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[21:27] i'd like to call the city caucus meeting
[21:29] to order for monday august 22nd 2022.
[21:34] we have 15 items for original
[21:36] consideration
[21:38] please read item number one for final consideration
[21:44] an ordinance to amend section
[21:47] 87-6.1 of the code of the city of
[21:49] schenectady
[21:50] mr bellamy
[21:52] roll call
[21:54] that'll be a roll call though
[21:55] item number two under original
[21:59] consideration an ordinance or
[22:01] authorizing the issuance of the bond for
[22:02] the construction reconstruction
[22:04] installation of improvement at and
[22:07] in connection with the rice road water
[22:10] treatment plant discussing committee
[22:12] with objection and on consent item
[22:13] number three item number three for
[22:15] original consideration a resolution
[22:17] appropriating the american rescue plan
[22:19] act funds and authorizing the mayor to
[22:21] enter into agreement
[22:53] division of homeland security and
[22:54] emergency services to secure grant
[22:56] funding discuss the committee without
[22:58] consent
[23:02] item number
[23:03] six item number six for
[23:06] original consideration a resolution
[23:08] authorized in the mayor to enter into an
[23:09] agreement with axon enterprise
[23:11] incorporated for the purpose of
[23:13] purchasing the axon officer safety plan
[23:16] discuss the committee with objection on
[23:18] consent item number seven item number
[23:21] seven for original consideration a
[23:23] resolution calling for a public hearing
[23:25] to support
[23:26] an application by metroplex for restore
[23:28] new york grant through empire state
[23:30] development
[23:31] discuss the committee with objections on
[23:33] consent item number eight item number
[23:36] eight for original consideration a
[23:37] resolution accepting the 2021 assistant
[23:40] to firefighters grant and authorizing
[23:42] purchase of radios discussing committee
[23:44] with objection on consent item number
[23:47] nine for original
[23:49] consideration a resolution authorized
[23:51] the mayor or his designee to enter into
[23:53] an agreement with wnb golf carts
[23:55] incorporated for the lease of 62 lithium
[23:58] power golf carts and 60 gps systems at
[24:00] the schenectady municipal golf course
[24:03] discuss the committee with objection on
[24:05] consent item number 10 item number 10
[24:07] for original consideration a resolution
[24:09] authorizing the sale of 552 crane street
[24:11] for five thousand dollars
[24:13] discuss the committee with objection on
[24:15] consent item number eleven item number
[24:17] 11 for original consideration a
[24:19] resolution authorized in the sale of 820
[24:21] strong street for 40 thousand dollars
[24:24] discussing without without objection on
[24:26] consent item number 12. item number 12
[24:29] for original consideration a resolution
[24:30] authorizes authorizing the sale of 854
[24:33] albany street for fifteen thousand
[24:34] dollars
[24:36] discussing committee with objection on
[24:37] consent and number thirteen item number
[24:40] thirteen for original consideration a
[24:42] resolution authorizing the sale of a
[24:43] vacant lot at 1834 watt street for five
[24:46] thousand dollars discussing committee
[24:49] with objection on consent item number
[24:50] fourteen item number fourteen for
[24:52] original consideration a resolution
[24:54] authorizing the sale of 1838 watt street
[24:57] for twenty eight thousand dollars
[24:59] discuss the committee with objection on
[25:01] consent item number 15. item number 15
[25:04] for original consideration resolution
[25:06] authorizing the issuance of revocable
[25:08] permit number 673 to john riley for a
[25:11] sign and awning that will encroach the
[25:13] city's right of way at 235 237 union
[25:16] street
[25:17] discussing committee without checking
[25:18] with objectional consent
[25:21] we have two items for roll call vote
[25:25] if the clerk would please read item
[25:26] number one for final consideration
[25:34] an ordinance to amend section
[25:36] 87-6.1 of the code of the city of
[25:38] schenectady i need a motion to move this
[25:44] okay all right
[25:46] so
[25:47] okay all right if there's nothing more
[25:49] to come before the city council caucus i
[25:50] ask for a motion to adjourn
[25:54] all in favor
[25:56] aye
[25:57] i'd like to call the city council
[25:58] meeting to order for monday august 22nd
[26:00] 2022
[26:02] and i'd like to follow the reverend
[26:03] ronald hunt for the prayer and
[26:04] invocation
[26:10] good evening it's great to see such an
[26:12] amazing turnout from the city tonight
[26:15] who am i and what is the purpose of an
[26:17] invocation
[26:19] my name is ronald hunt and i'm a
[26:20] practicing minister in schenectady with
[26:22] a specialty in weddings i serve people
[26:25] of all faiths including none
[26:28] there was concern at the last city
[26:29] council meeting so i wanted to share
[26:30] this
[26:31] while it is an honor to
[26:33] bless
[26:35] public meetings i am not compensated nor
[26:37] have i referred to a god of any religion
[26:40] at a government meeting
[26:43] the act of in
[26:45] invoking or calling upon a group to a
[26:47] higher purpose for civility and active
[26:49] listening has been my goal in these
[26:51] short talks
[26:53] it was also mentioned by speakers that
[26:54] their religion is never represented
[26:57] i'm sure if your iman or rabbi was so
[26:59] inclined they could be easily added to
[27:02] the list i won't mind doing fewer
[27:05] let us reflect for a moment
[27:07] first let me say thank you on behalf of
[27:09] all who are gathered here today
[27:11] thank you for the ability to be involved
[27:13] in useful work and for the honor of
[27:15] bearing appropriate responsibilities
[27:18] thanks as well for the freedom to share
[27:19] and listen to information and counsel
[27:21] from your constituents which includes
[27:24] the freedom to respectfully disagree
[27:26] with many branches of government yet we
[27:28] have the right to seek our redress
[27:31] whether it's here at a peaceful protest
[27:33] or especially the voting booth
[27:36] in ancient books it is said that
[27:37] citizens ought to obey their government
[27:40] authorities since those very authorities
[27:42] were established to promote peace order
[27:43] and justice
[27:44] in present times sometimes it seems
[27:48] things seem a bit more complex therefore
[27:51] i pray for our city council
[27:53] our mayor and also everybody present
[27:57] um
[27:57] i'm asking that everyone graciously
[28:00] grant them wisdom to govern amid the
[28:03] conflicting interests and issues of our
[28:05] times
[28:06] a sense of the welfare and true needs of
[28:07] our people a keem thirst for justice and
[28:10] rightness
[28:11] confidence in what is good and fitting
[28:13] the ability to work together in harmony
[28:15] even when there is honest disagreement
[28:18] personal peace in their lives and joy in
[28:20] their tasks
[28:22] i do pray non-denominationally
[28:25] for the agenda set before them today
[28:27] please give assurance of what would
[28:29] please you their constituents and what
[28:32] would benefit those who live and work in
[28:34] and around our beloved city of
[28:36] schenectady thank you i'd like to call on matt daley
[28:40] to please the pledge of allegiance
[28:56] one nation
[29:03] thank you
[29:05] if the clerk would please complete the
[29:07] roll call
[29:10] mr mutaviran
[29:12] mr toro
[29:13] mr farley
[29:15] mr williams
[29:16] ms patrick
[29:18] mr palomini miss porterfield here
[29:21] and asked for approval for the minutes
[29:23] of august 8
[29:24] 2022
[29:26] moved by mr williams second by most of
[29:28] mr modibaran all in favor
[29:31] aye
[29:32] and ask the clerk to please read
[29:33] communications and petitions
[29:38] communications presented to city council
[29:40] for monday august 22nd 2022 under
[29:43] official there were none
[29:45] under general from heather hutchinson an
[29:47] email stating her frustration
[29:49] with the lack of process transparency
[29:52] for the designation of the arpa funds
[29:54] and disappointment with the
[29:55] appropriations for large development and
[29:57] tourism projects
[29:58] it will not benefit city residents in
[30:01] the short term
[30:02] from patricia greenwood an email
[30:04] regarding illegal dumping on the corner
[30:06] of manhattan and seneca street from kg
[30:09] conley a letter to city council
[30:11] regarding the sidewalks on van rankin
[30:12] avenue and the need for parking
[30:14] enforcement under petitions there were
[30:16] none
[30:18] thank you
[30:19] i'll call on council
[30:21] committee reports from council members
[30:26] okay
[30:28] next on our agenda is the privilege of
[30:29] the floor related to the legislative
[30:31] agenda
[30:32] before we um actually have people come
[30:34] to speak there is a statement i'd like
[30:36] to make because i want to clarify some
[30:37] things that have been
[30:40] miscommunicated
[30:42] first of all we have not allocated all
[30:44] the arpa funds
[30:46] transparency has been a huge topic in
[30:48] conversation
[30:49] we started this process with tours
[30:51] community surveys and recruiting a team
[30:53] of residents to review applications
[30:56] to my recollection there has not been
[30:58] that level of public inclusion on city
[31:01] funding in the past
[31:02] the most reviews on any application was
[31:04] three
[31:05] no application was viewed by five to six
[31:07] people as reported
[31:09] there is a constant mention of 70 plus
[31:12] applications that seems to imply there
[31:14] are all community applications when in
[31:16] fact the applications from smaller cbo's
[31:19] was closer to 40 with remainder from the
[31:21] city or larger organizations or groups
[31:24] all community applications which
[31:26] qualified according to the department of
[31:28] development were reviewed by the
[31:30] department of development
[31:31] the advisory committee and at least five
[31:34] council members
[31:35] that is more eyes than are normally are
[31:37] involved in the review process
[31:40] this was a new process so it was a bumpy
[31:42] process much like the sidewalk program
[31:46] being inclusive in our decision making
[31:48] was an ask from the community and we
[31:50] worked to make that happen
[31:52] change is hard
[31:54] but to quote
[31:55] peter drucker if you want something new
[31:57] you have to stop doing something old
[32:00] the goal of having it the goal of having
[32:02] an advisory committee was to have a more
[32:04] participatory process and including
[32:07] people in the process which is the
[32:08] government
[32:10] did the did it fully work the way you
[32:12] intended no there were some people who
[32:15] could not fulfill their commitment
[32:16] however that does not mean that we
[32:18] disregard the people who did provide
[32:20] feedback
[32:22] for those members of this elected body
[32:24] who are criticizing the process they
[32:26] were part of the process deciding not to
[32:28] participate in a constructive way
[32:31] when you believe you have an idea to
[32:32] improve the process
[32:34] not only and to only offer criticism is
[32:37] a decision
[32:39] our recommendations on tonight's agenda
[32:41] are to fund larger projects which are we
[32:44] expect will benefit many city residents
[32:46] and to bring revenue into the city
[32:48] we also recommended fully funding small
[32:51] organizations who usually get just
[32:53] enough to keep them from drowning
[32:55] organizations working with youth in
[32:56] marginalized communities and that
[32:58] address food security and housing
[33:02] i expect the opposition from a political
[33:04] group that has been the biggest critic
[33:06] because we are supporting certain groups
[33:08] that are not valued from their viewpoint
[33:10] however
[33:11] that will not stop us from governing
[33:13] through a lens of balance and equity
[33:16] efficiency is doing the thing right
[33:19] effective effectiveness is doing the
[33:21] right thing
[33:23] i still believe in having community
[33:24] input on what happens in the city we
[33:27] just have to figure out the best way to
[33:28] encourage that participation
[33:30] and once again to
[33:32] quote peter drucker
[33:34] the greatest danger in times of
[33:36] turbulence is not the turbulence
[33:39] is it is to act with yesterday's logic
[33:44] at this time i have 20 people signed up
[33:46] to speak on the legislative agenda
[33:49] the first person is sarah gregory
[33:53] i just want to remind those of you who
[33:54] are not familiar with the process it is
[33:56] uh we have you have three minutes
[33:58] and you will hear a timer go off at the
[34:00] end of your three minutes thank you mr
[34:03] gregory hi my name is sarah gregory i'm
[34:05] on the board of the capital region
[34:07] aquatic center and i want to thank the
[34:09] city council and the mayor for
[34:11] continuing to support the project and i
[34:13] just wanted to speak briefly on the
[34:15] community
[34:16] benefits that will come with the capital
[34:18] region aquatic center
[34:20] we will be a monday through sunday seven
[34:22] day a week
[34:23] place for the
[34:25] citizens of schenectady to come and swim
[34:27] and be active the health and wellness
[34:30] we'll have adult fitness we will have
[34:32] learn to swim
[34:34] one of our the one that's most important to us is
[34:38] the learn to swim because 50 percent of
[34:40] the u.s population doesn't know how to
[34:42] swim
[34:43] um
[34:44] drowning is the second leading cause of
[34:46] death for
[34:48] children ages 1-14
[34:50] um
[34:51] that has got lots of statistics here um
[34:54] and we've learned that
[34:56] we found they've found that one month of
[35:00] formal swim lessons decreases your
[35:03] chance of drowning by 80 and that's kids
[35:05] and adults
[35:06] a lot of the reason kids don't know how
[35:08] to swim is because their parents don't
[35:10] know how to swim and are afraid of the
[35:11] water so um one of our missions is
[35:15] to teach every second grader in the
[35:17] schenectady city school district to swim
[35:20] by providing transportation and lessons
[35:22] at the aquatic center providing
[35:24] swimsuits and goggles that's all done
[35:27] thank you that's all done through
[35:29] foundations and grants that are
[35:31] nationwide that and so that would be
[35:33] provided free of charge this second
[35:35] graders of um the city of schenectady
[35:38] um also it will bring
[35:41] monday as i said monday through sunday it won't close
[35:47] down you hear a lot about the events
[35:48] that are going to be there and the
[35:50] people it's going to bring to the area
[35:52] but the way this is designed is that
[35:54] those those events won't prevent the
[35:56] citizens of schenectady from coming
[35:59] there seven days a week
[36:01] there's the drowning prevention swimming
[36:02] is a lifelong activity it's very it's no
[36:06] to low impact so it's going to be
[36:09] for people of all ages from infants to
[36:11] seniors all levels of abilities that
[36:14] will teach infants
[36:16] and kids to swim adults to swim we've
[36:18] talked to many organizations um that you
[36:21] know the
[36:22] insurance companies they really are
[36:24] trying to focus on health now and one of
[36:25] the best ways to get
[36:28] people healthy and active is in the
[36:30] water but they can't find space we have
[36:32] a lot of pools but they're all built for
[36:35] union college schenectady high school
[36:38] the wise they have to do their they have
[36:40] to get their constituents in there and
[36:42] so this center will have the ability with
[36:45] all those different there's three
[36:47] they're four different pools to offer
[36:49] something for everyone no matter their
[36:52] age ability
[36:54] and also i've already talked about the
[36:56] grants for the learn to swim there are
[36:57] grants also for memberships there are
[37:00] grants then for the aquatic teams
[37:02] if kids then decide they want to be a
[37:05] swimmer or a diver or water polo
[37:08] it's really for the
[37:12] city of schenectady and its residents
[37:14] it's not just for the visitors that are
[37:16] going to come and use the pool thank you
[37:26] sheila rivera
[37:33] good evening
[37:34] everyone rivera i'm on the governance
[37:36] committee for miracle on correct street
[37:39] and i just wanted to take an opportunity
[37:41] to
[37:42] thank
[37:43] the city council
[37:45] for
[37:46] acknowledging and recognizing
[37:49] the importance of the carver community
[37:50] center and what reopening it would mean
[37:53] to the community
[37:56] for acknowledging the void that was left
[37:59] when the doors closed
[38:02] i'd like to thank you for acknowledging
[38:05] the support that we've received in the
[38:06] community from the different community
[38:08] based organizations such as
[38:11] the honest way food court
[38:14] the first
[38:15] reformed church
[38:16] the unitarian universalist society
[38:20] stewards
[38:22] precision industrial maintenance and so
[38:24] many
[38:25] other
[38:26] cbo's
[38:29] i'd like to thank you for acknowledging
[38:31] the work
[38:32] that the board
[38:34] has done in the past seven years
[38:38] and
[38:39] for appreciating that the board is not
[38:41] comprised of a bunch of professionals in
[38:44] construction and fundraising
[38:47] but just everyday people who have 95
[38:49] jobs but we came together with a common
[38:51] goal
[38:52] okay
[38:53] and just a love for our city in our
[38:55] community
[38:56] so
[38:57] we've taken on these new roles and we've
[38:59] learned new skills
[39:01] because that's what we needed to do
[39:05] okay
[39:08] thank you for appreciating the fact that
[39:10] while there have been delays and and we
[39:13] know kobit was a big one not just for
[39:15] this project but for many other projects
[39:18] um that we have not stopped working
[39:20] okay we're there every saturday from 10
[39:22] to two during the warmer months where we
[39:24] can get in there we have volunteers that
[39:26] come in um so the work hasn't stopped
[39:31] and finally i just want to thank you
[39:33] for
[39:34] your support your faith and your
[39:36] patience
[39:37] um
[39:38] just know
[39:40] that
[39:40] you know we're committee committed fully
[39:43] committed um to this project and to the
[39:46] community
[39:47] um and i would like to challenge anyone
[39:49] that has doubts or doesn't believe in
[39:51] the cause or
[39:52] has questions come on down on a
[39:55] and just feel the energy
[39:57] look at all the people that are there
[39:59] um
[40:00] working together the camaraderie
[40:02] and
[40:03] we'll make you a believer
[40:06] thank you
[40:20] good evening and thank you for this
[40:22] opportunity members of the city council president porterfield and mayor
[40:27] mccarthy
[40:29] we do appreciate your service to the
[40:30] city
[40:32] i first want to thank the council for
[40:34] embracing our shared concern about a
[40:36] growing issue lack of access for food
[40:39] for city residents in particular access
[40:42] to healthy food
[40:44] many of us have been working with great
[40:46] passion and intelligence and in a
[40:47] collaborative fashion to address this
[40:50] issue and to have the support of the
[40:52] council and the mayor is essential if we
[40:54] are to solve this
[40:56] and the only way to do that is to
[40:58] understand the root causes
[41:00] and then act collectively for a greater
[41:03] impact
[41:04] the six hundred 000 proposal from the
[41:06] foundation which would have been which
[41:08] will be leveraged by another 1.7 million
[41:11] dollars
[41:12] um
[41:13] uh is to establish a healthy and
[41:15] equitable
[41:16] food council i uh emphasize the word
[41:18] equitable thereby creating a one
[41:21] schenectady approach one planning and
[41:24] coordination body for the city and the
[41:26] county that would be representative of
[41:28] all stakeholders in the food system
[41:30] including consumers
[41:32] collect data to better understand the
[41:34] root causes
[41:35] establish priorities and strategies for
[41:38] investment in new programs and processes
[41:41] coordinate the work of
[41:42] many food system partners for optimal
[41:45] impact
[41:46] drive investment from
[41:49] both arpa funds the schenectady
[41:51] foundation's funding and other donors
[41:53] into the highest priority
[41:55] programs and those that have
[41:57] demonstrated grace level of
[41:59] effectiveness
[42:00] and finally that we continue to assess
[42:03] outcomes and progress and adjust our
[42:05] strategy going forward that we have some
[42:08] flexibility in how we do this
[42:11] um we assure you and i wanted to make
[42:13] sure
[42:14] this point tonight that in fact
[42:17] collaboration and coordination has been
[42:18] happening
[42:20] we had no choice as particularly when
[42:22] covet first hit
[42:24] and this city the people of the city
[42:27] organizations the city came together
[42:29] like never before and we were already a
[42:32] collaborative city um and there was no
[42:35] choice but to do everything together and
[42:37] that spirit of of collaboration and
[42:39] coordination has continued
[42:41] onward um even though we're still in
[42:44] technically in pandemic mode i guess
[42:47] and we will continue that spirit of
[42:49] cooperation
[42:51] the healthy and equitable food council
[42:53] will be inclusive
[42:55] and it will build bridges across sectors
[42:57] and providers to achieve better outcomes
[43:01] as we all know arpa funding is a
[43:02] one-time opportunity let's ensure that
[43:05] we effectively leverage our collective
[43:07] resources for lasting impact
[43:10] on one of the city's greatest needs
[43:12] thank you
[43:19] matt bailey
[43:24] good evening everybody fellow mr mayor
[43:26] mr porterfield council members ladies
[43:28] and gentlemen
[43:29] my name is matthew daley i'm the head
[43:31] golf professional at schenectady
[43:33] municipal golf course
[43:35] i certainly don't envy the task that's
[43:37] in front of you but i applaud your
[43:38] efforts because i know that your your
[43:40] task is daunting
[43:43] when it comes to
[43:44] our parks and recreation specifically
[43:47] when you talk about the baseball field
[43:50] the basketball courts the swimming pool
[43:52] the tennis the parks
[43:55] and our great golf course
[43:57] those are essential to any health and
[43:59] well-being of any municipality
[44:02] so i truly want to thank you for
[44:03] considering us as part of those
[44:05] fundamental upgrades
[44:06] because you're not just investing in
[44:08] today but you are certainly investing in
[44:10] the future of the city
[44:12] and i would like to leave you with one
[44:13] quote from mr arnold palmer the late
[44:16] great honor palmer who said
[44:18] golf is deceptively simple and endlessly
[44:21] complicated
[44:22] it satisfies the soul
[44:24] frustrates the intellect
[44:26] it is at the same time rewarding and
[44:28] maddening and it is without a doubt the
[44:30] greatest game mankind has ever created
[44:33] thank you very much thank you
[44:46] chairman of the
[44:48] municipal golf course advisory committee
[44:50] i'm here tonight on behalf of the
[44:52] committee to thank the council and the
[44:54] mayor
[44:55] and the city
[44:57] for
[44:59] our hopeful hopefully new irrigation
[45:02] system which is
[45:04] solely needed thank you very much
[45:07] thank you
[45:13] denise rivera
[45:20] good evening council members good
[45:22] evening
[45:23] council president and mayor my name is
[45:25] bernice rivera and i know i wear
[45:27] multiple hats in the community i put my
[45:29] glasses on
[45:30] but tonight i'm wearing the head of a
[45:32] community member an abuela or
[45:34] grandmother and member of the wisdom
[45:35] committee members who help provide
[45:37] guidance to the miracle and craig street
[45:39] executive cabinet i fully support
[45:41] funding our craig street community
[45:42] center this center will provide our
[45:44] youth and families with a variety of
[45:46] services programs and will assist in
[45:49] building partnerships within our city
[45:51] the center is potentially a community
[45:53] hub to empower our emerging leaders and
[45:56] families to develop and nurture their
[45:57] full selves which will not only benefit
[46:00] the individual but will collectively
[46:02] benefit our city thank you for
[46:04] consideration thank you
[46:10] [Applause]
[46:14] [Music]
[46:19] thank you
[46:24] good evening everyone i am carol lupo i
[46:27] am a resident and a retired
[46:29] teacher and basketball coach from
[46:31] schenectady city school district
[46:33] i am here
[46:35] as well to speak in favor of supporting
[46:37] the funding to miracle on craig street
[46:42] our city does not have enough community
[46:44] venues to support positive healthy
[46:47] activities
[46:48] for much needed youth and community
[46:50] programming
[46:51] this is an opportunity to fund
[46:54] restoration and development of community
[46:56] services which previously existed at
[46:59] carver community center from 1969 to
[47:02] 2013.
[47:04] before carver closed i ran a tuesday
[47:06] night all girls basketball program at
[47:08] carver to introduce and engage girls in
[47:11] basketball
[47:13] i was fortunate to be joined by several
[47:16] of my former players
[47:18] from this community who played and
[47:20] encouraged the young girls to get
[47:22] involved in sports
[47:24] the players knew or were related to many of the
[47:28] participants
[47:30] making it an organic community-based
[47:32] program
[47:34] everyone benefited from the experience
[47:37] this
[47:38] was one single great example of how a
[47:41] community venue could provide
[47:43] opportunity to this under served
[47:46] neighborhood
[47:47] it is imperative to have safe
[47:50] accessible venues for people to access
[47:53] and find supportive programming to help
[47:56] guide their lives
[47:58] programs embedded in their neighborhood
[48:01] where they feel comfortable is key to
[48:03] gaining access to such programming
[48:06] the renovation project would be a
[48:08] positive step in providing an accessible
[48:11] community venue able to address
[48:14] social and emotional challenges of
[48:17] today's world
[48:18] by providing wellness programs in the
[48:20] heart of hamilton hill
[48:23] thank you
[48:32] dr deidre butler
[48:41] hi good afternoon or evening to
[48:42] everybody my name is dr deidra hill
[48:45] butler
[48:46] i'm a 20-plus year resident uh of
[48:49] schenectady member of duree and a member
[48:52] of a few of the committees that are
[48:53] speaking
[48:54] um here tonight and um i'm reading a
[48:58] letter on behalf of my pastor the
[49:00] reverend nicole
[49:02] jean simone formerly reverend harris
[49:05] nicole harris
[49:07] she was recently married last month or
[49:09] yeah last month
[49:15] greetings mayor mccarthy
[49:17] president porterfield and the members of
[49:19] the city council
[49:20] i wish to express that the dury
[49:23] community foundation
[49:25] is looking forward to working with the
[49:27] city's office of affirmative action in a
[49:30] collaborative effort to impact our
[49:33] community in a positive way
[49:36] i know that our organization in
[49:38] partnership with the empowerment center
[49:40] will be able to provide hope and
[49:43] resources on hamilton hill
[49:46] when i was appointed as the pastor of
[49:49] durie amy zion church or dairy memorial
[49:52] amy zion church
[49:54] in july of 2019 i found a church with
[49:58] strong leg with a strong legacy
[50:01] and willing workers
[50:02] as the first african-american church in
[50:05] the city that has been in existence
[50:08] for 185 years
[50:12] the work this church has done over the
[50:15] years is insurmountable
[50:17] yet we desire to do more even more
[50:21] therefore in early 2020 we started the
[50:24] duree community foundation
[50:26] the mission of our organization is to
[50:29] aid families and individuals in need
[50:32] within the city of schenectady and
[50:35] surrounding areas
[50:37] we aim to support self-sufficiency by
[50:40] providing training and supplemental
[50:42] services that will deliver
[50:45] fundamental needs
[50:46] this mission will be met by providing
[50:49] services such as transitional housing
[50:52] job training life skill courses and
[50:55] tutoring programs
[50:57] together with durie's involvement in the
[50:59] community and
[51:01] my 15 year my 15 plus years of
[51:04] experience in the nonprofit sector we
[51:07] will
[51:09] we are well able and up to the task of
[51:13] engaging those in need in our community
[51:17] i have worked with non-profit agencies
[51:19] such as the community development
[51:21] institute in denver colorado and
[51:24] lakewood economic action program in new
[51:27] jersey working with these organizations
[51:30] allowed me to assist in managing sizable
[51:33] grants over two million dollars each
[51:36] i thank you for entrusting us
[51:39] with the arpa funds that will support
[51:42] our collaborative effort to provide job
[51:45] training small business assistance and
[51:47] more for our community we have a
[51:50] comprehensive plan that will put
[51:52] funding to effective use and we look
[51:54] forward to reporting a pause the
[51:56] positive outcomes to you in the future
[51:58] thank you thank you
[52:01] [Music]
[52:13] all right protocol's been established so
[52:15] hello council members
[52:17] it's not easy to
[52:19] stand up here after pastor nicky's words
[52:21] coming out of my wife's mouth
[52:23] so i'm just going to say that um from um
[52:27] we've been up here for 21 years and joe
[52:30] allen i'm the late joe allen with a good
[52:32] friend of mine and we always talked
[52:34] about um job training on hamilton hill
[52:37] and in schenectady as a whole and it's
[52:40] just never happened so
[52:42] i say that to say that with this funding
[52:44] should we get it it's a great thing and
[52:46] it'll just be the beginning of
[52:49] a blessed relationship with georgie and
[52:51] the community and that's what ministry
[52:53] is about
[52:54] thank you thank you
[53:01] [Music]
[53:08] good evening refers to president
[53:11] porterfield mayor mccarthy and the
[53:13] entire council
[53:15] on behalf of the board of directors and
[53:17] the staff
[53:19] and our youth of safe think of
[53:21] schenectady i sincerely thank the
[53:24] council
[53:25] for considering
[53:27] awarding
[53:28] arpa funding to our agency
[53:31] my name is neddy crossman i'm the
[53:33] president of the board
[53:35] of directors and i'm here joyfully
[53:38] to let you know that we're thrilled to
[53:40] be considered
[53:41] and deeply grateful that you are
[53:43] remembering safe inc we're a tiny little
[53:46] agency sitting inconspicuously on albany
[53:50] street we've been here 36 years plugging
[53:53] away at servicing homeless youth that
[53:55] come through our doors looking for
[53:57] emergency and needing emergency homing
[54:00] home
[54:02] shelter clothing
[54:04] and often many of those are victims of
[54:07] self of sex trafficking you may know
[54:10] this but i'll i'll mention it anyways
[54:12] connectivity geographically is located
[54:16] in our state and becomes and is a
[54:19] streaming hub
[54:20] for all sorts of trafficking
[54:22] just think about how we locate it from
[54:25] new york city the canadian pathway
[54:28] west and east unfortunately that is our
[54:31] legacy
[54:33] we at saving find ourselves competing
[54:35] for funding
[54:37] against more widely known organizations
[54:40] and often youth homelessness gets kind
[54:43] of swept under the whole general term
[54:45] homelessness but youth homelessness has
[54:48] a whole variety of needs that are you
[54:51] are that are unique
[54:52] so it's so encouraging to us that the
[54:55] council is recognizing youth at risk
[54:59] due to homeless stature statuses and due
[55:02] to their vulnerability to being
[55:04] trafficked i wish it were not the
[55:06] situation but it is the situation and it
[55:10] is a real issue
[55:12] here with me tonight is our newly
[55:14] appointed executive director jenny
[55:16] hudman i think she is the next speaker
[55:19] so she'll be able to share a little more
[55:21] insight into what i call our little gem
[55:24] of an agency sitting quietly here in
[55:26] schenectady but still working for 36
[55:29] years thank you for your attention thank
[55:31] you
[55:42] so as the new executive director of safe
[55:44] inc i want to thank you for approving
[55:46] the arpa funds for our agency as a small
[55:49] grassroots non-profit we appreciate all
[55:51] the community and the council support
[55:54] we are now we are the only certified
[55:57] youth shelter in schenectady county
[55:59] we're also the only youth shelter in
[56:02] upstate new york that can house a minor
[56:04] with their child last year we housed a
[56:06] 17 year old with her newborn she would
[56:09] have no other place to go
[56:11] we were the quarantine ship the covet
[56:13] quarantine shelter for miners which
[56:15] meant that if there was a positive covid
[56:18] client in our bill
[56:20] which meant that sorry
[56:22] we had a cova client and positive client
[56:25] in our building that had to quarantine
[56:27] for two weeks they were being
[56:29] hand-delivered meals and offered
[56:30] activities to accommodate them so they
[56:32] would keep themselves in the community
[56:34] safe
[56:35] our staff put themselves and their
[56:36] families at risk to do so and your
[56:39] support for our staff retention means so
[56:41] much to us
[56:42] let me tell you something else about our
[56:43] amazing staff
[56:44] they worked all through covent 24 hours
[56:47] a day seven days a week every holiday
[56:49] every snowstorm most of our shelter
[56:52] staff are working two or three jobs our
[56:54] team works for us because they're
[56:56] devoted to being part of our team that
[56:57] serves at-risk youth in schenectady in
[57:00] 2021 we served over a hundred runaway
[57:03] and homeless youth including those that
[57:05] have been human trafficked between the
[57:07] ages of 14 and 20. we also served eight
[57:10] between the ages of zero and two there's
[57:13] been a steady increase in youth surf
[57:15] since the beginning of the pandemic
[57:17] cove greatly affected our shelter and
[57:19] others some shelters had to close
[57:21] permanently and others had to adjust
[57:23] their open hours due to staffing
[57:25] shortages due to our staffing shortages
[57:28] we have been unable to open all of our
[57:30] available beds and we're limited to only
[57:32] half capacity
[57:34] turning away youth in need which we then
[57:36] have to refer out of county
[57:38] breaks breaks my team's heart
[57:41] also due to staffing shortages after a
[57:43] covet outbreak we had to actually close
[57:45] the shelter for the first and only time
[57:47] it's in its entire operation since 1985.
[57:51] we were able to make it through these
[57:52] difficult times our hope is to become
[57:55] fully staffed next year to be able to
[57:57] enable us to serve more youth being the
[58:00] only youth shelter opportunity in
[58:01] schenectady makes our services unique
[58:04] and we're thankful to the community and
[58:05] the council for your continued support
[58:13] [Applause]
[58:22] thank you it's christine kowalczyk
[58:24] walden i've been in schenectady for over
[58:26] 30 years and i have never come to a city
[58:29] council meeting before i looked it up on
[58:31] the web because
[58:33] something occurred in my neighborhood
[58:35] and i
[58:37] could not believe it
[58:40] i live near union and mcclellan where
[58:43] there's a gas station and funeral home
[58:44] that's been demolished for the new
[58:46] stewards development
[58:48] and on july 26th there was a hard-hated
[58:53] man
[58:53] observed in the middle of the
[58:57] intersection measuring whatever
[58:59] but then at 3 am
[59:01] on july 27th
[59:03] all heck broke out
[59:05] lights were there there were flatbed
[59:07] trailers
[59:08] jackhammering started with no warning to
[59:11] the community at all
[59:14] people were told different stories one
[59:16] person who called the police at the time
[59:18] and went out there was told that it was
[59:20] cdta emergency
[59:22] and that was the cause
[59:24] i had called the police the day after
[59:26] the morning after the non-emergency
[59:28] number and i was told that it had
[59:31] something to do with the sewer system
[59:34] in any event there was a whole lot of
[59:35] overtime spent
[59:37] between 3am and 5am
[59:40] multiple jackhammering people were
[59:42] yelling out their windows to no avail we
[59:45] had no warning
[59:47] and i'm asking that emergencies like
[59:50] that when they occur that you treat them
[59:52] like snow emergencies where the police
[59:54] you at least spend 10 or 15 minutes
[59:56] going through the community
[59:58] with the bullhorn saying there's some
[1:00:00] kind of emergency that needs to be taken
[1:00:03] care of you give people an opportunity
[1:00:05] to move their vehicles to be tot that
[1:00:07] rather than be towed what about your
[1:00:10] constituents who are taxpayers and our
[1:00:12] veterans with ptsd
[1:00:14] what about your constituents who have
[1:00:16] rescue pets and have
[1:00:19] terrible reactions let alone people
[1:00:21] who've made it through covid and the war
[1:00:24] in ukraine and all of this to be 3 a.m
[1:00:27] to have jackhammering for two hours
[1:00:30] sustained
[1:00:31] that's that's just
[1:00:33] how do you treat people like that with
[1:00:35] no warning
[1:00:36] that's why i'm here i had a brother who
[1:00:38] was a veteran i think we should think
[1:00:40] about these things before we just do
[1:00:42] them i understand emergencies i
[1:00:45] understand they happen we need to fix
[1:00:47] them but you need to think about the
[1:00:49] people too
[1:00:52] that's all thank you
[1:00:58] wake up
[1:01:14] hi hi i'm ray fought
[1:01:17] i'm the president of the bellevue
[1:01:19] preservation
[1:01:21] incorporated neighborhood group
[1:01:23] and
[1:01:25] i've heard a lot from previous speakers
[1:01:28] about the carver community center
[1:01:31] and all the good things that have come
[1:01:33] and
[1:01:33] i agree that's it's good but
[1:01:36] what about
[1:01:37] the rest of the city
[1:01:39] uh the parks
[1:01:41] bellevue for instance
[1:01:43] i've lived here for 30 years and the
[1:01:45] parks have deteriorated over that time
[1:01:48] the tennis courts are useless
[1:01:51] the pool is broken
[1:01:53] nothing's going on
[1:01:57] long ago well before the pandemic
[1:02:00] i approached
[1:02:03] the schenectady foundation with a plan
[1:02:05] to work in hillhurst
[1:02:07] and that wasn't approved and i was told
[1:02:10] well don't worry about it you're going
[1:02:12] to get money from the county we're going
[1:02:13] to take care of you
[1:02:15] but nothing
[1:02:16] then the pandemic
[1:02:18] and now there's more meetings and more
[1:02:21] meetings
[1:02:22] but still nothing is done
[1:02:24] and uh i heard that there was a
[1:02:27] proposal from councilman palomini
[1:02:30] to fund the parks in the city for seven
[1:02:32] million dollars to cover
[1:02:35] most all the parks in this city
[1:02:38] but the only park we hear about is jerry
[1:02:40] burrell
[1:02:42] and i think it's really unfair that
[1:02:44] other neighborhoods don't get the same
[1:02:47] consideration
[1:02:49] thank you
[1:02:55] daniel stone
[1:03:05] uh hi i wanted to um i mostly wanted to
[1:03:08] come here basically to praise the work
[1:03:09] i've seen from miracle on craig street
[1:03:12] um and
[1:03:13] with renovating the carver center i've
[1:03:16] had the opportunity
[1:03:18] for the
[1:03:19] probably for most of fall last year
[1:03:20] being there most saturdays and doing um
[1:03:23] basically helping to tear the place
[1:03:24] apart as a part of putting it back
[1:03:27] together
[1:03:28] my experience with the carver center
[1:03:31] started when um
[1:03:33] was basically between um 2006 to 2013
[1:03:36] when i
[1:03:38] worked at
[1:03:39] project safe at 1344 albany street
[1:03:43] and safehouse is a place that definitely
[1:03:45] punches above its weight in terms of its
[1:03:47] uh in terms of the services uh it
[1:03:49] provides for the funding it's always had
[1:03:51] that was my experience
[1:03:53] um
[1:03:54] and i remember it being an absolutely
[1:03:56] invaluable
[1:03:58] resource to the kids there not only to
[1:04:01] the young people in hamilton hill
[1:04:04] and
[1:04:06] i was lucky enough to work with one of
[1:04:09] the last um
[1:04:11] believe john terry was the last
[1:04:13] executive director of carver before um
[1:04:16] uh before the roof caved in in 2013
[1:04:20] and um
[1:04:22] he had a great vision for that place
[1:04:23] that he was never able to put through um
[1:04:26] because
[1:04:28] there was a lack of funding even before
[1:04:29] the building became uninhabitable and
[1:04:31] unusable
[1:04:33] and um
[1:04:34] i'm so glad to see that miracle on craig
[1:04:36] street has got ambitions as big as his
[1:04:39] and even bigger
[1:04:41] and wants to do something that uh that
[1:04:44] hamilton hill definitely needs so thank you thank you
[1:04:52] [Applause]
[1:05:09] i really don't know uh if
[1:05:12] the allocation of the money
[1:05:15] is already been approved i i don't know
[1:05:18] about that
[1:05:20] but uh
[1:05:22] i was more concerned about
[1:05:25] the
[1:05:27] reports about
[1:05:29] the
[1:05:30] uh
[1:05:32] the city council not being clear about
[1:05:34] the process
[1:05:36] to allocate all of these monies
[1:05:39] however
[1:05:40] even though
[1:05:42] we already have thanks to
[1:05:45] mr arnold chad arno that published the
[1:05:48] list the resume of the spending
[1:05:52] the root of the problem
[1:05:56] the process the clarity of the process
[1:05:58] it remains
[1:06:00] for example
[1:06:02] uh salahuska while soon as once
[1:06:06] proposed
[1:06:08] that the new members of the city council
[1:06:11] have a fast track
[1:06:13] knowledge about how the government works
[1:06:17] but he was accused by you
[1:06:20] of racist being racist
[1:06:22] and
[1:06:23] don't have
[1:06:24] the lack of respect
[1:06:28] passing resolutions
[1:06:30] or adopting resolutions about the
[1:06:33] juneteen celebration
[1:06:36] adopting resolutions about
[1:06:39] their residency requirements adopting
[1:06:42] resolutions about the speed limit that
[1:06:45] doesn't require
[1:06:46] too much
[1:06:47] knowledge about how the government works
[1:06:51] i can do that
[1:06:53] antoni can do that pv voters can do that
[1:06:58] so
[1:06:59] i the problem remains and i wanted to
[1:07:02] propose to mr andrew or
[1:07:05] to the city clerk
[1:07:07] to still give these people these new
[1:07:10] members
[1:07:11] a fast track
[1:07:13] on knowledge of how the government works
[1:07:16] for example
[1:07:19] sure enough
[1:07:20] a couple of days later
[1:07:23] a new member of the city council
[1:07:26] my men here he had to be rema reminded
[1:07:30] by you
[1:07:31] that
[1:07:32] the paper that he having his hands
[1:07:34] it was called resolution
[1:07:37] he was honoring somebody but he don't
[1:07:39] know that he had a resolution in his
[1:07:41] hand
[1:07:42] later
[1:07:44] he have to be reminded by you again
[1:07:47] that he had to ask to second the motion
[1:07:50] it was an embarrassing thing
[1:07:53] and this embarrassing thing it will
[1:07:55] continue because listen
[1:07:58] like i told you i don't know if you
[1:08:00] already approved these monies
[1:08:02] but
[1:08:04] managing or administrating this amount
[1:08:07] of money millions and millions of
[1:08:08] dollars it requires some knowledge
[1:08:12] and i wanted to propose you that
[1:08:15] don't be so fast to approve all of these
[1:08:18] programs take your time nobody's going
[1:08:20] to criticize you
[1:08:22] thank you very much thank you
[1:08:26] [Music]
[1:08:40] yeah i think the programs have been
[1:08:42] passed in 1988 it was mayor johnson that
[1:08:46] proved
[1:08:48] that all
[1:08:50] employees should live in the city
[1:08:52] and our
[1:08:53] department of
[1:08:56] public works he was
[1:08:59] exempted from because he lived in
[1:09:01] glenville but he lived next door to his
[1:09:04] mother and we all miss him dreadfully
[1:09:08] and city of
[1:09:09] albany's enjoying his employment at this
[1:09:12] time
[1:09:13] so anyway
[1:09:15] and but then
[1:09:16] for what happened to tina it's
[1:09:19] inexcusable
[1:09:21] next thing i wanted to refer to
[1:09:24] is number three
[1:09:27] the allotments from
[1:09:29] arpa
[1:09:30] i went every last thursday of the month
[1:09:33] they give food away
[1:09:36] and so i went uh and they do it at nine
[1:09:38] o'clock don't start before nine
[1:09:41] so i went out there it was about eight
[1:09:43] o'clock in the morning
[1:09:45] and uh
[1:09:46] my surprise
[1:09:49] going
[1:09:51] into
[1:09:52] scap or whatever you call the food center there
[1:09:57] i counted 70 cars
[1:10:01] and about a hundred pedestrians waiting
[1:10:04] until nine o'clock
[1:10:07] on my way back
[1:10:09] to my place
[1:10:11] it had
[1:10:13] increased to 90 cars
[1:10:16] beautiful cars i could tell my car 22
[1:10:20] years old
[1:10:21] it had increased to 22 cars that were
[1:10:23] backed up to brandywine and it was still
[1:10:26] 8 30.
[1:10:29] so
[1:10:31] i don't know what's going to happen
[1:10:35] who's going to sound the alarm that this
[1:10:38] emergency is over
[1:10:40] but i don't know how you're going to get
[1:10:42] rid of over a hundred cars
[1:10:46] so
[1:10:47] something to think about right now
[1:10:50] and
[1:10:51] as far as the golf was concerned i
[1:10:54] thought they were
[1:10:55] had all kinds of money in fact i thought
[1:10:57] they had
[1:10:58] a savings account of about a hundred
[1:11:00] thousand dollars and if they're going to
[1:11:03] do all this and it's what they want and
[1:11:06] you know i don't know why they want to
[1:11:08] do it all with saratoga national so
[1:11:11] close by but you do what you want to do
[1:11:14] you're going to do it but all i can say
[1:11:16] is thank you guys because all the
[1:11:19] equipment is yamaha
[1:11:21] so
[1:11:22] you know have fun
[1:11:24] yeah i think that's really and i think
[1:11:27] they created a
[1:11:29] schenectady municipal golf course icon
[1:11:33] for us so i was really pleased about
[1:11:36] that
[1:11:37] um
[1:11:38] so that's for the golf course
[1:11:41] i don't think
[1:11:44] i am opposed very much opposed to the
[1:11:48] axon officers
[1:11:51] program
[1:11:53] if there's a roll call on anything i
[1:11:55] hope it's on that i'm thoroughly opposed
[1:11:59] to that
[1:12:00] and
[1:12:01] thank you i have three more minutes
[1:12:03] later i'll see you
[1:12:06] okay we'll see you later
[1:12:11] jamaica miles
[1:12:21] good evening all i'll be talking as
[1:12:23] quickly as possible because there are
[1:12:24] just so many things to say
[1:12:26] in this room we already see how many
[1:12:28] different organizations we are blessed
[1:12:30] with in the city of schenectady that are
[1:12:32] in need because there is a great need in
[1:12:34] the city of schenectady whether it's the
[1:12:36] miracle on craig street or if it's sicum
[1:12:38] or the seat center or any other numbers
[1:12:40] that i could possibly list
[1:12:42] they are
[1:12:43] the blood of us being a better community
[1:12:46] they are the economic justice that we
[1:12:48] need they are the
[1:12:50] support for those that are homeless that
[1:12:52] are food insecure petey talked about the
[1:12:54] number of cars that there are that is
[1:12:57] every single month because the pandemic
[1:12:58] only made worse what we are facing here
[1:13:01] in this city because the city has
[1:13:03] approximately 70 percent of its
[1:13:05] residents living in poverty those
[1:13:07] numbers based on the united way numbers
[1:13:09] that come out every single year that
[1:13:11] number is not going to change without
[1:13:13] economic investment that is equitable
[1:13:15] which is why we talk about jerry burrell
[1:13:17] and i don't understand why we are giving
[1:13:20] almost 4 million dollars to a golf
[1:13:21] course during a drought for their
[1:13:24] irrigation system
[1:13:30] don't don't eat up my time i appreciate
[1:13:32] y'all and while i do know we need to
[1:13:35] change the pool at central park i don't
[1:13:37] i mean four and a half million dollars i
[1:13:39] hope that it will equitably also add
[1:13:42] services that others in the community
[1:13:44] can use like they have in woodlawn
[1:13:46] they've got the weightlifting stuff that
[1:13:48] different people could use we had
[1:13:50] something like that in central park
[1:13:51] before it was taken out it was over by
[1:13:53] the um the tennis courts it's gone now
[1:13:55] and i'm gonna be blunt black folks used
[1:13:58] it and now it's gone
[1:14:33] [Music]
[1:14:54] more
[1:15:34] fairly representative
[1:15:51] click very well you'll create programs
[1:15:53] that you yourself implement to make sure
[1:16:00] thank you for watching
[1:16:12] oh
[1:16:35] um
[1:17:12] i speak in favor
[1:17:56] services
[1:18:38] to the greatest
[1:18:57] is
[1:19:48] so i
[1:20:08] the words
[1:20:26] thank you
[1:20:42] because even though this process started
[1:20:44] with a november previously
[1:20:54] and i just wanted to remind everyone
[1:20:56] about them
[1:21:11] and several have been more than one
[1:21:30] a self-sustaining diagnostic business
[1:21:32] style
[1:21:33] homework moving forward
[1:21:36] and
[1:21:37] home repairs programs for homeowners
[1:21:40] that's cool
[1:21:54] and i think
[1:21:57] [Music]
[1:22:17] so of course it's going to take some
[1:22:19] time to look at applications as widely
[1:22:22] as the
[1:23:16] over five years
[1:23:18] almost
[1:23:30] organizations
[1:23:38] i thank you so much
[1:24:01] and council members thank you for having
[1:24:03] me
[1:24:04] um
[1:24:06] here we go um first thank you for
[1:24:09] recommending state center uh this
[1:24:11] application
[1:24:13] as it means a lot for
[1:24:17] young adults who are disproportionately
[1:24:18] assessing and impacted by homeless young
[1:24:21] adults who do not have a safety net many
[1:24:23] who are listening tonight thank you so
[1:24:25] much
[1:24:27] from the city
[1:24:28] and wanted
[1:24:42] look
[1:24:55] young people that we work with hands-on
[1:24:57] education and small classes
[1:25:00] um before the message how do we control
[1:25:03] this guess when we are the applications
[1:25:06] and that application was critical
[1:25:08] because it helps us bring in the
[1:25:10] teachers
[1:25:21] [Music]
[1:25:32] and be able to do what
[1:25:34] get them good jobs and work and benefit
[1:25:36] our community
[1:25:38] um emerging workers
[1:25:42] um i hear a lot about emerging workers
[1:25:44] and a lot about companies
[1:25:46] so i know people are ready for work
[1:25:49] you know people are very
[1:26:03] on monday
[1:26:04] friday afternoon
[1:26:20] 11 young people
[1:26:31] last thing i really want to talk about
[1:26:34] very soon
[1:27:16] people who
[1:27:29] thank you
[1:27:56] we have two items
[1:28:00] foreign
[1:28:16] um
[1:28:37] right
[1:28:52] um
[1:29:51] in a few um maybe we need to revisit
[1:29:53] this together
[1:30:11] um
[1:31:03] foreign
[1:31:46] anymore
[1:31:49] [Music]
[1:32:24] not only everyone
[1:32:44] foreign
[1:33:20] and
[1:33:32] here in the city
[1:33:45] to unite ourselves
[1:34:02] as far as
[1:34:15] every morning
[1:34:36] before we just started putting money out
[1:34:39] there
[1:34:41] so what i'm going to say right now
[1:34:58] as much
[1:35:03] so at this point
[1:35:06] i am
[1:35:21] okay
[1:35:59] foreign
[1:36:21] okay
[1:36:25] um
[1:36:53] [Music]
[1:37:07] when you want to talk about your
[1:37:08] community
[1:37:22] okay
[1:37:41] i want to thank everyone for coming out
[1:37:43] tonight and i want to thank everybody
[1:37:46] reviewing
[1:38:00] in
[1:38:04] so i know how difficult it is to prepare
[1:38:06] for each application
[1:38:09] and i know how difficult it is
[1:38:28] that follows the broader community
[1:38:31] and i think we all need that
[1:38:33] i think we all took a look at those
[1:38:40] applications as well
[1:38:49] um
[1:39:01] i have to say that i would have gone
[1:39:03] further
[1:39:04] is recording
[1:39:06] amanda park project that will walk
[1:39:08] forward into this process
[1:39:10] um
[1:39:24] [Music]
[1:39:33] but that will also look at other aspects
[1:39:35] of central time including those that
[1:39:37] related to the tennis courts
[1:39:52] project
[1:40:06] especially with those i know in belgium
[1:40:09] have been waiting for several years for
[1:40:10] some of those things to be done i hope
[1:40:12] that we do continue to vote for those
[1:40:14] projects
[1:40:15] all of these projects including the golf
[1:40:17] project
[1:40:18] all contribute to the health and
[1:40:20] wellness of the people within our
[1:40:21] communities
[1:40:23] people may grow up about the golf
[1:40:26] project so let me tell you that this
[1:40:28] project um the golf course itself but to
[1:40:32] many many people people in our city i
[1:40:34] don't
[1:40:39] but what i hear from people about our
[1:40:41] golf course is that it rivals boards of
[1:40:43] private country clubs that people have
[1:40:45] to pay a lot of money to belong to in
[1:40:47] our case we serve
[1:40:54] um you know many of us have interacted
[1:40:56] with those kids um and i think that's
[1:40:58] really important
[1:41:00] that we're trying to look at all
[1:41:03] you know how these cloud reach
[1:41:04] opportunities work for all the dreams i
[1:41:06] also supported these qualities
[1:41:07] i think the aquatic center will tell me
[1:41:09] to do a lot not just
[1:41:12] and honestly i think this is an
[1:41:13] important thing that's going to
[1:41:15] contribute to economic development in
[1:41:17] the city but also it's going to affect
[1:41:19] seniors
[1:41:21] like the therapy system including people
[1:41:23] with disabilities
[1:41:26] um there are a lot of reasons for that
[1:41:31] in this foreign joining me and i hope
[1:41:33] that i hope that they're successful and
[1:41:35] i'm glad that um
[1:41:39] private funders and public funders in
[1:41:42] that project
[1:41:44] i also feel i also want to say that i'm
[1:41:46] still that we're supporting the baseball
[1:41:48] program
[1:41:50] if you look closely at these classes and
[1:41:53] programs that we're funding you'll see
[1:41:55] that there's youth involvement with
[1:41:56] every single aspect of each of these
[1:41:58] programs
[1:42:27] uh we're constantly getting called
[1:42:29] hopefully we're following up on your
[1:42:30] request and trying to get people out to
[1:42:33] the places where the problem is and i'm
[1:42:35] thrilled and proud of the staff
[1:42:38] who have been doing a great job
[1:42:48] i also
[1:42:50] really feel that the food security
[1:42:52] issues that we are going to be funding
[1:42:55] are also important and one aspect of
[1:42:57] that i'm very pleased to see the
[1:42:59] tennessee foundation is having this one
[1:43:02] you have to take a long time
[1:43:09] [Music]
[1:43:21] um
[1:43:44] yes to everything that came forward last
[1:43:47] week i don't feel that we weren't
[1:43:50] transformed
[1:44:47] consider all the money at once with all
[1:44:49] the applications at once
[1:44:51] instead
[1:44:53] the political supporters of my
[1:44:55] colleagues got paid off
[1:44:57] that doesn't mean they wouldn't have
[1:44:58] gotten among them in the first place
[1:45:00] and
[1:45:13] until
[1:45:28] we needed to consider all the
[1:45:29] applications too
[1:45:32] and knowledge of shadows over some very
[1:45:34] london organizations
[1:45:37] seven million dollars was proposed to
[1:45:38] close they included five hundred
[1:45:40] thousand for hillary's comparisons
[1:45:42] 250
[1:45:53] neighborhoods that haven't seen any sort
[1:45:55] of contestants in the coming
[1:46:02] because
[1:46:02] we want to open the application once
[1:46:05] again
[1:46:06] in order to have another messed up
[1:46:08] process which you've admitted has been
[1:46:10] messed up and anytime there's some sort
[1:46:14] of disagreement
[1:46:15] oh they're not participating in this
[1:46:17] process
[1:46:19] or you know you're not being part of the
[1:46:21] process
[1:46:28] [Music]
[1:46:50] you can see and hear what we've done
[1:46:54] applications that should have been
[1:46:55] confirmed
[1:46:57] and money has now been used first before
[1:47:00] we even considered it
[1:47:02] that's not fair
[1:47:08] this is just a ridiculous process and
[1:47:11] yes matters
[1:47:13] because
[1:47:15] we have applications out there
[1:47:34] because
[1:47:47] about
[1:47:48] how
[1:47:59] i hope
[1:48:26] um
[1:48:42] if
[1:48:56] um
[1:49:27] oh
[1:49:51] um
[1:50:01] [Music]
[1:50:17] i'm going to talk about how art can tell
[1:50:33] okay
[1:50:50] economic
[1:50:58] and
[1:51:18] was
[1:51:24] um
[1:51:46] for god
[1:52:24] there are too many
[1:52:40] if
[1:52:55] they are 53 million
[1:54:06] if
[1:54:13] thank you
[1:54:28] all right
[1:54:44] um
[1:55:42] tonight
[1:55:58] childhood um
[1:57:02] thank you
[1:57:31] is
[1:59:08] okay
[1:59:25] thank you
[1:59:28] for the time
[1:59:30] um
[2:00:49] across the nation i look forward to the
[2:00:51] community
[2:00:52] and organizations
[2:01:32] is
[2:01:48] people thank you um i wanted to uh
[2:01:53] first of all talk about the time that
[2:01:55] memory damage happened a couple of
[2:01:56] saturdays ago
[2:02:00] i was so excited to volunteer there for
[2:02:02] the afternoon that saturday um there's
[2:02:04] just so many community groups that came
[2:02:07] together to serve
[2:02:09] all of the folks it was an amazing
[2:02:12] population of people who children and
[2:02:14] families have showed up at that family
[2:02:17] day so i'd like to
[2:02:18] thank um
[2:02:21] especially county legislator rachel
[2:02:23] ruizo and ceo of nike and
[2:02:26] um
[2:02:32] i also wanted to
[2:02:33] um but it's been really fun to go and uh
[2:03:02] be around all the kids and watch um what
[2:03:06] i think kind of competitive course um
[2:03:09] that has been happening uh week after
[2:03:11] week and with that this week
[2:03:16] um
[2:03:39] but anyway those are great events that
[2:03:42] also supports the relationship between
[2:03:44] our police officers and the community
[2:03:47] technologies
[2:03:49] watching everybody getting to know each
[2:03:50] other so um
[2:04:06] one more opportunity is not a medical
[2:04:08] transcript
[2:04:13] so i encourage you to take a look at
[2:04:14] that as well
[2:04:16] i appreciate all the work done for the
[2:04:18] interns people volunteer has done to
[2:04:21] really matter
[2:04:50] that um in this fight
[2:05:08] uh
[2:05:36] um
[2:06:39] thank you