[0:13] foreign

[0:30] thank you

[0:45] [Music]

[1:04] thank you

[1:36] foreign

[4:40] thank you

[5:28] foreign

[9:43] Council committee for Monday October 17

[9:47] 2022 and the first committee is finance

[9:51] Mr midiberian thank you I would like to

[9:53] call the finance committee Florida and

[9:55] the first item is the purchase of 0.15

[9:57] Acres paper Street behind 580 at

[9:59] Broadway not being used by the city Mr

[10:02] McCarty

[10:04] thank you Mr chairman this is a parcel

[10:07] that the city had entered into a lease

[10:12] agreement with the adjacent property

[10:14] owner

[10:15] uh subsequent to that they never

[10:18] actually exercised that it was an option

[10:22] to rent it subsequent to that working

[10:25] with metroplexies and offer planning the

[10:27] building and are looking to acquire this

[10:31] parcel for parking

[10:34] uh for the expanded business and because

[10:38] this is a paper Street it would actually

[10:40] require a an abandonment process and

[10:45] have our ability to sell it to the

[10:47] property owner and that Mr Gillen has

[10:50] detailed most of that out in the

[10:52] narrative it was presented to the

[10:54] council and I'm available and Mr Wrong

[10:56] and Mr Billington who has any specific

[10:58] questions

[11:00] any question on this

[11:06] so does this impact any other businesses

[11:09] or anything that's being used for in any

[11:11] way currently

[11:16] [Music]

[11:34] um

[11:38] so

[11:42] um

[11:43] this is a point so the Metroplex has

[11:45] brought this for looking at it we have a

[11:47] figure of the area so the next step is

[11:50] we will call for public hearing that's

[11:51] what we're going to do tonight in

[11:52] Metroplex in the meantime is going to

[11:54] put together an actual survey with the

[11:56] meets and balance of the area that was

[11:57] described in the figure that will be

[11:59] part of the public hearing I would

[12:01] believe that maybe the figure wouldn't

[12:03] be but this figure would be we would

[12:05] need to know what we're exactly we're

[12:06] abandoning the size but we have that but

[12:09] with the meats and balance then we would

[12:10] abandon that officially after the public

[12:13] hearing the city would abandon it and

[12:15] then it would be on who Mr coldview

[12:17] would then sell that parcel to uh since

[12:22] multi-stop okay

[12:24] um thank you multi-step there has to be

[12:26] a call for a public hearing to abandon

[12:27] and then separately uh resolution

[12:30] authorizing the sale once once it's been

[12:33] abandoned there'll be a section block a

[12:35] lot identified for this abandoned parcel

[12:38] and then a resolution authorizing the

[12:40] sale

[12:41] I don't know the time table on the

[12:44] public hearing because we're obviously

[12:46] with the meets and Bounds in the survey

[12:48] ready to go for that area that portion

[12:51] is going to be you don't have it at that

[12:52] I lost no we don't have we don't have it

[12:55] yet

[12:57] I think this was that this was more of a

[13:00] discussion purpose to make sure that

[13:01] we're right that's it right so it'll be

[13:04] a future for public hearing on this

[13:06] because we need to have the information

[13:08] for the public so it can be made

[13:10] available prior to the hearing for the

[13:12] review

[13:14] and then even a further step is going to

[13:16] be after all that has taken place then

[13:19] the abandoned parcel that is transferred

[13:21] to the property owner will then be

[13:23] merged with the existing property from

[13:25] my office through a lot of adjustments

[13:26] so there's really quite quite a few

[13:28] steps but we can get there okay

[13:34] it's just thank you Chris thank you

[13:37] mayor thank you council president this

[13:40] is a a really great company fwf they're

[13:43] on TV all the time I send my mail there

[13:46] started in 1899 the company called me up

[13:49] criticized me it's actually like 1860

[13:51] something it's looking around they have

[13:53] uh they're in nine states there are

[13:55] three thousand employees and they love

[13:57] the building and it's vacant out you can

[14:00] buy it create 12 jobs they need a little

[14:03] more parking there's parking behind the

[14:04] building but they're they want to buy

[14:06] this little tiny paper street from the

[14:08] city 0.15 Acres that the council had

[14:11] agreed to lease previously to another

[14:12] company that was looking at the building

[14:14] and chose not to go forward it's going

[14:17] to bring contractors and activity to the

[14:19] city create sales tax it's a great

[14:22] matchup with Marcella's next door you go

[14:24] buy a new uh dishwasher you go over and

[14:27] get your plumbing fixtures right next

[14:28] door great company great history they're

[14:31] excited you've come to Schenectady so

[14:33] we're really trying to get the sense of

[14:35] the council tonight that your sport this

[14:37] so the company can go forward get the

[14:39] copy of a contract and start moving

[14:41] toward the sale and that's why it's so

[14:43] important for us to be here tonight and

[14:45] get your sense get the sense of the

[14:47] council that we can go through this

[14:48] multi-step process as the mayor and

[14:51] Chris and Andrew have outlined we have

[14:52] to abandon and then we have to have a

[14:55] public hearing and surveyed property

[14:58] identify the parcel and then add that

[15:01] parcel to the 588 Broadway Bar so the 0.15 acres is next to state-owned

[15:07] property at the end of Van geisley the

[15:10] state will continue to own that FW Webb

[15:13] will give them an easement that'll allow

[15:15] people who want to pull in and turn

[15:16] around and make guys like to do so so

[15:19] there's no issues there and also the

[15:21] state needs that access to get onto the

[15:22] bridge to do maintenance under the

[15:25] bridge so it's really the small parcel

[15:27] the stable retained ownership of the

[15:29] majority of that cul-de-sac for

[15:32] turnarounds and other things so we just

[15:34] appreciate everyone kind of laying out

[15:37] the welcome mat tonight for FW web to

[15:39] take over our vacant building and come

[15:41] to Schenectady thank you

[15:45] emotions were called for a public

[15:47] hearings

[15:51] it can't be done yet because we have to

[15:53] identify what the public hearing is

[15:55] going to be but if we don't have the

[15:57] dimensions on for the public to review

[15:59] for abandoning it we can't do it just

[16:01] yet so I think once unless we know

[16:05] exactly when the public hearing is going

[16:06] to be but we're going to have to have

[16:07] the materials for the public so can we

[16:10] put up all time four weeks as well go

[16:12] ahead could we move ahead and

[16:16] the survey is going to be exact even

[16:19] though we know the parameters now which

[16:23] the representation that is here would

[16:25] not deviate from what the survey is

[16:28] going to show

[16:31] and so it's not the survey is going to

[16:34] be a technical

[16:35] right description where this is a

[16:39] uh

[16:41] to the engineer or somebody that

[16:44] Metroplex could put dimensions on that

[16:47] so we can if we can put the dimensions

[16:49] on it that's not a problem it's the you

[16:51] know

[16:52] obviously a survey is going to be more

[16:54] precise but if we have the dimensions

[16:57] and the general overlay of you know the

[17:00] area that's going to be abandoned then

[17:02] we can move it to a public hearing but

[17:04] we're going to need obviously a bit more

[17:06] detail than just I think what we have

[17:08] before us

[17:11] so it can be moved to a public hearing

[17:12] as long as we have the information for

[17:15] the public

[17:16] so I just want to be clear we're going

[17:18] to move that have the public hearing

[17:19] date pushed out a little bit because as

[17:21] I

[17:21] was like they're falling that you need

[17:23] to make sure that all information is

[17:25] placed so we can call for it but I

[17:26] suggest that we put it out a little bit

[17:28] further as opposed to the normal cycle

[17:32] yes so we make sure we have all the

[17:34] materials

[17:37] that's I mean that works is part of this

[17:39] is for the city clerk to be able to

[17:40] provide notice uh in advance for the

[17:43] public

[17:46] president if you called for the public

[17:49] here and we have the information you could

[17:53] amend that call for the public hearing

[17:55] the date

[17:57] when it goes out if in fact we don't

[18:00] have the information which we suggesting

[18:01] we could move it out probably another

[18:02] two weeks so in fact we could then have

[18:05] everything in place and we do have a

[18:08] fifth Monday so

[18:11] oh boy yeah so I just wanted to make

[18:13] sure we were aware of that so if we're

[18:15] talking about getting the detailed

[18:16] information and kind of keeping on a

[18:18] schedule and we have a fifth Monday

[18:20] because typically it wouldn't be this

[18:22] public hearing the next committee

[18:25] meeting we would say a reminder that we

[18:26] have it so that's actually like five

[18:28] it's important yeah so we're quite a

[18:30] ways out so I think we're gonna have

[18:31] plenty of time especially because of how

[18:33] important the project is for everyone

[18:35] how quick that we can do this quick

[18:36] little boundary so I think that's a

[18:39] typical schedule yeah I think we're

[18:40] gonna have fun because we have that

[18:41] extra week affordable okay all right

[18:42] thank you all right thank you

[18:44] okay

[18:46] so we can move this area to call for

[18:49] public hearing a little bit

[19:00] all right thank you thank you

[19:05] the next item is agreement between the

[19:07] city and the Schenectady country related

[19:09] to digital repairs

[19:14] Schenectady County currently provides

[19:15] the city with mechanical repair and

[19:18] preventive maintenance services for City

[19:21] Vehicles not all vehicles but a good

[19:25] number of vehicles that we can't do

[19:27] in-house

[19:28] the agreement currently between the

[19:30] county and the city is out of date we've

[19:33] been working off a technically inspired

[19:36] agreement under using the same terms

[19:38] that we've been applying

[19:41] the proposed agreement which there's a

[19:44] copy attached to the materials requires

[19:47] the city to pay

[19:48] 58.72 cents per hour for work completed

[19:51] that does account for not just the uh

[19:56] the the waves of those County workers

[19:58] but also you know the benefit the pro

[20:01] rata share of the of the benefits that

[20:04] they make

[20:06] um there's also a we would be required

[20:09] to pay for the actual part expense so if

[20:12] we're you know getting parts installed

[20:14] on our vehicles we'd be paying just you

[20:16] know exactly what the County's paying

[20:18] there's a five percent disposal charge

[20:20] on a 1.5 percent Vehicles charge and

[20:23] there's a proportionate share of

[20:24] overhead expenditures

[20:26] um Anthony the mayor Paul Lafond and I

[20:30] met with the county on a number of

[20:32] occasions to negotiate the terms of this

[20:35] from a finance perspective

[20:39] um Anthony is comfortable with the terms

[20:42] of disagreement

[20:44] from an operational standpoint all the

[20:47] fun is comfortable with the terms of

[20:48] disagreement this agreement

[20:50] is technically we were trying to date it

[20:53] to back when the the sales tax agreement

[20:57] was going to take effect so going back

[20:59] to December 1st of 2020 and would run

[21:02] through November 30th 2028 which is the

[21:04] term of that sales tax agreement and it

[21:07] will continue on Beyond 2028

[21:10] um unlocks there's a 30 days notice

[21:13] that's provided just so that we have

[21:14] something in effect through that data

[21:17] for some reason we haven't renegotiated

[21:19] the terms and gotten approved by council

[21:21] at that point as I said this has been

[21:24] negotiated in multiple sessions

[21:26] it provides a clear concise method

[21:30] to be frank a fair way of dividing the

[21:34] city's share of the work that the county

[21:37] is doing on our behalf so I'm seeking

[21:41] committee approval of this request for

[21:44] the full council's consideration of a

[21:47] resolution approving this agreement

[21:50] foreign

[22:01] so how are those things covered I mean

[22:04] the towing you don't have to explain I I

[22:06] get that

[22:07] um but so all the other things like

[22:10] welding or fabrication those kind of

[22:11] services that are excluded under this

[22:13] contract how we're getting that work

[22:14] done

[22:15] um I believe the Welding and Fabrication

[22:17] we do in-house

[22:19] operator of the general principles about

[22:22] that for the last 20 years

[22:25] yeah this is not so this portion of the

[22:27] contract is not new that is the same

[22:30] terms that were in there the last time

[22:33] um you know there were certain things as

[22:35] they said we negotiated you know to our

[22:38] advantage

[22:40] um the exclusion like for example the

[22:43] golf course contract like we handled

[22:46] that through our vendor if we can't do

[22:48] it in-house

[22:50] um we handle the towing obviously you

[22:53] know through

[22:55] um private contractors

[22:57] um the paint work body work

[23:00] we do a lot of that through outside

[23:04] um privates

[23:06] companies if necessary a lot of that

[23:10] would happen through our insurance

[23:11] company if we're having to have body

[23:12] work done because that would generally

[23:14] mean that there was a an accident

[23:17] um

[23:20] as I mentioned the Welding and

[23:22] Fabrication we do in-house

[23:24] and then reporting of accidents that's

[23:26] something that is required of our staff

[23:29] if they get into an accident

[23:31] is there any vendor locally that we do

[23:33] I've seen police cars at a lot of them

[23:35] at one time and um at a particular

[23:39] um garage so are there outside vendors

[23:41] that are doing workforces as well on

[23:43] police cars

[23:44] um I don't know exactly who's doing it

[23:47] um I know I think in the past we may

[23:49] have used Auto Solutions at one point

[23:52] um I I wouldn't be the the resource to

[23:54] tell you where our police cars are going

[23:56] if if in fact there's an accident I

[23:59] believe we may still be using Auto

[24:01] Solutions in some fashion if there is an

[24:05] issue but obviously you know we have to

[24:07] follow the purchasing policy and if it's

[24:10] the insurance company that comes into

[24:12] play we go through the insurance company

[24:13] and that has happened

[24:16] so if I could just um have a like

[24:18] listing of where we get the other work

[24:20] done

[24:21] you don't have to do it right now you

[24:23] can just share the list

[24:26] and they can't afford but all those

[24:28] Solutions and the place I have a

[24:31] ball-time roadway to take care of all

[24:32] the lights the sirens and all the other

[24:34] stuff but uh and also we have three

[24:37] places that do body work but and you

[24:39] know mechanical work is done by the

[24:40] county court of the city I understand

[24:43] that so I'm just asking for work other

[24:44] outside of that if we just have the

[24:46] listing yeah I heard that you said and I

[24:48] won't remember at all I didn't write it

[24:49] all down so

[24:50] oh that would be helpful

[24:55] any other question of this item

[24:59] all in favor all right thank you

[25:02] the next slide is review of the 2023

[25:05] budget public hearing I was on 10 11 and

[25:08] two

[25:09] I think that's the place full we

[25:11] continue to have our budget hearing and

[25:13] second sessions tomorrow third session

[25:16] and four sessions to follow we'll

[25:18] continue to review the budget um if we

[25:21] have to do anything on this items

[25:25] [Music]

[25:26] I believe it's the first time in modern

[25:28] history nobody has stood up and

[25:31] criticized the mayor's budget and

[25:33] the initial public hearings

[25:39] we had one speaker and she was in favor

[25:42] of some things that were in the budget

[25:44] good work yeah

[25:47] and there's nothing else before Finance

[25:48] I have a motion to adjourn she

[26:02] thank you so there are last committee

[26:05] meeting we discussed this and all agree

[26:06] that we would want to move forward with

[26:08] that since that time I reached out to

[26:12] our HR department and so they looked

[26:14] into it and came up with something that

[26:17] our insurance company may be able to

[26:18] cover and I just want to keep in mind

[26:20] this is without cost and

[26:23] um also I asked all council members if

[26:26] they had any group and I didn't get

[26:29] anything except a response by way of uh

[26:33] council member Toro she uh she had

[26:36] someone reach out to me so

[26:38] um and so I had that one and then

[26:41] additionally there's a New York state

[26:42] agency again without cost that would be

[26:46] um have the ability to do it so at this

[26:48] point in time I'm asking for each of

[26:50] them to

[26:51] um put forward what the training would

[26:53] look like what it would include so we

[26:55] can make some decisions around that I

[26:57] understand that we're in our budget

[26:58] season so don't anticipate us um having

[27:01] been able to do this in October but I

[27:03] would hope by November we'd be able to

[27:04] identify and move forward with that and

[27:07] cost um what's a factor and we wanted to

[27:10] make sure that we get quality even even

[27:13] if we don't pay for it so again our

[27:14] insurance company

[27:16] um is looking at doing it free of cost

[27:18] but again we want to see what they're

[27:20] offering and also the New York state

[27:21] agency the other referral was by a

[27:25] private person who would if there would

[27:27] be a cost attached to it

[27:30] so

[27:32] um I will bring back what we have in the

[27:36] next committee meeting

[27:39] um I did have a conversation with a

[27:41] person I used to volunteer with who now

[27:43] is the VP for

[27:45] diversity equity and inclusion at

[27:46] Leadership Bank and she just sent me her

[27:48] list

[27:49] um of uh referrals so I have

[27:52] um I think there's seven or eight

[27:54] different groups that she identified

[27:57] some of them are out of town but I just

[28:00] printed it today so to bring it to you

[28:03] tonight

[28:05] thank you

[28:07] so I'll look into all those things where

[28:09] I know some of some of those I'm sorry I

[28:12] think you probably are know some of the

[28:13] same

[28:15] some of those Consultants they've been

[28:17] doing it for a while so cough also will

[28:20] be affect yourself right no I know yeah

[28:22] so I'll bring back to the results of

[28:24] that and hopefully we can plan something

[28:27] um at least in November okay

[28:29] are there any other questions over input

[28:32] okay

[28:34] if you're asking for this to be back up

[28:36] and coming to you next week yes well the

[28:39] first week of November yeah

[28:42] any other questions okay

[28:51] second all in favor aye aye thank you

[28:55] I'd like to call the order City

[28:56] development and planning we have uh five

[28:58] items on the agenda the first one is to

[29:01] authorize the city Engineers to

[29:03] investigate the feasibility of

[29:04] physically establishing the paper Street

[29:06] known as Revere Avenue in Swan

[29:16] thank you I'm going to ask it everyone

[29:19] bear with me on this this is a new uh

[29:21] thing for me as in my 10 years we have

[29:24] not looked at the feasibility of

[29:26] investigating paper Street I would like

[29:28] to start just by kind of reading what I

[29:30] wrote here so Revere as new is a paper

[29:32] streak it's approximately 730 feet long

[29:34] 60 feet wide located between Rosa Road

[29:37] and Sheridan Avenue the city of

[29:39] Schenectady is comprised of numerous

[29:40] paper streets which are established

[29:42] during the city's expansion while the

[29:44] majority of the paper streets in the

[29:45] city have been formally developed there

[29:46] are several that still exist scattered

[29:48] throughout the city these paper streets

[29:51] are owned by the city similar to visibly

[29:52] constructed public roadways of Arts but

[29:55] are often undeveloped in wooded areas so

[29:57] that's what we have with regard to

[29:59] Revere Avenue the owners of several

[30:04] properties their team to be exact are

[30:06] petitioning the city as per section c of the city's Charter to have this

[30:13] area investigated for establishment as

[30:15] they only several parcels and that's

[30:16] right now they are unusable the owners

[30:20] of the parcel are here they have owned

[30:23] them as it says in this in their letter

[30:24] for several years of paying taxes on

[30:27] them the parcels are without Revere

[30:30] having to establish landlocked and on

[30:33] such an unusable

[30:35] and they're looking for the city council

[30:37] to authorize myself to investigate the

[30:41] feasibility of establishing this roadway

[30:43] so that they may look to develop the

[30:45] parcels

[30:46] um do you mind speaking on your behalf

[30:49] for a second I would appreciate it just

[30:50] about what we've gone through unless if

[30:52] you don't feel comfortable with that

[30:54] um

[30:56] well you have a a letter that I do right

[31:00] here in the council housing as well I

[31:01] just wanted to put a a base for the uh

[31:06] my name is Brian Carver my wife actually

[31:09] owns the property uh the property has

[31:12] been owned by the family her father

[31:15] started purchasing this property and the

[31:17] I believe it was the late 50s early 60s

[31:20] and over that period of time we were

[31:24] looking at various you know development

[31:27] projects and what we found is we applied

[31:31] for a change of uh zoning there because

[31:34] it was owned a single family which

[31:36] didn't make that much sense anyways

[31:38] because it's surrounded by apartment

[31:40] complexes

[31:42] so what we did is we were talking you

[31:45] know we had some people that were

[31:46] interested in developing the property

[31:48] and we started taking a look at it and

[31:51] there's there's some conditions there

[31:54] that need to be addressed you know that

[31:56] uh

[31:57] are really you know federal regulations

[32:00] and that's why we wanted that we've

[32:03] asked the city to investigate the

[32:05] feasibility of installing you know

[32:07] putting the street in whether it can be

[32:08] done or whether it can't be done

[32:14] and just as a history I mean when the property was transferred back

[32:20] in Germany a while back in around 2010

[32:24] yeah we did

[32:26] deal with the assessor at the time and

[32:28] the problem you know property was

[32:30] established at a certain value coming to

[32:32] work best building lots and we're

[32:34] finding out right now that you know

[32:36] there are some things that need to be

[32:37] taken care of the system is indeed they

[32:40] are actually going to be you know

[32:42] classified as building lots and that's

[32:44] why we asked the you know the city to

[32:46] investigate this and to put the street

[32:48] in we do have people that are interested

[32:51] in you know putting the apartments in

[32:53] there that we were talking about so as this is new as per the city's

[33:00] Charter we are you know he has

[33:03] petitioned the city he does

[33:05] um they I apologize they own

[33:08] a majority of Frontage on as per the

[33:10] charger uh and it comes to the city

[33:13] council the one point I will uh make an

[33:17] emphasis is why we have the property

[33:18] owner in the the room with us is as it

[33:21] comes to feed typically similar to a

[33:25] sidewalk assessment the costs of what

[33:27] the city incurs are assessed onto the

[33:29] property owners via Frontage

[33:33] um I think in the letter it talks about

[33:35] these unusable parcels and the property

[33:37] owners have already spent to date in

[33:40] excess of a hundred thousand dollars in

[33:42] taxes so I believe what their request

[33:45] would be is that the city go forward

[33:48] with uh

[33:51] absorbing the costs on the idea that

[33:54] they have already paid so much money in

[33:57] excess of the taxes that they have for

[33:59] you know they haven't gotten anything

[34:00] they don't have sewer or water or any

[34:02] kind of access to the parcels they are

[34:04] paying their taxes and I think that they

[34:06] would like that so that's something that

[34:08] the council from a perspective is if we

[34:11] want to go forward as part of this and

[34:13] assess the owner here I don't know how

[34:16] that conversation occurs I don't know if

[34:17] that's for the law department or how

[34:19] that actually works but I think that is

[34:23] um something that they would the

[34:24] property owners would want to be aware

[34:26] of how that would work and the costs so

[34:29] that's why this is more of a kind of a

[34:31] discussion we have people here and how

[34:32] we would like to go forward with

[34:33] something like this

[34:37] so what are we talking about in terms of

[34:40] costly I don't have a lot of idea right

[34:44] now given the size um what we're going

[34:46] to do I haven't established a project

[34:49] such as this and we were talking about a

[34:51] lot of Baseline I don't know if we're

[34:54] you know possibly a survey to establish

[34:56] all the limits some flagging out there

[34:58] which has been previously done a little

[35:00] bit and then uh you know so we want to

[35:02] understand there is a great change and

[35:05] what our options are going forward you

[35:08] know one of the things that we want to

[35:09] make sure is just

[35:12] how possible it is to go forward what

[35:15] are our options one of the things we

[35:16] have talked about uh casually as is that

[35:19] does the road go through the property or

[35:21] does it have to stop are the lots going

[35:23] to be most likely merged is a part of

[35:26] this right away going to be abandoned

[35:27] like we talked about previously and then

[35:30] sold for the betterment of the

[35:31] development there's a lot of there's a

[35:34] lot that could happen and then at the

[35:36] end of the day if somehow the

[35:37] feasibility is that it cannot be

[35:40] developed then what is that step because

[35:43] then what we have are numerous private

[35:46] Parcels is outlined as the tax maps that

[35:48] are undevelopable and so you know

[35:51] there's really very limited use of

[35:53] having a park in that area it's that

[35:54] kind of conversation then what do we do

[35:56] and how does the homeowners and their

[35:58] properties fit into this is you know we

[36:00] don't have a lot of properties that are

[36:01] similar where it's numerous properties

[36:03] that have no access we had situations

[36:06] like this in Woodlawn by the Woodlawn

[36:09] preserve and as part of Steve

[36:11] strickman's kind of last

[36:12] we did we Consolidated and tried to take

[36:15] as many and just expand the park but

[36:17] this isn't adjacent to really any major

[36:19] Park so it's a little complex in how we

[36:22] deal with it I'm not saying we can't do

[36:23] it but

[36:25] uh part of this I need to you know have

[36:26] some buying from the council

[36:30] so the what you're asking us for tonight

[36:33] is just to be able to have you be able

[36:35] to move ahead with exploring the

[36:37] feasibility of how this can happen and

[36:39] then you'd probably come back to us I

[36:41] could come back with your costs yeah

[36:42] like I said this is a new process so if

[36:44] you are authorizing and you're

[36:46] comfortable with going down this road uh

[36:48] I can talk with you know I have numerous

[36:50] firms on a retainer about getting some

[36:52] costs about what it would be to do and

[36:53] then I can bring those costs back to you

[36:55] and we can discuss that I just wanted to

[36:58] make sure that

[37:00] um you know we're being transparent with

[37:02] the costs and the process and I believe

[37:05] you know and once again you can speak

[37:07] more to this if you want as a property

[37:08] owner right I don't believe the idea is

[37:10] that this would be assessed to them I

[37:12] don't know what your investment would be

[37:14] into the parcels that's kind of what I

[37:16] invited the property owners this weekend

[37:18] I never have but typically if this was

[37:21] you know

[37:22] 1890 we're developing a Street in the

[37:25] city that they're the owners of that

[37:27] property all of them were petitioned we

[37:29] would build the street put in the

[37:30] utilities sidewalks and just like we

[37:33] would put them on their tax rolls and

[37:35] they would pay an assessment for that

[37:37] work to be done which is very similar to

[37:39] the sidewalk program gotcha and I'd also

[37:42] have to work with Mr Colden in them on

[37:45] the property owners that are not

[37:48] necessarily adjacent because also as per

[37:51] the sidewalk assessment if the majority

[37:54] do sign up it is assessed to those that

[37:57] even did not sign on so that could be

[38:00] the case in this situation so there

[38:03] could be a cost sharing by people that

[38:04] don't even know that we're having this

[38:06] conversation right now

[38:08] just to clarify the threshold under the

[38:11] city Charter that Mr Wallen identified

[38:14] as 25 of the

[38:17] owners 25 of the linear

[38:21] um

[38:22] ownership footage ownership so here

[38:25] we're at I did the calculation that you

[38:27] have there 58

[38:30] and Mr Wong I don't know if you know

[38:32] this I don't recall exactly I believe

[38:35] there's only one other owner I think all

[38:37] the other Parcels are owned by one other

[38:40] individual or you know married a couple

[38:42] something along those lines

[38:44] I believe you're right yes there's one

[38:46] other property

[38:52] no problem

[38:53] you know asking Mr Wong to move forward

[38:56] with you know figuring out more details

[38:58] and of the feasibility of this and then

[39:00] coming back to us so I mean we're not committing to whatever the

[39:05] financial parts of it so we definitely

[39:07] need to know that

[39:09] all right well then we're all up to

[39:11] speed

[39:13] like anyone else no no I'm gonna

[39:16] agreement

[39:18] all right so we'll make that motion

[39:19] second all in favor

[39:22] um thank you

[39:24] uh the next item on the agenda is the

[39:26] final commission appointments

[39:36] [Music]

[39:38] um

[39:41] [Applause]

[39:45] for a favorable consideration between

[39:47] the council

[39:49] any questions

[39:54] well seconded all in favor

[39:57] aye nice to see some young young people

[40:00] getting involved

[40:03] [Music]

[40:06] the next item on the agenda is the

[40:08] appointment

[40:09] um reappointment for the board of

[40:11] assessment review uh all of you've got

[40:14] the letter from the county finance

[40:16] department saying that Mr Williams who

[40:18] is currently on the board his

[40:20] uh his term expired on September 30th

[40:23] and so this is just something to do a

[40:26] reappointment to that board

[40:28] any questions

[40:31] I'll Stand a motion so second all's in

[40:34] favor

[40:36] next time on the agenda ceremony we're

[40:38] actually looking for PD Brothers 55

[40:40] years of business Mr Helene uh Petey

[40:44] Brothers has been in business 55 years

[40:46] and uh it's just a recognition of their

[40:50] 55 years of business as well as Mr

[40:53] Petey's

[40:54] philanthropic activities throughout the

[40:57] community

[40:58] foreign

[41:19] [Music]

Schenectady City Council Committee Meeting, October 17, 2022

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