Oct 05, 2026 10-05-2026 TB Meeting

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EMERGENCY EXIT ON THE SIDE AND IN THE BACK. COUNCIL MEMBER. BUGALSKI PRESENT. COUNCIL

[1. Roll Call]

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YEAH. YEAH. OH. YOUR WIFE AND DAUGHTER GONE? OH, NO. NO. NO. YOU. YOU GOING? NO, I DON'T GET IT. I NEVER. SAW IT. YEAH, WELL. NEXT WEEK. YEAH. OKAY. GOOD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU. YEAH. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN. GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU. THANK YOU. RIGHT. MY FAMILY AND MY.

WITHOUT THEM. NEVER IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, PERFECT. THANK YOU. WE DO NOT HAVE THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING POSTED, SO THEY'LL BE AVAILABLE BEFORE THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. SHORT TURNAROUND. WHAT DO YOU SAY? SHORT TURNAROUND. OH. SHORT TURNAROUND. THE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE MEETINGS IS A LITTLE SHORTER THAN. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. PROPOSED LOCAL LAW 17

[4.1. Proposed Local Law 17, 2026 Public Hearing]

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OKAY, SEEING AS SUCH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. NO. YES. I JUST ASKED IF ANYONE WAS HERE. NO ONE'S HERE TO SPEAK. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? I. PROPOSED LOCAL LAW 16, 2026. OH, YES. ADDING A NEW ARTICLE.

[4.2. Proposed Local Law 16, 2026 Public hearing]

HELLO, SUZANNE. YES. YES. THANK YOU. HI, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT DONNA. CAN I ACTUALLY INTERRUPT YOU FOR ONE MOMENT? AND I APOLOGIZE, BUT SOMETIMES WHEN WE START THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WE'LL ASK OUR PLANNER IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS, BECAUSE IT MAY VERY WELL ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THE PUBLIC HAS. AND I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT HIM UP. WHY DON'T YOU STAY RIGHT THERE? BUT I'LL HAVE JOSH ROGERS. JOSH, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO COMMENT COMMENT ON FIRST? OKAY, DONNA.

THANK YOU. I'M SORRY, I APOLOGIZE. I'LL JUST GIVE A BRIEF RUN THROUGH. SO OVER JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, SHORT TERM RENTALS, AIRBNBS, VERBOSE ARE ACTUALLY NOT ALLOWED IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG. YOU CAN ACTUALLY RENT OUT YOUR PROPERTY FOR 30 DAYS OR MORE, BUT TECHNICALLY 30 DAYS OR LESS. CURRENTLY THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED.

WE DON'T HAVE A CODE FOR THEM. THEY'RE NOT PERMITTED OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF OR SO. AT CODE REVIEW, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT DOING A SHORT TERM RENTAL LAW. I'VE MENTIONED IT BEFORE AT A DIFFERENT TOWN BOARD MEETING, BUT THE REASON IT'S TAKEN SO LONG IS, YOU KNOW, OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, SMALLER VILLAGES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT THINGS ON THE BOOKS. BUT FOR A TOWN OF 60,000 PLUS THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, URBAN, SUBURBAN AND RURAL ELEMENTS ALL IN ONE TOWN, TWO VILLAGES WITHIN THE TOWN ARE WATERFRONT, A BIG STADIUM. IT'S NOT AS EASY TO JUST COME UP WITH SHORT TERM RENTAL STANDARDS. SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, THE COPY THAT EVERYONE HAS IN FRONT OF THEM, AND THAT IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, SETS THOSE STANDARDS. I WANT TO STRESS THAT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE PUBLIC HEARING TO TAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. SO THE THE VERSION THAT YOU SEE RIGHT NOW MAY NOT BE THE FINAL VERSION.

WE'RE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND CONTINUE TO IRON IT OUT. I THINK THE BIGGEST HIGHLIGHTS THAT I'LL PUT ON HERE IS THE PURPOSE OF EVEN HAVING SHORT TERM RENTAL STANDARDS IS THAT OBVIOUSLY WE WANT, YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY TO HAVE THEM WITHIN THE TOWN, BUT WE WANT TO HAVE PROPER PERMITTING, LICENSING, REGISTRATION. ONE OF THE HUGEST IMPACTS OF IT IS THE SAFETY STANDARD. IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE EXISTING SHORT TERM RENTALS. IF YOU GO ON AIRBNB, IF YOU GO ON VERBAL, YOU TYPE IN HAMBURG, NEW YORK, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THEM. BUT WE WANT TO DO IS FOR THOSE THAT ARE HAVING THEM ALREADY AND THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING TO RENT OUT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A ROOM IN THEIR HOUSE OR THEY HAVE A PROPERTY THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, WANT TO BE ABLE TO RENT OUT A DWELLING UNIT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT IS ABLE TO DO A PROPER INSPECTION, MAKING SURE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SIMPLE THINGS LIKE HAVING SMOKE DETECTORS AND CO2 DETECTORS AND FIRE EXTINGUISHERS ARE WITHIN THE DWELLING UNIT. SO A SAFETY STANDARD IS ONE OF THE BIG REASONS WHY WE WANT TO HAVE SOME STANDARDS TOGETHER. ANOTHER REASON IS WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE A FREE FOR ALL. LIKE I SAID, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PROPER PERMITTING SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IN TWO YEARS AFTER SOMEBODY GETS A PERMIT, WE HAVE SOMETHING ON RECORD TO BE ABLE TO GO TO AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EVERYTHING PROPERLY LICENSED AND REGISTERED, I'LL KIND OF JUST GO OVER REALLY QUICKLY. ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF PUTTING THE STANDARDS TOGETHER IS WHERE THEY'RE ALLOWED.

GEOGRAPHICALLY. WE HAVE OVER 20 ZONING DISTRICTS WITHIN THE TOWN, NOT EVERY ZONING DISTRICT.

WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT AT CODE REVIEW, WE THOUGHT IT WAS NECESSARY TO HAVE A SHORT TERM RENTAL. THE CURRENT VERSION THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU AND WHAT PEOPLE PROBABLY HAVE IN THEIR POSSESSION, ALLOWS THEM IN EVERY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT EXCEPT FOR OUR ONE. I WANT TO SPECIFY THAT WE DON'T HAVE SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS FOR R-1 OR HAVE A SEPARATE CODE FOR IT. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE NOT PERMITTED IN R1. R1 IS OUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT. THEY ARE PERMITTED IN R2, R3, AND R4. ALL OF THOSE DISTRICTS ARE ARE SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED, MEANING THAT YOU CAN DO DUPLEXES, MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS, EVEN OUR MOBILE HOME COURT, WHICH IS OUR R4 DISTRICT. SO I JUST WANT TO SPECIFY BEFORE ANYBODY COMES UP AND SPEAKS, R1 IS CURRENTLY NOT ALLOWED. THERE'S NOT IT'S NOT SOMEWHERE ELSE WHERE THERE'S ANOTHER PROVISION. IT'S JUST TOTALLY NOT ALLOWED RIGHT NOW. AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE THAT I WANTED TO ADD IS THAT IN THE NEW STADIUM IMPACT AREA DISTRICT, WHICH THIS BOARD JUST APPROVED, AND ALSO IN OUR WATERFRONT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, WE DID HAVE IT PERMITTED, I THINK, AROUND THE STADIUM, OBVIOUSLY WITHIN WHAT'S GOING TO BE X CAMPUS AND THEN AROUND THE WATERFRONT DISTRICT ARE TYPICALLY WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF SHORT TERM RENTALS.

SO WE DID WANT TO ALLOW THEM WITHIN THOSE DISTRICTS. YOU'LL SEE IN THE CODE THAT THERE'S,

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LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT 100% PERFECT. WE'RE CERTAINLY WILLING TO LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR PROS, FOR CONS. WE'RE CERTAINLY WILLING TO HEAR BACK FEEDBACK FROM THE TOWN BOARD AS WELL. BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO, LIKE I SAID, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOMETHING ON THE BOOKS THAT HAVE NOTHING AT ALL. WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE A FREE FOR ALL. AND THE SAFETY STANDARD, I THINK, IS ONE OF THE KEY PARTS OF WHY WE'VE PUT THIS TOGETHER AND WHY WE WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS SO WE CAN OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND I'M ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS. BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THAT. SO OUR 1ST MAY OR MAY NOT WHEN YOU REWRITE THE NEW ONE. SO IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO ARGUE THE POINT AND WANTED TO. YEAH, WE'RE CERTAINLY TAKING FEEDBACK FOR SURE. IF THERE'S ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT THINK R1 IS A GOOD IDEA AND THE FIVE OF YOU AGREE WITH THAT, THEN WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT IT. BUT AT CODE REVIEW, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT, WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING R1 BECAUSE A LOT OF R1 IS OUR OLDER SUBDIVISIONS, A LOT OF OUR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT HAVE EXISTED IN THE 30S AND 40S AND 50S, AND WE TALKED ABOUT ALLOWING THEM IN R2 AND R3 AND R4, MAINLY BECAUSE THEY ALLOW DUPLEXES AND MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS. THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME PIECE, THE RESIDENTIAL PIECE. WE WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ABOUT IT. LIKE I SAID, WE CAME UP WITH EXCLUDING IT FOR NOW, BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO HEARING OTHER OPINIONS ON THAT. I JUST A QUICK QUESTION. UNDER DOING THIS, JUST SAY I LIVE LIKE JUST ABOUT TWO MILES PAST THE STATE BY THE STADIUM OVER THERE DOWN ON ABBOTT. SO IF I DECIDED TO RENT MY HOUSE OUT, IT'S A SHORT TERM RENTAL. AND GOD FORBID THERE WAS A FIRE IN THERE. I'M NOT LISTED. MY INSURANCE ISN'T LISTED AS A BUSINESS. WOULD YOU THINK MY INSURANCE COMPANY WILL COVER ME, OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO ARGUE? OR THAT'S BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY? THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I'M JUST SAYING. I MEAN, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KIND OF CONCERNS ME ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING IS, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FIRE INSPECTIONS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THIS, THEY HAVE THIS IF, IF THE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY DON'T TELL THEIR BUSINESS OR THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY, THAT'S A BUSINESS THEY MAY OR MAY NOT. I THINK THE CHALLENGE THOUGH, TOO, I MEAN, JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS AND TODAY WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY DECISIONS AS TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE. SO BECAUSE I DO WANT TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE, AND I KNOW ANECDOTALLY, OR I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD, BUT IF YOU DO GO ON AIRBNB, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ALREADY RENT THEM. AND I'VE TALKED TO DIFFERENT CITIZENS WHERE THEY'VE BEEN CITED FOR FOR VIOLATIONS. THEY'VE CONTACTED US, YOU KNOW, THEY GET A VIOLATION. SAY, WILL YOU TELL ME MY NEW YORK CITY FAMILY RENTS THEM? YEAH. YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T THAT I CAN'T RENT MY HOUSE. IT'S MY HOUSE. AND I'M LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE THE LAW. BUT NOTHING'S REALLY BEEN DONE TO ANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT I, THAT I KNOW. AND I REMEMBER BECAUSE I REPRESENTED SOMEONE BEFORE I WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER ON THAT ISSUE. AND THE, THE TOWN PROSECUTOR, LIKE JUST GAVE THE GUY AN A C, D OR WHATEVER. BUT IT'S A BALANCE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO, IF YOU MAKE SOMETHING ILLEGAL, LIKE SAY, HYPOTHETICALLY, IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE ANY DECISIONS THAT YOU CAN'T, THAT YOU CAN'T DO AIRBNB FOR R1 AND SOMEONE DOES IT, BUT THEN THERE'S A FIRE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY'RE RENTING THE THIRD FLOOR AND THERE'S NOT A FIRE ESCAPE OR THE PROPER EXIT. THEN YOU FEEL BAD ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU MAKE SOMETHING ILLEGAL, THEN PEOPLE DO IT ON THE I WOULDN'T SAY BLACK MARKET, BUT OPENLY ILLEGAL. THEN YOU HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE I GUESS THE ADVANTAGE OF LEGALIZING SOMETHING IS YOU ALLOW FOR THAT SAFETY INSPECTION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WHATEVER'S BEING RENTED IS SAFE. RIGHT. SO I REALLY, HONESTLY HAVEN'T THOUGHT A LOT, BUT I WANT TO HEAR WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY. WHAT WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT? LIKE YOU'RE THE PROFESSIONAL. I THINK THAT I'M USUALLY SOMEBODY THAT WOULD RATHER HAVE SOMETHING ON THE BOOKS, EVEN IF IT'S NOT 100% FULLY IRONED OUT, THAN HAVING NOTHING ON THE BOOKS RIGHT NOW. LIKE I SAID, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS 100% PERFECT. I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY WAY BETTER THAN WE WERE AT THE END OF 2024. I THINK THE FIRST START WAS AT THE TOWN BOARD. AT THAT TIME, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, WAS, DOES THE TOWN EVEN WANT TO GET IN THE BUSINESS OF LEGALIZING THEM OR NOT? LIKE I SAID, BECAUSE OF HAMBURG IS SO BIG, IT'S NOT EASY TO JUST PUT ONE UNIFORM CODE. BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, TALKING WITH YOU GUYS AND EVEN THE PREVIOUS TOWN BOARD THAT WE DID HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO AT LEAST HAVE SOMETHING. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY, MR. BUKOWSKI, I THINK THAT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS A GREAT START. I'M WILLING TO DEFINITELY WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, BUT I THINK THAT HAVING A SHORT TERM RENTAL LAW, ALMOST EVERY OTHER MUNICIPALITY IN ERIE COUNTY HAS ONE. I THINK IT'S TIME FOR THE TOWN OF HAMBURG TO TO ADD ONE TO THE BOOKS AS WELL. LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION. DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF HOW MANY PROPERTIES ARE LISTED, PERHAPS ON VRBO OR AIRBNB? EASILY OVER 100. OVER 100. OKAY. DO WE KEEP TRACK OF IT OR IS IT JUST SOMETHING YOU LOOK AT LIKE ON RIGHT NOW, THIS VERSION OF THE LAW, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PROVISION THAT ALLOWS CODE ENFORCEMENT TO USE THE PRESUMPTION THAT IF IT'S ON A

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THEN THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPEAL THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICE. BUT WE DO HAVE A PROVISION THAT ALLOWS THEM TO USE THE PROPER CHANNELS AS NEED BE, TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN THIS ON THIS ADVERTISING SITE. WE PRESUME THAT THIS IS BEING USED AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL RIGHT NOW. THANKS, MR. ROGERS. THANK YOU. OF COURSE, DONNA, THANK YOU FOR WAITING, I APPRECIATE IT. WELL, THE DISCUSSION IS ACTUALLY A GOOD SEGUE INTO INTO WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY, BECAUSE I'M HERE TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE TOWN RECONSIDER THE PROPOSED CATEGORICAL PROHIBITION AGAINST SHORT TERM RENTALS IN R-1 DISTRICTS, AND INSTEAD PERMIT SHORT TERM RENTALS BY SPECIAL PERMITS PER SPECIAL USE PERMIT IN R-1, SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATE STANDARDS AND INDIVIDUAL REVIEW BY THE PLANNING BOARD. I UNDERSTAND AND SHARE THE TOWN'S INTEREST IN PROTECTING THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF OUR ONE, AND ARE NOT SUGGESTING THAT SHORT TERM RENTALS SHOULD BE PERMITTED AS A GENERAL RIGHT.

HOWEVER, AN ABSOLUTE PROHIBITION TREATS EVERY R-1 PROPERTY AND EVERY PROPOSED SHORT TERM RENTAL IDENTICALLY, EVEN THOUGH THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF A SHORT TERM RENTAL CAN VARY SUBSTANTIALLY DEPENDING UPON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PARTICULAR PROPERTY ITS LOCATION, LOT SIZE, PARKING, PROXIMITY TO NEIGHBORING RESIDENCES, OCCUPANCY MANAGEMENT AND PROPOSED OPERATION. PROVIDING FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT PROVIDES A REASONABLE MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN PERMITTING SHORT TERM RENTALS THROUGHOUT R-1 DISTRICTS AND PROHIBITING THEM ENTIRELY AND CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY. ALLOWS THE PLANNING BOARD TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE PROPOSED USE WILL AFFECT HEALTH AND SAFETY, ALTER THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, OR OTHERWISE ADVERSELY AFFECT THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS. NOT TO MENTION IF IT BECOMES AS BEING ADDRESSED FOR SAFETY ISSUES AS WELL. AS WAS NOTED, UNDER SUCH AN APPROACH, AN APPLICANT SEEKING TO OPERATE A SHORT TERM RENTAL IN AN R-1 DISTRICT WOULD BEAR THE BURDEN OF DEMONSTRATING THAT THE PARTICULAR PROPERTY AND PROPOSED OPERATION ARE APPROPRIATE FOR ITS LOCATION. THE TOWN COULD ESTABLISH SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR R-1 SHORT TERM RENTAL, SPECIAL USE PERMITS, AND THE PLANNING BOARD COULD IMPOSE ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC PROPERTY CONDITIONS WHERE NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS. THIS APPROACH WOULD PRESERVE THE TOWN'S ABILITY TO PROTECT R-1 NEIGHBORHOODS AND SAFETY WITHOUT REQUIRING A PROPERTY OWNER TO SATISFY THE EXCEPTIONALLY DIFFICULT STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO A USE VARIANCE. THIS PROCESS WOULD ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR ONE PROPERTIES ARE NOT UNIFORM A SHORT TERM RENTAL ON A SMALL RESIDENTIAL LOT, WITH LIMITED PARKING AND HOMES IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO IT, MAY PRESENT VERY DIFFERENT CONCERNS FROM A PROPERTY WITH SUBSTANTIAL FRONTAGE, AMPLE OFF STREET PARKING, SIGNIFICANT SEPARATION FROM NEIGHBORING HOMES AND SUFFICIENT OUTDOOR SPACE. THOSE DIFFERENCES CAN BE EVALUATED THROUGH AN INDIVIDUAL PLANNING BOARD REVIEW, BUT NOT BE RECOGNIZED UNDER CATEGORICAL PROHIBITION. THIS WOULD NOT CREATE AN ENTITLEMENT TO OPERATE A SHORT TERM RENTAL, AS EACH APPLICANT WOULD STILL HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE PROPOSED OPERATION DOES SATISFIES THE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE TOWN, AND THE TOWN WOULD RETAIN THE ABILITY TO DENY APPLICATIONS THAT ARE INAPPROPRIATE FOR THEIR PARTICULAR LOCATIONS. I BELIEVE THIS PROVIDES A BALANCED APPROACH THAT PROTECTS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, WHILE ALLOWING THE TOWN TO CONSIDER PROPERTIES INDIVIDUALLY BASED ON THEIR ACTUAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS. ADDITIONALLY, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE FINAL LAW GRANDFATHER ALL EXISTING PROPERTIES CURRENTLY USED AS SHORT TERM RENTALS, OR WHERE SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT HAS BEEN MADE FOR INTENDED USE AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL PRIOR TO ADOPTION OF THE NEW LAW. THE CURRENT LAW GOVERNING SHORT TERM RENTALS, IS CONFUSING TO RESIDENTS AND MADE MORE SO BY THE HISTORICAL LACK OF ENFORCEMENT. IN FACT, THE TOWN BOARD SPECIFICALLY STATED THAT THE TOWN CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE A SHORT TERM RENTAL ON THE TOWN CODE. WHEN INTRODUCING THE NEW LAW AT ITS SEPTEMBER 14TH MEETING. BASED ON THIS CONFUSION AND HISTORICAL TOLERANCE, MANY RESIDENTS HAVE MADE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS AND PROPERTIES INTENDED TO BE USED AS SHORT TERM RENTALS IN THE TOWNSHIP TO PROTECT THESE INVESTMENTS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DO YOU KNOW, OR MAYBE. MR. BECAUSE I I'M STUDYING THIS RIGHT NOW. YOU SEEM OBVIOUSLY WELL PREPARED. WHAT OTHER TOWNS ADJACENT TO US DO WITH OUR ONE. DO YOU KNOW BY ANY CHANCE, DO YOU KNOW MISTER ROGERS? THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THOMAS. I THINK I THINK A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE THE VILLAGE OF HAMBURG ACTUALLY LAST YEAR JUST ADOPTED SHORT TERM RENTAL STANDARDS. AND IN THEIR R ONE AND I BELIEVE IN THEIR R TWO. THEY HAVE SHORT TERM RENTALS AS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. KIND OF WHAT DONNA JUST MENTIONED. AND BOTH THEIR R ONE.

AND THERE ARE TWO IN THE VILLAGE WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY RIGHT OVER HERE. THANKS, JOSH.

THANK YOU. WHO IS NEXT? JACK. RYAN, IS IT RYAN. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING.

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WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SALLY AND JOE THAT ARE COMING UP FROM CALIFORNIA, THEIR CHILD'S IN THAT HOUSE, THERE'S NOT A SMOKE DETECTOR. THERE'S NOT A CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR. HEY, SORRY, THE TOWN DIDN'T ALLOW IT. WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE THIS AIRBNB UNDER THE RECORD AND EVERYONE ELSE HAS IT. AND THERE'S 130 ACTIVE IN HAMBURG RIGHT NOW. SO THE LONGER THE BOARD POLITELY WAITS, THE MORE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I MEAN, ALUMNI PARK JUST WENT IN. THERE'S NOWHERE FOR ANYONE TO STAY. I HAVE BILLS COACHES. I'M NOT GOING TO LIE. STAYING AT OUR AIRBNB, THE ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT WENT TO EVERYTHING IN MY HOUSE, THE CARBON MONOXIDE. HE EVEN MADE US ADD THE DATE, WHICH IS AN ELECTRICIAN. NO ONE REALLY DOES THAT. BUT THAT'S HOW THOROUGH HE WAS TO PROTECT IT, TO MAKE SURE. NOW, OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT RUNNING ANYMORE BECAUSE I WAS NOTIFIED TODAY THAT THEY WERE ILLEGAL. WE I NEVER KNEW THAT WE HAVE THEM ALL IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW. SO THAT'S WHY ME AND MY WIFE CAME, AND I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC AS A CONTRACTOR AND AS A HAMBURG RESIDENT, THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE FOR THIS, YOU'RE JUST OPENING UP THE FLOODGATES, AS YOU SAID, AND THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP BEING BUILT. THEY'RE GOING TO GO UNDER THE RADAR AND THERE'S NO ONE TO LOOK AT IT BEING THAT THEY DID AN ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS JOB. I READ OVER THIS, YOU'RE ALLOWING THE INSPECTOR TO COME IN THERE YEARLY. I IMAGINE IT'S GOING TO BE ADOPTED. IF THERE'S A COMPLAINT, HE HAS FULL ACCESS TO THAT HOUSE. SO NOW IF ANYTHING HAPPENS THERE, WE KNOW THAT IT'S UP TO CODE. AND IF IT'S NOT UP TO CODE, IT'S OVER WITH. AND THEN IF I READ THIS CORRECTLY, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE CAN GET INVOLVED. WE COULD GET RID OF IT. BUT I GUESS WHAT MY MAIN POINT IS THEY'RE NOT GOING AWAY. ORCHARD PARK HAS THEM.

EVERYONE'S ADAPTING. I THINK EVEN WHAT I'VE HEARD OVER THE THING THAT EAST AURORA, WHICH DIDN'T ALLOW THEM, NOW THEY'RE STARTING TO BECAUSE EAST AURORA HAS 54 ON VRBO. SO I WOULD ASK THE TOWN BOARD TO CONSIDER THE POSITIVES AND THE NEGATIVES. AND TO ME, YES, I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY LOOK AT IT AS, OH, IT'S A SHORT TERM RENTAL, THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE MONEY AND I DON'T WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO THIS. BEING ON AIRBNB, MOST PEOPLE IN OUR AREA, THE

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THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO. SO THAT ALSO ADDRESSES NEEDS FOR PARKING. THERE'S SEVEN. WE FIT THREE CARS IN OUR DRIVEWAY. SO YOU FIGURE SEVEN AIRBNBS. THAT'S 21 EXTRA CARS THAT CAN PARK THERE AND GO TO THAT BEAUTIFUL PARK. TERRIFIC. IS THAT PIECE OF PAPER SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH US? NO, IT WAS JUST I WAS READING OVER THIS. SO AGAIN, I WAS NOTIFIED TODAY. THE TOWN OF HAMBURG LUCKILY CALLED ME. THERE WAS A COMPLAINT THAT CAME IN AND APPARENTLY THERE'S NOT AIRBNBS ALLOWED. AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WHEN WE APPLIED THE PERMIT. AND I DON'T WANT A BUILDING PERMIT. DOES A GREAT JOB. BUT MAYBE I THINK THERE'S SOME CONFUSION HERE. YEAH. WELL, AND YOU'RE RIGHT. THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO GET THIS ON THE BOOKS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. SHE WAS LOOKING FOR FRIENDS, LOOKING FOR AN ELECTRICIAN. SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO GIVE HER A. AND THEY DO. I'VE WORKED FOR A LOT OF BUILDING DEPARTMENTS. AND I WILL SAY THIS LIKE HAMBURG IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW. THEY'RE TOUGH LIKE, WHICH IS GOOD. THEY THEY DO GO OVER EVERYTHING. THERE'S A JEREMYS, OUR ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR WITH PAUL, AND THEY DON'T LET ANYTHING GO. SO THERE ARE TOWNS THAT I WILL SAY WHERE SOME INSPECTORS. I'M PROBABLY SHOOTING MYSELF IN THE FOOT HERE THAT DON'T SHOW UP, BUT OUR TOWN DOES, AND THEY GO THROUGH EVERYTHING. PAUL WAS AT MY HOUSE FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF BECAUSE HE, I DON'T KNOW IF HE KNEW WAS AN AIRBNB OR WHATEVER, BUT HE MADE SURE IT WAS THOROUGH AND SAID HE DIDN'T PUT A SMOKE IN IT. SO THEY DIDN'T UPDATE A PANEL, SO THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. HE'S TAKEN THAT EXTRA CARE BECAUSE HE KNOWS MULTIPLE PEOPLE ARE LIVING THERE OR RENTING IT. SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN WHAT I THOUGHT THE POSITIVES WERE. TERRIFIC. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT.

THANKS. DOES ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP? SIGNED UP? ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK? DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY. SEEING AS SUCH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR, I. SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARING FOR

[4.3. Schedule Public Hearing for 2027 Fire Company Budget Requests]

[4.4. Schedule Public Hearing for 2027 Town of Hamburg Budget]

[4.5. Demolition Public Hearing Findings for 5036 Lakeshore Rd.]

[4.6. SEQRA - Town of Hamburg Drainage and Stormwater Management]

[4.7. Establishing Town of Hamburg Drainage and Stormwater Management]

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[4.8. Presentation of the Supervisor's 2027 Budget pursuant to Town Law §106(3)]

[4.9. Resolution to adopt tax levy override]

THIS LOCAL LAW SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UPON FILING WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE, SO MOVE. SECOND ON THE QUESTION. I KNOW THAT OUR TOWN SUPERVISOR HAS DONE AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB AT.

YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE BUDGET AND HAS PUT FORTH OUR INPUT. BUT I'M CONCERNED THAT PEOPLE ARE LEAVING NEW YORK. I, I WAS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY WITH GOVERNOR. CANDIDATE BRUCE BLAKEMAN, AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT IN HIS TERM IN NASSAU COUNTY AS COUNTY EXECUTIVE, THAT THEY HAVEN'T INCREASED ANY TAXES. I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS IN GOVERNMENT, BUT I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS, THIS, THIS RESOLUTION. I WOULD AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE NO. I THINK WE NEED TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO CUT SPENDING.

EVERYTHING SHOULD BE ON THE TABLE. I THINK WE OWE IT TO THE TAXPAYERS. I, I, I'VE SAID IT MANY TIMES OF MANY RELATIVES AND FAMILY MEMBERS THAT HAVE LEFT NEW YORK TO GO TO LOWER TAX STATES LIKE TENNESSEE, FLORIDA AND SO FORTH. SO I I'M GOING TO YOU KNOW, I RESPECT EVERYONE'S VOTE, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE WITH THE PROPER. ALSO ON THE QUESTION. YES, THE SUPERVISOR HAS DONE A GREAT JOB PUTTING THIS BUDGET TOGETHER. AND I'LL POINT OUT AGAIN THAT SHE WAS LEFT WITH VERY LITTLE FUND BALANCE WHEN SHE TOOK OVER AS SUPERVISOR. SO. IT WAS PRETTY MUCH DEPLETED AND GAVE HER VERY LITTLE OPTIONS IN TERMS OF PUTTING TOGETHER A BUDGET THAT WORKS FOR THE TOWN, THAT TAKES CARE OF THE PEOPLE, THAT TAKES CARE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND DOING SO WITH, YOU KNOW, AS BEST AS POSSIBLE WITH THE FACT THAT THERE WAS BASICALLY A FUND BALANCE THAT WAS COMPLETE. AND I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT CATHY RACZYNSKI. TALKING ABOUT PRIOR TO HER. AND SO PUT PUT BETH REALLY, QUITE FRANKLY, IN A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT POSITION. AND I THINK SHE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB PUTTING TOGETHER A BUDGET THAT TAKES ALL OF THOSE CONCERNS TO HEART AND RECOGNIZES THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE AS TAXPAYERS IN NEW YORK STATE, AND BALANCING THAT WITH THE SERVICES THAT THE TOWN

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NO, I MEAN, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHERE FRANK'S COMING FROM. I THINK FROM A STATE PERSPECTIVE, THERE ARE SOME, YOU KNOW, ISSUES THERE AND THERE ARE PEOPLE LEAVING AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT TO ADD TO WHAT DAN SAID, AND I FOR ME, IT'S JUST A NUMBERS THING REALLY. I LOOK AT WHERE ACTIONS THAT WERE TAKEN HISTORICALLY AND WHERE THAT HAS PUT US, AND WE NEED TO KIND OF FIGHT OUR WAY OUT OF THAT. AND SO I IT'S FEELS MORE A NECESSITY THAN SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO DO WHEN IT COMES TO THE TAX LEVY. AND ON WHAT DAN SAID, YOU HAVE CHEEKTOWAGA AND TONAWANDA LOOKING AT ANYWHERE FROM 9.8 TO 9.9%. OUR NEIGHBOR AND OP IS 8%, WEST SENECA IS 3.4. SO WE'RE STILL SOUTH. DON'T FORGET ABOUT AMHERST, AREN'T THEY? AMHERST? YEAH, AMHERST IS REALLY HIGH. AND SO I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME UP HERE AND SAID, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT HAVE TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, LOOKING ELSEWHERE BASED ON, YOU KNOW, TAXES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I, UNFORTUNATELY, THE WORLD WE LIVE IN RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NOT MUCH BETTER THAN HAMBURG. AND THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION. I'M BIASED, BUT THE NUMBERS ARE THE NUMBERS. AND I JUST THINK IT'S A NECESSITY. AND IT'S A LEVER THAT WE UNFORTUNATELY HAVE TO PULL. AND MY HOPE IS, AND I THINK EVERYONE ON THIS BOARDS HOPE IS, IS THAT BY DOING IT THIS YEAR, AND YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THIS IN THE PAST, AND SO TAKE IT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT. I'M HOPING THAT IT SETS US UP TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL IN YEARS, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO PULL THAT LEVER ALWAYS. AND WE CAN. IT'S VERY EASY FOR PEOPLE TO STAND UP HERE AND SAY, WELL, THEN JUST CHARGE MORE AT THE ICE RINK OR GET MORE REVENUE HERE. AND IT'S YOU CAN'T JUST FORCE PEOPLE TO PAY MORE AND DO MORE THINGS.

AND VOLUME IS AN ISSUE AS WELL. SO I JUST THINK FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, THE LEVY RIGHT NOW, AGAIN, IS, IS A NECESSITY FOR THIS YEAR. AND SO, SO THAT WE CAN OPERATE. SO THAT'S ALL IN FAVOR. JUST ONE MORE THING. I DO WANT TO SAY THOUGH, THAT OUR SUPERVISOR DOES A GREAT JOB WITH AND WITH EVERYTHING THAT SHE DOES. SHE DOESN'T. YOU DON'T LIVE TOO FAR AWAY FROM ME, BETH. AND I KNOW SHE LEAVES EARLY AND, YOU KNOW, COMES HOME LATE AND HAS A LOT OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE BECAUSE SHE SERVED ON THE ON THIS TOWN BOARD FOR A WHILE. SO SHE KNOWS THE PEOPLE, SHE KNOWS THE PLAYERS. AND I KNOW SHE WORKED REALLY HARD. IT'S JUST A PHILOSOPHICAL OPPOSITION. I HAVE TO RAISING TAXES. AND I RESPECT MY MY COLLEAGUES AND THEIR INPUT. BUT I DO WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT BETH IS A HARDWORKING SUPERVISOR FOR OUR TOWN. SHE POURS EVERYTHING SHE HAS INTO IT, AND I DON'T KNOW ANYONE THAT WAS GOING TO WORK HARDER FOR THE TOWN THAN THAN OUR THAN OUR SUPERVISOR. SO, I MEAN, I'M, I'M GOING TO VOTE NO, BUT I DO WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW HOW MUCH RESPECT I HAVE AND HOW MUCH WORK THAT YOU PUT IN EVERY DAY AND INTO THIS BUDGET. THANK YOU. I HAD HELP FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND AGAIN, OUR GOAL WAS TO REDUCE OUR DEPENDENCY ON FUND BALANCE TO. THERE'S A LOT OF PIECES TO THIS.

THIS PUZZLE WAS TO TAKE A LOOK AT AT OUR EXPENSES AND, AND CREATIVELY FIND WAYS THAT WE COULD REDUCE THE COST, WORKING TOGETHER WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENTS TO, YOU KNOW, THINK, THINK CREATIVELY. SO IT IT'S I ALWAYS SAY THAT THE BUDGET IS NOT A FALL TIME OF YEAR ISSUE. IT'S A 365 DAY A YEAR ISSUE. AND WORKING TOGETHER WITH THIS BOARD AND WITH ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, IT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO MAKE HEADWAY.

AND AND WE WILL, THOUGH WE WILL KEEP APPROACHING THE BUDGET IN A VERY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WAY, CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR SUGGESTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE WHILE WE AGAIN, LOOK AT NOT JUST THE TAX RATE ITSELF, BUT ALSO OUR DEPENDENCY ON FUND BALANCE AND ALSO THE WAY WE WE IMPROVE OUR PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE HANDLING INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT HAS ALSO BEEN A GOAL OF THIS BOARD TO MEET THOSE DEMANDS HEAD ON, BECAUSE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES HAVE BEEN LET GO IN THE TOWN. SO THIS BUDGET ALSO REPRESENTS VERY IMPORTANT STEPS THAT WE'RE TAKING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION SO THAT WE ARE POSITIONED AND READY TO TAKE CARE OF INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES, WHETHER THEY BE STORMWATER AND DRAINAGE, WHETHER THEY BE AMBULANCE ET-CETERA. SO WITH A PROPER MOTION AND A PROPER SECOND,

[00:40:03]

[4.10. Town of Hamburg Emergency Demolition Contractor Bid Award]

[Items 4.11 - 4.14]

[4.15. YRSS- Authorize the Town Supervisor to Sign Erie County Youth Development Funding Contract for 2027]

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. HIGHWAY BUDGET AMENDMENT. BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN BOARD

[4.16. Highway Budget Amendment]

[4.17. Nike Concession and Bathroom ECWA New Water Service]

ALL IN FAVOR, DO YOU KNOW WHEN THEY PROPOSED TO DO THIS SPRING OR. I MEAN, THEY HAVE NOT GIVEN ME A SCHEDULE. HOPEFULLY IT'S AFTER LIKE SPRING OR SOMETHING, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT FREEZING OR ANYTHING. YEAH. I'D ALSO LIKE TO WRAP UP THIS PROJECT. YES. AND REIMBURSEMENT.

[4.18. Inter Municipal Agreement McKinley Parkey Project]

[4.19. Town Hall East Wing & ADA Holding Cells & Bathroom Renovation]

SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. GOD BLESS YOU. HELPS PROGRAM. WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD

[4.20. Helps Program]

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AUDIT OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS. SECOND. ALL

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JILL. WHEN DOES OPEN SKATE HAS OPEN? SKATE STARTED? SO THIS. OH, THIS WEEKEND. AND IS THERE THERE'S WEEKDAYS OPEN SKATE, ISN'T THERE? TO. DURING THE WEEK. SO WE HAVE THAT. OKAY.

THANKS. AWESOME. YEAH. APPRECIATE IT. HOW ABOUT OPEN SWIM. ARE THEY NOT GOING TO CONTINUE THAT USING A SCHOOL? OKAY. GOTCHA. KIM. PAT. TAMMY. JOSH, DON'T BLOW IT. JOSH.

FIRST, I WANT TO JUST THANK THE TWO PEOPLE WHO SPOKE ON THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE SHORT TERM RENTAL. I THINK THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS, RIGHT? THOSE COMMENTS ARE VERY HELPFUL. IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT THAT DRAFT WAS IN A REALLY GOOD FORM. WE WORKED REALLY HARD ON THAT. LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT 100% FINISHED, BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY TAKE THOSE AMENDMENTS UNDER CONSIDERATION. I'LL PRESENT THEM TO THE TOWN BOARD. SEE WHAT YOU GUYS THINK. AND HOPEFULLY THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN AT LEAST GET ON THE BOOKS FOR NOW. THE LAST THING THAT I'LL ADD REALLY QUICKLY IS THAT WE HAVE A PLANNING BOARD MEETING ON OCTOBER 7TH AND OCTOBER 21ST. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF INTERESTING PROJECTS. OUR AGENDA IS SEVEN PROJECTS ON THERE. I CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED ABOUT WHAT'S BEING BUILT. I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON MY PHONE IN TOWN HALL ABOUT WHAT'S GOING UP, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE COMING OUT. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME TO THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING. THAT'S WHERE YOU FIND OUT MORE ABOUT IT. YOU FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON TOWN WIDE. YOU GET TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT DEVELOPMENT TRENDS ARE HAPPENING IN HAMBURG. SO I CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME OUT TO PLANNING BOARD MEETINGS, FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO THANK YOU. WHEN'S THE TEXAS ROADHOUSE OPEN? PEOPLE ASK ME THAT SOMETIME IN THE SPRING. OH IS IT. YEAH, I SAW IT LIKE. YEAH. SHE WAS SAYING IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALL DONE. BUT I SAW THEY HAD A OH YOU KNOW, ARE YOU, ARE YOU WORKING THERE? OH COOL. 28. HOW'S IT SAY SPRING? LIKE IT LOOKED LIKE THEY. BUT THANKS YOU. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY DID A NICE JOB. HOW'S IT LOOK? SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR ROLES. YOU KNOW, THERE'S WAY TOO MANY. I MEAN, THEY'RE SO GOOD. I MEAN, I TELL THEM, BRING ONE TO THE TABLE WHEN I GO. TOWN CLERK. NO REPORT. THANK YOU. DID I MISS ANYONE? OKAY, GREAT. REPORTS FROM THE BOARD. COUNCIL MEMBER BUGALSKI REAL QUICK. BECAUSE I TALKED TOO MUCH ALREADY. JOSH, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. I ALWAYS NOT ENTERTAIN. ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. BECAUSE THIS IS STUFF THAT I DON'T KNOW AS MUCH ABOUT YOU DO, YOU KNOW? BUT IT WAS HELPFUL THAT WE HAD THIS PUBLIC HEARING. I WAS GLAD THAT THE PEOPLE SHOWED UP. AND I'LL BE THINKING ABOUT OUR ONE AND AND THE YOUNG LADY BACK THERE THAT SPOKE AS WELL. WE'LL BE THINKING ABOUT ALL OF IT. SO APPRECIATE THE INPUT. IT'S HELPFUL FOR US TO HAVE PEOPLE COME AND DISCUSS WHAT IMPACTS ARE OR ARE NOT. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE, IF ANYONE PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS AT HOME TO SEND US YOUR INPUT SO WE CAN MAKE BETTER DECISIONS. AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KOZAK, I THINK THE OBJECT OF THAT WAS TO MAKE EVERYBODY SAFE. THE AND PROTECT THE HOMEOWNERS THAT'S RENTING IT OUT AND THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY AND, AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THE RENTING. I REALLY DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO SAY. OCTOBER WOMEN, GO GET YOUR BREAST EXAMINED BECAUSE I KNOW QUITE A FEW PEOPLE AND SOME VERY CLOSE TO ME OVER THERE THAT HAD BREAST CANCER. I EVEN HAD A GREAT UNCLE THAT HAD BREAST CANCER. SO IT DOES HAPPEN TO US. IT IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. SO GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS. OH, I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE A LOT. LIKE I USUALLY HERE ALMOST EVERY DAY AND I HAVEN'T BEEN BOB GREW A BEARD. HOW WAS THAT LIKE AN OVERNIGHT. I NOTICED IT EARLIER. GRIZZLY ADAMS OVER THERE. IT'S LIKE HE WENT GOLFING ONE DAY AND HE CAME BACK WITH A BEARD. COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ I NOTICED THE BEARD. I CLOCKED THAT LIKE 30S INTO THE MEETING. THE BEARD IS BEAUTIFUL. NOTHING REALLY. I DO WANT TO COMMEND THE CLERK'S OFFICE. I WENT, I THINK IT WAS LAST FRIDAY, MAYBE, I THINK LAST FRIDAY TO GET PASSPORTS FOR MY TWO SONS AND THEY WERE FANTASTIC. SO IF ANYONE NEEDS TO DO THAT OR IS TRAVELING AT SOME POINT, FILL OUT THE FORMS.

[00:50:03]

OTHER THAN THAT, NOTHING. WE'LL SEE EVERYONE ON THE 19TH I THINK. YES. YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER DIXON THANK YOU. YES. TO REITERATE WHAT DAN SAID, BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER DIED OF BREAST CANCER AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, LEAVING MY MOTHER, WHO WAS THE OLDEST GIRL IN A FAMILY OF EIGHT KIDS, TO RAISE HER YOUNGER SIBLINGS. AND SO, AND THEN MY YOUNGER SISTER ALSO HAD IT, BUT SHE'S FORTUNATELY, SHE'S IN GOOD SHAPE. SO, SO I DO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO FOR THEIR MAMMOGRAMS. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THAT AWESOME VIDEO THAT WAS FILMED AT THE NIKE BASE. IT JUST, IT, IT, IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, AS A MOM OF TWO BOYS THAT PLAYED, YOU KNOW, WITH THE HAWKS FOR YEARS. AND IT WAS JUST THE CUTEST THING. AND LIKE, IT REALLY DID BRING TEARS TO MY EYES. IT WAS GREAT. SO GREAT JOB. AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, LIAM NEESON VOICING IT. AND JUST THREE MINUTES AND 10S OF PURE JOY. SO THAT'S IT. OKAY, TERRIFIC. WELL, I JUST HAVE A FEW SHOUT OUTS TO INDIVIDUALS.

I MEAN, EVERYONE IS ALWAYS WORKING SO HARD. BUT I DO LIKE TO NOTE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS OR PEOPLE WHO WERE PARTICULARLY INVOLVED IN EVENTS OVER THE LAST LITTLE WHILE, BECAUSE THEY REALLY DO DESERVE THANKS. SO OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD, OUR HAMBURG MOVES AND OUR HAMBURG TRAILS, THEY THEY WORK INDEPENDENTLY, BUT THEY ALSO WORK TOGETHER. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN THEY COME TOGETHER, THEY REALLY. THEY ACCOMPLISH QUITE A BIT IN OUR, IN OUR TOWN. AND THE LAST YEAR WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL INAUGURAL SEASON OF UTILIZING THE GOLF COURSE FOR SNOWSHOEING AND CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING. IT WAS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE HAMBURG TRAILS AND, AND OUR STAFF OUT AT THE GOLF COURSE. IT WAS TERRIFIC. AND THE GREAT PART ABOUT IT IS THEY EAGERLY CAME BACK THIS YEAR AND SAID, WE NEED TO DO THIS AGAIN AND WE NEED TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER. SO MEETINGS FOR THAT HAS ALREADY STARTED. ALSO, THEY WE ADDED TO OUR TRAIL SYSTEM THIS YEAR. OUR HAMBURG MOVES AND TRAILS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY AND OUR BAG STAFF. THEY CAME TOGETHER AND THEY WORKED ON A TRAIL THROUGH. THAT CONNECTS SEVERAL, SEVERAL OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS. IT'S THE BEN'S TRAIL. IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE USING IT. THEY'VE. THEY'VE COMMENTED, BOY, WE WISH THIS WAS THERE TEN AND 20 YEARS AGO. AGAIN, IT PROVIDES CONNECTIVITY TO BETWEEN DIFFERENT AREAS OF OUR TOWN. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO PARTICIPATE IN INITIATIVES LIKE THAT THAT ADD TO THE AMENITIES AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT OUR THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE. I'M A MEMBER OF CODE REVIEW, BUT A LOT OF THE CHANGES THAT YOU SEE THAT COME TO FRUITION, THAT COME TO A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN ARE ADOPTED. THEY THEY ARE MANY OF THE THEY ADDRESS MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION BY RESIDENTS. AND IT STARTS AT CODE REVIEW. JOSH IS ON CODE REVIEW. WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM PLANNING, FROM ZONING. FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. SEVERAL OTHERS. AND MANY OF THESE INITIATIVES LIKE WHAT YOU SAW TONIGHT WITH THE SHORT TERM RENTAL. THEY'VE BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. IT TAKES A LOT OF MEETINGS AND A LOT OF EDITS AND PEOPLE GOING AND THINKING AND GETTING INPUT, AND THEY'RE VERY DILIGENT. THAT CODE WORK IS, IS ARDUOUS AND, AND TEDIOUS, BUT THE END RESULT IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE CAN BE PROUD OF AND THAT DOES HELP THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU TO CODE REVIEW. I'D LIKE TO ALSO THANK OUR TAX DEPARTMENT. I KNOW MAYBE YOU DON'T. OUR TAX ASSESSOR YOU DON'T HEAR THAT THAT OFTEN. AND ALSO THE TOWN CLERK DURING THIS SEASON. BUT OUR OUR ASSESSOR'S OFFICE AND OUR TAX OFFICE ARE VERY HARD AT WORK AND THEY DO A TERRIFIC JOB. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WITH THE PRESENTATION OF THE BUDGET AND THROUGH THE REST OF THIS PROCESS UNTIL IT'S ADOPTED, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS WORKED INCREDIBLY LONG HOURS. PAT SHEA AND HIS STAFF ARE THERE ALL THE TIME TO FACILITATE THE PROCESS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT EVERY POSSIBLE SCENARIO AND WHAT WE CAN DO. SO I THANK THEM FOR THEIR HELP THROUGHOUT THAT THAT THAT LONG LAST NUMBER OF MONTHS. BUT AS I SAID, THE BUDGET PROCESS REALLY LASTS ALL YEAR AND THEY ARE THERE ALL YEAR HELPING WITH THAT. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, EVERYONE, WE WILL SEE YOU OCTOBER 19TH FOR OUR NEXT TOWN BOARD MEETING. I MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE OCTOBER 5TH, 2026 MEETING OF THE HAMBURG TOWN BOARD. SECOND. ALL

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.