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THIS WORK SESSION THEUH, WE ARE GONNA BE HEARING IN JUST A MINUTE FROM, UH, SEAN DOYLE FROM THE HAMBURG DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE, THE GRANTS TO LOCAL BUSINESSES UNDER THE TOWN HAMBURG CARE CENTER PROGRAM.
UH, THEN WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM THE ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY GRANT FOR COMPOSTING.
AND THEN AT, UH, HOPEFULLY AROUND SIX O'CLOCK OR SO, WE ARE GOING TO START TALKING ABOUT SOME COMP PLAN STUFF.
SO I WILL TURN THINGS OVER TO MR. DOYLE.
UM, THIS WAS PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
I WORKED WITH BETH FERRELL AND I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF THANK PEOPLE AND, AND TALK ABOUT THE STATUS OF THIS GRANT.
UH, SO BETH SERVING AS LIAISON, UH, FOR THE CDBG OFFICE WAS, WAS WORKING WITH ME TO, UH, APPLY FOR AND TO BE GRANTED, UH, MONEY FOR CARES RECOVERY GRANTS.
SO THESE ARE RECOVERY GRANTS TO AREA SMALL BUSINESSES, AND IT WAS, UH, DESIGNED TO DRIVE NEW INITIATIVES IN THESE BUSINESSES AND ALSO TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
SO, UM, THANK YOU TO, UH, TOWN MEMBER, UH, FARRELL, UH, TO KATHY RODINSKY TO TO YOU SUPERVISOR PAUL
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PAPERWORK AND ACCOUNTING TRANSACTIONS THROUGH THIS, THIS PROCESS, MICHELLE LAITY AS WELL.
UM, BUT THROUGH THIS $400,000 THAT WE WERE GRANTED THROUGH THE STATE, UM, WE'VE HAD EIGHT BUSINESSES, UM, ACTUALLY DOWN TO SEVEN NOW BECAUSE ONE OF THE BUSINESSES HAD A ROOF COLLAPSE DUE TO THE SNOWSTORM.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON REALLOCATION, SOME DOCU DOLLARS, BUT OUT OF THE SEVEN BUSINESSES WE'VE HAD, UM, 700,000 OF TOTAL DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT.
SO AN ADDITIONAL $300,000 OF, OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT HAS COUPLED THIS MONEY THROUGH THESE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, AND A TOTAL OF, UH, 20 NEW FULL-TIME JOBS AS A RESULT OF THIS.
SO IT'S BEEN A, A GREAT SUCCESS.
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WE WERE, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ON THE GOAL LINE AND, AND THEN UNFORTUNATELY WE GOT PUSHED BACK A LITTLE BIT WITH THAT SNOWSTORM.UH, BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO JUST REHABILITATING THAT LAST BIT AND HAVING THE PROGRAM A COMPLETE SUCCESS.
SO I JUST WANNA INTRODUCE A, A FEW OF THE BUSINESSES HERE.
SO BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT, UM, AT LEAST TO SAY THANK YOU OR TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH SOME OF THE GRANDMA.
I AM THE OWNER OF THE SOUTH TOWN ADE, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO UPGRADE SOME OF OUR SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE AT OUR, OUR, UH, STORE.
BUT WHAT I'M MOST EXCITED FOR IS THIS COMING SPRING WE WILL BE, UM, RENTING SURREY BIKES.
SO THEY ARE TANDEM BIKES, THEY'RE SIDE BY SIDE, FRONT AND ROW SEATING FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO PADDLE THEMSELVES AROUND THE VILLAGE AND HOPEFULLY VISIT MORE THAN JUST OUR STORE, BUT LOTS OF OTHER PLACES.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS GRANT.
MS. HI, I AM MARSHA LARO AND, UM, MY FATHER AND MY BROTHER OWN LOCK GREENHOUSE AND FARM.
WELL, WE'VE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS HERE IN HAMBURG CREEK SINCE 1914, AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE GRANT.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, THE TOWN BOARD AS WELL AS THE HPC AND SEAN DOYLE AND THE STATE IN SUPPLYING SOME MONEY.
WE ARE DOING AN EXPANSION AFTER, UM, KIND OF RECOVERING FROM THE CHALLENGES, THE PANDEMIC, AND WITH THAT EXP EXPANSION EXPANSION, WE'RE ADDING ON TO OUR RETAIL SPACE TO HELP SERVE PEOPLE IN, UH, LESS CROWDED ENVIRONMENT.
IT'LL BE SAFER FOR THEM AS THEY SIT IN LINE TO CASH OUT.
SO WE'RE ADDING MID CASH OUT AREA.
AND THEN WE ALSO ARE INCREASING ONE OF OUR PRODUCTION GREENHOUSES TO DO, UM, OUTFITTING THROUGH THE GRANT WITH SOME THINGS THAT'LL BE MORE ECONOMICAL, UM, WITH ENERGY AS WELL AS LABOR.
IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO RESPOND AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
HI, MY NAME IS TIM FROM WOODY'S ICE CREAM.
WE THANK EVERYBODY HERE AND JOHN'S HARD WORK TO GET THIS, UH, PUT THROUGH.
UM, IT MADE US SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY MOVE OUT OF OUR BALANCE MAGIC ATED BUSINESS DUE TO THE COVID AND EVERYTHING, AND BE ABLE TO REINVENT THE, UH, THE BUSINESS.
UH, THE GRANT WENT VERY FAR TOWARDS OUR BEING ABLE TO DO THAT, AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, HELPING US OUT WITH THAT.
IT GAVE US THE ABILITY TO HIRE SEVERAL YOUNG KIDS TO BRING 'EM INTO THE WORKFORCE AT A YOUNG AGE AND GIVE 'EM A GREAT EXPERIENCE, AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL CONTINUE WORKING IN THE HAMBURG AREA FOR YEARS TO COME.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR HELP AND EFFORTS.
UH, MY NAME'S AMY NYHART AND, UH, I'M THE OWNER OF LINHART, UH, THE SHIPPING STORE IN IN HAMBURG, ACROSS FROM HOLERS ME.
WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR FOREVER.
IT FEELS LIKE I'M A SECOND GENERATION OWNER, SO, UH, SEAN, AND, UH, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN A HUGE HELP IN, IN SPEARHEADING THE, THE NEXT PHASE TRANSITION OF, OF MY BUSINESS, UH, PICK DOING PICKUPS AND, UH, LOCAL DELIVERIES, UM, AND ALSO SUPPORTING WHAT THAT BRINGS TOO, BECAUSE ALSO STAFFING IT IS A HUGE, UH, PART OF THIS AS WELL.
SO WE, WE WERE ABLE TO BRING ON THREE NEW PEOPLE, ONE FULL AND, AND REALLY ALMOST TWO FULL-TIME PEOPLE WITH IT.
SO WITHOUT ALL YOUR GUYS' SUPPORT AND HARD WORK WE'VE SHOWN MAKING SURE EVERYTHING HAS GOTTEN DONE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN A, A BIGGER LIFT ON IT, BUT NOW WE'RE ABLE TO HIT IT RUNNING AND, AND HIT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE DEMAND BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE WERE AT.
WE HAVE ALL THESE GOOD BUSINESSES AND JUST NOT ENOUGH STAFF THERE OR RESOURCES.
WE HAVE TO THE MEANS TO EXECUTE WHAT, WHAT NEEDS TO GET SHIPPED.
DO YOU GUYS, CAN WE DO ONE MORE FAVOR OR REQUEST? NATALIE, CAN WE DO A QUICK PHOTO? YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT.
IF, IF WE COULD JUST, UH, GET THE BOARD A CHANCE TO, TO ON BEFORE WE DO THAT.
AND, AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO START BY, UM, SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE FUNDS WERE PROVIDED IN TOWN OF HAMBURG TO HELP DURING A PANDEMIC, AN UNPRECEDENTED PANDEMIC.
UM, AND IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THE DIFFERENT MIXES OF BUSINESSES WE HAVE.
SOME BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, SOME NEW BUSINESSES WITH SOME INNOVATIVE IDEAS.
UM, BUT WHAT I'M IMPRESSED WITH, UM, IS REALLY THE LOCAL BUSINESS NETWORK THAT EXISTS IN HAMBURG.
AND I KNOW THE HDC IS A BIG PART OF THAT.
THE SOUTH HEALTH REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS A BIG PART OF THAT.
UM, AND IT SETS US UP IN HAMBURG FOR SUCCESS.
UH, WE'RE ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR, FOR FUNDS, WE'RE ABLE TO BRING RESOURCES TO BUSINESSES, AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO STEP BACK, GET OUTTA THE WAY, AND LET YOU GUYS DO THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE IN OUR COMMUNITY IN SOME CASES FOR GENERATIONS.
SO, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR HANGING IN THERE, UH, DURING THIS, THIS TOUGH TIME.
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YES.NO, I THINK YOU PUT THAT PERFECTLY.
UM, WHEN WE BEGAN TO SEE ALL OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THE PANDEMIC WAS HAVING ON OUR COMMUNITY, IT WAS, IT WAS VERY APPARENT THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT THAT IT WAS HAVING ON OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
AND OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS SUCH, UM, A VIBRANT, IMPORTANT PART OF, OF THE HAMBURG COMMUNITY.
AND IT'S, UM, VALUABLE TO US AND TO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS.
AND SO TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON SECURING THESE FUNDS AND BRINGING THEM INTO OUR TOWN AND THEN STEPPING BACK AND AS, AS SUPERVISOR HO SAID, WATCHING THE, UM, EVERYTHING THAT THE, THE BUSINESS OWNERS WHO APPLIED AND THEN TOOK THESE FUNDS AND THE INNOVATIVE WAYS THEY ARE, THAT YOU ARE USING THEM TO ADVANCE AND TO EXPLORE NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR YOUR, YOUR BUSINESSES, UM, HAS, HAS REALLY BEEN, UH, TERRIFIC FOR US.
UH, AND I APPLAUD ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY STAYS STRONG AND KEEPS ADVANCING, UH, IN NEW WAYS IN THE YEARS TO COME.
ALRIGHT, FOLKS, NEXT TIME, THE AGENDA.
WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM, UM, SOME OF OUR FRIENDS FROM THE ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING.
UM, AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH THE TOWN BOARD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UH, THE, THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING AND OTHER, UH, PRIVATE SECTOR ENTITIES THAT ARE, UH, POSITIONING THEMSELVES FOR SUCCESS IN, UH, THE COMPOSTING AND ORGANICS DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING FIELD.
UH, REACHED OUT TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AS WELL AS OTHER TOWNS, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR TO TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE GONNA BE RESULTING FROM LEGISLATION AROUND, UH, FOOD W UH, AND WHAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED TO THIS POINT IS THERE IS A NEED FOR COMPOSTING, UH, FACILITIES THROUGHOUT ERIE COUNTY.
UM, WHAT WE STARTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT STARTED A CONVERSATION BETWEEN MYSELF AND HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT ED HUGHES.
UM, ED IS DOING SOME, SOME WOOD CHIPS RIGHT NOW AND OUR RESIDENTS REALLY ENJOY, UH, HAVING ACCESS TO THAT.
UH, THIS PROJECT, THIS PROGRAM WOULD TAKE THINGS TO ANOTHER LEVEL AND THERE'S SEVERAL BENEFITS THAT WOULD COME, UH, FROM A LOCAL REGIONAL COMPOSTING PROGRAM, UM, PROGRAM.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE POSSIBILITIES AND THE FOLKS FROM, UH, ENVIRONMENT DECLINING HAVE SOME, SOME GREAT IDEAS AROUND IT.
UM, AND I THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT, WHICH OFFERS A REGIONAL SOLUTION TO HANDLING ORGANIC WASTE, FOOD WASTE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS PART OF THE
UM, I, I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT HERE, SO THERE SHOULD BE PLENTY OF TIME FOR QUESTIONS WITHIN THE 15 MINUTE TIMEFRAME.
UH, AS IF YOU SEE ON YOUR AGENDA, I AM NOT BONNIE LAWRENCE, UH, SHE'S OUR DEPUTY COMMISSIONER AND IS UNDER THE WEATHER TODAY.
BUT IN MY POSITION AS A SOLID WASTE RECYCLING SPECIALIST, I'VE WORKED ON THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
I'M JOINED BY JOHN HOOD, SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST, AND AGAIN, WE'RE REPRESENTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT PLAN.
UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WASTE AND WASTE REDUCTION IN THE COUNTY FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS.
MANY OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH OUR HOUSEHOLD
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HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION PROGRAM, BUT WE ALSO WORK WITH TWO SOLID WASTE BOARDS IN THE COUNTY.THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IS A MEMBER OF THE NORTHEAST SOUTH TOWNS SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD THAT IS CHAIRED BY VILLAGE OF HAMBURG, DVW, SUPERINTENDENT MARK SHUTTLEWORTH.
UH, RECENTLY WE UPDATED A 10 YEAR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR EACH OF THE BOARDS, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT BY NEW YORK STATE.
WE ALSO HANDLE THE REPORTING TO THE, TO THE STATE FOR THE BOARDS.
AND WITHIN THESE PLANS, UH, ARE AN OUTLINE FOR THE PUBLIC EDUCATION ON WASTE PRODUCTION, RECYCLING, COMPOSTING AND REUSE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
AND THAT'S WHAT OUR RECYCLING COORDINATOR DOES, UH, REPRESENTING MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHOUT ERIE COUNTY, BUT AGAIN, ESPECIALLY WORKING WITH OUR TWO SOLID WASTE BOARDS IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO, DEP IS ALSO WORKING ON A COMMUNITY CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
AND OUR TEAM HAS HAD A GOOD AMOUNT OF INPUT INTO THE, WE WASTE PART OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
UM, MANY OF THE PROGRAMS WE WORK ON ARE DRIVEN BY GRANTS, UH, WHICH INCLUDES THE GRANT THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY, UH, AND ALSO FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, UH, WHICH DO FOCUS ON THE FOOD SCRAPS, UH, FROM RESIDENTS, UH, COLLECTING RESIDENTS.
AND ACTUALLY WE COLLECTING FOOD SCRAPS FROM RESIDENTS.
AND ACTUALLY THAT'S OUR NEWEST GRANT THAT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING ON, UH, SPECIFICALLY WITH FIVE MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHOUT ERIE COUNTY, WHERE WE'LL, UH, WORK ON THE FOOD SCRAP COLLECTION PROGRAM AND ALSO PUTTING TOGETHER, TOGETHER AN ORGANICS MANAGEMENT PLAN.
I, I BRING THIS UP JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW, I MEAN THIS MORE AND MORE, UH, BECOMING ITS FOCUS OF THE STATE TO, TO EFFECTIVELY DEAL WITH, UM, OUR ORGANICS MANAGEMENT.
SO THEN TO SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT THE GRANT THAT THE SUPERVISOR BROUGHT UP, UH, WE RECEIVED THIS GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY GRANT FROM THE NEW YORK DEPART DEPARTMENT OF THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STUDY OF OUR HOUSEHOLD HEDGES WASTE PROGRAM.
THAT'S HHW IN CASE I SLIP INTO AN ACRONYM THERE.
ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES THE STUDY POINTED OUT WAS THAT THE INFREQUENCY OF OUR COLLECTIONS WAS PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT FOR THOSE SELLING HOMES OR DEALING WITH THE DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
AND HONESTLY, FOR ANYBODY THAT JUST COULDN'T MAKE IT ONE TO THREE TIMES A YEAR.
SO THIS GRANT ENABLED US TO PUT OUT AN RFP THAT RESULTED IN OUR SUCCESSFUL VOUCHER PROGRAM WHERE RESIDENTS CAN BRING UP TO 15 POUNDS, WHICH IS AN AVERAGE AMOUNT OF WHAT IS BROUGHT TO OUR COLLECTION EVENT OF ELIGIBLE MATERIALS TO A FACILITY THAT IS OPEN SIX DAYS A WEEK.
UM, THIS HAS REALLY BEEN, UM, A GAME CHANGER IN OUR ABILITY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE WOULD GET CALLS, PEOPLE WOULD SAY, I JUST MISSED YOUR HHW COLLECTION, AND I'D BE LIKE, WELL, WE'LL BE DOING ANOTHER ONE NEXT YEAR.
SO THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOW ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE REALLY HAS MADE, UH, SUCH A DIFFERENCE.
UM, JOHN HOOD HAS REALLY BEEN THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN OVERSEEING THE GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATES AND KEEPING THEM APPRISED OF OUR PROGRAMMING CHANGES.
WHILE ALL THIS HAS BEEN WHILE, WHILE ALL THIS WAS GOING ON WITH THIS GRANT, WE ALSO MADE SOME CHANGES IN OUR CURRENT COLLECTION EVENTS.
SO NOT ONLY HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO OFFER THE VOUCHER PROGRAMS, BUT OUR COLLECTION EVENTS HAVE BECOME MUCH MORE FLUID.
IF ANY OF YOU ATTENDED AN HHW, MAYBE EIGHT TO 10 YEARS AGO, YOU MIGHT HAVE WAITED, MAYBE BEEN A COUPLE OF HOURS IN LINE.
YOU KNOW, OUR AVERAGE WAIT TIME IS, I DON'T KNOW, 10 UNDER 10 MINUTES.
10 MINUTES, YOU KNOW, ONCE IN A WHILE WE HAVE ANOTHER DELAY, BUT, YOU KNOW, SO WE REALLY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
UM, BUT THERE'S ALSO BEEN CHANGES MADE INTO SOME COLLECTIONS IN THE RURAL SOUTHERN PART OF ERIE COUNTY, WHICH HAS SORT OF LED US AWAY FROM THIS IDEA OF BUILDING A PERMANENT HHW FACILITY, WHICH IS AGAIN, WHY WE ARE HERE TALKING TO YOU TODAY.
UM, ALSO, UM, ANOTHER GRANT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WAS TO BUILD A, UH, COMPOST SITE AT THE ALDEN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
SO, WHILE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON ALL THIS, AND WHILE THE STATE HAS BEEN INTERESTED IN ORGANICS, OUR DEPARTMENT, UH, WORKING WITH THE ALDEN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY HAS A WORKING COMPOST SITE THAT IS THERE NOW.
IT IS, UH, HANDLING ALL THE FOOD WASTE, UH, FROM THE, FROM THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING VERY SOON TO EXPAND THAT TO THE HOLDING CENTER.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE'VE HAD QUITE A BIT OF OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, NOT JUST TALK ABOUT COMPOSTING, BUT
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ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, GET OUR HANDS DIRTY, IF YOU KNOW, UH, INTO THE, INTO THE WORLD OF COMPOSTING.AND WE'VE LEARNED A LOT OF GOOD LESSONS FROM THAT.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN BE PART OF THIS.
SO WITH ALL THIS IN MIND, WE, WE TALKED WITH SUPERVISOR AND THE HIGHWAY SUPERVISOR TO SEE IF THERE WOULD BE SOME INTERESTS IN UTILIZING THE LAND IN YOUR HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT AND CREATING A REGIONAL COMPOST FACILITY.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT $750,000 AVAILABLE TO PUT TOWARD THIS PROJECT.
UH, AND IN ORDER TO DO THIS, WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO IS, UM, REQUEST A CHANGE OF SCOPE OF THE PROJECT AND, UH, ASK FOR A TIME EXTENSION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
AND AGAIN, JOHN HAS BEEN, UH, COMMUNICATING WITH THEM, LETTING 'EM KNOW, UH, THE REASON FOR SOME OF OUR DELAYS AND, AND OUR THOUGHT PROCESS IS ACTUALLY BONNIE LAWRENCE AS WELL, HAS, HAS REACHED OUT TO THEM AND, AND ASKED THEM, IS THIS EVEN, YOU KNOW, A VIABLE O OPTION? AND THEY DID INDICATE THAT IT WAS ONCE THAT IS ACCEPTED BY THE, BY THE STATE, WE WOULD THEN, UH, WITH THE TOWN INVOLVEMENT COORDINATE AN RFP TO SOLICIT PROPOSALS FOR THE DESIGN OF THE ORGANIC WASTE COMPLEX FACILITY.
ALSO, LOOKING AT ANALYZING THE BEST WAY OF RUNNING IT.
YOU KNOW, IS IT, UH, IS IT RUN BY A PRIVATE COMPANY? IS IT A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP? SO PART OF THAT RP WOULD REALLY TO BE NOT JUST LOOKING AT A SITE PLAN, BUT LOOKING AT THE VIABILITY OF THE WHOLE PROCESS.
ONCE A CONSULTANT IS SELECTED WITH THE INPUT FROM THE TOWN AND TOWN'S REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE INVOLVED IN MEETINGS AND SITE VISITS WITH THE CONSULTANT.
THIS PROCESS, UH, AS I SAID, WILL HELP DETERMINE THE VIABILITY THE BEST WAY TO, TO RUN THIS SITE.
AND THE RFP WILL INCLUDE AN ANALYSIS OF THE OVERALL COST OF RUNNING THE FACILITY.
UH, ERIE COUNTY WOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT THROUGH THE COMPLETION OF THE GRANT AND HANDLE ALL THE REPORTING TO THIS SITE.
JOHN DID I YOU DID A GREAT JOB, GARRETT.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IS THAT MUNICIPALITIES IN THE REGION HAVE HAD, UH, EXPERIENCE DOING MUNICIPAL WASTE COMPOST.
THE DIFFERENCE NOW IS THAT THE STATE HAS PASSED THE FOOD SCRAP REDUCTION LAW.
SO THEY'RE, IT'S AN INTRODUCTION OF THE FOOD SCRAPS INTO THE COMPOST.
SO, UH, THE COUNTY, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UH, WE ACTUALLY COMPLETED THE COMPOST FACILITY AT THE, UH, CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
IT WAS A, IT WAS A GOOD JOINT PROGRAM WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, UH, PRIOR TO COVID.
UH, IT, IT PROVIDED, UH, UH, IT WAS A JOINT PROGRAM WITH THE, UH, FORESTRY DIVISION.
IT WAS PROVIDING, UH, WORK TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE INMATES.
IT WAS SUPPLYING, UM, MATERIAL THAT COULD BE USED IN, UH, IN THE FORESTRY, THE GARDENING ASPECTS OF THE COUNTY PROPERTIES.
UH, SO THE, THE EMPHASIS NOW IS TO, YOU KNOW, BRING THE FOOD, THE FOOD, THE FOOD SCRAPS INTO THAT RECYCLING, UH, OR INTO THE COMPOSTING PROGRAM.
AND THERE'S TWO PRIVATE ENTITIES THAT ARE IN TOWN.
UM, UH, UH, ECO BAY BAY HAS A FACILITY OUT, UH, GENES, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, GENESEE COUNTY, UH, PEMBRO.
AND, UH, UH, NOCO HAS A FACILITY IN SOUTH BUFFALO.
SO THERE'S PRIVATE INTEREST IN HERE.
THERE'S NOT SO MUCH, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE, UM, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZE THROUGH THE HHW PROGRAM IS THAT, UH, IT'S GREAT THAT OUR CO OUR, WE HAD THAT DROP OFF FACILITY, BUT IT'S IN WAN SO THE SOUTH TOWN FOLKS ARE LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT FAR AWAY.
WHAT ABOUT US? SO THE COMPOSTING IS SIMILAR IN THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME CITY OPERATION.
THERE'S, IT IS SPREAD OUT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THERE'S A, THERE'S A GROWING POOL AND THE GROWING INTEREST IN OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, UH, THE STATE'S GOAL TO REDUCE, UH, THE AMOUNT OF, UH, ORGANIC MATERIAL GOING TO THE LANDFILLS, WHICH, UH, UH, WILL PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT, IT'S PUTTING A BETTER USE TO THE, THE, THE FOOD WASTE, AND IT'S PREVENTING THE POLLUTANTS THAT THE FOOD WASTE GENERATES IN THE LANDFILLS.
SO IT'S A FOOD SCRAP WEIGHT THING INITIATED BY NEW STATE LAWS, UH, THAT ARE GONNA BE ENFORCED IN THE COMING YEARS.
GARY, I COULD YOU JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THESE FACILITIES LOOK LIKE? I KNOW WHEN I HEAR FACILITIES, I JUST START THINKING DOLLAR SIGNS AND HEATING AND ELECTRIC AND, AND, UH, BIG BUILDINGS.
I WAS ABLE TO SEE THE NOCO SITE AS WELL AS THE ECO VERDE SITE.
AND SO, COULD YOU JUST DESCRIBE YEAH, WELL, I THINK THE, THE KEY THERE IS SITE, UM, WE, WE HAVE A COMPOST SITE AT THE, AT THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
SO, I MEAN, HONESTLY, IT'S, UH, I DUNNO HOW IT'S A PAD.
IT'S A, IT'S A CONSTRUCTED PAD.
IT'S AN OPEN AIR PAD, PROBABLY NOT A WHOLE LOT BIGGER THAN THIS ROOM, RIGHT? AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MATERIALS
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THAT ARE BROUGHT THERE, THEN YOU MIX IN WOOD CHIPS AND OTHER, UH, ANOTHER ADDITIONAL, UM, UH, NITROGEN AND CARBON SOURCES.AND THEN, UH, THE COMPOST STARTS DOING ITS WORK AND VERY QUICKLY BECOMES, YOU KNOW, A SOIL AMENDMENT.
SO IN, IN TERMS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S SOME EQUIPMENT THAT IS NEEDED.
UM, BUT IT IS MOST COMPOST SITES, MANY COMPOST SITES ARE OUTDOOR FACILITIES.
THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE THE NEED FOR LIKE A WARMING SPACE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT WITH THE PROXIMITY TO YOUR FACILITY, THAT MAY NOT BE NECESSARY AT ALL.
ANOTHER THING THAT WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, LOOK TO A CONSULTANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HONEST.
SO AS PART OF THE, THE, THE FUNDING OF THAT GRANT, THERE'S $750,000 A APART OF THAT GRANT.
EVEN WHEN WE ENVISIONED THIS, WE'RE WAS HIRING SOME PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO IDENTIFY SORT OF THE, THE OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES.
SO, SO AS FAR AS THE COMPOST, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE SOME CHAIR OF DEPUTIES THAT HAVE BEEN THROUGH FORMAL COMPOST TRAINING, THAT HAVE LEARNED SOME LESSONS THAT QUITE FRANKLY, ARE APPLICABLE TO SOME OF THE, UH, THE NEW, THE NEW PLAYERS IN IN TOWN.
UH, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE, THEY LEARNED THAT THEY, UH, IF THEY COVER THE MATERIAL RIGHT AWAY, SOME, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, THERE'S NO BIRD, THE BIRDS DON'T SHOW UP.
UH, THEY'VE, UM, LEARNED HOW TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL PROBLEMS WITH, UH, RODENTS.
UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A COMPOST FACILITY NEXT TO A, UH, NEXT TO THE, THE JAIL WHERE YOU CAN IMAGINE ALL THE GARBAGE IN THE RAT POPULATION THEY HAVE, UH, UH, QUITE FRANKLY, WITH, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BIRDS EAT THE RATS, AND IT, IT REALLY ISN'T COLD ECOSYSTEM KIND OF A THING.
AND WITH PROPER MANAGEMENT, THE SMELL ISN'T BAD, YOU KNOW, IT ISN'T THE, THE, THE, THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, BUT YOU'D CERTAINLY HEAR, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME COMPLAINTS IF IT WAS A, A HUGE NUISANCE.
BUT, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S GONNA BE A, UH, A LUCRATIVE, UH, BUSINESS.
I THINK COUPLE OF BUSINESSES ARE ALREADY IN TOWN.
STATE IS MANDATING IT, IT'S A GOOD COST TO DIVERT THE, UH, ORGANIC WASTE FROM THE LANDFILLS.
AND THERE'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME, UH, SOME EXP YOU KNOW, SOME, UH, I DON'T KNOW, TRIAL AND ERROR.
BUT, UH, UH, I THINK THAT THERE'S A POOL OF TALENT THAT IT, AND THE UNIVERSITIES ARE PUSHING OUT STUDENTS THAT ARE, UH, COMING UP WITH, UH, IDEAS.
SO THAT'S EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS.
BUT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, LIKE WE SAID, THERE'S 750,000.
I KNOW IT'S NOT A LOT, BUT, UH, IT'S SOMETHING TO GET, GET, GET STARTED, BUY SOME EQUIPMENT.
THE COUNTY, UH, HAS A, UH, AS FAR AS EQUIPMENT, WE'VE ALREADY PURCHASED A FRONT END LOADER, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A, UH, UH, A TRUCK TO, UH, SUPPORT THE, UH, FALLING OF MATERIALS, UH, UH, BETWEEN, UH, THINGS.
AND THE ONE THING I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE ABOUT THE GRANT, SORRY, THAT WE'RE GOING TOO LONG, UH, UH, IS THAT IT IS A REGIONAL, THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, UH, EMPHASIZED THAT IT HAS TO BE A REGIONAL PROGRAM.
SO IT, WE'RE, WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IS, UH, CONSIDERING OPENING, OPENING IT UP AS A REGIONAL CONSIDERATION.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER WHEN YOU'RE CONSIDERING THIS OPPORTUNITY.
WELL, AND AS, AS WE DISCUSSED, UM, WHEN WE MET OVER THE SUMMER, THAT, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES AROUND, YOU KNOW, MAKES THE MOST SENSE, UH, LETTING THEM KNOW ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND LIKE I SAID, ONCE WE GET STARTED ON THIS GRANT, WE'LL ALSO HAVE SOME INFORMATION TO LET MISS GUYS KNOW ABOUT ANY KIND OF FEED SCRAP PROGRAMS THAT MIGHT WANNA START EDUCATION.
I MEAN, THAT IS A REAL KEY OF WHAT WE DO, IS MAKING SURE THE EDUCATION IS CORRECT.
UM, AND I JUST, ONE THING TO ADDRESS ABOUT COMPOSTING IS AN ART AND A SCIENCE.
I MEAN, IT REALLY IS FASCINATING TO, TO LEARN THE MIX OF THESE THINGS.
AND, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU KNOW WHAT'S COMING IN, YOU KNOW WHAT TO ADD, AND YOU KNOW HOW TO MAKE THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS BEAUTIFUL OF SOIL.
AND THEN, SO REALLY INSIDE, UM, IT IS SORT OF FASCINATING.
IT'S NOT, THERE'S ALWAYS NEW ONES.
WOULD'VE BEEN INTERESTING TO HEAR THE, UH, ADDING COMMENTS FROM THE LANDSCAPE FOLKS HERE.
WHAT WOULD BE THE TOTAL COST? YOU TALKED ABOUT THE 750, AND I GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT THAT WOULDN'T COVER EVERYTHING.
SO ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE THE TOTAL COST OF AN ENDEAVOR SUCH AS THIS? YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDS ON THE SCALE OF IT.
AND, UH, SOME OF THE OPTIONS, IF THE TOWN WERE TO GO ALONE AND HAVE TO BUY EQUIPMENT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT COST, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
BUT, UH, IF THE PRO, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AS WELL.
SO IF, UH, YOU KNOW, NOCO OR ECO BEAR TO GET, UH, WITH A WIND THAT YOU GUYS HAVE A FACILITY AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AN OPERATOR, UH, UH, AN OPERATOR AND
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YOU PUT OUT AN RFP, THEY MAY SWEETEN THAT THEIR PROPOSAL WITH ALL SORTS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, SUPPLEMENTAL THINGS JUST TO HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR SPACE.I'M SPECULATED WHO KNOWS? BUT, UH, IT IS AN EMERGING INDUSTRY AND, UH, THERE'S AT LEAST A COUPLE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, GOOD, UH, GOOD PARTIES THAT ARE, UH, COMMITTED TO IT.
AND, UH, SO, AND THE SITE AT THE, AT THE ALDEN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY WAS LESS THAN, WAS LESS THAN 70,000.
SO I ACTUALLY DON'T THINK IT'S BEYOND THE, RIGHT NOW.
THAT WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
BUT, UM, THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE RFP TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE THIS SCOPE THAT WE WOULD, WE COULD BE WITHIN IT, OR AS JOHN SAID, IF WE'RE NOT WITHIN IT, THEN WE WOULD START TO LOOK FOR SOME PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERS.
BUT THAT SEVEN 50 IS NOT OUTSIDE THE REALM OF SCOPE OF THE PROJECT.
IS THERE A MATCH TO THE GRANT? UM, THERE IS NO MATCH.
ONE OF THE REASONS WE LIKE, I JUST WANNA COMMENT THAT THE RECYCLING COMMITTEE, UM, AT SEVERAL OUR MEETINGS HAVE BROUGHT UP COMPOSTING, UM, WHICH I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE OUR FOCUS WAS MORE ON, UH, GARBAGE, UH, RECYCLING COLLECTION.
BUT COMPOSTING CAME UP AS, AS SOMETHING OF INTEREST.
SO IN ADDITION TO RANDY BEING OUT TO SEE NOCO, NOCO DID, WE DID HAVE A MEETING, UH, WITH SOME OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS WITH, WITH NOCO REPRESENTATIVES.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE DEFINITELY SERIOUS ABOUT, INTERESTED IN.
AND, UH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS A, A GROUP TEAM EFFORT, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN, THIS IS A VERY EXCITING TO HEAR, UH, WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'VE EXPLAINED TO US.
AND I THINK EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT, UM, FOR, FOR YEARS WE'VE BEEN TALKING, RECYCLING, RECYCLING, RECYCLING.
NOW WE REALIZE IT IS BROADER THAN THAT.
AND TOM
SO I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S ALL OF A SUDDEN REALLY PEAKED EVERYONE'S INTEREST.
AND IT'S, AS I SAID, IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT PROFITS.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, I MEAN YOUR, THE PILE PLUS YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED AT HOW MANY, UH, LIKE THE TOWN OF AMHERST NOW HAS A FOOD, UH, COMPOSTING PROGRAM.
AND THEY, ONCE PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT IT, THEY, PEOPLE REALLY LIKE TO, AND HONESTLY, IT, YOU HAVE LESS GARBAGE AT HOME WHEN YOU'RE COMPOST ANYWAYS.
AND IT DOESN'T SEEM, I HAD A QUESTION.
THE, UM, THE SITE ITSELF, YOU TALKED ABOUT, THERE'S A, THERE'S A PAD THAT'S CONSTRUCTED.
WHAT DOES THAT PAD MADE OUT? IS LIKE A CONCRETE.
UM, AND THEN YOU HAD REFERENC, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE A NEED FOR, FOR WARMING, THAT SORT OF THING.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT? WELL, AGAIN, I, I THINK BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF THE HIGHWAY, THAT MIGHT NOT BE AS, AS PERTINENT, BUT I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, STANDALONE SITE, YOU WOULD NEED SOMEWHERE FOR PEOPLE TO GO, YOU KNOW, AND YOU MIGHT NEED A HOT
'CAUSE YOU HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET AWAY.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS JUST KIND OF, SORT OF BRAINSTORMING WHAT THINGS THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED.
THE OTHER, THE OTHER PIECE, UM, THAT IS, UH, SIGNIFICANT, YOU KNOW, IS A STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE SITE.
AND THAT, UH, AT, AT ALDEN, WE PROBABLY SPENT, YOU KNOW, $40,000 ON THAT.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A REQUIREMENT OF THE STATE, YOU KNOW, TO HANDLE THE RUNOFF OF THAT.
THAT'S ALL PART, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL PART OF THE DESIGN, THANK YOU.
AND HAD TO FIX A DRAINAGE PROBLEM ALONGSIDE WHICH YOU'RE GONNA ENCOUNTER THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE JUST HAD REPORTS WITH THE LAST THING THAT OUR, THAT THAT'S GONNA, THE SITE AT ALDEN.
IT'S BEEN UP AND RUNNING HOW MANY YEARS NOW? UM, A YEAR AND A HALF.
JUST WONDERING WHAT IS THE COST PER YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT OF RUNNING AND MAINTAINING A SITE LIKE THIS? WELL SEE, THE COSTS ARE PRIMARILY ABSORBED THROUGH THE PRISON SYSTEM.
I MEAN, SO THEY HAVE, UM, A STAFF PERSON ASSIGNED.
AND THEN PART OF THE GRANT WAS THAT WE WERE TRAINING INMATES ON THE SERVICE.
SO, UM, I CAN TELL YOU THEY, UM, HAVE, ARE SAVED, HAVE SAVED AN AVERAGE OF $25,000 A YEAR ON THEIR DISPOSAL COSTS.
UH, ONCE THEY WERE ABLE TO PULL THOSE, THEY'RE TYPICALLY
UM, THEY WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO COMPLETELY GET RID OF ONE DUMPSTER AND MAKE ANOTHER ONE MUCH SMALLER.
SO THOSE SAVINGS, UM, HAVE OFFSET THE COSTS.
UM, AND I, AND I WOULD ALSO SAY, QUITE FRANKLY, THIS LAST YEAR AND
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A HALF IS NOT A GOOD BASELINE UPON WHICH TO BUILD YOUR, UH, COSTS.UH, THING BECAUSE OF COVID, QUITE FRANKLY, THE, UH, THE JAIL MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE SHERIFF'S, UH, DEPARTMENT HAD SO MUCH STAFF TURNOVER.
THEY WEREN'T, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LEVEL OF COMMITMENT HAS CHANGED SO THAT WE WILL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF THE COST, UM, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SORT OF INTERMITTENTLY OPERATED.
THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAM ITSELF BECAUSE THE INMATE POPULATION WASN'T THERE TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM DURING THE, UH, THE, THE, THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST YEAR.
SO, UH, WE'RE, WE JUST HAD, UH, A GOOD KICKOFF MEETING WITH THE NEW, UH, MANAGEMENT TEAM, AND THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO IT.
AND THEY'VE MADE, UH, STAFF CHANGES TO, UH, ENSURE THAT THAT COMMITMENT IS MAINTAINED.
SO WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA, UH, UH, ON, ON THAT.
BUT WE COMMIT PARTIAL STAFF TIME TO ADMINISTER THE GRANT.
AND, UH, THE, THE, UM, DEDICATED, UH, JAIL MANAGEMENT DIVISION FOLKS, THEY ARE OPERATING, UH, UH, OPERATING THE FACILITY.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE PUTTING THE FOOD, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BRINGING THE FOOD IN.
THEY HAVE SOME MATERIAL TO USE, THEY CAN ACTUALLY SHOWCASE THAT.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THAT.
UH, LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER COMPOSTERS HAVE DONE, UH, PROBABLY IN THE SPRING.
I THINK IT HAS A LOT OF POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, BENEFITS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T DO SOMETHING SO ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND THAT WE FISCALLY MAKE SOME RISKY DECISIONS.
AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT IS PART OF THE R AND THAT HAS TO BE REVIEWED AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THE WHOLE PROGRAM WILL WORK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING.
ALRIGHT, NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE ARE, UH, GOING BE TALKING ABOUT OUR COMP PLAN THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO, ANYTHING BEFORE WE GET STARTED? WELL, LOOKING OUT THERE, I DO SEE THAT QUITE A FEW MEMBERS OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE COMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND NOW, UM, BUT YOU ARE OUR PRESIDENT ALONG SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE AGRICULTURAL SUBCOMMITTEE PORTION OF, OF THE PLAN.
WE ARE GOING TO COMPLETE OUR PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING AND ARE VERY INTERESTED IN ANY COMMENTS PUBLIC HAS AS WE MAKE FINAL, UM, REVISIONS AND, UM, EDITS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND, AND BEFORE WE, UH, FINALIZE THE ADOPTION OF THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, OUR CONSULTANT, DREW RILEY WILL LEAD US THROUGH DISCUSSION OF WHERE WE STAND AT THIS POINT, AND, UH, COMMENTS AND, UH, POSSIBLE ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION AS WE MAKE THOSE FINAL REVISIONS.
SO, ASIDE BEFORE WE LEAVE, UM, WE WERE INVOLVED IN THE ALABAMA ECHO VERDE FACILITY.
OH, IT'S IN THE ALABAMA, SO WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF IT.
HAD SOME ISSUES, HAD SOME THINGS THAT HAD TO BE RESOLVED, BUT SIMILAR, THAT PROJECT APPROVED IN THE TOWN OF ALABAMA, NOT A TOWN FACILITY.
IT JUST APPLIED ITS FACILITY BY, UH, FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.
I JUST HAVE, I ALWAYS UPDATE YOU ON SCHEDULE OF EVENTS.
NOT MUCH CAME TO THAT SCHEDULE.
UH, THE ONLY THING THAT'S CHANGED ON THAT SCHEDULE IS, AS YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUED THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, FOR LATER ON THIS EVENING BECAUSE OF THE, WE'LL BE CALLING IT THE SNOW EVENT FROM, UH, FROM LAST, UH, LAST MONTH.
UM, AND THEN I HAVE A SMALL HANDOUT ON, ON WHAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO ACCOMPLISH TONIGHT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
WHO DO WE HAVE HERE? MARIELLE IS PART OF THE ONE COMMITTEE TOO.
UM, I'LL DO A BRIEF INTRODUCTION WHILE I'M HANGING THIS OUT.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING AND THE ACCOUNT HAS BEEN WORKING ON A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SINCE 2018 TO UP, TO GET A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE LAST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS 2008.
WE ARE DOING A BRAND NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, NOT AN UPDATE.
THE LAST TWO WERE, THE LAST ONE WAS AN UPDATE TO THE ONE THAT WAS PRIOR TO THAT 1998, I BELIEVE IT WAS EVERY 10 YEARS OR SO.
THE TOWN HAD THEIR OWN INTERNAL COMMITTEE, UH, WORKED ON THAT FOR A WHILE.
AND ONCE THE TOWN HAD A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THEIR NEEDS WERE, THEY WENT OUT TO RFP AND GOT A CONSULTANT TO HELP 'EM.
WE'VE BEEN HELPING ON THAT PROJECT PROJECT, UH, SINCE 2019, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, WHICH KIND OF HURT SOME OF THE, SOME TIMING OF THE PROJECT.
I WILL SAY THE PROJECT IS ABOUT A YEAR BEHIND WHEN WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE ADOPTED.
UM, BUT WE HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH THAT.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE DONE, AND ANYBODY CAN SPEAK TO THAT MATTER.
UM, UH, A VERY GOOD PUBLIC OUTREACH.
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WE DID THE SURVEY.WE GOT THOUSANDS OF SURVEYS BACK, THE EXACT NUMBER OF SURVEYS THAT WERE RECEIVED ON THE COMP PLAN.
UM, AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO HAND OUT, ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO FOLLOW ALONG THE HANDOUT THAT I'M GIVING TO THE SOUND BOARD, WE NOW HAVE REGULAR HANDOUTS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ALSO.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S KIND OF JUST A QUICK BACKGROUND.
THE PLAN ITSELF IS BROKEN INTO, LET'S GET TO THE IMPORT PART.
THE PLAN ITSELF IS BROKEN INTO, UM, AN INTRODUCTION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLE SECTION.
UH, THE PLAN ITSELF HAS THE CATEGORIES OF WHERE WE LIVE, STRONG NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE PLAY TOGETHER, PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSETS, AGRICULTURALS ROLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, CREATING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE, OUR ECONOMIC BASE INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS, HOW WE REGULATE CONTROL, AND BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER.
AND THEN THE LAST TWO SECTIONS, HOW DO WE SEED OR SUCCEED OR IMPLEMENTATION? AND THE APPENDIX, I WOULD BE REMISS, I SHOULD DO THIS TO AS CHRIS HALL HERE, UH, TO BANK, UH, HUD HAS, HAS PAID FOR MOST OF THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, AND WE RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL GRANT FROM THE, FROM THE COUNTY TO HELP US WITH THE AGRICULTURAL COMPONENTS OF IT.
SO WE, THIS MO THIS PROJECT WAS FUNDED, HELPED IN FUNDING BY HUD AND HE COUNTY TO ACCOMPLISH THIS.
THIS PROJECT, UM, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLANS ARE VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS.
UM, WE TRY TO MAKE THE BODY OF THE DOCUMENT WHAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS SUCCINCT AS POSSIBLE.
KIND OF SUMMARIZE WHAT, INSTEAD OF INCLUDING ALL THOSE STATISTICS LEARNING, THAT'S ALL IN THE APPENDICES.
IF YOU WANNA READ THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE TOWN AND ALL INFORMATION ABOUT THE, THERE'S A SECTION IN THE APPENDIX, BUT THE DOCUMENT ITSELF IS AROUND A HUNDRED PAGES.
UM, BUT IT PROVIDES YOU GOOD, GOOD GUIDANCE.
UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS BETH AND I AND THE COMMITTEE HAVE BEEN TALKING, AND I'VE SAID AT THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS, SA PLAN FOR A COMMUNITY THAT SIZE AND COMPLEXITY OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS THREE, REALLY THREE LEVELS OF, OF INFORMATION THERE.
THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD SOLVE EVERY PROBLEM OF THE TOWN.
THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD, AND COMPREHENSIVE PLANS IN THE OLD DAYS USED TO HAVE A LAND USE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, WHICH WOULD TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THE FUTURE OF ZONING AND LAND USE OF THEIR COMMUNITY SHOULD BE.
COMPREHENSIVE, MODERN, COMPREHENSIVE PLANS TODAY DO NOT DO THAT.
THEY KNOW THE WORLD CHANGES TOO QUICKLY.
YOUR PLAN BECOMES VERY OUTDATED VERY QUICKLY.
AND BY THE WAY, AS AN ASIDE, ONE OF THE STRONG RECOMMENDATIONS OF THIS CONFERENCE PLAN IS THAT YOU LOOK AT IT YEARLY AND DO ALMOST YEARLY UPDATES TO KEEP IT UP TO DATE.
UM, SO THE PLAN PROVIDES, THE OVERARCHING THING IS THE GUIDING, GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF THE COMMUNITY.
IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AT THIS POINT, WE'RE IN TROUBLE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT GUIDES THE COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE LISTED ON HERE ABOUT PROTECTING STRONG NEIGHBORS.
I WON'T GO THROUGH THEM ENHANCING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSETS.
THOSE ARE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN YOUR CONFERENCE PLAN FACILITY LIKE ECHO VERDE MAY NOT, OR, OR, UH, FACILITY LIKE THEY'RE PROPOSING MAY NOT BE TALKED ABOUT SPECIFICALLY IN THE COMP PLAN.
BUT WHAT ARE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO HELP THE TOWN BOARD IN DECISIONS ABOUT OTHER THINGS? THEN THERE'S LEVELS OF INFORMATION IN THERE THAT WE SAY, YOU NEED TO, WE RECOMMEND THESE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO DO MORE WORK.
EXAMPLE OF THAT, I THINK WE HAD SOME WATERFRONT COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THERE'S A COMPONENT IN THE NORTHERN, I'M JUST SPECIFIC PICKING ONE AS AN EXAMPLE.
THERE ARE MANY, ONE AREA OF THE TOWN IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE TOWN IS AN AREA THAT IS A BROWNFIELD.
WE ALL KNOW WHERE THE TURBINES ARE.
THAT PROPERTY IS OWNED INDUSTRIAL.
SOMEONE WILL SAY, WELL, DREW, WHY AREN'T YOU MAKING A RECOMMENDATION ON WHERE THE FUTURE OF THAT PROPERTY COULD BE? WELL, WE KNOW THAT THE TOWN IS PURSUING GRANTS TO DO A STUDY.
YOU'RE GONNA DO A BOA, EXPECT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, DETERMINE WHAT CAN BE DONE, SELL ON THAT PROPERTY.
SO THAT'S THE SECOND LEVEL OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
WHAT OTHER WORK YOU NEED TO DO TO MAKE THOSE FINAL DECISIONS ON, ON THOSE, ON THOSE PROJECTS.
AND THEN THERE ARE, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK HERE ABOUT A LOT ABOUT TONIGHT, IS THOSE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE'RE TELLING PEOPLE, YOU'VE GOTTA DO THIS.
THERE'S SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS.
THERE ARE SOME IN TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE'VE SUGGESTED, UH, SOME, SOME ZONING MODIFICATIONS, SOME UH, ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS.
THOSE ARE THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO, UH, THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING STRONGLY.
SO THOSE, THOSE THREE LEVELS OF INFORMATION, THAT'S ONE THING I WANNA GET ACROSS TO YOU IS THAT THERE ARE THREE LEVELS OF THINGS, GUIDING PRINCIPLES, WHAT THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO NEXT TO MAKE DECISIONS ON THOSE, ON THE, UH, FUTURE ACTIONS, AND THEN SPECIFIC EXAMPLES WE HAVE.
AND JUST AS A BACKGROUND TOO, WE HAVE GOT RECEIVED PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND WE'VE GOTTEN EMAILS.
I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THE TOWN CLERK HAS GOTTEN ANY SEPARATE EMAILS.
I KNOW, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED ALL DIFFERENT EMAILS ON IT.
UM, UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED COMMENTS NOW THROUGH THAT COORDINATED REVIEW PROCESS THAT YOU AUTHORIZED A MEETING AGO.
UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED COMMENTS, UH, AN EMAIL FROM DEPARTMENT OF STATE TALK ABOUT THAT.
UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THE ERIE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY.
AND WE RECEIVED, UH, UH, UNDER 2 39.
WE COMMENTS ON THOSE, THOSE WE ARE ADDRESSING
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AS WE SPEAK.UM, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE I HAVE YOUR INPUT AS WE FINALIZE THIS PLAN FOR ADOPTION.
THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION IF THESE REVISIONS TURN OUT TO BE MAJOR REVISIONS TO THE PLAN.
YOU MAY HAVE TO HOLD ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.
I'LL SIT DOWN WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND DECIDE ON THAT.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF HOLDING PUBLIC HEARINGS IN COMMENTS, IS TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO COMMENTS.
BUT IF IT MAKES SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH CHANGES IN THE PLAN, I WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND A NEW PUBLIC HEARING.
BUT THERE ARE GONNA BE CHANGES.
THERE'S BEEN VERY, VERY GOOD QUESTIONS RAISED.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE, UH, TWO OTHER LETTERS THAT I'VE RECEIVED, UH, OR THE THREE LETTERS I'VE RECEIVED.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE HAS AN INTERESTING QUERY.
UH, THEY'RE SAYING THE CONFERENCE PLAN, AND I KNOW THAT'S, UH, DO WE HAVE WATERFRONT COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE? OH, YES, THERE WE GO.
BILLS ON THE WATERFRONT COMMITTEE.
AND THAT'S BEEN RAISED TOO ABOUT IN OUR CONFERENCE OF PLAN, WE HAVE SOME GENERAL, GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS ON WATERFRONT AREAS.
AND WHAT I'VE SAID, AND I'M GONNA REITERATE IN THE COMP PLAN, IS THAT, WELL, THE LWRP ONCE IT'S ADOPTED, WILL BE YOUR CONFERENCE PLAN FOR THE WATERFRONT.
IT WILL MAKE THE FINAL DECISION.
PHARMA STATE HAD AN INTERESTING, INTERESTING POINT.
THEY SAID, WELL, TO ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT AFFECTS WATERFRONT AREAS INDIRECTLY OR DIRECTLY.
YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT A WATERFRONT OR COASTAL ASSESSMENT FORM, AND YOU HAVE TO SHOW US THAT IT'S IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LWRP.
AND I SAID, WELL, IT'S NOT GONNA BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LWRP FROM 20 YEARS AGO.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIND, PROVIDE SOME GUIDES TO THAT.
SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK AND FORTH TO DEPART OF SAFETY, BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA SAY THIS COMP PLAN IS IN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH A 20-YEAR-OLD PLAN.
I'M GONNA SAY IT'S MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL HAVE TO BE FINALIZED IN THE, IN THE LWRP.
WE'VE HAD QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC AND PEOPLE, UH, AND FROM YOUR WATERFRONT COMMITTEE ABOUT, WELL, AND THAT WAS IN THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE PLAN.
WE SHOWED SOME SPECIFIC PROJECTS IN THE, IN THE, UM, CONFERENCE PLAN SAYING THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE TOWN IS PROPOSING.
IN THAT VEIN, THE TOWN IS PROPOSING.
UM, WE HAVE CHANGED IT TO MORE GENERIC, WE'VE CIRCLED LARGER AREAS.
AND THE SOUTH TOWN IS CONSIDERING MARINAS, UH, UH, BOAT LAUNCH FACILITIES, ET CETERA, IN THIS AREA OF THE TOWN.
WE'VE MADE IT A LITTLE MORE GENERIC BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE LWRP HAS GOTTA MAKE THE FINAL DECISIONS ON THAT.
THAT IS, AND I'M GONNA HAVE HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
I CAN'T MAKE THINGS ALL DONE INTO COURT.
THE INTERESTING CONVERSATION I'M HAVING WITH THE WATER AUTHORITY IS THAT, UM, THEY WANTED MORE SPECIFICS ABOUT WATER USAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE TOWN, BECAUSE WE'RE RECOMMENDING AREAS THAT MAY NOT HAVE GROWTH AND RECOMMENDING AREAS THAT HAVE GROWTH.
AND THEY'RE SAYING, WELL, WE NEED STATISTICS AND WHATEVER TO SHOW US.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
THERE'S NO WAY I'M GONNA GENERATE THAT SPECIFIC TYPE OF INFORMATION.
RIGHT? I'VE TOLD THE ERIE COUNTY WATER AUTHOR, OBVIOUSLY ANY PROJECT THAT'S BEING APPROVED OF ANY SIGNIFICANCE IN THE TOWN, EVEN A REZONING, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE WATER AUTHORITY AND GET THEIR INPUT, THEIR, THEIR INPUT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS PROJECT.
THERE'S NO WAY I CAN PROVIDE THEM.
WELL, IF THERE'S GONNA BE THIS MUCH GROWTH IN THE AREA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE MGD OF GROWTH OR SOMETHING, OR THIS OR NOT.
I, I, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO DO THAT.
SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, MARYELLE IS HERE FROM THE COUNTY.
THEY PROVIDED US COMMENTS ON THE COMP PLAN, AND I'LL NEED TO GO THROUGH ALL THOSE WITH YOU AND SHOW A LOT OF IT.
AND CAN I PARAPHRASE, MARYELLE, A LOT OF IT IS RELATED TO, AND AGAIN, THOSE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS BEEN RAISED IN THE PAST ABOUT THE SPECIFICITY OF THE COMP PLAN.
THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES WE SAY, UM, TRYING TO THINK, YOU SHOULD MAKE THIS AREA MORE, UH, CON CONNECTIVITY OR WHATEVER.
UM, AND MARIELLE RAISE THOSE GOOD QUESTIONS AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE WHO LIVE IN SPECIFIC AREA.
WELL, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT, DREW? WHAT ARE YOU SUGGESTING FROM THIS AREA? FURTHER IN THE COMP, I ANSWER YOUR QUE ONE QUESTION YOU HAD IS THAT IN THE CO IN THE CONFERENCE PLAN, WE'RE RECOMMENDING, AND I THINK THE SUPERVISOR AND BETH KNOWS THIS, IS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE TOWN DO NEEDS TO DO A CHILD WIDE STUDY.
THEY NEED TO DO A SIDEWALK STUDY.
THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU COULD PUT SIDEWALKS IN WHAT AREAS OR COULD BE.
SO I MAY ADD SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THOSE MEDIUM ONES.
I'M TELLING YOU, YOU HAVE TO DO MORE WORK.
I CANNOT, THERE'S NO WAY I'M GONNA TELL YOU HOW TO PUT WHERE AND HOW TO PUT SIDEWALKS IN THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.
UM, YOU'RE UNFORTUNATELY GOOD, BAD OR DIFFERENT LIKE YOU'RE DOING WITH THE, WITH THE BIKE PASS STUDIES OR WHATEVER.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, AND THEN THE TOWN BOARD'S GONNA HAVE TO PRIORITIZE AND SAY, THESE ARE THE AREAS AND HOW WE'RE GONNA BRING SIDEWALKS TO THOSE AREAS.
MARIELLE HAS A LOT OF OTHER QUESTIONS LIKE THAT WHERE THERE'S NOT, THEY, THERE MAY NOT BE ENOUGH SPECIFICS, BUT CAN I AT LEAST PROVIDE SOME EXAMPLES TO SAY, WHAT DO WE MEAN BY THAT? UM, DID I PARAPHRASE THAT CORRECTLY? THE MAIN CONCERN IS THAT WE DON'T WANT THE INTENT OF THE COUNSELING GET MISINTERPRETED BY OTHER PARTIES.
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AND THAT'S, THAT'S THAT LEGAL PART THAT AS YOU KNOW, YOUR DECISIONS, SO DISCRETIONARY DECISIONS, ESPECIALLY ZONING OR LAND USE RELATED AND EVEN OTHER PROJECTS LIKE WHATEVER, UM, WILL HAVE TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR CONFERENCE PLAN.SO CONFERENCE PLAN HAS TO PROVIDE ENOUGH GUIDANCE BUT NOT MAKE DECISIONS FOR YOU.
IF I MAKE TOO MANY DECISIONS FOR YOU IN THERE, I GOTTA EVALUATE ALL THOSE, LIKE THE ERIE COUNTY WORKERS.
I GOTTA EVALUATE THOSE DECISIONS AND SAY, YOU KNOW, ARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE IMPACT SPECIFIC IMPACTS OF THAT? UM, SO ANYWAY, THOSE ARE MY BIG PICTURE INTRODUCTION.
WHAT I HAVE IN THIS HANDOUT HERE.
AND YOU SAY, DREW, THESE ARE NOT ALL, THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT I'VE RECEIVED COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS ON OVER THE LAST MONTH.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE, AND AGAIN, I'M GONNA LEAVE TIME.
I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA LEAVE DEFINITELY 10, 15 MINUTES AT THE END.
SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THESE PRETTY QUICKLY.
SO YOU CAN SAY, ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED? AGAIN, I NEED YOUR SUPPORT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THE PLAN, YOU'RE GONNA BE ADOPTING THIS PLAN THAT YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT'S IN THIS PLAN.
OKAY, SO THE FIRST BULLET IS UNDER THIS, THIS TOPIC IS THE CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY.
THERE IS A LOT ABOUT WALK, BIKE, UH, WALKING, BIKING IN AUTO.
UH, THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS ON THE, WE FIRST GOT SOME COMMENTS THAT WERE TOO FOCUSED ON THAT.
AND THEN SOME PEOPLE SAID THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FOCUS ON THAT AND NOT ENOUGH ENOUGH SPECIFICS ABOUT THAT.
UM, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IN THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS OF THE TOWN.
WE'RE SAYING CONNECTIVITY, WALKABILITY, THAT'S ALL ABOUT SMART GROWTH AND WHATEVER IS VERY IMPORTANT.
DO I HAVE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS IN CERTAIN AREAS? NOT REALLY.
THE VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE CAME TO A MEETING AREAS, UM, ABOUT CONNECTION TO THE WATERFRONT AND WE'RE SAYING WE INCORPORATE THAT SPECIFIC COMMENT.
YES, THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE CONNECTIONS IN THE WATER TO THE WATERFRONT.
AND OF COURSE THE LW RP HAS GOTTA ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE TO GET TO THE WATERFRONT, YOU GOTTA GO THROUGH THE LW RRP.
UM, AM I HEADING, IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY HIGH PRIORITY IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S FUNNY IN THE, IN THE SURVEY OF THE COMMUNITY, IT DIDN'T RAISE ONE OF THE TOP 10 ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT WHEN YOU BROUGHT UP SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OR WHATEVER, WALKING A BIKING, IT WAS A BIG THING THAT PEOPLE COMMENTED UPON.
SO AGAIN, WE SAW IT AS BEING VERY IMPORTANT AND IT'S SMART GROWTH PRINCIPLES.
IT BASICALLY, YOU HAVE TWO VILLAGES.
YOU SHOULD BE CONNECTED TO THE VILLAGE.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE PEOPLE OTHER WAYS OF GETTING AROUND YOUR COMMUNITY.
AS WE, AS WE CHANGE INTO A NON AUTOMOTIVE CENTRIC COMMUNITY, HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THAT? AM I HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH THAT? AM I OKAY WITH THAT? I THINK I BALANCE THE BETWEEN BEING TOO FOCUSED ON IT AND AT LEAST PROVIDING ENOUGH DIRECTION FOR THE TOWN TO TAKE THE NEXT STEPS.
WANNA MOVE ONE OF OUR PROJECTS WE TALKED ABOUT, I'M NOT GONNA REITERATE AGAIN.
ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE MAP AND THE LEVEL OF DETAIL? BECAUSE I HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE WITH THAT.
I SHOWED GENERALIZED AREAS THAT THE TOWN IS LOOKING FOR POTENTIAL MARINA POTENTIAL.
UM, UH, THE, THE OTHER PROJECT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SHOWN IN THOSE AREAS.
THERE'S OTHER WATERFRONT PROJECTS THAT THE TOWN IS LOOKING FOR.
I'VE SHOWED GENERAL, GENERAL AREAS OF THAT.
WHEN YOU GO TO ADOPT YOUR LWRP, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SPECIFICS TO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF YOUR AVENUES TO GET THAT.
MARK MALKI WAS HERE TO TELL YOU, FOR YOU TO GET GRANT MONEY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE IT IN IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR LWR.
AND I BELIEVE IT IN IT INDICATES THAT WE WANT TO, OR WE'RE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE PUBLIC ACCESS, RIGHT? AND THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OF THE LWRP PROGRAM IS ACCESS TO THE WATER FUND.
UM, NO LAKEVIEW, LAKEVIEW JUST AS 20, 20 YEARS AGO.
IT'S THE SAME ISSUE OVER AND OVER.
IT IS A VERY DELICATE BALANCE.
WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN LAKE VIEW THAT ARE SAYING, HEY, WE LIVE OUT HERE.
THERE'S NO CONVENIENCES IN THE LAKE VIEW AREA.
THEN WE HAVE A LARGE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE SAYING, HEY, WE MOVED TO LAKE VIEW BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
IT HAS NO THAT AMBIANCE OF WHATEVER ASSOCIATED WITH HERE.
SO LIKE 20 YEARS AGO, WE ARE SUGGESTING THAT THERE BE NO MAJOR REZONINGS TO COMMERCIAL IN THAT AREA.
YOU NEED TO IMPROVE THE WALKABILITY AND OTHER WAYS OF GETTING AROUND IN THAT AREA.
FOCUS REDEVELOPMENT ON THE DOWNTOWN LAKE VIEW AREA.
LEAVE THE COMMERCIAL AREAS THAT ARE ALONG SOUTHWESTERN AND NODAL POINTS.
MAKE SOME SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS TO CHANGING THOSE.
THERE'S NEW PROPERTIES THAT WE'VE ALREADY CHANGED BACK TO RESIDENTIAL THAT WE THOUGHT WERE AN ERROR.
BUT THE PROPERTIES RUNNING SOUTHWESTERN ARE NOT GONNA BE RESIDENTIAL, BUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICT.
I AGREE WITH THE, WITH THE LAST PROJECT THAT WAS CLOSED THERE, YOU DON'T WANNA PRESENT A PROJECT THAT, THAT IS, PEOPLE HAVE TO WALK THERE AND THERE'S NO WAY TO GET THERE.
SO YOU WANT A ZONING THAT WILL ALLOW USES BUT NOT SOMETHING UNTIL YOU HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE THAT YOU COULD HAVE WALKABILITY.
THERE'S OTHER SMALL AREAS TOO WHERE LAKE SHORE,
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OLD LAKE SHORE, NEW LAKE SHORE COME TOGETHER WHERE THE CHURCHES MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS KIND OF A MIXED USE, SMALL COMMERCIAL AREA TOO.SO THAT'S WHERE WE TOOK WITH LAKEVIEW.
AGAIN, THERE THERE ARE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION.
THE FACT THAT IT KIND OF BALANCES THE TWO OPPOSITE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WANT.
UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEW MIXED USE DISTRICTS, NEW OVERLAYS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, ONE OF THE COMMENTS, UH, STRONG COMMENTS WE RECEIVED AND I AGREE WITH THAT, THAT THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE I THINK THROUGH UH, THROUGH THE COUNTY REFERRAL.
UM, WHY AREN'T YOU CONSIDERING BRAND NEW ZONING, NEW WHAT THEY CALL NEO URBAN ZONING OR THINGS LIKE WHAT THE CITY OF BUFFALO HAS GREEN CODE WISE.
UM, YEAH, WE'RE TAKING SMALL STEPS HERE.
YOU'RE TRYING TO BRING A 1970S ZONING ORDINANCE.
A 1970S ZONING ORDINANCE, WHICH IS VERY WHAT THEY CALL, I'M TALK LIKE A PLANNER HERE VERY CLEARLY AND TWO DIMENSIONAL.
WHAT'S THE ALLOWED USE AND WHAT ARE THE BULK REQUIREMENTS? THAT'S WHAT CLE ZONING ABOUT.
SO YOU'RE TRYING TO ADD THAT THAT TERTIARY LEVEL OF DESIGN IS IMPORTANT AND OTHER THINGS ARE IMPORTANT TO YOUR CODE WITHOUT GOING TO THE EXTENT YET.
UH, DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T IN THE FUTURE 'CAUSE EVERYTHING IN THE COMP PLAN WOULD SUPPORT YOU TO GOING TO A CODE LIKE THAT.
IT JUST WOULD BE A MAJOR, MAJOR, UM, MAJOR, MAJOR ENDEAVOR.
AND I DON'T WANNA SIT HERE AND TELL YOU YOU NEED TO DO THAT.
I THINK THE CITY OF BUFFALO SPENT THREE TO $4 MILLION ON THEIR GREEN CODE.
I HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR AND I AGREE YOUR CODE IS TWO DIMENSIONAL ABOUT USE.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN GO YET TO, PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT USE.
IF I STOOD HERE TONIGHT AND SAID WE'RE GOING GREEN CODE OR NOT GREEN CODE, BUT WHAT THEY CALL NON-STANDARD NEO URBANIST TYPE ZONING, IT WOULD BE USES DON'T MATTER.
IT'S MORE ABOUT DESIGN IN A CITY.
AND I HAVE TROUBLE WITH SUBURBAN, SORRY TO SAY YOU'RE A SUBURBAN COMMUNITY, BUT YOU ARE A SUBURBAN COMMUNITY FROM A DEFINITION TO JUMP TO A NON.
PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT USE.
EVERYTHING WE TALK ABOUT IS USE, NOT JUST ABOUT DESIGN, IT'S ABOUT USE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE YOU TO A, TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF ZONING.
DOESN'T MEAN THAT IN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW OR YOU MAY SAY, ALRIGHT, WE'RE DONE WITH THIS.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO A MORE MODERN TYPE ZONING, BIG INVESTMENT FOR THE TOWN.
I'M GONNA SAY IT'S AT LEAST A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO GO THAT ROUTE OF CHANGING A COMPLETELY FROM THE OLD, FROM THE OLD STYLE OF CODE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF GOING HALFWAY.
WE'RE DOING THAT MIX OF
SO BIG ISSUE, I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU YOU NEED TO GO BECOME MORE MODERN.
WE'RE TRYING TO MODERNIZE IT WITHOUT GOING TO A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ZONING CODE.
RIGHT? UM, UH, REFOCUSING SEAN'S HERE, REFOCUSING OF AND STRENGTHENING ECONOMIC AREAS, UH, CHANGING SOME OF THOSE AREAS TO DIFFERENT TYPE COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL, CHANGING THOSE SECTIONS.
THERE'S SOME VERY STRONG RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAS SUGGESTED, AND THAT'S ONE THING WE MADE CHANGE ON THE ONE MAP WHERE WE, WE WE'RE ILLUSTRATING ALL THE ECONOMIC AREAS OR WHATEVER THE COMMERCIAL AREAS IS, PUT A PRIORITY TO THOSE AND SAY, THESE ARE PRIORITY AREAS.
THIS IS PRIORITY ONE, PRIORITY TWO, PRIORITY THREE.
IF I GOT THAT CORRECTLY, BETH, THAT ON THAT MAP WE WOULD SAY, OKAY, THESE ARE ALL THE CHANGES THAT NEED TO NEED IN THE TOWN.
ONE OF THE ONES WE'VE ALREADY PRIORITIZED, AND WE'VE ALWAYS SAID FROM DAY ONE IS THE OLD INDUSTRIAL ZONING.
THAT DOESN'T MATCH THE TALENT VISION, BY THE WAY.
I THINK 90% OF THE EMAILS I GOT ON THE COMP PLAN WERE ABOUT THE ASPHALT PLAN.
I'LL BE VERY HONEST, 90% OF THE EMAILS I GOT WERE ABOUT THE ASPHALT PLAN AND WHY WERE THE COMP NEW CONFERENCE PLAN SHOULD NOT SUPPORT THAT.
AND WE'VE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT OVER THE LAST THREE TO FOUR YEARS THAT THAT ZONING IS OUTDATED.
THERE'S SEVERAL AREAS OF THE TOWN WHERE THE, UH, OLD INDUSTRIAL ZONING IS OUTDATED AND NEED TO CHANGE.
SO THERE'S SOME SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS IN THERE, BUT SEAN, I, I'LL WORK WITH YOUR OFFICE AND BETH AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO AND MAYBE PRIORITIZING THOSE AREAS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
ONE OF THE AREAS THAT HAS COME HIGHER IS, FOR EXAMPLE, IS WE'VE BEEN PUSHING IT LATELY.
WE HAD SEPARATE MEETINGS ON IT, IS THE STADIUM IMPACT WHAT I, WE AFFECTIONATELY REFER TO AS THE STADIUM IMPACT AREA.
WHEN A NEW $1.4 BILLION INVESTMENT GOES IN ON THE BORDER OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN TO THE ECONOMICS OF THAT AREA? AND HOW COULD IT BE, HOW COULD CHANGES OCCUR IN THAT AREA? SO THAT'S HIGH ON THE LIST OF PRIORITIES, AS IS THE BLAZEDALE AREA, AS IN THE BLAZEDALE AREA.
THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH AREAS YOU JUST DID A GATEWAY.
SO ALL THOSE GATEWAY AREAS, WE'VE INCORPORATED THAT PLAN INTO THIS PROJECT.
WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY ON THAT GATEWAY AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG.
A WAY THAT WAS A, I THINK IT WAS RAISED BY MARY ELLIOT OR SOMEONE ELSE DID.
WE SHOULD BE DOING THE SAME LEVEL OF FOCUS ON THE VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE NEXT STEP THING I'M SAYING, WELL, YOU SHOULD DO A STUDY LIKE YOU DID WITH THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG, WITH THE VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE.
THERE'S SOME GREAT GATEWAY AREAS INTO THE, INTO THE VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE
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ON HOW THAT CAN BE COORDINATED BETTER.I MEAN, THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION, A LOT OF THINGS IN THERE.
UM, INTERESTING ONE WHERE PEOPLE SAID, IS THIS AN ANTI-GROWTH OR A POSITIVE GROWTH CONFERENCE LINE? I WAS GETTING THAT KIND OF UNIQUE QUESTION FROM PEOPLE.
WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING THE FACT THAT GROWTH IS OCCURRING IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE CORRECT IT AND MAKE SURE IT GOES IN, IN THE RIGHT WAY.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO BUILD HOUSING AT BUILDING APARTMENT HERE.
I THINK WE AVERAGED FOR YEARS ABOUT A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BEING BILLED A YEAR.
I CAN'T SEE THAT CHANGING TOO MUCH.
IT'S GONNA BE DIRECTED UPON THE ECONOMY, THE AMOUNT OF APPROVED LOTS YOU HAVE IN THE TOWN ALREADY WITHOUT EVEN APPROVING ANY LIVES.
YOU COULD GET ANOTHER A HUNDRED OR SO MORE A YEAR.
UH, THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE GONNA OCCUR.
SO THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ACKNOWLEDGES THE FACT THAT THERE'S GONNA BE GROWTH PRESSURES AND THERE'S GONNA BE TEND TO BE GROWTH.
UM, BUT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE IT'S DIRECTED AND DONE CORRECTLY? AND HAVE I PROVIDED ENOUGH TO YOU PLEASE, LIKE A LOOK AT THAT? HAVE I PROVIDED ENOUGH GUIDANCE TO SAY, ARE WE DIRECTING THAT GROWTH IN THE RIGHT WAY? YOU'RE NOT STOPPING GROWTH.
THERE'S ALMOST NO WAY YOU'RE GONNA STOP GROWTH.
YOU'RE A TARGETED COMMUNITY FOR GROWTH.
SOME PEOPLE FIND THAT A BAD THING, BUT YOU'RE ATTRACTIVE COMMUNITY.
UM, UH, WHOLE SECTION ON AGRICULTURE.
MAKE SURE WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE AN AGRICULTURAL SECTION OF THE COMP PLANT ACKNOWLEDGING THE FACT THAT AGRICULTURAL WAS A IMPORTANT, VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE PAST OF THE HAM, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE ON TO MAKE IT PART OF THE FUTURE, BUT WE HAVE TO BE CREATIVE.
MARY ELLIOT HAS ASKED, WELL, GIVE US MORE EXAMPLES.
HOW CAN WE BE MORE CREATIVE? AND WE WANNA MAKE AGRICULTURAL A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE STARTING OFF WITH SOME BASIC ZONING MATTERS.
LET'S HAVE AN AGRICULTURAL ZONING DISTRICT THAT YOU CAN PLACE ON PROPERTIES.
UH, WE'RE SUGGESTING AN OVERLAY DISTRICT AND ACTUALLY WROTE UP THE LAW.
MAKE SURE THAT LAW IS CORRECT ON HOW THE CENTER PART OF THE TOWN, WHERE MOST OF THE AGRICULTURAL IS THAT WE'RE PROTECTING OPEN SPACE AND AGRICULTURAL, BUT ALSO OFFERING THE OPPORTUNITIES.
AGAIN, NEEDING MORE SAMPLES IS YOU GOTTA BE CREATIVE WITH AGRICULTURAL.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET SOMEONE, THERE'S NO 500 ACRE OR A THOUSAND ACRE PLOT FOR PEOPLE TO TURN INTO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ANYMORE.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CREATIVITY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK WE HAD ON OUR COMMITTEE, UH, OUR AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE, A GUY WHO DOES SPROUTS IN A, IN A, IN A, IN A BACK, IN A, UH, A UNIT AT THE BACK OF HIS HOUSE AND OTHER THINGS.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CREATIVE AGRITOURISM, AGRICULTURAL RELATED BUSINESSES.
AM I HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION? MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE WANT TO TRY TO MAKE IT YOU ARE.
THE SEED OF THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY IS IN HAMBURG, AND YET WE HAVE LESS AND LESS.
I'M, UNFORTUNATELY, I'M TELLING YOU, HAVE LESS AND LESS AGRICULTURE, AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REALLY DO SOMETHING TO BECOME PART OF AGRICULTURAL FUTURE.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE SPECIFICS IN THERE.
I KNOW WE GOT, UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UPDATING PLANS IN COURT.
SO AS YOU UPDATE PLANS, YOU'RE GONNA INCORPORATE 'EM INTO THE COMP PLAN.
THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON IN THE TOWN.
SO AS YOU FINISH THOSE PLANS, YOU CAN INCORPORATE THOSE PLANS BY REFERENCE INTO YOUR COMP PLAN.
WHEN THAT DRAINAGE STUDY IS DONE, YOU CAN INCORPORATE A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE ASKING ABOUT DRAINAGE.
THE DRAINAGE STUDY IS GONNA BE YOUR COMP, YOUR CONFERENCE PLAN FOR DRAINAGE IN THE TOWN.
UM, CREATE AND FUND, INCLUDING GRANTS AND CONSTRUCT TOWN PROJECTS.
IF I AM MISSING ANY, LET ME KNOW.
I TRY TO LOOK AT YOUR, UH, DO YOU HAVE A PLAN FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS? I HAVEN'T SEEN IT FOR, OR, OR COMMITMENTS OF RESOURCES FOR PROJECTS THAT YOU WANNA DO IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
LET'S MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN THERE, UH, AND THEY'RE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMP PLAN.
IF YOU'RE PROPOSING SOMETHING THAT THE COMP PLAN DOESN'T THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IN THAT AREA, LET ME KNOW.
FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEBODY ASKED ME AN EXAMPLE ON THAT.
IF YOU ARE PROPOSING OR TRYING TO FUND SEWERS IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF THE TOWN, I'M GONNA TELL YOU THE COMP PLAN DOES NOT SUPPORT THAT.
SO DON'T BE EXTENDING SEWERS IN THE, IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF THE TOWN AND EVEN LIMIT THE SEWER EXTENSIONS IN THE LAKEVIEW AREA OF THE TOWN.
LET'S NOT CAUSE THAT CON CONTINUED.
UM, PEOPLE LIVE THERE, SUBURBANIZATION OF THE LAKEVIEW AREA.
LET ME KNOW ABOUT PROJECTS IF I HAVE THEM CORRECT.
UM, PROTECTING ENVIRONMENTAL ASSETS.
YOU HAVE YOUR CONSERVATION BOARD HERE.
HAVE WE GONE FAR ENOUGH WITH PROTECTING ENVIRONMENTAL ASSETS? I KNOW, UH, MARK HAS SOME SUGGESTIONS.
I DON'T THINK ANYTHING IN THE CONFERENCE PLAN WOULD NOT SUPPORT YOUR IDEAS, MARK, BUT I DON'T HAVE THOSE, SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE COMP PLAN.
IT'LL BE UP TO THIS BOARD AND PLEASE LET THEM KNOW IF THEY WANT THOSE SPECIFICS IN THERE AND KEEP IT AND JUST SAY, HEY, WE WILL, WE'LL TAKE THOSE PROJECTS AS THEY COME ALONG AND, AND TRY TO INCORPORATE THOSE.
WELL, BUT DEFINITELY A GUIDING PRINCIPLE AND A LOT OF SECTION OF THE COMP PLAN PLAN IS DEDICATED TO PROTECTING ENVIRONMENTAL ASSETS.
WHETHER THOSE ARE, IN FACT, ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL TELL YOU IS THAT, UM, YOU NEED TO UPDATE.
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IN THERE.SOMEONE SAYS, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU DO THAT? DREW, RECOMMEND ALL THOSE AREAS THAT NEED PROTECTION.
WELL, YOU HAD AN OPEN SPACE, GREEN SPACE PLAN THAT IS EXTREMELY OUTDATED.
YOU NEED TO UPDATE THAT WITH YOUR PHILOSOPHIES ON HOW YOU WANNA DO IT.
WE'VE HAD BOARDS OVER THE YEARS FROM 25, 30 YEARS AGO THAT THEY WANTED TO OWN ALL THOSE PROPERTIES AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE PROTECTED.
THEN IT WAS, NO, WE DON'T NEED TO OWN THOSE.
WE NEED TO CONTROL 'EM A DIFFERENT WAY OR WHATEVER.
SO FIRST OF ALL, YOU NEED TO UPDATE THAT PLAN AND IDENTIFY, FOR EXAMPLE, LAKEVIEW.
THERE'S SOME GREAT WOODED AREAS IN LAKEVIEW.
YOU'VE GOTTA COME UP WITH A PLAN TO SAY, WHAT IS OUR PLAN TO CONTROL THOSE AREAS? IS THAT PURCHASE OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS? WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THOSE, WITH THOSE LAND? SO BIG STRONG RECOMMENDATION, YOU NEED TO UPDATE THAT OPEN SPACE AND GET THE PH, GET THE INPUT FROM THE CONSERVATION BOARD.
BUT THEN THE PHILOSOPHY OF HOW THIS BOARD, AGAIN, YOU CONTROL, YOU'RE SETTING, YOU'RE SETTING THE FUTURE, HOW YOU WANT TO BEGIN TO OBTAIN THOSE PROPERTIES.
YOU REALIZE ONE OF THE TOOLS FROM THE LAST PLAN WAS THAT YOU DEVELOP A CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROGRAM AND WE DEVELOP ONE.
BUT DOWN HAMBURGER DEVELOPED A CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROGRAM.
YOU COULD APPLY FOR IT AND GET WHATEVER, THIS AND THAT.
I MEAN, I THINK WHEN, UH, UH, PREVIOUS CONSERVATION BOARD MEMBERS WOULD GO OUT AND TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO, THAT'S A WAY YOU WANT TO GO.
YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND ADVERTISE IT.
YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROGRAM IN THE TOWN WHERE YOU COULD GET A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON YOUR PROPERTY AND RETURN FOR A TAX BREAK IS WHAT THEY LOOK FOR ON THAT.
YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A PROGRAM THEY CREATED.
THEY CREATED CERTIFICATES FOR PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING, BUT WASN'T REALLY UTILIZED.
ALL RIGHT? UM, WHERE I IMPROVE VILLAGES, VERY IMPORTANT.
YOU HAVE TO, AND AGAIN, A LOT OF IT IS, SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY IT'S GENERIC, BUT YOU GOTTA IMPROVE.
NOT THAT YOU'RE NOT, THAT IT'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THE TWO VILLAGES, UH, THE VILLAGES ARE IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE HAVE TO COORDINATE BETTER AND MAKE SURE THAT THESE PROJECTS, AS WE DO STUFF, THAT THEY WORK WELL TOGETHER.
ONE OF THE BIG RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE COMP PLAN IS THOSE AREAS ALONG WHERE YOU BORDER, ORCHARD PARK, ABBOT ROAD, AND ALL THOSE PLACES YOU COORDINATE WITH THE TOWN OF ORCHARD PARK.
SOME AREAS IT IS SOMEWHAT HAPHAZARD.
ONE SIDE OF THE STREET IS MATTER OF FACT, WE HAVE A PROPOSAL FROM
ONE SIDE OF THE STREET IS OWN COMMERCIAL IN ORCHARD PARK.
THE OTHER SIDE, YOUR SIDE OF THE STREET IS RESIDENTIAL.
ARE WE CREATING CONFLICTS? IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT WORKS WELL IN THOSE AREAS? UM, SO NOT ONLY WITH THE TWO VILLAGES, BUT ESPECIALLY WITH ORCHARD PARK, WE NOTICE PROBLEMS ON THE BORDERLINE AREAS.
UM, I'VE TALKED ALREADY ABOUT THE STATE OF IMPACT AREA.
UM, YOU'RE, THAT'S A HIGH PRIORITY.
YOU HAVE TO START THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THAT AREA, INCLUDE ORCHARD PARK, THE COUNTY, THE STATE AGENCY, AND ECC IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THAT AREA, NOT ONLY IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS OR FOUR YEARS WHILE IT'S BEING CONSTRUCTION, BUT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN AFTER THAT? SO, UH, WE'VE PROVIDED SOME GUIDANCE ON THAT, BUT YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN AND REALLY TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
THE NEXT ONE IS INCENTIVIZING PRIVATE PROJECTS.
UM, THERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS.
UM, THERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS IN THE COMP PLAN IS THAT WE CALL IT CO COMPLEX CARROTS AND STICKS.
SO IN SOME PLACES, ZONING IS A STICK USUALLY, RIGHT? SAYS, HEY, YOU CAN'T DO THIS.
YOU'RE GONNA DO THIS HERE AND WHATEVER.
BUT THEN THERE'S THOSE, OH, I REMEMBER WHAT IT IS.
LIKE IT'S IN THE WORD INCENTIVIZING THINGS TO OCCUR THE WAY YOU WANT.
THE TOWN HAS EXPERIMENTED WITH THAT.
WE HAVE GRADED AND INCENTIVES ZONING DISTRICT OVER THE MCKINLEY MALL SAYING, HEY, THESE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
THERE WE'RE INCENTIVIZING DEVELOPMENT.
HAVE WE DONE ENOUGH WITH INCENTIVIZING THOSE THINGS? A LOT OF IT REFERS TO, UM, GETTING THE IDA INVOLVED AND THE, AND, AND LOOKING AT WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO BRING THOSE APPROPRIATE BUSINESSES AND INTO THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAD THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.
YOU'RE ONE OF THE ONLY PRE PERMITTED SITE.
SO TAKE A LOOK AT THE OTHER END.
WE FOCUS A LOT ON, AND SEAN WILL KNOW THIS.
IT'S EASY TO SAY, HAVE THE BIG STICKS AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT.
BUT YOU GET, YOU GET A LOT MORE ATTENTION SOMETIMES WHEN YOU SAY, AND IN RETURN, WE'VE INCENTIVIZED THIS BY OFFERING THOSE CARROTS AND WHATEVER.
THIS IS WHAT WE WANNA ACCOMPLISH THERE.
SO, AND THAT'S THE BASICS OF, OF THE, OF PILOTS AND WHATEVER WE, WE GIVE TO PROJECTS IS WE'RE INCENTIVIZING THE FACT THAT THIS IS WHAT WE WANT HERE.
UH, OH, FROM DAY ONE, A LOT OF, WELL, NOT COMPLAINT, BUT IS THAT ONCE THE CONFERENCE PLAN GOT A LITTLE STALE, WE STOPPED IMPLEMENTING IT.
SO THERE'S A WHOLE SECTION ON NOT ONLY IMPLEMENTATION TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO, BUT THAT THERE'S ACTIONS THAT
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THE TOWN BOARD HAS TO TAKE ON A, ON A REGULAR BASICS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PLAN IS BEING IMPLEMENTED.AND ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMP PLAN IS THAT NOT BLAMING ANYBODY, BUT THERE'S GOTTA BE REALLY AN ENFORCEMENT END OF THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE THINGS ARE ACCOMPLISHED.
AND AGAIN, FUTURE BOARDS CAN, CAN CHANGE THAT, HOW THEY DO THAT.
BUT WE'VE REC, WE'VE GIVEN SOME IDEAS ABOUT THOSE THINGS, WHETHER THEY'RE HOUSING COURT JUDGES, WHETHER THERE'S A HIRE IN THE, IN THE CODE REVIEW DEPARTMENT THAT OWN THEIR ONLY JOB IS ENFORCEMENT.
AND THEN YOUR END TOWN BOARD END OF ENFORCING AND MAKING SURE THE COMP PLAN IS THAT THERE'S GONNA BE YEARLY REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS BOARD AND THE FUTURE BOARDS ALL TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
IT BECOMES PART OF YOUR, I'M HOPING IT BECOMES PART OF YOUR MONTHLY ROUTINE, YOUR QUARTERLY ROUTINE, AND YOUR YEARLY ROUTINE THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THIS AND KEEPING THIS PLAN UP TO DATE.
UM, THERE'S, I I TOLD YOU THE LAST MEETING, THE NATIONAL AWARD GIVING ON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS NOT ABOUT WHAT WAS IN THE PLAN.
IT WAS HOW TO MAKE SURE YOU KEEP THIS PLAN ALIVE AND KEEP IT MOVING FORWARD.
SO IF I, I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO KEEP THE PLAN ALIVE AND KEEP IT MOVING FORWARD AND ENFORCED.
UM, UH, I'M ASSUMING THE GATEWAY PROJECT, I'VE GOTTEN DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT FROM THE PRIVATE COMMUNITY AND WHATEVER THE GATEWAY DEVELOPMENT IS GIVING US THE DIRECTION ON, WELL, SEVERAL AREAS, BUT ONE OF THE AREAS WAS AT THE CAMP ROAD INTERCHANGE WE'VE CREATED, AND YOU'LL SEE LATER IN YOUR AGENDA, WE'VE CREATED A DRAFT, UH, ZONING DISTRICT FOR THE CAMP ROAD INTERCHANGE.
AND THE GATEWAY PLAN PROVIDES SOME HOW THAT, THAT DEVELOPMENT SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
HOPEFULLY YOU'RE IN AGREEMENT.
I ASSUME YOU'VE ACCEPTED THAT PLAN BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GOING TO ATTACH THAT PLAN.
UM, A A QUESTION RAISED BY MARIELLE'S, ANOTHER ONE, THE MCKINLEY AREA, UH, THE MCKINLEY PARKWAY, THE PLANNING BOARD KNOWS THIS.
AND YOU'VE SEEN THIS MCKINLEY PARKWAY NORTH OF THE OLD SEVEN QUARTERS, I STILL CALL IT SEVEN QUARTERS, UH, NORTH OF THE SEVEN CORNERS FROM THERE UP TO THE MALL IS, NEEDS A BETTER PLAN.
SOMEONE SAID, DREW, WHY DON'T YOU HAVE RECOMMENDED, I PUT SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IN THERE, BUT IT NEEDS A PLAN.
NOW, WALKABLE, IT'S ADMINIS MUCH OF USAGE.
YOU HAVE RESIDENTIAL SURROUNDING THERE.
HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT AREA OF THE TOWN WORK? I WISH I HAD A PERFECT SOLUTION.
WE'VE EXPERIMENTED OVER THE YEARS.
OH MY GOD, WE CREATED NEW ZONING DISTRICTS, WE DID DIFFERENT THINGS AND WHATEVER.
AND IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST NOT, NOT GOING WELL FROM THE STANDPOINT OF WHAT THE LONG-TERM PLAN IS.
THAT, AND THE BIG ISSUE IS WALKABILITY.
THEY BE ABLE TO, IF THAT AREA IS GONNA BE, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU MOVE BETWEEN THOSE AREAS? UM, SO THAT, THAT SECOND TO LAST ONE IS INFRASTRUCTURE.
I TOLD YOU BEFORE, THOUGH, WE GOT FROM THE COUNTY, UM, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE GOING ALONG WITH THE COUNTY AND STATE AND THE POLICIES OF THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE WE START ADDING MORE TO OUR SYSTEM.
SO WE, WE'VE ACTUALLY RESTRICTED SOME CHANGE, SOME CHANGES, BUT LET'S FIX WHAT WE HAVE AND MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE AND IMPROVE.
UH, I COULD NOT STUDY THE ENTIRE TOWN FROM A STANDPOINT OF WATER TO SAY, YOU KNOW, HOW'S THAT SYSTEM GONNA WORK? YOU SHOULD NEED TO WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE COUNTY.
YOU HAVE GIVEN THOSE SYSTEMS TO THE COUNTY.
NOW WATER IS OWNED BY THE COUNTY.
SO YOU NEED TO PROVIDE THEM FOR SOME DIRECTION ON WATER AND ON SEWER.
I'LL SAY THIS, I'VE SAID I GET IN TROUBLE WITH THE COUNTY, BUT I'VE SAID IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF THE TOWN SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT.
THERE'S NO PLANS FOR SEWER EXTENSION IN THERE.
NO ONE SHOULD BE PAYING SEWER TAXES IF THEY'RE, THE PLAN IS NOT TO EXTEND SEWER.
IT'S NOT A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
I'LL GET IN TROUBLE WITH THE COUNTY, COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT, NOT MARY ALLEY, BUT THE COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT ABOUT, BUT IT SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE SEWER DISTRICT.
I MEAN, YOU'RE TELLING THE DEVELOPER, YOU'RE LEAVING THE CITY DISTRICT THAT YOU WANNA EXTEND SEWERS THERE.
AND IF YOU EXTEND SEWERS THERE, THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THAT GROWTH AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF THE TOWN.
OR LIKE I SAID, TO CONTINUE TOO MUCH EXPANSION IN THE LAKEVIEW AREA.
I BELIEVE THE NUMBER IS 3000 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES APPROACHING THAT NUMBER IN THE LAKEVIEW AREA.
I THINK IT'S REACHING ITS LIMIT.
THE OTHER BIG THING YOU NEED IS THAT YOU'RE ALREADY WORKING ON THAT.
I PUT IT IN THE PLAN, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE.
YOU OWNED A HUNDRED, WHAT IS IT? A ONE TWENTY, A HUNDRED THIRTY PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THAT PIECE PROBLEM? YOU NEED, YOU NEED PLANS.
YOU NEED TO PUT A PLAN TOGETHER.
YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND CONSIDER WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF TALKING ABOUT IN THOSE AREAS, BUT MAKE DECISIONS ON THOSE PIECE OF PROPERTY.
SOME OF THE PROPERTIES YOU'RE LOCKED INTO, LOCKED INTO THE STATE BECAUSE YOU RECEIVED THEM A CERTAIN WAY AND YOU'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE, THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO IT.
BUT YOU NEED A PLAN FOR THOSE PROPERTIES.
THOSE PROPERTIES COULD HAVE A GREAT IMPACT ON THE FUTURE OF THE COMMUNITY, DEPENDING UPON WHAT YOU DO WITH THOSE PROPERTIES.
ALRIGHT, I'VE USED UP MY TIME AND I PROMISE 10 MINUTES AT
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THE END ON THINGS THAT I HAVE MISSED IN THIS PRESENTATION.IT'S THREE YEARS WORTH OF WORK.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS AND, AND I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, LOREN HAS LED A LOT IN THIS WORK.
UM, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE AS WELL.
UM, IS THERE ANYBODY FROM THE COMMITTEE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO, TO WHAT DREW HAS SHARED? JUST IN A VERY GENERAL WAY.
I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE DREW AND EVERYONE WAS REALLY, THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS AND ALL THE EFFORTS WERE IN GREAT PLACE.
AND IT WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE AND I APPRECIATE BEING INCLUDED AS A VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PLAN.
BY THE WAY, IT'S A SIMPLE COMMENT.
IF YOU'VE MADE COMMENTS, YOU SAW THOSE TWO MAPS I HAVE IN THERE.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT SOMETHING, IT WENT IN THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN.
YOU MAY NOT LIKE THE DECISION THAT WAS MADE, BUT AT LEAST WE IDENTIFIED THE FACT THAT THESE ARE PROBLEMATIC AREAS.
'CAUSE I KNOW THREE YEARS FROM NOW, THE WORLD MAY CHANGE.
YOU MAY SAY, I NEED TO AMEND THAT PLAN.
WE NEED TO DO X, Y, AND Z IN THIS AREA.
I'M, I'M NOT, NO ONE HERE IS SCOTT.
YOU CAN PREDICT WHAT THE FUTURE IS, BUT AT LEAST I'M GIVING YOU GUIDANCE TOWARDS THOSE OVERARCHING PRINCIPLES.
SO WE TRY TO, IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS COMMENTS, WE'LL INCLUDE THOSE IN THE APPEND OF THE THING.
AN IDEA THAT MAY NOT SEEM RIGHT TODAY.
IT MAY SEEM THE GREATEST IDEA IN THE FUTURE FROM TOWN BOARD MEMBERS TOO.
YOU MAY HAVE IDEAS THAT SAY, HEY, DO THIS A, A LONG-TERM PRIORITY, BUT LOOK AT THIS ISSUE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? SO THE NEXT STEPS, I WILL GIVE YOU A FEW DAYS TO MULL ALL THIS, BUT HOPEFULLY MAYBE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OR END OF THIS WEEK, PROVIDE ME ANY OTHER COMMENTS YOU HAVE.
I HAVE THE COMMENTS RECEIVED FROM THE AGENCIES AND THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I WILL MAKE HIGHLIGHTED OR TRACK CHANGE CHANGES AND GET THEM TO YOU AND THE TOWN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO DECIDE, HAVE WE REACHED A LEVEL THAT WE SHOULD HOLD ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING OR RESENT TO THE COUNTY UNDER 2 39.
UM, LET ME KNOW, BUT I'LL TRY TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND HIGHLIGHTS OR TRACK CHANGES.
I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN PICKED UP.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG THERE.
BUT I'D LIKE TO GET TO THE POINT THAT OUR, OUR SCHEDULE IS TO POTENTIALLY ADOPT THIS AT YOUR MEETING IN JANUARY, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH ANYTIME YOU ADOPT SOMETHING YOU WANNA BE COMFORTABLE WITH.
IF I COULD TAKE A MOMENT, AS LONG AS WE DO HAVE SO MANY OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE AND WE MAY NOT HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY AGAIN, IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FROM DAY ONE WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS THAT WE INCLUDED ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, REPRESENTATIVES OF IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDER GROUPS BECAUSE IT WAS THESE, UH, THE MERGING OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES THAT WOULD MAKE THIS A STRONG COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IT WAS THOSE CONVERSATIONS ALONG THE WAY AND THEY WERE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS IN THE BEGINNING.
IT WAS JUST OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL OF THE MEMBERS TO TALK AND SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS, THEIR PRIORITIES, THEIR IDEAS.
AND THAT'S WHAT GAVE THE ORIGINAL DIRECTION AND HELPED US ARRIVE AT THOSE GUIDING PRINCIPLES ALONG WITH ALL OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THE SURVEY.
UM, BUT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK BY THESE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND SUBCOMMITTEES AND THERE WAS THE AGRICULTURE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WAS, UM, UH, RECENTLY CREATED AND WE EVEN HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THAT GROUP HERE.
SO I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT IF I COULD HAVE EVERYONE IN THE ROOM THAT IS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE STAND AND IF YOU WOULD ACTUALLY, BECAUSE WE DO, UM, THE PUBLIC IS ON THE LIVE STREAM.
AND IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND, UH, TELL WHAT STAKEHOLDER GROUP YOU REPRESENT SO THAT PEOPLE TRULY UNDERSTAND THAT WE LOOK FOR VOICES AND PERSPECTIVES FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE TOWN, INCLUDING OUR RESIDENTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF SOME OF OUR RESIDENT MEMBERS ARE HERE.
AND AGAIN, NOT THE ENTIRE COMMITTEES EVEN HERE THIS EVENING, MANY OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS WHO ARE, WERE PART OF THE PROCESS, UH, ARE NOT HERE YET, BUT SO MANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE HERE.
SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT, ANYBODY WHO'S WORKED ALONG THE WAY ON MR. WALLING, STAN.
UM, AND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JUST GO AROUND AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND WHAT GROUP THAT IT IS THAT YOU REPRESENT ON THE COMMITTEE.
MARK ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
MY NAME'S MARK ADE, CHAIRMAN OF THE HAYWARD CONSERVATION ADVISORY BOARD.
PAUL, YOU'VE BEEN PART OF THE PROCESS.
CAMMI GERALD TOWN ENGINEER INFRASTRUCTURE.
LAURA HACK, CHILD VILLAGE TRUSTEE CLARK.
RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE SEAN DOYLE, TAMBERG, IDA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS RETENTION AND THE
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PALM VILLAGE OF REPRESENTATIVE CLARK PLANNING BOARD BERG ON AG SUBCOMMITTEE COUNTY SOCIETY.ON THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PAGE, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE EVERYBODY YES, CORRECT.
I PUT A SAMPLE TOGETHER OR WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED AND WE'LL BANK THE CITIZENS.
LIKE I SAID, I THINK IT WAS 3000 PEOPLE RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY IS VERY GOOD RECOMMENDATION FOR, FOR ONLINE SURVEY.
WE HAD 3000 PEOPLE RESPOND TO THAT SURVEY.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU AND I'LL BE STICKING AROUND BECAUSE WE STILL THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE'LL SEE WHAT WE GET IF WE GET ANY OTHER INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC SAMPLE.
AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME GET THIS TO THE POINT.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN ADOPT THIS IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE ABOUT 10 MINUTES LEFT BEFORE THE, UH, REGULAR MEETING AND THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
WE CAN TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING PRESSING THAT BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO THE TABLE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADUR THE WORK SESSION.
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MEETING[01:48:29]
AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE ROLL CALL SUPERVISOR.HO COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN PRESENT.
COUNCILWOMAN
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE UH, UH, SO WE HAVE, OH, I HAVE IT.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, A FEW PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A SIGNUP SHEETS, SO IF YOU DID COME HERE TO TALK, UH, ON ANY OF THE, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SIGNED IN.
UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED IN BUT DECIDE YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK LATER, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ADD YOU.
BUT THIS WILL JUST KEEP US A LITTLE BIT MORE ORGANIZED.
ALRIGHT, SO THE FIRST IS THE CONTINUANCE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR NOTICES HEREBY, GIVEN THAT THE TOWN FORWARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL MEET ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2022 AT HAMBURG TOWNHOUSE, 6,100
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SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK, 1 4 0 7 5 TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF THE 2022 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AT 7:00 PM LOCAL TIME.PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING IS TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS HELD ON NOVEMBER 21ST, 2022 ON THE 2022 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AT THIS TIME, ALL, ALL INTERESTED PERSONS MAY BE HEARD.
A COPY OF THE PROPOSAL, UM, WAS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEW AT TOWN HALL IN MY OFFICE AND ALSO IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND ON THE WEBSITE.
SO THAT NOW OPENS OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON WHO DID, UH, INDICATE THAT HE'D BE WILLING TO SPEAK.
YEAH, WHAT WAS YOURS? I JUST WANTED, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY TO THANK YOU FOR DOING IT.
I THINK IT DOES A GREAT JOB OF UNDERSTANDING ALL THE CONSTITUENCIES HERE IN THE, IN THE TOWN IN THE VILLAGE.
AND I THINK YOU'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB AS A WHOLE GROUP TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
I'M SORRY THAT I DIDN'T GET INVOLVED SOONER.
I'M A BIG TREE FAN, SO THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW.
ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO BE HEARD? YES.
NO, SORRY, I WAS LOOKING FOR THE LIST.
I, MY NAME IS MARIA, I'M A SENIOR PLANNER WITH THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING.
HE SEND A LETTER, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KIND OF HIT ON THE MAJOR POINTS.
UH, THE BIGGEST ONE IS REALLY, UM, THAT WE FOUND THAT IT WASN'T AS, DIDN'T PROVIDE AS MUCH DIRECTION ON HOUSING AS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
UH, LIKE DREW SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF HOUSING PRESSURE, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY DIRECTING WHERE THE HOUSING SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT GO OR WHAT KIND OF HOUSING YOU WOULD LIKE.
WE DO WANT TO SEE A VARIETY OF THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE EVERYONE FROM YOUNG FAMILIES UP TO RETIREES AND SENIORS TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN, IN THE CROWD AND FIND THEIR HEALTH NEEDS MET.
UH, WE ALSO DIDN'T SEE THAT THERE WAS ANY
WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, PRESSURE WITH TOTAL PROJECTS AND THE WAY THAT THEY IN THAT PROCESS NOW.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOUR PROJECT COMES TO YOU, IT KNOWS FROM THE GET GO WHERE YOU ARE WILLING TO SEE IT GO.
UM, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A SPECIFIC PARCEL.
UH, I KNOW YOU HAVE A SOLAR, SOLAR ENERGY AND BATTERY LAW AND ALL THAT.
UM, BUT USUALLY YOU DON'T WANT TO PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE IN THE
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE, UH, THE SOUTH CENTRAL AREA MIGHT BE A NAMED BAD LOCATION FOR A SOCIAL PROJECT, LARGER SCOPE.
I DID UM, MENTION ALSO THAT I THINK THE VILLAGE TRANSITION AREA FOR HAMBURG OR FOR THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG SHOULD PROBABLY EXTEND TO THE NORTH SIDE OF CAMP ESPECIALLY.
'CAUSE IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THE, THAT UPPER SECTION OF THE VILLAGE, IT'S LITERALLY ACROSS FROM KIND OF UNDEVELOPED LAND.
UM, I SAW THAT THERE'S SOME GATEWAY ITEMS THAT ARE ALREADY BEING DISCUSSED, BUT THE TRANSITIONARY WOULD PROBABLY BE EXTENDED TO THAT OTHER SIDE OF CAMP TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT WHOLE FEELING AND DEVELOPMENT THE WAY YOU WANT IT TO BE FROM THE INTERCHANGE WITH DISABILITIES.
UM, THERE WAS A COUPLE OTHER THINGS WITH THE, UH, ZONING.
IT'S LIKE, LIKE DREW SAID, IT IS A COMPLICATED TOWN.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE A LOT OF ZONING DISTRICTS AND A LOT OF OVERLAYS.
UM, AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS, WE WOULD SUGGEST AMENDING SOME OF YOUR EXISTING ZONES INSTEAD OF ADDING MORE AND MORE ZONES.
I THINK YOU WERE, FROM MY ACCOUNT, YOU HAD 19 ZONING DISTRICTS AND AFTER THE COMP PLAN YOU WOULD HAVE LIKE AT LEAST 22 WITH A, AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN OVERLAYS.
AND THAT JUST GETS REALLY COMPLICATED.
UM, ESPECIALLY CARRYING IT FORWARD LONG TERM.
YOU CAN LOSE A LOT OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE WHEN SOMEONE RETIRES OR DIFFERENT COMMUNITY OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, AND YOU DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.
UM, YEAH, DREW IT ON THE, UM, A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE CONNECTION ONE, UM, IT WAS SAID WE NEED, WE WANT TO CONNECT THIS AREA TO THIS AREAS, BUT IT WASN'T SPECIFIED WHETHER IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A FOUR LANE ROAD OR A TRAIL.
SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY EXACTLY THE DIMENSIONS AND, AND WHAT IT NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE, BUT GIVEN A GOOD IDEA WHETHER IT MIGHT BE A NON-MOTORIZED CONNECTION OR IF IT IS A, A NEIGHBORHOOD
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SCALE ROAD OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.AND YES, UH, CHARACTER, YOU WANT TO PRESERVE CHARACTER, BUT THE WAY SOMEONE MIGHT COME TO WORK AT THE PLAN, THEY WILL SEE THE CHARACTER AS IT IS WHEN THE PLAN WAS MADE.
NOT NECESSARILY AS IT WAS FIVE OR EVEN 10 YEARS AGO.
SO YOU MAY KNOW THE AREA AS A KIND OF RURAL, UH, COMMUNITY, BUT WHAT IT IS LOOKING LIKE NOW IS STRIP DEVELOPMENT.
SO MAKE SURE YOU SPECIFY, WE WANT THIS TO BE, WE WANT TO PRESERVE THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF THIS AREA AND NOT NECESSARILY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW WHEN THE PLANT IS ADOPTED.
THERE WAS A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS, NOTHING MAJOR.
I JUST WANTED TO SORRY ABOUT THAT.
WE APPRECIATE, UH, THE, THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT PLANNING IS AN QUICK, CONCISE AND DONATIVE ACTIONABLE FEEDBACK, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT AND WE ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING TONIGHT TO SHARE.
AND I KNOW YOU'VE ALSO PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON THE EFFORTS WE MAKE HAVE BEEN MAKING IN TERMS OF OUR AGRICULTURAL OVERLAYS AND, AND THOSE LAWS, ET CETERA.
SO WE APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AND ARE IN THE PROCESS OF INCORPORATING THOSE ALSO.
THANK YOU MR. TIER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
UH, IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HEAR FAVORABLE COMMENTS WHEN WE HAVE THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UM, AND, AND AS, AS A TREE GUY, HOPE YOU, YOU JUMP RIGHT IN.
WE CERTAINLY NEED, UH, MORE VOLUNTEERS TO JOIN THE MANY VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL PUT THEIR TIME AND ENERGY INTO THIS.
ANYBODY ELSE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ONLINE? ANY ONLINE? NOT THAT I'VE SEEN.
ALRIGHT, THEN I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RE ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THIS WILL TAKE US TO OUR SECOND, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, THE EVENING PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NUMBER 12 20 22.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT THERE HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE TOWN BOARD ON NOVEMBER 21ST, 2022.
PURSUANT TO THE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, PROPOSED LOCAL LAW TO BE KNOWN AS PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NUMBER 12 20 22 SAID LOCAL LAW PROVIDES FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE CODE IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, CHAPTER TWO 80 ENTITLED ZONING, SPECIFICALLY SECTIONS TWO 80 DASH 1 33 8.
PRINCIPAL'S USES AND STRUCTURES BY REMOVING THE CONTINUOUS PROCESSING FACILITIES AS A PERMITTED USE IN AN M THREE DISTRICT.
A COPY OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEW DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS AT THE HE TOWN HALL, TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE, 6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, NOVEMBER, NEW YORK, AND ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE.
UM, AND ALSO, UM, CLICK UNDER LEGAL NOTICES AND BIDS.
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 DECEMBER 12TH, 2022 AT 7:00 PM AT WHICH TIME ALL ENTERED TO PERSONS MAY BE HEARD.
BOARD MEMBERS, WE, WE CAN DO BOTH PUBLIC HEARINGS TOGETHER.
CLERK KY READS THE SECOND NOTICE NOW.
YEAH, SINCE THEY'RE SO CLOSELY RELATED.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT THERE HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE TOWN BOARD ON NOVEMBER 21ST, 2022 PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, PROPOSED LOCAL LAW TO BE KNOWN AS PRO PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NUMBER 13, 20 22 SAID LOCAL LAW PROVIDES FOR A NEW ARTICLE, UH, LVII IN CHAPTER TWO 80 OF THE TOWN CODE IN TOWN OF HAMBURG ENTITLED OUS PROCESSING FACILITIES, PROHIBITING ASPHALT PLANTS AND OUS PROCESSING FACILITIES IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
COPY OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEW DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS, AND THE HAMBURG TOWN HALL AT TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE 6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE IN HAMBURG, NEW YORK, AND THEN TOWN'S WEBSITE, UM, THEREFORE PURSUANT TO THE STATUTES AND PROVISIONS OF MUNICIPAL HOME LAW, TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2022 AT 7:00 PM AT WHICH TIME ALL INTERESTS TO PERSONS MAY BE HEARD.
ALL RIGHT, SO THEN, UH, OPENS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPOSAL, LOCAL LAWS NUMBER 12 AND 13.
WE DO HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND, UH, I WILL CALL, I BELIEVE THAT'S JEANETTE, HEIDI BEHIND THE SIGN BACK THERE.
I JUST WANTED TO, UM, THANK THE TOWN FOR PROPOSING THESE LAWS.
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HALF YEAR BATTLE ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN THAT WOULD LIKE TO REMAIN THISWE JUST WANNA REITERATE THAT SOME OF THE CHEMICALS OF CONCERN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BENZENE MAP FOR
SO BY THE TOWN
AND I THINK AFTER, YOU KNOW, TWO AND A HALF YEAR PERIOD, RESIDENTS SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO COME BACK AND ATTEMPT TO BRING THIS BACK AFTER SHOPPING AROUND TO OTHER TOWNS THAT HAVE SAID AND AFTER LISA THE FIRST TIME.
SO THANK YOU FOR PROPOSING THESE LAWS AND THEN JUST SEE THEM PASSED.
UM, JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT, SORT THE SCALE OF THE MATERIALS THAT WOULD BE RELEASED.
I MEAN, THEY, THEY'RE IN THAT 487 PAGE DOCUMENT.
UM, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE FIRST TABLE, 130,000 TONS, A PARTICULAR MATERIALS BEING RELEASED IN ABOUT 90%, RIGHT? SO THAT MEANS ABOUT 2% OF THAT RELEASED, RIGHT? SO, UH, PER YEAR.
AND THAT GETS DOWN TO ABOUT 5 MILLION, 200,000 POUNDS OF MATERIAL THAT GETS RELEASED.
SO THEN IF YOU TAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE MODEL OR ABOUT A HALF MILE FROM THE PLAN, SO LET'S SAY A HALF MILE, EITHER WAY YOU DRAW A CIRCLE, RIGHT CIRCLE AND YOU CALCULATE SQUARE FEET WITHIN THAT CIRCLE, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN GET HOW MANY POUNDS PER SQUARE FOOT WOULD BE RELEASED UNIFORMLY IN THAT REGION.
ALL RIGHT? SO THEN I'LL JUST TAKE A LOT IN THE VILLAGE.
FOR EXAMPLE, A HUNDRED BY 75 FEET, ABOUT 7,500 SQUARE FEET.
IN THE COURSE OF ONE YEAR, YOU WOULD BE PUTTING NEARLY ONE TON OF PARTICULAR MATERIAL DOWN OVER THAT SURFACE HERE.
ONE TON I CALCULATED 1800 POUNDS, WHICH IS JUST SHOT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY OF SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE OVERALL BUYING MATERIAL.
IS THERE ANY HEALTH RISK? YOU KNOW, JEANETTE WAS MENTIONED IN THE CHEMICALS.
WHAT IS IN THIS MATERIAL? UM, WHAT IS THE REAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISK TO PEOPLE LIVE IN THE VILLAGE, THE ELDERLY AS WELL AS THEIR CHILDREN LIVE IN THAT.
AND I THINK THAT THESE ISSUES ARE VERY SERIOUS AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED VERY CAREFULLY.
THANK SO THAT COMPLETES THE LIST OF FOLKS THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
HOWEVER, IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAWS NUMBER 12 AND 13, YOU NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
I, I'M GONNA BE UNDER, YES, I'M ACROSS THE STREET FROM, SO I GAVE MY, UM, THOUGHTS ABOUT IT AND WHY DID CHOOSE POST? SO ARE YOU REVISITING, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING PEOPLE BROUGHT UP YEARS AGO? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T QUITE, ARE YOU VISITING ANY OBJECTIONS BROUGHT UP HERE? YEAH, AT THIS POINT WE'RE, WE'RE WILLING TO, TO LISTEN TO WHATEVER ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC BRINGS BRINGS TO TO THIS DISCUSSIONS.
I ALREADY, YOU KNOW, SOME DID IN, IN WRITING, SO, YOU KNOW, RECENT, RECENTLY, NO, I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE ALL HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN.
SO WHEN DID YOU SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS? UH, A COUPLE YEARS AGO NOW.
YEAH, IT WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T HURT.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE MEMBERS ON THE TOWN BOARD AND AS THEY SPECIFICALLY RELATE TO THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
ANYBODY ELSE? AMY
THERE ARE NUMEROUS CONCERNS RANGING OBVIOUSLY FROM HEALTH CONCERNS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, BUT ALSO JUST THE OVERALL IMAGE OF OUR TOWN AND HOW OUR PROPERTY WILL BE IMPACTED, HOW OUR QUALITY OF LIFE WILL BE IMPACTED AND HOW THE PERCEPTION OF THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY
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THAT HAS BEEN SO CAREFULLY CULTIVATED, INVESTED, INVESTED IN OVER THE PAST DECADE WILL BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED BY THE PLAN, SHOULD IT BE ALLOWED TO GO FORWARD.ANY CHANGES THAT YOU CAN MAKE TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING ARE STRONGLY SUPPORTED FROM THE PUBLIC, AS EVIDENCED BY OUR FACEBOOK GROUP, UH, HAMBURG RESIDENTS ASPHALT PLANT HAS OVER 600 MEMBERS AND ALSO, UM, SALES OF BROAD SIGNS THAT HAVE POPULATED THE AREA AND THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS SOLD.
SO, UM, WITH THAT I'D ASK YOU TO PLEASE WORK AS STRONGLY AND AS PREVIOUSLY AS YOU CAN TO PROTECT OUR ACCOUNT AND THE INTEREST OF MOVING FORWARD AND, AND, UH, CREATING, UH, ECONOMY THAT'S BUILT ON SUSTAINABILITY THAT'S BASED ON, UM, ON A ROBUST COMMUNITY VALUE OF HEALTH, WELLBEING, FAMILY FIRST PRIORITY.
ANYTHING FROM THE LIVESTREAM, PAT? YEAH.
ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO BE HEARD? ANY UH, ANDY PALMER.
AND UH, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.
SO IS THIS LAW IN REGARDS TO THE LAW, THIS PORTAL, COMPLETE TOWN OF HAMBURG? I BELIEVE WHAT I, WHAT I HEARD WAS IT'S FOR THE COMPLETE TOWN, SO THAT MEANS NO ASPHALT PLAN ANYWHERE WITHIN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG JURISDICTION.
SO THERE'S, IF I CAN CLARIFY YES, PLEASE.
THERE'S TWO PROPOSED LOCAL LAWS, LOCAL LAW 12, THAT WAS THE FIRST THAT WAS READED, THAT IS TO REMOVE, UM, THAT PERMITTED USE WITHIN THE M THREE DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY.
LOCAL LAW 13, WHICH WAS THE SECOND THAT WAS READ IN, IS TO REMOVE IT AS A, TO MAKE IT A PROHIBITIVE USE IN THE TOWN.
AND WE ALL DRIVE ON ASPHALT ROAD DRIVING.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, SO WE ARE GONNA KEEP THIS, UH, PUBLIC HEARING OPEN AND EXTENDED TO THE NEXT MEETING OF THE TOWN BOARD, UH, SO THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FEEDBACK FROM THE TOWN'S PLANNING BOARD, UH, AND TO, TO GIVE RESIDENTS OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO SUBMIT THEIR COMMENTS.
ALL THE TOWN HAMBURG TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
NOVEMBER 21ST, 2022 REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETINGS ARE MOVED.
SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMAN COMERFORD, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
ALRIGHT, THIS NEXT, UH, RESOLUTION, UH, IS UH, FOR UH, ONE OF OUR OUR TOWN PARTNERS WHO HAS COMMITTED HER CAREER TO SERVICE TO THE YOUTH OF OUR TOWN.
UM, AND I'M GOING TO ASK, UH, PRICE TO JOIN US UP HERE AS I READ THIS.
SO I HAD THE PLEASURE OF STARTING OFF MY CAREER IN THE HAMBURG DEPARTMENT OF SENIOR SERVICES AND I WAS A PROGRAM ASSISTANT AT THE ADULT DAY PROGRAM.
AND WHAT I SAW VERY QUICKLY IS THAT OUR SENIORS WHO MAY HAVE HAD, UH, SOME HEALTH PROBLEMS, SOME MEMORY IMPAIRMENT WHEN KIDS CAME AND I WAS A KID AT THE TIME, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, WHEN I SHOWED UP OR MY DAD BROUGHT THE YOUNG KIDS TO YOUTH TO INTERACT WITH THESE FOLKS.
MAGIC HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, THE LIVES OF THOSE KIDS CHANGED THE LIVES OF THE SENIOR CHANGE, THE WORK THAT THAT HAS DONE IN THIS TOWN IS GOING TO BE FELT FOR GENERATION.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAND RAISED ACKNOWLEDGED THE RETIREMENT OF FEDERALLY PRICE, WHO HAVE A PARTNER OF THE TOWN OF HAM SERVED AS THE CORNERSTONE OF YOUTH ENGAGED IN SERVICE PROGRAM FOR THE PAST 32 YEARS.
AND WHEREAS DO'S DEDICATION YA PROGRAM MADE A LASTING POSITIVE IMPRESSION ON THOUSANDS OF YOUNGSTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY BY CONNECTING AND EMPOWERING THEM TO HEARTACHE IN MANY FORMS OF PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITY.
AND WHERE DO'S UNSELF COMMITMENT TO THE YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY INVOLVED COUNTLESS EVENINGS AND WEEKEND PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO
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MANY PRESSURE EVENTS WHERE OFTENTIMES SHE AND HER KIDS WERE THE UNSUNG HEROES TO THESE EVENTS.AND WHERE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC THAT SERVICES BECAME ESSENTIAL TO THE VACCINE CLINIC TASK FORCE, TO THE HAM SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE SHE PROVIDED A CALM AND EMPATHETIC ATMOSPHERE FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED THAT'S MAKING THE BEST OF A STRESSFUL SITUATION.
THE TOWN HAMBURG AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DUKE RECREATION SENIOR SERVICES RECOGNIZES BEV AS A DEVOTED PARTNER IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WHO HAS BRIDGE DEGENERATION GAP AND PAVED THE WAY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY, YOUNG AND OLD, AND BE FURTHER RESULT THAT ALL OF S COLLEAGUES, FRIENDS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS THANK HER FOR BETTERING THE TOWN THE FRIENDSHIP BUILT AND WISH HER THE VERY BEST IN HER FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
THANK UNANIMOUS RESOLUTION NUMBER EIGHT.
RESOLVED THAT THE MB TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE REQUEST FROM LAKE SHORE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY ADDED THE MEMBERSHIP, THE INDIVIDUAL THAT AS FOLLOWS, MATTHEW MOSER AND DYLAN MICHAEL ZELINSKI.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FERRELL.
WHEREAS GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SECTIONS 2 0 9 B AND 1 22 B AND AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW PROVIDES THE AUTHORITIES HAVING CONTROL OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR A FIRE COMPANY THAT HAVE AUTHORIZED SUCH FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY PROVIDE EMERGENCY AND GENERAL ANGLE AND SERVICE INCLUDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3001 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW MAY FIX A SCHEDULE OF FEES OR CHARGES TO BE PAID BY PERSONS REQUESTING SUCH SERVICE OR SERVICES.
AND WHEREAS THE LAW FURTHER AUTHORIZED THE AUTHORITIES HAVING CONTROL OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY MAY PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION OF FEES AND CHARGES FOR THE COLLECTION THEREOF BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY.
AND WHEREAS THE LAW PROVIDES THAT IF THE AUTHORITIES HAVING CONTROL OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR A FIRE COMPANY HAVE AUTHORIZED A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY TO FIX THE SCHEDULE OF FEES OR CHARGES TO BE PAID BY PERSON REQUESTING SUCH SERVICE OR SERVICES AND SEEK PARTICIPATION IN AND REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THE AUTHORITIES HAVING CONTROL OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY SHALL ADHERE TO ANY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ENROLLMENT THREATEN REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO SUCH SERVICES PRIOR TO RECEIVING REIMBURSEMENT.
AND WHEREAS THE LAW PER FURTHER PROVIDES THAT WE'RE A BASIC LIFE SUPPORT SERVICE, WHICH ESTABLISHES A SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR SERVICE, SHALL ENTER THE CONTRACT WITH THE PROVIDER OR PROVIDERS OF ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICE TO PROVIDE SUCH ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES AND THAT SUCH CONTRACT SHALL THE MINIMUM ESTABLISH THE FEES FOR ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES AND THE MEANS BY WHICH THAT PROVIDER WILL BE REIMBURSED WHEN THE AMBULANCE SERVICE BILLS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE AND WHEREAS THE LAW FURTHER PROVIDES THAT WE'RE AN EMERGENCY AND GENERAL AMBULANCE SERVICE, INCLUDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DEFINED IN SECTION 3001 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SECTION 2 0 9 FEE FOUR, WHICH DOES NOT ISSUE A BILL FOR OBSERVERS IN WHICH REQUEST AN ADVANCE LET SUPPORT INTERCEPT FROM ANOTHER AMBULANCE SERVICE FURNISHING SERVICE IN AN AREA THAT IS DESIGNATED THE RURAL AREA BY ANY LAW OR REGULATION OF THE STATE OR THAT IS LOCATED IN RURAL CENSUS TRACT, METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA SHALL PAY THE AMBULANCE SERVICE PROVIDING THE A LS INTERCEPT AND A LS RURAL INTERCEPT FEE OF RATES NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE PROVIDER OF SUCH SERVICES AND WHEREAS THE LAW FURTHER PROVIDES THAT AN ABSENCE OF ANY AGREED UPON RATES, THE SERVICE RECEIVING SUCH L INTERCEPT SHALL PAY THE SERVICE PROVIDING THE LLS INTERCEPT FOR SUCH SERVICES AT THE USUAL AND CUSTOMARY CHARGE, WHICH SHALL NOT BE EXCESSIVE OR UNREASONABLE.
AND WHERE LAW FURTHER PROVIDES THAT AN EMERGENCY AND GENERAL AMBULANCE SERVICE INCLUDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DEFINED IN SECTION 3001 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SECTION 2 0 9 TO B OR TO FIX THE SCHEDULE OF FEES OR CHARGES TO BE PAID BY PERSONS REQUESTING SUCH SERVICES OR SERVICES
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MAY APPLY SUCH FEES AND CHARGES ONLY WITHIN SUCH SERVICES PRIMARY RESPONSE TERRITORY AS ASSIGNED IN EVIDENCE BY VALID AMBULANCE C SERVICE CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH PURSUANT TO PROTECTION 3005 OF THE HEALTH HEALTH LAW ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1ST, 2022.AND WHEREAS THE LAW FURTHER PROVIDES AN EMERGENCY AND GENERAL AMBULANCE SERVICE INCLUDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO THE DEFINED SECTION 3001 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SECTION 2 0 9 B FOUR SHALL NOT DIRECTLY ISSUE A BILL FOR SERVICE TO ANY UNINSURED RECIPIENT OF THAT SERVICES.
AND WHERE TOWN OF HAMBURG IS HISTORICALLY AND CURRENTLY INTENDS TO CONTINUE EXERCISE CONFERRED TO IT BY LAW, INCLUDING AUTHORIZED AND NEW N VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY INCORPORATED TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INCLUDING BASIC LIFE SUPPORT AND ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT AND BILLING SERVICES WITHIN ITS PRIMARY TERRITORY AS DEFINED BY PUBLIC HEALTH LAW 3001 AND AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY LAW INCLUDING MUTUAL AID OUTSIDE OF ITS PRIMARY TERRITORY AND WHERE IS THE BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AFTER DUE DELIBERATION FINDING IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TO AUTHORIZED FEES AND CHARGES FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND AMBULANCE SERVICES, NEWTON ABBOTT VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY AS RECOGNIZED BY LAW AND THESE RESOLUTIONS NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED, TOWN OF HAMBURG HEREBY AUTHORIZED THE FEES AND CHARGES FOR EMERGENCY METAL SERVICES AND AMBULANCE SERVICES BY NEWTON ABBOT.
VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY IS AUTHORIZED BY LAW AND IS PROVIDED FOR BY THESE RESOLUTIONS AND IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED THE FEES AND CHARGES COLLECTED SHALL BE COLLECT AND USED BY NEWTON AVID VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND AMBULANCE SERVICES AND OTHERWISE CONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE CURRENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN AND NEWTON AVID VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY FOR FIRE PROTECTION PURSUANT TO TOWN LAW 180 4 AND IS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW AND IS FURTHER RESOLVED OF THE BOARD HEREBY DERIVES THE NEWTON AVID VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY SHALL IMMEDIATELY CEMENT REVENUE RECOVERY FOR ITS EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND AMBULANCE SERVICES AND SHALL UTILIZE A THIRD PARTY BILLING AND REVENUE RECOVERY AGENT OR AGENTS APPOINTED BY THE NEWTON AVID VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY FOR SUCH PURPOSES AND UNDER SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NEWTON AVID VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, MAY DISCRETION BY THE APPROPRIATE AND IT FURTHER RESOLVED OF THE BOARD HEREBY DIRECTS TO SUCH REVENUE RECOVERY BY THE NEWTON, A VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY FOR ITS EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND AMBULANCE SERVICE SHOW.
UTILIZE THE RATE OF SERVICES AS ATTACHED TO THESE RESOLUTIONS AS SCHEDULE A, WHICH THE BOARD MAY AMEND THIS DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME AND IS FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD HEREBY DETERMINES THAT COMMENCING AT 1201 A ON OCTOBER 18TH, 2022 UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A CONTRACT TO CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN ENTERED INTO WITH THE PROVIDER OR PROVIDERS OF ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SUCH ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES OR FOR A LS INTERCEPT SERVICES WE'RE HEREBY SETS AN ACCIDENT REIMBURSEMENT RATE TO BE PAID FOR ANY SUCH A LS OR A LS INTERCEPT SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE DOWN COURT FIRE DEPARTMENT SHALL BE REIMBURSED AT THE LESSER OF THE MEDICAID OR MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT RATES.
AND IN FACT AT THE TIME OF SUCH A LS INTERCEPT SERVICE FOR SUCH SERVICE AND IS FURTHER RESOLVED AND THE BOARD HEREBY DETERMINE THAT IT SHALL AS A MATTER OF PUBLIC POLICY AND IS PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE REGULATORY SYSTEM FOR THE DELIVERY OF EMERGENCY SERVICES LIMITED TOWN WAIVE ANY COPAY DUE FROM ANY RESIDENT OF THE JOB.
AND IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD HEREBY DIRECTS THAT ALL REVENUE RECOVERED PURSUANT TO THIS AUTHORIZATION AND THESE RESOLUTIONS SHALL BE DEPOSITED AND SEGREGATED FROM OTHER NEWTON AVID VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY FUNDS AND USED FOR THE DELIVERY OF EMERGENCY AND MEDICAL LAND AND SERVICES.
THE NEWTON AVID VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY MAY PROPERLY DETERMINE IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION AND IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD HEREBY DIRECTS THAT IT SHALL NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY TOWN PERSONNEL OR ITS AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES INCLUDING THE TOWN BILLING SERVICE AGENCY ISSUE A BILL FOR SERVICE TO ANY UNINSURED RECIPIENT OF SUCH EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND, AND AMBULANCE SERVICES PURSUANT TO GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SECTION 2 0 9 B FOR SECTION B.
AND IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED THAT EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED HEREIN THESE RESOLUTIONS SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER RESOLUTION NUMBER NINE, IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALONG, RESOLVE DOWN BOARD APPROVES THAT FOLLOWING INTO THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BIG TREE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, INCORPORATED DURING THE YEAR 2022.
MICHAEL OSI, AUDREY GARVER, ANDREW GSKI.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER COMERFORD.
A OPPOSED, CARRIE RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS, IAFF LOCAL 2 4 7 8.
THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THE EXISTING CONTRACT WITH THE TERM OF THE NEW AGREEMENT TO RUN JANUARY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2028.
SO MOVED SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HO ON THE QUESTION.
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, SHARE SOME HIGH POINTS FROM THIS CONTRACT.
UM, YOU'LL WE'LL SEE IN THE ATTACHMENTS THAT THIS IS A SIX YEAR CONTRACT, WHICH CONTAINS, UM, UH,
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SALARY INCREASES AT 5, 4, 3, 3, 3, AND 3% OVER THOSE SIX YEARS FOR A TOTAL OF 21%.THE NEGOTIATIONS, UM, UH, WERE, WERE FRUITFUL, WERE PROFESSIONAL, AND THERE WAS CERTAINLY GIVE AND TAKE AT THE TABLE.
UH, SO I'M THANKFUL TO THE LEADERSHIP OF IAFF, WHICH IS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHERS, UH, FOR WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH TOWN LEADERSHIP TO PUT TOGETHER A CONTRACT, UM, THAT NOT ONLY, UH, PAYS THESE PROFESSIONALS, UH, UH, AN APPROPRIATE WAGE, UM, BUT ALSO CLEARS UP SOME OF THE LANGUAGE AND MAKES IT JUST EASIER FOR FOR OPERATIONS TO HAPPEN.
SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHERS.
UM, AND UH, SO WE HAVE A MOTION SECONDED.
OPPOSED? GARY, WHERE IS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, CDBG ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITY AND IS PART OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, ERIE COUNTY HOME CONSORTIUM AS DETERMINED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HUD AND WHEREAS THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS THE RESPONSIBLE ENTITY FOR THE CDBG AND HOME PROGRAMS AND THEREFORE MUST FOLLOW ALL REGULATIONS SET FOR THESE PROGRAMS BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, HUD NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SHALL TAKE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THESE FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND REGULATIONS.
SO MOVED OUR MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL WILL SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOKE ALL IN FAVOR AND SAY AYE.
WHEREAS FROM AUGUST THROUGH OCTOBER, 2022, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HELD 10 PUBLIC HEARINGS TO SOLICIT FUNDING REQUESTS IN ANTICIPATION OF RECEIVING FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL CDBG AND HOME PROGRAMS IN THE 2023 PROGRAM YEAR.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE SUPERVISOR OF BRANDY HOPE AND CHRISTOPHER HALL, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO SIGN ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS OR CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR SUBMITTING THE TOWN OF BERG'S DRAFT FINAL AND AMENDED ACTION PLANS FOR ANY AND ALL FUNDING RECEIVED FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF URBAN HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HUB FOR THE 2023 PROGRAM YEAR.
SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BELL LORENZ.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CULLINGFORD.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO ADVERTISE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS RFP FOR COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING AND FINANCIAL COUNSELING SERVICES FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 1ST, 2023 THROUGH MARCH 31ST, 2025.
RFPS TO BE OPENED ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST, 2023 AT 11:00 AM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE LEGAL NOTICES AVAILABLE WITHIN CL 8 6 6 8 0.451.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER PER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CO.
BE IT RESOLVED WITH THE TOWN BOARD.
APPROVE THE TRANSFER OF AILEEN DOEL FROM SEASONAL CLERK TO PART-TIME CLERK IN THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN 8 5 0 1 0 0.102.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SECOND
OPPOSED CARRIED BE RESOLVED OF TOWN BOARD HEREBY AUTHORIZED NEWLY HIRED SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC WORKS TON ACT TO SIGN PURCHASE ORDERS TOWN VOUCHER REQUEST FOR SUPPLEMENTAL ANNUAL OR BUDGET TRANSFERS AND PAYROLL INPUT SHEETS FOR THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER LOREN ALL FAVOR SAY AYE.
MB TOWN BOARD HEREBY APPROVES THE ATTACHED TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE HOWARD COUNTY, HAMBURG AND CSCA BLUE COLLAR UNIT BARGAINING TEAMS AGREED TO OCTOBER 26TH, 2022.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY ON THE QUESTION.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT SOME OF THE HIGH POINTS OF THIS CONTRACT.
UH, CSCA REPRESENTING OUR BLUE COLLAR EMPLOYEES CAME TO THE TABLE WITH MANY REQUESTS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
WE WERE ABLE TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT THAT IS A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT, UH, WHICH BRINGS, UH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, UH, THREE AND A HALF PERCENT RAISES IN 2324 AND 3% RAISES IN 25 AND 26.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR HULK, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
HERE IS ALL OF THE HAMMER TOWN BOARD
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APPROVES THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND THE SOUTH TOWNS POLICE CLUB TO EXTEND THE TERMS THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT CURRENTLY IN A TALKABLE PERIOD OF JANUARY 1ST, 2017.DECEMBER 31ST, 2022 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.
SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND THE ATTACHED MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT DATED SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2022.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOPE SECOND BY COUNCILMAN
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, THIS WAS A ONE YEAR EXTENSION.
UM, SO WE WILL BE BACK AT THE, UH, BARGAINING TABLE WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS FROM THE PBA UH, NEXT YEAR.
UM, REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT WAS ADDRESSED HERE WAS A 4.5% SALARY INCREASE EFFECTIVE IN JANUARY OF 2023.
THIS BRINGS OUR PATROL OFFICER RATE TO $96,530 PER YEAR.
OUR DETECTIVE RATE TO 103 390 8,000 AND DETECTIVE SERGEANT TO 104 350 $5,000 PER YEAR.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
THE HENRY TO BOARD APPROVES THE FOLLOWING TIME.
BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 2023.
MEETINGS ARE AT 7:00 PM UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, UH, AS LISTED.
THE TUM BOARD APPROVES THE CREATION OF THE PROBATIONARY NON-COMPETITIVE FULL-TIME CIVIL SERVICE POSITION OF GENERAL CREW CHIEF FOR THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT AND BE A FURTHER RESULT.
THAT TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN SECTION EIGHT OF THE PO 17 FOR THE CREATION OF THE AFO MENTIONED POSITION.
SECONDED BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HOKE ON THE QUESTION.
I JUST WANTED TO IDENTIFY THAT THIS IS PART OF A SLIGHT REORGANIZATION WITHIN OUR BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE, UH, A RETIREMENT COMING UP AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, UH, FOR ONE OF OUR WORKING CREW CHIEFS.
THAT POSITION, UM, WILL, WILL NOT BE, UH, FUNDED IN 2023.
THIS WILL BE A DEPARTMENT HEAD POSITION, WHICH WILL BE LEADING OUR BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT, UH, WHICH HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY LAGGING SOME, SOME MANAGEMENT CAPACITY IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON FLOOR SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOPE.
OF THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES IN THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT AS LISTED.
THE DOWN BOARD OF PROOF CREATION OF FULL-TIME EXEMPT CIVIL SERVICE POSITION OF BOOKKEEPER TO THE SUPERVISOR AND BE A FURTHER RESOLVED OF DOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED SUPERVISOR TO SEND SECTION EIGHT OF THE PO 17 FOR THE CREATION OF THE AFOREMENTIONED PHYSICIAN.
COUNCILMAN COUNT ALL IN FAVOR AND SAY AYE.
RESOLVE THE TOWN BOARD, APPROVE THE OUT OF TOWN TRAVEL FOR EMERGENCY MANAGER SEAN TY AND DEPUTY EMERGENCY MANAGER NICHOLAS PIEL FROM ATTEND THE NEW YORK CITY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS WINTER SEMINAR ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7TH, 2022.
THE SEMINAR WILL BE HELD IN THE NEW YORK CITY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE IN BROOKLYN, WHERE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, SEAN KARATE WILL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER.
USE OF THE TOWN VEHICLE IS REQUESTED.
SO MOVED SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOPE ON THE QUESTION.
I JUST WANNA SAY THE TIMING OF THIS TO GO DOWN TO NEW YORK CITY AND TALK TO THOSE FOLKS ABOUT SNOW EVENTS AND SNOW MANAGEMENT WAS, WAS PERFECT.
I'M SURE THAT YOU HAD A, A LOT TO SHARE WITH THEM.
UH, AND THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IS PROUD THAT WE WERE SO WELL REPRESENTED.
UH, SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR WITH A SECOND.
THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE CREATION OF A PART-TIME SENIOR PARALEGAL IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND BE FURTHER RESOLVED.
THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE SUPERVISOR AND SIGNED SECTION EIGHT OF THE CEO 17 FOR THE CREATION OF THE AFOREMENTIONED POSITION.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE RECOMMENDATION THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT HEAD JENNIFER ROBERTSON TO APPOINT JEFFREY POLINSKY AS A FULL-TIME NON-COMPETITIVE PROBATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE POSITION OF MICROCOMPUTER TECHNICAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST.
THE EMPLOYMENT IS SUBJECT TO ALL EMPLOYMENT PRE-CONDITIONS, INCLUDING A PRE-EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND CHECK AND PHYSICAL.
THIS EMPLOYMENT IS EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 13TH, 2022 AT $16,000 ANNUALLY.
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1 16 9 0.SO A SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BERG.
OPPOSED? PERRY AND MR. POLINSKY IS HERE TONIGHT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN US? COME UP HERE AND JOIN US FOR A PICTURE.
AND JUST BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION TO EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE JEFF WITH US AND IN TIMING OF NOT BEING IN BETTER, UH, JEFF COMING TO TOWN HAMBURG WITH A NICE MIX OF IT EXPERIENCE, OF COURSE, UH, WITH WITHIN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, UH, BUT HIS HEART HAS BEEN IN THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT REALM AND THE HELPING AGENCIES LIKE SUBURBAN ADULT,
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE A MISSION ORIENTED EMPLOYEE JOINING US AND, UH, WE WISH YOU BEST OF LUCK.
WE AT TON OF HAMMER RECEIVED GRANTS AND OR NATIONS FROM TIME TO TIME, WHEREAS USE OF THESE FUNDS HAVE BEEN DETERMINED BY THE GRANTING AGENCY DONOR.
AND WHEREAS THESE ITEMS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE 2022 BUDGET NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE RECEIPT OF FILING MONIES AND APPROVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT AS FOLLOWS AS LISTED.
CHIEF INSURANCE PROCEEDS RENTAL INCOME AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES FROM TIME TO TIME AND WHEREAS USE OF THESE FUNDS HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENT AND WHEREAS THESE ITEMS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE 2022 BUDGET NOW THEREFORE WE HAVE RESOLVED THE DOWN BOARD OF PROOF OF RECEIPT OF THE FOLLOWING MONIES AND APPROVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT AS FOLLOWS.
SO THANK YOU SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ERFORD.
WHEREAS TOWN OF HAMBURG OVER A THREE YEAR PROCESS HAS COMPLETED A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE TOWN AND BEGUN THE ADOPTION OF THIS PLAN.
AND THE TOWN HAS ALSO COMPLETED OTHER STUDIES AND REPORTS ON LAND USE ISSUES DOWN.
AND WHEREAS ZONING MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE TOWN WANTS TO CONTINUE THE PROCESS OF BRINGING THE TOWN ZONING CODE, ZONING MAP INTO CONFORMANCE WITH THE TOWN'S NEW 2022 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN'S ALREADY OPTED A NEW ADOPTED, A NEW MIX USE ZONING DISTRICT AND AMENDED TO BD ZONING DISTRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN THROUGH ITS CONSULTANT HAS INPUT FROM TOWN STAFF AND COMMITTEES, HAS CREATED A DRAFT CAMP ROAD INTERCHANGE DISTRICT, A NEW AGRICULTURAL ZONING DISTRICT, A NEW AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE OVERLAY, A NEW LAKEVIEW OVERLAY DISTRICT AND NEW SOUTHEAST OVERLAY DISTRICTS AND HAS IDENTIFIED THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE PROPERTIES IN THE TOWN, WHICH ARE MISS ZONED AND OR DO NOT CONFORM THE VISION AND DIRECTION OF THE TOWN.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND RECOMMENDED APPROPRIATE ZONING OF THESE PLANS.
AND WHEREAS THE ZONING CODE AND ZONING MAP REVISIONS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE TOWN BOARD AND THE RY TOWN BOARD HAVE REVIEWED THE INFORMATION PRESENTED AND IT'S DETERMINED THAT THEY WISH TO PROCEED WITH THE ZONING CODE AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS.
NOW THEREFORE, WE RESOLVED THE RY TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE PLANNING CONSULTANT WENDELL TO FINALIZE THE ZONING CODE AND ZONING MAP REVISIONS AND PREPARE RESOLUTIONS TO BEGIN THE ADOPTION PROCESS FOR THE RE REVISIONS FOR THE TOWN BOARD MEETING IN JANUARY OF 2023.
ALL DO THE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES OF A BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS EMPLOYEE THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED A ONE-TIME SELL BACK OF UNUSED VACATION TIME IN THE AMOUNT OF 48 HOURS FROM MR. PATRICK GAR.
AS ALWAYS, WE ENCOURAGE EMPLOYEES TO DO ALL THEIR VACATION ACCRUAL EACH YEAR.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER COMERFORD.
RESOLVE THAT THE RYTON BOARD APPROVES REQUEST FOR JOHN KARATE SENIOR PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH TO CARRY OVER FIVE DAYS OF UN SIX UNUSED VACATION FROM 2023.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HULK.
THE HAMMER TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE PERSONNEL ACTION ITEM FOR THE YOUTH RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS ENUMERATED IN THE
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ATTACHED PAF.COUNCIL ACCOUNT SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE KATHLEEN WARLOCK TO CARRY OVER THREE DAYS OF VACATION FOR THE 2023 CALENDAR YEAR.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HO BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
I MAKE A MOTION TO BRING A, UM, A LATE RESOLUTION, UH, CONCERNING A, ANOTHER VACATION CARRY OVER FROM OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR ALL SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MCC CONLEY.
OPPOSED? WHEREAS IT, WHERE WHEREAS BEING RESOLVED DOWN BOARD TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR ENGINEERING EMPLOYEE UNDERGRAD TO CARRY OVER FIVE DAYS OF VACATION INTO THE 2023 CALENDAR YEAR.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY ON THE QUESTION.
UH, MR. GRAD WOULD BE GETTING HIS FIVE DAYS OF VACATION, THEN HE'S ENTITLED TO, UH, I THINK SOMETIME BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR.
SO IT WAS ABSOLUTELY UNTENABLE FOR HIM TO USE THOSE VACATION DAYS.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ANOTHER LATE RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE A RPA FUNDED PAYMENTS TO PITCH HAMBURG.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOPE AND FAVOR, SAY AYE.
WHEREAS PITCH HAMBURG IS A COMMUNITY-BASED NOT-FOR-PROFIT.
5 0 1 C3 CORPORATION DESIGNED TO BOOST EMPLOYMENT AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES IN HAMBURG BY SUPPORTING COMMUNITY INNOVATORS.
WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD SIGNIFICANT VALUE TO THE HAMBURG BUSINESS LANDSCAPE AND WE, A STARTUP FUNDING IS CRITICAL TO PITCH HAMMER'S.
PROMOTION OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ISSUES, PRODUCT SERVICES OR OFFERING WOULD BE OF SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT TO THE HAMRICK COMMUNITY.
NOW, WHERE IS BR TOWN BOARD AT ITS NOVEMBER 15TH, 2021.
BOARD MEETING AUTHORIZED AND APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS AWARDED TO A, PURSUANT TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT TO BE EXPENDED OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD TO PROVIDE STAFF OFFICE SPACE AND PROGRAMMING FOR PITCH HAMBURG.
NOW THEREFORE, BE A RESULT THAT THE DOWN BOARD APPROVES A BUDGET AMENDMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE $100,000 FROM A 4 0 89 FEDERAL, A OTHER TO A 6 9 8 9 4 0 0 3 OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BEING FURTHER RESOLVED, TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL MAKE THE SECOND AND FINAL PAYMENT TO PITCH HAMBURG IN THE AMOUNT OF 100,000.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL LORENZ.
THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE AUDIT OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS DATED DECEMBER 12TH, 2022.
TOTAL CASH DISBURSEMENT SUBMITTED FOR AUDIT.
THAT BRINGS US TO OUR, UH, BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR.
IF ANYBODY CAME HERE TO BE HEARD, UH, YOU NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE DOWN BOARD.
WE USUALLY ASK THAT YOU KEEP YOUR COMMENTS AROUND THREE MINUTES OR SO AND COME TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM IF YOU ARE ABLE.
ANYBODY HERE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE DOWN BOARD? OKAY.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT, ED, UH, WE'LL START WITH LEGAL.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE TODAY, YOUTH BRACKET SENIOR SERVICES.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO WERE ABLE TO MAKE A COUPLE OF OUR EVENTS RECENTLY.
UM,
UM, WE HAD, UH,
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE SUPERVISOR.
THE CHIEF POOL, I BELIEVE IS BACK THERE.
UM, WE A HUGE SUCCESS FOR THIS COMING SATURDAY WHERE WE'LL BE DOING OUR TOY DRIVE, UH, FOR NUMEROUS FAMILIES IN TOWN WHERE THEY'LL ACTUALLY GET TO, UM, SHOP FOR, FOR TOYS AND BRING THEM, YOU KNOW, HOME FOR CHRISTMAS AND THEY WOULDN'T NORMALLY BE ABLE TO DO SO.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO TON MORE EVENTS LIKE THAT NEXT YEAR.
UM, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE, UH,
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE TRIP TO NEW YORK CITY.
UM, THAT WAS, UH, CERTAINLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT WE DO HERE, UM, WHAT WE DO WELL IN, IN AREAS THAT, UM, KIND OF, WE CAN LOOK AT DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND AND INCREASE OUR CAPACITY AND REALLY OUR RESILIENCY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, THAT DID AFFORD US THAT OPPORTUNITY.
IT WAS A KIND OF A WHIRLWIND TOUR TO GET IN AND GET OUT.
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UH, A GREAT ONE THAT WE BRING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.SO, AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO USE SIMILAR SKILLS THAT, I GUESS THERE'S AN EAST COAST STORM THAT WAS BEARING DOWN ON THEM THE LAST COUPLE DAYS.
SO THEY, UM, I GOT A TEXT FROM THEIR DEPUTY COMMISSIONER WHO JUST SAID, HEY, THANKS FOR, UH, GIVING US SOME DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND IDEAS.
SO, AND THE LAST THING I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH UPON IS OUR AFTER ACTION FOR THE TOWN THAT WE'RE SPEARHEADING.
UM, WE HAD OUR KICKOFF MEETING WITH SOME OF THE BIGGER DEPARTMENT HEADS, UH, LAST WEEK.
UM, SO THE AFTER ACTION REVIEW ALLOWS US AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, LOOK IN HOW IS THE THINGS THAT WE DO REALLY, REALLY WELL IN OUR TOWN AND SOME THINGS THAT MAY BE LIABILITIES OR SOME THINGS WE CAN IMPROVE UPON.
SO THIS IS ALL IN DIRECT, UM, CORRESPONDENCE TO THE, THE LAST WINTER STORM THAT THE EXPERIENCE.
SO WE WILL HAVE A, A REPORT FOR THE TOWN BOARD.
UM, I'M GONNA GUESS AND SAY IT'S GONNA BE PROBABLY AFTER THE SNOW'S DONE FLYING, BUT IT'LL BE IN THE SPRING, SO PROBABLY IN THE MIDDLE OF, UH, THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR.
SO WE'RE HAVING AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT COME IN AND, UM, PUT THAT TOGETHER FOR US.
SO WE'LL BE MEETING WITH THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENT HEADS AND PUTTING THE COMPREHENSIVE TOGETHER.
THANK YOU CHIEF DENNIS ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WANT PERSONAL THING, UH, BEV, FOR ALL THE WORK SHE'S DONE, SHE NOT ONLY DOES STUFF FOR THE REC DEPARTMENT, BUT ANYTIME WE HAD AN EVENT, I WOULD CALL BEV AND THEN SHE WOULD SHOW UP WITH 3, 4, 5, 10 OF HER KIDS
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
THANK VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, JILL MENTIONED A COUPLE THINGS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS INVOLVED IN THIS WEEKEND WHILE WAS EMPLOYEE DRIVE, WHICH WAS GREAT.
GOT A LOT OF DONATIONS THERE AND ALL THOSE EMPLOYEES ARE GONNA GO TO THE USE, UH, ON THAT SAME DAY.
UH, SOME OF OUR OFFICERS WERE AT WALMART WITH SHOP WITH THE COP, UH, PROGRAM, SO WE'RE ABLE TO HELP A BUNCH OF FAMILIES, UM, GET CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FOR CHRISTMAS.
AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING WE HAVE GOING ON THE REST OF THIS WEEK, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG AND JOINT TRAINING AT HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL, UH, WORKING ON, UH, ACTIVE TUTOR TRAINING.
THAT'S GOING REAL WELL AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MORE, UH, COLLABORATION WITH THE VILLAGE POLICE AND WORKING TOGETHER.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A GREAT DEAL TO UPDATE, BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT, UH, 2023 IS GONNA START WITH QUITE A BANK FOR ENGINEERING.
WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF THAT'S GONNA HIT IN THE EARLY PART OF THE YEAR.
UH, WE EXPECT THE CLOCK TOWER AND THE GOLF COURSE IRRIGATION TO GO TO BID.
UH, WE EXPECT THE STREETLIGHTS TO START LED CONVERTING.
UM, WE'LL BE BRINGING IN THE DRAINAGE STUDY TO, FOR, TO PRESENT TO THE TOWN BOARD, UH, AND MANY MORE OTHER THINGS.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST WORKING HARD WITH KEN TO GET HIM UP TO SPEED ON WHAT ENGINEERING HAS GOING ON AND WE EXPECT A BUSY 2023.
AND, UH, ANOTHER WELL TIMED ENTRANCE INTO THE TOWN OF BURY EMPLOYMENT.
UH, KEN ESTONIA STARTED ON DECEMBER 5TH.
UH, HE WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THE LIFETIME BOARD MEETING BECAUSE OF DRIVING BANDS AND SNOWSTORM AND SO FORTH.
UH, BUT AS KAMI MENTIONED, WE HAVE A LOT IN THE PIPELINE.
UM, AND, AND KEN IS GONNA BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF, OF ALL THOSE PROJECTS.
KEN, AS SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, IS GONNA BE OVERSEEING OUR ENGINEERING AND BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENTS.
KEN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA SAY? UM, UM, LEMME TELL YOU, IT WAS ONE HECK OF A FIRST WEEK.
I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY PROJECTS THAT NEED A LOT OF WORK DONE.
SO, UH, MOVING FORWARD TO THE COMING YEAR AND WE GOT A GOOD TEAM.
EVERYONE I'VE MET HAS BEEN FANTASTIC.
THE ENERGY THAT THE TOWN HAS IS FANTASTIC.
AND, UH, IT'S GONNA BE, UH, IT'S GONNA BE A LOT GOING ON.
WE GET A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS JOB TOO.
I'D LIKE TO ALSO THANK BE FRANK WHENEVER I NEEDED SOMEBODY TO HELP US WITH FACE PAINTING AND THE BLAST ON THE BEACH OR FOR A VETERAN'S EVENT.
THEY WERE CHICKEN BARBECUE MUSIC FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
THEY ALWAYS CAME WITH, WITH SIX OR SEVEN OF OUR KIDS AND THEY WERE GREAT.
NEVER COMPLAINED EVEN THOUGH IT WAS BREATHING
AND, UH, SHE WAS ALWAYS, ALWAYS SMILING, ALWAYS, ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP ANYBODY.
SO I'M REALLY GONNA MISS IT BACK.
AND THEN THAT WILL TAKE US TO, I DIDN'T MISS ANYBODY, DID I? IF I DID SPEAK UP, WE GOT A LOT OF FACES IN THE CROWD TONIGHT.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT TO THE COMMENT.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN TWO MEETINGS THIS WEEK.
UM, THE TOWN DE OR THIS PAST WEEK, THE DEPARTMENT HEAD MEETING.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THE AFTER ACTION MEETING REGARDING THE WEATHER EVENT.
UM, AND I, I WON'T GET INTO TOO MUCH EXCEPT FOR, IT'S JUST VERY CLEAR THAT WE HAVE SOME FANTASTIC LEADERSHIP REPRESENTING ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AND JUST VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON TO MAINTAIN THE DAY TO DAY AND THE WORK THAT GOES ON
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TO ADDRESS, UM, THOSE BIG ISSUES WHEN THEY COME UP WITH THE WEATHER EVENT AND THE FOLLOW UP WORK THAT COMES AFTER.SO, UM, KEEP UP WITH GOOD WORK.
WE'VE GOT A LOT TO BE PROUD OF.
UH, JUST TWO ITEMS. THE ONE IS, UM, TO KENNY'S POINT, IT'S GONNA BE A VERY BUSY, UH, 2000, UH, 23 FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
UH, TOMORROW NIGHT WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA HAVE A MEETING WITH THE, THE FIRST MEETING WITH THE DRAINAGE CONSULTANT, UM, FOR INITIAL REPORT.
AND, UH, I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT BECAUSE THERE'S, I WAS REALLY SURPRISED OVER THE LAST TWO, THREE YEARS HOW MANY RESIDENTS, UH, HAVE HAD ISSUES AND HAD COMPLAINTS IN TERMS OF OUR DRAINAGE.
AND WE'VE TOLD 'EM TO BE PATIENT.
WE'VE TOLD 'EM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
UH, WE KNOW THE PROBLEM IS SIGNIFICANT IN MANY AREAS AND, UH, WE WILL, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE OUR BEST TO, TO TACKLE THIS ISSUE.
UM, BUT IT HASN'T, UH, WE, WE, WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT, UH, AS MUCH AS WE HAD IN THE PAST.
UM, BUT I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW WE'RE, UH, DILIGENTLY WORKING ON IT.
AND TOMORROW'S GONNA BE A GREAT, UH, KICKOFF MEETING, UM, WITH, AGAIN, A FURTHER PRESENTATION FOR THE WHOLE BOARD, UH, AT SOMETIME IN, UH, 2023.
UM, I ALSO, UH, CAN'T THANK BEV, UH, PROBABLY SURE ENOUGH FOR HER WORK, UM, OVER THE YEARS.
ANY EVENT YOU WENT, SHE WAS THERE.
THE SMILE, UH, THE WARMTH, THE EMBRACE OF OF, OF SO MANY, UH, CHILDREN.
UH, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, OUR FAMILY'S BEEN DELIGHTED TO HAVE HER, UH, AS A GREAT ROLE MODEL FOR OUR KIDS.
AND I KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY HUNDREDS AND THOU, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF OTHERS FAMILIES WOULD SAY THE SAME.
UH, SO WE'RE DEFINITELY, UH, GONNA MISS YOU.
BUT WE REALLY WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.
AND AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON A, A VERY WELL JOB.
SORRY I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT YOU SAID.
UM, I JUST A, UH, UH, SEVERAL THANK YOUS THAT I NEED TO EXTEND.
IT'S THE END OF END OF THE YEAR, SO IT SEEMS LIKE AN APPROPRIATE TIME.
UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE REJUVENATION PROJECT COMMITTEE WHO JUST HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT ON DECEMBER 3RD WITH THEIR CHRISTMAS AT THE CABIN.
AND AS ALWAYS, THEY DID A GREAT JOB AND IT WAS ENJOYED BY MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS.
UH, AND OF COURSE THERE WERE THE YES VOLUNTEERS LED BY BETH
YOU GONNA HEAR THAT, THAT'S A, A RECURRING THEME IN MANY OF THE THANK YOUS THAT I HAVE.
THE NEXT THANK YOU WILL BE FOR OUR, OUR YOUTH BOARD GROUP WHO, UH, AND LED BY NICOLE DEKA FOR THIS EVENT THAT WILL BE COMING UP THIS SATURDAY, AS WAS ALREADY REFERENCED.
UM, THE CULMINATION FOR OUR TOY DRIVE AND THEN THE, UM, ACTIVITY THAT WE HAVE OR THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR FAMILIES, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, THAT'S A, A HEARTWARMING EVENT TO PARTICIPATE IN AS, AS WE COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO ASSIST, UM, THOSE WHO NEED SOME ASSISTANCE RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S ALWAYS A, UM, A TERRIFIC EVENT TO BE PART OF.
AND THE YOUTH BOARD DOES A LOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS GOES OFF WITH, WITH, UH, GOES OFF SMOOTHLY.
AND, UM, AGAIN, OUR YES VOLUNTEERS WILL BE THERE WITH LED BY BEV AND, UH, WE THANK, WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION THERE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK OUR COMP PLAN COMMITTEE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT, UH, PRESENT DURING OUR WORK SESSION.
QUITE A FEW OF THOSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE HERE.
AND AS YOU'VE HEARD, THIS IS A CULMINATION OF, UH, ABOUT A THREE YEAR PROJECT AND THEY'VE PUT A LOT OF WORK IN.
AND THOSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO WERE HERE AND THOSE WHO COULD NOT BE HERE REPRESENT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.
AND I JUST ONCE MORE WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM, UM, FORMALLY FOR ALL THAT THEY HAVE DONE SINCE WE ARE IN THE FINAL PHASES.
AND MANY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WILL ALSO BE PART OF OUR IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE.
AND SO THEIR WORK IS NOT OVER.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CHRIS HALL, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, DEPARTMENT THAT HE LEADS BECAUSE THEY ARE CONSTANTLY WORKING ON, UH, PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT OUR TOWN THAT ASSIST OUR RESIDENTS, INCLUDING THEIR ONGOING WORK ON OUR INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND THAT, UM, I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED TO SEE AS THAT ENTERS ITS FINAL PHASES.
UM, AND MANY OF THE OTHER ONGOING PROGRAMS THAT COME OUT OF HIS, HIS DEPARTMENT THAT ARE BENEFICIAL ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS FOR OUR, OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, HE ALSO, HIS DEPARTMENT ALSO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE FUNDING FOR OUR COMP PLAN.
UM, I THANK YOU FOR THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE ON THE, THE DRAINAGE STUDY.
IT'S BEEN QUITE A FEW YEARS TO GET IT TO THIS POINT, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO DEFINITELY HELP ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.
IT WAS AN IMPORTANT, WHEN WE STARTED THIS INITIATIVE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, THAT WE HAVE AN OVERVIEW OF ALL OF OUR DRAINAGE SITUATIONS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE, UH, MAKE, UH, SUGGESTIONS FOR THE APPROPRIATE REMEDY AND TO THEN HAVE A PLAN GOING FORWARD FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THESE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES WITHIN OUR, WITHIN OUR TOWN.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO PERSONALLY THANK BEV PRICE FOR ALL THAT SHE HAS DONE.
I AM THE LIAISON FOR BOTH SENIOR SERVICES AND FOR THE YOUTH REC, UH, BOARDS.
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PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH BEV ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS.AND AS EVERYONE ELSE HAS SAID, ANYTIME YOU NEED ANYTHING, YOU PICK UP THE PHONE AND YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO FINISH YOUR SENTENCE.
AND BEV IS THERE, UM, WITH HER STUDENTS.
AND ONE OF THE IMPRESSIONS I'M LEFT WITH IS THAT WHEN YOU WATCH BEV WITH ALL OF THE YOUTH THAT SHE WORKS WITH, IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THEIR REPORTS.
AMAZING TO SEE, UM, THE WAY THE THE STUDENTS AND THE YOUTH RESPOND TO BEV.
AND YOU CAN JUST TELL THAT, THAT THE EXPERIENCE THAT THEY'RE HAVING AND THE GUIDANCE AND THE MENTORING THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING FROM BEV, UM, IS MAKING SUCH A HUGE IMPACT, NOT ONLY ON THEM, BUT ON ALL OF THE PEOPLE THEN THAT THOSE STUDENTS COME IN CONTACT WITH.
I WAS A LONG-WINDED, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT END OF YEAR SOME WRAP UP.
AND SO I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY, UM, MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, BEST WISHES TO EVERYONE, OUR TOWN EMPLOYEES, OUR RESIDENTS BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AND MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.
BEST WISHES FOR A ONE TO THREE NEW YEAR.
ALRIGHT, WELL, I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR COMING OUT.
TONIGHT WAS ONE OF THE BEST ATTENDED MEETINGS WE'VE HAD IN A WHILE, AND I APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE PERSON TAKING TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY TO COME AND PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, TO SEND EMAILS AND TO REACH OUT.
GIVE US INSIGHT ON WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS.
IT'S ALWAYS REFRESHING TO SEE COMMUNITY INPUT WHEN WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UM, THAT'S WHERE I GET I START AND IT'S WHAT SPARKED MY INTEREST IN PUBLIC SERVICE IS ATTENDING THESE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
SO IT WARMS MY HEART TO SEE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TAKING TIME AND TELLING US WHAT THEIR INTERESTS ARE AND WHERE THEY WANT US TO PLACE OUR TIME AND OUR ENERGIES.
UM, AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THANK YOU.
BE AS A TEACHER AND AS A MOM OF SOME OF YOUR YES KIDDOS.
I'VE WATCHED YOU SHAPE THOSE YOUNG LIVES FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS AS A CLASSROOM TEACHER.
I'VE SEEN THE IMPACT YOU'VE HAD ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, SOME WHO DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT THEY WANNA DO, AND THEY SPEND THEIR EVENINGS WITH BEV AND THEY WILLINGLY GIVE UP THEIR TIME TO SPEND THEIR DAYS WITH BEV AND THEY FIND THEIR PATHS.
AND SO I KNOW COME UP FOR KIDS ARE GONNA MISS YOU.
I'M GONNA MISS YOU, SO DON'T MAKE YOURSELF A STRANGER.
COME BACK AND SEE US OFTEN BECAUSE WE'LL MISS YOU.
BUT ENJOY RETIREMENT, YOU EARNED IT.
UM, AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UH, ECHO, UH, MUCH OF THE GRATITUDE THAT THAT HAS BEEN SHARED.
UH, WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT EVENTS THIS, THIS PAST WEEK.
WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT EVENTS WITH YOUTH THROUGH ROCK AND SENIOR SERVICES AS WELL AS OUR, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED.
UM, I ALSO, OUR LAST MEETING, WE, WE, WE SHARED A LOT OF THANK YOUS AND GRATITUDE FOR FOLKS THAT WORKED ON, UH, THE STORM EFFORTS.
UM, AND WHILE THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO, UH, THE STORM, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT COMES AFTER THE STORM.
THERE'S A LOT OF PAPERWORK, THERE'S A LOT OF REIMBURSEMENT.
AND, AND WE HAVE FOLKS FROM APACHE'S OFFICE AS WELL AS KARATE'S OFFICE, WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TOWN, UH, GETS AS MUCH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AS WE CAN, UH, AFTER, AFTER THE STORM.
I ALSO JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT THESE, THESE EVENTS ARE, ARE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR ALL OF US.
UH, WE HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF IN HAMBURG, AND THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
UM, AND THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM TO LEARN.
I, UM, WHEN I TOOK OFFICE, I WAS A LITTLE SKEPTICAL ABOUT WHY WE NEED MILITARIZED VEHICLES IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
WHY? I MEAN, IT'S NICE TO, TO SHOW THE KIDS FOR SURE, BUT HOW MUCH DOES THAT COST US TO MAINTAIN? WELL, I'LL TELL YOU THAT SKEPTICISM MELTED FASTER THAN THE SEVEN FEET OF SNOW IN HAMBURG.
UH, WHEN I SAW THE IMPACT THAT IT HAD ON TRANSPORTING MEMBERS OF THE TRAVELING PUBLIC, OUR RESIDENTS TO SAFETY, CERTAINLY A VALUABLE, UH, ADDITION TO THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
UM, THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO, INTO THIS STORM RESPONSE.
UM, AND AS SEAN MENTIONED, WE'RE GONNA BE SPENDING THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, UH, LEARNING, UH, WHAT WE DID WELL AND WHAT WE CAN IMPROVE.
I'M SURE THAT WE WILL TAKE SOME LESSONS LEARNED, UH, AND, AND TAKE SOME OF, OF WHAT WE DID AND SHARE THAT WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.
UM, SO, UH, THANK YOU, UH, CHIEF
UM, I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT AS THE YEAR DOES COME TO AN END, WE WILL BE DOING OUR TOWN REORGANIZATION MEETING, UM, UH, JANUARY 9TH, NINTH OR 10TH.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE WE, WE APPOINT SOME, UH, SOME POSITIONS.
UM, THAT'S WHERE WE APPOINT FOLKS ONTO OUR
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COMMITTEES.THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS IN THIS ROOM THAT ARE, HAVE, AS WE'VE MENTIONED, HAVE BEEN ON, ON COMMITTEES.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH THE TOWN ON ANY OF OUR COMMITTEES, REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE, 6 4 9 6 1 1 1 EXTENSION 2 3 8 0.
OR YOU CAN SEE US AFTER THE MEETING.
UM, WE'D LOVE TO GET YOU INVOLVED.
UH, THERE ARE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, AND, AND WE HAVE A, HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF OF VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE WORKING ON MANY ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.
UM, AND I WILL, I'LL GO BACK TO, TO BEV AGAIN.
BEV, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE TOWN OF AMBER BECAUSE I MENTIONED EARLIER I WAS A KID WHEN I MET BEV, THEN I HAD KIDS AND THEN MY KIDS BECAME SOME OF BEV KIDS AND SHE BROUGHT THEM TO THESE VOLUNTEER SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES AND I'VE SEEN THE IMPACT FIRSTHAND.
UH, BEV, YOU ARE CERTAINLY GONNA BE MISSED.
UH, AND THEN FINALLY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, UH, WISH ALL OF HAMBURG AND OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR EMPLOYEES, ALL THE FOLKS THAT, THAT HELP US GET THINGS DONE HERE IN HAMBURG.
AND AT THIS POINT I WILL, UH, AND MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN SECOND.
SECOND TO COUNCIL MEMBER FERRELL RESFALL IN FAVOR AND SAY AYE.
I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS MATTER OF POTENTIAL SECOND OPPOSED.