* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:40] TON FROM OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. GOOD. ALRIGHT EVERYBODY. I'VE BEEN AROUND THROUGH TWO, UH, PROJECTS. ONE'S, UM, WE TO BE . THAT'S THE SIDEWALK PROJECT. THAT'S A INTERMODAL RAMP THAT WE GOT A FEW YEARS BACK THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR, UH, PUTTING SIDEWALKS IN, IN FRONT OF CLOVER BANK AND THEMSELVES, SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO, UH, WHAT WORK? SO WE'RE GONNA TALK REAL QUICK ABOUT, UH, THE ENGINEERS ESTIMATE THAT, UM, WATS IS OUR ENGINEER THAT'S DOING THE DESIGN, UH, THE OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT, SOME OF THE MAPS THAT WE GOT, WE TALKED ABOUT DOING A LITTLE EXPANSION TO THE PROJECT, UM, UH, TO DO SOME OF THEIR CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE, THE SOUTH SIDE OF DALE ROAD. BUT, UH, WE DID SOME PRELIMINARY THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT. IT CAME IN . UH, SO THEN CLOVER BANK JUST HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A SIDEWALK THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA PUT IN THERE. WE GONNA PUT SOME CROSSING FEATURES IN SOME OUR RFB, UM, YOU PEDESTRIAN CROSSING FIGURE. AND THE SECOND PROJECT WE'RE TALK ABOUT IS OUR HILL STATE PROJECT. OUR STATE PARK PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, WHICH WE BID OUT OF WHAT WE BID RESULTS AND WHERE THE FUNDING SITS AND, UH, SOME ISSUES THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK, WORK OUT. SO OUR CURRENT ESTIMATE, IS IT, OKAY, NEVERMIND. SO THE TOTAL, TOTAL PRODUCT THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE $550,000 GRANT. SO THE PROJECT ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW IS $484,041 72 CENTS. AND THAT HAS A, IT'S STILL GOT A PRETTY HEALTHY CONTINGENCY, ALMOST 10% CONTINGENCY BUILT INTO IT WITH, AND A FIELD CHANGE ORDER BY ITEM, WHICH THAT DIDN'T SHOW IN THIS SLIDE, WE DIDN'T HAVE PUT TOGETHER WHEN WE PUT THESE SLIDES. SO WE HAVE ABOUT $70,000 BUDGET BOOKED. HOPEFULLY WIGGLE THERE NOW AND WE'RE GONNA GET INTO . BIDING ENVIRONMENT HAS BEEN PRETTY WELL FOLLOW, UH, THINGS HAVE BEEN COMING A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT INVEST CAN WITH, WITH THE BIDS. SO WHEN THEY CAME UP WITH THESE NUMBERS, OUR EXISTING PROJECTS THAT WERE BID OUT AS CURRENT AS WE CAN FIND 'EM AND OUR QUANTITIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN FINDING OUT THAT NUMBERS AREN'T GOING NO HIGH INFLATIONS JUST KILLING EVERYTHING. SO THE PROJECT IS GONNA BE, UH, INSTALL SIDEWALKS FROM RUN DITCH TO THE CO COACHMAN'S. UM, ONE, ONE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING WITH AN RFB SOLAR POWER, UM, TRAFFIC SIGNAL. IT'S WHERE IT ONE WALKS UP TO IT, THEY HIT A BUTTON, FLASHES, STOPS, TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIANS COULD CROSS SAFELY. UM, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS COACHINGS LANE EXTENSION PROJECT, UH, TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL SIDEWALKS. THE FOOTAGE THAT'S IN THERE AND WAS HAVING TO LIKE REMOVE SIDEWALK THAT'S NOT TO CODE AND MATCH IN, IT WAS LIKE $128,000 EXTRA AND WHICH WAS WAY, WAY OUTSIDE OUR BUDGET. I EVEN TRYING TO STAY AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO THE BUDGET FOR THE GRANT AMOUNT. UM, AND THEN WE, OOPS, WE FOUND OUT THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY GO TO SEVERAL FIVE FOOT WALK AND DO A FOUR FOOT SIDEWALK WITH LIKE AN 88 TURNOUT WITH SIDEWALKS AND , WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY AND STREAM. UM, WALK BY TWO. SO HERE'S THE, HERE'S THE AMEL ROAD, THAT'S THE DABBLING THE LINE IN THE FRONT OF THE STOOL. , I THINK . SO THAT, SEE, UM, THERE'S A, THE EXPANSION IS EXTENS WAS ACTUALLY EXTENDING FROM THAT GREEN LINE HEADING SOUTHEAST EARLY. UH, AND THAT WAS JUST, IT WAS, SO WE PULLED IT OUT OF THE PROJECT. WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS THING INSIDE THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE. SO THERE IT'S, OH, THERE'S, SO THERE'S THE EXTENSION. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT JUST CAME UP IN THE NEXT SLIDE. SO THAT, THAT LITTLE BIT OF SIDEWALK WAS SO MUCH MORE JUST BECAUSE OF THE OBSTACLES THAT WERE IN THE WAY, UH, AND THE FOOTAGE THAT WE DECIDED TO [00:05:01] EVEN AS IT . SO OVER AT CLOVER BANK, IT'S JUST A, THIS IS A REAL SHORT, UH, SECTION. UH, WE'RE GONNA JUST CLOSE UP SOME GAPS AND IN THE SIDEWALK AND THEN PUT IN OUR RFP IN THERE. UM, AND WE PUT IT ALL, PUT IT IN THERE TO DO THE FORM SIDEWALK AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WHOLE PROJECT CAN FIT WITHIN IN THE, UH, BUDGET OF THE GRID. SO THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE. THERE'S MATERIAL VIEW IN FRONT OF THE FLOOR BACK HAS SEWER, STEWART PARKWAY HAD IGNORED THERE. SO THOSE GREEN LINES, THERE IS A LITTLE PIECE OF SIDEWALK IN THERE THAT'S GOTTA COME OUT. WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT ALL , CONNECT EVERYTHING UP SO THAT, UM, IT'S NOT GOOD, SAFE WAY TO GET IN. AND THEN THAT GREEN CROSSING RIGHT AT THE EDGE GOING INTO THE SCHOOL, THAT'S WHERE THE RP IS GONNA BE. SO THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE STATE PARK. AND, UH, THIS IS, THIS IS, UM, A VERY UNIQUE PROJECT. UM, THERE'S THE FUNDING THERE, 300,000 FROM THE RALPH WILSON JUNIOR FOUNDATION STATE PARK PROJECT. FIVE 50,000 FROM THREE POUND MARKET OF MONEY, 125 FROM THE TOWN HAMMER GOVERNMENT MONEY, 50,000 FROM LEGISLATIVE FUNDING FROM, UH, SAN LUIS RIVERA. $30,000 CAMED DIRECTLY FROM COMMUNITY DONATIONS. WHAT'S NOT SHOWN HERE IS THAT THE TOWN ALSO HAS A COMMITMENT PORTION OF IT. WE WERE, UM, WE HAVE AN IMPACT MATCH WITH SOME MATERIALS AND LABOR TO PUT STOVE FOUNDATION UNDERNEATH THIS. AND WE ACTUALLY UP ABOUT LIKE 30,000 BUCKS. SO THAT WAS ALL PART OF THE ORIGINAL SCOPE OF THIS, THIS PROJECT. SO THE MONEY THAT TOTAL AMOUNT, $505,000 PILLAR DESIGN STUDIOS, WHICH IS A PREMIER SAME CARD DESIGNER. UM, THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, REALLY GOOD TO WORK WITH. THE FIRST, THE FIRST TIME, THE FIRST COUPLE OF CONCEPT PARTS WERE DESIGNED WAY OUTSIDE OUR BUDGET. UH, AND THE LAST MINUTE WE KINDA WORKED WITH 'EM, WE DID QCM THERE DESIGN, WE MADE SOME DESIGN SUGGESTIONS. AND I GOT THIS PROJECT LIKE RAMPED WAY DOWN TO, INTO 500. SO IT WAS, IT WAS 400 AND UH, $98,000 WAS THE ENGINEER PASSED IT. SO WE WERE, WE WERE RIGHT UNDER THE THRESHOLD. I STILL CONTINGENCY OF $8,000 IN THEN TO BUILD THE CAR. WE PUT THE PARK OUT THE BID, WE GOT FOUR BIDS. SO ARTISAN CONCRETE. SO PART OF THIS BID PACKAGE WAS TO ONLY GET CONTRACTORS THAT WERE QUALIFIED AND HAD EXPERIENCE IN BUILDING STATE PARKS. THE ONLY ONE THAT CAME IN AS A PRIME CONTRACTOR WAS THAT ARTISAN CONCRETE SERVICES. PINTO CONSTRUCTION ACTUALLY USED ARTISAN, UH, THEY WANTED TO USE THEM AS A SUB. SO ARTISAN SURE, SURE, WE'LL GIVE YOU A NUMBER. HAD A KNOWING AMOUNT. THEY SO BE, SO PETTO WAS THE ONLY OTHER ONE THAT HAD AN ACCEPTABLE CONTRACTOR TO BUILD THE THING. AND THEN KOOLA CAME IN THERE WHEN WE WANTED BUSY MEETING CONSTRUCTION, NOT SURE WHAT HE WAS LOOKING AT. UM, SO WE ARE OVER, THE ESTIMATES CAME IN OVER, UM, SO WE SPENT $50,000 TO ACTUALLY DESIGN THE THING. WE HAVE OUR, OUR $30,000 ORIGINAL BUY IN IS STILL OUT THERE. WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO FUND THAT SITE OFF BECAUSE THAT, THAT REALLY WASN'T ALLOCATED FOR US LIKE ANYWHERE IN THE BUDGET. I BELIEVE THAT WAS INTENT TO USE SPUN BAILS OR STOPPING. UM, SO OUR WHOLE PROJECT COSTS OF 6 76 9 4 6 58. SO WE WE'RE SHOULD ALL IN. WE NEED A HUNDRED TWENTY ONE NINE FOUR SIX FIFTY EIGHT IN ORDER TO DO THIS PROJECT. SO THIS WASN'T GONNA GO IN FRONT THE BOARD. SO WE JUST OPENED BID LAST WEEK. WE TOOK APART ALL OF THE, YOU KNOW, CHECK ON THE WAY UP. AND THIS WAS SO MUCH AN OVERAGE. WE STARTED HAVING SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS. WE SOME BOARD MEMBERS AND UM, THIS IS WHY I'M FRONT OF TONIGHT TELLING YOU ABOUT THIS, TO GIVE THE BOARD A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO, YOU KNOW, DIGEST IT AND UM, YOU KNOW, GIMME DIRECTION. WHICH WAY DO YOU WANT GET, WE WANT TO AWARD IT OUR BID PRICES OF IT FOR 30 DAYS. SO WE CAN THAT TIME TO WE REVIEW THIS THE NEXT, UH, JUNE BOARD MEETING. WE WOULD HAVE TO KNOW WHETHER WALKING AWAY OR WE'RE GONNA BE ON TO FIND. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT PROJECT SITS. UM, THERE WE ARE, THERE'S QUESTION TIME QUESTIONS I WENT THROUGH LIVING REAL QUICK. IT'S TWO PROJECTS. STANDARD ON THE SKATE PARK. WHAT, IS [00:10:01] THERE A CONTINGENCY BUILT IN THERE ALSO? YEAH, YEAH. WHAT'S THE AMOUNT? 50,000. HOW WAS THAT? 50? UH, SO, AND, AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A FIELD CHANGE ORDER IN DOWN TOO. SO THERE'S A LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM. UM, BUT WHAT IS THE FIELD CHANGE? UH, THAT'S, THAT'S, IF SOMETHING POPS OUT, THERE'S, IT'S SMALL. IT'S LIKE ONE I SEE. IT'S LIKE IF, UH, DELIVERY COSTS ARE HIGHER OR SOMETHING. SO, UM, THERE'S A SMALL CHANCE THERE'S ANOTHER LITTLE BIT OF MONEY OUT. WE WORK WITH OUR GRANT WRITER TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER OPTIONS TO GET OTHER MONIES IN. UM, I THINK THE WILL FOUNDATION IS PRETTY MUCH MAXED OUT ON WHAT THEY'LL GET. EVERYTHING ELSE IS, IS UH, IS TAPPED OUT. THERE'S ONE, UM, MULTI-MOBILE GRANT THAT WE MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE OF THROWING SOME MONEY AT. I GOTTA SPEND THE MONEY TO GET THE MONEY AND IT'S PUTTING IN, UM, WE GOT TABLE TO WORK ON BUGS AND SKATEBOARDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THAT WOULD ACCOUNT FOR ANOTHER 25, 30, I THINK IT WAS. IT WAS 30. 30, POSSIBLY 30. UM, BUT IT WILL ONLY PAY FOR CERTAIN ITEMS. IT'S NOT GONNA PAY FOR STONE MEMORY. NOT INCLUDED IN THAT TOO IS MATERIAL TESTING. LIKE I WANT TO HAVE, LIKE, WE'LL INSPECT IT, BUT I NEED CERTIFIED MATERIAL, UH, TESTING DONE. I NEED CYLINDERS TAKEN ON. CONCRETE. CONCRETE IS GONNA BE A BIG PART OF THE BIGGEST PART OF THE PROJECT AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GOT ENOUGH AIRTRAIN IN IT AND IT'S NOT GONNA FALL AND CRACK, YOU KNOW, AFTER THOSE FIRST FREE SPOTS. SO IT'S ALL COLORED CONCRETE AND PHASE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO IT'S, IT'S RIGHT ALL ALTERNA. HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE REQUIRED TO GIVE TO THIS PROJECT FOR THE INKIND MATCHING? LIKE WITH ALL THE GRANTS THAT ARE OUT THERE, HOW MUCH IS, ARE LIKE ABSOLUTE REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE TO PUT FORWARD? THERE WAS AN ABSOLUTE NUMBER. OKAY. UM, WHEN THIS WENT, UM, WAS AGREED TO LIKE WHEN WE GOT ALL THE MONEY FROM COUNTY AND WHAT IT CAME FROM, UM, LAST YEAR BOARD SENT A LETTER ACCEPTING IT AND SAYING THAT THEY WOULD UM, BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MATCHING FOR WHATEVER IT CAN COST OR WHATEVER PROJECT. SO THAT'S, IT WAS AGREED TO LAST YEAR. SO NEW BOARD NUMBERS AND UH, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S AWARE OF AND SEEING THAT THIS ONE CAME IN. I MEAN IF IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A 3000 BUCKS, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T BE THAT LITTLE DEAL. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT 12 $1,000 IS $22,000 IS QUITE A BID. IS THERE ANYTHING IN THAT BID THAT WE CAN DO IN HOUSE TO TRY TO BRING THE COST DOWN? I WE'RE ALREADY DOING IT. OKAY. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE ABOUT, WE'RE DOING THE DRIVEWAY LOAD IN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, HIGHWAY LOCKS THAT OUT, BRING THE STONE IN. IT'S LIKE, LIKE AN ACCESS ROAD. SO TRUCKS IN THERE, 2020 TRAILER AND NUMBER TWOS IN THERE. AND THIS RATING MACHINES TO CUT, CUT THE FOUNDATION OUT, PUT A STONE PAD. SO THAT'S ALL THAT WE CAN REALLY DO. THE REST OF IT IS ALL CUSTOM CONCRETE SHAPING AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO IT'S GOTTA BE DONE BY A COMPANY THAT'S GOT SPARE BE DONE. AND WE'RE GONNA DO LIKE TOP OIL AND SEEDING. I DRESS OUT RESTORATION IN THE MILL, LIKE IN THE MIDDLE. SOME ROWS DUMP ROAD MILLS OVER IN THE PARKING LOT THERE. AND THEN WE CAN JUST PUSH LIKE ROLL OUT. I MEAN, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE NEED THE FUNDS THAT IT'S, IT'S THE MONEY THAT DO ALL WORK. WE CAN. SO WORST CASE SCENARIO WOULD BE THE 1 21 9. YEAH. BUT YOU IDENTIFIED ABOUT 91,000 OF POSSIBILITIES. SO THE RANGE WOULD BE ALL SAID AND DONE IF IT'S DONE AS STATED. YEAH, IT COULD. THE OVERAGE WOULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 30,000 TO 1 21. SO, SO WE HAVE THAT FRAMEWORK FOR OUR DECISION MAKES. IT COULD BE AS LOW AS 30, BUT IT COULD BE AS HIGH AS 1 21. CORRECT. OKAY. AND WHAT HAPPENS? CLAIM NUMBERS NOT SAYING WE'RE GOING TO, BUT JUST SO WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION. IF WE SAY ONE 20 ONE'S TOO MUCH 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AN ALLOCATED SOURCE IT'S COMING FROM RIGHT NOW. SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA HAVE TO HIT SOMETHING. IF WE SAY IT'S TOO MUCH, THEN ALL THAT GRANT MONEY GOES BACK TO THE, IT WERE OUT. HOW MUCH DID WE PUT INTO IT ALREADY? 50 50. THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S BEEN HISPANIC AND WHATEVER OUR GRANT WRITER CHARGE, I'M NOT SURE. UM, BUT 50,000 WAS THE PILLAR. UH, THE DESIGN FEEDING WITH THE DESIGN PRODUCT. OKAY. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT. YOU KNOW, I DON'T ALL WE'RE AT SO, SO REALLY WE ALREADY SPEND 50 AT MOST. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SPEND 71 MORE 'CAUSE WE'RE ALREADY ON THE HOOK FOR 50 TO WINDOW WATER. RIGHT. OKAY. IS THERE ANY, UH, GUARANTEES OR WARRANTIES WITH THIS? UH, I MEAN, CONCRETE'S GOTTA [00:15:01] GET A BAD, WE GOT FORMANCE FOUND ON IT, YOU KNOW, PERFORMS FOUND ON IT FOR TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, IF, UH, IF IT BUS OR CRACKS OR FALLS THEN YOU KNOW, BUT FOUND MATERIALS, CORN, IT WON'T BE LIKE A MAINTENANCE THING BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE TREES AND PLANTINGS AND STUFF. BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ON IT. SO YOU KNOW, FOR TWO YEARS YOU DON'T WANNA DO THAT BECAUSE WHEN IT, IF YOU DON'T DO MATERIAL, YOU KNOW, SCIENCE BEHIND IT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GRAFT, THAT CONCRETE HAS ENOUGH AIR LEVELS IN IT SO THAT IT DOESN'T, THE WATER INSIDE IT DOESN'T STAND FALL. IF WE DO OUR GOOD TESTING, GET GOOD CYLINDERS, YOU KNOW, DO A GOOD JOB ON IT AND IT'LL WITHSTAND IF, IF WE GET A BAD BATCH OF CONCRETE, ONE BAD BATCH IN THE MIDDLE EIGHT YARD AND WE GOT A CUP A BIT OUT OF IT AND THEN TRY AND DIAL IN AND IT'S GONNA BE A MESS. SO I WOULD RATHER SPEND THE MONEY UP FRONT, DO IT RIGHT AND TRY TO ROLL THE DICE. ESPECIALLY IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THIS IS NOT LIKE PUTTING A FOUNDATION IN ITS CURVES WITH SHAKES. AND THAT'S, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU ON THE OTHER PROJECT. OKAY. DALE SIDEWALKS. YEP. IT'S NOT REALLY SO MUCH A QUESTION ABOUT THE EXACT LAYOUT YOU HAVE, BUT THE, UM, CROSSING WITH THE RFB YES IN FRONT OF BRIAR THAT COMES DOWN ON A CURVE IN A PRETTY, NOT SUPER STEEP BUT STEEP UPHILL THAT THEY'RE COMING ON A CURVE AT A PRETTY GOOD CLIP. WHEN IT'S NOT FULL, IS IT POSSIBLE AT THE TOP OF THE CURVE TO PUT A SIGN THAT SAYS PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AHEAD THERE IS GONNA BE A LOT MORE SIGNAGE. PERFECT. GOOD ANSWER KEN. SO, UH, THIS IS DONE. THERE'S PREVIOUS BLEEDING HOME TRAFFIC ON EVERYONE, CERTAINLY M-U-T-C-D THAT HAS DESIGNED, UH, ARRAY IN IT FOR LAYING OUT ROADS AT ROAD SPEEDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO THE ENGINEERING DELIVER THE BEST. I LOVE THIS SPER SO MUCH. THEY DO SUCH A GOOD JOB. THEY HAVE LAID OUT, WE'VE SEEN THE PLANS WHERE IT'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT SIGNAGE, BIG SIGNS, ROPE PAINTINGS, YOU KNOW, SPEED LIMITS ARE GONNA BE PAINTED RIGHT ON THE PAVEMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO IT'S, IT'S, AND HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME OUT THERE DOING WHAT TRAFFIC ACCOUNTING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND HE SAID THAT HE JUST WOULD LIKE WALK OUT TO ACROSS THE PEOPLE. THEY'RE SLOWING DOWN. SO HE SAID PEOPLE IN THAT AREA SEE COMPLY PRETTY GOOD. UM, JUST FROM, YOU KNOW, SNIPPETS. SO THAT'S THE, BUT YEAH, THIS, YOU KNOW, TOM SIDE AND JIM BEING, I SAY MY CONCERN WAS JUST THAT IT'S YOUNG ADOLESCENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE CROSSING AND ER BANK YOU OF DESIGN, WHICH IS GORGEOUS 'CAUSE THAT IS A HIGHLY WATCHFUL SCHOOL. YEAH. THAT IS ONE OF 'EM THAT HAS THE HIGHEST FOOT TRAFFIC FOR FRONTIER. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT TOGETHER. 'CAUSE THAT DEFINITELY IS NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT THE STUDENTS FROM LOWER RANK GENERALLY ARE WALKERS AT MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL. SO THAT'S A HEAVILY TRAFFICKED CAPACITY. YEAH. AND I WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE SIGNAGE TO PROMOTE PEDESTRIANS REALIZING IT'S YOUNG MINDS THAT ARE CROSSING NOT THE EXPERIENCED ADULT WHO WEIGHT AND LISTEN AS WELL AS WELL THEY, THERE'S IT'S THAT WALK AGAINST NEW. YEAH. AND UM, THAT WOULD ALSO, THIS DOESN'T SHOW ALL SIGNS THAT ARE GOING AND WHEN IT'S GONNA BE JUST YEAH, WHEN WE REDID THE CROSSWALK IN FRONT OF GER BANK, I KNOW THAT WAS A HUGE DEAL, BUT THIS WILL BE FANTASTIC 'CAUSE NOW THERE'S SIDEWALKS ALL ALONG GLOBE BANK AND THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A CONCERN. THESE ARE NICE PROBLEMS 'CAUSE IT'S JUST CYCLE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, IT GOES FAST, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN AND THERE'S ONLY LIKE ONE TREE. IT'S GOTTA BE A LITTLE, I DON'T MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR THAT COMMUNITY. YEAH. AND OUR ENGINEERS SAID THAT THE LANDOWNERS ARE WALK THE STREET ON THIS BROKEN ANOTHER OR DYING. SO WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH LIKE BASIC SPECIES OR ANYTHING WEIRD LIKE THAT. AND ALL WORSE OFF RIGHT AWAY. AND WE'RE GONNA TRY, LIKE, THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO ADVERTISE TONIGHT SO WE CAN GET THAT OUT ON THE STREET AND GET AN AWARDED BILL DURING OFF SEASON. AND IT TYPICALLY DOABLE, YOU KNOW, BOX DOWN SIDEWALK. AND WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THAT TO GO IN THERE? WE'RE OPENING THE BIDS AND HOPEFULLY, LET'S SEE, WE'RE GONNA OPEN AWARD THIS NO LATER THAN JULY. AND THEN IT USUALLY THEN ON THE CONTRACTOR USUALLY TAKES THREE WEEKS BEFORE THEY GET THEIR BONDS IN ORDER INSURANCE. AND WE RUN IT THROUGH LEGAL AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR OWNS SIGNATURES AND STUFF. SO IF WE CAN GET IT LIKE JULY, AUGUST THEN, AND I MEAN EVEN SEPTEMBER, IF THEY'VE GOT A WORK SEPTEMBER A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT MAKE IT BACK. HOW MUCH OF A TRAFFIC PULLED, ARE EITHER OF THOSE PROJECTS GONNA BE ON SOME BUILDING LANES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? THEY MIGHT, THEY MIGHT LIKE TO, TO DIG THAT CONCRETE. THE SIDEWALK THEY MIGHT HAVE DROP WITH A FLAG MAN IN THE BLUE WORKS OUT [00:20:01] AND THEN JUST BAIL KNOCK ALL OUT STONE AND FORM IT UP AND GO. SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE BUILDING THE ROAD DOWN OR UTILITIES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S FAST. AND IF WE DO THIS DOWN, UM, WE BILL IT OUT, WE GET REIMBURSED FASTER. SO THIS ONE, YOU KNOW, IT'S 550,000 BUCKS, SO THAT'LL EXTEND OUT OF A GENERAL FUND AND THEN WE HAVE TO RECAPTURE. SO THIS, THE FASTER WE GET THIS THING AND THEN THROUGH THE SAFE ALL THROUGH FASHION . SO THAT'S WHY, WHY THESE ONES ARE NICE. IT'S NOT LIKE A, A LARGE PROJECT THAT HAD GROVE WHERE IT'S LOTS OF BUILDINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THEN YOUR FUND BALANCE GETS EATEN UP BEFORE YOU GIVE ANYBODY. BUT THIS ONE SHOULD BE PRETTY COOL. THANK YOU. OKAY, GOOD NIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE A FIBER UPGRADE PRESENTATION, UM, BY SEAN CROWING AND, UH, JENNY ROBERTON. JENNY'S NOT ABLE TO JOIN US TONIGHT. SO SEAN IS GONE SOLO LAST. OKAY. I'LL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT IF IT'S OUT OF MY WHEELHOUSE AND WARREN JENNY'S THAT I'M NOT DEFER TO, UM, WHICH SHE HAS HER AREA OF EXPERTISE. UM, THIS IS A PRIVATE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES NEVER SEEMED TO BE THAT WE COULD GET THIS TO COME TO FRUITION. SO RECENTLY WE'VE HAD OPPORTUNITIES. WE REALLY, UM, HAVE THE TOWNS INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, KIND OF IN GOOD PLACE AND WE'RE WORKING ON IMPROVING THAT. ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IS WHEN I STARTED HERE 29 YEARS AGO, I HAD ONE COMPUTER IN OUR OFFICE AND WE COULD PROBABLY RELATE THAT TO YOUR JOBS AND YOUR, UM, YOUR CAPACITIES AND HOW REALLY, UM, ELECTRONICS AND THE INTERNET HAS REALLY, THE TECHNOLOGY DRIVES OUR FIELDS. SO OUR OFFICE, WE HAVE THREE COMPUTERS AT EACH WORKSTATION. AND A FEW YEARS AGO, UM, VERIZON HAD A, UM, CRITICAL FAILURE WHERE WATER GOT INTO A VAULT IN THE VILLAGE AND TOOK DOWN THE INTERNET. SO RIGHT NOW OUR INTERNET IS FED FROM, UM, OVER ON MAIN AND CENTRAL INTO OUR BUILDING. ALONG THE WAY IT'S SHARED. SO THE DATA COMES TO US AND TOPS OTHER BUSINESSES AND OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, REALLY STAKEHOLDERS TAP INTO OUR, UM, INTERNET AS WELL. SO IF THERE'S EVER ANY PROBLEM BETWEEN THEIR VAULT AND US, IT TAKES US DOWN. AND THAT HAS HAPPENED A FEW YEARS AGO AND KATHY'S OFFICE EXPERIENCED THE INTERNET GOING UP AND DOWN ALL DAY AND IT IMPACTS, YOU KNOW, HER ABILITY TO DO HER JOB. AND REALLY MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU KNOW, OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES, UM, BECAUSE IT TOOK DOWN OUR CAD SYSTEM, OUR COMPUTER DISPATCH, IT TOOK DOWN ALL OF OUR SERVICES. SO WE HAVE BACKUPS, WE HAVE REDUNDANCIES THAT GET US THROUGH SHORT TERM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE LONG TERM SOLUTIONS WHERE IF IT'S DAYS IN OR WEEKS LIKE THAT, OUTAGE WAS A FEW WEEKS UP AND DOWN. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, FORWARDING US AN OPPORTUNITY, WHICH AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN EXPLORING AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NOW WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, KIND OF BACK FEED AND, AND BUILD IN RESILIENCE AND BACK UP SO THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO STAY LOAD SHOULD WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY PROBLEMS WITH, UM, SERVICE PROVIDERS. SO WE HAVE A, A BUNCH OF BREADCRUMBS ALONG THE WAY AND BENCHMARKS THAT WE'RE GONNA HIT. BUT OUR END GAME AND END GOAL IS TO HAVE, UM, NOT RESILIENCE IN ANY ONE PROVIDER, BUT TO HAVE REDUNDANCY AND BACKUPS BUILT IN. SO OUR CURRENT ISSUES ARE THAT WE HAVE NO BACKUP SOLUTION. IF THE VERIZON INTERNET WENT DOWN FOR THE TOWN HALL DISPATCH AND POLICE, CURRENTLY AS IT COMES IN, IT COMES IN, UH, AGAIN FROM THE VILLAGE TO A, UM, DEMARCATION BLOCK INSIDE THIS BUILDING. AND THEN IT GOES FROM THAT DEMARCATION BLOCK TO AN IT CLOSET. THEN FROM THAT IT CLOSET TO ANOTHER IT CLOSET, THEN THROUGH UNDERNEATH, UM, THE PARKING LOT BACK TO OUR BUILDING TO ANOTHER CLOSET. SO ALONG THE WAY, IF THERE'S ANY FAILURE, YOU HAVE FAILURE ON THE DOWNSIDE OR, YOU KNOW, UM, DOWN SYSTEM FROM THAT. SO IF THE SECOND CLOSET EXPERIENCES FAILURE, THE THIRD CLOSET AND FOURTH CLOSET IN OUR BUILDING EXPERIENCES FAILURE, WHICH IS PROBABLY SO [00:25:02] THAT BACKUP, UH, NO BACKUP SOLUTION, THE APPLICATIONS AND THE HARDWARES ARE STARTING TO TAKE A TOLL ON OUR NETWORK BANDWIDTH, WHICH IS COMPROMISING SPEED. SO ALONG THE WAY, SPEED, YOU KNOW, THE MORE AND MORE USERS THEY GET ON AND WE LOOK AT ALL THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT GO INTO OUR JOBS, UM, AND ALL OF OUR TOWN OFFICES AND SERVICES THAT COMPROMISES THE SPEED AND WHEN IT GETS TO BE THAT END USER THAT WE'RE THE LAST IN THE, IN THE DAISY CHAIN OF, UM, THE IT. SO, UM, IT REALLY COMPROMISES OUR, OUR ABILITY IN, IN BACKWARDS AND THEN NO INTERNAL NETWORK COMMUNICATION REDUNDANCY. CURRENTLY IT GOES, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN FROM CLOSET TO CLOSET AS IT WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM. WE DO HAVE, UH, WHAT'S CALLED A POINT TO POINT, WHICH IS A FAILURE POINT. WHEREAS IF THE, EITHER THE PARKING LOT LOOP OR THE, UM, CLOSET IN THE BACK OF THE POLICE BUILDING, IF THAT WERE TO GO DOWN AND WE'D HAVE SERVICE TO THE ONE CLOSET, WHICH IS BACKED BY THE JAIL CELLS, THE OLD JAIL CELLS, WE'D AT LEAST BE ABLE TO GET INTERNET BACK TO US. BUT AT VERY, VERY REDUCED SPEED. SO THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE STAND TODAY WITH OUR REDUNDANCY AND, AND LONG TERM. SO, UH, PRIMARILY PHASE ONE IS GONNA BE IN THE INSTALLATION OF DEDICATED FIBER THROUGH SPECTRUM. SO VERIZON, THEIR SERVICE IS ONE GAME. SO THAT COMES IN AND THAT'S AGAIN SHARED. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT BRINGING IN SPECTRUM AND, AND AGAIN, THAT END GAME, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE AREA NET, WHICH I'M SURE MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT, THE AREA NET SYSTEM, WHICH IS BEING BUILT OUT. THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO END UP WITH SPECTRUM AS OUR BACKUP SO THAT WE CAN, UM, COLLABORATE BETWEEN THE TWO AND REALLY GET THEM THE BEST, UM, OF BOTH WORLDS, UH, TO WORK TOGETHER. SO THAT'S WHERE OUR END IS. UM, SO IN THE SHORT TERM, WE'RE LOOKING AT SPECTRUM DELIVERING, UM, DEDICATED FIBER. SO WE'RE NOT GONNA BE SHARING WITH ANYBODY WHEN IT COMES IN OUR BUILDING. IT'S OURS AND IT'S COMING IN, IT'S GONNA BE COMING IN A TWO GIG AS OPPOSED TO THE ONE GIG THAT VERIZON OFFERS. SPECTRUM IS STEPPING UP AND THEY'RE PAYING $11,000 FOR THE COST OF THE IN INSTALLATION OF CONSTRUCTION. UM, SO WE HAVE A MONTHLY RECURRING COST IN THE SHORT TERM, UM, WE HAD LOOKED AT BECAUSE THERE'S STILL GONNA BE PART OF OUR PLAN MOVING FORWARD BEYOND 12 MONTHS, YOU KNOW, INTO THE 36 MONTH REALM. UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT A 36 MONTH CONTRACT, WHICH ON PAGE THREE OF THE PACKET, IT SHOWS OUT THE, UH, MONTHLY RECURRING COSTS. SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT COMES OUT TO BE. SO FOR US, FOR TWO GAVE FIBER, UM, FOR THAT 36 MONTH CONTRACT IS $1,500 A MONTH. SO THAT'S, UM, THAT REALLY IS WHERE WE WERE LOOKING AT, UM, DIRECTING OUR, OUR EFFORTS WAS TOWARDS THAT 36 MONTH CONTRACT. UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY ARE GONNA BE PART OF OUR, OUR, UM, SOLUTION MOVING FORWARD. UH, THE IMPLEMENTATION COST BACK ON PAGE ONE, WHICH IS NONRECURRING COST IS $4,200. SO AGAIN, THAT LONG TERM WE WANNA GET ON INTERNET, WE, THEY ARE ABLE TO, UM, NEGOTIATE LOWER MONTHLY COSTS, MORE FLEXIBLE PURCHASING OPPORTUNITIES, AND, UM, REALLY AFFORD OUR, THE GOVERNMENT ASPECTS OF THINGS. UM, UH, WHAT WE ENVISION AS A, A RELIABLE SERVICE. WE STILL, AGAIN, WILL BE UTILIZING SPECTRUM AS AS A BACKUP IN THE SHORT TERM. HOWEVER, BEING THAT SPECTRUM IS GONNA BE ONE DEDICATED, AND TWO, THE BANDWIDTH IS GONNA BE BEING DELIVERED AT TWO GIG AS OPPOSED TO THE ONE FROM VERIZON DEDICATED, WE'RE GONNA MOVE THAT SPECTRUM TO BECOME OUR PRIMARY AND USE VERIZON AS OUR PRETTY MUCH SUPPLEMENTING THE, THE, UH, SYSTEM. SO IT'LL REALLY TAKE OUR SYSTEM FROM RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'RE AT, WHICH IS ONE GIG UP TO THREE GIG, COMBINE THE VERIZON AND THE SPECTRUM TWO PLUS ONE. SO WE'RE REALLY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MAXIMIZING, UM, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THAT. SO THEN ONCE YOU GET INTO OUR BUILDING, WE HAVE THAT, WE TALKED ABOUT THE DAISY. SO YOU HAVE CLOSET TO CLOSET THE CLOSET, AND IF ONE POINT FALLS ALONG THE WAY, THEN EVERYTHING, UM, DOWNSTREAM FROM THAT IS, IS, UM, IN APPLICANT. SO THERE'S GONNA BE, WE'RE LOOKING AT UPGRADES WITHIN THE TOWN HALL AND THE POLICE BUILDING. SO THE, UM, THE VENDOR THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, DOING A LOT OF OUR WORK AROUND THE TOWN. UM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE INSTALLATION OF NEW FIBER, NON-RECURRING COST IS $16,400. AND THEN THE NETWORK IMPLEMENTATION, WHICH IS ANOTHER NON-RECURRING COST, UM, OF JUST UNDER, UH, $7,500. SO CURRENTLY OUR FIBER IS OVER 15 YEARS OLD AND GENERAL LIFESPAN OF THAT FIBER IS ABOUT 20 YEARS. UM, SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH, UH, LOOKING AT THAT END OF LIFE VERY, VERY SOON. THE CURRENT FIBER IS ONLY CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING INTERNET SPEEDS UP TO ONE GIG, WHICH IS WHAT WE GET FROM VERIZON. BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO UP THAT TO THREE. SO WE NEED TO INCREASE OUR CAPACITY, UH, WITHIN OUR BUILDINGS. AND AGAIN, THAT THE CURRENT FIBER IS THE EASY CHANGE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT MAKING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AND MAKING LOOPS. SO IT'S GONNA BE A LOOP TO THE, LET'S SAY THE FIRST CLOSET AND [00:30:01] THEN A HIT BACK TO THE, THE MAIN DEMARCATION. AND THEN IT'S GONNA BE THAT LIKE A HOME RUN HIT BACK FROM EACH POINT ALONG THE SYSTEM BACK TO THE MAIN. THAT WAY IF THERE'S AN OUTAGE ANYWHERE ALONG THE WAY, EVERYBODY ELSE STILL HAS SERVICE. OKAY. AND THEN WE CAN JUST DEAL WITH THAT ISOLATED, UM, OUTAGE, UM, DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT INSTEAD OF EVERYBODY BEING OUT AFTER, AFTER THAT CLOSET. UH, SO AGAIN, THE, THE BENEFITS ARE THE NETWORK CLOSET DEPENDENCY. UH, NEW FIBER WOULD ALLOW UP, UP TO 10 GIG, WHICH RIGHT NOW, UM, OTHER FACILITIES WITHIN THE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE, UH, SYSTEM AND THE NETWORK ONLY ALLOWS US TO THREE AND A HALF. SO, BUT THIS ALLOWS US OPPORTUNITY TO GROW BECAUSE IF YOU THINK OF ALL THE SYSTEMS WE HAVE IN PLACE NOW, WE'RE ONLY GETTING MORE AND MORE RELIANCE ON TECHNOLOGY. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO BUILD A MID CAPACITY WHILE WE MAKE AN IMPROVEMENT LIKE THIS THAT'LL SERVICE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, UM, THE INCREASED BANDWIDTH TO SUPPORT FUTURE INTERNAL APPLICATIONS AND HARDWARE. AND, YOU KNOW, THE, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BODY CAMS, AND THAT'S ALL, AGAIN, DATA DRIVEN STORAGE AND THE DOWNLOADING SPEED AND EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT, UM, WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, HAVE ANY SLOWDOWNS OUTAGES OR ANYTHING THAT WE CAN'T, UM, FIX AND OR MANAGE. SO THE TOTAL PROJECT COST, UH, THE PHASE ONE, THE NON-RECURRING, UM, EXPENSE FOR 2024 IS AT $4,200. UM, THAT'S THAT INITIAL SETUP, UH, EXPENSE. AND THEN THE MONTHLY RECURRING COST FOR THE 30 36 MONTH TERM FOR THE YEAR OF 2024 WILL BE $9,000. SO THAT, UH, PHASE WITH THE SPECTRUM ADDED TO THE IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE TOWN FACILITIES, UM, WITH THE $23,883 AND 12 CENTS, WE'RE LOOKING AT A TOTAL PROJECT COST OF 37,000, $83 AND 12 CENTS. SO, UH, IN 2024, I APPLIED FOR A NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY EMERGENCY SERVICES GRANT, WHICH WE WERE AWARDED IN ONE OF THE, UM, ONE OF THE GOALS OF THAT GRANT WAS TO INCREASE RESILIENCY AND REDUNDANCY IN BACKUPS. SO A LARGE PORTION OF THAT GRANT WE HAVE, UH, AGAIN, I TALKED ABOUT LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS, WHICH THIS IS SHORT-TERM SOLUTIONS WHEN WE'RE, UH, RELOCATED, IF WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE CELL, UM, CAPACITY THAT WE UTILIZE, UM, CRADLE POINTS WITH, UH, ON THE 5G NETWORK. SO THAT'S A PORTION OF THAT, THOSE PROCEEDS FROM THAT GRANT. AND THEN THE OTHER, THE REST OF THE PROCEEDS WILL GO TOWARDS, UM, THIS EXPENSE. UM, CHIEF EZ HAS ALLOCATED MONEY FROM, UH, ONE OF HIS, UH, GRANTS AND THE BUDGET LINES, AND THEN JENNY'S GONNA PICKED UP A, A SMALL, UM, PORTION OF IT, BOTTOM OF HER IT BUDGET. SO THE LION SHARES BE PAID FOR BY THE, THE POLICE IN, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH OFFICE. AND THEN SIMPLE WITH, UH, THE IT BUDGET. YES, SIR. UH, GARY, GARY, THAT WHO SUPPLIES THAT, IS THAT LIKE, UH, COMES FROM VERIZON OR FROM, SO THEY, UH, SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT, RIGHT NOW WITH THE ONLY SERVICES THAT WE HAVE OUT HERE ARE, ARE SPECTRUM AND VERIZON THAT ALLOW, THAT ARE PERMITTED TO DO, UM, VIBRANT AREA N IS BASED DOWNTOWN AND THEY HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO GO. IT'S KIND OF LIKE A CO-OP, JUST, JUST KIND OF EXPLAIN IT REALLY. BENELLI. UM, IT'S A CO-OP AND THEY CAN COST SHARE, SO THEY CAN BRING IN OTHER, UM, BENCH SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THEN THAT WILL, THAT WILL DRIVE THE COST DOWN. AND THEY'RE BUILDING, UH, I DON'T KNOW, A SUPERVISOR IF WE HAVE, I KNOW WE'VE SAT THROUGH A COUPLE PRESENTATIONS ON IT AND IT'S, UM, IT'S PRETTY COMPLEX, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT'S VERY, IT'S A VERY SIMPLE, OKAY, I CAN TURN ON MY COMPUTER . I UNDERSTAND THAT. UM, BUT THEY, THEY'RE STARTING TO BUILD OUT, THEY'RE WAITING ON, I BELIEVE THEY'RE WAITING ON A STATE GRANT THAT, UM, WILL DELIVER, KNOW A LARGE PORTION OF MONEY THAT WILL ALLOW IT TO BE TO THE NEXT PHASE, THE NEXT FEW PHASE. IT'S BASICALLY ITS OWN NETWORK OR IT'S ITS OWN NETWORK. YEAH. AND THEY'RE, UM, BUILDING OUT, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT, THEY'RE FOCUSING ON GOVERNMENT AND, UM, INSTITUTIONS, YOU KNOW, LEARNING INSTITUTIONS, AND THEN THEY'RE BRINGING, UM, INTERNET TO COMMUNITIES THAT, UM, MAY NOT HAVE, LIKE I THINK THE TOWN OF BOSTON IS WHERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE STARTING, SO THEY DON'T HAVE FIBER ON THERE. SO, BUT I KNOW THAT SOUTH PARK AVENUE'S A MAJOR CORRIDOR. UM, WHEN I, WHEN JENNY AND I HAD SPOKEN TO, UM, THE VERIZON FOLKS, THEY HAD SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UM, A LOT TO OFFER UP AND DOWN THIS CORRIDOR BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A STATE ROAD AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON HERE, UM, IS STATE LOOKING AT TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY'RE EMPLOYING AND UTILIZE THE FIBER ONES. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH, I'M JUST OUTTA CURIOUS, YOU HAD INDICATED THAT YOU WOULD BE GOING UP TO, UM, THREE GIGABYTE, BUT THE [00:35:01] COST ANALYSIS IS BASED ON, UM, TWO. YES. SO THE, THE THREE GIGABYTES ACTUALLY SHARED, SO IT'S THE VERIZON ONE AND THE, THE SPECTRUM TOO. SO WHILE THEY'LL BE, THEY'LL BE RUNNING CONCURRENTLY, BUT THEY'LL BE BACK, YOU KNOW, THE VERIZON WILL BE THE BACKUP. SO WE'LL LOOK AT IT AND SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAYBE SHUT DOWN SOME NON-ESSENTIAL SERVICES, UM, THAT ALLOW US, IF IT'S IMPACTING, I MEAN, RIGHT NOW IT, IT IMPACTS IT, UM, WITH THE ONE GIG. SO IF WE'RE GOING UP TO THREE, I WOULD REALLY, I DON'T SEE IT OCCURRING. BUT AGAIN, IT'S TECHNOLOGY AND, UH, USAGE DEPENDENT. AND YOU INDICATED THAT IT WOULD BE THE PLAN THAT YOU'RE GOING TO, WOULD BE THE HEARING NET WITH SPECTRUM, AND SO VERIZON WOULD SOMEWHAT BE OUT OF THE, THE MIX, RIGHT? WE WOULD DROP THAT RECURRING EXPENSE. OKAY. YEAH. WERE, UM, DID YOU TAKE A LOOK AT, DO YOU THINK VERIZON PAIRED WITH HEARING NET OR WHAT WAS THE RATIONALE FOR? SO THEY'RE ONLY CAPABLE OF PROVIDING THE ONE GIG AND IT'S SHARED VERSUS, UM, DEDICATED. SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE COMING FROM, UM, THE VILLAGE AND WHEN THEY COME UP, ANYBODY THAT, UM, CAN SEND THEIR ON ALONG THE WAY IS SHARING OUR NETWORK. SO REALLY, IF YOU'RE PART OF ERIE NET, WHICH YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT YOU, YOU REALLY HAVE TO GO WITH SPECTRUM, YOUR SEQUENCE. CORRECT. WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR THAT BACKUP. HOW MUCH IS THIS VERIZON CONTRACT? DO WE KNOW? I WANNA SAY IT IS AROUND 1100, $1,200 A MONTH FOR THE ONE GIG THAT COMES OUT OF JENNY'S, UM, BUDGET. SO I, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE EXACT DOLLARS AND CENTS, BUT I KNOW THAT WHEN WE MET, UM, THE OTHER DAY AND WE HAD MET ON IT BEFORE, UM, WE KNOW THAT WE REALIZE COST SAVINGS ALONG WITH THE TWO VERSUS, OKAY. AND THEN, UM, WHAT IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT YOU NEED FROM THE BOARD DOING THIS HAPPEN? IT SAID THERE WAS A 2024 GRAND THE POLICE HAD ALLOCATED SOME MONEY FROM, AND JENNY HAD ALLOCATE SOME MONEY FROM HER BUDGET LINE. SO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO FIND BUDGET MONEY FOR, MAKE IT HAPPEN? NO, WE'RE, THIS IS JUST MORE REALLY KIND OF KEEPING YOU IN THE LOOP OF WHAT'S GOING ON HIGHER. YOU'RE SPENDING YOUR MONEY AND HOURS' BETTER ON EARLY . SO GOING FORWARD IN FUTURE YEARS, MOST LIKELY THE SAME DEPARTMENTS WOULD BE LOOKING TO BUILD THAT INTO THEIR YEARLY BUDGET. I WOULD EXPECT THAT, YES. MY, MY PERSPECTIVE I WOULD EXPECT THAT. YES, SIR. SO I, YOU WERE SAYING WE'RE, WE'RE ONE GIG DOWN. GO, IT'S GOING GO TWO. YES. BUT I WAS JUST, WHEN I READ OVER YOUR, UM, PACKAGE, IT SAID UP TO 10, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON EXPANDING OR WHAT'S THE SO THAT'S, WE'RE BUILDING, WE'RE PUTTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE BUILDING TO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HANDLE 10 GIG. OKAY. SO THAT IN THE FUTURE, LONG AFTER I'M RETIRED, IF WE HAVE THE NEEDS THAT IS GOING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, NEED TO SUPPORT THE 10 GIG, WE'LL ALREADY HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE. THAT MAKES SENSE. I WAS JUST YEAH. 'CAUSE I, I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID ONE, WHICH DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT. RIGHT? THAT IS TWO AND I READ ON THE, AND IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO, I MEAN, DO IT NOW. WELL, YOU, I GUESS YOU ARE, YOU'RE GETTING IT. SO WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE, RIGHT. AND THEN NETWORK WIDE, AND JENNY WOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK A LOT MORE EDUCATED ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S FOR SUBJECT MATTER SURE. AREA SUBJECT MATTER. UM, SO I KNOW THERE'S COMPONENTS OF OUR CURRENT NETWORK THAT HAVE, UM, BUILT IN CAPACITIES THAT, THAT DON'T EXCEED OR DON'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO 10 GIG BECAUSE IT, IT COSTS MONEY TO GO THAT HIGH. AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT TRAFFIC THAT SUPPORTS THAT BANDWIDTH, THEN IT'S REALLY JUST A WASTE OF MONEY. SO, UM, HAVING THE ABILITY AND THE CAPACITY TO WORK TOWARDS THAT IS PRICELESS AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH OUR, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE USE FOR IT. SO BESIDES, UM, HEARING THAT AND THE HORIZON AND, UM, SPECTRUM, I GUESS YOU WOULD'VE OUR IN-HOUSE PERSON THAT, THAT REFUSED THIS. OH, YEAH. YEAH. UM, JENNY WAS ACTUALLY THE ONE SPEARHEADING IT. SO SHE HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY TODAY, SO OH, YEAH. OKAY. UM, SO WE, I JUST SET UP A COMMITTEE THAT, BUT IT, IT, IT'S A DEPARTMENT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR YEARS, LIKE I SAID, UM, TO TRY AND GET, IF, IF WE LOSE CONNECTIVITY, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR MY EMPLOYEES TO DO THEIR JOB. AND IT'S A GREAT DRASTIC DROP IN THE ABILITY AND COVERAGE FOR UM, SURE. OUR SYSTEMS. SO A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED PERCENT. I, YEAH, I'M JUST, I KNOW I HAD REPRESENTED YEARS AGO A GUY WHO'S IN BILL COLLECTIVE AND HE WENT TO, UM, I MEAN THIS IS SOMETHING, I'D HAVE TO TALK TO HER JUST THINKING WAY BEYOND, BUT WENT TO AN INTERNET BASED PHONE SYSTEM THAT YOU HAD DESIGNED BECAUSE YOU'RE COLLECT, YOU'RE IN COLLECTION, YOU'RE CONSTANTLY CALLING PEOPLE. SURE. AND THEN, SO HIS, ONE OF HIS BIGGEST COMPONENTS WAS PHONE. RIGHT. BUT [00:40:01] THEN HE SAVED $75,000 A MONTH BY SHIFTING. AND THAT SEEMS TO BE WHERE, I MEAN, EV EVERY, EVERYTHING'S NOW, INSTEAD OF WATCHING TELEVISION, PEOPLE SCREAM, INSTEAD OF NECESSARILY HAVING LIKE A PHONE LINE, PEOPLE USE INTERNET PHONES. AND I I, AND I'LL ASK HER, SHE'D PROBABLY BE THE ONE, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS TO SEE IF THAT WAS EVER SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE TO SAY, I THINK WE CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU BECAUSE, UM, MEGAN AND I BOTH HAVE ATTENDED THE LAST FEW IT COMMITTEE MEETINGS AS MEMBERS AND AS LIAISON, AND ACTUALLY JENNY IS WORKING ON THAT. IN FACT, THAT'S, UM, WITH SOME OF THE DIFFERENT SHIFTS IN BUILDINGS COMING UP, THAT'S SOMETHING SHE'S ALREADY CONSIDERING. THAT'S GREAT. AND AS THEY LOOK AT THE PHONE LINES, I THAT'S IN THE MIX, SHE'S ALREADY PRESENTED THAT TO THE IT COMMITTEE. THAT'S COOL. YEAH, I WASN'T AWARE THAT THAT'S WHY WE HAD A MEETING, UM, LAST WEEK WITH, UH, WITH A VENDOR THAT OTHER, UM, MUNICIPALITIES ARE USING JUST TO SEE, UH, WHAT THEY'RE DOING DIFFERENTLY THAN AND HOW WE CAN APPLY HERE. AND THEN YEAH, I'LL ASK HER ABOUT CYBERSECURITY TOO. AND THEY WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN ECMC WAS HACKED, ALL THAT THEY WERE DISASTER FINANCIALLY AND YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS PATIENT CARE. RIGHT. BUT, SO HOPEFULLY I WAS ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR ALL, ALL YOUR CONCERNS. IF NOT, YOU WERE OF TIME. THANKS, UH, BETH FOR SHARING THAT INFORMATION TOO. APPRECIATE IT. YOU ALL SET? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS, UH, VARIOUS, UH, REAL ESTATE AGREEMENTS, UH, AND POTENTIAL REAL ESTATE AGREEMENTS AND ALSO PERSONNEL ISSUES. I THINK WE'D LIKE TO HAVE AN UPDATE. A FEW THINGS OUTSTANDING AND A FEW OF OUR RESOLUTIONS. I THINK WE'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION. WELL, I SO JUST STAND PERSONNEL, SO PERSONNEL TO DISCUSS A SPECIFIC, UH, EMPLOYEE. YES. SO I'LL AMEND MY MOTION TO DISCUSS THOSE REAL ESTATE AGREEMENTS AND A PERSONNEL ISSUE RELATING TO A SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, UH, CO UH, COUNCILMAN FERRELL YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT RELATIVE TO LABOR ISSUES SO THAT WE'RE NOT FORMAL OVER SUBSTANCE? I MEAN MEANING PRODUCT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT OR IS IT SPECIFIC TO ONE? WE, I THINK SPECIFIC TO AN EMPLOYEE, THAT WOULD BE OKAY. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. WE HOPE TO BE BACK, UH, BY SEVEN O'CLOCK. JEFF, ARE WE UP ON FACEBOOK, JEFF? YEAH, WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. SO WE HOPE TO BE BACK AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, BUT THERE IS A POTENTIAL TO MOVE OVER. AND IF WE'RE NOT BACK BY SEVEN O'CLOCK, THAT IS WHY [01:26:02] THE [01:26:03] MEETING [01:26:03] OF [01:26:03] THE [01:26:03] HAMBURG [01:26:04] TOWN [01:26:04] BOARD. [01:26:05] PLEASE. [01:26:06] UH, AND WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE HAMBURG VFW 1419 POST TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF THE FLAG PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STAND. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, THE INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY, EQUAL JUSTICE, THE NAME OF THE FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT, THE NAME OF THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB. HEAVENLY FATHER WILL LIVE UPON THE FREEST EARTH BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD OF MEN AND WOMEN, BRAVE SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AIRMEN, AND MARINES, WHO THROUGH THE YEARS THOUGHTLESSLY, PUT THEMSELVES IN A POSITION TO PAY THE ULTIMATE PRICE. WE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PRICE OF OUR FREEDOM IN IS BLOOD AS OUR FREEDOM FROM SIN WAS THE BLOOD OF MESSIAH. FATHER, WE PRAY NOW FOR THOSE FAMILIES WHO MOURN AND GRIEVE. WE ASK YOUR PEACE UPON THEM. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. PRAISE GENTLEMEN, COMRADE, FRIENDS AND SISTERS. WE'LL NOW PAY HONOR TO OUR HEROES TO REMEMBER AND TO REMIND OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AND THEIR COURAGE. THOSE THAT WE HONOR AND REMEMBER ARE ONLY HERE IN SPIRIT. AND WE ARE IN AWE BY THE ENORMITY OF WHAT WE EXPERIENCE FROM THE CALL OF DUTY CAME TO DEFEND THE FREEDOM OF OUR COUNTRY. THAT ENGAGEMENT FALLS HEAVILY UPON ALL CLASSES OF PEOPLE, BUT MOSTLY UPON THE SOLDIER AND THE SOLDIER'S FAMILY. ABRAHAM LINCOLN MADE IT CLEAR IN THIS QUOTE, ALL THE MAN HAD WILL HE GIVE FOR HIS LIFE AND ALL CONTRIBUTED OF THEIR SUBSTANCE. THE SOLDIER PUTS HIS LIFE AT STAKE AND OFTEN YIELDS IT UP IN THIS COUNTRY'S CAUSE. THE HIGHEST MERIT THEN IS DUE TO THE SOLDIER HERE TODAY AND IN THE NEAR DAYS TO COME. WE GIVE THIS RESPECT AND HONOR TO OUR COMRADES WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE US TO MEMORIAL DAY 2023 BFW, POST 1419, HAMBURG, NEW YORK, ROBERT, HOW THADDEUS RUMAN. GERALD WYNN, TIMOTHY REAGAN, JAMES LAU, DANIEL AK, DAVID MURPHY, NATHAN EL, SANDRA, DANIEL MAN. SINCE THERE'S NOBODY HERE TO READ THE NAMES FOR THE AMERICAN LEGION. I'M A MEMBER OF GOOD STANDING. I'LL READ THEIR NAMES. ALSO. ELMER CORWELL, RONALD STER, WILLIAM SHERA, RICHARD MC, ALPINE. PAUL MCGEE, GEORGE F GLEASON JR. JOE TYLA, GEORGE CHECK, MIKE MECAL, EDWIN CORKI, JAMES MCIR. EDWARD ROGERS. PAUL J DICKINSON. RAYMOND J FLACK. SORRY. THAT'S RAYMOND J. FRANK, ROBERT MCKENZIE, MIKE KORSKI, DAN HESS, PETER GENEE, CHARLES [01:30:01] LAVELL, WAYNE NEPHEW, DANIEL MURPHY, RONALD HENRY, JACK H ANGLER, GARY GEAR, DON PRESTON, STAN ZAKI, JAMES COYER, AND JESSE MCDONALD. THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES OUR REMEMBRANCE OF OUR FALLEN BROTHERS. WELCOME. THANKS FOR HAVING US. OKAY, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE AGENDA, I JUST WANNA OUTLINE, UH, WHAT WE'RE UP TO TONIGHT. WE HAVE AN AGENDA WITH 39 ITEMS ON IT. UH, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, UH, ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS, UH, TYPICALLY DISCUSSION ENSUES AFTER A MOTION IS MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED. UH, YOU'RE WELCOME TO RAISE YOUR HAND STAND, COME TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM, WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO. UM, AND YOU HAVE, UH, THREE MINUTES TO COMMENT ON THE RESOLUTION BEFORE THE TOWN BOARD. ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE, UH, ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE AGENDA, WE'LL THEN OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC EXPRESSION WHERE FOLKS ARE WELCOME TO UH, SPEAK ON WHATEVER THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON. AGAIN, WE ASK YOU TO KEEP YOUR COMMENTS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. UM, AND I'LL GIVE YOU A FRIENDLY REMINDER AT THE THREE MINUTE MARK. UM, ANOTHER FRIENDLY REMINDER AT THE FOUR MINUTE MARK IF YOU HAPPEN TO GO OVER. UM, AND, AND WE REALLY NEED YOU TO WRAP IT UP IF YOU'RE AT THE FIVE MINUTE MARK OR LONGER. UM, AFTER THE PUBLIC EXPRESSION PART OF THE MEETING, WE THEN GO ON TO REPORTS FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS AND REPORTS FROM THE BOARD. SO THAT BRINGS US TO UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING REZONING FOR THE CAMP ROAD INTERCHANGE. IF YOU CAME TO SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE DO HAVE SIGN UP SHEETS OVER HERE THAT WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL IF YOU SIGNED THAT SHEET. SO THEN WE CAN CALL YOU UP IN ORDER OF WHEN YOU SIGNED. UM, IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE CLERK, I'LL READ THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT THERE HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE TOWN BOARD ON APRIL 9TH, 2024. PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW. APOLOGIZE, PLEASE. MICROPHONE PURSU TO THE MUNICIPAL HOME LAW, PROPOSED LOCAL LAW BE KNOWN AS PROPOSED LOCAL UNDER 3 20 24. THAT LOCAL LAW PROVIDES FOR THE AMENDMENT OF LOCAL LAW NUMBER 10 19 86, CHAPTER TWO 80 IN FEDERAL ZONING AND PROVIDES SUBSTANTIALLY AS FOLLOWS FOR THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN, PAMPER ZONING, GO TO AMEND THE ZONING MAP OF THE TOWN. BAMBRIDGE REONE PARCELS AROUND CAMP GROVE, INTERCHANGE AREA WITH THE FOLLOWING SBL NUMBERS TO CRI 180 2 0 2 37 180 2 DASH 37 1 180 2 0 2 38 180 2 0 2 7 21 180 2 7 1 11, 180 2 7 DASH 1 6 180 2 7 6 180 2 DASH 1 180 2 0 DASH 2 7 2 180 2 7 1 11 1 180 2 7 DASH ONE TEN ONE ONE EIGHTY TWO SEVEN ONE SEVEN ONE AND 180 2 0 2 1. THE TOWN BOARD ALSO PROPOSED MADE PARCEL WITH SBL NUMBER 180 2 0.07 DASH ONE DASH NINE. THAT IS SPLIT ZONE Z TWO C TWO AND C ONE. IT IS AL NEW ZONE C ONE ALL CRI AND PROPOSES MADE PARTIAL WITH SBL NUMBERS 180 2 0.07 DASH ONE DASH EIGHT. THAT IS SPLIT ZONE C ONE AND C TWO IS PRIMARILY ZONE C TWO. ALL CRIA MAP OF THESE PROPOSED SERVICES CAN BE FOUND AT THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE TOWN'S WEBSITE. THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO THE STATUTES AND THE PROVISIONS OF ABUSE LAW, THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 20TH GOING 20 BEFORE AT 7:00 PM AT WHICH TIME INTERESTED PERSONS MAY BE HEARD. DO WE HAVE A LIST OF INTERESTED SPEAKERS? FIRST UP WE HAVE, UH, [01:35:05] MY NAME IS PETER I OVER AT TRIP KING CERTAIN LANE BACK BEHIND THIS BEING REZONED AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE ZONING CHANGES GONNA DO FOR THE PROPERTY BACK THERE. I'M HOPING IT'LL BENEFIT JOHNNY HAM. ANYBODY'S TAKING A WALK BACK THERE AND THE PROPERTY TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. INTEREST FOR CASE ADVOCATE HERE. THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE FOR THE BENEFIT OF NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE THAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYBODY HERE WE HAVE SET PRINCIPAL AT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. LOOK AT THE MARY BRIEFLY, NO LONGER DOES HAVE A FEW MINUTES. THEY BASICALLY SAID IF THE TOM MOORE IS SUPPOSED LOOKING UP THE PEOPLE TOWN AND THE PEOPLE TO USE THE PROPERTY, CARE OF THE PROPERTY FOR THEIR BENEFIT PEOPLE. I IDEA WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE REGULATING THAT PROPERTY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TOWN. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION FROM THE TOWN MAP AND THAT'S THE ZONING PIECE TO THE PROPOSED CHANGES. AND WHEN I'VE OUTLINED THERE AND READ SPECIFICALLY IF YOU GO AT THE NEXT SLIDE, THAT'S ALL WOODED AREA. BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ZONINGS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, I BELIEVE FOR VENISON OF THE OWN SET PROPERTY, IT'S ALREADY UPON WHAT A BUNCH OF WHITELANDS ALREADY, HE'S ALREADY FILLED IN SOME SPOTS THERE AND HIS REPRESENTATIVES, ALL THE PEOPLE FROM THAT AREA, THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE TOWN AND WHAT THEY THINK THESE WAREHOUSES IN THAT LOCATION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS THE SIZE OF THE BUILDINGS THAT HE PROPOSED TO BOOK AREA 800,000 SQUARE STREET PLUS AND I WAS CAUSING CALLING MY BUSINESS PARK INSTEAD OF WAREHOUSES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THOSE BUILDINGS OVERLAY ALL THE PROPERTY BACK THERE AS WELL AS THE WETLANDS, THE TREES THAT ARE BACK THERE. I'VE TAKING A WALK BACK IN THAT PROPERTY. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS THE PART UP FRONT WHERE THE OLD WE LAND USED TO BE AND I UNDERSTAND WHY THAT SHOULD BE DEVELOPED. WE SHOULD BE CLEANED UP, UH, AT A MINIMUM. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NEXT ONE PLEASE. WE WALKED BACK IN THE PROPERTY. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE BACK THERE. THIS WAS MIDDLE SPRING. THERE'S A LOT OF WETLANDS BACK THERE. I THINK I MYSELF HAVE SEEN WILD EAGLES FLYING IN THERE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OUR SLOW CAN SEE TRACKS, THE WILD ANIMALS THAT ARE BACK THERE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THERE'S ALSO SPOTS THAT ARE, UH, DESIGNATED AS WETLANDS. SO CLEAR WATER WALKING THAT RUNS THROUGH THERE. UM, AND I'M SURE THAT IF, IF THAT GETS ALL DEVELOPED AS A WAREHOUSE, AS AN INDUSTRIAL SITE, WE'RE GONNA LOSE ALL THAT PROPERTY, ALL THAT EDUCATION AND ALL THAT LAND. THE GREEN SPACE FROM THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE THAT TALKS ABOUT GREEN SPACE FOR THE TOWN. YOU'RE GONNA BE DESTROYING AN AWFUL LOT OF THAT. CHANGE THAT ZONE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AGAIN, MORE OF THE PROPERTY BACKER OF THE WOOD AREA. THIS IS PART OF THAT CONCLUSION, THE ZONING AS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THAT'S BASICALLY A ALLY FOUND THE ER BILL. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT TO BETTER THAN HOMES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE TOM . GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT WHAT'S SAYING THERE, , I I I AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF WHAT HE SAID THERE THAT WE POSTED BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MUCH TRAFFIC ON OUT THAT THROUGH NOW THE SPEEDS. AND IF YOU WANT TO PARK ON DARMOUTH STREET FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, SEE HOW MUCH YOU LIKE IT, YOU'RE TALKING, THEY'VE GOT FIVE MORE HOUSES THERE. YOU'RE TALKING A HUNDRED TRUCKS A DAY OFF OF THAT DAY. AND IT'S RIDICULOUS. NOW I HAVE PEOPLE THAT I'VE GOT A PETITION BOAT AND I'VE GOT PEOPLE RIGHT NOW THAT ARE COMPLETING. THEY CAN JUST SIT IN THEIR YARD BECAUSE OF ALL THE NOISE COMING UP THEY'RE THROWING DOWN. IT'S JUST ANNOYING, AGGRAVATING. IT IS CRAZY. IF THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT YOU COULD DO SOMETHING FOR THAT, WHICH I KNOW THERE IS, IT IS A ABOVE WALL ALL THE WAY DOWN DARTMOUTH AND THE THROUGHWAY THAT MAY HELP AND PEOPLE, PEOPLE MAY NOT GET TICKED OFF. SO SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE THERE FIRST BEFORE YOU BRING UP SOMETHING ABOUT WAREHOUSES. RIDICULOUS. TOTALLY RIDICULOUS. AND YOU CAN'T TELL ME YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ACCIDENTS BECAUSE THE WAY PEOPLE DRIVE NOWADAYS, [01:40:01] IT'S NUTS. I WORKED FOR 26 YEARS IN A WAREHOUSE, FREEZER WAREHOUSE. IT WAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET AND THE THING THAT WE HAD OVER THERE, 20 STREETS ON OUR TRUCKS A NIGHT INBOUND, NOT COUNTING OUTBOUND. SO THEY THE WAREHOUSE THEN THEY GOTTA SEND THAT STUFF SOMEWHERE. SO I'M JUST COUNTING A HUNDRED TRUCK COMING IN EVERY DAY, NOT GOING OUT. THINK ABOUT THAT. THINK ABOUT THE SAFETY OF PEOPLE COMING DOWN CAMP ROAD. TERRIBLE RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S ALL I WANNA SAY MAYBE RIGHT NOW. BUT WHEN THE MEETING COMES OUT, WHEN THEY DO HAVE IT AGAIN, I'LL BE HERE WITH THE PETITION AS FAR AS THE WHOLE CARNEGIE AREA. SO PLEASE THINK ABOUT THIS PART. YOU REALLY MEAN THAT. THANK YOU. YOU THANK YOU. PLEASE BE CLEAR FOR FOLKS THAT MAY NOT BE AS FAMILIAR WITH THIS ISSUE AS, AS THE RESIDENTS ARE CLEARLY ON THEIR HOMEWORK, UH, RE RESORTING TO A CAMP ROAD INTERCHANGE DISTRICT WOULD PROHIBIT WAREHOUSES. THEY WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED AS AN ALLOWED USE SHOULD THE TOWN MOVE TO A CAN ROAD INTERCHANGE, DISTRICT REONE. NEXT UP WE HAVE, UH, MR. JOE GUNNING. IT KIND OF CHANGES THINGS BECAUSE WE HAD IT ALL WORKED OUT WITH KATIE BOSKY FROM, UH, VENDORS SAID PRIOR TO THIS OBVIOUSLY. AND MY CONCERN WAS WE CAME UP WITH THIS MAP AND I THINK THE GENTLEMAN FIRST THAT FIRST SPOKE TALKED ABOUT THE BUFFER ZONE, THE GREEN IT ENDS RIGHT HERE FOR SOME REASON I LIVE RIGHT OVER HERE . SO NO MATTER WHAT GOES THERE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT BUFFER ZONE GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN. WE HAD AGREED TO 225, UH, KEEP PRIOR. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO IT, BUT UM, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. MY BAD RIGHT HERE. SO , THAT'S MY CONCERN AND A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS TOO SEEMS LIKE IT JUST DISAPPEARED. AND HERE. THANK YOU. YEP. AND UM, KAREN SWEATER, I'M COMPLETELY AGAINST THE S INVOLVEMENT BECAUSE FOR SEVERAL REASONS MS. HE WOULD NOT USING YOUR MICROPHONES IF FOLKS AND HEARING BACK. OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OKAY. OKAY. I'M COMPLETELY AGAINST THE ABOVE OF INVOLVEMENT FOR SEVERAL REASONS. WE'RE GONNA HAVE 30 TO 35 FOOT BUILDINGS VISIBLE FROM HOMES FROM THEIR BACKYARDS 24 7 LOADING AND UNLOADING TRUCK NOISE FUMES FROM THESE SEMI TRUCKS. SOME PROPERTY LINES ARE ONLY A HUNDRED FEET AWAY FROM THESE BUILDINGS AND ARE, WE KNOW WHAT WILL BE IN THERE, BE HAZARDOUS. I ASKED THIS AND THEY SAID THEY KNOW THAT WHAT TYPE OF THINGS WERE IN THERE. SO I THINK THIS IS JUST A VERY BAD IDEA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND NEXT WE HAVE UH, LIZ DEAN. HI. GOOD EVENING. UM, I LIVE IN, UM, CEDAR VALLEY WAY, WHICH ISN'T VERY FAR. IT'S ACTUALLY RIGHT BEHIND A LOT OF THIS PROPERTY. UM, REZONING. UM, WE WERE PROMISED BY FORBES OF UPON PURCHASING OUR PROPERTY BACK IN JULY THAT IT WOULD BE MAINTAINED AT CONSERVATION LAND THAT THEY DID NOT BUILD UP PART OF US PURCHASING THE PROPERTY. WE HAVE TWO ACRES AND THEN THE WOODED AREAS ARE RIGHT BEHIND THAT. UM, AND WITH MY UNDERSTANDING, WHICH IS VERY LITTLE OF WHAT THE REZONING IS, I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE INTENDING TO BUILD, UM, APARTMENT BUILDINGS, UH, SMALL WAREHOUSES, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. I'M HEARING YOU SAY THAT THAT MAY NOT BE THE CASE AS FAR AS WAREHOUSES GO. UM, BUT REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY BUILD, THE, UM, HOMES IN THAT COMMUNITY ARE WITH WHAT PEOPLE ARE PAYING FOR HOMES TODAY. NOT TO BE DISMISSED, BUT IT IS GOING TO DECREASE PROPERTY VALUES. UM, I WONDER WHERE THESE CHILDREN ARE GONNA GO TO SCHOOL IF IT IS FOR APARTMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, I KNOW SEVERAL FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN'S IN THESE SCHOOLS AND THERE ALREADY ISN'T ENOUGH EDUCATORS FOR THE CHILDREN THAT EXIST IN THIS SYSTEM. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT THE ELIMINATION OF GREEN SPACE AND POTENTIAL RISE OF POLLUTION, MUCH LIKE THE MORE RURAL, RURAL, SORRY, RURAL COMMUNITIES. UM, THIS IS, WE PURCHASED SOME THE PREMISES OF SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT IS SLOWLY BECOMING MORE OF RURAL AND THEY ARE ELIMINATING MORE AND MORE GREEN SPACE, WHICH ISN'T WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR. AND YOU'RE GONNA DRIVE A LOT OF GOOD CITIZEN OUT OF THE COMMUNITY, HIGH PAYING TAXPAYERS WHO DON'T MIND PAYING THE TAXES IF THE COMMUNITY MAINTAINS [01:45:01] THE MORALS THAT THE GENTLEMAN FIRST SPOKE POSTED. UM, AND UM, I'M A PRO OPPOSED TO THIS AND MANY OTHER LARGE PROJECTS IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE REASONS SUCH AS THAT. UM, THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. I'M, I'M READING THE NEXT NAME. YEAH, I NEED, I WAS CONFUSED. I WAS, THEY THINK I'M SIGNING A ENCY, THAT'S WHY I SAID NO. SORRY. THANK YOU. AND NEXT IS WENDY RICHIE. I ALSO THOUGHT I WAS SENDING, UM, SIGNING IN ATTENDANCE ALSO, ALSO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO JUST ECHO WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SAID AND THAT, UM, GETTING HAM TURN MORE INTO THE CITY ATMOSPHERE WHERE THE GREEN SPACE GONE. AND ALSO, UM, JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF, I GUESS CAR WASHES GOING UP AND, UM, WAREHOUSES AND MANUFACTURING. IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THE POINT PLACE THAT I KNEW THAT'S GOING TO GREW UP IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL. I GREW EVERYTHING HERE SO I, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, YOU JUST WONDER WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THE CONTINUE ON THAT GAP BE. THANK YOU. MUST BOTH THAT SIGNED UP SPEAK. IS ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE ZONING OF THE CAN ROAD INTERCHANGE DISTRICT? YES. FAMILY BACK. GOOD EVENING. UH, MY NAME IS CHRISTINE GREEN. I AM AN ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNER TO THE PROPOSED BENDERSON, UM, WHAT THEY REQUESTED THAT MAY BE REDEVELOPED FOR THE WAREHOUSES. SO I SUPPORT YOU IN NOT WANTING THAT. UH, I WANNA JUST REMIND YOU THAT THIS IS YOUR TIME TO LEAVE YOUR LEGACY IN THE TOWN CAN. WHEN WE GET OFF THAT NINE EIGHT INTERSTATE, IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS WELCOMING TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN TO OUR TOWN. SO THIS IS YOUR TIME TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN FOR THE RESIDENTS. OF THIS TOWN. SO WITH THAT, I ASK YOU PLEASE CONTINUE ON, NOT ALLOW WAREHOUSES TO BE BUILT IN THAT AREA AND LOOK OUT FOR THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE WE HAVE LOOKED OUT FOR EACH ONE OF YOU AND VOTED YOU INTO YOUR ROCKS. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. GARY HAYS 34 25 DRIVE. SO I MIGHT BE PROJECT WITH THE WAREHOUSES. AND I WASN'T REALLY PREPARED TO SPEAK THE, I WAS SURE WHAT THIS WAS ABOUT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU WERE GONNA BE DEFINING A BUFFER OF ONLY 150 FEET OR SO. UM, WE NEGOTIATED THE NEIGHBORS THERE ALONG CREEKVIEW 225 AND ALSO A WALL IN ADDITIONAL TREES AND A BUFFER BUILT. SO I ONLY ASKED THAT IF WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THAT WITH HENDERSON, THAT YOU MOVE THAT OUT TO AT LEAST 225, 2 50 OR 300 FEET, UM, ALONG THE WHOLE CREEKVIEW STREET SO THAT WHATEVER GOES IN THERE, GROW . THANK YOU. HR , ALSO A PRESIDENT. UM, WE DID THE NEIGHBOR FOR ABOUT TWO DECADES. UM, I THINK WE ALWAYS KNEW WE BOUGHT OUR HOME THAT EVENTUALLY THAT LAND, I GUESS MIGHT BE DEVELOPED OUR INSTINCT. AND ONE TIME SAW A GIANT BLUEPRINT AND CO COUPLE DECADES AGO SHOWING, YOU KNOW, ERS DRIVE, CONTINUING REALTOR OFFICE DOCTOR OFFICES. YOU THINK, OKAY, AT ONE POINT SAW BUFFER AT LEAST 400 FEET. OKAY, A NINE TO FIVE BUSINESS, A ONE AND A HALF STORY BUILDING WITH FOUR OH FEET [01:50:01] OF TREES. THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD ACCOMMODATE AND DESIGN WITH. AND THEN WE'RE BEING PRESENTED WITH ABOUT 800,000 SQUARE A WAREHOUSE RESIDENTIAL. SO AGREE WITH ALL THE SPEAKER WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE ON STAKE. SO THAT , THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD EVERYBODY ELSE? MR. UH, UM, MY NAME IS JOSHUA ROGERS, JUST FOR EVERYONE IN THE CROWD, I WORK IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, HERE IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. UM, I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY VERIFY SOME THINGS. UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I APPRECIATE, UH, EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS. UM, THIS REZONING IS FLUID, SO WE'RE NOT JUST GONNA APPROVE IT TONIGHT OR THE NEXT MEETING. WE'RE TAKING IN EVERYONE'S COMMENTS, SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE THEM INTO ACCOUNT AND TRY TO MAKE A RATIONAL DECISION. UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE EVERYONE AN IDEA OF WHAT IS IN THE CRI DISTRICT, WHAT IS IT ALLOWED USE? I'VE HEARD THINGS LIKE WAREHOUSING, CAR WASHES. UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW IN THE CRI DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT ARE ALLOWED, OUR ARTS AND SOCIAL FACILITIES, RE RETAIL SALES, EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS FOR, THOSE ARE NO BARS. TOURISM FACILITIES, CUSTOM SHOPS, BREWERIES AND WINERIES, THEATERS, HEALTHCARE, SPA AND WELLNESS CENTERS, RESORT COMPLEXES OFFICES, AND A COMBINATION OF AS SUCH. UM, SO WAREHOUSING DOES NOT ALLOW TO USE CAR WASHES ARE NOT IN ALLOWED USE. UM, I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY SOMETHING ABOUT APARTMENTS. UH, YOU CAN DO APARTMENTS IN THE CRI DISTRICT, BUT ONLY WITH THE SPECIAL USE PERMITS. SO THE PLANNING BOARD HAD A LITTLE BIT OF SAY ON WHAT, UH, WOULD GO IN THERE IF APARTMENTS WERE TO GO IN THERE. UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE EVERYBODY KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE CRI DISTRICT, WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED TO GO IN THERE. UM, THE SAME THING I WANTED TO ADDRESS REALLY QUICKLY IS THIS THING ABOUT THE BUFFER. UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE MAP, THERE IS THIS GREEN RA DISTRICT THAT IS ALONG THE BUFFER , LIKE MANY PEOPLE MENTIONED. UM, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT 150 FEET AND THE 225, UH, 2 25 FEET THAT PEOPLE MENTIONED. UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL TAKE UNDER CONSIDERATION. WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT. UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL HAVE TO CONSULT WITH PETERSON BECAUSE THEY OWN THE PROPERTY, UM, NEXT TO IT, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. UM, ANOTHER COMMENT THAT WE HEARD TONIGHT, UM, WE'LL CONSULT WITH THE TOWN BOARD, WE'LL COME TO A WORK SESSION AND ASK THEM FOR FURTHER DIRECTION. UM, WE'LL PROCEED FROM THERE. THANKS. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE TWO BUFFERS. IF YOU GO AND PUT A BUFFER DOWN, DARTMOUTH, YOU HAVE TO DO THE WHOLE EXIT, THE THROUGHWAY OVER A MILE. WE'LL PUT THAT DOWN TOO, PLEASE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO BE HEARD ON THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CAMERA INTERCHANGE RESIGNED. ALRIGHT, SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS. WE CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING OR WE CAN ADJOURN THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, TO A LATER DAY TO ALLOW MORE PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, I WOULD DO, UH, ACHIEVE THE LATTER SO THAT FOLKS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT THAT MIGHT WANT TO PROVIDE INPUT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, IN THE NEXT, UH, NEXT MEETING. SO I'D SAY WE DO A COUPLE MEETINGS ACTUALLY, SO THAT THERE'S ADEQUATE NOTICE. I, I'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF CALLS AND TALK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE ABOUT THIS, AND I THINK, UM, WE SHOULD PUT IT OUT FOR AT LEAST A MONTH. SO HOW ABOUT WE ADJOURN, UH, THE NEXT MEETING AND THEN WE CAN TAKE IT FROM THERE. EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY. BEFORE YOU CLOSE COMPLETELY, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, IS THERE SOMEWHERE THAT WE CAN OBTAIN THE SHEET THAT HE BASICALLY JUST READ OFF THAT STATES WHAT IS AND ISN'T ALLOWED SO THAT, SHOULD THERE BE SOMETHING OR CONCERNS WITH THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE MAY CONVEY THOSE AT THE NEXT MEETING? YEAH. IS IT, IS IT ABOUT THE WEBSITE JOSH? IT'S ON HAMBURG ECO. SO IF WE TYPE IN CRI, DISTRICT, HAMBURG AND GOOGLE, UH, A WEBSITE WILL POP UP CALLED ECO 360. I PUT IN THE FIRST LINK, UM, THAT'LL POP UP. I CAN ALSO PUT A LINK ON THE TOWN WEBSITE AS WELL. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, JOSH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JOSH. THANK YOU. AND I BELIEVE RESIDENTS CAN EMAIL COMMENTS TOO. SO IF YOU CAN'T ATTEND A MEETING, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL JOSH AND THE BOARD AND THOSE WILL BE PART OF THE RECORD. AND WE REVIEW ALL THE EMAILS AND TRANS, UM, CORRESPONDENCE WE RECEIVED FROM RESIDENCY. SO JOSH, COULD YOU ALSO BRIEFLY GO OVER HOW, UM, THAT LIST WAS DERIVED, UM, THE PROCESS OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF [01:55:01] YEARS AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT THAT PREVIOUSLY OCCURRED THAT WENT INTO THE CREATION OF THAT LIST? SURE. UH, THE CAMPBELL INTERCHANGE INDUSTRY CAME OUT OF THE COMP PLAN. OBVIOUSLY THE COMP PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 2022 WHEN IT STARTED IN LATE 2019. SO THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND FEW ADOPTION, UM, THIS AREA, THIS AREA, OBVIOUSLY IT WAS AN IMPORTANT ENTRANCEWAY INTO THE TOWN. UM, AND MEMBERS OF NOT ONLY THE THE COMP PLAN, BUT ALSO THERE WAS A GATEWAY MODERNIZATION DESIGN PROJECT THAT WAS DONE BY A CONSULTANT AND KIND OF LOOKS AT THIS ENTRANCE WAY INTO THE TOWN. AND THERE'S SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT HAVING A DISTRICT THAT'S MORE OF AN ENTRANCE WAY, THAT THAT IS NOT, YOU KNOW, JUST YOUR TYPICAL HOTEL, HOTEL, CAR WASH, UH, TYPE USE ONE MORE CREATIVE USES FOR THIS, THIS INTEREST RATE MAKING PART DESTINATION. UM, SO THE COMP PLAN AND MS. GATEWAY REVITALIZATION ENTIRE PROJECT MEMBERS FROM THE, UH, THE COMMITTEE, UH, RESIDENTS WERE A PART OF THIS, UH, COMMITTEE THAT CAME TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY WENT TO THE PLANNING BOARD, UM, LATE 2023 PLANNING BOARD TOOK A LOOK AT IT OVER THREE MONTHS, THEY PUT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TOGETHER AND THEY PUT A REPORT TOGETHER AND THEN WE GAVE IT TO THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN BOARD TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE USES HERE, CONGRESS FROM THE PUBLIC. UM, AND THEY'RE GONNA RUN WITH US IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, TRY TO PUT TOGETHER THE BEST RATIONAL DECISION. AND THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ADD TO MR. ROGERS, UH, REPORT IS THAT THIS CONVERSATION STARTED IN EARNEST. WE LOOKED AT A, AT A DISTRICT, THE INTERCHANGE DISTRICT, BECAUSE OF THE, UH, ONCE THE CLOSED RELIEF WAS REMOVED, THAT LEFT A SIGNIFICANT PARCEL, SEVERAL ACRES OF COMPLETELY UN ZONE LAND WITH NO RESTRICTIONS AT ALL. SO BEFORE THAT LAND IS SOLD, WE WANT TO PUT CONDITIONS ON WHAT CAN GO IN THERE. AND, UH, THE THOUGHT BEHIND IT WAS, WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT PARCEL, LET'S LOOK AT THE ENTIRE AREA SO THAT, UM, IT CAN BE CONSISTENT. CURRENTLY, THE, THE LAND THAT IS NOT THAT, THAT IS ZONED IS, AS WE MENTIONED IN RESOLUTION C TWO AND C ONE, WHICH DOES ALLOW FOR, FOR MORE USES. THE CAMP ROAD INTERCHANGE DISTRICT IS ESSENTIALLY A MORE RESTRICTIVE, UH, ZONE. THAT BEING SAID, ANYBODY ELSE WITH A QUESTION OR A COMMENT? MR. HOPE? I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT HERE TODAY. WE REALLY, UH, TAKE THESE MATTERS VERY SERIOUSLY. UM, AND EVERY TIME I SIT UP HERE AND LEARN MORE FROM OUR RESIDENTS, FROM OUR PLANNING BOARD, UH, THIS IS A PROCESS FOR ALL OF US THAT WE REALLY TAKE SERIOUSLY. I PUBLICLY WILL STATE RIGHT HERE, I OPPOSE ANY WAREHOUSES THERE. UH, I'VE GONE ON RECORD SAYING I WOULD SUPPORT A RECREATIONAL COMPLEX THERE IN THE FRONT. WE SPACE, BUT WE HAVE TO BALANCE, UM, PRIVATE OWNERSHIP AND LAWS TO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITIZENS. BUT I'M HAPPY TO HEAR FROM OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT, UH, IT, THERE WOULD BE NO WAREHOUSE THERE PUBLICLY AGAINST THAT. AND I AGREE WITH SUPERVISOR HO THAT WE SHOULD ADJOURN THIS PUBLIC HEARING SO WE CAN GET MORE INPUT AND WE, WE DO APPRECIATE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY ABOUT YOU, THE CITIZENS AND OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT FOR DECADES TO COME. THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE, I KNOW, UM, THAT'S, UH, WE HEARD EARLIER THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAKE A CHANGE OR WE'RE MAKING THINGS BETTER IN THE FUTURE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT. SO WE HAD A MOTION TO GRANT TO THE JUNE 3RD MEETING. YES. AND I BELIEVE IT WAS SECOND RIGHT IS THAT I WOULD MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO DO AT LEAST 30 DAYS SO WE GET MORE, PUT IT TO THE THE NEXT SECOND. SO YOU'RE SECONDING IT FURTHER. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS CARRIEDS A NUMBER FOUR WHERE THE UNIVERSITY OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES STATE PREPAREDNESS SPRING CENTER WILL BE PROVIDING INITIAL RESPONSE ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING IN STANDING WE KNOW FROM MONDAY MAY 20TH, 2024, JUNE 23RD, 2024 AND BARR, THERE'S NO FEES FOR TRAINING COURSE AND THREE LODGING AS WELL AS LUNCH SHOULD THAT PROVIDED FOR PARTICIPANTS. NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED. TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED OFFICER MATT SHERRY, OFFICER NI PALM OFFICER ANDREW SALT AND OFFICER GARY HOWMAN TO ATTEND THE IIRA SCREENING WITH THE FOLLOWING EXPENSES MEALS TWO DAYS OF 37 50 PER DAY FOR A TOTAL OF $300. HE WILL RESULT TIME WERE AUTHORIZED USE OF THE UNMARKED POLICE VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORTATION. SO MOVE SECOND PALM FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? EXTENSIONS CARRIED [02:00:01] BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMMER TOWN BOARD. DOES HE I APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING AS FOLLOWS, TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING. APRIL 9TH, 2024. 2000. SORRY. APRIL 9TH, 2024. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ALL FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? IONS CARRIED. WE ARE, AS NEAR YORK STATE POLICE LAWS, THE CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN'S SEMINAR IN AL NEW YORK FROM MONDAY, JUNE 3RD THROUGH FRIDAY, JUNE 7TH, 2024. WHERE IS EXTENSIVE DRAIN PROVIDED FREE OF COST OF LI ATTENDINGS. NOW THEREFORE WE RESOLVED THE DOWNWARD AUTHORIZED OFFICER TELLS EAGER TO ATTEND THE CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN WITH THE FELONY EXPENSES AND AS LISTED TOTAL COST. $820 WE HEARD A RESULT TIME AUTHORIZED TO USE UN PLEASE OVER TRANSPORTATION. SOMO. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS CARRIED. WHERE HAS RECEIVED REQUEST FROM DATA DEVELOPMENT LLC FOR THE AMENDMENT OF BRI PLANNING DEVELOPMENT FOR PROPERTY CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 3.87 ACRES WITH RUNS ON SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD. ROGER, IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT A MIXED USE PROJECT WE PROVIDE OF TWO FULL FLOOR BUILDINGS AND RELATED SITE PROGRAMS AND WHEREAS THE CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND RECORD AND DEFENDANT THAT THE TOWN BOARD ENTERTAINMENT REZONING REQUIRES WITH CONCERNS AND WHERE IS HENRY COUNTY BOARD REFERRED? THIS PROVIDE TO ZONING PLANNING BOARD TOWARDS REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION AND WHERE IS HENRY COUNTY BOARD RECEIVED THE PLANNING BOARD REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION AND WHEREAS THE HE TOWN BOARD CONDUCTED A COORDINATED SECRET PROCESS TO ESTABLISH A TOWN BOARD, A SECURE LEAD AGENCY IN COURT WITH THE NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL WATER REVIEW ACT AND COMPLETED A 2 3 9 ADAM COUNTY RESERVE. NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED ANY COUNTY BOARD AT THE PUBLIC HEARING ON MR. BOTH RE RESULTING APPLICATION AT HENRY TOWN HALL, 600 AVENUE, HENRY NEW YORK AT 7:00 PM ON JUNE 17TH, 2024. SO SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED DUN AREA IN RECOGNITION OF MICHAEL DELMONT, WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG ACKNOWLEDGES MICHAEL DELMAN. I'M BEING CHOSEN THIS YEAR TO RECEIVE THE OUTSTANDING SCIENCE TEACHER AWARD FOR HIGH SCHOOL LIFE SCIENCE BY THE SCIENCE TEACHER ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK. AND WHEREAS MICHAEL'S STUDENTS AT FRONTIER HIGH SCHOOL PARTICIPATED IN THE NASSAU HUNCH PROGRAM WHERE THE STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH CHALLENGES ATTEMPTING TO SOLVE PROGRAM PROBLEMS POSED BY NAST. AND WHEREAS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS SOME OF HIS STUDENTS HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE HEALTH PORTION OF THE CHALLENGES WHERE THERE WE'RE WORKING ON CERTAIN CREATING EDIBLE PACKAGING TO REDUCE WASTE WHEN PRODUCING SHIPPING MATERIALS TO SPACE. AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR MICHAEL HAD THREE TEAMS, WHICH INCLUDED ANOTHER, ANOTHER EDIBLE PACKAGING TEAM, A TEAM WORKING TO PREVENT BIOFILM FORMATION IN THE WATER OF THE ISS AND A TEAM WORKING TO IMPROVE SLEEP IN ASTRONAUTS. AND WHEREAS OF THE FOUR TEAMS THREE HAVE BEEN INVITED TO PRESENT AT THE JOHNSON SPACE STATION IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, WHERE THEY PRESENTED THEIR WORK TO NASA ENGINEERS ASTRONAUTS. AND WHEREAS MICHAEL'S ECOLOGY CLUB ALSO SELECTED THIS YEAR AS ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS OF ERIE COUNTY'S ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR THE ANNUAL TREE PROJECT THEY DO NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RECOGNIZES MICHAEL'S DEDICATION TO THE PASSION TOWARDS EDUCATING HIS STUDENTS AT FRONTIER HIGH SCHOOL AND FOR INSPIRING THEM TO BE LIFELONG LEARNERS SO WE CAN CONGRATULATE HIM ON UH, ALL OF HIS STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENTS AND FREE CB THIS DISTINCTIVE AWARD. SO MOVED. SECOND. UNANIMOUS. SECOND. SECOND. ALL FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? TENSIONS CARRIED. MICHAEL'S ACTUALLY IN THE AUDIENCE WE WANNA GET BRING YOUR STUDENTS WITH YOU. DON'T BE SHY. YOU'RE, I SEE THE TWO OF YOU SKI SITTING BACK THERE. YOU'VE BEEN VERY PATIENT. NOW ARE THESE THE GENTLEMAN? THANK YOU. SHE'S MAKING FUN. PROMISE US THIS IS VERY TAN YOU DRESSES FOREVER. YOU AND IF YOU TEACHES THIS IS THE ECO CLUB VICE PRESIDENT, ONE OF THE NASA, ONE OF THE ONES IN THE SIDE. HOW WAS NASA? IT WAS REALLY FUN. IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. THAT'S AWESOME SIDE. YEAH. YEAH. WANTED TO EXPERIENCE THAT'S WHY. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD JOB. CONGRATULATIONS. AMENABLE PACKAGING. SO SLICE WASTE INSIGHTS, [02:05:02] RIGHT? NINE. WE RECEIVING ALL THAT SECURITY EMERGENCY SERVICE STATE PREPARED TRAINING CENTER WILL PROVIDING INITIAL RESPONSE TO ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING IN ANY NORTH FROM THURSDAY, JUNE 13TH, 2024, FRIDAY, JUNE 14TH, 2024. AND WHEREAS THERE'S NO FOR TRAINING BOARDS AND PRE AS ALL LUNCHES ARE PROVIDED FOR PARTICIPANTS NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED DOWN BOARD AUTHOR LINES OFFICER DUTY SETTLE, OFFICER MARY BE CALL POLICE OFFICER SEAN CAR AND OFFICER ALLEN MON TO ATTEND THE IRAS STRAINING WITH THE FOLLOWING EXPENSES AS LISTED. TOTAL EXPENSES $300 BE THE FURTHER RESOLVED LIEUTENANT BOARD AUTHORIZED USE OF UNES VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORTATION. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? A AYE. OPPOSED? PENSIONS CARRIED. WHERE DOES NEW YORK STATE HOMELAND SECURITY EMERGENCY SERVICES STATE FOR VARIANCE TRAINING CENTER WILL BE PROVIDING INITIAL RESPONSE TO ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING NOR STANDING NEW YORK FROM MONDAY, JULY 15TH, 2024 TO TUESDAY, JULY 16TH, 2024 AND WHEREAS THERE'S NO LEAK OF TRAINING COURSE PRE LODGING PROVIDED WITH OUR NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED. HOW AUTHORIZE OFFICER ANTHONY MANDI, OFFICER CORAL IGN OFFICER JOHN BLUEMAN AND OFFICER PETER RANDALL THROUGH JOIN THE IR STRAINING WITH FILING EXPENSES AS LISTED TOTAL COST $300. BE FURTHER RESOLVE AND AUTHORIZE USE OF VEHICLE INVITATION. SO MOVE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? A AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? IONS CARRIED RESULT EVERY TIME BOARD IS HERE BY REQUEST THAT A MEETING HAVE REQUIRED DO TO ADD THE RANKS OF THE MEMBERSHIP, THE INDIVIDUAL AS FOLLOWS, GABRIEL APPEARS SO SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. FOLLOW SUSPENSIONS CARRIED. WHEREAS NEITHER STATE PROPERTY TAX LAW 4 6 6 A AUTHORIZED MUNICIPALITIES TO CREATE A REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS IN VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKERS TO THE EXTENT OF 10% OF THE SET VALUE OF SUCH VOLUNTEERS PRIMARY RESIDENCE WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY. AND WHEREAS THAT EXEMPTION MAY BE CREATED BY LOCAL LAW AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING AND WHEREAS IT IS WITH IS IN A PUBLIC INTEREST TO REPEAL THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER 2 35 TAXATION ARTICLE SEVEN AND REPLACE WITH THE MORE EXPANSIVE EXEMPTION SET FORTH AND AUTHORIZED OF MORE RECENTLY ENACTED RPTL 4 6 6 DASH A AND WHEREAS IT IS IN THE INTEREST AND DOWNAND THE APPLICANTS FROM THE BOARD POSITION, THE VOLUNTEER BUYER AMBULANCE SERVICE WORKERS WOULD'VE BEEN DOWN AND YOU WOULD ENHANCE THE ABILITY TO REFER, RETAIN VOLUNTEERS CURRENTLY SERVING THE RESIDENTS THE DOWN OF AND WHERE THE TOWN BOARD THAN THE TOWN OF BURY INTENDS CREATE SUCH EXEMPTION WITHIN LIMITS REQUIRED BY THE YORK STATE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAWS UP TO 4 6 6 DASH A NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED. THE HENRY TOWN BOARD SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED MENT OF REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW FOR SPECIFIC SIX DASH A GRANTING A PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND AMBULANCE WORKERS AND BE FURTHER RESOLVED IN PUBLIC HEARING IS SECOND FOR JUNE 17TH, 2024 AT 7:00 PM SO SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. A OPPOSED? BENCH CARRIED. THREE. RESOLVE THE DOWN BOARD OF GROUPS HONOR AND MORNING M BRANDY TO THE PART-TIME POSITION OF BEACH SECURITY EFFECTIVE MAY 24TH, 2024 AND THEREFORE BEING RESOLVED. LIEUTENANT BOARD AUTHORIZES MORNING GRAIN EXHIBIT THREE TO ENFORCE LAWS AND ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF HAMPTON CODE AND IS FURTHER AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE BARGAINING TICKETS. 180 8 DASH 18 DOWN CODE SALARIES $23 PER HOUR WITH AN MAXIMUM OF 35 HOURS PER WEEK. FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN 80 71 80 0 1 0 4. SO SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? A AYE OPPOSED PENSION CARRIED. WE RESOLVE THE GENERAL BOARD SCHEDULE, THE PUBLIC HEARING AND PROPOSAL NUMBER 6 20 24 THIS PROPOSAL LOCAL LAW WILL AMEND CHAPTER 76 VAN TOWN CO BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND FIRE PREVENTION WITH VARIOUS AMENDMENTS TO INCLUDE TOWN DENVER REQUIREMENTS. THE HEARING IS TO BE SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 17TH, 2024 AT 7:00 PM SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? EXTENSIONS CARRIED. GARY ADULT DAYCARE FEED MORE MEAL AGREEMENT WHEREAS 15. NO WE DON'T HAVE 15 ALL WAIVERS. I DON'T HAVE A 15. DO WE NEED TAYLOR WROTE OBJECT WAIVERS DISMISS AND UH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. JUNE, 2024 TAYLOR ROAD ALCOHOL WAIVER RESOLVED THAT THE HAMMER TOWN BOARD DOES HEREBY AUTHORIZED ALCOHOL WAIVER FOR THE FOLLOWING JUNE, 2024 TAYLOR ROAD RENTAL AS LISTED. SO SECOND. AYE VOTE THIRD. UH, NOW ADULT DAYCARE [02:10:01] FEED MORE AGREEMENT WHEREAS THE BID WE'RE OPEN ON MAY 20, MAY 10TH, 2024 AT 11:00 AM FOR THE HAMBURG ADULT DAYCARE SERVICE VENDOR CONTRACT FOR MEALS WHEREAS ONE BID WAS RECEIVED FROM FEED MORE WEST NEW YORK WHEREAS THE BID WAS REVIEWED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THE FEED MORE WAS NEW YORK IS A QUALIFIED AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN TOWN OF PAVER OR A UNDER CONTRACT FOR MILLS TO FEED MORE WESTERN NEW YORK EFFECTIVE MAY 26TH, 2024 BE FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT WITH FEE MOORE WESTERN NEW YORK SHALL RUN FROM MAY 26TH, 2024 TO MAY 25TH, 2025 WAS SUBJECT TO ANY RENEWAL OR REBID SPEC SPECIFIED IN THE AGREEMENT. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTION CARRIED MAINTENANCE WORKER POSITION WHEREAS ACCORDING TO THE CSDA, UM, WHEREAS ACCORDING TO THE CSA BLUE COLLAR CONTRACT, SECTION 4 1 3, ANY POSITION THAT WARRANTS AN UPGRADE MORE THAN 50% OF THE TIME ON A SIX MONTH PERIOD SHALL ALL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL POSITION OF THE TITLE BEING CREATED. AND WHEREAS THERE HAD BEEN UPGRADES TO THE POSITION OF MAINTENANCE WORKER IN EXCESS OF 50% WITHIN A SIX MONTH PERIOD FOR THEREFORE BE RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE SUPERVISORS ASSIGNED SECTION NINE OF THE P OH SEVEN DASH 17 FOR THE CREATION MAINTENANCE WORKER POSITION IN THE BUILDING GROUNDS DEPARTMENT. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO BRING IT THROUGH A VOTE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE AND IF THEY GETS A SECOND, THERE IS A PRECEDING MOTION TO ADD A SECOND TO TABLE THE MOTION. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FERRELL LORENSON. SECOND BY COUNCIL MOSA. ALL IN FAVOR OF TABLING THE MOTION, I'M WOULD SAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL ON THE SECOND TO, UH, VOTE ON THIS POSITION FIRST FOR TABLING I I THE ONE THE TABLES GOES BEFORE THE THE MOTION. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE WITH A PROPER SECOND. ALL FAVOR RETAIN MOTION PLEASE SIGNIFY THE SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AYE. NON OPPOSED. CARRIED ONE. WHEREAS BATTY EVERETT RECOGNIZES THAT LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND QUEER LG BTQ PLUS PEOPLE COME FROM ALL DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES, RACES, RELIGIONS, ECONOMIC STATUSES AND GENDERS. AND WHEREAS ACCORDING TO THE LATEST GALA HALL, 7.6% OF US ADULTS IDENTIFY AS LGB LGBTQ PLUS OR SOME OTHER SEXUAL ORIENTATION BESIDES HETEROSEXUAL, WHICH IS AN INCREASE FROM THE 5.6% FOUR YEARS AGO. AND WHEREAS THE STUDY FROM THE CENTER OF AMERICAN PROGRESS FIND THAT MANY L-G-B-T-Q PEOPLE CONTINUE TO FACE DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACE AND IN PUBLIC ATMOSPHERE AND IN THEIR ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, WHICH IS AN CAUSING AN INCREASE OF, OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS SUCH AS DEPRESSION, SELF HARM, SUICIDAL DOC DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE. AND WHEREAS ON JUNE 25TH, 1978, GILBERT BAKER CREATED THE PRIDE FLAG TO HAVE A SYMBOL FOR PRIDE OF PRIDE FOR THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY THAT REPRESENTS HOPE, UNITY, AND INCLUSION. AND WHEREAS PRIDE MONTH IS NOW CELEBRATED ANNUALLY IN JUNE TO HONOR THE 1969 STONEWALL RIOTS AND WORKS TO ACHIEVE EQUAL JUSTICE AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR LGBTQ PLUS AMERICANS. NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN HAM WILL RECOGNIZE JUNE AS PRIDE MONTH WILL APPLY THE PRIDE FLAG IN FRONT OF HAMBURG TOWN HALL TO CELEBRATE DIVERSITY, TO ENCOURAGE EQUALITY, AND TO CREATE A SAFE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. A UNANIMOUS SECOND I'D FOR A UNANIMOUS SECOND. YES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS CARRIED. PAF. YOUTH RECREATION SENIOR ATIVE BE IT RESOLVED THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE TERMINATION AND HIRING OF PERSONNEL, DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES AND FO AS LISTED SOMO. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR A OPPOSED PENSIONS PERIOD WHERE AS THE PUBLIC HEARING RESULT ON MAY 6TH, 2023 FOR DISCUSSION IN PUBLIC HANDLING CONSUMING ADOPTION OF PROPOSED LOCAL ONE FOUR. WHERE [02:15:01] THE WHOLE LOCAL ONE FOUR WILL AMEN. CHAPTER TWO 800 CODE SPECIFICALLY CHAPTER TWO EIGHT. IN COMPETITIVE ZONING THE AMENDMENTS SHOULD SHARE TO TWO EIGHT DASH 3 32 3 AND TWO 80 DASH 3 32 4 TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL ACCEPTORY USES SOME MINOR DEFINITION REVISIONS AS FOLLOWS. ACCEPTORY USES INSTRUCTED TO FARM LICENSES IS THE MAIN FOLLOWING AS DETERMINED, IMPROVED UNDER THE SEP PROCESS MAKING AND SERVING FOOD OPPOSED THE PARTY AND EVENT SPACE. PRODUCTION OF RELATED PRODUCTS SUCH AS SOFTWARE RESERVES AND OTHER BEVERAGES PERMITTED BY NEW YORK STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY DEFINITIONS. CROWN CRAFT FARM BREWERY AS DEFINED BY THE IRON BREWERY LICENSE ON THE NEW YORK STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY CRAFT WINERY IS DEFINED BY THE FARM WINERY LICENSE UNDER THE NEW YORK STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY LICENSED PRODUCT AS DEFINED BY FARM LICENSES IN THE YORK STATE ALCOHOLIC S CONTROL LAW WHERE THE PROPOSED MEMO ARE IN ACCORDANCE FOR THE RECOMMENDATION. TOM HENRY CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED. HENRY TOM BOARD ADOPT PROPOSED MEMO DOWN CODE OF TOM. HE SO SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? SENTENCING CARRIED. BE IT RESOLVED WITH THE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVE THE HIRING OF FOLLOWING EMPLOYEE AND BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AB EXTENSIONS CARRIED BE RESOLVED EVERY TOWN BOARD AS HEREBY APPROVE THE REQUEST OF LAKE SHOW VOLUNTEER YOUR FIRE COMPANY AND RANCH THEIR MEMBERSHIP. THE INDIVIDUALS HAD FOLLOWED ANO TWO. THIS IS WHAT I HAVE TWO, I HAVE THAT LATER IN MY PACKET. UH, BUT I DO NOW THERE IS ALL INTER AUTHORIZED THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO PROCEED WITH THE FOLLOWING 2024 CBG PROJECTS BASED UPON THE 2024 ODD CBG GRANT ALLOCATION, UH, AS LISTED SOME OF LIKE ALL IN FAVOR ON THE QUESTION, THE QUESTION, HOW DO WE DETERMINE HOW THE GRANTS WERE GIVEN UP? LIKE IS THERE A FORMULA VIEWS OR MR IS THERE ANY THAT QUESTION? I COULDN'T HEAR THE QUESTION. JUST WONDERING HOW WE DETERMINED THANKS. WAS WONDERING HOW WE DETERMINED, UM, HOW THE GRANTS WERE GIVEN OUT? LIKE WAS THERE AN APPLICATION PROCESS OR IS THERE, THERE BOTH AN APPLICATION? WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS DURING THE FALL. OKAY, SO EVERY YEAR THERE'S DIFFERENT ONES LIKE IT'S SPLIT UP A DIFFERENT WAY. YEAH, WE NORMALLY GIVE, UM, THE HIGHWAY SOME MONEY TO DO ROAD WORK IN A TARGET AREA AND THEN A HOUSING RE WE HAVE TO DO SOME HOUSING, UM, ACCORDING TO OUR . OKAY, SO EVERY FALL PEOPLE CAN WATCH FOR THE GRANT APPLICATION GO OUT? CORRECT. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO ALL FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? EXTENS CARRIED RESULT TEMPORARY ZERO BY APPROVE THE REQUEST MAKE VOLUNTEER PARTY COMPANY RENT TO MEMBERSHIP THE INDIVIDUALS ALLOWING MAJORITY SPENCER RYAN, SANDRA MORGAN BURQUETTE. SO SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? SUSPENSIONS CARRIED. WHERE SENATOR ANDREW RECEIVED A MULTI NO CAPITAL PROJECT IN PREMIUM IN THE $550,000 TO PROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND CONNECTIVITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS. WHEREAS THE WA ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERS HAVE PREPARED GOOD DOCUMENTS TO INSTALL NEW A DA SIDEWALKS, CROSSWALKS, SIGNAGE AND SOLAR POWERED CROSSING BEACONS ALONG ROAD FROM RUN TO COACHMAN'S LANE AND LONG CO BANK FROM SEWER PARKWAY TO MOUNT VERNON BOULEVARD. WE RESOLVE THE IS AUTHORIZED. THE ADVERTISED FOR SEAL BIDS AND FEDERAL AND GLOBAL BANK ROAD SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT CROSSWALK INSTALLATIONS BID DOCUMENTS WILL BID DOWN ON OR AROUND MAY 29TH. 2024 SEAL ET BID WILL BE RECEIVED AT HAMMER TOWN HALL TOWN HORSE OFFICE 1600 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, 1 4 0 7 5 7. IT WILL DEVELOP, GET OPEN AND READ ALLOWED IN ONCE STATION 12 DOWN FROM JUNE 7, 8 7 B AT 11:00 AM MAIL BID SHOULD BE SENTENCED TO DON HAMBURG. ATTENTION BIT AND CLOSES AN UP BANK SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALK INSTALLATION 6,100 AVENUE, HENRY NEW YORK 1 4 0 7 5. SO SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? A A CLOSE SUSPENSIONS CARRIES WHERE JOHN VANDER RECEIVED A CYCLING NAVIGATION FROM PUT BUILD ST 21 LLC FOR THE CONSTRUCTION POWER WASH FACILITY AT 53 63 SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD. AND WHEREAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT AND PLANNING BOARD ACTING AS LEAD AGENCY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEW THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, THE COMPLETION OF A FINAL EIS AND ISSUANCE OF SECRET FINDINGS AND WHEREAS INFORMS TO THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT, LEAD AGENCY CAN CHARGE THE APPLICANT A FEE FOR HAVING CONSULTANTS ASSIST WITH HIS WORK AND WHEREAS EVERYBODY BOARD WOULD LIKE TO ENLISTED SERVICES OF GHD TO ASSIST WITH REVIEW OF THE DEIS, THE GOT D IMPACTS THE [02:20:01] PROJECT AT MOS. AND WHEREAS GHD HAS SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL, PERFORMED THIS REVIEW AT COST NINE TO EXCEED $6,796. THEREFORE WE RESOLVED THE DOWNTOWN TOWN BOARD HEREBY AUTHORIZE THE GHC, PROCEED WITH THE PERFORMING THE ABOVE SERVICES AND BE A FURTHER RESOLVED SUPERVISORS AUTHORIZED FOR ENTRY AGREEMENT WITH GHC FOR THE ABOVE SERVICES. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? HAVE THE QUESTION. UM, SO IT'S NOT, I I DON'T KNOW THAT'S COMPLETELY CLEAR FROM THE RESOLUTION, BUT MAYBE, UM, SOMEONE ON THE QUESTION, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE TO FILL THE DEVELOPER FOR. IS THAT RIGHT MR. FARRELL? IS THAT HOW THAT WORKS? YES. THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS ALLOWED TO OBJECTION BY THE DEVELOPMENT PERSISTENT TO THE TOWN CODE. SO WE ASKED FOR THEM TO PLACE SOME MONEY IN ESCROW IN ADVANCE FOR, FOR SOME OF THAT WORK AND THEN, UH, WE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY AS THE PROJECT PROCEEDS DEPENDING ON WHAT, AND THIS IS FOR SITE REVIEWS USUALLY AND OTHER, UH, ENGINEERING REVIEWS WHERE WE HAVE TO HIRE CONSULTANT ENGINEERS FOR ? YES SIR. OKAY, SO THIS MONEY'S AN ESCROW THEN BY DEVELOPER? THAT WOULD BE, YEAH, IT'LL BE HELD. IT'LL BE PAID BY THE, UH, DEVELOPER. THESE ARE THE TOWN AND WILL BE HELD IN ESCROW. AND THEN THE VARIOUS, UH, POINTS IN THE PROCESS THERE WILL BE DISBURSEMENTS MADE FOR COSTS OCCURRED BY THE TOWN FOR THOSE REVIEWS. THANKS JUDGE FORLEY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. SHOULD WE TAKE BOTH? NO, I'M MUTE. ALL FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTIONS CARRIED HERE. TOM HAD RECEIVED A SUPPLEMENT APPLICATION FROM UFF AND BILL ST 21 LLC FROM CONSTRUCTION AWA FACILITY AT 53 63 SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD, WHEREAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE ENVIRONMENT QUALITY OF ACT AND THE PLANNING BOARD ACT DEVIATION TO STOP THE REVIEW DRAFT IMPACT STATEMENT, WE FINALLY ASKED THE ISSUANCE. AND WHEREAS IN STATE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW ACT, THE AGENCY CHARGE THE FEE FOR EVIDENCE SYSTEM THERE THEN LIST SERVICES WENDELL TO ASSIST WITH THE REVIEW OF THE S AS WELL AS THE COMPLETION OF THE F FBI S AND FINDINGS, WHEREAS WENDELL'S PLANNING CONTRACT, INCLUDING THESE SERVICES THAT ELECTION SERVICE THROUGH FOR THE TOWN AND ONE TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL TO PERFORM THE IF RELATED SERVICES AT COST SUBMITTED $9,000 NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED IN TOWN ANDRY BOARD HEREBY AUTHORIZE ONE, PROCEED WITH PERFORM THE ABOVE SERVICES IN CORN 2024 UPON THE CONTRACT WITH TOM HAMBURG. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? IONS CARRIED. WHERE AT AS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 2 4 7 8 DESIRE TO CHANGE DOWN DISPATCH COLLECT NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT TO NSTITUTE 12 HOUR SHIFT FORMAT, WHEREAS I FILED 24 78 ENTERED NEGOTIATION WITH THE TOWN BA TO DRAFT A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT AND FLEXING EXCHANGE AND ADDRESSING MINIMUM STAFFING SCHEDULING PAID PERIOD OVERTIME AND VACATION PAID TIME OFF. AND WHEREAS THE MOA AMENDS THE TERMS OF COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN TOM BERG IAF LOCAL 24 78, WHICH EXPIRES FALL 31 28. AND WHEREAS THE MOA BECOMES EFFECTIVE WITH THE 2024 SHIFT BIDS AND WILL REMAIN IN FACTS UNTIL FURTHER ACTED UPON THROUGH NEGOTIATION OR BY THE FOLLOWING CLAUSE WITHIN THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF IT LIFE, THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE TERMINATED BY EITHER PARTY UPON WRITTEN NOTICE THE OTHER WITH THE CANCELLATION. IN FACT, UPON THE FOLLOWING CALENDARS HERE, SHOULD BID AND AWARENESS ABOUT TERMINATION AND BE AGREEMENT ALL TERMS OF THE SCHEDULE OF IAFF 24 78 MEMBERS SHALL REPORT VERT TO THE FORM PRIOR TO THIS AGREEMENT, THEREFORE BE RESOLVED. THE TOWN BOARD OF TO AUTHORIZE THE SUPERVISOR ENTERING THE AGREEMENT WITH IAFF LOCAL 24 78 IMPLEMENTING 12 HOUR SHIFT FORMAT. SO BOTH. SECOND UNDER QUESTION, WE DO HAVE, UH, LEADERSHIP OF THE IIF HERE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IT HAS DONE AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE NEGOTIATING WITH YOUR UNIT. THIS, UH, COMES ON THE HEELS OF NEGOTIATING THE CONTRACT THAT RUNS THROUGH 2028. UM, AND BOTH SIDES AGREE TO SET THE 12 HOUR SHIFT ASIDE SO THAT WE CAN GET A GOOD CONTRACT PASSED. UM, AND THEN THERE WAS A TRANSITION IN LEADERSHIP IN THE UNION, THE TRANSITION ON THE TOWN BOARD. UH, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE, UH, AND AS I SAID, I'M GONNA OPPOSE YOU TO WORK AND DO AND YOUR MEMBERSHIP TO GET THIS DONE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. A OPPOSED, ABSTENTIONS CARRIED. THIS IS WHEREAS VILLAGE OF HAMBURG HAS ENTERED INTO A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF HAMBURG IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING FROM THE TOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. WHEREAS VILLAGE IS ELIGIBLE HOUSING PROGRAM, COUNSELING SERVICES AND PUBLIC SERVICES FROM THE TOWN'S 2020 FLOOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK END PROGRAM. NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED, THE SUPERVISOR AUTHOR SIGNED AN AGREEMENT BY BETWEEN THE TOWN OF BURY AND THE [02:25:01] VILLAGE HAND FOR USE OF THESE FUNDS. SO SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? THEN CARRIED. WHEREAS THOSE OF LASSO HAS ENTERED INTO COOPERATIVE REVIEW WITH THE TOWN OF IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLACK GRANT PROGRAM AND WHERE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FUNDING FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR INFRASTRUCTURE RECONSTRUCTION IN BERRY AVENUE WITHIN A HUB DESIGNATED TARGET AREA IN THE VILLAGE OF BLA ZONE. NOW THEREFORE, WE RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERVISOR WE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT BY TWO ON HENRY VILLAGE OF BLA CELL FOR USE OF THESE FUNDS. SO MOVED. SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? EXTENSIONS CARRIED THE RESULT OF THE BURY TOWN BOARD. AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN YOUR DEPARTMENTAL CONTRACT DOWN ON BURY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, ALLOWING HIGHWAY TO COMPLETE $156,601 AND GROW RECONSTRUCTION WORK WITHIN HOW TARGETED AREAS UTILIZING THE TOWNS 2024 CDBG FUNDS. SO MOVE. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTION CARRIED HERE. RESOLVE THE AWARD. AUTHORIZE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH THE GIRL SCOUTS FOR THE $4,000 PUBLIC SERVICE FUNDING FOR 10 BELOW HUNDRED INCOME GIRL SCOUTS FROM HENRY TO ATTEND GIRL SCOUTS IN UTILIZING THE TOWN'S 2024 CDP DE FUNDS. SO MOTION. SECOND IN FAVOR, A AYE OPPOSED SUSPENSIONS. PERIOD. HERE RESOLVED HENRY TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO PROCEED WITH THE FOLLOWING 2024 HOME PROJECTS BASED ON THE 2024 AUDIT HOME GRANT ALLOCATIONS AS LISTED. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS CARRIED. WHEREAS THE CITY OF BUFFALO TOWNS OF AM SHOULD GO OUT IN HAMBURG, INCLUDING THE VILLAGE, INCLUDING THE VILLAGES LOCATED ING AND NEAR COUNTY RECEIVE ANNUAL FEDERAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK RANGE FUNDS FROM THE UNITED STATES OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. AND WHEREAS PART OF THE PROCESS FOR RECEIVING FUNDS MEETING MUST COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS TO FAIR HOUSING CHOICE WITHIN MUNICIPALITIES. AND WHEREAS AFOREMENTIONED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN YOUR COUNTY ARE DESIRE TO CONDUCT AND EMPLOY ANALYSIS OF MENTS FAIR HOUSING CHOICE CONSISTENTLY FEDERAL GUIDELINES. WHEREAS BASED ON RESULTS AND REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS CONDUCTED BY ERIE COUNTY'S DEPARTMENT ENVIRONMENT PLANNING, THE CITY OF BUFFALO IN THE TOWNS OF AMON WANTED TO GO OUT IN HAMBURG ARE DESIRE OF EXECUTING THE CONTRACT WITH THE WINNING CONTRACTOR, THE HARRISON STUDIO. WHEREAS ONCE THROUGH THE ANALYSIS WILL BE FEDERAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK AND MONVILLE TO EASTERN MUNICIPALITY OR SIMILAR, THE CONTRIBUTIONS SHOWN AS FOLLOWS AS LISTED NOW THEREFORE, THEY DID RESOLVE THE SUPERVISOR. RANDALL HOKE AND CHRISTOPHER HALL DIRECTOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ARE HERE. I AUTHORIZED DIRECT CITY CONTRACT WITH HARRISON AND THE AMOUNT NOT RECEIVE AND MOUTH LISTED ABOVE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT AN ANALYSIS OF IMPEDANCE TO FAIR HOUSING CHOICE WITH ENLISTED DTAP MUNICIPALITIES. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? CARRIED. GARY. WHEREAS TO MOND RECEIVES AND ADMINISTERS THE FEDERAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK BAND PROGRAM WHILE ERIE TOWN SERVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGING FOR ERIE DOWNTOWN WEST HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP CONSORTIUM. AND WHEREAS EVERY FIVE YEARS, CBG RECIPIENTS AS WELL AS THE HOME CONSORTIUM MUST PREPARE A NEW FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN INCLUSIVE OF AN ANNUAL ACTION PLAN WITH THE SUBMITTAL OF SAYING TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. AND WHEREAS BASED ON RESULTS FROM REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS CONDUCTED BY ERIE COUNTY'S DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, LANE, ERIE COUNTY IN TOWN HAMBURGER, I IS EX EXECUTING THE CONTRACT WITH WINNING CONTRACTOR THE HARRISON STUDIO IN THE AMOUNT OF $40,000 AND THEREFORE BEING RESOLVED AND SUPERVISED THE HEALTH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OR HEREBY AUTHORIZED BY STEVE CONTRACT WITH THE HARRISON STUDIO FOR THE PURPOSE OF HEARING OF TOWN FLOOR IS GONNA REQUIRED FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN INCLUSIVE WITH THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR 2025. SO SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? I HAVE A A QUESTION. UM, SO COULD YOU TELL ME JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS IN THE COMPLETE MR. REAGAN? EVERY FIVE YEARS IF WE HAVE TO DO A FIVE YEAR PLAN FOR HUD AND WE WENT OUT TO BID WITH THE COUNTY, THE TOWNS OF CHIA, AMHERST AND TOWANDA AND THE HARRIS STUDIO ON THE, OKAY, SO THIS WAS A COM AHEAD MICROPHONE PLEASE. SO THIS WAS A COMPETITIVE BID PART OF THAT? CORRECT. AND THIS ALL THE STUFF WE ALREADY AGREED TO CORRECT. AND THE CO THE COUNTY HELPED, UH, TOOK THE LEAD ON THE BID. OKAY. AND LIKE THE HOME FUND AND THE RESOLUTION BEFORE, WE'RE USING THE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS FROM THAT. THAT'S WHAT I GATHER. THEY'RE ALL KIND OF THE SAME FIRST RESOLUTION, UH, CORRECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I IT HELPS ME LEARN, UH, MY JOB. I APPRECIATE THE NO PROBLEM INPUT. THANK YOU. [02:30:03] WE'RE AT SEYMOUR WEST NORTH AS RECIPIENT OF GRANT FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, CONGRESSIONAL FOR EXPANSION PROJECT IN KEN ROAD WITHIN THE DOWN . AND WE'RE AT PROJECTS, PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES RECEIVE FEDERAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM. THE SYSTEMS ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT IN 1969 AND IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS OF THE COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, INCLUDING THE COMPLEMENTING THE REGULATIONS AT FOUR D-C-F-R-R 1615 0 8 AND DUE FUNDING REGULATIONS, THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITING THE HOUSE REGULATIONS AT 24 CFR PART 58. WHEREAS PURSUANT TO 24 CFR 58 AT TWO A SEVEN TO C, WHERE THE RECIPIENT OF FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS A NON-PROFIT, THE UNION LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHERE THE PROJECT IS LOCATED, IS AUTHORIZED TO ASSUME ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OBLIGATIONS AS THE RESPONSIBLE ENTITY. WHEREAS JOHN MAN SUPERVIS IS AUTHORIZED TO ONE, ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY OF AUDIT AS THE FEDERAL DECISION MAKING ENTITY UNDERNEATH EACH PROVISION LAW DESIGNATED IN THE ME RELATED LAWS IN 24 CFR 58.5 AND TO ACCEPT JURISDICTION IN FEDERAL COURTS FOR ENFORCEMENT, THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES OF APPLICABLE OF THE PROJECT. AND TWO, ASSUME FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW DECISIONS MAKING AN ACTION INCLUDING EXECUTIVE EXECUTING THE CERTIFICATION CERTIFICATION PORTION OF ODDS REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS AND CERTIFICATION FOR THE PROJECT IS FOR IN INCOME FOR CFRR 58. AND WHEREAS FOR PURPOSES OF EX EXPEDITING PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, THE CPF RANEE, THE NORTH WEST NEW HAS REQUESTED IN TOWN RY TO ACT AS RESPONSIBLE ENTITY WITH RESPECT TO THE PROJECT AND FIND CONDITIONS DIVISION THAT WORK WITHIN AN AGREEMENT DOWN BURY HAS KNOWN YOU ACT AS RESPONSIBLE ENTITY WITH RESPECT TO THAT PROJECT. NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED IN CONSIDERATION OF MUTUAL PROMISES, IN TERMS OF COMMISSIONS SET FORTH WITHIN THE AGREEMENT BUYING BETWEEN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG AND NEW YORK AND WEST NEW YORK AND TOWN. A BANKER SHALL ACT AS THE RESPONSIBLE ENTITY IN THE MEDICAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT AND HELP REGULATIONS. AND R 58 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FOR FEDERAL IS MADE FROM THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND BE FURTHER RESOLVED. HENRY TOWN BOARD APPROVE HIS AGREEMENT WITH EDMORE. WE OR AN AUTHORIZED PANEL SUPERVISOR AND DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT, WHICH BEEN THROUGH AS THE NORM BY A TOWN HAMBURG ATTORNEY. SO MOVED. SECOND. AND OF COURSE, QUESTION IS THIS, UM, REFERRING TO THEM BUILDING OVER THERE AND, AND, AND, AND ALL THAT, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE NEGOTIATION HAVE THEM PUT A SIGNAL LIGHT IN OR, UH, THEM PAY FOR IT, UH, AS A ENTRANCE WAY? UM, RIGHT NOW CAMP ACTUALLY COME OUTTA HOWARD ROAD OVER THERE. IT'S CRAZY. I DON'T KNOW WHY THE STATE WON, UH, ACKNOW TO PUT A LIGHT THERE, BUT WAS THAT'S JUST A RECOMMENDATION. ALL AYE, AYE I PROPOSE ABSTENTIONS PERIOD, WHEREAS THE HAND PRESERVATION COMMISSION HAS CONDUCTED A PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF THE HISTORICAL STRUCTURES ALONG THE WATERFRONT IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, WHEREAS THE HAMMER PRESERVATION COMMISSION HAS IDENTIFIED THE NEED FOR A MORE FORMAL SURVEY OF LANDMARKS AND STRUCTURES FOR IDENTIFYING A CATALOG. IT'S HEREBY RESOLVED THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE HAMBURG PRESERVATION COMMISSION TO ENTER TO A CONTRACT PRESERVATION STUDIOS LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 TO CONDUCT A FORMAL SURVEY. AS DESCRIBED ABOVE, FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE AS $25,000 THAT ALLOCATE 2324 BUDGETS FOR THIS ISSUE. SO ON THE QUESTION, UM, I WOULD JUST REQUEST IT BE A MINOR AMENDMENT TO IT TO INDICATE IT BE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE TENANT. I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'RE, THAT, UM, OH, GO AHEAD. JUST LOOKING FOR AN ADDITION TO AMEND THIS VERY MINOR ADDITION FOR SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE TOWN ATTORNEY AND THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION. THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT, UH, THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND ADVISED, UM, AND HE HAS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR RESPONSE FROM THE ACTUAL VENDOR HERE. OKAY. COURT ON THE ISSUE, I'LL, I'LL ORDER AMEND THE, UM, RESOLUTION AS FOLLOWS, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE, UH, HAMBURG HISTORIC PRESERVATION MISSION AND REVIEW, UH, BY THE HAMBURG TOWN ATTORNEY. DOES THAT MAKE IT LEGAL? CORRECT. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR, WE ASK ANOTHER ON THE QUESTION JOINT, DO WE HAVE THE FORMAL MEMO? UM, ON THE QUESTION, IT STATES THAT IT COST $50,000, THAT $25,000 FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE. IS THAT FROM BOTH YEARS THAT YOU'RE PULLING FUNDS FROM LIKE A PREVIOUSLY CLOSED DOWN BUDGET YEAR WHEN FUNDS GIVEN? DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT TONIGHT? YOU SPOKE THAT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS $25,000 APPROVED IN EACH TWO CONSECUTIVE [02:35:01] YEARS, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR $50,000. ONE, THE PURPOSES OF HAVING IT ALSO FURTHER APPROVAL BY THE HISTORIC FURTHER VISION COMMISSION BECAUSE THEY HAVE A CHOICE TO PHASE ONE OR PHASE TWO, A COUPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS ON HOW THEY STAGE THE CONTRACT AND HOW THEY PAY FOR IT. SO THAT'S REALLY THE REASON FOR THAT. OKAY. SO IT'S COMING FROM FUND BALANCE ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE 23 IS CLOSED OUT. SO THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT ROLL DATES THERE. SO IT'S WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM FUND BALANCE. OKAY. I I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, SORRY. OKAY, MY SECOND QUESTION IS WHY ARE WE FOCUSING SOLELY ON THE WATERFRONT? HAMBURG IS MORE THAN JUST THE WATERFRONT AND I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND BETTER WHY THE STAR PRESERVATION IS ONLY FOCUSING ON THE WATERFRONT. SO I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST ANSWERED BY THE FOLKS ON THE, UH, ON THE COMMITTEE. UH, JACK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT? EVERYONE? I CHECK. I'M JACK , CHAIRMAN OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION, AND, UM, MAYBE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, RANDY AND SOME OTHER MEMBERS AND I SAT DOWN TO DISCUSS IT AND REQUEST IT. I HAD ONE IDEA ABOUT SURVEY AND UM, WAS QUICKLY CONVINCED IN THE BEST IDEA OF USING THE LAKE SHORE IS OUR FIRST FOCUS AREA. UH, WITH THIS CONTRACT YOU GET SOMETHING LIKE, UM, WHAT IS IT, 5,500 SQUARE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN COVER, WHICH IS A FRACTION OF THE TOWN. SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A REALLY, UM, GOOD AREA TO SERVE AT THE, THAT IT REALLY IS A DISTRICT. UM, AFTER QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION WITH RANDY AND OTHER MEMBERS, UH, WE DECIDED TO EXPLORE THAT AND WE CONDUCTED OUR OWN, UH, WINDSHIELD SURVEY. UH, FOUR OR FIVE OF US FROM THE COMMISSION. DROVE AROUND, UH, FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, MADE A SET OF MAPS AND REALLY LOOKED AT, UM, UH, EVERYTHING WE COULD LOOK AT ALONG THE LAKE SHORE, UH, FROM, UM, WOODLAWN RIGHT DOWN TO 18 MILE CREEK BETWEEN, LET'S CALL IT THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND THE LAKE. AND, UM, WE WERE REALLY CONVINCED, UH, FROM WHAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT, UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 75 POTENTIAL SITES, EITHER BUILDINGS OR LOCATIONS, OR YOU NAME IT, UH, QUITE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PLACES THAT, UH, WE FELT REALLY TELL THE STORY OF THE LAKE SHORE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A, A PRETTY EXTENSIVE CON CONVERSATION WITH, UH, JENNIFER WAKOWSKI, WHO'S THE, UM, SHIP REPRESENTATIVE FOR, UH, THE, THE STATE. SHE'S A HAMBURG GIRL. ONE OF MY KIDS WENT TO GRAND SCHOOL WITH HER. SO, UH, ANYWAY, IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE HER RUNNING THIS. AND, UM, WE DID DISCUSS THIS WAS THE LAKE SHORE AVAIL IN AREA OR NOT, AND EVERYBODY AGREES IT REALLY IS, UH, THE IDEA THIS WOULD BE, UH, THE FIRST ONE AND AS TIME GOES BY, UM, PROBABLY TO OTHER AREAS. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE, UM, IGNORING OTHER AREAS. THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THAT WE CAN DO WITH ONE SURVEY. AND I DIDN'T QUITE HEAR THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION SITTING IN THE BACK ABOUT THE MONEY, BUT, UH, 25,000 WAS OKAY, ONE YEAR AND 25,000 ANOTHER YEAR. SO 25 PLUS 25 IS WHERE THE 50 COMES FROM. SO IN OTHER WORDS, $50,000 FOR THAT SURVEY WILL TARGET WHAT YOU'RE THINKING IS 75 SITES. WELL, UM, WHEN WE TURN IT OVER TO A PROFESSIONAL, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT THE AREA WITH FRESH EYES. UH, AND UM, JENNIFER MENTIONED YOU MIGHT SEE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DON'T. SO, UM, IT IS NOT JUST GONNA ENDORSE WHAT WE DID, BUT, UM, I THINK THE VALUE OF US DOING ALL THAT WORK WAS TO, IN OUR OWN MINDS, SEEING THE IDEA WAS IT A VALID, UM, AREA FOR SURVEY OR NOT? AND WE ALL CAME TO THE CONCLUSION IT REALLY WAS. AND THAT WOULD BE PHASE ONE. UH, WELL WE HAD RECOMMENDED TO DO THE ENTIRE SURVEY RATHER THAN TO DO IT INTO SEGMENTS. WE WERE ASKED TO BRING THAT TO THE MISSION AND DISCUSS IT, WHICH WE DID, I THINK TWO DIFFERENT MEETINGS AND, UH, I REALLY AGREED GO FOR THE WHOLE THING RATHER THAN A PIECEMEAL APPROACH. IF I MAY, IF I MAY, I . UM, ADDITIONALLY, I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STRUGGLE FEATURES OF, OF OUR COMMUNITY, UM, GOING BACK TO TO 1812, THE VERY FIRST AREAS THAT WERE DEVELOPMENT [02:40:01] WERE, I WOULD SAY, AND JACK IS CERTAINLY AN EXPERT ON THIS, IS, IS OUR WATERFRONT AS WELL AS PROBABLY THE OF ENVIRONMENT. THE OTHER TWO AREAS THAT ARE HISTORIC IN THE NATURE ARE VILLAGES OF HAMBURG AS WELL AS LIFESTYLE. SO BEING THAT OUR FOCUS IS UNDER TOWN, UM, THE WATER FUNDS IS IS THE LARGEST AREA TO BE CONSIDERED WITH THE MOST HISTORICAL VALUE. I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. AND ONE OTHER THING TO MENTION IS OUR DISTRICT THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IS THE WHOLE TOWN MINUS THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG IS THEY HAVE THEIR OWN. SO IT'S, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD BE LOOKING INTO. THEY ALREADY DID TWO IN THE VILLAGE, UH, ONE WAS, UM, MAYBE 20 YEARS AGO. JACK, I I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR WORK ON THE SPOT CHECK AND TO, UH, GOD BLESS YOU, UH, TO ADDRESS WHAT APPEARS TO BE SOME QUESTIONS FROM, UH, FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, SURE. FER AND FERRELL LORENZ. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I DID ATTEND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH YOUR, UH, COMMITTEE AND I'VE ATTENDED SOME MEETINGS WITH RESPECT TO THIS. AND JOE GOGAN, OUR, UH, PLANNING BOARD ATTORNEY, HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS. AND I, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHY, UH, MR. FARRELL HAD ADDRESSED RELATIVE TO THE CONTRACT. BUT, UM, THOSE ARE SOME QUESTIONS I, I ASKED AND YOU HAD EDUCATED ME ABOUT THE, UH, THE VILLAGE, UM, THAT THERE, THERE ALREADY HAVE THEIR OWN COMMISSION. AND AS YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN A NATIONAL DESIGNATION AT THE VILLAGE AS A LANDMARK. SO, UM, TO ECHO WHAT SUPERVISOR HOPE SAID, UH, IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION, UM, COMMISSION IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG THAT WE BEGIN HERE. NOW WE ALL KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD INFINITE DOLLARS, WE SIGN A CONTRACT TODAY TO DO EVERY SQUARE INCH OF THE TOWN. BUT THIS IS AN EXCELLENT STARTING POINT. UM, AND THAT'S WHY, UH, BASED ON WHAT I'VE LEARNED FROM THEM, HOW THEY, UM, INFORMED ME ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE DOING, I COMMEND 'EM FOR THEIR WORK, THEIR VOLUNTEERS THAT THEY RECOMMENDED, UH, TO ME AT THEIR LIAISON, THAT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD STARTING POINT. AND SO WHEN I WAS CONTACTED, I SAID, YOU KNOW, LET'S GO FOR IT, YOU KNOW, AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M RECOMMENDING IT AND THAT'S WHY I'M SPONSORING THIS RESOLUTION. AND THERE'S ALSO, AND, UM, THERE ARE ALSO A ADVANTAGES TO THE TOWN BESIDES JUST, UH, CATALOGING THIS ONCE. THERE ARE, UM, IN ONE, IN ONE OF THE MEETINGS, I, I RECALL JACKIE, IT INDICATED THAT IN WOODLAWN THERE MAY BE, UM, A BUILDING THAT WAS DESIGNED BY LUIS BETHUNE, WHO ALSO, UM, IS A FIRST FEMALE, UH, ACADEMY OF AMERICAN ARCHITECTS, THE FIRST FEMALE BEYOND THAT COMMITTEE WHO ALSO DESIGNED THE LAFAYETTE HOTEL. AND WE MAY HAVE ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS RIGHT IN WOODLAWN THAT LOOKS LIKE IT MAY HAVE BEEN DESIGNED BY HER. AND I SAY THAT IT'S BECAUSE ONCE WE HAVE SOME FORMALITY TO THIS PROCESS, MEANING ONCE IT'S CATALOGED, UH, NOT BY, BY THE WORK THAT JUST YOU DID, WE THEN OPEN THIS UP THE HISTORIC TAX CREDITS FOR PEOPLE THAT MAY WANT TO, UH, REVITALIZE THAT OR INVEST IN THOSE AREAS. SO THERE'S SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGES, NOT ONLY TO PRESERVE OUR HISTORY SO THAT WE DON'T TEAR SOMETHING DOWN THAT IS HISTORIC, BUT IT ALSO, UM, ACKNOWLEDGES OUR HISTORY. IF WE DO HAVE SUCH A STRUCTURE FROM SUCH A RENOWNED ARCHITECT, WE WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT. AND I THINK WE OWE IT TO THE CITIZENS AND THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TO DO THAT. AND IN, UM, MY EXPERIENCE WITH, UH, YOUR, YOUR COMMISSION, YOUR COMMITTEE'S DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB AND YOU'RE INCREDIBLY COMMITTED. I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK YOU DID. SO BASICALLY, THEY GAVE ME THIS AS A RECOMMENDATION, AND BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE SUCH HARD WORK AND SEEM TO BE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THE MONEY'S AVAILABLE, LET'S GO FOR IT. AND I THINK FROM WHAT I KNOW, EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE HAPPY WITH IT. AND THEN WE'LL PROBABLY DO MORE AND THEN, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE WASN'T BUILT IN THE DAY, BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD START AND I SUPPORT IT AND I ENCOURAGE MY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AS WELL AS I PROPOSE THE AMEN. CONGRATULATIONS, JACK. THANK YOU. I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A PROCESS THAT'S TAKEN A FEW YEARS BACK. TWO YEARS AGO, OVER TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS. I WAS THE LADIES LIAISON GREATER GROUP, AND I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU ALSO AND FROM JIM BAKER, WHO'S OUR FOUND HISTORIAN AND THE REST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP. UM, I KNEW THAT YEAR THE ENTIRE GROUP WAS ADAMANT THAT WE NEEDED TO START SOMEWHERE, AS MR. ALKI SAID. AND SO IT WAS MY, UM, YOU KNOW, JOY THAT YEAR TO BE ABLE TO BRING YOUR CONCERNS FORWARD AND ADVOCATE FOR YOU AND, AND SECURE THAT FIRST 25,000 IN THAT YEAR'S BUDGET. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT YOUR EFFORTS ARE MOVING FORWARD AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GOING BEYOND JUST THE WATERFRONT AND TAKING, UM, A GOOD LOOK AT ALL OF IT, THIS STORY THAT IS SO RICH WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GROUP FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO [02:45:01] SEEING THE RESULTS FROM YOUR STUDY. THANK YOU. THAT OKAY. JUST HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION, I PROMISE. WHAT IS THE FEASIBILITY OF DOING A STUDY LIKE THIS, BUT DOING IT 25,000 EVERY YEAR? SO EVERY YEAR WE KNOW THERE'S A NEXT STEP VERSUS BECOMING OVERWHELMED AS A COMMITTEE WITH SAY, 75 TO A HUNDRED IDENTIFIED SITES IN ONE YEAR. UM, WELL, UM, TANYA ASKS, DOES IT, HE'S THE PROFESSIONAL DEPARTMENT, UH, RESOURCE, SO, UM, I'M SURE THERE WILL BE, UM, A SCHEDULE SET UP, BUT MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE GET STARTED. UH, I MEAN, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TIME THAT'S GONE BY AND UM, WE CAN ALWAYS ADD, UM, ANOTHER AREA IN A FOLLOWING YEAR OR TWO. BUT, UM, I THINK THE, UM, THE LAKESHORE REALLY IS ONE AREA. UH, WE DID, UM, DRAW A LINE, UH, BETWEEN, UH, WOODLAWN AND I THINK IT WE DID RIGHT AT THE BEACH, YOU KNOW, CALLED IT A AND THEN, UM, B WAS BEACH DOWN THE CREEK. BUT, UM, IT JUST SEEMED LIKE, UM, IT IS REALLY ONE BIG DISTRICT AND, UH, I THINK, UM, IT WOULD BE MORE SENSIBLE TO, UM, LOOK AT IT AS A WHOLE SHORE, UH, RATHER THAN, UH, JUST FROM, YOU KNOW, UH, WOOD ON DOWN THE BEACH AND BEACH DOWN THERE. UM, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, BEACH AND MOUNTAIN CREEK. AND IF, AND IF I MAY RELATIVE TO THAT, I, UM, MY, MY THOUGHT IS LOOK, LET'S START HERE AND SEE IF WE LIKE THE, UH, THE WORK THAT THEY DO, RIGHT? I MEAN, MEETING, UH, IF YOU MEET, I MET WITH A NEW TAILOR TODAY AND I BOUGHT A COUPLE SUITS. IF THEY DON'T FIT RIGHT AND THEY'RE, THEY LOOK BAD, THEN I'LL GO TO ANOTHER TAILOR, RIGHT? SO, UM, THAT'S THE WAY THAT I LOOK AT IT. SO I ENCOURAGE MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO VOTE YES ON THIS, GO TO TAYLOR. SO ANY CONTINUED EFFORTS WOULD BE FUNDED BY THE HENRY TOWN BOARD, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF SUPPORT ON THIS BOARD FOR INCLUDING FUNDING IN THE 2025 BUDGET. SO THAT'S, REMEMBER THAT WE GO. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. CARRIE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JUSTICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. UM, SPECIAL LABOR RESOLUTION ALSO DRAFTED BY ME, WHEREAS A FULL-TIME JOB TITLE OF SPECIAL LABOR WAS ELIMINATED FROM BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT ON MAY 3RD, 2023. AND WHEREAS FOUR EMPLOYEES WERE DEMOTED FROM SPECIAL LABOR TO LOWER CLASS, THE LOWER CLASSIFICATION OF LABOR AFTER BEING PROMOTED, SPECIAL LABOR BY HALF TOWN BOARD MEMBERS FUNDS FOR THEIR POSITIONS WERE ALSO APPROVED IN THE 2023 BUDGET AND BE FURTHER RESOLVED, TOWN BOARD REINSTATE THE FULL-TIME JOB TITLE, SPECIAL LABOR WITHIN THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS AT A RATE OF 35 89. SO MOVED. SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANOTHER QUESTION. UM, IT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY OUR HUMAN RESOURCES ATTORNEY THAT WE TABLE THIS RESOLUTION AND THIS IS WHY MR. , UH, HAS STATED THAT WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO, UH, CREATE TITLES ON OUR OWN. THEY NEED TO BE DONE IN COOPERATION WITH, WITH THE ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL, WHICH IS THE CIVIL SERVICE AUTHORITY IN ERIE COUNTY. WE CAN CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN THE IDEA OF ADDING A SPECIAL LABOR POSITION, BUT THAT JOB HAS TO BE DULY CREATED WITH ERIE COUNTY BEFORE THE TOWN CAN THEN OFFER THAT AS THE TITLE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. SO I AM CERTAINLY WILLING TO ENTERTAIN THIS. WILL WE HAVE TO FILE THE PROPER CHANNELS IN ORDER TO CREATE POSITION, IF I MAY, MR. HOPE SO I MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS RESOLUTION. SECOND, WE HAVE A SECOND TO TABLE THIS RESOLUTION. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? OPPOSED, DANNY? OPPOSED. AYE. THE THREE OPPOSED. SO THAT BRINGS US BACK TO A VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION. I MOVE THE, UH, ORIGINAL RESOLUTION FOR A VOTE ON VOTING. YES. SO WE, WE KNOW MR. DALTON STANDS. UH, SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU WILL PROCEED FORWARD WITH, UM, AS YOU SAID, JULIE CREATING NO, IF I MAY, I PUT THIS FOR A VOTE AS IS AND WE DISCUSSED THE TABLE AND THAT WAS NOT IN GUIDE THE MICROPHONE. PLEASE, SIR. I WANT, [02:50:01] I WANT EVERYONE TO GO ON RECORD. I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO DODGE THIS QUESTION. OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW, RIGHT HERE, THERE WAS A MOTION TO THE TABLE. WE HAVE TO FOLLOW PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE AND THAT WAS DEFEATED. SO ON THE QUESTION AS I HAVE PUT FORTH HERE, I'M CALLING A VOTE. I'M VOTING YES. WHERE DO YOU STAND, BEN? I RUN. SO WE HAVE A MOTION, UNLESS JUST DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE. LET'S DO ROLL CALL. VOTE. I MOVE FOR ROLL CALL. VOTE. I'LL MOVE FOR THE ROLL CALL VOTE WHEN DISCUSSION ON RESOLUTION IS INCLUDED. YES. NOW IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS POSITION WAS CREATED YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE PROBABLY BY YOUR FATHER. IT WAS CARRIED ON BY THE PAST, UM, SUPERVISOR, MR. WALTERS, AND THEN AGAIN BY MR. SHAW. SO THIS POSITION'S BEEN THERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND I BELIEVE PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE, THE YEAR, THESE, THERE'S THESE MEMBERS ARE STILL BEING PAID SPECIAL LABOR PAY. SO TO ME, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS POSITION DOES EXIST. AND I WILL SAY, OH YES, THE, THE POSITION WAS NEVER CREATED PROPERLY REGARDLESS OF, OF WHO ORIGINALLY WE DID IT. WE DO HAVE IN THE CONTRACT THE ABILITY TO UPGRADE FOLKS WHEN THEY DO ENGAGE IN SPECIAL ED ACTIVITIES. UM, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THERE, THERE'S A WAY TO DO THIS. UM, AND THIS IS NOT HOW THE PROCESS WORKS. WE HAVE A MOTION, WE A SECOND, AND I'LL CALL FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE SUPERVISOR. HOPE NO. COUNCIL MEMBER BERG? NO. COUNCIL MEMBER. CAROL. LAUREN? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ZA. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ROBOWSKI? YES. THIS BRINGS US TO, UH, UH, PUBLIC EXPRESSION. SO IF YOU CAME TO BE HEARD ON ANYTHING, OR IF YOU HAVE IDEAS OR THOUGHTS THAT YOU DOESN'T SHARE WITH THE TOWN BOARD COUNCIL CHANCE, WE'LL START WITH LAURA HAN. LET HER HAND UP IN THE BACK. YOU ACTUALLY MAKE THAT SIGN SHEET. OH, SIGN IN SHEET. WE'LL, THE SIGN IN SHEET FIRST, FIRST IS, UH, RUTH HASLER. HI. I JUST WANTED TO SAY I HAD THE PLEASURE ON MAY 11TH OF BEING, UH, ABLE TO WORK AT THE AS PROGRAM CONSTRUCTION, UH, IN . IT WAS A VERY WELL RUN, WELL ORGANIZED OPERATION, AND IT WAS REALLY INSPIRING TO SEE THE COMMUNITY WORKING TOGETHER. UH, WHEN I WAS THERE, MS. LORENZ AND SUPERVISOR FOLK WERE WORKING HARD ALONG. UM, SOME OF, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE REST OF YOU WERE THERE OR NOT, BUT THEY WERE JUST THERE WHEN I WAS IN, UM, ALONG WITH TOWN EMPLOYEES WHO WERE WORKING VERY HARD AND VERY EFFICIENTLY. AND SOME OF THEM WERE OFF THE CLOCK. I DON'T KNOW IF ALL OF 'EM WERE, BUT, UM, AND I DID HEAR PEOPLE SAYING, HEY, YOUR SHIFT IS OVER. AND THEY SAID, NO, NO, I WANT TO STAY. UM, I LEFT EARLY, BUT TED STAYED AND TALKED TO SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE HIGHLY COMPLIMENTARY OF THE SUPPORT THAT SUPERVISOR HOPE HAS GIVEN THEM FROM THE GET GO. AND THEY WERE ALSO VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT ASSEMBLY AND RIVERA PROVIDED FOR THIS PROJECT. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY KUDOS TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG FOR PULLING TOGETHER AND BRINGING THIS COMPLETION. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TOWN BOARD FOR HELPING SEE THE PROJECT THROUGH. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR LETTING OUR COMMUNITY KNOW THAT THEY'RE WELCOME HERE. THANK YOU EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. AND, UM, IN THE SERVICE, WE GIVE A SLU AND A SLU IS WARRANTED. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LAURA. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LAURA HUM. I'M HERE TONIGHT [02:55:01] TO ADVOCATE FOR THE HAMBURG REJUVENATION PROJECT. I AM CO-CHAIR PERSON ALONGSIDE CAN YOU SPEAK MIC? OH. SO WE CAN HEAR YOU. SORRY. ALONGSIDE BARB DOLE, UH, MANY OF OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE HERE THIS EVENING FOR THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS OF BRIEF HISTORY. THIS COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED 30 YEARS AGO IN 1994 BY A PREVIOUS TOWN BOARD COUNCILWOMAN KATHY GEL. NOW GOVERNOR SPEARHEADED THE COMMITTEE. WE SPONSOR THE HAYWARD BEAUTIFICATION MONTH, MONTH OF MAY, WHICH EVOLVED FROM THE ANNUAL TOWN WHEN CLEANUP. WE SUPPLIED KIDS TO VOLUNTEERS LOOKING TO CLEAN UP AREAS OF THE TOWN AND BOTH VILLAGES. WE ALSO SPONSORED CHRISTMAS AT THE CABIN IN DECEMBER, WHICH IS A FREE EVENT FOR THE PUBLIC. BUT OUR MAIN FUNDRAISING EVENT IS LAST ON THE BEACH, HELD THE LAST SATURDAY IN JULY. THIS EVENT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A ONE 10 EVENT AS A MILLENNIUM CELEBRATION IN THE YEAR 2000. KATHY HO AND THE COMMITTEE PLANNED A BIG DAY TO MARK THEM THIS MILESTONE, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IT'S ALMOST 25 YEARS SINCE THE BEARING OF THE TIME CAPSULE. IT WAS IN 1999 THAT I WAS APPROACHED BY THE COMMITTEE TO JOIN THE GROUP. COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN HO. ACKNOWLEDGING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN AND L PARK INVITED ME FOR INPUT. THE MILLENNIUM CELEBRATION WAS A HUGE SUCCESS, AND PUBLIC SUPPORT WAS OVERWHELMING. HAMBURG RESIDENTS LOVED IT, AND IT HAS SINCE BECOME AN ANNUAL EVENT. SEEING WHAT THE COMMITTEE WAS ABOUT, I WAS HAPPY TO STAY ON AS A VOLUNTEER. AND LOXLEY PARK HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE AND GIVEN APPROVAL APPROVAL EACH YEAR FOR THIS EVENT. WHAT DOES HAMBURG REJUVENATION DO FOR BLAST ON THE BEACH, WE FUNDRAISE TO HELP COVER THE COSTS OF BANDS, ADDITIONAL ENTERTAINMENT SUCH AS MAGICIANS, BALLOONS, BOUNCE HOUSES, AND THE FIREWORKS. WE ALSO SUPPLEMENT THE SHUTTLE FROM FISHER BUS. OUR VOLUNTEERS WORK ALL DAY AT THE BLAST SELLING HOT DOGS, ET CETERA, TO HELP REDUCE THE COST TO THIS EVENT. WE ARE THERE RAIN OR SHINE. AND IF YOU RECALL, LAST YEAR AT RAIN, JUST ABOUT ALL DAY, WE WERE SOAKED. WE ARE NOT COMPLAINING. WE MAKE THE BEST OF IT. THIS COMMITTEE IS VOLUNTEERING FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. AND IN RETURN, HAMBURG RESIDENTS ARE TREATED TO AN AFFORDABLE EVENT WHERE THEY'RE, THEY CAN SPEND AS LITTLE OR AS MUCH AS THEY WANT RECREATION, BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. LAKE SHORE FIRE COMPANY AND HAMBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS BECAUSE THIS IS A TOWN EVENT. THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT PROVIDES YES, KITS FOR FACE PAINTING, ALL HITS, NO ERRORS, MUSIC ON THE BEACH, AND A SAND CAST CANCELED CONTEST DURING THE AFTERNOON. LAST YEAR, THEY WERE UN UNABLE TO SUPPLY STAFF TO RUN HANDICAP SHUTTLES OR ATTENDANCE FOR THE BOUNCE HOUSES BECAUSE OF PERSONNEL ISSUES. AS A RESULT, WE NOW DO HAVE TO PAY THE BOUNCE HOUSE COMPANY FOR ATTENDANCE AND ADDITIONAL COST OF $500. B AND G HAS STEPPED IN AND PROVIDED GATORS FOR SHUTTLES AND PERSONNEL, AND THEY'VE ALWAYS PROVIDED PORT JEN AND BEACH MAINTENANCE WORKERS. THIS YEAR, IT WAS RECOMMENDED TO ADD STADIUM LIGHTS ON THE BEACH AFTER DUS EIGHT 30 TO 10:00 PM AND BEFORE FIREWORKS TO HELP LIMIT THE NUMBER OF TEENAGERS ON THE BEACH. WE ALL AGREED THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. THAT COST AND RESPONSIBILITY WAS PUT ON OUR COMMITTEE. FORTUNATELY, WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE THE LIGHTING FOR THIS YEAR. A LOT OF PLANNING GOES INTO THIS ONE DAY EVENT AND OUR, AT OUR APRIL 30TH PLANNING MEETING WITH THE TOWN OF RECREATION BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HAMBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR, NATE RIVERA STATED HIS DEPARTMENT WOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST. LAST WEEK, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL STATING HE WOULD SUPPLY THE PORTA JOHN'S, BUT HAMBURG REJUVENATION PROJECT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST ANOTHER $1,400 TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT. HAMBURG REJUVENATION SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE COSTS. THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A COLLABORATIVE EVENT, AND IT SEEMS SOMEHOW NOW IT'S VIEWED AS A HAMBURG REJUVENATION EVENT. THIS EVENT IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT FINANCIALLY AND OTHERWISE OF ALL INTO THESE HAMBURG RECREATION BUILDINGS IN GREENHOUSES DEPARTMENTS AND OUR TOWN BOARD. THIS IS THE 24TH ANNUAL BLAST ON THE BEACH. HAMBURG REJUVENATION HAS NEVER BEEN ASKED TO COVER THESE TYPES OF COSTS. IT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE FOR OUR CONTINUALLY TO COVER THEM. WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE CHANGE IN SUPPORT AND HOPING THAT YOU, OUR TOWN BOARD, CAN OFFER SOME DISCUSSION [03:00:01] AND RELIEF. THANK YOU, UH, MS. SPEAKING EVENING AND THANKS SPEAKING YOU. UM, I'M HERE BECAUSE, UH, WE, UH, REDISTRICTED, UM, YOUR COUNTY LEGISLATURE AND I PICKED UP THE SOUTHERN PORSCHE HAMBURG LOST SPRINGVILLE TO OPERATING SAR INDIANS. A LITTLE EASIER RUN FROM PORT PARK TO HAMBURG. UM, HAVING SAID THAT, UH, WHAT I LIKE TO DO WITH THE LEGISLATOR, FIRST OF ALL, BACKGROUND, UM, I BECAME A LEGISLATOR IN 2006. THIS MY 19 YEAR BEFORE THAT, I SERVED ON THE TOWN BOARD IN NORTH PARK FOR 22 YEARS, AND IN THE ZONING BOARD BEFORE THAT FOR FOUR YEARS. SO HAD SOME BACKGROUND ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND QUITE FRANKLY, GOVERNMENT WORKS THEIR BEST RIGHT HERE IN TOWN OF HAMBURG. AT THIS BOARD, THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE WILL COME UP, LIKE THEN SEE ME AND TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR TOWN. SO I WHAT YOU DO HERE. UM, WHAT I DO DIFFERENTLY TOO THAN SOME OTHER LEGISLATORS. WHEN I COME OUT HERE, I SEE THE WHOLE TOWN WITH ME SO I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. PRIVACY. SO HAVING SAID THAT, THEY GIVE A SHORT REPORT, WHICH I WILL NOW, AND IT TELLS YOU WHAT THE COUNTY'S DOING THAT AFFECTS MY CAMPUS. AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BRINGING COUNTY GOVERNMENT OUT TO THE COUNTY CAM, THE NEW AVENUE TO THE LEGISLATURE. SO THE FOLLOWING REPORT, UM, ABLE TO SECURE SOME GRANTS. THE TOWN CAM 2,500 HOURS, CAN YOUTH AND RECREATION FOUNDATION, 2,500 HOURS, SAME YEAR, ALL OUTREACH FOOD PANTRY. THOSE, THOSE CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN SET UP, BE RECEIVED FUNDS. UM, GOING BACK IN NOVEMBER'S 22 STORM, WE HAD THAT VERYBODY REMEMBERED, UM, A LOT OF THE GREENHOUSES IN THE FARMS THAT HAVE FARMS IN THE TOWN IN HAMBURG WERE DAMAGED, UM, TO THE COVID FUNDING VARIABLE TO SECURE $2 MILLION, WHICH WENT TO, UH, UH, BIDEN PLANNING OVER TO SOIL WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, WHICH I WROTE IN CHAIRMAN. AND, UH, THEY ASKED TO BE UP THOSE DOLLARS. SO WE SENT OUT THE REPORTS TO ALL THE FARMS AND THE FOLLOWING FARM RECEIVED, UM, THESE, UH, FUNDS, BLACKWOOD GREENHOUSE FARM, CLARK STREET, 97TH MAYBE WROTE 200,000. THESE ARE FOR THE GREENHOUSES OUT SUN CARD STREET, 78,000 AND HENRY AND SON, 105,000. SO BILL HAD THOSE DOLLARS THAT CAME THROUGH THE COVID SITUATION, WENT BACK TO THE FARMS AND . SO SOME REAL GOOD NEWS TO THE, THE ROAD PROJECTS. I, I CHECK WITH THE ROADS BECAUSE THAT'S MY FORTE IN THE ROAD POINT OUT, TAKING CARE OF GETTING THE ROADS DONE SOMEPLACE SOUTH OF BUFFALO, WHICH CHAMBER HAS, UM, PARK STREET, WHAT WAS TOLD TODAY TO START CONSTRUCTION FROM SOUTH PARK TO ARMOR ALL OVER PARK STREET TO REHAB. AND I THINK THEY'D FEEL IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT CERTAINLY NEEDS IT. UM, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE IN SHORT REPORT OF WHAT THE ACCOMMODATE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD, UH, UH, YES, UH, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN HERE AND SPENDING TIME WITH US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, NOT ONLY AS A LEGISLATOR, BUT THE ARMED FORCES VIETNAM VETERAN. UM, I I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU ACTUALLY, REGARDING THE SALES TAX, UH, LAW THAT'S COMING UP WHERE THE, UH, LEGISLATURE WANTS TO, UM, INSTEAD OF HAVING A SUPER MAJORITY, THEY WANNA BREAK IT DOWN TO A MAJORITY. UM, I MEAN, TO ME, I'M, I'M ACTUALLY, I WENT DOWN THERE, I WAS SUPPOSED TO IT, UM, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT, WELL, A SIMPLE MAJORITY GIVES YOU A SIMPLE MAJORITY TO TAKE IT AWAY. AND, UH, I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON WITH THE DISTRIBUTION. BUT ALSO, IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US A LITTLE [03:05:01] EXPLANATION. I, I, I WANTED TO GET A, A RESOLUTION IN, BUT IT WAS OVER THE TIMELINE AND JUNE WILL BE TOO LATE. WELL, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN FOR COMING DOWN AND, AND SPEAKING ON THIS ISSUE WITH A PROPER PUBLIC HEARING THIS WEEK. UM, YOU KNOW, THE DANGER OF GOING BACK MAJORITY IS THAT MAJORITY OPENING UP THAT SALES TAX SITUATION. YOU, THOSE FUNDS THAT GO SOMEPLACE ELSE DIVVY UP IN A DIFFERENT MANNER. FOR INSTANCE, YOU HEARD MAYOR BROWN SAY HE WANTS TO HAVE A BUDGET, 9% TAX INCREASE IN CITY OF BUFFALO. OUTRAGEOUS. OKAY. AND HE ALSO WOULD LIKE, REOPEN THAT CONTRACT ON THE SALES TAX, GET MORE OF THOSE DOLLARS INTO THE CITY OF ABOVE, WHICH I OBJECT A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES DO. SO GOING BACK TO A MAJORITY POSITIONS ALLOWS LEGISLATORS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE, YOU KIND OF RUN THE SHOW COMPLETELY, LEAST WITH THE SUPER MAJORITY WE HAVE SOME CLOUD HAS TO PULL UP, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET SOME THINGS FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE THAT IT WOULD NEVER HAVE GIVEN US FOR THIS YEAR, LIKE LOWERING THE, UH, AND THE ELIMINATING THE TAX ON, ON ARO GAS AND ELECTRICITY FOR THE WINTER MONTHS, AND ALSO ON A MILLION DOLLARS A REDUCTION IN THE LEVIE, WHICH HASN'T HAPPENED IN 20 YEARS. SO, I DUNNO IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, BUT, UH, I'VE BEEN AROUND, I'VE BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND, WELL, FOR THOSE, THE REALITY OF THINGS, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, IT'S ALSO, IT'S A, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $400 MILLION THAT THAT LITTLE PERCENTAGE, UH, EQUALS UP TO MIKE, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. ALL ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU. THANK, I APPRECIATE, THANKS FOR HAVING ME. A ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO BE HEARD THIS EVENING? MY NAME IS CINDY BROCKMAN. UM, I'M A MEMBER OF THE AMBER TAXPAYER GROUP IN AMBER 21 REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE. I HAVE A COUPLE OF CONCERNS ABOUT THEM. BEACH. THERE'S BEEN A LARGE AMOUNT OF CONTINUALLY BLOWING WATER FROM THE GRAIN PIPE INTO LAKE ERIE AT SOUTH BEND, THE BEACH. I NOTICE IT EVERY DAY THAT I VISITED THE BEACH ON MAY 15TH, 16TH, 19TH. AND TODAY, THE 20TH, I HAVE SOME VIDEO AND PHOTOS IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE THAT. UM, IT HASN'T RAINED THAT MUCH LATELY, SO I WONDERED WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN ON GROUND SPRING OR AN AQUA FIRE, BUT IF IT'S A BROKEN FIRE HYDRANT LINE OR ANY KIND OF BROKEN WATER LINE, SOMEONE IS LOSING A LOT OF COSTLY WATER. AND ON MAY 16TH, I EMAILED ED HOUSTON, NATE RIVERA, ALONG WITH THE VIDEO, AND TODAY I RECEIVED A REPLY FROM NATE RIVERA THAT THE PIPE IS FOR A WATER RUNOFF, THE LAKE LEY PARK. AND TO HAVE CONTINUOUS WATER FLOW IS NOTHING OF CONCERN. I THINK IT SHOULD BE A CONCERN BECAUSE STORM WATER RUNOFF AND THE LAKE ERIE CAN CAUSE POLLUTION AND EROSION. IT CAN ALSO BE A THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS RELATED, BUT TODAY THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF YELLOW FIXED SUBSTANCE ON THE SURFACE OF THE WATER AND IN THE WATER ALONG THE SHORELINE, THE SLEEP SHORELINE AT HENRY BEACH, AND PEOPLE WERE WAITING AND SWIMMING. SO WHO IS OUR TOWNS STORMWATER MANAGEMENT OFFICER? I COULDN'T FIND THAT ANYWHERE ON THE WEBSITE. AND I'M ASKING THAT THE SITUATION BE REVIEWED BY THAT PERSON TO ENSURE THAT THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ARE BEING FOLLOWED ACCORDING TO THE STATE LAW AND CHAPTER 2 26 A OF OUR UNCLE. SO THAT'S ONE CONCERN. THE OTHER ONE IS I'VE BEEN IN HAMBURG BEACH FOR SUNSETS THREE TIMES IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. I'VE OBSERVED PEOPLE DRINKING CORONAS OUT OF GLASS BOTTLES. THEY LEAVE SETTING THEIR EMPTIES RIGHT ON THE WALL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DRIVEWAY, ENTER THE ENTRANCE DRIVEWAYS, THE BEACH, JUST OPENLY DRINKING OUT OF BASS BOTTLES. UM, I SAW PEOPLE HAVING A BONFIRE ON THE BEACH YESTERDAY EVENING WHERE LOTS OF PEOPLE WERE WALKING AROUND. VERY POPULATED AREA. I'VE SEEN PEOPLE WALKING THEIR DOGS ON THE BEACH. PEOPLE ARE SMOKING WEED OPENLY AND A ABUNDANTLY. I'M ASKING THAT THERE BE MORE SECURITY, AND THANK YOU FOR REHIRING THE GUARD FOR 35 HOURS A WEEK. BUT I'M ASKING THAT THERE BE MORE SECURITY ON POLICE OFFICER PRESENCE AT THE BEACH, ESPECIALLY FROM ABOUT ONE HOUR BEFORE SUNSET TILL CLOSING, BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF UNRULY BEHAVIOR. [03:10:01] I AND OTHERS DO NOT FEEL SAFE AT DENVER BEACH ANYMORE, ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENINGS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, WE CAN HAVE MR. GIA LOOK INTO THE, UH, THE STORMWATER ISSUE AND, UH, AND CAPTAIN, YOU JUST MAKE A NOTE THAT WE NEED SOME INCREASED PATROLS AROUND OUTSIDE. MAY I ASK A QUESTION? WHAT IS THE, I KNOW I RECEIVED, UM, I RECEIVED A FEW IN RECENTLY. WHAT IS THE CLOSING, I KNOW, UM, CINDY JUST MENTIONED ABOUT UNTIL CLOSING. WHEN, WHEN IS THE CLOSING AND WHAT IS THE PROCESS BEING USED RIGHT NOW? IS THE GATE BEING CLOSED? THAT WAS THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED SEVERAL TIMES. YEAH, I THINK WHEN WE GET TO THE RECREATION AND BUILDING GROUNDS, UH, REPORTS AND ANOTHER CALL HERE, THEY ADDRESSED THAT. IN THE MEANTIME, I BELIEVE FRANCINE HAS, UH, SOMETHING. JUST SAY HI. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. . UM, LAST WEEK WE AT THE FRIENDS AT THE LAKE CENTER, WE HOSTED A MEETING. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU WHO TOOK THE TIME TO COME OUT. IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL MEETING IN OUR OPINION. UM, OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS WAS THERE, UM, MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY MEMBER RIVERA'S OFFICE SHOWED UP AS WELL AS, UM, MOST OF ALL OF YOU AND I, AND THANK YOU MR. HOPE FOR SENDING MICHELLE WHO AND YOUR ABSTINENCE. SO IT WAS, UM, ALL OF US AND MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE LWRP, WHO, AS YOU KNOW, ARE ALL LOOKING INTO THEIR FUTURE, UM, PLANS AND PULLING ALL THAT TOGETHER BASED ON THAT RECENT MEETING THAT THE PUBLIC, UM, OPENING THE OPEN HOUSE THAT THEY HAD. SO IT WAS REALLY TIMELY THAT WE HAD THIS MEETING BECAUSE THE LWRP PEOPLE, REPRESENTATIVES, MR. LEY AND UM, KIM FINLEY, WERE ABLE TO SHARE SOME OF THEIR STRUGGLES AND THEIR HISTORY COMING OUT OF THAT. UM, THE BIGGEST HUGEST I EYEOPENER AND LIGHT BULB THAT I WALK AWAY WITH PERSONALLY, I NEED TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU. ONE OF THE COMMON THEMES THAT I HEAR AROUND, UM, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG ALL THE TIME EVERY DAY, IS THAT RESIDENTS WANT MORE PUBLIC BEACH ACCESS. IT'S NOT A SECRET. THE TOWN WANTS TO GET TO THEIR BEAUTIFUL BEACH, OUR CENTER, AS WELL AS MANY BUSINESSES ALONG THE ROAD SHORE, THE, UM, ROUTE FIVE SHORELINE OFFER THAT, OR THEY DON'T OPERATE. THE STRUGGLE IS ONE COMMON THING. AND THAT IS THE TRAFFIC PATTERN ON ROUTE FIVE. I UNDERSTAND THAT STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE PAST AND, UM, CHALLENGES AND A LOT OF COMMUNITY, UM, MEMBERS HAVE PUT A LOT OF BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS INTO SLOWING DOWN ROOF BY TRAFFIC. I UNDERSTAND THE VOLUMES. I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE ARE COMMUTING TO AND FROM WORK. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE THAT SPEED AND ACCESS TO GET THEM HOME. BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO RE-LOOK AT TAKING OUR TOWN BACK AND FORCING SLOWER PATTERNS, CROSSWALKS STUDIES TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO GET OUR PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE BEAUTIFUL BEACHES THAT ARE EITHER, EITHER ALREADY THERE OR YET TO BE DEVELOPED. UM, I, SIMILAR TO THE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMISSION GETTING $50,000, SO LOOKING THROUGH, UM, BUILDINGS AND HOUSES AND RESIDENTS, I THINK THAT'S AWESOME. I CHA I CHAMPION THAT. I'M HAPPY. THE, UM, WE'VE DISCOVERED THAT EVEN MONICA WATER WORKS MIGHT BE ONE OF THE ONES YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT AS A HISTORICAL BUILDING. UM, WE HAVE SO MUCH POTENTIAL TO OFFER B ACCESS THERE, BUT ROUTE FIVE AND THE TRAFFIC AND THE INABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO SAFELY GET TO OUR PLACE IS OUR CHALLENGE. SO I URGE EVERYONE IN THIS TOWN TO LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, GRANT MONIES TO AGAIN, RE-LOOK AT THAT STUDY I KNOW WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, BUT WE CAN'T JUST WALK AWAY AND SAY, YOU DONE THAT DIDN'T WORK. WE'RE STUCK WITH LETTING PEOPLE SPEED DOWN ROUTE FIVE. SO THEY'RE BASICALLY SAYING, YOU CAN HAVE OUR REACHES. WE CAN'T GET TO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO LET TRAFFIC BE, UH, YOU KNOW, UN CONTROL. SO I REMEMBER, AND STILL I GO TO DELEGATE BILL A LOT AND YOU'RE HONOR TO GET THERE, IF I MAY. IT'S BEEN, I I I, I KNOW IT WOULDN'T BE A TOM BOARD MEETING IF YOU DIDN'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY [03:15:01] TO SPEAK, BUT WE HEARD SOMETHING. LEMME FINISH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THREE MINUTES. I DO APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE, FRANCINE, EVERY MEETING, BUT WE HEARD SOME OF THESE THINGS BEFORE THE, WHEN YOU GO ON VACATION, YOU GO THROUGH TOWNS ALL THE TIME. YOU DOING AND YOU CAN SEE THESE TOWNS THAT TAKE, THAT ACTUALLY MAKE YOU SLOW DOWN ON HIGHWAYS BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THESE PRECIOUS POWERS. I THINK THAT THE HAMMER, POWER HAMMER SHOULD CONSIDERED THE SAME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR THE THREE MINUTE BE HEARD. THIS WILL BRING US REPORTS FROM UH, DEPARTMENT HEAD. WE'LL START IN THE BACK WITH SENIOR SERVICES. WE ALSO HAD, I WANNA THANK YOU AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO VOLUNTEERED FOR THE . IT WAS PHENOMENAL. UM, IT ENDED UP TAKING US THREE DAYS TO SEND IT TO, BUT WE WENT THROUGH, UM, STAFF, BD STAFF, UM, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ARCHITECT STAFF AND TONS OF VOLUNTEERS. THEY HELP, UH, YOU GET A CHANCE. THE SAFETY AUDIT IS HAPPENING TOMORROW. PARK WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPEN. CHECK IT OUT, IS ACTUALLY THE VERY FIRST RENEWAL IN THE . UM, IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND IT'S ABSOLUTE. UM, WE ALSO HAD A GREAT EVENT. OUR ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE EVENT, UM, HAPPENED AND IT WAS WONDERFUL. UH, THIS PAST WEEK WE HAD ABOUT 30 TO 40 PEOPLE THERE. UM, AND WE ALSO HAD A NATURE DAY AT 65 ACRES ON THIS PAST WEEKEND. AND WE, I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT EVERY SINGLE CHILD INDEPENDENT DID CATCH A FISH ON. SO, UM, WE HAVE A LOT MORE THINGS. JILL, IF I COULD ASK, SO WHAT, WHEN DOES THE BEACH, AND THIS IS PROBABLY GOOD INFORMATION FOR WHEN DOES THE BEACH, BOTH IN SEASON AND OUT OF SEASON, WHEN DOES IT OPEN? WHEN DOES IT CLOSE? IS IT DAWN TO DUSK? WHAT, WHAT ARE THE TIMES? DAWN DUSK IS THE USUAL, YOU KNOW, FOR PARK, THEN HE OPEN DON THE DUSK. SO WE CONSIDER A BEACH, DON. AND SO YOU OPEN THE GATES AT DON, YOU CLOSE THEM AT DUS, IS THAT WE DON'T . UM, BUT WE'RE THERE FROM, I THINK, WELL, MY GO THERE FROM LIKE SEVEN OR SEVEN. SO MR. RIVERA GRO. SO KIND MIMIC WHAT JILL SAID WITH , REEN AND AARON. UM, THE KEY TO THE WHOLE THING, UH, ABOUT, UM, ESPECIALLY MY STAFF TOO WITH, UM, GOLF THERE IS THAT THE GATES, WE DON'T CLOSE THE GATES, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AT THREE O'CLOCK, UNLESS WE'RE GONNA PAY OVERTIME, SOME, SOME GATE. SO, AND IF THERE'S ANY CONCERNS, ISSUES WITH ANYTHING WITH THE PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, BUILDINGS, YOU KNOW, MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS ON WEBSITE. , SOMEBODY KNOW THAT I'LL APPLY BACK, GO. I, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER. . THANK YOU. UH, CAPTAIN VAL, PLEASE. JUST TO REITERATE WITH NO SET, THE, THE BEACH HIT WILL BE OPENING THIS WEEKEND PRIMARILY. USUALLY IT'S A MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, WHICH IS UPCOMING WEEKEND. WE WILL, I WILL STILL, UH, DO TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR THE PATROLS TO BE STARTING TO GO IN THERE TOMORROW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT OPEN. AND WE DO GO IN THERE AFTER HOURS OUR HOSTING THEIR EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR TO MAKE SURE THAT OBVIOUSLY THE BE STICKERS ARE COMING OUT NOW SERIOUSLY, THEY CAN SEE WHO'S COMING IN AND OUT BY THE LICENSE PLACE AND ALL THOSE THINGS ONCE YOU HAVE TO STICK IT. AND JUST AN ADDITIONAL NOTE, BUCKLE UP NEW YORK STARTED TODAY, BUT THEN JUNE 2ND, LET YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS KNOW FOR THOSE WILL BE TRAVELING BY WORLD FAIR HERE IN HANFORD. AND WE DID RECEIVE ALL OF THE, UH, BODY CAMERA, UH, EQUIPMENT. SO WE'LL BE INSTILLING THAT PROBABLY IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE WEEKS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. MR. RAY. IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. THERE ARE NINE [03:20:01] RESOLUTIONS TODAY KIND OF SUMMED UP GOING, UH, MR. IAN, SUPERINTENDENT, UH, MR. ENGINEERING CONSULTANT, NO REPORT MR. JAR. TRAFFIC SAFETY. I JUST RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE NEW YORK STATE DOT THAT THEY ARE CONDUCTING TRAFFIC ENGINEERING INVESTIGATION ON CAMP ROAD. AND HOWARD, AGAIN, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH 'EM, UM, DOING TRAFFIC COUNTS ON HOWARD. SO THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION NUMBER FOUR. THANK YOU MR. ROGERS. PLAN. UH, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, AND ELISE ARE GOING ON LEAVE. SO GUYS ARE ALL STUCK FROM THE NEAR TIME STREET JOURNAL. UM, I'LL BE IN TOWN GOING FORWARD MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS, BUT AS ALWAYS YOU CAN EMAIL ME. UM, I'LL RESPOND TO ANY EMAIL THAT I DID. OUR NEXT PLAYING BOARD MEETING IS JUNE 5TH. YOU KNOW, INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME OUT. IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TOPICS GOING ON. UM, AND AS FOR NC MENTIONED, WE HAD A, A HAMBURG LRP MEETING ON MAY 7TH. WE'VE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT. UM, UH, THE LRP UH, IS GOING ALONG WITH, THERE'S A BOLD STUDY GOING ON IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, THIS BROWNFIELD OPPORTUNITY AREA STUDY. UM, THOSE TWO ARE GONNA WORK IN CONJUNCTION. I'M GONNA HAVE A MEETING ON THAT BETWEEN 10TH. UM, SO WE INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME UP. MR. FARRELL LEGAL DEPARTMENT. NO REPORT, MR. KY . UM, AS YOU KNOW, THIS WEEKEND COMING UP IS MEMORIAL DAY. SO I MADE A LIST OF SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP. SO START WITH SATURDAY, UH, LAKESIDE CEMETERY AT NINE 30 IN THE MORNING. UM, VFW POST 1419 AND CONJUNCTION WITH WILL HOLD THEIR ANNUAL CEREMONY. THEN SUNDAY, THE 26TH, A PARADE IN, UM, BLAZEDALE FROM THE TEA AND POSTS TO THE AMBE POSTS. AND THEN AT 12 O'CLOCK AND ALSO SUNDAY NIGHT, THERE'S A CONCERT IN THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG. UH, IF YOU LIKE THE BEATLES, THERE'S THE BBC BAND IS THERE AT SIX 30 AND THEY'RE AWESOME. UM, MONDAY THE 27TH, THERE'S A LAKEVIEW PARADE ON LAKEVIEW ROAD, UM, WHICH GOES UP TO THE FIRE HALL AND THEN IN THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG. THAT PARADE IS SPONSORED BY, UM, THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 5 27. AND THAT THEY BOTH UNFORTUNATELY START AT 10 O'CLOCK. THEN AFTER THE VILLAGE PARADE IS THE HAMBURG MOOSE DOES THEIR ANNUAL FLAG BURNING. AND THEN VFW POST 1419, WE'LL DO THEIR CEREMONY AT THEIR POST AT TWO 30. SO LOTS OF THINGS GOING THROUGH THE NEXT WEEKEND. THANK YOU. IT, JEFF, I CAN REPORT FINANCE. KIM, NOTHING TO REPORT, DID MISS ANY DEPARTMENT HEADS? GOOD. I'LL TAKE THIS TO, UH, REPORTS FROM THE BOARD. WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER FER WEST. UH, YES, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ABOUT WHAT A SUCCESS THE COMMUNITY, UM, PLAYGROUND BILL AT OSBORN WAS. AND IT WAS, OF COURSE, UM, DUE TO A LOT OF HARDWORKING COORDINATION FROM MANY OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AND THE COMMUNITY. SO CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYONE THERE. IT WAS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO WATCH THE PROCESS AND TO SEE EVERYONE'S ENGAGEMENT AS THEY WORKED ON THAT PROJECT. UH, I ALSO WAS ABLE TO BE IN ATTENDANCE OF THE ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH, UM, PROGRAM THAT THE YOUTH REC AND SENIOR SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UH, PUT ON LAST WEEK. AND IT WAS VERY, THE ENTERTAINING WAS AMAZING. UM, INCLUDING GRACE PETERMAN, I THINK I SAID HER NAME CORRECTLY, WAS, IT WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH HER, BUT ALL OF THE PERFORMERS WERE AMAZING. SO I APPRECIATE, UH, ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT ARE PUT TOGETHER AND THAT WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTING. AND THEN FINALLY, AS KATHY JUST, UM, SPOKE ABOUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CEREMONIES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS SPONSORING THIS WEEKEND, SO THAT WE CAN ALL TAKE A MOMENT AND PAUSE AND TOGETHER REFLECT ON AND, UM, GIVE THANKS AND THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT MEMORIAL DAY MEANS. AND WE HAVE QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH OUR TOWN, THROUGHOUT OUR TOWN THIS WEEKEND, AND I HOPE TO SEE MANY OF YOU THERE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. HEY, I JUST WANTED TO, ONCE AGAIN, THANK EVERYBODY WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE OSBORNE PARK. I KNOW THE COME FOR KIDS ARE VERY EXCITED TO TEST OUT ALL OF THE NEW GLA EQUIPMENT. SO, UM, WE'LL BE SURE TO GIVE BACK TO YOU IN SHORT NOTICE, JILL OF THE REVIEW, BUT I'M SURE IT'S GONNA BE TWO THUMBS UP, ENTHUSIASTIC THUMBS UP. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND REITERATE WHAT THE TOWN CLERK HAD TO SAY THIS WEEKEND. WHILE IT'S FILLED WITH T-BALL GAMES AND SOFTBALL GAMES AND HOT DOGS AND COOKOUTS IN TIME WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY, THERE ARE ONES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE MISSING SOMEBODY AT THEIR CELEBRATION THAT ARE WISHING SOMEBODY ELSE. WERE THERE [03:25:01] TO BE WITH THEM. AND THEY'RE THE REASON WE CAN HAVE THESE CELEBRATIONS. SO TAKE A MOMENT, LEAD BY EXAMPLE. SHOW YOUR FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, YOUR CHILDREN, WHAT IT MEANS TO REALLY HONOR THE SACRIFICE THAT PEOPLE HAVE MADE TO GET US WHERE WE ARE. UH, SO IF THAT MEANS HELPING OUT A VETERAN IN CUTTING THEIR GRASS BECAUSE THEY JUST CAN'T DO IT ANYMORE, OR IF IT MEANS, YOU KNOW, TAKING COOKIES OVER AND TALKING TO A, UH, MOM WHO IS A GOLD STAR MOM, TAKE THAT TIME. DO THAT ON OUR, UM, I KNOW WE'LL BE OUT WITH OUR CHILDREN, SHOWING THEM WHAT IT MEANS TO REALLY QUIETLY HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE MADE THAT KIND OF SACRIFICE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. UH, I WANT TO THANK THE VETERANS THAT SHOWED UP TODAY, UM, ISABELLA VETERAN TO, UH, LEAD US WITH THE LEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. UM, THANK THE HAMBURG PRESERVATION COMMISSION FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. I'M HAPPY WE'RE ABLE TO GET, UH, THIS THROUGH. I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TOWN. UM, AND LASTLY, UM, I WANT TO THANK THE VOLUNTEERS THAT HELPED WITH THE PLAYGROUND, BUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT COME HERE AND GIVE US YOUR VIEWPOINTS, UH, I'M PROUD THAT WE WERE AS A, UM, TOWN BOARDING WOULD COME TOGETHER AND UNANIMOUSLY PASS, UH, A RESOLUTION TO, UH, FLY THE PRIDE FLAG. I KNOW IT WAS CONTROVERSIAL, VERY CONTROVERSIAL LAST YEAR, AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE RE THE RESOLUTIONS THAT WE ALL SUPPORTED UNANIMOUSLY, UM, WE'RE LEADING BY EXAMPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND WE ARE HOPEFUL AND WE, WE KNOW, UM, THAT EVERYTHING'S GONNA WORK OUT JUST FINE. UH, I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN CO HAVE ALSO BEEN COMING WITH A, A POLICY ON THAT TAKING THE LEAD, AND THANK YOU FOR WITH RESPECT TO THAT. BUT I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO WITH RESPECT TO THOSE MATTERS. THANK YOU ALL. I JUST WANNA BASICALLY THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. UH, MR. MILLS, IF YOU'RE STILL HERE, THANK YOU. ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING LEGISLATORS UP THERE. I KNOW I WORKED WITH YOU FOR SIX YEARS BEFORE I DECIDED NOT TO RUN AGAIN. UH, EVEN THOUGH AT THAT TIME WE WERE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE AISLE, BUT WE ALWAYS WORKED TOGETHER GREATLY. UM, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN. UH, I'M SURE YOU PROBABLY AT EVERY TOWN BOARD MEETING THE SIDE OF THE MISSISSIPPI HERE, AT LEAST THE ONE YOU REPRESENT. UM, I DO WANNA JUST REITERATE ON THE, UH, THE SALES TAX, UH, THING. UM, I, I PERSONALLY THINK THAT'S A BAD IDEA. AND LIKE I SAID, WHAT A SIMPLE MAJORITY COULD GIVE YOU. A SIMPLE MAJORITY COULD IT AWAY AND A SIMPLE MAJORITY COULD GIVE MORE MONEY TO BUFFALO, LESS MONEY TO HAMBURGER BLAZEDALE OR ANY OTHER TOWN THAT'S OUT THERE. UM, GETTING THEIR SALES TAX RUN, WHICH IS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF 'EM. THERE WAS A NUMBER OF TOWNS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, DON'T TAKE MY SALES TAX AWAY. AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S OVER $400 MILLION THAT JUST FROM THAT SMALL PERCENTAGE. SO THIS WILL PROBABLY BE COMING UP FOR A REFERENDUM 'CAUSE I'M SURE THEY'RE GONNA PASS IT. UM, AND, UM, VOTE ACCORDINGLY. LIKE YOUR POCKETBOOK DEPENDS ON IT. ANYWAYS, I JUST WANTED JUST, UH, SMALL THING AND, UM, MEMORIAL DAY THAT EVERYONE ELSE MENTIONED IT. UM, FREEDOM ISN'T FREE. UM, THERE ARE THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIFE, SO WE COULD BE HERE AND WE COULD TALK TO EACH OTHER AND, UH, EXPRESS OUR DIFFERENCES. SO I JUST WANNA THANK THOSE WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND KEEP, UM, IF YOU CAN KEEP 'EM IN YOUR MEMORY THIS WEEKEND WHILE YOU'RE DOING YOUR CHORES OR HAVING A COOKOUT OR SUCKING DOWN A COAL ONE, UM, THAT'S ALL YOU WILL SEE. THANK YOU. CERTAINLY A LOT TO, A LOT TO REPORT ON, A LOT FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO BE PROUD OF. UM, I WOULD LOVE TO REITERATE, UH, WHAT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT THE EFFORT IN OSBORNE PARK. THIS WAS AN EFFORT THAT WAS REALLY LED AND DRIVEN BY A HUNDRED PERCENT BY THE COMMUNITY FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, FROM THE IDEA STAGE, RIGHT THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION. UM, TO SEE THAT COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER AND PUT IN DOZENS OF HOURS EACH INDIVIDUAL. WE HAD MOMS WORKING SHOVELING STONE AND WOOD CHIPS ON MOTHER'S DAY, UM, THAT IT WAS VERY COMMENDABLE. UH, EQUALLY IMPRESSIVE WAS THE, THE SKILLS DISPLAYED BY THE FOLKS FROM OUR VILLAGE DEPARTMENT DRIVING AND OPERATING, HAVING MACHINERY, VERY CONFINED SPACES AMONG VOLUNTEERS. I'M GLAD MR. FARRELL HASN'T BEEN THERE BECAUSE HE PROBABLY WOULD'VE HAD A HEART ATTACK. UM, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE HOW THESE FOLKS OPERATED AND THE WORK AND ENTHUSIASTS THAT THEY BROUGHT TO THE WORK. UM, WE'RE CERTAINLY IN A MORE REPORT AND THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS TO RECOGNIZE, UH, FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN THAT. UM, AS FAR [03:30:01] AS THE REJUVENATION COMMITTEE, MS. SAND, UH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO, TO OUR INTENTION. IT'S THE FIRST I HEARD OF IT. MY HOPE IS THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EVENTS AND MR. RIVERA WILL BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CONTINUE THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. IT'S A, IT'S A WONDERFUL EVENT. UM, CERTAINLY WORTHY CELEBRATION THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND DON'T SEE ANY REASON, GIVEN THE SUPPORT THAT WE FREELY AND LIBERALLY GIVE TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE NOT AS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TOWN, UM, TO PULL BACK ON SUPPORT OF THE EVENT THAT PEOPLE WILL AFFORD WHILE YEAR, UM, DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME, BUT I'M SURE WE'LL OUT HOW TO, HOW TO ADDRESS THAT. YES, WE WILL. UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INDEED RECOMMEND THE, UH, YOUTH RECREATIONS SENIOR, THE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR THEIR WORK, PUTTING TOGETHER THE ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER EVENT. UM, IT WAS, AND, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, THAT HILLARY, UH, HILLARY BLUNT, UH, WAS REALLY A LEADER IN THAT. AND SHE REACHED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND FOUND THE RIGHT GROUPS, UH, AND JUST PUT TOGETHER A VERY IMPRESSIVE AND IMPRESSIVE PROGRAM. MUCH OF IT LED, UH, BY JUNE, UH, TEMAN, WHO'S THE MOTHER, RICE . UH, GRACE IS A, I BELIEVE, A THIRD GRADE STUDENT AT ELEMENT AT, UH, UNION PLAZA ELEMENTARY. JUNE IS THE YOUNGER RESIDENT. AND, UH, IT WAS GREAT TO SHOWCASE THE CALENDAR WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK THE FOLKS WHO SHOWED UP ON SATURDAY MORNING, UM, AT, UH, AT 10 30 ON SOUTH PARK AVENUE, IF YOU WERE OUT ABOUT, MIGHT'VE SEEN DOZENS OF FOLKS WEARING REFLECTIVE VESTS, CONDUCTING A WALK ON. MOST OF THESE FOLKS, UH, WERE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF CASEY. NOLAN. CASEY, UH, WAS, WAS KILLED ON SOUTH PARK AVENUE. UH, AFTER THE, THE CONCLUSION OF ERIE COUNTY FAIR. SHE WAS ON HER WAY HOME FROM WORK, UH, AND WAS HIT BY MULTIPLE VEHICLES, UH, AND TRAGICALLY DIED THAT EVENING. UH, HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY, AS WELL AS THE NEIGHBORS THAT LIVED ALONG THAT SOUTH PARK CORRIDOR, MANY FOLKS WHO, UH, LIVE ALONG THERE, UH, WALK TO WORK, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF HAMBURG TO MORE AND SAY, GABE'S THAT IMPORTANT BUSINESSES THAT WE ALL COME TO RELY ON, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SAFE FOR THOSE FOLKS TO GET TO AND FROM THERE ARE PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT. THIS WALK AUDIT WAS AN OBSERVATION OF THE CURRENT CONDITIONS, UH, IN HOPES THAT WE CAN TURN THIS INTO A DOCUMENT THAT WE COULD USE FOR ADVOCACY PURPOSES TO SUPPORT GRANT APPLICATIONS, UH, AND TO, TO, TO SEE HOW WE CAN CHANGE THAT LITTLE ENVIRONMENT TO MAKE IT A SAFER EXPERIENCE FOR ALL ROAD USERS, NOT JUST FOLKS THAT ARE DRIVING, UH, AUTOMOBILES. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE VFW POST 1419, UH, FOR COMING AND, AND DOING THAT, THAT CEREMONY FOR US THIS EVENING. UH, THERE IS MANY FAMILIAR NAMES OF THE LIST THAT THEY SHARED WITH FOLKS THAT ARE NO LONGER WITH US IN THE LAST YEAR. AND SO I ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENTS THAT KY HAS SHARED WITH US TO HONOR THOSE, UH, THAT WE'VE LOST RECENTLY, AND THOSE WHO MADE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE DURING COMBAT. UM, AND THEN FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, RECOGNIZE A RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENT OF ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES. UH, CAPTAIN TODD ERIC, UH, SHARED RECENTLY THAT HE'S COMPLETED HIS MASTER'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION. UM, SO I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF WORK THAT CAPTAIN ERIC PUT INTO THAT. I THINK IT'S NOT ONLY A TESTAMENT TO HIM, BUT A TESTAMENT TO OUR DEPARTMENT WHO VALUES, UH, LEARNING. AS WE READ IN THE RESOLUTIONS TONIGHT, WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR DEPARTMENT IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF. UH, SO I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE CAPTAIN T. UM, AND NOT ONLY DID HE GET HIS MASTER'S, BUT HE DID A RIGHT IN HAMBURG AT, UH, AT HILL COLLEGE. SO CERTAINLY, UM, UH, KUDOS TO CAPTAIN T. UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON MY LIST FOR TONIGHT. AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. CAN WE HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE JUST, UH, IN THINKING AHEAD TO THIS WEEKEND'S MEMORIAL DAY AND CLOSE WITH THAT? CERTAINLY. SO WE WILL, UH, BRIEF MOMENT SILENCE FOR THOSE FOR THIS COUNTRY. MOTION ADJOURN SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.