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THE WORD SESSION.BUT LET'S START WITH THE PLEDGE FIVE, THE UNITED STATES MATTER OUTLET FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE ON INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY
SO WE HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE WORK SESSION TONIGHT.
WE HAVE A COUPLE LATE RESOLUTIONS THAT WE CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT.
UH, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE MATTERS OF PENDING LITIGATION THAT WE WILL ATTEND TO UNDER EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, DURING THE WORK SESSION.
UH, SO FIRST WE HAVE JAMES ASO FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
I'M PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST, SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OF DISASTER RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE.
WE ARE HERE IN WESTERN NEW YORK FOLLOWING THE, UH, RECENT BLIZZARD, UH, THAT WAS TIED TO WINTER STORM ELLIOT.
AND SO WE ARE PROVIDING SHORT, UM, LOW INTEREST, UH, LONG TERM DISASTER LOANS TO ANYBODY WHO LIVE IN, UH, ERIE, NIAGARA, TENNESSEE, WYOMING,
AND, UM, WE DO OFFER LOANS TO HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS IN ADDITION TO BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS.
SO I'D LIKE TO LIKE TO MAKE THAT DISTINCTION BECAUSE A LOT OF FOLKS THINK SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND WE DON'T HELP HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS.
AND WE HAVE, UH, THREE TYPES OF LOANS THAT WE ARE OFFERING TO THE, TO HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS.
WE OFFER OUR HOME DISASTER LOANS, WHICH, UH, HELP HOMEOWNERS WITH PROPERTY DAMAGE AS WELL AS CONTENTS OF THE HOME.
UH, WE ALSO OFFER BUSINESS PHYSICAL DAMAGE LOANS TO BUSINESSES THAT MAY HAVE HAD STRUCTURAL DAMAGES AS WELL AS CONTENTS OF THEIR BUSINESS.
SO THEIR INVENTORIES AND THEIR SUPPLIES AND THE LIKE, UM, THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO USE AS A RESULT OF THE BLIZZARD THAT HIT FOR THE, UH, THE DAYS BETWEEN DECEMBER 23RD AND DECEMBER 28TH.
AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, WE'RE ALSO OFFERING TO BUSINESSES OUR, UH, UH, ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOANS.
AND THOSE ARE WORKING CAPITAL LOANS THAT CAN
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HELP BUSINESSES THAT HAD TO COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN, UM, COULDN'T GET THE CLIENTS OR CLIENTS COULDN'T GET TO GET TO THEM.UH, I'VE HEARD OF EXAMPLES OF RESTAURANTS THAT HAD TO, HAD TO GET RID OF, UM, UH, CON OF THEIR, UH, SUPPLIES AND THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR INVENTORY AND DESTROYED THEM SO THAT THEY, THAT COULD BE COVERED.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GRAY AREAS.
AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO COME AND TALK TO ONE OF OUR TRAINED AND EXPERIENCED CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS.
WE'VE GOT A DISASTER LOAN OUTREACH CENTER THAT WE'RE OPERATING NOW IN BUFFALO.
WE'VE BEEN THERE SINCE THE 2ND OF MARCH, AND WE'VE CONTINUED TO EXTEND THE DATES, UH, BECAUSE WE SEE A LOT OF TRAFFIC IN THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE COMING IN THERE TO TALK TO US.
UM, THOSE HOME DISASTER LOANS THAT I REFERRED TO, UM, ARE UP TO $200,000 FOR PROPERTY OWNERS.
THE RENTER CAN GET UP TO $40,000 IN CO $40,000 IN COVERAGE.
THE BUSINESS PHYSICAL DAMAGE LOANS, AGAIN, FOR THE COUNTIES THAT I UH, TALKED ABOUT, THOSE ARE UP TO $2 MILLION.
SO THOSE FIRST TWO LOANS THAT I REFERRED TO THE DOES THAT THE DEADLINE WILL APPLY IS APRIL 28TH.
UM, SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO, AGAIN, TO COME INTO THE CENTER, OR YOU CAN APPLY ONLINE AT DISASTER LOAN ASSISTANCE.SBA.GOV.
UM, AND YOU CAN ALSO GO TO SBA.GOV/DISASTER, AND THAT'S OUR SPLASH PAGE.
AND THEN YOU COULD, YOU COULD LINK IT AND YOU COULD, YOU COULD SEE IT.
YOU, UM, YOU, YOU FIND THE NEW YORK, YOU FIND THE DISASTER GOT A SPECIFIC NUMBER, BUT THE, THE DISASTER THAT'S TIED TO WINTER STORM ELLIOT.
UM, AND THEN THE ECONOMIC INJURY LOANS THAT I TALKED ABOUT, THOSE WORKING CAPITAL LOANS, THOSE ARE FOR, UH, THE, THE DEADLINE FOR THOSE IS NOT UNTIL NOVEMBER 27TH.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME, YOU KNOW, FOR BUSINESSES TO ASSESS DAMAGES, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THEIR ACCOUNTANTS IN THE WAY.
SO WE GIVE THEM THAT EXTRA TIME TO SEE IF IN FACT, THEY DID HAVE LOSSES.
UH, THE INTEREST RATES FOR BUSINESSES ARE 3.3%, UH, 2.375 FOR NONPROFITS, AND 2.313 FOR HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS.
THOSE RATES ARE LOCKED IN, UH, NOW IN MONTH 13, BECAUSE THE FIRST YEAR, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE AWARDED A LOAN, UH, AFTER YOU APPLY, AND I WANNA STRESS THAT THERE'S NO FEE TO APPLY AND THERE'S NO OBLIGATION TO TAKE THE LOAN IF YOU GET IT.
BUT WE ARE DEFERRING THE FIRST YEAR OF PAYMENTS FOR ANYONE THAT GETS A, GETS A DISASTER LOAN NOW THROUGH THE SBA.
UM, AND THOSE ARE DEFERRED INTEREST FREE.
SO THERE WON'T BE ANY ACCRUED INTEREST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE OFFERING THAT OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, FOR FOLKS TO REALLY GET BACK UP ON THEIR FEET.
WE REALLY WANT TO HELP FOLKS GET, GET GOING.
UM, AT EIGHT, WE HAVE, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED 841 APPLICATIONS ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK FOR THESE, FOR THESE SBA DISASTER LOANS.
UM, WE'VE AWARDED 246 HOME RELATED AND 16 BUSINESS RELATED LOANS FOR NEARLY $7.8 MILLION.
SO IT IS, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEED AND I THINK THAT MAY BE INCREASING.
YOU KNOW, NOW WITH THAT, WE GOT THE THAW COMING, FOLKS CAN REALLY, YOU KNOW, DETERMINE IF THEY HAD ICE DAMAGE OR, OR DAMAGE FROM THE, UH, UH, THE FLYING PROJECTILES THAT WERE YOU, THOSE HURRICANE FOREST WINDS.
UM, SO AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT CENTER IS AT THE DEVELOPING RIDER CENTER.
THOSE HOURS ARE, UH, SIX DAYS A WEEK, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, NINE 30 TO SIX, AND THEN SATURDAY 10 TO TWO.
UM, LIKE I SAID, WE DON'T HAVE A CLOSING DATE, UH, FOR THAT, FOR THAT NOW.
UM, WE LEAVING IT, IT'S OPEN-ENDED.
UM, TYPICALLY WHEN SOMEONE COMES IN AND TALKS TO A CUSTOMER SERVICE REP, TYPICAL LIKE A MEETING WITH ANY OTHER LOAN OFFICER, UH, YOU KNOW, BRING YOUR FINANCIAL PAPERWORK, BRING YOUR TAX INFORMATION, YOUR YOUR PROFITS AND LOSS STATEMENTS AND THE LIKE, AS MUCH AS YOU HAVE WITH YOU.
AND, UH, LIKELY YOU CAN, UH, YOU'LL MEET WITH A REP AND BE, YOU KNOW, APPLY AND BE OUT OF THERE IN AN HOUR OR SO.
UM, ONCE THAT PAPERWORK GOES IN OUR FINANCIAL CENTER DOWN IN, UH, DALLAS-FORT WORTH, UH, YOU'LL BE ASSIGNED TO A LIAISON WHO'S GONNA MAKE SURE YOU GOT ALL YOUR PAPERWORK IN, AND THEN YOU'LL BE ASSIGNED TO A LOAN OFFICER IF EVERYTHING'S GOOD IN THAT REGARD.
YOU'LL WORK WITH THE LOAN OFFICER, THEY'LL TELL YOU, YOU'RE, THEY'LL TELL YOU THE CHAR OF THE LOAN, HOW MUCH MONEY YOU'RE GONNA BE GETTING, AND, UH, HOW MANY YEARS IT CAN BE AGAIN, THEY SAY IT'S UP TO 30.
UM, AND THEN THEY'LL SUPPLY YOU WITH THE CLOSING DOCUMENTS, AND YOU HAVE FIVE DAYS TO RETURN THOSE.
UH, YOU CAN BRING 'EM INTO THE CENTER, UH, GET THE WET SIGNATURE, OR YOU CAN DO IT ELECTRONICALLY.
UM, AND THEN FOLKS CAN, CAN MAYBE HAVE THEIR MONEY IN AS SHORT AS FOUR TO FIVE WEEKS OF THEIR FIRST DISBURSEMENT.
AND THAT CAN BE UP TO UP TO $25,000.
SO, UM, ONE LAST POINT I WANNA MAKE IS WE'RE ALSO OFFERING WHAT'S COVERED MITIGATION COVERAGE.
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MEASURES TO KEEP A SIMILAR DISASTER FROM OCCURRING, SO SAY IF YOU HAD WATER IN YOUR BASEMENT, YOU PUT IN A SUB PUMP, IF YOU HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, WALL, UH, DAMAGE TO THE WALLS AND YOU NEEDED A, A, A STORM SHELTER, IF YOU HAD TREE DAMAGE, UH, AND YOU TOOK OUT TREES.SO IF YOU PUT IN ANY KIND OF A MITIGATION MEASURE, YOU COULD GET, UH, AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT UP TO 20% OF THE TOTAL LOSS.
SO WHERE WE WORK TOO, IS, UM, IF YOU GET, UH, REIMBURSED BY INSURANCE OR OTHER SOURCES, WE'RE GONNA BE IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, COMBINED WITH THAT.
SO WE ENCOURAGE ANYBODY TO, UM, IF THEY, IF THEY ARE GONNA TALK TO THEIR INSURANCE AGENT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TALK TO THEM BEFORE YOU TALK TO US.
SO DON'T WAIT TO TALK TO YOUR AGENT, COME IN AND TALK TO US.
AND, UM, THEN LIKE IF THE TOTAL LOSS WAS, SAY A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS INSURANCE GAVE YOU, UH, 50,000, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU 50,000.
THAT 20% IS FIGURED AGAINST THE TOTAL LOSS NUMBER, NOT JUST THE AMOUNT OF THE LOAN THAT WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU, BUT IT IS IN ADDITION TO THE AMOUNT OF THE, UH, UH, TO THE AMOUNT OF THE LOAN THAT WE GIVE YOU.
SO, UM, IT'S TO YOUR BENEFIT, YOU KNOW, TO, TO APPLY IF YOU'RE ON THE FENCE, IF ANYONE'S ON THE FENCE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE LOOK AT, WE LOOK AT CREDIT HISTORY, NOT CREDIT SCORE, UM, AND FOLKS THAT APPLY, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT HAVE A, YOU MIGHT JUST SAY APPLYING FOR A CAR LOAN, YOU MIGHT HAVE A SMALL DING ON YOUR CREDIT BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY APPLIED.
BUT, UM, WE'RE, WE ARE VERY FLEXIBLE AND WE WANNA WORK WITH FOLKS.
SO IF ANYONE'S GOT SOME CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT, I'M NOT ELIGIBLE, YOU KNOW, I MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, STILL COME IN AND TALK TO US.
AND SO APPLY, THERE'S NO FEE WITH MINE.
SO JIM, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EXAMPLES THAT YOU GAVE BECAUSE THOSE ARE HELPFUL.
I MEAN, A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST TAKE CARE OF THE PROPERTY.
THEY MAY NOT BE THINKING OF THE OPPORTUNITY.
SOME VERY LOW INTEREST FINANCING.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY.
LET'S SAY THAT SOMEBODY HAD A TREE, RIGHT? AND THE WIND KNOCKED A BRANCH OFF, IT COST $10,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE, RIGHT? THEY FIXED THAT ON THEIR OWN, BUT THEY WANNA TAKE THE TREE DOWN.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT THEY WOULD HAVE $2,000 AVAILABLE FOR THAT MITIGATION? NO.
SO, SO, SO THE DAMAGE YOU SAID WAS A THOUSAND, 10,000.
AND THEN, THEN THEY COULD GET UP TO 20%.
IF THEY TOOK THE TREES OUT AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WORKED WITH THE LOAN OFFICER AND PROVE THAT'S WHAT THEY DID, YEAH.
THEY COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT.
SO LET'S SAY IT COST THEM 3,500 TO TAKE THE TREE DOWN, THEY'LL GET 2000 TOWARDS THAT BELL.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD WORK.
BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA WORK WITH A LOAN OFFICER AND THEY'LL, THEY'LL CLEAR, THEY'LL MAKE EVERYTHING CLEAR TO YOU.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMON EXAMPLES OF DAMAGE THAT, THAT YOU GUYS ARE DEALING WITH ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE? UM, I'VE HEARD OF ICE DAMAGE, YOU KNOW, FROM ICE, I'VE HEARD OF PIPES BURSTING.
SO CONTENT'S GETTING RUINED BY WATER.
UM, I HEARD OF, YOU KNOW, ICE JAM, ICE, SOME, THERE WERE SOME ICE JAMS. UM, AND A COUPLE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW FENCES WERE TAKEN DOWN, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM THE, JUST FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW.
UM, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, FOLKS THAT LOST POWER, UM, IF THEY HAD ELECTRIC HEAT, YOU KNOW, THEY, YOU KNOW, THE CONTENTS OF THEIR HOUSE COULD HAVE FROZEN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYBODY ELSE? GOOD INFORMATION? IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE IT.
IS THERE, THAT'S, IS THAT AN INFORMATION SHEET WEBSITE? YEAH, SO THE WEBSITE, YOU SAID SBA SBA.GOV/DISASTER.
THE APPLICATION PAGE IS, UH, DISASTER LOAN ASSISTANCE.SBA.GOV.
AND THEN DEVIN GRINDER, WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY, UM, I'M SURE THEY'RE TREATING YOU WELL THERE.
AND THEY HAVE AMPLE PARKING, RIGHT? THERE'S PARKING, UH, YEAH, IF YOU GO DOWN THE BLOCK, THERE'S A PARKING LOT.
I GUESS IT MUST BE, WELL, THERE IS A PARKING OUT THE STREET.
YOU JUST GOTTA KIND OF WATCH IT ON DEVE IN THERE.
'CAUSE THEY REALLY FLY UP FOR THAT STOPLIGHT.
OR IS THAT BRIGHTER? THAT MIGHT BE BRIGHTER, BUT EITHER WAY.
UM, BUT THERE IS AMPLE PARKING.
WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE AS MANY AS SIX CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS IN THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, AT ANY ONE TIME.
UM, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY ABLE TO HELP FOLKS COME IN, TALK TO THEM, YOU KNOW, GET ON THEIR WAY.
THEY'LL PROVIDE 'EM WITH THE, WITH THE FACT SHEET AND EVERYTHING.
SPELL EVERYTHING OUT FOR THEM.
YOU MENTIONED HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS.
UH, WOULD, UH, OWNERS OF MANUFACTURED HOMES COUNT AS HOMEOWNERS? IS THERE ANY OKAY.
YEAH, I DON'T SEE WHY THEY WOULDN'T.
ANYTHING ELSE? NO, I THINK THAT'LL DO IT.
THANKS FOR, UH, SHARING THAT INFORMATION.
SO, UM, WE ALSO HAVE ON THE AGENDA, CLIMATE SMART
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COMMUNITIES.UM, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE TOWN BOARD HAS HAD, UH, MUCH OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS AS A WHOLE, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, I BELIEVE IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 11, WHICH IS A CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITIES PLEDGE.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THIS BECAUSE THIS ISN'T A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE TO HOW WE'RE DOING THINGS RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR ANY OPPORTUNITIES WE CAN FIND TO BE, UH, MORE, UH, EFFICIENT TO REDUCE OUR DEPENDENCES ON, ON FOSSIL FUELS FOR SURE.
UM, AND THIS TOWN BOARD AND THE PREVIOUS TOWN BOARD HAS BEEN ABLE TO TAKE SOME BIG STEPS IN THAT DIRECTION.
THIS PLEDGE IS, IS PART OF A, A PROGRAM THAT OFFERS A GREAT DEAL OF GRANT INCENTIVES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
UM, SO BY TAKING THIS PLEDGE, IT DOESN'T COMPEL US TO DO ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY, BUT IT SHOWS OUR DEDICATION TO BE STEWARDS OF OUR ENVIRONMENT AND STEWARDS OF THE TOWN'S RESOURCES TO SPEND THOSE IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS WAY.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR DISCUSSION IF THERE WAS ANY THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS ON THAT? NO.
UM, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE INITIATIVE.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT THE CLEAN ENERGY DESIGNATION, UM, AND IT'S JUST KIND OF IN LINE WITH PULLING US ACCOUNTABLE FOR, FOR IDENTIFYING NEW THINGS.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG PASSED, UH, JUST A MONTH OR SO AGO.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, UH, IT BUILDS ON THE WORK OF THE VILLAGE AS WELL.
THE LATE RESOLUTIONS WE HAVE, WE HAVE TWO OF THEM.
UH, ONE IS TO REAPPOINT LEONA ROCKWOOD, WHO IS A MEMBER OF OUR CONSERVATION ADVISORY BOARD, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER COMMITTEES WITHIN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TO THE ERIE COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COUNCIL.
THE TOWN GETS, UH, ONE APPOINTMENT TO THAT.
LEONA HAS SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY.
SHE'S WILLING AND EAGER TO, TO, TO BE REAPPOINTED, AND THE COUNCIL IS VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HER.
SHE'S A, A GREAT PARTICIPANT OF THAT GROUP.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A RESOLUTION, UM, THAT, UH, WAS PUT TOGETHER, UH, BY MR. MCQUILLAN, UM, AND IS SPONSORED BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FERRELL RENTS TO DO A, UH, TRAFFIC STUDY, UH, ON LAKE AVENUE.
MANY PEOPLE ARE LIKELY AWARE OF THE FATALITY THAT OCCURRED ON LAKE AVENUE IN FRONT OF OUR MOTHER OF GOOD COUNSEL.
UM, THIS IS, UH, A STRETCH OF ROAD THAT'S BEEN ON THE TOWN'S RADAR FOR SOME TIME.
UH, OVER THE PAST FEW DECADES, WE'VE, WE'VE TAKEN MEASURES TO INCREASE THE SAFETY ON THAT ROAD.
UM, AND EVEN AS RECENTLY AS A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE HAD A COMMUNITY GROUP MEET THAT THEN SAID THERE'S STILL MORE WORK TO DO.
AND THAT WAS BEFORE THE, THE, THE UNFORTUNATE TRAGIC FATALITY.
SO WE HAVE A LOT MORE WORK TO DO.
AND WE HAVE, UH, GROUPS THAT ARE POISED TO, UH, LOOK AT THAT INTERSECTION.
WE ARE GONNA BE DOING WALK AUDITS WITH, UH, WITH CITIZENS, VOLUNTEERS AND TOWN STAFF TO DO OUR OWN ASSESSMENT OF THAT ROAD, UH, OF THAT INTERSECTION.
UH, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE OPTION TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY, WHICH I BELIEVE THE COUNTY HAD OFFERED TO.
PAUL, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE, WHAT THE TRAFFIC STUDY ENTAILS? WELL, YEAH, I DID, I HAD SPOKEN TO JEAN ACTUALLY DOWN ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO.
I SAID THAT THAT REALLY THE WAY IT WAS SET UP REALLY WASN'T SUFFICIENT, REALLY WAS NOT REALLY A SAFE CROSSING.
UM, AND SHE HAD ADVISED THAT THERE WERE OTHER THINGS WE COULD DO, A SECOND SET OF SIGNAL IN THE HAWK OR WHATEVER.
AND, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, SO WE CONSIDER IT OR WHATEVER, AND GET BACK TO HER AND LET HER KNOW.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THIS HAPPENED, I SPOKE TO HER AGAIN AND SHE SAID THAT YOU, YOU, THE BEST THING TO DO WOULD BE A TRAFFIC STUDY, ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, GO BIKE WOULD BE INVOLVED OR WHATEVER.
AND I, I, I BELIEVE A GENTLEMAN NAMED JIM RYAN.
TOM RYAN, HE'S WITH
JIM JONES HAS, UM, HE'D BE INVOLVED IN THE TRAFFIC STUDY.
UM, HE'D BE ABLE TO SIGNIFICANT, UH, BUT IT WOULD NOT ONLY INCLUDE THE, THE AVERAGE SPEED, BUT IT WOULD ALSO DO A, UH, A TRAFFIC COUNT.
SEE HOW MANY VEHICLES ARE GOING BY.
PROBABLY HAD, IS, WE CAN'T TELL WHAT LANE I GUESS THAT, THAT THEY WOULD BE TRAVELING.
UM, I'M, I'M NOT EVEN CERTAIN ABOUT THE DIRECTION, UM, THEY, UH, GAUGE THAT OR NOT.
BUT, UM, I DID A INDEPENDENT STUDY OF
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MY OWN THE NEXT NIGHT.I, I MEAN, THOSE AMAZING PEOPLE COMING FROM MCKINLEY PARKWAY NEVER SAW YOU.
YOU HAD TO POINT OUT THE LIGHT TO THEM AND SHOW 'EM THAT THEY WERE, SHOULD HAVE BEEN STOPPING.
SOUTH PARK WAS A LOT MORE, UH, USER FRIENDLY.
THEY, THEY WERE MORE AWARE AND, AND I GAVE WHITE.
BUT, UH, COMING OVER THAT, THAT HILL, IT WAS, IT WAS, UH, PRETTY, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT THAT THEY DIDN'T ABIDE BY THAT SIGNAL OR SEE IT OR WHATEVER.
AND EVEN THE SIGNAGE JUST KIND OF BLOCKED A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UH, THURSDAY NIGHT IS MY BOARD MEETING WILL, UH, ADDRESS THAT TOO.
BUT JAMES SAID YES, SHE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GET SOMETHING OUT THERE, SO TO GET HER RESOLUTION.
WELL, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL VOTE ON THAT TONIGHT.
UM, AND IF THERE ISN'T ANYTHING ELSE FROM, UH, THE BOARD, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS, UH, I BELIEVE THREE MATTERS OF POTENTIAL LITIGATION.
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THE APRIL 10TH REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING OF THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD.AND WE'LL START WITH THE ROLL CALL COUNCIL MEMBER HOPE PRESENT, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER, COME PRESENT.
UH, PLEASE JOIN ME, UH, F OF THE FLAG STUDENT UNITED STATES STANDS UNDER INDI DELIBER FOR.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE STUDENTS HERE.
YOU SHOULDN'T BE HERE TOO LONG.
UM, AND WE WILL START WHO STARTS US OFF HERE THAT COPY? NOBODY.
THAT'S WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THAT ONE KAREN? UM, MISSING THE RESOLUTION NUMBER THREE.
I CAN ACTUALLY THINK THIS IS THE RESOLUTION.
I THINK IT'S THE LETTERS WHERE SOLUTION.
USUALLY THERE'S A YEAH, THE BUDDY POP HERE.
AND, OH, THAT DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT EITHER, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
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AND UNRESOLVED CLAUSES, BUT LET'S, LET'S MOVE ON.ALRIGHT, SO THAT'LL TAKE US TO, UH, RESOLUTION NUMBER FOUR, WHICH WE NEED TO MAKE A, A BIT OF AN, AN ATTITUDE, UH, WHICH I WILL READ INTO THE RECORD FOR FOLKS THAT ARE FOLLOWING ALONG WITH THE AGENDA, UH, IT IS THE, UH, BOLD PACED TYPE THAT WILL BE REPLACED BY WHAT I READ AND SUBMIT TO THE TOWN CLERK.
AND THIS IS FOR SCHEDULING OF A PUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND CHAPTER TWO 80 BEING RESOLVED.
THE TOWN BOARD SCHEDULES A PUBLIC HEARING OF PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NUMBER 4 20 23.
THIS PROPOSED LOCAL LAW WILL AMEND CHAPTER TWO 80 OF ZONING CODE TOWN OF HAMBURG, ARTICLE XLV CHAPTER TWO 80 DASH THREE 11 H BY ADDING THE FOLLOWING CHAPTER 2 83 1 1 H COMPLIANCE WITH SEEKER THE TOWN.
THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT UNDER ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW AND IS IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS AS CODIFIED IN TITLE SIX NYC RRR 65 17.
THE ZBA ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS IS SUBJECT TO NEW YORK SEEKER LAW.
AND FOR THESE ACTIONS NOT MEETING THE TYPE TWO DESIGNATION, NOT SUBJECT TO SEEKER, MUST HAVE SEEKER COMPLETED PRIOR TO ZBA TAKING AN ACTION.
TYPICALLY, THE LEAD AGENCY SHALL BE DETERMINED AND DESIGNATED BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT OF ALL INVOLVED AGENCIES WITHIN 30 CALENDAR DAYS OF THE EAF BEING MAILED AS PROVIDED BY SUBSECTION SIX, 17.6 OF TITLE SIX OF N-Y-C-R-R.
IN ALL CASES, THE LEAD AGENCY SHALL BE THE AGENCY BOARD OR BODY HAVING FINAL AUTHORITY TO APPROVE OR UNDERTAKE THE ACTION WHEN PROJECTS REQUIRE MULTIPLE APPROVALS FROM THE TOWN.
ZONING PLANNING AND TOWN BOARDS.
THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG SHALL BE THE LEAD AGENCY WHEN PROJECTS REQUIRE MULTIPLE APPROVALS FROM THE TOWN ZONING AND PLANNING BOARDS.
THE PLANNING BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG SHALL BE THE LEAD AGENCY.
THIS HEARING IS TO BE SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 24TH, 2023 AT 7:00 PM SO MOVED.
SECOND MOTION BY SUPERVISOR HULK.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER C****R FOR ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
RESOLVE WITH DOWN BOARD, APPROVE THE POLLING TRANSFERS TO BE ENCUMBERED FROM THE 2022 BUDGET TO ACCOUNT A 0.7 1 4 1 4 7 8 AND THE 2023 BUDGET FOR THE JACOBSON HR 600 MOWER THAT WAS APPROVED FOR BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS IN 2022.
A 16 ONES ARE AVAILABLE AND A POINT 1620 0.4 $44,886 A 0.7 FOUR TEN THREE OH THREE $4,417 AND A SEVENTY FOUR TEN FOUR ONE THREE THREE HUNDRED NINETY $9.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HU ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED CARRIED BE RESOLVED OF TOWN BOARD APPROVE DETERMINATION OF HIRING OF THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES IN THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT AS LISTED AND SO MOVED.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER C*****G.
HERE IS ALL THE TOWN CLERK AUTHORIZED TO ADVERTISE FOR SEALED BIDS ENTITLED TOWN GOLF COURSE PAVING AND DRAINAGE PROJECT.
SEALED SEPARATE BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT HAMBURG TOWN HALL TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE 6,100 SOUTH PARK AD HAMBURG, NEW YORK 1 4 0 7 5 AND SAID BID WILL BE PUBLICLY OPENED AND READ ALOUD ON TUESDAY, MAY 2ND.
PROJECT NUMBER 2023 DASH ZERO EIGHT HAMBURG TOWN GOLF COURSE IMPROVEMENTS ACCOUNT H 0 2 1 0.725 0.303.
SO MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOPE SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER NUMBER FOR ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WHEREAS APRIL 10TH, 14, 20 23 IS THE NA NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK TO CELEBRATE THE FEDERAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM NOW IN ITS 49TH YEAR IN THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM NOW IN ITS 32ND YEAR.
AND WHEREAS OVER THE LENGTH OF THE PROGRAMS, TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN $17 MILLION FROM THE CDBG PROGRAM AND MORE THAN $5 MILLION FROM HOME PROGRAM.
AND WHEREAS THE PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED WITH THESE FUNDS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC SERVICES FOR SENIORS AND VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOUSING PROGRAMS THAT INCLUDE LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS, HOUSEHOLDS, ACCESSIBILITY PROJECTS, AND MANY OTHERS.
AND WHERE AS A COMMUNITY OF DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS AND HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS FOSTER A STRONG WORKING NETWORK AMONG LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF DOWN OF HAMBURG, INCLUDING THE VILLAGES OF PLACE DOWN AND HAMBURG.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED WITH THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD ON BEHALF OF ALL
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RESIDENTS AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, HEREBY DESIGNATES APRIL 10TH TO 14TH 2023 AS NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK.SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOCO IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? GARY RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE OUT TOWN TRAVEL FOR HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT ED HUGHES TO ATTEND THE 2023 HIGHWAY SCHOOL SPONSORED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF TOWN OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AT ITHACA COLLEGE, ITHACA, NEW YORK FROM JUNE 4TH, 2023 TO JUNE 2ND OR SEVENTH, 2023.
ESTIMATED COST FOR A SEMINAR INCLUDING REGISTRATION DEALS, POLLS, AND LODGING IS APPROXIMATELY $1,200.
USE OF ELLI VEHICLE IS REQUESTED.
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN A 5 0 1 0 4 94 9 2.
SECOND COUNCILMAN ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE TERMINATION AND HIRING OF PERSONNEL FOR YOUTH, RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES AS FOLLOWED.
WHEREAS A TON OF HAMBURG HEREINAFTER LOCAL GOVERNMENT BELIEVES THE CLIMATE CHANGE POSES A REAL INCREASING THREAT TO OUR LOCAL AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTS.
AND WHEREAS THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE WILL ENDANGER OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, ECONOMY AND LIVELIHOODS HARM OUR FARMS, ORCHARDS AND ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING NATIVE FISH AND WILDLIFE POPULATIONS, SPREAD INVASIVE SPECIES AND EXOTIC DISEASES, REDUCE DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND POSE HEALTH THREATS TO OUR CITIZENS.
AND WHEREAS WE BELIEVE THAT A RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE PROVIDES US WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE MONEY AND TO BUILD LIVABLE ENERGY.
INDEPENDENT, SECURE COMMUNITIES.
VIBRANT INNOVATION ECONOMIES, HEALTHY AND SAFE SCHOOLS AND RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND WHEREAS WE BELIEVE THE SCALE OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS REQUIRED FOR CLIMATE STABILIZATION WILL REQUIRE SUSTAINED AND SUBSTANTIAL EFFORTS.
AND WHEREAS WE BELIEVE THAT EVEN IF EMISSIONS WERE DRAMATICALLY REDUCED TODAY, COMMUNITIES WOULD STILL BE REQUIRED TO ADAPT TO THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE FOR DECADES TO COME.
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IN ORDER TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND ADAPT TO ITS CHANGING CLIMATE.
ADOPT NEW YORK STATE CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITIES PLEDGE, WHICH COMPROMISES ITS FOLLOWING 10 ELEMENTS.
BUILD A CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITY.
TWO, INVENTORY EMISSIONS, SET GOALS AND PLAN FOR CLIMATE ACTION.
SHIFT TO CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY.
USE CLIMATE SMART MATERIALS MANAGEMENT.
IMPROVEMENT CLIMATE SMART LAND USE.
ENHANCED COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AID SUPPORT A GREEN INNOVATION ECONOMY.
ENGAGE IN AN EVOLVING PROCESS OF CLIMATE ACTION.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CUMBER.
WE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES SUPERVISOR TO ISSUE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.
IP FOR A CONCESSION ERROR TO OPERATE THE CAFE LOCATED WITHIN THE HAMBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY AT 1 0 2 BUFFALO STREET.
OPPOSED AREA WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF LOCAL LAW.
CHAPTER 75, BRUSH GRASS AND WEEDS AND SUCH SERVICES TO PERFORM CUTTING OF GRASS AND WEEDS ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY ARE REQUIRED.
HE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN CLERK IS AUTHORIZED TO ADVERTISE FOR SEALED BIDS ENTITLED HAMBURG CODE ENFORCEMENT ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR GRASS SLASH WEED CUTTING SERVICES.
SEALED TO SEPARATE BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE TOWN HALL, TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE 6 1 0 0 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK 1 4 0 7 5 AND SAID, BILL WILL BE PUBLICLY OPENED AND READ ALOUD ON TUESDAY, MAY 2ND IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM SEVEN A SLASH B DOWNSTAIRS AT 10:30 AM MAILED B***H SHOULD BE SENT TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
CLEARLY MARKED ATTENTION TOWN CLERK BID ENCLOSED ANNUAL GRASS SLASH WHEAT CUTTING SERVICES.
6 1 0 0 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK.
1 4 0 7 5 CHARGED TO THE CLEANUP OF PROPERTIES ACCOUNT A 3 6 2 0 4 6 9.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CU.
OPPOSED? HEARING WE A RESOLUTION OF
IT WAS FOR, UM, ALLEGION ALL LEGION FOR THEIR AUXILIARY.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA SO THIS IS FOR THE VW OKAY.
AND THEY USUALLY SELL 'EM AROUND MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO SELL 'EM.
I KNOW IT'S HAPPENED MAY 26TH.
UH, THEIR BUDDY POP SALE, THEY USUALLY SELL 'EM HAVE WALMART.
SO, BUT THEY NEED PERMISSION TO DO THAT.
YOU WANNA DO IT OR YOU WANT ME TO DO IT? SURE, GO AHEAD.
SO BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE VFW POST 1419
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TO ENGAGE IN THEIR ANNUAL POPPY DRIVE THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MAY.DOES THAT COVER IT ALL, KATHY? YEAH.
THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MAY TO HONOR OUR VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES, UH, AND TO PROMOTE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO HONOR OUR VETERANS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY IN THE MONTH OF MAY.
ALRIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA AND UH, WE WILL NO ONE, YES, I'M SORRY.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, OPPOSE A LATE RESOLUTION THANK REGARDING THE ERIE COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COUNCIL A SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOKO IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
TOM, BOARD OF TOWN OF HAM REAPPOINTS, THE OWNER OF ROCKWOOD FOR THE ERIE COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COUNCIL.
SO SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER C****R.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADD A LATE RESOLUTION CONCERNING A TRAFFIC STUDY ON LAKE AVENUE.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CU ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WHEREAS LAKE AVENUE, THE MAIN ARTERIAL IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IS A COUNTY ROAD CONNECTING ORCHARD PARK AND THE VILLAGE OF DALE BETWEEN MCKINLEY PARKWAY AND SOUTH PARK AVENUE.
AND WHEREAS THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC CROSSING LAKE AVENUE IN THE VICINITY OF OUR MOTHER OF GOOD COUNCIL BAR.
AND WHEREAS THERE HAS BEEN A RECENT APRIL 4TH, 2023 DEATH OF A PEDESTRIAN ON LAKE AVENUE IN THE VICINITY OF OUR MOTHER OF GOOD COUNSEL AND THE DOLLAR GENERAL.
AND WHEREAS THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD, THE TOWN SUPERVISOR AND HE TOWN BOARD RECOGNIZED THE NEED TO ADDRESS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY BY CONSIDERING VARIOUS SAFETY MEASURES, TRAFFIC COMING, SPEED REDUCTION, IMPROVED SIGNALING, ROAD NARROWING, ET CETERA.
WHEREAS THE TOWN DESIRES TO ASSESS THE SITUATION ON LAKE AVENUE BY CONSIDERING VARIOUS SAFETY MEASURES.
WHEREAS THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD DISCUSSED RESIDENT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND CONSISTENCY FOR DRIVERS AND VOTED TO RECOMMENDED TOWN BOARD THAT A TRAFFIC STUDY BE COMPLETED.
THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD REQUESTS THE COUNTY OF ERIE CONDUCT A TRAFFIC STUDY TO ASSESS THE SPEED AND TRAFFIC PATTERN ON LAKE AVENUE IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND BE FURTHER RESOLVED.
THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TRAFFIC SAFETY COORDINATOR SHALL SEND A CERTIFIED COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE COUNTY OF ERIE TO INITIATE THE REQUEST.
UM, AND ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TOWN BOARD AUDIT OF PAST DISBURSEMENTS DATED APRIL 10TH, 2023.
TOTAL CASH DISBURSEMENT SUBMITTED FOR AUDIT $2,933,831 AND 84 CENTS.
SO I GET MY COUNCIL MEMBER FER ALL IN FAVOR AND SAY AYE.
NOW THAT BRINGS US TO BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR.
LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A ROOM FULL OF TOWN.
EMPLOYEES AND DEPARTMENT HEADS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, STUDENTS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY BUSINESS FOR US? OKAY,
SO THAT WILL BRING US TO REPORT REPORTS FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS.
WE'LL START IN THE BACK WITH CHIEF DENNIS.
EVERYTHING TO SAY NOTHING TO REPORT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE HOLDING A FAIR HOUSING TRAINING HERE ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 10TH IN THIS ROOM FROM SIX TO SEVEN 30 PUT ON BY OUR DEPARTMENT AND HEALTHCARE EQUALS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
BE QR CODES AROUND HALL IN OUR OFFICE.
AMY? UH, I WAS JUST ASKED ON BEHALF OF KEN THIS TAKING A FEW DAYS DUE TO THE LOSS OF THE FAMILY TO MENTION THAT WORK IN THE MOUNT VERNON SEWER DISTRICT IS ONGOING.
WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE SPOT REPAIRS.
WE CONTINUE TO TELEVISE AND WORK ON THOSE SEWERS.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, PEOPLE CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO ENGINEERING.
THANK YOU GA, SAMMY, OR HE DID, UH, SEND ME A A NICE REPORT OF, OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
IT DOES SOUND LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAN WE WERE EXPECTING, BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN HANDLE IT.
AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE STUDENTS, UH, CAMIA IS FROM OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND CHRIS IS FROM OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
SO BD IS GETTING READY FOR SPRING UP AND MOWING GRASS.
UH, NIKE BASE, THE RENOVATION WITH ICE R WE HAD THREE PROPOSALS FOR IDEAS COME UP.
UM, PLANNINGS STILL GOING ON WITH THAT.
WE'RE STILL IN THE EARLY PHASES.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING WITH B AND GS STARTING TO GET UNDER CONTROL.
I FEEL A LITTLE MORE TIME, BUT I'LL GET THERE.
YOUTH REC AND SENIOR SERVICES, UM, AS NATE WAS SAYING, JUST IN CASE ANYONE'S NOT AWARE, THEY DID RECEIVE ALMOST 800 SURVEYS, UM, FOR THE ICE RINK, WHICH WAS REALLY GREAT.
UM, I WAS ACTUALLY ON ONE OF THE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND THEY GOT A LOT OF INPUT ON THAT.
UM, WE HAD A GREAT EVENT THIS PAST SATURDAY AT OSBORNE PARK.
UM, I THINK THEY HAD THE MOST PEOPLE THAT THEY'VE EVER HAD FOR THEIR EASTER HUNT.
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WE HAVE OUR POST DAY PARTY ON THE 13TH.AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE HOPEFULLY WITH OUR REC ON THE GO, STARTING A SPORTS SAMPLING PROGRAM WITH IT SO THAT KIDS CAN TRY OUT DIFFERENT SPORTS.
UM, INSTEAD OF JUST DOING, UH, STRUCTURED GAMES, WE'LL BE GIVING 'EM A LITTLE SAMPLE.
UM, WITH PASSAGE OF THE RESOLUTION.
I TOLD YOU LAST TIME WE HAD ALL KINDS OF PLANNING QUESTIONS AND UH, THE KEY IS TO HAVE YOU HERE.
SO ANYTHING FROM PLANNING, JOSH? UH, NOTHING IMPORTANT.
UM, AS USUAL, WE HAVE SOME BIG PRACTICE GOING ON, CROSS SAVINGS, ASPHALT PROJECT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF EVERYTHING GOING ON.
UH, BUT AT OUR MEETING ON THE 19TH, NOTHING AS OF YET.
UM, OUR DINNERS ARE FILLING UP THOUGH.
THE MAY 3RD MEETING'S ALREADY FULL.
SO WE'RE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING IN FROM THE WORK SESSION, SO WE'RE JUST CHUGGING OFF.
UH, LEGAL, NOTHING TO REPORT CLERKS.
UM, WE'RE VERY BUSY WITH PASSPORT APPLICATION BECAUSE THE TV STATIONS KEEP TELLING PEOPLE TO GET IN THERE AND GET YOUR PASSPORT APPLICATIONS IN, AND THEY CERTAINLY AREN'T LISTENING, SO REPORT.
SO BE PREPARED TO WAIT FOR YOUR PASSPORT, SO, OKAY.
UH, OUR DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON OUR NEW WEBSITE AND THE PLAN IS FOR THE NEW WEBSITE TO LAUNCH, UM, LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER.
OKAY, SO WE'RE MAKING PRODUCTS.
THAT BRINGS US TO REPORTS FROM THE BOARD COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH, NOTHING OF SIGNIFICANCE TO REPORT.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE BOARD FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK INTO THE CLEAN COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY WITH EARTH DAY COMING UP ON APRIL 22ND.
IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE IMPACT WE HAVE ON THE EARTH AND THE IMPACT WE HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITIES FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD TO, UH, WHAT, WHAT JILL SHARED ABOUT THE EVENT AT OSBORNE PARK.
THIS WAS, UH, IT WAS A GREAT DAY.
IT WAS AN EASTER EGG HUNT THAT WAS SPONSORED BY BIG TREE WESLEYAN CHURCH, RIGHT ON SOUTH PARK, SOUTH PARK IN TELFORD.
UH, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH OSBORNE PARK, IT'S NOT EVEN ON GOOGLE MAPS, SO YOU MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH OSBORNE PARK.
HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE DRIVING UP SOUTHWEST OR SOUTH PARK AVENUE BEFORE YOU GET TO 1 79, YOU MAKE A LEFT INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THERE.
THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL BIG STRETCH OF LAND THERE.
WE HAVE SOME PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT ON, WE HAVE SOME WHAT USED TO BE TENNIS SCORES.
WE HAVE A BIG BUILDING THAT THAT, THAT, THAT JILL AND, AND NATE CHECKED OUT TODAY, WAS LIKE UNVEILING CAPONE'S FAULT THERE.
UM, SO THERE'S SOME POTENTIAL THERE.
UH, BUT WHAT WAS GREAT ABOUT THE EVENT ON SATURDAY WAS, UM, HUNDREDS, AT LEAST 200, MAYBE 300 PEOPLE, FAMILIES, CHILDREN, OLDER ADULTS, MEMBERS OF BIGTREE WESLEYAN, RESIDENTS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THEY HAD, THEY, THEY GAVE AWAY MAYBE 20 BICYCLES.
UM, BUT THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO INVITE THE TOWN INTO THAT EVENT SO THAT WE COULD TALK TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THAT PARK.
THEY WERE EXCITED TO SEE OUR REC STAFF THERE.
THEY WERE EXCITED TO SEE OUR BUILDING AND GROUND STAFF THERE.
THEY WERE EXCITED TO SEE OFFICER CALABRESE JOIN US FOR A LITTLE BIT.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT DAY.
UM, THE RESIDENTS WERE VERY HAPPY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THAT COMMUNITY, WHICH IS BEING LED BY RESIDENTS.
DOREEN MEAD, SHE'S A RESIDENT THAT LIVES NEAR THE PARK, UH, REALLY GOT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TOGETHER AND THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THESE EFFORTS TO REVITALIZE THAT PLAYGROUND.
THEY HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE, OSBORNE PARK REVITALIZATION PROJECT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND IF YOU ARE WONDERING IF, IF, IF FOLKS AT HOME OR THE COMMUNITY ARE WONDERING, UM, WHY OSBORNE PARK AND THOSE RESIDENTS ARE, ARE GETTING THIS ATTENTION, THE ANSWER IS BECAUSE THEY ASKED FOR IT.
AND, UH, IF THERE'S A PROJECT OR A PARK IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME ATTENTION, GIVE US A CALL.
WE'D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT THE TOWN CONTINUES TO MOVE, UH, TOWARDS, UM, A SOLUTION THAT WILL MAKE THE INTERSECTION OF CLARK STREET AND MCKINLEY PARKWAY SAFER.
WE'LL GET STREETS COMING IN IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
I KNOW THAT, UH, MR. MCQUILLAN AND CHIEF EZ HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS.
WE'VE HAD A COMMUNITY GROUP LOOKING AT THIS INTERSECTION.
UM, AND WE HAD A GROUP OF RESIDENTS THAT,
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UH, REALLY HAVE A, A, A VISION FOR, FOR SAFETY IN THAT CORRIDOR.AND WE, UM, HAD A MEETING RECENTLY WITH, UH, NATIONALLY, GLOBALLY RENOWNED, UH, WALKABILITY EXPERT DAN BURDEN, WHO IS WILLING TO BRING HIS TEAM INTO THIS PROJECT TO DO SOME, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS LOOK AT REALLY WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE IN THAT INTERSECTION.
SO IT'S AN EXCITING PROJECT AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING A SOLUTION TO THAT AREA THAT NOT ONLY MAKES IT SAFER FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO DRIVE, WALK, AND BIKE, BUT MAKES IT AN AESTHETICALLY PLEASING AREA THAT MIGHT HELP SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE HAD A HARD TIME, UH, GETTING OFF THE GROUND IN THAT AREA IN THE PAST.
UM, AND I ALSO JUST WANTED TO, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF INTERESTING DAYS THAT WE CELEBRATE ALL THE TIME.
TODAY IS NATIONAL SIBLING DAY.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD FROM YOUR SIBLING, HAPPY NATIONAL SIBLING DAY, IF THEY FORGOT TO MENTION THAT TO YOU AND YOU'RE WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO WISH YOU A HAPPY SIBLING DAY, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WISHES YOU ALL.
AND IF YOU HAVE A SIBLING OUT THERE, HOPEFULLY THEY'VE WISHED YOU A HAPPY SIBLING DAY.
WAS THERE SOMETHING ELSE? WOODLAWN BEACH CLEANUP.
10 TO 12 AT THE WOODLAWN BEACH STATE PARK.
THERE IS ALSO AN EFFORT GOING ON AT THE TOWN PARK AS WELL ON SEPTEMBER 22ND.
AND ON, UH, APRIL 22ND, ALSO AT THE HAMBURG, UH, LIBRARY.
I BELIEVE THERE'S A PANEL DISCUSSION THAT'S BEING SPONSORED BY THE VILLAGE.
YOU CAN GET BAGS AND GLOVES AND HAND SANITIZER.
SO FOR TOWN WIDE CLEANUP, WE USED TO HAVE A DAY WHERE EVERYBODY WOULD COME TOGETHER.
UH, NOW THOSE EFFORTS ARE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MONTH OF, OF APRIL.
SO WE HAVE SUPPLIES, WE HAVE BAGS, WE HAVE GLOVES.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT THEY NEED? YES.
SO IF YOU HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THINKS NEEDS A LITTLE ATTENTION, OR IF YOU HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE OR IF YOU HAVE FOLKS THAT NEED COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS, WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOU NEED, WE CAN COORDINATE THAT ACTIVITY THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE.
AND THERE'S PLENTY OF AREAS IN IN THE TOWN THAT COULD USE A, A LITTLE OF LITTLE ATTENTION.
SO I DO HAVE ONE THING TO REPORT.
UM, ARCH TRASH PICKUP STARTS APRIL 17TH.
I JUST LOOKED IT UP SO I KNOW IT'S IN HERE.
UH, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN COMERFORD.