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[14:08] I'd like to call the city Caucus meeting
[14:10] to order for Monday July 10 2023
[14:14] we have 12 items for original
[14:15] consideration if the clerk would please
[14:18] read item number one for original
[14:21] consideration a resolution determining
[14:23] that the Washington Avenue Pump Station
[14:25] resiliency project and the water
[14:27] resource recovery facility resiliency
[14:29] project our type 2 actions pursuant to
[14:32] six New York code of rules and
[14:34] regulations
[14:35] 617.5 and not subject to review
[14:38] underseeker
[14:40] discuss the committee with objection on
[14:42] consent item number two item number two
[14:44] for original consideration an ordinance
[14:46] dated July 10 2023 authorizing the
[14:49] issuance of
[14:50] 9842 271 aggregate principal amount of
[14:55] Serial bonds of the city of Schenectady
[14:57] New York pursuant to the local Finance
[14:59] law to finance construction and
[15:01] reconstruction of improvements to the
[15:03] water resource recovery facility in the
[15:05] city of Schenectady at an estimated
[15:07] maximum cost not to exceed 49
[15:11] 842.42 to 271 dollars Levy of tax and
[15:16] annual installments and payment thereof
[15:18] the expenditure of such sum for such
[15:21] purpose and determining other matters in
[15:23] convex in connection they're with
[15:25] discussed in committee with objection
[15:27] and on consent item number three item
[15:30] number three for original consideration
[15:31] an ordinance authorizing a second
[15:33] supplemental Bond or an instated July 10
[15:35] 2023 authorizing an increase in the cost
[15:38] of the construction of the new North
[15:41] Ferry Street Pump Station by one million
[15:43] two hundred twenty three thousand five
[15:45] hundred and fourteen dollars the
[15:46] expenditure of such sum for the purpose
[15:49] and determine determining other matters
[15:50] in connection there with discussed in
[15:53] committee with objection on consent item
[15:55] number four for original
[15:58] consideration an ordinance dated July 10
[16:01] 2023 authorizing the issuance of 11
[16:04] million 624 114 aggregate principal
[16:09] amount cereal bonds of the city of
[16:11] Schenectady New York pursuant to the
[16:13] local Finance law to finance
[16:14] construction and reconstruction of
[16:16] improvements to the Washington Avenue
[16:18] pump station in the city of Schenectady
[16:20] at an estimate maximum cost not to
[16:22] exceed 11 million six hundred twenty
[16:25] four thousand twenty four thousand one
[16:27] hundred and fourteen dollars Levy of tax
[16:29] and annual installments in payments
[16:31] thereof the expenditure of such sum for
[16:34] such purpose and determining other
[16:35] matters in connection there with
[16:37] discussed and committed with the
[16:38] objection on consent item number five for original
[16:42] consideration and resolution authorizing
[16:44] the 2023 budget reallocation related to
[16:47] an agreement between the city of
[16:49] Schenectady and the police benevolent
[16:50] Association discussed in committee with
[16:52] the objection on consent item number six for original
[16:56] consideration a resolution authorizing
[16:58] the mayor or his designee to enter into
[17:00] an agreement with New York State
[17:01] Department of Transportation for the
[17:03] implementation and funding in the first
[17:04] instance 100 of the federal aid and
[17:07] state March of Sally program Aid
[17:09] eligible costs of a Transportation
[17:11] federal aid project and appropriating
[17:13] funds for Craig Street pavement and
[17:15] Bridge Rehabilitation project Albany
[17:17] Street to Wiley Street New York State
[17:20] DOT pin number
[17:22] 1761.69 discussed in committee without
[17:25] objection on consent item number seven for original
[17:28] consideration a resolution endorsing the
[17:31] Schenectady inner city Ministry
[17:33] application to the New York State
[17:34] Department of Environmental Conservation
[17:36] for the Southern Pine Community recovery
[17:39] program Grant discussed in committee
[17:41] with objection on consent item number
[17:43] eight item number eight for original
[17:45] consideration a resolution authorizing
[17:47] the issuance the revocable apartment
[17:48] number 676 to Destin Charter Prep School
[17:51] for a sign that will overhang the city's
[17:53] right-of-way at 530 Franklin Street
[17:55] discussed in committee with objection on
[17:58] consent item number nine item number
[17:59] nine for original consideration a
[18:01] resolution authorizing the sale of a
[18:03] vacant lot at 118 Victory Avenue for one
[18:06] thousand five hundred dollars discussed
[18:08] in committee with objection on consent
[18:09] item number 10 item number 10 for
[18:12] regional consideration a resolution
[18:13] authorizing the sale of a vacant lot at
[18:15] 815 Bridge Street for two thousand
[18:17] dollars discussed in committee without
[18:19] objection on consent item number eleven under contract and
[18:23] Supply a resolution authorizing the
[18:24] award of of contract for the Rice Road
[18:27] fluoridation Improvement project
[18:29] discussed in committee with the
[18:30] objection on consent item number 12.
[18:32] for under contract and
[18:34] supply and resolution authorizing the
[18:37] issuance of a purchase order for sodium
[18:39] hypochlorite 2023 discussed in committee
[18:41] without objection on consent
[18:43] if there's nothing more to come before
[18:45] the city council caucus I've asked for a
[18:46] motion to adjourn Ed by Mr mutabaren
[18:50] second by Ms Patrick all those in favor
[18:52] aye we are adjourned I'd like to call
[18:54] the city council meeting to order for
[18:56] Monday July 10 2023.
[18:58] and I'd like to call on rev Ronald hunt
[19:00] for the prayer invocation
[19:05] I ask for the blessings of the people
[19:08] who have been called to leave this
[19:09] community in which we live and work and
[19:12] play
[19:13] members of the councils to the employees
[19:15] the mayor and those of you making for
[19:16] and wanting change in our communities
[19:19] help our leaders to not just ask how do
[19:22] we fix this but what do we need to learn
[19:25] how might we need to change and to whom
[19:28] do we need to listen
[19:30] help our community by bringing Creative
[19:32] Solutions to our challenges I remind all
[19:35] of us as Citizens because we all forget
[19:37] from time to time especially in the
[19:40] noisiness of what passes for political
[19:42] debate today that these officials are
[19:45] not only leaders but also servants and
[19:48] that it is their responsibility and ours
[19:51] to serve the common good of all
[19:53] remind them that no matter where we live
[19:56] everyone gay straight transgender black
[19:59] whites hispanically Muslim children
[20:03] received for atheists are our neighbors
[20:06] our siblings and it's throughout the
[20:08] ages prophets have called the leaders of
[20:12] the people to respect and protect the
[20:14] least of those among us our children the
[20:17] elderly the poor those who are hungry
[20:19] those who have no homes those who are
[20:21] ill and body mind or Spirit the
[20:24] strangers and immigrants in our midst
[20:26] those who live on the margins those who
[20:28] are alone those who are forgotten
[20:31] grant them and us the wisdom and courage
[20:34] to know and do what is right and good
[20:37] and true
[20:38] may they and we speak out when it is
[20:41] time to speak out and listen patiently
[20:44] and receptively when it is time to
[20:46] listen
[20:47] may they and we always be guided by the
[20:50] spirit of community by the spirit of
[20:51] justice and by the spirit of love
[20:53] this we pray in the name of all that we
[20:56] hold sacred regardless of individual
[20:58] deities and all that we hold good and
[21:01] right and true may it be so thank you I
[21:04] now ask for a moment of silence to honor
[21:07] Mike Tierney who perhaps passed recently
[21:10] he had graduated from the ambassador
[21:12] program at the City Mission to work at
[21:14] the City Mission bookstore before his
[21:16] past
[21:23] foreign
[21:24] thank you
[21:26] Paul and Bob Sanders to lead the Pledge
[21:28] of Allegiance
[21:29] e
[21:43] thank you
[21:47] the clerk would please complete the Roll
[21:49] Call
[21:53] Mr
[21:54] president Mr Toro here Mr Farley here Mr
[21:58] Williams
[22:01] Miss Patrick here Mr palamini Miss
[22:04] Porterfield here
[22:12] ask approval of the minutes for June 26
[22:15] 2023
[22:16] moved by Miss Patrick
[22:18] second by Mr Farley all those in favor
[22:22] aye
[22:23] I would ask the clerk at this time to
[22:25] read all any Communications and
[22:26] petitions
[22:32] Communications presented to the city
[22:34] council for Monday July 10 2023 under
[22:36] official there were none under General
[22:38] an email from Lori Hoyt with suggestions
[22:41] for Central Park and under petitions
[22:43] there were none
[22:45] thank you this time any committee
[22:47] reports from council members
[22:50] any committee reports
[22:54] okay
[22:56] right now we're going to have privileges
[22:58] for the legislative agenda
[23:01] and I have one person signed up to speak
[23:04] Robert Sanders
[23:06] excuse you've changed your mind
[23:13] okay no worries
[23:16] all right so I have no one signed up to
[23:18] speak
[23:18] so I declare the public hearing excuse
[23:21] me the public comment and legislative
[23:22] agenda closed
[23:25] as for approval of the legislative
[23:26] agenda
[23:28] moved by Mr Williams
[23:30] second
[23:31] by Mr mutaviran all in favor
[23:35] thank you
[23:36] it's time privilege of the floor
[23:37] regarding General City business
[23:40] I have six people that are signed up to
[23:43] speak
[23:44] just want to remind everyone that you
[23:45] have three minutes to speak and you will
[23:47] hear a timer when it's the end of that
[23:48] time
[23:50] first person Ed laven Jr
[23:57] good evening Mr Mayor chairwoman
[23:59] Porterfield Council Members First I
[24:01] would like to know why my ethics
[24:03] complaint was not in the newspaper it is
[24:05] an election year
[24:07] the mayor is to enforce all laws in the
[24:09] city and to ensure Justice none of you
[24:11] have yet to act on my complaint of
[24:13] obstruction of justice by these three
[24:15] blatantly corrupt judges and I brought
[24:17] you proof
[24:19] the ethics board is a joke called and
[24:21] states that mayor does not have to meet
[24:22] with me I brought the complaint here so
[24:25] yes he doesn't have to meet with me
[24:27] but he has heard my complaint and he
[24:29] needs to address this federal crime to
[24:30] follow Tico has committed
[24:33] that is where my ethics complaint lies
[24:35] how is it that the mayor and city
[24:36] council members have done nothing to
[24:38] help me and instead violate their oath
[24:40] of office to protect the laws of the
[24:42] Constitution
[24:43] I guess it's ethical to cover up for
[24:45] three corrupt judges that break the law
[24:47] the mayor keeps it out of the newspaper
[24:50] you're all paid representatives of
[24:52] tax-paying citizens and none of you are
[24:54] helping me that is the color of law
[24:56] violation
[24:58] when I have a problem with government
[24:59] and I come to you you're supposed to
[25:01] represent me and make sure that I am not
[25:03] treated like a whistleblower and an
[25:04] adversary like the mayor has treated me
[25:08] you're all in violation of your oath of
[25:10] office none of you have protected my
[25:12] constitutional rights and you all swore
[25:14] to protect them
[25:15] the mayor has put the kibosh in my
[25:17] billboard and has mile Reed editor
[25:19] Gazette in his pocket
[25:21] I will expose you Mr McCarthy I have new
[25:25] signs being made I got fallacy code and
[25:27] small claims court then I got mccarthied
[25:30] in City Hall
[25:31] and you should all watch YouTube New
[25:33] York State audit and see how the mayor
[25:35] makes his own laws and violates Daniel's
[25:37] constitutional rights
[25:40] he's the guy that did the video of me
[25:44] valetico falsified evidence and said I
[25:46] was paid by garnishment and substantial
[25:49] Justice was done that is a lie I never
[25:51] received another check from garnishment
[25:53] yet they came to the courthouse before
[25:55] the child
[25:57] status obstruction of justice it is also
[26:00] a treasonable act by fallotito
[26:06] any judges does not comply would result
[26:08] to the Constitution of the United States
[26:10] Wars against that Constitution engages
[26:12] in acts in violation of the supreme law
[26:14] of the land
[26:15] the judge is engaged in Acts of treason
[26:17] the United States Supreme Court stated
[26:19] that no state legislator or executive or
[26:22] judicial officer can war against the
[26:24] Constitution without violating his
[26:26] undertaking supporting them
[26:29] this is for you mayor
[26:31] we could go on quoting Court decision
[26:33] after court decision however the
[26:35] Constitution itself answers our question
[26:37] can a government legally put
[26:39] restrictions on the rights of the
[26:40] American people at any time for any
[26:42] reason the answer is filed in article 6
[26:45] of the United States Constitution
[26:46] Miranda versus Arizona
[26:48] we're right secured by the Constitution
[26:50] are involved there can be no rule-making
[26:52] or legislation which would abrogate them
[26:56] so your executive order doesn't really
[26:58] count
[26:59] when it goes against the Constitution
[27:01] and Daniel can bring his camera into
[27:04] City Hall and use it
[27:06] in public accessibility areas he doesn't
[27:09] need Mr Coleman to escort him anywhere
[27:13] or impede his progress
[27:15] time is expired sir you're supposed to
[27:17] enforce the laws your time is expired
[27:19] sir
[27:20] thank you
[27:26] Reverend Nicole John Simone
[27:34] good evening
[27:37] council president mayor McCarthy and
[27:39] council members as I have stated at this
[27:43] meeting before as the president of the
[27:46] NAACP and a pastor in this community I
[27:50] will always bring to your attention the
[27:52] concerns residents bring to me
[27:54] and so with that being said Donna you
[27:58] Sally I hope I'm saying that correctly
[28:01] um
[28:02] made the following statement on social
[28:04] media and she is from from her own words
[28:08] the new executive secretary for our
[28:11] mayor
[28:12] and uh for the sake of time I'm not
[28:14] going to read the entire comment
[28:16] but what she wrote was the following I
[28:19] am the new executive secretary for the
[28:21] mayor we are making a lot of positive
[28:23] changes I admit there have been there
[28:25] has been neglect to a lot of
[28:27] neighborhoods but we have more absentee
[28:30] landlords than we can deal with and yes
[28:32] we have too many migrants
[28:35] and panhandling
[28:37] we are addressing it and working on a
[28:40] solution
[28:42] residents are concerned that there is
[28:45] someone working in the mayor's office
[28:48] who views migrants as a problem
[28:52] all residents
[28:54] including migrants immigrants should
[28:58] have the right to feel comfortable to
[29:00] call the mayor's office but how is that
[29:02] supposed to happen when there's a person
[29:04] answering the phone who already has a
[29:06] president Prejudice position towards
[29:08] them
[29:11] so um
[29:14] I don't expect any of you to be able to
[29:17] change anybody you that is certainly
[29:19] beyond your power to be able to change a
[29:21] person's views and positions and
[29:23] character but you do have the power to to vet people that work in your
[29:28] office to hire them to terminate them
[29:31] and things like that I am personally
[29:33] offended by this comment
[29:36] um my husband is an immigrant to this
[29:39] country he has lived here almost a year
[29:41] now he has proven to be a productive
[29:44] resident of Schenectady a hard-working
[29:46] man a man of faith and what does that
[29:49] mean that migrants are a problem and a
[29:51] solution that needs to be solved and so
[29:54] people are offended and I am offended
[29:57] these comments I'm making I'm sure are
[30:00] part of public record now that I'm
[30:01] saying them here at this meeting but you
[30:03] will have a letter from the NAACP uh
[30:06] following this and we want to know what
[30:09] will be done
[30:10] about it
[30:12] because
[30:14] people are now feeling a certain way
[30:16] that you know someone who works for for
[30:19] this in this building felt comfortable
[30:21] making that comment publicly and stated
[30:24] that she works for our mayor
[30:27] and that she called certain residents in
[30:29] this community a problem
[30:32] so I would ask you to please look into
[30:35] this
[30:36] I'm sure that you understand how these
[30:39] comments are prejudiced and that you
[30:42] will follow up on it thank you thank you
[30:48] Joanne perilla Lasky
[30:58] there's just a couple pictures
[31:01] um okay I'm to Imperial Alaska I live at
[31:04] 805 Londonderry Road and I'm a long time
[31:06] resident and lover of Schenectady and an
[31:08] asset to the city because I always do
[31:11] volunteer things anyway I've always kept
[31:14] my property in Tip Tap shade as you can
[31:16] see from the pictures it's well kept
[31:18] neat no you know garbage or anything
[31:20] around
[31:22] um and our people in our neighborhood
[31:23] really do take pride in our neighbor in
[31:26] our neighborhood and our the appearance
[31:28] of our property I actually walk the
[31:31] streets often and pick up garbage that
[31:34] people throw out of their Windows
[31:35] because they throw their soda cans and
[31:37] their coffee cups out the windows and I
[31:38] do that so you can imagine my um
[31:41] displeasure when
[31:44] because I put my garbage out a day early
[31:46] because of the Juneteenth well there's
[31:48] two reasons why I'll tell you that in a
[31:49] minute when I found a 50 citation I had
[31:53] somebody went to the trouble of a
[31:54] three-page letter saying that you've got
[31:57] a 50 citation because you put your
[31:59] garbage out early we had two two reasons
[32:02] for that
[32:03] um one it was the Juneteenth holiday
[32:06] which screws us all up and we always
[32:09] kind of look at each other's properties
[32:11] to see who's got their garbage out and
[32:12] so on and um two uh our just just FYI
[32:18] londonderry's not even on any of your
[32:20] Maps just take a look at the map that
[32:22] you have for your trash trash Maps our
[32:25] streets aren't even on that map I know
[32:28] that when it comes because I because I
[32:30] know that's we're in that neighborhood
[32:32] but if you look Londonderry does not
[32:34] appear on that map so that's another
[32:35] thing that kind of annoys me because I
[32:36] do look out the window to check other
[32:38] people's garbage so anyhow you can
[32:40] imagine my displeasure when I found a 50
[32:42] citation in my mailbox because I had put
[32:45] things out on the wrong day so you asked
[32:48] for Creative Solutions I'm a 30-year
[32:50] teacher and that's what we do we look
[32:51] for Creative Solutions and rather than
[32:54] um having a citation of that amount why not just a little warning and say
[32:59] Hey you put your garbage out the wrong
[33:01] day if I get a three three page or four
[33:03] Page Letter which costs them probably a
[33:06] lot more instead of my neighbors a lot
[33:07] of my neighbors too
[33:09] um to do then just a little note saying
[33:11] you put it out all right so we made a
[33:13] mistake you know that's the right way to
[33:15] do it I'm I'm proud of the city I love
[33:17] the city I always have I've lived in The
[33:19] Stockade I've lived in Bellevue
[33:21] um I grew up in Rotterdam this is my
[33:23] city this is my home and to do this
[33:24] seems very to me um
[33:27] really ridiculously punitive that's all
[33:31] and I I just would hope I called and I
[33:34] came down and I said well there's
[33:36] nothing you can do about it you know and
[33:37] to me I don't like that answer I think
[33:39] that that was the wrong answer I think
[33:41] that we could a little perhaps a little
[33:43] warning a little note
[33:45] saying this is the wrong day and we
[33:47] would be very we're very conscientious
[33:49] about the property I mean you guys have
[33:52] my pictures there it's not like I have a
[33:54] junky property or people in my
[33:56] neighborhood do so that's what I have to
[33:58] say I don't know where I go from here I
[34:00] would like some if anybody has a
[34:01] suggestion that would be great but uh
[34:03] that's it so thanks
[34:06] I was angry I'm still angry a little
[34:11] bit oh
[34:17] well at least keep one for the record
[34:19] yeah
[34:22] thanks all right you're welcome thank
[34:25] you
[34:28] Robert Sanders
[34:36] good evening Mr Mayor Madam president my
[34:40] name is Robert Sanders I live on
[34:41] McDonald Avenue I just wanted to talk to
[34:44] you about a couple items um
[34:48] one I spoke about rent and I saw mayor
[34:50] Adams from New York City you know there
[34:52] was this woman who actually berated him
[34:55] because he gave his first rent increase
[34:57] and it was only of three percent
[35:00] after five years
[35:02] now I've got two run increases this past
[35:06] one was 25 percent and the other one was
[35:08] 17
[35:09] and this is Schenectady New York or not
[35:11] New York City we don't have subways we
[35:14] don't have rail systems going all over
[35:15] we don't have five boroughs okay um
[35:19] I think landlords here are ridiculous
[35:22] one bedroom apartment eleven hundred
[35:24] dollars it's out of control you heard me
[35:27] say that the last time something has to
[35:29] be done why don't we we have invested
[35:32] money in building housing here I do know
[35:34] that but people are just getting sucked
[35:37] dry there's no equity
[35:38] you know there's got to be something
[35:40] done there's got to be something to
[35:41] where you know there's a cap
[35:45] in place I'm going to say that much but um
[35:50] I got to follow up on the you know
[35:52] migrants there because you know I'm for
[35:54] immigration if you could speak the
[35:56] language
[35:57] if you have a job
[35:58] you could live in America that's and you
[36:01] have housing that's how I feel about it
[36:03] but you know if you know if you ever go
[36:06] back there's immigration law right on
[36:08] the books saying what you have to do
[36:11] past immigration I noticed because of my
[36:14] parents
[36:15] and actually there's a test you have the
[36:17] pass you know about geography who's this
[36:21] President this this it's pretty it's
[36:23] pretty you know daunting I think they
[36:25] shouldn't you know lean it right up to
[36:28] three things I said
[36:29] but uh
[36:31] back to this you know when you're paying
[36:35] you know 1100 1300 for a one bedroom
[36:39] apartment and a mortgage for a house is
[36:42] cheaper there's something wrong and the
[36:44] income the average income is forty five
[36:46] thousand dollars per person in
[36:48] Schenectady
[36:50] they're all just gonna leave
[36:52] if the bottom ever falls out here
[36:55] there's a big problem and most you
[36:57] people I know you are you're good people
[36:59] you're easy to work with you know I've
[37:02] known Marion I know the mayor I know you
[37:03] all you know there's you know landlords
[37:06] you've got to say listen everybody
[37:08] should make a dollar it should be fair
[37:10] that a landlord makes money but when
[37:12] they're sitting in there charging you 25
[37:13] every year my landlord says your rent's
[37:17] going up every year it's going up every
[37:19] year that'd be fine if the one up you
[37:21] know five percent
[37:23] six percent or if there was a massive
[37:24] increase you know anybody that's on
[37:27] Social Security knows the biggest Social
[37:28] Security increase was last year of eight
[37:31] percent
[37:32] and that was it and this year you're not
[37:34] getting any
[37:36] okay tell that to a landlord okay
[37:39] city council you know I know you're just
[37:41] a city council I did preach the county
[37:43] okay I did do that but there's got to be
[37:47] some type of you know where you've got
[37:50] to say something to these landlords
[37:52] Association whatever they call
[37:53] themselves they came up and talked to
[37:55] you I think if you're a time have a good
[37:57] evening thank you
[38:00] Brian and Emily template
[38:06] sure if I got the last name right
[38:11] Templeton the the handwriting is not
[38:13] always great though yeah thanks okay Brian and Emily
[38:21] and
[38:22] um similar to a previous person
[38:24] um
[38:26] we received um
[38:28] one of the more Charming sides of
[38:30] Schenectady
[38:31] but that's not really where we were
[38:34] going to start we're going to start with
[38:35] we moved to Schenectady about three
[38:37] years ago and there's a lot of things in
[38:38] the city that we really and truly like
[38:40] and we we enjoy living here you know we
[38:42] like the diversity of the city we like
[38:44] the fact that we can you know bike a lot
[38:46] of places that they're close by they're
[38:48] near our jobs and so like we really do
[38:52] like Schenectady and you know we both
[38:54] moved here to to the upstate New York
[38:57] area to work in Renewables I'm in
[39:00] research and Emily's
[39:02] um in solar and storage yeah at GE and
[39:06] we intentionally picked Schenectady as a
[39:08] good school system for our daughter too
[39:09] so we're you know we're part of the
[39:11] community and really enjoy being here
[39:14] um
[39:14] but we got a citation about our yard so
[39:19] we have uh more Loosely kept yard but
[39:23] it's one that's intentional we have a
[39:25] lot of wildflowers we let the
[39:26] wildflowers in our yard grow
[39:28] um and we think it's an asset to the
[39:32] community to have a place for
[39:33] pollinators to grow and that sort of
[39:34] thing so yeah and we also in the evening
[39:36] see a lot of fireflies come out
[39:39] and so you know and you know basically
[39:42] this has happened two years in a row in
[39:44] the very spring we get a note uh notice
[39:47] and then as the flowers start to bloom
[39:49] all of a sudden
[39:50] oh they're wildflowers but if you mow
[39:53] them down before they bloom
[39:55] well you know they they don't bloom
[39:59] um and so we actually did email some
[40:02] pictures of our Flowers In Bloom to
[40:04] Marion because we had talked to you at
[40:05] the farmer's market yesterday and
[40:08] um so we would also love to have anyone
[40:11] who would like to you guys have our
[40:12] address we would be happy to you know
[40:14] show us show you guys our yard
[40:17] um
[40:21] it says I translated it because her
[40:23] handwriting is not always the best it
[40:25] says I would like to keep my wild lawn
[40:27] with the robins and the birds the
[40:29] squirrels the bees the butterflies the
[40:31] rabbits and the groundhogs to the city
[40:33] council by Anna Laurel Templeton read by
[40:35] Brian and Emily that's what you guys
[40:37] think
[40:39] so in conclusion you know we've heard
[40:42] about you know the city faces many many
[40:44] problems and a lot of them are very
[40:46] difficult
[40:47] but in a lot of ways this is one that
[40:49] you guys have the power to you know do
[40:51] something about you know and we would
[40:53] suggest you know either one you know
[40:55] consider the fact that you know that you
[40:57] know wildlife habitat or you know
[40:59] pulmonary habitat is a thing and
[41:01] secondly you know if you guys wanted to
[41:03] actually have you know say a program so
[41:05] that like yards could get pre-approved
[41:07] or some sort of like guidelines like
[41:10] that would also be viewed positively
[41:11] what's not viewed positively is you know
[41:14] every year getting a citation
[41:16] um that's a little crafts and threatens
[41:17] up to you know 250 a day for not mowing
[41:20] so thank you guys very much thank you
[41:30] Wayne Harper
[41:37] Marion Dave Elmendorf over here didn't
[41:40] sign the sheet and he wants to speak
[41:44] so you might want to call on them
[41:47] now
[41:49] I'd like to suggest that the city
[41:51] started registry of complaints about
[41:53] city employees
[41:56] I think it should be put in a computer
[41:59] and we start to log who these employees
[42:02] are that don't speak to Residents in a
[42:04] proper way
[42:06] and we shouldn't have to foil
[42:08] to get that information of how many
[42:10] complaints they get and I'd like to
[42:13] nominate Paul Lafond and Phyllis in the
[42:15] water department as two that should be
[42:17] on the sheet or as a complaint
[42:20] Paul took months to get back to me from
[42:23] phone calls and some of the requests
[42:25] came from the mayor's office and he
[42:27] ignored it I know it was months because
[42:29] I called them before I went in the
[42:31] hospital I was in the hospital for two
[42:33] months when I finally when he finally
[42:35] called I said you know it took you
[42:36] months to get back to me says yeah I
[42:38] know I'm going to have to do better
[42:40] so we need to do better the residents
[42:43] deserve better
[42:45] and as far as Phyllis goes she's got a
[42:47] nasty disposition and she tried to find
[42:50] sexism in our conversation where there
[42:52] wasn't any but I got her squared away
[42:55] but I've noticed I've talked to her two
[42:56] or three times she don't have the right
[42:58] tone to be dealing with the public
[43:00] and we don't deserve it
[43:03] no
[43:05] I think maybe every six months at least
[43:07] maybe a minimum of once a year
[43:10] they ought to be they ought to get
[43:13] together in a group and be told who they
[43:15] actually work for because I think they just work for you folks here
[43:18] they they work for every resident
[43:20] taxpayer out there
[43:22] and we deserve better and someone needs
[43:24] to see that we get better so
[43:29] who was it they used to say and that's
[43:31] all I have to say about that was that
[43:33] Forrest Gump I think that's
[43:34] [Laughter]
[43:36] no I want to conclude
[43:39] you know that Andrew Wade he's one of my
[43:41] favorite reporters at that Gazette and I
[43:43] forgot at the last meeting to point out
[43:45] the fact that him taking his two young
[43:48] children
[43:49] in my opinion now this is just my
[43:51] opinion
[43:52] but for him to take his two young
[43:54] children to that gay pride parade I mean
[43:56] very young that should be considered
[43:58] child abuse my opinion
[44:01] all right I guess oh one last thing I
[44:05] started my eighth week of picketing at
[44:07] the Albany VA hospital and I challenge
[44:09] some of those veterans out here in the
[44:11] county or the city to come and join me
[44:13] yeah especially if you were in the first
[44:15] air Cavalry well no one showed up but I
[44:18] will tell you this
[44:19] I've had I've met some wonderful people
[44:23] stopping you generally young women
[44:25] stopping they bring me water they really
[44:29] are concerned for me one is taking the
[44:31] bar exam and the other young woman 21
[44:33] years old is going to be is applying for
[44:36] law school so it's refreshing to see
[44:39] that there are young people that really
[44:40] are that
[44:42] you know involved with seeing you
[44:44] sitting out there it was very moving
[44:46] thank you thank you
[44:51] now there's another gentleman that
[44:53] wanted to speak you did not you weren't
[44:55] signed up that you wanted to speak
[45:04] hi mayor McCarthy people the council my
[45:06] name is
[45:08] I just I might be able to write your
[45:10] name on the sheet my name is art morato
[45:12] m-a-r-o-t-t-a
[45:13] and this is David Elmendorf
[45:16] okay
[45:18] we represent weedican Motors and
[45:20] recently there's been a proposal for
[45:22] CDTA bus stop to put a stop in front of
[45:24] our building
[45:26] um
[45:27] the stop would be almost the same size
[45:30] as the one that's across the street
[45:32] which would span about 26 feet from
[45:34] start to finish
[45:36] that would be detrimental to our
[45:37] business half of our
[45:40] Street Frontage to the left is where we
[45:42] have cars out for sale it's basically an
[45:44] extension from our office inside that's
[45:46] where we display cars
[45:49] um it's a carport that's covered that
[45:52] covers about 15 cars
[45:54] um
[45:56] this is where we display cars put cars
[45:58] on a test drive we also have two service
[46:00] doors that we service and sell hundreds
[46:01] of cars a month okay
[46:03] they want to put a structure in front of
[46:06] the carport that would basically cover
[46:08] all of our illuminated signage it would
[46:11] basically hinder us doing business on
[46:13] almost 45 percent of our street Frontage
[46:15] so we've talked with them a few times
[46:18] we've offered what I feel is that we
[46:20] feel our reasonable suggestions to put
[46:23] the bus stop in a better place that
[46:25] doesn't hinder on anybody's business
[46:27] obviously our main concern is people's
[46:29] safety we obviously have a business to
[46:31] protect but we feel that there's other
[46:33] locations that are close by that they
[46:36] can put their stop that are less busy as
[46:40] far as traffic there's a car wash next
[46:42] door it's a very busy intersection
[46:45] um so we've talked with them we've had a
[46:47] couple meetings with them they've come
[46:48] out mayor McCarthy I think you've seen
[46:50] the carport when you've come to visit
[46:51] the store once or twice
[46:53] uh we just feel that
[46:55] anything that's in front of our business
[46:56] like that is going to hinder what we do
[46:58] we've been there for 102 years
[47:00] and uh
[47:03] we just feel that that's not something
[47:05] that will be beneficial to us and also
[47:07] the safety of the people
[47:10] if I might add one of the things that
[47:12] years ago we did have the bus stop there was no cubicle but we used to have
[47:19] a lot of damage they'd leave garbage
[47:21] we've had to have cars painted scratched
[47:24] and it was a real problem of course the
[47:26] green Union was also there then and they
[47:29] used to leave grocery carts there and we
[47:31] used to have to wheel them back and
[47:33] forth and that was quite a bit but
[47:35] obviously that's gone now but we're
[47:38] still going to have and they admitted
[47:39] that we would still have the vandalism
[47:41] problem and it's an issue
[47:43] concern for us you know we have a
[47:45] thousand dollar deductible in each car
[47:47] so that expense gets can be very
[47:51] expensive to us and
[47:53] so uh if there's anything you folks can
[47:56] do we would really greatly appreciate it
[47:58] we're willing to look at other options
[48:01] we may have one and I'll bring this up
[48:05] two doors down is our body shop now I
[48:08] haven't talked to this with my partners
[48:10] but we could maybe put it there which
[48:13] would make it that much closer to the
[48:15] crosswalk which is the concern
[48:17] that they have for jaywalking so
[48:22] um that could be a possibility we
[48:24] probably could get that done if that
[48:26] works for the CDTA so uh with that being
[48:31] said we appreciate the time for being
[48:33] here and
[48:35] hope that we can work something out too
[48:38] to better everybody certainly the safety
[48:41] but certainly our business which we're
[48:42] concerned for so we thank you for the
[48:45] opportunity thank you thank you thank
[48:48] you
[48:51] I have no one else signed up to speak so
[48:53] I declare the public comment of City
[48:54] business closed
[48:57] and at this time any miscellaneous
[48:59] business of the council
[49:03] is Patrick
[49:08] thank you I just wanted to announce that
[49:11] on July 22nd from noon to 3 is the
[49:14] seventh annual uh honorable Karen B
[49:17] Johnson family fun day over at Steinmetz
[49:20] Park
[49:21] um which you know we'll we'll have about
[49:23] a thousand uh Children and Families from
[49:26] the neighborhood there's pony rides
[49:28] there's food it's all free
[49:31] um there's lot there's about over 30
[49:33] Community organizations that will be
[49:36] there to
[49:38] run activities run arts and crafts
[49:40] activities but also to give resources
[49:43] and information out to the family so I
[49:46] just wanted to announce that thank you
[49:51] okay I'm here
[49:56] thank you madam president I appreciate
[49:58] the individuals that have come out
[50:00] tonight who got cited those things can
[50:04] be forwarded to my office for review
[50:06] sometimes they are legitimate sometimes
[50:08] there's a misunderstanding in terms of
[50:11] some of the applications of the code and
[50:13] sometimes it just takes a little bit to
[50:16] straighten it out and bring some common
[50:18] sense to it also we lucked out in terms
[50:21] of the weather those places south of
[50:23] here and east of here had some
[50:26] unfortunately some severe flooding which
[50:28] is still going on
[50:30] and uh just that we should be thankful
[50:34] that uh Mother Nature Smiled On Us a
[50:36] little bit and we're able to
[50:39] hopefully enjoy some good weather ahead
[50:41] of us but thank you madam president
[50:43] thank you mayor
[50:45] I'd also like to thank everyone that
[50:47] came out tonight to express their
[50:49] concerns about what's going on in the
[50:51] city
[50:52] um
[50:53] and maybe waste for improvement
[50:55] and I just wanted to note that I'm sure
[50:57] we've all read about it about the number
[50:59] of overdoses that we've seen lately
[51:01] within our city so that means there are
[51:05] people out there suffering who are
[51:06] suffering from this addiction problem
[51:09] and in lives are lost as a result of
[51:11] that I know that our Police Department
[51:13] is doing some work around that I just
[51:15] want to remind those who are in that
[51:16] situation as well as those who know
[51:18] people in that situation that there are
[51:20] resources out there and to Avail
[51:22] themselves to that to those resources
[51:25] because any loss of life is is not a
[51:28] good thing so just and my condolences to
[51:31] the family who who lost loved ones as a
[51:34] result of this
[51:35] and let's just all be careful with the
[51:37] weather out there it's very very hot and
[51:39] unfortunately I had a friend who lost
[51:41] their husband in this immense heat just
[51:43] being outside in the yard so let's be
[51:45] really really careful
[51:47] with that I'll ask for a motion to
[51:49] adjourn
[51:50] moved by Mr Williams second by Mr
[51:51] multiver and all those in favor
[51:53] aye we are adjourned have a good evening
[52:04] [Music]
[52:53] thank you