May 04, 2026 5-04-2026 TB Meeting

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YOU ARE READY. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE ARE GOOD TO GO. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CALL THE TOWN BOARD MEETING OF THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD. THE MEETING OF MAY 4TH, 2026 TO ORDER. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. IF EVERYONE WOULD JOIN US AND STAND FOR THE PLEDGE AND THEN REMAIN STANDING. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. IF EVERYONE WOULD REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ALL OF OUR ACTIVE MILITARY AND THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. THANK YOU. IF I COULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE TWO EXITS, ONE ON THE SIDE AND ONE IN THE BACK. YOU'D

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COUNCILMEMBER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. BUGALSKI. SUPERVISOR FARRELL HERE. AND BEFORE WE START, MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU. OH, THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY WEEKLY UPDATE. DAN. IS THERE A FEEDBACK? CAN YOU HEAR FEEDBACK? I JUST MOVED IT BACK A LITTLE BIT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE MINUTES WILL BE READY LATER THIS WEEK FOR THE LAST MEETING. JUST SO YOU'RE ALL AWARE. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. LEGAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON APRIL 13TH, THERE HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE

[4.1. Notice of Public Hearing Proposed Local Law 7, 2026]

THIS PROPOSED LOCAL LAW WOULD IMPOSE A TEMPORARY 12 MONTH MORATORIUM ON ALL BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM FACILITIES AND TIER TWO AND TIER THREE SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO THE STATUTE, THE TOWN BOARD WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON SAID PROPOSED LOCAL LAW AT 7 P.M. ON MAY 4TH, 2026 AT HAMBURG TOWN HALL, 6100 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, HAMBURG, NEW YORK, 14075, AT WHICH TIME AND PLACE ALL PERSONS INTERESTED WILL BE HEARD. A COPY OF THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAW IS ON FILE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AT THE OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS. DO YOU WANT TO. DO YOU WANT TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE PUBLIC COMMENT? THIS HEARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE COMMENT SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO PROPOSED LOCAL LAW. NUMBER SEVEN, PURSUANT TO HAMBURG TOWN BOARD'S RULES OF ORDER ADOPTED ON JANUARY 5TH, 2026. ALL SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES AND ALL COMMENTS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE BOARD. WE APPRECIATE YOUR COOPERATION AND KEEPING COMMENTS CONCISE, RESPECTFUL, AND RELEVANT SO THAT WE MAY CONDUCT AN ORDERLY AND EFFICIENT HEARING. BEFORE SPEAKING, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. AND THEN, JOSH, DID YOU HAVE A FEW COMMENTS THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE TO THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING STARTS? SURE. SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, JOSH ROGERS, PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT IS FOR A PROPOSED MORATORIUM THAT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED AT OUR APRIL 13TH TOWN BOARD MEETING.

I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO IT'S NO SECRET THAT THERE ARE SOME RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED IN THE TOWN. AND I WANT TO STRESS THAT THIS MORATORIUM IS NOT SOLELY BASED OFF OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED, THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE PIPELINE, THAT HAVE COME BEFORE THE TOWN. WE'VE HEARD RUMBLINGS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR A WHILE. WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, REVIEW OUR EXISTING SOLAR LAW AND OUR BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE LAW. WE DO HAVE TWO CURRENT EXISTING ONES. SO OUR SOLAR LAW WAS LAST ADOPTED IN 2020. OUR BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE LAW WAS LAST ADOPTED IN 2021. I'VE MENTIONED IT BEFORE AT A PREVIOUS WORK SESSION, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO NEW YORK STATE, ESPECIALLY RENEWABLE ENERGY, FIVE YEARS AND SIX YEARS IS A LIFETIME. IT'S AN ETERNITY FROM THE LAST TIME THAT IT'S BEEN ADOPTED. SO WE'VE WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR EXISTING CODES AND CERTAINLY UPDATE THEM. THE PROPOSED MORATORIUM TAKES A LOOK AT TIER TWO AND TIER THREE. THE REASON FOR THAT BEING TIER ONE ARE KIND OF SOLAR PANELS THAT YOU CAN PUT ON YOUR ROOFTOP. WE DIDN'T THINK THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS WORTHY OF PUTTING A PAUSE ON THAT. SO THOSE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS WHO WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET SOLAR PANELS PUT ON THEIR HOMES, THEY ARE STILL ABLE TO DO SO. TIER TWO AND TIER THREE SOLAR PROJECTS ARE YOUR LARGER ONES. TIER TWO ONES ARE A LOT OF THE TIMES GROUND MOUNTED. AND THEN TIER THREE ARE YOUR LARGEST TYPE OF SOLAR PROJECTS. AND THEN WE ALSO WANTED TO INCLUDE ALL BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE PROJECTS WITHIN THE TOWN. IT'S NO SECRET THAT THERE'S BEEN FIRE RISK FOR THOSE TYPE OF FACILITIES BEFORE. AND WE THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, PUTTING A PAUSE ON THOSE TYPE OF FACILITIES WHILE WE'RE ABLE TO REVIEW OUR CODES WOULD GIVE THE CHANCE FOR OUR CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE, WHICH IS MADE UP OF A VERY DIVERSE GROUP. IT'S MADE

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WE WANTED TO INVOLVE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS. THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE VERY INVOLVED. OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT TO BE ABLE TO INTERPRET THE CODE. OUR TOWN ENGINEER IS NECESSARY. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IT'S THE FIVE OF YOU WHO HAVE THE ULTIMATE DECISION OF WHAT THOSE CODES LOOK LIKE.

AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO JUST KIND OF CLEAR UP SOME OF THE THINGS. SO THIS IS JUST A PROPOSED MORATORIUM RIGHT NOW. I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN SOME QUESTIONS. IS IT ONGOING? IT'S PROPOSED FOR TONIGHT. SO IT'S NOT BEEN CURRENTLY ENACTED. AND THEN I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED BEFORE OR PREVIOUS PROJECTS. RIGHT NOW, THE PROPOSED MORATORIUM IS PROPOSED TO START ONCE THIS IS FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE. SO THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, 2 OR 3 DAYS AFTER TONIGHT'S MEETING.

SO ANY APPLICATION THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED OR RECEIVED BY, WHETHER IT'S THE PLANNING BOARD OR THE ZONING BOARD OR THE TOWN BOARD RIGHT NOW, IT'S PROPOSED NOT TO BE INCLUDED WITHIN THIS MORATORIUM. THEY'RE GRANDFATHERED IN, MEANING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESSES AT THE DIFFERENT BOARDS. I ALSO WANT TO CLEAR UP JUST REALLY QUICKLY FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE PROPOSED RIGHT NOW. WHO ARE THE VARIOUS BOARDS THAT ARE REVIEWING THEM. SO THERE'S AN ACTIVE PROJECT RIGHT NOW THAT'S BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF. THAT PROJECT IS SOLELY BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD. THE TOWN BOARD NOR THE ZONING BOARD HAVE ANY APPROVAL POWER. THE PLANNING BOARD IS THE ONLY ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING THAT PROJECT. THERE ARE SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED BEFORE OUR ZONING BOARD. ONCE AGAIN, THOSE ARE BEFORE THE ZONING BOARD.

THE TOWN BOARD HAS NO APPROVAL POWER OVER THEM. AND THEN ALONG THE WAY, I'VE RECEIVED, OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF INPUT FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT RESIDENTS. I ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONTINUE TO EMAIL ME. OBVIOUSLY, I'VE SENT SOME EMAILS TO PEOPLE TELLING THEM WHICH BOARD IS, YOU KNOW, WHICH ONE THE RIGHT ONE TO GO TO. WHEN IN DOUBT, JUST EMAIL ME DIRECTLY AND I WILL MAKE SURE THAT ANY COMMENT, ALL COMMENTS GET SENT TO THE PROPER ENTITIES. AS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW I TAKE THE TIME TO READ THEM. I KNOW THE DIFFERENT BOARDS, TAKE THE TIME TO READ THEM, AND FROM THERE ON, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GIVE THE PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. SO TO CLARIFY, TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING IS ABOUT WHETHER WE SHOULD ADOPT THIS MORATORIUM OR NOT. BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON EXISTING APPLICATIONS BEFORE THE TOWN. THAT IS CORRECT. WE ARE CERTAINLY LOOKING FOR PEOPLE'S IMPACT OR INPUT ON WHETHER THEY BELIEVE THIS MORATORIUM IS A GOOD IDEA, WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE, WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE, FOR SURE. BUT THIS DOES NOT IMPACT PREVIOUSLY APPLIED PROJECTS. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN? YES. I MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY, MARY. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS MARY ODIN. I LIVE AT 102 OAK HILL DRIVE IN HAMBURG. I AM A DATA ANALYST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO, JACOBS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. I SIT ON THE HAMBURG SCHOOL BOARD, THOUGH I DO NOT REPRESENT THEIR VIEWS OR OPINIONS. AND I SIT ON THE VILLAGE PLANNING COMMISSION AND AGAIN, I DO DO NOT REPRESENT THEIR VIEWS OR OPINIONS. I ONLY REPRESENT MY OWN. I ONLY MENTION THESE POSITIONS TO SAY THAT I SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF TIME CONSIDERING THE RESEARCH, DATA AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR THIS TOWN. MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE HERE IN OPPOSITION TO SOLAR PROJECTS, BECAUSE THEY ARE UNDERSTANDABLY WORRIED ABOUT WHAT KINDS OF CHANGES THAT LARGE CORPORATIONS COULD BE ALLOWED TO DO TO OUR TOWN AND TO OUR LAND. THEY WANT TO PROTECT OUR VALUABLE RESOURCES, MANY, MANY BAD ACTORS, PARTICULARLY IN ENERGY INDUSTRY, HAVE MADE US FEEL WARY OF MAKING CHANGES TO OUR LANDSCAPES AND TRUSTING RENEWABLE ENERGY. AND YOU ARE LEADERS TRYING TO PROTECT YOUR CITIZENS. AND AS A LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITY, I FULLY RESPECT THAT. SO A MORATORIUM FEELS REASONABLE IF WE NEED TO DEVELOP A NEW SOLAR ZONING CODE, ESPECIALLY IF IT IS OUT OF DATE AND DOESN'T FULLY ADDRESS OUR CITIZENS WORRIES. HOWEVER, UPON REVIEWING OUR EXISTING POLICY, I DO THINK A MORATORIUM WOULD BE A HASTY MOVE. AND SO TONIGHT, I URGE YOU TO TABLE THE MOTION.

PLEASE CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING. THE EXISTING SOLAR CODE WAS WRITTEN SIX YEARS AGO, BUT I HAVE READ IT MYSELF, AND I THINK IT IS SHOCKINGLY THOROUGH AND ACCOUNTS FOR ROOFTOP ON GROUND AND LARGE SCALE SOLAR PROJECTS. IN REVIEWING THE EXISTING SOLAR CODES AND HOW IT ALIGNS WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATED IN 2022, PARTICULARLY THE TIER TWO AND TIER THREE PROJECTS, WHICH WOULD BE THE PRIME CANDIDATES THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT. EVEN THOUGH I ACKNOWLEDGE IT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, THE DESIGN AND APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TIERS ARE STILL APPLICABLE AND COMPREHENSIVE. VERY LITTLE CHANGES WOULD BE NECESSARY TO STILL BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO PUTTING A 12 MONTH MORATORIUM TO MAKE REVIEWS AND CHANGES SEEMS LIKE A HASTY IDEA. I. WHILE THERE ARE MANY HERE THAT WILL PRESENT QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, AND FEARS, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT OUR EXISTING REGULATIONS ALREADY ADDRESS MANY OF THOSE CONCERNS AND THAT SOLAR APPLICANTS MUST PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING TO BE GRANTED A PERMIT TO BUILD A

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MINIMIZING OF TREE CUTTING. MANY RULES ABOUT DECOMMISSIONING THAT I WON'T GO INTO HERE, BUT THEY ARE LISTED A SITE APPLICATION PLAN, A LANDSCAPE PLAN, CONTACT INFORMATION FROM THE COMPANY OR FROM SITE OWNERS, A FULL SEEKER, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT REVIEW AND MORE. IN PARTICULAR, THERE ARE MANY MORE REQUIREMENTS AROUND SCREENING SETBACKS FROM THE ROAD AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES, AND THE ONE I THINK MIGHT BE MOST INTERESTING TO THIS BODY TONIGHT IS THAT ALL THREE TIER SOLAR ENERGY OWNERS IS THAT THEY SHALL DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT AND MAINTAIN NATIVE VEGETATION BY PROVIDING NATIVE PERENNIAL VEGETATION AND FORAGING HABITAT BENEFICIAL TO GAME BIRDS, SONGBIRDS AND POLLINATORS, AND REQUIRE INPUT FROM LOCAL FARMERS AND TOWN AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE, IF IN PLACE, WILL BE NEEDED TO MAKE THESE DETERMINATIONS. SO IN CLOSING, IT IS ABSOLUTELY THIS BOARD'S JOB AND THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES JOBS TO MAKE SURE LEGISLATION AND ACTIVITIES ALIGN WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND SO OSTENSIBLY, REVIEWING A SOLAR POLICY AND ITS ALIGNMENT WITH THIS PLAN MAKES SENSE. BUT AN ENTIRE MORATORIUM ON ALL SOLAR PROJECTS SEEMS LIKE A REALLY INTENSE STEP, CONSIDERING WE HAVE A ROBUST POLICY ALREADY. WE AREN'T STARTING FROM SCRATCH, AND ARGUABLY, IT IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO CLIMATE GOALS FOR THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY. AND IT IS A LOST ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TOWN. AND IT DENIES FARMERS WHO WANT TO LEASE THEIR LAND FOR A STEADY SOURCE OF INCOME. THE RIGHT TO DO SO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CAM. LET'S GO DOWN HERE. HI, EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS CAM BURNS AND I'M A HOMEOWNER ON PLEASANT AVENUE, DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF A PROPOSED LARGE SCALE SOLAR PROJECT ON PLEASANT. I'M A LIFELONG HAMBURG RESIDENT. I ATTENDED UNION PLEASANT ELEMENTARY, HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL, HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WENT TO HILBERT COLLEGE.

WHEN IT CAME TIME TO BUY A HOME AND INVEST IN MY FAMILY'S FUTURE, I CHOSE HAMBURG, SO YOU CAN IMAGINE MY SHOCK WHEN I LEARNED THAT OUR QUIET RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD COULD BECOME THE SITE OF AN INDUSTRIAL SCALE SOLAR FACILITY. THE HOME MY TEN YEAR OLD AND FOUR YEAR OLD CHILDREN ENJOY TODAY WOULD BE PERMANENTLY SCARRED BY FENCING, MECHANICAL NOISE AND POTENTIAL DIESEL SMELL AND DIESEL NOISE THAT MANY OF THESE PLANTS REQUIRE IN OUR CLIMATE, AS WELL AS THE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED. THAT IS NOT THE FUTURE I ENVISIONED FOR MY FAMILY WHEN I INVESTED FINANCIALLY HEAVILY IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. BUT THAT'S NOT WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PROPOSED MORATORIUM IN FRONT OF YOU. MY NEIGHBORS AND I FIRST LEARNED ABOUT THIS LARGE SCALE SOLAR PROJECT JUST FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE INITIAL MEETING. AT THAT MEETING, WE WERE OVERWHELMED. AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, IMAGES OF MY HOME AND MY PROPERTY WERE PRESENTED WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT. THE VERY NEXT MORNING, THIS POWER COMPANY FORMALLY SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATION. WHILE THIS COMPANY HAD MONTHS, IF NOT YEARS, TO PREPARE, RESIDENTS LIKE MYSELF AND MY NEIGHBORS BEHIND ME ONLY HAD HOURS TO BEGIN UNDERSTANDING COMPLEX ISSUES LIKE SOLAR SITING, ZONING, TOWN BOARD PROCEDURES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS. WE DIDN'T KNOW TO ASK FOR A MORATORIUM PRIOR TO MARCH 3RD, 2026. WE HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS COMING. WE WERE BLINDSIDED BY THIS PROPOSAL. PLEASE DO NOT LET THESE GIANT BILLION DOLLAR COMPANIES, LARGELY LOCATED OUT OF OUR COUNTRY, BLINDSIDE OTHER HAMBURG HOMEOWNERS. PLEASE PASS THIS MORATORIUM NOW. IT'S NOT CHEAP TO LIVE IN THE TOWN OR THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS MORATORIUM MAY NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE SPECIFIC PROJECT THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY FIGHTING BY $1 BILLION FRENCH SOLAR CONGLOMERATE, BUT I'M ASKING YOU TO ADOPT IT TO PROTECT OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN HAMBURG FROM FACING WHAT WE DID, FROM BEING CAUGHT OFF GUARD, OUTPACED, OUTSPENT, WHICH IS CRITICAL AND WITHOUT FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND BEFORE THEIR APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED. PLEASE, I'M BEGGING YOU TO LOOK INTO THE STORIES OF OTHER TOWNS, SMALL TOWNS ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, LAND FROM DESPERATE AND UNEDUCATED FARMERS IS BEING SCOOPED UP INTO 40 PLUS YEAR LEASES BY FOREIGN COMPANIES. BECAUSE THESE COMPANIES ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE, THEY'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF FARMERS, THEY'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF TAXPAYERS, AND THEY'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF TOWNS LIKE OURS WHO AREN'T FULLY PREPARED FOR LARGE SCALE INDUSTRIAL

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AND YET WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A 40 YEAR LEASE ON SOMETHING WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE 30 YEARS FROM NOW. AND AS I WORK AND WALK AROUND THAT DISPLAY AND I LOOK AT IT, I THINK THESE FOLKS, THEY DIDN'T GIVE A CHANCE. THEY WERE NOT GIVEN A CHANCE TO HAVE A VOICE PRIOR TO THAT DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW. AND AS MY WIFE, CAM, WHO REFERRED, WE UNDERSTAND THIS WOULDN'T STOP THE CURRENT PROPOSAL THAT WE ARE CONCERNED WITH. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IN ANY SALES SITUATION, IF YOU ARE THE PURCHASER, WHICH THE TOWN IS RIGHT, WE ARE TRYING TO BUY INTO THIS CONCEPT OF SOLAR ENERGY FOR THIS COMPANY. WE ARE NOT MAKING PROFIT. THEY ARE. THEY'RE TELLING US THEY NEED TO HURRY. THAT SHOULD ALWAYS BE A RED FLAG. WHEN YOU ARE IN ANY HIGH PRESSURE SALES SITUATION, YOU SHOULD NEVER ALLOW SOMEONE IN SALES TO TELL YOU THAT THEY. YOU NEED TO MOVE QUICKLY. THIS IS TIME SENSITIVE. THINGS ARE ON THE LINE. IF YOU DON'T GO NOW, YOU WON'T HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE. A MORATORIUM SEEMS LIKE A COMMON SENSE, PRACTICAL WAY TO SLOW THINGS DOWN. AND IF THERE REALLY IS VALUE IN IT, THERE'S NO REASON THESE COMPANIES WON'T BE PREPARED TO INVEST ONE YEAR FROM NOW WITH THE SAME LEVEL OF FERVOR THAT THEY'RE SHOWING TODAY. AND THAT'S ALL THAT I ASK THE TOWN BOARD MEMBERS TO CONSIDER WHEN DECIDING THIS EVENING WHETHER A MORATORIUM IS A REASONABLE COURSE OF ACTION, WHICH, OF COURSE, I AM PROPOSING THAT IT IS, AND INVOKING VERY POWERFUL IMAGERY, NOT LIGHTLY, BUT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO WIND UP IN A DISPLAY ON THE FOURTH FLOOR OF CAPE ANN SOMEDAY, SHOWING THAT MY FAMILY HAD IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE DONE TO THEM BY A CORPORATION. SO I DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ROB. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS ROBERT HULL AND I'M A RESIDENT OF HAMBURG, ALSO VERY CLOSE TO THIS SOLAR PROJECT. I DO CURRENTLY OWN ONE OF THE OLDEST FUNCTIONING FARMS IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. I AM HERE TO STRONGLY SUPPORT THE PROPOSED MORATORIUM ON UTILITY SCALE SOLAR DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING THE PROPOSED 18 MILE CREEK SOLAR PROJECT. THIS ISSUE IS NOT ABOUT ONE PROJECT. IT'S ABOUT THE TOWN'S LEGAL OBLIGATION TO ENSURE THAT ITS LAND USE REGULATIONS ARE DELIBERATE, CONSISTENT AND PRODUCTIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. UNDER NEW YORK STATE TOWN LAW 272-A, ALL LAND USE DECISIONS MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THE TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IF THE TOWN HAS IDENTIFIED THE NEED TO REVISIT HOW AND WHERE LARGE SCALE SOLAR DEVELOPMENT SHOULD OCCUR, THEN IT IS BOTH REASONABLE AND NECESSARY TO PAUSE APPROVALS UNTIL FRAMEWORK IS CLEARLY DEFINED. A MORATORIUM IS A WELL ESTABLISHED AND LEGALLY SUPPORTED PLANNING TOOL. IN NEW YORK, COURTS HAVE CONSISTENTLY UPHELD TEMPORARY MORATORIUM

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PROCEEDING WITH INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY KNOWING THAT CURRENT REGULATIONS MAY BE INSUFFICIENT PUTS THE TOWN INTO A LEGALLY VULNERABLE SPOT. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MORATORIUM IS SIMPLE AND SOUND TO ENSURE THAT WHEN DECISIONS ARE MADE, THEY ARE MADE UNDER CLEAR, UPDATED AND DEFENSIBLE REGULATIONS THAT REFLECT THE TOWN'S LONG TERM VISION. RENEWABLE ENERGY IS IMPORTANT, BUT SO IS GETTING IT RIGHT. A MORATORIUM ONLY WORKS IF IT APPLIES TO EVERYONE. OTHERWISE, IT'S NOT PLANNING. IT'S JUST TIMING. I RESPECTFULLY URGE THE BOARD TO SUPPORT A COMPREHENSIVE MORATORIUM THAT APPLIES TO ALL UTILITY SCALE SOLAR PROJECTS, REGARDLESS OF TIMING OR APPLICATION STATUS. SO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG CAN TAKE THE TIME NECESSARY TO DEVELOP THOUGHTFUL AND CONSISTENT LEGAL SOUND POLICIES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. THANKS. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAW? IF YOU COULD JUST STATE YOUR NAME WHEN YOU GET TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TOM MCMAHON. I'M HERE WITH MY WIFE, ANNE-MARIE, AND MY TWO DAUGHTERS WHO GREW UP AT THREE, FIVE, TWO, SEVEN PLEASANT AVENUE IN HAMBURG. SINCE 1989. WE'VE OWNED THAT PROPERTY. IT'S LOCATED ON 37 ACRES. THAT INCLUDES WOODS AND CULTIVATED FIELDS. I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THE POINTS THAT I MADE IN A APRIL 23RD LETTER SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING BOARD AND TO THIS BOARD, IN WHICH WE CONTENDED THAT THE TOWN SKIPPED A CRITICAL STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS SOLAR LAWS 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO. THAT RESULTANT DEFICIENCY HAS LEFT HAMBURG RESIDENTS INCREASINGLY INUNDATED, AS KAM REFERRED, REFERRED TO BY CORPORATE PROPOSALS TO LEASE EXTENSIVE TRACTS OF LAND FOR LARGE INDUSTRIAL SCALE SOLAR PROJECTS LIKE THESE TWO THAT I'VE RECEIVED IN JUST THE LAST 30 DAYS, ONE IS FOR TEN ACRES AND THE OTHER ONE'S FOR 25 ACRES.

WHILE THE CODE DEVELOPED IN 2021 SUFFICIENTLY DEFINED TIER ONE, TWO AND THREE SOLAR INSTALLATIONS AND ALL THREE LEVELS OF BATTERY STORAGE, IT COMPLETELY FAILED TO IDENTIFY WHERE SUCH INSTALLATIONS, ESPECIALLY THE TIER THREE SOLAR AND BATTERY PROJECTS, MAY EVEN BE CONSIDERED FOR SPECIAL USE PERMITS UNDER RA ZONE TRACKS. THE EVIDENCE OF THAT DEFICIENCY IS IS CLEARLY IN EDF'S 18 MILE SOLAR PROJECT THAT'S PROPOSED TO OCCUPY 17 ACRES OF FARMLAND EAST ON EAST OF PLEASANT AVENUE, INCLUDING NINE ACRES OF PANELS, A TRANSFORMER AND GO AT POLES.

YOU SHOULD LOOK THAT UP. ALL ADJACENT TO OUR PROPERTY AND THAT OF AT LEAST A DOZEN IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS. GIVEN THE TOWN HAS A LIMITED NUMBER OF LARGE LAND PARCELS AVAILABLE FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. THE SITING OF SUCH AN INSTALLATION IN RURAL HAMBURG, IN THE MIDDLE OF A DOZEN RESIDENCES COMPLETELY UNDERMINES THE BROADER PLANNING FRAMEWORK THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE TOWN IN THE 2021 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THEREFORE, WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO ADOPT THIS MORATORIUM AND SPECIFICALLY TO PRIORITIZE THE REESTABLISHMENT OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL HAMBURG OVERLAY DISTRICT TO DEFINE EXACTLY WHERE SUCH PROJECTS SHOULD BE SITED OR COULD BE SITED. FRANKLY, ALL. ALL ONE MUST DO TO TO DEVELOP A. A PROPERLY FORMED CODE IS TO EXAMINE THE MYRIAD NEGATIVE IMPACTS

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DELIBERATELY DETERMINE THE PARCELS IN THE TOWNSHIP ON WHICH SOLAR OR WIND GENERATION PROJECTS MAY BE ALLOWED. THAT WOULD BE A CRITICAL FIRST STEP, THE STEP THAT WAS MISSING IN THE FIRST PLACE. FRANKLY, MANY SHARE OUR STRONG OPINION THAT UNTIL EVERY BROWNFIELD POWER LINE, HIGHWAY, EASEMENT, SHOPPING MALL AND INDUSTRIAL ROOFTOP IS CONSIDERED FOR TIER THREE SOLAR PROJECTS, NO WOODED TRACTS OR FARMLAND, ACTIVE OR FALLOW SHOULD EVEN BE CONSIDERED. THAT SAID, IF SUCH TRACKS ARE EVENTUALLY CONSIDERED, THE ALLOWABILITY SHOULD REQUIRE THAT ANY PROJECT NOT BE WITHIN 500 YARDS OF NEIGHBORING RESIDENCES, NOT BE WITHIN 500 YARDS OF WELLS, SPRINGS, STREAMS, NATURAL DRAINAGE AREA, PONDS, MARSHES AND WETLANDS AND NOT BE WITHIN ONE MILE OF THREATENED, PROTECTED AND ENDANGERED WILDLIFE. AS THE CURRENT EDF PROJECT OFFENDS AT LEAST THREE SPECIES. LASTLY, ONCE YOU APPROVE THIS MORATORIUM AS THE LAW MAKING BODY OF THIS TOWN, I CHALLENGE EACH ONE OF YOU, ANY ONE OF YOU, TO OFFER A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THIS MORATORIUM TO MAKE ANY TIER 2 OR 3 PROJECTS APPLIED FOR IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, SUBJECT TO THIS MORATORIUM. THIS ACTION WOULD OBVIOUSLY INCLUDE THE ABOMINATION PROPOSED FOR EAST PLEASANT AVENUE, WHICH WAS TRAGICALLY AND FRANKLY, CRUELLY SLIPPED UNDER THE WIRE BY EDF A MERE 40 DAYS BEFORE THIS MORATORIUM WAS INTRODUCED. AT YOUR APRIL 13TH MEETING. IF CURRENT LAW DOES NOT ALLOW THE REMOVAL OF THIS GRANDFATHER CLAUSE, THEN CHANGE THAT LAW TO. THANK YOU. THANKS, THANKS.

THERE WAS ONE ONE OTHER PERSON CORRECT THAT WANTED TO SPEAK. HI, MY NAME IS MARGARET ROD AND I JUST MOVED BACK TO THE AREA. I'VE BEEN GONE FOR 30 YEARS. I GREW UP IN HAMBURG AND I WOULD COME BACK EVERY YEAR AND I WOULD SEE CHANGES VERY SUBTLY HAPPENING. AND I CAN TELL YOU, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS ALONE, THE CHANGE HAS BEEN STARTLING WITH SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT I'VE SEEN, THAT THERE'S NO RHYME OR REASON TO IT AND THINGS. IT WAS LIKE SOMEBODY VOMITED APARTMENTS BY WALMART AND SOMEBODY THREW UP THIS HERE AND THAT THERE, AND THERE'S JUST NO LOGIC TO, IN MY MIND, ANYWAY, TO WHAT I SEE HAS BEEN OCCURRING. I HAVE LIVED OUTSIDE OF PHILADELPHIA, WHICH IS A VERY HIGHLY POPULATED AREA, MUCH DIFFERENT THAN HAMBURG.

AND I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY. YOU KNOW THAT OLD ADAGE, HASTE MAKES WASTE. WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO RUSH INTO ANYTHING IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY ACCUMULATE BEFORE YOU MAKE ANY DECISION THAT'S SO DRASTIC TO AFFECT JUST THE WHOLE NATURE OF WHAT HAMBURG HAS ALWAYS BEEN. AND I'M 69 YEARS OLD. I WAS LIVING HERE A LONG TIME BEFORE I LEFT. I JUST I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY SAYS IF YOU CAN MAKE IT, IF YOU CAN NOT GRANDFATHER THESE PEOPLE WHO'VE APPLIED HERETOFORE IN, THEN DO THAT. MAKE IT A MORATORIUM THAT COVERS EVERYTHING FROM A TO Z UNTIL YOU HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION SO THAT EVERYONE IS INUNDATED UNTIL IT'S COMING OUT OF THEIR EARS, BECAUSE THERE'S NO REASON TO RUSH INTO ANYTHING.

YOU DON'T WANT THE CHAOS THAT COMES WITH OVERDEVELOPMENT OF ANYTHING, AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT IS, BELIEVE ME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. I'M PETER RUSSELL, I LIVE AT THREE, THREE, SEVEN, SEVEN EAST PLEASANT DRIVE. MY HOUSE IS GOING TO BE THE ONE LARGELY AFFECTED BY THE CURRENT PROJECT. MY HOUSE DIRECTLY FACES THE ENTIRE FIELD. NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY, THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO COVER IT WITH FOLIAGE TO BLOCK OUR VIEWS. I ASK YOU TO GO LOOK AT ANYTHING IN UPSTATE NEW YORK OR ANY OTHER SOLAR PROJECT HAS EVER BEEN DEVELOPED, AND TELL ME THAT THAT PROJECT IS THE SOLAR FARM IS IS CONCEALED FROM THE NEIGHBORS. NONE OF THEM ARE. THEY PLANT TREES THAT ARE THIS BIG AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GROW. AND THEN TEN YEARS LATER, YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING. IT DOESN'T WORK. SO I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. DO YOU WOULD YOU WANT YOUR HOUSE AND A 910, 15 ACRE SOLAR FARM NEXT TO

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[4.2. Police – Beach Security]

[4.3. POLICE - PAF]

[4.4. PO17 for the IT Department]

[4.5. Youth, Recreation, & Senior Serves P.A.F.]

SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE

[4.6. B&G PAF]

[4.7. Planning Board Alternate Member Appointment]

[4.8. B&G Equipment Lift]

[4.9. Youth, Recreation, & Senior Services Budget Transfer]

[4.10. Budget Amendment/Transfer]

GENERAL FUND A 5031.0015 INTERFUND TRANSFERS FROM PARK FUND, $150. A 7140.0303 PLAYGROUNDS AND RECREATION PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS $150,000. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN SUPERVISOR AND FINANCE OFFICE ARE AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO MAKE THE NECESSARY ACCOUNTING AND BUDGETARY ENTRIES TO CARRY OUT THIS AMENDMENT. SO, SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD SPEED STUDY RECOMMENDATION TO ERIE COUNTY.

[4.11. Traffic Safety Advisory Board-Speed Study Recommendation to Erie County]

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[4.12. Ice Rink Roof Top Units Design Request For Proposals]

[4.13. Town Hall Parking Lot Police Station Revisions CO#2]

[4.14. State and Federal Action to Establish High School Firefighter Education and Training Programs for Juniors and Seniors]

SO ANYWAYS, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE I SAY. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE, AYE. I THINK JM WANTED TO SAY THE

[4.15. Townwide ERP Software Implementation]

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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD AMENDS LOCAL LAW NUMBER TEN OF THE YEAR 1986 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. CHAPTER 280, ENTITLED ZONING TO PROVIDE FOR THE REVISION OF THE TOWN CODE AS REFERENCED ABOVE, SO MOVED. SECOND QUESTION. SO I'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH ON THIS. AND BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 2017 TO 2022 IN THE US, WE'VE LOST 20.1 MILLION ACRES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND BETWEEN 22 AND 26. WE'VE LOST MILLIONS MORE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND BETWEEN 2017 AND 2022, 140,000 FARMS WERE LOST OR CONSOLIDATED.

WE ARE LOSING RIGHT NOW 5000 ACRES OF FARMLAND PER DAY. ONCE YOU PUT UP THESE SOLAR PANELS OR THE WIND TURBINES, YOU ARE CONTAMINATING THE SOIL OF THIS AGRICULTURAL LAND. AND WHILE I TRULY FEEL FOR THE FARMERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING GREAT CHALLENGES IN THESE TIMES THAT WE ARE LIVING IN, I DO. I ALSO THINK THAT AS A COUNTRY, WE ARE AT RISK OF DESTROYING ALL THE LAND THAT WE COULD BE FARMING. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I. I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS MORATORIUM BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL. CHINA HAS BOUGHT UP A LOT OF OUR LAND. WE HAVE TO BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE LAND TO GROW PRODUCE ON. WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE LAND TO, YOU KNOW, NO FARMS, NO FOOD, NO FARMS, NO FOOD. YEAH. AND SO I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS MORATORIUM BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF WHAT WE ARE DOING. 5000 ACRES A DAY OF FARMLAND. WE ARE LOSING. SO IN I ECHO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER DIXON JUST SAID, AND IT WAS THAT RESEARCH THAT I ALSO DID THAT LED ME TO WORKING WITH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO CRAFT THIS MORATORIUM. I'M ALSO IN FAVOR FOR THE REASONS MY MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED. I THINK WE DID GET A LOT OF MAIL ON THIS IN THE PAST WEEK. A LOT OF PEOPLE CONTACTED THE THE BOARD.

I DID SOME OF MY SIMILAR RESEARCH I DID WITH THE CONTAMINATION OF FARMLAND. BUT AND THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO, LIKE PUTTING THEM ON YOUR HOUSE AND SO FORTH THAT DON'T HAVE THE SAME IMPACT. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF HOUSES THAT HAVE IT. I MEAN, SOME MIGHT ARGUE THAT IT DOESN'T LOOK AS GOOD AS A ROOF, BUT THEY'RE GETTING BETTER WITH IT. BUT THAT'S VASTLY DIFFERENT FROM PUTTING A SOLAR PANEL ON YOUR HOUSE THAN TAKING A BUNCH OF LAND THAT YOU KNOW THAT HAS VALUE. AND ALSO, WE ALREADY STRUGGLE WITH THE SEWAGE PLANT AT WOODLAWN. SO WHEN YOU TAKE AWAY GREEN SPACE, INSTEAD OF IT GOING WATER, THAT WOULD GO INTO THE GROUND AND PERCOLATE NATURALLY, YOU OVERBURDEN OUR STORM SEWERS, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY AS IT IS. WHEN THERE'S TOO MUCH RAIN, THEN IT ENDS UP POLLUTING THE

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[5. Public Comment]

REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK? YEAH. OKAY. SMOKE AND MIRRORS. THAT'S WHAT I GOT.

DISABLED VETERAN. YOU'RE A VETERAN. YOU'RE A VETERAN, RIGHT? YES. AND I GOTTA DEAL WITH THIS. THIS IS FROM MY HOUSE. THE DOORS ARE CLOSED. I DON'T WANT TO PUT IT ON HERE SO YOU GUYS CAN HEAR. IT'S NOT. THIS IS WHAT I'M LISTENING TO EVERY DAY WHEN I COME OVER.

OKAY? NOW, I CALLED THE POLICE. YOU HAD THAT CAPTAIN HERE. THE POLICE CHIEF? YEAH, HE'S THE POLICE CHIEF. YEAH. SMOKE AND MIRRORS AGAIN. I CALLED HIM. YOU KNOW WHAT? I GOT VOICEMAIL, SO I GOT A HOLD OF A COUPLE PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT I KNOW THROUGH MY WORK.

AND I ASKED THEM, WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT THIS SITUATION? THEY SAID IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY. THE POLICE OVER HERE AIN'T DOING THEIR JOBS. I SAID, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? THEY'RE NOT DOING THEIR JOBS? THEY'RE NOT DOING THEIR JOBS. FOR ONE, I CALLED THE POLICE.

THEY CAME TO MY HOUSE. I ANSWERED THE DOOR. WE'LL CALL HIM OFFICER PRETTY BOY BECAUSE HE WAS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT HIS FAKE ZOOM TAN THAN HE WAS BEING A COP. I SAID. HE GOES, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM NOW? YOU HEARD THAT MUSIC? I SAID, A FROG JUMPED ACROSS MY FREAKING LAWN. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PROBLEM IS? YOU CAN'T HEAR THAT MUSIC. OH, IT'S THE MUSIC. OKAY, I'LL GO TELL THEM TO SHUT TO TURN IT DOWN AS I WATCH FROM MY BACK PORCH, THE KID PUNKED OFF THAT OFFICER. NOW THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE LAW. DISORDERLY CONDUCT. BECAUSE ONCE THE OFFICER TELLS THE PERSON, TURN THE MUSIC DOWN AND THE PERSON DOES NOT, THE OFFICER IS SUPPOSED TO SAY, TURN IT DOWN. NOW, IF THEY DON'T TURN IT DOWN, THAT'S DISORDERLY CONDUCT. AMHERST, BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY SHERIFF SAID, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE TOO AFRAID TO DO IT OR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT TRAINED WELL ENOUGH. I'M A GUARD. I'M AN ARMED GUARD. I WAS WORRIED THAT MASS SHOOTING WAS I WORKED FOR THAT COMPANY.

SO YOU COULD IMAGINE THAT THINGS THAT I HAVE TO GO THROUGH WITH MENTALLY DISTURBED PEOPLE, REGULAR PEOPLE. AND THEN I HAVE TO COME HOME AND LISTEN TO THIS. I CAN'T SIT ON MY BACK PATIO BECAUSE OF THIS. HE GAVE ME THAT CARD AS A SMOKE AND MIRROR TO SHUT ME UP SO I WOULDN'T COME BACK HERE. AFTER THIS OFFICER LEFT MY HOUSE, A LIEUTENANT CALLS ME. NO, NO. WE GOT MORE SMOKE AND MIRRORS COMING NOW. OH THAT'S DISRESPECTFUL. WHAT ELSE DID I

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BUILDING INSPECTOR GOES, I DIDN'T SMELL ANYTHING THAT WAS FOUL ENOUGH FOR RATS. I GO, REALLY? SO YOUR YOUR YOUR YOUR YOUR NOSE IS AS GOOD AS MY DOG'S. YOU GOT A GREAT NOSE THAT YOU CANNOT SMELL THAT ANYTHING. YOU HAD THE BEST NOSE. MY DOG DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A NOSE THAT GOOD. BUT YOURS IS GOOD ENOUGH. SO THEN I ASKED HIM. I SAID, WHAT ABOUT THAT BLACK SHED THAT'S IN MY BACKYARD THAT'S AGAINST MY PROPERTY THAT HE PUT UP? WHAT BLACK SHED? OH, AGAIN? YOU DIDN'T DO YOUR JOB. WHAT DID YOU DO? WALK IN, LOOK AROUND. WALK OUT HERE. I GOT A PICTURE FOR YOU GUYS. I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THIS MEASUREMENT OF THE SHED FOR MY PROPERTY.

WHAT IS THAT? WHAT'S IT SUPPOSED TO BE? THREE FEET? YEAH. WHAT IS THAT? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE, A FOOT OR A FOOT? AN INCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT'S 12 INCH. IT'S 11IN, 11 AND 5/8 INCHES FROM MY PROPERTY LINE. SO NOW YOUR INSPECTORS AIN'T DOING THEIR JOB. WHY ISN'T ANYBODY DOING THEIR DAMN JOB AROUND HERE? AND AGAIN, WHEN I LEFT THE HOUSE, I DON'T WANT TO COME HOME, I COME HOME, I'M TIRED. I'M DEALING WITH, LIKE I SAID, NUTS OUT THERE.

WHEN I COME HOME, I GOTTA LISTEN. TODAY YOU WANT TO HEAR THE GREATEST HITS? NUMBER TWO FROM WHEN I CAME HOME. TODAY. I PLAY THE GREATEST HITS. NUMBER TWO. WHAT DO YOU GUYS WHAT'S GOING TO GO ON WITH THIS? WHEN THEY TOLD IT, WHEN THAT KID WAS TOLD TO SHUT THAT MUSIC DOWN, THAT OFFICER SHOULD HAVE TOLD THEM TO SHUT IT DOWN. AND EVEN THE OTHER OFFICERS THAT I TALKED TO, THEY SAID WE WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE SPEAKER WITH US. AND I SAID, WHAT DO YOU MEAN TAKE THAT? WE WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE SPEAKER. THAT KID WANTED TO PLAY THAT MUSIC OUT LOUD. WE WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE SPEAKER, PUT IT IN OUR CAR. WE WOULD HAVE TOLD THEM, IF YOU WANT THAT SPEAKER BACK, COME TO THE POLICE STATION AND PICK IT UP. WHEN HE GOT THERE, GUESS WHAT? THE OFFICER THAT TOOK THAT SPEAKER DISAPPEARED. HE'S NOT GETTING THAT SPEAKER BACK FOR A LITTLE BIT. BUT NO, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TOO BUSY. THEY'RE TOO BUSY SITTING ON LAKE AVENUE. THEY'RE TOO BUSY SITTING RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT IN THEIR LITTLE OFFICE OVER HERE WATCHING TV OR DOING WHATEVER WRITING TICKETS. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION YOU BROUGHT FORWARD. WE WILL CHECK AGAIN WHAT WE DON'T WANT. YOU GUYS AIN'T CHECKING.

NOBODY'S CHECKING. WE WILL. WE WILL CHECK AGAIN. SEND THAT PICTURE TO BUILDING INSPECTIONS.

IF YOU LEAVE IT WITH US, I'LL MAKE SURE I TAKE IT DOWN TO THEM IN THE MORNING. BUT WHAT WE DO WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO TRY TO GET THE INFORMATION SO WE CAN TRY TO GET YOU THE HELP.

WHAT I DO ASK EVERYONE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO KEEP THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PROBLEM AT HAND. IT IS THE PROBLEM AT HAND. THE COPS ARE DOING THEIR JOB. THEN WE WILL. I WILL GIVE THEM A CALL. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU CAME LAST WEEK AND I'M GLAD YOU FOLLOWED UP. I MEAN THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ELECTED TO DO, IS TO SERVE THE PEOPLE. SO I'LL TALK TO THE POLICE CHIEF MYSELF TOMORROW. HE'S NOT HERE TODAY, BUT AS I WILL DO AND FIND OUT, I, I, I KNOW THAT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, I CAN SEE THAT YOU'RE FRUSTRATED ABOUT IT. AND I DON'T BLAME YOU FOR BEING FRUSTRATED BECAUSE YOU JUST WANT YOUR PEACE AND QUIET. BUT I'LL TALK TO THE, THE POLICE ON, ON THAT AND SEE, YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THERE WAS A TICKET WRITTEN. I HAVE NO IDEA. THERE WAS NO TICKET. RIGHT. AND IT ALSO IS IT'S A MENACING CHARGE, DISORDERLY CONDUCT FOR WHEN HE WILL NOT SHUT IT DOWN. IT'S ALSO A MENACING CHARGE BECAUSE IT'S AFFECTING MY HEALTH AND IT'S AFFECTING THE HEALTH OF EVERYBODY AROUND THAT.

WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO THAT. SURE. I DEFINITELY THINK IT COULD BE CONSIDERED DISORDERLY CONDUCT.

MENACING, I DON'T KNOW. BUT I MEAN, BOTTOM LINE IS YOU WANT THE PROBLEM SOLVED. WHETHER, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO I ALWAYS SAY? YOU KNOW, NO PROBLEMS, ONLY SOLUTIONS. RIGHT? SO LET'S TRY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. SO DAVE, WE'LL CHECK UP AGAIN TOMORROW ON IT AND FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT MORE WE CAN DO. AND WHAT AM I GOING TO FIND OUT ABOUT THIS. WE'LL MAKE HAVE YOU LEFT YOUR NUMBER WITH THE TOWN CLERK? IF YOU WOULD LEAVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER WITH THE TOWN CLERK, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SO WE CAN CONTACT YOU NAME AND

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THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME. I JUST WANT THE STATUS OF OUR GARBAGE PROBLEM AT BERKELEY CONDOMINIUMS. WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH STAY WITH THE DUMPSTER, OR ARE WE GOING TO GET TAXED WITH THE TOWN AND HAVE THE TOWN TAKE IT OVER? WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE THIS EVENING WHO CAN SPEAK TO YOUR QUESTION. AND IS THERE SOMEBODY HERE? HE IS. HE'S GOING TO SPEAK DURING OUR DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORT. OKAY. SO HE'LL BE ABLE TO TO COMMENT THEN. OKAY. THANK YOU.

PATRICK. YOU'RE GOOD. GO AHEAD. NO, YOU'RE ALL SET. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING MAYOR TRUSTEE. GOOD EVENING. I AM A TRUSTEE IN THE VILLAGE OF BLASDELL. BUT THAT'S NOT WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT. I'M HERE AS A FRIEND TO THE VETERANS. WE ARE IMPLEMENTING IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING BLAISDELL SALUTES, BANNERS, BANNERS FOR THE VILLAGE OF BLAISDELL. SO IF YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT IS FROM BLAISDELL OR CURRENTLY LIVES IN BLAISDELL AND YOU WANT TO HONOR THEM, WE'RE GOING TO BE HOPEFULLY PUTTING THE FIRST BANNERS UP AROUND MEMORIAL DAY.

THERE ARE $175 EACH. I HAVE A COUPLE APPLICATIONS TODAY, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE ONE. IF NOT, IF YOU DON'T WANT THEM TONIGHT OR YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT, WHATEVER, THEY ARE AVAILABLE AT VILLAGE HALL. I'M MIRIAM AND THE TEA AND POST ON ELECTRIC AND THE POST ON LAKE AVENUE.

THAT'S ALL. I WON'T TAKE ANY MORE OF YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANNOUNCE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CASTILLO. ALL RIGHT. GOOD TO SEE YOU. ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU, PAT. ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? FROM BALDWIN VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, SOUTHWESTERN ASSOCIATION, VOLUNTEER FIREMEN. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PROCLAMATION THAT YOU DID TONIGHT. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IS THAT IF WE COULD HAVE IT SENT TO ALL TOWNS AND VILLAGES IN THE COUNTY TO MAYBE PERSUADE THEM TO GET ON BOARD ALSO AND PUSH THROUGH FOR ALL STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS, SEND IT TO EACH AND EVERY ONE, NOT JUST THE ONES THAT REPRESENT THIS AREA. PLEASE. WE NEED AS MUCH SUPPORT AS WE CAN GET. EVERY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY MEMBERS ARE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY. BEFORE I CAME UP HERE, I LOOKED AT SOME OF MY PAPERWORK AND THE VOLUNTEERS IN THE 100 AND THIS ASSEMBLY DISTRICT ARE SAVING THE TAXPAYERS 37% ON THEIR TAXES. YEARS AGO, WE DID A STUDY. VOLUNTEER FIRE SERVICE SAVES THE STATE TAXPAYERS OVER $4.7 BILLION. WE NEED ANY WAY, IN EVERY WAY TO GET THE SUPPORT FOR US. AND TO ADD ON TO THAT REAL QUICK, AS MANY OF YOU, I WOULD HOPE, KNOW THAT RECENTLY A PROPOSAL TO OFFER THE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN, ACTIVE MEMBERS UP TO $2,500 GOT VOTED DOWN. WE HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO CLAIM $200 ON OUR TAXES EVERY YEAR SINCE IT'S GONE INTO EFFECT. HOWEVER, AS I BELIEVE I SAID ONCE BEFORE, HERE WE ALL KNOW TAXES DON'T GO UP, GROCERIES DON'T GO UP, GAS DON'T GO UP. WHY SHOULD WE BE ALLOWED TO GET ANY MORE MONEY? YOU KNOW, IT'S A SMALL STEP IN FOR THE VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE TAKEN OUT OF THEIR TIME, THEIR EFFORT, THEIR GAS. THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING. IF WE COULD PLEASE GO ON RECORD AND PUSH IN THAT WE WERE DISAPPOINTED IN

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I WOULD SUPPORT THAT AS WELL. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD SPONSOR THAT. TO ME, FROM MY OPINION ON IT IS I MEAN, THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT AND THAT'S WHY WE DID HAVE THE RESOLUTION TODAY TO SUPPORT THE HIGH SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, TRAINING PROGRAMS. AND AND I THINK IT WOULD BE WHAT ARE THEY? WHAT'S THE CLICHE, PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOLISH, YOU KNOW, TO GIVE A MODEST TAX CREDIT, YOU KNOW, AND GIVE US SOME INFORMATION TO $2,500 IF WE HAD TO HIRE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, OUR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT, JUST THE COST IN, YOU KNOW, SALARIES, BENEFITS, AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS. YEAH. I THINK IT WOULD BE $2,500 IS A RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT TO WHAT THE MUNICIPALITIES WOULD HAVE TO DO. AND ONE OF THE TENETS OF ECONOMICS, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE VOLUNTEER BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HELP THEIR THEIR COMMUNITY AND SO FORTH, IS THAT RATIONAL PEOPLE RESPOND TO RATIONAL INCENTIVES. THAT'S WHY COMMUNISM DOESN'T WORK. SO WHEN YOU WHEN YOU REMOVE THE INCENTIVE OF SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CREATE INCENTIVE LIKE A TAX CREDIT, WELL, MAYBE SOME PERSON THAT'S ON THE, ON THE BUBBLE THAT WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO JOIN AND SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY MAY, MAY OR MAY NOT, BUT THEY MAY. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, SO A TAX CREDIT. YEAH, WE WOULD SUPPORT I MEAN, I MEAN, I THINK ALL OF US ON THE BOARD PROBABLY WOULD.

IT'S A NO BRAINER SUPPORT THAT I MEAN, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ALL MY COLLEAGUES. THAT'S WHY WE SUPPORTED IT INITIALLY. AND AND WE DID THIS EVENING. ANOTHER THING IS I BELIEVE NIAGARA COUNTY HAS ALREADY GOT THIS HERE IMPLEMENTED. SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING AHOLD OF THEM AND WORKING WITH THEM WHERE THE ERIE COUNTY AND EVERYBODY I'VE BEEN, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO DIFFERENT STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE ON BOARD AND TRYING TO PUSH IT FORWARD. I BROUGHT IT TO A FORMER STATE SENATOR YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS OUT OF THE LEGISLATURE AND STUFF, AND IT WENT NOWHERE. SO I HAD A TIME AND OPPORTUNITY AND A PLACE RIGHT HERE TO DO SOMETHING. SO WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, WE AND HOPEFULLY GET IT PASSED. I DID SEND IT TO A FRIEND OF MINE WHO'S A COUNCIL MEMBER AND BOARD MEMBER IN ORCHARD PARK, ONE IN TONAWANDA AND ONE OF THE COUNTY LEGISLATORS. I THINK IF WE CAN GET IT OUT TO ALL THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES, IT'D BE GREAT. I DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN, BUT I AND I'M GOING TO GET MORE UP TO DATE ON THIS, BUT BECAUSE WE DID SUPPORT IT, ALL OF US. BUT I WOULD IMAGINE IN ALBANY THAT PEOPLE FROM OUR AREA, OUR LEGISLATORS, WERE PROBABLY MORE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH ALBANY THAT AFFECTS PEOPLE IN BUFFALO AND WESTERN NEW YORK IS THE ISLAND IS LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK. SO THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENTS, SO THEY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY SUPPORT THAT, MEANING, YOU KNOW, NEW YORK CITY. SO A LOT OF WHAT HAPPENS, AND I USED TO WORK FOR A MINUTE IN, IN ALBANY IS, IS DRIVEN BY WHAT HAPPENS IN SOME APARTMENT BUILDING IN MANHATTAN OR QUEENS OR WHATEVER. SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROBABLY LESS LIKELY TO SUPPORT THESE INITIATIVES. AND SO A LOT OF THE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE IN NEW YORK STATE AREN'T BENEFITING PEOPLE IN, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY CALL UPSTATE OR WESTERN NEW YORK. AND THEY'RE AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN THEY'RE NOT EVEN MAKE SENSE FOR SOMEONE. UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT I IT DOES IT DOES TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE IN THE CITIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BECAUSE IF THEY'RE TRAINED AND EVERYTHING IN THE SCHOOL AND THE EDUCATION THROUGH THE SCHOOLS, THE TOWNS AND THE CITIES AND THE VILLAGES DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE TRAINING BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY TRAINED AND QUALIFIED. THEY JUST HAVE TO PASS THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM. THAT'S TRUE TOO. YEAH. ALSO, EVERY NOVEMBER I GO TO ALBANY FOR WHAT WE CALL OUR LEGISLATIVE WEEKEND. AND I HAVE TO CONTACT ALL STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND ANY BILL THAT THEY HAVE IN. AND WE ALL KNOW THIS YEAR'S ELECTION YEAR, ANY BILL THAT THEY WANT THE FIRE SERVICE TO BACK, I'VE GOT TO TALK TO THEM AND FIND OUT WHAT THEY WANT. AND THAT INCLUDES WHAT THE TOWNS AND EVERYTHING. IF ANYBODY KNOWS BILLS THAT YOU WANT, THAT WE NEED TO GET INTO THE STATE OR INTRODUCED AND STUFF, AND WE CAN GET SOMEBODY TO GO WITH US. I'LL BE HAPPY TO BRING IT TO THE FASNY CONVENTION, SO WE CAN MOVE AS MUCH STUFF FORWARD AS WE CAN. YES. UNFORTUNATELY, AS WE ALL KNOW, THE ISLAND RUNS THE SHOW.

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HE HAS MY NAME AND NUMBER. AND LIKE I SAID WHEN I CALLED HIM VOICEMAIL, VOICEMAIL VOICEMAIL VOICEMAIL IT WILL DEFINITELY, HE'LL DEFINITELY KNOW TOMORROW. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO THANKS CAPTAIN OKAY. LET'S SEE. MR. MAHONEY. YOU OFFERED EARLIER TODAY. I THOUGHT PEOPLE WOULD BE HERE TO SPEAK OUT, ASK QUESTIONS. I JUST JIM, JIM, JIM, HOW ARE YOU? I THINK YOU HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT BERKELEY. YES. BERKELEY SQUARE. YEAH. SO WE WE HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH THE BERKELEY SQUARE. I'VE TALKED TO MANY OF THE RESIDENTS AS I'VE TALKED TO SO MANY PEOPLE. EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM HAS MY CELL PHONE NUMBER. BUT BERKELEY SQUARE IS BEING DISCUSSED AT A LEVEL WHERE WE HAVE TO SIT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF MODERN.

BECAUSE THE TOWN DOESN'T CONTROL WHAT THEY SERVICE. WE. WHEN WE WERE DOING AS A COMMITTEE, AND I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR TO ALL THE RESIDENTS OR ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S LISTENING. THE TOWN HAD LITTLE OR NO INPUT IN WHAT THIS COMMITTEE DID TO GET THIS GARBAGE TOGETHER. IT WAS A COMMITTEE OF SIX, MYSELF AND FIVE OTHERS. AND THEN WE PRESENTED TO THE TOWN. AND WHAT WE DID IS WE CAME TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS WHERE TAXATION WITH REPRESENTATION WAS ALLOWED TO HAVE THIS THING.

THE HOA WERE A DIFFERENT ANIMAL IN CERTAIN AREAS, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T AWARE OF ALL THE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD AND ALL THE PUBLIC HEARINGS WE'VE HAD, THAT THERE WERE DUMPSTERS CONNECTED TO WHERE THE TOTES WERE. SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT, AND I'M GIVING YOU MY WORD. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT. WE JUST DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS YET BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATION FROM MODERN HAS TO WORK THAT OUT. ALSO BECAUSE YOUR TAX FOR FOR THE FOR THE AREA, FOR THE TOWN, FOR YOUR TOTES AND FOR THE SERVICE. THE DUMPSTERS DIDN'T COME INTO PLAY, SO WE HAD NO IDEA OF HOW THAT WOULD WORK. IT'S ALMOST LIKE DOUBLE DIPPING. SO I DON'T WANT BUT I'VE TALKED TO MANY RESIDENTS. I DON'T KNOW IF I TALKED TO YOU OVER THERE AT BERKELEY SQUARE AND I TALKED TO MR. HEIDINGER, WHO'S YOUR BUSINESS OR YOUR HOA? YEAH. MIKE. SO I TALKED TO MR. HEIDINGER. SO I AM IN CONVERSATION AND WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THAT OUT. BUT IF THE REMEDY IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, RIGHT AWAY WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WITH MODERN WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. WELL, I THINK BOB IS BECAUSE AS COORDINATOR ASSESSOR, SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY.

RIGHT. IS THAT SOME OF THOSE UNITS ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. CORRECT. SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE GETTING TAXED. CORRECT. THEY'RE NOT IN A CONDO OR AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE BEING TAXED. THE 240 CORRECT. CORRECT. CORRECT. BUT YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION IS DIFFERENT WITH THE DUMPSTERS. ALL THE HOMES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS, MAJORITY OF THEM, I WAS IN THEIR HOMES. I SAT AND TALKED TO THEM. THEY DON'T HAVE THE DUMPSTER SYSTEM. SO THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK OR CARVE OUT AND DISCUSS. SO IT IS BEING ADDRESSED. I JUST DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU TODAY. OKAY. MY QUESTION, WHY ARE WE CONSIDERING MODERN DISPOSAL? WE'RE ALREADY CONTRACTED AND PICKING UP THE GARBAGE. WHY DON'T YOU SEE THAT ALONE AND STRAIGHTEN THIS PROBLEM OUT WITH THE TOWN? THE TOWN DOESN'T CONTROL THE EQUIPMENT. THE TOWN WE DON'T. WE TOOK AN ALTERNATIVE IN OUR PROPOSALS. THE TOWN DOESN'T CONTROL ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT FOR MODERN. THAT'S THEIR OWN BUSINESS. SAME AS YOU WOULD HAVE WITH YOUR INTERNET OR YOUR CABLE. YOU DEAL WITH THE CABLE COMPANIES. MODERN IS THE SAME

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WOODLAWN. OLD MILE STRIP NEAR SUNOCO. LAKEVIEW ROAD FROM THE TRACKS TO VERSAILLES. AND THE REST OF THAT ROAD IS ACTUALLY A COUNTY ROAD. AND BUSH, BIRCHWOOD AND MONKTON DRIVE OFF OF LAKEVIEW. SO THAT THAT IS OUR LIST RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE DEPENDS ON MONEY BECAUSE ALBANY HASN'T SETTLED THEIR CONTRACT OR THE BUDGET YET. SO I'M WAITING TO SEE IF WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE MONEY. IF IT IS, AND I CAN ADD SOME MORE ROADS OR TAKE ROADS OFF, WHICHEVER THEY DECIDE. SO THIS IS KIND OF JUST A BALLPARK BECAUSE AN AVERAGE ROAD COST BETWEEN 75 AND $100,000 TO DO BETWEEN MILLING AND PAVING IT AND EVERYTHING. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE COMING UP WITH. THANK YOU FOR PASSING THE PUMP STATION. IT WAS ON A ON A BAND AID THERE FOR A WHILE. IT'S RUNNING ON PORTABLE PUMPS RIGHT NOW. IF THAT DOES GO DOWN THAT WHOLE SUBDIVISION, THAT WHOLE AREA OVER AT ARMOR ARMOR WILL FLOOD. SO AND THAT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN BASEMENTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO THANK YOU. HOW MANY DAYS BEFORE THAT WILL BE? I ACTUALLY, I WAS JUST TEXTING HIM NOW. SO HE'S GOING TO GET THINGS MOVING TOMORROW.

I CAN ONLY HOLD THE RAIN OFF FOR HALF A DAY. SO. THE PARKING LOT, THE WORK THAT WAS DONE WITH DRAINAGE IS DONE. IT WAS DONE TODAY. SO WE ARE WE ARE READY. NOW I WANT TO SAY WITH CAMI AND AND GO FROM HERE. SO ANYTHING ELSE HERE THAT'S JUST MILLING AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. ZONE ONE FOR BRUSH MULCH AND COMPOST AT, AT AT AT OUR SHOP AT LAKEVIEW ROAD. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOME, COME ON OUT. AS SOON AS THE WEATHER BREAKS, WE WILL START HOT PATCHING. WE'RE GETTING CALLS ABOUT POTHOLES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT EVERYTHING RELIES ON THE WEATHER. YOU KNOW HOW THAT GOES.

THE DOCKS ARE IN AT THE BAG NOW. THE DOCKS ARE IN DOWN AT THE THE PARK. WE'RE GOING TO BE ALSO HOT PATCHING THE THE THE THE RAMP GOING IN. THERE'S A THERE'S A FEW HOLES THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO FIX THEM UP. SO THERE'S NO ISSUES. AND THE GOLF COURSE WAS SUPPOSED TO OPEN MAY 1ST, MAYBE BY WEDNESDAY. IF RAIN STOPS, WE WILL OPEN IT UP ON WEDNESDAY. THAT'S IT. I HAD A QUESTION. SO I KNOW YOU THERE WAS A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT CONTACTED US COLLECTIVELY ABOUT PLEASANT AVENUE, WHICH I, I, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S A COUNTY ROAD IS A COUNTY IS A COUNTY ROAD. I THINK A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS, YOU KNOW, STATE ROADS, COUNTY ROADS AND TOWN ROADS, BUT BUT NONETHELESS, IT IS IN THE, IN, IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. AND THE LAST CORRESPONDENCE I THINK I REVIEWED, I THINK YOU INDICATED YOU WERE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT. I DID REACH OUT TO THEM. YES. THAT IS ON THEIR LIST TO,

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AND WE DISCUSS A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT HAPPENS WITHIN THE TOWN. WE SHARE A LOT OF SERVICES BACK AND FORTH. BUT THANKS FOR FOR FOLLOWING UP WITH THAT, BECAUSE I DID DRIVE IT MYSELF, YOU KNOW, AND I DID NOTICE THAT PEOPLE WEREN'T MAKING IT UP. IT'S IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE. NO, IT'S REALLY BAD. SAME WITH LAKEVIEW, WHICH IS MY ROAD. YEAH. LAKEVIEW BY THE FIRE HALL THAT'S OURS. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S ON MY LIST. AND YOU KNOW, LIKE SOULS ROAD BY THE BRIDGE, GOING FROM SOUTH PARK OVER TO 20, THAT'S ANOTHER BAD ONE. BUT THAT'S A COUNTY ROAD. BUT THE STATE TAKES CARE OF THE BRIDGE, RIGHT? YES. BECAUSE EVERYBODY COMPLAINED ABOUT THE BRIDGE. THAT'S THE STATE THRUWAY AUTHORITY HAS AUTHORITY THERE. SO THAT'S THEIR BRIDGE. SO YOU CAN'T WORK ON IT. BUT THANKS FOR CHECKING UP WITH THAT. APPRECIATE IT.

YEAH. THAT'S WHY THE CONSERVATIVES ENDORSED THEM. YOUTH REC AND SENIOR SERVICES.

JILL. SO AS ED SAID, WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL. FINGERS AND TOES CROSSED TO OPEN ON WEDNESDAY FOR THE GOLF COURSE, BUT WE ARE OPEN TO THE SALE OF SEASON PASSES, TEN ROUND PACKAGES, EEL PACKAGE, EAGLE PACKAGES AND RESIDENT CARDS. YOU CAN GO TO THE GOLF COURSE AND PURCHASE THOSE BETWEEN 7 A.M. AND 4 P.M. TOMORROW, EVEN THOUGH TECHNICALLY IT ISN'T OPEN. WE ALSO HAVE STARTED TODAY THE UNIVERSITY EXPRESS SPRING SEMESTER. THAT WILL BE HAPPENING ALL DIFFERENT DAYS OF THE WEEK. WE HAVE SOME OF THE FLIERS UP, BUT IF ANYBODY WANTS TO KNOW, IT'S ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD FOR TALKING TO ME AND WORKING WITH US ON EMT ADJUSTMENTS. WE HAVE HAD FOUR APPLICATIONS COME IN. WE WILL BE DOING INTERVIEWS ON MONDAY, BACK TO BACK TO BACK. SO FINGERS AND TOES CROSSED BECAUSE CAMP IS ALREADY FULL AND WE HAVE A WAITING LIST 40 DEEP EACH WEEK. SO WE ARE STILL STRUGGLING FOR LIFEGUARDS. WE'RE PUTTING THAT OUT AGAIN. SO IF ANYBODY KNOWS, PLEASE LET US KNOW OR ANY TRAININGS BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE INTERESTED, BUT THEY'RE NOT TRAINED AND THEY CAN'T FIND LIFEGUARD TRAININGS. AND THE PAY IS AND THE PAY IS STARTS AT $19 AN HOUR. SO THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD. MR. DUNN, YOU'RE HERE FOR MATT GIACOMINI. HELLO MR. DUNN FILLING IN FOR MATT AGAIN. YOU'RE BETTER.

YOU'RE BETTER ON THE ICE THAN THE CAMP ROAD CORRIDOR. HE'S GOT NO UPDATE HERE. THE THING THE PROBLEM IS WE'RE TRYING TO GET A LIGHT AT HOWARD AND CAMP. THE TRAFFIC ON CAMP ROAD IS JUST INSANE. AND NOW THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE TRAFFIC ON HOWARD BECAUSE OF THE NEW SUBDIVISION, THAT'S THAT'S GOING IN. BUT WHEN THE STATE COMES TO DO THEIR SURVEY, YOU'LL SEE THEM SITTING IN THE LITTLE VAN IN THE PARKING LOT THERE, AND THEY'RE CLICKING OFF THE CARS. WHO'S TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN? THEY COME BACK TO US AND THEY SAY, OH, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TRAFFIC. WELL, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD KNOW THAT THEY CAN'T MAKE THEIR WAY AROUND. THEY'LL NEVER GET OUT THAT WAY. SO WHAT THEY DO, THEY GO THE OTHER WAY TO SOUTHWESTERN. SO IT'S NOT AN ACCURATE ACCOUNT. SO SUPPOSEDLY WE HEARD A RUMOR THAT WHEN THEY REDID CAMP ROAD, THEY PUT THE LOOPS IN IN THE PAVEMENT. THE LOOPS ARE THERE.

SO MAYBE IF YOU COULD LIGHT A FIRE UNDER THE. OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE TO WE KEEP CALLING EVERY SIX MONTHS. THEY SAY WAIT SIX MONTHS AND CALL AGAIN. SO WE HAVE BEEN. SO BETWEEN OUR OUR EFFORTS AND AND THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD'S EFFORTS, I'M HOPEFUL IT WILL SOME DAY SOON. SO IN THAT CORRIDOR, THE NEXT ONE. 4.11 THE MAKE A LEFT TURN. 4.11 THE.

THE SPEED STUDY FOR. LAKEVIEW ROAD. WE'VE DONE A LOT ON THAT. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THE COUNTY ON BOARD AND HELP THEM HELP THE PEOPLE OUT DOWN THERE. AND ALSO THE HAMBURG MOVES THING WE'RE TRYING TO DO. THE OTHER END OF LAKEVIEW ROAD. THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY TURNED DOWN THE SIDEWALK. THEY WANTED A SIDEWALK FROM THE VILLAGE TO THE NEW SENIOR CENTER. SO MAYBE WHAT WE CAN DO IS. DO SOME SPEED CORRECTIONS THERE. GET THIS, GET GET IT MORE UNIFORM ON LAKEVIEW ROAD BECAUSE IT USED TO BE ALL FARMLAND. NOW THERE'S ALL BIG, BEAUTIFUL HOMES THERE. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? NO. NO THANKS. I KNOW A NUMBER OF

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SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I T THANK YOU. GOT THE MAYFLOWERS. ON APRIL 22ND, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG LAUNCH DOCK ACCESS, WHICH IS A PLATFORM FOR CIVIC. PLUS OUR VENDOR, OUR WEBSITE VENDOR. THIS PLATFORM MAKES NEARLY 6000 PUBLIC DOCUMENTS EASIER TO READ, SEARCH, AND TRANSLATE. THE SYSTEM CONVERTS FILES INTO ACCESSIBLE, MOBILE FRIENDLY FORMATS AND USES AI TOOLS TO HELP RESIDENTS QUICKLY FIND INFORMATION ACROSS MORE THAN 250 LANGUAGES. THIS INITIATIVE SUPPORTS FEDERAL 88 TITLE TWO REQUIREMENTS AND WAS IMPLEMENTED AHEAD OF THE APRIL 24TH, 2026 DEADLINE. WHILE IMPROVING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESS TO BOTH CURRENT AND ARCHIVED TOWN RECORDS, THE LAUNCH OF DOC ACCESS REFLECTS THE TOWN'S COMMITMENT TO ACCESSIBILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND BETTER SERVICE FOR ALL RESIDENTS BY MAKING THOUSANDS OF DOCUMENTS EASIER TO READ, SEARCH AND TRANSLATE. WE ARE NOT ONLY MEETING FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, BUT ALSO STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO WORK TO ENSURE THAT ALL RESIDENTS HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED. THANKS, JEN. THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT INVESTMENT ON, YOU KNOW, BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY BY THIS BOARD, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP IN GETTING THAT PUT IN PLACE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. FINANCE, MR. SHAY, NOTHING TO REPORT ENGINEERING, NOTHING TO REPORT PLANNING. TOWN CLERK. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S AWARE THAT WE DO ISSUE HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES. WALLEYE SEASON OPEN SATURDAY. TURKEY SEASON HAS OPENED. SO IF ANYBODY NEEDS HUNTING OR FISHING LICENSES, COME SEE US.

AND THEN MAY. IS MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL? YEAH. MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. SO IF YOU OR ANYONE HERE IS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO. MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR WORK ENVIRONMENT OR YOU KNOW, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE'VE GOT A LIST OF LIKE ACTIVITIES, POSTERS, SOCIAL MEDIA IDEAS THAT THERE IS SO MUCH FEEDBACK. SORRY, I HAVE ALL OF THAT IN MY OFFICE. SO THAT IS IT FOR ME. THANK YOU. BOARD REPORTS, COUNCIL MEMBER BUKOWSKI. THANK

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SO I RAN THESE RESOLUTIONS WITH THE SOLAR PANELS, FARMS. AND SHE SAID, THEY'RE REALLY NOT GOOD FOR THE REASONS THAT MY COUNCIL MEMBER, LYNN DIXON, MENTIONED ABOUT THE POLLUTION AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY WHAT THEY ENCOURAGE IS USING SOLAR PANELS FOR HOUSES OR BUSINESSES LIKE THAT, BUT NOT JUST CLEAR CUTTING LAND, YOU KNOW, FARMLAND OR LAND.

OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, EVEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PEOPLE LIKE, LIKE MY DAUGHTER THAT STUDIED ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE DON'T ENCOURAGE THAT BECAUSE AS I SAID, IT AFFECTS THE, THE GROUNDWATER AND SO FORTH. AND THERE'S A LOT OF IMPLICATIONS BESIDES JUST ENERGY. SO I'M PROUD THAT THIS BOARD DID THE RIGHT THING WITH THAT. SO COUNCIL MEMBER JUST WANT TO COINCIDE. I GUESS THERE'S A NATIONAL MONTH FOR EVERYTHING IS WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH MILITARY AWARENESS OR APPRECIATION MONTH COINCIDES. SO IF YOU KNOW ANY VETERANS THAT ARE IN NEED OF SOME HELP OR SOMETHING, JUST CONTACT THE VA AND I'M SURE THEY'LL DO A GREAT JOB TAKING CARE OF MIKE. WE USE THE VA MYSELF FOR CERTAIN THINGS. I JUST WANT TO OH, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO MY WIFE OUT THERE AND ALL YOU OTHER MOTHERS. I KNOW I'VE BEEN CALLED 1 OR 2. I GOT A CARD LAST YEAR FROM FRANK, BUT ANYWAYS, THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY. COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ YEAH. THANK YOU. DEFINITELY WANT TO ECHO HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY. MY WIFE IS EXPECTING ON THE 21ST. CONGRATULATIONS COME EARLIER SO OR IF SHE DOESN'T GO EARLIER.

SO WE'LL SEE. BUT HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOTHERS OUT THERE DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

I HAD A GREAT MEETING WITH OUR CONSERVATION ADVISORY BOARD RECENTLY. OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, THEY'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO GROW SEEDLINGS INTO TREES, OVER 100 TREES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO PLANT THROUGHOUT THE TOWN AT SOME POINT SOON IN COLLABORATION WITH, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY THE BAG, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT INITIATIVE. AND THEN SECOND, GOT OUR FRIEND HERE FROM LAKE ERIE SEAWAY TRAIL CENTER, PATTY. SHE WAS GOING TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON AN EVENT THEY'RE DOING HERE COMING UP SOON IN JUNE. HI, I'M PATTY ROSENHAN AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE LAKE ERIE SEAWAY TRAIL CENTER COMMITTEE. AS YOU KNOW, FRANCINE GUYER IS THE LEADER OF THE COMMITTEE. SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT. SHE USUALLY GIVES UPDATES ABOUT EVERYTHING GOING ON WITH THE COMMITTEE. BUT TONIGHT I'M JUST HERE TO SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT THE UPCOMING EVENT. I CHAIR THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR AN EVENT WE HAVE HAPPENING ON JUNETEENTH, JUNE 19TH, WHICH IS JUNETEENTH.

SO AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR COMMEMORATES THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR NATION. AND THERE WAS A COMMISSION CREATED BY NEW YORK STATE TO HELP CELEBRATE THAT ACROSS THE STATE.

AND I BELIEVE EVERY STATE MIGHT HAVE ITS OWN VERSION OF THAT. BUT WE HAVE A NEW YORK STATE 250TH COMMISSION, AND THEY WANTED TO DO A SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF OUR SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR, THE SUMMER SOLSTICE, AND THEY WANTED TO DO A VIEWING OF THE SUNSET. AND SO THEY APPROACHED THE SEAWAY TRAIL COMMITTEE BECAUSE OF THE IDEAL LOCATION OF OUR BUILDING FOR SOMETHING OF THIS NATURE. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FUNDING. AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMISSION WHO IS WORKING WITH US, THIS COULD BE AN ANNUAL THING. HE HOPES THAT IT WILL BE. SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FOR THE EVENT, WHICH WE'RE FINALIZING THINGS BEFORE WE PUT OUT OUR OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT IT? BUT WE JUST WANTED TO UPDATE PEOPLE ON HOW IT'S GOING. THE EVENT WILL OPEN AT 6:30 P.M. ON FRIDAY, JUNE 19TH. FRANCINE HAS SUBMITTED THE PAPERWORK. WE PARTNER WITH THE FRONTIER ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING FOR PARKING AND USE OF THE TUNNEL. WE WILL BE UTILIZING EVENTBRITE FOR TICKETS. EVEN THOUGH IT'S A FREE EVENT, 100% FREE EVENT JUST FOR A HEADCOUNT, SO WE'RE

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AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH LOCAL VENDORS. WE WILL HAVE REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED BY COYOTE CAFE, LUCIA'S MULBERRIES AND NICK CHARLOTTE'S. THEN AFTER THE INITIAL GATHERING, PEOPLE WILL COME INSIDE FOR SOME PRESENTATIONS FROM VARIOUS CULTURAL GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN PARTNERED WITH WITH THE 250TH COMMISSION, AND THEY WILL DISCUSS THE. THEIR AMERICAN HISTORY AND HOW EACH GROUP HAS COME AND DEVELOPED. THERE'S GOING TO BE INSTRUMENTALISTS.

THEY'RE NOT ONLY PLAYING DURING THE NETWORKING SESSION AT THE BEGINNING, BUT ALSO PARTNERING WITH EACH OF THE CULTURAL, CULTURAL GROUPS TO PLAY CULTURAL, LIKE POLISH OR GERMAN MUSIC DURING THEIR PRESENTATIONS. AND THEN AT THE AROUND 830, THERE WILL BE A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. WE WILL PROCESS OUTSIDE THE INSTRUMENTALISTS. INSTRUMENTALISTS WILL PLAY THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AT SUNSET, AND THEN WE WOULD CLOSE THE EVENING AT ABOUT 9:30 P.M. FANTASTIC AND REAL QUICK. AND THE HIGH SCHOOLS ARE INVOLVED IN THIS AS WELL. WELL, WE HAD ORIGINALLY APPROACHED THE HIGH SCHOOLS, SOCIAL STUDIES GROUPS TO CREATE PRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY. IT TURNS OUT THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS WERE OVERWHELMED AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR, WOULD FELT AS THOUGH THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET PRESENTATIONS READY. I DO BELIEVE, OH, ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS IS A MEMBER OF THE BIG PICTURE PROGRAM WITH THE FRONTIER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE HER STUDENTS PRESENT, BUT INSTEAD HER STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE DOCENTS FOR THE EVENING, HELPING PEOPLE, GUIDING THEM THROUGH THE BUILDING AND GIVING SOME INFORMATION. THERE'S A LITTLE MINI MUSEUM IN THERE, ETC. SO THEY'LL BE SHARING THAT INFORMATION. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. YEAH.

GREAT WORK. THANKS. THAT'S ALL FOR ME. ALL FOR ME. THANK YOU GUYS. COUNCIL MEMBER DICKSON, TODAY'S INTERNATIONAL FIREFIGHTERS DAY. SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS FOR KEEPING US SAFE. AND I KNOW I'VE HAD A CALL ACTUALLY, MY KIDS, WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE, CALLED MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. SO IT'S ALSO. NURSES APPRECIATION WEEK BEGINS ON MAY 6TH, SO THANK YOU TO THEM. ALSO. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY. I HAVE FOUR AND IN 24 MORE DAYS I WILL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO SAY THAT I SURVIVED THE TEENAGE YEARS. MY YOUNGEST. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT CAME OUT TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON THIS MORATORIUM. REGARDLESS OF WHAT SIDE YOU'RE ON, I CAN APPRECIATE THE VIEWPOINTS ON BOTH SIDES, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT AND WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, GO SABERS. GO SABERS. SURE. THE NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD ON SUNDAY, MAY 3RD, 2026 TO HONOR FIREFIGHTERS WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. AND IN TRIBUTE TO THAT, OUR FLAGS HERE AT TOWN HALL AND THROUGHOUT THE TOWN WERE FLOWN AT HALF STAFF OVER THE WEEKEND AND TODAY. SO I SHARE IN WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN NOTED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T UNDERSCORE ENOUGH THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS HERE IN IN OUR COMMUNITY, AS WAS SOMEWHAT MENTIONED ALREADY, THERE'S A LOT OF IMPORTANT GROUPS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BE RECOGNIZED DURING MAY THAT SEEMS TO COME UP EVERY MONTH, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE CAN RECOGNIZE EVERYONE. BUT THIS WEEK, I KNOW WE'RE SHINING THE SPOTLIGHT ON TEACHERS, ON NURSES, AND ON COUNSELORS AS WE RECOGNIZE THEM AND THE IMPORTANT ROLES THAT THEY PLAY IN OUR SCHOOLS AND, OF COURSE, IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY TOUCH THE LIVES OF OF CHILDREN AND STUDENTS EVERY DAY. MAY 8TH IS NATIONAL MILITARY SPOUSE APPRECIATION DAY. AND I THINK, AS ALREADY WAS MENTIONED, MAY IS NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH. AND I'M REALLY PROUD TO SAY THAT THIS BOARD BACKED AND WE WORKED WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TRAINED OFFICERS, BUT THAT WE ALSO HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN, JILL POLINSKY, AND WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THEY ALL DO EACH AND EVERY DAY. AGAIN, IN OUR IN OUR COMMUNITY. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR PLAYGROUND AND OUR PARKS PLAN. WE, OVER THE. THE LAST WHILE HAVE BEEN TAKING A LOOK WITH OUR BNG DEPARTMENT AND OUR YOUTH REC AND SENIOR SERVICES STAFF. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR SITES AND WE'RE DEVELOPING A FULL PLAN. BUT THERE WERE A COUPLE OF PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS THAT REALLY CAME RIGHT TO THE FOREFRONT AND

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WE'RE FINALIZING THE PLAN, AND WE WILL HAVE A WONDERFUL UPDATE TO THE PLAYGROUND THERE AT TAYLOR ROAD, WHICH WILL COMPLEMENT ALL OF THE OTHER AMENITIES THERE. AND THAT'S THAT WILL BE JUST THE START. WE'RE WORKING ON FINALIZING THAT FULL PLAN AND MOVING AHEAD WITH SECURING FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN VERY METHODICALLY AND SYSTEMATICALLY GO THROUGH AND MAKE THE NECESSARY UPDATES THROUGHOUT OUR PLAYGROUND AND PARKS SYSTEM WITHIN THE TOWN FOR, AGAIN, THE ENJOYMENT OF EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE FREQUENTLY PARTNER WITH A GROUP CALLED WATERKEEPERS ON PROJECTS THAT SPECIFICALLY AFFECT OUR WATERFRONT. WE ARE BLESSED HERE IN HAMBURG THAT WE HAVE MILES AND MILES OF WATERFRONT, AND NOT MANY COMMUNITIES CAN SAY THAT. AND AND MANY OF OUR GROUPS AND OUR TOWN AND THIS BOARD, WE TAKE THAT ROLE AS STEWARDS OF, OF THE LAKE VERY SERIOUSLY. AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THAT NOW INCLUDES THE EIGHT MILE CREEK CORRIDOR. SO WE HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF AND A LOT TO BE WATCHFUL OF.

AND SO WE PARTNER WITH WATERKEEPERS FREQUENTLY ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS. THEY RIGHT NOW ARE PUTTING TOGETHER SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT SPECIFICALLY RELATE TO SHORELINE EROSION AND WHAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY DO, AND POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES. SO ON MAY 11TH, WE HAVE A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS FROM SOME OF OUR COMMITTEES WHO LIVE THROUGHOUT THE HAMBURG COMMUNITY AT DIFFERENT POINTS ALONG THE WATERFRONT, WHO WILL BE VISITING WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF WATERKEEPERS. THEY'LL BE VISITING SITES IN EVANS AND IN HAMBURG AS THEY CRAFT THEIR PLANS, STRATEGIC PLANS FOR WHAT WE CAN BE DOING TO ADDRESS SHORELINE EROSION AND OTHER WATERFRONT ISSUES. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO EVERYONE AND STAY SAFE. BE WELL, AND WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT. ON MAY 18TH, I MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THIS TOWN BOARD MEETING. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR?

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