* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. THERE'S BEDROOM [00:00:01] AWAY FROM ALL OF THE KIDS AND ALL OF THE CHAOS. OKAY. THE MEETINGS BEING LIVE STREAMED. THANKS. WE'RE GOING LIVE. ALRIGHT FOLKS, WE'RE GONNA, UH, CALL THIS, UH, WORK SESSION OF THE EY TOWN BOARD TO ORDER, AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH, UH, WITH THE ROLL CALL SUPERVISOR HOKE, PRESENT. COUNCILWOMAN LORENZ FERRELL. FERRELL LORENZ. PRESENT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, UFFORD PRESENT. COUNCILMAN CONLEY PRESENT. AND, UH, WE DON'T HAVE, UM, KAREN YET. NO COUNCIL MEMBER. HO'S NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THIS EVENING. OKAY. ALRIGHT THEN. THAT'S IT. ALRIGHT, LET'S START WITH THE PLEDGE OF THE FLAG. PGI TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. NATION, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVIS WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. ALRIGHT, FOLKS, UM, MANY OF YOU, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I'M SEEING YOU IN, UH, IN A LITTLE BIT OVER A WEEK. UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HAD SOME FUN THIS PAST WEEK. UM, FOLLOWING, UH, THE SINGLE LARGEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL IN NEW YORK STATE HISTORY. UH, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, ERIE COUNTY, AND NEW YORK STATE WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE NATIONAL GUARD, UH, HAVE CLEARED ROADS, ASSISTED STRANDED MOTORISTS, AND, AND QUITE LITERALLY, UH, I BELIEVE HAVE HAVE SAVED LIVES. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO, TO DO. UM, BUT I, I WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT OUR, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH AND, AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS, UH, DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK, UH, TO OPEN OUR ROADS, UH, TO ASSIST MOTORISTS, ENSURE SAFETY. UH, THE ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS HAS BROUGHT ASSETS TO OUR RECOVERY EFFORTS. UH, AT THE PEAK OF THE ASSISTANCE, WE HAD 40 FRONT LOADERS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO US BY, BY ERIE COUNTY. AT THE PEAK OF THE EVENT, WE HAD 130 PEOPLE STRANDED AT OUR SENIOR CENTER. THIS WAS MANY, UH, MEMBERS OF THE TRAVELING PUBLIC. WE HAD SOME INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS, UH, AND THE EFFORTS OF, UH, MANY TOWN EMPLOYEES, UH, HAVE, HAVE GONE INTO MAKING SURE THOSE FOLKS WERE SAFE AND TAKEN CARE OF. THE RED CROSS HAS BEEN ASSISTING US THROUGHOUT, UH, AND PLAN TO BE WITH US FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE NEXT 24 HOURS, BUT ARE HOPEFUL, UH, THAT, UH, WE ARE BELIEVE, I BELIEVE WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT EIGHT FOLKS REMAINING AT THE SENIOR CENTER, AND THEY SHOULD BE ALL SQUARED AWAY BY TOMORROW MORNING. THESE RECOVERY EFFORTS ARE ONGOING AND WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THIS EVENT IS MORE THAN JUST SIMPLY PLOWING ROADS. UH, WE'RE IN NEED AND WE'VE BEEN GIVEN SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING FRONT LOADERS AND DUMP TRUCKS, TO HAUL MATERIALS, AS WELL AS STAGING AREAS TO DUMP SNOW SAFELY. MANY OF THE ROADS IN HAMBURG AND OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES HAVE THICK HARD PACK, AND THAT IS MAKING THE SITUATION EVEN WORSE. WORSE. AND WE'RE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO PLEASE POSTPONE ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL TODAY. EXIT 56 AND 57 WAS REOPENED TO COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC. WHEN WE STARTED HEARING REPORTS FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND SUPERMARKETS AND STORES THAT THEIR SHELVES WERE EMPTY AND OUR RESIDENTS WERE IN NEED OF FOOD AND OTHER SUPPLIES, WE REACHED OUT TO THE GOVERNOR'S TEAM AND THEY WERE ABLE TO OPEN UP THOSE EXITS SO WE CAN RESTOCK THOSE SHELVES SO OUR RESIDENTS CAN GET THE SUPPLIES THAT THEY NEED. UH, WE'RE CERTAINLY IN HAMBURG, NO STRANGER TO SNOW EVENTS, UH, AND HAVE, UH, BUT WE'VE NEVER SEEN A RATE OF SIX INCHES PER HOUR. TYPICAL PLOW CREWS CAN HANDLE ABOUT TWO INCHES PER HOUR, AND AS I SAID, THIS IS MORE THAN, THAN SIMPLY PLOWING. SO, WHILE HAMBURG CONTINUES TO MANAGE 300 PLUS MILES OF ROADS, INCLUDING 500 RESIDENTIAL ROADS, OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES ARE ALSO DIGGING OUT AND IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE. UH, THE, UH, UM, THE RECOVERY EFFORTS HAVE INCLUDED, UH, BRINGING, I BELIEVE IT WAS 425 DISABLED VEHICLES, UH, THAT WAS, WAS CARS OR SEMIS TO THE MCKINLEY MALL, UM, WHICH WAS OF COURSE NECESSARY IN ORDER FOR US TO GET THOSE ROADS CLEAR. THIS STORM, UH, [00:05:01] CAUGHT, UH, CAUGHT MUCH OF WESTERN NEW YORK. UH, BY SURPRISE, CERTAINLY LAST WEEK, WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS SOME BAD WEATHER COMING, UH, BUT THE SIX INCHES PER HOUR, UH, WAS, WAS, AS I SAID, PREVIOUSLY UNPRECEDENTED. AND WE HAVE HAD SOME FOLKS FROM THE TOWN OF HAMBURG STEP UP IN A BIG WAY TO GET US THROUGH THE STORM WITH A, WITH, UH, AND MANAGE THIS STORM, UH, WITH SOME GOOD OUTCOMES. AND I WANT TO THANK OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER, UH, NICK PIKAL, WHO, WHO STEPPED UP TO LEAD THAT DEPARTMENT IN A BIG WAY, PUT IN SOME LONG HOURS. UM, UH, AND, AND OF COURSE, UH, SEAN KARATE WAS, WAS ABLE TO RETURN, UH, RECENTLY TO OFFER SOME RELIEF TO HIS TEAM. RAY PAWLOWSKI FROM OUR BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT, UH, HAS BEEN MANAGING OPERATIONS AT OUR SENIOR CENTER, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SAFE, THE FACILITIES ARE CLEAN, UH, AND THAT PEOPLE HAVE WHAT THEY NEED FOR THAT EFFORT. UH, CAPTAIN TODD ETT HAS BEEN MANAGING MUCH OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ACTIVITIES, AND I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP SHORTLY TO, TO CAPTAIN ETT TO TALK ABOUT, TO, TO GIVE A FULL REPORT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM, AND IN MY ABSENCE, UH, I WAS ABLE TO, UH, TO LEAVE THE AREA, UH, KNOWING FULL WELL THAT DEPUTY SUPERVISOR AT LISA POLK, UH, WOULD BE CAPABLE OF LEADING ANY SITUATION THAT CAME. AND, UH, SHE CERTAINLY DID NOT DISAPPOINT, HANDLING COMMUNICATION WITH THE MEDIA, UH, AND MANAGING OPERATIONS WITH VARIOUS TOWN DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THROUGH, UH, CONTINUE TO GET THROUGH THIS UNPRECEDENTED STORM. UM, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR STEPPING UP. I HESITATE TO EVEN NAME NAMES BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S TEAMS BEHIND EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALS, UM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S OTHER FOLKS WHO HAVE ALSO STEPPED UP IN A BIG WAY. UH, BUT RIGHT NOW I'D LIKE TO TURN THINGS OVER TO, UH, CAPTAIN ERIC. THANK YOU. UH, ON BEHALF OF CHIEF DI AND, AND THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENT, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE LEVEL OF COOPERATION THAT, THAT WE RECEIVE FROM ALL THE TOWN DEPARTMENTS, UH, AS WELL AS FROM OTHER AGENCIES. WE RECEIVED HELP FROM THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL. UH, THE NEW YORK STATE POLICE FROM TROOP E SENT, UH, UTVS, WHICH WAS, UH, IT WAS THE, THE MOST AMAZING PART OF US BEING ABLE TO REMOVE, UH, STRANDED MOTORISTS TO GET TO THEM. ORIGINALLY, UH, THE USE OF OUR MA, UM, WAS EXPONENTIALLY PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAD, UH, IN ORDER TO SHUTTLE PEOPLE TO THE SHELTER TO REACH STRANDED MOTORISTS. AND, UH, OFFICER SULKY, OFFICER PALMER AND OFFICER TAYLOR. UH, ALTHOUGH NOT TOW TRUCK DRIVERS, UH, WERE ABLE TO USE THE WINCH TO CLEAR ROADS, UH, TO GET TOWS IN AND TO GET PLOWS IN, UH, THE USE OF THAT VEHICLE, UM, EXPONENTIALLY PROBABLY SAVED LIVES. UH, YOU MENTIONED NICK PIEL. UH, HE WORKED TIRELESSLY AND I, I CAN'T STRESS THAT ENOUGH. UM, THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, UH, WITH US, WE WERE ALWAYS INFORMED THE LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION, UH, AMONG TOWN, AMONGST TOWN DEPARTMENTS AND, UH, TOWN LEADERS HELPED US TREMENDOUSLY. UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, UM, JUST TAKING ACCOUNTABILITY OF, OF WHAT WE HAVE DAMAGE TO OUR EQUIPMENT. UM, WE HAD OUR PEOPLE SOMETIMES HAVE TO WALK, UH, UPWARDS OF THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE THROUGH THE SNOW TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD PICK 'EM UP. WE HAD NOT ONE COMPLAINT AND EVERYBODY MADE IT TO WORK. UM, WE, UH, ARE AT THE POINT WHERE WE'VE CHECKED ROADS TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO MORE CARS STRANDED. UM, WE'VE GOT TOES BACK IN SERVICE. UH, WE HAD AAA TOES TO HELP WITH THAT. UM, WE'RE JUST AT THE POINT NOW IN KIND OF A CLEANUP EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OPERATIONAL FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS, UH, AS FAR AS EQUIPMENT AND STUFF. AND, UH, WE'RE ANXIOUS TO GET BACK TO WORK. HOW ARE OFFICERS HOLDING UP? I, I KNOW THAT, I'M SURE WE'VE HAD PLENTY OF DOUBLE SHIFTS AND, AND MORE, YOU KNOW, AMAZINGLY WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT WITH VERY LITTLE, UM, MANDATED OVERTIME. UM, THEY GET TO THE POINT I THINK THAT WHERE THEY'RE SO TIRED AFTER 12 HOURS, UH, OUT PUSHING CARS. UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALWAYS, UH, WE HAVE LIKE A CAN-DO, UH, MENTALITY, SO WE'RE USED TO DOING THINGS WITH LITTLE, UH, YOU KNOW, LITTLE EQUIPMENT. WE JUST TEND TO TRY AND GET THINGS DONE. SO AFTER 12 HOURS, THOSE OFFICERS ARE TIRED. UM, WE HAD SEVERAL STAY OVER, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THEY, THEY WOULD GET DROPPED BACK OFF AND WALK A QUARTER MILE TO THREE QUARTER OF A MILE HOME, AND THEN THE NEXT MORNING GET PICKED UP AT THE SAME PLACE. WE HAD SOME OFFICERS THAT STAYED IN A HOTEL OVERNIGHT. UM, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, OUR OVERTIME WAS KEPT TO A MINIMUM, UH, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY CAN ONLY WORK AN 18 HOUR, UH, MAX. AND [00:10:01] AFTER 12 IN THAT WEATHER, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PUSHING VEHICLES AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THEY'RE PRETTY TIRED. SO, UH, I THINK THAT NOW BEING A MONDAY, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT SET OF OFFICERS COME IN TODAY. SO WE'RE FRESH. UM, I'VE SPOKEN TO THE LIEUTENANTS FROM THE PREVIOUS SHIFTS AND FROM TODAY, UH, THEY REPORT THAT, UH, THEY'RE TAKING ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE DAMAGE TO OUR VEHICLES, WHICH IS MOSTLY JUST ICE RELATED AND SNOW RELATED. IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME DURING A STORM. UM, THEY USE THE, UH, AMRAP AGAIN TODAY TO JUST FINISH CLEARING SOME OF THE CARS THAT WERE STILL LEFT ABANDONED IN ENTRANCES TO ROADS OR ENTRANCES TO PARKING LOTS. UM, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO USE IT DURING THE STORM TO SHUTTLE PEOPLE, LIKE I SAID, TO THE SHELTER, UH, WHICH, WHICH HELPED US TREMENDOUSLY. UH, WE'RE ALL TIRED, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE'RE STARTING TO HANDLE SOME NORMAL POLICE CALLS NOW, WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE STORM. WE GET A LOT OF WEATHER RELATED CALLS, UM, YOU KNOW, EVENTS CLEARING THE NEAREST STATE PARKS, POLICE ON SNOWMOBILES DROVE, UH, AROUND AND CLEARED PEOPLE'S FURNACE VENTS, WHICH WAS AMAZING. UM, SO I'M SURE THERE WAS A TON OF OTHER AGENCIES THAT ASSISTED US. UH, WE, UH, I COULDN'T EVEN NAME ALL OF THEM, BUT WE'RE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE HELP THAT WE GOT AND THE LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION THAT WAS KEPT THROUGHOUT, UH, THE STORM WITH, WITH THE TOWN OFFICIALS AND WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD FOR CAPTAIN ERIC? OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, SENIOR PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH, OFFICER SEAN CRO. YES. HELLO. I'M JOINING ME IN THE, IN OUR OFFICES, UH, NICK PIEL AND CAPTAIN JEFF LAVELL. SO, UM, I WOULD BE, UM, REMISS IF I DIDN'T, UM, JUST ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, WHILE WE WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE EFFORTS OF EVERY TOWN DEPARTMENT AND EVERY EMPLOYEE THAT STEPPED UP, UM, WHAT IN MY ABSENCE, UH, AT THE ONSET OF THE STORM, NICK PIEL ASSUMED THE DUTIES OF, UM, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, AND HE DID SO FLAWLESSLY. AND, UM, WE REALLY APPRECIATE HIS EFFORTS. UM, IN THAT ASPECT, THE PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH OFFICE WAS MANAGED BY JACK CHAPON AND THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN, UM, TIRELESSLY WORKED, UH, FOR THE BETTERMENT OF EVERYBODY, AND REALLY THE GLUE THAT HOLDS IT ALL TOGETHER WERE THE, UH, THE OFFICE THAT ANYBODY CALLS WHEN THEY, UH, NEED A SOLUTION TO THEIR PROBLEM. AND, AND THEY'VE, ALL OF THE DISPATCHERS STEPPED UP GREATLY AND I, WE APPRECIATE, UM, THEIR EFFORTS. SO IN, IN SHORT, UM, OUR JOB IS REALLY, UH, TO COMMUNICATE, COLLABORATE, AND, AND COOPERATE. AND I THINK THAT THIS STORM WAS NO EXCEPTION. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL NOT DONE WITH OUR JOB. WE CONNECT DOTS AND LIKE SUPERVISOR HOPE MENTIONED, THERE WAS A LOT OF A ASSETS THAT WAS SENT OUR WAY. AND, UM, THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE STATE AND COUNTY AGENCIES AS WELL AS THE TOWN DEPARTMENTS, UM, WAS REALLY, REALLY, UH, IT WAS, UH, A, A SIGHT TO SEE, AND IT WAS REALLY, UH, REASSURING THAT WE KNEW THAT OTHER PEOPLE WERE THERE TO FIGHT WITH US. SO, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FROM, FROM THE BOARD FOR SEAN? ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. UH, ANY OTHER, UH, STORM RELATED QUESTIONS OR REPORTS FROM, UH, THE TOWN BOARD OR ANYBODY ELSE ON THE CALL? OKAY, WELL, I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE, UH, CAPTAIN T UH, AND, AND DISPATCH, UH, SENIOR DISPATCH OFFICER KARATE. UM, THESE EFFORTS ARE GONNA CONTINUE AND THE TOWN WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH OUT INFORMATION TO RESIDENTS AND CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR PARTNERS, UH, AT RE COUNTY, NEW YORK STATE, THE NATIONAL GUARD AS OUR RECOVERY EFFORTS PROGRESS. UM, WE CAN, UH, OPEN UP DISCUSSION ON THE, UH, THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING. UM, THERE'S A COUPLE, UH, COUPLE RESOLUTIONS ON HERE, UH, THAT, THAT I ADDED, UH, BEFORE MY ABSENCE. UM, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE THAT THE, UH, TOM BOARD WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS. UH, SO I WILL OPEN UP DISCUSSION ON THE AGENDA FOR ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO, UH, DISCUSS ANY OF OUR PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS. THERE'S A COUPLE ISSUES THAT, THAT I THINK, UH, WE, WE CAN DISCUSS BRIEFLY, UH, BEFORE THE MEETING. WE DO HAVE, UH, RESOLUTION NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PUBLIC HEARING, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING VIRTUAL [00:15:01] THIS EVENING. WE'RE GONNA HEAR A LITTLE BIT FROM, UH, UH, DREW RILEY, UH, WHO'S GOING TO, UH, SHARE SOME COMMENTS. AND WE'RE GONNA LEAVE THAT PUBLIC HEARING OPEN THROUGH DECEMBER 12TH BECAUSE THIS IS A VIRTUAL MEETING AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO ATTEND. UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, SOME, SOME NEW POSITIONS. THESE ARE NOT ADDITIONAL. THESE ARE, UM, UH, RETITLED POSITION, UH, RETITLED POSITION, UH, RESOLUTION NUMBER SIX AS A MICROCOMPUTER TECHNICAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST. THIS WAS FORMERLY THE NETWORK MANAGER, UH, POSITION, UH, WHICH WE ADVERTISED, UH, BUT DID NOT GET ANY, UH, QUALIFIED CANDIDATES FOR. SO WE CHANGED THE QUALIFICATIONS AND WE ARE ASKING THE COUNTY TO CREATE THAT, THAT TITLE FOR US, AND WE'LL TAKE THAT UP TONIGHT. UH, WE'RE ALSO, AND THIS WAS PART OF THE 2023 BUDGET, UH, UH, CREATING AN ASSISTANT PLANNER POSITION, UH, TO HELP OUT IN OUR, OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT. UM, AND WE ALSO, THE, THE BOARD HAS TALKED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS ABOUT, UH, PREMIUM PAY FOR CLEANERS FOR, THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT WORKED DURING THE, UH, COVID-19 SHUTDOWN. THESE ARE FOLKS THAT WORKED FROM, UH, ESSENTIALLY MID-MARCH THROUGH THE END OF JUNE. THIS WAS A TIME WHEN WE WEREN'T SURE OF, OF WHAT THE, WHAT THE VIRUS WAS, HOW SAFE THINGS WERE. OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAD GIVEN SOME PREMIUM PAY TO PEOPLE WHO, UH, WORKED DURING THAT PERIOD OF SHUTDOWN. UM, SO THIS ISN'T UNUSUAL FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO OFFER. THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT, I BELIEVE, UM, UH, SIX EMPLOYEES, UH, AND WILL BE A TOTAL OF ABOUT $9,000, UH, THAT, THAT THEY'LL BE RECEIVING, UM, BASED ON IF THEY'RE FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME. UH, AND I'M ALSO VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS POSITION ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A LONG TIME. AND, AND I THINK WE FOUND A ON A GREAT CANDIDATE FOR THAT. UM, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE BOARD FOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONVERSATIONS. YOU'RE MUTED. SORRY. SORRY. CAN I GO OFF THE AGENDA FOR A TOPIC? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. UM, I WAS CONTACTED BY CGI, UH, IT'S A, THE COMPANY THAT WE WORKED WITH SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND ARE STILL WORKING WITH, THEY HAVE TWO PROGRAMS THAT THEY ARE, ARE WORKING, UH, WITH THE TOWN ON. ONE IS THE BANNER PROGRAM. YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE BANNERS THAT DO LINE SOUTH PARK AVENUE. UM, I KNOW SEAN AND KAREN WERE HERE WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS. AND, UH, WERE ARE FAMILIAR WITH, UH, THE DESIGN OF THE BANNERS AND HOW WE SELECTED WHERE THE, THEY WOULD BE POSITIONED. THE, UH, PROGRAM THEN IS OFFERED TO THE BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT'S A THREE YEAR PROGRAM. WE JUST FINISHED YEAR ONE. SO AT THE START OF EACH YEAR, THEY REVISIT THE PROGRAM WITH THE BUSINESSES, AND THEY OFFER THE TOWN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE DESIGN OF THE BANNER, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, BUSINESSES CAN BUY INTO THIS PROGRAM. UM, SO WE DO HAVE THE CHOICE, THE, THE BIGGEST DECISION FOR US IS THAT, I GUESS NUMBER ONE, THAT WE WANNA CONTINUE IN THE, IT'S A THREE YEAR PROGRAM THAT WE WANNA CONTINUE INTO YEAR TWO WITH CGI, AND THEN WHETHER WE ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING ANY TYPE OF CHANGE TO THE BANNER DESIGN, SHE SAID THAT THEY DO BECAUSE THEY PUT UP ALL NEW BANNERS, EVEN FOR THE BUSINESSES THAT STAY THE SAME AND ARE CONSISTENT IN THE PROGRAM. SHE, UM, SAID THAT THEY, THEY USUALLY LIKE TO MAKE AT LEAST, UH, LITTLE TWEAKS TO THE DESIGN, EVEN IF BASICALLY IT'S STAYING THE SAME. SHE SAID, WE'LL CHANGE THE FONT A LITTLE JUST TO CATCH, YOU KNOW, UH, THE COMMUNITY'S EYE AS THEY GO BY. SO WE CAN, IF, IF EVERYONE'S HAPPY WITH THE WAY IT IS. I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW IT SAYS, UM, UH, OH, I JUST, I JUST BLANKED COMMUNITY SPIRIT, RECOGNIZING COMMUNITY SPIRIT. UH, AND THEN IT, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW OF OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALSO RECOGNIZED, BUT IF WE WANT, WE CAN DO A WHOLESALE, YOU KNOW, COMPLETE REVISION OF THE BANNER. UH, BUT THAT'S THE FIRST STEP. SO I JUST NEED THE, THE BOARD TO EITHER IF THEY HAVE, UH, AN INCLINATION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER RIGHT NOW. IF NOT, IF YOU WANNA THINK ABOUT IT AND GET BACK TO ME, THAT'S STEP ONE TO DECIDE WHETHER WE WANT TO, AGAIN, JUST, UM, LET HER GO AHEAD AND MAKE A FEW TWEAKS TO IT, OR IF WE WANT TO ACTUALLY COMPLETELY REDO THE THEME, THE DESIGN, ET CETERA. AND THEN THE SECOND PIECE IS THAT THE CGI, UH, ALSO THE YEAR BEFORE THAT DEVELOPED [00:20:01] A TOWN VIDEO, AND THAT IS ON THE, THE WEBSITE. AND THEY, UM, WILL UPDATE THAT VIDEO. OCCASIONALLY, THEY'LL LOOK AT IT, THEY'LL, YOU KNOW, PUT NEW PHOTOS AND ET CETERA. SO WE JUST HAVE TO INDICATE WHETHER WE'RE INTERESTED IN CONTINUING TO HAVE THEM TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, THAT VIDEO AND UPDATE IT AS NEEDED. SO, BETH, DO I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THAT REGARDLESS OF, OF WHAT WE DECIDE TO DO, ALL OF THE BANNERS ARE GONNA BE REPLACED? YES. AFTER YEAR ONE. OKAY. YES. THAT'S, THEY DO THAT EACH YEAR BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT THEY ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BUSINESSES ARE PAYING FOR THEM. AND SO THEY FEEL THAT THEY WANT THEM EACH YEAR TO LOOK AS FRESH AND NEW AS POSSIBLE. AND GIVEN OUR WEATHER, UH, YEAH, AS EVIDENCE THIS WEEK, THEY ALWAYS FEEL IT'S BETTER FOR THE, THE BANNERS TO LOOK THE SAME TOO, THE SAME LEVEL OF NEWNESS. SO THEY, THEY PRODUCE A WHOLE NEW SET OF BANNERS. IT'S JUST A, AND, AND THERE'S ENOUGH NEW COMPANIES THAT ARE COMING ON BOARD. UM, THEY WILL STILL DO, UH, A BANNER FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE IDENTIFIED. THEY WERE VERY GENEROUS WHEN I NEGOTIATED THAT WITH THEM. THEY WERE GENEROUS IN THE NUMBER OF BANNERS THAT THEY GAVE THE TOWN FOR FREE, THAT ALLOWED US TO RECOGNIZE MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING, UH, POLICE, UM, UH, REJUVENATION, EMS, WATER RESCUE, OUR REC DEPARTMENT, OUR, UM, EQUITY AND INCLUSION ORGANIZATION. MANY OF OUR, OUR ORGANIZATIONS AND DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, WE'RE ABLE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON THOSE COMMUNITY BANNERS. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A NICE, UH, ADD FOR, FOR US, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE LINING SOUTH PARK WITH THESE. UM, SO AGAIN, IT'S GIVEN THAT THEY'RE DOING THE NEW BANNERS, JUST A QUESTION OF HOW MUCH DO WE WANT TO CHANGE IT YEAR TO YEAR. AND IF WE'RE HAPPY WITH IT, THEN LIKE I SAID, SHE CAN GO AHEAD AND, AND START WORKING ON IT. SHE'LL JUST DO A FEW LITTLE TWEAKS WITH THE FONT, WITH THE POSITIONING. BUT IF WE WANT THE THEME TO BE THE SAME, SHE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED ON IT. IF WE WANNA START ALL OVER AGAIN, THEN WHAT SHE'LL DO IS SHE WILL MAKE SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS, OR IF WE HAVE SUGGESTIONS, SHE'LL MOCK THAT UP AND THEN GET IT TO US. AND, UM, HOW WAS THE THEME DEVELOPED PREVIOUSLY? THE THEME WAS DEVELOPED, UH, THROUGH COMMUNICATION WITH A VARIETY OF PEOPLE. KAREN, ACTUALLY, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT DIFFERENT THINGS TO DO, SHE WAS VERY HELPFUL, UM, AND GAVE FEEDBACK. OTHER BOARD MEMBERS GAVE FEEDBACK AT THE, AT THE TIME, WE, UH, WERE ALREADY WORKING ON OUR COMP PLAN. SO, UM, WE SHOWED SOME IDEAS AROUND TO MEMBERS OF THE COMP PLAN, UM, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, EACH, EACH ORGANIZATION THAT HAD A BANNER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE WHAT LOGO THEY WANTED AS FAR AS THEIR ORGANIZATION LOGO TO BE ON THE BANNER. UM, SO THAT THEY HAD THAT INPUT AS FAR AS FOR THEIR INDIVIDUAL, UH, BANNER. OKAY. UM, WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE WAS A, A GOOD DEAL OF WORK PUT INTO IT, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE A, A GREAT PROGRAM. UM, MY ONLY CONCERN WAS THAT WHILE MOST OF THEM, UH, APPEAR TO BE HOLDING UP JUST FINE, THERE ARE A FEW THAT, THAT ARE STARTING TO LOOK A LITTLE SHABBY, WHICH, WHICH IS GONNA HAPPEN. SO I'M CERTAINLY EXCITED TO LEARN THAT THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE REPLACED. I THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD IDEA. UM, THE OTHER, THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION IS THAT, UM, BEING THAT IT WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE OPTED FOR THE COMPANY TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THE INSTALLATION WE MONITORED, AND IF SOMETHING HAD TO BE FIXED OR IF IT, UH, YOU KNOW, A BANNER WENT DOWN OR GOT RIPPED, WE DEVELOPED A, A SYSTEM FOR REPORTING THAT TO THEM. BUT IN YEAR ONE, WE DID HAVE THEM TAKE CARE OF ALL THE INSTALLATION, WHICH INCLUDED PUTTING THE ARMS ON THOSE ARMS. THE METAL PIECES WILL STAY THE SAME. SO THE QUESTION THEY HAD IS THAT IN YEAR TWO AND THREE, OR AT LEAST IN YEAR, THAT YEAR TWO, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TO DECIDE. NOW, DID WE WANT TO STILL HAVE THEM DO THE INSTALLATION? IT WOULD ONLY BE ACTUALLY PUTTING THE BANNERS ON THE ARMS THAT ARE THERE. UM, OR DID WE WANT OUR BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, UM, DEPARTMENT TO DO THAT? IF, IF WE HAVE OUR BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT DO IT, THEY DO GIVE US, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S $55 A POLL. THEY WILL WRITE US A CHECK FOR THAT. OKAY. SO, AND IF, IF WE HAVE A FEELING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, OR IF YOU WANT ME TO CHECK WITH PAT RYAN AND GET HIS, UM, TAKE ON THIS, AND THEN I CAN REPORT BACK TO EVERYONE. YEAH. YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. [00:25:01] OKAY. AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE JUST WANTS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS TO THINK ABOUT IT AND GET BACK TO ME, OR DOES, UH, DOES THE BOARD HAVE A FEELING RIGHT NOW SO I CAN LET HER GET STARTED? IF WE ARE KEEPING IT RELATIVELY THE SAME? WHAT'S EVERYONE'S THOUGHT, BETH? I'D KIND OF DEFER TO YOUR JUDGMENT AND, AND PUT THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN FROM THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, INVOLVED WITH THE PROGRAM. UM, AND BASED ON THAT INPUT, UH, I'M FINE KEEPING IT AS IS IF YOU THINK THAT IT WOULD BE A TIME TO FRESHEN UP, UH, OR IF THE BUS, IF THE BUSINESS OWNERS THAT ARE INVOLVED AND THE COMMUNITY GROUPS ARE INVOLVED WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE, OR IF ANYBODY CAN THINK OF A NEW THEME, UM, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU FEEL, UH, IS THE BEST ROUTE I'M, I'M TOTALLY FINE WITH. OKAY. YEAH, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH SEAN. I'M GONNA DEFER TO YOUR JUDGMENT. BETH, THIS WAS YOUR PROJECT, SO, OKAY. I'LL CHECK WITH KAREN AND SEE WHAT SHE THINKS TOO. ALL RIGHT, . WELL, THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. UM, SEAN, MEG, ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. NOTHING FROM ME. OKAY. WELL THEN WE CAN TAKE, UH, A BREAK. WE, UH, WE CANNOT, UH, UH, COME BACK UNTIL SEVEN BECAUSE WE HAVE HAVE A SCHEDULED, UH, PUBLIC HEARING. UM, BUT WE'LL TAKE A BREAK AND RECONVENE AT 7:00 PM AND YOU'RE GONNA ADJOURN THEN? YEAH. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE WORK SESSION. OKAY. SECOND, SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER C*M. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? CARRIED. [01:23:53] [01:24:56] ARE [01:24:56] THE [01:24:56] BOARD, [01:24:56] UM, [01:24:57] ARE [01:24:57] THE [01:24:57] BOARD [01:24:57] MEMBERS [01:24:58] ON [01:24:58] THE CALL? [01:25:05] NO. OKAY. MEG, ARE YOU THERE? OKAY. KATHY, YOU'RE THERE? YES. YES. I'M SENT, UM, A COUPLE EMAILS, UM, JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO. MY ONE, ONE IS THE COPY OF RESOLUTION SIX, THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION, AND THE OTHER IS A SPECIAL RESOLUTION TO RELEASE PAYMENTS, UH, SUBMITTED BY PAT, SHE THIS EVENING. ALRIGHT, I THINK I HAVE THE PATCH. SHE ONE, I SAW A BUDGET. OH, YOU THINK YOU HAVE A COPY? OKAY. IT'S ALSO IN YOUR EMAIL, SO YEAH. AND THEN I GOT, UM, JENNY SENT ME THE ONE, UM, HER RESOLUTION TOO. YEAH, I THINK IT MIGHT BE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS THE ONE YOU HAVE. IS SHE ON? NO. OKAY. UM, SUPERVISOR? YES, SUPERVISOR. HI. WHEN YOU SPOKE TO JENNY, DID SHE NEED THE, YOU SAID THAT SHE SAID THE EXISTING RESOLUTION IS FINE. THAT'S IN THE PACKET? YEAH. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU. ARE WE LIVE? I BELIEVE SO. OKAY. HELLO? HELLO. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. I CAN HELLO? HELLO? HELLO. WE CAN HEAR YOU. I THINK WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR SEAN CONLEY. IS MEGAN ON? YEAH. UM, THAT WAS, UH, JENNY THAT CALLED. SHE SAID THAT SHE CAN'T, UM, UNMUTE OR THE PUBLIC WILL HEAR THE CONVERSATION, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED THERE. SO, SO SHE'S ON, SHE IS, UM, ABLE TO HEAR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE SAYING, BUT SHE CAN'T UNMUTE HER, UM, CONNECTION. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. SHE SAID SHE'S GONNA START THE MEETING AS SOON AS, UM, SEAN CONNECTS SOUNDS. I GOT SUPERVISOR, YES. JENNY REPORTS, SHE'S GONNA START THE MEETING NOW. GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOOD TO GO HERE. UH, WE'LL START, WE'LL LET'S CALL THIS SEVEN O'CLOCK NOVEMBER 21ST TOWN BOARD MEETING TO ORDER. AND WE'LL START WITH ROLL CALL SUPERVISOR. HO. PRESENT COUNCILMAN CONLEY. PRESENT. COUNCILWOMAN FERRELL. LOREN PRESENT, UH, COUNCILMAN ERFORD. PRESENT. AND THAT'S IT, RIGHT? RIGHT. YES. THE PGI TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. FLAG NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALRIGHT, SO THE FIRST, UH, RESOLUTION UP [01:30:01] IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PUBLIC HEARING. UM, ARE WE GONNA HEAR FROM DREW FIRST OR IS KATHY GONNA READ THAT FOR US? DOESN'T MATTER. I PROBABLY, I PROBABLY SHOULD READ IT FIRST. OKAY. OKAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. IT WILL MEET AT, UM, HAMBURG TOWN HALL, 6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK, AND NOVEMBER 21ST, 2022 AT 7:00 PM LOCAL TIME. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2022 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AT THIS TIME, ALL INTERESTED PERSONS MAY BE HEARD. A COPY OF THE PROPOSED 2022 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEW DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS AT THE HAMBURG TOWN HALL AND AT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. AND, UM, PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAY ALSO BE AVAILABLE ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE UNDER LEGAL NOTICES AND BIDS. AND THAT'S IT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU KATHY. BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING, I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT WE ARE INDEED MEETING VIRTUALLY TONIGHT. AND, UH, FOR FOLKS WONDERING, THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE STORM RECOVERY EFFORTS, UH, WE WANTED TO KEEP AS MUCH OF THE GRAVELING PUBLIC OFF THE ROAD AS POSSIBLE. WE WANT PEOPLE TO STAY SAFE. AND BECAUSE WE'RE GOING VIRTUAL FOR THIS MEETING, UM, THIS PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD OPEN THROUGH OUR DECEMBER 12TH MEETING. UM, AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN TO ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE HEARD FOR OR AGAINST, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, DREW HAS SOME, SOME COMMENTS FOR US. YES, THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR AND TOWN BOARD AND RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN. UH, YOU CAN HEAR ME FINE? YEP. OKAY. JUST A QUICK INTRODUCTION 'CAUSE I KNOW WE WANT TO GET TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT. WE'LL KEEP THIS OPEN THROUGH THE DECEMBER 12TH MEETING. IT'D BE NICE TO HEAR FROM, FROM EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO COMMENT ON IT. UH, THE EXISTING CONFERENCE PLAN OF THE TOWN IS, WAS ADOPTED IN 2008, IN 2018, AFTER 10 YEARS OF THE TOWN DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO UPDATE THAT PLAN. SO THEY STARTED THAT UPDATE AND INVESTIGATION IN 2018, FORMING A COMMITTEE WITH THE TA, THE TWO, THE TOWN AND VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH VILLAGES. UH, THEY MET THROUGH 2019 AND 2020, THEN HIRED A CONSULTANT, OUR FIRM, AND A, AND A GROUP OF OTHER CONSULTANTS TO HELP PRODUCE THAT PLAN IN 2020. BY THE WAY, I MUST MENTION THAT THIS PLAN IS BEING FUNDED THROUGH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDS THROUGH HUD AND THROUGH ERIE COUNTY SUPPLIED A GRANT TO ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT AGRICULTURAL. SO ANYWAY, THAT TALENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE MET FROM 2020, AS I SAID, THROUGH 2022. WE HAD SEVERAL PUBLIC MEETINGS THROUGHOUT 20 AND 21 AND 22. WE ALSO COMPLETED A TOWN WIDE SURVEY, AND WE RECEIVED THOUSANDS OF COMMENTS. DRAFTS OF THE PLAN WERE MADE AVAILABLE IN TWO THOU AT THE BEGINNING OF 2022, AND HAVE BEEN UPDATED AS WE RECEIVED COMMENTS OVER THE LAST YEAR WITH THE FINAL ONE GOING ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE ON NOVEMBER 10TH, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS PLAN ADOPTED IN JANUARY OF 2023, OR THE FIRST PART OF 2023. THE PLAN INCLUDES, UH, GENERAL COMPONENTS AND INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANT GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF THE DOCUMENT, THE PLAN ITSELF, WHICH IS BROKEN INTO WHERE WE LIVE, WHERE WE PLAY PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSETS, AGRICULTURAL AND ITS ROLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, CREATING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE ABOUT OUR ECONOMIC BASE, INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS, HOW WE REGULATE AND CONTROL. AND THEN, UH, ALSO SECTIONS ON IMPLEMENTATION AND AN APPENDIX WITH SUPPORTING MATERIALS. THE OVERALL PLAN, WE TRY TO KEEP CONCISE. IT'S ABOUT 85 PAGES LONG, INCLUDING MAPS. THEN THE APPENDIX IS SEVERAL HUNDRED PAGES LONG. WE WANTED SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE COULD LOOK AT AND FIND THAT INFORMATION THAT IS RELEVANT TO, TO THEM. I HAVE A HANDOUT THAT I'M GONNA POST ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE TOMORROW THAT HAS MORE OF THIS INFORMATION ABOUT THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES. WE'RE HOPING THIS MEETING TONIGHT THAT YOU'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT THAT AND YOU HAVE SPECIFIC COMMENTS. I WON'T GET INTO ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PLAN. THERE ARE HUNDREDS, BUT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BASED UPON THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND THE, AND THE INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC. I WANNA LEAVE ONE EXAMPLE. THERE'S TWO MAPS, TWO ENTIRE MAPS IN THE PLAN THAT SHOW ALL THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS WE RECEIVED ON LAND USE ISSUES IN THE TOWN. IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO SUMMARIZE IN ONE MAP, VISUAL TWO MAPS VISUALLY, WHERE THOSE COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED. SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE SUPERVISOR IN THE TOWN BOARD TO HOPEFULLY RECEIVE COMMENTS. THANK YOU FOR THAT OVERVIEW, DREW. UM, SO AS, AS MENTIONED, WE ARE, UH, IN A VIRTUAL FORMAT TODAY. SO WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE COMMENTS VIA THE FACEBOOK CHAT AND FOR FOLKS THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT IN PERSON, UH, YOU CAN PLEASE JOIN US, UH, ON DECEMBER 12TH, OR YOU CAN SUBMIT CORRESPONDENCE TO THE TOWN ANYTIME BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER 12TH. UM, LET'S SEE. HOW DO WE WANNA HANDLE THIS? JENNY, DO YOU WANT TO, UH, READ [01:35:01] ANY COMMENTS? IS THAT THE BEST WAY TO, UH, I'M LOOKING AT THE COMMENTS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE ON FACEBOOK. UM, JUST GIMME A SECOND HERE. IT SAYS, WILL WE HAVE A COMMENT FROM RACHEL FITZGERALD? SHE SAYS, WILL, WILL WE BE INTRODUCING MORE EMERGENCY RELIEF SUCH AS MORE PLOWS FOR THE TOWN AND VILLAGE GIVEN THE EXTENSIVE GROWTH IN POPULATION? UM, OKAY. UH, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE I CAN SEE THAT PERTAINS AS OF THIS POINT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I DID SEE A COMMENT FROM A CINDY WRIGHT BROCKMAN TO THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE. PLEASE INCLUDE MY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS IN THE RECORD OF THIS MEETING, THIS MEETING. UH, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTION OR COMMENTS. UM, I DO SEE ONE FROM CINDY WRIGHT BROCKMAN. SHE SAYS, THERE ARE SMOKE, THERE ARE SMOKE SHOPS POPPING UP IN OUR TOWN. WHAT IS THEIR PURPOSE? WHAT ARE THEIR REGULATIONS ON THEIR LOCATIONS? WHAT ARE THEY SELLING? THERE IS A VERY COLORFUL, ONCE LOCATED ACROSS FROM A DAYCARE CENTER ON ROUTE FIVE. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO FIT WITH THE CHARACTER OF OUR TOWN. OKAY. SHE HAD, UM, SHE HAD ALSO ASKED WHAT THE TOWN'S POSITION ON WIND TURBINES IN LAKE GARY THAT WAS LISTED JUST ABOVE THE PREVIOUS COMMENT THAT JENNY READ. OKAY, I DID SEE THAT. NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT, UM, AND I, I, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, EXTENDED BEYOND THE, THE PHYSICAL BORDERS OF, OF THE TOWN, CORRECT. DREW? YES, AND I, I, THIS ISSUE CAME UP AT THE LAST MEETING. THE TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS INLAND. UH, THE TOWN HAS AN LWRP, LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PLAN THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S BEING DONE THROUGH THE STATE OF NEW YORK. AND THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL NOT LET US REGULATE OUT INTO THE LAKE. SO AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE IN THE TOWN. UH, I THINK THAT THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THEIR STATE LEGISLATORS AND OTHER MEANS OF PROVIDING COMMENT, UH, ON THE WIND TURBINE ISSUE. VERY IMPORTANT, BUT WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO INCLUDE IT IN THE LWRP. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION, DREW. THANK YOU. YEP. I, I'LL ANSWER THE ONE QUESTION. WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO ANSWER THESE COMMENTS AND WHATEVER, BUT I THINK THE ONE ABOUT EMERGENCY PLAN PLOWS VERY UNIQUE ISSUE THAT'S COME UP AND WHAT WE'VE RECOMMENDED TO THE TOWN, THAT ANY FUTURE STUDIES AND STUFF, THINGS LIKE THIS THAT WEREN'T PERCEIVED BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, YOU COULD ALWAYS DO A STUDY AND APPEND THAT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO AS LONG AS YOU KNOW IT'S IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GUIDELINES OF THE PLAN, AND THERE'S SOME SPECIFIC STUDY, SOME SOMETHING ABOUT SMOKE SHOPS OR ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCIES, SERVICES AND RELIEF BASED UPON THE STORM EVENT, YOU COULD DO STUDIES AND APPEND IT TO YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO THAT IS A STRONG RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLAN AS A WAY TO KEEP IT UP TO DATE IS WE CAN'T IMAGINE ALL THE THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN, BUT THOSE THINGS CAN BE APPENDED AT A LATER DATE. SO DREW, THERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM, UH, THIS INDIVIDUAL SAYS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT TAXPAYER FUNDS FOR THE PRIVATE COMMUNITY OF HOOVER BEACH. COULD YOU GIVE US SOME BACKGROUND? UH, DO WE HAVE WE INCLUDED PRIVATE FUNDS FOR HOOVER BEACH IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? UH, THERE IS MENTION OF THE PROJECTS THAT THE TOWN ARE WORKING ON, BUT AGAIN, THE OVERARCH OVERARCHING DOCUMENT FOR THE WATERFRONT AND ANY PROJECTS PLAN FOR THE WATERFRONT WILL BE THE LWRP. SO AGAIN, THOSE PEOPLE COMMENTING ON WATERFRONT RELATED PROJECTS, PLEASE, WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS COMING UP ON THE LWRP, WHICH IS A SOURCE, IT WILL BE A SOURCE OF MONEY TO DO THOSE PROJECTS. SO WE HAVE TO FIRST GET THOSE PROJECTS RIGHT, WHAT ARE THE PROJECTS THAT MAKE SENSE FOR THE TOWN? AND THEN HOPEFULLY INCORPORATE THEM IN THE, INTO THE LWRP AND THEN GO FOR STATE DOLLARS TO IMPLEMENT THE LWRP. SO ANYTHING RELATED TO THE WATERFRONT, PLEASE KEEP, UH, WE'VE LISTED THOSE POTENTIAL PROJECTS IN THE COMP PLAN, BUT THE LWRP WILL MAKE DECISIONS ON THOSE PROJECTS. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD CARE TO BE HEARD ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR OR AGAINST? AND AGAIN, UH, YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER 12TH, AS WELL AS ON DECEMBER 12TH AS THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE EXTENDED. YEP. AND TO ASSURE THOSE [01:40:01] RESIDENTS, IF YOU SUBMIT, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, TRANSCRIPTS OF ANY PUBLIC MEETING WILL GO IN THE APPENDIX OF THE, OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO YOUR, YOUR THOUGHTS ARE NOT LOST. AND ANY COMMENTS WE RECEIVE IN WRITING WILL GO IN THE APPENDIX. WHAT I ALWAYS SAY TO PEOPLE IS THAT THAT COMMENT MAY NOT BE ADDRESSED NOW, BUT WILL BE PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS AND MAY NEED ATTENTION IN THE FUTURE. SO PLEASE PROVIDE THOSE COMMENTS AND WE WILL DEFINITELY INCLUDE THEM IN THE APPENDIX OF THE COMP PLAN AND, AND THE, AND FUTURE TOWN BOARDS. AND THE CURRENT TOWN BOARD WILL KNOW THOSE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. RANDY, THERE IS ANOTHER COMMENT FROM CINDY WRIGHT BROCKMAN. IT SAYS, IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS SECTION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THERE IS INTENTION TO REVISE LOCAL LAWS AND CODES TO PLAN FOR ELECTRIFICATION AND TO BECOME A ERTA CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITY. HOW DOES HAMBURGER TEND TO DO THIS? I CAN QUICKLY ANSWER THAT. UH, THERE'S A PROGRAM THAT HAVE TO GET INVOL INVOLVED IN, AND THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL HELP YOU BEGIN THAT PROGRAM AND DO YOUR OWN STUDY. EACH PROJECT IS UNIQUE TO THOSE COMMUNITIES. UH, SO I'M HOPING, AND AGAIN, THE TOWN WILL THEN SET PRIORITIES OF, I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A PRIORITY ONE ACTION, BUT SOMETHING THE TOWN SHOULD LOOK AT, THE ELECTRIFICATION OF AMER OF NEW YORK STATE AND AMERICA IS COMING AND IT'S A STRONG THING THAT THE TOWN NEEDS TO LOOK AT. AND THOSE IMPACTS, YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS CAN BE, YOU KNOW, CHARGING STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN. UH, THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE THROUGH THAT PLAN THAT HAS TO BE DONE THROUGH THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO BECOME A CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITY IF THAT'S THE ROUTE THE TOWN WANTS TO GO. SO, UH, VERY GOOD QUESTION. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THE TOWN THAT'S IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE TOWN TO LOOK AT AND WHETHER WE LOOK AT IT OR NOT, IT IS COMING. ELECTRIFICATION IS COMING. THANK YOU DREW. WE ALSO SEE A QUESTION, UH, THE, THE QUESTION, UH, ADMITTEDLY DOES NOT PERTAIN TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE FORMER TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER AMY CARROLL ZIEGLER, TO RAISE THAT DURING THE PUBLIC EXPRESSION, UH, SECTION OF THE MEETING. THAT WOULD BE THE MORE APPROPRIATE TIME TO POSE THAT QUESTION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. WELL WE ARE NOT MAKING, WE WILL NOT BE CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE WILL KEEP THIS PUBLIC HEARING OPENING THROUGH DECEMBER 12TH. AGAIN, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUBMIT CORRESPONDENCE, UH, OR JOIN US ON DECEMBER 12TH FOR FURTHER COMMENT. AND AT THIS POINT WE CAN MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION NUMBER FOUR. RESOLVED THAT THE HANDBOOK TOWN BOARD HEREBY APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING AS FOLLOWS, OCTOBER 24TH, 2022. REGULAR TOM BOARD MEETING. NOVEMBER 4TH, 2022. SPECIAL BOARD MEETING. SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER C*****G. I'LL MAKE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? GARY RESOLVED THE T BOARD AUTHORIZED POLICE OFFICER ANDREW ERS AND POLICE OFFICER ANDREW HOTWATER TO ATTEND THE 2022 N-A-S-R-O BASIC SRO TRAINING IN ARCHIBALD, PENNSYLVANIA FROM SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11TH, 2022 TO FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16TH, 2022. LODGING FIVE NINTH BEACH AT $98 $980. MEALS SIX DAYS EACH AT $40 PER DAY. FOUR 80 REGISTRATION TWO AT FOUR $95 EACH. 990 FOR TOTAL COST OF 2004 50. WHEREAS USE OF AN UNMARKED POLICE VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORTATION IS REQUESTED, MONEY IS AVAILABLE IN B 31 24 9 2 SEMINARS DEPARTMENT TRAINING. SO SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CAROL LORENZ. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? CARRIED. RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE CREATION OF A MICROCOMPUTER TECHNICAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST POSITION IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT DUE TO A VACANCY IN THE DEPARTMENT. AND BE A FURTHER RESULT. THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED SUPERVISOR TO SIGN SECTION EIGHT OF THE PO 17 FOR THE CREATION OF THE FOR MENTIONED POSITION. SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? CARRIED. WHEREAS A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON NOVEMBER 7TH, 2022 AND PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NUMBER 11 20 22 THAT WOULD AMEND CHAPTER 2 27 OF THE HAMBURG TOWN CODE ENTITLED STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. SPECIFICALLY ARTICLE 2 27 DASH ONE. WHEREAS PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NUMBER 11 20 22 WILL ADD A NEW PARAGRAPH TO ARTICLE 2 27 DASH ONE TO READ AS FOLLOWS. NO CIVIL ACTION SHALL BE MAINTAINED AGAINST THE TOWN OF HAMBURG OR ANY OF ITS OFFICIAL AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES OR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS OF THE TOWN OR AGAINST ANY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IN THE TOWN. FOR DAMAGES OR INJURIES TO PERSONAL OR PROPERTIES SUSTAINED BY REASON OF ANY TREE STREET HIGHWAY RIGHT AWAY. PUBLIC PLACE, LAND BUILDING, BRIDGE, CULVERT, SIDEWALK CROSSWALK, GRADING, [01:45:01] OPENINGS, DRAINS, SEWER PARKS OR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT BEING DEFECTIVE OUT OF REPAIR, UNSAFE DANGERS OR BECAUSE OF OBSTRUCTED CONDITIONS UNLESS WRITTEN NOTICE OF SUCH DEFECTIVE, UNSAFE, DANGEROUS, OR OBSTRUCTIVE CONDITION OF SUCH. STREET, STREET HIGHWAY. RIGHT AWAY PUBLIC PLACE LAND BUILDING BRIDGE CALLED SIDEWALK CROSSWALK PARK WAS ACTUALLY GIVEN TO TOWN CLERK OR THE SUPERINTENDENT HIGHWAY SPECIFYING THE PARTICULAR PLACE AND THE DEFECT AT ISSUE AND THERE WAS THEREAFTER A FAILURE OR NEGLECT WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME TO REPAIR OR REMOVE THE DEFECT. DANGER OR OBSTRUCTION. COMPLAINED OF NOW THEREFORE BID RESULT BOARD ADOPT THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CODE. THIS LOCAL LAW SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. SECOND, SECOND, MAY. COUNCIL MEMBER CON ALL IN FAVORS SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? CARRIED. WE RESOLVED THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE CREATION OF AN ASSISTANT PLANNER POSITION IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND WE FURTHER RESOLVED THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED SUPERVISOR TO SIGN SECTION EIGHT OF THE PO 17 FOR THE CREATION OF THE FOUR MENTIONED POSITION. MOVE SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL LORENZ. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? CARRIED BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE BUILDINGS GROUNDS DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE ONE NEW CT 25 40 COMPACT TRACTOR HST AND ONE NEW KY INVERTED SNOWBLOWER 60 INCH FROM BOBCAT OF BUFFALO SOUTH AT A VISION OF UPSTATE EQUIPMENT IN AMOUNT OF 14 AFTER NEW YORK STATE CONTRACT PC SIX AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT A1 SO MOVED. MEMBERING ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OPPOSED. CARRIED. THE RESOLVE THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE BILLINGS GROUNDS DEPARTMENT TO TRANSFER $15 FROM A TO RECREATION ACCOUNT. A1 80 0 6 TO ACQUIRE A TRAILER ORIGINALLY PURCHASED BY RECREATION, WHICH BG HAS AGREED HAS A GREATER NEED FOR SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND COUNCIL ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? CARRIED. WHEREAS IN THE 2020 WHEREAS IN 2020 THE TOWN OF HAMBURG LIKE MUCH OF THE NATION WAS SEVERELY AFFECTED BY THE SPREAD OF THE COVID-19 VIRUS. THE TOWN CLOSED ITS DOORS FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS TO HELP REDUCE THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS AND KEEP TOWN STAFF AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE SAFE. AND WHEREAS WHILE MANY TOWN EMPLOYEES WERE TASKED WITH WORK REMOTELY FROM HOME, ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL AND KEY STAFF WERE ON DUTY AT THEIR VARIOUS LOCATIONS. AND WHEREAS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT FOR ESSENTIAL AND KEY STAFF, THE TOWN CLEANERS WERE ON DUTY FOR THE DURATION OF THE SHUTDOWN. THE CLEANERS MAINTAINED DAILY DISINFECTING DUTIES AND DISPLAYED A POSITIVE OVERALL EXTRA EFFORT PUTTING THE NEEDS WHERE TOWN SERVICES AT THE FOREFRONT. WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD AT THE TOWN OF WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A VALID DEDICATION OF CLEANERS DURING THIS UNSETTLING TIME WITH A PREMIUM PAYMENT FOR THEIR EFFORTS. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED. THE DOWN BOARD WITH GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION HEREBY AUTHORIZED PAYMENT TO FULL-TIME CLEANERS, DEBRA DIINER, RYAN T AND MARION ROMANELLO IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,000 AND TO PART-TIME CLEANERS SANDRA BRAMAN, SANDRA RIA, AND SUZANNE STALEY IN THE AMOUNT OF THOUSAND TO BE PAID IN THE NEXT ON PAYROLL PERIOD DATED 12 9 20 22. SO MOVED. SECOND MOTION BY SUPERVISOR HOGUE. SECOND BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FAR ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? CARRIED, RESOLVED THAT BOARD APPROVED THE HIRING OF JAMES FLANAGAN TO THE PART-TIME PROVISIONAL CIVIL SERVICE NETWORK MANAGER POSITION IN THE IT DEPARTMENT COMMENCING ON NOVEMBER 22ND, 2022 TO BE PAID THE RATE OF 25 PER HOUR PENDING ALL CIVIL SERVICE AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATE BACKGROUND CHECKS. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT A 16 9100. SO MOVE SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER C*M. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? CARRIED. RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SCREENING COMMITTEE TO APPOINT KENNETH CUS TO THE FULL-TIME PROVISIONAL POSITION OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. THE APPOINTMENT IS SUBJECT TO ALL PRECONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A PRE-EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND. CHECK AND PHYSICAL. THIS APPOINTMENT IS EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 5TH, 2022 AT $95,000 ANNUALLY. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN A 1490. SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION BY SUPERVISOR HOAX. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? CARRIED RESOLUTION 14 IS A TABLED ITEM REGARDING MIXED USE ZONING. SEEKER TABLED ITEM MEETING OF 11 7 20 22 NEGATIVE DECLARATION MU ONE DASH MIXED USE DISTRICT ONE WHEREAS THE HAMBURG TOWN CODE CONTAINS AND SPECIFIES THE LOCAL LAWS AND ORDINANCES OF THE OF HAMBURG. AND WHEREAS THE HAMBURG CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE HAS EVALUATED THESE REGULATIONS BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS AND THE NEED FOR MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT AND WHEREAS MB CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE AGREED WITH THIS NEED AND REFERRED THE DRAFTING THIS NEW MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT TO PLANNING BOARD FOR COMPLETION. AND WHEREAS PLANNING BOARD CREATED FIRST DRAFT OF THIS MISUSE CODE FOR [01:50:01] THE TOWN'S PLANNING CONSULTANT HAS COMPLETED THIS DRAFT OF THE LAW AND IS SUBMITTED TO THE TOWN BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION. AND WHEREAS PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL RULE LAW, THE TOWN BOARD IS PROPOSING TO ENACT A LOCAL LAW AS FOLLOWS, BEING ENACTED BY THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF NEW YORK THAT THE HAMBRICK TOWN BOARD AMENDS THE HAMBURG TOWN CODE AS FOLLOWS, COPIES, FULL COPIES ATTACHED AMEND CHAPTER TWO 80 ZONING BY ADDING A NEW ARTICLE ENTITLED MU ONE MIXED USE DISTRICT ONE AND WHEREAS A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD REGARDING THESE CODE AMENDMENTS ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2022 AND NO COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC OR FROM ERIE COUNTY BASED ON THE 2 39 REFERRAL NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED. HENRY TOWN BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL WATER REVIEW ACT AS DETERMINED THAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING CODE, THE ATTACHED COPY OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG CODE OF ORDINANCES WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE AND OR HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC AND IS CONSISTENT WITH SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS AND THEREFORE ISSUES THE ATTACHED SECRET NE NEGATIVE DECLARATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION SIX 17.7 OF THE REGULATIONS AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERVISOR WILL AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE SHORT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FORM PARTS ONE, TWO AND THREE WHICH WILL ACT AS A NEGATIVE DECLARATION. SO MOVE SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOREN. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? CARRIED AS A FOLLOW UP RESOLUTION 15 TABLE ITEM MIXED USE ZONING RESOLUTION MU ONE MIXED USE DISTRICT ONE. WHERE IS RY TOWN CODE CONTAINS AND SPECIFIES THE LOCAL LAWS AND ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND WHERE CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE HAS EVALUATED THESE REGULATIONS BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS AND THE NEED FOR MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT. AND WHERE RY CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE AGREED THAT THIS NEED AND REFERRED THE DRAFTING THIS NEW MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT PLANNING BOARD FOR COMPLETION. AND WHEREAS HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD CREATED A FIRST DRAFT OF THIS MIXED USE CODE AND THE TOWNS PLANNING CONSULTANT HAS COMPLETED THIS DRAFT OF THE LAW HAS SUBMITTED IT TO THE TOWN BOARD FOR ITS CONSIDERATION. AND WHEREAS PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL HOME RULE, LAW TOWN BOARD IS PROPOSING ENACT LOCAL LAWS FILES BEING ENACTED BY THE TOWN BOARD OF TOWN OF HAMBURG, NEW YORK, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD OF MEN'S HAMBURG TOWN CODE AS FOLLOWS. FULL ATTACHED AMEN CHAPTER TWO 80 ZONING BY ADDING A NEW ARTICLE, MENTAL MU ONE USE DISTRICT ONE AND WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH PART SIX SEVEN OF THE IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO ARTICLE EIGHT STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION HAS ISSUED A SECRET NEGATIVE DECLARATION. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD MENS LOCAL LAW NUMBER 10 19 86 ZONING TO PROVIDE FOR THE REVISION OF THE TOWN CODE ABOVE ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? CARRIED JURY ALL THE TOWN BOARD OF TOWN OF DOES HEREBY AMEND THE ADOPTED TOWN OF HAMBURG 2023 BUDGET AS PREVIOUSLY FILED WITH THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS, THIS IS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ACCOUNT B6 8 9 5 RETIREMENT COSTING DECREASE. THE 2023 ADOPTED BUDGET HAD $164,000. THE 2023 AMENDED ADOPTED BUDGET COMES IN AT 46 FOR DIFFERENCE OF 18. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? CARRIED RESOLUTION NUMBER 17 WILL BE INTRODUCED TONIGHT. THE TOWN BOARD WILL VOTE TO ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION. HOWEVER, WE WILL UH, BRING THIS TO THE AGENDA AGAIN AT OUR DECEMBER 12TH MEETING. THIS WILL BE INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA. LOCAL NUMBER 12 OF 22, A LOCAL LAW TO AMEND SECTION TWO 80 DASH 1 33 A OF THE HAMBRICK TOWN OF HAMBRICK TOWN CO ENTITLED PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES BY REMOVING OUS PROCESSING FACILITIES AS A PERMITTED USE IN THE M THREE DISTRICT AND LOCAL LAW NUMBER 13 OF 2022. A LOCAL LAW TO PROVIDE FOR A NEW ARTICLE LVII IN CHAPTER TWO 80 OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TOWN CODE ENTITLED BY TWO MINUTES PROCESSING FACILITIES PROHIBITING ASPHALT PLANTS AND BY TWO MINUTES PROCESSING FACILITIES IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. WHEREAS THIS RESOLUTION INTRODUCES A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2 81 3 3 A OF THE OF TOWN CODE TO REMOVE THE PROCESSING OR TREATMENT OF BY TWO MINUTES PRODUCTS AS A PERMITTED USE IN THE M THREE ZONING DISTRICT AND A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ADD ARTICLE LVI ENTITLED BY TWO MINUTES PROCESSING FACILITIES TWO CHAPTER TWO 80 OF THE CODE THAT PROHIBITS ASPHALT PLANTS AND BY TWO MINUTES PROCESSING FACILITIES IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG DRAFT LOCAL LAW NUMBER 13 COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS A PROPOSED LOCAL LOSS. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WILL AFFECT ALL LANDS WITHIN THE TOWN WHEREAS THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAWS ARE PROPOSED IN THE FORM OF LOCAL LAWS PURSUANT THE AUTHORITY GRANT TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AND THE TOWN BY ARTICLES TWO AND THREE OF NEW YORK STATE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW IN ARTICLE TWO OF NEW YORK STATE STATUTE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. AND [01:55:01] THE TOWN BOARD IS AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED BY CHAPTER TWO 80, ARTICLE XLV III IN THE CODE AND ARTICLE 16 OF NEW YORK TOWN LAW TO AMEND SUPPLEMENT, CHANGE OR REPEAL THE REGULATIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND BOUNDARIES ESTABLISHED BY THE CODE TO MEET THE GROWING AND CHANGING NEEDS OF THE TOWN. AND WHEREAS THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD RECEIVED A SITE PLAN APPLICATION FROM AL ASPHALT CORPORATION DATED JUNE 4TH, 2019 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF AN ASPHALT PLANT CALLED HMA PLANT IN THE APPLICATION AND RELATED ACCESSORY USES AT 56 90 CAMP ROAD PURSUANT TO THE CODE AND THE ZONING MAP ADOPTED THERE, THE SITE IS LOCATED IN AN AREA ZONE M TWO AND M THREE AND THE PROJECT IS PROPOSED IN THE AREA OF THE SITE ZONED M THREE WHEREAS PURSUANT TO ZONING CODE SUBSECTION TWO 80 DASH THREE THREE A 10 IN ASPHALT PLANT PROCESSING AND TREATMENT OF I TWO PRODUCTS IS PERMITTED IN THE M THREE DISTRICT SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS OUTLINED IN SUBSECTION TWO 80 DASH 1 33 C. AND WHEREAS THE PLANNING BOARD REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND INITIATED THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT PROCESS BY CLASSIFYING THE ACTION AS AN UNLISTED ACTION IN COMMENCING AND COORDINATED REVIEW PROCESS FOR THE PROJECT. AND WHEREAS THE PLANNING BOARD RECEIVED INPUT FROM VARIOUS INVOLVED AND INTERESTED AGENCIES AND TOWN DEPARTMENTS SUBSEQUENTLY ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES AS SECRET LEAD AGENCY. AND WHEREAS THE PLANNING BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECRET DETERMINED THAT THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OR ASPHALT PLAN AT THE SITE MAY INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR AT LEAST ONE SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND ISSUED A POSITIVE DECLARATION ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2019. AND WHEREAS PLANNING BOARD RECEIVED A DRAFT SCOPING DO DOCUMENT FROM THE APPLICANT ON MARCH 6TH, 2020 RECEIVED INPUT FROM OTHER INVOLVED AND INTEREST AGENCIES AND ITS CONSULTANTS AND TOWN DEPARTMENTS AND ISSUED A FINAL SCOPING DOCUMENT ON APRIL 29TH, 2020. AND WHEREAS THE PLANNING BOARD RECEIVED A PROPOSED DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FROM THE APPLICANT ON AUGUST 5TH, 2022, INDICATING THAT THE APPLICANT HAS NOW DECIDED TO TRY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT IN THE TOWN AND WHEREAS NEARLY TWO AND A HALF YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE FINAL SCOPING DOCUMENT WAS ISSUED. AND SINCE THAT TIME IT WAS THE TOWN'S UNDERSTANDING THE APPLICANT HAD PURSUED HIS PROJECT IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION AND ABANDONED THE APPLICATION IN THE TOWN. AND WHEREAS SINCE 2019 THE TOWN HAS BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND EVALUATING POTENTIAL ZONING CODE AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, INCLUDING THE SITE AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES AND EVALUATING OTHER LAND USES LAND USE ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN. AND WHEREAS THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE TOWN HAS IDENTIFIED AREAS THAT HAVE USED IMPROPERLY ZONED IN LIGHT OF CHANGES IN THE TOWN AND THE REGION SINCE THE ADOPTION OF LAST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE IN 2008. AND WHEREAS THE TOWN'S DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DATED NOVEMBER 22 DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS CURRENTLY BEFORE THE TOWN BO BOARD TO FOR PUBLIC REVIEW. AND WHEREAS AS MORE THAN TWO YEARS HAVE ELAPSED BETWEEN THE PLANNING BOARDS ISSUANCE OF THE FINAL SCOPING DOCUMENT AND THE AUGUST 22 FILING OF THE DEIS FOR THE PROJECT. AND IN THAT TIME THE TOWN HAS BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING ON THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH UPDATES INCLUDED EVALUATING POTENTIAL ZONING CODE AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, INCLUDING THE SITE FOR AREAS OF THE TOWN VIEWS AS IMPROPERLY ZONED IN LIGHT OF CHANGES IN THE TOWN AND REGION. SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE LAST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE PLANNING BOARD REQUESTED AT IT MEETING ON OCTOBER 19TH, 2022 THAT THE TOWN BOARD REVIEW WHETHER USE OF AN ASPHALT PLANT IN THE PROCESSING OR TREATMENT OF BY TWO MINUTES PRODUCTS REMAINS AN APPROPRIATELY PERMITTED USE USE IN THE TOWN PERMIT. AND WHEREAS AT ITS MEETING ON OCTOBER 24TH, 2022, THE TOWN BOARD RECEIVED THE REQUEST FROM THE PLANNING BOARD TO REVIEW WHETHER THE USE OF AN ASPHALT PLANT AND THE PROCESSING OR TREATMENT OF BY PRODUCTS REMAINS APPROPRIATELY PERMITTED USE IN THE TOWN. AT THAT MEETING, THE TOWN BOARD DIRECTED THE TOWN ATTORNEY TO REVIEW THE TOWN BOARD'S OPTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE PLANNING BOARD'S REQUEST. AND WHEREAS THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN KNOWS THAT THE TOWN WILL NEED TO ADAPT TO CHANGES IN THE TOWN AND THE REGION AS A WHOLE TO ENSURE THAT THE VITAL ECONOMY OF THE TOWN SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY'S GOALS THE CITIZENS' NEEDS AND THE ECONOMIC NEEDS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WHILE REMAINING CONSISTENT WITH THE TOWN'S VISION FOR THE FUTURE. WHEREAS A DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RECOMMENDS AMONG OTHER THINGS ELIMINATING OUTDATED INDUSTRIAL USES AND ZONING DISTRICTS THAT DO NOT REPRESENT THE VISION OF THE TOWN. AND WHEREAS A DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RECOMMENDS AMONG OTHER THINGS ELIMINATING USES IN THE CODE THAT NO LONGER FIT WITHIN THE TOWN. FOR EXAMPLE, LUMBER YARDS AND COAL YARDS, CEMENT MIXING PLANTS, STORAGE OR PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AS A PRIMARY USE IN THE PROCESSING OF TUUS PRODUCTS. AND WHEREAS THE TOWN'S CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE MET ON NOVEMBER 16TH, 2022 TO DISCUSS WITH THE USE OF AN ASPHALT PLANT AND THE PROCESSING OR TREATMENT OF ATU PRODUCTS REMAINS AN APPROPRIATE PERMITTED USE IN THE TOWN WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD HAS REVIEWED ITS OPTIONS THROUGH THE SPEC. RATHER, THE PROCESSING OR TREATMENT OF BY MINUTES PRODUCTS REMAINS AN APPROPRIATELY PERMITTED USE IN THE TOWN AND NOW WISHES [02:00:01] TO INTRODUCE THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAWS TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF AMENDING THE CODE. AND WHEREAS IN ANTICIPATION OF THE INTRODUCTION, THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAWS, THE TOWN OF PLANNING CONSULT HAS PREPARED FOR TOWN BOARDS REVIEW PART ONE OF A FULL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FORM PURSUANT TO SEEKER A COPY OF THE FEAF IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A TO THIS RESOLUTION. AND WE ASKED PURSUANT TO THE NEW YORK STATE MUNICIPAL RULE LAW, SUBSECTION 20, LOCAL LAW NUMBER 12 OF 2022, A LOCAL LAW TO AMEND SECTION 2 83 A OF TOWN OF BURY TOWN CODE ENTITLED PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES BY REMOVING BY PROCESSING FACILITIES PERMIT PERMITTED USE IN M THREE DISTRICTS AND LOCAL LAW NUMBER 13 OF 2022, A LOCAL LAW TO PROVIDE FOR A NEW ARTICLE LVII IN CHAPTER TWO A OF TOWN OF BERRY TOWN CODE ENTITLED BY PROCESSING FACILITIES PROHIBITING ASPHALT PLANTS AND BY TWO MINUTES PROCESSING FACILITIES IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WERE RECEIVED BY EACH MEMBER OF THE TOWN BOARD PRIOR TO THIS MEETING. AND THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAW SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE ON THE DESK OF EACH MEMBER OF THE TOWN BOARD AS OF TONIGHT'S TOWN BOARD MEETING. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AS FOLLOWS, THE TOWN THE THE TOWN, THE TOWN BOARD IS DETERMINED IN THE PROCESSING OF TREATMENT BY TWO PRODUCTS IS NO LONGER APPROPRIATELY PERMITTED USE IN THE TOWN. THE REASON SET FORTH IN THIS RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO NEW YORK STATEMENT, IS THE HOME RULE LAW. SUBSECTION 20 AND SECTION EIGHT THROUGH 15 AND TWO 80 THROUGH THREE OF THE CODE, THE TOWN BOARD HEREBY INTRODUCED TOWN OF HAMBURG LOCAL LAWD PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES BY REMOVING BY TWO MINUTES PROCESSING FACILITIES OF PERMIT USE IN M THREE DISTRICTS. A COPY OF DRAFT LOCAL LAW NUMBER 12 IS ATTACHED IN EXHIBIT B TO THIS RESOLUTION. THE REASON SET FORTH IN THIS RESOLUTION AND PURSUANT TO NEW YORK STATE OF HOME RULE LAW, SUBSECTION 20 AND SECTION 15 AND 80 38 OF THE CODE, THE TOWN BOARD HEREBY INTRODUCES TOWN OF HAMBURG LOCAL LAW NUMBER 13 OF 22, A LOCAL LAW TO PROVIDE FOR A NEW ARTICLE II IN CHAPTER 80, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TOWN CODE ENTITLED BY TWO PROCESSING FACILITIES PROHIBITING ASPHALT PLANS, AND BY TWO MINUTES PROCESSING FACILITIES IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. A COPY OF DRAFT LOCAL LAW NUMBER 13 IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT C TO THIS RESOLUTION. PURSUANT TO PROVISIONS OF SEKER, THE TOWN BOARD HEREBY DETERMINES TO CLASSIFY THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAWS. THE PROPOSED ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SEKER AS A TYPE ONE ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE IN NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND SIX NYC RRR, PART 6 1 7 4 B2. FURTHER PURSUANT TO SEEKER THE TOWN BOARD FURTHER DETERMINES THAT WILL BE THE ONLY AGENCY WITH APPROVAL AUTHORITY OVER THE PROPOSED ACTION. ACCORDINGLY, THE TOWN BOARD HEREBY DECLARES ITSELF TO BE THE LEAD AGENCY FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED ACTION. UNDER SEEKER, THE TOWN BOARD HEREBY ACCEPTS THE FEAF FOR THE PROPOSED ACTION, WHICH HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE TOWN'S PLANNING CONSULTANT, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHES EXHIBIT A TO THIS RESOLUTION. TOM BOARD HEREBY DIRECTS THAT THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAWS BE REFERRED TO THE ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENT PLANNING. PURSUANT TO SECTION 2 39 DASH M OF NEW YORK STATE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW. THE TOWN BOARD DIRECTS THE TOWN PLANNING STAFF TO MAKE THE REFERRAL IN CONFORMITY WITH THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE NEW YORK STATE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW. SUBSECTION 2 39. THE TOWN BOARD HEREBY DIRECTS THAT THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAWS BE REFERRED TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR ITS REVIEW AND FOR AN ADVISORY REPORT PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION TWO 80 DASH THREE 40 B OF THE CODE, THE PLANNING BOARD SHALL DELIVER ITS RESPONSE TO THIS REFERRAL TO THE TOWN BOARD. THE TOWN BOARD DIRECTS ITS PLANNING STAFF TO MAKE THE REFERRAL TO THE PLANNING BOARD. THE TOWN BOARD HEREBY DIRECTS THE PROPOSED ZONING LAWS BE REFERRED TO THE TOWN CODE'S REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR ITS REVIEW. THE TOWN BOARD DIRECTS ITS PLANNING STAFF TO MAKE THE REFERRAL TO THE CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW YORK STATE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW. SUBSECTION 25, THE TOWN BOARD HEREBY SCHEDULES PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE PROPOSED OF THE LAWS AT ITS NEXT MEETING ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2022 AT 7:00 PM TO BE HELD AT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TOWN HALL, LOCATED AT 61 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, 6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK, 1 4 0 7 5. THE TOWN BOARD DIRECTS TOWN CLERK TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SAME SET FORTH THE NEW YORK STATE MUNICIPAL RULE LAW ARTICLE 16, THE NEW YORK TOWN LAW AND SUBSECTION TWO 80 DASH THREE 40 OF THE CODE AND DIRECT CLERK PUBLICATION OF PROPOSED LOCAL LAWS IN NEWSPAPER CALENDAR PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC, THE TOWN BOARD ALSO DIRECTS TOWN CLERK TO POST A COPY OF THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAWS ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE AND TO MAKE A PA PAPER COPY OF THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAWS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW BY THE PUBLIC AT TOWN HALL. LOCATED AT 6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK, 1 4 0 7 5. THE TOWN BOARD HEREBY DIRECTS THE TOWN PLANNING CONSULT TO PREPARE FOR TOWN REVIEW [02:05:06] AND I WOULD CALL FOR A A ROLL CALL VOTE SUPERVISOR HOKE AYE. COUNCILMAN CONLEY? AYE. COUNCILMAN CANFORD AYE. AND COUNCILWOMAN FAR LOREN AYE. ALL RIGHT. UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR A LATE RESOLUTION CONCERNING EMERGENCY VOUCHER APPROVALS. SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER C*M. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. A. AYE. OPPOSED BE RESOLVED. THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED SUPERVISOR RANDY HOKE AND DIRECTOR OF FINANCE ACHE TO REVIEW AND RELEASE CHECKS FROM 11 22 22 THROUGH 12 2 22 TO ALLOW PAYMENTS TO BE RELEASED, WHICH COULD NOT BE PROCESSED IN ADVANCE OF THE 1121 MEETING GOODS DISCLOSURE TOWN HALL, ANY STORM RELATED PAYMENTS NEEDED PRIOR TO THE 1212 BOARD MEETING. SO MOVED. SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. A OPPOSED? CARRIE? SO I BELIEVE THAT BRINGS US TO, UH, BUSINESS. I'M SORRY, SUPERVISOR. SUPERVISOR. UM, CAN YOU, UH, CAN YOU DO A REVOTE ON THAT LAST ROLL CALL RESOLUTION? SURE. UM, OKAY. SO A CALL FOR A, A REVOTE ON THE, UM, ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 17, SUPERVISOR HOKE AYE. COUNCILMAN CONLEY. AYE. COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN UFFORD AYE. AND COUNCILWOMAN FERRELL. LAUREN AYE. AND COUNCILWOMAN HOKE IS ABSENT? YES. SO THAT BRINGS US TO, UH, BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR, WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WILL DO THAT, UH, IN THE SAME WAY AS WE DID WITH THE, UH, WITH THE CHAT FROM THE PUBLIC. HEARING. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC, ANYBODY FROM FACE? I'M NOT SEEING ANY, ANY COMMENTS? UM, SUPERVISOR. I APO I APOLOGIZE. CAN YOU PLEASE VOTE AGAIN ON, UM, NUMBER 17 ON THE AGENDA? ABSOLUTELY. SO THIS IS, UM, THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 17, INTRODUCTION OF LOCAL LAW NUMBER 12 AND LOCAL LAW 13 OF 2022. AND I'LL ASK THE TOWN CLERK FOR A ROLL CALL. VOTE SUPERVISOR HOKE. AYE. COUNCILMAN CONLEY CALL. AYE. AYE. COUNCILMAN ABSTAIN AND COUNCILWOMAN FERRELL, LOREN. AYE. SO WE DO HAVE A QUESTION, UH, FROM FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER AMY CARROLL ZIEGLER, UH, REITERATING HER QUESTION ABOUT THE SENIOR CENTER. UM, I, UH, WOULD, WOULD REFER ANYBODY INTERESTED IN, IN THAT TOPIC TO, TO READ THE, UH, MOST RECENTLY PUBLISHED ARTICLE IN THE HAMBURG SUN ON NOVEMBER 11TH, WHICH INDICATED THAT, UH, THE FRONTIER SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, INTENDS ON RENTING SPACE FROM ECC SOUTH FOR THEIR BIG PICTURE PROGRAM. THEY ALSO MENTIONED, UM, THAT THERE HAVE BEEN TALKS WITH THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, UH, AS, UH, MANY FOLKS KNOW. UM, AND, AND DURING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ZIEGLER'S TIME ON THE TOWN BOARD, THE TOWN BOARD WAS ABLE TO ENTER INTO A LEASE WITH THE FRONTIER SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT CALLED FOR A 19 YEAR LEASE. WITH, THAT GAVE THE TOWN OF HAMBURG THE OPTION TO PURCHASE THE BUILDING FOR $1 AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT 19 YEAR LEASE. THE CONTRACT ALSO RECOGNIZES THAT, UH, THERE'S CERTAINLY AN EQUITY COMPONENT AND THAT THE TOWN WOULD [02:10:01] BE INVESTING, UH, SIGNIFICANT MONEY INTO RETROFITTING THAT SPACE. THE TOWN HAS INVESTED SIGNIFICANT TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO PROVIDE A PLACE FOR OUR SENIORS TO GATHER FOR OUR LUNCH PROGRAM, FOR OUR ADULT DAY PROGRAM, FOR OUR FITNESS CENTER. AND OUR HOPE IS THAT THE FRONTIER SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL STAND BY THEIR WORD IN THE CONTRACT THAT THEY NEGOTIATED WITH MS. CAROL ZIGLAR AND THE TOWN BOARD AT THE TIME. UH, THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO CONTINUE THE LEASE FOR AN ADDITIONAL NINE YEARS, THEN PURCHASE THE BUILDING, BUILDING FOR $1 AS THEY AGREED TO, UH, I BELIEVE IN 2009. UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE UPDATE. UH, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE FIRST STEP IS FRONTIER, UH, STRIKING A DEAL WITH EC SOUTH. BEYOND THAT, UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO COMMENT, BUT I WILL OPEN IT UP TO MY COLLEAGUES TO ADD ANYTHING FURTHER ON SUBJECT. WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM A MR. SCHEFFLER WHO WAS IN CHARGE OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, VERY HARD GETTING EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION. UM, DURING, FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS, UH, IN MY ABSENCE, UH, DEPUTY SUPERVISOR LISA POLK, UH, WAS IN CHARGE OF ANYTHING RELATED TO, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. UH, AND AS MANY FOLKS KNOW, WE HAVE AN INDEPENDENTLY ELECTED HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT, AND OUR HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT WAS IN CHARGE OF PLOWING THE ROADS AND ENSURING, UH, SAFETY IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY. WE ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT MCKINLEY PARKWAY SIDEWALKS, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATE ON ANY SIDEWALKS, UH, IN MCKINLEY PARKWAY, UH, AT THIS TIME. BES, ARE YOU AWARE OF ANYTHING ELSE ON A, ON MCKINLEY PARKWAY SIDEWALKS? I'M ASSUMING THIS IS UP TOWARDS THE, UH, TO MCKINLEY MALL, THAT IT'S AN AREA THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT. WE'RE VERY MUCH, UM, AWARE OF IT IN TERMS OF INCORPORATING THAT INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OVERALL, UM, YOU KNOW, PLAN FOR SIDEWALKS AND ACCESS. UH, WE'VE DISCUSSED AN ACCESS STUDY FOR THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, AND THAT DEFINITELY IS A TARGETED AREA. WE'RE WELL AWARE OF IT. UM, WE AGREE WITH MANY OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED BY RESIDENTS AND IT IS ONE OF THE ACTION ITEMS THAT'S LISTED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO IT'S SOMETHING GOING FORWARD THAT WE WILL BE TAKING A LOOK AT. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS AT THE PLANNING BOARD TOO REGARDING, UM, PROJECTS AS THEY GO FORWARD AND, UM, THE EXISTING GUIDELINES FOR SIDEWALKS. OKAY. AND WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM, UH, MR. BILLY BUNDLES, UH, ASKING IF WE HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE PLANNING BOARD. I'M NOT SURE WHAT I'M ASSUMING THAT'S IN CONNECTION WITH THE SIDEWALKS. UM, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER. UH, DREW, ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY LETTER FROM THE PLANNING BOARD REGARDING SIDEWALKS ON MCKINLEY? I DON'T, I'M NOT AWARE. I KNOW THE PLANNING BOARD WAS GOING TO WORK ON RECOMMENDATIONS 'CAUSE AS, UH, COUNCILWOMAN FARRELL HAS SAID WE NEED A PLAN IN PLACE. 'CAUSE THE TOWN, THE PLANNING BOARD GETS A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR SITE PLANS AND WHETHER THE SIDEWALK SHOULD GO IN AND WE NEED AN OVERARCHING PLAN FOR THAT. I'M ASSUMING THAT'S WHAT HE IS ASKING ABOUT. AND I KNOW THE PLANNING BOARD IS WORKING, GONNA WORK HAND IN HAND IN PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. I'LL CHECK TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO OTHER LETTERS SENT FROM THE PLANNING BOARD TO THE TOWN BOARD. I'LL CHECK WITH SARAH. SHE USUALLY GETS THOSE IF THERE'S OFFICIAL LETTERS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION WHETHER THERE WILL BE A MAJOR REVIEW OF OUR STORM RELATED ACTIVITIES. AND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS, OF COURSE, UH, WE ENDEAVOR TO, TO BRING CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TO ALL OF OUR SERVICES WITHIN THE TOWN. UH, AND MY TIME, UH, WORKING IN GOVERNMENT AND WORKING ALONGSIDE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS, UH, A REVIEW AND DEBRIEF IS ALWAYS A PART OF, OF ANY MAJOR EVENT LIKE THIS. SO WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES OF WHERE WE CAN, WHERE WE CAN DO BETTER, WHERE WE CAN WORK FASTER, WHERE WE CAN WORK EFFICIENTLY, AND WHERE WE CAN COMMUNICATE BETTER. ABSOLUTELY. AS I SAID IN THE WORK SESSION, THIS WAS AN UNPRECEDENTED EVENT AND OUR HOPE ALWAYS TO FIGURE HOW WE CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT AND [02:15:12] OKAY. AND WE HAVE A, A, A COMMENT FROM A MR. UH, SAYING PUBLIC SAFETY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB. THE EMERGENCY MANAGER WAS BLASTING ON MESSAGE TO KEEP US INFORMED MR. IN CHARGE OF APPLYING, UH, NEEDS TO ANSWER FOR THE PUBLIC. UM, AND, UH, MR. BUNDLES IS ASKING ABOUT CURB CUTS FOR SIDEWALKS ON MCKINLEY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, TO INVESTIGATE. UH, THIS TOWN BOARD HAS, HAS PRIORITIZED SIDEWALKS, UH, FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT. UH, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR, FOR FOLKS TO, TO BRING SIDEWALKS INTO THEIR PROJECTS. WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN BRING GRANT FUNDING, UH, TO INTERSECTIONS AND ROADWAYS THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS. THE TOWN IS DOING AN ACTIVE MOBILITY PLAN WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF GO BIKE, UH, BUFFALO, UM, TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN BRING SOME MORE OF THOSE WALKABILITY AND BIKEABILITY FEATURES TO OUR COMMUNITY. UM, IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME. IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA TAKE MORE THAN A FEW MONTHS. THIS IS GONNA BE A MULTI-YEAR PLAN. AND WE HAVE, UH, A TOWN THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED, UH, CUL-DE-SAC BY CUL-DE-SAC IN MANY CASES. UM, AND A TOWN THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED PRIORITIZING MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC. UM, AND THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE OVER SEVERAL DECADES, UH, TO TURN THAT TIDE. UH, IT'S A MAJOR UNDERTAKING, UH, BUT THIS TOWN BOARD HAS, HAS PRIORITIZED THOSE ISSUES FOR OUR RESIDENTS. AND MY HOPE IS THAT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, YOU'LL BE IMPRESSED WITH OUR EFFORTS. GO BIKE, UH, IS, UH, AN AGENCY THAT DOES MORE THAN JUST BICYCLE ADVOCACY. THEY LOOK FOR IMPROVEMENTS, WALKABILITY ISSUES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COMMITTEE, MUCH THAN SIMPLY TRAFFIC. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE FLOOR? OKAY, SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE TO, UH, REPORTS FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS. UM, WE'LL START WITH WITH POLICE CAPTAIN T DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, UH, BEYOND YOUR EARLIER REPORT? NO, NOTHING REPORT. NOTHING REPORT SIR. UH, AND DIRECTOR GORMAN KING. UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU, UH, TO BOTH LISA AND MICHELLE. I THINK THEY DID A GREAT JOB. THEIR, UM, GUIDANCE WAS EXTREMELY, UM, WELL THOUGHT OUT AND I THINK THEY, THEY REALLY HELPED OUT. UM, I ALSO WANNA SAY WE WILL BE STARTING UP FOOD PROGRAMS AGAIN. SO IF ANYONE, UM, ESPECIALLY SENIORS IS IN NEED OF ANY SORT OF BASIC NEEDS, INCLUDING FOOD, PLEASE REACH OUT TO OUR CENTER, UH, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND WE'LL TRY AND ASSIST YOU WITH THAT. THANK YOU. AND ENGINEERING, I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT AND I WILL, UH, CALL ON OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, PAT, SHE TO REPORT. BUT BEFORE HE DOES THAT, I JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE, UM, THIS, THIS STORM HAS BEEN DEEMED REIMBURSABLE BY FEMA. SO, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS LED BY, UH, FINANCE DIRECTOR SHEA, UH, WILL BE PUTTING TOGETHER THE APPROPRIATE COST ESTIMATES AND PAPERWORK FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR OUR STORM RECOVERY EFFORTS. PAT, ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? UH, NO, SIR, THAT, THAT WAS GOOD NEWS TO HEAR THIS, THIS AFTERNOON ON THE CALL AND WE'LL DEFINITELY BE FOLLOWING UP TO GET ALL THE INFORMATION TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WERE BEING PRESENTED. THANK YOU. AND PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH. UH, JUST TAGGING ALONG WITH THE, THAT SAME THEME OF THE REIMBURSABLE, UM, EXPENSES. WE'LL BE LOOKING OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT DID ENCOURAGE EXPENSES AS WELL AS ANY OF THE, UH, VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND ADVOCATE FOR THEM SO WE CAN GET THOSE NUMBERS SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY, UM, BY WEDNESDAY. SO I'LL BE WORKING WITH, UM, PAT TO GET THOSE NUMBERS ASSEMBLED AND, UH, PACKAGED FOR, UM, CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND, UH, A TOWN CLERK. OKAY. UM, THE, UH, 30TH OF NOVEMBER IS THE LAST DAY FOR US TO COLLECT SCHOOL TAXES. UH, 'CAUSE AFTER THAT THEY'LL GO, THEN GO DOWN TO THE COUNTY. UM, ON THIS SATURDAY IS [02:20:01] THE ANNUAL HAMBURG HOLIDAY PARADE IN THE VILLAGE, AND IT STARTS AT 11 O'CLOCK AND I THINK SANTA MAY BE THERE. ALL RIGHT. AND FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO, UM, WISH EVERYBODY A BLESSED THANKSGIVING. I KNOW WE ALL HAVE A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR, ESPECIALLY AFTER THIS STORM WE JUST ALL WENT THROUGH. SO I JUST, UM, WANTED TO HAVE WISH EVERYBODY A VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING. THAT'S IT. AND DID WE GET TO ENGINEERING? I'M SORRY. I DON'T RECALL. YES, YOU DID. I HAD NOTHING TO REPORT. THANKS KIMMY. UM, OKAY THEN THAT WOULD BRING US TO REPORTS FROM THE BOARD. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FERRELL LORENZ. UH, COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS. JUST A A GENERAL THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. UH, TOWN EMPLOYEES, DEPARTMENTS AND, UM, ALSO RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUSINESSES, EVERYONE WHO JUSTIN, UM, THE SPIRIT OF OUR TOWN DID WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO, WHO STEPPED UP AND STEPPED OUT DURING THE STORM, UM, AND DID WHAT THEY COULD DO TO HELP EACH OTHER TO HELP, UM, OUR COMMUNITY. AND I JUST ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS. I KNOW QUITE A FEW REACHED OUT TO ME DURING THAT STORM. I, I KNOW THAT MANY MORE REACHED OUT TO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS DEPARTMENTS. THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS LEAN ON EACH OTHER AND, UH, RELY ON EACH OTHER'S RESOURCES AND TOGETHER. THAT'S THE BEST WAY WE GET THROUGH SITUATIONS LIKE THIS. SO I WANT TO THANK AND COMMEND THOSE WHO IN THE SPIRIT OF OUR OUR TOWN WORK TOGETHER THROUGH THIS TO GET THROUGH A D DIFFICULT FEW, FEW DAYS, BUT AS YOU SAID, WE'LL DEBRIEF ALWAYS ROOM FOR US TO DISCUSS. BUT, UM, AGAIN, IT STARTS I THINK WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS. UM, REMEMBERING WE ARE ARE ALL PART OF, UM, A COMMUNITY THAT WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP EACH OTHER IN ANY SITUATION LIKE THIS. UM, I'LL ECHO WHAT KATHY SAID AND, AND WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING. I THINK WE HAVE MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR, ESPECIALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF, UH, SITUATION LIKE WE'VE EXPERIENCED THE LAST WEEK. AND THEN LOOKING AHEAD, UH, THE REJUVENATION COMMITTEE, UH, SPEARHEADS THREE MAJOR PROJECTS. AND ONE WILL BE COMING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. IT IS THE CHRISTMAS AT THE CABIN ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3RD. AND SINCE OUR NEXT MEETING IS NOT UNTIL AFTER THAT, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I PUT IN A PLUG FOR THAT EVENT. IT'S, UH, VERY DEAR TO MEM MANY OF OUR, OUR FAMILIES AND, AND THEIR CHILDREN, THEY ALWAYS HAVE A GREAT TIME. THERE'S A VARIETY OF EVENTS AND THINGS TO DO AT CHRISTMAS AT THE CABIN STARTING KATHY 10 O'CLOCK, IS THAT CORRECT? IS IT 10 10 TO ONE? YES. YES. SORRY, I COULDN'T UNMUTE MYSELF. , YES. GREAT. GREAT. SO ANYONE WHO'S AVAILABLE, PLEASE JOIN US. AGAIN, FAMILIES AND, AND INDIVIDUALS, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AND, UM, HAVE, HAVE A A, A GOOD TIME IN, IN THE WONDERFUL WINTER WEATHER. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY, I JUST WANNA, UM, REITERATE WHAT, WHAT'S BEEN SAID IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, ALL THE EMPLOYEES IN TOWN COMING THROUGH AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF, OF THE RESIDENTS THAT MIGHT NOT BE AWARE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE REAL KEY LEADERS THAT HAD TO STEP UP IN THIS STORM. UH, MICHELLE, LISA, TODD, PETE, UH, NICK AND ED. THEY MIGHT NOT BE AWARE, BUT I WANTED TO BRING, BRING THIS, YOU KNOW, TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION. I DON'T THINK ANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN IN THEIR CURRENT LEADERSHIP ROLES FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS. AND MANY OF THEM ARE REALLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE EXPERIENCED THEIR FIRST MAJOR STORM. AND THEY WEREN'T A PART OF 2014. THEY WEREN'T A PART OF 2000, UH, 20 WITH COVID AND FOR THE WAY THEY RESPONDED, THE HARD WORK THEY PUT IN THE, THE CONFIDENCE, UM, THE POISE, THE DEDICATION FOR ALL FIVE OR SIX OF THOSE IN THE MAIN LEADERSHIP ROLES TO HAVE JUST ENTERED THEIR ROLES OR HAVE BEEN THERE LESS THAN TWO YEARS AND PERFORM THE WAY THEY DID, WAS JUST AWESOME. AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR MANY RESIDENTS WAITING, YOU KNOW, FOR EITHER THEIR STREETS TO GET PLOWED OR THINGS TO GET DONE THAT THEY WANTED TO. UM, BUT FOR, FOR SUCH, UM, YOU KNOW, A A FIRST TIME STORM FOR, FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT REALLY WERE, WERE IN CHARGE, UH, OF GETTING THINGS DONE, UM, I COULDN'T BE PROUDER. AND I THINK THE WHOLE TOWN, UH, SHOULD REALLY RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT THEIR FIRST TIME AROUND ALL OF THEM CAME THROUGH BIG TIME FOR US. COUNCIL MEMBER COMERFORD. [02:25:02] YEAH, I JUST WANNA REITERATE THE SAME COMMENTS THAT BOTH COUNCILMAN FARRELL, LORENZ AND CONLEY MADE THAT, GIVEN THAT THIS IS THE TOWN THAT FRIENDSHIP IS BUILT, I TRULY AM APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS OF THE TOWN RESIDENTS AND THE TOWN EMPLOYEES THAT HELPED US WEATHER THIS STORM. I REALLY THINK THAT IT MAKES HAMBURGER A UNIQUE COMMUNITY, AND I'M GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF THAT COMMUNITY AND WATCH THE RESIDENTS COME TOGETHER AND HELP ONE ANOTHER OUT. AS THE TOWN EMPLOYEES WERE ALSO COMING TOGETHER AND WORKING WITH COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES AND, UH, OTHER STATE MUNICIPALITIES TO GET US THROUGH THE STORM, IT REALLY DID SPEAK VOLUMES OF OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR, OUR TOWN THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PULL TOGETHER AND LEAN ON ONE ANOTHER WHEN WE NEEDED TO. SO I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU THIS YEAR, AND I HOPE THAT YOU GET TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOUR FAMILIES KNOWING THAT WE ARE ALL VERY THANKFUL FOR EVERY SINGLE EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT THAT PEOPLE MADE THROUGHOUT THE TOWN. THANK YOU. AND JUST AS A CLARIFICATION, WE'VE HEARD IN THE FACEBOOK CHAT FROM, UH, MEMBERS OF THE REJUVENATION COMMITTEE, UH, THAT CHRISTMAS IN THE CABIN IS FROM 1:00 PM TO 4:00 PM JUST A CLARIFICATION ON THE TIME. UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, I MENTIONED DURING THE WORK SESSION THAT WE HAD SOME FOLKS IN KEY POSITIONS THAT WERE ABLE TO STEP UP AND, AND MEET THE CHALLENGE OF THE STORM THAT APPROACHED, UH, VERY QUICK AND ESCALATED, UH, QUICKER THAN ANY STORM IN THE HISTORY OF NEW YORK STATE. UH, AND THOSE FOLKS THAT STEPPED UP, UH, OUR, OUR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH, UH, AND OUR INTERIM, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGER AT THE TIME, UH, NICK PIEL, UH, FROM OUR BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT, UH, RAY POLOWSKI WAS ABLE TO, UH, SET UP THE SENIOR CENTER, UH, TO CARE FOR STRANDED MOTORISTS. WE HAD OVER 300 PEOPLE, 130 AT THE PEAK. BUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE EVENT, WE HAD OVER 300 PEOPLE THAT SOUGHT REFUGE AT THE SENIOR CENTER. AND, UH, THAT EFFORT WAS LED BY MR. PAWLOWSKI AS WELL AS, UH, LISA POLK AND, AND MICHELLE LAITY. UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, CAPTAIN T WHO WAS ABLE TO, TO STEP UP AND MANAGE THE EFFORTS OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE SAFETY THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, ENSURE SAFETY OF OUR OFFICERS, UH, AND OF COURSE, DEPUTY SUPERVISOR LISA POLK, WHO, UH, DIDN'T MISS A BEAT IN, IN RESPONDING TO THE MANY MEDIA INQUIRIES, THE INQUIRIES FROM TOWN RESIDENTS AND MANAGING AND COORDINATING AMONG TOWN DEPARTMENTS SO THAT WE COULD MEET THIS CHALLENGE TOGETHER. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. AND, AND HAMBURG IS, IS GRATEFUL FOR THAT. UM, I WOULD ALSO JUST AS, AS A FINAL NOTE, ENCOURAGE FOLKS THAT, UH, WE'RE STILL RECOVERING FROM THIS EVENT. UH, THERE'S A LOT OF HARD PACK OUT THERE. THE STREETS MAY HAVE BEEN CLEARED, BUT THEY ARE SLIPPERY, THEY ARE SLICK, AND WE STILL HAVE RECOVERY TO DO. THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE, UH, AND WE WOULD ASK YOU TO, TO NOT MAKE, USE ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. UH, STAY HOME, UH, GET READY FOR THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY. UH, AND, AND OUR HOPE IS THAT YOU ALL A, A SAFE THANKSGIVING. ALL RIGHT. UM, I WILL OFFER A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND, DO WE NEED TO A RESOLUTION ON THE, UM, DISBURSEMENT? NO. WE, WE DID, UH, WE DID THE EMERGENCY. UH, WE DID THE, THE, THE FINAL EMERGENCY, UH, UH, RESOLUTION IN LIEU OF THE CASH DISBURSEMENTS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. PERFECT. THANKS. WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I THOUGHT I HEARD A SECOND. SECOND. COUNCILMAN FARRELL. LOREN, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? CARRIED MEETING ADJOURNED. THANK YOU FOLKS. STAY SAFE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.