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» Woo.

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» Cuz Kim can't stay long.

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All right. So,

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just talking out loud, I know Kim is on

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a time crunch as well.

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So, government operations and we have

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the full complement, you know, just

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myself and Kim. Okay. So, it's the out

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of the pressing issues. I mean, having a

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conversation about trash can stay on the

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side. Stay on the timeline.

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Yes, government operations can do that.

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Um any other pressing issues government

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operations?

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Yeah.

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All right.

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So, you're going to do

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So, Kim, are you there?

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Just talk about those

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and then we'll adjourn after that.

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What do you want me to do? No, no,

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sorry. We'll just use this seat.

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Yeah. Okay.

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So, you want to prioritize those issues?

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cuz Kim's on a time crunch as well.

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And this is a fine committee.

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Any others?

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And clean and government operations.

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Do you need one of Kim's chairs? I have

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a stack of chairs. Okay.

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the further conversation.

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And so, we can you know, we can keep

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Okay, perfect.

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Okay, right.

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Yes, everything else can be discussed.

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All right.

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Good evening. I'd like to call this

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Grand Rapids City Council Committee

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meeting to order. Today is May 4th,

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2026. I apologize for the delay and the

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rearranging due to some quorum concerns.

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We are going to be readjusting some key

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priority items

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for consideration with respect to Ms.

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Wiggins' time, which is a

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uh limited for tonight. So, everyone

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please bear in mind for the slight

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adjustments. Uh so, moving into

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government operations, we will be doing

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uh item number one out of Health and

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Rec, authorizing the mayor to enter an

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agreement with the USTA for the

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installation and operation of a smart

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access lock and system in coordination

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with the Serve Tennis Management

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Program.

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Additionally, when we are moving into

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government operations, are three items

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from the Finance Committee.

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2026 to 2027

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Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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We are also going to moving into

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government operations is 2026 to 2027 US

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Department of Housing and Urban

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Development allocations.

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Call for public hearing for 2026 to 2027

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annual action plan.

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And the call for public hearing to amend

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section 186-25

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of the Central Park Tennis Courts fee

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and reservation system.

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And the last two items we'll be moving

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into government operations are from City

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Development and Planning. The first two

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items to review amending section 9-6 of

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the Schenectady City Code to increase

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membership of the Downtown Special

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Assessment District Board from 9 to 15

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members and to amend such membership

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qualifications.

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And the call for public hearing to amend

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chapter 161 of the Schenectady City

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Code.

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Those are the items that will be moving

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to government operations.

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So, these five to government operations.

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Thank you.

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So, I'll start with that.

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At this time, I'd like to call to order

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the Committee on Government Operations.

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First order of business is authorizing

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the mayor to enter into an agreement

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with the USTA for installation and

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operation of smart access lock set

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system in coordination with severe

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tennis management programs. Presenting

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Chris Waller.

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Good evening.

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Um in your packet was provided

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contract draft contract and information

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deck on the system. It is a algorithm

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based access system that we are looking

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to put at the newly reconstructed

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Central Park tennis facility.

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The locks will allow only those who

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access them through the Surf tennis app

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to have access.

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Um it is a basic form of security, but a

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form of security nonetheless, whereas

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right now our tennis courts do not have

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any forms of security. It will allow us

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to not staff the tennis courts, allow us

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to charge the rates that we want and

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track data and monitor who's using the

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courts on a daily annual basis. Uh this

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is a USTA based program, one that the

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USTA uses on all their courts. USTA is a

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partner on this project, so we thought

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it would be in the interest of everyone

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to use the USTA sponsored program. Um the contract through the

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contract it states that the USTA will be

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paying for the two lock sets in the

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first year of operations for the lock

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sets as well as the giving us $1,250 for

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the installation of the gates.

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costs are $500 for the one lock and $300

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Um which we'll have to put into our

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operating budget.

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and the idea is is that these will help

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us just keep out you know people who use

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tennis courts as

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dog parks or skate parks or things like

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that and try to just keep the the courts

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in a pristine condition. Um there is no

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term. It is a just rolling contract that

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we cancel there that this is not a

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binding

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contract where we're signing it for a

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minimum period of X amount of years. It

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is just a year to year contract with the

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you're looking at how much?

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So this year will be zero.

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year after that or stay at that amount?

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You've heard the presentation by Mr.

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Comments, concerns? Council President

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Waller. Uh thank you Mr. Waller. I know

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there were three options to consider for

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the doors. Did you have a preference or

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No, padlock. We will be working with

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option three the code lock system.

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fashioned as shown on option three

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with the reinforced handles

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and lock set.

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So that that's what we're doing with

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that facility. We'll have two uh gate A

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and a gate B. All the other gates will

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be locked with a typical city standard

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lock cuz that is not for the public. We

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really want to

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treat this facility as it has two main

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entrances and everyone going through

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such. We uh city will have access

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um to the facility with our own private

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code that's programmed into it and then

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for large tournaments and events where

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the whole facility is open you can with

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a master key turn off the system so that

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the locks are just like a door so that

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you don't have people coming for a

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tournament putting in locks.

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Uh I had an additional question that

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kind of loops into the fee and

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reservation system all together since

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you're already here.

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Um I do have some hesitancies with us

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charging our residents to use community

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facilities and resources.

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Is there any ability for us to provide a

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code without someone having an account

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to request that if that makes sense?

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uh for the next portion where we talk

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about fees, but if we wanted to create different tiers

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there are ways to do that. So

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essentially what you what we would have

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to do however is put that information in

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there to show that they are a member or

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a resident into the system and then when

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they log into the system they wouldn't

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have that charge, but we would have to

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do that in the back office end of it.

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Otherwise it would do it's essentially

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proving the residency. That's something

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that we would have to work out. So there

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would have to be some kind of an

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application for someone to make to say

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that yes I'm a resident and I want to be

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in the system as a member resident so

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that I have a zero fee. Perfect. Thank

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Uh the one thing just to point out to

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you with the the Surf tennis just want

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to give you the overview.

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Surf tennis and smart access they are

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they work in conjunction. So what it

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allows us to do is we now have 18 courts

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and you will reserve the court that you

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want as long as that court is available.

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facility and you would say I want to

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play court six for this hour or two

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hours and then program and then it would

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say okay and then give you the code so

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that's important because it's a back

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office system

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and that's similar to what we have at

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the golf course where you'll be able to

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reserve the courts and manage the courts

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as an asset whereas before um it was

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kind of a few would look all the courts

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are taken I don't know what we're going

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to be able to actually be able to

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reserve and know when the courts are.

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Um additionally because of the new

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layout of the courts it's a very

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efficient

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uh layout using the pod system of access

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we'll be actually able to run small

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events and sectional events if there's

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not 18 and actually have the public

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available to play other courts and

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they'll be completely separate from each

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other. So the utilization of the courts

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should be very high.

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Any questions, comments, concerns? Mr.

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uh what's the staffing cost right now or

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would it be if you just had the staff

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without the lock and gate?

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Do you have that number? Uh Paul do you

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remember what that number was?

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>> We would have to staff a seasonal at the tennis courts. Well we staff a

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seasonal you need to staff more than one

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because usually the courts start to play

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kind of 7:00 in the morning and in the

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summer hours it's late up until 9:00 so

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8-hour shift ends and then people come

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in and break for lunch. So usually we

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staff with seasonal employees.

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But in excess of probably $25,000 for

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the summer. Yeah.

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Thank you. Yep.

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Any comments, other comments, questions,

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concerns? Seeing none Mr. President

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Committee.

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I'm good.

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A motion to

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authorize the mayor to enter into

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agreement with the USTA. Second.

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It's been moved.

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Second.

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It's been moved properly seconded. All

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those in favor? Aye.

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Motion carried. Thank you.

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Mr. Waller. Second on the list

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we have 2026-2027 US Department of

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Housing and Urban Development

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allocations with Miss Alexandria Harper.

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Good evening city council members. I've

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come before you today requesting that we

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adopt a resolution authorizing

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acceptance of our 2026-2027

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HUD funding as listed for CDBG which is

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our community development block grant.

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We received $2,032,803

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for our home funding, $1,263

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and

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ESG $180,000

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$125,095

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just round it out my apologies. Um this

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is our

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um annual allocation. We received our

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final award letter from HUD so just our

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resolution so that we're able to move

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forward with our application

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allocations.

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Any comments, questions, concerns on

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this?

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Seeing none do I have a motion? So

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moved.

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Second. Second. It's been moved properly

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seconded. All those in favor? Aye.

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Motion carried. Thank you. Item number

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two CPHB 2026 annual action plan Miss

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Harper.

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I come before you again. It

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I am asking to call for a public

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hearing. Our final

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our draft allocations will be available

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to the public on May 11th and in an

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effort to stay on our federal government

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timeline I'm asking today to call for a

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public hearing at the next council

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meeting. Again that information will be

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available to you and public on May 11th.

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Any comments, questions, concerns?

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Mr. Chairman just for the record that

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the public hearing would be in May 26th.

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is a holiday. May after

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Memorial Day. And that that's plenty of

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time for the for the to be posted.

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May 11th it has to be posted prior so

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May 11th is will be our posting to May

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11th is the posting May 26th is the

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actual public hearing. Yes. Thank you.

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Any comments, questions, concerns?

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Seeing none do I have a motion? So

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moved.

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It's been properly moved and seconded.

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All those in favor? Aye. Motion carried.

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Thank you.

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Third action Excuse me fourth item on

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the list CPHB amend section 186 Central

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Park tennis courts fees and reservations

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with Mr. Paul LaFond.

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Good evening.

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Hello. This is a call for a public

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hearing to amend

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Again call for a public hearing to amend

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chapter 186-25.

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Um

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some of the language is outdated in the

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current city code and the new language

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that would be added would um

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with regards to fee structure and pod

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structure. Pod structure is for the

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tournaments and league play and then

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there currently is a fee structure for

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residents, non-residents,

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um non-profits and

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myself

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City Engineer Chris Williams, Parks

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Director Billy Masika, and Deputy Mayor

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Williams met with Caesar Corporation and

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went over some of the language. And we

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do have some of the language.

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So, it is to amend and start charging a

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fee that we feel is adequate for the

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playtime. And we did do some research,

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looked around in Escanaba,

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smaller places, the school district, and

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um

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the school district and and we are under

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what they would be charging for their

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park. It's the same number of courts

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that the city school district

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but they do charge

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more money per hour.

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Thank you, Mr. Williams. What was the

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fee charged? Just for the difference.

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Um did you get the Did you copy it?

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>> not get a chance, unfortunately, to see

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it.

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Uh page 38.

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$15 per hour per court. Correct. And

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then there's the half-day charges. For

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three courts, it's $50 per hour for

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three courts. $250 half-day for five to

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six and a half hours for three courts.

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$500 full day 10 to 12 and a half hours

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for three courts.

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Correct.

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I just wanted to do that to make sure

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that we know and it's on record and said

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out loud for those that are watching at

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home. Any comments, questions, concerns?

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Council President Williams. Uh so,

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definitely thank you uh Mr. LaFontaine

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for providing the legislation changes

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and also the fee structure. I do have to

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admit very hesitant charging residents

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to use facilities. Um

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I know this can very much be interpreted

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as

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charging them twice. So, I'm paying

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taxes and then having another fee

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associated with it. Uh

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I think that's something that I don't

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think that's something I do not feel

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comfortable

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uh voting in favor of. My one question

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is, do we currently have a fee structure

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in place for the tennis courts? Yes.

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And then comparison, do these adjusted

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costs exceed those or are they still in

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line with them? And my my question I'm

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getting to is, is there the ability for

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this current fee structure to absorb the

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cost for the residents so that we are

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definitely having financial expectations

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for outside members coming in and

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enjoying our recreational facilities? Um

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but I I would like to ensure that we are

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protecting our residents from, again,

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asking to pay twice for city resources.

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Well, Mr. Chairman,

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the current fee structure has not been

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in force for a number of years. So, we

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were not getting any revenue.

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We've made

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huge investments in this and if the

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correlate this more like to the golf

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course, so yes, the city

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uh

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has created the environment and done

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some financing so that the golf course

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is there, but individuals pay when they

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play

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golf. There is variance within that

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structure for either residents or

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non-residents.

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And so, the tennis courts for

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uh last

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eight years, 10 years,

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the fee structure has been in place. Uh

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anybody that wanted to voluntarily pay

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could

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have been more than welcome to do that,

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but

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the cost of collecting it and

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maintaining it was just too complex and

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we wouldn't have made money on it. So,

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now

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we're looking to go back to a system

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with some of these controls. We have

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taken what was a nice facility and

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really made it a world-class facility

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when it opens. And so, looking to have

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some fee structure in place so that

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there's going to be revenue to do some

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of the maintenance for uh the nets, uh

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cleaning the surface of the courts,

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other

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uh ancillary maintenance items that will

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allow the facility to

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uh again be utilized in a manner that is

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uh consistent with all the great work

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we've done in Central Park. There is so

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many offerings there. It's uh

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just uh another addition to uh

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you know, past record of

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municipal investment.

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And

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could there are courts available on

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Michigan Avenue, uh Jerry Baraga and

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Karoub Park has tennis courts that there

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are no fees associated with.

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Thank you. What's the fee structure

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difference as it relates to non-resident

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to resident for playing the playing for

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tournament, playing for court, playing

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on a regular basis?

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>> Correct. Yeah, correct.

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I That was passed through uh

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an amendment to the code. It's I have it

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down on my wall. I don't have it right

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here. And I know non-profits were I

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think we were $14 for

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non-city residents and

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I'm not sure. I mean, it's I do have it.

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There is a resolution for that from a few years

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ago, several years ago.

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Thank you. I could forward that to you

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and scan it.

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>> If you could, please. Councilman

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Williams. Thank you. I think what I'd be

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more comfortable with is if we

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previously had the expectation of people

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voluntary paying voluntarily paying, I

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can imagine those numbers are very very

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low to non-existent. Um what I can find

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myself supporting

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definitely have no issue with pushing

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this forward for a call for public

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hearing to hear officially, formally

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from the community. Although I imagine

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there'll be a lot of angst. Um what I

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could find myself supporting is having a

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tiered roll out where having this

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initially proceed with non-residents and

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the tournament fees. And I would like to

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see a further assessment of what money

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is brought into the city and if there

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are additional considerations we need to

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make for residents. Uh I think it'd be more appropriate to to

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have that kind of tailored roll out

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rather than saying altogether one thing

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on our residents

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to

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fee structure that hasn't been

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previously expected. I think it's

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different than golf. You don't expect to

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golf for free, but this has been a

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resource that has been extended to our

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community and I know it is a nice

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resource and there are other options. I

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think very much that comes across poorly

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as a you can't play at this nice

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facility, go to the other ones for free.

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I don't think optically there's a nice

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way to communicate that to the to the other facilities are

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first class also. We've done that.

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All of the

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pickleball and tennis courts in

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Bellevue, we're doing some of the crack

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sealing maintenance on the ones on

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Michigan Avenue.

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Uh

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and again, they shouldn't be viewed as

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inferior, second rate, but this is now

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top of the line and the surface is

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different than the other courts.

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Mr. Mayor, I appreciate you standing on

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that. I do think that just

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based on

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easy optics as Councilman Williams has

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stated, obviously our new facility is is

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going to be completely different than

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the other facilities even when we

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resurfaced it and the work that's been

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put into it. I don't want to belittle

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the work that's been put into the new

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Central Park facility area

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on Arthur Street place, but uh Mr.

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LaFontaine, if you could potentially

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provide us I mean, this is obviously

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just a vote for public hearing. If you

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could provide us with a little bit of

560
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:45,440
language that would um prove what that

561
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:46,920
would look like for that tiered system

562
00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:49,320
for residents to be able to access that

563
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:53,800
at a much reduced cost um

564
00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:55,480
compared to what you have currently have

565
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:57,120
now. Uh

566
00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:58,240
and this is just for the internal

567
00:36:58,240 --> 00:37:00,000
working as well to kick around. If you

568
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,359
could email that with me and Councilman

569
00:37:02,359 --> 00:37:03,960
uh Council President Williams just so we

570
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:05,640
can have an idea of where we stand as we

571
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:08,040
get to public hearing. If the public

572
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:09,200
comes forward and says that they hate

573
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:10,520
this concept, I want to be prepared to

574
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:12,600
move forward with something else. Okay.

575
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:13,680
Thank you.

576
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:14,720
And then I'm

577
00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:15,840
Councilman Williams, I'd recommend

578
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:17,440
sending that to the same just so she

579
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:18,760
could push Miss Mike Lucy to push that

580
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:21,480
to the rest of the council people.

581
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:22,920
Mr. Chairman, so this will be a

582
00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:24,560
resolution calling for a public hearing

583
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:28,520
on May 26th. Um what's before you is

584
00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:30,320
the draft language

585
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:33,040
reflecting the new smart gate system and

586
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:35,160
deleting the old language which well,

587
00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:37,040
the whole section really needs to be

588
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:42,800
redone in light of the smart gate system. So, the uh

589
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:47,880
proposed amendment to the code 16186.25

590
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:50,600
bracketed language is deleting all that

591
00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:52,720
old language. The new language is

592
00:37:52,720 --> 00:37:54,560
underlined and that's reflecting the

593
00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:57,480
smart gate system. And then regarding

594
00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:00,240
the the the fees which are

595
00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:02,040
uh they are to be set by resolution by

596
00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:03,720
the council going forward that rather

597
00:38:03,720 --> 00:38:05,640
than having two separate pieces of

598
00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:08,000
legislation because it's a new system,

599
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,120
the public hearing will cover both the

600
00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:12,200
amendment of the ordinance as well as

601
00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:14,240
the fees and which is attached to the

602
00:38:14,240 --> 00:38:16,040
proposed ordinance. Perfect. Thank you.

603
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:17,560
This will be posted May 11th as well for

604
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:19,480
the public hearing on May 26th. It it

605
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:23,720
would be posted in the interim time. If there's any updates to the fee

606
00:38:23,720 --> 00:38:25,320
schedule based on the comments here

607
00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:27,080
tonight, the you know, the

608
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:28,840
Mr. LaFontaine can give it to the the

609
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:30,720
city clerk to for posting onto the

610
00:38:30,720 --> 00:38:33,680
website for the city. Thank you much.

611
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:35,160
Councilman Williams. I have a final

612
00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:37,800
question. Thank you. Any uh unforeseen

613
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:39,600
timelines? I know the tennis season is

614
00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:41,040
essentially now got to be we have

615
00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:43,359
another snow day which very much feels

616
00:38:43,359 --> 00:38:45,200
like that.

617
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:48,480
Um just so we're aware to expedite her.

618
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:49,760
Well, the the tennis courts themselves

619
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:51,440
are scheduled to

620
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:53,880
be open When will they be open first?

621
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:55,359
June 1st.

622
00:38:55,359 --> 00:38:57,640
Providing weather accommodates the the

623
00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:01,040
last Final question, please.

624
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:04,030
Thank you.

625
00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:05,040
And that gives you a little time to

626
00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:06,520
install the new lock system as well.

627
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:07,920
Yeah, the lock system is will be

628
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:10,320
installed shortly after. Correct? The

629
00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:12,760
lock system is with the June 1st opening

630
00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:15,280
at the tennis company and should be in

631
00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:17,680
the next week. Perfect. Thank you so

632
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:19,400
much. Any other comments, questions,

633
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:21,120
concerns?

634
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:23,080
Seeing none, do we have a motion? Uh

635
00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:25,160
call for public hearing. Yes. Motion to

636
00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:26,359
call for public hearing has been moved.

637
00:39:26,359 --> 00:39:28,040
Properly seconded. All those in favor?

638
00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:29,280
Aye.

639
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,080
So moved.

640
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:33,680
Next order of business, CR for National

641
00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:35,840
Police Appreciation

642
00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:38,080
This is a resolution just recognizing

643
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:39,960
the officers that have laid in line for

644
00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:41,800
our city area across the nation. This is

645
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:43,520
nationally recognized

646
00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:46,520
resolution is ready to be put forward.

647
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:49,120
Comments, questions, concerns?

648
00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:50,200
Seeing none, do I have a motion for

649
00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:52,120
resolution? So moved. Is there a move

650
00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:53,680
properly seconded? All those in favor?

651
00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:54,520
Aye.

652
00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:56,480
Second, National Teacher Appreciation

653
00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:58,240
Week, which kicks off tomorrow. This is

654
00:39:58,240 --> 00:40:00,000
a resolution recognizing our educators

655
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,120
inside of the school system,

656
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:02,680
particularly here in the city of

657
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:04,520
Schenectady. Is there any comments,

658
00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:06,600
questions, concerns on this?

659
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:08,480
Seeing none, do I have a motion? So

660
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:09,200
moved.

661
00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:10,680
Is there a move properly seconded? All

662
00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:12,800
those in favor? Aye.

663
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:14,400
Last of the resolutions is Memorial Day

664
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:15,680
resolution in the city of Schenectady

665
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:18,760
recognizing Memorial Day on May 25th of

666
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:20,560
this month.

667
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:23,880
It is a yearly nationally recognized

668
00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:25,160
occurrence.

669
00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:26,560
Nothing special here about this

670
00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:28,000
resolution. Is there any comments,

671
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:29,920
questions, concerns?

672
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:30,760
No.

673
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:32,760
Do I have a motion? So moved. So moved.

674
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:34,040
Is there a move properly seconded? All

675
00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:36,480
those in favor? Aye.

676
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:38,120
Next, we have the dumping site to small

677
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:40,600
park and recreational pilot program.

678
00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:42,040
I'll do it by myself, chairman of this

679
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:43,920
committee. This program would allow us

680
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:46,000
to take a

681
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,040
piece of land. Per the legislation that

682
00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:49,680
was written, it would take the Wyoming

683
00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:51,640
Street access where we know there's been

684
00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:54,840
an issue of dumping and turn that into a

685
00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:57,040
recreational {slash} small park area,

686
00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:58,400
which would allow for the area to be

687
00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:00,760
fenced off for trail cams to be put up

688
00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:04,480
to negate dumping sites and would access

689
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,413
a small, if allowable per budget,

690
00:41:07,413 --> 00:41:09,560
[snorts] small gravel path, table, and

691
00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:11,240
no swing sets to create a small

692
00:41:11,240 --> 00:41:13,960
recreational area to deter dumping on

693
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:15,640
that site.

694
00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:20,470
Comments, questions, concerns?

695
00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:22,240
Councilman Owens. Uh sincerely, I think

696
00:41:22,240 --> 00:41:23,680
we need to evaluate these types of

697
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:26,160
spaces which linger and present variety

698
00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:28,160
of options, one of which is just prompt

699
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:30,960
for dumping absent true enforcement. I

700
00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:33,160
think looking at them with a alternative

701
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:34,880
lens of how do we

702
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:37,320
provide more green space in a natural

703
00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:41,040
way that makes them more engaging and

704
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:42,080
open

705
00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:43,520
to other activities besides illegal

706
00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:45,440
dumping, I think is important. Uh

707
00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:47,160
definitely we can do it with a cost

708
00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:50,400
consideration in mind. Truly being a

709
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:51,960
part of this cleanup as I know a number

710
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:53,920
of other council members have been you

711
00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:55,520
know, the chairs being present here

712
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:57,200
tonight. Uh

713
00:41:57,200 --> 00:41:59,480
truly the community feels hostage

714
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:02,160
to these types of behaviors dumping and

715
00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:05,040
I think if we remove that opportunity

716
00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:06,760
from individuals misusing the space and

717
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:07,920
realigning it with something that's very

718
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:10,080
positive, beautiful, beautifying, I

719
00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:11,600
think truly it has us look at

720
00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:13,600
Schenectady with a different lens. So, I

721
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:15,240
could be in favor of this. I would

722
00:42:15,240 --> 00:42:17,160
definitely like to see different plans

723
00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:19,160
and expectations for how our chief

724
00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:21,120
engineer or also

725
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:22,840
Mr. Misika

726
00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:25,720
might potentially have ideas as well.

727
00:42:25,720 --> 00:42:27,160
Thank you.

728
00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:28,800
Uh my only question was it says low

729
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:30,960
cost. I'd like to know what

730
00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:33,600
you're defining low cost as cuz I know

731
00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:35,800
when we looked at something for Mr.

732
00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:39,160
Johnson a couple weeks ago,

733
00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:40,880
there was a a number associated with it.

734
00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:42,000
So, I would just like to know what we

735
00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:43,920
are considering low cost. Uh certainly

736
00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:45,480
low cost for considering for a small

737
00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:46,920
park and recreational area, the number

738
00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:49,080
was right around the $60,000 mark. By

739
00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:50,680
designating that area as a small park

740
00:42:50,680 --> 00:42:51,960
and recreation, we can actually use the

741
00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:53,280
grant funding that is allowed to be

742
00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:55,320
moved over. If I'm speaking incorrectly,

743
00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:57,000
Mr. Brown, please feel free to stop me,

744
00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:58,760
but with that grant money that we have,

745
00:42:58,760 --> 00:43:00,800
say that we're filling up the pool with

746
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:02,960
$260,000 left over money could be used

747
00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:04,640
for something like that, which would be

748
00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:06,120
at low cost to remainder money of the

749
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:08,080
city. So, we could swing that money over

750
00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:09,360
for the grants. We don't lose that grant

751
00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:11,200
money. The pilot program is successful,

752
00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:13,240
we can continue to use it going forward

753
00:43:13,240 --> 00:43:14,520
as we receive different grant money so

754
00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:16,160
we want to build it into the budget. So,

755
00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:17,520
you're talking specifically the ARPA

756
00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:19,280
funding that we recaptured. I'm talking

757
00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:20,800
about that funding for this project, but

758
00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:22,120
any funding going forward will allow you

759
00:43:22,120 --> 00:43:23,720
to do such as you label it as parks and

760
00:43:23,720 --> 00:43:25,680
recreation.

761
00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:28,560
Uh Ms. Carver is not here. Um

762
00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:30,000
Mr. Mayor, are we allowed to use that

763
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:32,360
ARPA funding for a project like this?

764
00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:35,000
Have to check uh

765
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:37,000
the if it falls inside the scope and

766
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:38,400
follows the scope, then so.

767
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:39,960
I'm in this area,

768
00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:42,560
but in general comments,

769
00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:44,560
I appreciate all the time and effort

770
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:47,960
that went in there to clean it up. Uh

771
00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:50,400
makes a big difference. We then had a

772
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:54,360
complaint of somebody dumping after

773
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:55,360
uh

774
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:59,359
cleanup has been done. The

775
00:43:59,359 --> 00:44:01,280
making more generic comments as opposed

776
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:03,359
to specific ones here because the

777
00:44:03,359 --> 00:44:05,960
follow-up is still being done. It was a

778
00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:08,400
property owner on the street who was

779
00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:10,240
just dumping stuff over the back of

780
00:44:10,240 --> 00:44:11,800
their fence.

781
00:44:11,800 --> 00:44:15,440
And so, it becomes very hard to

782
00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:17,880
maintain property like that if you have

783
00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:21,640
the people who are living there who are

784
00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:23,400
part of the problem and creating the

785
00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:26,870
issue in place.

786
00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:29,400
I think to your point, I I agree with

787
00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:30,800
you that is part of the problem being in

788
00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:32,680
the city. That's why as well as in the

789
00:44:32,680 --> 00:44:34,480
LR that I put in is for the trail cam so

790
00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:36,320
this way you can see who's actually

791
00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:38,080
allowing for an enforcement process to

792
00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:39,320
be in place. It's not just a feel good,

793
00:44:39,320 --> 00:44:41,600
it's practical um as well as allowing

794
00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:43,359
for officers to enforce that process.

795
00:44:43,359 --> 00:44:44,640
Then if we find that it's a homeowner

796
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:46,200
that is doing this dumping after so many

797
00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:48,200
people have volunteered their time to

798
00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:49,920
clean up a neighborhood, I think that

799
00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:51,480
the the officers as well would be in

800
00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:53,200
favor of making it easy enforcement

801
00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:56,110
going forward.

802
00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:58,040
Councilman Owens. Uh I'd say to that

803
00:44:58,040 --> 00:44:59,560
point, definitely like giving credit

804
00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:01,240
where credit is due. If I'm correct,

805
00:45:01,240 --> 00:45:02,680
there was kind of a legislator who kind

806
00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:04,760
of forwarded that comment to Chief

807
00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:07,040
Whipple. Truly a testament to both of

808
00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:08,560
them for taking upon themselves to

809
00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:10,760
vocalize those concerns. And I say that

810
00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:12,160
for a number of reasons, the one in

811
00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:13,359
which is

812
00:45:13,359 --> 00:45:14,560
if you see something, say something. I

813
00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:15,800
think a lot of people around the city

814
00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:17,680
just think that if I even if I do say

815
00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:19,440
something, nothing is going to happen.

816
00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:20,760
That is the only way to ensure that

817
00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:22,840
nothing happens. By vocalizing the

818
00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:24,520
issues or the pain points in our city is

819
00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:26,320
how we identify these issues, not

820
00:45:26,320 --> 00:45:28,240
assuming what people know or don't know,

821
00:45:28,240 --> 00:45:29,680
and then allowing the appropriate

822
00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:32,359
parties to respond in a manner that is

823
00:45:32,359 --> 00:45:33,720
indicative of us running a city

824
00:45:33,720 --> 00:45:35,520
effectively. So, I think in this

825
00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:37,560
scenario, definitely think that most

826
00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:39,000
homeowners would know what you can and

827
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:41,080
cannot do. Uh

828
00:45:41,080 --> 00:45:42,320
chalk that up to as a lack of

829
00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:43,600
understanding.

830
00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:45,280
Uh but sincerely, I think once notified,

831
00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:48,040
this individual quickly uh

832
00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:50,040
cleaned up that area and I hope will

833
00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:51,760
understand the gravity of containing

834
00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:53,840
that type of behavior moving forward.

835
00:45:53,840 --> 00:45:55,200
Um and in the grand scheme of things,

836
00:45:55,200 --> 00:45:57,720
this is essentially one less resident

837
00:45:57,720 --> 00:45:59,359
that we have to deal with in addressing

838
00:45:59,359 --> 00:46:01,240
these types of behaviors. Uh so, I

839
00:46:01,240 --> 00:46:02,480
applaud this effort and I look forward

840
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:04,840
to seeing how it can continue uh so that

841
00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:06,240
we can look at not just this area, but

842
00:46:06,240 --> 00:46:07,440
also other potential areas throughout

843
00:46:07,440 --> 00:46:10,040
the city. Councilman Owens. I think

844
00:46:10,040 --> 00:46:12,840
Comments, questions, concerns?

845
00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:14,800
Seeing none, do I have a motion?

846
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:15,600
So moved.

847
00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:18,320
Is there a move properly seconded?

848
00:46:18,320 --> 00:46:20,040
The pilot program is going to take This

849
00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:21,680
has to have a public hearing, Mr.

850
00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:23,400
No, are you are you looking for what

851
00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:25,160
taking money out of the ARPA funding

852
00:46:25,160 --> 00:46:27,440
that's left over for the first $60,000

853
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:28,800
to do

854
00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:30,880
I think it's just a resolution.

855
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:33,240
But not sure that we need to make that

856
00:46:33,240 --> 00:46:38,000
We got to make We have to make sure that money that's being programmed here

857
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:40,120
is qualified under the ARPA. Should I

858
00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:42,240
amend the motion to include that

859
00:46:42,240 --> 00:46:43,880
statement? For

860
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:46,280
you can put it in pending you know, if

861
00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:48,320
it qualifies under the ARPA funding

862
00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:50,280
program. So,

863
00:46:50,280 --> 00:46:51,800
Councilman Owens. No, go.

864
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:53,440
So, I'd say

865
00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:55,160
wanting to see the scope of the project,

866
00:46:55,160 --> 00:46:57,120
I think having those details in

867
00:46:57,120 --> 00:46:59,040
addition, I can

868
00:46:59,040 --> 00:47:00,480
formally say I'm in agreement with this.

869
00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:02,600
I think but absent having actually just

870
00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:04,640
some documentation of what that scope of

871
00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:06,240
the project would look like,

872
00:47:06,240 --> 00:47:07,400
I would want to see that first.

873
00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:08,840
>> You can motion to table

874
00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:11,359
Uh I would agree. I would like to see

875
00:47:11,359 --> 00:47:12,359
um the detail of what's going to be

876
00:47:12,359 --> 00:47:13,680
done. You know, it says in here the city

877
00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:14,880
engineer will write a site site

878
00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:16,240
assessment.

879
00:47:16,240 --> 00:47:17,320
Um so, I would just like to see what the

880
00:47:17,320 --> 00:47:19,320
cost like the breakdown would be and

881
00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:21,600
then go from there

882
00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:23,359
before we move forward with this. Mr.

883
00:47:23,359 --> 00:47:24,520
Chairman, do you want to put it off for

884
00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:26,680
2 weeks for those reports? We can do

885
00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:27,560
that.

886
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:28,960
At this time, Mr. Brown, I'll take your

887
00:47:28,960 --> 00:47:30,760
recommendation of tabling this for 2

888
00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:32,840
weeks to the next council cycle so this

889
00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:35,000
way we can get the appropriate

890
00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:36,640
information and detailing of what that

891
00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:39,840
looks like from our city engineer.

892
00:47:39,840 --> 00:47:41,520
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, sir.

893
00:47:41,520 --> 00:47:43,000
I appreciate you.

894
00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:44,480
Next on the list, second to last, we

895
00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:46,520
have re-amending section 9-6 of

896
00:47:46,520 --> 00:47:47,680
Schenectady City Codes to increase the

897
00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:48,960
membership of the Downtown Special

898
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:51,359
Assessment District Board from 9 to 15

899
00:47:51,359 --> 00:47:53,200
members and amend to such a membership

900
00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:56,920
qualifications. PH was on April 27th,

901
00:47:56,920 --> 00:47:59,160
2026. Presenting this is Council

902
00:47:59,160 --> 00:48:01,240
President Carl Williams. Thank you. Uh

903
00:48:01,240 --> 00:48:02,720
this was

904
00:48:02,720 --> 00:48:04,000
previously heard. We had a public

905
00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:06,000
hearing. I don't believe anyone came to

906
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:08,200
speak. Uh so, it's going to go forward

907
00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:10,040
for final consideration. Absent any

908
00:48:10,040 --> 00:48:14,750
questions or comments from the council.

909
00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:16,320
Mr. Chairman, it's ready for final

910
00:48:16,320 --> 00:48:17,760
action by the council. It's

911
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:19,400
housekeeping. It's just conforming the

912
00:48:19,400 --> 00:48:21,240
ordinance with the law that was passed a

913
00:48:21,240 --> 00:48:24,150
few years ago.

914
00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:25,680
Does this Do you need a motion for this

915
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:27,040
or do you need Uh you make a motion just

916
00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:29,000
to for final action.

917
00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:30,520
So moved.

918
00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:31,800
And seconded.

919
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:34,000
Second. I'm sorry. I apologize. I will

920
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:34,960
Are there any comments, questions, or

921
00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:37,040
concerns on this action item?

922
00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:38,640
Seeing none, do I have a motion? So

923
00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:40,440
moved.

924
00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:41,800
Okay. been moved properly seconded. All

925
00:48:41,800 --> 00:48:43,920
those in favor? Aye.

926
00:48:43,920 --> 00:48:45,840
Last on the list, also excuse me, just

927
00:48:45,840 --> 00:48:47,520
for

928
00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:49,440
to make sure I'm incorrect uh I'm

929
00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:51,320
correct, excuse me. Uh Mr. Brown, do we

930
00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:53,560
need a motion for that for the engineer

931
00:48:53,560 --> 00:48:55,320
to bring that to me in 2 weeks? To go

932
00:48:55,320 --> 00:48:56,720
back to that last second to last item

933
00:48:56,720 --> 00:48:57,880
for the dumping?

934
00:48:57,880 --> 00:48:59,400
You can do that.

935
00:48:59,400 --> 00:49:01,280
Yes. Make a motion for the table that

936
00:49:01,280 --> 00:49:02,760
for 2 weeks.

937
00:49:02,760 --> 00:49:04,040
Do I have a motion to table that for 2

938
00:49:04,040 --> 00:49:05,840
weeks to allow the city engineer the

939
00:49:05,840 --> 00:49:07,120
time to get us the information on what

940
00:49:07,120 --> 00:49:08,640
the pilot program for small parks and

941
00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:11,680
recreation would be? So moved.

942
00:49:11,680 --> 00:49:13,000
It's been moved properly seconded. All

943
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:14,800
those in favor? Aye.

944
00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:16,320
Thank you. Last item on the list for

945
00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:18,600
government operations, CPH amending

946
00:49:18,600 --> 00:49:21,120
chapter 161 of Schenectady City Codes.

947
00:49:21,120 --> 00:49:24,400
Mayor Gary McCarthy.

948
00:49:24,400 --> 00:49:26,400
That's me. Oh, I've got the wrong name

949
00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:28,080
here. Carl Williams.

950
00:49:28,080 --> 00:49:31,400
Uh yes. So, uh definitely this is more

951
00:49:31,400 --> 00:49:33,880
towards the conclusionary phase. Uh

952
00:49:33,880 --> 00:49:35,040
everyone should have received the

953
00:49:35,040 --> 00:49:37,920
language regarding code amendments for

954
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:40,840
chapter 161. I definitely before going

955
00:49:40,840 --> 00:49:42,800
into this, I appreciate all of the

956
00:49:42,800 --> 00:49:45,920
collaborative discussion that we've had.

957
00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:47,440
Mr. O'Brien, if it's appropriate, would

958
00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:49,560
you mind just walking us through

959
00:49:49,560 --> 00:49:51,640
Okay. Those changes, not just for the

960
00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:53,120
council, but also for individuals

961
00:49:53,120 --> 00:49:54,960
listening in. Okay.

962
00:49:54,960 --> 00:49:57,520
Um what's before you is a draft based on

963
00:49:57,520 --> 00:49:59,840
the prior discussions the council

964
00:49:59,840 --> 00:50:01,440
committee has had over the last several

965
00:50:01,440 --> 00:50:03,960
weeks regarding amending chapter 161 of

966
00:50:03,960 --> 00:50:06,000
the Schenectady City

967
00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:08,440
which is dealing with the fee-based

968
00:50:08,440 --> 00:50:10,320
system for collection of solid waste and

969
00:50:10,320 --> 00:50:12,320
recyclables in the city.

970
00:50:12,320 --> 00:50:14,960
Um what's before the entire

971
00:50:14,960 --> 00:50:17,600
council and what is published online is

972
00:50:17,600 --> 00:50:20,560
the that entire section article five of

973
00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:22,520
chapter 161.

974
00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:24,160
And

975
00:50:24,160 --> 00:50:25,760
we the first part of it is really

976
00:50:25,760 --> 00:50:27,440
definitions

977
00:50:27,440 --> 00:50:31,240
of what waste is, etc.

978
00:50:31,240 --> 00:50:33,000
But then you go into the section of

979
00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:34,600
161-21

980
00:50:34,600 --> 00:50:36,240
which is you know, a number of

981
00:50:36,240 --> 00:50:37,720
discussions

982
00:50:37,720 --> 00:50:40,560
over the last several weeks. In

983
00:50:40,560 --> 00:50:44,800
particular, 161 subparagraph B, sections

984
00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:48,720
one and two. That's dealing with the

985
00:50:48,720 --> 00:50:51,680
size of the containers being for no less

986
00:50:51,680 --> 00:50:53,480
than 10 [snorts] gallons and no more

987
00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:56,600
than 45 gallons in size with lids and

988
00:50:56,600 --> 00:50:57,840
that the

989
00:50:57,840 --> 00:50:59,960
bags where you garbage would be placed

990
00:50:59,960 --> 00:51:02,120
in plastic refuse bags tied at the top

991
00:51:02,120 --> 00:51:03,600
for collection.

992
00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:07,320
And containers, what is new language is

993
00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:10,280
the size of the containers, maximum size

994
00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:13,480
of 45 gallons, that's news. And

995
00:51:13,480 --> 00:51:15,680
containers uh

996
00:51:15,680 --> 00:51:17,320
the size was

997
00:51:17,320 --> 00:51:18,920
already there, but now everything has to

998
00:51:18,920 --> 00:51:21,040
be placed in the containers and

999
00:51:21,040 --> 00:51:22,760
containers containers will be privately

1000
00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:24,720
purchased and each residence residential

1001
00:51:24,720 --> 00:51:25,960
collection points will have one

1002
00:51:25,960 --> 00:51:28,360
container for solid waste and one for

1003
00:51:28,360 --> 00:51:30,560
recyclable rubbish.

1004
00:51:30,560 --> 00:51:33,720
So it was 45 gallons was prior was but

1005
00:51:33,720 --> 00:51:38,680
now it's that the waste will be placed in plastic bags

1006
00:51:38,680 --> 00:51:40,720
contained in a in a

1007
00:51:40,720 --> 00:51:44,800
container with a lid. Um and

1008
00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:47,440
size of 10 gallons and no more than 45

1009
00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:50,000
gallons, so that's changed.

1010
00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:56,720
The excess solid waste items that are not can be put into the 45 gallon

1011
00:51:56,720 --> 00:52:01,000
can. Um there is a schedule set forth in

1012
00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:02,120
D

1013
00:52:02,120 --> 00:52:03,800
which is shall be collected in

1014
00:52:03,800 --> 00:52:05,640
coordination with the city's scheduled

1015
00:52:05,640 --> 00:52:07,440
white goods collection.

1016
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:09,120
And collection of such items are

1017
00:52:09,120 --> 00:52:10,840
occurring no more than once per calendar

1018
00:52:10,840 --> 00:52:14,320
year month on a date designated for each

1019
00:52:14,320 --> 00:52:17,360
collection district as as established by

1020
00:52:17,360 --> 00:52:19,640
the city of Schenectady.

1021
00:52:19,640 --> 00:52:21,840
Then we get into the the rates or tiers

1022
00:52:21,840 --> 00:52:24,720
of service if you will for those excess

1023
00:52:24,720 --> 00:52:26,000
items.

1024
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:27,760
Each single residential property

1025
00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:30,000
permitted up to two bulky items and or

1026
00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:31,840
quantities of excess solid waste for

1027
00:52:31,840 --> 00:52:33,640
collection on the designated monthly

1028
00:52:33,640 --> 00:52:35,640
collection day.

1029
00:52:35,640 --> 00:52:37,680
And for a two-family, it'll be up to two

1030
00:52:37,680 --> 00:52:39,720
can containers for solid waste will be

1031
00:52:39,720 --> 00:52:42,280
permitted permitted and up to four bulky

1032
00:52:42,280 --> 00:52:44,480
items and or and or quantities of excess

1033
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:45,960
solid waste for collection on the

1034
00:52:45,960 --> 00:52:48,360
designated monthly collection day.

1035
00:52:48,360 --> 00:52:50,480
And then for three-family residential

1036
00:52:50,480 --> 00:52:52,280
property, up to three containers will be

1037
00:52:52,280 --> 00:52:55,280
permitted and up to six bulky items and

1038
00:52:55,280 --> 00:52:57,240
or quantities of excess solid waste for

1039
00:52:57,240 --> 00:52:58,800
collection on the designated monthly

1040
00:52:58,800 --> 00:53:00,480
collection days.

1041
00:53:00,480 --> 00:53:02,320
And then white goods which are those

1042
00:53:02,320 --> 00:53:04,400
items such as stoves, dishwashers, and

1043
00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:06,240
washing machines shall be collected

1044
00:53:06,240 --> 00:53:09,400
without numerical limitation. And as as

1045
00:53:09,400 --> 00:53:11,160
long as such items are placed for

1046
00:53:11,160 --> 00:53:12,480
collection in accordance with the

1047
00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:16,000
already city's established schedule.

1048
00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:17,880
Okay, that was based on discussions that

1049
00:53:17,880 --> 00:53:20,320
you the committee had with the council

1050
00:53:20,320 --> 00:53:23,520
had with Mr. O'Brien and and Chris Wan

1051
00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:25,360
over the past couple of weeks and that

1052
00:53:25,360 --> 00:53:28,040
language is

1053
00:53:28,040 --> 00:53:29,560
from them and

1054
00:53:29,560 --> 00:53:31,560
coordinated in with the corporation

1055
00:53:31,560 --> 00:53:33,400
council's office.

1056
00:53:33,400 --> 00:53:35,640
Um

1057
00:53:35,640 --> 00:53:41,000
Of note is the section C. This is the section that we had the

1058
00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:44,840
moratorium on the sticker program

1059
00:53:44,840 --> 00:53:47,640
which is by its own terms that

1060
00:53:47,640 --> 00:53:50,360
particular provision sunsets on June

1061
00:53:50,360 --> 00:53:52,480
14th.

1062
00:53:52,480 --> 00:53:55,480
Then we get into the bracketed material

1063
00:53:55,480 --> 00:53:56,680
that's

1064
00:53:56,680 --> 00:54:02,800
contained. Bracketed material means it's deleted. And what is that? That's

1065
00:54:02,800 --> 00:54:05,240
dealing with the business of the that

1066
00:54:05,240 --> 00:54:07,240
fee schedule X

1067
00:54:07,240 --> 00:54:09,240
and the container and the sticker

1068
00:54:09,240 --> 00:54:11,080
program. So

1069
00:54:11,080 --> 00:54:13,280
in there in in what you see, anything

1070
00:54:13,280 --> 00:54:15,560
that's bracketed

1071
00:54:15,560 --> 00:54:17,359
and anything that

1072
00:54:17,359 --> 00:54:20,840
anything that's bracketed is deleted.

1073
00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:24,670
Anything that's underlined is new.

1074
00:54:24,680 --> 00:54:26,880
Um

1075
00:54:26,880 --> 00:54:28,840
Also in in

1076
00:54:28,840 --> 00:54:31,160
there was discussions

1077
00:54:31,160 --> 00:54:33,000
at the last council meeting regarding

1078
00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:36,680
creating a separate solid waste fund.

1079
00:54:36,680 --> 00:54:40,040
The code already allows for that. Um and

1080
00:54:40,040 --> 00:54:42,560
that fees are are established by

1081
00:54:42,560 --> 00:54:44,080
resolution.

1082
00:54:44,080 --> 00:54:46,160
Um but to underscore that, I am looking

1083
00:54:46,160 --> 00:54:46,960
at

1084
00:54:46,960 --> 00:54:49,560
161-

1085
00:54:49,560 --> 00:54:51,200
23

1086
00:54:51,200 --> 00:54:53,120
uh B

1087
00:54:53,120 --> 00:54:54,680
where it says the director of finance

1088
00:54:54,680 --> 00:54:56,480
shall establish and maintain a separate

1089
00:54:56,480 --> 00:54:58,800
solid waste collection fund to be to

1090
00:54:58,800 --> 00:55:00,280
record and control the financial

1091
00:55:00,280 --> 00:55:02,320
activity related to the provision of

1092
00:55:02,320 --> 00:55:05,120
solid waste collection by the city.

1093
00:55:05,120 --> 00:55:07,160
The fund shall be maintained on the same

1094
00:55:07,160 --> 00:55:11,160
fiscal year as the city of Schenectady.

1095
00:55:11,160 --> 00:55:13,920
Um each year, this is already in the

1096
00:55:13,920 --> 00:55:17,080
code. Um each year the mayor at the time

1097
00:55:17,080 --> 00:55:18,600
of the submission of the annual budget

1098
00:55:18,600 --> 00:55:20,720
estimate to the city council shall

1099
00:55:20,720 --> 00:55:22,200
submit a statement of estimated

1100
00:55:22,200 --> 00:55:24,120
revenues, expenditures, and changes in

1101
00:55:24,120 --> 00:55:26,840
the fund as well as the fund balance for

1102
00:55:26,840 --> 00:55:28,600
the current fiscal year together with

1103
00:55:28,600 --> 00:55:30,560
estimate of expenditures for the next

1104
00:55:30,560 --> 00:55:32,200
fiscal year.

1105
00:55:32,200 --> 00:55:33,880
The mayor shall also at the same time

1106
00:55:33,880 --> 00:55:36,000
recommend a basic rate sufficient to

1107
00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:37,840
meet the estimated expenditures for the

1108
00:55:37,840 --> 00:55:39,960
next fiscal year taking into

1109
00:55:39,960 --> 00:55:41,920
consideration the estimated surplus or

1110
00:55:41,920 --> 00:55:43,880
deficit occurring from the fund

1111
00:55:43,880 --> 00:55:46,480
operations in the current year and other

1112
00:55:46,480 --> 00:55:48,960
sources of revenues.

1113
00:55:48,960 --> 00:55:51,800
And then I would add language said fees

1114
00:55:51,800 --> 00:55:53,480
are these charged at the

1115
00:55:53,480 --> 00:55:55,280
will be set the level of collection

1116
00:55:55,280 --> 00:55:57,080
service for each collection point. I

1117
00:55:57,080 --> 00:55:59,000
think that is capturing the tier of

1118
00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:00,920
service that if it's a larger residence

1119
00:56:00,920 --> 00:56:02,160
a larger

1120
00:56:02,160 --> 00:56:04,240
collection point, the fee is different

1121
00:56:04,240 --> 00:56:06,520
like we were talking one, two, and

1122
00:56:06,520 --> 00:56:08,880
three-family house residential units

1123
00:56:08,880 --> 00:56:10,840
earlier.

1124
00:56:10,840 --> 00:56:13,630
And uh

1125
00:56:13,640 --> 00:56:14,840
the

1126
00:56:14,840 --> 00:56:17,320
a new section C. Even though the code

1127
00:56:17,320 --> 00:56:19,760
currently calls for that fund, but they

1128
00:56:19,760 --> 00:56:21,640
kind of belt and suspenders it and to

1129
00:56:21,640 --> 00:56:23,840
really emphasize it, commencing in the

1130
00:56:23,840 --> 00:56:26,440
city fiscal year 2027, the solid waste

1131
00:56:26,440 --> 00:56:28,160
collection fund will be designated in

1132
00:56:28,160 --> 00:56:30,720
the 2027 operating budget as a separate

1133
00:56:30,720 --> 00:56:32,440
fund and such fund shall be in

1134
00:56:32,440 --> 00:56:34,080
conformance with New York State local

1135
00:56:34,080 --> 00:56:35,800
finance law.

1136
00:56:35,800 --> 00:56:37,960
So this is bringing that authority

1137
00:56:37,960 --> 00:56:40,440
that's already in the code and kind of

1138
00:56:40,440 --> 00:56:42,840
bringing it forward so it's you're

1139
00:56:42,840 --> 00:56:45,800
starting in fiscal year 2027

1140
00:56:45,800 --> 00:56:48,480
just like you have a golf fund, water

1141
00:56:48,480 --> 00:56:50,160
fund, a sewer fund, it will be a

1142
00:56:50,160 --> 00:56:54,480
separate line item stand alone there.

1143
00:56:54,480 --> 00:56:56,760
Um once again, annual determination of

1144
00:56:56,760 --> 00:56:59,880
funds which is under 161-24,

1145
00:56:59,880 --> 00:57:02,760
that's already as part of the the city

1146
00:57:02,760 --> 00:57:05,120
existing city code. A schedule of the

1147
00:57:05,120 --> 00:57:07,240
annual fee. I will look at the second

1148
00:57:07,240 --> 00:57:10,040
section second sentence. A schedule of

1149
00:57:10,040 --> 00:57:11,600
the annual collection fee shall be

1150
00:57:11,600 --> 00:57:13,000
approved by the city council by

1151
00:57:13,000 --> 00:57:15,200
resolution, maintained on file in the

1152
00:57:15,200 --> 00:57:17,240
commissioner's office, and the office of

1153
00:57:17,240 --> 00:57:20,200
the city clerk. Once again, underscoring

1154
00:57:20,200 --> 00:57:22,840
what the council was looking at as far

1155
00:57:22,840 --> 00:57:25,200
as a tiered level of service as said

1156
00:57:25,200 --> 00:57:27,160
fees to be charged will be set to level

1157
00:57:27,160 --> 00:57:29,320
collection service for each collection

1158
00:57:29,320 --> 00:57:32,190
point.

1159
00:57:32,200 --> 00:57:33,480
Um

1160
00:57:33,480 --> 00:57:37,910
then going down to 161-25.

1161
00:57:37,920 --> 00:57:40,720
Um this is for exemptions. Any person

1162
00:57:40,720 --> 00:57:42,320
because of age or disability shall

1163
00:57:42,320 --> 00:57:44,680
qualify for an exemption from city real

1164
00:57:44,680 --> 00:57:47,720
property taxes per and and to qualify

1165
00:57:47,720 --> 00:57:49,600
for real tax

1166
00:57:49,600 --> 00:57:51,520
real property tax

1167
00:57:51,520 --> 00:57:53,800
exemptions and is the owner and occupant

1168
00:57:53,800 --> 00:57:55,720
of any premises receiving solid waste

1169
00:57:55,720 --> 00:57:57,520
services provided pursuant to this

1170
00:57:57,520 --> 00:57:59,160
article shall be charged a reduced fee

1171
00:57:59,160 --> 00:58:01,600
for solid waste collection and disposal

1172
00:58:01,600 --> 00:58:03,720
services in the total sum.

1173
00:58:03,720 --> 00:58:06,280
The existing code is 137. That's just

1174
00:58:06,280 --> 00:58:08,040
hasn't kept current.

1175
00:58:08,040 --> 00:58:09,640
There's two type real quick. There's two

1176
00:58:09,640 --> 00:58:11,400
types of ordinances. There's ordinances

1177
00:58:11,400 --> 00:58:13,640
that amend the code which are the

1178
00:58:13,640 --> 00:58:15,120
chapter codes that we're dealing with

1179
00:58:15,120 --> 00:58:17,240
right now. And then you do your budget

1180
00:58:17,240 --> 00:58:19,280
ordinance and your your your bond

1181
00:58:19,280 --> 00:58:21,359
ordinance which are separate stand alone

1182
00:58:21,359 --> 00:58:23,720
ordinances that don't

1183
00:58:23,720 --> 00:58:26,240
get into the code. So when you over the

1184
00:58:26,240 --> 00:58:28,040
years when the council's adopted the

1185
00:58:28,040 --> 00:58:30,520
various budget ordinances, it's setting

1186
00:58:30,520 --> 00:58:33,200
the fee for that reduced fee. It just

1187
00:58:33,200 --> 00:58:39,870
was never captured into this part of the city code. So this is just

1188
00:58:39,880 --> 00:58:41,920
indicating what that current rate is

1189
00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:46,000
based on the the most current budget.

1190
00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:48,440
So it's just that's a housekeeping type

1191
00:58:48,440 --> 00:58:50,800
thing. Um that's

1192
00:58:50,800 --> 00:58:52,280
it's already

1193
00:58:52,280 --> 00:58:54,520
uh recognized in in the budget

1194
00:58:54,520 --> 00:58:56,640
ordinance.

1195
00:58:56,640 --> 00:59:01,310
And then the uh

1196
00:59:01,320 --> 00:59:03,840
the council was concerned regarding

1197
00:59:03,840 --> 00:59:06,040
violations and updating administrative

1198
00:59:06,040 --> 00:59:08,760
fees. Um this and the penalties is

1199
00:59:08,760 --> 00:59:11,000
161-26,

1200
00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:13,440
penalties for offenses.

1201
00:59:13,440 --> 00:59:17,760
Um it's new language um in subdivision B

1202
00:59:17,760 --> 00:59:19,640
is each and every day that a violate

1203
00:59:19,640 --> 00:59:21,920
violation continues after notice and the

1204
00:59:21,920 --> 00:59:24,240
expiration of the time for abatement

1205
00:59:24,240 --> 00:59:26,240
shall continue a separate and distinct

1206
00:59:26,240 --> 00:59:27,960
offense subject to the penalties

1207
00:59:27,960 --> 00:59:29,920
provided herein.

1208
00:59:29,920 --> 00:59:31,520
And uh

1209
00:59:31,520 --> 00:59:33,720
that's already in the existing code, but

1210
00:59:33,720 --> 00:59:36,000
it's just rephrased and renumbered in

1211
00:59:36,000 --> 00:59:37,520
that section.

1212
00:59:37,520 --> 00:59:38,720
And then we're getting into the

1213
00:59:38,720 --> 00:59:40,640
escalating civil penalties and lean

1214
00:59:40,640 --> 00:59:42,400
enforcement. In addition to any

1215
00:59:42,400 --> 00:59:45,280
penalties imposed in subsection A

1216
00:59:45,280 --> 00:59:47,480
um which is hasn't been changed, civil

1217
00:59:47,480 --> 00:59:49,520
penalties for violations of this chapter

1218
00:59:49,520 --> 00:59:51,440
shall be assessed on an escalating basis

1219
00:59:51,440 --> 00:59:53,200
for repeat offenses occurring within a

1220
00:59:53,200 --> 00:59:56,160
12-month period at the same property or

1221
00:59:56,160 --> 00:59:58,800
the by the same responsible party.

1222
00:59:58,800 --> 01:00:00,760
Now, each violation shall include a base

1223
01:00:00,760 --> 01:00:03,600
administrative fee for uh uh

1224
01:00:03,600 --> 01:00:06,120
$75. You know, Council member would have

1225
01:00:06,120 --> 01:00:08,600
been concerned about that

1226
01:00:08,600 --> 01:00:09,160
uh

1227
01:00:09,160 --> 01:00:10,480
administrative fee. I hadn't kept

1228
01:00:10,480 --> 01:00:11,880
current with the other administrative

1229
01:00:11,880 --> 01:00:13,920
fees that were increased a couple of

1230
01:00:13,920 --> 01:00:15,240
years ago.

1231
01:00:15,240 --> 01:00:16,720
In addition, a cleanup fee shall be

1232
01:00:16,720 --> 01:00:19,120
assessed on an escalating basis. So, in

1233
01:00:19,120 --> 01:00:20,680
other words, a cleanup fee, whatever it

1234
01:00:20,680 --> 01:00:22,080
costs the city to clean up the

1235
01:00:22,080 --> 01:00:24,040
particular amount.

1236
01:00:24,040 --> 01:00:25,880
And then if there's a a set of first

1237
01:00:25,880 --> 01:00:28,760
violation, a $75 administrative fee plus

1238
01:00:28,760 --> 01:00:32,600
a $75 cleanup cleanup fee plus a

1239
01:00:32,600 --> 01:00:36,160
and then a second violation is a $75

1240
01:00:36,160 --> 01:00:38,680
administrative fee and a cleanup fee.

1241
01:00:38,680 --> 01:00:40,720
And then a third violation is once again

1242
01:00:40,720 --> 01:00:43,520
the administrative fee and the $175

1243
01:00:43,520 --> 01:00:45,480
cleanup fee. And the fourth and

1244
01:00:45,480 --> 01:00:48,040
subsequent violations within 12 months,

1245
01:00:48,040 --> 01:00:50,280
$75 administrative fee and a total

1246
01:00:50,280 --> 01:00:53,480
cleanup fee of $275. So, the idea is

1247
01:00:53,480 --> 01:00:54,280
that

1248
01:00:54,280 --> 01:00:56,120
there's a cost to the city. The city's

1249
01:00:56,120 --> 01:00:59,160
trying to recoup its costs, but also the

1250
01:00:59,160 --> 01:01:03,080
just going out there it will be $75.

1251
01:01:03,080 --> 01:01:05,160
Any unpaid fees, penalties incurred in

1252
01:01:05,160 --> 01:01:06,600
connection with the enforcement or

1253
01:01:06,600 --> 01:01:09,080
mediation shall constitute a lien on the

1254
01:01:09,080 --> 01:01:10,640
property may be collected in the same

1255
01:01:10,640 --> 01:01:13,040
manner as real property taxes or any

1256
01:01:13,040 --> 01:01:15,400
other means authorized by law. In other

1257
01:01:15,400 --> 01:01:17,160
words, some other parts of the code

1258
01:01:17,160 --> 01:01:19,240
allow for liens for cleanup to be

1259
01:01:19,240 --> 01:01:21,280
assessed to the property.

1260
01:01:21,280 --> 01:01:23,840
Um and that that's paid as a tax as a

1261
01:01:23,840 --> 01:01:24,960
fee.

1262
01:01:24,960 --> 01:01:27,680
Um and if and it's a lien. In other

1263
01:01:27,680 --> 01:01:28,680
words, when they try to sell the

1264
01:01:28,680 --> 01:01:32,000
property, the city has to be made whole.

1265
01:01:32,000 --> 01:01:34,480
And then there's the administrative

1266
01:01:34,480 --> 01:01:39,350
fee which is in 161-26D.

1267
01:01:39,360 --> 01:01:41,280
Um that's the administrative fee which I

1268
01:01:41,280 --> 01:01:43,280
indicated

1269
01:01:43,280 --> 01:01:44,680
earlier.

1270
01:01:44,680 --> 01:01:46,920
And then in addition to any fines and

1271
01:01:46,920 --> 01:01:48,600
new penalties imposed, the city may

1272
01:01:48,600 --> 01:01:50,720
abate any violation or condition

1273
01:01:50,720 --> 01:01:53,000
constituting a public nuisance nuisance

1274
01:01:53,000 --> 01:01:55,880
or health hazard. This is new section E.

1275
01:01:55,880 --> 01:01:58,120
All costs associated connection with

1276
01:01:58,120 --> 01:02:00,040
such abatement include by not limited to

1277
01:02:00,040 --> 01:02:01,400
labor, equipment, disposal,

1278
01:02:01,400 --> 01:02:03,600
administrative costs shall be charged to

1279
01:02:03,600 --> 01:02:05,800
the property owner. Such costs will

1280
01:02:05,800 --> 01:02:08,160
constitute a lien upon the property and

1281
01:02:08,160 --> 01:02:09,720
may be collected

1282
01:02:09,720 --> 01:02:11,600
in the same manner as the real property

1283
01:02:11,600 --> 01:02:13,720
taxes and civil action.

1284
01:02:13,720 --> 01:02:16,720
These sections were put together by the

1285
01:02:16,720 --> 01:02:20,280
folks who deal with it on a daily basis.

1286
01:02:20,280 --> 01:02:21,840
Mr.

1287
01:02:21,840 --> 01:02:25,280
Lafond and and and Mr. London.

1288
01:02:25,280 --> 01:02:27,440
And their crews deal with these these

1289
01:02:27,440 --> 01:02:29,480
issue on a daily basis dealing with

1290
01:02:29,480 --> 01:02:31,480
those properties that

1291
01:02:31,480 --> 01:02:32,800
are

1292
01:02:32,800 --> 01:02:35,680
non-compliant. Once again, the bracketed

1293
01:02:35,680 --> 01:02:39,000
in you know, the the bracketed language

1294
01:02:39,000 --> 01:02:41,000
B and C

1295
01:02:41,000 --> 01:02:44,310
they're re-re-re-re

1296
01:02:44,320 --> 01:02:46,480
rephrased

1297
01:02:46,480 --> 01:02:48,200
regarding the

1298
01:02:48,200 --> 01:02:50,880
continuing violation and then C was

1299
01:02:50,880 --> 01:02:54,520
dealing with the $50 administrative fee.

1300
01:02:54,520 --> 01:02:56,520
Section F is renumbered. This is

1301
01:02:56,520 --> 01:02:58,480
something the council approved last year

1302
01:02:58,480 --> 01:03:00,320
or the year before making any the

1303
01:03:00,320 --> 01:03:01,960
depositing or placement of collection of

1304
01:03:01,960 --> 01:03:03,680
solid waste not generated within the

1305
01:03:03,680 --> 01:03:06,160
city of Schenectady as an unclassified

1306
01:03:06,160 --> 01:03:08,280
misdemeanor punishable by a fine not

1307
01:03:08,280 --> 01:03:10,720
exceeding $1,000 and/or imprisonment for

1308
01:03:10,720 --> 01:03:13,920
a period exceeding 180 not exceeding 180

1309
01:03:13,920 --> 01:03:15,040
days.

1310
01:03:15,040 --> 01:03:16,800
That was put into the code of a couple

1311
01:03:16,800 --> 01:03:19,120
of years ago. It's just re-lettered in

1312
01:03:19,120 --> 01:03:21,440
this new section.

1313
01:03:21,440 --> 01:03:23,000
And then

1314
01:03:23,000 --> 01:03:25,720
Article 2, as Mr. London explained, you

1315
01:03:25,720 --> 01:03:29,000
know, our you know, Chapter 161 is

1316
01:03:29,000 --> 01:03:31,200
rather large. So, we have to go into

1317
01:03:31,200 --> 01:03:33,200
other sections that deal with some of

1318
01:03:33,200 --> 01:03:35,520
the material uh

1319
01:03:35,520 --> 01:03:37,440
items that we just dealt with. Once

1320
01:03:37,440 --> 01:03:41,080
again, 161-4H

1321
01:03:41,080 --> 01:03:42,840
is dealing with garbage and recyclable

1322
01:03:42,840 --> 01:03:46,560
rubbish placed in containers with lids

1323
01:03:46,560 --> 01:03:49,440
at the curb and no less than 10 gallons

1324
01:03:49,440 --> 01:03:52,200
and no more than 45 gallons.

1325
01:03:52,200 --> 01:03:54,400
And then penalties for property owners

1326
01:03:54,400 --> 01:03:55,960
and occupants.

1327
01:03:55,960 --> 01:03:58,400
Um this is where we get into the grace

1328
01:03:58,400 --> 01:04:00,640
period. Whether the the council wants to

1329
01:04:00,640 --> 01:04:02,320
institute a grace period regarding the

1330
01:04:02,320 --> 01:04:04,200
enforcement of this

1331
01:04:04,200 --> 01:04:06,800
um when we did this last time there was

1332
01:04:06,800 --> 01:04:10,440
an a grace period from January 1, 2025

1333
01:04:10,440 --> 01:04:12,320
to an enforcement period of April 1st of

1334
01:04:12,320 --> 01:04:14,040
last year.

1335
01:04:14,040 --> 01:04:16,480
That that language is bracketed because

1336
01:04:16,480 --> 01:04:18,600
if you want to put a new grace period in

1337
01:04:18,600 --> 01:04:20,640
that language, but I don't know what you

1338
01:04:20,640 --> 01:04:22,920
want to put in a grace period in.

1339
01:04:22,920 --> 01:04:26,800
So, um I I note that in the my notes in

1340
01:04:26,800 --> 01:04:29,640
the the bottom of 161-24N

1341
01:04:29,640 --> 01:04:31,240
that new time periods for public

1342
01:04:31,240 --> 01:04:32,520
education and commencement of

1343
01:04:32,520 --> 01:04:34,480
enforcement need to be set. Those are

1344
01:04:34,480 --> 01:04:36,200
the old those are the old dates from

1345
01:04:36,200 --> 01:04:37,840
last year.

1346
01:04:37,840 --> 01:04:41,030
And then

1347
01:04:41,040 --> 01:04:43,160
that's um that continues with that

1348
01:04:43,160 --> 01:04:45,200
section. Note the effective date can be

1349
01:04:45,200 --> 01:04:46,920
set for a time period after other

1350
01:04:46,920 --> 01:04:49,359
adoption. This ordi- ordinance can take

1351
01:04:49,359 --> 01:04:51,280
effect immediately or if you want to put

1352
01:04:51,280 --> 01:04:54,080
in a 100 day 120 days after adoption to

1353
01:04:54,080 --> 01:04:56,800
give once again a period of of a grace

1354
01:04:56,800 --> 01:04:59,080
period in in for in enforcement

1355
01:04:59,080 --> 01:05:02,830
education, etc.

1356
01:05:02,840 --> 01:05:03,960
So,

1357
01:05:03,960 --> 01:05:06,990
that's the summary.

1358
01:05:07,000 --> 01:05:09,200
SparkNotes, appreciate it.

1359
01:05:09,200 --> 01:05:10,760
Mr. Brian, I apologize I didn't call you

1360
01:05:10,760 --> 01:05:12,320
Mr. Brown earlier. I don't know where

1361
01:05:12,320 --> 01:05:13,720
that came from. I appreciate you

1362
01:05:13,720 --> 01:05:15,359
answering me and I called you the wrong

1363
01:05:15,359 --> 01:05:17,080
name.

1364
01:05:17,080 --> 01:05:18,720
Hearing all of the information that was

1365
01:05:18,720 --> 01:05:20,520
just brought before you, comments,

1366
01:05:20,520 --> 01:05:24,120
questions, concerns, thoughts?

1367
01:05:24,120 --> 01:05:26,480
I know um I have one that I know that

1368
01:05:26,480 --> 01:05:28,200
Council member Wiggins had brought up

1369
01:05:28,200 --> 01:05:32,040
prior. Is there something that we're looking to adopt or change to

1370
01:05:32,040 --> 01:05:34,160
allow under penalties and fees to make

1371
01:05:34,160 --> 01:05:36,560
sure that we are not penalizing people

1372
01:05:36,560 --> 01:05:38,240
during snow storms, during heavy weather

1373
01:05:38,240 --> 01:05:40,720
times, or ever changing our our

1374
01:05:40,720 --> 01:05:42,600
sanitation code as now

1375
01:05:42,600 --> 01:05:44,480
to make sure that we're not

1376
01:05:44,480 --> 01:05:47,120
just giving people violations at $150 a

1377
01:05:47,120 --> 01:05:48,280
clip

1378
01:05:48,280 --> 01:05:50,200
during those time frames.

1379
01:05:50,200 --> 01:05:53,880
Say the deep deep sets of December.

1380
01:05:53,880 --> 01:05:55,560
I'll you know, I'll let the commissioner

1381
01:05:55,560 --> 01:05:58,160
speak to those to that point directly. I

1382
01:05:58,160 --> 01:05:59,760
mean, certainly the commissioner has

1383
01:05:59,760 --> 01:06:02,200
authority has has made promulgate right

1384
01:06:02,200 --> 01:06:04,600
under the existing authority that he has

1385
01:06:04,600 --> 01:06:07,240
under 161-21

1386
01:06:07,240 --> 01:06:09,200
um

1387
01:06:09,200 --> 01:06:12,120
C of 161, the commissioner may

1388
01:06:12,120 --> 01:06:13,840
promulgate regulations covering the

1389
01:06:13,840 --> 01:06:15,640
items of collection of solid waste and

1390
01:06:15,640 --> 01:06:18,120
fees charged for therefore and such

1391
01:06:18,120 --> 01:06:19,680
other matters pertaining to public

1392
01:06:19,680 --> 01:06:22,320
collection and disposal of solid waste.

1393
01:06:22,320 --> 01:06:24,000
So,

1394
01:06:24,000 --> 01:06:25,640
he has the the commissioner has

1395
01:06:25,640 --> 01:06:28,080
authority under there to waive during

1396
01:06:28,080 --> 01:06:31,320
certain time periods. So, I mean, it's

1397
01:06:31,320 --> 01:06:33,440
you never know. You you

1398
01:06:33,440 --> 01:06:35,359
um

1399
01:06:35,359 --> 01:06:37,680
But we can always put something in more

1400
01:06:37,680 --> 01:06:40,400
in the ordinance. Mr. Mr. Chairman,

1401
01:06:40,400 --> 01:06:41,400
that

1402
01:06:41,400 --> 01:06:43,320
as we try and cover everything, the

1403
01:06:43,320 --> 01:06:44,920
lawyers have gone over and analyzed it,

1404
01:06:44,920 --> 01:06:46,120
I would have

1405
01:06:46,120 --> 01:06:47,840
still expect the staff in the field to

1406
01:06:47,840 --> 01:06:50,400
use common sense.

1407
01:06:50,400 --> 01:06:51,960
You know, so that

1408
01:06:51,960 --> 01:06:55,120
I mean, they can't cover every

1409
01:06:55,120 --> 01:06:57,080
possible scenario

1410
01:06:57,080 --> 01:07:00,480
out there, but we would hope and

1411
01:07:00,480 --> 01:07:03,600
direct the staff to again use those

1412
01:07:03,600 --> 01:07:05,200
parameters of common sense so that it

1413
01:07:05,200 --> 01:07:08,040
works for people, it makes sense, and it

1414
01:07:08,040 --> 01:07:10,280
serves the needs of the people. Tell

1415
01:07:10,280 --> 01:07:12,720
staff we solve problems, we don't create

1416
01:07:12,720 --> 01:07:14,320
them.

1417
01:07:14,320 --> 01:07:16,160
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

1418
01:07:16,160 --> 01:07:17,320
Are there any comments, questions,

1419
01:07:17,320 --> 01:07:19,760
concerns?

1420
01:07:19,760 --> 01:07:20,880
Mr.

1421
01:07:20,880 --> 01:07:23,359
Yeah, Mr. Chairman, this is this is as

1422
01:07:23,359 --> 01:07:25,240
you know as you know you're on a tight

1423
01:07:25,240 --> 01:07:27,359
schedule regarding you know, regarding

1424
01:07:27,359 --> 01:07:30,120
June 14th. At this point, you can call

1425
01:07:30,120 --> 01:07:31,480
for a public hearing which would be on

1426
01:07:31,480 --> 01:07:33,400
May 26th.

1427
01:07:33,400 --> 01:07:35,720
You have one more between now and then.

1428
01:07:35,720 --> 01:07:39,200
You do have one more

1429
01:07:39,200 --> 01:07:41,800
second committee cycle to you know, to

1430
01:07:41,800 --> 01:07:43,840
mark up any changes or anything. And

1431
01:07:43,840 --> 01:07:46,040
they as long as it's marked up and

1432
01:07:46,040 --> 01:07:47,600
changed at least a week before the

1433
01:07:47,600 --> 01:07:49,280
public hearing, that gives the public

1434
01:07:49,280 --> 01:07:50,760
enough

1435
01:07:50,760 --> 01:07:54,400
information to see what what changes. And obviously

1436
01:07:54,400 --> 01:07:55,840
this has been posted already on the

1437
01:07:55,840 --> 01:07:57,880
agenda for tonight's meeting, so the

1438
01:07:57,880 --> 01:07:59,760
public is aware of

1439
01:07:59,760 --> 01:08:02,080
for forthcoming coming changes. And if

1440
01:08:02,080 --> 01:08:04,240
you want to mark this up at the next

1441
01:08:04,240 --> 01:08:05,960
committee cycle, you can do so and it

1442
01:08:05,960 --> 01:08:08,200
will be posted you know, after you it's

1443
01:08:08,200 --> 01:08:10,480
voted out of committee. But at this

1444
01:08:10,480 --> 01:08:12,560
point because of the cycle, I recommend

1445
01:08:12,560 --> 01:08:14,040
that you call for a public hearing on

1446
01:08:14,040 --> 01:08:16,960
the proposed ordinance amendments for

1447
01:08:16,960 --> 01:08:20,920
May 26th. Absolutely. Uh Council member

1448
01:08:20,920 --> 01:08:23,799
I did have three questions. The first of

1449
01:08:23,799 --> 01:08:25,120
which, definitely thank you for that

1450
01:08:25,120 --> 01:08:28,920
synopsis, Mr. Brian.

1451
01:08:28,920 --> 01:08:31,680
Um with regards to stickers that are

1452
01:08:31,680 --> 01:08:33,880
already in circulation, Mr. Lafond or

1453
01:08:33,880 --> 01:08:35,319
Mayor, do you have any do you have any

1454
01:08:35,319 --> 01:08:37,080
comments? I just talked with a few

1455
01:08:37,080 --> 01:08:39,120
residents and I was I paid money for

1456
01:08:39,120 --> 01:08:41,080
these items to throw them away. I think

1457
01:08:41,080 --> 01:08:42,759
it's disingenuous. Is there a way we can

1458
01:08:42,759 --> 01:08:46,440
consider honoring those moving forward?

1459
01:08:46,440 --> 01:08:49,110
All right now.

1460
01:08:49,120 --> 01:08:52,120
Thank you. With the sticker

1461
01:08:52,120 --> 01:08:53,880
program suspended,

1462
01:08:53,880 --> 01:08:56,000
people are putting that bulky items out

1463
01:08:56,000 --> 01:08:57,759
that we're taking. It doesn't matter if

1464
01:08:57,759 --> 01:08:59,080
there's one of them, two items, or three

1465
01:08:59,080 --> 01:09:00,000
items.

1466
01:09:00,000 --> 01:09:01,759
It's suspended. So, if they have bulky

1467
01:09:01,759 --> 01:09:05,040
items right now, we're taking it. Um

1468
01:09:05,040 --> 01:09:07,400
So, if you

1469
01:09:07,400 --> 01:09:08,759
put the sticker program back and you had

1470
01:09:08,759 --> 01:09:10,120
stickers,

1471
01:09:10,120 --> 01:09:11,799
um

1472
01:09:11,799 --> 01:09:12,799
I think they got rid of their stuff

1473
01:09:12,799 --> 01:09:14,880
already.

1474
01:09:14,880 --> 01:09:16,319
If it was if it was in the law in the

1475
01:09:16,319 --> 01:09:18,400
last last couple weeks, it it went out

1476
01:09:18,400 --> 01:09:20,200
over the last you know, over the grace

1477
01:09:20,200 --> 01:09:22,040
period we gave them. A lot of the bulky

1478
01:09:22,040 --> 01:09:23,440
items we took a lot of the bulky items

1479
01:09:23,440 --> 01:09:24,319
out.

1480
01:09:24,319 --> 01:09:25,680
But that's a decision of you. If you

1481
01:09:25,680 --> 01:09:27,759
want me to say if you got three if you

1482
01:09:27,759 --> 01:09:29,680
got four stickers you put it out. How

1483
01:09:29,680 --> 01:09:31,400
you want to do it is up to you. But I

1484
01:09:31,400 --> 01:09:34,240
think most people probably, you know,

1485
01:09:34,240 --> 01:09:36,960
put up their bulk items already.

1486
01:09:36,960 --> 01:09:38,279
Answer your question, Councilman

1487
01:09:38,279 --> 01:09:40,120
Or if I was to say someone is holding

1488
01:09:40,120 --> 01:09:42,000
them, just because they love them as a

1489
01:09:42,000 --> 01:09:44,480
nostalgic heir item,

1490
01:09:44,480 --> 01:09:46,440
when we do transition to this restricted

1491
01:09:46,440 --> 01:09:48,839
program, could we put in place language

1492
01:09:48,839 --> 01:09:51,160
that says you can use your stickers in

1493
01:09:51,160 --> 01:09:54,240
excess of what is currently allowed?

1494
01:09:54,240 --> 01:09:55,560
I don't see why not.

1495
01:09:55,560 --> 01:09:57,320
Uh we just wouldn't we wouldn't sell any

1496
01:09:57,320 --> 01:10:00,040
additional stickers. That's great.

1497
01:10:00,040 --> 01:10:01,440
Cuz if they're holding them, they got

1498
01:10:01,440 --> 01:10:02,800
rid of the free stuff, now holding it so

1499
01:10:02,800 --> 01:10:04,240
we put the sticker program. And they

1500
01:10:04,240 --> 01:10:05,680
spent money on that. So they did spend

1501
01:10:05,680 --> 01:10:07,920
the the $5 per sticker. So we would

1502
01:10:07,920 --> 01:10:09,680
just, you know, uh discontinue the sale

1503
01:10:09,680 --> 01:10:11,400
of the stickers. And if they were on

1504
01:10:11,400 --> 01:10:12,880
there, they would use them all.

1505
01:10:12,880 --> 01:10:16,080
Perfect. Thank you. Um the second uh

1506
01:10:16,080 --> 01:10:18,400
question was uh along the lines of this

1507
01:10:18,400 --> 01:10:20,920
our winter climate months. Um

1508
01:10:20,920 --> 01:10:22,440
individuals definitely have mobility

1509
01:10:22,440 --> 01:10:24,480
issues. Then also houses, based on how

1510
01:10:24,480 --> 01:10:26,120
snow falls off your roof, you might not

1511
01:10:26,120 --> 01:10:27,520
be able to put your trash can where you

1512
01:10:27,520 --> 01:10:29,320
normally keep it, especially if we're

1513
01:10:29,320 --> 01:10:31,480
making that a condition of this.

1514
01:10:31,480 --> 01:10:33,560
Uh is it appropriate to then consider

1515
01:10:33,560 --> 01:10:35,600
people or households being able to put

1516
01:10:35,600 --> 01:10:37,040
their trash cans in front of their

1517
01:10:37,040 --> 01:10:40,360
houses during the winter months?

1518
01:10:40,360 --> 01:10:42,640
In front versus On the side.

1519
01:10:42,640 --> 01:10:43,800
>> side. So I know that people have

1520
01:10:43,800 --> 01:10:45,760
received violations. It's random

1521
01:10:45,760 --> 01:10:47,200
violations if your trash can is on the

1522
01:10:47,200 --> 01:10:48,640
side of the road. If there's rain, like

1523
01:10:48,640 --> 01:10:50,200
we've had that. I know that from people

1524
01:10:50,200 --> 01:10:52,240
talking to me and elders in the

1525
01:10:52,240 --> 01:10:53,720
community. Is there a way to make sure

1526
01:10:53,720 --> 01:10:56,240
that if I'm correct in my

1527
01:10:56,240 --> 01:10:57,360
to make sure we're not giving those

1528
01:10:57,360 --> 01:10:59,040
violations or fees to people have to put

1529
01:10:59,040 --> 01:11:00,840
them on the side of their porch or on

1530
01:11:00,840 --> 01:11:02,080
the side where they can easily access it

1531
01:11:02,080 --> 01:11:03,760
to roll out.

1532
01:11:03,760 --> 01:11:05,680
Well, I think like that the mayor said

1533
01:11:05,680 --> 01:11:07,480
that, you know, we have to use common

1534
01:11:07,480 --> 01:11:09,400
sense. So if there's a pending snow

1535
01:11:09,400 --> 01:11:11,080
storm somebody has their can a couple

1536
01:11:11,080 --> 01:11:13,040
days before in the front, common sense.

1537
01:11:13,040 --> 01:11:14,520
But if it's there

1538
01:11:14,520 --> 01:11:16,560
continuously and constantly,

1539
01:11:16,560 --> 01:11:17,360
you know,

1540
01:11:17,360 --> 01:11:18,840
then again, you know, the city code does

1541
01:11:18,840 --> 01:11:20,160
state that they have to be out of sight

1542
01:11:20,160 --> 01:11:22,520
in the backyard, not on the side. Except

1543
01:11:22,520 --> 01:11:23,800
if you're living in a corner lot, they

1544
01:11:23,800 --> 01:11:25,120
can be visible because it's a corner

1545
01:11:25,120 --> 01:11:27,200
lot. But again,

1546
01:11:27,200 --> 01:11:28,720
you know, if there's 2 ft of snow

1547
01:11:28,720 --> 01:11:30,000
coming, they took their

1548
01:11:30,000 --> 01:11:31,240
trash cans on the porch cuz they don't

1549
01:11:31,240 --> 01:11:34,870
want to shovel it out.

1550
01:11:34,880 --> 01:11:36,360
I think we got more important things to

1551
01:11:36,360 --> 01:11:38,160
do during a snowstorm than to look at a

1552
01:11:38,160 --> 01:11:40,040
trash can that's, you know, by the front

1553
01:11:40,040 --> 01:11:42,240
of the house. But again, you know, it's

1554
01:11:42,240 --> 01:11:44,120
during what we'll call severe storm

1555
01:11:44,120 --> 01:11:46,400
events, not on a regular basis. And

1556
01:11:46,400 --> 01:11:48,000
again, it's it's good judgment or it's

1557
01:11:48,000 --> 01:11:49,520
common sense that we have to use overall

1558
01:11:49,520 --> 01:11:50,520
there.

1559
01:11:50,520 --> 01:11:52,000
My problem is to say common sense isn't

1560
01:11:52,000 --> 01:11:53,240
always common. So we want to make sure

1561
01:11:53,240 --> 01:11:55,480
we cover our bases as well, right?

1562
01:11:55,480 --> 01:11:56,720
Any further question, Councilman Jones?

1563
01:11:56,720 --> 01:11:57,840
And the third question, definitely in

1564
01:11:57,840 --> 01:11:59,440
the spirit of Mr. Mulveyhill, since he's

1565
01:11:59,440 --> 01:12:02,040
not here, my only question is with those

1566
01:12:02,040 --> 01:12:04,440
violations, I appreciate including an

1567
01:12:04,440 --> 01:12:06,200
elevated administrative fee. Can you

1568
01:12:06,200 --> 01:12:07,480
speak to your level of confidence that

1569
01:12:07,480 --> 01:12:09,120
this is going to make a difference in

1570
01:12:09,120 --> 01:12:10,480
impeding these types of behaviors from

1571
01:12:10,480 --> 01:12:12,240
continuing? Someone saying, "I'm just

1572
01:12:12,240 --> 01:12:13,920
going to keep putting these I'm going to

1573
01:12:13,920 --> 01:12:15,840
keep putting my trash out and I'll pay

1574
01:12:15,840 --> 01:12:18,480
the fee because the fee means nothing."

1575
01:12:18,480 --> 01:12:19,480
I think that

1576
01:12:19,480 --> 01:12:21,640
well, as it states now, the $50 fee is

1577
01:12:21,640 --> 01:12:22,840
just a small price to pay if you're

1578
01:12:22,840 --> 01:12:23,920
going to put a whole bunch of garbage

1579
01:12:23,920 --> 01:12:26,360
out there. It has successfully because

1580
01:12:26,360 --> 01:12:28,640
the ones that are taking advantage of it

1581
01:12:28,640 --> 01:12:30,000
are going to continue to do it because

1582
01:12:30,000 --> 01:12:32,040
it's still cost effective to just put it

1583
01:12:32,040 --> 01:12:34,960
out and pay $50. Pay $75. So escalating

1584
01:12:34,960 --> 01:12:38,120
is, you know, after after the fourth, I

1585
01:12:38,120 --> 01:12:39,600
don't know what we do after you get to

1586
01:12:39,600 --> 01:12:42,040
that point. Just, you know,

1587
01:12:42,040 --> 01:12:43,120
Well, it's kind of

1588
01:12:43,120 --> 01:12:44,760
as Mr. Chairman and and

1589
01:12:44,760 --> 01:12:46,520
Council President, it's going to act as

1590
01:12:46,520 --> 01:12:48,840
a lien. This language has a lien on the

1591
01:12:48,840 --> 01:12:54,000
property as a as a, you know, it's this these costs will be assessed

1592
01:12:54,000 --> 01:12:55,880
to the property where you if they don't

1593
01:12:55,880 --> 01:12:57,280
you have to pay your property taxes

1594
01:12:57,280 --> 01:12:58,280
obviously. If you don't pay your

1595
01:12:58,280 --> 01:13:00,080
property taxes,

1596
01:13:00,080 --> 01:13:01,480
we go through foreclosure or if the

1597
01:13:01,480 --> 01:13:03,680
house is going to be sold at some point,

1598
01:13:03,680 --> 01:13:05,240
those liens will have to be cleared up

1599
01:13:05,240 --> 01:13:06,920
before that individual can sell the

1600
01:13:06,920 --> 01:13:09,440
property.

1601
01:13:09,440 --> 01:13:11,790
Thank you.

1602
01:13:11,800 --> 01:13:15,000
Any comments, questions, concerns?

1603
01:13:15,000 --> 01:13:17,000
The recommendation on the table is to

1604
01:13:17,000 --> 01:13:18,520
move this to public hearing for May

1605
01:13:18,520 --> 01:13:20,120
26th.

1606
01:13:20,120 --> 01:13:22,520
Do I have a motion to do such? So moved.

1607
01:13:22,520 --> 01:13:23,960
Second. It has been moved and properly

1608
01:13:23,960 --> 01:13:27,160
seconded. All those in favor? Aye. Aye.

1609
01:13:27,160 --> 01:13:28,520
Does

1610
01:13:28,520 --> 01:13:29,840
And the last item for government

1611
01:13:29,840 --> 01:13:31,480
operations, do I have a motion to close

1612
01:13:31,480 --> 01:13:32,280
out the meeting on government

1613
01:13:32,280 --> 01:13:36,080
operations? Um Mr. uh Chairman and Mr.

1614
01:13:36,080 --> 01:13:38,000
Council President, I know that you asked

1615
01:13:38,000 --> 01:13:39,680
for a report for the city finance

1616
01:13:39,680 --> 01:13:42,000
report. Do you want to have that tonight

1617
01:13:42,000 --> 01:13:44,360
or do you want to put that off?

1618
01:13:44,360 --> 01:13:45,760
Councilman Jones. So I was actually

1619
01:13:45,760 --> 01:13:47,000
considering that, definitely in the

1620
01:13:47,000 --> 01:13:48,160
spirit of how we started the meeting.

1621
01:13:48,160 --> 01:13:49,560
There was a lot of jockeying along the

1622
01:13:49,560 --> 01:13:51,360
schedule. Thank you to the community and

1623
01:13:51,360 --> 01:13:53,560
everyone in the room for being patient.

1624
01:13:53,560 --> 01:13:54,520
Um

1625
01:13:54,520 --> 01:13:56,760
having the time to reassess. I think now

1626
01:13:56,760 --> 01:13:57,840
with

1627
01:13:57,840 --> 01:13:59,240
Councilman Ingram in the room, we can

1628
01:13:59,240 --> 01:14:01,520
proceed with city development planning.

1629
01:14:01,520 --> 01:14:02,120
Um

1630
01:14:02,120 --> 01:14:03,760
my only hesitancy with including the

1631
01:14:03,760 --> 01:14:06,040
conversation around the first quarter

1632
01:14:06,040 --> 01:14:08,200
report, I appreciate being here, Mr.

1633
01:14:08,200 --> 01:14:09,760
Mulveyhill. It's

1634
01:14:09,760 --> 01:14:11,320
two of our other senior experienced

1635
01:14:11,320 --> 01:14:12,720
councilmembers are not present for that.

1636
01:14:12,720 --> 01:14:13,960
So rather than you having to repeat that

1637
01:14:13,960 --> 01:14:16,520
again, I would ask for your just grace

1638
01:14:16,520 --> 01:14:19,280
if we can push that off for 2 months. 2

1639
01:14:19,280 --> 01:14:23,221
weeks. 2 weeks. 2 weeks.

1640
01:14:23,221 --> 01:14:24,440
>> [laughter]

1641
01:14:24,440 --> 01:14:26,320
>> 2 weeks. Excuse me. I would appreciate

1642
01:14:26,320 --> 01:14:27,280
that.

1643
01:14:27,280 --> 01:14:28,360
Thank you, sir.

1644
01:14:28,360 --> 01:14:30,640
Um so do you close all of the same

1645
01:14:30,640 --> 01:14:31,560
meetings?

1646
01:14:31,560 --> 01:14:33,200
Mr. Bradley, do you have any No,

1647
01:14:33,200 --> 01:14:35,000
nothing. I was just a housekeeper today.

1648
01:14:35,000 --> 01:14:36,520
So at this time, I'll take a entertain a

1649
01:14:36,520 --> 01:14:38,400
motion to close government operations.

1650
01:14:38,400 --> 01:14:39,280
So moved.

1651
01:14:39,280 --> 01:14:40,480
It has been moved and properly seconded.

1652
01:14:40,480 --> 01:14:42,400
All those in favor? Aye. Aye.

1653
01:14:42,400 --> 01:14:44,120
Government operations is now closed. So

1654
01:14:44,120 --> 01:14:45,120
I'd like to call to order city

1655
01:14:45,120 --> 01:14:47,960
development and planning. We previously

1656
01:14:47,960 --> 01:14:49,720
had nine items, two of which were

1657
01:14:49,720 --> 01:14:51,160
discussing government operations. That

1658
01:14:51,160 --> 01:14:53,600
was now seven remaining. The first of

1659
01:14:53,600 --> 01:14:55,440
which is going to be the appointments to

1660
01:14:55,440 --> 01:14:57,800
this civilian police review board. Um

1661
01:14:57,800 --> 01:14:59,520
Mr. Mayor, if you don't mind, um

1662
01:14:59,520 --> 01:15:01,960
we had a conversation earlier today

1663
01:15:01,960 --> 01:15:04,480
uh regarding one of the individuals that

1664
01:15:04,480 --> 01:15:06,440
was taking a

1665
01:15:06,440 --> 01:15:09,120
seat with the NAACP. After ongoing

1666
01:15:09,120 --> 01:15:10,920
conversations and trying to make some

1667
01:15:10,920 --> 01:15:12,680
considerations

1668
01:15:12,680 --> 01:15:14,440
uh moving forward,

1669
01:15:14,440 --> 01:15:16,520
uh that is a uh consideration that we're

1670
01:15:16,520 --> 01:15:18,960
going to withhold for tonight.

1671
01:15:18,960 --> 01:15:20,160
Um

1672
01:15:20,160 --> 01:15:21,760
it is then

1673
01:15:21,760 --> 01:15:23,880
my expectation to move the other

1674
01:15:23,880 --> 01:15:26,000
remaining two individuals.

1675
01:15:26,000 --> 01:15:28,520
And Mr. Mayor, if I can just confirm,

1676
01:15:28,520 --> 01:15:31,360
there are appointments for

1677
01:15:31,360 --> 01:15:33,990
Excuse me.

1678
01:15:34,000 --> 01:15:36,400
the NAACP,

1679
01:15:36,400 --> 01:15:38,760
the Sycamore Collaborative,

1680
01:15:38,760 --> 01:15:40,720
and the Human Rights Commission that you

1681
01:15:40,720 --> 01:15:44,040
are currently in possession of.

1682
01:15:44,040 --> 01:15:45,920
Correct. In the next cycle, I'll send

1683
01:15:45,920 --> 01:15:46,880
you a letter making those

1684
01:15:46,880 --> 01:15:50,720
recommendations. Appreciate that, sir.

1685
01:15:50,720 --> 01:15:54,080
Um so with the exclusion of uh Hillary

1686
01:15:54,080 --> 01:15:56,680
Sneer, I would entertain a motion to

1687
01:15:56,680 --> 01:15:58,880
move those two remaining uh nominations

1688
01:15:58,880 --> 01:16:02,630
forward. Do it the next cycle.

1689
01:16:02,640 --> 01:16:04,760
But those letters we already have.

1690
01:16:04,760 --> 01:16:06,600
Oh, the ones you have, yes, you can move

1691
01:16:06,600 --> 01:16:07,960
forward on those.

1692
01:16:07,960 --> 01:16:09,960
Thank you.

1693
01:16:09,960 --> 01:16:11,360
Who was the third you said? NAACP,

1694
01:16:11,360 --> 01:16:12,360
Sycamore and

1695
01:16:12,360 --> 01:16:13,560
Uh

1696
01:16:13,560 --> 01:16:16,360
Councilman Jones, it was NAACP, Sycamore

1697
01:16:16,360 --> 01:16:17,720
Collaborative, and the Human Rights

1698
01:16:17,720 --> 01:16:21,350
Commission.

1699
01:16:21,360 --> 01:16:22,400
And you will move all three of those in

1700
01:16:22,400 --> 01:16:24,680
the next cycle. Uh the mayor is going to

1701
01:16:24,680 --> 01:16:26,480
provide Mr. Chairman, excuse me.

1702
01:16:26,480 --> 01:16:27,440
Mayor McCarthy, you're good with

1703
01:16:27,440 --> 01:16:28,800
providing all three of those in the next

1704
01:16:28,800 --> 01:16:31,440
cycle. Is that the statement you made?

1705
01:16:31,440 --> 01:16:33,560
For recommendation for NAACP, Sycamore,

1706
01:16:33,560 --> 01:16:35,680
and Human Rights. I'm not sure which

1707
01:16:35,680 --> 01:16:39,000
letter you should have to

1708
01:16:39,000 --> 01:16:42,000
Mr. Mr. Council President, you what Mr.

1709
01:16:42,000 --> 01:16:43,000
Mayor has is

1710
01:16:43,000 --> 01:16:45,160
the what's before you right now is the

1711
01:16:45,160 --> 01:16:48,000
reps for the Housing Authority

1712
01:16:48,000 --> 01:16:49,400
and the

1713
01:16:49,400 --> 01:16:52,360
and and the League of Women Voters.

1714
01:16:52,360 --> 01:16:53,840
Correct. Okay. Those are the ones that

1715
01:16:53,840 --> 01:16:57,120
are actionable tonight.

1716
01:16:57,120 --> 01:16:58,720
Thank you, Mr. Bradley.

1717
01:16:58,720 --> 01:17:00,240
Uh any further questions or concerns?

1718
01:17:00,240 --> 01:17:02,480
I'll entertain a motion. Uh so just to

1719
01:17:02,480 --> 01:17:03,680
confirm, we're moving forward with the

1720
01:17:03,680 --> 01:17:05,840
League of Women Voters and the Municipal

1721
01:17:05,840 --> 01:17:07,160
Housing Authority. And then in 2 weeks

1722
01:17:07,160 --> 01:17:10,080
we'll have back Sycamore Collaborative,

1723
01:17:10,080 --> 01:17:14,000
the NAACP, and Human Rights Commission. Human

1724
01:17:14,000 --> 01:17:15,320
Rights Commission. Okay. I will move

1725
01:17:15,320 --> 01:17:16,240
that.

1726
01:17:16,240 --> 01:17:18,360
I will second. All those in favor? Aye.

1727
01:17:18,360 --> 01:17:20,160
Thank you.

1728
01:17:20,160 --> 01:17:21,600
The next item is going to be a

1729
01:17:21,600 --> 01:17:24,120
discussion about the Becker Street trial

1730
01:17:24,120 --> 01:17:26,960
stop sign. Sincerely, as we previously

1731
01:17:26,960 --> 01:17:30,280
heard from the King's Road

1732
01:17:30,280 --> 01:17:32,320
um and Woodlawn community, I think there

1733
01:17:32,320 --> 01:17:34,280
was initially hesitation with proceeding

1734
01:17:34,280 --> 01:17:35,680
with a temporary stop sign at that

1735
01:17:35,680 --> 01:17:36,800
location.

1736
01:17:36,800 --> 01:17:37,600
Um

1737
01:17:37,600 --> 01:17:41,080
I know Mr. Wallen was very very uh

1738
01:17:41,080 --> 01:17:42,320
analytical with understanding the

1739
01:17:42,320 --> 01:17:44,000
traffic study and also making sure we're

1740
01:17:44,000 --> 01:17:45,400
not uh

1741
01:17:45,400 --> 01:17:47,240
prematurely installing these resources

1742
01:17:47,240 --> 01:17:48,760
just due to

1743
01:17:48,760 --> 01:17:49,880
the

1744
01:17:49,880 --> 01:17:52,200
uh precedence that this can provide. But

1745
01:17:52,200 --> 01:17:53,880
I think in lieu of us having the ability

1746
01:17:53,880 --> 01:17:55,200
to put in place speed tables throughout

1747
01:17:55,200 --> 01:17:56,880
the community, I think it is appropriate

1748
01:17:56,880 --> 01:17:58,800
to continue entertaining these as I've

1749
01:17:58,800 --> 01:18:00,360
had conversations with members of the

1750
01:18:00,360 --> 01:18:02,440
Woodlawn community that that stop sign

1751
01:18:02,440 --> 01:18:04,560
has been very beneficial to them in that

1752
01:18:04,560 --> 01:18:06,760
area. Not perfect, but better. And I

1753
01:18:06,760 --> 01:18:08,000
think that's what we're striving for as

1754
01:18:08,000 --> 01:18:09,440
a municipality.

1755
01:18:09,440 --> 01:18:12,000
Uh so with Becker Street, um

1756
01:18:12,000 --> 01:18:13,400
had a conversation with Mr. Wallen.

1757
01:18:13,400 --> 01:18:15,000
Would love to hear his recommendation

1758
01:18:15,000 --> 01:18:16,840
for that area. If you're all not

1759
01:18:16,840 --> 01:18:19,400
familiar with that, uh there is two

1760
01:18:19,400 --> 01:18:21,719
intersections, so two two stop lights.

1761
01:18:21,719 --> 01:18:24,120
However, there is an extended gap from

1762
01:18:24,120 --> 01:18:26,120
Elm Street to Snow Road. And

1763
01:18:26,120 --> 01:18:27,480
essentially, we hear throughout the city

1764
01:18:27,480 --> 01:18:29,840
of there being drag strip or drag light

1765
01:18:29,840 --> 01:18:32,280
areas. Wanted to put in place a stop

1766
01:18:32,280 --> 01:18:33,560
sign at the recommendation of our chief

1767
01:18:33,560 --> 01:18:35,520
engineer to uh to

1768
01:18:35,520 --> 01:18:38,000
potentially provide a deterrent from

1769
01:18:38,000 --> 01:18:40,360
people getting up to excessive speeds.

1770
01:18:40,360 --> 01:18:41,960
And what I'd like to say before turning

1771
01:18:41,960 --> 01:18:44,640
over the table to to you, sir, is

1772
01:18:44,640 --> 01:18:46,760
this is not a corrective measure that

1773
01:18:46,760 --> 01:18:48,560
foregoes any involvement and input from

1774
01:18:48,560 --> 01:18:50,680
the community. At King's Road, there is

1775
01:18:50,680 --> 01:18:52,800
absolutely conversations with our

1776
01:18:52,800 --> 01:18:55,040
traffic division, um Lieutenant Dolan,

1777
01:18:55,040 --> 01:18:57,080
who's very responsive. Uh so this is not

1778
01:18:57,080 --> 01:18:58,480
the perfect solution. This is just a

1779
01:18:58,480 --> 01:19:00,000
better solution, a better option moving

1780
01:19:00,000 --> 01:19:03,950
forward.

1781
01:19:03,960 --> 01:19:12,670
Um Mr. Wallen.

1782
01:19:12,680 --> 01:19:13,440
Thank you.

1783
01:19:13,440 --> 01:19:14,200
Yep.

1784
01:19:14,200 --> 01:19:17,280
So I was asked to look at Becker Street

1785
01:19:17,280 --> 01:19:19,360
for the installation of a stop sign for

1786
01:19:19,360 --> 01:19:21,920
speed control, which is not recommended,

1787
01:19:21,920 --> 01:19:24,160
but recommended by the PD. So, we will

1788
01:19:24,160 --> 01:19:27,120
look at it. It is 1,550 ft from the last

1789
01:19:27,120 --> 01:19:29,520
signal to the bend at and Snowden.

1790
01:19:29,520 --> 01:19:31,080
We have several streets that are in the

1791
01:19:31,080 --> 01:19:33,200
middle of that area including Hague,

1792
01:19:33,200 --> 01:19:35,400
Robinson, and Elder. I would guess that

1793
01:19:35,400 --> 01:19:37,720
those three would be the streets that we

1794
01:19:37,720 --> 01:19:38,760
would look at given that they're

1795
01:19:38,760 --> 01:19:41,560
centrally located on the strip. And I

1796
01:19:41,560 --> 01:19:42,720
have not had time to work with

1797
01:19:42,720 --> 01:19:44,280
Lieutenant Dolman on this. However, I'm

1798
01:19:44,280 --> 01:19:45,720
going to have to pull some information

1799
01:19:45,720 --> 01:19:49,120
to see what accidents if any have been

1800
01:19:49,120 --> 01:19:51,040
occurring and then also look at the one

1801
01:19:51,040 --> 01:19:53,200
ways to see which way streets are going

1802
01:19:53,200 --> 01:19:55,160
to just maximize

1803
01:19:55,160 --> 01:19:57,760
the efficiencies of the stop sign

1804
01:19:57,760 --> 01:19:59,920
in that location.

1805
01:19:59,920 --> 01:20:01,800
Because

1806
01:20:01,800 --> 01:20:03,680
I I didn't put on my sketch in a rough

1807
01:20:03,680 --> 01:20:05,280
sketch of what what ways everything is

1808
01:20:05,280 --> 01:20:07,520
going. But I'd like to hear from the the

1809
01:20:07,520 --> 01:20:09,080
police about this corridor or so. I'll

1810
01:20:09,080 --> 01:20:13,520
try to get some information about what we're looking at, I guess.

1811
01:20:13,520 --> 01:20:14,360
Um

1812
01:20:14,360 --> 01:20:17,640
I didn't know that is

1813
01:20:17,640 --> 01:20:19,880
President Williams, are we on board with

1814
01:20:19,880 --> 01:20:21,080
the installation? I thought there was a

1815
01:20:21,080 --> 01:20:23,240
discussion about the installation of So,

1816
01:20:23,240 --> 01:20:24,440
that's what I was here for. If we're on

1817
01:20:24,440 --> 01:20:25,800
board and everyone wants to move forward

1818
01:20:25,800 --> 01:20:27,800
with the installation, then I I will

1819
01:20:27,800 --> 01:20:29,560
forward with a study to pick a location

1820
01:20:29,560 --> 01:20:31,880
and then come to you with the location.

1821
01:20:31,880 --> 01:20:33,040
Thank you. I mean, I'm definitely

1822
01:20:33,040 --> 01:20:34,960
functioning with a amended council at

1823
01:20:34,960 --> 01:20:36,200
the moment. Although I value each of

1824
01:20:36,200 --> 01:20:37,440
your company

1825
01:20:37,440 --> 01:20:39,720
uh each of your contributions.

1826
01:20:39,720 --> 01:20:40,920
Definitely to that point and seeing that

1827
01:20:40,920 --> 01:20:42,040
there is an entertainment. This was

1828
01:20:42,040 --> 01:20:45,840
something we considered with the last um

1829
01:20:45,840 --> 01:20:48,560
format of the council.

1830
01:20:48,560 --> 01:20:50,560
It's not a late consideration, but it's

1831
01:20:50,560 --> 01:20:53,280
something that has been able to

1832
01:20:53,280 --> 01:20:55,000
settle just some angst with people

1833
01:20:55,000 --> 01:20:56,960
questioning whether we're making any

1834
01:20:56,960 --> 01:20:58,720
intentionality with speeding throughout

1835
01:20:58,720 --> 01:20:59,920
the city.

1836
01:20:59,920 --> 01:21:00,600
Um

1837
01:21:00,600 --> 01:21:04,790
not preferred, but it's an option.

1838
01:21:04,800 --> 01:21:06,200
Um Mr. Warner, I think I would like to

1839
01:21:06,200 --> 01:21:08,120
see more of your analysis. I don't know

1840
01:21:08,120 --> 01:21:10,680
if I'm supportive of it yet just based

1841
01:21:10,680 --> 01:21:13,040
on like you said talking with PD,

1842
01:21:13,040 --> 01:21:14,360
talking with the neighborhood, looking

1843
01:21:14,360 --> 01:21:15,920
at the one ways, and seeing if it would

1844
01:21:15,920 --> 01:21:17,040
be something that would work. Like you

1845
01:21:17,040 --> 01:21:18,560
said in the beginning,

1846
01:21:18,560 --> 01:21:20,520
stop signs are not a correct measure for

1847
01:21:20,520 --> 01:21:22,240
speeding. So,

1848
01:21:22,240 --> 01:21:23,600
um

1849
01:21:23,600 --> 01:21:24,960
I think that it's definitely something

1850
01:21:24,960 --> 01:21:27,480
that should be taken into account, too.

1851
01:21:27,480 --> 01:21:28,880
We shouldn't just put stop signs up if

1852
01:21:28,880 --> 01:21:32,320
we're trying to stop speeders.

1853
01:21:32,320 --> 01:21:33,760
Councilman Chairs, and you said you had

1854
01:21:33,760 --> 01:21:35,400
your analysis prepared for this evening.

1855
01:21:35,400 --> 01:21:36,640
Is that what you Is that what you were

1856
01:21:36,640 --> 01:21:37,960
saying? That you had an analysis

1857
01:21:37,960 --> 01:21:39,520
prepared for that earlier this evening?

1858
01:21:39,520 --> 01:21:42,480
No. No. No. No. I was I was under the

1859
01:21:42,480 --> 01:21:44,200
impression that this was going to be a

1860
01:21:44,200 --> 01:21:45,680
discussion if the council wanted to move

1861
01:21:45,680 --> 01:21:48,320
forward with conducting an analysis for

1862
01:21:48,320 --> 01:21:51,040
this area. Um The The only The only

1863
01:21:51,040 --> 01:21:52,400
conversation I had a brief conversation

1864
01:21:52,400 --> 01:21:53,920
with Mr. Williams about this coming on

1865
01:21:53,920 --> 01:21:57,760
the agenda about this location, but

1866
01:21:57,760 --> 01:21:59,120
I you know, I typically don't move

1867
01:21:59,120 --> 01:22:01,071
forward with just one

1868
01:22:01,071 --> 01:22:01,240
>> [snorts]

1869
01:22:01,240 --> 01:22:03,480
>> council person's recommendation to make

1870
01:22:03,480 --> 01:22:04,800
an action. So, I thought this was going

1871
01:22:04,800 --> 01:22:06,760
to be a discussion about if yourselves

1872
01:22:06,760 --> 01:22:08,120
and your other members would like to

1873
01:22:08,120 --> 01:22:09,920
move forward in this regard.

1874
01:22:09,920 --> 01:22:11,320
>> If they choose to move forward on the

1875
01:22:11,320 --> 01:22:12,480
city's development and planning

1876
01:22:12,480 --> 01:22:13,680
committee with this, would you be able

1877
01:22:13,680 --> 01:22:16,000
to provide your personal recommendation

1878
01:22:16,000 --> 01:22:17,520
for it as well as your time is under you

1879
01:22:17,520 --> 01:22:19,680
that would be a corrective manner if the

1880
01:22:19,680 --> 01:22:22,480
stop sign is not the way to go.

1881
01:22:22,480 --> 01:22:24,280
Uh another measure you're talking about?

1882
01:22:24,280 --> 01:22:25,680
>> Yes. Would you be willing to include a

1883
01:22:25,680 --> 01:22:27,280
recommendation when you do this

1884
01:22:27,280 --> 01:22:28,920
analysis, but also a recommendation if

1885
01:22:28,920 --> 01:22:31,000
you feel that area would benefit from

1886
01:22:31,000 --> 01:22:32,400
something else outside of the traffic

1887
01:22:32,400 --> 01:22:37,190
stop sign. Sure.

1888
01:22:37,200 --> 01:22:40,760
Uh Councilman Councilwoman Wiggins, uh

1889
01:22:40,760 --> 01:22:41,840
any comments? Sorry to put you on the

1890
01:22:41,840 --> 01:22:43,400
spot, but I'm just gauging where the

1891
01:22:43,400 --> 01:22:45,800
council currently stands with regards to

1892
01:22:45,800 --> 01:22:49,950
implementing stop signs.

1893
01:22:49,960 --> 01:22:52,000
I know stop signs is not going to help

1894
01:22:52,000 --> 01:22:54,400
speeding, but we have also have to think

1895
01:22:54,400 --> 01:22:57,440
about our children. Summertime is coming

1896
01:22:57,440 --> 01:22:59,560
and um

1897
01:22:59,560 --> 01:23:01,440
summertime with the bikes and everything

1898
01:23:01,440 --> 01:23:06,040
is crucial. So, I'm I'm for a stop sign.

1899
01:23:06,040 --> 01:23:07,440
And then just for clarification, this is

1900
01:23:07,440 --> 01:23:09,000
getting additional information. So, I

1901
01:23:09,000 --> 01:23:11,360
know Councilman Inger wanted to see some

1902
01:23:11,360 --> 01:23:13,480
more of that statistical findings and

1903
01:23:13,480 --> 01:23:14,800
definitely I would be open to hearing

1904
01:23:14,800 --> 01:23:17,960
from the police department as well. Um

1905
01:23:17,960 --> 01:23:19,640
I can reach out to our

1906
01:23:19,640 --> 01:23:21,120
absent council members to see where they

1907
01:23:21,120 --> 01:23:22,800
currently stand and give you an update

1908
01:23:22,800 --> 01:23:24,920
on that as well, Mr. Warner. Thank you.

1909
01:23:24,920 --> 01:23:25,800
Um

1910
01:23:25,800 --> 01:23:27,960
going forward with the the budget, I

1911
01:23:27,960 --> 01:23:31,520
would recommend that um a line item be

1912
01:23:31,520 --> 01:23:34,480
added for studies such as these.

1913
01:23:34,480 --> 01:23:36,680
Um my real recommendation would be to

1914
01:23:36,680 --> 01:23:39,560
study Becker as a corridor

1915
01:23:39,560 --> 01:23:42,960
from Brandywine all the way to Snowden.

1916
01:23:42,960 --> 01:23:44,000
If you all

1917
01:23:44,000 --> 01:23:46,080
recall, we did remove a light

1918
01:23:46,080 --> 01:23:50,840
at Brandywine and Becker. That light was

1919
01:23:50,840 --> 01:23:51,640
um

1920
01:23:51,640 --> 01:23:53,080
there for a school that no longer

1921
01:23:53,080 --> 01:23:55,320
existed. We replaced it with a rapid

1922
01:23:55,320 --> 01:23:56,760
flashing beacon by our signals

1923
01:23:56,760 --> 01:23:58,640
department, which is more appropriate

1924
01:23:58,640 --> 01:24:00,920
for that location. I feel that a

1925
01:24:00,920 --> 01:24:03,400
corridor study might have the same fate

1926
01:24:03,400 --> 01:24:05,040
for Elm,

1927
01:24:05,040 --> 01:24:06,160
which

1928
01:24:06,160 --> 01:24:08,320
also has a signal that seems to be a lot

1929
01:24:08,320 --> 01:24:11,520
of place in the neighborhood. And

1930
01:24:11,520 --> 01:24:13,480
putting a stop sign after a corridor

1931
01:24:13,480 --> 01:24:14,800
with that many signals might be a little

1932
01:24:14,800 --> 01:24:16,320
confusing.

1933
01:24:16,320 --> 01:24:17,640
So,

1934
01:24:17,640 --> 01:24:19,280
I don't know what

1935
01:24:19,280 --> 01:24:21,120
my budget will allow me to look at for

1936
01:24:21,120 --> 01:24:23,560
this corridor as you get bigger, but I

1937
01:24:23,560 --> 01:24:25,520
will see if we can do something there

1938
01:24:25,520 --> 01:24:26,800
because

1939
01:24:26,800 --> 01:24:28,280
I might I think it's worth looking at

1940
01:24:28,280 --> 01:24:30,520
from start to end and not specifically

1941
01:24:30,520 --> 01:24:32,440
just in the middle.

1942
01:24:32,440 --> 01:24:34,200
Thank you.

1943
01:24:34,200 --> 01:24:36,640
Any other questions or comments?

1944
01:24:36,640 --> 01:24:38,640
Uh so, we'll have this back in 2 weeks

1945
01:24:38,640 --> 01:24:40,680
and you give me

1946
01:24:40,680 --> 01:24:41,960
two cycles?

1947
01:24:41,960 --> 01:24:44,440
One month? Yeah.

1948
01:24:44,440 --> 01:24:45,520
I know you guys have been doing a lot of

1949
01:24:45,520 --> 01:24:46,240
this this time

1950
01:24:46,240 --> 01:24:47,120
>> Yeah.

1951
01:24:47,120 --> 01:24:48,240
this is

1952
01:24:48,240 --> 01:24:49,640
I'm going to need to meet with someone

1953
01:24:49,640 --> 01:24:50,760
about

1954
01:24:50,760 --> 01:24:52,240
uh this park.

1955
01:24:52,240 --> 01:24:54,080
On site just to see where the area is.

1956
01:24:54,080 --> 01:24:55,680
So, I'll reach out and then

1957
01:24:55,680 --> 01:24:58,840
I'll reach out to you to set that up.

1958
01:24:58,840 --> 01:24:59,840
Perfect. Thank you, Mr. Warner. All

1959
01:24:59,840 --> 01:25:01,960
right. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Warner.

1960
01:25:01,960 --> 01:25:03,560
The remaining five items need to be

1961
01:25:03,560 --> 01:25:05,840
discussed in the executive session.

1962
01:25:05,840 --> 01:25:07,480
Correct, Mr. O'Brien? Yes, they

1963
01:25:07,480 --> 01:25:11,680
generally with ongoing litigation and the sale of

1964
01:25:11,680 --> 01:25:13,720
city property.

1965
01:25:13,720 --> 01:25:15,520
Uh hearing session, I have a motion to

1966
01:25:15,520 --> 01:25:16,800
enter [music] executive session. So

1967
01:25:16,800 --> 01:25:17,600
moved, sir.

1968
01:25:17,600 --> 01:25:20,480
Administrative efficiency?

1969
01:25:20,480 --> 01:25:23,830
Mr. Begin?

1970
01:25:23,840 --> 01:25:25,680
And set that aside before we go into

1971
01:25:25,680 --> 01:25:26,760
executive.

1972
01:25:26,760 --> 01:25:27,960
Uh

1973
01:25:27,960 --> 01:25:31,790
Jason doesn't have anything for me.

1974
01:25:31,800 --> 01:25:33,480
Uh

1975
01:25:33,480 --> 01:25:38,640
So, I will hold that motion.

1976
01:25:38,640 --> 01:25:40,440
And we can move that item from

1977
01:25:40,440 --> 01:25:42,240
administrative efficiency and to city

1978
01:25:42,240 --> 01:25:44,400
development and planning. So, it will be

1979
01:25:44,400 --> 01:25:45,760
agenda item number one for

1980
01:25:45,760 --> 01:25:47,400
administrative efficiency, the city road

1981
01:25:47,400 --> 01:25:49,720
closure forms and access.

1982
01:25:49,720 --> 01:25:51,920
Um Mr. Chairs.

1983
01:25:51,920 --> 01:25:54,160
Um so, this would be

1984
01:25:54,160 --> 01:25:55,800
So, that was created to allow us to

1985
01:25:55,800 --> 01:25:57,680
begin the process of more digitalizing

1986
01:25:57,680 --> 01:26:00,880
the current forms that we have and also

1987
01:26:00,880 --> 01:26:01,920
making it

1988
01:26:01,920 --> 01:26:06,240
a more accessible and more um

1989
01:26:06,240 --> 01:26:08,400
specific fee structure concept when it

1990
01:26:08,400 --> 01:26:09,840
comes to our road closures and planning

1991
01:26:09,840 --> 01:26:12,000
for parades, block parties, and items of

1992
01:26:12,000 --> 01:26:14,160
that. Currently, that form sits at

1993
01:26:14,160 --> 01:26:16,360
almost about 20 sheets. I believe that

1994
01:26:16,360 --> 01:26:17,880
there's a way that we can condense that

1995
01:26:17,880 --> 01:26:18,960
sheet while still getting the

1996
01:26:18,960 --> 01:26:22,280
information that we need to all of the

1997
01:26:22,280 --> 01:26:25,440
respective parties from BMT, fire, and

1998
01:26:25,440 --> 01:26:27,960
police while creating less paperwork for

1999
01:26:27,960 --> 01:26:30,600
our city staffers and making sure that

2000
01:26:30,600 --> 01:26:32,640
there's an access point for all four

2001
01:26:32,640 --> 01:26:34,760
parties prime parties and any other

2002
01:26:34,760 --> 01:26:36,640
essential that needs to be added

2003
01:26:36,640 --> 01:26:39,640
onto it. Um having a 20-page packet, I

2004
01:26:39,640 --> 01:26:40,960
think

2005
01:26:40,960 --> 01:26:43,000
limits and creates unnecessary paperwork

2006
01:26:43,000 --> 01:26:45,680
for our city staff and unnecessary

2007
01:26:45,680 --> 01:26:47,200
expenditures from just buying paper

2008
01:26:47,200 --> 01:26:49,710
alone.

2009
01:26:49,720 --> 01:26:53,950
Thank you. Any questions or comments?

2010
01:26:53,960 --> 01:26:55,960
Councilman Inger. Uh I'm definitely

2011
01:26:55,960 --> 01:26:58,640
supportive of this. I think that

2012
01:26:58,640 --> 01:26:59,960
I'm a big believer in going into

2013
01:26:59,960 --> 01:27:01,560
technology. So, I know

2014
01:27:01,560 --> 01:27:02,800
I agree with you, Mr. Chairs, that we

2015
01:27:02,800 --> 01:27:05,080
need to go away from 20 pages. I would

2016
01:27:05,080 --> 01:27:06,600
like to see

2017
01:27:06,600 --> 01:27:07,920
um

2018
01:27:07,920 --> 01:27:09,400
how [snorts] we would go with this, you

2019
01:27:09,400 --> 01:27:10,720
know, work with the specific departments

2020
01:27:10,720 --> 01:27:13,120
that um

2021
01:27:13,120 --> 01:27:14,800
are included in this packet and then go

2022
01:27:14,800 --> 01:27:17,960
forward with a centralized digital

2023
01:27:17,960 --> 01:27:20,120
system like you're talking about. So, I

2024
01:27:20,120 --> 01:27:21,600
appreciate you bringing this forward.

2025
01:27:21,600 --> 01:27:23,320
Thank you, sir.

2026
01:27:23,320 --> 01:27:25,720
Thank you. Um Mr. Mayor and Mr. O'Brien,

2027
01:27:25,720 --> 01:27:29,480
um regarding that, can we simply or can

2028
01:27:29,480 --> 01:27:33,920
Councilman Chairs just provide you a draft analysis? I know part of it is

2029
01:27:33,920 --> 01:27:35,440
ensuring that it it is It's the way it

2030
01:27:35,440 --> 01:27:37,080
works for me. I'm going to use that

2031
01:27:37,080 --> 01:27:40,400
form. If If you let me finish, so my

2032
01:27:40,400 --> 01:27:41,520
comment I was going to say it all in the

2033
01:27:41,520 --> 01:27:43,520
background. Right. Mr. Chairs, one

2034
01:27:43,520 --> 01:27:46,000
moment. So, my comment was going to be

2035
01:27:46,000 --> 01:27:47,880
with regards to the fire department and

2036
01:27:47,880 --> 01:27:49,360
police department. I know those forms

2037
01:27:49,360 --> 01:27:51,680
have very um

2038
01:27:51,680 --> 01:27:52,719
uh

2039
01:27:52,719 --> 01:27:55,240
important fields that can't be removed.

2040
01:27:55,240 --> 01:27:57,320
I think the mayor wants us to present it

2041
01:27:57,320 --> 01:27:58,480
as how can we reduce some of the

2042
01:27:58,480 --> 01:28:00,800
redundancy in the other departments. So,

2043
01:28:00,800 --> 01:28:03,719
uh I think you're saying

2044
01:28:03,719 --> 01:28:06,000
We spent a lot of time on that in the

2045
01:28:06,000 --> 01:28:08,520
actual collection of that information is

2046
01:28:08,520 --> 01:28:12,000
appropriate. There are some applications

2047
01:28:12,000 --> 01:28:14,480
that don't have to use the full packet

2048
01:28:14,480 --> 01:28:16,360
of forms that are really simple,

2049
01:28:16,360 --> 01:28:18,560
straightforward. There's other

2050
01:28:18,560 --> 01:28:20,760
components that are needed to

2051
01:28:20,760 --> 01:28:23,240
appropriately assess costs and do risk

2052
01:28:23,240 --> 01:28:25,240
assessment for events that may be

2053
01:28:25,240 --> 01:28:28,080
happening in the city of Schenectady.

2054
01:28:28,080 --> 01:28:29,480
Thank you for your your comment, Mayor.

2055
01:28:29,480 --> 01:28:30,719
I agree with you. I think that that is

2056
01:28:30,719 --> 01:28:32,000
extremely important that we have certain

2057
01:28:32,000 --> 01:28:33,480
parts in that's why I made sure to take

2058
01:28:33,480 --> 01:28:35,960
very good care inside the LR as well as

2059
01:28:35,960 --> 01:28:37,640
the other legislation I sent over to Mr.

2060
01:28:37,640 --> 01:28:40,240
O'Brien and Mr. O'Brien when it came to

2061
01:28:40,240 --> 01:28:42,000
incorporating the new hire panel into

2062
01:28:42,000 --> 01:28:43,280
our code to make sure that your

2063
01:28:43,280 --> 01:28:45,480
operations doesn't get superseded in any

2064
01:28:45,480 --> 01:28:49,200
way. I would like to graciously disagree

2065
01:28:49,200 --> 01:28:50,719
with you that there is a way to be more

2066
01:28:50,719 --> 01:28:52,560
accessible, making sure that everyone

2067
01:28:52,560 --> 01:28:54,160
still has all of the information they

2068
01:28:54,160 --> 01:28:56,240
need so that you have what you need. It

2069
01:28:56,240 --> 01:28:58,200
is not straightforward as I've heard

2070
01:28:58,200 --> 01:29:00,000
from multiple city members across the

2071
01:29:00,000 --> 01:29:02,040
world that this information built to us

2072
01:29:02,040 --> 01:29:03,640
who constantly practice and work inside

2073
01:29:03,640 --> 01:29:06,080
legislation look at it every single day

2074
01:29:06,080 --> 01:29:08,719
may say 20 pages is is quick to look at

2075
01:29:08,719 --> 01:29:10,760
and I can write through it myself. I

2076
01:29:10,760 --> 01:29:12,640
know that a lot of organizations have

2077
01:29:12,640 --> 01:29:14,000
struggled with trying to work through

2078
01:29:14,000 --> 01:29:15,800
and access what the fees are going to

2079
01:29:15,800 --> 01:29:17,800
be. It's not properly bracketed, it

2080
01:29:17,800 --> 01:29:19,560
doesn't have a set structure fee based

2081
01:29:19,560 --> 01:29:21,440
on the organization or size, which would

2082
01:29:21,440 --> 01:29:23,400
make your paperwork at least two pages

2083
01:29:23,400 --> 01:29:25,280
lighter just by creating a fee. And it

2084
01:29:25,280 --> 01:29:26,800
will also allow you to estimate how much

2085
01:29:26,800 --> 01:29:28,040
money you're going to bring in per

2086
01:29:28,040 --> 01:29:30,440
capita per year and just the average

2087
01:29:30,440 --> 01:29:32,600
block party that gets thrown. So, you

2088
01:29:32,600 --> 01:29:34,320
could almost time your watch to the

2089
01:29:34,320 --> 01:29:35,440
money that you want to be bringing the

2090
01:29:35,440 --> 01:29:38,150
city.

2091
01:29:38,160 --> 01:29:39,600
And if I can add to that point, I think

2092
01:29:39,600 --> 01:29:41,920
sincerely is a conversation piece where

2093
01:29:41,920 --> 01:29:43,840
you have sitting council members able to

2094
01:29:43,840 --> 01:29:45,760
help. Definitely recognize that we do

2095
01:29:45,760 --> 01:29:47,640
not see everything, but hearing

2096
01:29:47,640 --> 01:29:49,760
continuously year in year out this

2097
01:29:49,760 --> 01:29:52,000
process almost disincentivizes people to

2098
01:29:52,000 --> 01:29:53,800
go about it the right way due to the

2099
01:29:53,800 --> 01:29:55,960
amount of administrative just loopholes.

2100
01:29:55,960 --> 01:29:58,000
I can recognize that that has been a

2101
01:29:58,000 --> 01:29:59,760
transition into a better process

2102
01:29:59,760 --> 01:30:02,160
internally, um but much of the

2103
01:30:02,160 --> 01:30:03,760
conversation we had regarding

2104
01:30:03,760 --> 01:30:06,520
conversations associated with

2105
01:30:06,520 --> 01:30:07,720
the interview process for council

2106
01:30:07,720 --> 01:30:08,960
members.

2107
01:30:08,960 --> 01:30:11,480
It is ongoing. So, the road to progress

2108
01:30:11,480 --> 01:30:13,760
is not a destination, it is a journey.

2109
01:30:13,760 --> 01:30:15,400
So, I think the spirit of this is how do

2110
01:30:15,400 --> 01:30:17,080
we continue to build upon the

2111
01:30:17,080 --> 01:30:19,320
accomplishments to get to more of those

2112
01:30:19,320 --> 01:30:20,760
technological assists that Councilman

2113
01:30:20,760 --> 01:30:22,960
Ingram highlighted.

2114
01:30:22,960 --> 01:30:24,600
And I that is something I can be in

2115
01:30:24,600 --> 01:30:27,760
favor of. Uh so, Councilman chairs

2116
01:30:27,760 --> 01:30:29,360
uh the expectation is that you will

2117
01:30:29,360 --> 01:30:32,840
present a draft packet for plan that

2118
01:30:32,840 --> 01:30:35,400
will be considered by the mayor and then

2119
01:30:35,400 --> 01:30:37,240
corporation council ensuring that that

2120
01:30:37,240 --> 01:30:39,840
is received in the spirit not reducing

2121
01:30:39,840 --> 01:30:43,280
unnecessary or reducing necessary fees

2122
01:30:43,280 --> 01:30:44,640
to ensure that's in compliance with the

2123
01:30:44,640 --> 01:30:45,840
ordinance.

2124
01:30:45,840 --> 01:30:47,560
And I'd like to go on record by saying,

2125
01:30:47,560 --> 01:30:49,200
I know the effort that you put in as

2126
01:30:49,200 --> 01:30:51,040
talking to our former Chief Moreno as

2127
01:30:51,040 --> 01:30:53,040
well as Chief Clifford prior sitting on

2128
01:30:53,040 --> 01:30:54,760
so many different panels inside the

2129
01:30:54,760 --> 01:30:56,640
city. I know that you didn't come to

2130
01:30:56,640 --> 01:30:58,640
those sheets lightly working in it. So,

2131
01:30:58,640 --> 01:31:00,320
I don't want to denigrate anyone's

2132
01:31:00,320 --> 01:31:02,000
efforts inside of your office that put

2133
01:31:02,000 --> 01:31:04,720
that together, but I do look forward to

2134
01:31:04,720 --> 01:31:06,800
working with you and your office in

2135
01:31:06,800 --> 01:31:09,320
making this efficient.

2136
01:31:09,320 --> 01:31:10,240
Perfect.

2137
01:31:10,240 --> 01:31:11,760
Expectation you have this back in 2

2138
01:31:11,760 --> 01:31:12,160
weeks?

2139
01:31:12,160 --> 01:31:14,560
>> 2 weeks. Sounds good.

2140
01:31:14,560 --> 01:31:16,600
Um all other remaining items will need

2141
01:31:16,600 --> 01:31:18,120
to be discussed in executive session. Do

2142
01:31:18,120 --> 01:31:19,280
we have a motion to enter executive

2143
01:31:19,280 --> 01:31:21,160
session? So I'll second. All those in

2144
01:31:21,160 --> 01:31:23,320
favor? Aye. We are in executive session,

2145
01:31:23,320 --> 01:31:24,400
members of the public will have to

2146
01:31:24,400 --> 01:31:34,193
leave.

2147
01:31:34,203 --> 01:32:09,628
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