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THE WORK SESSION PRECEDING OUR, UH, TOWN REORGANIZATION MEETING.UH, PLEASE JOIN ME AS WE START THIS MEETING BY STANDING WITH THE PLEDGE TO FLAG P DAVIS THE FLAG.
LET THE UNITED STATES FOR AMERICA THANK FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY JUSTICE CROWN.
WELL, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS A PRESENTATION, UH, BY GOBI PRESENTING OUR ACTIVE MOBILITY PLAN AND SOME, UH, COMMENTARY ON SOME ISSUES ON LAKE AVENUE, WHICH HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT FOCUS OF SOME OF OUR ROAD SAFETY EFFORTS IN TOWN.
I JUST WANT TO, UH, BEFORE MR. BOOTH STARTS HIS PRESENTATION, UH, SHARE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PLAN THAT IS, UH, OVER A YEAR IN THE MAKING, UH, HAS INCLUDED SIGNIFICANT, UH, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, HAS IDENTIFIED SOME SPOTS IN TOWN THAT COULD USE, UH, SOME, UH, SAFETY MEASURES, UM, AND ULTIMATELY AIMS TO MAKE FOR A MORE PLEASANT EXPERIENCE FOR PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS.
AND, UH, MR. BOOTH, WE'RE READY FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH,
I'M THE EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT GOBY.
ARE YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH GO BY? OUR ORGANIZATION FOCUSES ON WORKING WITH MUNICIPALITIES ALL ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK, DEVELOP SAFE, COMPLETE STREETS, TRAILS, AND GREENWAYS, MAKING SAFE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO WALK THE BIKE, UH, FOR ALL THE REASONS WHY WE DO IT.
GROUP HEALTH, GROUP THE ENVIRONMENT, GROUP THE ECONOMY,
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AND BUILD VIBRANCY AND QUALITY LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.SO THIS WORK, THE DOWN, UH, THIS WORK WAS DONE BY OUR ORGANIZATION, UH, LED BY A PLANNING DIRECTOR.
BRENDA, I'LL TURN OVER IN A MINUTE.
UH, BUT JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, UH, THIS WORK REALLY EVOLVED OUT OF THE HAMBURG MOVES COMMITTEE, UH, BACK IN 2019.
IN SOME OF THOSE INITIAL CONVERSATIONS, TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CONNECTING NEIGHBORS TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND DESTINATIONS, THE TOWN, UM, PARTNERING, UH, WITH THE TOWN.
WE ALSO APPLIED FOR A GRANT THROUGH THE HEALTH FOUNDATION, AND WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY WORK WITH THE COMMITTEE OVER THE PAST, UM, YEAR OR SO TO IDENTIFY WHAT, WHAT ARE THE GOALS AND THE VISION OF THE TOWN TO DEVELOP ACTIVE MOBILITY AND PLACES WHICH SHOULD PRIORITIZE PROJECTS AND INVESTMENTS IN THE FUTURE.
UH, SO THE ACTIVE MOBILITY PLANS, AGAIN, WAS, UH, LOOKED AT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AS A WHOLE, AS WELL AS THE VILLAGE OF DALE, AND WE REALLY STEWARDED THE HAMBURG MOVES COMMITTEE, UH, THROUGH THIS CONVERSATION, UH, ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS CAN BE, WHAT THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT SHOULD BE, AND HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE THOSE GOING FORWARD FOR FUTURE INVESTMENTS.
WE HAVE SPENT THE LAST YEAR PLUS, UH, REALLY ENGAGING COMMUNITY AND AS MANY WAYS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
WE REALLY FEEL THAT IN ORDER TO MAKE ANY TYPES OF CHANGES IN OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT, UH, ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY AND BETWEEN THESE VOICES, THEIR EXPERIENCES, PARTICULARLY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, ARE, UH, INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE SENTIMENTS ARE CARRIED FORWARD IN THE PLAN GOING FORWARD.
SO WHETHER IT WAS MONTHLY MEETINGS, DOING SURVEYS, TABLING AT DIFFERENT EVENTS, GOING COMMUNITY MEMBERS, HOSTING A BICYCLE RODEO AS ANOTHER WAY TO ENGAGE OTHER STUDENTS, BUT ALSO PARENTS.
UM, AND WE ALSO HELPED SOME
SO REALLY, THE, UH, THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN GO BY BUFFALO AND, UH, THE HAMBURG MOVES COMMITTEE IS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE, UH, THE ACTIVE MOBILITY PLAN THAT WE PUT TOGETHER, REALLY INFORMED THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
SO WORKING WITH HAMBURG MOVES, WE CAME UP WITH, UH, COLLABORATIVE GOALS THAT WE WANTED TO PLAN TO ADDRESS.
UM, IT REALLY, THE TWO PRIMARY NEEDS WE HAD THAT WE WANTED, UH, THESE GOALS TO ADDRESS WERE HOW DO WE BETTER CONNECT NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND PEOPLE TO THE PLACES THAT THEY WANNA TO VISIT.
UM, SO JUST A FEW OF THE GOALS THAT CAME OUT IN THERE, MORE IN THE PULL REPORT, UM, ARE MAKING ROADWAYS FOR PEOPLE, NOT JUST FOR CARS, UM, ENSURING THAT ALL ROAD USERS ARE ABLE TO SAFELY USE STREETS, UM, WHETHER THEY'RE, UH, PEDESTRIANS, THEY'RE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, THEY'RE THE ELDERLY CHILDREN, UM, PEOPLE ON BIKES.
EVERYONE'S ABLE TO SAFELY GET TO, UH, FROM THE PLACES THEY NEED TO TO GET TO.
UM, WE ALSO WANTED TO EXAMINE SPECIFIC ROUTES, ROUTE IN DIFFERENT, UH, PRIORITY LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN WHERE WE CAN MAKE SORT OF, UH, PRIORITY INVESTMENTS TO IMPROVE, UM, THE ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEDESTRIAN
UM, AND REALLY, UM, HIGHLIGHT PLACES WHERE PEOPLE WERE, HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS CURRENTLY ABOUT SAFETY AND, AND BEING ABLE TO GET AROUND THE TOWN.
UM, THEY ALSO TOLD US THEY WANTED TO, TO BUILD ON THE GOOD THINGS THAT HAMBURG HAMBURG ALREADY HAS, UM, SUCH AS THE EXISTING BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, THE ROUNDABOUTS, UM, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO GET TO A LOT OF THE AMENITIES THAT PEOPLE ARE PROUD OF IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
UM, AND WE ALSO WANTED TO IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS FOR SIDEWALKS NOWHERE, WHICH REALLY MEANS FILLING IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE GAPS THAT EXIST WHERE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THERE ARE SIDEWALKS IN SOME PLACES, BUT THEY'RE NOT LARGE GAPS.
PEOPLE AREN'T ABLE TO FULLY GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO SAFELY.
UM, SO THIS IS JUST A KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF EVERYTHING THAT'S INCLUDED IN OUR ACTIVE MOBILITY ACTION PLAN.
UM, WE LOOKED AT THE PROJECT BACKGROUND INCLUDING, UM, THE EXISTING PLANNING EFFORTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE TOWN THAT ARE RELATED TO THIS KIND OF WORK, EXISTING TRANSPORTATION CONDITIONS, WHICH INCLUDED, UM, SPEED STUDIES AND TRAFFIC VOLUME COUNT, PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE COUNTS.
UH, THEN WE LOOKED INTO THE, UH, DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION OF AROUND THE TOWN TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT WHERE ARE SOME OF THE PRIORITY, UM, VULNERABLE RESIDENTS LIVING LIKE CHILDREN AND, UH, SENIORS.
UM, AND THEN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PORTION IS A SUMMARIZATION OF THE, UH, THE SURVEY AND THE TABLING AND THE WALK AUDIT, UM, AND WHAT WE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS AND KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING THE, THE BIG PRIORITIES THAT CAME OUTTA THAT.
AND BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WE DID, THROUGH THE SURVEY AND THROUGH TABLING, UM, AND THE COLLABORATION KENRICK MOVES, WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A COUPLE OF KEY, UH, LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN WHERE THERE WAS A REALLY, REALLY CLEAR SENTIMENT, UM, THAT THESE PLACES WERE NOT CURRENTLY FACED AND THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS MADE.
UM, AND SO WE HIGHLIGHTED THOSE.
THE, THE, UH, AREAS WE HAVE LISTED HERE ARE LAKE AVENUE AND SOUTH PARK IN THE VILLAGE BLADE, UM, CLARK STREET AND MCKINLEY PARKWAY, THE CLARK ARMOR DUAL BAY, EVEN
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ADDED INTERSECTION, UM, PLEASANT AVE IN AMSTEL ROAD AND ROGERS ROAD, UH, TO PLEASANT A, UH, CONNECT CONNECTIONS.SO REALLY LOOKING AT HOW DO WE CONNECT, UH, HUBS OF ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE TOWN AND CONNECTING BOTH HUBS TO OTHER HUBS WITH THE WATERFRONT AND, UH, SHOPPING CENTERS, PLACES PEOPLE WANNA VISIT.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, NOT JUST ON WHAT CAN YOU DO SPECIFICALLY IN THESE LOCATIONS, BUT HOW CAN YOU CHANGE POLICY IN THE SOUND TO MAKE SURE THAT GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, THESE AREN'T JUST PIECEMEAL EFFORTS BEING MADE THAT THE MORE HOLISTIC, UM, TO MAKE THE SAFE, SAFE STREETS.
UM, THIS IS JUST A HIGHLIGHT OF SOME OF THE PLANS THAT WE LOOKED AT AS PART OF THE PROJECT BACKGROUND AND SOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.
WE, UH, WE LOOKED AT TO KIND OF IDENTIFY, UM, TO SUPPLEMENT THE INFORMATION PURCHASING COMMUNITY ABOUT WHERE THEY WANNA, UH, SEE PROJECT HAPPEN.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE KEY FINDINGS, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, THERE'S DEFINITELY A STRONG DESIRE AMONG RESIDENTS TO HAVE, UM, SAFE, WELL MAINTAINED BIKE PATHS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE FOUND THAT NOT A TON OF PEOPLE ARE BIKING AS THEIR PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION.
A LOT OF FOLKS ARE BIKING, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, JUST NOT NECESSARILY AS THEIR PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION.
THE MORE PEOPLE WOULD PROBABLY BIKE IF THERE WERE MORE SAFE AMENITIES TO DO SO.
UM, THERE'S ALSO A FEAR OF TRAFFIC VIOLENCE CAUSED BY VEHICLES THAT ARE SPEEDING OR DISREGARDING, DISREGARDING THE SAFETY OF OTHER ROADWAY USERS.
UM, PEOPLE CALLED OUT SPECIFIC PLACES WHERE THEY FELT SPEEDING OR, UH, PEOPLE NOT OBEYING TRAFFIC LAWS OR A MAJOR CONCERN FOR PEDESTRIAN OR BIKES, AND CREATING A BARRIER FOR PEOPLE TO WALK A BIKES WHERE THEY WANNA GET, GET TO.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UM, PEOPLE TELLING US THERE'S A DESIRE FOR BETTER CONNECTIVITY, UM, TO THE VILLAGE HAMBURG FROM OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE TOWN.
UM, SO BEING ABLE TO GET TO, FOR EXAMPLE, FROM ARMOR JEWELS TO THE VILLAGE, HAMBURG WAS A, A PRIORITY ALONG CLARK, CLARK STREET.
WE JUST HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT WE LOOKED AT, UM, AND JUST WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT LAKE AVENUE IN A BIT.
UM, THIS WAS A, A PLACE THAT BOTH TAM MOVED IN.
THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PORTION KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED AS A, UM, A PRIORITY IN THE, SINCE 2019, THERE HAVE BEEN THREE TRAFFIC FATALITIES ON THIS SMALL STRETCH OF ROAD.
UM, AND SO IN THIS REPORT, WE OFFERED THREE DIFFERENT POTENTIAL OPTIONS, JUST KIND OF CONCEPTS, UH, WHERE YOU CAN SEE IN THIS ONE YOU HAVE, UH, SURE DOESN'T WORK ON THE SCREEN, BUT, UM, BIKE LANES POTENTIALLY ON, UH, EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD, NARROWING THE ROAD DOWN, ADDING SOME TRAFFIC CALMING FEATURES TO SLOW VEHICLES TO MAKE IT MORE SAFE FOR PEDESTRIANS ACROSS THE STREET FOR BICYCLISTS TO RIDE ALONG THE STREET.
UM, SOME OF OUR OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS, ESPECIALLY, UH, A LOT OF THEM AROUND POLICY, ADOPTING A COMPLETE STREET POLICY IS GOING TO ALLOW THE TOWN, UM, TO, LIKE I SAID, NOT JUST MAKE THESE PIECEMEAL EFFORTS, BUT MAKE THEM, UM, MAKE A MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH GOING FORWARD.
A COMPLETE STREET, OR, SORRY, A COMPLETE, UH, A SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN.
UM, SO THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HOW DO YOU CREATE BETTER PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, UM, THROUGH THE, THE SIDEWALK, SIDEWALK AND RIGHT AWAY, UH, A BICYCLE MASTER PLAN, UM, TO BUILD OFF OF THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE IN THE REGIONAL BIKE MASTER PLAN, UH, FORMALIZING THE HAMBURG MOVES COMMITTEE.
AND THAT, I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE TO HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE, UH, THAT REALLY CREATES A, A SOUNDING BOARD, UM, AN ADVISORY, UH, BOARD WITH OFFICIAL CAPACITY TO REVIEW PROJECTS FOR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY.
UM, WHERE, WHEREAS NOW IT'S REALLY SORT OF AN INFORMAL COMMITTEE THAT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE ANY ABILITY TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THROUGH A FORMAL CHANNEL, UM, AND THEN AMEND THE ZONING CODE.
UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, INVESTMENT, UM, WE THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO FOCUS ON SOME OF THESE PRIORITY AREAS RIGHT AT, AT THE START, UM, AND THEN BUILD ON THAT, LEARN FROM THOSE, AND THEN, UH, CONTINUE BASED ON THE COMPLETE POLICY AND THE SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN, THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN TO IDENTIFY FUTURE PROJECTS DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, SOME OF THE ROADS THAT WE LOOKED AT ARE NOT TOWN OF SAN ROADS, THEY'RE ERIE COUNTY ROADS.
AND SO IDENTIFYING A PROCESS WITH THE COUNTY, UM, TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT CHANGES THAT ALIGN WITH THE TOWN, UH, THE TOWN'S DESIRE FOR BETTER PEDESTRIAN DISABILITIES, I THINK IS GOING BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, AND THEN LEVERAGING THAT HAMBURG MOVES COMMITTEE, NOT JUST IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS AN ADVISORY BOARD, BUT AS COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS WHO CAN HELP, UM, INFORM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT, UM, THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS AND PROCESSES AND CAN SORT OF ACT AS A, A WAY TO, UH, INTERFACE BETWEEN THE TOWN AND THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THE ACCESSIBILITY PLAN IS IN THE FINAL DRAFT FORM.
IT'S BEEN SHARED WITH THE TOWN.
UM, AND YOU LOOKING, YOU KNOW, NEXT STEP IS TO PUBLICLY RELEASE THAT INFORMATION, UM, SHARE COURSES INFORMATION WITH, UH, COUNTY DPW.
AGAIN, RECOMMENDATIONS ARE COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE TOWN AND COUNTY TO MAKE
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SURE THAT ANY OF THE, UH, GOALS THAT WERE DESCRIBED IN THE PLAN ARE IMPLEMENTED.UM, AND AGAIN, FORMALIZATION OF THE COMMITTEE.
UM, AS BRENDA MENTIONED, ONE OF THE KEY PRIORITY CORRIDORS WAS LAKE AVENUE, OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE FATALITIES THAT, UH, HAPPENED IN THAT SMALL STRETCH OF ROADWAY FUNDING HAS BEEN SECURED TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO THAT CORRIDOR, UH, AND TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES TO CALM TRAFFIC AND MAKE IT, UH, SAFE FOR ALL USERS, UH, ON THAT CORRIDOR.
ADDITIONALLY, UH, WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH DAN BURDEN,
SO THE NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, PARTICULARLY ALONG DALE ROAD.
UM, SOME OF THOSE DESIGN, UH, OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, UH, GROUP STREETSCAPE, ROUNDABOUTS, PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITIES, AND OF COURSE, SAFER CROSSINGS.
MANY OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE JUST ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET OF THE SCHOOL.
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY WAY TO REALLY MAKE THAT SAFE IS OF COURSE, TO ADDRESS THOSE CROSSINGS, UH, FOR PEOPLE THAT TRAVEL WAY.
UH, WE'VE ALSO DEVELOPED SOME DESIGN CONCEPTS FOR IMPROVING WATERFRONT ACCESS, LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT THE INTERSECTION OF LAKESHORE ROAD, BIG TREE ROAD FIVE ANDOVER ROAD, UM, TO HELP PRIORITIZE NOT ONLY THE MOVE OF VEHICLES, BUT ALSO THE SAFE, UH, TRAVEL BY THOSE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLES, WALKING, BIKING, AND OTHER OTHERS.
UH, UM, SO THAT WAS A REALLY QUICK SUMMARY.
WE HAVE A VERY THICK REPORT ON YOUR, ON YOUR DESK, SO, UM, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS I CERTAINLY ANSWER, YOU MAY HAVE, UM, CERTAINLY SEND INFORMATION.
ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO GO AHEAD AND FORMALIZE THE ROLE OF THE HANDBOOK MOVES COMMITTEE, SO THEY HAVE A VOICE RECOMMENDATION STATUS.
WHAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE THEN BETWEEN THE HANDBOOK MOVES COMMITTEE ABILITY TO BE A FORMALIZED COMMITTEE AND THE TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, WHICH WE ALREADY, THE TRAFFIC SAFETY REALLY IS PEDESTRIAN AND MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC.
I JUST DON'T WANNA HAVE REDUNDANCY OF COMMITTEES.
UH, SO NOT KNOWING, UH, COMPLETELY HOW YOUR TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WORKS, UH, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER COMMUNITIES BY FORMALIZING, WHETHER IT'S A, A STREETS COMMITTEE, A BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT STREET PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY, AND WHAT WERE THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, ON THE DESIGN, UM, THAT HAS BEEN FORMALIZED, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES.
UH, THE CITY, I CHAIR THE CITY OF BUFFALO BY PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY BOARD, AND VERY SIMILAR TO THE BOARD, UM, PROJECTS, UH, COME TO THE BIKE FED BOARD BY THE PUBLIC, UH, WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL REVIEW.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NON-BINDING, BUT IT GIVES THE ADVISORY BOARD OR THE COMMITTEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW, TO TALK WHAT SOME OF THE RESTRICTIONS ARE, UH, WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT OR THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, AND BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
UM, IT ALSO HELPS YOU ALL BE MORE INFORMED ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE, AND A WAY TO KNOW WHAT THE COMMITTEE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS FOCUSED AND TAILORED TO SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS AND KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THEIR, THEIR VISION AND MISSION TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOU WITH, UH, SOME OF YOUR NEXT STEPS IN PROCESS.
UM, SO WE'VE SEEN IT BE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN, IN BUFFALO AND OTHER COMMUNITIES TO THE POINT WHERE A LOT OF THE PROJECTS NOW ARE EVOLVING TO ADDRESS A LOT OF ADVISORY, HAVE A MORE ROBUST DESIGN GOING INTO THAT PROCESS.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN WORK IN BUFFALO.
WE WOULD BE BENEFICIAL HOW IT WORKS.
THE TRAFFIC SAFETY BOARD IS, UH, SO BE WORKED OUT.
I BELIEVE THAT THAT, UM, ADDITIONALLY FORMALIZATION COMMITTEE WOULD ALLOW THE 25 TO 30% OF OUR RESIDENTS IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, VILLAGE OF HAMBURG TO HAVE A SAY IN THESE PRO PROJECTS THAT WILL ALSO IMPACT 'EM, UH, AND PROVIDE FERTILE GROUND FOR COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE TOWN AND VILLAGES, THE COUNTY TOO, BECAUSE TWO STREETS, LAKE AVENUE, PARK STREET, OR COUNTY ROADS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, UH, INPUT OR FUNDING THAT THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA PUT INTO IT.
BUT I DID SEE THAT YOU ALSO, UH, PUT THE COMPREHENSIVE, THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, SO THAT'S ALL COLLABORATED TOGETHER.
YEAH, WE MADE SURE ALL EXISTING PLANS ARE REFLECTED IN THIS DOCUMENT, BUT I CAN JUST GIVE AN EXAMPLE.
FOR INSTANCE, IN IN BUFFALO AS A SHARE OF THE CITY'S BIKE FED BOARD, UM, YOU KNOW, BROADWAY FOR INSTANCE, IS A STATE DOT ROADWAY.
SO THE CITY DIDN'T HAVE ANY JURISDICTION OF NETWORK WAY, BUT THEY COMMUNICATED DEPARTMENT
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OF PUBLIC WORKS ON NEXT.SO WHEN THEY REACHED OUT TO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, THEY ASKED THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO NATIONAL TRAFFIC THAT BEING FOUR LANES.
AND SO THEY WOULD DO A ROAD BIKE LANES.
UM, AND SO IT WAS THAT KIND OF COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN DOT AND THE CITY WOULDN'T BROADWAY BIG ENOUGH TO HANDLE IT.
BUT I MEAN, SAY CLARK STREET FOR INSTANCE, THERE'S, THERE'S NO NOTHING.
THERE'S NO SHOULDER, THERE'S NO NOTHING.
EACH, EACH STREET, EACH STREET HAS A DIFFERENT CONTEXT, DIFFERENT SURROUNDING LAND USES AND DIFFERENT TREATMENTS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE APPLIED.
SOMETIMES IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS CHANGING THE, THE PAINT ON THE STREET.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO WIDE IN THE STREET OR LOOK AT OTHER DIFFERENT, OTHER OPTIONS TO CONSIDER.
OR MAYBE THERE'S TOO MUCH TRAFFIC VOLUME.
YOU NEED TO CONSIDER PUTTING A PATH COMPLETE OFF THE ROADWAY TO MAKE SURE THAT SAFE.
BUT EACH ROADWAY HAS A DIFFERENT, UH, SET CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MAKE SURE THAT, UH, ALWAYS HOW THE, YOU WORK IT OUT.
LIKE SAY IF YOU GO LAKE AVENUE, YOU WANNA GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FIVE, AND WITH THE RAILROADS AND ALL THAT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
SO I THINK THE, IN THIS, UM, THIS REPORT, THIS GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS OF OUR LAKE AVENUE RECOMMENDATIONS, I THINK WE'RE BETWEEN, UM, SOUTH PARK AND, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT PAST, UM, OUR MOTHER GOOD COUNCIL DEPARTMENT.
UH, I THINK BEYOND THAT, I THINK IT'S WORTH LOOKING AT THE WHOLE CORRIDOR, UM, IN A BROADER SCOPE, IN A FUTURE PROJECT, UM, JUST SORT OF JUST THE, YOU KNOW, JUST FOCUS ON THAT ONE PRIORITY AREA THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE FE JUST, UM, SO IS, IS AM COUNTY ROAD AS WELL.
AND SO I THAT, UM, I'M JUST THROWING THAT AS, AS AN EXAMPLE.
AND I SOMETIMES USED TO, WHEN I WAS A BOY, I WOULD RIDE MY BIKE BEFORE ANY OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE, WERE EVEN THERE, RIGHT? I WOULD RIDE MY BICYCLE INTO THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG, WHETHER IT WOULD BE UP ROGERS ROAD, UM, OR VER BANKS ROGERS, OR I'D RIDE UP AMEL RIGHT INTO THE RIGHT INTO THE VILLAGE.
AND ONCE YOU CROSS THROUGH FIRE LAKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL, BUT NOW THERE'S A LOT MORE TRAFFIC AND OBVIOUSLY NEIGHBORHOODS, PEOPLE LIVE IN HAMBURG THAN THEY DID THEN.
UM, HOW WOULD, UM, I GUESS WHAT I'M THINKING IS, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO, TO HAVE CONNECTIVITY, AND I'VE TRAVELED DIFFERENT PLACES.
NEW YORK OR VANCOUVER HAS GREAT, UM, BIKE PATHS IN DIFFERENT CITIES, UM, TO AN EXTENT DENVER, BUT THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ISSUES BECAUSE OF GEOGRAPHY.
WHAT CAN WE DO SHORT TERM? BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS STUFF, LIKE SAY FOR EXAMPLE, AMAZON'S A PRETTY NARROW ROAD MM-HMM
AND WHEN I, WHEN I USED TO JOG UP, IT, THERE'S LIKE A LITTLE FOOTPATH THERE ON THE SIDE AND YOU, I RUN, WOULD RUN RIGHT, FACING TRAFFIC BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA GET HIT.
UM, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU COULD DO SHORT TERM WITHOUT EMINENT DOMAIN OR SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY TO, TO MAKE IT BETTER NEAR TERM? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S LONG TERM GOALS WHERE I WOULD ENVISION WHEN I WAS CAMPAIGNING PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGE THAT THEY WANNA BE CONNECTED TO THE WATERFRONT.
AND THEN THERE'S BIKE PATHS THAT GO ALONG THE LAKESHORE, RIGHT? THEY'VE EXPANDED SOME OF THEM BY THE SMALL BOAT HARBOR AND THOSE AREAS IN THE OUTER HARBOR.
UM, WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THAT THE TOWN LOOK AT SHORT TERM THAT THAT'S CHEAPER TO DO? YEAH.
WHENEVER WE LOOK AT ANY CORRIDOR, NUMBER ONE IS WE LOOK AT WHAT IS TRAFFIC VOLUME? ARE THERE THERE, IS THERE MORE CAPACITY BEING PROVIDED ON THE ROADWAY THAN THERE'S BUYING VEHICLES ON THE ROADWAY? SO WITH THAT, IS THERE, ARE THERE MULTIPLE LANES ON THE ROADWAY? YOU KNOW, SO DO WE, CAN WE REDUCE THE NUMBER OF LANES, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES, LET'S SAY THE ROAD, BUT GOING FROM A FOUR LANE CONVERSION TO A THREE LANE VERSION WITH THIS A TURN LANE, THAT IS USUALLY JUST A FUNCTION OF PAINT CROSSINGS ARE WHERE MAJORITY OF THE CRASHES ACTUALLY OCCUR.
SO MAKING SURE OUR CROSSINGS ARE SAFE, EVERYTHING FROM YOUR SIGNAL TIMING TO MAKING SURE WE HAVE HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALKS ON THE STREET.
UM, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL LANE WIDTHS IS ALSO IMPORTANT.
THE TRUCK ROUTE IS NOT A TRUCK ROUTE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL STREET.
WHAT IS THE SPEED LIMIT AND VOLUME ADDING ALL THOSE THINGS TOGETHER.
UM, YOU KNOW, FEDERAL HIGHWAYS HAS SHOWN SOME OF THEIR, THEIR GUIDANCE THAT TRAVEL LANES IS NARROW, IS 10 FEET WIDE, UM, FOR ALL USERS, NOT ONLY, NOT ONLY, BUT ALSO FIBERS.
AND SO IS THERE ENOUGH ROOM BETWEEN SAY, CURB TO CURB OR FROM ONE SIDE ROAD TO THE OTHER WHERE YOU CAN MAYBE ADJUST A LITTLE BIT MORE EXTRA SPACE? THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS SHORT SHARING, UM, EASIER THINGS BE DONE SIMPLY BY A MAINTENANCE PROJECT.
YOU'RE GONNA NOT REP THE STREET, YOU PUT THE PAINT DOWN.
OF COURSE, A LOT OF THESE THINGS, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU'VE BEEN BUILT UP OVER MANY, MANY YEARS, YOU HAVE, UH, MANY SUBURBAN VALUES, CONTEXT.
AND LOOKING AT, IN ROAD IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
YOU ARE CONSTRAINED, YOU'RE NARROW THERE.
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THROUGH THAT PROCESS WAS A SEPARATE SIDE PATH.UM, I KNOW THAT THERE IS RESOURCES THAT TOWN HAS AVAILABLE TO DO THAT PROJECT, BUT OF COURSE MAKING SURE THAT IT WORKED, UH, WITHIN THE LIMITED RIGHT OF WAY, UM, SIDE PATH.
SO THINK ABOUT A, THINK ABOUT A BIKE GAP EIGHT, ANYWHERE FROM EIGHT TO 12 FEET WIDE.
THERE'S ENOUGH RIGHT OF WAY THAT THE TALENT OWNS, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN INVESTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE PHYSICALLY SEPARATED HALF FOR PEOPLE TO WALK AND TO BUY GUNS.
UH, SO YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS, OBVIOUSLY AS CONSTRUCTION GOES AND CONTINUE TO SEE THE COSTS FOR CONSTRUCTION CONTINUE TO GO HIGHER AND HIGHER.
I THINK THE GOOD THING IS, IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES FROM, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT TO FUND THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
YOU EVEN HAVE PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS LIKE THE WILSON FOUNDATION THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TRAIL GREENWAY NETWORK AROUND WEST YORK TO HELP COVER THE 20% THAT, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE AVAILABLE TO SOME OF THESE FEDERAL STATE GRANTS.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN MANY COMMUNITIES IS LOOKING AT A SHORT TERM, YOU KNOW, EASY TO IMPLEMENT, UM, HIGH YIELD PROJECTS THAT CAN MAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN PEOPLE'S LIVES TO, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE WE PLAN FOR THOSE LONG TERM IMPROVEMENTS AND WORK
AND ULTIMATELY LOOKING AT MAKING SURE IT'S NOT VERY MUNICIPALITIES KNOWING THAT WE HAVE TIGHT, UH, BUDGETS.
YOU KNOW? SO WHAT OUTSIDE RESOURCE CAN YOU BROUGHT TO BEAR TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THESE PROJECTS CAN COME TO SOLUTION? BECAUSE WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY IS THAT THEY WANT THIS.
IT'S ALWAYS A MATTER OF LIKE HOW, HOW PRIORITIZE THESE FORWARD, UM, FROM SHORT TERM TO LONG TERM.
NOW IN YOUR ROAD DESIGNS, DO YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OF THREE MONTHS OF SNOW TO THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE ROOM FOR THE SNOW TO GO ANYMORE
I MEAN, LOOK OUTSIDE, THERE ISN'T TOO MUCH ANYMORE, RIGHT? UM, YOU KNOW, BUT YES, ABSOLUTELY.
AND YOU KNOW, SOME, SOMETIMES IT'S, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT, THAT'S NO STORAGE SPACE, UM, THAT WE NEED TO HAVE DURING THE WINTER TIME IS ALSO THAT BUFFER ZONE PEDESTRIANS, WELL, NOT TOO CLOSE TO, YOU KNOW, TO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC, RIGHT? BECAUSE NO ONE LIKES WALKING.
YOU KNOW, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN ON THE SIDEWALK, WHICH RIGHT UP NEXT TO THE ROAD AND YOU GOT CARS CLOSE PAST YOU AT 50 MILES AN HOUR, THAT DOESN'T FEEL SAFE OR COMFORTABLE.
SO SEPARATING IT, GIVING YOU THAT FIVE FEET OF SPACE, YOU NOT ONLY HAVE ROOM THOSE DOORS, BUT YOU CREATE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR
WHICH ONE WOULD YOU, I MEAN, I HAVEN'T READ THIS YET, BUT IF YOU'RE JUST SAYING, WHICH ONE WOULD YOU DO RIGHT NOW, LIKE THAT WOULD BE THE EASIEST, BIGGEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK, WHICH ONE OF THESE WOULD YOU SAY
THEY BIKE ON ROAD, THEY HAD, UM, SEPARATE BIKE PLAN AND THEY GOT RID OF IT.
REMEMBER? I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY GOT RID OF IT, WE DID THAT, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD IT WAS PAINTED IN THE GREEN.
AND I REMEMBER RIDING, UM, THERE'S LIKE A
WE WENT FROM ANA AND WE WENT DOWN TO THE WATER, YOU KNOW, SAN RO.
YEAH, I REMEMBER HE ORGANIZED THAT AND I DID, YEAH, THAT WAS FUN.
AND, BUT, AND, AND I HAD MY KIDS AND I FELT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN PERCENT SAFE IN THE WORLD, BUT RIGHT.
LIKE, BUT IT WAS A SEPARATE PATH AND THEY HAD, UM, UM, POLES THAT DELINEATED AND THEY GOT RID OF THEM.
LIKE WHY DID THEY DO THAT? LIKE, IT'S FUNNY, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, SPACE LIKE RIDGE ROAD IS HUGE, RIGHT? AMSTEL ROAD IS NARROW.
LIKE YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE, WITHOUT GOING ON RIGHT AWAY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO MUCH.
BUT RIDGE ROAD WAS AN EXAMPLE WHERE IT'S NOT THAT BUSY OF A ROAD WHERE YOU, YOU COULDN'T PUT A BIKE.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE THOUGH BECAUSE, WELL THAT'S, THAT WAS A ROAD THAT THE DESIGN, RIGHT? WE HAD A LOT OF SPACE.
THEY HAD A TRAFFIC SETTING, SO THEY DIDN'T NEED THAT MUCH SPACE.
UM, AND WE, WE DESIGNED AND BUILT THAT PROJECT, IT COST US $30,000.
TYPICALLY A PROJECT LIKE THAT'S GONNA COST YOU SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS.
THAT WAS GREAT, RIGHT? AND SO WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT THOSE TEMPORARY PROJECTS? NOW WE IDENTIFIED, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE, WE HAVE HAD RESOURCES IN OUR, IN OUR BUDGET TO DO SOME OF THESE TEMPORARY PROJECTS.
NOW, THE CHALLENGE BEING IS THAT WHEN, WHEN IT'S NOT THEIR JURISDICTION OF THE TOWN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO TALK TO STATE OT OR THE COUNTY.
AND WHILE WE WORK WITH MANY LOCALNESS DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES AND LET THESE TEMPORARY PROJECTS TO TEST THEM OUT AS PART OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, LIKE LET'S DO A TEMPORARY PROJECT LIKE IN RIDGE ROAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, WE GET IT RIGHT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DEVELOP A PROCESS WITH THE COUNTY TO ALLOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN ON LIKE LAKE AVENUE.
AND GOING BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL QUESTION, LIKE LAKE AVENUE WOULD BE A PRIORITY.
THERE'S A PRIORITY THAT BY THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S ALSO A PRIORITY BECAUSE YOU'VE HAD SO MANY TRAFFIC, UH, IN THAT LOCATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE SHORT TERM THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE? UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES, BUT WE, NUMBER ONE, WE NEED TO DEVELOP A PROCESS WITH THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN BOARD NEED TO ENGAGE THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS, THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS THE TOWN'S PRIORITY AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, START DOING SOME OF THESE THINGS BECAUSE, YOU
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KNOW, I THINK WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED THIS, RIGHT? WE'VE DESIGNED OUR ROADWAYS FOR THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS THROUGH CARS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN FROM POINT A TO POINT B AS SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY AS WE CAN.BUT WE'VE ALSO SEEN THAT THAT HAS HAD SOME NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES IN OUR COMMUNITIES, WHICH INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, A 41 YEAR HIGH PEDESTRIAN FAT AND LAKE AVENUE EXAMPLE OF WHERE THAT IS HAPPENING HERE.
THE CHALLENGES ARE BE FOR NOW IS TO SEE IF YOU CAN GET THESE KIDS OUT OF THEIR ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND OUT A EXERCISE PATH,
SO WE BUILD THESE AND OUR, NO, I THINK IT'S GOOD IDEA BECAUSE YOU CAN TRAVEL AROUND DIFFERENT TYPES, GET INSPIRATION.
SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE PEOPLE HAVE DONE IT WELL, BUT IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, THERE'S CHALLENGES BECAUSE YOU HAVE, HAMBURG BOARD HAS TO WORK WITH PEOPLE FROM COUNTY STATE, AND YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
I MEAN, THE PERFECT WORLD START ALL OVER, SAY, OKAY, ONE THAT LITTLE PATH ON THE LAKE AND YOU KNOW, BUT WE HAVE HOUSES AND THINGS TO WORK AROUND, AROUND THE EXISTING FRAMEWORK, UM, SHORT TERM.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED YOU WHAT WOULD BE SOMETHING YOU COULD DO SHORT TERM LIKE YOU DID ON RIDGE ROAD.
THAT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS PRETTY EASY.
LAKE SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE A MORE WORK WITH AND YOU DO ON
AMSEL IS, IT WOULD BE JUST OUTSIDE OF JUST DOING SOME CROSSINGS, IT'S GONNA BE MORE EXPENSIVE, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A CONNECTED SIDEWALK NETWORK THERE.
SO YOU'RE LIMITED RIGHT FROM THE HEAD AND YOU HAVE THE NARROW ROADWAY.
BUT LAKE AVENUE, YOU DO HAVE SOME EXTRA WIDTH THAT COULD BE, UH, REPURPOSED TO PROMOTE MORE EFFICIENT USE OF OTHER USES ALONG THAT MORE EVEN CAMP ROAD.
IT'S NOT PRETTY, BUT
SO THANK YOU FOR LISTEN QUESTIONS CERTAINLY, AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO SEND OUT AN EMAIL BACK TO YOU.
WE, UH, IF YOU WANNA, YOU CAN SCAN THE QR CODE.
YOU CAN READ THE RECORD DIGITALLY ON THE WEBSITE AND IF YOU WANNA REACH OUT, REACH, UH, TO US, UH, BRENDAN WHO'S OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT, UM, I CAN ALSO LEAD PLENTY IN FRONT OF YOU TO ABSORB AND IF WE CAN BE RESOURCE YOU FORWARD PLEASE.
FROM OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ASSOCIATES, AND I'LL CALL MR. BEFORE I STARTED WAS PRETTY OLD.
THE MECHANICALS IN AREA, THE WHOLE FACILITY, A LOT OF WORK, LAYER ON IT.
UH, SO THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN, UM, SO THIS WHAT TONIGHT IS ADVISE BOARD MEMBERS AND EXISTING BOARD MEMBERS WHERE WE'RE WITH THE PROJECT OF IT, UM, FINANCING ASPECT OF IT, THE IMPACT WE'RE SO, UM, MIKE BANKS IS OUR, UH, UH, CONSULTANT FROM AND INVITE HIM UP TO, UH, START THROUGH AFTER, UH, MIKE KIND OF PHASE WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, JILL LET EVERYONE KNOW ABOUT THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT WE DID AND, UM, FEEDBACK THAT THEY'VE GOT.
UH, SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND, THE, THIS JOB IS ON THE GENOCIDE TO BE ADVERTISED.
SO WE'RE GONNA ADVERTISE AND TO HELP YOU KNOW, WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE THAT COME BACK.
WE DID, UH, COUPLE MONTHS AGO PUT OUT, UM, PHASE ONE, PHASE ONE, UH, ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT BECAUSE A LONG LEAD TIME ON THE, SO IT, LIKE A YEAR BEFORE WE GET THAT EQUIPMENT IN.
SO WE, WE PULLED THAT OUT OF THIS PROJECT AND PUT IT OUT ALREADY THAT $2 MILLION JUST TO BUY DISTILLER PERMIT AND THE DEHUMIDIFIER STUFF.
SO IT WAS, IT'S BULK, IT'S A BIG PIECE OF THE PROJECT.
IT'S A BIG, UH, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL EXPENSE, BUT WE NEEDED TO GET IT OUT DONE SO THAT IT WOULD BE HERE BY THE TIME CONSTRUCTION STARTED.
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I'LL TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS AND THE TIMING, JUST, UH, AND THEN MIKE'S GONNA GO INTO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, HAD A QUESTION.UM, OBVIOUSLY YOU TALKED ABOUT THE SINGLE SHEET DEVICE THAT YOU HAD RIGHT THERE, READY.
AND I REMEMBER SKATING ON THAT, AND WHEN I WALK IN TO THIS DAY, I COULD STILL HEAR THE TARS.
IT USED TO BE OPEN, IT USED TO BE OPEN A WIND BLOW FROM THE ONE SIDE.
UM, I KNOW OBVIOUSLY IT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, BUT HAS ANYONE LOOKED AT, I'M BRAND NEW TO THE BOARD.
UM, BUT I, BUT I'M A HOCKEY COACH AND I PLAYED, UM, AS A MATTER OF FACT, I HAVE HOCKEY PRACTICE RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M, I'M DEALING WITH THAT.
UM, HAS ANYONE THOUGHT OF, SINCE YOU'RE SPENDING MONEY ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS, WHAT IT WOULD BE TO ADD A SECOND, LIKE AS FAR AS ECONOMIES OF SCALE GO, MEANING IF YOU INVEST OF MONEY TO FIX WHAT THEY HAVE, BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE PLAYING HOCKEY NOW, UM, SOMETIMES I'LL PAY FOR MY TEAM $300 AN HOUR.
UM, TWO 50 AN HOUR IS AT LEISURE RINKS HARBOR CENTER CAN BE MORE.
UM, AND THERE'S A VERY, VERY SHORT SUPPLY OF ICE.
AND WHEN I USED TO BE WITH THE HAWKS, UM, AND I'M WITH THE STARS RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF TEAMS HAVE TO SHARE ICE.
UM, YOU'LL HAVE A HUNDRED KIDS ON, ON ICE AND IT HAPPENS DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AS WELL.
UM, HAS ANYONE LOOKED AT A SECOND BREAK THERE OR HOW THAT WOULD, IS THAT PART OF THIS AT ALL? OR MICHAEL ADDRESS THAT STUFF? OKAY, COOL, BECAUSE HE, ONCE HE COMES, HE WAS BEEN INVOLVED SINCE THE, OKAY.
SO THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME.
SO SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS SURE.
I JUST ASKED YOU, YOU KNOW, JUST HANG IN THERE.
UM, YEAH, SO FORGIVE ME BECAUSE I'M NO, NO, I LIKE COMMUNICATIONS.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHOLE THING.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE WE ARE WITH IT.
SO, UM, A BIG PART OF THIS IS KEEPING THE ICE OPEN DURING THE HOT.
SO THIS UPGRADE PROJECT HAS GOTTA GO OVER TWO YEARS, SO WE'RE GONNA DO SOME WORK ON IT, GET IT OPEN, HAVE A SEASON, THEN IT GETS CLOSED, THEN ANOTHER CONSTRUCTION SEASON.
SO IT'LL BE LIKE A TWO YEAR FULL TIMELINE FOR RENOVATION.
UM, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE TIMING IS CRITICAL.
SO OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WE HAVE SUPPLY, UH, ISSUES WITH GETTING MATERIALS, GETTING CONTRACTORS, GETTING BID, THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
UM, WE WANTED TO GET THIS WITH CRUNCH WAS ABOUT READY TO GO IN NOVEMBER, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE A FINANCING MECHANISM MECHANISM IN PLACE, SO THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED WORKING WITH PAT AND WE GOT OUR BONDING APPLICATION PUT TOGETHER.
UH, BOND FOR THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO HOPEFULLY BE, IT'LL BE ANOTHER, UH, PROJECT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT HAVE GIVEN ESTIMATE FOR THAT.
IT'LL BE A FAIRLY SIZEABLE, REALLY ONLY A 12 MILLION BOND AND YOU'LL BE PAYING ON THAT IN TWO YEARS.
SO YOU HAVE TWO BUDGET YEARS BEFORE THAT BOND HIT
I'M NOT REALLY INVOLVED WITH THAT ONE, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT ON MONDAY CAPITAL PROJECT THAT DO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW YESTERDAY WE WERE PLAYING, I THINK PLAYING WITH JAMESTOWN AND THEY HAD A WALKING TRACK AROUND THE ARENA AND SO SOME OF THE PARENTS, WHILE THEY'RE WAITING FOR US TO PLAY TO TRY TO GET, I'M SURE HE'LL HAVE MORE TO SAY.
UM, MAINLY I WANTED TO TOUCH ON, YOU KNOW, UH, WHERE WE ARE WITH IT, HOW IT'S READY TO GO, IF ANYONE HAD ANY ISSUES ABOUT THE RESOLUTION ADVERTISE.
SO, UH, THE COME ON UP AND WE'LL GET YOU GOING ON THE PROJECT TOO FAR AHEAD OF, SO, UH, RESOLUTION FOR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT IS GOING BE, UH, ADVERTISING THE BID DOCUMENT PUT OUT PUBLICLY TO THE CONTRACTORS TO BID NUMBERS.
WE DO A BID OPENING IN FEBRUARY.
WE, UH, WE'LL REVIEW ALL THE BIDS, UM, AND VALID PRICE, MAKE SURE THAT TOP BID.
SO IT'S NOT A COMMITMENT, IT'S JUST LIKE, SURE.
UM, BUT YEAH, IT'S NOT A COMMITMENT, BUT IT IS, WE'RE ACTIVELY SEEKING MOVE THE PROJECT AND IF WE DON'T, THEN IF WE MISS THIS WINDOW OF TIME, THEN YOU PUSH THAT TIMELINE OUT FARTHER.
SO NOW YOUR, YOUR ARENA IS RUNNING ON BAILING WIRE IN DUCT TAPE RIGHT NOW? NO.
FRANK MENTIONED THE SECOND RING AND YOU MENTIONED HE WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT IT.
IS THAT IN THE PROCESS? NO, IT, IT, IT IS RIDICULOUS SHEET AND ANOTHER JUST 2.2 MECHANICAL FOR ONE SHEET.
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ANOTHER $12 MILLION ON TOP OF THIS, A WHOLE OTHER BILLION, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING $3 MILLION PER YEAR TO YOUR BUDGET FOR 10 YEARS.SO, UH, DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S A FINANCIAL MOVE.
WELL THE FAIR, WELL, I MEAN, I MEAN I GUESS THAT'S DEB IN THE SENSE THAT YOU HAVE OPERATE HOW YOU RUN IT, MEANING LEISURE AND YEAH, AND JUST TO TOUCH ON THAT REAL FAST, BUT MY NAME'S MIKE BANKS, I'M, UH, VICE PRESIDENT OF ARCHITECTURE WITH DEAN AND PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO, UM, SO LEMME TOUCH REAL FAST ON THAT.
WE DID, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING EARLY AND WE DID TALK ABOUT AND DISCUSS AND WE RAN SOME PRELIMINARY COST NUMBERS FOR IT.
WELL, LIKE KEN SAID, THE COST FOR THAT WAS OVER 10 MILLION.
AND THE PROJECT BUDGET WE WERE DEALING WITH FOR THIS PROJECT WAS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FIVE AND 6 MILLION.
UM, AS IT'S, WE GOTTA A POINT IN THE DESIGN PROCESS, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER WHERE WE STARTED TO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT NEED.
SO WHEN WE FIRST MET THERE, USUALLY THE FACILITY WANTS TO SEE IN THAT THOSE COSTS CAME IN 13, $14 MILLION AND WE REALIZED THAT A LOT OF THE, THAT WE HAD FOR THIS NOT INCLUDING A SECOND SHEET, UM, WOULD'VE TO BE PAIRED BACK PRETTY QUICKLY.
WHAT WOULD IT COST TO BUILD LIKE A NICE TWO ARENA FACILITY, A BRAND NEW TOURING FACILITY? YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING, I DON'T KNOW THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OFFHAND, BUT YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT AROUND $500 A SQUARE FOOT.
SO YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING A NEW FACILITY WOULD BE IN EXCESS OF $20 MILLION TO SAY.
SO WE JUST LOOKED INTO, INTO RENOVATIONS FOR THE EXISTING FACILITY AND THEN THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDING A SECOND SHEET ADJACENT TO THAT, REUSING SOME OF THE FEATURES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN THE ARENA, SUCH AS THE WARMING AREA AND THE STATEMENTS.
SO WERE YOU FAMILIAR WITH ANY OF THE PREVIOUS PROPOSALS AROUND TAX CREDITS OR ANYTHING? OKAY, SO I, SO WE THOUGHT SINCE, UM, WE ARE ON THE
UM, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GREAT PARTICIPATION FROM THE TOWN SUPERVISOR, MOST OF THE MEETINGS ALSO MEETING AS WELL AS SOME OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WERE ATTENDING.
UM, TAMMY, KEN, JILL, WE'RE ALL AT JUST ABOUT EVERY MEETING.
SO, UM, OUR FIRST IN TIME MEETING WE HAD BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 23, UH, FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR, ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
AND BEFORE I GET GOING ON THAT, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE IN THE MIDDLE, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN AND UM, AND ASK THEM.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PHASES AND A LOT OF STUFF THAT'S GONNA BE KIND OF THROWN OUT THERE.
SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S FRESH IN YOUR HEAD, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN AND ASK THE QUESTION.
SO, UM, A LOT OF THIS STUFF IN THE PRESENTATION KEN AND I ALREADY KIND OF TOUCHED ON, UM, BUT BACK IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR, WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING WHERE DESIGN BANK TOOK PLACE WITH A LOT OF MEMBERS OF HAMBURG TOWN AS WELL AS SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS AND RANK USERS.
AND WE DETERMINED PRETTY QUICKLY, AS KEN TALKED ABOUT, TO PUT THIS PROJECT OUT INTO TWO PHASE.
THE BIG REASON FOR THAT WAS THE LEAD TIME FOR SOME OF THESE EQUIPMENT PIECES SUCH AS DEHUMIDIFICATION UNIT AND A LOT OF THE ICE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM COMPONENTS ARE OVER A YEAR TO GET THOSE BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A BACKLOG FOR.
SO WE QUICKLY REALIZED THAT WE WANNA DIVIDE THIS INTO PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO, SO THAT WE CAN PUT UP A LONGER LEAD BID ITEMS WITH PHASE ONE SO THAT WHEN WE PUT OUT PHASE TWO, THOSE ITEMS THAT WE PUT OUT FOR PHASE ONE WILL BE ARRIVING SO THAT THEY CAN BE INTEGRATED DURING THE SAME CONSTRUCTION PERIOD.
THAT PHASE TWO IS GONNA BE TAKING PLACE.
UM, AS KEN TALKED ABOUT, AND I BELIEVE JILL'S GONNA TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE TOO, WE DID HAVE QUITE A FEW PUBLIC OUTREACHES.
IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT WITH OF HAMBURG TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT THIS PROJECT OUT IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC AND GAVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM US AND HEAR FROM THE TOWN ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA BE TAKING PLACE AND HOW THIS PROJECT'S GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD.
WE SET UP A COUPLE TIMES, UM, THAT SHOW AND TELL BUT A, A MEET AND GREET OUT AT THE ARENA.
UM, WE PLAN THAT AROUND WHEN DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS ARE USING 'EM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LITTLE KIDS THAT WERE THERE, UM, THE
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MITES AND THE PEEWEES AND TALK TO THEIR PARENTS.WE DID TALK TO, UM, SABA ORGANIZATION AND GLIDING STARS, UH, TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING WE WERE DOING AND ALSO GET THEIR INPUT ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE ARENA TOO.
UM, THROUGH THE MONTH OF MAY, JUNE AND JULY, WE MET MONTHLY WITH THE TOWN AND THAT'S WHEN WE REALLY ESTABLISHED WHAT THIS FINAL DESIGN SOLUTION WAS GONNA LOOK LIKE, WHERE WE QUICKLY TRANSITIONED FROM WANTS INTO NEEDS, UM, BASED ON BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS.
IN JUNE WE PUT OUT PHASE ONE TO BID AND WE RECEIVED THE BID A MONTH LATER.
AND, AND THEN OCTOBER PHASE ONE, WHICH WAS THE LONG LEAD ITEMS, PRIMARILY PURCHASING OF THE LONG LEAD ITEMS WAS INITIATED IN MULLEN AND VETS LOCAL CONTRACTOR WAS THE
UH, THEY STARTED THEIR SUBMISSION PROCESS AND ORDERING PROCESS FOR THOSE ITEMS. WE HAD ANOTHER PUBLIC OUTREACH WHERE WE ONCE AGAIN MET WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC AT THE ICE ARENA AND UM, GOT VERY GOOD FEEDBACK ON THAT.
EVERYONE WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT WORK WAS TAKING PLACE AND THEY LIKED WHERE THE DIRECTION THAT THE PRODUCT WAS GOING.
AND AS KEN TALKED ABOUT, DECEMBER WAS OUR ORIGINAL BID DATE AND NOW WE'RE KIND OF PUSHING THAT BACK INTO, UH, THE MIDPOINT OF JANUARY, UM, PHASE ONE ORDERING OF THE LONG LEAD ITEMS, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS FOR THESE REFRIGERATION? BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM ARE ORIGINAL TO THE BUILDING, WHICH IS ABOUT 50 YEARS OLD AND THEY ARE REALLY BEING HELD TOGETHER BY BANDAID.
SO IT WAS A REAL CONCERN WHEN THEY STARTED UP THE UNIT THIS SEASON IF THEY WOULD ACTUALLY START UP AND THEY DID.
WE DO HAVE A HOCKEY SEASON THAT LOOKS LIKE SO, UM, SO WE HAVE, UM, THE LONG LEAD ITEMS WHICH I TALKED ABOUT WERE THE DEHUMIDIFICATION UNITS AND A LOT OF THE REFRIGERATION COMPONENTS THAT GO WITHIN THE EXISTING REFRIGERATION ROOM, WHICH IS ON THE EAST, BUT IT'S ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE, UM, OF THE FACILITY.
ANOTHER COMPONENT WHICH WASN'T ORIGINALLY PART OF THE CONTRACT, BOTH STRONGLY RECOMMENDED BY MANY PEOPLE IN OUR DESIGN MEETING WAS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CONCRETE, UM, PAD THAT THE ICE GOES ON.
THAT TOO WAS 50 YEARS OLD AND THERE WAS REAL CONCERN THAT IF WE DID THIS PROJECT, RENOVATED IT, PUT ALL THIS MONEY INTO IT, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN 1, 2, 3 OF THE PIPES UNDERNEATH THAT CONCRETE BREAK AND THEN WE HAD TO SHUT DOWN THE FACILITY.
UM, EVERYONE WOULD BE PRETTY UPSET THAT WE HAD TO DO THAT.
SO IT WAS DECIDED TO PUT THAT INTO THE CONTRACT AND THAT WENT IN AS AN ALTERNATE BID.
AND WHEN WE ACCEPTED THE BID, THAT ALTERNATE BID FOR THE CONCRETE TO REPLACEMENT OF THE CONCRETE AND THE REFRIGERATION PIPING WITHIN THE FLOOR CAME IN AT $955,000.
AND THE BASE BID, WHICH IS REALLY JUST THE UNITS, NOT THE INSTALLATION OF THEM, BUT REALLY JUST THE MATERIAL TO DEIFICATION AND REFRIGERATION COMPONENTS CAME IN AT JUST UNDER 1.3 MILLION.
ARE ALL THESE, UH, THE OTHERS ON THE, ON THE SUBCONTRACTORS, ARE THEY ALL FAMILIAR WITH THIS TYPE OF SYSTEM OR ARE THEY JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, HVAC PEOPLE? NO, A HUNDRED PERCENT I BELIEVE I'M BRING BACK IS ALREADY INVOLVED WITH THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND DOES ROUTINE MAINTENANCE FOR, FOR THEIR ICE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THEY ARE A VERY, THEY'RE A LARGE FIRM IN THE AREA, BUT THEY ARE A PROVIDER AND THEY'VE DONE MANY, MANY OTHER
SO WE WERE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THEM BE THE MO AND BETTER FOR THIS PROJECT, BUT, UH, WE WERE, WE WERE GRATEFUL TO SEE THAT THEY WERE ONBOARD.
SO IT MAKES IT EASIER WHEN THE, UM, CONTRACTOR IS LOCAL.
A LOT OF TIMES YOU CAN GET, WE DID HAVE PLAN HOLDERS PICK UP, WHICH WERE OUTSIDE OF THE WESTERN AREA.
SO PROJECT, UM, I, I'M JUST GONNA TOUCH ON THESE REAL FAST.
I'M GONNA START TO GET INTO THE PHASE TWO DESIGN AND I HAVE QUITE A FEW SLIDES THAT I'M GONNA TALK TO ABOUT PHASE TWO AND THE FIRST PART, FIRST THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT PHASE TWO PROJECT IS THE WORK THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THE PHASE PHASE ONE INSTALLATION.
SO THIS WORK INCLUDES THE VENT VENTILATION OF THE REFRIGERATION ROOM, UM, NOT PROJECT PROPERLY VENTILATED RIGHT NOW, UM, WITH THE SYSTEM THAT'S GONNA GO IN THERE, UPGRADES NEED TO TAKE PLACE FOR THE VENTILATION WITHIN THAT ROOM.
UM, POWER INFRASTRUCTURE, THE NEW ICE EQUIPMENT AND THE
UM, THE SERVICE IS 50 YEARS OLD.
UH, THE ELECTRICAL SERVICE IS ADEQUATE TO THE BUILDING.
JUST THE PANELS THAT ARE WITHIN THAT ROOM THAT THEN POWER
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THE REFRIGERATION UNITS NEEDED TO BE UPGRADED.UM, SORRY WE HAD TO ADD STUFF INTO THIS, LIKE EYE WASHES IN ASSOCIATED, UH, PIPING, THERE'S NOT EYE WASHES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THERE AND THAT'S NOW A CODE ISSUE.
UM, UPGRADING OF THE LIGHTING IN THE REFRIGERATION ROOM AS WELL AS THE NEW VESTIBULE, SANITARY PIPING TO ACCOMMODATE THE REFRIGERATION ROOM, THE VESTIBULE, WHICH IS NOT ADEQUATE REFRIGERATION.
A LOT OF THESE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TO ADD INTO THIS PROJECT ARE NEWER CODE ITEMS. SO WHEN THIS RINK WAS BUILT, IT WAS BUILT TWO CODES, BUT SINCE THEN THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF REVISIONS OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS.
SO, UM, INSULATION AND HOOKUP OF THE DEIFICATION SYSTEM.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE BUILDING WITH THE DEHUMIDIFICATION SYSTEM IS WE, WE'VE HEARD REPORTS THAT THIS BUILDING IN THE SUMMER ESSENTIALLY RAINS INSIDE THERE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH HUMIDITY AND CONDENSATION IN THERE ON THE STEEL, ON THE STEEL BEAMS THAT IT DOES FORM ON THE STEEL AND IT DOES DRIP DOWN ON THE FLOOR, UM, WHICH PREVENT ANY KIND OF SUMMER PROGRAMMING TO TAKE PLACE IN THE, IN THE FACILITY.
SO THIS NEW DEHUMIDIFICATION SYSTEM WILL HELP TO ALLEVIATE THAT AND GIVE THE HAMBURG TOWN AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME PROGRAMMING WITHIN THE BUILDING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
UM, A FEW OTHER MINOR ITEMS THAT ARE NEED TO TAKE PLACE FOR THIS PHASE ONE ITEMS THAT WERE PUT OUT TO BID INCLUDE CONCRETE PANS.
WE NEED, UH, DUCT WORK AND LURES FOR THE DEHUMIDIFICATION AND THE VENTILATION WITHIN IN THE REFRIGERATION ROOM.
UM, GAS PIPING AND UM, UNIT CONTROLS TO THE NEW REFRIGERATION SYSTEM.
UM, NOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT, UM, THE WARMING AREAS OF THE, THE FACILITY AND WE'LL KIND OF START IN THE LOCKER ROOM AREAS AND THEN WE'LL WORK OUR WAY ACROSS THE WARMING AREAS FROM, UH, EAST TO WEST HERE.
UM, WE INITIALLY LOOKED INTO THE LOCKERS IN PROVIDING SHOWER ROOMS TO EACH LOCKER ROOM.
THE EXISTING SHOWER ROOM IS QUITE A WAYS FROM THE LOCKER ROOMS ACTUALLY WHERE THE FIRST AID OF STORE STORAGE AND TEAM ROOM ARE RIGHT NOW, WHICH REQUIRES ANYONE WHO WANTS TO USE THE SHOWERS TO GET OUTTA THE LOCKER ROOM, GET OUT THE LOCKER ROOM, THE WALK DOWN HALL, AND THERE'S POTENTIALLY FOR THAT TWO LEAD TO PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY WITH, YOU KNOW, GIRL HOCKEY BECOMING MORE POPULAR.
SO, UM, WE LOOKED AT, LIKE I SAID, WE LOOKED AT PUTTING SHOWER ROOMS INTO THE LOCKER ROOMS, BUT WE QUICKLY REALIZED THAT WAS VERY COST PROHIBITED.
SO WHAT WE DID IS WE DID RELOCATE SHOWER ROOMS JUST ALONG THAT CORRIDOR TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF DISTANCE THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE TO WALK TO THE, UM, THE HOSPITALS HAVE TO WALK TO TO GET TO THE SHOWER.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT CREATING TWO SHOWER ROOMS, UM, TO THE NORTH SIDE IS WE'RE LABELING IT AS MEN SHOWER ROOM IN THE SOUTH SIDE IS OF LOCKING THEM OFF SO THERE'S LESS YEAH.
YOU KNOW, A FALSE FAKE WALL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THERE AND THERE IS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AND YOU KNOW, AND THAT GETS INTO HOW THEY, HOW THEY UM, HOW THE RISK CAN BE MANAGED, HOW UM, THEY ESTABLISH WHICH LOCKER ROOMS ARE GONNA BE USED BY WHICH GROUPS OF, UM, HOCKEY PLAYERS, SO WHICH TEAMS. SO, BUT THERE WAS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
UM, THE NICE THING ABOUT NOT ADDING ANY SHOWER ROOMS TO THE LOCKER ROOMS WAS WE GET TO MAINTAIN THE SIZE OF THE LOCKER ROOMS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD DURING OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND FEEDBACK WAS THE PEOPLE WHO USE THE ARENA, LIKE THE SIZE OF THE LOCKER ROOMS A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN MOST FACILITIES ARE.
SO THEY WERE HAPPY WITH THE, THE SIZE OF THEM AND THEY WANTED TO SEE TO STAY THE SAME.
SO WE WERE, WE WERE, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT, UM, BY KEEPING LOCKER ROOMS. WE REALLY JUST GONNA BE LOOKING AT UPDATING AND FINISHES.
THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS THE EXISTING SHOWER ROOM, WHICH IS IN NORMAL CONDITION CEILING, UH, MISSING CERAMIC TILE.
ALL THE PLUMBING PICTURES WORK AND THE EXISTING LOCKER ROOMS ARE SHOWN TO THE RIGHT AND WE'RE GONNA MAINTAIN REALLY PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE HAVE THERE.
UM, WE'RE GONNA ADD A FRESH COAT OF PAINT TO THAT TO KIND OF IT UP A LITTLE BIT AS WELL AS REPLACE THE FLOORING IN THERE AND THE VENTILATION, UM, CONTINUING ON IN THE ARENA IN THE WARMING AREA.
MOVING FROM OUR RIGHT TO OUR LEFT IS THE WARMING AREA.
AND I GUESS BEFORE WE GET INTO TO THIS, I JUST WANNA ALSO
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ADD, WHILE IT'S NOT LISTED ON HERE, WE'RE GONNA BE UPGRADING THE HV SYSTEM FOR THE UNITS, I MEAN FOR THE FACILITY AS WELL AS UPGRADING THE LIGHT FIXTURES TO LED LIGHT FIXTURES THROUGHOUT.IN ADDITION TO THAT, IN THE WARMING AREA, WE ARE ADDING A TRUE A DA BATHROOM.
THE EXISTING BATHROOMS STAY THEY COMPLIANT AND THEY HAVE A LITTLE, THE WHEELCHAIR DESIGNATION, BUT THEY'RE NOT A D COMPLIANT.
SO ADDING THIS INTERIOR A DA, UM, COMPLIANT ROOM, WE ARE, UM, MEETING REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA ADD A COMMUNITY ROOM, WHICH THE CURRENT FACILITY DOES NOT HAVE A COMMUNITY ROOM.
SO THAT GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, PARTY RENTALS I THAT IN.
IS THIS GONNA BE A SMALLER, IT'S GONNA BE A SMALLER GROUP, THAT'S FOR SURE.
I THINK, I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, A MAXIMUM ABOUT 15 PEOPLE OR SO, 15 TO 20 PEOPLE WITHIN THAT GROUP.
SO WE TRIED TO SQUEEZE AS MUCH AS WE COULD INTO THE EXISTING SPACE.
WE REALLY, WE DID LOOK ON SOME OF OUR EARLIER DESIGNS OF ADDING ADDITIONS TO THAT, BUT THAT'S WHEN, WHEN REALLY CRANKED UP THE COST OF THAT GETTING IN US OVER 10 MILLION, WHICH THE, THE TOWN DIDN'T REALLY HAVE MONEY FOR THAT.
SO, UM, TO GET THAT COMMUNITY ROOM WE'RE RELOCATING THE PRO SHOP.
THE PRO SHOP IS MUCH LARGER THAN IT NEEDS TO BE AND UM, REALLY AN OPEN A LOT OF THE TIME EITHER.
SO WE DID REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE PRO SHOP.
WE ALSO RELOCATED THE CONCESSIONS TO THE FAR WEST WALL WHILE GIVING ITS ACCESS TO BOTH THE INTERIOR AND THE EXTERIOR.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A ROLL UP DOOR ON THE EXTERIOR.
ALSO WITH THE EXTERIOR WE ARE ADDING A EXTERIOR ACCESSIBLE A DA BATHROOM SO THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE USING THE NEW UM, PARK OR THE NEW UM, PLAYGROUND SET, THE NEW INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND THAT WE HAVE THERE CAN'T HAVE ACCESS TO A BATHROOM FROM THE OUTSIDE.
AND ALONG WITH THOSE ANCILLARY SPACES AROUND THE EDGE, WE ARE GONNA BE UPGRADING THE FINISHES IN THE, UH, INTERIOR OF THE WARMING AREA.
TO THE LEFT IS THE PITCH OF THE EXISTING AND TO THE RIGHT IS A RENDERING OF, OF THE PROPOSED WARMING AREA.
SOMETHING ELSE TO BE HEARD WAS THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO BE INSIDE THE WARMING AREA AND BE ABLE TO SIT AND WATCH THE RING FROM THE OUTSIDE.
SO WE ARE ADDING COUNTERS ALONG THE WINDOWS AS WELL AS SOME BENCH SEATING, WHICH CAN, YOU CAN EITHER SIT AND LOOK OUT THE WINDOW OR YOU CAN SIT AND TURN AROUND AND USE THAT SEAT TO PUT ON YOUR SEAT.
THEN WE'LL THEN THE LAST THING UNDER THE PHASE TWO PHASE BID IS WE'RE ADDING A NORMAL CENTER ENTRANCE.
THERE IS A, IN THAT EXISTING IN THAT SPACE WHERE THE NEW ENTRANCE IS GOING, THERE'S AN EXISTING SINGLE DOOR THAT'S NOT REALLY USED.
A LOT OF THE PEOPLE GO THROUGH THE SLIDING DOORS THAT ARE KIND OF TO THE RIGHT.
WHAT WE DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT THAT WAS THERE'S NO REAL WAY TO MONITOR THOSE DOORS.
SO ANYONE WHO COME IN THROUGH THOSE DOORS COULD EASILY SNEAK, YOU KNOW, LEFT OR RIGHT WITHOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE OFFICE SEEING WHAT'S COMING IN, WHO'S COMING IN THERE.
SO BY ADDING THE CENTER ENTRANCE, WE ALSO, UM, SWAPPED OUT THE STATE RENTAL AND THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICE, WHICH IS NOW GONNA BE RIGHT NEXT TO THE, THE ENTRANCE TO THE FACILITY.
SO ANYONE WHO COMES IN THAT DOOR, IT'S GONNA BE SEEN RIGHT AWAY BY PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE.
AND THERE'S THE EXISTING DOOR ON THE LEFT LITTLE BLUE DOOR AND OUR PROPOSED WARMING AREA ENTRANCE.
AND WE DID JUST GET OUR BASE ESTIMATE BACK FROM TROPHY POINT WHO IS OUR, UM, ESTIMATING CONSULTANT.
AND THE ESTIMATE CAME BACK IN AND 3.6 MILLION FOR THE BASE.
SO I DIDN'T SEE A BID ON THERE, BUT NOW TO PROTECT ALL THIS BY PUTTING THE GENERATOR IN THERE THAT WOULD KEEP EVERYTHING MAINTAINED AND RUNNING.
SO YOU KNOW, THE EQUIPMENT THERE THING ON THAT, THE GENERATOR ON POWER, WE MOVE
SO IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN AND TEMPORARY GENERATE BROUGHT IN AND THEN WE CAN HOOK UP TO THE REFRIGERATION UNITS, THE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM WITHIN THE, UM, WITHIN THE REFRIGERATION ROOMS. SO, BUT THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION OF ADDING A GENERATOR TO THE
UM, BECAUSE I'M INTERESTED, I REALLY, I GUESS IT WOULD BE BEST IF WE HAD MORE COLLABORATION WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT ECONOMY SCALE MEANING LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE A BILLION DOLLARS FOR UH, LIKE BUFFALO BILLS STADIUM, RIGHT? LIKE THE TAX MONEY AND THEY
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PUTT IS WHICH ESSENTIALLY LOCATED MM-HMMRIGHT? UM, AND IN, IN THE PERFECT WORLD, LIKE WE WOULD PARTNER UP WITH ORCHARD PARK AND BOSTON AND WEST TICA ONE RIGHT WHERE ECC IS RIGHT.
KIND ESSENTIALLY LOCATED, UM, AND SHARE THAT COST RIGHT.
BUT THAT'S HARD TO DO, UM, WITH THE CURRENT STATE OF GOVERNMENT.
SO MY QUESTION IS IN THIS CONTEXT THAT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
I KNOW PAT COLLETTA PREVIOUSLY HAD REACHED OUT TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TO UM, LOOK AT A MULTI-USE SPORTS FACILITY.
AND I KNOW THAT UM, YOU KNOW, UH, DAVID STAPLETON HAD SOME PROJECTS AT SOUTH SHORE COUNTRY CLUB AND I GUESS THE BOTTOM LINE IS I'M VERY INTERESTED IN EXPLORING MUL MULTI-USE FACILITIES, WHETHER IT BE LIKE WHERE I WAS IN JAMESTOWN WHERE PEOPLE WERE WALKING AROUND AT THE TRACK.
THE SAME WAY I'M INTERESTED IN BIKE PATH.
YEAH, GREAT IDEAS TOO TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR THE KIDS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO, UM, LIKE THE HAMBURG HAWKS FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN, UH, I WAS AT LEISURE RINKS ON SATURDAY, THEY WERE MANY HAMBURG COX TEAMS THERE, RIGHT? SAME THING WITH SABA, BECAUSE THE CURRENT, UH, ARENA DOES NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH ICE SIGNS FOR THEM.
SO THEY WILL ALSO PURCHASE ICE AT THE UH, COUNTY COMMUNITY CENTER AS WELL, THE CCP, UM, AND OTHER AREAS.
THEY GET CHEAPER RATES AT THE HAMBURG ARENA.
UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE PARENTS I WOULD TALK TO AT NIKE BASE, THEY WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE GREAT IF WE HAD LIKE A LITTLE WORKOUT ROOM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, THE PRO SHOP.
WELL THEY HAD CONTRACTED OUT, BUT THEN IT WAS COVID THEN NO ONE WAS IN THEIR CHART BASE, RIGHT? SO SOME OF THE MOBS ARE LIKE, GEE, IT WOULD BE GREAT IN ON TREADMILL WHEN WE'RE WATCHING OUR KIDS, WHATEVER.
SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, BECAUSE I'M INTERESTED, AND THIS IS WHAT I HEAR FROM VOTERS, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE A WALKING TRACK OR A LOT PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE AN EXTRA ARENA OR EVEN LIKE A, UH, FIELD HOUSE FOR OTHER TYPES OF SPORTS.
THAT I KNOW, HAVE BEEN FLOATED.
IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU SAID THAT IT'S LIKE NUTS AND BOLTS FOLDING THIS TOGETHER WITH, UM, DUCT TAPE AND SO FORTH WHERE YOU COULD JUST STABILIZE IT RIGHT NOW, UM, WITH ICE EQUIPMENT AND AS THE BOARD WOULD LOOK TO SOMETHING BIGGER AND BETTER FOR THE TOWN OF THE LONG TERM, IS THERE A WAY TO PUT A BANDAID ON IT WITHOUT SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS? NOT WITH THE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM, UH, BECAUSE OF ITS AGE, A LOT OF THE PARTS REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
SO, SO IT REALLY GOT TO THE END OF THEIR SERVICEABILITY WITH THAT.
UM, AS FAR AS TAKING
I'M TALKING ABOUT JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST PUTTING IN THE MOST BASIC, UH, YOU KNOW, THING.
SO YOU COULD USE THAT MONEY POTENTIALLY TO ALLOCATE TO BETTER FACILITY LONG TERM.
SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? WELL, AND, AND I GUESS THERE WOULD BE A WAY TO DO THAT, UM, AND KIND OF TOUCHES ON THE FIRST PHASE TWO SLIDE THAT I TALKED ABOUT.
SO THERE WERE SEVERAL ITEMS THAT ARE WITHIN OUR PHASE TWO BID THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO PUT OUT SURE.
THAT ARE REQUIRED TO GET THE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM, WHICH IS ALREADY UP TO BID UP AND RUNNING FOR THAT.
SO THOSE ITEMS THAT I LISTED ON THERE WOULD NEED TO ADD, A MINIMUM WOULD NEED TO BE, UM, PERFORMED IN ORDER TO GET THE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM.
UM, SO WHAT YOU PROPOSE TO DO THAT FIRST OR SECOND, I'M SORRY, YOU PROPOSE TO DO THAT FIRST OR SECOND.
UH, ALL OF THAT WORK SHOULD BE TAKING PLACE AT THE SAME TIME.
IT'S ALL PART OF OUR PHASE TWO, RIGHT? IT SAYS HERE, BASE BID REPLACEMENT OF, UM, ICE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM, LONG ITEMS. THAT'S PHASE ONE IS WHAT I HAVE.
PHASE ONE, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN PUT UP TO BID.
AND SO NOW WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS SLIDE HERE, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR PHASE TWO, UM, SUPPORTING PHASE ONE INSTALLATION, THOSE ARE THE WORK ITEMS WITHIN OUR PHASE TWO PROJECTS.
THAT'S GONNA BE, THAT AT A MINIMUM NEEDS TO BE, UM, PERFORMED IN ORDER FOR THE PHASE ONE ITEMS, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY, WHICH THE TOWN HAS ALREADY PURCHASED TO BE INSTALLED.
SO EVERYTHING YOU GET BEYOND THAT IS RENOVATIONS IN ADDITION TO, UM, JUST IN THE FACILITY ITSELF.
BUT THOSE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE ON THIS PAGE HERE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO INSTALL THE INSTALL REFRIGE.
AND NOW TOUCHING REAL FAST ON YOU BROUGHT UP A WORKOUT ROOM, A WALKING TRACK.
WELL, WALKING TRACK WAS NEVER DISCUSSED, BUT WORKOUT ROOM WAS DISCUSSED, BUT WE QUICKLY REALIZED THAT YOU WERE RUNNING OUT OF SPACE WITHIN THE EXISTING SHELL, WHICH WE WERE TRYING TO
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MAINTAIN.AND IF WE WERE TO DO ANY KIND ADDITION LIKE THAT, ANY KIND OF ADDITION TO THE BUILDING, WE WOULD NEED TO PUT AN ADDITION ON.
SO WE'D HAVE TO BUILD OUT TO DO THAT.
AND THEN IT'D BECOME COST PROHIBITIVE TO DO THAT.
SO WHAT IS TO THE EAST, THOSE BUILDING TO THE EAST, YOU COME IN OFF OF MM-HMM
AND YOU WOULD LOOK TOWARDS THE EAST.
THERE'S, UH, IT'S OBVIOUSLY A FORMER BASED FACILITY.
WHAT, WHAT'S IN THERE RIGHT NOW TO THE EAST? IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST IS, WHICH IS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON THE PICTURE HERE.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF GRASS, THEN THERE'S A LARGER PARKING LOT.
THEN I BELIEVE THE MAINTENANCE GARAGE, THAT'S THEY'RE SIMILAR STRUCTURE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY USE FOR THEM.
YEAH, I THINK IT, I THINK IT'S MAINTEN STORAGE AND EQUIPMENT, UH, STORAGE BUILDING BACK THERE.
SO TOWN BUILDINGS AS WELL AS TWO COME TO THE RIGHT.
SO IF YOU'RE COMING IN ONTO THE, THE DRIVEWAY.
THE BG OFFICE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE OFFICES AND THEN OUR, WE RUN SOME PROGRAMMING OUTTA PORTION.
YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S TWO BUILDINGS ARE COMING UP.
THE FIRST ONE IS BUILDING NEW ROUNDS AND PROGRAMMING LIKE JULIE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
THE SECOND ONE IS MORE OF A, UH, STORAGE SORT.
WHEN WE, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT ANY KIND, WE TALKED ABOUT ADDING THAT SECOND RANK OR SECOND SHEET TO THIS, WE ALWAYS REALLY KIND OF LOOKED TO THE WEST, RIGHT? WE TALKED ABOUT ADDING IT TO THE NORTH, BUT THAT WOULD REQUIRE, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS DRIVE THAT GOES RIGHT TO THE NORTH OF THE BUILDING.
AND THEN WE GOT SOME SOFTBALL FIELDS AND MAYBE THE CROSS FIELD, JUST SOFTBALL FIELDS.
SO WE DIDN'T AT THE TIME WHEN WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS, SO YEAH, SO WE DIDN'T WANNA DISTURB THAT, SO WE LOOKED TO THE WEST AND, UM, THERE STILL IS THAT POSSIBILITY.
AND IF YOU LOOK, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT ALTERNATE BIDS FOR THE LOCKER ROOMS HERE, UM, JUST IN A SECOND.
SO IF YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE ADDITIONAL LOCKER ROOMS, WHICH ARE AN ALTERNATE BID, BUT THERE IS THAT ABILITY, AND YOU CAN SEE THE TWO DOORS THAT WE HAVE THERE TO ADD A SECOND SHEET TO THE WEST SIDE OF THAT IF ONE BECOMES AVAILABLE.
AND YOU CAN TIE THOSE IN INTO THAT.
SO, AND THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE BEGINNING.
WE, WE TOLD THEM TO LEAVE THINGS OPEN JUST LIKE THE CONFESSION STAND.
SO IF WE DID WANNA BUILD UPON THINGS, IT WOULD BE EASIER THE WAY THAT THEY'RE BUILDING IT NOW AS OPPOSED TO HOW IT'S, SO THEY'RE LEAVING IT OPEN FOR LIKE A PHASE THREE, A PHASE FOUR.
NO, I REALLY, MYSELF, I REMEMBER THAT RING WHEN, OR IT WAS ENCLOSED AND THERE WERE TARPS.
SO WHEN I WALK IN WITH MY, MY LITTLE BOY, I STILL HEAR THE TARPS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT THERE.
I HEAR LAPPING, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT WOULD BE 25, YOU KNOW, JANUARY BUFFALO, RIGHT.
IT WAS INTERESTING GOING THROUGH THE RECORD DRAWINGS FOR THAT BUILDING IT THAT I'M LIKE, THEY REALLY DID THIS AND THAT, THAT BLEW.
AND THEY, BUT YEAH, YOU WOULD PICK WHAT SIDE OF ICE YOU WANTED BE ON BASED ON THE GAME INTO LIKE THAT.
UM, THE BRAKES WERE LIKE THAT.
AND YOUR TOES WOULD, UM, I TALKED REAL FAST ABOUT THE PHASE TWO ALTERNATE BITS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.
AGAIN, THESE ARE ALTERNATE BITS AND THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE BASE BIT.
SO IF IT COME BACK FAVORABLE, THEN THESE ARE WORK ITEMS THAT THE TOWN CAN CHOOSE TO ADD TO THE, IF THEY WANNA OR NOT.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS TWO ADDITIONAL LOCKER ROOMS THAT, THAT HAVE ON THE LEFT SIDE, ON THE SIDE.
UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING TALKS WITH I'M LIKE, IS NOT, UM, HILBERT COLLEGE OF POTENTIALLY ONE OF ONE OF THOSE TWO, UH, ONE OF THOSE TWO LOCKER ROOMS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO HAVE TWO OTHER ALTERNATES, WHICH KIND OF REALLY TIE IN WITH EACH OTHER.
SO WHEN WE REPLACE THE CONCRETE AND THE PIPING ON THERE, THE EXISTING DASHBOARDS, WHICH ARE THE BOARDS THAT SURROUND THE FIRM OF THE, ARE GONNA NEED TO BE REMOVED.
AND, UM, SET TO, SO WE LOOKED AT THIS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO INSTALL NEW DASHBOARDS.
ANOTHER COMPLAINT THAT WE WERE HEARING, UH, DURING OUR OUTREACH WAS THE FACT THAT THE EXISTING PLAYER BENCHES ARE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RINK, WHICH PUTS THEM DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE BLEACHERS.
AND NOT ONLY FANS, BUT ALSO WE HEAR THE PARENTS ARE ACTUALLY MORE RURALLY THAN SOME OF THE, UM, SOME OF THE FANS THAT SHOW UP TO THE ARENA.
SO THERE WAS A HIGH DEMAND AND HIGH REQUEST TO LIFT THOSE BENCHES SO THAT THEY'RE NOT VISIBLE.
SO WE GET THAT SEPARATION BETWEEN, UM, THE ATHLETES AND THE SPECTATORS.
SO WHEN WE DO THAT, IF WE DO PICK UP THAT ALTERNATE, WE'RE REALLY KIND OF TYING IN.
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EXISTING BLEACHERS TO REMAIN.WE HAVE A COUPLE HOLES THERE WHERE THE BENCHES WERE.
SO THAT'S OUR THIRD ALTERNATE IS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE, THE BLEACHERS ALSO.
AND THOSE NUMBERS, YOU CAN SEE THERE, CAME IN FOR THE ESTIMATE, 400,560 AND THEN FOR THE BOARD, AND THEN FIVE $52 OR FIVE 2000 FOR THE BLEACHERS.
SO, UM, ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON PHASE TWO? UM, PROPOSED TIMELINE DATES? UM, IF I ABOUT THESE REAL FAST AND WHERE WE'RE GOING FROM HERE? UM, AS KEN TALKED ABOUT, WE'RE LOOKING TO GET APPROVAL FOR THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS.
WE'RE LOOKING TO PUT THAT OUT IN, UH, NEXT WEEK WEDNESDAY.
AND SO AS KEN TALKED ABOUT, WE ORIGINALLY HAD IT GOING OUT TO BID IN DECEMBER.
NOW PUSHING TO JANUARY, WE'RE REALLY IN, UM, A TIME CRUNCH NOW.
SO IF THE BIDS WERE TO GO OUT IN JANUARY, WE'D ACCEPT BIDS IN THE END OF FEBRUARY.
UM, AWARD, HOPING ON THE 26TH THAT THE, WE GET BIDS FOR ALL FOUR PROJECTS, ALL FOR CONTRACTS, WHICH ARE GENERAL CONSTRUCTION, MECHANICAL, PLUMBING, AND ELECTRICAL.
UM, AS WELL AS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, HOPING THAT THEY COME BACK WITH A FAVORABLE COST THAT WOULD BRING US INTO OUR CONSTRUCTION SEASON STARTING IN APRIL, GOING INTO SEPTEMBER.
AND KEN KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THERE'S A REAL POSSIBILITY AND SEE ON OUR CONTINGENCY PLAN THERE BELOW THAT SOME OF THE WORK WILL EITHER HAVE TO BE PUSHED TO 2025 OR SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE PUSHED INTO SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER.
WE'D BE, OF COURSE LOOKING TO GET THE ICE UP AND OPERATIONAL SO THAT HOCKEY CAN TAKE PLACE IN THE, IN THE FACILITY AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT BRINGING ALL THE OTHER STUFF ON BOARD AS, AS WE GO THROUGH.
BUT WE REALLY WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL WE GET A CONTRACTOR, GET ALL THE CONTRACTORS ON BOARD AND WE HAVE THEIR PROPOSED SCHEDULES.
UM, I GUESS THAT SAID, I DON'T KNOW IF ABOUT, UM, BECAUSE BASICALLY WE INTERFACE PRETTY MUCH 99 OF THE TIME WITH EVERYBODY IN THE ICE RINK.
UM, AND AS BOTH GENTLEMEN STATED, AADA COMPLIANCE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
UM, AND WE'VE BEEN INFORMED MANY TIMES THAT WE ARE NOT UP TO COAST.
SO THAT'S, UM, I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST WHY THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT USE IT, HOCKEY ORGANIZATIONS, SABA, UM, AND NOT JUST DURING THE WINTER SEASON.
OUR DAY CAMP HAS 150 KIDS EACH DAY FOR, UH, EIGHT WEEKS OF THE YEAR.
AND IF THIS GOES DOWN, THAT WOULD ALSO IMPACT THAT BECAUSE AS MIKE SAID, UM, IT'S CURRENTLY RAINING IN THERE.
UM, THERE'S IFICATION HEATING, POOLING PROBLEMS IN THERE, UM, THAT WOULD IMPACT CAMP AS WELL.
THE OTHER, UM, NEW THINGS THAT ARE REALLY GONNA TO BE, UM, SOMETHING THAT I THINK THEY, THAT WE CAN TOUT ONCE THIS IS DONE.
UH, WE ARE NOW HOME ICE FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR BOTH FRONTIER AND HAMBURG, UM, AS WELL AS THE, OUR HOME LIFE FOR HIS, UH, HILBERT'S WOMEN'S HOCKEY TEAM, ONE OF ONLY 74, UH, WOMEN'S HOCKEY GAMES IN THE NATION.
SO THOSE ARE SOME KEY THINGS THAT I THINK MAKE US PRETTY SPECIAL AND WANT, YOU KNOW, IT GETTING DONE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S ALSO INCREASED REVENUE.
UM, AS WE SAID, IT RAISED IN THERE DURING THE SUMMER.
WE CAN'T HAVE A SPORT COURT, WE CAN'T HAVE TURF, WE CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO IF WE'RE ABLE TO FIX THAT, THEN WE COULD POSSIBLY, UM, SERVICE OTHER YOUTH SPORTS GROUPS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND POSSIBLY WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AS WELL FOR THE A D STUFF.
OH, I'M SURE WE COULD PROBABLY, I'M SURE, FIND SOME STUFF OUT THERE.
UH, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE FACT THAT, UM, LIKE WE'RE SAYING DIFFERENT PHASES.
THERE DEFINITELY IS ANYTHING
UM, I'M GONNA LEAVE MY CARD ALL YOU HAVE ANY WANNA OR,
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UH, ABOUT 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE START OF THE SEVEN O MEETING, IS THERE ANY, UH, OTHER BUSINESS OR QUESTIONS THAT TAKE LIKE TO TAKE UP BEFORE THE SEVEN MEETING? OKAY.[01:40:53]
REORGANIZATION[01:40:53]
MEETING AT THE TIME OF HAMBURG.UH, I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST RECOGNIZE TOM CLERK FOR THE PURPOSES OF COMMONWEALTH SUPERVISOR PRESENT.
I WOULD ASK FOLKS TO, UH, STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE OF.
ALRIGHT, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WANTED TO DO, UH, BRIEFLY RECAP SOME OF OUR, OUR RULES OF ORDER AND WHAT THE AGENDA IS FOR THIS EVENING.
UH, MUCH LIKE OUR TYPICAL BOARD MEETINGS, WE ARE GONNA WORK THROUGH THE AGENDA.
IT'S A VERY HEAVY AGENDA CONSISTING PRIMARILY OF OUR ITEMS, UH, THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE REORGANIZATION MEETING AND OTHER RESOLUTIONS THAT, UM, DEEMED UP A PRIORITY TO TAKE UP IN THIS, IN THIS MEETING AS WELL.
UH, ONCE WE, IT, THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE MEETING, IF THERE'S A RESOLUTION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE HEARD ON, UH, YOU'RE INVITED TO STAND UP.
UH, IF YOU'RE ABLE COME TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM, IF YOU'RE ABLE, THEN ADDRESS THE BOARD.
WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO APPROXIMATELY, UH, THREE MINUTES, UM, AND THAT YOU DIRECT THEM TO THE BOARD.
UH, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE AGENDA, WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR AND PUBLIC EXPRESSION.
UH, WHERE AGAIN, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU TO, UH, IF THERE'S JUST A FEW STANDING UP IS FINE.
IF, UH, A LINE FORMS, WE HAVE A SIGN IN SHEET UP HERE, FOLKS, TO, TO SIGN IN RIGHT HERE AT THIS TABLE.
UM, AGAIN, UH, WE ASK YOU TO LIMIT YOUR REMARKS TO THREE MINUTES.
UM, AND, UH, UH, AND FROM THAT POINT, WE WOULD MOVE ON TO REPORTS FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS.
AGAIN, THIS IS A REORGANIZATION MEETINGS.
WE HAVE MANY OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS HERE.
THEY WILL SHARE REPORTS, UH, TO THE BOARD THAT ARE, UH, NOTEWORTHY AND INTERESTING TO RESIDENTS AS WELL.
UH, AND THEN WE WOULD MOVE ON FINALLY TO REPORTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS, UH, WHERE EACH BOARD MEMBER WOULD'VE THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC AND EACH OTHER.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, WE CAN, UH, MOVE RIGHT INTO THE AGENDA.
AND THE FIRST RESOLUTION IS FROM MR. ALKI.
NUMBER THREE, RESOLUTION NUMBER THREE.
I THINK, DAN, ACTUALLY YOU WERE GONNA READ THIS ONE.
I RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE, THE POINTS, THE FOLLOWING FOR A TWO YEAR TERM COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2024, AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.
TOWN ATTORNEY KENNETH J. FERRELL, DEPUTY TOWN ATTORNEY BRIAN ATIA AND JOE MOR, UH, TOWN PROSECUTOR TIMOTHY GALLAGHER.
FUNDS, UH, TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM A TO A TWO.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER COSO AND A SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BALKI ON THE QUESTION.
UM, I DO NOTICE THE BUDGET TRANSFER, UM, AND I'M WONDERING IF, UH, ANYONE ON THE BOARD IS PREPARED TO DISCUSS WHAT THE SALARIES WILL BE, ESPECIALLY CONCERNING THE ADDITION OF A DEPUTY TOWN ATTORNEY.
THE BUDGET TRANSFER IS TO COVER THE ADDITIONAL TOWN ATTORNEY GIVEN
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THE, UM, VARIETY AND SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS WITH OUR THINKING TO ADD THIS, UH, DEPUTY TOWN ATTORNEY AT THE SAME AMOUNT HAS, HAS BEEN BUDGETED BEFORE.SO THAT BUDGET TRANSFER IS TO, UM, COVER THAT ADDITIONAL COST AND THE ACCOUNT NUMBERS WERE SECURED THROUGH OUR FINANCE OFFICER.
I ALSO HAVE CONCERNS AND I, I, UH, WAS HOPING FOR SOME CONVERSATION ON THIS TOPIC, UH, MOVING FUNDS FROM OUR LITIGATION BUDGET, UH, WHEN WE FULLY EXPECT TO KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE CONTINUED LITIGATION, UH, SPECIFIC TO SEVERAL, UH, HIGH PROFILE CONTROVERSIAL PROJECTS WITHIN THE TOWN.
UM, AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE, UH, WE'RE SELF-INSURED UP TO $250,000.
UM, SO OUR LITIGATION BUDGET IS REALLY USED TO KEEP THOSE CLAIMS LOW.
SINCE THE TOWN IS ON THE HOOK, THE FIRST 250,000 OF ANY LIABILITY, UM, I WAS WONDERING IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY THOUGHT, UH, GIVEN TO THAT OR IF THERE'S ANY OTHER MEASURES TAKEN TO ADDRESS, UM, WHAT'S REALLY GOING TO CRIPPLE THE LITIGATION BUDGET, UH, FOR THE COMMON ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
THE, UM, LITIGATION BUDGET WAS INCREASED FROM $40,000 FEE, $100,000 AN INCREASE OF 60,000 THIS PAST YEAR.
IT HAS ALSO FELT THAT THERE MIGHT POSSIBLY BE SOME, UM, SAVINGS REALIZED THROUGH THE AREAS OF SPECIALTY THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE AND THE WAY IN WHICH THINGS HAVE HAD TO GO OUT IN THE PAST.
UM, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS GOING FORWARD AS THE YEAR UNFOLDS IN TERMS OF OTHER UNENCUMBERED FUNDS THAT MIGHT BECOME AVAILABLE.
UH, SO WE FELT THAT THIS WAS PRUDENT MEASURE AT THIS TIME, ESPECIALLY ADDITIONAL $60,000 HAD BEEN ADDED IN ONE YEAR TO THAT BUDGET LINE MOVING INTO 2024.
AND THEN FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, EXPRESS SOME VERY SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT THE APPOINTMENT OF, UH, MR. FARRELL TO THE TOWN ATTORNEY'S POSITION.
ONE CONCERN IS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY FIND OURSELF IN A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION OF HAVING TO LEAVE THE SENIOR CENTER BUILDING AT FRONTIER HEIGHT NEAR FRONTIER HIGH SCHOOL.
THE LEASE AGREEMENT THAT WAS NEGOTIATED BY MR. FARRELL AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, WAS A 20 YEAR AGREEMENT WITH A VERY SERIOUS HOLE AT THE 10 YEAR MARK, A HOLE THAT LEAVES US IN JEOPARDY OF FINDING A HOME FOR OUR PROGRAMS. WE WILL BE OUT OF THAT FACILITY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, AND HAMBURG TAXPAYERS WILL CONTINUE TO PAY THE BONDS THAT WERE TAKEN OUT TO RENOVATE THAT FACILITY UNTIL 20, 35, 10 YEARS PAST OUR EXIT FROM THE BUILDING.
I'M VERY CONCERNED, ESPECIALLY AS WE ARE NOW LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME FOR OUR SENIOR AND COMMUNITY CENTER.
THE OTHER CONCERN THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TURN MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD FOR EXPLANATION IS WE HAD A VERY HIGH PROFILE ELECTION THIS YEAR WHERE FOLKS CAMPAIGNED AGAINST NEPOTISM.
THIS LAST TOWN BOARD IS GOING TO GREAT LENGTH TO STOP NEPOTISM AND FAVORITISM.
HOWEVER, DID MOTION TO BRING MR. FARRELL, WHO I NEED TO POINT OUT IS MS. COUNCIL MEMBER'S.
BROTHER IS CLEARLY NEPOTISM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ANTICIPATE TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE THE ANSWER, THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
AND THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO STATE IS THAT, AS I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, SUPERVISOR, UM, MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE TOWN KNOW, UM, BUT IT'S GOOD FOR CLARIFICATION WOULD BE THAT ANY OF OUR ATTORNEYS, INCLUDING THE TOWN ATTORNEYS, SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD.
THEY COMPLETELY, UM, WORK AT OUR DIRECTION.
AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THAT LEASE WAS DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE TOWN THAT WAS AT THE DIRECTION OF THE TWO PARTIES INVOLVED, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEIR ATTORNEY WHO WAS MR. UH, EK, WHO WAS THE BROTHER OF THE CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
UM, AND OUR SUPERVISOR AT THE TIME.
I DO BELIEVE SOME OF THE FACTS YOU STATED ARE INCORRECT REGARDING THE BONDS IN THE 12 YEARS.
AND AS FAR AS THE, THE NEPOTISM, THE, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE SHOULD GET A JOB BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE.
I ALSO DON'T BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE SHOULD NOT GET A JOB BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE.
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QUITE A VETTING PROCESS THAT OCCURRED WHO EXPRESSED INTEREST AND WERE LOOKED AT.AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE THAT WAS UNDERTAKEN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BROUGHT A TEAM OF PEOPLE WITH EXPERTISE WHO WOULD BE WORKING AT OUR DIRECTION IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TOWN.
UH, NONE OF THE, UH, OTHER BOARD MEMBERS THAT DID RUN, UH, THIS PAST YEAR FOR, UH, COUNCILMEN ARE NOT RELATED TO MR. FERRELL, BUT HE'S HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND I MAKE THE MOTION TO MOVE TO THE ROOF.
I I DO WANNA COMMENT MR. HOKA.
YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, I AM AN ATTORNEY, UH, PRACTICING OVER 20 YEARS, AND I SPOKE TO, UM, ABOUT A DOZEN ATTORNEYS IN AMBER BECAUSE I DID RUN A CAMPAIGN WHERE I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT NEPOTISM A HUNDRED PERCENT.
NOW, UH, MR. FARROW AND I INTEND TO VOTE FOR THIS, AND HE'LL TELL YOU WHY HE DID NOT GIVE A DOLLAR TO MY CAMPAIGN AT ALL WHATSOEVER.
SO I OWE HIM NOTHING POLITICALLY RIGHT.
NUMBER TWO, MR. FAROH WORKS WITH DEMOCRATS IN THE TOWN OF EVANS AS A TOWN ATTORNEY.
HE WAS PREVIOUSLY OUR TOWN ATTORNEY.
AND EVERY PERSON I ASKED IF THEY WERE INTERESTED, NOBODY WANTED A JOB.
AND I THINK IT'S ABOUT, IT'S WELL UNDER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A TOWN ATTORNEY, WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF RESPONSIBILITY.
I TALKED TO REAL ESTATE ATTORNEYS, I TALKED TO REPUBLICAN ATTORNEYS, I TALKED TO VARIOUS ATTORNEYS.
NOW MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE PREVIOUS TOWN ATTORNEY, LISA POLK OR POACH WORKS FOR CHACHA FLEMING.
AND I KNOW IN REVIEWING CAMPAIGN FINANCE ISSUES THAT THE FLEMING, CHACHA FLEMING, UH, PEOPLE DONATED TO YOUR CAMPAIGN AND DEMOCRATS.
SO I COULD SAY I COULD DISTINGUISH MYSELF BECAUSE THEY'RE BIG DEMOCRAT DONORS, PEOPLE THAT DONATED TO YOUR CAMPAIGN AND YOUR SISTER'S CAMPAIGN.
MR. FAROH, ON THE OTHER HAND, DID NOT DONATE TO MY CAMPAIGN.
AND SO THE MAIN THING THOUGH, BESIDES ALL OF THAT, IS I TALKED TO A DOZEN ATTORNEYS IN HAMBURG AND NOBODY WANTED THAT JOB.
THE ONLY ONE THAT CAME FORWARD WILLING TO DO IT IS MR. FARRELL.
WE EVEN ASKED THE PEOPLE THAT WERE POINTING AT OUR LEGAL TEAM IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT, AND THEY WERE NOT BASED ON THE LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY.
SO THE FACT THAT MR. FARRELL DID THIS JOB PREVIOUSLY, THAT HE'S WORKED WITH DEMOCRATS IN THE TOWN OF EVANS, THE FACT THAT HE'S THE ONLY PERSON THAT APPLIED FOR THIS JOB, I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR HIM.
AND I, I WANTED TO LET THE VOTERS KNOW, LET YOU KNOW.
I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS VERY, VERY, UH, SERIOUSLY.
AND IT CAUSED ME, UH, PERSONALLY LIKE A, A LOT OF STRESS RELATIVE TO THIS BECAUSE I WANNA DO A GOOD JOB FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
I TAKE IT VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY.
BUT I ALSO WANT A GOOD LEGAL TEAM THAT IS GONNA HAVE THE BACK OF THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
AND I THINK THAT MR. FARRELL AND I KNOW MR. UM, RAF AS WELL VERY WELL, THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS AND MR. ATIA AND MR. GALLAGHER WILL DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG INDEPENDENT OF POLITICS.
AND I CAN SAY THAT HAVING KNOWN THAT MR. FER DIDN'T GIVE $1, UNLIKE YOUR TIME TURN, MR. HOLMES FIVE.
SO WE HAVE SOMEBODY WOULD SPEAK, UM, IF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A, UM, PERSON WHO'S ELECTED AND A PERSON WHO'S APPOINTED.
SO HAVE AN ANSWER TO AN POSITION.
YEAH, NOBODY, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY BROUGHT UP AN ELECTED POSITION, SO I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
ASKED YOUR COUNCILMAN RIGHT NEXT TO YOU, HE'S THE ONE THAT BROUGHT IT ON SUIT.
I, I SPOKE ON THE RECORD HOW I FEEL AND HOW I'M GOING TO VOTE.
AND I DO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND I'M IN A FOUR YEAR TERM AND I WILL GO TO WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY.
BUT YES, THERE IS, THERE IS DEFINITELY A DIFFERENCE.
BUT KEN FARRELL IS THE PERSON WHO APPLIED FOR THIS POSITION.
HE'S THE MOST QUALIFIED POSITION.
AND KEN FARRELL IS NOT A MEMBER OF OF MY FAMILY AND NONE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS, I MADE A PLEDGE WORK FOR THE TIME.
SO I WOULD JUST LIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO CONCERNS OF NEPOTISM, NEPOTISM IS HIRING YOUR FAMILY AND THAT CONCERN CAN BE MITIGATED, UH, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER FA LORENZ ABSTAINING FROM THIS VOTE, WHICH WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION
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AND CERTAINLY WOULD SATISFY THE CONCERNS THAT I HAD AROUND NEPOTISM.IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS, WELL, JUST ONE MORE POINT.
AND SO I DID TAKE THIS BECAUSE I TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY TOO, AND THERE WAS MANY, UM, FACE THAT THIS DECISION, INCLUDING ALL THAT HAVE BEEN ALREADY CITED BY MR. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BKI.
UM, SO, BUT I DID TAKE THIS UP WITH THE TOWN OF, UM, THE ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS TO HAVE THEIR INPUT ON WHETHER I WOULD BE ALLOWED TO, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE GOOD PRACTICE FOR ME TO VOTE AND I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING, IT WAS MY HUSBAND, IF IT WAS MY CHILD, THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT STORY.
BUT THAT, NO, I WAS NOT PRECLUDED FROM BEING ABLE TO VOTE ON THIS MATTER AND I, AND I TOOK IT TO THE ASSOCIATION.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE, UH, CLERK TO CALL A ROLL CALL VOTE.
ANY COUNCIL MEMBER ROL LOREN? YES.
IT BRINGS US TO RESOLUTION NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS ALSO I CONSIDERATION.
DO YOU TYPICALLY READ THE RESOLUTION RULES OF ORDER? RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE CONTINUED USE OF RULES OF ORDER AS AMENDED TO APPROVE JANUARY 8TH, 2024.
THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT MOVED BY FRANK.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GKI AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY THAT SAYING AYE.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG CURRENTLY HAS A FLAG POLL AT TOWN HALL DEDICATED TO DISPLAY OF THE AMERICAN FLAG WITH THE POW MIA FLAG DISPLAYED DIRECTLY BELOW.
AND WHEREAS THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD MAY CHOOSE TO RECOGNIZE GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS, EVENTS, AND COMMEMORATIONS IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, AND WHEREAS THIS MAY UPON TOWN APPROVAL INCLUDE THE DISPLAY OF A FLAG AT TOWN HALL AT A SPECIFIED TIME.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE INSTALLATION OF AN ADDITIONAL FLAG FULL AT TOWN HALL AND TASK THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDING AND GROUNDS WITH TAKING THE NECESSARY STEPS TO PLAN FOR AND INSTALL THIS ADDITIONAL FLAG POLE FOLLOWING ALL GUIDELINES FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE FLAG POLE WHEN IN PROXIMITY TO THE FLAG POLE DISPLAYING THE AMERICAN FLAG AND P-O-W-M-I-A FLAG AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDING AND GROUND WILL COORDINATE THIS EFFORT WITH THE TOWN'S VETERAN COMMITTEE SO AS TO ENSURE ADHERENCE TO ALL APPLICABLE GUIDELINES AND PROPER PLACEMENT OF FLAG POLES AND REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE TOWN BOARD ON PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD WILL DEVELOP A POLICY FOR THE USE OF THIS FLAG POLE FUNDS AVAILABLE IN A 0.0451 TOWN.
MISCELLANEOUS MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL SECOND BY COUNCIL ON THE QUESTION, IS THERE AN EXPECTED TIMELINE FOR INSTALLATION OF THE SECOND? NO, THERE IS NOT.
WE WILL BE IN CONSULTATION WITH DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
I AM AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THERE IS CONSIDERATION FOR CHANGES TO THE FRONT OF OUR FACILITY AND THAT WILL BE OF COURSE, INCORPORATED INTO THOSE DISCUSSION.
AND JUST FOR, FOR, I DON'T BELIEVE WE NEED AN AMENDMENT TO THE RESOLUTION, UH, BUT IT SHOULD BE KNOWN THAT INCLUDED IN THE CHANGE ORDER THAT WE'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT IS THE INCLUSION OF THREE FLAG BOLTS AFTER THE PARKING LOT, UH, HAS BEEN RENOVATED.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING, UH, THE PARKING LOT CLOSER TO THE BUILDING, UH, PARKING, HANDICAP PARKING, UH, CLOSER TO THE TOWN CLERKS OFFICE, AS WELL AS THE ACCESSIBLE LIFT THAT WE HAVE COMING IN.
UH, AND THAT WILL BE, THOSE THREE POLLS WILL BE FULLY FUNDED AS PART OF THAT PROJECT.
UH, SO IT DOES PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT YOU IDENTIFIED IN THE TOWN BOARD MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT.
UM, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UH, THE BOARD TO, TO WAIT UNTIL THAT INSTRUCTION PROJECT, WHICH IS SLATED FOR, UH, THIS SPRING AND SUMMER RATHER THAN INSTALLING
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A POLE, UH, WHEN WE HAVE THREE BRAND NEW POLES THAT WILL BE HERE BEFORE THE END OF YEAR.UH, SO WE HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE A SECOND.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER? UM, THERE IS A PART HERE THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A POLICY CREATED.
DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE FOR THE CREATION OF POLICY? I WOULD JUST, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND THAT THAT FLAG POLE IS USED UH, IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER.
I DON'T WANNA SEE IT JUST MM-HMM.
DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE SCHOOL OR THIS YEAR WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO LET IT'S
I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UH, CONSULTING THE HAND COALITION FOR EQUITY INCLUSION AS WELL AS OUR VETERANS GROUPS, WHAT TYPE OF FLAGS AND WHAT THAT POLICY MIGHT LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD.
AND ALSO MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE A SCHEDULE FOR BUILDING THE GROUND WHEN THEY SHOULD LOWER THE FLAG AHEAD.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED PERFORMANCE SUFFICIENCY OF THE TRAVELERS.
PAUL PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISHONESTY AND FAITHFUL PERFORMANCE BOND EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 15TH, 2009, COVERING ALL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WHILE ACTING WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THEIR DUTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE SUPERVISORS, TOWN JUSTICES TO TOWN CLERK, AND THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT WITH A LIMIT OF 1 MILLION, LOSS OF DEDUCTIBLE OF 25,000 EACH OCCURRENCE.
EXCESS COVERAGE IN THE AMOUNT OF SEVEN 50,000 IS PROVIDED FOR THE TOWN CLERK AND DEPUTY TOWN CLERK.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GAR LAUREN.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED C RESOLVED AS A TOWN BOARD NAMED SUPERVISOR RANDALL A HOPE AS THE AUTHORITY OF THE FIRST SECTION TWO OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY SIGNED APPOINTMENT FORM AND PERSONNEL CHANGES SUBMITTED TO OFFICE CERTIFIED FOR THE CIVIL DIVISION.
PAYROLL IS ACCURATE AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW CANVASES ELIGIBLE LIST AND PERFORM TO FUNCTIONS RELATING TO THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
SIGNED PO DASH ONE M FORMS REPORTING APPOINTMENTS, TERMINATION, OTHER PERSONNEL CHANGES TO THE ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL.
SECOND MOTION MAY COUNCILMAN C*M SECOND BY COUNCILMAN OSA.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT SUPERVISOR RANDALL HA POST IS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN PROPERLY SUBMITTED FORM FOR HIRING TEMPORARY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AFTER WRITTEN NOTIFICATION TO ALL TOWN BOARD MEMBERS AND TO BE CONFIRMED AT THE NEXT IMMEDIATE TOWN BOARD MEETING FOLLOWING THE HIRE.
SECOND MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER C****R FOR SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CAROL LAUREN.
SO IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD HEREBY ESTABLISHES THE FOLLOWING IS STANDARD WORKDAY FOR ELECTED AND EMPLOYMENT OFFICIALS FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF DETERMIN ENGAGED WORK TO REPORTABLES THE NEW YORK STATE LOCAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM ELECTED OFFICIALS, SUPERVISOR, COUNCIL NUMBER TOWN CLERK SUPER BURN HIGHWAYS, TOWN JUSTICE, FIVE DAY WORK WEEK, SIX HOUR OFFICIALS, TOWN ATTORNEY, DEPUTY TOWN ATTORNEYS ASSESSOR BOARD MEMBERS ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL MEMBERS.
MOTION SUPERVISOR HO SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER C*M.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD DESIGNATE FOR HAMBURG SUN FOR FOR THE BUFFALO NEWS AS THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG FOR THE YEAR 2024 WITH TO TERMINATE WITH THE 30 DAY NOTICE BY EITHER PARTY.
MOTION COUNCILMAN? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
JUST LIKE TO PAUSE THE AGENDA TEMPORARILY.
I DID NOTICE THAT WE DO HAVE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE INCOMING LEGAL TEAM, THEY ARE INVITED TO JOIN US HERE AT THE FRONT OF THE ROOM, WHICH IS THE TYPICAL DICE FOR THEM TO SIT IF THEY CARE TO DO SO.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE MILEAGE RATE FOR TOWN OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES FOR THE YEAR 2024 AT THE CURRENT FEDERAL RATE OF SIX FIVE $5.
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SIGNIFY NINE.WHEREAS THE COMPUTER NETWORK WHICH ABUSE THE PROCESS SAID VOUCHER IS LOCATED IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND HAS BEEN THE CUSTOM AND THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TO PROCESS PAYMENTS.
AND WHEREAS THE STATE REGULATIONS MANDATE THAT SAID VOUCHERS BE AUTHORIZED BY THE TOWN CLERK FOR TOWN COMPTROLLER NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT PAT, SHE FINANCE DIRECTOR BE GIVEN THE POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF TOWN COMPTROLLER LIMITED TO PRESERVING THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF VOUCHER AUTHORIZATION FOR A PERIOD OF COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2024 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE BY SAYING A, A, A OPPOSED ABSTENTIONS CARRIED RESOLVE IN REIMBURSEMENT FOR OUT OF TOWN MEAL EXPENSES WILL BE MAXIMUM 50 PER DIEM UNLESS OTHERWISE APPROVED BY THE TOWN BOARD.
ALL VEGAS PLEASE YOU BY SAYING AYE.
WE'RE AT SECTION 1 42 OF THE HIGHWAY LAW REQUIRE TOWN BOARD INCLUDE ALL PURCHASES OF EQUIPMENT, TOOLS AND OTHER IMPLEMENTS TO UTILIZE FOR HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE AND OF $1 MILLION PER YEAR.
AND WHERE SECTION 1 0 3 OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW REQUIRES PUBLIC BIDDING FOR PURCHASES OF EQUIPMENT IN EXCESS OF $20,000.
AND WHEREAS THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, MAKES NUMEROUS PURCHASES FROM TIME TO TIME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE ANNUAL BUDGET.
AND WHEREAS PURSUANT TO SECTION 1 42, THE HIGHWAY LAW IS DESIRABLE FOR THE TOWN BOARD TO AUTHORIZE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT TO PURCHASE SET EQUIPMENT, TOOLS AND OTHER IMPLEMENTS IN EXCESS OF $1,000.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAM HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO PURCHASE OF THE PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE TOWN BOARD AND WITHOUT COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDELINE THREE OF SCA POLICIES, EQUIPMENT, TOOLS AND OTHER IMPLEMENTS SHOULD BE USED FOR HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE, CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION SNOW FILES OR OTHER DEVICES.
REMOVAL OF SNOW FROM HIGHWAYS AND SUM NOT TO EXCEED $5,000.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGN MS. AYE AYE.
A OPPOSED CARRIED RESOLVE THAT THE TOWN JUSTICES BE AUTHORIZED TO EMPLOYEE TO STENOGRAPHERS IF NECESSARY.
THE POWER BOARD RENEW ITS MILITARY POLICY.
THE POLICY WILL BE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2024 TO DECEMBER 31ST.
UM, WHEREAS SECTION 64, THE TOWN LAW REQUIRES THE TOWN BOARD TO DESIGNATE BANKS OR TRUST COMPANIES IN WHICH SUPERVISOR TOWN CLERK, TOWN JUSTICE AND FINANCE OFFICE MANAGER SHALL DEPOSIT ALL MONIES COMING INTO THEIR HANDS BY VIRTUE OF THEIR OFFICES.
THAT WOULD BE RESOLVED IF FUNDS OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG BE DEPOSITED ANY THE FOLLOWING BANKS, BANK OF AMERICA, M MT.
KEY BANK OF WEST NEW YORK, EVAN NATIONAL BANK OF ANGOLA, JP MORGAN CHASE, COMPANY BANK, WILMINGTON TRUCK TRUST, UH, NEW YORK PASS AND THE RESPECTIVE OFFICER WITHIN TOWN OF G AND BUFFALO AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE SAID BANKS ARE HEREBY DESIGNATED AS DEPOSITORIES FOR THE FUNDS OF TOWN OF HAMBURG.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
A OPPOSED, RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVE THE FOLLOWING THAT MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY, BANK OF AMERICA KEY BANK, WESTERN NEW YORK, EVANS NATIONAL BANK OF OLA, JP MORGAN, CHASE BANK, CITIZENS BANK, NYPA, AND MBIA CLASS BE DESIGNATED DEPOSITORIES OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND THEY'RE HEREBY REQUESTED, AUTHORIZED, AND DIRECTED TO HONOR CHECKS, DRAFT OR OTHER LEVEL OF PAYMENT ON MONEY DRAWN IN THE NAME OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, INCLUDING THOSE PAYABLE TO THE INDIVIDUAL ORDER OF ANY PERSON OR PERSON WHO NAME OR NAMES APPEAR THEREON AS SIGN RECLINER THEREOF WHEN BEARING OR PURPORTING TO BEAR THE EXIM SIGNATURE OF THE SUPERVISOR OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, RANDALL HOPE AND THE MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY, BANK OF AMERICA, KEY BANK, NEW YORK NATIONAL BANK OF OLA, JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, CITIZENS BANK, WILMINGTON TRUST SHALL BE ENTITLED TO HONOR AND TO CHARGE THE THOMAS HAMMER FOR SUCH CHECKS, DRAFTS, OR OTHER REGARDLESS OF OR BY WHOM OR BY WHAT MEANS THE ACTUAL SUPPORTED SIGNATURE OR SIGNATURES THEREON MAY HAVE BEEN THERETO AS SUCH SIGNATURE OR SIGNATURES RESEMBLE THE FACTS.
SIMILARLY SET THE SPECIMENS DUALLY CERTIFIED TWO ARE FILED WITH THE MANUFACTURERS TRADERS TRUST COMPANY, BANK OF AMERICA, KEY BANK, EVANS NATIONAL BANK, JP MORGAN BANK, CITIZENS BANK, WILMINGTON BY THE SECRETARY OR OTHER OFFICER OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG? AYE.
CONSERVATION ADVISORY BOARD RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE APPOINTMENTS OF THE FOLLOWING CONSERVATION ADVISORY BOARDS FOR TWO YEARS PERIOD.
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JANUARY 1ST, 2024 AND PENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.GARY LOW, LEON, ROCKWOOD, TOM O UH, EXCUSE ME IF I MESS UP THE NAME.
HOUSING DISCRIMINATION OFFICER RESOLVED ACCOUNT BOARD APPROVED THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENT, HOUSING DISCRIMINATION OFFICER FOR ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2024 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
UH, ATTORNEY JOE MO ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED RESULT THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS TO THE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD FOR A ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2024 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
CINDY KHAN MANKO, ANDREA MAXIK, JENNIFER GOIA, STEPHANIE BAXTER, AMY MCKNIGHT, PATRICIA MIC AND ROBIN MILLER.
RESOLVE THE PURSUANT TO PROVISIONS OF SECTION 2 84 OF THE HIGHWAY LAW, THE TOWN BOARD AGREES THAT MONEYS LEVI AND COLLECTED PREPARE AND IMPROVEMENT HIGHWAYS RECEIVED FROM THE STATE REPAIR HIGHWAY SHALL BE EXPEND AS FOLLOWS.
THE SUM OF 6 MILLION 883 47 MAY BE EXPENDED FOR GENERAL REPAIRS.
THREE 20 MILES OF TOWN HIGHWAYS INCLUDING SLU BRIDGES LESS THAN FIVE FEET AND BOARDWALK OR THE RENEWAL THEREOF BE FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD EXECUTES DUPLICATE AGREEMENT FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF PURSUANT ANY ALLOCATION THAT IN THE 24 BUDGET.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE BY SAYING AYE.
APPOINT THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS TO THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM OF ONE YEAR COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2024 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
COORDINATOR MATT GINI, ASSISTANT COORDINATORS MIKE BENNETT AND DUNN MEMBERS JEAN FELLINI, PATRICK BASS, JOHN MCKENDRY, PAT RYAN, SAM BLA, AND ANDREW
SECOND WE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KY.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
MOTION CARRIES HEALTH AND SAFETY COORDINATOR, RESOLVE THE TOWN BOARD.
APPROVE THE FILING APPOINTMENT COLLEEN AS HEALTH AND SAFETY COORDINATOR FOR ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCE JANUARY 1ST, 2024 ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024 FOR AN ANNUAL FIVE FIVE ARE AVAILABLE IN COUNT A 7 4 0 1 2 ALL FAVOR PLEASE BY SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED CARRIED REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS THAT, UH, KATHY BINKI TO CLERK, THE APPOINTED REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR DISTRICT, UH, NUMBER 1465 TOWN OF HAMBURG AND JILL DEPUTY REGISTRAR FOR TERM OF JANUARY 1ST, 2024 TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
WHERE SECTION FOUR FOUR THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW REFERS TO COMPENSATION FURTHER THAT KATHY VINKY SHALL BE PAID TOTAL OF $4,000.
A COMBINED DISTRICT OF HAMBURG ARE 1 4 6 5 FROM THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND THE VILLAGES OF CLAY AND HAMBURG AS PROVIDED UNDER LAW ALL FEES COLLECTED BY THE REGISTRAR AND THE DISCHARGE OF HIS OR HER DUTY SHALL BE THE PROPERTY OF THE MUNICIPALITY.
FEES COLLECTED AS REVENUE TO THE TOWN SHALL BE ENTERED IN REVENUE ACCOUNT 8 2 5 9 0 0.9 SECOND.
BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVE THE PAYMENT AT $80 A DAY FOR EACH COMMISSIONER OF THE WOODLAWN SEWER DISTRICT FOR EACH DAY ACTUALLY EXPENSE IN SERVICE TO THE DISTRICT.
AND THEN EACH COMMISSIONER FILE WITH THE TOWN CLERK AN OFFICIAL UNDERTAKING BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,000.
OPPOSED? BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVE THE TERMINATION OF PERSONNEL FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS FOLLOW.
UH, SO MOVED IS ON THE ATTACHED P.
THIS BRINGS US TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 28, WHICH WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH MR. BOSKY,
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UH, WHERE THE HAMBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A VACANCY FOR POLICE CLERK POSITION AND CANDIDATE AVAILABLE FOR THE POLICE CLERK RESIDENCY EXAM LIST 63 DASH 3 6 4 NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED.SOUND BOARD APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATION OF CHIEF POLICE TO APPOINT THEREA A CBER TO THE FULL-TIME POSITION OF POLICE CLERK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, EFFECTIVE TUESDAY, JANUARY 9TH, 2024 AND BE FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE APPOINTMENT IS SUBJECT TO ALL PRECONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PRE-EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND, CHECK AND PHYSICAL AND BE IT RESOLVED.
$22 PER HOUR FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE AND ACCOUNT B3.
SO ALL IN FAVOR BY SAYING AYE, THERE'S GOING BE AN AMENDMENT 29.
NOW YOU WANT TO WAIT, LET'S WAIT TILL AFTER THE RESOLVE THAT TOWN BOARD APPROVE THE FOLLOWINGS OF THE HAMBURGER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR 2024.
UM, THERE'S AMENDMENTS AND, UH RIGHT.
I'M GONNA DO THAT AFTER YOU READ IT.
SO, TO MAKE MOTION TO AMEND WELL, UH, COORDINATOR, DEPUTY COORDINATOR, LET'S COORDINATOR.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CAROL LORENZ.
AND, UH, COUNCILMAN CAROL LOREN IS GONNA THE AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT THAT WE ADD A TOWN BOARD MEMBER FRANK OLLEY, TO THE LIST OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PART OF THE HAMBURG EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM.
I BELIEVE FIRST NEED MOTION TO AMEND FIRST.
AND THEN THE AMENDED MOTION AS STATED BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SHE HAS MOVED THAT WE HAVE A SECOND.
THE AMENDED RESOLUTION BY COUNCILMAN KO.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
RESOLVED THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL IS CONFIRMED TO SERVE AS THE FIRST DEPUTY TO THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT IN THE INDICATED DEPARTMENT FOR A ONE YEAR TERM TO EXPIRE.
DARREN SMITH HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WITH AN ANNUAL STIPEND OF $4,500.
SO IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAYING AYE.
CHAP PRIOR ROSS SYRACUSE BEING RESOLVED AS THE TOM BOARD APPOINTS, OR SHALL I SAY REAPPOINT, UM, PRIOR, UH, ROSS SYRACUSE AS POLICE CHAMPION TO ONE YEAR TERM EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2024.
OPPOSED, CARRIED, RESOLVED AT THE TOWN BOARD APPOINT COMMITTEE FOR A ONE TERM COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2024 AND ENDING DECEMBER 30TH, 2024.
OUR NEW YORK STATE REP, URI COUNTY BEST REP, GEORGE KENNEDY, KATHY NINA, DENNIS CHAPMAN, JOSEPH SDO, LYNN, KEN PAGLIA, GARY MOSER, BRENT DOYLE, PATRICIA GEORGE, BEN MANION, ANNABELLE MORALES, FRANK BOSKY AND COZA MOVED SECOND.
OPPOSED? THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED.
THE APPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING IS DEPUTIES OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS FOR A ONE YEAR TERM TO EXPIRE.
PATRICK RYAN IS THE ANNUAL OF SEVEN AND CHRISTOPHER ALSO WITH AN ANNUAL STIPEND OF 7,000 FUNDS ARE TRANSFERRED FROM A 4 7 8 2 7.
THE TOWN CLERK OF AUTHORIZED TO ADVERTISE FOR SEAL BIDS ENTITLED TOWN HAMBURG ICE RENOVATIONS AND MECHANICAL UPGRADES.
PHASE TWO SEALED SEPARATE BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT TOWN HALL, TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE 6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE RE, NEW YORK 1 4 0 7 5 AND SAID BID WILL BE PUBLICLY OPEN AND READ ALOUD ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH.
THIS CONFERENCE FROM SEVEN A SLASH B DOWNSTAIRS AT 11:30 AM MAIL BID SHOULD BE SENT TO CLEARLY DETENTION TOWN CLERK BID RENOVATIONS, MECHANICAL UPGRADES, PHASE TWO 6,000 SOUTH AVENUE, NEW YORK 4 7 5 PLANS BID DOCUMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON JANUARY 15TH, 2024.
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SECOND.OPPOSED? I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE.
THIS JUST, I HAD SOME QUESTIONS AT THE PRESENTATION AND, UM, I DO WANNA EXPLORE, UM, MORE ICE BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE, UH, CITIZENS COULD USE, UM, SOME MORE FACILITIES QUITE CANDIDLY IF WE'RE GONNA SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THIS.
I'M GONNA LOOK AT THIS CAREFULLY, SO I MAKE A MOTION TO TAKE TABLE.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE AS WELL AS A SECOND ON THE QUESTION.
UM, HAVE SOME VERY SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT TABLING THIS AT THIS POINT.
UM, THE PRESENTATION INDICATED THAT, UH, IF WE DON'T VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT, WE ARE GONNA MISS SOME VERY IMPORTANT DEADLINES AS FAR AS THE CONSTRUCTION SEASON.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY GROUPS, INCLUDING THE HAMBURG, FOX AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO AND EXPECTING THESE UPGRADES AND MOTIVATIONS IN THE NEXT YEAR.
THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS OF WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS PROJECT.
UM, AND IF DON'T VOTE ON IT TONIGHT, IT REALLY JEOPARDIZES WHETHER WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET IT DONE WITHIN THE NEXT 18 MONTHS OR SO.
A QUESTION HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT FOR BRADFORD STREET NEAR IN HAMBURG, I LIKE TO COMMENT THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET LEAD TIMES ON A LOT OF THE STUFF.
JUST I WORK 40 YEARS IN THE TRADE TELL SUPPLY CHAINS ARE A BIG ISSUE.
IT'S A PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU CANNOT GET THE, YOU CANNOT GET THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU NEED IN A DECENT TIMEFRAME.
YOU'RE GONNA PAY MORE, YOU'RE GONNA PAY MORE LATER.
I CAN ALSO ATTEST TO THE EFFICACY OF LINBERG BETS AS CONTRACTORS HAVING WORKED WITH MANY OF THEIR PEOPLE FOR MEN AND WORKMEN AS, AS, AS I HAVE STATED OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS.
SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT YOU HAVE A GOOD CONTRACTOR, YOU'RE LUCKY TO GET THEM, AND YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY, YOU SHOULD, YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS UP AND GO FOR IT, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T DO IT NOW, WE ARE GOING TO PAY MORE LATER.
AND FRANKLY, AS A TAXPAYER, I DON'T WANNA PAY MORE LATER.
YOU UM, I APPRECIATE THE CO THE COMMENT.
UM, I, I SAID THROUGH A PRESENTATION BEFORE FROM THE COMPANY, I KNOW IF YOU WERE, YOU WERE HERE FOR IT.
AND, UM, I TOLD THE, THE PEOPLE THAT I, I'M A HOCKEY COACH.
I GREW UP, UH, PLAYING HOCKEY AT, AT THE NIKE BASE.
AND I, I JOKED AROUND DATING MYSELF, BUT I, EVERY TIME I WALK INTO THAT ARENA, I STILL HEAR THE CANVAS SLAP, EVEN THOUGH THEY FILLED IT IN BECAUSE IT, IT USED TO BE AN OPEN RAKE WHEN I, WHEN I WAS A BOY AND THEN THEY ADDED SOME BRICKS.
UH, I REMEMBER MY, MY, MY, UH, FEET WITH FREEZE.
SO WHAT I, WHAT I WANNA SEE, AND I, YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT, CONSIDER IT.
THIS IS NOT A COMMITMENT, BUT, UM, KNOWING, HAVING BEEN INVOLVED PREVIOUSLY WITH THE HAWKS AND I COACH WITH THE STARS, ICE TIME IS SO HARD FOR, FOR, FOR OUR YOUNG CHILDREN AND ADULTS AND, AND WHOEVER WANTS ICE TIME, UH, TO GET.
AND UH, A LOT OF TIMES CHILDREN HAVE TO PRACTICE WITH OTHER TEAMS AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FULL ICE.
AND I KNOW I WAS AT LEISURE RINKS IN ORCHARD PARK ON SATURDAY AND THERE WERE SEVERAL HAMBURG HAWK TEAMS FRIENDS OF MINE THAT WERE RENTING ICE THERE.
THEY RENTED AT THE, UH, RO ON THE INDIAN RESERVATION, CATARACTS COUNTY COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, SO I I, THE WAY I'M LOOKING AT THIS FROM, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE VOTERS I TALKED TO WHEN I WAS CAMPAIGNING IS SOMETHING IN A BROADER CONTEXT OF, OF A FACILITY FOR EVERYONE TO USE.
YESTERDAY I WAS IN JAMESTOWN AND THEY HAVE A WALKING TRACK RIGHT AROUND THE ARENA.
SO SOME OF THE PARENTS, AS THEY WERE WAITING FOR, UM, THE CHILDREN TO GET DRESSED AND GETTING READY TO PLAY A HOCKEY GAME OF THE SOUTHTOWN STARS AGAINST THE, UH, JAMESTOWN LAKERS, THEY WERE USING THAT FACILITY, UH, TO EXERCISE.
AND I THINK, UH, PARENTS COULD PAY A DOLLAR TO WALK AROUND THE TRACK OR WHATEVER LIKE THAT.
SO WHAT I AM IN FAVOR OF, BECAUSE THE TOWN IS A LOT BIGGER, A LOT MORE POPULATED THAN IT WAS WHEN I PLAYED AS A LITTLE BOY, THAT WE WANNA EXPAND.
UH, I'D LIKE TO EXPLORE EXPANDING MORE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
AND I KNOW IN THE PAST THERE WERE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PROPOSED WHERE, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF MAYBE THE TOWN GIVING TAX CREDITS TO FEDEX OR AMAZON, UM, WHICH THEY DID, AND I DRIVE INTO BUFFALO EVERY DAY AND IT'S A TRAFFIC PROBLEM AND THEY CREATED VERY FEW JOBS AND I'M NOT, I DON'T KNOW WHO EXACTLY WAS ON THE BOARD THEN I WOULD RATHER SEE TAX CREDITS GO TO RECREATION BECAUSE, UM, HOCKEY TEAMS PAY $250 AN HOUR, EVEN $300 AN HOUR FOR ICE TIME.
AND IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN ENGAGE IN A WIN-WIN WHERE SOMEONE BUILDS A MULTI-USE FACILITY, WHETHER IT BE AN INDOOR TRACK WHERE, UH, I'VE SEEN IT IN, IN STATEN
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ISLAND, OCEAN BREEZE WHERE THEY HAVE, UM, NETTING WHERE, WHERE, WHERE CHILDREN CAN PLAY SOFTBALL AND LACROSSE AND THEY HAVE A TRACK AND THEY HAVE AN ARENA.I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR OUR TOWN.
AND MY ONLY CONCERN, AND I'M PROBABLY GONNA WITHDRAW BASED ON YOUR CONCERN, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A COMMITMENT, IT'S JUST A BID, IS THAT IF WE'RE GONNA SPEND SAY $10 MILLION OR WHATEVER MILLION DOLLARS ON FIXING WHAT WE HAVE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US EXPLORE SOMETHING BIGGER AND BETTER.
RIGHT? SO YOU DON'T JUST SPEND 10 MILLION NOW AND THEN COME BACK TWO YEARS NOW TO THE TAXPAYERS AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GO, WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR A, A BIGGER FACILITY.
I JUST DON'T WANNA WASTE THAT MONEY.
SO ONE OF THE REASONS I ASKED THE TABLE WAS I ASKED THE, UH, THE CONTRACTOR OR THE GENTLEMAN HERE AT THE PRESENTATION, IS THERE A WAY YOU CAN PUT A BANDAID ON THIS AND DO THE BARE MINIMUM, WHETHER IT'S REFRIGERATION, BECAUSE I SEE THE LOCKER ROOMS AND I'VE BEEN IN THOSE LOCKER ROOMS. WE NEED THE ICE.
THE LOCKER ROOMS ARE, ARE TERRIBLE, RIGHT? BUT THEY'RE OKAY.
RIGHT? YOU CAN GET DRESSED IN THEM.
WHAT WE NEED IS THE ICE FOR THE CHILDREN TO PRACTICE.
SO I'M GONNA WITHDRAW THE TABLE AND LOOK AT THOSE BITS, BUT I WANT, UM, PHASE THREE, RIGHT? PHASE THREE, I WANT TO SEE GREAT RECREATION FOR THE CHILDREN WE HAVE, UM, LIKE AMHERST.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE HAVE TO BE LIKE AMHERST, MANY REASONS WHY WE SHOULDN'T, BUT THEY HAVE FOUR, YOU KNOW, FOUR AND I CAMPAIGN ON THAT.
THERE'S FOUR ARENAS IN, IN UH, AMHERST, AND I THINK WE COULD DEFINITELY USE A SECOND.
AND YOU KNOW, LOOK AT WHAT THEY DID IN JAMES IN JAMESTOWN.
AND JAMESTOWN ONLY HAS ABOUT 20,000 PEOPLE.
I LOOKED IT UP YESTERDAY WHEN WE WERE THERE TO SEE.
AND A LOT OF THAT MONEY WHEN I TALKED TO THE COACH, MR. MCFALL OR THE LAKERS WAS FROM, UM, PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, FOUNDATIONS, UH, COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO, TO GET THESE THINGS DONE FOR PEOPLE, NOT JUST ON TAXPAYER, BUT THERE'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR TOWN FOR REVENUE BECAUSE IF WE WERE TO HAVE IT ZONED APPROPRIATELY, ONE OF THE IDEAS LOADED WITH THE OLD LEISURE LAND ON CAMP ROAD, UM, AND, AND, AND THE THROUGHWAY, THERE'S HOTELS THERE.
YOU COULD HOST THE HOCKEY TOURNAMENT AND THEN PEOPLE WOULD COME TO OUR RESTAURANTS AND STAY IN OUR HOTELS AND SPEND MONEY AND IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR, FOR EVERYONE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I I I'M CONCERNED, BUT I'LL WITHDRAW THE TABLE.
THIS IS JUST AN
I CAN ALSO SUGGEST THAT I KNOW THAT THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES ONCE IT STARTS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THEY ISSUE THIS, OUR TEAM, WHEN THEY GET THE BID BACK, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE MORE INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AND ESPECIALLY WHERE YOU HAVE INTEREST.
MAY I MAKE THE SUGGESTION THAT AS WE GO FORWARD AND UM, BECAUSE MAYBE THIS WILL ALSO HELP YOU BY GIVING YOU THE OPPORTUNITY AND, AND HELP YOU TO, UM, BE MORE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS THAT YOU BE PART OF THAT COMMITTEE THAT REVIEWS THE BIDS WHEN THEY COME IN AND ARE PART OF THE PROCESS GOING FORWARD THAT YOU CAN ADD YOUR COMMENTS AND AND ALSO ADD A HIGHER LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT WITH THE PROCESS.
I'D LOVE, I'D LOVE TO, AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ASKED TO THE GENTLEMAN PRESENTING WAS, WHAT ABOUT, UM, WORKOUT FACILITIES? 'CAUSE SOME OF THE MOMS AND DADS, I'LL DROP THEIR CHILDREN OFF FOR PRACTICE FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF AND, YOU KNOW, DO THEY HAVE A TREADMILL OR SOMETHING IN THERE? YOU KNOW, IT WOULDN'T COST THE TOWN A TON TO PUT, PUT SOME EXTRA INTO IT.
LIKE WHETHER IT BE SOME EXERCISE BIKES OR SOME WEIGHT BENCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I'VE HEARD THAT, BUT I, UM, I'LL WITHDRAW THE TABLE.
AND I, I SAY WE GO FORWARD WITH THE, UH, NOTWITHSTANDING THE BONDING AND FINANCING ISSUES INVOLVED IN EXPANDING SUCH A FACILITY.
THERE'S NO REASON THAT WE CAN'T THINK ABOUT THAT, WHETHER, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PRIVATE FACILITIES FOR WORKING OUT.
MAYBE THERE'S THINGS THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE INVOLVED, INCLUDING THINGS THAT WOULD, WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AS WE ARE LOSING OUR SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER.
BACK TO THE, BACK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO THIS MAY BE SOMETHING CONSIDERED IN THE FUTURE.
I I SUPPORT THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST REMEMBER AND I MENTIONED OCEAN BREEZE, IT'S A FACILITY ON STATEN ISLAND THAT WAS BUILT, UM, RIGHT ON THE OCEAN.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK OUT OVER THE TRACK, THERE'S BLEACHERS AND SEATS AND THEN IT LOOKS OUT OVER, OVER THE OCEAN.
AND I WOULD TALK TO THE MAINTENANCE WORKERS AND THE CONCESSION WORKERS AND THEY SAID SENIOR CITIZENS AND PEOPLE COME WHEN THEY'RE NOT HAVING TRACK MEETS AND THEY, THEY WALK AROUND THAT TRACK EVERY DAY.
I'VE SEEN IT IN, UM, TONAWANDA FOR EXAMPLE, UM, RIGHT ON SHERIDAN DRIVE.
THERE'S A SWIMMING POOL THERE.
UH, I SAW A LOT OF SENIORS THERE, THEY HAD MEETING SPACE AND THEY HAVE A GYM.
I MEAN, I'M ALL FOR EXPANDING RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE WE NEED TO KEEP OUR INFRASTRUCTURE UP AS OUR, AS OUR POPULATION AGES AND GROWS.
AND, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M, I'M COMMITTED TO, UM, MAKING THIS BETTER IN THE LONG TERM.
YOU KNOW, I MAY NOT SEE IT WITH MY HOCKEY TEAMS LIKELY BY THE TIME, UH, THEY, YOU KNOW, BY THE TIME THIS WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED, MY TEAMS WILL PROBABLY BE IN COLLEGE, RIGHT? BUT I WANNA SEE IT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS OF, OF
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FIGURE SKATERS AND HOCKEY PLAYERS AND SENIOR CITIZENS.SOMETHING THAT, A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COULD GO, WHERE THEY COULD HAVE FUN AND IT WOULD ENHANCE OUR EXPERIENCE AS A TOWN AND MAKE HAMBURGER A BETTER PLACE.
AND I SUPPORT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO MR. KING.
UM, WHEN WE INITIALLY STARTED LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT, WE DID LOOK AT TWO RANKS.
UM, IT WAS JUST NOT FEASIBLE TO SAY WITHIN THE SUBJECT, BUT SHE'S TAKING GREAT LENGTHS TO DESIGN A PROJECT WHERE WITH THE INTENTION OF CONTINUING, GROWING AND BUILDING AND ADDING, UM, AS A COMMUNITY CAN WITHSTAND THAT KIND OF ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL COMMITMENT.
UM, BUT SHE'S MADE SOME VERY SMART DECISIONS SO FAR TO PUT US IN A PLACE WHERE WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE SUCCESS OF THIS COMMUNITY AREA AND BUILD OTHER RECREATIONAL.
SO I SUGGEST REACHING OUT TO HER.
SHE'S GOT A LOT OF REALLY FANTASTIC IDEAS, KIM, TODAY AND I I LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY IS, UH, YEAH, YOU'VE ALREADY, UM, YOU AND COUNCILMAN FOR ALL IN FAVOR AYE.
OPPOSED AND SOLUTION WHEREAS CONSTRUCTION L IS CURRENTLY UNDER OF WILL REQUIRE MINOR SITE WORK TO CREATE A TEMPORARY ACCESS FOR ALL THE IRRIGATION FOUND PROJECT SITE, WHICH IS NOT SPECIFICALLY ED ON PLANS DOCUMENT, THEREFORE BE A RESULT THAT THE SUPERVISORS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE FOR THIS PROJECT, PROVING THE TIME AND MATERIALS TO CONSTRUCT MAINTAINED DURING THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT, RESTOR EXISTING CONDITIONS, TEMPORARY ACCESS IN THE AMOUNT OF 33,470 NO TO EXCAVATING L ONCE.
UM, UM, ISN'T THIS SOMETHING I'LL SECOND.
I I JUST, JUST, I MEAN THIS ISN'T SOMETHING AT THE TOP.
I KNOW IN THE BACK OF A FACILITY OVER THERE ON THE HIGHWAY, THEY GOT ALL THOSE MILLINGS DOWN THERE, CAN'T THEY? JUST SOMETHING THE COULD DO ITSELF AND SAVE THEMSELVES.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT OUR EMPLOYEES WOULD'VE THE ABILITY TO DO.
I MEAN, SORRY, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS THE TOWN, THE TOWN ASSISTED.
WE ALSO GOT, UH, MILLINGS FROM THE TOWN OF HORSE PARK TO HELP POLICY TEXAS.
SO WE USE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO KEEP THE COST AS POSSIBLE.
I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE THE TOWN COULD DONE IT THEMSELVES, BUT, ALRIGHTY.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING A BOTH CARRIE, UH, INSPECTOR RESOLVE THAT THE TOWN APPROVES THE APPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING AL INSPECTORS FOR A ONE YEAR PERIOD COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2024 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2004.
ALL FAVOR SAYING AYE PRESERVATION COMMISSION.
THE TOWN BOARD MAKES THE APPOINTMENT TO THE HAMBURG PRESERVATION COMMISSION FOR A FOUR YEAR TERM STARTING JANUARY 1ST, 2024 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2027.
ALL FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY SAYING AYE.
WHEREAS ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2023, GOVERNOR KATHY KEL ANNOUNCED MILLION IN FUNDING IS FOR PROJECTS TO CREATE NEW ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES, IMPROVE ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, CREATE SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOLS, CONVERT CORRIDOR TO PEDESTRIAN TRAILS AND HELP REDUCE CONGESTION, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR.
AND WHEREAS THE PROJECT AWARD SHALL BE NO LESS THAN $500,000, NO GREATER THAN $5 MILLION FOR ANY SINGLE PROJECT, AND NEW YORK STATE DOT WILL PROVIDE UP TO 80% OF THE TOTAL US COSTS WITH A MINIMUM 20%.
MATH PROVIDES THE PROJECT SPONSOR AND WHEREAS THE PROPOSED CLARK MCKINLEY PARKWAY INTERSECTION PRE PROJECT WILL RECONFIGURE THE INTERSECTION AT CLARK TO INCUR SAFER VEHICULAR AND MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION BY PROPOSING A ROUNDABOUT STYLE INTERSECTION.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE HENRY BOARD AUTHORIZED THE GRANT APPLICATION IN NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT FURTHER BRANCHES, 20% MATCH REQUIRED DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION OF THE PROPOSAL PROJECT.
SO, UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE? UH, I WOULD JUST ASK IF WE ARE IN DANGER OF MISSING ANY GRANT DEADLINES ON THIS ONE? YEAH.
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AWARE.SO WE CAN PROCEED WITH A MOTION TO TABLE, BUT WE MAY BE PASSING UP THE ALTOGETHER.
I I BELIEVE THE FOOTPRINT THERE IS KIND OF SMALL IN THAT AREA, AND I THINK WE'D HAVE TO ACQUIRE SOME LAND FROM PRIVATE PEOPLE.
AND I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF, UH, DOMAIN ON PLACE.
SO WE, WE'VE GOT ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE, THE PROPERTY OWNER AND, UH, I, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA GET TO POINT OF, OF DOMAIN, BUT WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK, PUBLIC OUTREACH AND, UH, ENGINEERING HAS BEEN DONE TO SHOW THAT WE CAN FIT ROUNDABOUT IN THAT INTERSECTION WITH, WITH SOME PROPERTY ACQUISITION.
UM, BUT THESE, THESE GRANTS ARE A TIGHT TIMETABLE, UH, THAT MS. MS. SAMUEL IS HERE.
SHE MAY BE AWARE OF THE DEADLINE.
THE, THE CA GRANT, IS THAT THE ONE WE'RE YEAH.
SO THE CMA GRANT IS DUE TOMORROW.
AND, UH, THE, ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF IT IS WE PUT IN COMMUNITY SUPPORT, WHICH WE WOULD BE A RESOLUTION FROM THE TOWN BOARD SUPPORTING THE PROJECT.
NOT A COMMITMENT, BUT IT IS, UH, PART OF A APPLICATION FOR A GRANT.
I, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS THOUGH.
I, SATURDAY NIGHT, UM, I WAS AT, AT, AT LE AT LEISURE R AND AFTER HOCKEY GAME I WENT TO RAFAEL'S.
IT'S A RESTAURANT RIGHT ON THE CIRCLE.
AND I, I WENT TO RAFAEL'S BECAUSE I WANTED TO TALK TO THE BUSINESS OWNER AND ASK HIM, YOU KNOW, HOW, WHAT HE FELT ABOUT IT.
AND ACTUALLY I RECOMMEND THE RESTAURANT.
UM, I, I MET, IT WAS REALLY, IT WAS REALLY GOOD RESTAURANT.
AND THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN, UH, DR.
JOHN I MET WHO WAS AN OSTEOPATHIC DOCTOR AND CHIROPRACTOR WHO DOES THEIR WINE.
AND, UM, WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION.
I WAS THERE WITH MY CHILDREN, MY WIFE, SHE LIKED THEIR VINEGARETTE DRESSING.
THEY BROUGHT US SOME, GAVE US SOME TO GO.
UM, AND, AND, AND IT WAS, IT WAS THE DOCTOR WHO HELPS OUT.
BUT ANYWAY, I TELL YOU THIS BECAUSE I SAID, HEY, DID ANYONE EVER COME IN HERE FROM THE TOWN AND ASK YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU THINK IF YOU HAVE A BUSINESS HERE? AND THEY, THEY DID ACKNOWLEDGE ACTUALLY THAT THEY THINK IT'S A BIT OF A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION.
THEY NOTICED THAT FROM OBSERVATION, BUT THEY EXPRESSED SOME CONCERN ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD DO TO THEIR, THEIR BUSINESS, HOW LONG THEIR BUSINESS WOULD BE CLOSED.
AND THEY ALSO EXPRESSED OTHER CONCERNS ABOUT THE ERIE COUNTY FAIR.
I HEARD MEANING THE FAIR, OH, GO AHEAD, SIR.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR ENGINEER.
HAVE WE DONE THIS? ANYBODY DONE A FEASIBILITY STUDY? YES.
THEY DID A TRAFFIC STUDY, DID TRAFFIC COUNTY DID, UH, PROJECTIONS FOR POPULATION GROWTH.
SO WHAT WE DID, UH, A FEW MONTHS BACK IS HAD THEM SPEND THAT STUDY TO INCLUDE A CIRCLE OPTION.
UM, BECAUSE WE WERE, WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER CONSULTANT WHO WAS A ROUNDABOUT EXPERT THIS PAST YEAR.
WE HAD COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND, UH, OUTREACH AND ALL KINDS OF PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IT.
SO THE CMAC GRANT CAME OUT, WHICH IS A FEDERAL GRANT THAT PAYS 80%.
SO WE GET 20 FOR 20 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR THIS YEAR.
UH, WE PUT OUR PROJECT TOGETHER.
PART OF THE COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT IS A TAKING OF THAT HOUSE ON THE SOUTHEAST FLOOR, AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY RETAINED A
BUT THAT'S SIGNIFICANT THOUGH.
ANYTIME, LIKE, SEE, I TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY, LIKE, BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I SPOKE TO THE PEOPLE THAT AROUND THAT INTERSECTION, THERE'S ALSO A SALON, I BELIEVE.
AND THAT, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW IS THAT GONNA IMPACT, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED WITH COVID WHEN GOVERNMENT STEPPED IN AND SAID, WE'RE GONNA STOP SOMEONE'S ABILITY TO MAKE A LIVELIHOOD.
AND I, AND I TAKE THAT VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY.
VERY BEFORE YOU DO EMINENT DOMAIN, THE GOVERNMENT TAKES THE PROPERTY FROM AN INDIVIDUAL.
LIKE, I WOULDN'T LIKE IT IF SOMEONE CAME AND TOOK MY HOUSE.
SO THIS IS WHY I'M TELLING YOU, I MOVED THE TABLE.
I SPOKE WITH THE OWNERS OF THE BUSINESS.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT I'M AGAINST THIS, BUT I JUST GOT ELECTED TO THE TOWN BOARD.
I HAVEN'T READ ANY OF THE STUDIES THAT ALL YOU HAVE COLLECTIVELY READ MR. HOKE.
AND YOU SEEM TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT THAN I DO.
I'M NOT SAYING NEXT MONTH, I MIGHT NOT LOOK AT IT AND SAY THAT I WON'T SUPPORT IT, BUT I DID.
I HAVE BEEN DOING MY DILIGENCE AND WALKING AROUND THAT CIRCLE, TALKING TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS, THEY'RE NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT JUMPING UP AND DOWN.
THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA DO TO THEIR BUSINESS.
SO BEFORE I MAKE A DECISION BASED ON SOME GRANT WE MAY OR MAY NOT GET.
I FEEL IT'S MY DUTY TO STUDY THIS AND KNOW EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.
AND I'M NOT PREPARED TO DO THAT.
AND I DON'T WANNA WASTE EVERYONE'S TIME.
I'D BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU AND YOU CAN ENLIGHTEN ME.
SO THIS RAMIFICATION HAS TO GO IN TOMORROW.
I GOT, I'M IN A MOTION TO TABLE COUNCIL, CAN I, CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION? CAN HAVE WE RECEIVED, UM, BECAUSE WE,
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THIS IS A COUNTY, SO DID AS PART OF THE PROCESS SUPPORT FROM THE COUNTY, I, VIN AND THE OTHER ONE FROM, FROM THE COUNTY FROM GINA WITH YEAH.BUT I DON'T THINK WE GOT LETTERS BECAUSE WE JUST SENT OUT THE REQUEST FOR LETTERS LAST WEEK.
SO I'M HOPING I GET THEM TOMORROW.
I'LL PROBABLY THROUGH TOMORROW, GET A LETTER TOMORROW.
IT'S NOT PART OF, IT'S NOT PART OF THE APPLICATION.
I THINK IT WOULD BE JUST CHEAPER TO GET SOME TELEPHONE.
YOU KNOWS THAT METAL POLES THAT GO OVER THE, YOU GOT 40 MILE AN HOUR STREET HERE AND A 45 MILE AN HOUR STREET HERE.
AND YOU'RE GONNA COME INTO A, A CIRCLE.
JUST LOOK AT HOW PEOPLE DRIVE NOW THROUGH SAY, JUST SAY SOUTH PARK IN SOS.
IF YOU'RE COMING OUTTA EOS RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, NOBODY'S GIVING YOU A BREAK.
THIS IS AN APPLICATION FOR GRANT, NOT A COMMITMENT.
THIS IS JUST GIVE US FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO PUT A CIRCLE HERE.
UH, I JUST WANNA, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THE RECORD, UM, OUR FIRM HAS BEEN RETAINED AS OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE WITH LAND ACQUISITION SITE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, I'VE PERSONALLY SPOKEN TO EACH ONE OF THE FOUR PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, THE CORNERS OF THAT INTERSECTION.
UM, I'VE EXPLAINED TO THEM THE PROJECT.
I'VE ALSO SPOKEN TO COUNCIL WHERE IT WAS APPROPRIATE WITH A COUPLE LANDOWNERS.
I CAN TELL YOU UNEQUIVOCALLY, ALL FOUR OF THEM HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN ACTUALLY AN EXCITEMENT POSSIBLE PROJECT.
NONE OF THIS IS, HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH EMINENT DOMAIN OR THE GOVERNMENT TAKING THEIR PROPERTY.
THIS WOULD'VE EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THEIR VOLUNTARILY SELLING A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR THE PROJECT.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE RECORD IS, IS ACCURATE ON THAT PARTICULAR POINT.
SO, UM, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY IN A WAIT AND SEE MODE TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW MUCH OF THEIR PARCEL THEY MIGHT BE ABOVE.
IN SOME INSTANCES IT MIGHT BE A TINY LITTLE STRIP AND OTHERS IT MIGHT BE MORE SIGNIFICANT CHUNK BASED ON WHAT THE ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC SAFETY STUDIES WOULD, WOULD REFLECT.
UH, BUT THERE WAS, THERE WAS A STRONG INTEREST FROM ALL FOR-PROFIT, ONE OF WHICH WOULD BE.
UM, BUT UM, BUT THEY WERE ALL WILLING TO SEE THIS PROJECT BOARD GIVEN THE MOTION TABLE.
IS THERE ANY MORE ON THE FLOOR? OKAY.
SO, UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF TABLING LISA BY SAYING A, A AYE OPPOSED NO MOTION CARRIES CORRIDOR MULTIMODAL REVITALIZATION PROJECT.
WHEREAS ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2023, GOVERNOR KATHY ANNOUNCED THAT ONE 65 MILLION FUNDING IS AVAILABLE.
PROJECTS THAT CREATE NEW PE FACILITIES IMPROVE ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
AND WHEREAS PROJECT SHALL BE NO LESS THAN $500,000, NO GREATER THAN 5 MILLION FOR ANY SINGLE PROJECT, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WILL PROVIDE UP TO 80% OF THE TOTAL ULTIMATE COSTS WITH A MINIMUM 20% MATCH PROVIDED BY THE PROJECT.
AND WHEREAS SOUTH PARK CORRIDOR MULTIMODAL PROJECT TO SEVERAL PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS ALONG SOUTH POWER AVENUE FROM THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG TO SCRANTON ROAD, NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE HENRY TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE GRANT APPLICATION OF NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND BE FURTHER RESOLVED.
IF THE GRANT AWARD TOWN HAMBURG WILL COMMIT TO THE 20% MATCH REQUIRED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND OF THE VILLAGE PROJECT.
SO I'D LIKE TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT.
I'D LIKE TO, UM, REMOVE THE LAST, THE LAST TWO PARAGRAPHS OF THE NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED AND THE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED AND REPLACE IT WITH THE FOLLOWING.
IF THIS PASSES NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED HAMILTON BOARD AUTHOR ECG CONSULTING LLC TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT THE GRANT APPLICATION TO THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED.
IF THE GRANT IS AWARDED, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL COMMIT TO THE 20% MATCH REQUIRED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPOSED PROJECT AND THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
DESIGNATE G CONSULTING LC TO THE GRANT ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
WE HAVE MOTION TO AMEND A SECOND.
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THE MOTION.THEN WE HAVE THE AMENDMENT ITSELF A SECOND FOR THE AMENDMENT ITSELF.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BOSKY.
OPPOSED CARRIED MOTION AS AMENDED.
UH, AND MOVED BY SUPERVISOR SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
RESOLVED THAT THE HAM TOWN BOARD MAKES THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS RICK DIMPLE CHAIR FOR A ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2024 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
CHRISTOPHER SMITH ATTORNEY FOR ONE YEAR COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2024 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
AND JOHN KEEBLER, ZONING BOARD MEMBER TO FILL THE VACANCY CREATED BY THE RESIGNATION OF CHRISTOPHER SMITH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM, COMMENCING JANUARY 8TH, 2024 AND ENDING JULY 1ST, 2029.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGN BY SAYING, AYE.
OPPOSED? PLANNING BOARD RESOLVES THE TOWN BOARD MAKES THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS OF THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD.
CYNTHIA, UM,
ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, UH, 2030.
ATTORNEY FOR ONE YEAR, JANUARY 9TH AND ENDING DECEMBER 30, 24.
TRAFFIC SAFETY COORDINATOR BE RESOLVED.
THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS FOR A ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2024 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
TRAFFIC SAFETY COORDINATOR MATT, ANNUAL STIPEND 8 7 90 COORDINATOR MIKE BENNETT, ANNUAL STIPEND OF ATOR DUNN ANNUAL COUNT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED? NO OBJECTIONS CARRIED.
WHEREAS THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT MUST ASSESS THE CURRENT AND FUTURE TECHNOLOGY OF SECURITY NEEDS OF ALL FACILITIES AND DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPOINTS THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEE TO THE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE.
HUG JILLIAN GORMAN, KING, KATHY KY, SEAN CRO, JEFF LINSKY, NATHANIEL RIVERA, TIM CRAWFORD.
OPPOSED? PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH.
TERMINATION PERSONNEL PUBLIC SAFETY IN FAVOR.
WHEREAS THERE IS NO TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL AT THE END OF PINCH CHERRY WAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF WINTERBERRY DRIVE AND PINCH CHERRY WAY.
AND WHEREAS THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD HAS CONSIDERED THE NEED FOR SIGNAGE AT THE JUNCTURE OF PINCH CHERRY WAY IN WINTERBERRY DRIVE AND RECOMMENDS INSTALLATION OF STOP SIGNS R ONE DASH ONE AT THAT INTERSECTION ON PINCH CHERRY WAY.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED AND GRANT PERMISSION FROM PLACEMENT OF SIGNS AS INDICATED ABOVE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TRAFFIC SAFETY COORDINATOR SHALL GENERATE THE REQUIRED WORK ORDER FOR THIS PROCESS.
COMPLETED FUNDS AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT DB SIGNS.
AND MOVE ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMRICK TOWN BOARD REINSTATE CJ BOSWELL TO HIS PRIOR EMPLOYMENT STATUS AND POSITION AS A GENERAL LABORER IN THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT FUNDS ARE TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM ACCOUNT 7 4 0 0.202 MOTOR VEHICLE FOR 30,000 ACCOUNT 1 6 4 0 2 0 2 MOTOR VEHICLE 30,000 AND ACCOUNT 6 4 0 0.478 LEASE, WHICH IS 43,155 A SEVEN.
SO, MOVES SECOND ON THE QUESTION.
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I AM GLAD TO SEE THAT MR. BOSWELL REVIEWED TURNING TO TOM EMPLOYMENT.
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THERE WAS A, UH, CONTRACTUAL ISSUE RELATED TO A LAYOFF OF OUR CLEANERS, UH, THAT RESULTED IN HIM BEING BUMPED OUT AS HE WAS A LEASED SENIOR EMPLOYEE IN THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT.UM, THAT BEING SAID, UM, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE MANY DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE PROVIDED JUSTIFICATION FOR AN INCREASE IN STAFF.
UH, AND WE'VE HAD CONSIDERABLE DEBATE OVER THE PAST YEAR AS TO WHAT DEPARTMENTS SHOULD GET STAFF.
AND WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A, PERHAPS A DIRE NEED FOR SNOW PLOW DRIVERS AND LABORERS IN OUR HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, BUT LOG TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT TO THE RESOLUTION THAT WOULD HIRE MR. BOSWELL INTO OUR HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SO HE CAN JOIN MR. HUGHES AND HIS TEAM AND HELP THEM TO ADDRESS THE SNOW RENEWABLE SITUATION.
NOW WE CAN DISCUSS ON, ON A QUESTION IS, IS THAT I PUT IN FOR FOUR EMPLOYEES LAST YEAR? I PUT FOR FOUR EMPLOYEES THIS YEAR.
I MEAN, I WAS JUST TRYING TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE CONTRACTS AND EVERYTHING, SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THIS GENTLEMAN WAS LET GO FOR THE FIRST PLACE BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THE CLEANERS WERE IN THE WHITE COLLAR, THE LABORERS WERE IN THE BLUE COLLAR.
SO I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW ONE PERSON COULD VOTE FROM ONE TO THE OTHER.
UM, I WAS A UNION REP IN MY PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT.
SO WHEN, SO, UH, THE TOWN BOARD'S POSITION WAS THAT HE DID NOT HAVE BUMPING RIGHTS AT ALL.
UM, WHICH WOULD'VE CERTAINLY BEEN UNFORTUNATE, BUT THE, THE UNION DID POINT OUT TO US THAT THE CONTRACT AND, AND THEY HAD A DIFFERENT PLAN.
THEY, THEY WERE LOOKING TO BUMP A DIFFERENT EMPLOYEE WITHIN THE WHITE COLLEGE UNIT, BUT THE CONTRACT CLEARLY STATES THAT THE EMPLOYEES HAVE PUMPING RIGHTS WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENT.
SO THE CLEANERS WORKING FOR THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT WERE ABLE TO EXERCISE THEIR SENIORITY TO MR. SO, QUESTION, MAY I ASK, UM, IS THERE, IT, MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, THAT THERE IS, UH, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND HOW IMPORTANT IT'S, UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE, UM, AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS BY WHICH YOU GO THROUGH WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR PLOW DRIVERS, ET CETERA, AND THAT THERE HAS BEEN PRIOR SITUATIONS WHERE THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP WITH B AND G AND THERE'S A PROCESS FOR UTILIZING THEM.
ALL EMPLOYEES START AT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND THEN YOU GO UP FROM THERE, PUT CONTRACT.
RIGHT, BUT I MEANT AS FAR AS
SO IN OTHER WORDS, YOU, THIS PERSON, WHETHER THEY'RE BROUGHT BACK TO B AND G FOR EXAMPLE, THEY WOULD POTENTIALLY BE SOMEONE THAT YOU COULD UTILIZE FOR THE SERVICES THAT YOU NEED.
LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE GONE, WE DON'T GET ENOUGH LABORERS TO COME IN.
WE GO TO
I, THE OTHER THING IS, UM, WELL I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE PART-TIME IF THERE'S PART-TIME EMPLOYEES, BUT I KNOW THEY CAN'T, THEY'RE STILL PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.
THE OTHER THING IS, IS UM, I, I NOTICED, UH, EVERY TIME SOMEBODY CAME IN OR SOMEBODY LEFT, THERE'S A P AF THAT, WAS THERE A PAF DONE ON, ON MR. BOSWELL? WAS HE STILL CONSIDERED AN EMPLOYEE? NO, I WAS NOT.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE IT NOTE THAT I WAS THREATENED BY MR. HOPE THROUGH MY GRANDFATHER.
HE THREATENED MY ME THROUGH MY GRANDFATHER SAYING THAT I DIDN'T HELP THE SISTER PUT UP SIGNS FOR, FOR THE ELECTION THAT I WOULD FIND OUT AND A MONTH LATER I LAID OFF WITHOUT BOARD APPROVAL.
SO ALL OPPOSED, OPPOSED, IN OTHER WORDS, OPPOSED TO BRINGING HIM BACK IN THE HIGHWAY? I NO, I'M, THE AMENDMENT IS TO BRING HIM INTO HIGHWAY, RIGHT? I'M NOT VOTE.
I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA VOTE ON AMENDMENT.
SO, SO WE HAVE A NOTE FOR MR. KY YES.
FROM MR. CO SUPERVISOR, HOKE, COUNCILMAN, MCC AND A NO, NO.
GOES BACK TO MOTION TO AMEND PASSES.
SO THAT BRINGS US BACK TO, WELL GO AHEAD YOU SOMETHING TO RIGHT.
LEMME JUST, LEMME JUST CLARIFY WHERE WE'RE AT, IN, IN, I DON'T THINK THAT IT PROPERLY WANNA HEAR WHAT SHE TO SAY.
I WANNA HEAR WHAT WHAT THE, HAVE AN AMENDED MOTION WITH A PROPER CORRECT.
BUT WHERE'S THIS MONEY COMING FROM? WE FOUND THE MONEY TO PULL IT OUT,
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BUILDINGS AND GROUND FUNDS TO REINSTATE WHERE GET MONEY FROM.CJ WAS REMOVED FROM BUILDING GROUND AND ABOVE CROSSED LINES BETWEEN TWO CONTRACT.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF REALLY CAN DO THAT.
UM, AND WE, UH, I WANNA MAKE THE QUESTION FROM THE SAME, SAME AREA.
I, I WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT I UNDERSTAND.
I WANNA, I WANNA MOVE TO THIS AMENDMENT, NOT THIS A AMEND, BUT WHAT WE HAVE THAT PROPOSED RIGHT HERE, NUMBER 46 AS WRITTEN, THAT MOTION HAS BEEN AMENDED.
WELL, I VOTE NO ON THE AMENDMENT.
SO NOW WE'LL CALL THE VOTE ON THE AMENDED MOTION.
I WANT, I WANT A VOTE ON THIS.
I'M I'M ASKING THE BOARD, DON'T INTERRUPT ME.
I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO VOTE ON THIS.
COULD YOU, COULD YOU CLARIFY? YES.
SO THE MOTION, THE AMENDMENT TO THE RESOLUTION WAS PASSED.
I, I'M, I'M MOVING TO, UH, TO VOTE NO ON THE AMENDMENT EVERYONE.
SO YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE NO AS SOON AS I CALL THE VOTE ON THE AMENDED RESOLUTION.
SO WE HAVE AN AMENDED RESOLUTION WITH A SECOND BELIEVE, CORRECT? YES.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION OF THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED AND FOR CLARIFICATION, MR. CALL OUT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO REINTRODUCE MY RESOLUTION AS ORIGINALLY STATED.
I'LL READ IT AGAIN NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD REINSTATE C BOSWELL TO HIS PRIOR EMPLOYMENT STATUS AND POSITION AS THE GENERAL LABORER IN THE BUILDINGS AND GROUND DEPARTMENT EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THE FUNDS ARE BE TRANSFERRED FROM ACCOUNT TWO, UH TWO AND ACCOUNT 4 7 8 2 8 7 0.
I WOULD RECOMMEND IF YOU WANNA GO TO HIGHWAY, PUT IN A BID ON THE POSITION WHEREAS THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAS JURISDICTION AND OVERSIGHT OVER THE TOWN'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT SAID, FUNDS ARE UTILIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL FEDERAL LAWS AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF POLICY AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
AND WHEREAS DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZED THE HAMBURG DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'S SUBRECIPIENT TO COMPLETE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, JOB CREATION, JOB RETENTION ACTIVITIES FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
AND WHEREAS THE CONTRACT BUYING BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE HAMBURG DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION EXPIRED ON MARCH 31ST, 2021.
NOW THEREFORE, WE HAD RESOLVED THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE A NEW SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE HAMBURG DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR USE OF THE TOWN'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM INCOME FUNDS FOR THE TIMEFRAME JANUARY 1ST, 2024 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.
SO MOVE ON THE QUESTION, DO WE HAVE THE CONTRACT? I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN THIS WAS CONSTRUCTED.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK DONE.
I DON'T, I, BUT I DIDN'T SEE A CONTRACT ATTACHED.
DO WE HAVE THE CONTRACT THAT'S GOING TO BE, THAT WE'RE AUTHORIZING TO BE SIGNED? MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE BY SAYING AYE.
RESOLVED THAT THE HAMPER TOWN BOARD MAKE THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENT AS FO OFFICER BRAD 35 FUNDS AVAILABLE IN SO SECOND.
WHEREAS THE TOWN PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN A VARIETY OF INITIATIVES AND ONGOING PROJECTS OUT THERE FOR YOU.
RESOLVED AT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, ENTERS A CONTRACT FOR ADDITIONAL PLANNING CONSULTANT SERVICES WITH SARAH DI CONTRACT ATTACHED.
START ONE NINE STARTING 1 9 24 AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AUTHORIZES TOWN SUPERVISOR TO SIGN ATTACHED LETTER AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN
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OF HAMBURG.FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN B 8 5 6 AND B EIGHT.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT.
THERE WAS A PARAGRAPH UNFORTUNATELY THAT WAS LEFT OFF.
SO IF I COULD READ THE PARAGRAPH IN THE, UM, CONTRACT SO IT, KATHY AND I GOT THIS FOR YOU.
IT IS UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED TO BY PARTIES.
AGREE THAT SUPPORT CONSULTANT IS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AND NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF THE TOWN.
NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT CREATES AN EMPLOYEE-EMPLOYER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TOWN AND THE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.
THE WILL NOT PROVIDE FRINGE BENEFITS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO.
HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS, PAID VACATION EMPLOYER SHARE OF SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY, RETIREMENT, AND ANY OTHER BENEFITS TO THE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.
THAT IS THE AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT.
I A QUESTION, HOW MUCH IS THE CONTRACT? TOTAL AMOUNT? IT DEPENDS ON RATE IN THERE, BUT I DIDN'T AMOUNTS THAT WE'RE AUTHORIZING IT FOR.
AND THAT WILL DEPEND OF COURSE ON, UM, RESPONSIBILITIES AS WE GO ALONG AND WHAT THE NEEDS ARE DURING THE YEAR.
UM, DO WE HAVE LIKE A THAT WE'RE STOPPING AT? WE CAN, WE CAN PUT THAT IN THERE IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
AND CURRENTLY IT WOULD NOT GO BEYOND THE 19.
I WOULD LIKE IF, IF WE'RE GONNA GO FORWARD WITH THIS BECAUSE IT WASN'T ORIGINALLY PART OF THE PLAN THERE, I WOULD LIKE A CAP ON IT JUST SURE.
AND THEN IF WE HAVE TO EXCEED THE CAP WE COME BACK TO BOARD, THAT'S FINE.
I JUST READ AND SAY THAT WE WILL CAP IT AT $60,000.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED? NO MOTION CARE BE RESOLVED.
THAT THE HAMMER TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPOINT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR THE TERM OF ONE YEAR COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2024 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
THE INDIVIDUALS AS FOLLOWS, COORDINATOR, COLLEEN
EDWARD HUGHES, HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT.
NICHOLAS ALI, CAPTAIN COMMAND OFFICERS UNION.
PATRICK RYAN BUILDINGS AND GROUND.
DIRECTOR OF YOUTH RECREATION SENIOR SERVICES.
WHITE COLLAR UNION REP AND INSURANCE.
I THINK WE NEED TO ADD, DO WE? OKAY ON THE AMENDMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TIM CRAWFORD FOR THE SOUTHWEST AND, UH, FRANK ALKI HAD EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN BEING LOOKED COUNCIL AND THAT WAS MY AMENDMENT ALSO, IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT EVAN'S, UH, INSURANCE AGENCY HAS RECENTLY CHANGED NAMES.
SO EVAN'S INSURANCE WILL HAVE TO CHANGE TO AJ GALLAGHER.
MR. CROWLEY, I KNOW THERE'S A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP IN THE, UH, IA UNION, UH, SHOULD BE REPLACING MR. JAR WITH MR. SPAN.
UH, SO MR. UNDER THE AMENDMENTS AS WELL.
ARE WE TAKING SOMEBODY OFF BECAUSE WE'RE ADDING ON? SURE.
LET'S, LET'S JUST START FROM THE BEGINNING.
ALL IN FAVOR TO AMEND PLEASE SAY AYE.
OPPOSED THE ACTUAL AMENDMENT ITSELF OF THE THREE, I BELIEVE FOUR CHANGES.
SECOND BY T LOREN IN FAVOR OF THE AYE.
SO, UH, I BELIEVE WE ALREADY HAD A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAYING AYE.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOM BOARD CONFIRMS THE FOLLOWING ARE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN PURCHASE ORDERS, VOUCHERS REQUEST AND TRANSFERS AND PAYROLL INPUT SHEETS FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENT AS AS LISTED.
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AYE.WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG CONTRACTS WITH EE CG CONSULTING LLC MARKET ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR CONSULTING SERVICES ALONG WITH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROJECT MANAGEMENT, GRANT MANAGEMENT AND GRANT WRITING.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD OF TOWN OF HAMBURG AGREES TO RENEW ITS ANNUAL CONTRACT WITH EECG CONSULTING LLC FOR THE SERVICES ABOVE RENDERED FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2024.
SUBJECT TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZE THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE THE LETTER OF AGREEMENT PREPARED BY MR. MALUS ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF AMT.
WHICH LETTER OF AGREEMENT IS ATTACHED TO THIS AGENDA? SO MOVED.
OPPOSED? WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS VARIOUS APPLICATION FEES ASSOCIATED WITH PLANNING BOARD APPLICATION, SKETCH PLAN REVIEW, FWPP PLAN, REVIEW, SITE PLAN APPROVAL, SUBDIVISION APPROVAL, SPECIAL USE PERMITS AND REZONING APPLICATIONS AND ET CETERA.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN RECOGNIZES THERE IS AN ISSUE OF URBAN BLIGHT WITH PROPERTIES THAT ARE LEFT UNATTENDED, UNMAINTAINED, OR HAZARDOUS TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS ANY OWNER, DEVELOPER OR LLC APPLYING FOR A PROJECT OR DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG THAT HAS OWNERSHIP OR MANAGEMENT INTEREST TO ANY PROPERTY WITHIN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG THAT HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH A CODE VIOLATION OR PENDING LITIGATION PERTAINING TO PROPERTY RELATED ISSUES, WILL HAVE ANY AND ALL FUTURE PERMIT FEES DOUBLED FOR ANY PROPOSED PROJECTS UNTIL THE VIOLATIONS ARE RESOLVED.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF FORD ADOPTS THE TOWNS FEE TABLE FOR PLANNING, ZONING, AND ENGINEERING RELATED FEES.
SCHEDULED, DATED JANUARY 8TH, 2024.
OPPOSED? NAY MOTION? HAVE YOU SAID NO? I SAID NO.
THE QUESTION IS THIS GONNA AFFECT RESIDENTIAL FEES AS FAR AS ZONING, ZONING, BOARD VARIANCE AND, UH, MOTION WILL HAVE NO IMPACT.
THAT'S WHY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I VOTED NO BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN INDIVIDUAL AND DEVELOPER AND WE DON'T WANNA, SO THAT'S WHY I TOWN IS HEREBY APPROVE THE SUPERVISOR APPOINTMENT.
THE POSITION OF DEPUTY SUPERVISOR AS FOLLOWS.
AMBER HAS REQUESTED ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO INCORPORATED DESIGN OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND ARCHITECTURE ENGINEERING HAS SUBMITTED A CHANGE ORDER, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES THEREFORE BE RESOLVED.
RY BOARD AUTHORIZED THE TOWN SUPERVISORS TO SIGN A CHANGE ORDER FROM WENDELL ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING FOR THE TOWN HALL PARKING LOT PROJECT THE AMOUNT OF 20 FUNDS AVAILABLE IN H PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TOWN HALL PARKING LOT.
SECOND THOSE IN FAVOR? CAN YOU BY AYE AYE.
NO, YOU SAID NO, NO RESOLVED, OH, I'M SORRY.
WITHOUT THE SUPER SUPERVISOR BE AUTHORIZED TO TEMPORARILY DEPOSIT OR INVEST TOWN MONEY NOT REQUIRED FOR IMMEDIATE EXPENDITURES AND SPECIAL TIME DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS OR CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT ISSUED BY A BANK OR TRUST COMPANY LOCATED IN AUTHORIZED TO BUSINESS IN THIS OR OBLIGATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR OBLIGATIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
BOTH CARRIED BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE SUPERVIS ANNUAL FOR FILING IN ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 1910 A OF TOWN LAW.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD MAKES THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS TO THE HAMBURG SOUTHTOWN DRUG FREE COMMUNITY COALITION FOR 2024.
JILLIAN GORMAN, KING NICOLE DECA AND GILLEY.
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BETTER.DAWN SPRINGER, JARED CHILD, MELISSA C*****G.
KIM PECK, ECK AND LILY SUNRUN.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD WILL APPOINT THE FOLLOWING TO THE ETHICS BOARD FOR FIVE YEAR TERM.
BRENT DOYLE AND GAR GREER TERM WILL EXPIRE.
SECOND, ALL PROCEED SAYING AYE.
BE IT RESOLVED WITH THE TOWN BOARD.
APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF JACKIE MORRIS TO THE POSITION OF CLERK TO THE TOWN.
JUSTICE FOR THE HONORABLE CARL JUDGE MORGAN.
AND THERE THE AMENDMENT HERE TO THE DATE I'D LIKE TO OFFER THE AMENDMENT CHANGE THE DATE.
A RATE INDICATED ON THE 2024 AND WAGE SCHEDULE SECOND.
I BELIEVE THAT, UM, JACKIE MORRIS IS HERE WITH US THIS EVENING AND WHENEVER WE WELCOME SOMEONE INTO, UM, OUR EMPLOYMENT, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THEM BE RESOLVED.
THE TOWN BOARD APPOINT THE FILING TO THE SHORELINE REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2024 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
RECREATION FEE RECOMMENDATIONS WHERE THE FULL-TIME STAFF, THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT MEMBERS OF THE RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD R AAV ANNUALLY CONDUCTS A REVIEW OF ALL CHANGES AND FEES, PROGRAMS, LEAGUE RENTALS, CLASSES, CLINICS, ET CETERA, ADMINISTERED AND OPERATED BY DEPARTMENT AND WHERE THE DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE CHANGES AND SAID TOOK PLACE AMONG PARTIES DURING THE WAITING DAYS OF 2020.
AND WHERE AFTER MUCH DELIBERATION OF CONSENSUS ON CHANGES TO THE GOLF COURSE FEEDS SHOULD NOT BE REACHED, NOT BE REACHED, AND THE DEPARTMENT IN RAD WILL MEET AGAIN IN JANUARY.
TO FINISH THIS DISCUSSION, SUBMIT A RECOMMENDATION IN DEPARTMENT, RECOMMEND ALL OTHER PROGRAM MEMBERSHIP OR RENTAL FEES FROM OUR MENU OF AUTHOR.
OFFERING NOT ADDRESSED HEREIN WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED FOR 20, LET SAY SHOULD BE.
AND WHEREAS THE DEPARTMENT AND OUR AB DID NOT DID DETERMINE THAT A MODEST INCREASE OF FEES AND CHANGES TO SOME PROGRAMS OFFERED IS JUSTIFIED WARRANTED BASED ON CURRENT MARKET TRENDS, COST INCREASES IN OTHER DETERMINING FACTORS, WHEREAS DEPARTMENT AND RA FOR CONSIDERATION BOARD MODIFICATIONS AS ATTACHED, I THINK THIS HAS TO SAY 2024.
WE MAKE THAT AMENDMENT TYPO NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWNS, UH, BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS PROPOSED BY THE FULL-TIME STAFF OF RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD AS CONTAINED AND EN PROPOSED IN THIS THAT WE AMEND, UH, 2024.
OPPOSED? CARRIED PART TIME AND SEASONAL WAGE SCHEDULE RESOLVED THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE LISTING OF PART-TIME AND SEASONAL WORKERS AS SET FORTH TO 2024 SALARY AND WAGE SCHEDULE ATTACHED.
IS THERE, IS THERE AN UPDATED LIST FOR THIS? IS THAT THE ONE LEFT QUESTION SECOND.
YOU HAVE A SECOND? I MEAN, THIS SAYING THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY HIRING THESE PEOPLE BACK.
THIS, UH, THEY'RE ALREADY IN PLACE.
CARRIED BE RESOLVED THAT THE HAM TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE 2024 SALARY AND WAGE SCHEDULE BE ATTACHED.
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RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD, ALL THAT THE BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD OF THOMAS BE JR.TO FILL THE VACANCY CREATED BY THE RESIGNATION OF JIM LORENZ COMMENCING IMMEDIATELY THE END OF 12 31 2 25 AND PATRICK MCKINNEY TO THE TERM ENDING 12 31 5.
WE HAVE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BOG FAVOR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IS NOVEMBER BE RESOLVED? THE HAMMER DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE REQUEST FROM LAKESHORE FIRE, UH, VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY TO ADD TO THE MEMBERSHIP TO THE INDIVIDUAL AS FOLLOWS, CONNOR, DANIEL AND MARK G. SCHMIDT SECOND.
OPPOSED NO FURTHER SERVICE? NEWTON ABBOT FIRE COMPANY, YOU MEMBER KEVIN SMITH.
RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE REQUEST OF NEWTON ABBOT VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY TO ADD TO THEIR MEMBERSHIP.
THE INDIVIDUALS AS FOLLOWS, KEVIN SMITH.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.
THE TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MICHELLE PARKER TO CONTINUE AS A MEMBER OF THE HAMBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS.
BEGIN JANUARY 1ST, 2024 AND END DECEMBER 31ST THOUSAND, 28.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? STATE I'D I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR A LATE RESOLUTION THAT WOULD BE CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ASSISTANT COUNCIL MEMBER.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGN SAYING AYE.
BOTH RESOLVE THE HAMFORD TOWN BOARD, APPROVE A PAF FOR SAMUEL KY AS ASSISTANT TO COUNCIL MEMBER KY AT 17 PER HOUR.
THANK DO WE HAVE, UH, FUNDS AVAILABLE? THAT WOULD BE, UH, THAT WOULD BE THE, IS MR. SHEA HERE? THAT WOULD BE THE ACCOUNT WHERE ALL OF OUR THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND I HAVE ONE MORE, UH, MOTION.
AND SECOND, UH, I'D MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE SO WE CAN GET THE PROPER INFORMATION ON THE, UH, WELL THEN WE CAN TAKE A MOMENT AND FIND THAT RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU WANNA, PAT, ARE YOU MAY, DO YOU MAYBE WANNA LOOK AT THE NUMBER WOULD BE THE PERSONNEL LINE? THAT WOULD BE THE A 1 0 1, 0 0.0102 A MOTION FOR THE PROPER SECOND.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ANOTHER LATE RESOLUTION FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF OUR HISTORIAN.
I BELIEVE THAT'S A SUPERVISION APPOINTMENT.
UM, OKAY THEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ IT OR DID YOU WANNA MAKE JIM BAKER? I DON'T EVEN THINK WE NEED RESOLUTION.
HE'S NOT, BUT I SAW THAT IT WAS ON PREVIOUS, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD THING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE HIM.
HE DOES A GREAT JOB, UM, AT OUR FACILITY ON SOUTH PARK.
HE'S A MEMBER OF THE PRESERVATION AND HE DOES.
UM, AND HE'S AN AMAZING PERSON TO TALK TO.
HE WAS MY 11TH GRADE, UH, SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER.
MIGHT YEAH, THAT'S A DIFFERENT DOCUMENT.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT BRINGS WITH THROUGH OUR ENTIRE AGENDA.
AND THAT WILL BRING US TO, UH, BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR.
JEN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEECH SEAT, YOU CAN STAND.
UH, IF THERE ARE LYING FORMS, WE ENCOURAGE TO SIGN UP.
UH, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT OF THE
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ROOM IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE ABLE.UNITED, UH, COUNCIL, UH, TAXPAYERS.
I JUST WANNA, UH, REITERATE MY REQUEST FOR THE A COMMITTEE.
HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY FROM THE TOWN BOARD WILL PICK IT UP.
UH, COUNCILMAN CONLEY STARTED THE COMMITTEE FOR, FOR THE GARBAGE AND REFUGE.
AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY HE'S NO LONGER A TOWN BOARD MEMBER, BUT AT THE MEETING IN THE OCTOBER, WE HAD MANY RESIDENTS.
WE HAD A LOT OF INPUT AND I THINK THERE'S SOME KIND OF NEGOTIATIONAL, UH, POWER NOW WITH SOME VOICES FROM THE BOARD THAT WE CAN, UH, GET TO A RATE WHERE IT'S AFFORDABLE FOR, YOU KNOW, HAMBURG TAXPAYERS.
UH, EVERYONE'S PAYING DIFFERENT RATES.
I BROUGHT MY BILLS WITH ME TODAY.
I BRING 'EM UP HERE, BUT SINCE I'VE NEGOTIATED LAST YEAR, MY RATES CHANGED FOUR TIMES TO HIGHER.
AND MY RESIDENT, THE NEIGHBORS AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD UP ON TAYLOR ROAD, UH, 14 OF 'EM, THEIR RATES HAVE CHANGED.
SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT THE BOARD OR SOMEBODY ON THE BOARD PICKS UP THE COMMITTEE, UH, ASSIGNMENT TO TRY TO GET SOME PUBLIC IN MORE PUBLIC INVOICE AND MEETINGS SO THAT WE MIGHT COME INTO SOME KIND OF AN AGREEMENT WITH THESE PROVIDERS.
WE ONLY HAVE TWO IN THE JUNIOR YEAR.
WE'RE THE ONLY, UH, CLEARANCE IS THE ONLY OTHER, UM, MUNICIPALITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE A A A DISTRICT.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE DO THAT.
I I'M JUST HOPING FOR DISCUSSION.
I'M HOPING THAT SOMEBODY FROM THE BOARD WILL PICK UP THAT BALL.
UM, POSSIBLY IT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR PEOPLE I'VE TALKED TO FOR THE TAXPAYERS COMMITTEE.
MAYBE IT SHOULD BE LIKE A REFER, ALMOST A REFERENDUM, JUST A SUGGESTION THAT WE COULD DO A VOTE.
BUT THE VOTE, THE SUGGESTION WAS VOTE WOULD, WOULD HAVE THE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
IN MY EXPERIENCES AND WHAT I'VE NOTICED FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION, IT'S VERY TOUGH TO GET PEOPLE TO VOTE ON.
SO IF YOU WOULD CENTER IT AROUND A GENERAL ELECTION, YOU MIGHT GET, WE HAD 1 18, 19 YEARS AGO AND IT WAS SHOT DOWN, BUT THINGS HAVE CHANGED NOW.
WHAT WAS THAT? THAT WAS 18 OR 19 YEARS AGO.
THEY HAD A VOTE ON GARBAGE YES.
AND IT WAS, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WANNA STUDY AS A BOARD MEMBER.
I KNOW THE, UM, AVERAGE NEWS REACHED OUT TO ME AND I WENT ON RECORD.
I THINK, UM, THERE'S SOME ADVANTAGES AND I WANNA, AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT, OBVIOUSLY, BUT THERE'S SOME ADVANTAGES TO GONNA A SINGLE PROVIDER BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LEVERAGE AS YOU INDICATED IN BARGAINING.
BUT MY ONE CONCERN WOULD BE, UM, SAY WE LIKE MY UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW WE HAVE WASTE MANAGEMENT AND MODERN OF THE TWO PROVIDERS.
SAY HYPOTHETICALLY WE NEGOTIATE A DEAL WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT AND THEN THEY GET THEIR FOOT IN THE DOOR.
THEN MODERN LEAVES SAY FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, THERE'S ONE PROVIDER AND WE GO DOWN TO THE TABLE, YOU KNOW, BACK TO THE TABLE TO NEGOTIATE.
THEY COULD POTENTIALLY THEN HAVE LEVERAGE OVER US WITH ONE PROVIDER.
AND I, I WANNA KEEP AN OPEN MIND BECAUSE I'M MUTE TO THE BOARD.
ANOTHER PROPOSAL I HEARD FLOATED WAS MAYBE EVEN HAVING THE TOWN WORKERS DO IT AND USING SOME OF THE WORKERS TO DO JOBS AS GARBAGE AND ALSO AN EXTRA SNOW PLOW.
AND I KNOW MR. HUGHES I'D HEARD FLOATED A PROPOSAL ON THAT.
UM, OUR HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT AND I, I WOULD LIKE TO STUDY THAT, BUT I I DO AGREE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO DO AT LEAST MY OBJECTIVE IS TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE TAXPAYERS TO FIND THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE NEED, UH, IN OPERATING THAT.
AND RIGHT NOW, AS I SIT HERE, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M WILLING TO HELP OUT IN ANY WAY THAT, UH, THE TOWN WANTS ME TO HELP OUT AS, AS, AS A LAWYER, AS A, UM, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'M FASCINATED WITH, YOU KNOW, ONE PROVIDER, BUT ALSO COMPETITION OR, OR SETTING SOME RATES IF YOU WANNA DO BUSINESS OR INVITING A THIRD, UM, GARBAGE PROVIDER TO COME IN, UM, OR LISTEN TO MR. HUGHES.
BUT I WANNA DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE TAXPAYERS, BUT ALSO PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICE TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I HAVE WASTE MANAGEMENT AND THEY CAN BE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES DIFFICULT, UH, TO DEAL WITH.
LIKE THEY MISS THE RECYCLING AND CALL AND THEY GOTTA SEND OUT ANOTHER TRUCK.
AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT THE MOST USER FRIENDLY ORGANIZATION.
YOU CALL, YOU GET AN AUTOMATED PERSON.
THEN WHEN YOU THREATEN TO GO TO MODERN, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY PAY ATTENTION TO, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
BUT WHEN WE HAD THAT MEETING, MR. BALKI WAS A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM THE, THE PUBLIC WAS DIFFERENT DISTRICTS ARE CHARGING, DIFFERENT GUYS ARE CHARGING DIFFERENT RATES.
SOMEONE'S PAYING 400, $500 FOR SOMEBODY ELSE, 300.
THE BURDEN OF THOSE PRICES, I THINK IT'S IN TONNAGE OR WHATEVER, IS BASED, THEY'RE TAKING IT FROM DEATH PAYER.
NOW IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TOWN DOESN'T TAKE ANY, ANY REVENUE FOR IT.
I THINK THEY CHARGE THE USE OF THE TRUCKS, SMALL TRUCKS.
THEY'RE ALSO, THESE PROVIDERS ARE SAVING A LOT OF MONEY ON MANPOWER, WHICH
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BY PAST LIFE I'M A BIG PER, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE PERSON, I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE WORKING.BUT THEY HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, THE SIDE LOADERS.
SO THE ONE DRIVER AUTOMATED, I'VE SEEN IT.
SO THEY'RE ELIMINATING AND SAVING MONEY, IN MY OPINION, ON THE BENEFITS AND THE WAGES FOR, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYEES.
BUT IF IT'S SAVING THEM MONEY, WHY SHOULDN'T WE GET THE SAVINGS? ALSO? I AGREE.
AND I, I'M FASCINATED WITH MR. BERG.
YOU KNOW, THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT HUGHES CAME UP WITH, WELL, MR. HUGHES SPOKE VERY GOOD ABOUT IT AT THE MEETING IN OCTOBER ABOUT THE COMPARISON OF ALEX.
AND HE HAS NUMBERS AND IS YOU'RE RIGHT.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE SKILLS OF THE BOARD AND SKILLS, ROB, YOU HAVE NEGOTIATING.
THAT'S THE QUESTION YOU SHOULD BE ASKING.
IF, IF I COULD JUST INTERRUPT.
UH, I BELIEVE MINUTES IS I JUST, I KNOW THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE HOPING NEEDS.
WE CAN CERTAINLY, I DON'T MIND.
MR. COUNCIL HAS SOMETHING TO REGARDING THE GARBAGE.
I, I, I CONTACTED THE, THE GARBAGE COMPANY AND BOTH OF THEM ACTUALLY, AND THEY BASICALLY SAY IT'S A FREE MARKET.
UM, SO THEY CAN BASICALLY CHARGE EVERYBODY A DIFFERENT RATE, ANY RATE THEY WANT.
I WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT ACHIEVING IN THE FUTURE ABOUT MAYBE DOING A RESOLUTION GIVEN THE, UH, SUPERVISOR, THE AUTHORIZATION TO MAYBE BID OUT TO, TO THE GARBAGE COMPANIES AND SEE WHAT NUMBER THEY COME WITH.
AND THEN IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE THOSE NUMBERS AND DO A REFERENDUM, SEE IF YOU WANNA, IF THE PEOPLE ARE INCLINED TO DO THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
MS. LAURA HAN WITH, UH, LEY PARK TAXPAYERS RESOLUTION NUMBER 55 WAS THE PARKING LOT.
UH, AND I GUESS I MISSED, UM, WAS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT OR WHY WAS THAT NOT PASSED AND DOESN'T THAT AFFECT THE FLIGHT POLE, UM, ISSUE AS WELL? I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY THAT WASN'T PASSED.
I'M IN THE BACK AND THE DISCUSSION WAS REALLY QUICK AND I JUST WONDERED IF YOU COULD IN ENLIGHTEN ON THAT.
I THINK THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE INTERESTED HAVING A, UM, FULLER DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY THE PLAN.
I KNOW I'M REALLY THAT PRIVY TO IT EITHER.
I THINK THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW WHAT IT IS AND HAVE INPUT ON WHAT IT MIGHT BE BEFORE THE WHOLE FRONT OF THE BUILDING IS, IS CHANGED.
I, I THINK FOR ME, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE WHOLE PROJECT BECAUSE I, AND I'VE SEEN IT HAPPENED IN, UH, C BANK, UH, ELEMENTARY.
I'VE SEEN IT IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
LIKE WE'RE, ON THE ONE HAND, I SIT HERE AS A TOWN BOARD MEMBER AND I HAVE SOMEONE COME HERE TO YOUNG MEN THAT ARE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE PRIOR TO THE MEETING ON CONNECTIVITY.
AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THEY WANNA HAVE BIKE PATHS AND THEY WANT ECO-FRIENDLY AND THEY WANT ALL THIS AND THAT.
BUT THEN IT'S KIND OF CONTRADICTORY WHEN YOU SAY YOU WANNA BUILD A NEW PARKING LOT AND THEN HAVE GREEN SPACE MOVED, RIGHT.
LIKE TO ME, I MEAN THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CONGRUENT, RIGHT? AND I, BEFORE YOU TEAR UP, LIKE, UH, WHAT, WHAT'S THAT SONG? PAIGE PARADISE AND PUT UP A PARKING LOT.
I THINK IT'S PRETTY OUT THERE.
WE ACTUALLY, THE VETERANS, UM, AND I MARCHED WITH THEM, UH, REGARDING THE WHOLE FLAG.
WHEN WE, WHEN UM, THERE WAS A WHOLE ISSUE ABOUT THE FLAG, UH, DEBACLE THAT HAPPENED IN OUR TOWN ABOUT THE POW FLAG THAT WAS TAKEN DOWN, PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO GATHER IN THAT GREEN SPACE.
AND SO THAT'S, I WANNA LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW WE, I MEAN, I I I PRACTICE LAW IN THIS AND THIS IS A COURTROOM.
AND I LOOK AT THIS, I'VE NEVER, I'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH ANY PARKING.
NOW I, I KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NEVER BEEN THAT BUSY AND I'VE BEEN HERE TO TOM BOARD MEETING, SO WE NEED TO BUILD MORE PARKING LOTS.
LIKE, I DUNNO, TO ME IT FEELS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY.
SO, UM, BUT WE ARE, WE DID HAVE A RESOLUTION TO ADD FLAG POLE.
SO CANDIDLY THAT THAT'S MY CONCERN, THAT THAT WORRIES ME BECAUSE WE CAN ALWAYS BUILD ANOTHER PART.
ONCE YOU TEAR THAT GREEN SPACE DOWN AND KNOCK THOSE TREES DOWN, THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK.
LAURA, I THINK TO ADD THAT JUST BY SAYING I DON'T WANT THE OBJECTIVE THAT I BELIEVE, UM, THEY WERE TAKING A LOOK AT THERE WAS BEING ABLE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HANDICAPPED PARKING SPOTS AND PUT IT CLOSER TO THE, UM, HANDICAP ENTRANCE, UM, AMENITIES THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE ADDED.
I, AND I BELIEVE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS PROBABLY THAT OPPORTUNITY TO NOT, NOT DO THAT, BUT TO POSSIBLY LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES TO WHERE IT'S PLANNED FOR NOW.
AND I THINK THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND MYSELF ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO KIND
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OF KEEP EVERYONE'S INTEREST IN THE MIX, KEEPING THE GREEN, PROVIDING EXTRA HANDICAP PARKING, UM, FACILITIES, UH, WHILE NOT NECESSARILY CHANGING THE CHARACTER OF THE FRONT OF TOWN HALL, WHICH MANY PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT TO DAVID, THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT.AND NATHAN, IF I COULD JUST COMMENT ON, ON SENIOR CONCERNS.
UM, THIS PARKING LOT PLAN WAS, WAS, UH, VETTED BY OUR, OUR SAFETY COMMITTEE HERE IN TOWN.
AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PARKING LOT FRONT, IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR GATEWAY REVITALIZATION PLAN, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE FOR CONTINUOUS SIDEWALKS THAT WOULD, UH, MATCH THE SIDEWALKS THAT START TOPS AND GO ALONG THE PLAZA AS WELL PROVIDING, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE WAY IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, KIDS FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT USE A BATHROOM, MCDONALD'S AND THEN CROSS SOUTH PARK, ARE REALLY IN JEOPARDY OF, OF A CAR CRASH AT THAT POINT.
SO PROVIDING SOME TRAFFIC COMING IN ADDITION TO SIDEWALKS, UH, THAT WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING SIDEWALKS, UH, WAS, WAS THE AIM OF THAT.
BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING THIS PROJECT WITH BOARD MEMBERS.
AND IF I COULD JUST ADD, I, I WOULD RECOMMEND THREE FLIGHT CALLS INSTEAD OF THE TWO THAT WERE, THAT'S WHAT THE CHANGE ORDER CALLS FOR.
I STOOD UP AT A TOWN BOARD MEETING AND, AND, AND RECOMMENDED THAT I SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU GO OUT TO THE MARINA, THE SMALL BOAT HARBOR OR YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY CALL IT NOW, SAFE HARBOR MARTA.
AND THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, LIKE IN MARS, WE GOT THE ONE AND THEY HAVE HOLES ON THE SIDE, YOU CAN FLY NEW YORK, FLAG PLAY, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, APPROPRIATE FLAG THAT THAT, THAT YOU WOULD LIKE.
SO NEXT WE HAVE, UM, WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY WAS COVERED WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE FACT THAT WITH ALL THE DISCUSSION ON, UM, NEPOTISM LAST FALL, THAT UM, YOU KNOW, YOU COULDN'T FIND A BETTER SOLUTION TO THE ISSUE OF THE TOWN ATTORNEY BEING, BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IS APOLITICAL POSITION AS MS CLAIMED IT WAS, YOU COULD HAVE FOUND SOMEBODY, AN APOLITICAL LAWYER OR OH MY GOD, A DEMOCRAT.
IT SEEMS GOING TO ORDER TO THE TOWN BOARD AND JUST WORK PLEASURE.
I, I, I, NOT ON THE RECORD, I DO WANNA COMMENT ON THIS, AND I DID, I I CAN TELL YOU, UM, I REACHED UP, I PROUD OF OUR LEGAL TEAM AND, AND I KNOW, AND I KNOW, UM, AND I SHARED YOUR, YOUR CONCERNS AND I, I, UM, BEING AN ATTORNEY MYSELF, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PROS AND CONS, RIGHT? LIKE THERE'S, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY THE, THE APPEARANCE THAT BECAUSE MR. FARROW, UH, HIS SISTER IS ON THE BOARD, THAT THAT COULD, COULD BE NEPOTISM.
I REACHED OUT TO A DOZEN HAMBURG ATTORNEYS AND I KNOW THAT NOT ONE OF THEM WANTED THE POSITION.
OKAY? NOW IT DOESN'T, IT PAYS, I THINK IT'S LIKE $80,000 AND AS, BUT SAY, BUT LET ME FINISH THOUGH, BECAUSE I DO, YOU DID MENTION IT, AND I, AND I WANNA LET YOU KNOW, I WANNA BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THIS.
I SHARED YOUR, YOUR CONCERNS AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, UM, MORE, MORE SO OR NOT MORE SO.
SO I, I TALKED TO MANY INDIVIDUALS THAT, AND, AND I, I COULD TELL YOU THAT, UM, I I, I THINK THAT OUR, OUR LEGAL TEAM, THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO ATTORNEYS THAT WE APPOINTED THAT ARE NOT REPUBLICANS.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY WERE THE BEST PERSON FOR THE JOB.
BUT IF YOU'RE A LAWYER IN BUFFALO AND YOU'RE, AND YOU ARE MAKING HALF A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR, AND SOMEONE SAYS TO YOU, DO YOU WANNA COME DEAL WITH ALL THE MATTERS THAT A TOWN ATTORNEY HAS TO DO FOR LESS THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS? THEY ALL SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, NO, THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR, FOR CONSIDERING ME, BUT I DON'T WANT THE JOB.
AND SO WITH THAT SAID, THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, I STRUGGLED WITH THAT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IT BECAUSE MR. FARRELL HAS DONE THE JOB IN THE PAST, RIGHT? YOU LIKE EXPERIENCE SOMEONE THAT HAS DONE THAT.
HE'S WORKED IN EVANS WITH DEMOCRATS AS AS A TOWN ATTORNEY.
AND IF GOING FORWARD, I MEAN, NOTHING'S PERMANENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE COMES FORWARD THAT HAS SUPERIOR QUALIFICATIONS, WE HAVEN'T FOUND THAT PERSON.
BUT I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH OUR, OUR LEGAL TEAM THAT WE PUT TOGETHER.
AND I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO A, A, A GREAT JOB FOR US.
AND I FEEL SOLACE KNOWING I HAVE SOMEONE WITH EXPERIENCE THAT ISN'T FRESH OUTTA LAW SCHOOL.
AND AS I SAID BEFORE, UM, THE PREVIOUS TOWN ATTORNEY CAME FROM A LAW FIRM THAT GAVE BIG CONTRIBU
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OR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO, TO MR. HO'S CAMPAIGN.SO IF YOU WANNA CALL THAT, WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT? SO, MR. FARROW, I, I, I VOTED FOR HIM.
DID NOT GIMME A DOLLAR, BUT I I DID WANNA ADDRESS THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS SOME COMMENTS.
WE, UH, ARE GONNA BE ON THIS BOARD TOGETHER FOR TWO YEARS AND I THINK BE IN EVERYONE INTEREST IF WE REFRAIN FROM THE POLITICAL BOMBS.
MS. POE WORKS FOR A MAN WHO I WOULD CONSIDER TO BE A PILLAR OF THE COMMUNITY AND I WAS PROUD TO RECEIVE HIS CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH MRS. PO'S AS TOWN ATTORNEY.
I HOPE THAT GOING FORWARD WE CAN REFRAIN FROM THIS SORT OF POLITICAL BAR THROWN HOWEVER YOU OPEN THE DOOR.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT MR. FARRELL HAS DONATED A TOTAL OF $28,245 TO REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO THIS A POLITICAL POSITION.
EVERYTHING IS POLITICAL IN HERE.
I VOTED FOR MR. FARRELL BECAUSE HE'S DONE THE JOB IN THE PAST.
AND I TELL EVERY SINGLE PERSON I'VE TALKED TO DEPARTMENT HEADS AND ANYTHING, YOU DON'T WORK FOR ME, YOU DON'T WORK FOR THE SUPERVISOR.
TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO KNOW NOW WHAT YOU THINK I WANNA HEAR.
SO LET'S JUST END THIS RIGHT NOW.
I JUST WANT THANK THE BOARD FOR REAPPOINTING ME TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
UH, IT'S MY HONOR TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY IN THAT CAPACITY.
AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE.
I STARTED COMING TO THE TOWN MEETINGS BACK IN SEPTEMBER AFTER MY DAUGHTER WAS KILLED AT THE CORNER OF SOUTH PARK.
MY DRIVE IS THAT WHITE PADS AND SIDEWALKS ADDED TO SOUTH PARK IN THE AREA WHERE THE HAPPENED.
BARBARA OR CYCLIST BUILD PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE AT THIS POINT.
GRANT REQUESTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
MY UNDERSTANDING THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT IS STILL, UH, DOING THEIR FIVE YEAR LOOK BACK.
SO WE FIND OUT IF THERE'S BEEN ANY PROGRESS ON THAT.
AND, UM, AS I CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR SAFETY ON MY DAUGHTER'S BEHALF, I REALIZE THAT WHERE THEIR CHANGE IS NECESSARY IN OTHER AREAS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WOMEN NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE HAMBURG MOVES MEETING, WHICH I KNOW ARE IMPORTANT WITH THIS.
SO I'M HOPING THAT THERE'S ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THAT.
UM, SO I PLAN TO RELY ON THE BOARD FOR UPDATES AND PROGRESS ON THESE NEW THINGS AND, UM, REALLY LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD ON, ON DOING IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
MRS. RE I HAVE, UM, I DID, I WAS ABLE TO LOOK BACK AT MY EMAILS AND I KNOW THAT OUR PRIOR TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY FOR COORDINATOR, UM, LATE LAST YEAR FORWARDED TO ME AT THE RESPONSE THAT YOU WERE REFERENCING THAT STUDY.
WE HAD ASKED DOT TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK THERE, AND OF COURSE WE ARE PUTTING IN THAT, THAT GRANT APPLICATION.
SO I'M, I'M THRILLED ABOUT THAT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO AND HOPE THAT WE GET THAT, THAT GRANT FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THERE.
BUT THE RESPONSE FROM, UM, FRANK CILLO WHO IS WITH UM, DOT FOR US 62 AT THE GRANT IS, AND I'LL QUOTE RIGHT FROM WHAT WAS FORWARDED TO ME FROM THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD COORDINATOR, THAT HE GOT IT FROM FRANK ZILLA.
UM, THE PRELIMINARY SAFETY SCREENING THAT YOU REFERENCED DID NOT REVEAL ANY SIGNIFICANT SAFETY OR OPERATIONAL CONCERNS.
HOWEVER, IT IS LIKELY THAT NEW YORK STATE DOT WILL BE MAKING MINOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INTERSECTION VIA UPGRADED SIGNAGE.
THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE AT LEAST IT'LL BE, BE IN THE SHORT TERM WHILE WE'RE WAITING TO GET THIS GRANT AND MAKE THE ADDITIONAL, UM, IMPROVEMENT THAT WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO SO.
AND WE WILL AND WE WILL KEEP COMMUNICATING WITH NEW YORK STATE DOT TO PRESS THEM TO MAKE WHATEVER CHANGES THEY CAN IN THE SHORT TERM.
AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW IN THE, UM, THE INTERSECTION OF AND PARK IS ON THE AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY'S MEETING AND IT'S ON OUR 2024 AGENDA
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AS AN THANK YOU.ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE FLOOR THAT WOULD LIKE BE HEARD? YES.
HELLO, MY NAME IS KAREN RE I'M AT, UM, BARBARA RE'S NAME AND CASEY'S COUSIN, UH, HAMBURG RESIDENT.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND TAKING OUR WORDS CONSIDERATION.
I'VE BEEN TO, AND I HOPE THERE IS A POSITIVE CHANGE AFTER WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO MY, TO PREVENT ANY FUTURE ACCIDENTS AS A WHOLE COMMUNITY.
WE NEED TO TRY TO BE A STEP AHEAD TO PREVENT FROM HAPPENING.
I REMEMBER 10, 15 YEARS AGO, YOUNGER, I DRIVE UP AND DOWN MY, SO BY THE CORNER SOUTH PARK AROUND THE TIME WE HAD TO BY THEN.
UM, SO AROUND THAT TIME I NOTICED THERE WAS A SENIOR LIVING HOME ACROSS FROM THE SHOPPING.
AND I REMEMBER ASKING MY DAD, WHY ISN'T THERE A CROSS LIVING HOME PLAZA? AND HE ANSWERS, WHEN SOMEONE GETS, THEN THEY'LL PUT ONE IN.
THEY DIDN'T SIT RIGHT ME THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, I DIDN'T KNOW WHY A COURSE OF ACTION LIKE THAT HAD HAPPENED FOR POSITIVE CHANGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I WAS ASKING A COUPLE PEOPLE AROUND AND I FOUND OUT THAT YEARS LATER, EVENTUALLY CROSSWALK WENT IN THERE, UM, AFTER BADLY AFTER THE FIRST DEATH.
THEN THEY ADDED A CROSSING SIGN THAT LIGHTS UP ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, BUT THAT HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH BECAUSE WE HAD THREE DEATHS IN FOUR YEARS AND THAT ON LOCATION.
BUT I HOPE AS A COMMUNITY WE CAN THINK AHEAD.
SOMETIMES AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS, THEN YOU MAKE CHANGE ABOUT IT.
I JUST HOPE AS A WHOLE COMMUNITY CAN REMEMBER THAT MY COUSINS AN ACCIDENT TO TRY AND BE A STEP HEAD AND PLEASE AND CONSIDER A SIDEWALK WITHIN CERTAIN FEET, SCHOOL, COLLEGE, CHURCHES, OR ANY OTHER BIG EVENT CENTERS WHERE THERE'S A HIGH POPULATION OF PUBLIC PEDESTRIAN.
KAREN HERNIA, UM, FROM HAMBURG, AND EVERY DAY I PUT ON ROAD, I SAY VERY FAR, HER MOTHER AND I ALSO SLOW DOWN.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THAT THAT MEMORIAL DOES, IT MAKES YOU THINK ABOUT THAT YOUNG LADY WHO DID SOMETHING SO GOOD AND WAS TAKEN AWAY.
IT'S A SAD, SAD MEMORIAL, BUT IT MAKES EVERYBODY NEEDS TO SLOW DOWN.
SHE'S TALKING ABOUT A CROSSWALK.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING TOO FAST.
YOU LOOK ON CHANNEL SEVEN NEWS, THEY TELL YOU HOW FAST PEOPLE ARE GOING.
YOU GET TO WORK IN THE MORNING FOR SAY, WHERE ARE WE GOING SO FAST? WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DISTRACTED THESE THINGS AS WELL IN THEIR PHONES AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
WELL, RATHER FOCUSING, BUT, SO IT BRINGS US TO REPORTS FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS.
WE WILL START WITH FIRST, UM, TOMORROW WE'LL BE PICKING UP THE TOWN COUNTY TAX BILL, PUTTING THEM OUT IN THE MAIL.
HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
ONE THING, ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO PUT THAT GARBAGE ISSUE OUT TO A BED, PERHAPS? I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOME IDEAS FOR CONSIDERATION ABOUT STARTING OUR OWN SANITATION DEPARTMENT.
SO YEAH, THERE, THERE WAS CONSENSUS ON THE COMMITTEE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION.
SO THERE MAY BE OTHER IDEAS FOR CONSIDERATION.
I WAS A WASTE MANAGEMENT AND WE, UM, CANCELED WITH THEM AND WE'RE WITH MODERN AND THEY'RE THERE EVERY WEEK, SIX O'CLOCK.
THEY PUSH THE CART BACK UP AND WE HAVE NO ISSUE WITH OUR BILL COMES JUST LIKE IT SHOULD EVERY WEEK, YOU KNOW, EVERY THREE MONTHS OR WHATEVER IT IS.
AND IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY WITH WASTE I WAS HAVING UP AND DOWN AND ALL OVER THE PLACE.
SO, UM, I'M STILL DEALING WITH THEM THOUGH, BECAUSE WE WENT THROUGH AND CANCELED LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE.
AND NOW THEY'RE SENDING US OFFERS WITH LATE CHARGES.
SO MY HUSBAND GOES ON THE PHONE WITH THEM FOR 45 MINUTES WAITING TO GET THROUGH FOUR, FIVE MINUTES.
THAT'S ANOTHER SERVICE THAT THEY'RE NOT GIVING YOU.
SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW.
BUT I WANTED TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE AND I WANNA FOLLOW UP WITH IT.
LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I'D BE INCLINED TO GIVE PERMISSION FOR THE, UH, SUPERVISOR TO GET THIS AND SEE HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST IF WE HAD A CONTRACT.
AND THEN FROM THERE, THEN YOU COULD GO AND, UH, SEE WHAT MR. HUGHES, UH, HAS TO OFFER WHAT HIS, UH, HOMEWORK THAT HE'S BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS AND COME UP WITH A SOLUTION OR, UM, REFERENDUM WAS PUT UP.
I MEAN, GARBAGE IS FLYING DOWN
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THE ROAD, ESPECIALLY WITH THE HIGH ONES THAT WE HAVE.THE PEOPLE PUT THEIR STUFF OUT AND ALL THESE RECYCLABLE ARE, THEY'RE GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND THERE'S TWO CART CLEARED FOR EVERY PERSON.
IT'S LIKE THEY COME BY, THEY TAKE ON, IT'S REALLY CLEAN AND I'M HAPPY WITH THEM.
SO JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP, BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW.
I DO NOTHING TO REPORT ENGINEERING GO PART, BUT I DUNNO IF ANYBODY SAW.
UM, I WANT TO START THE YEAR OFF RIGHT.
UM, I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE CRI FRIENDS OF, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS ORGANIZATION'S BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 2005 AND IT WAS STARTED BY CAPTAIN KEL WHEN SHE WAS SERVING ON BOARD HERE.
UM, WE'VE BEEN TAKING IT ON AND, AND CULTIVATING THAT CENTER SINCE 2005.
UM, I JOINED IN 2012 AND WE HAVE REALLY, UM, GAINED SOME SIGNIFICANT MOMENTUM RECENTLY.
WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY AMAZING PEOPLE ON OUR BOARD.
AND AS YOU KNOW, WE OPERATE OUR AMAZING ORGANIZATION OUT OF THE BUILDING THAT WE ALL, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN NOTHING BUT TENANT OR THEM TO US.
WE HAVE A GREAT MISSION, WHICH IS BASICALLY TO EDUCATE, UM, THE PUBLIC ABOUT LAKE ERIE, THE IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
WE HAD VOLUNTEERS THAT COME AND OPEN OUR GIFT SHOP AND SELL OUR WARES.
UM, YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH REDFISH.
MY BABY, MY BRAIN TILE WANTED TO GIVE A GIFT TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG DOING WIRE.
WHEN PEOPLE DRIVE DOWN THROUGH FIVE AND HIT OUR TOWN, SEE THAT WE LOVE LAKE.
SO, UM, WE AS ALWAYS, WE HAVE A LIAISON.
UM, SEAN CONNO WAS AMAZING TO OUR ORGANIZATION.
HE WAS A REPRESENTATIVE, A REPRESENTATIVE ON THE BOARD.
I'M NOT SURE WHO YOU'LL APPOINT NOW WITH THE NEW, UM, BOARD, BUT I THINK IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE THAT THE C HEALTH CENTER IS TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, I THINK THAT I'D LIKE TO AT THE, AT YOUR PERIODIC MEETING REPORT ON THE GOING ON THERE BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT TO BE, TO BRAG ABOUT.
AND I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE AWARE THAT WE DO SERVE THE PUBLIC THERE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, AND THAT WE DO ALWAYS OFTEN SEEK, UM, VOLUNTEERISM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, WE'RE WORKING ON PAIN, THE BRICK WALL WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE, THE FRONTIER SCHOOL DIRECTOR.
WE HAVE SO MUCH GOING ON, I WON'T LIST IT ALL RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS QUEUE UP AS WE SEE THAT ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DIFY THAT, THAT LEG FRONT.
AND, UM, AS ALWAYS, WE ARE, UM, AFFORDED A STIPEND FROM YOUR BUDGET.
WE APPROVED THIS YEAR FOR OUR $5,000 WISELY.
I'M STEPPING OUT OF TREASURY AS TREASURER.
I'LL BE PRESIDENT THIS YEAR, OUR ELECTION.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT ON OUR GOING ON, AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED ALL THE TIME WHEN IT COMES TO GRANT MONEY.
WE ARE A SEPARATE ORGANIZATION.
WE ARE THE FRIENDS OF WE CONSUME YOUR BUILDING, WE WANT IT.
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT GRANT MONEY IS APPLIED FOR INDEPENDENTLY AS AN ORGANIZATION, BUT WE ALSO SEE ANY MONEY THAT YOU VOTE FOR AND WE WANNA BE IN THAT GAME.
SO, UM, I KNOW MY THREE MINUTES OFF AND I, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU ALL, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT ON THE, ON A MONTHLY BASIS AT THIS MEETING.
FRANCINE, UM, THREE MINUTES CERTAINLY IS ENOUGH TO DO WITH THE SEAWAY TRAIL VISITOR CENTER JUSTICE.
I WOULD INVITE YOU TO REACH OUT TO, UH, MARJORIE IN MY OFFICE TO SCHEDULE SOME TIME 30.
SO YOU COULD HAVE 15 MINUTES, HALF AN HOUR TO ADDRESS THE COURT.
UM, WOULD LIKE TO JUST TOUCH QUICKLY ON THAT FEE TABLE THAT VOTED DOWN.
JUST THAT WAS TO AMEND, AMENDING THAT TABLE WAS JUST INCREASING THE RATES THAT WE CHARGED TO REVIEW DRAWINGS AND SUBMISSIONS, UH, THAT GENERATES REVENUE FOR OUR DEPARTMENT OFFSET TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
SO WE HAVE TO OPERATE UNDER LAST YEAR'S SEAT TABLE, WHICH IS A LOW, LOWER AMOUNT.
JUST WANNA LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT UNDER THE 2023 RATE TABLE.
UH, AND I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH ALL OF YOU GUYS AND BRING YOU GUYS UP TO SPEED AND EVERYTHING THAT WORKS WORKING ON AND WHY WE DO THINGS.
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TABLE WITH PLANNING? BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I TALKED TO THEM, THEY, THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE ANY INDICATION, RIGHT? WE, SO I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT MAYBE YOU REACH OUT TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT YES.THIS WAS THEIR TABLE THAT THEY HAD BEEN USING FOREVER.
UM, AND THEN WHAT I DID MODIFY IT TO MODIFY EVERYONE'S WAGES INCREASE, THAT'S ALL I RIGHT.
I KNOW WE HAD PUT THROUGH A RESOLUTION ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WHERE WE HAD ADJUSTED A LOT OF THE FEES.
AND SO, UM, IT WOULD BE GOOD EVEN IN A RESOLUTION GOING FORWARD.
WE KNOW IT PREVIOUSLY WAS NOW AND, YOU KNOW, CONSULTATION WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PLANNING WHICH LANGUAGE PLANNING.
MY NAME'S PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UM, TWO BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT WE HAVE IS WE WERE ACTUALLY AWARDED TWO GRANTS.
THIS, UM, IN THIS PAST, UH, MONTH.
ONE OF 'EM WAS THROUGH THE COUNTY.
SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT, UM, WE REWARDED MONEY TO DO A CORRIDOR STUDY FOR LAKE A BETWEEN SOUTH PARK AND MCKINLEY.
AND THAT A REALLY HIGH VOLUME, YOU KNOW, UH, PART OF THE TOWN THAT GO BY JUST ON WHICH OUR ACTIVE MOBILITY PLANT.
SO THAT'S VERY, VERY EXCITING TO LOOK AT THAT.
ALSO WITH GBN RTC, WHICH IS THE GREATER BUFFALO NIAGARA REGIONAL COUNCIL, THEY PUT OUT MONEY FOR THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN, WHICH WE PUT IN TWO APPLICATIONS FOR ONE, FOR THE, WHAT ONE OF OUR TRAIL COMMITTEES IS WORKING ON.
UH, THEY ARE LOOKING AT A TRAIL THROUGH AN AREA RIGHT OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE, UM, BUT THROUGH THE HAMPTON BROOK AREA.
UM, SO THEY AGREED TO PARTNER WITH US ON, ON A TRIAL FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THAT.
UM, SO WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT THIS MONTH.
AND THEN THEY ALSO, WE PUT IN, WE DID PUT A APPLICATION IN FOR SOUTH PARK BY, FROM SCRANTON UP TO MILES.
AND WHILE THEY DID NOT SPECIFICALLY AWARDED THAT, THEY SAID THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MEETING WITH, UH, THE TOWN AND
AND WE'RE FEELING EXTREMELY FORTUNATE FOR THAT.
AN CHIEF JANUARY 4TH WAS OFFICER NINA DEMINGS LAST DAY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HER MANY YEARS AS MERIT FOR SERVICE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TO ALL THE CITIZENS IN TOWN.
SHE'S AVAILABLE ASSET FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE GONNA MISS HER AND I WISH HER THE BEST OF HER RETIREMENT.
UH, THE OTHER THING WE HAVE GOING IS WITH TOWN REC AND VILLAGE REC, WE PARTNER WITH THEM TO COLLECT CANNED GOODS AND NON-PERISHABLES FOR THE FOOD DRIVE, EXCUSE ME, THE FOOD DRIVE THAT'S GOING ON.
UH, WE HAVE A RECEPTACLE, OUR EMPLOYER THAT'S GONNA BE THERE THROUGH JANUARY 11TH, SO WANNA STOP BY AND, UH, DELIVER SOME CANNED GOODS.
AND THE OTHER THING IS FROM NOVEMBER 1ST, APRIL 1ST, THERE WAS NO PARKING ON THE STREETS IN TOWN FROM 1:00 AM TO 6:00 AM AND THAT'S SO USES PLOWS CAN GET THROUGH AND PLOW EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY.
SO JUST REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE SOONER OR LATER IT GONNA SNOW SERVICES AS WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE A COLLECTION SITE FOR THE VILLAGE.
UM, SO BE ALL OUR SITES, ICE COMMUNITY CENTER THERAPEUTIC TOOL, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO BE DELIVERING THOSE PRIOR TO AND HELPING STORE, UM, THE FOOD AS WELL.
WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO DONATE ON THAT NOTE, UM, WHEN WE DID OUR COLLECTION THIS YEAR FOR TOYS, WE ALSO COLLECTED STORAGE SENIOR CITIZENS.
WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR 74 RESIDENTS AND 75 SENIOR.
UM, BUT WE HAVE SOME CARDS AND SOME LITTLE, UM, YOU KNOW, NICE FOR THEM FOR SOME OF OUR SENIOR.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE COMING UP, WE'RE DOING A WELCOME TO NEW YEAR DINNER.
UM, I INVITE THE ENTIRE BOARD OR ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO COME ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 16TH AT FOUR 30 AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
UM, WE'RE GOING HAVE OUR
SO OTHER THAN THAT, I JUST LIKE TO THANK THE, AND HELPING PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, EVERY COLLECTION OR ANYTHING WE'VE EVER DONE.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK, UM, BG ACTUALLY WENT TO GET A GIANT, UM, TOY DONATION FROM DOWNTOWN, UM, AND HELP THEM SORT ALL THAT.
WE SUBMITTED OUR ACTION PLAN FOR THE
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2020 FISCALUH, I JUST WANNA REPORT THAT WE HOSTED AN OPEN HOUSE FOR PROSPECTIVE, UH, CIVIL SERVANT, UH, TAKERS.
LAST MONTH WE HAD 64 PEOPLE PASS THROUGH OUR DOORS, UH, WHICH WAS REALLY, REALLY PROMISING.
UM, FOR PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE WHAT WE DO BACK THERE.
I INVITE THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS WELCOME INVITE TIME TO STOP BACK, UM, AND SEE WHAT WE DO BACK THERE.
BUT THIS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO REALLY KIND OF SPEND, UH, AN HOUR AND A HALF WITH US, BUT SEE WHAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO BEFORE THEY JUMP INTO, TAKE A TEST THAT THEY'RE NOT AT ALL INTERESTED.
SO, UM, THAT WAS REALLY PROMISING.
UH, ON THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SIDE, WE'RE, UH, WE'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH OUR, OUR OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS ON OUR STORM TOMORROW, WHICH WILL, UM, MESS UP ENTIRELY TOMORROW.
UH, WE'RE EXPECTING SOME WINDS, WHICH I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY TO REPORT.
I APOLOGIZE TO OUR CANADIAN FRIENDS, WE'RE VERY SORRY.
BUT, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, WEATHER THAT'S GONNA BE DEVELOP TOMORROW THROUGH THE DAY.
SO OVERHEAD UTILITIES, SO WE'RE READY FOR IT.
WE'VE COMMUNICATING AND THEN WE'RE ALSO TRACKING, UM, A WEATHER EVENT PITTSBURGH WEEKEND.
SO, UM, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE TRACKING A THANK I, UH, YES TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UH, YOU'RE ACTUALLY GONNA TAKING, UH, POSSESSION ONE THE PLAZA A YEAR AND A HALF, UM, AND DELIVER IT HOPEFULLY BY THIS WEEKEND.
THEN THE, UH, THE OTHER ONE WILL BE SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
SO, UM, THE, SOMETIME NEXT YEAR YEAR.
SO JUST HAVE TO, UH, GO BY THEIR SCHEDULE.
UM, WE'RE PICKING UP S TREES, JUST 'EM UP TO THE CURB.
REMEMBER WE'RE DOING ELECTRONIC, UH, ELECTRONIC RECYCLING, UH, MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS AND 7 2 30.
AND, UM, WE'RE WORKING ON THE LARGE TRASH DATES AND WE POST.
I LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND WELCOME TEAM AND WANNA LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THE DEADLINE IS FILED FOR ALL EXEMPTIONS IS MARCH 1ST.
SO THIS APPROACHING, SO SENIOR DISABILITY, UM, STAR, ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL JUST CONTACT THE OFFICE.
DID I MISS ANY? ANYBODY? ALRIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO, OH, ENGINEERING CONSULTANT.
UM, CAMIE GERALD TOWN ENGINEERING CONSULTANT.
I JUST WANTED TO MENTION ONE ITEM.
UH, THE MILES ROAD BRIDGE PROJECT, UM, FOR THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS MEMBERS, THE, UH, TOWN OWNED OFFSHOOT SECTION OF ROAD HAS BRIDGE CROSSING THAT WAS DEEMED UNSAFE AND BY THE TOWN.
THE PROJECT IS OUT TO BID AND THOSE BIDS ARE ACTUALLY OPENING THIS THURSDAY, SO THE BOARD WILL MORE ON THAT.
UM, ALRIGHT, BRINGS US TWO REPORTS FROM THE BOARD.
WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BOSKY.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PEOPLE WHO, UH, TOOK THE TIME TO COME OUT AND VOTE, PUT THEIR TRUST IN ME AND TO THANK, UH, MR. SEAN.
UH, NOT THAT THEY'RE HERE ANY LONGER, UM, BUT IT'S, UH, FROM EXPERIENCE, IT'S A TOUGH POSITION, YOU KNOW, TOUGH.
UM, ANYWAYS, ACKNOWLEDGE LUTHER GO OUT.
I JUST, I WAS GONNA SAY THE EXACT SAME THING MR.
SO, YES, UH, THAT'S A TERRIFIC DAY FOR US ON MONDAY TO TAKE PAUSE AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN CONTRIBUTE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ANISE FOR THIS GREAT NEWS ON THOSE, THOSE GRANTS.
AND ALSO ADD THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER GRANT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, UM, FOR THAT WILL SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SOME OF THE ZONING MAP, UM, EFFORTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THERE.
SO ACTUALLY THOMAS HAS DONE QUITE WELL RECENTLY WITH, UH, OUR EFFORTS IN TERMS OF, OF GRANTS AND GRANTS TEAM.
UM, I'LL MAKE SURE I PUT YOU IN CONTACT WITH OUR, OUR GRANT WRITER AND HE CAN MAYBE HELP BRAINSTORM
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IN GENERAL, UM, I KNOW AT THE LAST MEETING AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, I HAD QUITE A FEW DEPARTMENTS TO THANK FOR THEIR ONGOING EFFORTS AND, AND OUR, UM, REC YOUTH AND SENIOR SERVICES DIRECTOR, MRS. UM, ORMAN KING, COMMENT ON SOME OF THOSE.
BUT WE HAVE AMAZING THINGS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT OUR TOWN ALL THE TIME.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS WHO COME
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UP WITH GREAT IDEAS, WHO DO A GREAT JOB EVERY DAY, WHO WORK TOGETHER TO COLLABORATE, WHO ARE OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY ALL, ALL THE TIME.SO THANK YOU TO EVERYTHING FOR THEIR ONGOING, UM, EFFORT.
I WOULD, UM, WELCOME THE TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND SAY, FORWARD TO OUR TIME BOARD AND, UM, WORKING TOGETHER AS WE BUILD POSITIVE, GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL OF THOSE IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDERS, OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, OUR OUR RESIDENTS, ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO WE FREQUENTLY, MRS. FREIGHT, HAVE MANY, MANY INDIVIDUALS FROM OUR COMMUNITY THAT JOIN US, UM, MEMBERS FROM OUR TAXPAYERS GROUPS, ET CETERA.
AND WE GET SO MUCH OUT OF THE COMMENTS, YOUR COMMENTS, YOUR INFORMATION, UM, ALL THAT YOU BRING FORWARD.
SO AS A NEW BOARD, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYONE AND BUILDING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND WE WELCOME ANY OF YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR ENDING OF YOUR INPUT.
AND JUST, UM, I WAS WONDERING, SUPERVISOR, DO YOU HAVE OUR ASSIGNMENTS AS FAR AS THE LIAISON, THE DEPARTMENT LIAISON SHIFT THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE? ONLY BECAUSE I KNOW I'M SCHEDULED TO DO A COUPLE MEETINGS ALREADY TOMORROW, AND IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES, I JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST MY CALENDAR.
YEAH, I WILL BE ABLE TO RELEASE THOSE BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON WEDNESDAY.
I WAS WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED AT TONIGHT'S MEETING BEFORE I MADE.
I JUST WANNA WELCOME THE NEW BOARD MEMBER, UM, SEAT TWO.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO WELCOME EVERYBODY WHO'S HERE.
IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE A LARGE OUT BORING OF THE PUBLIC AND INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC AND MULTIPLE ISSUES, MULTIPLE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEFORE US.
UH, THAT BEING SAID THAT THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS GOING ON THE LIBRARY RELEASE, THEIR NEW, UM, READING PROGRAM AND READING INITIATIVE.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A REALLY FANTASTIC PRIZE.
SO IF YOU, ONE YOUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION, SO TO READ A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU MAY WANNA LOOK INTO THAT.
UM, BUT THEY'RE DOING IT WHERE THE READATHON AND YOU CAN TRACK YOUR MINUTES AND TRY TO GET SOME REALLY FUN PRIZE FOR YOU, FOR YOUR CHILDREN.
STEP INTO TWO, WHILE WE ARE ALL SITTING AND DOING THE, UH, NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION, CLEANING OUR CLOSETS AND THOSE THINGS.
MAYBE CONSIDER A WAY TO HELP YOUR FELLOW NEIGHBOR AND DECREASE THE BURDEN ON THE WASTE MANAGEMENT.
UM, VILLAGE ENGAGED, IF YOU KNOW ABOUT THEM, THEY ARE COLLECTING CLOTHES.
MAINLY THERE IS A DIRE NEED FOR CLOTHES FOR CHILDREN.
SO IF YOU'RE CLEANING OUT YOUR CLOSET, YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT'S STILL IN USABLE SHAPE, PLEASE DONATE.
THEY ALSO, UM, ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO COME AND SHOP IN THEIR CLOSET AND THEY DON'T HAVE A MINIMUM INCOME REQUIREMENT, WHICH I KNOW CAN SOMETIMES BE INTIMIDATING IN A BARRIER FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED TO HAVE TO FILL OUT THOSE APPLICATIONS AND REALLY PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE.
SO IF YOU ARE SO INCLINED IN YOUR CLEANING OUT YOUR CLOSET, PLEASE CONSIDER REACHING OUT TO VILLAGE, ENGAGE AND DROP IT OFF.
AND IF YOU DO NEED ASSISTANCE, AGAIN, PLEASE REACH OUT TO VILLAGE, ENGAGE, THEY'RE THERE.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE NEW LIAISON POSITION AND, UM, YOU THANK YOU.
UM, AND I JUST, UH, TO REITERATE, UH, MR. TY'S CONCERNS AND ADVICE.
UH, I WAS ON A CALL WITH EG THIS AFTERNOON TALKING ABOUT THE, THE COMING STORM.
UH, JUST A REMINDER TO FOLKS, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO, FILL YOUR, BUILD YOUR CAR WITH GAS, CHARGE UP YOUR CELL PHONES, YOUR TABLETS, ANYTHING THAT YOU MIGHT NEED IN CASE THE POWER DOES GO OUT.
UM, THERE, UH, UH, NATIONAL GRID, BOTH HAVE WEBSITES THAT ARE GONNA HAVE OUTAGE AND RESTORATION INFORMATION AS WELL AS THE PERTINENT NUMBERS TO CALL, UH, IF YOU NEED TO REPORT IT DOWN, DOWN LINE, UM, OR TO GET WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU NEED.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO WORKING WITH YOU.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME, UH, THE APPOINTEES TO SERVICE INTO THE TOWN.
UM, AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, SOME OF THE OUTGOING APPOINTEES.
AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE, UH, WHILE HE WILL REMAIN ON OUR PLANNING BOARD, UH, PHIL CLARK, UH, WHO AN OUTSTANDING JOB AS CHAIRMAN OF OUR, OUR PLANNING BOARD.
I VERY EXCITED ABOUT SOME NEW LEADERSHIP THERE IN CYNTHIA, WHO A VERY DEDICATED MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY AND A LOT OF SKILLS TO OUR PLANNING BOARD.
UM, MICHELLE PARKER AND HER SERVICE, UH, THE ZONING BOARD.
JEN P UH, WHO HAS CERTAINLY, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT HER HOURLY RATE, IT IS PROBABLY WELL BELOW MINIMUM WAGE CONSIDERING THE WORK THAT SHE'S PAYING TO DO WHILE IT'S VERY CONTROVERSIAL, HIGH PROFILE PROJECTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, THANK YOU JEN FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UM, WALTZ HAS, HAS SERVED THE TOWN FOR, FOR A LONG TIME AND HE'S DONE SOME GOOD WORK.
PAUL LAN, WHO HAS CHAIRED OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD, WHO HAS TAKEN THAT
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POSITION AND MOVED IT BEYOND JUST PUTTING UP SIGNS AND REDUCING SPEED LIMITS TO ENGAGING IN COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UH, AND MAKING SURE THE VOICES OF OUR CITIZENS AND OUR RESIDENTS ARE NOT JUST HEARD HERE AT BOARD MEETINGS, BUT HE HAS GONE OUT WITH THE COMMUNITY TO SOLICIT THAT INPUT, THAT FEEDBACK FROM OUR RESIDENTS.MARK WALLEN, WHO SERVED AS DEPUTY TOWN ATTORNEY, UH, WITH A GREAT DEGREE OF, OF PROFESSIONALISM.
UH, MARK IS, UM, HE'S NOT A
HE WAS A VILLAGE PLANNING BOARD MEMBER.
UM, HE HAS A WEALTH OF LOCAL HISTORY AND INTERESTING ES THAT, UH, HE SHARES OFTEN, UH, WITH, WITH THE FOLKS THAT HE IS WORKED WITH AT AT TOWN HALL.
THANK YOU, MARK, FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UH, AND FINALLY, LISA POPE, WHO, UM, YOU MAY HAVE ASKED A LOT OF ATTORNEYS, MR. BUT I DON'T THINK HE ASKED.
SHE CERTAINLY ENJOYED HER TIME HERE, UH, IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY ELSE WHO WORKS IS HARD AND FOR SO MUCH OFFERS, UH, INTO HER WORK AND TAKES, GOES TO GREAT LENGTHS TO ENSURE QUALITY OF HER WORK.
LISA, YOU'LL CERTAINLY BE MISSED, BUT WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THAT'S ALL I HOPE I DID, KATHY, GET THE, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, TO BE RESOLVED.
WE APPROVED THE TOM BOARD AUDIT OF CASH DIS JANUARY 8TH, 2024.
TOTAL CASH DISBURSEMENT SUBMITTED FOR AUDIT 5 MILLION 64 5.