[00:04:32]
SO LET'S, UM, CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND WE'LL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF THE FLAG, A AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH UNDER GOD WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE.
ALRIGHT, WE RIGHT, WE HAVE THREE, UH, VERY IMPORTANT ITEMS ON THE WORK SESSION AGENDA
[00:05:01]
TONIGHT.UH, THE FIRST IS A BOND, UH, PRESENTATION BY, UH, MR. HANSEY.
ACTUALLY, I'LL LEAVE ONE FOR, UH, FRANK AS WELL.
SO, YEAH, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
UH, YOU KNOW, PAT AND I HAD BEEN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, TALKING BACK AND FORTH, UH, SINCE HE BECAME, YOU KNOW, SINCE HE CAME ON BOARD.
AND I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A SIMILAR TYPE DISCUSSION SOME YEARS AGO, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PRIOR, UM, YOU KNOW, TOWN BOARD MEMBERS.
SO I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, SPEAKING, I THINK IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BRING THE GROUP BACK AND, UH, TALK TO THE, YOU KNOW, NEW TOWN BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT SORT OF THE, UH, THE BORROWING PROCESS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS THE TOWN THINKS ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS AND FINANCING PROJECTS, UH, WHAT TYPE OF THINGS NEED TO BE, UH, KNOWN BY THE TOWN, YOU KNOW, TOWN BOARD AND, AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AS FAR AS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPE OF STEPS NEED TO GET TAKEN, UM, TO BRING THE BONDS TO THE MARKET.
SO I THINK WHERE I KIND OF START OUT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CORE FINANCING TEAM, YOU KNOW, SO OUR FIRM CAPITAL MARKETS ADVISORS, UM, SERVES AS FINANCIAL ADVISOR TO APPROXIMATELY 400 MUNICIPALITIES AND SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
UM, WE HAVE AN OFFICE HERE IN RY PARK, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, ONE DOWNSTATE AS WELL.
SO WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, UH, THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITHIN ERIE COUNTY, CERTAINLY.
UM, AND WE'VE REPRESENTED THE TOWN OF HAMBURG FOR OVER 20 YEARS AS FINANCIAL ADVISOR ON ALL OF YOUR, UM, YOU KNOW, PRIOR BOND PROJECTS.
UM, BOND COUNCIL IS THEIR TOWN, WHICH I'LL KIND OF TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, WHAT, UH, DETAILS THEY HAVE IS, UH, HARRIS BEACH AND THE HARRIS BEACH HAS BEEN BOND COUNCIL, I THINK FOR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
UM, SO THEY HANDLE ALL THE, UH, THE, THE RESOLUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO, UH, THE FARLEY RESOLUTIONS.
UM, AND THEN, UM, OBVIOUSLY A INDEPENDENT AUDITOR.
UM, CURRENTLY THE, UH, THE TOWN IS RATED DOUBLE A THREE BY, UH, MOODY'S INVESTOR SERVICE.
UH, THAT WAS A READING THAT WAS DONE BACK IN, UM, IN JANUARY.
IT WAS A DOWNGRADE FROM THE PREVIOUS READING EIGHT TWO.
AND WE'LL KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SORT OF WHAT LED TO THAT DOWNGRADE.
THE FIRST PAGE WE'LL TALK ABOUT IS THE, UM, ISSUER'S NEED FOR FUNDING.
SO, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHEN A TOWN, UM, YOU KNOW, HAS A CAPITAL PROJECT, UM, IT'S EITHER FOR, YOU KNOW, TWO PARTICULAR PURPOSES.
ONE WOULD BE FOR CASH FLOW BORROWING.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, LARGE COUNTIES, CITIES, VILLAGES, UH, COULD HAVE A NEED TO DO WITH A REVENUE ANTICIPATION NOTE OR A TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE TO FUND CASH FLOW DEFICIENCIES.
IT'S NOT REALLY COMMON TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN WESTERN NEW YORK, WE DO SEE THAT ON LONG ISLAND, JUST GIVEN LIKE THE TAX, UM, PAYMENT SCHEDULES ARE DIFFERENT THAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN WESTERN NEW YORK.
SO THE OTHER LARGER ONE, OBVIOUSLY, THE MORE IMPORTANT ONE IS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
SO THE, THE TOWN, UM, OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEARS, UH, HAS A NEED TO FINANCE, YOU KNOW, ROADS, BRIDGES, WATER, SEWER PROJECTS.
UM, THE MOST RECENT ONE, WHICH IS 2020, THE LARGEST PROJECTS WAS THE LED CONVERSION PROJECT AS WELL AS THE NEXT PROJECT.
UH, THOSE ARE THE TWO LARGE PIECES THAT WERE DONE, UH, BACK IN 20.
SO UNDER NEW YORK STATE LAW, UH, MUNICIPALITIES ARE ABLE TO FINANCE, UH, THESE PROJECTS THROUGH, UM, EITHER LONG-TERM SERIAL BONDS OR, UH, SHORT-TERM BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES.
UM, MOST OFTEN TOWNS, UH, WILL ISSUE A SHORT-TERM BOND ANTICIPATION NOTE, AT LEAST DURING CONSTRUCTION PERIODS UNTIL THE FINAL COSTS ARE KNOWN.
AND THEN THEY WOULD LOOK TO CONVERT THOSE TO LONG-TERM BONDS.
SO IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT YOUR LONG-TERM STRATEGY OF LIKE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, $15 MILLION WITH THE NEEDS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BORROW ALL $15 MILLION, YOU KNOW, ON DAY ONE.
AND WE WOULD ENCOURAGE, OBVIOUSLY, THAT THE TOWN TO LOOK AT SORT OF WHAT THE CAST NEEDS ARE OF THE PROJECT, YOU KNOW, OVER THE, THE ONE YEAR PERIOD, AND THEN BORROW FOR THOSE SO THAT YOU'RE NOT BORROWING FOR PROJECTS AND SITTING ON FUNDS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE, UM, NOT EARNING AS MUCH INTEREST AS YOU'RE PAYING OUT.
ALTHOUGH THIS, THIS MARKET, THE INTEREST EARNINGS HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, HIGHER THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, BUT YOU WANNA BORROW ONLY FOR WHAT YOU NEED.
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT PRIORITIZING STUFF FOR
[00:10:01]
PROJECTS, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE PRIORITIZING THEM AND ALSO LOOKING AT SORT OF HOW LONG THE PROJECTS TAKE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH YOU NEED TO BORROW EACH YEAR, YOU KNOW, FOR THESE PROJECTS.SO THE IDEA IS TO BORROW ONLY REALLY WHAT YOU NEED FOR THAT ONE YEAR PERIOD, WHICH WOULD BE A ONE YEAR BOND ANTICIPATION.
AND THOSE BONDS ARE BACKED BY THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE TAX INABILITY OF THE TOWN.
SO TAX EXEMPT BONDS OBVIOUSLY ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SENSE THAT YOU WOULD ISSUE TAX EXEMPT BONDS TO THE MARKET IN RETURN, THEY WOULD, UM, YOU GET A LOWER INTEREST RATE BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, TAXABLE, TAX EXEMPT
UM, PAGE THREE, JUST QUICKLY ON THE AUTHORIZATION PROCESS, AND, AND MANY OF YOU OBVIOUSLY ARE FROM THERE WITH THE PROCESS.
UH, THE FIRST, UM, THING THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE OBVIOUSLY IS THE IDENTIFICATION OF, YOU KNOW, WHICH PROJECTS, UM, ARE GONNA BE NEEDED FOR FINANCE.
UH, THE TOWN HASN'T ISSUED BONDS SINCE 2020, SO, YOU KNOW, THREE YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE LAST BORROWING.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, SOME FEDERAL MONEY THAT HAS, UH, FILLED IN THE GAP FOR MOST MUNICIPALITIES, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE STAGE TO KIND OF FUND SOME OF THOSE EXPENSES.
UM, BUT WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE, UH, TOWNS SORT OF, UM, EITHER HAVE DRAWN DOWN THAT OR LOOKING TO, TO BORROW FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, COMING UP THESE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
SO IT'S CERTAINLY A, A GOOD TIME TO THINK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT PROJECTS MIGHT BE ON THE HORIZON, UH, AND GOING FORWARD.
SO OBVIOUSLY YOU START OUT WITH THE, UH, STATE, UH, QUALITY REVIEW ACT, OBVIOUSLY THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE BEFORE A PROJECT IS, IS DEVELOPED.
UM, AND THEN FROM THERE, BOND COUNCIL WOULD ADOPT A, YOU KNOW, DRAFTED BOND RESOLUTION, WHICH WOULD THEN BE ADOPTED BY A MAJORITY OF, OF THE TOWN BOARD.
UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS AND WHEN YOU NEED THE MONEY, UM, UNDER STATE LAW, THERE'S TWO THINGS CALLED ONE THING CALLED PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM AND ONE CALLED AN ESTOPPEL PERIOD.
SO THOSE, UM, TWO PERIODS COMBINED WITH A 50 DAY WAITING PERIOD.
SO FROM THE TIME THAT THE BOND RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE TOWN BOARD, YOU CAN'T BORROW ON THOSE FUNDS FOR ANOTHER 50 DAYS, FIVE ZERO.
UM, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS THAT MAY START, YOU KNOW, THIS SUMMER, UH, YOU MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THOSE RESOLUTIONS, YOU KNOW, FOR AN UPCOMING MEETING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE READY, UH, YOU KNOW, BY THE SUMMER CONSTRUCTION SEASON TO GET THOSE THROUGH BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST DEDUCT THE RESOLUTION AND THEN THE NEXT DAY, YOU KNOW, GO OUT TO THE MARKET TO BORROW.
UM, THERE IS A PROCESS THAT NEEDS TO GET FOLLOWED.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, OUR ROLE IS MUNICIPAL ADVISOR.
UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE, YOU, WE WORK WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, PAT AND HIS TEAM TO TEAM YOUR TEAM, BUT IT'S JUST YOU, RIGHT? UM, TO STRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, THE BOND ISSUE, UM, YOU KNOW, RUN AN AMORTIZATION SCHEDULES, WORK WITH THE CREDIT RATING AGENCIES, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WHEN THE TOWN DOES COME TO THE MARKET, THAT, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S IN ORDER AS FAR AS FINANCIAL INFORMATION, AS WELL AS LEGAL.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SO THAT, UH, WHEN WE PUT IT OUT TO BID THAT THERE'S, UM, IF SUFFICIENT MARKET SUPPORT TO, UH, TO BUY THE ISSUE.
UM, JUST QUICKLY, OBVIOUSLY WE TALKED ABOUT BOND COUNCIL, YOU DON'T NEED TO GET INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL ABOUT THAT.
UH, CONTINUING DISCLOSURE, WHICH IS, UH, PAGE SIX.
THIS IS IMPORTANT I THINK FROM A A TOWN BOARD GOVERNANCE PERSPECTIVE, UH, WHENEVER THE TOWN ISSUES, UM, BONDS, YOU KNOW, HAS BONDS OUTSTANDING, YOU'RE REQUIRED UNDER THE SEC REGULATIONS TO PROVIDE, UM, ONGOING MARKETS, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION TO THE MARKET, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL INFORMATION, UH, ECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHIC, UM, AND ALL, UH, YOU KNOW, BUNCH OF INFORMATION TO THE MARKET ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT YOUR AUDIT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, UM, THAT FILING IS DUE, UH, WITHIN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE AUDIT IS DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER SO THAT THE TOWN COULD SUBMIT THOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO THE MARKET IN A TIMELY MANNER, AND THAT LAPSE ON ITS REQUIREMENT UNDER THE SEC RULES.
UH, JUST QUICKLY ON, ON CREDIT RATINGS, WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
UH, THE TOWN IS RATED, UH, DOUBLY THREE, UH, BY MOODY'S INVESTOR SERVICE.
UM, THAT WAS A DOWNGRADE JUST FOR THE LAST JANUARY.
AND THE DOWNGRADE REALLY OCCURRED, UH, DUE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, PRIOR DRAWS ON FUND BALANCE, UM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, HAD BEEN OCCURRING.
GOOD INTENSE THAT 24, RIGHT? UM, JANUARY 23, UM, WAS IT DOWNGRADE FROM DOUBLE AA TWO TO AA THREE, AND REALLY WITHDRAWN FUND BALANCE? THE GOOD NEWS IS, IN LOOKING AT THE LAST COUPLE PRIOR YEARS, UH, THE TOWN HAS, UH, INCREASED, YOU KNOW, ITS FUND BALANCE,
[00:15:01]
UM, THE LAST TWO PRIOR YEARS.SO CERTAINLY HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY WITH, WITH THE RATING AGENCIES, IT'S VERY EASY TO GET DOWNGRADED, BUT A VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS TO GET BACK UP.
SO I THINK IT'S GONNA BE AT LEAST A COUPLE MORE YEARS OF A, UH, INCREASE IN FUND BALANCE TO GET BACK TO THAT DOUBLE A, UH, DOUBLE A TWO LEVEL, WHICH THE TOWN HAD HIT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
HEY, RICK, HOW BAD DOES THAT HURT US? UH, IT, IT, IT'S, IT HAS SOME IMPACT, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT SIGNIFICANT, PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, 10 BASIS POINTS, YOU KNOW, ON A BORROWING.
UH, BUT IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MONEY, RIGHT? YEAH, I HEAR YOU.
UM, AND THAT'S GOING FORWARD FOR ALL ISSUANCES GOING FORWARD.
UM, I DO PROVIDE ON PAGE 10, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE WHAT, WHERE YOUR PEER TOWNS ARE, YOU KNOW, WESTERN NEW YORK.
UM, BUT AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 10, WE HAVE, UH, THE TOWN OF WEST SENECA IS, IS RATED A ONE BY MOVIES, WHICH IS, UH, ONE NOTCH BELOW WHERE AMBER IS, UH, THOSE THAT ARE RATED IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS AS YOUR TOWN OR TOWN OF AMHERST, THE TOWN OF CHI TOA, AND THE TOWN OF LANCASTER, ALL DOUBLE EIGHT THREE RADIANS.
AND I THINK IF YOU COMPARE, YOU KNOW, YOUR TOWN DEMOGRAPHICS TO THOSE, OBVIOUSLY AMHERST, UM, YOU KNOW, MUCH LARGER AS WELL AS CHIEF DAGA, UM, WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, STRONG FOR, FOR YOUR TOWN OBVIOUSLY IS THE, THE LOW DEBT BURDEN, UH, THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE.
'CAUSE YOU HAVEN'T REALLY ISSUED THAT MUCH DEBT OVER THE YEARS, UH, FUND BALANCE LEVELS.
UM, A LITTLE BIT WEAKER THAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE SEE WITH AMHERST IN, UH, LANCASTER IN CHIEF DAGA.
BUT I THINK WEALTH LEVELS, YOU KNOW, SEEM TO BE, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE, THAN A, THAN A COUPLE OF THOSE.
SO I THINK KINDA WEIGHING THOSE ALL OUT, I THINK YOU FIT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT INTO THE AA THREE CATEGORY.
BUT AS YOUR FUND, FUND BALANCE CONTINUES TO GROW, YOU KNOW, THE THOUGHT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR WEALTH LEVELS AND YOUR DEBT PROFILE ARE STRONG.
IT'S A FINANCIAL METRIC REALLY, THAT KIND OF PUTS YOU BACK INTO THAT A A THREE LEVEL.
SO I THINK THE GROWTH OF THAT FUND BALANCE, YOU COULD BE A, A, A GOOD LONG TERM STRATEGY TO GET BACK TO THAT A, A TWO LEVEL, EITHER A, A TWO CATEGORIES, YOU KNOW, LOCALLY, THERE'S JUST ONE OTHER ONE WITHIN TOWANDA, UH, YOU KNOW, VERY HIGH, UM, YOU KNOW, FUND BALANCE LEVELS, UM, YOU KNOW, LARGER TAX BASE.
UM, SO I THINK LOOKING AT THOSE TWO, YOU KNOW, ABSENT FUND BALANCE, JUST A LARGER TAX BASE TO DRAW FROM.
UH, AND THEN THE DOUBLING ONES ARE CLARENCE GRAND ISLAND AND ORCHARD PARK, YOU KNOW, HIGH WEALTH POCKETS, UM, VERY HIGH, YOU KNOW, FUND BALANCE LEVELS, UM, IS REALLY WHAT DRIVES, YOU KNOW, THOSE TO BE THE SORT OF UPPER ECHELON OF, UM, OF THE, THE LOCAL TOWNS.
THERE'S, THERE'S ONLY ONE, UH, TOWN IN ALL OF UPSTATE NEW YORK THAT'S AAA, AND THAT'S THE TOWN OF, UH, PITTSBURGH, UM, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF ROCHESTER.
SO IT GIVES YOU A PERSPECTIVE OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU ARE AS FAR AS CREDIT RATINGS GO, AND YOU KNOW, WHERE THE OTHER TOWNS ARE.
UM, AND THE IDEA OBVIOUSLY IS TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE FINANCES TO GET TO THAT, UM, THAT, THAT ABOVE LEVEL.
SO AGAIN, JUST QUICKLY LAST POINT ON, ON PAGE 11, UH, YOU KINDA GET A SENSE OF SORT OF WHERE WE ARE FROM A CREDIT RATING PERSPECTIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH DIFFERENT CREDIT RATING CATEGORIES.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE AT A 10 YEAR BOND, UH, AA 2 53, UH, TO 2 77.
SO IF YOU FALL TO THAT SINGLE A CATEGORY, YOU KNOW, WHERE WEST SENECA IS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UM, YOU KNOW, 25 BASIS POINTS, BUT WITHIN THAT A, YOU KNOW, A TWO TO A A THREE, YOU'RE NOT AS SIGNIFICANT OF A CHANGE.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT, I GUESS, NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU FALL INTO THAT A CATEGORY WHICH YOU'RE NOT CERTAINLY NOT EXPECTING, YOU KNOW, THE COST BECOMES EVEN MORE, UM, OF AN ISSUE BECAUSE OF WHEN YOU DROP TO A DIFFERENT CATEGORY.
UM, NOW WHEN WE, UH, BOND, ARE WE LOCKED INTO THAT? LIKE, YOU KNOW, SO IF OUR RATING GOES DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF WHILE WE'RE PAYING IT OFF, YES, YOU'RE LOCKED IN, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SELL THE ISSUANCE.
UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SELL, IT'S BASED UPON YOUR CREDIT RATING, UH, BUT IT'S THE NEXT HAND YOU COME TO THE MARKET THAT BECOMES AN ISSUE, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD.
SO I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE NOW, IF THE TOWN DECIDED TO ISSUE, YOU KNOW, BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES, YOU KNOW, WHICH WOULDN'T BE SUBJECT TO THAT LONG-TERM RATING, IT COULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A FEW YEARS TO KIND OF CONTINUE TO BUILD UP FUND BALANCE, IMPROVE UPON THE RATING, AND THEN ISSUE LONG-TERM BONDS AT SOME POINT, IF THE CREDIT RATING IMPROVES TO THAT, YOU KNOW, LEVEL THAT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO JANUARY 23.
I KNOW WE COVERED A LOT HERE, AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE A LOT OF YOUR TIME.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, UM, CERTAINLY, UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
[00:20:01]
YOU MIGHT HAVE.UH, PAT, ANYTHING ELSE? UH, NO, I, I'M GOOD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR OUT WILLING TO PICK UP THE PHONE CALL, GIVE WHAT I NEED, SO I'M, I'M GOOD.
YEAH, YEAH, NO, I THINK, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO ON A, ON A DAILY BASIS AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, PAT AND, AND, AND THE TOWN BOARD, OBVIOUSLY, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE IT MAYBE ONCE, YOU KNOW, ONCE A YEAR, ONCE EVERY COUPLE YEARS.
BUT I THINK A GOOD STRATEGY GOING FORWARD, OBVIOUSLY, AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, IS, YOU KNOW, TO GET SORT OF A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, YOU KNOW, COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, GOING AS FAR AS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT MIGHT LOOK, LOOK LIKE THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS AS FAR AS PROJECTS.
I KNOW YOU'VE DEVELOPED, YOU KNOW, A LIST OF, UH, PROJECTS THAT, THAT MAY BE IN THAT RISE.
AND, UM, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO OBVIOUSLY ASSIST WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT PROJECTS MIGHT MAKE SENSE, WHAT THE TIMELINE LOOKS ON THOSE, AND KIND OF GUIDE THE TALENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE FINANCING YOUR PROJECTS, UM, THE LOWEST COST OF CAPITAL, AND THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THE STEPS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN TO, UM, YOU KNOW, BRING THE ISSUANCE TO THE MARKET TO FUND THE PROJECTS.
DURING YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU STATED THAT THERE'S A 50 DAY, WEEK PERIOD BETWEEN A RESOLUTION ACCEPTANCE AND THE DATE YOU CAN BORROW.
IS THAT CALENDAR DAYS OR IS THAT BUSINESS DAYS? IT'S, UH, UH, CALENDAR DAYS.
SO IT'S, SO WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU, ONCE YOU ADOPT THE BOND RESOLUTION, RIGHT? UM, I JUST DIDN'T WANNA COUNT THE DAYS OUT.
NO, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM IS THE FIRST PERIOD, SO IT'S WHENEVER, UM, THAT'S POSTED IN THE, IN THE LOCAL PAPER MM-HMM
SO SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT HAVE A PAPER THAT YOU KNOW, ONLY COMES OUT, YOU KNOW, ONCE A WEEK OR EVERY COUPLE WEEKS.
UM, IT'S THAT DAY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PUBLISHED, BEGINS THE 50 DAY WAIT PERIOD, AND THEY'RE NOT SIMULTANEOUS.
AND THEN ONCE THAT CLEARS, IT'S ANOTHER 20 DAYS FROM THERE.
THE ONLY PROJECTS THAT DON'T APPLY TO THE 50 DAYS ARE PROJECTS THAT HAVE A USEFUL LIFE OF FIVE YEARS OR LESS.
UM, YOU KNOW, VEHICLES, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF EQUIPMENT, UM, BUT MOST OFTEN TOWN PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, ROADS, BRIDGES, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK, UM, WOULD BE NECESSARY TRADITIONALLY HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, SUBJECT TO PREVENTION REFERENDUM AND, UH, AND ESTOPPEL.
AND YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH BOTH THOSE OBVIOUSLY QUESTIONS.
SO HOW I WILL DEFINITELY GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS RIGHT NEXT WE HAVE AN LWRP UPDATE BY WENDY SALVATI, JOINED BY MR. RILEY.
ALTHOUGH WENDY AND WENDELL HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE LWRP FOR OVER TWO YEARS NOW.
WENDY'S GONNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.
THANKS FOR LETTING ME COME AND, UH, TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS.
UM, I PUT THIS TOGETHER, WHICH IS MAKE IT EASY.
IT'S EVERYTHING WE NEED TO KNOW.
BUT, UH, THE FIRST PAGE IS BASICALLY ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED.
AND THIS PROGRAM STARTS WITH THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
THEY OVERSEE IT, THEY FUND IT.
WE HAVE TO GET THEIR FINAL APPROVAL WHEN IT'S ALL OVER BECAUSE WE ARE TAKING THE STATE PROGRAM, STATE COASTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, MORE LOCALIZE IT.
AND SO BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THAT, THEY'RE IN CHARGE.
SO, AND IN THIS CASE, YOU ALREADY HAVE WRP IN PLACE.
WE'RE JUST AMENDING IT, BUT THEY'RE STILL IN CHARGE OF OVERSEEING THAT.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UH, FIRST IN LINE.
THEY PROVIDED THE TOWN OF GRANT FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FUND.
WITH THAT GRANT, YOU WERE REQUIRED TO PUT TOGETHER YOUR LWRP ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FROM THE START OF THE PROJECT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WENDELL IS THE PRIME CONTRACTOR.
AND I WILL FOR THAT AS A SUBCONTRACTOR TO DO THIS.
'CAUSE I'VE DONE A LOT OF THESE.
SO WHEN DOING THIS FOR BOTH THE 40 YEARS STARTED IN THE LATE EIGHTIES ON LONG ISLAND.
UM, SO WHAT IS AN LWRP AND WHY, WHY ARE YOU DOING IT? YOUR LWRP? IT INITIALLY FOCUSED ON LAKE ERIE, THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE, UM, IN 20 20, 20 21, I'M NOT EXACTLY CLEAR, BUT EITHER WAY, THE TOWN HAD THE 18 MILE CREEK QUARTER DESIGNATED AS AN INLAND WATERWAY, WHICH IS ANOTHER WATER BODY.
THE DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE REGULATES AND DOES L WPS DOWN IN LONG ISLAND ATLANTIC, UH, OCEAN
[00:25:01]
COASTAL COMMUNITIES, LONG ISLAND SOUND, COASTAL COMMUNITIES, HUDSON RIVER, GREAT LAKES.AND THEN THEY STARTED DOING IT IN THE WATERWAY.
SO ALL THE FINGER LAKES AND SOME OF THE DIFFERENT RIVERS AND SUCH.
AND SO IN THIS CASE, THEY AGREED THAT 18 MILE CREEK QUALIFIED AND YOU GOT THE DESIGNATION.
SO WHEN WE STARTED UPDATING THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU, WE HAD TO DO ALL THE WORK TO DOCUMENT THE INVENTORY AND MAP IT AND GET IT UP TO SPEED WITH WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE IN YOUR LWRP.
SO BASICALLY, THE LWRP LOOKS AT THE RESOURCES ALONG THE LAKE, ALONG THEIR HEADQUARTER.
IT'S ABOUT HELPING TO INCREASE PUBLIC ACCESS TO WATERFRONT.
IT'S ABOUT PRESERVING YOUR NATURAL AND YOUR HISTORIC, YOUR CORPORATE RESOURCES, CULTURAL RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES, EXAMINING YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE, AND IDENTIFYING PLACES WHERE THERE MAY BE INFRA INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES, STORM WATER DRAINAGE, UH, SANITARY SEWER CAPACITY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT ALSO LOOKS AT SHORELINE EROSION, FLOODING, AND EROSION.
AND THEN BIG IN THIS PROGRAM IS LOOKING AT TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WHERE CAN COMMUNITIES BENEFIT FROM THE WATERFRONT RESOURCES? AND THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR, YOU RECENTLY UPDATED YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO I'VE LOOKED AT THAT DOCUMENT A LOT, AND WE'RE USING THAT SORT OF AS A FOUNDATION FOR THIS PROGRAM.
SO THE LWRP IS ESSENTIALLY A WATERFRONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IT TAKES YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT LOOKS AT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, BUT IT JUST FOCUSES ON THE WATER THAT LOOKS AT THE INVENTORY OF RESOURCES AND PLANS FOR THAT AREA SPECIFICALLY.
UM, IT PRO, SO IT PROVIDES THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THROUGH COMMUNITY INPUT AND THROUGH RESEARCH.
IT ALSO PROVIDES GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF POLICY DECISIONS, PROJECT DECISIONS AND DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS, OR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS WITHIN THE SPECIFIED BOUNDARY AREA.
AND IT'S A REFERENCE DOCUMENT BECAUSE IT INCLUDES THE LAUNDRY LIST OF PROJECTS THAT QUALIFY FOR GRANTS FUNDING.
SO THERE'S, UH, PHYSICAL PROJECTS, STUDIES, OTHER THINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE DOCUMENT IN HERE, THE LIST.
SO WE'RE GONNA, HOW ABOUT LIKE DREDGING AND STUFF LIKE THAT? LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE A, A CHANNEL, YOU DON'T HAVE A REGULATED NAVIGATION CHANNEL FOR THE HARBOR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WHERE YOU, YOU'RE
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DOCK AT THE YEAH.
I UNDERSTAND THOUGH, THE STATE OF NEW YORK'S SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY YES.
ON LAKE ONTARIO IN THE LAST FIVE TO SIX YEARS MM-HMM
AND THAT THEY WILL TURN THEIR ATTENTION TO LAKE
AND I THINK THIS PLAN SHOULD HELP WITH THAT.
THEY, EVEN THOUGH YOU DO NOT HAVE A
UM, LOXLEY PARK COMMUNITY IS INVOLVED IN IT.
THAT'S, IT GOES BACK, THERE'S A DEED, BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT OPEN, IF YOU TAKE PUBLIC MONEY, THEN YOUR FACILITY HAS TO BE OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
YOUR TOWN BEACH IS NOT, AND BECAUSE OF THAT RELATIONSHIP, IT CAN'T, WELL, THE, THE BEACH IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT THE PARK THERE IS NOT
BEACH IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
I MEAN, I WAS THERE ILLEGALLY AND I WAS A YOUNG GUY FOR BLACK WOMEN COME SWIM.
I, I WOULD'VE TO SHOW THAT I HAVE RESIDENCY TO BE THERE.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, SO WHAT'S IN AN L-W-R-P-L-W-P STARTS WITH THE BOUNDARIES.
UH, WHEN IT WAS INITIALLY DONE IN, WHEN ACTUALLY YEAR LWRP WAS INITIALLY DONE IN 1990S, LATE 1990S, THEN YOU AMENDED IT IN 2012.
BUT IT STARTED WITH THE BOUNDARY THAT THE STATE ESTABLISHED THE COASTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM BOUNDARY.
YOU MAY WANT TO INCREASE THE AREA THAT IT COVERS.
YOU MAY WANNA DECREASE THE AREA IT COVERS DEPENDING ON WHAT RESOURCES ARE THERE AND IF IT'S WATER HAS A RELATIONSHIP TO THE WATERFRONT AND THAT.
AND THE NEXT PAGES, I'LL SHOW YOU YOUR BOUNDARIES.
THE SECOND SECTION OF THE REPORT LOOKS AT THE INVENTORY OF RESOURCES.
WELL, WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING IN TERMS OF LAND USE, ZONING, OTHER LAWS, UH, NATURAL RESOURCES, SURFACE WATER RESOURCES, FLOODING AND EROSION, WATER QUALITY, UH, HISTORIC RESOURCES, CULTURAL RESOURCES, TRANSPORTATION, THE WHOLE GAMUT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN YOUR WATERFRONT AIR.
AND THEN WE ANALYZE THAT TO SEE WHERE ARE THERE ISSUES, WHERE ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD BE CAPITALIZED ON THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
THE PROJECTS COME IN IN SECTION FOUR,
[00:30:01]
AND THAT'S, UH, FIRST WE LOOK AT LAND, USES YOU ALL THE, UH, ALONG THE CREEK CORRIDOR ALONG THE WATERFRONT ON LAKE ERIE.AND WE DECIDE ARE THERE ANY PLACES WHERE LAND USES COULD CHANGE, COULD BE IMPROVED, WHATEVER.
UM, IN SECTION ONE, SINCE, UH, BLA AREA, THE NORTHERN AREA OF, OF YOUR LAKESHORE, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES UP HERE.
SO THERE MAY BE SOME LAND USES THAT ARE PROPOSED TO MANUALLY TO CHANGE IT.
SO ALSO THE AREA WHERE YOUR BOAS STUDY IS BEING UNDERTAKEN, THAT MAY BRING ABOUT PROPOSALS FOR MANOUS CHANGES.
SO THAT GETS DOCUMENTED IN SECTION FOUR AS WELL AS THE LIST, YOUR LAUNDRY LIST OF PROJECTS.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? WE HAVE FLOODING AND EROSION AND A GOLF COURSE THAT NEEDS TO BE STUDIED AND REMEDIED.
THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A PROJECT.
UM, OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC ACCESS.
UH, LOOKING AT WHERE YOU HAVE LAKE SIUS THAT FORCED WATER UP, UP FOSTER BROOK.
AND ARE THERE WAYS, I KNOW THAT'S BEING STUDIED RIGHT NOW BY THE, UH, BUFFALO MAG WATERKEEPER? SO THAT WAS INCLUDED AS A STUDY.
THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, ARE IN SECTION FOUR.
SECTION FIVE IS YOUR IMPLEMENTATION SECTION THAT LOOKS AT ALL THE REGULATORY WAYS.
BUT I LEFT OUT ONE IMPORTANT SECTION AND I SKIPPED RIGHT OVER IT.
WHEN THE STATE PUT THE COAST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IN PLACE, IT'S 44 POLICIES.
POLICIES THAT RELATE TO ABANDONED AND DETERIORATED IN UNDERUTILIZED AREAS.
PARKS ARE PUBLIC ACCESS AND RECREATION, WATER QUALITY, VESSEL USAGE, DREDGING, WETLANDS, UH, SIGNIFICANT HABITATS.
SO WE TOOK THOSE 44 POLICIES AND WE UPDATED THEM AND REVISED THEM TO REFLECT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
THAT'S WHERE THE LOCAL PART COMES IN, UH, TO THIS PROGRAM.
SO SECTIONS FOUR AND SECTIONS FIVE ARE WHAT PUTS THOSE POLICIES IN ACTION.
SO IF, IF THIS WERE LIKE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, POLICIES ARE LIKE THE GOALS, THESE ARE THE STANDARDS THAT WE WANNA FOLLOW, THIS IS THE VISION THAT WE WANNA ACHIEVE.
AND THAT ALL COMES OUT OF WHAT WE LEARN THROUGH THE INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS.
SO SECTION FOUR IS THE LAND USES OF PROJECTS WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THE POLICIES.
SECTION FIVE IS THE REGULATORY ASPECT.
WHAT LAWS DO YOU ALREADY HAVE ON THE BOOKS THAT SUPPORT AND IMPLEMENT THE POLICIES? AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE, UM, IF YOU HAVE A LOCAL WETLANDS LAW, NEW ZONE LAWS.
UH, WHEN THE LWRP WAS ADOPTED IN, IT WAS 2014 ZONING WAS CHANGED ALONG THE WATERFRONT.
WE'LL LOOK AT THAT AGAIN AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY TWEAKING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, UH, PARTICULARLY WITH SOME OF THE OVERLAY DISTRICTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT IF IT'S DECIDED THAT THAT SHOULD BE CHANGED, IT WILL BE DOCUMENTED IN SECTION FIVE.
SO IF WE SAY THAT A NEW LAW SHOULD BE ADOPTED, YOU HAVE TO WRITE THAT LAW.
AND AT THE END WHEN YOU ADOPT THE LWRP, YOU HAVE TO ADOPT THAT LAW AS WELL.
BUT THAT'S, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THERE YET.
SO, UH, SECTIONS FOUR AND FIVE ARE FOLLOWED BY JUST A LAUNDRY LIST OF STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT ARE THERE TO HELP THE TOWN IMPLEMENT THE LWRP.
THEY COULD DO THAT THROUGH TECHNICAL SUPPORT.
THEY COULD DO THAT THROUGH FUNDING.
THEY COULD DO THAT THROUGH THEIR ACTUAL PROJECT WORK.
DOT IS EXAMPLE OF THAT, OR ERIE COUNTY.
UM, THE, UH, ALL OF THE STATE AGENCIES, QUITE A LARGE NUMBER, BUT SECTION SIX OUTLINES ALL THESE FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES THAT WOULD APPLY.
AND THEN SECTIONS, UH, SEVEN AND EIGHT, WHICH ARE REALLY NOT COMBINED INTO SECTION SEVEN THAT DOCUMENTS HOW YOU, UH, RECEIVED PUBLIC OUTREACH.
WHAT DID YOU DO, WHAT DID YOU DO TO GET TE TO KEEP THIS PROCESS TRANSPARENT, TO GET PUBLIC INPUT ON THE PROCESS AND ON THE, THE UPDATE OF THIS PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
SO I SAID THAT YOU HAVE THE COASTAL ZONE AND THERE'S A MAP HERE THAT SHOWS WHAT THAT MEANS.
AND THAT'S ALL OF THE AREAS THAT ARE ALONG THE LAKE ERIE.
THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF, WE BROKE IT INTO FOUR SUB AREAS.
THIS IS SUB AREA ONE IN THE COASTAL BUILDING.
SUB AREA TWO GOES FROM ALE SPRINGS DOWN TO WHERE ROUTE FIVE IN OLD LAKE SHORE ROAD SPLIT SUB AREA THREE TAKES IN ALL OF THOSE LANDS THAT ARE ALONG OLD LAKE
[00:35:01]
SHORE ROAD DOWN TO 18 MILE CREEK SUB AREA FOUR FOLLOWS THE NORTHERN SHORELINE OF, UH, 18 MILE CREEK.SINCE YOU NOW HAVE AN INLAND WATERWAY, YOU HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL SUB AREAS.
YOU HAVE SUB AREA ONE THAT GOES FROM, UH, 18 MILE CREEK COUNTY PARK UP TO THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG.
IT FOLLOWS THE CREEK CORNER WHEN YOU COME BACK, WHEN THE CREEK COMES BACK OUT AND BACK INTO THE TOWN FROM THE VILLAGE.
THAT IS THE SECOND SUB AREA IN THE WATERWAY.
UH, AND THAT INCLUDES THE GOLF COURSE AND TAYLOR ROAD PARK AND THAT.
SO THIS PROGRAM THAT I'M EXPLAINING, THAT'S THE AREA THAT'S COVERED BY IT.
SO WHAT HAVE WE DONE SO FAR? WE HAVE UPDATED THE INVENTORY ANALYSIS.
WE'VE PREPARED SECTION TWO IN A PRELIMINARY DRAFT FORM.
THE BOUNDARY WAS AMENDED IN THE BOUNDARY MAPPING WAS REVISED TO INCLUDE THE INLAND WATERWAY.
WE HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL 44 POLICIES WITH THE COMMITTEE AND WE'VE UPDATED THOSE POLICIES.
AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON SECTIONS FOUR AND FIVE.
WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A PRELIMINARY LIST OF PROPOSED PROJECTS AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT AND, AND, UH, FLUSHING OUT WHAT ARE THE GOOD SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS AND THEN BUILDING THAT SECTION.
WE ALREADY AGREED ON WHERE ANY LAND USE CHANGES MIGHT BE REQUIRED.
AND THEN WE ALSO STARTED LOOKING AT SECTION FIVE TO START EVALUATING REVISIONS THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED TO LOCAL LAWS TO ZONING.
ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, THE STATE WILL HAVE US LOOK AT YOUR COASTAL CONSISTENCY REVIEW OF ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE PROPOSED OR UNDERTAKEN THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN YOUR WATERFRONT AREA.
HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE 44 LWRP POLICIES.
SO IF I COME IN AND I WANNA BUILD A NEW BUILDING IN THE WATERFRONT AREA, AND I GO TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, HE'S GOING TO THE BUILDING CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER'S GOING TO GIVE ME A WATERFRONT ASSESSMENT FORM AND I HAVE TO FILL THAT OUT AND I HAVE TO RETURN THAT WITH MY SITE PLAN APPLICATION OR MY BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION OR WHATEVER.
AND THAT GETS REVIEWED TO MAKE SURE THAT MY PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THOSE POLICIES.
IT'S NOT THAT I HAVE TO MODIFY IT OR I WON'T GET SIGN OFF FROM THE TOWN.
WE'LL LOOK AT YOUR EXISTING LAW AND MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS CURRENT STATE STANDARDS AS WELL AS YOUR WATERFRONT ASSESSMENT FORM THAT GETS DONE THROUGH SECTION FIVE.
WE'LL ALSO LOOK AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PROCESS FOR UNDERTAKING COASTAL CONSIST CONSISTENCY REVIEW IS, IS ADEQUATE AND UP TO THE STATES THAT I GIVE.
SO LET, I THINK THE FORM POINT THAT
YOU CAN TWEAK THOSE TO MATCH WHAT REPRESENTS THE TOWN OF HAMBURGERS.
WHAT'S THAT? JUST CAN'T WEAKEN YOU CAN'T WEAKEN THEM.
BUT YOU CAN'T, PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE, MAYBE NEW YORK SAYS YOU MUST HAVE THESE 44 POLICY, BUT YOU TWEAKING THEM.
DO YOU HAVE TO GET PERMISSION TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE WELL, YES.
THAT WHEN ALL OF THESE SECTIONS ARE DONE, AND THAT'S WHERE I'M KIND OF GOING RIGHT NOW IS TO SAY, HERE'S WHAT NEXT, WHAT'S NEXT? WE HAVE TO FINISH SECTION FOUR.
WE HAVE TO FINISH UPDATING SECTION FIVE, UH, QUICKLY LOOK AT SECTION SIX, WHICH IS THAT LIST OF STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES FOR, UM, UH, PROVIDING ASSISTANCE.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE THE PUBLIC OUTREACH MEETINGS.
AND THAT, THAT'S ALL GOING TO GET COMPILED INTO A DRAFT LWRP THAT GETS SENT OFF TO THE REPRESENTATIVE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE WHO WILL GO THROUGH IT.
SHE WILL HAVE LAWYERS LOOK AT IT.
SHE WILL HAVE THE CONSISTENCY REVIEW TEAM LOOK AT IT, AND THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK TO US WITH A BUNCH OF COMMENTS THAT CAN TAKE UP TO SIX MONTHS TO, DEPENDING ON THE WORKLOAD, DEPENDING ALSO ON WHEN YOU GET IT TO THE STATE.
IF YOU HAPPEN TO TURN YOUR LWRP DRAFT INTO THEM IN UH, JULY, FORGET IT.
THEY ALSO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOOKING AT ALL THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SUBMITTED STATEWIDE.
SO FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF AUGUST.
AND MAYBE BEYOND THEY'RE TIED UP LOOKING AT CFA APPLICATIONS, THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET AN LWRP OR ANYTHING ELSE.
SO TIMING IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT TOO, BUT IT'S NEVER A SPEEDY PROCESS.
SO AGENCIES REVIEW AN LWR TEAM WHEN IT GOES TO THE STATE, WELL, IT USED TO BE LIKE 75, YOU HAVE TO SEND IT OUT.
WHEN THE, THE STATE WILL COME BACK TO US WITH COMMENTS, WE'LL ADDRESS THOSE COMMENTS AND WE WILL REVISE IT AND PUT IT INTO A FINAL DRAFT FORM.
THAT'S WHEN WE COME TO YOU AND WE WILL HAVE A WORK SESSION.
YOU WILL GET COPIES OF THE DRAFT DOCUMENT.
[00:40:01]
TO YOU, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, EXPLAIN WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY SAYING IN TERMS OF PROJECTS AND THINGS.AND THEN THE TOWN BOARD WILL BE ASKED TO ACCEPT IT AS COMPLETE AND READY FOR PUBLIC REVIEW.
AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THAT'S WHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SENDS IT OUT TO LIKE THROUGH A 60 DAY REVIEW PERIOD TO ABOUT 75 STATE FEDERAL, LOCAL AGENCIES WHO ALL GET TO WEIGH IN ON IT.
YOU'LL GET SOME COMMENTS BACK.
YOU MIGHT GET COMMENTS FROM DEC OR THE CORE OR MAYBE DOT DEPENDING ON WHAT'S IN THERE.
AND, UM, THEN WE HAVE TO REVISE AND, AND ADDRESS THOSE COMMENTS AND PUT THE LWRP INTO A FINAL FORM WHERE IT THEN AGAIN, COMES BACK TO YOU.
AND AT THAT POINT WE HAVE TO DO SECRET ON IT.
YOU'LL HAVE TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN YOU'LL BE ASKED TO ADOPT IT.
AND ANY, AND AT THE SAME TIME, AS I SAID EARLIER, ANY LAWS OR AMENDMENTS TO LOCAL LAWS BE THAT ZONING OR, OR YOUR COASTAL CONSISTENCY REVIEW LAW OR WHATEVER.
YOU HAVE TO ADOPT THOSE CHANGES AS WELL.
WHEN ALL THAT'S DONE, THEN THE WHOLE PACKAGE GETS SENT BACK TO THE DOS OR SIGN OFF AND APPROVAL BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
OKAY, SO THERE'S ONE SMALL COMPLICATION THAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED IN THIS PROCESS BECAUSE YOU'RE CURRENTLY COMPLETING THE BOA, YOU STARTED THE BOA PROJECT FOR THIS AREA UP HERE.
WE CAN DO A PHASE ONE STUDY OF THAT AREA.
AND THERE'S ALSO A ZONING UPDATE PROJECT THAT IS BEEN STARTED AND WILL SHORTLY BE GETTING STARTED.
THOSE PROJECTS ARE BOTH BEING OVERSEEN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
SO THEY ASKED US TO PUT THE PROJECT ON PAUSE, HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON, PENCILS DOWN UNTIL THE RECOMMENDATIONS COME IN FROM THOSE STUDIES.
SO WHAT'S THE BOA GONNA BE RECOMMENDING, PARTICULARLY UP HERE? 'CAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT MAY BE RECOMMENDING SOME CHANGES THAT NEEDS TO BE REFLECTED IN THE L-W-R-P-I.
I KNOW DREW SENT YOU A MEMO AND THAT MEMO KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, YOUR ZONING STUDY, YOUR BOA, YOUR LWRP, THERE HAS TO BE CONSISTENCY.
THEY ALL INFLUENCE OTHER, NOT ONE IS TELLING THE OTHER WHAT TO DO, RIGHT? THEY HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.
SO THEY, THERE HAS TO BE CONSISTENCY AND, AND THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO THAT YOU'RE PLANNING CONSISTENT AROUND THE TOWN, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THIS AREA OR WHETHER IT'S OUT ALONG THE WATERFRONT OR ON 18 MILE CREEK.
WELL THERE, THERE'S A CONNECTION AND IT'S ALL MAKING SENSE.
PLUS IT BENEFITS YOU IF YOU HAVE PROJECTS IN HERE, IN THIS LWRP THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING AND THEY'RE ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE BOA OR BY YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT HELPS STRENGTHEN A BRANCH APPLICATION, WHICH IS TO YOU A BENEFIT.
SO, SO THERE'S, IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE CONSISTENCY.
SO BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO PAUSE, WE WERE HOPING TO HAVE THIS EVERYTHING DONE AND HAVE IT OFF TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO START THEIR INTERNAL REVIEW, UH, IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
BUT ALL WE CAN DO IS COMPLETE THE REMAINING SECTIONS.
AND FOR SECTION FOUR IN PARTICULAR, OR MAYBE SECTION FIVE, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME HOLES, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME PROJECTS THAT WILL BE PROPOSED UP HERE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THERE MIGHT BE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE RESULTS OF THE BOMA.
SO WE ARE GONNA TAKE IT AS FAR AS WE CAN GET IT IN A DRAFT FORM AND THEN WE'RE GONNA PAUSE IT.
WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT DONE BY THE END OF MAY.
EVERYBODY KNOWS BOA BROWNFIELD OPPORTUNITY AREA ACRONYM.
IT'S LW EUROPEAN LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM.
WHEN THE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE COMING UP WITH THAT YOU WANNA WORK ON, THAT'S IN SECTION FOUR.
WHAT PUBLIC OUTPUT OR INPUT HAVE WE GARED FOR THOSE? LIKE PUBLIC DISCUSSION? BECAUSE THAT'S THE OTHER, WE HAVEN'T HAD A PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING YET AND WE SHOULD HAVE HAD IT MONTHS AGO AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
AND, UM, THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE PICKED A LOCATION AND WE WILL MEET THURSDAY NIGHT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THIS THURSDAY NIGHT WE HAVE OUR LWRP MEETING WHERE I'M HOPING THEY'RE GONNA TELL ME WHAT DATE THEY WANNA DO THE PUBLIC MEETING AND SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT PROMOTED AND GET THAT ROLE.
WE'VE GOT TO GET OUT AND GET SOME PUBLIC INPUT.
IT'S A REQUIREMENT OF YOUR CONTRACT WITH, WITH THE STATE.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THREE MEETINGS.
WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE YET, SO WE'VE GOTTA GET THIS DONE.
THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TRY TO DO ANOTHER ONE.
[00:45:01]
GET THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE BOA AND WE FINISH AGAIN, THEN WE'LL HAVE A SECOND PUBLIC MEETING JUST TO ONCE AGAIN SET THAT AND, AND THAT FINAL PUBLIC INPUT.YOU'LL HAVE A THIRD MEETING IN THE FORM OF A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE TIME THAT YOU'RE GONNA ADOPT, UH, THE AMENDMENT TO YOUR PROGRAM.
I'M ASSUMING TOO, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT REZONINGS OR PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE IN MIND, YOU'RE GOING TO NOTIFY THOSE RESIDENTS TO ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEARING, NOT JUST PUT IT ON WELL, SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM, LIKE RIGHT.
IF WE HAVE PROJECTS PROPOSED, THEY'LL BE VETTED AT THE PUBLIC MEETING.
IT, IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THIS, THESE MEETINGS WELL PUBLICIZED SO THAT, BUT THOSE INDIVIDUAL COME OUT PROPERTY NOTE WE'RE OPPOSING.
ONCE THE LWRP IS ADOPTED BY THE TOWN AND THEN YOU START TO IMPLEMENT THOSE THINGS, THEN IT'S, IT'S UP TO THE TOWN TO PROPERLY PROMOTE THE PROJECTS AND, AND GET, UH, PUBLIC, UH, PARTICIPATION AND, AND INPUT ON THEM.
THE EXAM, THE EXAMPLE IS IN THE LAST ONE, 2014, ONE WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE WATERFRONT COMMERCIAL ZONE AND THE ROUTE FIVE OVERLAY AND THE REZONING OF PROPERTIES OF WATERFRONT COMMERCIAL.
I BELIEVE THE, THE LWRP RECOMMENDED THE THE WATERFRONT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, WHICH WE IN THE ACTUAL PLAN AND THE OVERLAY DISTRICT.
THEN SUBSEQUENTLY WE WENT AND STARTED TO REZONE PROPERTIES AND ALSO HAD PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE REZONINGS OF THOSE PROPERTIES.
THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE, THE LOCAL LAW.
SO WHEN WE HAVE THE LWRP PUBLIC HEARING IS WHAT I'M ASKING.
LIKE IF YOU HAVE TARGETED, YOU WANNA SAY REZONE A ONE MILE STRETCH, YOU'RE GOING TO NOTIFY ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE IN ADDITION TO JUST PUTTING OUT AS A PUBLIC HEARING? OR ARE WE JUST GOING TO YOU'LL RE YOU'LL RESIGN.
OH, THAT THEY KNOW TO COME TO THE PUBLIC HEARING TO TELL US WHETHER OR NOT THEY LIKE THAT BEFORE.
LIKE THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET CLARIFICATION.
HOW MUCH PUBLIC INTEREST TELL THE ABOVE.
TYPICALLY IT'S, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, BUT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS THAT WE'RE NOT REZONING THEIR PROPERTIES YET THAT REZONING PUBLIC HEARING WILL HAVE NOTIFICATION REQUIRES BY LAW WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS YOU WOULD LIKE IN LARGER AREAS TO DO A BETTER PUBLIC OUTREACH OF NOTIFYING PEOPLE THAT MAY BE IMPACTED.
NOT ONLY THE PROPERTY OWNERS, BUT ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS.
'CAUSE IF WE'RE GONNA TRY TO MAKE A TARGETED LIST OF THINGS WE WANT TO DO, I WANT IT TO BE A MEANINGFUL TARGETED LIST, NOT A LIST.
AND THEN WE END UP HAVING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COME TO FIND OUT THE RESIDENTS HATE THAT IDEA, BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEIR PROPERTIES WERE INCLUDED IN THAT GROUP THAT WAS GONNA GET, THIS WILL LIKELY BE THE ONLY PORTION OF THE WATER WHERE ANY REZONING MAY BE PROPOSED.
AND THEN THE MONEY, IF I UNDERSTOOD IT CORRECTLY, CAN ONLY BE SPENT ON PUBLIC PROPERTIES.
IT CAN'T BE SPENT, LIKE SAY THE INCREASING WATER LEVELS IN LAKE ERIE ARE CAUSING SIGNIFICANT EROSION ALONG THE COASTLINE.
WE CAN'T ADDRESS PRIVATE RESIDENT COASTLINE EROSION.
WHAT IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO TAYLOR ROAD PARK? YOU COULD GET PUBLIC MONIES TO DO THAT BECAUSE ANY RESIDENT IN THE TOWN, ANY RESIDENT FROM ANYWHERE CAN GO TO TAYLOR ROAD PARK.
IF I WANNA GO TO TAYLOR ROAD PARK, I'LL LIKELY GET IN.
BUT THE EXAMPLE I GAVE YOU OF YOUR TOWN BEACH WAS MORE COMPLICATED BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT, OF THE OWNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN LOXLEY PARK, I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS CALLED.
IF YOU WANNA DO GENERAL PROJECTS RIGHT IN THE WATER PERMIT PROJECT, SAY WE CAUSED TO REDUCE, UH, LIKE LAKE ONTARIO, THAT WOULD BE FINE.
LAKE ONTARIO, THAT'S LY ABO THAT PARK.
YOU CAN'T SPEND PUBLIC MONIES IN A PARK THAT'S
BECAUSE LAKE ONTARIO, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO RESIDENTS TO THAT PROCESS REMEDIATE SIGNIFICANT EROSION PROBLEMS THEY WERE HAVING BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED LAKE LEVELS.
I I HAD MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THAT, THAT JUST BROUGHT IT UP THAT OUR, MY HOPES IS THROUGH THE LWRP AND OTHER THINGS FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK TURNS THEIR ATTENTION TOWARDS LAKE ERIE THAT YOU'LL BE PREPARED FOR THE LARGER SCALE PROJECTS THAT AFFECT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTIES.
IT'S JUST THE BEACH IS AN INTERESTING PROBLEM ON ITS OWN.
SO LIKE IT DOESN'T REFLECT ANYTHING ABOUT PUBLIC, IT'S JUST PUBLIC PARTY.
AND THERE'S, AND DREW JUST REMINDED ME, THERE'S ANOTHER IMPORTANT ASPECT TO THE ALL GOVERNOR.
THAT LIST OF AGENCIES OF ALL THE FEDERAL AND ALL THE STATE AGENCIES, IF ANY OF THEM PROPOSE A PROJECT WITHIN YOUR WATERFRONT AREA, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH YOUR LWRP.
AND THAT COULD BE THE DC COULD BE THE ARMY CORPS.
TWO YEARS AGO, HOMELAND SECURITY UP IN WOODLAWN AND STATE PARK, THEY PROPOSED SOME LANDSCAPING AND, AND CHANNEL CHANGES.
AND THAT HAD TO GO BEFORE YOUR WATERFRONT COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE INPUT TO THE STATE OF NEW YORK AS IS IT IN COURT.
SO YOU DO HAVE SOME POWER WHEN YOU HAVE OVER OTHER
[00:50:01]
AGENCIES, WHEN YOU HAVE A PROJECT PROPOSED IN YOURNOW WE HAVE, SO I CAN UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY, IT'S ONLY STUFF THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S A RESTAURANT FOR SALE RIGHT.
YOU COULDN'T OFFER ENHANCEMENTS OR BENEFITS TO THEM.
YOU CAN'T GET PUBLIC MONEY FOR THAT.
EVEN THOUGH THE PUBLIC CAN GO INTO THAT, THAT'S, I'M TRYING TO GET CLARIFICATION OF NOT SPECIFICALLY ON A PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOME PROPERTIES IN LAKE ONTARIO THAT HAVE HELPED PRIVATE PROPERTIES ALL ALONG THE LAKE PROPERTY.
BUT THAT, THAT ALSO WAS AS PART OF THE, THE READY, READY, READY PROGRAM.
AND THAT WAS EMERGENCY FUNDING BECAUSE THEY HAD SUCH EXTENSIVE FLOODING AND EROSION FROM LAKE STORMS IN 2017 AND 2019.
AND SO THAT WAS A A YEAH, BIG INFLUX OF EMERGE INFLUX OF EMERGENCY DOLLARS THAT CAME IN FROM THE STATE HOPE.
THAT'S ONE THING I'VE IMAGINE.
THEY MAY HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES THAT TRICKLE DOWN AND ARE AFFECTING US NOW.
THEY HAVE TO GET THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO THEN CHANGE THAT PROGRAM TO HELP WITH LAKE AND THEN SEEING MORE AND MORE OF THE, WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON LAKE HERE.
BUT THE THING IS, IS THERE MAY BE PROJECTS THAT CAN'T BE IMMEDIATELY IMPLEMENTED BY THE TOWN.
YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT EROSION.
WE HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT EROSION, PARTICULARLY IN SUB AREA THREE.
IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT LITTLE MAP, SUB AREA THREE IN THE COASTAL ZONE, WHICH IS MM-HMM
THE LAKE SHORE, THAT'S EXACTLY THE AREA SPOT.
YOU HAVE SIGNIFICANT AREAS WHERE IT'S DENTED IN AND THERE'S HOUSES YEP.
ON THE PORCH THAT'S OUT AND IT'S IN YOUR, THAT'S IN YOUR EXISTING
NOTHING HAS REALLY HAPPENED SINCE THEN.
BUT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
YOU NEED THE OTHER AGENCIES TO HELP YOU.
SO WHAT WE ARE SAYING IN THE ELDER BP NOW IS THAT A STUDY NEEDS TO BE DONE THAT THE TOWN NEEDS TO WORK WITH DEC TO GET THAT STUDY GOING.
AND SO THERE HAS TO BE INTERACTION AND COORDINATION TO GET THAT STUDY GOING BECAUSE THINGS HAVEN'T GOTTEN BETTER, THEY GOTTEN WORSE AND, AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET WORSE.
AND IT HAS TO BE REMEDIED, BUT IT'S NOT JUST THERE.
I MEAN, YOU NEED TO LOOK AT, AT FLOODING AND EROSION ALONG THE WHOLE SHORELINE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA GO IN AND FIX MR. SMITH'S PROPERTY, BUT WE ALL KNOW DOWN THERE IT'S STARTING TO AFFECT ROADWAYS AND OTHERS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THAT EROSION PROBLEM.
THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD WANT MONIES TO HELP RESOLVE.
I'M NOT GONNA GO IN AND SAY, WELL, MR. SMITH'S BACKYARD IS BEING ERODED.
WE'RE GONNA DO A PROJECT FOR THAT OLD LAKE SHORE ROAD'S, A COUNTY ROAD.
IF THAT ROAD CAVES IN, IT'S THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX IT.
SO THEY HAVE TO BE A PARTNER IN THIS STUDY AS WELL.
SO, UM, THAT BECAUSE IT'S THEIR ROAD, YOU CAN'T FIX IT FOR 'EM.
THEY SHOULD BE AWARE, I'M SURE THEY ARE OF, OF THE DANGER THAT THEY'RE EXAMINE SO THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT GETS DOCUMENTED IN THIS, UH, PROGRAM UPDATES.
SO, UM, SO, SO ONCE WE GET THE COMMENTS BACK FROM LAB AND ONCE WE GET COMMENTS FROM THE REZONING STUDIES AND THOSE ARE DONE AND THEN WE CAN START MOVING FORWARD AGAIN, WE ANTICIPATE, I I PUT KIND OF A TIMELINE IN HERE SHOWING WHAT, WHERE WE ARE, BUT IT PROBABLY, WE PROBABLY WON'T HAVE AN, AN ACTUAL FINAL DRAFT OF THE LWRP BRING TO YOU TO, YOU KNOW, START THINKING ABOUT ACCEPTING IT FOR 60 DAY REVIEW IN THAT UNTIL THE SPRING OF 2025, IT'S, WE'RE GONNA BE DELAYED A A, A YEAR.
WENDY, I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THE STATE, UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT AS THEY'RE DOING THE BOW, I THINK THE LWRP GROUP STILL HAS TO INPUT TO THE BOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE BOW COMING BACK WITH THE PLANS.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO HERE AND IT'S NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LWRP.
WELL THAT'S, AND AS YOU SAID, IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE ANYTHING IN LIKE SIX MONTHS.
WE GOTTA COORDINATE WITH THEM.
WELL, YOU HAVE TO PITCH, YOU'LL HAVE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES ON THAT BA COMMITTEE WHO ARE FAMILIAR, WHETHER THEY'RE FROM WENDELL OR UM, SHOULD BE ON THAT BOA COMMITTEE.
AND SECOND OF ALL, YOU HAVE MARTIN LUKI WHO IS OVERSEEING THIS PROJECT AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
HE'S FAMILIAR WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING.
HE'S ALSO OVERSEEING THE BOA PROJECT AS WELL.
SO BETWEEN HAVING REPRESENTATIVES FROM WENDELL WHO ARE INTIMATELY FAMILIAR BECAUSE WE'RE PREPARING THE LWRP AND HAVING MARK SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GETTING INPUT BACK AND FORTH.
WE'RE GETTING WHAT WE NEED OUT OF THE BOA AND WE'RE PROVIDING WHAT WE NEED TO THE BOA UH, CONSULTANTS SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY, THE CONNECTION AND THE NEED FOR CONSISTENCE.
[00:55:01]
SAID FROM DAY ONE.FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION ON TONIGHT, EXCELLENT RESOLUTION ABOUT SUPPORTING NOT HAVING WIND TURBINES IN THE LAKE.
COULD NOT PUT THAT IN THE LWRB.
WE GET ADOPTED BY THE STATE, ALTHOUGH THE STATE HAS BACKED OFF, THE STATE HAS DROPPED WHERE DESIRE FOR NOW TO PUT THOSE WIND TURBINES OUT THERE.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY WON'T COME BACK AND ISSUED ANOTHER R FOR A CONSULTANT TO ABOUT 12 OR 13 YEARS AGO.
BUT WE CANNOT COME STRAIGHT OUT IN YOUR LWRP POLICY THAT ADDRESSES ENERGY AND SAY WE WILL PROHIBIT THE CONSTRUCTION OF, UH, INDUSTRIAL SCALE WING TURBINES ON LAKE AREA.
THEY WILL SHUT YOU DOWN IN THE HE OFFSHORE.
WE TRIED IT, WE TRIED IT WITH SOME LAKE ONTARIO COMMUNITIES.
CAN WE JUST HAVE IT ON THE RECORD SAYING WE LY OPPOSE HAVING THAT? THAT'S, YES.
YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE RECORD AND YOU CAN STAND OPPOSED TO IT.
BUT THE, THE STATE WILL NOT BECAUSE OF THEIR OWN ENERGY POLICIES, THEY CAN'T GO CONTRARY TO THEM.
THERE ARE SOME POLICIES IN HERE AND THE WAY THAT THEY'RE WRITTEN, THEY'RE A LITTLE LOOSEY GOOSEY TO, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T COME STRAIGHT OUT AND SAY THAT WE SUPPORT WIND TURBINES.
THEY JUST SAY THAT WE WILL CONSIDER, ARE YOU GONNA SHOOT US AN EMAIL REGARDING THE, UH, MEETING ON, ON THURSDAY? THE LWRP MEETING? YEAH, IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A WENDY, WHAT MORE I HAVE, IT'S A, IT'S AN ADVISORY.
IT'S YALE WVRP ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC HEARINGS OR PUBLIC MEETING.
I'M HOPING AT THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING ON THURSDAY NIGHT THAT WE HAVE, IT'S OKAY THAT WE HAVE SELECTED THE DATE FOR THE NEXT COPY SUGGESTING WE'RE THE MANAGERS OF THE PROJECT AND THE TALKING MARKET AND WE WILL UPDATE THE BOARD ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS.
BUT YOU GUYS NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THESE PROJECTS.
BOA, LWRP, WHEN YOU DO THE CODES, THERE SHOULD BE AN UPDATE EVERY COUPLE MONTHS TO KEEP THE BOARD.
'CAUSE EVENTUALLY ALL THOSE ARE BEING ACTED UPON BY YOU.
THAT'S THE REASON I'M HERE TONIGHT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THOSE FOUR PROJECTS.
CONFERENCE PLAN HAS ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED.
THE BOA AND THE LWRP AND THE CODE STUFF ALL'S GONNA COME THROUGH YOU.
SO I DON'T WANT TO GET TO THE END OF IT AND SAY HERE'S WHAT IT IS.
WE GOTTA UNDERSTAND HOW ALL THOSE THINGS WORK TOGETHER.
THAT'S MY ONLY REASON FOR YOUR TIME TO MAKE SURE THE IMPORTANCE OF THOSE THREE PROJECTS.
THEY GOTTA COMMUNICATE, THEY GOTTA BALANCE EACH OTHER.
THEY'RE ALL FUNDED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THEY'RE ALL FUNDED BY YOU AND YOU HAVE TO ADOPT ALL THESE THINGS.
SO THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO ONLINE AND LOOK AT YOUR EXISTING LWRP JUST TO FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF IF NOTHING ELSE, LOOK AT THE 44 POLICIES AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE ALL ABOUT.
UM, A LOT OF 'EM JUST INCLUDE THE STATE POLICY EXPLANATION LANGUAGE 'CAUSE THERE'S NO NEED TO CHANGE IT.
BUT THERE ARE SOME POLICIES WHERE WE DEFINITELY WENT THE POLICY NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS FOR, UH, ABANDONED, UNDERUTILIZED, AND VACANT WATERFRONT PROPERTIES.
YOU KNOW, SO WE TALK ABOUT THIS AND THE FACT THAT IN COASTAL SUB AREA, ONE, THERE ARE PROPERTIES THAT NEED TO, TO BE LOOKED AT AND, AND, AND REVITALIZED AND THAT THIS TOWN IS WORKING, YOU KNOW, TO, TO PUT THE FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS IN PLACE TO BRING THAT ABOUT.
BUT THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW WE TOOK THE POLICY AND AND FURTHER LOCALIZED.
'CAUSE I THINK IT ALREADY SAID SOME THINGS ABOUT, UH, THE SUB AREA, ONE COASTAL ZONE.
UM, BUT UM, UH, LET ME THINK OF SOME.
THE PUBLIC ACCESS POLICIES WERE LOCAL ON, SO THE ABANDONED UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTIES, THOSE WOULD HAVE TO BE PUBLIC PROPERTIES, RIGHT? OR BECOME PUBLIC SPACES? NO, NO.
SO WHO DETERMINES IF IT'S UNDERUTILIZED? WELL, LIKE IF SOMEBODY HAS A COTTAGE THERE AND SAY SOMEBODY ELSE DECIDES THAT THEY'D LIKE TO PUT A SUMMER ESTATE THERE.
I I DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, DON'T MAKE ANYBODY MAD, BUT I HAVE TO SAY THIS 'CAUSE IT, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
THE LWRP, ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS AT HOOVER BEACH AND IT RECOGNIZES HOOVER BEACH, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HOOVER BEACH.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING CARE OF THOSE PROPERTIES, BUT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT SOME'S LITTLE COTTAGE RIGHT THERE.
IT'S ALL THIS LAND UP HERE THAT HAS OPPORTUNITIES TO BE REVITALIZED AND GENERATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MONS.
AND THAT'S THE BOAT IS IDENTIFYING WHAT'S CAUSING THOSE PROBLEM.
IS IT, IS IT A CONTAMINATION ISSUE? THAT'S WHAT THE BOW IS ABOUT.
IS IT A CONTAMINATION ISSUE THAT'S CAUSING THEM NOT TO BE REVITALIZED? AND DO YOU MEET THE QUALIFICATION TO GO INTO STEP TWO AND BECOME A BROWNFIELD, WHICH OPENS YOU UP FOR STATE GRANT MONEY? RIGHT? SO BOW IS FOCUSED ON, OKAY, THESE AREN'T BEING REVITALIZED BECAUSE POTENTIALLY THERE'S CONTAMINATION ISSUES.
[01:00:01]
WE DID ONE IN AMHERST FOR THE SHERIDAN DRIVE WHERE THE W WHOLE FOODS IS NOT IDENTIFY.WERE THERE THINGS RESTRICTING THAT AREA FROM REDEVELOPMENT THAT MEET THE, THE BOAT PROGRAM.
IF IT MEETS THE BUBBLE PROGRAM, THEN YOU STEP INTO A WHOLE NOTHER SOURCE OF FUNDS TO CLEAN PROPERTIES UP.
WE KNOW SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES NEED CLEANING UP.
THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF PROPERTIES WITHIN THE BOA THAT AREN'T A PROBLEM WITH CONTAMINATION, BUT YOU DO GET TO LOOK AT IT
WELL THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING WITH THE UNDERUTILIZED, LIKE I'M SURE THERE ARE SOME DEVELOPERS THAT SEE SOME OF THE PROPERTIES ALONG THE COASTLINE AND THINK WE COULD PUT MUCH BIGGER, MUCH MORE DENSELY POPULATED THING THERE.
AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE MAINTAINED IN THEIR BEAUTIFUL HOMES, WHICH IS THANK YOU.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, I'M, I'M NOT TRYING TO, TO SHORT SIDE HULA BEACH.
I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE WHOLE PROCESS OF THE SAGE THAT COMES DOWN THE LAKE AND WHAT HAPPENS IN THE LAKE WHEN ALL THE WATER SHIPS AND IT ALL COMES HERE AND YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN COUNTLESS PICTURES OF FROZEN HOMES AND CARS AND WHAT HAVE YOU DOWN THERE.
WELL, AND IT GOES FROM HOOVER BEACH.
IT GOES UP PAST THE TOWN BEACH.
IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT STRETCH THAT IT'S A FACT NOW.
SO YEAH, IT'S, AND AND THAT'S RECOGNIZING THE LWRP AND YOU HAVE, UH, FLOODING EROSION POLICIES THAT WILL SPEAK TO THAT.
BUT, BUT IT'S, IT'S THE LWP HAS, THERE'S LOTS OF BIG ISSUES, LOTS OF BIG ISSUES.
IF YOU'VE BEEN AROUND FOR 25 YEARS, YOU KNOW THAT WHETHER THEY DOWNGRADE ROOF FIVE AND MAKE IT MORE OF AND WHATEVER, THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT'S GOTTA BE RESOLVED.
AND THAT, AND THAT'S TWOFOLD BECAUSE YOU HAVE ABOUT FIVE THAT COMES THIS WAY AND IT GOES DOWN TO AKATA AND, UM, MOUNT VERNON AND LOXLEY PARK AND DOWN INTO THOSE, UM, NICE LITTLE BUSINESS DISTRICTS.
BUT MY GOD, IT'S HANDLING SO MUCH TRAFFIC.
AND WE HAD ALREADY LOOKED AT THIS IN 2012 WHEN WE DID THE LWRP.
THAT AREA AROUND HIGH NEEDS TO BE CALMED.
YOU NEED TO FIND WAYS TO BETTER ACCOMMODATE, UH, PEDESTRIANS AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
GET PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO CROSS THE ROAD WITHOUT BEING RUN OVER BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY CARS THAT ARE DRIVING TOO FAST.
BUT THEN THE OTHER END OF IT IS, IS THIS SECTION, UM, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE ALIGNMENT OF ROUTE FIVE AND WHAT DO YOU DO? AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEING LOOKED AT IN EBOLA.
THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO WAIT FOR RECOMMENDATIONS.
ANY LAST QUESTIONS OR THERE'S A BIG TYPO THERE.
YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE? UM, ONE, ONE.
WE HAVE AN EXTRA COPY YOU CAN TAKE MINE TOOK IT OUT OF ORDER.
WE TAKE MINE WANTS, BUT WE HAVE A COPY FOR HIM.
I HAVE JUST SEND AN EMAIL WITH THE REPLIED VERSION THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE TITLE.
I'M HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU AT ANY POINT.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS ON THAT.
SO, AND AS DREW SAID, WE WILL DO A BETTER JOB OF KEEPING UP.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, MR. ESTONIA.
I WANTED TO GET IN FRONT OF EVERYONE AND KIND OF BRING EVERYONE BACK UP TO SPEED ON WHERE WE'RE WITH MOST OF OUR PROJECTS.
UH, AND SOME OF THAT ARE COMING DOWN.
THIS, THIS ISN'T EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT GOING ON, BUT IT'S SOME OF THE, UM, ONES THAT WE'VE EXPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
AND I WANT TO DEFINITELY PUT THIS IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS.
SO ONE OF THE BIG PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON LAST YEAR, THE MOUNT VERNON SANTA SEWER PROJECT GOAL IS TO REPAIR THE UNDER A CONSENT ORDER FROM THE DEC TO, UH, REMEDIATE THE SEWERS TO TAKE OUT THAT INI THE INFLOW FILTRATION AND STORM WATER UP AND STOPS OVERFLOWING DIGITAL LAKE.
UM, BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT, JESUS, AT LEAST A YEAR.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT $2.9 MILLION.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE THE PROJECT ESTIMATES, SO THAT'S BASED OFF OF PERRY COUNTY BID.
AND THE LOCAL BID WE DID FOR DOING SPOT REPAIRS AND LINING AND TELEVISING OF THE SEW.
SO, UM, UH, OVERALL PROJECT WISE, WE'RE ABOUT 71%, UH, PERCENT DONE.
THE SPOT REPAIRS ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT DONE.
THE CAMERAING IS ALL DONE AND WE'RE, THEY'RE DOING A LAST WEEK, WEEK AND A HALF OF LINING.
SO ALL THE CONSTRUCTION PART OF IT IS JUST ABOUT DONE, LIKE WE'RE IN THE HOME, HOME STRETCH ON, UH, LAST PIECE OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE THE POST-CONSTRUCTION FLOW STUDY, WHICH THERE'S A RESOLUTION ON TONIGHT, GHP.
[01:05:01]
GIVE US SOME GOOD QUOTE ON THAT.SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE THAT, IT'S GONNA BE THREE MONTHS OF FLOW MONITORING AND YOU PREFER, UH, PREFERABLY DO IT IN WET WEATHER.
SO WE GOT SPRING SEASON COMING.
HIGH RAIN, USUALLY IF THERE WAS SNOW, THERE'D BE SNOW, MELT OF SNOW.
UH, HOPEFULLY WE GET RAIN, WE GET WET WEATHER IN THE SPRING.
UM, SO WE CAN GET GOOD, GOOD NUMBERS TO COMPARE TO A, A PRE-CONSTRUCTION, THE
SO GHV HAS BEEN KIND OF THE ENGINEER ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
THEY'VE DONE OUR ANNUAL REPORTING AND THE REPORTING WITH THE DEC.
SO, UH, IT MAKES GOOD SENSE TO HAVE THIS COPY WENT WITH THE JERRY.
SO WE JUST KEEP, KEEP GOING WITH THAT.
SO, UM, I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT WE WERE AFTER.
YOU KNOW, WE GOT BROKEN SEWER MAIN, UM, WE TELEVISED 60,000 FEET.
UM, SPOT REPAIRS, THESE ARE SOME TYPICAL SPOT REPAIRS.
WE JUST COMPLETED THE LAST ONE LAST WEEK OUT OF ONE 15.
WE HAD ONE ERROR THAT, UH, WAS, YOU KNOW, MISSED THAT WE ACTUALLY, UH, HOMEOWNERS SERVICE GOT CUT OFF, BUT THE TOWN WAS GONNA MAKE, MAKE THEM WHOLE AND TAKE CARE OF IT.
SO IT WAS A MISTAKE, UH, AS FAR AS OUR OUR, BUT THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
OUT OF 115, WE ONLY HAVE ONE PROBLEM ON THE, ON THE WHOLE SITE.
CAN YOU SEE EVERYTHING? MM-HMM
YOU GUYS GOOD? UM, SO THERE'S, WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY, WE EXPENDED $2.482 MILLION.
UH, WE JUST HAD JUST SIGNED ANOTHER, UH, PAY APPLICATION FOR 300,000.
SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE REALLY IN THE HOME STRETCH.
WE'RE ACTUALLY UNDER BUDGET ON WHAT OUR ENGINEERING ESTIMATE WAS.
SO WE HAVE MONEY LEFT TO DO OUR FLOW STUDY AND DO OUR FINAL, UH, COMPLETION.
ONCE WE DO THE FLOW STUDY AND WE HAVE ALL THE DATA FROM THAT, WE CAN PRESENT THAT TO THE DEC, GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GETTING OFF CONSENT ORDER, UM, AND THEN, UM, ESTABLISH WRITING A EMILY
SO IT'LL STILL BE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, MAYBE A FALL WE'LL BE IN INTO THAT PART OF THIS PROJECT.
UH,
THEY GAVE US A LOT MORE TIME THAN WE HAVE TAKEN, CORRECT? YEAH.
THEY U USUALLY THEY KNOW LIKE THE DC KNOWS THAT THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IS A LOT FOR JUST SMALL MUNICIPALITY TO COVER LIKE THE RESIDENTS OF THE MOUNT VERNON AREA COVER OF THAT.
SO THEY DON'T WANNA BURN TAXPAYERS AND MUNICIPALITIES WITH THAT TYPE OF EXPENSE.
SO THEY USUALLY GIVE YOU A LONG DURATION OF TIME SO THAT YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, DO SMALL PROJECTS PER YEAR AND GET
GOT THE CONSENT ORDER A FEW YEARS BACK, RIGHT? OH, WELL, IT WAS A FEW YEARS BACK.
UM, JASON GAVE US A PROPOSAL ON HOW TO REMEDIATE EVERYTHING.
UH, THE, THE ARPA MONEY THAT CAME IN WAS JUST A GIFT TO GET THIS, IT WAS PERFECT FOR THIS.
SO ALL THAT ARPA MONEY IS, IS COVERING THIS.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS WITHIN A YEAR.
WE DID ALL THIS SUMER VIDEOING SPOT REPAIRS AND THE LINING IN 13 MONTHS.
SO WE GOTTA DO FLOW FLOW STUDY STILL TO BE A FEW EXTRA MONTHS ON THERE, BUT IT'S, THAT'S PATENT, A PATENT, THE DEPARTMENT ON THE HEAD.
THIS WAS A PRETTY, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT JOB.
UM, AND IT'S GONNA HELP EVERYBODY OUT.
ONCE WE GET RID OF THE SEWAGE.
WE ARE REMEDIATING FLOW GOING SEWER, SEWAGE GOING INTO THE LAKE.
UM, AND EVERYONE HAVE CAPACITY KNOWS BACK BASE SINCE TO BE BACKING UP.
UH, IT'S JUST BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
UH, TOWN HIGHWAY GARAGE IS, UM, ANOTHER BIG ONE THAT WE HAD, UH, DONE LAST YEAR.
WE'RE STILL FINISHING UP ABOUT 90% DONE TOTAL AWARDS, $1.658 MILLION.
NEW ROOF ON THE CLOSED STORAGE BUILDING, UH, INSULATION GARAGE AND EXTERIOR MAN DOORS, MOLD ABATEMENT.
WE FOUND, UH, NEW, UH, SHOP HEATERS AND THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES AND BACKUP GENERATORS, WHICH WERE HORRIBLY OUT OF CODE AND DANGEROUS.
UM, ALL THE, ALL THE ELECTRIC SERVICE LINES ALL UP TO CODE AND, AND SAFE.
NOW, UM, HEATERS ARE IN AND ROT GOOD.
WE JUST HAVE TO OUR BACKUP GENERATORS.
THERE WAS A SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE WHERE THE ONES WE ORDERED AND SPECED OUT, UH, CANCELED.
SO THE SUPPLIER SAID IT'S NEW ONES, SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA COME IN UNTIL SUN, UH, THE SUMMER, BIG SUMMER.
BUT RIGHT NOW, BOTH BUILDINGS HAVE GOT TEMPORARY BACKUP GENERATORS UP TO 'EM FOR ANY BUNCH OF STORMS. THANK GOD.
THOSE ARE THE TWO GENERATORS THAT WENT INSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
UM, ONE ON THE LEFT WAS IN THE MAIN GARAGE, PARKED NEXT TO THE TRUCK.
YOU CAN SEE THE, I DUNNO IF IT'S DIESEL FUEL OR JUST OIL LEAKING ONTO THE FLOOR AND INTO THE FLOOR DRAINS.
THE ONE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WAS IN THE OFFICE.
UH, THAT ONE RECENTLY CAUGHT FIRE.
UM, AND IT WAS SMOKING LIKE A BINGO HALL IN THE EIGHTIES.
SO, UH, I'M GLAD THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
[01:10:01]
BEEN DISCONNECTED AND WE HAVE A TEMPORARY BACKUP TRAILER HOOKED UP FOR THEM.UM, GOAL IS TO KEEP THE BUILDING SAFE AND FROM BURNING TO THE GROUND.
SO THAT, I'M GLAD WE GOT ALL THAT DONE.
WE'RE, LIKE I SAID, HOME STRETCH ON THAT ONE.
I THINK THAT'S PRETTY HAPPY WITH EVERYTHING.
UH, HERE'S THE GOLF COURSE IRRIGATION PROJECT.
SO THIS ONE HERE, UM, WAS KIND OF HELD UP WITH A LOT OF, LIKE, WE HAD TO HAVE, UH, LOT OF PERMITTING, DEC AND ARMY CORPS PERMITTING A LOT OF, BECAUSE WE'RE DRAWING WATER FROM THE CREEK AND IRRIGATING A GOLF COURSE ADJACENT.
SO THIS IS WHEN WE GOT, PROBABLY GOT PERMITTED.
AND THIS WINTER HAS BEEN A BLESSING SO THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY GET THE MOST OF THE CONSTRUCTION.
WE PROBABLY, PROBABLY 70% DONE ON IT.
AND THAT THERE IS THE POND WITH A CLAY LINER, THE NEW CLAY LINER IN IT.
SO WHEN HE GOT IN THERE AND STARTED DREDGING ALL THAT OUT AND FINALLY GOT DOWN TO THE EXISTING CLAY, LUCKILY THAT EXISTING CLAY LINER, THE ORIGINAL POND WAS SIGNIFICANTLY THICK, SO WE JUST ADDED EXTRA LINER ONTO IT.
UH, SO IT'S GONNA HOLD WATER REALLY, REALLY WELL.
UH, THAT'S THE NEW IRRIGATION PUMP RIGHT THERE.
IT'S IN THE LITTLE WHITE BUILDING YOU CAN SEE FROM THE ROAD.
UH, SO THEN YOU CAN SEE THE POND ON THE RIGHT.
THIS WAS BEFORE OUR CLAY LINER WENT IN AND HE WAS JUST BOXING HOBBING OUT THE POND.
THEY PUT A, A BERM RIGHT IN BETWEEN NEWMAN CREEK, SO NOW NEWMAN CREEK WON'T OVERFLOW AND VICE VERSA, AND, AND CAUSED THE DC ISSUES THAT WE WERE, WE WERE HAVING.
UM, BUT, UH, IT'S GOING REALLY WELL.
CONTRACTORS GOT THE WET WELL IN, HE'S WAITING FOR PUMP MATERIAL.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE LIKE, HE'S GONNA DROP THE PUMPS IN.
AND THEN WHEN, UH, THE WEATHER GETS A LITTLE BETTER AND CONDUCIVE, HE'S GONNA BE DOING RESTORATION WORK.
AND THEN THE, UM, SPRINKLER HEADSS AND THE COMM SYSTEM, STUFF LIKE THAT, WHICH IS TOP, YOU KNOW, TOP GRAB WORK.
IT'S NOT SUPER AGGRESSIVE LIKE THIS.
IF WE HAD TO START THIS, LIKE SAY IN APRIL, IF WE GOT A BAD WINTER, THIS WOULD BE A NIGHTMARE.
UM, YOU GUYS KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS ONE.
THIS IS, WE'RE COMING UP WITH A PROPOSED PLAN.
IT'S STILL KIND OF CONCEPTUAL RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE HAVE CONCEPT DESIGN DRAWINGS.
WE MET WITH THE COMMUNITY, THEY WANNA REALIGN THE ROAD.
THERE'S GONNA BE SOME, YOU KNOW, LEGAL WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE.
I JUST GOT LIKE A SURVEY OF THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO ASK FOR THE PEOPLE TO, TO PUT THE ROAD IN.
I JUST TRANSFERRED THAT OVER TO KEN AND, AND I'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
THEY'LL PROBABLY BE MORE WORK TO BE DONE ON THAT.
SO THAT'S, IT'S MOVING, BUT IT'S, IT'S, UH, THIS ONE'S, YOU GOTTA CAREFULLY NAVIGATE THIS ONE.
AND HAVE WE ASCERTAINED THAT THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD ABOUT IT, PRIVATE VERSUS PUBLIC ROAD AND TO GETTING THAT DOCU, PARDON? IT HAS TO BE A PUBLIC ROAD.
I'M GETTING, WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS IT NOW? THEY'RE ON PAPER STREET.
SO THERE'S NO ROAD IN THERE THAT ANYONE OWNS.
SO IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST, UM, UNDEVELOPED PUBLIC PROPERTY AS A PAPER STREET.
SO THE TOWN NEVER TOOK DEDICATION OF ANY ROAD OR ANYTHING, BUT IT CAN'T BE PRIVATE PROPERTY BECAUSE IT WOULD LANDLOCK ALL THOSE OTHER PARCELS.
AND THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN, UM, VIABLE SUBDIVISION WHEN THAT GOVERNMENT WAS FILED.
BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THAT'S, THAT'S PRIVATE.
SO THAT'S A, IN ESSENCE, A PRIVATE ROAD, WHICH OPENS UP OTHER QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF THIS TYPE OF PROJECT.
YEAH, THE, THE ROAD ISN'T PRIVATELY OWNED.
NOBODY'S PAID TAX ON IT IN 85 YEARS.
SO IT'S THE, THE ROADWAY THAT'S THERE, THAT LOOP GOING AROUND IN THE, IN THE ROAD DOWN THE MIDDLE, THAT'S REALLY NOT A PARCEL AS FAR AS OUR RECORDS SHOW.
SO NOW THIS IS WHERE I NEED GOOD LEGAL HELP TO FIGURE ALL THAT PART OF IT OUT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE NOW.
I NEED, WE CAME UP WITH A CONCEPT, WE TALKED WITH ALL THE PEOPLE, THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT.
SO NOW WE GOTTA SEE WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO.
AND I KNOW THERE WAS, UM, STILL SEVERAL, SEVERAL RESIDENTS WHO WERE NOT NECESSARILY IN FAVOR OF THE PLAN.
WHERE DO THEY STAY? TWO, TWO ON THE BOTTOM WE'RE, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, AS THINGS COME AROUND, WE KEEP THEM IN THE LOOP, BUT WE REALLY, I WAS WAITING FOR THE SURVEY.
WE HIRED
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHILE THERE ARE TWO RESIDENTS THAT ENJOY SOME A GREAT PRIVATE ESTATE, THERE ARE MANY RESIDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLAINED AND ENDURED SUBPAR, PERHAPS DANGEROUS SERVICE FOR DECADES.
AND THEY ARE ECSTATIC ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
UM, THE QUESTION I HAVE IS THAT AND THE WATER, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE WATER HOOK UP THERE, RIGHT? THERE'S A, THAT'S CAUSING THE ISSUE WITH THE WATER.
SO IS THAT A, IS THAT A COUNTY LINE? NO.
WELL, EVERY COUNTY STOPS RIGHT AT THE LOOP.
AND THEN THERE'S THIS LINE, I SEE
[01:15:01]
IT ONE OF THESE VERTICAL LINES THAT RUN RIGHT ON WORKS.THAT ONES, SO THERE'S THIS LINE IN HERE THAT'S FROM, THAT RUNS UP AND DOWN IN HERE AND THERE'S A, A DEAD FIRE HOUSING IN HERE AND A DEAD FIRE HOUSING HERE THAT DO NOT WORK.
AND WHOSE LINE IS THAT? THAT'S TOWN'S PER THE
SO RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW, ALLS WE HAVE IS LIKE A CONCEPT OF DESIGN AND WE GOTTA FIND OUT WHAT WE CAN DO IN THAT ROADWAY, WHO OWNS IT, GET ALL THAT STUFF STRAIGHTENED OUT, UM, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
AND THEN AS FAR AS WE ALLOCATED, YOU KNOW, $500,000 FOR THIS, UH, WITH HAVING TO PUT THE ROAD IN AND I'M GETTING A COMMITMENT LETTER, UH, LITERALLY A LETTER FROM THE WATER AUTHORITY.
UM, THEY, I'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM AND, UH, THEY, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MAYBE A RESOLUTION THAT THE DOWN BOARD IS SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT THAT THEY WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TAKE OVER THE WATER LINE IF YOU BUILD US A ROUTE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE TOO.
SO YOU'VE BEEN DOING THAT IN COLLABORATION WITH ED THEN AS FAR AS THE, YOU KNOW, THE ROAD? WELL, I THOUGHT THAT ABOUT IT AND HE WAS ON LAST YEAR WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS THAT SAID THAT HE DIDN'T TAKE OVER US.
ED, YOU DON'T MIND TAKING OVER THE ROAD,
THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT WEST ARNOLD AND I JUST SAID THAT, THAT KEN WAS IN COLLABORATION WITH YOU BECAUSE IT INVOLVES A ROAD AND YOU ARE TAKING OVER THAT ROAD.
AND HE SAID THAT YOU WERE IN AGREEMENT THAT YOU'D BE WILLING TO TAKE OVER THAT ROAD.
WE WOULD HAVE TO BE UNDER THE COUNT STANDARD.
YOU'VE BEEN PLOWING IT ALL ALONG, HAVE YOU? NO, NO.
IT'S DIRT AND GRAVEL AND THE PEOPLE THERE PAY SOMEBODY TO PLOW IT.
SO THEY'RE, THE GARBAGE TRUCK GOT STUCK IN THERE TWO WEEKS AGO AND WE HAD TO HAVE A COUPLE LOADERS COME IN AND DRAG IT OUT STUFF.
AND SO IS THIS THE TYPE OF PROJECT THEN THAT WOULD BE, UM, AS FAR AS THE COST? WOULD THE SPEED, UH, AN ASSESSMENT FOR THAT AREA, HOW IS THAT GOING TO IT COULD BE.
WE, LIKE I SAID, WE, UH, ONLY ALLOCATED $500,000 WORTH OF OUR FUNDS AND THIS IS GONNA BE PROBABLY 800,000.
SO WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE KNOW HOW MUCH EXTRA WE'RE GONNA NEED AND HOW WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR IT.
THAT'S GONNA BE YOUR GUYS' DECISION.
SO, UM, WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO FIGURE THAT OUT THEN.
SO I'M NOT, I MEAN, RIGHT NOW, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS CONCEPTUAL.
WE HAVE A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, WE HAVE A PLAN MOVING FORWARD, AND WE JUST GOTTA SEE WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN IT WAS, AND, AND I THINK I BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE, BUT JUST, AND THE REASON I'M CHECKING IS I KNOW WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT FORTH TO, UM, THE PREVIOUS TOWN BOARD, AND I THINK EVEN THE TOM BOARD BEFORE THAT, IT WAS DISCUSSED, THE REASON, UM, THE PROJECT WAS PASSED ON.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE MERIT, BUT AT THE TIME WE WERE ADVISED BECAUSE IT WAS A PRIVATE ROAD YEP.
THAT WE WOULDN'T, UNLESS OF COURSE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THE ASSESSMENT, ET CETERA.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THESE QUESTIONS NOW.
UM, THE, THE, LIKE I SAID, THAT ARTICLE MOUNTING IS A GIFT BECAUSE IF YOU HAD TO DO THIS PROJECT MM-HMM
THEY WOULD GET A SPECIAL DISTRICT AND, AND HAVE TO PUT THE HOLE BUILT.
AND THIS LINE IS ONLY DEGRADING FASTER AND FASTER AND FASTER AND THERE'S NO FIRE PROTECTION AND IT'S AN 80 SOMETHING YEAR OLD FAST IRON LINE THAT WATER'S BLOWING THROUGH THAT PEOPLE ARE MISSING.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT A GOOD SITUATION.
UM, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO FIX IT.
SO DEFINITELY ALL THE SUPPORT WE CAN GET ON THAT.
UM, THIS WAS IN BUR ROAD PARKING LOT.
THIS WAS PARKING LOT OVER NEXT, UM, BURKE ROAD PARK GOAL WAS TO GET THE CARDS FROM PARKING OFF THE ON BURKE ROAD AND PEOPLE PEDESTRIAN WALKING UP AND DOWN.
SO WE BUILT A LARGE STONE PARKING LOT, 135,007 $24.
THERE WAS A MINOR RESTORATION THING.
THE LANDSCAPING AND THE HYDRO SEEDING WASN'T REALLY AS GOOD AS I WANNA SEE IT.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO BACK THROUGH AND EARLY RAKE IT AND BUS MAKE THE CONTRACTOR OUR FINAL ATION.
I FULLY RETAINING JOHN THIS JOB TO GET THAT ONE DONE.
BUT, UH, THAT'LL HOLD, UM, I THINK IT'LL HOLD AT LEAST A HUNDRED CARS IN THERE.
UM, WE'LL GET 'EM, GET 'EM OFF THE ROAD AND KEEP PEOPLE SAFE.
AND IT'S ALL PERMEABLE A LOT, A LOT OF, I GET A LOT OF CALLS ON THIS ONE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE THRILLED ABOUT THIS AND WE OWN THAT ALSO.
YEAH, THE OTHER HALF, THERE'S A PROPERTY LINE ON NORTHWESTERLY FROM ACROSS THE BALL FIELDS THAT IS NOT OURS.
THAT'S WHY WE CAME IN HERE AND DID THIS, THIS SOLUTION.
UM, NIKE BASE PAVILION, THIS IS IT.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF, UH, ARMOR'S FIRE HALL BUILDING, BUT THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE MODELING THE NIKE BASE PROJECT OFF OF.
UM, THIS OVER HERE WILL BE A SNACK SHACK.
ON THE OTHER SIDE WILL BE, UH, RESTROOMS AND THEN A COVERED PATIO AREA.
UM, WE'RE WORKING ON THIS ONE NOW.
I HAVE, WE HAVE DUST BUMMER CLARK DO THE SITE WORK.
THEY DESIGN THE SEPTIC SYSTEM,
[01:20:01]
UM, BRING IN THE UTILITIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.UH, THOSE DRAWINGS ARE ALMOST FINALIZED.
WE DID MOST OF THAT IN, IN-HOUSE.
UM, JUST AT DEPARTMENTAL, THE SITE WORK AND THE SEPTIC DESIGN BECAUSE OF WHAT IT IS.
WOULD THAT BE YEAR ROUND? THE, THE BATHROOM FACILITIES? NO, NO.
UM, I THOUGHT WE HAD SOME MONEY FROM RE COUNTY LEGISLATURE FOR THIS PROJECT.
THERE WAS A, WHAT WAS IT, 300,000? I THOUGHT IT WAS THREE AND THEN YEAH.
SO THERE'S ABOUT SIX, SO WE'RE HOPING I CAN TRY TO KEEP THAT AROUND FIVE.
SOME EXTRA GOOD STUFF IN THERE.
NO, WHAT'S THE PLANS IN THE WINTERTIME? SHUT DOWN THE WATER.
I ACTUALLY JUST TALKED TO PAT RYAN ABOUT WHAT THEY DO AS FAR AS WINTERIZATION AND THEY HAVE, UH, TJ MIGUEL TO COME IN TO BLOW OUT ALL THE LINES AND WINTERIZE AND STUFF.
SO, UM, YEAH, WE'LL HAVE, UM, I'D LIKE, WE GOT POWER BACK THERE, SO I WANT TO PUT IN LIKE A SECURITY SYSTEM AND I WANT LIKE THE PATIO AREA AND THE DOOR VISIBLE FROM THE ROAD SO THE POLICE CAN GO BY AND KEEP AN EYE, STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO WE GOTTA PICK OUT COLORS AND FUN STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE LITTLE DETAILS.
BUT THAT'LL BE NICE BECAUSE MY KIDS PLAYED ON THOSE FIELDS AND EVERYONE'S KIDS PLAYED ON THOSE FIELDS AND THE PARENTS REALLY SUFFER.
SO IT'LL HAVE LIGHTS TOO, YOU SAID? OH YEAH.
I THINK IT'S TONIGHT, I THINK IT, GUESS IT'S TODAY.
SO I JUST FINISHED THIS LITERALLY TODAY.
I GOT CAMMY, UH, KIND OF INTO IT AND, UH, SHE REVIEWED IT.
SO THIS IS, WE MET WITH A LAKE SHORE LITTLE LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THEY HAD $250,000 GRANT.
UH, WE SPENT $110,250 ON DRAINAGE I PUT IN, UM, WE HAD TO REHAB THE DRAINAGE THAT WOULD SAY THERE WAS CRUSH PIPES, INSUFFICIENT CAPACITY AND DOWNSTREAM PIPE ISSUES.
SO WE REHABBED ALL THE DRAINAGE AND, UM, I ACTUALLY FIXED THE CULVERT ON THE OTHER SIDE.
THAT WAS A TOWN OWNED CULVERT ACROSS AN ACCESS ROAD THAT TIED INTO OUR SYSTEM THAT WENT THROUGH THE MOUNT VERNON AREA.
UH, IT WAS A BIG, IT'S LIKE A 36 OR 42 INCH CONCRETE PIPE THAT RAILROAD TIES ACTUALLY HAD WASHED INTO IT AND LOCKED IT ALL UP.
SO A CONTRACTOR WENT IN, PULLED ALL THOSE OUT, CLEANED OUT THE PIPE, RESHAPED THE INLET.
NOW IT DOESN'T FLOW OVER THERE ANYMORE.
AND THEN WITH THE DRAINS, THAT PART WOULD BE A LOT BETTER OFF.
SO THIS PROJECT IS GONNA BE DOING BACKSTOPS.
ALL THE BACKSTOPS ARE ALL DIG UP AND RUSTY, YOU KNOW, I'D SAY.
SO WE'RE GONNA UPGRADE ALL THESE.
UM, WE'RE GONNA DO FIVE FIELDS THEY PICKED OUT AND THEY PRIORITIZE FIVE FIELDS, THE LITER.
AND THEN DEPENDING ON WHERE THE BID NUMBERS COME IN, DO SOME EXTRA FIELDS.
AND THEN LIKE THIS SHAPED THING HERE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MANMADE WOOD THING THAT'S GOT BEES IN IT.
AND YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE DEFENSE COMPANY BUILD CANOPY STRUCTURES AND, UM, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THERE TO SAY THEY HAVE A, A DONOR THAT'S GOING TO PAY FOR THE CANVAS.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE HAVE A LITTLE, IF THAT ONE COMES IN GOOD, THEY'RE GONNA BUY AN INFIELD BREAK, SOME TYPE OF, UH, MOTORIZED BREAK.
SO WE ALSO TOOK OUT A BUNCH OF LITTLE STORM SEWER REPAIR PROJECTS.
UM, THIS ONE HERE IS CLARK AND KNAPP.
THAT WAS A COLLAPSED, UM, ALL, UH, CORRUGATED METAL PIPE THAT WAS IMPEDING DRAINAGE COMING OFF OUT OF LI BIT OFF LI AND THOSE SUBDIVISIONS BACK THERE HAD HOLES IN IT TO, UH, RESIDENTS GET SINK HOLES AND GIVES LAWN.
SO WE HAD, UH, A CONTRACTOR COME IN AND, UM, WE REBUILT ALL OF THAT, BUT ALL LET MOVE OUR PIPE IN.
MADE IT THE WATERTIGHT, TOOK OWNERSHIP OF IT.
THERE WAS ONE PIPE IN THERE THAT NOBODY KNEW WHO OWNED IT.
UM, SO THEN WE HAD ANOTHER ONE.
THIS ONE'S UP ON KINISON PARKWAY.
THIS ONE HERE IS THE WOODFIELD SUBDIVISION.
AND THAT'S A WILLOW TREE ROOM.
SO THAT WILLOW TREE KIND OF CHOKE, HOLD ON THAT DRAINAGE STRUCTURE.
SO, UM, WE DIDN'T REPLACE THE PIPE YET.
WE JUST 'CAUSE PEOPLE'S BASEMENTS WERE FLOODING.
SO WE HAD A CONTRACTOR COME IN AND CRAWLED IN THERE AND HE DUG OUT THAT PIPE AND JUST OPENED UP AN OPEN CHANNEL.
SO NOW EVERYONE, UH, DRAINS AND NO ONE'S HAVING BASEMENT ISSUES.
AND THEN THAT'S MY OLD FRIEND ON COLUMBIA.
THEY'RE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF COLUMBIA, WHERE, UM, WE HAVE A STRUCTURE THAT WAS DESIGNED, UM, BY AN ENGINEERING FIRM THAT GOES UP ON HALFWAY UP COLUMBIA, THAT WHERE THE INLET, THERE'S LIKE A CREEK THAT INLETS INTO A CLOSED SYSTEM THAT OUTFALLS.
AND THEN IT PLUGS BETWEEN THAT CATCH BASIN AND THE WALL.
SO THE GOAL THAT IS TO PUT A STRUCTURE IN THERE TO CATCH THAT DEBRIS SO IT CAN BE CLEANED BY HIGHWAY, UH, AND KEEP THIS FROM HIM.
ALL THOSE PROJECTS WERE FUNDED BY ALL AR
[01:25:01]
WE HAD THAT MONEY LEFT OVER AS HE DID THE, UH, WOOD UP STATION.THAT WAS, WE HAD A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ALLOCATED FOR THAT.
UM, I CAME IN UNDER ON THAT ONE.
SO I SPENT THE REST OF THE MONEY JUST CLEANING UP SOME OF THESE LITTLE ONES HERE.
UM, SO THIS ONE HERE WILL BE COMING NEXT.
THIS IS WHAT MY DEPARTMENT'S WORKING ON.
THESE ARE 11, UH, PROBLEMATIC DRAINAGE OFF HIGHER, ANY DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT, UM, THEIR REAR YARDS THAT WERE PLUGGED UP OR SOME CRUSHED CULVERTS AND BROKEN THE EYES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE OUT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, SO I, WE WE'RE WORKING ON THIS RFP TOGETHER, I'M HOPING NEXT MONTH, END OF NEXT MONTH PROBABLY, JUST 'CAUSE WE'RE SUPER BUSY AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING, DOING A LOT.
UH, SO THEN IT BECOMES A TOWN HALL PARKING LOT.
SO, UH, WE HAD HIRED A CONSULTANT TO ACTUALLY DO DESIGN.
THEY, WE MET WITH THEM IN SEPTEMBER, CAME TO THE TABLE.
THE PART, HOW THIS CAME ABOUT WAS THAT THE, SO HERE'S THE CURRENT HOTEL PARKING LOT AND A PAVEMENT AND DRAINAGE IN THIS WHOLE AREA IS COLLAPSING.
SO WE'LL SEE IT IN THE NEXT, UM, COUPLE SLIDES AS I GO.
SO WHEN WE STARTED DOING THIS, YOU KNOW, WE CAME UP THIS CONCEPT PLAN TO PUT THIS, MOVE THE PARKING FROM THE CURB, CUT ALONG SOUTH PARK, MOVE IT IN, CREATE GOOD ACCESS FOR PEDESTRIANS, UH, TO COME IN, USE THE ACCESS, UH, THAT ELEVATOR AND TO FUNNEL MORE RES PEOPLE HAVE COME TO THE TOWN IN THROUGH THE FRONT SO THAT WE'RE NOT COMING IN FROM BACK CORNERS.
UH, YEAH, ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WALK AROUND THE HALLWAYS AND ASK FOR DIRECTIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
IT'S A LITTLE MORE SAFE AND CONVENIENT FOR, FOR, FOR EVERYBODY.
UH, SO WE HAD ALREADY ALLOCATED 600,000 TO DO THE PAVEMENT MILL.
UM, AND THEN WE ALLOCATED ANOTHER SIX FOR, UM, THE WHOLE PROJECT.
SO IT'S ALL ARPA MONEY THAT'S GONNA COVER ALL THIS.
SO THERE'S FOOTPRINT OF THE EXISTING LOT.
AND YOU CAN SEE THIS AREA HERE, THIS PAVEMENT, ALL THIS SQUARE FOOTAGE RIGHT HERE IS PRACTICALLY THE SAME SQUARE FOOTAGE AS THE NEW LOT.
AND THEN THIS WILL ALL BECOME GREEN SPACE.
AND THEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S PULLED IN.
EVERYONE DROVE ACROSS THIS TODAY.
SO YOU GOT ALL THE POTHOLES AND COLLAPSING GRATES, UM, PONDING POTHOLES, UH, CRACKING SUBSURFACE PROBLEMS LIKE THIS ARE ALL HAPPENING.
SO THE DRAIN GRATES, YOU CAN SEE THE GRATES OTHER COLLAPSING AND PAVED UNDER AND THOSE, THOSE ARE BROKEN THERE OBVIOUSLY.
SO WE'RE GONNA GET ALL NEW DRAINAGE BOXES, NEW PIPES, UH, THE DRAINAGE DESIGNED, WORKED HYDRAULICALLY WITH THE NEW MODEL.
LIKE OUR ENGINEERING PRINTER MODEL REMODELED ALL THE, UM, HYDRAULICS IN THE PARKING LOT.
SO ALL THE STORM WATER IT TAKES, IT, IT WAS A GOOD DESIGN.
SO WE'RE GONNA GET THAT ALL FIXED UP.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THIS, THIS CONDITION OUT HERE.
EVERYONE, I MEAN I WANTED TO THIS SINCE I WAS A KID, LIKE YOU PULL IT HERE, YOU'VE GOTTA BACK OUT INTO DO THIS WEIRD MANEUVER TO GET BACK.
I HAD VIDEO IN THIS TO SHOW VEHICLE MOVEMENTS, BUT IT IS, IT WOULDN'T WORK TECHNOLOGY WISE.
BUT, UM, PEOPLE BACK OUT AND THEN THEY KIND OF USED THE LOT AS A RAMP TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC.
UM, SO HOW CAN WE AVOID THIS? SO HERE'S OUR NEW CONCEPT PLAN.
SO CARS, I MEAN THAT'S ALL GREEN SPACE.
AND THEN THESE WERE GONNA BE RESTORED GRASS ISLANDS IN HERE, BUT UH, THEY MIGHT JUST GET PAINTED UP OR SOMETHING.
WE'RE GONNA ADD SOME PARKING ALONG HERE FOR LIKE, I ALL CODE AND FORTH WITH ENGINEERING VEHICLES OUT OF THE WAY.
SO WE HAVE MORE PARKING BACK HERE.
AND THEN, UH, HERE'S OUR PARKING.
WE'RE PROTECTING THIS TREE RIGHT HERE, WHICH MY SOUL WOULD BE DIM TO ALL RUIN NATION IF I GOT RID OF THAT TREE.
'CAUSE MANY, IF PEOPLE GET MARRIED UNDER THAT THING, THE WEDDING TREE, THAT'S THE WEDDING TREE RIGHT THERE.
UM, THIS HERE, WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS IS THAT THIS BERM, THIS ROUND NOBLE THING IS A BIORAM.
SO ALL THE WATER AND RUNOFF AND RAIN AND SNOW FROM THAT PARKING LOT WILL HAVE OIL AND PARTICULATES AND RUST AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
VEHICLE TRAFFIC AND ALL GETS PUSHED INTO THAT.
IT GETS FILTERED BEFORE IT'S DISCHARGED INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.
UM, ALL THE TREES OUT IN FRONT, THOSE, THE ONES THAT ARE STILL STANDING ALONG THE FRONT, THOSE ARE GONNA REMAIN.
THERE'S A SPRUCE TREE HERE, THAT'S ONE NATURE.
THE ONE SPRUCE TREE HERE, THE ONE TREE THAT'S OUT THERE IS FULL AND THAT'S IN, IT'S HALF DEAD ALREADY.
SO WE JUST GOTTA LOSE THOSE TWO.
AND THAT'S ALL THAT'S GONNA GO.
AND THEN HERE'S THE, UM, THIS WILL BE HANDICAP.
THIS WILL BE HANDICAP AND THEN THIS RADIUS IN HERE WILL BE LIKE DROP OFF OR WE CAN MAKE IT, WE COULD MAKE IT HANDICAP PARKING.
SO, AND THAT'S WHERE THE LIFT IS THINKING.
YEAH, WE GOT THAT NEW ELEVATOR RIGHT THERE, RIGHT? AND THEN THERE'S ONE IN THE BACK CORNER THERE.
SO THIS IS GOING SIDE TO SIDE.
[01:30:01]
THE IMPRESSION IT WAS GONNA COME IN STRAIGHT FROM, FROM SOUTH PARK.THAT'S WHY THIS IS GOOD TO SEE.
SO, UM, NOW THE DROP OFF, THAT'S JUST WIDE ENOUGH FOR LIKE A PICKUP TRUCK FOR PLOWING OR OH, TOO REGULAR.
YEAH, IT'LL BE EASY TO LEAVE ABOVE TWO LANES.
UM, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WITH, YOU KNOW, HOMELAND SECURITY AND STUFF, I DON'T ABOUT PEOPLE PARKING AND LEAVING THEIR CAR IN THAT LITTLE CIRCULAR OR ANYTHING.
WELL WE CAN JUST WORK ON ALL THAT STUFF.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S, LIKE I SAID, IT'S, WELL, WE GOT, THEY GOT THE DESIGN DRIVES BE LIKE READY.
UM, NEXT MONTH WE HAD A CHANGE ORDER.
UM, AND THE CHANGE ORDER WAS BASICALLY THE, THE CIRCLE AND THEN THIS CART HERE I ASKED FOR AND SOME, SOME DRAINAGE STUFF.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE ONE WAY IN, ONE WAY OUT, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND YOU CAN SEE I, IT'S REAL SMALL, BUT THERE'S ARROWS THAT ALL BE, PAVEMENT WILL BE PAINTED, THERE'LL BE SIGNS.
IT'LL BE JUST MORE AESTHETIC, UM, COMPARED TO OUR CURRENT PARKING SITUATION.
HOW MANY SPOTS ARE WE GAINING OR LOSING? WE'RE GAINING WELL, SO HERE'S THE TRICKY PART.
SO YOU LOOK AT THAT ALONG THERE, IF YOU WERE TO TRY AND LAY OUT, YOU CAN SLIDE TOO.
IF YOU WOULD LAY OUT ALL THE SPOTS, RIGHT? LIKE PERFECT.
IF EVERYONE PARKED PERFECT, IT'S EQUAL.
EVERYONE'S IN AT AN ANGLE AND SIDEWAYS OR WHATEVER.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GAINING THE SAME AMOUNT OF, WE'RE GAINING LIKE FOUR SPOTS THAT GO IN HERE FROM THAT OUT THERE.
BUT EVERYTHING WILL BE SAFER AND BETTER MOVEMENT.
AND THEN THE MAILBOX, LIKE PEOPLE PARK SIDEWAYS IN FRONT OF THAT MAILBOX AND THERE NOW THEY CAN PULL THROUGH AND THEN DUMP THE MAIL RIGHT ON ANOTHER DRIVER'S SIDE WHERE NOT TO GO.
UM, SO MONUMENT, UH, THIS WAS ONE OF THE, THE CHANGE IN THE CHANGE ORDER BECAUSE WHEN WE FIRST MET THEM, WE JUST PUT A, A CIRCLE AND USING OUR EXISTING SLABS IN THE ONE FLAG POLE.
UM, THE POLICE WERE INVITED TO THE FIRST MEETING.
THEY CONTACTED ME AFTER THEY COULDN'T MAKE IT.
SO THEY FORMED A COMMITTEE, UH, FOR WHAT THEY NEEDED AS FAR AS SLABS.
YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TWO EXTRA SLABS 'CAUSE THEY HAVE MEETINGS WAITING TO GO ON.
SO, UM, THEY WANT TWO EXTRA SLABS.
THEY WERE THINKING, OH, PUT IT IN THE BACK AND ALL THIS STUFF.
BUT IT'S NOT THE RIGHT PLACE FOR IT.
SO THE CIRCLE WILL BE BEAUTIFUL.
UM, SO EACH, THE VETERANS WILL GET THREE SLABS UP FROM THE EXHIBIT ONE AND THE POLICE WILL HAVE TWO, UH, ADDITIONAL SLABS.
IT'LL BE, UH, CONTINUOUSLY LIT, JUST LIKE ALL THE REGULATIONS SAY AND ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, THAT, SO LIKE THERE'S THEIR ONE SLAB, THE POLICE IS KIND OF LIKE OFF TO THE SIDE DOING ITS OWN THING AND THEN THE VETERAN WOULD SIT THERE.
UM, SO NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE LIKE THREE, TWO FLANKING, THREE SLABS AND IT'LL BE A NICE, NICE TRIP IN YOUR REAR.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ON THAT
SO ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS, THEY CAN ALWAYS CALL ME.
ALRIGHT, SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR WORK SESSION FOR THIS EVENING.
LIKE TO CALL THE ORDER THE TOWN BOARD MEETING AT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, FEBRUARY 26TH.
AND I WOULD ASK THE CLERK TO START WITH THE ROLL CALL SUPERVISOR.
COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL LORENZ HERE.
OH, COUNCIL MEMBER BOGGO PRESIDENT.
AND FOLKS, IF YOU COULD PLEASE JOIN ME AS STAND AND INTE OF ALLEGIANCE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, UNITED STATES, STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR RICHARD STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 37 ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING.
FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE NOT, FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN HERE WITH US BEFORE, UH, WE WILL FIRST ADDRESS THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE TOM BOARD AGENDA.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE HEARD ON ANY OF THE AGENDA ITEMS, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE STAND OR RAISE YOUR HAND, MAKE IT KNOWN THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE HEARD.
WE DO HAVE A MICROPHONE THAT WE WOULD ASK YOU TO USE.
SO EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM, MR. HOKE, I WANT ASK YOU TO WAIT, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE BEFORE YOU USE COMMENTS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S OTHER, UM, ACCOMMODATIONS THAT CAN
[01:35:01]
BE MADE FOR THE CITIZENS OR SO, BUT YOU CAN MAKE IT FRIEND.KATHY CAN ALLOW RESIDENTS TO SIT IN THOSE SEATS UP IN FRONT.
THEY CAN SIT IN THESE SEATS UP HERE TOO.
I'M JUST GLAD YOU FINALLY, I WANTED YOU TO KNOW, ACTUALLY THERE'S ROOM UP FRONT.
THERE'S LIKE EIGHT SEATS UP HERE IF YOU WANNA SIT.
I KNOW NOBODY WANTS IN FRONT OF ME.
OH YEAH, THEY CAN SIT UP THERE.
ANY ONE OF THOSE SEATS UP IN FRONT.
YEAH, YOU CAN WALK PAST THE WOODEN BARRIER AND SIT IN THOSE SEATS.
37 ITEMS. YOU GOT YOURSELF A COMFY SEED.
I SAID YOU GOT YOURSELF A COMFY SEED.
THERE'S EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT.
ELSE YOU CAN STICK RIGHT IN FRONT.
YOU CAN SEND THOSE RED SHARES.
SO CHAIN TOGETHER, BUT SHE CAN SIT ON THE FLOOR.
OKAY FOLKS, WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED.
[01:40:01]
WE ARE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 37 ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING.WHAT WE'LL DO FIRST IS WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH ALL THE AGENDA ITEMS. IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE HEARD ON ANY SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE, UH, STAND OR RAISE YOUR HAND, INDICATE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO BE HEARD.
WE WILL, UH, PROVIDE YOU WITH A MICROPHONE SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN HEAR YOUR COMMENTS.
UH, AND WE ASK THAT YOU LIMIT TO ACTUALLY OUR, OUR TOWN CODE.
OUR TOWN LAW, UH, REQUIRES THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES.
MR. HOKE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, UH, A MOTION TO BEGIN THE MEETING WITH ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I KNOW SEVERAL RATHER THAN THE GO OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE I KNOW MANY
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE IS THE CALL COUNCIL MEMBER FAR LORENZ TO MOVE.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 30 AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, IF YOU COULD ALLOW ME TO FINISH MR. HOPE IT'S NOT POLITE TO INTERRUPT, I'M AFRAID WE'RE GONNA STICK WITH THE CURRENT ORDER.
I'M ABLE TO DO THAT AS A COUNCILMAN THAT WE'VE MOVED THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE HERE FOR THE WINDOWS TO THE BEGINNING OR EXPRESSION.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I JUST SAID.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER ENS, COULD YOU BEGIN WITH RESOLUTION NUMBER 30? YES.
WE DID ALRIGHT AT 7:00 PM WHEN THE MEETING STARTED.
MS. FAR LORENZ, WOULD YOU PLEASE MOVE? RESOLUTION NUMBER 30.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THE P PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AGAIN? MR. O'CONNELL, WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? MR. O'CONNELL? THANK YOU MR. O'CONNELL REPUBLIC.
RICHARD, UNDER GOD IBLE JUSTICE FOR ALL.
RANDY, WOULD YOU MAKE SURE THEY SAY THEIR NAMES? SO THE GENERAL CLERK HAS REMINDED ME THAT, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE HEARD, THAT YOU STATE YOUR NAMES.
WE KEEP A RECORD, YOU DON'T NEED TO SHARE YOUR ADDRESS.
AGAIN, WE WILL BEGIN WITH RESOLUTION NUMBER 30, WHERE AT APPROXIMATELY 12 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN THE LAKE ERIE WATERSHED, INCLUDING 17 METROPOLITAN AREAS WITH MORE THAN 50,000 RESIDENTS AN AREA SHARED BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
AND LAKE ERIE PROVIDES DRINKING WATER FOR APPROXIMATELY 11 MILLION OF THE INCAP OF THIS REGION.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, A TOWN SITUATED IN ERIE COUNTY AND IN THE LAKE ERIE WATERSHED RECOGNIZES AND VALUES THE IMPORTANCE OF LAKE ERIE AND CONTINUES TO WORK DILIGENTLY TO SAFEGUARD AND IMPROVE ITS OWN STEWARDSHIP OF LAKE ERIE AND THE LAKE ERIE WATERSHED.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS GREAT CONCERN THAT NEW YORK STATE AND OR ANY AUTHORITY AGENCY, COMMISSION, OR DEPARTMENT THEREOF MIGHT ALLOW PRIVATE AND OR PUBLIC ENTITIES TO CONSTRUCT, PLACE, POSITION, AND OR INSTALL WITH OR WITHOUT PERMANENT BASES, PYLONS, PIERS OR SIMILAR STRUCTURES, ONE OR MORE WIND TURBINES IN THE WATERS OF LAKE ERIE.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS GREAT CONCERN THAT THE FRESH WATER OF LAKE ERIE, ALONG WITH THE OVERALL HEALTH OF LAKE ERIE, THE WILDLIFE THAT DEPENDS ON LAKE ERIE, THE WILDLIFE THAT TRAVERSES LAKE ERIE AND THE CONTINUING RESTORATION OF LAKE ERIE WILL BE PLACED AT RISK IF WIND TURBINES ARE CONSTRUCTED IN THE WATERS OF LAKE ERIE.
AND WHEREAS NEW YORK STATE HAS PASSED THE CLIMATE LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY PROTECTION ACT, THE CLIMATE ACT CALLING FOR 70% OF ELECTRICITY IN THE STATE TO BE PRODUCED BY RENEWABLE RESOURCES BY 2030 AND 100% OF THE STATE'S ELECTRICITY BE GENERATED BY RENEWABLE RESOURCES BY 2040.
AND WHEREAS WIND ENERGY HAS BEEN DESIGNATED BY THE CLIMATE ACT AS AN ESSENTIAL FORM OF RENEWABLE ENERGY.
AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL WIND ENERGY FACILITIES OPERATING IN WESTERN NEW YORK, WHILE MORE IN THE PLANNING AND PERMITTING STAGES.
AND WHEREAS NEW YORK STATE'S POWER GRID MANAGER, NEW YORK INDEPENDENT SYSTEMS OPERATOR HAS DETERMINED THE WESTERN NEW YORK ZONE OF GRID TO BE 89% FREE OF CARBON EMISSIONS IN THE GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY.
AND WHEREAS N-Y-I-S-O HAS DESCRIBED THE LACK OF ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION FACILITIES CAPABLE OF TRANSMITTING ELECTRICITY FROM WESTERN NEW YORK TO DOWNSTATE GRID ZONES, WHICH ARE 90% DEPENDENT ON FOSSIL FUELS FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY.
AND WHEREAS THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY DETERMINED IN 2022 THAT IT'S NOT THE RIGHT TIME TO CONSIDER CONSTRUCTING OFFSHORE WIND FACILITIES IN LAKE ERIE.
AND WHEREAS THE OFFSHORE WIND INDUSTRY IS EXPERIENCING GLOBAL DIFFICULTIES RELATED TO INFLATION AND SUPPLY LINE SHORTAGES AS EVIDENCED BY THE RECENT NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION DECISION DENYING
[01:45:01]
INDUSTRY REQUESTS FOR HIGHER POWER DELIVERY RATES.AND WHEREAS THE LONG PLANNED LAKE ERIE OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY PROJECT KNOWN AS ICEBREAKER WIND NEAR CLEVELAND, OHIO HAS RECENTLY BEEN SUSPENDED.
AND WHEREAS QUESTIONS CONCERNING OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY FACILITIES IN FRESHWATER BODIES REMAIN UNANSWERED, SUCH AS THOSE WHICH ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE NYSERDA REPORTS OF 2011 AND 2022.
INCLUDING WHAT ASSURANCES ARE THERE THAT TOXIC INDUSTRIAL WASTE SINGLE, THE LAKE BED WILL NOT BE DIS DISTURB DISTURBED TO ENDANGER SAFE DRINKING WATER AND ENTER THE FOOD CHAIN OF LAKE ERIE FISH AND BIRD SPECIES.
WHAT WOULD THE PLACEMENT OF OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES AND LAKE ERIE AFFECT THE MIGRATORY PATHWAYS AND BEHAVIOR OF ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT GAME FISH? WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT ON TOURISM OF PLACING WIND TURBINES IN LAKE ERIE? SPECIFICALLY? HOW WOULD OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES AND LAKE ERIE CONTRIBUTE TO THE EMISSIONS REDUCTION GOALS OF THE CLIMATE ACT? HOW WOULD THE RADAR INTERFERENCE CREATED BY OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES IN LAKE ERIE AFFECT THE SAFETY OF SHIPPING, RECREATIONAL BOATING, SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL BORDER SECURITY? HOW WOULD MICROPLASTICS AND TOXIC CHEMICALS LIKE BPA AND BFAS EMITTED BY WIND TURBINES IMPACT WATER QUALITY IN THE ECOLOGY OF LAKE ERIE? HOW MUCH OIL AND OTHER PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN EACH OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE? AND HOW WOULD OIL SPILLS FROM WIND TURBINES BE MEDIATED AND OTHER MAINTENANCE PERFORMED DURING ANNUAL PERIODS OF ICE COVERAGE ON LAKE ERIE? HOW WOULD NOISE AND VIBRATIONS EMITTED BY WIND TURBINES IMPACT THE QUIET ENJOYMENT OF LAKE BY FISHERS BOATERS AND NEARSHORE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS? WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF VIBRATIONS EMITTED BY TURBINES ON ORGANISMS LIVING IN THE LAKE BED? HOW WOULD THE BLINKING AND LIGHTS BLINKING RED LIGHTS ATOP EACH OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE BE RECONCILED WITH INCREASED INTEREST IN PREVENTING LIGHT POLLUTION IN DARK SKIES? WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT OF PLACING OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES IN LAKE ERIE'S MIGRATORY FLYWAYS OF BIRDS, BATS AND BUTTERFLIES? WHAT ARE THE CUMULATIVE IMPACTS OF PLACING OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES IN LAKE ERIE? GIVEN THE ALREADY LARGE CONCENTRATION OF ONSHORE WIND TURBINES ALONG THE ONTARIO SHORELINE AND THE ELEVATIONS OVERLOOKING THE LAKE IN CHATAUQUA COUNTY, WHAT RESTRICTIONS OR NO GO ZONES WILL BE IMPOSED ON FISHERS AND BOATERS IN LAKE ERIE? HOW WOULD THE PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINE DOCTRINE WHICH SERVES TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF ALL WESTERN NEW YORKERS IN A HEALTHY LAKE ERIE BE HONORED IN THE CONTEXT OF PRIMARY FINANCIAL BENEFITS TO THE OFFSHORE WIND INDUSTRY.
HOW WOULD OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES IMPACT HISTORIC SITES SUCH AS SHIPWRECKS AND LIGHTHOUSES? WOULD THE RIGHTS OF THE SENECA NATION OF INDIANS TO ADMINISTER WATER QUALITY STANDARDS ON THE OUS RESERVATION BE A CONSIDERATION OF PLACING OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES IN LAKE ERIE? WOULD THE HIGH COST OF OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY IN LAKE ERIE BE EXPLAINED TO TOWN OF HAMBURG ELECTRICITY RATE PAYERS IN TERMS OF MONTHLY INCREASES TO THEIR UTILITY BILLS? AND HOW WOULD PROPERTY VALUES ALONG THE LAKE SHORE BE IMPACTED BY VIEW SHEDS INCLUDING OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES AND THEIR INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES? AND WHEREAS SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS CANNOT BE ANSWERED OR WOULD BE COST PROHIBITIVE TO ADDRESS? AND THERE ARE MANY DOCUMENTED EXAMPLES OF NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF WIND TURBINES ON AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS.
AND WHEREAS THERE ARE OTHER ALTERNATIVES WHICH DESERVE SIGNIFICANT CONSIDERATION AS POSSIBLE, FUTURE SOURCES WATER, WHICH DO NOT NEGATIVELY AFFECT LAKE ERIE OR OTHER LARGE BODIES OF WATER.
AND WHEREAS DEEP CONCERN ON THE ADDITION OF WIND TURBINES IN LAKE ERIE HAS BEEN EXPRESSED BY ELECTED OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT THE REGION, INCLUDING CONGRESSMAN NICHOLAS A LANGWORTHY, WHO HAS INTRODUCED LEGISL LEGISLATION, HR 4 26, THE LAKES BEFORE TURBINES ACT, WHICH WOULD PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND LOCAL ECONOMIES FROM ILL-CONCEIVED WIND ENERGY PROJECTS ON THESE WATERS.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD DECLARES THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG OPPOSES ANY EFFORTS TO INTRODUCE OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES IN THE WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AND CALLS FOR A MORATORIUM ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF ANY WIND TURBINES IN THE WATERS OF LAKE ERIE.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN CLERK SHALL FORWARD A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE TOWN BOARD RESOLUTION TO HONORABLE GOVERNOR KATHY HOEL, HONORABLE UNITED STATES CONGRESSMAN NICHOLAS LANGWORTHY, HONORABLE STATE MAJORITY LEADER, ANDREA STEWART, COUSINS HONORABLE SENATE MINORITY LEADER, ROB ORT, HONORABLE SPEAKER, THE ASSEMBLY, CARL E HASTY, HONORABLE MAJORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY.
CRYSTAL PEOPLE STOKES HONORABLE MAJORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY.
WILLIAM A BARKLEY, HONORABLE NEW YORK STATE SENATOR PATRICK GALLIVAN, HONORABLE NEW YORK STATE SENATOR GEORGE BURILLO, HONORABLE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLYMAN ANDREW W GOODELL, HONORABLE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLYMAN DAVID D PIETRO, HONORABLE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLYMAN
[01:50:01]
JOHN RIVERA AND THE WESTERN NEW YORK DELEGATION OF THE NEW YORK STATE SENATE AND NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY.HONORABLE ERIE COUNTY EXECUTIVE MARK POLAND CARS, CLERK OF THE ERIE COUNTY AND CHATAUQUA COUNTY LEGISLATURES.
HONORABLE ERIE COUNTY LEGISLATOR, JOHN MILLS, HONORABLE ERIE COUNTY LEGISLATOR, JOHN GILMORE, HONORABLE SUPERVISORS OF THE TOWNS OF EVANS SILVER CREEK, EDEN, CONCORD SPRINGVILLE, NORTH COLLINS AND DUNKIRK.
HONORABLE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LAJUANA, ANNETTE AFA AND HONORABLE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BUFFALO, BYRON BROWN.
I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER YOU UNANIMOUS.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WHY TO COMMENT ON THIS ADVISOR.
WELL, NO, HE WOULD'VE TO COMMENT BEFORE THE VOTE, SO THAT WAS THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
SO, UM, FRANK AL SPEAK, COUNCILMAN HERE.
UM, I KNOW MANY ARE MOST OF YOU HERE FROM THE WINDOW? CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE? TURN IT ON SO THEY CAN HEAR YOU SAFE, PLEASE HEAR, HEAR.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR COMING HERE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NOISE BACK THERE IS, BUT I'M, I'M HAPPY, UM, THAT YOU ARE HERE.
I DO OPPOSE AND, AND, AND UNANIMOUSLY THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD OPPOSES WINDMILLS ON LAKE ERIE.
UM, I GREW UP ON LAKE ERIE FISHING, BOATING, UM, SPENDING A LOT OF TIME THERE, UH, ON CLIFTON PARKWAY.
AND, UH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'RE AGAINST THIS.
UM, THERE'S A PICTURE OF ME RIGHT HERE.
I WALKED WITH YOU, UH, OUTSIDE HOAX RESTAURANT PROTESTING WITH MANY OF YOU.
AND I'M STUDYING THIS ISSUE AS A COUNCILMAN TO FIND OUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO WORK WITH MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, OUR SUPERVISOR, TO OPPOSE THESE WINDMILLS.
I KNOW THIS LAKE VERY WELL FROM A RECREATIONAL AND SPORTSMAN PERSPECTIVE, AND I THINK IT'S HORRIBLE THAT WE WOULD EVER DAMAGE SOMETHING IN THE NAME OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALLEGEDLY THE ENVIRONMENT, CORRECT? FROM OUR, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO STAND BY YOU.
UH, WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT HERE, MR. FARROW, OUR TOWN ATTORNEY, MR. JOE MARATH, WHO WILL CONSULT WITH THEM AND FIND OUT WHAT WE CAN DO AS, AS, UH, COUNSEL AS A BOARD TO SUPPORT YOU.
AND I'M ON THE RECORD PRIOR TO MY ELECTION AND I CAMPAIGN ON IT AND CURRENTLY 100% OPPOSED TO THESE WINDOWS.
AND I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHERE I STAND.
AND I WANNA LET YOU KNOW I WILL COMMIT, UH, ON BEHALF OF ALL OF YOU AND ALL OF US TO OPPOSE THESE WINDMILLS.
JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE I STAND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
MOVING TO, SHALL WE GOING TO? SO WE, RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD TYPICALLY MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION NUMBER THREE.
SO THE TIME TO TALK ON THE AGENDA ITEM WAS DURING THE DELIBERATION, I, I WOULD MOVE TO ALLOW PUBLIC, WOULD YOU LET ME FINISH EXPLAINING AND OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY.
SO, SO TYPICALLY, UH, WE ASK FOLKS TO RAISE THEIR HAND DURING, DURING THE DISCUSSION, UM, BUT WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN, UH, ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE.
AGAIN, UH, WE JUST ASK THAT, UH, YOU STATE YOUR NAME SO WE CAN HAVE IT IN THE RECORD.
UH, NUMBER TWO, THAT YOU KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES.
I WAS WAITING TO HEAR THAT ANNOUNCEMENT.
YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD AND WE HAVE A MICROPHONE FOR YOUR USE.
HI, I'M PATTY MEKI, I'M PRESIDENT.
HI, I'M PATTY MEKI, PRESIDENT OF CAUT CITIZENS AGAINST WIND TURBINES IN LAKE ERIE.
I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR AMBER TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS, BETH LAURENZ, DAN ZU AND FRANKOWSKI FOR THEIR HARD WORK ON WRITING AND PRESENTING THE RESOLUTION AGAINST WIND TURBINES IN LAKE ERIE.
WHEN NYSERDA REPORT, AN 18 MONTH STUDY WAS RELEASED DECEMBER OF 2022, PEOPLE THOUGHT, GREAT, WE WON NO MORE TURBINES IN LAKE ERIE.
THE REPORT SAID, NYSERDA RECOMMENDS THAT IT IS NOT RIGHT, IT IS NOT THE RIGHT TIME TO PRIORITIZE GREAT LAKES WIND PROJECTS IN LAKE ERIE OR ONTARIO.
WHILE IT IS NOT OVER, AND THIS RESOLUTION IN HAMBURG
[01:55:01]
IS THE START TO BUILD WITH OTHER TOWNS AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY TO SPEAK AS ONE VOICE, NO WIND TURBINES IN LAKE ERIE.NOT NOW, NOT EVER COILE WILL NOT REST UNTIL THERE IS A PERMANENT LAW PROHIBITING TURBINES IN LAKE ERIE.
THIS MESSAGE WILL BE CLEAR TO WESTERN NEW YORK TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE IN ALBANY AND ALSO TO GOVERNOR KATHY HOEL, WHO IS FROM HAMBURG, NO WIND TURBINES IN LAKE ERIE.
I URGE YOU ALL TO TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TO CALL YOUR LEGISLATORS.
11 MILLION PEOPLE GET THEIR DRINKING WATER FROM LAKE ERIE.
MANY NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS, NEGATIVE HEALTH EFFECTS, AND IT IS NOT COST EFFECTIVE SOURCE OF SUSTAINABLE WIND POWER.
WIND POWER IS UNRELIABLE, INTERMITTENT, AND EXPENSIVE.
GO TO CON.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION.
LET'S BE PROACTIVE TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT LAKE HEARING.
WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO BE HEARD? MR. BEAR? DIDI, THANK YOU.
IN THE INTEREST OF PERHAPS STREAMLINING THE MEETING, COULD WE CONSIDER MOVING ITEM NUMBER 36 UP THE AGENDA PLEASE? THE HIRING FOR YOUTH REC AND SENIOR SERVICES? NO, I WAS REFERRING TO ANY, ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHEREVER THAT WOULD BE ON THE AGENDA, OR WILL THAT HAVE TO BE HELD? YEAH, THERE'S, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA FOR THAT THIS EVENING.
BUT CERTAINLY, UH, FOLKS CAN COMMENT ON THAT DURING THE PUBLIC EXPRESSION.
I I WOULD, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE, UH, PUBLIC EXPRESSION NOW, UM, IF ANYONE WOULD SECOND THAT TO ALLOW ANY CITIZENS TO COMMENT ON, ON THE SECOND SENIOR SENATE.
SO WE HAVE A SECOND BE BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE GO THERE, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ANY, ANYBODY WHO WANTED TO SPEAK ON RESOLUTION 30 HAS HAD THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
I'VE LIVED FOR 25 YEARS NOW ALONG LAKE ERIE AND ALSO SAILED AND HUNG OUT THERE AS A KID.
AND I THINK THAT YOU'VE GOT A VERY THOUGHTFUL, VERY THOROUGH, I'VE BEEN STUDYING THIS FOR 15 YEARS WHEN IT FIRST CAME UP DOWN AT THE ERIE COUNTY LEGISLATURE AND, UH, IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
I'M NOT ALLOWED TO MOVE THE ROCKS FOR A SIX WEEK PERIOD BECAUSE IT MESSES UP THE FISH SPAWNING.
SO THE DAMAGE THAT WOULD BE DONE BY PUTTING MILLIONS OF MILES OF WHATEVER THEY'RE GONNA CONNECT THE WIND TURBINES TO ONTO THE SHORE WOULD BE BEYOND REPAIR.
AND IT WOULDN'T JUST BE THE WATER, WHICH IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IN MY HOME.
20% OF THE FRESH WATER IN THE WORLD GOES DOWN LAKE ERIE OR THE FALLS INTO ONTARIO.
AND 20% OF THE FRESHWATER IN THE WORLD IS A VERY SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER.
SO I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE AND YOU'VE MADE SUCH A THOROUGH RESOLUTION TO TRY TO PROTECT OUR LAKE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY FOR MANY GENERATIONS TO COME.
IT'S NOT JUST FOR US, IT'S FOR CHILDREN, IT'S FOR GRANDCHILDREN, IT'S FOR NIECES, IT'S FOR NEPHEWS, AND IT'S FOR THE PLANET.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE HERE AS CARETAKERS AND CUSTODIANS OF THIS KIND OF A MAGICAL THING.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STANDING UP AND TAKING A REAL, STICKING YOUR SPIKE IN THE GROUND.
I, I DID WANT TO COMMENT ON WHAT YOU, YOU SAID, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE.
YOU'RE A ZEALOUS ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF LAKE ERIE.
I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, HYDROLOGICALLY SPEAKING, THE GREAT LAKES ARE RIVER.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IS EVERYTHING FROM LAKE SUPERIOR, FROM LAKE MICHIGAN, FROM LAKE ST.
CLAIR, FROM LAKE HURON COMES THROUGH LAKE ERIE.
AND AS YOU CORRECTLY POINTED OUT, GOES OVER NIAGARA FALLS FROM THE UPPER NIAGARA RIVER DOWN THE LOWER NIAGARA RIVER INTO LAKE ONTARIO, OUT TO THE ST.
SO WHEN YOU START TO CONSTRUCT THINGS LIKE WINDMILLS AND, AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE ANCHORS AND THEY HAVE TO BE PLACED IN THE GROUND, THEN YOU MESS UP THE HYDROLOGY OF LAKE ERIE.
'CAUSE AS I SAID, HYDROLOGICALLY SPEAKING THERE RIVER, IF YOU GET HIGH ENOUGH UP INTO THE BOSTON HILLS OR ON THE SHORE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY
[02:00:01]
SEE IT IN ADDITION TO THE WIND, THE PREVAILING WINDS BEING SOUTHWEST, YOU CAN SEE THE CURRENT GOING BY.AND SO WHEN YOU PUT IN THESE PILLARS AND THESE CONSTRUCTION ITEMS AND WHATEVER ELSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, TO HOOK THIS UP TO THE POWER GRID, IT WOULD HAVE EXTREME, EXTREME DISRUPTION.
SO THE PEOPLE THAT SUGGEST THIS HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY, OH, WIND POWER IS GOOD.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE SAYS IT'S BAD, BUT IT'S NOT GOOD WHEN YOU HAVE TO PUT CONSTRUCTION AND HAVE SHIPS.
AND THEN OIL AND GREASE AND ALL THE OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION THAT'LL COME AS A RESULT OF THIS.
SO I'M ADAMANTLY OPPOSED THAT I KNOW AS A BOARD WE'VE MADE THIS RESOLUTION, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO NOT ONLY LOBBY US, BUT LOBBY, UM, CONGRESSMAN LANGWORTHY, OBVIOUSLY HE'S FOR THAT.
BUT ANYONE AND EVERYONE IN GOVERNMENT, USE YOUR VOICE AS CITIZENS AND USE YOUR, YOUR, YOUR POWER.
UH, WRITE THEM LETTERS, SEND THEM EMAILS, DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE DON'T SUPPORT THIS AS RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU MS. O'DONNELL AND YOUR COMMENTS.
I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
UM, I WAS ON THE COUNTY LEGISLATOR WHEN THAT HAPPENED, BACK WHEN, AND WE DID OPPOSE IT THEN.
AND THANK CAU TILE FOR ALL THEIR, UM, KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION AND MAKING US VERY AWARE OF THE SITUATION BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S, IT'S NOT GOOD FOR ANYTHING.
I THINK THAT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE IN ALBANY ARE WORRIED MORE WORRIED ABOUT SAVING THE ATMOSPHERE THAN AND CRUSHING THE EARTH, UM, TO DO IT.
I'M AN ASSEMBLYMAN, UH, DP HOSTS COMMUNITY LIAISON.
I'LL WILL ASK YOU TO PLEASE USE, JUST SO EVERYBODY CAN HEAR YOU IN THE BACK.
I WORK FOR ASSEMBLYMEN DAVID DPH ROLE, WHO ABOUT 12 MINUTES INTO THE INCEPTION OF THIS GROUP WROTE A BILL TO SUPPORT 'EM AND HAS STOOD BEHIND EVERY PERSON THAT HAS TRIED TO PROTECT OUR GREAT LAKES.
SO THE COCKTAIL GROUP, PATTY MECCA CAME IN AND SHE'S BEEN AN AVID, AVID FIGHTER FOR ALL THIS AND SHARON AND HER WHOLE GROUP, DAVID.
AND THEY KNOW I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY MORE, UM, KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THE FIGHT THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN.
THEY'RE NOT JUST MAKING NOISE, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IF ANYONE EVER QUESTIONED IT IN THIS ROOM, WHICH I DON'T THINK THERE'S MANY OF 'EM, BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE GUY IN ALBANY THAT SITS IN DAVID'S SPOT, HE DOES, UH, SUPPORT THIS GROUP AND THE WIND TURBINE'S NOT GOING INTO
WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO BE HEARD ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 30? YES MA'AM.
MY NAME IS SUSAN BALDWIN AND I LIVE IN VILLANOVA AND THEY JUST PLUGGED THE TURBINES IN IN OCTOBER AND ALREADY WE HAVE A LADY WHO'S, UH, UH, PROPAL IMPLANTS FOR HER EARS ARE MAKING HER CRAZY BECAUSE THE TURBINE VIBRATIONS ARE, ARE, UM, HER EAR DOCTOR SHE JUST WENT TO TODAY.
HE SAID, UH, YOU GOT, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S GONNA STOP IT.
UM, THERE'S, UH, I HAVE IN MY HAND, I'D LIKE TO SUBMIT THIS FOR YOU GUYS.
UH, WATER TEST FOR THE PINE VALLEY SCHOOL DRINKING FOUNTAIN AND ONE FOR A HOME ON BLANK ROAD IN CHERRY CREEK, WHICH IS NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE CASA DEGA WIND, UM, TURBINES.
UM, IT HAS HEAVY METALS AND THOSE ARE THE DIRECTIONAL DRILLING.
AND I CALLED NORTHLAND POWER AND I SAID, YOU ARE FRACKING.
AND I SAID, NO, WE ARE DIRECTIONAL DRILLING.
THAT IS WHAT DIRECT NORTHLAND POWER IS REALLY DOING.
JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW I'VE WRITTEN A BOOK BOOKING.
ANYBODY ELSE ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 30? MY NAME IS GERALD BRINER.
I'M THE PERSON WHO DID THE FIRST WINDMILL.
I USED IT TO PROTECT EVERYBODY ON NINE 11 DODGE.
I HAD TO GET TWO READINGS OFF THE WINDMILL.
I WAS TOLD I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING.
IN FACT, I DO, I PROTECTED PROBABLY OVER 300,000 LIVES.
I HAD TO FIGURE OUT A DAY OF ATTACK, WHICH WAS VERY TOUGH.
BUT I DISCOVERED IT BY ACCIDENT WATCHING TV.
UM, I CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION ON THAT.
I, ANY QUESTION THAT ANY OF THESE HAVE I CAN ANSWER.
[02:05:01]
UM, I EVEN HAVE A WOODEN AIRPLANE SITS IN THE MUSEUM.UH, MY DAD RAN THE STEEL PLANT.
I CREATED A LAND BEHIND THE STEEL PLANT DUMPING HOT LABELS ON SLAG.
AND THE SMOKE IN THE FIELDS MIGHT'VE BEEN TERRIBLE.
BUT IF YOU TALK TO GOVERNOR PATAKI TODAY, HE SAYS HE'S HAPPY THAT THERE'S A PERSON LIKE ME.
UH, I HAD TO FIGURE OUT THE DAY OF ATTACK WASN'T EASY.
UM, UH, I HAD A FIXED THING SO THEY COULDN'T BE ERASED.
UM, MY WINDMILL WAS TAKEN DOWN.
IT WAS AT THE FOOT OF LAKE ERIE.
UH, I TOOK THE ALUMINUM AND I TOOK THE PLA SIX OUTTA LAKE ERIE.
WHEN YOU FLUSHED THE TOILET, IT WAS EMPTYING OUT 200 FEET AT HANUKAH.
I GOT, I TOOK OUT THE ALUMINUM AND PLASTICS.
I EVEN HAVE A WOODEN AIRPLANE.
MY AGREEMENT WITH CONGRESS IS TO DO A LITTLE BIT.
I DID MORE THAN A MY SHARE, AND I'VE BEEN AT THIS SINCE 1955.
WHETHER YOU PUT A, A WINDMILL IN THE LAKE, IT'S UP TO YOU.
I'VE ALREADY PROVEN MY FACT THAT I'VE USED A WINDMILL AND I DID DOWSING.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY, UH, JUST KNOW WHAT DOWSING IS.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT KNOWS WHAT DOWSING IS? YES.
UH, WHAT DOWSING IS, IS, UH, IT'S, UH, WHERE A FARMER, I WAS TAUGHT THIS WHEN I WAS A KID.
THEY WERE PUTTING IN A WALL NEXT DOOR TO MY DAD'S HOUSE HERE IN HAMBURG.
UH, WHAT THEY DO IS, UH, YOU GO AROUND A WILLOW STICK AND WITH A WILLOW STICK, AND YOU FI TRY TO FIND WATER IN THE GROUND.
WHAT I DID IS I USED THE WINDMILL AND, UH, I USE THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, GENE SIDE AND RALPH ALEIN.
THEY'RE PROBABLY PASSED AWAY BY NOW.
BUT I DID, I USED A WINDOW FOR A DOWSING ROD, AND, UH, I HAD TO GET TWO READINGS OFF THE WINDOW, BE ONE POSITIVE.
OKAY? AND, UH, SOMEBODY KEPT CHOPPING THE CABLE.
AND I USED TO WORK HERE WITH BYRON, I CAN'T PRONOUNCE BYRON'S LAST NAME.
HE'S PROBABLY PASSED AWAY TOO.
BUT, UH, I DID DOWSING AND, UH, I HAD, UH, FIVE READINGS ON THE WINDMILL.
I HAD ONE FOR PENNSYLVANIA, TWO FOR FLORIDA, AND, UH, I HAD TWO THAT POINTED AT, UH, ALBANY.
AND, UH, WHAT IT IS, IS WE WERE UP AGAINST PEOPLE WHO RODE CAMPBELLS WITH THE WIND AT THEIR GROUND.
OKAY? SO I HAD TO GET AT LEAST TWO READINGS TO GET ONE POSITIVE.
SO AFTER I GOT THE FIFTH READING, IT POINTED TO PENNSYLVANIA, THE WIND BLEW SHORT, WHERE SOMEBODY KEPT CHOPPING THE CABLE, BUT I DIDN'T NEED THAT PART.
UH, WHAT IT WAS IS, UH, EXCUSE ME.
WHAT IT WAS IS I NEEDED, UH, THREE MINUTES.
WHERE, WHERE YOU GOT ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT.
UM, WHAT I DID IS, UH, UH, I SOUNDED THE ALARM AND, UH, UH, I PROTECTED, UH, THE GOVERNOR, THE ASSISTANT GOVERNOR, UH, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE TWIN TOWERS, WHEN A PERSON CAME TO THE CORNER FIRE AND TOLD MY DAD THAT, THAT THERE, THAT THERE WAS NO, UH, 10 SECONDS.
HE WAS RESPECTFUL WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE WAS.
YOU ARE RUNNING OUTTA TIME, SIR, THOUGH.
SO, IF YOU COULD PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO YOURSELF UNTIL YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.
WE WANNA KEEP THIS A KIND AND CIVIL DISCUSSION.
AND I TOOK THE WOOD, THE ALUMINUM AND PLASTICS OUT TOO.
I TOOK THE SEWER OUT THAT EVERYBODY WAS DRINKING BY GETTING US A SEWER PLAN.
UH, MY PATIENTS STAND OUT WITH ALUMINUM AND PLASTICS SO FAR, IT SHOULD STAND AT LIKE $371 MILLION A DAY.
SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO CUT YOU OFF RIGHT THERE, BUT I JUST MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.
THERE'S MORE YOU KEEP GOING IF HE HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
I PROTECT THE GOVERNOR SENATE TO THE PRESIDENT, THE VICE.
ANYBODY ELSE ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 30? OKAY.
SO IF, IF YOU CAME ONLY TO, YOU'RE WELCOME TO LEAVE.
YOU WILL NOT HURT OUR FEELINGS IF YOU LEAVE NOW, UM, I ASK THAT IF, IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON LEAVE, JUST LEAVE NOW.
SO THEN WE CAN, WE CAN GIVE YOU A FEW MINUTES TO GET OUT.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS.
OF COURSE, YOU'RE VERY WELCOME TO STAY.
THEY'VE, THEY'VE, THEY'VE HEARD ENOUGH.
DO I GET TO GIVE YOU AN A PLUS HERE OR WHAT? THANK YOU.
WHERE DO YOU GO TO SCHOOL? IT'S ON NUMBER.
[02:10:02]
WELL, PAULINE, ANYONE? OKAY.OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? MY WIFE'S AN THANK YOU TELEPHONE TRYING TO STAB HER WITH HER OWN PEN.
I, I, UH, STAY ON BED THIS TOWN ATTORNEY AND I WENT, YOU'D BE POSSIBLE.
I, ME NERVOUS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME LAST NIGHT.
OKAY FOLKS, I'D ASK YOU TO WRAP UP YOUR CONVERSATIONS OR YOU'RE WELCOME TO MOVE THE MOUNTAINS, THE HALLWAY AS WELL.
SINCE WE ARE GOING OFF SCRIPT, UH, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S FOLKS WHO HAVE COME WITH SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SENIOR AND COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO WE WILL OPEN UP, UH, PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON THAT ISSUE.
BEFORE WE DO SO, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO RECAP, UH, WHERE WE ARE ON, ON THE ISSUE.
SO, UH, SHORTLY AFTER I STARTED A SUPERVISOR, UH, I WAS APPROACHED BY THE FRONTIER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT ABOUT THE, UH, SENIOR AND COMMUNITY CENTER.
AT THAT TIME, I KNEW THAT WE HAD A LEASE WITH THE DISTRICT.
I ALSO KNEW THAT THAT LEASE ORIGINATED BY A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES, UM, BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE TOWN.
GOING BACK, UH, 12 YEARS OR SO.
AT THE TIME, THE TOWN HAD A NEED FOR A SENIOR CENTER, AND THE DISTRICT HAD A BUILDING THAT WAS VACANT WITHOUT A TENANT.
THEY WERE ON THE HOOK FOR UTILITIES, AND IT WASN'T LIKELY THAT THEY WERE GONNA FIND A TENANT.
SO LEADERSHIP OF THE TOWN AND THE DISTRICT OF JOHN GOT TOGETHER AND SIGNED A LEASE AGREEMENT, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE TOWN TO OCCUPY THAT FACILITY FOR UP TO 20 YEARS WITH A CLAUSE THAT GAVE THE TOWN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY FOR $1 AT THE END OF 20 YEARS.
SO, AS, UH, MARTY DEY WAS ON HIS, UH, WAS PREPARING TO RETIRE, HE DID BRING TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE DISTRICT, UH, HAD, HAD MENTIONED THAT, UH, THEY MIGHT BE LOOKING TO GET THE BUILDING BACK.
UH, AND THAT'S WHEN WE REALLY BEGAN TO FOCUS ON THE LEASE.
WE WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE AT THE TIME THAT THE LEASE HAD AN INTERESTING CLAUSE AT THE 10 YEAR MARK.
WHAT WE DIDN'T KNOW THEN, BUT WE DO KNOW NOW, IS THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DOES NOT ALLOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO LEASE PROPERTY FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS UNLESS THEY GET SPECIAL PERMISSION FROM THE DISTRICT.
AND THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN GET SPECIAL PERMISSION OF THE, FROM THE DISTRICT, OR FROM THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, RATHER, IS IF THEY CAN CERTIFY THAT THEY HAVE NO EDUCATIONAL NEED FOR THE REAL ESTATE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO LEASE.
SO THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE ORIGINAL LEASE.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DID NOT HAVE TO INFORM THEM BECAUSE IT WAS CONSIDERED A LEASE THAT WAS LESS THAN 10 YEARS BECAUSE OF THAT CLAUSE.
AT THE 10 YEAR MARK, THE DISTRICT HAD TWO OPTIONS.
ONE WAS, AS I STATED, THEY ASKED THE NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO EXTEND THE LEASE AND SELL THE PROPERTY TO THE TOWN FOR A DOLLAR.
[02:15:01]
TO HOLD THE REFERENDUM OF ALL THE VOTERS IN THE FRONTIER SCHOOL DISTRICT TO APPROVE THE ADDITIONAL 10 YEARS AND THE SALE OF THE BUILDING AND PROPERTY TO THE DOWN FOR $1.THE DISTRICT WAS WELL WITHIN THE RIGHTS TO ELECT TO APPEAL TO THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY DIDN'T INFORM THE TOWN THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO STIPULATE THAT THERE WAS NO NEED FOR NO EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE FOR THE REAL ESTATE IN QUESTION.
THEY HAD A NEW PROGRAM, UH, TO SERVE STUDENTS CALLED THE BIG PICTURE PROGRAM.
THEIR INITIAL ESTIMATES ARE TO BRING ABOUT 30 STUDENTS INTO THAT PROGRAM, AND A MAXIMUM OF 60 STUDENTS OVER SEVERAL YEARS.
SO, UH, THE TOWN, OF COURSE, APPEAL TO THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE THOUGHT, AND WE DID HAVE A PRETTY GOOD DEAL ON THAT LEASE, ESPECIALLY TO BUY IT FOR A DOLLAR PART.
WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT THAT, AND WE WERE HOPING THAT THE DISTRICT AND THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WOULD LET US STICK TO THAT.
HOWEVER, AS WE ANTICIPATED, UM, THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SIDED WITH THE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UH, AND THEN WE BEGAN TALKS WITH THE DISTRICT ON AN EXIT STRATEGY FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, OUR SENIOR SERVICES PROGRAMS, OUR YOUTH, AND OUR RECREATION PROGRAMS, AND OUR ADULT DAY PROGRAMS. AND WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO AGREE ON WAS PHASED APPROACH OVER THREE YEARS, UH, WHERE WE WOULD BEGIN TO RELOCATE OUR PROGRAMS. UM, THREE YEARS SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF TIME, UH, BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FACILITIES OF THIS SIZE, PROGRAMS OF THIS MAGNITUDE, IT GOES QUICK.
UH, WE DID PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE TO WORK ON THAT, AND I KNOW MR. RUST IS HERE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO START TONIGHT'S COMMENTS, UH, WITH, WITH MR. RUST, BECAUSE I KNOW HE HAS SOME PREPARED REMARKS.
AND I KNOW THAT OUR DIRECTOR OF YOUTH REGULATION AND SENIOR SERVICES, UH, JILL JILLIAN GORMAN KING, HAS SOME REMARKS PREPARED AS WELL.
UM, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOTTEN CREATIVE, WE'VE GOTTEN PRACTICAL.
WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE A, A BUILDING AND A CENTER CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE, WE'VE BECOME USED TO, WHICH IS A STATE-OF-THE-ART, UH, SENIOR AND COMMUNITY CENTER THAT, UH, RIVALS ANY TOWN IN IN ERIE COUNTY.
I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL.
UM, AND I'M OPTIMISTIC IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT.
RIGHT NOW, UH, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE ARE INACTIVE NEGOTIATION WITH, UM, WITH, WITH SOME PROPERTY.
THAT'S AS MUCH AS I CAN SAY THIS EVENING.
UM, BUT I DO KNOW THAT, UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE A HOME FOR THESE PROGRAMS THAT IS EQUIVALENT AND PERHAPS IN SOME WAYS BETTER THAN OUR EXISTING ARRANGEMENT RIGHT NOW.
MR. RUSS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UH, DAVE RUST, UH, VILLAGE RESIDENT.
UM, MY WIFE AND I ARE ACTIVE USERS OF THAT, UH, RECREATION CENTER, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T LOOK LIKE IT, I'M OVER THERE THREE OR FOUR TIMES A WEEK,
UM, AND, UH, I WAS ASKED, UH, EARLY ON, UH, BY THE SUPERVISOR TO BE PART OF THE, UH, SENIOR REPRESENTATION IN AN EXPLORATORY, UH, UH, GROUP.
WE WENT AND LOOKED AT SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES, UH, CENTERS, SAW WHAT THEY DID, RIGHT? HEARD WHAT THEY DIDN'T LIKE.
UH, WE LOOKED AT SOME PROPERTIES.
UH, WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE ALL, UH, UH, VERY FRUITFUL.
UM, AND I THINK IT BOILED DOWN TO WE WERE GOING TO CONSIDER THE BUILD NEW, UH, FROM SCRATCH.
FROM A TIME AND COST STANDPOINT, THAT WAS PROBABLY JUST NOT FEASIBLE.
UM, DO YOU, UH, LOOK FOR A LEASE WITH A BUYOUT AT THE END, OR DO YOU BUY AN EXISTING BUILDING THAT SEEMED LIKE MOST PROBABLE AND THE CONSOLIDATION INTO EXISTING TOWN FACILITIES? AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS SOMETHING WE EXPLORED.
I THINK THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
NOW, SORT OF EXPLAIN WHY, HOPEFULLY VERY QUICKLY, UM, FROM A SCALE STANDPOINT, THE SHEER NUMBER OF VISITORS TO THE CENTER, UH, THE LOGISTICS INVOLVED.
UM, RIGHT NOW THERE ARE 27 PROGRAMS BEING, UH, RUN OUT OF THAT CENTER, UH, FROM, UH, FITNESS, UH, TO PICKLEBALL TO PAINTING CLASSES, TO ADULT DAYCARE.
UM, DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, SEPTEMBER TO JUNE, THE 10 MONTHS
[02:20:01]
OF 2023 PER DAY, THERE WERE 310 PEOPLE ON AVERAGE THAT CAME INTO THAT BUILDING.THEY, WE, WE KNOW THOSE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY ACCURATE 'CAUSE THEY EITHER HAVE TO SIGN IN ELECTRONICALLY TO BE REIMBURSED BY INSURANCE OR BY SIGNATURE, OR BY ACTUAL ATTENDANCE TAKING.
SO WE KNOW THESE NUMBERS ARE, ARE, ARE VERY ACCURATE.
AND SO FOR A TOTAL OF 10 MONTHS, THAT WAS 62,000 VISITORS FOR THAT BUILDING.
UH, JULY AND AUGUST, THE SUMMER MONTHS, THE NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY HIGHER 'CAUSE THEY RUN SOME, UH, PROGRAMS WHERE THEY RENT THE, UH, THE GYMNASIUM.
THERE WERE 420 PEOPLE PER DAY, UH, WHICH IS ON AVERAGE, WHICH IS 18,900.
IT'S 80,900 VISITS TO THAT BUILDING.
RECOGNIZING THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY, A VERY SMALL MINORITY MAY USE MORE THAN ONE OF THE, THE PROGRAMS ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
IF YOU SUBTRACT 10% FOR THOSE, YOU'RE STILL AT 72,810 VISITS.
SO, IN ADDITION, UM, TO THOSE SERVICES, THEY ALSO PROVIDE THE LARGEST FROZEN MEAL PROGRAM TO SHUT-INS IN ALL OF EE COUNTY ALL RUN OUT OF THAT BUILDING AT THE SAME TIME.
THE 80 PARKING SPOTS THAT EXIST OVER THERE ARE MANY TIMES ALREADY FULL.
SO WHEN YOU TAKE ALL OF THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, THE SHEER NUMBER OF PEOPLE, THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S ALREADY THERE, UM, AND THE HOW THE FACILITIES ARE BEING UTILIZED, IT PROBABLY MAKES IT PRETTY IMPRACTICAL TO TRY TO REDISTRIBUTE ALL THOSE THINGS TO EXISTING FACILITIES.
ADDITIONALLY, AS THEY LEARNED DURING COVID, ONCE YOU START ASKING PEOPLE TO GO HERE AND GO THERE AND SPLIT UP SERVICES, YOU, YOU LOSE ATTENDANCE, YOU LOSE PEOPLE.
AND, AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A HUGE COST.
UM, THE REAL BENEFITS TO THAT CENTER DON'T EXIST IN THE PROGRAMS ALONE, THOUGH THERE ARE PHYSIOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIAL BENEFITS THAT ARE HARD TO ESTIMATE.
MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME THERE, UM, LIVE ALONE, MANY OF THEM, THAT IS THEIR ONLY HOT MEAL FOR THE DAY.
THAT IS ONLY SOCIALIZATION FOR THE DAY.
AND, UH, LOSING THAT WOULD BE EVEN AS CRITICAL AS LOSING THE SERVICES THEMSELVES.
UM, A LOT OF INTERACTION TAKES PLACE.
YOU GO INTO THAT FACILITY AS GROUPS OF TWO AND THREE AND FOUR PEOPLE SHARING THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN THEIR LIVES.
AND WITHOUT THAT, THEY HAVE NO SOCIAL INTERACTION.
ISOLATION'S BEEN SHOWN TO BE AS DETRIMENTAL TO PHYSICAL HEALTH AS SMOKING 15 CIGARETTES A DAY FOR SENIORS.
SO THAT IS A VITAL ASPECT THAT IS MANY TIMES JUST NOT APPRECIATED.
UM, I DON'T THINK WE CAN AFFORD TO LOSE PEOPLE IN FACILITIES COMING TO THE FACILITY DURING A TRANSITION TO MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.
I WOULD HOPE THAT WHATEVER IS FOUND, THAT THERE'S A WAY OF MORPHING PROGRAMS THAT EXIST ON A STAGED BASIS INTO WHATEVER FACILITY WE'RE GONNA END UP IN, RATHER THAN START TO DISSECT IT AND SPREAD IT AROUND.
UM, AND KEEP IN MIND THAT THE NEW FACILITY, AND I THINK THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, WON'T BE A SENIOR CENTER.
IT IS GONNA BE A HAMBURG COMMUNITY CENTER.
THE HOPE IS TO INCREASE THE PROGRAMS, INCREASE THE HOURS, AND INVITE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO USE THE FACILITIES RATHER THAN JUST DESIGNATING IT AS A SENIOR CENTER.
UM, I'VE MET WITH THE, UH, FRONTIER SUPERINTENDENT A COUPLE TIMES.
I THINK HE'S A PRETTY SERIOUS GUY.
AND WHEN THEY SAY THEY'RE GONNA START CONSTRUCTION AND APRIL, UH, THEY'RE ALREADY IN THERE, AS THEY SAY, MEASURING THE CURTAINS.
UM, AND IF THEY START IN APRIL, UH, THERE WILL IMMEDIATELY BE, UM, A, A VERY SERIOUS IMPACT ON A COUPLE OF THE LARGER PROGRAMS IN THAT BUILDING.
THEY'LL DON'T HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO, I GUESS, UH, ASIDE FROM ANYTHING ELSE, I WOULD JUST HOPE THAT THE BOARD LOOKS AT THIS.
I KNOW EVERYBODY THAT COMES HERE, THEIR PROGRAM IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND HIGHEST PRIORITY YOU'RE GONNA SEE.
THIS ONE ACTUALLY IS THOUGH, SO IT'S REALLY SIMPLE.
UM, AND SO I HOPE YOU TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.
AND, UM, I KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA BE CHEAP, BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT USE OF MS. GEIER.
I'D I I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU JUST TO ALLOW MR. RUSS TO CONCLUDE HIS REMARKS AND GIVE HIM THE RESPECT THAT YOU'VE BEEN GIVING EVERYBODY ELSE.
UH, I, I KNOW THIS WILL NOT BE CHEAP.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT USE OF OUR MONEY, ESPECIALLY
[02:25:01]
IF WE CAN OPEN IT UP TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.AND IN CLOSING, UH, I'D LIKE TO LEAVE BEHIND.
THIS IS NOT A PETITION FOR YOU.
THIS WAS A PETITION THAT WE SENT TO THE STATE ED DEPARTMENT WITH A COVER LETTER I WROTE WHILE THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS, ENCOURAGING THEM AT THE TIME TO SEND THIS TO REFERENDUM.
NOW WE KNOW THAT'S A DUMB DEAL, BUT, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS IS THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 425 SIGNATURES FROM TOWN RESIDENTS GATHERED IN JUST TWO AND A HALF DAYS, NOT EVEN GOING OUTSIDE THE BUILDING TO ENCOURAGE, UM, THE, THE, UH, ED STATE ED DEPARTMENT AND COMMISSIONER ROSA CONSIDERED DOING THAT.
UH, WE SENT THAT, I SENT THIS FEDEX TO THE COMMISSIONER AND THE REGION.
UM, NO, THEY RECEIVED IT OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE IT WAS A FEDEX, NO RESPONSE FROM THEM, WHATEVER, WHICH WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING, BUT SO BE IT.
I KNOW YOU'LL TAKE THIS MORE SERIOUSLY.
I'D LIKE TO JUST LEAVE THIS BEHIND AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE LEVEL OF INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, SIR, MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION? SURE.
UM, WHAT, YOU SAID YOU'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, UM, EARLY ON.
WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU TALKED TO HIM? OH GOSH, PROBABLY FOUR MONTHS AGO.
WHAT DID HE SAY TO YOU? UM, HE JUST EXPLAINED THAT HE WAS GOING TO TRY TO WORK WITH THE TOWN BOARD AND THE TOWN HE HAD.
HE, HE WAS, UH, VERY APPEARED, VERY SINCERE IN HIS EFFORT NOT TO KICK SENIORS OUT OF THEIR BUILDING.
I THINK OBVIOUSLY HE WOULD SEE THAT AS NOT ONLY SOMETHING HE DIDN'T WANT TO DO, BUT A PUBLIC RELATIONS DISASTER.
SO NOBODY WANTS TO SEE SENIORS, UH, UH, THROWN OUT OF FACILITY THAT'S CRITICAL TO THEM.
SO, UH, AT THAT TIME, HE ASSURED ME THAT HE, THAT WAS NOT THEIR INTENT.
THEY WERE GOING TO BE AS GENTLE AS POSSIBLE, BUT AS GENTLE AS POSSIBLE.
THEY HAVE A REFERENDUM NOW FROM THE STATE ED DEPARTMENT NOW THAT THE STATE ED DEPARTMENT'S MADE THAT DECISION.
AND SO HE IS MOVING AHEAD AND AS, AS GENTLE AS HE MAY WANT TO BE, HE'S GONNA START CONSTRUCTION IN APRIL, UH, BECAUSE SEPTEMBER'S HIS, HIS DUE DATE.
UM, THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S THE SUBSTANCE OF THE CONVERSATION.
UH, MS. GOME KING, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? SAY ONE MINUTE.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT.
I'M NOT A HUGE FAN OF DRIVING AT NIGHT, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING OUT THIS LATE.
UM, TWO THINGS THAT I WANNA ADD ON TO WHAT MR. RUSS SAID.
UM, WE ARE GONNA TURN INTO COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH I KNOW WILL BE SUCCESSFUL JUST BASED ON, UH, SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES WE'VE HAD RECENTLY.
WE DID A, UH, GRANDPARENTS ICE CREAM SUNDAE DURING THE KIDS' BREAK, AND WE ACTUALLY HAD TO HAVE A WAIT LIST.
UM, WE HAD 55 PEOPLE AND WE COULDN'T FIT EVERYBODY IN.
UM, SO WE WERE DOING A LOT MORE INTERGENERATIONAL ACTIVITIES, UM, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR KEEPING US CONNECTED AND KEEPING ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER.
UM, THE OTHER THING I JUST WANNA ASSURE EVERYBODY, IF UM, YOU KNOW, NEGOTIATIONS TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THINGS HAPPEN, WE DO HAVE A BACKUP PLAN.
I'M SURE EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS HILLARY AND SHE WILL MAKE WHATEVER UM, NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR PROGRAMMING WORK.
UM, WE WILL MAKE SURE WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO MAKE THINGS, UH, THE LEAST DISRUPTIVE AS POSSIBLE, WE WILL DO.
I THINK, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
I THINK THOSE YOUNG KIDS HANDED OUT THE ICE CREAM.
I KNOW IT WAS SOME PRETTY GOOD ICE CREAM.
WE'RE GONNA BE DOING 'EM AGAIN.
SO I WOULD MAKE A MOTION FOR THE, UM, I KNOW IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT FOR DISCUSSION, UM, TO HAVE OUR TOWN ATTORNEY AND, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ASSIST WITH THIS.
I SAID IT BEFORE, TO REACH OUT AGAIN TO THE FRONTIER SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I KNOW THERE, THERE'S SOME CLAIMS THAT THERE ARE, UM, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CONSIDERATIONS, BUT WHY NOT TALK TO 'EM AGAIN AND SEE WHAT, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THEY CAN, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM AS AS, UM, RECENTLY AS LAST WEEK.
UM, THEY ACTUALLY, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S, UM, THE, THEY'RE WHAT THEY CAME DOWN WITH THAT CAN'T BE REVERSED.
SO, UM, WE'RE OUT NO MATTER WHAT.
UM, BUT THEY ARE WORKING WITH US AND THEY SAID THEY ARE BEING GENTLE.
THEY ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH US, BUT THEY DO HAVE A JOB TO DO.
THEY DO HAVE A PROGRAM TO RUN.
SO, UM, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT'S READY TO GO SEPTEMBER, UH, SIXTH OR WHENEVER IT WOULD START.
SO AS FAR AS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE, WE HAVE NOT COMMUNICATED BECAUSE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION RULED AND IT'S OUT OF EITHER THE TOWN OR EVEN THE DISTRICT'S HAND AT THIS POINT.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT I'VE ENJOYED MY CONVERSATIONS WITH SUPERINTENDENT SWI TECH AND HIS, HIS LEADERSHIP TEAM.
UH, YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO REACH OUT
[02:30:01]
TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, UM, AND I'M SURE MR. FARRELL WILL BE HAPPY TO, TO JOIN YOU AS WELL.UM, THERE'S NO STOPPING YOU AND, AND I'M SURE THAT SHE'D HAVE A, A GOOD MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION.
NOW, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS HERE THAT WANTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE SENIOR CENTER.
UM, AND IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS OR IF YOU WANT TO SHARE IDEAS OR CONCERNS, NOW'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
UH, AGAIN, WE ASK YOU TO, TO RAISE YOUR HAND, WE'LL BRING YOU A MICROPHONE, UM, AND STATE YOUR NAME, TRY AND KEEP IT TO THREE MINUTES.
WE GOT ONE IN THE BACK IS AS AVAILABLE.
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO BE KICKED OUT? THAT'S WHAT THE QUESTION IS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE.
WE KNOW THAT THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO SUPPOSEDLY TAKE IT OUT.
WE WANNA KNOW WHEN THIS IS GOING TO END.
NOT EVERY DAY WE GO AND SAY, WELL, IT MIGHT BE HERE, IT MIGHT NOT BE THERE.
WE WANNA KNOW, SUPPOSEDLY COMING IN APRIL, ARE WE DONE IN APRIL? WE DON'T KNOW.
SO, UM, SURE, I'M JUST RESPONDING 'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE PRINCIPAL OF THE PROGRAM AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE BOOTS ON GROUND.
SO I THINK WE MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION THAT'S CURRENT.
UM, AS OF APRIL, THEY WILL JUST BE CONSTRUCTING A FEW WALLS IN CERTAIN AREAS.
SO IT'S, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT IT'LL ONLY REALLY IMPACT ONE ROOM, UM, FOR MAYBE LIKE A DAY OR TWO.
AND THEN IN JULY IS WHEN, UH, THE WALL WILL BE CONSTRUCTED THAT WILL SEPARATE, UH, THE TWO AREAS THAT WE WILL THEY UTILIZING AND THEN WE WILL BE UTILIZING.
BUT TECHNICALLY, UM, WE'RE NOT BEING KICKED OUT.
WE'RE JUST GONNA BE STARTING TO SHARE SPACES AS OF JULY.
THE OFFICIAL MOVE OUT DATE, I BELIEVE IS JULY 1ST, 2026, WHEN WE WILL HAVE TO BE OUT COMPLETE.
UM, BUT WE WILL, IT WILL BE A SLOW TRANSITION TO SHARING CERTAIN SPACES, LOSING SOME OTHER SPACES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I'M HAPPY TO GIVE YOU MY CARD.
WE CAN TALK TOMORROW AND WHATEVER.
I CAN SHOW YOU A COUPLE THINGS WE HAVE TOO, IF YOU'D LIKE.
OUR GOAL ALL ALONG HAS BEEN FOR NOBODY TO GET KICKED OUT.
OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE PROGRAM SPACE AVAILABLE THAT WE CAN TRANSITION TO, UM, BEFORE THE DISTRICT NEEDS ACCESS TO OPERATE IN THE SPACE.
YES, THERE'S MEASUREMENTS, THERE'S SOME LIGHT CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING.
IT CERTAINLY WILL BE NOTICEABLE, BUT IF THERE BECOMES A, A DROP DEAD DATE FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS, WE WILL COMMUNICATE THAT TO YOU WELL IN ADVANCE.
WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THINK THAT SENIORS HAVE A LOT OF TIME, THEY DON'T, THEY'RE VERY BUSY PEOPLE.
SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION SO THAT YOU CAN SCHEDULE, SCHEDULE YOUR LIFE AND ACTIVITIES AROUND THAT.
HI, DEB ARTIS, UH, TWO THINGS.
UM, BIG FAN OF THE SENIOR CENTER.
UM, THERE IS A SPACE I UNDERSTAND IN THE CAL SPAN BUILDING ON GENESEE STREET THAT WAS BUILT AS A BOAS C CENTER AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT BUILDING.
I'M WONDERING, INSTEAD OF BEING AT EC WHERE THEY ARE NOW, UM, IF POSSIBLY FOR THE GOOD TERM, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE HAVING 15 CHILDREN A YEAR.
RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE 30, SO THAT'S A FRESHMAN AND A SOPHOMORE CLASS.
THE NEXT YEAR THEY'RE GONNA ADD JUNIOR YEAR AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA ADD THE SENIOR YEAR.
SO OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD, THREE YEAR PERIOD, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE 60 KIDS FOR THE PROGRAM AS IT IS.
UM, SO MY QUESTION IS IF YOU WANNA TRY TO PURSUE IT WITH, WITH THE PEOPLE IS, UM, WHY CAN'T THEY USE THE CAL SPAN BUILDING LIKE OTHER SCHOOL DIS UH, SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO? OKAY, THAT'S THE QUESTION.
SHE JUST SAID THE EPI OWN SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS, IS UM, JUST FINDING OUT THAT THE ONE WHO THAT THEY'RE GOING TO WORK ON FIRST IS GOING TO BE OUR CIRCUIT TRAINING ROOM.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH CIRCUIT TRAINING.
MY DOCTOR IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH CIRCUIT TRAINING AND HE IS, HE AND SHE ARE THRILLED THAT I CAN HAVE A FACILITY LIKE THIS TO HAVE CIRCUIT TRAINING, NOT JUST THE REGULAR CLASSES WE HAVE, WE WALK THE, THE MILE IN, IN A, IN THE, IN THE MORNING AND IT WOULD JUST BE NICE TO KNOW, AGAIN, AS THIS WOMAN SAID OVER HERE TOO, OKAY, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO START IN OCTOBER WITH THE SURPLUS.
SUPPOSEDLY I HEARD BY GRAPEVINE THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE JUST A WALL HERE AND THERE.
THEY'RE TAKING OVER THAT ENTIRE ROOM AND IT'S A PRETTY GOOD SIZE ROOM.
I'D SAY IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT THIS BIG.
SO IF THAT'S GONNA BE THE FIRST THING THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING, OKAY, JULY ISN'T
[02:35:01]
THAT FAR DOWN THE ROOM WHEN THE KIDS ARE GONNA BE OUT OF SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY GONNA BE MOVING AHEAD WITH OTHER ROOMS, TAKING OUR SESSION ROOMS AWAY? OUR UNIVERSITY EXPRESS ROOMS AWAY OR BILLIARD ROOM AWAY.YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GONNA HAVE? SO MY QUESTION IS, IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF, IF EVERYONE CONCERNED COULD JUST KEEP US INFORMED THAT THAT'S TRULY ALL I'M ASKING.
JUST SO THAT IT ISN'T GIVEN TO US.
LIKE, BOOM, YOU'RE OUTTA HERE, WE'RE GONNA LOCK THE DOOR KIND OF THING.
BECAUSE A LOT OF US DO WORK OUR DAY AROUND THE FACILITY ABOUT, ABOUT THE EVENTS THAT ARE THERE.
I CAN BE THERE IN THE MORNING AND THEN I'LL BE THERE FOR PICKLEBALL IN THE AFTERNOON, YOU KNOW, SO WE HAVE CERTAIN DAYS CIRCLE WHATEVER SOCIAL THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
SO I'M JUST ASKING POLITICALLY OR NOT JUST TO KEEP US TRULY INFORMED AS FAR AS WHAT'S GOING ON.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, IN ANOTHER 10, 15, 20 YEARS, GUESS WHAT, YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE USING IT AND WE WANT IT TO BE AVAILABLE FOR UK GIRLS, YOU GUYS AND GIRLS TO USE.
SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE THROUGH THE SPRING AND, AND WELL INTO THE SUMMER.
UM, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE PROGRAMS UNDER ONE ROOF AS SOON AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
SENIOR CENTERS REALLY BEGAN IN THIS COUNTRY WITH THE ADVENT OF THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965.
THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT AUTHORIZES TITLE THREE C FUNDING, WHICH FUNDS THE CONGREGATE DINING PROGRAMS. THAT'S REALLY THE HEART OF SENIOR CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THAT OFTEN FEEDS THE OTHER PROGRAMS. THEY COME FOR A HOT LUNCH, THEY STAY FOR SOME EXERCISE, THEY STAY FOR SOME CLUB ACTIVITY.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE HOUSED UNDER ONE ROOF AND THAT IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN THIS TRANSITION.
IF ALL GOES WELL, WE'RE GONNA BE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE BY THE FALL.
BUT WHAT I'VE LEARNED IN MY SHORT TIME IN GOVERNMENT, ALL DOESN'T USUALLY GO WELL.
THERE'S GONNA BE BUMPS ALONG THE WAY, BUT WE DO PLEDGE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE, UH, WITH, WITH WITH SENIOR GROUPS, WITH YOUTH GROUPS, WITH THE RECREATION GROUPS THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.
UM, UH, MS. GORMAN KING IS GONNA BE TAKING THE LEAD ON ON MUCH OF THAT COMMUNICATION.
UM, AND, UH, MR. ROSE HAS BEEN INTRICATELY INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING, UM, IDENTIFYING, SO HE KNOWS INFORMATION THAT NOBODY, HE'S NOT GONNA TELL YOU, BUT HE DOES HAVE THE INFORMATION.
UM, SO MR. RUSS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON, ON ON THAT COMMITTEE.
MR. DUCI, CAN WE GET A POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOU IN STORM CAMPUS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I GOT ONE.
UH, THE ONLY THING I CAN ADD ON, OH, SIR, YOU HAD, SO THIS MR. AL, PLEASE LEMME FRONT THE MEETING.
THIS, THIS IS LIMITED TO OUR, THIS IS A VERY FOCUSED DISCUSSION ON OUR SENIOR AND COMMUNITY CENTER.
I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU AFTER, AFTER THE MEETING.
I, I ONLY HAD LIKE THREE WORDS TO SAY.
THE PEOPLE WHO ATTACKED US WERE PEOPLE WHO WROTE CAMELS WITH THE WIND AT THEIR BACK.
ANY, ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTER?
AND AGAIN, IF YOU WE'RE HERE JUST FOR THE SENIOR CENTER, WE INVITE YOU TO LEAVE BEST.
I THINK MR. O'CONNELL WOULD LIKE TO DO THE PLEDGE ONE MORE TIME.
[02:40:09]
KATHY.MY CLASSROOM GETS TO 79 ALMOST EVERY DAY.
THIS IS WORTH, I'M USED TO 79.
IT'S MORE I HAVE A PRETTY HIGH THRESHOLD AND TOAST EVERY TIME THAT DOOR UP MORE IN THIRD SPRING.
SO LET'S MAKE SOME MORE FOLKS.
I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO WRAP UP YOUR CONVERSATIONS OR TAKE THEM OUT TO THE HALLWAY.
THAT BRINGS US TO RESOLUTION NUMBER THREE.
BE RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING AS FOLLOWS.
TOWN BOARD REORGANIZATION MEETING.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG ACKNOWLEDGES PELICANO VINEYARD FOR CREATING THE FIRST COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE ESTATE GROWN WHITE WINE IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
AND WHEREAS MARIO AND HIS WIFE LORI HAVE WORKED TO CREATE A THRIVING VINEYARD WITHIN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND WHEREAS IN CULTIVATING THEIR VINEYARD AND THEIR GRAPES, THEY ARE FURTHERING THE AGRICULTURAL IMPACT OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RECOGNIZES PAULO'S VINEYARD AND THEIR HARD WORK AND ACHIEVEMENTS AND WISHES THEM THE VERY BEST.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS CARRIED USERS REZONING, UH, SEAGER, UH, RESOLUTION WHERE AS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM WILLIAM ER HUSTLER, HUSTLER TO REZONE 3.82 ACRES LOT AT 5 4 8 9 SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD, SBL NUMBER 1 8 2 0.091 DASH EIGHT THAT IS SPLIT ZONE R FOUR GENERAL RE RE RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOME COURT DISTRICT IN THE BACK AND C TWO GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IN THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY TO ALL C TWO AND WHEREAS PURSUANT TO SIX PARTS SIX 17 OF THE IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO ARTICLE EIGHT, STRAIGHT REVIT STATE REVITAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT, SEEKER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS A SEEKER LEAD AGENCY AND CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL SEEKER IN REVIEW FOR THIS UNLISTED ACTION.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD HAS COMPLETED THE FEAF PART ONE, TWO, AND THREE AND SOLICITED INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC AND FROM OTHER INVOLVED AND INTERESTED AGENCIES AND HAS TAKEN THE HARD LOOK AT THE SOCIAL ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE ADOPTION OF PRO, OF THE PRO, PRO PROPOSED ZONING THAT'S A TONGUE TWISTING PROPOSED ZONING, UH, CHANGE.
AND WHEREAS THE, THE FINDING OF THE REVIEW INDICATES AND PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE WILL NOT ADVERSARILY AFFECT THE NA NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE AND OR HEALTH SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC AND OUT THERE BE IT RESOLVED THE TOWN OF HAMBURG BOARD AS SEEKER LEAD AGENCY FOR THIS ACTION HAS DETERMINED THE ADOPTION OF THE TOWN HAMBURG.
THE TOWN HAMBURG ZONING CHANGE MAP AMENDMENT WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY SIGNIFICANT ADVERTI ADVER ADVERSE IMPACT OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND UH, NEGATIVE DECLARATION IS HEREBY ISSUE BASED ON THE REASON AND AND EXCUSE ME AND SET FORTH IN FULL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FORM AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO SIGN THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FORM, WHICH WILL ACT AS THE SEEKER NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND AUTHORIZE THAT THE APPROPRIATE NOTICE AND FILING
[02:45:01]
BE MADE.OPPOSED, CARRIED ABSTAIN HUSTLER S ZONING APPROVAL RESOLUTION.
WHERE IS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG ZONE CONTAINED AND SPECIFIED THE LOCAL LAW AND ORDINANCE TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
AND WHERE IS THE TOWN? HAMBURG RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM WILLIAM HUSTLER REZONE 3.82 LOT 8 5 4 8 9 SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD SVL 180 2 0.09 DASH ONE DASH EIGHT THAT'S SPLIT ZONE R FOUR GENERAL RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOME COURT DISTRICT AND IN BACK AND C TWO GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IN FRONT IN THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY TO ALL C TWO.
AND WHERE IS THE HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD REVIEW? THE REZONING REQUEST AND RECOMMENDED ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 2023 THAT THE REZONING REQUEST BE APPROVED WHERE IS PURSUANT TO PART SIX 17 NEW YORK N-Y-C-R-R.
ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW SEEKER.
THE TOWN OF HAMBURG BOARD ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS SEEKER LEAD AGENCY AND CONDUCTED A COORDINATED REVIEW OF PROPOSED REVISION.
THE TOWN CODE CHAPTER TWO 80 ZONING THE TOWN'S ZONING MAP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT AND WHEREAS IT'S ISSUED A SEEKER NEGATIVE DECLARATION WHEREAS THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD REGARDING THE REZONING MAP REVITALIZATION ON JANUARY 2ND, 2024.
REC COM AND COMMENTED COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC AND ERIE COUNTY BASE ON THE 2 39 M REFERRAL AND NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED.
THE TOWN OF HAMBURG BOARD RE HEREBY REZONES THE PROPERTY IDENTIFIED BELOW AS R FOUR TO C TWO WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, A ONE FOOT BUFFER TO BE ESTABLISHED ON THE SITE AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY TO PROTECT ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND ALLOW ADEQUATE, ADEQUATE FOR ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING ONSITE PLANTS BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THE ZONING CODE OF THE TOWN HAMBURG BE MADE, BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWED TO AMEND THE LOCAL LAW.
10 OF THE 1986 OF CODE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG CHAPTER TWO 80 ENTITLED ZONING TO PROVIDE FOR CHANGE IN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE ZONING MAP WHEREBY THE ZONING IS CHANGED FROM R FOUR TO C TWO FOR THE PROPERTY IDENTIFIED BY SBL NUMBER 1 8 2.
DO ZERO NINE DASH ONE DASH EIGHT SOMO SECOND.
ANOTHER QUESTION JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, THAT'S A 50 FOOT BUFFER JUST FOR FOLKS WHO DIDN'T HAVE THE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF THEM, NOT A ONE FOOT BUFFER.
I THINK THE PUBLIC MIGHT HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH THAT.
UM, UH, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED? DO YOU HAVE A CONFLICT? NO.
I BELIEVE TOWN LAW REQUIRES THIS VOTE YES OR NO UNLESS THERE'S A CONTRACT CONFLICT.
MOVING ON TO UH, RESOLUTION NUMBER SEVEN, MOUNT VERNON DISTRICT FLOW STUDY WHERE THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS BEEN UNDER OR ORDER ON CON CONCERT BY THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION NEW YORK N-S-D-E-C SINCE 2001 FOR SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS S-S-O-U-O FROM MOUNT VERNON SEWER DISTRICT AND WHEREAS THE TOWN HAMBURG IS CONTINUING WORK TO RESOLVE THE SSO EVENT IN MOUNT VERNON, UH, SAN SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT BY COMPLETING PIPE REPAIR AND CIPP LINING OF THE SANITARY SEWER MAIN AND WHEREAS THE N-Y-D-E-C AND EEC SD NUMBER THREE REQUIRED POST CONSTRUCTION FLOW STUDIES THEREFORE BE RESOLVED.
THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO SIGN THE PROPOSAL FOR FROM GHD MOUNT VERNON POST SSES FLOW STUDY AND THE AMOUNT OF $60,540 0 CENTS FUNDS AVAILABLE IN A 1 4 9 0 3 3 4 0 3 PUBLIC WORKS PERMANENT INVOLVEMENT A RPA.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[02:50:01]
ABSTENTIONS CARRIED.NO, THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT KEN TALK ENGINEERING AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE WHEREAS THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ASSOCIATION NEW YORK CHAPTER IN HOLDING CONFERENCE ON MAY 21ST.
2024 LOCATED IN EMBASSY SUITE, SYRACUSE DESTIN USA THREE 11 AYA WAHA BOULEVARD, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.
AND WHERE IS THE A PWA WESTERN NEW YORK CHAPTER? IT'S GRANTED THE TOWN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO A SCHOLARSHIP.
HE GRADUATED TO COVER THE TWO DAY CONFERENCE IN LODGING AND WHERE NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOM BORES APPROVES KEN AND ROBERT HAGG TO REGISTER AND ATTEND THE TWO DAY TRAINING EVENT.
HUNTER GRANT WILL ATTEND THE CONFERENCE FOR ONE DAY THURSDAY SESSION ONLY THE COST OF THE CONFERENCE NOT TO EXCEED $100 FOR EACH PERSON TO INCLUDE FUEL AND TOLLS.
THE USE OF THE TOWN VEHICLE IS REQUIRED.
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN A 1 4 4 0 0.0492 TRAINING AND SEMINAR.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE A.
WHERE IS WEST NEW YORK STORM CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOM BOARDS APPROVED THE OUT OF TOWN TRAVEL FOR KING ANIAK, ROBERT HAGG AND HUNTER GRAD TO ATTEND THE WESTERN NEW YORK STORM CONFERENCE IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK ON TUESDAY, MARCH 26TH, 2024.
THE TOTAL COST TO ATTEND THE SEMINAR IS APPROXIMATELY $110 EACH.
USE THE TOWN VEHICLE IS REQUIRED.
REQUESTED FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN A 1 4 4 0 0.0492 TRAINING SEMINAR.
MARCH TAYLOR ROAD ALCOHOL WAIVER.
RESOLVED THAT THE TOP BOARD AUTHORIZED ALCOHOL WAIVER FOR THE THE FOLLOWING MARCH, 2024 TAYLOR ROAD, FAMILY RECREATION FACILITY RENTAL AS FOLLOWS.
3 1 24 3 2 24 3 3 24 3 9 24 3 10 24.
OPPOSED? IONS CARRIED PER ALL THE TOM BOARD APPROVED DETERMINATION OF PERSONNEL FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS DETAILED IN THE ATTACHED PERSONNEL ACTION FORM.
WHERE IS THE 2024 NEW YORK STATE TACTICAL TEAM LEADERSHIP FORUM IS BEING HELD WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6TH, 2024.
FRIDAY, MARCH TWO, FRIDAY, MARCH 8TH, 2024 ANDSO SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK, THEREFORE BE A RESULT OF TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED LIEUTENANT JOHN CROSS AND OFFICER BRETT MCCA DUE, ATTEND TO 2024 NEW YORK STATE TACTICAL TEAM LEADERSHIP TACTICAL TEAM LEADERSHIP FORUM WITH THE FOLLOWING EXPENSES.
MEALS THREE DAYS AT $50 A DAY.
TOTAL COST OF $300 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED OF TOMB TO AUTHORIZED USE OF UNMARKED POLICE VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORTATION.
MONEY IS AVAILABLE IN B 3 1 12 0 4 9 2 SEVENS DEPARTMENT TRAINING.
THE HENRY TO BOARD IS HEREBY APPROVE THE REQUEST OF THE BIGTREE VOLUNTEER FIERY COMPANY TO ADD TO THE ROLES OF THEIR MEMBERSHIP.
WHEREAS HAMBURG AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY UNIT 5 2 7 IS CHOSEN THE MONTH OF MAY FOR THE ANNUAL POPPY DISTRIBUTION DAYS AND WHEREAS A POPPY, WHICH IS THE AMERICAN LEGIONS AUXILIARY FLOWER IS NEVER SOLD, BUT IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE PUBLIC.
AND WHEREAS ALL DONATIONS RECEIVED ARE USED FOR THE NEEDS OF OUR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES WITHIN WESTERN NEW YORK.
AND WHEREAS A MEMBERSHIP OF HAMBURG AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY UNIT 5 2 7 HAS REQUESTED PERMISSION FROM THE TOWN, HAMBURG TOWN BOARD TO DISTRIBUTE POPPIES IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG DURING THE MONTH OF MAY NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD WITH GREAT ADMIRATION, GRATITUDE, AND RESPECT DOES HEREBY GRANT PERMISSION TO THE HAMBURG AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY UNIT 5 2 7 TO DISTRIBUTE POPPIES IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG DURING THE MONTH OF MAY IN PLACES OF PUBLIC GATHERING WHERE PERMISSION IS GRANTED BY SPECIFIC
[02:55:01]
TENANTS OR OWNERS OF SUCH PREMISES AND BE FURTHER RESOLVED.THANKS THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY UNIT 5 2 7 FOR THEIR EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE VETERANS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WISHES THEM MUCH SUCCESS WITH THIS YEAR'S POP DISTRIBUTION DAYS, AS WELL AS OFFERING ALL THOSE WHO SERVED IN OUR NATION'S MILITARY OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION.
MAY I UNANIM A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
RESOLVED THAT THE BIGTREE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY REQUEST ADD TO THE ROLES OF MEMBERS AS FOLLOWS, STACEY FLICK, JOHN GOODE, JOSHUA LUTZ, MARISSA MOSSACK, MATTHEW MOSER, CARL NICHOLS, SOLI SECOND.
RESOLVED THE HEMBRY TO BOARD IS HEREBY APPROVE THE REQUEST TO ADD TO THE ROLES OF MEMBERSHIP THE INDIVIDUALS AS FO CHRISTINA ANADO.
WHEREAS THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD IS RECEIVED REQUEST REPLACEMENT OF AN AREA SPEED LIMIT SIGN IN CARLEY'S COURT AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF PBURG TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD REVIEWED ALL THE INFORMATION PROVIDED AND VOTED TO RECOMMEND AN AREA SPEED LIMIT SIGN BE ERECTED NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE HENRY TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED Z 30 MILE PER HOUR AREA SPEED LIMIT SIGN TO BE INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED IN THE M-U-T-C-B ESTABLISHED VICINITY AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF THE HAMBURG TRAFFIC SAFETY COORDINATOR SHALL GENERATE THE REQUIRED WORK ORDER FOR THE PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED ONCE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT DB 51 10 0.0205.
I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, THANK THE CHIEF, UH, SOME OF THE RESIDENTS THERE WERE THANKING YOU FOR PUTTING THAT UH, SPEED, UH, READER ON THE POLLS UP THERE.
YES ALL DAVID PLEASE SIGNIFY TO SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED? EXTENSIONS CARRIED N-Y-S-R-P-S ANNUAL CONFERENCE RESOLVED AT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE REQUEST OF THE YOUTH RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR THREE FULL-TIME STAFF.
JILLIAN GORMAN KING, DIRECTOR OF RECREATION AND NICOLE RUB.
ROBERTO SENIOR RECREATION SUPERVISOR AND MARK COLLINS RECREATION SUPERVISOR TO ATTEND THE NEW YORK STATE RECREATION AND PARKS SOCIETY ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN GLEN FALLS, NEW YORK ON APRIL 13TH THE 16TH, 2024 REGISTRATION $350 PER PERSON INCLUDES TWO BREAKFAST, ONE LUNCH, ONE DINNER, PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP, OFFSITE WORKSHOP LODGING ONE SEVENTY, A HUNDRED SEVENTY $5 PER PERSON PER NIGHT MEALS.
ONE 50 PER PERSON TOTAL ANTICIPATED COST.
3075 BUCKS USE THE TOWN VEHICLE IS REQUESTED FOR TRANSPORTATION MONIES AVAILABLE AND A 7 0 2 0 0.492 SEMINAR AND TRAINING SIMILAR.
RESOLVED TOWN BOARD IS HEREBY AUTHORIZE SENIOR PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER SEAN CROW TO SEND PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER TIMOTHY HOF TO A PROFESSION WITHIN THE TRAINING HOSTED BY THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY EMERGENCY SERVICES OFFICE OF THE INTER INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS AT THE NEW YORK STATE PREPAREDNESS TRAINING ACADEMY LOCATED ON ORCA, NEW YORK.
THE CLASS TITLED COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN WILL BE DELIVERED BY FACILITATORS FROM NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES OFFICE OF INTEROPERABLE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AND RUNS FROM 8:00 AM TO 5:00 PM IN MARCH 11TH THROUGH MARCH 15TH, 2024.
PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER TIMOTHY HOFF MEETS THE PREREQUISITES TO ATTEND THE TRAINING AND IS ENROLLED TO ATTEND.
THERE IS NO COST TO ATTEND USE OF A TOWN VEHICLE IS REQUESTED.
RESOLVED THE TOWN BOARD IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED SENIOR PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER SHOWN IN KARATE TO SEND PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER MARK D NIK TO A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING HOSTED BY THE WESTERN NEW YORK LAW ENFORCEMENT HELPLINE AT THE ERIE COUNTY FIRE TRAINING ACADEMY LOCATED AT 33 59 BROADWAY IN CHIEF WA THIS COURSE PROVIDES PARTICIPANTS TRAINING AND PEER CRISIS INTERVENTION AFTER CRITICAL INCIDENTS.
THE CLASS TITLED GROUP CRISIS INTERVENTION WILL BE DELIVERED BY FACILITATORS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS FOUNDATION AND RUNS FROM 8:30 AM TO 4:30 PM ON MARCH 15TH AND 16TH 2024.
PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER HISPANIC MEETS THE PREREQUISITES TO ATTEND THE TRAINING AND IS ENROLLED TO ATTEND REGISTRATION FEE IS $150 FOR THE TWO DAY CLASS AND FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN A 30 20.492.
OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS CARRIED YOUTH BOARD APPOINTMENT HOFFMAN RESOLVED THE TOWN BOARD APPOINTS MICHAEL HOFFMAN TO THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD FOR A ONE YEAR TERM EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND ENDING 12 31 24.
[03:00:01]
ABSTENTIONS CARRIED.WHEREAS DAVE WOLFING HAS BEEN ALIKE A LONG TIME VALUED MEMBER OF THE SHORELINE REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE AND WAS INADVERTENTLY OMITTED IN THE REORGANIZATION MEETING RESOLUTION APPOINTING COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD UPON REQUEST OF THE SHORELINE REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE APPOINTS DAVE WOLFLEY TO THE SHORELINE REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE FOR A ONE YEAR TERM EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY IN ENDING 12 31 24 AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD UPON REQUEST OF THE SHORELINE REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE APPOINT TOM BENDER TO THE SHORELINE REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE FOR A ONE YEAR TERM EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY IN ENDING 12 31 24.
RESOLVE THE HANDBOOK TOWN BOARD UPON REQUEST OF THE SHORELINE REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE APPOINT LYNN RODNICK TO THE LWRP COMMITTEE.
WHEREAS A CHECK FOR $5,050 WAS RECEIVED FROM US SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY FOR DAMAGE TO AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS TRUCK.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY AUTHORIZE A BUDGET AMENDMENT IN 2024 TO INCREASE THE APPROPRIATE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE LINES FOR THE RECEIPT OF THE INSURANCE RECOVERY FUNDS INCREASE LINE A 0.2680 INSURANCE RECOVERIES AND A AND A 1640 0.202 MOTOR VEHICLES SO MOVED.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 THE PLEASED TO BE A DUPLICATE 26.
UH, 26, WILLIAM D. WILLIAM FIELD BANK STOP REPLACEMENT PROJECT BE IT RESOLVED.
THE TOWN CLERK IS AUTHORIZED TO ADVERTISE FOR SEALED BIDS ENTITLED WILLIAM D THE WILLIAM BASEBALL FIELD BACKSTOP REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
SEALED SEPARATE BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT HAMBURG TOWN HALL TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE 6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK 1 4 0 7 5 AND SAID BIDS WILL BE PUBLICLY OPENED AND READ ALOUD ON IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM.
UH, SEVEN A B DOWNSTAIRS AT 10:00 AM MAIL BIDS SHOULD BE SENT TO TOWN OF HAMBURG AND CLEARLY MARKED ATTENTION TOWN CLERK BIDS AND CLOSE WILLIAM D. WILLIAMS BASEBALL FIELD BACKSTOP REPLACEMENT PROJECT 6,100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK 1 4 0 7 5 FUNDS AVAILABLE AND H 1 0 3 0.743 GRANT REIMBURSEMENT PROJECT.
UH, WHEN WILL THE BIDS BE READ? MARCH 20.
SO I'D LIKE TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT TO THE RESOLUTION THAT, UH, WOULD INDICATE THAT THE BID WILL BE READ ALOUD ON MARCH 20TH.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS CARRIED SUBDIVISION ACCEPTANCE.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN ENGINEERS REPORT ON THE COMPLETION OF AND ACCEPTANCE OF DEB SUBDIVISION PHASE TWO WORK PERFORMED UNDER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PERMIT NUMBERS.
UH, TEN SEVEN SIX ZERO TEN SEVENTY SIX AND 10 77 BE RECEIVED AND ACCEPTED AND THE SUPERVISOR IS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE REPORT AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THIS RESOLUTION BECOMES EFFECTIVE ON THE DAY THE REPORT IS SIGNED BY THE SUPERVISOR.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WHEREAS PASSAGE OF THE NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT IN 1993 CREATED THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FUND EPF, WHICH INCLUDES FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE MUNICIPAL WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING, MWR AND R STATE ASSISTANCE GRANT.
AND WHEREAS MWR AND R ELIGIBLE PROJECTS INCLUDE DEDICATED FACILITIES PLAN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTED TO MAXIMIZE RECYCLABLES RECOVERY STRUCTURES, MACHINERY OR DEVICES
[03:05:01]
REQUIRED TO SEPARATE PROCESS, MODIFY, CONVERT, TREAT OR PREPARE RECYCLABLES, BAYERS, WHICH INCLUDES BAYLORS, COMPACTORS, SHREDDER, SEPARATORS, GRINDERS, ET CETERA, AND COMPOSTING FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT DEPLOYED AT COMPOSTING FACILITIES.AND WHERE IS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG? HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE A PARTIAL REIMBURSEMENT GRANT FOR THE PURCHASE OF A GRAPPLE TRUCK IN 2021, WHICH IS USED FOR THE DEPARTMENTAL RECYCLING PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES THE PROCESSING OF MULCH, COMPOST AND OTHER RECYCLABLES FOR REDISTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHERE IS GRANTS ARE LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN 50% OF THE ELIGIBLE COSTS INCURRED BY THE APPLICANT.
APPLICANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING A LOCAL MATCH OF AT LEAST 50% OF THE ELIGIBLE COSTS AND GRANT AMOUNTS RANGE FROM A MINIMUM OF $10,000 UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $2 MILLION PER PROJECT.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES, EECG CONSULTING LLC IN COOPERATION WITH THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT GRANT APPLICATION TO THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED.
IF THE GRANT IS AWARDED, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT.
ADDITIONALLY, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL DESIGNATE BECG CONSULTING TO MANAGE THE GRANT ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WHERE HAS HAMBURG TOWN CODE CONTAINS SPECIFIES THE LOCAL LAWS AND ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND WHERE HAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG? OVER A THREE YEAR PROCESS COMPLETED A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE TOWN AND BEGUN THE ADOPTION OF THIS PLAN.
THE TOWN HAS ALSO COMPLETED OTHER STUDIES AND REPORTS ON LAND USE ISSUES IN THE TOWN AND WHEREAS ZONING MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE TOWN WANTS TO CONTINUE THE PROCESS OF BRINGING THE TOWNS ZONING CODE AND ZONING MAP INTO CONFORMANCE OF THE TOWN'S NEW 2022 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND WHEREAS TOWN OF HAMBURG PROPOSED TO REZO 15 PARCELS AS LISTED THE ATTACHED ZONING REPORT AROUND THE CAMP ROAD INTERCHANGE AREA.
AND WHERE HAS
IT IS THE INTENT OF THE AMBRY TOWN BOARD, TOWN OF AMBRY TOWN BOARD TO ESTABLISH ITSELF A SECRET LEAD AGENCY AND CONDUCT A COORDINATED REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED REZONING.
THE AMBRY TOWN BOARD HEREBY AUTHORIZE THE REFERRAL OF THESE PROPOSED LAWS TO RE COUNTY FOR 2 39 M REFERRAL IN THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG FOR THE 2 39 M REFERRAL AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED THAT HAMBURG TOWN BOARD SITS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS PROPOSED REZONING AT THE HAMBURG TOWN HALL 6,100 SOUTH PARK CABIN IN HAMBURG, NEW YORK AT 7:00 PM ON MARCH 25TH, 2024.
GIMME A SECOND, SECOND ON THE QUESTION.
UM, I KNOW I SPOKE WITH, UM, UH, OUR PLANNING CONSULTANT AND THIS IS A PROCESS WE STARTED A WHILE BACK, THE TOWN BOARD DID MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE WERE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE PLANNING BOARD WITH SOME OF THEIR THOUGHTS.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES AND I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GOING TO ENTERTAIN TABLING THIS SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION AS A TOWN BOARD REGARDING THE INPUT FROM THE PLANNING BOARD AND WHERE WE WANTED TO GO SINCE THERE WERE SOME DIFFERENCES FROM WHAT WE HAD SUBMITTED TO THEM ORIGINALLY.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THE MOTION
IT'S ACTUALLY JUST PULLED FROM THE AGENDA AND IT'S NOT TABLE, UM, THAT WE WOULD CIN IT FOR NOW.
I MAKE A MOTION TO RE I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO RESCIND THE RESOLUTION.
WHERE IS THE WATER RESCUE UNIT? SPECIALIZED TEAM DIVISION HAMBURG FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED NON-PROFIT CORPORATION.
WHEREAS WATER RESCUE UNION PRESENTLY PROVIDES EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO UNIONS IN THE WATER OF LAKE ERIE AND 18 MILE CREEK.
AND WHERE AS THE CHIEFS ARE DESIROUS OF CONTINUOUS PROGRAMS THAT FOSTER INTERESTS IN ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE VOLUNTEER FIRE SERVICE RESCUES IN THE WELFARE WELFARE OF ALL PEOPLE USING THE WATERS OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES.
AND WHEREAS THE WATER RESCUE UNIT PROVIDES EMERGENCY RESPONSES NEEDED TO ALL PEOPLE USING THE WATERS OF LAKE GARY AND THE, AND WIND WITHIN 18 MILE CREEK, WHICH LIE WITHIN OR ARE CONTIGUOUS TO LANDS COMPRISING THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
AND WHEREAS THE CHIEFS ARE WILLING TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES FOR THE CONSIDERATION AND UPON THE TERMS STATED IN THE AGREEMENT ATTACHED HERE.
THEREFORE, WE RESOLVED THE TOWN BOARD OF TOWN VANDENBERG AUTHORIZED THE SUPERVISOR TO INTO THE AGREEMENT WITH THE CHIEFS AND AUTHORIZES THE TOWN TO PROVIDE THE CHIEFS WITH $19,000 IN 2024 FUNDING TO ASSIST IN THE OPERATION OF THE WATER RESCUE UNIT VILLE ON ACCOUNT A POINT 1980 9.0440 SOMO SECOND.
WHERE HAS TOM HAMBURG RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT YOUTH SPORTS PLAY IN ENHANCING THE LIVES OF CHILDREN THROUGH PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES, SKILL BUILDING, TEAM, WORKING COMMUNITY.
AND WHERE HAS YOUTH SPORTS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO IMPROVE THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH PARTICIPANTS.
AND WHERE HAS TOM HAMBURG RECOGNIZES THE VALUE THAT OUR COMMUNITY SPORTS PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS BRING TO OUR TOWN BY AUGMENTING EXISTING TOWN PROGRAM THEREFORE BE RESOLVED? THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AUTHORIZES 2024 FUNDING TO THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS, BOYS ON THE RIGHT TRACK, $1,500 CARNEGIE GRAND RECREATION ASSOCIATION, $1,000 AMBRIDGE JUNIOR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL LEAGUE.
[03:10:01]
LITTLE CAGERS, $2,000 HAM, LITTLE FOOTBALL AND CHEER $1,250.HAMBURG SCOTT HAMBURG SOCCER HAMBURG MONARCH SOCCER CLUB, $4,000 LAKE SHORE LITTLE LEAGUE $2,250 LAKEVIEW ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION.
$4,250 IN SOUTHTOWNS BMX $500 FUNDS AVAILABLE AND ACCOUNT A 1980 9.0440.
ALL IN FAVOR, LISA? I HAD A QUESTION.
UM, I'M, I'VE COACHED FOR A FEW YEARS OF POISON THE RIGHT TRACK LAND CONFLICT COUNT BEING PART OF IT IS ALL.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAYING AYE.
WHERE IS MB LIBRARY BOARD? A K BURY PUBLIC LIBRARY IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION, WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RECOGNIZED THE BENEFITS PROVIDED THE TOWN RESIDENTS BY THE MB PUBLIC LIBRARY.
AND WHERE IS BURY PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL SERVE THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE AN INFORMATION RESOURCE CENTER WITH EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL MATERIALS AND CIVIC PROGRAMS THROUGH DIVERSE ME MEDIA MATERIAL AND WHERE THE HENRY LIBRARY BOARD WILL RECEIVE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS AT THE BURY PUBLIC LIBRARY TO INCLUDE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FISCAL POLICIES, FACILITY POLICIES, AND THE OTHER NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES TO PROVIDE QUALITY LIBRARY SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
THEREFORE, VIA RESOLVE THE HENRY TOWN BOARD, AUTHORIZE THE SUPERVISOR AND TO UNDER THE AGREEMENT AND TO PROVIDE THE HENRY LIBRARY BOARD WITH $3,000 IN 2024 FUNDING FUNDS AVAILABLE ON A POINT 1980 9.04 40.
WHERE IS HENRY NATURAL HISTORY? HISTORY SOCIETY INCORPORATED IS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION IN TOWN OF HAMBURG.
AND WHEREAS, UH, HNHS PROVIDES VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF TOWN OF HAMBURG.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RECOGNIZES THAT THE BENEFITS PROVIDED TO TOWN RESIDENTS BY HNHS PROGRAMS AND WHEREAS TOM HAMBURG IS WILLING TO ASSIST THE HNHS TO SEE THESE PROGRAMS CONTINUE, WHEREAS HNHS WILL PROVIDE SERVICES THAT INCLUDE IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND FIELD TRIPS AT THE PEN DIXIE SITE FOR PUBLIC PAROCHIAL, PRIVATE HOMESCHOOL STUDENTS.
AND WHEREAS HNHS WILL PROVIDE PUBLIC DAY AND EVENING PROGRAMS, THE NATURAL SCIENCES THAT DRAW TOURISTS TO HAMBURG.
AND WHEREAS HNHS WILL PROVIDE FOSSIL THEOLOGY, ASTRONOMY, AND OTHER NATURAL SCIENCE PROGRAMS FOR THE PUBLIC.
AND WHEREAS HNHS WILL PROVIDE EXHIBITS AT COMMUNITY EVENTS, AID IN EAGLE SCOUTS AND GIRL SCOUT GOLD PROJECTS AND PROMOTE HAMBURG BUSINESSES TO PENN DIXIE VISITORS, THEREFORE BE RESOLVED.
TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, TO AUTHORIZE A SUPERVISOR TO ENTER A NEW AGREEMENT HERE TO ATTACH WITH HNHS AND BE A FURTHER RESOLVED TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL PROVIDE $10,000 IN 2024 FUNDING TO ASSIST WITH HNHS PROGRAMMING AS OUTLINED IN THE AGREEMENT FUNDS AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT A 1980 9.0440.
IF YOU ARE WONDERING THE ORGANIZATION ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THE HENRY TOWN BOARD IS HEREBY APPROVE THE REQUEST OF THE WOODLAWN VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY TO ADD TO THE ROLES OF THEIR MEMBERSHIP, THE INDIVIDUALS AS FOLLOWS, JEFFREY
YOUTH RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES BE IT RESOLVED THE TOM BOARD APPROVES TERMINATION AND HIRING OF NEL FOR THE YOUTH AND FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AND RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES AS FOLLOWED AS LISTED.
POST VINCENT GARY WHEREAS AS GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SECTION 2 0 9 B AND 1 22 B AND OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW PROVIDES THAT THE AUTHORITIES HAVING CONTROL OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY THAT HAVE AUTHORIZED SUCH FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY, GENERAL AND SERVICE, INCLUDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DEFINED IN SECTION 3001.
PUBLIC HEALTH LAW MAY FIX A SCHEDULE OF FEES OR CHARGED TO BE PAID BY PERSONS REQUESTING SUCH SERVICE OR SERVICES.
AND WHEREAS THE LAW FURTHER AUTHORIZED THE AUTHORITIES HAVING CONTROL OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE DUMPING MADE TO PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION IF AND CHARGE FOR THE COLLECTION, THERE'RE BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANIES.
AND WHEREAS THE LAW PROVIDES THAT IF THE AUTHOR'S HAVING CONTROL OF A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY HAVE AUTHORIZED SUCH FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY TO FIX THE SCHEDULE OF FEES OR CHARGES TO BE PAID BY A PERSON REQUESTING SUCH SERVICES OR SERVICES AND SEEK PARTICIPATION IN AND REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THE AUTHORITIES HAVING CONTROL OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY SHALL ADHERE TO ANY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ENROLLMENT IN BILLING REQUIREMENTS AT APPLICABLE TO SUB-SERVICES PRIOR TO RECEIVING REIMBURSEMENT.
AND WHEREAS A LAW FURTHER PROVIDES THAT WE'RE A BASIC LIFE SUPPORT SERVICE, WHICH ESTABLISHES A SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR SERVICE SHALL ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH A PROVIDER OF PROVIDERS.
ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES PROVIDE FOR SUCH ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICE AND THAT SUCH CONTRACT SHALL AT A MINIMUM ESTABLISH A FEES FOR ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICE IN THE MEAN BY WHICH SAID PROVIDED WILL BE REIMBURSED FROM THE AMBULANCE SERVICE BILLS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE AND WHERE IS THE LAW FURTHER PROVIDES THAT THERE WAS WHERE AN EMERGENCY AND GENERAL AMBULANCE SERVICE, INCLUDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DEFINED IN SECTION 3001 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO A GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SECTION 2 0 9 DASH B FOUR, WHICH DOES NOT ISSUE A BILL FOR ITS SERVICE AND WHICH REQUESTS AN ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT INTERCEPT FROM ANOTHER AMBULANCE SERVICE, FOR INSTANCE, SERVICE IN AN AREA THAT IS DESIGNATED AS A RURAL AREA BY ANY LAW REGULATION STATE WHERE THAT IS LOCATED IN THE RURAL CENSUS TRACT OF METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA SHALL PAY THE AMBULANCE SERVICE PROVIDING THE A
[03:15:01]
LS TRANS INTERCEPT.AN A LS RURAL INTERCEPT FEE AT RATES NEGOTIATED PROVIDERS OF SUCH SERVICE AND SAID FEE SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE A LS RECIPIENT.
AND WHEREAS LAW FURTHER PROVIDES IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY AGREED UPON RATES, THE SERVICE RECEIVING SUCH A LS INTERCEPT SHALL PAY THE SERVICE PROVIDED THE A LS INTERCEPT FOR SUCH SERVICES, THE USUAL AND CUSTOMARY CHARGE, WHICH SHALL NOT BE EXCESSIVE OR UNREASONABLE.
AND WHEREAS LAW FURTHER PROVIDES AN EMERGENT AND GENERAL AMBULANCE SERVICE, INCLUDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DEFINED SECTION 3001 OF PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SECTION 2 0 9 DASH B FOUR TO FIX THE SCHEDULE OF FEES OR CHARGES BE PAID BY A PERSONS REQUESTING SUCH SERVICES OR SERVICES MAY APPLY SUCH FEES AND CHARGES ONLY WITHIN SUB-SERVICES PRIMARY RESPONSE TERRITORY AS ASSIGNED IN EVIDENCE BY A VALID AMBULANCE SERVICE CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF POWELL PURSUANT TO SECTION 3005 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1ST, 2022.
AND WHERE THE LAW FURTHER PROVIDES AN EMERGENCY AND GENERAL AMBULANCE SERVICE, INCLUDING EMERGENCY AND MEDICAL SERVICE AS DEFINED SECTION 3001 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AUTHORIZE PURSUANT TO GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, SECTION TWO AND NINE DASH B FOUR SHALL NOT DIRECTLY ISSUE A BILL FOR ITS SERVICE TO ANY UNINSURED RECIPIENT OF SUCH SERVICES.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS HISTORICALLY AND CURRENTLY INTENDS TO CONTINUE TO EXERCISE THE AUTHORITY CONFERRED TO IT BY LAW, INCLUDING AUTHORIZES THE AM VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE, INCLUDING BASE LIFE SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE, LIFE SUPPORT
AND WHERE IS BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AFTER DUE TO DELIBERATION, FINDS IT IN THE BEST INTEREST IN THE TERM OF THE IZED FEES AND CHARGES FOR EMERGENCY AND METAL SERVICES AND AMBULANCE SERVICES BY UNDER VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY INCORPORATED AS AUTHORIZED BY THE LAW ON THESE RESOLUTIONS NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED IN THE TENANT OF THE AMBER GEAR MAY AUTHORIZES FEES AND CHARGES FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND AMBULANCE SERVICES BY ARMOR VOLUNTEER FIGHTER COMPANY, INCORPORATED AS AUTHORIZED BY THE LAW AND THE REACH RESOLUTION.
AND IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THESE FEES AND CHARGES COLLECT SHALL BE COLLECTED USED BY ARMOR VOLUNTEER FIGHTER COMPANY, INCORPORATED AS IT DEEMED APPROPRIATE FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL AMBULANCE SERVICE AND OTHER RIGHTS CONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE CURRENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN AND AMER VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY INCORPORATED FOR FLIGHT PRODUCTION PURSUANT TO TOWN LAW 180 4 AND IS OTHER RIGHTS PROVIDED BY LAW AND IT'S FURTHER RESOLVED, THE BOARD HEREBY DIRECTS THE ARMORER VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY SHALL IMMEDIATELY COMMENCE REVENUE RECOVERY FOR ITS EMERGENCY METAL AMBULANCE SERVICE AND SHALL UTILIZE THE THIRD PARTY BILLING AND REVENUE RECOVERY AGENT OR AGENTS APPOINTED BY THE ARMOR VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, INCORPORATED FOR SUCH PURPOSES UNDER SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE ARMOR VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY INCORPORATED MAINTENANCES DISCRETION FIND APPROPRIATE AND IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD HEREBY DIRECTS AT SUCH REVENUE RECOVERY BY THE ARMY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, INCORPORATED FOR ITS EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND AMBULANCE SERVICES SHALL UTILIZE THE RATE OF SERVICES AS ATTACHED TO THESE RESOLUTIONS AT SCHEDULE A, WHICH THE BOARD MAY AMEND IN ITS DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME AND IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED.
THE BOARD HEREBY DETERMINES THAT COMMENCING A 12:01 AM ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2024.
AND UNTIL SUCH TIME CONTRACT CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN ENTERED INTO WITH THE PROVIDER OR PROVIDERS OF ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SUCH ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES OR THE FOUR A LS INTERCEPT SERVICES, THE HILL BOARD HEREBY SETS A MAXIMUM REIMBURSEMENT RATE TO BE PAID FOR ANY SUCH A LS OR A LS INTERCEPT SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE TOWN OR ITS FIRE DEPARTMENT SHALL BE REIMBURSED AND LESSER OF THE MEDICAID OR MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT RATE, IN EFFECT AT THE TIME OF SUCH A LS INTERCEPT SERVICE FOR SUCH SERVICE.
AND IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD HEREBY DETERMINES THAT IT SHALL, AS A MATTER OF PUBLIC POLICY AND A PART OF COMPREHENSIVE REGULATORY SYSTEM FOR THE DELIVERY OF EMERGENT SERVICES WITHIN THE TOWN WA OF ANY COPAY DUE FROM ANY RESIDENT OF THE TOWN.
AND IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD HEREBY DIRECTS AT ALL REVENUE RECOVERED PURSUANT TO THIS AUTHORIZATION.
AND THESE RESOLUTIONS SHALL BE DEPOSITED AND SEGREGATED FROM OTHER ARMOR VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY INCORPORATED FUNDS USED FOR THE DELIVERY OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL AMBULANCE SERVICES AS THE ARMOR VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY INCORPORATED MAY PROPERLY DETERMINE WHEN ITS SOLE DISCRETION AND IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD HEREBY DIRECTS THAT IT SHALL NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY TOWN PERSONNEL OR ITS AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING TOWN BILLING SERVICE AGENCY TO A BILL OR ITS SERVICE TO ANY UNINSURED RECIPIENT OF SUCH EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND AMBULANCE SERVICES PURSUANT TO GENERAL MUNICIPAL ON SECTION 2 0 9 DASH B FOUR, SECTION B.
AND IT'S FOR THE RESOLVE THAT EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED HERE, THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
SCHEDULE A LISTED SO MOTION SECOND, UH, FAVORABLY SAY, AYE.
THOSE EXEMPTIONS CARRIED YOU RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN HAMBURG APPROVED THE TOWN BOARD AUDIT OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS DATED FEBRUARY 26TH, 2024.
TOTAL CASH DISBURSEMENTS SUBMITTED FOR AUDIT $1,967,000 AND 91 CENTS.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
GARY? UH, THIS WASN'T DETERMINED TO BE AN EMERGENCY.
OKAY, SO THIS BRINGS US TO PUBLIC EXPRESSION.
AFTER PUBLIC EXPRESSION, WE WILL HAVE, UH, REFORGE MOVE BOARD.
[03:20:01]
SO IF ANYBODY IS HERE YES MA'AM.COME UP HERE IF YOU LIKE SHE CAN.
UM, I LIVE ON CAITLIN TERRACE IN WAY SOUTH AND I LIVE RIGHT DOWN FROM THE TREE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, BEHIND MY FENCE IS AN EASEMENT, UH, BETWEEN MY PROPERTY AND PEN DIXIE SITE.
AND THAT IS OWNED BY THE TOWN OF CAMPBELL.
IT IS NOT MAINTAINED BY TOWN OF CAMPBELL.
I'VE LIVED THERE FOR EIGHT YEARS AND IT'S NEVER BEEN MAINTAINED.
IT'S USUALLY THE PEOPLE THAT OWN THE PROPERTY THAT GO IN THE BACK AND THEY MAINTAIN THAT.
UM, I'VE SEEN PEOPLE TAKE TREES DOWN.
I'VE SEEN THEM PLANT GARDENS BACK THERE.
NOW I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND I HAVE THREE COTTONWOOD TREES ON MY PROPERTY THAT ARE DESTROYING.
THEY DESTROYED MY CENTRAL AIR SYSTEM.
IT'S COST ME OVER $7,000 TO TAKE CARE OF THIS.
THEY'RE THESE TREES, I MEAN, ARE THEY'RE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY OUTLAWED IN AREAS OF THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE THERE'S NO BENEFIT TO THEM.
I'M ASKING THAT THOSE TREES GET TO DOWN MY, MY YARD, MY NEIGHBOR'S YARD.
UM, MY CENTRAL AIR UNIT, THEY TOLD ME TO PUT SOMETHING AROUND IT AND MY HVAC PERSON SAID, NO, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO PUT ANYTHING AROUND IT BECAUSE IT NEEDS AIR.
UM, SUPERVISOR HO HAS BEEN OUT THERE.
LEONA ROCKWOOD HAS BEEN OUT THERE.
WHEN LEONA ROCKWOOD WAS OUT THERE, ALL SHE DID WAS REMARK IT, HOW BEAUTIFUL IT WAS BACK THERE.
YOU KNOW, SHE DIDN'T COME IN THE SPRING WHEN YOU KNOW IF THIS, THESE TREES ARE SHEDDING, UM, THERE ARE NUISANCE TREES AND IF YOU LOOK IT UP, WHAT THESE TREES ARE GOOD FOR, THEY'LL SAY BUILDING SHEDS, SUBFLOORS AND HORSE FARMS. UM, THEY DECAY FROM THE INSIDE.
SO YOU DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE DYING UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY FALL OVER THREE TREES.
I'M ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE REMOVE THOSE THREE TREES.
I CAN'T ENJOY MY YARD UNTIL THOSE TREES ARE DONE SHEDDING, AND THAT'S NOT FAIR TO ME.
I'M A TAXPAYER AND I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST TREES.
IF YOU LOOK AT BIG TREE, YOU KNOW, THEY TOOK DOWN THAT WHOLE SECTION FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO THE PARK.
THERE'S PILES AND PILES AND PILES OF TREES LAYING THERE FOR WHAT ARE THEY DEVELOPING? SOMETHING THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS.
YOU TELL ME THAT YOU DON'T TAKE DOWN LIVE TREES, BUT THESE TREES ARE NUISANCE TREES.
I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO TAKE DOWN A RED MAPLE OR A TOWERING OAK.
I'M ASKING YOU TO TAKE DOWN THE COTTONWOOD TREES, PLEASE.
THEY'RE COTTONWOOD, YOU SAID? YES, MS. CHER, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY ON THIS TOPIC.
I WAS HAPPY TO, UH, LOOK AT THE PROPERTY MYSELF.
UH, LAST YEAR, UM, WE HAVE HAD OUR BUILDING GROUNDS DIRECTOR AS WELL AS THE CHAIR OF OUR CONSERVATION ADVISORY BOARD.
UM, WHILE THE BUILDINGS GROUNDS DIRECTOR, UH, THOUGHT OF REMOVING THOSE TREES WOULD NOT REMEDY THE ISSUE BECAUSE THEY ARE SET WITHIN THE STAND OF HUNDREDS OF COTTONWOOD TREES.
UM, I AGREED THAT IF THE CONSERVATION ADVISORY BOARD WOULD AUTHORIZE THE REMOVAL OF THOSE TREES, THEN I WOULD BE GLAD TO DIRECT THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS TO DO SO.
MS. ROCKWOOD DID SURVEY THE PROPERTY AND FOUND THAT THERE'S NO REASON TO TAKE DOWN THE TREES, BUT, BUT THERE IS A REASON TO TAKE BOUNDARIES.
IF YOU WANNA SELL ME THAT PROPERTY, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PURCHASE IT FROM YOU.
I CAN'T ENJOY MY PROPERTY BECAUSE OF A PROPERTY YOU ARE NOT MAINTAINING.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE TOWN OF HAMBURG THAT
[03:25:01]
OWNS IT.I HAVE OVERGROWTH COMING OVER MY FENCE.
NOW, IF YOU WERE MY NEIGHBOR, I WOULD HAVE YOU IN COURT.
THERE'S, THERE IS A REASON TO TAKE IT DOWN.
SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO APPEAL TO THE CONSERVATION ADVISORY BOARD, OR YOU COULD CONTINUE A CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER FARRELL LORENZ, WHO'S THE LIAISON THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT.
WELL, MS. ROCKWOOD, WHEN SHE WAS BACK THERE, JUST NEVER COMMENTED ON THE COTTONWOOD TREES, NEVER ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT THEM.
NOT ONE TIME, SHE JUST, YOU KNOW, IT WAS LATE FALL, SHE SAID, WOW, IT'S REALLY NICE THAT HERE WE HAVE NO QUESTIONS, NO NOTHING.
WELL, PERHAPS A, A VISIT IN THE SPRING OR, OR WHEN THE, THE, THE TREES ARE BLOSSOMING MIGHT BE IN ORDER.
AND THE CONSERVATION ADVISORY BOARD IS MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT.
SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I BRING IT UP AND ASK THEM TO, UM, HAVE A DIALOGUE ABOUT THAT.
POSSIBLY VISIT AT A DIFFERENT TIME OF YEAR AND SEE IF THEY CAN, UH, WHAT THEIR OPINION IS.
UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL NEW MEMBERS ON THE BOARD.
I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT TOPICS.
UM, SO I'LL BRING IT TO THEIR ATTENTION, GET SOME INPUT FROM THEM AND SEE IF THEY HAVE SOME POSSIBILITIES THAT THEY COULD OFFER FOR RESOLUTION.
SO EXCUSE BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND THE MEETING, SO I CAN'T, YEAH, NO, I WORKED THREE JOBS.
NO, I'LL BE SURE TO GET BACK TO HER.
SO, SO CAN I JUST, I'LL JUST MAKE SURE THAT I GET YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION SO WE CAN GET AHOLD OF YOU, OKAY.
UM, MY CAR WAS PARKED ON THE STREET AS I WAS HAVING MY DRIVEWAY CLEANED OUT FROM, FROM SNOW.
I HAD, I CAME IN, I FILED A CLAIM.
I CALLED CINDY CONLIN FIVE TIMES.
SHE HAD TO RETURN ANY OF MY CALLS.
I DID RECEIVE A LETTER FROM FER ASKING IF I HAD A SECOND WITNESS BECAUSE I DID GIVE THEM ONE WITNESS.
I SENT HIM AN EMAIL, NO RESPONSE.
I FINALLY DID TALK WITH CINDY ON, AFTER CALLING HER FIVE TIMES ON FEBRUARY 8TH, AND GAVE HER THE NAME OF MY SECOND WITNESS THAT SAW IT HAPPEN.
AND NO ONE HAS CONTACTED HIM YET.
UM, I WENT AND GOT THE ESTIMATE LIKE I WAS TOLD TO.
SO WHAT DO WE DO, MR. CROW? WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT AT THIS TIME? NOT IN ANY GREAT DETAIL.
THE, UH, MATTER'S BEING INVESTIGATED HAS BEEN, BEEN INVESTIGATED FOR A NUMBER OF WEEKS NOW, AND, UH, WE'LL LOOK AT IT CLOSELY AND, UH, RESOLVED IF IT'S, IF, UH, APPROPRIATE TO, WE'LL TAKE THE NORMAL LEGAL STEPS TO LEAD WITH ANY CLAIM OF THIS NATURE AND FULLY INVESTIGATE IT AND LOOK AT THE PROOF.
YEAH, MS. CONLEY HAS RESPONDED TO YOU A NUMBER OF TIMES AND ASKED FOR MORE INFORMATION, AND SO WE COULD FURTHER OUR INVESTIGATION AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT BOTH COMPLETE.
SHE HAS NOT RESPONDED TO ME AT ALL.
OH, THEN, THEN THAT'S VERY CLEAR THAT SHE HAS, BECAUSE SHE'D ASKED ME ON MULTIPLE TIMES FOR VARIOUS WITNESS NAMES AND YOU ACTUALLY PROVIDED SOME.
NO, SHE ASKED ME WHY, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO IT ANYMORE.
YOUR LETTER ASKED FOR A SECOND WITNESS AND I CALLED HER FIVE TIMES TO GIVE HER THAT INFORMATION.
AND IT WASN'T UNTIL THE SIXTH TIMES THAT SHE ACTUALLY ANSWERED THE PHONE SO I COULD GIVE HER THE INFORMATION.
THAT WAS THREE WEEKS AGO AND NOBODY HAD CALLED HIM AT ALL.
THEY HAVE INTERVIEWED THE WITNESSES, BUT WE DO OUR INVESTIGATION.
THEY INTERVIEWED ONE WITNESS, NOT THE SECOND ONE.
WE'RE VERY GOOD AT THAT GUARANTEE.
SO WHEN CAN I GET THIS? WHEN CAN I GET MY, THE INVESTIGATION'S COMPLETED? WHEN WILL THAT BE? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF A WITNESS POSSIBLY.
AND WHEN IT'S DONE, WE'LL GIVE YOU AN ANSWER AND IT MAY BE IT'S DENIED.
WELL, THE SECOND WITNESS IS A TEST, A MATTER OF ASSESSING LIABILITY ON THE SITUATION.
THE WITNESS IS RETIRED, HIS PHONE ALL THE TIME.
HE HAS HIS CELL PHONE ON, ON ALL THE TIME, AND HE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR A PHONE CALL AND HAS NOT RECEIVED ONE.
WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE MS. MS. CONLIN IS, IS TYPICALLY EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE AND VERY PROMPT.
UM, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION THIS EVENING, AND IT'S, IT'S CERTAINLY ON OUR RADAR, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOUR SITUATION IS ADDRESSED.
UH, MAHONEY, UH, AMBER UNITED COUNCIL
UM, IT'S BEEN SAID PERSONALLY TO ME THAT, UM, I SPEAK ON THESE THINGS THAT I'M ONLY THE SPEAKER, I'M THE ONLY PERSON
[03:30:01]
FOR THIS, UH, UNITED HAMMER PROTECTOR.I DIDN'T TAKE IT AS A OFFENSE, BUT AFTER PEOPLE HERE TODAY THAT ARE MEMBERS OF OUR TAXPAYER GROUP, WE ALSO HAVE APPROXIMATELY 40 THAT ARE ONLINE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY DO THE, THEY CAN TEXT FROM LET KNOW YOU'RE HERE.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP, THAT I'M NOT JUST TAXPAYER GROUP.
UM, LAST YEAR, IN NOVEMBER OF 2023, I REACHED OUT TO THE ID IT DEPARTMENT TO ASK FOR A WEBSITE PAGE REQUEST.
UH, WITH A GREAT COMMUNICATION FROM THE IT DEPARTMENT, THEY REACHED OUT THE SUPERVISOR WHO RESPONDED THAT YOU WANTED A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THEIR ORGANIZATION, THE SCHEDULE, THE MEETINGS, AND HOW THE RESIDENTS CAN BECOME PART OF THEIR ORGANIZATION.
ON FEBRUARY 1ST, I RESPONDED, SUPERVISOR HO, THE UNITED COUNCIL OF HAMBURG TAXPAYERS INCORPORATED WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1990 TO BRING ALL TAXPAYER ASSOCIATIONS INTO THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT COULD OVERSEE THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TAXPAYER ASSOCIATION.
THIS WAS DONE TO PROVIDE GREATER VOICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THE OBJECTIVE OF ALL TAXPAYER ASSOCIATIONS WAS TO PROTECT, PROTECT THE TAXPAYER'S RIGHTS WITHIN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND NEW YORK STATE.
LOXLEY PARK TAXPAYERS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TAXPAYER ORGANIZATIONS FORMED IN 1919 DUE TO THE, UH, LEGAL AGREEMENT OF WHAT IS NOW HAMMERED BEAST TO THE TOWN.
ANOTHER EARLY GROUP WAS STRATTON MCKINLEY TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED, WHICH WAS OFFICIALLY ORGANIZED IN 1946.
OTHER ASSOCIATIONS WERE COLD VILLAGE OF BLAZEDALE, VILLAGE OF HAMBURG, CARNEGIE SOUTHWEST, AND WOODLAWN TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION.
ALL THESE DISTRICTS WERE PROPERLY DEFINED BY ESTABLISHMENT OF BOUNDARIES AND BYLAWS.
THE UNITED COUNCIL WAS THEN ESTABLISHED TO ASSIST THE, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEADERSHIP FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF TAXPAYERS IN HAMBURG.
THE UNITED COUNCIL OBJECTIVE IS TO SEE THAT NEW YORK STATE AND THE TALL HAMBURG GOVERNMENTS ARE COMMITTED TO TREATING TAXPAYERS FAIRLY WITH COURTESY AND RESPECT.
THE UNITED COUNCIL MONTHLY MEETINGS ARE CALLED BY PRESIDENT JOE IAN.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET WITH OTHER ASSOCIATION MEETINGS AND OUTSIDE GROUPS AT MEMBERS REQUESTS.
AS A POINT OF INFORMATION, SEVERAL LOCAL TAXPAYER ASSOCIATIONS ARE STILL FUNCTIONING WHILE OTHERS ARE IN STANDBY STATE WITH LIMITED ACTIVITY.
IF RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED WITH TAXPAYER ASSOCIATION OR THE UNITED COUNCIL IN GENERAL, THEY MUST CONTACT PRESIDENT JOEL KILLIAN.
I SUPPLIED THE EMAILS MYSELF, BOB MAHONEY, MY EMAIL SUPPLIED TREASURER KIM FINLEY, EMAIL SUPPLIED AND SECRETARY FRANC GEIER, UH, EMAIL APPLIED RESPECTFULLY, BOB MAHONEY, UNITED COUNCIL OF AMBER PROTECTED.
WE'RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS AS WE SPEAK TODAY, PUTTING UP A WEB OR, UM, A FACEBOOK ACCOUNT THAT PEOPLE CAN JOIN.
YOU ASK QUESTIONS, AND THEN YOU COME INTO THE, INTO THE ASSOCIATION.
UH, SO ALL WE'RE ASKING IS TO BE CONCLUDED ON THAT WEBSITE.
SO, UH, WE RECENTLY WENT THROUGH, UH, A COMPLETE REVAMP OF, OF OUR WEBSITE.
IN THE PROCESS OF REVAMPING THE WEBSITE, WE WENT, UH, MS. ROBERTSON LED THIS EFFORT.
UH, WE, WE CHECKED ALL THE LINKS.
THE LAST THING WE WANTED TO DO WAS ROLL OUT A NEW WEBSITE AND HAVE DEAD LINKS TO PAGES OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT NO LONGER EXISTED.
UM, SO WE'RE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE WITH THIS REQUEST.
UM, I'M WAITING FOR A RESPONSE FROM MR. KILLIAN.
I ASKED, UH, THAT WHEN THE NEXT MEETING IS SO THAT I CAN ATTEND, CHECK THE GROUP OUT.
UM, BUT HE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET.
HE GAVE ME, HE GAVE ME A RESPONSE.
WE'LL MEET WITH ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL CONCLUDING THE BOARD WITH SEPARATE MEETINGS.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO YOUR EXECUTIVE SESSIONS WHEN WE MEET AS, AS A, AS AN EXECUTIVE GROUP.
SO ANYTIME YOU WANNA HAVE A MEETING WITH OUR GROUP, WE'RE, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU ON A SEPARATE MEETING.
SO WHAT WHAT I'LL DO AT THIS POINT IS, IS, IS I'LL, I'LL, I'LL FIND SOMEBODY TO ATTEND ON MY BEHALF, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN CHECK THE MEETING OUT BECAUSE MY CONCERN HERE WITH, WITH THIS GROUP IS THERE'S SOME FOLKS THAT MAY NOT BE WELCOME TO ATTEND.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS AN INCLUSIVE GROUP.
UH, AND IF WE'RE GONNA PUT IT ON THE WEBSITE, NOBODY'S HITTING A, A DEAD END.
WELL, THERE ARE CONDITIONS TO BE WRONG WITH THIS GROUP.
WELL, THEN WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THOSE CONDITIONS TO POST THEM ON THE WEBSITE AND YOU WILL, WITH THE INFORMATION THAT'S POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, WELL GIVE US THAT INFORMATION AND THEN WE CAN PUT IT UP THERE.
WE'LL GIVE 'EM THE CONDITIONS ONCE THEY APPLY.
JE HOPE IT'S A VERY EASY PROCESS.
YEAH, BUT WE, WE WANNA BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THIS.
IF THERE'S CONDITIONS THAT GET INTO THE CLUB, WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THOSE BEFORE THEY MAKE THE CALL.
WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE IMPEDIMENTS OR WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT MR. HOL? WHAT, YEAH, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT INFORMATION DO YOU NEED FOR US TO DECIDE WHO OUR CONDITION, THE, THE CONDITIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP AND WHEN THE MEETINGS ARE? WE'LL, YOU CONTACT US.
[03:35:01]
I WE WANNA SCHEDULE MEETINGS THAT, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF AN ASK.IT'S NOT, WE SET UP A SEPARATE MEETING.
NO, WE WANNA SCHEDULE A MEETINGS WHEN, WHEN YOU MEET.
THAT'S INFORMATION THAT WE TYPICALLY PROVIDE.
STATED THAT MR. KILLIAN HAS 'EM ONCE A MONTH AND WE MEET WITH SEPARATE GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS AT THEIR REQUEST.
RIGHT? SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR WHEN THOSE MEETINGS ARE.
WE WANNA BE ABLE TO SAY THEY MEET ON THE SECOND TUESDAY, THEY MEET ON THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY, WHATEVER THAT IS.
I THINK IT'S FAIR, IT'S A FAIR REQUEST FROM THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, UH, FOR YOU TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
PEOPLE THAT MEET ARE ALREADY MEMBERS.
MR. I BELIEVE WE'RE PAST THREE MINUTES.
WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO BE HEARD? MS. GUYER?
I WANNA, UM, THANK THE FOR HAVING SUCH, UM, AMAZING SEPARATE COMMITTEES THAT WE COULD ALL AS HAMBURG COME TAXPAYERS BE INVOLVED WITH.
I MYSELF AM INVOLVED WITH MANY OF 'EM.
AND SOMETIMES, UM, THERE IS OVERLAP IN THE LINES OF, UM, MEMBERSHIP DO GET SKEWED AT TIMES.
SO I RESPECT YOUR QUESTIONS, RANDY, ON HOW YOU GET TO BE INVOLVED WITH ONE OVER ANOTHER.
AND IN FACT, MY QUESTION KIND OF RELATES TO THAT SIMILARLY.
AND, UM, THAT IS THAT I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN ASKING MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AROUND, 'CAUSE THERE IS OVERLAP WITH, UM, PARTICIPATION AROUND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND I PERSONALLY AM CONFUSED ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES BETWEEN THE LWRP VERSUS THE SHORELINE REVITALIZATION.
IT SEEMS TO ME THE TOPICS ARE VERY, UM, SIMILAR NATURE AND A LOT OF THE MEMBERSHIP OVERLAPS AS FAR AS, UM, I SHOULDN'T CALL IT MEMBERSHIP, BUT THE, UM, COMMITTEE, UH, LIKE THE LEADERSHIP, THE EXECUTIVE REPRESENTATIVE HEADS ARE OVERLAPPING.
SO, UM, AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, I ATTEND ALL OF 'EM AND WE ALL KIND OF GO DOWN THE SAME PATH AND JUST ATTEND ALL THESE MEETINGS.
AND I UNDERSTAND, AND I AGREE WITH YOU, RANDY, THAT IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT A WEBSITE, YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE THE CLARITY ON WHAT TRULY ARE THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH.
I, AGAIN, AM SPECIFICALLY QUESTIONING THE DIFFERENCE AND THE ROLES AND THE AUTHORITIES AND THE DECISION MAKING AROUND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE LWRP AND THE SHORELINE REVITALIZATION.
ALSO, I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN MY BEHAVIOR.
EARLIER TODAY WHEN I RAISED MY HAND AND I CALLED OUT THE THREE MINUTE RULE, UM, OVERAGE.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE I AM, UM, A VICTIM OF BEING CALLED OUT FOR GOING OVER THREE MINUTES.
IN FACT, I MIGHT BE GOING OVER RIGHT NOW.
BUT, UM, I, I APPRECIATE THE DISCRETION THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU AND OTHER BOARD MEETINGS I ATTEND UTILIZE WHEN, WHEN USING THAT RULE.
I REALLY DO ADMIRE AND APPRECIATE WHEN THE LEADS SUCH AS YOURSELF, MR. HOPE AND UM, OTHERS, HOW THEY KNOW WHEN, SO THAT IT GO OVER AND WHEN NOT TO, BECAUSE THE INTENT IS WELL RE IS WELL UNDERSTOOD, AND THAT IS TO HOLD, UM, CONTROLLED MEETINGS.
WE HAVE TO HAVE CONTROL, RIGHT? THAT'S WHY WE RELY ON THE, UM, THE GOVERNANCE AND THE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES THAT ARE IN PLACE.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING A THREE MINUTE RULE, MAY I JUST SUGGEST THAT THE POLICY BE THAT WE RESPECT THE BOARD'S AND ANY COMMITTEE'S, UH, RESPONSIBILITY TO HOLD A SOUND AND CONTROLLED MEETING AND LEAVE IT AT THAT.
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN AT MEETINGS WHERE THE DEVELOPERS ARE ALLOWED TO GO ON ENDLESS, ENDLESS DEALS AND PRESENTATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY WANNA PUT IN PLACE IN THE TOTER PAM, AND THE DEVELOPMENT IDEAS AND THE ZONING IDEAS THAT THEY HAVE AND THE VARIANCES THAT THEY ARE SEEKING.
AND THEN THE RESIDENTS THAT WANT TO QUESTION OR TO DEFEND THE RIGHTS TO PEACE AND QUIET AND RESPECTFUL LIVING ARE CUT SHORT TO THAT THREE MINUTES.
SO IF YOU'RE GONNA GIVE 30 MINUTES TO A DEVELOPER, THEN RESPECTFULLY GIVE THAT 30 MINUTES TO OTHERS.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.
AND THE LAST THING IS REAL QUICK, AGAIN, I'M OVER MY THREE MINUTES.
THE LAST THING IS, UM, AS YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN REALLY FOR OVER A YEAR NOW CHAMPIONING THE NEED FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TO LOOK AT THE NOISE ORDINANCE OF THIS TOWN OF HAMBURG AND ITS RELEVANCE TO THE CURRENT CONDITIONS AND THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS.
AND I, AGAIN, URGE YOU TO LOOK AT THAT NOISE ORDINANCE POLICY FOR RELEVANCE, FOR APPLICABILITY, AND FOR, UM, THE CHANGE OF TIME.
[03:40:01]
1920 SOMETHING PERHAPS AND TIMES HAVE CHANGED.IT HAS 11 O'CLOCK CUTOFF TIME.
IT'S JUST A FREE FOR ALL UNTIL 11 O'CLOCK.
AND YOU'RE LEAVING YOUR TOWN OFFICIALS, YOUR TOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT AT THE HANDS OF NEIGHBORS WITHOUT ANY CONCISE RULES OR POLICIES TO FOLLOW OTHER THAN BE QUIET AT 11 O'CLOCK.
I, I THINK THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PRESENTATION AND SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, HAVING THEIR CHANCE TO SPEAK IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
THEY'RE EXPLAINING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEY'RE, UM, MR. HOKE INVITED THAT GENTLEMAN UP TO GIVE A LITTLE PRESENTATION ON THE SENIOR CENTER AND SOMETIMES DEVELOPERS, YOU KNOW, YEAH, I THINK, WELL, I'VE SEEN THIS FROM A PRESENTATION.
I THOUGHT I'M THIS COMMUNITY MEMBER WITH HIS THREE MINUTE, UM, ALLOWANCE.
MR. UCCI, I YIELD NO, PLEASE, YOU FIRST.
NO, NO, MS. ICK, GO AHEAD PLEASE.
A COUPLE THINGS I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS.
QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENCE OF HAMBURG.
UH, WE NOT WANT TO HAVE, AS FRANCINE SAID, WE DON'T WANT A FREE FOR ALL TOWN.
UH, COULD I ASK FOR THE FORMATION OF A CITIZENS COMMITTEE AS FAR IN VIS BE, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT PENALTIES AND CODE ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS AS FAR AS NOISE AND OTHER KINDS OF DISTURBANCES? AND I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT THE, UH, YOU, I BELIEVE YOU COULD INCLUDE THE TAXPAYER GROUP, UH, WITH AN ASTERISK TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY.
MY NAME IS RFRA RISE VOTE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SUPERVISOR HOPE DURING THE JANUARY SNOWSTORM.
YOU YET AGAIN INTERFERED IN OUR WORK.
YOU INSTRUCTED MR. RIVERA TO DISCIPLINE ANYBODY WHO WENT TO THE HAMBURG TOWN PARK TO PLOW.
YOU INVOLVED YOURSELF IN THINGS YOU KNEW NOTHING ABOUT.
WE WERE TOLD ONLY TO PLOW TOWN HALL IN OUR SENIOR CENTER, WHICH ALWAYS TAKES PRIORITY DURING THE SNOWSTORM.
ONCE OUR IMPORTANT PROPERTIES ARE DONE, WE ALWAYS GO TO OUR OTHER FACILITIES TO PLOW 'EM OUT.
THIS IS FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
IF ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS WERE TO CATCH FIRE, EMERGENCY SERVICES WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO OUR BUILDINGS.
HOW DO YOU THINK OUR INSURANCE COMPANY WOULD FEEL ABOUT YOUR DIRECTION TO NOT PLOW THESE FACILITIES OUT? IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS WERE TO HAPPEN, IT IS LIKELY THAT YOU WOULD END UP BLAMING BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS DID HAPPEN.
IT REALLY BLEW MY MIND THAT YOU HAD THE NERVE TO THANK US AT BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
YOU'RE NOT THANKFUL AND HONESTLY, YOU SHOULD HAVE STAYED HOME AND LET THE COMPETENT DEPARTMENTS DO THEIR JOBS.
YOU ARE NOT NEEDED AT A FACILITY DURING THESE STORMS. YOU PLAY NO MAJOR ROLE ASIDE FROM GETTING IN OUR WAY.
ADDITIONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR PARKING YOUR TRUCK IN FRONT OF THE SENIOR CENTER RIGHT IN OUR WAY, SUPERVISOR, HOPE YOUR BEHAVIOR BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IS BEYOND UNPROFESSIONAL AND IT'S CHILDLIKE.
YOU ARE TRYING TO TERRORIZE NEWLY APPOINTED PEOPLE BY BLAMING THEM FOR YOUR LACK OF LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONALISM AT THE TOWN REORGANIZATION MEETING YOU OPENLY BLAMED OUR NEWLY APPOINTED TOWN ATTORNEY FOR THE LOSS OF THE SENIOR CENTER AT THE FEBRUARY 5TH ONE TOWN BOARD MEETING.
YOU BLAME THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FRONTIER.
I FEEL YOU OWE OUR TOWN ATTORNEY, ATTORNEY APOLOGY FOR YOUR BEHAVIOR.
YOU AND YOU ALONE ARE THE REASON WE ARE LOSING THE SENIOR CENTER.
STOP POINTING THE FINGER AT EVERYONE ELSE AND TAKE A LOOK AT YOURSELF.
YOU HONESTLY ARE NOT INTIMIDATING ANYONE WITH YOUR BULLY TACTICS.
AS SOON AS YOU FREAK OUT ON SOMEONE, WHETHER IN PRIVATE OR IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE, WE LAUGH AT YOU.
AS A RESULT OF YOUR ONGOING BEHAVIOR, YOU HAVE LEFT MYSELF AND MY UNIT WITH NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO DISCUSS.
ALTHOUGH TO NO CONFIDENCE AGAINST YOU, YOU AND YOU ALONE WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR ONGOING ANTI-UNION BEHAVIOR.
YOU ARE DISGRACED TO THIS TOWN.
I CANNOT WAIT TO WATCH YOU LEAVE.
YOU ARE DESTROYING THIS BEAUTIFUL TOWN THAT WE ALL LOVE AND TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN, AND WE WILL NOT STAND FOR IT ANYMORE.
I'VE ASKED YOU BEFORE TO TREAT US WITH THE SAME LEVEL OF RESPECT.
WE HAVE GIVEN YOU TO DO BETTER AND TO BE BETTER.
LITERALLY, YOU WILL NEVER LEARN.
BUT NO, I WILL ALWAYS BE HERE TO CORRECT YOUR ANTI-UNION WAYS.
WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS, UH, MR. FARRELL.
AND WHILE I'M NOT PREPARED TO OFFER AN APOLOGY FOR, UH, MY STANCE ON THE SENIOR CENTER, I I STAND BY IT.
I THINK IT WAS A BAD AGREEMENT AND, AND WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER.
I WOULD LIKE TO APPLAUD YOU AND COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, YOU WERE ABLE TO TAKE THIS, UH, FROM AN, AN EFFORT THAT REALLY NEEDED SOME HELP TO BRINGING IN COMPETENT COUNSEL AND MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD.
[03:45:01]
PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU.WHEN IT COMES TO STORMS THAT RISE TO THE LEVEL OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY, THE TOWN SUPERVISOR PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE.
THERE'S DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE AND THEY HAVE TO BE MADE QUICKLY.
I DO NOT MAKE THOSE DECISIONS BY MYSELF NOR IN A VACUUM.
I START HAVING MEETINGS 36 HOURS BEFORE THE EVENT IS SUPPOSED TO HIT.
THOSE MEETINGS INVOLVE THE CHIEF OF POLICE OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE, THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE, AND OUR BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR MR. RIVERA, AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR SENIOR PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH OFFICER SHOWING CRIME.
WHEN WE HAVE THESE SNOWFALLS THAT RISE TO A STATE OF EMERGENCY, I CAN BE FOUND EITHER AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY, MOST LIKELY AT THE, AT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH.
THAT'S WHERE WE HEAR FROM THE FIRE CHIEFS.
THAT'S WHERE WE HEAR FROM THE OFFICERS ON THE GROUND.
THAT'S WHERE I'M ABLE TO TAKE, UH, CONFERENCE CALLS WITH COUNTY LEADERSHIP, WHO IS MEETING WITH THEIR TEAMS THAT ARE ON THE GROUND, AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES FOR UNION CONCRETE AND BRINGING MUCH NEEDED RESOURCES TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I ALSO HELPED TO COORDINATE THE MUTUAL AID EFFORTS THAT HAPPEN WHEN WE NEED SOME HELP.
AND I REACH OUT TO MAYORS OR TOWN SUPERVISORS FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES TO DO SO.
I'M PROUD OF MY PERFORMANCE AND DECISIONS THAT I'VE MADE WHEN OUR TOWN HAS BEEN HIT BY THESE MASSIVE SNOWFALL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, WITH MR. KARATE, WITH MR. HUGHES AND MR. RIVERA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ENSURE THE SAFETY OF TOWN RESIDENTS AND THE TRAVELING PUBLIC.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE HEARD? MRS. VAN DALE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS BARBARA VAN DALE AND, UH, SAFETY DOVETAIL.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, I DON'T FEEL THIS IS THE BEST AVENUE TO EXPRESS THIS, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.
ON FEBRUARY 7TH AT THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING, MY HUSBAND JAMIE VAN DALE MADE A VERY CLEAR STATEMENT CONCERNING SAFETY AND THE NEW ZONE NEIGHBORS THAT WE HAVE.
HIS STATEMENT WAS, UM, BASICALLY THAT ON FEBRUARY 5TH, WE WERE AT THIS TOWN BOARD MEETING.
WHEN WE RETURNED HOME, WE HAD A VERY UNUSUAL KICKED IN WINDOW.
THERE WAS PROBABLY SOMEBODY WITH BLOODY FOOT, OR LEG BY THE FORCE OF HIS WINDOW WAS KICKED IN IN OUR DOOR.
HE DIDN'T EXPRESS THAT, BUT HE EXPRESSED THE FACT THAT A WINDOW WHEN WE RETURNED HOME, A WINDOW WAS KICKED IN AT THE TOWN BOARD MEETING ON FEBRUARY 5TH.
I READ THE MU ONE CONDITIONS THAT WERE ON THE TOWN WEBSITE AND THREE THAT I APPLAUDED AND THANKED YOU FOR.
BUT TWO OF THOSE AMENDMENTS THAT I WAS VERY PLEASED WITH WERE IMMEDIATELY ALTERED AND CHANGED AFTER THEY WERE READ, A RESOLUTION WAS MADE AND THEY WERE CHANGED TO READ IN A MUCH MORE RELAXED AND UNENFORCEABLE MANNER, WHICH ALSO CAUSES US TO FEEL VERY UNSAFE.
WE CONTINUE TO EXPRESS THAT 175 PARTYING PEOPLE NEXT TO OUR HOME WITH VERY LITTLE OR NO SECURITY, EXCEPT A COUPLE.
UM, NO TRESPASSING SIGNS IS VERY CONCERNING TO US.
MY CONCERN IS THIS WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES.
THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING IT UP BECAUSE I'M HOPING IT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THESE MINUTES.
WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO BE HEARD? BARBARA? BARBARA? I AM A PROGRESSION, HAVE BEEN FOR 35 YEARS.
MY DAUGHTER, CASEY NODER, IS THE 26-YEAR-OLD FEMALE THAT WAS STRUCK BY NOT ONE, BUT TWO CARS AT THE CORNER SOUTH PART SPRING ON AUGUST 20TH, LAST YEAR, LAST DAY.
IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IT'S SIX MONTHS
I, MY LIFE WILL FOREVER BE CHANGED 'CAUSE OF THAT.
I HAVE MADE IT MY LIFE'S MISSION TO ADVOCATE FOR CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY, TO DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO AFFECT CHANGE, TO MAKE OUR ROADS SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS, SENIORS
[03:50:01]
WHO SHARE THE ROAD WITH CARS AND TRUCKS.I HAVE JOINED HAMBURG MOVES, WHICH IS A GROUP OF COMMUNITY-MINDED RESIDENTS WHO WORK TOWARDS, WITH THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TO PROTECT, TO PROMOTE SAFE, ACCESSIBLE WAYS FOR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO GET WHERE THEY NEED AND WHERE THEY WANT TO GO SAFELY.
MY DESIRE IS FOR PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS, SENIORS, ET CETERA, TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL SAFELY ON THE ROADS AMONG MOTORIZED VEHICLES WITHOUT FEAR.
TO THE LAST SIX MONTHS, I HAVE HAD AN AMAZING SUPPORT TEAM OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT ARE HELPING ME TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS CHANGE.
WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL SIDEWALKS AND OR BIKE PADS ARE BUILT.
ROUTE 62 NEEDS BOTH FROM THE VILLAGE TO MILES TRIP ROAD, MOTHER OF GOOD COUNSEL, SENIOR LIVING APARTMENTS ON LAKE AVENUE IS ALSO ANOTHER TOP PRIORITY FOR CHANGE TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL.
SO FAR, I AM VERY HAPPY WITH THE PROGRESS THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HAS MADE, BUT WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE TO DO AND SO FAR TO GO BEFORE WE CAN SAY THAT WE HAVE DONE, ALTHOUGH WE CAN'T, DOCTOR THAT'S MOTORISTS NEED TO KNOW THEY DO NOT OWN THE ROAD.
AND THE SOONER THAT HAPPENS, THE BETTER.
I I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, I HAD A TRAFFIC SAFETY, UH, UH, VICTOR MET, UH, JACKI, UM, LOOK INTO LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT FROM SOUTHWESTERN TO THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG FROM 45 TO 35.
UM, MATT, WHERE, WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THAT? SO I DID ADDRESS THAT OUR LAST MEETING.
UM, I DID SAY THAT I WAS GONNA REACH OUT TO THE SAFETY O OKAY.
SEE IF THEY COULD GET A STUDY GOING.
UH, SUPERVISOR HOAX SAID THAT THAT COMES FROM HIMSELF OR THE, UH, TOWN OFFICIALS TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
TO MAKE WHAT DECISION? NO, UM, MR. JAIMINI, I BELIEVE WE, WE TALKED ABOUT S UH, ADVOCACY FOR, FOR TRAFFIC LIGHTS, BUT I DO NOT RECALL THE LOWERING THE DECI, THE SPEED SPEED LIMIT IS UNDER THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD.
SO, SO YOU'RE CERTAIN I TURN THAT UP.
I DID SAY, I'M GONNA INTERRUPT YOU.
I DID SAY THAT COUNCIL MEMBER COZA DID ADDRESS THAT WITH ME AND I SAID THAT I WANTED TO REACH OUT TO THE STATE DOT AND WE HAVE TO CALL HIM.
IS THAT WHAT YOU, YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU GUYS MAKE THE DECISION ON THAT? THAT'S WHAT YOU THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID AT THE MEETING.
UH, BUT I I WAS TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE DIFFERENT, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE TOWN THAT EVENING, CORRECT? YES.
I DON'T EVEN RECALL TALKING ABOUT SOUTH PARK AVENUE.
WE DID SOUTH PARK AND SCRAP, BUT IF, IF I DID, THAT WAS AN ERROR.
SO THE, UM, TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD, UH, IS CERTAINLY WELL WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS TO RESEARCH WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT.
AND THEN WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO JOIN YOU IN ADVOCACY, UH, TO, TO SUPPORT THAT.
BUT WHY DON'T YOU GUYS TAKE A LOOK TO SEE WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO CHANGE THE SPEED LIMIT ON A STATE ROAD, AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE.
I'M, I'M YOUR LIAISON, SO WE CAN CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION, BUT PUT SOME RESEARCH INTO IT AND THEN WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS.
ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO BE HEARD? OKAY.
THAT WILL BRING US TO REPORTS FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS.
WE'LL STICK WITH, UH, MR. GI WHILE HE'S GOT THE MIC.
THE NEXT TRAFFIC SAFETY MEETING WILL BE THURSDAY, MARCH 14TH, 7:00 PM HERE AT TOWN HALL AND SEVEN B.
WE, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ACTIVELY WORKING WITH EXXON PURCHASE BODY CAMERAS, AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM AND OUR OFFICERS SHOULD BE, UH, HAVING BODY CAMERAS.
AND ON ANOTHER NOTE, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A CROSSING GUARD AT THE LEGION AND DIVISION INTERSECTION.
SO IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN BEING A CROSSING GUARD FOR A LITTLE BIT IN THE MORNING AND A LITTLE BIT IN THE AFTERNOON, THEY CAN GET AHOLD OF DEPARTMENT.
YOU CAN CALL ME OR, UH, THE TOWN OF HAM PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT.
NOTHING FROM MAYT DEPARTMENT, NOTHING FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
UM, JUST AS I SAID, WE HAD A HUGE SUCCESS WITH OUR, UH, GRANDPARENTS,
[03:55:01]
UH, ICE CREAM, SOCIAL, AND WE'LL BE HAVING MANY MORE.UM, SINCE WE DID HAVE TO DO A WAIT LIST FOR THAT.
WE HAD A MEETING TODAY ABOUT THE OSBORN COMMUNITY BILLS, WHICH IS GOING TO BE FANTASTIC.
IT'LL BE HAPPENING, UM, EARLY MAY.
UH, WE'LL BE, UH, RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS.
SO ANYBODY HERE THAT'S LOOKING TO VOLUNTEER, UM, WE'LL BE PUTTING THAT IN PLACE.
AND ALSO, UM, GOT THE LAST ONE, SO WE'LL HAVE TO SUPPORT IT NEXT TIME.
UM, G-B-N-R-T-C UH, FACILITATED A MEETING WITH THE TOWN IN
THEY TOOK, I THOUGHT THAT THEY TOOK OUR COMMENTS.
UM, THEY REALLY HEARD IT AND THEY'RE GONNA LOOK INTO, UM, HOW WAYS THAT WE CAN, UH, MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT CORRIDOR BOTH, UH, IN THE, IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND IN THE LONG-TERM FUTURE.
UM, AND OUR NEXT MEETING WITH THEM IS MARCH 20TH.
UH, I THINK KEN COVERED ALL THE ACTIVITIES FROM ENGINEERING, UH, DURING THE WORK SESSION.
EVERYONE WANTS TO LOOK AT THE, YEAH, THE PBC MEETING WAS REALLY GOOD.
THEY DID OFFER TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC STUDY IN FLORIDA, UH, TRAFFIC FLOW STUDY TO SUPPORT OUR TAP IDENTIFICATION TO INCLUDE THAT
SO THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD MEETING.
AND, UM, THEY'RE GREAT PEOPLE TO WORK WITH.
I JUST WANNA REMIND ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT MARCH 1ST IS TAXABLE STATUS DATE.
ALL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FORMS HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED BY THAT.
I'M JUST REQUESTING AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE ENDING LITIGATION MATTERS, WHICH I ALREADY ADVISED THE VISOR ABOUT.
IN OUR LAST MEETING OF THE VETERANS COMMITTEE, WE DECIDED THAT WE WANTED TO TRY AND GO TO DIFFERENT VETERANS POSTS INSTEAD OF JUST MEETING HERE.
AND MAYBE WE GET, UM, BETTER PARTICIPATION.
SO OUR NEXT MEETING IS MARCH 14TH.
IT'LL BE AT SIX O'CLOCK AT THE VFW ON YOU.
IT BRINGS REPORTS FROM THE BOARD COUNCIL MEMBER BOSKY, UM, THIS, UM, MS. DALE? YES.
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, THE, UH, ZONING I GUESS AND ISSUES GOING ON.
I DID SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY FROM THE PLANNING BOARD, MR. GOGAN.
UM, AND THIS IS FOR THE REGULAR BOARD AS WELL TO HEAR THIS.
UM, APPARENTLY, UM, THERE'S SOME DISCREPANCY AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY DID OR DIDN'T.
BUT PURSUANT TO THE STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY RULES AND REGULATIONS, UM, THERE'S A REQUIREMENT THAT MUNICIPALITY BE PLACED ON NOTICE 30 DAYS PRIOR TO, UM, APPLYING FOR A, A LIQUOR LICENSE.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WERE OR WERE NOT, UM, AS A BOARD MEMBER, I WASN'T, BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN PROVIDED NOTICE TO SOMEONE ELSE.
I POINT THAT OUT, EXCUSE ME, BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT IF WE ARE TO BE ADVISED WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S GOING TO BE WHAT TYPE OF LIQUOR LICENSE.
NOW THE PLANNING BOARD ATTORNEY TELLS ME THAT THE LIQUOR LICENSE THAT WAS APPLIED FOR WAS NOT A HOSPITALITY LICENSE, BUT THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROADER IN NATURE.
SO I'M GOING TO BE INVESTIGATING THAT, UH, ON, ON MY BEHALF WITH THE PLANNING BOARD ATTORNEY, MR. GOGAN, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE A BROADER LICENSE THAT WAS MAYBE CONTEMPLATED BY OUR, BY OUR STATUTE.
I APPRECIATE YOU, UM, TAKING ME IN YOUR HOME AND SHOWING ME AROUND WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH.
AND I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, UH, WE'RE LOOKING INTO IT AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO THE RIGHT THING BY, BY THE TOWN LAW COUNCIL MEMBER FERRE.
I JUST WANTED TO, UM, THANK THE BOARD WHEN WE, WHEN WE PASS THE RESOLUTION SO THAT SOME OF US COULD ATTEND THE ASSOCIATION OF TOWN'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK CITY.
AND AS USUAL, IT WAS, UM, FILLED WITH VERY INFORMATIVE SESSIONS.
I BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT I WILL SHARE WITH MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, I WAS ABLE TO GET AS MANY COPIES AS AS POSSIBLE ON, ON THOSE, AND I'LL SHARE APPLICABLE INFORMATION WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS ACCORDING TO WHAT THE DIFFERENT CONFERENCE, UM, SESSION TOPICS WERE.
SO AGAIN, I JUST APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND AND BRING BACK INFORMATION THAT CAN BE, UM, USED GOING FORWARD AS WE WORK ON PROJECTS IN IN THE TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER COZEN? UH, YEAH,
[04:00:01]
I JUST WANNA APOLOGIZE TO A SUPERVISOR AND THE DEPARTMENT HEADS FOR GOING INTO THE DEPARTMENT HEAD MEETING.UH, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, I MADE THE ASSUMPTION THAT BEING THE LIAISON OR COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR, UH, PERSONNEL RULES AND THING, I THOUGHT THAT MEANT ALL PERSONNEL.
AND AS THE DEPUTY, UH, SUPERVISOR, I THOUGHT IT WAS OKAY FOR ME TO BE THERE.
IF I MADE YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE, I WOULD APOLOGIZE AND, UM, IT WON'T BE HAPPENING AGAIN.
I JUST WANTED TO ONCE AGAIN REITERATE WITH WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER LAUREN SAID.
UH, ATTENDING THE NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS MEETING WAS FANTASTIC.
I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE TWO AND A HALF DAYS IS NEVER ENOUGH.
AND, UM, THERE WERE SO MANY TIMES WHERE I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER LOREN AND I WERE PASSING AND GOING, OKAY, WELL THERE'S ABOUT THREE I WANNA GO TO, WHICH ONES ARE YOU GOING TO? AND WE'RE GONNA DIVIDE AND CONQUER.
UM, SO THERE WAS A LOT OF THAT, A LOT OF COLLABORATION ON REALLY MAKING SURE WE MADE THE MOST OF OUR TIME THERE, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
ALSO, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE REMIND THE RESIDENTS THAT THE ECLIPSE IS OCTOBER, OR SORRY, APRIL 8TH.
IT IS THE MONDAY AFTER THE KIDS ARE ALL OFF FOR SCHOOL.
IT'S THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL BREAK FOR MOST, I THINK EVERYBODY IN ERIE COUNTY FROM THE SCHOOLS.
YOU CAN, IF YOU NEED YOUR ECLIPSE GLASSES, GO TO YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
LOCAL LIBRARIES ARE GETTING SUPPLIES OF IT IS LIMITED, BUT THEY WILL GIVE YOU TWO ECLIPSE GLASSES PER PERSON.
SO PLEASE GO AND GET YOUR GLASSES SAFETY FIRST.
PLEASE BE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE ECLIPSE AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO VIEW IT SAFELY.
CAN I JUST ADD ONE MORE COMMENT ABOUT THE, THE ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS TOWNSEND? I APOLOGIZE FOR BUTTING IN AGAIN, BUT I, I DID WANNA NOTE THAT, UM, OUR GHD CONSULTANT, ENGINEERING CONSULTANT, KAMI GERALD, UH, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING THE SESSION THAT SHE PRESENTED, WHICH WAS ON STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE PAST, AND THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IT MIGHT FOLD HERE IN HAMBURG.
I KNOW THAT SHE'S ALREADY REACHED OUT TO, UM, KEN TON.
I'VE TALKED WITH ED HUGHES AND I LOOK FORWARD TO US, UM, TAKING A LOOK AT THAT FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
AND I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD HER, NOT ONLY FOR BRINGING THAT TOPIC TO THE ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS, BUT, UM, SHE DID A GREAT JOB.
SO THE HAMBURG COALITION FOR EQUITY INCLUSION HOSTED A, UH, COMMUNITY CONVERSATION YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, UH, IN THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG ON REDLINING AND HOW THAT HAS SHAPED OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE ALSO GEARING UP FOR, UM, UH, MARCH, I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
UH, AND, UH, AS IS THE CUSTOM OF THE COALITION FOR EQUITY INCLUSION.
WE WILL BE HONORING, UH, A WOMAN FROM WOMEN FROM OUR COMMUNITY, UH, AT AN EVENT, UH, ON SUNDAY, MARCH 24TH AT 2:00 PM THE THEME FOR THIS MONTH IS WOMEN WHO ADVOCATE FOR EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION.
SO, CERTAINLY RELEVANT TO THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE AND ANYBODY INTERESTED, NOMINATING, UH, SOMEBODY FROM OUR COMMUNITY IS WELCOME TO DO SO BY EMAILING MARJORIE CHAPMAN M CHAPMAN AT TON OF HAMBURG NY.GOV.
YOU CAN CERTAINLY CALL THE SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE TO GET MORE DETAILS.
UM, BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO NOMINATIONS, UH, FOR THAT MARCH EVENT.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT, UM, UH, I CERTAINLY ENJOYED AND APPRECIATE THE TAXPAYERS OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, UH, FOR SENDING MYSELF, UH, AND SOME MEMBERS FROM THE BOARD AND OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO THE ANNUAL ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS CONFERENCE.
I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND, UM, SESSIONS THAT RELATED TO TOWN FINANCES, TO HIGHWAY LAW TO THE NEW AND CHANGING CANNABIS LAW AND REGULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
AND OF COURSE, MS. JARELL'S, UH, STORMWATER AND DRAINAGE DISTRICT, UH, CONVERSATION, WHICH, UM, I'VE HEARD MUCH ABOUT.
BUT TO SEE EVERYTHING PUT TOGETHER IN A 50 MINUTE PRESENTATION, YES, WE HAD TO TRAVEL ALL THE WAY TO NEW YORK CITY TO TALK TO FOLKS IN ORCHARD PARK.
UH, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS WELL WORTH IT AND IN A GREAT PRESENTATION.
UH, WE ALSO TALKED A LOT ABOUT LAND USE FOR SURE.
UM, AND AS THE DELEGATE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG CITY ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS, UH, I WAS ABLE TO VOTE ON THE ADVOCACY AGENDA FOR THE ASSOCIATION.
UM, CERTAINLY HOUSING IS A HOT TOPIC, UH, HOME RULE, WHICH IS, UH, VERY IMPORTANT TO LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, WAS REALLY AT THE TOP OF OUR LIST.
UM, BUT WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF FOLKS REPRESENTING MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF NEW YORK, UH, THAT CONVENED IN NEW YORK CITY TO SHARE IDEAS AND WORK TOGETHER ON ADVOCACY PLATFORMS THAT IMPACT ALL OF THE MUNICIPALITIES, ESPECIALLY IN UPSTATE NEW YORK.
AMBER MOVES CONTINUES TO MEET AS A WORKING GROUP.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE IN A, A STATE OF TRANSITION.
[04:05:01]
THAT IS MEETING MONTHLY.UM, AND THEN WE ARE HAVING WHAT WE'RE CALLING RIGHT NOW OUR BIG MEETING THAT MAY BE QUARTERLY.
UM, BUT THE FIRST ONE'S GONNA BE MARCH 12TH, AND IT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE AT 7:00 PM TO 8:30 PM AT OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTER.
ANYBODY IS WELCOME AND WE ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WITH INTEREST IN WALKABILITY, IN BIKING, AND MAKING OUR STREETS AND ROADS SAFER TO ATTEND THAT MEETING.
WE HAVE SOME GREAT PRESENTATIONS LINED UP.
WE HAVE REPORT REPORTS OUT ON SOME, UH, CURRENT PROJECTS AND GRANT APPLICATIONS.
UM, AND WE'LL BE GIVING A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF HOW THESE THINGS HAPPEN IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, HOW OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WORKS, HOW OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD WORKS, HOW OUR PLANNING BOARD WORKS.
UM, THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT IMPACT ALL OF US AND IMPACT THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I WAS ALSO ABLE TO ATTEND MY FIRST MEETING, THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD, UH, WHERE THERE WAS ROBUST DISCUSSION ON MANY ITEMS. ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD WAS LOOKING INTO WAS INGRESS AND EGRESS ON SOUTH PARK ON SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF EARLIER.
MR. JEFF MEETING THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD WAS ATTEMPTING TO REACH OUT TO THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
AND I INFORMED THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE BY OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
AND OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE, ARE WELL VERSED IN COMMUTING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
UH, AND THEY HAD ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, ENTRANCE AND ACCESS PROHIBITED IN SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD.
SO THAT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO, TO SAVE YOUR COMMITTEE SOME WORK AND STREAMLINE COMMUNICATION, UH, THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE CHANNELS AND DEPARTMENTS IN THE TOWN.
UH, BUT IT WAS A, A QUICK AND WELL ORGANIZED AGENDA, UH, THAT THE COMMITTEE WAS ABLE TO GET THROUGH, UH, QUITE QUICKLY.
UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE MEETINGS.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THREE MATTERS OF PENDING LITIGATION.
AND ALSO WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON THAT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION REGARDING SEVERAL PERSONNEL MATTERS.
SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.