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i'd like to call the city caucus meeting

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to order for monday august 22nd 2022.

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we have 15 items for original

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consideration

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please read item number one for final consideration

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an ordinance to amend section

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87-6.1 of the code of the city of

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schenectady

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mr bellamy

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roll call

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that'll be a roll call though

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item number two under original

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consideration an ordinance or

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authorizing the issuance of the bond for

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the construction reconstruction

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installation of improvement at and

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in connection with the rice road water

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treatment plant discussing committee

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with objection and on consent item

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number three item number three for

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original consideration a resolution

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appropriating the american rescue plan

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act funds and authorizing the mayor to

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enter into agreement

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division of homeland security and

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emergency services to secure grant

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funding discuss the committee without

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consent

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item number

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six item number six for

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original consideration a resolution

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authorized in the mayor to enter into an

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agreement with axon enterprise

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incorporated for the purpose of

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purchasing the axon officer safety plan

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discuss the committee with objection on

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consent item number seven item number

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seven for original consideration a

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resolution calling for a public hearing

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to support

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an application by metroplex for restore

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new york grant through empire state

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development

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discuss the committee with objections on

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consent item number eight item number

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eight for original consideration a

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resolution accepting the 2021 assistant

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to firefighters grant and authorizing

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purchase of radios discussing committee

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with objection on consent item number

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nine for original

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consideration a resolution authorized

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the mayor or his designee to enter into

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an agreement with wnb golf carts

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incorporated for the lease of 62 lithium

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power golf carts and 60 gps systems at

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the schenectady municipal golf course

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discuss the committee with objection on

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consent item number 10 item number 10

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for original consideration a resolution

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authorizing the sale of 552 crane street

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for five thousand dollars

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discuss the committee with objection on

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consent item number eleven item number

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11 for original consideration a

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resolution authorized in the sale of 820

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strong street for 40 thousand dollars

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discussing without without objection on

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consent item number 12. item number 12

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for original consideration a resolution

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authorizes authorizing the sale of 854

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albany street for fifteen thousand

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dollars

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consent and number thirteen item number

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thirteen for original consideration a

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resolution authorizing the sale of a

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vacant lot at 1834 watt street for five

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thousand dollars discussing committee

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with objection on consent item number

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original consideration a resolution

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authorizing the sale of 1838 watt street

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for twenty eight thousand dollars

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consent item number 15. item number 15

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for original consideration resolution

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authorizing the issuance of revocable

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permit number 673 to john riley for a

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sign and awning that will encroach the

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city's right of way at 235 237 union

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street

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discussing committee without checking

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we have two items for roll call vote

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if the clerk would please read item

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number one for final consideration

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an ordinance to amend section

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schenectady i need a motion to move this

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okay all right

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okay all right if there's nothing more

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to come before the city council caucus i

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ask for a motion to adjourn

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all in favor

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i'd like to call the city council

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meeting to order for monday august 22nd

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2022

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and i'd like to follow the reverend

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ronald hunt for the prayer and

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invocation

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good evening it's great to see such an

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amazing turnout from the city tonight

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who am i and what is the purpose of an

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invocation

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my name is ronald hunt and i'm a

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practicing minister in schenectady with

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a specialty in weddings i serve people

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of all faiths including none

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there was concern at the last city

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council meeting so i wanted to share

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this

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while it is an honor to

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bless

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public meetings i am not compensated nor

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have i referred to a god of any religion

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at a government meeting

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the act of in

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invoking or calling upon a group to a

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higher purpose for civility and active

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listening has been my goal in these

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short talks

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it was also mentioned by speakers that

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their religion is never represented

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i'm sure if your iman or rabbi was so

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inclined they could be easily added to

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the list i won't mind doing fewer

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let us reflect for a moment

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first let me say thank you on behalf of

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all who are gathered here today

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thank you for the ability to be involved

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in useful work and for the honor of

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bearing appropriate responsibilities

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thanks as well for the freedom to share

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and listen to information and counsel

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from your constituents which includes

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the freedom to respectfully disagree

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with many branches of government yet we

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have the right to seek our redress

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whether it's here at a peaceful protest

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or especially the voting booth

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in ancient books it is said that

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citizens ought to obey their government

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authorities since those very authorities

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were established to promote peace order

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and justice

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in present times sometimes it seems

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things seem a bit more complex therefore

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i pray for our city council

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our mayor and also everybody present

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um

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i'm asking that everyone graciously

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grant them wisdom to govern amid the

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conflicting interests and issues of our

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times

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a sense of the welfare and true needs of

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our people a keem thirst for justice and

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rightness

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confidence in what is good and fitting

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the ability to work together in harmony

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even when there is honest disagreement

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personal peace in their lives and joy in

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their tasks

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i do pray non-denominationally

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for the agenda set before them today

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please give assurance of what would

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please you their constituents and what

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would benefit those who live and work in

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and around our beloved city of

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schenectady thank you i'd like to call on matt daley

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to please the pledge of allegiance

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one nation

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thank you

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if the clerk would please complete the

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roll call

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mr mutaviran

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mr toro

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mr farley

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mr williams

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ms patrick

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mr palomini miss porterfield here

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and asked for approval for the minutes

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of august 8

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2022

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moved by mr williams second by most of

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mr modibaran all in favor

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aye

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and ask the clerk to please read

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communications and petitions

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communications presented to city council

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for monday august 22nd 2022 under

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official there were none

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under general from heather hutchinson an

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email stating her frustration

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with the lack of process transparency

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for the designation of the arpa funds

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and disappointment with the

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appropriations for large development and

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tourism projects

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it will not benefit city residents in

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the short term

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from patricia greenwood an email

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regarding illegal dumping on the corner

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of manhattan and seneca street from kg

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conley a letter to city council

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regarding the sidewalks on van rankin

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avenue and the need for parking

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enforcement under petitions there were

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none

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thank you

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i'll call on council

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committee reports from council members

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okay

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next on our agenda is the privilege of

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the floor related to the legislative

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agenda

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before we um actually have people come

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to speak there is a statement i'd like

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to make because i want to clarify some

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things that have been

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miscommunicated

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first of all we have not allocated all

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the arpa funds

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transparency has been a huge topic in

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conversation

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we started this process with tours

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community surveys and recruiting a team

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of residents to review applications

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to my recollection there has not been

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that level of public inclusion on city

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funding in the past

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the most reviews on any application was

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three

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no application was viewed by five to six

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people as reported

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there is a constant mention of 70 plus

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applications that seems to imply there

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are all community applications when in

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fact the applications from smaller cbo's

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was closer to 40 with remainder from the

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city or larger organizations or groups

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all community applications which

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qualified according to the department of

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development were reviewed by the

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department of development

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the advisory committee and at least five

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council members

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that is more eyes than are normally are

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involved in the review process

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this was a new process so it was a bumpy

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process much like the sidewalk program

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being inclusive in our decision making

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was an ask from the community and we

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worked to make that happen

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change is hard

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but to quote

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peter drucker if you want something new

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you have to stop doing something old

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the goal of having it the goal of having

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an advisory committee was to have a more

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participatory process and including

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people in the process which is the

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government

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did the did it fully work the way you

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intended no there were some people who

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could not fulfill their commitment

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however that does not mean that we

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disregard the people who did provide

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feedback

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for those members of this elected body

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who are criticizing the process they

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were part of the process deciding not to

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participate in a constructive way

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when you believe you have an idea to

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improve the process

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not only and to only offer criticism is

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a decision

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our recommendations on tonight's agenda

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are to fund larger projects which are we

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expect will benefit many city residents

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and to bring revenue into the city

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we also recommended fully funding small

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organizations who usually get just

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enough to keep them from drowning

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organizations working with youth in

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marginalized communities and that

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address food security and housing

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i expect the opposition from a political

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group that has been the biggest critic

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because we are supporting certain groups

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that are not valued from their viewpoint

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however

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that will not stop us from governing

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through a lens of balance and equity

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efficiency is doing the thing right

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effective effectiveness is doing the

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right thing

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i still believe in having community

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input on what happens in the city we

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just have to figure out the best way to

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encourage that participation

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and once again to

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quote peter drucker

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the greatest danger in times of

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turbulence is not the turbulence

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is it is to act with yesterday's logic

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at this time i have 20 people signed up

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to speak on the legislative agenda

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the first person is sarah gregory

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i just want to remind those of you who

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are not familiar with the process it is

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uh we have you have three minutes

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and you will hear a timer go off at the

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end of your three minutes thank you mr

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gregory hi my name is sarah gregory i'm

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on the board of the capital region

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aquatic center and i want to thank the

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city council and the mayor for

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continuing to support the project and i

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just wanted to speak briefly on the

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community

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benefits that will come with the capital

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region aquatic center

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we will be a monday through sunday seven

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day a week

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place for the

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citizens of schenectady to come and swim

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and be active the health and wellness

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we'll have adult fitness we will have

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learn to swim

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one of our the one that's most important to us is

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the learn to swim because 50 percent of

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the u.s population doesn't know how to

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swim

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um

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drowning is the second leading cause of

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death for

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children ages 1-14

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um

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that has got lots of statistics here um

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and we've learned that

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we found they've found that one month of

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formal swim lessons decreases your

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chance of drowning by 80 and that's kids

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and adults

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a lot of the reason kids don't know how

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to swim is because their parents don't

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know how to swim and are afraid of the

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water so um one of our missions is

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to teach every second grader in the

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schenectady city school district to swim

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by providing transportation and lessons

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at the aquatic center providing

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swimsuits and goggles that's all done

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thank you that's all done through

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foundations and grants that are

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nationwide that and so that would be

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provided free of charge this second

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graders of um the city of schenectady

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um also it will bring

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monday as i said monday through sunday it won't close

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down you hear a lot about the events

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that are going to be there and the

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people it's going to bring to the area

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but the way this is designed is that

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those those events won't prevent the

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citizens of schenectady from coming

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there seven days a week

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there's the drowning prevention swimming

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is a lifelong activity it's very it's no

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to low impact so it's going to be

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for people of all ages from infants to

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seniors all levels of abilities that

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will teach infants

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and kids to swim adults to swim we've

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talked to many organizations um that you

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know the

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insurance companies they really are

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trying to focus on health now and one of

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the best ways to get

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people healthy and active is in the

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water but they can't find space we have

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a lot of pools but they're all built for

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union college schenectady high school

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the wise they have to do their they have

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to get their constituents in there and

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so this center will have the ability with

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all those different there's three

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they're four different pools to offer

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something for everyone no matter their

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age ability

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and also i've already talked about the

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grants for the learn to swim there are

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grants also for memberships there are

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grants then for the aquatic teams

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if kids then decide they want to be a

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swimmer or a diver or water polo

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it's really for the

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city of schenectady and its residents

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it's not just for the visitors that are

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going to come and use the pool thank you

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sheila rivera

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good evening

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everyone rivera i'm on the governance

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committee for miracle on correct street

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and i just wanted to take an opportunity

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to

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thank

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the city council

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for

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acknowledging and recognizing

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the importance of the carver community

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center and what reopening it would mean

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to the community

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for acknowledging the void that was left

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when the doors closed

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i'd like to thank you for acknowledging

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the support that we've received in the

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community from the different community

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based organizations such as

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the honest way food court

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the first

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reformed church

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the unitarian universalist society

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stewards

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precision industrial maintenance and so

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many

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other

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cbo's

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i'd like to thank you for acknowledging

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the work

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that the board

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has done in the past seven years

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and

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for appreciating that the board is not

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comprised of a bunch of professionals in

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construction and fundraising

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but just everyday people who have 95

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jobs but we came together with a common

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goal

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okay

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and just a love for our city in our

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community

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so

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we've taken on these new roles and we've

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learned new skills

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because that's what we needed to do

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okay

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thank you for appreciating the fact that

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while there have been delays and and we

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know kobit was a big one not just for

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this project but for many other projects

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um that we have not stopped working

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okay we're there every saturday from 10

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to two during the warmer months where we

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can get in there we have volunteers that

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come in um so the work hasn't stopped

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and finally i just want to thank you

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for

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your support your faith and your

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patience

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um

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just know

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that

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you know we're committee committed fully

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committed um to this project and to the

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community

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um and i would like to challenge anyone

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that has doubts or doesn't believe in

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the cause or

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has questions come on down on a

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and just feel the energy

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look at all the people that are there

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um

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working together the camaraderie

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and

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we'll make you a believer

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thank you

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good evening and thank you for this

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opportunity members of the city council president porterfield and mayor

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mccarthy

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we do appreciate your service to the

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city

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i first want to thank the council for

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embracing our shared concern about a

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growing issue lack of access for food

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for city residents in particular access

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to healthy food

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many of us have been working with great

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passion and intelligence and in a

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collaborative fashion to address this

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issue and to have the support of the

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council and the mayor is essential if we

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are to solve this

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and the only way to do that is to

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understand the root causes

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and then act collectively for a greater

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impact

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the six hundred 000 proposal from the

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foundation which would have been which

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will be leveraged by another 1.7 million

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dollars

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um

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uh is to establish a healthy and

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equitable

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food council i uh emphasize the word

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equitable thereby creating a one

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schenectady approach one planning and

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coordination body for the city and the

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county that would be representative of

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all stakeholders in the food system

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including consumers

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collect data to better understand the

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root causes

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establish priorities and strategies for

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investment in new programs and processes

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coordinate the work of

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many food system partners for optimal

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impact

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drive investment from

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both arpa funds the schenectady

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foundation's funding and other donors

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into the highest priority

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programs and those that have

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demonstrated grace level of

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effectiveness

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and finally that we continue to assess

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outcomes and progress and adjust our

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strategy going forward that we have some

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flexibility in how we do this

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um we assure you and i wanted to make

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sure

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this point tonight that in fact

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collaboration and coordination has been

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happening

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we had no choice as particularly when

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covet first hit

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and this city the people of the city

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organizations the city came together

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like never before and we were already a

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collaborative city um and there was no

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choice but to do everything together and

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that spirit of of collaboration and

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coordination has continued

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onward um even though we're still in

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technically in pandemic mode i guess

582
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and we will continue that spirit of

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00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:51,359
cooperation

584
00:42:51,359 --> 00:42:53,440
the healthy and equitable food council

585
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:55,040
will be inclusive

586
00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:57,200
and it will build bridges across sectors

587
00:42:57,200 --> 00:43:01,280
and providers to achieve better outcomes

588
00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:02,800
as we all know arpa funding is a

589
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,359
one-time opportunity let's ensure that

590
00:43:05,359 --> 00:43:07,280
we effectively leverage our collective

591
00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:10,079
resources for lasting impact

592
00:43:10,079 --> 00:43:12,079
on one of the city's greatest needs

593
00:43:12,079 --> 00:43:19,430
thank you

594
00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:24,069
matt bailey

595
00:43:24,079 --> 00:43:26,800
good evening everybody fellow mr mayor

596
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:28,720
mr porterfield council members ladies

597
00:43:28,720 --> 00:43:29,839
and gentlemen

598
00:43:29,839 --> 00:43:31,680
my name is matthew daley i'm the head

599
00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:33,040
golf professional at schenectady

600
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:35,520
municipal golf course

601
00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:37,359
i certainly don't envy the task that's

602
00:43:37,359 --> 00:43:38,720
in front of you but i applaud your

603
00:43:38,720 --> 00:43:40,720
efforts because i know that your your

604
00:43:40,720 --> 00:43:43,040
task is daunting

605
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:44,480
when it comes to

606
00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:47,359
our parks and recreation specifically

607
00:43:47,359 --> 00:43:50,640
when you talk about the baseball field

608
00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:52,800
the basketball courts the swimming pool

609
00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:55,359
the tennis the parks

610
00:43:55,359 --> 00:43:57,599
and our great golf course

611
00:43:57,599 --> 00:43:59,680
those are essential to any health and

612
00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:02,400
well-being of any municipality

613
00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:03,920
so i truly want to thank you for

614
00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:05,280
considering us as part of those

615
00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:06,880
fundamental upgrades

616
00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:08,480
because you're not just investing in

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00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:10,319
today but you are certainly investing in

618
00:44:10,319 --> 00:44:12,560
the future of the city

619
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:13,920
and i would like to leave you with one

620
00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:16,240
quote from mr arnold palmer the late

621
00:44:16,240 --> 00:44:18,319
great honor palmer who said

622
00:44:18,319 --> 00:44:21,119
golf is deceptively simple and endlessly

623
00:44:21,119 --> 00:44:22,560
complicated

624
00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:24,400
it satisfies the soul

625
00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:26,480
frustrates the intellect

626
00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:28,160
it is at the same time rewarding and

627
00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:30,800
maddening and it is without a doubt the

628
00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:33,280
greatest game mankind has ever created

629
00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:46,950
thank you very much thank you

630
00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:48,240
chairman of the

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00:44:48,240 --> 00:44:50,720
municipal golf course advisory committee

632
00:44:50,720 --> 00:44:52,480
i'm here tonight on behalf of the

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00:44:52,480 --> 00:44:54,720
committee to thank the council and the

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00:44:54,720 --> 00:44:55,599
mayor

635
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and the city

636
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for

637
00:44:59,839 --> 00:45:02,720
our hopeful hopefully new irrigation

638
00:45:02,720 --> 00:45:04,960
system which is

639
00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:07,839
solely needed thank you very much

640
00:45:07,839 --> 00:45:13,349
thank you

641
00:45:13,359 --> 00:45:20,309
denise rivera

642
00:45:20,319 --> 00:45:22,160
good evening council members good

643
00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:23,119
evening

644
00:45:23,119 --> 00:45:25,200
council president and mayor my name is

645
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:27,119
bernice rivera and i know i wear

646
00:45:27,119 --> 00:45:29,599
multiple hats in the community i put my

647
00:45:29,599 --> 00:45:30,800
glasses on

648
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:32,160
but tonight i'm wearing the head of a

649
00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:34,160
community member an abuela or

650
00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:35,920
grandmother and member of the wisdom

651
00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:37,599
committee members who help provide

652
00:45:37,599 --> 00:45:39,200
guidance to the miracle and craig street

653
00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:41,520
executive cabinet i fully support

654
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:42,960
funding our craig street community

655
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:44,880
center this center will provide our

656
00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:46,720
youth and families with a variety of

657
00:45:46,720 --> 00:45:49,359
services programs and will assist in

658
00:45:49,359 --> 00:45:51,680
building partnerships within our city

659
00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:53,599
the center is potentially a community

660
00:45:53,599 --> 00:45:56,240
hub to empower our emerging leaders and

661
00:45:56,240 --> 00:45:57,920
families to develop and nurture their

662
00:45:57,920 --> 00:46:00,400
full selves which will not only benefit

663
00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:02,480
the individual but will collectively

664
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:04,319
benefit our city thank you for

665
00:46:04,319 --> 00:46:10,390
consideration thank you

666
00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:14,380
[Applause]

667
00:46:14,390 --> 00:46:19,750
[Music]

668
00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:23,990
thank you

669
00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:27,040
good evening everyone i am carol lupo i

670
00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:29,599
am a resident and a retired

671
00:46:29,599 --> 00:46:31,200
teacher and basketball coach from

672
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:33,520
schenectady city school district

673
00:46:33,520 --> 00:46:35,040
i am here

674
00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:37,839
as well to speak in favor of supporting

675
00:46:37,839 --> 00:46:42,079
the funding to miracle on craig street

676
00:46:42,079 --> 00:46:44,560
our city does not have enough community

677
00:46:44,560 --> 00:46:47,040
venues to support positive healthy

678
00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:48,240
activities

679
00:46:48,240 --> 00:46:50,400
for much needed youth and community

680
00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:51,920
programming

681
00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:54,160
this is an opportunity to fund

682
00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:56,319
restoration and development of community

683
00:46:56,319 --> 00:46:59,200
services which previously existed at

684
00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:02,000
carver community center from 1969 to

685
00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:04,480
2013.

686
00:47:04,480 --> 00:47:06,880
before carver closed i ran a tuesday

687
00:47:06,880 --> 00:47:08,960
night all girls basketball program at

688
00:47:08,960 --> 00:47:11,839
carver to introduce and engage girls in

689
00:47:11,839 --> 00:47:13,920
basketball

690
00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:16,400
i was fortunate to be joined by several

691
00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:18,800
of my former players

692
00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:20,880
from this community who played and

693
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:22,400
encouraged the young girls to get

694
00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:24,800
involved in sports

695
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:28,800
the players knew or were related to many of the

696
00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:30,000
participants

697
00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:32,640
making it an organic community-based

698
00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:34,079
program

699
00:47:34,079 --> 00:47:37,440
everyone benefited from the experience

700
00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:38,559
this

701
00:47:38,559 --> 00:47:41,760
was one single great example of how a

702
00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:43,599
community venue could provide

703
00:47:43,599 --> 00:47:46,319
opportunity to this under served

704
00:47:46,319 --> 00:47:47,760
neighborhood

705
00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:50,640
it is imperative to have safe

706
00:47:50,640 --> 00:47:53,920
accessible venues for people to access

707
00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:56,640
and find supportive programming to help

708
00:47:56,640 --> 00:47:58,480
guide their lives

709
00:47:58,480 --> 00:48:01,040
programs embedded in their neighborhood

710
00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:03,520
where they feel comfortable is key to

711
00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:06,640
gaining access to such programming

712
00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:08,400
the renovation project would be a

713
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:11,599
positive step in providing an accessible

714
00:48:11,599 --> 00:48:14,640
community venue able to address

715
00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:17,119
social and emotional challenges of

716
00:48:17,119 --> 00:48:18,559
today's world

717
00:48:18,559 --> 00:48:20,960
by providing wellness programs in the

718
00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:23,040
heart of hamilton hill

719
00:48:23,040 --> 00:48:32,390
thank you

720
00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:41,109
dr deidre butler

721
00:48:41,119 --> 00:48:42,960
hi good afternoon or evening to

722
00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:45,359
everybody my name is dr deidra hill

723
00:48:45,359 --> 00:48:46,400
butler

724
00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:49,440
i'm a 20-plus year resident uh of

725
00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:52,240
schenectady member of duree and a member

726
00:48:52,240 --> 00:48:53,760
of a few of the committees that are

727
00:48:53,760 --> 00:48:54,800
speaking

728
00:48:54,800 --> 00:48:58,480
um here tonight and um i'm reading a

729
00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:00,960
letter on behalf of my pastor the

730
00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:02,400
reverend nicole

731
00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:05,440
jean simone formerly reverend harris

732
00:49:05,440 --> 00:49:07,280
nicole harris

733
00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:09,520
she was recently married last month or

734
00:49:09,520 --> 00:49:15,030
yeah last month

735
00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:17,119
greetings mayor mccarthy

736
00:49:17,119 --> 00:49:19,280
president porterfield and the members of

737
00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:20,880
the city council

738
00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:23,440
i wish to express that the dury

739
00:49:23,440 --> 00:49:25,200
community foundation

740
00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:27,280
is looking forward to working with the

741
00:49:27,280 --> 00:49:30,319
city's office of affirmative action in a

742
00:49:30,319 --> 00:49:33,200
collaborative effort to impact our

743
00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:36,160
community in a positive way

744
00:49:36,160 --> 00:49:38,240
i know that our organization in

745
00:49:38,240 --> 00:49:40,559
partnership with the empowerment center

746
00:49:40,559 --> 00:49:43,280
will be able to provide hope and

747
00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:46,319
resources on hamilton hill

748
00:49:46,319 --> 00:49:49,040
when i was appointed as the pastor of

749
00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:52,319
durie amy zion church or dairy memorial

750
00:49:52,319 --> 00:49:54,559
amy zion church

751
00:49:54,559 --> 00:49:58,559
in july of 2019 i found a church with

752
00:49:58,559 --> 00:50:01,040
strong leg with a strong legacy

753
00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:02,800
and willing workers

754
00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:05,359
as the first african-american church in

755
00:50:05,359 --> 00:50:08,960
the city that has been in existence

756
00:50:08,960 --> 00:50:12,240
for 185 years

757
00:50:12,240 --> 00:50:15,200
the work this church has done over the

758
00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:17,839
years is insurmountable

759
00:50:17,839 --> 00:50:21,520
yet we desire to do more even more

760
00:50:21,520 --> 00:50:24,319
therefore in early 2020 we started the

761
00:50:24,319 --> 00:50:26,480
duree community foundation

762
00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:29,040
the mission of our organization is to

763
00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:32,160
aid families and individuals in need

764
00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:35,280
within the city of schenectady and

765
00:50:35,280 --> 00:50:37,040
surrounding areas

766
00:50:37,040 --> 00:50:40,240
we aim to support self-sufficiency by

767
00:50:40,240 --> 00:50:42,800
providing training and supplemental

768
00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:45,119
services that will deliver

769
00:50:45,119 --> 00:50:46,960
fundamental needs

770
00:50:46,960 --> 00:50:49,599
this mission will be met by providing

771
00:50:49,599 --> 00:50:52,559
services such as transitional housing

772
00:50:52,559 --> 00:50:55,359
job training life skill courses and

773
00:50:55,359 --> 00:50:57,599
tutoring programs

774
00:50:57,599 --> 00:50:59,680
together with durie's involvement in the

775
00:50:59,680 --> 00:51:01,280
community and

776
00:51:01,280 --> 00:51:04,960
my 15 year my 15 plus years of

777
00:51:04,960 --> 00:51:07,920
experience in the nonprofit sector we

778
00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:09,200
will

779
00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:13,760
we are well able and up to the task of

780
00:51:13,760 --> 00:51:17,200
engaging those in need in our community

781
00:51:17,200 --> 00:51:19,839
i have worked with non-profit agencies

782
00:51:19,839 --> 00:51:21,359
such as the community development

783
00:51:21,359 --> 00:51:24,240
institute in denver colorado and

784
00:51:24,240 --> 00:51:27,359
lakewood economic action program in new

785
00:51:27,359 --> 00:51:30,000
jersey working with these organizations

786
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:33,520
allowed me to assist in managing sizable

787
00:51:33,520 --> 00:51:36,960
grants over two million dollars each

788
00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:39,839
i thank you for entrusting us

789
00:51:39,839 --> 00:51:42,720
with the arpa funds that will support

790
00:51:42,720 --> 00:51:45,839
our collaborative effort to provide job

791
00:51:45,839 --> 00:51:47,520
training small business assistance and

792
00:51:47,520 --> 00:51:50,160
more for our community we have a

793
00:51:50,160 --> 00:51:52,400
comprehensive plan that will put

794
00:51:52,400 --> 00:51:54,720
funding to effective use and we look

795
00:51:54,720 --> 00:51:56,319
forward to reporting a pause the

796
00:51:56,319 --> 00:51:58,960
positive outcomes to you in the future

797
00:51:58,960 --> 00:52:01,830
thank you thank you

798
00:52:01,830 --> 00:52:13,109
[Music]

799
00:52:13,119 --> 00:52:15,520
all right protocol's been established so

800
00:52:15,520 --> 00:52:17,200
hello council members

801
00:52:17,200 --> 00:52:19,359
it's not easy to

802
00:52:19,359 --> 00:52:21,680
stand up here after pastor nicky's words

803
00:52:21,680 --> 00:52:23,440
coming out of my wife's mouth

804
00:52:23,440 --> 00:52:27,920
so i'm just going to say that um from um

805
00:52:27,920 --> 00:52:30,160
we've been up here for 21 years and joe

806
00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:32,079
allen i'm the late joe allen with a good

807
00:52:32,079 --> 00:52:34,160
friend of mine and we always talked

808
00:52:34,160 --> 00:52:37,680
about um job training on hamilton hill

809
00:52:37,680 --> 00:52:40,000
and in schenectady as a whole and it's

810
00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:42,240
just never happened so

811
00:52:42,240 --> 00:52:44,720
i say that to say that with this funding

812
00:52:44,720 --> 00:52:46,880
should we get it it's a great thing and

813
00:52:46,880 --> 00:52:49,200
it'll just be the beginning of

814
00:52:49,200 --> 00:52:51,680
a blessed relationship with georgie and

815
00:52:51,680 --> 00:52:53,440
the community and that's what ministry

816
00:52:53,440 --> 00:52:54,800
is about

817
00:52:54,800 --> 00:53:01,110
thank you thank you

818
00:53:01,120 --> 00:53:08,950
[Music]

819
00:53:08,960 --> 00:53:11,119
good evening refers to president

820
00:53:11,119 --> 00:53:13,520
porterfield mayor mccarthy and the

821
00:53:13,520 --> 00:53:15,359
entire council

822
00:53:15,359 --> 00:53:17,760
on behalf of the board of directors and

823
00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:19,440
the staff

824
00:53:19,440 --> 00:53:21,440
and our youth of safe think of

825
00:53:21,440 --> 00:53:24,319
schenectady i sincerely thank the

826
00:53:24,319 --> 00:53:25,520
council

827
00:53:25,520 --> 00:53:27,200
for considering

828
00:53:27,200 --> 00:53:28,480
awarding

829
00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:31,359
arpa funding to our agency

830
00:53:31,359 --> 00:53:33,280
my name is neddy crossman i'm the

831
00:53:33,280 --> 00:53:35,359
president of the board

832
00:53:35,359 --> 00:53:38,160
of directors and i'm here joyfully

833
00:53:38,160 --> 00:53:40,000
to let you know that we're thrilled to

834
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:41,359
be considered

835
00:53:41,359 --> 00:53:43,839
and deeply grateful that you are

836
00:53:43,839 --> 00:53:46,640
remembering safe inc we're a tiny little

837
00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:50,079
agency sitting inconspicuously on albany

838
00:53:50,079 --> 00:53:53,200
street we've been here 36 years plugging

839
00:53:53,200 --> 00:53:55,760
away at servicing homeless youth that

840
00:53:55,760 --> 00:53:57,440
come through our doors looking for

841
00:53:57,440 --> 00:54:00,800
emergency and needing emergency homing

842
00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:02,079
home

843
00:54:02,079 --> 00:54:04,400
shelter clothing

844
00:54:04,400 --> 00:54:07,599
and often many of those are victims of

845
00:54:07,599 --> 00:54:10,480
self of sex trafficking you may know

846
00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:12,480
this but i'll i'll mention it anyways

847
00:54:12,480 --> 00:54:16,000
connectivity geographically is located

848
00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:19,040
in our state and becomes and is a

849
00:54:19,040 --> 00:54:20,559
streaming hub

850
00:54:20,559 --> 00:54:22,960
for all sorts of trafficking

851
00:54:22,960 --> 00:54:25,040
just think about how we locate it from

852
00:54:25,040 --> 00:54:28,720
new york city the canadian pathway

853
00:54:28,720 --> 00:54:31,680
west and east unfortunately that is our

854
00:54:31,680 --> 00:54:33,359
legacy

855
00:54:33,359 --> 00:54:35,920
we at saving find ourselves competing

856
00:54:35,920 --> 00:54:37,520
for funding

857
00:54:37,520 --> 00:54:40,799
against more widely known organizations

858
00:54:40,799 --> 00:54:43,119
and often youth homelessness gets kind

859
00:54:43,119 --> 00:54:45,760
of swept under the whole general term

860
00:54:45,760 --> 00:54:48,480
homelessness but youth homelessness has

861
00:54:48,480 --> 00:54:51,040
a whole variety of needs that are you

862
00:54:51,040 --> 00:54:52,880
are that are unique

863
00:54:52,880 --> 00:54:55,599
so it's so encouraging to us that the

864
00:54:55,599 --> 00:54:59,440
council is recognizing youth at risk

865
00:54:59,440 --> 00:55:02,880
due to homeless stature statuses and due

866
00:55:02,880 --> 00:55:04,640
to their vulnerability to being

867
00:55:04,640 --> 00:55:06,720
trafficked i wish it were not the

868
00:55:06,720 --> 00:55:10,400
situation but it is the situation and it

869
00:55:10,400 --> 00:55:12,240
is a real issue

870
00:55:12,240 --> 00:55:14,000
here with me tonight is our newly

871
00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:16,799
appointed executive director jenny

872
00:55:16,799 --> 00:55:19,200
hudman i think she is the next speaker

873
00:55:19,200 --> 00:55:21,200
so she'll be able to share a little more

874
00:55:21,200 --> 00:55:24,079
insight into what i call our little gem

875
00:55:24,079 --> 00:55:26,880
of an agency sitting quietly here in

876
00:55:26,880 --> 00:55:29,680
schenectady but still working for 36

877
00:55:29,680 --> 00:55:31,839
years thank you for your attention thank

878
00:55:31,839 --> 00:55:42,630
you

879
00:55:42,640 --> 00:55:44,960
so as the new executive director of safe

880
00:55:44,960 --> 00:55:46,799
inc i want to thank you for approving

881
00:55:46,799 --> 00:55:49,520
the arpa funds for our agency as a small

882
00:55:49,520 --> 00:55:51,760
grassroots non-profit we appreciate all

883
00:55:51,760 --> 00:55:54,720
the community and the council support

884
00:55:54,720 --> 00:55:57,280
we are now we are the only certified

885
00:55:57,280 --> 00:55:59,760
youth shelter in schenectady county

886
00:55:59,760 --> 00:56:02,160
we're also the only youth shelter in

887
00:56:02,160 --> 00:56:04,400
upstate new york that can house a minor

888
00:56:04,400 --> 00:56:06,880
with their child last year we housed a

889
00:56:06,880 --> 00:56:09,280
17 year old with her newborn she would

890
00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:11,599
have no other place to go

891
00:56:11,599 --> 00:56:13,599
we were the quarantine ship the covet

892
00:56:13,599 --> 00:56:15,920
quarantine shelter for miners which

893
00:56:15,920 --> 00:56:18,079
meant that if there was a positive covid

894
00:56:18,079 --> 00:56:20,480
client in our bill

895
00:56:20,480 --> 00:56:22,400
which meant that sorry

896
00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:25,440
we had a cova client and positive client

897
00:56:25,440 --> 00:56:27,440
in our building that had to quarantine

898
00:56:27,440 --> 00:56:29,040
for two weeks they were being

899
00:56:29,040 --> 00:56:30,799
hand-delivered meals and offered

900
00:56:30,799 --> 00:56:32,640
activities to accommodate them so they

901
00:56:32,640 --> 00:56:34,160
would keep themselves in the community

902
00:56:34,160 --> 00:56:35,119
safe

903
00:56:35,119 --> 00:56:36,960
our staff put themselves and their

904
00:56:36,960 --> 00:56:39,040
families at risk to do so and your

905
00:56:39,040 --> 00:56:41,040
support for our staff retention means so

906
00:56:41,040 --> 00:56:42,319
much to us

907
00:56:42,319 --> 00:56:43,599
let me tell you something else about our

908
00:56:43,599 --> 00:56:44,960
amazing staff

909
00:56:44,960 --> 00:56:47,359
they worked all through covent 24 hours

910
00:56:47,359 --> 00:56:49,839
a day seven days a week every holiday

911
00:56:49,839 --> 00:56:52,160
every snowstorm most of our shelter

912
00:56:52,160 --> 00:56:54,640
staff are working two or three jobs our

913
00:56:54,640 --> 00:56:56,079
team works for us because they're

914
00:56:56,079 --> 00:56:57,920
devoted to being part of our team that

915
00:56:57,920 --> 00:57:00,880
serves at-risk youth in schenectady in

916
00:57:00,880 --> 00:57:03,680
2021 we served over a hundred runaway

917
00:57:03,680 --> 00:57:05,440
and homeless youth including those that

918
00:57:05,440 --> 00:57:07,359
have been human trafficked between the

919
00:57:07,359 --> 00:57:10,480
ages of 14 and 20. we also served eight

920
00:57:10,480 --> 00:57:13,200
between the ages of zero and two there's

921
00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:15,040
been a steady increase in youth surf

922
00:57:15,040 --> 00:57:17,119
since the beginning of the pandemic

923
00:57:17,119 --> 00:57:19,359
cove greatly affected our shelter and

924
00:57:19,359 --> 00:57:21,359
others some shelters had to close

925
00:57:21,359 --> 00:57:23,200
permanently and others had to adjust

926
00:57:23,200 --> 00:57:25,119
their open hours due to staffing

927
00:57:25,119 --> 00:57:28,160
shortages due to our staffing shortages

928
00:57:28,160 --> 00:57:30,319
we have been unable to open all of our

929
00:57:30,319 --> 00:57:32,400
available beds and we're limited to only

930
00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:34,079
half capacity

931
00:57:34,079 --> 00:57:36,079
turning away youth in need which we then

932
00:57:36,079 --> 00:57:38,480
have to refer out of county

933
00:57:38,480 --> 00:57:41,119
breaks breaks my team's heart

934
00:57:41,119 --> 00:57:43,040
also due to staffing shortages after a

935
00:57:43,040 --> 00:57:45,119
covet outbreak we had to actually close

936
00:57:45,119 --> 00:57:47,440
the shelter for the first and only time

937
00:57:47,440 --> 00:57:51,359
it's in its entire operation since 1985.

938
00:57:51,359 --> 00:57:52,720
we were able to make it through these

939
00:57:52,720 --> 00:57:55,119
difficult times our hope is to become

940
00:57:55,119 --> 00:57:57,520
fully staffed next year to be able to

941
00:57:57,520 --> 00:58:00,079
enable us to serve more youth being the

942
00:58:00,079 --> 00:58:01,839
only youth shelter opportunity in

943
00:58:01,839 --> 00:58:04,079
schenectady makes our services unique

944
00:58:04,079 --> 00:58:05,520
and we're thankful to the community and

945
00:58:05,520 --> 00:58:13,030
the council for your continued support

946
00:58:13,040 --> 00:58:22,549
[Applause]

947
00:58:22,559 --> 00:58:24,400
thank you it's christine kowalczyk

948
00:58:24,400 --> 00:58:26,880
walden i've been in schenectady for over

949
00:58:26,880 --> 00:58:29,440
30 years and i have never come to a city

950
00:58:29,440 --> 00:58:31,839
council meeting before i looked it up on

951
00:58:31,839 --> 00:58:33,520
the web because

952
00:58:33,520 --> 00:58:35,440
something occurred in my neighborhood

953
00:58:35,440 --> 00:58:37,359
and i

954
00:58:37,359 --> 00:58:40,160
could not believe it

955
00:58:40,160 --> 00:58:43,200
i live near union and mcclellan where

956
00:58:43,200 --> 00:58:44,960
there's a gas station and funeral home

957
00:58:44,960 --> 00:58:46,480
that's been demolished for the new

958
00:58:46,480 --> 00:58:48,799
stewards development

959
00:58:48,799 --> 00:58:53,040
and on july 26th there was a hard-hated

960
00:58:53,040 --> 00:58:53,920
man

961
00:58:53,920 --> 00:58:57,040
observed in the middle of the

962
00:58:57,040 --> 00:58:59,599
intersection measuring whatever

963
00:58:59,599 --> 00:59:01,440
but then at 3 am

964
00:59:01,440 --> 00:59:03,520
on july 27th

965
00:59:03,520 --> 00:59:05,440
all heck broke out

966
00:59:05,440 --> 00:59:07,359
lights were there there were flatbed

967
00:59:07,359 --> 00:59:08,720
trailers

968
00:59:08,720 --> 00:59:11,839
jackhammering started with no warning to

969
00:59:11,839 --> 00:59:14,480
the community at all

970
00:59:14,480 --> 00:59:16,559
people were told different stories one

971
00:59:16,559 --> 00:59:18,400
person who called the police at the time

972
00:59:18,400 --> 00:59:20,160
and went out there was told that it was

973
00:59:20,160 --> 00:59:22,240
cdta emergency

974
00:59:22,240 --> 00:59:24,079
and that was the cause

975
00:59:24,079 --> 00:59:26,640
i had called the police the day after

976
00:59:26,640 --> 00:59:28,720
the morning after the non-emergency

977
00:59:28,720 --> 00:59:31,119
number and i was told that it had

978
00:59:31,119 --> 00:59:34,000
something to do with the sewer system

979
00:59:34,000 --> 00:59:35,760
in any event there was a whole lot of

980
00:59:35,760 --> 00:59:37,599
overtime spent

981
00:59:37,599 --> 00:59:40,799
between 3am and 5am

982
00:59:40,799 --> 00:59:42,880
multiple jackhammering people were

983
00:59:42,880 --> 00:59:45,680
yelling out their windows to no avail we

984
00:59:45,680 --> 00:59:47,440
had no warning

985
00:59:47,440 --> 00:59:50,160
and i'm asking that emergencies like

986
00:59:50,160 --> 00:59:52,000
that when they occur that you treat them

987
00:59:52,000 --> 00:59:54,400
like snow emergencies where the police

988
00:59:54,400 --> 00:59:56,799
you at least spend 10 or 15 minutes

989
00:59:56,799 --> 00:59:58,799
going through the community

990
00:59:58,799 --> 01:00:00,480
with the bullhorn saying there's some

991
01:00:00,480 --> 01:00:03,119
kind of emergency that needs to be taken

992
01:00:03,119 --> 01:00:05,680
care of you give people an opportunity

993
01:00:05,680 --> 01:00:07,920
to move their vehicles to be tot that

994
01:00:07,920 --> 01:00:10,559
rather than be towed what about your

995
01:00:10,559 --> 01:00:12,960
constituents who are taxpayers and our

996
01:00:12,960 --> 01:00:14,960
veterans with ptsd

997
01:00:14,960 --> 01:00:16,960
what about your constituents who have

998
01:00:16,960 --> 01:00:19,520
rescue pets and have

999
01:00:19,520 --> 01:00:21,760
terrible reactions let alone people

1000
01:00:21,760 --> 01:00:24,559
who've made it through covid and the war

1001
01:00:24,559 --> 01:00:27,839
in ukraine and all of this to be 3 a.m

1002
01:00:27,839 --> 01:00:30,319
to have jackhammering for two hours

1003
01:00:30,319 --> 01:00:31,839
sustained

1004
01:00:31,839 --> 01:00:33,359
that's that's just

1005
01:00:33,359 --> 01:00:35,119
how do you treat people like that with

1006
01:00:35,119 --> 01:00:36,480
no warning

1007
01:00:36,480 --> 01:00:38,640
that's why i'm here i had a brother who

1008
01:00:38,640 --> 01:00:40,799
was a veteran i think we should think

1009
01:00:40,799 --> 01:00:42,880
about these things before we just do

1010
01:00:42,880 --> 01:00:45,200
them i understand emergencies i

1011
01:00:45,200 --> 01:00:47,440
understand they happen we need to fix

1012
01:00:47,440 --> 01:00:49,119
them but you need to think about the

1013
01:00:49,119 --> 01:00:52,789
people too

1014
01:00:52,799 --> 01:00:58,870
that's all thank you

1015
01:00:58,880 --> 01:01:14,630
wake up

1016
01:01:14,640 --> 01:01:17,520
hi hi i'm ray fought

1017
01:01:17,520 --> 01:01:19,920
i'm the president of the bellevue

1018
01:01:19,920 --> 01:01:21,200
preservation

1019
01:01:21,200 --> 01:01:23,680
incorporated neighborhood group

1020
01:01:23,680 --> 01:01:25,599
and

1021
01:01:25,599 --> 01:01:28,000
i've heard a lot from previous speakers

1022
01:01:28,000 --> 01:01:31,280
about the carver community center

1023
01:01:31,280 --> 01:01:33,119
and all the good things that have come

1024
01:01:33,119 --> 01:01:33,839
and

1025
01:01:33,839 --> 01:01:36,559
i agree that's it's good but

1026
01:01:36,559 --> 01:01:37,760
what about

1027
01:01:37,760 --> 01:01:39,680
the rest of the city

1028
01:01:39,680 --> 01:01:41,599
uh the parks

1029
01:01:41,599 --> 01:01:43,599
bellevue for instance

1030
01:01:43,599 --> 01:01:45,680
i've lived here for 30 years and the

1031
01:01:45,680 --> 01:01:48,960
parks have deteriorated over that time

1032
01:01:48,960 --> 01:01:51,359
the tennis courts are useless

1033
01:01:51,359 --> 01:01:53,520
the pool is broken

1034
01:01:53,520 --> 01:01:57,109
nothing's going on

1035
01:01:57,119 --> 01:02:00,880
long ago well before the pandemic

1036
01:02:00,880 --> 01:02:03,039
i approached

1037
01:02:03,039 --> 01:02:05,440
the schenectady foundation with a plan

1038
01:02:05,440 --> 01:02:07,680
to work in hillhurst

1039
01:02:07,680 --> 01:02:10,079
and that wasn't approved and i was told

1040
01:02:10,079 --> 01:02:12,000
well don't worry about it you're going

1041
01:02:12,000 --> 01:02:13,599
to get money from the county we're going

1042
01:02:13,599 --> 01:02:15,200
to take care of you

1043
01:02:15,200 --> 01:02:16,799
but nothing

1044
01:02:16,799 --> 01:02:18,960
then the pandemic

1045
01:02:18,960 --> 01:02:21,440
and now there's more meetings and more

1046
01:02:21,440 --> 01:02:22,480
meetings

1047
01:02:22,480 --> 01:02:24,799
but still nothing is done

1048
01:02:24,799 --> 01:02:27,839
and uh i heard that there was a

1049
01:02:27,839 --> 01:02:30,799
proposal from councilman palomini

1050
01:02:30,799 --> 01:02:32,960
to fund the parks in the city for seven

1051
01:02:32,960 --> 01:02:35,599
million dollars to cover

1052
01:02:35,599 --> 01:02:38,640
most all the parks in this city

1053
01:02:38,640 --> 01:02:40,960
but the only park we hear about is jerry

1054
01:02:40,960 --> 01:02:42,240
burrell

1055
01:02:42,240 --> 01:02:44,960
and i think it's really unfair that

1056
01:02:44,960 --> 01:02:47,680
other neighborhoods don't get the same

1057
01:02:47,680 --> 01:02:49,920
consideration

1058
01:02:49,920 --> 01:02:55,349
thank you

1059
01:02:55,359 --> 01:03:05,190
daniel stone

1060
01:03:05,200 --> 01:03:08,160
uh hi i wanted to um i mostly wanted to

1061
01:03:08,160 --> 01:03:09,760
come here basically to praise the work

1062
01:03:09,760 --> 01:03:12,319
i've seen from miracle on craig street

1063
01:03:12,319 --> 01:03:13,839
um and

1064
01:03:13,839 --> 01:03:16,480
with renovating the carver center i've

1065
01:03:16,480 --> 01:03:18,160
had the opportunity

1066
01:03:18,160 --> 01:03:19,039
for the

1067
01:03:19,039 --> 01:03:20,720
probably for most of fall last year

1068
01:03:20,720 --> 01:03:23,680
being there most saturdays and doing um

1069
01:03:23,680 --> 01:03:24,960
basically helping to tear the place

1070
01:03:24,960 --> 01:03:27,119
apart as a part of putting it back

1071
01:03:27,119 --> 01:03:28,799
together

1072
01:03:28,799 --> 01:03:31,760
my experience with the carver center

1073
01:03:31,760 --> 01:03:33,680
started when um

1074
01:03:33,680 --> 01:03:36,880
was basically between um 2006 to 2013

1075
01:03:36,880 --> 01:03:38,160
when i

1076
01:03:38,160 --> 01:03:39,760
worked at

1077
01:03:39,760 --> 01:03:43,680
project safe at 1344 albany street

1078
01:03:43,680 --> 01:03:45,359
and safehouse is a place that definitely

1079
01:03:45,359 --> 01:03:47,520
punches above its weight in terms of its

1080
01:03:47,520 --> 01:03:49,520
uh in terms of the services uh it

1081
01:03:49,520 --> 01:03:51,280
provides for the funding it's always had

1082
01:03:51,280 --> 01:03:53,359
that was my experience

1083
01:03:53,359 --> 01:03:54,640
um

1084
01:03:54,640 --> 01:03:56,640
and i remember it being an absolutely

1085
01:03:56,640 --> 01:03:58,880
invaluable

1086
01:03:58,880 --> 01:04:01,760
resource to the kids there not only to

1087
01:04:01,760 --> 01:04:04,720
the young people in hamilton hill

1088
01:04:04,720 --> 01:04:06,240
and

1089
01:04:06,240 --> 01:04:09,440
i was lucky enough to work with one of

1090
01:04:09,440 --> 01:04:11,760
the last um

1091
01:04:11,760 --> 01:04:13,119
believe john terry was the last

1092
01:04:13,119 --> 01:04:16,640
executive director of carver before um

1093
01:04:16,640 --> 01:04:20,400
uh before the roof caved in in 2013

1094
01:04:20,400 --> 01:04:22,480
and um

1095
01:04:22,480 --> 01:04:23,920
he had a great vision for that place

1096
01:04:23,920 --> 01:04:26,640
that he was never able to put through um

1097
01:04:26,640 --> 01:04:28,079
because

1098
01:04:28,079 --> 01:04:29,680
there was a lack of funding even before

1099
01:04:29,680 --> 01:04:31,920
the building became uninhabitable and

1100
01:04:31,920 --> 01:04:33,280
unusable

1101
01:04:33,280 --> 01:04:34,799
and um

1102
01:04:34,799 --> 01:04:36,960
i'm so glad to see that miracle on craig

1103
01:04:36,960 --> 01:04:39,520
street has got ambitions as big as his

1104
01:04:39,520 --> 01:04:41,680
and even bigger

1105
01:04:41,680 --> 01:04:44,480
and wants to do something that uh that

1106
01:04:44,480 --> 01:04:52,280
hamilton hill definitely needs so thank you thank you

1107
01:04:52,280 --> 01:05:09,270
[Applause]

1108
01:05:09,280 --> 01:05:12,960
i really don't know uh if

1109
01:05:12,960 --> 01:05:15,200
the allocation of the money

1110
01:05:15,200 --> 01:05:18,319
is already been approved i i don't know

1111
01:05:18,319 --> 01:05:20,079
about that

1112
01:05:20,079 --> 01:05:22,160
but uh

1113
01:05:22,160 --> 01:05:25,680
i was more concerned about

1114
01:05:25,680 --> 01:05:27,599
the

1115
01:05:27,599 --> 01:05:29,280
reports about

1116
01:05:29,280 --> 01:05:30,559
the

1117
01:05:30,559 --> 01:05:32,240
uh

1118
01:05:32,240 --> 01:05:34,960
the city council not being clear about

1119
01:05:34,960 --> 01:05:36,480
the process

1120
01:05:36,480 --> 01:05:39,520
to allocate all of these monies

1121
01:05:39,520 --> 01:05:40,720
however

1122
01:05:40,720 --> 01:05:42,079
even though

1123
01:05:42,079 --> 01:05:45,039
we already have thanks to

1124
01:05:45,039 --> 01:05:48,960
mr arnold chad arno that published the

1125
01:05:48,960 --> 01:05:52,960
list the resume of the spending

1126
01:05:52,960 --> 01:05:56,000
the root of the problem

1127
01:05:56,000 --> 01:05:58,480
the process the clarity of the process

1128
01:05:58,480 --> 01:06:00,160
it remains

1129
01:06:00,160 --> 01:06:02,880
for example

1130
01:06:02,880 --> 01:06:06,559
uh salahuska while soon as once

1131
01:06:06,559 --> 01:06:08,160
proposed

1132
01:06:08,160 --> 01:06:11,039
that the new members of the city council

1133
01:06:11,039 --> 01:06:13,359
have a fast track

1134
01:06:13,359 --> 01:06:17,680
knowledge about how the government works

1135
01:06:17,680 --> 01:06:20,640
but he was accused by you

1136
01:06:20,640 --> 01:06:22,880
of racist being racist

1137
01:06:22,880 --> 01:06:23,680
and

1138
01:06:23,680 --> 01:06:24,880
don't have

1139
01:06:24,880 --> 01:06:28,309
the lack of respect

1140
01:06:28,319 --> 01:06:30,960
passing resolutions

1141
01:06:30,960 --> 01:06:33,839
or adopting resolutions about the

1142
01:06:33,839 --> 01:06:36,319
juneteen celebration

1143
01:06:36,319 --> 01:06:39,520
adopting resolutions about

1144
01:06:39,520 --> 01:06:42,240
their residency requirements adopting

1145
01:06:42,240 --> 01:06:45,280
resolutions about the speed limit that

1146
01:06:45,280 --> 01:06:46,400
doesn't require

1147
01:06:46,400 --> 01:06:47,920
too much

1148
01:06:47,920 --> 01:06:51,359
knowledge about how the government works

1149
01:06:51,359 --> 01:06:53,839
i can do that

1150
01:06:53,839 --> 01:06:58,160
antoni can do that pv voters can do that

1151
01:06:58,160 --> 01:06:59,359
so

1152
01:06:59,359 --> 01:07:02,640
i the problem remains and i wanted to

1153
01:07:02,640 --> 01:07:05,920
propose to mr andrew or

1154
01:07:05,920 --> 01:07:07,680
to the city clerk

1155
01:07:07,680 --> 01:07:10,240
to still give these people these new

1156
01:07:10,240 --> 01:07:11,520
members

1157
01:07:11,520 --> 01:07:13,119
a fast track

1158
01:07:13,119 --> 01:07:16,000
on knowledge of how the government works

1159
01:07:16,000 --> 01:07:19,589
for example

1160
01:07:19,599 --> 01:07:20,880
sure enough

1161
01:07:20,880 --> 01:07:23,440
a couple of days later

1162
01:07:23,440 --> 01:07:26,240
a new member of the city council

1163
01:07:26,240 --> 01:07:30,079
my men here he had to be rema reminded

1164
01:07:30,079 --> 01:07:31,119
by you

1165
01:07:31,119 --> 01:07:32,000
that

1166
01:07:32,000 --> 01:07:34,400
the paper that he having his hands

1167
01:07:34,400 --> 01:07:37,039
it was called resolution

1168
01:07:37,039 --> 01:07:39,280
he was honoring somebody but he don't

1169
01:07:39,280 --> 01:07:41,280
know that he had a resolution in his

1170
01:07:41,280 --> 01:07:42,799
hand

1171
01:07:42,799 --> 01:07:44,000
later

1172
01:07:44,000 --> 01:07:47,359
he have to be reminded by you again

1173
01:07:47,359 --> 01:07:50,720
that he had to ask to second the motion

1174
01:07:50,720 --> 01:07:53,440
it was an embarrassing thing

1175
01:07:53,440 --> 01:07:55,680
and this embarrassing thing it will

1176
01:07:55,680 --> 01:07:58,480
continue because listen

1177
01:07:58,480 --> 01:08:00,079
like i told you i don't know if you

1178
01:08:00,079 --> 01:08:02,079
already approved these monies

1179
01:08:02,079 --> 01:08:04,079
but

1180
01:08:04,079 --> 01:08:07,119
managing or administrating this amount

1181
01:08:07,119 --> 01:08:08,799
of money millions and millions of

1182
01:08:08,799 --> 01:08:12,240
dollars it requires some knowledge

1183
01:08:12,240 --> 01:08:15,359
and i wanted to propose you that

1184
01:08:15,359 --> 01:08:18,560
don't be so fast to approve all of these

1185
01:08:18,560 --> 01:08:20,960
programs take your time nobody's going

1186
01:08:20,960 --> 01:08:22,719
to criticize you

1187
01:08:22,719 --> 01:08:26,920
thank you very much thank you

1188
01:08:26,920 --> 01:08:40,309
[Music]

1189
01:08:40,319 --> 01:08:42,319
yeah i think the programs have been

1190
01:08:42,319 --> 01:08:46,880
passed in 1988 it was mayor johnson that

1191
01:08:46,880 --> 01:08:48,560
proved

1192
01:08:48,560 --> 01:08:50,080
that all

1193
01:08:50,080 --> 01:08:52,400
employees should live in the city

1194
01:08:52,400 --> 01:08:53,920
and our

1195
01:08:53,920 --> 01:08:56,640
department of

1196
01:08:56,640 --> 01:08:59,600
public works he was

1197
01:08:59,600 --> 01:09:01,600
exempted from because he lived in

1198
01:09:01,600 --> 01:09:04,159
glenville but he lived next door to his

1199
01:09:04,159 --> 01:09:08,000
mother and we all miss him dreadfully

1200
01:09:08,000 --> 01:09:09,359
and city of

1201
01:09:09,359 --> 01:09:12,319
albany's enjoying his employment at this

1202
01:09:12,319 --> 01:09:13,359
time

1203
01:09:13,359 --> 01:09:15,199
so anyway

1204
01:09:15,199 --> 01:09:16,880
and but then

1205
01:09:16,880 --> 01:09:19,199
for what happened to tina it's

1206
01:09:19,199 --> 01:09:21,199
inexcusable

1207
01:09:21,199 --> 01:09:24,159
next thing i wanted to refer to

1208
01:09:24,159 --> 01:09:27,199
is number three

1209
01:09:27,199 --> 01:09:29,199
the allotments from

1210
01:09:29,199 --> 01:09:30,880
arpa

1211
01:09:30,880 --> 01:09:33,839
i went every last thursday of the month

1212
01:09:33,839 --> 01:09:36,000
they give food away

1213
01:09:36,000 --> 01:09:38,960
and so i went uh and they do it at nine

1214
01:09:38,960 --> 01:09:41,520
o'clock don't start before nine

1215
01:09:41,520 --> 01:09:43,279
so i went out there it was about eight

1216
01:09:43,279 --> 01:09:45,359
o'clock in the morning

1217
01:09:45,359 --> 01:09:46,880
and uh

1218
01:09:46,880 --> 01:09:49,910
my surprise

1219
01:09:49,920 --> 01:09:51,279
going

1220
01:09:51,279 --> 01:09:52,640
into

1221
01:09:52,640 --> 01:09:57,440
scap or whatever you call the food center there

1222
01:09:57,440 --> 01:10:01,199
i counted 70 cars

1223
01:10:01,199 --> 01:10:04,719
and about a hundred pedestrians waiting

1224
01:10:04,719 --> 01:10:07,120
until nine o'clock

1225
01:10:07,120 --> 01:10:09,360
on my way back

1226
01:10:09,360 --> 01:10:11,760
to my place

1227
01:10:11,760 --> 01:10:13,199
it had

1228
01:10:13,199 --> 01:10:16,400
increased to 90 cars

1229
01:10:16,400 --> 01:10:20,000
beautiful cars i could tell my car 22

1230
01:10:20,000 --> 01:10:21,280
years old

1231
01:10:21,280 --> 01:10:23,760
it had increased to 22 cars that were

1232
01:10:23,760 --> 01:10:26,719
backed up to brandywine and it was still

1233
01:10:26,719 --> 01:10:29,590
8 30.

1234
01:10:29,600 --> 01:10:31,280
so

1235
01:10:31,280 --> 01:10:35,189
i don't know what's going to happen

1236
01:10:35,199 --> 01:10:38,159
who's going to sound the alarm that this

1237
01:10:38,159 --> 01:10:40,159
emergency is over

1238
01:10:40,159 --> 01:10:42,159
but i don't know how you're going to get

1239
01:10:42,159 --> 01:10:46,239
rid of over a hundred cars

1240
01:10:46,239 --> 01:10:47,600
so

1241
01:10:47,600 --> 01:10:50,400
something to think about right now

1242
01:10:50,400 --> 01:10:51,600
and

1243
01:10:51,600 --> 01:10:54,000
as far as the golf was concerned i

1244
01:10:54,000 --> 01:10:55,440
thought they were

1245
01:10:55,440 --> 01:10:57,679
had all kinds of money in fact i thought

1246
01:10:57,679 --> 01:10:58,640
they had

1247
01:10:58,640 --> 01:11:00,880
a savings account of about a hundred

1248
01:11:00,880 --> 01:11:03,199
thousand dollars and if they're going to

1249
01:11:03,199 --> 01:11:06,400
do all this and it's what they want and

1250
01:11:06,400 --> 01:11:08,400
you know i don't know why they want to

1251
01:11:08,400 --> 01:11:11,360
do it all with saratoga national so

1252
01:11:11,360 --> 01:11:14,000
close by but you do what you want to do

1253
01:11:14,000 --> 01:11:16,239
you're going to do it but all i can say

1254
01:11:16,239 --> 01:11:19,199
is thank you guys because all the

1255
01:11:19,199 --> 01:11:21,520
equipment is yamaha

1256
01:11:21,520 --> 01:11:22,320
so

1257
01:11:22,320 --> 01:11:24,239
you know have fun

1258
01:11:24,239 --> 01:11:27,440
yeah i think that's really and i think

1259
01:11:27,440 --> 01:11:29,520
they created a

1260
01:11:29,520 --> 01:11:33,440
schenectady municipal golf course icon

1261
01:11:33,440 --> 01:11:36,080
for us so i was really pleased about

1262
01:11:36,080 --> 01:11:37,120
that

1263
01:11:37,120 --> 01:11:38,800
um

1264
01:11:38,800 --> 01:11:41,920
so that's for the golf course

1265
01:11:41,920 --> 01:11:44,560
i don't think

1266
01:11:44,560 --> 01:11:48,159
i am opposed very much opposed to the

1267
01:11:48,159 --> 01:11:51,360
axon officers

1268
01:11:51,360 --> 01:11:53,120
program

1269
01:11:53,120 --> 01:11:55,679
if there's a roll call on anything i

1270
01:11:55,679 --> 01:11:59,040
hope it's on that i'm thoroughly opposed

1271
01:11:59,040 --> 01:12:00,719
to that

1272
01:12:00,719 --> 01:12:01,760
and

1273
01:12:01,760 --> 01:12:03,679
thank you i have three more minutes

1274
01:12:03,679 --> 01:12:06,080
later i'll see you

1275
01:12:06,080 --> 01:12:11,350
okay we'll see you later

1276
01:12:11,360 --> 01:12:21,350
jamaica miles

1277
01:12:21,360 --> 01:12:23,360
good evening all i'll be talking as

1278
01:12:23,360 --> 01:12:24,640
quickly as possible because there are

1279
01:12:24,640 --> 01:12:26,480
just so many things to say

1280
01:12:26,480 --> 01:12:28,560
in this room we already see how many

1281
01:12:28,560 --> 01:12:30,400
different organizations we are blessed

1282
01:12:30,400 --> 01:12:32,159
with in the city of schenectady that are

1283
01:12:32,159 --> 01:12:34,000
in need because there is a great need in

1284
01:12:34,000 --> 01:12:36,080
the city of schenectady whether it's the

1285
01:12:36,080 --> 01:12:38,239
miracle on craig street or if it's sicum

1286
01:12:38,239 --> 01:12:40,159
or the seat center or any other numbers

1287
01:12:40,159 --> 01:12:42,080
that i could possibly list

1288
01:12:42,080 --> 01:12:43,280
they are

1289
01:12:43,280 --> 01:12:46,400
the blood of us being a better community

1290
01:12:46,400 --> 01:12:48,719
they are the economic justice that we

1291
01:12:48,719 --> 01:12:50,560
need they are the

1292
01:12:50,560 --> 01:12:52,640
support for those that are homeless that

1293
01:12:52,640 --> 01:12:54,880
are food insecure petey talked about the

1294
01:12:54,880 --> 01:12:57,040
number of cars that there are that is

1295
01:12:57,040 --> 01:12:58,960
every single month because the pandemic

1296
01:12:58,960 --> 01:13:01,120
only made worse what we are facing here

1297
01:13:01,120 --> 01:13:03,199
in this city because the city has

1298
01:13:03,199 --> 01:13:05,199
approximately 70 percent of its

1299
01:13:05,199 --> 01:13:07,280
residents living in poverty those

1300
01:13:07,280 --> 01:13:09,600
numbers based on the united way numbers

1301
01:13:09,600 --> 01:13:11,199
that come out every single year that

1302
01:13:11,199 --> 01:13:13,199
number is not going to change without

1303
01:13:13,199 --> 01:13:15,280
economic investment that is equitable

1304
01:13:15,280 --> 01:13:17,600
which is why we talk about jerry burrell

1305
01:13:17,600 --> 01:13:20,159
and i don't understand why we are giving

1306
01:13:20,159 --> 01:13:21,840
almost 4 million dollars to a golf

1307
01:13:21,840 --> 01:13:24,080
course during a drought for their

1308
01:13:24,080 --> 01:13:30,790
irrigation system

1309
01:13:30,800 --> 01:13:32,960
don't don't eat up my time i appreciate

1310
01:13:32,960 --> 01:13:35,440
y'all and while i do know we need to

1311
01:13:35,440 --> 01:13:37,840
change the pool at central park i don't

1312
01:13:37,840 --> 01:13:39,760
i mean four and a half million dollars i

1313
01:13:39,760 --> 01:13:42,000
hope that it will equitably also add

1314
01:13:42,000 --> 01:13:44,560
services that others in the community

1315
01:13:44,560 --> 01:13:46,719
can use like they have in woodlawn

1316
01:13:46,719 --> 01:13:48,239
they've got the weightlifting stuff that

1317
01:13:48,239 --> 01:13:50,000
different people could use we had

1318
01:13:50,000 --> 01:13:51,360
something like that in central park

1319
01:13:51,360 --> 01:13:53,040
before it was taken out it was over by

1320
01:13:53,040 --> 01:13:55,920
the um the tennis courts it's gone now

1321
01:13:55,920 --> 01:13:58,400
and i'm gonna be blunt black folks used

1322
01:13:58,400 --> 01:14:33,160
it and now it's gone

1323
01:14:33,170 --> 01:14:54,470
[Music]

1324
01:14:54,480 --> 01:15:34,149
more

1325
01:15:34,159 --> 01:15:51,430
fairly representative

1326
01:15:51,440 --> 01:15:53,840
click very well you'll create programs

1327
01:15:53,840 --> 01:16:00,390
that you yourself implement to make sure

1328
01:16:00,400 --> 01:16:12,550
thank you for watching

1329
01:16:12,560 --> 01:16:35,669
oh

1330
01:16:35,679 --> 01:17:12,550
um

1331
01:17:12,560 --> 01:17:56,390
i speak in favor

1332
01:17:56,400 --> 01:18:38,630
services

1333
01:18:38,640 --> 01:18:57,910
to the greatest

1334
01:18:57,920 --> 01:19:48,630
is

1335
01:19:48,640 --> 01:20:08,629
so i

1336
01:20:08,639 --> 01:20:26,550
the words

1337
01:20:26,560 --> 01:20:42,229
thank you

1338
01:20:42,239 --> 01:20:44,159
because even though this process started

1339
01:20:44,159 --> 01:20:54,629
with a november previously

1340
01:20:54,639 --> 01:20:56,880
and i just wanted to remind everyone

1341
01:20:56,880 --> 01:21:11,430
about them

1342
01:21:11,440 --> 01:21:29,990
and several have been more than one

1343
01:21:30,000 --> 01:21:32,480
a self-sustaining diagnostic business

1344
01:21:32,480 --> 01:21:33,360
style

1345
01:21:33,360 --> 01:21:36,239
homework moving forward

1346
01:21:36,239 --> 01:21:37,520
and

1347
01:21:37,520 --> 01:21:40,239
home repairs programs for homeowners

1348
01:21:40,239 --> 01:21:54,149
that's cool

1349
01:21:54,159 --> 01:21:57,790
and i think

1350
01:21:57,800 --> 01:22:17,830
[Music]

1351
01:22:17,840 --> 01:22:19,600
so of course it's going to take some

1352
01:22:19,600 --> 01:22:22,639
time to look at applications as widely

1353
01:22:22,639 --> 01:23:16,629
as the

1354
01:23:16,639 --> 01:23:18,880
over five years

1355
01:23:18,880 --> 01:23:29,990
almost

1356
01:23:30,000 --> 01:23:38,229
organizations

1357
01:23:38,239 --> 01:24:01,430
i thank you so much

1358
01:24:01,440 --> 01:24:03,280
and council members thank you for having

1359
01:24:03,280 --> 01:24:04,239
me

1360
01:24:04,239 --> 01:24:06,950
um

1361
01:24:06,960 --> 01:24:09,120
here we go um first thank you for

1362
01:24:09,120 --> 01:24:11,440
recommending state center uh this

1363
01:24:11,440 --> 01:24:13,040
application

1364
01:24:13,040 --> 01:24:17,040
as it means a lot for

1365
01:24:17,040 --> 01:24:18,880
young adults who are disproportionately

1366
01:24:18,880 --> 01:24:21,440
assessing and impacted by homeless young

1367
01:24:21,440 --> 01:24:23,840
adults who do not have a safety net many

1368
01:24:23,840 --> 01:24:25,920
who are listening tonight thank you so

1369
01:24:25,920 --> 01:24:27,600
much

1370
01:24:27,600 --> 01:24:28,719
from the city

1371
01:24:28,719 --> 01:24:42,790
and wanted

1372
01:24:42,800 --> 01:24:55,350
look

1373
01:24:55,360 --> 01:24:57,360
young people that we work with hands-on

1374
01:24:57,360 --> 01:25:00,880
education and small classes

1375
01:25:00,880 --> 01:25:03,520
um before the message how do we control

1376
01:25:03,520 --> 01:25:06,719
this guess when we are the applications

1377
01:25:06,719 --> 01:25:08,560
and that application was critical

1378
01:25:08,560 --> 01:25:10,080
because it helps us bring in the

1379
01:25:10,080 --> 01:25:21,060
teachers

1380
01:25:21,070 --> 01:25:32,470
[Music]

1381
01:25:32,480 --> 01:25:34,400
and be able to do what

1382
01:25:34,400 --> 01:25:36,719
get them good jobs and work and benefit

1383
01:25:36,719 --> 01:25:38,840
our community

1384
01:25:38,840 --> 01:25:42,310
um emerging workers

1385
01:25:42,320 --> 01:25:44,639
um i hear a lot about emerging workers

1386
01:25:44,639 --> 01:25:46,480
and a lot about companies

1387
01:25:46,480 --> 01:25:49,920
so i know people are ready for work

1388
01:25:49,920 --> 01:26:03,270
you know people are very

1389
01:26:03,280 --> 01:26:04,800
on monday

1390
01:26:04,800 --> 01:26:20,149
friday afternoon

1391
01:26:20,159 --> 01:26:31,590
11 young people

1392
01:26:31,600 --> 01:26:34,080
last thing i really want to talk about

1393
01:26:34,080 --> 01:27:16,390
very soon

1394
01:27:16,400 --> 01:27:29,110
people who

1395
01:27:29,120 --> 01:27:56,790
thank you

1396
01:27:56,800 --> 01:28:00,950
we have two items

1397
01:28:00,960 --> 01:28:16,390
foreign

1398
01:28:16,400 --> 01:28:37,590
um

1399
01:28:37,600 --> 01:28:52,950
right

1400
01:28:52,960 --> 01:29:51,030
um

1401
01:29:51,040 --> 01:29:53,440
in a few um maybe we need to revisit

1402
01:29:53,440 --> 01:30:11,030
this together

1403
01:30:11,040 --> 01:31:03,510
um

1404
01:31:03,520 --> 01:31:46,870
foreign

1405
01:31:46,880 --> 01:31:49,120
anymore

1406
01:31:49,120 --> 01:32:24,229
[Music]

1407
01:32:24,239 --> 01:32:44,790
not only everyone

1408
01:32:44,800 --> 01:33:20,870
foreign

1409
01:33:20,880 --> 01:33:32,629
and

1410
01:33:32,639 --> 01:33:45,110
here in the city

1411
01:33:45,120 --> 01:34:02,390
to unite ourselves

1412
01:34:02,400 --> 01:34:15,189
as far as

1413
01:34:15,199 --> 01:34:36,870
every morning

1414
01:34:36,880 --> 01:34:39,360
before we just started putting money out

1415
01:34:39,360 --> 01:34:41,590
there

1416
01:34:41,600 --> 01:34:58,149
so what i'm going to say right now

1417
01:34:58,159 --> 01:35:03,430
as much

1418
01:35:03,440 --> 01:35:06,080
so at this point

1419
01:35:06,080 --> 01:35:21,669
i am

1420
01:35:21,679 --> 01:35:59,350
okay

1421
01:35:59,360 --> 01:36:21,750
foreign

1422
01:36:21,760 --> 01:36:25,189
okay

1423
01:36:25,199 --> 01:36:53,860
um

1424
01:36:53,870 --> 01:37:07,669
[Music]

1425
01:37:07,679 --> 01:37:08,880
when you want to talk about your

1426
01:37:08,880 --> 01:37:21,990
community

1427
01:37:22,000 --> 01:37:41,510
okay

1428
01:37:41,520 --> 01:37:43,119
i want to thank everyone for coming out

1429
01:37:43,119 --> 01:37:46,719
tonight and i want to thank everybody

1430
01:37:46,719 --> 01:38:00,470
reviewing

1431
01:38:00,480 --> 01:38:04,310
in

1432
01:38:04,320 --> 01:38:06,400
so i know how difficult it is to prepare

1433
01:38:06,400 --> 01:38:09,360
for each application

1434
01:38:09,360 --> 01:38:28,070
and i know how difficult it is

1435
01:38:28,080 --> 01:38:31,440
that follows the broader community

1436
01:38:31,440 --> 01:38:33,360
and i think we all need that

1437
01:38:33,360 --> 01:38:40,590
i think we all took a look at those

1438
01:38:40,600 --> 01:38:49,590
applications as well

1439
01:38:49,600 --> 01:39:01,350
um

1440
01:39:01,360 --> 01:39:03,360
i have to say that i would have gone

1441
01:39:03,360 --> 01:39:04,800
further

1442
01:39:04,800 --> 01:39:06,239
is recording

1443
01:39:06,239 --> 01:39:08,480
amanda park project that will walk

1444
01:39:08,480 --> 01:39:10,639
forward into this process

1445
01:39:10,639 --> 01:39:24,050
um

1446
01:39:24,060 --> 01:39:33,109
[Music]

1447
01:39:33,119 --> 01:39:35,040
but that will also look at other aspects

1448
01:39:35,040 --> 01:39:37,600
of central time including those that

1449
01:39:37,600 --> 01:39:52,470
related to the tennis courts

1450
01:39:52,480 --> 01:40:06,629
project

1451
01:40:06,639 --> 01:40:09,119
especially with those i know in belgium

1452
01:40:09,119 --> 01:40:10,639
have been waiting for several years for

1453
01:40:10,639 --> 01:40:12,400
some of those things to be done i hope

1454
01:40:12,400 --> 01:40:14,400
that we do continue to vote for those

1455
01:40:14,400 --> 01:40:15,520
projects

1456
01:40:15,520 --> 01:40:17,600
all of these projects including the golf

1457
01:40:17,600 --> 01:40:18,719
project

1458
01:40:18,719 --> 01:40:20,320
all contribute to the health and

1459
01:40:20,320 --> 01:40:21,920
wellness of the people within our

1460
01:40:21,920 --> 01:40:23,679
communities

1461
01:40:23,679 --> 01:40:26,159
people may grow up about the golf

1462
01:40:26,159 --> 01:40:28,800
project so let me tell you that this

1463
01:40:28,800 --> 01:40:32,000
project um the golf course itself but to

1464
01:40:32,000 --> 01:40:34,880
many many people people in our city i

1465
01:40:34,880 --> 01:40:39,350
don't

1466
01:40:39,360 --> 01:40:41,440
but what i hear from people about our

1467
01:40:41,440 --> 01:40:43,760
golf course is that it rivals boards of

1468
01:40:43,760 --> 01:40:45,440
private country clubs that people have

1469
01:40:45,440 --> 01:40:47,840
to pay a lot of money to belong to in

1470
01:40:47,840 --> 01:40:53,990
our case we serve

1471
01:40:54,000 --> 01:40:56,239
um you know many of us have interacted

1472
01:40:56,239 --> 01:40:58,800
with those kids um and i think that's

1473
01:40:58,800 --> 01:41:00,320
really important

1474
01:41:00,320 --> 01:41:03,040
that we're trying to look at all

1475
01:41:03,040 --> 01:41:04,239
you know how these cloud reach

1476
01:41:04,239 --> 01:41:06,000
opportunities work for all the dreams i

1477
01:41:06,000 --> 01:41:07,920
also supported these qualities

1478
01:41:07,920 --> 01:41:09,520
i think the aquatic center will tell me

1479
01:41:09,520 --> 01:41:12,000
to do a lot not just

1480
01:41:12,000 --> 01:41:13,760
and honestly i think this is an

1481
01:41:13,760 --> 01:41:15,199
important thing that's going to

1482
01:41:15,199 --> 01:41:17,119
contribute to economic development in

1483
01:41:17,119 --> 01:41:19,679
the city but also it's going to affect

1484
01:41:19,679 --> 01:41:21,040
seniors

1485
01:41:21,040 --> 01:41:23,920
like the therapy system including people

1486
01:41:23,920 --> 01:41:26,870
with disabilities

1487
01:41:26,880 --> 01:41:31,109
um there are a lot of reasons for that

1488
01:41:31,119 --> 01:41:33,440
in this foreign joining me and i hope

1489
01:41:33,440 --> 01:41:35,679
that i hope that they're successful and

1490
01:41:35,679 --> 01:41:39,830
i'm glad that um

1491
01:41:39,840 --> 01:41:42,159
private funders and public funders in

1492
01:41:42,159 --> 01:41:44,480
that project

1493
01:41:44,480 --> 01:41:46,960
i also feel i also want to say that i'm

1494
01:41:46,960 --> 01:41:48,560
still that we're supporting the baseball

1495
01:41:48,560 --> 01:41:50,239
program

1496
01:41:50,239 --> 01:41:53,360
if you look closely at these classes and

1497
01:41:53,360 --> 01:41:55,199
programs that we're funding you'll see

1498
01:41:55,199 --> 01:41:56,719
that there's youth involvement with

1499
01:41:56,719 --> 01:41:58,800
every single aspect of each of these

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01:41:58,800 --> 01:42:27,109
programs

1501
01:42:27,119 --> 01:42:29,280
uh we're constantly getting called

1502
01:42:29,280 --> 01:42:30,960
hopefully we're following up on your

1503
01:42:30,960 --> 01:42:33,520
request and trying to get people out to

1504
01:42:33,520 --> 01:42:35,760
the places where the problem is and i'm

1505
01:42:35,760 --> 01:42:38,480
thrilled and proud of the staff

1506
01:42:38,480 --> 01:42:48,870
who have been doing a great job

1507
01:42:48,880 --> 01:42:50,400
i also

1508
01:42:50,400 --> 01:42:52,639
really feel that the food security

1509
01:42:52,639 --> 01:42:55,280
issues that we are going to be funding

1510
01:42:55,280 --> 01:42:57,440
are also important and one aspect of

1511
01:42:57,440 --> 01:42:59,360
that i'm very pleased to see the

1512
01:42:59,360 --> 01:43:02,639
tennessee foundation is having this one

1513
01:43:02,639 --> 01:43:09,200
you have to take a long time

1514
01:43:09,210 --> 01:43:21,750
[Music]

1515
01:43:21,760 --> 01:43:44,870
um

1516
01:43:44,880 --> 01:43:47,199
yes to everything that came forward last

1517
01:43:47,199 --> 01:43:50,320
week i don't feel that we weren't

1518
01:43:50,320 --> 01:44:47,109
transformed

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01:44:47,119 --> 01:44:49,199
consider all the money at once with all

1520
01:44:49,199 --> 01:44:51,119
the applications at once

1521
01:44:51,119 --> 01:44:53,360
instead

1522
01:44:53,360 --> 01:44:55,360
the political supporters of my

1523
01:44:55,360 --> 01:44:57,520
colleagues got paid off

1524
01:44:57,520 --> 01:44:58,719
that doesn't mean they wouldn't have

1525
01:44:58,719 --> 01:45:00,800
gotten among them in the first place

1526
01:45:00,800 --> 01:45:13,350
and

1527
01:45:13,360 --> 01:45:28,390
until

1528
01:45:28,400 --> 01:45:29,840
we needed to consider all the

1529
01:45:29,840 --> 01:45:32,239
applications too

1530
01:45:32,239 --> 01:45:34,639
and knowledge of shadows over some very

1531
01:45:34,639 --> 01:45:37,119
london organizations

1532
01:45:37,119 --> 01:45:38,800
seven million dollars was proposed to

1533
01:45:38,800 --> 01:45:40,480
close they included five hundred

1534
01:45:40,480 --> 01:45:42,880
thousand for hillary's comparisons

1535
01:45:42,880 --> 01:45:53,270
250

1536
01:45:53,280 --> 01:45:55,440
neighborhoods that haven't seen any sort

1537
01:45:55,440 --> 01:46:02,070
of contestants in the coming

1538
01:46:02,080 --> 01:46:02,960
because

1539
01:46:02,960 --> 01:46:05,040
we want to open the application once

1540
01:46:05,040 --> 01:46:06,560
again

1541
01:46:06,560 --> 01:46:08,400
in order to have another messed up

1542
01:46:08,400 --> 01:46:10,639
process which you've admitted has been

1543
01:46:10,639 --> 01:46:14,159
messed up and anytime there's some sort

1544
01:46:14,159 --> 01:46:15,760
of disagreement

1545
01:46:15,760 --> 01:46:17,760
oh they're not participating in this

1546
01:46:17,760 --> 01:46:19,040
process

1547
01:46:19,040 --> 01:46:21,360
or you know you're not being part of the

1548
01:46:21,360 --> 01:46:28,710
process

1549
01:46:28,720 --> 01:46:49,990
[Music]

1550
01:46:50,000 --> 01:46:54,400
you can see and hear what we've done

1551
01:46:54,400 --> 01:46:55,920
applications that should have been

1552
01:46:55,920 --> 01:46:57,760
confirmed

1553
01:46:57,760 --> 01:47:00,320
and money has now been used first before

1554
01:47:00,320 --> 01:47:02,000
we even considered it

1555
01:47:02,000 --> 01:47:08,149
that's not fair

1556
01:47:08,159 --> 01:47:11,000
this is just a ridiculous process and

1557
01:47:11,000 --> 01:47:13,679
yes matters

1558
01:47:13,679 --> 01:47:15,040
because

1559
01:47:15,040 --> 01:47:34,790
we have applications out there

1560
01:47:34,800 --> 01:47:47,510
because

1561
01:47:47,520 --> 01:47:48,400
about

1562
01:47:48,400 --> 01:47:59,189
how

1563
01:47:59,199 --> 01:48:26,790
i hope

1564
01:48:26,800 --> 01:48:42,790
um

1565
01:48:42,800 --> 01:48:56,790
if

1566
01:48:56,800 --> 01:49:27,910
um

1567
01:49:27,920 --> 01:49:51,430
oh

1568
01:49:51,440 --> 01:50:01,280
um

1569
01:50:01,280 --> 01:50:17,510
[Music]

1570
01:50:17,520 --> 01:50:33,030
i'm going to talk about how art can tell

1571
01:50:33,040 --> 01:50:50,790
okay

1572
01:50:50,800 --> 01:50:58,870
economic

1573
01:50:58,880 --> 01:51:18,790
and

1574
01:51:18,800 --> 01:51:24,149
was

1575
01:51:24,159 --> 01:51:46,470
um

1576
01:51:46,480 --> 01:52:24,790
for god

1577
01:52:24,800 --> 01:52:40,470
there are too many

1578
01:52:40,480 --> 01:52:55,189
if

1579
01:52:55,199 --> 01:54:06,149
they are 53 million

1580
01:54:06,159 --> 01:54:13,910
if

1581
01:54:13,920 --> 01:54:28,550
thank you

1582
01:54:28,560 --> 01:54:44,790
all right

1583
01:54:44,800 --> 01:55:42,390
um

1584
01:55:42,400 --> 01:55:58,830
tonight

1585
01:55:58,840 --> 01:57:02,470
childhood um

1586
01:57:02,480 --> 01:57:31,589
thank you

1587
01:57:31,599 --> 01:59:08,950
is

1588
01:59:08,960 --> 01:59:25,669
okay

1589
01:59:25,679 --> 01:59:28,470
thank you

1590
01:59:28,480 --> 01:59:30,960
for the time

1591
01:59:30,960 --> 02:00:49,109
um

1592
02:00:49,119 --> 02:00:51,360
across the nation i look forward to the

1593
02:00:51,360 --> 02:00:52,560
community

1594
02:00:52,560 --> 02:01:32,470
and organizations

1595
02:01:32,480 --> 02:01:48,830
is

1596
02:01:48,840 --> 02:01:53,599
people thank you um i wanted to uh

1597
02:01:53,599 --> 02:01:55,199
first of all talk about the time that

1598
02:01:55,199 --> 02:01:56,960
memory damage happened a couple of

1599
02:01:56,960 --> 02:01:59,990
saturdays ago

1600
02:02:00,000 --> 02:02:02,480
i was so excited to volunteer there for

1601
02:02:02,480 --> 02:02:04,880
the afternoon that saturday um there's

1602
02:02:04,880 --> 02:02:07,840
just so many community groups that came

1603
02:02:07,840 --> 02:02:09,520
together to serve

1604
02:02:09,520 --> 02:02:12,239
all of the folks it was an amazing

1605
02:02:12,239 --> 02:02:14,960
population of people who children and

1606
02:02:14,960 --> 02:02:17,199
families have showed up at that family

1607
02:02:17,199 --> 02:02:18,960
day so i'd like to

1608
02:02:18,960 --> 02:02:21,199
thank um

1609
02:02:21,199 --> 02:02:23,119
especially county legislator rachel

1610
02:02:23,119 --> 02:02:26,000
ruizo and ceo of nike and

1611
02:02:26,000 --> 02:02:31,990
um

1612
02:02:32,000 --> 02:02:33,679
i also wanted to

1613
02:02:33,679 --> 02:03:02,400
um but it's been really fun to go and uh

1614
02:03:02,400 --> 02:03:06,400
be around all the kids and watch um what

1615
02:03:06,400 --> 02:03:09,199
i think kind of competitive course um

1616
02:03:09,199 --> 02:03:11,119
that has been happening uh week after

1617
02:03:11,119 --> 02:03:16,470
week and with that this week

1618
02:03:16,480 --> 02:03:39,430
um

1619
02:03:39,440 --> 02:03:42,320
but anyway those are great events that

1620
02:03:42,320 --> 02:03:44,800
also supports the relationship between

1621
02:03:44,800 --> 02:03:47,679
our police officers and the community

1622
02:03:47,679 --> 02:03:49,440
technologies

1623
02:03:49,440 --> 02:03:50,880
watching everybody getting to know each

1624
02:03:50,880 --> 02:04:06,870
other so um

1625
02:04:06,880 --> 02:04:08,880
one more opportunity is not a medical

1626
02:04:08,880 --> 02:04:13,109
transcript

1627
02:04:13,119 --> 02:04:14,800
so i encourage you to take a look at

1628
02:04:14,800 --> 02:04:16,239
that as well

1629
02:04:16,239 --> 02:04:18,480
i appreciate all the work done for the

1630
02:04:18,480 --> 02:04:21,599
interns people volunteer has done to

1631
02:04:21,599 --> 02:04:50,950
really matter

1632
02:04:50,960 --> 02:05:08,629
that um in this fight

1633
02:05:08,639 --> 02:05:36,790
uh

1634
02:05:36,800 --> 02:06:39,030
um

1635
02:06:39,040 --> 02:06:42,280
thank you