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[0:36] Hey.

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[1:48] It's good.

[1:56] You got just me today.

[1:59] >> You got just me today.

[2:06] » Once in a while.

[2:11] » Not too often.

[2:18] I'd like to call to order this

[2:19] connecting city council committee

[2:20] meeting for Monday, August 4th, 2020.

[2:23] August 3rd

[2:25] >> already. Oh my gosh. Where did the month

[2:28] go already?

[2:30] >> August 4th, 2025. Uh the first committee

[2:34] is government operations.

[2:37] >> Madam President, like to call order

[2:40] government operations. We have one item

[2:43] on the one item on the agenda today. Mr.

[2:45] Williams.

[2:46] >> Uh thank you. So I think the last time u

[2:48] discussed this this was still in its

[2:50] infantile stages. I'm excited to

[2:52] announce that just waiting to hear back

[2:54] from more feedback from the rest of the

[2:55] board or not the board the committee

[2:57] regarding um the nominated criteria and

[3:00] how the applications will be received

[3:02] from applicants. um hopefully hearing

[3:04] back from the simple majority by

[3:07] Wednesday and then we'll be able to at

[3:08] least start receiving applicants and the

[3:11] assumption we'll do that for a twoe

[3:12] period. Um it's a lot of learning. I met

[3:15] the process with including some

[3:17] representatives from our academia. The

[3:19] summer time might not be the best time

[3:21] to have a reviewing committee meet. Uh

[3:23] so I'm definitely taking a lot of notes

[3:24] just due with the back to school efforts

[3:26] with the colleges and also with the

[3:28] school district. But sincerely I

[3:29] appreciate everyone's involvement. Um, I

[3:32] can definitely look to field some

[3:33] questions, but I think ultimately in the

[3:36] resolution that we passed, it had a

[3:37] September 8th date identified, and I'm

[3:40] confident that we'll still be able to or

[3:41] the committee will still be able to

[3:43] receive applicants, review them, and

[3:45] then push forward a recommendation to

[3:47] council on time.

[3:50] >> Colonel, um, Mr. Williams, could you

[3:52] tell me I can forget who's actually on

[3:54] the selection committee?

[3:55] >> Uh, I can send that to you. Uh, just I

[3:57] just don't want to mispronounce any

[3:58] names, but I can send that to the Great.

[4:00] Thank you.

[4:02] Mr.

[4:03] >> Mr. Williams, when when you initially um

[4:04] introduced this legislation, there were

[4:06] certain groups that were going to be

[4:08] represented. Is are those still the same

[4:09] groups?

[4:10] >> Yes, ma'am.

[4:10] >> Okay. So, the individuals come from

[4:12] those particular groups that were in the

[4:13] legislation. Okay. Thank you.

[4:18] » Any other questions, comments?

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[4:22] Motion to any other business to come

[4:25] before government operations.

[4:27] Okay. Hearing none, I'll accept a motion

[4:29] to adjourn.

[4:31] So second

[4:34] >> second all those in favor. We are journ

[4:38] >> call to order the finance committee and

[4:40] the first item is amendment to the US

[4:44] finance agreement. That's correct.

[4:48] >> Um I'm going to defer to s.

[4:59] Thanks.

[4:59] >> You're welcome.

[5:01] >> Any questions?

[5:05] » Yeah. So, this is an amendment. Could

[5:06] you Can you tell us how this differs

[5:09] than the original agreement?

[5:10] >> Yep. The main difference in this

[5:12] agreement is that the original agreement

[5:14] that we did last year was for some base

[5:16] work of eight courts with the

[5:18] alternative work of 10. USA has provided

[5:21] the additional funding so that we could

[5:23] do all 18. So, we revised the agreement

[5:26] to include all 18 and that USDA would um

[5:30] come up with the additional funding. Uh

[5:32] I've also, just so you're aware, I've

[5:34] talked with the US today and I've asked

[5:36] that the USDA Eastern provide you with a

[5:39] letter of concurrence for your meeting

[5:41] on Monday just so that you have that. Um

[5:45] you have to remember Maxine, uh she did

[5:47] a really great job working with them as

[5:49] it went. But there is a section in here

[5:51] that I'll call your attention to because

[5:53] we don't want to get anybody nervous.

[5:55] Section two, se part one. It says if the

[5:59] costs are found to be in excessive, US

[6:02] may terminate this contract. The idea

[6:04] was is that USGA, we didn't think it was

[6:07] fair to have them have a contract that

[6:09] bind them into what the cost would be.

[6:11] >> Um, and so we did get six bids. The low

[6:15] bid was uh within our budget. actually

[6:17] was a great bid contractor that we've

[6:20] worked with and uh we've reviewed it and

[6:23] we have a letter from our consultant in

[6:25] the later portion of the packet and USA

[6:27] will be uh sending us a letter to state

[6:30] that they are comfortable with the bid

[6:31] and will be providing us with the

[6:33] additional funding. Um, the amount won't

[6:36] be determined because if you were to

[6:38] read into here, there's some other

[6:39] things that they like a shed and things

[6:41] like that. Those are things that they

[6:42] may purchase additionally because like

[6:44] it states in the agreement, the city

[6:46] funding is capped at the funding that we

[6:48] have available, but they realize that

[6:50] this facility is important to their

[6:52] operations for the next 20 years. So,

[6:54] they want to make sure that the

[6:55] investment is there initially.

[6:58] >> Go ahead, please.

[6:59] >> So, initially they were going to do 10

[7:01] courts in Central Park and then the

[7:03] Michigan Avenue. we were going to do

[7:04] eight courts in Central Park and do some

[7:07] repairs to Michigan Avenue. So now,

[7:09] right now, we're focused on Central Park

[7:11] and that we will have uh possibly an

[7:13] agreement in the future for Michigan

[7:14] Avenue, but they Central Park is

[7:17] critical to their um essentially to

[7:20] their season, to their schedule. So,

[7:22] they want to put right now all their

[7:24] eggs in one basket with Central Park. Um

[7:26] Michigan is more critical to 15 Love

[7:30] because a lot of educational things

[7:31] happen at 15 Love. So, it is something

[7:33] that we'll have to look at, but they

[7:35] like to uh focus on Central Park

[7:39] because, as we talked about prior, um

[7:41] the June 1st deadline is going to be a

[7:43] challenge. Um right after this gets

[7:45] approved, we're going to have meetings

[7:46] with um construction with Gallup and try

[7:50] to move this forward as quickly as

[7:51] possible.

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[7:55] >> Any other questions?

[7:57] Seeing none, may I

[7:59] have a motion to move this item forward?

[8:02] >> Second. All in favor?

[8:03] >> I thank you.

[8:05] >> The next item is just a reminder, 2023

[8:08] consolidated annual performance and

[8:09] evaluation report. The public hearing is

[8:12] scheduled for August 11th at 700 p.m.

[8:18] Are there any other business for

[8:19] finance?

[8:21] Seeing none, may I have a motion to

[8:24] second?

[8:24] >> All in favor?

[8:25] >> I thank you.

[8:28] >> Uh I'd like to call city development and

[8:30] planning. We have six items on the

[8:32] agenda. The first item is the new USDA

[8:35] use agreement. Mash,

[8:37] >> I will defer again to Mr. Watkins.

[8:39] >> Okay. So, this is not necessarily my

[8:42] subject matter. Um, it's a usage

[8:44] agreement, not a finance agreement. So,

[8:46] this is for um USA and their subsidiary

[8:50] of 15 love to use these tennis courts

[8:52] for a period of 20 years suspending

[8:54] December 31st, 2046. Their previous

[8:57] agreement was set to expire this year.

[9:00] the USA uh requested that for the money

[9:04] to be transferred over that they extend

[9:05] this agreement so that the both happen

[9:08] at the same time. They're making an

[9:09] investment and the city's acknowledging

[9:10] that we'd be able to they'll be able to

[9:12] use the the courts for 20 years. The

[9:14] only thing that I could point out on

[9:17] this because I was talking with uh both

[9:20] Maxine and Bill Maza is that this this

[9:23] regards a waving of fees given their

[9:26] commitment for USDA Eastern and 15 Love.

[9:31] No other entities.

[9:33] Now, the city has to probably get

[9:35] something in place similar to the pool

[9:37] where we have something that would make

[9:38] sense for both the city and for the

[9:40] patrons. But you know, right now the

[9:43] courts are not a paid entity. So this

[9:46] just takes place to USDA Eastern and

[9:49] 1511. That's what's stipulated in here.

[9:54] » Mr. I'm sorry.

[9:55] >> So just for clarity, so

[9:59] after the investments made um and the

[10:01] courts are done, you're saying that only um those are only entities but

[10:08] people but we're talking about rather

[10:10] citizens could use the courts for your

[10:12] charge.

[10:13] >> No,

[10:15] it is in the code today that there is a

[10:19] charge to use the central park tense

[10:20] courts. The city has not

[10:22] >> Oh yeah.

[10:23] >> done it

[10:23] >> right. But it is on the books. It is one

[10:26] of these many things that is on the

[10:27] books that we have. Um it was stopped uh

[10:32] I believe several years ago because the

[10:34] costs of staffing to

[10:37] >> you know collect the fee ended up being

[10:39] more than the fee.

[10:41] >> Mhm. But what this agreement is talking

[10:43] about is for the next 20 years, USDA

[10:46] Eastern 15 love, if the city were to

[10:48] come out with a fee structure and

[10:50] enforce it, they would not pay for that

[10:52] fee structure for their events.

[10:55] It also I believe it gives them uh

[10:58] priority to book ahead of time so that

[11:01] if there were a USJ Eastern event going

[11:03] up against a school event, the USJ

[11:05] Eastern event would have the the

[11:07] president. They would be able to book,

[11:08] not the school event. Mr.

[11:12] Mayor

[11:13] >> defer to the chair.

[11:14] >> Oh, I'm sorry.

[11:15] >> Okay.

[11:16] >> Uh, this has been a long-term

[11:18] relationship for the city and it

[11:20] continues to expand where we really had

[11:23] more formal relationship with the junior

[11:25] division. This is expanding that. So,

[11:29] uh, they're making a significant

[11:31] commitment, but there's also, uh, it's a

[11:34] regional draw where it brings people

[11:37] into the community. So people are

[11:39] staying at the hotels. Uh they're going

[11:42] to restaurants. Uh they're spending

[11:44] money here in Skenctity and believe it's

[11:48] a good partnership and we're had to

[11:51] defer a little bit for Michigan Avenue.

[11:53] Glad to look at that in the capital

[11:55] budget for 26 and I submit that to the

[11:58] council. Hopefully we'll be able to

[12:00] address that uh have this move ahead. It

[12:04] compliments the swimming pool, the A

[12:05] diamond, the rose garden, the

[12:08] greenhouse, uh,

[12:11] >> music.

[12:12] >> Yeah, music haven. And just it's really

[12:14] an impressive record that we've put

[12:17] together in Central Park.

[12:21] >> Uh, so regarding um how long will the

[12:24] courts be shut down? Because I get asked

[12:26] that question a lot.

[12:27] >> The courts uh anticipating that today is

[12:31] 4th. So if if the contractor would allow, they

[12:35] would be closed from September 15th to

[12:37] June 1st.

[12:39] >> Okay.

[12:40] >> Um the other thing is in regard to

[12:43] parking since we're talking about having

[12:45] these these tournaments there and

[12:46] already park as you know parking is a

[12:48] challenge. So um is there any thought as

[12:51] these renovations are being done how we

[12:53] can expand the parking to be able to

[12:56] accommodate people or was that part of

[12:58] the plan? Is that parking planned into

[13:00] this at all? There's no parking as part

[13:03] of this. Um there's been we have

[13:08] right now are doing work on Fair Avenue

[13:11] >> to upgrade that to uh reconfigure it uh

[13:16] with uh millings and other things which

[13:18] will provide parking for the swimming

[13:22] pool, a diamond, tennis courts, uh some

[13:26] of these things. uh music haven. It's a

[13:28] little bit of a walk, but there would be

[13:30] more parking within a reasonable

[13:33] distance. And you know, there is some

[13:35] parking on street around the tennis

[13:37] courts. It does not uh meet the needs

[13:41] when there is a major event or a lot of

[13:43] activity at the tennis courts or the

[13:45] swimming pool, but we're uh doing work

[13:48] right now on Fair Avenue to increase

[13:51] that capacity.

[13:53] >> Right. So, and and frankly right now it

[13:55] really doesn't even meet the needs in

[13:56] the morning with the drop in quite

[13:57] frankly starting to park like really

[14:00] going down and just um on the other

[14:02] because um on the other side where

[14:05] there's grass there was a no parking

[14:06] sign on the the tree

[14:09] >> and um actually someone was getting a

[14:11] ticket just the other day. So parking I

[14:14] just wanted to bring forth the fact that

[14:15] uh parking is already

[14:17] >> trying to get a little revenue to pay

[14:18] for some of this.

[14:19] >> Well, except it was it's a whole thing.

[14:21] I talked to Mr. wrong about it, but I

[14:23] just want to make sure that as we're

[14:24] considering it, we make sure that

[14:25] people, you know, we know people are

[14:28] coming that people um are accommodated,

[14:30] especially those who um also live

[14:32] locally and park there. So, you're not

[14:33] going to take they're not going to take

[14:34] away the parking that currently exists

[14:36] in front of the courts that will not be

[14:38] removed even though they're doing um

[14:40] things on Fair Avenue?

[14:42] >> No, there's no plan to remove anything

[14:45] even though they've talked about the

[14:47] shed and some other things. So, that

[14:49] >> there's plenty of space for the front.

[14:51] So, we're going to leave the parking

[14:52] there. We're going to allow still

[14:53] parking on the grass

[14:55] >> um on opposite for events. Usually, that

[14:58] works out pretty well. We'd like to make

[15:00] sure the buses aren't there. They take

[15:01] up a lot of space trying to get them to

[15:03] Fair Avenue. The area that you're

[15:05] talking about, um that is a no parking

[15:08] area. One of the things that we need to

[15:10] talk about internally is the whole

[15:12] what's good for the goose is good for

[15:13] the gander, which is it's easy to to

[15:16] ticket one car that's parked there for

[15:18] tennis. However, we have many events,

[15:21] many very large events, Music Haven,

[15:23] Caribbean Fest as such where people park

[15:25] everywhere and then maybe the

[15:26] enforcement is lax because it is just

[15:28] overwhelmingly

[15:30] uh out of compliance and then we have to

[15:32] find out because then we would be

[15:33] selective ticketing and we don't want to

[15:35] do that. We want to make sure that what

[15:36] we do is uniform. So, um you know what

[15:39] we'd have to do is make sure that we

[15:40] have enough enforcement to cover what

[15:42] we're doing and have areas of it. But

[15:44] technically that area that's no parking

[15:45] is no parking. We've talked about it

[15:47] internally and that is a no parking

[15:49] area. We can put including grass or some

[15:51] kind of a sign like that, but we just

[15:53] feel that people are probably parking

[15:55] there and if we put grass there, they'll

[15:57] park on it. So then we're getting into

[15:59] boulders and rocks and ropes and it's

[16:01] something that we're going to have to

[16:02] look at cuz the utilization of the park

[16:03] is at an all-time high and it's only

[16:05] projected to go higher.

[16:06] >> Mhm.

[16:10] » Uh any other questions from any other

[16:11] council members?

[16:14] If not, I'll introduce.

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[16:19] » Thank you very much, Mr. W.

[16:21] >> I'm here for a little while.

[16:22] >> Oh, okay. You're right. Item number two

[16:26] is authorizing the issuance of revocable

[16:28] permit number 689 to Solstice Kitchen

[16:30] LLC for a sign that will overhang the

[16:33] city's right away on the facing building

[16:34] at 515 State Street. Mr.

[16:38] >> Yep. Uh Solstice Kitchen is the former

[16:40] puzzles and Farmer Biblio Tech. Uh that

[16:44] was the name of it. Um they are looking

[16:47] to open up a new uh kitchen restaurant

[16:49] and have a blade style sign similar to

[16:51] what we have on the 400 block of State

[16:54] Street. This is a revocable permit for

[16:56] that sign. Um planning sees no issues

[16:58] with this design and they submitted all

[17:00] the required paper.

[17:03] >> Any questions, concerns?

[17:06] I do have one thing though that I'd like

[17:08] to bring up. It's not about the sign

[17:10] necessarily, but about the um I always I

[17:12] spoke to Mr. W about about the

[17:14] establishment. Um did all of you get the

[17:16] email from Miss Michael about the 500

[17:19] foot look um hearing on this uh

[17:23] particular place. Um, and what it is,

[17:26] the 500 foot hearings is if an

[17:28] establishment that serves alcohol on

[17:30] site, um, is within 500 ft of other

[17:34] establishments that do the same thing.

[17:36] So, this one does when we look at

[17:39] there's one across the street, there's

[17:41] Amber and Amber and Court down the

[17:43] street and then there's 501. So, I just

[17:45] want to make everyone aware that that's

[17:47] out there. I'm not I don't think I don't

[17:48] know what the implication is going to be

[17:50] once they go to the hearing, but I did

[17:52] even note the fact that there are

[17:54] establishments within the 500 ft. So,

[17:57] Miss uh Barash, um I if you could if you

[18:00] could just um just provide for us

[18:02] information, clarification whether any

[18:04] of that's going to matter for this

[18:05] particular establishment. I don't know

[18:07] that it would matter with the sign

[18:08] because maybe they could then decide not

[18:10] to have alcohol on on on um on site and

[18:14] the uh 200 foot there's also a 200 foot

[18:17] um uh here rule and that has to do with

[18:21] uh religious religious establishments in

[18:24] schools and none of the the school

[18:25] that's close to that is not within 200

[18:28] feet because we already um established

[18:29] that as well. So, I just wanted to make

[18:31] you all aware desk school it's it's

[18:34] within 500 feet but not within 200 feet.

[18:37] So, I just wanted to make you all aware

[18:39] of why you're getting that information

[18:40] and what it's about and how it could

[18:42] possibly impact us.

[18:45] >> Did you have your hand up?

[18:46] >> Did you have your Yes. So, I I just want

[18:49] to say that, you know, whenever um we

[18:52] own a property um and whenever

[18:54] anything's opening close to us, there's

[18:56] always a public hearing held and anyone

[18:58] can go speak their their mind or object

[19:01] to it. But I I don't understand what the concern is here.

[19:05] >> Well, the concern is they're making you

[19:07] aware that there has to be a hearing

[19:08] because this place could fall in um

[19:12] >> fall under that. And this public

[19:14] hearing, by the way, is not in public.

[19:15] It's very clear that if you want to make

[19:17] any remarks, you you would send them in

[19:18] writing, but no one can appear.

[19:20] >> Okay?

[19:20] >> So, this person, this um public, this

[19:23] place in particular is serving alcohol.

[19:25] So, whenever it's serving alcohol,

[19:27] >> there's a public hearing that's within

[19:29] 500 ft. So, the concern is not the I

[19:32] won't say the concern. I just want to

[19:34] make sure that you're aware that it's

[19:35] happening. That's what this is about.

[19:37] So, that it's happening. And that

[19:38] happens a lot in the city and we get,

[19:40] you know, notices, but I I just don't

[19:42] understand why today we're just hearing

[19:44] >> Well, this property I don't remember the

[19:46] last time I got a notice regarding um a

[19:48] public hearing for something that was

[19:49] going to be in there.

[19:49] >> Right. Well, I do on Union Street when

[19:51] things when bars and restaurants open. I

[19:54] I'm just saying I just don't understand

[19:55] why

[19:56] >> that's you as an individual. This is us

[19:58] as a municipality. So, the notice came

[20:00] to the municipality to make us aware.

[20:02] >> So, I'm making everyone aware of why

[20:04] we're getting it.

[20:05] >> Okay.

[20:07] I I just wanted to note that um Novel

[20:09] Bibliotic, okay, um did also serve um

[20:13] wine. I I was never there at night, but

[20:15] I know that they did have that on their

[20:16] menu. So, I don't know. I I I know that

[20:18] it's a separate establishment and they

[20:20] have to go to the liquor authority as

[20:22] well for their own bourment, but

[20:24] >> um that that establishment did have

[20:28] >> Well, it depends on it also depends if

[20:30] you're serving food on the

[20:30] establishment. It's it's not just that

[20:32] they're serving alcohol. So, there's

[20:34] some other things that come into place.

[20:36] And the school is new.

[20:38] >> Yeah. And the school was prior to was

[20:41] prior to uh I mean came after five 151

[20:45] came after 151.

[20:47] >> Yeah.

[20:48] >> Maj I saw your hand.

[20:49] >> Defer the mayor.

[20:50] >> Okay. Mayor

[20:52] >> this is a standard notification that's

[20:54] been given for every one of those

[20:56] establishments. So

[20:58] >> thank you. Thank you.

[21:01] >> Except but this is like new. This is

[21:03] like one of three within the area. So I

[21:05] think it may fall in the root. We'll

[21:06] see. But Miss Williams,

[21:09] >> I don't think there's any issue with

[21:10] getting more information. I think part

[21:12] of the assumption that we often miss is

[21:14] that people that are viewing our meeting

[21:15] might not have a clear a clear

[21:18] indication of what we are discussing. So

[21:20] I think providing that additional

[21:21] context should be valued and appreciated

[21:24] and also make sure you give appropriate

[21:25] consideration to anyone that is queuing

[21:27] in for the first time.

[21:29] >> Thank you. Any other questions or

[21:31] concerns?

[21:33] Yes, Mr. Rush. Um,

[21:34] >> just for clarification as it relates to

[21:37] the uh the matter at hand right now, the

[21:40] revocable permit hearing um would not

[21:44] necessarily have any um it wouldn't be

[21:47] relevant to the permit because the

[21:50] establishment could still open

[21:52] >> um without liquor um if they were to uh

[21:57] not prevail during their hearing.

[21:59] >> Yeah, that's what I said. Yeah. But I

[22:01] just wanted to make sure people still

[22:02] were aware.

[22:03] >> Sure.

[22:04] >> Thank you.

[22:05] >> Any other questions or concerns?

[22:06] >> I'll move this.

[22:07] >> Second. All's in favor.

[22:10] >> Thank you very much.

[22:11] >> Um

[22:13] the next item number three is the award

[22:15] the baby contract of Central Park Tennis

[22:17] court improvements to Gallow

[22:19] Construction Corporation. Mr. W.

[22:21] >> Yep. So similar what we talked about, we

[22:23] wanted to make sure all the agreements

[22:24] and bids were together at once so that

[22:26] we could be efficient. Um the city bid

[22:28] the improvements to the Central Park

[22:30] tennis courts. Uh we received seven bids

[22:33] which is a nice amount of bids. Uh

[22:36] several of them were very tight uh with

[22:38] a low bid of Gallow Construction. Gallow

[22:41] is a general contractor in the area that

[22:44] we have worked with in the past. Um

[22:46] originally we were hesitant and we did

[22:48] call them um about that because they are

[22:51] not a tennis specialty contractor. Uh

[22:54] however um they have a subcontractor who

[22:57] will be doing all of their tennis work

[22:59] and their subcontractor is one of the

[23:01] more respected in the northeast. So GW

[23:04] will be local. They will be the GC doing

[23:07] all the dirt work handling all the

[23:09] grading and all the prep for the

[23:11] subcontractor who will put in the

[23:13] specialized concrete plane surfaces and

[23:16] then a fencing contractor will come in

[23:19] uh at the end and finish the fencing.

[23:21] So, um there's a letter of

[23:22] recommendation from our engineer who

[23:24] spoke with Gallow um just to make sure

[23:26] we have that and we are comfortable

[23:29] moving forward

[23:31] and and just know this is a

[23:33] very competitive bid. We did a lot of

[23:35] estimates and this is uh below those

[23:39] estimates. I wouldn't say significantly

[23:41] below but below which is good in today's

[23:42] day and age that we got a bid that was

[23:45] below our estimate.

[23:46] >> Mhm. Well, I'm really I'm glad first of

[23:48] all it was below the estimate, but also

[23:50] that we're using a local company that

[23:52] can subcontract. So, that's uh that's

[23:54] important. I know that we init we signed

[23:56] something um saying that they didn't

[23:58] need to have an apprentice program

[23:59] because we were thinking there may be

[24:00] places that out of state, but that still

[24:02] falls in place here. Is that that's

[24:04] correct?

[24:04] >> Correct. Okay.

[24:05] >> The majority of the work will be the

[24:07] subcontractor. The subcontractor work is

[24:10] the bulk of the work. the the tennis

[24:12] courts, they will be pouring all of the

[24:14] concrete and that is the bulk of the

[24:17] work, but they will be doing it as a

[24:18] subcontractor to the local firm.

[24:20] >> Okay.

[24:22] >> Mr. Williams,

[24:22] >> I was just speaking to your comment

[24:24] earlier about the bid coming in below.

[24:26] Is it too early to tell like whether the

[24:29] uh just industry in general with like

[24:31] supplies and like materials just

[24:33] skyrocketing? Is it starting to ease

[24:35] down or

[24:36] >> I don't I don't think it's starting to

[24:37] ease. I think that um we talked with

[24:40] them. They uh being local um you'll see

[24:42] like Classic Turf, the company

[24:44] themselves bid, they were actually tied

[24:46] for second. Um they were coming from out

[24:48] of town. Uh the other bid might have had

[24:50] a little bit more on it. I I think that

[24:52] certain things are starting to ease, but

[24:54] I don't think we're seeing a lot come

[24:55] down, but we are able to at least

[24:57] estimate where we are a little bit

[24:58] better than, you know, 3 years ago where

[25:00] you had to pad everything uh quite a bit

[25:02] to get to where we are. So, we're

[25:04] excited about this. I'm actually uh if it moves today, I'm going to be

[25:08] making phone call tomorrow to try to

[25:09] line things up so that we're trying to

[25:11] expedite everything as soon as possible

[25:13] to get on get on their schedule, get

[25:14] them out there.

[25:16] >> Any other questions or comments?

[25:18] >> Entertain a motion.

[25:20] >> Second.

[25:20] >> All those in favor?

[25:22] >> Thank you, Mr. Wall.

[25:23] >> That's it for you. Um the next item is

[25:26] the call for a public hearing on the

[25:28] 2025 2026 6 action um annual action plan

[25:32] which just remind public hearing will be

[25:34] on August

[25:37] M 11. When's the public hearing?

[25:39] >> Call for public hearing 11 and then the

[25:41] actual public hearing.

[25:42] >> Okay. The call for public hearing be on

[25:44] the 11th.

[25:44] >> Oh no. We're calling for the public

[25:46] hearing.

[25:47] >> We're calling for the public hearing.

[25:49] >> Yes.

[25:50] >> I'll move. We have to move that.

[25:53] >> Yeah. We're calling for the public

[25:54] hearing, so we have to move. Yes. So, I

[25:56] move that.

[25:56] >> Second.

[25:57] >> All those in favor?

[25:58] >> I.

[25:59] >> All right. The last two um items have to

[26:01] do with redemption of property. So, they

[26:04] would be an executive session. Um all um

[26:09] I'd like to call for I'd like to ask for

[26:12] a motion to enter into executive

[26:13] session. So, move second. All in favor?

[26:15] I.

[26:16] >> Thank you. Members of the public have to

[26:17] leave.

[26:20] Heat. Heat.

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[26:57] Heat. Heat.

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[27:05] Heat. Heat.

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[27:28] Heat.

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Schenectady City Council Committee Meeting, August 4, 2025

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