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THIS WORK SESSION OF THE HENRY TOWN BOARD TO ORDER AT FIVE 30, AND WE'LL START WITH THE, THE PUBLIC FOR ONE NATION UNDER INDIVISIBLE JUSTICE FOR.ALRIGHT, WE GOT A FEW THINGS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE WORK SESSION TONIGHT.
A COUPLE OF LATE RESOLUTIONS THAT, UH, ARE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND WE'LL WALK THROUGH THOSE.
AND THEN A COUPLE THINGS THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING OFF THE AGENDA.
UH, WE HAD THREE SPEAKERS SCHEDULED FOR THE WORK SESSION.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE FIRST SPEAKER IS HERE.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BRING YOU UP.
BEING BOARD, UM, I SAW SOME CORRESPONDENCE OUT ABOUT ADDRESSING THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM EVALUATION FOR MOUNT VERNON AREA.
UM, YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW THAT YOU'RE UNDER CONSENT ORDER TO ADDRESS THE SSOS AND REDUCE FLOWS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO SEND OUT A PLAN OF ATTACK ON HOW TO START MOVING THAT PROJECT DOWN THE WAY TO GET IT, UH, ALL THE PROBLEMS ADDRESSED.
SO, UH, USI UNITED SURVEY INCORPORATED IS, UM, ON THE COUNTY MAINTENANCE BID TO DO CAMERAING AND LINING OF ALL THE SEWERS TO REDUCE IN INFILTRATION AND INFLOW.
SO WE, UH, PUT TOGETHER A MAP AND, UM, PROPOSAL SENT THAT TO THEM.
THEY ISSUED A, A, A, A QUOTE FOR THE AMOUNTS, UH, I'M ASKING
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TONIGHT TO AUTHORIZE, UH, 100 AND 200 LINE ITEMS FOR TELEVISING, TWO DIFFERENT SIZE SEWERS.UM, AND THAT WILL GIVE US A FULL REPORT OF EVERYTHING THAT THEY SEE INSIDE THERE.
THEY'RE GONNA FIND OBSTRUCTIONS, BREAKS, UM, UH, AREAS WHERE WATER IS COMING IN AND DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SO THIS WILL BE A GOOD STARTING POINT TO, UM, COME UP WITH WHERE WE'RE GONNA START FIXING THINGS.
SO WHAT'LL IT'LL DO IS GIVE US, UM, I JUST SAID THAT I HATE SPEAKING PUBLICLY.
PARDON ME? SO, LIKE I SAID, IT, IT DOES IT IN DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA LINE, UH, VIDEO OF THE SEWERS, HAVE TO ADDRESS EVERYTHING THAT'S BROKEN, THAT CAN'T BE LINED WITHOUT, UM, WITHOUT REPAIRS.
THEN WE HAVE TO DO A FLOW STUDY AFTER THAT, UM, TO SEE WHAT THE FLOWS ARE.
WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THE DC JOE FEAL, UH, AND HE'S TALKED TO MARK PO.
CARS ABOUT CONSOLIDATING THE SEWERS, AND THEY ARE ON BOARD WITH THAT.
SO WE KIND OF GOT THE WHEELS TURNING ON THAT END TO, TO TURN THESE SEWERS OVER TO ERIE COUNTY.
UM, AGAIN, I TALK REALLY FAST.
DOES ANYBODY'S GOT ANY QUESTIONS? OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN DISCUSS 'EM.
IS THIS, THIS IS THE LAST REMAINING SEWER DISTRICT IN THE TITLE, I BELIEVE.
WOODLAWNS ANOTHER SEWER DISTRICT.
SO THIS ONE HERE IS THE ONE WE'RE ON A CONSENT ORDER FROM.
I CAN, I'M NOT SURE WHO HAS OR WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CONSENT ORDER, BUT I CAN ISSUE THAT TO EVERYONE IF, IF THEY WANT.
SO IT WAS ISSUED ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE.
UM, I READ THROUGH IT AND IT'S MAINLY THESE SEWERS ARE EXTREMELY OLD AND BROKEN AND LEAKING.
UM, SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING WE GOTTA ATTACK NEGLECT, NEGLECTED.
SO, SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO.
SO THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
I HOPE YOU GUYS APPROVE THAT RESOLUTION QUESTION.
ANY QUESTIONS? NO, WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO ADDRESS THIS FOR A WHILE, SO THIS IS GREAT TO HAVE A GAME PLAN TIMETABLE AND BE MOVING FORWARD WITH IT.
OKAY, SO, UH, SECOND, SECOND THING THAT I'D LIKE TO GO OVER IS THE, UM, THE WOODLAWN STORMWATER PUMPING STATION.
UH, THIS IS A PUMPING STATION THAT'S VERY OLD AS INSTALLED IN THE EIGHTIES.
UM, NOT SURE WHAT WAS DONE MAINTENANCE WISE TO IT, BUT I'M GUESSING NOT A LOT.
SO THERE'S TWO PUMPS IN THIS WET WELL THAT KEEP ALL THE BASEMENTS IN THE WOODLAWN AREA FROM FLOODING.
SO ALL THE WATER COLLECTS INTO THE CORNER OF, UH, WOODLAWN AVENUE AND FIRST, AND THEN IT GETS DISCHARGED INTO AN OLD INTAKE LINE THAT WAS PUT IN, PROBABLY IN THE FORTIES THROUGH ERIE COUNTY WATER WHEN THEY HAD A WATER TREATMENT FACILITY THERE.
SO, WHAT ED'S DEPARTMENTS FOUND IS, UH, BOTH PUMPS WERE IN COMPLETE FAILURE AND THE LIGHT WAS ON, AND THE PANEL BOX TONED OUT TO DISPATCH THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE.
ED CAME ADDRESSED THAT THEY COULDN'T GET THE PUMPS RESTARTED, SO THEY PUT A TEMPORARY BYPASS TRAILER MOUNT PUMP ON IT.
SO THEY PUMPED DOWN THE, WELL, THEY KEPT GOING ON FROM, FROM FLOODING TERRIBLY.
IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE OVERLOOKED.
WE CAN'T HAVE A TEMPORARY TRAILER MOUNTED PUMP RUNNING ON DIESEL FUEL PUMPING, PUMPING OUT.
SO THEY PULLED OUT, UH, THE FOUR INCH PUMP, IT'S COMPLETELY WORN OUT.
IT HAD 16,000 HOURS PUT ON IT.
IT'S WELL BEYOND ITS LIFESPAN, SO IT'S GOTTA BE REPLACED.
THE 12 INCH PUMP WASN'T RUNNING, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO SOME ONSITE REHAB TO IT, CLEAN THE IMPELLERS, AND RESTART THE MOTOR.
UH, IN DOING SO, THEY REALIZED ALL THE CHECK VALVES AND ALL THE BENDS IN THE PIPE WERE BAD TOO.
THE RAILS, THE LIFTING RAILS WERE ROTTED.
UM, THE ONLY THING GOOD ON THE THING IS THE WELL ITSELF AND THE POWER GOING TO IT.
SO I BROUGHT SOME DRAWINGS TO SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT.
IF ANYONE WANTS TO SEE IT, I CAN WALK, WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
THEY DID CALL A CONTRACTOR IN A CANDY COMPANY AND, UH, THEY CAME UP WITH A PRETTY
SO, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS TO BE BELIEVED TO BE IN PLACE AS A BLOCKAGE OF THAT OLD IN INTAKE LINE THAT I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT.
AND THIS INTAKE LINE RUNS 7,000 FEET OUT INTO THE LAKE.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS, FIRST OFF, REPLACE BOTH PUMPS.
WE CAN'T REBUILD A 12 INCH IN THE FOREST COMPLETELY WORN OUT.
ALSO, IT WOULD BE UNLESS YOU, UH, UM, COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO PUT IN OLD PUMPS, OLD BODIES, JUST WITH A REBUILD.
OKAY, WE SHOULD JUST GO STRAIGHT NEW PUMPS, NEW RISER PUMPS, NEW CHECK VALVES, ALL THAT STUFF, JUST REPLACE IT ONE AND DONE IT.
AND THEN YOU HAVE PEACE OF MIND THAT EVERYTHING'S GONNA WORK.
WE'RE GONNA PUT IN A SECONDARY BYPASS LINE TO ALLEVIATE THAT WATER INTAKE LINE.
IF IT BECOMES IN INUNDATED, WE BELIEVE THAT THERE'S BLOCKAGE IN IT, IT MIGHT BE CAUSED BY STORMS. STORMS WASH IT, SILT UP INSIDE, PACK INSIDE THAT INTAKE LINE SO THAT WATER WON'T DISCHARGE THROUGH IT.
UM, THAT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY.
WE GOTTA GET IN THERE AND SEE IT.
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PROJECT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS WE'RE GONNA DIG UP, WE'RE GONNA TRY AND FIND THIS OLD, UM, MANHOLE THAT'S RIGHT ON THE SHORELINE.UH, THEY, THIS OLD INTAKE MANHOLE FOR ACCESS TO IT.
SO THEY HAVE A SPECIAL COMPANY COMES IN AND THEY, THEY CAN SWIM A CAMERA UP THERE, 1200 FEET TO INSPECT THIS SECTION OF, OF, UH, INTAKE THAT WE DISCHARGE INTO.
IF WE SEE BLOCKAGES, WE MIGHT HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT SOMEHOW.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T SEE IT.
SO IN PUTTING THE BYPASS IN, THAT'S GONNA GIVE US THE ABILITY TO PUMP THAT.
WELL GET THAT WELL RUNNING AGAIN, DISCHARGE INTO THE CREEK.
AND THEN I WANT TO HAVE, UM, THE SIX INCH BIPAP TEST THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
NOW, THAT'S STILL GONNA BE SERVICES, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE LIKE A THIRD BACKUP.
WE'RE NOT GONNA RELY ON THAT OLD, SMALLER UNDERSIZED LINE.
UM, ONCE WE, ONCE WE GET INTO THIS LINE AND WE CAN SEE WHAT'S WRONG, I'M, I AM HOPING THAT THE REASON THAT THAT 12 INCH PUMP WASN'T RUNNING WAS THAT IT HAD A FLAT SPOT IN THE MOTOR.
AND WHEN THEY SHUT THE POWER OFF TOO, IF THE WATER CAME BACK THROUGH, SPUN THE MOTOR ONTO A, A SPOT THAT LET THE MOTOR RECHARGE AGAIN.
UM, THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING HAPPENED.
THESE MOTORS HAVE LIKE A, A SAFETY SYSTEM BUILT INTO 'EM SO THAT THE WINDINGS GET TOO HOT, THEY SHUT OFF AUTOMATICALLY.
SO WHEN THE CONTRACTOR CAME IN AND HE TRIED TO FIRE UP THAT MOTOR, IT WOULDN'T TURN.
WHEN HE SHUT IT OFF AND OPENED THE CHECK VALVE, THE CHECK WATER CAME BACK, SPUN THE PUMP AND REVERSED AND IT, AND IT GOT GOING AGAIN.
BUT THAT'S A SIGN THAT IT'S ON ITS LAST LEGS.
SO THAT'S WHY, NUMBER ONE, I THINK THAT THIS IS UNQUESTIONABLY AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY.
UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A GOOD QUOTE.
WE'VE REVIEWED IT WITH OUR TOWN ENGINEER, UH, HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT'S ON BOARD, UM, AND WE'RE READY TO GO.
ED'S GONNA, THAT'S ALREADY HELPING OUT BIG TIME BY, UH, WE'VE RECOVERED THIS STRUCTURE AND HE'S GOT, UH, MADE PLANS.
WE GOT, UH, APPROVAL FROM THE DOT TO GET ONTO THIS PROPERTY AND, UM, AND, UH, INVESTIGATE THAT MANHOLE AND HE'S MADE PROVISIONS TO GET AN EXCAVATOR IN THERE TO CLEAR IT OUT.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS COST? WELL, THE FIRST QUOTE I GOT, UH, WAS FOR 200 AND THE WORKROOM COUNTY, THEY PRELIMINARY CAME OUT AND GAVE US A QUOTA OF 2 69, 6 49.
SO WHEN I MET WITH THEM, UM, I BROUGHT 'EM IN.
AND WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS RECONFIGURE THIS OUTFALL THAT THEY PROPOSED TO ACTUALLY INCLUDE A COUPLE OF GATE VALVES FOR MORE CONTROL OF WHICH WAY THE OUTFALL WAS GONNA GO.
AND EVERYBODY BELIEVED THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA.
SO, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A LITTLE UPCHARGE ON THAT.
AND THEN DEPENDING ON SOME SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, THEY, THEY BELIEVE THEY CAN GET EVERYTHING IN PRETTY QUICK.
IT'S GONNA BE FOUR, FOUR TO SIX WEEKS ON THE FOUR INCH PUMP.
AND THAT'S, IF I GREEN LIGHT HIM TOMORROW.
UM, AND THEN IT'S GONNA BE, I THINK HE'S SET UP TO 12 TO 14 WEEKS ON THAT 12 INCH PUMP.
BUT ALL THE OTHER PARTS HE CAN GET PRETTY QUICK.
SO THE, THE INSPECTION, UM, IT'S 20, IT'S UP NOT TO EXCEED 25,000 BECAUSE IT'S A SPECIALIZED TYPE OF, UM, SUB THAT GOES IN AND IT SHOOTS VIDEOS AND UM, IT TAKES A SONAR, UH, SECTION OF THE PIPE ALL THE WAY UP AND IT CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE WATER AND USES RADAR AND LIDAR AND ALL KINDS OF TECHNOLOGY.
THERE MAY BE EXTRA COSTS ON TOP OF THAT.
LIKE WHEN WE FIND, IF WE FIND AN OBSTRUCTION, WE HAVE TO GET SOMEONE IN THERE.
THAT'S WHY THE AMOUNT I'M ASKING FOR IS MUCH MORE THAN THE TWO NUMBERS THAT I JUST QUOTED.
BUT, UM, TALKING TO PAT, HE SAID THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO JUST MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH NOW AND THEN WE'LL WORRY ABOUT IF WE DON'T USE IT ALL, WE'LL TRANSFER IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE PLAN FINANCIALLY.
CAMMY, ANYBODY, I I JUST WANNA REITERATE THAT LIKE KEN SAID, THEY'VE GOTTEN THE 12 RUNNING, BUT IT COULD GO AT ANY TIME.
SO THIS IS, THAT IS PART OF THE REASON THAT WE FELT THAT THIS WAS AN EMERGENCY, UH, PROJECT, IS THAT IF THAT GOES, OUR ONLY OPTION IS TO BRING OUT ANOTHER PORTABLE PUMP AND BY TEMPORARILY PUMP THE WATER OUT.
WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE WEATHER'S LIKE NOWADAYS.
WE CANNOT SAY THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA GET RAIN AND MELT AND SO ON.
SO WOODLAWN CERTAINLY NEEDS THIS TO BE OPERATIONAL.
IT'S ONLY ON A TEMPORARY BASIS NOW THAT WE HAVE IT HOOKED UP.
UM, 'CAUSE IT, IT'S FLOWING INTO, UH, BLAZEDALE CREEK AND THAT'S, THAT'S BACKING UP.
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BEAVER DAM DOWN FURTHER DOWN, IT'S, IT'S STOPPING THE WATER FROM COMING AND THEN UNDERNEATH THE TRAIN TRACKS, UH, THERE'S TWO SETS OF TRACKS IN THERE.THERE'S, THERE'S SOME DAMING ISSUES IN THERE ALSO.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY ON A TEMPORARY BASIS.
UM, SO UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE OUT, GO AHEAD WITH THIS PROJECT, WE'RE GONNA, YEAH.
SO WHAT, SO WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT IS THIS DISCHARGE, THE SECONDARY BYPASS IS GOING INTO THIS DISPLACED ELK CREEK AREA.
AND I KIND OF TRUST THE ENGINEERS OF OLD, WHICH IT'S NOT THAT OLD, IT'S ONLY 1980.
BUT, UH, THEY DIDN'T GO INTO THAT CREEK FOR A REASON.
AND THE REASON OBVIOUSLY WE ALL KNOW IS ICE DAMNING FLOODING.
YOU KNOW, THE, THERE'S A REASON.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY FOUND THIS OLD INTAKE.
AND THIS INTAKE COULD TAKE ALL THE WATER YOU THROW AT IT, 'CAUSE IT'S BELOW LAKE LEVEL PUTS MUCH WATER ON IT AND IT'S JUST GONNA, IT'S GONNA DISPERSE.
SO INVESTIGATING THAT INTAKE, I THINK IS A SMART PLAN.
AND THAT'S WHY WE DON'T WANNA JUST KEEP DUMPING IT OVER THE EDGE INTO THE CREEK.
'CAUSE IF IT FREEZES UP, IT DAMS UP.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MESS OF ICE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AND, UM, STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO, SO THAT'S, THAT'S OUR, AT LEAST THAT'S MY THOUGHT AND CLEAR CONSENSUS WITH, WITH GOING BACK, GETTING BACK INTO THAT INTAKE AND INVESTIGATING IT.
SO, UH, IT'S DEEP THAT THAT LINE IS DEEP.
IT'S ABOUT IN A 15 FOOT DOWN DEEP STRUCTURE.
UM, I'M A GIANT PROPONENT OF SAFETY, SO ANYBODY NEAR THE EDGE OF THAT THING, THIS IS A HUNDRED YEAR OLD STRUCTURE, I'M GONNA HAVE 'EM IN A HARNESS AND TETHERED OFF.
UH, THE AREA'S GONNA BE SECURED EVERY NIGHT.
UM, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE GOING DOWN THERE LOOKING AT IT, INVESTING, YOU KNOW, SNOOPING AROUND.
SO IT'S GOTTA BE SAFETY, SAFETY FIRST.
AND UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE KIND OF DELICATE WHEN YOU WORK WITH SOMETHING THIS OLD.
BUT I, I THINK WE CAN, IS IT THE SIGNAGE YOU NEED TO PLACE? YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL SECURE THE SITE.
AND THEN I'M HOPING WHEN WE FIND THIS LID, UM, IF WE CAN JUST SEAL IT ALL UP THE WAY IT IS, IT'LL BE FINE.
RIGHT NOW IT'S BEEN LAYING THERE FOR 40 YEARS, SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, COVERED OVER WITH MOD AND YOU KNOW, IT'S A FOOT DEEP, YOU KNOW, THEY FOUND A CORNER OF CONCRETE.
AND THAT'S HOW WE BELIEVE WE'RE ON THAT STRUCTURE.
THIS FIGURE KIND OF SHOWS THE AREA WHEN WE LIKE THIS GREEN LINE HERE IS THE PUMP LINE.
THIS IS THE LINE THAT WE GOTTA CHECK OUT.
LIKE WE USE THE MAPPING AND GOT THIS RED SQUARE AND JUST KIND OF WENT OUT AND DETECTIVE WORKED TO TRY TO FIND, FIND THAT MANHOLE, AND THEY DID.
AND THAT LINE GOES HOW FAR OUT INTO THE LAKE? THIS ONE, THIS ONE GOES OUT 7,000 FEET.
UM, BUT THAT'S, AND THAT, THAT'S IMPRESSIVE 'CAUSE IT WAS PROBABLY BUILT IN THE THIRTIES OR FORTIES AND IT'S, THERE'S TWO OF THEM.
THEY'RE 30, 36 INCHES IN DIAMETER.
SO THEY, THEY USED TO DRAW WATER IN.
THAT'S WHERE THE WATER CAME FROM FOR THE BACK OF THE WOODS.
UM, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE HIGHWAY GARAGE NOW? WOULD THAT BE OKAY? SURE.
YOU WANT, YOU WANT ME TO KEEP GOING? KEEP GOING.
SO, UH, ED, UM, ASKED FOR SOME REPAIRS TO HIS BUILDING AND, UH, IT WAS SEVERE ENOUGH WHERE HE WAS CONCERNED.
CALL IT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT, WHAT IT WAS.
SO TODAY WE WENT OUT AND, UH, TAMMY AND AN ENGINEER FROM GHD AND BOB FROM OUR OFFICE WENT OUT AND WENT OVER EVERYTHING THAT HAD, YOU KNOW, UH, HAD MENTIONED WHAT'S WRONG WITH HIS BUILDING.
HE NEEDS MORE THAN JUST A ROOF.
HE NEEDS A BUILDING ENVELOPE PROJECT.
THE, THE ROOF IS FAILING 'CAUSE THE INSULATION'S BAD.
THE, THE DOOR SEALS ON HIS GARAGE DOOR ARE WIDE OPEN.
SNOW BLOWS IN, THEY'VE GOT PI, WE'RE GONNA SHARE SOME PICTURES OF SNOW INSIDE THE BUILDING.
THE BUILDING HAS JUST BEEN NEGLECTED.
AND I THINK JUST BY PUTTING A ROOF ON IT ISN'T GONNA FIX THE PROBLEM.
WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA PUT TOGETHER A, A BIGGER PROJECT.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE IS THAT THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT START PUTTING TOGETHER A BID PACKAGE FOR AN ENVELOPE, BUILDING ENVELOPE, ROOF INSULATION, ELIMINATING SKYLIGHTS, MAKING REPAIRS.
THERE'S SOME MINOR, UM, COLUMN STRUCTURE REPAIRS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED LIKE A YEAR PLUS AGO TO GET DONE.
I THINK WE SHOULD DO, PUT THAT IN THERE.
AND THEN, UM, THE HVAC QUOTES THAT HE RECEIVED WE'RE KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE IN SCOPE.
SO AGAIN, THAT SHOULD BE IN THIS
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SPEC AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET A UNIFORM HEATING SYSTEM, UM, HOPEFULLY OVERHEAD HEATING, RADIANT TUBES IN THERE TO HEAT HIS SHOP UP.JUST MAKE THE BUILDING MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT AND COOL COMPLIANT AND, AND NOT LEAK AND ICE THE WAY IT DOES.
HE'S GOT ICE SO BAD THAT IT'S RIPPING GUTTERS OFF.
UM, WHICH NOW THAT HE'S GOT RUNNING WATER ON HIS ROOF, IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE EVERYTHING ELSE STARTS OPENING UP.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, I LEAVE OUT ANYTHING.
NO, UM, IT WAS A GHC STRUCTURAL ENGINEER.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUILDING WAS STRUCTURALLY SOUND.
UM, HE BASICALLY SAID THAT AT THIS TIME HE DOESN'T SEE ANY STRUCTURAL CONCERNS, BUT IF THE WATER, UH, ISSUES CONTINUE, IT COULD LEAD TO RUSTING AND STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS, UH, IN THE LONG TERM.
AND BY LONG TERM, HE MEANS LET'S NOT WAIT MORE THAN THIS YEAR TO DO IT.
BUT WE, IF WE WAITED TO NEXT YEAR, WE COULD FIND OURSELVES WITH STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS ON THAT LARGE GARAGE.
UM, AND HE'S GOING TO DO A SUMMARY.
HE ALSO GOT COPIES OF ALL THE QUOTES THAT ED HAS COLLECTED ON THE VARIOUS THINGS HE'S GONNA DO.
UH, AN OFFICIAL SUMMARY, UM, FOR OUR RECORD THAT WE CAN USE TO BASE CRFP OFF OF.
SO WE'LL PUT A, A BID TOGETHER, PREPARE AN ESTIMATE, AND THEN WORK WITH, UM, PAT AND, YOU KNOW, ASK THE BOARD IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO RELEASE THOSE FUNDS.
BUT, UH, THAT'S OUR GONNA BE OUR RECOMMENDATION, HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ADDRESSING THAT.
HOW OLD IS THE GARAGE? IT WAS BUILT IN 80.
I'VE BEEN THERE 30 YEARS AND IT WAS THERE BEFORE I WAS THERE.
USED TO BE AN OLD ARMY BARRACKS AND, AND, UH, IT JUST CONVERTED OVER THROUGH THE YEARS.
AND IT'S JUST BEEN, JUST TO PUT ASIDE, UH, LIKE I SAID, I, I'M THE THIRD HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT AND IT HASN'T BEEN DONE.
ANYTHING HAS BEEN DONE SINCE PES WAS THERE WAY BACK WHEN.
AND ALL HE DO IS THAT ADDITION OFF THE BACK.
SO IT'S BEEN NEGLECTED AT LEAST 10, 12 YEARS THAT I KNOW OF NOW.
SO YEAH, WE PULLED THE FOLDER.
YEAH, WE HAD A FILE ON IT IN ENGINEERING THAT WE DUG OUT AND WE BLEW THE DUST OFF OF THAT AND HAD, I THINK THAT 80, 83 WAS THE LAST TIME ANYTHING WAS DONE TO IT, AND IT WAS, IT SHOWS IT.
SO, UH, SO THAT'S HOW WE'LL MOVE FORWARD AND THEN WE'LL KEEP THE BOARD, UH, NOTIFIED WHERE WE ARE WITH EVERYTHING.
JUST ANOTHER COMMENT, WE SPENT WITH $6,000 ON THE HEATING UNITS SO FAR, JUST TO KEEP HIM RUNNING.
AND AL ALSO TOLD ME THE LAST TIME HE WAS OUT THERE, HE'S HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING PARTS FOR OUR, FOR THE, THE UNIT.
SO WE'RE THROWING GOOD MONEY INTO THE BAD.
ANY QUESTIONS? WE GOOD? THANKS.
SO NOW DO HAVE TOM'S HERE, RIGHT? WE HAVE TOM HARDY FROM, UH, JEWEL DOING A PRESENTATION ON COMMUNITY SOLAR AND GLENN WEINBERG, WHO IS THE, UH, CHIEF GUY FOR JEWEL OUT OF, UH, NEW YORK.
AND, UH, I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE 'EM, BUT I'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, YOU KNOW, AFTER WE, WE GIVE YOU A, A SHORT CONFUSING, UH, SPIEL HERE.
JUST FOR FOLKS WHO, UM, MAY HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE, TOM HAS BEEN HERE IN FRONT OF THE TOWN BOARD IN THE PAST, RIGHT? UH, UNDER THE PREVIOUS BOARD WE GOT A COUPLE NEW FOLKS ON THE BOARD.
SO PERHAPS A REFRESHER FOR SOME AND NEW FOR SOME, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO, UH, WE DID, UH, UH, PROPOSE, UH, WHAT WE'RE, I I'M WITH, UH, JU, J-O-U-L-E, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR.
UH, JUUL GLEN RUNS JUULS, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE, THE GUYS WHO RUNS IT, UH, IS OUT OF NEW YORK CITY.
UH, THE OBJECTIVE OF JUUL AND THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS NYSERDA, JUST TO REVIEW IT, NYSERDA DESIGNED COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION.
IT'S CONTROLLED BY THE STATE, BUT IT'S, IT'S DESIGNED BY NYSERDA.
SO IT'S A STATE PROGRAM, AND THE OBJECTIVE IS TO LOWER ELECTRIC RATES FOR EVERY RESIDENT, EVERY RENTER, AND EVERY SMALL BUSINESS IN THE TOWN, OR THE VILLAGE OR THE MUNICIPALITY.
GLEN CAN, CAN RELATE TO ALL THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW THROUGH NEW, THROUGH NEW YORK STATE.
MY BACKGROUND WAS SORT OF AS A ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST IN MANY WAYS.
AND I CAME TO THE TOWN OF TOWANDA ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, ACTUALLY, WHEN JIM SHAW WAS HERE.
AND, UH, SO WE STARTED THE CONVERSATION, UH, UNDER JIM.
AND NOW WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE MOVED INTO MANY, MANY TOWNS AND CITIES IN CENTRAL NEW YORK.
AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO COMMUNICATE HERE IN WESTERN NEW YORK.
WE HAVE A CITY OF, UH, OF NORTH TONAWANDA THAT'S STARTING THE PROGRAM.
AND, UH, WE WANTED JUST TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU,
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UH, IN, IN A SHORT, BRIEF WAY, WE'RE GONNA SEND YOU ALL, UH, AN EMAIL THAT'LL GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THIS INTO THE, INTO THE DEPTH OF THE PROGRAM.BUT THE OBJECTIVE IS TO, UH, UTILIZE MORE RENEWABLE ENERGY THAT'S CONTROLLED AND GENERATED HERE IN NEW YORK STATE.
UH, AND IT SUPPORTS SMALL BUSINESS AND IT'S A, A GREAT WAY OF, UH, REDUCING ELECTRIC COSTS, UH, FOR EVERYBODY.
THERE'S NO CREDIT CHECKS, THERE'S NO INCOME QUALIFICATIONS.
EVERYBODY'S A PART OF THIS PROGRAM.
SO, UH, WHETHER YOU'RE A RENTER, ANYBODY WHO HAS AN ELECTRIC BILL, UNLESS, UH, BIG COMPANIES CAN'T BE A PART OF IT.
AND REALLY WHAT THIS DOES IS IT UTILIZES THE FORMULA THAT LARGE CORPORATIONS, UH, HAVE ALWAYS USED.
IN OTHER WORDS, UH, PRICE OF FUNCTION OF VOLUME, LARGE COMPANIES.
UM, HAMBURG HAS MANY, MY BROTHER WORKED AT A COMPANY CALLED PHARAOH, WHICH IS IN, UH, USED TO BE HERE FOR MANY YEARS.
AND, UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET LOW ELECTRIC RATES BECAUSE THEY HAD HIGH VOLUME.
WELL, WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS, AND MY BACKGROUND'S IN BUSINESS, WHEN I SAW THIS PROGRAM BEING UTILIZED IN, UH, CALIFORNIA AND CONNECTICUT, MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE ISLAND, NEW JERSEY, MANY STATES, I SAID, THIS IS A GREAT THING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.
AND IT UTILIZES THE POWER OF EVERYBODY AND IT BRINGS THEM INTO A BUYING GROUP, MUCH LIKE A, A COSTCO OR SOMETHING.
AND SO YOU'RE UTILIZING THE POWER OF ALL OF THESE RESIDENTS THAT YOU HAVE IN SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SORT OF USING THE SAME, YOU ARE USING THE SAME FORMULA THAT LARGE COMPANIES USE.
AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY A SIMPLE FORMULA.
I'LL LET GLEN GET INTO THE DEPTHS OF THIS, BUT, UH, I'M LUCKY TO HAVE HIM HERE 'CAUSE HE CAN BE MUCH MORE CLEAR THAN I AM.
BUT, UH, IT IS A, IT IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PLACES ARE LOOKING, WE'RE MEETING WITH A TON OF AMHERST.
WE'VE HAD A COUPLE MEETINGS WITH THEM WITH, UH, UH, WITH BRIAN.
AND, UH, WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM TOMORROW MORNING.
AND, UH, UH, THINGS ARE MOVING VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AND IT HAS BEEN A VERY GREAT SUCCESS IN STABILIZING ELECTRIC RATES, UH, DURING THIS VOLATILE TIME.
UH, I MEAN, AND THAT'S THE, THIS IS ONE OF THE GREAT, AND IT'S A STATE PROGRAM.
SO IT'S DESIGNED, UH, TO PROTECT SENIORS.
IT'S A DI IT'S DESIGNED, UH, IN A WAY TO, UH, INCORPORATE EVERYBODY THE TOWN, UH, IF THE TOWN DECIDES TO DO IT, HAD A LONG CONVERSATION WITH LISA, UM, TODAY, THE TOWN ATTORNEY.
AND, UH, UH, YOU HAVE TO DO, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LOCAL LAW, GENERATE A LOCAL LAW, AND THEN THAT JUST GIVES YOU THE RU YOU KNOW, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THIS.
SO IT'S ABOUT AN EIGHT MONTH, NINE MONTH EXPLORATION PERIOD WHERE WE GO OUT AND WE DO EDUCATION, UH, AND WE, WE REALLY, UH, SPEAK TO AS MANY, MANY PEOPLE IN THE TOWN AS WE CAN, SMALL BUSINESSES.
SO THE TOWN'S REALLY NOT COMMITTING TO ANYTHING ON THIS UNTIL THE END OF THAT EIGHT MONTHS.
AND THAT'S, UH, BUT YOU HAVE TO SIGN A LOCAL LAW.
THE STATE MANDATES THAT, UH, GLEN CAN GET INTO THE MORE DETAILS ON THAT, BUT THE STATE MANDATES THAT BEFORE YOU CAN START THIS EXPLORATORY PROCESS.
UH, AND I LIKE IT BECAUSE IT COMES WITH A LOT OF SECURITY BECAUSE THE STATE DESIGNED IT.
UH, AND, UM, THERE'S ALSO OTHER BENEFITS, UH, IN THE, UH, CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING ON.
UH, SO THIS, THIS, THE TOWN CAN, UH, UH, THIS IS THE MOST POWERFUL THING.
THE TOWN COULD DO LED LIGHTING AND ALL THAT, BUT IF YOU INCORPORATE A CCA, YOU GET THE MOST POINTS TOWARD A GRANT, UH, THAT CAN BE UPWARDS FOR A TOWN LIKE THIS UP TO 70 TO WHAT? 140, 150,000 POTENTIALLY.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A, UH, IT'S A GOOD THING.
AND, UH, I LIKE IT BECAUSE YOU'RE REALLY NOT COMMITTING ANYTHING.
YOU'RE JUST SAYING, OKAY, WE'LL LOOK AT THIS PROCESS.
WE'LL LOOK AND SEE IF THIS IS THE RIGHT THING FOR THE TOWN.
UH, AND THAT'S, UH, THAT'S REALLY BEEN, UH, WE, WE, WE THINK THAT AMHERST IS GONNA, UH, START THAT EXPLORATORY PROCESS.
AND, UH, AND IT'S A GREAT WAY, ALSO A GREAT WAY TO EDUCATE EVERYBODY ON WHAT'S OUT THERE.
UH, NOBODY HAS TO DO IT AT THE END OF, AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, CITIZENS, SMALL BUSINESSES CAN JUMP INTO IT, CAN TRY IT, JUMP OUT OF IT.
UM, SO IT'S, IT REALLY IS A VERY, YOU'RE NOT COMMITTING PEOPLE TO THIS PROGRAM.
UH, AND THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT WHAT I LIKE TOO.
IT'S, IT'S SORT OF REALLY FREE CHOICE.
THERE IS, THERE'S SOME PARTICULARS, BUT I'LL LET GLENN I'LL SIT DOWN HERE AND I'LL LEARN FROM THIS.
NO, WELL, THA THANKS, UH, FOR, FOR INVITING US IN, UH, TONIGHT.
UM, TOM GAVE A, A REALLY GOOD INTRO THERE.
UM, BUT AS FROM A, FROM A MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY STANDPOINT, THIS, THIS REALLY RESTS ON YOUR HOME RULE AUTHORITY.
AND THAT'S THE WAY NEW YORK STATE HAS SET IT UP.
SO THAT'S THE REASON THE LOCAL LAW ESTABLISHES THE AUTHORITY OF THE TOWN TO EXPLORE COMMUNITY CHOICE SEGREGATION DOESN'T HAVE TO EVER TAKE ANY STEPS, BUT THE LAW JUST IS AN ENABLING LAW IN THAT WAY TO
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SORT OF ESTABLISH THAT HOME RULE AUTHORITY.THAT'S THE WAY THE, THE, IT'S, IT'S BASED ON REGULATORY, UH, BASIS, NOT, NOT, NOT LEGISLATIVE.
UM, SO IT POINTS TO THE, THE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE.
UM, AND IT'S THE MUNICIPALITY'S AUTHORITY TO SELECT THE DEFAULT ENERGY SUPPLIER OR SUPPLIERS FOR ITS RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS.
SO, SO TODAY, YOU COME IN, UM, YOU COME INTO TOWN, YOU SET UP YOUR ELECTRIC CALL, THE UTILITY, WHETHER YOU'RE A NATIONAL GRID, I THINK YOU'RE SPLIT NATIONAL GRID AND EC HERE, RIGHT? SO WHETHER YOU'RE A NATIONAL GRID OR EC, YOU CALL UP THE COMPANY, THE DEFAULT SUPPLIER, UH, IS, IS GOING TO BE THE SAME AS THE DISTRIBUTION UTILITY, RIGHT? SO THE DELIVERY ON THE DELIVERY SIDE, IT'S A MONOPOLY, RIGHT? IT'S NATIONAL GRID OR IT'S NICE EGG.
ON THE SUPPLY SIDE, THERE'S A COMPETITIVE MARKET, AND THERE'S BEEN SO IN NEW YORK FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS.
UM, BUT WHEN YOU CALL TO SET UP YOUR ELECTRIC, THEY'LL NATURALLY PUT YOU ON THAT DEFAULT, WHICH IS THEM AS THE SUPPLIER.
NOW, THERE'S HUNDREDS OF OTHER SUPPLIERS TO CHOOSE, OR DOZENS OF OTHER SUPPLIERS TO CHOOSE FROM, SHOULD YOU TAKE THAT INITIATIVE.
BUT IN FACT, ONLY ABOUT 15% DO, SO, ABOUT 85% JUST STAY ON THE DEFAULT, RIGHT? UM, THE, WHAT WAS THERE WHEN THEY GOT THERE? UH, SO THIS, SO THAT'S A STATE DESIGNATION.
THE STATE SAYS WHOEVER YOUR DISTRIBUTION UTILITY IS, THAT'S ALSO YOUR DEFAULT SUPPLIER.
SO CCA MOVES THAT AUTHORITY TO THE LOCAL LEVEL, TO THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL.
SO THE MUNICIPALITY CAN DETERMINE ITS OWN DEFAULT SUPPLIER, SHOULD IT CHOOSE TO.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, YOU CAN GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS, WHICH INVOLVES PASSING A LOCAL LOSS, SELECTING AN ADMINISTRATOR, THAT WOULD BE JUUL, GOING THROUGH A PUBLIC OUTREACH PERIOD, GOING THROUGH A PROCUREMENT PERIOD.
AND THEN AT THE END FINDING THERE'S NOTHING REALLY PRICE-WISE OR PRODUCT-WISE THAT, UH, UM, IS COMPELLING ENOUGH FOR THE TOWN TO MAKE THAT THEIR NEW DEFAULT.
NO HARM, NO FOUL, RIGHT? NOTHING EVER CHANGES.
SO THAT'S WHEN TOM SAYS, THIS IS REALLY AN EXPLORATORY PROCESS.
THE LAW, SELECTING AN ADMINISTRATOR GOING THROUGH ALL OF THAT, THAT SIX, EIGHT MONTHS IS ALL PREPARATORY FOR A MOMENT LATER DOWN THE ROAD WHERE WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU WITH BIDS AND SAY, HERE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ON THE MARKET.
AND WE'LL, OF COURSE, ADVISE ON TIMING AND ALL OF THAT ALONG THE WAY, BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE MARKET, UM, TO TRY TO OPTIMIZE THAT AS BEST WE CAN ON A FORWARD BASIS.
BUT WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU WITH PRICING AND BIDS AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE, AND THEN WE MAY ACTUALLY RECOMMEND NOT TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE JUST RAN A BID IN THE FALL, UM, FOR A GROUP OF MUNICIPALITIES IN ORANGE AND ROCKLAND COUNTIES, WHERE WE SAID, LOOK, THE PRICE IS JUST NOT THERE.
YOU KNOW, WE PUT OUT THE BID, WE'VE GOT SOME COMPETITIVE BIDS OFFERS, BUT IT'S JUST NOT THERE.
AND WE WAITED TWO MONTHS AND THE MARKET SORT OF CORRECTED BACK.
WE WENT BACK OUT AND WE GOT A MUCH LOWER PRICE, AND WE EXECUTED THE CONTRACT.
SO WE'RE REALLY THE HERE TO BE THE CONSULTANT ALONG THE WAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, UM, AND ADVISE THE TOWN, THE TOWN IS ALWAYS THE ULTIMATE DECISION MAKER IN EVERY POINT OF THIS PROCESS.
BUT THE THE POINT OF, OF BRINGING ON ADMINISTRATORS TO DO THE WORK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE, WE'RE THE ENERGY EXPERTS.
UM, AND WE RUN, UH, PROGRAMS LIKE THIS ALL OVER THE STATE.
WE REPRESENT 56 MUNICIPALITIES IN NEW YORK STATE, ALMOST A MILLION.
I I, I'M, I'M WAITING FOR, FOR, UH, US TO CROSS THE MILLION MARK, BUT ALMOST A MILLION NEW YORKERS.
UM, AND IN 2022, WE SAVED OUR CUSTOMERS OVER $12 MILLION JUST BY, SO WITH THESE EXACT, UH, UH, CONTRACTS, RIGHT? SO, UM, IT'S A REALLY POWERFUL, AS TOM SAID, IT'S THE COSTCO EFFECT IN SOME WAYS, IS THE SIMPLE WAY.
UH, YOU GO OUT TOGETHER, YOU HAVE SOME CERTAINTY OF, OF VOLUME, AND THE, THE SUPPLIERS WILL NATURALLY COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER TO GET THAT BUSINESS.
SO, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A MODEL THAT RESTS ON A VERY, YOU KNOW, SORT OF FUNDAMENTAL ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE.
UM, AND WE'RE SEEING IT WORKING IN NEW YORK STATE.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, AS, AS, AS GLEN MENTIONED, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME, IS THAT THE BILLS REMAIN THE SAME.
IT'S NATIONAL GRID, IT'S NICE, LIKE EVERYTHING'S THE SAME.
THERE'S NOT A NEW COMPANY SENDING A BILL OUT.
UH, YOU'RE JUST SEEING THAT DISCOUNT OR THAT NEW, UH, ONE LINE ITEM, I'M SURE, I'M NOT SURE HOW IT COMES ACROSS YEAH'S, JUST A RATE, IT'S A REPLACEMENT OF A RATE FOR THE SUPPLY PORTION OF THE BILL.
SO WE HAVE CONSOLIDATED AS, AS TOM WAS SAYING, UTILITY CONSOLIDATED BILLING.
THE UTILITY IS ALWAYS GONNA BE THE BILLER.
THE UTILITY IS ALWAYS GONNA BE THE ONE YOU CALL IF YOU'RE AT POWER IS OUT.
IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH YOUR METER, IF ANYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA STILL CALL NATIONAL GRID OR NYSEG.
THIS REPLACES ONLY THE SUPPLY, THE SOURCE OF IT.
AND, AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE 56 MUNICIPALITIES THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH HAVE HIRED US BECAUSE THEY'RE INTERESTED ALSO IN RENEWABLE
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SOURCES.SO MANY OF OUR, OUR, OUR ACTIVE PROGRAMS ARE 100% RENEWABLE, NEW YORK STATE, UH, ENERGY AS THE DEFAULT AT A FIXED RATE.
THERE ARE OTHER RATE TYPES, BUT THAT'S THE, THAT'S SORT OF BEEN THE, THE, THE MOST, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, COMMON SORT OF CONTRACT THAT, THAT WE'VE, THAT WE'VE WORKED ON.
UM, BUT THERE'S ALL SORTS OF OPTIONS IN TERMS OF RATE TYPE SOURCING, RENEWABLE, NOT RENEWABLE, FIXED VARIABLE.
AND WE'LL, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY AS WE GO FORWARD, WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH ALL OF THAT.
SO FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHO, UM, WOULD LIKE TO, UH, OPT OUT OF THE PROGRAM FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AS WELL.
EVERYBODY GETS A LETTER IN THE MAIL, AND THAT LETTER IN THE MAIL DESCRIBES ALL OF THIS.
SO THE RATES, UH, THEIR OPTIONS, WHERE, WHERE THE POWER COMES FROM.
AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOW CAN I OPT OUT? SO THERE'S THREE WAYS.
SO THERE'S A WEB FORM THAT YOU FILL OUT AND YOU, YOU JUST SUBMIT IT ONLINE.
WE, WE, IN EVERY OF OUR PROGRAMS, UH, WE RUN A CALL CENTER A NINE TO SIX, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY CALL CENTER.
UM, AND THAT'S FOR CUSTOMER SUPPORT, CUSTOMER SER, YOU KNOW, BILLING, YOU KNOW, ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT CUSTOMER QUESTIONS PRIMARILY.
UM, OR THEY CAN SEND IN, SO THAT LETTER ACTUALLY COMES WITH A PREPAID POSTCARD.
SO SHOULD THEY NOT WANT TO CALL OR DO ONLINE, THEY CAN JUST SEND THAT POSTCARD BACK ON THE MAIL, IT'S PREPAID, AND THEY'LL BE OPTED OUT.
SO THE POINT IS TO MAKE IT EASY TO OPT OUT, THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S, IT'S EVERYBODY'S CHOICE IN THE END, WHAT, WHETHER THEY PARTICIPATE OR NOT.
AND AS TOM SAID, THEY CAN COME IN LATER, SHOULD THEY CHOOSE, THEY CAN OPT OUT AT THE OUTSET.
AND THEN SHOULD THEY SEE PE THEIR MAIN NEIGHBORS ARE SAVING MONEY SIX MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD, THEY CAN COME IN AND ALSO, AND VICE VERSA ON, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PERIOD OF TIME OF THIS EIGHT MONTHS, ONE MONTH, TWO MONTHS THAT THE FOCUS IS ON THE OPTING OUT, OKAY, BUT I, SOMEBODY'S GONE ON VACATION OR SOMEWHERE ELSE, IT COMES BACK AND THEN, UH, THEY CAN OPT OUT.
SO IT'S NOT, THAT'S JUST A TIME THAT, UH, THAT'S MORE FOCUSED.
AND, UH, BUT I MEAN, YOU CAN OPT OUT, YOU CAN LEAVE ANYTIME AT ANY TIME, AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO BACK IN.
SO AS GLENN MENTIONED, UH, THAT, THAT FREEDOM IS, UH, AND, AND, AND THE STATE DESIGNS THIS FOR THAT SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS.
SO, UH, THE TOWN CAN REALLY LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO DO, YOU KNOW? AND, UH, AND WE'RE HERE TO TALK, UH, UH, WE, WE WOULD TALK TO ONE OF YOUR ASSOCIATES TO SET UP, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE YOU WOULD SAY, LOOK, IT, YOU COULD DO AN OUTREACH TO THE SENIORS.
YOU COULD DO AN OUTREACH HERE OR IN THE LIBRARY, UH, WHETHER IT'S IN PERSON OR WHETHER IT'S, UH, UH, ON A ZOOM.
UM, SO WITH EVERY TOWN LIKE TONAWANDA, WE'RE DOING SOME DIFFERENT THINGS THERE IN A COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, EVERY, EVERY, EVERY MUNICIPALITY IS DIFFERENT, BUT, UH, AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF, UH, UH, THE MORE WE GET, UH, RIGHT NOW I THINK THEY'RE FOCUSING ON FIVE OR SIX COMMUNITIES TOGETHER FOR EVEN MORE BUYING POWER IS THAT, YEAH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A, THERE IS A, UM, I MEAN, THESE ARE, WE'RE, IT'S QUITE LARGE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, EVEN ON YOUR OWN, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IS, IS IS PRETTY WELL SUITED TO, TO GET COMPETITIVE PRICING IN THE MARKET.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, MORE IS BETTER.
THERE IS THIS SORT OF PLATEAUING EFFECT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU PILE THE CITY OF BUFFALO AND TOWN, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THEN, AND IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE YOU, YOU DON'T GET A, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU'VE GOT THEIR LOWEST PRICE ALREADY.
UM, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THE MORE VOLUME YOU CAN, YOU CAN AGGREGATE THE BETTER IN TERMS OF PRICING.
SO IT'S, WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE NEIGHBORS TO, TO WORK TOGETHER.
UM, AND THE OTHER THING I WANNA MENTION IS, I KNOW YOU, YOU HAD MENTIONED COMMUNITY SOLAR.
UM, THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS PROGRAM IS THAT WE WORK WITH LOCAL SOLAR DEVELOPERS.
UM, AND COMMUNITY SOLAR IS, IS ACTUALLY A, UH, A QUITE A DIFFERENT OFFERING THAN JUST SUPPLY.
SO WHEN YOU SIGN UP FOR COMMUNITY SOLAR, IT ACTUALLY DOESN'T REPLACE YOUR SUPPLIER.
SO YOU CAN DO A PROGRAM LIKE THIS, UH, FIND A SUPPLIER AT A LOW FIXED OR OTHERWISE RATE, AND ALSO PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY SOLAR PROJECTS IN THE AREA TO OFFER GUARANTEED SAVINGS.
OVER AND ABOVE THAT, ANY SAVINGS THAT YOU'VE REALIZED FROM THE, FROM THE RATE, UH, THROUGH COMMUNITY SOLAR.
COMMUNITY SOLAR IS, IS A, SO, IS REALLY A PRETTY FOOLPROOF PRODUCT.
THE WAY THAT NEW YORK STATE HAS SET IT UP, IT'S ALL BILLED THROUGH THE UTILITY, JUST AS, AS WE'RE MENTIONING WITH, WITH, WITH CCA, WITH SUPPLY.
UM, IT'S JUST A DISCOUNT EVERY MONTH ON BILL.
AND THE, THE REALLY NICE THING ABOUT WORKING THROUGH CCA IS THAT UNLIKE SIGNING UP FOR COMMUNITY SOLAR ON YOUR OWN, THERE'S NO CONTRACT TO SIGN.
YOU KNOW, THE, THERE'S NO, YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT INDIVIDUALLY VOUCHING OR, OR, OR, OR TAKING ON ANY LEGAL OBLIGATION.
IN EITHER CASE, NO CONTRACT AT THE CUSTOMER LEVEL, BOTH FOR ELECTRICITY SUPPLY OR COMMUNITY SOLAR.
IT'S DONE AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL, WHICH CREATES A SORT OF, YOU KNOW, UMBRELLA OF PROTECTION AROUND THE CONSUMERS.
UH, SO THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE,
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THEY'RE NOT TAKING ANY UNDUE CONTRACTUAL RISK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.SO MAYBE WE'LL STOP FOR THE MOMENT AND SEE IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
SO WALK US THROUGH WHAT WOULD HAPPEN FOR CURRENT RESIDENTS THAT ARE ALREADY USING AN ESCO.
SO THEY WON'T EVEN GET THAT LETTER.
SO ONLY, THE ONLY, THE ONLY FOLKS THAT WILL GET THAT LETTER ARE THOSE THAT ARE ELIGIBLE.
BUT IN TERMS OF, BECAUSE I DID SEE THAT IN YOUR YEAH.
ASKED QUESTIONS, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS IN TERMS OF, UM, BENEFIT, IS THIS GOING TO BE COMPETITIVE WHEN YOU GO INTO A COMMUNITY, DO YOU FIND THAT THOSE EXISTING PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY USED IT FOR SEVERAL YEARS ARE GOING TO SAVE MONEY BY, UH, SWITCHING BECAUSE IT'S NOW A GROUP RATE? YEAH, IT, WE TEND TO BE CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN THE BEST OFFER AN INDIVIDUAL CAN GET ON THEIR OWN WITH ANY ESCO.
IT'S ACTUALLY PART OF OUR RFP PROCESS.
OUR CRITERIA IS THAT WE REQUIRE SUPPLIERS TO BE TYPICALLY 15% BELOW THAT, THE BEST AVAILABLE PRICE AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE OF THE RFP.
SO, SO, UM, MEANING, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S COMPARABLE, IT'S LIKE, WELL, THEN EVERYBODY CAN CHOOSE THEIR OWN.
AND, BUT IF, IF YOU'RE GETTING AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, 15, 20% DISCOUNT, WHICH IS VERY TYPICAL, UM, FOR CCA, THEN THERE'S A REAL, YOU'RE SORT OF SEEING RIGHT THERE IN, IN KIND OF, IN REAL TIME THE BENEFIT OF THE AGGREGATION, YOU KNOW, OF THE, OF THE MODEL ITSELF.
NOW, DO YOU GO OUT AND BID DIFFERENT ESCOS AND DO YOU USE ONE AND DO YOU USE MULTIPLE? WE GO OUT AND BID IT EACH TIME.
I MEAN, THERE ARE CERTAINLY A, YOU KNOW, A, A, A SMALL NUMBER THAT HAVE REALLY FOCUSED ON, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE WON A LOT OF THE BIDS, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S KIND OF THE BLUE CHIPS AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND THERE ARE OTHERS, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU ANYWHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD EXPECT AN RF, YOU KNOW, PUT OUT AN RFP GET ANYWHERE FROM, UH, TWO OR THREE TO FIVE, SIX BIDS.
I MEAN, THEY ALL WANT THIS BUSINESS 'CAUSE IT'S HIGH VOLUME AND THEY'RE VETTED, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE ESCOS ARE VETTED AND STATE, HOW ARE APPROVED CURRENTLY IN NEW YORK STATE? HOW MANY, I'M SORRY, ESCOS ARE APPROVED? HOW MANY ARE APPROVED FOR CCA, YOU MEAN? WELL, IN GENERAL, GENERAL I THINK IT'S SOMETHING LIKE 70.
BUT FOR C, CA, WE, WE GO THROUGH A PREQUALIFICATION PROCESS.
WE SEND THEM AN RFI, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PREQUALIFICATION PROCESS.
I THINK THERE'S NOW EIGHT OR NINE THAT HAVE PRE BEEN PREQUALIFIED ANYWAY.
AND IF SOMEBODY'S NOT IN THE EIGHT OR NINE, UH, COMMERCIAL OR BUSINESS, ARE THEY ABLE TO DROP AND JOIN? UH, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEIR CURRENT PROVIDER'S NOT IN THAT THEY'RE ALWAYS FREE TO, TO JOIN THE PROGRAM, WHETHER, SO THEY CAN ALWAYS LEAVE THEIR CURRENT ESCO AND GO INTO THE PROGRAM, KEEP THEIR OWN ESCO.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE THAT START WITH AN ESCO AND THOSE THAT ARE ON THE UTILITY SUPPLY AT THE START OF THE PROGRAM IS, IS REALLY THOSE THAT WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED SHOULD THEY NOT OPT OUT.
AND THOSE THAT WOULD HAVE TO OPT IN, SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO, WOULD THOSE, WOULD THOSE, UH, ESCO, UH, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY HAVE THEIR OWN ESCOS, WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMUNITY SOLAR PART OF THE CCA? YES.
YOU KNOW, THE, I MEAN, I SPOKE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SOLAR AND THE EAST SIDE OF BUFFALO, UH, LAST YEAR.
AND, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S, THE BIG NEGATIVE IS PREDATORY TACTICS THAT THEY USE.
AND THEY HAVE TAKEN OUT THE WHOLE EAST SIDE OF BUFFALO AND, UH, UH, NOT OFFERED IT.
THERE, THERE IS CREDIT CHECKS THAT GO ON.
AND, AND WHAT DREW ME, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS, WHAT DREW ME INTO, UH, ADVOCATING FOR CCA IS, IS NOT ONLY THE GREAT PROGRAM THAT A CCA DELIVERS AND HOW SECURE IT IS BECAUSE A STATE DESIGNED IT.
UM, BUT THE FACT THAT THEY BRING IN COMMUNITY SOLAR, WHICH IS A GUARANTEED DISCOUNT, AND THERE'S NO CREDIT CHECK, AND IT'S GREAT FOR RENTERS, IT'S GREAT FOR ANY INCOME LEVEL, SMALL BUSINESSES, AND IT'S ONLY VALID IF IT'S UNDER A CCA.
SO IF YOU GO, IF YOU DON'T FIT INTO THE, UH, UH, THE CREDIT PROGRAM OR THE INCOME LEVEL, UH, WITH, WITH COMMUNITY SOLAR, YOU WILL NOT GET ANY COMMUNITY SOLAR FROM ALL THE COMPANIES.
'CAUSE THEY HAVE, I MEAN, THEY HAVE DEVELOPERS THAT THEY HAVE TO, UH, UH, RESPOND TO.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT IS NOT AN EVIL THING.
IT'S JUST A BUSINESS THING, YOU KNOW, AND THEY HAVE DEVELOPERS THAT MAKE THESE SOLAR FARMS AND THOSE DEVELOPERS DEMAND, THEY GET FILLED UP, AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA TAKE ANY CHANCES WITH THE CCA, THE STATE CONTROLS THAT EVERYBODY'S A PART OF IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY, I MEAN, IT'S A BUSINESS THING.
THEY MAYBE 5% OF THE, OF, OF THE POPULATION OF THE TOWN WON'T WANNA PARTICIPATE.
I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO.
AND, UH, AND THAT'S WHY THESE DEVELOP OF THESE, UH, ESCOS WANT THIS BUSINESS, AND THEY'LL DO, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY WORK HARD FOR IT, AND THEY'RE STRONG AND THEY'RE VETTED, UH, AND THEY'RE THIS AND, AND IS GIVING BUSINESS INTO NEW YORK STATE.
SO IT'S A NEW YORK STATE DEVELOPED BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S RIVER OR RUN, HYDRO, UH, WIND, WIND, SOLAR, YOU KNOW.
UH, SO IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCE
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BETWEEN A COMMERCIAL CONTRACT AND A RESIDENTIAL CONTRACT PRICE WISE? UM, SOMETIMES THE, THE ANSWER IS SOMETIMES THERE'S A, A RESIDENTIAL PRICE AND A SMALL COMMERCIAL PRICE.SOMETIMES THEY'LL BID IT IN AS A SINGLE PRICE.
SO IT'S, IT'S A, WE ALLOW THEM TO BID IT EITHER WAY.
UM, UNLESS YOU HAVE A, A, A PARTICULAR PREFERENCE FOR IT.
AND, AND IN FACT, THE TOWN, THE TOWN'S BID WOULD ACTUALLY BE, IT'S, IT'S REALLY A SPLIT BID.
'CAUSE THERE'S NICE, UH, UM, UM, CUSTOMERS AND NATIONAL GRID CUSTOMERS.
SO WE WOULD COMBINE IT, OF COURSE, BUT THEY WOULD BE GIVING A DIFFERENT, IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT PRICE IN EACH SERVICE TERRITORY.
AND THEN AGAIN, IT COULD BE A DIFFERENT PRICE FOR RESIDENTIAL.
SO THE TOWN SIGNS A CONTRACT TO, UH, BEFORE TO GO OUT THE BID TO ENGAGE WITH YOUR COMPANY, YOU SIGN A CONTRACT WITH US TO GIVE IT, WHICH, WHICH GIVES US THE, THE AUTHORITY TO ACT ON YOUR BEHALF IN A, IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, WHICH ARE IMPORTANT, INCLUDING RECEIVING DATA FROM THE UTILITIES ON THE COM, ON THE, THE, THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN.
NOT PERSONAL DATA, BUT AGGREGATED DATA THAT WE USE TO GO OUT TO BID.
WE NEED TO KNOW ROUGHLY HOW MUCH POWER YOU USE, UM, AND ALSO TO CONDUCT PUBLIC OUTREACH, YOU KNOW, ON YOUR BEHALF AND TO SUBMIT REGULATORY FILINGS ON YOUR BEHALF.
SO THAT'S THE CONTRACT, THAT'S THE AGREEMENT THAT YOU SIGN AT THE OUTSET, ALONG WITH THE LOCAL LAW, SELECTING AN ADMINISTRATOR.
THERE ARE OTHERS, OF COURSE, WE HOPE YOU SELECT US, BUT THAT, THAT'S WHAT YOU'D BE DOING THERE.
THEN WE GO THROUGH THAT PUBLIC OUTREACH PROCESS AND PROCUREMENT PROCESS, AND THEN ONLY THEN DO WE COME BACK AND SAY, HERE ARE YOUR OPTIONS.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD? AND IF YOU CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD AT THAT TIME, THERE'S A PRICE AND A COUNTERPARTY THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH, THEN IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE A TRI-PARTY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN.
JUUL IS THE PROGRAM MANAGER, AND THEN THE, THE ESCO THEMSELVES.
WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT, UM, THE PROGRAM, SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU SPOKE TO US MORE, MORE COMMUNITIES HAVE SIGNED UP.
UH, BUT AS FAR AS THE PROGRAMMING, THE PROGRAM ITSELF, BECAUSE YOU GAVE, YOU KNOW, A PRETTY THOROUGH COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION TO US.
SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING THE LAST TIME, HAS ANYTHING REALLY CHANGED? WAS THE COMMUNITY SOLAR PART OF IT NOW? I'M NOT EVEN SURE.
YEAH, WE WERE JUST STARTING TO, SO THE, I WOULD SAY THE COMMUNITY SOLAR PART IS, IS, IS MORE MATURE.
UM, SO WE NOW HAVE TWO ACTIVE PROGRAMS, UH, WITH AN OPT-OUT COMMUNITY SOLAR COMPONENT, UM, IN, IN WESTERN NEW YORK, OR WELL, UH, SORT OF BETWEEN HERE AND ROCHESTER.
UM, AND, UH, THEY LAUNCHED IN 2021.
UM, AND, UH, WE'VE DONE SEVERAL MORE, UH, UH, OTHER COMMUNITY SOLAR CAMPAIGNS WITH OTHER OF OUR MUNICIPAL CLIENTS.
UM, BUT ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, AT, AT ITS CORE, THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY PROGRAM IS VERY MUCH THE SAME.
YOU KNOW, IT HASN'T CHANGED MUCH.
THERE ARE SOME, CERTAINLY ALONG THE WAY, AS WE CONTINUE TO, TO ROLL OUT NEW PROGRAMS, THE CONTRACT EVOLVES, THE OFFERINGS EVOLVE.
YOU KNOW, THAT WE, WE, WE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, WE, WE VARY.
UM, THERE'S VARIATION ON THE THEME, BUT THE CORE OF THE PROGRAM IS STILL VERY MUCH THE SAME.
UM, AND THE COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM IS ONLY MORE MATURE.
AND WOULD THIS INCLUDE THE VILLAGES ONLY? SO, SO ONLY SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS AS THE TOWN.
SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE A SEPARATE PROCESS FOR THE TWO.
YEAH, IT'S LIKE AMHERST WILLIAMSVILLE IS SEPARATE, TOTALLY SEPARATE.
SO ALL JURISDICTIONS ARE ESSENTIALLY SOVEREIGN NATIONS AS FAR AS MM-HMM
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, I KNOW THE LAST TIME YOU PRESENTED, UM, A, A QUESTION THAT WE HAD AT THAT TIME WAS, WHY NOT HAVE PEOPLE OPT IN? WHY SHOULD THE OWNERS BE FOR THEM TO OPT OUT? WELL, SO THE, THE, THE REAL REASON IS THAT THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO VOLUME DISCOUNT THE OTHER WAY.
SO, UM, IF IT WERE TO BE AN OPT-IN PROGRAM, EVERYBODY WOULD GET THE SAME RATE.
THEY COULD GET INDIVIDUALLY, RIGHT? IT WOULD JUST, YOU CAN, YOU CAN FORM A, A SORT OF BUYING GROUP AND SEE IF YOU CAN DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
BUT IF THERE'S NO CERTAINTY, IF THAT, UM, AND WE ALLOWED CUSTOMERS, FOR INSTANCE, TO SEE THE PRICES FIRST BEFORE THEY CHOSE TO OPT IN OR OPT OUT, UH, YOU'D GET THE SAME OFFER THAT YOU'D GET AS AN INDIVIDUAL IF YOU WENT HOME AND SHOPPED FOR ELECTRICITY TONIGHT.
THE, THE REASON THAT WE CAN GET THE COMPETITIVE PRICING IS BECAUSE IT'S OPT OUT, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE SOME CERTAINTY.
YES, IT'S POSSIBLE FOR 95% OF THE PEOPLE TO OPT OUT.
AND THERE'S TONS OF HISTORICAL DATA ON THIS.
IT'S GONNA BE AROUND 10%, AND THE SUPPLIERS THAT ARE BIDDING IN 10% THAT OPT OUT, THE SUPPLIERS THAT BID IN, THEY KNOW THAT, RIGHT? SO THEY CAN HAVE CERTAINTY ABOUT, AT ABOUT 90%, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY'RE ABLE TO BID IN MUCH MORE COMPETITIVELY.
UH, ALSO THE STATE HAS SET IT UP AS AN OPTOUT PROGRAM.
THIS, YOU KNOW, AS A REGULATED OPTOUT PROGRAM, THAT'S THE WAY THE STATE HAS SET IT UP, BUT IT'S FOUNDED ON THE
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ECONOMIC BASIS OF IT.I MEAN, YOU COULD DO IT YOURSELF, YOU KNOW, THE STATE SETS THIS UP WITH AN OUTLINE THROUGH NYSERDA.
IT SHOWS YOU HOW TO DO IT YOURSELF, BUT NOBODY DOES, BECAUSE OF EXACTLY WHAT GLEN IS SAYING.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST COMPLEXITY TO GOING OUT AND BIDDING, BUT IT'S DESIGNED SO THAT, SO THE TOWN CAN DO IT, OR THEN YOU CAN CHOOSE WHOEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT PAYING THE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR ANYTHING TO DO THIS.
THAT'S, THAT'S BEING, THAT'S, THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT BETWEEN THE ESCO AND THE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR.
YEAH, I SHOULD, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
SO IT'S FROM A STATE CONTROL PRO THING THAT HAPPENS, WE DON'T GET ANY, WE'VE NOT COMPENSATED IN ANY WAY THROUGH ALL OF THIS EXPLORATORY PROCESS, OUTREACH, ET CETERA.
ONLY IF YOU GO AHEAD AND SIGN A CONTRACT, THEN WE GET PAID BY THE SUPPLIER.
SO NOT BY THE MUNICIPALITY AND NOT BY THE CUSTOMER DIRECTLY.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE, THERE'S NEVER ANY OUT OF POCKET CONSULTING FEES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO US.
SO, SO SOMEONE, WHEN SOMEONE OPTS OUT, IS THERE A TIMEFRAME? DO THEY HAVE TO OPT OUT EVERY YEAR OR WHEN THEY OPT OUT? IT'S FOR THE DURATION, IT'S FOR GOOD.
AND UNLESS THEY CHOOSE TO COME BACK IN, I MEAN, THEY CAN COME BACK IN A MONTH LATER, OR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THEY, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY HAVE TO RENEW EVERY, YOU KNOW, FOR NO, BUT IF A RESIDENCE WAS SOLD, THEN BY DEFAULT, THAT NEW OWNER, ONCE IT'S A NEW CUSTOMER ACCOUNT AS FAR AS THE UTILITY IS CONCERNED, THEN IT'S LIKE, STARTS OVER.
BUT THAT PERSON WHO BUYS THE HOUSE COULD OPT IN.
EVEN THOUGH YOU WOULD SAY IT'S AUTOMATIC.
THEY, THEY WOULD, WHAT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS WHEN SOMEBODY NEW MOVES IN, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WE SWEEP THE UTILITY DATA, WE GET THE NEW CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE MOVED IN SINCE THE LAST ONE, WE SEND THEM A LETTER.
SO THEY HAVE THE SAME, IT GOES THROUGH THE SAME, THEY GET THE SAME, RIGHT.
THAT THE, THAT ANYBODY WOULD HAVE, HAVE HAD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH IS TO SEE THE DEAL AND THEN MAKE A CHOICE WHETHER TO OPT IN OR OPT OUT AND HAVE SOME TIME IN WHICH TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
SO ULTIMATELY, WHEN YOU GO OUT TO BID AND THE PRICES COME BACK, THOSE PRICES WILL INCLUDE YOUR FEE, THE PRO, RIGHT? SO THE EXACTLY RIGHT.
EVERYTHING HAS TO BE BAKED INTO THAT.
SO ALL OF THEIR COSTS, ANY OTHER FEES, TAXES, EVERYTHING IS JUST BUNDLED IN THERE.
THIS MIGHT BE A DIFFICULT QUESTION TO ANSWER, BUT IF YOU GIVE A BALLPARK ANSWER, LET'S SAY SOMEBODY'S A PRI, SOME OF OUR PRIVATE CITIZENS ARE DOING THIS, NOW THEY'RE GETTING, LET'S SAY A 5% DISCOUNT MM-HMM
UM, BALLPARK, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE NEW DISCOUNT MIGHT GO UP TO? YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, IT'S, IT, UH, IT OBVIOUSLY EBBS AND FLOWS WITH THE MARKET HISTORICALLY GOING, YOU KNOW, CCA IS ACTUALLY ABOUT 20 YEARS OLD NOW, STARTED IN MASSACHUSETTS.
IT'S ABOUT SIX, SEVEN YEARS OLD IN NEW YORK.
UM, SO HISTORICALLY IN, IN STATES SIMILAR TO NEW YORK, IT'S ABOUT A SEVEN TO 12% DISCOUNT AGAINST THE UTILITY OVER TIME.
LAST YEAR IN 2022, IT WAS MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT.
I'M NOT, I CAN'T SAY COME HERE AND SAY THAT'S GONNA KEEP, THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT, BUT THE NUMBERS LAST YEAR WERE PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, UM, STAGGERING WITH, WITH THAT, WITH THE RESPECT, THE WAY THAT ESPECIALLY FIXED RATE CONTRACTS PERFORMED AGAINST UTILITY RATES, THEY WERE SO HIGH.
UM, AND THEY ARE, THEY REMAIN HIGH.
UM, BUT YEAH, IT'S USUALLY TYPICALLY IN THE SEVEN TO 12%.
AND WILL THAT APPEAR ON THE NATIONAL GRID AND IC STATEMENTS AT, LIKE, IT DOES FOR PRIVATE SAYS A COMPARISON? NO, THIS, THE DISCOUNT THAT'S BEEN APPLIED BECAUSE THEY'RE PART OF THE ESCO, IT, IT'LL SAY THE RATE.
SO THE RATE, SO LIKE, IN OTHER WORDS, IF IT'S A FIXED RATE, IT'S STILL ACTUALLY COMPETING.
IT'S A FIXED RATE THAT STAYS STABLE EVERY MONTH.
IT'S ACTUALLY COMPETING AGAINST THE UTIL THE VARIABLE UTILITY RATE.
SO IT'S NOT A GUARANTEE OF SAVINGS FROM THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY COMMUNITY.
SOLAR DOES HAVE A GUARANTEE OF SAVINGS.
SO, UM, BUT WITH ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, IT'S A, IT, IT'S A MARKET BASED THING.
IT, IT JUST HAPPENS THAT, THAT OVER TIME, BY LEVERAGING THE POWER OF THE, THE BUYING POWER OF THE AGGREGATION, YOU'RE ABLE TO SECURE LOWER RATES THAN, THAN THE UTILITY IS ABLE TO OFFER OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
SO THAT'S WHY WE LIKE TO DO TWO, THREE YEAR CONTRACTS SO THAT IN ANY GIVEN PERIOD OF A COUPLE MONTHS, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN, BUT OVER TIME IT TENDS TO PROVE ITSELF OUT.
SO ALSO, IF WE SIGNED UP AND WE LOOKED AT A RESIDENT THAT HAS A BILL THAT'S OPTED OUT MM-HMM
AND A BILL THAT'S OPTED IN, WILL THEY EVEN NOTICE? IS THERE EVEN ANY INDICATION THAT THERE'S DIFFERENT, THE, UH, YOUR, UH, REAL ESTATE ON UTILITY BILLS IS A VERY
IT'S VERY HARD TO GET ANYTHING.
WE'D LOVE TO PUT ALL THAT STUFF ON THE UTILITY BILL.
WE'VE, WE HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING A WHOLE LOT OF GOOD CUSTOMER INFORMATION ON THE UTILITY BILL.
UM, BUT OF COURSE WE PROMOTE THAT, RIGHT? SO WE SHOW THIS THAT I'M SO
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IN ELOQUENTLY DOING WITH MY ARMS, UM, CHARTS OF, OF COURSE, PRICE, UH, YOU KNOW, COMPARISON OVER TIME, DOLLARS AND CENTS, YOU KNOW, AT THE HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, AT THE TOWN LEVEL, AT THE, YOU KNOW, SO WE MAKE SENSE OF, OF ALL THOSE NUMBERS AT, ON A ROLLING BASIS.UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT'S TOUGH TO GET ON A UTILITY BILL.
BUT ON THAT, THAT, THAT DATA THAT WE'RE MAKING SENSE OF ON A ROLLING BASE BASIS, UH, ANY, ANY CITIZEN OR SMALL BUSINESS CAN TAP INTO THE JEWEL WEBSITE.
SO IT'S, YEAH, CAN, CAN REALLY GET, I MEAN, THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF, UH, WHAT IS IT, EVERY THREE MONTHS OR, YEAH.
AND IT, IT'S A WEBSITE FOR YOU FOR THAT EXACT PURPOSE, RIGHT? THEY CAN ALSO OPT OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S A PROGRAM WEBSITE THAT IS MADE FOR THE CUSTOMER.
THE FAQ THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU WILL BE ON THERE, ET CETERA.
THE KEY THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT THE TOWN DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, THE, THE OBJECTIVE IS THE TOWN DOESN'T HAVE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE WORK INVOLVED IN THIS, WHICH IS WHY YOU WOULD HAVE A PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS, UH, BECAUSE THAT 800 NUMBER FOR ANYBODY THAT CALLS IT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOMETIMES WHERE PEOPLE ARE CALLING.
THAT 800 NUMBER IS, UH, IS, IS A GREAT RESOURCE TO HAVE FOR THE CUSTOMER SERVICE.
DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW LIKE THE, THE TYPICAL UTILITY BILL, LIKE AVERAGE UTILITY BILL IN YOU MEAN LIKE DOLLARS? YEAH.
UM, IN ZONE A, I WOULD SAY, I WOULD SAY YOUR AVERAGE IS PROBABLY SIX.
YOU KNOW, I BET, I BET IT'S SUPPLY PLUS DELIVERY.
I BET IT'S NOT QUITE $2,000 A YEAR WOULD BE MY GUESS.
AND YOU CAN KIND OF SPLIT THAT IN HALF.
IT'S NOT PRECISE, BUT ABOUT HALF YOUR BILLS SUPPLY AND ABOUT THE O AND THE OTHER HALF IS ACTUALLY WHERE I LIVE, IT'S MORE DELIVERY THAN SUPPLY, BUT IT'S ABOUT ABOUT HALF AND HALF.
UM, SO YOU CAN ADDRESS THAT, SORT OF, THAT HALF OF IT THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
SO, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S REALISTIC THAT WE COULD SAVE EACH HOUSEHOLD IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG ABOUT A HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR.
WHICH SPREAD OVER 20,000 HOUSEHOLDS WOULD PUT AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION INTO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.
IT STARTS TO SOUND REALLY GOOD.
LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE SAVED OUR CUSTOMERS $12 MILLION JUST LAST YEAR ACROSS OUR PROGRAMS. IT STARTS TO REALLY PILE UP, YOU KNOW, AND THERE WERE SOME BIG TOWNS IN THERE THAT SAVED MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS IN A GIVEN YEAR, LET ALONE A TWO OR THREE YEAR CONTRACT.
YOU KNOW, UM, IT, IT REALLY DOES BECOME VERY COMPELLING SAVINGS OVER TIME.
I MEAN, I LOOK AT IT LIKE THE ELECTRICITY PRICES FOLLOW NATURAL GAS.
NATURAL GAS IS, IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S JUST SKYROCKETING.
UH, AT LEAST THAT'S A CRYSTAL BALL, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
THAT'S WHY I LIKE IT FOR, FOR AMHERST TO AT LEAST, UH, I MEAN A TOWN LIKE THIS, PARTICULARLY THE SIZE OF THE TOWN, THE SIZE OF AMHERST, UH, I MEAN, NORTH TOWNAWANDA, CITY OF NORTH WAN IS THREE 5,000 PEOPLE, AND THERE THEY'RE BEING TIED IN WITH FOUR OR FIVE OTHER SMALLER COMMUNITIES, UH, VILLAGES LIKE, UH, DOWNSTATE, RIGHT? I MEAN MM-HMM
IT'S A BUNCH OF, FOR THAT BID.
SO THAT'LL HELP THESE SMALLER COMMUNITIES.
UH, I MEAN, YOU WOULD STAND ALONE, BUT STILL, UH, IF THERE WERE ANY SMALLER OUTLYING COMMUNITIES THAT'S OF, YOU KNOW, EAST AUTO OR PLACES LIKE THAT, THEY COULD JUMP IN ON THIS VOLUME, UH, POWER OF THE VOLUME REALLY PRICES OF FUNCTION OF VOLUME.
AND IT'S, UH, SO IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM TO LOOK AT AND IT'S GREAT TO EXPLORE THE PROGRAM, REALLY.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT SIGNING UP, WHICH I, I ALWAYS THOUGHT WAS A REAL STRENGTH OF IT, IS THAT YOU'RE, YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO SIT BACK AND GO, WAIT A MINUTE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT QUESTIONS OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, IT'S EIGHT MONTHS, SO I'M SURE MORE QUESTIONS WILL COME UP,
ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS NOW,
YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE WOULD BE AUTHORIZING YOU ACCESS TO DATA.
UM, WOULD YOU TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE? SURE.
SO, UM, AND THIS IS ALL VERY, A VERY REGULATED AND REGIMENTED PROCESS.
UM, SO AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE OUTREACH PERIOD, THERE'S A FORMAL OUTREACH PERIOD OF AT LEAST 60 DAYS WHERE WE DO EVENTS AND, UH, AND FLYERS AND RADIO AND PRESS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS, UM, TO GET PEOPLE TO KNOW, UH, ABOUT THE PROGRAM, LEARN ABOUT THE PROGRAM, AND THEN ASK US, BE ABLE TO ASK US QUESTIONS.
AFTER THAT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE STATE AND SHOW THEM THAT WE'VE DONE THAT.
HERE'S THE EVENT WE HELD IN, UH, APRIL 13TH IN THE TOWN HALL AND HERE, YOU KNOW, DOCUMENT EVERYTHING WHEN THEY CHECK OFF ON THAT.
THAT ALLOWS US, UNTIL WE HAVE THAT STATE CHECKOFF, WE DON'T, CAN'T GET ANYTHING.
ONCE WE HAVE THAT, THAT GREEN LIGHT FROM THE STATE, WE CAN THEN TURN TO NATIONAL GRID AND
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CONSUMPTION FOR THOSE CUSTOMERS.UM, AND THEY GIVE US, FOR THE PREVIOUS 12 MONTHS, RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL COMMERCIAL TOTAL, TOTAL AMOUNT OF CONSUMPTION.
WE DON'T KNOW MRS. JONES USED THIS MUCH IN, IN, IN MAY, UM, OR, OR WHO MRS. JONES IS.
WE JUST KNOW HOW MUCH AT THE TOWN LEVEL, THAT'S WHAT WE USE TO GO OUT TO BID.
WE SAY THIS IS THE SIZE OF THE OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT? HERE'S HOW MUCH POWER THEY USE.
HERE'S THE SEASONAL VARIATION, HERE'S THE PEAK, HERE'S THE AVERAGE, ET CETERA.
THAT'S WHAT THEY, THAT'S ALL THEY NEED TO PUT THEIR BID TOGETHER.
IF AND ONLY IF YOU THEN SIGN A CONTRACT WITH A BIDDER, WOULD WE THEN BE SENT ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION? AND AT THAT POINT STILL, IT'S ONLY THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION, THEIR NAME AND THEIR ADDRESS.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO SEND THEM THAT LETTER.
SO WE DON'T GET THEIR ACCOUNT NUMBER AT THAT TIME.
WE DON'T GET THEIR CONSUMPTION.
WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEM OTHER THAN THEIR NAME AND THEIR ADDRESS.
SO THOSE THAT OPT OUT AT THAT POINT, WE NEVER GET ANY OTHER DATA ABOUT THEM, THEIR ELECTRICITY, UH, CONSUMPTION OR ANYTHING.
THEY'VE ALL, WE KNOW, ALL WE'VE GOTTEN IS ENOUGH TO SEND THEM A LETTER.
THEY'VE OPTED OUT, NO OTHER DATA TRA CHANGES HANDS.
IF THEY DON'T OPT OUT AND THEY'RE ENROLLED, THEN WE WILL GET DATA FROM THE UTILITY ABOUT THEIR ACCOUNT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO ENROLL THEM.
SO, SO THAT'S THE SORT OF FLOW, THERE'S, THERE'S CHECKS ALONG THE WAY SO THAT, YOU KNOW, PERSONAL DATA IST FLOWING BEFORE IT ABSOLUTELY HAS TO.
SO IN ESSENCE THOUGH, WE'D BE MAKING A CHOICE FOR THEM, AND THEN THE ONUS WOULD BE ON THEM TO OPT BACK OUT.
YOU'D BE, YOU'D BE MAKING A CHOICE, ASSUMING, RIGHT.
YOU'D BE MAKING A CHOICE TO, AS TO, TO REPLACE THE DEFAULT SUPPLIER, NATIONAL GRID, NYSEG WITH A NEW DEFAULT SUPPLIER.
AND PRESUMABLY BECAUSE THERE'S GOOD REASON, PRICEWISE, STABILITY, RENEWABLES, ET CETERA.
AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO BE ON THAT DEFAULT, BUT IF THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING, THEY WILL BE ENROLLED.
IF THEY CHOOSE, IF THEY TAKE NO ACTION, THEY'LL BE ENROLLED.
IS THAT A SMILE OR IS THAT A, IS THAT A
WELL, IT IS, IT'S AN ADDITIONAL, SO THEY STILL HAVE EVERY CHOICE IN INCLUDING TO SAY EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE OR TO SIGN UP WITH ANY OTHER ESCO, RIGHT? SO THEY STILL HAVE ALL THOSE CHOICES, ADDITIONAL CHOICE, BUT IT IS THE DEFAULT CHOICE.
SO IT DOES, I KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHY IT FEELS LIKE A CHOICE ON YOUR, OR ON THEIR BEHALF BY THE TOWN, RIGHT? UH, BUT IT IS, IT'S A REPLACEMENT OF AN EXISTING DEFAULT, WHICH BY THE WAY, IS FRANKLY, THE UTILITY PRICES ARE NOT DOING ANYBODY ANY FAVORS LATELY.
UM, SO STICKING WITH THE UTILITY IS, IS IT'S COMES WITH HIGH VOLATILITY AND LATELY VERY HIGH PRICES AS WELL.
WE'RE HAVING A SIMILAR DISCUSSION IN THE COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO THE GARBAGE COLLECTION.
YOU KNOW, AND, AND I THINK THAT THE APPETITE OUT THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR, FOR CHOICE, THAT BECOMES MORE OF A, A SECONDARY PRIORITY AS THOSE PRICES ESCALATE.
THE COMMUNITY VOTED AGAINST THE TOWN WIDE GARBAGE DISTRICT IN 2005, BUT WE HEAR FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS ALL THE TIME, EVERY WEEK, ALMOST EVERY DAY, THAT THE PRICES ARE WAY TOO HIGH.
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
IN THAT INSTANCE, THEY'RE WILLING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE, AND IN THAT INSTANCE, THEY WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE A CHOICE AT ALL.
IT WOULD JUST BE LIKE ANY OTHER COMMUNITY IN, IN YOUR COUNTY.
AND, AND THAT'S WHY, I MEAN, THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT AS TOM STRESSED THAT THE EXPLORATORY PROCESS COMES FIRST.
SO BEFORE YOU'VE MADE ANY DECISION ON BEHALF OF ANYBODY, ALL YOU'VE DONE IS AGREED TO SEE WHAT THE, WHAT PRICES WILL COME BACK.
IF THEY'RE ABOUT THE SAME AS THE UTILITY OR A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THE UTILITY, NATURALLY YOU'D SAY, WHAT VALUE AM I BRINGING? RIGHT BY, BY MAKING THIS CHOICE, IF IT'S SIGN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN SHOW SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS, HOWEVER, THEN YOU SAY, LOOK, THEN, THEN WE'RE MAKING A CHOICE TO, TO, TO ESTABLISH A DEFAULT THAT WE, THAT WE THINK IS A BETTER OPTION FOR MOST, FOR MOST RESIDENTS THAN THE UTILITY BASIC VARIABLE SERVICE.
YOU KNOW? BUT THAT'S A CHOICE THAT YOU'LL MAKE.
ONLY WHEN YOU HAVE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF YOU, WOULD THERE BE A BENEFIT? WELL, ACTUALLY, HAVE YOU HAD ANY, UM, CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE YOU'VE WORKED WITH A MUNICIPALITY THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE'VE GOT TWO VILLAGES LOCATED MM-HMM
WITHIN OUR TOWN, WHERE THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO PARTNER AT THE SAME TIME AND USE THE SAME BID.
WOULD THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT? ABSOLUTELY.
LIKE, HAVE YOU GUYS HAD TO, HAVE YOU WORKED WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WHO'VE DONE THAT? AND WHAT SORT OF DIFFERENCE HAS IT MADE? YEAH, SO IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS BEST, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY FOR THE VILLAGES, THE VILLAGE RESIDENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T JUST, WE DON'T, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT VILLAGE AND TOWN BORDERS, BUT THEY, THEY, THAT'S MY NEIGHBOR, RIGHT? WE GO TO THE SAME SCHOOL OR WE DO, YOU KNOW, SO THEY SAY, OH YEAH, YOU
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KNOW, WE'RE IN THIS PROGRAM AND I SAY, I DIDN'T GET A LETTER, RIGHT? SO IT CAN CAUSE SOME, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S A, WHEN THERE'S A TOWN DOING IT AND A VILLAGE NOT DOING IT, IT CAN CAUSE SOME CONFUSION IN THE VILLAGE.SO, YOU KNOW, IF THE TOWN CHOOSES TO GO FORWARD, WE ABSOLUTELY WOULD, WOULD REACH OUT TO THE VILLAGES, I'M SURE TOM ALREADY IS, UM, BUT REACH OUT TO THE VILLAGES AND SAY, LOOK, THE TOWN IS THINKING ABOUT DOING THIS.
THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD MEAN FOR YOU TO JOIN ON EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE EXPLAINED TO YOU TONIGHT.
AND THEY'LL CHOOSE, YOU KNOW, AT THEIR DISCRETION TO GO FORWARD OR NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT.
BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEST, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY WHEN EVERYBODY IS EITHER DOING IT OR NOT DOING IT.
UM, BUT WE'VE HAD EXPERIENCE, TONS OF EXPERIENCE BOTH WAYS WHERE THE VILLAGES OR JUST THE VILLAGES DOING IT THAT INCORPORATED TA UH, INCORPORATED TOWN AROUND IT IS NOT, AND VICE VERSA.
SO IT WORKS ALWAYS, BUT YEAH, IT'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, CONSENSUS IS THE BEST, BUT NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE.
AND ALSO ALSO WE CAN GIVE YOU, UH, A LIST OF TESTIMONIALS AND PEOPLE TO CALL SUPERVISORS TO, TO CONTACT, SAY, THESE GUYS ARE SAYING THIS, AND WHAT'S YOUR EXPERIENCE? UH, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S REALLY, UH, IT'S, IT'S NONPARTISAN.
IT'S, UH, COMMUNITIES FROM MANY DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, PARTIES AND, UH, SO TWO AT LEAST, WHAT'S THAT? TWO, TWO PARTIES AT LEAST THAT'S TRUE.
SEEMS LIKE, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE TO, THOSE MUNICIPALITIES HAVE TO BE ADJOINING OR COULD YOU NO.
USE ANOTHER, NO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, UH, NO, THE WAY THEY PRICE IT OUT IS REALLY ON A SORT OF ZAL MARKET BASIS.
SO, YOU KNOW IT LIKE WHEN COMMUNITIES ARE IN THE SAME ZONE, THAT TENDS TO HELP PRICING, BUT EVEN THAT IS NOT A PREREQ, A PREREQUISITE FOR A, YOU KNOW, WILL THERE BE SEPARATE CONTRACTS FOR EACH MUNICIPALITY OR, YES.
SO, SO YOU MAY GET EXACTLY THE SAME DEAL, THE SAME RATE, BUT EVERY MUNICIPALITY SIGNS THEIR OWN CONTRACT.
THERE'S NO INTER MUNICIPAL ACTION AT ALL NECESSARY.
YOU STATED EARLIER THAT THE RESIDENTS WOULDN'T BE TAKEN ON THE ONUS OR THE RESPONSIBILITY OR THE BURDEN OF THE CONTRACT.
I BELIEVE THE BURDEN OF THE CONTRACT IS YOUR EXACT PHRASE.
WHAT EXACTLY WOULD BE THE BURDENS OF THE CONTRACT IF THE MUNICIPALITY IS TAKING THAT OFF? SO THE MUNICIPALITY IS, UM, IS CHOOSING A, THE SUPPLIER, RIGHT? THEY ARE, UM, SIGNING A CONTRACT THAT UNDERSTANDS THAT THE SUPPLIER NOW HAS THE RIGHT AND OBLIGATION TO SERVE THOSE CUSTOMERS AT THEIR DISCRETION.
ALL THE CUSTOMERS THAT CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE, THEY NEED TO SERVE THEM.
THE CUSTOMERS THAT CHOOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE, THEY CAN'T, THEY CAN'T DISCRIMINATE ON THEIR END, OH, I'LL SERVE THIS ONE, BUT NOT THIS ONE.
OH, I'LL ONLY GIVE YOU THIS PRICE IF THIS MANY PEOPLE, THEY ARE OBLIGATED TO HONOR THEIR PRICE, NO MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE IN TOWN OPT OUT OR OPT IN OR PARTICIPATE OR HOW MUCH POWER THEY USE.
THEY, THAT IS THEIR ROLE AS THE DEFAULT SUPPLIER.
JUST LIKE THE UTILITY YOU MOVE INTO TOWN, THEY UTILITY DOESN'T SAY, OH, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR YOU.
RIGHT? THEY HAVE TO TAKE YOU ON.
SO THEY, THEY SORT OF FIT INTO, IN SOME WAYS, INTO THAT ROLE.
SO THE MUNICIPALITY IS SAYING THAT WE ARE, WE ARE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE USING OUR MUNICIPAL HOME RULE AUTHORITY TO ALLOW THE SUPPLIER, BLESS YOU, THE SUPPLIER, TO DO THAT, TO TAKE OUR CUSTOMERS INFORMATION, TO ENROLL THEM, AND TO SERVE THEM.
AND ALLOWING JUUL AS THE PROGRAM MANAGER TO ACT IN THE WAYS THAT I DESCRIBED BEFORE, TO COLLECT DATA, TO CONDUCT PUBLIC OUTREACH, TO, TO ENGAGE WITH THE UTILITIES AND TO ENGAGE WITH THE REGULATORS ON YOUR BEHALF.
AND THAT'S REALLY THE SORT OF BONES OF THAT CONTRACT THAT YOU'D SIGN.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE, THE SORT OF THE, THE OBLIGATIONS THAT YOU'D BE TAKING.
AND THEN YOU ALSO MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, THAT THERE'S SIGNIFICANT VARIATION IN, OR SEASONAL VARIATION.
HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THE SEASONAL VARIATION IN OUR AREA? IN, IN TERMS OF CONSUMPTION? MM-HMM
SO IT'S, UH, YOU, YOU MAY EVEN BE A WINTER PEAK PEAKING, UH, COMMUNITY HERE.
MOST OF NEW YORK STATE IS A SUMMER PEAKING COMMUNITY, THOUGH.
THERE, THERE ARE AREAS THAT ARE WINTER PEAKING COMMUNITIES, BUT IT IS, IT IS, IF YOU PICTURE ANOTHER BAD ARM GRAPH, BUT IF YOU PICTURE SORT OF STARTING WITH JANUARY, GOING INTO DECEMBER, IT STARTS OUT VERY HIGH, COMES DOWN IN THE SPRING, GOES UP VERY HIGH IN THE, IN THE SUMMER, COMES BACK DOWN IN THE FALL, AND THEN UP AGAIN AT THE END OF THE YEAR AS WINTER STARTS.
SO IT'S A VERY, IT'S LIKE A HUMP, IT'S LIKE A CAMEL.
UM, AND, UM, AND IT'S PRETTY STARK IN NEW YORK BETWEEN SUMMER AND WINTER, BOTH HIGH FALL AND SPRING, MUCH, MUCH LOWER.
SO FALL AND SPRING HAPPENED TO BE, SAY, MORE EXPENSIVE TIMES FOR THE DISTRIBUTION AND SAY BY CHANCE THIS YEAR, SUMMER AND WINTER CHEAPER MM-HMM
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PROGRAM MAY NOT BE BENEFICIAL, RIGHT? LIKE, 'CAUSE YOUR, YOUR RATE STAYED THE SAME.IN THE CURRENT PROGRAM WE HAVE IT'S VARIABLE MM-HMM
IN THE MARKET, SO THERE'S NO GUARANTEE LIKE PAST HISTORY SHOWING THAT IT USUALLY WORKS OUT TO OUR FAVOR, BUT THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE.
BUT IT'S, IT WOULDN'T, THE, THE, I JUST WANNA, THE, THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS YES, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE OR NO, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE, BUT, UM, IT'S NOT USUALLY SEASONAL.
IT'S NOT USUALLY UNEXPECTED SEASONAL CHANGE THAT WOULD DRIVE THAT.
IT'S MORE THE UNDERLYING MARKETS, UM, FOR THE COMMODITIES, PRIMARILY NATURAL GAS IN NEW YORK, WHICH REALLY DRIVES WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY PRICES.
SO IF, IN OTHER WORDS, IF, IF, IF NATURAL GAS IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS EXPENSIVE OVER THE CONTRACT PERIOD THAN WAS EXPECTED, THAT WOULD BE THE CASE WHERE, WHERE THE COMMUNITY WOULDN'T SAVE MONEY.
AND THEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SOLAR ASPECT.
DOES THAT REQUIRE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF COMMUNITY SOLAR TO COME FROM WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, OR IS THE, ARE WE REQUIRED TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF SOLAR FARMS OR SOLAR DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY? WHERE IS THAT COMING FROM? NO, IT COULD BE ANYWHERE IN NATIONAL GRID TERRITORY.
OF COURSE, SOME COMMUNITIES CHOOSE TO PURSUE LOCAL FARMS FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES, BUT IT, THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT ON IT.
SO IT ACTUALLY, I MEAN, IT COULD BE ANYWHERE IN NATIONAL, UH, GRID OR NYSEG TERRITORY.
THOSE ARE TWO, UM, SERVICE TERRITORIES THAT ARE SORT OF ALL OVER THE STATE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, UNLIKE SOME OF THE DOWNSTATE UTILITIES THAT ARE JUST A SMALL GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT, IN WHICH CASE ANY PROJECT WOULD BASICALLY BE LOCAL.
UH, IN THIS CASE IT COULD BE A, A COMMUNITY SOLAR PROJECT FROM ANYWHERE IN NATIONAL GRID OR IN, I SAID, DEPENDING ON WHERE THE CUSTOMER LIVES.
IF, IF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS A, A SPACE OF, I DON'T KNOW, SOME, SOME INDUSTRIAL LAND THAT'S NOT BORDERING HOMES, THAT, THAT MM-HMM
IF THEY PUT SOLAR PANELS IN THAT 10 ACRE SITE, WOULD, WOULD, IF THEY DECIDED TO GET, DEVELOP, PUT SOLAR, WOULD THOSE, WOULD THEY HAVE BENEFIT? YEAH, IF THE, UH, THE, THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWN, IF YOU ORIGINATED YOUR OWN PROJECT, WHICH WE ARE WORKING WITH, UH, COMMUNITIES THAT ARE DOING THAT, LIKE ON LANDFILLS AND LIKE, UH, GROUND FIELDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, IF YOU INITIATED IT, YOU COULD CREATE THAT.
YOU COULD SAY, WELL, I ONLY WANT, IF THIS IS A GUARANTEED SAVINGS FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S ON THIS SOLAR FARM, I ONLY WANT IT TO GO TO STAY IN THE TOWN.
SO YOU COULD DRAW THAT CIRCLE BECAUSE THE, BECAUSE OF THE, THE LOCATION.
BUT AS FAR AS THE STATE IS CONCERNED IN TERMS OF WHO CAN SIGN UP FOR ANY PARTICULAR SOLAR FARM, IT JUST HAS TO BE THE SAME SERVICE TERRITORY.
YOU MENTIONED RENEWABLES AS A BENEFIT OF YEAH, THE PROGRAM.
IS THE PERCENTAGE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY GREATER IN THE CCA THAN WHAT OTHER FOLKS? MOST OF OUR CONTRACTS ARE 100% NEW YORK STATE, SO YEAH, NOT ALL, BUT MOST ANYTHING ELSE, GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR SO MUCH HAVING YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
AND YOU HAVE TOM'S INFORMATION? YES, SIR.
I'M DOING A PRESENTATION AND ASSOCIATION OF TOWN OF THE ELECTRIFICATION OF NEW YORK STATE.
AND THE IMPACTS IT'S GONNA HAVE ON, ON COMMUNITIES.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, BECAUSE HERE TONIGHT, UH, YOU HAVE MY REPORT, UH, FOR THE EVENING, I BROUGHT HARD COPIES IN CASE ANYBODY NEEDS ALL THE STUFF.
AS, AS BRAD TOLD ME, I, HE SAID TO ME, YOU'RE KILLING ME SMALLS BY PUTTING IN ALL THOSE, UH, RESOLUTIONS AND ATTACHMENTS.
UM, SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT GOING ON AT IN TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
FIRST ONE IS ADOPTING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I'M VERY EXCITED THAT THE TOWN WILL BE ADOPTING YOUR NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I DELIVER TWO HARD COPIES TO KATHY, BUT WE'LL GET YOU ELECTRONIC VERSIONS, ALL THE THINGS YOU NEED FOR YOUR WEBSITE, ET CETERA.
AND THEN THE FUN PART STARTS IS NO SENSE DOING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UNLESS YOU'RE GONNA START TO IMPLEMENT IT.
I'M EXCITED THAT YOU FORMED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE.
I'M GONNA START WORKING ON IT.
SEVERAL OF THESE THINGS TONIGHT ARE ABOUT BEGINNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, SO YOU HAVE ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT, UH, A DISCUSSION OF LET'S DO THE HARDER ONE.
AND YOU HAVE A NEW AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT, A NEW AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT, AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE OVERLAY OVERLAY.
AND BECAUSE I'M CREATING AN AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE OVERLAY IN THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN PART OF THE TOWN, I'VE SPLIT THE SOUTHERN HAMBURG OVERLAY BACK INTO THE LAKE VIEW OVERLAY AND BACK INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN OVERLAY.
PROBABLY MUCH TO THE PREVIOUS SUPERVISOR CHAGRIN.
'CAUSE HE WAS THE ONE WHO COM COMBINED THEM ALL, BUT THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT.
THE AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE, OPEN OVERLAY IS VERY IMPORTANT, WHICH SEPARATES THE OTHER TWO AREAS.
AND LAKEVIEW IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE TOWN.
IT'S PART OF, IF I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, IT'S, YOU'VE TALKED, TALKED ABOUT FORM-BASED CODES AND
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THINGS LIKE WHAT THE CITY OF BUFFALO DOES WITH GREEN CODES.WE DON'T HAVE A FORM-BASED CODE OR A GREEN CODE, AND SOMEBODY BROUGHT THAT UP, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO ADOPT THINGS THAT ADD IN THOSE ELEMENTS.
GREEN CODES INCLUDE MORE THINGS BEYOND THE SIMPLE ZONING.
THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE DESIGN STANDARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF DOING OVERLAYS FOR NOW, YEARS FROM NOW, THE TOWN MAY DECIDE TO GO TO A GREEN CODE OR A FORM-BASED CODE, IT'S GONNA COST YOU ABOUT HALF A MILLION TO A MILLION DOLLARS TO DO THAT.
BUT FOR NOW, YOU'RE ADDING, ADDING DESIGN ELEMENTS INTO YOUR CODE.
SO YOU HAVE THOSE THREE THINGS THAT YOU'RE GONNA JUST BEGIN THE PROCESS TONIGHT.
I'M SURE WE'RE GONNA GET COMMENTS ON, ON THE LAWS, AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA ADOPT THESE, HOPEFULLY ADOPT THESE LAWS.
BUT WE'RE GONNA BEGIN THE PROCESS TONIGHT WITH THAT RESOLUTION.
YOU HAVE TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THAT.
YOU CAN, I WOULD ASK, YOU COULD DO THAT AT THE SECOND, IT'S BLANK IN THE RESOLUTION, THE SECOND MEETING IN FEBRUARY.
YOUR SECOND MEETING WOULD BE GOOD FOR THAT, UM, FOR THAT.
UM, SO AGAIN, THOSE THREE, YOU NEED THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT AND AGRICULTURAL OPEN OVERLAY TO COMPLETE YOUR GRANT FROM THE COUNTY TO COLLECT ALL YOUR MONIES FROM THAT GRANT.
YOU HAD TO PUT LAWS IN PLACE TO SUPPORT YOUR AGRICULTURAL PART OF YOUR, OF YOUR PLAN.
UM, THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, UH, RESOLUTION IS ABOUT, WE'LL DO AN EASIER ONE NOW.
IT'S THE CAMP ROAD INTERCHANGE DISTRICT, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND SOME OF THE STUDIES YOU HAD DONE BY OTHERS.
TALK ABOUT THAT INTERCHANGE AREA BEING A GATEWAY INTO YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND YOU ALSO WERE FORCED IN THE FACT THAT THE THROUGHWAY AUTHORITY IS GONNA SELL THAT REMAINING PIECE OF LAND THAT, THAT WAS USED FOR THE COVER LEAK BEFORE IT'S UN ZONE PROPERTY.
WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH A ZONING, IF YOU'LL NOTICE TONIGHT, THE UNIQUE PART ABOUT THIS IS THAT ALL I'M DOING RIGHT NOW IS TRYING TO CREATE THE DISTRICT.
SO TAKE A LOOK AT THE DISTRICT, BUT WE HAVEN'T APPLIED IT YET TO PROPERTIES.
WE KNOW THE ONE PROPERTY WE HAVE TO DO IS THE THROUGHWAY AUTHORITY PROPERTY.
I NEED TO HAVE A WORK SESSION WITH A TOWN BOARD AND OTHERS TO DECIDE WHAT OTHER PROPERTIES IN THAT AREA YOU WOULD WANT TO DO.
IN YOUR, IN YOUR HANDOUT TONIGHT AND PREVIOUS MEMOS I GAVE YOU, I GAVE YOU PICTURES OF THAT ENTIRE AREA AND WHAT THE ZONING WAS AND WHAT PROPERTIES WOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR THAT NEW, THE NEW DISTRICT.
YOU COULD ALSO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ALL THOSE PROPERTIES AS THIS CAMP ROAD INTERCHANGE.
YOU ALSO HAVE THAT MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT THAT YOU COULD ALSO USE THAT YOU ADOPTED RECENTLY ALSO.
AGAIN, JUST BEGINNING THE PROCESS.
AND AGAIN, I WOULD RECOMMEND THE SECOND MEETING OF FEBRUARY FOR THAT PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT.
AND WE'LL DO ALL THE MAILINGS TO ALL THE AGENCIES.
THE THIRD ONE'S A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT.
IT'S THE, IT'S SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE COMP PLAN ABOUT CHANGING THE ZONING OF PROPERTIES.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST SET OF BEING INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES.
YOU HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES IN THE TOWN THAT ARE EXTREMELY OUTDATED.
THEY DON'T NEED INDUSTRIAL ZONING, THEY'RE NOT USED FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.
THEY REALLY SHOULD BE REZONED.
UM, UH, SO THAT ONE AGAIN, I WOULD SUGGEST FOR THAT ONE, I THINK I TALKED TO KATHY AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
YOU MAY WANNA SET THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT FOR MARCH ONLY BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTIES WE ARE REZONING AND YOU HAVE TO NOTIFY EVERYBODY WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF THEM.
THE PORT LEGAL DEPARTMENT, CINDY IS PROBABLY GONNA END UP HAVING TO DO MAILING A HUNDREDS OF PROPERTY OWNERS FOR THAT REZONING.
SO YOU PROBABLY WANNA PUSH THAT OUT TO GIVE THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND CINDY TIME TO PUT THOSE MAILINGS TOGETHER, GET THOSE NOTICES OUT SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THOSE, ON THOSE PROPERTIES.
SO IT NOT ONLY AFFECTS THE PROPERTY, BUT THE ADJOINING PEOPLE WANNA KNOW THAT WE'RE CHANGING THE ZONING.
THEY'RE ALL DOWN ZONINGS, WE'RE TAKING INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY AND DOWN ZONING THEM, BUT PEOPLE WANNA KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THOSE PROPERTIES.
SO THOSE ARE THE RESOLUTIONS FOR TONIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE RESOLUTIONS? AGAIN, UH, EXCEPT FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE'RE JUST BEGINNING THE PROCESS.
I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE NEVER GO INTO A PROCESS THINKING, OH, THIS LAW IS NOT GONNA CHANGE.
THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF GETTING PUBLIC AND AGENCY INPUT, IS TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT LAW BETTER IF WE MISS SOMETHING.
SO AGAIN, PLEASE REVIEW THOSE LAWS.
WE'RE GONNA START THE PROCESS AND GET PUBLIC AND AGENCY INPUT AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL CREATE GOOD LAWS FOR THE TOWN THAT, THAT MOVE THE TOWN FORWARD TOWARDS ITS GOAL OF ACHIEVING WHAT'S IN THE COMP PLAN.
AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE FIRST ONES.
UM, I WON'T GO OVER IN YOUR REPORT, UM, BUT MY REPORT GIVES A STATUS OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ACTIVE REZONING PROJECT FOR THE LAST YEAR.
I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS, I WOULD, I KNOW THEY GET MAD.
I WOULD SEND A LETTER TO DAVID HOLMES TELLING HIM THERE'S BEEN NO ACTIVITY ON THAT REZONING APPLICATION IN THREE, FOUR YEARS.
PLEASE LET HIM KNOW THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING IT WITHDRAWN.
NOT THAT HE CAN'T PROCEED WITH THE PROJECT, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE PLAN, BUT IT JUST CONFUSES THE PROCESS.
WHEN WE SEE STUFF SITTING AROUND FOR THREE, FOUR YEARS, I THINK MUCH LONGER THAN THREE OR FOUR YEARS.
IT, IT'S BEEN PROBABLY FIVE, SIX YEARS.
YEAH, YOU NEED TO SEND A LETTER TO THEM.
I, I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO THAT, THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING IT WITHDRAWN.
IT'S BEEN INACTIVE FOR FIVE, SIX YEARS.
YOU CAN START THE PROCESS AGAIN WHEN YOU'RE READY, BUT THERE'S, IT'S KIND OF SILLY TO HAVE THAT SITTING OUT THERE.
WE, WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH PROJECTS THAT SIT
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AROUND FOR A LONG TIME AND THEN REAPPEAR.UM, SO, UH, WE HAVE A SUBDIVISION BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD NOW.
IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO, NOW THEY'RE BACK AGAIN.
SO IT GETS CONFUSING IN THE PROCESS.
SO, UM, THAT ONE, WE WERE ABLE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN BECAUSE THE SUBDIVISION LAW SAYS IF YOU DON'T ACT ON IT A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD, IT'S CONSIDERED WITHDRAWN.
SO WE NEED TO JUST SEND THEM A LETTER.
UM, I HAVE A LIST OF JUST SOME OTHER THINGS TO REPORT ON.
I PROMISE SOME PEOPLE TO REPORT ON.
THIS IS PROBABLY THINGS FOR YOUR NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE THAT MAY NOT, THEY'RE VERY SPECIFIC.
THINGS MAY NOT APPEAR IN YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BUT THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.
UM, WE'VE HAD A QUESTION ON IT.
WE, WE, WE HAVE A WETLANDS LAW IN THE BOOKS.
IT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR ABOUT, OH GEEZ.
I THINK IT GOES BACK TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF, OF, OF, UH, YOUR FATHER BACK THAT FAR.
UM, THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LAW.
SHOULD WE STRENGTHEN THE LAW? WE THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY GOOD LAW BACK THEN, BUT WE'VE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
TAKE A LOOK AT THAT WETLANDS LAW, IF THERE'S WAYS OF, OF, OF, UH, IMPROVING IT.
BUT, AND I CAN GIVE YOU THE BACKGROUND OF IT, BUT I WON'T TELL YOU THAT TONIGHT.
I ALSO SAID FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, THERE'S AN UPFRONT PART OF THE TOWN'S ZONING LAW THAT'S CALLED CONSERVATION AREA.
IT REFERS TO THINGS THAT DON'T EXIST, ET CETERA.
WE'VE WORKED ON CHANGES FOR IT IN THE PAST.
I KNOW CONSERVATION BOARD, EVERYBODY THINKS THAT LAW NEEDS TO UP BE UPDATED.
PLEASE FOCUS ON THAT BECAUSE IT'S STUFF, HAVING A LAW THAT IS JUST DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE.
IT REFERS TO THINGS THAT DON'T EXIST.
SO, UM, WHAT HAS COME UP, AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A PROBLEM, BUT WHAT HAS COMING UP? ONE OF THE POWERFUL TOOLS THAT THE PLANNING BOARD USES IS GETTING PEOPLE TO PUT CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON THEIR PROPERTY, SAYING, HEY, THIS LAND HAS TO BE PROTECTED, ET CETERA.
IT'S A'S AN IMPORTANT TOOL, THE OLD COMP PLAN AND THE NEW COMP PLAN.
WE HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH ENSURING THAT THOSE CONSERVATION EASEMENT ARE FILED CORRECTLY AND THAT THE TOWN IS ENFORCING THEM.
I REALIZE IT'S A, A JOB FOR THE TOWN TO ENFORCE 'EM, BUT IF THE PLANNING BOARD DOES THAT JOB AND GUARANTEES NEIGHBORS THAT THAT'S GONNA, THAT STAND OF WOODS IS GONNA STAY THERE, WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS, IS, IS PUT TOGETHER LEGALLY AND THAT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, WHOEVER'S ENFORCING IT, CAN GO OUT AND ENFORCE IT WHEN SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO IN A CONSERVATION EASEMENT.
OTHER ONES COME UP RECENTLY THAT HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENTS HERE, AND YOU CAN TELL ME IF I'M WRONG, IT'S BEEN REPORTED AT THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT THAT THE TOWN DOES NOT.
WE MANDATE THE PLANTING OF FOOD TREES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY OF A ROAD FOR EVERY LOT AND EVERY DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN.
THERE'S CONCERNS ON TOWN ROADS THAT THAT IS A PROBLEM.
SO AGAIN, IF THAT IS REALLY A PROBLEM, PLEASE CHANGE THE LAW.
THE LAW REQUIRES EVERY TIME SOMEONE PUTS A HOUSE UP, THEY HAVE TO PUT TWO TREES AT THE FRONT OF THE SITE.
AND THAT GOES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY OF OUR, OF OUR TOWN HIGHWAYS.
SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
WORK WITH YOUR HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT.
LOOK AT OTHER WAYS TO IMPROVE PLANTING OF TREES ON PROPERTIES.
UM, UH, THERE'S ALSO THE ISSUE THAT COMES UP IN ALL MY TOWNS.
IT WAS BROUGHT UP FOR THE LAST MEETING 'CAUSE WE HAVE A NEW SUBDIVISION PROPOSAL, THE CUL-DE-SAC.
IF THE TOWN IS, I KNOW WINCING, IF THE TOWN IS NOT INTERESTED IN CUL-DE-SACS, WE NEED TO PUT THAT IN OUR LAW OR A DIFFERENT WAY OF DESIGNING THEM.
SOMETIMES THEY'VE GONE TO DIFFERENT WAYS OF DESIGN THEM.
ENGINEERING AND HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, I DON'T WANT YOU, US BUILDING, BUILDING ROADS AND THEN DEDICATING TO YOU THAT YOU FIND ARE PROBLEMATIC.
CUL-DE-SACS CAN BE PROBLEMATIC FROM THE STANDPOINT OF MAINTENANCE, ET CETERA TO THEM.
SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT'S COMING UP, ONE OF MY JOB AS A TOWN PLANNER AND THANK YOU HOPEFULLY TONIGHT'S YOUR FOR THE 30TH YEAR IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
THAT, THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO HELP YOU IN 2023.
ONE OF THE JOBS WE DO IS KEEP YOU IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN, IN THE LEGAL WORLD.
UH, NOT LEGAL LAW, BUT PLANNING WORLD.
UM, YOU ADOPT, I CAN'T REMEMBER YOU, YOU'RE ALLOWING CANNABIS SALES, BUT NOT THE USE ON THE PROPERTY, RIGHT? UM, THE STATE IS STILL A YEAR LATER STILL TRYING TO PUT THEIR REGULATIONS TOGETHER FOR CANNABIS SALE.
AND IN THOSE REGULATIONS, I'LL SEND TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT WHAT THE TOWN CAN DO.
I'M NOT GONNA ACT LIKE AN ATTORNEY HERE.
WHAT'S IN THERE ABOUT HOW YOU CAN REGULATE THE SALE AND WHAT YOU'RE PROHIBITED FROM AND REGULATING THE SALE OF CANNABIS WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY.
SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT DRAFT LAW.
IT'S STILL DRAFT, BUT I'M, I'M LOOKING AT YOU GUYS IF YOU KNOW, IT'S IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.
SO TAKE A LOOK AT IF YOU'RE GONNA TRY TO REGULATE CANNABIS SALES.
THE OTHER THING WE'RE RUNNING INTO IS THE MANUFACTURING OF CANNABIS PRODUCTS AND WHAT YOU CAN OR CANNOT REGULATE IN THE MANUFACTURING OF CANNABIS PRODUCTS.
SO THAT CAN ALSO HAPPEN TOO, WHERE THEY TAKE IN THE PRODUCT, PUT TOGETHER A, SOMETHING THAT YOU SELL AND THEN SEND IT OFF TO THOSE PLACES TO SELL.
UM, I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT ELECTRIFICATION.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHO IS ATTENDING ASSOCIATION OF TOWN.
I'LL GET YOU A SPECIAL INVITATION IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME TO THOSE AND OTHER EVENTS AT THE, AT THE ASSOCIATION TOWNS.
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UM, I THINK I'VE COVERED EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR I READ IN THE PAPER, I'M ONLY KNOW WHAT I READ IN THE PAPER, THE STADIUM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW HAS BEEN ACCEPTED.I KNOW THEY'RE FINALIZING HOST, I'M SORRY, LOOK OVER THAT.
HOST COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS, BENEFIT AGREEMENTS, ET CETERA.
LEAVE THE TOWN, MAKE SURE THEY LOOK AT THAT.
ONE THING THAT MADE ME A LITTLE NERVOUS IN THE PAPER, AND AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO TAKE A GRAIN OF SALT.
WHAT YOU READ IN THE PAPER WAS THAT IN THE AGREEMENT, AND THIS IS WHAT I READ TODAY, THAT THE COUNTY IS ALLOWED TO RUN SO MANY EVENTS AT THE FACILITY UP TO SIX, I THINK IT SAID IN THE PAPER, FIVE OR SIX, BUT THE STATE COULD RUN UNLIMITED AMOUNTS OF EVENTS AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE CONCERNED AT THE TOWN THAT WHEN WE RUN LARGE EVENTS THERE, THE TOWN CAN GET A LOT OF POLICE CALLS AND, AND FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLS, EMERGENCY CALLS AND WHATEVER.
SO, UM, JUST KIND OF GET A HANDLE ON THE AMOUNT OF VENTS THAT ARE GONNA RUN THERE AND THAT COULD HELP WITH YOUR HOST COMMUNITY OR HOST BENEFIT AGREEMENT.
WHAT ARE THE COSTS OF THE TOWN TO HAVE THAT STADIUM ACTUALLY RIGHT ON YOUR BORDER AND PHYSICALLY SOME OF IT IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
UM, SO I'M JUST, I JUST, WHAT I READ IN THE PAPER, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU DO IF YOU READ THE PAPER, UH, THAT'S IT.
UM, IN YOUR, UH, AS I SAID IN YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT, ALSO YOU'RE HOPEFULLY GONNA PASS A RESOLUTION TO, TO HIRE OUR FIRM TO CONTINUE THE PLANNING SERVICE OF THE YEAR.
WE HAVE MET WITH A SUPERVISOR BECAUSE OVER THE NEXT, ESPECIALLY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS AND INTO THE COMING YEAR, THERE IS GONNA BE A TRANSITION AS YOU BRING IN A NEW ASSISTANT PLANNER, UM, HOW WE'RE GONNA FILL THE GAP AND THEN TRAIN THAT PLANNER AND MAKE SURE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THE, ALL THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE IN THAT OFFICE.
SO WE HAVE OFFERED TO HELP THE TOWN, IT'S IN YOUR CONTRACT AS SOMETHING YOU WOULD HAVE TO AUTHORIZE US TO DO ONCE YOU HAVE A REAL GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE COULD HELP AND HOW OTHERS WITHIN THE DIFFERENT TOWN DEPARTMENTS ARE GONNA HELP IN THIS TRANSITION POINT BECAUSE THERE'LL BE OTHERS THAT I'LL HAVE TO DO OTHER THINGS THAT WERE DONE DOWN THERE BEFORE AND HAVE TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.
THERE'S ALL THOSE LEGAL NOTICES THAT HAVE TO BE DONE, ALL THE THINGS THAT DEPARTMENTS STILL HAS TO RUN.
WE HAD A GREAT MEETING WITH THE SUPERVISOR TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE OPERATIONS IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND, AND WHAT CAN BE DONE IN THE INTERIM AND THEN WHAT'S GONNA BE DONE IN THE LONG TERM THROUGHOUT 2023.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A MEETING AT SEVEN.
WE DO HAVE MEETING AT SEVEN IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN TO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION JUST FOR FIVE MINUTES, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LONGER FOR A QUICK HUDDLE ON, UM, A MATTER OF POTENTIAL LITIGATION.
COUNCILMAN MCC IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
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RIGHT FOLKS, WE'RE GONNA CALL TOGETHER.CALL TO ORDER THE SEVEN O'CLOCK MEETING IN THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD.
UH, WE'LL START WITH CALL SUPERVISOR HOKE PRESENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY PRESENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER FERRELL LOREN PRESENT.
NOW PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE BUDGET OF PLAY FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
WE HAVE VERY LENGTHY AGENDA THIS EVENING WITH ALL KINDS OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS, BUT WE ARE GONNA START OUT WITH A PROCLAMATION HONORING ONE OF OUR LOCAL STUDENT ATHLETES.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ASK, UH, CLAIRE SHRACK AND HER TEAMMATES TO JOIN US RIGHT UP HERE IN FRONT OF THE ROOM BOARD SUPERINTENDENT? YES.
SUPERINTENDENT CORNELL, PLEASE JOIN US.
COACHES STAGGER AND MINE MOM AND DAD, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE.
UP HERE FOLKS, YOU MAY HAVE EARNED THAT, UH, A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 12TH IN HAMBURG BULLDOG'S HISTORY WHEN CLANCE STRAC BROKE THE ALL TIME CAREER SCORING RECORD AT HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THE TOWN BOARD WOULD LIKE TO HONOR YOU WITH THIS PROCLAMATION FIRE, WHEREAS HAMBURG BULLDOG, CLARA SHRACK HAS BEEN PLAYING BASKETBALL IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG SINCE HER START WITH THE HAMBURG LITTLE CAGERS ORGANIZATION.
AND WHEREAS CLARA HAS SHARED IN VICTORY AND DEFEAT WITH HER TEAMMATES, FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
AND WHEREAS CLARA HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A ROLE MODEL TO STUDENT ATHLETES IN THE HAMBURG COMMUNITY AND BEYOND.
AND WHEREAS CLARA HAS REACHED AND SURPASSED SEVERAL SCHOOL RECORDS, INCLUDING MOST POINTS IN A SINGLE GAME, 47 AND MOST POINTS IN A SINGLE SEASON, 637.
AND WHEREAS THE PREVIOUS TOTAL CAREER STORING RECORD HAS BEEN HELD BY ADAM ZELLER FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
AND WHEREAS ON JANUARY 12TH, 2023, CLARA SURPASSED MR. ZELLER'S RECORD BY SCORING HER 1385TH POINT.
AND WHEREAS HAMMER COMMUNITIES PROUD OF CLAIRE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND LOOKS FORWARD TO WATCHING HER CONTINUED SUCCESS ON THE COURT AND IN THE CLASSROOM AT VIRGINIA TECH THIS FALL.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBRICK TOWN BOARD RECOGNIZED CLARA STRAC BY DESIGNATING JANUARY 12TH, 2023 AS CLARA STRAC DAY IN TOWN CAMP.
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OUT WE GET THE TEAM IN THE MIDDLE TEAM AND THE COACHES AND WE'LL FILL IN.GO BULL ON DOING A UNANIMOUS SECOND IN THERE.
SECOND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER REFERRAL OFFERS A UNANIMOUS SECOND.
UM, WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG ACKNOWLEDGES THE RETIREMENT OF SHARON WELSH.
RIGHT SHARON? UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DELIVER THIS AFTER A RETIREMENT PARTY, WHEREAS TOWN OF HAMBURG ACKNOWLEDGES RETIREMENT OF SHARON A WELSH, A DEDICATED, HARDWORKING, LOYAL EMPLOYEE WHO HAS HAD THE BEST INTEREST OF HER COWORKERS AND THE TOWN OF HAMBURG ATHAR.
AND WHERE SHARON'S SERVICE WITH THE TOWN SPAN PERIOD OF ALMOST 16 YEARS HAS PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER.
AND WHEREAS SHARON WORKED AS A POLICE DISPATCHER FOR THE BUFFALO PEACE DEPARTMENT FOR OVER 10 YEARS PRIOR TO COMING TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
AND WHEREAS SHARON HAS CONTINUOUSLY DEMONSTRATED A FUN-LOVING ATTITUDE, KINDNESS AND FRIENDSHIP TO HER COWORKERS AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED AT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH OFFICE RECOGNIZED SHARON AS A DEVOTED PUBLIC SERVANT AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT SHARON'S COWORKERS AND FRIENDS IN PUBLIC SERVICE THANK HER FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO HER TOWN AND WISH HER A LONG, HAPPY AND HEALTHY RETIREMENT WITH HER HUSBAND GARY AND DAUGHTER AUTUMN.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT OUR FRIEND AND FELLOW PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER SHARON, I WELL SHALL WE SAY THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
UNANIMOUS SECOND OFFERED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FER LORENZO IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? CARRIED BE RESOLVED THAT THE HAMRICK TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING AS FOLLOWS.
SECOND MOTION MY COUNCILMAN COMING A SECOND, MY COUNCIL MEMBER FERRES.
NEXT TWO RESOLUTIONS ARE CONTINUATIONS OF, UH, PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE STARTED LAST MONTH AND I'LL ASK, UH, CLERK RODINSKY TO READ BOTH AND WE WILL, UH, CONDUCT BOTH AND CLOSE BOTH THE SIMULTANEOUSLY PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NUMBER 12 20 22.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL MEET ON JANUARY 23RD, 2023 AT THE HAMBURG TOWN HALL TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2022 ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NUMBER 12 20 22.
THIS LOCAL LAW PROVIDES FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG CHAPTER TWO 80 ENTITLED ZONING SPECIFICALLY SECTION TWO 80 DASH 1 33 A PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES OF REMOVING THEUM THIS PROCESSING FACILITIES AS A PERMITTED USE IN AN M THREE DISTRICT.
A COPY OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEW DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS AT HAMBURG TOWN HALL AND THE PARKS OFFICE AND ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER LEGAL NOTICES.
THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO THE STATUTES AND PROVISIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON JANUARY 23RD, 2023 AT 7:00 PM AT WHICH TIME ALL INTERESTED PERSONS MAY BE HEARD.
POST LOCAL LINE NUMBER 13 20 22.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL MEET ON JANUARY 23RD, 2023 AT HAMBURG TOWN HALL TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2022.
A PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NUMBER 13 20 22.
THIS LOCAL LAW PROVIDES FOR THE NEW ARTICLE LV I I IN CHAPTER TWO 80 IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TOWN CODE ENTITLED BEUM PROCESSING FACILITIES PROHIBITING ASPHALT PLANTS AND BITUMINOUS PROCESSING FACILITIES IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
COPY OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEW IN, UH, HAMBURG TOWN HALL, IN THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE AND ON THE WEBSITE UNDER LEGAL NOTICES AND BIDS.
THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO THE STATUTES AND PROVISIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL HOME OR LAW, THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF PAMPERS WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON JANUARY 23RD, 2023 AT 7:00 PM AT WHICH TIME ALL INTEREST PERSONS PAID HER.
ALRIGHT, SO THEN WILL OPENS UP BOTH PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAWS 2022, NUMBER 12
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AND 13.DO WE NEED TO MAKE THE AMENDMENT TO THOSE NOW OR CAN WE DO IT IN THE SUBSEQUENT RESOLUTIONS? I KNOW BECAUSE THE DATE AND THE, THE LAWS WILL, THE NUMBERS ARE CHANGING.
YOU CAN NOTE THAT THEY WOULD, IF, IF PASSED THIS EVENING WOULD BE KNOWN AS LOCAL LAW TWO AND THREE LISA, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
BUT AS PROPOSED LOCAL LAWS, THEY WERE INTRODUCED AS 12 AND 13.
WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO BE HEARD FOR OR AGAINST LOCAL LAWS? 12 AND 13 OF 2022, WHICH WILL BECOME LOCAL LOSS TWO AND THREE OF 2023.
ALRIGHT, SO, UM, HEARING NO, UH, HEARING NO ONE.
WE WILL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS ON LOCAL LAWS 12 AND 13 FOR 2022.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL LORENZ.
UH, NUMBER EIGHT, WHEREAS NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HAS FILED A NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF A RULER DEALING AND REPLACING POWER 1 2 0 3 OF TITLE 19 OF THE NEW YORK CODES RULES AND REGULATIONS AND WHEREAS POWER 1 2 0 3 IS A DIVISION OF NEW YORK STATE UNIFORM FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE BECAME EFFECTIVE ON DECEMBER 30TH, 2022.
THE DUMB BOARD SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO AMBER TOWN CODE CHAPTER 76 BUILDING CODE THAT PROVIDES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION ENFORCEMENT OF NEW YORK STATE UNIFORM FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE, THE UNIFORM CODE AND THE STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION CONSTRUCTION CODE, THE ENERGY CODE IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG BY REPLACING EXISTING CHAPTER 76 WITH UPDATED BUILDING CODE ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT TO REFLECT CHANGES MADE BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 13TH, 2023, THREE AT 7:00 PM SO MOVED.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTY.
WHEREAS A JANUARY 24TH, 2022, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG BOARD AUTHORIZED A THREE YEAR EXTENSION OF THE TOWN ENGINEERING CONSULTANT SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH GHD CONSULTING SERVICES INC.
AND WHEREAS THE FEE FOR SUCH SERVICES ARE TO BE NEGOTIATED ANNUALLY.
AND WHERE IS THE TOWN OF GHD OF NEGOTIATED DEFEAT FOR 2023 SERVICES UP TO THE AMOUNT OF $88,000 WHERE THE FUNDS FOR THE 2023 CONTRACT YEAR ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT A 14 40 0 4 4 OH NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED.
THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN THE 2023 CONTRACT AMENDMENT BETWEEN TOWN AMBER AND GHD.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HO IN FAVORS AYE.
THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED LIEUTENANT JONATHAN CROSS, DETECTIVE JEFFREY BULLARD, OFFICER BRETT MCCABE AND OFFICER ANDREW ALKI TO ATTEND THE 2023 N-Y-T-O-A TACTICAL TRAINING CONFERENCE IN EXPO IN VERONA, NEW YORK FROM MONDAY, APRIL 24TH, 2023 TO FRIDAY, APRIL 28TH, 2023.
MEALS UM, ARE AT 1000 REGISTRATION FEES AT $1,599 AND 96 CENTS FOR A TOTAL COST OF $4,079 96 CENTS.
WHEREAS USE OF AN UNMARKED POLICE VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORTATION IS REQUESTED AND MONEY IS AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT B 3 1 2 0 0.492 SEMINARS AND DEPARTMENT TRAINING.
SO MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOPE SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CU FOR ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED CARRIED PAGE RESULT TO BOARD AUTHORIZED CAPTAIN PETER DIAZ TO ATTEND IN 2023 FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED CONFERENCE IN DENVER, COLORADO FROM FRIDAY, JULY 29TH.
2023 TO TUESDAY, AUGUST 1ST, 2023.
MEALS ARE AT 250 AND TRAVEL IS AT $417 95 CENTS FOR A TOTAL OF $2,126 AND 95 CENTS.
MONEY IS AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT B 3 1 2 4 4 9 2 7 FOR DEPARTMENT TRAINING.
SECOND, MY COUNCIL MEMBER FERRELL.
RESOLVE THE TOWN EVERY TIME BOARD IS HEREBY APPROVE THE REQUEST OF THIS GRAND VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY TO ADD TO HIS MEMBERSHIP.
OPPOSED? CARRIED RELLE WITH THE TOWN BOARD, APPROVE THE OUT OF TOWN TRAVEL FOR HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT ED HUGHES TO ATTEND THE LOCAL ROADS.
OUR ESSENTIAL ADVOCACY DAY IN ALBANY, NEW YORK ON TUESDAY, MARCH 7TH, 2023 AND
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8TH, 2023.TOTAL COST TO ATTEND THE SEMINAR INCLUDING MEALS REGISTRATION AND HOTEL ACCOMMODATION IS APPROXIMATELY $400 USE OF A TOWN.
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN 8 5 0 1 0 0.492.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL SECOND.
UH, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CUMBER.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE ONE USED 1999 CHEVROLET AERIAL TRUCKS FROM THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG.
THE PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE $15,000 AFTER THE RELEASE OF OWNERSHIP OF HALF OF A TRAILER HOT PATCH MACHINE CURRENTLY OWNED AND EQUAL PARTS BY BOTH ENTITIES.
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENT ON A FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? CARRIE, WHERE IS THE HAMBURG HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAS AN IMMEDIATE NEED.
15 WERE STRIKING SO WE'RE REMOVING 15 TABLE TABLING.
DO WE NEED TO TO READ SECOND AND THEN TABLE? YEAH.
WHERE IS THE HAMBURG HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAS AN IMMEDIATE NEED FOR REPAIR AND PLACEMENT OF THE HIGHWAY GARAGE ROOF, INCLUDING NEW GUTTERS AND DOWN SPOTS OF 2 7 2 0
THE ROOF IS LEAKING BADLY, CAUSING MORE DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURE AND THE HEATER FROM THE BUILDING.
ITS CONDITION POSES A HAZARD TO EMPLOYEES AND EQUIPMENT STORED THERE BE IT RESULT THAT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED THREE BITS FOR THE ABOVE WORK BARREL ROOFING $534,800 BUILDING INNOVATION GROUP $380,655 IN SALEM ROOFING AND CITING $190,000 BE IT FURTHER RESULT THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE USE OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT A RPA FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT WORK TO BE DONE BY SALEM ROOFING AND AUTHORIZES ITS FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO TRANSFER THE AMOUNT OF 190,000 FROM A 4 0 8 9 FEDERAL AID OTHER TO H TWO 6.51 0.3 0 3 4 0 3 FOR THIS PURPOSE.
SO MOVED THE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL LORENZ.
I WILL OFFER A SECOND FOR PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION ON THE QUESTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FERRELL.
OPPOSED CARRIED BE RESOLVED OF TIME BOARD OF APPROVE THE TERMINATION IN HIRING OF THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES IN THE BUILDINGS AND GROUND DEPARTMENT AS LISTED.
MY COUNCIL MEMBER MCC ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WHEREAS BIDS WERE ACCEPTED THROUGH DECEMBER 14TH, 2022 FOR THE SAND FILTER REPLACEMENT PROJECT WITH RELATED WORK AT THE TOWN HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT AT 27 20 LAKEY ROAD AND THE TOWN ICE ARENA COMPLEX AT 29 80 LAKEY ROAD.
WHEREAS FOUR BIDS WERE RECEIVED FROM STOCK SERVICE 444,220 OR $280 THE OWN CONSTRUCTION.
690,000 E AND R GENERAL CONSTRUCTION 695,800 BE IT RESOLVED THE SUPERVISOR IS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE APPROPRIATE CONTRACT FOR THESE SERVICES WITH STOCK SERVICE INC.
WITH A TOTAL PRICE OF $414,280 FROM A 4 0 8 9 FEDERAL AID OTHER TO BE TRANSFERRED TO H TWO 6.5 11 0 3 0 3.
4 0 3 AND EI 7 2 6 6 3 0 3 4 0 3 FOR THIS PURPOSE.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONWAY SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FER ON THE QUESTION.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THIS UH, THIS PROJECT CAME IN, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT BEFORE, AT A MUCH, MUCH HIGHER PRICE TAG AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, UH, RICK NOACK, UM, AND UH, THE STAFF IN OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AS WELL, UH, FOR COMING UP WITH A SECONDARY STRATEGY HERE AND REALLY, UM, TAKING A LOOK AT THE PROBLEM AS A WHOLE, SEPARATING OUT SOME, SOME PARTS THAT, UH, WE HAD SOME CONTROL OVER AND WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, PROVIDE AN RFP THAT ALLOWED THESE VENDORS TO COME IN AT A MUCH LOWER PRICE.
UH, SO, UH, WHILE THIS PRICE TAG IS EXTREMELY HIGH FOR SURE, UM, IT IS, IT IS MORE THAN, UH, LESS THAN HALF OF WHAT A PREVIOUS WOULD'VE BEEN.
SO WE HAVE MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
THAT HAMBURG TOM BOARD DOES HEREBY
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APPROVE THE PERSONAL ACTION FORM THE PAF AS ATTACHED.SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMAN COMING FOR SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FERRELL.
WHERE THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS BEEN UNDER AN ORDER OF CONSENT BY THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION SINCE 2001 FOR SANITARY SEWAGE OVERFLOWS SSO FROM THE MOUNT VERNON SEWER DISTRICT AND WHEREAS THE TOWN IS AUTHORIZED GHD CONSULTING SERVICES INC.
TO PERFORM A SANITARY SEWER STUDY AND SUBMIT A FINAL REPORT TO THE D-S-C-E-C AND WHEREAS THE REPORT ACCEPTED BY THE N-Y-S-D-E-C OUTLINES THE LONG-TERM NEEDS REQUIREMENTS AND SCHEDULE FOR ABATEMENT OF SS OS IN MOUNT VERNON.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IS WORKING TO RESOLVE THE SSO EVENTS IN THE MOUNT VERNON SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS REQUESTED PRICING FOR CCTV OF THE ENTIRE SYSTEM FROM THE UNITED SURVEY INC.
FROM THE CURRENT ERIE COUNTY MAINTENANCE CONTRACT FOR CLEANING AND TELEVISING OF APPROXIMATELY 56,079 LINEAR FEET FOR EXISTING SEWER PIPE, EIGHT FOOT BY 12 IN DIAMETER AND CLEANING AND TELEVISING APPROXIMATELY 4,698 LINEAR FEET OF EXISTING SEWER PIPE OVER 12 TO 21 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED.
THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES TRANSFER FUNDS FROM A 4 0 8 9 FEDERAL AID OTHER TO A 1 4 9 0 3 0 3 4 0 3 PUBLIC WORKS PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS, ARPA THEREFORE BE RESOLVED.
THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN THE PROPOSAL.
22 DASH 2 22 FROM UNITED SURVEY INC.
AWARDING ITEMS 100 AND 200 IN THE AMOUNT OF $203,397 AND 75 CENTS.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER COMMON SECOND.
COUNCIL MEMBER FERRE ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THE TOWN BOARD APPROVE THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR YOUTH EQUIPMENT WITHIN THE 2022 BUDGET AS FOLLOWS FROM RECREATION ADMINISTRATION A 7 0 2 0 100 $60,000 TO EQUIPMENT A 7 3 1 2 2 $60,000 SO MOVED.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MCC CONLEY.
COUNCILMAN MCC FOR ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
RESOLVED THAT TOWN BOARD APPROVE THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PAYROLL AND CONTRACTUAL SERVICES WITHIN THE 2022 BUDGET AS FOLLOWS FROM YOUTH PROGRAMS PERSONNEL A SEVENTY THREE TEN ONE OH TWO $1,317 AND 63 CENTS TO CONTRACTUAL SERVICES A 7 1 8 0 4 4 0 550 $3 AND TO A 7 1 8 0 1 0 2 PAYROLL $764 AND 63 CENTS SO MOVED.
MOTION BY COMES MEMBER COLLEEN, I WILL OFFER A SECOND.
WHEREAS THE HAMBURG HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAS AN IMMEDIATE NEED FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE HIGHWAY GARAGE HEATING EQUIPMENT INCLUDING RADIANT HEATING AND BOILER SYSTEMS. AT 27 20 LAKEVIEW ROAD, THE HEATING EQUIPMENT FOR THE BUILDING IS NOT IN WORKING ORDER.
THE TEMPERATURE IN THE BUILDING IS 42 DEGREES AND MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR EMPLOYEES TO WORK THERE.
ITS CONDITION IMPOSES A HAZARD TO EMPLOYEES AND EQUIPMENT STORED THERE WE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED THREE BITS FOR THE ABOVE WORK.
MAZDA MECHANICAL SERVICE $70,890 MACALLISTER PLUMBING AND HEATING, HEATING AND COOLING.
$81,897 AND LAKEVIEW HEATING AND COOLING $59,650 BE IT FURTHER RESULT OF THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD PROVES THE USE OF AMERICAN RESCUE FUNDS APA FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT.
WORK TO BE DONE BY LAKEVIEW HEATING AND COOLING AND AUTHORIZES ITS FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO TRANSFER THE AMOUNT OF $59,650 FROM A 0.4089 FEDERAL AID OTHER TO H 26.530.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THIS ONE ON SIR.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO OFFER A SECOND FOR PURPOSE OF THE DISCUSSION AND I WILL OFFER A MOTION TO TABLE RESOLUTION 22.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RESO IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
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WHEREAS THE HANDBOOK PROVIDES ELECTRICAL INSPECTION SERVICES IN-HOUSE AND WHERE IS IT? UNLIMITED INDICATION CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS TOWN EMPLOYEE TIME OFF RESULTS IN A LACK OF AVAILABLE IN-HOUSE INSPECTORS AND WHEREAS TIMELY ELECTRICAL INSPECTION SERVICES ARE NECESSARY FOR THE PROGRESSION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROJECTS IN THE TOWN, THEREFORE BE RESOLVED.THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN HAM AUTHORIZES BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO CREATE A LIST OF APPROVED, CERTIFIED THIRD PARTY ELECTRICAL INSPECTORS TO PROVIDE TO RESIDENTS ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS WHEN THE IN-HOUSE INSPECTOR IS NOT AVAILABLE AND BE A FURTHER RESULT, THE COST INSPECTION WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PERMIT HOLDER.
COUNCIL MEMBER HOPE ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED, CARRIED, SCHEDULED ENTER INTO A MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT WITH WENDELL WD.
PT DREW RILEY FOR TOWN PLANNING SERVICES FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2023.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT UPON REVIEW OF GROSS CONTRACT NEGOTIATED BETWEEN WENDELL AND THE TOWN, TOM HAMBURG, TOM BOARD ACCEPTS THE TERMS OF SAID CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZES ITS SUPERVISOR FOR EXECUTE SAME IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION.
WHERE IS THE TOM HAMBURG WHO'S DEDICATED TO ENHANCING A NUMBER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS ON A MANUAL BASIS AND WHEREAS IT'S OUT OF HAMBURG WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE ONE DESIGN TO REPLACE DAMAGED EQUIPMENT AT ROUNDTREE PARK IN 2023 IN THE AMOUNT OF $74,565 AND 50 CENTS AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RIZZA, THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE ADMINISTRATION TO ISSUE TRANSFER FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $74,565 AND 50 CENTS INCLUDES FREIGHT FROM SV 0 0 0 9 0 9 0 TO A 0.7 1 4 0 3 0 3 FOR THE EQUIPMENT AND INSTALLATION OF THE AFOREMENTIONED EQUIPMENT MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MCC.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER UFFORD I ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT WE HAVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 26 FROM WOODLAWN VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY DOWN OF HAMBURG RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING FEES AND CHARGES FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND AMBULANCE SERVICE FROM WOODLAWN VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY WE HAVE SEVERAL WHEREAS CLAUSES AND I WILL READ THE NOW THEREFORE WE HAD RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HEREBY AUTHORIZES FEES AND CHARGES FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND AMBULANCE SERVICE BY WOODLAWN VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW AND IS PROVIDED FOR BY THESE RESOLUTIONS.
AND IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE FEES AND CHARGES COLLECTED SHALL BE COLLECTED AND USED BY WOODLAWN VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY AND DEEMS APPROPRIATE FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND AMBULANCE SERVICES AND OTHERWISE CONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE CURRENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN AND WOODLAWN VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY FOR FIRE PROTECTION PURSUANT TO TOWN LAW 180 4 AND IS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW AND IT'S FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD HEREBY DIRECTS THE WOODLAWN VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY SHALL IMMEDIATELY COMMENCE REVENUE RECOVERY FOR ITS EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND AMBIENT SERVICES IN SHELL UTILIZE A THIRD PARTY BILLING AND REVENUE RECOVERY AGENT OR AGENTS APPOINTED BY THE WOODLAWN VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY FOR SUCH PURPOSES AND UNDER SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE WOODLAWN VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY MAY IN ITS DISCRETION FIND APPROPRIATE AND IS FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD HEREBY DIRECTS THAT SUCH REVENUE RECOVERY BY THE WOODLAWN VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY FOR ITS EMERGENCE AND MEDICAL AMBULANCE SERVICE SHALL UTILIZE THE RIGHTS AS LISTED SOMO SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN COUNTY FOLLOWING, SAY AYE.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG OWNS AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR A SECTION OF STORM SEWER AND PUMP STATION LOCATED ON FIRST STREET AND WHEREAS THE CONDITION OF STORM SEWER, PUMP STATION'S, CHECK VALVES AND ASSOCIATED DISCHARGE PIPING IS DETERIORATED TO THE POINT THAT IT MUST BE REPLACED AND IS CREATING A PUBLIC SAFETY EMERGENCY THAT WILL CAUSE IMMINENT IMMEDIATE MAJOR PROPERTY DAMAGE.
AND WHERE AS THE TOWN HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS SOLICITED AN ESTIMATE FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS, WHEREAS CANDY COMPANY INCORPORATED HAS SUBMITTED A SCOPE OF SERVICES TO ADDRESS THE AFOREMENTIONED ISSUES WITH AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TIME OF APPROXIMATELY $269,649.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE DOWN OF HAMBURG AWARDS THE EMERGENCY REPAIRS, THE WOODLAWN STORM SEWER PUMP STATION PROJECT TO CANDY COMPANY, INCORPORATED THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $269,649.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF AMBER REWARDS THE EMERGENCY PIPE INSPECTION FOR THE WOODLAWN STORM SEWER OUTFALL PROJECT TO A SI MARINE COMPANY INCORPORATE 40 CENTER DRIVE SUITE 300 ORCHARD PARKING MARK 1 4 1 2 7 IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $25,000 FOR UNDERWATER CCTD INSPECTION AND BE A FURTHER RESOLVED THAT ADDITIONAL REPAIRS MAY BE NEEDED AS A RESULT OF INSPECTION OF THE TOWN BOARD.
APPROVE THE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT FROM ACCOUNT A 4 0 89 FEDERAL A TO A 1 4 9 0 3 0 3 4 0 3 PUBLIC WORKS PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS ARPA IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $500,000.
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SO MOVED SECOND.OPPOSED CARRIED WHERE THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IS.
AN ORDER ON CONSENT BY THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORTATION SINCE 2001 FOR SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS FOR THE MOUNT VERNON SEWER DISTRICTS AND WHERE THE TOWN AUTHORIZED GHD CONSULTING SERVICES INC.
TO PERFORM A SANITARY SEWER STUDY AND SUBMIT A FINAL REPORT TO THE NEW YORK STATE MEETINGS.
WE'RE GONNA JUST STRIKE THAT ONE ALTOGETHER AND MOVE ON TO OUR CREDIT CARD POLICY BEING RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE TOWN OF HAMBURG CREDIT CARD POLICY AS WRITTEN AND ATTACHED.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT LED BY APACHE FOR PUTTING THIS RIGHT POLICY TOGETHER.
YOU'LL WORK TO CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT.
OPPOSED? CARRIED BE RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE TOWN OF HAMBURG PROCUREMENT POLICY AS WRITTEN AND ATTACHED.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOKE ON THE QUESTION AGAIN, UH, KUDOS TO FINANCE AND LEGAL FOR WORKING ON THIS, UH, THIS UPDATE TO OUR PROCUREMENT POLICY.
WHEREAS HAMBURG TOWN CODE CONTAINS AND SPECIFIES THE LOCAL LAWS AND ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND WHEREAS THE 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 IN THE TOWN AND WHEREAS ZONING MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE TOWN WANTS TO CONTINUE THE PROCESS OF BRINGING THE TOWN ZONING CODE AND ZONING MAP INTO CONFORMANCE WITH THE TOWN'S NEW 2022 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WHEREAS PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, THE TOWN BOARD IS PROPOSING TO ENACT A LOCAL LAW AS FOLLOWS, BEING ENACTED BY THE TOWN BOARD IN TOWN OF HAMBURG, NEW YORK, THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD EVENTS, THE HAMBURG TOWN CODE AS FOLLOWS.
FULL COPIES ATTACHED AMEND CHAPTER TWO 80 ZONING BY ADDING A NEW ARTICLE ENTITLED CRI CAMP ROAD INTERCHANGE DISTRICT NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED PURSUANT TO PART 6 1 7 6 N-Y-C-R-R ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW IS THE INTENT OF THE TOWN OF BURY TOWN BOARD TO ESTABLISH ITSELF ITS SECRET LEAD AGENCY AND CONDUCT A COORDINATED REVIEW OF PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE TOWN CODE CHAPTER TWO 80 ZONING.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE RY TOWN BOARD HEREBY AUTHORIZED THE REFERRAL OF THESE PROPOSED LAWS TO ERIE COUNTY AND TO THE HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD AND BE A FINAL RESULT THAT THE BURY TOWN BOARD.
ITS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AT THE HAMBURG TOWN HALL.
6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK AT 7:00 PM ON FEBRUARY 13TH, FEBRUARY.
WAS IT THE FIRST MEETING OR THE SECOND MEETING YOU WENT ON THE SECOND MEETING? UH, SECOND MEETING DREW OR FIRST THE FIRST MEETING FOR THIS ONE'S EASY 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO NOTIFY ANYBODY, IT'S JUST CREATING THE DISTRICT.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL LOREN ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
SEE OKAY THIS MUST BE MINE, RIGHT? YES, THAT NOBODY ELSE IS SAYING ANYTHING
THIS IS RESOLUTION THREE TWO NEGATIVE DECLARATION PROPOSAL CLAUSE NUMBER 12 AND 13 RESOLUTION OF THE HAM UH, TOWN BOARD PURSUANT TO THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL CLUTTERS UAC CONCERNING THE DETERMINATION OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE ADOPTION OF LOCAL LAW NUMBER 12 AND LOCAL NUMBER 13 OF 2022.
UH, WHEREAS THE TOWN OF MB TOWN BOARD IS CURRENTLY EVALUATING THE ADOPTION OF LOCAL LAWS NUMBER 12 OF 2022 LOCAL LAW TO AMEND SECTION 2 81 33 A OF THE TOWN OF AM TOWN CODE ENTITLED PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES BY REMOVING OUS PROCESSING FACILITIES PERMITTED USE IN M THREE DISTRICTS AND THE ADOPTION OF LOCAL LAW NUMBER 13 OF 2022, A LOCAL LAW TO PROVIDE FOR NEW ARTICLE LVII IN CHAPTER TWO 80 OF THE TOWN CODE ENTITLED BY
AND WHEREAS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE A OF THE NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW CHAPTER 43 DASH B OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS OF NEW YORK IS AMENDED THE SECRET ACT AND THE REGULATIONS ADOPTED PURSUANT THERETO BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION STATE OF NEW YORK BEING SIX AND YCRR ARE 6.7 AS AMENDED,
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THE TOWN AND TOWN BOARD MUST SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED IN SEEKER PRIOR TO MAKING A FINAL DETERMINATION WHETHER TO UNDERTAKE THE PROJECT AND WHEREAS ON NOVEMBER 21ST, 2022, THE TOWN BOARD INTRODUCED THE ACTION AND CLASSIFIED THE ACTION AS A TYPE ONE ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SEEKER AND WHEREAS ON NOVEMBER 21ST, 2022, THE TOWN BOARD DETERMINED THAT IT WILL BE THE ONLY AGENCY WITH APPROVAL AUTHORITY OVER THE ACTION AND DECLARED ITSELF TO BE THE LEAD AGENCY FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE ACTION UNDER SEEKER.AND WHEREAS ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2022 AND CONTINUED ON JANUARY 23RD, 2023, A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD IN THE TOWN OF
THREE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION'S ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE MAP FOUR, THE NEW YORK STATE CULTURAL RESOURCE INFORMATION SYSTEM AND FIVE OTHER RELEVANT ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION COLLECTIVELY ONE THROUGH FIVE SHALL REFER TO AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION AND WHEREAS PRIOR TO MAKING RECOMMENDATION ABOUT THE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ACTION THE TOWN BOARD HAS COMPLETED PARTS TWO AND THREE OF THE EAF HAS REVIEWED THE ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION, CONSULTED VARIOUS INFORMATION SOURCES AND CONSIDERED THE LIST OF ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE TYPE ONE ACTIONS OUTLINED IN SECTION 6 1 7 0.4 OF THE SEEKER REGULATIONS.
THE LIST OF ACTIVITIES THAT ARE TYPE TWO ACTIONS OUTLINED IN SECTION 6 1 7 0.5 OF THE SEEKER REGULATIONS AND THE CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING SIGNIFICANCE OUTLINED IN SECTION 6 1 7 0.7 OF THE SEEKER REGULATIONS AND WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD HAS DULY CONSIDERED THE ACTION PARTS ONE, TWO, AND THREE OF THE EAF, THE CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING SIGNIFICANCE SET FORTH IN SIX N-Y-C-R-R SUBSECTION 6 1, 7 0.7 SECTION C, THE DRAFT NEGATIVE DECLARATION, SUCH OTHER INFORMATION DEEMED APPROPRIATE AND WHEREAS A THOROUGH ANALYSIS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACTION REVEALS THAT THE ACTION WILL NOT HAVE ANY POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANCE ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND WHEREAS IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT DOWN BOARD ISSUE A NEGATIVE DECLARATION PURSUANT TO KER FOR THE ACTION NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AS FOLLOWS, SECTION ONE, BASED UPON A THOROUGH REVIEW AND EXAMINATION OF THE ACTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION AND UPON THE TOWN BOARD'S KNOWLEDGE OF THE TOWN AND THE LANDS CONTAINED THEREIN AND SUCH FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE ACTION AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE TOWN BOARD HAS DEEMED APPROPRIATE THE TOWN BOARD MAKES THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTION A, THE ACTION IS TYPE ONE ACTION PURSUANT TO SECRETS AND INVOLVES THE ADOPTION OF CHANGES THE ALLOWABLE USES WITHIN ANY ZONING DISTRICT AFFECTING 25 OR MORE ACRES UNDER 6 1 7 0.4 B TWO OF THE C REGULATIONS.
THE TOWN BOARD IS LEAD AGENCY AND IS THE ONLY AGENCY WITH APPROVAL AUTHORITY OVER THE ACTION IS UNDERTAKEN A SINGLE AGENCY REVIEW OF THE ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF CCRA AND C.
NO POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT ARE NOTED IN ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION AND NONE ARE KNOWN TO THE TOWN BOARD.
UH, SECTION SECTION TWO, BASED UPON THE TOWN BOARD'S REVIEW OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION AND INVESTIGATION TO POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACTION, CONSIDERING BOTH THE MAGNITUDE IMPORTANCE OF EACH POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT INDICATED AND UPON THE TOWN BOARD'S KNOWLEDGE OF THE LANDS WITHIN THE TOWN AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND SUCH FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE ACTION AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS THAT THE TOWN BOARD HAS DEEMED APPROPRIATE, THE TOWN BOARD HAS DETERMINED THE ACTION WILL NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACT UPON THE ENVIRONMENT.
THE REASON SUPPORTING THIS DETERMINATION ARE AS FOLLOWS, NUMBER ONE, IMPACT ON LAND.
THE ACTION DOES NOT INVOLVE ANY PHYSICAL CHANGES TO LANDS IN THE TOWN BECAUSE THE ACTION NOT ONLY INVOLVES PER THE PROHIBITION OF ASPHALT PLANTS AND BY DOING THIS PROCESSING FACILITIES IN THE TOWN, NO PHYSICAL ALTERATIONS, THE LAND WILL OCCUR AS A RESULT OF THE ACTION.
ACCORDINGLY, THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE LAND.
TWO IMPACT ON GEOLOGICAL FEATURES, THE ACTION WILL NOT RESULT IN THE PHYSICAL MODIFICATION OR DESTRUCTION OF ANY LANDFORMS UNIQUE GEOLOGICAL FEATURES OR NATIONAL NATURAL LANDMARKS OF THE TOWN.
ACCORDINGLY, THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS TO GEOLOGICAL FEATURES IMPACT ON SURFACE WATER.
THE ACTION WILL NOT CREATE A NEW WATER BODY AND WILL NOT RESULT IN AN ALTERATION INCREASE OR DECREASE IN SIZE OR ENCROACHMENT INTO ANY EXISTING WETLAND.
WATER BODY, SHORELINE, BEACH OR ADJACENT AREA WILL NOT CREATE A NEW DEMAND FOR WATER GENERATE LIQUID WASTE OR REQUIRE THE USE OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES.
THE ACTION DOES NOT INVOLVE ANY TYPE OF PHYSICAL ALTERATIONS TO LANDS IN THE TOWN OR ANY ACTIVITIES WHICH WOULD TYPICALLY IMPOSE A RISK TO SURFACE WATER.
ACCORDINGLY, THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS TO SURFACE WATER IMPACTING GROUNDWATER.
THE ACTION WILL NOT GENERATE ANY NEW DEMAND FOR WATER OR OTHERWISE GENERATE WASTEWATER OR INTRODUCE COMMANDMENT CONTAMINANTS TO GROUNDWATER.
THE ACTION DOES NOT INVOLVE ANY TYPE OF PHYSICAL ALTERATION THE LANDS IN THE TOWN OR ANY ACTIVITIES WHICH WOULD TYPICALLY POSE A RISK TO GROUNDWATER, PERMITTING, ASPHALT PLANTS AND BY TWO MINUTES PROCESSING FACILITIES THAT TYPICALLY PROCESS AND STORE PATROLLING
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PRODUCTS AND COULD CAUSE A DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATER AND OTHER BYPRODUCTS FROM FACILITY OPERATIONS.THE DOWNSTREAM WATER BODIES IS NOT PROPERLY MANAGED WILL SERVE TO PROTECT POTENTIAL ADVERSE IMPACTS ON GROUNDWATER FROM ASPHALT PLANTS WITHIN THE TOWN.
ACCORDINGLY, THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT ASPECT IMPACTS TO GROUNDWATER IMPACT ON FLOODING.
THE ACTION DOES NOT INVOLVE DEVELOPMENTAL OF LANDS WHICH ARE LOCATED IN A DESIGNATED FLOOD.
WIND DOES NOT INCLUDE THE IMPOUNDMENT OF WATER.
THE ACTION DOES NOT INVOLVE ANY TYPE OF PHYSICAL ALTERATION OF LANDS IN TOWN OR ANY ACTIVITIES WHICH TYPICALLY ASSESS BIG CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT TO FLOODING.
ACCORDINGLY, THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS TO FLOODING IMPACT ON AIR.
THE PROPOSED ACTION WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY DEVELOPMENT OR PHYSICAL ALTERATION OF LANDS OF THE TOWN DOES NOT ENTAIL THE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES OR OPERATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE TOWN BOARD TO ACQUIRE AIR REGISTRATION PERMITS OR THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL FOR AIR EMISSIONS.
PREVENT ASPHALT PLANS AND BY TWO MINUTES PROCESSING FACILITIES THAT TYPICALLY EMIT HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS INCLUDING CARBON MONOXIDE, NITROUS OXIDE, PARTICULAR MATTER SULFUR DIOXIDE AND VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS WILL SERVE TO PREVENT EMISSIONS OF HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FROM ASPHALT PLANTS WITHIN THE TOWN.
ACCORDINGLY, THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS TO AIR RESOURCES IMPACTS ON PLANTS AND ANIMALS AND ACTION DOES NOT RESULT IN ANY DEVELOPMENT OR PHYSICAL ALTERATION TO LANDS WITHIN THE TOWN.
ACCORDINGLY, THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS TO PLANTS OR ANIMALS IMPACT ON AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE.
THE ACTION WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY DEVELOPMENT PHYSICAL ALTERATION LANDS OR CONVERSION OF ANY FARMLAND.
ACCORDINGLY, THERE ARE NO POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS TO AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES IMPACT ON AESTHETIC RESOURCES, ASPHALT PLANTS AND OUS PROCESSING FACILITIES TYPICALLY REQUIRE THE USE OF LARGE STRUCTURES FOR PROCESSING AND STORING ASPHALT RETURN AND THE CITING EQUIPMENT USING MANUFACTURING FOR SCREENING AND OTHER CAMOUFLAGE MEASURES MUST BE UTILIZED TO MITIGATE IMPACTS TO AESTHETIC RESOURCES.
ADDITIONALLY, THESE FACILITIES OFTEN GENERATE PLUMES THAT CAN BE VISIBLE FROM SURROUNDING AREAS, THUS PROHIBITING AN ASPHALT PLANT AND BY PROCESSING FACILITIES AND TOWN WOULD SERVE TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE AESTHETIC RESOURCES IN THE TOWN.
ACCORDINGLY, THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS TO AESTHETIC RESOURCES.
THE ACTION DOES NOT INVOLVE ANY DEVELOPMENT OR PHYSICAL ALTERATIONS OF LANDS WITHIN THE TOWN.
ACCORDINGLY, THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS TO HISTORIC AND ARCHEOLOGICAL RESOURCE.
THE ACTION DOES NOT INVOLVE ANY DEVELOPMENT OR PHYSICAL ALTERATION PLANS WITHIN TOWN OR OTHERWISE, LIMITED EXISTING OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION IN THE TOWN.
ACCORDINGLY, THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS TO OPEN SPACE AND RECREATIONAL RESOURCES.
THE ACTION DOES NOT INVOLVE ANY TYPE OF PHYSICAL ALTERATION OF LANDS WITHIN TOWN OR ACTIVITIES WHICH WOULD POSE A RISK TO CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS.
ACCORDINGLY, THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS TO CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS.
ASPHALT PLANES AND BYMAN IS PROCESSING FACILITIES TYPICALLY INVOLVE ASPHALT TRUCKS, MATERIAL DELIVERY TRUCKS AND EMPLOYEE VEHICLES THAT COULD IMPACT EXISTING PARKING ON OR TRAFFIC LEVELS AS WELL AS PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE TRAFFIC WITHIN THE TOWN.
THUS PROHIBITING ASPHALT PLANTS AND BACTERIA PROCESSING FACILITIES WOULD SERVE TO IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION IN THE TOWN.
ACCORDINGLY, THERE ARE NO CERTAIN THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS TO TRANSPORTATION.
THE ACTION WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY INCREASE IN THE USE OF ENERGY OR MODIFY USE IN THE TOWN AS IT DOES NOT RESULT IN ANY DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICAL ALTERATION OF LANDS WITHIN THE TOWN COIN.
THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS TO ENERGY RESOURCES.
THE ACTION WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY INCREASED NOISE ORDERS, ODORS OR OUTDOOR LIGHTING AS IT DOES NOT RESULT IN ANY DEVELOPMENT OR PHYSICAL ALTERATION OF LANDS WITHIN THE TOWN.
FURTHER ASPHALT PLANTS AND BUY TOO MINUTES PROCESSING FACILITIES CAN CREATE ODORS WHICH CAN TRAVEL TO NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES, THUS PROHIBITING ASPHALT PLANTS AND BUY TOO MINUTES.
PROCESSING FACILITIES WOULD PREVENT THESE ODORS FROM OCCURRING WITHIN THE TOWN.
ACCORDINGLY, THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS TO NOISE, ODOR, OR LIGHT.
THE ACTION SHALL NOT REQUIRE A RESULT IN THE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES OR OPERATIONS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL FOR AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH AS IT DOES NOT INVOLVE ANY DEVELOPMENT OR PHYSICAL ALTERATIONS OF LAND WITHIN THE TOWN.
BANNING PLANS AND BY TWO PROCESSING FACILITIES AND PROTECTING HELP HUMAN HEALTH FROM EXPOSURE, NEW SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION ACCORDINGLY, NO SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACT TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
THE TOWN HAS BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING TO ON UPDATING THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHICH UPDATES INCLUDED EVALUATING POTENTIAL ZONING CODE ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN FOR THE AREAS OF THE TOWN USES AND PROPERLY LIFE CHANGES IN THE TOWN AND REGION SENSE ADOPTION OF LAST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TOWN'S DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DATED NOVEMBER 22ND, 2022 IS CURRENTLY BEFORE THE BOARD FOR ADOPTION.
THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RECOMMENDS AMONG OTHER THINGS, ELIMINATING UPDATED INDUSTRIAL USES AND ZONING DISTRICTS THAT DO NOT REPRESENT THE DIVISION OF THE TOWN.
THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN NOTES THAT THE TOWN WILL NEED TO ADAPT TO CHANGES IN THE TOWN AND THE REGION AS A WHOLE TO ENSURE THAT THE VITAL ECONOMY OF THE TOWN SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY'S GOALS THE CITIZENS' NEED AND THE ECONOMIC NEEDS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WHILE REMAINING CONSISTENT WITH THE TOWN'S VISION FOR THE FUTURE.
THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RECOMMENDS AMONG OTHER THINGS, ELIMINATING USES IN THE CODE THAT NO LONGER FIT WITHIN THE TOWN.
FOR EXAMPLE, LUMBER YARDS AND COAL YARDS, CEMENT MIXING PLANS, STORAGE OR
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PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AS A PRIMARY USE IN THE PROCESSING OF BY TWO MINUTES PRODUCTS THE ACTUAL PROHIBIT THE SIDING AND OPERATION OF ASPHALT PLAN BY TWO MINUTES.PROCESSING FACILITIES CONSIST WITH THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND IS SPECIFICALLY INTENDED TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE TOWN'S PHYSICAL AND VISUAL ENVIRONMENT, THE TOWN'S CHARACTER, THE TOWN'S ECONOMIC NEEDS AND THE HEALTH SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY WITHIN THE TOWN.
THE ACTION WILL IMPACT AN EXISTING APPLICATION FROM A L ASPHALT CORPORATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF AN ASPHALT PLAN IN AN M THREE ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH MAY RESULT IN THIS IMP POTENTIALLY OTHER PROPERTIES BEING DERELICT AND OR UNDERUTILIZED.
HOWEVER, SOME OF THESE LOTS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER THE UTILIZED AND A FEW VACANT LOTS IN RELATION TO ALL THE TOWN IS NOT SIGNIFICANT.
ADDITIONALLY, THE ACTION ALSO ALLOWS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE AND OTHER LOTS IN MANNER THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE TOWN'S DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND PROTECTS THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE WELFARE OF PEOPLE AND PROPERTY WITHIN THE TOWN.
ACCORDINGLY, THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS IN THE CHARACTER OF THE COMMUNITY OR IN COMMUNITY PLANS.
THE TOWN BOARD HEREBY ADOPTS, ACCEPTS AND APPROVES PART TWO AND PART THREE OF THE EAF AS SET FORTH ON EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERE TO
SINCE THE ACTION WILL NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT, A NEGATIVE DECLARATION PURSUANT TO SECRET IS HEREBY ISSUE.
THIS NEGATIVE DECLARATION HAS BEEN PREPARED PURSUANT TO AND ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF CR.
THIS RESOLUTION WHICH IS ADOPTED BY MAJORITY VOTE OF THE TOWN BOARD SHALL SERVE AS A NEGATIVE DECLARATION AS DEFINED IN SIX NYC RRR SIX 17.2 Y FOR THE ACTION AND IS ISSUED BY THE TOWN BOARD PURSUANT TO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SEEKER SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
THE OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS OF THE TOWN ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED FOR AND IN THE NAME AND ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN BOARD TO DO ALL ACTS AND THINGS REQUIRED AND TO EXECUTE AND DELIVER ALL SUCH CERTIFICATES, INSTRUMENTS AND DOCUMENTS TO PAY ALL SUCH FEES, CHARGES AND EXPENSES AND TO DO ALL SUCH FURTHER ACTS AND THINGS THAT MAY BE NECESSARY OR IN THE OPINION OF THE OFFICER EMPLOYEE OR AGENT ACTING DESIRABLE AND PROPERTY WOULD AFFECT THE PURPOSE OF THE FORGO RESOLUTIONS TO CAUSE COMPLIANCE BY THE TOWN BOARD.
WITH ALL THE TERMS COVENANTS AND PROVISIONS OF THE DOCUMENTS EXECUTED FOR ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN BOARD.
SO MOTION BY SUPERVISOR BY COUNCIL MEMBER HALL ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED, CARRIED, SUSTAIN ONE NOTED.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 33 PROPOSED GLOBAL LAW NUMBER 12 WHEREAS A NOVEMBER 21ST, 2022 SUPERVISOR RANDY HO MEMBER THE AMBER TOWN BOARD INTRODUCED A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SECTION TWO 80 DASH 1 33 A AT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TOWN CO TO REMOVE THE PROCESSING OR TREATMENT OF BY TWO MUNICIPAL PRODUCTS AS PERMITTED USE IN THE M THREE ZONE ZONING DISTRICT.
LOCAL LAW NUMBER 12 WILL AFFECT ALL LANDS IN THE M THREE ZONING DISTRICT WITHIN THE TOWN WHEREAS THE LOCAL LAW NUMBER 12 WAS PROPOSED IN THE FORM OF A LOCAL LAW PURSUANT THE AUTHORITY GRANTED THE TOWN BOARD IN THE TOWN BY ARTICLE TWO AND THREE OF NEW YORK STATE GENERAL MUNICIPAL OWN RULE LAW AND BY ARTICLE TWO OF NEW YORK STATE STATUTE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE TOWN BOARD IS AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED BY JEFF TWO 80 ARTICLE X-L-D-I-I-I OF THE CODE IN ARTICLE 16 OF NEW YORK TOWN LAW TO AMEND SUPPLEMENT CHANGE OR REVEAL THE REGULATIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND BOUNDARIES ESTABLISHED BY THE CODE MEET THE GROWING AND CHANGE THE NEEDS OF THE TOWN AND WHEREAS IN NOVEMBER 21ST, 2022 THE DOWN BOARD INITIATED AN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF LOCAL ON NUMBER 12 UNDER THE NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL LOTTERY REVIEW ACT DIRECTED AT LOCAL ON NUMBER 12 REFERRED TO THE AREA COUNTY DEPARTMENT ENVIRONMENT PLANNING PURSUANT TO LOCAL LAW 2 39 DASH M OF NEW YORK STATE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW AND DIRECTED AT LOCAL LAW NUMBER 12 REFERRED TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR ITS REVIEW AND FOR AN ADVISORY REPORT PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION TWO 80 DASH THREE 40 B OF THE CODE AND WHEREAS PROPER NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE TOWN BOARD SCHEDULED A PUBLIC HEARING FOR DECEMBER 12TH, 2022 AT 7:00 PM WHICH WAS KEPT OPEN AND CONTINUES ON JANUARY 23RD, 2023 AT 7:00 PM FOR LOCAL NUMBER 12, THE YEAR 2022 ENTITLED LOCAL LAW TO AMEND SECTION TWO 80 DASH 1 33 A AT THE TOWN OF HENRY TOWN CODE ENTITLED TO PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES BY REMOVING BY OUS PROCESSING FACILITIES AS PERMITTED USE IN M THREE DISTRICTS AND WHERE ASKED THAT PUBLIC HEARINGS WAS DULY HELD ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2022 AT 7:00 PM AND CONTINUED ON JANUARY 23RD, 2023 AT THE TOWN OF HENRY TOWN HALL LOCATED AT 6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE HAMBURG, NEW YORK 1 4 0 7 5.
AND ALL PARTIES IN ATTENDANCE WERE PERMITTED AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OR IN OPPOSITION TO SAID LOCAL LAW 12 OR ANY PART THEREOF.
AND AFTER WHICH ON JANUARY 23RD, 2023 THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED AND WHEREAS ITS MEETING ON DECEMBER 13TH, 2022, THE TOWN'S CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE ISSUED A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE TOWN BOARD ADOPT LOCAL LAW NUMBER 12.
AND WHEREAS AT HIS MEETING ON JANUARY 18TH, 2022, THE TOWNS PLANNING BOARD REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED AN ADVISORY REPORT
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THE TOWN BOARD IN ACCORDANCE TO THE SUBSECTION TWO 80 DASH THREE 40 B OF THE CODE SUPPORTING ADOPTION OF LOCAL LAW NUMBER 12.HOWEVER, A MAJORITY OF THE OF THE FULL PLANNING BOARD DID NOT GO TO APPROVE THE ADVISORY REPORT WITH THREE AFFIRMATIVE VOTES.
TWO ABSTENTIONS, ONE PLANNING MEMBER BOARD ABSENT AND ONE VACANT PLANNING BOARD C.
AND WHEREAS ON JANUARY 9TH, 2023, THE ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING ISSUED ITS RESPONSE TO TOWN REFERRAL PURSUANT TO SECTION 2 39 M OF THE NEW YORK STATE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW FINDING THAT LOCAL NF 12 IS A MATTER OF LOCAL CONCERN WARRANTING NO RECOMMENDATION AND WHEREAS THE TOWN'S DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DATED NOVEMBER, 2022 IS CURRENTLY BEFORE THE TOWN BOARD FOR ADOPTION AND WHEREAS ON JANUARY 23RD, 2023 THE TOWN BOARD IS LEAD AGENCY FOR CONDUCT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
UNDER SEEKER DETERMINED THAT THE ADOPTION OF LOCAL NUMBER 12 WILL NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND ADOPTED A NEGATIVE DEC NEGATIVE DECLARATION WITH RESPECT TO LOCAL LAW NUMBER 12 AND WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD AFTER DUE DELIBERATION BINDS IT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TOWN TO ADOPT LOCAL LAW NUMBER 12 NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AS FOLLOWS, THE TOWN BOARD HAS BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING ON UPDATING ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH UPDATES INCLUDE EVALUATING POTENTIAL ZONING CODE AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN FOR AREAS OF THE TOWN VIEWS AS IMPROPERLY ZONED IN LIGHT OF CHANGES IN THE TOWN AND REGIONS OF ADOPTION OF LAST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RECOMMENDS AMONG OTHER THINGS, ELIMINATING OUTDATED INDUSTRIAL USES AND ZONING DISTRICTS THAT DO NOT REPRESENT THE VISION OF THE TOWN.
THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN NOTES THAT THE TOWN SHALL WILL NEED TO ADOPT, ADAPT TO CHANGES IN THE TOWN AND THE REGION'S ALL TO ENSURE THAT THE VITAL ECONOMY OF THE TOWN SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY'S GOALS, ASSISTANCE NEEDS, AND THE ECONOMIC NEEDS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WHILE REMAINING CONSISTENT WITH TOWN FOR THE FUTURE.
THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RECOMMENDS AMONG OTHER THINGS LIMITING USES IN CODE THAT NO LONGER FIT WITHIN THE TOWN.
FOR EXAMPLE, LUMBER YARDS AND COAL YARDS, CEMENT MIXING PLAN STORAGE AND PATROLLING PRODUCTS AS PRIMARY USE AND THE PROCESSING OF BY TWO MINUTES PRODUCTS LOCAL ON 12 IS CONSISTENT WITH DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND SPECIFICALLY IN TECHNICALLY PROTECT THE AND ENHANCE THE TALENT, PHYSICAL AND VISUAL ENVIRONMENT, THE TOWN'S CHARACTER, THE TOWN'S ECONOMIC NEEDS AND HEALTH SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY WITHIN THE TOWN.
WHILE LOCAL LAW NUMBER 12 WILL IMPACT AN EXISTING OBLIGATION FROM A L ASPHALT CORPORATION FOR FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF AN ASPHALT PLANT, AN M THREE ZONING DISTRICT WHICH MAY RESOLVE IN THIS AND POTENTIALLY OTHER PROPERTIES BEING DERELICT AND OR UNDERUTILIZED.
THE PUBLIC INTEREST REQUIRES THE TOWN BOARD TO ACT HOWEVER SOME POTENTIALLY EFFECTIVE LOTS ARE CURRENTLY UNDERUTILIZED AND IF YOU VACANT LOTS AND ALL, THE TOWN IS NOT SIGNIFICANT AND LOCAL 1 0 12 ALLOWS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE AND OTHER LOTS IN A MANNER THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH TOWN BOARDS, WITH THE TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WILL PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF PEOPLE AND PROPERTY WITHIN THE TOWN.
THE TOWN HAS RECEIVED WRITTEN IN ORAL TESTIMONY FROM TOWN RESIDENTS, THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG AND INDUSTRIES REGARDING SPECIFIC CONCERNS WITH RESPECT TO ASPHALT PLANTS AND BY MUNICIPAL PROCESSING FACILITIES IN HAMBURG PROHIBITING ASPHALT PLANTS AND BY PROCESSING FACILITIES THAT TYPICALLY PROCESS AND STORE PATROLLING PRODUCTS AND COULD CAUSE THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATER AND OTHER BYPRODUCTS FROM FACILITY OPERATIONS AND DOWNSTREAM WATER BODIES IF NOT PROPERLY MANAGED, WILL SERVE TO PROTECT POTENTIAL ADVERSE IMPACTS TO GROUNDWATER FROM ASPHALT PLANTS WITHIN THE TOWN PROHIBITING ASPHALT PLANTS AND BY OUS PROCESSING FACILITIES THAT TYPICALLY EMIT HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS INCLUDING CARBON DI DIOXIDE, NITROUS OXIDE, PARTICULATE MATTER SULFUR DIOXIDE BOWEL ORGANIC COMPOUNDS WILL SERVE TO PREVENT EMISSIONS OF HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FROM ASPHALT PLANTS WITHIN THE TOWN, ASPHALT PLANTS AND BY TWO MINUTES.
PROCESSING FACILITIES TYPICALLY REQUIRE THE USE OF LARGE STRUCTURES FOR PROCESSING AND STORING ASPHALT MATERIAL AND THE SIGHTING OF EQUIPMENT USED IN MANUFACTURING FOR WHICH SCREENING AND OTHER CAMOUFLAGE METHODS MUST BE UTILIZED AND MITIGATE IMPACTS TO AESTHETIC RESOURCES.
ADDITIONALLY, THESE FACILITIES OFTEN GENERATE PLUMES THAT CAN BE VISIBLE FROM SURROUNDING AREAS, THUS PROHIBITING ASPHALT PLANTS AND BY PROCESSING FACILITIES WHICH SERVE TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE AESTHETIC RESOURCES IN THE TOWN.
ASPHALT PLANTS AND BYS PROCESSING FACILITIES TYPICALLY INVOLVES ASPHALT TRUCKS, MATERIAL DELIVERY TRUCKS IN EMPLOYEE VEHICLES THAT COULD AFFECT EXISTING PARKING OR TRAFFIC LEVELS INCLUDING PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE TRAFFIC WITHIN THE TOWN, THUS PROHIBITING ASAL PLANTS AND BY TWO MINUTES PROCESSING FACILITIES WOULD SERVE TO IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION OF TOWN ASPHALT PLANTS AND BY TWO MINUTES PROCESSING FACILITIES CAN CREATE ORDERS WHICH CAN TRAVEL TO NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES, THUS PREVENTING ASPHALT PLANTS AND BY TWO MINUTES PROCESSING FACILITY WOULD PREVENT THESE ODORS FROM OCCURRING WITHIN THE TOWN BANNING PLANTS AND BY TWO MINUTES PROCESSING FACILITIES WILL PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH FROM EXPOSURE TO NEW SOURCES IN CONTAMINATION.
THE REASON SET FORTH IN THIS RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO NEW YORK STATE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW SECTION 20 IN SECTIONS EIGHT DASH 15 AND TWO 80 DASH 3 3 8 OF THE CODE, THE TOWN BOARD HEREBY ADOPTS TOWN OF HAMBURG LOCAL LAW NUMBER 12 OF 2022 ENTITLED A LOCAL LAW TO AMEND SECTION TWO A DASH 1 33 A OF THE AMBER TOWN CODE ENTITLED PRINCIPAL USES AND S INSTRUCTIONS BY REMOVING BY TWO MINUTES PROCESSING FACILITIES AS A PERMITTED USE IN M THREE DISTRICTS A COPY OF LOCAL LAW NUMBER 12 ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A TO THIS
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RESOLUTION.THE TOWN BOARD HEREBY DIRECTS THE TOWN CLERK TO ENTER SAID LOCAL LAW NUMBER 12 DASH 2022.
IN THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING GIVE, DO NOTICE THE ADOPTION OF SAID LOCAL LAW TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND WHO MAY AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT FOR IT AND IN THE NAME AND ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN BOARD TO DO ALL THIS SUCH FURTHER ACTS AND THINGS THAT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE OPINION THE TOWN CLERK DESIRABLE AND PROPERTY WILL AFFECT THE PURPOSES OF THIS RESOLUTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION THE SUPERVISOR HOKE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL LORENZ ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WE ONE ABSTENTION NOTED RE 34 RESOLUTIONS DONE OF HAMBURG A APPRO LOCAL LAW NUMBER 13 20 22, WHEREAS ON NOVEMBER 21ST, 2022 SUPERVISED RANDY HO UNDER THE TOWN BOARD INTRODUCED A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE LDII ENTITLED BY TWO MINUTES PROCESSING FACILITIES IN CHAPTER TWO 80 AT THE TOP OF THE CODE THAT PROHIBITS ASPHALT PLANS AND BY TWO MINUTES PROCESSING FACILITIES IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG LOCAL LAW NUMBER 2 20 23 WILL AFFECT ALL LANDS IN THE TOWN.
WHEREAS THE LOCAL LAW NUMBER 13 WAS PROPOSED IN THE FORM OF A LOCAL LAW PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE TOWN BOARD IN THE TOWN BY ARTICLE TWO AND THREE OF THE NEW YORK STATE MUNICIPAL HOME OF THE LAW AND BY ARTICLE TWO OF THE NEW YORK STATE STATUTE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE TOWN BOARD IS AUTHORIZED AND POWERED BY CHAPTER TWO 80, ARTICLE X-L-V-I-I-I, THE CODE IN ARTICLE 16, THE YORK TOWN LAW TO AMEND SUPPLEMENT, CHANGE AND REVEAL REGULATIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND BOUNDARIES ESTABLISHED BY THE CODE TO MEET THE GROWING AND CHANGING NEEDS OF THE TOWN.
AND NOVEMBER 21ST, 2022, THE TOWN BOARD INITIATED ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF LOCAL NUMBER 13 ON THE NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLOT REVIEW ACT DIRECTLY LOCAL ON THE 13 TO REVIEW YOUR COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING TO PURSUANT TO SECTION 2 39 DASH M, NEW YORK STATE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW AND DIRECTED THE LOCAL ON 13 BE REFERRED TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR ITS REVIEW AND FOR AN ADVISORY REPORT PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION TWO 80 DASH THREE 40 B OF THE CODE AND WE'RE AS POWER NOTICES GIVEN TO THE TOWN BOARD, SCHEDULED THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR DECEMBER 12TH, 2022 AT 7:00 PM AND KEPT OPEN AND CONTINUED JANUARY 23RD, 2023 AT 7:00 PM THE LOCAL ON 13 OF THE YEAR 2023 ENTITLED A LOCAL LAW TO PROVIDE FOR ARTICLES FOR A NEW ARTICLE L THE II CHAPTER THREE OF THE TOWN OF
AND ALL PARTIES IN ATTENDANCE WERE PERMITTED AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OR OPPOSITION TO LOCAL LAW NUMBER 13 OR ANY PART THEREOF.
AND AFTER WHICH IN JANUARY 23RD, 2023 THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED.
AND AS THIS MEETING DECEMBER 13TH, 2022, THE TOWNS CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE ISSUED A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE TOWN BOARD ADOPT LOCAL ONE NUMBER 13TH.
AND WHEREAS THIS MEETING ON JANUARY 18TH, 2022, THE TOWN BOARD PLANNING BOARD REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED AND ADVISORY REPORT TO THE TOWN BOARD ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION TWO 80 DASH THREE 40 B OF THE CODE SUPPORTING ADOPTION OF LOCAL ONE.
NUMBER 13, HOWEVER, MAJORITY OF THE FULL PLANNING BOARD DID NOT VOTE TO THIRD ADVISORY REPORT WITH THREE AFFIRMATIVE VOTES.
TWO ABSTENTIONS, ONE PLANNING BOARD MEMBER ABSENT AND ONE VACANT PLANNING BOARD SEAT.
AND WHEREAS ON JANUARY 9TH, 2023, THE ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN AND PLANNING ISSUES RESPONSE TO THE TOWN REFERRAL PURSUANT TO SECTION 2 39 DASH NEW STATE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, FINDING THAT LOCAL ON NUMBER THREE IS A MATTER OF LOCAL CONCERN WARRANTED NO RECOMMENDATION.
WHEREAS THE TOWN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DATED NOVEMBER, 2022 IS CURRENTLY BEFORE THE TOWN BOARD FOR ADOPTION AND WHEREAS ON JANUARY 23RD, 2023, THE TOWN BOARD AGENCY FOR THE CONDUCT AND INFORMATORY REVIEW UNDER SEEKER DETERMINED THAT TOWN, THE ADOPTION OF LOCAL NUMBER 13 WILL NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND ADOPTED A NEGATIVE DECLARATION WHICH RESPECT TO LOCAL LAW NUMBER 13.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD AFTER DUE TO DELIBERATION FINDING THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TOWN TO ADOPT LOWER LAW NUMBER 13 NOW THEREFORE BEING RESOLVED BY THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AS FOLLOWS, THE TOWN HAS BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING ON UPDATING THIS COMPREHENSIVE TO BLAME, WHICH UPDATES INCLUDED VIOLATING POTENTIAL ZONING CODE AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN FOR AREAS THAT THE TOWN VIEWS AS IMPROPERLY ZONE IN LIGHT OF CHANGES IN THE TOWN AND REGION.
SUCH THE ADOPTION OF THE LAST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RECOMMENDS AMONG OTHER THINGS OF ELIMINATING OUTDATED INDUSTRIAL USES AND ZONING DISHES THAT DO NOT VERY REPRESENT
THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN KNOW THAT TOWN WILL NEED TO ADOPT CHANGES IN THE TOWN AND THE REGIONS HOLD TO ENSURE THE VITAL ECONOMY OF THE TOWN SUPPORTS COMMUNITY'S GOALS AND THE CITIZEN NEEDS AND ECONOMIC NEEDS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
ENVIRON MANY CONSISTENT WITH TOWN SYSTEM FOR THE FUTURE.
THE DRAFT COMP PLAN RECOMMENDS AMONG OTHER THINGS ELIMINATING USE IN THE CODE THAT NO LONGER FIT WITHIN THE TOWN.
FOR EXAMPLE, PLUMBER YARDS, CO YARDS PLAN STORAGE PATROLLING PRODUCTS AS PRIMARY USE IN THE PROCESSING BY TWO MINUTES PRODUCTS LOCAL ON NUMBER 13 IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DRAFT CODE IN PLAN AND SPECIFICALLY INTENDED TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE TOWN SYSTEM AND VISUAL ENVIRONMENT.
THE TOWN'S CHARACTER TOWN'S ECONOMIC NEEDS AND HEALTH SAFETY AND WELFARE OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY WITH THEM DON'T.
WHILE LOCAL NUMBER 13 WILL IMPACT EXISTING APPLICATION NOW ASALT CORPORATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OPERATION OF THE ASALT PLAN OF TOWN, WHICH MAY RESOLVE THIS AND POTENTIALLY OTHER PROPERTIES ARE BEING DELIC AND OR UNDERUTILIZED PUBLIC INTEREST REQUIRE TOWN BOARD TO ACT.
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OF THE POTENTIALLY EFFECTIVE LOTS ARE CURRENTLY UNDERUTILIZED, A FEW VACANT LOTS AND ALL THE TOWN NOT SIGNIFICANT AND LOCAL NUMBER 13 ALLOWS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE OTHER LOTS IN A MANNER THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE TOWN'S COMPANY PLAN AND WILL PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE AND PROPERTY.WITH NO DOUBT THE TOWN HAS RECEIVED WRITTEN IN ORAL TESTIMONY FROM DOWN RESIDENTS VILLAGE OF HAMBURG AND INTEREST GROUPS REGARDING SPECIFIC CONCERNS WITH RESPECT TO ASPHALT PLANTS AND BY TWO PROCESSING FACILITIES IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG PROHIBITING AN ASPHALT PLAN BY TWO PROCESSING FACILITIES THAT TYPICALLY PROCESS AND STILL CONTROLLING PRODUCTS AND COULD CAUSE A DISCHARGE WASTEWATER AND OTHER BYPRODUCTS FROM FACILITY OPERATIONS TO DOWNSTREAM WATER BODIES IF NOT PROPERLY MANAGEABLE.
SERVICE PROTECT POTENTIAL ADVERSE IMPACTS GROUND WATER AS IN TOWN PROHIBITING ASPHALT PLANTS TO BY TWO MINUTES OF PROCESSING FACILITIES THAT TYPICALLY EMIT HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS INCLUDING CARBON MONOXIDE, NITROUS OXIDE, PARTICULATE MATTER SULFUR DIOXIDE.
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND WILL SERVE TO PREVENT EMISSIONS AHEAD OF SALE AIR POLLUTANTS FROM ASPHALT PLANTS WITHIN DOWN ASPHALT PLANTS AND BUY TWO MINUTES PROCESSING FACILITIES SIMPLY TO REQUIRE THE USE OF WIRE STRUCTURES FOR PROCESSES AND STORING ASPHALT MATERIAL.
AND THE SITING OF EQUIPMENT USED IN MANUFACTURING AND PRINT SCREENING AND OTHER CAMOUFLAGE MEASURES MUST BE UTILIZED TO MITIGATE IMPACTS TO A SET OF RESOURCES.
ADDITIONALLY, THESE FACILITIES OFTEN GENERATE CLS THAT CAN BE VISIBLE FROM SURROUNDING AREAS, THUS PROVING ASPHALT PLANTS AND BY TWO MINUTES PROCESSING FACILITY WOULD SERVE AND PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE AESTHETIC RESOURCES IN THE TOWN ASPHALT PLANTS AND BY TWO MINUTES PROCESSING FACILITIES TYPICALLY INVOLVE ASPHALT TRUCKS, MATERIAL DELIVERY TRUCKS AND EMPLOYEE VEHICLES THAT COULD IMPACT EXISTING PARKING TRAFFIC LEVELS AS WELL AS PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE TRAFFIC WITHIN THE TOWN.
THUS PROHIBITING ASAL PLANTS AND BY TWO PROCESSING FACILITIES WOULD SERVE IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION OF THE TOWN ASAL PLANTS AND BY TWO PROCESSING FACILITIES CAN CREATE ORDERS THAT CAN TRAVEL TO NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES, THUS PROHIBITING PLANTS.
AND BY TWO MINUTES PROCESSING FACILITIES WOULD PREVENT THESE OWNERS FROM OCCURRING WITHIN THE TOWN BANNING PLANTS AND BY TWO MINUTES PROCESSING FACILITIES WILL PROTECT HUMAN OUT FROM EXPOSURE TO SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION FOR THE REASONS ARE FORTH IN THIS RESOLUTION.
AND PURSUANT TO NEW YORK STATE MUNICIPAL HOME LAW, SUBSECTION 20 SECTIONS EIGHT DASH 15 AND TWO 80 DASH 3 3 8 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN BOARD HEREBY ADOPTS TOWN OF HENRY LOCAL LAW 13 ENTITLED A LOCAL LAW TO PROVIDE FOR NEW HONOR OF VII IN CHAPTER TWO EIGHT OF THE TOWN OF
A COPY OF LOCAL ON 13 IS ATTACHED ASS EXHIBIT A TO THIS RESOLUTION.
THE TOWN BOARD HEREBY DIRECTS THE TOWN CLERK TO ENTER IT SAID LOCAL ON 13.
IN THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING ON GIVE DO NOTICE THE ADOPTION OF SAID LOCAL ON 13 TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND ISS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED FOR AND IN THE NAME AND ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN BOARD TO ALL SUCH FURTHER ACTS AND THINGS AS MAY BE NECESSARY OR IN THE OPINION OF THE TOWN COURT OF DESIRABLE AND PROPER TO AFFECT THE PURPOSES OF THIS RESOLUTION.
OPPOSED? ONE ABSTENTION NOTED.
ALL RIGHT, AMBER, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, SEEKER NEGATIVE DECLARATION DRAFT IN ACCOUNT BOARD WITH INPUT AND PARTICIPATION.
AMBER OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE AND THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN HAS COMPLETED A NEW TOWN OF HAMBURG COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2 7 2 A OF NEW YORK STATE TOWN LAW AND WHERE IS PURSUANT TO CHARGE 6 1 7 INCREMENTAL REGULATIONS PER JURY TO ARTICLE A, THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OF VIEW ACT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.
THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD HAS ESTABLISHED ITSELF, A SECRET LEAD AGENCY CONDUCTED A COORDINATED ENVIRONMENTAL SECRET REVIEW FOR THIS TYPE ONE ACTION.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD HAS SOLICITED INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC AND FROM OTHER INVOLVED IN INTEREST, AGENCIES HAVE TAKEN A HARD LOOK AT THE SOCIAL ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, THE ADOPTION, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.
AND WHEREAS THE FINDINGS OF THIS REVIEW INDICATED THAT THE OPTION OF THE 20:22 AM TON OF AMBER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE NATURAL RESOURCE OF THE STATE AND OR THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC AND WILL HELP MANAGE THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT THE TOWN IN A MANNER THAT WILL HAVE POTENTIALLY BENEFICIAL IMPACTS ON AESTHETICS, RECREATION, ECONOMICS, TRANSPORTATION, AND COMMUNITY CHARACTER.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBRICK TOWN BOARD AS SECRET LEAD AGENCY FOR THIS ACTION HAS DETERMINED THAT THE ADOPTION OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG CONSTITUTE PLAN WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND A NEGATIVE DECLARATION IS HEREBY ISSUE BASED ON THE REASONS AS SET FORTH IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SECTION OF THE PLAN AND THE FULL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FORM AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD RECOGNIZES THE FACT THAT THE ADOPTION OF THE TOWN OF AMBER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INCURS NO DIRECT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY SUGGESTED ACTION UNDER THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH MAY HAVE POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT DUMP MAY REQUIRE SUBSEQUENT AND SPECIFIC SECRET REVIEW AND BE IT FINAL RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES A SUPERVISOR TO SIGN THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FORM, WHICH WILL ACT AS THE SECRET NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND AUTHORIZE THAT THE APPROPRIATE NOTICES AND FILINGS BE MADE.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
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WHEREAS JOHN HENDRICK THROUGH GRANTS RECEIVED FROM HUD COMMUNITY DEVELOP RAYMOND ERIE COUNTY, HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS IN PREPARING A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG THAT WE REPLACED THE EXISTING 2007 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.AND WHEREAS THROUGH THE COORDINATED ACTIONS OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE, SUBCOMMITTEE, TOWN BOARD, PLANNING BOARD, OTHER TOWN DEPARTMENTS, ASSISTANCE OF THE COMMUNITY, AND THROUGH THE TOWN OF PLANNING CONSULTANT, THE TOWN COMPLETED A DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMEY DETERMINED THAT THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS SUFFICIENTLY COMPLETE FOR OFFICIAL AGENCY INPUT AND PUBLIC REVIEW AND INPUT.
AND WHEREAS THE RY TOWN BOARD HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON 11 21, 22 AND 12 12 22 TO SOLICIT FINAL COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT PLAN.
AND WHEREAS THE ADOPTION OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REQUIRES A 2 39 REFERRAL TO ERIE COUNTY, THE TOWN HAS COMPLETED THIS REFERRAL AND RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM ERIE COUNTY.
AND WHEREAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PART 6 1 7 OF THE, OF THE IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, THE AMBER TOWN BOARD CONDUCTING COORDINATED ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RECEIVED INPUT FROM INVOLVED AND INTERESTED AGENCIES ESTABLISHED ITSELF A SECRET LEAD AGENCY AND DETERMINED THAT THE ADOPTION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WOULD NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND IS ISSUED A NEGATIVE DECLARATION, WHEREAS THE AMBRY TOWN BOARD HAS REVIEWED THE DRAFT DOCUMENTS AND DIRECTED UPDATES OF THE PLAN IN RESPONSE TO INPUT RECEIVED.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2 7 2 DASH A OF NEW YORK STATE TOWN LAW HEREBY ADOPTS THE DOCUMENT ENTITLED TOWN OF HAMBURG COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DATED JANUARY, 2023 AS THE TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND BE IT FINAL RESOLVED THAT A COPY OF THE TOWN HANDICAP OF THE PLAN BE FILED IN THE OFFICE OF HANDBOOK TOWN CLERK AND PLACED ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE.
SO MOVE SECOND MOTION BY SUPERVISOR HOPE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LL OR ON THE QUESTION, THIS WAS A LOT OF WORK AT A VERY UNCERTAIN TIME.
I MEAN, PLANNING DURING A PANDEMIC, UH, IS IS A FE IN ITSELF AND I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE THE, THE WORK OF COUNCIL MEMBER FERRELL FOR SPEARHEADING, UM, THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WELL DONE.
UM, NOT ONLY WAS IT DURING A, UH, A PANDEMIC, BUT IT WAS ALSO DURING A A BOARD TRANSITION.
AND FROM FOR MY SEAT, IT WENT PRETTY SMOOTH.
AND I WOULD ALSO, UH, BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE BOTH, UM, THE SUPPORT AND FUNDING FROM CHRIS HALL AND OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, UH, DEPARTMENT AND FROM, UH, WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A WONDERFUL, UH, PLANNER AND CONSULTANT TO WORK WITH WENDELL.
UH, SO THE FUNDING THAT WE WERE AFFORDED ALLOWED US TO SECURE THEIR SERVICES AND THEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT.
AND OF COURSE, UM, BOTH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE WHO WE RECOGNIZED AT THE LAST MEETING, UH, BOTH FORMER MEMBERS AND CURRENT MEMBERS WERE AN INVALUABLE PART OF THIS PROCESS.
AND OF COURSE, THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN WHO PROVIDED INPUT ALL ALONG THE WAY THAT GUIDED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS VERY IMPORTANT, UM, TOOL AND DOCUMENT, UM, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS THE VISION OF THE TOWN, WHICH IS THE VISION, VISION OF THE RESIDENTS.
AND NOW WE GET TO THE IMPORTANT TASK OF IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN.
AND AGAIN, WE WILL CALL UPON OUR, OUR, UM, UH, WENDELL, OUR, OUR PLANNING PLANNER AND CONSULTANT, AND WE WILL CALL UPON ALL OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND, UH, TOWN RESIDENTS WHO KEEP THIS PROCESS GOING FORWARD AS WE IMPLEMENT THE PLAN AND CARRY OUT THE VISION.
WE HAVE, UM, UH, RESOLUTION NUMBER 37, WHICH INCLUDES SOME INDUSTRIAL REZONINGS.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, A VARIOUS CLAUSES AS WELL AS, UH, MANY SUPPORTING MATERIALS.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UH, WELL, LET'S MAKE IT A, A, UH, LITTLE BIT.
I'LL, I'LL MOVE THIS RESOLUTION.
UM, I'LL BE, I'M GONNA BE LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO TABLE THIS.
SO FOR PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION, I'M LOOKING FOR A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A, UH, MOTION TO TABLE, UH, THIS FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
SECOND BY COUNCIL FROM MEMBER CONLEY.
OPPOSED? CARRIED, SUSTAIN AND NO ABSTENTION.
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UH, PAST 183.JUST A QUICK, UH, WE'RE GONNA SEPARATE THAT INTO SEPARATE LAWS BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY DISTINCT THINGS.
THE NEXT ONE YOU'RE DOING, THESE ARE ALL FUNCTIONALLY DEPENDENT UPON EACH OTHER.
THE AG DISTRICT, THE AG OVERLAY AND THE OTHER OVERLAYS ARE FUNCTIONALLY DEPENDENT, SO WE'RE TREATING 'EM AS ONE WALL.
WHEREAS HAMBURG TOWN CODE CONTAINS AND SPECIFIES THE LOCAL LAWS AND ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
AND WHERE HAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG? OVER A THREE YEAR PROCESS COMPLETED, A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE TOWN HAVE BEGUN THE ADOPTION OF THIS PLAN AND THE TOWN HAS ALSO COMPLETED OTHER STUDIES REPORTS ON LAND ONE USE ISSUES IN THE TOWN.
AND WHEREAS ZONING MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE TOWN WANTS TO CONTINUE THE PROCESS OF BRINGING THE TOWN ZONING CODE AND ZONING MAP INTO CONFORMANCE WITH THE TOWN'S NEW 20 22, 20 22 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND WHEREAS THE PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, THE TOWN BOARD IS PROPOSING TO AN ACT LOCAL LAWS FILED BEING AN ACT TOWN BOARD TOWN NEW YORK, THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AMENDS THE HAMBURG TOWN CODE AS FOLLOWS.
AMEND CHAPTER TWO 80 ZONING BY ADDING IN NEW ARTICLES ENTITLED A EG AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT AG DASH OS, AGRICULTURAL AND OPEN SPACE OVERLAY DISTRICT, LAKEVIEW OVERLAY DISTRICT, AND SOUTHEASTERN HAMBURG OVERLAY DISTRICT.
AND WHEREAS PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL RULE LAW, THE TOWN BOARD IS ALSO PROPOSED PROPOSING TO ENACT A LOCAL LAW WHICH PROPOSES TO AMEND THE TOWNS OF ZONING MAP AS FOLLOWS, BE IT ENACTED BY THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, NEW YORK.
THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AMENDS THE TOWN ZONING MAP AS FOLLOWS, REMOVE THE HAMBURG SOUTHERN SOUTHERN HAMBURG OVERLAY DISTRICT AND REPLACE IT WITH THREE OVERLAY DISTRICTS, THE LAKEVIEW OVERLAY DISTRICT, THE SOUTHEASTERN OVERLAY DISTRICT, AND THE AGRICULTURAL AND OPEN SPACE OVERLAY DISTRICT AS ILLUSTRATED ON THE ATTACHED MAPS.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED PURSUANT TO PART 6 1 7 6 N-Y-C-R-R ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW SECRET.
IT IS THE INTENT OF THE DOWN PRICK TOWN BOARD TO ESTABLISH ITSELF A LEAD AGENCY AND CONDUCT A COORDINATED REVIEW OF PROPOSED ADMISSIONS OF TOWN CODE CHAPTER TWO 80 ZONING AND THE TOWN ZONING MAP.
WE HAD FURTHER RESOLVED THE EM TOWN BOARD HEREBY AUTHORIZED THE REFERRAL OF THESE PROPOSED LAWS AND MAP AMENDMENTS TO BE ERIE COUNTY AND THE HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD.
AND WE FINALLY RESOLVED THAT HAMBURG TOWN BOARD SETS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE MB TOWN HALL 6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE IN MB NEW YORK AT 7:00 PM ON FEBRUARY 27TH.
MY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL WILL ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 39 GRAND VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY EMS AMBULANCE FEES, TIME OF HAMBURG RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING FEES AND CHARGES FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND AMBULANCE SERVICE, SCRAP VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY.
THE WHEREAS IN ENABLING STATE LEGISLATION IS LISTED NOW, THEREFORE BEING RESOLVED AT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
HEREBY AUTHORIZED FEES AND CHARGES FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND AMBULANCE SERVICES BY SCRANTON VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANYS AUTHORIZED BY LAW AND IS PROVIDED FOR BY THESE RESOLUTIONS AND IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED THE FEES AND CHARGES COLLECTED SHALL BE COLLECTED AND USED BY CRATON 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 SCRAN VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY FOR FIRE PROTECTION PURSUANT TO TOWN LAW 180 4 AND IS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW AND IT'S FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD HEREBY DIRECTS THE SCRAN VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY SHALL IMMEDIATELY COMMENCE REVENUE AND RECOVERY FOR ITS EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND AMBULANCE SERVICES AND SHALL UTILIZE A THIRD PARTY BILLING REVENUE RECOVERY AGENT OR AGENTS APPOINTED BY THE SCRA VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY FOR SUCH PURPOSES UNDER SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
AS THE SCRA VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY MAY IN ITS DISCRETION FIND APPROPRIATE AND IT'S FURTHER RESOLVED, THE BOARD HEREBY DIRECTS AT SUCH REVENUE RECOVERY BY IT CRA.
VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY FOR ITS EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND AMBULANCE SERVICES SHALL UTILIZE THE RATE OF SERVICES ATTACHED TO THESE RESOLUTIONS AS SCHEDULE A, WHICH THE BOARD MAY AMEND IN DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME.
AND IT'S FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD HEREBY DETERMINES THAT COMMENCING AT 12:01 AM ON OCTOBER 18TH, 2022.
AND UNTIL SUCH TIMES CONTRACT OR CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN ENTERED INTO WITH A PROVIDER OR PROVIDERS OF ADVANCE LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SUCH ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES OR A LS INTERCEPT SERVICE, THE BOARD HEREBY SETS A MAXIMUM REIMBURSEMENT RATE TO BE PAID FOR ANY SUCH A LS OR A LS INTERCEPT
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SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE TOWN WHERE IT'S FIRE DEPARTMENT SHALL BE REIMBURSED OF THE LESSER OF THE MEDICAID OR MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT RATES IN EFFECT AT THE TIME OF SUCH A LS INTERCEPT SERVICE FOR SUCH SERVICE.AND IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD HEREBY DETERMINES THAT IT SHALL AS A MATTER OF PUBLIC POLICY AND IS A PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE REGULATORY SYSTEM FOR THE DELIVERY OF EMERGENCY SERVICES IN TOWN, WAIVE ANY COPAY DUE FROM ANY RESIDENT OF THE TOWN AND IS FURTHER RESOLVED.
THE BOARD HEREBY DIRECTS THAT ALL REVENUE RECOVER PURSUANT TO THIS AUTHORIZATION AND THESE RESOLUTIONS SHALL BE DEPOSITED AND SEGREGATED FROM OTHER GRAND VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY FUNDS AND USED FOR THE DELIVERY OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND AMBULANCE SERVICES.
THIS GRAND VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY MAY PROPERLY DETERMINE IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION AND IN IT'S FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE MORE HEREBY DIRECTS THAT IT SHALL NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY TOWN PERSONNEL OR ITS AGENCY AND EMPLOYEES INCLUDING JOHN BILLING SERVICE CALL AGENCY ISSUE A BILL FOR ITS SERVICES TO ANY UNINSURED RECIPIENT OF SUCH MEDICAL AND AMBULANCE SERVICE PURSUANT TO GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SECTION 2 0 9 DASH B FOUR E AND AS FURTHER AS RESOLVED THE ACCEPTANCE OTHERWISE PROVIDE THE HEREIN THESE RESOLUTIONS SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
RESOLUTION REPORT IS AN AMENDMENT TO BIGTREE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY EMS AMBULANCE FEES WHEREAS GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SECTION 2 0 9 DASH B AND 1 22 DASH BM IS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW PROVIDES THAT THE AUTHORITIES HAVE IN CONTROL OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE COMPANY THAT HAVE AUTHORIZED SUCH FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY TO PROVIDE S AND GENERAL 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 BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AFTER DUE DELIBERATION PREVIOUSLY DETERMINED THAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TO AUTHORIZE FEES AND CHARGES FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND AMBULANCE SERVICES AUTHORIZED BY LAW AND THESE RESOLUTIONS AND WHERE AS THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE BIGTREE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMP FIRE COMPANY INCORPORATED TO LOBBY AND COLLECT THESE AND CHARGES FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND AMBULANCE SERVICES AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW AND IS PROVIDED FOR BY SUCH RESOLUTION, SUCH OTHER DETERMINATIONS, RULES, REGULATIONS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AS MAY BE MADE FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE BOARD AND WHEREAS THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED TO SCHEDULE FEES TO BE COLLECTED FOR SUCH AMBULANCE SERVICES AND WHEREAS THE BOARD NOW DETERMINES THAT REVISIONS OF SUCH SCHEDULE IS APPROPRIATE NOW THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED.
THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF
THE COUNCIL MEMBER OAK ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WE GOT TWO LATE RESOS AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ENTERTAIN A LATE RESOLUTION, UH, REGARDING A TRAVEL REQUEST IN OUR DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH RECORDS SENIOR SERVICES.
SO MOTION SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER
TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED ADAM POOL, RECREATION SPECIALIST TO TRAVEL TO ALBAN NEW YORK FOR THE 2023 ANNUAL NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION OF YOUTH BUREAUS LEADER YOUTH LEADERSHIP FORUM.
THE EVENT WILL RUN FROM FEBRUARY 6TH, 2023 TO FEBRUARY 7TH, 2023.
THERE WILL BE NO COST TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG FOR THIS EVENT.
UH, HOWEVER FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT A 7 0 2 0 4 9 2.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A RESOLUTION, MAKE A MOTION TO ADD A LATE RESOLUTION CONCERNING MEMBERSHIP TO LAKE SHORE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FERRELL.
OPPOSED? CARRIED, RESOLVED OF THE HENRY TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE REQUEST OF THE LAKE SHORE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT TO CONFIRM MEMBERSHIP UPON THE INDIVIDUAL AS FOLLOWS, RANDY MEEKS AT 34 85 PLEASANT AVENUE.
MY COUNCIL MEMBER ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WELL, FIRST I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TUMBLE OF AUDIT OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS DATED JANUARY 23RD, 2023.
TOTAL CASH DISBURSEMENT SUBMITTED FOR AUDIT $1,121,028 AND 79 CENTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER HO IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THAT NOW OPENS US UP TO BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WISHING TO BE HEARD BY THE AMBRY TOWN BOARD? ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL GO TO REPORTS FROM DEPARTMENT EDGE AND WE'LL START WITH CHIEF
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DIAZ NABE.UH, WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM ENDEAVOR HEALTH THAT'S GONNA BE VISITING THE DEPARTMENT LATER IN THE WEEK, UM, HOPEFULLY TO GET A FIELD FOR THE DEPARTMENT, AN OVERVIEW OF THE OPERATION AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL ASSIST IN THEIR, UH, RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION OF A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALISM.
SUPPLEMENT OUR POLICE OFFICERS AS THEY RESPOND TO INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS, WHETHER IT BE MENTAL HEALTH OR, OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
AND THEN COUNTY LEGISLATURE GILMORE, UH, PROCURED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR US TO REPLACE OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES VEHICLE AND WE NOW HAVE THAT VEHICLE IN OUR POSSESSION.
AND SO NOW WE'RE BEGINNING THE PROCESS OF, UH, SOLICITING VENDORS TO OUTFIT IT SO THAT IT CAN SERVE, UM, OUR VARIOUS SPECIALIZED, UH, UNITS.
ARSON IS GOING TO USE IT, ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, UH, CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, HOSTAGE NEGOTIATION.
SO IT'S REALLY A MULTI-USE VEHICLE THAT'S GONNA MAKE THE JOB EASIER AND SAFER, UH, FOR OUR OFFICERS.
AND THE BEST PART IS THAT IT WAS NO COST TO THE TOP.
UH, YOUTH REC SENIOR SERVICES.
I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR PASSING THE LATE RESOLUTION.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE THE FIRST TIME THAT THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP FORUM IS BACK IN PERSON SINCE COVID, SO IT WAS A BIT LAST MINUTE.
UM, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET A GRANT TO GO AT NO COST.
UM, AND ALSO THINGS ARE GOING VERY WELL AT THE ST.
UM, ENGINEERING, I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT, SO I JUST, UH, HAD A ONSITE VISIT AGAIN WITH ANOTHER ENGINEERING FIRM WHO'S AN
SO HOPEFULLY HAVE ALL THOSE IN PLACE SUIT SO WE CAN ACTUALLY GET ON.
AND BUILDING INSPECTION, CODE ENFORCEMENT.
ANYTHING SPECIFIC TO THAT? NOTHING TO REPORT FOR THEM RIGHT NOW.
UM, LET US LIKE TO THANK, UH, ENGINEERING AND KEN SETTING UP TO, UH, HAVE, UH, THE ENGINEERS COME OUT TODAY, TAKE A LOOK AT OUR BUILDING AND SEE WHAT KIND OF ADDITION WE ARE IN.
UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM TO GET EVERYTHING RESOLVED.
BRING US BACK UP TO CODE ALSO.
UM, IF YOU NOTICE TONIGHT WE, WE PURCHASED A, UH, A BRUSH TRUCK SLASH BOOM, UH, BUCKET TRUCK FOR OUR HIGHWAY.
WE GOT, WE BOUGHT IT FROM THE VILLAGE.
UM, WE TRADE, WE, WE, YEARS AGO WE BOUGHT A, IT'S CALLED A A, A PATCH TRUCK THAT WE BOUGHT BETWEEN US AND THE VILLAGE.
THEY'VE BEEN USING IT MORE THAN WE HAVE.
UM, SO THEY, THEY, THEY WANTED MORE THAN WE.
WE, WE'VE BEEN USING IT, SO IF WE DO NEED IT, WE CAN USE IT ON THE SHARED SERVICES.
SO WE'RE NOT REALLY LOSING ANYTHING WITH IT.
UM, PAST COUPLE YEARS, UM, WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON, ON, UH, SERVICES TO GET THE TREES CUT DOWN IN HAMBURG, UH, 2019 WE SPENT $54,000.
WE SPENT 103,000 IN 2021 WE SPENT $259,000 IN CUTTING TREES DOWN.
WE DID A TREE ASSESSMENT LAST, LAST YEAR.
IN THE FALL WE HAVE ABOUT 150 TREES THAT HAVE TO COME DOWN.
JUST AN AVERAGE TREE IS ABOUT $2,000 TO CUT DOWN THROUGH THE SERVICES.
SO YOU LOOK AT ABOUT $300,000 BILL RIGHT THERE.
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA GET THE TRUCK GOES IN THE SERVICE BY THE WEEK.
BY THE WEEKEND WE'RE GONNA GET IT REGISTERED TO GET IT UP AND RUNNING.
UM, IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL READY TO GO.
SO WHETHER WE COULD SAVE A, A LARGE, A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY USING, USING IT ALSO.
SO IT'S UH, IT'S GONNA BE GOOD FOR THE TOWN AND, UH, IN BETWEEN US AND B AND G, WE'LL, UH, WE'RE GONNA USE A LOT OF IT, SO IT'S FOR NOW.
I FINANCE, I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT IT.
UH, TOWN AND COUNTY BILLS WERE MAILED A WEEK AGO, SO PEOPLE ARE ALREADY STARTING TO COME IN AND, UH, PAY THEIR BILLS.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK MY DEPUTY BRAD FOR THIS AGENDA.
TOOK HIM
LEGAL, NOTHING TO REPORT, UM, HANDBOOKS ON
THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORTS FROM THE FLOOR OR FROM THE BOARD AND FROM THE FLOOR.
ANY REPORTS FROM THE BOARD? MR.
I JUST WANNA COMMENT ON, UH, I THINK TODAY'S JUST HISTORIC IN TERMS OF PASSING THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, IT'S BEEN 16 YEARS, UH, IN THE BANKING, UH, SINCE THE LAST ONE IN 2007.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE CHANGES IN THIS TOWN OVER THAT PERIOD, UM, THE GROWTH, UM, THAT'S HAPPENED, UH, I THINK WE ALL KNEW, UH, WE WERE OVERDUE AND, UH, THE PROCESS HAS CROSSED, UH, BOARDS, COMMITTEES, UH,
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EMPLOYEES, UH, BUT, UH, SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS.BUT I WOULD AGREE WITH THE SUPERVISOR THAT A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO BETH FARRELL, UH, FOR HER WORK.
SHE WAS CONSISTENT WITH, UH, THE PLAN AND STUCK WITH IT, UM, AND, AND WORKED REAL CLOSELY WITH ALL THE, THE VESTED PARTNERS.
UH, DREW RILEY, UH, I'D LIKE TO MENTION AS WELL, UH, THEY, THEY JUST REALLY DID, UH, AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND THE INPUT THAT WE GOT WHEN YOU GET TO THIS POINT.
AND WE HAD SO MANY PUBLIC OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR INPUT, UH, ELECTRONICALLY, FACE-TO-FACE.
UH, THE RESULT IS, UM, IS, IS A PLAN THAT I THINK, UH, WE'VE GOT VERY LITTLE OPPOSITION, UH, IF ANY, UH, BECAUSE IT WAS DONE SUCH A, A, A, A WELL MANNER.
SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO BETH, UH, AND THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ECHO SEAN'S COMMENTS.
THANK YOU, BETH, FOR SPEARHEADING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, WITHOUT CONVERSATION ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD BE IN THIS SEAT, SO THANK YOU.
I TRULY, TRULY KNOW WHAT A HUGE TIME COMMITMENT THAT WAS, BUT I ALSO APPRECIATE THE EXTRA EFFORTS YOU PUT TO GET COMMUNITY COMMENT AND REACH EVERY PART OF THE COMMUNITY TO GET COMMENT ON WHAT THEY THOUGHT WE NEEDED TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
UH, THE ONLY THING I'D LIKE TO REPORT IS THAT, UH, I WILL BE, UH, DELIVERING A STATE OF THE TOWN ADDRESS ON THURSDAY AT FIVE 30 AT THE SWAN AUDITORIUM AT PUBLIC COLLEGE.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY LIKE PREPARING FOR.
I FOUND OUT THIS IS MY FIRST FULL YEAR.
UM, I, I WAS REALLY MORE IDEAS THAN EXPERIENCE AT MY LAST STATE OF THE TOWN.
UM, SO YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHERE THE TOWN HAS BEEN THE PAST YEAR, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER PLANS FOR OUR FUTURE.
UM, IT WILL BE QUICKER THAN A TOWN BOARD MEETING.
AND, UH, AND HOPE THAT SHE CAN MAKE IT.
UM, DO WE NEED, DO EXECUTIVE SESSION? I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS MATTERS RELATED TO POTENTIAL LITIGATION.