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Hopkins first city of Schenectady

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executive session I would recommend that

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outside Council here to just discuss an

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entertain a motion to go into executive

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vitalization plan Capital Property right

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having me uh I think the last time I was

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here was the first time I had ever

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engaged with city council so tonight I

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wanted to just take a quick moment to

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share uh revitalization plan we have

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started this journey

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behind the scenes kind of planning

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talking about what would be our next

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kind of major Capital project for

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Schenectady City schools and so

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um we are now going around the city

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we have another presentation at one of

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our middle schools I think tomorrow's

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Mount Pleasant if I'm correct and what

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we just want to educate the community on

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what we're asking them to vote for in uh

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on May 16th and so it's called the

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Schenectady revitalization plan those

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are the next couple meeting dates so

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we're here tonight on April 17th

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speaking to all of you and obviously if

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you have questions I want this to be

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like a dialogue if you don't mind I'll

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go through the slides as quick as

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possible because I know you have a lot

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on your agenda um um

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but if you have any questions obviously

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you represent various stakeholders in

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this city and I think it's important

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that your voices you know be heard and

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if you have questions or there's Clarity

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it is a big ask that we're asking our

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community it's not something that's been

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done here in Schenectady uh that I can

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find any record of and Kathy Lewis is

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our probably our longest standing board

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uh member doesn't recall us ever going

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out for something for 300 million

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dollars but we've done some things

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before Tyrone next slide

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so again I talked about these

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information sessions this is just the

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flyer that we put out uh again tomorrow

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we are at Mount Pleasant tomorrow night

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at 5 30 and then we're again on Thursday

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at five o'clock at a night of middle

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school so uh if you want to share with

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your constituents for your various

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communities they can come on out ask

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um you know it's open to everybody

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um so everyone who obviously is the tax

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um City member or resident can come out

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ask questions or if they're just curious

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about what we're doing next slide Tim

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so I've started this conversation

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um when I got here in 2021 I brought

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this little you know what the kids say

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as hashtags right you gotta have a

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hashtag for every movement every kind of

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theme so our hashtag has been

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Schenectady Rising since uh July of 2021

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when I arrived and we focused on

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rebuilding reigniting

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um you know bringing back energy to uh

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what I heard was a phenomenal District

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everyone always tells me the good old

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days stories right and so I'm a firm

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believer that the good old days are

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still here and could easily be reach

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achieved and so when I got here the

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first thing we had to do was reopen our

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schools they were closed for over 18

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months to Virtual learning experience

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again no fault to anybody it was the

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pandemic folks didn't really know what

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to do we've learned a lot since then

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um so we reopened five days and I'm

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proud to say we never closed last year

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as a result of covered restrictions or

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the pandemic or a high number of

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absences the staff did a great job our

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administrators did did a great job and

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we've been kind of rebuilding and that's

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the conversation we're having today what

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does rebuilding look like and so there's

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obviously rebuilding of academic

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programs rebuilding of staff that may be

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impacted by layoffs but also rebuilding

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of our infrastructure we believe that

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high quality students and high quality

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staff deserve high quality facilities

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and so that's what we're going to talk

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to you about what the vision is here

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Tyrone next slide

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I also think it's always important

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because everyone always talks about

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enrollment and residence this is right

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from the Census Data that happened

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during the pandemic 2020 you could

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remember there was a census if you go

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right on census.gov you can pull these

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Trends right for Schenectady you can see

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Schenectady was one of the only

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communities that actually grew in New

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York state many of the other ones it's

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in blue so that's how you know it grew

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anything in Orange lost residence and so

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yes the overall State lost people but

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our community didn't lose people and so

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I think that's very important as we look

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to think about what we do to our

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infrastructure there's uh housing units

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is on there as well you can see the

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number of housing units also grew in

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Schenectady County not necessarily the

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city but overall in the county which

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does include the city I couldn't get

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just City specific information from the

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Census but I was able to get County next

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slide Cameron

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this is obviously a look at Schenectady

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a city within the county you can kind of

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see us cool shape uh silhouette there

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our population and obviously we're about

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10 square miles and again about 67 000

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residents live here in Schenectady next

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one sir

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this is our district overlaid on our

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city map and those beautiful colors they

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don't represent like Fruity Pebbles or

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01:07:02,099 --> 01:07:03,900
anything interesting like that there

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actually are kind of feeding pattern our

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colored uh enrollment patterns for these

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various schools so each of those colors

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dictates an enrollment pattern for the

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school that's in it so like if you look

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at the yellow that's Yates if you look

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at uh the pink that's Oneida Middle

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School's kind of catchment area is the

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larger area which includes pink yellow

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green and orange basically our kids kind

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of come from all over parts of the city

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when they go to our Middle School they

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come in three zones and our elementary

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schools they kind of are more

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neighborhood based but they're not

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always neighborhood Basin so I say that

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because uh sometimes there's special

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Arrangements Sometimes some of our

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programming dictates enrollment and so

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um you know at the end of the day we're

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10 square miles it doesn't take far to

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get from one sky to Schenectady to the

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other which is a beautiful thing one

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thing I I will point out here that's a

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breakdown of our buildings 11 elementary

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schools three middle we have an

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alternative campus an adult education

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01:08:00,780 --> 01:08:03,960
center also housed there I'm separately

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01:08:03,960 --> 01:08:05,940
a high school and then we have currently

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01:08:05,940 --> 01:08:07,440
a vacant Elementary School Fulton

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01:08:07,440 --> 01:08:10,260
Elementary School is currently vacant we

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01:08:10,260 --> 01:08:13,260
have some uh staff there that are there

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01:08:13,260 --> 01:08:15,480
just to maintain the staff and we have a

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01:08:15,480 --> 01:08:17,339
couple offices that were being used but

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01:08:17,339 --> 01:08:19,020
total square feet that we're responsible

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01:08:19,020 --> 01:08:22,380
for as a district is about 1.8 million

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01:08:22,380 --> 01:08:24,140
square feet that's a lot of square feet

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our custodial staff do a great job

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01:08:26,400 --> 01:08:28,319
maintaining it but there's only so much

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you can do given that the average age of

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our campuses is 95 years old and so

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um there's only so much uh clear coat

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01:08:36,660 --> 01:08:38,460
you can put on the floor to make it look

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good after a while it is only so much

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01:08:41,940 --> 01:08:44,819
just a clear coat no more Terrazzo or

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anything of that that nature on the

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bottom next slide time

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this is just a breakdown I always like

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to put a name to the age of the school

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01:08:51,779 --> 01:08:53,880
sometimes that's very helpful because

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there's always some personal

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01:08:54,779 --> 01:08:57,299
significance right uh like demanding

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01:08:57,299 --> 01:08:59,580
where'd you go to school I went to

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Woodlawn there you go

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01:09:01,819 --> 01:09:03,839
1972. so that's just right when you were

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01:09:03,839 --> 01:09:07,799
born no just kidding uh he's a lot

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01:09:07,799 --> 01:09:08,880
younger than that

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um so you can see the age of the schools

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and one thing I will point out how is

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01:09:13,980 --> 01:09:16,739
1905 it's our oldest building still

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01:09:16,739 --> 01:09:18,839
being used with kids and a really

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01:09:18,839 --> 01:09:20,880
important Community it's surrounded by

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01:09:20,880 --> 01:09:22,739
Community if you look at it

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01:09:22,739 --> 01:09:24,420
um I only know that because I always get

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01:09:24,420 --> 01:09:26,279
complaints about parking and there's

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01:09:26,279 --> 01:09:27,839
only so much I can do because we don't

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01:09:27,839 --> 01:09:29,580
have we're pretty landlocked over there

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01:09:29,580 --> 01:09:32,040
but uh what's important there is that

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the building is is slowly starting to

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01:09:34,259 --> 01:09:35,699
get to the point where it's gonna be

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01:09:35,699 --> 01:09:38,580
harder to maintain given the age of the

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01:09:38,580 --> 01:09:41,699
building so uh that's a breakdown uh

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how's a big one I like to point out as

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01:09:44,339 --> 01:09:46,620
the oldest building in Woodlawn is

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01:09:46,620 --> 01:09:49,080
probably our most recent building that

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01:09:49,080 --> 01:09:52,140
the district has built in 1972 Oneida

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01:09:52,140 --> 01:09:53,460
doesn't really count because it kind of

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01:09:53,460 --> 01:09:55,380
was built and then it was added on so

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01:09:55,380 --> 01:09:57,239
although it was closed for about five

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01:09:57,239 --> 01:10:01,020
years from 2017 to 2022 for uh 2012 to

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01:10:01,020 --> 01:10:02,480
20 17

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01:10:02,480 --> 01:10:06,060
you can remember that it did it did

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01:10:06,060 --> 01:10:07,679
exist before it was closed down for a

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01:10:07,679 --> 01:10:12,470
little bit for renovations uh next slide

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01:10:12,480 --> 01:10:15,360
so again uh Schenectady has done this

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01:10:15,360 --> 01:10:16,440
work before

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01:10:16,440 --> 01:10:17,940
um it's just done it very differently

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01:10:17,940 --> 01:10:22,140
and so I'm of the belief that um you

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01:10:22,140 --> 01:10:23,520
know it's time to take a little bit more

464
01:10:23,520 --> 01:10:26,460
of a radical approach in the sense of uh

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01:10:26,460 --> 01:10:28,080
reimagining this doing this a little bit

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01:10:28,080 --> 01:10:29,820
differently not asking our community

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01:10:29,820 --> 01:10:31,800
every five years to like hey can we go

468
01:10:31,800 --> 01:10:33,659
out and borrow money instead we'd like

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01:10:33,659 --> 01:10:36,060
to look at like a seven year window and

470
01:10:36,060 --> 01:10:37,440
say we want to go out for a little bit

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01:10:37,440 --> 01:10:39,840
more and here's why we want to go out so

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01:10:39,840 --> 01:10:41,580
if you look on the left you see phase

473
01:10:41,580 --> 01:10:44,100
one phase two when I got here the

474
01:10:44,100 --> 01:10:46,080
completion of phase two is still

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01:10:46,080 --> 01:10:48,239
occurring currently but you can see the

476
01:10:48,239 --> 01:10:49,800
schools in Phase One and the dollar

477
01:10:49,800 --> 01:10:51,900
values that was used for each of those

478
01:10:51,900 --> 01:10:54,659
schools and phase two is was the dollar

479
01:10:54,659 --> 01:10:57,120
value on phase two but you're going to

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01:10:57,120 --> 01:10:58,440
notice something in phase two there's a

481
01:10:58,440 --> 01:10:59,820
couple schools that did not get touched

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01:10:59,820 --> 01:11:02,219
just the you know projects were a little

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01:11:02,219 --> 01:11:03,840
bit bigger there was some

484
01:11:03,840 --> 01:11:04,820
um

485
01:11:04,820 --> 01:11:07,320
underestimations and some change orders

486
01:11:07,320 --> 01:11:08,820
that had the occur so some things had to

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01:11:08,820 --> 01:11:10,560
come off the list to stay within the

488
01:11:10,560 --> 01:11:12,239
amount that was borrowed but phase one

489
01:11:12,239 --> 01:11:15,780
and phase two was a total of 135 I'm

490
01:11:15,780 --> 01:11:18,480
going to round up 135 million dollars so

491
01:11:18,480 --> 01:11:20,699
we're asking for 300 million for

492
01:11:20,699 --> 01:11:23,520
basically trying to double that scope a

493
01:11:23,520 --> 01:11:24,960
little bit

494
01:11:24,960 --> 01:11:28,020
um but the one thing I want to point out

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01:11:28,020 --> 01:11:29,760
is we put the dollar values of how we

496
01:11:29,760 --> 01:11:31,920
got that 300 million to the schools that

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01:11:31,920 --> 01:11:33,960
we're proposing so the high school has

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01:11:33,960 --> 01:11:36,540
not been touched in quite some time

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01:11:36,540 --> 01:11:38,520
um and we're looking at about a price

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01:11:38,520 --> 01:11:40,679
tag of 126 million and I'll tell you how

501
01:11:40,679 --> 01:11:42,360
we got there some of that is building

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01:11:42,360 --> 01:11:44,100
condition survey which we're required to

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01:11:44,100 --> 01:11:46,560
do every five years that says what is

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01:11:46,560 --> 01:11:47,760
wrong with your buildings every five

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01:11:47,760 --> 01:11:49,620
years you kind of say what's the life of

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01:11:49,620 --> 01:11:51,239
the Furnace what's the life of the

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01:11:51,239 --> 01:11:52,560
electrical what's the quality of the

508
01:11:52,560 --> 01:11:54,239
windows what's the quality of the

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01:11:54,239 --> 01:11:56,280
lockers things of that nature you're

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01:11:56,280 --> 01:11:58,580
going to notice Central Park is on here

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01:11:58,580 --> 01:12:01,560
steinman's campus and they have larger

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01:12:01,560 --> 01:12:02,640
price tags because they're bigger

513
01:12:02,640 --> 01:12:04,679
Footprints bigger schools typically the

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01:12:04,679 --> 01:12:05,820
secondary schools are a little more

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01:12:05,820 --> 01:12:08,280
expensive but these are like not just

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01:12:08,280 --> 01:12:10,860
fixing the stairwell changing Windows

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01:12:10,860 --> 01:12:13,380
this is a whole renovation take

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01:12:13,380 --> 01:12:15,360
everybody out the building kind of gut

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01:12:15,360 --> 01:12:17,880
the building redo the campus bring folks

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01:12:17,880 --> 01:12:19,920
back in so that's what you see are those

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01:12:19,920 --> 01:12:21,780
price tags there you're going to notice

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01:12:21,780 --> 01:12:24,540
that Fulton we put in parentheses Kane

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01:12:24,540 --> 01:12:27,060
because we do have to occupy Fulton and

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01:12:27,060 --> 01:12:28,380
in order to do that we're gonna have to

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01:12:28,380 --> 01:12:30,060
move a school in there while we work on

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01:12:30,060 --> 01:12:32,280
another school we had proposed here that

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01:12:32,280 --> 01:12:34,679
it would be swing space for Kane if uh

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01:12:34,679 --> 01:12:37,320
if we're successful with purchasing Kane

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01:12:37,320 --> 01:12:39,840
um and the price tag there we also have

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01:12:39,840 --> 01:12:41,340
a Central Kitchen we feed all of our

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01:12:41,340 --> 01:12:44,159
kids in the district we deliver food to

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01:12:44,159 --> 01:12:45,239
pretty much all of our elementary

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01:12:45,239 --> 01:12:47,760
schools from our high school which

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01:12:47,760 --> 01:12:50,219
people don't know that so we cook a lot

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01:12:50,219 --> 01:12:51,960
of our food at the high school and then

536
01:12:51,960 --> 01:12:53,520
we put them in trucks and we drop them

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01:12:53,520 --> 01:12:55,260
off to our schools so we need to make

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01:12:55,260 --> 01:12:56,640
some serious upgrades to create a

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01:12:56,640 --> 01:12:58,560
central kitchen for our district and

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01:12:58,560 --> 01:13:00,540
enhance what we currently have we have

541
01:13:00,540 --> 01:13:01,920
like coolers that are sitting on the

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01:13:01,920 --> 01:13:03,360
back of the high school we probably

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01:13:03,360 --> 01:13:05,040
don't don't know that or not but if you

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01:13:05,040 --> 01:13:06,960
did see it you'd be pretty amazed at

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01:13:06,960 --> 01:13:08,600
what we do with the little bit we have

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01:13:08,600 --> 01:13:10,679
and then there's some district-wide

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01:13:10,679 --> 01:13:12,600
building conditions serving priorities

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01:13:12,600 --> 01:13:14,699
they would touch multiple buildings

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01:13:14,699 --> 01:13:16,380
these would touch other schools that

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01:13:16,380 --> 01:13:17,880
aren't a part of this initial list but

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01:13:17,880 --> 01:13:19,440
it would be identified through the

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01:13:19,440 --> 01:13:21,900
process next slide sir

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01:13:21,900 --> 01:13:24,239
this is a again all of this is proposed

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01:13:24,239 --> 01:13:26,820
because we need still voter approval but

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01:13:26,820 --> 01:13:28,860
once we get in we wanted to show the

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01:13:28,860 --> 01:13:30,060
voters in the community that we've

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01:13:30,060 --> 01:13:31,739
thought about this really intentionally

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01:13:31,739 --> 01:13:34,800
with our partners at SCI design they've

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01:13:34,800 --> 01:13:36,719
done a fantastic job walking on this

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01:13:36,719 --> 01:13:38,640
journey with us they helped us put this

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01:13:38,640 --> 01:13:40,920
timeline together and you can see we

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01:13:40,920 --> 01:13:43,080
would start as soon as we get voter

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01:13:43,080 --> 01:13:46,500
approval scla is our first campus and

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01:13:46,500 --> 01:13:48,239
we've already started the process to

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01:13:48,239 --> 01:13:49,620
kind of phase out the current

566
01:13:49,620 --> 01:13:51,300
programming there to allow it to be

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01:13:51,300 --> 01:13:53,159
become vacant so we can start to get

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01:13:53,159 --> 01:13:54,659
into that work and you're also going to

569
01:13:54,659 --> 01:13:56,460
notice Fulton being first because right

570
01:13:56,460 --> 01:13:58,320
now it is vacant so we want to prepare

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01:13:58,320 --> 01:14:00,360
those spaces make them high quality

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01:14:00,360 --> 01:14:02,580
spaces and then swing kids into them

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01:14:02,580 --> 01:14:04,920
most people don't want to swing into a

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01:14:04,920 --> 01:14:06,360
space that looks worse into the building

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01:14:06,360 --> 01:14:08,640
they just left so when we when we do

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01:14:08,640 --> 01:14:09,780
this work we want to make sure we're

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01:14:09,780 --> 01:14:11,460
doing it intentionally and you can see

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01:14:11,460 --> 01:14:13,080
things we would move freshmen into

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01:14:13,080 --> 01:14:16,020
diamonds that's diamonds campus we've

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01:14:16,020 --> 01:14:17,820
talked with our board extensively about

581
01:14:17,820 --> 01:14:19,260
redesigning our high school experience

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01:14:19,260 --> 01:14:21,239
all the research says if you don't make

583
01:14:21,239 --> 01:14:23,280
it out of ninth grade with five credits

584
01:14:23,280 --> 01:14:25,199
you're not going to graduate on time and

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01:14:25,199 --> 01:14:26,280
that's something that we notice by

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01:14:26,280 --> 01:14:27,900
looking at our own groups so we think

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01:14:27,900 --> 01:14:29,159
it's real important to separate our

588
01:14:29,159 --> 01:14:31,140
freshmen allow some success to happen

589
01:14:31,140 --> 01:14:33,540
they have a theme called Thrive and nine

590
01:14:33,540 --> 01:14:35,400
at the high school right now but that

591
01:14:35,400 --> 01:14:37,199
wouldn't take place until 2025 after

592
01:14:37,199 --> 01:14:39,179
we've done some renovations to the

593
01:14:39,179 --> 01:14:41,520
campus and we've done some work that

594
01:14:41,520 --> 01:14:44,219
would also allow us to vac uh empty the

595
01:14:44,219 --> 01:14:45,900
high school a little bit by about 700

596
01:14:45,900 --> 01:14:46,739
kids

597
01:14:46,739 --> 01:14:50,040
thus allowing us not to disrupt the

598
01:14:50,040 --> 01:14:51,840
school year and move kids around while

599
01:14:51,840 --> 01:14:53,100
we do construction at the high school

600
01:14:53,100 --> 01:14:55,080
which is why you see that little arrow

601
01:14:55,080 --> 01:14:57,120
going to the second and then you see

602
01:14:57,120 --> 01:14:58,320
Fulton and you see like these

603
01:14:58,320 --> 01:15:00,300
parentheses type Bubbles and those would

604
01:15:00,300 --> 01:15:01,800
be all the schools that would swing in

605
01:15:01,800 --> 01:15:03,900
through Fulton as we work through their

606
01:15:03,900 --> 01:15:05,280
buildings

607
01:15:05,280 --> 01:15:07,920
and then you see like how and Page get

608
01:15:07,920 --> 01:15:09,480
added in because they're swinging into

609
01:15:09,480 --> 01:15:10,679
Fulton

610
01:15:10,679 --> 01:15:13,380
and then we've had a conversation and

611
01:15:13,380 --> 01:15:14,820
again if we're successful with the

612
01:15:14,820 --> 01:15:18,060
purchase of pain this becomes moon or it

613
01:15:18,060 --> 01:15:19,739
just may look different but we've talked

614
01:15:19,739 --> 01:15:21,420
about we have two elementaries that are

615
01:15:21,420 --> 01:15:24,060
really a block apart Lincoln came and

616
01:15:24,060 --> 01:15:26,400
we've talked about maximizing maybe a

617
01:15:26,400 --> 01:15:28,920
space that could serve both uh still

618
01:15:28,920 --> 01:15:30,480
allow them to keep their identity but

619
01:15:30,480 --> 01:15:32,040
give them a high quality space they

620
01:15:32,040 --> 01:15:33,659
could have many of the components of

621
01:15:33,659 --> 01:15:34,980
community schools that we would work and

622
01:15:34,980 --> 01:15:37,380
include like you know a mental health

623
01:15:37,380 --> 01:15:39,020
clinic a dental clinic

624
01:15:39,020 --> 01:15:41,159
you know other things that we want to do

625
01:15:41,159 --> 01:15:43,140
that we know are important for that

626
01:15:43,140 --> 01:15:46,560
community on Albany Street and and then

627
01:15:46,560 --> 01:15:48,179
there's this purple at the bottom that

628
01:15:48,179 --> 01:15:49,920
would cover kind of district-wide

629
01:15:49,920 --> 01:15:51,540
building condition priorities and those

630
01:15:51,540 --> 01:15:53,100
are things that I'm going to show you in

631
01:15:53,100 --> 01:15:54,000
a minute

632
01:15:54,000 --> 01:15:56,640
um would be identified by campus so keep

633
01:15:56,640 --> 01:15:58,140
going

634
01:15:58,140 --> 01:16:00,120
and I will apologize some of the fat

635
01:16:00,120 --> 01:16:01,620
will get small but we can leave the

636
01:16:01,620 --> 01:16:03,420
presentation with you guys if you wanted

637
01:16:03,420 --> 01:16:05,880
to see it so this again this is where we

638
01:16:05,880 --> 01:16:08,400
are take people very high then we bring

639
01:16:08,400 --> 01:16:10,080
people low so right now we're where that

640
01:16:10,080 --> 01:16:12,120
little star is we're just planning and

641
01:16:12,120 --> 01:16:13,500
we're just talking and we're working our

642
01:16:13,500 --> 01:16:15,540
way to that dotted line that says May

643
01:16:15,540 --> 01:16:19,260
16th vote so nothing happens unless we

644
01:16:19,260 --> 01:16:21,659
have a successful proposition we're a

645
01:16:21,659 --> 01:16:23,219
small City so we're required to have

646
01:16:23,219 --> 01:16:26,520
super majority which is 60 or more have

647
01:16:26,520 --> 01:16:28,380
to support this vote

648
01:16:28,380 --> 01:16:30,840
um so we've had a really great uh

649
01:16:30,840 --> 01:16:32,340
supportive community in the past for our

650
01:16:32,340 --> 01:16:34,320
budgets our hope is that that continues

651
01:16:34,320 --> 01:16:36,960
we are going out at zero percent tax and

652
01:16:36,960 --> 01:16:39,360
so I just want to make a quick plug that

653
01:16:39,360 --> 01:16:41,880
is the sixth year of us going out yeah

654
01:16:41,880 --> 01:16:43,440
it's a six year of us going out as a

655
01:16:43,440 --> 01:16:44,699
district and that's compliments to the

656
01:16:44,699 --> 01:16:46,679
board who have been strong fiscal

657
01:16:46,679 --> 01:16:49,140
stewards of the district's work

658
01:16:49,140 --> 01:16:51,600
um and so once that vote happens then we

659
01:16:51,600 --> 01:16:53,040
can start this process of really

660
01:16:53,040 --> 01:16:54,900
designing having these concept

661
01:16:54,900 --> 01:16:57,239
conversations around Concepts and really

662
01:16:57,239 --> 01:16:59,340
moving this forward right now we've just

663
01:16:59,340 --> 01:17:01,320
been high level planning some of the

664
01:17:01,320 --> 01:17:03,120
stuff you see here on this Banner are

665
01:17:03,120 --> 01:17:05,040
just proposals so I'm going to walk

666
01:17:05,040 --> 01:17:07,020
behind president Porterfield here this

667
01:17:07,020 --> 01:17:08,760
Banner here is just high level proposals

668
01:17:08,760 --> 01:17:10,380
of some of the things that we see

669
01:17:10,380 --> 01:17:12,540
occurring on our campus and I'll take

670
01:17:12,540 --> 01:17:13,679
you through that but we wanted to show

671
01:17:13,679 --> 01:17:15,480
you visually kind of what that looks

672
01:17:15,480 --> 01:17:17,219
like as well and you also have a pretty

673
01:17:17,219 --> 01:17:19,440
cool brochure that we'll be mailing to

674
01:17:19,440 --> 01:17:21,840
all uh Schenectady residents they'll be

675
01:17:21,840 --> 01:17:23,400
getting this along with the budget

676
01:17:23,400 --> 01:17:25,199
notification as well so they'll be

677
01:17:25,199 --> 01:17:26,940
getting some mail and some literature

678
01:17:26,940 --> 01:17:29,100
that they can hopefully read and support

679
01:17:29,100 --> 01:17:31,920
us next slide Tyrone

680
01:17:31,920 --> 01:17:34,199
so this is really small I apologize but

681
01:17:34,199 --> 01:17:38,100
basically what this is every school's building condition

682
01:17:38,100 --> 01:17:40,620
survey summary and what that means is

683
01:17:40,620 --> 01:17:41,880
like the total amount that would be

684
01:17:41,880 --> 01:17:43,980
needed to get the building up to Snuff

685
01:17:43,980 --> 01:17:46,320
or up to a high quality meaning we're

686
01:17:46,320 --> 01:17:48,360
again replacing Windows broken lockers

687
01:17:48,360 --> 01:17:51,000
water fountains that may still be not

688
01:17:51,000 --> 01:17:53,100
complying with lead regulations or need

689
01:17:53,100 --> 01:17:55,320
to be replaced uh bathrooms that still

690
01:17:55,320 --> 01:17:58,440
need work some of our bathrooms again 95

691
01:17:58,440 --> 01:18:00,719
years old the Stalls only last so long

692
01:18:00,719 --> 01:18:03,540
right and so we've been able to do some

693
01:18:03,540 --> 01:18:05,040
of it and keep some of the upkeep but

694
01:18:05,040 --> 01:18:06,719
some of it really needs a complete gut

695
01:18:06,719 --> 01:18:08,820
and renovation some of our cafeteria

696
01:18:08,820 --> 01:18:11,280
space is not enough to feed more than 50

697
01:18:11,280 --> 01:18:13,920
kids at a time it's just not fair to the

698
01:18:13,920 --> 01:18:15,960
kids it's not fair to the school staff

699
01:18:15,960 --> 01:18:18,420
and it makes lunch start at 10 45 in

700
01:18:18,420 --> 01:18:20,340
some of our schools you know 10 30.

701
01:18:20,340 --> 01:18:21,960
that's right I don't know about you but

702
01:18:21,960 --> 01:18:23,640
it's a 10 30 lunch and then you don't

703
01:18:23,640 --> 01:18:24,840
need to get until you probably get home

704
01:18:24,840 --> 01:18:27,300
at like 3 30 4 o'clock that's a long gap

705
01:18:27,300 --> 01:18:29,159
for some of our kids

706
01:18:29,159 --> 01:18:30,360
um you know hopefully they stay in our

707
01:18:30,360 --> 01:18:31,620
extended day and we give them a snack

708
01:18:31,620 --> 01:18:33,719
and sometimes dinner afterwards but

709
01:18:33,719 --> 01:18:35,100
those are the things that we want to

710
01:18:35,100 --> 01:18:36,600
address things that we want that we

711
01:18:36,600 --> 01:18:39,360
think all kids deserve in comparison to

712
01:18:39,360 --> 01:18:41,340
the surrounding districts and then on

713
01:18:41,340 --> 01:18:43,320
the right obviously we're in a new day

714
01:18:43,320 --> 01:18:45,239
and age when it comes to security we've

715
01:18:45,239 --> 01:18:47,159
got some breakdowns in security that we

716
01:18:47,159 --> 01:18:49,320
also need to address things like secure

717
01:18:49,320 --> 01:18:51,360
vestibules which means in some of our

718
01:18:51,360 --> 01:18:52,620
schools as soon as you get into the door

719
01:18:52,620 --> 01:18:54,540
and you're in the building there's not a

720
01:18:54,540 --> 01:18:56,940
vestibule that would keep you away or

721
01:18:56,940 --> 01:18:58,860
have you get buzzed in to then be

722
01:18:58,860 --> 01:19:00,540
checked so some of that we need to

723
01:19:00,540 --> 01:19:02,640
address as we do this work in order to

724
01:19:02,640 --> 01:19:04,800
keep our most precious commodity our

725
01:19:04,800 --> 01:19:07,679
children safe from anything happening

726
01:19:07,679 --> 01:19:09,960
next slide

727
01:19:09,960 --> 01:19:11,940
so this is just I'm going to go quick

728
01:19:11,940 --> 01:19:14,159
through these just because they're kind

729
01:19:14,159 --> 01:19:15,480
of repetitive but you get an

730
01:19:15,480 --> 01:19:17,699
understanding again I talked to you

731
01:19:17,699 --> 01:19:19,699
about 126 million at the high school

732
01:19:19,699 --> 01:19:22,020
these are just some images right on the

733
01:19:22,020 --> 01:19:23,520
left you can see some of the conditions

734
01:19:23,520 --> 01:19:26,340
now they don't stay like this our Brian

735
01:19:26,340 --> 01:19:28,320
dangler is our chief facility officer

736
01:19:28,320 --> 01:19:30,659
operations officer though his team will

737
01:19:30,659 --> 01:19:32,219
go in and replace that locker and maybe

738
01:19:32,219 --> 01:19:33,900
put a wood panel there but then it just

739
01:19:33,900 --> 01:19:35,340
looks awkward right it just looks

740
01:19:35,340 --> 01:19:36,840
doesn't look well but we wanted to show

741
01:19:36,840 --> 01:19:39,000
you that we have single pane windows at

742
01:19:39,000 --> 01:19:40,260
the high school so you know what our

743
01:19:40,260 --> 01:19:42,179
heating bill is it's off the hook nicig

744
01:19:42,179 --> 01:19:44,760
loves us they love US National Fuel they

745
01:19:44,760 --> 01:19:46,080
love us but

746
01:19:46,080 --> 01:19:47,640
um the reality is we've got to do things

747
01:19:47,640 --> 01:19:51,000
to improve insulation and the quality

748
01:19:51,000 --> 01:19:52,620
and really try to regulate our

749
01:19:52,620 --> 01:19:53,880
temperatures

750
01:19:53,880 --> 01:19:55,800
um and again I show that part of the

751
01:19:55,800 --> 01:19:56,880
school because that's what people think

752
01:19:56,880 --> 01:19:58,440
is the front of the school that's on

753
01:19:58,440 --> 01:20:00,300
Plaza Street people think that's the

754
01:20:00,300 --> 01:20:02,340
front entrance and it really is the

755
01:20:02,340 --> 01:20:03,659
front entrance is actually on the other

756
01:20:03,659 --> 01:20:06,420
side where the Student Bus Loop is so we

757
01:20:06,420 --> 01:20:07,560
want to change that because we could

758
01:20:07,560 --> 01:20:09,120
think it's an opportunity for us to make

759
01:20:09,120 --> 01:20:11,280
Plaza Street the entrance for parents

760
01:20:11,280 --> 01:20:13,620
and families uh and the community come

761
01:20:13,620 --> 01:20:15,659
in and students can still come in on the

762
01:20:15,659 --> 01:20:17,760
back side some of things on the right on

763
01:20:17,760 --> 01:20:19,080
the program improvements are just the

764
01:20:19,080 --> 01:20:20,760
laundry list of just some of the

765
01:20:20,760 --> 01:20:23,880
building condition items but you know we

766
01:20:23,880 --> 01:20:25,620
also want to enhanced programming here

767
01:20:25,620 --> 01:20:27,780
culinary program is one we have as

768
01:20:27,780 --> 01:20:29,219
diamonds we think it should be at the

769
01:20:29,219 --> 01:20:31,140
high school getting kids to work either

770
01:20:31,140 --> 01:20:33,840
in our own cafeteria but also uh host

771
01:20:33,840 --> 01:20:35,580
culinary events at the high school we're

772
01:20:35,580 --> 01:20:36,960
really excited potentially that could

773
01:20:36,960 --> 01:20:38,100
happen

774
01:20:38,100 --> 01:20:39,780
um you know our facilities for athletics

775
01:20:39,780 --> 01:20:41,699
is you know our pool everyone loves our

776
01:20:41,699 --> 01:20:43,620
pool right and so we've done some work

777
01:20:43,620 --> 01:20:45,600
this past year but also looking at other

778
01:20:45,600 --> 01:20:47,880
parts like locker rooms uh health and

779
01:20:47,880 --> 01:20:50,520
wellness facilities replacing some of

780
01:20:50,520 --> 01:20:53,520
them team rooms some of it is just HVAC

781
01:20:53,520 --> 01:20:56,219
work and making things Ada accessible

782
01:20:56,219 --> 01:20:58,679
which we often forget about we have a

783
01:20:58,679 --> 01:21:00,179
lot of students who maybe either

784
01:21:00,179 --> 01:21:01,620
wheelchair bound or just need

785
01:21:01,620 --> 01:21:03,540
accommodations and we also have families

786
01:21:03,540 --> 01:21:05,699
and sometimes our own access to

787
01:21:05,699 --> 01:21:08,159
buildings isn't as conducive as we would

788
01:21:08,159 --> 01:21:11,340
like next lifetime

789
01:21:11,340 --> 01:21:13,380
this is again just visual everything in

790
01:21:13,380 --> 01:21:15,600
purple would be areas we would touch

791
01:21:15,600 --> 01:21:17,040
um and I'm just going to walk over here

792
01:21:17,040 --> 01:21:19,800
just to kind of show you an example this

793
01:21:19,800 --> 01:21:22,080
part here in purple if we were to move

794
01:21:22,080 --> 01:21:24,060
the Freshman which is our plan would

795
01:21:24,060 --> 01:21:26,040
become vacant right away and allow us to

796
01:21:26,040 --> 01:21:27,719
work while kids still attend school

797
01:21:27,719 --> 01:21:30,239
which is important some districts don't

798
01:21:30,239 --> 01:21:31,620
do that which means they can only work

799
01:21:31,620 --> 01:21:34,380
one nights and Summers not too many

800
01:21:34,380 --> 01:21:35,880
contractors want to work nights and

801
01:21:35,880 --> 01:21:38,340
Summers right and so we believe this

802
01:21:38,340 --> 01:21:39,840
will give us an advantage to find

803
01:21:39,840 --> 01:21:41,640
laborers that'll be committed to the

804
01:21:41,640 --> 01:21:43,460
project throughout the year

805
01:21:43,460 --> 01:21:46,500
because they can work uninterrupted

806
01:21:46,500 --> 01:21:48,000
during the school year during the school

807
01:21:48,000 --> 01:21:49,739
day they don't have to give up nights

808
01:21:49,739 --> 01:21:51,600
and Summers to do construction and then

809
01:21:51,600 --> 01:21:52,800
we would move throughout all those

810
01:21:52,800 --> 01:21:54,360
purple areas in the building and those

811
01:21:54,360 --> 01:21:55,920
are just some mock-ups like a mock-up

812
01:21:55,920 --> 01:21:58,320
locker room again nothing's been decided

813
01:21:58,320 --> 01:22:00,780
we would have con um kind of like design

814
01:22:00,780 --> 01:22:02,760
focus groups and things like that to

815
01:22:02,760 --> 01:22:04,380
really determine what we want plus we

816
01:22:04,380 --> 01:22:05,520
gotta have red blue in there you know

817
01:22:05,520 --> 01:22:09,590
Schenectady Cutters next

818
01:22:09,600 --> 01:22:13,140
again another a high level View uh

819
01:22:13,140 --> 01:22:15,239
Deputy superintendent Lynn rupnick and

820
01:22:15,239 --> 01:22:16,620
her team have done a redesign

821
01:22:16,620 --> 01:22:19,020
conversation this turns the redesign

822
01:22:19,020 --> 01:22:22,500
conversation into uh reality giving

823
01:22:22,500 --> 01:22:24,840
wings of the building to fall to these

824
01:22:24,840 --> 01:22:27,239
career themed leadership academies which

825
01:22:27,239 --> 01:22:28,679
we believe is really important for our

826
01:22:28,679 --> 01:22:29,520
kids

827
01:22:29,520 --> 01:22:30,600
um because I don't know about you when I

828
01:22:30,600 --> 01:22:31,560
went to high school I didn't know what I

829
01:22:31,560 --> 01:22:32,940
wanted to do but I knew I was always

830
01:22:32,940 --> 01:22:35,100
there for either an elective course our

831
01:22:35,100 --> 01:22:38,640
music PE maybe sometimes a girl but more

832
01:22:38,640 --> 01:22:41,040
often than not it was for something that

833
01:22:41,040 --> 01:22:42,500
wasn't Matthew science social studies

834
01:22:42,500 --> 01:22:45,420
they are important but we think that the

835
01:22:45,420 --> 01:22:47,940
career themed forces will keep our kids

836
01:22:47,940 --> 01:22:51,120
engaged drive and push them forward and

837
01:22:51,120 --> 01:22:53,219
so we've kind of dedicated various parts

838
01:22:53,219 --> 01:22:55,199
of the building to support that

839
01:22:55,199 --> 01:22:56,940
initiative and so you can see there's a

840
01:22:56,940 --> 01:22:58,679
business leadership community and

841
01:22:58,679 --> 01:23:02,239
Humanities a stem culinary and an arts

842
01:23:02,239 --> 01:23:05,100
and then that like teal blue is where

843
01:23:05,100 --> 01:23:06,540
kind of the administration of the

844
01:23:06,540 --> 01:23:08,400
building would live counselors social

845
01:23:08,400 --> 01:23:13,850
workers so principles principles next

846
01:23:13,860 --> 01:23:17,100
uh this is uh another mock-up same thing

847
01:23:17,100 --> 01:23:18,540
but what I want to show you is that we

848
01:23:18,540 --> 01:23:20,340
are doing work already as part of this

849
01:23:20,340 --> 01:23:22,739
separate from the revitalization plan so

850
01:23:22,739 --> 01:23:25,260
although we're asking to borrow this 300

851
01:23:25,260 --> 01:23:26,460
million

852
01:23:26,460 --> 01:23:27,780
um we are doing work already those

853
01:23:27,780 --> 01:23:29,040
tennis courts are going to be worked on

854
01:23:29,040 --> 01:23:30,719
this summer so we'll have brand new

855
01:23:30,719 --> 01:23:32,159
tennis courts there so anybody plays

856
01:23:32,159 --> 01:23:34,320
tennis I think they'll be able to do

857
01:23:34,320 --> 01:23:35,940
more than tennis I think there's a like

858
01:23:35,940 --> 01:23:37,920
a raging sport that everybody loves the

859
01:23:37,920 --> 01:23:39,960
pickleball so they'll be lined I think

860
01:23:39,960 --> 01:23:41,940
for tennis pickleball

861
01:23:41,940 --> 01:23:43,560
um and we're also expanding the parking

862
01:23:43,560 --> 01:23:44,520
because we're going to take some of the

863
01:23:44,520 --> 01:23:46,260
parking out that's up there and we're

864
01:23:46,260 --> 01:23:47,340
going to expand this so you see that

865
01:23:47,340 --> 01:23:49,580
darker gray that'll be new parking for

866
01:23:49,580 --> 01:23:52,800
the building next slide

867
01:23:52,800 --> 01:23:55,080
this is Central Park another another

868
01:23:55,080 --> 01:23:57,060
great building but needs a lot of work

869
01:23:57,060 --> 01:23:58,860
do you see you can see some of the door

870
01:23:58,860 --> 01:24:00,179
locks still on there they're not even

871
01:24:00,179 --> 01:24:02,340
ADA Compliant because they require you

872
01:24:02,340 --> 01:24:05,159
to be able to turn the lock on the top

873
01:24:05,159 --> 01:24:06,600
um look at the flooring and some of the

874
01:24:06,600 --> 01:24:08,580
pictures there again we've done the best

875
01:24:08,580 --> 01:24:11,940
we could given the time uh tile this you

876
01:24:11,940 --> 01:24:13,679
know mix matched and not really working

877
01:24:13,679 --> 01:24:15,540
out we've got paint peeling off the

878
01:24:15,540 --> 01:24:17,159
ceiling in some parts of the building

879
01:24:17,159 --> 01:24:19,860
due to moisture and just wear and tear

880
01:24:19,860 --> 01:24:21,360
the fire

881
01:24:21,360 --> 01:24:23,460
um the chimney there needs some serious

882
01:24:23,460 --> 01:24:25,500
masonry work and that school needs a lot

883
01:24:25,500 --> 01:24:26,699
of missionary work it's an older school

884
01:24:26,699 --> 01:24:28,860
it's great great architecture

885
01:24:28,860 --> 01:24:32,820
um but you can see and I think and I'm

886
01:24:32,820 --> 01:24:34,020
not sure I haven't talked to the mayor

887
01:24:34,020 --> 01:24:35,760
on this there's actually a city emblem

888
01:24:35,760 --> 01:24:37,320
at the very top of the building and then

889
01:24:37,320 --> 01:24:39,360
we know that we've been discovering

890
01:24:39,360 --> 01:24:40,679
through Deeds work that some of the

891
01:24:40,679 --> 01:24:42,480
buildings used to belong to the city at

892
01:24:42,480 --> 01:24:44,219
one point so maybe we'll be sending you

893
01:24:44,219 --> 01:24:46,920
that 300 million dollars just kidding

894
01:24:46,920 --> 01:24:50,100
just next one

895
01:24:50,100 --> 01:24:53,340
uh again Mrs Steinmetz uh right in the

896
01:24:53,340 --> 01:24:55,260
kind of Hamilton Hill Mount Pleasant

897
01:24:55,260 --> 01:24:57,900
kind of community again something that

898
01:24:57,900 --> 01:24:59,640
uh I think at one point was a middle

899
01:24:59,640 --> 01:25:01,440
school McKinley Middle School if you're

900
01:25:01,440 --> 01:25:02,940
we're in Schenectady long enough you may

901
01:25:02,940 --> 01:25:04,620
remember that name it wasn't little

902
01:25:04,620 --> 01:25:06,239
school at one point Simon's Middle

903
01:25:06,239 --> 01:25:08,300
School at one point and then it became

904
01:25:08,300 --> 01:25:11,880
cities as our campus or our cities and

905
01:25:11,880 --> 01:25:13,500
schools it's a variety of different

906
01:25:13,500 --> 01:25:15,179
things we're looking to take this and

907
01:25:15,179 --> 01:25:16,440
bring this as a freshman Leadership

908
01:25:16,440 --> 01:25:19,380
Academy at steinman's campus and really

909
01:25:19,380 --> 01:25:22,020
give our freshmen their own place to

910
01:25:22,020 --> 01:25:25,080
grow to thrive and to leave there with

911
01:25:25,080 --> 01:25:26,760
five or more credits on track to

912
01:25:26,760 --> 01:25:29,159
graduate as they head into sophomore

913
01:25:29,159 --> 01:25:30,840
year and a lot of people always ask me

914
01:25:30,840 --> 01:25:31,920
like why are you doing that why are you

915
01:25:31,920 --> 01:25:33,780
separating it that is our most fragile

916
01:25:33,780 --> 01:25:35,159
group at the high school if we can get

917
01:25:35,159 --> 01:25:36,900
kids to 10th grade as a true five credit

918
01:25:36,900 --> 01:25:39,000
or more they typically just soar on

919
01:25:39,000 --> 01:25:40,560
their own and you know we have about 80

920
01:25:40,560 --> 01:25:43,260
graduation rate so we're looking at 22

921
01:25:43,260 --> 01:25:45,239
or so that don't make it out in four

922
01:25:45,239 --> 01:25:46,440
years and that's what we always see that

923
01:25:46,440 --> 01:25:47,699
they don't make it our freshman year

924
01:25:47,699 --> 01:25:49,440
with enough credits and then they're

925
01:25:49,440 --> 01:25:52,860
behind EA ball and then It's just tough

926
01:25:52,860 --> 01:25:55,199
um so that's kind of what stylist looks

927
01:25:55,199 --> 01:25:56,820
like there uh next one we'll show you

928
01:25:56,820 --> 01:25:58,800
another preview of it because we're

929
01:25:58,800 --> 01:26:00,120
going to make it a freshman account we

930
01:26:00,120 --> 01:26:02,159
want to make sure that it has you know

931
01:26:02,159 --> 01:26:03,719
it looks inviting right and so you can

932
01:26:03,719 --> 01:26:05,580
see right now all of that in the gray

933
01:26:05,580 --> 01:26:08,340
and the green is just field

934
01:26:08,340 --> 01:26:09,420
um there's a little bit of parking there

935
01:26:09,420 --> 01:26:10,860
but we would add parking because we get

936
01:26:10,860 --> 01:26:12,600
a lot of complaints that we park in

937
01:26:12,600 --> 01:26:13,920
front of people's houses our staff

938
01:26:13,920 --> 01:26:16,020
there's not enough parking so we want to

939
01:26:16,020 --> 01:26:18,239
help out the community as well and say

940
01:26:18,239 --> 01:26:19,860
look we're going to put more parking in

941
01:26:19,860 --> 01:26:21,480
our facility we're going to add a soccer

942
01:26:21,480 --> 01:26:23,460
field there so the kids can you know go

943
01:26:23,460 --> 01:26:25,020
off for physical education and have a

944
01:26:25,020 --> 01:26:27,480
great field to play in that would be uh

945
01:26:27,480 --> 01:26:28,620
done there and there'll be a basketball

946
01:26:28,620 --> 01:26:30,719
court which I don't think there is a

947
01:26:30,719 --> 01:26:31,860
basketball court there other than the

948
01:26:31,860 --> 01:26:33,840
one in Hamilton Hill I can't find Jerry

949
01:26:33,840 --> 01:26:35,600
Burrell Park is I think the next closest

950
01:26:35,600 --> 01:26:38,460
outdoor basketball court in that area so

951
01:26:38,460 --> 01:26:39,840
this will give our kids and Community

952
01:26:39,840 --> 01:26:42,179
another space along with some pickleball

953
01:26:42,179 --> 01:26:43,620
courts and some tennis courts there as

954
01:26:43,620 --> 01:26:46,500
well and the areas in Orange would have

955
01:26:46,500 --> 01:26:49,020
some renovation the cafeteria there is

956
01:26:49,020 --> 01:26:50,460
currently a little small so that's the

957
01:26:50,460 --> 01:26:52,260
blue section we would look to expand

958
01:26:52,260 --> 01:26:54,480
that cafeteria out so we can feed our

959
01:26:54,480 --> 01:26:57,060
kids and again I think it would be a

960
01:26:57,060 --> 01:26:59,340
great place for our freshman to thrive

961
01:26:59,340 --> 01:27:01,380
next time

962
01:27:01,380 --> 01:27:03,239
and again this is just a mock-up showing

963
01:27:03,239 --> 01:27:05,040
that it does fit people have said a lot

964
01:27:05,040 --> 01:27:06,480
of you fit 700 kids in there when

965
01:27:06,480 --> 01:27:08,520
there's only 100 kids there currently

966
01:27:08,520 --> 01:27:09,840
well it's because we're not using all

967
01:27:09,840 --> 01:27:12,360
the rooms but we have Auditorium space

968
01:27:12,360 --> 01:27:13,860
in there we have a really great gym

969
01:27:13,860 --> 01:27:15,780
there I think our show was filmed there

970
01:27:15,780 --> 01:27:17,580
at one point I I hear all the time when

971
01:27:17,580 --> 01:27:19,380
I go over there oh they filmed the

972
01:27:19,380 --> 01:27:21,239
reality TV show was filmed there I'm not

973
01:27:21,239 --> 01:27:23,280
sure if I remember the name but

974
01:27:23,280 --> 01:27:25,139
um Loving Hip Hop or something like that

975
01:27:25,139 --> 01:27:29,639
and some show was so good uh next slide

976
01:27:29,639 --> 01:27:32,400
again just more test fit but vancoulier

977
01:27:32,400 --> 01:27:34,139
another school on the opposite side so

978
01:27:34,139 --> 01:27:36,120
we've been also intentional to kind of

979
01:27:36,120 --> 01:27:38,040
hit multiple areas of the city not just

980
01:27:38,040 --> 01:27:39,659
focus on one part of the city of

981
01:27:39,659 --> 01:27:41,340
Schenectady but you can see there some

982
01:27:41,340 --> 01:27:43,320
pictures and some challenges that's

983
01:27:43,320 --> 01:27:44,580
another school that as soon as you get

984
01:27:44,580 --> 01:27:46,199
into that front door you are in the

985
01:27:46,199 --> 01:27:48,179
building there's nothing that secures

986
01:27:48,179 --> 01:27:51,300
you an outsider in from our kids so we

987
01:27:51,300 --> 01:27:53,219
have to address that uh the condition

988
01:27:53,219 --> 01:27:55,080
and exterior needs some work some of the

989
01:27:55,080 --> 01:27:58,620
masonry work we've got this old vintage

990
01:27:58,620 --> 01:28:00,719
meters that are great they're very

991
01:28:00,719 --> 01:28:03,060
historical but they uh they need to be

992
01:28:03,060 --> 01:28:04,620
replaced some of the mechanical system

993
01:28:04,620 --> 01:28:07,199
fire alarm system a lot of things that

994
01:28:07,199 --> 01:28:09,000
we are still running they're working but

995
01:28:09,000 --> 01:28:11,040
they just they're getting to the point

996
01:28:11,040 --> 01:28:13,320
where there's like one engineer in the

997
01:28:13,320 --> 01:28:14,880
whole area they can work on them and

998
01:28:14,880 --> 01:28:16,199
that person the size of the tire we're

999
01:28:16,199 --> 01:28:17,340
in trouble but

1000
01:28:17,340 --> 01:28:19,340
next one

1001
01:28:19,340 --> 01:28:21,900
uh how Elementary I talked about this

1002
01:28:21,900 --> 01:28:24,000
school in terms of the age

1003
01:28:24,000 --> 01:28:26,639
um again looks great beautiful but times

1004
01:28:26,639 --> 01:28:28,320
have changed you're going through that

1005
01:28:28,320 --> 01:28:29,940
front white door there you're in the

1006
01:28:29,940 --> 01:28:31,380
building there's no you're in the main

1007
01:28:31,380 --> 01:28:32,820
office like you literally walk into the

1008
01:28:32,820 --> 01:28:34,800
main office there's nothing stopping you

1009
01:28:34,800 --> 01:28:36,480
moving that forward so we want to create

1010
01:28:36,480 --> 01:28:38,880
again another secure vestibule and there

1011
01:28:38,880 --> 01:28:40,260
was some work done in the past in the

1012
01:28:40,260 --> 01:28:41,400
70s I believe there was an addition

1013
01:28:41,400 --> 01:28:44,040
added for some additional classrooms

1014
01:28:44,040 --> 01:28:46,219
um it wasn't the 70s

1015
01:28:46,219 --> 01:28:49,460
redone the redone it in the recent years

1016
01:28:49,460 --> 01:28:51,960
yeah yeah it's like a wing that looks

1017
01:28:51,960 --> 01:28:54,780
different industry done in 17 minutes

1018
01:28:54,780 --> 01:28:57,179
and so there's been some work there but

1019
01:28:57,179 --> 01:28:58,980
it really doesn't match the program and

1020
01:28:58,980 --> 01:29:00,179
you can see some of the infrastructures

1021
01:29:00,179 --> 01:29:02,699
falling you can see some of the uh these

1022
01:29:02,699 --> 01:29:04,080
are these cool little gargles that are

1023
01:29:04,080 --> 01:29:05,580
there though if you get a chance they're

1024
01:29:05,580 --> 01:29:08,820
pretty neat on the exterior but we do

1025
01:29:08,820 --> 01:29:10,320
need to have some work tons of

1026
01:29:10,320 --> 01:29:12,120
ventilation there's not adequate music

1027
01:29:12,120 --> 01:29:13,560
in our classrooms in those buildings

1028
01:29:13,560 --> 01:29:17,040
there is a a cafeteria that also serves

1029
01:29:17,040 --> 01:29:19,800
as a gymnasium so talk about programming

1030
01:29:19,800 --> 01:29:22,260
what the challenge is there right so you

1031
01:29:22,260 --> 01:29:24,060
want to think about how do we create

1032
01:29:24,060 --> 01:29:26,340
separate spaces it's a tough campus

1033
01:29:26,340 --> 01:29:27,780
because we're pretty landlocked over

1034
01:29:27,780 --> 01:29:29,820
there given the community that we're in

1035
01:29:29,820 --> 01:29:31,380
but we do have some field that we can

1036
01:29:31,380 --> 01:29:33,659
look at playing new to redesigning

1037
01:29:33,659 --> 01:29:35,040
um so this is one of the other schools

1038
01:29:35,040 --> 01:29:37,800
that we we want to Target as well next

1039
01:29:37,800 --> 01:29:39,840
winter

1040
01:29:39,840 --> 01:29:41,880
page Elementary School everyone loves

1041
01:29:41,880 --> 01:29:44,820
Paige right and the one of the furthest

1042
01:29:44,820 --> 01:29:46,620
points in the city uh bordering

1043
01:29:46,620 --> 01:29:48,780
Niskayuna and you can see that some of

1044
01:29:48,780 --> 01:29:50,520
the challenges as well there from the

1045
01:29:50,520 --> 01:29:52,500
exterior look at that electric box it's

1046
01:29:52,500 --> 01:29:55,139
got the old Circle uh electric

1047
01:29:55,139 --> 01:29:58,380
um kind of Breakers and so I don't know

1048
01:29:58,380 --> 01:29:59,820
where they would sell those anymore but

1049
01:29:59,820 --> 01:30:01,980
I think Brian has a box somewhere to

1050
01:30:01,980 --> 01:30:04,739
keep the school electric running but we

1051
01:30:04,739 --> 01:30:07,020
have a ton of Windows ton of exterior

1052
01:30:07,020 --> 01:30:09,719
Replacements there's some crawl space

1053
01:30:09,719 --> 01:30:11,699
there that's technically we have to have

1054
01:30:11,699 --> 01:30:13,980
people wear like oxygen tanks to work in

1055
01:30:13,980 --> 01:30:16,080
there because there's not enough fresh

1056
01:30:16,080 --> 01:30:17,880
air in there and so we're working on

1057
01:30:17,880 --> 01:30:20,040
that right now to try to upgrade that

1058
01:30:20,040 --> 01:30:21,840
um but it's just a building that's just

1059
01:30:21,840 --> 01:30:24,600
over the lifetime is basically exceeding

1060
01:30:24,600 --> 01:30:26,520
its life and it's time to you know bring

1061
01:30:26,520 --> 01:30:29,040
new life in it bring some upgrades and

1062
01:30:29,040 --> 01:30:30,300
it sits in a really important part of

1063
01:30:30,300 --> 01:30:31,340
the community

1064
01:30:31,340 --> 01:30:34,560
next one time

1065
01:30:34,560 --> 01:30:38,940
style King we've talked about this and we have gotten permission from our

1066
01:30:38,940 --> 01:30:41,100
board uh we're working on this we're

1067
01:30:41,100 --> 01:30:42,480
already going to be putting this as a

1068
01:30:42,480 --> 01:30:44,460
proposition for the community to vote

1069
01:30:44,460 --> 01:30:46,560
for us to purchase Kane

1070
01:30:46,560 --> 01:30:49,260
um for uh let's say two million dollars

1071
01:30:49,260 --> 01:30:51,239
so it's gonna be a two million dollar

1072
01:30:51,239 --> 01:30:53,639
purchase from St Luke's Parish uh we're

1073
01:30:53,639 --> 01:30:55,679
going to put this on as a proposition so

1074
01:30:55,679 --> 01:30:57,960
voters will have basically a proposition

1075
01:30:57,960 --> 01:31:00,179
to approve the budget proposition to

1076
01:31:00,179 --> 01:31:02,280
approve the Schenectady revitalization

1077
01:31:02,280 --> 01:31:04,679
plan to borrow up to 300 million and

1078
01:31:04,679 --> 01:31:06,540
then there'll be a proposition to

1079
01:31:06,540 --> 01:31:09,060
purchase Kane from St Luke's parish for

1080
01:31:09,060 --> 01:31:11,280
two million dollars uh we this school is

1081
01:31:11,280 --> 01:31:13,380
full we have a little bit under 300 kids

1082
01:31:13,380 --> 01:31:15,780
there but we just can't use the whole

1083
01:31:15,780 --> 01:31:17,400
building currently because part of it is

1084
01:31:17,400 --> 01:31:20,040
the directory section uh within where

1085
01:31:20,040 --> 01:31:21,960
the nuns were and so it's just not

1086
01:31:21,960 --> 01:31:24,300
um able to be used by children or or

1087
01:31:24,300 --> 01:31:25,739
with children in it we can use it for

1088
01:31:25,739 --> 01:31:28,020
adults and we have like office spaces in

1089
01:31:28,020 --> 01:31:29,159
there but we can't bring kids in there

1090
01:31:29,159 --> 01:31:32,159
for counseling or any type of um you

1091
01:31:32,159 --> 01:31:32,880
know

1092
01:31:32,880 --> 01:31:35,460
um support or who came back classes over

1093
01:31:35,460 --> 01:31:37,380
there so it makes part of the building

1094
01:31:37,380 --> 01:31:38,760
unusable

1095
01:31:38,760 --> 01:31:40,139
next slide

1096
01:31:40,139 --> 01:31:42,060
this is kind of what we would envisioned

1097
01:31:42,060 --> 01:31:43,620
that we would do if we purchased it the

1098
01:31:43,620 --> 01:31:45,239
voters support us we would change the

1099
01:31:45,239 --> 01:31:46,560
layout and that blue would be in

1100
01:31:46,560 --> 01:31:48,960
addition you would add classrooms to

1101
01:31:48,960 --> 01:31:51,659
Kane so that we can fully maximize that

1102
01:31:51,659 --> 01:31:52,800
remember I talked to you a little bit

1103
01:31:52,800 --> 01:31:54,600
about Lincoln down the street this would

1104
01:31:54,600 --> 01:31:56,040
allow us to have more kids in the

1105
01:31:56,040 --> 01:31:57,480
community that is very much a walking

1106
01:31:57,480 --> 01:31:59,940
Community to enroll in that campus it

1107
01:31:59,940 --> 01:32:01,739
would allow us to add more Pre-K seats

1108
01:32:01,739 --> 01:32:03,719
in the district which we know is really

1109
01:32:03,719 --> 01:32:05,360
high demand

1110
01:32:05,360 --> 01:32:07,980
and we would add a better way to drop

1111
01:32:07,980 --> 01:32:09,780
students off right now if you're on

1112
01:32:09,780 --> 01:32:12,120
Albany Street at like 7 45 good luck

1113
01:32:12,120 --> 01:32:13,920
because it is tough between the two

1114
01:32:13,920 --> 01:32:16,679
schools and traffic in the street and so

1115
01:32:16,679 --> 01:32:18,420
this would allow us to maybe create a

1116
01:32:18,420 --> 01:32:20,040
better way to get our kids in safely

1117
01:32:20,040 --> 01:32:23,460
parents through the track next one

1118
01:32:23,460 --> 01:32:25,260
Lincoln which is again right down the

1119
01:32:25,260 --> 01:32:27,060
street Community School also really

1120
01:32:27,060 --> 01:32:29,520
important to the work we're trying to do

1121
01:32:29,520 --> 01:32:31,620
um and you know we took some of our uh

1122
01:32:31,620 --> 01:32:34,139
local media to tour that building with

1123
01:32:34,139 --> 01:32:36,719
us to show them some of the challenges

1124
01:32:36,719 --> 01:32:39,900
um with the cafeteria the stairwells I I

1125
01:32:39,900 --> 01:32:41,219
can't go down the stairwells without

1126
01:32:41,219 --> 01:32:43,440
ducking my head because it's just built

1127
01:32:43,440 --> 01:32:45,840
for anybody over five foot uh it wasn't

1128
01:32:45,840 --> 01:32:47,880
built for anybody over like five feet so

1129
01:32:47,880 --> 01:32:49,199
it's great for the elementary not so

1130
01:32:49,199 --> 01:32:51,060
much for the staff so they got to duck

1131
01:32:51,060 --> 01:32:52,560
their heads in some parts as they go

1132
01:32:52,560 --> 01:32:54,659
down the steps but we have a ton of work

1133
01:32:54,659 --> 01:32:56,420
to do there as well replacing flooring

1134
01:32:56,420 --> 01:32:59,340
doors hardware the pavement is

1135
01:32:59,340 --> 01:33:01,380
deteriorating again and it's another

1136
01:33:01,380 --> 01:33:02,940
tough place I think we only get like

1137
01:33:02,940 --> 01:33:05,760
five buses there but they take up all of

1138
01:33:05,760 --> 01:33:07,739
the side street and then all of our

1139
01:33:07,739 --> 01:33:09,420
parents are dropping off along Albany

1140
01:33:09,420 --> 01:33:11,280
Street which is just really tough so we

1141
01:33:11,280 --> 01:33:12,920
would like to change that and increase

1142
01:33:12,920 --> 01:33:17,209
parking next slide

1143
01:33:17,219 --> 01:33:19,080
Fulton we talked about a swing space

1144
01:33:19,080 --> 01:33:21,420
currently on not being used by children

1145
01:33:21,420 --> 01:33:23,520
or four children and we would have to

1146
01:33:23,520 --> 01:33:24,900
make some upgrades there before we put

1147
01:33:24,900 --> 01:33:26,520
kids in there which is why we would

1148
01:33:26,520 --> 01:33:28,260
start with both Fulton and steinman's

1149
01:33:28,260 --> 01:33:30,120
before we put kids back in there those

1150
01:33:30,120 --> 01:33:32,100
buildings would be really good good

1151
01:33:32,100 --> 01:33:33,540
shape and

1152
01:33:33,540 --> 01:33:35,340
um people would like to be in them and

1153
01:33:35,340 --> 01:33:37,679
it would support our ability to use as

1154
01:33:37,679 --> 01:33:39,719
high quality swing space as we do work

1155
01:33:39,719 --> 01:33:41,820
at other schools so what that would mean

1156
01:33:41,820 --> 01:33:43,380
is we'd move the school out put them at

1157
01:33:43,380 --> 01:33:45,360
Fulton for the year close how down do

1158
01:33:45,360 --> 01:33:46,679
the work over the course of a year maybe

1159
01:33:46,679 --> 01:33:48,179
a year and a half then bring them back

1160
01:33:48,179 --> 01:33:50,940
to a brand new campus ready to go and

1161
01:33:50,940 --> 01:33:52,920
then put another school into Fulton kind

1162
01:33:52,920 --> 01:33:54,300
of what I showed you on the timeline

1163
01:33:54,300 --> 01:33:56,400
that you saw earlier next slides

1164
01:33:56,400 --> 01:33:58,100
everyone

1165
01:33:58,100 --> 01:34:00,600
so I always get asked how we pay for

1166
01:34:00,600 --> 01:34:02,520
this how do we pay for this because we

1167
01:34:02,520 --> 01:34:03,960
serve the community that we serve we

1168
01:34:03,960 --> 01:34:05,699
have a maximum cost allowance of about

1169
01:34:05,699 --> 01:34:08,340
98 which that means is for every dollar

1170
01:34:08,340 --> 01:34:11,100
we borrow 98 of it comes back to us in

1171
01:34:11,100 --> 01:34:13,860
the form of aid from the state so 300

1172
01:34:13,860 --> 01:34:16,380
million 98 we're going to be responsible

1173
01:34:16,380 --> 01:34:19,980
for about 5.5 I'll just Round Up to say

1174
01:34:19,980 --> 01:34:23,159
six million dollars okay so uh six

1175
01:34:23,159 --> 01:34:24,540
million dollars is what we would be

1176
01:34:24,540 --> 01:34:25,980
responsible for and what we've already

1177
01:34:25,980 --> 01:34:28,320
built into our general funds through

1178
01:34:28,320 --> 01:34:30,480
Capital reserves excelling we've already

1179
01:34:30,480 --> 01:34:32,219
got the money here marked aside to cover

1180
01:34:32,219 --> 01:34:34,560
that six million as we make the payments

1181
01:34:34,560 --> 01:34:36,659
uh again we pay and then we get

1182
01:34:36,659 --> 01:34:39,600
reimbursed at a 98

1183
01:34:39,600 --> 01:34:41,340
um kind of Maximum costs allowance and

1184
01:34:41,340 --> 01:34:44,100
so every school has this every five

1185
01:34:44,100 --> 01:34:46,679
years so they we get a dollar value for

1186
01:34:46,679 --> 01:34:48,300
every school of what we can borrow

1187
01:34:48,300 --> 01:34:50,400
and in that five years that five years

1188
01:34:50,400 --> 01:34:53,159
it renews itself so we've been working

1189
01:34:53,159 --> 01:34:55,560
with our financial partners again SEI

1190
01:34:55,560 --> 01:34:57,600
Architects Terry gillooly who's a Mount

1191
01:34:57,600 --> 01:34:59,880
Pleasant alumni he's my CFO he won't do

1192
01:34:59,880 --> 01:35:01,820
me wrong right there

1193
01:35:01,820 --> 01:35:04,020
Precious on him he's also like an

1194
01:35:04,020 --> 01:35:06,600
accountant auditor everyone downstairs

1195
01:35:06,600 --> 01:35:08,639
um but uh we've done a lot of good work

1196
01:35:08,639 --> 01:35:10,199
pre-work to make sure that this makes

1197
01:35:10,199 --> 01:35:11,219
sense

1198
01:35:11,219 --> 01:35:12,300
um but I always like to show this

1199
01:35:12,300 --> 01:35:14,340
because this is right in our state

1200
01:35:14,340 --> 01:35:16,139
regulations and capital Project funding

1201
01:35:16,139 --> 01:35:17,340
we're not doing anything tricky here

1202
01:35:17,340 --> 01:35:19,739
we're just trying to fully maximize the

1203
01:35:19,739 --> 01:35:22,199
fact that our district gets 98 back on

1204
01:35:22,199 --> 01:35:25,800
the dollar and um and then you know

1205
01:35:25,800 --> 01:35:27,659
as a result of the pandemic we're in a

1206
01:35:27,659 --> 01:35:30,600
really different place fiscally and so I

1207
01:35:30,600 --> 01:35:32,760
think it's the right time to take uh to

1208
01:35:32,760 --> 01:35:34,139
make this move for our kids and

1209
01:35:34,139 --> 01:35:36,540
Community next slide there

1210
01:35:36,540 --> 01:35:39,179
again zero impact on taxpayers we really

1211
01:35:39,179 --> 01:35:40,980
want to emphasize that because at the

1212
01:35:40,980 --> 01:35:42,960
end of the day if we impact taxes it can

1213
01:35:42,960 --> 01:35:45,239
impact the rents on some of our families

1214
01:35:45,239 --> 01:35:47,040
and we don't want anybody to get have a

1215
01:35:47,040 --> 01:35:50,100
reason to increase rent or cost but what

1216
01:35:50,100 --> 01:35:52,980
you can see is maximum cost of lanes 98

1217
01:35:52,980 --> 01:35:55,920
capital reserve we already have a two

1218
01:35:55,920 --> 01:35:58,080
percent aside which is about 5.5 million

1219
01:35:58,080 --> 01:35:59,699
and then we have an excella which is

1220
01:35:59,699 --> 01:36:01,860
about 3.7 million so actually we have

1221
01:36:01,860 --> 01:36:04,920
about 9.2 already put aside and so we

1222
01:36:04,920 --> 01:36:07,020
wanted to make sure we can demonstrate

1223
01:36:07,020 --> 01:36:09,420
that that's in our budget now the board

1224
01:36:09,420 --> 01:36:10,800
will hopefully adopt the budget on

1225
01:36:10,800 --> 01:36:14,100
Wednesday and we'll be moving forward

1226
01:36:14,100 --> 01:36:15,239
um and then I just want to again

1227
01:36:15,239 --> 01:36:16,800
highlight some of the ongoing projects

1228
01:36:16,800 --> 01:36:18,960
and repairs you're going to see the

1229
01:36:18,960 --> 01:36:20,159
tennis courts at the high school being

1230
01:36:20,159 --> 01:36:22,260
worked on we're replacing the boiler

1231
01:36:22,260 --> 01:36:24,120
already at Fulton we're doing some

1232
01:36:24,120 --> 01:36:25,860
abatement a page that I talked about

1233
01:36:25,860 --> 01:36:27,780
that there's really low air quality

1234
01:36:27,780 --> 01:36:30,000
we're doing some water line work giving

1235
01:36:30,000 --> 01:36:31,380
some of the lead challenges that we have

1236
01:36:31,380 --> 01:36:33,179
at Washington Irving and we're doing

1237
01:36:33,179 --> 01:36:34,679
some kitchen projects and that runs

1238
01:36:34,679 --> 01:36:35,940
itself through the school lunch program

1239
01:36:35,940 --> 01:36:37,800
that we have which we have a separate

1240
01:36:37,800 --> 01:36:39,900
fund of about 5.6 million we're

1241
01:36:39,900 --> 01:36:41,880
renovating some of our kitchens in our

1242
01:36:41,880 --> 01:36:44,100
elementary schools and various campuses

1243
01:36:44,100 --> 01:36:46,260
and then we obviously have some American

1244
01:36:46,260 --> 01:36:48,540
Rescue funds that we're using to redo

1245
01:36:48,540 --> 01:36:50,400
the Mount Pleasant field of track which

1246
01:36:50,400 --> 01:36:52,440
I'll hopefully show you in a second and

1247
01:36:52,440 --> 01:36:53,880
then every year we do about a hundred

1248
01:36:53,880 --> 01:36:55,260
thousand dollar Capital holiday project

1249
01:36:55,260 --> 01:36:57,060
that's always going to happen every year

1250
01:36:57,060 --> 01:36:59,100
we're allowed to spend up to a hundred

1251
01:36:59,100 --> 01:37:00,420
thousand dollars on on the capital

1252
01:37:00,420 --> 01:37:03,780
project it's our own next time

1253
01:37:03,780 --> 01:37:05,760
keep going that's just a timeline really

1254
01:37:05,760 --> 01:37:07,739
small just kind of show you again I

1255
01:37:07,739 --> 01:37:09,420
talked to this about you earlier the

1256
01:37:09,420 --> 01:37:11,400
tennis courts next slide term

1257
01:37:11,400 --> 01:37:13,080
this is what we're really excited about

1258
01:37:13,080 --> 01:37:15,960
this will be breaking ground uh this uh

1259
01:37:15,960 --> 01:37:18,540
hopefully at the latest June

1260
01:37:18,540 --> 01:37:20,580
um at Mount Pleasant uh where's Matt

1261
01:37:20,580 --> 01:37:22,500
school here June I believe is the

1262
01:37:22,500 --> 01:37:24,300
timeline is my architect

1263
01:37:24,300 --> 01:37:26,460
um one of my Architects he this is

1264
01:37:26,460 --> 01:37:28,020
exciting because this is a community

1265
01:37:28,020 --> 01:37:30,060
that really is going to benefit I think

1266
01:37:30,060 --> 01:37:32,460
extremely from having a New Field New

1267
01:37:32,460 --> 01:37:35,280
Turf a new track if you go to Mount

1268
01:37:35,280 --> 01:37:37,440
Pleasant track now it is crumbling

1269
01:37:37,440 --> 01:37:39,659
deteriorating again no fault to the Zone

1270
01:37:39,659 --> 01:37:41,340
there's only so much you can do but

1271
01:37:41,340 --> 01:37:43,139
we're really proud to have another field

1272
01:37:43,139 --> 01:37:45,179
that we could have athletic competitions

1273
01:37:45,179 --> 01:37:46,920
we can host things it's going to be

1274
01:37:46,920 --> 01:37:49,080
right in the heart of the Schenectady

1275
01:37:49,080 --> 01:37:51,060
Community over there by Mount Pleasant

1276
01:37:51,060 --> 01:37:52,920
you we all know that Mount Pleasant used

1277
01:37:52,920 --> 01:37:55,500
to be a Powerhouse high school here and

1278
01:37:55,500 --> 01:37:56,760
we're excited because we think it'll

1279
01:37:56,760 --> 01:37:58,020
bring back some of the excitement we

1280
01:37:58,020 --> 01:37:59,760
have a great youth program Here in

1281
01:37:59,760 --> 01:38:01,980
Schenectady Belmont um Schenectady Pop

1282
01:38:01,980 --> 01:38:03,659
Warner they're going to go crazy over

1283
01:38:03,659 --> 01:38:06,360
this field they see it we also have a

1284
01:38:06,360 --> 01:38:08,219
food stand that's dedicated for Mr

1285
01:38:08,219 --> 01:38:10,800
George Rose who will be rededicating for

1286
01:38:10,800 --> 01:38:13,380
him when we is done it'll be in the top

1287
01:38:13,380 --> 01:38:15,780
left in the red if we um and you see on

1288
01:38:15,780 --> 01:38:17,880
the drawing on the left and so we

1289
01:38:17,880 --> 01:38:19,620
already have it uh name firm but we're

1290
01:38:19,620 --> 01:38:21,420
going to rededicate it for him in honor

1291
01:38:21,420 --> 01:38:22,739
of his legacy and the work that he did

1292
01:38:22,739 --> 01:38:24,540
for children and we just think it's

1293
01:38:24,540 --> 01:38:26,460
really powerful it's a tribute we're

1294
01:38:26,460 --> 01:38:28,860
also going to add visitors C on the

1295
01:38:28,860 --> 01:38:30,179
other side right now everyone has to sit

1296
01:38:30,179 --> 01:38:31,920
on one side and that's never good when

1297
01:38:31,920 --> 01:38:33,719
you're the whole team so we want to put

1298
01:38:33,719 --> 01:38:35,460
the visitors on the other side and we'll

1299
01:38:35,460 --> 01:38:38,820
put um again the the ability is we'll be

1300
01:38:38,820 --> 01:38:41,280
able to host sectional events here and

1301
01:38:41,280 --> 01:38:43,080
bring some hopefully

1302
01:38:43,080 --> 01:38:45,600
um competitive action and more events to

1303
01:38:45,600 --> 01:38:47,639
the Schenectady Community and if you've

1304
01:38:47,639 --> 01:38:49,080
ever parked behind Mount Pleasant you

1305
01:38:49,080 --> 01:38:51,120
know it's a tough place to park this

1306
01:38:51,120 --> 01:38:53,040
expands our parking behind there for our

1307
01:38:53,040 --> 01:38:55,800
staff and allows them to have a safe way

1308
01:38:55,800 --> 01:38:57,840
to get to the field versus trying to get

1309
01:38:57,840 --> 01:38:59,639
through that and so it just it's just

1310
01:38:59,639 --> 01:39:01,320
something that needs to be done given

1311
01:39:01,320 --> 01:39:03,480
that that's a pretty Flagship campus for

1312
01:39:03,480 --> 01:39:05,580
us in Schenectady and we thought it was

1313
01:39:05,580 --> 01:39:07,080
important everything in the light green

1314
01:39:07,080 --> 01:39:09,120
we own the stuff on the other side of

1315
01:39:09,120 --> 01:39:11,100
the green is City proper

1316
01:39:11,100 --> 01:39:13,139
hmm

1317
01:39:13,139 --> 01:39:15,360
if you want and that's the 890 there if

1318
01:39:15,360 --> 01:39:17,159
you if you try to think about visually

1319
01:39:17,159 --> 01:39:18,780
where that was we're going to add some

1320
01:39:18,780 --> 01:39:20,639
secure vestibules at scla these are just

1321
01:39:20,639 --> 01:39:22,199
architectural drawings keep going turn

1322
01:39:22,199 --> 01:39:24,719
them same thing with Mount Pleasant

1323
01:39:24,719 --> 01:39:26,639
adding some secure vestibules so that

1324
01:39:26,639 --> 01:39:28,620
way when parents come in they have a way

1325
01:39:28,620 --> 01:39:30,600
to be or not parents anybody comes into

1326
01:39:30,600 --> 01:39:32,540
the building there's a way to securely

1327
01:39:32,540 --> 01:39:34,920
clear them before they get into the rest

1328
01:39:34,920 --> 01:39:37,440
of the campus keep going

1329
01:39:37,440 --> 01:39:39,179
Yates we're working on the kitchens we

1330
01:39:39,179 --> 01:39:41,100
talked about kitchen renovation so we're

1331
01:39:41,100 --> 01:39:43,020
doing some work over at Yates to expand

1332
01:39:43,020 --> 01:39:45,239
the kitchen redesign the kitchen make it

1333
01:39:45,239 --> 01:39:47,219
more functional for us to serve our kids

1334
01:39:47,219 --> 01:39:50,340
adding a walk-in cooler some additional

1335
01:39:50,340 --> 01:39:52,739
storage next one

1336
01:39:52,739 --> 01:39:54,540
this is Pleasant valleys we're going to

1337
01:39:54,540 --> 01:39:57,360
actually double their cafeteria size uh

1338
01:39:57,360 --> 01:39:59,159
so that little line in the middle is

1339
01:39:59,159 --> 01:40:00,659
where the current wall is we're going to

1340
01:40:00,659 --> 01:40:02,880
expand it out and be able to service

1341
01:40:02,880 --> 01:40:05,699
twice the number of kids in there at one

1342
01:40:05,699 --> 01:40:08,100
time thus making it easier for them to

1343
01:40:08,100 --> 01:40:09,300
run lunches

1344
01:40:09,300 --> 01:40:11,219
flip their food line around and allow

1345
01:40:11,219 --> 01:40:13,260
them to serve some warmer meals to our

1346
01:40:13,260 --> 01:40:15,540
kids so this is really exciting for our

1347
01:40:15,540 --> 01:40:17,760
kids and teachers and our principals

1348
01:40:17,760 --> 01:40:19,620
love this because they can feed more

1349
01:40:19,620 --> 01:40:21,360
kids at once and not have to have lunch

1350
01:40:21,360 --> 01:40:25,260
at 10 A.M or 10 30. next

1351
01:40:25,260 --> 01:40:26,699
this is another thing that we're doing

1352
01:40:26,699 --> 01:40:28,560
these playgrounds are starting this this

1353
01:40:28,560 --> 01:40:31,139
year as well these are some of these are

1354
01:40:31,139 --> 01:40:33,600
separate from the capital

1355
01:40:33,600 --> 01:40:35,400
um the Schenectady revitalization plan

1356
01:40:35,400 --> 01:40:36,900
and these are some of the schools and

1357
01:40:36,900 --> 01:40:38,580
some of the mock-ups we have already to

1358
01:40:38,580 --> 01:40:40,860
start and these are ADA Compliant which

1359
01:40:40,860 --> 01:40:42,120
again is real important because

1360
01:40:42,120 --> 01:40:44,280
sometimes we have playgrounds of kids in

1361
01:40:44,280 --> 01:40:46,560
wheelchairs or kids who have you know

1362
01:40:46,560 --> 01:40:48,800
different accommodations can't access

1363
01:40:48,800 --> 01:40:50,880
next slide

1364
01:40:50,880 --> 01:40:52,739
again this is just our timeline for this

1365
01:40:52,739 --> 01:40:54,260
so a lot of this stuff is taking place

1366
01:40:54,260 --> 01:40:56,760
come towards the end of the school year

1367
01:40:56,760 --> 01:41:00,239
moving into next next

1368
01:41:00,239 --> 01:41:02,520
and then just questions

1369
01:41:02,520 --> 01:41:04,260
sorry I know it was a lot but I want to

1370
01:41:04,260 --> 01:41:06,120
be mindful of you guys have a late start

1371
01:41:06,120 --> 01:41:09,900
with premium so for yourself thank you

1372
01:41:09,900 --> 01:41:12,060
for coming for school board members for

1373
01:41:12,060 --> 01:41:13,500
coming in for staff for coming in I'm

1374
01:41:13,500 --> 01:41:14,760
sure providing us with this information

1375
01:41:14,760 --> 01:41:19,620
I think taxpayers are going to be really happy about this impact although

1376
01:41:19,620 --> 01:41:21,659
in the event also the revitalization of

1377
01:41:21,659 --> 01:41:23,880
all the campuses I think it's important

1378
01:41:23,880 --> 01:41:27,120
and timely so are there questions or

1379
01:41:27,120 --> 01:41:29,219
comments is Patrick hi

1380
01:41:29,219 --> 01:41:30,840
um I have three questions I think it's

1381
01:41:30,840 --> 01:41:32,219
fantastic

1382
01:41:32,219 --> 01:41:34,500
um and I'm thrilled with not only this

1383
01:41:34,500 --> 01:41:36,540
but also all of the programmatic

1384
01:41:36,540 --> 01:41:38,639
initiatives that are underway at the

1385
01:41:38,639 --> 01:41:40,860
school district so you know I appreciate

1386
01:41:40,860 --> 01:41:42,960
everything that you you and your team

1387
01:41:42,960 --> 01:41:44,520
are doing

1388
01:41:44,520 --> 01:41:46,260
um in the school district said three

1389
01:41:46,260 --> 01:41:47,639
questions

1390
01:41:47,639 --> 01:41:48,679
um

1391
01:41:48,679 --> 01:41:51,960
one-on-one at a time

1392
01:41:51,960 --> 01:41:55,199
um so just this is neither in terms of

1393
01:41:55,199 --> 01:41:58,320
the Fulton campus um as a swing during

1394
01:41:58,320 --> 01:42:02,219
the um will Fulton then remain open as a

1395
01:42:02,219 --> 01:42:05,340
school after the after this entire

1396
01:42:05,340 --> 01:42:07,679
project is completed or is that part

1397
01:42:07,679 --> 01:42:09,420
yeah so that part of the plan would be

1398
01:42:09,420 --> 01:42:11,460
so right now we have a high uh request

1399
01:42:11,460 --> 01:42:13,739
for pre-k we are offering Pre-K

1400
01:42:13,739 --> 01:42:15,239
four-year-olds yeah there's not

1401
01:42:15,239 --> 01:42:16,619
opportunity for us to do three three

1402
01:42:16,619 --> 01:42:18,780
year olds there's usually grants and

1403
01:42:18,780 --> 01:42:20,159
opportunities yeah we would like to

1404
01:42:20,159 --> 01:42:22,260
explore that we know that

1405
01:42:22,260 --> 01:42:22,860
um

1406
01:42:22,860 --> 01:42:24,900
having a safe place for our families is

1407
01:42:24,900 --> 01:42:26,340
important for them to be able to work

1408
01:42:26,340 --> 01:42:28,080
and if we can offer that at a younger

1409
01:42:28,080 --> 01:42:29,400
age that's important for our families

1410
01:42:29,400 --> 01:42:31,920
and residents so ultimately we would

1411
01:42:31,920 --> 01:42:34,199
bring it back online as a school at the

1412
01:42:34,199 --> 01:42:36,300
tail end of our project but remember we

1413
01:42:36,300 --> 01:42:38,100
have this is only a phase of the schools

1414
01:42:38,100 --> 01:42:39,480
we would have other elementaries to go

1415
01:42:39,480 --> 01:42:40,980
through before we get to that point But

1416
01:42:40,980 --> 01:42:43,080
ultimately we would bring it online and

1417
01:42:43,080 --> 01:42:45,179
vacant space is usually an invitation

1418
01:42:45,179 --> 01:42:47,400
for other parties to establish schools

1419
01:42:47,400 --> 01:42:49,080
or potential networks and so we want to

1420
01:42:49,080 --> 01:42:51,780
make sure we use all of our space okay

1421
01:42:51,780 --> 01:42:55,560
um next um what will happen to the no I

1422
01:42:55,560 --> 01:42:57,659
know the culinary arts you mentioned as

1423
01:42:57,659 --> 01:42:59,219
a wing at the high school but what would

1424
01:42:59,219 --> 01:43:01,080
happen with some of the other activities

1425
01:43:01,080 --> 01:43:03,239
that go on currently at the Steinmetz

1426
01:43:03,239 --> 01:43:05,100
Learning Academy so they all would fall

1427
01:43:05,100 --> 01:43:06,540
into those leadership communities so we

1428
01:43:06,540 --> 01:43:08,639
have a business we have steam so

1429
01:43:08,639 --> 01:43:10,199
anything else that would translate we

1430
01:43:10,199 --> 01:43:11,520
would look to bring them up to the high

1431
01:43:11,520 --> 01:43:13,139
school but we also think freshmen need

1432
01:43:13,139 --> 01:43:15,420
to have that exposure too as they make a

1433
01:43:15,420 --> 01:43:16,800
decision into which leadership Community

1434
01:43:16,800 --> 01:43:19,139
they would go into so we probably would

1435
01:43:19,139 --> 01:43:21,000
still keep a culinary space at the

1436
01:43:21,000 --> 01:43:22,619
steinman's campus okay but allow kids to

1437
01:43:22,619 --> 01:43:24,239
get example you know maybe it's intro to

1438
01:43:24,239 --> 01:43:25,920
culinary one and then they make a

1439
01:43:25,920 --> 01:43:27,780
decision to stay on that pathway you

1440
01:43:27,780 --> 01:43:28,920
know maybe they only take it for 10

1441
01:43:28,920 --> 01:43:30,480
weeks and the new group of kids takes it

1442
01:43:30,480 --> 01:43:32,280
you know we're working on that right now

1443
01:43:32,280 --> 01:43:34,440
with course Pathways and electives to

1444
01:43:34,440 --> 01:43:36,239
make sure there's a menu of options but

1445
01:43:36,239 --> 01:43:37,860
we believe that kids should have like a

1446
01:43:37,860 --> 01:43:39,780
almost like an exploratory course and

1447
01:43:39,780 --> 01:43:41,880
say Here's AutoCAD for three weeks

1448
01:43:41,880 --> 01:43:44,040
here's graphic design for three weeks

1449
01:43:44,040 --> 01:43:46,020
here's culinary and then when you go

1450
01:43:46,020 --> 01:43:47,699
next year to 10th grade which Community

1451
01:43:47,699 --> 01:43:49,440
do you want to be a part of that's I

1452
01:43:49,440 --> 01:43:51,119
think that's awesome okay and then

1453
01:43:51,119 --> 01:43:53,280
finally this is sort of the big one but

1454
01:43:53,280 --> 01:43:55,920
how does um sort of future demographic

1455
01:43:55,920 --> 01:43:58,980
data fit into this overall plan so in

1456
01:43:58,980 --> 01:44:01,679
other words over the next seven years

1457
01:44:01,679 --> 01:44:05,520
um uh is there a projection that a you

1458
01:44:05,520 --> 01:44:07,560
know school-aged children

1459
01:44:07,560 --> 01:44:10,860
will expand along with the extension of

1460
01:44:10,860 --> 01:44:12,840
these of these buildings we've mainly

1461
01:44:12,840 --> 01:44:14,219
used most of our kids at the secondary

1462
01:44:14,219 --> 01:44:15,420
level that's when they typically either

1463
01:44:15,420 --> 01:44:17,340
go to an out of District Charter they

1464
01:44:17,340 --> 01:44:19,500
transfer to a private parochial our

1465
01:44:19,500 --> 01:44:21,239
elementaries are pretty packed right now

1466
01:44:21,239 --> 01:44:23,100
it's mainly middle school and high

1467
01:44:23,100 --> 01:44:24,960
school where there's usually uh you know

1468
01:44:24,960 --> 01:44:27,179
people use a choice they'll use more

1469
01:44:27,179 --> 01:44:29,280
choice at that level we've done a

1470
01:44:29,280 --> 01:44:31,980
demographic study we've been about 9 100

1471
01:44:31,980 --> 01:44:33,780
for quite some time in Schenectady in

1472
01:44:33,780 --> 01:44:36,000
terms of the total enrollment I think if

1473
01:44:36,000 --> 01:44:37,500
we do this well enough we'll get some of

1474
01:44:37,500 --> 01:44:38,820
those families back but right now we

1475
01:44:38,820 --> 01:44:40,860
have about 500 families that go to

1476
01:44:40,860 --> 01:44:42,060
Charter Schools

1477
01:44:42,060 --> 01:44:44,100
so if you think about it if we were to

1478
01:44:44,100 --> 01:44:45,659
absorb 500 we wouldn't be able to take

1479
01:44:45,659 --> 01:44:48,480
them we just don't have the space so you

1480
01:44:48,480 --> 01:44:50,100
know we'd have 9 600 kids in there we

1481
01:44:50,100 --> 01:44:51,780
just wouldn't have the space so part of

1482
01:44:51,780 --> 01:44:53,159
the work that we have to do here is add

1483
01:44:53,159 --> 01:44:55,139
some classrooms so that we can absorb

1484
01:44:55,139 --> 01:44:56,040
them

1485
01:44:56,040 --> 01:44:58,020
um and like I said that's why I included

1486
01:44:58,020 --> 01:45:00,420
that um census data that was 10-year you

1487
01:45:00,420 --> 01:45:02,760
know Schenectady grew I think part of

1488
01:45:02,760 --> 01:45:04,080
the charge that City council's been

1489
01:45:04,080 --> 01:45:05,639
doing is trying to figure out how to

1490
01:45:05,639 --> 01:45:07,199
continue to revitalize this community

1491
01:45:07,199 --> 01:45:08,880
you know you've got great developers

1492
01:45:08,880 --> 01:45:10,260
like Metroplex trying to figure out how

1493
01:45:10,260 --> 01:45:12,179
to bring more businesses and other

1494
01:45:12,179 --> 01:45:14,280
entities here and so you know we we

1495
01:45:14,280 --> 01:45:16,139
think we want to be a part of that

1496
01:45:16,139 --> 01:45:17,460
um you know I'm a firm believer that

1497
01:45:17,460 --> 01:45:19,320
people choose communities by their

1498
01:45:19,320 --> 01:45:21,900
school districts versus anything else

1499
01:45:21,900 --> 01:45:23,940
and so if we're a viable option for

1500
01:45:23,940 --> 01:45:25,560
families then hopefully everything else

1501
01:45:25,560 --> 01:45:31,070
will fall soon

1502
01:45:31,080 --> 01:45:33,420
entire 300 million

1503
01:45:33,420 --> 01:45:36,300
Aire that will borrow as the project is

1504
01:45:36,300 --> 01:45:41,390
being rolled out

1505
01:45:41,400 --> 01:45:43,260
uh superintendent solar definitely thank

1506
01:45:43,260 --> 01:45:45,119
you for being here I applaud the efforts

1507
01:45:45,119 --> 01:45:46,560
of not only this project but everything

1508
01:45:46,560 --> 01:45:48,239
that you're doing and I think it's very

1509
01:45:48,239 --> 01:45:50,460
uh important to note the show of support

1510
01:45:50,460 --> 01:45:52,260
that's here in the room with you

1511
01:45:52,260 --> 01:45:54,540
um definitely I believe that our

1512
01:45:54,540 --> 01:45:55,800
community is something that we need to

1513
01:45:55,800 --> 01:45:57,659
continually invest in in providing our

1514
01:45:57,659 --> 01:45:59,699
Educators and students a matching

1515
01:45:59,699 --> 01:46:00,960
environment to learn and grow is

1516
01:46:00,960 --> 01:46:02,400
important as you so eloquently

1517
01:46:02,400 --> 01:46:04,800
highlighted my question was do you

1518
01:46:04,800 --> 01:46:07,199
identify this huge figure that we're

1519
01:46:07,199 --> 01:46:09,300
going to invest how do we maintain it

1520
01:46:09,300 --> 01:46:11,159
and does that incorporate including more

1521
01:46:11,159 --> 01:46:12,900
staff because this is absolutely a

1522
01:46:12,900 --> 01:46:14,940
generational investment as you noted

1523
01:46:14,940 --> 01:46:16,619
that we hope will last for another 100

1524
01:46:16,619 --> 01:46:19,199
years yeah I think we've made

1525
01:46:19,199 --> 01:46:21,480
significant investment in staff you know

1526
01:46:21,480 --> 01:46:23,639
the board's been keeping me to task on

1527
01:46:23,639 --> 01:46:25,380
making sure first of all that we repair

1528
01:46:25,380 --> 01:46:26,940
the harm and we laid off all these

1529
01:46:26,940 --> 01:46:28,800
individuals in the past the board has

1530
01:46:28,800 --> 01:46:30,060
been real that was a priority when I

1531
01:46:30,060 --> 01:46:31,980
came in we gave Urban opportunity to

1532
01:46:31,980 --> 01:46:34,440
return back that was impacted but what

1533
01:46:34,440 --> 01:46:36,600
we've done is we've used ratios and

1534
01:46:36,600 --> 01:46:38,219
things of that nature to make sure that

1535
01:46:38,219 --> 01:46:39,960
the square footage that we have has the

1536
01:46:39,960 --> 01:46:42,540
right number of custodial staff facility

1537
01:46:42,540 --> 01:46:45,360
staff to support it and we've done that

1538
01:46:45,360 --> 01:46:47,400
like this last two years in our budget

1539
01:46:47,400 --> 01:46:49,199
we've been able to get back to a place

1540
01:46:49,199 --> 01:46:50,880
where we think we're at

1541
01:46:50,880 --> 01:46:52,560
um pretty pretty good standard in terms

1542
01:46:52,560 --> 01:46:54,420
of ratio I think the work now is

1543
01:46:54,420 --> 01:46:56,760
protecting that and typically Foundation

1544
01:46:56,760 --> 01:46:59,280
Aid won't go down you just may may not

1545
01:46:59,280 --> 01:47:01,199
grow as much and so right now the

1546
01:47:01,199 --> 01:47:03,060
governor did fully fund Foundation Aid

1547
01:47:03,060 --> 01:47:05,100
which is why Schenectady I think is

1548
01:47:05,100 --> 01:47:06,360
about 30 million in the last two years

1549
01:47:06,360 --> 01:47:07,980
has seen

1550
01:47:07,980 --> 01:47:10,320
45 in the last week yeah 45 million in

1551
01:47:10,320 --> 01:47:11,699
Worlds in our foundation over the last

1552
01:47:11,699 --> 01:47:14,040
two years but you don't never they never

1553
01:47:14,040 --> 01:47:16,199
typically take away from Foundation it's

1554
01:47:16,199 --> 01:47:18,179
just you don't grow and so if we stay at

1555
01:47:18,179 --> 01:47:20,340
the ratios that we are now we believe we

1556
01:47:20,340 --> 01:47:22,739
can maintain what we have and again as

1557
01:47:22,739 --> 01:47:25,440
we sing our work is going to be what

1558
01:47:25,440 --> 01:47:26,820
positions do we really need to replace

1559
01:47:26,820 --> 01:47:29,100
because they're necessary versus what

1560
01:47:29,100 --> 01:47:30,780
are nice to have and that's going to be

1561
01:47:30,780 --> 01:47:32,820
the work kind of moving forward right I

1562
01:47:32,820 --> 01:47:35,159
just had a second question uh one of my

1563
01:47:35,159 --> 01:47:36,840
earlier questions that you accurately

1564
01:47:36,840 --> 01:47:38,460
identified was how does this improve

1565
01:47:38,460 --> 01:47:40,260
quality of learning for our students and

1566
01:47:40,260 --> 01:47:41,940
they can do that really well

1567
01:47:41,940 --> 01:47:44,219
um the question I want to ask is how

1568
01:47:44,219 --> 01:47:45,540
does this put us in line with some of

1569
01:47:45,540 --> 01:47:47,400
our neighboring school districts are we

1570
01:47:47,400 --> 01:47:50,040
then in line or are we ahead per se if

1571
01:47:50,040 --> 01:47:51,480
that's the right terminology to use but

1572
01:47:51,480 --> 01:47:52,679
definitely I think we want to have a

1573
01:47:52,679 --> 01:47:54,360
Community School District that we

1574
01:47:54,360 --> 01:47:56,580
believe in so where does this put us I

1575
01:47:56,580 --> 01:47:58,920
think in some cases it may surpass some

1576
01:47:58,920 --> 01:48:00,360
of our neighboring districts but again

1577
01:48:00,360 --> 01:48:01,860
remember there's only a we're only doing

1578
01:48:01,860 --> 01:48:04,320
about eight campuses of 17 so it's not

1579
01:48:04,320 --> 01:48:05,760
all of our buildings but it will start

1580
01:48:05,760 --> 01:48:07,560
that journey and if we do this well

1581
01:48:07,560 --> 01:48:09,659
enough our some of our campuses will

1582
01:48:09,659 --> 01:48:11,520
look better than some of our peers in

1583
01:48:11,520 --> 01:48:13,380
the in the region um you know again this

1584
01:48:13,380 --> 01:48:14,880
unit right next door to us they got some

1585
01:48:14,880 --> 01:48:17,340
buildings there we'll be super excited

1586
01:48:17,340 --> 01:48:18,360
to say hey they're going to probably

1587
01:48:18,360 --> 01:48:20,400
take the approach in their Community to

1588
01:48:20,400 --> 01:48:21,840
say wait a minute they have it we need

1589
01:48:21,840 --> 01:48:23,340
to have it as well but

1590
01:48:23,340 --> 01:48:24,780
um I can tell you that our high school

1591
01:48:24,780 --> 01:48:26,820
if we do this well will will stand alone

1592
01:48:26,820 --> 01:48:28,980
as a flagship and if you've seen what

1593
01:48:28,980 --> 01:48:30,420
albany's done with their high school if

1594
01:48:30,420 --> 01:48:32,219
you've had the opportunity

1595
01:48:32,219 --> 01:48:34,260
um we want to make sure that we are

1596
01:48:34,260 --> 01:48:36,239
giving our kids a Schenectady the same

1597
01:48:36,239 --> 01:48:38,159
exact experience as a large urban

1598
01:48:38,159 --> 01:48:39,540
community like all of these given to

1599
01:48:39,540 --> 01:48:42,239
their kids thank you

1600
01:48:42,239 --> 01:48:45,609
there's a question about transportation

1601
01:48:45,619 --> 01:48:48,060
it's going to be going to other schools

1602
01:48:48,060 --> 01:48:51,119
and that will impact parents sure so is

1603
01:48:51,119 --> 01:48:52,440
there a plan to make sure that the

1604
01:48:52,440 --> 01:48:54,719
children have the transportation and you

1605
01:48:54,719 --> 01:48:56,340
know they are yeah we must a lot of our

1606
01:48:56,340 --> 01:48:58,320
kids uh now that need it for a variety

1607
01:48:58,320 --> 01:49:00,060
of reasons and again if we're going to

1608
01:49:00,060 --> 01:49:01,320
move somebody out of their walking

1609
01:49:01,320 --> 01:49:02,460
neighborhood we're going to have to

1610
01:49:02,460 --> 01:49:03,900
accommodate for that the good thing is

1611
01:49:03,900 --> 01:49:05,400
our bus transportation if there is an

1612
01:49:05,400 --> 01:49:08,880
increase in cost people get 95 back on

1613
01:49:08,880 --> 01:49:11,400
Transportation so again because of the

1614
01:49:11,400 --> 01:49:13,739
community we serve we have a lot of

1615
01:49:13,739 --> 01:49:16,560
um Aid and reimbursable expenses so when

1616
01:49:16,560 --> 01:49:18,480
you know again we spend then we'll get

1617
01:49:18,480 --> 01:49:21,179
it back the following year so we will

1618
01:49:21,179 --> 01:49:23,159
have to be uh aware of that as we move

1619
01:49:23,159 --> 01:49:24,600
forward but we don't want to have

1620
01:49:24,600 --> 01:49:26,940
someone not attend the school you know

1621
01:49:26,940 --> 01:49:28,980
stay with that community and we've done

1622
01:49:28,980 --> 01:49:30,900
it in the past year so like how at one

1623
01:49:30,900 --> 01:49:31,800
point

1624
01:49:31,800 --> 01:49:33,780
um I'm sorry Hamilton lived at Fulton

1625
01:49:33,780 --> 01:49:35,159
for a little bit while they worked at

1626
01:49:35,159 --> 01:49:36,840
Hamilton and we busted everyone over

1627
01:49:36,840 --> 01:49:39,060
there they need to give us most of our

1628
01:49:39,060 --> 01:49:41,520
parents who drive our kids because you

1629
01:49:41,520 --> 01:49:43,380
know we're on a 10 square miles but if

1630
01:49:43,380 --> 01:49:44,820
it's needed we would definitely provide

1631
01:49:44,820 --> 01:49:49,790
the transportation thank you for the questions

1632
01:49:49,800 --> 01:49:52,440
Sarah I think it's clear that my opinion

1633
01:49:52,440 --> 01:49:54,540
might be a tad bias um due to my

1634
01:49:54,540 --> 01:49:56,580
proximity to the district but I want to

1635
01:49:56,580 --> 01:49:58,199
say that like you know I think it's

1636
01:49:58,199 --> 01:49:59,760
important that people understand that

1637
01:49:59,760 --> 01:50:01,679
this is not just an investment it's just

1638
01:50:01,679 --> 01:50:04,020
like you know creating you know a better

1639
01:50:04,020 --> 01:50:06,600
school uh environment for a student but

1640
01:50:06,600 --> 01:50:08,280
really what it does is that you know

1641
01:50:08,280 --> 01:50:09,840
when I talk to people in community

1642
01:50:09,840 --> 01:50:11,820
there's you know people talk about like

1643
01:50:11,820 --> 01:50:13,860
workout you know um you know vocational

1644
01:50:13,860 --> 01:50:16,260
programs and skills and trades and so

1645
01:50:16,260 --> 01:50:18,360
this is really an opportunity nature

1646
01:50:18,360 --> 01:50:21,060
that we can do that in a way as a

1647
01:50:21,060 --> 01:50:23,159
district that is really really uh

1648
01:50:23,159 --> 01:50:25,380
effective and efficient and right now I

1649
01:50:25,380 --> 01:50:26,400
think the district does a really good

1650
01:50:26,400 --> 01:50:28,739
job of partnering with uh

1651
01:50:28,739 --> 01:50:31,260
Community Partners to kind of fill gaps

1652
01:50:31,260 --> 01:50:33,780
and and uh for our kids but I think that

1653
01:50:33,780 --> 01:50:35,520
this will really

1654
01:50:35,520 --> 01:50:37,560
present an opportunity to improve the

1655
01:50:37,560 --> 01:50:39,360
quality of Education educational

1656
01:50:39,360 --> 01:50:41,159
experience as well as opportunities for

1657
01:50:41,159 --> 01:50:42,960
our students like there's a direct you

1658
01:50:42,960 --> 01:50:44,219
know coordination there I think that

1659
01:50:44,219 --> 01:50:45,300
that's just something that's important

1660
01:50:45,300 --> 01:50:56,109
to know

1661
01:50:56,119 --> 01:51:01,729
hope to see you uh on the 16th

1662
01:51:01,739 --> 01:51:43,090
um

1663
01:51:43,100 --> 01:52:06,830
[Music]

1664
01:52:06,840 --> 01:52:11,470
foreign

1665
01:52:11,480 --> 01:52:13,679
I'd like to call to order the Public

1666
01:52:13,679 --> 01:52:15,179
Safety Committee we have two items on

1667
01:52:15,179 --> 01:52:17,219
the agenda tonight first of which is the

1668
01:52:17,219 --> 01:52:20,159
2003 non-fail shooting initiative that I

1669
01:52:20,159 --> 01:52:26,890
actually discussed by Chief Clifford

1670
01:52:26,900 --> 01:52:29,000
thank you very much

1671
01:52:29,000 --> 01:52:32,100
I am here to ask the city council to

1672
01:52:32,100 --> 01:52:34,380
consider accepting a grant from New York

1673
01:52:34,380 --> 01:52:36,480
State Department of Criminal Justice

1674
01:52:36,480 --> 01:52:39,300
Services for a non-fatal shooting

1675
01:52:39,300 --> 01:52:41,880
initiative grant that we were provided

1676
01:52:41,880 --> 01:52:44,520
for the funding will be used to measure

1677
01:52:44,520 --> 01:52:46,920
a comprehensive investigation of all

1678
01:52:46,920 --> 01:52:50,040
non-fatal shootings which are bullet to

1679
01:52:50,040 --> 01:52:52,980
body shooting cases and there will be a

1680
01:52:52,980 --> 01:52:54,840
particular focus on circumstances where

1681
01:52:54,840 --> 01:52:57,480
victims are uncooperative and so support

1682
01:52:57,480 --> 01:52:59,699
the evidence-based prosecution mindset

1683
01:52:59,699 --> 01:53:01,619
that is often used in domestic violence

1684
01:53:01,619 --> 01:53:03,199
cases

1685
01:53:03,199 --> 01:53:06,179
our task force which is already

1686
01:53:06,179 --> 01:53:08,280
currently underway will consist of a

1687
01:53:08,280 --> 01:53:11,159
police detective a crime analyst from

1688
01:53:11,159 --> 01:53:13,320
the Schenectady Police Department a

1689
01:53:13,320 --> 01:53:17,629
District Attorney office investigator

1690
01:53:17,639 --> 01:53:19,679
attorney prosecutor

1691
01:53:19,679 --> 01:53:22,699
the funding which has been allocated

1692
01:53:22,699 --> 01:53:26,760
for the time period of April 1st to June

1693
01:53:26,760 --> 01:53:30,900
30th is 89 349 dollars

1694
01:53:30,900 --> 01:53:35,219
the breakdown is 42 682 for a police

1695
01:53:35,219 --> 01:53:36,360
detective

1696
01:53:36,360 --> 01:53:37,820
and 46

1697
01:53:37,820 --> 01:53:40,619
667 dollars to be used for overtime

1698
01:53:40,619 --> 01:53:43,080
associated with investigations

1699
01:53:43,080 --> 01:53:45,540
there's no match for this Grant and the

1700
01:53:45,540 --> 01:53:47,639
agreement and I correct myself the

1701
01:53:47,639 --> 01:53:50,040
agreement covers March 1st through June

1702
01:53:50,040 --> 01:53:51,360
30th

1703
01:53:51,360 --> 01:53:54,980
and then next uh the next give cycle

1704
01:53:54,980 --> 01:53:58,320
which starts July 1st through June 30th

1705
01:53:58,320 --> 01:54:02,699
we'll include this as a component of it

1706
01:54:02,699 --> 01:54:06,560
thank you any questions or comments

1707
01:54:06,560 --> 01:54:10,199
so any um so right now we're in April

1708
01:54:10,199 --> 01:54:13,020
this started in March if there were any

1709
01:54:13,020 --> 01:54:15,060
costs associated that the department has

1710
01:54:15,060 --> 01:54:17,880
already incurred with this

1711
01:54:17,880 --> 01:54:18,719
um

1712
01:54:18,719 --> 01:54:20,699
how would that be covered

1713
01:54:20,699 --> 01:54:22,080
if you've already incurred the cost

1714
01:54:22,080 --> 01:54:24,800
prior to us

1715
01:54:24,800 --> 01:54:26,940
they're just part of my normal

1716
01:54:26,940 --> 01:54:28,980
investigations

1717
01:54:28,980 --> 01:54:32,219
in the budget that we have so will you

1718
01:54:32,219 --> 01:54:33,960
be refunding will you be putting that

1719
01:54:33,960 --> 01:54:35,520
money back if we've spent all the time

1720
01:54:35,520 --> 01:54:37,500
already and there's this money because

1721
01:54:37,500 --> 01:54:39,719
it's almost June and there's would you

1722
01:54:39,719 --> 01:54:42,600
be refunding that back to these

1723
01:54:42,600 --> 01:54:43,739
investigations that are already taking

1724
01:54:43,739 --> 01:54:46,500
place that are described here yes we can

1725
01:54:46,500 --> 01:54:49,440
go back retroactively and we and we will

1726
01:54:49,440 --> 01:54:51,300
be doing this going back retroactively

1727
01:54:51,300 --> 01:54:53,760
to March 1st and taking every

1728
01:54:53,760 --> 01:54:55,500
investigation that we did that involved

1729
01:54:55,500 --> 01:54:57,420
a non-fatal shooting and we're going to

1730
01:54:57,420 --> 01:54:59,280
give it a project code so that we could

1731
01:54:59,280 --> 01:55:02,340
use this funding for that so in essence

1732
01:55:02,340 --> 01:55:04,860
uh a good portion of what we've already

1733
01:55:04,860 --> 01:55:06,960
spent from March 1st until now will be

1734
01:55:06,960 --> 01:55:11,760
refunded into the operating budget for our on budget and that we will have

1735
01:55:11,760 --> 01:55:15,960
the remainder to to be used up through

1736
01:55:15,960 --> 01:55:18,800
um June 30th

1737
01:55:18,800 --> 01:55:21,659
and is there a do you have a number of

1738
01:55:21,659 --> 01:55:23,460
that of failed students that have

1739
01:55:23,460 --> 01:55:25,920
non-fatal that have taken place from

1740
01:55:25,920 --> 01:55:28,679
since March 1st to the other member I do

1741
01:55:28,679 --> 01:55:36,050
thank you

1742
01:55:36,060 --> 01:55:39,540
so year to date we have three non-fatals

1743
01:55:39,540 --> 01:55:44,159
zero fatals last year 2022 we had 15

1744
01:55:44,159 --> 01:55:47,820
non-fatals and four fails and in 2021 we

1745
01:55:47,820 --> 01:55:53,930
had 22 non-fatals and one fatal

1746
01:55:53,940 --> 01:55:56,699
you know most recently on Eastern Avenue

1747
01:55:56,699 --> 01:55:58,800
we've had a couple of them

1748
01:55:58,800 --> 01:56:00,179
um we had some really good success

1749
01:56:00,179 --> 01:56:02,699
stories on those um so the team's

1750
01:56:02,699 --> 01:56:05,520
already working very hard and one thing

1751
01:56:05,520 --> 01:56:07,440
I wanted to note is that I really don't

1752
01:56:07,440 --> 01:56:09,719
want to go into details here but we are

1753
01:56:09,719 --> 01:56:12,239
utilizing every tool that you've you've

1754
01:56:12,239 --> 01:56:14,280
given us over the last year in these

1755
01:56:14,280 --> 01:56:15,900
investigations all the technology that

1756
01:56:15,900 --> 01:56:17,460
we're using we're using it to our

1757
01:56:17,460 --> 01:56:19,920
advantage to really really solve these

1758
01:56:19,920 --> 01:56:24,229
crimes which is uh fruitful so far

1759
01:56:24,239 --> 01:56:27,420
any other questions or comments

1760
01:56:27,420 --> 01:56:29,460
um so the likelihood in terms of the

1761
01:56:29,460 --> 01:56:31,440
next round of funding

1762
01:56:31,440 --> 01:56:32,340
um

1763
01:56:32,340 --> 01:56:34,320
generally if we've received this funding

1764
01:56:34,320 --> 01:56:36,119
in the past is there a high likelihood

1765
01:56:36,119 --> 01:56:38,520
that we'd get the funding again and if

1766
01:56:38,520 --> 01:56:40,080
not

1767
01:56:40,080 --> 01:56:41,639
um you know how would we continue the

1768
01:56:41,639 --> 01:56:44,520
work that's being done under the scram

1769
01:56:44,520 --> 01:56:47,280
oh you'll be finding out about that soon

1770
01:56:47,280 --> 01:56:49,199
but we've already received the funding

1771
01:56:49,199 --> 01:56:52,260
award from the state I believe it's in

1772
01:56:52,260 --> 01:56:54,900
the 1.2 million dollar range okay and

1773
01:56:54,900 --> 01:56:57,540
last year we were in the close to 800

1774
01:56:57,540 --> 01:56:59,520
000 range so we're getting approximately

1775
01:56:59,520 --> 01:57:02,880
400 000 more to include not only

1776
01:57:02,880 --> 01:57:04,679
non-fatal shooting investigations but a

1777
01:57:04,679 --> 01:57:06,239
couple other things

1778
01:57:06,239 --> 01:57:08,940
um so we're working out all the details

1779
01:57:08,940 --> 01:57:12,000
um on that for our our give 10

1780
01:57:12,000 --> 01:57:14,520
application that we have to submit in a

1781
01:57:14,520 --> 01:57:16,380
couple weeks and hopefully when we get

1782
01:57:16,380 --> 01:57:18,480
the award we'll be back here asking for

1783
01:57:18,480 --> 01:57:20,520
acceptance of it okay great

1784
01:57:20,520 --> 01:57:22,199
congratulations on the brand thank you

1785
01:57:22,199 --> 01:57:23,639
John

1786
01:57:23,639 --> 01:57:25,560
questions

1787
01:57:25,560 --> 01:57:27,719
it's a clarifying question uh if the

1788
01:57:27,719 --> 01:57:29,760
council uh the clue or the committee

1789
01:57:29,760 --> 01:57:31,380
does pass this request I just want to

1790
01:57:31,380 --> 01:57:33,420
make sure that I have it is to accept

1791
01:57:33,420 --> 01:57:36,060
the award and chief are you adding one

1792
01:57:36,060 --> 01:57:38,820
position to the current Staffing total

1793
01:57:38,820 --> 01:57:40,619
so you're adding one detective position

1794
01:57:40,619 --> 01:57:42,360
that's not currently in the budget is

1795
01:57:42,360 --> 01:57:43,739
that right or

1796
01:57:43,739 --> 01:57:46,440
just want to make sure that I have it

1797
01:57:46,440 --> 01:57:49,260
that is correct um did I miss that I

1798
01:57:49,260 --> 01:57:50,699
know it's in there I just want to make

1799
01:57:50,699 --> 01:57:52,760
sure yeah

1800
01:57:52,760 --> 01:57:57,020
except the grant award and also add one

1801
01:57:57,020 --> 01:57:59,400
police detective position to the current

1802
01:57:59,400 --> 01:58:00,719
budget

1803
01:58:00,719 --> 01:58:03,540
thank you yes right that is correct

1804
01:58:03,540 --> 01:58:05,460
um that that is the request is to add

1805
01:58:05,460 --> 01:58:07,500
one to the current budget

1806
01:58:07,500 --> 01:58:10,739
um it essentially means up into our

1807
01:58:10,739 --> 01:58:12,360
um we'll be adding one in our budget

1808
01:58:12,360 --> 01:58:13,500
request

1809
01:58:13,500 --> 01:58:14,940
um come this summer

1810
01:58:14,940 --> 01:58:16,739
um and we're going to add one

1811
01:58:16,739 --> 01:58:19,619
theoretically for this that is fully

1812
01:58:19,619 --> 01:58:21,780
funded by DCJS

1813
01:58:21,780 --> 01:58:25,980
with that with fringe also thanks dude

1814
01:58:25,980 --> 01:58:28,500
any other questions or comments

1815
01:58:28,500 --> 01:58:30,480
uh definitely anything it's important or

1816
01:58:30,480 --> 01:58:32,040
if you're doing a word to highlight that

1817
01:58:32,040 --> 01:58:35,639
and I appreciate what this fantasy or

1818
01:58:35,639 --> 01:58:36,960
extended produce department has been

1819
01:58:36,960 --> 01:58:38,760
doing is there any ability to make some

1820
01:58:38,760 --> 01:58:40,440
of these findings transparent where it's

1821
01:58:40,440 --> 01:58:42,000
respective to the work that you're doing

1822
01:58:42,000 --> 01:58:44,400
uh definitely I think it's it's

1823
01:58:44,400 --> 01:58:46,380
important to credit what is being done

1824
01:58:46,380 --> 01:58:48,719
to ensure that these circumstances are

1825
01:58:48,719 --> 01:58:51,300
only being done in the most appropriate

1826
01:58:51,300 --> 01:58:53,520
Manner and I think the part of our

1827
01:58:53,520 --> 01:58:55,260
responsibility is educating the

1828
01:58:55,260 --> 01:58:56,580
community about what we're doing behind

1829
01:58:56,580 --> 01:58:59,280
the scenes that makes sense it does and

1830
01:58:59,280 --> 01:59:01,139
we've been we've been doing a better job

1831
01:59:01,139 --> 01:59:03,360
I think about putting uh our press

1832
01:59:03,360 --> 01:59:05,580
releases when the work's been done and

1833
01:59:05,580 --> 01:59:07,560
violating the work that's been done by

1834
01:59:07,560 --> 01:59:09,300
everybody involved and I want to just be

1835
01:59:09,300 --> 01:59:11,099
clear that of the District Attorney's

1836
01:59:11,099 --> 01:59:13,199
Office uh and the Schenectady County

1837
01:59:13,199 --> 01:59:15,659
Sheriff's Department is a is a big plays

1838
01:59:15,659 --> 01:59:16,800
a big role in this and they've been

1839
01:59:16,800 --> 01:59:19,980
helping us tremendously so we're trying

1840
01:59:19,980 --> 01:59:21,739
to put them out put out the information

1841
01:59:21,739 --> 01:59:24,060
when it happens

1842
01:59:24,060 --> 01:59:25,619
um and especially when we're able to

1843
01:59:25,619 --> 01:59:28,619
make an arrest and provide that uh

1844
01:59:28,619 --> 01:59:31,920
security and safety to serve communities

1845
01:59:31,920 --> 01:59:35,040
um and and also share in the uh who did

1846
01:59:35,040 --> 01:59:36,119
the work

1847
01:59:36,119 --> 01:59:38,699
thank you thank you so

1848
01:59:38,699 --> 01:59:40,320
um Chief it seems like um government

1849
01:59:40,320 --> 01:59:41,940
violence is trading down in that

1850
01:59:41,940 --> 01:59:43,800
community over the last couple years and

1851
01:59:43,800 --> 01:59:45,719
I you know I think that that's a really

1852
01:59:45,719 --> 01:59:48,239
a great thing and would you attribute

1853
01:59:48,239 --> 01:59:49,920
you know

1854
01:59:49,920 --> 01:59:52,199
some of the tactics that'll be

1855
01:59:52,199 --> 01:59:54,420
continuing on through this initiative of

1856
01:59:54,420 --> 01:59:56,280
that or

1857
01:59:56,280 --> 01:59:58,440
I will I do

1858
01:59:58,440 --> 02:00:01,260
um we've been we've been working on

1859
02:00:01,260 --> 02:00:04,920
of investigating non-fatal shootings uh

1860
02:00:04,920 --> 02:00:06,599
taking a deeper dive into them for years

1861
02:00:06,599 --> 02:00:08,699
now and I think that's contributed to

1862
02:00:08,699 --> 02:00:10,380
the downward Trend that we've been

1863
02:00:10,380 --> 02:00:11,639
seeing

1864
02:00:11,639 --> 02:00:14,040
um this this is a uh this is a program

1865
02:00:14,040 --> 02:00:17,159
that we offer to DCJS and um and they

1866
02:00:17,159 --> 02:00:19,920
accepted it and and then a very similar

1867
02:00:19,920 --> 02:00:22,619
request that we put in became part of

1868
02:00:22,619 --> 02:00:25,739
give 10 so I'm not sure if if we played

1869
02:00:25,739 --> 02:00:27,960
a role in that or not but um it

1870
02:00:27,960 --> 02:00:30,719
certainly uh is helping with our

1871
02:00:30,719 --> 02:00:32,960
community with reducing gun violence

1872
02:00:32,960 --> 02:00:36,540
unfortunately it still exists it's very

1873
02:00:36,540 --> 02:00:38,760
mobile right now we're seeing it come

1874
02:00:38,760 --> 02:00:40,560
from different areas of the Capital

1875
02:00:40,560 --> 02:00:41,599
District

1876
02:00:41,599 --> 02:00:43,739
so we have to stay on top of it

1877
02:00:43,739 --> 02:00:45,840
especially the areas where we're seeing

1878
02:00:45,840 --> 02:00:48,599
it most frequently and uh you know

1879
02:00:48,599 --> 02:00:51,300
that's what we do we we know we we

1880
02:00:51,300 --> 02:00:53,520
respond we investigate and we try to

1881
02:00:53,520 --> 02:00:55,440
send a message out there that you can't

1882
02:00:55,440 --> 02:00:57,540
come to Schenectady and commit these

1883
02:00:57,540 --> 02:01:00,360
defenses without being held accountable

1884
02:01:00,360 --> 02:01:01,260
yeah

1885
02:01:01,260 --> 02:01:03,780
so is this a part of the um our police

1886
02:01:03,780 --> 02:01:05,940
reform that

1887
02:01:05,940 --> 02:01:08,520
um that we submitted to the state or is

1888
02:01:08,520 --> 02:01:10,139
it going to be edited because I I

1889
02:01:10,139 --> 02:01:12,239
understand that's a document that can

1890
02:01:12,239 --> 02:01:13,980
continue to be amended is it currently

1891
02:01:13,980 --> 02:01:15,659
in there or is it something that you're

1892
02:01:15,659 --> 02:01:17,520
considering adding it's part of the

1893
02:01:17,520 --> 02:01:20,760
reinvention reinforce no this is not a

1894
02:01:20,760 --> 02:01:22,619
part of that and I haven't really

1895
02:01:22,619 --> 02:01:24,179
thought about whether we would add it to

1896
02:01:24,179 --> 02:01:26,280
it but you know certainly it's uh it's

1897
02:01:26,280 --> 02:01:27,840
something we can start talking about in

1898
02:01:27,840 --> 02:01:29,099
the same context that we talk about

1899
02:01:29,099 --> 02:01:31,560
reform is changing the way that we're

1900
02:01:31,560 --> 02:01:35,780
investigating crimes and specifically

1901
02:01:35,780 --> 02:01:38,159
addressing the activity that's happening

1902
02:01:38,159 --> 02:01:40,260
in certain neighborhoods because we're

1903
02:01:40,260 --> 02:01:42,020
not just going to those neighborhoods

1904
02:01:42,020 --> 02:01:44,460
solving the crime and leaving

1905
02:01:44,460 --> 02:01:46,320
um you know we're we're putting our

1906
02:01:46,320 --> 02:01:48,119
technology in those areas we're

1907
02:01:48,119 --> 02:01:49,980
assessing those areas to say okay why

1908
02:01:49,980 --> 02:01:51,659
did it happen here is there anything we

1909
02:01:51,659 --> 02:01:53,940
can change in that community that will

1910
02:01:53,940 --> 02:01:56,239
keep it safer in the future whether it's

1911
02:01:56,239 --> 02:01:58,380
you know changing the environment

1912
02:01:58,380 --> 02:02:01,260
bringing in engineering or adding

1913
02:02:01,260 --> 02:02:04,500
cameras or or just obviously adding more

1914
02:02:04,500 --> 02:02:06,119
patrols increasing the lighting all

1915
02:02:06,119 --> 02:02:15,669
these things

1916
02:02:15,679 --> 02:02:18,420
thank you thank you very much thank you

1917
02:02:18,420 --> 02:02:20,760
the next item on the agenda is amending

1918
02:02:20,760 --> 02:02:22,080
the Schenectady city codes have

1919
02:02:22,080 --> 02:02:24,000
Provisions relating to the use of school

1920
02:02:24,000 --> 02:02:26,040
bus stop RM cameras there was recently

1921
02:02:26,040 --> 02:02:28,500
in public hearing on the 10th of April

1922
02:02:28,500 --> 02:02:31,560
at this point we just need to have a

1923
02:02:31,560 --> 02:02:35,900
motion to accept the change of code

1924
02:02:35,900 --> 02:02:38,219
thank you I actually took a look at this

1925
02:02:38,219 --> 02:02:40,440
a bit further after uh speaking with you

1926
02:02:40,440 --> 02:02:42,599
president Porterfield I'm actually okay

1927
02:02:42,599 --> 02:02:44,400
with the language I just want the

1928
02:02:44,400 --> 02:02:47,880
council to be aware that and you have it

1929
02:02:47,880 --> 02:02:50,280
here in front of you in your pocket on

1930
02:02:50,280 --> 02:02:53,040
page number page nine when it says

1931
02:02:53,040 --> 02:02:55,219
penalties for offenses

1932
02:02:55,219 --> 02:02:58,560
the amounts in here are Guided by state

1933
02:02:58,560 --> 02:02:59,719
law

1934
02:02:59,719 --> 02:03:02,580
so State Law changes we will have to

1935
02:03:02,580 --> 02:03:04,880
revisit this

1936
02:03:04,880 --> 02:03:08,280
in terms of the penalties

1937
02:03:08,280 --> 02:03:09,179
um

1938
02:03:09,179 --> 02:03:11,099
so I just want you to be aware of that

1939
02:03:11,099 --> 02:03:14,219
but the language in um and I took as I

1940
02:03:14,219 --> 02:03:16,440
said I took a bit of a deeper dive into

1941
02:03:16,440 --> 02:03:18,659
it says we really need to State what the

1942
02:03:18,659 --> 02:03:20,639
penalties are we can't just refer to the

1943
02:03:20,639 --> 02:03:23,280
state law which was going to be my

1944
02:03:23,280 --> 02:03:25,080
initial suggestion we just reflect what

1945
02:03:25,080 --> 02:03:26,940
the state law says you know if you want

1946
02:03:26,940 --> 02:03:28,080
to know what the penalties are look at

1947
02:03:28,080 --> 02:03:30,000
the state law but I think it's better

1948
02:03:30,000 --> 02:03:33,119
for us to itemize the penalties but just

1949
02:03:33,119 --> 02:03:34,739
with the understanding that we may have

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02:03:34,739 --> 02:03:36,540
to change the penalties of State Law

1951
02:03:36,540 --> 02:03:37,739
changes

1952
02:03:37,739 --> 02:03:40,500
thank you thank you any other questions

1953
02:03:40,500 --> 02:03:41,920
or comments

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02:03:41,920 --> 02:03:42,960
[Applause]

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um

1956
02:03:45,560 --> 02:03:47,820
all right are there any other items to

1957
02:03:47,820 --> 02:03:50,400
fall before Public Safety Committee and

1958
02:03:50,400 --> 02:03:55,810
um

1959
02:03:55,820 --> 02:03:58,260
uh next I'd like to call it to order the

1960
02:03:58,260 --> 02:03:59,820
finance committee there are three items

1961
02:03:59,820 --> 02:04:01,500
on the agenda tonight first of which is

1962
02:04:01,500 --> 02:04:04,159
a call for hearing to amend the

1963
02:04:04,159 --> 02:04:07,260
2022-2023 HUD annual action plan that

1964
02:04:07,260 --> 02:04:09,960
I'll be spoken to by Daniel Gray

1965
02:04:09,960 --> 02:04:17,990
that's great

1966
02:04:18,000 --> 02:04:20,219
good evening everybody

1967
02:04:20,219 --> 02:04:23,420
um before you we are looking to move our

1968
02:04:23,420 --> 02:04:25,860
Paving allocation over to our Parks

1969
02:04:25,860 --> 02:04:28,619
allocation or CVG

1970
02:04:28,619 --> 02:04:30,179
um budget that was passed last year um

1971
02:04:30,179 --> 02:04:32,820
it's just kind of helped show up money

1972
02:04:32,820 --> 02:04:35,699
that was expended on Jerry Burrell I'm

1973
02:04:35,699 --> 02:04:37,800
assuming that we'll be able to invest

1974
02:04:37,800 --> 02:04:40,970
additional money in parks

1975
02:04:40,980 --> 02:04:44,000
any questions or comments

1976
02:04:44,000 --> 02:04:49,980
and how much money is it uh 200 000.

1977
02:04:49,980 --> 02:04:52,619
so from Paving to Parks yep and we have

1978
02:04:52,619 --> 02:04:55,590
a public hearing on March 11th

1979
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[Music]

1980
02:05:04,580 --> 02:05:06,719
uh just looking at the recommendation

1981
02:05:06,719 --> 02:05:08,639
here so that I'm aware of it again when

1982
02:05:08,639 --> 02:05:11,099
if the council were to approve this the

1983
02:05:11,099 --> 02:05:12,840
only announces for a call for public

1984
02:05:12,840 --> 02:05:15,080
hearing not to actually

1985
02:05:15,080 --> 02:05:17,460
amend it currently because you need to

1986
02:05:17,460 --> 02:05:19,380
continue to speak those first and

1987
02:05:19,380 --> 02:05:20,900
through a public hearing right okay

1988
02:05:20,900 --> 02:05:32,470
thank you

1989
02:05:32,480 --> 02:05:42,599
[Music]

1990
02:05:42,599 --> 02:05:44,940
um so we're looking to

1991
02:05:44,940 --> 02:05:47,159
utilize thirty six thousand six hundred

1992
02:05:47,159 --> 02:05:49,440
dollars towards

1993
02:05:49,440 --> 02:05:53,280
um our annual Tree Project we do

1994
02:05:53,280 --> 02:05:54,659
um

1995
02:05:54,659 --> 02:05:57,119
we traditionally contract with Community

1996
02:05:57,119 --> 02:05:58,260
fathers

1997
02:05:58,260 --> 02:06:00,300
so we're looking to do that again this

1998
02:06:00,300 --> 02:06:01,940
year

1999
02:06:01,940 --> 02:06:04,980
any other questions or comments

2000
02:06:04,980 --> 02:06:08,990
again

2001
02:06:09,000 --> 02:06:11,940
so yeah we were looking to get the

2002
02:06:11,940 --> 02:06:13,440
accounts approval to enter the contract

2003
02:06:13,440 --> 02:06:16,260
with Community followers we have the

2004
02:06:16,260 --> 02:06:17,880
money allocated I think there was some

2005
02:06:17,880 --> 02:06:19,440
miscommunication and we submitted two

2006
02:06:19,440 --> 02:06:21,420
different legislative requests that was

2007
02:06:21,420 --> 02:06:23,940
by mistake the first one authorized the

2008
02:06:23,940 --> 02:06:25,260
money and also asked for if you can't

2009
02:06:25,260 --> 02:06:27,719
get a contract we're looking to really

2010
02:06:27,719 --> 02:06:30,930
the second one at this point

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02:06:30,940 --> 02:06:33,860
[Music]

2012
02:06:33,860 --> 02:06:36,000
so I understand that the money's already

2013
02:06:36,000 --> 02:06:38,520
been allocated it's correct the money's

2014
02:06:38,520 --> 02:06:39,719
already been allocated you don't need to

2015
02:06:39,719 --> 02:06:41,760
make a resolution for that that's

2016
02:06:41,760 --> 02:06:43,860
already allocated right you only need to

2017
02:06:43,860 --> 02:06:46,260
do the contract item number three number

2018
02:06:46,260 --> 02:06:50,639
three correct so two can be struck and

2019
02:06:50,639 --> 02:06:52,679
it would just be three

2020
02:06:52,679 --> 02:06:54,780
okay so I guess just for formality

2021
02:06:54,780 --> 02:06:57,060
moving to the agenda item number three

2022
02:06:57,060 --> 02:06:58,860
authorizing the mayor to enter a

2023
02:06:58,860 --> 02:07:00,119
contract with Canadian fathers

2024
02:07:00,119 --> 02:07:01,920
Incorporated to manage the tree

2025
02:07:01,920 --> 02:07:04,139
cleansing library of the program and as

2026
02:07:04,139 --> 02:07:06,060
you have stated uh are there any other

2027
02:07:06,060 --> 02:07:07,739
questions or comments regarding that

2028
02:07:07,739 --> 02:07:09,000
topic

2029
02:07:09,000 --> 02:07:11,639
I'm hearing on this other motion I'll

2030
02:07:11,639 --> 02:07:14,880
move it second all in favor

2031
02:07:14,880 --> 02:07:16,500
are there any other items that are

2032
02:07:16,500 --> 02:07:20,649
qualifying somebody

2033
02:07:20,659 --> 02:07:24,800
second all in favor all right

2034
02:07:24,800 --> 02:07:26,760
I'd like to follow the order of City

2035
02:07:26,760 --> 02:07:28,560
development and planning we have eight

2036
02:07:28,560 --> 02:07:31,260
items on the agenda the first item is

2037
02:07:31,260 --> 02:07:32,580
award bitten contract for the

2038
02:07:32,580 --> 02:07:34,139
improvements to hilfers in Fairview

2039
02:07:34,139 --> 02:07:42,850
parks Mr walls

2040
02:07:42,860 --> 02:07:45,540
hello hi

2041
02:07:45,540 --> 02:07:47,760
so we have in front of us the award

2042
02:07:47,760 --> 02:07:49,619
bidding contract for improvements to

2043
02:07:49,619 --> 02:07:52,860
Hillhurst in Fairview Park we put out a

2044
02:07:52,860 --> 02:07:55,679
base bid with three alternates the base

2045
02:07:55,679 --> 02:07:58,440
bid came back as a low of 324 thousand

2046
02:07:58,440 --> 02:08:01,679
dollars uh the alternates were the

2047
02:08:01,679 --> 02:08:03,960
construction of a dog park for 73 000

2048
02:08:03,960 --> 02:08:06,300
the renovations to the Fairview Park

2049
02:08:06,300 --> 02:08:08,520
tennis facility for a hundred and twelve

2050
02:08:08,520 --> 02:08:10,739
thousand and some amenities at the dog

2051
02:08:10,739 --> 02:08:14,460
park that came in at 47 000. our budget

2052
02:08:14,460 --> 02:08:16,260
for the project is five hundred thousand

2053
02:08:16,260 --> 02:08:18,300
dollars so what we're recommending is

2054
02:08:18,300 --> 02:08:20,159
that we were at the base bid of

2055
02:08:20,159 --> 02:08:22,260
Hillhurst Park and the Fairview Park

2056
02:08:22,260 --> 02:08:24,659
tennis improvements

2057
02:08:24,659 --> 02:08:28,260
any question just tell me is the uh

2058
02:08:28,260 --> 02:08:31,320
bocce ball cart courts and some of the

2059
02:08:31,320 --> 02:08:33,360
other improvements around Fairview going

2060
02:08:33,360 --> 02:08:36,300
to be a separate Penn State yes all

2061
02:08:36,300 --> 02:08:38,629
right

2062
02:08:38,639 --> 02:08:40,260
let's practice yeah I'm just highly

2063
02:08:40,260 --> 02:08:41,940
supportive of this I appreciate the work

2064
02:08:41,940 --> 02:08:44,099
that's been done in both the design

2065
02:08:44,099 --> 02:08:46,679
phase as well as getting the bids and

2066
02:08:46,679 --> 02:08:49,320
going back and forth so um I appreciate

2067
02:08:49,320 --> 02:08:51,480
this and definitely would move it

2068
02:08:51,480 --> 02:08:52,880
forward

2069
02:08:52,880 --> 02:08:55,800
any other questions are coming

2070
02:08:55,800 --> 02:08:59,460
if not I'll understand motion

2071
02:08:59,460 --> 02:09:01,280
second I was a favorite

2072
02:09:01,280 --> 02:09:05,990
thank you

2073
02:09:06,000 --> 02:09:08,159
all right item number two it's just a

2074
02:09:08,159 --> 02:09:09,020
reminder

2075
02:09:09,020 --> 02:09:11,699
that the Abandonment for the abandoned

2076
02:09:11,699 --> 02:09:13,679
portion of Amelia streets at the public

2077
02:09:13,679 --> 02:09:18,000
hearing will be um April 24th

2078
02:09:18,000 --> 02:09:20,219
item number three also a reminder the

2079
02:09:20,219 --> 02:09:21,659
that the abandonment of a portion of

2080
02:09:21,659 --> 02:09:23,699
large Street the public hearing will be

2081
02:09:23,699 --> 02:09:27,719
held on April okay

2082
02:09:27,719 --> 02:09:29,400
um a reminder that on item number four

2083
02:09:29,400 --> 02:09:31,639
amending um

2084
02:09:31,639 --> 02:09:34,139
248-18 is Schenectady city codes

2085
02:09:34,139 --> 02:09:35,940
designated Fuller street from South

2086
02:09:35,940 --> 02:09:37,739
Church to South Ferry Street and one way

2087
02:09:37,739 --> 02:09:39,840
street and that public hearing will also

2088
02:09:39,840 --> 02:09:43,320
be held on the 24th year agenda says 27

2089
02:09:43,320 --> 02:09:44,640
so you can just correct that

2090
02:09:44,640 --> 02:09:46,739
[Music]

2091
02:09:46,739 --> 02:09:49,440
the next item on the agenda is a

2092
02:09:49,440 --> 02:09:52,320
ceremony resolution we recognizing

2093
02:09:52,320 --> 02:09:55,159
Justin our chairs Mr Williams

2094
02:09:55,159 --> 02:09:58,080
uh there was recently a Shriners charity

2095
02:09:58,080 --> 02:09:59,880
ball and the city of Schenectady and

2096
02:09:59,880 --> 02:10:02,040
Justin shares his formal title is the

2097
02:10:02,040 --> 02:10:04,199
illustrious potentator from saying that

2098
02:10:04,199 --> 02:10:06,649
correctly

2099
02:10:06,659 --> 02:10:08,420
Madison

2100
02:10:08,420 --> 02:10:10,860
but as the head of the Albany Shriners

2101
02:10:10,860 --> 02:10:15,239
and um thoroughly in New York and I was

2102
02:10:15,239 --> 02:10:16,920
the youngest and it's from the title I

2103
02:10:16,920 --> 02:10:18,840
think is more than the fitting to be

2104
02:10:18,840 --> 02:10:21,239
started upon him a ceremonial resolution

2105
02:10:21,239 --> 02:10:23,880
and I would like to see that their

2106
02:10:23,880 --> 02:10:25,440
support

2107
02:10:25,440 --> 02:10:27,659
any questions or comments

2108
02:10:27,659 --> 02:10:30,360
oh it's in motion

2109
02:10:30,360 --> 02:10:33,239
I'll second all those in favor

2110
02:10:33,239 --> 02:10:34,980
the next item is the ceremonial

2111
02:10:34,980 --> 02:10:38,159
resolution recognizing I'm not sure how

2112
02:10:38,159 --> 02:10:41,280
you praise his first name Brown so giant

2113
02:10:41,280 --> 02:10:43,800
brown is a young man uh born and raised

2114
02:10:43,800 --> 02:10:45,960
right here in the city of Schenectady

2115
02:10:45,960 --> 02:10:48,599
um you know has has really uh worked

2116
02:10:48,599 --> 02:10:51,719
really hard he's a professional fighter

2117
02:10:51,719 --> 02:10:54,719
um with his record right now he's 13-1

2118
02:10:54,719 --> 02:10:56,099
um he

2119
02:10:56,099 --> 02:10:58,520
was recently his last fight Airline

2120
02:10:58,520 --> 02:11:02,219
Showtime Showbox which is a pretty

2121
02:11:02,219 --> 02:11:04,619
significant accomplishment he's an

2122
02:11:04,619 --> 02:11:06,060
ambassador for our city when he's

2123
02:11:06,060 --> 02:11:08,760
talking about uh

2124
02:11:08,760 --> 02:11:10,980
and trials and tribulations that um he

2125
02:11:10,980 --> 02:11:12,780
had had to overcome the hard work and

2126
02:11:12,780 --> 02:11:14,699
dedication that he had appointed to

2127
02:11:14,699 --> 02:11:17,760
um his uh career thus far I think it's

2128
02:11:17,760 --> 02:11:20,099
an inspiring message to uh the young

2129
02:11:20,099 --> 02:11:20,820
people

2130
02:11:20,820 --> 02:11:21,900
um

2131
02:11:21,900 --> 02:11:24,420
dreams of making it to the house that he

2132
02:11:24,420 --> 02:11:25,679
has so I think that you know he really

2133
02:11:25,679 --> 02:11:28,980
embodies the fighting Spirit and the

2134
02:11:28,980 --> 02:11:31,739
resiliency of our city so I think that

2135
02:11:31,739 --> 02:11:33,540
we should recognize someone you know how

2136
02:11:33,540 --> 02:11:34,619
to do something

2137
02:11:34,619 --> 02:11:37,500
any questions or comments

2138
02:11:37,500 --> 02:11:39,840
oh second all those in favor

2139
02:11:39,840 --> 02:11:42,239
aye item number seven is a ceremonial

2140
02:11:42,239 --> 02:11:44,520
resolution recognizing Asian American

2141
02:11:44,520 --> 02:11:47,239
heritage month which is May 1st through

2142
02:11:47,239 --> 02:11:51,780
May 31st so just want to recognize those

2143
02:11:51,780 --> 02:11:53,520
in our community

2144
02:11:53,520 --> 02:11:55,860
um for the from the aapi community for

2145
02:11:55,860 --> 02:11:58,729
their Heritage Month

2146
02:11:58,739 --> 02:12:01,020
any questions or comments

2147
02:12:01,020 --> 02:12:03,480
I'll take motion I'll move it a second

2148
02:12:03,480 --> 02:12:05,520
all those in favor

2149
02:12:05,520 --> 02:12:07,679
and item number eight is a ceremonial

2150
02:12:07,679 --> 02:12:09,659
resolution recognizing judge Robert

2151
02:12:09,659 --> 02:12:13,380
Kaufman who retired

2152
02:12:13,380 --> 02:12:16,500
and so we just want to give him a

2153
02:12:16,500 --> 02:12:18,960
resolution to you know to recognize all

2154
02:12:18,960 --> 02:12:22,380
his years of service to the community

2155
02:12:22,380 --> 02:12:25,320
so any questions or comments

2156
02:12:25,320 --> 02:12:28,199
a little bit a second all those in favor

2157
02:12:28,199 --> 02:12:30,830
aye

2158
02:12:30,840 --> 02:12:33,850
um

2159
02:12:33,860 --> 02:12:37,270
have a good evening

2160
02:12:37,280 --> 02:12:41,000
that's right second

2161
02:12:41,000 --> 02:12:42,730
all in favor

2162
02:12:42,730 --> 02:12:44,940
[Music]

2163
02:12:44,940 --> 02:12:47,940
foreign