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hello i want to thank you today for

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joining me for the 2022 state of the

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city

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dress for the city of schenectady i want

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to specifically thank jen paluccio alex

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sutherland jennifer clifford and amy

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hill

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provided technical and administrative

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support for today's address

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i want to thank council president

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porterfield majority leader

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members of our city council

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i

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appreciate the work that they do every

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day on behalf of the residents of the

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city

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i also

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appreciate people who are watching live

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via webex open stage media or may view

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this as a recorded meeting of the future

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i want to thank our department heads and

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the city staff for the work they do

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every day for the residents of our city

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it's really an impressive team that we

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have of dedicated individuals who try

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and make a difference in people's lives

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every day

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covent is still an issue in our

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day-to-day lives over the past year i

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have and still recommend people get

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vaccinated

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wear masks wash their hands and practice

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social distancing to minimize the spread

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of the virus

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something that we're dealing with and

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they're going to have to deal with into

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the future

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2021 was a pretty good year for the city

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of schenectady

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thanks to the american rescue plan act

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just signed into law on march 11 2021 by

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president biden

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the fiscally proven work by city staff

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and resiliency in our local economy s p

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global ratings affirmed its a rating for

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a general obligation bond and raised the

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city of schenectady's outlook from

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stable to positive

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schenectady will end 2021 with a

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balanced budget

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our expenses will equal revenues

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prior to the covid 19

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pandemic we have cut taxes five years in

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a row

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and even with the pandemic driven

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adjustments over the past two years our

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property tax rate is more than six

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percent lower than it was seven years

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ago

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to get into very good fiscal story from

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the city

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schenectady

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the multi-year trend of property value

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increases continued last year

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there is and has been

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real value in real estate in the city of

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schenectady

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we've received half of our almost 53

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million

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dollars of arba allocation as part of

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that process i held several neighborhood

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discussions and we put in place an

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online application process to seek

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community input on using the arc of

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money

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we now are in the process of evaluating

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and implementing those projects which we

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have to do in a manner that will be

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compliant with federal guidelines

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the infrastructure

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and investment and

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commonly referred to as iija

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provides significant additional federal

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funding on top of the american rescue

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plan

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this is the largest long-term investment

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in our infrastructure in our nation's

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history

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this money will provide this will

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provide money to states and local

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governments through new and expanded

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programs in the area of transportation

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broadband energy resiliency and water

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projects

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we have now completed the conversion of

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all of our 4000 plus utility pole

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mounted street lights in this in the

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city to smart led fixtures

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as part of our

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rev demonstration project with national

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grid this also includes

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smart city features to improve public

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safety transportation

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mobility

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and environmental sustainability

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our public wi-fi deployment in the

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neighborhoods is also steadily increased

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which has been critical to many

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residents throughout pandemic

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i remind residents of the interactive

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wi-fi map we have on our website to keep

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everyone posted on where we currently

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have this expanding service

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networking of all city facilities with a

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fiber backbone

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is a foundational part of this project

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and we're approximately halfway through

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the installation of this backbone it's

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an ambitious plan

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and different from other communities is

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the goal is a city-wide and not just in

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the central business district they have

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the services available

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to show

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the importance of this network and how

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it has affected residents over the last

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year

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we have seen

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[Music]

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770 million separate page views on that

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network and this was driven by 45 000

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unique visitors

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the schenectady police reform and

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reinvention collaborative was formed

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with accordance with the governor's

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executive order

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we have put in place a nationally

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recognized community review panel for

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police hiring

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school-based community engagement

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officers and established a recruitment

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and education partnership with suny

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schenectady is part of our ongoing

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efforts in this area

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this county police department cares

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program

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is guided by the principles of police

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assisted addiction and recovery

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initiative this allows individuals in

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need of assistance to simply walk into

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the police station and connect with

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services this program has helped over 78

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people

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in probably the last six months

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we're fortunate to have new choices

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recovery center catholic charities and

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schenectady county community services as

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partners in the delivery of this program

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our total police calls were down over 11

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last year's compared to the five year

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average

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this continues a trend that we started

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pre-pandemically

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uh we continue to develop the new

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telemedicine platform of ellis hospital

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mvp

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cd php healthcare and united concierge

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medicine and we're looking to expand our

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partnerships with other providers

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our paramedics can perform telehealth

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consultation with ucm physicians

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avoiding costly trips to the emergency

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room with 115

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certified paramedics the smokey fire

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department is the first and largest

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department in the region to offer this

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we've updated our city website

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and have

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put in place secret fix is a new feature

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it's to make reporting and tracking of

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non-emergency problems or issues easier

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i thank the city clerk and city council

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members for adding the c-clec fixed qr

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code to their business cards to ease the

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access of this service for our residents

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garbage collection is one of the great

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services we provide to our residents

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unfortunately we're facing two issues

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one our recycled material which we used

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to have it taken away at little or no

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cost

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today our cost is just under 62. a ton

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and that compares to a little over 44.

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for our msw msw is municipal solid waste

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so it costs us 40

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more to dispose of recycled material

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than just regular garbage

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the other issue is we deal with

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individuals

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depicted in this photograph who put out

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extraordinary quantities of garbage

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and i look forward to working with the

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council as we look at these issues and

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how we can

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hopefully stimulate

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markets for recycled materials that are

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going to reduce our overall cost and

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also balance out and put some equity in

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the individuals who use the service and

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find a way to restrict those people that

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really take advantage of our garbage

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collection and drive up our overall

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costs

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we received the clean energy communities

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designation through nyserda last may and

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in june eec gave's connect to the abroad

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certification is a climate smart

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community

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these are given in recognition of local

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climate action and clean energy

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leadership

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we specifically had significant

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investment in electric vehicle fleets

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our led street lights and our municipal

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solar arrays

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we continue to look for ways to make

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schenectady more sustainable working

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with a local company livingston energy

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we added 10 new electric vehicle

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charging stations on liberty street

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this in addition to the 26 new ev

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charging stations and soon he's

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and we're still waiting for the delivery

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and the hybrid and electric vehicles we

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plan to add to the police department

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it's unfortunately some of the supply

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chain issues

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but we remain committed to reduce our

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carbon footprint and add electric

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vehicles the city fleet

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we worked for the national grid last

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year retreats connected the community

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fathers and sjta to plant 50 trees in

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environmental justice areas

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the climate vulnerability and adaptation

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report done by our staff identified the

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critical role urban trees

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play in combating air pollution reducing

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the heat island effect and improving

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overall mental health within the

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community

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dec has provided us funding to continue

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our city-wide free inventory and

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management plan

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we're almost done with the 1.3 million

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investment in orchard park

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crane street

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land bank under the leadership of county

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legislator richard bruzo executive

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director david hogan

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coordinated the demolition of six

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adjacent buildings to this site this

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added over 35 000 square feet of green

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space for the mount pleasant

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neighborhood

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and we've added a basketball court

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playground equipment and we'll finish

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this spring with the addition of an

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outdoor fitness court

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two additional park upgrades done last

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year as part of the thriving

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neighborhoods challenge

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were the new splash pad at the

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wallingford park and improvements to

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jalen park on land and terrace

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we look forward to starting construction

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for jerry morrell park

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this will include a new splash pad

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basketball cart seating area improved

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lighting and public art

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this is possible because of the support

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from new york state parks

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i appreciate the city council's early

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support for a new pool in central park

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this will allow us to deal with state

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department of health compliance issues

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with our current pool reduces our

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overall maintenance issues and

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compliment our past investments in music

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haven the a diamond and tennis courts

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central park again is really a great

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facility

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encourage people who haven't had the

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opportunity to go in and see the things

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that are there take the time

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stop by and really enjoy what we have

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we've reduced the number of properties

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on our vacant property registry last

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year from

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over 800 to

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386

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cut it you know by half

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it's significant uh again distressed

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property still drives a lot of our

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expense for code enforcement for

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policing in the fire department and has

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a negative effect than general city

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revenue

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it's an area that we have to continue to

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collectively work on

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and again it's one that schenectady has

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a fairly good track record on but it's

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still significant when we continue to

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have to focus our efforts

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since 2014 we've demolished over 200

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blighted and vacant buildings in our

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neighborhoods we're scheduling the

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removal of another another 13 this year

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we've sold over 100 properties last

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through last year through our

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award-winning homes program

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home ownership made easy and schenectady

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our focus continues to be creating

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owner-occupied homes in our

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neighborhoods just under 750 properties

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have moved through this program in the

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last nine years

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the homes program also continues to be a

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good source of revenue this program not

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only puts properties back on the tax

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rolls for continued and stable tax

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stream

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revenue stream but last year generated

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over 3.7 million dollars in gross

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revenue through our sales

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work continues at the new northside

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village on van branden avenue both

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hillside crossing and albany street and

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renaissance square just off eastern

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avenue are open and fully occupied these

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developments represent over 150 million

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dollar

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worth of investments in our community

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the new depaul 60 unit housing

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unit the 60 unit housing for senior and

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veterans development on crane street is

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moving through the planning process and

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construction is scheduled to start later

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this year

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this will be a significant addition to

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the new boys and girls club in the

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county library in the bound pleasant

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neighborhood

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given

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the revitalization of our community the

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economic activity is significant we've

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got the major development we've seen

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the 440 000 square foot uh project in

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the mill artisan district on state

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street 67 000 square feet

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work in the form of trusco headquarters

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you know 66

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500 square feet

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the new apartment building at 501 state

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street it's a 40 000 square foot

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building the ywca facility on washington

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avenue

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we've seen uh work and renovations at

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the old

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gazette press building

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renovation the former otb headquarters

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and also

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seeing the rehabilitation of the

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building just across from city hall here

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at jane franklin streets

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the final testing and site work will be

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completed this spring at the north ferry

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street pump station this is a major

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upgrade to this critical piece of

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infrastructure and stabilizes our system

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for high water events and positions our

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community for future growth and

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sustainability

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in uh

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rebuilding our infrastructure

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projects that we completed last year and

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some were still ongoing

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there was a million and a half dollars

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worth of work done in south church

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street

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the broadway

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pavement preservation project uh

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largely in bellevue was a million for

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the 750 thousand dollars we spent in the

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long awaited upgrades the stormline from

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lancaster wine opening renaissance

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it's done uh

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done a substantial amount of work for

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the intersection improvements at doc

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wendell and rosa road

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the intersection is done in forest and

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francis that's just under 300 000

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we have planned

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a hundred thousand dollar improvement

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for the intersection at that street

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in mcclellan for stabilization

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and modifications into the curbs there

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this year

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we have approximately 40 million dollars

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of pending

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projects

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these include

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uh seven

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five point seven million dollars in our

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general paving program

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we're finally gonna be able to undertake

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the million and a half dollar upgrades

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to brandywine avenue between state

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street in 890

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got a million

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one

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for downtown pedestrian safety

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improvements

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this five million dollar project for

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kings road bridge replacement

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say 3.1 million dollars for francis

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avenue bridge deck replacement

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the upgrades for the crane bain chrysler

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intersection 750 thousand dollars

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a significant portion of that was made

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available through assembly member angelo

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santa barbara

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the million dollar upgrades with bicycle

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track on franklin street

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uh 250 000

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for bicycle path improvements on

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washington avenue

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in phase two and three we're going to in

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veil park we're going to spend an

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approximately 350 000 to complete those

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the 3.1 million dollar francis avenue

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bridge deck replacement

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that was awarded through a competitive

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program bridge new york

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again it shows that we're able to put

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together projects that

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we compete with regionally and do it in

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a successful manner and i thank the city

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engineer chris wallin the team for

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making some of that possible

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uh this particular project will require

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the francis avenue bridge to be closed

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to both vehicles and pedestrians

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from march 14th through august 1st

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where we look to minimize that

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inconvenience we're doing that so that

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it speeds up the overall project and

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reduces the overall cost

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this project again

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includes the complete removal and

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replacement of the concrete bridge deck

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along with the sidewalks and will result

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in increased lighting

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for that structure

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we're

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similar to other national

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entities and other levels of government

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we're

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having difficulty filling some of the

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positions at city hall i encourage

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people to go

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to the city website look and see what

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positions are open consider joining a

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great team of people that we have

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working in the city is connected

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we ended 2021 with a bright light

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our first annual luminosity event

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brought building owners businesses and

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not-for-profits together to celebrate

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the holiday season

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i want to thank

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dsic and national grid for making that

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possible i also had the pleasure of

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walking with our governor kathy pocal

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while she did some christmas shopping on

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j street here in schenectady

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i'm proud of the record we have we have

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a bright future and it's an exciting

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time to be in schenectady again

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appreciate the work that our city

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council does our department heads and

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the city staff so i want to thank

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everyone for joining today

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stay safe enjoy the rest of your day

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you