Jun 22, 2026 6-22-2026 TB Meeting

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THE PUBLIC HEARING TO SPEAK? OKAY, OKAY. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CALL THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. MEETING OF JUNE 22ND, 2026. TO ORDER. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. AND IF YOU WOULD 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 SERVICE MEMBERS AND THOSE WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. THANK YOU. IF YOU WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY EXIT ON THE SIDE AND IN THE BACK. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. COUNCIL

[1. Roll Call]

[3. Minutes of Previous Meeting]

[Additional Item 1]

SIX INDIVIDUALS HERE THIS EVENING WHO EACH HAVE GIVEN 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY, THAT'S OVER 300 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. WE'RE HONORED THAT YOU COULD BE WITH US THIS EVENING. AND IF YOU WOULD JOIN US AT THE FRONT SO WE CAN PRESENT YOUR PROCLAMATION AND TAKE A PHOTO. THEY BARELY LOOK 50 YEARS OLD.

ONE OF THE PROCLAMATIONS. OH, SURE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. 2222. AND I'M HERE. OKAY. MAY I ENTRUST

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OKAY. I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT SPOT RIGHT THERE. THERE YOU GO. WHEN ONE OPENS UP, OKAY. WHO WANTS TO TAKE A PHOTO FIRST? WE'LL LOOK IN THE SAME DIRECTION AT THE SAME TIME. TWO.

PERFECT. TWO. I THINK THEY DESERVE ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THE SUPERVISOR AND I LIVE WITHIN THE DISTRICT. AND I WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, EVER SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID, I GREW UP ON ON CLIFTON PARKWAY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS LOVED WAS WHEN YOU STILL DO IT AND YOU DO A GREAT JOB ON CHRISTMAS EVE, THE FIREMEN COME AROUND AND THEY HAND OUT CANDY, CANDY, CANDY CANES, AND MY KIDS, THEY GET EXCITED TO THIS DAY. AND 202. YOU AND I BOTH. BUT TWO, 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO WE HAD OUR CARBON MONOXIDE. DETECTOR WENT OFF. SO WE CALLED IT. WITHIN NO TIME, THE LAKESHORE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS THERE. YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE PEOPLE ARE FOR THE WEEKEND AND DO A GREAT JOB FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. SO. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE RANGE. WE HAVE SIX. THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

THAT'S RIGHT. NEXT. NO. OH, SHE EVEN LETS EAGLES FANS HAVE CANDY. JOSH. OH. DO. YOU JUST START WITH THE REGULAR AGENDA. SCRANTON VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, INC. NEW MEMBERS, BE IT

[4.1. Scranton Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. New Members]

[4.2. Woodlawn Volunteer Fire Company holding the Southwestern Association of Volunteer Fireman Annual Conference]

[4.3. Request for the United States Senate to Pass H.R. 6047 (2026) - As Encouraged by the Hamburg Veterans Committee]

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AND WHEREAS, H.R. 647, KNOWN AS THE SHERRY RILEY AND ERIC EDMUNDSON VETERANS BENEFITS EXPANSION ACT OF 2026, EXPANDS BENEFITS FOR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL MONTHLY COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN SEVERELY DISABLED VETERANS, INCREASED DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FOR SURVIVING SPOUSES AND FAMILIES, AND EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY FOR VA HOME LOAN PROGRAMS. WHEREAS, THIS LEGISLATION IS INTENDED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CATASTROPHICALLY INJURED VETERANS AND GOLD STAR FAMILIES. AND WHEREAS, THE HAMBURG VETERANS COMMITTEE REVIEWED H.R. 647, 2026 AND SUPPORTS ITS PASSAGE. AND WHEREAS, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF FEDERAL ACTION THAT SUPPORTS VETERANS AT BOTH THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEVELS, WHEREAS, THE UNITED STATES SENATE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER AND ADVANCE H.R. 647. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG HEREBY URGES THE MAJORITY LEADER AND MINORITY LEADER OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE TO TAKE PROMPT ACTION TO ADVANCE AND PASS H.R. 647 2026 AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG EXPRESSES ITS THANKS FOR THE HAMBURG VETERANS COMMITTEE AND ADVOCATING FOR LEGISLATION BENEFITING VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN CLERK IS DIRECTED TO FORWARD CERTIFIED COPIES OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE MAJORITY LEADER AND MINORITY LEADER OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE AND MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION. MOTION APPROVED WITH A UNANIMOUS SECOND. ONE MORE, ONE MORE, ONE MORE SENTENCE. OH, I DIDN'T SEE IT FINALLY RESOLVED THAT THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. SO MOVED. AND IS THERE A UNANIMOUS SECOND, SECOND? UNANIMOUS SECOND? I

[4.4. Police-PAF]

[4.5. Police PAF - Police Clerk]

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO APPOINT TRICIA LOMBARDI TO THE PROBATION PROBATIONARY FULL TIME POSITION OF POLICE CLERK WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, EFFECTIVE MONDAY, JULY 6TH, 2026, AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THE APPOINTMENT IS SUBJECT TO ALL PRECONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A PRE-EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND CHECK AND PHYSICAL. AND BE IT RESOLVED, THE SALARY IS $22.44 PER HOUR. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN B 3120 DOT 100. SO A SECOND.

[4.6. Police PAF - Beach Greeter]

[4.7. B&G PAF]

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. YOUTH, RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES. PAF BE IT RESOLVED,

[4.8. Youth, Recreation & Senior Services PAF]

[4.9. Blasdell CDBG Bid]

[4.10. Erie County Division of Sewage Management Right-of-Entry Request 18-Mile Golf Course and Taylor Road Park]

WHEREAS, THE TOWN ENGINEER AND TOWN ATTORNEY HAVE REVIEWED THE REQUESTS AND FOUND THEM REASONABLE UNDER THE CONDITION THAT ACCESS THROUGH THE GOLF COURSE CAN SHOULD BE SCHEDULED FOR THE FALL FOLLOWING CLOSURE OF THE COURSE AND THAT THE TOWN REVIEW THE INSURANCE IN ADVANCE

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[4.11. Town Hall Parking Lot Flagpoles]

WHEREAS LOUIS DEL PRINCE HAS PROVIDED A CHANGE OF ORDER CHANGE ORDER FOR THIS MODIFICATION AT A COST OF $6,260. WHEREAS, THE TOWN ENGINEER HAS REVIEWED THE PROPOSED CHANGE ORDER AND FIND IT TO BE A REASONABLE REQUEST AND COST. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN THE CHANGE ORDER ATTACHED, SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? QUESTION WASN'T THERE SUPPOSED TO BE THREE FLAGPOLES OUT THERE? THERE IS. THAT WOULD MAKE IT THREE. THAT WILL MAKE IT THREE. SO IT IS. I SEEN REPLACED SO I WASN'T. YES. OKAY. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A 40 FOOTER AND A 20 FOOTER. SO WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE IT WITH 232 30 OKAY. THANK YOU. QUESTION. I GUESS MAYBE THAT'S A COMPLICATED, BUT I GUESS I THINK THAT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF YOU HAVE A SMALL BOAT HARBOR MARINA OR SOMETHING, MARINA LIKE NAUTICAL ONE, THEY'VE GOT THE FLAGPOLE AND THE THREE UP THERE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO IT'S LIKE, LIKE A FORK ALMOST, EXCEPT FOR WITH THREE PRONGS TO IT. OR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FLAGPOLE, THE CENTER THAT'S THE HIGHEST. AND THEN THEY HAVE TWO FLAGPOLES BEYOND IT. I MEAN, JUST I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEONE WANTED THE AMERICAN FLAG HAS TO BE THE HIGHEST. YES. SO THAT'S THE AMERICAN FLAG IS THE HIGHEST. AND THEN MAYBE OFF TO THE LEFT, THEY'LL HAVE THE NEW YORK STATE FLAG AND THE TOWN OF HAMBURG FLAG. I MEAN, ISN'T THAT THAT'S WHAT THE 3 OR 4 THEY GOT, THE AMERICAN AND CANADIAN FLAG. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. I THINK WITH THE THREE I THINK WE'RE DOING SEPARATE POLES. SO THE WAY IT WORKS IS IT COMES UP. I'M TERRIBLE AT DRAWING, BUT IT COMES UP LIKE LIKE THIS WHERE OH, LIKE A TRITON. LIKE A TRITON, LIKE SO THEN IN THE CENTER. SO THE SIDE ONES GO OFF THE CENTER POLE. YEAH. AND THEN SO THERE'S ANOTHER ONE HERE. I'M TRYING TO PUT MY PEN BUSTED.

BUT SO HERE LIKE, LIKE IT WOULD BE LIKE THE TOP FLAG. YEAH. AND HERE'S LIKE THE SMALL THERE WE GO. THE SMALLER FLAGS OFF OF IT. SO IT'S ONE, IT'S JUST ONE. WELL IF YOU DID IT LIKE A V OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE YEAH, IF YOU HAD THEM STRAIGHT THREE IN A ROW, THEN THE AMERICAN FLAG HAS TO BE TO THE FAR RIGHT FROM THE STREET VIEW OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

THERE'S LIKE A PROTOCOL, BUT I'M SAYING THIS ONE, YOU KNOW, THE AMERICAN FLAG WOULD BE UP HERE BECAUSE IT'S HIGHER THAN THE OTHERS, AND THEN THEY HAVE THE OTHER FLAGS AND IT WOULD JUST BE. AND THEN YOU COULD MAYBE PUT SOME LIGHTS TO SHINE ON IT AT NIGHT. IT WOULD LOOK NICE. I THINK THERE IS THERE ARE LIGHTS THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO BE THERE OTHERWISE, OTHERWISE YOU COULDN'T FLY. KAMI CAN TAKE A LOOK AND SEE AND THEN COME BACK TO US. IF THE IF THE PERSON SAYS THERE'S AN OPTION LIKE THAT OUT THERE, BUT GO HOME, GET YOUR CRAYONS OUT, MAKE A BETTER PICTURE OF IT. IF NOT, WE CAN GO. IF NOT, THEN WE'VE GONE AHEAD WITH THIS CHANGE ORDER. SHE CAN GET FOR YOU. NO, I DIDN'T, BUT I WOULD MAKE A MOTION JUST TO TABLE. OH, CAN WE NOT TABLE? NO. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. IF YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO MAKE IT. AND THEN IF I MEAN WE'VE AUTHORIZED THE EXPENDITURE, KAMI CAN CONVENE WITH THEM TO SEE IF THERE IS EVEN AN OPTION AND SHE CAN CIRCLE BACK TO US. IF THERE IS AN OPTION. IF NOT, THEN AT LEAST WE'RE GOOD FOR THE WORK. I'M GOOD WITH THAT. OKAY. MOST FLAG COMPANIES KNOW THE PROCEDURE OF HOW TO SET THE FLAGS. YEAH. SO, CAMI, ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT? AND THEN IF YOU WOULD JUST LET US KNOW IF YOU FIND ANYTHING OUT, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER OPTION FOR US TO CONSIDER. OKAY, GREAT. THANKS. AND HOPEFULLY EVEN IF THERE'S ANOTHER OPTION, IT STILL WOULD BE WITHIN THIS COST RANGE. SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF US ALL.

YEAH. IT'S YEAH, IT WOULD JUST BE PLACING THEM IN A CERTAIN WAY IF IT'S LIKE A SPECIAL ORDER OR SOMETHING, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW. AND THEN YOU'LL JUST LET THE BOARD KNOW IT'S JUST THE PLACEMENT OF THEM. TERRIFIC. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ALL RIGHT,

[4.12. B&G Stand on Mowers]

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[4.13. Agreement between University Emergency Medical Services and the Town of Hamburg for Medical Director Services]

[4.14. Agreement for the Youth at Risk Coordinator between the Town of Hamburg and Hamburg Central School District]

[4.15. Amendment to the Agreement between Hilbert College and the Town of Hamburg]

[4.16. Contract Amendment between the Town of Hamburg and the Hamburg Volunteer Ambulance Company, Inc for the year 2026]

[4.17. Agreement between Progressive Communications and the Town of Hamburg]

[4.18. Budget Amendment: Receipt of Revenue and Budget Transfer]

THERE WAS A TYPO ON THIS AMENDMENT. I DID MANUALLY CORRECT IT. IT WILL BE UPDATED

[4.19. Budget Amendment: Budget Transfer]

[4.20. Senior & Community Center Electrical Change Orders]

WHEREAS, THE CHANGE ORDERS TOTAL A COST REQUEST OF $54,957.72. BUT THE TOWN WILL UTILIZE THE PROJECT ALLOWANCE OF $20,000 AND IS RECEIVING A CREDIT FOR CHANGES TO THE INTERIOR LIGHTING. $4,651.59. THEREFORE, THE TOTAL FUNDING REQUESTED IS $30,306.13.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED THE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN THE ATTACHED ELECTRICAL ATTACHED ELECTRICAL CHANGE ORDERS. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD HEREBY APPROVES A BUDGET AMENDMENT, INCREASING THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNTS BY $30,306.13 AS FOLLOWS. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THE TOWN SUPERVISOR AND FINANCE OFFICER AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO MAKE THE NECESSARY ACCOUNTING AND BUDGETARY ENTRIES, AND TO TAKE ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THIS RESOLUTION. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

[4.21. Senior & Community Center IT, Security and Other Costs]

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WHEREAS, THE IT DEPARTMENT, WORKING WITH IRS AND ENGINEERING, HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL QUOTES FOR THE ITEMS AND MUST AUTHORIZE THE WORK IN ORDER TO ALLOW OF MATERIAL, LEAD TIMES AND MEET PROJECT MILESTONES. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD HEREBY APPROVES THE BUDGET AMENDMENT INCREASE NOT TO EXCEED $450,000 AS LISTED. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THE TOWN SUPERVISOR AND FINANCE OFFICE ARE AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO MAKE THE NECESSARY ACCOUNTING AND BUDGETARY ENTRIES NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THIS RESOLUTION, AND THE DIRECTOR OF IT IS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN QUOTES ASSOCIATED WITH THE WORK. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. SHE'S NOT HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. RIGHT. OH SHE IS,

[4.22. Nike Concession and Bathroom National Grid Service]

[4.23. Parker Road Drainage Easement Survey]

WHEREAS, IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE EASEMENT, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT NEEDS SURVEY ASSISTANCE TO IDENTIFY THE PROPER LINE AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND MAPPING OF THE EASEMENT, AND HAS TO OBTAIN A PROPOSAL FROM NUSSBAUMER AND CLARK FOR $2,500. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES THE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN THE ATTACHED PROPOSAL AND THE TOWN ENGINEER TO AUTHORIZE THE WORK TO BEGIN IMMEDIATELY. FUNDS AVAILABLE AND BE 1490 .0440.1. SO MOVED. SECOND ON THE QUESTION KAMMY THIS IS THIS BEING COORDINATED WITH THE EFFORTS. I KNOW THERE'S A PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON THERE. WILL THIS BE COORDINATED SO IT WON'T IMPACT THAT DESIGN OR THAT WORK. SO THIS IS SPECIFICALLY THE BALL DIAMONDS THAT ARE IN PARKER ROAD THAT I DON'T EVEN BELIEVE ARE BEING USED. AND DOWN THE BACK AND THOSE RESIDENTS ON THAT SIDE. SO IT WILL AVOID ANY IMPACTS TO THE PLAYGROUND AND PLAY EQUIPMENT AREA. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR I. SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. AND SO THAT WAS POSTED FOR A 7:00 TIME. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO COME IN AROUND SEVEN TO BE ABLE TO HAVE INPUT. SO WE'RE GOING TO. GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON OTHER ITEMS. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? NO. OKAY. THEN WE'LL GO TO DEPARTMENT HEAD

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CONGRATULATIONS. PLEASE EXTEND OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM. JOB WELL DONE. YES. THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU. THANKS, CAPTAIN MONACO. THANK YOU. CAPTAIN. I. MR. RYAN, ARE YOU HERE FOR MR. HUGHES? YES. WE HAVE NOTHING REPORT FOR BOTH DEPARTMENTS, MR. GIACOMINI. A COUPLE OF THINGS. I HAVE NO UPDATES RIGHT NOW GOING ON WITH THE TRAFFIC STUDIES THROUGH THE STATE AND

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SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN GIVE TO CHIEF AND HE CAN LOOK AT ALSO. SO AND IT'S THEY'RE THEY'RE REASONABLY COST TOO. AND I KNOW YOU ALREADY SPOKE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RIGHT ABOUT THIS, ABOUT COORDINATING THAT WITH THE WAGON AND USING THIS CAMERA.

YES. EVERY EVERY TIME A RESIDENT CALLS ME, I SEND A, AN EMAIL TO ANDY HOT WATER. SO AND HE RELAYS IT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW, IF THEY DID ANY STUDIES ON THE SAFETY AND THE RECALLS OF HAVING LIKE THOSE SPEED HUMPS IN CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. SO I DID, I SPOKE WITH HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT HUGHES AND CHIEF DIENES, AND RIGHT NOW WE JUST DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES OR THE MANPOWER FOR IT, ONLY BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT IT DOWN EITHER IN APRIL OR MAY IF YOU GET A SNOWSTORM OR SOMETHING, AND IT HAS TO BE PICKED UP IN OCTOBER, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DAMAGE THOSE THINGS.

HAS A LOT TO DO WITH DRAINAGE. ALSO, THE SPEED WITH YOU'RE REALLY NOT SUPPOSED TO PUT SPEED BUMPS UNDER 30 MILES AN HOUR. AND RESPONDING EMERGENCY VEHICLES ALSO IS IN THAT. SO WE'RE PUTTING KIND OF A HOLD ON THAT FOR NOW UNTIL WE CAN INVESTIGATE IT A LITTLE BIT.

YEAH. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S. YEAH. AND I JUST KNOW IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO, THEY, YOU KNOW, IN LIKE A LOT OF THE SIDE STREETS, THEY PUT THE, THOSE SPEED BUMPS IN. AND IT CREATED A MAJOR PROBLEM THIS YEAR WITH THE PLOWS BECAUSE THE WAY THE PLOWS WERE, IT WOULD THEY COULDN'T PLOW THOSE STREETS THAT HAD THE SPEED BUMPS. AND SO, I MEAN, IT'S JUST SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, TO THINK ABOUT. THEY HAD AND THERE WERE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS THIS YEAR, BUT THEY PUT THESE SPEED BUMPS IN NOT THINKING THAT THE THE WAY THE PLOWS WORKED IT, THEY COULDN'T, YOU KNOW, AND IF WE HAPPEN TO GET A FREAK SNOWSTORM IN OCTOBER LIKE WE DO, AND WE DON'T GET THEM PICKED UP IN TIME, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ISSUES. ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS LIVES IN BUFFALO, AND SO SPEED HUMPS. HUMPS. YEAH. BUT I THINK IT'S JUST THEY HAVE LOGISTICAL, NOT LOGISTICAL. THEY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. I MEAN YOU PUT THEM IN, BUT THEN YEAH, THEY GET A FLOWER FROM YOU SAID EMERGENCY. SO I, I MEAN, YEAH, I JUST I READ IT. I MEAN, NO, I JUST LIKE TO HAVE AN ANSWER WHEN SOMEBODY ASKS ME ABOUT IT. EVERY COMPLAINT WE DO GET FROM A RESIDENT, WE DO, WE DO GO DOWN AND WE DO A SITE VISIT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE SIGNAGE MEETS THE MUTCD. AND THEN WE DO. I DO SEND AN EMAIL TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REQUESTING THE SPEED WAGON OR THE SIGNS THAT GO ON THE. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. YEAH, THANKS FOR THIS. ISN'T THIS A DEPARTMENT REPORT TIME? IT'S NOT. PROBABLY COME WITH TRAFFIC SAFETY THAT'S GOING ON. I HAVE ONE DOCUMENT IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. IS THAT THAT'S FROM 60. THAT'S 62.

THAT'S NEW YORK STATE D.O.T. OKAY. AND I ASKED MR. DOCTOR LAST WEEK IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO RESPOND, IS HOW THESE HOW THESE SPECIFIC AREAS ARE SELECTED AND WHY IT IS THAT WE TRY WAS NOT SELECTED THAT. YEAH, THAT'S STRICTLY THROUGH THE STATE, WHICH IS A NEW YORK STATE SCENIC BYWAY. RIGHT. AND UNFORTUNATELY, MY HANDS, LIKE I'VE SPOKEN TO YOU BEFORE ABOUT THIS, FRANCINE, UNFORTUNATELY, MY HANDS ARE TIED WHEN IT COMES TO THE STATE AND COUNTY. THEY DICTATE WHAT GOES ON ON THEIR ROADS. OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. THIS PUBLIC HEARING ARE INTERSECTIONS AND LOCATIONS IN HAMBURG THAT THE DOT CHOOSES TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT, OR THAT OUR ARE RAISED UP TO THEM AS BEING POINTS OF CONCERN BY THE COMMUNITY. SO IF THERE'S ANY COMPLAINTS THAT I GET THROUGH RESIDENTS, I DO FORWARD EVERYTHING TO THE STATE DOT AND THE COUNTY, AND THEN THEY MAKE THAT DECISION ON THEIR OWN. WE CAN BRING A LOT OF CONCERNS TO THEM, FRANCINE, AND WE DO ALL THE TIME, BUT THEY MAKE THOSE DECISIONS NOT NECESSARILY IN CONCERT WITH US. WE WE ARE CONSTANTLY PROVIDING WITH THEM WITH THAT INFORMATION AND THAT INPUT LIKE WE'VE DONE BEFORE WITH THE ROUTE FIVE CORRIDOR. AND SOMETIMES THEN LIKE THEY LOOKED, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE TIMING ON THAT LIGHT BY THE BEACH, SO WE CAN MAKE THE

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AND WE CAN HELP, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATE FOR THAT ROAD. BUT YOUR BEST OPTION IS TO REACH OUT TO SENATOR GALLIVAN OR ASSEMBLYMAN RIVERA, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES IN ALBANY, AND THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WOULD BE WORKING WITH THE STATE DOT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE. AND THEN USUALLY THEY CIRCLE BACK TO THE TOWN AND TALK TO THE TOWN. BUT THERE ARE NUMEROUS PROJECTS THAT ARE SUGGESTED TO THEM, AND THEN THEY SELECT AND THEY USUALLY DON'T EVEN GIVE US NECESSARILY INPUT OR NOTIFICATION. WE FIND OUT WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE FINDS OUT, AND THEY'RE USUALLY YEARS IN THE WORKS. OKAY, SO GOING TO THAT PUBLIC HEARING AND RAISING IT THERE WOULD HAVE WOULD BE A MOOT POINT BECAUSE A FOCUS ON THOSE ARE PROJECTS THEY'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THOSE FIVE PROJECTS.

OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW, WITH THE SUNSETS BEING VERY HIGH IN DEMAND, HIGH FIVE, THERE'S A LOT OF CLUSTER GOING ON OVER AT THE HAMBURG CLOCK TOWER. AND THE PEOPLE THAT PARK THERE TO WATCH THE SUNSET, THEY ARE TRAVERSING DOWN LIKE A, A VERY RISKY ROCK START, LIKE A HUGE SECTION OF ROCK THAT EXTENDS FROM HOPES OVER TO THE ROCK. IT'S KIND OF DANGEROUS, IN MY OPINION, FOR THEM. I'M NOT SURE WHO OWNS THAT PROPERTY. I THINK IT MIGHT BE TOWN BECAUSE OF THAT TOWER IS THE TOWN. SO AS FAR AS PUBLIC SAFETY FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO CLUSTER TO GET TO SEE THE SUNSET ON YOUR SIDE AS FROM THE TOWN PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING TO THE TOWN TO HAVE YOU HELP YOU CHAMPION THE NEED TO HAVE MORE SUNSET VIEW OPPORTUNITIES ON ROUTE FIVE, SUCH AS AT THE LAKE ERIE SEAWAY TRAIL. BUT. AND YOU HAVE. SOUNDS LIKE YOU DID WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR NAME UP HERE. WELL. WE'RE OVER AT THE SEAWAY TRAIL. THANKS, BUT YES, AND I PUBLICLY THANK YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT WAS DONE THERE IN THAT SAFER AND MORE SUNSET VIEWABLE. BUT WHERE, WHERE, WHERE WE LACK THE ABILITY TO TAKE SOME OF THAT CLUSTER OFF OF HOOVER AND BRING THOSE PEOPLE TO MORE SAFE AREA WOULD BE THAT THEY'RE AFRAID TO CROSS THESE BODIES. AND IF THEY'RE VERY DOWN THERE AND AS WE KNOW, WE CANCELED A RECENT EVENT THERE BECAUSE OF THAT LACK OF SAFETY. SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE I LOOK TO THE TOWN TO HELP CHAMPION THE NEED FOR THE D-O-T TO PUT US THE ROUTE FIVE CORRIDOR ON THIS LIST OF THE HIGHWAYS, THAT THEY'RE GRACIOUSLY HAPPY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO. AND AS YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DID AS A STARTING POINT IS WE DID APPLY FOR A GRANT LAST YEAR, AND WE DO HAVE THAT GRANT TO STUDY THAT WHOLE CORRIDOR, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S WHAT THEY LOOK FOR. FIRST, GREG, I WOULD RECOMMEND THE D.O.T. SITS ON THAT COMMITTEE FOR SOMEBODY THAT REPRESENTATIVE OF YOU WOULD BE PROBABLY GOOD AT THAT. THANKS, FRANCINE VERY MUCH, YOU GUYS. I'M ALL IN PUBLIC. I JUST RELATED TO WHAT WAS AFTER TALKING ABOUT. THANK YOU. SHANNON, ARE YOU HERE FOR YOUTH REC AND SENIOR SERVICES? OKAY.

MARK, ARE YOU HERE FOR MR. CROTTY? OKAY. ASSESSING. KIM, ARE YOU HERE FOR KIM? MR. SHAY, YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT BUDGET AT ALL YET. OKAY, I KNOW, I JUST THOUGHT I'D THROW THAT

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ON THE PLANNING SIDE, WE DO HAVE TWO PLANNING BOARD MEETINGS IN JULY, JULY 1ST, JULY 15TH. ON JULY 1ST WE HAVE TEN AGENDA ITEMS. SO WE'RE PRETTY BUSY. IT'S THE SUMMERTIME. PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO GET IN AND, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP THEIR PIECES OF PROPERTY. SO I KNOW THERE ARE TWO PROJECTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT. SO JUST FOR SOME UPDATES, THE SOLAR PROJECT IS STILL TABLED. THEY HAVE NOT COME BACK YET. OVERALL PLEASANT.

AND THEN THERE'S A BATTERY PROJECT PROPOSED IN LAKEVIEW. THAT PROJECT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR JULY 1ST, SO PEOPLE ARE FREE TO COME OUT, LISTEN, HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON. AND THEN FOR THE TOWN BOARD AND FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN CONJUNCTION NOT ONLY WITH THE PRESENTATION YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR, BUT THERE ARE OTHER ZONING CODE AMENDMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS. WE'VE TALKED WITH A NUMBER OF TOWN BOARD MEMBERS. WE'VE GOTTEN PUBLIC INPUT, AND WE BELIEVE WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE WE'RE READY TO START GETTING SOME OF THOSE ZONING CODES BEFORE THE PUBLIC FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE TOWN BOARD LEVEL. SO AS I TYPICALLY ALWAYS DO, I'LL, YOU KNOW, TALK TO THE TOWN BOARD AT A WORK SESSION AND EXPLAIN SOME OF THOSE ZONING CODE AMENDMENTS, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING OFFICIALLY FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK ABOUT THEM. OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU'RE WITHIN 500FT OF ANYTHING THAT GETS REZONED OR ANY OF THESE AMENDMENTS, YOU'LL GET A NOTICE. HOPEFULLY, THIS TIME YOU'LL ACTUALLY GET THE MAP AND THE CORRECT INFORMATION THAT GOES INTO THE NOTICE. BUT AS ALWAYS, IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, ZONING, WHAT THE ZONING MEANS, ANYTHING OF THAT SORT, THEY CAN FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE. SO WITHOUT THAT, THAT'S ALL I GOT. TERRIFIC. THANK YOU. I JUST WONDERED HOW THOSE MEETINGS ARE. THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT PEOPLE GETTING LITTLE UPSET OR ROWDY AND MAYBE MAKING THREATS TO PEOPLE. SO PLANNING BOARD MEETINGS. YEAH, I WOULDN'T SAY THREATS. I WOULD SAY WE'VE HAD SOME TENSE MEETINGS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, BUT AT LEAST, YEAH, PASSIONATE, PASSIONATE MEETINGS. THE POLICE DID A GREAT JOB. THEY DID HAVE AN OFFICER AT A COUPLE OF MEETINGS, BUT NOTHING THAT RAISED ANY SUSPICION. BUT WE DID HAVE A COUPLE POLICE PRESENCE, BUT THAT'S BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. AND WE'RE ALL GOOD NOW, SO. SOUNDS GOOD. THANKS. NO PROBLEM. ENGINEERING TOWN CLERK. LAST MONDAY WE WENT LIVE WITH OUR ADDITIONAL GARBAGE SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE, AND I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS. WE ARE UP TO. AS OF TODAY, 38 REQUESTS FOR VARIOUS EQUIPMENT.

BUT NO, IT'S BEEN GOING GREAT AND VERY EXCITED. PEOPLE ARE SO HAPPY. WELL THANK YOU BECAUSE I WAS STOPPED AT GOING WALKING IN THE CHURCH TO BY ONE OF THE USHERS AND THANKING ME AND STUFF. BUT ANYWAYS, THANKS FOR PICKING UP THE LOAD ON THAT AND ANSWERING ALL THE QUESTIONS FOR OUR RESIDENTS, YOU AND YOUR OFFICE. THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK THAT WAS THE ASSESSING OFFICE, THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE, MR. MAHONEY SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE. A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WORKED DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD GET A RESOLVE FOR MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED BY RESIDENTS DURING THIS TRANSITION, AND IT WAS A TRANSITION THAT, FOR THE MOST PART, WENT VERY, VERY SMOOTH. BUT OF COURSE, AS WE ANTICIPATED, THERE WERE A FEW ISSUES THAT STILL NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED. AND I THINK MOST OF THOSE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED NOW.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ASSISTED SUPERVISOR. IF WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED, I HAVE A BRIEF REPORT ACTUALLY. SURE. GO AHEAD. IT'S A HAS TO DO WITH THE TOWN WIDE INSURANCE COVERAGE PACKAGE.

AND SO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE FACED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE RESULTING FROM MARKET FORCES AND OUR CLAIM HISTORY. AND THAT WAS IN THE THE EXTENT OF THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY ALMOST $400,000. WHAT WE FACED. SO WITH A LOT OF DILIGENCE AND RESEARCH AND A LOT OF ASSISTANCE FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS, WE WERE AND OUR INSURANCE CONSULTANTS, OF COURSE, ALSO AJ GALLAGHER, WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SWITCH OUR CARRIERS SIGNIFICANT DECISION, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO. THAT YIELDED ONLY A VERY SMALL INCREASE IN THE PREMIUM STRUCTURE WITHOUT THE THE SIGNIFICANT HIT TO THE BUDGET THAT WE WOULD HAVE TAKEN OTHERWISE. AND SO WE DID HAVE A REPORT EARLIER AT THE WORK SESSION FROM OUR INSURANCE CONSULTANT, WHICH WAS A VERY GOOD REPORT. WE'VE GOT CLAIMS, VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN CLAIMS, AGAIN, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A LOT OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING MANY OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS HERE TONIGHT. AND ALSO THE RESULT OF THAT IS THAT THIS YEAR, OUR INSURANCE PROGRAM WILL STAY ALMOST EQUAL. WE HAVE A SLIGHT 6.45% INCREASE, WHICH, IN LIGHT OF THE CURRENT RATES INCREASES IN THE MARKETS, IS REALLY ACTUALLY SIGNIFICANT AND EXCELLENT. SO WE HAVE POSITIONED OURSELVES GOING FORWARD. AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES ACTUALLY A INCREASE BASED UPON

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BEFORE WE COULD HAVE A COUNTRY, WE HAD TO HAVE A MILITARY. AS THE ARMY, NAVY, MARINES CELEBRATE THEIR 251ST BIRTHDAYS. BUT A LITTLE FACT THAT THE AS THE CAPTAIN BACK THERE MENTIONED, THE ARMY RESERVES. WHICH IS PROBABLY THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD IS PROBABLY 100 YEARS OLDER THAN OUR COUNTRY AND 100 YEARS OLDER THAN ANY OTHER SERVICE IN THERE. TOO BAD THERE WASN'T A NAVY NATIONAL GUARD, SO I COULD BE A LITTLE PROUDER. BUT ANYWAYS, YES, HAPPY 250TH. MR. MAHONEY IS NOT HERE. WHO WE KIND OF SELF-APPOINTED AS OUR CHAIRMAN OF THE GARBAGE COMMITTEE. I WAS PUT ON AS THE LIAISON OR SOMETIMES MY COMMITTEE, AS ONE OF THE FORMER SUPERVISORS DID. AND BEFORE I WAS ELECTED, THERE WAS LIKE 15 PEOPLE ON THIS COMMITTEE. I DON'T KNOW THEIR NAMES. I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE. BUT WE DID UTILIZE A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE BEFORE US. WHEN I DID TAKE OFFICE, THERE WAS ABOUT FIVE PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE LEFT. FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY DECIDED NOT TO STAY ON. WE USED THAT INFORMATION, PUTTING MR. MAHONEY ON THE ON THE AS THE CHAIR REALLY TOOK THE BALL, ANOTHER GENTLEMAN, RICH CLARK. I'LL MENTION HIM BY NAME BECAUSE HE'S STILL ACTIVE IN HELPING. THEY ACTUALLY DROVE THROUGH THE TOWN STREET BY STREET, FINDING OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT PEOPLE UTILIZED, HOW MANY TOTES THEY HAD AND EVERYTHING. THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE AT THE TIME HAD A DIFFERENT PROVIDER. THE TOWN BIDDED OUT THANKS TO OUR TOWN ATTORNEY, WHO WAS ALSO PUT ON THE COMMITTEE AND HAD SOME EXPERIENCE IN OTHER TOWNS WITH HIS VAST EXPERIENCE. WE CAME UP WITH A GOOD DRAFT, WE BID IT OUT AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET A

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AWESOME. WELL, USUALLY BY THE TIME IT GETS TO ME, EVERYTHING THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS STOLEN OR ALREADY SAID, BUT HAPPY 250TH TO OUR COUNTRY. DON'T LEAVE YOUR NOTES AROUND WHERE I CAN STEAL. YEAH, I KNOW RIGHT. NOT ON PURPOSE. BUT YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MENTION, OBVIOUSLY I'LL SAY BEING ON THE YOUNGER SIDE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MY GENERATION MAYBE AREN'T AS APPRECIATIVE OR THANKFUL FOR THIS COUNTRY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE STILL ARE A LOT OF US, LIKE MYSELF, THAT ARE SO HAPPY TO BE AN AMERICAN AND GET TO DO WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY. SO JUST WANT TO ECHO THAT. ECHOING THE GARBAGE. I THINK WE CAME TO AN AWESOME RESOLUTION, VERY EXCITED FOR A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS. WE GOT A LOT OF EMAILS, AND I THINK A LOT OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE VERY, VERY SATISFIED WITH WHAT THEY CAN DO. NOW, ONE OTHER ITEM AND DAN COULD PROBABLY ADD TO THIS, THE VETS CONCERT IS ON THE 28TH, JUNE 28TH, 630 MEMORIAL PARK. I FORGET THE BAND THAT'S PLAYING, BUT PLEASE COME OUT. THAT'LL BE A GREAT EVENT. I SEE SOME OF OUR REJUVENATION COMMITTEE IN THE CROWD TODAY. THIS IS EARLY, BUT BLAST THE BEACH JULY 25TH. DON'T HAVE ALL THE TIME AND DETAILS, BUT I'M SURE THAT WE'LL GET OUT TO EVERYBODY, SO PLEASE MAKE SURE TO TAKE PART IN THAT. IT'S A GREAT EVENT THAT WE PUT ON IN THE TOWN. OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL THAT I HAD. SO THANKS FOR COMING OUT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DIXON. THANK YOU. YEAH, ALSO HAPPY TWO 50TH. I WAS PROUD OF MY FATHER, WHO WAS A WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN. NAVY. NAVY. YEAH. I THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE THAT. DAN. AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT TICKS IT'S WAY UP THIS YEAR. THE EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS FROM TICK BITES IS WAY UP AS WE KNOW IT CAN LEAD TO LYME DISEASE. BUT THERE'S ALSO NOW A LONE STAR TICK THAT'S OUT THERE THAT CAN IF IF YOU GET YOU COULD IT COULD CAUSE YOU TO BECOME ALLERGIC PERMANENTLY ALLERGIC TO MEAT. SO IF YOU'RE A MEAT EATER. SO JUST ONE OF THE WAYS YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW LYME DISEASE CAN BE VERY DEBILITATING FOR. I HAVE A COUPLE OF FRIENDS THAT HAVE LYME DISEASE. ONE OF THE WAYS TO AVOID IT IS TO REMOVE THE AREAS WHERE THEY CAN SORT OF. SO KEEP YOUR LAWNS CUT, YOU KNOW, AS BEST YOU CAN. THAT'S, THAT'S ONE WAY THAT YOU CAN HELP US WITH THAT. SCHOOL'S OUT.

SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL. WATCH OUT FOR THE KITTIES RIDING THEIR BIKES, WALKING, PLAYING IN THE PLAYGROUNDS. WATCH OUT FOR THEM. AND AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO SAY WAS.

THE WORLD CUP. YOU KNOW, COMING TO THIS COUNTRY, IF ANY OF YOU HAVE HAD ANY CHANCE TO WATCH ANY OF THE VIDEOS, ESPECIALLY IN BOSTON WITH THE SCOTS AND BOSTON. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, PLEASE GO ONLINE AND CHECK THEM OUT. IT'S IT'S FUN, BUT IT'S, IT'S BEEN KIND OF NEAT TO WATCH ALL THESE EUROPEANS WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY BEFORE EXPLORE IT. AND BECAUSE OUR COUNTRY IS SO VAST COMPARED TO THESE COUNTRIES IN EUROPE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THERE ONE DAY.

THEY'RE IN A BIG CITY LIKE BOSTON, THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE DAYS LATER, THEY'RE FLYING DOWN TO MIAMI AND THEY'RE. SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF NEAT TO SEE. SO AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO CAME OUT TONIGHT FOR THE MEETING AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE HERE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, THAT WILL GET GOING IN A FEW MINUTES. YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC'S COMMENTS BECAUSE IT CERTAINLY DOES HELP GUIDE OUR DECISIONS ON EVERYTHING. SO THANKS. THANK YOU. OKAY. I'LL JUST ADD A FEW ITEMS. THE FIRST IS, I KNOW I WAS REMISS A FEW MEETINGS AGO, AND AS LONG AS OUR IT0, SHE WAS OH, SHE'S STILL THERE. OUR I T DIRECTOR, JENNIFER ROBERTSON. I KNOW RECENTLY YOU AND MEMBERS OF YOUR STAFF HAD A RECOGNITION. WOULD YOU JUST I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT. YOU HAD SOME TYPE OF CERTIFICATION OR YOU MET SOME. ABOUT A MONTH AGO. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? WHAT'S THAT? WELL, YOU'RE LOOKING THAT UP. I'M GOING TO

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WOW. AND LIKE FRANK, I REMEMBER THE THE LAST TIME WE HAD A BIG CELEBRATION. SO YES, IT. WHAT A.

WHAT A GREAT PLACE TO BE. PART OF IT IS ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AFFORDED US IN OUR WONDERFUL COMMUNITIES TO MAKE IT WONDERFUL AND TO SHARE IDEAS AND THOUGHTS. AND WITH THAT,

[4.24. Notice of Public Hearing Proposed Local Law #10, 2026 Legal]

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REZONE SB L NUMBER 16.19-1-4.1 FROM R3 TO SIA STADIUM IMPACT AREA TO BE ESTABLISHED. REZONE SB L16.16-1-12 TO STADIUM IMPACT AREA REZONE SB L160.11-2-17 AND 160.15-1-28 FROM H C TO MU1. REZONE SB L NUMBER 160.11-2-18 FROM NC TO MU1. REZONE THE FOLLOWING SB LS AS LISTED TO FROM C THREE TO MU1. REZONE THE FOLLOWING SB LS FROM C2 TO MU1. REZONE THE FOLLOWING SB LS FROM R TWO TO MU1. THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO THE STATUTES AND THE PROVISIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HAMBURG WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 22ND AT 7 P.M. AT WHICH TIME ALL INTERESTED PERSONS MAY BE HEARD. OKAY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING FIRST, THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU THAT PROBABLY GOT A LETTER IN THE MAIL BECAUSE YOU'RE IMPACTED BY THIS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THE HECK YOU GOT THE LETTER IN THE FIRST PLACE. EARLIER, MR. ROGERS STATED THAT IF YOU'RE WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF AREA WHERE THERE MIGHT BE ZONING CHANGES, YOU WILL RECEIVE A LETTER. SO IF I CAN MAKE A MOTION TO CALL THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ORDER. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE. SO I'D LIKE TO START THE PUBLIC HEARING WITH A BRIEF PRESENTATION FROM FISHER AND ASSOCIATES. MR. STEVE, I'M SORRY. MR. CHRIS KUCHEL, WHO HAS AGAIN IS FROM FISHER AND ASSOCIATES. FISHER AND ASSOCIATES IS THE CONSULTANT FIRM THAT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE TOWN FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS TRANSITION. THE AREA AROUND THE STADIUM, OF COURSE, IS CURRENTLY ZONED R-3, AND FOR EVERYONE'S A REMINDER, R-3 WOULD MEAN MULTIFAMILY, IT WOULD MEAN APARTMENTS. AND WE ALL AGREED, AS WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS AT PREVIOUS TOWN BOARD MEETINGS AND IN MANY COMMITTEES, THAT WE ALL AGREE AS A TOWN THAT THAT FACILITY, AS IT TRANSITIONS FROM BEING THE IC CAMPUS, WE DID NOT WANT IT TO BE APARTMENT COMPLEXES.

SO THIS PLAN IS TO PROVIDE THAT ZONING CHANGE AND A AND A LITTLE BIT BRIGHTER OPTION FOR THE FUTURE FOR THE PROPERTY SURROUNDING THE BUFFALO BILLS STADIUM, WHERE CAR WASHES.

RIGHT. WE DID NOT WANT CAR WASHES, PARKING LOTS, STORAGE FACILITIES, APARTMENT COMPLEXES.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS ZONING IN A NUTSHELL, THAT'S WHAT THIS ZONING PROJECT WILL DO. OKAY.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE. THANKS. WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN. NICE TO SEE YOU, EVERYONE. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. SO I HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION. AND REALLY THE IMPETUS FOR THIS PROJECT, WE'RE AT THE CULMINATION OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS THE ZONING. AND THE IMPETUS OF IT WAS THE NEW STADIUM THAT'S COMING RIGHT ON THE DOORSTEP, AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A SINGLE PROPERTY THAT IS ONE LARGE, COHESIVE PLACE, THE ECC CAMPUS, AND THAT PROVIDES WHAT WE REALLY THINK IS A ONCE IN A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL. AND SO THE PRIMARY AREA OF FOCUS IS THE ECC CAMPUS. IT'S VERY LARGE. IT'S 100 ACRES. THAT'S BIGGER THAN MANY DOWNTOWNS OF A LOT OF COMMUNITIES. AND THEN WE HAVE A SECONDARY FOCUS ALONG MCKINLEY PARKWAY UP TO THE MCKINLEY MALL THAT ARE INTENDED TO BE SORT OF COMPLEMENTARY TO THIS, TO THE FUTURE OF WHAT WE HOPE WILL BE A VIBRANT YEAR ROUND DESTINATION AND NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO WE'RE ENDING UP AT ZONING. BUT TO GET THERE, WE HAD SOME STEPS. FIRST, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS BEFORE YOU CAN ZONE ZONING ARE OF COURSE, THE REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT WHAT WE WANT, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS WE WANT. AND SO WHAT OUR FIRST STEP WAS TO CREATE A PLAN TO CREATE THAT PLAN. WE HAD A FEW DIFFERENT INPUTS. PART OF IT WAS ANALYSIS. SO WE LOOKED AT EXISTING CONDITIONS, CONDITIONS ON THE SITE. WHAT'S THERE TODAY WE LOOKED AT THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK. SO AS WAS NOTED WE KNOW THAT WHAT'S THE FRAMEWORK. THE ZONING THAT'S THERE TODAY IS NOT GOING TO BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE TYPES OF USES AND LOOK AND FEEL THAT WE WANT IN THE FUTURE. WE GOT INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC. WE HAD AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WE HAD NUMEROUS MEETINGS TO GET INPUT TO HELP GUIDE THE GUIDE. THIS PROJECT, WE HAD A PUBLIC

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AND THAT INCLUDES A NUMBER OF ELEMENTS SUCH AS, WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS ONLY USED TEN TIMES A YEAR DURING PLAYOFFS OR DURING GAMES. HOME GAMES. WE WANT IT TO BE A YEAR ROUND DESTINATION. WE WANT IT TO BE MIXED. USE OUR VIBRANT LEAD TO ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION.

WE WANT IT TO BE WALKABLE. WHEN I SAY WALKABLE, I DON'T SIMPLY MEAN SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS.

YES, WE WANT THAT, BUT WE WANT THE LOOK AND FEEL OF IT TO BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO STROLL, WANT TO BE, WANT TO HANG AROUND. SO WE CAME UP WITH AN OVERALL LAND USE PROGRAM.

THIS IS INTENDED TO BE ILLUSTRATIVE. IT'S NOT OVERLY PRESCRIPTIVE BECAUSE WE WANT TO COMMUNICATE THE ASPECTS THAT WE WANT FROM A DEVELOPER WITHOUT BEING OVERLY RIGID. WE WANT TO ALLOW THEM TO HAVE BRING TO THE COMMUNITY THEIR CREATIVITY AS WELL AS BEING FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE. BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, AS YOU GET CLOSE TO THE STADIUM, WE THINK THAT MAKES MORE SENSE TO HAVE MORE OF A RETAIL ENTERTAINMENT FOCUSED SET AROUND HIGH QUALITY OPEN SPACE. AND THEN FURTHER TO THE WEST, THERE'S OTHER TYPES OF USES WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY, DESIRE FOR COMMUNITY USES. SO WE HAVE SPACE WITHIN THERE FOR TYPES OF ATHLETIC FIELDS OR FACILITIES, DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS, DIFFERENT TYPES OF OPEN SPACE, ALL WITH WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENTS.

AND WE WANTED TO ENSURE SENSITIVITY TO THE NEIGHBORS BECAUSE THERE ARE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES. AND SO WE'VE INCLUDED DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUFFERING FROM TO, TO SORT OF PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF COMFORT AND PROTECTION. AND WE HAVE GUIDELINES IN SETTING FORTH THE EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT IS THE URBAN DESIGN, WHAT IS THE BUILDING DESIGN TYPE TO ENSURE THAT IT IS HIGH QUALITY? A COUPLE JUST IMAGES OF SOME. A COUPLE OF THE PRECEDENTS WE LOOKED AT, BOTH FROM A SORT OF A NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE, AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL SITES TO AGAIN, HELP COMMUNICATE TO A DEVELOPER, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT, SOMETHING LIKE THIS OR BUILD ON THIS AND USE THIS FOR INSPIRATION. SO CREATING THAT PLAN, WE THEN LED INTO THE ZONING. AND I SHOULD JUST NOTE IT'S IT'S NOT PERFECTLY LINEAR. THERE'S A LOT OF ITERATION, THERE'S CONCURRENT THINGS HAPPENING. BUT WE DEVELOPED THE ZONING THAT BECAUSE OF THE, THE NATURE OF THE SITE BEING A VERY LARGE 100 ACRE SITE, WE LOOKED AT WHAT WAS EXISTING WITHIN YOUR ZONING TODAY, AND WE FELT THAT IT WAS MOST APPROPRIATE TO CREATE A NEW DISTRICT. AND THAT'S CALLED WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE STADIUM IMPACT AREA DISTRICT. IT TIES DIRECTLY TO THE PLAN. SO THAT PART OF THE REGULATIONS STATE THAT THE APPLICANT HAS TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. THEY HAVE TO CREATE A COHESIVE CONCEPT PLAN DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND THE ONUS IS ON THEM TO SHOW WHY THAT ZONING IS GOING TO HELP IMPLEMENT OR SORRY, WHY THAT PLAN IS GOING TO HELP IMPLEMENT THE VISION THAT WAS PART OF OF THE STADIUM IMPACT AREA PLAN. WE WANTED TO ALLOW, AGAIN, FLEXIBILITY IN THE ZONING FOR THEM. SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE OVERLY RIGID. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ELEMENTS THAT WE KNEW THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED. SO WE PUT THOSE IN AND THOSE WERE THINGS SUCH AS HEIGHTS, THE THE NATURE OF THE DIFFERENT ROADWAYS THAT WILL LIKELY BE CREATED, AS WELL AS THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE KNOW WE DON'T WANT. SO THESE KIND OF THE LIST WAS ALREADY MENTIONED, BUT THINGS LIKE AUTO BODY SHOPS, CAR WASHES, STRIP MALLS, THERE'S NOTHING AGAINST THOSE. BUT THAT'S NOT THE THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT LOCATION FOR THOSE USES. AND THEN AS, AS WAS ALSO NOTED, WE HAVE IN THIS AREA SOME COMPLEMENTARY ZONING. SO ONE IS TO MAKE A NUMBER OF

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THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY CAN. THEY CAN OBVIOUSLY DO THAT. WE HAVE CERTAINLY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW THAT COULD BE DONE, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP OF OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE GO FROM HERE. BUT YOU FOUND THEM TO BE RECEPTIVE IN TERMS OF DOING THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT. YES, ON E, C, C SOUTH, WOULD THAT REQUIRE THEN THE REMOVAL OF THE BUILDINGS? I'M ASSUMING MOST LIKELY, YES IT WOULD. WE MET WITH THEM ACTUALLY THIS MORNING.

WE HAD A. AND NOW WE'VE AT THIS POINT, AT THIS JUNCTURE, WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING PROBABLY ALMOST MONTHLY JUST TO STAY IN SOME TYPE OF COMMUNICATION. THEY'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THE DIRECTION THAT WE HAVE TAKEN AND THE STEWARDSHIP THAT WE'VE PROVIDED TO THIS PROPERTY PROACTIVELY BEFORE. THEY'RE AT THE POINT OF DECIDING, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY WHAT MECHANISM THEY'RE GOING TO USE FOR TRANSITIONING IT FROM A COLLEGE CAMPUS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANKS, CHRIS.

IF YOU'LL REMAIN AVAILABLE IN CASE THERE'S ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE AUDIENCE? MR. DOYLE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? YEAH. I CAN COME BACK TO YOU ON THE I HAVE A. YOU GOT ME. HI, EVERYONE. I'M SEAN DOYLE, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE HAMBURG INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, AND I'VE SERVED ON THE PLANNING COMMITTEE. AND IT'S BEEN A A GREAT USE OF RESOURCES OF, OF HUMAN CAPITAL, A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS, TOWN OFFICIALS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF, TAKING A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF DILIGENCE AND PUBLIC INPUT AND, AND SOME FINANCIAL CAPITAL AS WELL. THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, MY BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN IN THE LOOP ON THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE STADIUM AREA. MY BOARD AND ALSO I WERE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE VISION THAT THE TOWN HAS, HAS COME TO COME TO LAY OUT HERE FOR PROSPECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. WE SEE THIS AREA, AS YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THE STADIUM IS A WORLD CLASS DESTINATION. YOU SEE HOW PEOPLE SPEAKING TO THE WORLD CUP, HOW PEOPLE TRAVEL FOR SPORTS AND HOW THE SPEND IS, YOU KNOW, REALLY COMMENSURATE WITH WITH A HIGHER LEVEL OF SPENDING COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL TOURISM IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGIES. THIS GOES TOWARDS LIKE A MORE NEOCLASSICAL THEORY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE BRINGING OUTSIDE INVESTMENT INTO THE AREA, PEOPLE COMING FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA AND SPENDING MONEY HAS AN OVERALL STRONGER IMPACT ON OUR LOCAL ECONOMY THAN CIRCULATING MONIES WITHIN OUR OWN ECONOMY, AMONG OUR OWN RESIDENTS. WE THINK THIS 100 ACRE SITE AND SURROUNDING PARCELS HAVE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC BENEFITS, TAXABLE REVENUE, GREAT COMMUNITY CHARACTER, AND ALSO THE JOB GROWTH ASSOCIATED WITH IT. WE ENCOURAGE THE TOWN, AS

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NO, THAT'S WHAT THIS THAT'S WHAT THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR. BUT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CHANGE THE ZONING ON A PARCEL THAT HASN'T HAS IT'S NOT FINALIZED ON OUR CODE. IT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE ZONING IS TO CHANGE THIS. IT'S OUR THREE RIGHT NOW. RIGHT? RIGHT. BUT THE PROPOSAL IS TO CHANGE THIS THESE PARCELS TO SIA, BUT THERE'S NO DEFINED SIA ZONING RULES YET. THAT'S WHAT'S IN THIS PLAN. SO JOSH OR CHRIS, DO YOU WANT TO JUMP IN THERE? SEEMS LIKE THE CARROTS IN FRONT OF THE HORSE. THAT'S ALL THAT THERE'S NO I'M TRYING TO FIND WHAT THE ZONING ENTAILS THAT THIS WANT. THIS IS GOING TO BE CHANGED TO. BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT I CAN FIND THAT SAYS, THIS IS LIKE YOU CAN FIND R-3 AND, AND THE, THE EVERYTHING ELSE.

BUT SHOULDN'T THE ZONING LAWS AND RULES BE CHANGED FIRST? AND THEN ACTUALLY WITH THE COUNTY RECOMMENDED IS THAT WE ADOPT THE PLAN FIRST AND THEN THE SPECIFIC ZONING THAT WAS THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THE PREFERENCE OF THE COUNTY ALONG THE WAY. BUT, CHRIS, THERE'S ACTUALLY A VERY SPECIFIC PLAN FOR WHAT IS ALLOWED AND NOT ALLOWED IN THE SIA AND I'LL LET CHRIS ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION. YEAH, SURE. SO WE WE, BEFORE YOU CHANGE THE REGULATIONS, WE WANT TO DO THE PLAN. SO THAT WAS I AGREED WITH THE COUNTY'S RECOMMENDATION. SO WE ARE DOING TWO THINGS. WE HAVE A PLAN. WE HAVE A DRAFT PLAN, AND WE HAVE WRITTEN DRAFT ZONING, WHICH HAS BEEN REVIEWED NUMEROUS TIMES. AND SO THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS ON THAT ZONING. SO I MEAN, I HAVE A COPY HERE. YES, BUT IT'S STILL A DRAFT, BUT I CAN. SO THIS HEARING IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND THE ZONING LAWS, NOT TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF THESE PARCELS. IT'S NOT. YEAH. YOU HAVE TO AMEND THE ZONING CODE BEFORE YOU YOU CAN ZONE A PARCEL. WE DON'T YOU'RE. THE TOWN OF HAMBURG DOESN'T HAVE A ZONING IN ITS CODE RIGHT NOW. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ADOPTING IS AN SIA, RIGHT. SO YOU HAVE TO ADOPT IT AND THEN YOU CAN CHANGE THE. HOW DO YOU CHANGE THE PARCELS INTO AN SIA ZONE? THAT'S WHAT. WELL, WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY ADOPTED THEN THAT'LL BE PART OF THE ADOPTION. AND JOSH, YOU'D PROBABLY DO A BETTER JOB EXPLAINING IT. THAT WILL BE PART OF THE SERIES OF RESOLUTIONS FOR ADOPTING THAT. THIS IS THIS HAS THIS PUBLIC HEARING WAS FOR ADOPTING THE ZONING RULES AND CHANGING THOSE PARCELS TO SIA IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE. JOSH SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES. SO YOU CAN DO THEM CONCURRENTLY. SO THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS ABOUT SETTING UP THE S I DISTRICT, WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO THE RESOLUTION FROM THE TOWN BOARD MEETING ON JUNE 8TH. AND IT'S SETTING UP THE C DISTRICT, WHICH WILL BE APPENDED TO THE ZONING CODE. AND THEN SIMULTANEOUSLY, YOU CAN THEN TAKE PARCELS AND REZONE THEM AT THE SAME TIME THAT YOU CREATE A DISTRICT. SO THAT PUBLIC HEARING IS ON BOTH THINGS. SO HOW DO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE NOW FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING, HOW CAN THEY EVEN COME UP WITH QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE AS RESIDENTS AROUND THIS, THESE PARCELS THAT ARE BEING REZONED WHEN NOBODY HERE KNOWS WHAT THE ACTUAL ZONING RULES ARE GOING TO BE? BECAUSE I BELIEVE, AS JOSH JUST REFERENCED, IT WAS IT WAS ATTACHED WHEN WE CALLED FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, IT'S ON THE THE TOWN WEBSITE, IT'S ACTUALLY ON THERE. AND IT WAS DETAILED AT THE LAST MEETING. SO WHAT WE DO IS WE CALL THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST, AND THEN WE GIVE THE AMPLE TIME FOR NOTICE, AND THEN WE HAVE IT AT A MEETING. AND THEN THE NEXT MEETING WE WILL

[01:25:01]

YES, YES. YEP. I THINK THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU GUYS COME UP AND TALK ABOUT IT. WE'RE WE'RE CONSTRUCTION FATIGUE TO THE T RIGHT NOW. THERE'S, THERE'S CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ON SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE BEING BUILT ON APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT ARE PROPOSED RIGHT NOW THAT ARE IN THE TABLE, OTHER THINGS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED BEHIND OUR PROPERTIES AND MANOR LANE. THESE GUYS HAVE SUFFERED WITH THE STADIUM FOR FOR THREE YEARS NOW. DUST NOISE, SIX IN THE MORNING POUNDING. WE'RE REALLY FATIGUED WITH THAT. SO I THINK WE'RE VERY SENSITIVE.

AT LEAST I KNOW I AM TO KEEPING THE SOME COMMUNITY CHARACTER AND SOME SORT OF BUFFER BETWEEN THE RESIDENCES AND WHATEVER'S PROPOSED, BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T KNOW. I CAN'T COMMENT ON WHAT'S PROPOSED BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO READ IT, BECAUSE I'VE NOT SEEN IT IN THE TOWN CODE. SO WE'RE VERY, VERY I'M VERY, VERY MUCH VERY SENSITIVE TO HAVING SOME BUFFER, SOME SORT OF BARRIERS, TREES, PLANTINGS, VISUAL BARRIERS, WHATEVER THEY MIGHT BE. BERMS FOR LIGHT POLLUTION, NOISE POLLUTION AND ALL THAT. IT'S BECOMING BUSIER AND BUSIER.

TRAFFIC CONTROL THERE IS CRAZY OUT OF HAND. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. SO THERE'S THERE'S GOING TO BE TRAFFIC IMPACTS ON THAT. AND I'M WONDERING IF THIS SHOULDN'T HAS THIS GONE THROUGH THE SECRET PROCESS? AND I'M WONDERING IF IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT SECRET. IT IS CURRENTLY IN THE SECRET PROCESS PROCESS. IT'S ALL PART OF THIS. SO I AGREE WITH ALL OF YOUR POINTS. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THE POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED BY THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP, WHICH INCLUDED TOWN RESIDENTS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS TO CHANGE THIS BEFORE THE COUNTY SELLS IT, BECAUSE CURRENTLY IT WILL BE BUILT ON. BUT AND CURRENTLY IT'S ZONED FOR APARTMENT COMPLEXES. WHAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AS A COMMUNITY IS THAT THAT IS NOT WHAT WE WANT TO SEE FOR THAT PROPERTY. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS GETTING OUT AHEAD OF IT TO CHANGE THE ZONING AND TO PUT A LOT OF MECHANISMS IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT'S THE TYPE OF GROWTH THERE THAT WE WANT TO SEE SO THAT WE DON'T SEE PARKING GARAGES, APARTMENT COMPLEXES, CAR WASHES, ETC. IN OUR THREE ZONING ANYWAY. BUT IT COULD IT COULD IF THEY CHANGED IT. SO IT'S EITHER APARTMENT COMPLEXES OR YOU CHANGE IT. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE CHANGE TO IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THERE AS I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE HERE FOR ALL OF MR. KUSHAL'S PRESENTATION, BECAUSE HE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BUILT INTO THE PLAN ARE THOSE BUFFER ZONES. THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC SPACE, COMMUNITY SPACE, OPEN SPACE THAT'S BUILT INTO THE PLAN. ALSO, I THINK THAT A PUBLIC HEARING SHOULD BE HAD AFTER THE FULL REGULATIONS ARE ABLE TO BE SEEN. I DON'T HAS ANYONE HERE. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, MR. MR. KUCHEL WAS HERE AND WE AND AGAIN, THE AT THE LAST MEETING WHEN WE ANNOUNCED IT, THIS WAS ALL POSTED AND TALKED ABOUT. AND MR. KUCHEL WAS ACTUALLY HERE OUT IN THE LOBBY FOR A WHOLE HOUR BEFORE THE MEETING, AND HE MET WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE AREA WHO DID COME, AND HE WAS ABLE TO HAVE ONE ON ONE CONVERSATION AND GO THROUGH ALL THAT AND HAD A LOT OF MAPS AND PLANS. AND SO WE DID AFFORD THAT OPPORTUNITY.

WE I'M SURE HE'D BE HAPPY TO SET UP A TIME TO TALK OVER THAT WITH YOU. I DIDN'T KNOW, I DIDN'T MAYBE IT'S JUST ME. I HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS GOING ON. BUT THOSE ARE MY, MY CONCERNS AS COMMUNITY CHARACTER. AND I'M HOPING THAT'S ADDRESSED IN THE YES, ASSUMING IT'S A TYPE ONE SECRET. YES. AND SEEKER DOES HAVE TO BE DONE. AND SO WE'RE CARRYING OUT SEEKER RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE WALKING HAND IN HAND WITH THE COUNTY ON THIS ALSO. SO WE GET COMMENTS FROM THE COUNTY. WE'RE AWAITING THEIR COMMENTS. WE MET WITH THEM THIS MORNING. I'M SURE MR. KUCHEL OR JOSH WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANKS VERY MUCH.

SURE. THANK YOU. POINT. YOU KNOW, I DO. I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IS BUFFERS, YOU KNOW, AND MAKE IT COMMUNITY FRIENDLY FOR ALL OF THOSE, THOSE OF YOU THAT LIVE NEAR THERE AND, YOU KNOW, AND MAKE IT AGAIN USABLE YEAR ROUND, NOT JUST FOR THE, YOU KNOW, IT

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THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT? YES, SIR. I CHAD SOTO, VICE PRESIDENT, MCGUIRE DEVELOPMENT. JUST A QUICK QUESTION. DO WE HAVE AN ANTICIPATED TIMELINE? SO WE REPRESENT MANY LANDOWNERS ALONG SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD. AND THEY'RE ASKING ME HOW WAS THE PROGRESS? ARE THERE TIMELINES BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN SELLING THEIR PROPERTY. SO MY QUESTION, CHRIS, IS THERE AN ANTICIPATED TIMELINE OR REALISTIC TIMELINE OR ANY IDEA OF HOW LONG THE PROCESS MAY TAKE? I WOULD DEFER TO THE TOWN WE'RE GOING TO. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS TONIGHT. WE'RE AT OUR NEXT MEETING ON JULY 13TH. WE WILL BE WE WILL HAVE THE RESOLUTIONS BEFORE US FOR ADOPTING. OKAY. AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE WILL CONTINUE WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THE COUNTY ON ASPECTS OF THIS. AND IT WILL GO FORWARD. AS A DEVELOPER, I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION, BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS, ARE WE TWO YEARS AWAY, THREE YEARS AWAY? JUST WELL, YOU WE ALL HAVE ARE LOOKING AT THE THE MOUND OF DIRT THAT THERE IS THERE RIGHT NOW. I'M SURE WE ALL AS WE GO BY, WE CAN SEE THE. THE MOUND OF DIRT IS COMING DOWN, BUT WE. AGAIN, AS A TOWN, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE FROM A TIME FRAME THAT WE WERE AS PROACTIVE AS POSSIBLE AND THAT WE HAD AS MUCH DONE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THAT THE PROCESS CAN GO SMOOTHLY AND IS PRESCRIPTIVE YET FLEXIBLE, AS CHRIS DESCRIBED. SO. BUT WHAT I CAN SPECIFICALLY SAY FOR SURE IS THAT WE'RE HAVING THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT, AND WE'LL BE VOTING ON IT ON JULY 13TH. IF WE OWN THE PROPERTY, WE PROBABLY GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE DETAIL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. FRANK. YES. OH, GREAT. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION AS MUCH AS WE CAN. YES, MA'AM. ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK? OKAY, I JUST A QUICK COMMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL RECEIVED EMAILS FROM ME AND SEEN LINKS. YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT SOME STUFF TO YOU ALL THE TIME. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT. I DUG AROUND AS MUCH AS I COULD, AND I FINALLY GAVE UP. AND NATALIE HAD TO SEND ME ALL THE LINKS SO I COULD SEE THE MAPS AND SEE THE DIFFERENT CHANGES THAT CAME IN. SO ONE OF THE I THINK WE MAYBE WE HAVE A LITTLE FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE. FOR THOSE OF YOU OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, THAT'S SOMETHING WE MIGHT WANT TO DO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND IT. I MEAN, NOT EVERYBODY'S COMPUTER LITERATE, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF THEY SAW THE MAPS, SAW WHAT EXACTLY WHICH PROPERTIES ARE, WERE DISCUSSING THE CHANGES ON BECAUSE EVEN BECAUSE EVEN I HAD TO GIVE UP AND I HAD TO GO AHEAD AND NATALIE HAD TO TAKE CARE OF ME. THAT'S WHY WE'VE STARTED A PRACTICE. WE STARTED THIS LAST YEAR WITH ANY LARGE PROJECTS LIKE THIS. AND SO IF YOU'RE EVER WONDERING, WE'VE STARTED THE PRACTICE OF HAVING EITHER JOSH, OUR, OUR PLANNER, OR IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IF WE'RE WORKING WITH A CONSULTANT, IT WOULD BE, CHRIS, THAT THEY'RE HERE FOR A WHOLE HOUR BEFORE THE MEETING STARTS. AND CHRIS WAS HERE WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF MAPS AND PLANS BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT THEY WANT TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT. AND SO BEING ABLE TO COME AND TALK ONE ON ONE WITH THE PLANNER OR THE CONSULTANT IS HELPFUL. SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR PROJECTS SUCH AS THIS BEFORE THE MEETING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE HAVE THEM AVAILABLE IN THE LOBBY FOR AN ENTIRE HOUR AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN COME ASK QUESTIONS ONE ON ONE. SHANNON. ON THE WEBSITE, IT IS WHERE I'LL SHOW YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENT? YES, SIR. MY NAME IS JIM CRANE. I LIVE OVER HERE ON 28TH. I'VE BEEN THERE 65 YEARS.

THE PHOTOS, THE PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO CROWDED THE AREA. BUT YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S ASKING, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO WITH THE ECC? WE WERE THERE WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING. ECC WAS A CORNFIELD. FARMERS HAD ALL THEIR CROPS THERE. ACTUALLY, ONCE THEY CLEAN UP THE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT OR ANYTHING, YOU'VE GOT A HELL OF AN EYESORE BACK THERE OF A VACANT BUILDING. AND WHEN YOU HAVE VACANT BUILDING, THAT BRINGS ALL KINDS OF STUFF YOU DON'T WANT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY, I DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO DETAIL ON IT. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M

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THANK YOU SIR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. I OKAY. BECAUSE WE TOOK CARE OF ALL OF THE OTHER BUSINESS THAT WAS ON THE TOWN

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SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.