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The Common Council meets the first and third Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. (Note: when Monday falls on a legal holiday or day of special observance, the Council meeting is ordinarily moved to the following Thursday.
Legislative Passed: 73.81.20R MC (Kimbrough)
A
Okay,
welcome
everyone
to
the
august
3rd
caucus
at
albany
on
the
council
for
the
record
members
present
are
kanti,
ballerin,
smiling,
ballerin
fahey,
howie
flynn,
farrell
o'brien
council
president
ellis
o'shea.
A
Anonymity,
council
of
bernanke
I
go
and
robinson
from
staff
is
our
clerk
danielle
gillespie
research,
counselor,
j,
alpachardo
and
senior
legislative,
michelle
andre
from
the
administration
side,
court
counsel,
brett
williams
and
amy
levine.
A
I
miss
anybody,
no
okay,
all
right
so
jumping
into
the
the
agenda
for
approval
of
minutes
from
the
previous
meeting.
A
All
right,
something
on
my
face:
everybody's
smiling
approval
minutes
from
previous
meeting
are
july.
20Th
meeting
minutes
I'll,
be
offering
those
the
passage
moving
down
to
consideration
the
vetoes
we
were
going
to
be
taking
up
mr
hoey's
reconsidering
the
veto
from
the
mayor
to
to
look
to
override
it,
but
we've
kind
of
decided
we,
which
we
have
two
30
days
to
override
it.
A
So
we
still
have
time
we're
gonna
try
to
get
together
with
the
administration
to
talk
through
some
things,
and
if
we
don't,
you
know,
come
to
an
agreement.
We
have
our
next
meeting
that
we
can.
We
can
override
it,
but
I
would
like
to
allow
mr
hoey
to
speak
as
this
is
our
legislation.
A
Can
you
hear
me,
mr
holly.
D
Three
times
yeah
everybody
I
you
know
this
did
pass
12
to
2,
but
I've
gotten
feedback
that
that
maybe
we
should
negotiate
a
little
bit
more
with
the
administration
and
it
was
a
big
decision
to
make
and
a
tough
one
that
he
made
this
earlier
this
afternoon,
that
maybe
it
would
be
worth
waiting
the
two
weeks.
D
This
has
been
gone
for
over
a
year
for
me
and
that's
why
I
was
hoping
to
get
it
out,
but
I'd
rather
have
a
good
bill
or
you
know
something
that
would
make
everybody
happy.
Then
just
push
try
to
force
something
through.
So
I
hope
everybody
understands.
I
know
I
called
everybody
that
voted
for
this
bill
and
danced
for
the
support
on
the
override.
But
at
this
point,
after
talking
to
jenny
and
kelly,
we
decided-
let's
wait
two
weeks.
So
thank
you
all.
A
Oh
yes,
the
ordinance
is
introduced.
We've
got
one
by
miss
frederick
who
actually
was
having
some
technical
difficulties
so
she's
not
with
us
just
yet
she
the
power.
She
had
a
power
outage
in
her
area,
so
she
was
trying
to
get
somewhere.
She
could
get
connectivity
and
participate,
but
her
ordinance,
it's
an
introduction,
they'll
be
going
to
public
safety.
A
It's
regarding
surveillance
technology
relate,
as
it
relates
to
okay
there.
She
is,
let's
see
if
her
audio
comes
on.
F
A
Yes,
I
can
so
right
now
we're
at
hear
me.
Did
you
wanna
say
anything
about
it?
It's
going
to
public
safety
and
I
guess
there's
not
really
much
much
more
to
say
about
it.
Right,
it'll
be
taken
up
the
committee.
Thank
you.
Miss
writer,
okay,
rest
of
the
ordinances
at
hell
on
to
resolutions
introduced
72
8120.
A
H
It's
just
it's
going
to
planning
it's
just
the
it's
just
the
the
boiler
plate
for
right
now,
it's
pretty
empty,
but
it
will
be
added
on.
Excuse
me.
I
have
somebody's
child
who's
over
here,
but
it'll
be
amended
as
we
go
as
further
with
the
seeker.
Amendment
investigation.
A
Okay,
so
yes,
that
that'll
be
going
to
planning
for
further
discussion,
that's
it
for
actually
did
we
forget
the
mmc
together,
mr
ricciardo,
or
no.
A
I
Either
I
have
it
73
80
120
rmc,
for
the
pilot
program.
A
Okay,
yeah,
so
that's
what
we're
doing
is
trying
to
correct
an
issue
with
the
last
the
last
time
this
was
before
us
at
our
last
meeting.
There
was
an
error
in
the
number
of
units.
It
was
three.
There
was
an
error
in
the
number
of
units.
A
The
last
legislation
said
364
364
units,
it's
actually
384,
and
there
was
an
error
in
the
in
the
address,
which
I
don't
have
that
right
in
front
of
me
and
understanding
that
mr
longo
was
preparing
this
on
his
way
out
and
then
and
maybe
in
haste,
that
you
know
the
wrong
document
got
sent.
So
the
document
that
I
got
before
that
we
passed
was
had
those
those
those
errors
and
we
need
to
amend
those.
So
I
want
to
emcee
this
and
and
correct
those
errors.
K
A
Okay,
we
have
to
fish
the
number
out.
A
I
believe
that's
it
and
and
that'll
be
you'll,
be
withdrawing
at
the
same
time,
and
I
I
I
would
also
ask
that
of
any
any
other
legislation.
That's
on
the
agenda,
some
of
it
dating
back
to
2018
in
order
to
clean
up
the
agenda
and
kind
of
shorten
it
a
bit
we
have.
I
would
ask
that
members
review
and
consider
withdrawing
some
of
that
old
legislation.
M
Just
real
quickly
on
the
emcee,
just
mechanically
speaking,
the
effect
of
that
will
be
to
nullify
the
previous
ordinance,
which
was
63,
71
20
and
you
know,
disapprove
the
city's
entry
into
that
pilot
agreement
because
there's
going
to
be
a
new
pilot
agreement
that
reflects
the
correct
language
and
then
today's
ordinance
will,
in
addition
to
nullifying
the
previous
ordinance.
Sorry
resolution,
I
should
say,
will
authorize
the
city
to
enter
into
the
correct
pilot
agreement.
A
You're
still
muted,
okay,.
N
Yeah
we're
gonna
vote
on
that
tonight
that
doesn't
have
to
go
into
committee
or
or
it
doesn't.
A
M
Other
than
those
changes,
the
only
other
change
is
the
addition
of
the
language
about
nullifying
the
previous
resolution.
Otherwise,
the
language
is
verbatim
from
the
first
resolution.
H
A
A
Anyone
have
anything.
O
I
just
I
wanted
to
to
ask
members
and
I'll
send
an
email
out
about
this
too.
We
want
to,
like
we've,
been
talking
about
redoing
the
whole
budget
process.
So
that's
something
that
we're
like
in
the
process
of
doing
mike's
on
vacation
this
week.
O
So
I
wanted
to
kind
of
gather
some
thoughts
from
people
before
we
started
doing
the
initial
meetings
and
then
obviously
the
full
finance
committee
will
be
involved
with
that
and
all
council
members
are
encouraged
to
participate
as
well
and
just
an
update
that
there's
we
should
be
getting.
You
got
one
part
of
the
requested
information
earlier
david
gallon
sent
out
that
and
the
detailed
projections
numbers
should
be
coming
out.
Hopefully,
hopefully,
if
not
today,
tomorrow.
O
A
A
N
My
oh
yeah,
my
question
was,
I
know
one
of
the
big
concerns
with
the
last
couple
of
budgets.
Is
we
get
some
surprises,
namely
certain
people
get
selected
for
handsome
pay
increases?
Well,
most
people
don't?
Can
we
get
a
heads
up
very
early
on
if
that's
going
to
happen
again
and
some
really
strong
justification
for
it.
A
Yeah
well
we'll
make
that
a
part
of
the
discussion
going
forward,
because
that
that
seems
to
be
a
major
stepping
point.
It
has
for
the
last
couple
years.
Yeah
it'd
be
good
to
have
those
conversations
early
on
and
either
work
through
them
or
not
work
through
them,
but
yeah.
We
typically
get
that
stuff
late
and
we're
trying
to
manage
and
sort
through
it.
So
we
talked
about
that.
You
sure.
C
Yeah,
I
think
you
answered
it
well,
okay,
as
it
relates
to
the
raises.
I
hope
it
comes
in
front
of
us.
We
in
some
tough
financial
hardship-
and
I
you
know
thank
the
finance
chair
for
working
with
the
budget
office
to
kind
of
start
the
budget
process
a
little
bit
early,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
that
you
know
any
raids
that
take
place
this
year,
that
every
single
council
member
is
involved
and
who
is
getting
it
and
when
are
they
getting
it
and
explanation?
C
So
I
just
want
to
echo
it
there
we're
going
through
some
challenging
times,
and
I
don't
think
this
is
the
time
to
be
giving
raises
unexplained
raises.
So
we
can't
go
business
as
usual
in
these
challenging
times,
so
I
hope
that
administration
also
the
budget
office
include
us
as
a
relates
to
anyone
that
is
will
be
getting
a
raise.
Thank
you.
J
A
And
lastly,
been
having
conversations
with
our
staff
over
the
last
couple
meetings
about
reading
the
public
comments
during
the
during
the
meeting
versus
you
know,
just
adding
them
to
the
record
and
judy
brought
up
a
good
point
and
sent
an
email
out
saying,
like
you
know,
why
can't
we
just
you,
know,
notice
this
stuff,
keep
it
together
as
a
part
of
the
record,
but
not
not,
you
know,
have
our
staff
read
through
them,
we're
looking
to
have
you
know
the
person's
name?
A
You
know
where
they're
from
what
they're
speaking
in
support
of
as
a
part
of
the
comments
that
that
maybe
danielle
would
make,
but
the
the
body
of
of
the
of
their
comments,
we're
gonna,
just
add
to
the
record
and
alfredo.
A
And
not
go
through
that.
It's
just
informational
go
ahead,
alfredo.
J
I
just
wanted
to
touch
a
note.
Last
we
spoke
about
forming
a
committee
to
look
at
the
equity
and
salaries
across
the
city.
I'm
hoping
that's
still
something
we're
going
to
do,
and
I
know
it's
tough
times,
but
I
still
think
we
need
to
look
at
our
city
budget
and
make
sure
that
you
know
we're
being
fair
with
people
and
that
we're
not
putting
our
most
vulnerable.
J
A
Yeah
and-
and
that
has
been
that
was
a
part
of
our
prior
leadership
meetings,
and
I
know
we
have
to
get
back
to
that
our
last.
You
know
substantive
conversation
about
that
pre-code,
it
was
you
know
we
were
looking
at
members.
We
picked
a
few
members
out
by
name
that
we
wanted
to
be
a
part
of
that
effort,
so
hopefully
we
can
get
back
to
that,
but
pretty
soon
and
get
back
on
track
with
it.
D
Can
I
go
ahead?
I'm
sorry!
Yes,
yeah!
I
didn't
even
step
on
you
kelly
last
meeting
I
had
brought
up
about
the
in-house
painting
and
I
was
wondering:
did
you
you
were
gonna,
try
to
find
out
for
me
if
that's
gonna
continue
and
what
happened
was
I
just.
I
had
a
20
minute
phone
call
today
from
a
person
on
beacon
avenue
that
they
came
back.
They
put
up
signs
last
week,
saying
no
parking
we're
going
to
pave
and
they
didn't
do
anything.
D
They
called
dgs
friday.
Nothing
was
done
and
nobody
seemed
to
know.
I
tried
calling
dgs
and
no
big
molly.
Wasn't
there
frank,
so
poli?
Wasn't
there
you
know
sergio
was
on
vacation.
Nobody
could
tell
me
why
the
street
wasn't
paved
when
it
was
advertised.
Like
you
know,
no
parking
and
the
people
were
complaining.
They
had
to
move
their
cars
all
week
and
nothing
happened.
So
I'm
just
wondering:
did
you
find
anything
out
about
the
paving
the
in-house.
A
And
I'll
I'll
have
to
admit
that
I
had
a
number
of
conversations
over
the
last
week
or
last
few
days,
even
with
the
administration
regarding
other
things,
and
I
I
it
totally
slipped
my
mind,
I
promise
you
I'll
get
I'll,
get
you
an
answer
both
on
that
particular
site
or
street,
and
and
just
in
general
that
list
for
you.
P
P
What
are
we
doing
tonight
and
moving
forward
about
public
comment
and
the
reading
of
that
and
the
second
thing
I
just
want
to
make
sure
everybody's
reading
the
second
quarter
financial
report,
which
clearly
shows
that
when
it
comes
to
personnel
costs,
we
are
3.5
million
dollars
below
budget.
To
date
I
mean,
if
you,
if
you
look
at
the
annualized
costs,
that
it
should
have
been
versus
what
we've
spent
in
the
first
half
versus
what
it
should
have
been.
P
P
That's
just
one
piece
of
information
that
we
can
glean
from
what
we've
been
provided
thus
far,
and
I
am
asking
the
question
as
to:
why
are
we
seeing
any
cuts
in
additional
cuts
and
services
or
continuing
to
see
cuts
and
services
when
we've
already
met
the
goal
for
the
the
hiring
freeze
would
be
achieved
this
year
and
I
don't
wanna,
I
don't
wanna
belabor
that
point
other
than
to
emphasize.
P
We
really
should
be
having
these
conversations
with
the
administration.
We
should
be
being
provided
the
information
and
we
should
be
participating
in
the
amendments
to
expenditures
etc
to
to
the
budget
that
we,
you
know
approved.
So
as
we're
looking
forward,
we
can
jump
through
hoops
and
try
and
figure
out
how
we
can
meaningfully
participate,
but
if,
in
the
meantime,
the
administration
has
cut
3.5
million
dollars
out
of
personal
services
by
virtue
of
just
not
doing
hiring
and
not
filling
positions,
then
you
gotta
question
what
role?
P
What's
the
significance
of
of
the
role
that
the
common
council
is
playing
and
and
how
much
of
a
back
seat
we're
being
relegated
to,
regardless
of
whatever
efforts
that
we
make?
But
so
that's
just
a
comment.
Your
feel
feel
free
to
comment
on
that
comment
if
you
want,
but
mostly
I
want
to
find
out
what
we're
doing
about
public
comments
during
the
meetings.
A
Right
we're
doing
thanksgiving
exactly
what
you
you
suggested
and
we're
going
well.
This
meeting
we're
we're
kind
of
going
along
the
way
we've
been
going
and
reading
them.
I
I
may
just
interject
really
quickly.
I've
been
doing
that
along
with
michelle
behind
the
scenes,
so
I
don't
even
have
to
read
the
comments
and
all
of
the
comments
you've
received
digitally
by
email,
with
the
exception
of
the
ones
that
came
in
after
six.
I
believe
there
are
either
one
or
two
comments
that
came
in
after
six,
which
I
will
forward.
A
Okay,
thank
you,
mr
lesbian,
but
so
the
idea
is
is
to
do
that
just
to
conserve
and
save
time
and
energy.
If
people
want
to
come
on
and
speak,
they
come.
Q
I
guess
I
have
a
little
concern
with
the
comments
not
being
read.
As
you
know,
I'm
one
that
would
like
to
see
more
people
get
involved
and
come
down
to
the
council
meetings
and
I
feel
like
it's
a
strain.
You
know
what
culvert
is
adding
a
strain
to
everything
but
strain
on
our
meeting,
because
it
just
makes
everybody
feel
even
more
disconnected
to
the
processes
that
are
going
on.
Q
So
when
I
heard
that
that
that's
alarming
to
me-
and
I
don't
mean
to
create
more
work
for
danielle
or
michelle,
but
I
think
that
it
is
a
a
huge
part
of
this
meeting
that
you
know
the
it's
like
the
a
regular
meeting.
If
it
was
in
person
the
people,
the
person
would
stand
there
and
read
it.
So
I
just
wanted
to
say
that,
and
I
also
wanted
to
add
and
riding
throughout
the
city.
Q
I've
been
noticing
that
these
trees
aren't
being
cut
and
you
can't
see
the
stop
signs
and
and
and-
and
I
was
up
in
judy's
neighborhood,
where
it
surprised
me
on
the
street
that
runs
parallel
with
new
scotland
that
runs
into
academy
each
of
those
stop
signs.
Q
You
can't
see
because
the
trees
are
covering
them,
so
that
was
something
that
I
I
you
know
was
alarming
up
in
that
neighborhood,
but
it's
something
that
is
frequent
throughout
the
city,
and
I
think
that
we
should
take
a
look
at
it
before
you
know
the
next
thing
you
hear
someone
saying
they
can't
they
couldn't
see,
they
didn't
see
the
stop
sign.
So
that
was
just
something
that
was
alarming.
That
I
saw
this
week.
F
G
Yeah,
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of
little
echo
a
little
bit
what
derek
said
on
the
public
comment
thing.
I
have
mixed
feelings
about
not
reading
the
comments.
They
are
public
comments,
they're
addressed
to
us
as
much
as
to
the
public.
G
So
you
know
I
I
have
this
these
mixed
feelings
about
how
we
want
to
handle
the
public
comments
and
if
we
lose
something
by
just
you
know
giving
them
to
us,
but
not
really
making
them
available
to
the
public
or
having
them
read
as
part
of
a
public
meeting,
but
whatever
just
throwing
that
out.
There.
P
P
Previously
we
make
it
available
for
people
to
either
attend
by
a
zoom
or
to
call
in
and
read
their
comments
as
vince
rabuso
has
done,
and
that
is
a
choice
that
people
can
make
and
they
don't
even
have
to
travel
outside
of
their
home.
They,
you
know
it's
actually
easier
for
them.
You
know
to
travel
outside
of
the
home.
They
can
just
you
know,
dial
in
you
know
it
might
take
them.
P
You
know
a
little
bit
of
time
in
waiting
or
whatever,
but
that's
the
equivalent
of
them
coming
and
speaking
at
our
meetings
is
for
them
to
call
in
or
zoom
in
and
reading
every
single
comment
where
people
have
expressed
an
opinion.
We
I
mean,
if
we're
going
to
do
that
now,
then
we
should
be
doing
that
when
we
reconvene
in
person,
because
you
know
then
that's
a
new
rule
with
regard
to
public
comments.
P
And
finally
I
I
think
that
we,
I
think
that
you
get
the
gist
of
what
people
are
saying
from
listing.
What
their
position
is
we
get
the
comments
if
we
want
to
make
a
comment
about
what
somebody
has
said
when
we're
debating
a
bill
etc,
then
we
can
reiterate
what
people
have
said
if
we
think
that
it's
significant
so
there's
a
lot
of
ways
in
in
which
to
make
sure
that
people
know
that
their
voices
are
are
being
heard.
P
P
That's
a
duplicative
kind
of
effort,
and
finally
I
want
to
know
that
that
one
of
our
meetings
went
so
long
because
of
reading
in
so
many
of
the
public
comments
that
one
council
member
could
no
longer
attend.
Other
people
who
are
observing
are
not
listening
to
you
know
our
entire
meeting,
so
it
does
also
have
a
different
kind
of
effect
on
participation
in
our
meetings.
K
Yes,
I
agree
with
miss
duches,
it
doesn't
not.
Reading
them
does
not
violate
anything.
We
haven't
done,
especially
when
it
comes
to
in
chambers.
People
submit
public
comment
all
the
time
to
us
without
reading.
So
I
don't
think
it's
it's
silence
in
their
voice.
We
get
we
get
them,
we
can
read
over
them,
but
richard
I
do
understand.
Richard
has
his
hand
up
it's
the
last
one,
because
then
we
have
to
go
to
our
meeting
go
ahead.
Richard.
G
Yeah,
I
think,
as
long
as
we
offer
people
the
opportunity
to
come
on
and
do
live
public
comments.
All
right.
As
I
say
I
mean
we're,
learning
a
lot
about
our
new
procedures
and
covet
and
all
that
kind
of
stuff.
So
you
know
I
understand
that,
but
we
always
want
to
make
sure
we're
as
transparent
as
possible,
and
I
also
wanted
to
just
you
know
in
honor
of
national
watermelon
day
for
jenny's
sake.
G
Watermelon
comes
in
many
different
shapes.
This
is
from
the
seneca
lake
wine
trail,
the
menorah
winery,
if
you're
out
there-
and
it's
called
wonder,
wondrous
watermelon.
K
L
K
K
B
K
We
will
go
right
into
our
council
meeting.
Welcome
to
the
albany
common
council
meeting
august
3rd
2020.
I
N
B
I
N
K
K
L
K
F
K
Thank
you
myself.
Thank
you.
Now
we're
moving
on
to
our
public
comment
period.
Is
there
anybody
in
the
queue.
I
There
are
several
members
in
the
queue
I
believe
pete
sheehan
is
with
us
and
was
in
the
queue
okay.
K
K
R
Thank
you.
My
name
is
pete
sheehan.
I
live
at
32,
buckingham
drive
and
I'm
talking
tonight
about
a
resolution
that
was
previously
passed
in
in
december.
I
think
it
was
seems
like
a
long
time
ago,
and
this
was
a
resolution
authorizing
and
directing
the
city
corporation
council
to
enforce
the
declaration
of
covenants
and
restrictions
dated.
L
R
For
20
parcels
located
on
new
scotland,
avenue
south
allen
street
and
under
dock
f,
and
so
this
resolution
was
like,
as
adopted
in
december,
and
the
common
council
adopted
the
the
hit
the
brief
history
of
it.
R
Is
the
common
council
adopted
the
usdo
back
in
2017
and
to
get
in
an
effort
to
address
the
concerns
of
neighbors,
who
are
concerned
about
the
allowed
height
of
buildings,
in
that
in
that
development
now
referred
to
as
563
new
scotland
avenue,
the
commissioner
of
planning
and
development
chris
spencer
recommended
that
the
then
owner
fm
promontory
capital
execute
a
restrictive
covenant
to
address
their
concerns
and
obligate
and
objections
that
would
allow
the
20
parcels
to
be
rezoned
to
only
allow
for
three
and
a
half
stories,
and
that's
what
it
that's.
R
What
is
at
issue
here?
The
mr
spencer
helped
put
together
the
restrictive
covenant
to
only
permit
three
and
a
half
stories
so
that
the
neighbors
would
have
dropped
their
objections
and
the
and
the
respective
court
common
council
members
would
vote
in
favor
of
the
usdo.
R
So
this
action-
but
you
know
by
mr
spencer
and
and
the
the
execution
of
the
restrictive
covenant,
was
not
just
a
private
matter
and
that's
what's
been
argued
before
that's
just
a
private
matter
and
it's
nothing.
It
really
is
not
that
it's
a
public
matter
and
as
as
duly
noted
by
just
about
every
one
of
the
common
council
members
who
voted
for
this
for
this
resolution
back
in
december
by
an
11
to
two
vote.
R
It
was
something
that
affected
the
the
usdo
I
mean
it
allowed
it
to
pass,
and
so
this
restrictive
covenant
was
just
real
briefly
fm
promontory
capital
for
itself
and
successors,
science,
covenants
that
the
building
height
was
limited
to
three
stories
and
with
it
with
an
allowed
height
of
three
and
a
half
stories.
Fronting
new
scotland.
H
R
Okay,
so
that's
that's
what
the
the
usdo
passed
based
on
that
and
people
who
would
have
been
shopping
for
a
house,
then
with
that
understanding,
would
have
understood
that
the
limit
was
three
and
a
half
stories
and
once
again
I'd
remind
everyone,
I'm
I'm
sure
most
of
the
council
members
remember
this.
They
vote.
They
spoke
very
forcefully
and
I
thought
correctly
to
uphold
to
up
hold
this
restrictive
covenant
and
then
the
new
development
came
in.
Excuse
me,
563
new
scotland
and
the
plans
there
called
for
five
story.
R
Building
a
lot
of
people
in
the
neighborhood
have
objected
to
it,
including
myself
and
others,
and
there's
an
another
history
there.
But
that's
that's
not
really
what
this
is
about
tonight
and
so
fm
promontory
then
tried
to
try
to
basically
revise
the
declaration,
the
the
restrictive
covenant
and
get
rid
of
it,
which
is
fine,
except
that
this
was
a
publicly
publicly
coordinated
document
and
so
the
the
resolution,
which
is
what
would
which
is
the
important
thing
here
is.
R
It
was
resolved
that
the
common
council
authorized
and
direct
the
city
of
albany
corporation
council
to
take
any
and
all
steps
necessary
and
appropriate
to
enforce,
to
enforce
the
declaration
of
covenants
and
restrictions,
and
that's
really
what's
an
issue
here.
So
what
we'd
like
to
do?
I
I'd
like
to
ask
the
common
council
to
communicate
with
the
mayor's
office
that
this
thing
is
in
effect
and
the
most
important
part
of
it
was
that,
according
to
the
city
clerk
and
and
our
you
know,
the
attorney
has
seconded.
S
R
Section
the
clerk
said
that
she
pulled
the
resolution
in
question
and
it
was
not
signed
by
the
mayor.
It
was
not
vetoed
and
if
that
doesn't
happen,
home
rule
section
302
bv
says
if
it
wasn't
expressly
vetoed
and
was
returned
without
approval
or
disapproval,
the
same
shall
be
deemed
adopted
and
will
take
effect
pursuant
to
the
to
the
provisions
of
the
municipal
home
rule
law
and
that's
what
I'm
asking
the
common
council
to
do
is
to
communicate
that
to
the
city
to
the
city
administration.
R
You
know
to
the
clerk's
office,
of
course,
and
planning
and
everybody
else
to
put
the
restriction
on
that
to
enforce
that
restrictive
covenant
that
should
be
enforced.
I
Yes,
mr
president,
but
for
the
record
council
member
faye
is
present
and
we
have
all
common
council
members
in
attendance.
So
15
present
no
one
is
absent.
We
also
have
a
guest
speaker.
It
looks
like
from
pine
hills,
neighborhood
association.
K
Hello,
council
president
cory
ellis:
can
you
just
state
your
name
and
address
for
the
record?
You
have
five
minutes
to
comment
on
anything.
You
would
like
to
comment
on
council
members
cannot
answer
your
questions
at
this
time,
but
if
they
choose
to
do
so,
they
will
do
so
at
a
later
time
in
the
agenda.
So
go
right
ahead.
Sir.
S
S
I
think,
as
you
all
know,
our
association
has
opposed
the
the
hoey
ordinance
15.81.1,
I'm
here
to
follow
up
on
that
a
little
bit.
I
did
send
out
a
note
to
everyone,
and
I
I
don't
know
if
you
had
a
chance
to
read
or
if
you
all
have
it,
but
I
will
summarize
from
that,
and
it
may
provide
some
additional
context
as
well.
S
We've
seen
a
lot
of
welcome
development
in
our
neighborhood,
since
enactment
of
the
usdo
we've
been
able
to
work
with
the
developers
in
the
planning
department
on
several
new
apartment
projects,
which
we
think
are
going
to
be
a
great
help
to
our
neighborhood
and
to
the
city
at
large,
cities
need
to
grow
and
change,
and
our
future
in
many
respects
depends
on
it.
Now
this
is
not
to
say,
I
want
to
be
very
clear
here.
We've
said
it
before
that:
there's
no
room
for
change
or
improvement
in
the
ufc.
S
Of
course
there
is-
and
we
also
think
common
common
council
review
is
entirely
appropriate.
You
are
the
legislative
body.
However,
our
point
is
and
has
been
that
it's
best,
if
you
do
it,
and
it's
very
important
for
amendments
to
be
made
by
working
collaboratively
with
the
planning
department,
staff,
council
and
board.
That
is
the
way
the
system's
supposed
to
work.
S
Now
we
are
not
planning
experts,
I'm
not
claiming
to
be
many
of
us
have
many
prior
experiences
in
this
environment,
but
in
going
through
both
the
legislation
itself
or
the
ordinance
and
the
memorandum
from
the
planning
board,
we
noted
that
there
were
significant
problems
of
interpretation
impact
in
law
and
there
were
alternative
approaches
that
could
have
been
taken
now.
S
S
We
ask
our
planning
boards
to
do
and
staff
to
do
a
very
difficult
function,
and
that
is
undertake
an
administrative
review
and
approval
of
projects
as
the
as
the
laws
dictate
both
the
local
codes
and
state
codes,
and
often
objections
are
raised
to
projects
by
neighbors
and
by
common
council
members
and
where
it
is
something
that
the
planning
board
can
can
deal
with
or
where
there
is
a
situation
that
needs
to
mitigate.
They
can
do
it,
but
their
role
is
to
to
look
at
look
at
proposals
that
come
before
them
and
rule
on
them.
S
According
to
the
statutes
and
the
codes
that
exist,
they
are
not
really
a
political
body
that
takes
them.
Do
you
like
it?
Do
you
not
like
it?
Shall
we
do
it
or
not
do
it?
This
creates
some
pressure.
However,
even
when
or
perhaps
especially
when,
that
tension
exists,
it's
even
more
important
to
work
through
collaboration.
S
That
doesn't
mean
you
have
to
agree
everything
or
if
the
planning
department
says
no,
we
have
trouble
this
that
you
throw
the
idea
out.
The
best
way
it
works
is.
If
you
go
back,
you
push,
you
ask
questions,
you
work
to
a
point
where
you
have
a
better
product.
It
reflects
the
legislative
will,
but
also
what
we,
what
we
think
is
probably
very
good
advice
from
the
planning
specialist
from
the
attorneys
and
those
who
know
the
code.
So
that's
the
big
picture.
S
I
have
spoken
to
several
of
you
and
there
are
concerns
that
I've
learned
about
myself
in
the
past.
There
are
concerns
about
the
annual
view
of
the
usdo
that
has
not
taken
place.
There
are
legitimate
concerns
about
particular
proposals
that
you
or
others
may
have
put
forward
where
you
haven't
received
the
feedback
or
the
dialogue.
S
S
What
we
wish
for
most
of
all
is
that
the
common
council
and
councilman
holly
might
consider
working
with
the
planning
staff
to
work
at
some
changes
to
his
legislation,
which
might
indeed
erase
the
issues
that
they
saw
or
deal
with
them
in
a
better
effective
manner
and
maybe
there's
a
win-win
there,
and
we
also
hope
the
issues
that
some
of
you
have
raised
with
with
me
and
with
others
from
pine
hills
are
addressed
as
well.
S
If,
if
the
usdo
calls
for
an
annual
review,
that
ought
to
happen
if
proposals
have
been
put
forward
and
your
questions
have
not
been
asked
answered,
that
is
unfortunate.
So
we
agree
with
that,
but
we'd
like
to
not
mix
these
two
issues
and
look
at
this
for
you
to
consider
this
ordinance
in
itself.
Again,
I'm
not
an
expert
but
we'd
like
that.
You
would
do
that.
So
thank
you
for
considering.
I
Mr
president,
there
is
someone
that
is
a
participant
and
I'm
unable
to
identify
who
they
are
but
they're
calling
from
a
phone
number.
It
looks
like
four
eight
two,
five
one:
zero,
zero
and
they're
showing
up
as
a
guest.
K
K
President
corey
ellis
this
is
a
public
comment
period.
You
can
speak
on
a
topic
or
subject.
You
wish
to
speak
on
at
this
time,
but
you
have
to
identify
yourself
and
your
address
is
where
you
live,
and
you
have
five
minutes
to
speak
on
that
subject
and
at
the
four
minute
mark.
I
will
let
you
know
that
you
have
one
minute
remaining
so
go
ahead.
Sir.
T
Thank
you
very
much
and
good
evening.
My
name
is
john
cypos
ipos,
I'm
an
albany
resident.
I
live
on
south
manning
boulevard
and,
first
of
all,
I'd
like
to
say
good
evening,
president
ellis
and
members
of
the
council.
Thank
you
for
providing
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
you
tonight
in
the
midst
of
this
virus
that
has
affected
all
of
us.
I
do
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
our
legislature.
T
I
would
like
to
echo
and
support
the
comments
that
mr
peter
sheehan
made
a
few
moments
ago,
as
well
as
his
request
and
his
presentation,
and
I
will
try
to
be
brief
so
as
to
not
be
repetitive,
but
I
also
and
as
support
the
requests
and
the
proposal
by
mr
sheehan,
requesting
that
the
common
council
direct
the
mayor's
office
and
the
corp
council
and
the
planning
departments
and
other
instrumentalities
within
the
city
government
to
enforce
the
restrictive
covenant
that
mr
sheehan
spoke
about.
T
Indeed,
the
planning
department,
the
commissioner
of
planning
and
was
involved
in
the
development
of
that
restrictive
covenant.
I've
spoken
to
you
in
the
past
at
public
session
about
this
back
in
back
into
winter.
T
T
That's
what
makes
our
our
city
and
our
country
great
and
under
under
that
principle.
T
The
restrictive
covenant,
especially
given
that
it
was
developed
by
by
portions
of
the
of
the
city
government,
including
the
planning
department
that
it
be
that
it
be
enforced,
and-
and
I
would
ask
this
common
council
to
make
that
request-
make
that
direction
to
the
mayor's
office,
and
I
would
in
closing
thank
you
for
your
time
and
your
patience
tonight
and
thank
you
for
letting
me
participate.
I
So,
mr
president,
that
concludes
the
speakers
that
we're
here
to
provide
live
comment.
If
you
would
like,
I
can
show
you
the
list
of
people
who
submitted
comments,
that
they
had
wanted
red
for
the
record,
and
then
I
will
also
make
sure
that
are
those
comments
are
uploaded
to
facebook,
so
people
can
view
them.
The
general
public
can
view
them
at
their
leisure.
If
that's,
okay
with
you,
that's
fine.
K
So
since
we
have
no
other
speakers
at
this
time,
move
on
the
public
comment
period
is
closed
and
we'll
move
on
to
approval
of
minutes.
Mr
kimbrough.
A
Thank
you,
mr
president,
I
make
a
motion
to
approve
the
july
20th
or
2020
meeting.
A
R
O
Thank
you,
mr
prime
president.
I
wanted
to
let
members
know
that
the
finance
committee
will
be
meeting
on
thursday
august
20th
and
we
will
be
discussing
resolution
number
68.72.20,
r
and
we'll
also
be
reviewing
the
2020
first
quarter.
Financial
report.
E
Thank
you,
mr
president.
The
planning
committee
is
meeting
this
wednesday
august
5th
at
5
30,
and
we
have
a
lengthy
agenda,
we're
meeting
on
ordinance,
11
6120
that
has
to
do
with
parking
lots
and
mixed-use
community
urban
zone
districts.
That's
mr
councilmember
kim
bros,
the
sponsor
of
that
we're
meeting
on
council
member
loves
ordinance,
10
6120,
which
is
a
rezoning
amendment,
a
resolution
by
council
member
o'brien
6271-20r
regarding
potential
brownfield
sites
and
then
three
reappointments
to
the
sustainability
advisory
committee
for
andre
lake
pete,
sheehan
and
tina
lieberman.
Thank
you.
N
The
general
services
committee
is
going
to
be
meeting
august,
24th
to
consider
ordinance
number
13720,
an
ordinance
number
14720
plus.
I
think
we
are
also
trying
to
get
a
hold
of
scott
gallup
and
dgs
to
continue
our
discussion
about
the
uses
and
revenues
from
the
landfill
until
not
the
landfill.
The
golf
course
sorry.
K
K
Thank
you,
sir
mr
flynn,.
K
Thank
you,
mr
flynn.
Mr
kimbrough.
K
Thank
you,
sir.
Moving
on
to
resolutions
resolution
introduced,
miss
fredricks.
A
I
think,
mr
president,
to
refer
to
planning.
K
A
E
F
N
T
K
Resolution
passes
mr
kimbrough.
K
Miss
duchess
and
then
mr
hallway.
I
P
P
People
seem
to
misunderstand
that
this
ordinance
is
an
ordinance
that
is
intended
to
protect
the
public
health
safety
and
welfare
and
require
people
to
comply
with
the
usda
without
there
being
arbitrary
and
gracious
waivers
of
requirements
or
disregarding
of
experts
such
as
the
the
fire
department.
So
I'm
very
frustrated
about
that.
I'm
frustrated
that
it
was
vetoed,
allegedly
on
procedural
grounds
when
that
ordinance
was
passed,
using
the
exact
same
procedure
that
my
usda
ordinance
used
and
followed,
and
the
mayor
signed
mine
and
vetoed
mr
hoeys
on
alleged
procedural
grounds.
P
P
Not
recite
that
there's
a
problem
on
procedural
grounds
and
finally,
considering
the
shape
the
city
is
in
and
the
problems
that
we
have
and
the
problems
that
people
are
having,
where
we
have
our
parks
in
such
awful
disrepair,
weeds
growing
in
sidewalks
that
the
people
throughout
the
city
are
living
with,
but
especially
in
underserved
communities,
it's
being
ignored
code
violations
are
not
being
addressed.
P
Vacant
buildings
are
not
being
addressed.
We
have
trees
with
branches
that
people
are
complaining
about.
If,
if
the
city
administration
spent
as
much
time
tending
to
those
issues
as
it
has
on
vetoing,
mr
hoey's
ordinance,
this
city
would
be
in
great
shape
and
I'm
pretty
upset
that
that
is.
This
administration's
priorities
is
getting
an
ordinance
vetoed
that
requires
the
city
to
comply
with
the
requirements
of
the
usdo
and
the
recommendations
of
experts.
So
I
I
just
I'm
very
upset
and
feel
the
need
to
say
that.
K
D
I
guess
my
comment
tonight
is
this
meeting
tonight
with
zoom,
it's
been
very
frustrating.
I
can
see
we
had
the
people
who
did
guest
talk,
they're
still
on
pine
hills
and
peaches.
I
try
to
talk
and
I
kept
getting
the
message.
The
host
is
not
allowing
you
to
talk
now
during
a
regular
council
meeting.
D
If
I
had
a
point
information
or
a
point
of
procedure,
I
would
be
able
to
speak
up
and
ask
that
now
I
did
text
you,
mr
president,
and
jr,
letting
them
know
that
we're
having
problems.
This
is
the
first
week
that
I've
ever
seen.
Something
like
this
happen.
Where
you
know,
as
a
council
member,
I
should
be
able
to
speak
up.
R
D
K
So,
thank
you.
I
appreciate
it.
That's
it
okay!
Thank
you,
mr
holy
miss
farrell
cheryl
and
did
mr
ballerin.
O
I
just
wanted
to,
I
think,
a
lot
of
people
sent
in
public
comments
today
with
the
expectation
that
they
would
be
read
at
our
meeting,
and
I
I
think,
that's
somewhat
problematic
that
that
those
comments
were
not
read.
You
know
that
that
was
the
expectation,
so
I
I
don't
love
that
we
shifted
what
we've
been
doing
right
before
meeting.
J
Balran,
thank
you.
I
know
it's
been
a
very
rough
summer
and
it's
not
getting
any
easier
for
anybody,
and
I
I
I
do
appreciate
comments
that
we
get
from
our
residents,
even
if
they
are
critical
of
us
at
times.
J
It's
it's
democracy
and
I've
been
on
that
side
of
the
bench
a
lot
longer
than
I've
been
on
this
side
of
the
bench.
So
I
I
get
I
get
how
it
is
to
be
on
that
side.
I
do
want
to
address
the
concern
that
was
brought
up
in
public
comments,
and
one
of
my
residents
called
me
about
it.
The
issue
with
the
tow
truck
company
that
we
contracted
with
and
potentially
the
fact
that
their
owners
may
be
a
part
of
a
white
supremacist
group.
J
I
followed
those
comments
and
those
concerns
of
our
residents
to
corporate
council.
The
corporate
council
is
the
body
that
looks
at
these
contracts,
and
I've
asked
them
to
examine
this,
because
you
know
we're
a
city,
that's
45
black
and
brown,
and
if
we're
going
to
have
any
entity
be
contracted
with
our
city,
we
need
to
make
sure
that
they
respect
all
of
our
residents.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
they
respect
all
of
the
individuals
that
they're
going
to
be
in
common
contact
with,
while
they're
working
in
our
city.
J
I
also
want
to
clarify
one
thing:
the
contract
we
there
was
no
city
funds
going
to
that
entity.
I
want
to
make
that
very
clear.
There's
no
city
funds
that
go
to
the
entity.
What
the
contract
does
is,
allow
that
entity
to
work
and
get
costs
regarding
in
vehicles
need
to
be
told.
J
J
So
I
I
look
forward
to
public
to
corporate
council
looking
into
that
and
hopefully
being
able
to
address
those
concerns
that
were
brought
up
by
our
residents.
C
Thank
you,
mr
president.
Quite
frankly,
I
am
disappointed
in
the
way
this
meeting
went,
and
I
want
to
echo
my
council
colleagues
derek
johnson's
comment,
as
it
relates
to
not
allowing
the
public
to
share
their
statements
and
these
challenging
times
that
we're
in
our
residents
want
to
be
heard
and
that's
why
we're
seeing
all
the
protesting
that
are
taking
place?
There
are
people
out
there.
I'm
receiving
emails
and
phone
calls
how
disappointed
they
are
that
we
did
not
read
out
the
public
comment
again.
Public
comment
is
not
just
for
us.
C
It's
for
the
public
and
to
just
make
a
decision
right
before
council
meeting
is
totally
disrespectful
to
the
residents
of
this
city.
I've
said
it
over
and
over
god
forbid.
We
stay
past
eight
o'clock
we
meet
twice
a
month
for
a
full
council
meeting
and
now
the
public
you're,
silencing
their
concern,
you're,
silencing
their
issues
that
they
want
to
see
address.
They
want
to
be
heard.
C
We
have
one
of
the
lowest
turnouts
in
the
capital
region.
This
is
not
what
democracy's
about
democracy
is
about
land,
the
people,
the
public,
get
the
issues
and
concerns
out
and,
quite
frankly,
I
am
disappointed.
I
couldn't
even
speak.
It's
that
the
hosts
have
to
unmute
me
for
me
to
speak.
What
is
that
about.
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
I
Mr
president,
if
I
may,
there
have
been
some
technical
difficulties
with
zoom
today,
we've
all
experienced
outages.
I
did
earlier
before
the
meeting
began,
so
that's
impact
in
everyone's
ability.
K
M
N
One
can
can
you
hear
me:
I
wanted
to
follow
up
the
issue
that
was
raised
during
the
night,
both
by
derek
and
by
judy
about
ggs
responses
to
cleaning.
You
know
overgrowth
around
street
signs
on
on
overgrown
lawns,
and
things
like
that
there
is,
as
far
as
I
know,
there
is
no
way
that
I've
seen
publicly
presented
that
the
public
is
able
to
track
this
except
see,
click
fix,
which
is
not
very
accurate.
Sometimes
things
don't
even
get
posted
on
it.
N
You
know
like
if,
like,
if
there's
a
violation,
sometimes
there's
a
big
discrepancy
in
how
long
it
takes
to
post
a
property.
Sometimes
it'll
take
a
couple
of
weeks
to
post
a
property,
even
though
the
statute
says,
you
know
that
the
corrective
action
is
supposed
to
be
done
within
so
many
days,
ostensibly
of
the
complaint
of
there
being
a
problem.
N
I
wanted
to
note
that
you
know
the
equity
agenda
technically
requires
a
reporting
mechanism
by
each
department
and
I'm
just
concentrating
on
general
services
of
all
complaints,
not
just
c-click
vic
ones,
but
whether
they
be
by
telephone
call
or
letter
or
somebody
walking
into
the
office
to
complain.
N
So
that'll
be
some
data
and
I
think
they'll
come
in
on
the
at
our
august
24th
general
services
meeting,
because
I
know
that's
one
of
the
issues
raised
in
the
two
ordinances
that
we're
going
to
look
at
that
particular
night
was
the
time
it
takes
to
do
some
corrections,
particularly
with
you
know,
private
property
violations.
N
So
I
just
wanted
to
respond
to
that,
and
I
say
I
think
we're
going
to
get
a
report
from
uptown
neighborhood
cooperative
as
to
the
percentage
of
actual
time
it
takes
to
do
corrective
action,
and
maybe
you
know
it
would
be
nice
to
get
some
kind
of
an
official
tracking
that
would
break
the
data
down
in
the
same
way
that
this
collaboration
of
neighborhood
associations
are
doing
and
then
the
other,
the
other
thing
I'll
do
briefly.
N
I
I
agree
with
with
judy's
comments
regarding
the
issues
surrounding
the
override
I
you
know
looked.
I
did
look
at
the
comments
that
came
in
and
some
of
them
seem
to
say
it's
just
an
issue
of
nimbyism
and
yet
I
think,
there's
a
lot
more
real
issues
involved.
N
I
hope
that
the
two
weeks
next
two
weeks
before
we
consider
it
again,
are
really
our
open,
productive
meetings
between
council
members
and
the
planning
department
and
planning
board,
but
I
note
that
tom's
ordinance
was
out
there
for
16
months
and
that
would
seem
to
be
time
to
bring
it
to
a
discussion
if
it
needs
tweaking
to
point
that
out
and
to
wait
until
you
know
this
last
minute
today
the
day
that
it
was
supposed
to
be
decided
upon
by
the
council
and
say:
oh
no,
we
need
another
two
weeks
well.
N
I
hope
that
that
two
weeks
is
genuine,
open-minded,
honest
discussion,
because
there's
been
16
months
preceding
it
that
I
really
think
it's
a
safety
issue
that
they
have
chosen
to
basically
waive
and
not
a
nimby
issue
on
the
part
of
the
people
that
had
concerns
about
that
particular
project.
And
that's
all
I
have
to
say.
K
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
o'brien,
mr
johnson,
and
then
miss
love.
Q
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
just
want
to
share
my
concern
because
I've
received
a
number
of
calls
during
this
meeting
of
people
sharing
their
frustration,
and
you
know,
as
an
advocate,
a
person
that
is
going
through
the
community
constantly
trying
to
get
people
to
participate
and
in
our
process
you
know,
I
think,
is
important
for
the
letters
to
get
read
because
some
people,
you
know
work
at
night.
Some
people
have
situations
where
they
can't
get
on
it's
fortunate.
Q
Now
that
we
can
use
zoom
and
but
even
that
is
not
an
option
for
them,
so
you
know
in
the
heart
of
hearts.
I
just
ask
that
people
be
mindful
of
people's
effort
to
participate
in
the
meetings
and
you
know
their
concerns.
Q
You
know
a
lot
of
times
give
us
direction
to
go
in
and
I
think
is
helpful
in
building
up
the
relationship
between
local
residents
and
the
local
government.
So
you
know
anytime,
we
take
away
their
opportunity
to
speak.
Q
I'm
gonna
have
a
problem
with
it
and
you
know
I
just
wanted
to
once
again
reiterate
that
you
know
not.
Everybody
has
the
flexibility
to
be
able
to
be
there
when
we
need
them
to
be
there
and
and
even
even
physically
get
there.
So
we
should
be
mindful
of
that,
and
you
know
just
remember
the
amount
of
meetings
that
is
sometimes
just
one
or
two
people
that
speak.
So,
if
you
give
people
a
chance,
the
numbers
are
going
to
balance
out
and,
I
think
is
very
important.
Q
But
it's
a
lot
of
stuff
that
that's
going
on
in
our
community
and
people
are
starting
to
speak
out
about
it
and
it
just
seems
like
people's
opportunity
to
speak.
Like
you
know,
the
people
can't
come
to
the
state
of
the
state.
You
know
this,
you
know
the
administration
detaches
themselves
from
every
part
of
the
community
and-
and
you
know,
there's
there's
no
way
to
hold
them
accountable.
Q
So
I
just
think
that
we
should
be
mindful
that
when
people
take
their
time
out
to
express
their
concerns,
we
should
have
try
to
find
a
mechanism
to
make
sure
that
it's
her.
Thank
you.
K
U
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
also,
I
don't
think
it
was
a
conspiracy.
U
I
was
getting
phone
calls
texts
from
people
that
they
couldn't
get
on
and
I
was
telling
them
we
were
on
and
we
were
still
on,
but
it
was
a
decision
that
you
made,
mr
president,
not
to
go
on
with
the
letters.
I
accept
your
decision
at
this
time
but
to
get
on
facebook
while
we're
doing
live
and
I'm
gonna,
I'm
gonna
call
you
out
russell
because
with
anything
that
we
have
to
say-
and
you
saw
that's
so
much
upset-
why
don't
you
just
call,
mr
president,
to
decide?
U
C
And
I
just
want
to
say
for
the
right.
C
Was
talking
to
whoever
made
the
decision
not
to
read
the
public
comment?
That's
the
person
that
I
was
talking
to.
I
wasn't
talking
about
the
president.
I
was
talking
about
the
person
who
made
the
decision
not
to
read
public
comment.
That's
the
person
I
was
talking
to.
I
was
referring
to
the
president
because
of
he's
the
president,
so
I
was
referring
back
to
him,
but
I
wasn't
talking
directly
to
the
president.
I
was
talking
to
whoever
made
the
decision.
K
We're
not
we're
not
gonna
we're
not
going
to
argue
amongst
ourselves.
We
get
everyone's
point.
Mr
kimbrough,
would
you
like
to
address.
A
This
yeah
yeah.
No,
I
I
it's
it's
it's
an
idea.
No
one's
right
to
speak
is
being
taken
away.
There
were
people
here
in
public
comment
that
that
spoke.
If
you
sign
up
to
speak,
you
get
to
speak.
If
we
were
in
in
the
chambers
you,
we
wouldn't
necessarily
read
your
comments.
That's
this
is
something
that
we
added
we've
been
doing
to
be
transparent
and
and
and
add
to
our
discussions,
no
one's
taking
anything
away
from
anyone.
Anyone
in
the
public
that
they
were
in
here
before
the
public
did
comment.
A
A
The
comments
that
I
made
about
this
meeting
were
that
we
were
going
to
read
the
the
the
comments
this
meeting
and
moving
forward
we
weren't
going
to
because
it
is
wrong
to
at
this
point,
just
shut
it
down
without
any
notice.
K
And
I
didn't
hear
that
part
in
defense.
I
think
that
was
the
part
we
missed
when
judy
asked
him
to
explain
it
and
it
went
out
again.
So
I
did
not
hear
that
part.
So
no
nobody's
voice
is
not
being
not
heard.
If
we
were
in
council
chambers
and
somebody
submitted
written
documentation,
we
do
not
read
it,
we
submit
it
for
the
record.
That's
normal
procedure.
E
K
Online
does
not
mean
we
have
to
read
them:
no
one's
trying
to
silence
anyone's
voices.
If
the
council
wants
to
talk
about
that
during
caucus
about
changing
that
rule,
anybody
writes
in
we
read
everybody's
comment,
even
when
we're
in
chambers
we
can
have
that
conversation
but
be
be
mindful
of
that
conversation
is
about
sometimes
the
staff
strain
it
puts
on
our
staff.
K
It's
just
not
about
not
being
not
hearing
people
comments,
because
we
do
get
letters
sent
to
us
emailed
to
us
written
to
us
that
we
read
ourselves
and
those
are
entered
into
the
record,
so
be
mindful
of
that.
So
I
did
not
hear
the
closing
remarks
to
with
keeping
it
this
week.
If
I
had,
we
would
have
read
those
comments,
so
I
don't
want
us
to
think
that
this
was
you
know
when
you
talk
about
the
technology
going
off
handle.
K
K
I
don't
know
how
many
came
in
if
council
members
council
members
want
to
hear
them
this
time,
since
we
will
be
going
forward
changing
it
up.
I
have
no
problem
doing
that.
I
don't
think
the
president
has
any
problem
doing
that
so
before
I
get
into
miss
frederick's
comments,
if
you
want
to
hold
them
off,
because
I
do
agree-
I
I
you
know
like
I
said
I,
I
did
not
hear
him
tail
off
and
say
this
meeting,
so
I
was
just
you
know
going
by
what
I
heard
as
well.
K
So,
if
miss,
if
the
clerk
has
them,
we
can
read
them
this
meeting
after
that,
we
will
proceed
unless
the
council
begins
to
talk
about
that
situation
and
caucus,
because
once
again
we
do
not
read
them
when
we're
at
a
regular
meeting,
somebody
submits
for
the
record.
We
submit
it
for
the
record.
We
do
not
read
them
and
I
want.
I
want
to
make
that
clear,
so
we're
not
doing
something
that
is.
That
has
not
been
done
since
this
council
has
been
in
place.
K
Just
because
we're
on
zoom
does
not
mean
we
don't
follow
our
rules
and
regulations.
That
doesn't
mean
we
don't
follow.
Our
rules
of
order,
as
the
council
is,
is
made
up
of
rules,
so
I
just
want
to
make
that
clear.
So
our
majority
leader,
ms
farrell,
made
a
great
point
I
did
not
once
again,
I
did
not
hear
our
president
say:
read
them
this
week
and
we'll
move
them
forward.
K
So
that's
why
I
cut
it
off,
because
I
did
not
hear
that
and
judy
asked
again,
because
she
was
unclear
as
well,
and
I
still
didn't
hear
it.
So,
let's
not,
let's
not
make
this
into
aurora
about
what
citizens
don't
have.
We
are
the
most
transparent
council
within
this
state
of
new
york.
K
We
have
council
meetings
at
seven
o'clock.
We
have
city
council
members
and
county
legislators
who
have
meeting
at
one
o'clock
in
the
afternoon.
We
are
the
most
transparent
since
this
started
covet.
You
guys
forgot
the
report
that
was
put
out.
We
were
one
of
the
we've.
Had
people
call
us,
how
are
you
guys
doing
your
meetings
and
our
county
legislator
had
started
before
us,
so
I
don't
want
to
hear
our
councilmembers
talk
about
transparency.
K
K
Any
rules
change
within
our
council.
So
with
that
being
said,
ms
gillespie,
could
you
please
read
them
this
time
and
we'll
be
moving
forward
and
after
that
miss
fredericks
will
be
coming?
Thank
you.
Yes,.
I
Mr
president,
we
received
the
comment
from
alana
klein,
an
albany
resident
29
glenwood
street,
which
reads
as
follows,
mr
president,
and
members
of
the
council.
As
always,
I
hope
this
finds
you
safe
and
healthy,
I'm
not
sure
if
you're
aware,
but
the
town
of
colony
recently
proposed
anti-panhandling
law.
They
claim
it's
to
prevent
aggressive
panhandling,
but
it
could
be
used
for
something
as
simple
as
asking
for
a
quarter
to
get
on
the
bus.
I
All
the
arguments.
I've
read
in
favor
of
the
panhandling
law
only
doubly
criminalized
certain
actions,
harassing
people
jumping
in
front
of
cars
etc.
A
few
weeks
ago
at
work,
not
one,
but
two
people
came
up
to
me
to
complain
that
someone
was
panhandling
in
the
parking
lot.
I
told
them.
Thank
you
for
letting
me
know
and
then
didn't
do
anything
about
it.
Just
the
other
day
again
at
work.
I
noticed
someone
approached
a
customer
with
a
cardboard
sign.
I
went
up
to
him
and
said
my
man.
I
I
I
The
next
comment
is
from
was
from
ariel
morton,
but
ariel
morton
has
requested
that
we
table
the
comment
until
the
piece
of
legislation
that
it
pertains
to
is
up
for
discussion.
The
same
applies
for
joanne
morton
who's,
who
was
following
ariel
morton.
The
next
comment
that
I
have
is
marlon
anderson
of
214
lark
street.
I
You've
heard
it
from
me
many
times
and
you're
about
to
hear
it
again
leadership.
Where
is
it?
Why
isn't
this
issue
being
given
the
concern
and
priority
it
demands
from
you,
elected
and
paid
leadership?
How
many
hundreds
more
must
be
killed
must
be
shot
or
killed
in
the
city
before
you
take
action
and
give
this
issue
the
priority
it
deserves.
I
I
The
next
comment
comes
from
kyana
friday
and
it
reads
as
follows:
I
don't
appreciate
my
tax
dollars
going
to
racist
company
dots
garage
members
of
proud
boys,
I'm
requesting
that
the
city
and
county
in
their
contracts
with
doc's
garage,
abigail
harris
of
584
madison,
echoes
the
comment.
I
do
not
believe
the
city
should
be
renewing
contracts
with
dot's
garage
as
their
supporters
of
proud
boys,
which
is
a
racist
organization.
I
The
next
comment
submitted
was
from
danielle
smith
of
80.
Katherine
street
doc's
garage
should
absolutely
not
hold
contracts
with
the
city,
as
he
is
a
member
of
a
white
nationalist
group,
proud
boys,
and
we
all
know
now
so
there's
no
justification
not
to
end
the
contracts
and
also
in
the
low
level
offenses
for
marijuana,
as
promised
by
the
city
over
a
year
ago,
to
address
the
fact
that
the
city
is
only
arresting
black
residents
police
reform.
Now
john
clarkson
wanted
to
speak
in
support
of
council
members,
holies
legislation
that
was
vetoed.
I
He
didn't
provide
comments
where
he
expanded
upon.
Okay,
stephen
crainer
also
believe
he
spoke
submitted
comments
for
writing.
Can
you
hear
me?
Okay,
yeah
you're.
I
So
naji
friday
also
had
comments
regarding
dots.
Garage
dots
garage
is
involved
with
the
proud
boys.
The
proud
boys
are
a
white
supreme
supremacy,
hate
group
and
there
should
be
no
business
with
them.
John
sippes,
I
believe
he
joined
us
and
shared
his
comments
live.
I
We
have
a
comment
from
barbara
narrowix,
which
reads
as
follows:
I'm
writing
to
ask
you
to
oppose
overriding
mayor.
Sheehan
vito
of
the
anti-development
legislation
passed
last
month,
1581-19
as
it
will
be
considered
at
tonight's
common
council
meeting
virginia
hammer
provided
comments,
52
south
allen.
I
strongly
support
mayor.
She
is
veto
of
holy
statue.
It
will
not
affect
the
project
already
approved.
It
will
only
deter
future
projects.
All
meetings,
involvement
and
people
who
want
to
live
in
the
city,
but
not
on
houses
and
places
to
live,
develop.
I
New
developed
developments
will
add
to
the
tax
base
and
boost
albany
numbers.
Please
do
not
let
nimby
stand
in
the
way
albany's
future
pete
sheehan
spoke.
Live.
Kara
burke
submitted
a
comment
she's
of
229
davis
ave.
I
recently
learned
that
das
garage
has
a
contract
with
city
albany
for
towing
and
service.
The
owners
of
this
garage
have
known
ties
to
white
supremacist
groups,
and
I
do
not
want
my
tax
dollars
going
to
support
them.
Thank
you
april.
Purcell
bacon,
provided
comment,
213
mount
hope
drive.
I
Her
comment
reads
as
follows:
contract
with
dot's
garage
in
their
affiliation
with
the
prowl
voice
hate
group.
We
cannot
have
our
city
called
contracts
with
people
affiliated
with
hate
groups.
I
understand
that
we
will
always
go
to
the
lowest
bidder.
I
also
need
everyone
to
understand.
Our
moral
compass
comes
into
question
when
we
are
willing
to
work
with
deplorable
individuals
just
because
the
the
price
is
right,
we
must
better
taking
down.
A
statue
shows
nothing
severing
ties
with
someone
contract
or
not.
That
is
proudly
affiliated
with
the
white
supremacy
group
shows.
I
I
I
I
K
F
K
We
can
talk
about
that
caucus.
Thank
you,
mr
kimbrough.
A
Yes,
so
thank
you,
mr
president,
I'd
like
to
just
comment
on
the
the
dots
garage
issue,
we're
as
a
council
or
I've
done
a
bit
of
investigation
on
my
own,
and
I
still
have
to
have
a
conversation
with
the
mayor's
office.
A
One
of
there's
a
connection
both
with
the
albany
police
and,
I
believe,
count
albany
county
with
with
dot's
garage.
We
don't
no
one
wants
to
be
pre-judged
and
I'm
not
saying
we
are.
But
let's
let
the
facts
you
know
come
out.
Let's
make
sure
this
is
going
on
and
then
in
the
event
that
this
is
actually
the
case
we
press.
The
mayor
ultimately
makes
the
decision
on
on
hiring
the
mayor
and
the
police.
A
I
mean
in
these
situations,
but
we
can
certainly
apply
pressure
based
on
good
hard
evidence
that
we
may
find
regarding
dot's
garage.
It's
it's
in
it's
intolerable
in
the
time
that
we
live
in
for
for
people
to
feel
and
think
and
hate.
So
it's
unacceptable
and
we'll
be
having
those
conversations
with
the
administration,
because
they're
doing
some
fact
finding
themselves
and
we'll
push
forward.
Once
we
have
the
information.
I
Q
Mr,
mr
president,
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
you
and
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
danielle
for
allowing
the
public's
comments
to
be
read
and
to
just
show
that
we
are
trying
to
accommodate,
and
you
know
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you,
because
I
feel
a
lot
better
under
this
meeting.
On
that
note,
thank.