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[5:24] we have we can use one that's right I'd
[5:27] like to call to or City conect city
[5:30] council committee meeting for Monday May
[5:32] 6 2024 the first thing on the item on
[5:34] the agenda is a
[5:36] presentation for the adoption of the Al
[5:39] and crane streets complete Street study
[5:41] uh Mr
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[5:48] um as you see on your screens the uh
[5:51] City's connected receive funding through
[5:53] a linkage study program linkage studies
[5:56] are administered by the capital region
[5:58] Transportation Council Council formerly
[6:00] known as the Capital District
[6:02] transportation committee uh they went
[6:04] through a rebranding due to some
[6:05] confusion with the cbta so um linkage
[6:09] studies are um ideas federally funded
[6:12] where the idea is to do a study and to
[6:16] see um the merits of a project and to
[6:18] try to flush out a project prior to
[6:20] going actually for any kind of federal
[6:22] funding
[6:30] to hit
[6:42] this there we go so before this we had a
[6:44] project team uh project team was cap
[6:47] region Transportation Council the uh
[6:50] city is connected Alex fire Rec for team
[6:51] fromo syvia uh myself and uh even
[6:54] Christen de when she was here we had a
[6:56] design team with fuss and O'Neal landard
[6:58] Studios Mutual design great Manning
[7:00] engineering and then we had a study
[7:02] advisory committee study advisory
[7:03] committee is is very important um as
[7:06] they're usually made up of of the
[7:08] stakeholders and the investors in the
[7:10] area um they are essentially that bridge
[7:13] between the public necessarily and the
[7:16] city staff uh so we had a meeting with
[7:18] the study advisory committee as well um
[7:21] to a brief agenda overview with the
[7:23] existing conditions Al Street Crane
[7:24] Street christler remain have
[7:27] Concepts um I'll show you the study area
[7:29] probably have came before so the study
[7:31] area you see here is Albany Street from
[7:35] verer Avenue to Brandy line Crane Street
[7:37] from Broadway up to O strander Norwood
[7:41] uh Chrysler Avenue and Maine as you see
[7:44] uh so most St primar on Pleasant but
[7:47] then there is that Corridor and
[7:50] Hamilton um so what is a complete Street uh is where we no longer
[7:56] just think of a roadway as a place for
[7:58] vehicles so a roadway is a place for
[8:02] pedestrians Vehicles bicyclists dog
[8:04] walkers it is a people place for people
[8:06] to sit it should be inviting it should
[8:08] be safe um complete Street studies um
[8:11] really came around in the last decade um
[8:13] if you've seen intersections that were
[8:15] built in the 80s usually that was before
[8:17] complete streets that's why a lot of
[8:19] things that were built in the 70s and '
[8:20] 80s come out very cold a lot of concrete
[8:22] not a lot of those complete streets
[8:24] thing elements in it last complete
[8:26] streets study that we did was the
[8:28] linkage study for right in Maine and we
[8:31] are implementing that now so you know
[8:33] this is something that we are familiar
[8:35] with um safety assessment so working
[8:38] with the SPD we did uh you know safety
[8:40] assessment of crashes in the areas so
[8:42] you see the the left figure that is the Crane Street Corridor and the upper
[8:47] right that that red and uh blue line is
[8:49] Albany Street so you see it was a high
[8:51] segment of crashes 20% of injury right
[8:54] angle uh and then they had the BCE
[8:56] crashes uh greater number on Aly Street
[8:58] which is 14 key um and you know we like
[9:01] to say that these corridors these are commercial corridors in the
[9:04] neighborhoods and we are seeing
[9:06] investments into them so you see the
[9:08] library um we have the new depal housing
[9:10] project Mosaic Apartments uh so there
[9:12] are things happening on all of these
[9:14] areas these are commercial corers um and
[9:17] one of the things that we're trying to
[9:18] break out of like we like to call it is
[9:20] this vicious vicious circle of Po
[9:22] walking and driving commission so if you
[9:24] see up here you know everything has to
[9:27] work together to really make it an
[9:29] impact if you have no curbs then you
[9:31] have people who Park up on the sidewalks
[9:34] then you have people that don't walk on
[9:35] the sidewalk so they may walk in the
[9:37] road uh if you don't have the street
[9:39] trees and you have what visually
[9:41] perceived is a wide Corridor so parking
[9:45] uh you know not parking but speeds may
[9:47] go up so you know these are some uh
[9:49] sample conditions along the corridor of
[9:51] what we have and then you know this is
[9:53] the impacts we're saying unsafe walking
[9:56] uh lack of shade really unsightly you
[9:59] know that's one of the things that we
[10:00] get is that you know some of our street
[10:01] corridors are unsightly a lot of
[10:04] increased speeds uh and you know promote
[10:06] speeding crashs and uh and bicyclist
[10:09] don't like it as much so one of the
[10:11] biggest things that we always do and I
[10:12] think SCCY really stands out when we do
[10:14] our projects is our community engagement
[10:17] um we really strive with Community
[10:19] engagement a lot of shetes um there was
[10:22] even more information in this
[10:23] presentation which I kind of took out
[10:25] because I wanted to make this you know a
[10:26] quicker presentation and all the
[10:28] information is within the report itself
[10:30] but these are just some samples of what
[10:31] we did we do a lot with interaction
[10:34] putting stickers on boards trying to see
[10:37] um what people really want to see out of
[10:39] the community and out of the project so
[10:42] you know how we have our public Outreach
[10:43] we did a lot of public Outreach things
[10:45] we did meetings in both Hamilton Hill
[10:48] and Mount Pleasant we did not pick one
[10:49] location and say come to this we wanted
[10:51] to make sure that we had locations in
[10:53] both neighborhoods so we met at the
[10:55] library we also met at Community
[10:56] Ministries on all street so we went
[10:58] there we also had our stakeholder
[11:00] meetings there which were valuable um
[11:03] and then additionally we conducted like
[11:06] we talked about the more Focus
[11:07] stakeholders meetings and the
[11:09] stakeholders were with um neighborhood leaders and uh like it says
[11:14] Emergency Services we met with both the
[11:16] police and the fire department we met
[11:17] with the CDTA we've had meetings with
[11:19] the school district so we really wanted
[11:21] to make sure that we engage with
[11:23] everyone in this project um there you
[11:25] see a picture of morrice you know he was
[11:27] out with the development tent you know
[11:28] we're really trying to get to people one
[11:30] of the things that we have to do is we
[11:32] have to find you you know we set up
[11:34] these tents on the corridors and we go
[11:36] right to you and we try to engage with
[11:38] you just because we know that it's
[11:40] difficult for people to understand and
[11:41] coming to us so you see that here
[11:44] collaborating with youth uh we work with
[11:46] youth and we help hand out Flyers Flyers
[11:48] try to drive you to the website when you
[11:50] get to the website try to get some
[11:51] interaction from them uh to fill out
[11:53] some of our survey about what they'd
[11:55] like to see um this is another uh sh on
[11:58] Albany Street where we were just trying
[11:59] to get people who were on Albany Street
[12:01] to go through and and tell us what they
[12:03] thought of their Concepts um and then we
[12:07] have uh this was the one another one on
[12:09] Crane Street where we have this was out
[12:10] in front of the library where we're
[12:12] still trying to get people to put down
[12:14] their ideas uh and see what this
[12:17] Corridor could
[12:19] be so uh I will say go into the design
[12:22] recommendations I will say one of the
[12:24] outcomes uh that I will say with Albany
[12:26] Street in particular was Al Street a lot
[12:29] of people on that road felt that Albany
[12:31] Street was the backyard of State Street
[12:34] that State Street was the front the
[12:37] facades the businesses and a lot of Aly
[12:40] Street was just the rear end and the
[12:42] access and the parking so we did we did
[12:44] try to take note of that so we have our
[12:47] design representations uh like I said
[12:50] before and all the graphical uh
[12:51] information all the backup to this
[12:54] there's you know numerous appendices and
[12:55] things that can be found in the report
[12:57] itself so the first road that we start
[12:59] with is Aly Street I apologize for the
[13:01] size because we just did it but I'll
[13:03] just kind of summarize here that let
[13:06] again a lot of people just felt like Al
[13:08] Street wasn't focused um here what we
[13:10] have is we're going to start on beater
[13:12] and we're just going to work our way up
[13:13] to Brandy Wine so if you can see uh on
[13:16] the right one of the things that we're
[13:17] looking to implement was what's called a
[13:19] climbing Lane for bicycles so we don't
[13:22] have a lot of real estate on Albany
[13:23] Street so coming down Albany Street
[13:26] keeping up with traffic and feeling
[13:28] comfortable go is fine but going up
[13:30] Albany Street where you're probably a
[13:31] little bit more struggling as opposed to
[13:33] a car to get up that grade we proposed a
[13:36] climbing Lane which you can see on the
[13:38] bottom right climbing Lane goes all the
[13:40] way from verer up to Craig Street uh you
[13:42] can see another example here and at
[13:44] Craig street we would then transition to
[13:46] our Craig Street Corridor where we're
[13:47] going to have our cycle track and more
[13:49] bike infrastructure uh and then
[13:51] something like this we did meet with the
[13:52] owner of Newest Lunch because Newest
[13:54] Lunch is one of the highest volume
[13:56] turnover of parking and we talked to him
[13:58] about how we try widen and not impact
[14:00] his uh his parking so he was a active
[14:03] par participant in this um one of the
[14:06] things too you'll see is a theme as we
[14:07] go is a lot of trees curb and sidewalk
[14:10] um that's just a theme throughout that
[14:12] having as much trees curb and sidewalk
[14:14] as
[14:15] possible um so here you see Albany
[14:17] Street going up to Craig you still see
[14:19] the climbing Lane strike parking another
[14:21] thing you're going to see a lot of is
[14:23] striped parking um the striped parking
[14:26] gives that visual cue that the lane
[14:28] isn't twice as wide as it needs to be
[14:30] the strike parking shows that this is
[14:32] the lane and this is the parking and to
[14:34] try to really visually neck you down um
[14:37] then you have the next segment which is
[14:38] Craig the hin and you see there's not
[14:40] too much going on here it's just more
[14:43] streetcape trying to widen the parking
[14:46] you can see one of the things that we
[14:48] fight on all of these is the utility
[14:50] poles you can see these unique little
[14:51] bump outs it's a concept I'm sure that
[14:54] I'd have to talk to Paul about something
[14:55] like that because of the you know
[14:57] uniqueness of having that but trying to
[15:00] move utility poles and utility poles on
[15:02] all these corridors are you know they
[15:04] are a hindrance especially look of the
[15:06] wires and things like that and how they
[15:07] also affect you from actually planting
[15:09] trees um then when we get up to stuben uh anyone's familiar with the
[15:15] corridor stuen is kind of a transitional
[15:18] Street on Albany uh stuen down uh to
[15:23] verer it's more of your mixed use
[15:25] commercial Corridor you have a lot of
[15:27] businesses and things going on but
[15:29] stuen to Brandy Wine it is mostly
[15:32] residential multifam homes and that's
[15:35] where you're seeing a lot of parking on
[15:36] the sidewalk and a lot of the the
[15:39] quality of the neighborhood just isn't
[15:41] up to up to task because of you know
[15:43] some of these things that we're talking
[15:44] about so you if you can see that we're
[15:45] really trying to focus on establishing
[15:47] that straight curved line planting grass
[15:50] trees and really trying to reestablish
[15:52] the sidewalk on Aly street so then as we
[15:55] move to um Crane Street Crane Street we
[15:59] tried and we talked about you know
[16:00] Craner same thing big hill going all the
[16:02] way up not enough real estate to put in
[16:04] something like a climbing Lane but still
[16:06] to put in there the the parking area
[16:10] striping and some Street trees and and
[16:14] Landscaping um and as you see as we go
[16:16] up that's really the focus on this
[16:18] Corridor is to just better Define the
[16:20] curve lines the parking lanes and and
[16:23] try to add those Street trees into the
[16:25] corridor so it is a business Corridor um
[16:28] we did work work with Metroplex on this
[16:30] Corridor as we get out because they are
[16:32] always involved in our in our commercial
[16:34] and business districts but not too many
[16:37] substantial changes to Crane Street uh
[16:40] as you go now this portion here you'll
[16:42] see the intersection the intersection is
[16:44] actually part of the project that we're
[16:46] actively pursuing right now which is to
[16:48] improve the crane price to main
[16:51] intersection that project is underd
[16:53] design and that was funded partially
[16:55] through a Sam Grant from Santa Barbara's
[16:58] office so what you see in the upper
[16:59] right corner that or some configuration
[17:02] of that is actually taking place because
[17:04] that is probably the most important
[17:07] Lynch pin in all of this is to make sure
[17:09] we get that intersection safe because it
[17:11] is a very unique and I wouldn't say a
[17:14] great intersection in the city um next
[17:17] we
[17:18] have I'm sorry
[17:20] crane we on crane again this is just
[17:23] continuing up with the same so I just
[17:26] kind of interest of time so so price Avenue was an interesting one that
[17:30] we're hoping to do sooner than later if
[17:32] anyone's familiar with Chrysler Avenue is a very odd Street
[17:35] between Norwood and Crane Street it is a
[17:38] two-way road that is extremely narrow um
[17:41] we met with the fire department the
[17:43] police department and the school
[17:45] district and we are looking to make
[17:47] Chrysler Avenue one way from the
[17:50] intersection crane to norw um and that
[17:53] would allow us you see you see how tight
[17:55] that top visual is with the two vehicles
[17:57] in the parking we we are looking to keep
[18:00] the width uh do a better job defining it
[18:03] stripe parking and have it one way uh
[18:05] out of the intersection not into the
[18:08] intersection um that does work that was
[18:10] the preferable way for emergency
[18:12] services because they're mostly coming
[18:14] from the intersection in so they don't
[18:17] have to loop around they can actually go
[18:18] and then the Bus Loop um luckily they
[18:21] have uh both Maple and norw they can Loop it okay around there so we
[18:25] did meet with the school district's bus
[18:27] because this is the area that they're
[18:29] looking to turn into the Freshman
[18:30] Academy so we wanted to be with them but
[18:33] when it comes to recommendations this is
[18:35] one that is higher on the list and also
[18:38] with a lower cost because you know we
[18:40] can make it one way with just an act of
[18:42] legislation uh and some
[18:44] signs um similar with Main Avenue Main
[18:47] Avenue this is a kind of a hold over
[18:50] from the Craig main study but we really
[18:52] wanted to look into this one more Main
[18:54] Avenue we have two concepts uh that we
[18:57] haven't decided on what's going to I
[18:58] just want to also say that what we're
[19:00] doing today is it's a study it's a
[19:04] grouping of ideas and guidelines to go
[19:06] forward this is not a commitment of
[19:09] funding this is not anything that you
[19:11] know there would still be design and all
[19:12] so on Main Avenue we couldn't really
[19:14] make a decision on which way to go so we
[19:17] left both in so you see here we call
[19:19] this option three on Main Avenue which
[19:21] was to um narrow the road a little bit
[19:25] eliminate the on street parking between
[19:26] where you see Crane and will it add some
[19:28] Street trees uh and then on the op will
[19:31] at the forest where there was some
[19:33] parking they Remain the parking but they
[19:35] still try to widen it so we can get the
[19:37] street trees we can see the unique
[19:38] little bump out for the utility poles so
[19:42] on this one you know the pedestrians are
[19:44] on the sidewalk and everyone else shares
[19:47] the road on the other option that we had
[19:49] uh option two you can see that the trees
[19:53] are removed but we have more of a shared
[19:55] path uh trying to allow a spot for
[19:57] bicycles um we were trying to do
[20:00] something where we could have a oneway
[20:02] with bicycles in the roadway with a
[20:03] shared Lane but it got very complex uh
[20:07] because then the other way was to send
[20:08] them on to Forest Road Forest Road is a
[20:10] very busy road um with the bridge
[20:12] traffic and everything we weren't
[20:13] comfortable sending them there so we
[20:15] were trying to find the best way to
[20:16] connect Craig Street where Mount
[20:19] Pleasant and pleas Valley Elementary
[20:21] School are to the corridor so this was
[20:24] one of the options that we have here was
[20:25] to just narrow the road and try to widen
[20:28] the sidewalk as much as possible to get
[20:30] some of that space for bicycles so
[20:32] that's why with this one there's the the
[20:34] two options um implementation like I
[20:37] said this is It's a study it's something
[20:40] that we wanted to do we feel that crane
[20:43] Albany and and cray we really feel that
[20:45] this was uh an area that we wanted to
[20:47] focus on that's why we've investing so
[20:49] much time and resources into the area um
[20:52] what we have right here I know it's hard
[20:53] to read this is our implementation chart
[20:56] um it has rough cost figures the ISS is is that you know cost figures are
[21:01] okay today but by the time these things
[21:03] are implemented they're you know they're
[21:04] old um we are looking to do like I said
[21:08] cryor Avenue uh when we do part of the
[21:10] crane main intersection however if you
[21:12] can look cost for things like Albany
[21:15] Street you're you're over $7 million
[21:17] because Albany Street I mean it's a long
[21:20] Corridor it's commercial Corridor Albany
[21:22] Street is very long Crane Street
[21:23] similarly it's probably three4 size $5
[21:26] million so um the priority ation that we
[21:29] said is we really wanted to focus on
[21:30] Maine and Chrysler we think that those
[21:32] have the most overlap between all the
[21:34] projects and they also are one of the
[21:36] lower cost and then move into kind of
[21:40] discussing what we want to do with
[21:41] Albany and Crane Street however I would
[21:46] say that there isn't at this Venture and
[21:48] this you know a an application or
[21:50] anything that we have to go forward with
[21:52] it um it's just it's kind of just an
[21:56] idea of what we could do uh when
[21:58] necessary and some of the things that we
[22:00] talked about too were um you know local
[22:03] funding uh you know me and the team here
[22:05] were pretty good at finding funding
[22:07] sources so we usually get together but
[22:09] you know not to not to say Craig Street
[22:12] did take us a while to put together what
[22:14] they call the funding quilt for that
[22:16] project and it end up being a it's going
[22:18] to be about a $10 million project when
[22:20] it's all said and done the dot just uh
[22:22] added some more money to it to fix the
[22:24] bridge more it's their Bridge we're
[22:26] going to help fix it they're going to
[22:27] pay for it um so there's a lot in there
[22:31] and then we have the idea of you know
[22:33] maintenance uh snow pling maintenance
[22:35] tree maintenance you know trying to make
[22:37] sure we put the right things in place in
[22:39] the right areas uh when we get there um
[22:42] you I would love to see less utility
[22:44] lines and more trees but that's just not what we have sometimes in the city
[22:48] um and they do get in the way of trying
[22:50] to you know have a
[22:52] more green and wash landscape when we
[22:55] get into our commercial corridors I
[22:57] always know that I would love to see you
[22:58] know Eastern Avenue with less lines you
[23:01] know and less and less power lines and
[23:03] things like that so this is a quick
[23:06] 15min recap uh if anybody has any
[23:08] questions now I could I could take them
[23:10] over what what we're talking about so um
[23:12] first of all I want to thank you and the
[23:13] team that you been working with I know
[23:15] this has been year project that's G
[23:17] years for all the work and it's um I'm
[23:19] happy to see it's finally coming to um
[23:22] for fruition and I also um want to thank
[23:24] you for making sure that the community
[23:26] was is was engaged I think that's huge
[23:28] part of making sure what the end result
[23:30] is is something that the community you
[23:32] know supports and it just works the
[23:34] people's lives and I think that the the
[23:36] team being you know with mutual design
[23:38] and Jo how and everyone coming uh from
[23:41] the Craig Street project really has a a
[23:43] field for how to engage with the
[23:44] community and I really think from that
[23:47] the SKC has been doing a really cutting
[23:50] Ed's job of really trying to engage
[23:51] people and do something different you
[23:53] know uh and that that even showed for
[23:54] Craig Street where we had a uh public
[23:57] meeting there and we had you know the
[23:58] involvement there you're trying to pull
[24:00] people from the community and uh and
[24:02] we're we're making we're making a good
[24:04] effort with it but you know and these
[24:05] are these are good good results and good
[24:07] conversations absolutely I attended a
[24:09] few of the meetings so you did get a a
[24:10] good Bo out um I just wanted to quickly
[24:13] ask so the timeline is that we will
[24:17] start so the timeline
[24:20] is I guess it's it's indecisive in a way
[24:24] there are overlap in here so the the
[24:27] intersection we had funding for
[24:29] previously it was kind of a Lynch pin
[24:30] the intersection so we're going to work
[24:32] on that the reason that we were waiting
[24:34] on the intersection to start this was
[24:38] that we wanted some of the
[24:39] recommendations to be done and approved
[24:42] before we really started so for instance
[24:45] if we're going to redesign the crane
[24:47] Chrysler intersection and we're going to
[24:50] implement what's recommended here which
[24:52] is a one way of chry order the
[24:54] intersection gets designed to make sure
[24:56] that it has a configur for a one way
[24:59] that we tell the engineers that upon the
[25:01] completion of this project price will be
[25:02] one way if the council were to say you
[25:04] know what we're not comfortable with one
[25:06] way we like to keep it two-way then I go
[25:08] in that direction um so that's why we
[25:11] kind of were waiting for this point to
[25:13] get to the next point so we've kind of
[25:14] been in a sit and wait perspective uh
[25:16] Main Street we were really hoping that
[25:18] this study would find a way to make Main
[25:20] Street one way and Forest one way but
[25:23] the more we got into it it was just very
[25:26] complex to do it um so that we were
[25:28] trying these other options so Maine is
[25:30] probably going to be the most difficult
[25:31] decision of them all but it should not
[25:34] affect the intersection because I
[25:36] believe it's going to be two-way either way we do
[25:39] it
[25:42] questions uh so regarding the Chrysler
[25:45] one lane uh with one side of parking do
[25:47] you or can you speak to whether there'll
[25:49] be a stronger on safety or parking CU I
[25:51] know definitely having both sides it's
[25:54] very tight and it's dangerous at times
[25:57] but making this I think will improve
[25:59] just those conditions especially for the
[26:01] workers both
[26:03] sides you can't park on both sides now I
[26:05] believe I think you w because it's it's
[26:09] you can we're not going to change the
[26:11] side of the parking we're just going to
[26:13] disallow to because if we were saying if
[26:16] a school bus were to go down that road
[26:17] and you're coming the other way you have
[26:19] to drive up on the sidewalk you have to
[26:21] get out of the way because the lanes are
[26:22] just too narrow and it's unfortunate how
[26:25] the development I'm not familiar with it
[26:26] but when you're coming down chry from
[26:29] say reram or Altimont Avenue it's
[26:32] appropriately with when you hit Norwood
[26:34] it's a hard transition to you know you
[26:37] lose about 8 ft of Lane width and so it
[26:40] will be a um what were we trying to say
[26:43] a transition for the for the
[26:44] neighborhood but I just you know talking
[26:46] everyone and seeing it we think it's a
[26:48] smarter move and what we'll probably end
[26:50] up doing is making sure that anything we
[26:52] do with the intersection does not
[26:54] preclude us from ever changing it either
[26:57] going the other way you know you can see
[26:59] that um for instance you know I've
[27:01] gotten a lot of questions about Franklin
[27:03] Street right outside and Franklin and
[27:06] Clinton people have asked why is there a
[27:08] signal facing the wrong way if this is a
[27:11] one-way Street well part of the dri was
[27:14] a study to make sure that we know what
[27:16] we're doing around this area and I did
[27:18] not want to build a brand new $200,000
[27:21] signal that was not capable of of doing
[27:23] that um so similar to this is we're
[27:25] going to make sure that you know modern
[27:27] controllers everything's going to be new
[27:29] that we can do that but um we we do
[27:32] think that that's the best way to go
[27:33] right now just given the width of
[27:37] price Miss I noticed that there was
[27:40] someone from the school district
[27:42] involved in the on the committee I was
[27:44] just wondering you know what they think
[27:45] of the whole peace up by Pleasant Valley
[27:48] and
[27:50] Forest so the school district um I I've
[27:54] learned a lot about school district
[27:55] lately in some of the meetings because
[27:57] I've been involved with their
[27:57] infrastructure structure meetings and a
[27:59] couple of these um under uh you know Joe
[28:03] deao who I grew up with and you know and
[28:06] some of the me we've talked to we've
[28:07] been talking about I've met some of
[28:08] their principles and some of their
[28:09] administrators and it seems to be that
[28:13] postco um transportation is not the same
[28:17] that it was preo there is a lot more
[28:19] drop offs and then this is a trend
[28:21] probably Nationwide and it's leading to
[28:23] a lot more confusion um so for instance
[28:26] one of the things that came up during
[28:27] this study when we talked about one way
[28:29] was not necessarily price for one way it
[28:31] was um the school the roads around the
[28:34] school particularly when you're talking
[28:36] about forest and how we can manage it
[28:39] because of the amount of conflict areas
[28:41] that happened parents dropping kids off
[28:43] both ways cars stopping um there were
[28:46] some neighbors who brought up the
[28:47] concerns about traffic in those areas
[28:49] because of it so it was a different look
[28:52] similarly um I'm just to tell you this
[28:55] is the best example of how things are
[28:57] changing prior to co we did a federal
[29:00] aid project on gildin Avenue gildin
[29:02] Avenue there's an elementary school at
[29:04] the end of gild Avenue um Name Escapes
[29:06] me right now um they had zero
[29:09] involvement and zero issues with the
[29:11] complete streets project that we did
[29:13] they said it's great we look forward to
[29:15] the road being paved thank you very much
[29:18] now postco um the city in cooperation
[29:22] with the crtc in the town of roddam is
[29:24] doing a second study because roddam
[29:26] wants to improv Curry Road and the
[29:28] school district reached out to me and
[29:29] said we want to be involved we have a
[29:31] lot of issues going on on the road with
[29:33] drop offs so same quor same studies
[29:37] different time frame different reaction
[29:40] so we are looking at possibly teaming up
[29:43] on some kind of a traffic study um to do
[29:46] it because they weren't as concerned
[29:48] with the one way as they were forest and
[29:51] some of their drop off areas and uh so
[29:54] that's something that was that that was
[29:56] something that we took out of this and
[29:57] they are now now actually participating
[29:59] in the uh reram study with the city with
[30:02] crtc
[30:05] so there was one did you say that there
[30:07] would be no on street parking on will
[30:09] Street was there one street that there's certain blocks that are narrower
[30:13] so the first block of Willet I don't
[30:15] believe we had
[30:17] any so if you see here the first block
[30:20] Clos us to the bank there was we looked
[30:23] like we're trying to eliminate and make
[30:24] the sidewalks a little wider to include
[30:26] those trees and then as you get back
[30:28] more into the neighborhoods we would the tough thing about Main Avenue is
[30:32] honestly that no one I don't believe no
[30:35] one really lives on Main Avenue everyone
[30:37] lives off the Main Avenue and parks on
[30:39] Main Avenue the houses are actually
[30:41] facing all the perpendicular streets for
[30:43] the most part um so it's kind of an
[30:46] interesting street but people still are
[30:47] utilizing it for parking taking off stre
[30:50] parking away it is a is is an issue cuz
[30:53] that's what we were looking to do if we
[30:54] were going to put a bike lane we're
[30:56] going to put some kind of infrastructure
[30:57] something has to go which is either
[30:59] going to be a bike lane I mean the
[31:01] parking lane or a driving lane so are
[31:03] you talking about all Main Avenue
[31:04] because if you start main like a Forest
[31:07] Road there are definitely houses where
[31:08] people live there this houses on the ho houses on the whole lake there are
[31:15] houses there okay the density is not
[31:17] anywhere greatest but but there're
[31:19] definitely so that's what we're going to
[31:21] leave we're going to proposing the leave
[31:24] parking oh okay but just this one block
[31:27] like what you can't see on this one
[31:29] particular block is that there is like a
[31:32] very large parking lot for trusco right
[31:34] there and you know we were talking about
[31:36] how we can you know manage that um but
[31:38] that block then when you do the next one
[31:40] is you're into on street parking so I
[31:43] know with Trustco they had issues with
[31:44] people parking in their lot so that
[31:46] would definitely be a conversation we
[31:47] have if we eliminate the
[31:51] parking anyone
[31:53] else so at this point in time um you're
[31:55] asking for us us to to actually adopt
[31:57] the correct that's the the final step in
[32:00] the study is for us to actually close it
[32:01] with the crtc is to have the city
[32:04] council adopt the study and that way it
[32:06] would be essentially approved that the
[32:08] information here is accurate as approved
[32:12] okay so we would um actually take this
[32:14] up in City development planning unless
[32:16] someone has any some input or questions
[32:18] or
[32:19] concerns right we'll take it up in City
[32:21] development plan for the actual
[32:23] adoption thank you Mr wall thank you
[32:31] uh the next committee is Public Safety
[32:33] First committee is Public Safety so I'd
[32:35] like to call the word of the Public
[32:36] Safety Committee we have three items on
[32:38] the agenda tonight the first of which is
[32:39] the grant award for law enforcement
[32:41] equipment and officer Wellness
[32:52] uh good
[32:56] afternoon on of the city of s Police
[32:59] Department we're asking and hoping that
[33:02] you will accept two grants that were
[33:04] awarded to us first is a technical team
[33:07] Grant from New York state division uh
[33:10] excuse me New York state division
[33:11] Criminal Justice Services they have
[33:13] awarded us
[33:15] $75,000 to purchase equipment in support
[33:17] the Department's counterterrorism
[33:20] meths and there is no matching fund
[33:23] required for that
[33:25] one thank you question or comments he
[33:29] none have a motion so
[33:32] second second all those in favor hi on
[33:36] to the second agenda item it's a grant
[33:38] award the Tactical Team Grant
[33:40] prr I'm sorry I've got it in reverse the
[33:43] first one I spoke of was the Tactical
[33:45] Team Grant so the second one that's my
[33:47] apolog going to be for the law
[33:49] enforcement and Equipment of Officer
[33:51] around us no so that one is also by the
[33:54] New York state division Criminal Justice
[33:56] Services they have of the city uh SP
[33:59] Police Department $70,000 to support the
[34:01] department office of wellness program by
[34:04] making improvements in the gym and again
[34:06] there are no matching funds required for
[34:08] that thank you any questions or comments
[34:11] on motion I'll move it second all in
[34:14] favor Hi and then last item is going to
[34:17] be the appointment
[34:22] ofate thanks the last agenda item is
[34:25] going to be the appointment of Harin
[34:26] Andre the civilian police police review
[34:30] board thank you Mr chairman uh
[34:33] recommendation of the municipal Housing
[34:35] Authority board submitted to the council
[34:38] appreciate your favor
[34:39] consideration any questions or comments
[34:42] May none may have a motion so second all
[34:45] those in favor and then before we
[34:47] adjourn I know during our last council
[34:49] meeting uh the league of wom voters
[34:50] spoke about their nomy I didn't know if
[34:52] there was a formal update regarding
[34:56] that uh hear other items unless there are any
[35:02] other items before Public Safety may
[35:04] have motion to adjourn so move second
[35:06] all in favor hi we are thank you I'd
[35:10] like to call the finance committee to
[35:11] order on the fourth item is a grant
[35:13] award Financial year 2021 cyber security
[35:16] grant
[35:18] program Mr may can take
[35:23] us yes this is an
[35:25] award uh
[35:31] this which one this one
[35:41] is it's pretty this this
[35:46] 50,000 yes this is actually the second
[35:50] one of these that we've
[35:52] gotten and uh G thean and the team
[35:57] implementing that some of that has been
[35:59] some of the uh online testing that's put
[36:03] out for people uh to review appropriate
[36:07] protocols for you get a phone call you
[36:09] get an email you get other uh contacts
[36:13] uh we also do testing through that to
[36:17] send things out to see what people's
[36:20] reaction is hopefully training people to
[36:23] just be ever Vigilant and they
[36:28] other components of that that I wouldn't
[36:30] discuss in a public session if the
[36:33] council wants further details we can get
[36:35] into that or have ban come in in a other
[36:38] time and do a more detailed
[36:42] update and you got a questions seeing n
[36:46] i i just comment that I think those
[36:47] trainings are really good and I've
[36:49] learned a lot um by doing those
[36:51] trainings so I think it's you know I'm thrilled that we get a chance to
[36:56] participate in those as well
[36:59] any other comment saying none may have a
[37:01] motion to move this item forward so
[37:03] moved second all in favor I I the next
[37:07] item is a restore New York round eight
[37:08] Grant application we had a public
[37:10] hearing on the 22nd of April and I will
[37:14] hand us over to Mayor McCarthy for an
[37:16] update uh again this is
[37:19] uh one where we've been fairly
[37:22] successful in these grants and now just
[37:24] looking for a resolution in support from
[37:27] the
[37:29] Council questions comment seeing none
[37:33] you have a motion to move this item
[37:34] forward so moved second all in favor I I
[37:38] any other business for finance may have
[37:40] a motion to adjourn so moved second all
[37:43] in favor I Mr you took the order government oh
[37:50] okay call to order government Ops on the
[37:52] first item is um discussion amending
[37:54] section 161 regarding residential policy
[37:57] ways M thank you Mr chairman again
[38:02] uh here went through some of the
[38:05] scenarios we're looking at uh again have
[38:09] to come back to the council for some of
[38:11] the decisions in terms of size a
[38:14] container some modifications in terms of
[38:18] what we're going to collect and then
[38:20] also uh possible variances in the fee
[38:24] structure so I don't know if uh
[38:26] anybody's
[38:28] any input from residents or uh ideas
[38:33] that you may have but again we uh remain
[38:36] open and it's a dynamic process as we uh
[38:39] move forward to refine what's in the
[38:41] code and uh we have a practical and cost
[38:45] effective
[38:47] implementation uh the modifications our
[38:50] waste
[38:51] collection you said we have one or no I
[38:54] said as we have one it's still open and
[38:57] Dynamic
[39:01] process any discussions we're holding
[39:03] this for two more weeks is that correct
[39:07] all yeah I'm not I'm not ready to move
[39:10] forward on the specific proposal it's
[39:13] still ongoing disc discussion correct
[39:16] okay so are we at some point at some
[39:18] point we're going to I mean we can
[39:20] gather information like anecdotally from
[39:22] people but are we at some point going to
[39:25] pull together um some public forum
[39:27] whether it be the neighborhood
[39:28] associations or or specifically for this
[39:32] so that we can kind of get um some input
[39:35] from the community and um
[39:38] additionally we are with the in terms of
[39:42] public notice I know that we are essent
[39:45] already we we're starting to um find
[39:47] people what's already in the code that
[39:49] we if we put your garbage out to early
[39:51] we're already doing that uh I think we
[39:53] really public um having some public
[39:56] service announcements are
[39:58] ke to making sure that this is
[39:59] successful so I think we need to like
[40:02] have that again some still to narrow it
[40:04] down and use the example of the size of
[40:08] the container so we've talked about
[40:11] different size uh garbage cans whether
[40:13] you do uh certain size plastic bags
[40:17] clear bags uh opaque bags uh some of
[40:21] that we have to come together I think
[40:24] conceptually and say we're going to talk
[40:26] about a 32 gallon garbage can and when
[40:30] we go out people are going to say yes oh
[40:32] that's great or
[40:34] no we want a bigger one we want a
[40:37] smaller one and it's to have that uh
[40:41] outline in place Mr O'Brien has uh gone
[40:45] through and outline some potential
[40:47] modifications to the code that was
[40:50] circulated a
[40:51] ccil uh the last cycle cycle before and
[40:56] uh
[40:58] can uh look forward to working in a
[41:01] collective manner as we bring it all
[41:03] together but as you point out the public
[41:07] education is key to it it is and I I
[41:12] just want to make sure we don't lose s
[41:13] of the whole jackpot thing which is
[41:15] really what got us here yes and that we
[41:17] make sure that we are addressing that in
[41:19] some way as opposed to you know like
[41:22] spreading it all out because I don't
[41:24] think that'll do away with the jackpots
[41:26] or what major piles of trash so in case
[41:30] you don't understand that that term is
[41:32] for the major piles of trash they're out
[41:35] on a contined
[41:37] basis thank you Mr any go ahead please
[41:41] so I definitely had time to go through
[41:42] more in depth and I appreciate the
[41:44] volunteering this information I think my
[41:46] biggest Focus areas where what's the
[41:48] additional uh work hours look like for
[41:51] code enforcement who are ready appears
[41:53] as they're replacing some lost
[41:55] experience I imagine they're best
[41:57] intentions in mind but definitely this
[41:59] added element I imagine is going to to
[42:02] have burden on on their role and
[42:04] responsibilities um I think to your
[42:06] point of identifying what that ideal
[42:08] trash can looks like I think it's uh
[42:11] seeing if the city is in a position to
[42:13] help subsidize or if there's any
[42:14] opportunity to help some of our renters
[42:16] where I can say myself as a homeowner I
[42:18] invested in trash cans because I think I
[42:20] understood the importance was making
[42:22] sure I had uh reliable receptacles but
[42:25] I've heard of trash canes being taken uh
[42:27] so I I think it's understanding that
[42:29] reality for some of our city members um
[42:32] and then also I I want to just point out
[42:35] I thought that excess solidly stickers
[42:36] was a really nice way to offer residents
[42:40] an opportunity to just have that ability
[42:42] to put out that excess um in advance but
[42:45] making it more available outside of the
[42:46] city FKS office so I don't know if we're
[42:48] able to tag in with local libraries or
[42:51] if we're able to have a partnership with
[42:53] some of our local groceries just where
[42:55] people frequently go I think some to Mr
[42:57] W's point of being in the community but
[43:00] also being engaging I think it's going
[43:02] to be important simar to that public um
[43:05] volunteering of information making sure
[43:07] that we don't just rely on the community
[43:08] come to us but we truly have to make
[43:10] sure we're going to
[43:12] them I agree with you completely on that
[43:15] for the ease of
[43:18] access makes the
[43:20] implementation uh that much smoother so
[43:23] it's doing the education and you can't
[43:26] say we're going to have a sticker system
[43:28] everybody agrees to it and then the
[43:29] stickers aren't
[43:31] available you know so
[43:33] it's and again the general uh consensus
[43:38] when we had meetings is that we would do
[43:41] a period of soft or transitional
[43:45] implementation so that uh if we went to
[43:49] a a
[43:51] rigid number for the size of the
[43:55] container the might be a year time frame
[43:59] where we would you know we' recommend
[44:01] people have a certain size but allow
[44:04] them the opportunity to uh kind of
[44:08] depreciate their
[44:10] existing
[44:13] uh uh trash can and purchase a new
[44:18] one thank you any y go ahead um I just
[44:22] want to say that you know with the new
[44:24] trash and and and when we roll it out
[44:25] softly and it goes on yesterday I was at
[44:28] a big chain store and I was buying
[44:30] things and I remember when we weren't
[44:32] going to get bags any longer and I said
[44:34] to myself how are we going to deal with
[44:35] this but in the Walmart everybody's got
[44:37] their own bags and they're taking them
[44:39] out and they're whatever so I guess it
[44:41] just comes with time and and we'll be
[44:43] able to to work through it like we did
[44:46] with
[44:49] bags any other comments okay so we have
[44:53] the back the next item is Step 4.2 o c
[44:58] for transmission line
[45:00] Mayar this is National Grid is asking
[45:03] for a easement their upgrading from
[45:06] their high voltage lines they have a
[45:09] major transmission line that is
[45:11] immediately adjacent to uh one of the
[45:15] parcels property that we own in the town
[45:17] of reram so they're looking for an
[45:20] easement to come onto our property a
[45:23] little bit this is the site that we have
[45:28] entered into
[45:29] a uh potential
[45:32] sale for a solar site uh it's been held
[45:38] up because reran put a moratorium in
[45:41] place uh they had originally offered one
[45:45] number and gone back to them and they've
[45:48] upped that by about
[45:51] 20% uh so I think we're at the best
[45:54] number and I believe that this will will
[45:57] actually increase the value of our
[45:59] property in roddam because having this
[46:03] transmission line there and they also
[46:06] have a major substation that is
[46:10] uh can't immediately adjacent to it or
[46:13] slightly skewed from what our property
[46:16] is and for all practical purposes this
[46:19] is unbuildable property in the town of
[46:23] reram go ahead please so the 61 $ is
[46:28] once or every year
[46:34] once any other
[46:36] questions seeing none as a motion to
[46:39] move this item
[46:41] forward second all in favor I I any
[46:45] other business or government
[46:47] operation seeing none ask motion to
[46:51] adjoin so Mo second all in favor I like to to order City development and
[46:58] planning uh the first item on the agenda
[47:00] is to authorize the amendment of a rable
[47:03] commit 682 for social on state for a
[47:06] sign that's going to will overhang the
[47:07] cities right away at 4:47 State Street
[47:10] Mr
[47:16] W thank you um this is more of a
[47:19] modification to an existing rocal permit
[47:23] um there was an issue with the owner's
[47:25] name with their insurance
[47:27] as it outlines that the what does it say
[47:30] here it just didn't match so they had to
[47:32] change it soal on State uh so that we
[47:34] could actually issue the permit so this
[47:37] is a modification to permit
[47:39] 682 uh to who the issuer is
[47:42] okay any questions
[47:45] com move this second all those in favor
[47:49] I uh the second item is to authorize
[47:52] issuance of reval permit 683 to MX MTX
[47:56] group the sign the overhang C right away
[47:58] at 400 State Street this is a sign at
[48:01] 400 State Street for a new tenant MTX
[48:04] group uh it will overhang the side
[48:07] doorway that is up the block from the
[48:10] bowai cinema main entrance um this sign
[48:13] just to let you know is almost a pair
[48:16] with the next sign so if you were to
[48:18] look at the rendering that's there the
[48:21] two signs both are to be located above
[48:24] the door at 400 State Street
[48:28] so this is the first for MTX group
[48:32] okay questions comments motion so moved
[48:36] second all those in
[48:37] favor item number three auth authorize
[48:41] the issuance of reval permit 684 to Mau
[48:46] Q for assignment overhanging cities
[48:47] right away at 400 State straight so this
[48:50] is a second sign m q uh will also be
[48:53] utilizing the same door on 400 State
[48:55] Street this sign will be set up uh
[48:57] adjacent to the other
[49:00] sign com motion
[49:04] so second all in favor I item number
[49:09] four award contract connected police
[49:11] locker and toilet room
[49:13] renovation toal amount 5
[49:17] 57145 Mr W so uh this is a um facilities
[49:24] project uh anyone who has been to the
[49:26] police station knows that the existing
[49:27] locker and bathroom facilities have not
[49:29] been improved uh since the original
[49:32] construction of that building um the
[49:34] facilities are worn with regard to the
[49:39] women's facilities they are inadequate
[49:42] and the station does not have any gender
[49:45] neutral areas um in it it is a men's
[49:49] room it is a women's room it is not have
[49:51] any facilities for anyone who does not
[49:53] identify as one of the other um so this
[49:56] uh working with the architect and the
[49:58] chief and the the PD uh we came up with
[50:01] this concept essentially just renovating
[50:04] uh the existing men's uh bathroom
[50:06] facilities and showers um all the work
[50:08] is essentially taking place in the same
[50:10] footprint we are constructing a new uh
[50:13] gender neutral uh area with locker rooms
[50:16] and handicap accessible showers uh
[50:18] taking some space out of what was used
[50:20] as a kind of a break room uh so we'll be
[50:23] doing that and then we will be expanding
[50:26] the women's um shower and locker room
[50:29] facility into uh the adjacent men's room
[50:32] and utility room um to make a larger
[50:35] facility for the women that is more
[50:37] appropriate uh and and up to up to the
[50:41] standards that we like to think the
[50:42] police and all of our emergency fire
[50:44] live to so uh it's a good project as you
[50:46] see there's only three um mechanical
[50:49] electrical and plumbing we did not get a
[50:51] bid uh for the uh for the mechanical um
[50:55] we did reach out to some Mechanical
[50:57] Contractors they simply weren't aware it
[50:59] was out so it is out to bid right now um
[51:02] similar to what happened with the pool
[51:04] if we do not have a bid the second time
[51:06] that I will work with Sarah and try to
[51:09] negotiate with someone similar than we
[51:11] did with the pool but we think that we
[51:13] have some interested parties and we did
[51:15] have a meeting already about it and
[51:16] hopefully um we get it but these are for
[51:19] the mechanical electrical employment any
[51:22] questions comments I'll entertain a
[51:25] motion so second all those in favor I
[51:29] thank
[51:31] you next item on the agenda is a
[51:34] ceremonial resolution of disc connect
[51:36] the Heritage Foundation Mr Juro yes so
[51:40] may is on National Historic preservation
[51:42] month so um the uh Gloria nern and um
[51:48] folks will be at the uh our meeting next
[51:52] uh next Monday uh to uh to receive this
[51:55] resolution so
[51:58] questions comments I'll move it second
[52:00] all in favor I thank you next uh is a
[52:03] ceremony resolution recognizing teacher
[52:05] appreciation
[52:07] month U thank you um so this week marks
[52:10] the national uh teacher appreciation
[52:12] week I'm really excited to make a
[52:16] recommendation that we present and
[52:17] recognize Lisa Fagan as one of our great
[52:20] and very passionate Educators within the
[52:25] city questions comments a motion I'm
[52:29] mooving second all those in
[52:31] favor thank you item number seven is
[52:34] being pulled from the
[52:36] agenda item number eight would be a
[52:39] ceremonial resolution of recognizing
[52:41] Alisa adamac for her many years of
[52:43] service to the city of SK Le she uh as
[52:46] you know well she actually retired on
[52:48] April 20th it's hard to to pin her down
[52:51] to uh ask her and she's very excited
[52:53] about doing this so any questions or
[52:56] comments I'll move it second all those in favor I thank
[53:02] you and item number nine is review of
[53:06] the addition of section 2 26411 3 of
[53:10] disconnected city code regarding the
[53:11] regulation and location of smoke shop
[53:13] big shop cooka lounges and big
[53:15] consumption businesses public hearing
[53:17] was held on April 22nd uh Mr
[53:23] Raj um
[53:25] so we public hearing um we're looking
[53:29] for the council's input on the proposed
[53:33] legislation does the council have any um
[53:36] changes any
[53:46] thoughts no no changes from
[53:48] my okay so um the Planning
[53:52] Commission uh passed a resolution and it
[53:54] will be issuing a memo
[53:56] so um that will come next legislative
[54:00] cycle so perhaps um hold on this until
[54:04] next legislative cycle and then we
[54:06] consider it in conjunction with the memo
[54:08] from the Planning Commission from the
[54:10] county from the county from the City
[54:11] Planning Commission plan yeah all right
[54:15] we'll hold it for two we'll bring it
[54:16] back in two weeks Mr are we expecting
[54:19] any from the
[54:20] county I've not been uh told anything
[54:24] about the from the county so no
[54:26] I thought we didn't we have to go send
[54:28] this to the county I think did we not
[54:31] send this to the county for
[54:33] recommendation yes I think we did we did
[54:35] and they they responded didn't want
[54:37] anything didn't have
[54:39] anything it was up to us we have that
[54:42] then you'll have that for us as well
[54:44] that will be for next week I'll include
[54:46] that yes okay all right okay we'll bring
[54:50] that back in two weeks thank you very
[54:53] much um the next item the agenda is uh
[54:59] Mr um Mr Brown here but a correction to
[55:03] resolution 2024
[55:06] d89 which is amendment to schedule a of
[55:08] the co Cooperative agreement of with the
[55:10] city's
[55:12] connect I
[55:14] hear he
[55:18] comes good
[55:21] timing how you do
[55:23] that you don't have a you don't have any
[55:28] no this first one should
[55:30] be y it
[55:34] is so um the landbank cooperation
[55:38] agreement was passed in a previous
[55:40] resolution uh for an amendment to add
[55:42] some additional properties there was an
[55:45] error on there for the section block and
[55:47] lot number uh for two properties and
[55:49] then one of the properties just had um a
[55:54] correction that needed for the the
[55:56] property
[56:00] address
[56:15] yes legisla request that's specified on
[56:20] okay all right we got it all right just
[56:22] wanted to make sure that on the LR that
[56:24] we have the um yeah addresses that the
[56:27] SPL and correctl number we do so thank
[56:30] you we
[56:35] have no we this one so it's just this is
[56:40] the only one we have for this one right
[56:42] M yeah just that any other questions any
[56:44] question concerns no I'll move it second
[56:47] all in favor hi um are going to
[56:53] take so on the remainder the item done
[56:57] executive
[56:59] session oh I'm sorry thank you very much
[57:02] uh we do have to um adopt the um Au and
[57:05] CR Street study so that Mr W went over
[57:10] with us to adop the study
[57:12] some uh oh in this in this yes I'll
[57:16] second it sorry I forgot that we were
[57:18] moving it into this committee yes uh all
[57:21] those in favor I I thank you thank you
[57:24] right the remaining items will move in
[57:26] the regular session so I ask for to
[57:29] recess so move second all in
[57:34] favor like to call the order of the
[57:35] claims committee we have one item on the
[57:37] agenda tonight and that is discussion
[57:39] about Lo daily first the city of
[57:42] s needs to take to session so if I can
[57:45] have a motion
[57:47] ex and i' I'd also like to be able to um
[57:50] ask a question regarding personnel and
[57:51] executive
[57:53] session I have to say
[57:58] have a motion enter EXA session mov I'll
[58:01] second all in favor I
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