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board workshop. But
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um thank you all for coming. Uh we got
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two agenda items tonight for this. Up
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first,
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Michael. Uh let you take it away. Sounds
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good. Uh good evening, guys. Um I'm
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Michael. Um the other intern Alana
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couldn't be here with us tonight
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unfortunately. So I'll be presenting on
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both of our behalfs. Um and just we
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wanted to start out with like a little
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bit of about us. So I'm going to RPI in
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the fall which is um for architecture.
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And um biggest reason why I was
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interested in this program specifically
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was because of um the built and envir um
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the built environment and the municipal management contain skills that
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are pretty relevant to architecture. I
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feel like and I know the town works with
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architects and people in that kind of a
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general space. So I think seeing it from
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all sides and not just specifically
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architecture was a really important
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thing for me to uh glean some um
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information on and I really definitely
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did that in um this internship. Um and I
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feel like the uh built environment and
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the complexities of working with it on a
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m municipal level um are extremely
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important to um any major um in like
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sustainability or um community
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development. And on Alana, she's going
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to um Miami University uh to study uh
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geography and environmental science and
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she has a um minor in GIS. And she was
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really drawn to the internship because
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of the uh GI
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because she wants to um uh gain
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experience in the public sector and um
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work in the uh the field which is really
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exciting for both of us. Um and then
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just like a brief overview of what this
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summer we over 250 out inspections uh
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which uh included filling out reports
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and documentation for each specific out.
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Um we performed some swimp inspe site
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inspections. We did sewer storm lateral
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inspections, downspout inspections, and
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then we did a site and conditions
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assessment of um properties on like the
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waterfront sandbar area of Lake Road and
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then created a um executive summary
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report of our findings there. And then
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we also worked a little bit on some CSC
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climate smart community uh research. Um
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and then we um performed some research
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into the residential um park districts
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and license agreements um and created
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someformational materials for them for
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the uh residents. Um and then Alana also
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worked on a mobile uh vendor permit and
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conservation board fly.
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Um just to start off uh for our alfall
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inspection project. This kind of spanned
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the entire summer. And um for those of
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you who don't know, the outfalls are um
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points where um from the storm drains
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from the streets in the neighborhoods
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drain into uh streams that then connect
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to uh places like the Bay or Lake
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Ontario. Um and what we're looking for
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during these inspections is like basics
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um uh conditions assessment like cracks
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or rusting or anything that's could go
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wrong with the flow of water through
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them. and we took pictures of each uh
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one that we did and looked at as builts
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for the easements of where the town uh
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where we could get to access to them
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through people's uh yards and and stuff
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like that. Um we uh utilize GIS and
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survey 123 for our inspections. And as
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you can see like from this map, it's a
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little confusing. It's kind of um a lot
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going on. So we tried to neaten it up a
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little
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and
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an example of like a neighbor
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kind of the same after
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kind of just like narrowed uh where the
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outfalls are, made it more specific for
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uh town function.
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Um we were uh swiping which are um we
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both received our uh 4-hour erosion and
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sediment control training um and then we
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just kind of went through the town um
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and inance with the storm water and
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sediment control practices. So we were
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looking at street cleanliness, silt
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socks, silt fences, uh uh the plant
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cover of each of these uh plots and the
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concrete wash out areas. And then kind
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of similar to that, we did the lateral
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and downspout inspections, which um go
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to each specific lots. And these are all
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both using survey 123, which is kind of
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new for the town at this scale where we
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uh kind of streamline the process of
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inspections a little bit. So that was
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and it was pretty help. So, uh, laterals
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are just for, um, connecting to the, um,
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the storm and sewer mains. And then, uh,
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for the downspouts are just on the sides
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of the, uh, built on the sides of the
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houses that, uh, for our, for water, uh,
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rainfall.
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And then we also use survey 123 again
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for the conditions assessments of Lake
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Road. So we took photos and did basic uh
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conditions um analysis through the
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questions that we had already
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established in a form. But using survey
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123 really streamline the process for us
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and uh we found out where site
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conditions were good, site conditions
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were bad or poor and this will help uh
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in the assessors or um code enforcement
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to see what where there code violations
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or whether there's room for improvement
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on Lake Road. Um and then we of this we
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expected 61 properties along the road
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and then produced an executive summary
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report for the town to use in the
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future.
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And then for climate smart communities
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research, we kind of piggybacked on what
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the town has already been doing for that
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and kind of addressed some of the town
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board uh previous concerns or um and
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just kind of helped the town figure out
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what to go going forward with this. So,
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we figured out that the town had already
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completed like 82 to 239 um points
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towards the CSSE registration and
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certification which we think were on
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like the higher end of that. So, we only
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need 120 to be bronze certified or
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registered and um we kind of also went
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through some of the town board concerns.
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So, the cost for being involved because
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Webster has already completed most of
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the necessary actions to be involved. It
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would require pretty much no extra cost
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for us to register at least. Um and then
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that for the extra burden on the town
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staff, we've kind of queried other uh
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municipalities in the area that are
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either registered or certified and most
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of them have kind of taken the
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responsibility of the task force for the
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cse and given it to pre-existing boards
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like a conservation board or any other
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board they have. And we found that a lot
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of the municipality great success with
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that. So there wasn't really necessarily
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anything any for a lot of grant
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applications and a lot of the grants um
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were looking for things that made
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Webster stand out and one of the things
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that they looked at was cse
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certification or um
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boost our um eligibility for grants in
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the future.
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Um and then next I kind of uh went
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through um because we had some struggles
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with uh uh people having like pretty
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basic questions about park districts or
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license agreements. So, we thought it
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would be helpful for the town to create
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some brochures or someformational flyers
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for the residents to kind of go through
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and show uh what these things are
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because some most of the residents don't
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know they either live in a park
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district, they don't know about like the
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maintenance information of how that is
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and like the kind of tax with that. So,
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we thought these were both really
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helpfulformational um materials for
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residents to kind of gain clarity on
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that.
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And then Alana worked a lot on the
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mobile vendor permit, which we already
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have kind of a system for that. But this
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was targeted more towards mobile vendors
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who want to like pop up on uh town owned
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land, public land, and really streamline
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the process for uh and set a precedent
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for going going forward, what we could
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do with uh mobile vendors in the future
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that are separate from events or big
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widescale food truck um like events. And
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then she also worked on a conservation
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board flyer because a lot of town
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residents may not know that we have a
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conservation board or any other boards
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for that matter. So we thought that
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creating like a basicformational flyer
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would be really helpful there. And then
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at the end we just kind of want to go
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through our highlights. So Alana's
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highlights. She said that she gained a
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much better understanding of how a
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municipality runs and the relationship
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between the town and residents. and she
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thought it was really interesting to see
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all the different departments that work
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um together in the town and kind of go
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through the day-to-day practices of
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municipalities. Um we utilize a lot of
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survey 123 which is really cool and
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specifically for her cuz she's going
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into GIS field. She thought that was
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really a like helpful uh thing to glean
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some insight on. And then her uh for
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professional communications use
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formatting the executive summary report
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for Lake Road as an example. We did a
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lot of those kinds of you know computer
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work in the office which is really
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information like really helpful for any
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other jobs that we have going forward.
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Her favorite project was conducting
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research on the climate smart
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communities program and she also loved
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doing the outfalls. She liked looking at
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the different um places in Webster cuz
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she's not from she's from Victor so she
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really liked seeing the you know inner
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workings of a town that uh she had a lot
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didn't have a lot of information on. And
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then for me, I really really appreciated
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the different complexities of municipal
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infrastructure. For example, we went out
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with Keith one day to like go and see
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the pave the repaving of Bay Road. And
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you don't realize a lot of people don't
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realize how much goes into that uh into
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the coordination of those like projects.
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And that's a pretty small project on the
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scale of the town. So seeing how much
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comp like how complex all these inner
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workings are was really really
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fascinating and also got a holistic view
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of um coordinating with different
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departments and staff through our time
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here. So we didn't just you know seclude
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ourselves the engineering department
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went into planning and zoning and a
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little bit of code enforcement and all the other uh staff members that work
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here and then also just helped us uh you
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know basic office dynamics of you know
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working in the office with people work
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hours uh this is my first 40hour like
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workday that I've done so definitely
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like a wakeup call there and then you
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know [laughter]
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>> workforce skills like you
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save that information.
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>> It doesn't stop. It only gets worse.
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>> Really? Yeah.
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>> Yeah. But no, interesting. It was
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really, really fun. And um my key
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skills, I got introduced to GIS cuz
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unlike Alana, I didn't really have a lot
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of information in that. So, working with
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Brad was really, really cool to get a
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little bit of um like dip my toe in the
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water there. And then we just kind of
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improved our skills that we had like in
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Excel and research and compiling data,
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which I didn't really have a lot of
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experience with Excel either. So having
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that um was really really important too.
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And then my favorite project was the
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outfall project cuz I felt like it
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spanned the whole summer and then also
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kind of showed an actual uh thing that
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we could prevent like present to the
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town that would help you know in the
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future with GIS uh researcher formatting
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and survey 123 was a really big help
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with that. And then I really really
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liked application to like Webster
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specific um town projects like the seven
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brewer anything like that cuz I'm from
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Webster. So seeing the inner workings of
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the town specific stuff was really interesting and really really eye
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opening to me cuz I didn't really
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realize any of this was happening
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before. Um and then attending the town
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board meetings was really really
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rewarding because we got to see what we
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worked on in the office or heard about
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in the office come to fruition or um
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come to be presented to you guys which
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is really really cool. Um yeah and I
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think if there's any questions and I
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think then I'm I'm done. Thank you guys
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so much for the opportunity. Thank
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everyone here for the opportunity for
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this summer. It was a really really
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great experience.
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>> Thank you.
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>> I don't really have any questions. I
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just want to thank you for all your
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efforts and we've been um utilizing
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interns for a few years and um while you
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may benefit from it, I know the town
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benefits a great deal. um like with your uh your outfalls and updating the GIS system is
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a tremendous feat. So, you should be
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very proud of what you've done. Um both
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of you to
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>> Hey, covered a lot of ground.
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>> And I live right I grew up right down
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the street from Michael Drive.
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Yeah, I know a lot of the staff is
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already going through intern withdrawal.
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So obviously you guys made a very big
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impact
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>> on the out outfall project. What was
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your most interesting executive summary
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from that?
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>> Uh we didn't we kind of just compiled an
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Excel spreadsheet of all. Um so we have
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the list of the uh where they are in
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terms in terms of the neighborhoods and
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then this basic conditions assessment of
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those and we have to do those every 5
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years. So there wasn't really like big
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executive summary or like um like
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conclusion from that. It was just
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something that we had like routinely had
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to do which was it was cool.
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>> Did you find any issues? Were there any
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major defects or things that needed to
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be addressed in
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>> Yeah, it looked like one of the maps
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there was a lot of like discrepancies
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between
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>> Yes or no before. [laughter]
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>> For the record, the answer is no. And
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moving on,
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>> we didn't see a lot of issues just like,
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you know, some rusting in some areas and
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some outfalls, but nothing major that
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would have impacted the water flow of
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anything. So yeah, it was generally
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pretty good.
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>> What can make this intern experience
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better next year for future people?
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>> That's a good question. Um I don't know.
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I think that um from previous years
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we've heard that the interns kind
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is good, but I also really important to
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kind of get the different departments.
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So, we kind of branched out a little bit
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this year, but I also think that going
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with like, you know, code enforcement or
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going to see uh site inspections would
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be really really um cool and interesting
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to see. So, I don't know kind of just
[16:42]
broadening the like continually
[16:45]
broadening the uh scope of what the
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interns do,
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the things that they uh activities that
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they perform would be really really
[16:52]
interesting. So, you guys are doing a
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great job.
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>> Would it be interesting for your
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internship perspective to like see other
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departments like highway or sewer or
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police? Would that understand the scope
[17:04]
of the municipality for your engineering
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work?
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>> I think so. Yeah. I think um having
[17:08]
given the uh interns more opportunities
[17:10]
there would be really really cool and um
[17:12]
we did kind of go to the highway
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department and the sewer department
[17:15]
toward those and we had some like you
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know interactions with Pat and the guys
[17:19]
over at the sewer department. So I think
[17:21]
you like continually broadening that and
[17:23]
getting more experience that way was
[17:25]
really really good. But other than that,
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there's really um I can't really think
[17:30]
projects and I think that's really helpful.
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>> Okay. Well, if either of you think of
[17:33]
something, please let us know
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>> so we can always to John's point, keep
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improving this process, keep making it
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better.
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>> Definitely
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>> because we're old now and you're young.
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Finance could be another area of having
[17:44]
an intern where you can go through
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because it's like the budget cycle is
[17:48]
happening during the summer and that
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would be a great opportunity to
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>> work with every department and and get
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somebody with the
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>> but that might be a uh an accounting
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intern as opposed to an engineering one.
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So you're you're trying to steal you're
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trying to steal work for my accounting
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undergrads here essentially, right?
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>> Well, I think can can you do both? You
[18:09]
can always
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>> We might need to expand the hours per
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week from 40 to 50 though. [laughter]
[18:16]
>> 55 60
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shaking his head. No, no, no.
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>> Michael, thank you so much and thank you
[18:24]
for presenting tonight. That's not easy
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to do. Um, and I'm sorry that you were
[18:28]
kind of left alone to do it, but working
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through Thank you so much for what you
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could.
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Um, so just it's uh I'm sure it was eye
[18:39]
opening for you and I think more younger
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folks kind of need to get a picture as
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to how a municipal government works
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because it's it's different.
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>> That was great.
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>> So who who did you report to, by the
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way?
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>> Was that who who did the interns report
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to? Who did we report to? Report.
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>> Who was your boss?
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>> Let's see. Um, they were kind of all our
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bosses. I would say we've reported
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mostly to uh Mark and Josh,
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which was really great. They were really
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great mentors and they really helped
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through uh the process a lot and um
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really helped keep us going through the summer. So, really appreciate that
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for
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>> Well, that's why I asked the question
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because I want to make sure that uh the
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two of you are recognized for keeping
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these young interns on schedule and
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making sure that they're doing something
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that's going to benefit the town's host.
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Thank you both of you. Also,
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>> I also want to shout out Erica too and
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every honestly everyone. There's a lot.
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There's Brad, Erica, Keith, every
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everyone was so helpful. So, it wasn't
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just them, but yeah, it was a pretty it
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was a pretty big group effort.
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>> Well, that's fantastic.
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>> Good to hear. Thank you.
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>> And good luck going back to school.
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>> Thank you.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Thank you.
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>> All right. Up next, uh the reason why we
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started early is uh we are going to be
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going over the presentation for the
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state environmental quality review for
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the Webster Transportation
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Infrastructure Project. And we want to
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make sure we have enough time uh to get
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through this done thoughtfully and
[20:06]
purposefully um and do it right. So we
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have town engineer Keith Mortimer will
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be presenting and uh to answer questions
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uh afterwards we have him we have
[20:18]
members of Kostich here and Lean Kimber
[20:21]
we now Keith before you start because
[20:23]
you've got a bunch to go through do you
[20:25]
want us to ask as you go or do you want
[20:26]
us to wait and ask at the reference?
[20:31]
Um,
[20:35]
I would say let's ask
[20:38]
as we go.
[20:39]
>> Okay.
[20:40]
>> I think that's the best way to address
[20:42]
this.
[20:42]
>> Thank you.
[20:43]
>> All right. So, uh, tonight um on our
[20:47]
agenda is the uh next part of the uh EAF
[20:52]
process as part of Seeker. Um, and it's
[20:55]
the the fun uh full environmental
[20:58]
assessment form part two. Um, this is
[21:01]
going to be where, [clears throat] um,
[21:03]
as a lead agency, you're going to sort
[21:05]
of take an inventory of all the
[21:07]
potential resources that could be
[21:09]
affected by the, uh, project, which is
[21:12]
the Webster transportation
[21:13]
infrastructure project. And then at the
[21:15]
end of this, um, the lead agency will
[21:17]
have the ability to, um, identify the
[21:21]
relevant environmental areas that may,
[21:24]
um, or may not be impacted by this
[21:26]
project. and we'll walk through through
[21:29]
about 20 sections here very um
[21:32]
expeditiously. Um there are probably six
[21:35]
um specifically that we want to focus
[21:37]
on. Uh and uh we'll get started, but
[21:41]
just to kind of get your head around
[21:43]
where we're at and take an opportunity
[21:45]
to present this project to both uh the
[21:47]
town board again as well as the
[21:49]
community.
[21:51]
So just this is the Webster
[21:53]
transportation infrastructure project.
[21:55]
Um, it was a project that was born out
[21:58]
of a a grant that we received of about
[22:01]
$9.3 million through Fast New York. It
[22:05]
does include projects that are both in
[22:06]
the um town of Webster and the village
[22:10]
as well. Um, the town components are
[22:13]
actually the Chyota Drive extension and
[22:16]
the Bolter Industrial Parkway um
[22:19]
extension. There is also a multimotal
[22:22]
trail system um that will be going along
[22:25]
a portion of Phillips Road. Uh and then
[22:28]
there is some streets that are under the
[22:32]
jurisdiction of Xerox which will um be
[22:34]
ultimately dedicated uh to the village
[22:37]
after this uh project is completed. At
[22:40]
the very bottom of uh the slide here, we
[22:43]
[clears throat] do show a very very high
[22:45]
level um project schedule. we are
[22:48]
squarely in the middle um towards the or
[22:51]
even maybe a little bit past the middle
[22:53]
of um detailed design. Um hence why
[22:57]
we're where we're at tonight with this
[22:59]
part two. Um we are intending to take
[23:03]
design um near the end of this year. Uh
[23:07]
we hope to start bidding this project
[23:11]
again in the last month or um month and
[23:14]
a half of the year. So somewhere around
[23:16]
December um with an ideal construction
[23:19]
start of um in early 2027.
[23:26]
Right.
[23:32]
All right. So let's So in your packet um
[23:36]
earlier
[23:38]
there were two pieces of information.
[23:42]
One is called the full environmental
[23:44]
assessment form. See if I can make this
[23:47]
a little bigger.
[23:47]
[cough and clears throat]
[23:52]
And the other is actually what we call
[23:55]
um some supplemental responses to help
[23:57]
guide um why we answered the things the
[24:00]
way the way maybe we did. Again, this is
[24:03]
draft um in its nature, but it has been
[24:07]
pre-filled out based on the um both the
[24:11]
village, the town as well as our design
[24:14]
team's um input and assessments. So, to
[24:17]
help guide through this process, like I
[24:19]
said, there are 20 categories. Um 14 of
[24:24]
these categories have um actually very
[24:27]
little or no um aspect to the project
[24:31]
itself. and six of them may have um some component of impact that we want to
[24:38]
talk to. So the first is impact to land
[24:41]
use. I think [clears throat] this is
[24:43]
somewhat um to be understood that we are
[24:47]
um extending some roadway sections.
[24:49]
We're actually doing some project work
[24:51]
um both in the town and the village. It
[24:53]
will have some impacts. Specifically um
[24:56]
they do call out here um uh does the
[25:00]
proposed action um may involve
[25:03]
construction of land where depth of
[25:05]
water table is less than 3 ft. We um
[25:08]
conducted a thorough um evaluation of
[25:11]
the water table and there was only one
[25:15]
um location near Salt Road where we felt
[25:18]
we may have it was deemed wet. Um but
[25:23]
that was at a depth of three feet. Um
[25:26]
and we do not believe that we will be
[25:30]
getting anywhere close to that
[25:31]
particularly in that area of of the
[25:34]
project which is over which will be the
[25:35]
Bolter Industrial Parkway project. We
[25:38]
will keep all of our work above above
[25:41]
that that three-foot um or that water
[25:43]
table location. So you know there we're
[25:46]
showing that we're going to have no or
[25:47]
small um impact
[25:50]
The other one that kind of led us to a
[25:52]
yes on this situation is the proposed
[25:54]
action which is C proposed action may
[25:57]
involve the construction of land where
[25:59]
bedrock is exposed or generally within 5
[26:02]
ft of the existing ground. Again from
[26:04]
our test pits in our our core our test
[26:07]
pits we did identify um a couple of
[26:10]
locations where the bedrock is somewhere
[26:12]
in the 4ft range. Um again, this is over
[26:15]
near the Bolter Industrial um parkway
[26:18]
component. Um and our design will work
[26:22]
to uh be above all of that and not
[26:24]
impact that bedrock. So again, um no or
[26:28]
small impact there. And then finally the the third thing that kind of maybe
[26:34]
um lent us to saying yes to this was uh
[26:38]
e the proposed action may involve
[26:40]
construction that continues for more
[26:42]
than one year or multiple phases. So we
[26:45]
do envision that this will be a very
[26:47]
expedited project. We are hoping that um
[26:51]
actually we will bid all of these
[26:54]
components of at the same time. We
[26:57]
envision that they'll overlap. We think
[26:59]
we can get our best pricing that way as
[27:01]
well. So, um do we think that it could
[27:05]
extend out beyond a one-year time frame?
[27:08]
Absolutely. Um we do have a very um specific um agenda to get
[27:16]
Bolter extension done within the year
[27:21]
that we bid the project, but everything
[27:23]
else should then follow shortly
[27:24]
thereafter. So,
[27:26]
>> a quick question on Bolter.
[27:29]
>> What did your core samples reveal on uh
[27:31]
on Bolter Industrial Parkway? Because
[27:34]
>> I think it goes through next to the
[27:37]
stadium and then extends out.
[27:39]
>> Um
[27:40]
>> I'm not sure that that that that roadway
[27:43]
was when it was originally constructed
[27:45]
was constructed
[27:47]
um to New York State specifications.
[27:50]
Right. Right.
[27:50]
>> So, I imagine if that's correct that,
[27:54]
you know, you're going to have to
[27:56]
reconstruct that. And I don't know, you
[27:58]
can help me out with this if that was in
[28:01]
the original plan to do the
[28:02]
reconstruction. If not, have you
[28:06]
surmised what the additional cost is
[28:07]
going to be for that?
[28:08]
>> Yep. So, we we did um as part of this
[28:12]
project, we did take some cores on that
[28:15]
road. So we do know and we know that
[28:17]
it's not up to a um a standard that with
[28:21]
that will
[28:23]
the long run
[28:25]
service the that will that will
[28:29]
it was not included in the in the grant
[28:32]
application. So it's not a cost that and
[28:34]
nor is it a design component of this
[28:36]
particular project.
[28:38]
We have um we are working with right now
[28:42]
to at least
[28:45]
identify a a long-term
[28:48]
budgeted cost estimate. We don't have
[28:50]
that quite established yet. Um but as
[28:54]
part of um when we're working out our
[28:56]
capital projects here in the town, that
[28:58]
will be something that will roll up into
[29:00]
that um into that cap that planning
[29:04]
process. But I would expect that we'll
[29:06]
have to address this within
[29:08]
say two to three years of the opening of
[29:11]
the extension.
[29:13]
>> Okay. So just so I'm understanding of
[29:15]
this. So if
[29:18]
additional costs are going to have to be
[29:21]
made to bring that up to you know New
[29:24]
York State DOT code or standard that the town has to bear the cost on that or
[29:31]
is it or is it
[29:32]
>> I would think that either the town or we
[29:34]
will look for other funding
[29:36]
opportunities through grants. I worked
[29:38]
I've already reached out to Maria about
[29:39]
this as well to start looking for other
[29:41]
opportunities there.
[29:43]
>> Okay. Thanks. Sorry to interrupt.
[29:45]
>> No.
[29:45]
>> Yeah. I mean, you know, John, my
[29:46]
understanding is there's some county
[29:48]
road money that could be possibly going
[29:50]
after, but now that Bolta Road is not
[29:52]
going to be a county road,
[29:53]
>> correct?
[29:53]
>> So then we have to look for other
[29:54]
things. So Keith, is there a a new
[29:57]
expanding?
[29:57]
>> Well, I mean, is this
[30:00]
>> just other other costs that are going to
[30:01]
come under the town's burden to bear? Is
[30:03]
this the first of
[30:04]
>> will be one of many?
[30:05]
>> That's what I wanted to know. Thank you.
[30:07]
One of many. Yep. I'm
[30:08]
>> good answer.
[30:09]
>> Uh uh Paul has already he's on me
[30:12]
already. I've already missed my homework
[30:14]
due date with getting him his capital
[30:16]
budgeting
[30:18]
information. I am but we are working on
[30:20]
that. So yeah, there'll be um impact to
[30:22]
geolog geological features and this is
[30:26]
um
[30:28]
we'll just read result in a modification
[30:31]
or destruction or inhibit the access to
[30:34]
a unique or unusual land form or um on
[30:37]
the site. They have some examples there
[30:40]
of cliffs, dunes, minerals, fossils and
[30:42]
caves. We do not have any of that here
[30:44]
on our project.
[30:47]
Um impact to surface surface water. All
[30:50]
right. So, this is a fun one, right? Um,
[30:53]
we are, um,
[30:56]
our primary impact, if you will, is that
[30:59]
we do need to put in a culvert. Um, this
[31:02]
is a culvert, um, over near Chyota and
[31:06]
Panama. Um, and it is part of the
[31:08]
extension of the Pan uh, of the Chyota
[31:11]
Drive. So, it is a we do have a culver
[31:14]
going in. Um and when we evaluate that
[31:19]
it's
[31:21]
um construction the design and its
[31:23]
construction we'll we are doing
[31:25]
everything um necessary toize the
[31:29]
impacts whether it's um sedimentation
[31:33]
um you know flow um you know what other
[31:38]
um issues that we might encounter when
[31:41]
it comes time to to install that
[31:43]
culvert. So we recognize that we do
[31:47]
impact it naturally by putting in this
[31:49]
culvert, but we also understand um what
[31:52]
we need to do to um mitigate those
[31:56]
impacts and those impacts will be you
[31:58]
know well or that mitigation will be
[31:59]
well stipulated to whatever contractor
[32:02]
that that gets this project as well. So
[32:04]
when we go down through all of these
[32:06]
items here, we then start showing up as
[32:09]
them being either um minimal or no
[32:11]
impact to the uh the impact to the
[32:13]
surface water. Interesting enough, the
[32:16]
stream that we are going to be um having
[32:20]
to uh it actually will get rediverted
[32:23]
slightly and then pl brought back into
[32:25]
its new alignment. Um it is a type
[32:29]
C stream. Um, and it is not a stream
[32:33]
that is regulated by the DEEC. So, we
[32:36]
we're we're clear of that. The culvert
[32:38]
itself and the work associated with it
[32:42]
is um something that the Army Corps of
[32:44]
Engineers has purview over. We have our
[32:47]
permit and design materials into them
[32:49]
right now and we're just waiting for
[32:50]
their feedback on that permit and we'll
[32:53]
take that into account um as part of our
[32:56]
uh follow-up design work.
[33:02]
Okay. Impact to groundwater. Um we don't
[33:05]
envision getting into any groundwater
[33:07]
issues out there. Uh we won't and this
[33:10]
would be any supply wells. Uh anything
[33:13]
like that. We don't have any um
[33:15]
potential for that on this project.
[33:18]
Impact of flooding. We're not in a flood
[33:20]
plane. We don't envision um impacting
[33:24]
any kinds of of or or exacerbating any
[33:27]
kind of flooding issues. Um I will
[33:30]
indicate that we are this culvert in
[33:32]
particular that's kind of drives a lot
[33:35]
of this is um being designed
[33:38]
um over capacity slightly so that we are
[33:41]
taking into so we are taking into
[33:43]
account sort of a more worst case
[33:45]
scenario.
[33:49]
All right impact to air and climate.
[33:52]
Again this is a no. Um there's nothing
[33:55]
about this project that should
[33:57]
substantially increase um air pollution
[34:00]
um as part of of of the general use of
[34:04]
what we're doing out there.
[34:10]
Impacts to plants and animals. Okay. So
[34:13]
this is a
[34:16]
this is also kind of what we call in
[34:18]
your supplemental material on pages
[34:20]
three or four at the bottom a proposed
[34:21]
action as a results of loss of flora or
[34:24]
fauna. We did say yes because just in
[34:28]
natural we are extending two roadway
[34:31]
systems through what is now um um vacant
[34:35]
land if you will. But as part of that um
[34:42]
we indicated under part one um is that
[34:45]
there is no identified there are no
[34:47]
species of rare or threatened or
[34:50]
endangered of any type in this area
[34:53]
um and there was no special concern or
[34:56]
conservation need within the project
[34:58]
limits. So in that we recognize that we
[35:02]
are you know we are going through some vacant land but we have not there
[35:07]
are no identified endangered species or
[35:09]
anything that we would be impacting or
[35:11]
impacting their habitat.
[35:13]
>> Quick question.
[35:14]
>> Yep.
[35:17]
» How do you make that determination?
[35:20]
Someone do site visits um gathering
[35:23]
information
[35:23]
>> that is yeah it's established
[35:25]
information through the DEEC and we do
[35:27]
that. We go through essentially that's
[35:29]
the that's your first step is to walk
[35:32]
through go to the DC and and look for
[35:34]
those habit they have that all
[35:36]
categorized and listed out for us.
[35:37]
>> Okay. I was just curious.
[35:38]
>> Yeah. Yep. Yep. Um I do stipulate though
[35:43]
we are as part of the Chyota Drive
[35:45]
project.
[35:47]
Um there is going to be um a relocation
[35:51]
of the trail that leads from roughly the
[35:55]
rec center to 250 which then turns into
[35:58]
the bird song trail. We have also been
[36:01]
working with the friends of Webster
[36:03]
Trail on that realignment um and been
[36:07]
taking in their input and feedback and I think we're in a good spot. They've
[36:11]
we've met a couple of time with them,
[36:13]
couple times with them, showed them a
[36:15]
couple different alignments. We've got
[36:16]
some agreement to that. So, um and and
[36:19]
as part of our project, we've we've
[36:22]
indicated that, you know, they have a
[36:24]
character that they'd like to maintain
[36:26]
along that trail system. So, we're going
[36:29]
to work with them as well as probably um
[36:33]
add some dollars into our an allowance
[36:36]
into our our construction costs to
[36:40]
um identify
[36:42]
reveation where necessary to help that
[36:45]
trail make that new trail system reflect
[36:47]
the current character of the existing
[36:49]
trail system.
[36:50]
>> Thank you. That's important.
[36:51]
>> And and with that, are are the friends
[36:54]
doing the new trail or is the
[36:55]
construction project creating that
[36:57]
trail? That's part of our project. So,
[36:59]
the construction project will um the
[37:02]
this project will be responsible for the
[37:06]
relocation of that trail system.
[37:08]
>> Perfect. Thank you.
[37:09]
>> Yep.
[37:12]
All right. Moving on here.
[37:16]
Uh impacts to aggro uh agricultural
[37:19]
resources. Um we've got none of that
[37:22]
here in the area of this project.
[37:26]
um in impact to aesthetic resources. So
[37:29]
again, land use for the proposed action
[37:32]
obviously different from or what is in
[37:34]
the shape or contrast to the current
[37:36]
land use patterns between the proposed
[37:39]
project and the scenic or aesthetic
[37:41]
resource. Again, we felt this is a we're
[37:45]
not having an impact on this. It's we
[37:47]
are working within an urban environment.
[37:49]
Um what we're doing is not out of
[37:51]
characteristic for what you would expect
[37:53]
to see in this environment. And as I
[37:54]
mentioned in particular, the the trail
[37:57]
system is is probably one of the key
[37:58]
components that we want to make sure
[38:00]
we're uh maintaining character and form
[38:03]
and and function for
[38:09]
uh impact on historical and
[38:11]
archeological resources. Again, this is
[38:13]
a no. Um and this is this comes straight
[38:15]
out of um the New York State uh the
[38:20]
Shipo if I knew what ship there it is.
[38:22]
the state historic preservation office.
[38:25]
They sent us a letter uh confirming that
[38:27]
we are not um impacting any historical
[38:30]
or archeological resources.
[38:34]
Um impact on open space and recreation.
[38:37]
Again, no. Um all of this is uh
[38:42]
occurring within an urban environment.
[38:44]
Um, again, probably the only the only
[38:47]
big impact to this was going to be the
[38:49]
trail. And again, we are that trail
[38:51]
system is part of our our project.
[38:54]
>> And and Keith, with that for the Bolter
[38:57]
Road extension, how much forest and
[39:00]
green space is really being
[39:02]
removed as part of this?
[39:05]
>> So, total between Chyota and Bolter,
[39:10]
it's a little over four acres in total.
[39:12]
>> Okay. Um the split between that
[39:17]
probably
[39:19]
three to one. Three being the uh bolter
[39:23]
would you say? I'm getting a resounding
[39:26]
yes back from the back of the room. So
[39:28]
yeah, it's about a one to three. So
[39:30]
Chyota is going to um impact about an
[39:33]
acre of of land and the bolter extension
[39:36]
is about three acres. Okay.
[39:38]
>> Plus or minus.
[39:40]
>> Yeah. And you know over then the Bolton
[39:42]
extension you know as much as we want to
[39:43]
preserve what we can it's not
[39:45]
necessarily critical
[39:47]
>> old growth vegetation.
[39:49]
>> Yeah that's open yeah open land it's yeah previous Xerox
[39:56]
>> property um
[39:59]
>> yeah I I don't think we're
[40:01]
>> um you know yeah I understand the
[40:03]
preservation of open space and green
[40:05]
space. I don't know that that's a
[40:07]
>> that's right I agree with you like it's not a
[40:10]
This project is very beneficial to
[40:12]
Webster for its long-term economic
[40:13]
growth
[40:14]
>> at the tradeoff of not pristine or huge
[40:18]
some huge ecological resource over
[40:20]
there,
[40:20]
>> right?
[40:20]
>> That makes it
[40:21]
>> Yep.
[40:22]
>> We're always going to face this.
[40:23]
>> Yep. Yep. That Yeah. And that's the
[40:25]
balancing act.
[40:27]
>> Um impacts to critical environmental
[40:31]
areas. So, we've uh said no to this. Um,
[40:34]
we don't see any of those based on the
[40:36]
definitions of of what's being
[40:38]
considered a critical environmental area
[40:40]
as as being impacted.
[40:43]
Um, impact on transportation
[40:47]
just by the nature of this project. Yes.
[40:50]
Um, but of course what we're planning to
[40:53]
do is all to the benefit of the network
[40:55]
and the transportation the
[40:57]
transportation network. Um there are
[41:00]
questions here that discuss um you know
[41:03]
we aren't we don't this project starting
[41:06]
with a isn't
[41:09]
generating new traffic. It's only
[41:12]
redistributing and providing other means
[41:14]
of access to the area.
[41:17]
Um
[41:18]
the
[41:20]
there a degradation in existing transit
[41:23]
access at this point. you know, none of
[41:26]
this network seems to have any transit
[41:29]
um access at the time. So, that's
[41:30]
certainly a a null.
[41:33]
Uh proposed action will degrade the
[41:35]
existing pedestrian bicycle
[41:36]
accommodations. Actually, this project
[41:38]
will improve those accommodations. Um
[41:42]
this um project has a lot of multimodal
[41:46]
um pathways um along much of of the the
[41:50]
new infrastructure. So we feel that
[41:53]
we're actually you know if this could be
[41:55]
if that could have said I mean maybe we
[41:57]
could have said yes to that actually
[41:59]
because we are improving the uh the
[42:02]
accommodations quite significantly as
[42:04]
part of this project which was also a
[42:06]
driver of the grant. Um proposed action
[42:09]
alter the present pattern of movement of
[42:12]
people or goods. Well naturally we would
[42:15]
expect people to utilize the
[42:17]
infrastructure that we put forward. Um
[42:20]
certainly for the Bolter uh extension,
[42:23]
we absolutely want to encourage that so
[42:26]
that we are getting the larger vehicles
[42:28]
that are now going to Basket Road um
[42:31]
over to the Salt Road and get to the
[42:34]
Salt Road interchange with 104, which is
[42:36]
a much safer interchange for those
[42:38]
larger vehicles to be using.
[42:42]
Um impact on energy. We saw no sun
[42:46]
nothing coming of this project that
[42:48]
would uh change up the energy use in the
[42:51]
area.
[42:52]
Impact to noise, odor and light. This is
[42:56]
the project itself once it's in
[42:58]
functioning order won't have an impact
[43:01]
but certainly during construction we can
[43:03]
expect that there will be um noise, odor
[43:06]
and light. Um certainly we will work
[43:09]
with the contractor when we get into
[43:11]
construction about how we mitigate those
[43:13]
things. Um and a lot of that will just
[43:15]
will occur from the from the sheer fact
[43:18]
that they can only be doing work during
[43:20]
certain times of the day and certain
[43:22]
days of the week.
[43:23]
>> And Keith of that I'd imagine in terms
[43:25]
of noise it it's kind of relevant
[43:27]
because the noise when Xerox was
[43:28]
operating at full capacity is probably
[43:30]
way noisier than it will be.
[43:32]
>> Busier. Yeah.
[43:34]
And noisier too than how many thousands
[43:36]
of people
[43:37]
>> you probably remember.
[43:38]
>> And and the nice thing about this is the
[43:40]
area
[43:40]
>> busy. Not noisy though. Xerox wasn't
[43:43]
noisy.
[43:44]
>> Busy. Not noisy.
[43:45]
>> Okay.
[43:46]
>> The I I will say and the area the
[43:49]
general area around here is not
[43:51]
substantially residential where we're
[43:53]
working where our work is occurring
[43:55]
properly, you know. So I we we're well
[43:58]
away from those kinds of
[44:00]
>> and there's there's no right there's no
[44:02]
plans to make those areas residential
[44:05]
either there would be a problem would
[44:07]
there be
[44:08]
>> I mean I'm not aware of any specific
[44:10]
plans within the immediate future you
[44:12]
know not not within the the the timeline
[44:14]
that this project will be under
[44:15]
construction
[44:16]
>> in the immediate vicinity. Yeah. Okay.
[44:17]
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We're we're
[44:20]
planning on getting in and out of here
[44:21]
in less than two years. So
[44:23]
>> nice. Good. That's our
[44:26]
um
[44:28]
impact on human health. So we checked
[44:31]
yes [clears throat] to this um but to to make it clear that this project
[44:41]
is well aware of the environmental
[44:44]
concerns and issues that surround and we
[44:46]
know that we're working in areas where
[44:48]
you know certainly Xerox has various
[44:53]
have a lot of um management plans and
[44:56]
we've been working with Xerox very
[44:58]
closely about what those are, how we um
[45:02]
work through those, work around those. I
[45:04]
mean, it is it was as minute as where we
[45:09]
could take cing and if we came across
[45:12]
certain types of soils or things that
[45:16]
looked a certain way, you know, how that
[45:19]
stopped and how we had to address those
[45:21]
situations. So the good thing
[45:25]
to acknowledge we're working in a in an
[45:28]
area where there is you know um some
[45:30]
environmental concerns from the Xerox
[45:33]
perspective from all of our work. Our
[45:37]
work isn't in any of those zones that
[45:41]
they've identified as being truly
[45:43]
contaminated as I guess how I'll put it.
[45:46]
Um they are there on their campus right
[45:50]
yellows and reds and things like that.
[45:54]
Um also our cores um that the cing that
[45:58]
we did none of themated
[46:01]
in any areas that we're going to have
[46:03]
we're in a in a contaminated zone. So we
[46:06]
know very and we know very well um you
[46:09]
know when it comes doing deep
[46:13]
>> and so Keith that it was you know it was
[46:14]
my understanding it was explained to me
[46:15]
that with that this project is this form
[46:18]
is tailored to just we're doing the
[46:20]
roads.
[46:20]
>> Yeah.
[46:20]
>> So all that stuff even though if it may
[46:22]
be true overall that's not we're doing
[46:25]
here. This is very focused to just these
[46:27]
redoing these roads or putting some new
[46:29]
roads in.
[46:31]
>> Full stop.
[46:32]
>> Right.
[46:32]
>> Other stuff valid but not impacted here.
[46:34]
>> Right. Right. Yep. Yep. Right. Exactly.
[46:37]
>> Perfect. Thank you.
[46:41]
» All right. Then I think we get into some
[46:43]
no here. So consistency consistency with
[46:47]
community plans.
[46:49]
This is kind of a double no situation.
[46:52]
So we are um so the proposed action is
[46:55]
not consistent with adopted land use
[46:58]
plans. So we're saying no to this. We
[47:01]
are consistent. It took about
[47:05]
two planners, four engineers to figure
[47:07]
out how to answer this question.
[47:09]
[laughter]
[47:12]
We It was a Yeah. Uh consistency with
[47:16]
community character. The proposed
[47:18]
project is consistent with the existing
[47:20]
community character.
[47:23]
>> Inconsistent.
[47:23]
>> It is,
[47:24]
>> but it's a no.
[47:25]
>> And you can see like once again, they
[47:26]
went from like the double negative to
[47:27]
inconsistent. Yeah. They could have been
[47:29]
like, now that you figured out the prior
[47:30]
17, they could have let you be like, all
[47:32]
right, I know the answer.
[47:34]
>> Yeah. Could I move on?
[47:35]
>> Yeah. Now they're like, let's let's
[47:36]
change the words here to make this now,
[47:38]
>> right?
[47:38]
>> Equally confusing,
[47:40]
>> right? Again, four engineers, two
[47:42]
planners,
[47:44]
couple other people, and we had to
[47:46]
figure out how to answer these
[47:47]
questions.
[47:48]
>> Um impact on disadvantaged communities.
[47:52]
No. Um this was pretty straightforward
[47:54]
response.
[47:56]
And then finally, future physical
[47:58]
climate risks. Um, the proposed project
[48:01]
may be vulnerable to future physical
[48:03]
climate risks or increase the
[48:05]
vulnerability of human or ecological
[48:07]
communities to the future of physical
[48:10]
climate risks. And we said no, that this
[48:13]
is a strictly a road project and we are
[48:16]
not doing anything uh above and beyond that that would send us into a
[48:22]
risky situation.
[48:25]
All right.
[48:27]
>> So, you guys have just gone through
[48:29]
parts.
[48:30]
>> So exciting. Thank you, Keith.
[48:31]
>> I know.
[48:32]
>> Nice.
[48:33]
>> How many? Very thorough.
[48:34]
>> How many more do we have left?
[48:35]
>> You have just this one. This is all This
[48:38]
is what I needed to present with you
[48:41]
tonight. Um I believe our next steps
[48:44]
will be um this helps you assess and
[48:47]
understand the impacts of the project.
[48:50]
Um on the 3 there will be a resolution
[48:54]
um for the board to make aation
[48:58]
um on this project as the lead agency.
[49:02]
>> So when you envision the RFP being sent
[49:04]
out
[49:07]
>> the project
[49:09]
well I don't know if we've gotten that
[49:10]
far yet with completely understanding
[49:12]
how we if we would break up the project
[49:14]
or not. Um,
[49:18]
but RFPs will go out, I'm going to say
[49:22]
December,
[49:24]
beginning in the beginning part.
[49:26]
>> Okay. I appreciate you bringing up the
[49:29]
potentially breaking up the project
[49:32]
because it's my understanding that if
[49:34]
you break it up or it's already been
[49:36]
broken up that the money's allocated to
[49:39]
that aspect of the project. If you don't
[49:42]
do it, you can't shift that money to
[49:44]
another aspect. You are correct.
[49:45]
>> Another area of the of the project.
[49:47]
>> Yes, you are correct. Yeah, we are we
[49:50]
are beholden to sort of the the groups I
[49:54]
call them of monies as they're you know
[49:56]
are categorized within the within the uh
[49:59]
um within the grant. So I I mean I I
[50:03]
think it would be the my personal bector
[50:10]
that was doing all of it. Um only
[50:13]
because it would give us a consistency
[50:16]
across people dealing
[50:20]
with.
[50:21]
We'll have to kind we're gonna have to
[50:23]
have discussion that about if this break
[50:26]
it up and do the you know does the the village road
[50:32]
similar component um and how that works
[50:36]
and the
[50:38]
component
[50:40]
nature in construction
[50:43]
uh scope so but we have to yeah more to
[50:46]
>> I I I agree 100% with you
[50:50]
from the aspect of having one contractor
[50:54]
because then you do have consistency
[50:57]
which and cons
[50:59]
very important.
[51:00]
>> Yep.
[51:01]
>> So certain aspects of the project don't
[51:04]
get siloed and you're doing you have the
[51:08]
same general contractors overseeing the
[51:10]
subcontractors. I think that's very very
[51:13]
important.
[51:14]
>> Yeah. Well, if I understand what I'm
[51:16]
hearing,
[51:17]
>> it's also very important for the funding
[51:19]
because losing any part of the grant
[51:21]
funding because something changed along
[51:24]
the way is quite risky.
[51:26]
>> No, I you're 100% right and which is why
[51:29]
I'm very concerned
[51:32]
and
[51:34]
that show it's not to the standard it
[51:37]
needs to be and if you have to dig that
[51:40]
up and put new base stone and that you
[51:46]
And I don't even know if curbing is
[51:48]
required for that roadway because I
[51:50]
don't believe there currently is any
[51:53]
curbing.
[51:54]
>> So it it could be very very expensive.
[51:57]
>> Well, so uh just to be Yeah, just I
[52:01]
guess just to clarify. So the B
[52:06]
only up to the point where that roadway
[52:10]
starts, right? Y
[52:11]
>> so a future project in the near future
[52:15]
I' needs to be developed or or needs to
[52:18]
be thought about um for the rest of that
[52:21]
and again that's the planning that needs
[52:24]
to be
[52:24]
>> started
[52:27]
now what those costs are um and again
[52:30]
we've got a we've got a design team with
[52:33]
us that's you know able to help us start
[52:35]
that planning process and give costs
[52:39]
what we're in for and what we need to
[52:41]
deal with here in the next two or three
[52:43]
years.
[52:43]
>> Well, it's good to you're ahead of it
[52:45]
though. That's
[52:46]
>> Yeah,
[52:46]
>> today I am. [laughter]
[52:49]
>> And you had mentioned the uh Army Corps
[52:52]
of Engineers. We're still waiting on
[52:53]
them for the Culveride that do we have
[52:56]
to delay? I would say that what we're
[52:59]
waiting for them to come back with is a
[53:03]
um concurrence
[53:06]
um andor feedback with concurrence on
[53:10]
how we're proceeding with crossing this
[53:14]
stream.
[53:15]
But the fact that we're going to move
[53:17]
forward with a project that ultimately
[53:20]
has to cross the stream to make it work,
[53:23]
you know,
[53:25]
understanding that we're we're doing
[53:27]
everything we can to impact that stream
[53:29]
and do processes and that will will will
[53:34]
minimize
[53:36]
eliminate any of say no. I would say
[53:40]
we're safe to go forward with a with a
[53:42]
declaration at that point.
[53:44]
>> Okay. Thank you.
[53:47]
>> The traffic study in there and a lot of
[53:49]
this is fair life traffic.
[53:53]
I would say.
[53:56]
>> Okay.
[53:57]
>> No. Um, so we did the trip generation.
[54:01]
Um the what we we we took the BOA that's
[54:06]
been approved this area
[54:09]
made some some high level assumptions
[54:12]
with our traffic team our traffic analys
[54:20]
um based on what was identified for that
[54:23]
BOA. So it includes some mixed use, it
[54:26]
includes, it includes some housing, it
[54:31]
includes some I think some recreational
[54:34]
things. Anything that was in that BOA,
[54:36]
we tried to take into account in a on a
[54:38]
high level develop
[54:41]
trip generation or traffic for
[54:45]
that to um assessment.
[54:51]
So certainly and fair life is the most
[54:55]
specific that we know. Right.
[54:57]
>> And that's clear that's clear into like
[54:58]
we know that that's not a like
[55:00]
hypothetical like 1100 apartments might
[55:02]
go in there theoretically.
[55:04]
>> Right. Right. And we reconfirm with
[55:06]
Fairlife. So a traffic study was done as
[55:09]
part of their environmental um impact
[55:12]
statement going through this this same
[55:15]
process that we're going through here
[55:17]
tonight.
[55:19]
We took their information that they used
[55:22]
um and reverified with them to make sure
[55:26]
that there wasn't anything like oh you
[55:29]
saw an
[55:32]
uptick in
[55:34]
one type of traffic or another type of
[55:35]
traffic or something's changed that you
[55:38]
know may have you know may have evolved
[55:40]
as part of their project and uh they
[55:42]
came back and um
[55:46]
actually they came right in and said it
[55:49]
was either what we had was was um right
[55:52]
on target.
[55:54]
>> So that with that the bolt for the
[55:57]
current planning, right?
[55:58]
>> Yeah. For well and we also we know too
[56:00]
that like we think the bolter extension
[56:02]
will be very popular for when the ball
[56:05]
fields are in um use, you know, we
[56:08]
understand that that uh you know that
[56:12]
those get quite heavily very popular.
[56:15]
Um,
[56:18]
you know, we've we've taken we've gone
[56:21]
as far with our our um with our design,
[56:24]
I can tell you on the Bolter extension
[56:27]
that we could either discourage people
[56:31]
from parking along the edge of that road
[56:34]
because been a
[56:36]
herb
[56:38]
could have made it a a um a uh a
[56:43]
shoulder that could withstand having
[56:46]
vehicles parking along it and parallel
[56:48]
parking. So, um just knowing parking in
[56:52]
is a premium and the popularity of those
[56:54]
ball fields and stuff, we chose to go
[56:56]
with the route of we'll work with we'll
[56:59]
work with the devil we know and we'll make it accommodatable for for
[57:03]
vehicles to park along the edges of
[57:05]
Bolter.
[57:07]
>> Okay. Because we're thinking there won't
[57:08]
be much truck traffic during ball game
[57:10]
time then.
[57:11]
>> I mean I there
[57:14]
would be there's trucks going in and out
[57:16]
of there.
[57:17]
>> Yeah, I I'd have to look back at what
[57:19]
their you know I think their peak
[57:21]
periods are and actually I think their
[57:24]
periods of of tractor trailer traffic
[57:26]
are slightly off from commuter pe
[57:29]
periods and stuff as well. But I it's
[57:31]
pretty consistent
[57:33]
>> traffic is there while they're trying to
[57:34]
use those fields as a
[57:36]
>> Yeah. Well, and and here's the other
[57:38]
thing is the the school district which
[57:40]
we are working with as part of all this.
[57:42]
They also have intentions of building um
[57:47]
relocating some of their
[57:50]
well off road as well.
[57:51]
>> Okay, good.
[57:52]
>> So they have their own M plan will
[57:56]
working with and so we're just trying to
[57:59]
make sure that we are also in
[58:01]
conjunction with them in accom
[58:04]
>> projected traffic flow and pattern and
[58:06]
use for the Chyota drive extension,
[58:09]
>> you know.
[58:12]
I don't have the traffic study in front
[58:14]
of me here, right? [laughter]
[58:16]
Is it in our stuff? Is it in our stuff?
[58:18]
>> It may have been in our stuff. Yeah.
[58:20]
I think it is. I But I um
[58:23]
>> it's not
[58:24]
>> And you can get back You can get back to
[58:25]
me if you want.
[58:25]
>> Yeah, I Yeah, I could I Well, I could
[58:27]
tell you this.
[58:28]
>> The envision for that is very is local,
[58:31]
right? A lot of local traffic. I don't
[58:34]
It's not envisioned to be thousands of
[58:36]
vehicles a day kind of a thing. and the
[58:38]
way and the character of that roadway
[58:40]
and the way we're designing that we it's
[58:43]
to be a village feel, right? It's not to
[58:46]
have a it's not to be felt like it
[58:49]
should be used as a a collector or or
[58:52]
something like really just to support
[58:54]
the local transportation network. It's
[58:56]
not a and it's to have more of a village
[59:00]
feel from the village into
[59:03]
and vice versa.
[59:07]
Any other thoughts? Just curious. Yeah.
[59:09]
Thank you.
[59:09]
>> So, this question is is me getting down
[59:11]
in the weeds, and I apologize for it. If
[59:14]
you can't answer, I completely
[59:15]
understand.
[59:16]
>> I got people here in the room that might
[59:17]
help me.
[59:18]
>> There we go. Call them up.
[59:19]
>> Yeah. Yeah.
[59:19]
>> But given the magnitude and the weight
[59:22]
of the trucks from Fairlife that are
[59:25]
going to be servicing that road. I guess
[59:28]
my question is, are we designing that
[59:31]
road to hold the capacity?
[59:34]
>> Yes. long term given the weight of these
[59:37]
trucks and the volume of these going
[59:43]
» since that's the main driver for doing
[59:46]
this.
[59:47]
>> So we you know Yes. And and we are
[59:49]
designing
[59:51]
>> um Yes. not not only the the actual
[59:56]
structural uh capacity of the road but
[59:59]
also the um curb radiuses say to
[1:00:04]
accommodate you know those vehicles. So
[1:00:06]
uh a northbound
[1:00:08]
>> truck on Salt Road making that right
[1:00:11]
turn um you know that curb rate if you
[1:00:14]
look at the plans and you're like wow
[1:00:15]
that's kind of funky the way that curb
[1:00:16]
is there. Well, it's there purposely
[1:00:18]
because
[1:00:19]
>> that tractor trailer has a certain
[1:00:21]
turning radius that needs to be
[1:00:22]
accommodated.
[1:00:24]
>> And the lucky and we're and a lot of
[1:00:26]
that is
[1:00:28]
>> um we've mimicked exactly what was done
[1:00:32]
as part of the ta uh table road
[1:00:34]
reconstruction project. So we have a lot
[1:00:36]
of good experience that that geometry
[1:00:39]
that's being accommodated for table road
[1:00:41]
from basket we now are just translating
[1:00:44]
that down to salt.
[1:00:45]
>> Okay.
[1:00:46]
I I just asked that question because I
[1:00:48]
know there's there's a there's a village
[1:00:50]
um about an hour from here where they
[1:00:54]
redirected 18-wheeler trucks from going
[1:00:56]
down a certain street for decades and
[1:01:00]
then for some reason
[1:01:02]
they took a sign down and trucks have
[1:01:05]
just torn up that street and it's one of
[1:01:07]
the main arteries in that village.
[1:01:09]
>> Yeah.
[1:01:09]
>> So I that's what kind of prompted that
[1:01:11]
question but it's a great answer. I'm
[1:01:13]
glad that they're going down that route
[1:01:14]
to uh design
[1:01:16]
taking into consideration.
[1:01:18]
>> Oh, yeah. Well, yeah.
[1:01:19]
>> The number and weight of the vehicles.
[1:01:21]
>> Yep. As Councilwoman Wright said, that's
[1:01:23]
kind of our purpose here for a lot of
[1:01:25]
this. So,
[1:01:26]
>> why we're here.
[1:01:27]
>> Yep. Yep. [cough]
[1:01:30]
[clears throat]
[1:01:31]
>> All right.
[1:01:32]
>> That's all I had.
[1:01:33]
>> All right. Yeah. Keith, thank you for
[1:01:36]
you guys.
[1:01:36]
>> Thank you so much.
[1:01:37]
>> Thank my the team in the back, too.
[1:01:40]
>> To your team.
[1:01:41]
>> They're the brains. Really?
[1:01:43]
>> Yeah. No, they've done a terrific job.
[1:01:45]
So, uh I will close up the uh town
[1:01:48]
workshop and I will see you back 7:30.