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[10:38] Schenectady city council committee to
[10:40] order for Monday May 1st 2023 and the
[10:43] first committee is Public Safety device
[10:46] called Safety Committee to order we have
[10:48] one item on the agenda for tonight that
[10:50] is the renewal of Mohawk Ambulance
[10:51] Service contract and I'll be discussed
[10:53] by Chief Marina
[11:01] especially
[11:03] good evening everyone
[11:06] uh here this evening to present a
[11:09] contract from Mohawk Ambulance Service
[11:10] is one that is uh one we've had for over
[11:14] 20 years if not longer it renewed 73
[11:17] years
[11:18] the only difference in this contract as
[11:21] opposed to the previous one that we're
[11:23] operating under
[11:24] I believe it's in uh point 17.
[11:28] in the previous contract said that
[11:31] neither party could get out of the
[11:33] contract with a 60-day written notice
[11:35] and that has been changed to a 90-day
[11:38] written notice no other changes
[11:43] attention any questions or concerns from
[11:45] the console okay presentation so second
[11:48] all the favorites uh
[11:52] are there any other items that are
[11:54] called for the Public Safety Committee
[11:56] hanging out with your piece of emotional
[11:57] Journey second
[12:00] all those papers today
[12:03] thank you I would like to call the
[12:06] finance Community to order the course
[12:07] item is adopting in 2023 2024 Hub annual
[12:11] election plan
[12:13] if public hearing was called an April
[12:15] returns and we had a certainly come
[12:17] interior which is over
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[12:25] would you like to just come into
[12:27] anything new that happens in the year as
[12:30] well uh we didn't receive any written
[12:31] public comments um for the annual action
[12:34] plan so we're just looking to move it
[12:36] forward for adoption as proposed
[12:39] any questions comments
[12:47] thank you one more item for you no sorry
[12:51] this is a reminder for public hearing to
[12:53] amend the 2022 2023 annual action plan
[12:56] public hearing a schedule for May 8th
[13:00] that's next week Monday
[13:02] any comment on that or this is just a
[13:04] reminder just a reminder
[13:07] thank you any other businesses for
[13:10] finance
[13:11] may have a motion to adjourn second all
[13:14] in favor bye thank you I'd like to call
[13:16] the waters to development and planning
[13:18] we have 12 items on the agenda uh the
[13:21] first oh first there's a call for public
[13:24] hearing for Hamilton Hill resorting Miss
[13:26] DIA
[13:27] yes so um we are requesting to rezone an
[13:31] area of Hamilton Hill from R1 to R2 and
[13:35] this is the land that's between Hamilton
[13:37] Street Schenectady Street Strong Street
[13:39] and parts of Summit Ave and bumper
[13:42] Street
[13:43] um so the area is currently zoned as R1
[13:45] but it contrasts what's with what's
[13:47] physically present
[13:49] um in the zone so a majority of the
[13:52] housing is actually two family
[13:53] structures so the the R1 zoning kind of
[13:57] prohibits
[13:59] um development in the area and the ReUse
[14:01] of the structures there given the
[14:03] limitation of a two-family structure
[14:05] having to be a single family home
[14:08] um so I think this was done back in 2007
[14:11] um and we've just seen the impact of
[14:14] that you can see in the map I don't know
[14:16] if it's in color but the the R1 area is
[14:20] basically surrounded by R2 zoning so
[14:22] it's really only those couple of blocks
[14:24] that are R1 and over time we've just
[14:27] seen the impacts of that and the
[14:28] limitations with how the properties can
[14:31] be used how we can look at reinvestment
[14:33] in the neighborhood working with our
[14:34] nonprofits and other partners in just
[14:38] the general revitalization of Hamilton
[14:40] Hills so this has been something that's
[14:41] been discussed for a long time and we're
[14:44] finally bringing it forward and we're
[14:46] looking forward to the future of of the
[14:50] property there when we kind of match the
[14:53] zoning to what the structures of housing
[14:56] currently are
[14:59] I was just going to say so the first
[15:01] thing would be to call for the public
[15:02] hearing for the reasoning of the R1
[15:05] single family zone between Hamilton
[15:06] Street and Strong Street
[15:08] any questions
[15:11] sorry Mr Williams
[15:14] um like parking or any uh increases in
[15:19] vehicles in those areas it would be
[15:21] pretty similar to again what's
[15:23] surrounding
[15:25] um and we don't see really any issues
[15:27] with with parking
[15:28] um there's actually some data that
[15:30] supports that 40 of households don't own
[15:33] a vehicle so they're actually taking
[15:34] public transit and walking and biking
[15:36] and things of that nature thank you
[15:39] all right I'll move it just a second
[15:42] all right thank you uh okay Mr lead
[15:46] agencies for the um Seeker in opening a
[15:48] 30-day comment period for the Hillary
[15:50] zoning
[15:51] yep so related to that item this is just
[15:53] the city council declaring um the intent
[15:55] to act as a lead Agency for the Seeker
[15:58] review
[15:59] um and the call for the public hearing
[16:01] to determine the environmental
[16:03] significance of the project
[16:05] are there any questions
[16:07] stay in motion so second how was the
[16:10] paper all right and item number three
[16:12] referral of the Hamilton Hill zoning
[16:14] changes to the Planning Commission
[16:16] yes um referring this zoning Amendment
[16:19] proposal to the Planning Commission for
[16:20] a recommendation it would be on the May
[16:24] 17th agenda for this month's Planning
[16:26] Commission meeting
[16:28] are there any questions
[16:35] item number four authorize the mayor or
[16:38] his Destiny to enter into an agreement
[16:39] with the New York State Department of
[16:41] Transportation for Franklin Street cycle
[16:43] tracks and your Schenectady Franklin
[16:44] Street do not Terrace the J Street Mr
[16:47] Wallen thank you uh so the city of
[16:51] Schenectady received federal aid money
[16:52] to study and install a cycle track or
[16:55] something not Terrace and Clinton Street
[16:57] directly behind me Jason City Hall we
[17:01] have an agreement with cha this is an
[17:03] agreement with the dot so that we can be
[17:05] reimbursed up to 95 of the costs
[17:07] associated with the design
[17:10] other questions
[17:16] and number five award-winning contract
[17:19] for the Congress Street retaining wall
[17:21] replacement
[17:23] sure
[17:25] um Congress Street adjacent to the
[17:27] Dunkin Donuts in the former Bike Shop
[17:29] which is now a essentially a kitchen
[17:32] renovations store the wall there is
[17:36] failing and has been braced we've been
[17:39] working with the new property owner on
[17:41] it we have a temporary easement to enter
[17:43] and a permanent easement as the
[17:45] retaining wall is going to extend out
[17:47] farther onto their property probably
[17:49] approximately five feet from where it is
[17:51] now we solicited received four bids the
[17:54] low bid was reichenberg Contracting we
[17:56] have worked with rifenberg before
[17:58] rifenberg did a lot of work on Erie
[17:59] Boulevard previously we haven't worked
[18:01] with them recently but
[18:03] the price is uh under our budget and I
[18:06] have no reason to believe it won't be
[18:07] able to perform the work are there any
[18:10] questions
[18:11] take motion so second all those in favor
[18:15] item number 60 would be in contact for
[18:18] the Forest Road intersection Improvement
[18:21] so this is two intersections on Forest
[18:24] Road we did a project similarly on
[18:26] Forest and Francis last year where it's
[18:29] essentially a road diet project we'll be
[18:32] removing the existing two small
[18:34] landscape circles narrowing the
[18:36] intersections and installing crosswalks
[18:40] this is essentially also to complement
[18:43] our Craig Street Mount Pleasant Brook
[18:45] that we're doing some of our linkage
[18:46] studies
[18:47] we had three bids we're going to be
[18:50] looking at doing the the base bit and
[18:52] Alternate one alternate one is the pave
[18:54] the corridor one we've done we had an
[18:57] alternate two for curbing however given
[19:00] the cost and the lead time associated
[19:01] with curb
[19:03] to just do alternates uh the Basin
[19:06] alternate
[19:08] any questions
[19:09] clarification on same motion so second
[19:12] that was in favor
[19:15] number seven uh work bin contract for
[19:17] replacement Kings Road Bridge over cfcsx
[19:20] Amtrak this is a older project federal
[19:22] aid that we've been talking about the
[19:25] weight replacement of the king's Grove
[19:26] Bridge we went out to bid for this for a
[19:30] standard period of 30 days as required
[19:32] by state contracts we got four bids all
[19:35] from reputable contractors with oil
[19:37] being wind construction we have not
[19:39] previously worked with wind but they are
[19:41] local and they have done a lot of work
[19:42] in the area and with people that I work
[19:45] with consistently they have been
[19:47] recommended and their bid was sent to
[19:50] the dot for concurrence I will be
[19:51] getting that soon and then you'll end up
[19:55] seeing me come back with an agreement
[19:57] some more to Franklin Street to
[19:59] the funding for the reimbursement for
[20:02] the project so I will be back here again
[20:04] for this it is well within budget our
[20:07] budget for the project was somewhere in
[20:10] the six and a half million dollar range
[20:11] so they came in but that doesn't include
[20:13] we have construction inspection in here
[20:15] which
[20:17] is so a project came with a budget
[20:19] schedule wise we're putting it out now
[20:21] with the intention of getting all of our
[20:24] shop drawings which is our review
[20:26] process done getting our steel ordered
[20:28] and really starting the project next
[20:31] year first thing in the spring since the
[20:34] bridge is open it should be but what we
[20:37] don't want to do is we don't want to
[20:38] have a situation where we
[20:40] close the bridge and then have a winter
[20:43] shut down we want people working the
[20:45] entirety of the time as the bridge is
[20:47] closed because there is no detour The
[20:49] Detour Biz ad tour there is no partial
[20:52] closure of the bridge to do it so what
[20:55] we're looking at doing is I mean if the
[20:57] contractor says that they can get it
[20:58] done this year and we will welcome it
[21:00] but right now just given the lead time
[21:01] on materials we're thinking it'll be a
[21:04] spring to summer project straight
[21:07] through with no shutdowns in between
[21:10] nine questions
[21:15] okay item number eight uh word bin
[21:17] contract for the North Center North
[21:19] Center Street reconstruction yep
[21:22] um this is a smaller complete streets
[21:26] project that we're doing
[21:27] um North Center Street a little Jug
[21:29] Handle Street between union uh Union
[21:32] business district and the Little Italy
[21:33] business district
[21:35] um we closed a rail underpass there
[21:38] we've also seen some issues doing the
[21:40] flooding we have some sidewalk and some
[21:42] parking issues there's been some
[21:44] development in that area
[21:46] where the people there have asked us to
[21:49] look at that street
[21:50] Metroplex is actually I don't have that
[21:52] I just got commitment from them
[21:54] Metroplex is going to cover the cost of
[21:56] these sidewalks on the project so we are
[21:58] selling and mou with them for 114 000 of
[22:01] this cost and they wanted me to bring
[22:04] that up so I'm working on that right now
[22:05] with David Hogan camp and Ray Gun
[22:08] the bid was slightly over our estimate
[22:12] however the bids were so tight within
[22:15] 4000 of each other that it is what it is
[22:18] the market is is what it is and I don't
[22:20] feel a reason that we don't have
[22:21] anything that we can a Magic Bullet
[22:23] where we could say that we're going to
[22:25] you know lower these by substantial if
[22:27] we were to rebit it so Congress Street
[22:29] retaining wall came in a little low this
[22:30] came in a little high
[22:32] balances out
[22:35] any questions
[22:39] because I assume that's just a typo in
[22:42] the cover memo where the recommendation
[22:45] is to enter in a contract with wind
[22:48] construction service so it should be
[22:50] just counting Counting it's probably
[22:53] left over from the other resolution so
[22:55] where do you uh way down oh down here
[22:57] yep we'll change that for the council
[22:59] meeting thank you
[23:02] thanks mayor
[23:04] all right
[23:07] the correction a little bit second all
[23:10] those in favor
[23:11] um thank you thank you all right I think
[23:13] that's it thank you very much
[23:19] uh item nine on the agenda it was to
[23:21] authorize the abandonment of the portion
[23:23] of Amelia Street we did have a public
[23:25] hearing on the 24th we had one person
[23:27] that came to speak and I believe he's
[23:29] still in favor of that
[23:39] portion of a large Street in the public
[23:41] hearing again was held on April 24th no
[23:44] one came to speak
[23:46] salt into the motion
[23:48] a second all those in favor all right
[23:51] and item number 11 amending 2418 of the
[23:55] Schenectady city code to designate
[23:57] Fuller street from South Street to South
[24:00] Church Street to South Ferry Street and
[24:01] one-way Street and again the public
[24:03] hearing was held on April 24th and no
[24:05] one came to speak about that
[24:08] same motion so second
[24:11] paper does you have a question no thank
[24:15] you
[24:17] um there is the addition the next item
[24:18] is actually going to be for executive
[24:20] sessions so before that I would like to
[24:23] um
[24:23] thank you to ask
[24:26] this May's mental health month so we'd
[24:28] like to ask there would be a ceremonial
[24:30] resolution given to the local group um
[24:32] for that so I would need to ask the
[24:35] committee if they would entertain that
[24:38] so second all's in favor all right thank
[24:41] you and item number 12 for sale is the
[24:44] sale of 91 Division Street
[24:46] which is uh would have to be an
[24:48] executive session
[24:50] so at this time I asked for a motion to
[24:52] recess so moved sorry all those in favor
[24:55] um we're recessed
[24:59] um I'd like to call claims to order we
[25:02] have four items on the agenda um and all
[25:04] four would be uh things that we need to
[25:07] discuss in executive session so I would
[25:09] like to ask for something
[25:12] I'm sorry do you need to stay where they
[25:14] are yeah the four items I would
[25:18] recommend they go into executive session
[25:19] that has to do with ongoing litigation
[25:20] and or claims uh And discussing it in
[25:24] open section could impact and impair our
[25:28] ability to resolve these matters
[25:31] do you want me to read them out loud no
[25:33] okay
[25:34] so I'd like to get a motion to go into
[25:36] that recession
[25:39] um I'll second it all in favor okay
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