1 00:01:29,119 --> 00:01:32,320 Thanks for joining us everybody. U I 2 00:01:30,799 --> 00:01:35,040 will ask everyone to please silence cell 3 00:01:32,320 --> 00:01:38,000 phones and other electronic devices. You 4 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:39,680 really don't want to be that person. 5 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,799 You know, you know the one who rings at 6 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:43,040 a funeral. You don't want to be that 7 00:01:40,799 --> 00:01:46,560 one. I call this special council meeting 8 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:49,360 to order on Friday, August 28th at 100 9 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:51,200 p.m. 10 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:52,479 As we begin this afternoon's meeting, I 11 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:55,040 wish to formally acknowledge the 12 00:01:52,479 --> 00:01:56,000 traditional keepers of this land and in 13 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:58,560 particular our neighbors of the 14 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:01,520 Alderville First Nation. We gather on 15 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:04,159 the gunshot treaty lands of 1788. It was 16 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:06,320 here on these lands and along the shores 17 00:02:04,159 --> 00:02:09,920 of the great beautiful lake called 18 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:12,080 Ontario in Wendot or Hiron that the 19 00:02:09,920 --> 00:02:13,520 Missaga and Ashabek met with the crown 20 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:16,160 to facilitate the opening of this 21 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,680 territory for settlement. Today we meet 22 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:19,920 as treaty people under the Williams 23 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:21,440 treaty settlement of 2018. A modern 24 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:23,920 affirmation of treaty rights and 25 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:26,239 responsibilities that continues to guide 26 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:28,640 our shared stewardship of these lands 27 00:02:26,239 --> 00:02:30,560 and waters. And may it offer a reminder 28 00:02:28,640 --> 00:02:32,239 that we work together in partnership and 29 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:35,599 friendship with all the people of Turtle 30 00:02:32,239 --> 00:02:37,200 Island, which we call North America. 31 00:02:35,599 --> 00:02:39,760 I will need a motion. Do we have the 32 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:41,280 motion forms? It's okay. I'll need a 33 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:44,160 motion 34 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:46,080 to approve the agenda for August 28th, 35 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:48,080 2026 special council meeting as 36 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:51,120 presented. It's moved by councelor 37 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:54,080 McColin. Second, councelor Butwell. Any 38 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:58,400 discussion? All in favor? 39 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:58,400 Any opposed? That motion's carried. 40 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,440 Members of council, have you any 41 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:04,159 declarations of interest? And if so, 42 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:07,720 please state the general nature thereof. 43 00:03:04,159 --> 00:03:07,720 There are none noted. 44 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:12,400 It is 1:02 p.m. We will recess this 45 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:14,879 special council meeting until the 46 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:18,000 arrival of the town supervisor and Mrs. 47 00:03:14,879 --> 00:03:22,280 Mey from from Brighton, New York. It 48 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:22,280 should be about 10 minutes, we hope. 49 00:40:39,599 --> 00:40:43,760 Thank you for your patience and good 50 00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:45,280 afternoon. A warm welcome to all our 51 00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:47,359 residents and of course honored guests 52 00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:49,119 for joining us today. 53 00:40:47,359 --> 00:40:50,800 Today marks a truly special moment in 54 00:40:49,119 --> 00:40:52,160 the history of our municipality as we 55 00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:53,599 gather to officially twin the 56 00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:54,880 municipality of Brighton with our 57 00:40:53,599 --> 00:40:57,520 neighbors to the south, the town of 58 00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:58,880 Brighton, New York. I want to extend a 59 00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:01,280 special personal welcome to town 60 00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:02,880 supervisor Bill Mey and his wife Barbara 61 00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:04,800 for making the journey around the big 62 00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:06,480 beautiful lake to be here with us today 63 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:08,800 and for helping bring this meaningful 64 00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:10,240 partnership to life. While an 65 00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:12,160 international border and the waters of 66 00:41:10,240 --> 00:41:13,920 Lake Ontario lie between us, our two 67 00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:16,720 communities have been connected by much 68 00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:18,240 more than just a name on a map. From our 69 00:41:16,720 --> 00:41:20,000 shared heritage tracing back to 70 00:41:18,240 --> 00:41:23,119 Brighton, England to decades of family 71 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:25,680 histories, sport and crossber trade, the 72 00:41:23,119 --> 00:41:29,359 ties between our region and theirs run 73 00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:31,440 deep. In the 1800s, William Billinghurst 74 00:41:29,359 --> 00:41:34,000 named Brighton, New York after his home 75 00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:35,440 in England. And our first postmaster, 76 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:37,920 Joseph Lockwood, named Brighton, 77 00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:39,520 Ontario, after his family roots in 78 00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:41,440 Britain. 79 00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:43,200 Over the generations, family lines 80 00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:45,040 crossed back and forth across the lake. 81 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:48,400 Whether through the industrial boom of 82 00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:50,960 Rochester, a shared history at Presciel, 83 00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:52,880 sometimes involving rum running, or the 84 00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:54,319 historic Freeman yacht races that 85 00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:56,720 brought our shores together in a 86 00:41:54,319 --> 00:41:58,800 friendly competition. When I first 87 00:41:56,720 --> 00:42:01,280 reached out to Supervisor Mey in March 88 00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:03,040 of 2025 to open a dialogue, my core 89 00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:05,520 message was simple. We should build 90 00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:06,960 friendships before we need them. 91 00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:09,040 Although that letter was sent from a 92 00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:10,880 place of anxiety given talks of tariffs 93 00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:13,119 and concerning rhetoric, it also grew 94 00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:14,880 out of a bit of fun. For years, our 95 00:42:13,119 --> 00:42:17,200 libraries have occasionally swapped 96 00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:20,560 emails, redirected each other's patrons, 97 00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:22,800 shared social media banter, or began uh 98 00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:26,000 or or have been tagged by mistake 99 00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:27,359 because of very similar identities. 100 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:29,760 It was a light-hearted point of 101 00:42:27,359 --> 00:42:32,480 connection, but underneath that shared 102 00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:35,119 um but underneath that shared name lay a 103 00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:37,200 rich interconnected history. So when we 104 00:42:35,119 --> 00:42:39,280 decided to dip our toes in the formal 105 00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:41,599 twinning pool, my thought was that in a 106 00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:43,520 world that can often feel divided, 107 00:42:41,599 --> 00:42:45,760 taking the time to proactively foster 108 00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:48,720 international goodwill and neighborly 109 00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:50,640 friendship was just good practice. Build 110 00:42:48,720 --> 00:42:53,040 the bridge before you need to cross it. 111 00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:54,960 Make the friend before you need them. 112 00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:56,720 What neither of us fully realized at the 113 00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:58,720 time was just how quickly that principle 114 00:42:56,720 --> 00:43:00,640 might be tested. On again, off-again 115 00:42:58,720 --> 00:43:03,119 trade talks and an increase in the tone 116 00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:05,119 of that concerning rhetoric continued. 117 00:43:03,119 --> 00:43:07,440 But on Wednesday, I received a phone 118 00:43:05,119 --> 00:43:10,319 call from Premier Ford encouraging this 119 00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:13,599 twinning. In a way that only our premier 120 00:43:10,319 --> 00:43:16,160 can he noted just how much in Ontario we 121 00:43:13,599 --> 00:43:18,480 love the American people with maybe one 122 00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:20,480 or two exceptions. 123 00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:22,480 But the premier was clear. He reminded 124 00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:24,880 me that while it is our duty to stand 125 00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:27,599 united as team Canada and stand firm as 126 00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:30,000 Canadians with Canadian interests, it is 127 00:43:27,599 --> 00:43:31,440 also our duty to reach across borders 128 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:34,480 with a friendly hand to build 129 00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:36,560 relationships and be good neighbors. You 130 00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:39,119 see, my friends, two things can be true 131 00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:41,200 at the very same time. We can stand 132 00:43:39,119 --> 00:43:43,599 shoulder-to-shoulder as proud Canadians 133 00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:45,920 defending our national interests. And at 134 00:43:43,599 --> 00:43:47,520 the exact same time, we can welcome our 135 00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:50,800 neighbors across the lake with open 136 00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:52,560 arms, kindness, and respect. Real 137 00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:54,160 leadership at the local level means 138 00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:56,480 building the bridges that will allow us 139 00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:59,200 to walk forward together when these 140 00:43:56,480 --> 00:44:01,440 challenges pass, and they will. Having 141 00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:03,200 an open line of communication, and a 142 00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:05,760 trusted peer across the lake will prove 143 00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:07,599 invaluable. Being able to pick up the 144 00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:09,440 phone, share perspectives, and know 145 00:44:07,599 --> 00:44:11,599 there is a community directly across the 146 00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:14,640 water rooted in the same values of 147 00:44:11,599 --> 00:44:16,880 stewardship, pride, and public service 148 00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:19,760 reminds us that we don't and can't 149 00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:21,680 operate in isolation. Looking ahead, 150 00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:23,359 this twinning charter is far more than a 151 00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:26,319 ceremonial piece of paper. It is a 152 00:44:23,359 --> 00:44:27,839 working commitment for our future. By 153 00:44:26,319 --> 00:44:29,599 signing this charter today, we are 154 00:44:27,839 --> 00:44:31,440 opening doors for future exchanges 155 00:44:29,599 --> 00:44:33,280 between our schools, our cultural 156 00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:35,280 groups, our local businesses, and our 157 00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:37,200 civic organizations. 158 00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:39,520 We are creating opportunities for our 159 00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:41,680 youth to learn about crossber history, 160 00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:43,200 for our institutions to collaborate on 161 00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:45,520 Great Lakes stewardship, and for our 162 00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:48,319 residents to celebrate what makes both 163 00:44:45,520 --> 00:44:50,000 of our Brightons unique. When we build 164 00:44:48,319 --> 00:44:52,160 rel strong strong relationships rooted 165 00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:54,160 in goodwill, mutual respect, and 166 00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:56,079 neighborly spirit, our communities 167 00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:57,920 become more resilient, more connected, 168 00:44:56,079 --> 00:44:59,920 and better prepared for whatever our 169 00:44:57,920 --> 00:45:01,920 future holds. 170 00:44:59,920 --> 00:45:04,800 As the great dearly departed Dolly 171 00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:07,280 Parton once said, we can't just hope for 172 00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:10,000 a brighter future. We have to work for a 173 00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:11,760 brighter future. Today, by signing this 174 00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:14,000 charter, we are putting that work 175 00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:16,640 together. So again, thank you to town 176 00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:18,240 supervisor Bill Mey and to you Barbara, 177 00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:20,000 the staff on both sides of the border 178 00:45:18,240 --> 00:45:22,000 who helped connect us, in particular 179 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:24,720 Deputy Clerk Burch for your hard work to 180 00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:27,040 make this charter and today happen, our 181 00:45:24,720 --> 00:45:28,960 council and the Brighton Town Board and 182 00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:31,280 everyone here today who believes in the 183 00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:33,119 power of community friendship. It is an 184 00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:35,119 honor to sign this charter with Bill and 185 00:45:33,119 --> 00:45:36,880 with our community support. And now it 186 00:45:35,119 --> 00:45:39,200 gives me great pleasure to introduce 187 00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:42,200 Brighton, New York Town Supervisor, Bill 188 00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:42,200 Mey. 189 00:45:58,480 --> 00:46:04,800 I 190 00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:08,720 I'm rarely lost for words, but the fact 191 00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:12,319 that Premier Ford has been a part of 192 00:46:08,720 --> 00:46:15,040 this ceremony brings home and should 193 00:46:12,319 --> 00:46:18,760 bring home to all of us on both sides of 194 00:46:15,040 --> 00:46:18,760 Lake Ontario. 195 00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:28,079 just how important this day is. I have, 196 00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:30,960 as I've been speaking about today, I've 197 00:46:28,079 --> 00:46:33,440 I've reminded people of the old bumper 198 00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:35,839 sticker, and I am old enough to remember 199 00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:38,480 the 60s, and I think I first saw this 200 00:46:35,839 --> 00:46:40,640 bumper sticker in the 60s. 201 00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:42,800 Think globally, 202 00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:46,160 act locally. 203 00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:48,720 We can't always change things in Ottawa. 204 00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:52,319 And trust me, I know I can't change 205 00:46:48,720 --> 00:46:55,359 things in Washington DC, 206 00:46:52,319 --> 00:46:57,680 but a couple of small towns on Lake 207 00:46:55,359 --> 00:47:01,280 Ontario, 208 00:46:57,680 --> 00:47:05,520 one in the United States, one in Canada, 209 00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:09,839 can by acting locally 210 00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:13,760 put into action the thoughts, the global 211 00:47:09,839 --> 00:47:17,839 thoughts, the global aspirations 212 00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:20,800 that we all have for our communities and 213 00:47:17,839 --> 00:47:23,440 for our nation 214 00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:27,760 to be able to to come together in this 215 00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:30,000 way. And I can't say enough in gratitude 216 00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:32,640 uh for Mayor Ostrander's original 217 00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:36,960 outreach when he told me he had reached 218 00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:39,599 out to all of the Brightons on our side 219 00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:42,079 of the border. That that 220 00:47:39,599 --> 00:47:43,920 rang home because I have lived along the 221 00:47:42,079 --> 00:47:47,599 border my entire life. I grew up in 222 00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:49,200 Detroit. hockey town. 223 00:47:47,599 --> 00:47:55,200 Um 224 00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:56,960 about 20 miles or 30 kilometers to our 225 00:47:55,200 --> 00:48:00,560 northwest 226 00:47:56,960 --> 00:48:04,079 was Brighton, Michigan. 227 00:48:00,560 --> 00:48:05,839 I've been to Brighton, Massachusetts. 228 00:48:04,079 --> 00:48:07,520 In fact, in New York, there are two 229 00:48:05,839 --> 00:48:09,200 Brightons. 230 00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:11,280 And believe me, if you think we get 231 00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:12,800 confused with Brighton, Ontario, you 232 00:48:11,280 --> 00:48:15,119 ought to see all the emails I get for 233 00:48:12,800 --> 00:48:17,599 the Aderondac Protection Commission and 234 00:48:15,119 --> 00:48:19,599 everything else. Franklin County, 235 00:48:17,599 --> 00:48:22,240 Brighton in the Aderandac somewhere 236 00:48:19,599 --> 00:48:24,160 north of Sarin Lake, um is a lovely 237 00:48:22,240 --> 00:48:29,359 little rural, beautiful, beautiful 238 00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:32,559 community. Uh but today what we have 239 00:48:29,359 --> 00:48:37,119 been able to do in this small way when 240 00:48:32,559 --> 00:48:40,960 we need it more than ever before 241 00:48:37,119 --> 00:48:45,599 ever since I received the mayor's letter 242 00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:47,680 what really struck me was the quote from 243 00:48:45,599 --> 00:48:49,920 President Kennedy 244 00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:52,800 speaking in Ottawa to the Canadian 245 00:48:49,920 --> 00:48:55,839 Parliament in 1961 246 00:48:52,800 --> 00:48:59,599 about friendship. ship 247 00:48:55,839 --> 00:49:03,280 and the how important it is that we be 248 00:48:59,599 --> 00:49:06,400 economic friends and allies and how 249 00:49:03,280 --> 00:49:08,800 important being an ally was in that 250 00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:12,079 world in the world of the cold war and 251 00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:15,599 the world that we have today. We can and 252 00:49:12,079 --> 00:49:20,319 we will be economic allies. Our nations 253 00:49:15,599 --> 00:49:22,400 can must and will be allies in this 254 00:49:20,319 --> 00:49:24,319 difficult world. 255 00:49:22,400 --> 00:49:28,079 But today, 256 00:49:24,319 --> 00:49:30,079 today, more than anything else at the 257 00:49:28,079 --> 00:49:32,960 local level, 258 00:49:30,079 --> 00:49:36,559 we can be friends. And we will be 259 00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:40,319 friends building on this relationship. I 260 00:49:36,559 --> 00:49:44,640 wish you could all see the social media 261 00:49:40,319 --> 00:49:47,040 from back in Brighton, New York. 262 00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:50,319 A lot of it triggered 263 00:49:47,040 --> 00:49:52,880 by a CBC radio interview that the mayor 264 00:49:50,319 --> 00:49:57,119 and I gave yesterday. 265 00:49:52,880 --> 00:50:00,000 which was heard by the mother of one of 266 00:49:57,119 --> 00:50:02,640 our TV news anchors who lives in 267 00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:07,119 Kingston. 268 00:50:02,640 --> 00:50:09,920 and he called me. We did even before we 269 00:50:07,119 --> 00:50:14,240 got the press release out, we we did an 270 00:50:09,920 --> 00:50:17,599 interview and the reaction was so strong 271 00:50:14,240 --> 00:50:19,599 and so positive about the fact that we 272 00:50:17,599 --> 00:50:21,440 were coming together and at the same 273 00:50:19,599 --> 00:50:26,000 time negative about this whole lake 274 00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:30,640 thing. Um, Lake Ontario, uh, Ontario 275 00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:33,359 Beach is where Rochesterians have gone 276 00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:35,280 for recreation, for fun for so many 277 00:50:33,359 --> 00:50:39,280 years. And that's not going to change. 278 00:50:35,280 --> 00:50:43,520 Ontario Beach, the legacy, the 279 00:50:39,280 --> 00:50:45,520 indigenous name that uh, generated 280 00:50:43,520 --> 00:50:49,599 Ontario. 281 00:50:45,520 --> 00:50:52,720 Um, but the reaction to it, the feeling 282 00:50:49,599 --> 00:50:55,440 of commonality was a beautiful thing to 283 00:50:52,720 --> 00:50:57,839 see. And what we're starting today, what 284 00:50:55,440 --> 00:51:01,200 what actually Mayor Ostrander started a 285 00:50:57,839 --> 00:51:03,440 little over a year ago will grow. We'll 286 00:51:01,200 --> 00:51:05,119 build our communities, maybe even 287 00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:07,440 another Brighton or two. Who knows? 288 00:51:05,119 --> 00:51:11,280 We'll get into the act. 289 00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:14,720 But whether it's the two of us, 290 00:51:11,280 --> 00:51:18,559 we will as communities and as nations 291 00:51:14,720 --> 00:51:22,160 continue to be allies, friends, and come 292 00:51:18,559 --> 00:51:26,079 together. And I look forward to the day 293 00:51:22,160 --> 00:51:29,599 and the opportunity for you to come 294 00:51:26,079 --> 00:51:32,000 visit us in Brighton, New York, because 295 00:51:29,599 --> 00:51:35,200 what we are starting today does not end 296 00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:37,599 today. It builds. It becomes greater. 297 00:51:35,200 --> 00:51:40,400 And I want to thank every single one of 298 00:51:37,599 --> 00:51:43,040 you for being here with us today. Mayor 299 00:51:40,400 --> 00:51:46,400 Ostrander especially. The gratitude I 300 00:51:43,040 --> 00:51:49,400 feel my my cup overflows. Thank you so 301 00:51:46,400 --> 00:51:49,400 much. 302 00:51:58,480 --> 00:52:02,079 Now, if I'm reading the agenda 303 00:51:59,760 --> 00:52:05,040 correctly, I calling on our history guy, 304 00:52:02,079 --> 00:52:07,040 Dan Buchanan, to give us a little uh 305 00:52:05,040 --> 00:52:10,880 tour around the history of of these two 306 00:52:07,040 --> 00:52:14,440 communities and maybe how we we uh or 307 00:52:10,880 --> 00:52:14,440 share some history. 308 00:52:19,839 --> 00:52:26,319 Well, welcome to our American friends. 309 00:52:22,960 --> 00:52:29,760 Welcome to Brighton. 310 00:52:26,319 --> 00:52:33,359 I kind of fancy myself a historian and I 311 00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:35,760 stay in my lane. So none of that other 312 00:52:33,359 --> 00:52:38,079 stuff. I'm going to just mention a few 313 00:52:35,760 --> 00:52:42,400 things about the connections 314 00:52:38,079 --> 00:52:44,800 historically between our two Brightons. 315 00:52:42,400 --> 00:52:46,720 Now the signing of the twinning charter 316 00:52:44,800 --> 00:52:49,599 between Brighton, New York and Brighton, 317 00:52:46,720 --> 00:52:51,680 Ontario is happening today um to a large 318 00:52:49,599 --> 00:52:54,079 for degree because of the commonality of 319 00:52:51,680 --> 00:52:56,800 the name. In fact, as I already 320 00:52:54,079 --> 00:52:59,119 mentioned, there are many Brightons in 321 00:52:56,800 --> 00:53:01,119 North America. 322 00:52:59,119 --> 00:53:02,960 And I kind of developed the idea that 323 00:53:01,119 --> 00:53:05,680 most of them are named after Brighton, 324 00:53:02,960 --> 00:53:08,160 England because for so long, Brighton 325 00:53:05,680 --> 00:53:11,599 England was known widely as a very 326 00:53:08,160 --> 00:53:14,800 popular um seaside resort where the 327 00:53:11,599 --> 00:53:17,920 royals showed up. 328 00:53:14,800 --> 00:53:20,559 And in the case of these two Brightons, 329 00:53:17,920 --> 00:53:24,240 it's very clear to say both were named 330 00:53:20,559 --> 00:53:26,800 after Brighton England. as mentioned by 331 00:53:24,240 --> 00:53:28,960 New York was named in 1814 by William 332 00:53:26,800 --> 00:53:30,480 Billinghurst who had lived in Brighton 333 00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:32,319 England. 334 00:53:30,480 --> 00:53:34,079 Brighton Ontario was named by Joseph 335 00:53:32,319 --> 00:53:36,319 Lockwood 336 00:53:34,079 --> 00:53:37,920 the first postmaster of the village of 337 00:53:36,319 --> 00:53:41,599 Brighton which had been created at a 338 00:53:37,920 --> 00:53:45,599 public meeting uh earlier in 1831. 339 00:53:41,599 --> 00:53:48,160 Now Joseph Lockwood was from Connecticut 340 00:53:45,599 --> 00:53:50,160 and the genealogy tells us that his 341 00:53:48,160 --> 00:53:53,520 ancestors several generations back were 342 00:53:50,160 --> 00:53:56,079 from Connecticut. Um, some would have 343 00:53:53,520 --> 00:53:58,960 been from Brighton earlier on, but I've 344 00:53:56,079 --> 00:54:02,240 yet to see that in the documents. 345 00:53:58,960 --> 00:54:06,079 But it does seem that he chose the name 346 00:54:02,240 --> 00:54:08,160 Brighton because of the high file of 347 00:54:06,079 --> 00:54:12,480 Brighton, England, 348 00:54:08,160 --> 00:54:14,079 and because of the aspirational nature 349 00:54:12,480 --> 00:54:16,079 of 350 00:54:14,079 --> 00:54:19,920 the thinking of people when we created 351 00:54:16,079 --> 00:54:22,319 this new village. because they knew we 352 00:54:19,920 --> 00:54:23,839 shared common geographical 353 00:54:22,319 --> 00:54:25,760 characteristics. 354 00:54:23,839 --> 00:54:28,160 Meaning it was a town that was on the 355 00:54:25,760 --> 00:54:30,240 edge of the water, Presciel Bay, Lake 356 00:54:28,160 --> 00:54:32,240 Ontario, 357 00:54:30,240 --> 00:54:35,599 and they were hoping it would get real 358 00:54:32,240 --> 00:54:37,920 powerful and popular. 359 00:54:35,599 --> 00:54:39,920 Now 360 00:54:37,920 --> 00:54:41,680 this is actually further supported by 361 00:54:39,920 --> 00:54:44,880 the next action that happened in the 362 00:54:41,680 --> 00:54:48,400 1840s when the old town of Newcastle 363 00:54:44,880 --> 00:54:50,559 that had been impressed was renamed 364 00:54:48,400 --> 00:54:53,599 Gasport 365 00:54:50,559 --> 00:54:55,119 because that matches the fact that in 366 00:54:53,599 --> 00:54:57,760 Newport 367 00:54:55,119 --> 00:55:00,240 community was Gossport. 368 00:54:57,760 --> 00:55:03,359 So you really can't blame people for 369 00:55:00,240 --> 00:55:04,880 having their aspirations. 370 00:55:03,359 --> 00:55:07,880 But there's also a geographical 371 00:55:04,880 --> 00:55:07,880 connection. 372 00:55:08,319 --> 00:55:11,920 You know, Rochester is the largest city 373 00:55:10,400 --> 00:55:15,280 in America, closest to Brighton, 374 00:55:11,920 --> 00:55:17,520 Ontario, and 375 00:55:15,280 --> 00:55:19,680 Brighton, New York is a suburb of 376 00:55:17,520 --> 00:55:22,559 Rochester. You just need to look at a 377 00:55:19,680 --> 00:55:24,880 map. Look at a map of Lake Ontario. 378 00:55:22,559 --> 00:55:28,079 Brighton, Ontario here. Directly south 379 00:55:24,880 --> 00:55:31,280 across the Americas, Rochester and 380 00:55:28,079 --> 00:55:34,880 Brighton, New York. Now, that may not 381 00:55:31,280 --> 00:55:37,440 seem important today, but back in the 382 00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:40,880 day of schooner traffic, 383 00:55:37,440 --> 00:55:45,359 water connections were really critical. 384 00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:47,920 It think they were close together. 385 00:55:45,359 --> 00:55:50,480 Or there's another connection 386 00:55:47,920 --> 00:55:52,799 between the two Brightons. And this 387 00:55:50,480 --> 00:55:55,839 connection 388 00:55:52,799 --> 00:56:00,000 actually a lot of small connections 389 00:55:55,839 --> 00:56:02,079 that can be called family connections. 390 00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:04,960 Over several decades, I've done a lot of 391 00:56:02,079 --> 00:56:06,559 genealogy research, family tree research 392 00:56:04,960 --> 00:56:09,359 for families that lived around in the 393 00:56:06,559 --> 00:56:11,599 Brighton, Ontario area, 394 00:56:09,359 --> 00:56:14,640 and time after time, I came up with a 395 00:56:11,599 --> 00:56:17,760 common element 396 00:56:14,640 --> 00:56:21,359 in that period of from like the 1880s on 397 00:56:17,760 --> 00:56:24,400 up into the early decades of the 1900s. 398 00:56:21,359 --> 00:56:29,119 Many young people in Brighton, Ontario, 399 00:56:24,400 --> 00:56:32,319 when they were of looking for 400 00:56:29,119 --> 00:56:35,319 jobs, they would head across the lake to 401 00:56:32,319 --> 00:56:35,319 Rochester 402 00:56:35,680 --> 00:56:39,839 because 403 00:56:37,520 --> 00:56:43,760 they knew that there were jobs there in 404 00:56:39,839 --> 00:56:46,079 the industrial base of Rochester. 405 00:56:43,760 --> 00:56:48,880 And seeing many examples of this with 406 00:56:46,079 --> 00:56:51,040 different families in Brighton, 407 00:56:48,880 --> 00:56:54,720 I began to understand the importance of 408 00:56:51,040 --> 00:56:56,880 these connections that that created. 409 00:56:54,720 --> 00:56:59,280 The families that still lived in 410 00:56:56,880 --> 00:57:02,319 Brighton, stayed here, younger 411 00:56:59,280 --> 00:57:05,480 generation that moved to Rochester in 412 00:57:02,319 --> 00:57:05,480 New York. 413 00:57:06,079 --> 00:57:10,400 And also, I'm not going to get into 414 00:57:07,520 --> 00:57:12,480 details, but 415 00:57:10,400 --> 00:57:14,240 I've seen documents for many young 416 00:57:12,480 --> 00:57:16,640 people that moved to Rochester from 417 00:57:14,240 --> 00:57:19,440 Brighton, Ontario, and within just a few 418 00:57:16,640 --> 00:57:22,480 years of immigrating 419 00:57:19,440 --> 00:57:25,920 in the census records, they have jobs 420 00:57:22,480 --> 00:57:28,920 that could be called, what is it? One is 421 00:57:25,920 --> 00:57:28,920 engineer 422 00:57:29,119 --> 00:57:32,920 or film handler. 423 00:57:33,359 --> 00:57:38,559 The industrial complex around Rochester 424 00:57:36,160 --> 00:57:42,640 developed largely because of the growth, 425 00:57:38,559 --> 00:57:44,799 the massive growth of the Kodak company 426 00:57:42,640 --> 00:57:48,720 and of course the popularity of those 427 00:57:44,799 --> 00:57:50,480 campers that everybody loved. 428 00:57:48,720 --> 00:57:54,720 There were thousands of jobs created 429 00:57:50,480 --> 00:57:56,400 there and people flocked 430 00:57:54,720 --> 00:57:59,520 to that location to take advantage of 431 00:57:56,400 --> 00:58:01,520 the prosperity. 432 00:57:59,520 --> 00:58:04,079 And so many of those people that came to 433 00:58:01,520 --> 00:58:06,480 Rochester for that reason came from 434 00:58:04,079 --> 00:58:08,799 Brighton, Ontario. 435 00:58:06,480 --> 00:58:11,680 And the younger generation 436 00:58:08,799 --> 00:58:15,760 came to the Rochester area, got their 437 00:58:11,680 --> 00:58:17,520 jobs, settled down, were prosperous, 438 00:58:15,760 --> 00:58:19,680 and eventually were able to afford a 439 00:58:17,520 --> 00:58:22,000 house in the suburbs. 440 00:58:19,680 --> 00:58:24,799 One of those suburbs being Brighton, New 441 00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:27,119 York. So, we're in the connections 442 00:58:24,799 --> 00:58:31,839 between our town. Someone that we have 443 00:58:27,119 --> 00:58:34,079 to look for, but it's lovely to have 444 00:58:31,839 --> 00:58:37,880 our folks from Brighton, New York here 445 00:58:34,079 --> 00:58:37,880 today. Thanks very much. 446 00:59:05,440 --> 00:59:09,880 I just wanted to make sure Parker had 447 01:00:47,359 --> 01:00:51,520 Well, as is our as is our want. Is there 448 01:00:49,839 --> 01:00:52,799 uh anyone present who has a question 449 01:00:51,520 --> 01:00:57,680 with anything that appeared on this 450 01:00:52,799 --> 01:00:58,960 afternoon's agenda? I didn't think so. 451 01:00:57,680 --> 01:01:00,640 I have a motion moved by councelor 452 01:00:58,960 --> 01:01:02,319 Rowley, seconded by Deputy Mayor 453 01:01:00,640 --> 01:01:04,079 Anderson that council gives a bylaw its 454 01:01:02,319 --> 01:01:05,599 first, second, and third reading and 455 01:01:04,079 --> 01:01:07,040 finally passes on this date being a 456 01:01:05,599 --> 01:01:08,400 bylaw to confirm the proceedings of the 457 01:01:07,040 --> 01:01:10,079 Corporation of the Municipality of 458 01:01:08,400 --> 01:01:12,880 Brighton council meeting held on August 459 01:01:10,079 --> 01:01:14,960 28th, 2026. Is there any discussion? 460 01:01:12,880 --> 01:01:18,839 Those in favor? There being none 461 01:01:14,960 --> 01:01:18,839 opposed? That motion's carried? 462 01:01:19,040 --> 01:01:21,680 And a motion moved by councelor Wen, 463 01:01:20,480 --> 01:01:23,920 seconded by councelor Wright that the 464 01:01:21,680 --> 01:01:27,440 August 28th, 2026 special council 465 01:01:23,920 --> 01:01:29,599 meeting adjourn at 2 p.m. Is there any 466 01:01:27,440 --> 01:01:32,400 discussion? All in favor? There being 467 01:01:29,599 --> 01:01:34,160 none opposed, that motion's carried. 468 01:01:32,400 --> 01:01:35,920 Thank you everyone. We are united, 469 01:01:34,160 --> 01:01:39,480 strong, and free. And may God save the 470 01:01:35,920 --> 01:01:39,480 king. Thank you.