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00:08:57,110 foreign 26 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:16,130 [Music] 27 00:09:16,140 --> 00:09:19,750 foreign 28 00:09:19,760 --> 00:10:30,650 [Music] 29 00:10:30,660 --> 00:10:34,280 foreign 30 00:10:34,290 --> 00:11:07,329 [Music] 31 00:11:07,339 --> 00:11:27,840 thank you 32 00:11:27,850 --> 00:11:29,160 [Music] 33 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:49,230 foreign 34 00:11:49,240 --> 00:12:06,829 [Music] 35 00:12:06,839 --> 00:12:11,930 foreign 36 00:12:11,940 --> 00:12:33,180 [Music] 37 00:12:33,180 --> 00:12:34,580 foreign 38 00:12:34,580 --> 00:13:45,470 [Music] 39 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:53,949 foreign 40 00:13:53,959 --> 00:13:58,560 for Monday November 21st 2022 first time 41 00:13:58,560 --> 00:14:00,959 on our agenda is presentation Miss 42 00:14:00,959 --> 00:14:03,000 Patrick yes thank you very much 43 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,519 president Porterfield I'd like to 44 00:14:05,519 --> 00:14:08,100 introduce Mr Neil golub um Neil if you'd 45 00:14:08,100 --> 00:14:10,019 like to come up and stand here Marion 46 00:14:10,019 --> 00:14:11,760 that'll put you on the camera Neil's 47 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:12,839 going to speak with us this evening 48 00:14:12,839 --> 00:14:17,889 about his concept 49 00:14:17,899 --> 00:14:20,339 he's going to speak to us about news new 50 00:14:20,339 --> 00:14:21,779 Schenectady 51 00:14:21,779 --> 00:14:24,000 take it away it's just that simple yes 52 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:25,100 that's it 53 00:14:25,100 --> 00:14:27,660 hello hello thank you it's nice to meet 54 00:14:27,660 --> 00:14:28,860 you all I don't think I met you all 55 00:14:28,860 --> 00:14:31,920 personally but you have my personal uh 56 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,079 gratitude and appreciation for letting 57 00:14:34,079 --> 00:14:36,480 me be here as many of you know I've been 58 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:38,760 involved in this community for an awful 59 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:41,399 lot of years back in the 80s my Jane 60 00:14:41,399 --> 00:14:43,380 before she passed she and I put together 61 00:14:43,380 --> 00:14:46,680 with the with the Anti-Defamation League 62 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:48,540 a world of difference and no place for 63 00:14:48,540 --> 00:14:51,779 hate and these are programs that are 64 00:14:51,779 --> 00:14:54,540 available in our schools K through 12 65 00:14:54,540 --> 00:14:57,180 and they were first programs approved by 66 00:14:57,180 --> 00:15:00,300 New York state for Statewide use K-12 67 00:15:00,300 --> 00:15:03,420 and I'm happy to report that we've had a 68 00:15:03,420 --> 00:15:05,160 tremendous amount of success as a matter 69 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:07,380 of fact so much these programs have now 70 00:15:07,380 --> 00:15:09,660 become National and probably one of the 71 00:15:09,660 --> 00:15:12,420 few that exist in this community we have 72 00:15:12,420 --> 00:15:14,160 a lot of schools there are eight schools 73 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:15,899 that have no place for hate as part of 74 00:15:15,899 --> 00:15:17,940 their curriculum for the year and 75 00:15:17,940 --> 00:15:19,620 Schenectady unfortunately there's only 76 00:15:19,620 --> 00:15:21,240 two of them in the region there's eight 77 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:24,120 and entire region there's close to 60 78 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,279 odd schools that have put these programs 79 00:15:26,279 --> 00:15:28,980 in and they are year-long programs for 80 00:15:28,980 --> 00:15:31,500 the students and the schools to work on 81 00:15:31,500 --> 00:15:35,279 things to help improve the conditions 82 00:15:35,279 --> 00:15:37,560 that exist but I want to talk to you 83 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:40,139 tonight about is the project that I have 84 00:15:40,139 --> 00:15:41,940 been working on for a long time as many 85 00:15:41,940 --> 00:15:47,040 of you know with Roger ho we started 86 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:48,899 um 87 00:15:48,899 --> 00:15:51,540 the effort to bring itself back it's 88 00:15:51,540 --> 00:15:53,660 going to keep 2000 was started in about 89 00:15:53,660 --> 00:15:58,199 1993 and we created some very good 90 00:15:58,199 --> 00:16:02,699 things with our programming and have had 91 00:16:02,699 --> 00:16:05,160 much success in doing that one of the 92 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:07,199 things that we wanted to do was to 93 00:16:07,199 --> 00:16:09,720 change the reputation of Schenectady 94 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:11,579 because there had been a long period 95 00:16:11,579 --> 00:16:14,160 where our reputation here and really 96 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:17,699 going down the tubes and in 1990 our 97 00:16:17,699 --> 00:16:19,740 downtown was described as one of the 98 00:16:19,740 --> 00:16:22,079 ugliest in the state of New York and so 99 00:16:22,079 --> 00:16:24,000 we attempted to do something to change 100 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:28,440 that in 1997 Bob Farley came to me and 101 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:30,779 said he had an idea and we put together 102 00:16:30,779 --> 00:16:33,300 the Metroplex Development Authority 103 00:16:33,300 --> 00:16:36,839 which was a unique design which had been 104 00:16:36,839 --> 00:16:39,000 brought in from others that have been 105 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,860 used in New York state we've got the 106 00:16:40,860 --> 00:16:42,800 state legislature to approve it 107 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:45,899 including the Senate and the assembly we 108 00:16:45,899 --> 00:16:47,519 did all the lobbying work and then 109 00:16:47,519 --> 00:16:49,620 lobbied the governor had this 110 00:16:49,620 --> 00:16:53,940 legislation passed and in 1999 we got 111 00:16:53,940 --> 00:16:55,920 the Metroplex Development Authority for 112 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:57,259 Schenectady and it has been 113 00:16:57,259 --> 00:17:00,120 schenectady's driving engine ever since 114 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:02,820 then and frankly as I look around today 115 00:17:02,820 --> 00:17:06,419 I'm frankly amazed at the changes that 116 00:17:06,419 --> 00:17:08,520 have occurred in our community and there 117 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:11,040 have been substantial changes and I know 118 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:13,620 when I hear people from Albany and other 119 00:17:13,620 --> 00:17:16,439 parts of the community coming here for 120 00:17:16,439 --> 00:17:19,199 dinner or for events or activities and 121 00:17:19,199 --> 00:17:22,439 giving Schenectady lots of credit but my 122 00:17:22,439 --> 00:17:24,360 thought has always been what we have to 123 00:17:24,360 --> 00:17:27,179 do to improve our reputation and like 124 00:17:27,179 --> 00:17:29,100 we've done so many things here if I said 125 00:17:29,100 --> 00:17:30,960 to you all right now do you see the 126 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:32,100 changes that have occurred in 127 00:17:32,100 --> 00:17:37,320 Schenectady what would you say yes and I've done this at the Chamber of 128 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:39,660 Commerce meeting I've done it at other 129 00:17:39,660 --> 00:17:41,520 meetings over the past number of months 130 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:43,860 I've spoken to literally a hundred 131 00:17:43,860 --> 00:17:47,280 different local political Executives and 132 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:49,919 everybody I've talked to has been very 133 00:17:49,919 --> 00:17:53,100 positive about the concept and what I'm 134 00:17:53,100 --> 00:17:56,460 trying to do is to say that why we've 135 00:17:56,460 --> 00:17:58,380 made all these changes there's nothing 136 00:17:58,380 --> 00:18:00,960 that separates Schenectady from what it 137 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:03,120 was we still have when we say 138 00:18:03,120 --> 00:18:05,460 Schenectady still carries with it that 139 00:18:05,460 --> 00:18:08,220 old reputation and what I'm suggesting 140 00:18:08,220 --> 00:18:10,080 we do is something very simple and let 141 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:12,179 me give you an example of something that 142 00:18:12,179 --> 00:18:14,400 really worked I think we've all heard of 143 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:17,360 the grocery product called tide 144 00:18:17,360 --> 00:18:20,280 we use that to clean the wash and so 145 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:22,320 forth as we know well a number of years 146 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:26,160 ago they designed a new tide they had a 147 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:28,919 new formula and they didn't change their 148 00:18:28,919 --> 00:18:30,840 name they used the same name and what 149 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,960 did they call themselves new tide well I 150 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:35,580 wish you could see what happened to 151 00:18:35,580 --> 00:18:37,380 their sales numbers when they did that 152 00:18:37,380 --> 00:18:40,440 people heard it they respected it they 153 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:42,660 tried it and they and they changed it 154 00:18:42,660 --> 00:18:45,059 and since then over a number of years 155 00:18:45,059 --> 00:18:46,980 the word new has disappeared because 156 00:18:46,980 --> 00:18:49,679 it's not new anymore but the fact is by 157 00:18:49,679 --> 00:18:52,620 using new they got people to hear their 158 00:18:52,620 --> 00:18:54,419 name and what I'm trying to do and I've 159 00:18:54,419 --> 00:18:57,000 looked at hundreds of names over the 160 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,220 past year I've used a marketing 161 00:18:59,220 --> 00:19:01,440 consultant locally we've looked the 162 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:03,059 names and it really came to the 163 00:19:03,059 --> 00:19:04,980 conclusion that you can't change 164 00:19:04,980 --> 00:19:07,559 Schenectady Schenectady is what it is 165 00:19:07,559 --> 00:19:09,320 and nobody's going to go for that 166 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:12,600 however I said to myself what happens if 167 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:16,860 we just use one simple adjective new 168 00:19:16,860 --> 00:19:19,500 Schenectady 169 00:19:19,500 --> 00:19:21,900 well for those of us who know and we 170 00:19:21,900 --> 00:19:23,460 hear the term we know what new 171 00:19:23,460 --> 00:19:25,980 Schenectady is but for those people who 172 00:19:25,980 --> 00:19:28,320 don't know what new Schenectady is 173 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:29,760 they're going to say what do you mean 174 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:32,100 new Schenectady and that gives us a 175 00:19:32,100 --> 00:19:34,500 chance to explain it to them there's no 176 00:19:34,500 --> 00:19:36,900 cost we don't have to get any government 177 00:19:36,900 --> 00:19:39,299 approval to do it it's a word that's 178 00:19:39,299 --> 00:19:41,220 here today and gone tomorrow if we 179 00:19:41,220 --> 00:19:43,740 should so choose but it gives us a 180 00:19:43,740 --> 00:19:47,100 chance to leverage what we've done in a 181 00:19:47,100 --> 00:19:49,380 way that people might hear that's 182 00:19:49,380 --> 00:19:51,660 Schenectady is today a different place 183 00:19:51,660 --> 00:19:54,059 and I know you're all struggling to find 184 00:19:54,059 --> 00:19:56,700 a way and certainly this community has 185 00:19:56,700 --> 00:19:58,980 many opportunities but you know what 186 00:19:58,980 --> 00:20:00,660 there are a lot of wonderful people in 187 00:20:00,660 --> 00:20:02,520 this community and we wouldn't be where 188 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:04,440 we are today if it wasn't for the people 189 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:07,440 here that have made such a strong effort 190 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:09,780 to bring this community to a different 191 00:20:09,780 --> 00:20:12,480 level and I've spent the last 30 or 40 192 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:14,580 years been working on it and I ain't 193 00:20:14,580 --> 00:20:17,100 done yet and I've done until until we 194 00:20:17,100 --> 00:20:20,400 find a way that we have some thing that 195 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:22,740 helps us move the Schenectady reputation 196 00:20:22,740 --> 00:20:25,320 to a higher level and so I wanted to 197 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:27,780 share with you what the thought was I 198 00:20:27,780 --> 00:20:29,700 have worked with my advertising people 199 00:20:29,700 --> 00:20:31,320 and by the way it's a very low cost 200 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:34,080 operation I'm not asking for a dime you 201 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:36,960 know okay but I I think we can I think 202 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:39,900 we can pull this off my advertising guys 203 00:20:39,900 --> 00:20:41,880 come up with some Billboards that we're 204 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:44,280 working on right now some really clever 205 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:46,020 unique Billboards that would get the 206 00:20:46,020 --> 00:20:52,200 message across and some other methods of promotion and advertising that would 207 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:53,580 be good for us we've talked to the 208 00:20:53,580 --> 00:20:55,320 people that discover Schenectady and 209 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,179 they're anxious to work with us and I 210 00:20:57,179 --> 00:20:58,740 think most of the people that we have 211 00:20:58,740 --> 00:21:01,260 talked to kind of think it's a good idea 212 00:21:01,260 --> 00:21:04,200 so what I was hoping to get is your 213 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,140 support and your agreement that you 214 00:21:07,140 --> 00:21:08,760 don't think is such a bad idea maybe 215 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:10,799 it's a good idea and maybe we can all 216 00:21:10,799 --> 00:21:13,140 help ourselves a little bit and if we 217 00:21:13,140 --> 00:21:14,520 can get people from other communities 218 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:17,160 saying what's new snack to go about that 219 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:19,380 gives us a chance to deliver the message 220 00:21:19,380 --> 00:21:22,919 so that people can hear and we can be 221 00:21:22,919 --> 00:21:24,419 proud of what we've accomplished here 222 00:21:24,419 --> 00:21:28,140 and we have all accomplished a lot and 223 00:21:28,140 --> 00:21:29,460 this could not have happened without 224 00:21:29,460 --> 00:21:31,200 hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of 225 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:33,900 people doing their thing we fortunately 226 00:21:33,900 --> 00:21:36,840 have gotten a good leader at the 227 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:38,880 Metroplex who has been able to put lots 228 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:42,059 of deals together and what we created by 229 00:21:42,059 --> 00:21:44,480 the way when we when we design Metroplex 230 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:47,100 every town in the city in the county of 231 00:21:47,100 --> 00:21:49,440 Schenectady has benefited from the 232 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:51,179 benefits that have accrued as a result 233 00:21:51,179 --> 00:21:52,940 of Metroplex 234 00:21:52,940 --> 00:21:55,620 the Metroplex has given back to the 235 00:21:55,620 --> 00:21:58,980 towns close to 90 over 90 million 236 00:21:58,980 --> 00:22:01,559 dollars in tax benefits have gone back 237 00:22:01,559 --> 00:22:03,000 to the towns 238 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,640 so that the relationship in the towns 239 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:07,500 with the city 240 00:22:07,500 --> 00:22:11,220 good very good and I'm hoping we can do 241 00:22:11,220 --> 00:22:16,010 more so I'm asking for your support 242 00:22:16,020 --> 00:22:22,250 I'll be happy to take any questions 243 00:22:22,260 --> 00:22:27,710 I've been stumped you 244 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:29,280 so Mr Gold definitely thank you for the 245 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:30,900 presentation just trying to wrap my head 246 00:22:30,900 --> 00:22:33,360 around to what extent so would you have 247 00:22:33,360 --> 00:22:35,280 an example of how the designation news 248 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:37,140 connected will be applied like am I 249 00:22:37,140 --> 00:22:39,240 having trying to conceptualize it would 250 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:41,520 it be mayor McCarthy city of New 251 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:43,679 Schenectady or whether it be updating 252 00:22:43,679 --> 00:22:46,430 cdca 253 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:48,240 one of the things I want this to be is 254 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:50,640 Grassroots and you would call they said 255 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,940 all of us and if we all say we live in 256 00:22:53,940 --> 00:22:56,039 new Schenectady or this is part of new 257 00:22:56,039 --> 00:22:58,140 Schenectady all we're doing is putting 258 00:22:58,140 --> 00:23:00,659 an adjective on a term that we have 259 00:23:00,659 --> 00:23:03,059 lived with I've been in the city since 260 00:23:03,059 --> 00:23:05,220 1937 a couple years I've got a couple 261 00:23:05,220 --> 00:23:07,860 years under my belt okay but I'm still 262 00:23:07,860 --> 00:23:09,419 working for Schenectady I haven't given 263 00:23:09,419 --> 00:23:11,840 up and I still believe in this community 264 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,520 before my dad passed 265 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,159 he had tried to turn Schenectady around 266 00:23:17,159 --> 00:23:19,200 but unfortunately wasn't able to and he 267 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,059 said Neil he says you you have the 268 00:23:21,059 --> 00:23:22,919 ability to be able to do it would you 269 00:23:22,919 --> 00:23:25,080 please try and work with Roger Hall at 270 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:27,419 Union College at the time and and we did 271 00:23:27,419 --> 00:23:29,760 and I think over these years we've come 272 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:32,700 a long way and I think it's a it's a 273 00:23:32,700 --> 00:23:34,740 Grassroots thing that we can all do that 274 00:23:34,740 --> 00:23:36,480 everybody in this room can do when we 275 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:38,640 talk with our friends and I'm sure when 276 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:40,200 you ask your friends if you've been to 277 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:41,580 Schenectady what do you think they'll 278 00:23:41,580 --> 00:23:43,500 give you the same response that people 279 00:23:43,500 --> 00:23:45,299 have given me 280 00:23:45,299 --> 00:23:48,059 now we got lots of things to do here you 281 00:23:48,059 --> 00:23:50,340 know we we played a big role in the Boys 282 00:23:50,340 --> 00:23:52,740 and Girls Clubs and this past summer 283 00:23:52,740 --> 00:23:55,500 with the police chief we sent 50 kids 284 00:23:55,500 --> 00:23:58,500 from from Arbor Hill to the uh to uh 285 00:23:58,500 --> 00:24:00,840 Ginger cook for for a week you know 286 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:02,280 there's lots of good things going on 287 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:04,740 here good educational programs hopefully 288 00:24:04,740 --> 00:24:06,840 more of the people in the school system 289 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:09,120 will use what we've already given them I 290 00:24:09,120 --> 00:24:11,100 underwrite a full-time group of people 291 00:24:11,100 --> 00:24:13,500 that teaches no place for hate 292 00:24:13,500 --> 00:24:16,860 a full-time organization that goes 293 00:24:16,860 --> 00:24:18,900 around to the schools promoting from 294 00:24:18,900 --> 00:24:21,299 kindergarten through high school no 295 00:24:21,299 --> 00:24:23,220 place for hate and if we could figure 296 00:24:23,220 --> 00:24:25,679 that out as a community as people as 297 00:24:25,679 --> 00:24:28,200 friends we'd be a much greater community 298 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,179 and that's what I'm hoping this will 299 00:24:30,179 --> 00:24:35,289 help us do just one more step 300 00:24:35,299 --> 00:24:39,240 yep Mr Farley so uh I I want to say I 301 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:41,400 like the idea of new Schenectady 302 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:43,860 um because I think just adding new to it 303 00:24:43,860 --> 00:24:46,679 but then you know Schenectady to capture 304 00:24:46,679 --> 00:24:48,299 the historic relevance and then all the 305 00:24:48,299 --> 00:24:50,100 good things that have happened I think 306 00:24:50,100 --> 00:24:51,900 that um some something that we can do 307 00:24:51,900 --> 00:24:55,440 better as a city is really highlight the 308 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:56,640 good things that are happening in the 309 00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:58,980 city I think that you know to your point 310 00:24:58,980 --> 00:25:01,080 um there was a point in time where we 311 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:03,240 um had earned them maybe a reputation 312 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,700 that that we shouldn't be proud of but 313 00:25:05,700 --> 00:25:09,780 um just really earned it by the way yeah we did I'm about accountable but 314 00:25:09,780 --> 00:25:11,940 that's that's behind us and I I give the 315 00:25:11,940 --> 00:25:13,799 mayor a lot of credit he's made a lot of 316 00:25:13,799 --> 00:25:17,520 very positive change in this unity and 317 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:19,980 at one time I didn't support him but I 318 00:25:19,980 --> 00:25:23,400 do now and and and I think he's made a 319 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:25,320 real effort it's a you know it's a group 320 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:28,200 of people all trying to work together so 321 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:29,940 that you can get your thoughts across 322 00:25:29,940 --> 00:25:32,039 you know in in business one of the 323 00:25:32,039 --> 00:25:34,500 things that I have tried to train my 324 00:25:34,500 --> 00:25:36,840 organization is you have to listen to 325 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:38,820 other people you have to hear what they 326 00:25:38,820 --> 00:25:40,740 say and it's helpful even if you 327 00:25:40,740 --> 00:25:42,720 articulate what they said to make sure 328 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,120 that you understand what they said too 329 00:25:45,120 --> 00:25:47,400 often people talk and nobody listens and 330 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:49,380 as a result good ideas go by the board 331 00:25:49,380 --> 00:25:52,919 if Bob Farley had said had said he said 332 00:25:52,919 --> 00:25:55,500 to me that one night he said we can get 333 00:25:55,500 --> 00:25:57,480 a Public Authority but it's going to 334 00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,760 take you and me working together to get 335 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:01,320 it done because it's going to be a big 336 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,020 job if I had let that idea go over my 337 00:26:04,020 --> 00:26:06,059 head and didn't hear it we wouldn't be 338 00:26:06,059 --> 00:26:07,980 where we are today 339 00:26:07,980 --> 00:26:09,779 and I happen to be a pretty good 340 00:26:09,779 --> 00:26:11,460 listener and I've tried to train my 341 00:26:11,460 --> 00:26:14,039 people to be good listeners and I hope 342 00:26:14,039 --> 00:26:17,159 as as a council as a city as a county 343 00:26:17,159 --> 00:26:20,100 that if we do the same thing we can go a 344 00:26:20,100 --> 00:26:22,140 lot farther as a community of people all 345 00:26:22,140 --> 00:26:24,299 working together to figure out what our 346 00:26:24,299 --> 00:26:26,820 problems are and how do we fix them 347 00:26:26,820 --> 00:26:29,039 and I'm doing my share I guarantee it 348 00:26:29,039 --> 00:26:30,720 I'm doing my sharing I'm going to 349 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:32,279 continue to do it I don't know how many 350 00:26:32,279 --> 00:26:33,779 more years I got around here but I'll 351 00:26:33,779 --> 00:26:39,529 continue to keep working 352 00:26:39,539 --> 00:26:43,669 my friends coming here by the way 353 00:26:43,679 --> 00:26:45,740 well thank you very much Neil everybody 354 00:26:45,740 --> 00:26:47,700 any other thing do you have a question 355 00:26:47,700 --> 00:26:51,179 nope okay thank you thank you thank you 356 00:26:51,179 --> 00:26:52,860 all right I'll give you your mic there 357 00:26:52,860 --> 00:27:05,930 thank you very much 358 00:27:05,940 --> 00:27:06,840 okay 359 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:08,880 um we only have one member of the 360 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:10,080 finance committee here so we're going to 361 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:11,580 be moving all of those items to City 362 00:27:11,580 --> 00:27:13,500 development and planning 363 00:27:13,500 --> 00:27:15,539 uh so we'll move on to health and 364 00:27:15,539 --> 00:27:18,179 Recreation I'd like to open health and 365 00:27:18,179 --> 00:27:19,860 Recreation we have one item on the 366 00:27:19,860 --> 00:27:21,600 agenda and that is 367 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:24,179 um I'm proposing that we um 368 00:27:24,179 --> 00:27:28,080 create a ceremonial resolution 369 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,840 um honoring the Schenectady Belmont Pop 370 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,120 Warner cheerleaders who I think all of 371 00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:34,159 you know 372 00:27:34,159 --> 00:27:37,980 are headed to the Nationals and they're 373 00:27:37,980 --> 00:27:39,900 looking to raise some money to do so I 374 00:27:39,900 --> 00:27:41,460 think they have a they have a GoFundMe 375 00:27:41,460 --> 00:27:45,600 campaign underway already so actually Mr 376 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:47,520 Toro has actually spoken to the coach 377 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:49,380 and we'd love to have them come next 378 00:27:49,380 --> 00:27:51,539 week and accept a resolution supporting 379 00:27:51,539 --> 00:27:53,760 them and congratulating them for all 380 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,520 their hard work I was a cheerleader in 381 00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:58,260 high school so I have to say an old 382 00:27:58,260 --> 00:28:00,059 cheerleaders you know we don't we don't 383 00:28:00,059 --> 00:28:02,340 give up the cheerleading so 384 00:28:02,340 --> 00:28:04,620 um that's what I would like to put 385 00:28:04,620 --> 00:28:08,360 forward so I'd like a motion for that 386 00:28:08,360 --> 00:28:10,559 and a second 387 00:28:10,559 --> 00:28:14,159 okay all in favor all right okay thank 388 00:28:14,159 --> 00:28:15,360 you very much 389 00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:17,340 um and now I'd like a motion to adjourn 390 00:28:17,340 --> 00:28:19,400 okay okay 391 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,020 all in favor all right okay thank you 392 00:28:22,020 --> 00:28:22,919 very much 393 00:28:22,919 --> 00:28:24,299 I'd like to call to order student 394 00:28:24,299 --> 00:28:26,400 development planning and now we have six 395 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,740 items on the agenda the first item on 396 00:28:28,740 --> 00:28:30,480 the agenda will be a reminder for the 397 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:34,080 2023 uh dsad budget and the public 398 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:35,760 hearing is going to be 11 28 and I 399 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:37,320 believe that we have someone here from 400 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:39,480 dsic that was just language would you 401 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:41,820 like to come up 402 00:28:41,820 --> 00:28:43,200 foreign 403 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:49,630 [Music] 404 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:53,039 executive director of the new downtown 405 00:28:53,039 --> 00:28:55,620 Schenectady Improvement Corporation I 406 00:28:55,620 --> 00:28:57,539 gotta keep practicing that but I mean if 407 00:28:57,539 --> 00:28:59,279 anybody's been downtown in the last 15 408 00:28:59,279 --> 00:29:00,960 years I don't think you would argue that 409 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,419 yeah there was a lot of new down there 410 00:29:03,419 --> 00:29:04,200 but 411 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:04,799 um 412 00:29:04,799 --> 00:29:06,480 I also just want to say my board 413 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:08,159 president Heather Peterson here is an 414 00:29:08,159 --> 00:29:09,840 important members Paul Ambrose and 415 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:12,000 Andrea cordov so thanks for being here 416 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,880 uh yeah this is our uh this has been a 417 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:19,740 super busy year at the dsac after 418 00:29:19,740 --> 00:29:22,140 we all know it's been a challenging few 419 00:29:22,140 --> 00:29:24,720 years before that but so um 420 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:26,580 we did a lot of growth a lot of learning 421 00:29:26,580 --> 00:29:28,140 and we're really going to be going into 422 00:29:28,140 --> 00:29:32,100 2023 with a real strong 423 00:29:32,100 --> 00:29:35,820 programs a real strong suite of programs 424 00:29:35,820 --> 00:29:37,260 and we're really excited about 425 00:29:37,260 --> 00:29:39,720 everything that we have in store so uh 426 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:40,919 but the budget there you have in front 427 00:29:40,919 --> 00:29:42,779 of you at the end there's multiple pages 428 00:29:42,779 --> 00:29:46,140 but to the city council here tonight to 429 00:29:46,140 --> 00:29:48,179 approve the assessment portion of our 430 00:29:48,179 --> 00:29:51,419 budget which is page one but when you 431 00:29:51,419 --> 00:29:53,940 get to page three that's sort of our 432 00:29:53,940 --> 00:29:55,799 overall budget because of course we want 433 00:29:55,799 --> 00:29:58,320 to make sure that city council knows how 434 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:00,000 the assessment fits into the overall 435 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,000 budget and our other income and expenses 436 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,840 so on page one is you recall 437 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:09,720 in 2020 the city council 438 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:11,820 approved our expansion of our district 439 00:30:11,820 --> 00:30:14,159 for the first time in our history so we 440 00:30:14,159 --> 00:30:16,140 are now in Little Italy we're all the 441 00:30:16,140 --> 00:30:18,620 way up Erie Boulevard to the circle by 442 00:30:18,620 --> 00:30:20,940 the casino and then all the way down 443 00:30:20,940 --> 00:30:25,080 Broadway to Exit 5 8 90. and at that 444 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:27,539 time because of the expansion the extra 445 00:30:27,539 --> 00:30:29,760 work we the strategy that our board had 446 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:31,559 put together to do some incremental 447 00:30:31,559 --> 00:30:33,779 increases in the assessment to make sure 448 00:30:33,779 --> 00:30:36,299 we had the wherewithal to do all the new 449 00:30:36,299 --> 00:30:38,039 programming the new services that we had 450 00:30:38,039 --> 00:30:41,039 to do during covid we took a break with 451 00:30:41,039 --> 00:30:43,140 that because obviously that was a 452 00:30:43,140 --> 00:30:45,539 difficult time and we had to make sure 453 00:30:45,539 --> 00:30:47,460 that we were being sensitive to the 454 00:30:47,460 --> 00:30:49,919 situation but looking forward to next 455 00:30:49,919 --> 00:30:53,340 year again we are back on that strategy 456 00:30:53,340 --> 00:30:55,620 so you're seeing our assessment for next 457 00:30:55,620 --> 00:30:59,700 year the board is approved for 355 and 458 00:30:59,700 --> 00:31:01,159 then there's the base partition 459 00:31:01,159 --> 00:31:04,440 participation fee which is the fee that 460 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:06,480 the vast majority of the properties in 461 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:08,159 downtown pay except for some of the 462 00:31:08,159 --> 00:31:10,559 larger ones in some 463 00:31:10,559 --> 00:31:12,960 core areas of downtown and so that will 464 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:17,640 be at 3 44 2023 465 00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:19,320 um 466 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:21,360 you know the second page really is for 467 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:22,860 the board I mean it breaks it down by 468 00:31:22,860 --> 00:31:25,440 our different program areas how much of 469 00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:27,419 the assessment is going towards 470 00:31:27,419 --> 00:31:30,240 different program areas 471 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:32,399 and then page three is the overall 472 00:31:32,399 --> 00:31:34,620 budget with 473 00:31:34,620 --> 00:31:37,679 the full overview of the income and the 474 00:31:37,679 --> 00:31:39,600 expenses and then the last two pages 475 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:43,200 really do break down uh the remainder of 476 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:44,820 that budget by our two main program 477 00:31:44,820 --> 00:31:48,000 areas which of course are outdoor 478 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,659 cleaning and maintenance and and place 479 00:31:51,659 --> 00:31:54,600 making and improvements in downtown and 480 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:55,919 then our marketing and promotions 481 00:31:55,919 --> 00:31:58,140 Communications that we do to bring 482 00:31:58,140 --> 00:31:59,940 people downtown and make sure everybody 483 00:31:59,940 --> 00:32:01,140 knows 484 00:32:01,140 --> 00:32:02,880 uh all the great things that are 485 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:05,159 happening in downtown so if anybody has 486 00:32:05,159 --> 00:32:17,590 any questions 487 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:20,220 I'd just like to say that I'm just 488 00:32:20,220 --> 00:32:23,100 always impressed and with what little 489 00:32:23,100 --> 00:32:25,860 really funding you have how much you do 490 00:32:25,860 --> 00:32:27,960 and get done and the physical labor 491 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:29,820 that's put out there on a consistent 492 00:32:29,820 --> 00:32:32,580 basis so thank you yes everything just 493 00:32:32,580 --> 00:32:35,159 looks wonderful all the time yeah thank 494 00:32:35,159 --> 00:32:37,799 you we're very fortunate to have a 495 00:32:37,799 --> 00:32:40,020 really great strong team that really 496 00:32:40,020 --> 00:32:41,220 cares about 497 00:32:41,220 --> 00:32:43,799 downtown or what they're doing so um 498 00:32:43,799 --> 00:32:45,899 we're very lucky and very fortunate so 499 00:32:45,899 --> 00:32:48,059 thank you for recognizing that 500 00:32:48,059 --> 00:32:49,919 um How would how would you like move up 501 00:32:49,919 --> 00:32:53,039 on State Street a little towards like 502 00:32:53,039 --> 00:32:57,000 Mohawk Ambulance or you know what 503 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,880 it I think it would be a similar process 504 00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:03,120 to what we did back in 2019 where 505 00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:04,740 we 506 00:33:04,740 --> 00:33:07,140 you know we did the research we looked 507 00:33:07,140 --> 00:33:08,520 at the different properties we looked at 508 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:10,500 the impact would be we estimated what 509 00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:13,559 the increase in expenses would be for 510 00:33:13,559 --> 00:33:15,240 bringing the services up there and then 511 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:17,519 we presented it to the council and then 512 00:33:17,519 --> 00:33:19,500 we um 513 00:33:19,500 --> 00:33:30,289 yeah 514 00:33:30,299 --> 00:33:33,840 28 to 20 yep okay great Happy 515 00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:36,240 Thanksgiving everybody and 516 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:38,700 um also be sure to come down on the 517 00:33:38,700 --> 00:33:40,799 small business Saturday on the 26th and 518 00:33:40,799 --> 00:33:42,659 Shop small because we've got some green 519 00:33:42,659 --> 00:33:43,919 and there's going to be a great video we 520 00:33:43,919 --> 00:33:45,840 put together highlighting a lot of the 521 00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:47,519 downtown businesses that'll be coming 522 00:33:47,519 --> 00:33:49,640 out on social media in the next few days 523 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:52,200 thank you thank you 524 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:57,250 foreign 525 00:33:57,260 --> 00:34:00,000 on the agenda is the Upper Union Street 526 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:01,500 business district 527 00:34:01,500 --> 00:34:03,000 and the public hearing will also be on 528 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:08,450 the 28th summer 529 00:34:08,460 --> 00:34:10,919 hello everybody my name is Antonia 530 00:34:10,919 --> 00:34:12,659 Nelson I'm the treasurer of the 531 00:34:12,659 --> 00:34:15,480 operating industry bid we had a good 532 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:18,240 year last this year uh we're rounding 533 00:34:18,240 --> 00:34:20,700 out the year with the tree lighting 534 00:34:20,700 --> 00:34:22,440 ceremony that we're doing a little bit 535 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:25,379 bigger than we have in the past next 536 00:34:25,379 --> 00:34:28,020 year we're going to keep the budget the 537 00:34:28,020 --> 00:34:30,240 same but we're going to focus on street 538 00:34:30,240 --> 00:34:33,780 beautification and improving we have so 539 00:34:33,780 --> 00:34:36,119 many banners that we bought this year 540 00:34:36,119 --> 00:34:38,899 that are going to be up in a week or so 541 00:34:38,899 --> 00:34:42,000 and we're gonna improve with hanging 542 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:43,260 baskets 543 00:34:43,260 --> 00:34:46,619 urns flowers maybe some we're looking 544 00:34:46,619 --> 00:34:49,619 for some street art things like that 545 00:34:49,619 --> 00:34:53,389 that's how 546 00:34:53,399 --> 00:34:55,980 um and that's pretty much it 547 00:34:55,980 --> 00:34:57,660 does anyone have any questions for me 548 00:34:57,660 --> 00:35:00,960 questions Mr Toro I will say coming down 549 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:04,380 Union Street today and the circle by the 550 00:35:04,380 --> 00:35:06,119 McDonald's and that's just beautifully 551 00:35:06,119 --> 00:35:08,640 decorated it's just it's just a point 552 00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:10,680 little section of Upper Union Street 553 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:12,660 that just makes you feel like homey and 554 00:35:12,660 --> 00:35:15,060 Welcome to our city so it always looks 555 00:35:15,060 --> 00:35:17,460 very nice thank you we're gonna try it 556 00:35:17,460 --> 00:35:18,780 for next year to get some more 557 00:35:18,780 --> 00:35:20,760 decorations 558 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:23,240 um we're going in the right direction 559 00:35:23,240 --> 00:35:26,640 thank you thank you thanks for coming 560 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:29,270 thank you 561 00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:31,140 all right guys number three the public 562 00:35:31,140 --> 00:35:34,020 hearing uh for this was held on 11 14 563 00:35:34,020 --> 00:35:37,970 um for the purchase of 564 00:35:37,980 --> 00:35:41,160 um 0.15 acre paper Street behind 588 565 00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:42,000 Broadway 566 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:43,920 Mr Mayor 567 00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:46,500 yes Madam president at this point asking 568 00:35:46,500 --> 00:35:49,079 the council's approval to allow me to 569 00:35:49,079 --> 00:35:52,859 enter into a contract to sell that to uh 570 00:35:52,859 --> 00:35:55,859 the adjacent property owner 571 00:35:55,859 --> 00:36:02,089 which is locating a business on Broadway 572 00:36:02,099 --> 00:36:05,569 any questions 573 00:36:05,579 --> 00:36:08,940 Miss Patrick so FW Webb that is already 574 00:36:08,940 --> 00:36:10,560 confirmed that they're they're coming 575 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:15,829 and locating their business yes 576 00:36:15,839 --> 00:36:17,880 I did have the public Hearing in there 577 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:20,280 as you recall there was one business 578 00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:22,140 owner who had some concerns regarding 579 00:36:22,140 --> 00:36:23,460 that so I just want to remind everyone 580 00:36:23,460 --> 00:36:24,839 yes 581 00:36:24,839 --> 00:36:26,099 um they thought that it was going to 582 00:36:26,099 --> 00:36:27,540 impact their business 583 00:36:27,540 --> 00:36:29,880 because they were then not just them but 584 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:32,940 the smaller businesses that um 585 00:36:32,940 --> 00:36:35,339 or in the city and and provide the same 586 00:36:35,339 --> 00:36:37,560 type of service oh sorry that's right 587 00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:38,940 maybe you weren't there 588 00:36:38,940 --> 00:36:42,960 well in reviewing that the uh again the 589 00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:44,579 company has a presence in the Capital 590 00:36:44,579 --> 00:36:47,280 District in fact in the Northeast 591 00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:50,820 uh and where I believe the question was 592 00:36:50,820 --> 00:36:53,640 whether we were providing some incentive 593 00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:56,820 to locate this company here and we're 594 00:36:56,820 --> 00:36:59,579 not we're actually selling this piece of 595 00:36:59,579 --> 00:37:01,859 property at a premium over what we would 596 00:37:01,859 --> 00:37:05,460 normally get and all the property of the 597 00:37:05,460 --> 00:37:07,859 city is very valuable but this dead end 598 00:37:07,859 --> 00:37:08,720 street 599 00:37:08,720 --> 00:37:11,520 is uh 600 00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:14,099 my classified as slightly less valuable 601 00:37:14,099 --> 00:37:15,599 that they've been more than willing to 602 00:37:15,599 --> 00:37:17,940 pay this and they'll give them some 603 00:37:17,940 --> 00:37:21,839 parking and they will also Consolidated 604 00:37:21,839 --> 00:37:25,440 into the other lot so that going forward 605 00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:27,960 it'll be more simplistic for people 606 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:29,700 wanting to do anything with the real 607 00:37:29,700 --> 00:37:30,900 estate there 608 00:37:30,900 --> 00:37:32,400 well I think people are going to be glad 609 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:33,359 to hear they're not getting some 610 00:37:33,359 --> 00:37:35,400 incentive I don't know if Mr Birch I 611 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,710 believe it was Kraft 612 00:37:38,720 --> 00:37:40,500 mentioned that but he did mention that 613 00:37:40,500 --> 00:37:41,880 he thought that it would impact some of 614 00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:43,680 the smaller businesses when he came to 615 00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:45,599 speak at the um at the council meeting 616 00:37:45,599 --> 00:37:47,000 last week 617 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,440 they run a great business there we want 618 00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:51,839 to promote them and it's just good to 619 00:37:51,839 --> 00:37:55,200 have so much interest in this connected 620 00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:57,000 any further discussion 621 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,640 if not I'll entertain a motion I'll move 622 00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:01,740 it 623 00:38:01,740 --> 00:38:04,680 um the other second all in favor 624 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:05,579 aye 625 00:38:05,579 --> 00:38:08,820 okay the next item for discussion is the 626 00:38:08,820 --> 00:38:11,400 medical debt relief relief 627 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:13,160 Mr Farland 628 00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:16,560 so thank you madam president so this is 629 00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:20,060 just um this uh idea if you will is is 630 00:38:20,060 --> 00:38:23,160 you know kind of bringing to the council 631 00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:25,140 and its infancy 632 00:38:25,140 --> 00:38:26,820 um intentionally because I think that at 633 00:38:26,820 --> 00:38:29,579 this point we can you know I'm welcoming 634 00:38:29,579 --> 00:38:31,680 people to be thought Partners on how we 635 00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:33,060 can do this 636 00:38:33,060 --> 00:38:34,800 um this happened in Toledo Ohio and 637 00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:37,079 there's another version of this 638 00:38:37,079 --> 00:38:39,839 um in uh Chicago I believe 639 00:38:39,839 --> 00:38:44,220 um where they were able to leverage 640 00:38:44,220 --> 00:38:47,880 um 1.6 million dollars this was 800 from 641 00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:49,320 the city 642 00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:52,320 um and 800 from the county and they were 643 00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:55,740 able to leverage that uh money into what 644 00:38:55,740 --> 00:38:57,900 looks like it's going to be about 250 645 00:38:57,900 --> 00:39:01,079 million dollars uh to pay off um some 646 00:39:01,079 --> 00:39:02,880 medical debt for the citizens residents 647 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:04,680 that live there so I was you know 648 00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:06,599 thinking that not only uh really 649 00:39:06,599 --> 00:39:09,300 impressed but you know the ability to 650 00:39:09,300 --> 00:39:12,060 leverage the funds so that magnitude 651 00:39:12,060 --> 00:39:14,940 we're also think about you know 652 00:39:14,940 --> 00:39:18,060 what that does for our new Schenectady 653 00:39:18,060 --> 00:39:20,400 as we're talking about giving people an 654 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:21,839 opportunity to kind of free themselves 655 00:39:21,839 --> 00:39:23,820 up for some debt and they can you know 656 00:39:23,820 --> 00:39:25,920 put them in a better position to buy 657 00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:28,140 some of those very valuable Parcels of 658 00:39:28,140 --> 00:39:30,180 land that the mayor is talking about 659 00:39:30,180 --> 00:39:32,160 um I think that this would be you know 660 00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:33,960 something that is really worth some 661 00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:35,880 investigation there as opposed to the 662 00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:37,260 council is even something that would 663 00:39:37,260 --> 00:39:40,190 work for us 664 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:42,140 questions 665 00:39:42,140 --> 00:39:43,859 thank you 666 00:39:43,859 --> 00:39:45,780 um how did they do that is there like an 667 00:39:45,780 --> 00:39:47,760 article or somewhere we can read about 668 00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:49,320 it or were you presented a little 669 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:52,740 further I mean yeah definitely you know again like I said 670 00:39:52,740 --> 00:39:54,359 this is really the beginning stage but I 671 00:39:54,359 --> 00:39:55,560 will definitely sure I'll share the 672 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:56,940 article that I read that kind of piqued 673 00:39:56,940 --> 00:39:58,500 my interest with the entire Council yeah 674 00:39:58,500 --> 00:40:00,300 I would like to do that so I'll make 675 00:40:00,300 --> 00:40:01,560 sure I do that 676 00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:04,320 um and again that's all you know 677 00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:07,140 we could copy and paste you know what's 678 00:40:07,140 --> 00:40:10,200 done there you know um I think but you 679 00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:10,920 know 680 00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:13,079 my initial thought isn't to just do that 681 00:40:13,079 --> 00:40:14,220 I think we can kind of take what's 682 00:40:14,220 --> 00:40:16,440 worked take what works and then kind of 683 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:18,359 open this up to our larger Community 684 00:40:18,359 --> 00:40:20,640 discussion and get input from different 685 00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:22,380 stakeholders and you know some people 686 00:40:22,380 --> 00:40:24,359 areas of expertise in this to really see 687 00:40:24,359 --> 00:40:26,040 if we can leverage that 688 00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:27,900 um you know I was thinking about you 689 00:40:27,900 --> 00:40:29,339 know all the kind of connective tissue 690 00:40:29,339 --> 00:40:31,140 if you will no pun intended around like 691 00:40:31,140 --> 00:40:34,320 how how its medical debt is not just 692 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:36,540 impacting people's ability to you know 693 00:40:36,540 --> 00:40:39,180 for to move upward economically but 694 00:40:39,180 --> 00:40:40,980 really think about even like the health 695 00:40:40,980 --> 00:40:42,359 concerns you know like so when people 696 00:40:42,359 --> 00:40:47,099 are having you know you know one of the main reasons people don't go to the 697 00:40:47,099 --> 00:40:48,839 doctor is when they have some willing 698 00:40:48,839 --> 00:40:50,280 medical bills over their head and it's 699 00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:52,079 like what that does is that makes us a 700 00:40:52,079 --> 00:40:53,700 sicker Community overall because then 701 00:40:53,700 --> 00:40:55,440 people go to the doctor when they have 702 00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:57,839 to right so it kind of can 703 00:40:57,839 --> 00:40:59,640 um you know definitely impact up at 704 00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:01,980 one's a bitterly ability to access good 705 00:41:01,980 --> 00:41:03,960 medical care as well so it's a lot of 706 00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:05,700 different you know kind of positive 707 00:41:05,700 --> 00:41:07,680 byproducts as looking at something like 708 00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:09,540 this but uh could do for the community 709 00:41:09,540 --> 00:41:12,839 so and I'm super excited doctor but you 710 00:41:12,839 --> 00:41:14,760 know the way that we can you know 711 00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:17,160 leverage such a small amount of money 712 00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:19,079 um and to make sure that we can impact 713 00:41:19,079 --> 00:41:20,520 so many people like I'm really excited 714 00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:22,320 about that I don't know any other parts 715 00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:28,740 we can get that type of Leverage out so far in terms of the you know 716 00:41:28,740 --> 00:41:30,780 what what's the audience you're talking 717 00:41:30,780 --> 00:41:33,180 about is there a specific well let's 718 00:41:33,180 --> 00:41:35,400 talk about that so yes on Ohio what they 719 00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:37,500 did is um they used four times the 720 00:41:37,500 --> 00:41:42,660 federal uh income for property because 721 00:41:42,660 --> 00:41:45,119 we all know that that is you know very 722 00:41:45,119 --> 00:41:48,660 dated and not uh update updated metric 723 00:41:48,660 --> 00:41:51,240 to use so they did four times and I was 724 00:41:51,240 --> 00:41:53,040 looking at just kind of like our members 725 00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:54,839 locally and if we just use their 726 00:41:54,839 --> 00:41:56,940 threshold then I mean we're talking like 727 00:41:56,940 --> 00:41:59,640 for families it'll be like 53 of the 728 00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:02,880 families that live in 12305 729 00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:06,720 um uh 57 on the families that live in uh 730 00:42:06,720 --> 00:42:09,119 one two three or four and one two three 731 00:42:09,119 --> 00:42:11,359 or eight is 56 actually so like there's 732 00:42:11,359 --> 00:42:14,760 definitely you know obviously people in 733 00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:16,079 our community that could really benefit 734 00:42:16,079 --> 00:42:17,940 for something like this 735 00:42:17,940 --> 00:42:20,940 um again I think the part now is once we 736 00:42:20,940 --> 00:42:22,200 all get a little bit more information 737 00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:24,119 about this and start to look you know 738 00:42:24,119 --> 00:42:26,339 Auburn you know our level of expertise 739 00:42:26,339 --> 00:42:28,200 to the table and I think it's something 740 00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:30,300 that collecting we can do as a counselor 741 00:42:30,300 --> 00:42:33,060 to see if this makes sense and I believe 742 00:42:33,060 --> 00:42:35,640 it does and you know you know so I 743 00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:37,200 really welcome you guys thought Partners 744 00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:39,060 on this 745 00:42:39,060 --> 00:42:42,180 okay I did a little research on prepping 746 00:42:42,180 --> 00:42:43,859 for tonight and I saw that the New York 747 00:42:43,859 --> 00:42:46,260 Health Foundation 748 00:42:46,260 --> 00:42:48,180 um I think some of the statistics maybe 749 00:42:48,180 --> 00:42:49,920 came from that that 750 00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:53,099 um the 41 of your perhaps so I noticed I 751 00:42:53,099 --> 00:42:55,200 wasn't sure if um perhaps I noticed that 752 00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:57,359 the New York State Assembly and the New 753 00:42:57,359 --> 00:42:59,099 York State Senate sent legislation to 754 00:42:59,099 --> 00:43:00,900 Governor vocal which hasn't been signed 755 00:43:00,900 --> 00:43:05,099 yet to help alleviate medical debt 756 00:43:05,099 --> 00:43:07,140 um there were two specific areas 757 00:43:07,140 --> 00:43:10,220 relating to hospitalization I think 758 00:43:10,220 --> 00:43:12,599 so I would be interested in learning 759 00:43:12,599 --> 00:43:15,900 more about that I tried to access uh 760 00:43:15,900 --> 00:43:19,740 there's there's a lot of data by County 761 00:43:19,740 --> 00:43:22,079 um but I couldn't uh I have to go back 762 00:43:22,079 --> 00:43:23,700 and try to figure that out I wasn't able 763 00:43:23,700 --> 00:43:25,859 to find Schenectady County actually on 764 00:43:25,859 --> 00:43:28,790 the list of 765 00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:31,680 the entire country by the way is is on 766 00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:34,140 this interactive map to see what the 767 00:43:34,140 --> 00:43:36,240 percentage was in Schenectady County of 768 00:43:36,240 --> 00:43:39,500 people that actually have medical debt 769 00:43:39,500 --> 00:43:42,720 but all that information is out there I 770 00:43:42,720 --> 00:43:44,760 think that I mean I want to learn more I 771 00:43:44,760 --> 00:43:46,920 think that you know obviously there's 772 00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:49,859 opportunity for people to 773 00:43:49,859 --> 00:43:52,500 Medicaid you know perhaps helps with a 774 00:43:52,500 --> 00:43:53,660 lot of this 775 00:43:53,660 --> 00:43:56,240 especially for lower income individuals 776 00:43:56,240 --> 00:44:02,760 but I need to learn more as well yeah no no we often I think so 777 00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:05,640 um there's a there's there's a there's a 778 00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:07,800 pretty pretty clear need 779 00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:10,020 um but again I think that you know um 780 00:44:10,020 --> 00:44:12,900 there's some you know some a memo that 781 00:44:12,900 --> 00:44:14,180 was released by The Biden Administration 782 00:44:14,180 --> 00:44:16,980 that kind of that that spoke to this as 783 00:44:16,980 --> 00:44:19,260 well so I think it would be wise for us 784 00:44:19,260 --> 00:44:21,300 to look at you know what's existing or 785 00:44:21,300 --> 00:44:22,740 what's likely to come you know even 786 00:44:22,740 --> 00:44:24,119 though these bills haven't been signed 787 00:44:24,119 --> 00:44:25,440 yet legislation haven't been signed yet 788 00:44:25,440 --> 00:44:26,940 you know to kind of look up what's 789 00:44:26,940 --> 00:44:29,280 likely to come and you know we can you 790 00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:31,800 know use that as you know 791 00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:33,540 because again I don't want to just copy 792 00:44:33,540 --> 00:44:34,740 and paste you know something from 793 00:44:34,740 --> 00:44:35,940 something else I want to be kind of 794 00:44:35,940 --> 00:44:37,859 really see how responsive we can be to 795 00:44:37,859 --> 00:44:39,359 our community and I was thinking about 796 00:44:39,359 --> 00:44:40,800 even um 797 00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:43,140 I don't know 798 00:44:43,140 --> 00:44:45,420 how many of us have been to the 799 00:44:45,420 --> 00:44:47,220 emergency room here in Schenectady as 800 00:44:47,220 --> 00:44:49,920 you know in a recent time um and you 801 00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:52,140 know unfortunately I mean you have but 802 00:44:52,140 --> 00:44:53,579 not unfortunately fortunately we have a 803 00:44:53,579 --> 00:44:55,800 team of dedicated medical professionals 804 00:44:55,800 --> 00:44:58,380 that are doing the best that they can 805 00:44:58,380 --> 00:45:01,200 um but there's also a really really long 806 00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:03,240 wait time and this is the emergency room 807 00:45:03,240 --> 00:45:06,000 right and you know and I would assume 808 00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:07,440 but after you start listening to work 809 00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:08,400 because I know that there's there's 810 00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:09,900 staff shortages and things of that 811 00:45:09,900 --> 00:45:11,819 nature but it's also 812 00:45:11,819 --> 00:45:13,980 people you know the emergency room has 813 00:45:13,980 --> 00:45:15,480 to treat you right there's a different 814 00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:18,599 level of uh obligation when someone 815 00:45:18,599 --> 00:45:20,400 comes to emergency as if they go to a 816 00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:23,400 different you know a medical facility so 817 00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:26,099 what ends up happening is that 818 00:45:26,099 --> 00:45:27,960 you have people that might be there 819 00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:29,579 might not even be seeking that that 820 00:45:29,579 --> 00:45:31,980 might be the appropriate level of care 821 00:45:31,980 --> 00:45:34,560 that they need in the moment but 822 00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:36,300 if you have people that are waiting to 823 00:45:36,300 --> 00:45:38,040 get back to the doctor or waiting to go 824 00:45:38,040 --> 00:45:39,359 to the doctor just you know because 825 00:45:39,359 --> 00:45:41,339 they're concerned about how this medical 826 00:45:41,339 --> 00:45:44,460 bill is going to impact their family 827 00:45:44,460 --> 00:45:48,180 then you get a whole bunch of really sick people who missed out on 828 00:45:48,180 --> 00:45:50,460 some some preventative care that 829 00:45:50,460 --> 00:45:52,440 probably could have helped and then so 830 00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:54,180 it not only does it make a secret as a 831 00:45:54,180 --> 00:45:55,980 community but then it messes with our 832 00:45:55,980 --> 00:45:58,380 access as a city to uh like those 833 00:45:58,380 --> 00:45:59,880 Emergency Medical Services and I know 834 00:45:59,880 --> 00:46:02,400 the mayor had uh speaking not too long 835 00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:04,020 ago about like the different things that 836 00:46:04,020 --> 00:46:05,640 are you know different type of 837 00:46:05,640 --> 00:46:07,020 innovations that we're trying to use to 838 00:46:07,020 --> 00:46:10,319 make sure that uh yeah yeah so so again 839 00:46:10,319 --> 00:46:12,180 so I think it watch highlights I think 840 00:46:12,180 --> 00:46:14,099 that it's a it's a conversation worth 841 00:46:14,099 --> 00:46:15,660 having I think it's a project that we 842 00:46:15,660 --> 00:46:16,920 all can kind of wrap our head around and 843 00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:18,960 see if we can produce something that 844 00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:22,630 improves 845 00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:24,720 yes and I think when we're considering 846 00:46:24,720 --> 00:46:26,339 that we also have to consider there are 847 00:46:26,339 --> 00:46:28,140 some programs in place currently with 848 00:46:28,140 --> 00:46:30,300 medical providers that if someone can't 849 00:46:30,300 --> 00:46:31,560 pay the bill 850 00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:32,700 um you know so we should just look at 851 00:46:32,700 --> 00:46:35,040 all aspects of it if we're going to be 852 00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:36,720 considering how we could also 853 00:46:36,720 --> 00:46:39,180 participate and assist in them so yeah 854 00:46:39,180 --> 00:46:41,160 and I did look 855 00:46:41,160 --> 00:46:43,260 you know which I would say very limited 856 00:46:43,260 --> 00:46:44,819 research if you will around like some of 857 00:46:44,819 --> 00:46:46,619 the existing programs and what I think 858 00:46:46,619 --> 00:46:51,540 is unique about this is that this um is looking to 859 00:46:51,540 --> 00:46:54,000 um completely alleviate that that 860 00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:55,859 medical bill is that you know I think 861 00:46:55,859 --> 00:46:57,180 that there's programs that exist that 862 00:46:57,180 --> 00:46:58,800 are operating on a sliding scale but if 863 00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:02,040 you're able to consolidate and you know 864 00:47:02,040 --> 00:47:04,619 um from that secondary medical marketing 865 00:47:04,619 --> 00:47:06,480 you're kind of consolidating that debt 866 00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:09,420 then your ability to leverage it and you 867 00:47:09,420 --> 00:47:11,040 know your money is what makes you know 868 00:47:11,040 --> 00:47:12,780 such a huge difference but no and I 869 00:47:12,780 --> 00:47:13,680 think 870 00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:15,660 to your point we really want to consider 871 00:47:15,660 --> 00:47:17,460 all things that are existing right now 872 00:47:17,460 --> 00:47:18,720 that are helping people because there 873 00:47:18,720 --> 00:47:20,160 are things that are helping people I 874 00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:22,200 think it's just a matter of scaling and 875 00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:23,700 you know it's just a really good 876 00:47:23,700 --> 00:47:26,160 opportunity for us to even indeed that 877 00:47:26,160 --> 00:47:28,980 much more impactful 878 00:47:28,980 --> 00:47:31,740 so what would you like uh so I think so 879 00:47:31,740 --> 00:47:34,560 all right so again I'll I'll mail I'll 880 00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:35,940 email everyone 881 00:47:35,940 --> 00:47:37,859 um kind of the research that I've been 882 00:47:37,859 --> 00:47:39,119 doing the Articles I've been looking at 883 00:47:39,119 --> 00:47:41,040 and then you know I'm thinking I'm gonna 884 00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:43,020 maybe we can um bring it back in a 885 00:47:43,020 --> 00:47:45,060 couple weeks and 886 00:47:45,060 --> 00:47:47,280 we can talk a little bit more about it 887 00:47:47,280 --> 00:47:48,720 as it starts to take a little shape 888 00:47:48,720 --> 00:47:49,680 because I think we're in a really good 889 00:47:49,680 --> 00:47:53,099 position I've reached out to um Ohio and 890 00:47:53,099 --> 00:47:55,260 they um are you know more than willing 891 00:47:55,260 --> 00:47:58,619 to kind of help Partners and let us know 892 00:47:58,619 --> 00:48:00,060 about what worked for them and then what 893 00:48:00,060 --> 00:48:01,260 day and I think we're in a good position 894 00:48:01,260 --> 00:48:04,200 to kind of you know they can shorten our 895 00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:05,940 learning curve if we will you know kind 896 00:48:05,940 --> 00:48:08,700 of using what works with them and what 897 00:48:08,700 --> 00:48:10,079 didn't and then we can kind of Identify 898 00:48:10,079 --> 00:48:11,400 some of those pitfalls that we won't 899 00:48:11,400 --> 00:48:13,079 have to experience so 900 00:48:13,079 --> 00:48:14,640 um so I think a couple weeks bringing it 901 00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:16,200 back once we have some more of those 902 00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:18,000 conversations and I welcome all my 903 00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:20,160 fellow council members into again the 904 00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:21,660 ballpark designer we could probably have 905 00:48:21,660 --> 00:48:24,119 a more defined conversation 906 00:48:24,119 --> 00:48:25,319 um so are you just talking about 907 00:48:25,319 --> 00:48:27,839 Citywide or so we're just talking about 908 00:48:27,839 --> 00:48:29,339 residents of the city well right now 909 00:48:29,339 --> 00:48:31,140 right here I'm talking University City 910 00:48:31,140 --> 00:48:32,760 because that's you know it's a city 911 00:48:32,760 --> 00:48:35,520 council but I have reached out to a bomb 912 00:48:35,520 --> 00:48:37,260 um some of the members of accounting 913 00:48:37,260 --> 00:48:38,819 Legend they're interested as well to see 914 00:48:38,819 --> 00:48:40,440 if it's in that makes sense I'm 915 00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:41,280 welcoming 916 00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:44,160 as many Community Partners as we 917 00:48:44,160 --> 00:48:46,380 possibly can I don't want them to become 918 00:48:46,380 --> 00:48:47,520 one of those things where if it's 919 00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:48,839 everything it's nothing right for so 920 00:48:48,839 --> 00:48:50,400 many you know but I wanted to be 921 00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:53,339 manageable but I really uh welcome you 922 00:48:53,339 --> 00:48:55,260 know people's air expertise and passion 923 00:48:55,260 --> 00:48:58,319 around the subjects I think that it 924 00:48:58,319 --> 00:49:00,780 clearly is a really issue for our city 925 00:49:00,780 --> 00:49:02,579 okay we'll look forward to hearing some 926 00:49:02,579 --> 00:49:04,560 of the information for you 927 00:49:04,560 --> 00:49:05,700 okay 928 00:49:05,700 --> 00:49:07,800 um the next item on the agenda is the 929 00:49:07,800 --> 00:49:10,260 amended MOA with Metroplex 930 00:49:10,260 --> 00:49:11,880 for the Reconstruction of South Church 931 00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:12,780 Street 932 00:49:12,780 --> 00:49:14,520 McCarthy 933 00:49:14,520 --> 00:49:17,040 thank you madam president uh Council had 934 00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:19,619 authorized the city to enter into an 935 00:49:19,619 --> 00:49:21,859 agreement with Metroplex to 936 00:49:21,859 --> 00:49:25,079 manage and coordinate the development of 937 00:49:25,079 --> 00:49:27,060 what's generally referred to as South 938 00:49:27,060 --> 00:49:30,720 Church Street some of that was uh city 939 00:49:30,720 --> 00:49:33,240 property in the streets some of it was 940 00:49:33,240 --> 00:49:35,940 adjacent property owned by private 941 00:49:35,940 --> 00:49:39,200 entities some of this County property 942 00:49:39,200 --> 00:49:42,660 the project has been completed I think 943 00:49:42,660 --> 00:49:44,640 people have gone down there see how much 944 00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:47,280 better it looks parking's been approved 945 00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:48,900 lighting's been improved it was one of 946 00:49:48,900 --> 00:49:52,099 the reasons that we were able to attract 947 00:49:52,099 --> 00:49:56,280 Van Gogh coming into the Armory was just 948 00:49:56,280 --> 00:49:59,839 having those improvements there 949 00:49:59,839 --> 00:50:02,040 unfortunately the costs were a little 950 00:50:02,040 --> 00:50:03,540 bit higher than what the original 951 00:50:03,540 --> 00:50:06,240 estimates were we found an underground 952 00:50:06,240 --> 00:50:09,060 tank some of the lighting things that 953 00:50:09,060 --> 00:50:11,280 were a little more complicated so that 954 00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:14,640 the original agreement doesn't have a 955 00:50:14,640 --> 00:50:16,380 dollar amount that allows me to now 956 00:50:16,380 --> 00:50:18,900 assign the final contract with Metroplex 957 00:50:18,900 --> 00:50:23,819 The increased cost is about 154 958 00:50:23,819 --> 00:50:25,920 000. 959 00:50:25,920 --> 00:50:28,800 it's uh unfortunate but it's money 960 00:50:28,800 --> 00:50:32,160 that's been well spent and again is 961 00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:34,560 generating a level of activity at that 962 00:50:34,560 --> 00:50:36,720 end of the street that end of State 963 00:50:36,720 --> 00:50:39,000 Street where we just hadn't seen it so 964 00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:41,819 just continuing to build out downtown 965 00:50:41,819 --> 00:50:44,640 and would ask the council's favorable 966 00:50:44,640 --> 00:50:48,240 consideration to allow me to or to 967 00:50:48,240 --> 00:50:50,579 modify that dollar amount and allow me 968 00:50:50,579 --> 00:50:53,099 to enter into the Metroplex 969 00:50:53,099 --> 00:50:55,079 let's repeat the amount that's increased 970 00:50:55,079 --> 00:51:00,480 by uh it's roughly 154 thousand dollars 971 00:51:00,480 --> 00:51:02,760 okay 972 00:51:02,760 --> 00:51:05,160 any other questions 973 00:51:05,160 --> 00:51:07,740 I'll leave it a second okay the money is 974 00:51:07,740 --> 00:51:10,800 in the paving budget the money's already 975 00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:14,099 there okay well that's always good a 976 00:51:14,099 --> 00:51:15,780 second all those in favor 977 00:51:15,780 --> 00:51:19,200 aye aye thank you thank you okay our 978 00:51:19,200 --> 00:51:21,839 final final uh agenda item is the sale 979 00:51:21,839 --> 00:51:24,839 of two three four Dwayne Avenue and for 980 00:51:24,839 --> 00:51:26,579 this property sale we will need to go to 981 00:51:26,579 --> 00:51:29,359 Executive session