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From YouTube: Monday, September 21, 2020 6:30PM Albany Common Council Caucus, 7PM Public Hearing and Meeting
Description
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.)
Legislation Passed:
Ordinance 9.61.20 (Frederick)
Ordinance 10.61.20 (Love)
Resolution 83.92.20R (Johnson)
Resolution 85.92.20R (Johnson)
Resolution 87.92.20R (MC) (Finance)
Resolution 68.72.20R (Finance)
Resolution 72.81.20R As Amended (Frederick)
Resolution 77.91.20R As Amended (Finance)
Resolution 82.91.20R (Kimbrough)
B
D
B
E
Thank
you
so
much,
and
I
just
wanted
to
be
able
to
come
and
speak
to
everyone
directly
so
that
everybody
could
hear
the
same
thing.
At
the
same
time,
we
learned
I
learned
yesterday
morning
when
I
read
the
shift
report
that
I
received
from
the
police
department
that
there
had
been
a
large
event
at
arbor
hill
park
in
the
police
report.
E
The
crowd
was
estimated:
approximately
1500
people,
four
buses,
coach
buses
from
various
places
and
and
large
groups
of
you
know
very
large
group
of
people
clearly
an
event
that
was
not
permitted
under
the
governor's
orders.
With
respect
to
covet
19
and
precautions
taken
with
covet
19.,
we
have
learned
that
there
was
a
plan
to
have
a
step
show
talent,
show
event
at
arbor
hill
park.
On
thursday
we
were.
E
Competition
fell
within
a
category,
that's
expressly
prohibited
that
dance
groups
and
cheer
squads
are
allowed
to
practice
using
the
guidelines
and
the
protocols
set
out
in
the
guidelines,
but
the
competitions
were
expressly
prohibited,
and
at
that
time
I
believe
it
was
david.
Had
the
conversation
with
the
department
of
health,
they
offered
to
reach
out
directly
to
the
organizers,
to
explain
to
them
that
this
event
could
not
occur.
E
E
E
And
so
when
that
person
arrived,
they
saw
a
very
large
scene
and
they
contacted
the.
You
know
the
dispatch
and
more
officers
were
dispatched
to
to
that
location
it.
You
know,
I
have
seen
video
of
it.
I've
seen
body
cam
footage
from
police
officers
that
arrived
as
it
was
breaking
up.
You
know
large
groups
of
people
waiting
to
get
on
buses,
no
masks,
no
social
distancing.
E
E
Our
priority
is
for
people
to
get
tested.
There
were
a
number
of
young
people
who
participated
in
this
competition.
I've
seen
footage
of
the
competition.
There
was
no
social,
distancing,
no
masks
by
the
performers,
and
these
are
young
people
who
are
going
to
be
going
back
into
classrooms.
Presumably
some
of
them
look
to
be
elementary
school
students
going
back
into
city
classrooms
over
the
next
few
weeks.
So
I
did
speak
with
the
school
superintendent
to
alert
her
to
the
situation
and
again
we're
you
know.
Our
number
one
priority
is
is
health.
E
E
B
E
I
missed
it,
it's
not
clear
whether
or
not
the
building
itself
was
open.
There
were
individuals,
decky,
lawson
and
and
patrick
robin
robinson,
worked
for
the
city
over
the
summer
and
had
keys
to
the
building
after
their
employment
ended
the
key
the
the
locks
to
that
building
were
changed.
We
have
a
number
of
questions.
The
lights
were
on
on
the
field
and
they
should
not
have
been
on.
E
We
didn't
authorize
them
being
turned
on
it's
my
understanding
that
they're
set
to
a
timer
and
that
they
were
not
scheduled
to
be
on
so
we're
gonna
be
again
sending
a
letter
to
mrs
lawson
and
robinson
to
make
it
clear
to
them.
You
know
we're
we're
fine
with
softball
happening,
for
example,
on
that
field.
E
Softball
is
a
permitted
activity
with
the
right
precautions,
but
that
does
need
to
be
scheduled
through
us
and
it's
our
understanding
that
they're
actually
advertising
a
softball
tournament
for
this
coming
weekend,
where
they're
charging
350
dollars
per
team
to
play
in
a
softball
tournament
in
a
public
park,
so
we
just
have
to
walk
through
them.
What
the
rules
and
regulations
are
with
respect
to
reserving
city
property
and
with
respect
to
charging
people
for
the
use
of
city
property.
E
I
also
want
to
be
clear
because
I
I
have
heard
that
there
have
been
questions
comparing
this
event
to
the
census.
Events
that
happened
over
the
weekend,
the
census
events
that
happened
over
the
weekend
were
permitted.
They
were
on
a
large
public
street
on
central
avenue,
so
we
can't
control
people
going
to
and
from
the
businesses
on
central
avenue,
but
the
the
census
event
itself
were
tables
that
were
probably
20
feet
apart.
I
attended
that
event
and
we
kept
count
of
who
was
there
and
took
down
you
know.
E
Obviously
it
was
a
census
event,
so
they
were
taking
down
names
and
and
home
addresses
of
the
individuals
that
were
participating
in
that
event.
So
when
we
have
done
events
like
play
streets,
there's
one
point
of
entrance
and
exit,
we
take
down
the
names
and
contact
information
for
anybody
attending
those
events.
So
if
there
is
a
case
that
is
reported,
we
are
able
to
to
help
the
county
with
contact
tracing.
It's
the
same
protocol
that
we
have
in
place
for
our
swimming
pools
over
the
summer
for
the
golf
course.
B
So
I
I'd
like
to
state
it's
my
area
that
the
this
event
took
place
in
again
when
I
saw
the
flyer
I
did
reach
out
to
mr
lawson
spoke
to
them
and
as
far
as
I
knew,
the
the
event
was
was
canceled.
Both
mr
robinson
and
mr
lawson
stated.
You
know:
okay,
the
health
department
called
them,
they
didn't
want
to
get
in
trouble
and
they
they
kind
of
separated
themselves.
B
From
from
this
event,
and
and
subsequently
the
the
next
day
mr
lawson
called
me
and
said
that
you
know
young.
Ladies
worked
it
out.
I
don't
want
to
be
a
part
of
this,
so
you
know
it's
on
them.
I
you
know
I
I
don't
want
to
get
arrested
or
in
trouble.
So
I'm
removing
myself
and
mr
robinson
stated
the
same-
that
that
was
their
statements
to
me
prior
prior
to
the
event.
E
So
mr
lawson
was
at
the
event
the
police
spoke
with
him,
asked
him
what
was
going
on.
He
said
that
this
was
an
event
that
was
happening
that
was
organized
by
him
and
by
the
the
arbor
hill
sports
complex,
when
he
was
told
that
it
needed
to
break
up.
He
said
that
they
still
had
it
had
to
hand
out
the
awards,
and
so
the
police
asked
him
to
expedite
that
award
ceremony
so
that
they
could
get
people
out
of
there,
and
so
he
he
was
there.
E
He
did
interact
with
police
and
he
clearly
I
mean
from
their
perspective
he
was
very
much
involved
because
he
was
organizing
and
arranging
the
the
the
handing
out
of
of
the
awards.
So
look,
you
know
at
no
point
in
time.
Did
anyone
have
permission
to
hold
this
event?
And
you
know
it
was
made
very
clear
that
this
type
of
competition
is
again
expressly
prohibited
the
rules.
E
But
again
we,
you
know
this
is
just
preliminary
phases
or
preliminary
stages
of
of
the
investigation,
but
we,
you
know
when
people
don't
come
in
for
a
permit,
which
you
know.
I
think
it's
common
knowledge
that
you
need
to
have
a
permit.
Certainly
among
the
individuals
involved
that
the
that
the
individuals
know
that
there's
a
permit
process
and
par
part
of
the
reason
for
that
permit
process
is
so
that
we
can
have
these
conversations
around
what's
to
be
expected.
I
E
K
I
mean
if,
mr,
if
ducky
you're
you
coming
to
talk
to
us
about
an
incident
that
becky
was
at
and
becky
worked
for,
parks
and
recreation.
I
think
that
that
would
be
an
easy
phone
call
to
talk
to
someone
who
was
directly
there,
because
the
numbers
that
we're
hearing
1500
so
how
does
an
event,
take
place
that
wasn't
supposed
to
happen
in
albany
and
it
gets
up
to
1500
people
and
no
one
was
able
to
enter.
You
know
prevent
that
from
happening.
How
does
that
like?
K
E
Well,
we
were
assured
it
was
not
going
to
happen
so
as
of
friday,
both
the
county
health
department
and
they've
released
a
statement
to
this
effect.
Both
the
county
health
department
and
the
city
of
albany
were
told
that
this
event
was
not
going
to
take
place
and
that
it
had
been
canceled
so
and
just
to
be
clear.
Mr
lawson
worked
for
the
city
for
a
period
of
time
this
summer
running
youth
programming.
He
is
not
currently
an
employee
of
the
city
of
albany.
K
E
Actually,
no,
I
was
actually
really
encouraged
by
what
I
saw.
It
looked
like
a
dance
practice
which
is
permitted,
and
it
looked
as
though
you
know
right
if
we
can't,
if
we
can't
have
this
big
talent,
show
whatever
event
was
supposed
to
go
on,
we're
still
going
to
use
this
park
to
engage
our
youth.
As
I
said
they
were
in
street,
they
were
in
their
normal
clothes.
That
was
not.
It
was
not
set
up
as
any
it
would.
E
I
I
thought,
no
more
of
seeing
that
practice
than
I
would,
if
I
had
saw
seen
somebody
doing,
skills
and
drills
on
the
basketball
court.
It
was
that
innocuous.
It
was
one
group
with
adult
supervision
just
wearing
their
normal
clothes
and
you
using
the
park
on
a
beautiful
day.
As
I
said,
there
were
no
tents
set
up.
There
was
just
there
was
no
indication
at
two
o'clock
anyway.
E
B
E
B
Thank
you,
okay,
so
for
for
our
agenda
it's
going
down.
We
have
two
public
hearings:
ordinance
9,
61,
20
and
resolution
72
8120
relating
to
the
76
project,
that
that
will
be
our
public
hearing
next
to
approval
of
minutes
from
previous
meeting
I'll,
be
offering
the
september
10th
meeting
minutes
for
approval
next
on
to
consideration
of
local
laws.
We'll
have
local
law
m
of
2020..
L
B
B
B
If
you
hear
me,
judy
just
kind
of
wave
your
hand
a
little
bit:
okay,
all
right,
okay,
all
right,
so
that
would
be
going
to
planning.
Next
on
to
the
active
calendar
issues.
Agenda
item
number
eight
and
nine
number
eight
by
miss
frederick
that
was
worked
through
and
we'll
be
considering
I'll,
be
offering
that
for
well
for
passage
for
number.
Eight.
M
B
M
N
B
M
O
So,
at
around
five
o'clock
this
afternoon,
I
noticed
that
there
was
an
email
from
jr
from
about
338
saying
that
we
should
be.
He
hopes
that
we've
been
checking
the
one
drive
regularly
because
he's
been
changing
and
uploading
documents,
and
then
I
was-
and
I
was
surprised
that
we're
not
being
notified
essentially
that
these
documents
are
being
you
know,
amended
when
they're
being
amended.
I
so.
P
O
I
have
a
little
bit
of
a
problem
with
you
know,
a
understanding
that
I
I
don't
know
when
we
were
notified
that
we're
supposed
to
be
checking
the
onedrive.
I
guess
constantly
for
any
documents
that
have
been
amended.
I
really
think
that
we
should
be
notified
of
any
documents
that
have
been
amended
when
they
are
uploaded
so
that
we
know
that
they're
ready
for
our
review,
because
we
do
get
many
versions.
O
C
Know
only
thing:
that's
been
updated,
it's
been
updated
everything
that
I've
received
any
amendments
to
resolutions
or
the
ordinance
well,
the
ordinance
has
not
been
amended
that
have
been
set
on
a
separate
one.
I
yes,
I
misspoke.
When
I
put
in
the
email
I
was
just
saying.
I
hope
you've
been
checking,
because
everything
that
I
have
sent
to
the
members
I've
been
putting
in
in
the
onedrive,
so
everything
that
I've
sent
to
the
members
has
been
put
into
the
one
drive
as
well,
but
everything
has
been
consolidated
into
the
one
drive.
O
Okay,
so
we
sometime,
when
did
you
send
us
the
decision
that
I'm
now
seeing
for
that?
I
I
I
didn't
know
that
there
was
a
decision
related
to
the
ordinance
and
I
had
asked
miss
frederick's
last
week
in
an
email,
if
anything
was
being
done
to
put
a
justification
in
and
how
that
was
being
handled,
and
I
got
no
response
to
that.
So
I
didn't
know
if
that
was
being
done
or
if
something
was
pending
or
whatever.
C
The
draft
decision
are
you
referring
to
that
one
that
one
has
been
in
the
one
drive
and
I
was
waiting
for
commentary
from
sponsor
and
from
the
chair
planning
received.
None
and
it's
still
in
draft
form,
it's
still
not
in
finalized
form,
and
it
has
all
the
findings
that
it's
mimics,
everything
that
is
in
the
planning
department,
the
planning
boards.
So
I
have
not
sent
that
out,
particularly
to
everybody.
No.
O
C
Q
Q
C
A
B
R
A
S
Yeah
I
just
want
to
do
a
quick
comment.
My
understanding
was,
I
approved
everything
that
was,
in
my
queue
just
to
clear
that
up
and
then
in
terms
of
amendments
I
didn't
have
anything
so
I
wasn't.
I
wasn't
making
any
changes.
I
was
just
basically
agreeing
and
mr
shea
I'm
sorry
for
not
responding
to
your
email.
I
clearly
missed
that
once
you
mention
it.
T
U
O
Q
This
process
is
newer
to
us,
so
we
do
have
plans
to
sit
down
and
iron
things
out
as
far
as
specifics
as
to
who's
responsible
for
what
a
lot
of
work's
been
done
to
meet
the
usdo
requirements,
a
tremendous
amount
of
work.
So
I
I
think-
and
it's
been
voted
out
of
committee
with
a
positive
recommendation
as
well.
I
think
it
makes
sense
to
move
forward.
Q
O
Like
I
say,
I
don't,
I
respectfully
disagree
that
this
provides
the
rationale
for
meeting
the
usdo
standards
as
we're
required
to
do
for
the
usdo
when
we
reach
a
decision
so,
like
I
say
I
will
be
abstaining.
I
understand
that
people
want
to
push
this
forward
and
you
know
I
do
think
that
there
should
be
more
discussion
about
the
process
and.
B
Okay,
thank
you,
mr
shea.
So
the
sequence
is
we'll
pull
resolution.
78
72
81,
20
forward.
That's
number
10
on
our
agenda
and
take
it
out
of
order,
after
which
we'll
go
back
to
ordinances
under
ordinances.
Hell
number:
eight,
that's
9,
61
20.!
That's
number
eight
on
our
agenda
and
it's
the
hearing
also.
So
defending
that
outcome,
we'll
go
to
eight
offer
that
and
then
number
nine
miss
love's
ordinance.
B
W
W
B
M
B
W
B
W
B
B
B
B
B
So
all
members
want
to
be
co-sponsors
or
I
mean
I
guess
we
just
do
our
roll
call
and
then
we'll
do
it
that
way,
but
I
I
personally
will
be
so
that's
that
next,
mr
johnson's
also
resolution
85
92
20r,
and
that
will
be
a
pass.
It's
calling
on
clemency
call
on
the
governor
to
review
the
clemency
applications.
B
Any
questions
comments,
you
just
store
your
hand
up.
No
okay,
all
right
we'll
be
moving
forward
with
that
and
voting
next
by
miss
farrell
resolution,
86
92-20
that'll
be
going
to
finance
and
that'll
be
setting
up.
Actually
we
had
some
emit
some
changes
made
to
it.
So
we're
looking
to
to
pass
that
actually
this
evening.
O
B
C
W
B
B
B
R
B
Y
Sir,
okay
yeah,
it
has
nothing
to
do
with
the
agenda.
It's
the
fact
that
nigro
is
now
somerset
associates
is
now
suing
the
council,
the
city
and
the
planning
board
and
marissa
indicated
that
they're
conflicted.
So
I
guess
there's
going
to
be
some
discussion
about
private
council
to
represent
all
three.
I
guess
I
was
wondering
what's
the
plan
for
that,
what.
D
Z
Y
C
Z
B
B
B
Right
right
and
so
the
normal
courses,
we
we
we
go
30
minutes,
then
we
extend
for
half
an
hour.
So
the
first
30
minute
period,
we're
gonna,
address
folks
in
the
room
and
allow
them
to
speak
until
they're
done
and
then
we'll
swing
back
and
read
the
the
public
comments
we
receive.
That
need
to
be
read
in
the
second
30
minute.
Public
comment
period.
D
O
D
O
AA
M
AB
D
S
U
A
D
AC
AC
M
M
M
And
now
we
have
we,
we
will
be
heading
into
our
public
hearing.
We
have
a
public
hearing
on
two
issues.
We
have
ordinance
9.612
r
and
that
will
be
one
public
hearing
and
then
we
have
public
hearing
on
resolution,
72.812
r
and
during
the
public
hearing
you
can.
You
can
only
talk
about
the
resolution
or
ordinance
that
is
stated
and
unlike
public
comment
during
public
hearing
period,
common
council
members
can
ask.
D
M
Speaker,
whoever
speaks
the
common
council
member
can
ask
them
questions
about
the
subject
matter
that
they're
talking
about,
so
that
is
the
difference
between
public
care
and
public
comment
and
there's
no
time
limit.
So
with
that
being
said,
we're
going
to
do
the
first
public
hearing
and
it's
going
to
be
on
ordinance.
AA
M
M
AD
T
T
I
am
a
almost
30-year
resident
of
the
south
end
and
I
believe
that
this
is
a
project
whose
time
has
come
in
this.
The
particular
part
of
the
south
end
in
my
tenure
as
a
council
member
and
as
council
president,
we
had
the
opportunity
to
do
multiple
developments
in
the
south
end
through
the
albany
housing
authority.
T
I
believe
that
when
I
walk
around
the
city
of
albany-
and
I
see
other
similar
projects
being
taking
place
like
on
clinton
avenue,
where
there
are
multiple
units-
not
just
the
brownstones-
that
we're
used
to
seeing
but
lower
clinton
avenue,
there's
a
multi
unit
on
development
that
which
came
into
being
in
the
last
year,
and
I
believe
that
what
that
has
done
just
in
terms
of
the
streetscape
on
clinton
avenue
can
also
happen
on
second
avenue.
With
this
project,
I
believe
that
it
will
offer
quality
housing
for
a
mixed
income
residents.
T
T
Where
we
can
track
current
house
just
and
I
believe,
for
someone
to
come
in
to
be
able
to
get
investment
not
only
from
the
developer
but
to
be
able
to
catch
the
interest
of
state
agencies
and
other
organizations
and
foundations
that
want
to
invest
in
the
south
end.
That
is,
I
mean
this
is
what
we've
been
longing
for
for
many
years.
T
I
believe
that,
once
this
is
placed
in
the
south
end,
it
will
spur,
as
miss
morton
said,
other
development
already
we're
seeing
people
on
second
avenue
investing
in
their
properties
all
along
the
side
streets.
I
had
some
work
done
on
my
house
last
spring.
I
mean
this
spring
and
I'm
telling
you
every
other
house
now
seems
to
be
doing
some
work,
and
I
believe
that
this
is
the
same
thing.
That's
going
to
happen
on
second
avenue
once
this
project
comes
so
I'm
looking
forward
to
what
mr
jones
has.
T
This
has
been
in
the
making
and
he
has
been
receptive
to
concerns
that
have
been
raised
by
neighbors
and
I'm
glad
to
hear
that
the
environmental
impact
statement
that
people
are
calling
for
just
in
the
process
of
getting
this
project
that
is
going
to
take
place,
and
I
believe
that
people
will
be
reassured
that
we're
not
going
to
over
burden
the
public
systems
that
will
be
used
to
ensure
that
people
have
quality
of
life
in
not
only
in
the
76
project
but
in
our
neighborhood.
So
I
would
urge
your
support
of
this
project.
T
The
project
has
had
the
opportunity
to
receive
grants
thus
far
and
we
don't
want
them
to
risk
losing
that
funding
a
million
dollars,
funding
that
they've
gotten
from
nyserda
and
other
potential
funding
sources
that
are
on
the
table
without
your
approval
and
things
that
have
to
be
done
in
a
timely
manner.
So
I'm
looking
forward
to
any
questions
that
you
might
have
for
the
developer
and
any
of
his
people.
His
staff,
but
also
your
support
of
this
project
is
a
support
for
the
south
end
and
the
support
for
the
city
of
albany.
Thank
you.
M
M
AE
Okay
good
evening,
president
ellis
and
honorable
members
of
the
common
council,
as
stated,
my
name
is
arielle
morton
and
this
evening,
I'll
be
speaking
to
express
my
sincere
support
of
the
rezoning
required
for
the
76
development
project
on
2nd
avenue.
As
a
homeowner
and
4th
generation
south
in
resident,
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
witness
countless
transitions
that
my
community
has
endured,
both
positive
and
negative.
However,
I
won't
use
the
minimal
amount
of
time.
AE
I've
been
allocated
this
evening
to
dwell
on
the
past
or
current
issues,
but
instead
to
shine
light
and
stand
in
support
of
the
plethora
of
possibilities.
The
76
will
bring
to
my
community
while
others
have
overlooked
the
south
end
or
deemed
it
as
an
area
of
blight
that
develop.
The
developers
of
the
76
are
cognizant
of
the
potential
my
community
possesses
and
they
want
to
provide
ways
to
allow
it
to
flourish
and
ultimately
become
self-sufficient.
AE
The
76
development
project
will
exhibit
that
what
southland
residents
have
always
known
that
the
south
end
is
a
viable
community
to
reside
in
work,
invest
and
develop,
as
opposed
to
one
of
light.
I
am
hopeful
that
this
project
will
act
as
a
catalyst
for
future
development
projects
and
resources
being
made
available
to
my
community.
That
will
help
the
southend
reach
its
full
potential.
AE
M
U
F
Yes,
so
I
will
limit
my
comments
to
the
ordinance
itself
and
I
represent
two
land
owners
in
the
area
of
the
rezoning,
the
dunbrooks
and
audrey
weddinb.
I
have
submitted
various
written
comments
on
that.
Many
of
them
go
to
the
seeker
analysis
that
we'll
address
at
the
second
hearing,
but
in
terms
of
the
rezoning
itself,
we
are
well
aware
of
the
many
benefits
that
this
project
may
afford
and
and
and
how
the
south
end
has
been
undeveloped
and
not
as
she
received
the
same
attention
that
it
deserves.
F
There's
no
question
about
that
of
the
need
for
the
services
and
the
benefits
there.
The
problem
is
besides
the
fact
that
this
project
is
grossly
oversized
for
the
neighborhood
and
where
it
is
and
lacks
the
infrastructure
going
forward.
The
zoning
tool
you
are
using
is
an
inadequate
one
to
do
what
you
want
to
do.
F
If
this
is
a
good
project
that
requires
the
the
necessary
synergy
of
the
various
elements
in
there.
You
should
be
doing
this
through
a
planned
uni
unit
development
district.
By
doing
it
as
rezoning
this
to
mixed-use
commercial
campus
institutional,
you
all
of
the
representations
that
the
developer
has
given
to
you
on.
This
has
no
effect
on
the
rezoning
when
this
rezoning
goes
through.
The
developer
can
change
the
project.
F
It
does
not
go
through
as
a
community
thought
it
would
when
it
was
being
presented
and
then
what
will
happen
is
you're
left
with
the
zoning
for
a
commercial
institutional
use
that
is
out
of
scale
with
that
surrounding
neighborhood
and
who
might
come
in
in
the
future.
Is
somebody
with
a
project
for
housing
that
is
not
affordable
and
does
not
represent
the
needs
of
the
community
and
does
not
necessarily
provide
the
services
that
it
thinks
you
will
have,
because
you
will
have
changed
the
zoning
for
that
area?
So
I'm
imploring
on
you.
F
If
you
are
serious
about
doing
this-
and
this
is
not
a
project
given
this
this
magnitude
that
should
just
go
through
very
quickly-
it
needs
careful
consideration
to
find
out
if
it's
real
I've
gone
through
all
the
project
materials
that
are
on
your
on
one
drive
and
I've
gone
through
the
project
materials
that
are
on
the
department
of
planning's
case
management
system.
I'm
not
aware
of
anything
in
there
that
truly
shows
a
what
the
plans
even
are.
F
You
do
not
even
have
a
set
a
full
development
plans
at
a
sketch
plan
stage
to
tell
you
what's
going
to
be
developed,
they
are
not
on
your
websites,
you
do
not
have
sufficient
information
or
any
information
that
provides
you
general
financial
performance
to
show
what
the
cost
of
construction
is
going
to
be.
The
sources
of
financing
that's
going
to
come
in
there
and
how
this
could
actually
even
happen.
There's
no
time
frame
for
the
two
phases
of
development,
not
just
for
phase
two,
but
how
long
will
it
take
for
phase
one
to
develop?
F
Y
In
your
opinion,
is
there
any
relatively
simple
language
that
could
be
added
to
it
tonight,
such
that,
if
you
know
such
that
it
doesn't
become
a
thing
where
the
where
this
developer
collapses
and
somebody
else
comes
in
and
builds
something
we
didn't
want
anything
any
relative.
The
easy
solution
to
that.
M
M
Y
V
V
F
M
So
I'm
glad
mr
nani
asked
that
question.
That's
my
next
question
you
coming
in
front
of
this
body.
If
your
count,
if
your
clients
are
in
discussions
about
potentially
selling
property,
you
don't
think
it's
a
bias
remark
for
you
coming
from
this
council
and
make
the
statements
you
make
could
be
biased
based
off
of
your
account,
your
your
your
your
clients,
being
negotiations
right
now,.
F
With
all
due
respect,
no
first
of
all
my
comments
are
biased
because
I'm
an
advocate
for
my
clients
and
their
interest
of
it.
If,
if
my
clients
are
not
offered
sufficient
funds
for
them
to
have
to
be
able
to
relocate
and
and
and
the
compensation
what
they
do,
they're
gonna
have
to
be
living
with
this
project
around
them.
There's
no
man,
there's
no
mandate
that
this
developer
offers
them
a
fair
price
for
their
property
that
they
feel
is
worth
for.
The
bother.
M
And
I
have
one
more
question,
so
your
clients
do
not
feel
an
investment
of
this
magnitude
would
enhance
their
property
value
around
our
homes
and
enhance
other
property
values
around
other
people's
homes.
Are
you
saying
your
clients
feel
like
that's?
That
won't
happen,
because
I'm
trying
to
figure
out
the
adverse
effect
on
them
when
you
know
I'm
born
and
raised
in
that
neighborhood,
I
grew
up
three
blocks
from
where
this
was
going
to
be,
and
I've
seen
that
neighborhood
go
south
and
there's
no
no
form
of
private
investment
coming.
J
F
President
ellis,
what
you're
you
know
indulge
me
a
little
bit
when
we
talk
you're,
essentially
talking
about
the
impacts
of
the
project,
which
is
the
second
part
of
you,
know
the
public
hearing
on
the
other
resolution,
but
I'll
address
it
briefly.
How
will
they
be
impacted
by
it
because
they're
going
to
be
in
shadows
most
of
the
time
from
these
buildings,
when
they're
looming
over
them
and
they'll
be
in
dark?
F
How
will
they
be
impacted
by
by
sustaining
months,
if
not
years,
of
pile
driving,
while
this
is
being
constructed
with
the
changes
in
the
traffic
with
the
destruction
of
of
the
street
trees
that
will
be
necessary
to
construct
this
project?
Yes,
there
should
be
private
development
in
the
south
end
and
to
improve
the
area.
There's
no
question
about
it,
but
by
taking
it
in
the
manner
that
it's
being
done,
you
are
committing
to
simply
the
most
the
maximizing
the
size
of
the
project
that
you
could
fit
into
this
footprint.
F
Instead
of
looking
at
alternatives
which
would
value
the
financial
viability
of
various
types
of
projects
that
it
could
have
a
scale,
there's
significantly
less.
That
provides
an
important
benefits
to
the
community,
but
does
not
dwarf
and
and
and
stymie
the
community.
It's
not
an
either
or
situation,
and
the
way
it's
been
presented
is
simply
as
an
either
or
presentation,
and
if
we
went
through
the
proper
review
through
an
environmental
impact
statement,
you
would
have
all
the
information
that
you
need
to
be
able
to
make
the
ultimate
decision.
F
You
may
come
out
at
the
end
of
that
and
look
at
the
alternatives
of
it
and
say
yeah.
Well,
you
know
this
one
was
a
pretty
good
project
and
we're
going
to
go
with
as
as
proposed
for
the
76,
but
you
also
may
find
it's
important
to
look
at
it
differently
and
that
was
to
go
to
was
to
contradict
something
that
county
legislature.
Mclaughlin
said
this
is
not
an
eis
that
is
going
to
happen
later.
This
is
not
an
environmental
review.
That's
going
to
be
happening
later,
you're
doing
the
environmental
review.
F
The
only
environmental
review
for
this
project
and
the
development
of
the
76
is
being
done
by
the
by
the
albany
common
council
and
the
planning
board
is
not
going
to
look
at
the
same
issues
or
have
the
same
power
and
authority
that
you
have
to
look
at
alternatives
on
this
and
that's
why
we
can't
just
simply
kick
it
down
the
road
and
say
we
can
address
this
later.
Those
are
legitimate
issues,
but
we'll
look
at
it
later.
F
No
one
will
you
you
folks
by
being
the
lead
agency,
and
if
you
adopt
the
negative
declaration,
you
are
precluding
ending
all
future
environmental
review
by
all
other
involved
agencies
for
this
project.
That
is
a
fact,
and
so
you
know
I
I
I
sympathize
with
you
without
having
wanting
to
have
to
go
through
all
of
that
work
and
it's
a
long
and
arduous
process,
sometimes
of
doing
it,
but
it
is
the
necessary
thing
you
are
taking.
F
F
U
U
The
first
letter
is
from
james
dunbrook,
86,
second
half,
which
reads
as
follows:
tonight
we
on
second
half
find
ourselves
fighting
to
survive
an
unfair
zoning
process.
The
city
of
albany
has
partnered,
with
the
developers
of
the
proposed
76
project,
to
enact
a
zoning
change
to
build
outside
the
character
of
this
community.
It
is
a
project
viewed
in
terms
of
expedience,
without
proper
oversight
or
review.
U
This
proposed
project
is
nothing
more
than
a
glorified
warehouse
for
the
financially
disadvantaged
the
buildings,
having
only
one
way
to
view
the
outside
world,
like
a
prison
cell,
there
is
no
basic
logic
in
the
proposed
project.
This
is
an
emotional
decision
by
the
city
and,
as
a
result,
bad
decisions
are
being
made.
The
environmental
impacts
to
this
community
that
have
been
overlooked
during
this
process
are
unacceptable,
but
are
being
completely
overlooked
by
this
governing
body.
What
is
the
sense
in
having
environmental
laws
when
they
are
so
easily
overlooked?
U
Albany
has
two
standards,
one
for
outsiders,
like
the
developers
of
the
kenwood
commons
project
and
one
for
insiders
with
political
connections
to
albany's
political
body
like
the
developers
of
the
76.
This
is
a
development
model
based
on
past
history,
which
will
not
succeed
in
the
present
day.
Climate
of
covet
and
economic
concerns.
U
U
Deborah
dunbar
dunbrook
provides
this
comment
over
the
past
several
months.
We
as
homeowners
have
submitted
numerous
comments
to
both
the
planning
board
and
the
common
council
and
submitted
a
petition
from
the
neighborhood
opposing
the
proposed
owning
change
and
proposed
development,
but
it
feels
that
our
comments
and
those
of
our
neighbors
have
fallen
on
deaf
ears
of
city,
elected
and
appointed
officials.
U
The
proposed
zoning
changes
will
allow
uses
that
never
would
have
gone
into
this
area.
Previously
it
eliminates
all
possibilities
of
one
and
two
family
housing,
which
is
what
most
families
are
looking
to
live
in.
Multi-Family
housing,
which
will
be
the
only
housing
allowable
under
the
new
zoning,
is
not
appropriate
for
families
who
have
different
requirements
of
space.
It
is
really
only
appropriate
for
single
people,
couples
and
seniors,
and
mostly
supporters.
U
It
mostly
supports
a
transient
population.
Currently,
the
neighborhood
is
composed
of
many
long-term
homeowners
and
renters,
which
keeps
it
a
safe
and
connected
area.
The
size
and
dimension
of
this
project
is
certainly
not
in
character
with
this
area
that
is
located
in
a
historically
one
and
two
family
area.
The
impact
of
the
proposed
zoning
and
development
will
forever
change
this
neighborhood
for
a
very
long
time.
No
one
will
want
to
live
in
the
shadow
of
these
buildings,
which
will
render
backyards
and
houses
without
daylight
for
a
large
portion,
if
not
the
whole
of
the
day.
U
None
of
this
was
addressed
in
the
seeker
documents.
The
impacts
of
the
construction
of
the
proposed
project
will
make
daily
life
in
the
neighborhood
unbearable.
The
noise
and
air
quality
and
traffic
will
impact
those
with
respiratory
and
cardiac
diseases.
Houses
will
shake
and
plaster
crumble.
No
one
will
be
able
to
use
their
backyards
due
to
noise
and
dust
nerves
will
be
on
edge
with
the
constant
construction.
Over
several
years,
the
streets
will
be
tied
up
with
construction
equipment,
personnel,
parking,
staging
areas
and
traffic
will
be
tied
up
constantly.
U
None
of
this
was
addressed
in
the
secret
document.
Where
is
the
financing
for
such
a
project
coming
from
grants
are
becoming
scarce
and
held
up
under
current
economic
issues.
Banks
are
curtailing
loans
due
to
the
number
of
bankruptcies
emerging.
Millions
of
people
are
about
to
be
evicted
due
to
non-payment
of
rent
and
mortgages,
and
yet
this
project
continues
to
be
seen
as
viable
by
the
city
of
albany.
Is
the
city
prepared
to
be
left
with
a
white
elephant
on
its
hand
or
non-payment
of
taxes
like
the
kenwood
commons
or
even
worse?
U
Two
blocks
of
bulldozed
homes
that
were
previously
occupied
and
that
will
be
barren,
will
be
a
barren
wasteland.
The
proposed
zoning
change
and
project
will
make
the
south
end
worse,
not
better
and
all
for
someone
else's
vision.
We
asked
the
common
council
to
not
approve
the
proposed
zoning
change
but
request
the
south
end
development
be
required
to
complete
a
full
environmental
impact
statement
that
will
properly
address
the
impacts
of
the
proposed
zoning
change
in
the
76
project
on
this
community.
U
Z
M
M
M
U
M
M
M
AG
Great,
thank
you.
Hi,
I'm
appearing
on
behalf
of
south
end
development,
we're
before
you
tonight,
as
you
know,
on
a
zoning
map
amendment
and
a
seeker
resolution
for
property
located
in
the
south
end.
As
you
know,
this
is
the
first
major
private
investment
project
in
the
south
end
in
decades
it
has
the
potential
to
bring
about
transformative
change
since
2018.
AG
AG
Pud
is
a
possibility.
Sunset
provision
is
something
that
both
things
are
not
allowed
in
the
city
of
albany,
but
president
ellis
has
a
wonderful
point
that
you
actually
have
the
ability
to
go
back
and
rezone
this
prop
property.
If,
for
some
reason,
this
project
didn't
happen
and
in
fact,
you've
undergoing
a
study
currently
on
the
south
end,
which
might
recommend
and
a
completely
different
type
of
zoning
for
the
property,
then
then
what
exists
today.
AG
So
all
of
the
power
is
within
you,
as
you
see
what
happens
in
the
future
to
take
action
to
address
this
parcel.
If,
for
some
reason,
this
project
doesn't
go
through,
this
project
has
not
gone
through
quickly.
This
project
commenced
in
2018
this
particular
project.
This
specific
rendition
of
this
started
with
a
pre-application
which
was
held
on
february
on
february
12th
of
this
year.
AG
The
amendment
was
based
on
the
thoughtful
recommendation
of
your
planning
department.
When
we
look
at
the
analysis
of
the
amendment
on
this
site,
we
look
at
pretty
significantly
what
is
happening
with
the
project
proposal.
The
project
proposal
maximizes
the
build
out
of
this
site.
It
hits
the
height
recommendations,
it
hits
the
same
density.
AG
Many
of
the
other
uses
allowed
in
this
zone
are
either
not
appropriate
for
this
site
or
they
do
not
reach.
They
cannot
be
supported
by
this
site.
However,
the
recommended
uses
that
we
are
putting
forth
in
this
project
are
on
the
higher
intensity
of
the
uses
allowed
within
this
zone,
so
as
you're
analyzing,
our
prop
project
in
essence,
you're
analyzing,
the
maximum
build
out
under
the
amendment,
whether
it's
our
project
or
some
other
one
you've
got
the
height
you've
got
the
density.
You've
got
the
uses.
AG
Yes,
we
have
been
in
discussion
with
the
two
neighbors
who
are
represented
tonight.
They
we
actually
reached
out
to
them.
Probably
four
or
five
months
ago,
we've
reached
out
numerous
times.
I
sent
a
letter
I
think
six
weeks
ago
and
we
finally
got
a
call
on
friday
and
we've
started
some
discussions.
We
don't
know
where
those
discussions
are
going,
but
we're
happy
that
they're
both
represented
and
engaged
in
the
process
with
us,
and
we
hope
to
report
that
we
have
positive
positive
discussions
going
forward.
AG
We
haven't
reached
that
point
because
we
just
started
the
discussions
on
friday.
I
will
reserve
the
rest
of
my
comments
for
the
portion
pertaining
to
the
seeker
recommendation
and
I
have
I'm
here
with
also
with
the
rest
of
the
team.
So,
to
the
extent
you
have
questions
it
may
be
appropriate
to
bring
in
the
chasen
team
to
answer
them.
M
AH
AH
AH
Can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
we
can
miss
matthew,
go
right
ahead,
I'm
sorry
about
that.
So
I'm
a
proud,
albany
native.
I
currently
live
in
arva
hill,
not
too
far
from
the
middle
school
that
I
attended
and
what
I
will
say
about
this
proposed
project
by
the
76
as
I've
sat
in
on
a
couple
of
their
meetings
and
listening
to
the
transparency
of
the
team.
That's
working
on
this
project,
the
different
modifications
that
they've
made
to
their
project
after
hearing
concerns
from
the
neighborhood,
and
I
initially
had
reservations
about
the
project.
AH
Thinking
about
you
know
the
environmental
impacts,
but
listening
to
the
transparency
of
the
team
and
their
willingness,
you
know
to
work
with
the
community
members.
I
must
say
that
my
thoughts
on
a
project
did
shift
in
support
of
this
project
to
the
extent
that
my
family
and
I
are
in
the
process
of
purchasing
a
home-
that's
not
very
far
from
the
construction
site
itself.
So
we're
definitely
putting
you
know
our
hearts.
You
know
our
money,
our
hard
work
on
the
line.
AH
AH
AH
So
I
really
believe
that,
given
the
potential
for
environmental
impacts
that
this
group
has
really,
you
know
gone
to
very
far
lengths
to
accommodate
to
modify
in
any
way
shape
or
form
the
potential
impacts
to
the
environment.
So
I
hope
that
this
rezoning
will
be
approved
and,
of
course
hindsight
is
2020,
which
is
very
strange
to
say,
given
that
we're
in
2020
with
everything
that's
going
on,
but
I
do
hope
that
the
merits
you
know
of
this
project
will
eventually
outweigh.
You
know
any
risk
that
there
are.
AH
I
drive
up
second
ave
every
day
going
to
work,
so
I
see
I
see
the
blocks
where
there's
obvious
investment
from
homeowners.
I
also
see
the
corners.
You
know
that
have
you
know
fallen
into
ruin,
so
I
hope
that
this
project
you
know,
will
bring
some
light
to
this
community
will
bring
some
hope
to
this
community.
I
love
my
city,
so
anything
that
happens
in
my
city.
You
know
I
try
to
pay
very
careful
attention
to
it.
AH
M
M
U
Yes,
mr
president,
resolution
of
the
common
council
issuing
a
negative
declaration
in
accordance
with
article
8
of
the
environmental
conservation
law
and
it's
implementing
regulations
regarding
ordinance,
96120,
an
ordinance
amending
chapter
375
of
the
code
of
the
city
of
albany.
Changing
the
zoning
classifications
and
amending
the
zoning
map.
U
F
You
have
to
look
at
the
broader
environmental
impacts
of
this
project
and,
what's
going
to
happen,
and
it's
important
that
you
have
the
information
in
front
of
you
that
allows
you
to
meet
your
seeker
obligations,
the
standard
for
your
seeker
review
on
a
question
of
a
determination
of
significance
like
this.
If
you
were
to
issue
a
negative
declaration,
is
have
you
identified
the
areas,
the
relevant
areas
of
environmental
concern?
F
Now
one
of
the
points
I
made
in
various
comments
to
the
committee
on
this
is:
I
did
not
see
anywhere
in
the
files
of
the
city
in
the
planning
department
or
for
the
council,
any
independent
analysis
of
the
representations
made
by
the
applicant's
engineers
from
any
city,
technical
staff
or
hired
consultant,
verifying
the
analysis
and
giving
an
independent
opinion
as
to
the
representations
that
were
made.
It
doesn't
exist.
No
one
has
it
the
only
one
who
gave
an
analysis
and
I'm
not
criticizing.
F
Him
is
jr,
but
he's
a
lawyer's
analysis
and
jr
would
also
be
when
the
first
to
tell
you
he's
not
an
expert
on
environmental
law,
so
you
haven't
had
those
kind
of
a
separate
analysis
and
I've
identified
various
means
by
which
that
hasn't
happened.
One
of
the
most
significant
ones
is
the
shadow
impacts.
Is
there
was
an
insufficient
cursory
shadow
study
showing
the
impacts
of
this
project,
and
even
that
study
shows
significant
shadow
impacts
on
the
surrounding
neighborhoods
and
some
of
the
park
lands.
F
If
this
project
is
developed,
that's
a
significant
impact
on
the
south
end
community,
changing
the
nature
of
how
people
live
another
striking
thing-
and
this
came
up
today,
and
it
really
it
really.
It
really
shocks
me
to
be
honest.
As
I
was
preparing
my
comments
on
this,
I
was
reviewing
the
city's
files
and
found
it
and
on
the
the
website.
The
city
department
of
planning's
case
management
file
is
a
2018
geotechnical
study
prepared
for
this
project,
except
it
wasn't
prepared
for
this
project.
F
It
was
prepared
for
an
earlier
permutation
of
this
project
that
only
looked
at
the
area
along
second
avenue
and
only
looked
at
it
in
the
context
of
a
three-story
wood
frame,
multi
multi-unit
building
and
on
that
one
it
gave
some.
You
know
cursory
information
about
the
soil
conditions,
but
said
it
could
be
built,
but
that
wasn't
this
project,
and
I
highlighted
that
omission
or
essentially
misstatement
in
my
comment
letter
that
I
submitted
at
noon
today.
F
Well,
lo
and
behold-
and
this
goes
to
council
persons-
duchette's
comments
earlier
about
you
know-
when
do
we
know,
information
is
going
to
be
posted
at
approximately
3
p.m.
This
afternoon
they
were
posted
two
new
geotechnical
studies
that
were
prepared
by
chasing
and
apparently
submitted
to
this
to
the
city
in
july
of
this
year.
F
You
know
how
the
project's
going
to
be
built,
but
the
project
developer
also
represented
to
any
number
of
people
that
there
would
be
little
or
no
pile
driving
necessary
to
construct
this
project.
That
is
untrue.
The
chase
report
says
piles
will
be
required,
separated
by
approximately
six
feet
and
they
will
be
75
ton
capacity
piles.
I
don't
know
how
many
are
going
to
have
to
be
put
in,
but
it
will
be
hundreds
if
not
thousands
of
them
to
support
this
project
and
the
impacts
of
that
pile
driving
on
the
neighborhood
is
going
to
be
horrendous.
F
So
to
the
woman
who
has
spoke
before
and
she's
looking
to
invest
in
in
the
neighborhood,
because
she
sees
that
it's
going
to
be
on
the
upswing.
Is
she
going
to
be
prepared
and
understand
that
she's
going
to
have
to
live
through
months,
if
not
years,
of
pile
driving,
because
we
don't
know
the
the
sequence
of
construction
of
how
this
is
going
to
be
happened?
What
will
be
the
impacts
on
the
charter
school
from
the
pile
driving
going
through
what
will
be
impacts
on
surrounding
structures
and
on
the
church?
F
This
is
an
important,
critical
area
potential
environmental
impact
that
was
literally
hidden.
Those
geotechnical
reports
were
not
submitted
to.
You
were
not
submitted
to
the
planning
board.
I
don't
know
who
had
them
or
why
it
wasn't
presented,
but
in
the
part,
two
of
the
eaf
that
has
been
submitted
on
the
section
where
they
talk
about
the
potential
impacts
associated
with
construction.
It's
marked
as
no
or
small
impact,
and
when
you
don't
have
any
temporal
information
about
how
long
in
the
nature
of
this
pile
of
driving,
it
is
impossible
to
make
that
kind
of
a
statement.
F
It
is
that
kind
of
issues
of
things
that
have
been
passed
over
and
not
fully
developed.
That
gives
you
the
reason
they
say.
I
can't
issue
a
negative
declaration
on
this.
We
have
clearly
crossed
the
threshold
for
the
potential
for
a
significant
adverse
environmental
impact,
and
I
know
ms
faradino
is
going
to
tell
you
that
she's
all
the
information
that
you
would
normally
have
in
an
eas.
You
already
have
now
as
part
of
your
eaf
and
again.
That
is
simply
not
true.
F
For
the
one
thing
you
don't
have
any
information
on
the
construction
impacts
in
the
pile
drive,
but,
more
importantly,
you
don't
have
a
document.
That's
been
put
out
for
public
comment,
reviewed
by
the
public
and
your
technical
staff
and
the
most
important
part
of
the
environmental
impact
statement.
What
is
considered
the
heart
of
seeker
is
the
alternatives,
analysis
and
is
a
way
of
looking
at
what
is
the
desire
and
the
needs
of
this
project
applicant
and
what
is
a
community
need
and
are
there
other
means
of
doing
that?
F
This
project
should
have
had
a
more
careful
coordination
with
the
planning
staff
with
other
consultants
hired
by
the
city.
That
could
have
been
done,
so
you
can
protect
this
because
again,
once
you
issue
a
negative
declaration,
those
other
impacts
that
I'm
talking
about
in
terms
of
shadows,
construction,
related
impacts,
traffic
related
impacts.
Excuse
me,
the
visual
impacts,
those
are
not
going
to
be
able
to
be
subject
to
the
planning
board's
review.
F
That
is
too
good
to
be
true,
and
and
what
are
you
going
to
do
when
you
have
to
come
back
and
people
say
I
am
losing
my
mind
from
this
pile
driving.
It
is
impacting
the
church,
the
school,
the
health
centers
and
the
people
who
living
around
that
and
those
are
the
issues
that
you
have
to
look
at
and
the
other
final
part
I
want
to
make-
and
I
appreciate
the
time
you've
given
me
on
this.
F
That's
something
you
need
to
be
cognizant
of
and
say
all
right,
well,
we're,
okay
with
that,
but
at
least
make
it
as
a
conscious
decision
of
knowing
what
you're
doing
and
again.
I
urge
you
as
a
matter
of
precedent
as
a
matter
of
protecting
the
communities
when
you
are
faced
with
a
major
type.
One
action
like
this
in
this
area.
This
is,
by
definition,
requires
an
environmental
impact
statement.
AI
One
of
the
first
things
we
did,
and
it
had
no
relation
to
this
project,
was
to
develop
a
set
of
criteria
for
development.
We
we
wanted
to
see
in
the
south
end
and
included
in
that
a
mixture
of
income
levels,
a
mixture
of
of
services,
environmental,
environmentally
friendly,
to
say
the
least
and
other
other
things
that
the
neighborhood
wants
to
see.
AI
So
in
looking
at
this
project,
which
has
gone
through
a
number
of
local
steps
to
the
extent
that
anybody
can
do
it
with
in
in
the
era
that
we're
in
and
a
lot
of
outreach,
there
is
very
strong
community
support
for
this
project
because
it
does
meet
all
of
those
objectives
and
criteria,
and
it's
certainly
not
to
say
that
everybody
is
in
support
of
it.
But
it
is.
AI
The
last
thing
I
want
to
say
is:
this
is
not
a
big
project
in
the
scale
of
the
big
projects
that
the
city
council
has
been
approving
over
the
last
four
or
five
years.
These
are
not
people
with
huge,
deep
pockets.
These
are
people
who
are
really
trying
to
get
something
important
done,
the
best
they
can.
They
brought
in
great
partners,
but
it's
not
a
project.
That's
gonna
survive
a
huge
amount
of
additional
waiting
around
or,
I
shouldn't
say,
waiting
around,
but
scrutiny
that
goes
on.
AI
AI
Certainly
the
pile
driver
thing
is
something
that
needs
to
be
addressed,
but
I
I
would
just
encourage
this
council
to
act
as
expeditiously
as
you
possibly
can
on
this
project
and
make
a
decision
understanding
how
important
this
is
to
the
neighborhood
and
how
fragile
a
project
like
this
is
unless
you've
got
really
really
deep
pockets.
Thank
you
very.
M
Much
thank
you,
mr
mcfeeters.
Any
council
members
have
any
questions
for
mr
peters,
mr
mcfeeters,
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
comments,
especially
the
comment
about
deep
pockets
and
I've
heard
you
know
the
lawyer
come
and
talk
about
these
outside
developers
and
they're,
not
outside
developers,
and
I'm
glad
you
brought
that
up.
I'm
glad
you
brought
up
a
project
like
this
with
people
who
are
these
large
developers
with
all
this
money,
but
for
this
council
we
look
at
this
process
as
we're.
That's
not
our
job.
M
D
K
So
it's
already
having
a
benefit
on
our
neighborhood,
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
to
the
comment
about
the
land
bank
and
the
the
future
moves
that
they
will,
they
will
be
making.
I
think
it
will
be
alongside
what
we're
seeing
right
here,
because
I
said,
as
I
said
before,
the
chairman
made
mention
to
that.
So
I
just
wanted
to
point
that
out.
M
J
You
thank
you,
president
ellis
I'm
here
with
stephanie
on
behalf
of
south
end
development.
I
did
want
to
respond
to
a
couple
items
because
I
know
tonight
is
a
night
where
this
this
body
plans
to
take
action.
So
just
for
a
moment,
I'd
like
to
address
some
of
the
some
of
the
comments
made
during
previous
speakers.
J
This
process,
as
was
previously
stated,
started
in
february.
We
have
made
16
submissions
over
that
period
of
time
to
the
city
of
albany,
to
all
technical
departments
and
staff,
to
this
body
to
the
planning
department.
We've
been
in
front
of
you
on
11
different,
formal
meetings
to
discuss
the
project.
J
You
know
my
one
largest
frustration
with
mr
baker
that
he
wasn't
involved
sooner.
Mr
baker
has
been
involved.
I
believe
for
three
weeks
now-
and
I
know
he's
here-
raising
what
our
in
his
client's
size
valid
concerns,
but
this
has
been
a
long
process
and
there's
been
a
lot
of
positive
dialogue
to
speak
to
the
foundation
in
the
geotechnic
report.
J
That
geotechnical
report
was
as
extensive
as
a
report,
as
you
can
do
we
paid
for
additional
testing
a
sheer
weight
velocity
test
to
ensure
we
knew
exactly
the
principles
of
the
soil,
so
we
could
safely
protect
adjacent
properties.
That
was
all
done
at
the
cost
of
the
developer
because
he
wanted
to
make
sure
this
was
done
right.
The
reason
we
arrived
at
a
pile
foundation
is
because,
under
the
first
iteration
of
working
with
your
planning
staff,
it
was
determined
that
protection
of
adjacent
properties
was
the
most
important
the
most
important
goal.
J
Yes,
noise
is
an
impact,
but
settlement
and
damage
to
structures
is
a
much
more
significant
long-term
impact.
The
best
way
I
can
summarize
this
project
is:
it's
focused
on
long-term
sustainability.
By
anchoring
our
foundation
to
the
bedrock
below
the
city.
It
will
ensure
that
this
building,
that's
being
designed
to
over
100-year
lifespan,
will
be
here
for
100
years,
and
I
don't
want
to
get
very
technical
with
this
body,
but
the
soil
conditions
in
albany
are
a
large
overburden
of
very
poor
clays
and
then
bedrock.
J
When
you
drive
steel
piles
through
a
very
soft
clay,
it
goes
through
extremely
easily
until
it
reaches
the
bedrock
and
then
those
long
slender
columns
provide
the
stability
for
this
building
to
last
for
100
years.
So
this
is
not
a
pile
driving
operation.
That's
going
to
run
every
day,
like
mr
baker
has
referenced
for
long
periods
of
time,
and
all
of
this
is
to
support
a
steel
frame
building
that
is
designed
to
last
significantly
longer
than
the
previous
iterations,
which
were
wood
frame
construction.
J
I
know
at
a
previous
meeting,
one
of
the
one
of
the
members
of
this
body
expressed
concerns
about
a
project
that
doesn't
last,
you
know,
doesn't
stand
the
test
of
time.
That
is
not
the
76.
The
76
is
a
project.
The
vision
of
these
two
young
gentlemen
that
grew
up
in
this
neighborhood
to
make
a
lasting
impact.
J
And
again,
I
reiterate
I
wish
mr
baker
had
been
involved
sooner-
had
been
involved
in
the
entire
process,
so
he
could
have
asked
the
questions
when
we
had
time
to
sit
down
and
answer
them
as
opposed
to
at
the
last
minute.
So
I
apologize
for
getting
on
and
trying
to
cover
a
couple
of
these
items,
but
I
do
want
to
express
that
we
have
worked
closely
with
your
staff.
M
AG
We've
provided
you
literally
with
hundreds
of
documents
and
studies
related
to
both
this
project
and
the
amendment,
and
we
know
that
your
planning
staff
has
reviewed
them,
because
they've
asked
us
to
make
significant
modifications
to
them,
which
we've
done
and
that
will
warrant
why
we've
had
16
formal
submissions
to
to
your
city
in
various
forms,
either
some
to
the
common
council
and
some
to
the
planning
board.
Certainly
there's.
AG
There
are
ways
that
perhaps
the
city
of
albany
could
do
things
better,
and
all
of
this
information,
if
it
were
in
one
place,
might
have
been
easier
for
people
to
see,
but
it
was
in
two
places,
and
so
the
documents
that
jr
moved
into
the
onedrive
today
were
moved
from
the
planning
department's
web.
Our
web-based
document
profile
over
so
they
have
been
available.
AG
We've
had
19
meetings
with
city
boards,
the
planning
department
and
the
community.
Your
subcommittee
met
with
us
at
five
different
occasions,
including
a
site
visit.
One
of
our
meetings
was
a
dialogue
for
three
full
hours.
We've
had
more
more
than
10
hours
of
dis
subcommittee
and
at
the
end
of
it
they
unanimously
supported
the
resolution
for
for
the
seeker
vote.
Mr
baker
is
new
to
the
game.
We
do
wish
that
he
had
engaged
with
us
earlier.
Certainly
we
were
attempting
to
engage
with
his
clients
earlier
and
he's
right.
All
all
construction
has
impacts.
AG
Almost
everything
that
you
do
outside
has
an
impact
on
your
neighbor.
If
I
mow
my
lawn,
I
may
be
impacting
my
neighbor,
but
if
I
choose
not
to
mow
it,
the
problem
is
even
worse
and
we're
saying
here:
yes,
there
are
going
to
be
some
impacts,
but
we
think
it
will
be
worth
it
for
the
community
at
large
in
the
long
term,
when
mr
baker
says,
there's
been
no
technical
review
of
this.
I
would
point
you
to
the
meeting
that
we
had
on
september
3rd
with
your
technical
review
committee.
AG
The
other
issue
that
he
raised
was
shadows
on
crank
park,
and,
if
you
look
at
the
shadow
study,
you
see
that
crank
park
is
not
within
our
shadow
itself
from
our
property
and
no
shadow
hits
it
with
your
votes
tonight.
This
is
the
first
official
step
towards
real
realization
of
this
ambitious
project
from
two
gentlemen
who
grew
up
in
this
neighborhood.
We
thank
you
for
your
consideration
and
all
the
time
that
you've
spent
on
this
ambitious
project,
and
we
ask
for
your
support
tonight.
M
M
Thank
you
so
much.
That
being
said,
we
will
issue
this
public
hearing
closed
at
this
time
and
we
will
move
into
a
regular
scheduled
meeting
and
that
will
start
with
our
public
comment
period.
Now
during
this
public
comment
period,
you
have
five
minutes
to
speak
upon
any
subject
you
like,
but
you
will
have
five
minutes
to
do
so
and
that
four
minute
mark
I'll
allow.
M
U
M
M
AK
Your
name
and
address
hello
council
members,
my
name
is
barbara
fitterman.
I
live
on
350
orange
street
in
the
city
of
albany
in
ward
3..
First
of
all,
I
just
want
to
say
good
evening.
I
know
it's
a
cold
evening
and
it's
new
virtual
stuff
has
got
you
all
going.
I
do
once
again
want
to
come
in
the
name
of,
of
course,
the
rv
hill
softball
field,
even
though
there
are
many
other
issues
that
I
think
about
as
well.
That
is
near
and
dear
to
my
heart.
AK
AK
We
work
hard.
We
volunteer
all
the
time
and
there
is
always
very,
very
little
support
in
threat
tactics.
I
happen
to
know
that
there
are
council
members
who
frequent
you
know
the
softball
field
area
and
are
very
much
privileged
to
see
so
much
positivity
that's
going
on,
but
I'm
pretty
sure.
The
only
thing
that
you
have
heard
is
about
this
big
illegal
and
that's
so
not
the
truth.
AK
I've
offered
time
and
time
again
over
the
years
please
come
and
just
see
and
now
there's
mass
hysteria.
I
have
never
in
the
history
of
covet,
which
has
been
a
short
time,
heard,
any
type
of
public
warning
about
going
to
get
cove
intestine.
When
clearly,
there
has
not
even
been
a
covet
issue.
If
you
knew
that
there
was
something
wrong,
why
don't
you
stop
it
and
we're
always
in
a
position
where
it
seems
like
we
just
can't
work
with
the
city.
We
always
do.
We
always
work
with
the
city.
AK
We
get
skewed
numbers
and
bad
articles,
so
I
I'm
very
much
disheartened
that
that's
what
you
had
to
hear
about
all
of
this
hard
work
that
people
consistently
put
in
and
it's
always
a
negative
narrative.
But
I
tell
you
what
we've
been
here
years
ago
in
2016
and
I'm
telling
you
that
park
is
still
not
done,
we're
still
sitting
on
empty
promises
and
lies.
AK
We
work
harder.
What
is
it
that
you
want
done?
You
tell
people
to
work
out,
we
do
it.
We
buy
our
own
rooms,
we,
I
am
one
of
the
people,
who's
a
consistent
advocate
and
I
go
volunteer.
I
work
hard.
I
do
the
same
things
that
you
do
maybe
in
some
of
the
same
places,
maybe
in
different
ones-
and
I
just
don't
understand
for
the
life
of
me
over
years-
why
we
literally
cannot
get
the
due
support
from
the
city,
I'm
just
confused.
AK
AK
I
believe
that
the
lack
of
communication
between
those
in
the
know
and
those
who
claim
to
be
in
the
know
or
think
they're
in
the
know
is
an
issue.
For
example,
there
was
just
recently
a
honoring
who
happens
to
be
my
family
hank
wallace,
that
is
beautiful.
There
were
very
limited
amount
of
people
there
who
knew
this
man
for
over
50
plus
years
where's
the
reach
out
to
all
those
people
to
pay
homage
to
them
when
just
the
week
before
the
community
gave
him
an
entire
weekend
tournament
in
his
name
two
days.
AK
M
D
H
One
of
our
issues
that
we're
tackling,
which
is
a
resolution
that
we
hope
can
get
passed
through
the
common
council,
is
a
clemency
issue,
clemency
four
times
a
year.
Through
this.
Through
this
initiative,
we
are
asking
governor
cuomo
to
grant
time
computations
because
he
does
a
lot
of
pardons,
but
he
doesn't
do
a
lot
of
time.
H
Computations
four
times
a
year,
instead
of
the
period
between
christmas
and
new
year's,
that
is
common
for
governors
to
do
normally,
governors
will
give
executive
clemencies
through
christmas
and
new
year's
one
day
living,
and
sometimes
he
gives
a
lot
of
pardons
and
those
are
people
just
so
to
backdrop.
Those
are
people
who
are
already
released,
we're
talking
about
time
computations,
which
would
allow
a
person
to
go
before
the
parole
board
to
present
themselves
after
meeting
the
criteria,
that's
already
in
place
for
executive
clemency.
H
So
what
we're
not
doing
is
we're
not
asking
for
anything
of
the
executive
clemency
process
to
be
changed,
that
application
process.
The
criteria
we're
not
asking
for
any
of
that
to
be
changed.
Governor
cuomo
currently
has
1800
applications
on
his
desk.
He
vowed
doing
one
of
his
campaign
promises
to
strengthen
and
move
with
applications
for
clemency.
We
have
disproportionate
people
of
color
who
aren't
being
granted
clemency.
H
We
have
white
men
and
women
who
are
who
have
less
time
in
than
a
lot
of
black
men
and
women
when
their
applications
came
in
after
theirs
and
they
are
being
seen.
So
we
are
actually
saying
governor
cuomo.
Please
do
the
clemencies
four
times
a
year,
just
for
a
little
back
history,
governor
carey
gave
155
time
computations
mario
cuomo
gave
37
pataki
gave
32
and,
as
the
end
of
2019,
governor
cuomo
only
gave
11.
H
currently
he's
allowing
people
to
be
released
early
under
the
covet
restructuring
of
criminal
justice.
But
these
are
people
who
have
already
90
days
to
their
release
date,
so
they're
already
getting
ready
to
get
out.
This
is
it
and
they're
mixing
apples
and
oranges.
People
thinking
this
is
part
of
executive
clemency.
This
absolutely
is
not.
This
is
governor
cuomo,
shortening
synthesis
of
people
who
already
have
short
time
to
come
home.
H
H
Anyone
can,
I
believe,
some
people
have
my
information.
If
you
want
to
ask
for
the
questions,
you
can
just
look
up
stuff
as
freedom
of
shackle.org
in
this
info
at
freedom
of
shackle,
but
that's
just
what
we're
asking
from
the
albany
city
common
council.
I
don't
need
five
minutes.
Mr
president,
you
guys
have
been
sitting
here
long
enough.
M
AL
Hi,
my
name
is
joyce
williams.
I
live
at
10
harriet
street
and
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
share
and
to
all
the
council
members.
I
had
just
wanted
to
speak
on.
Basically
the
softball
field
when
the
mayor
was
speaking,
and
I
just
wanted
to
ask
what
was
the
difference
between
was
it
the
issue
that
there
was
you
know
like
no
social,
distancing,
no
math,
because
I
know
that
the
gyms
are
opening
and
people
are
together
and
they're
and
they're
exercising
and
they're
doing
zumba.
AL
So
I
just
wanted
to
know
like
you
know
what
needs
to
be
done,
what
can
be
done?
What
do
we
need
to
be?
Do
what
do
we
need
to
be
doing
to
get
that
kind
of
like
back
like
it
used
to
be?
You
know,
people
had
a
place
to
go.
Families
had
a
place
to
go,
I
mean
we
had
teams,
we
had.
You
know
participation
on
both
fields.
AL
You
had
a
woman's
team,
you
had
you
had
women's
team,
you
had
men's
team,
so
it
was
just
real
saddened
to
see
how
that
just
dropped
off,
and
the
other
thing
I
wanted
to
know
and
how
to
go
about
doing
is
like
the
basketball
court,
like
the
basketball
court
is
over
there,
and
I
know
some
women
and
you
know
they
would
like
to
do
some
outside
zumba
classes,
and
how
does
that
go
about
like
you
need
to
permit
to
do
that?
You
know
like
I
guess
I
just
wanted
to.
AL
M
AL
M
M
U
M
M
AH
AH
AH
I
also
wanted
to
give
a
huge
shout
out
to
the
lyricism
101
program
that
operates
in
tandem
with
the
boys
and
girls
club
in
albany.
I
have
seen
firsthand
former
students
of
mine
just
flourished
through
that
program
and
I
just
want
to
herald
that
program
so
that
people
in
the
city
know
about
it
again.
Lyricism
101,
in
conjunction
with
the
boys
and
girls
club,
there
was
a
ribbon
cutting
last
week
and
it
was
very
enlightening
just
to
see
you
know
another
beacon
of
hope
and
light
happen
in
the
city.
AH
I'm
hoping
that
we'll
see
some
more
of
those
community
development
opportunities
happen
in
the
south
end.
So
I'm
feeling
kind
of
you
know
bittersweet
that
we're
moving
out
of
arva
hill,
but
at
the
same
time
you
know
my
heart
is
enlightened
to
see
the
development
our
children
have
really
been
struggling
through
this
pandemic,
with
losing
a
lot
of
those
social
opportunities.
AH
D
AF
Elijah
j
willingham,
121
vandalism,
boulevard
albany
new
york
good
evening.
We
had
a
very
successful
event
saturday
for
hank
wallace
unveiling
street
sign.
Today.
I'm
asking
the
common
council
to
look
into
both
positive
on
deluca,
armando
and
juanita
telerama
taylor
shock
and
dry
cleaners,
clinton,
avenue,
180
clinton
avenue.
I'm
gonna
read
this
news
article
that
was
done
almost
eight
years
ago.
Fifa
valentine
a
taylor
made
day:
wife,
husband,
mark's
golden
age
of
taylor,.
AF
valentine's
day,
armando
and
juanita
will
celebrate
their
50th
years
in
business
partners
that
made
and
spend
their
days
like
doing
clothes.
Cleaning
telling
together
at
their
store
on
clinton,
avenue
between
dog
and
swamp
telerama
anniversary
date,
wasn't
meant
to
be
a
symbol
of
de
luca's
love.
In
fact,
both
said
they
wasn't
any
particular
reason
why
the
decision
to
open
their
store
on
yongsan
day
came
about
a
century
ago.
I
was
crazy
about
him
and
he
was
crazy
about
me
plain
and
simple,
crazy.
AF
AF
AF
He
did
his
first
suit
as
soon
as
the
model
in
one
either
they
begun
to
go
together,
but
became
was
she
was
too
young
allowed
to
be
by
themselves
by
themselves
and
wanted
to
talk
to
go
out.
Amalu
would
have
to
take
along
juanita's
girlfriends
and
what
else
that's
how
it
was
back
then
juanita
said
a
model
was
drafted
into
the
army
early,
as
the
relationship
went
on
the
only
time
they
had
separated
from
them
was
when
armana
was
an
army.
He
was
stationed
in
new
jersey
and
also
in
atlanta
georgia.
AF
AF
Get
to
the
bottom
line
of
it,
they
have
two
children,
maria
and
polano
deluca,
and
we
are
asking
the
common
council
to
do
a
street
sign
for
them
on
the
corner
of
from
clinton
avenue
swan
to
dog,
where
there's
where
the
cleaner
shop
is
located.
Many
of
us
as
they
they
have
spoke
here-
the
former
howard
nolan
james
corn
assembly,
richard
connors,
or
participated
in
this
story.
AF
Matter
of
fact,
my
mother
and
father
bought
the
house
58
clinton
avenue
from
the
loopers,
so
I
know
them
personally
for
many
years
many
years,
and
I
just
wish
that
the
common
council
would
do
this
positive
thing.
I
believe
that's
enjoyed,
love
the
third
war
district
and
they
are
great
people
they
have.
They
have
been
there
when
it
was
good
and
they
they
still
there
now
in
their
twilight
years-
and
I
thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank.
AF
AF
M
G
Good
afternoon
common
council,
my
name
is
patrick
robinson.
I
live
at
23
10,
brook
street
albany
new
york,
one
two,
two
ten
good
evening.
I
wanted
to
get
on
this
public
comment
period
and
I
wanted
to
address,
because
I
heard
the
meeting
earlier
and
I
heard
the
mayor
addressing
some
of
the
the
activity
that
took
place
on
saturday
this
past
saturday
this
past
weekend
at
the
harvard
sports
complex.
G
I
was
over
there
over
at
the
sports
complex,
and
this
is
what
happened
all
in
a
nutshell.
We
had
some
young,
ladies,
who
sponsored
a
thing
that
came
to
us
and
told
us
that
they
wanted
to
do
a
you
know
like
a
talent,
show
competition,
something
involving
young
kids,
so
that
was
fine.
I
received
I
received
a
call
from
the
health
department
on
friday.
G
G
G
When
I
spoke
with
the
with
the
organizers
of
the
event
they
asked
me,
what
can
what
should
they
do?
I
told
them
young,
ladies,
that
you
need
to
go
down
to
city
hall
and
then
you
need
to
contact
the
health
department.
I
come
to
find
out
neither
one
happened
or
whatever,
and
I
was
under
the
assumption.
You
know,
because
the
ladies
did
tell
me
that
they
did
go
down
there.
It's
not
my
job
or
jackie
lawson's
job
to
follow
up
if
they
said
that
they
had
permission.
They
had
permission.
G
Another
thing
that
I
that
I
wanted
to
address
too.
I
heard
the
mayor
say
that
she
was
over
there
at
the
time
right.
A
little
before
all
the
festivity
started
like
if
you've
seen,
there's
a
big
difference
between
seeing
somebody
in
regular
street
clothes
and
dancing,
and
if
you
see
about
10
or
11
12,
13
little
girls
dressed
and
looking
alike
and
they're
over
there
practicing
dancing
and
from
my
understanding
you
know
there
was
vendors
that
was
over
there
as
well.
You
knew
something
was
going
on.
G
I
would
have
pulled
the
plug,
not
everything
we
just
didn't
know
so
you
know
slinging
the
arby
hill
sports
complex
through
the
mud.
After
all,
you
know
all
the
kids
that
we
service
all
throughout
the
summers
and
everything
like
that.
It's
just,
it
is
just
a
shame
and
it's
very
distasteful
because
all
type
of
mass
hysteria
in
our
neighborhood
and
stuff,
like
that
with
school
goats
starting
back
today
and
stuff
like
that,
you
having
parents
in
doubt
whether
they
should
send
their
kids
back
to
school.
It
was
you
know
it.
G
It's
not
right
and
just
like,
I
was
listening
to
comment
counsel
on
mr
johnson
say
earlier,
which
is
which
is
true.
Why
wasn't
it
a
phone
call?
She
could
have
called
us,
or
somebody
from
the
city
could
have
called
us
instead
of
us
running
to
the
media.
So
another
thing
I'm
struggling
with
so
saturday.
G
Mr
robertson,
all
right
thanks
corey,
so
sadly
somebody
saturday
somebody
they're
they're
saying
somebody
had
covered
and
then
sunday
morning,
they're
finding
right
out,
like
they're,
finding
right
out
sunday
morning
when
she
releases
a
press
release.
It's
just
it's
ridiculous,
but
but
thank
you
for
your
time,
common
council.
You
know
I
appreciate
it.
Thank
you.
M
N
My
name
is
jackie
and
hoke:
seven
leonard
street
albany,
new
york-
and
I
I
just
want
to
address
the
board
and
say
on
behalf
of
myself
and
corey
jones
and
the
south
end
development
team.
Thank
you,
everybody
for
all
of
the
hard
work
and
time
and
commitment
on
top
of
all
the
meetings
we've
had,
as
alluded
to
by
our
council,
the
countless
hours
that
we
spent
not
in
just
in
front
of
the
city,
but
also
in
terms
of
our
team
with
daily
meetings
for
the
past
year
and
a
half.
N
N
N
This
opportunity,
for
us,
relatively
speaking,
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
build
in
our
city
before
we
do
it
anywhere
else.
Corey
jones
has
had
the
opportunity
to
work
in
construction
and
build
over
200
million
dollar
projects
for
the
past
10
years.
I
worked
at
various
levels
via
key
bank
ge,
global
research,
especially
ge,
where
I
worked
on
projects
that
were
over
a
quarter
of
a
billion
dollars.
N
We
have
the
experience,
we
have
the
network,
we
have
the
relationships,
we
have
the
vision
and
we
can
execute.
We
have
a
proven
track
record
of
commitment
to
this
city
to
this
region.
My
commitment
to
the
youth,
cory's
work
and
construction,
be
it
the
va
hospital,
be
it
wherever
he's
worked
throughout
the
area,
also
across
the
country,
I've
traveled
to
atlanta
to
go
to
school,
where
I
witnessed
development
and
how
it
changes
people's
community,
it
changes
their
lives.
N
It
gives
them
opportunity,
and
it
also
drives
hope
for
the
people
who
are
standing
up
looking
at
the
people
who
are
building,
especially
the
ones
that
look
like
them.
This
project
is
beyond
transform,
transformational,
not
just
for
the
city,
but
for
the
people
and
the
pending
looming
tax
base
that
is
dying
and
crumbling
in
this
area.
There
are
many
investments
that
are
happening
outside
of
the
city,
but
still
within
the
region.
N
M
B
B
Q
Q
Y
There's
going
to
be
a
joint
meeting
of
the
general
services
and
parks
and
rec
committee
a
week
from
tonight
september,
28th
to
discuss
potential
future
expansion,
recreational
uses
for
the
golf
course
and
finances
for
the
golf
course.
We
will
have
in
attendance
sergio
penunzio
the
commissioner
frank's.
The
only
deputy
commissioner,
scott
gallup
golf
course,
superintendent
and
jonathan
jones
from
the.
R
Thank
you.
Mr
president,
on
september
16th
the
finance
committee
met
to
discuss
resolution
7791
20r
pertaining
to
the
skyway
it
passed
through
with
a
positive
recommendation,
although
it
has
the
two
upcoming
meetings
on
wednesday
and
thursday
have
been
mentioned
at
a
meeting.
Just
a
reminder
to
members
that
we
will
be
discussing.
R
We
have
a
few
ordinances
resolutions
to
discuss
that
will
hopefully
be
quick
on
one
night
and
then
we'll
be
discussing
kind
of
an
overall
budget
climate.
So
we
won't
have
details
yet
of
the
budget,
but
instead
be
talking
about
some
revenue
projections
and
some
other
expected
pieces
that
we'll
be
seeing
to
kind
of
prepare
us
for
when
we
get
those
numbers
and
then
the
other
night
we're
going
to
be
discussing
the
five-year
capital
plan
and
then
there'll
be
a
bunch
more
but
we'll
get
the
get
to
those
after
the
budget's
released.
M
B
S
S
We've
had
over
about
10
meetings
in
the
last
few
months,
one
of
which
included
a
site
walk.
So
I
definitely
recomme
recognize
the
time,
the
commitment
that
each
of
us
have
given
and
the
thoroughness
that
we
have
done
in
our
reviews
so
for
this
resolution
in
terms
of
a
negative
declaration
for
seeker,
I
just
want
to
say
that
this
project
is
a
needed
wanted
and
a
celebrated
project
for
the
south
end
and
for
2nd
avenue.
S
S
M
O
O
The
most
significant
issue
that
I'm
concerned
about
is
the
shadow
studies.
I
do
think
that
we
have
enough
information
that
has
been
submitted
by
the
applicant
with
regard
to
the
potential
shadow
impact
of
this
project
and
also
probably
other
projects,
and
especially
with
regard
to
homes
across
the
the
street.
O
But
but
I
think
that
we
have
looked
at
those
issues
and,
at
the
you
know,
potential
the
need
for
some
development
along
second
avenue.
You
know
I've
advocated
I've
said.
Essentially
you
know.
I
really
think
that
this
is
something
where
it's
more
appropriate
to
not
only
zone
this
apart
these
parcels,
but
also
the
parcels,
the
next
block
down
as
m-u-c-I,
and
that
would
be
a
more
consisting
zoning
scheme.
O
O
So
I
do
think
that
we
have
done
our
due
diligence
in
studying
the
issues,
to
the
extent
that
we
can
study
them,
and
I
don't
think
that
an
eis
process
will
will
change
my
mind
with
regard
to
whether
the
potential
economic
and
social
benefits
from
this
outweigh
the
potential
environmental
aspects.
So
that's
why
I
will
be
voting
in
support
of
this
resolution.
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O
So
I
had
no
opportunity
to
discuss
my
concerns
about
that.
I
do
not
think
that
it
meets
the
requirements
of
the
usdo,
and
I
don't
want
this
to
be
a
precedent
for
how
we
deal
with
other
zoning
map
changes.
When
it
comes
to
this
love's
ordinance.
I
did
put
on
the
record
exactly
how
that
particular
minor
map
change
does
measure
up
and
the
rationale
for
how
it
measures
up
on
the
record,
for
all
of
the
criteria
that
we
are
supposed
to
be
looking
at
for
zoning
map
changes.
O
So
I'm
a
little
frustrated
that
we
haven't
really
done
that
we
haven't
had
that
discussion.
In
addition,
in
the
course
of
the
hearing
today,
I
learned
that
other
documents
were
put
into
the
zip
drive.
That
then
appear
as
though
we
have
considered
them
as
part
of
our
decision,
and
I
don't
think
that
that
is
appropriate
to
be
adding
additional
documents
when
they
were
not
discussed
in
committee
or
in
caucus,
as
though
that
they
are
part
of
the
basis
for
our
decision.
O
So,
for
those
reasons
I'm
going
to
be
abstaining,
I
would
prefer
for
us
to
actually
handle
this
appropriately
and
establish
a
particular
precedent.
I
respect
the
fact
that
some
people
want
to
see
this
project
move
forward,
and
so
you
know
at
this
time,
but
I
will
be
abstaining
because
I'm
concerned
about
the
precedent
that
this
sets.
S
S
To
give
needed,
documentation,
run
specific
studies
and
make
sure
that
everything
was
answered.
All
questions
were
answered.
I
do
want
to
give
a
special
thank
you
to
our
research
council
representative,
john
raphael.
He
has
worked
tirelessly
with
this
project
and
has
done
everything
and
really
been
integral
to
this
whole
process.
So
a
big
thank
you
to
jr
to
address
council
member
doshay's
specific
comments
there.
I
think
we
could.
S
We
are
all
well
aware
that
this
is
a
unique
time
for
all
of
us
and
if
a
document
was
missed
in
an
upload,
it's
just
a
reality
of
the
situation
that
we're
currently
in
the
documents
were
all
there
all
present
and
our
decision
is
in
line
with
the
planning
board.
So
that
being
said,
I'm
also
looking
forward
to
this
vote,
and
hopefully
I
have
your
support.
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Yeah,
just
real
fast
more
than
ever,
I
realize-
and
I
think
we
all
realize
the
value
of
education
on
the
suny
system
is
an
excellent
source
of
a
college
education
from
a
bachelor's
degree,
all
the
way
up
to
phd
it's
important
that
everybody
has
a
right
for
an
education
and
that's
the
way
we
can
advance
in
our
society.
So
I
think
it's
important
that
we
recognize
the
leaders
of
our
institutions
and
try
to
make
sure
they
do
the
right
thing.
Thank
you.
Thank.
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K
Yes,
I
would
like
to
say
something,
as
I
said
stated
before
and
caucus
you
know,
my
brother
was
charged
with
you
know
he
he
was
charged
with
a
crime
that
he
didn't
commit
and
he
ended
up
doing
jail
time
and
and
that
you
know
I
know
everyone
in
our
family,
you
know
would
would
have
loved
for
him
to
be
considered
for
his
situation.
So
we
know
you
know
just
from
a
personal
standpoint.
K
You
know
I
know
it's
people
that
are
in
situations
that
are
currently
locked
up
and
we
we.
We
just
think
that
it
would
be
beneficial
if
consideration
was
truly
given
to
three
more
people
a
year.
I
think
that
I
know
a
person
that
was
pardoned
by
president
clinton
and
she's
currently
in
law,
school
and
sometimes
those
opportunities
prove
out
to
be
great
stories
in
the
end.
K
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X
F
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U
O
O
O
So
ruth
bader
ginsburg,
very
cleverly
fought
for
women's
rights
really
by
fighting
for
everybody's
rights
and
being
free
from
stereotypical
gender
roles.
So
she
helped
men
get
social
security
that
their.
Why
you
from
their
deceased,
wives
and
and
and
took
other
actions,
she
argued
six
cases
before
the
supreme
court
and
won
five
of
them.
O
O
O
Q
Q
You
know
she
really
is
someone
who
stood
for
truth
and
justice
for
all
of
us,
regardless
of
gender
and
sex
and
and
race,
and
you
know
she
was
someone
who
really
stood
for
equality,
but
she
really
did
speak
to
us.
Women
in
particular
because
of
I
think,
the
hurdles
that
she
experienced
throughout
her
life.
Q
She
was
someone
who
lost
a
job
due
to
when
she
became
pregnant
and-
and
the
list
goes
on
and
then
I
I
all
what
I
can't
help
but
think
all
the
time.
One
of
the
reasons
we're
so
fascinated
with
her
is
because
when
I
say
we
I'm
talking
about
women
in
particular,
it's
because
each
one
of
us
women
have
experienced
types
of
discrimination,
types
of
prejudice
throughout
our
lives.
Q
You
know-
maybe
not.
Some
are
much
more
subtle,
maybe
not
as
as
the
ones
that
ruth
bader
ginsburg
experienced,
but
we
all
have
experienced.
You
know
feeling
unequal
and
so
each
generation.
We
hope
that
our
our
young
women
and
I
like
to
think
that
that's
happening
are,
you
know,
feeling
more
equal
than
women
in
the
past,
and
yet
I
know
for
a
fact
that
many
many
young
women
still
experience
certain
amounts
of
discrimination.
Q
All
you
have
to
look
at
is
compare
the
amount
women
get
paid
to
the
amount
men
get
paid.
You
know
there
are
a
lot
of
occupations.
Women
have
that
are
paid
much
less
than
than
the
common
applications
that
men
have,
and
you
know
those
those
discussions
go
on
and
we
keep
on
fighting
for
for
equality.
Now
I
have
to
end
by
letting
you
know
that
during
this
council
meeting
tonight
I
just
became
the
grandmother
of
two
beautiful
baby
girls.
M
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V
V
Now
I
know
there
are
some
people
who
have
concerns
about
this
cost,
especially
in
the
wake
of
financial
strains
our
city
is
facing,
but
the
state
has
committed
10
million
dollars
for
this
project,
leaving
our
city
to
pay
a
small
remainder
of
the
cost.
You
know
I've
lived
in
albany
for
several
years,
and
I've
spoken
to
people
that
lived
in
those
communities.
V
I
don't
remember
the
last
time
the
state
gave
the
city
of
albany
10
million
dollars
to
go
towards
any
type
of
project,
and
in
these
times
that
we
end
to
see
the
state
continue
to
make.
This
type
of
commitment
is
a
step
in
the
right
direction,
and
I've
said
this
before
you
know
it's.
It's
not
very
often
that
we
get
these
type
of
investments
right
here,
so
to
create
something
that
will
pay
off
in
a
turn
in
the
long
terms.
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AN
O
So
you
know
going
back
two
years
ago.
You
know.
One
of
the
questions
I
asked
about
this
particular
project
is
what
are
going
to
be
the
ongoing
costs?
What
is
our
share
of
the
capital
investment
and
then
what
are
the
ongoing
costs
for
the
operations
and
the
answer
to
that
question
evaded
us
and
that
I
found
that
very
frustrating
capital
planning
101
when
you're
doing
a
new
capital
project.
O
Of
the
things
that
one
of
the
reasons
why
I
was
concerned
is
because
it
was
being
equated
to
the
high
line
which
they're
spending
like
seven
million
dollars
a
year.
Maintaining
and
we
don't
have
that
kind
of
money-
and
this
is
not
as
big
but
it's
only
it
still
is
one-third
the
size
of
that.
So
it
could
have
been
over
a
million
dollars
a
year.
O
I
have
had
reservations
about
this
partially
because
for
the
amount
of
money
that
the
city
is
putting
into
this
project,
we
spent
about
the
equivalent
amount
of
money,
renovating
12
city
parks,
and
that
includes
woodland
park
that
you
all
know.
I
have
very
significant
concerns
about
how
that
has
been
handled.
I'm
very
pleased
to
report
that
the
city
has
been
in
there
with
trump
grinders
and
other
equipment
to
remove
some
of
the
hazards
that
I've
been
complaining
about
for
the
last
three
years.
I'm
optimistic
that
that
particular
project.
K
You
know
if,
in
in
the
two
years
that
we
saw
some
real
changes
as
far
as
projects
in
the
inner
city,
maybe
it
would
be
something
to
change
my
mind.
I
think
that
when
you
think
about
this
bridge,
you
know
I
I
said
this
is
gonna.
Be
today
is
gonna
be
monumental,
because
this
bridge
is
gonna
reflect
a
change
in
the
and
the
look
of
of
communities
on
on
close
to
that
bridge.
K
I
think
this
bridge
is
like
a
gift
to
the
condo
purchasers
and
that
close
to
that
bridge,
you
know
it
looks
pretty,
but
you
know
I
don't
see
how
a
bridge
is
going
to
bring
the
promises
and
it
is
going
to
meet
the
projections
that
have
been
connected
with
this
bridge.
I
hear
people
are
moving
into
our
city,
but
at
the
same
time
I
keep
on
hearing
departments
are
down,
and
so
are
these
people
moving
into
our
city
with
jobs.
K
K
Y
Okay
yeah,
when
this
was
first
proposed
two
two
years
ago,
it
was
very
foreboding
financially
with
all
the
stressors
that
it
would
put
in
us,
but
I
really
think
it
was
the
council's
due
diligence
that
we
showed
initially
times
voting
down.
What
was
then,
I
thought
a
bad
financial
deal
for
albany
and
getting
significant
changes
to
it
and
I
believe,
as
councilwoman
joshette
said,
I
think
that
our
due
diligence
gave
negotiating
points
to
the
city
when
they
went
back
to
the
state
to
negotiate
better
terms
for
us.
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Y
Y
Q
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
agree
with
judy
and
mike
you
know,
people's
skepticism
and
concerns
about
this
project
probably
did
help
in
the
negotiating
process.
So
congratulations
on
that
and,
as
you
know,
I've
supported
this
project
all
the
way
along.
You
can't
turn
down
that
kind
of
money.
You
just
can't,
and
I
I
do
want
to
respond
to
people's
concerns
about
the
fact
that
this
development
is
not
happening
in
our
neighborhoods,
particularly
our
underserved
neighborhoods,
and
you
know
the
simple
truth:
is
it's
not
going
to
happen
there?
It
just?
Q
Isn't
people
don't
want
to
invest
unless
they
think
it's
going
to
be
a
good
deal
and
but
but
the
other
truth
is
you
have
something
like
what's
going
on
down
where
the
skyway
is
there's
a
lot
of
investment
going
on
in
some
of
the
properties
along
pearl
street?
There
you
have
capital
rep,
we've
got
we're
gonna
have
a
brand
new
capital
rep.
Q
I
know
joyce
they've
spoken
to
you
about
how
it's
going
to
impact
your
ward
in
a
very
positive
way,
and
that
kind
of
spin-off
that
you're
going
to
see
will
bring
more
revenue
into
the
city
and
that
money
can
be
used
for
the
things
that
we
want
in
our
neighborhoods,
whether
it's
a
community
center
or
whether
it's
just
repairs
of
our
sidewalks
or
our
fabulous
parks.
We,
you
know
that's
money
so
well
spent,
but
I
do
believe
this
type
of
project
will
have
that
that
kind
of
spin-off
effect.
Q
I
mean
I
want
you
all
to
think
about.
What's
going
on
this
past
year,
I
mean
the
number
of
shootings
we've
had
here
in
our
city
I
mean
that's
a
a
true
deterrent
for
people
wanting
to
be
here,
and
we've
got
to
find
things
to
turn
that
around
to
make
people
believe
that
this
is
a
safe
and
exciting
city,
and
so
that
we
can
bring
in
those
kind
of
funds
to
do
the
things
that
we
need
to
do
in
our
neighborhood.
So
I
hope
you'll
all
support
this
tonight.
Thank
you.
AJ
AJ
AM
AM
Now
my
thing
is,
and-
and
I
talked
to
councilman
robertson
about
this
on
several
occasions-
and
I
talked
to
the
mayor's
office-
this
will
create
jobs,
opportunity
for
the
third
ward
again,
I
know
we're
still
struggling
with
the
abandoned
buildings
empty
lots,
but
as
faye
he
said
that
this
will
create
some
revenue
where
we're
trying
to
look
to
fix
up
most
of
the
third
ward.
So
I
support
this
resolution
also.
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U
As
you
may
know,
one
of
my
recurring
requests
since
I've
started
giving
comments
has
been
to
change
the
official
recognition
of
columbus
day
to
indigenous
people's
day.
You
cannot
discover
a
place
that
are
that
people
already
inhabit.
Moreover,
columbus
never
set
foot
in
what
came
to
be
known
as
the
united
states.
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U
I
am
hoping
that
the
council's
gradual
overall
move
towards
social
justice
stances
like
calling
for
police
reform
and
renaming
livingston
park
to
black
lives
matter
park,
is
an
indication
of
more
of
a
willingness
to
address
this
issue.
While
we
cannot
change
the
atrocities
of
the
past,
we
must
do
whatever
we
can
to
have
honest,
open
and
difficult
conversations
about
history.
U
AC
AC
I
have
literally
seen
this
part
come
alive
overnight
and
there
are
kids
constantly
and
family
is
constantly
over
there
now
enjoying
the
new
zip
line,
that's
over
there
and
then
also
the
new
jungle
gym
apparatus
which
some
of
our
staff
on
friday,
climbed
to
the
top.
So-
and
I
have
yet
to
do
that,
but
it
just
goes
to
show
what
small
investments
are
considered.
AC
AC
Things
that
are
coming
on
to
black
lives
matter
park
as
well,
and
I
just
also
want
to
note
the
exciting
release
of
the
rfp
for
a
community
center
needs
assessment
and
a
planning
study
for
a
location
for
community
center
in
the
westfield
neighborhood.
I
want
to
thank
councilwoman
joyce
love
for
her
advocacy
and
then.
AC
Members
and
all
community
advocates
for
their
due
diligence
and
making
sure
that
west
hill,
which
is
a
severely
underserved
community,
gets
the
attention
that
it
deserves.
And
you
know
the
sky
is
the
limit
into
what
can
happen
with
this
new
community
center.
That's
gonna
be
invested
in
the
west
hill
community.
S
AM
Yep,
I
did
thank
you,
mr
president.
I
I
I
want
to
say.
I
truly
have
a
great
relationship
with
councilman
robertson.
We
are
truly
partners
and
sharing
what
we
do
for
the
third
and
the
fifth
ward
we
border
with
one
another.
So
when
we
first
got
sworn
in,
we
made
a
promise
that
we
would
work
closely
together
and
become
a
strong
partnership,
and
that's
what
we
have
done
when,
when
I'm
sharing
a
resolution
or
when
councilman
robertson
is
sharing
a
resolution,
we
go
over
with
one
another.
AM
We
truly
truly
have
a
great
partnership
together
and
I
have
to
say,
I've
couldn't
have
done
this
a
lot
of
this
stuff
that
I've
done
without
him
being
by
my
side,
and
I
want
to
thank
him
for
that.
What
and
all
the
other
council
members
that
had
input
and
some
of
the
things
that
went
on
in
the
third
ward.
I
appreciate
it.
Thank
you.
K
K
You
know
two
guys
that
I've
watched
for
you
know,
let's
just
say
the
last
two
summers,
but
many
more
you
know
give
their
time
to
that
park
monday
through
sunday,
sometimes
not
getting
paid,
and
you
know
to
come
down
and
have
a
conversation
with
us
and
to
use
their
name
and
then
not
to
give
them
a
phone
call.
It
just
says
something
about.
K
K
K
M
B
His
girl's
father
died
joe
gerald
campbell's
senior
past
oh
yeah
unexpectedly,
so
it
was
his
dad,
and
so
my
that
was
my.
My
comment
was
going
to
be
one
to
adjourn
in
silence,
but
two
I've
been
having
conversations
with
a
few
members
and
danielle
about
trying
to
figure
a
way
to
support
girl
and
his
family
in
these
next
couple
of
weeks,
and
so
danielle's
going
to
be
reaching
out
to
him
figure
some
stuff
out.