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All right, welcome everybody.
That's that seems loud, echoey. Um,

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welcome everybody to this is a regular
meeting of the Malta Town Board. It's

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our agenda meeting where for the most
part we discuss items that we will

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likely act on next week. Um, well, we
don't have any presentations tonight. We

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so we'll start our meeting with a salute
to the flag. So stand if you are able

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and then we'll have a moment of silent
prayer.

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» I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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Thank you everybody.

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» Um, first item on our agenda is to
accept the town clerk's minutes from our

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83 meeting.
>> So move.

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» Second.
Any discussion?

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All in favor?
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» I. Any opposed?
>> Um, next we have comments from town

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residents.
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step right up.

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» Good evening everybody. My name is
Ashley Villa and I live at 510 Nelson

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Avenue Extension. Everybody probably
knows my husband by now. Um my husband

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and I have been coming before the board
and discussing the water problems in our

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neighborhood since May. Since then, this
issue has continued to grow, and we now

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have nearly 200 signatures from
residents asking the town to support a

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feasibility study to determine what it
would take to bring public water to our

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area.
I want to give you an update on what has

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happened at our own home because I think
our experience demonstrates why this

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study is so important. As we discussed
at the last meeting, we've spent

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approximately $13,000 drilling our third
well in hopes that it would finally

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solve our water problems. Unfortunately,
it did not. The well only produces a

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half a gallon to one gallon of water per
minute and the water coming out of it is

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gray because of the colloidal clay. We
brought our water in last time for

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everyone to see. We already have over
$10,000 invested in a whole house

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reverse osmosis system because of the
problems with our previous water from

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our previous two wells. We have now been
told that the colloidal clay in the new

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well will clog that system. So, we've
received another quote for more than

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$10,000 in additional treatment just to
make this third well usable. But even

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those numbers don't tell this entire
story. When we include the equipment

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that has been damaged or ruined by our
water, hot water tanks, repairs,

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maintenance, treatment systems, wells,
and everything else we have done trying

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to manage this problem over the last
nine years. Our family is approaching

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$100,000 in cost and we still don't have
reliable water. At some point, there

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simply isn't any amount of money that an
individual homeowner can keep throwing

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at this problem. We can drill another
well. We can install another filter. We

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can replace another piece of equipment.
We can add another treatment system. But

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none of those things address our
underlying problem. And I don't think

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that this should be viewed as an issue
of property values or whether there are

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high-end homes in our neighborhood that
can afford these ridiculous costs

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because like I said, there is no amount
of money that can fix this. It does not

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matter what someone's house is worth.
This is a quality of life issue. The

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stress that this has put on our family
in the last nine years, I cannot begin

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to explain to you as a mother with two
children, this is an ongoing thing that

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it's we need help. With that said, as my
husband stated in a previous meeting,

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our area supports some of the highest
taxed homes in Malta. We need your help.

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People should be able to turn on their
faucet and have clean, reliable water.

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They should be able to take a shower,
wash their clothes, cook dinner, give

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their children a glass of water without
worrying about whether they're well able

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to produce enough water or what's coming
out of the faucet. We're not asking the

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town tonight to commit to building a
public water system. We understand that

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there are still questions about cost and
infrastructure and engineering funding

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feasibility, but that's why we're asking
for the feasibility study. We'd like to

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get the facts. Let's determine why it's
poss what is possible, what it would

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cost, what funding may be available,
what options exist for the residents

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who've been dealing with these problems
year upon year upon year. And with the

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town getting closer to its budget
discussions, I think now is the time to

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ask, is funding for this feasibility
study being considered in the upcoming

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budget? If it is not, we would
respectfully ask the board, why? And

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what do you recommend that we can do
next? We've been coming here since May.

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Nearly 200 people have signed the
petition. We've documented the problems.

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We've spoken with our neighbors. We've
drilled another well. We've installed

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treatment systems. We spent tens of
thousands of dollars trying to solve

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this ourselves. And we're doing
everything we can on our end. We're

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asking the town to take the next
reasonable step with us to support a

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feasibility study and help us determine
whether there is a permanent solution

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for our neighborhood and our neighbors.
Thank you.

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» Thank you.
Um, as I reply to you, I have reached

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out to our water engineer and he's
working on some sort of at least report

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for us to use during our our budget
talks. So, hopefully I'll have something

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soon.
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because I'm going to tell you. So, very
soon. Um,

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anybody else? Yes, sir.

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» All right. My name is uh my name is John
Traber. I live on Raleigh Road, which is

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right around the corner from those guys.
Everything she said, I agree.

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Uh right down the street from me now. I
mean, every time someone drills a well

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or hydroofracks, my water turns gray.
I've been there for 42 years. It's run

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out completely. I can't tell you how
many times. Um now they're proposing to

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build four more houses down the street
from me. And I have nothing against

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construction or anything moving in that
direction. You buy a piece of property,

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you should be able to do what you want
with it. But if that those new wells are

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going to obviously take care or take
cause problems with mine because it does

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every single time anybody drills a well
around there. So I would respectfully

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ask that same thing, you know, you were
just talking about um is there money

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just for I mean you did it for
Multivville. At least you found out what

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could be done. I know you went a step
further with them. We're just looking to

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find out what could be done and which
direction to go into in in with. And um

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and like I said, I mean, those houses
are going to have four more wells, more,

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you know, the aquifer is just terrible
around here. Everyone knows that. So, uh

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just more stress on it. It's going to be
wor and and what are they going to do? I

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mean, every time someone buys a piece of
property around here, they can't drill a

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well or if it does, it affects your
neighbor. Um, again, [clears throat]

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I've lived there for 42 years. Uh, we
we've dealt with it, but uh, the more

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people you put in there, it's going to
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All right. Thank you.
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» Anyone else? Public comment.

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Hi, good evening. Karen Evanius, Malta
Ridge. Um, I was I had a question um

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regarding item number two on the
discussion items tonight, the Luther

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Forest Athletic Field Lighting Capital
Project. Um, the materials in tonight's

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packet show a $650,000
project amount, but the August 3rd LA

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Group estimate shows 1.22 22 million in
construction costs. Could the board

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please clarify what the total amount of
the capital project being established

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tonight is and what the funding source
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» Well, first of all, we're not
establishing it's simply discussion.

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We're not establishing any capital
project and I'll explain that when we

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get to that.
>> Perfect budget or that item.

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» All right. Cool. Thank you.
>> If I tell you now, it'll ruin all the

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fun later. Karen,
anybody else?

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Okay, we'll move on then to um comments
from town board and department heads. I

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have a few of course. Um first to remind
everybody that the town offices and the

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community center will be closed on
Monday, September 7th for um Labor Day.

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And our next town board meeting will be
Monday, September 14th because of Labor

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Day. So delayed a week. Um September
12th is the 37th annual Malta Community

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Day at Shannetah Creek Park. Starting a
little earlier this year. I believe

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we're starting at 10:00. It's scheduled
for 10 to 3. Um so

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pray for hope hopefully there'll be
great weather and it'll be a great time.

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It's always a lot of fun. Um
next up is we are going to have a series

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of budget meetings coming up. There's
the schedule. Um it'll start with um uh

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we'll have a budget presentation at our
Monday um September 28th

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2026 meeting. I'll present the tenative
budget to the board and once it's been

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once it's been filed with the clerk and
then we have a series of budget

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discussions. Most of them the first one
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basically the board will you know just
talk in general about what's in the

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budget and then we meet with
um department

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department heads um individually
during the next budget discussions you

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we have more detailed here for us um not
for profofits can come and meet with the

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board um on uh before our Monday October
5th meeting and then again We continue

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on after that. Um so then you know we'll
have a special meeting for a budget

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recap.
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» water on the 14th?
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up in here.
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» that's just our water department. So, um
so in any one of those all those

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meetings will be streamed. So you'll be
able to watch from the comfort of your

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home. They are most of them at 8:00 in
the morning. They start and they run

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for, you know, about 2 hours. So, but
they'll be streamed for you to be able

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to watch if you can't get here. And then
hopefully we will have arrived at a

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budget and we'll be able to adopt a
budget on uh November 5th in a timely

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fashion.
Um [clears throat] on 911 for the past

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couple of years, we have had a uh
remembrance ceremony here at our

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veterans park. Um we intend to do that
again now. short ceremony, not a lot of

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hoopla. Um, start at 8:30 and we usually
are finished by 9:00. So, encourage any

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of the public to come and if anybody out
there is interested in speaking at that,

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just reach out to me and and we'll get
you on the schedule. Um, last but

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certainly not least, I want to take a
minute to thank the Round Lake Host

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Company and the Malta Ridge Volunteer
Host Company, the Saratoga County Office

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of Emergency Services, and all of the
other agencies that were involved in in

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preventing a disaster from being even
worse with the fire that we'll be

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talking about later in our meeting. So,
thank you to all the volunteers out

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there that that um, you know, that
helped out to keep to keep everybody

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safe that night.
Um, any other board members have any

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thing to bring up at this time?
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» All right, we'll move on to our
discussion items then. The first time

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here, I put it first because I thought
somebody from the water authority was

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going to be here, but he is ill. Um,
there is a project on Route 67 that is

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it's kind of hard to see what that is.
It's been it's a fully approved project.

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It's been approved for probably almost
two years now. Um it is um on the south

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side of Route 67.
It is three 11 unit apartment buildings.

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Um the very last thing, it's been
approved for everything. The very last

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thing is um we have to approve a
waterline extension for Clifton Park

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Water Authority. The water for the
project will be serviced by by uh

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Clifton Park Water Authority. So that's
the last item we have. It'll be um an

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action item next year. It has been
approved already by the Clifton Park

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Water Authority. Once we approved it,
then the town of Clifton Park will have

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to approve the waterline extension also.
So, any questions?

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» You said uh next year. Did you mean next
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» Uh next meeting.
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» Yes. On the 14th.
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» Any other comments, questions for any
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Cynthia, I'd just comment that certainly
we can consider it at the next meeting,

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but to extend the water, they're going
to have to, you know, file a petition to

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to do so. Um, it's the the legal
description of our area for a water

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supply district is defined. So the
applicant's going to have to take steps

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to provide that which
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» or the water authority, you know, that's
the water authority more than likely is

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going to pass the buck on to them.
They've started that process through

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Clifton Park, but but but the owner of
the property needs to

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» get additional information for the
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» it may or may not be ready for action.
>> Okay. [clears throat] All right. Well,

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you and I talk about what's what we need
tomorrow and I'll relay that to either

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planning or the water authority.
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» I have a follow-up question for Steve um
or I guess Mr. Gotman.

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» Uh do you know how long those would you
know that process typically takes for

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the the water authority or the applicant
to uh to get all of that in order?

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» Well, normally if the applicant is the
only owner of the property, it's just

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completing the the paperwork and filing
it because it doesn't need consent of

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any other parties. So it's, you know,
preparation of legal documents that

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based upon, you know, um, submitting
things like the engineering and

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everything to Clifton Park, I think is
already done. They just have to do a

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parallel process here for us in in
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» Okay. Thank you.
>> Anybody else? Any questions?

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» How long
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» I have no idea.
>> Is it the dashed line on the plans?

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I I don't I I have no idea. I mean,
we'll find more, but when we have the I

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suppose the
>> But again, that'll all be paid for not

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by the town of Malta. It'll be paid for
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» at no cost to the town of Malta.
>> So, everybody's clear, this is nothing

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to do with Malta's water authority. This
is Clifton Park Water and they have a

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defined area for a water supply district
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And if we're going to amend that, the
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they need to submit this paperwork. But
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from and two is Clifton Park Water
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» right?

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» Um, anything else? So, the next item um
is to establish I'm hoping the next week

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we will establish a camper project for
the Luc athletic field lighting.

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Originally,
I we submitted a for a um grant, a state

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and municipal grant from um the state of
New York for [clears throat] $250,000.

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We've been awarded that. I
underestimated the cost of the paving

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more than anything else. When the
estimate came back from the LA group

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regarding it, regarding the project, the
the paving alone was $600,000.

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um mostly because the cost of asphalt
has has exponentially increased over the

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past year. So um I have submitted a um
modification to do only the lighting of

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the field. So on the what you were
looking at on the form the 1.2 we've

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asked to eliminate the $600,000.
So the total cost of the project instead

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is $620,000.

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the we'll get the $250,000 from from the
state from the state municipal grant

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sillies grant from Carrie Warner's
office and then we the rest of the

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project will be paid for from our park
reserves. We have park reserves of

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$790,000.
Um that and those are monies that can

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only be used to make improvements to our
park facilities. Can't be used for

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anything else. they can't be used to pay
anybody or to buy anything. It's to make

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capital improvements in our parks.
They're monies that we collect from

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developers for mitigation funds and
they're sitting there waiting to to be

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spent. Um, I've discussed this with our
with our facilities manager and with our

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parks and wreck director and
[clears throat] we

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are comfortable that we can expend this
money and not hurt ourselves with other

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upgrades that we need to make in the
future like playgrounds. Um, so, um,

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that's what the proposal is going to be
is to establish a capital project in the

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amount of $620,000
to put lights on the athlet on the

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soccer field at the Luther Force
Athletic Fields.

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Did we ever get an
accounting of the

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percentage of Malta
residents

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from
>> I mean just the just the one that we got

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a while ago. I I don't I mean I mean
because it's a park

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it's not only for the use of Malta
residents. It it's for the use of

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anybody, right? But multi- taxpayers are
going to be upkeeping that in the future

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also.
>> Correct.

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» And they'll have a contingu
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to maintain it.
>> Correct. But

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» that's my concern that
>> when I take my grandkids up to Gavin

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Park to use the um splash pad up there
and the park facilities in Gavin Park,

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the town of Wilton is maintaining that
park. So it's, you know, it's a give and

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take everywhere. So, you know, we we can
go to parks.

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» When I get calls, I got to answer them.
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» um any other questions on that? I mean,
it does open it up to being I mean, one

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of the examples is and one of the
reasons I support this is got fall

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soccer going on. It's dark
[clears throat] by 6:30, 7:00 and they

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have to end their programs
>> and it would allow a lot more kids to be

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able to participate in in the programs.
I mean, this year they said they turned

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they turned kids away and
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» think he
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» program out there also. Yeah, agreed.
>> They're going to have

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lights. They could have a skating
program out there for a

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» town of Malta could have a have an open
skate for an hour. You pay five bucks,

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bring your skates, you know, a little
money for the town. Might go to your

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maintenance cost. But that's that's the
idea here. I mean, I see this purely as

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a public improvement. It's a public
park. It's open to anybody, not just

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town residents, but anybody out here.
And I think if we have this money and a

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park improvement fund, having, you know,
one park within our community that is

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capable of nighttime activity, I think
is a resource, a resource and a benefit.

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» I'm not disputing that.
>> I'm just saying to get more you use out

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of the dollars that we're putting
forward.

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» Yep. Agreed. We could we can
>> at a

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very small cost.
>> Yeah.

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» Mhm. [snorts] Any
other remarks from any of my fellow

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board members? So, that will be an item
next week. We also will have um a

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stipulation of settlement for 15 Locust
Road. Our assessor has agreed to settle

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a a case uh regarding that. So, we'll
have that next week.

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Um
the next one also is related to

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assessment. The Boston Spa School
District historically has assumed uh 50%

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of the cost of fighting any uh legal
challenges that we have based on because

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of assessments within the Boston Spa
School District. We have three this

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year. And so the next item is actually
an agreement between the Boston Spa

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Central School District and the town of
Malta for them to pay 50% of the legal

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fees for these three.
um these three challenges. So, it's

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really quite a benefit for us. They've
been very generous with that.

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» And I'm sure everybody got their school
taxes in the mail.

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» Yeah. Just today.
>> Today, I'm sure you're all smiling.

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» Could be worse.
>> As I did as I tore the top of it off.

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» Yeah.
>> Any other comments on that?

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Um, another item that we'll have next
week is um, we have a contract with the

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um, company that we bought the audio
video equipment from to help us maintain

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it that they they have on-site service,
on-site training for us. So, it's

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contract that we generally have renewed
every year. So, hopefully the board will

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agree to renew it again this year. The
total contract amount is $6,400.

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Everybody any comments there?
All right, the next one is a little bit

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complicated here to explain, but we have
a graphic for you. Um, if you can see

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it. So, in you, as as you may know, we
recently updated all of our zoning um

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our zoning code and we uh sort of
discovered after the fact that there was

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something that was omitted in our
opinion erroneously. Um so, the area

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that is involved is in our formbbased
code. It's the district called the GC3.

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If you look on the furthest map to the
left, um, it is where that that's that

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sort of lavender color for lack of a
better one. So, there's an arrow there.

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There's also some up towards the top if
you can scroll up a little bit there,

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Clark Forest. So, it flanks the north
and south borders of of our of the of

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the formbbased code of the downtown.
Um what we what happened was so the

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first
um the the middle graphic is what was in

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the revised 2021 formbbased code. Those
are uses. So that's the use table. The G

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GC3 where that's highlighted there for
you. If you scroll down a little bit,

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you'll see that in the in the GC3 in the
2021, a convenience store with no gas

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was an allowed use. So there's a little
dot there says it's allowed. If you go

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to the next graphic,

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it is eliminated. So where there's no
dot there in that line,

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I it was not the intention of the board
to eliminate that. We never discussed

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it. We never discussed changing any uses
in the GC3

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um other than adding. We talked about
adding uses. We never talked about

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taking any uses away. So, it's been
recommended by our planning staff that

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we go through the process of amending
that the the zoning already to add

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convenience store as an allowed use in
the GC3.

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That make sense to everybody?
Any discussion from anybody? The

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process, of course, it's a process. It's
um we will have to have a public

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hearing. It'll have to be referred to
the county planning. They'll have to

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make a determination
and then we'll have to adopt the local

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law to to add that use to the to the
form based code zoning.

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questions, comments.
Jeez, I thought that'd be harder than

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that.
Um,

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we've also talked about this at a couple
meetings. The next item, um, our highway

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superintendent is recommending that we
update that update our water ordinance

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and specifications to include a couple
of items. The first one is um that he

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would like to have a meter pit installed
for any service connection 2 in and

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under where the distance between the
curb stop and the structure exceeds 100

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ft. Mostly that's because if if there's
a leak in between there, we might never

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know it. So the meter pit would give us
some,

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you know, we'd be able to isolate leaks
on the longer service lines.

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Um,
he would like to see a shut off valve be

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installed on both the inlet and outlet
sides of a meter of a water meter to

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allow the water and plumbing system to
be isolated for maintenance and

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replacement.
Um, if the third one is if you have an

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existing well and you then hook up to
the water system

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um that don't there will be no physical
cross connection. So you can't right now

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you can have some some I don't know
backflow

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metering and or system but he thinks
that's inadvisable because we would

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never know if that system fails. So he
wants absolutely no no cross connections

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between the well system and the potable
water supply and the last is to require

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pressure reducing valve requirement. I
believe this is only for Maltville,

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correct? The the the pressure reducing
because the water is coming in at a very

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high pressure from the Saratoga County
Water Authority and we have pressure

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reducing
valve in the in the whole system. But if

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that one pressure reducer fails, then
the pressure to the water going into the

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homes of the residents that are using
the water would would cause damage. So

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those are four things that he found in
our standards. he thinks and our water

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engineer agrees that those are something
we should uh change. Again, it requires

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you know a process that public hearing
it's updating a local law so it you know

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it'll require the process. [cough]
>> Yeah. I mean, some of those may be

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avoided if they're not required to
change what's in the local law because

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we have a separate
>> standards

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» standards that we adopted. So, I'll have
to verify,

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» okay,
>> which ones are changes to the local law

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and which one were just adopted by
resolution of the board

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» for the standards.
>> Yeah. Then that would not require as

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much
>> and they may all be

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» Yeah. you know, so
any questions on that?

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Sean's here. Well, you but with this is
a discussion with the board. So, and

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you'll be able to ask that question at
the end of the meeting to save it. So,

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um
>> so I I have a quick question.

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» So, with these uh these meter pits,
valves, you know, etc., etc., who is on

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the hook for uh paying for these
installations? and would they be

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retroactively applied to already
existing uh customers?

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» Um we haven't really quite settled on
that. We did talk about the pressure

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reducing valve being part of the uh the
charge that we have for installation.

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» Um our water superintendent would like
his his people to install them

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» at at no cost to the user be part of the
installation charge. So yeah, the meter

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pit would be the responsibility of the
of the of the user. Um the existing

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walls doesn't, you know, it's just a
thing. So

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» yeah, and the only reason I bring this
up is I deal with specifications all the

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time for the DOT and I mean we have all
sorts of documents on how to write these

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things and this that and the other and I
don't know

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» if it's spelled out somewhere else in
the water codes. It's just these kind of

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clarifications might be needed or maybe
they're not. I'm not sure. But

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» it it will be at this at this point.
It's just a summary of the changes he

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wants to make. The the final legislation
will have more.

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» All right. Thank you very much. And
thank you for going through this as well

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and looking at this and coming up with
suggestions. We do appreciate that.

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» Anything else from the board? Um next
item is the um state has adopted a new

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exemption. Um it's a proposed disabled
veteran exemption. Um this is a 100%

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it's a it's an exemption for 100%
disabled veterans. Um it is veterans

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that are permanently and totally
disabled. Um and they're wartime vets

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only. So you know peace time cold war
wouldn't apply. Wartime vets. Saratoga

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County is set to adopt.
We're having a public hearing in two

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weeks and I expect that Saratoga County
will adopt this. Just a reminder to

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everybody, we have no town tax. It does
not exempt them from special districts,

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which is fire and um EMS and library.
So, they wouldn't be exempt from that.

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And since we have no town tax, it
doesn't really affect our our budgetary

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doesn't affect us budgetarily at all. um
it would be county tax and presumably

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the school district if the school
district also um adopts it. It's it's

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very you know in the packet there were
several things including you know a an

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explanation from this that we got from
Saratoga County and a very impassioned

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letter from the um director of the um
our veterans affairs for Saratoga

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County.
I I personally support it. But I think

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anything we can do especially for
disabled vets is is important. So

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[clears throat]
any discussion on that?

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» What's going to happen to the the
veterans that aren't 100%?

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Is it going to be a percentage?
>> No, it this is an exemption only for

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that. But it does not affect um the
veterans exemptions that they currently

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have. So there we there are veterans
exemptions in place now

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» that that they they still are available
for vets. Okay.

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» This is just for
>> Thank you.

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» Yeah. This is
>> permanently.

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» Yeah. This is in addition to
>> in addition to Exactly.

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» So, doesn't affect any other exemptions.
Um here's another little interesting

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diddy. They got the bid results from the
much talked about ramp on the court. As

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everybody probably knows, we've been
trying to update our court building to

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make sure it's ADA compliant. Um, we got
we only received one bid for replacing

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that ramp. We had appropriated
about $40,000 for all the ADA compliance

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things. We have about $36,000 left. The
bid amount was $148,000.

412
00:39:28,079 --> 00:39:34,320
So, considerably more than we
anticipated.

413
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:42,400
Um,
I we only got the one bid. It's the the

414
00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:47,040
proposal is to remove the concrete ramp
that is there now

415
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:51,119
and build, you know, replace all the
concrete sidewalks, build some steps up

416
00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:55,920
where the ramp is now, that side, and
then build the ramp

417
00:39:53,280 --> 00:40:02,240
so that it would enter the porch on that
end on the south side of the building to

418
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:08,160
make sure that there's enough um
length to make the gradient what it

419
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:12,880
needs to be. Um there's a couple of
other things. So we have $36,000 left

420
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:17,040
that that we appropriated in this budget
that we can use. Um the court is

421
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:21,040
applying for what's called a JCAP grant
which every year we you know we we

422
00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:25,680
usually apply for that. They are
applying this year for a the JCAP is up

423
00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:31,760
to $30,000.
This year they're applying to replace

424
00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:34,720
the magnetron or whatever the metal
detector thing.

425
00:40:33,359 --> 00:40:40,160
um they anticipate that'll cost
somewhere between5 and $6,000. So if she

426
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:46,240
applies for the $30,000, we could have
conceivably $24,000.

427
00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:51,520
It still would be requiring a $90,000
outlay that's unappropriated, but um you

428
00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:58,079
know that money would come from fund
balance if if this board decides to move

429
00:40:54,079 --> 00:41:03,920
forward with that with that project.
So,

430
00:41:00,720 --> 00:41:08,880
comments, questions?
>> I'm assuming that's all cement

431
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:13,280
flooring.
>> Yep. It'll all be it'll all be concrete.

432
00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:14,640
Yes. Which I think that's probably part
of what makes the

433
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:18,800
» the cost
>> the cost is,

434
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:21,040
» you know, concrete.
>> So,

435
00:41:19,359 --> 00:41:22,960
» yeah. And this is a compliance issue.
So,

436
00:41:21,599 --> 00:41:27,839
» it it would be compliant.
>> Exactly.

437
00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:31,920
So, if the board chooses to move forward
with this, it we'll just accept the bid

438
00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:36,880
and
our controller will advise us to move

439
00:41:34,079 --> 00:41:40,560
some money around. It's a lot of money,
but like I said, it's something that's

440
00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:45,359
been talked about for quite some time.
So,

441
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:49,920
let's say
to I guess reiterate Don's point, it is

442
00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:54,000
a it's a compliance issue. This issue
has been brought up for for not just our

443
00:41:52,079 --> 00:41:58,960
tenure on the board, but this has been a
long-standing issue over multiple u you

444
00:41:57,040 --> 00:42:01,440
know I guess sessions here or terms on
the board.

445
00:41:59,920 --> 00:42:05,520
» Why don't we try and do what we can to
fix it? Concrete's a good material. It

446
00:42:04,079 --> 00:42:08,720
lasts for a while, especially if it's
installed correctly.

447
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:16,079
» We might get, you know, hopefully
decades worth of use out of it.

448
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:22,240
I I would like to add uh we have talked
in the past about possibly relocating

449
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:26,000
the courts, but I assume that building
would be repurposed if we did that and

450
00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:31,839
this
>> uh addition would still be required.

451
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:33,839
Yes. And so it's not wasted, so to
speak. Thank you.

452
00:42:32,720 --> 00:42:38,079
» Correct.
>> Exactly. It's it's just it's investing

453
00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:43,640
in the town's infrastructure. It's
helping just make us more resilient

454
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:43,640
moving forward. Any

455
00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:52,079
other comments? And we'll have that as
an action item next. Uh on September

456
00:42:48,240 --> 00:42:56,880
14th, our town historian is requested to
um attend the 2026 Association of Public

457
00:42:55,040 --> 00:43:04,000
Historians New York State Conference in
Udica on the 28th to the 30th. So, we'll

458
00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:09,359
have a resolution to to approve that
unless somebody objects to him going to

459
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:13,760
a conference in Udica. Um
>> my only comment is please go out there,

460
00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:17,240
learn a lot, bring it back, continue
doing good things.

461
00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:25,680
» Um we the the um historic preservation
review commission has had well

462
00:43:24,079 --> 00:43:30,560
somebody's been acting as the secretary,
but she doesn't want to do it anymore.

463
00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:36,640
So one of the newer members on the HPRC
um Kathy Cobri um they have selected to

464
00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:41,280
be their secretary and she's agreed. So,
we'll have a resolution to appoint uh

465
00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:46,580
Kathy Cobri as the secretary to the
HBRC.

466
00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:50,400
And the last um discussion item is
[clears throat] the New York State

467
00:43:47,839 --> 00:43:55,920
Association of Towns is having the very
first ever legislative conference. It's

468
00:43:52,960 --> 00:44:00,400
in Albany, so it doesn't require travel.
Um I plan to attend the conference.

469
00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:04,400
There is um and you know, if anybody
else wants to go, you know, I'll share

470
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:10,815
that information. We have an
opportunity. So at this conference, the

471
00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:17,280
New York um Association of Towns will
[clears throat] meet and discuss um

472
00:44:15,119 --> 00:44:25,040
you know legislative priorities that
they want to recommend that they move

473
00:44:19,839 --> 00:44:31,359
forward. And I would like that the um I
would like this board to uh designate me

474
00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:37,200
as a as a voting member of that
legislative committee so that we have

475
00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:40,640
some say in what sort of programs we
want to put forth and advocate for for

476
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:44,960
the to the New York State Legislature
and the governor.

477
00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:50,119
Anybody have any objection? Doesn't cost
anything for me to be a delegate. So,

478
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:56,079
um, if there's no other comment, if if
anybody else wants to attend the

479
00:44:54,640 --> 00:45:06,040
conference for whatever reason, just let
Julia know. It's in Albany from,

480
00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:06,040
um, what's the date? I don't know.

481
00:45:06,319 --> 00:45:15,760
It's September 22nd and 23rd at the
Albany Hilton.

482
00:45:13,119 --> 00:45:21,599
I won't be staying down there. So,
Anything else?

483
00:45:19,359 --> 00:45:26,960
Uh, we have a few action items. Uh, the
first I will um invite our senior code

484
00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:31,200
enforcement officer, Greg Berg, to
present a report regarding the condition

485
00:45:29,040 --> 00:45:37,480
of the property subsequent to the fire
at five West Drive. West Drive. Yeah.

486
00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:37,480
Drive.

487
00:45:38,319 --> 00:45:42,520
» That's okay. Take your time, Greg.

488
00:45:55,040 --> 00:46:06,599
Good evening board. On the 23rd of this
month, Five West Drive experienced a

489
00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:06,599
devastating fire. There's nothing left.

490
00:46:07,359 --> 00:46:16,319
I'm asking on under the provisions of
chapter 60 that the board consider an

491
00:46:14,079 --> 00:46:21,440
act of condemnation for the particular
property as well as what's standing

492
00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:24,440
which is approximately 50% of the
garage.

493
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:35,040
Hopefully you all have some photographs
of what we've seen, walked around,

494
00:46:32,240 --> 00:46:38,040
smelled, but you can't smell that from a
photograph.

495
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:47,680
Under 60-2,
under lawful unlawful conditions, there

496
00:46:44,240 --> 00:46:51,599
is likewise a number of unregistered
vehicles. As of today, only three. There

497
00:46:49,839 --> 00:46:59,119
were four.
There's also defunct lawnmowers,

498
00:46:55,440 --> 00:47:04,400
various garden debris, there's unmodeed
weeds and grasses,

499
00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:07,960
and it just is in an unkempt condition
at this point.

500
00:47:10,240 --> 00:47:17,920
I ask that you consider taking a look at
those photographs. It doesn't do it

501
00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:22,400
justice. If you've been there yourself,
I think you can understand the scope of

502
00:47:19,920 --> 00:47:26,000
the devastation that occurred there. And
please keep in mind that it is a

503
00:47:24,240 --> 00:47:32,240
neighborhood and there are neighbors in
close proximity to it.

504
00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:36,960
So I ask under 60-4
procedures

505
00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:43,920
that you find that this property is
worthy of condemnation and that we set

506
00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:48,640
forth a public meeting date.
Thank you.

507
00:47:45,680 --> 00:47:52,880
So I believe the process is and what so
everybody got a new resolution

508
00:47:51,359 --> 00:48:00,319
replacement for the resolution that had
your packets that the town attorney made

509
00:47:56,160 --> 00:48:05,920
a few updates to it. Um maybe
so basically the action tonight would be

510
00:48:02,480 --> 00:48:12,160
to um schedule a hearing because the the
the property owner is is um entitled to

511
00:48:09,520 --> 00:48:19,440
a hearing before this board
>> um before it's um for the condemnation

512
00:48:15,599 --> 00:48:23,839
process. Um I guess I want to ask you
what first of all has the property been

513
00:48:22,319 --> 00:48:29,119
secured at all at this point?
>> There is caution tape around it. Uh it

514
00:48:26,720 --> 00:48:34,640
was advised that that's as far as the
town should go at this point. If we were

515
00:48:31,839 --> 00:48:40,880
to fence it in number one, it would be a
pretty decent expenditure on the town's

516
00:48:36,720 --> 00:48:46,880
part, but it also uh exhibits ownership.
We are in control of that property. I

517
00:48:44,240 --> 00:48:52,720
don't think you want that. I think that
is definitely within the realm of the

518
00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:57,680
responsibility of the owner and also the
insurance company in order to do that.

519
00:48:55,040 --> 00:49:03,200
So I would highly caution against that.
It was likewise posted as do not occupy

520
00:49:00,559 --> 00:49:08,240
and as of today there the order of rem
to remedy [snorts] was likewise posted

521
00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:11,440
on the property as well as a letter sent
per law. So notifications

522
00:49:10,808 --> 00:49:17,440
[clears throat]
out there and everything. So hopefully

523
00:49:14,960 --> 00:49:22,720
you know we will get some movement in
that regard. I have been in touch with

524
00:49:19,839 --> 00:49:27,119
the insurance company their
representative there. They sent out an

525
00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:31,440
investigator. Highly doubt that that
individual is going to find a blessed

526
00:49:28,720 --> 00:49:35,280
thing because county was all over that
and they didn't find anything either. It

527
00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:41,520
was inconclusive.
So, origin of fire non-existent.

528
00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:45,839
So hopefully in the next few days I'll
get further correspondence and we'll go

529
00:49:44,559 --> 00:49:48,160
on from there.
>> But I will pass that along.

530
00:49:47,040 --> 00:49:50,720
» It would be good if the insurance
company would f put a temporary fence

531
00:49:50,079 --> 00:49:54,640
around it.
>> It would be it would be awesome all the

532
00:49:52,480 --> 00:49:59,760
way around. It really would. Um
>> cuz it's definitely hazardous.

533
00:49:57,040 --> 00:50:04,400
» Yeah. And um quite honestly, it would be
a very refreshing experience for me

534
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:08,640
after 15 years of doing this. That
probably will be the first time I've

535
00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:13,599
ever seen it anybody move that quickly.
So, uh I may have a few tricks up my

536
00:50:11,760 --> 00:50:17,359
sleeve in order to move things along a
little bit faster, but [snorts]

537
00:50:15,520 --> 00:50:21,920
we'll we'll cross that bridge when we
get to it.

538
00:50:18,720 --> 00:50:27,680
» Greg, I have a question. We've gone to
this once before recently.

539
00:50:26,079 --> 00:50:34,000
Um, rally
>> and yeah, and as I

540
00:50:30,880 --> 00:50:40,079
recall, the insurance company or the
homeowner did not respond to it.

541
00:50:38,240 --> 00:50:49,280
Correct.
Do you see the same issue here

542
00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:54,480
long-term or do you think the insurance
company will

543
00:50:52,160 --> 00:50:58,640
respond as needed?
>> I think the insurance company will be a

544
00:50:56,640 --> 00:51:03,040
little bit more responsive. The
difficulty in the Raleigh Road case was

545
00:51:01,280 --> 00:51:07,599
that
the fire investigation team came in.

546
00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:13,839
They had um they had their dogs with
them. The dogs alerted on two specific

547
00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:17,359
areas within the home which were cut out
and then later analyzed and found to

548
00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:20,960
have accelerants.
>> Oh, that's right.

549
00:51:18,240 --> 00:51:26,960
» Th this case here, there's nothing
that's going to cause that. So, there

550
00:51:24,319 --> 00:51:33,280
was a prolonged investigation
and uh there the investigation led to an

551
00:51:30,480 --> 00:51:38,400
individual that had a relationship with
the owner at one point and so on so

552
00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:39,280
forth. Children probably road one.
>> Mhm.

553
00:51:38,800 --> 00:51:43,839
» Right.
>> So, and also [clears throat] the owner

554
00:51:41,520 --> 00:51:48,240
in this case likewise kind of got in the
way a little bit too, but

555
00:51:45,680 --> 00:51:53,359
» later on after drawing her into court,
>> we were able to resolve that. I don't

556
00:51:50,240 --> 00:51:55,359
foresee this being the same situation.
>> That would be good. Thank you.

557
00:51:54,400 --> 00:52:00,079
» It would be very good.
>> I have a question to were there any

558
00:51:57,920 --> 00:52:04,960
summons issued in this or case or
anything? I mean, it looked like it

559
00:52:01,520 --> 00:52:09,680
needed some attention from somebody.
I wish I could tell you why it wasn't.

560
00:52:07,599 --> 00:52:15,680
Uh, from everything that I've heard
after the fact, it probably should have.

561
00:52:13,040 --> 00:52:21,119
Um, but then again, we don't have any
written complaints or anything else

562
00:52:18,079 --> 00:52:26,001
having to lead back to it. So,
consequently, it would be conjecture on

563
00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:29,920
my part.
[snorts]

564
00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:36,400
» Well, I would just like to say I did
drive by there today. It was not at all

565
00:52:33,040 --> 00:52:41,920
what I expected. I expected a damaged
building. That That's horrific. No

566
00:52:39,599 --> 00:52:46,240
neighbors should be subjected to that
any longer. And whatever we can do as

567
00:52:44,079 --> 00:52:52,319
quickly as possible, I'm in favor of.
It's just obviously not only an eyesore,

568
00:52:50,079 --> 00:52:56,640
but unhealthy and unsafe. Yes.
>> And it needs to be fixed soon.

569
00:52:54,821 --> 00:53:02,480
[clears throat] Thank you for being on
top of things and helping us do that.

570
00:53:00,720 --> 00:53:07,680
Well, the first step is, like I say, we
have to have a hearing. Um, there has to

571
00:53:04,559 --> 00:53:12,880
be at least some sort of reasonable
time between scheduling the hearing and

572
00:53:10,720 --> 00:53:18,319
notifying the the the owner of the
property that we're going to have the

573
00:53:14,640 --> 00:53:25,440
hearing so that he can respond. I, you
know, that's sort of a matter of of of

574
00:53:23,280 --> 00:53:30,880
opinion. I, you know, even our town
attorney doesn't really have a real

575
00:53:28,640 --> 00:53:36,960
» Well, Yeah, [clears throat] I mean it
just for the board and the public, you

576
00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:41,760
know, obviously Greg's here because
there's a condition in his view and he's

577
00:53:39,359 --> 00:53:45,359
given the report both here today and in
writing to the board about the

578
00:53:43,599 --> 00:53:49,920
seriousness and the danger that this
property poses to the public and nearby

579
00:53:48,319 --> 00:53:55,760
residents and the condition of the
property. Uh, and as a board, you have

580
00:53:52,480 --> 00:54:00,480
an obligation to um to protect the
community. Um, you also have to comply

581
00:53:58,400 --> 00:54:08,480
with the due process rights of the
homeowner. So, the notice requirement um

582
00:54:05,040 --> 00:54:12,240
is necessary. Your job tonight would be
the resolution before you and the

583
00:54:10,079 --> 00:54:15,680
changes I made were minor just to
clarify that it's not just the structure

584
00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:23,040
itself, it's the condition of the
property. Um but your job would be to

585
00:54:18,240 --> 00:54:28,160
accept his findings that um that um this
needs immediate attention and then to

586
00:54:25,520 --> 00:54:32,559
set that hearing and give the homeowner
or their representative the opportunity

587
00:54:30,559 --> 00:54:37,680
to be heard before the board before you
make a final determination. So the

588
00:54:35,440 --> 00:54:42,640
notice piece, you know, is reasonable
notice under our code. we have to send

589
00:54:39,839 --> 00:54:51,760
it by certified mail, return receipt
requested um or by um the regular CPL R

590
00:54:47,920 --> 00:54:55,119
which could be personal service um you
know and we have to notice the mortgage

591
00:54:53,280 --> 00:54:59,040
holder, the insurance company and the
individual owner and then we have to

592
00:54:56,800 --> 00:55:06,319
give them a reasonable time to be able
to prepare and attend a hearing. So, um,

593
00:55:03,040 --> 00:55:12,400
you know, uh, typically that's 20, well,
30 days would probably be a time, but we

594
00:55:08,960 --> 00:55:18,400
also have a dangerous condition. So, you
know, the shorter you go, you know, we

595
00:55:14,960 --> 00:55:22,800
start to border on potentially concerns
of due process. The longer we go, we

596
00:55:20,720 --> 00:55:28,800
obviously have a greater threat to the
community. So, um, you know, I think a

597
00:55:26,559 --> 00:55:33,760
reasonable notice in this time, you
know, the fire just recently occurred.

598
00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:40,319
Uh, Greg and our staff have been on top
of it. Um, you know, we had to we needed

599
00:55:37,359 --> 00:55:44,720
to be mindful of the, uh, investigation,
uh, the fire investigation, not to do

600
00:55:42,800 --> 00:55:49,040
anything prior to that being complete to
interfere with that. Same kind of goes

601
00:55:46,800 --> 00:55:53,680
with the insurance company. So, I guess
the short of it, there's a process as

602
00:55:50,799 --> 00:55:58,960
far as a hearing date goes. Um, I know
we have a board meeting September 14th.

603
00:55:56,720 --> 00:56:04,720
That's kind of quick notice because by
the time we

604
00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:10,960
um get them served um multiple parties
and then um um have them sufficient

605
00:56:08,319 --> 00:56:15,520
time, you know, we can extend it if they
object if they appear and say, "Hey, we

606
00:56:14,079 --> 00:56:21,359
need more time to prepare for this
hearing." Um that's a possibility or to

607
00:56:18,880 --> 00:56:25,760
give a little bit more notice. I think
um Greg's opinion on that is uh very

608
00:56:24,319 --> 00:56:32,960
valuable and the condition of the
property is a great threat. Um you know

609
00:56:29,040 --> 00:56:39,760
the order before you um and and u
requires that they secure the property

610
00:56:35,200 --> 00:56:44,079
that they um um remove the existing
structure to the extent it's still there

611
00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:49,040
and that they remove all debris from the
property. And that's the notice of the

612
00:56:46,240 --> 00:56:52,880
hearing that we're going to send. Um
once we have that hearing, if you do

613
00:56:50,799 --> 00:56:58,000
find it and um they've had an
opportunity to be heard, if you find it

614
00:56:54,240 --> 00:57:03,680
to be in violation of our code um or New
York State fire code or property

615
00:57:00,319 --> 00:57:08,079
maintenance code, um then we have to
give them a reasonable time to to cure

616
00:57:05,599 --> 00:57:13,200
it. So, you know, it's going to be an
extended period of time before the site

617
00:57:10,079 --> 00:57:17,920
is cleaned up. And that's what as a
board you need to be aware of is that as

618
00:57:15,440 --> 00:57:24,160
fast as we want to move, there's some
legal restraints on what we can do.

619
00:57:21,200 --> 00:57:29,040
However, um one of the things in here is
that we're not taking control of the

620
00:57:26,880 --> 00:57:34,720
site or ownership of the site. We're
directing the homeowner and um

621
00:57:31,680 --> 00:57:42,079
responsible parties to do that. And if
they fail to do that, the town may

622
00:57:38,640 --> 00:57:45,839
expend money and then pursue it um
through um you know filing a lean

623
00:57:44,079 --> 00:57:50,559
against the property and collection and
enforcement. That's what our code allows

624
00:57:48,559 --> 00:57:55,200
for. You know, we're certainly hopeful
that there's insurance that then they've

625
00:57:52,960 --> 00:58:00,480
been engaged with Greg that that doesn't
become necessary and that the factors

626
00:57:58,240 --> 00:58:04,480
that complicated Rowley Road don't
appear to be present in this case. So,

627
00:58:02,880 --> 00:58:12,720
as far as when we should have that
hearing, um I I think um we need to give

628
00:58:08,559 --> 00:58:18,960
that notice. Um and you know, it would
the earliest I could think of would be

629
00:58:14,640 --> 00:58:24,480
that the 14th. Um anytime after that is,
um you know, balancing towards the due

630
00:58:21,920 --> 00:58:28,799
process concerns. Um you know, because
if we can't So, the house is gone. Um I

631
00:58:27,760 --> 00:58:33,280
don't know where he's going to get his
mail. So, if he doesn't get that notice,

632
00:58:31,040 --> 00:58:35,920
he didn't, you know, then what are we
going to do? There's no no structure to

633
00:58:34,960 --> 00:58:39,760
post it on.
>> His mailbox is uh on the ground and I

634
00:58:38,480 --> 00:58:44,720
used his post,
>> right? But I mean, under the

635
00:58:41,839 --> 00:58:49,119
circumstances, you know, is uh you know,
it we have reasons to suspect that it

636
00:58:47,839 --> 00:58:53,280
might be difficult for him to get
notice. I'm going to advise that the

637
00:58:51,280 --> 00:58:57,520
town clerk also published this that even
though it's not a public hearing that we

638
00:58:55,200 --> 00:59:01,440
we advertise it and put post notice of
it on our website and otherwise and even

639
00:59:00,000 --> 00:59:06,240
in the paper. So,
>> do we have contact information? Do we

640
00:59:03,440 --> 00:59:11,119
have a phone number for him?
>> That was one of the problems initially

641
00:59:08,960 --> 00:59:18,000
within that fire. They weren't able to
raise him. Uh, somebody has his somebody

642
00:59:15,839 --> 00:59:22,799
does have his telephone number now that
he's back down from like I believe it

643
00:59:20,720 --> 00:59:27,200
was Sarinac Lake or something.
>> Oh, the investigators have it.

644
00:59:25,680 --> 00:59:29,760
» We do have the phone number.
>> Okay.

645
00:59:27,599 --> 00:59:34,319
» Okay, good. We got a phone number, but
again, verbal notice isn't going to be

646
00:59:31,920 --> 00:59:37,440
sufficient, you know. So, I'm just I'm
not

647
00:59:35,119 --> 00:59:41,839
» I'm just pointing out the issues as a
board that we have to face. So, we have

648
00:59:39,359 --> 00:59:46,240
to give reasonable notice. we have to
have this hearing where they have the

649
00:59:43,839 --> 00:59:49,839
opportunity to present their side um and
an opportunity to be heard on it. I

650
00:59:47,920 --> 00:59:54,240
don't you know what they're going to
present on that is probably yeah we're

651
00:59:52,000 --> 00:59:58,079
going to do it. We need time and
>> um and then the matters of [snorts] you

652
00:59:56,240 --> 01:00:01,599
know securing it and what needs to be
done first or things that the board can

653
01:00:00,480 --> 01:00:04,559
impose at the hearing.
>> I mean I would like to propose then that

654
01:00:02,960 --> 01:00:09,359
we schedule that hearing for for
September 14th at 5:30 before our

655
01:00:06,720 --> 01:00:12,640
regular meeting. will make every effort
to make sure that he gets the not that

656
01:00:11,200 --> 01:00:16,400
everybody gets the notification that
they need within a day or two.

657
01:00:15,680 --> 01:00:23,520
» Okay.
>> Um and if you know if they know the

658
01:00:20,640 --> 01:00:27,680
insurance company or the homeowner
requests additional time then we can we

659
01:00:26,079 --> 01:00:32,559
can consider that then we can adjourn
the hearing until

660
01:00:29,839 --> 01:00:36,079
until such time. So
>> that sounds reasonable to me.

661
01:00:34,160 --> 01:00:40,559
» Is that reasonable to you? Just for my
own education, when you see houses

662
01:00:37,920 --> 01:00:44,400
burning down almost every week and
within 24 hours the lots are cleared.

663
01:00:42,480 --> 01:00:48,000
How does that happen?
>> You I mean that I I mean I'm not aware

664
01:00:47,599 --> 01:00:51,839
of
>> I don't know how it happens that fast

665
01:00:49,839 --> 01:00:56,880
» that quickly. I mean the fires the
recent ones I've seen have taken some

666
01:00:53,440 --> 01:01:01,680
time. Um, you know, there was a family
structure just outside of Malta, but in

667
01:00:59,440 --> 01:01:05,680
Boston that's now been rebuilt. But
>> it was a long time before that was

668
01:01:03,440 --> 01:01:09,839
» the insurance companies and, you know,
the mortgage companies and,

669
01:01:08,079 --> 01:01:13,520
» you know, there's [clears throat] a lot
that has to get worked out before that

670
01:01:11,839 --> 01:01:18,640
happens. And that's the difficulty for
the towns because

671
01:01:15,520 --> 01:01:23,040
» they're, you know, as Mr. Berg has
pointed out, not only are they unsafe,

672
01:01:20,559 --> 01:01:28,000
it it's close to to a neighboring
parcel. Um they're they're attractive

673
01:01:25,760 --> 01:01:34,079
nuisances, there's, you know, vermin
that moves in. There's people that might

674
01:01:30,720 --> 01:01:41,760
move in. Um there's a lot that can occur
in an a dangerous site. Um so, you know,

675
01:01:38,799 --> 01:01:47,200
that's why we're moving quickly to
hopefully tonight accept Mr. Berg's

676
01:01:44,640 --> 01:01:51,599
findings and set this hearing and and
proceed. But I don't know if that means

677
01:01:49,520 --> 01:01:55,240
the process of cleaning it up is going
to be a quick process.

678
01:01:55,760 --> 01:02:02,880
» But we need to be sure we do what we
need to do just to, you know, protect

679
01:01:59,520 --> 01:02:06,799
our interests also. So So
does that sound like a plan for

680
01:02:04,640 --> 01:02:10,799
everybody that this resolution will be
read that the town of Malta will hold a

681
01:02:08,559 --> 01:02:17,200
hearing pursuant to 60-4 the town code
on the 14th day of September at 5:30 and

682
01:02:14,319 --> 01:02:20,960
then if we have to postpone it. But it,
you know, we hopefully we'll reach out

683
01:02:18,799 --> 01:02:25,280
to the owner and we'll get a response.
We'll mail we'll give you a notice that

684
01:02:23,440 --> 01:02:29,760
you'll um we're going to send it
certified mail as required by our code,

685
01:02:27,680 --> 01:02:33,280
but we're also going to attempt to
personally serve even though he's not at

686
01:02:31,520 --> 01:02:38,160
the property. He could be encouraged to
come in and pick it up so he has it. If

687
01:02:35,359 --> 01:02:43,200
he doesn't, we'll post it, put it at the
mailbox to the best we can and comply.

688
01:02:41,119 --> 01:02:48,000
um we have insurance information so
we'll contact them and you know I'll

689
01:02:45,760 --> 01:02:52,000
have to get what I can from the county
on the mortgage make sure there's no

690
01:02:49,680 --> 01:02:57,760
other owners and you know so there is
some diligence we have to do uh and then

691
01:02:55,359 --> 01:03:01,000
we'll have that hearing and and we'll go
from there

692
01:03:02,559 --> 01:03:08,079
» so
I'll entertain a motion

693
01:03:06,640 --> 01:03:10,480
» so move
>> second

694
01:03:09,200 --> 01:03:14,640
» wait
You've got to have a resolution.

695
01:03:13,119 --> 01:03:17,839
» There is a resolution and it's been
presided. You you all have that here

696
01:03:17,359 --> 01:03:21,119
tonight,
>> right?

697
01:03:18,559 --> 01:03:26,400
» But what we need there is just to
clarify in the resolution. You said it,

698
01:03:23,440 --> 01:03:31,760
but um the 14th, it's the regular board
meeting at 6 p.m. That information is

699
01:03:28,960 --> 01:03:38,079
not completed in your resolution. So, um
if I could get a motion to a uh first to

700
01:03:35,839 --> 01:03:41,520
and then to amend it and then to proceed
with that. First, we'll have a motion to

701
01:03:39,599 --> 01:03:45,440
amend the resolution to include the
language that the town of Malta will

702
01:03:43,440 --> 01:03:50,000
hold a hearing pursuant to 60 days for
the town cold on the 14th day of

703
01:03:47,440 --> 01:03:53,200
September at 5:30
p.m.

704
01:03:51,520 --> 01:03:56,880
» So moved.
>> Second.

705
01:03:55,039 --> 01:03:59,359
» Any discussion?
All in favor?

706
01:03:58,160 --> 01:04:02,400
» I
>> I'll entertain a motion on the amended

707
01:04:01,359 --> 01:04:05,039
resolution.
>> So move.

708
01:04:03,680 --> 01:04:08,400
» Second
>> discussion.

709
01:04:06,799 --> 01:04:13,039
All in favor? I
>> I any opposed?

710
01:04:11,039 --> 01:04:16,640
» All right. And then we'll get to working
tomorrow to figure out how to get the

711
01:04:14,799 --> 01:04:21,039
notification out.
>> Okay. Thanks, Greg.

712
01:04:17,839 --> 01:04:30,160
» You're welcome. All right. Thank you.
>> Um last two are pretty routine. Um our

713
01:04:24,960 --> 01:04:34,000
um we our our um facilities manager has
um found someone he wants to hire to

714
01:04:31,760 --> 01:04:38,160
fill a vacancy.
Can't

715
01:04:35,599 --> 01:04:41,680
I never know what to call you. Sorry.
Uh, we had a we had an employee leave

716
01:04:40,079 --> 01:04:47,520
and he's found somebody that he wants to
replace her with. Um, so I'll entertain

717
01:04:44,799 --> 01:04:50,240
a motion to accept the full-time
building maintenance custodian

718
01:04:49,039 --> 01:04:52,160
appointment.
>> So move.

719
01:04:51,440 --> 01:04:55,760
» Second.
>> Any discussion? All in favor?

720
01:04:54,960 --> 01:05:00,400
» I.
>> Any opposed? And next, our clerk has

721
01:04:58,319 --> 01:05:06,960
requested that we increase her petty
cash fund from $50 to $100.

722
01:05:05,440 --> 01:05:09,680
» So moved. moved.
>> Okay. Second.

723
01:05:08,240 --> 01:05:12,640
» A second.
>> Any discussion?

724
01:05:11,599 --> 01:05:18,400
All in favor?
>> I

725
01:05:13,039 --> 01:05:22,799
» I Any opposed? Um I am going to uh first
we have additional comments.

726
01:05:21,039 --> 01:05:25,839
Yes, sir.
>> Uh yeah, on your number seven.

727
01:05:24,480 --> 01:05:28,839
» Yeah, you need to come to the
>> Okay.

728
01:05:30,160 --> 01:05:35,920
» Nice discussion. Item number seven,
amendments to the water specifications.

729
01:05:34,240 --> 01:05:39,280
You mentioned something about a if they
hooked up they had a well and hooked up

730
01:05:37,359 --> 01:05:44,559
to the water. What is all that about?
>> It's that we don't want if you if you

731
01:05:42,000 --> 01:05:46,799
have an existing well and you hook up to
the public water system

732
01:05:45,440 --> 01:05:51,440
» and what public water system we talking
>> we don't want any cross contamination.

733
01:05:49,760 --> 01:05:54,400
The two systems need to be
>> okay. What public water system are we

734
01:05:53,520 --> 01:05:57,760
speaking of right now?
>> Right. You can keep your well but it

735
01:05:56,079 --> 01:06:00,079
can't be in any way connected to the
public water.

736
01:05:58,559 --> 01:06:02,960
» My question is where is this public
water at?

737
01:06:00,720 --> 01:06:06,079
» It's our our our water system. And we
have public water.

738
01:06:04,160 --> 01:06:08,240
» We don't have public water. We need
public water. We don't have it. Where

739
01:06:07,760 --> 01:06:10,559
are you talking about?
>> We have a water district.

740
01:06:09,119 --> 01:06:13,280
» Yeah. But where is
>> Well, we have Malta water district

741
01:06:12,000 --> 01:06:17,839
number one, which was the former
Saratoga water services that the town of

742
01:06:15,119 --> 01:06:22,319
Malta bought a couple of years ago. And
then we also have our Maltaville water

743
01:06:20,480 --> 01:06:26,240
district. The Malta water district
number one is largely developments

744
01:06:24,480 --> 01:06:29,359
started in Luther Forest. It's all of
the newer housing development.

745
01:06:27,760 --> 01:06:32,400
» But the Maltaville that came
>> Maltville was a separate one. Yes. And

746
01:06:31,119 --> 01:06:37,520
you bought Luther's
>> We bought water services, correct?

747
01:06:35,119 --> 01:06:42,559
» Okay. So, what made that more I mean,
obviously studies on this, right,

748
01:06:40,079 --> 01:06:47,280
» to see why they needed water
>> and everybody else had a well in in some

749
01:06:45,599 --> 01:06:53,039
cases. In most cases, that's not true.
There's very few places in Malta Water

750
01:06:49,599 --> 01:06:57,440
District, number one, that that the
existing customer has a well. Most of

751
01:06:55,440 --> 01:07:01,200
them were built,
the homes were built and put on the

752
01:06:59,200 --> 01:07:07,200
public water and never had a well. But
in so an example is my own house. Our

753
01:07:03,920 --> 01:07:09,839
house did not have water, but when High
Point was built, they ran the water

754
01:07:08,640 --> 01:07:15,280
through our neighborhood.
>> And so then I had water previously, my

755
01:07:12,880 --> 01:07:20,400
water was a well, and I had the
opportunity then to hook up to municipal

756
01:07:17,039 --> 01:07:25,119
water and I did. So then we
>> So the water that came to Maltville

757
01:07:22,880 --> 01:07:29,599
wasn't to existing houses. What are all
which already had wells?

758
01:07:27,920 --> 01:07:33,119
» Yes, that that that is true.
>> They had wells. They all had. I guess my

759
01:07:31,359 --> 01:07:37,680
question is so so you did a feasibility
study for that area

760
01:07:35,440 --> 01:07:39,440
» at one point. Is that right? Is that
>> did what's called a map plan report.

761
01:07:39,200 --> 01:07:42,640
Yeah.
>> Did a what

762
01:07:40,640 --> 01:07:46,319
» past administrations
handled that

763
01:07:44,240 --> 01:07:48,559
» but you're if I can understand your
sorry Greg for a vote.

764
01:07:48,160 --> 01:07:54,920
» Yeah.
>> Once it failed tried a second time and

765
01:07:51,680 --> 01:07:54,920
it passed.

766
01:07:55,440 --> 01:08:02,720
You know my question is different.
>> It's different because it's very small.

767
01:07:59,200 --> 01:08:06,400
It's 37 homes. It's not You're proposing
all of Malta Ridge.

768
01:08:05,359 --> 01:08:09,359
» Was 100,
>> huh?

769
01:08:06,960 --> 01:08:13,119
» Only 37 homes were
>> in the district.

770
01:08:10,480 --> 01:08:18,880
» It was planned for 100.
>> There's only 37 homes in the Malta water

771
01:08:15,440 --> 01:08:22,400
district. 37 parcels. There's only 37
parcels in the Malta water district.

772
01:08:20,159 --> 01:08:27,839
Number one, again, prior administration,
a whole different kind of scenario. So,

773
01:08:26,080 --> 01:08:30,880
» but the point is it was possible to do
it once. We'll just ask.

774
01:08:29,359 --> 01:08:34,400
» You know what? I think it might be might
be better served if if you have further

775
01:08:33,120 --> 01:08:38,400
questions about that. If we make an
appointment and you come in and we'll

776
01:08:36,159 --> 01:08:43,040
get the maps out and I can I can show
you exactly what Maltville looks like

777
01:08:41,120 --> 01:08:45,120
and and what the challenges are for you.
So,

778
01:08:43,440 --> 01:08:49,440
» I just because when you said people have
wells and you know, if you had a well,

779
01:08:47,040 --> 01:08:52,000
you couldn't or you had couldn't cross.
We don't want to cross

780
01:08:50,239 --> 01:08:53,440
» the streams or whatever you're saying.
Okay.

781
01:08:52,480 --> 01:09:02,239
» That issue.
>> We don't we don't want, you know,

782
01:08:56,719 --> 01:09:05,440
the some the wellwater to mix with our,
you know, our our if it's hard piped, it

783
01:09:04,880 --> 01:09:07,679
wouldn't
>> not knowing what kind of contaminants

784
01:09:06,799 --> 01:09:10,319
may be in it and
>> Okay.

785
01:09:08,080 --> 01:09:14,480
» Yeah. Yeah. The provision here is so
where the water where the water pump is

786
01:09:12,480 --> 01:09:17,759
for our actual for the town's, you know,
municipal water system. It draws water

787
01:09:16,560 --> 01:09:21,759
from somewhere. We don't want the we
don't want potential backfill. So that's

788
01:09:19,359 --> 01:09:26,400
just that's safety for the water system.
And your other question though is if if

789
01:09:23,920 --> 01:09:30,000
a feasibility study or whatever it was
that led to that if it could be done

790
01:09:27,920 --> 01:09:32,239
there, could it be done uh up on your
neighborhood? Correct.

791
01:09:30,960 --> 01:09:35,839
» What I'm asking you that's what I
thought.

792
01:09:33,359 --> 01:09:45,520
» So the answer you'll have to tell me
>> issues in that

793
01:09:39,359 --> 01:09:49,199
in that Malta bill district is they had
to blast for exit. Um,

794
01:09:48,640 --> 01:09:57,679
» wow.
>> 11 up there that five

795
01:09:53,839 --> 01:10:02,560
up there when global foundaries came in
and due to some of that blasting it hurt

796
01:10:01,280 --> 01:10:04,400
their
>> wells up.

797
01:10:03,120 --> 01:10:09,440
» I mean, allegedly
>> they were compromised

798
01:10:06,800 --> 01:10:12,800
» from everything that I've heard [snorts]
and I was part of that group to test

799
01:10:12,080 --> 01:10:15,520
that. So,
>> but again, like I say, we might be

800
01:10:14,320 --> 01:10:18,480
better served if you want to come in and
sit down and really

801
01:10:16,880 --> 01:10:22,480
» Yeah. Well, no, he knows exactly what my
question is. Um, so yeah. All right.

802
01:10:20,560 --> 01:10:24,880
Well, I guess we'll see in the future.
>> Yeah.

803
01:10:23,120 --> 01:10:30,800
» Thank you.
>> Also, is um the bidding closed on that

804
01:10:28,320 --> 01:10:33,120
compliant uh ramp?
>> Oh, yeah, it is. Okay.

805
01:10:31,840 --> 01:10:36,960
» Bids were due on
>> a lot of money for concrete for 45

806
01:10:35,040 --> 01:10:40,719
years. That seems like a lot of money.
>> It's I haven't seen it though, so I

807
01:10:39,440 --> 01:10:44,880
don't even know. But the bids are
closed. It seems high and I will say

808
01:10:42,800 --> 01:10:48,159
though material costs are also high and
so we shall see.

809
01:10:46,000 --> 01:10:49,520
» Yeah. Okay. Good luck with
>> Thank you.

810
01:10:48,800 --> 01:10:54,159
» Thank you.
>> Anybody else?

811
01:10:52,719 --> 01:10:57,440
» Yeah. Well, well, you and your neighbors
both. It's okay.

812
01:10:55,520 --> 01:11:01,600
» I actually said it very well. Now, I
just wanted to say uh Stefan Peltier

813
01:10:59,520 --> 01:11:05,840
Maltto, the uh one of the things that I
did since many of you were not there

814
01:11:03,440 --> 01:11:09,679
when the multi program was was set is if
you play on the internet a little bit,

815
01:11:07,199 --> 01:11:14,880
you can find a lot of information. So I
did use AI and I made kind of a

816
01:11:11,760 --> 01:11:19,920
preliminary um study if you will
comparing our situation versus the

817
01:11:16,880 --> 01:11:24,400
Maltville situation source of funding
access and things of that nature. It's

818
01:11:22,080 --> 01:11:27,920
by no means it's more directional than
anything but if any of you would be

819
01:11:25,840 --> 01:11:31,520
interested in seeing a copy of it it's
you know it's about 10 pages long and uh

820
01:11:30,400 --> 01:11:34,400
» you have it electronically.
>> I have it electronically as a PDF.

821
01:11:33,199 --> 01:11:37,679
» If you send it to me I'll forward it to
the rest of the public. It's got

822
01:11:35,600 --> 01:11:41,520
interesting information and what the
reason why I decided to step up is that

823
01:11:39,520 --> 01:11:46,560
one of the components of it considering
the fire on Raleigh Road was one of the

824
01:11:44,320 --> 01:11:49,760
um extra benefits of having uh city
water is the protection against fire as

825
01:11:48,320 --> 01:11:53,840
well. And since there's a lot of large
properties on that street, it's also

826
01:11:51,760 --> 01:11:58,480
another added benefits on top of of
course the essential uh drinking water.

827
01:11:55,920 --> 01:12:00,000
So uh so yeah, I'll make sure send it to
me and I'll forward it to everybody

828
01:11:59,360 --> 01:12:05,600
else. Thank you.
>> Thank you.

829
01:12:01,760 --> 01:12:09,840
» Anything else out there? Anybody?
Talk about bad pennies. No, just

830
01:12:07,840 --> 01:12:15,120
kidding.
I I I I'm happy people come.

831
01:12:14,000 --> 01:12:19,520
I'm happy you're involved and
interested.

832
01:12:18,080 --> 01:12:26,640
Well, you know, I didn't come a lot
before, but since April. [laughter]

833
01:12:23,440 --> 01:12:30,719
Um Karen Evanius again, Malta Ridge. Um
going back to the Luther's Forest

834
01:12:28,000 --> 01:12:36,400
Athletic Field Lighting Project. Um as
you said, I appreciate you going over

835
01:12:32,320 --> 01:12:41,679
it. Thank you. Um the $250,000 grant has
been awarded. Um it's $620,000.

836
01:12:39,360 --> 01:12:48,159
Remaining money is 370 coming from the
town park reserve. Um which you said has

837
01:12:45,040 --> 01:12:53,040
a approximate of 790,000.
Um, given the town's other capital

838
01:12:50,480 --> 01:12:57,440
needs, the fact that Bolston Spa School
District is also currently investing in

839
01:12:54,960 --> 01:13:00,640
athletic fields and field lighting, has
the town evaluated whether there is an

840
01:12:59,280 --> 01:13:05,280
opportunity to coordinate with the
school district or use existing

841
01:13:02,400 --> 01:13:10,159
facilities before committing $370,000
of park reserve funds to this project?

842
01:13:08,400 --> 01:13:16,080
And can the board explain how this
project was prioritized over other

843
01:13:12,400 --> 01:13:19,120
current capital needs in the town?
Thank you.

844
01:13:21,440 --> 01:13:26,800
question.
>> Yeah, I you know, we haven't talked to

845
01:13:24,719 --> 01:13:31,600
the school district. This is a request,
you know, and it was an improvement that

846
01:13:29,120 --> 01:13:36,159
actually was discussed by
>> probably two boards ago. um you know was

847
01:13:34,560 --> 01:13:42,239
originally the project was originally
proposed back in 2021 I believe

848
01:13:39,679 --> 01:13:47,920
» when we installed the softball lights
>> for the [snorts] soft well and it

849
01:13:44,400 --> 01:13:51,840
included the you know if you recall one
council member voted no on that because

850
01:13:49,760 --> 01:13:57,440
he wanted the whole facility to be
lighted so so it's something that's been

851
01:13:54,640 --> 01:14:03,040
contemplated for quite some time. Any
other comments from the public? Um, I'm

852
01:14:00,800 --> 01:14:06,719
going to ask that we go into an
executive session.

853
01:14:04,320 --> 01:14:08,320
» It's just attorney client meeting. It's
not

854
01:14:06,960 --> 01:14:12,480
» Oh, yeah. That's right. Sorry. And
that's what I actually have on here. Um,

855
01:14:10,400 --> 01:14:19,120
that we'll go into an occurren attorney
client meeting to discuss

856
01:14:15,600 --> 01:14:23,520
a possible pending uh litigation.
And I will assure the public that no

857
01:14:21,840 --> 01:14:28,480
other business will be conducted tonight
by this board. So, you don't have to all

858
01:14:26,800 --> 01:14:31,440
wait and see if we come back and do
anything. So,

859
01:14:31,760 --> 01:14:36,960
It's not a motion to adjurnn. It's just
motion to go into executive session.

860
01:14:36,400 --> 01:14:39,920
» Ajourn.
>> Journ. Yeah.

861
01:14:38,080 --> 01:14:43,760
» Our attorney client is outside of the
board.

862
01:14:40,239 --> 01:14:46,760
» All right. Motion to adjurnn.
>> Second.

863
01:14:47,280 --> 01:14:52,159
» Two minutes. Still getting engaged.
>> I need I need his contact. Jets one.