVED WORKING, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THAT PRODUCT IS READY TO BE SUBMITTED ON TIMED. 
          WHAT'S THE DEADLINE? DO WE KNOW THE END OF JULY. 
          JULY? MM-HMM . 
          YEAH. 
          SO THERE'S A COUPLE, UM, UH, A COUPLE IDEAS THAT, UH, OUR GRANT CONSULTANT HAS FLOATED, UH, THAT, THAT HE THINKS ARE A GOOD IDEA. 
          UM, AND I CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS AND, AND THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR INPUT ON, ON PRIORITIES. 
          AND I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO, UH, ANYTHING THAT YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENTS WOULD LIKE TO, TO PUT FORWARD AS FAR AS THAT APPLICATION. 
          UM, I'M WASN'T AWARE THAT, UM, THERE WAS A LIMIT OF, OF TWO. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A, A STRATEGIC, UH, I DON'T, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          I DON'T THINK THERE'S A LIMIT OF TWO. 
          I THINK IT MORE HAS TO DO JUST WITH, UH, TIME AND PUTTING FORTH THE BEST APPLICATION POSSIBLE, JUST SO IF YOU'RE NOT, SO, YOU'RE NOT SO FRAGMENTED. 
          IT TYPICALLY INVOLVES INPUT FROM ENGINEERING, FROM PLANNING, ET CETERA, OTHER DEPARTMENTS, AND TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOLID APPLICATIONS GOING FORWARD. 
          I, I DO BELIEVE ONE YEAR WE MAY HAVE PUT THREE IN. 
          UM, BUT SOME OF THAT IS UP TO, IT DEPENDS ON HOW MANY OTHER PROJECTS WE HAVE GOING ON. 
          AGAIN, WE JUST DON'T WANNA SPREAD OURSELVES TOO THIN, BUT I'M SURE THAT, UH, THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. 
          WE WERE, WE WERE LOOKING AT, AT A FEW PROJECTS, AND I, I KNOW FOR SURE AND I CAN, I CAN SHARE ALL THAT, THAT INFORMATION, UH, WITH YOU AS WELL. 
          UM, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE IS, I BELIEVE, UH, JULY ONE, UH, THE, UH, RESTORE NY GRANT, UH, CYCLE OPENS, WHICH IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, SOME REVITALIZATION OF VACANT OR UNDERUTILIZED BUILDINGS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, AND IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE, UH, CFA AS WELL. 
          SO WHAT WOULD BE, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE DEADLINE, IF THAT'S OPENING UP JULY ONE, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE TIMEFRAME WILL BE ON THAT? YEAH, SO JULY ONE, IT OPENS UP AND THEN, UH, VERY QUICKLY YOU NEED TO SUBMIT A LETTER OF INTENT TO APPLY. 
          AND, UM, THEN WE HAVE SOME, SOME TIME AFTER, AFTER THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I CAN, I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. 
          DO WE WANT, CAN WE DISCUSS FURTHER WHAT OUR THOUGHTS ARE ON THOSE PROJECTS? JUST, UM, AGAIN, I'M CONCERNED IF WE WAIT ANOTHER MEETING AND THEN, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING THOSE WHO HAVE TO WORK ON THIS APPLICATION AMPLE TIME TO BE WORKING ON IT. 
          ARE WE, DO WE WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE, THE POSSIBILITY OF PROJECTS NOW? DO WE, UM, WHEN DO WE, SO WE, WE CAN, IF YOU LIKE, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, I, I BELIEVE SEAN AND I HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED WITH, UH, SEAN DOYLE FROM THE IDA TO, TO GET STARTED THESE PROJECTS, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, UH, RENEW NY PROJECTS MM-HMM . 
          UM, TYPICALLY THE MUNICIPALITIES WILL, UM, WILL APPLY WITH, WITH A DEVELOPER MM-HMM . 
          THEY'RE GONNA DO THE, THE BULK OF THE WORK. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA START THE CONVERSATION THERE AND, UH, BE HAPPY TO, TO UPDATE THE BOARD ON THE RESULTS OF THAT CONVERSATION. 
          UM, BUT IF, IF YOU HAVE IDEAS OR THOUGHTS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE RIGHT NOW, WE, WE CERTAINLY HAVE SOME TIME FOR THE CFA FOR, FOR EITHER MM-HMM . 
          SIR, I THINK THAT'S, 
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THAT'S GREAT TO WORK WITH, UH, SEAN DOYLE. 
          THAT WAS A VERY, UH, PRODUCTIVE, UM, COLLABORATION WHEN, WHEN I WORKED WITH SEAN FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS, WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT HALF MILLION SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS, WHICH I THINK THERE'S SOME OF THAT MONEY STILL AVAILABLE. 
          SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT RESOURCE AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'LL BE MEETING WITH HIM. 
          LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, THOUGHTS ON CFA PROJECTS? ANYONE? I DIDN'T COME PREPARED TO DISCUSS THE THOSE, BUT, UH, I'D BE, IF, IF YOU HAD THOUGHTS THAT YOU WANTED TO SHARE, THEN? NO, I'M SOMEWHAT, I KNOW THE, THE TWO THAT I HAD HEARD ABOUT SEEMED TO, AT LEAST INITIALLY MAKE SENSE ONLY BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S BEING AHEAD OF IT, WHERE WE STARTED, WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING AT THE NIKE SITE. 
          SO THAT SEEMED LIKE ONE LOGICAL, UM, STEP TO TAKE TO, UH, TO MAKE AN APPLICATION THERE. 
          SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO TAKE THOSE STEPS AT THE NIKE SITE. 
          UH, THEN THE OTHER WOULD BE ON THE WATERFRONT. 
          WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF WATERFRONT. 
          WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE DONE AT, AT THE NIKE BASE? WELL, I, I, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT WHAT THAT MASTER PLAN IS, UH, FOR THE NIKE SITE, SO WHATEVER THE NEXT PHASE IS. 
          I KNOW THERE'S, UM, THERE IS THE A DA, THE, THE PLAYGROUND THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING IN. 
          SO WE HAVE A LOT IN PLAY, BUT JUST WONDERING IF, WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS AND WHETHER THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE, THE NEXT CFA, UH, CYCLE. 
          UM, I BELIEVE YOU HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ALSO WITH YEAH. 
          TO PUT IN, UH, NATURE TRAIL MM-HMM . 
          TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THOSE SITES. 
          NOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IMPROVING THE OVERALL NIKE FACILITY AND THE ICE RINKS, THE SOFTBALL FIELDS, BASEBALL FIELDS BEHIND IT NEED WORK. 
          THE ROADS AROUND IT NEED WORK. 
          AND AS LONG AS WE'RE ALREADY PUTTING THE MONEY IN FOR THE FIRST STRUCTURE, IF WE CAN JUMP ON THESE GRANTS AND CONTINUE TO BUILD THE MOMENTUM SO THAT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT 300, I THINK, SQUARE FOOT OR, UM, 300 ACRE SITE AS REALLY AN A PLATE, LIKE A, A RECREATIONAL USE DESTINATION FOR OUR COMMUNITY, ANCHOR ONE IN THE SOUTH, AND THEN PERHAPS TRY TO DO ONE TO THE NORTH OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT THAT WAY HARNESS OUR RESOURCES, HARNESS OUR TIME, AND REALLY FOCUS OUR ENERGY. 
          SO WE HAVE REALLY HIGH QUALITY FACILITIES FOR OUR FAMILIES AND OUR RESIDENTS. 
          SEAN, AS THE LIAISON, UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT, UM, ON THAT? SURE. 
          WELL, I JUST PULLED UP, UH, ONE OF MY VARIOUS SPREADSHEETS THAT HAS, UH, ALL THE PROJECTS , AND IT'S VERY EXTENSIVE, SO WE'LL HAVE NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER, UH, COMING UP WITH A PROJECT. 
          UM, IT'S REALLY JUST MAYBE FIGURING OUT WITH THE, THE GRANT, WHAT'S THE MOST APPLICABLE PROJECT AND WHAT'S THE MOST LIKELY TO GET ACCEPTED. 
          YEP. 
          UM, SO, UH, I WOULD MAYBE SUGGEST, YOU KNOW, BETH, IF, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'RE WELL VERSED IN, IN THIS AREA AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I, I CAN SHARE WITH YOU KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          I WAS JUST ACTUALLY JUST TALKING TO PAT. 
          I'M GONNA UPDATE THE, THE LIST FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AS FAR AS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THROUGH THE REC DEPARTMENT. 
          AND, UM, THERE'S, I, I DEFINITELY FEEL WE'RE MAKING REALLY GOOD PROGRESS AT, AT THE NIKE CENTER. 
          MM-HMM . 
          BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I MEAN, AFTER, IN SOME CASES, 20, 25, 50 YEARS OF, OF REALLY NOT THE SIGNIFICANT UPDATES, THERE'S REALLY A LOT TO DO THERE. 
          AND SO I WOULD CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, FE FEEL THAT WE COULD, UH, GET A GREAT BACKYARD BUCK BUY, PUTTING SOME MORE DOLLARS, UM, INTO THAT AREA. 
          DO YOU FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE THE, UM, MANAGEMENT CAPACITY AND CAPITAL CAPACITY TO, TO MANAGE THE PROJECTS, ADDITIONAL PROJECTS BEYOND WHAT WE'VE ALREADY COMMITTED THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT STAFF AND PAT RYAN STAFF TO IN THE TIMELINE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO, UH, EXPENDED? SO, SO WE HAVE $300,000 THAT, THAT'S GOING INTO THE NIKE BASE, UH, ALREADY RIGHT NOW. 
          AND THAT'S FUNDING FROM, UH, ERIE COUNTY. 
          UM, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND UPGRADES, UH, WITH THAT. 
          WE ALSO HAVE THE, UM, WITH THE ICE ARENA, UH, PROJECT, UM, I WANNA BE MINDFUL OF, OF OUR TOWN STAFF, UH, AS FAR AS PROJECT MANAGEMENT, UM, AND, AND JUST BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE STAFF TO, TO GET THOSE IMPROVEMENTS DONE. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S MY CONCERN. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AT THE NIKE BASE ABSOLUTELY, MM-HMM . 
          UM, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT THERE'S OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHERE THERE'S NOT, NOT AS MUCH GOING ON. 
          SO, UH, I AGREE WITH YOUR CONCERN. 
          I THINK IT'S ACCURATE. 
          UM, I THINK THEY, THEY'VE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THESE FIRST PROJECTS, UM, BUT THEY DEFINITELY ARE SPREADING THEMSELVES VERY THIN, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO THEM TO PUT ON, YOU KNOW, A HALF A MILLION, MAYBE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PROJECTS FOR THEM TO MANAGE ON TOP OF THEIR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS. 
          SO I FEEL FORTUNATE THAT THEY'VE STEPPED UP BIG TIME TO 
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GET US TO WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          BUT I DO FEEL THAT IT WOULD BE MONEY WELL SPENT TO HAVE A PROJECT MANAGER COORDINATE EVERYTHING SO THAT IT'S TIMELY, IT'S, IT'S, UH, DONE THE WAY WE WANT IT TO DO, AND AGAIN, ALLEVIATE STRESS OFF OF OUR, OUR WORKFORCE. 
          YEAH, I THINK SO. 
          I'M SORRY YOU'VE BEEN TRYING OH, NO, NO, THAT'S FINE. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          NO, I'M JUST, I'M CURIOUS JUST ON THE PERIPHERAL, BECAUSE I'M NOT ROCK, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW LAST, I THINK IT WAS THE LAST MEETING, MEG HAD TALKED ABOUT SOME GRANT FUNDING THAT SHE HAD BEEN LOOKING AT. 
          YOU ARE WORKING ON THIS ALSO, MARTY DEPARTED ALL AT THE SAME TIME. 
          UM, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF OF, OF HIRING A NEW SOMEBODY IN HIS POSITION. 
          UM, AND I AGREE THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, TO GET A LOT OF STUFF DONE. 
          I AGREE EXACTLY WITH WHAT YOU SAID AS FAR AS ADDING EXTRA BURDEN STAFF, THE PROJECTS THEY'VE ALREADY TAKEN ON. 
          I'M JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT CROSSING ANY WIRES HERE AS FAR AS OUR EFFORTS. 
          UM, SO I MEAN, AT SOME POINT, AND YOU BROUGHT US UP TO SPEED BEFORE, WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE THE INFORMATION SHARED THROUGH YOU WITH WHERE THEY'RE AT AND KIND OF GO FROM THERE. 
          AND THE OTHER THING IS THE UPDATE WITH MARTY'S POSITION. 
          WHERE IS THAT? SO BEFORE WE MOVE, MOVE ON TO, TO ANOTHER SUBJECT, I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT, UH, UH, WE'VE SPENT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND, AND THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT ESPECIALLY, HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND PUT A LOT OF ENERGY INTO ASSESSING WHAT THE NEEDS ARE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          OF, OF OUR PROGRAMS AS WELL AS OUR PROPERTY THROUGHOUT THE TOWN. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND, UH, I HAVE BEEN CALLED OUT, UM, TO SOME OF OUR PARKS BY RESIDENTS. 
          UM, AND WHAT I'M SEEING IN SOME OF THESE PARKS IS QUITE ALARMING MM-HMM . 
          UM, AS FAR AS THE STATE OF SOME OF OUR EXISTING PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. 
          UM, AND, AND I'M, I'M FRANKLY WORRIED THAT, THAT SOMEBODY COULD GET HURT. 
          UM, AND, AND I WOULD LIKE TO PRIORITIZE SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT WE, WE HAVE THIS GREAT ASSET IN THE NIKE BASE, UM, AND I'M, I'M, I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE NIKE BASE IS GONNA SEE A, A LOT OF RESOURCES COMING THAT WAY. 
          UM, BUT IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE GONNA FOCUS OUR VERY, VERY SCARCE PERSONNEL RESOURCES IN RECREATION AND BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, UH, TO IMPROVEMENTS, MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO BE LOOKING AT OUR, AT OUR LOCAL PARKS AND HOW WE CAN MEET THE NEED OF, OF, OF ALL OUR CITIZENS. 
          I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT. 
          AND WE HAVE MADE A POINT OF REPLACING, I BELIEVE IT'S THREE OF THE PLAYGROUNDS A YEAR. 
          AND, AND TO STAY ON THAT TYPE OF A PROGRAM, UM, I THINK THE CHALLENGE ALWAYS, AND DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR ANY FUNDING THAT WE CAN TO HELP ACCELERATE THAT. 
          UM, AS FAR AS WITH THE C FFA, AND I CAN CHECK ON THAT. 
          SOME OF IT IS FINDING THE RIGHT, THE PROJECT THAT GOES WITH THE, THE GRANT SOURCE. 
          LIKE THAT'S A GREAT PROJECT, BUT I BELIEVE POSSIBLY WITH THE CFA, THAT THIS PARTICULAR ONE HAS TO NOT ONLY HAVE LOCAL IMPLICATION, BUT REGIONAL. 
          SO IT'S JUST FINDING LIKE THAT DEFINITELY IS A PRIORITY. 
          SO WE HAVE TO FIND THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT. 
          THE CFA MAY OR MAY NOT, BUT I'LL, I'LL DEFINITELY CHECK ON ON THAT TO SEE WHETHER, YOU KNOW, PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE PART OF THE CFAI COMPLETELY AGREE. 
          AS FAR AS PROJECT MANAGEMENT, I THINK THAT GOES BACK TO EVEN WHEN YOU SAID, WELL, CAN WE HAVE MORE PROJECTS THAN THE TWO? AND I THINK PART OF WHY WE WERE FOCUSING MAYBE ON TWO THIS YEAR WAS JUST THAT PROJECT MANAGEMENT BEING RESPECTFUL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY ARE DOING. 
          UM, AND THE IDEA OF JUMPING IN IN THIS CFA CYCLE THOUGH, IS THAT IT'S LIKE THE, THE NEXT STEP OUT THERE. 
          NO, WE DON'T WANNA CONFLICT, WE DON'T WANNA THROW TOO MUCH AT ANYONE AT ANY ONE TIME. 
          BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AT APPLICATION NOW IS THAT WE HAVE THE NEXT PROJECT DOWN THE ROAD. 
          UM, SO WE JUST KEEP THAT, THAT BALL ROLLING. 
          NOT WANTING TO HAVE THINGS STACK UP OR, OR INUNDATING ANY OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, BUT PART OF THAT PHASED APPROACH AND, AND CONSTANTLY KEEPING, UM, THE BALL IN IN MOTION SO THAT WE, UM, CAN FUND THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT NEED TO NEED TO BE DONE. 
          UM, UPDATE ON THE RECREATION DIRECTOR, UH, POSITION. 
          WE, WE, UH, WE'RE STILL INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES. 
          I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE OR SIX CANDIDATES TOTAL THAT ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME. 
          UM, AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME, DO WE HAVE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED THIS WEEK? DO YOU RECALL MICHELLE? I THINK SHE DO. 
          I KNOW TARA WAS SETTING 'EM UP. 
          SO, UM, TWO MORE THIS WEEK. 
          YEAH. 
          SO IF SOMEONE APPLIED, UH, I KNOW I'VE GOTTEN A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          IF SOMEONE APPLIED, DID THEY HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED ALREADY WHETHER THEY'RE BEING GRANTED AN INTERVIEW OR NOT? NOT NECESSARILY. 
          NO. 
          NOT NECESSARILY. 
          YEAH. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? I DO. 
          OH, I HAVE A WANTED 
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TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          YES. 
          TO DISCUSS SOME LITIGATION. 
          YEAH. 
          CAN WE ALSO DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTER WHILE WE'RE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? SURE. 
          SO WE'LL MAKE IT A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE MATTER OF LITIGATION. 
          AND 
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WE 
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MUST 
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SIT 
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HERE, 
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MUST LIKE REACH DOWN AND NEED THEM FOR SOMETHING. 
          GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. 
          UH, WELCOME TO ALL OUR GUESTS IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL OF YOU. 
          WONDERFUL PROCRASTINATORS JUST LIKE ME OUT THERE. 
          I UNDERSTAND. 
          IT IS LAST NIGHT FOR FRONTIER STUDENTS. 
          IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE AND I PROMISE WE WON'T KEEP YOU TOO LONG. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE TOWN CLERK TO CALL THE ROLE A SUPERVISOR. 
          HOKE PRESENT. 
          COUNCILMAN CONLEY. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCILMAN HOKE. 
          PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN, UH, FER PRESENT. 
          AND COUNCILMAN PHIL. 
          PRESENT. 
          AND LET'S NOW STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF THE FLAG. 
          IF EVERYONE WOULD TAKE THEIR HANDS OFF THE PANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
          ENTER THE REPUBLIC OR HANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD INVISIBLE WITH 13 JUSTICE TRIAL. 
          BEFORE WE JUMP INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA, THIS IS THE FIRST HAMBURG TOWN BOARD MEETING SINCE THE TRAGIC MASS SHOOTING IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO. 
          AND WE WOULD LIKE TO START THIS MEETING WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE AFTER RECOGNIZING THE VICTIMS OF THAT DAY. 
          ROBERTA A DRURY AGE 32, DEDICATED SISTER AND CAREGIVER TO HER BROTHER WITH LEUKEMIA 
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MAR D MORRIS IN 52, A SCHOOL BUS AIDE AND FAMILY CAREGIVER ANDRE MCNEIL, WHO WAS PICKING UP A BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR HIS THREE-YEAR-OLD SON, AARON SALTER. 
          55. 
          FORMER BUFFALO POLICE, LIEUTENANT GERALDINE TALLEY, 62, WHO WAS SHOPPING WITH HER FIANCE THAT DAY. 
          CELESTINE CHENEY. 
          65. 
          GRANDMOTHER OF SIX HAYWARD PATTERSON, 67. 
          FATHER OF THREE, AND A TAXI DRIVER HELPING HIS FARES LOAD GROCERIES. 
          CATHERINE MASSEY. 
          72. 
          A WRITER AND COMMUNITY ACTIVIST, PEARL YOUNG, 77. 
          SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AND PILLAR OF HER COMMUNITY. 
          RUTH WHITFIELD, 86. 
          MOTHER OF THE FORMER BUFFALO FIRE COMMISSIONER, GAR WHITFIELD, AS WELL AS THOSE INJURED THAT DAY. 
          ZAIRE GOODMAN 20, JENNIFER WARRINGTON 50, AND CHRISTOPHER BRADEN, 55. 
          PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THESE VICTIMS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND WE'LL START OUT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER C****R RESOLVE THE, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS AS FOLLOWS. 
          MAY 9TH, 2022. 
          REGULAR TO BOARD MEETING. 
          MAY 9TH, 2022. 
          EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          SO MOVED. 
          MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER C*****G FOR SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL ON FAVORS, SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? CARRIED. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          RESOLUTION NUMBER FOUR IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL TURN THE READING OF THE PUBLIC HEARING OVER TO OUR TOWN CLERK. 
          KATHY REPINSKI. 
          PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT THERE HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE TOWN BOARD ON MAY 9TH, 2022. 
          PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL HOMEROOM LAW PROPOSED A PROPOSED LOCAL LAW TO BE KNOWN AS PROPOSED LOCAL LAW. 
          NUMBER 3, 20 22 SAID LOCAL LAW PROVIDES FOR THE AMENDMENT OF LOCAL LAW NUMBER 10 19 86, CHAPTER TWO 80, ENTITLED ZONING AND PROVIDES SUBSTANTIALLY AS FOLLOWS, THAT 65 19 HEALTH ROAD SBL 1 94 3 4 BE REZONED FROM C TWO GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO RA RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT. 
          THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO THE STATUTES AND PROVISIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 23RD, 2022 AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AT WHICH TIME ALL INTERESTED PERSONS MAY BE HEARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. 
          WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO BE HEARD ON THIS MATTER? YEP, YOU CAN. 
          YOU CAN COME RIGHT UP FRONT AND, UH, AND ADDRESS THE BOARD. 
          HI, I'M DEBBIE KASI. 
          I LIVE AT 65 19 HELPS ROAD. 
          UM, I'VE LIVED THERE FOR 35 YEARS AND I DO NEED TO REZONE IT FROM C TWO TO RA 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN COMMERCIAL AND IT'S RESIDENTIAL. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          DEBBIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, COMING TONIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO BE HEARD ON THE MATTER? HI, I'M KIM . 
          I LIVE AT 65 50 HEALTH ROAD AND I JUST WANTED TO SUPPORT DEBBIE, UM, IN HER, UM, REQUEST FOR A ZONING CHANGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT, WE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          SECOND MOTION TO ADJOURN BY COUNCILMAN CONLEY AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER C*M. 
          ALL IN FAVOR. 
          A AYE. 
          OPPOSED? CARRIED ONCE. 
          ONE'S MINE. 
          AS WE'RE ENTERING THE MONTH OF JUNE, I HAVE A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF LGBTQ PLUS PRIDE MONTH, WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WELCOMES AND ENCOURAGES DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND WHEREAS JUNE 28TH, 2022 MARKS THE 53RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE STONEWALL UPRISING IN NEW YORK CITY, WHICH SPARKED THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND IS THE NATIONWIDE MONTH RECOGNIZED 
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THE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER AND PLUS COMMUNITY. 
          WHEREAS CELEBRATING PRIDE MONTH RAISES AWARENESS AND PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY FOR THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY AND IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME EDUCATED, ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE, AND STRENGTHEN ALLIANCES AND BUILD UNDERSTANDING. 
          AND WHEREAS WHILE THERE HAS BEEN REMARKABLE PROGRESS TOWARDS ACCEPTANCE AND EQUALITY, MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO FACE DISCRIMINATION, INTOLERANCE, AND HATE. 
          AND WHEREAS WE MUST COMMIT TO SUPPORTING AND ACCEPTING LGBTQ PLUS INDIVIDUALS, IN PARTICULAR, OUR YOUTH WHO COMPARED TO THEIR PEERS, ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE VIOLENCE AND BULLYING AT SCHOOL TO SUFFER FROM DEPRESSION AND TO STRUGGLE WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND TO HAVE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. 
          AND WHEREAS WE MUST REMAIN VIGILANT IN DETERRING OPPRESSION AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE ON THE BASIS OF THEIR SEX, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION. 
          AND WHEREAS BY PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL, WE ENHANCE AND STRENGTHEN THE VALUE OF EVERYONE THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE SOCIETY. 
          AND WHEREAS WE AFFIRM OUR SUPPORT FOR LGBTQ PLUS RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE STAND WITH THEM TO PROTECT THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS AND THEIR ABILITY TO LIVE OPENLY EQUALLY AND WITHOUT FEAR. 
          NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD RECOGNIZES AND SUPPORTS THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2022 AS LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER AND PLUS PRIDE MONTH. 
          AND WE URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO CELEBRATE AND BUILD A CULTURE OF INCLUSIVENESS AND ACCEPTANCE DURING THIS MONTH AND EVERY MONTH, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVE THE PROGRESS PRIDE FLAG WILL BE RAISED ON JUNE 1ST, 2022, RECOGNIZING LGBTQ PLUS RESIDENTS WHOSE INFLUENTIAL AND LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS MAKE THE TOWN OF HAMBURG A VIBRANT COMMUNITY IN WHICH TO LIVE, WORK, AND VISIT. 
          SO, MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER HOKE. 
          SECOND. 
          AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          A AYE. 
          OPPOSED CARRIED RESOLVE AT THE HAM TOWN BOARD. 
          MAKE THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS TO THE HAMBURG COALITION FOR EQUITY AND INCLUSION FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2022 AND ENDING IN DECEMBER 31ST, 2022. 
          MAX DONATELLI, CARLY STORY, AMY LINDELL, JAMES BOBSINE, LAURA EL BATI, DON LELINSKI, AMY JUNET BLOOM, JUNE CAMPBELL AND NICOLE DOBELL. 
          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVE THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD FORMALLY INVITES A STUDENT FROM THE HAMBURG COALITION FOR EQUITY AND INCLUSION YOUTH CHAPTER TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE. 
          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVE THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD FORMALLY INVITES THE MAYORS OF THE VILLAGES OF HAMBURG AND BLA TO ALSO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE AS LIAISON MEMBERS. 
          SO MOVED. 
          MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOPES SECOND. 
          SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL. 
          ALL IN FAVOR TO SAY, AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER C. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? CARRIED. 
          WHEREAS ALONG HOOVER ROAD, THERE IS A VARIETY OF PARKING RESTRICTION SIGNS OR NO PARKING PARALLEL. 
          PARKING AND PARKING PARALLEL HORIZONTALLY. 
          AND WHEREAS PARTICULARLY DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS PARKING ON HOOVER ROAD AND IN THE VICINITY OF SEASONAL WATERFRONT RESTAURANT LAGO TWO 10 AT 40 38 HOOVER ROAD CAN PRESENT A SAFETY ISSUE ABSENT CLEAR GUIDANCE AND SIGNAGE. 
          AND WHEREAS LAGO TWO 10 HAS TAKEN MEASURES TO CLEAN UP AND UPGRADE ITS PARKING AVAILABILITY BOTH WITHIN ITS PARKING LOT AND ON THE ADJACENT ROADWAY. 
          AND WHEREAS THE HAMBURG TRADE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD REVIEWED THE ISSUE OF PARKING ALONG HOOVER ROAD. 
          NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD, AUTHORIZE THE REPLACEMENT OF NO PARKING SIGNS WITH PARALLEL PARKING ONLY SIGNS ON THE NORTH OR LAKE SIDE OF HOOVER ROAD AS INCLUDED IN THE ATTACHED DIAGRAM. 
          FUNDS AVAILABLE ON ACCOUNT DV 0.511 0.0205 SIGNS AND SIGNALS AND BE FURTHER RESOLVED OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TRAFFIC SAFETY COORDINATOR SHALL GENERATE THE REQUIRED WORK ORDER FOR THIS PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED. 
          SO MOVED. 
          MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MC FARRELL. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOL. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? CARRIED. 
          BE. 
          IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVE ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF BRIDGET LALE. 
          COURT ADMINISTRATOR TO HIRE JOHN MCCARTHY TO THE POSITION OF COURT OFFICER WITH A START DATE OF TUESDAY, MAY 24TH, 2022. 
          SALARY IS $23 AN HOUR. 
          SO MOVED. 
          MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FAROH. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? CARRIED. 
          RESOLVED. 
          THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE HIRING OF PERSONNEL FOR THE BEACH. 
          SECURITY AS FOLLOWS, ATTACHED FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN A 7 1 8 0 0 1 0 4. 
          SO MOVE SECOND. 
          SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
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OPPOSED? CARRIED. 
          RESOLVED THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED JENNA ETT STUDENT AT HAMBURG CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL TO COMPLETE AN INTERNSHIP IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT UNTIL JUNE 1ST, 2022 AT NO COST TO THE TOWN MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOPE. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          BY COUNCIL MEMBER ERFORD. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? CARRIED. 
          WHEREAS A NEEDS ASSESSMENT WAS CONDUCTED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE HAMBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT LOCATED AT 6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE AND NEW YORK 1 4 0 7 5 IS IN NEED OF A NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM AND WHEREAS THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IS TO BE PURCHASED INSTALLED BY GREAT LAKES BUILDING SYSTEMS INC. 
          N-Y-S-O-G-S CONTRACT NUMBER PT 6 8 8 0 4 NOW BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM FOR THE HAMBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,450. 
          FUNDS ARE TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT A 1 9 9 0 4 1 9 TO A1 6 9 4 2 3. 
          MOTION. 
          MAD COUNCILMAN MCC CONLEY. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND MAY. 
          COUNCILMAN FARRELL? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? CARRIED BE RESOLVED. 
          THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE TERMINATION OF PERSONNEL FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH DEPARTMENT AS DETAILED IN THE ATTACHED PF. 
          SO MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER POLK. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? CARRIED. 
          WE RESOLVED THE DUN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE ONE USED 2019 FORD F TWO 50 FROM EMERLING FORD FOR THE AMOUNT OF $49,191. 
          FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN COUNT A 1642. 
          TWO. 
          SO MOVED SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER COWLING. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? CARRIED. 
          WE RESOLVE THE TOM BOARD. 
          APPROVE THE HIRING AND TERMINATION OF THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES IN BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS AS LISTED. 
          SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND BY COUNCILMAN FERRELL. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? CARRIED BE. 
          IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO PROCEED WITH THE FOLLOWING 2022 CDVD PROJECTS BASED UPON THE 2022 HUD C GRANT ALLOCATION TOTAL 2022 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING OF FOUR $59,525 PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION 24,525 TIME OF HAMBURG HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE RECONSTRUCTION 150,000 VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE MIRIAM AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION 125001ST TIME HOME BUYER PROGRAM, 100,000 FAIR HOUSING HOUSING COUNSELING 40,000. 
          SO MOVED. 
          MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL SECOND. 
          SECOND MAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? GARY? SEE, IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO PROCEED WITH THE FOLLOWING 2022 HOME PROJECT BASED UPON THE 2022 HUD HOME GRANT ALLOCATION. 
          2022 HOME GRANT VIA ERIE COUNTY CONSORTIUM. 
          $180,071 ADMINISTRATION $18,071. 
          RENOVATION GRANTS FOR LOW MODERATE INCOME, $135,533 AND CHDO SET ASIDE FOR $27,106. 
          SO MOVED. 
          MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTY. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? CARRIED. 
          BE. 
          IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG COUNTY BOARD AUTHORIZES THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO ENTER INTO AN INTERRA DEPARTMENTAL CONTRACT WITH THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, ALLOWING THEM TO COMPLETE $150,000 IN ROAD RECONSTRUCTION WORK WITHIN HUD TARGET AREAS UTILIZING 2022 CDBG FUNDS. 
          SO MOVED. 
          SECOND MOTION MAY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL SECOND MAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER HOKE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? CARRIED. 
          WHEREAS THE VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE HAS ENTERED INTO A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING FROM THE TOWNS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 
          AND WHEREAS THE VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR FUNDING FROM THE TOWNS 2022 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM FOR INFRASTRUCTURE RECONSTRUCTION ON MIRIAM AVENUE WITHIN A HUD DESIGNATED TARGET AREA IN THE VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE. 
          NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED WITH THE SUPERVISOR, BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT BY IN BETWEEN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND THE VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE FOR THE USE OF THESE FUNDS. 
          SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL. 
          SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? CARRIED. 
          WHEREAS THE VILLAGE OF VILLAGE OF HAMBURG HAS ENTERED INTO A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING FROM THE TOWN'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLACK GRANT PROGRAM. 
          AND WHERE THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG IS ELIGIBLE FOR HOUSING PROGRAMS, COUNSELING SERVICES, AND PUBLIC SERVICES FROM THE TOWN'S 2022 
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 
          NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERVISOR BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT BY IN BETWEEN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG, WHERE THE USE OF THESE FUNDS SO MOVED. 
          MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER PHARAOH. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HO. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? CARRIED. 
          THE RESULT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE TEMPORARY HIRING OF CYNTHIA CONLIN ON A CONTRACT BASIS FOR UP TO 20 HOURS A WEEK. 
          BEGINNING 5 24 22 PAY HAS SET AT $33 AND 18 CENTS PER HOUR TO BE PAID OUT OF ACCOUNT. 
          A 1420 0.440 FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM A 1 4 2 0 100 TO A 1 4 2 0 4 40. 
          SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? CARRIED. 
          WHERE THE TOWN OF AM RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM JOSEPH AND KIM JABLONSKI TO REZO PROPERTY LOCATED AT 65 50 HEZ ROAD FROM CT GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO RA RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT. 
          AND WHEREAS THE HANDLING PLANNING BOARD REVIEWED THE REZONING REQUESTS AND RECOMMENDED ON 5 18 22 THAT THIS REZONING REQUEST BE APPROVED NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD SETS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS REZONING REQUEST TO BE HELD ON JUNE 6TH, 2022 AT 7:00 PM SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER C*****G. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? CARRIED. 
          YOU RESOLVED THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH RECREATION SENIOR SERVICES REQUEST A SUPERVISOR TO SIGN THE CONSENT TO PROCEED AGREEMENTS WITH SLA SOLUTIONS WITH PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND OBTAINING AN ALCOHOL LICENSE AT 18 MILE CREEK GOLF COURSE. 
          MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CUMING FOR ALL IN FAVOR. 
          A AYE. 
          OPPOSED CARRIED DETERMINATION AND HIRING OF PERSONNEL FOR YOUTH RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, AS PER THE ATTACHMENT. 
          MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? CARRIED. 
          WHEREAS ATON HAS BEEN NOTIFIED BY ERIE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY OF A WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PLAN WITHIN THE TOWN. 
          AND WHEREAS AS PART OF THE PROJECT, ECWA IS PLANNING TO REPLACE THE EXISTING WATER MAINS ON PORTIONS OF HOPEWOOD AVENUE, SEVENTH STREET DEBUT ROAD, PLEASANT AVENUE, SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD, BUFFALO AVENUE, BRYAN STREET, HUDSON STREET, AND BIG TREE ROAD. 
          AND WHEREAS DURING DESIGN, IT WAS RECOGNIZED THAT THE EXISTING HYDRANT SPACING ON THESE STREETS DOES NOT MEET THE CURRENT ECWA REQUIREMENTS AND PROVIDE THE PROPER FIRE PROTECTION FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS AND BUILDINGS. 
          THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE ECWA TO INSTALL THE FIVE ADDITIONAL FIRE HYDRANTS AS SHOWN ON THE PROJECT PLANS AND REVIEWED BY THE TOWN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AGREES TO PAY ECWA, THE ANNUAL DIRECT SERVICE HYDRANT MAINTENANCE FEE FOR THESE HYDRANTS AND BE FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN CLERK IS REQUESTED TO PROVIDE TWO CERTIFIED COPIES OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OR TRANSMITTAL TO THE ERIE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HO. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? CARRIED. 
          WE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE TOWN BOARD AUDIT OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS AS OF MAY 23RD, 2022 TOTAL CASH DISBURSEMENTS SUBMITTED FOR AUDIT $525,106 AND 91 CENTS. 
          SO MOVED. 
          SECOND MOTION BY BY SUPERVISOR HO. 
          SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? CARRIED. 
          ALRIGHT, NOW THIS OPENS UP OUR PUBLIC EXPRESSION, UH, PORTION OF THE MEETING. 
          IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, WE ASK YOU TO COME UP TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM AND, UH, TELL US WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SEEING THAT THERE'S NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO REPORTS FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS. 
          LEGAL, NOTHING TO REPORT FINANCE, NOTHING. 
          THE REPORT RECREATION, UH, THIS WEEKEND, MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, OUR HOPE IS THAT WE'LL HAVE LIFEGUARDS ON THE BEACH. 
          MORE THAN LIKELY THERE WILL NOT BE ANY SWIMMING ALLOWED IN THE WATER TEMPERATURE, BUT MOTHER NATURE WILL TURN THAT AROUND REAL QUICKLY FOR US. 
          UH, ALSO THIS FRIDAY WE HAD NECK LIFE, UH, DOING A BLOOD DRIVE FOR US, UH, YOUNG MAN, UH, BY THE NAME OF, UH, GAN SMITH, CARLOS, UH, SPONSORED BY COUNCILWOMAN KAREN. 
          HOPE SO. 
          WE WELCOME EVERYBODY TO COME OVER TO THE  CENTER FROM TWO 7:00 PM UH, TO DONATE BLOOD, UH, IN MEMORY OF THIS YOUNG MAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK JOE. 
          I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A LOT TO COORDINATE THAT, SO I APPRECIATE IT. 
          I SAID THANKS, JOE. 
          I SAID I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A LOT TO HELP 
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COORDINATE THAT. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AND LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TRAFFIC SAFETY. 
          PAUL, YOU GOT ANYTHING? UM, NO. 
          I APPRECIATE, UH, UH, THE BOARD'S ACTION ON THE UBER BEACH. 
          WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HIGHWAY, UH, NOR BOARD. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, WE HAVE A PRE-CONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE FOR THE A DA RESTROOM THIS THURSDAY. 
          WE'LL GET THE CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY AFTER THAT. 
          AND THE BIDS OPEN JUNE 1ST FOR THE, UH, A DA FRONT ENTRANCE CLERK ASSESSING A TAX OFFICE AS WELL. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ENGINEERING. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA UPDATE THE BOARD. 
          THE CLOCK TOWER PROJECT HAS OFFICIALLY RECEIVED ITS REGULATORY PERMITS, WHICH WAS A BIG, UH, STEPPING STONE FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          SO URBAN ENGINEERS IS MOVING ON TO CONSTRUCTION PLANS SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS OUT TO BID FOR CONTRACTORS. 
          I HAVE ASKED THEM FOR A SCHEDULE. 
          THEY SAID THEY WOULD WORK ON THAT AND GET BACK TO ME, SO I'LL PROVIDE THAT ONCE I GET IT. 
          UH, THE SECOND ITEM IS JUST, UH, IT IS TIME FOR THE TOWN TO SUBMIT THE ANNUAL STORM WATER REPORT. 
          THIS IS REQUIRED EVERY YEAR TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE DEC FOR THE OPERATION OF OUR STORM SEWER SYSTEM. 
          UH, THE DEC PROVIDES A 50 PAGE SORT OF QUESTION ANSWER FORM. 
          THE WESTERN NEW YORK STORMWATER COALITION OF WHICH THE TOWN IS A MEMBER FILLS IN ALL THEIR ACTIVITIES. 
          UH, THEN ENGINEERING WITH INPUT FROM HIGHWAY FILLS IN TOWN SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES, UH, IT IS REQUIRED TO BE DISCUSSED AT A PUBLIC MEETING. 
          SO THIS MEETS THAT REQUIREMENT. 
          UH, AND THEN IT IS DUE, UH, JUNE 1ST THE DC AND AT THAT POINT WE POST IT ON THE WEBSITE. 
          WE PROVIDE A HARD COPY TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE, UH, SO THAT IT IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENTS IF ANYONE EVER HAS INTEREST IN LOOKING AT IT. 
          ALRIGHT, THANKS KIM. 
          IT JUST WANNA PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH AN UPDATE IN REGARDS TO THE SECURITY CAMERAS THAT TOWN PARK THE INSTALLATION HAS DONE TODAY. 
          ANTICIPATION OF, UH, IT SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THURSDAY AND THEN WEDNESDAY, THE INSTALLATION OF THE LOUDSPEAKERS, UH, WILL START. 
          AND THE HOPE IS TO HAVE ALL OF THAT IN PLACE BY THE OPENING OF THE BEACH. 
          THANK YOU CLERK. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA REMIND PEOPLE THAT THIS WEEKEND IS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, AS JOE MENTIONED. 
          SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF EVENTS, UM, TO, UH, COMMEMORATE OUR, OUR VETERANS WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, STARTING WITH, UH, SATURDAY AT LAKESIDE CEMETERY. 
          THERE'S A SERVICE AT NINE O'CLOCK, UH, SUNDAY. 
          THERE'S A MEMORIAL CONCERT IN THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG AT SIX 30 MONDAY. 
          UM, MONDAY, THERE'S TWO PARADES AND GENERALLY VAULT AT THE SAME TIME. 
          ONE IN THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG AND THE OTHER ONE IN LAKEVIEW. 
          UM, THERE'S ALSO A FLAG BURNING CEREMONY AT THE MOOSE AT 1230 AND VFW POST 1419 WILL DO THEIR SERVICE AT TWO O'CLOCK. 
          AND ALSO I HAD THE HONOR OF BEING AT, UM, THE BLESSING OF THE NEW WATER RESCUE BOAT ON SUNDAY. 
          AND IT WAS VERY, VERY INTERESTING. 
          THE COTTER CAME DOWN. 
          IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY PRETTY COOL HOW THEY DO THAT. 
          SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS NEAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          REPORTS FROM THE BOARD. 
          SEAN, UH, I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY HAD, UM, THEY HAD A RESOLUTION ON HERE FOR THE INTERNSHIP FOR JENNA ETT. 
          AND, AND WHY THAT'S SIGNIFICANT IS, UH, SOME WORK AND CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD WITH OUR, OUR POLICE CHIEF. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR, BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS A 30 BY 30 INITIATIVE. 
          UM, AND REALLY THE GOAL IS TO ADVANCE WOMEN IN POLICING WITH THE GOAL OF HAVING 30% OF WOMEN IN RECRUITING, RECRUITING CLASSES BY THE YEAR OF 2030. 
          UM, SO THE CHIEF HAS BEEN REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN THESE CONVERSATIONS AND HAVING SOME EFFORTS TOWARDS PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY TO OUR YOUNG WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE INTERESTED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          UM, SO I, I APPRECIATE THOSE EFFORTS AND HE ARE WORK. 
          HE AND I ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON SOME, SOME OTHER INITIATIVES. 
          UM, AS IT STANDS, WOMEN ONLY MAKE UP 12% OF OFFICERS AND ONLY 3% OF POLICE LEADERSHIP. 
          UM, A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES DON'T EVEN HAVE THAT NUMBER REACHED, SO I WOULD, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO KNOWS, UM, A YOUNG WOMAN WHO'S INTERESTED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT TO, TO REACH OUT AS WE'RE IDENTIFYING NEW OPPORTUNITIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL? UH, YES, A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          WE ARE IN THE LAST FEW DAYS OF OUR, UH, BEAUTIFICATION MONTH, TOWN BEAUTIFICATION MONTH SPONSORED BY OUR HAMBURG REJUVENATION, UM, COMMITTEE. 
          AND SO IF YOU STILL HAVE ANY INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING, YOU CAN CALL THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE AND GET, UH, FURTHER INFORMATION AND THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED. 
          UH, ALSO, UH, THE TOWN RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE RALPH C. WILSON FOUNDATION FOR A HAMBURG GATEWAY REVITALIZATION PROJECT. 
          THAT COMMITTEE HAS BEEN MEETING AND WORKING WITH A CONSULTANT, AND 
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THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC MEETING REGARDING THAT PROJECT ON JUNE 2ND. 
          UH, NEXT TUESDAY AT 6:00 PM THERE WILL BE A VIRTUAL COMPONENT AND AN IN-PERSON COMPONENT HERE AT TOWN HALL IN THE BASEMENT. 
          YOU CAN LOOK ON THE WEBSITE, UH, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. 
          AND, UH, LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THE TOWN CLERK IN, UM, RECOGNIZING THAT WE DO HAVE MEMORIAL DAY COMING UP THIS WEEKEND, AND THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT OUR TOWN TO HONOR AND, UM, PAY RESPECT TO THE OUR SERVICE MEMBERS WHO MADE THAT SACRIFICE FOR OUR COUNTRY. 
          AND IF WE COULD ACTUALLY JUST TAKE A MOMENT RIGHT NOW FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE, RECOGNIZING ALL OF OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE IN THE PAST, GIVEN UP THEIR LIVES FOR THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ALL ENJOY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER . 
          UM, I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEES. 
          THE, UH, THE LIBRARY IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THEIR MUSIC PROJECT OVER AT LAKEVIEW OR THE LAKE SHORE LIBRARIES. 
          WERE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, THEY'RE GETTING IN THE FINAL PROPOSALS ON THE MUSIC PROJECT, AND THEY WENT AND TOOK A LOOK AT THE ONE OVER AT CHESTNUT RIDGE TO COMPARE THE TWO DIFFERENT PRODUCTS THEY WERE LOOKING AT. 
          SO THOSE, UM, THAT INFORMATION WILL BE COMING FORWARD SOON TO THE BOARD SO THAT WE CAN GET, UM, UH, BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS INVOLVED IN INSTALLING THAT. 
          I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF ALL IS UP HERE AND THANKING THE FAMILIES OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR THAT HAVE PROVIDED THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE WITH THEIR ROLE IN THE MILITARY AND SUPPORTING OUR FREEDOMS. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO REACH OUT AND THANK THOSE, UM, ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE SUPPORTING THE VETERANS ON A REGULAR BASIS AND BRINGING TO LIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, VETERAN WORK AND THE SUPPORT OF THE VETERANS AND GIVING OUR CHILDREN AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE AND HONOR THAT SACRIFICE THAT THEY HAVE MADE. 
          I KNOW MY CHILDREN, AND I'LL BE OUT PUTTING FLAGS UP ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AND THEN THE KIDS WILL JOYFULLY BE PARTICIPATING ON SHARON A PARADE WHERE THEY'RE HOPING TO GET CANDY, BUT ALSO SEE THE VETERANS WALK BY AND COLLECT THEIR POPPIES AND TALK ABOUT THE STORIES. 
          SO I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UM, I JUST HAVE A FEW THINGS TO REPORT ON. 
          UM, UH, FIRST, UH, SOME OF YOU WHO MAY HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA THIS PAST WEEK, OR PERHAPS TRYING TO CONTACT US AT TOWN HALL, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT WE'VE HAD SOME COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES. 
          WE HAD A, A PHONE LINE THAT WAS, WAS DOWN, BUT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE BACK UP AND, AND WE'RE RUNNING. 
          I JUST WANNA, UM, UH, THINK, UH, JENNY ROBERTSON FOR HER WORK, KEEPING THE BOARD INFORMED ON WHAT WAS GOING ON, MAKING SURE DEPARTMENTS KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON, THAT THEY HAD CELL PHONES. 
          UM, IT WAS A LOT OF OFF HOURS AND EXTRA WORK AND, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT JENNY. 
          UM, AND SHE ALSO MENTIONED THE, THE BEACH CAMERAS. 
          UM, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE BEING INSTALLED, UH, NOW AND, AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THAT'S GONNA MAKE THE, THE BEACH A A SAFER AND AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE FOR ALL RESIDENTS TO ENJOY. 
          UM, I ALSO JUST WANNA MENTION THAT, UM, THE, THE TOM BOARD LAST YEAR, UH, DID RECOGNIZE, UH, SOME FUNDING THAT CAME FROM ERIE COUNTY. 
          UM, WE NOW ARE IN POSSESSION OF CONTRACTS FOR THOSE, FOR THAT FUNDING. 
          AND THIS IS GONNA BRING, UM, $1.2 MILLION TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. 
          AND THIS WAS FUNDING THAT CAME TO US, UH, UH, ADVOCATED FOR BY ERIE COUNTY LEGISLATOR, JOHN GILMORE. 
          UM, $750,000 IS GOING TO GO TO THE CLARK AND MCKINLEY PROJECT. 
          AS COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL MENTIONED $100,000 TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR, UH, A CRIME SCENE VAN. 
          AND $350,000 GONNA, IS GONNA GO TO OUR RECREATION DEPARTMENT, $300,000 FOR UPGRADES AND IMPROVEMENTS AT THE NIKE BASE FACILITY. 
          AND $50,000 WAS THE FINAL MATCH THAT WAS ABLE TO GET THE SKATE PARK PROJECT OVER THEIR FUNDRAISING GOAL. 
          SO WE NOW CAN START, UH, UH, THE PROJECT WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING A SKATE PARK AT THE, UH, THERE'S A PARK ON SOLES ROAD AND ELECTRIC AVENUE. 
          UM, SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          AND THEN I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE, UM, THAT, THAT ALL OF US ELECTED OFFICIALS KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT THESE JOBS ARE, ARE 24 7 OFTEN. 
          UM, AND, UH, I WAS, I WAS OUT OF TOWN THIS WEEKEND AND I GOT, UH, UH, A CONSTITUENT HAD REACHED OUT, UH, TO ME BECAUSE THEY, THEY COULDN'T FIND THEIR, THEIR DOG. 
          AND EVENTUALLY THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND OUT THAT, THAT IT, IT WAS FOUND BY SOMEBODY AND IT WAS TURNED OVER TO OUR DOG CONTROL OFFICER. 
          AND BY THE TIME THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO FIGURE THAT OUT, IT WAS, IT 
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WAS AFTER HOURS. 
          UH, BUT ON SATURDAY MORNING, OUR, OUR TOWN CLERK AND OUR, UH, DOG CONTROL OFFICER, RJ STOBO, WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE A HAPPY ENDING TO THESE FOLKS. 
          UH, THIS POOR LITTLE GUY WAS, UH, A VERY ELDERLY PUP. 
          UM, AND, AND I I, WHEN I FIRST HEARD, I SAID, WELL, DID IT BITE ANYBODY? AND THE OWNER SAID, WELL, HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY TEETH . 
          SO I WAS VERY GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS ANIMAL BACK IN THE CARING HANDS OF THE FAMILY. 
          AND I JUST WANNA, UH, THANK THE TOWN CLERK FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY. 
          AND I DID RECEIVE, UH, A TEXT FROM THE RESIDENT THANKING, UH, THANKING YOU AND COMMENDING YOU AND RJ FOR, FOR REALLY GIVING THIS SITUATION SOME, SOME, SOME ATTENTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND IT MEANT THE WORLD TO THEM. 
          SO PLEASE PASS THAT ALONG TO DOG CONTROL OFFICER STOBER AS WELL. 
          I WILL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          I GUESS WE CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          MOTION TO ADJOURN BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL. 
          SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOKE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR. 
          A AYE. 
          OPPOSED CARRIED. 
          AND ALL OF THESE TO BOARD MEMBERS UP HERE, FOLKS, HAVE PENS READY TO SIGN YOUR DOCUMENTS. 
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