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call to order the Schenectady city

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council committee meeting for Monday

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March 20th 23 2023 we have the first

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committee is finance Mr metaveran thank

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you good evening everyone I would like

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to call the finance committee to order

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the first sizes 23 budget amendment for

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IPs positions

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what's everybody tonight

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okay so what I would like this uh

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propose

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uh currently we have three ladies in the

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office first staff

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very busy office

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and we asked them to do a lot and we're

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asking them more and more every week

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So currently we have

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one that it's a ips4

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one person is a principal account Clerk

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and the third is an informational

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statistical Clerk

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they all have different duties and

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they're all compensated at different

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levels

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what I found in the office the office

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works very well ladies and gentle office

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work sharing it all together and they

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share a lot of the same responsibilities

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even though that is now what her job

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titles are

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in the last month and a half maybe

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closer to two months we've applied for

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two grants we're going to be looking at

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a third print that is on one person

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that's the person that is the

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information and statistics Clerk

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she's responsible for a friend she's a

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new member to our team but when that

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happens

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especially now these two grants were

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came pretty close together and it was

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all hands on deck while she was doing

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that other people were doing some of her

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so the point is they're all sharing in

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the duties

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about a month ago we had two members at

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the same time had to take some medical

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leave there after two weeks so all

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the running of the office fell on one

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particular person and she was doing

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payroll and she was doing

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everything so it is very important that

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they're all trained at the same level so

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it's my proposal that they will all be

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at the same level brought to true that

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are not PS4 they'd be brought up to that

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and it will have an impact of

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approximately six thousand dollars this

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budget

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but we have money in the budget to pay

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for that we're going to take the money

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that uh they're put aside for the

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assistant G which is not happening until

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at least until the exam has been

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corrected we don't expect that to happen

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till maybe June that year it is

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so we are saving money from that from

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that line so it won't have a financial

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one other thing that's driving me to do

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this is our senior person in the office

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is going to be looking at retirement in

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the next two to three years so it

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becomes very important to make sure that

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people that we have are going to be

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ready to pick

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any questions concerns

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just say that it seems like this is an

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effort to make a pretty efficient

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Department even more efficient I

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appreciate your dedication yeah thank

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sorry you're saying that makes sense

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I try not to admit that any problems

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well done thank you thank you

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sir all right thank you thank you thank

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you thanks Chief the next item is a

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presentation of the 2023 2024 proposed

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it's just going to reflect some of the

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things that I'm going to talk about here

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um so we put together we put in our PL

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late January we got proposals back for

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um HUD funding which is the Community

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Development block grant the emergency

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Solutions Grant and the homes

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initiatives program so there's three

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pots of money that we each year get

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requests for proposals for and put

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together a budget based on our goals and

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our five-year Consolidated plan

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um so the annual action plan outlines

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the proposed allocations for these

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activities and it's for the federal

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fiscal year of 2023 to 2024. so with

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that being said we don't have our final

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allocation yet from HUD it's always

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around the same it's based on a formula

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we have our deadline on May 15th to

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submit our plan to HUD so we want to

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make sure we do that although we don't

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know the final number so you might

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remember from last year things changed

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slightly we tried to round down this

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time just to make sure that hopefully

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make sure that there isn't a decrease

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like we had last year with the CBG

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funding

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um so the allocations and the use of the

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funds are based on the national object

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objectives it's to benefit while

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moderate income persons to Aid in the

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prevention or elimination of slugs or

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blight or to meet Community Development

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needs having a particular urgency so all

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of our funding has to meet those three

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categories and then we have three goals

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that are outlined in our Consolidated

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plan with the overall outcome of the

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city of Schenectady neighborhoods

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thriving vibrant communities where

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residents and businesses are afforded

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viable opportunities to improve their

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quality of life so the three main goals

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in our Consolidated plan which are

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probably maybe familiar with but just to

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highlight the expanding housing

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opportunities which is the first

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priority the expanding of Economic and

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Workforce Development priorities

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as the second and the third is the

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strengthening of local neighborhoods so

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all the projects that we've done relate

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to these three goals in meeting the

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outcomes that were identified in the

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Consolidated plan

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the anticipated available funding for

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this year for the Community Development

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block grant is around 2 million for the

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Partnerships that's in our Consortium so

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we work with the city of Troy in the

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town of colony and we we basically split

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that allocation between our three

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communities for the overall outcomes

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um so I I won't go through line by line

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um in what's in the the current proposed

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budget um we do have a 30-day public

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comment period that begins tomorrow and

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it'll run through April 21st we also

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have a schedule of public hearing for

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the general um city council meeting on

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Monday April 10th so there's

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um time to submit comments

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um on this plan and to have time to

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review it further let us know any

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questions if you have questions about

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certain projects um definitely let us

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um we I'll even back up sorry for a

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um I just wanted to outline that in the

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public service category

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um this is the area where we're always

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um we always struggle because we have a

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public service cap we can only use 15 of

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the annual allocation of cdbg funds for

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what are called public services and this

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is what we get most of our applications

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um so it always becomes a struggle of of

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how to incorporate applications in the

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plan and still stay under that 15

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percent cap so you can see some of the

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projects outlined and includes some of

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the bigger ones are like the Boys and

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Girls Club of Schenectady who fund

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recreation in the parks in addition to

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the youth Coalition which is a

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collaborative of around 16 organizations

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12 to 16 depending on who's

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participating but that they have kind of

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collaborated to put in one application

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that's more of a coordinated effort so

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we've seen success with that over the

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last couple of years and we have

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proposed to fund this again in addition

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to the other items that are outlined

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and this is just showing the the public

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service exemptions from organizations

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neighborhood revitalization strategy

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and then this is the Public Works

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outlining that and then our

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Administration funds that go towards the

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operation and monitoring of all these

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programs

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um so as I mentioned we have a 30-day

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public comment period which starts

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tomorrow goes for a month you can submit

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written comments to the email outlined

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and then also the public hearing will be

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on April 10th um in room 209 at 7 pm

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and is there any immediate questions

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I will say there are a couple new

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programs that we have in the budget

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which I was going to just highlight

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quickly because we haven't funded them

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before one of them is from Wildwood it's

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an application from Wildwood they have a

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home for five individuals that have

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developmental disabilities and this this

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application is really to just do some

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Capital Improvements on their building

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so that they can

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um you know they can ensure that the The

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Residency is up to code and everything

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is taken care of

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um I think that was the main new one the

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other new application that we propose

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funding for is for the him the Hindu

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temple youth programming so this is

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related to the renovation that's

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happening for the guidance Community

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Center and they're requesting some cdbg

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funds to expand on programming at this

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construction however they did indicate

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that they'd be able to use their

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existing facility which is the the

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temple I believe Dan correct to start

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some of this before their the Community

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Center opens

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um so those are the main highlights

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those were the main two that were that

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we organizations we had not found them

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before

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any questions comments

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so we'll need a motion so call for

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Republic hearing

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I'm gonna move it second solid paperwork

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all right thank you uh

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the next item is authorized

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authorization for the mayor to answer an

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agreement with a Schenectady inner city

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Ministry

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HBO

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yeah so this is in relation to

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um the next two requests on the first

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for second the second for Schenectady

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Foundation

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um this is after

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um discussion around the 950 000 that

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was allocated for arpa funding

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um for the overall food Council

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initiative

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um so this first resolution is

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um is basically relating to sitcom's

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request that was part of that overall

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strategy and um it's it's allocating 350

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000 of the funding I'm too sick of to

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carry out the goals that they've

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identified in their application I

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believe they included a couple of

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updates

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um in the memo that they provided and

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um it is in collaboration with the food

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Council we have Bob Pro here from the

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Schenectady Foundation to discuss some

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of the goals and um Outlook of that of

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that initiative moving forward

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but yes this request is specific for the

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350 of the Arca funding to Schenectady

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Anderson Industries

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any questions comments

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yes please please if you'd like to come

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up Amari and just say a couple words or

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if anybody has specific questions we

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have Reverend I I'm sorry I didn't even

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with your mask

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um

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thank you

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um

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just to highlight what I hope you read

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on the uh on the memo we have at the

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continued some of the work that we have

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with the proposed and the funding would

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go along with sustain it for three years

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as you know for many uh not for property

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organizations the the challenges funding

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to get the appropriate staff and the

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appropriate resources to get it going

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three years of funding which is what

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we're proposing we did 350 000 would get

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us a significant amount of time to get

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the product ongoing but also work on the

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long-term sustainability of the project

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what I also want to highlight

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um I see that some of you might have

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Black and Whites

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um copies of the of the proposal there

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have been several

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um and the updates to to the work and

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not only that we're already working in

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14 locations the eights of the city

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neighborhoods which is an increase at

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the uh from six of this uh the real

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proposed neighborhoods into eight of

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these neighborhoods

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um the community composting program

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which was a significant part of the

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original plan we have partnered and we

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are currently working on the our first

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Avenue

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Farm which is owned at Dubai by the city

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in creating a smaller scale but

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sustainable and and

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um and a movable

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um composite of the project with the

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swollen water organization in the county

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already working on on that is far more

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in the sustainable it will get community

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um uh impact in in the kind of

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composable work that we want to work

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through so that's at the ongoing and we

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have been able to do that outside of

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this um of this product and of course

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again we have included Union Street in

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the sake in the communities that we are

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impacting so you know we thank you for

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the consideration of this work and look

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forward to the ongoing and the work that

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we're trying to do around food access

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and partnering with a city hall in this

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work

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thank you any questions

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I just want to comment that you know

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being familiar with the work that um

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organizations are doing and I'm really

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impressed with the ability that you guys

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have been able to scale I'm really kind

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of doing more with less so I think that

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you know anytime we have opportunity to

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support that very important work we

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should do so that's why

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and I will add that I think adding the

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two neighborhoods of Union Street and

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Stockade I appreciate that and I um you

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know the farm to school uh curriculum

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development project that the school

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district is doing

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um supporting that in this way I think

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is is very important and then also the

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fact that you're collaborating with the

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YW on the other on the other project as

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well I appreciate those those

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Partnerships

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go ahead please I had a quick question I

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apologize the phone I'm speaking out of

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turn the monies need to be allocated by

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2024 and spent by 2026 will there be any

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issues with it being three years

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but yes yes the money will have to be

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spent by the end of 2026 in our contract

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will reflect that and when we work

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numbers to make sure that that happens

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absolutely

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in history

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any other comments seeing them we have a

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motion

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seconds exactly all in favor bye thank

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you thank you

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the next item is authorization for the

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mayor to enter an agreement with the

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Schenectady Foundation utilizing our

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first funding that's the end

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like this so this is in in connections

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to the last request this is

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um the 600 000 that is proposed to go to

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the Schenectady Foundation which would

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be in direct support of the food Council

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you may have gotten a memo I sent around

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earlier it was just confirming the

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amount from SUNY Schenectady and their

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needs for the food related items that

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would also be part of this and I would

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like to invite Baba to just talk a

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little bit about the next steps for the

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council and how the funding will do to

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us

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Schenectady Foundation I want to thank

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my colleague Murray who all worked at

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the Supreme and you know this is very

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collaborative community and that is one

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of the reasons why we think uh we can do

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work differently here than in

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communities and given that we're seeing

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this widespread issues particularly

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visible since covid of food insecurity

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we can respond in an emergency Manner

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and we have been

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we also believe that there's a way to

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kind of take it up a notch and be more

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thoughtful and thinking the long term as

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to how do we fix the system and that takes

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everyone sitting in the room together to

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discuss and when I say

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who that all is we've already started

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forming the council we've we've had two

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meetings it's still it's formative

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stages so it's not a full Council yet

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but we've been outlining uh the issues

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we're going to start on one is equity

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and access is at the top of the list for

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this year to take a look at the other

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one is just looking more broadly at the

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food system which involves Farmers

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Distributors providers retailers they

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are all part of the system too and then

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the third area we're looking at is in

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communication

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uh public information getting the public

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to understand and be more aware of what

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the real issues are why we have this

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these issues and engaging residents and

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telling stories

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and that's one of the most significant

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pieces of this we do believe and you

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don't buy into the idea of creating this

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food Council understanding that the

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solutions are usually with the people

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who are closest to the problem

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and so we will have residents at the

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table we will do one of the the first

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things we're doing is um organizing uh

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Outreach and focus groups sitting down

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with residents in neighborhood

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association meetings and listening to

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their stories about what are their what

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why do they think that their

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neighborhood has problems accessing

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healthy food so we are we've started

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this

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when we receive our funding uh if we're

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so blessed to then this just gives us an

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injection to be able to hire somebody on

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a part-time basis who's on this every

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day

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right who's on this issue so that it's

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not drifting from meeting to meeting to

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meeting and no we have to get on this

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and we have to put a priority I should

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also say that this uh since we put this

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together this plan has been augmented by

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uh Schenectady County Public Health

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Services uh and Cornell Cooperative

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Extension which are providing a um a

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graduate level fellow

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who will be with us nearly full time to

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do the research and pull the partners

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together so we we will have a whole team

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for the next several years working on

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food security trying to make every

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resident of the city food secure and we

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welcome the city's role in a place at

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the table in that process as well so

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that's just kind of an update on where

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we are now

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any questions comments

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00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:15,960
things

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go ahead please

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um I appreciate that we're having this

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conversation because I think it would

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have been you know I I mean we talked

532
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about this a long time ago and um being

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able to have um our two speakers here

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and you uh to kind of um give us an

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overall picture of this I think is very

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helpful and

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um I know that I had a brief

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conversation with Mr Caro about it um

539
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back when we first started talking about

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the project

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um but I I'm glad that we're having it

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now

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um I wish we had had it back then

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um I think that

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um I I appreciate very much this

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long-term plan

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um I

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um

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I think that that chance for the council

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the food Council to be looking at the um

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systemic

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00:31:06,419 --> 00:31:08,580
you know underlying causes of food

553
00:31:08,580 --> 00:31:10,740
insecurity is just so important because

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I think you know Ms detores and my

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experience just doing this one month uh

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00:31:17,580 --> 00:31:19,440
food drive that we did we certainly

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00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:22,020
gained a lot of knowledge

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00:31:22,020 --> 00:31:23,460
um by being in touch with so many

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00:31:23,460 --> 00:31:25,500
different food pantries

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um and those I think the group of people

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that came together as volunteers during

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00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:32,820
that process really felt strongly that

563
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there is this opportunity to be able to

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and food insecurity in Schenectady and

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we would like to see that happen so

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um I'm you know really supportive of

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00:31:43,860 --> 00:31:46,080
this project and

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00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:50,289
um can't wait to see all the outcomes

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00:31:50,299 --> 00:31:52,799
no I just want to well thank you for

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00:31:52,799 --> 00:31:54,480
bringing forward I want to thank Mr Caro

571
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:55,799
I appreciate the fact that you're

572
00:31:55,799 --> 00:31:57,240
bringing people that are impacted by

573
00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:00,000
this to the table because I think that I

574
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:01,679
know for a fact that that's most

575
00:32:01,679 --> 00:32:03,299
important when we're doing the work that

576
00:32:03,299 --> 00:32:04,860
we're not just doing it from the

577
00:32:04,860 --> 00:32:06,179
top-down approach but people who are

578
00:32:06,179 --> 00:32:07,860
impacted can bring things and give ideas

579
00:32:07,860 --> 00:32:09,000
that we probably would have never

580
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,679
thought of so appreciate the

581
00:32:10,679 --> 00:32:12,779
inclusiveness of that

582
00:32:12,779 --> 00:32:14,760
yeah and then just to highlight again

583
00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:17,700
since I think 450 000 of the requested

584
00:32:17,700 --> 00:32:20,100
600 goes directly will go directly

585
00:32:20,100 --> 00:32:23,460
towards you know actually implementing

586
00:32:23,460 --> 00:32:25,020
the things that come out of the food

587
00:32:25,020 --> 00:32:27,480
Council so that's you know it's it's

588
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:29,399
identifying the issues and then it's

589
00:32:29,399 --> 00:32:31,620
also having some resources to implement

590
00:32:31,620 --> 00:32:32,820
changes

591
00:32:32,820 --> 00:32:35,940
um directly so I just want to amplify

592
00:32:35,940 --> 00:32:38,279
the fact that you um are focusing again

593
00:32:38,279 --> 00:32:40,500
on equity and access I think that's so

594
00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:41,520
important

595
00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:43,500
um often people kind of just say that

596
00:32:43,500 --> 00:32:45,240
but don't do that so to have that

597
00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:47,340
embedded in a priority on what's really

598
00:32:47,340 --> 00:32:48,960
important so I want to just kind of

599
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:50,279
highlight that and I hope other people

600
00:32:50,279 --> 00:32:51,960
that are watching and see this because

601
00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:53,340
that kind of leads into the next one

602
00:32:53,340 --> 00:32:55,140
we're talking about telling that story

603
00:32:55,140 --> 00:32:58,559
you know being witnessing what the city

604
00:32:58,559 --> 00:33:00,240
and the county did

605
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:01,860
um during the pandemic you know kind of

606
00:33:01,860 --> 00:33:03,120
really removing some red tape but

607
00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:05,399
collaborating with people was probably

608
00:33:05,399 --> 00:33:08,159
some of the best work I've ever seen um

609
00:33:08,159 --> 00:33:10,620
coming out of our city in our County so

610
00:33:10,620 --> 00:33:14,460
I think now collecting that data almost

611
00:33:14,460 --> 00:33:16,919
can create uh you know kind of this is a

612
00:33:16,919 --> 00:33:18,539
best practice for other municipalities

613
00:33:18,539 --> 00:33:20,580
to see what we're doing here so I think

614
00:33:20,580 --> 00:33:22,380
that that's also really important so I

615
00:33:22,380 --> 00:33:23,519
just want to say I really appreciate the

616
00:33:23,519 --> 00:33:24,480
equity

617
00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:25,799
um lens that you're using and actually

618
00:33:25,799 --> 00:33:28,080
doing I'm just saying and recording that

619
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,600
information so thank you for that thank

620
00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:33,669
you

621
00:33:33,679 --> 00:33:36,179
and just similarly with this contact who

622
00:33:36,179 --> 00:33:37,440
would just make sure that the contract

623
00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:39,659
end date is within time that's correct

624
00:33:39,659 --> 00:33:42,860
okay thank you I

625
00:33:42,860 --> 00:33:45,120
think it's important for the public to

626
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:46,980
understand as well that the Schenectady

627
00:33:46,980 --> 00:33:49,380
Foundation is also putting in

628
00:33:49,380 --> 00:33:52,200
um a big chunk of money 1.5 million

629
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,659
dollars into this initiative so it's not

630
00:33:54,659 --> 00:33:56,700
just that the city

631
00:33:56,700 --> 00:33:58,679
um is supporting this but there's um

632
00:33:58,679 --> 00:34:00,659
money from the foundation other

633
00:34:00,659 --> 00:34:02,340
foundations as well as other product

634
00:34:02,340 --> 00:34:04,019
donations that are going into this

635
00:34:04,019 --> 00:34:15,730
effort so I appreciate that as well um

636
00:34:15,740 --> 00:34:18,659
thank you

637
00:34:18,659 --> 00:34:20,879
the next item is authorization for the

638
00:34:20,879 --> 00:34:22,800
mayor to enter an agreement with a

639
00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:24,419
Schenectady Hindu temple and community

640
00:34:24,419 --> 00:34:26,520
service

641
00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:29,580
okay so this is really just a correction

642
00:34:29,580 --> 00:34:31,379
um we had a resolution that authorized

643
00:34:31,379 --> 00:34:32,760
the mayor to enter an agreement with

644
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:34,379
this community guidance Community Center

645
00:34:34,379 --> 00:34:37,080
for fifty thousand dollars to convert 12

646
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:39,960
18 6th Avenue to a community center

647
00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:42,240
um it has been determined that the

648
00:34:42,240 --> 00:34:44,339
Guyanese Community Center is not yet a

649
00:34:44,339 --> 00:34:45,960
501c3

650
00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:48,000
um so we can't enter an agreement um

651
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,940
with with that specific entity under

652
00:34:50,940 --> 00:34:52,379
that title

653
00:34:52,379 --> 00:34:54,240
um however the building is currently

654
00:34:54,240 --> 00:34:55,859
owned by the Schenectady Hindu temple

655
00:34:55,859 --> 00:34:59,880
and community services and we are just

656
00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:01,980
um requesting the authorization for the

657
00:35:01,980 --> 00:35:03,359
mayor to enter an agreement with the

658
00:35:03,359 --> 00:35:04,920
Schenectady Hindu temple and community

659
00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:07,700
services for the fifty thousand dollars

660
00:35:07,700 --> 00:35:11,220
to implement the um the changes for the

661
00:35:11,220 --> 00:35:12,960
community center so it's just really a

662
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:15,060
name we couldn't enter the agreement

663
00:35:15,060 --> 00:35:18,240
under that name we needed to use the

664
00:35:18,240 --> 00:35:23,750
name that had an active 501c3

665
00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:27,000
questions comments

666
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:30,320
seeing none may have a motion um

667
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:35,900
thank you

668
00:35:35,900 --> 00:35:38,579
the next item is the 2023 negative

669
00:35:38,579 --> 00:35:40,859
exploration Sweeper for Capital project

670
00:35:40,859 --> 00:35:43,740
Mr Ferrari thank you it's been a while

671
00:35:43,740 --> 00:35:45,960
yeah

672
00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:49,740
how was your vacation thank you by the

673
00:35:49,740 --> 00:35:51,420
president city council we're here

674
00:35:51,420 --> 00:35:53,280
tonight uh actually the next three

675
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:55,619
resolutions in Aurora deal with uh

676
00:35:55,619 --> 00:35:58,140
bonding and banning of the funds of the

677
00:35:58,140 --> 00:36:00,119
capital projects uh the first one we

678
00:36:00,119 --> 00:36:02,280
want to talk about is the negative

679
00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:04,380
declaration because the city is the lead

680
00:36:04,380 --> 00:36:07,500
agency and you know we're about to

681
00:36:07,500 --> 00:36:10,740
borrow you know 12 12.6 million dollars

682
00:36:10,740 --> 00:36:13,320
and uh it's been determined with the

683
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:15,359
issue of these bonds that there will not

684
00:36:15,359 --> 00:36:18,240
be as significant or adverse effect on

685
00:36:18,240 --> 00:36:21,420
the environment so this is a something

686
00:36:21,420 --> 00:36:23,579
that we'd like to have the city council

687
00:36:23,579 --> 00:36:26,579
signed as lead agencies I gave all the

688
00:36:26,579 --> 00:36:29,400
paperwork for you to read through it

689
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:31,260
thank you

690
00:36:31,260 --> 00:36:41,950
is there anything missing

691
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:44,700
and go to the next one because it

692
00:36:44,700 --> 00:36:48,000
actually deals with the 2023 uh capital

693
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,400
projects which where you just did the

694
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:53,820
negative uh Declaration on as you recall

695
00:36:53,820 --> 00:36:55,619
this is the city's connect I've already

696
00:36:55,619 --> 00:36:58,440
passed uh in the 2023 budget the capital

697
00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:01,800
uh capital projects uh and it was

698
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:03,900
determined through that that we need to

699
00:37:03,900 --> 00:37:04,820
borrow

700
00:37:04,820 --> 00:37:08,760
12.4 million dollars and change but as

701
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:10,619
we go through a boring process there's a

702
00:37:10,619 --> 00:37:14,280
cost of issuance of 168 000 so total

703
00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:16,200
amount of that we need to be borrowing

704
00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:21,119
was a 12 million 639 841 dollars

705
00:37:21,119 --> 00:37:24,359
uh like you said this is has already

706
00:37:24,359 --> 00:37:26,339
been approved in the capital projects

707
00:37:26,339 --> 00:37:28,560
during the budget process we've been

708
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:31,440
working with our fiscal advisors and and

709
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:34,140
our bond Council and we're determining

710
00:37:34,140 --> 00:37:37,020
that the this band uh for the first year

711
00:37:37,020 --> 00:37:40,820
is going to be issued around 3.5 to 3.65

712
00:37:40,820 --> 00:37:43,680
uh we're trying to rush it before things

713
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:46,500
get even worse but the banks we think

714
00:37:46,500 --> 00:37:48,300
we'll be able to handle this right now

715
00:37:48,300 --> 00:37:51,359
so that's that's what we're shooting for

716
00:37:51,359 --> 00:37:54,480
questions coming in may I have a motion

717
00:37:54,480 --> 00:38:01,380
I'm moving all in favor uh the third one is to uh what we're trying

718
00:38:01,380 --> 00:38:03,839
to do here is that as you recall the

719
00:38:03,839 --> 00:38:06,780
2022 we borrowed the capital project

720
00:38:06,780 --> 00:38:09,060
money we use the bond anticipation

721
00:38:09,060 --> 00:38:11,700
though and what we want to do for 2023

722
00:38:11,700 --> 00:38:14,579
is to actually uh make this note make it

723
00:38:14,579 --> 00:38:16,200
a permanent financing for the next 21

724
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:17,300
years

725
00:38:17,300 --> 00:38:19,980
again with our fiscal advisors and our

726
00:38:19,980 --> 00:38:23,460
bond councils we determined that we want

727
00:38:23,460 --> 00:38:27,180
to firmly uh borrow the amount which I

728
00:38:27,180 --> 00:38:29,880
think it was in the back of the of this

729
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:38,820
legislation 6 million 985 778 uh we're anticipating between 3.75 and 4

730
00:38:38,820 --> 00:38:41,700
and that's that's why we're we're like a

731
00:38:41,700 --> 00:38:43,079
month ahead here trying to get it over

732
00:38:43,079 --> 00:38:53,650
but because of the banking situations

733
00:38:53,660 --> 00:39:03,109
thank you

734
00:39:03,119 --> 00:39:05,160
sort of like to call disorder the Public

735
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:06,780
Safety Committee we have one item on the

736
00:39:06,780 --> 00:39:08,280
agenda tonight it's gonna be a call with

737
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:11,099
hard of hearing for school bus stop arms

738
00:39:11,099 --> 00:39:13,320
safety camera local dog I'll be

739
00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:15,660
presented by a message uh good evening

740
00:39:15,660 --> 00:39:18,720
so um a few weeks ago we had the people

741
00:39:18,720 --> 00:39:21,780
come in and explain about the um our

742
00:39:21,780 --> 00:39:24,960
school bus camera and how much do it

743
00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:26,579
first of all it would create Revenue

744
00:39:26,579 --> 00:39:28,260
they already went to the school district

745
00:39:28,260 --> 00:39:29,700
to make sure the school district had

746
00:39:29,700 --> 00:39:31,880
buy-in on this particular

747
00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:34,200
project and the school district did have

748
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:35,940
buy-in but in order for us to do it

749
00:39:35,940 --> 00:39:38,099
first of all there has to be a local law

750
00:39:38,099 --> 00:39:40,619
created in order to do the local law we

751
00:39:40,619 --> 00:39:42,180
have to have the public hearings do that

752
00:39:42,180 --> 00:39:45,000
so this right now is to um just to call

753
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:59,230
for that public hearing

754
00:39:59,240 --> 00:40:01,500
all right close to order student

755
00:40:01,500 --> 00:40:03,180
development and planning we have eight

756
00:40:03,180 --> 00:40:06,060
items on the agenda the first is to

757
00:40:06,060 --> 00:40:08,339
authorize the issuance of performance

758
00:40:08,339 --> 00:40:12,780
number 675 to the boys Italian deli

759
00:40:12,780 --> 00:40:14,040
oh

760
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:16,800
Mr Wong is we'll be right down a little

761
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:30,190
bit oh okay

762
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:32,579
all right well we're waiting for him we

763
00:40:32,579 --> 00:40:35,240
are going to skip to item number four

764
00:40:35,240 --> 00:40:41,579
uh which is um asking for a ceremony resolution to honor a vet most

765
00:40:41,579 --> 00:40:44,040
of us may remember Jim Wilson who passed

766
00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:46,560
away and this um the Saturday they are

767
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:49,020
going to be actually honoring him so our

768
00:40:49,020 --> 00:40:50,280
resolution will come because the

769
00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:52,140
information came so late we will not get

770
00:40:52,140 --> 00:40:54,720
this in time but I did want to still do

771
00:40:54,720 --> 00:40:58,490
a resolution uh honoring him

772
00:40:58,500 --> 00:41:03,119
any questions last second all's in favor

773
00:41:03,119 --> 00:41:04,980
okay Mr Wallen

774
00:41:04,980 --> 00:41:07,040
I'll be waiting for you thank you

775
00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:09,180
besides not to waste time and pass

776
00:41:09,180 --> 00:41:11,820
something no I'm sorry I forgot my

777
00:41:11,820 --> 00:41:16,320
paperwork oh okay first one

778
00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:18,540
yes number one all right on the

779
00:41:18,540 --> 00:41:20,760
revocable permit um this is the joyous

780
00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:23,940
on vanbrinken they are reopening

781
00:41:23,940 --> 00:41:26,640
um it used to be the Joya now is the

782
00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:29,579
joyous and they need a new sign new

783
00:41:29,579 --> 00:41:31,020
insurance they have submitted it the

784
00:41:31,020 --> 00:41:32,640
sign is essentially the same sign other

785
00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:36,660
than the apostrophe on the same Mount so

786
00:41:36,660 --> 00:41:52,390
I don't see any issue

787
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:54,420
coming year

788
00:41:54,420 --> 00:41:56,460
um Seasons hopefully going to open in

789
00:41:56,460 --> 00:41:58,380
April depending on what the weather does

790
00:41:58,380 --> 00:42:00,060
for going forward

791
00:42:00,060 --> 00:42:03,839
um this year we are getting a new Fleet

792
00:42:03,839 --> 00:42:06,540
of electric vehicles as we're getting a

793
00:42:06,540 --> 00:42:08,220
new Fleet we thought it was a good time

794
00:42:08,220 --> 00:42:11,520
to increase our fees for parts as we

795
00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:12,960
usually have a little bit of a strategy

796
00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:14,700
where we try not to do increases every

797
00:42:14,700 --> 00:42:16,800
year we try to be strategic with what we

798
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:18,960
do so we held off doing any kind of

799
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:20,460
increases because our fleet was at the

800
00:42:20,460 --> 00:42:22,560
end of his service life now this is a

801
00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:25,380
brand new Fleet Factory uh Road premium

802
00:42:25,380 --> 00:42:26,820
carts with the lithium they're going to

803
00:42:26,820 --> 00:42:29,099
have a new GPS system in them uh the

804
00:42:29,099 --> 00:42:30,839
charging cables are back and all that

805
00:42:30,839 --> 00:42:33,000
and it is you know cost the city the

806
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:35,520
golf course really money to make those

807
00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:37,920
improvements so we're recommending a one

808
00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:40,140
dollar increase for nine and a two

809
00:42:40,140 --> 00:42:43,140
dollars increase for 18 holes and we're

810
00:42:43,140 --> 00:42:45,000
still within uh you know Regional

811
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:46,760
competitiveness

812
00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:49,619
change uh is on the back

813
00:42:49,619 --> 00:42:51,240
um it was an error from last year for

814
00:42:51,240 --> 00:42:53,760
the assistant Pro it was the same rate

815
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:56,940
as the pro we actually charge the city

816
00:42:56,940 --> 00:42:58,380
makes a little less off of that because

817
00:42:58,380 --> 00:42:59,700
the pro actually makes it a little less

818
00:42:59,700 --> 00:43:02,640
so that was a correction that Matt asked

819
00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:04,380
I made and he apologizes for not being

820
00:43:04,380 --> 00:43:07,500
here at a personal issue

821
00:43:07,500 --> 00:43:10,819
and so there's just really um

822
00:43:10,819 --> 00:43:12,960
there's gonna be a lot of changes no I

823
00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:15,240
decided I try to highlight and then this

824
00:43:15,240 --> 00:43:16,619
is also with the Rhythm so that these

825
00:43:16,619 --> 00:43:18,839
are the rates for next year so I try to

826
00:43:18,839 --> 00:43:20,160
make sure that every year we have a good

827
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:21,599
track record of what the rates are for

828
00:43:21,599 --> 00:43:23,760
this year so it's really just amounts to

829
00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:25,260
um four changes that are being made so

830
00:43:25,260 --> 00:43:27,599
if Abraham had an option before uh look

831
00:43:27,599 --> 00:43:30,119
at it and see the motion for me it's

832
00:43:30,119 --> 00:43:31,800
like a follow us in favor all right

833
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:33,480
thank you

834
00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:35,819
and item number three to authorize the

835
00:43:35,819 --> 00:43:37,319
mayor to insert into supplemental

836
00:43:37,319 --> 00:43:38,460
agreement number two in the New York

837
00:43:38,460 --> 00:43:40,440
State Department of Transportation for

838
00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:43,380
Broadway Mill and Phil 4th Street yep so

839
00:43:43,380 --> 00:43:46,140
the Broadway project uh is in a similar

840
00:43:46,140 --> 00:43:47,819
state to the PSAT project was the

841
00:43:47,819 --> 00:43:50,640
project around City Hall we are

842
00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:52,440
substantially complete with the projects

843
00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:54,300
but as you'll see the signals are not

844
00:43:54,300 --> 00:43:56,220
100 complete there's some components

845
00:43:56,220 --> 00:43:58,500
that are not done this is caused by

846
00:43:58,500 --> 00:44:01,380
supply chain shortages the supply chain

847
00:44:01,380 --> 00:44:04,380
shortages have led to uh longer

848
00:44:04,380 --> 00:44:06,900
inspection costs walking time so we have

849
00:44:06,900 --> 00:44:08,640
that in here as well as there were some

850
00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:10,859
quantity differences where we actually

851
00:44:10,859 --> 00:44:12,480
put a little bit more Paving down we

852
00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:14,760
altered some drainage structures we did

853
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:17,400
some CTE inspection and cleaning and we

854
00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:19,800
reached out to the dot uh I sent them a

855
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:21,900
letter about this and they agreed to

856
00:44:21,900 --> 00:44:23,460
reimburse the city as part of the

857
00:44:23,460 --> 00:44:27,900
project cost for 95 80 Federal 50 state

858
00:44:27,900 --> 00:44:30,359
and to do that we have to have a

859
00:44:30,359 --> 00:44:31,859
supplemental agreement with them to

860
00:44:31,859 --> 00:44:35,040
change the amounts both for them and

861
00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:36,780
then we change them with Finance once we

862
00:44:36,780 --> 00:44:39,359
have the resolution so really no

863
00:44:39,359 --> 00:44:41,099
negative distance over two hundred

864
00:44:41,099 --> 00:44:44,040
thousand dollars of of Aid to go towards

865
00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:46,319
the project

866
00:44:46,319 --> 00:44:48,599
and the cities um

867
00:44:48,599 --> 00:44:50,520
City's portion is the city's portion I

868
00:44:50,520 --> 00:44:52,380
don't have that right for this right uh

869
00:44:52,380 --> 00:44:59,760
the city's portion of it would be it's five percent of 250 000 so roughly

870
00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:02,099
six yeah

871
00:45:02,099 --> 00:45:06,380
60 000 over 20 yeah just to make sure

872
00:45:06,380 --> 00:45:10,500
65 yeah 250.

873
00:45:10,500 --> 00:45:12,980
it's been at the uh 17500

874
00:45:12,980 --> 00:45:15,300
no excuse me no I take it back this

875
00:45:15,300 --> 00:45:17,480
times around 12.50

876
00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:20,359
1250.

877
00:45:20,359 --> 00:45:23,760
yeah yeah so that's that's our share

878
00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:25,560
that's the five percent so we've been

879
00:45:25,560 --> 00:45:27,060
I've come to the you know we've done

880
00:45:27,060 --> 00:45:28,520
this quite a bit of a lot of projects

881
00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:34,569
just want to make sure yep any questions

882
00:45:34,579 --> 00:45:37,619
oh my apologies for being late

883
00:45:37,619 --> 00:45:39,619
um thank you Mr Waller

884
00:45:39,619 --> 00:45:42,480
item number five ceremony resolution for

885
00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:44,940
Saint adapters 120th anniversary Mr

886
00:45:44,940 --> 00:45:48,060
palomini saying adelbert is celebrating

887
00:45:48,060 --> 00:45:50,460
their 120th anniversary and having a big

888
00:45:50,460 --> 00:45:53,400
celebration so uh that'd be appropriate

889
00:45:53,400 --> 00:46:13,329
to recognition

890
00:46:13,339 --> 00:46:16,079
it was scheduled for March 11 they had

891
00:46:16,079 --> 00:46:18,180
to postpone it and it's now April the

892
00:46:18,180 --> 00:46:20,640
4th after Schenectady Hindu temple

893
00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:22,800
summer Crossing resolution okay so first

894
00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:25,920
April 4th 1pm okay

895
00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:27,540
have any questions

896
00:46:27,540 --> 00:46:30,359
entertain a motion I'll move it second

897
00:46:30,359 --> 00:46:33,240
all is in favor

898
00:46:33,240 --> 00:46:35,220
item number seven created outdoor

899
00:46:35,220 --> 00:46:38,339
garbage collection bins Mr Pauline yes

900
00:46:38,339 --> 00:46:41,520
this is uh about the garbage cans to put

901
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:44,339
around the city with creative outdoor

902
00:46:44,339 --> 00:46:49,079
again they will supply bins that have

903
00:46:49,079 --> 00:46:51,240
ads on them certain percentage that

904
00:46:51,240 --> 00:46:53,760
comes to the city anywhere from 10 to 15

905
00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:56,780
000 in annual revenue you get a

906
00:46:56,780 --> 00:46:59,579
recycling bin as well as a garbage bin

907
00:46:59,579 --> 00:47:01,440
and um

908
00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:04,500
asking that the Merit be allowed we

909
00:47:04,500 --> 00:47:07,140
authorize this for the mayor to go into

910
00:47:07,140 --> 00:47:11,480
negotiations with creative outdoor

911
00:47:11,480 --> 00:47:17,530
questions comments

912
00:47:17,540 --> 00:47:20,520
we discussed this I think we were held

913
00:47:20,520 --> 00:47:22,740
up because they were asking me Salah

914
00:47:22,740 --> 00:47:25,040
made to meet with the uh the union

915
00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:27,300
representative to discuss some concerns

916
00:47:27,300 --> 00:47:28,800
they had about who's going to pick up

917
00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:30,420
the garbage and things like that

918
00:47:30,420 --> 00:47:32,400
May is not here so I'm not sure who has

919
00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:33,480
that information I have been meeting

920
00:47:33,480 --> 00:47:36,240
with held and those concerns

921
00:47:36,240 --> 00:47:39,359
Mr Colton's raising his hands

922
00:47:39,359 --> 00:47:42,180
um I can speak to that the mayor did

923
00:47:42,180 --> 00:47:45,420
meet with local 1037 I was president Mr

924
00:47:45,420 --> 00:47:47,700
Lafont was present members of the union

925
00:47:47,700 --> 00:47:50,540
and their business agent were present

926
00:47:50,540 --> 00:47:53,700
they didn't raise any significant

927
00:47:53,700 --> 00:47:55,800
concerns related to the pickup of

928
00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:57,599
garbage they recognize that they already

929
00:47:57,599 --> 00:47:59,640
pick up garbage from the city trash cans

930
00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:01,859
at certain corners and they realize

931
00:48:01,859 --> 00:48:04,560
that's within the scope of their work

932
00:48:04,560 --> 00:48:06,839
okay but they were concerned about this

933
00:48:06,839 --> 00:48:08,940
company picking up the garbage this

934
00:48:08,940 --> 00:48:10,319
company is not going to be picking up

935
00:48:10,319 --> 00:48:11,819
the garbage has always been proposed

936
00:48:11,819 --> 00:48:13,500
when that gentleman had come in to speak

937
00:48:13,500 --> 00:48:16,680
about it that question came up

938
00:48:16,680 --> 00:48:18,119
um and I think at the all indications

939
00:48:18,119 --> 00:48:19,700
and this would be part of the contract

940
00:48:19,700 --> 00:48:22,200
would be that city employees will be

941
00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:24,720
picking up the garbage

942
00:48:24,720 --> 00:48:26,819
thank you

943
00:48:26,819 --> 00:48:28,440
and certainly the city council and

944
00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:30,720
authorizing a resolution can create that

945
00:48:30,720 --> 00:48:33,300
limit on the authorization you know

946
00:48:33,300 --> 00:48:35,280
including terms like they do with other

947
00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:36,839
with the council bills of other things

948
00:48:36,839 --> 00:48:39,240
saying you know um with the condition

949
00:48:39,240 --> 00:48:42,740
that City employs in a collect the waste

950
00:48:42,740 --> 00:48:46,079
thank you Mr farmer yeah I just want to

951
00:48:46,079 --> 00:48:47,520
again discuss support for this program

952
00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:49,140
it sounds like a really good program I

953
00:48:49,140 --> 00:48:51,560
think that there's been a lot of efforts

954
00:48:51,560 --> 00:48:54,660
from our city government as well as our

955
00:48:54,660 --> 00:48:56,880
residents to reduce litter so I think

956
00:48:56,880 --> 00:48:58,920
this is a great way to do that

957
00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:00,540
um

958
00:49:00,540 --> 00:49:01,980
I guess the only thing that I'd like to

959
00:49:01,980 --> 00:49:04,500
share is I think that um you know is

960
00:49:04,500 --> 00:49:06,540
there a way to do this without replacing

961
00:49:06,540 --> 00:49:09,180
the garbage cans that we have right now

962
00:49:09,180 --> 00:49:10,680
I just think that that should we should

963
00:49:10,680 --> 00:49:12,119
just I believe we should go ahead and

964
00:49:12,119 --> 00:49:13,619
move forward and feel supportive I just

965
00:49:13,619 --> 00:49:15,119
think that we should replace the

966
00:49:15,119 --> 00:49:17,940
existing ones I think we should just add

967
00:49:17,940 --> 00:49:20,400
um uh these uh canisters here so

968
00:49:20,400 --> 00:49:23,339
therefore you know it's just a easier

969
00:49:23,339 --> 00:49:25,980
way and we're able to reduce litter I

970
00:49:25,980 --> 00:49:27,119
don't I don't know if we want to like

971
00:49:27,119 --> 00:49:28,440
roll back any of the work that's already

972
00:49:28,440 --> 00:49:31,339
been done I think that we should

973
00:49:31,339 --> 00:49:33,660
the progress

974
00:49:33,660 --> 00:49:44,890
[Music]

975
00:49:44,900 --> 00:49:48,660
so I think um that as long as the you

976
00:49:48,660 --> 00:49:49,819
know I I

977
00:49:49,819 --> 00:49:53,040
recognize that Mr Lafond and and his

978
00:49:53,040 --> 00:49:54,720
office I mean if there's garbage cans

979
00:49:54,720 --> 00:49:55,920
that need to be replaced because they're

980
00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:58,800
damaged or in bad shape but um basically

981
00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:01,260
if we're adding to the without having to

982
00:50:01,260 --> 00:50:02,819
spend any money on them I think it's a

983
00:50:02,819 --> 00:50:05,160
really smart idea and

984
00:50:05,160 --> 00:50:10,619
um certainly we hear over and over and over uh that this is a huge

985
00:50:10,619 --> 00:50:12,000
issue

986
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:13,319
um so

987
00:50:13,319 --> 00:50:15,420
you know the more the more garbage cans

988
00:50:15,420 --> 00:50:17,099
the better because and especially since

989
00:50:17,099 --> 00:50:25,510
we're not having to outlay any resources

990
00:50:25,520 --> 00:50:27,960
so in addition to Abby what's out there

991
00:50:27,960 --> 00:50:30,180
by I do know in the north side

992
00:50:30,180 --> 00:50:31,800
um they had some new cans last year and

993
00:50:31,800 --> 00:50:33,780
so wherever they're going to leave those

994
00:50:33,780 --> 00:50:35,880
cans alone but there are a lot of cans

995
00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:37,440
in the city that do need replacing and

996
00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:40,200
this will be recycling alongside of uh

997
00:50:40,200 --> 00:50:41,520
trash so

998
00:50:41,520 --> 00:50:43,560
um it you know I always look for a

999
00:50:43,560 --> 00:50:46,260
recycle bin and I can't find anyone you

1000
00:50:46,260 --> 00:50:48,240
know not too many in the city so this

1001
00:50:48,240 --> 00:50:50,460
would just be a good good situation all

1002
00:50:50,460 --> 00:50:52,619
right so I think just because

1003
00:50:52,619 --> 00:50:54,480
um the problem about the trash cans

1004
00:50:54,480 --> 00:50:56,520
because in the um in the LR it says

1005
00:50:56,520 --> 00:50:58,920
replaced old trash cans

1006
00:50:58,920 --> 00:51:01,020
um so just one yeah just to make sure

1007
00:51:01,020 --> 00:51:02,339
that we um

1008
00:51:02,339 --> 00:51:05,040
we are not replaced because people there

1009
00:51:05,040 --> 00:51:06,780
was a project that went on and several

1010
00:51:06,780 --> 00:51:08,339
neighborhoods said you know you need

1011
00:51:08,339 --> 00:51:10,680
trash can so ideally as I understand

1012
00:51:10,680 --> 00:51:12,660
this they will be in high visible areas

1013
00:51:12,660 --> 00:51:15,720
any anyway so the other trash cans are

1014
00:51:15,720 --> 00:51:17,160
there can maybe move further into the

1015
00:51:17,160 --> 00:51:18,420
neighborhood

1016
00:51:18,420 --> 00:51:21,119
um I would also recommend that we

1017
00:51:21,119 --> 00:51:23,400
contact be in contact with the the

1018
00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:25,319
groups that already did the trash cans

1019
00:51:25,319 --> 00:51:26,579
that are currently there as we do this

1020
00:51:26,579 --> 00:51:28,619
and maybe whenever we have to reposition

1021
00:51:28,619 --> 00:51:30,660
some of those older trash cans and Bob

1022
00:51:30,660 --> 00:51:32,040
Carroll could probably tell us who to

1023
00:51:32,040 --> 00:51:34,500
get in touch with because they um the

1024
00:51:34,500 --> 00:51:36,780
finicky Foundation was the ones that

1025
00:51:36,780 --> 00:51:38,819
actually funded all of those projects so

1026
00:51:38,819 --> 00:51:40,200
they would know who the contact people

1027
00:51:40,200 --> 00:51:42,240
are but just and a lot of those trash

1028
00:51:42,240 --> 00:51:43,559
cans are in really great shape and we

1029
00:51:43,559 --> 00:51:45,599
paid a lot of money they the Schenectady

1030
00:51:45,599 --> 00:51:46,920
Foundation paid a lot of money for that

1031
00:51:46,920 --> 00:51:49,260
so keeping with keeping those and not

1032
00:51:49,260 --> 00:51:50,880
getting rid of them I think it's hugely

1033
00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:52,200
important here

1034
00:51:52,200 --> 00:51:55,140
I did um had an opportunity or review

1035
00:51:55,140 --> 00:51:58,380
the um the presentation once again so

1036
00:51:58,380 --> 00:52:00,660
just want to clear the recycling is that

1037
00:52:00,660 --> 00:52:02,220
only going to be a municipal property

1038
00:52:02,220 --> 00:52:04,559
that's what the presentation said right

1039
00:52:04,559 --> 00:52:07,440
so

1040
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:09,960
they're all it's one unit it's just one

1041
00:52:09,960 --> 00:52:12,059
big yeah and we can choose all recycling

1042
00:52:12,059 --> 00:52:15,440
or or trash to recycling

1043
00:52:15,440 --> 00:52:19,020
thank you in a beach

1044
00:52:19,020 --> 00:52:21,240
and I think I know in the last minute

1045
00:52:21,240 --> 00:52:22,859
you said that they um in terms of

1046
00:52:22,859 --> 00:52:24,359
placement they would contact they would

1047
00:52:24,359 --> 00:52:26,520
be in touch with the city council in

1048
00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:28,859
terms of where the public the mayor and

1049
00:52:28,859 --> 00:52:30,900
then the city council can certainly have

1050
00:52:30,900 --> 00:52:32,819
their input as well and again I would

1051
00:52:32,819 --> 00:52:34,619
recommend that we have inputs in the

1052
00:52:34,619 --> 00:52:36,000
neighborhood groups that already you

1053
00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:38,099
know are invested in this process and

1054
00:52:38,099 --> 00:52:39,720
have been invested in this process so we

1055
00:52:39,720 --> 00:52:41,700
don't exclude and move things around

1056
00:52:41,700 --> 00:52:43,319
without the people in the neighborhood

1057
00:52:43,319 --> 00:52:45,780
so I think that's important as well I

1058
00:52:45,780 --> 00:52:48,420
think that we really it I I think it's

1059
00:52:48,420 --> 00:52:50,460
not necessarily high visibility areas I

1060
00:52:50,460 --> 00:52:53,579
think it's traffic areas and high areas

1061
00:52:53,579 --> 00:52:55,680
where there's I think we've identified

1062
00:52:55,680 --> 00:52:58,260
and can identify areas where there is a

1063
00:52:58,260 --> 00:52:59,700
lot of litter

1064
00:52:59,700 --> 00:53:01,920
um I I think that these are going to

1065
00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:03,960
probably mostly end up on those

1066
00:53:03,960 --> 00:53:06,240
corridors where we have

1067
00:53:06,240 --> 00:53:08,339
um business activity like State Street

1068
00:53:08,339 --> 00:53:11,819
and Eastern and of Broadway and Frank

1069
00:53:11,819 --> 00:53:14,099
van Rankin I mean I think those are

1070
00:53:14,099 --> 00:53:16,140
probably going to be the areas where um

1071
00:53:16,140 --> 00:53:17,819
we'd be looking because of the

1072
00:53:17,819 --> 00:53:19,500
advertising component

1073
00:53:19,500 --> 00:53:22,440
um I would think yes if I was trying to

1074
00:53:22,440 --> 00:53:24,540
get the advertisers I would probably

1075
00:53:24,540 --> 00:53:26,460
look to the businesses that are going to

1076
00:53:26,460 --> 00:53:29,700
be surrounding the areas where these

1077
00:53:29,700 --> 00:53:32,640
garbage cans might be placed so

1078
00:53:32,640 --> 00:53:35,339
um yeah so I think

1079
00:53:35,339 --> 00:53:37,800
there's certainly I think that again um

1080
00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:39,359
the email that we got from the resident

1081
00:53:39,359 --> 00:53:41,460
that outlined those very

1082
00:53:41,460 --> 00:53:44,160
um heavily littered areas is going to be

1083
00:53:44,160 --> 00:53:46,440
a really and of course our office of

1084
00:53:46,440 --> 00:53:47,819
General Services is going to know

1085
00:53:47,819 --> 00:53:49,200
immediately

1086
00:53:49,200 --> 00:53:53,160
um where that volume of litter and trash

1087
00:53:53,160 --> 00:53:54,599
is

1088
00:53:54,599 --> 00:53:56,400
so I I think they did say high

1089
00:53:56,400 --> 00:53:57,839
visibility as well they really want

1090
00:53:57,839 --> 00:53:59,160
because people want their business is

1091
00:53:59,160 --> 00:54:02,880
seen so which makes sense so um you know

1092
00:54:02,880 --> 00:54:06,119
we have the issue regarding the

1093
00:54:06,119 --> 00:54:07,440
um whether there was concern from the

1094
00:54:07,440 --> 00:54:09,599
Union Address and making sure that the

1095
00:54:09,599 --> 00:54:11,819
neighborhoods have their um you know

1096
00:54:11,819 --> 00:54:13,680
have an input into you know where the

1097
00:54:13,680 --> 00:54:14,940
other candle that we don't throw the old

1098
00:54:14,940 --> 00:54:16,740
cans I you know those are the concerns

1099
00:54:16,740 --> 00:54:18,119
that we want to make sure that we

1100
00:54:18,119 --> 00:54:20,339
address as we move forward with this

1101
00:54:20,339 --> 00:54:22,680
is there anything else that I

1102
00:54:22,680 --> 00:54:25,859
didn't I'll move in a second all those

1103
00:54:25,859 --> 00:54:26,760
in favor

1104
00:54:26,760 --> 00:54:30,170
um okay

1105
00:54:30,180 --> 00:54:32,700
uh the next item will be an executive

1106
00:54:32,700 --> 00:54:37,040
session so I'd ask for a motion to reset

1107
00:54:37,040 --> 00:54:52,390
all this in favor

1108
00:54:52,400 --> 00:54:54,740
what's up

1109
00:54:54,740 --> 00:54:57,059
government operations we have three

1110
00:54:57,059 --> 00:54:58,680
arguments on the agenda the first is

1111
00:54:58,680 --> 00:55:04,030
that because

1112
00:55:04,040 --> 00:55:07,440
I recommend that these three items in

1113
00:55:07,440 --> 00:55:09,660
undergovernment operations uh go into

1114
00:55:09,660 --> 00:55:13,079
executive session uh pursuant to section

1115
00:55:13,079 --> 00:55:15,839
105.1 e of public officers laws that

1116
00:55:15,839 --> 00:55:42,829
relates to Collective negotiations

1117
00:55:42,839 --> 00:55:45,119
um we have one item on the claims agenda

1118
00:55:45,119 --> 00:55:47,400
um and that item also would be something

1119
00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:48,720
that we'd need to go into executive

1120
00:55:48,720 --> 00:55:50,099
session for

1121
00:55:50,099 --> 00:55:52,260
um so I'll look for a motion uh to go

1122
00:55:52,260 --> 00:55:55,200
into well I guess do I recess my

1123
00:55:55,200 --> 00:55:56,819
committee to or just going to Executive

1124
00:55:56,819 --> 00:55:58,500
sessions go into executive session first

1125
00:55:58,500 --> 00:56:01,930
and then research yeah

1126
00:56:01,940 --> 00:56:04,500
the small openness and executive session

1127
00:56:04,500 --> 00:56:05,819
and then we can go back to the other day

1128
00:56:05,819 --> 00:56:09,380
okay all right great so

1129
00:56:09,380 --> 00:56:12,359
all in favor

1130
00:56:12,359 --> 00:56:15,920
okay so now we're in executive session

1131
00:56:15,920 --> 00:56:20,059
oh one member of the public