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CAN I JUST, SO, UM, THAT ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, THEN IT IS OUR INTENTION TO YOUR EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS, UM, A COUPLE ISSUES RELATED TO, UH, PERSONNEL AND PENDING LITIGATION.
UH, SO LET'S, UH, START WITH, UH, WITH OUR FRIENDS, UH, DOREEN AND AARON.
UM, IS THERE A PLACE I CAN LOG INTO? YEAH, JEFF CAN GET YOU SET UP HERE.
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ONE SECOND WHILE WE GET SET UP HERE.THIS IS THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OF THE PARK.
WELL, UM, I GUESS FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE, ESPECIALLY ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE.
ME AND, UM, WE LIVE IN THE OSBORNE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, WE LIVE ON CRAFTON, WHICH IS RIGHT OFF OF SOUTH PARK, RIGHT CLOSE TO 1 79 FOR ANYONE THAT'S NOT FAMILIAR.
AND OUR PURPOSE HERE IS TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT REVITALIZING THE PARK THAT HAS BEEN SORT OF RUN DOWN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS,
UM, I'VE LIVED IN, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE I WAS ONE IN THE SAME HOUSE THAT MY PARENTS HAD, AND I PURCHASED IT FROM THEM.
AND, UM, I JUST, UM, LOVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT IS CHANGING.
WE HAVE A DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE.
UM, WE HAVE OLDER PEOPLE WHO HAVE EITHER GRANDKIDS OR GREAT-GRANDKIDS.
WE HAVE YOUNGER FAMILIES WHO HAVE CHILDREN THAT ARE JUST BEING BORN OR, OR ONE OR TWO, OR MAYBE SEVEN, EIGHT, AND NINE, AND 10.
SO IT IS CHANGING, AND I THINK OUR PLAYGROUND DESERVES A REVITALIZATION IN WHERE IT IS.
AND DURING COVID, I FOUND IT TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING BECAUSE SEEING THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WITH SMALL KIDS AND DOGS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE THROUGH THAT.
SO AS DOEN SAID, SHE'S LIVED HERE FOR GENERATIONS, AS HAVE A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS IN OUR PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, MY HUSBAND HAS MEMORIES OF PLAYING BASEBALL AT OSBORNE PLAYGROUND THROUGH A LEAGUE, AND THEN THROUGH COMMUNAL PARKS.
UM, THEY WOULD HAVE 'EM AT OSBORNE OR VARIOUS PARKS AND PLAY AGAINST EACH OTHER.
UM, WE ALSO HAD SOMEBODY WHO TOLD US THERE USED TO BE HORSESHOE PITS.
NO SIGN OF THOSE, OR THE BASEBALL DIAMONDS.
THEY HAVE SINCE BEEN LET GO AND OVERGROWN.
UM, SO NONE OF THOSE EXIST, BUT RANDY WAS KIND ENOUGH TO FIND SOMEONE WITH PICTURES FROM ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO, WHICH WAS THE LAST TIME ANYTHING WAS REALLY DONE WITH THE PARK AND THE PLAYGROUND ITSELF.
SO THE EQUIPMENT IN OUR PLAYGROUND IS AT LEAST 20 YEARS OLD.
UM, AND ASIDE FROM A COAT OF PAINT 10 YEARS AGO, IT HASN'T REALLY BEEN, NOTHING'S BEEN DONE TO IT.
SLIDE'S BROKEN, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I REMEMBER GOING THERE AS A YOUNGSTER, HAVING, UM, THERE WERE USED TO BE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT COLLEGE KIDS, HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, THEY WOULD COME AND TEACH AT BOOM GOGGLES OR ARTS AND CRAFT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A, UM, IT'S A BLOCK GARAGE KIND OF FACILITY, AND IT USED TO BE HAVE BATHROOMS IN THERE AND THERE WE'D HAVE OUR CRAFTS, ARTS AND CRAFTS.
AND THEN WE HAD SOME TENNIS LESSONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, THEY WERE THE KIDS, THE OLDER
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PEOPLE WHO WERE WATCHING OVER US TOOK PART IN BEING WITH US AND TAUGHT US DIFFERENT THINGS THERE.SO IT WAS VERY NICE AND I, AND I ENJOYED IT, AND IT'S FOND MEMORIES FOR ME FOR BEING THERE.
SO I JUST WANNA SEE THE PARK GET BACK TO THAT AGAIN.
SO WHAT WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT THE BUILDING, THE STRUCTURE THAT EXISTS THERE, WHERE SHE USED TO DO THE ARTS AND CRAFTS THAT APPARENTLY THERE WAS A FIRE THERE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, AND IT DOES NEED SOME EXTENSIVE WORK IN ORDER TO MAKE IT A USABLE SPACE WITH BATHROOMS AGAIN, AND ANY KIND OF AMENITIES INSIDE OF THAT.
SO, UM, SO THAT SORT OF BRINGS YOU ARE TO WHERE WE ARE NOW.
UM, SO MAYBE YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT HOW YOU GOT THIS IDEA AND HOW IT ALL STARTED.
WELL, I USED TO WORK FROM HOME DURING COVID, AND I WOULD WATCH AND WHERE I WORK AT MY OFFICES IN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, AND I WOULD SEE PEOPLE WALKING BY WITH BABY CARRIAGES OR DOGS OR BOTH, OR SMALL CHILDREN IN TOW AND A BABY CARRIAGE AND A DOG.
SO THEY WERE, THEY, THE FAMILIES ARE GROWING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AND I SAID, IT'S A SHAME THAT THESE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO WITH THEIR KIDS, AND THEY'RE LEAVING TO GO TO OTHER PLAYGROUNDS INSTEAD OF THE ONE THAT IS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT HASN'T BEEN USED AND PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING DOWN THERE TO USE IT BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN FIXED UP.
AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WHAT A GREAT THING TO DO.
AND THEN RANDY CAME AND HE TOOK A PICTURE OF MY DOG AND WE GOT TALKING ABOUT THE PLAYGROUND.
AND THAT'S HOW I STARTED THIS WHOLE THING WITH RANDY AND AARON CAME ABOARD AND TO HELP ME OUT.
AND IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL JOURNEY SO FAR.
AND I THINK WE'VE BEEN GETTING A GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE TOWN ABOUT OUR CERTAIN ADVENTURES.
UM, WE HAD TWO MEETINGS DOWN AT THE PLAYGROUND AND IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL.
UM, THE PARTICIPATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS GETTING THERE.
UM, I THINK THE THING IS, I THINK PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO COME OUT FOR AND PUT THEIR FOOT FORWARD TO DO IT.
SO ERIN AND I ARE KIND OF THE SPOKESPEOPLE FOR IT BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE, UM, IN MEETINGS OR THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY'RE DEFINITELY ECHOING WHAT DOREEN'S VISION IS, WHAT SHE WANTS IT TO BE, WHAT SHE REMEMBERS IT BEING GENERATIONS AGO.
UM, NOBODY WANTS TO BRING THEIR KIDS TO A PARK WHERE YOU HAVE TO CHECK FOR BROKEN GLASS OR VARIOUS OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE LEFT AROUND THE PARK BECAUSE IT'S NOT TAKEN CARE OF, AND NOBODY CLEANS UP, ESPECIALLY FOR THEM TO BE BORED IN FIVE MINUTES BECAUSE OF THE ANTIQUATED YES.
UM, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAT IS THERE AND THERE'S NOTHING ELSE FOR THEM TO DO.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY WANNA GO SOMEWHERE WHERE IT'S MAINTAINED, THERE'S NO DANGERS THERE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THE SAME THING, LEAVING TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GO TO A USABLE FACILITY.
UM, WE DO HAVE A NICE, A GROUP OF KIDS WHO BUILT THEMSELVES A SKATEBOARD DOWN THERE, UH, A PARK, AND THEY DID A REALLY GREAT JOB.
AND WE WANNA KEEP THAT FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY TOOK THE OFFER TO DO SOMETHING DOWN THERE AND THEY TAKE AND THEY CLEAN UP AFTER THEMSELVES AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB DOWN THERE.
SO WE WANNA BUILD ON THAT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH OTHER THINGS DOWN THERE SO THAT THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, YOUNG OLD CAN ENJOY IT.
SO THESE PHOTOS SHOW THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE PARK.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE, UH, ANTIQUATED PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IS RATHER SMALL AND, UH, DOESN'T APPEAL TO, YOU KNOW, LARGER OLDER CHILDREN.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT BLUE BUILDING, WHICH IS THE ONE WHERE THE FIRE WAS, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNUSABLE.
UM, THERE IS A TENNIS COURT, WHICH HAS BEEN CONVERTED INTO A PICKLEBALL COURT.
UM, AND THEN BEHIND THAT, THERE IS A BASKETBALL COURT, OR WAS A BASKETBALL COURT, WHICH, UM, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MEMBERS FROM THE COMMUNITY HAVE TAKEN IT UPON THEMSELVES TO TURN INTO A SKATE PARK, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE THEY COME AND THEY USE THE PARK.
BUT FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO PLAY BASKETBALL NOW, THERE IS NOWHERE FOR THEM TO THEM TO PLAY
UM, BUT HOPEFULLY THESE PICTURES CAN SORT OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE SIZE OF THE SPACE SPACE.
I DON'T HAVE EXACT MEASUREMENTS OF IT.
UM, BUT ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THERE USED TO BE TWO BASEBALL DIAMONDS AND THEN OUT TO THE RIGHT, IT'S JUST ALL GRASSY AREA.
SO THE POTENTIAL AND THE SPACE IS THERE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAYS DO THE COMMUNITY WANT TO UTILIZE IT.
SO, UM, ONCE WE STARTED SPREADING THE WORD, YES, WE DID GET SOME OTHER VOLUNTEERS WHO WERE ANXIOUS TO MAKE SOMETHING AT THE PARK AS WELL.
YOU'LL SEE A PICTURE OF A CLEANUP DAY THAT WE HAD, UM, A FEW WEEKS AGO TO COLLECT ALL THE GARBAGE AND MAKE IT A SAFER PLACE FOR ANYBODY THAT WAS GOING TO THE PARK IN ITS CURRENT CONDITION.
UM, AN IDEA BOARD, THE BIG TREE WESLEYAN CHURCH WAS KIND ENOUGH TO LET US PIGGYBACK ONTO THEIR ANNUAL EASTER EGG EVENT.
THERE'S, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THAT PICTURE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT THERE, THERE WERE
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A COUPLE HUNDRED PEOPLE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET IN FRONT OF AND TALK TO AND GET IDEAS FROM WHAT THEY WOULD WANT, SEE IF THEY HAD ANY INTEREST IN MAKING THIS PARK INTO A, YOU KNOW, A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD USE ON A REGULAR BASIS INSTEAD OF JUST ONCE A YEAR FOR AN EASTER EGG HUNT.UM, AND WE GOT SOME REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK.
WE WERE ABLE TO GO BACK, TALK TO THE TOWN, COLLECT THE DATA, AND SORT THROUGH IT AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE COMMONALITIES WERE AND WHAT THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE FROM THAT.
SO THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT EVENT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK, DOREEN AND I SORT OF WENT THROUGH AND NARROWED THE LIST DOWN TO A FEW THINGS.
OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN'T DO EVERYTHING, UM, BUT WE TRIED TO NARROW IT DOWN TO THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHAT ACHIEVABLE IN THE SPACE.
MAYBE, MAYBE A BIG DREAM, BUT AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, IN THEORY ACHIEVABLE WITHIN THE SPACE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THAT FLYERS, LAWN SIGNS, WE REALLY FEEL LIKE WE GOT IN FRONT OF A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, THAT, THAT WANT THIS TO WORK OUT AND BE SOMETHING.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE AN ONLINE SURVEY, WHICH, UM, NOT EVERYBODY ENDED UP FILLING OUT.
SO A LOT OF OUR OUTREACH WAS DONE VERBALLY AT, OR AT MEETINGS OR DIFFERENT EVENTS.
BUT FOR ANYBODY THAT DID FILL OUT THE ONLINE SURVEY, THESE ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, A RESULT WHICH INDICATE THAT PEOPLE WANT A MULTI-USE SPACE.
THERE'S THINGS FOR EVERYONE ON HERE, OBVIOUSLY THE BIGGEST ONE, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN ALL READ THOSE, BUT THE BIGGEST ONE IS THE NEW PLAYGROUND THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDABLE.
THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY THE MOST USED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, BUT NOT FAR BEHIND THAT.
A PAVILION WITH PICNIC TABLES, A BENCHES, A SPLASH PAD, UM, WALKING TRAILS.
SO SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE TO DO.
A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT WERE PEOPLE SAYING THAT, WELL, I BRING MY KIDS HERE, BUT THERE ISN'T EVEN A BENCH FOR ME TO SIT ON, YOU KNOW, UM, AND, AND WHAT IS THERE FOR THE ADULTS TO DO OR TAKE PART IN? WHY SHOULD THEY TAKE THEIR KIDS THERE WHEN THEY CAN GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND HAVE SOMETHING, A PLACE TO SIT? EVEN JUST SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
AND WE HAD A LOT OF THE OLDER ONES WHO WERE BRINGING THEIR GRANDKIDS THERE, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HAVING AN EXERCISE TRAIL FOR THEM WHILE THEIR GRANDKIDS WERE PLAYING, SO THEY COULD GO TO DIFFERENT SPOTS AND DO DIFFERENT EXERCISES OR EITHER, YOU KNOW, A WALKING TRAIL THAT WOULD GO AROUND AND STILL THEY CAN KEEP AN EYE ON THE GRANDKIDS OR THEIR KIDS EVEN, YOU KNOW, SO THEY, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY BROUGHT UP THAT THEY WANNA BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE DOWN THERE.
AND PEOPLE THAT, UM, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT LIVED IN THE COMMUNITY WHO OWNED BUSINESSES IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD, AND THEY ACTUALLY VOLUNTEERED THEIR SERVICES, UM, TO TRY TO MAKE THIS INTO SOMEPLACE THAT THEY WOULD WANNA BRING THEIR KIDS.
SO, YOU KNOW, FOR SOMEBODY TO DO THAT, I FEEL LIKE THAT SAYS A LOT, THAT THAT MEANS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WILLING TO PUT THEMSELVES ON THE LINE AND MAKE A DONATION TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY LOOKING FOR AND CHECK WAS THOSE, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY? UM, THOSE ARE ALL INDIVIDUAL.
SO 15 PEOPLE SAID BASEBALL DIAMOND, SO WE LET 'EM VOTE FOR THREE ITEMS OKAY.
THAT'S, UM, JUST SO THAT WE DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, IT WAS HARD.
THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THERE'S ONLY ONE WATER BOTTLE FILLER, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T LET YOU PICK FOR EVERYTHING.
WE SORT OF WANTED TO TRY TO NARROW IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND SEE WHAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WERE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD YOU PICK IF YOU COULD ONLY GET THREE CHOICES? SO, UM, FROM MEMORY, I WANNA SAY WE HAD AROUND 60 PEOPLE FILL IT OUT.
UM, I APOLOGIZE, DID NOT BRING THAT WITH ME, BUT I, I WANNA SAY THAT THERE WAS ABOUT 60 PEOPLE.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SAME, JUST BASED ON OUR OTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE FILLED OUT THE SURVEY, THIS IS A FAIRLY ACCURATE DEPICTION OF, OF THE FEEDBACK THAT, THAT WE WERE GETTING.
I KNOW ERIN AND I STOP A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE WALKING BY AND TALK TO THEM, AND THEY, THEY ARE FOLLOWING ON FACEBOOK, THEY JUST DON'T WANNA VOICE THEIR OPINION.
THEY, BUT THEY TELL US WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR.
AND MOST OF THE TIME IS THAT THEY WANT, THEY EITHER WANT THE PAVILION, THE PLAYGROUND, THE DOG PARK, AND EVENTUALLY A SPLASH PAD.
THAT IT SEEMS TO BE THE FOUR THINGS THAT THE PEOPLE WANT.
AND THEN THE OLDER PEOPLE SEEM TO BE WANTING THE WALKING TRAILS AND, YOU KNOW, SOME EXERCISE THINGS FOR THEM TO DO ALONG THE WAY.
AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO GET THEM TO COME MORE AND MORE, ERIN AND I, BUT AT LEAST WE'RE GETTING THEIR VOICES HEARD TO US AND WE ARE PASSING IT ON FOR THEM.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE MAIN THING.
WE WANNA TRY TO HELP EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT JUST MAKE IT FOR ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE.
WE WANT TO BE, UM, INCLUSIVE FOR EVERYBODY, WHICH WAS ANOTHER ITEM THAT PEOPLE HAD ASKED FOR WAS EQUIPMENT THAT WERE INCLUSIVE OF EVERYONE, PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, CHILDREN IN WHEELCHAIRS, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT EVERYONE COULD USE REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY WE'VE, YES, WE'VE TRIED TO, UM, CREATE A LIST THAT ENVISIONS THAT.
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THEN IN ADDITION TO THOSE ITEMS, THERE'S SEVERAL AMENITIES THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.BATHROOMS, BATHROOMS, BATHROOMS. I MET A COUPLE THE OTHER DAY THAT WAS THERE WITH THEIR SMALL CHILD.
THEY WERE THERE FOR FIVE MINUTES.
THEY TALKED TO ME FOR PROBABLY ALL FIVE OF THOSE MINUTES.
AND THEN SHE HAD TO GO TO THE BATHROOM AND THEY HAD TO WALK ALL THE WAY BACK HOME BECAUSE THERE ARE FACILITIES THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG ONE.
UM, BUT THE ACTIVITIES ARE MOST OF WHAT YOU SAW ON THE SURVEY ITSELF, THE PLAYGROUND, THE SPLASH PAD, THE OUTDOOR ADULT FITNESS EQUIPMENT OF SOME SORT, A DOG PARK, UM, PICKLEBALL, TENNIS COURT, SKATE PARK.
I DID, UH, ACTUALLY, UM, TALK TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE UTILIZING THE SKATE PARK THE OTHER DAY, UM, TO SPEAK WITH THEM AND GET THEIR, THEIR OPINIONS.
THEY WERE ALSO CONCERNED THAT PEOPLE WERE GOING TO TRY TO REMOVE THEIR EQUIPMENT AND KICK THEM OUT OF THERE IN ORDER TO BRING BACK THE BASKETBALL COURT.
AND WE NO, MADE THAT CLEAR THAT THAT WAS NOT, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY'S INTENTION.
WE WANT SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY, AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE THERE RIGHT NOW USING IT, EVEN WHEN NOBODY ELSE IS.
SO WE HAVE ZERO INTENTION OF WANTING TO, YOU KNOW, KICK THEM OUT.
BUT I THINK WE WANT EVERYONE THEIR EXPERIENCE THERE TOO.
UM, YOU KNOW, SECURITY, MORE LIGHTING, IT IS VERY DARK BACK THERE.
LIKE, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WHERE THE POLICE HAVE BEEN CALLED, THE KIDS GO BACK THERE, THEY PARTY HUNTS THE BROKEN GLASS, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, IT, IT IS, IT'S VERY HARD TO SEE BACK THERE AT NIGHT.
SO
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE READ BETWEEN THE LINES WITH THAT, BUT WE'VE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES, SO GETTING SOME KIND OF SECURITY IN THERE, MORE LIGHTS OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER ELSE WE CAN THINK TO DO TO MAKE IT MORE SECURE FOR EVERYBODY WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
BENCHES, PICNIC TABLES, A PAVILION.
UH, WE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE SAY THEY WANT A SPACE WHERE THEY CAN RENT, THEY CAN GO AND RENT JFK IN THE VILLAGE OF BLAZE, DELL, OR, UM, FIREMAN'S FIELD DOWN ON LAKE AVENUE.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYWHERE AROUND HERE.
EVERYONE SAID, I WANT SOMEWHERE WHERE I CAN GO FOR A BIRTHDAY PARTY, A GRADUATION FAMILY REUNION, SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN RENT AND HAVE A GATHERING, UM, IN OUR OWN AREA, NOT HAVE TO GO TO A DIFFERENT VILLAGE OR TOWN FOR THAT.
SO THOSE WERE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE BIG ONES THAT WE WERE HEARING.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SO FAR? FEEL FREE TO STOP IF WE DO.
SO, UM, NOW AGAIN, I KNOW WE'RE DREAMING BIG HERE, BUT WE FIGURED GO BIGGER, GO HOME.
SO BASED ON THOSE WANTS, THIS IS SORT OF JUST A DEPICTION OF WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE WITH A PLAYGROUND, A MULTI-USE SPORTS FIELD, A PAVILION, SOME BATHROOMS, UM, CONCERTS, MOVIES, DOG PARK.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT THE PEOPLE WANT.
THERE IS ENOUGH SPACE TO DO IT, JUST A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE AFFORD AND, AND WHAT DOES EVERYBODY WANT? BUT BASED ON OUR S WITH THE COMMUNITY, THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT.
AND WE, AND WE THINK EVEN IF WE CAN'T GET IT ALL AT ONCE, IT COULD BE A GOAL EVERY YEAR FOR US TO GET CERTAIN THINGS.
WE GET THIS MUCH DONE THIS YEAR, AND THEN NEXT YEAR WE'LL MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE.
I MEAN, WE HAVE ONE LITTLE BOY WHEN WE HIT OUR LITTLE POSTER, THINK HE WANTED A ROLLERCOASTER
I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
BUT, YOU KNOW, HE, HE WAS DREAMING BIG.
YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT AS WELL DREAM BIG IF YOU'RE GONNA DO IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I IF YOU REMEMBER BACK TO THE PICTURES THAT WE SHOWED YOU OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN ENVISION THAT THERE'S ENOUGH SPACE IN REAL ESTATE FOR THIS TO BECOME A REALITY.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THOSE, THE, UM, FOR THIS YEAR, SO STARTING IN 2023, JULY 10TH THROUGH AUGUST 10TH, UM, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 11 TO ONE, THERE WILL BE PLAYGROUND WATCHERS TO BRING BACK THOSE ACTIVITIES.
THAT DOREEN REMEMBERS AS A CHILD THAT STICK IN HER HEAD, YOU KNOW, UM, ARTS AND CRAFTS OR GROUP GAME OF KICKBALL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, SO THE FRONTIER COMMUNITY EDUCATE, OR NO, I'M SORRY, THE, YEAH, THE FRONTIER SCHOOL DISTRICT IS PUTTING ON ALSO FREE LUNCHES DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.
AND THEN THE HAMBURG REC DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO PROVIDE THE PLAYGROUND WATCHERS MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
OUR PARK WILL HAVE THE MOST DAYS AVAILABLE FOR THESE SERVICES.
SO, UM, WE'RE HOPING TO GET A PORTAGE ON IN THERE TEMPORARILY SO THAT AT LEAST WE CAN START BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE PARK, EVEN IN ITS CURRENT CONDITION AND SHOWING THEM THE POTENTIAL AND GETTING MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED.
AND TO SPEAK OUT AS TO WHAT THEY WANNA SEE HERE.
UH, THEY'RE ALSO GONNA TRY TO WORK ON FAMILY MOVIE NIGHTS YES.
UH, WE HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SAID THEY WOULD DEFINITELY PARTAKE YES.
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GO USUALLY EVERY WEEK TO THE FREE CONCERTS AT WEDNESDAY IN, UH, THE VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE.THERE'S A TON OF PEOPLE THERE.
UM, SO I THINK HAVING, YOU KNOW, AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS WOULD BE GREAT FOR US AS WELL, BECAUSE WE ALREADY SORT OF TALKED ABOUT THE RENTALS, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOGA CLASSES, YOU SEE INDEPENDENT HEALTH, THOSE FREE YOGA CLASSES IN DELAWARE PARK FOR SENIORS OR, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE HAMBURG REC DEPARTMENT.
I THINK THERE'S POSSIBILITIES OF BRINGING THOSE SERVICES TO THIS PLACE.
TENNIS CLASSES, YOU KNOW, UM, WE GET POTENTIAL FOOD TRUCKS COMING DOWN FOR THESE EVENTS, AND THE PEOPLE COULD, THEY COULD BE A WHOLE COMMUNITY.
YOU COULD HAVE DINNER, MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS, AND GET A FEEL OF WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN THERE AND, AND HAVE A MOVIE NIGHT AND WATCH THE KIDS ENJOY THEMSELVES.
YOU KNOW, I STILL ENJOY KIDS' MOVIES,
SO WHAT DO WE SEE AS THE FUTURE FOR THIS? AND BIG QUESTION IS WHY, WHY NOW? WHY HERE? UM, SO I THINK A BIG PART OF IT IS THAT THERE'S THE SPACE FOR IT.
IT'S A GOOD ATTRACTION TO HOME BUYERS.
THEY WANNA KNOW THAT THEY'RE SOMEWHERE IN THEIR COMMUNITY WHERE THEY CAN TAKE THEIR KIDS.
AND IT'S A GOOD WAY TO KEEP PEOPLE HERE AND FOR PEOPLE TO LOVE THEIR COMMUNITY AND SPEAK OUT TO SAY, HEY, I LIVE IN HAMBURG AND IT IS GREAT.
I'VE GOT ALL THESE GREAT AMENITIES.
I DON'T HAVE TO GO ANYWHERE ELSE TO GET THOSE, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
THEN THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU REMEMBER, RIGHT, AS A CHILD, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW YOU MEET PEOPLE.
I REMEMBER, LIKE, THERE WAS A FAMILY OF SIX BEHIND ME, AND WE ALL GOT TOGETHER, WE ALL WENT DOWN TO THE PLAYGROUND.
MY, MY NEXTDOOR NEIGHBOR WHO UNFORTUNATELY SHE MOVED AWAY, BUT HER, I'M STILL IN CONTACT WITH HER TWO DAUGHTERS.
THEY USED TO BE OLDER THAN ME, BUT THEY USED TO TAKE ME DOWN TO THE PLAYGROUND AND, AND BE WITH ME.
AND THEY, YOU KNOW, WALK WOULD WATCH ME.
AND, YOU KNOW, MY MOM DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS MY MOTHER.
I HAD AN OLDER SISTER, TWO OLDER SISTERS.
SO THAT FEELING OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY WAS THERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I HOPING, LIKE THE PERSON WHO BOUGHT THAT HOUSE, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THEIR FIRST BABY IN OCTOBER.
SO THIS IS WHAT I MEAN, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS CHANGING.
WE, WE NEED SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR THEM TO COME AS A GROUP AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY DURING COVID, I THINK EVERYONE SORT OF ISOLATED THEMSELVES.
THIS WOULD BE A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET PEOPLE BACK TOGETHER AND GIVE THEM THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT EVERY, EVERYONE DESERVES, YOU KNOW? UM, I'VE MET SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I GREW UP IN KENMORE, AND, UM, SO I DIDN'T ALWAYS, I DIDN'T KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, LIKE PEOPLE THAT GREW UP THERE THEIR WHOLE LIFE.
I WALK MY DOG AND I HAVE MET SO MANY PEOPLE JUST FROM WALKING MY DOG.
I MIGHT REMEMBER THE DOG'S NAME, MAYBE NOT THE PERSON'S NAME, BUT IT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS CHARLIE MOM
I DIDN'T KNOW HER NAME FOR A LONG TIME, BUT IT WAS CHARLIE'S MOM WAS COMING DOWN THE STREET.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY BACK, I THINK PEOPLE LOOK FOR THAT WHEN THEY LOOK FOR A HOME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY WANNA BE IN, YOU KNOW, FROM YES.
STARTING A FAMILY TO HAVING THEIR GRANDKIDS THERE.
SO I, I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, AND AS FOR THE WHO, I THINK IT'S FOR EVERYONE, RIGHT? WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT IF YOU WANT A MULTI-USE SPACE, SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.
SOMETHING WHERE THE GRANDPARENTS CAN BRING THEIR GRANDKIDS WITHOUT BEING BORED, HAVE SOMEWHERE TO SIT IN THE SHADE.
UM, PARENTS CAN WALK AROUND THE WALKING TRACK OR THE BIKE TRACK WHILE THEIR KIDS PLAY A GAME OF SOCCER WITH THEIR FRIENDS.
SO I, I REALLY THINK THAT THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING THE TOWN, THE POTENTIAL OF RENTAL INCOME.
IF YOU DO HAVE PAVILION OR SOME SPLASH PAD, SOMETHING ELSE THAT COULD BE RENTED, YOU KNOW, LESS MAINTENANCE ON MOWING THE LAWN.
I, I JUST THINK THE POTENTIAL'S THERE AND IT WOULD BENEFIT REALLY EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, I, I REALLY THINK, YES, I THINK THIS IS OUR VISION, AND I THINK IT'S OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUR COMMUNITY'S VISION, AND WE WE'RE JUST PUSHING IT FORWARD, SEEING WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME FEEDBACK, UM, FROM THE TOWN ON WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS OUT THERE FOR US TO GET.
AND WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT GOING TO RALPH WILSON FOR HIS, UM, GET ON HIS, UM, GRANT, GRANT AND, YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT WE CAN GET FROM THERE TOO, YOU KNOW, AND KEEP GOING.
AND I WORK FOR CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES, SO I ALREADY TOLD THEM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE, WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR ME IF WE START THIS, THIS YEAR, WHAT CAN YOU GIVE ME AS A DONATION FOR OUR COMMUNITY? SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT IN THE END, WE, WE CAN COME BACK TO THE PICTURE OF AARON SHOWING ALL THAT BEAUTIFUL STUFF.
IT'S DOWN THERE AND, AND THE COMMUNITY CAN ENJOY IT.
AND NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY THAT'S THERE,
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BUT DOWN FROM THE VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE, MAYBE ACROSS THE STREET FROM SOUTH PARK, THERE'S, THERE'S A, A WHOLE SUBDIVISION THERE.EVEN, YOU KNOW, FURTHER DOWN, ANYBODY CAN COME AND ENJOY IT.
AND, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT IS FOR EVERYBODY TO ENJOY IT.
I THINK YOU REMEMBER THE, THAT PARK BEING THE PARK TO BE AT, RIGHT? YES.
WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP, IT WAS, THAT'S THE ONE YOU WANTED TO BE AT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO MAKE THAT AGAIN.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST A SPOKESPERSON HERE.
IT'S NOT JUST OUR VISION, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR.
UM, SO LASTLY, WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR TIME AND HAVING US HERE, UM, AND YOUR CONSIDERATION YES.
WE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND HOPEFULLY WE, UH, HAVE VOICED THE COMMUNITY'S OPINION.
UM, BUT CERTAINLY IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, FANTASTIC JOB.
I THINK THIS PRESENTATION WAS WONDERFUL,
UM, I REALLY LIKE WHAT I'M HEARING ABOUT MULTI-GENERATIONAL, MEANING MULTI-GENERATIONAL NEEDS.
I THINK THAT'S HUGE IN IDENTIFYING, UM, THE RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ARE SO MUCH CHANGE.
UM, HAS THERE BEEN ANY FEEDBACK IN YOUR CONVERSATIONS FROM PEOPLE OUT OF CONCERN OF HOW, OF PARKING ISSUES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, UM, HAVING PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMING IN, UM, I'M NOT SUPER FAMILIAR WITH THE, WHAT THE PARKING SETUP IS.
HAS THAT BEEN PART OF CONVERSATION AND WOULD THERE BE CHALLENGES IF THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING? SURE.
SO THERE IS CURRENTLY A PAVED PARKING LOT.
THEY DID JUST REPAVE THAT, UM, LAST YEAR MAYBE.
SO THERE'S PROBABLY AT LEAST A DOZEN SPOTS.
UM, IF IT WAS TO BE SUCH A LARGE PARK AS, AS OUR VISION, WE WOULD NEED TO EXPAND THAT.
BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE'S THE REAL ESTATE TO, TO EXPAND IT A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN WHAT IT CURRENTLY IS.
UM, BUT IT IS, SO THE PARK IS LOCATED AT, UH, THE END OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, SO IT'S ON THE VERY END OF THE STREET.
UM, WE LIVE ON THAT STREET, BUT YES, SO OCCASIONALLY, LIKE THIS EASTER EGG HUNT THAT WAS HELD BY THE, UM, THE CHURCH, THERE WERE CARS PARKED UP, YOU KNOW, UP AND DOWN MOST OF OUR STREET, WHICH I DON'T THINK ANYBODY SEEMS TO MIND.
EVERY YEAR, EVERY YEAR THEY SITUATION, EVERY YEAR THEY DO THE EASTER EIGHTH FRONT AND NOBODY, 'CAUSE WE KNOW IT'S NOT A LONG TERM THING, JUST FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHILE THEY'RE DOWN THERE.
I'M SURE IF IT WAS AN ALL THE TIME THING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, UH, PEOPLE WOULD START TO HAVE ISSUE.
NOBODY HAS VOICED THAT TO EITHER OF US.
BUT, UM, CERTAINLY I THINK, THINK THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A SOMEWHAT OF AN EXPANSION OF THE CURRENT PARKING LOT.
AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF, UM, THE PAVILION HAVING A RENTAL.
I OFTEN, YOU KNOW, GRADUATIONS, BIRTHDAY PARTIES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT I'M LOOKING TO SCHEDULE, I THINK WE COULD DEFINITELY USE OUTDOOR SPACES, SHELTERS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE WE'RE EVEN THINKING BIGGER THAN THAT.
WE GOT A LITTLE CREEPY
NOTHING ABOUT IF MY NIECES AND NEPHEWS HAVE GIRLFRIENDS OR BOYFRIENDS.
SO WHERE DO WE HAVE TO GO? WE HAVE TO FIND SOME PLACE.
AND IT'S USUALLY MY SISTER-IN-LAW'S HOUSE BECAUSE SHE'S THE ONE THAT HAS THE BIGGEST HOUSE.
BUT IF I HAD A PLACE TO RENT AND WE WERE THINKING LIKE UP AT CHESTNUT BRIDGE AND OTHER PLACES WHERE YOU, IT COULD BE ENCLO IF IT'S THE WINTER TIME, SO PEOPLE HAVE KIDS THAT HAVE BIRTHDAYS IN DECEMBER AND IT'S HEATED, THEY CAN RENT THE PLACE FOR THAT.
BUT YOU COULD HAVE DOORS THAT OPEN UP GARAGE DOORS YEAH.
SO THAT IF IT'S IN THE SPRING AND THE FALL AND THE SUMMERTIME, THEY COULD HAVE ACCESS TO BOTH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR.
SO WE ARE THINKING BIGGER BECAUSE WE KNOW, I MEAN, MY BIRTHDAY'S IN JANUARY AND THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF BIRTHDAYS I'VE MISSED BECAUSE THE WEATHER AND THERE WAS NO PLACE TO PUT PEOPLE MM-HMM
AND IT'S THE RENTAL POTENTIAL IS THERE, BECAUSE IF YOU BUILD IT RIGHT, I'M SURE PEOPLE ARE GONNA USE IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT.
GRADUATIONS, BIRTHDAYS, EVEN ANNIVERSARIES OR JUST A FAMILY GET TOGETHER.
ADDITIONALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE TOWN COMES WITH THE PARK WATCHERS AND THEY NEED A PLACE TO DO ARTS AND CRAFTS, CURRENTLY THERE ISN'T ANYWHERE.
AND IF IT RAINS, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? IS EVERYBODY GONNA GO HOME? ARE YOU ALL GONNA, YOU KNOW, STAND UNDER A TREE OR AN UMBRELLA? YOU NEED SOMEWHERE FOR PEOPLE TO, TO GATHER LIKE THAT.
SO WE APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK.
ANY OTHER, UH, THE ONLY OTHER ONE, WHEN YOU GUYS HAD THE, UM, THE IMAGES UP THERE, I DIDN'T SEE, AND I SAW THIS ONE THING THAT WAS NOTED AS, UM, THE DOG PARK.
MAYBE IT WAS UP THERE AND I JUST YEAH, YEAH, IT IS.
SO IT'S, UM, BUT YOU CAN'T SEE, SO THIS ONE RIGHT OVER THERE.
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AND, AND WITH THAT, WITH THAT DOG PARK, WE, WE'VE TALKED THE FAMILIES WHO OWN THE DOGS, WE, THEY WANT IT DIVIDED UP IN SECTION.SO LIKE, IF THEY HAVE A LITTLE DOG, THEY CAN GO THERE.
IF WE HAVE DOGS THAT DON'T MIND DIFFERENT SIZES, THEY CAN GO IN ANOTHER SECTION.
OR IF YOU HAVE MEDIUM SIZED DOG, IT GOES THERE, BUT IT NEEDS WATER AND SHADE.
IT, IT, YOU JUST CAN'T PUT THE DOGS OUT.
MY DOG GETS THE SUB BEATS ON HIM TWO SECONDS AND HE'S LIKE, SO YES, IT NEEDS TO BE ALL THAT.
SO, AND WE STILL THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH ROOM TO HAVE SOME OPEN GRASS AREA HERE WHERE YOU COULD STILL DO A MOVIE NIGHT OR A CONCERT, AND THERE WOULD BE ROOM FOR PEOPLE TO CO YOU KNOW, UM, GATHER AND SIT AND ENJOY THEMSELVES IN ADDITION TO THE REST OF THE AMENITIES AND ACTIVITIES.
ANYBODY ELSE? I JUST WANNA COMMENT AND, AND SAY THAT EVERYTHING YOU PRESENTED IS OUTSTANDING AND, UH, I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD NOW THREE YEARS, AND I KNOW BETH, UM, HAS, HAS GONE THROUGH A LOT OF THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE PLAYGROUND.
UM, ALL OF US ON THE BOARD HAVE, BUT IN PARTICULAR, SOME OF US THAT HAVE BEEN HERE A LONGER TIME, UM, LIKE PETRI CAME OUT WITH A PLAN, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
UH, MARTY DEKE, PAT RYAN HAVE VISITED ALL THE PLAYGROUNDS.
SO I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY AWARE THAT THERE'S A REALLY BIG PROBLEM IN OUR TOWN IN TERMS OF NOT MAINTAINING THE PARKS AND THE LACK OF ACTIVITIES.
UM, AS YOU, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE'VE WORKED HARD TO REINSTATE, UH, THIS WILL BE THE VERY FIRST YEAR, UM, FOR THE, THE PLAYGROUNDS TO HAVE, UH, THE COUNSELORS BACK.
AND WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN POSSIBLY EXPAND ON WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO, UH, THIS YEAR.
UM, AS WELL AS PICKLEBALL YOU MENTIONED.
THAT'S BEEN A REQUEST FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
SO THEY'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A TRIAL AT VARIOUS PARKS.
LETTING THEM KNOW VIA FACEBOOK, UM, THAT THIS WEEK, ON THIS DAY, YOU KNOW, THE COURTS WILL BE OPEN AND JUST TO KIND OF GET A SENSE OF WHO'S USING IT, WHO'S NOT USING IT, UH, WHAT THE DEMAND IS.
UM, BUT YOUR PRESENTATION, I WOULD ARGUE IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO, YOU KNOW, 20 OR MORE PARKS PROBABLY WOULD, WOULD EMULATE AND WOULD, WOULD WANT.
UM, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE ACTUALLY TAKEN THE TIME AND EFFORT TO DO IT.
SO, I MEAN, I REALLY, YOU KNOW, COMMEND YOU, UH, FOR THAT.
UM, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE BECAUSE WE HAVE CLOSE TO 40 PARKS.
AND MANY OF THEM, AS YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR YOUR CASE, 20 YEARS.
UM, SEVERAL HAVE BEEN, UM, NEGLECTED, I'LL, I'LL JUST BE HONEST OR SAY OR, OR NOT REALLY, UM, TAKEN CARE OF OR ENHANCED OR CHANGED IN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 5, 10, 15, 20 OR MORE YEARS.
AND SO FOR WHAT THE FINANCES BEHIND THAT, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, MINIMALLY ON MANY OF THESE PARKS, TWO, 250,000 MM-HMM
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING, YOU'RE LOOKING HERE POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS A MILLION, UH, BUT 500 IS PROBABLY CLOSER TO THE AVERAGE, EVEN IF YOU SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO 50 AND 500 FOR 40 PARKS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S $15 MILLION.
UM, SO WE ARE TRYING TO BE STRATEGIC AND TRYING TO BE THOUGHTFUL OF, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH CAN WE TRULY AFFORD TO PUT INTO THE PARKS? AND WHEN WE DO SOME OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS, WHAT'S THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE COST, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AS WELL.
UM, SO YOUR, YOUR PRESENTATION IS GREAT BECAUSE IT KIND OF REAFFIRMS WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, WHICH IS RESIDENTS WANT THESE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, YOU KNOW, TO BE WHAT THEY ONCE WERE.
UM, AND I KNOW GROWING UP THE BODOG WAS IN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE TENNIS TOURNAMENT AND EVERYTHING THAT, THAT THE TOWN HAD WAS, WAS FABULOUS.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD AMAZING EXPERIENCES AND NOW WITH THEIR KIDS OR THEIR GRANDKIDS, UM, ESPECIALLY AS YOU MENTIONED AFTER COVID, PEOPLE ARE REALLY READY TO GET BACK OUTDOORS, UH, DO ACTIVITIES.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, SAFE TO SAY, AT LEAST MYSELF, AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THE BOARD'S COMPLETELY ON BOARD WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BE VERY REALISTIC, RIGHT.
AND, AND I THINK WE'LL RECOGNIZE.
AND I THINK, I THINK WE'RE LOOKING NOT JUST A YEAR THING, WE'RE LOOKING YEARS.
WE WANTED TO MAKE IT, WE'RE NOT LOOKING LIKE, OKAY, THIS WHAT'S GONNA GET TO ALL BE DONE.
WE FIGURED IF WE CAN GET ONE THING OR TWO THINGS ACCOMPLISHED IN ONE YEAR, MAYBE MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE AND MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE, FOUR YEARS, WHATEVER.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND I THINK WE HAVE A, I THINK OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS LOOKING AS THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE COST OF IT.
I MEAN, I'M IN CONSTRUCTION, I KNOW THE COST OF THINGS, WHAT I THINK IS SUPPOSED TO BE $3, IT'S $25
AND, AND I, I THINK, AND I KNOW AND WE'RE HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH CONNECTIONS AND THE PEOPLE IN THE
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NEIGHBORHOOD WHO WE HAVE BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CONCRETE PERSON WHO IS GONNA HELP US OUT.WE'RE HOPING THAT WE GET MORE LIKE THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, YEAH.
WE'RE LOOKING TO LEVERAGE ANY SOURCES OF INCOME THAT WE CAN STATE FUNDING, COUNTY FUNDING, AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, THE RALPH WILSON GRANT, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE LOOKING TO DO, DONATE THEIR SERVICES, UM, OF ANY KIND.
YOU KNOW, USE CONNECTIONS THAT WE HAVE.
YOU KNOW, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT LIKE GETTING THINGS DONATED.
OKAY, WE'LL PUT YOUR NAME ON A PLAQUE TO SOME OF THE BIGGER CONTRACTORS, UM, AND JUST SEE HOW MUCH WE CAN REALLY GET AND THEN SORT OF GO FROM THERE.
BUT IF WE HAVE THIS AS A, YOU KNOW, LONG-TERM VISION AND WE CAN SORT OF PICK AT IT YEAR BY YEAR TO, TO PIECE OFF WHAT WE CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THE POTENTIAL IS, IS THERE, WE JUST HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, DO WHAT WE CAN FINANCIALLY AND WHEN WE CAN.
AND THEN I'LL ADD, JILL IS, IS GONNA BE EXCEPTIONAL BECAUSE SHE'S GOT A BACKGROUND IN THIS.
UM, AND AS THE LIAISON, I'VE TALKED TO HER ABOUT THIS, UM, I DID A COUPLE ONSITE INSPECTIONS AND I REACHED OUT TO HER AND I SAID, WHO IS SUCH AND SUCH FAMILY? BECAUSE THEY'RE AN ADOPTED SPONSOR OF THIS PARK, AND I'M SURE THEY'RE NOT HAPPY WITH HOW THEY'RE ADOPTED.
SPONSORSHIP IS GOING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS IN REALLY BAD SHAPE.
AND, UM, AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH WAS A GREAT IDEA.
A GREAT PROGRAM STARTED MAYBE, UH, 10 YEARS OR SO AGO, UM, FOR WHATEVER REASON, YOU KNOW, SHE WASN'T EVEN AWARE THAT WE HAD, YOU KNOW, ADOPTIVE PROGRAM.
UM, SO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF OF TIME TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
UM, BUT LET US, YOU KNOW, UH, I GUESS I WANNA LET YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMPLETELY INTO THIS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING ONSITE INSPECTIONS, WE'VE MET WITH NEIGHBORS.
YOU KNOW, JILL'S GONNA BE DEVELOPING A GREAT PLAN, YOU KNOW, WITH RANDY, UH, AND RANDY, YOU KNOW, LEADERSHIP IN TERMS OF THE, UM, THE, THE BOARD WITH, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL THE IDEAS WAS AWESOME.
AND I THINK WE WANNA, YOU KNOW, KIND OF KEEP THIS MOMENTUM GOING.
IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF MONEY.
AND I THINK WE JUST ARE, YOU KNOW, KINDA ASK FOR PATIENTS.
THE OTHER THING I'D SAY IS OTHER COMMUNITIES, I MEAN, WE WANNA HELP THE PLAYGROUNDS THAT ARE GONNA USE IT, RIGHT? THE LAST WE WANNA DO IS SPEND 500,000 ON A COMMUNITY PLAYGROUND THAT NOBODY REALLY HAS AN INTEREST IN.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF THAT COMMUNITY IS NOT INTERESTED AND THEY'RE NOT COMMITTED TO WATCH AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE CARE OF THE PARK TO WHATEVER LEVEL THEY CAN, UM, IT'S NOT GONNA WORK.
BECAUSE WE'VE GOT GREAT TOWN EMPLOYEES.
THEY DO A GREAT JOB, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE PARKS THE BEST, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE THERE ON WEEKENDS.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE THERE ON CERTAIN HOLIDAYS, RIGHT? WE NEED THE PARENTS, WE NEED THE COMMUNITY TO KEEP US AWARE OF PROBLEMS. THE POLICE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT REALLY, YOU KNOW, TAKES EVERYONE.
AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE OBSERVED OVER, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE LAST FEW DECADES IS, UM, THE LACK OF A LOT OF HANDS ON DECK WITH THESE PLAYGROUNDS THAT I THINK IF WE CAN GET, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE A GREAT MODEL, UM, OF A LOT OF INVOLVED CITIZENS, UM, WITH YOUR INPUT AND, AND GETTING INPUT FROM OTHERS, THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE ON THE QUIET SIDE.
UM, I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE.
AND WITHOUT THAT, I DON'T THINK IT REALLY WORKS.
I, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A WEIRD SPOT WHERE LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO COME THERE TO KNOW THAT IT IS THERE.
JILL'S DONE A GREAT JOB OF GIVING US THOSE SERVICES TO HAVE THERE, BUT ONCE THEY GET THERE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO THEY DO? HOW DO WE KEEP THEM COMING BACK UNTIL THIS WHOLE THING SORT OF COMES TO FRUITION? SO WE KEEP HAVING COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UPDATING PEOPLE VIA FACEBOOK OR EMAIL, TRYING TO KEEP THEM ENGAGED.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME.
UM, BUT, SO WE'RE JUST HOPING THAT WE CAN SORT OF BANDAID ANYTHING WE CAN NOW UNTIL WE CAN, WE CAN GET TO THAT POINT.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING, MAYBE IF WE COULD JUST DO A LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW, THIS YEAR, SO THAT THE KIDS CAN COME DOWN AND DO IT.
LIKE I TELL YOU, THE SKATEBOARD PEOPLE ARE WONDERFUL.
THEY TAKE CARE OF THEIR SPOT, THEY CLEAN UP AFTER THEMSELVES.
WE DON'T WANNA TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THEM.
WE WANNA BUILD ON IT FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY PUT SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT IN IT.
AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN TOO.
LIKE ERIN AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT.
SO WE HAD A CLEANUP DAY, SO NEXT YEAR WE'LL SCHEDULE ANOTHER CLEANUP DAY, AND THERE THERE WAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF US THAT GOT TOGETHER AND CLEANED UP THE PLAYGROUND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THE WESTLAND CHURCH WANTS TO GET INVOLVED BECAUSE THEY'RE RIGHT UP THERE, THE STREET FROM US.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN FACT, IT WAS A SMALL WORLD.
I, I HAD SOMEBODY FROM TRIPPY TO DO MY MULCH.
WELL, HE GOES TO WESTLAND CHURCH UP THE STREET.
AND HE GOES, I HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT HAVING LUNCHES THERE.
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YES, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO USE IT.SO HE, HE'S INTERESTED AND HE WANTS TO BE INVOLVED.
SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT IT, IT, IT'S WORD OF MOUTH AND IT KEEPS ON GOING.
AND I THINK WE CAN, YOU KNOW, DO A LITTLE BIT HERE, A LITTLE BIT THERE.
AND EVENTUALLY IT'LL BE JUST LIKE THAT.
THE PEOPLE THAT USE THE SKATE PARK ARE A GREAT EXAMPLE.
THEY GO THERE AND THEY UTILIZE IT, WHICH IS WHY THEY CLEAN UP AFTER THEMSELVES.
THE REST OF IT ISN'T BEING UTILIZED, WHICH IS WHY NOBODY CARES TO PICK UP AFTER THEMSELVES.
THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS DON'T THINK TWICE ABOUT BREAKING A BOTTLE OR HAVING A GOOD TIME BACK THERE BECAUSE NOBODY'S BACK THERE.
IF THERE IS PEOPLE UTILIZING IT, PEOPLE ARE GONNA PICK UP AFTER THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY WANT IT NICE.
THEY WANNA BE ABLE TO USE A NICE PLACE.
I, I THINK JUST IN ITS CURRENT CONDITION, PEOPLE JUST DON'T, CURRENTLY, IT NEEDS MORE LIGHTING BACK THERE.
I THINK THEY'RE PICKING UP AFTER THEMSELVES.
YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD DETER THE, UM, ISSUES OF PEOPLE GOING BACK THERE AT NIGHT, THERE, LIGHTING BACK THERE.
I THINK THAT WOULD HELP US OUT A LOT.
SO I'VE HAD, UM, PROBABLY ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN MEETINGS WITH DIFFERENT RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN THAT HAD ISSUES WITH, WITH THEIR PARK.
AND IN EACH OF THOSE MEETINGS, WE WERE ABLE TO BRING JILL, UM, GORMAN KING OR NATE RIVERA, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY, CHRIS ARTIO FROM OUR BUILDING GROUNDS DEPARTMENT TO, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING AND ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS.
BUT EVERY TIME I'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE, I'VE ALSO EXTENDED THE INVITATION TO PUT TOGETHER A GROUP FROM THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD TO TALK ABOUT BIGGER PICTURE ITEMS AND, AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
UH, THERE WAS ONE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT, THAT SCHEDULED A, A COMMUNITY MEETING, BUT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO TO GET IT OFF THE GROUND.
UM, SO YOU GUYS ARE, ARE THE FIRST TO REALLY SUCCEED HERE, UM, IN THIS EFFORT.
AND, AND YOU'VE CERTAINLY, UM, WELL SURPASSED MY EXPECTATIONS OF, OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UH, WE HAD INITIAL MEETING IN DECEMBER, I BELIEVE WE HAD ANOTHER MEETING PRIOR TO THE, THE EASTER EGG HUNT.
THE EASTER EGG HUNT WAS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, MANY OF THEM FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MANY OF THEM, SECOND GENERATION FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MANY OF THEM VISITING THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THEY GREW UP THERE.
AND THERE WAS A GOOD PERCENTAGE THAT WERE MEMBERS OF THE FAITH COMMUNITY OF THE BIG TREE WESLEYAN CHURCH.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO DEFINING COMMUNITY MEMBERS, IN MY OPINION, IF YOU WORSHIP IN OUR COMMUNITY, YOU ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
IN ADDITION TO TO THAT YOU HAVE THE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE VILLAGE OF BLAZED OUT OVER THE ELECTRIC AVENUE BRIDGE.
UM, WHICH I WOULD ENVISION PEOPLE FROM BLAZEDALE IF THERE WAS A DOG PARK AT OSBORNE USING THAT.
AND THE MORE PEOPLE WE CAN GET CROSSING THAT BRIDGE AND MAYBE EVEN PUTTING SOME PEDESTRIAN MARKINGS ON THE BRIDGE, VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC.
A VERY SAFE WAY TO GET FROM YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE IS ALSO THE, THE TRAILS, THE FOOT TRAILS, AND THE A TV TRAILS THAT GO INTO THAT PARK ON THE NORTH END AND THE SOUTH END.
THOSE ARE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR, FOR SOME NATURE TRAILS.
AND THEN I AGREE WITH YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT DURING, ON BRINGING FOLKS FROM ACROSS THE STREET, THAT'S GONNA BE A BIGGER CHALLENGE, RIGHT? GETTING PEOPLE NEED TO, GETTING PEOPLE SAFELY ACROSS THE STREET.
BUT IT CERTAINLY SHOULDN'T HOLD US BACK IN OUR EFFORTS TO PROVIDE THESE OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, MY COLLEAGUES ON THE TOWN BOARD HAVE MENTIONED SOME, SOME OF THE, THE, THE PLAN PLANNING THAT, THAT THE TOWN HAS DONE.
UM, AND, AND I BELIEVE, WAS IT 20 17, 20 17, 20 18, 20 19 WHEN, WHEN WE REALLY DID A GREAT JOB OF ASSESSING THE CURRENT CONDITION OF OUR, OUR PLAYGROUNDS AND OUR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, WHICH IS IMPORTANT, RIGHT? UM, BUT THE WORLD HAS CHANGED CONSIDERABLY, ESPECIALLY IN THE PAST THREE, FOUR YEARS.
AND PEOPLE ARE, ARE BEING MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT THEIR OUTDOOR RECREATION TIME, UM, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO, WHAT THEY EXPECT TO DO.
UM, AND I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S CERTAINLY SOME SOLID OPPORTUNITY HERE.
WE CAN BUILD ON THOSE PLANS THAT WE'VE DONE.
WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY BUILD ON THOSE, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE AN EQUITY APPROACH TO THESE INVESTMENTS YES.
WHERE WE CAN DO THE MOST GOOD.
UM, AND NOT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS, I MEAN, I, I AM NOT GOOD WITH, WITH SPATIAL MEASUREMENTS, YOU COULD PUT A COUPLE FOOTBALL FIELDS BACK THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO, FOR, FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO CUT BACK OUR, OUR GRASS FOOTPRINT AND, AND MAYBE SAVE SOME COSTS TO THE TOWN DOWN THE ROAD ON MAINTAINING SOME OF THAT GREEN
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SPACE, WHICH WOULD ALSO BE AN ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT AS WELL.I MEAN, I'VE, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS.
UM, I KNEW YOUR PRESENTATION WOULD BE GREAT, BUT YOU GUYS REALLY KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK.
HE'S THE ONE THAT CAN DO THIS STUFF.
SO, UM, BUT, BUT I ALSO THINK TOO, WORKING WITH YOU, RANDY, AND YOUR, YOUR STAFF, HONEST TO GOD, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS EVEN GONNA GO GET THIS FAR.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M PROUD OF MOST IS BECAUSE OKAY, YOU, YOU'RE HERE, YOU REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY, BUT YOU LISTEN TO US AND YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE DON'T LISTEN TO YOU.
IT'S REALLY ON YOUR GUYS' BEHALF THAT YOU GUYS TOOK THE TIME WITH US AND CAME TO OUR EVENTS AND BEEN THERE AND YOU LISTENED TO OUR COMMUNITY AND YOU DON'T FIND IT ANYMORE.
IN ADDITION TO THE EQUITY ASSET, UM, PERSPECTIVE, THEY WILL ALSO SAY THAT THE CURRENT CONDITIONS SOMETIMES EVEN POSE A LIABILITY TO THE TOWN.
I JUST GOT WORD THAT THE SLIDE IS BROKEN YET AGAIN OVER THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK, UH,
IT WAS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS TO DISCUSS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR, UH, JUST POTENTIAL LITIGATION, RIGHT? PERSON AND PERSONNEL.
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HAM TOWN BOARD ORDER.WE'LL START WITH THE ROLL CALL SUPERVISOR.
COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY PRESENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER CAROL, PRESENT.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN I'D, UNITED STATES AMERICA AND UNDER IN WITH LIBERTY.
ALL RIGHT, FOLKS, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I JUST WANNA LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE AN AGENDA WITH, UH, ABOUT 24 ITEMS ON IT, AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME LATE RESOLUTIONS THAT WE WILL BE ENTERTAINING.
SO OUR FIRST MATTER OF BUSINESS WILL BE TO GET THROUGH THIS ENTIRE AGENDA.
UM, AFTER WE GET THROUGH THE AGENDA, WE WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC EXPRESSION.
WE HAVE SOME RULES FOR PUBLIC EXPRESSION.
WE LIKE TO KEEP YOUR WHAT YOU SAY TO ABOUT THREE MINUTES.
I'M GOING TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THREE MINUTES HAS PASSED.
I'M NOT GONNA STOP YOU AT THE THREE MINUTES, BUT WE ASK THAT AT THAT POINT YOU HAVE COURTESY FOR THE OTHER FOLKS THAT MIGHT BE WAITING TO TALK AND YOU WRAP UP YOUR REMARKS.
ALSO, YOUR TIME IF WE HAVE A SIGNUP SHEET, IS NON-TRANSFER.
SO THAT MEANS YOU CAN USE YOUR THREE MINUTES OR MAYBE FOUR MINUTES OR FIVE MINUTES.
AND IF YOU WANT TO KEEP GOING, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE NEXT TOWN.
BOARD MEETING CANNOT TAKE SOMEBODY ELSE'S TIME.
PEOPLE CANNOT OFFER THEIR TIME TO ADD ON TO YOUR TIME.
THESE ARE JUST RULES TO KEEP THE MEETING GOING EFFICIENTLY AND SMOOTHLY.
THE TOWN BOARD IS OPEN TO CONVERSATIONS IN BETWEEN TOWN BOARD MEETINGS, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT WILL HELP ADDRESS CONCERNS BETWEEN TOWN BOARD MEETINGS.
ONCE WE FINISH THE PUBLIC AND DURING THE PUBLIC EXPRESSION, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM, BUT WE ASK THAT YOU STAY IN ONE SPOT SO THAT THE, THE, UH, MICROPHONE CAN PICK YOU UP.
UM, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON IF YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION OR NOT, THAT THE, UM, THAT THE CAMERA CAN PICK YOU UP AS WELL.
BUT WE ASK THAT YOU, THAT RED X IT WASN'T PUT THERE FOR THIS PURPOSE, BUT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD GUIDELINE.
UM, BECAUSE IT CAN GET CONFUSING WHEN WE HAVE SPEAKERS THAT WANT TO ROAM AROUND THE, UH, THE AREA DURING THEIR REMARKS.
AFTER PUBLIC EXPRESSION, WE'RE GONNA HAVE REPORTS FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS.
THEY'RE GONNA TELL EVERYBODY WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR DEPARTMENTS AS IT RELATES TO TOWN BUSINESS.
AND THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO REPORTS FROM THE BOARD.
AND AT THAT POINT, AFTER THE REPORTS FROM THE BOARD, WE TYPICALLY ADJOURN THE MEETING.
THERE IS NOT A SECOND OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC EXPRESSION AFTER REPORTS FROM THE BOARD.
UM, AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE MATTERS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS FURTHER, OUR TOWN BOARD IS AVAILABLE AFTER THE MEETING AND BETWEEN MEETINGS AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE CAN GET RIGHT INTO THE AGENDA, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING.
AND I'LL ASK CLERK KATHY RUSKI TO, UH, TO READ THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, WHEN WE DID THE HAMBURG TOWN HALL, 6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, NEW HAMBURG, NEW YORK, 1 4 0 7 5, TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 26TH, 2023 AT 7:00 PM LOCAL TIME.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS HEARING IS TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED ALLOCATION OF $2 MILLION AND AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING AT THIS TIME, ALL INTEREST IN PERSONS MAY BE HEARD.
SO JUST TO, UM, TO RECAP, UH, ON, ON WHY WE'RE HERE, UH, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
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PUBLIC HEARING.THE TOWN DIDN'T HAVE TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT WE THOUGHT SINCE WE WERE LOOKING AT A $2 MILLION INVESTMENT OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS, THAT IT WOULD BE WISE TO GIVE THE PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN.
YOU MAY RECALL IF YOU WERE HERE AT PREVIOUS MEETINGS THAT, UH, I HAD PROPOSED, UH, 1 MILLION, $2 MILLION IN TOTAL, 1 MILLION FOR PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS AND OPEN SPACES, $600,000 FOR TOWN HALL SAFETY AND IMPROVEMENTS, MAINLY RELATED TO OUR, OUR PARKING LOT AND ENTRANCES, $250,000 FOR VOLUNTEER FIRE AND EMERGENCY METAL SERVICES, AND $150,000 FOR COMMUNITY AND HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION GRANTS.
I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THAT LAST ONE A LITTLE BIT.
WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ONE, UM, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO BE HEARD ON THIS FUNDING? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, UH, VOICE OUR SUPPORT FROM HOOVER BEACH FOR THE 150,000 SMALL COMMUNITY GRANTS.
UM, I'M WAITING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT IT, BUT I KNOW IT'S FOR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE INFRASTRUCTURE OR BEAUTIFICATION AND WE COULD USE BOTH.
SECOND, WHAT DENISE SAYS, IF IT BRINGS IMPROVEMENTS DOWN OUR, UH, ROAD, IT'S, IT'S AWESOME.
AND SO IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE PUTTING SOME MONEY ASIDE FOR US LITTLE PEOPLE.
ANYBODY ELSE? JUST A QUESTION.
THIS IS FOR THE FUNDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ALLOCATED, NOT REMAINING PRODUCT.
SO IT IS, BUT ANYBODY CAN BE HEARD.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT FUTURE PROJECTS OR PROJECTS THAT YOU THINK MIGHT, UH, BE BENEFICIAL TO TOWN, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO.
I I'M, I'M JUST GONNA STEP RIGHT UP.
UM, I'M CHRIS, NOT, I CHAIR THE HAMBURGER WATER TOWER PROJECT.
I'VE GOT OUR
AND, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST $250,000 IN ARPA FUNDS AS YOU MOVE FORWARD, THAT TOWARDS THE RESTORATION OF THE WATER TOWER.
UH, 30 YEARS OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, UH, HAVE A LOOKING AS IT DOES IT IS OWNED BY THE TOWN.
WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT FUNDING AS A PRECURSOR TO OUR WANT TO PAINT HAMBURGER DESIGN ON THE TOWER.
AND, UH, YEAH, UH, WE, WE, WE THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FUNDING.
UH, IT WILL ALSO HELP US GATHER ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM ERIE COUNTY AND THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
UM, MANY OF OUR, UM, FUNDERS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TO MAKE A, UM, UH, AN INVESTMENT IN THE TOWER THAT IS OWNED BY THE TOWN FIRST FOR THANKS, CHRIS.
YEAH, I MIGHT BE, UM, MS. LA FRANCINE FROM, I'M TALKING ON BEHALF OF THE LAKE ERIE SEAWAY TRAIL CENTER ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
UM, I KIND OF OFF GUARD HERE, WASN'T REALIZING THAT THIS WAS ON THE AGENDA.
AND THE TITLE KIND OF SET ME A LITTLE BIT OFF GUARD BECAUSE IT SAYS AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
SO I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT, BUT SINCE I'M HERE AND I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, I'D LIKE TO BE THEIR VOICE TO SAY THAT AT THE CA TRAIL CENTER, WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS IN QUEUE RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK, AND ARE IN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR A GRANT THROUGH ERIE COUNTY FOR RENOVATIONS TO THE BUILDING, INCLUDING BREAK WALL REPAIR, BETTER RAILINGS FOR SAFETY DOWN AT THE WATERFRONT.
UH, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE A KAYAK LAUNCH FOR THOSE WHO DO VISIT THE CENTER.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A GIANT ADIRONDACK CHAIR FOR VISITORS TO SIT ON, TO SIT AMONGST OUR LITTLE ADIRONDACK CHAIRS THAT WE PROMOTE, UM, AS PART OF AN EXTENSION OF WHAT THE VILLAGE DID.
AND WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR, UM, CONTINUED OUR PROJECTS SIMILAR TO REDFISH.
SO ANY FUNDING THAT CAN COME OUR WAY, WE'RE VERY SMALL, BUT WE'LL TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR APPLICATION TO ERIE COUNTY RIGHT NOW IS JUST $27,000.
SO IF WE COULD SUPPLEMENT THAT WITH EITHER A MATCHED FUNDS THROUGH THE TOWN OR JUST, OR THROUGH THIS GRANT, IT'LL BE GREAT.
SEAN, YOU SIT ON OUR, AS OUR LIAISON, MAYBE YOU COULD, UM, HELP ELABORATE ON THAT.
SEPARATELY FROM HERE, OF COURSE OR NOT WITHOUT OUR APPROPRIATE MR. HO.
AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO BE HEARD? OKAY.
HEARING NOBODY ELSE WILL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
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ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.WHEREAS TO PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING 2024 PROGRAM YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SHALL HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS TO SEEK CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AND INPUT FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FUNDING.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE FOLLOWING DATES, TIMES, AND LOCATIONS.
AUGUST 14TH, 2023, 4:00 PM AND 6:00 PM HAMBURG TOWN HALL.
SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2023, FOUR AND 6:00 PM HAMBURG TOWN HALL, SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2023, 4:00 PM HAMBURG VILLAGE HALL, SEPTEMBER 20, 20, 23, 4:30 PM DALE VILLAGE HALL, SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2023, FOUR AND 6:00 PM HAMBURG TOWN HALL, AND OCTOBER 2ND, 2023, FOUR AND 6:00 PM HAMBURG TOWN HALL.
SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FER.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER C*****G.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE DO ME FIVE BY SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED AB EXTENSIONS AREA WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM ELK OF SHORES TO REZONE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3 7 8 0 HOOVER ROAD FROM M TWO TO M1.
AND WHEREAS THE CO REVIEW COMMITTEE REVIEWED THIS REQUEST AND THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND FOUND MERIT IN THE POTENTIAL REZONING OF THIS PROPERTY.
AND WHEREAS THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD HAD VARIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THIS REQUEST, BUT ENTERTAINED THE REQUEST TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT.
AND WHEREAS THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD REFERRED THIS REZONING REQUEST TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR ITS REVIEW REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION, WHEREAS THE HAM HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD HAS THOROUGHLY REVIEWED THIS APPLICATION, ALL THE PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING AND ISSUED THEIR REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION TO THE TOWN BOARD.
THEREFORE BE A RESULT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD WOULD LIKE TO REAFFIRM ITS INTENTION TO ASK A ACT AS SECRET LEAD AGENCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT, AND HEREBY AUTHORIZES THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO PERFORM THE APPROPRIATE NOTIFICATIONS AND AUTHORIZES REFERRAL OF THE APPLICATION TO ERIE COUNTY FOR THEIR COMM.
WE FINALLY RESOLVED THE HAMMER TOWN BOARD SETS A PUBLIC HEARING IN THIS REZONING APPLICATION AT THE HAMBURG TOWN HALL, 6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK AT 7:00 PM ON JULY 17TH, 2023.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HULK SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CON IN FAVORABLY SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WHEREAS HENRY TO BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE REQUEST OF SCRANTON VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY.
THEY ADD THE MEMBERS TO THEIR ROLES AS FOLLOWS, COURTNEY CHAPON.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CU FOR ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE A AYE.
WHEREAS HENRY TOM BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE REQUEST OF LAKESHORE VOLUNTEER FIGHTER COMPANY.
YOU ADD THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS TO THEIR ROLE AS FOLLOWS, PEYTON SP KYLER MATTHEWS, MICHAEL HILLIER.
SECOND MOTION MY SUPERVISOR HO SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL.
LORENZO IN FAVORABLY SIGNIFIED BY SAYING AYE.
WHERE AT IS THE TOWN OF BOSTON IS A SINGLE DOG CONTROL OFFICER WHO PERFORMS THE REGULAR AND NECESSARY DUTIES OF SET OFFICER AND WHEREAS A BOSTON DOG CONTROL OFFICER FROM TIME TO TIME MAY BE UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM SET DUTIES DUE TO ILLNESS, VACATION, ET CETERA.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF BOSTON SEEKS TO CONTINUE THE INTERIM MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT AUTHORIZED BY A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG DATED OCTOBER 25TH, 2010, WITH THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TO PROVIDE DOG CONTROL SERVICES IN THE EVENT THE BOSTON DOG CONTROL OFFICER IS UNAVAILABLE.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG DOES HAVE A DOG CONTROL OFFICER AND WE'D BE WILLING AND ABLE TO PROVIDE DOG CONTROL SERVICES TO THE TOWN OF BOSTON IF THE BOSTON DOG CONTROL OFFICER IS UNAVAILABLE.
THE TOWN OF HAMBURG SHALL ENTER AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DENTAL BOSTON TO PROVIDE DOG CONTROL SERVICES TO DENTAL BOSTON FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR COMMENCING ON THE DATE BOTH TOWN SIGNED THE AGREEMENT.
THIS CONTRACT SHALL BE DEEMED RENEWED EACH CALENDAR YEAR THEREAFTER, UNLESS ONE OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES SHALL NOTIFY THE OTHER IN WRITING WITHIN 30 DAYS OF EXPIRATION DATE THAT IT ELECTS TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT AND BE A FURTHER RESOLVED THAT OF BOSTON SHALL CONTINUE TO PAY THE TOWN OF PEY THE SUM OF $3 FOR ON-DUTY CALLS AND THE SUM OF $45 FOR CALLOUTS FOR EACH SERVICE CALL MADE BY THE TOWN OF PRICK DOCK PAROLE OFFICER IN THE TOWN OF BOSTON, WHICH SHALL BE PAID ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
THIS SERVICE CALL CHARGE SHALL BE REVIEWED AND DETERMINED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
BE FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERVISORS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAMBURGER.
BUT COUNCILMAN C*M ALL IN FAVORABLY SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
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THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, THERE EXISTS NUMEROUS PUBLICLY OWNED WOODED AREAS AND WHEREAS RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAVE INDICATED A DESIRE FOR GREATER ACCESS TO WOODED TRAILS FOR EXERCISE AND RECREATION.AND WHEREAS A COMMITTEE IS NEEDED TO ADVISE THE TOWN BOARD ON THE ISSUE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING, RESEARCHING WOODED TRAIL OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE TOWN, IDENTIFYING RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS AND INITIATING A COMMUNITY DISCUSSION ON THE TOPIC.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG CREATES THE HAMBURG TRAILS COMMITTEE AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE FOLLOWING ARE APPOINTED AS MEMBERS FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.
CHAIR CATHERINE WALSH, CO-CHAIR DAN ROSATI, MEMBERS KIM BORG, JOEY BANNING, DOMINIC PUNTER, JERRY STOCK AND CARRIE CHITO.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR HO AND THEN SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOKE ON THE QUESTION.
I JUST WANT TO, UH, FIRST COMMEND MS. WALSH.
SHE'S NOT HERE THIS EVENING, UM, FOR STEPPING UP AND BRINGING THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR ATTENTION.
UM, AND THEN I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO COMMEND MS. WALSH FOR PUTTING THIS COMMITTEE TOGETHER.
I'VE ALREADY SEEN THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF THE TOWN BOARD TALKING ABOUT TRAILS.
UM, AND NOW KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A GROUP THAT IS GONNA BE FOCUSING ON THIS ISSUE, WE'VE RECEIVED CALLS FROM CONSTITUENTS, UM, TO TALK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAILS NEARBY THEIR HOMES AND IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
KAISER, YES, UH, IS ONE OF THOSE RESIDENTS.
SHE'S HERE TONIGHT AND MY HOPE IS THAT DURING THE PUBLIC EXPRESSION YOU CAN, YOU CAN TELL THE FOLKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, BUT A GREAT EXAMPLE OF BRINGING, UH, RESIDENTS FORWARD TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY ON THESE ISSUES.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC SPACE AND I KNOW THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION TO ADD OPPORTUNITIES TO SELL SOME OF THAT REAL ESTATE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY MAXIMIZE THE RESIDENT BENEFIT OF SOME OF THESE PARCELS OF LAND.
UM, SO VERY EXCITING, UH, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE'S WORK.
I DID TALK TO MS. WALSH AND SHE DOES INTEND FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT WE ARE APPOINTING TONIGHT.
IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN THE FUTURE, YOU CAN CONTACT MS. WALSH OR THE TOWN BOARD, UM, OR YOU CAN JUST SHOW UP TO A MEETING AND CHECK IT OUT TO GET INVOLVED AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WHERE IS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND THE SPCA IGN ERIE COUNTY DESIRE TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT THAT PROVIDES FOR THE SPCA TO ASSIST THE TOWN BY PUTTING UNCLAIMED RAISES UP FOR ADOPTION OR BY HUMANELY EUTHANIZING DOGS BROUGHT TO THE SPCA FOR THE TOWN'S DOG CONTROL OXONE AFTER THE STATUTORY HOLDING PERIOD.
AS PER NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL MARKET LAWS, NO SEIZES DOG MAY BE OFFERED FOR ADOPTION ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURE AND MARKET LAW.
IN THE SHELTER POLICY OR HUMANELY EUTHANIZED DOGS, WHICH ARE BROUGHT TO THE SPCA BY THE TOWNS DOG CONTROL OFFICER.
WHEREAS THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE ONE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2024, AND SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY CONTINUOUSLY RENEWED OR A SUCCEEDING YEAR UNTIL THE TOWN OF SPCA APPROVES WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE OTHER AT LEAST 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE SUCCEEDING YEAR OF ITS DESIRE TO TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS THE TOWN AGREES TO PAY THE SPCA THE FOLLOWING FEES FOR SERVICES RENDERED PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT PER DOG.
A AN ADOPTION FEE OF $35 PER DOG, A EUTHANASIA FEE OF $30 PER DOG AND A CREMATORY DISPOSAL FEE OF $30 PER DOG.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN ENTERS INTO THIS AGREEMENT WITH THE SPCA AND SUPERVISING FOLKS IS OFFERED TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
SO FOR SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CONING.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED? ABSENT CARRIED RESULT OF THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT ED.
HUGE TO ATTEND THE 94TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM AND EXPO IN VERONA, NEW YORK FROM TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2023 TO FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2023.
REGISTRATION $700, LODGING 5 37 MEALS, $200 APPX.
$1,437 USE OF A TOWN VEHICLE IS REQUESTED.
MONEY IS AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER F SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER C*****G FOR ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNATURE BY SAYING AYE.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND THE VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE EXECUTED THE 2023 CDBD AGREEMENT AS AUTHORIZED ON MAY 22ND, 2023.
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NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO ADVERTISE THE BID FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPLETING 2023 VILLAGE LADALE CDBG INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT ON MARTIN AVENUE BID TO BE RELEASED ON FRIDAY, JULY 14TH, 2023 AND OPENED ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9TH, 2023 AT 11:00 AM IN CONFERENCE ROOM ONE.SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FER SECOND MAY.
COUNCILMAN CONLEY IN FAVOR PLEASE DIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE A.
OPPOSED, WHEREAS THE ERIE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY IS UNDERTAKING A PROJECT TO INSTALL APPROXIMATELY 700 LINEAR FEET OF NEW EIGHT INCH DIAMETER PVC WATERLINE ALONG TON PARKWAY AND 796 LINEAR FEET OF NEW EIGHT INCH DIAMETER ALONG SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD AND 540 LINEAR FEET OF NEW EIGHT INCH WATER MAIN ON OLYMPIC AVENUE.
AND WHEREAS THE ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS REQUIRING THAT FOUR HYDRANTS BE INSTALLED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AN AVERAGE HYDRANT SPACING OF APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET TO COMPLY WITH CURRENT FIRE PROTECTION STANDARDS IN THIS REGARD.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE ERIE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY TO INSTALL THE FOUR ADDITIONAL HYDRANTS IN THE PROJECT VICINITY AND THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AGREES TO PAY ERIE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, THE DIRECT SERVICE HYDRANT MAINTENANCE FEES FOR THESE HYDRANTS THROUGH REVENUE GENERATED BY THE TOWN WIDE HYDRANT DISTRICT AND BE FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN CLERK IS REQUESTED TO PROVIDE TWO CERTIFIED COPIES OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE ERIE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY.
SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMAN YOU'RE KINDLY SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FAR LORENZO IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WE RESOLVE THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED SUPERVISED RANDY HO AND DIRECTOR OF FINANCE CHE TO REVIEW AND RELEASE CHECKS FROM 6 13 23 THROUGH 9 12 23 DUE TO THE REDUCED ON BOARD MEETING SCHEDULED DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR HULK AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
GARY, THE RESULT THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVE THE TERMINATION AND HIRING OF THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEE IN THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT, THE PERSONNEL ACTION BOARD LISTS CHRISTOPHER SIO TO BE PROMOTED TO WORKING CREW CHIEF.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR HOKE AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY ON THE QUESTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, POINT OUT THAT, UH, MR. TIO, UH, COMES TO THIS PROMOTION WITH DEEP ROOTS IN OUR HAMBURG COMMUNITY.
I'VE WITNESSED HIM BRING RESPECT AND KINDNESS TO HIS INTERACTIONS WITH THE PUBLIC.
THIS WAS PERHAPS A DIFFERENT, UM, PROMOTION PROCESS THAN THE TOWN HAS EMPLOYED IN THE PAST IN OUR BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT.
THIS WAS A MERIT BASED APPROACH TO THE DECISION.
THIS WAS NOT A POLITICAL HIRE, THIS WAS NOT NEPOTISM.
WE HAD 10 CANDIDATES QUALIFY AND INTERVIEW FOR THIS POSITION.
WE, UH, IT CERTAINLY IS A POSITION THAT, UH, HAS BIG SHOES TO FILL, AS WE ALL KNOW WITH, UH, MR. NOAC'S RETIREMENT, BUT ALSO REFLECTS THE NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE VISION THAT MR. RIVERA, UH, CONTINUES TO REFINE FOR OUR BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT.
THE WAY THIS PROCESS WORKED AND LANDING ON A CANDIDATE WITH SUCH GOOD QUALIFICATIONS, UH, AND, UH, RESPECT FOR THE POSITION AND THE PUBLIC IS A RESULT OF WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER GREAT COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE MANAGEMENT AND THE CSEA UNION.
AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT THIS IS A SIGN OF CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE THE FIRST TO CON WELL, I CAN'T CONGRATULATE YOU UNTIL AFTER I CALL THE VOTE CHRIS, BUT I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO CONGRATULATE YOU.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
CHRIS, YOU WANT A PICTURE? YEAH.
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THANK YOU.ACCOUNT BOARD APPROVES THE RECOMMENDATION TO TAKE CASE IN HIRING MAUREEN AND BRAND TO THE VACANT PART-TIME POSITION OF BEACH SECURITY EFFECTIVE JULY 2ND, 2023.
THIS APPOINTMENT IS SUBJECT TO ALL PRECONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT, INCLUDING A BACKGROUND CHECK AND A PHYSICAL, AS WELL AS PROOF OF THE RENEWAL OF HER SECURITY GUARDS CERTIFICATION.
WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED ITS MAUREEN BRAND, THE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE THE LAWS AND ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG CODE AND IS FURTHER AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE PARKING TICKETS.
SALARY IS $23 PER HOUR WITH A MAXIMUM OF 35 HOURS PER WEEK, AND FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT A 7 1 8 0 0.0104.
SO SECOND, A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOKE AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CUMBER ON THE QUESTION.
I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT PARKING AT THE BEACH.
WE REALIZE THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN FOR MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS.
UH, I'VE MADE IT MY BUSINESS OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS TO GO DOWN AND, AND CHECK THINGS OUT AT THE BEACH.
I KNOW I HAVE A TOUGH JOB, BUT I'VE BEEN DOWN THERE AT SUNSET AND I'VE BEEN DOWN THERE WHEN THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET AND WE MAYBE HAVE TWO OR THREE STICKERS AND 30 OR 40 CARS WITHOUT STICKERS.
I'VE ALSO BEEN DOWN THERE WHERE WE MAY HAVE HALF OF THE 40, 40 OR 50 CARS THAT HAVE STICKERS.
I KNOW THAT THIS POSITION IS GONNA MAKE A MAJOR DENT IN THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CATCH EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT WANTS TO COME WITNESS THE BEAUTIFUL SUNSETS AT HAMBURG TOWN PARK.
UH, BUT I KNOW THAT WITH, WITH THIS POSITION, UM, AND WITH PARTNERSHIP OF OF CHIEF EZ, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE A SERIOUS DENT IN THAT AND MAKE SURE OUR PR OUR, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ENFORCE ZERO TOLERANCE, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR TOWN RESIDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE BEACH AND THAT EVERYBODY IS SAFE.
SO THOSE ARE OUR TWO PRIMARY GOALS.
UM, AND COMPLIANCE IS A, IS A VERY CLOSE SECOND WITH THAT.
SO, UM, ALL IN FAVOR BY SAYING AYE.
WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE CREATION OF A PART-TIME ASSESSMENT CLERK POSITION FOR THE TOWN ASSESSMENT DEPARTMENT, THEREFORE BE RESOLVED.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE HIRING OF PI MERCER AS PART-TIME ASSESSMENT CLERK AS OF 6 27 2023.
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN A 3 55 2.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTY SECOND MAY.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
RESOLVE THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE PROBATION APPOINTMENT OF STEPHANIE SCOTT TO THE VACANT ASSESSMENT CLERK POSITION EFFECTIVE ON SEVEN FIVE 2023 THE APPLICANT WAS TAKEN FROM COUNTYWIDE CIVIL SERVICE LIST NUMBER 65.18.
THE RATE OF PAY IS $23 AND 60 CENTS PER HOUR.
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN A 1 3 5 5 100.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOKO IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN ENGINEERS REPORT ON THE COMPLETION AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE DEER SPRINGS.
PHASE THREE WORK PERFORMED UNDER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PERMITS NUMBERS 1086 1087 AND 1088 BE RECEIVED AND ACCEPTED AND THAT THE SUPERVISOR IS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE REPORT AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THIS ACTION DOES NOT RELIEVE THE DEVELOPER OF THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR COMPLETING THE REQUIRED STREET LIGHTING INSTALLATIONS UNDER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT NUMBER 1 0 8 9.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THIS RESOLUTION BECOMES EFFECTIVE ON THE DAY THE REPORT IS SIGNED BY THE SUPERVISOR.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL LORENZO.
IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
REQUEST A RESOLUTION FROM THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZING ALCOHOL WAIVERS FOR THE FOLLOWING JULY, 2023 TAYLOR ROAD RENTALS.
JULY 1ST, SECOND, SIXTH, SEVENTH, EIGHTH, NINTH, 13TH, 14TH, 15TH, 16, 18TH, 20TH, 21ST, 22ND.
23RD, 28TH, 28TH, 29TH, 30TH AND 31ST.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN THE COUNTY SECOND BY COUNCILMAN COMING FOR ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAYING AYE.
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ABSTENTIONS CARRIED BE RESOLVED AS THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED DETERMINATION AND HIRING OF PERSONNEL FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES AS PER THE ATTACHED PAF.SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTY SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FERRELL LORENZO.
IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WHEREAS THE HENDRICK TOWN BOARD HAS SOLICITED PROPOSALS FROM COMPANIES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED AND PRESENT THE CAPABILITY TO IMPLEMENT THE PAYROLL AND HRIS SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE TOWN VIA THE TOWN'S PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN RECEIVED THREE BIDS FOR THE SERVICE REQUESTED PER THE RFP TO WIN ANNUAL COST PAYLOCITY $70,779 AND 48 CENTS.
WHEREAS A COMMITTEE WAS FORMED BY THE PURPOSE FOR THE PURPOSE OF INSPECTING AND REVIEWING THE RFP SUBMITTED AND TO MEET FOR PRESENTATIONS TO ENABLE THE BOARD TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS AT THE SCOPE OF THE PAYROLL AND HRS IMPLEMENTATION AND THE COMPANY BEST SUITED TO ACCOMPLISH THE CONVERSION.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE HENRY TO BOARD ACCEPTS THE PROPOSAL PUT FORTH BY EBC FOR THE ENTIRE SCOPE OF THE TOWN OF PAYROLL AND HUMAN RESOURCE CONVERSION PROJECT, HONEST MERITS AS DEEMED THE BEST OVERALL FIT OF COST, SERVICE AND PRODUCTIVITY TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
HE HAD FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN SUPERVISORS WILL AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE PROPOSAL WITH EBC TO FORMALIZE A WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN AND EBC PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF ITS PROPOSAL MADE PURSUANT TO THE FORMAL REQUEST OF THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD.
SECOND MOTION BY SUPERVISOR HO AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY ON THE QUESTION.
I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS, UM, THIS IS A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
WE HAVE LOOKED AT BRINGING EFFICIENCY TO OUR TIMEKEEPING AND HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR A LONG TIME.
UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE TRIED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES, UH, BUT IT DIDN'T ACTUALLY PAN OUT.
THERE WAS, THERE WAS SOME ISSUES.
THIS IS ANOTHER, UH, SHOT AT THAT.
WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH OUR, OUR CURRENT, UH, PAYROLL PROCESSOR.
UM, SO THE PRESENTATIONS BY THE COMPANIES, UH, WE HAD THREE GREAT PRESENTATIONS.
IT WAS DIFFICULT TO, TO MAKE THIS DECISION, UH, BUT ULTIMATELY WE WENT WITH, UH, THE VENDOR THAT HAS STRONG MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE.
THEY, THEY DO SOME WORK FOR, FOR OTHER EMPLOYEES AND ARE BRINGING A TIMEKEEPING SOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN TRIED AND PROVEN, UH, IN THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR.
IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME TO IMPLEMENT THIS.
AND WE ARE GONNA IMPLEMENT THIS WITH, UH, THE SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION OF, OF THE EMPLOYEES CERTAINLY THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED.
CHANGE IS OFTEN HARD TO DEAL WITH, BUT THIS WILL BRING EFFICIENCIES TO, TO OUR WORKFORCE AND GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ANALYZE THE RESOURCES THAT WE PUT INTO TO OUR WORKFORCE AS WELL.
VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE AS WELL.
UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE A.
OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS CARRIED BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOM BOARD APPROVE THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENT TO THE ZONING BOARD FOR A TERM OF SEVEN YEARS.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER COMING FOR SECOND BY COUNCIL UNDER HULK ON THE QUESTION.
I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE AND THANK, UH, MS. HAN FOR, UH, SERVING ANOTHER SEVEN YEAR TERM.
UH, WE, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE SOMEBODY WITH HER KNOWLEDGE OF THE TOWN.
SHE'S BEEN A GREAT VOLUNTEER, UH, ON SEVERAL COMMITTEES.
UM, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HER BACK FOR ANOTHER TERM ON THE ZBA.
ALL IN FAVOR? SECOND BY SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED? CAN WE GET A PICTURE WITH MAUREEN? SHE'S SITTING HERE AND WE DIDN'T OFFER HER THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE DID HER MOTION.
WHERE'S MAUREEN? YEP, RIGHT THERE.
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THANK YOU.SO JUST, UH, MAUREEN, JUST A SECOND.
JUST, UH, SO WHEN I RECEIVED, UH, MAUREEN'S RESUME, I WAS, I WAS READING IT AND I SAID, WELL, THIS IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE ACTUALLY.
AND, UH, I SAID, WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO BRING HER IN.
SO WE BROUGHT HER IN FOR AN INTERVIEW AND IMMEDIATELY, NOT ONLY THE FRONT, THE RESUME THAT SHE HAD, BUT, UH, JUST HER LIFE EXPERIENCE AND HER WORK EXPERIENCE, I KNEW THAT THAT WAS GONNA BE A PERFECT FIT FOR WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR DOWN AT THE BEACH.
CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME ABOARD.
UM, I WORKED FOR WEGMANS TRU RECORD FOR 35 YEARS AS THE DIRECTOR.
UM, AND THEN I WORE TWO HATS AT WEGMANS.
NOT ONLY DID I RUN THE SOUTHERN OPERATIONS, WHICH I COVERED SIX STATES EVENTUALLY.
I STARTED HERE IN BUFFALO FOR 20 YEARS.
UM, TOOK A BIG PROMOTION AND THEN RAN, UH, OVER SIX STATES, UH, A HUNDRED PEOPLE WORKING FOR ME.
UM, BUT I ALSO WAS A THREAT ASSESSMENT, UH, DIRECTOR FOR THE COMPANY.
SO I HANDLED ALL THE MENTAL HEALTH, UM, AND ALL THE, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE SITUATIONS GOING ON WITH, WITH ALL THAT, ALL THE THREAT ASSESS STUFF.
AND THEN, UH, I RETIRED IN 2021.
UM, AND THEN, UH, I DECIDED, UM, MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE A PLACE IN FLORIDA, DECIDED I WANNA SPEND A FEW MONTHS DOWN THERE IN THE WINTER.
UM, AND MY HUSBAND GOLFS A LOT.
SO, UH, THE, THE, UH, MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL HAS FACILITY, UH, EIGHT TENTHS OF A MILE AWAY FROM OUR PLACE.
SO I TOOK A PART-TIME JOB IN SECURITY AND I WORKED FOR MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL FOR, I WORKED FOR THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES, UM, IN THE WINTER AND CAME BACK HERE AND A FRIEND SAW THE, UH, THING IN THE PAPER AND SAID, THIS LOOKS RIGHT UP YOUR ALLEY AND YOU KNOW, IT'S FITS INTO YOUR, UH, TIME THAT YOU'RE HERE IN BUFFALO.
SO, UH, I APPLIED, UM, AND, UH, LOOKING REALLY FORWARD TO, TO DOING THIS.
AND I LOVE THE TOWN OF HAMFORD, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I WANTED TO COME BACK HERE.
UM, AND, UH, WAS BORN AND RAISED, YOU KNOW, HERE, LIVED HERE MOST OF MY LIFE AND, UM, SO, SO APPRECIATIVE FOR THE, UH, APPOINTMENT AND, UH, CAN'T WAIT TO, YOU KNOW, SERVE THE TOWN OF HAMFORD.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, SO NOW WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL, UH, LATE RESOLUTIONS, UM, THAT, UH, YOU WANNA GO FIRST BETH? UH, IT WOULD BE PROCLAMATION YEAH.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE MR. BEATRIZ IS CLEAR THIS EVENING, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, PROVIDED THIS PROCLAMATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ALL OF HIS YEARS OF SERVICE FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, GIVEN THAT HE IS RETIRING ON JULY 7TH.
UM, WHEREAS IS IT'S A LITTLE CLUNKY, BUT FIRST YOU HAVE TO DO A RESOLUTION TO ENTER A LATE RESOLUTION.
MAY I DO A RESOLUTION TO ENTER A LATE RESOLUTION FOR THE PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION OF JOE RIZ? SECOND.
WHEREAS JOE BEATRIZ HAS BEEN A STEADFAST, THOUGHTFUL THINKING EMPLOYEE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG SENIOR SERVICES FOR THE PAST 16 YEARS.
AND WHEREAS HE HAS SERVED THE SENIOR SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS A RECREATION SUPERVISOR, SENIOR CITIZEN, AND SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME A SENIOR RECREATION SUPERVISOR WHEN THE DEPARTMENT MERGED AND BECAME THE DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES.
AND WHEREAS DURING THIS TIME, HE USED HIS CALM, EMPATHETIC APPROACH TO GET THE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE DIFFICULT AND UNTIMELY LOSS OF JOHN FARRELL TO THE MERGING OF THE YOUTH RECREATION SENIOR SERVICES DEPARTMENTS.
THEN THE RELOCATION OF THE DEPARTMENT TO THE HAMBURG SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTER AND ALL THE WHILE OVERSAW THE EXPANSION OF THE SENIOR VAN SERVICE PROGRAM, INCLUDING PERSONAL ENRICHMENT CLASSES FOR THE OLDER POPULATION.
AND WHEREAS JP, AS KNOWN BY HIS FELLOW STAFF, DEMONSTRATED A UNIQUE APPROACH IN HIS DAILY INTERACTION WITH HIS COWORKERS AND PATRONS THAT EVERYONE KNEW ABOUT HIS PASSION FOR ITALIAN HISTORY, HIS DIVE DEEP INTO THE MATTER STYLE, WHERE HE, WHERE PLENTY OF FACTS AND STORIES CAME WITH IT.
AND OF COURSE, HIS MARTHA STEWART GOLD STAR OF A VEGETABLE GARDEN THAT WILL SURE BE HIS PRIORITY DURING RETIREMENT.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD ISSUES THIS GREEN FRIENDLY PROCLAMATION TO OUR COWORKER AND SCHOLARLY FRIEND IN APPRECIATION OF HIS SERVICE.
AND HE IS BEST IN HIS WISHED WELL FOR A LONG AND HAPPY RETIREMENT.
AND A SECOND, A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER AND A UNANIMOUS SECOND OFFERED BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CU ALL IN FAVOR PER PROCEED YE SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED? AB SUSPENSIONS CARRIED JOE'S NOT JOE.
I'D LIKE A MOTION TO, UH, ENTERTAIN A LATE RESOLUTION REGARDING THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY EVALUATION OF OUR HOWARD ROAD WATER TANK.
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MEMBER HO.WHEREAS TOWN OF HAMBURG OWNS THE INACTIVE WATER TANK LOCATED ON HOWARD ROAD AND WHERE HAS THE TOWN BOARD HAS HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS IN REGARD TO THE UNKNOWN CONDITION AND THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE WATER TANK.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN ENGINEERING CONSULTANT HAS CONTACTED SEVERAL FIRMS TO CONDUCT A STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY EVALUATION OF A WATER TANK AND ANTICIPATES RECEIVING PROPOSALS SHORTLY, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THE TOWN BOARD OF TOWN FABERG AUTHORIZES THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO CONTRACT WITH THE APPROPRIATE QUALIFIED FIRM FOR THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY EVALUATION OF THE HOWARD ROAD WATER TANK FOR A NOT TO EXCEED FEE OF $27,500 ONCE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT A POINT 1990 0.0419.
WE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HO.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE A LATE RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE 2023 CONSOLIDATED FUNDING APPLICATION FOR THE HAMRICK STATE PARK PROJECT.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE BY SAYING AYE.
WHEREAS TOWN HAMBURG RECEIVED A $300,000 BUILT TO PLAY SKATE PARK GRANT THROUGH THE RALPH C. WILSON JUNIOR FOUNDATION.
THE EFFORT TO CONSTRUCT A NEW SKATE PARK WAS LED BY LOCAL ADVOCATES, TIM AND CHARITY CARIG, AND A COMMITTEE OF COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.
AND WHERE THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS RAISED $250,000 TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT.
AND WHEREAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FUND EBI PROVIDES 50% MATCHING GRANTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES TO PRESERVE, REHABILITATE, OR RESTORE LANDS, WATERS, OR STRUCTURES FOR PARK RECREATION OR CONSERVATION PURPOSES, AND FOR STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENTS OR PLANNING FOR SUCH PROJECTS.
AND WHEREAS TON OF HAMBURG WILL SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE EPF TO SECURE APPROXIMATELY $500,000 IN FUNDING.
MOREOVER, THIS FUNDING WILL BE USED IN ADDITION TO THE ALREADY SECURED $300,000 FROM THE BUILT TO PLACE SKATE PARK GRANT AND $250,000 SECURED FROM LOCAL SOURCES TO REVITALIZE THE SEVERELY DISTRESSED ELECTRIC AVENUE PARK THROUGH THE FULL INVITATION OF THE HAMBURG SKATE PARK PROJECT.
NOW THEREFORE, WE HAVE RESOLVED THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES ECG CONSULTING LLC TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT THE GRANT APPLICATION THROUGH THE 2023 NEW YORK STATE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING APPLICATION AND BE A FURTHER RESOLVED THAT IF A GRANT IS AWARDED, THE TOWN OF HAM WILL COMMIT TO THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT.
ADDITIONALLY, THE TOWN OF HAM WILL THIS MAKE ECG CONSULTING LLC TO MANAGE THE PROJECT ON BEHALF OF HAMBURG.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FERRELL.
LORENZO IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE A.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE A LATE RESOLUTION REGARDING A, UH, APPLICATION FOR CONSOLIDATE FUNDING.
WHEREAS THE SMART GROWTH COMMUNITY ZONING AND PLANNING GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS TO MUNICIPALITIES TO DEVELOP OR UPDATE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS THAT INCORPORATE SMART GROWTH PRINCIPLES, INTRODUCING, INCLUDING PROMOTING EFFICIENT AND SU SUSTAINABLE LAND DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THAT OPTIMIZE PRIOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS.
AND WHEREAS IT IS THE INTENT OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TO IMPLEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE RECENTLY ADOPTED 2022 TOWN OF HAMBURG COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROPOSED PROJECT WILL INCORPORATE SMART GROWTH PRINCIPLES AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES INTO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG ZONING IN AN EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE APPROPRIATE LAND USE PATTERNS.
MOREOVER, IT IS EXPECTED THAT THESE LAND USE PATTERNS WILL REVITALIZE NEIGHBORHOODS, INCORPORATE HOUSING DIVERSITY, PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND BETTER PROTECT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG'S NATURAL RESOURCES, OPEN SPACES AND AGRICULTURAL LANDS.
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS, THE HAVE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES EECG CONSULTING TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT THE TOWN HAMBURG ZONING AND PLANNING GRANT THROUGH THE 2023 NEW YORK STATE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING APPLICATION.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT IF THE GRANT IS AWARDED, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL COMMIT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT.
ADDITIONALLY, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL DESIGNATE EECG CONSULTING TO MANAGE THE PROJECT ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
GOOD MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FER LAUREN.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER C*M ALL IN FAVORABLY SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED? CARRIED MAKES TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DOWN BOARD AUDITED CASH DISBURSEMENTS DATED JUNE 26TH, 2023.
TOTAL CASH DISBURSEMENT SUBMITTED FOR AUDIT $2,634,271 AND 73 CENTS.
SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER CU FAVOR SIGN BY.
OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO PUBLIC.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BOB MAHONEY ASSOCIATION.
UM, I WANNA START OFF BY THANKING TO BOARD RECREATION DEPARTMENT
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AND CHIEF EVERYBODY FOR SECURITY.THAT THAT'S EXCELLENT ASSOCIATION.
THEY WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT HAPPEN TOO.
BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOE TALKING QUITE A BIT ABOUT ME.
AND THE TOM BOARD WE'D LIKE TO, UH, RESPOND AND ACKNOWLEDGE AND SAY THANK YOU, BUT IT REPAIRS TO THE CEMENT ON THE WALL ON THE BEACH AND THE SAND THAT HAS BEEN A BIG IMPROVEMENT DOWN THERE.
UH, THE REPAIRS MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR THOSE BE, UH, WE'RE HOPING THAT THE EROSION AND THE DRAINAGE ON THE HILLS CAN BE ADDRESSED AT SOME POINT AS WELL.
UM, REGARDING THE LED, I'LL, I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.
WE ALSO WOULD LIKE, UM, TO REMIND, UH, ON THE BEACH THAT THE TIMES, UH, THAT THE FITNESS CENTER CLOSED AT 7:00 PM THERE'S JUST, IT'S JUST AN ASK THAT IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO KEEP IT OPEN, UH, TILL EIGHT OR EIGHT 30, MAYBE GENERATE MORE BEACH, BEACH STICKER MONEY.
AND THEN, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S STILL A LOT OF CARS THERE THAT MR. HOKE, YOU MENTIONED THERE WAS SOMETHING LIKE 30 CARS OR SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T HAVE STICKERS ON 'EM DURING THAT, UM, UH, DRUM CIRCLE, I GUESS THE OTHER NIGHT.
SO THEY WERE JUST SUGGESTING THAT WE KEEP IT OPEN A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
AND GRANTED THE LED SIGN, MR. UM, CONLEY, YOU AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS QUITE A BIT.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME OUR MEETINGS, THERE'S SOME OPEN CONVERSATION THAT MAY AN LED SIGN TO BE MORE DISCUSSED WITH, WITH THE GROUP.
SO I'M HOPING OR REACH OUT COULD HAPPEN THAT WAY.
UH, I DID PI DID FOIL THE DEC AND SO YOU UNDERSTAND CALLING MY INTENT IS NOT TO SAY THAT YOU WEREN'T, YOU KNOW, BEING CORRECT THAT YOU HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEBODY FROM THE DEC AND ON THE CORPS ENGINEER, WHICH IS BASICALLY AN ADVISORY IN THIS SECTION.
BUT MY, UH, MY, UH, PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST REFERENCE NUMBER W 1 1 6 6 7 1 5 3, UH, IT'S A DEAR TAXPAYER ROBERT MAHONEY.
I WRITE RESPONSE TO THE FREE INFORMATION LAW REQUEST SEEKING, EXCUSE ME, ANY AND ALL CORRESPONDENCE RELATED TO THE INSTALLATION OF AN LED SIGN, THE HAMBURG TOWN BEACH FROM ANY AND ALL AGENCIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.
UH, PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT A DILIGENT SEARCH OF THE FILES MAINTAINED BY DEC PRODUCED NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS.
SO IF YOU HAD A CONVERSATION, IT WAS A VERBAL, SO BE IT.
SO I GUESS I, I I CAN GIVE YOU A COPY OF THIS MIKE TOO.
UM, ALSO, THE, THE FINAL QUESTION IS YOU WERE GONNA GET BACK TO ME, UM, ABOUT THE MONEY, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE MONEY THAT WAS ALL AT THAT TIME TWO YEARS AGO FOR THIS PROJECT WHERE THAT MONEY IS ARE LOCATED.
CAN I JUST ASK A QUICK QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION? THE TAXPAYERS IS THIS LOXLEY PARK TEXT, WHICH TAXPAYERS, ASSOCI LOXLEY PARK IS PART OF IT, AND WE HAVE OTHER GROUPS, BUT THIS, IS THERE ANOTHER NAME FOR IT? I JUST LOOK FOR MY NOTES.
THERE ARE, WELL THERE ARE OTHER GROUPS THAT WE'VE BEEN ORGANIZING, WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH, WE'VE BEEN ON ZOOMS, WE'VE BEEN IN MEETINGS.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHICH ONE YOU, WELL, LOXLEY IS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.
YOU'RE PART OF THEIR TAXPAYER ASSOCIATION.
I'M WITH, THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LAST TAXPAYER GROUP AND IT'S ALL COMBINED IN ONE.
CAN YOU SAY SOMETHING JUST IN REGARD TO THAT? WHY, WHY DON'T YOU WAIT FOR THE DEPARTMENT REPORT? SURE.
UM, DO WE HAVE A LIST, MICHELLE? YES, WE DO.
HOOVER WROTE, I'M NOT IN THE HOOVER BEACH ASSOCIATION.
I'M THE OTHER SIDE, BUT I STILL, I KUDOS TO THE MONEY TO THAT.
I'M GOING ON LAST, UH, TOWN MEETING, YOU WERE SAYING THAT GO BIKE, YOU WERE GONNA DO A SURVEY WITH GO BIKE AND DOWN THAT, UH, STRETCH.
I HAVE MY, MY CONCERN WITH THAT IS THAT I'M HOPING THAT YOU WERE, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO THAT WITH THE BIKE PATH TO CONTINUE THE BIKE PATH.
THAT WHICH IS SO MUCH NEEDED IN THIS TOWN, A BIKE PATH THAT GOES SOMEWHERE.
BUT YOU HAVE SOME ISSUES ON HOOVER ROAD WITH, WITH LAGO TWO 10 WITH NOW IT JUST WAS A BUSINESS FIRST TODAY THAT THE DASA AMIGOS IS NOW A COWBOY BAR THAT THEY, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS THE BIKE PATH IN THAT AREA OVER BY DOTS HAS CONSTANTLY BEEN USED AS A PARKING LOT.
EVERY MIDLIFE CRISIS GUY THAT HAD
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OWNS A CORVETTE PARKS IT ON THERE.IT'S NEVER, THEY'RE NEVER TICKETED.
THE PARK, IT'S A, IT'S A PARKING LOT.
THE BIKE PATH LOG OH TWO 10, EVERY TIME THEY SEEM TO, UM, CLEAN THEIR PARKING LOT.
THEY TAKE MORE AND MORE AWAY FOR TABLES, WHICH IS LESS PARKING FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS.
AND THAT'S ALL GOOD IF THEY, IF THE CUSTOMERS WOULD PARK WHERE THEY COULD PARK PARALLEL.
BUT THEY, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE THEM AND THE SUNSET SEEKERS AND NOW THEY CAN'T GO TO HENRY CREEK BECAUSE THEY GOT
AND YOU CAN SEND 'EM DOWN OUR WAY BECAUSE THE SUNSET SEEKERS COME AND THEY PARK ON HOOVER ROAD.
NOW, JUST LAST WEEK I WAS COMING ACROSS ROUTE FIVE, A PICKUP TRUCK WAS PARKED ON THAT CURB, WHICH IS NO PARKING.
AND I WAS COMING THROUGH, I CAN'T SEE THROUGH THE PICKUP TRUCK.
THERE WAS SOMEONE COMING OUT OF LAGO AND THEN I HAD TO STOP AND THE CAR BEHIND ME HAD TO STOP, WHICH LEFT HIM WAGGING IN THE MIDDLE OF FIVE.
SO THAT'S A REALLY BIG PROBLEM.
NOW YOU HAVE THE, THE DO AMIGOS IS GONNA OVERT OPEN UP, AND THEN YOU'RE DOING THIS MU ONE DOWN BY ALCHEMY, WHICH THE MU ONE HAS SOME SERIOUS ISSUES TO REALLY, I'M BEGGING YOU TO LOOK AT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE PLANNING BOARD HAS RECOMMENDED BECAUSE I'VE BEEN COMING TO THESE PLANNING BOARD MEETINGS AND THERE'S ISSUES, THERE'S BIG ISSUES THERE THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT BY THE TOWN.
I KNOW THERE'S A PUBLIC MEETING THE 17TH OF JULY, I BELIEVE, WHICH WILL BE THERE TO SPEAK THOSE THINGS.
THEY ARE SAYING 125 PEOPLE WITH 83 PARKING SPOTS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT MATH THEY GOT, BUT IT DOESN'T WORK FOR ME.
YOU, YOU'RE SAYING 125 PEOPLE PLUS STAFF, PLUS YOU'RE WHATEVER THIS EVENT THING, THAT'S GONNA BE AN ISSUE.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY FOR TODAY.
SO I'LL SEE YOU ON THE 17TH, BUT I'LL SEE ALL OF YOU, EVERY TIME THERE'S A MEETING ABOUT LIKE THESE THINGS AND THE CLOCK, IT LOOKS GREAT TOO.
WHATEVER, WHOEVER DID THAT, THAT CLOCK IS REALLY GOOD BECAUSE THAT'S THE CLOCK THAT I GET TO WORK WITH.
AM I LATE? AM I LATE? FRANCINE, FRANCINE PRIOR 37 92 OVER ROAD.
UM, I WASN'T PLANNING ON MENTIONING THIS, BUT IT CAME UP TODAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, $30 FOR A PARKING PERMIT OVER AT HOOVER AT HAMBURG BEACH.
FOR PEOPLE THAT WANNA COME AND SEE A SUNSET ONCE IN A WHILE, LITTLE BURDENSOME EVEN, OR LITTLE BURDENSOME.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF TOUCH UPON AND THE SUGGESTING THEY GET KICKED OUT OF HAMBURG BEACH BECAUSE OF THE PERMITTED REQUIREMENTS AND THEY JUST LIKE THROW 'EM TO THE HOOVER BEACH PEOPLE, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
AND I'M NOT SAYING WE DON'T WELCOME, WE LOVED OUR COMMUNITY, WE LOVE HAMBURG, WE LIVE HERE FOR A REASON, BUT LIKE SO HAPPY THAT THE TOWN BEACH PEOPLE AND THE LOXLEY ARE LIVING SO PEACEFULLY.
I'M THROWING THEIR PEOPLE SO WELL, THEIR FEEDS COVERED SO WELL.
YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S SO FOCUSED, LASER FOCUSED THAT NOBODY CAN GO TO HOOP BEACH UNLESS YOU HAVE THAT PARKING PERMIT FOR $30.
EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THOSE CARDS THAT YOU MIGHT MISS THIS MR. HOPE ARE PROBABLY HAMMER POUND TAXPAYERS.
UM, SO MAYBE SOME LITTLE CREATIVE THINKING MIGHT RESULT IN A PAGE AGO, TWO BUCKS TO COME IN AND WATCH THE SUNSET.
IF I LIVE IN HAMBURG, I GOT MY LICENSE.
FRENZI, LIKE IT HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED AS BEFORE.
LIKE HOW SIMPLE INSTEAD OF ALL THIS TIME AND EFFORT SPENT FROM THE TAXPAYERS ON PRECIOUS HAMMER BEACH, WHICH REALLY SEEMS TO BE A COUNTRY CLUB TO ME.
SO THEN DOWN TO HOOVER BEACH AND SO THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT LYNN TOUCHED UPON, INCLUDING LOVE LAGO, LOVE ALL OF OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS.
LAGOS RELOCATED THEIR GUITAR PLAYER TO WAY OVER NEAR THE CLOCK TOWER BECAUSE THE, THE GUITAR PLAYER I HAVE AMPLIFIED MUSIC OUTSIDE.
IT IS DISTURBING THE RESIDENTS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LAGO.
OVER NEAR HOAX, OVER NEAR THE CLOCK TOWER.
AND MAYBE THE NEIGHBORS DOWN THERE WILL COMPLAIN.
OKAY, SO HO HOOVER BEACH, NOT THE ASSOCIATION.
I'M GUESSING IT'S A COUNTRY BAR AND WE WILL HAVE BANS OUTSIDE.
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FOR YEARS.I ENDURED THE BANDS ON MY SIDE.
IF THE TOWN ISN'T GOING TO GIVE US THE COURTESY, WHICH I KNOW YOU'RE CONSIDERING, AND THANK YOU FOR DOING SO.
A LOOK AT THE NOISE ORDINANCE, WHICH NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
MUSIC ON AN OPEN POT OF WATER IS RE HAVOC ON PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO LIVE PEACEFULLY.
SOLE READ YESTERDAY AND SOCIAL MEDIA SOLE IS GONNA HAVE BAND SEVEN NIGHTS A WEEK.
DO YOU KNOW HOW OH, YOU'RE FAR FROM SOLEIL, RIGHT? SOLE IS AT WOOD LONG BEACH.
OH NO, BUT YOU KNOW HOW MUSIC AMPLIFIES OVER WATER.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOLEIL COWBOY BAR.
OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE COWBOY BAR PLAYING COUNTRY MUSIC TWAY ON MY BACK IN MY, LITERALLY IN MY BACKYARD.
OKAY, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE, SO LAY OVER THE WATER BECAUSE TALK SOUND AND NOISE TRAVELS SIGNIFICANTLY OVER AN UN BODY OF WATER.
THANK YOU FOR THE THREE EVENT WARNING.
UM, AND GUESS WHAT? WE'RE GONNA GET IN A WEDDING EVENT CENTER, A WEDDING EVENT, 300 PEOPLE AT AN OUTDOOR WEDDING WITH A LIVE BAND OUTSIDE.
WHAT I'M, SO YOU COULD HEAR, YOU COULD PROBABLY HEAR THE STRESS IN MY VOICE.
IT'S NOT ONLY FROM PUBLIC SPEAKING, BUT IT'S BECAUSE I SEE ALL THIS COMING AT ME AND I'M HORRIFIED.
THE TOWN HAS TO LOOK AT THE NOISE ORDINANCE AND THINK ABOUT THE RESIDENTS AND NOT JUST THE BUSINESSES.
MAYBE TO SATISFY THE INLAND VILLAGE BARS AND VILLAGE OUTDOOR BATH AND THE MUSIC FESTIVALS AND TAYLOR ROAD AND ALL THAT THIS COMMUNITY OFFERS.
MAYBE LOOK AT IT FROM BEACH OPEN LAKE ERIE LOCATION VERSUS INLAND.
LOOK AT THE NOISE ORDINANCE WITH OPEN MINDS.
MR. HOKE, YOU ARE A GAME CHANGER.
YOU COME IN OR YOU SEEM TO BE ONE THAT IS NOT AFRAID OF CHALLENGE.
YOU SEEM TO BE THAT KIND OF BEAUTIFUL LEADER.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL INNOVATIVE AND ARE GREAT THINKERS.
'CAUSE WHAT I SEE YOU DOING IS CREATED.
SO PLEASE CONSIDER THE NOISE ORDINANCE ACCURATE FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING EVERYBODY.
SAME SUBJECT, DIFFERENT APPROACH.
BARBARA DALE, 37 80 HOOVER ROAD.
I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON NOISE RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE BEEN COMING TO A LOT OF THESE MEETINGS.
WE'RE COMFORTABLE THERE WHEN FRANCINE AND I AND SOMETIMES WE GET A LITTLE EXCITED AND START TALKING.
AND IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR SOMEONE TO COME OVER AND SAY, YOUR WHISPER IS TOO LOUD.
NOW THIS IS WHERE EL ME SHORE IS LOCATED TO MY HOUSE.
125 PEOPLE HAVING A GREAT TIME.
I DON'T WANNA DENY THEIR PROPERTY.
THEY'RE, THERE'S FOUR WILLOW TREES THAT ARE LEFT BETWEEN OUR PROPERTY.
I FOUND THAT THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE TO HELP US.
AND I FEEL SO FEARFUL THAT THE HUNDRED 25 GUESTS THAT INEVITABLY ARE GONNA HAVE A TENT AND MULTIPLY WILL OVERTAKE OUR SIX HOMES.
AND HOW A WOOD CHIPPER AT AVANTE CREATED A LAWSUIT.
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I'M ON A 50 FOOT WIDE BLOCK.AND WHEN YOU GO TO ALCHEMY SHORES, IF YOU'VE MEASURED ACROSS, THEY ARE PROBABLY 1 35.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN EVENT OR WEDDING EVENT.
I HAVE AN ELECTRIC LAWNMOWER AND ELECTRIC LEAF BLOWER.
BUT AM I, IF I USE MY LEAF BLOWER, AM I GONNA GET FINED OR SIGHTED BY THEIR WEDDING BECAUSE I MADE NOISE.
A LOT OF MODERN CARS HAVE AUTOMATIC HIGH BEAMS. THE WAY OUR PROPERTIES ARE SITUATED AGAIN ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, LITERALLY I AM ON THEM AND THEY ARE ON ME.
LITERALLY IN OUR EACH OTHER'S SPACE, WHEN THEY PULL INTO THEIR LOT, THEIR LIGHTS COME RIGHT ONTO OUR BEACH.
SO EVERY TIME THEY PULL IN, IF THEY HAVE AUTOMATIC HIGH BEAMS, WE'RE BRIGHTLY DISPLAYED.
HOW I WE BEFORE THIS GETS RUSHED THROUGH, WHICH IT SEEMS TO BE GOING AT LIGHTNING SPEED AND A LOT OF TROUBLE IS DOWN THE ROAD, I REALLY WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE SOME STRONG HARD THOUGHT ON HOW A EVENT CENTER A WEDDING CAN TAKE PLACE NEXT TO A HOME.
KATE KAISER 5 9 1 2 SMITH ROW.
WASN'T REALLY PREPARED TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
WAS JUST COMING TO KIND OF CHECK THINGS OUT.
UM, I RECENTLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THE, THE TRIAL COMMITTEE HERE AT HAMBURG.
AND ALL I REALLY WANNA SAY IS AS A TOWN RESIDENT, NOT ALL OF US HAVE ACCESS TO RECREATION AREAS.
THERE IS A TOWN PARK BACK THERE.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A COMMITTEE PUT TOGETHER WAYS TO OPEN THESE AREAS UP.
WHETHER IT'S JUST A PICNIC TABLE OR A PAVILION, A GRILL.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A BIG ELABORATE PARK.
I KNOW A LOT OF SUBDIVISIONS HAVE THESE, THESE BIG PLAYGROUNDS, UH, THAT WAS BUILT INTO THEIR SUBDIVISION.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN.
THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL PARCELS THAT HAVE BEEN UNTOUCHED FOR MANY YEARS.
THE ONE IN PARTICULAR CLOSEST TO ME WAS DEEDED TO THE DONNA HAMBURG TO STAY AS A RECREATION AREA.
AND IT USED TO HAVE A PLAYGROUND THERE.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU PROBABLY HAVE AREAS AROUND YOU THAT THE TOWN DOES OWN THAT WE COULD PROBABLY DO SIMILAR THINGS.
I KNOW 18 MILE CREEK A BEAUTIFUL PARCEL.
THE TOWN OWNS PROPERTY ALONG ALONG THAT, THAT SYSTEM.
UM, I'M ONLY FAMILIAR WITH WHERE I LIVE, SO I ENCOURAGE ANYONE OUT THERE WHO IS AWARE OF, OF A PARCEL THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AND I GUESS THAT'S ALL I REALLY HAVE TO SAY.
I MEAN THAT THIS IS BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY THAT IS JUST KIND SITTING THERE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
JEN EXHAUST, A LIST OF PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? ALRIGHT, NOW WE'LL TAKE US TO REPORTS FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS.
JEFF, YOU GOT ANYTHING FROM IT? NOTHING REPORT.
UH, THE MOUNT VEON, THE TELEVISING OPEN SEWERS, ABOUT 95% DONE.
UH, THE STOCK REPAIRS THAT HAVE PICKED UP, AGAIN, THEY'RE ABOUT 75% FOR EVERYTHING WE'VE ASSIGNED TO THEM.
AND THE ALIGNERS ARE CONTINUOUSLY WORKING SHALL WORK RIGHT THROUGH FALL.
UM, MOMENTUM HIGHWAY ROSS, EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL WORK DONE, ROOFING MATERIALS ARE COMING IN ON THAT.
UM, AND WE ARE WORKING ON A COUPLE OF STORM DRAINAGE PROJECT.
WE TRY AND CORRECT, UH, SOME STORM DRAINS THAT ARE CAUSING PERSONAL PROPERTY DAMAGE.
WE HAVE TWO NEW BOAT OFFICERS.
UH, SCOTT STARTED LAST WEEK, GOT STARTED TODAY.
UH, WE HAD SOME, UH, TRAINING FOLKS SPEED, BUT, UM, WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THEIR HELP.
UH, ENGINEERING CONSULTANT, UH, UPDATE ON THE LED PROJECTS.
UH, LATE LAST WEEK, THE PROJECT GOT THE MAINTENANCE DOT MAINTENANCE PERMIT THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR.
SO NOW THEY CAN WORK ON STATE AND COUNTY ROADS, WHICH THEY'LL BE DOING AS SOON AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASS.
UH, SO THAT PROJECT WILL, UM, LIKELY BE WRAPPED UP BY THE TIME WE MEET NEXT.
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THE OTHER ITEM IS THE TOWN ARENA PROJECT.THE MECHANICAL PHASE ONE PROJECT IS ON THE STREETS FOR BIDDING.
WE HAVE A WALKTHROUGH THIS THURSDAY THAT IS FOR THE MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, THE ICE SYSTEMS, THE HUMANIFICATION.
THESE ARE LARGE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WITH VERY LONG LEAD TIMES.
AND THE SOONER WE GET THIS MOVING, THE SOONER WE GET INTO THE QUEUE FOR THESE VENDORS THAT MAKE THESE, UH, THESE, THESE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.
UH, ZONE FOUR WEROCK AND WE, UM, MONEY, REMEMBER MONEY'S AND THURSDAY ELECTRONIC RECYCLING IS GOING VERY WELL.
UH, LAST MONTH WE, WE TOOK IN ABOUT 11,000 POUNDS OF ELECTRONICS, SO, UH, IT'S GOING VERY WELL.
UM, BUT BUBBLE SOUTHERN RAILROAD APPROACHED ME.
THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING THE, UM, CROSSING ON SOUTH CREEK, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SHUT DOWN SOUTH CREEK FOR THREE DAYS AT THE CROSSING THERE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES, PLEASE CALL OUR OFFICE.
UM, OUR OFFICE AND PLACE MANAGEMENT IS GETTING A BETTER WORKING RELATIONSHIP.
UM, THERE'S STILL A LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT OF ISSUES, BUT WE'RE WORKING OUT THEM.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE MILLING, UH, UH, JULY 20TH AND 21ST, AND THEN PAVING JULY 20TH, THE SUBDIVISION BEHIND ATHLETIC COUNCIL AND WHOLE SUBDIVISION'S GONNA GET, UH, MILLED OUT AND PAVED.
UM, WE'RE GONNA CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW IN THERE, UH, REPLACING SOME DRAINAGE WORK AND, UH, MAKING SURE EVERYTHING'S RUNNING.
UM, ALSO THE FIRST WEEK IN AUGUST, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING CLA BRADLEY, UM, AREA AND THAT'S IT.
UM, FIRST I JUST WANNA ADDRESS WHAT THAT BOB WAS ASKING ABOUT THAT LAD SIGN.
I JUST WANNA LET HIM KNOW THAT WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK THAT I STARTED HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER CONLEY, UH, REACHED OUT TO ME AND ASKED ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION ABOUT THAT.
UH, THE COMMUNICATION WAS WITH MY DEPARTMENT AND THE REFERENCE FROM THE DEC WAS ACTUALLY FOR ANOTHER STRUCTURE THAT WAS GOING TO GO IN THE SAME AREA.
AND THEY SAID THAT NO STRUCTURE, UH, COULD GO THERE.
SO THAT'S WHY THE VERBAL COMMUNICATION HAPPENED TO THEN COORDINATE ABOUT THE L-E-D-L-E-D SIDE.
SO THAT'S WHY THERE WAS NO, UM, EMAIL COMMUNICATION ON THAT.
UM, HOW JOE, SO, SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, UM, AND WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING ONE THERE THAT, UM, THE OTHER THINGS WE HAVE GOING ON, UM, PAVING LOOKS AMAZING AT THE BOTTLE COURSE IT'S DONE.
UM, THEY, THEY DID A GOOD JOB.
THEY PUT ALL THE LINES BACK SO EVERYBODY'S VERY HAPPY.
SO WE ARE OFFICIALLY IN FULL SWING FOR SUMMER.
UM, I THINK EVERYTHING BUT LIKE THREE THINGS ARE FULL AND, UM, WE'RE READY TO GO.
SO LIKE JILL SAID, P WRAPPED UP WITH THE GOLF COURSE ON WEDNESDAY.
UM, I HAD UNION CONCRETE GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE POST FOR THE BOT DOCKS ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
THEY'VE NOTICED NO DAMAGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO BOAT DOCKS ARE STARTING TO GO IN THIS WEEK.
UM, HOPEFULLY WITH THE RAIN TODAY DIDN'T CREATE CHOPPY WAVES, SO THEY CAN WRAP THAT UP, YOU KNOW, DURING THE WEEK.
UM, YEAH, I I TOLD THE OFFICER, I'M SORRY.
UH, IF YOU NOTICE ANY OF OUR OFFICER TODAY, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THEIR, UH, BLACK VANS OR THEIR BADGES AND THAT BECAUSE, UH, OVER THE WEEKEND WE LEARNED OF THE PASSING, UH, FATHER JOE BA HE WAS OUR POLICE CHAPLAIN UP UNTIL 2018 WHEN HE WAS THEN REASSIGNED TO MASSACHUSETTS.
AND EVEN THOUGH HE LOVED WESTERN NEW YORK, LOVED WHAT HE WAS DOING.
VERY, HE LIVED WILLINGLY, UH, WENT ON HIS NEW ASSIGNMENTS.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY HE WAS A GREAT MAN THAT WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO SERVE OTHERS.
AND IT DIDN'T MATTER IF YOU WERE CATHOLIC, PROTESTANT, JEWISH, OR MUSLIM OR IF YOU WERE BLACK OR WHITE OR ANYTHING IN BETWEEN.
UH, HE WAS THE EMBODIMENT OF A PUBLIC SERVANT.
HE ALWAYS CALLED HIS BROTHER, WHICH MADE US FEEL LIKE ONE BIG FAMILY.
I CAN SAY THAT HE HAS TOUCHED AND HELD A COUNTLESS NUMBER OF LIVES OVER THE YEARS, AND HE WILL TRULY BE US.
UM, THAT'LL BRING US OH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
ALL THE INCOME LIMITS FOR OUR HOUSING PROGRAMS CHANGED ON JUNE 15TH HERE.
UH, ALL THE APPLICATIONS ARE UPDATED ONLINE AND BROCHURES AND APPS ARE UPSTAIRS AND ALL WHITE HOUSING AS WELL.
TRAFFIC SAFETY, NOTHING COURT.
UM, THIS IS OUR LAST WEEK OF COLLECTING TOWN AND COUNTY TAXES.
THEY'LL THEN BE TURNED OVER TO ERIE COUNTY FOR COLLECTION OF ANYTHING THAT'S OF REMAINING.
ALSO OUR VA REP, OUR SECOND VA REP STARTED TODAY.
HE'S IN THAT ROOM RIGHT OVER THERE.
UM, HE HAS A, UH, AN OFFICE IN THERE.
SO I'M, I'M HOPING TO WORK WITH NATE AND, UH, THE B AND G GUYS TO GET A LOCK ON
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THAT DOOR SO HE CAN KEEP THE CONFIDENTIAL FILES OF THE VETS IN THAT ROOM.AND I ECHO THE SETTLEMENTS OF THE CHIEF, UH, WHEN MY MOM DIED, HE WAS RIGHT THERE.
COUNCIL REPORTS FROM THE BOARD NUMBER FERRELL LORENZ.
A FEW THINGS MISSED FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PUT ON THEIR CALENDAR FOR THE SUMMER.
LOOKING AHEAD, OUR HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS HAVING THEIR CHICKEN BARBECUE ON JULY 23RD.
ALWAYS A GREAT THING TO DO ON SUNDAY.
SO MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THAT AND I'M SURE THEY WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
UH, OUR REJUVENATION PROJECT COMMITTEE IS WORKING.
THEY'RE WORKING VERY HARD IN PREPARATION FOR BLAST AT THE BEACH, WHICH IS ON JULY 29TH.
THEY HAVE A DAY OF ACTIVITIES PLANNED, AND THAT'S ALWAYS GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER.
UM, LAST WEEKEND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN, UH, A WALK AUDIT AT CLARK AND MCKINLEY, UH, WITH GO BIKE.
AND IT WAS IMPRESSIVE TO SEE THE TURNOUT THERE AND IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE JUST TO ACTUALLY DO THAT WALK AUDIT AS PART OF THE PROCESS OF HAVING THAT AREA LOOKED AT.
SO I'M, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY, UH, COME UP WITH AS A RESULT OF THAT WALK AUDIT.
AND THEN IF I COULD, AFTER EVERYONE'S REPORT, IF I COULD JUST ASK THAT WE CLOSE THE MEETING TODAY WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR FATHER BAIN COUNCIL MEMBER FREE COUNCILMAN FERRELL.
LOREN, I THINK YOU HIT ON A COUPLE OF 'EM.
BARBECUE IS ALWAYS MY KID'S FAVORITE AND THE BLAST OF THE BEACH.
THEY'RE ALREADY ASKING WHEN THEY CAN DO BOUNCE OUT AND FACE PAINTING AGAIN.
SO THANK YOU FOR REMINDING EVERYBODY OF THOSE.
UM, THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO ADD IS THE HAMBURG LIBRARY HAS STARTED THEIR SUMMER READING PROGRAM.
IT RUNS THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST, BUT THIS YEAR, THE FRIENDS OF THE HAMBURG LIBRARY, THANKS TO THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY AT THEIR NUMEROUS BOOK SALES AND FUNDRAISERS ARE OFFERING SOME WONDERFUL INCENTIVES.
SO MANY OF YOU ADULTS OUT THERE MEAN TO ENCOURAGE A YOUNG ONE TO DO THEIR SUMMER READING AND GET IT DONE.
AND SOME VERY, VERY COOL PRIZES.
THOSE PICASSO MAGNETIC TILES IS ONE OF THE PRIZES.
UM, BUT THERE ARE ALSO THINGS FOR THE ADULTS.
SO DON'T MISS OUT ON THE LIBRARY.
AND EVEN ON THESE HOT MONKEY DAYS, IT'S AIR CONDITIONED.
COUNCILS MONROE, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK JILL AND HER DEPARTMENT.
UM, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THEIR JUNETEENTH EDUCATIONAL CELEBRATION THAT WAS SPONSORED BY THE HAMBURG COALITION FOR EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
UH, WE HOSTED VARIOUS PERFORMANCES, UH, AMONGST 'EM WAS THE HISTORIC COLORED MUSICIANS CLUB FROM THE MICHIGAN STREET, AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE CORRIDOR.
IT WAS GREAT TO SEE SO MANY RESIDENTS, UH, SO MANY NEW FACES.
IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE OLDER ADULTS FROM HAMBURG.
UM, AND NOT JUST YOU, BUT YOUR TEAM'S FANTASTIC.
HILLARY'S WAS INCREDIBLE IN RECRUITING AND, UM, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THEM ALL SHOW UP AND SUPPORT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR.
UH, FIRST ITEM IS, UM, THE LINK, UH, ERIE, UM, SEAWAY TRAIL.
UM, LYNN AND FRANC HAVE DONE AN AWESOME JOB AS THE WHOLE GROUP.
UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE, THE REDFISH, UH, IS JUST A BEAUTIFUL, UM, ARTWORK THAT WAS REALLY STRATEGICALLY DESIGNED TO SHOWCASE THE CENTER AS WELL AS LAKE ERIE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF STRUGGLES IN TERMS OF, UH, VANDALISM DOWN THERE.
UH, SO WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY ON IT.
UM, BUT I DEFINITELY COMMEND THEM FOR, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING THEIR, UH, THEIR EFFORTS.
UH, AND THE GRANT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IN PROCESS.
UH, THAT WOULD BE A HUGE ADDITION.
UM, IN TERMS OF, OF FUNDING THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE.
I MEAN, RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT THE, THE BIG STAGES, YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, THE LOWEST DOLLAR AMOUNT WAS 150,000.
SO, UH, WHETHER OR NOT IT GETS DOWN TO SOME OF THE SMALLER NONPROFIT GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS, UH, I THINK IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE, UH, TOO EARLY TO TO TELL.
UM, I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO JOE PETRIS, UH, FROM THE SENIOR CENTER.
UM, HE WAS JUST AN AWESOME EMPLOYEE FOR A VERY LONG TIME, IN PARTICULAR WITH THE VAN AND SENIOR SERVICE PROGRAM.
UM, IF, IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SENIOR SERVICES UH, MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHOUT WESTERN NEW YORK, WE ARE CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PREEMINENT SENIOR SERVICE, UH, AND VAN SERVICE, UH, COMMUNITY.
AND JOE CERTAINLY, UM, HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THAT OVER THE, AT LEAST THE LAST DECADE.
UM, HE ALSO PITCHED IN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT IN THE LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE SHORT STAFFED.
UM, WE HAD HAD, WE WERE DOWN SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS, UM, AND HE WAS, HE WAS A, A GREAT HELP.
SO WANNA WISH HIM ALL THE, WE ALL THE BEST ON A WELL DESERVED RETIREMENT.
UM, NATE, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT, UM, IT COULD BE THE GOLF COURSE, UM, WAS REPAVED, UM, THE PARKING LOT IN SOME OF THE AREA.
UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR THREE YEARS.
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ANYTHING, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.UM, BUT, UH, WE'RE EXTREMELY, UH, HAPPY IT'S DONE AND WE'RE NOT GONNA END THERE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER PARTS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, TO DO THE IRRIGATION PROJECT THAT WE KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT FOR OVER THREE YEARS.
UM, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT BIG PHASE THERE AS WELL AS SOME OTHER, UH, TOUCH-UPS.
UM, BUT THAT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, HUGE PROGRESS THAT WAS MADE LAST WEEK.
I'D ALSO, UM, MENTIONED FATHER JOE BAIN.
THE LAST, UM, WITHIN THE LAST 15, 20 YEARS, WE ACTUALLY HAD, UM, SOME FATALITIES IN THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, UM, WITH, WITH SOME OF OUR, UH, EMPLOYEES, UNFORTUNATELY, BEHIND THE WHEEL.
UM, FATHER JANE, FATHER BAIN DROPPED EVERYTHING HE WAS DOING TO COME ONSITE, UH, IN COUNSEL AND BE THERE, UH, FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ECHO, UH, KATHY AND THE POLICE CHIEF'S, UH, SEDIMENTS, UM, AND, AND, AND JUST KIND OF SHARE THAT LITTLE KNOWN, UH, FACT THAT HE DEFINITELY WAS A HUGE, UH, HELP TO THIS TOWN IN MANY WAYS THAT, THAT PEOPLE PROBABLY WEREN'T AWARE.
UM, AND HE'S CERTAINLY GONNA BE MISSED, UH, IN, IN TERMS OF BOB, YOUR, YOUR, UH, QUESTION ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LED SIGN AND THE FUNDING.
UH, I'LL WORK WITH PAT TO GET AN EXACT ANSWER, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A $50 MILLION BUDGET.
THERE'S A TON OF PROJECTS THAT WE ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR THAT DON'T GET DONE, OR THEY COST A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN WE ALLOCATED, OR THEY COST A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND SO WE CAN GET EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, WHERE THOSE, THOSE FUNDS ARE, HOW THEY GOT GOT PASSED.
UM, BUT IT, IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
SO I, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT GIVING YOU THAT ANSWER, BUT I'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH, WITH PAT TO GET THAT.
UM, I'M ALSO MORE THAN HAPPY, I KNOW THAT TAXPAYER GROUP IS INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, MAKING IMPROVEMENTS DOWN THERE.
UM, I HAVE MET AT THE, UH, AT THE BEACH WITH, UM, WITH RESIDENTS AS WELL AS THE EMPLOYEES DOWN THERE.
UH, LOU ELLA IS, UH, DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB, UH, EACH YEAR IN TERMS OF MAINTAINING THAT PARK.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS YOU TALKED ABOUT.
UM, HE HAD A BIG, UH, PARDON, WE IDENTIFIED QUITE A FEW NEEDS A FEW YEARS BACK.
UH, AGAIN, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, THEY HAVEN'T ALL BEEN ADDRESSED, BUT WE'RE AWARE OF 'EM, WE'RE WORKING ON THEM.
IT'S, IT'S, UH, I THINK WHEN WE CAME UP WITH THE LIST, AND AGAIN, LOU DID A GREAT JOB OUTLINING THIS.
IT WAS OVER A MILLION DOLLARS OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WOULD TO REALLY BRING IT UP TO SPEED.
'CAUSE IT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY CLOSE TO A, A A HUNDRED YEAR, UH, FACILITY WITH A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF BRICK AND A LOT OF, UH, MORTAR, UM, AND CHAINS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED IN, IN 50 PLUS YEARS.
UM, AND A LOT OF THAT IS RIGHT ON THE WATER, UH, WITH THE EROSION WITH, UH, THE WEATHER DOWN THERE.
UM, SOME OF THE, SOME OF SOME PARTS OF IT WERE WOOD.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN DOING OUR BEST.
BUT IT CERTAINLY, AS WE'VE MENTIONED FOR YEARS, UH, THAT'S ANOTHER AREA THAT HAS, UM, BEEN NEGLECTED AND, AND, AND IS PROBABLY, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE REALIZE IS A CONTINUED, UH, CONTINUED NEED, UH, FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
SO, UH, SINCE WE'VE ALREADY DONE A LOT OF PLANNING AND WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, TO-DO LISTS, I'D BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH THE TAXPAYERS GROUP AND, YOU KNOW, HEAR THEIR CONCERNS AND MAYBE SHARE WITH 'EM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
UM, SO I, SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION LIN, YOU ASKED ABOUT GO BY THAT CONCERNS THAT YOU OUTLINED.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO, TO HELP US GET OUR MINDS WRAPPED AROUND WHAT ARE THOSE CONCERNS? WHAT DO WE NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR, AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO PUT IN ANY PLANS IN THAT AREA FROM A BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN, THEIR, THEIR NAME IS GO BIKE, RIGHT? BUT THEY FOCUS ON, ON ABUSERS OF ALL ABILITIES AND MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
UM, SO I THINK IT'LL BE A NICE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY TAKE THE PULSE OF THE COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE.
UM, I ALSO JUST WANNA MENTION THAT I KNOW THAT THE PARKING ALONG ALONG HOOVER, UH, GOING PAST LAGO AND TOWARDS HOAX IS IT'S CHALLENGE.
IT'S ALWAYS, IT'S A BIGGER CHALLENGE NOW THAT WE HAVE A VIBRANT BUSINESS IN TWO 10 LAGO, THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THERE WASN'T A LOT GOING ON THERE FOR A COUPLE YEARS AFTER, AFTER BEDROCK.
UH, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE.
I DO BELIEVE THAT ONCE THE CLOCK TOWER PROJECT IS FINISHED, WHICH IS NEXT MONTH KIND SHOULD BE, YEAH, SO NEXT MONTH, MAYBE A COUPLE MONTHS, BUT THIS SUMMER THAT'LL BE FINISHED.
AND, AND THAT I THINK WILL RELIEVE SOME OF THAT CONGESTION.
IT'S STILL, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO BE.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE THERE.
UM, I ALSO, UM, WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND THE, UH, THE COALITION FOR EQUITY INCLUSION ON THE VERY FIRST JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
UH, JULIA, YOUR STAFF DID A GREAT JOB, GREAT PROGRAM.
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I LEARNED A LOT THAT DAY AND, AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DID AS WELL.UM, THE WALK AUDIT AS COUNCIL MEMBER PHIL LORENZ MENTIONED WAS SUCCESS.
WE HAD A GROUP OF, I WOULD SAY 15 OR SO VOLUNTEERS, UH, THAT TOOK TIME ON THEIR SATURDAY MORNING TO GO TO THIS INTERSECTION.
UM, AND WITH THE, UH, EXPERTISE AND ASSISTANCE OF GO BIKE, AS WELL AS REFLECTIVE VESTS AND CLIPBOARDS, WE WALKED THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION.
WE OBSERVED HOW DANGEROUS IT CAN BE.
UM, WE DID SEE, UH, ONE JOGGER AND MAYBE THREE CYCLISTS IN THE TIME THAT WE WERE THERE.
UM, BUT THEY WERE, THEY, THEY ALL COMMENTED THAT THEY WERE, THEY WERE OFTEN FEARFUL OF, OF THE TRAFFIC, UM, AT THAT LOCATION.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT.
AGAIN, THIS IS INFORMATION GATHERING AND DATA GATHERING, UH, BY GO BIKE TO INFORM OUR SOLUTION FOR THAT INTERSECTION.
THE OTHER VERY PROBLEMATIC, UH, AREA WITHIN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IS LAKE AVENUE, NEAR THE, OUR MOTHER OF GOOD COUNCIL APARTMENTS, UH, GOING INTO THE VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE.
UH, IN RECENT YEARS, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF FATALITIES OF RESIDENTS THAT LIVE AT OUR MOTHER OF GOOD COUNCIL APARTMENTS.
AND WHILE THE TOWN BOARD HAS TAKEN SOME ACTIONS TO, UH, TO, TO INTERVENE, UM, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
UM, AND WE HAVE A WALK AUDIT AT THAT LOCATION SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEDNESDAY AT FIVE 30.
WE HAVE A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING VOLUNTEERS FROM THE GOOD COUNCIL APARTMENTS.
UM, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THESE WALK AUDITS ARE, WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO COME CHECK IT OUT, COME SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, ULTIMATELY IT'S, IT'S THESE AUDITS THAT ARE GETTING TO INFORM THE CASE THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE TO THE COUNTY, THE
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO, UH, CONGRATULATE THE EFFORTS OF THE HAMBURG PRIDE ORGANIZATION.
UH, WE ARE WRAPPING UP, UH, PRIDE MONTH HERE IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
AND AS MANY FOLKS KNOW, THAT'S GOT KICKED OFF WITH A FLAG RAISING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, A PRIDE RIDE WHERE WE HAD ABOUT 70 PARTICIPANTS RIDING THROUGH THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG ON JUNE 10TH.
OUR THIRD, UH, PRIDE IN THE PARK CELEBRATION, WHICH TOOK PLACE IN THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG, WHERE WE HAD HUNDREDS OF FOLKS JOIN US FOR AN AFTERNOON OF CELEBRATIONS, MUSIC, MULTIPLE STAGES.
AND ONE OF MY PROUDEST MOMENTS AS TOWN SUPERVISOR WAS BEING APPROACHED BY PEOPLE WHO CAME TO PRIDE IN THE PARK AND TOLD ME THAT THEY MOVED TO HAMBURG BECAUSE OF THE INCLUSIVE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD.
UH, AND THEY CONGRATULATED, UH, US AND THE PRIDE COMMITTEE ON THAT.
UH, WE ALSO HAD, UH, SOME, THE HAMBURG PRIDE GROUP ALSO DID A PICNIC IN THE BLAZEDALE AREA, NOT IN THE VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE, BUT CLOSER TO BLAZEDALE BLAZEDALE ZIP CODE, UH, AT THE PENN DIXIE SITE, UM, WHICH WAS THE, THE FIRST, THE FIRST ANNUAL PICNIC IN THE NORTH END OF TOWN.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SIMPLY CONGRATULATE ALL THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, UH, WHO RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS, HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL, FRONTIER HIGH SCHOOL, ST.
UM, AND I WISH 'EM THE BEST OF LUCK, INCLUDING, UH, MY NIECE AND COUNCIL MEMBER HULK'S DAUGHTER, UBA HULK, WHO GRADUATED FROM RE HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE WHO WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK AND ASK YOU TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN YOUR CELEBRATIONS THIS SUMMER.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, FATHER JOE, HE'S, UM, HE'S, HE'S BEEN A, A, A SERVANT FOR SURE, AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED, BUT HE LEAVES A, A DEEP LEGACY OF GUIDANCE AND CONCERN FOR, FOR EVERYBODY.
CERTAINLY HE HAD A SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE AREA, AS WELL AS FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
HE WAS A KIND MAN, AND I WOULD SAY HE WAS A, A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE FRANCISCAN ORDER, WHICH HAS GREAT INFLUENCE WITHIN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WITH SOME OF OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, ST.
FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL AS HILBERT COLLEGE.
AND, UH, HE WILL CERTAINLY BE MISSED BY MANY OF US.
SO AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN A BRIEF MOMENT AS ISLAND FOR FATHER JOE.
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AND AT THIS POINT, I WILL OFFER A MOTION TO ADJOURN.IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.