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he's supposed to be here

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meeting for tuesday september 7th 2021

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and i just would like to apologize for

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the delay with the technical issues but

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we're now back tonight

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and this evening we're fortunate to have

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this connect the school district

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superintendent annabelle solar junior

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with us and his cabinet

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and we are fortunate to have him full

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presentation to talk about the school

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district and the services that is being

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conducted at the school district so i'd

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like to invite them so it comes up my

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presentation thanks for everything

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uh will you sit standing here

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okay

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well first of all thank you for having

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me i did have my mask so many students

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and families watching i was prepared uh

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but uh here the rules are a little

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different so

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since i'm vaccinated i'm gonna be an

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option um so i first want to thank the

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city council for allowing me to come and

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speak i'll try to be brief but i've

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learned early in my career that two

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people you don't give a microphone to

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and that's pastor and superintendent so

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i just want to learn um

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you know in all seriousness uh

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grateful to be here and hopefully this

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is the start of a uh very much a

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collaborative effort between the city

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school district and the uh city council

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and the mayor's office um and those

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individuals in the room so i'm gonna

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jump on uh next slide

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so i always start out everything i do in

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the district with kind of our uh our

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vision our tagline and our values i

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think these things as an organization

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guide us they should ground us i'm just

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sharing them to you i'm not going to

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read them to you here but the three

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things that i think are the most

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important as an organization are our

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values and that's focused on equity

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collaboration and learning that's kind

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of our three major pillars

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and that's going to see that evidence

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and everything we do as an organization

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next slide

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um we have a strategy plan that was

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started prior to my arrival um but i'm

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of the belief that you don't

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throw everything out just because you

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have new leadership uh there's a lot of

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work done here a lot of stakeholder

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voice a lot of community voice a lot of

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staff members are part of it and our

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strategic plan is around four pillars

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there's going to be some similarity to

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those values so they're going to be one

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is not student and graduate success

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another one is on passionate people

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another one is on partnerships with

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families and community and the last one

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is on efficient systems and equilibrium

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resources again i'm not going to read to

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you but all the stuff is on our website

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and i can make a copy of you available i

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didn't send it to the city council

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president

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next up

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this is uh my got my kind of entry plan

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into the community into the district

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into the work here in schenectady this

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is available online but i just wanted to

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share with city council so you kind of

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have an idea of kind of my focus and my

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charge um i do want to point out this is

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week eight of me in the district um so

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i'm still in phase one where i'm looking

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i'm listening i'm learning um but

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unfortunately as a superintendent you

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have to do kind of the other phases even

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though you're looking at listening

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because you know we're trying to open up

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schools uh come thursday so we're also

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making some decisions making some

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changes

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bringing freshman talent to the district

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hiring new teachers to the community but

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i want to focus on kind of four

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different areas there there's district

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community staff and students as my focus

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and so as i look listen and learn i'm

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engaging with each of those uh pieces of

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the circle um i have kind of like

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smaller subgroups listed around them i

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have my goals listed there for you to

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see so my first goal is to return to

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full in-person learning

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came into a district that had not

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brought students back since march 13

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2020. in most cases people had choice

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whether or not they had to come back

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last year so what did that translate

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into less than 50 percent of your kids

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came back

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and so to me

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you know the borderline criminal in my

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mind because we had kids who haven't

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seen a caring adult in almost two years

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and we were okay with it

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and so one of the first things that i'm

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not okay with is continuing their

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practice so we want to bring uh students

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back to be with amazing teachers

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principals uh school support staff uh to

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full on personal learning so we are

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doing it come through that's our opening

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day so if uh anybody who's watching uh

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please please make sure you help people

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get to school on time on thursday we'll

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be excited to see them back

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again the only dress requirement we have

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is a mask obviously along with their

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regular school clubs

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also want to focus on graduation rates

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college readiness which is uh that's our

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business teaching and learning

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we're about outcomes for kids graduating

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within four years getting them ready for

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college ready so they're ready for

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college and obviously they're ready for

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career

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uh increasing student attendance is

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another big one because of the pandemic

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because of remote learning we know kids

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didn't engage we know screens didn't

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turn on for many of our kids that's a

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conversation we gotta have we gotta be

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okay with having it

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remote learning

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creates some additional barriers one of

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them was student attendance student

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engagement

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because we can't always ensure that

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there's a a parent or an adult to make

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sure a kid logs in that maybe that

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parent or adult has to work and we can't

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you know fault our families for that so

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again that's why we got to bring them in

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so we can attack this chronic

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absenteeism that we have in

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the most common in early settings and

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then the last one and probably i think

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the most important one is i have to

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guide a community that needs some

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healing you know obviously there was the

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car chair from previous leadership um

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and i need to reunite the district and

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the community

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you know this is the first time from my

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understanding that a superintendent has

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spoken to city council which blew my

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mind when it has

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city council president moon america to

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come speak he was like really

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he was like thrilled so um you know i

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have to rebuild confidence in our

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district in the schools and our staff

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and our programs

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and i think again if we're really all

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going in the same direction we're doing

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great things and the last thing is in

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2025 the goal would be that we're a

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district in good standing what that

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means is we don't have any schools on

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any nautilus we're not in receivership

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none persistently dangerous none low

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performing so we you know i have my

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charge and

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you know that mirrors my contract so the

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goal is the year by year floor i should

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be in good standing if not i don't

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expect to be renewed

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next one

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so i'm coming to you to share my three

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commitments that i've shared with

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administrators i'll be sharing them with

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teachers tomorrow when we open up to our

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teachers and i get to address all of our

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staff uh one is i'm gonna commit to work

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hard every day for this community for

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this district always for the betterment

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of our district never about myself but

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for the kids for the opportunities for

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families and for those who live in

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cities connecting

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i'm always going to commit to being

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transparent

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that does come with

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some consequences sometimes you may not

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get the answer you were looking for

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that goes for families that goes for

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staff that goes through my leadership

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team and that goes for the community as

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a whole

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but i will always try to tell you why

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give you some background give you an

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understanding um and so

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i'm going to commit to transparency and

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my last one is i'm going to always work

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and be from a support model meaning that

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i know i cannot do this work alone or in

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isolation so i'm always going to have to

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figure out how i support my principles

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i'm of the belief that great principles

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give you great teachers great students

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who really big schools right so if i do

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my work at the district level and make

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sure our principals are supportive

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they'll make sure our teachers are

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supported our teachers will make sure

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our kids are supported and it'll go on

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and then the other day we'll have a

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great school this year

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so if you haven't subscribed i encourage

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you to subscribe i put out a weekly

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brief uh our chief communications

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officer is here um so if you need

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details or if you have an email like us

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she can sign you up um she is the

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mastermind behind us i just help provide

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content she works her matches makes it

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look really pretty and then gets it out

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uh but i encourage you because this is

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my effort to be transparent it's my

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opportunity to let you know who i meet

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with what am i doing with my time right

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everyone says what's the superintendent

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doing are we paying this much money

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what's he doing all the time so this is

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my hope to show you where i'm at who i'm

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meeting with what's our focus as a

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district uh what am i doing and the

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latest coolest thing is people want to

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get in the brief right like hey you

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can't just meet with me i need a picture

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with you so i can end up in debrief so

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you may have seen our mayor in the brief

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uh recently uh two weeks back when we

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met with him i know our release chief

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clifford and so i keep doing that not

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just to show off but to really let the

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community know that we are having

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conversations we are collaborating we're

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trying to figure out different ways and

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then most importantly we figure out

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cool ways to highlight our kids and so

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you'll see in this one we highlighted

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one of our own students who did an

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amazing mural at our elementary school

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so if you get a chance to go to page

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elementary check it out

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i found this picture online and you know

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when you're trying to uh talk about the

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work and change a very simple symbolic

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symbolism i'm really going into visuals

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as a former art teacher i would believe

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pictures sometimes tell the story better

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so this picture really stuck with me and

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what do you see here right you see a sun

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rising above the electric city right you

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know and uh next one

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and so

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you know in my infinite wisdom i thought

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of this hashtag that we could use to

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kind of bag our work so this has been

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our theme since i've been here for the

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eight weeks we're going to continue to

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use this for the year and hopefully

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beyond

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and it's schenectady rising so if you're

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on social media all city councilman i

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invite you to tweet us

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and join the movement and

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it's our commitment to reopen rebuild

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reignite the district uh with the

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commitment again to excellence and

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teaching and learning equity

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engagement and efficiency

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and so

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as a superintendent you tend to think of

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things in larger systems

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this is a systems thinking type of

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diagram

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i feel from my assessment from the

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assessment of capital region boces and

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feedback from meeting with key people in

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the district board members um that we're

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at the bottom of this pyramid this

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compliance repair and upgrade this is

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kind of how we can not operate right

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we'll just do the bare minimum make sure

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we check off the boxes and we'll just

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repair things when they get broken and

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we'll upgrade them when they need to be

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upgraded and if we're going to do this

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work well as an organization my job

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would be to move our organization to the

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top of the pyramid where we're effective

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or efficient or sustainable and so

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that's going to take some time so again

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you notice that 2025 timeline next one thing that i uh did coming in was i

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reset the organizational structure and

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so i'm just showing you some of the

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boxes here um so you have an opportunity

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to see what we've done it is a little

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bit different so

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this is a district of almost 10 000 kids

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but we didn't have an assistant

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superintendent or a deputy

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superintendent which again

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no judgment but i just didn't understand

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the logic and so we've changed that

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dynamic i now have a deputy

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superintendent joining me and i have

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assistant superintendents that are going

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to lead certain silos of the work we

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have chief information officer chief

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technology officer and we have

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some dynamic individuals joining us to

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be the work of our elementary schools

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and we're still recruiting for someone

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to do our secondary school so next time

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they're in the room some of these

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individuals so i want to take them

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because they're new to the organization

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um so i'm emphasizing some of our new

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people so if you can just stand by uh

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say your name and your role and then um

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if your picture's not up there stand

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anyway because you're still part of that

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so our new deputy superintendent uh will

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be joining us in october she is

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currently the superintendent of lake

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george uh which i think is a big win for

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us is lynn rutner uh she'll be joining

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us in october towards the end so she's

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coming on board uh carlos cole dr carlos

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cotto is our new assistant

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superintendent for innovation equity and

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engagement he'll be working on a

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community schools initiative our

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migratory skipper initiative athletics

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uh innovation in terms of anything new

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and exciting to bring we're going to

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launch the parent centers so that'll be

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under his charge dr sean mason is now

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here he's the african-american gentleman

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in the middle he's coming up from

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baltimore so he'll be here tomorrow for

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the board meeting and he starts next

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week so he's in transition moving his

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family to schenectady and they're

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getting settled uh this is the

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superintendent for student support

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services andrea tobe freeman um

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long-time district employee does

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everything for special education uh

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counseling behavior specialist

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everything on the student support side

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of the house which is a very big house

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that i'm learning so thank you andrew

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and then um

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he's more familiar than anybody i've

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ever met in the in the area so far and

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he's our new executive director of

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elementary schools he'll be charged with

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leading all our principals with joe

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dicaprio which i believe many folks know

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his father was a long-time uh officer

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often yeah so everyone knows joe's when

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i figured it out

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or his dad and so joe's joining us uh

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we're bringing him back home is what we

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him principal and he left to go work in

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was tell

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the neighborhood district but now we're

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bringing it back home we're excited um

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we also have our chief uh

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information and technology officer chris

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is right now he's manning our he's our

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human remote over there

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he's everything in the technology side

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and last but not least obviously karen

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corona our chief public information

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officer and so these are the individuals

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that make up my team

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for an organization again 10 000 kids 17

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18 campuses

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and a little bit over 2 000 employees

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and so i mentioned the word equity

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earlier and i want to make sure i make

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this point there's a lot of polarization

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around the conversation of equity and

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race theory and things of that nature

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and what we're focusing on is diversity

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equity and inclusion and so i always use

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this graphic because i think it helps

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people who may not represent certain

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groups have the conversation and feel

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safe enough about the conversation

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versus ostracizing people and so you'll

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hear us ask these questions who's in the

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room

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who are we talking about

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who's it we're trying to get in the room

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but can't get into the room to have the

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conversation

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and the last but not least it says

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everyone everyone's ideas been heard and

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if we approach this work around

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diversity equity inclusion i think

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everywhere

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maybe in the city maybe across other

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areas i think the conversations can be

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more productive

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versus more polarized right now when you

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just focus on um other aspects of

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diversity of inclusion next one

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so obviously we're in the business of

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teaching and learning and i just wanted

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to point this out to the city council we

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have uh required areas every year to

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assess our schools uh district

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comprehensive improvement plan we're

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required to do some of our schools need

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improvement we're not going to shy away

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from that conversation

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and these are the areas that they focus

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on leadership and systems curriculum

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instruction social emotional learning

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and obviously

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probably the most important piece is

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family engagement because we cannot turn

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our schools around without a reciprocal

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relationship with our parents and

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without them helping us kids are only in

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school about six and a half hours

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the majority of their 18-hour day they

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are not in the building so we got to

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figure out ways that we can support we

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can create opportunities for extended

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day

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after school program and saturday

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programming but also we're going to need

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our parents to do some of the things

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that we do in school like reading to

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your kids you know things of that nature

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next one

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our priorities this year are focused on

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three kind of major things um

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culturally relevant and

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rigorously responsive curriculum uh the

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same thing with instructional practices

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culturally relevant and responsive

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instructional practices so how do our

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teachers work with our kids when we know

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they come from a variety of backgrounds

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and then obviously removing barriers to

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increase attendance and engagement and

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so

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you know remote is a great thing to

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remove that barrier but it does require

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uh

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you know accurate participation you know

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accurate engagement so i often hear like

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well that's a way to get attendance it

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isn't the same when someone's in front

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of you when someone's on the screen and

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so i always tell people that it's a

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different type of engagement

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next one

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so uh everyone hears we got a lot of

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money right hey you got a lot of money

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industry's got ton of money so

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all of our money comes with strings just

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like it does when it gets to the city

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right when the government gives you

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money there's strings and people just

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here total dollar amount so i wanted to

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show you that we have this american

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rescue plan that's your ad funds from

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for the next four years it's about 41

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million dollars but there's certain

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things that the money must be

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allocated in use for so currently we

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have an extension to the end of the

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month we are looking at feedback from

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all of our principals all their billy

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leadership teams and we're going to put

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together an itemized kind of plan on how

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we plan on using this money but i want

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to emphasize the next slide that this

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plan was specific it had some strings

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and some directions it has to be used

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for non-reoccurring expenses why because

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the money will run out and what we don't

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want and what the government doesn't

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want is to hear that schools can't do

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certain things and you took money away

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so they're telling you right off the bat

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you've got four years to spend this

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money but you have to focus on

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non-recurring expenses so i won't read

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all these to you but just to know that

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you know maximizing in-person

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instruction was a reason to use this

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money meaning they want kids in the

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building not remote construction the

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other thing was looking at technology

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what other forms of technology can we purchase safely returning

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students in person supporting early

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childhood we know so much happens in

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those you know if we're going to be

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reading by third grade we've got to do a

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lot of stuff at the pre-k um and even

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birth really working with families

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around how do you read the kids early on

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exposure to vocabulary words

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sight words things of that nature next

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one

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so we're reopening schenectady strong

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it's been something you guys have been

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doing since last year something that i'm

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going to continue to do this year it's a

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real one's connecting strong and so

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we're going five days so i don't want

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anyone to be surprised so if you see

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your youth out there get your butt to

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school you're supposed to be in school

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now everyone's open get a glass and get

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in school um but we've shared again in

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an effort to be transparent the document

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on how to contract tracing works with

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our department of health disconnecting

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department of health has been fantastic

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around this team they've been sharing it

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00:18:56,799 --> 00:18:58,480
so this is how you know if you're close

560
00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:00,160
to somebody this is going to quarantine

561
00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:02,080
if you're 12 and up again i'm not here

562
00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:04,000
to fight personal choice but the

563
00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:05,600
vaccine's available you don't want your

564
00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:07,440
kid at home consider getting a vaccine

565
00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:08,880
because if they're vaccinated they

566
00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:10,559
always are allowed to stay even if

567
00:19:10,559 --> 00:19:11,440
they're

568
00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:13,600
within contact with somebody who is as

569
00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:15,120
long as they don't show symptoms so

570
00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:16,960
that's a great way to keep your child in

571
00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:20,480
school is to consider them

572
00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:22,400
the reopening plan is what we shared is

573
00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,080
a summary of kind of all the key areas

574
00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:26,000
and then the chart with the blue

575
00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,400
yellow orange and red is depending on

576
00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,400
what zone we are for transmission those

577
00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:32,000
are the rules of engagement so if you're

578
00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,280
allowed to have visitors not have

579
00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:35,360
visitors in school how much distance you

580
00:19:35,360 --> 00:19:37,039
should have when you eat

581
00:19:37,039 --> 00:19:38,080
you know things like that the other

582
00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:39,600
thing i want to emphasize is that

583
00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:41,919
physical distancing or social distancing

584
00:19:41,919 --> 00:19:44,080
is not supposed to be an inhibitor to

585
00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:46,799
in-person learning so the

586
00:19:46,799 --> 00:19:48,240
kathy hulco's been very creative

587
00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:50,240
governor the

588
00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:51,760
education commissioner for the country

589
00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:54,400
has been very clear uh dr cardona in

590
00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:56,880
personal learning um it needs to occur

591
00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:58,480
and you can't use social distancing as

592
00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:00,240
the excuse why you can't bring everybody

593
00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:02,799
back so you do the best you can

594
00:20:02,799 --> 00:20:04,080
and that's why we're having masks in

595
00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:07,280
schools um when you can't stay you know

596
00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:08,880
less than three feet or less than six

597
00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:10,400
feet depending on the situation

598
00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:11,679
excellent

599
00:20:11,679 --> 00:20:24,090
so any questions

600
00:20:24,100 --> 00:20:32,789
[Music]

601
00:20:32,799 --> 00:20:37,720
appreciate

602
00:20:37,730 --> 00:20:47,350
[Music]

603
00:20:47,360 --> 00:20:49,039
yeah so we're trying to get back to the

604
00:20:49,039 --> 00:20:50,640
way we used to be so all of those things

605
00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:52,880
hopefully will be ignited and the people

606
00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:54,159
who ran like then she works at mount

607
00:20:54,159 --> 00:20:56,480
pleasant people does the girl's day out

608
00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:58,559
so i think i met her one of my favorite

609
00:20:58,559 --> 00:21:00,559
social workers so yeah

610
00:21:00,559 --> 00:21:03,840
so you gotta put that together quick

611
00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:06,159
well i just also want to

612
00:21:06,159 --> 00:21:09,360
welcome you and i too appreciate the

613
00:21:09,360 --> 00:21:11,840
presentation and i really as i mentioned

614
00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:13,280
before i think that idea of

615
00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:14,880
collaborating

616
00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:19,840
is

617
00:21:19,850 --> 00:21:42,950
[Music]

618
00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:45,600
going to be um and electrical

619
00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:49,360
and is there any kind of

620
00:21:49,360 --> 00:21:50,880
focus on that

621
00:21:50,880 --> 00:22:07,270
possibly um

622
00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:08,799
yeah so we currently do have kids go to

623
00:22:08,799 --> 00:22:10,640
capital regional season participate

624
00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:11,919
there but we also have the science fair

625
00:22:11,919 --> 00:22:14,000
radiation academy which has a culinary

626
00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,320
program as a business pathway so there

627
00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:17,200
is some

628
00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:20,159
cte in in terms of the district as well

629
00:22:20,159 --> 00:22:22,400
um so yeah we have both options that's

630
00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:26,150
uh steinmetz is uh creation is right

631
00:22:26,150 --> 00:22:31,190
[Music]

632
00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:33,200
it's nine to twelve but in in middle

633
00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:34,480
school they're supposed to take exposure

634
00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:36,480
to technology they get family consumer

635
00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:38,159
signs so they are getting exposed to

636
00:22:38,159 --> 00:22:39,760
some of those things as well at the

637
00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:41,039
middle school level

638
00:22:41,039 --> 00:22:44,080
it's not so much cte or in terms of what

639
00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:45,520
you're thinking you know starting in the

640
00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,400
culinary capital again you know

641
00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:49,760
i have pretty good money but i didn't

642
00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:50,640
really know what i wanted to do in

643
00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:52,880
middle school to commit to a pathway so

644
00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:54,640
what we do is more of an exploratory

645
00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:57,120
option which i think is good yeah

646
00:22:57,120 --> 00:22:59,440
so the goal is they they should maybe

647
00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:01,120
choose going into 9th grade if they want

648
00:23:01,120 --> 00:23:03,120
to start that pathway but most of the

649
00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:05,280
pathways start more like 10th or 11th

650
00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:08,559
grade because there's 22 credits and we

651
00:23:08,559 --> 00:23:10,080
have to get kids ready for the regents

652
00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:11,760
exam and get them out so some of that

653
00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:13,360
starts in freshman year and then they

654
00:23:13,360 --> 00:23:15,520
kind of walk into a pathway

655
00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:16,799
depending on where they are but yes we

656
00:23:16,799 --> 00:23:18,799
do leverage capital both so we gotta do

657
00:23:18,799 --> 00:23:19,919
that already we gotta get more kids

658
00:23:19,919 --> 00:23:22,480
exposed to that um but you know i think

659
00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:24,080
for us is we have to show all the

660
00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:26,559
pathways and so recently i had to meet

661
00:23:26,559 --> 00:23:27,520
with dr

662
00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:30,080
um muno over at the community college

663
00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,080
about how powerful would it be everybody

664
00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:34,000
who graduated from schenectady cities

665
00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:35,679
with research already had an acceptance

666
00:23:35,679 --> 00:23:37,520
letter to the community college and so

667
00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,880
that we told kids hey you can don't worry so much about this explore

668
00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:42,640
these options but also by the way at the

669
00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:44,080
end of the day this connective community

670
00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:45,840
college has an option for you just in

671
00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:47,200
case some of those things don't work out

672
00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:48,880
so stay tuned

673
00:23:48,880 --> 00:24:00,390
it

674
00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:12,070
is

675
00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:13,840
yeah i think these opportunities you

676
00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:15,200
know i remember the mayor you mentioned

677
00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:16,400
that as well

678
00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:18,480
you know to public wi-fi he's really

679
00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:20,159
ramping up the efforts anything we can

680
00:24:20,159 --> 00:24:22,240
collaborate on and i would even say you

681
00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:23,840
know maybe some shared services that we

682
00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:25,600
could think about departments different

683
00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:27,919
things that we do um you know that we

684
00:24:27,919 --> 00:24:29,919
can explore i think facility is another

685
00:24:29,919 --> 00:24:31,200
thing we got to start talking about you

686
00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:32,799
know obviously we have all these

687
00:24:32,799 --> 00:24:34,000
buildings that are getting older and

688
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:35,919
older how do we think about

689
00:24:35,919 --> 00:24:37,279
projects where we can collaborate

690
00:24:37,279 --> 00:24:39,520
whether it's maybe a public library a

691
00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:40,640
school

692
00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,039
maybe a recreational program figure out

693
00:24:43,039 --> 00:24:44,799
how we can really get more because

694
00:24:44,799 --> 00:24:46,400
school everyone knows how to find a

695
00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:48,480
school right and so how do we make our

696
00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:50,320
schools more the hub to the community so

697
00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:54,310
yeah we're open to all that nice

698
00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:56,159
question

699
00:24:56,159 --> 00:24:58,159
once again i want to thank you thank you

700
00:24:58,159 --> 00:24:59,919
for a wonderful presentation and i hope

701
00:24:59,919 --> 00:25:01,679
that we can have this more often no

702
00:25:01,679 --> 00:25:03,600
problem right thank you so much

703
00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:11,190
thank you

704
00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:19,909
we're not gonna be rude

705
00:25:19,919 --> 00:25:24,200
remember if you see the students

706
00:25:24,210 --> 00:25:39,590
[Music]

707
00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:51,250
my brother dated amy

708
00:25:51,260 --> 00:26:29,830
[Music]

709
00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:33,200
july 1st through june 30th this year the

710
00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:42,230
total awards 75 000

711
00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:43,840
354

712
00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:45,360
142

713
00:26:45,360 --> 00:26:47,919
this is all for

714
00:26:47,919 --> 00:26:50,559
gun violence and gun violence i also

715
00:26:50,559 --> 00:26:52,000
attached the budget as you can see right

716
00:26:52,000 --> 00:27:32,950
now with us um

717
00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,360
the police traffic service program brand

718
00:27:35,360 --> 00:27:36,960
new york city

719
00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:38,720
traffic safety committee

720
00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,600
yes this is a statement also towards our

721
00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,200
traffic division this year's three

722
00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:45,840
thirty nine thousand four and forty

723
00:27:45,840 --> 00:28:01,110
dollars um

724
00:28:01,120 --> 00:28:03,679
but again i catch the award that are

725
00:28:03,679 --> 00:28:05,200
support experience like

726
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:10,080
questions go back please

727
00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,559
uh so if you mention that you're one of

728
00:28:12,559 --> 00:28:14,159
the things is to reduce aggressive

729
00:28:14,159 --> 00:28:29,190
driving behaviors

730
00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:31,120
of aggressive driving certain areas will

731
00:28:31,120 --> 00:28:33,760
address it um high speeds um from that

732
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,240
miracle or at certain times of the day

733
00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:38,000
it's people leaning in on traffic trying

734
00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:39,919
to kind of get ahead in the next

735
00:28:39,919 --> 00:28:41,600
person

736
00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:43,279
from the intersections that light turns

737
00:28:43,279 --> 00:28:45,520
red standing lower the state-of-the-art

738
00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:47,440
intersection entire traffic other ways

739
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:48,960
participating

740
00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:50,399
flowing and

741
00:28:50,399 --> 00:28:52,240
changing

742
00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:54,240
we also use our

743
00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:56,399
cameras as much as possible to

744
00:28:56,399 --> 00:29:05,940
receive patterns

745
00:29:05,950 --> 00:29:25,350
[Music]

746
00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:28,320
thank you sir thank you

747
00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:43,190
the next item is

748
00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,440
what we have here is a federal aid

749
00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:47,919
project funded through

750
00:29:47,919 --> 00:29:50,240
what is called psat protector and safety

751
00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:51,840
action plan

752
00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:54,000
the work is what was discussed for

753
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,320
around the downtown area around city

754
00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:59,679
hall liberty street j clinton and

755
00:29:59,679 --> 00:30:01,840
clinton franklin also an intersection in

756
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:03,520
the stockade

757
00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:05,600
the project is

758
00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:06,960
hoping to be awarded the caline

759
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,919
industries there is also a city share

760
00:30:09,919 --> 00:30:12,480
and a metroplex share

761
00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:14,480
it's not specifically mentioned here but

762
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:16,080
we are partnering with metroplex as they

763
00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:18,080
have an interest in as part of this

764
00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:20,480
project converting j street to two-way

765
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:23,360
firm proposed office so since we were

766
00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:24,799
improving the signal there as part of

767
00:30:24,799 --> 00:30:27,039
this project we bundled those together

768
00:30:27,039 --> 00:30:28,960
and we'll be doing the project so as a

769
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:30,480
conclusion when the signals are all

770
00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:31,679
upgraded the measurements are

771
00:30:31,679 --> 00:30:33,360
incorporated j street in front of the

772
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:36,640
post office will be two ways

773
00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:39,279
the project will start this year however

774
00:30:39,279 --> 00:30:41,360
most likely won't conclude next year the

775
00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:43,440
state gave us an extension actually all

776
00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:45,200
projects under this forum and extension

777
00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:48,080
because of supply chain shortages having

778
00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:50,799
a very hard time getting the signal

779
00:30:50,799 --> 00:30:53,039
actually just the material so we're

780
00:30:53,039 --> 00:30:55,120
probably going to be out here starting

781
00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:56,559
trying to work around we're coordinating

782
00:30:56,559 --> 00:30:58,640
with the farmers market which is a big

783
00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:00,399
concern because we're going to be in

784
00:31:00,399 --> 00:31:02,640
their areas of work

785
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:04,720
but we're looking to complete the

786
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:06,960
project start this year complete it by

787
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:10,389
june

788
00:31:10,399 --> 00:31:11,600
what was your

789
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:14,080
listening picture

790
00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:26,789
for the project it was 1.6

791
00:31:26,799 --> 00:31:34,470
is

792
00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:35,760
so

793
00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:37,360
i just put this together so i didn't

794
00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,440
have time to give it to sam so if you

795
00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:41,200
would like to look at it

796
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:42,720
and then

797
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:44,480
discuss it at the next meeting that's

798
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:47,200
perfectly fine

799
00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,360
it is a package of kind of

800
00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:51,919
all the information related to sidewalks

801
00:31:51,919 --> 00:31:53,760
so i'll just briefly go through it

802
00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:56,559
starts with central parkway on the west

803
00:31:56,559 --> 00:31:58,240
the outside of the street

804
00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:00,399
then we move on to the

805
00:32:00,399 --> 00:32:02,559
even side of the street then i i took

806
00:32:02,559 --> 00:32:03,919
some pictures

807
00:32:03,919 --> 00:32:06,320
uh with a tape measure

808
00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,240
just to show um you know we're gonna

809
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:09,440
have to either

810
00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:11,600
reconstruct the road and bring it down

811
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,960
or go on the private property more

812
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:16,880
because what you'll see is we don't have

813
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:18,399
curb reviews

814
00:32:18,399 --> 00:32:20,720
and what happens is

815
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:22,640
this estimate if you were to look at it

816
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:24,559
i would say that i'm making sure we

817
00:32:24,559 --> 00:32:26,320
don't repeat mistakes that were made in

818
00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:27,600
the past when we did this project the

819
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:29,440
first time so one of the things that

820
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:31,120
you'll see on this estimate that weren't

821
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,919
on previous estimates by some of my

822
00:32:33,919 --> 00:32:36,080
associates in my department

823
00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:37,519
is i've

824
00:32:37,519 --> 00:32:39,840
kind of assessed is there a driveway

825
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:42,159
is there a lead walk what's the material

826
00:32:42,159 --> 00:32:44,000
that the driveway or the leaf walk are

827
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:45,840
made of because what we were running

828
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:48,320
into the problem of was escalating costs

829
00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:50,559
on barnsley and the camp and the reason

830
00:32:50,559 --> 00:32:53,600
is we were a little robotic

831
00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:56,000
with our estimates saying is we're going

832
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:59,120
to replace the sidewall it's 40 feet but

833
00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:01,360
when you replace the sidewalk it's five

834
00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:03,679
inches higher and their lead lock is low

835
00:33:03,679 --> 00:33:05,279
we were getting complaints when i had to

836
00:33:05,279 --> 00:33:06,880
replace my leak walls what about my

837
00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:09,360
driveway so now we're putting asphalt

838
00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:11,200
so we were doing all these hand work

839
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:13,760
items and the costs were going higher

840
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:15,279
and we were incurring them or were

841
00:33:15,279 --> 00:33:17,679
passing them on and there wasn't this

842
00:33:17,679 --> 00:33:18,720
i'm not going to say it wasn't

843
00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:20,399
transparency it was just that we hadn't

844
00:33:20,399 --> 00:33:21,919
dealt so much with a private owner

845
00:33:21,919 --> 00:33:24,320
before so i tried to take into account

846
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:26,880
those uh and assess you know you see

847
00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:28,799
here where it says alleys on the first

848
00:33:28,799 --> 00:33:29,760
page

849
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:31,200
all of these properties do not have

850
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:34,399
driveways onto central park they have an

851
00:33:34,399 --> 00:33:36,080
alley in the back they have it out there

852
00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,080
so you'll notice that the costs vary

853
00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:39,200
because we're not going in there with

854
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,750
bar mesh

855
00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:44,000
so i'm trying to show that same thing if

856
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,159
you go to the third page of the pictures

857
00:33:46,159 --> 00:33:47,519
from the street view

858
00:33:47,519 --> 00:33:49,440
you can see

859
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:51,440
these walkways that lead down he's walk

860
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:53,519
basically down you're probably

861
00:33:53,519 --> 00:33:55,120
two inches

862
00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:57,760
off so i have to be smarter and i'm not

863
00:33:57,760 --> 00:33:58,720
going to say i'm going to have to be

864
00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:00,559
smart when we design this and do it

865
00:34:00,559 --> 00:34:02,480
because typically what we had done is we

866
00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:04,320
would put a four inch curve in

867
00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:06,480
and the sidewalk would be here the lead

868
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:08,399
walk would be here and we'd replace it

869
00:34:08,399 --> 00:34:10,240
but we would get complaints in public if

870
00:34:10,240 --> 00:34:11,919
you remember so people would come back

871
00:34:11,919 --> 00:34:13,359
and say now we're getting in public

872
00:34:13,359 --> 00:34:14,720
right and it was like okay well this

873
00:34:14,720 --> 00:34:17,119
isn't a project to go all the way back

874
00:34:17,119 --> 00:34:18,879
on your house this isn't supposed to be

875
00:34:18,879 --> 00:34:20,560
you know was supposed to be a sidewalk

876
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:22,480
public works project so we were around

877
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:24,639
this weird line of where we were those

878
00:34:24,639 --> 00:34:26,639
projects so then

879
00:34:26,639 --> 00:34:28,480
i also put in the resolution that we

880
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:30,240
passed before we showed that you know we

881
00:34:30,240 --> 00:34:33,520
subsidized partially became 55-40 and

882
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:36,560
then the last page is the bid document

883
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:39,200
or a summary from the camp when we did

884
00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:40,800
get it which showed that the actual

885
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:44,629
price was 83.55

886
00:34:44,639 --> 00:34:46,079
and then going back to the first sheet

887
00:34:46,079 --> 00:34:47,599
just because it's a little different

888
00:34:47,599 --> 00:34:49,040
you'll see that

889
00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:50,960
there's two ways that we can kind of

890
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:53,200
look at this there's the totals which

891
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:54,240
vary

892
00:34:54,240 --> 00:34:56,240
and there is the cost per foot which

893
00:34:56,240 --> 00:34:58,400
varied so that's trying to account for

894
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:00,800
maybe a little asphalt or a leaf off or

895
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:02,560
something different but if we wanted to

896
00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:05,119
do it uniformly that's the orangish

897
00:35:05,119 --> 00:35:07,440
golden box on the bottom which would be

898
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:09,200
okay we understand that you know let's

899
00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,839
just uniformly assess it and that's the

900
00:35:11,839 --> 00:35:13,520
cost there so

901
00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:14,960
you know look over what you have you

902
00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:16,320
know we could walk the street if you'd

903
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:19,119
like to um i know that i believe i'm

904
00:35:19,119 --> 00:35:20,560
gonna be walking the street with someone

905
00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:23,200
on south college street in that country

906
00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:25,200
i don't know if it's yourself but

907
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:26,640
they're looking to do a petition there

908
00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:28,000
and they like to walk the street because

909
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,160
they have some more questions about curb

910
00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:32,320
heights and drainage and how it affects

911
00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:34,000
other properties you know

912
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:35,839
so it gets a little a little complicated

913
00:35:35,839 --> 00:35:38,079
when you start affecting it but

914
00:35:38,079 --> 00:35:40,320
this is a i think it's a good start

915
00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:54,710
for information

916
00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:57,440
i am not looking to go farther i am just

917
00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:00,480
acknowledging that there is a potential

918
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:02,720
so what i'm looking to do is

919
00:36:02,720 --> 00:36:05,280
if we're going to move forward and i i

920
00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:08,000
am encouraging the council to go forward

921
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,320
that we do it similar to camp and the

922
00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:12,960
city take on a share that is curves and

923
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:14,640
it is a road even though we just paved

924
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:17,520
the road to go back in because what i'm

925
00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:20,079
seeing is where i have to go out maybe

926
00:36:20,079 --> 00:36:21,599
take some shots and find that maybe

927
00:36:21,599 --> 00:36:23,599
instead of a two inch mill i have to go

928
00:36:23,599 --> 00:36:25,760
down five because there has to be some

929
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:27,359
happy medium because some places there's

930
00:36:27,359 --> 00:36:29,280
four inches occur some places there's

931
00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:30,320
one inch

932
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:32,000
and if i go through and i just go

933
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,160
robotic which is what we did in the past

934
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:35,440
we're going to end up with a lot of

935
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:37,040
problems and

936
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:39,440
the problem with a project such as this

937
00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:41,599
is you are affecting the property

938
00:36:41,599 --> 00:36:44,000
ownership pain so when i show up at a

939
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,320
job site where you show up to talk

940
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:47,520
everyone may have their little

941
00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:49,040
fictitious about

942
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:51,520
what's wrong and a lot of them on the

943
00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:54,160
camp came to drainage because we put in

944
00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:56,320
this beautiful five and a half inch

945
00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:57,119
curve

946
00:36:57,119 --> 00:36:58,960
and we didn't look so much at the

947
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,440
driveway ten feet back and how it would

948
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:04,560
affect it so you know we we held to our

949
00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:06,720
standards a little too much whereas i

950
00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:08,079
said that there's certain standards that

951
00:37:08,079 --> 00:37:10,480
we can take some leeway with uh that we

952
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:12,720
have to do so that's why i've made sure

953
00:37:12,720 --> 00:37:14,320
on this particular one not to repeat

954
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:15,680
that i went out there i took

955
00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:17,440
measurements i took some photo just to

956
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:19,599
show you i changed the way this looks

957
00:37:19,599 --> 00:37:21,280
it's a little bit more detailed than the

958
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,280
past one which if you look at the canvas

959
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:25,839
it was very just concrete

960
00:37:25,839 --> 00:37:28,880
so what is what is the actual

961
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,359
curve that is supposed to be

962
00:37:31,359 --> 00:37:33,680
we like to curve anywhere from four to

963
00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:35,920
six inches depending on the surroundings

964
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:38,240
we prefer four to six inches

965
00:37:38,240 --> 00:37:40,400
that's a that's a nice set curve you

966
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:41,920
don't if you go lower people start to

967
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:43,520
try to drive up on the curb to four

968
00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:49,430
inches it's kind of more of a

969
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:51,359
we're preventative the island also

970
00:37:51,359 --> 00:37:52,400
okay

971
00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:55,280
so that is going to

972
00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:58,720
deter people from parking on the street

973
00:37:58,720 --> 00:37:59,920
correct

974
00:37:59,920 --> 00:38:02,160
because the curb is going to be too high

975
00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:07,109
for someone

976
00:38:07,119 --> 00:38:09,440
and we're also going to similar to the

977
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:11,839
cam make sure that we measure and have a

978
00:38:11,839 --> 00:38:13,359
uniform

979
00:38:13,359 --> 00:38:16,160
somewhere in their own 20 20 to 22 feet

980
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,160
to make sure that you can fit a car

981
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:20,320
handsome and and have a traveling some

982
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:22,000
areas of central park but especially

983
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:23,599
that curve

984
00:38:23,599 --> 00:38:26,400
they feel very tight so then people

985
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:27,920
just tarping on the sidewall right and

986
00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:29,359
you also have to remember too is you can

987
00:38:29,359 --> 00:38:31,839
put it there but somebody is so you know

988
00:38:31,839 --> 00:38:34,079
inclined you just put your tire over the

989
00:38:34,079 --> 00:38:36,400
driveway and then you ride up or you

990
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:38,720
don't have to just

991
00:38:38,720 --> 00:38:40,240
i'm just

992
00:38:40,240 --> 00:38:43,920
yeah so that's something we're cognizant of

993
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:47,040
because of the curve is does feel narrow

994
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:49,119
and luckily most people i think you can

995
00:38:49,119 --> 00:38:51,200
see have driveways but still people like

996
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:53,440
down the road

997
00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:55,040
please i just want to

998
00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:57,760
clarify something i heard you said so

999
00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:03,430
where you're going to encounter

1000
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:05,599
the city does pay for hurts yes so this

1001
00:39:05,599 --> 00:39:07,200
is this is everything that focuses on

1002
00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:08,800
the property owner right and then

1003
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:10,320
there's another component which is the

1004
00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:12,560
city share which is the pavement and the

1005
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:14,640
curbs and we pay for that usually with

1006
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:17,280
either a chips fund or a bonded fund

1007
00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:19,599
that's that's different so that's that's

1008
00:39:19,599 --> 00:39:21,440
within what we usually have what's that

1009
00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:24,240
we'll be doing this yes oh no there's

1010
00:39:24,240 --> 00:39:26,640
similar to the campaign like arduino we

1011
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:28,160
could get away with not doing the curves

1012
00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:30,480
because we had to grasp medium here it's

1013
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:32,320
inaccurate we have to do the curves the

1014
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:33,920
issue is going to be is to find that

1015
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:35,760
happy balance where i'm going to cut the

1016
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:38,640
road down so that i'm not raising the

1017
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:41,040
curve so high where everybody's going to

1018
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:43,680
pond that's where that's where we like i

1019
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:45,599
say and on one side if you're familiar

1020
00:39:45,599 --> 00:39:47,280
with central parkway on one side of

1021
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:49,200
central parkway which i believe is the

1022
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:50,480
east side

1023
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:52,400
if you have a hill

1024
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:55,200
so you're great but on the west side you

1025
00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:57,520
have ferris flat

1026
00:39:57,520 --> 00:39:59,280
and we have issues with puddling in the

1027
00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:01,599
alleyway we have issues with puddling so

1028
00:40:01,599 --> 00:40:03,200
we want to try to mitigate it as best we

1029
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:13,670
can so is there

1030
00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:14,960
but we're talking about more private

1031
00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:16,720
property issues you know i'm trying not

1032
00:40:16,720 --> 00:40:17,599
to

1033
00:40:17,599 --> 00:40:19,119
keep the water on their property to make

1034
00:40:19,119 --> 00:40:24,790
sure

1035
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:27,870
it does

1036
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:38,470
get this

1037
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:40,880
thank you for this this is a

1038
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:43,520
big improvement over what we first do so

1039
00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:46,480
uh well done and thank you for that

1040
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:48,960
and uh secondly just the information

1041
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:51,359
easy talk about the stock aid and their

1042
00:40:51,359 --> 00:40:53,920
positions were turned in today okay um

1043
00:40:53,920 --> 00:40:56,950
so um

1044
00:40:56,960 --> 00:40:59,200
i guess the next step is to pass them to

1045
00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:01,280
uh

1046
00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:03,040
yeah i mean i still would like to walk

1047
00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:04,560
with ms rompo i believe she reached out

1048
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:19,430
to you or

1049
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:20,960
how we can all make it happen to make

1050
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:24,000
everybody happy which is difficult

1051
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:25,680
i want to thank you for doing this

1052
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:27,040
together

1053
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:28,480
several weeks let's go that's a

1054
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:29,440
wonderful

1055
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:32,240
presentation here detail

1056
00:41:32,240 --> 00:41:41,589
we'll present it

1057
00:41:41,599 --> 00:41:43,599
and setting up the special assessment

1058
00:41:43,599 --> 00:41:45,359
history sure there any questions

1059
00:41:45,359 --> 00:41:59,670
absolutely

1060
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:05,750
the next item is not

1061
00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:42,829
um

1062
00:42:42,839 --> 00:42:44,319
yesterday afternoon

1063
00:42:44,319 --> 00:42:46,160
um

1064
00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:49,280
i think it's extremely important that we

1065
00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:51,040
continue to

1066
00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:53,440
support our police department

1067
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:56,640
and i find it extremely

1068
00:42:56,640 --> 00:43:01,280
when there is a city school board member

1069
00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:03,520
that has

1070
00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:05,839
taken a stance on defunding the

1071
00:43:05,839 --> 00:43:08,240
connecticut police department

1072
00:43:08,240 --> 00:43:10,000
and i think it's

1073
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:12,079
important that we continue to support

1074
00:43:12,079 --> 00:43:13,599
our police department

1075
00:43:13,599 --> 00:43:14,560
um

1076
00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:16,240
you know chief secretary

1077
00:43:16,240 --> 00:43:17,760
tonight

1078
00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:19,839
presenting the um

1079
00:43:19,839 --> 00:43:21,839
you know the gun violence

1080
00:43:21,839 --> 00:43:24,160
you know once again illegal guns in our

1081
00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:26,240
city streets and around the capital

1082
00:43:26,240 --> 00:43:28,000
region and the state

1083
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:30,640
needs to be addressed um i know there

1084
00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:32,400
was no support for it but i would once

1085
00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:35,200
again follow my council

1086
00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:36,319
of people

1087
00:43:36,319 --> 00:43:39,200
it's a way to start a conversation

1088
00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:41,680
something needs to be done

1089
00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:44,640
to support our police department and

1090
00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:47,520
i think that you know the gun violence

1091
00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:50,400
and the fact that we have

1092
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:52,839
activists calling for defunding

1093
00:43:52,839 --> 00:43:54,640
especially an elected official on the

1094
00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:56,720
city school board

1095
00:43:56,720 --> 00:43:58,560
i think it's very troubling

1096
00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:00,160
and it's decisive

1097
00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:01,280
and

1098
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:03,920
it ends up

1099
00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:06,880
really putting a divide between

1100
00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:18,470
what

1101
00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:19,599
and

1102
00:44:19,599 --> 00:44:21,359
i think it's important that we as a

1103
00:44:21,359 --> 00:44:24,240
council need to take a stance on

1104
00:44:24,240 --> 00:44:26,640
supporting our police department and the

1105
00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:29,359
changes that's cheaper is going forward

1106
00:44:29,359 --> 00:44:30,880
and

1107
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:34,000
you know i think the leadership here is

1108
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:37,200
necessary to ensure that we

1109
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:39,760
maintain regulations with our police

1110
00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:42,000
department and our city schools

1111
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:43,920
so i

1112
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:45,119
am

1113
00:44:45,119 --> 00:44:47,440
not supportive of

1114
00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:59,349
his mild stance

1115
00:44:59,359 --> 00:45:16,950
any other questions

1116
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:18,400
and so i think that's where this really

1117
00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:21,680
belongs and um and thinking that for my

1118
00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:23,040
time on the council i can't take the

1119
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:25,119
time when we were asked to fund

1120
00:45:25,119 --> 00:45:26,640
something that was part of our forward

1121
00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:28,720
and he said no we're not doing it i mean

1122
00:45:28,720 --> 00:45:30,079
often they come

1123
00:45:30,079 --> 00:45:32,480
today but there's no match but they

1124
00:45:32,480 --> 00:45:33,839
still needed to come before the council

1125
00:45:33,839 --> 00:45:35,520
and we still supported them and when

1126
00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:37,599
there has been a match we had supported

1127
00:45:37,599 --> 00:45:40,800
that so um i

1128
00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:42,480
am not aware of any petition that has

1129
00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:43,599
come forward

1130
00:45:43,599 --> 00:45:45,520
at this point that says we want you to

1131
00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:48,000
do this and so i'm not really sure

1132
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,160
what's his response to so that that

1133
00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:51,599
comes to my

1134
00:45:51,599 --> 00:45:52,480
question

1135
00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:53,680
um

1136
00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:56,000
and in terms of fighting from here

1137
00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:58,560
specifically you say that a person has

1138
00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:00,400
the right the first amendment of

1139
00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:03,760
constitution to protest um and assemble

1140
00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:05,520
peacefully there's also reading speech

1141
00:46:05,520 --> 00:46:09,910
that's included in this so

1142
00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:12,240
i'm not sure if as a council we can take

1143
00:46:12,240 --> 00:46:13,839
a position

1144
00:46:13,839 --> 00:46:15,839
against an individual as an individual's

1145
00:46:15,839 --> 00:46:18,720
name here because they chose to exercise

1146
00:46:18,720 --> 00:46:20,319
their freedom of speech

1147
00:46:20,319 --> 00:46:22,319
i don't know how we do that and say we

1148
00:46:22,319 --> 00:46:25,280
support freedom of speech and

1149
00:46:25,280 --> 00:46:27,359
we have numerous people that come before

1150
00:46:27,359 --> 00:46:30,240
the war before the council and the rail

1151
00:46:30,240 --> 00:46:31,359
i don't think we all agree with

1152
00:46:31,359 --> 00:46:32,800
everything they say

1153
00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:34,640
so it becomes the point where we start

1154
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:36,000
um to

1155
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:37,760
create resolutions because someone said

1156
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:39,920
something that we don't agree with

1157
00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:41,760
i can say from my personal standpoint i

1158
00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:44,240
support the police do does any group

1159
00:46:44,240 --> 00:46:46,319
agree on everything absolutely not and

1160
00:46:46,319 --> 00:46:48,880
that's what's exactly where we really

1161
00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:50,800
disagree um

1162
00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:51,839
and

1163
00:46:51,839 --> 00:46:54,720
so to me to

1164
00:46:54,720 --> 00:46:56,480
start first of all to choose an

1165
00:46:56,480 --> 00:46:58,960
individual to call them out and to say

1166
00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:01,520
because she said this and and just just

1167
00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:03,359
for the record just be clear any

1168
00:47:03,359 --> 00:47:04,720
statements you made was prior to

1169
00:47:04,720 --> 00:47:06,640
becoming a board member was before she

1170
00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:08,079
was an elected official on the city

1171
00:47:08,079 --> 00:47:09,599
school board so people heard what she

1172
00:47:09,599 --> 00:47:11,119
had to say and she's still got the right

1173
00:47:11,119 --> 00:47:12,880
thing so i just want to make sure that

1174
00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:15,599
that's very clear and um so

1175
00:47:15,599 --> 00:47:17,760
i don't think we have the right to to

1176
00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:20,160
call one person a person out because

1177
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:22,079
they exercise their freedom of speech

1178
00:47:22,079 --> 00:47:24,160
and say hey we know that it's it's in

1179
00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:25,760
your first amendment rights but because

1180
00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:27,440
we don't like what you said therefore we

1181
00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:29,280
have no resolution we have a three

1182
00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:31,359
elected body who say who supports the

1183
00:47:31,359 --> 00:47:33,280
constitution are going to put a

1184
00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:34,960
resolution against you personally

1185
00:47:34,960 --> 00:47:37,200
because the resolution is therefore

1186
00:47:37,200 --> 00:47:39,520
being resolved and then there it clearly

1187
00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:41,760
states that person's name

1188
00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:43,119
um so

1189
00:47:43,119 --> 00:47:46,160
um is this language divisive i won't

1190
00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:47,359
disagree with that there's a lot of

1191
00:47:47,359 --> 00:47:50,240
language that is divisive uh if this you

1192
00:47:50,240 --> 00:47:51,520
know this is a slippery slope where

1193
00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:52,720
people say something we don't like it

1194
00:47:52,720 --> 00:47:53,599
and then we start saying well we're

1195
00:47:53,599 --> 00:47:54,800
going to create a resolution that they

1196
00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:56,640
said that we didn't like i think that's

1197
00:47:56,640 --> 00:47:58,960
a dangerous path to voting i also think

1198
00:47:58,960 --> 00:48:01,040
it invites the aclu to come to our

1199
00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:02,720
council meeting and say how can we do

1200
00:48:02,720 --> 00:48:04,720
this not only them probably other youths

1201
00:48:04,720 --> 00:48:08,000
as well so this is uh in my mind more

1202
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:09,839
resolution against a person

1203
00:48:09,839 --> 00:48:12,160
as it is in favor of

1204
00:48:12,160 --> 00:48:15,200
um a budgetary issue which again i think

1205
00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:16,880
that's where you know funding goes and

1206
00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:18,960
that's where we get this aside we on

1207
00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:20,559
this council it's our role and

1208
00:48:20,559 --> 00:48:22,800
responsibility to say well

1209
00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:24,079
the americans are getting the votes and

1210
00:48:24,079 --> 00:48:25,760
we're just clear about that so we say to

1211
00:48:25,760 --> 00:48:28,640
the mayor you know we you know do this

1212
00:48:28,640 --> 00:48:31,520
and not that so i think that you know

1213
00:48:31,520 --> 00:48:34,000
this belongs in the budget and i have

1214
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:36,480
again to just reiterate to the point

1215
00:48:36,480 --> 00:48:38,720
that i've not seen any specific calls

1216
00:48:38,720 --> 00:48:41,280
without the police and

1217
00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:43,680
are we do we really

1218
00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:45,599
have a right to

1219
00:48:45,599 --> 00:48:46,480
um

1220
00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:50,640
let's to say to someone you um exercise

1221
00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:52,480
your constitutional rights but we're

1222
00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:54,319
putting out what resolution that say we

1223
00:48:54,319 --> 00:48:56,319
don't believe what you have to say

1224
00:48:56,319 --> 00:48:57,839
i think that's

1225
00:48:57,839 --> 00:48:59,280
not something that we can do as a

1226
00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:00,960
counselor but something that we actually

1227
00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:02,880
shouldn't even do

1228
00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:04,720
so we're talking about funding

1229
00:49:04,720 --> 00:49:06,240
as opposed to being against an

1230
00:49:06,240 --> 00:49:08,240
individual because of their speech i

1231
00:49:08,240 --> 00:49:10,480
think this is two very different things

1232
00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:13,359
so i know that um what's put on the

1233
00:49:13,359 --> 00:49:15,599
agenda says becoming the police but this

1234
00:49:15,599 --> 00:49:17,760
resolution is really not reflecting that

1235
00:49:17,760 --> 00:49:19,760
at all it really is reflecting that

1236
00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:22,160
person said something and that person

1237
00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:23,359
should not have said that and we're

1238
00:49:23,359 --> 00:49:25,119
saying you shouldn't have said it and

1239
00:49:25,119 --> 00:49:26,319
we're taking

1240
00:49:26,319 --> 00:49:31,620
putting a resolution out that says

1241
00:49:31,630 --> 00:49:36,630
[Music]

1242
00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:39,040
a few points first of all miss miles did

1243
00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:42,240
say after she was on on the board of

1244
00:49:42,240 --> 00:49:44,079
education

1245
00:49:44,079 --> 00:49:46,160
and it was in the newspaper that she

1246
00:49:46,160 --> 00:49:48,559
wanted to define the police

1247
00:49:48,559 --> 00:49:49,760
typically

1248
00:49:49,760 --> 00:49:52,880
and for longest time the school board

1249
00:49:52,880 --> 00:49:55,280
and the city council remaining two very

1250
00:49:55,280 --> 00:49:56,960
distinct bodies

1251
00:49:56,960 --> 00:50:00,319
and here we have a school board member

1252
00:50:00,319 --> 00:50:02,160
crossing that line

1253
00:50:02,160 --> 00:50:02,880
so

1254
00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:06,000
secondly the resolution itself as i read

1255
00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:09,119
it is very much about funding the police

1256
00:50:09,119 --> 00:50:10,960
and not something about a particular

1257
00:50:10,960 --> 00:50:12,640
individual

1258
00:50:12,640 --> 00:50:14,480
how i read it was the individual's

1259
00:50:14,480 --> 00:50:17,760
mention because she is a public official

1260
00:50:17,760 --> 00:50:21,750
and we have that right to

1261
00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:23,440
make that distinction

1262
00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:25,280
third the

1263
00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:27,280
just as

1264
00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:30,000
cities have done resolutions to defund

1265
00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:31,040
the police

1266
00:50:31,040 --> 00:50:33,760
we can very well do resolutions to fund

1267
00:50:33,760 --> 00:50:36,800
reports and call against it

1268
00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:37,599
and

1269
00:50:37,599 --> 00:50:39,680
if there are weaker questions

1270
00:50:39,680 --> 00:50:42,319
people can certainly come and speak and

1271
00:50:42,319 --> 00:50:44,160
have their

1272
00:50:44,160 --> 00:50:46,800
say at the council meetings

1273
00:50:46,800 --> 00:50:50,160
and that doesn't take away from their

1274
00:50:50,160 --> 00:50:52,559
freedom speech so

1275
00:50:52,559 --> 00:50:54,720
i really don't see any particular issue

1276
00:50:54,720 --> 00:50:55,680
on this

1277
00:50:55,680 --> 00:50:58,800
i think it's something that we

1278
00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:00,480
i would support

1279
00:51:00,480 --> 00:51:03,359
i understand the issue with funding and

1280
00:51:03,359 --> 00:51:06,559
we will take that up in october

1281
00:51:06,559 --> 00:51:07,440
but

1282
00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:09,280
this uh

1283
00:51:09,280 --> 00:51:12,800
i think sends a message to our residents

1284
00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:14,880
who complain about

1285
00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:16,559
lots of stuff

1286
00:51:16,559 --> 00:51:19,920
in particular with regards to quality of

1287
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:21,599
life issues that the police can deal

1288
00:51:21,599 --> 00:51:22,720
with

1289
00:51:22,720 --> 00:51:25,599
and they're understaffed and defunding

1290
00:51:25,599 --> 00:51:26,960
them certainly

1291
00:51:26,960 --> 00:51:29,440
and quite frankly to say she said she

1292
00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:31,359
would like to abolish

1293
00:51:31,359 --> 00:51:33,520
that doesn't go anywhere i mean

1294
00:51:33,520 --> 00:51:36,000
everybody knows some of the key pieces

1295
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:36,880
to

1296
00:51:36,880 --> 00:51:39,200
a healthy city is this excellent school

1297
00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:41,200
district which hopefully we're on the

1298
00:51:41,200 --> 00:51:43,280
right track

1299
00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:45,920
a safe community where people want to

1300
00:51:45,920 --> 00:51:46,800
move

1301
00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:48,960
and that entails having

1302
00:51:48,960 --> 00:51:50,400
a police department

1303
00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:51,920
that

1304
00:51:51,920 --> 00:51:54,160
is engaged with the community

1305
00:51:54,160 --> 00:51:56,720
becomes partners with the community and

1306
00:51:56,720 --> 00:51:59,680
so much of what we've done in the

1307
00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:02,319
community outreach and the steering

1308
00:52:02,319 --> 00:52:04,400
programs that we've had with the police

1309
00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:05,440
reform

1310
00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:07,520
was related to the police getting out

1311
00:52:07,520 --> 00:52:09,680
into the community and they can't do

1312
00:52:09,680 --> 00:52:11,280
that if there's

1313
00:52:11,280 --> 00:52:13,359
public officials calling for defunding

1314
00:52:13,359 --> 00:52:14,400
the police

1315
00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:17,520
so to me it's a real distinction here

1316
00:52:17,520 --> 00:52:20,240
we have two separate boards that largely

1317
00:52:20,240 --> 00:52:23,190
stayed in their own

1318
00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:25,440
areas

1319
00:52:25,440 --> 00:52:27,920
how i was always told as a member of the

1320
00:52:27,920 --> 00:52:30,160
city council we don't interfere

1321
00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:32,160
with the school board we can go to the

1322
00:52:32,160 --> 00:52:34,480
meetings and we can certainly have our

1323
00:52:34,480 --> 00:52:36,720
say but that's as a personal

1324
00:52:36,720 --> 00:52:38,160
uh

1325
00:52:38,160 --> 00:52:40,160
individual but as a school board

1326
00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:42,000
remember saying you want to defund the

1327
00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:43,359
police

1328
00:52:43,359 --> 00:52:44,720
i'm sorry i

1329
00:52:44,720 --> 00:52:47,920
disagree with what your concept is and

1330
00:52:47,920 --> 00:52:54,309
i would support this resolution

1331
00:52:54,319 --> 00:52:55,920
my appearance when it comes to i don't

1332
00:52:55,920 --> 00:53:11,109
think any one of us

1333
00:53:11,119 --> 00:53:37,750
is

1334
00:53:37,760 --> 00:53:40,079
individual members of the public

1335
00:53:40,079 --> 00:53:42,559
i don't think really as a possible

1336
00:53:42,559 --> 00:53:44,079
police department we need our police

1337
00:53:44,079 --> 00:53:45,200
department

1338
00:53:45,200 --> 00:53:47,680
we need a police department

1339
00:53:47,680 --> 00:53:49,760
and we have been providing the necessary

1340
00:53:49,760 --> 00:53:52,000
funding over the many years i've been in

1341
00:53:52,000 --> 00:53:53,280
this council and it will continue to

1342
00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:54,839
happen

1343
00:53:54,839 --> 00:53:57,520
so having a resolution i don't think

1344
00:53:57,520 --> 00:53:59,520
it's needed i don't want to do it

1345
00:53:59,520 --> 00:54:02,160
everybody knows we are probably

1346
00:54:02,160 --> 00:54:03,839
supporting police departments

1347
00:54:03,839 --> 00:54:05,680
that they're doing and we thank them

1348
00:54:05,680 --> 00:54:08,079
every day

1349
00:54:08,079 --> 00:54:09,839
i mean putting a resolution i don't

1350
00:54:09,839 --> 00:54:12,079
think it's needed i mean

1351
00:54:12,079 --> 00:54:14,079
we have a budget to deal with uh at the

1352
00:54:14,079 --> 00:54:16,240
end of the next month and we'll address

1353
00:54:16,240 --> 00:54:17,760
all these things and look at how we've

1354
00:54:17,760 --> 00:54:18,880
been able to

1355
00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:21,040
maintain the funding and increase the

1356
00:54:21,040 --> 00:54:22,800
funding

1357
00:54:22,800 --> 00:54:25,040
providing us a resource to them

1358
00:54:25,040 --> 00:54:26,960
we can't just go about

1359
00:54:26,960 --> 00:54:28,160
you know keeping information from the

1360
00:54:28,160 --> 00:54:29,200
public

1361
00:54:29,200 --> 00:54:30,960
and doing this thing and it's leading to

1362
00:54:30,960 --> 00:54:35,190
a dangerous path

1363
00:54:35,200 --> 00:54:36,880
and so mr probably said it wasn't

1364
00:54:36,880 --> 00:54:40,319
directed at a specific person but the

1365
00:54:40,319 --> 00:54:42,160
part that the resolution department says

1366
00:54:42,160 --> 00:54:44,000
therefore be resolved that this

1367
00:54:44,000 --> 00:54:46,160
connecting city council cannot with

1368
00:54:46,160 --> 00:54:48,960
clear conscience supports the cause of

1369
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:51,119
community activist schenectady city

1370
00:54:51,119 --> 00:54:53,520
school board member jamaica miles stands

1371
00:54:53,520 --> 00:54:55,599
for defining the police department nor

1372
00:54:55,599 --> 00:54:57,599
her calls from lobster police department

1373
00:54:57,599 --> 00:55:00,000
we are specifically talking about the

1374
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:02,160
specific person we're not even that we

1375
00:55:02,160 --> 00:55:04,000
so we say we don't agree with it so

1376
00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:05,599
therefore we put together a resolution

1377
00:55:05,599 --> 00:55:07,599
that says and therefore it may be solved

1378
00:55:07,599 --> 00:55:09,119
that's connected to the countless that's

1379
00:55:09,119 --> 00:55:11,760
considered such data to be divisive and

1380
00:55:11,760 --> 00:55:13,359
detrimental to the state and security

1381
00:55:13,359 --> 00:55:15,280
both are residents and law enforcement

1382
00:55:15,280 --> 00:55:18,400
officers this is a this is directed at

1383
00:55:18,400 --> 00:55:25,580
an individual

1384
00:55:25,590 --> 00:55:33,430
[Applause]

1385
00:55:33,440 --> 00:55:34,799
and history of all models we had a

1386
00:55:34,799 --> 00:55:38,000
chance to look at it but um the way i

1387
00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:39,839
read this is that you put a person's

1388
00:55:39,839 --> 00:55:41,200
name in here and you're saying you

1389
00:55:41,200 --> 00:55:42,960
clearly did not support that person

1390
00:55:42,960 --> 00:55:44,720
because of what she said

1391
00:55:44,720 --> 00:55:46,319
that's what this is

1392
00:55:46,319 --> 00:55:47,680
in plain english

1393
00:55:47,680 --> 00:55:50,480
so that to me is different than nazi

1394
00:55:50,480 --> 00:55:52,319
funding police again which is a

1395
00:55:52,319 --> 00:55:53,839
budgetary issue which we'll be

1396
00:55:53,839 --> 00:55:56,559
discussing in just a couple of months

1397
00:55:56,559 --> 00:55:58,240
and and so

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00:55:58,240 --> 00:56:00,640
you know as mr mcmahon said as i've said

1399
00:56:00,640 --> 00:56:03,000
that has

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00:56:03,010 --> 00:56:14,309
[Music]

1401
00:56:14,319 --> 00:56:16,799
but without a real call to do this i'm

1402
00:56:16,799 --> 00:56:18,880
not sure what we're answering here

1403
00:56:18,880 --> 00:56:26,000
or the rel really really what it achieves

1404
00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:43,589
so um

1405
00:56:43,599 --> 00:56:45,200
on city store

1406
00:56:45,200 --> 00:56:47,119
we are trying to build

1407
00:56:47,119 --> 00:56:48,960
a collaborative environment it's a

1408
00:56:48,960 --> 00:56:51,040
cooperative environment and we have a

1409
00:56:51,040 --> 00:57:00,480
board member that is

1410
00:57:00,490 --> 00:57:11,589
[Music]

1411
00:57:11,599 --> 00:57:14,240
not thinking about being inclusive

1412
00:57:14,240 --> 00:57:16,480
and you know it was a great presentation

1413
00:57:16,480 --> 00:57:19,280
for tonight from the new superintendent

1414
00:57:19,280 --> 00:57:20,400
and i think

1415
00:57:20,400 --> 00:57:22,160
you know that needs to be carried

1416
00:57:22,160 --> 00:57:24,000
forward i know that he's met with the

1417
00:57:24,000 --> 00:57:24,799
chief

1418
00:57:24,799 --> 00:57:26,400
i know that you know things are going to

1419
00:57:26,400 --> 00:57:29,760
move forward in a good manner but i need

1420
00:57:29,760 --> 00:57:31,760
to understand

1421
00:57:31,760 --> 00:57:34,400
that it's not a school board member

1422
00:57:34,400 --> 00:57:37,680
thinking that defunding employees is

1423
00:57:37,680 --> 00:57:40,160
acceptable we need to support our police

1424
00:57:40,160 --> 00:57:42,000
we don't need to defund our police and i

1425
00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:44,400
just think it's wrong that an elected

1426
00:57:44,400 --> 00:57:47,040
school board member is

1427
00:57:47,040 --> 00:57:50,200
stating that she wants to

1428
00:57:50,200 --> 00:57:56,510
have she represents the school

1429
00:57:56,520 --> 00:58:06,829
[Music]

1430
00:58:06,839 --> 00:58:08,960
i think that

1431
00:58:08,960 --> 00:58:10,720
if you feel that way in terms of school

1432
00:58:10,720 --> 00:58:12,240
work but i think this is a conversation

1433
00:58:12,240 --> 00:58:14,319
to have and with the superintendent if

1434
00:58:14,319 --> 00:58:16,000
you feel that way about school whenever

1435
00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:19,200
or with before the um chair at school

1436
00:58:19,200 --> 00:58:20,559
i don't think at least the council

1437
00:58:20,559 --> 00:58:23,589
speaks

1438
00:58:23,599 --> 00:58:26,079
that we don't like what you said

1439
00:58:26,079 --> 00:58:27,200
and therefore we're putting the

1440
00:58:27,200 --> 00:58:29,200
resolution together because there may be

1441
00:58:29,200 --> 00:58:31,760
things that that uh council members say

1442
00:58:31,760 --> 00:58:33,200
that people don't and we didn't come

1443
00:58:33,200 --> 00:58:48,069
back

1444
00:58:48,079 --> 00:58:56,309
i think we need to

1445
00:58:56,319 --> 00:58:58,319
i agree we should support our quotes and

1446
00:58:58,319 --> 00:59:00,720
we do support our focus but on

1447
00:59:00,720 --> 00:59:02,400
disability where we should not come

1448
00:59:02,400 --> 00:59:04,480
against an individual because of the

1449
00:59:04,480 --> 00:59:06,319
statement that they made because they

1450
00:59:06,319 --> 00:59:07,920
exercised it to the first amendment

1451
00:59:07,920 --> 00:59:10,079
right that is where i draw them on that

1452
00:59:10,079 --> 00:59:12,240
we come against an individual that says

1453
00:59:12,240 --> 00:59:14,400
where does that end

1454
00:59:14,400 --> 00:59:15,839
somebody support something else that we

1455
00:59:15,839 --> 00:59:17,200
don't agree with but we don't think it's

1456
00:59:17,200 --> 00:59:18,799
appropriate we don't think it's

1457
00:59:18,799 --> 00:59:21,359
currently politically correct

1458
00:59:21,359 --> 00:59:23,599
so where does it end so

1459
00:59:23,599 --> 00:59:29,200
supporting police is absolute but going against individuals because of

1460
00:59:29,200 --> 00:59:30,480
something that they said that we don't

1461
00:59:30,480 --> 00:59:33,040
agree with and again she is one member

1462
00:59:33,040 --> 00:59:34,799
of the board so even if she says that

1463
00:59:34,799 --> 00:59:36,319
the school board member and they had any

1464
00:59:36,319 --> 00:59:38,480
control over which they don't

1465
00:59:38,480 --> 00:59:40,880
it's one member

1466
00:59:40,880 --> 00:59:43,599
we at this table

1467
00:59:43,599 --> 00:59:45,520
that we do live appropriately in terms

1468
00:59:45,520 --> 00:59:47,440
of funding our police allocating

1469
00:59:47,440 --> 00:59:49,040
whatever community resources that are

1470
00:59:49,040 --> 00:59:50,880
needed all of which was talked about in

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00:59:50,880 --> 00:59:52,079
part of the police reform and

1472
00:59:52,079 --> 00:59:54,400
reinvention so we put all that in there

1473
00:59:54,400 --> 00:59:56,319
but we talked about all that so when the

1474
00:59:56,319 --> 00:59:57,359
budget comes from we have the

1475
00:59:57,359 --> 01:00:00,400
opportunity to do that because we we

1476
01:00:00,400 --> 01:00:02,000
decided on budget so

1477
01:00:02,000 --> 01:00:04,319
you don't have to say oh we support it

1478
01:00:04,319 --> 01:00:06,640
and we we are against you saying that

1479
01:00:06,640 --> 01:00:43,190
because we can do this alive

1480
01:00:43,200 --> 01:00:44,160
but

1481
01:00:44,160 --> 01:00:46,880
people say what they feel

1482
01:00:46,880 --> 01:00:47,760
and

1483
01:00:47,760 --> 01:00:49,839
if you live in america and you have a

1484
01:00:49,839 --> 01:00:51,760
right to do that

1485
01:00:51,760 --> 01:00:53,359
and as long as you like screaming fire

1486
01:00:53,359 --> 01:01:03,829
in the filing room

1487
01:01:03,839 --> 01:01:05,599
yeah i think we're

1488
01:01:05,599 --> 01:01:07,720
just really missing

1489
01:01:07,720 --> 01:01:10,400
the vote here i mean

1490
01:01:10,400 --> 01:01:13,520
and you have a public official who's

1491
01:01:13,520 --> 01:01:15,119
come out and said that there's nothing

1492
01:01:15,119 --> 01:01:17,920
wrong with taking a stand

1493
01:01:17,920 --> 01:01:19,280
particularly when we've had other

1494
01:01:19,280 --> 01:01:21,119
vendors calling for

1495
01:01:21,119 --> 01:01:22,640
diverting

1496
01:01:22,640 --> 01:01:24,319
budgetary money from the police

1497
01:01:24,319 --> 01:01:27,280
department um while they're abolishing

1498
01:01:27,280 --> 01:01:29,280
things these are all things that are

1499
01:01:29,280 --> 01:01:31,760
then discussed publicly

1500
01:01:31,760 --> 01:01:33,520
in the steering committee meetings

1501
01:01:33,520 --> 01:01:35,040
themselves

1502
01:01:35,040 --> 01:01:38,480
and now we have school board member kong

1503
01:01:38,480 --> 01:01:39,680
to

1504
01:01:39,680 --> 01:01:42,160
defund the police it just doesn't

1505
01:01:42,160 --> 01:01:44,319
vote well for the city

1506
01:01:44,319 --> 01:01:48,000
when we're trying to build relationships

1507
01:01:48,000 --> 01:01:51,040
in this city and purposely is creating

1508
01:01:51,040 --> 01:01:52,559
decisions

1509
01:01:52,559 --> 01:01:53,760
um

1510
01:01:53,760 --> 01:01:55,920
i i think that's why

1511
01:01:55,920 --> 01:01:58,000
the resolution is necessary

1512
01:01:58,000 --> 01:02:01,680
but again that's committed so

1513
01:02:01,680 --> 01:02:03,039
it's too

1514
01:02:03,039 --> 01:02:17,750
immersive so

1515
01:02:17,760 --> 01:02:19,599
people have a right to say what they say

1516
01:02:19,599 --> 01:02:21,119
whether you agree or disagree it's a

1517
01:02:21,119 --> 01:02:23,200
newspaper um

1518
01:02:23,200 --> 01:02:26,079
then you have to know

1519
01:02:26,079 --> 01:02:28,000
but it happens people say things that

1520
01:02:28,000 --> 01:02:30,000
like we disagree with all the time that

1521
01:02:30,000 --> 01:02:32,000
doesn't make facts just because someone

1522
01:02:32,000 --> 01:02:33,760
said it

1523
01:02:33,760 --> 01:02:35,839
again we we're we're targeting one

1524
01:02:35,839 --> 01:02:37,520
person because we don't move this

1525
01:02:37,520 --> 01:02:39,839
person's stand because they are a public

1526
01:02:39,839 --> 01:02:41,359
figure i don't think this is the first

1527
01:02:41,359 --> 01:02:42,720
public figure that's ever said anything

1528
01:02:42,720 --> 01:02:45,119
that we've already done

1529
01:02:45,119 --> 01:02:47,599
so um i just put together a resolution

1530
01:02:47,599 --> 01:02:50,640
to attack someone personally

1531
01:02:50,640 --> 01:02:53,359
i think it's not what this body is

1532
01:02:53,359 --> 01:02:55,200
called to do and if we feel this level

1533
01:02:55,200 --> 01:02:58,480
of disagreement then plus we have to

1534
01:02:58,480 --> 01:03:00,480
visit down and discuss it and talk about

1535
01:03:00,480 --> 01:03:02,960
it and work through it

1536
01:03:02,960 --> 01:03:04,960
with um the individuals that i don't

1537
01:03:04,960 --> 01:03:07,760
know that's even been made an attempt to

1538
01:03:07,760 --> 01:03:09,520
do

1539
01:03:09,520 --> 01:03:10,960
but i think just putting together a

1540
01:03:10,960 --> 01:03:12,640
resolution because we didn't like what

1541
01:03:12,640 --> 01:03:14,319
somebody said things like bring our

1542
01:03:14,319 --> 01:03:29,670
passes

1543
01:03:29,680 --> 01:03:30,400
and

1544
01:03:30,400 --> 01:03:32,720
mr collins like that we

1545
01:03:32,720 --> 01:03:34,480
when we do the budget we

1546
01:03:34,480 --> 01:03:36,160
are the ones

1547
01:03:36,160 --> 01:03:38,799
with the budget we haven't wanted to say

1548
01:03:38,799 --> 01:03:40,400
this department gets this much money

1549
01:03:40,400 --> 01:03:42,960
based on what we want to call it that is

1550
01:03:42,960 --> 01:03:45,200
what happens here

1551
01:03:45,200 --> 01:03:46,799
so because someone says something

1552
01:03:46,799 --> 01:03:49,039
contrary to what we believe in

1553
01:03:49,039 --> 01:03:51,599
or what we're comfortable with

1554
01:03:51,599 --> 01:03:53,839
doesn't change the fact that we still

1555
01:03:53,839 --> 01:04:00,950
get to decide on the question

1556
01:04:00,960 --> 01:04:03,039
and that's where this belongs police

1557
01:04:03,039 --> 01:04:05,200
funding is a legendary issue whose

1558
01:04:05,200 --> 01:04:07,119
department will present their budget

1559
01:04:07,119 --> 01:04:09,119
this is what we need to do our job then

1560
01:04:09,119 --> 01:04:09,640
we'll go through

1561
01:04:09,640 --> 01:04:11,760
[Music]

1562
01:04:11,760 --> 01:04:14,079
you it the mayor will do um you know

1563
01:04:14,079 --> 01:04:15,839
either change whatever it needs to

1564
01:04:15,839 --> 01:04:17,280
change and then basic council will get

1565
01:04:17,280 --> 01:04:19,440
it this is a budgetary issue you can

1566
01:04:19,440 --> 01:04:21,280
deal with this with a budgetary issue

1567
01:04:21,280 --> 01:04:22,960
and i think anyone on this council has

1568
01:04:22,960 --> 01:04:24,880
come forward and said let's discover

1569
01:04:24,880 --> 01:04:51,990
this

1570
01:04:52,000 --> 01:04:53,920
you're asking for a resolution to

1571
01:04:53,920 --> 01:04:56,799
celebrate their 100th anniversary

1572
01:04:56,799 --> 01:04:58,640
in this visiting as a council on the

1573
01:04:58,640 --> 01:05:00,720
city we recognize the contribution

1574
01:05:00,720 --> 01:05:20,549
towards the city

1575
01:05:20,559 --> 01:05:24,240
item on the agenda is the 2021.2

1576
01:05:24,240 --> 01:05:39,190
hud continuum for ymca is dior

1577
01:05:39,200 --> 01:06:10,950
um

1578
01:06:10,960 --> 01:06:13,039
next item on the agenda is a call for

1579
01:06:13,039 --> 01:06:15,920
the public hearing for the 2022 budget

1580
01:06:15,920 --> 01:06:21,670
mr ferrari

1581
01:06:21,680 --> 01:06:23,599
thank you

1582
01:06:23,599 --> 01:06:26,160
as you know the mayor's proposed 22 the

1583
01:06:26,160 --> 01:06:28,319
2022 budget will be delivered to the

1584
01:06:28,319 --> 01:06:32,160
city council uh honor before october 1st

1585
01:06:32,160 --> 01:06:34,880
and pursuing to uh second class uh

1586
01:06:34,880 --> 01:06:36,240
city's law

1587
01:06:36,240 --> 01:06:37,359
and the charter of the city of

1588
01:06:37,359 --> 01:06:39,119
schenectady

1589
01:06:39,119 --> 01:06:41,200
uh the ordinance to approve and adapt

1590
01:06:41,200 --> 01:06:44,319
the proposed 2022 budget

1591
01:06:44,319 --> 01:06:46,240
needs to be announced by november 1st

1592
01:06:46,240 --> 01:06:47,440
and one of the

1593
01:06:47,440 --> 01:06:50,480
necessary components uh to pass this

1594
01:06:50,480 --> 01:06:52,799
proposed blended is a public hearing so

1595
01:06:52,799 --> 01:06:55,359
we're requesting uh that the

1596
01:06:55,359 --> 01:06:57,839
city council at their uh september 13th

1597
01:06:57,839 --> 01:07:01,829
uh council meeting approve

1598
01:07:01,839 --> 01:07:03,680
of the call for the public meeting to be

1599
01:07:03,680 --> 01:07:07,359
held on october 12th of

1600
01:07:07,359 --> 01:07:12,309
2021.

1601
01:07:12,319 --> 01:07:15,440
any questions on this

1602
01:07:15,440 --> 01:07:17,599
paper uh thank you

1603
01:07:17,599 --> 01:07:19,599
next is the update on the request

1604
01:07:19,599 --> 01:07:22,160
funding on the mayor

1605
01:07:22,160 --> 01:07:36,069
just uh

1606
01:07:36,079 --> 01:07:37,440
for

1607
01:07:37,440 --> 01:07:40,640
three four five community meetings with

1608
01:07:40,640 --> 01:07:43,280
counseling for uh

1609
01:07:43,280 --> 01:07:45,599
neighborhood brooks community groups

1610
01:07:45,599 --> 01:07:46,480
to

1611
01:07:46,480 --> 01:07:48,319
look at some of the

1612
01:07:48,319 --> 01:07:50,400
needs that they have

1613
01:07:50,400 --> 01:07:52,079
give us a chance to outline some of the

1614
01:07:52,079 --> 01:07:56,559
options and as we move forward with

1615
01:07:56,559 --> 01:07:58,240
just the

1616
01:07:58,240 --> 01:08:00,559
formal

1617
01:08:00,559 --> 01:08:02,240
alignment of that money to be very

1618
01:08:02,240 --> 01:08:03,920
expensive and hopefully we're going to

1619
01:08:03,920 --> 01:08:06,079
be able to do a coordinated and

1620
01:08:06,079 --> 01:08:08,240
complimentary fashion with the other

1621
01:08:08,240 --> 01:08:20,950
levels of government

1622
01:08:20,960 --> 01:08:27,510
any questions

1623
01:08:27,520 --> 01:08:32,969
like throughout the city of various kids

1624
01:08:32,979 --> 01:08:51,349
[Music]

1625
01:08:51,359 --> 01:08:52,799
some of the criteria to use it to

1626
01:08:52,799 --> 01:08:55,040
replace some of the money that we lost

1627
01:08:55,040 --> 01:08:57,520
we put some staff back in from that and

1628
01:08:57,520 --> 01:08:59,279
then look forward to working with the

1629
01:08:59,279 --> 01:09:02,159
council to come up with that final

1630
01:09:02,159 --> 01:09:04,640
document not only for

1631
01:09:04,640 --> 01:09:18,950
2022

1632
01:09:18,960 --> 01:09:21,040
to order city development and planning

1633
01:09:21,040 --> 01:09:23,440
we have seven items on the agenda

1634
01:09:23,440 --> 01:09:25,279
um the first two will be a public

1635
01:09:25,279 --> 01:09:26,159
section

1636
01:09:26,159 --> 01:09:28,080
first one uh licensing room with mental

1637
01:09:28,080 --> 01:09:30,080
placement construction south street

1638
01:09:30,080 --> 01:09:40,870
south church street

1639
01:09:40,880 --> 01:09:42,640
as part of the continuing redevelopment

1640
01:09:42,640 --> 01:09:43,759
of

1641
01:09:43,759 --> 01:09:44,960
downtown

1642
01:09:44,960 --> 01:09:47,679
the city in partnership with metroplex

1643
01:09:47,679 --> 01:09:49,440
or vice versa i really want to look at

1644
01:09:49,440 --> 01:09:52,400
it um saw two redevelopment south church

1645
01:09:52,400 --> 01:09:54,719
street between fuller and state street

1646
01:09:54,719 --> 01:09:57,679
i'm sure you're familiar with this area

1647
01:09:57,679 --> 01:09:58,960
if you were to go down the road you can

1648
01:09:58,960 --> 01:10:00,560
definitely tell it's one of the last

1649
01:10:00,560 --> 01:10:03,280
areas to be developed um leaving

1650
01:10:03,280 --> 01:10:04,800
something to be desired we've seen a lot

1651
01:10:04,800 --> 01:10:06,159
of investment as

1652
01:10:06,159 --> 01:10:08,000
in my uh as i said requesting this

1653
01:10:08,000 --> 01:10:09,679
metroplex put in there

1654
01:10:09,679 --> 01:10:11,760
between gary boulevard and state street

1655
01:10:11,760 --> 01:10:13,280
and gateway park for public

1656
01:10:13,280 --> 01:10:15,280
infrastructure and on top of that the

1657
01:10:15,280 --> 01:10:16,800
private infrastructure that we've seen

1658
01:10:16,800 --> 01:10:18,159
tested there

1659
01:10:18,159 --> 01:10:21,760
this is kind of one of the final

1660
01:10:21,760 --> 01:10:24,560
pieces to complete our lower downtown

1661
01:10:24,560 --> 01:10:26,239
development

1662
01:10:26,239 --> 01:10:28,400
so the city and metroplex going forward

1663
01:10:28,400 --> 01:10:31,440
with cooperation with a design and then

1664
01:10:31,440 --> 01:10:32,480
a bid

1665
01:10:32,480 --> 01:10:34,000
the understanding was the city would

1666
01:10:34,000 --> 01:10:36,239
contribute for the roadway and the

1667
01:10:36,239 --> 01:10:38,320
curving while metrobus would take care

1668
01:10:38,320 --> 01:10:41,199
of things such as scccs actually partner

1669
01:10:41,199 --> 01:10:43,600
on this with a parking lot they're also

1670
01:10:43,600 --> 01:10:45,280
helping contribute towards lights and

1671
01:10:45,280 --> 01:10:47,199
sidewalks and things the city usually

1672
01:10:47,199 --> 01:10:51,520
doesn't get involved with so we think this is a good project

1673
01:10:51,520 --> 01:10:53,280
another example of us working in

1674
01:10:53,280 --> 01:10:55,360
partnership with them to get

1675
01:10:55,360 --> 01:10:56,880
progress done it's going to be a

1676
01:10:56,880 --> 01:10:59,199
terrific project it's in coordination

1677
01:10:59,199 --> 01:11:00,640
with we already making the rope in one

1678
01:11:00,640 --> 01:11:03,600
way you know it formally has not been at

1679
01:11:03,600 --> 01:11:05,040
the conclusion of this project and

1680
01:11:05,040 --> 01:11:07,760
during the project will be one way

1681
01:11:07,760 --> 01:11:10,640
it will increase parking it will look

1682
01:11:10,640 --> 01:11:12,080
literally like a million bucks it's

1683
01:11:12,080 --> 01:11:14,080
going to be terrific we're eliminating

1684
01:11:14,080 --> 01:11:16,560
over a dozen utility poles

1685
01:11:16,560 --> 01:11:17,920
most of which were there were

1686
01:11:17,920 --> 01:11:19,520
unnecessary

1687
01:11:19,520 --> 01:11:21,360
defeat infrastructure that hasn't been

1688
01:11:21,360 --> 01:11:23,840
there in years but we are cognizant of

1689
01:11:23,840 --> 01:11:25,440
future development we are leaving two

1690
01:11:25,440 --> 01:11:27,760
polls to make sure that the larger lots

1691
01:11:27,760 --> 01:11:29,199
that currently aren't developing will

1692
01:11:29,199 --> 01:11:30,480
have utilities

1693
01:11:30,480 --> 01:11:33,520
so this is the project as as it is

1694
01:11:33,520 --> 01:11:35,520
i would recommend

1695
01:11:35,520 --> 01:11:37,199
authorizing the mayor to be able to

1696
01:11:37,199 --> 01:11:49,030
enter into the agreement

1697
01:11:49,040 --> 01:11:56,709
um

1698
01:11:56,719 --> 01:12:07,590
there will be a public hearing on next

1699
01:12:07,600 --> 01:12:09,360
uh um evening i'm chuck marshall from

1700
01:12:09,360 --> 01:12:12,159
stewardshops uh we have under contract

1701
01:12:12,159 --> 01:12:14,800
the sunoco at 1501 union

1702
01:12:14,800 --> 01:12:16,560
and the funeral jones general home of

1703
01:12:16,560 --> 01:12:18,719
1503 union

1704
01:12:18,719 --> 01:12:21,840
however those two are both in the c2

1705
01:12:21,840 --> 01:12:23,679
which allows a convenience store with

1706
01:12:23,679 --> 01:12:25,040
gasoline filling

1707
01:12:25,040 --> 01:12:28,000
10 20 mm street which is essentially the

1708
01:12:28,000 --> 01:12:29,199
green

1709
01:12:29,199 --> 01:12:31,199
landscape strip between

1710
01:12:31,199 --> 01:12:33,120
the r1

1711
01:12:33,120 --> 01:12:34,080
use

1712
01:12:34,080 --> 01:12:35,840
and the c2 district is

1713
01:12:35,840 --> 01:12:37,920
actually zoned r1 and is not allowed to

1714
01:12:37,920 --> 01:12:40,239
be incorporated in our use so what we're

1715
01:12:40,239 --> 01:12:42,719
here tonight to request

1716
01:12:42,719 --> 01:12:46,239
is rezone of the parcel at 1020

1717
01:12:46,239 --> 01:12:59,520
um palm street

1718
01:12:59,530 --> 01:13:03,520
[Music]

1719
01:13:03,520 --> 01:13:06,000
with um it's rear to the residential

1720
01:13:06,000 --> 01:13:07,120
district

1721
01:13:07,120 --> 01:13:13,510
and put the gas in front

1722
01:13:13,520 --> 01:13:15,199
i just wanted to figure out where we

1723
01:13:15,199 --> 01:13:16,400
were with the planning commission so

1724
01:13:16,400 --> 01:13:18,159
forgive me for that so the planning

1725
01:13:18,159 --> 01:13:19,360
commission issued a favorable

1726
01:13:19,360 --> 01:13:21,040
recommendation i think that there's

1727
01:13:21,040 --> 01:13:22,719
going to be some

1728
01:13:22,719 --> 01:13:24,480
cycling concerns elevation head things

1729
01:13:24,480 --> 01:13:26,239
as there normally is

1730
01:13:26,239 --> 01:13:27,840
i think we've done a pretty good job

1731
01:13:27,840 --> 01:13:29,679
redeveloping stores

1732
01:13:29,679 --> 01:13:34,630
throughout the city um

1733
01:13:34,640 --> 01:13:50,070
is

1734
01:13:50,080 --> 01:13:51,840
so with us is jennifer howard she's

1735
01:13:51,840 --> 01:13:54,080
actually our property manager um and

1736
01:13:54,080 --> 01:13:56,640
she'll be the one at the

1737
01:13:56,640 --> 01:13:58,960
meeting next week so because of the

1738
01:13:58,960 --> 01:14:01,760
tenancy situation we've been unable to

1739
01:14:01,760 --> 01:14:03,840
redevelop

1740
01:14:03,840 --> 01:14:06,239
the upper union street store as we have

1741
01:14:06,239 --> 01:14:09,520
um ben franklin brandywine and broadway

1742
01:14:09,520 --> 01:14:12,320
so what this does is as you look at

1743
01:14:12,320 --> 01:14:14,320
where we are in the city the union

1744
01:14:14,320 --> 01:14:15,360
street

1745
01:14:15,360 --> 01:14:17,440
portal um where

1746
01:14:17,440 --> 01:14:19,520
the upper union street store is it does

1747
01:14:19,520 --> 01:14:22,159
not have a side street traffic that

1748
01:14:22,159 --> 01:14:24,159
matches on the column track

1749
01:14:24,159 --> 01:14:26,719
so here we would see effectively

1750
01:14:26,719 --> 01:14:29,679
50 more cars than we're currently seeing

1751
01:14:29,679 --> 01:14:31,520
and we do think that that will be a

1752
01:14:31,520 --> 01:14:32,800
longer

1753
01:14:32,800 --> 01:14:34,320
you know that's the longest lasting

1754
01:14:34,320 --> 01:14:36,000
point in the market

1755
01:14:36,000 --> 01:14:38,000
while the upper union street location

1756
01:14:38,000 --> 01:14:38,960
has

1757
01:14:38,960 --> 01:14:40,560
more viability

1758
01:14:40,560 --> 01:14:51,180
both as

1759
01:14:51,190 --> 01:15:19,910
[Music]

1760
01:15:19,920 --> 01:15:22,080
the layout will be effectively the same

1761
01:15:22,080 --> 01:15:25,920
um the side door uh on mcclellan on the

1762
01:15:25,920 --> 01:15:29,600
front door that will face the gas cam

1763
01:15:29,600 --> 01:15:31,440
i just you know one of the things that i

1764
01:15:31,440 --> 01:15:33,600
want to show is just to show you the

1765
01:15:33,600 --> 01:15:35,280
amount of space we're actually talking

1766
01:15:35,280 --> 01:15:37,120
about

1767
01:15:37,120 --> 01:15:40,320
this is the existing parking so

1768
01:15:40,320 --> 01:15:41,600
i'm sorry

1769
01:15:41,600 --> 01:15:43,120
yeah thank you

1770
01:15:43,120 --> 01:15:45,199
we're literally talking about like a

1771
01:15:45,199 --> 01:15:48,080
couple of feet of usable area um our

1772
01:15:48,080 --> 01:15:50,000
real intention is to leave that green

1773
01:15:50,000 --> 01:15:51,760
space area

1774
01:15:51,760 --> 01:15:53,199
between us

1775
01:15:53,199 --> 01:15:54,960
and the residential district that it

1776
01:15:54,960 --> 01:15:56,159
butts it

1777
01:15:56,159 --> 01:15:58,800
these homes don't have windows on the

1778
01:15:58,800 --> 01:16:00,800
back of the residence so one of the

1779
01:16:00,800 --> 01:16:02,480
things we're able to do by

1780
01:16:02,480 --> 01:16:04,640
rezoning this property

1781
01:16:04,640 --> 01:16:07,280
we can keep lights off the back of the

1782
01:16:07,280 --> 01:16:08,400
building

1783
01:16:08,400 --> 01:16:10,159
so effectively the building becomes a

1784
01:16:10,159 --> 01:16:12,080
stream from the

1785
01:16:12,080 --> 01:16:14,159
residential district to the commercial

1786
01:16:14,159 --> 01:16:16,560
district with the majority of commercial

1787
01:16:16,560 --> 01:16:28,709
activity kept to the front

1788
01:16:28,719 --> 01:16:34,149
yes

1789
01:16:34,159 --> 01:16:37,830
any other questions

1790
01:16:37,840 --> 01:16:39,840
so thank you for coming in again

1791
01:16:39,840 --> 01:16:45,189
republican uh

1792
01:16:45,199 --> 01:17:01,030
thank you

1793
01:17:01,040 --> 01:17:03,840
on