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[1:18] committee without objection on consent

[1:20] item number

[1:22] two item number two for final

[1:24] consideration a ordinance amending the

[1:26] zoning map as referred to in section

[1:30] of the connected city code AS amended as

[1:32] it affects the classification of seven

[1:34] Parcels to be rezoned to C4 downtown

[1:37] mixed use District discussed and

[1:39] committtee without objection on consent

[1:41] item number three item number three for

[1:43] original consideration a resolution

[1:45] calling for a public hearing regarding

[1:47] the renaming of city of SKC Street

[1:49] Barrett Village Lane to Luigi Lane

[1:52] discuss in committee with an objection

[1:54] on consent item number four item number

[1:56] four under original consideration a

[1:58] resolution calling for public hearing

[2:00] regarding proposed 2024 d225 HUD annual

[2:05] action plan discussed in committee with

[2:07] objection on consent item number

[2:09] five item number five under original

[2:12] consideration a resolution declaring no

[2:14] environmental impact for the resoning to

[2:16] C2 mixed use commercial district for the

[2:18] properties located at 783 Albany Street

[2:21] 785 Albany Street 787 Aly Street 302

[2:25] scity Street 303 SKC Street 308 SK E

[2:30] Street and 310 connected E Street

[2:32] discussed and committee with objection

[2:34] on consent item number

[2:36] six item number six under original

[2:38] consideration a resolution authorizing

[2:40] an agreement with the Capital District

[2:42] YMCA for the

[2:43] 2024-25 HUD Continuum of Care discussed

[2:47] in committee without objection on

[2:48] consent item number seven item number

[2:51] seven under original consideration a

[2:52] resolution authorizing the sale of 919

[2:55] Strong Street discussed and committee

[2:57] with objection on consent item number

[2:59] eight under original

[3:01] consideration a resolution recognizing

[3:03] the youth auxiliary group of alari court

[3:06] number 28 discuss the committee with

[3:08] objection on consent this item would be

[3:10] presented at a later date item number

[3:12] nine item number nine under contract and

[3:14] Supply a resolution awarding the bid in

[3:16] contract for the SKC little leag and ker

[3:18] Street fencing improvements to spal

[3:21] construction resources Incorporated in

[3:22] the amount of

[3:24] 9842

[3:26] a82 discussed and committed with an

[3:28] objection on consent there's nothing

[3:30] more to call come before the city

[3:31] council caucus ask for a motion to

[3:32] adjourn moveed by Miss Patrick second by

[3:34] Mr mudaron all in

[3:36] favor I'd like to call the city council

[3:38] meeting to order for Monday July 8th

[3:41] 2024 and I'd like to call on Reverend

[3:44] Felicia Collins for the prayer

[3:51] invocation let us pray gracious and

[3:54] loving God We Gather today to seek your

[3:58] guidance and blessings for this city its

[4:01] leaders its people we lift mayor

[4:04] McCarley the city council the police the

[4:06] fire department and all our elected

[4:08] officials grant them wisdom courage and

[4:12] compassion as they lead and make

[4:15] decisions that affect our community we

[4:18] especially pray for our children during

[4:20] this summer season protect them and keep

[4:23] them safe provide opportunities for them

[4:27] to stay engaged and healthy through Pro

[4:29] programs like the summer camps and free

[4:32] launches may they find joy and learn

[4:35] valuable lessons during this break teach

[4:38] us how to love each other and value our

[4:41] differences help us to address violence

[4:43] in our neighborhoods and get illegal

[4:45] guns off our streets Empower us to feed

[4:49] the Homeless and provide shelter for

[4:51] those in need guide us in creating

[4:54] employment opportunities and ensuring

[4:56] access to health care for all help us to

[4:59] clean up our streets and neighborhoods

[5:01] so our children can run and play freely

[5:04] Empower our city to achieve great things

[5:07] and to become a place that people will

[5:09] want to visit and enjoy teach us the

[5:12] power of teamwork and help us to set

[5:14] aside our divisions may we be a city

[5:17] that is open to discussing the issues

[5:20] that affect our citizens and committed

[5:22] to finding Solutions help us to

[5:24] recognize the greatness of this city the

[5:27] talents and the strength of his people

[5:29] and Inspire us to work together knowing

[5:32] that every idea counts and that we can

[5:34] solve problems as a United Community

[5:37] bless this meeting and guide questions

[5:39] discussion and decision may they be in

[5:43] the best interest of all your people and

[5:45] your holy name we pray amen amen I'd

[5:49] like to call on councilman manini to

[5:51] lead us in the

[5:52] pledge I to the United States of America

[6:07] andice thank

[6:13] you if the deputy clerk could please

[6:15] complete the roll

[6:18] call Mr

[6:21] Toro here sorry Mr Farley is absent she

[6:25] didn't say here oh I thought you said

[6:28] here my bad Mr

[6:30] Soro Mr Farley is absent Mr Mancini here

[6:35] Mr muin present Miss Patrick here Mr

[6:39] Williams is absent Mr Porterfield

[6:43] here I'd like to ask for approval of the

[6:45] minutes for June 24th

[6:48] 2024 move by Miss Patrick second by Mr

[6:51] Mancini all in favor I ask the clerk to

[6:55] read any Communications and

[6:57] petitions Communications presented to

[6:59] the city council for Monday July 8th

[7:02] 2024 under official none under General

[7:06] none and under petitions none thank you

[7:11] this time I'd ask uh any c council

[7:13] members to provide committee

[7:19] reports now we will have a privilege of

[7:21] the floor related to the legislative

[7:23] agenda so anyone who want to speak on

[7:26] anything that's on the legislative

[7:27] agenda would have signed up here and I

[7:28] have no one signed up to speak so I

[7:31] declare this public comment on the

[7:33] legislative agenda

[7:35] closed ask for approval of the L

[7:37] legislative consent agenda moved by Mr

[7:39] muin second by Miss Patrick all those in

[7:42] favor

[7:46] I this time we'll have privilege of the

[7:49] floor regarding General City

[7:52] business and I have six people signed up

[7:55] to speak

[7:59] and the first person the first name is

[8:01] Ashley and I'm not sure the last

[8:10] name hello council members um Madame

[8:13] President mayor um my name is Ashley

[8:16] ryby R um this is my first ever time

[8:20] speaking at a council meeting

[8:23] um I'm here today as a deeply concerned

[8:26] Community member um mother of two small

[8:28] children

[8:30] um I reside in the city of

[8:33] skincity I just am here to say How

[8:36] Deeply disappointed and in some cases

[8:38] ashamed I am of my elected officials

[8:42] from the top of the federal level down

[8:45] through the state to the

[8:49] county for nine months I have witnessed

[8:53] our government Aid and a bet the Israeli

[8:56] government in Waging War and D

[8:59] destruction and death with

[9:03] impuy think two meetings ago I listened

[9:06] to the most ridiculous claim made over

[9:10] and over in pre-written scripts that

[9:13] calling for a cessation of this violence

[9:16] equates to Jew

[9:20] hatred it is insulting to the

[9:22] intelligence into the notion of Peace

[9:25] itself to say that the Mass Slaughter of

[9:28] children and innocence is

[9:32] necessary I wish peace and safety for

[9:34] all but we are never going to get there

[9:37] by obliterating entire cities with bombs

[9:41] and dispossessing people of their land

[9:43] their home their livelihoods their

[9:45] dignities and their basic human rights

[9:49] what kind of precedent are we setting

[9:51] for our future and for our

[9:53] children it is absolutely absurd the

[9:56] starvation the torture the maming of

[9:59] children children the depraved levels of

[10:01] violence and callous cruelty here go

[10:04] beyond the

[10:05] imagination yet those who speak in favor

[10:08] of stopping this violence are vilified

[10:11] we are called divisive we are called

[10:13] terrorists we are called

[10:16] anti-semitic what kind of precedent is

[10:19] this

[10:20] setting I've called countless times

[10:22] Congress people my Senators I have

[10:25] written letters I have signed petitions

[10:28] I have done everything Avenue to hear

[10:30] people at the federal to have people at

[10:32] the federal level hear me and it's

[10:34] falling on deaf ears I see it falling

[10:37] mostly on deaf ears

[10:40] here I come to you as our elected

[10:43] officials to hear your community's voice

[10:46] because this is not just a federal issue

[10:49] this is something that affects us all over the planet it's a human rights

[10:53] issue it's an environmental issue it's a

[10:57] national security issue it is a mental

[11:00] health issue it is anti-Semitic and

[11:03] islamophobic issue it is a taxpayer

[11:06] issue it is a personal family

[11:09] issue so please hear us a diverse group

[11:12] of people directly impacted by the

[11:15] ravages of this country's War

[11:18] campaign advocating for peace Justice

[11:21] and

[11:22] diplomacy innocence all over the world

[11:25] must be protected but really for the

[11:27] children if you cannot see the humanity

[11:30] and a child and do the bare minimum I

[11:32] genuinely question your ability to be an

[11:35] elected official and I question the

[11:37] humanity at all ceasefire is the minimum

[11:41] it should be an arms embargo and end the

[11:44] occupation

[11:46] please thank you thank

[11:50] you Jamaica miles

[12:05] I stand here today as I have many days

[12:08] um to talk about a number of things and

[12:10] to make some corrections the people's

[12:13] resolution does not dissolve this body

[12:15] of its duties and responsibilities to

[12:16] address the call for resolution it is a

[12:19] transparent call and response about the

[12:21] language City residents employees and

[12:24] visitors approve of which

[12:27] includes whereas the uned United States

[12:29] has supplied the state of Israel with

[12:31] more than 122 billion doar in military

[12:33] aid since October 8th 2023 with those

[12:36] while those funds could have been used

[12:38] to support local communities including

[12:40] the more than

[12:42] 28,000 households in the city of SKC who

[12:46] do not earn enough to afford the basic

[12:48] necessities where they

[12:50] live y'all are having conversations

[12:52] about the budget process already y'all

[12:54] are having conversations about what you

[12:56] need to buy here in the city and funds

[12:58] that are needed

[13:01] including the need for signage at our

[13:03] pool a pool that I've attended with my

[13:06] children on multiple occasions so I

[13:08] don't know if anybody else has actually

[13:09] attended gone inside and swam in the

[13:11] pool I have and with my children the

[13:14] placement of the pool rules the signage

[13:16] that is there that list which you can

[13:17] and can't do and when there's Adult Swim

[13:20] which hopefully will also be for seniors

[13:22] as well um there needs to be more

[13:24] signage that's going to cost money I

[13:26] wonder where that's going to come from

[13:28] the pool Fe fees and rules and security

[13:30] that was discussed it referenced

[13:32] localities such as nkuna gildin and

[13:35] Colony as M municipalities around

[13:38] us what about Amsterdam Troy and Albany

[13:43] and their rules either current or in the

[13:45] past that more reflective of the city

[13:48] that we have here than the ones that

[13:49] were already

[13:51] discussed we also talked you also talked

[13:54] about speeding for years community

[13:56] members have asked for Action regarding

[13:57] the speeding in the city and various

[13:59] communities and on very specific streets

[14:02] including Becker we've asked for both

[14:05] temporary and permanent options so

[14:07] options have been given and it includes

[14:10] and none have been received up until

[14:11] this point up until this day Becker has

[14:14] not seen speed feedback signs speed

[14:17] activated speed limit reminder signs

[14:19] additional stop signs or speed bumps all

[14:22] of which are things that have been

[14:25] implemented in other localities but not

[14:27] in a lowincome high majority

[14:29] area such as the Becker Street there

[14:32] also happens to be the safe streets and

[14:34] roads for all grant program at the

[14:36] federal level since we're all worried

[14:37] about money and thinking about money and

[14:39] don't want to talk about that the

[14:41] federal government should invest more of

[14:42] its money in investing in our

[14:44] communities and not in bombs that are

[14:45] killing babies in Palestine over $3

[14:48] billion doar is still available for

[14:50] future funding rounds that's enough but

[14:52] not enough we need to invest more and

[14:54] the federal government could if it

[14:56] wasn't supporting Israel's genocide that

[14:59] is internationally recognized too many

[15:01] communities face harmful racial

[15:03] disparities in traffic enforcement and

[15:05] preventable roadway deaths our goal is

[15:07] to make sure everyone can make it to

[15:08] their destination free of harm

[15:10] discrimination and violence Safe Streets

[15:12] and roads for all Grant is an option and

[15:15] it lists a variety of ways that we can

[15:17] make sure that we have a safe system

[15:19] approach that includes safer people

[15:21] safer Vehicles safer speed safer roads

[15:24] and post crash care so if it's something

[15:26] that this council is not aware of I do

[15:28] hope that you into it as well as

[15:30] consider that while the people's

[15:32] resolution has not been passed by this

[15:34] Council yet it is not too late thank you

[15:37] thank

[15:41] you sah

[15:52] shaima so I'm standing here today on

[15:54] behalf of the Muslim Community more

[15:57] specifically in the city of skex

[16:00] after a council member used our own IM

[16:04] and the word

[16:06] terrorism in the same sentence and we

[16:10] know that's

[16:12] intimidation that's how we feel as

[16:15] members of the community knowing the

[16:17] history of bringing any

[16:30] it's funny how we talk about inclusion

[16:33] but while we are supposed to feel

[16:37] protected we feel

[16:39] intimidated as we stand here to ask for

[16:43] a simple thing and that is to preserve

[16:46] lives for us to see police

[16:49] officers

[16:51] here with the claim that somebody's not

[16:53] feeling safe and then using our own

[16:57] IM and accusing

[17:00] him whether it's called verbal or

[17:03] emotional we

[17:06] know when Muslims are mentioned and

[17:08] terrorism is mentioned we know that it

[17:09] has a history in this country and that

[17:13] was used

[17:18] knowingly and I want to mention

[17:20] something we will never be intimidated

[17:22] disappointed

[17:24] yes but I don't think surprised

[17:29] this week great things

[17:31] happened the people in the UK spoke the

[17:34] people in France spoke I didn't know the

[17:37] people in this city in this County in

[17:39] this state and this country will

[17:43] speak some of you might have known me as

[17:45] a school principal this is my last year

[17:48] as a school principal because this what

[17:51] I'm doing today is going to be my

[17:52] full-time job so I'm not going away I'm

[17:56] even more motivated I'm even more deted

[17:58] determined to fight for the people in

[18:00] this city and to fight for the people

[18:03] around the

[18:05] world two days ago somebody gave me a

[18:07] gift what you're seeing here this is not

[18:09] the one that I usually

[18:11] wear somebody who actually went to the

[18:13] holiest place on Earth for us Muslims

[18:16] felt the need to buy me this because

[18:19] they know what they stand for Friday the

[18:21] holiest day somebody gave me this which

[18:24] says free

[18:25] Palestine and I know because I stood for

[18:29] a free

[18:31] Palestine yesterday we attended an event

[18:33] myself and my kids that was the safest

[18:36] space with the safest people organized

[18:40] by none other than the Jewish voice for

[18:42] peace call him anti-semetic go ahead

[18:45] call him self-hating Jews go ahead but

[18:48] that event was for

[18:50] Palestine I felt

[18:53] safe within that group Jews Christians

[18:57] atheists agnostics

[18:59] my kids my three and 5 year olds they

[19:01] were walking around in that parade with

[19:03] other kids of all colors all religious

[19:06] backgrounds calling for free

[19:09] Palestine free

[19:12] Palestine thank

[19:14] you s

[19:25] KH good evening good evening my name is

[19:29] s wakon and before I continue honoring

[19:31] those murdered by the Israeli military

[19:33] and government I wanted to ask you all a

[19:35] question do you know what it is like to

[19:38] try and speak when you can't be heard or

[19:41] understood for your words to bring you

[19:43] nothing but pain but are still

[19:46] incoherent to those around you because

[19:49] this week I couldn't answer that

[19:51] question until I saw a video of a

[19:53] 12-year-old Palestinian girl from the

[19:56] elnet refugee camp with her job blown

[19:59] off her jaw was in her

[20:02] hand in her

[20:06] hand as she was trying to speak to an

[20:09] overwhelmed and understaffed medical

[20:11] crew and Personnel many of whom have

[20:13] been hostages tortured by the Israeli

[20:16] military and she could not speak I can

[20:20] speak and it is only right for those of

[20:22] us who do not have our Jaws in our hands

[20:25] for those of us who have the freedom of

[20:28] spech speech to speak up for those who

[20:31] are being silenced unfortunately Faith

[20:34] leaders and elected officials those who

[20:37] are meant to empower the community were

[20:39] published in the editorial section of

[20:40] the Daily Gazette last week calling for

[20:43] this body to forbid people like me from

[20:45] speaking to forbid our community to

[20:48] continue to at the very least bear

[20:50] witness to the destruction being brought

[20:53] down upon the Palestinian people that we

[20:55] are complicit in as American taxpayers I

[20:58] I'm horrified to know that the Israeli

[21:00] government can silence young Arab girls

[21:02] with their genocide which apparently has

[21:05] the support of our community so-called

[21:08] leaders who want to silence Young

[21:10] American women in skty let me remind you

[21:13] what these so-called leaders do not want

[21:15] you to hear this is a continuation of

[21:18] the names of those murdered by the

[21:19] Israeli government since October

[21:25] 7th Nabil Bal Nabil Al less than one

[21:30] years old Alma

[21:33] mam Muhammad hamedan less than one years

[21:37] old M Muhammad KH gu less than one years

[21:42] old Bal Muhammad Kamal hamadan less than

[21:47] one years old Abdul Raheem Ahmed Abdul

[21:52] rahee Awad less than 1 years old tahani

[21:56] as Al Ahmed

[21:59] less than 1 years

[22:01] old Muhammad nalam atalah less than 1

[22:05] years old Mustafa Han Asam Sak less than

[22:12] one years

[22:13] old Abdul rou ibraim Abdul Ru Al less

[22:18] than one years old Muhammad Omar Mustafa

[22:23] shahab less than one years old SAR faaty

[22:28] Abdul Karim

[22:29] alarah less than 1 years

[22:33] old I may they rest in peace I will

[22:36] never be silenced free

[22:41] Palestine thank

[22:43] you Tracy

[22:54] Collins good evening I know you guys are

[22:56] meeting next Monday night regarding spe

[22:58] and other safety issues in the city I

[23:01] just want to bring some things to your

[23:02] attention so you have a consideration

[23:04] for next week I want my neighbors to

[23:06] know why we are requesting stop signs on

[23:08] King's

[23:11] Road our house was built in 2006 by the

[23:13] company I still work for my wife and I

[23:15] bought it in 2019 we love our

[23:19] home 10 we had 10 AR VES on on Kings

[23:23] roadside that was taken out by a

[23:24] speeding car our sprinkler system taken

[23:27] out by a Sweden car replaced our fence

[23:30] on King's road side four

[23:33] times our storage shed was pushed off

[23:36] the foundation due to a speeding

[23:38] car our siden our down spout and other

[23:41] items had to be replaced due to a

[23:43] speeding

[23:45] car our patio door had to be replaced

[23:48] due to Flying debris from a car hitting

[23:50] our

[23:52] fence a speeding car hit in our

[23:55] landscape stones where I had to call and

[23:57] pay for a back hole to come and put them

[23:59] back in

[24:03] place we had our mailbox taken out two

[24:06] times on Queen Phil Amina by cars

[24:07] speeding making the turn too fast not

[24:09] slowing

[24:11] down a truck sitting in my driveway

[24:13] total by a car turning on Queen Phil

[24:16] Lina coming up from Kings Road not

[24:17] slowing

[24:18] down the best one our gas meter hit by

[24:22] flying debris last year by a car

[24:25] speeding doing over 80 M hour on King's

[24:27] Road now National Grid had to come for

[24:29] two days to inspect the gas

[24:31] meter per Verizon telephone poll taken

[24:35] down three times on my lawn had to be

[24:40] replaced our home our property my family

[24:42] were all in danger on this

[24:45] road The Daily Gazette on

[24:49] 42923 President Porterfield Dr quoted as

[24:51] saying give them stop signs give them

[24:52] what they want the Times Union on

[24:57] 9201 and 23 willing kucho and masterani

[25:02] in the committee meeting told you folks

[25:04] Kings Road was a straight road straight

[25:06] in Flat Road you went off their

[25:08] information nothing was done the

[25:11] accident of March of this year should

[25:14] never happened the city had over a year

[25:16] to correct the issue on King's

[25:18] Road also the accident of March of 2023

[25:21] took me 9 months to get a police report

[25:25] which I had to foil which is still not

[25:27] correct so I'm out of of money there

[25:34] still on March 25th 2024 WTN Channel 10

[25:39] city leaders stated that speeding is

[25:41] everywhere in the city but city engineer

[25:43] Chris will stated Kings Road is the

[25:46] worst but still nothing's been done on

[25:47] this

[25:49] road the city put stop signs on Council

[25:52] Road and in stock on unit Street and a

[25:54] stockade to slow traffic down and all

[25:57] other safety measures

[26:00] that's three minutes

[26:02] already let me let me summarize on

[26:04] something else real

[26:06] quick I I request the

[26:09] foil of the uh the sensor report from

[26:12] June 16th to June 24 of this month of

[26:15] this year on 616 346 cars doing anywhere

[26:21] between 35 and

[26:23] 60 on 617 459 cars 5 to 65 I need you to

[26:30] summarize sir one minute please it get it gets better on 618 479 four

[26:37] cars over 70 M an hour this is

[26:40] ridiculous please do something about

[26:42] this road thank you thank

[26:46] you Frank wix

[27:05] see we started back in March calling for

[27:08] a

[27:09] ceasefire there in uh Gaza since then

[27:13] about 30,000 people Palestinians have

[27:16] been killed the estimate maybe go up to

[27:19] 180,000 they've destroyed culture

[27:22] they've destroyed university schools

[27:24] it's uh Israel is not protect themselves

[27:28] this is sadistic uh but it's too too

[27:31] late to talk about a ceasefire uh what

[27:34] do we ought the thing right now is

[27:36] cutting off all funds uh to Israel now

[27:39] the uh I I I remember

[27:42] 1948 I may be the only one remembering

[27:45] 1948 but uh in May of 1948 har Truman

[27:50] recognized Israel he came from behind to

[27:53] get

[27:54] elected uh his secretary of state George

[27:57] Mar maral warned against

[28:00] it and for good reasons we now know uh

[28:04] he he was called

[28:07] anti-semitic uh Albert Einstein a Jew uh

[28:12] thought the Arabs and

[28:13] uh Palestinians Jews ought Liv together

[28:17] he he he was called a self-hating Jew

[28:20] they're still using those terms comments

[28:23] in The Gazette the other day over why we

[28:25] should not use this forum it talks about

[28:29] anti-Semitism and uh suggesting self you

[28:32] know self-hating Jews when they first

[28:34] came here uh I came with I came with a

[28:37] Jewish friend of mine who shares my

[28:40] feelings so I my my impression is most

[28:43] Jews are totally upset over what's

[28:47] happening and most young people are it's

[28:50] people of my own age who have been

[28:52] brainwashed and uh indoctrinated to

[28:55] thinking Israel was a good thing until

[28:56] we learned otherwise

[28:58] uh they got their Adam Bomb by stealing

[29:02] uh uranium from Apollo Pennsylvania in

[29:05] 1966 uh it's it's beyond uh denial uh

[29:11] they uh 67 they basically attacked

[29:15] killed Sailors on on one of the ships uh

[29:18] the uh the the 911 attack on the United

[29:23] States was done by enemies that made by

[29:26] the United States by supporting Israel then baited us into a a war in

[29:31] Afghanistan and

[29:33] Iraq and right now they're trying to

[29:36] beate us into a war in Lebanon and

[29:39] Iran so uh he'll give Joe Biden credit

[29:43] for you know resisting this but at some

[29:46] point you know so so right now the best

[29:49] thing we can do is cut off all funding

[29:52] to Israel it's going to be hard but it

[29:54] has to start with partitioning our local Congressman Paul tono and uh

[30:01] Senator Schumer and Jilla brand uh it's

[30:05] going to be a tough sell but it's best

[30:07] we can do and conect to Y to think about

[30:10] a resolution to uh basically defund

[30:15] Israel thank

[30:19] you I have no one else signed up to

[30:21] speak so I declare the public comment of

[30:23] City business

[30:25] closed at this time any miscellane

[30:28] business of the

[30:29] council Miss

[30:33] Patrick thank you madam

[30:36] president just find My Notes

[30:41] here I'd like to thank uh all the folks

[30:45] that came out last week for the reading

[30:46] of the Declaration of Independence we

[30:48] hope that this will become an annual

[30:50] tradition in the city uh and it was so

[30:52] well attended it went well beyond our

[30:55] expectations um so I I thinkk my

[30:58] colleagues here uh that also

[31:00] participated in that in that reading I

[31:03] wanted to um remind people that if you

[31:05] go to SKC County uh n.

[31:09] n.gov um the county has its uh listing

[31:12] of all the cooling stations throughout

[31:14] the city um which include all of our

[31:16] public libraries um but there's many

[31:18] other uh cooling stations as well and uh

[31:21] just as a because it's going to get even

[31:23] hotter uh as the week goes on so I hope

[31:26] that everybody will stay safe with that we are trying to work on the uh

[31:30] speeding issue um I would uh as our as

[31:34] our guest uh Minister this evening said

[31:37] I would just really ask people to please

[31:39] watch what you're doing especially now

[31:41] that school is out um and we want to try

[31:44] to keep our children safe on the streets

[31:46] so um we're doing what we can we are

[31:49] going to continue to work on trying to

[31:50] get the speed limit lowered uh in the

[31:53] city on certain streets um and uh we're

[31:56] working on that diligently

[31:58] um I wanted to announce that U music

[32:01] Haven had its first concert last night

[32:04] it was standing room only I mean it was

[32:06] just it was crazy in terms of how many

[32:08] people had show showed up at the concert

[32:10] the next concert um is uh well they're

[32:14] every Sunday night so this upcoming

[32:16] Sunday night it's a a zido uh group

[32:19] buckwheat zido they're fantastic so I

[32:22] hope that folks will come and enjoy uh

[32:24] those free concerts in music Haven for

[32:27] the rest of the summer Su on Sunday

[32:28] evenings as part of that I am excited to

[32:31] announce um that there's a baseball

[32:35] tournament next weekend um it's going to

[32:38] well on Saturday night at uh July 13th

[32:41] at 6:30 p.m. there is a free concert at

[32:44] music Haven featuring The Joe Roy

[32:46] Jackson band and DJ Rumba um that's at

[32:50] sort of towards the end of the baseball

[32:52] tournament there's going to be food

[32:53] trucks in the Park from 2:00 p.m. to

[32:55] 9:00 p.m. located near the music Haven

[32:57] stage the event is being held in

[32:59] conjunction with the firecracker sports

[33:02] baseball tournament that will be taking

[33:04] place July 12th through the 15th on all

[33:06] three fields in Central Park as well as

[33:09] the connected Bay Ruth field teams are

[33:11] going to be coming in from uh

[33:13] Massachusetts Vermont Connecticut New

[33:15] Hampshire New Jersey as well as teams

[33:17] from all over New York State um over the

[33:20] four days 60 games will be played on the

[33:22] fields games start every day at 9:00

[33:24] a.m. with the last one starting at 5:30

[33:26] so if you're a baseball fan uh you can

[33:29] get out and uh see these see these games

[33:32] it's just another thing that's happening

[33:34] along with the the new pool that Ms

[33:36] miles um I went up the other day to

[33:39] check out and talk to some of the folks

[33:41] that were up there and everybody's just

[33:43] having a great time so um I hope that

[33:46] folks will continue to you know enjoy

[33:48] that pool especially this week when it's

[33:50] going to be so hot um

[33:54] and that uh that's all my notes thank

[33:57] you

[33:59] thank

[34:00] you

[34:04] mayor thank you madam president

[34:06] appreciate uh people coming out and

[34:08] expressing their opinions uh again we're

[34:11] going into some warmer weather uh urge

[34:14] people to use caution drink fluids uh

[34:18] don't overexert yourself uh and also

[34:20] check on any of your neighbors who might

[34:22] be senior citizens or otherwise need a

[34:25] little extra Assistance or uh help in

[34:29] dealing with warmer weather thank you

[34:31] madam president thank you mayor I'd like

[34:34] to thank everyone for coming out this

[34:35] evening and um expressing your concerns

[34:38] and continuing to do the work there's

[34:41] nothing more to come before the city

[34:42] council I'd ask for a motion to adjourn

[34:45] moving by Miss Patrick second by Mr M

[34:47] verin all those in favor I we are

[34:49] adjourned have a good evening

[35:16] you were off by three minutes I

[35:24] know but you said the meeting so I put

[35:27] wasn't there

Schenectady City Council Meeting, July 8, 2024

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