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From YouTube: Monday, May 6, 2019, Albany Common Council Meeting
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Legislation Passed - Local Law B (Hoey), Ordinance 6.21.19R (O'Brien), Ordinance 7.21.19R (Conti), Ordinance 9.41.19R (A) (Conti), and Resolution 19.51.19R
A
We
like
to
call
the
session
Monday
May
6
2009
teen
of
the
Albany
Common
Council
meeting,
I'm,
sorry
that
we're
not
on
time
at
7:00,
but
we
had
a
lot
of
things
to
discuss
in
caucus
before
our
meeting.
So
we
apologize
for
for
the
time
frame
of
starting
at
7:30
and
not
starting
at
6
7.
Also
Kashani.
Can
you
please
call
the
roll.
B
C
A
Now,
when
we
move
into
our
section
our
public
comment
section
period,
each
speaker
has
five
minutes
to
talk
about
any
subject
or
just
any
subject.
They
would
like
to
address
to
the
council.
Council
members
will
not
be
able
to
answer
your
questions,
so
please
do
not
ask
them,
and
this
time
it's
only
for
the
public
to
comment.
A
If
council
members
feel
the
need
or
wish
to
do
so
in
response
to
any
public
comment
period,
they
will
do
so
in
the
appropriate
section
of
the
agenda,
which
is
normally
miscellaneous
when
council
members
will
respond,
so
you
have
five
minutes.
I
will
give
you
a
four
minute
warning.
I'll
tell
you
have
a
minute
left
and
with
that
being
said,
can
the
clerk?
Please
call
the
first
speaker
mr.
A
D
D
Associations,
a
citywide
Federation
of
neighborhood
associations,
I,
was
previously
I
was
on
the
city
of
Albany
2030,
comprehensive
planning
board
that
produced
that
roadmap
for
the
development
of
the
city
of
Albany.
My
concerns
that
I'd
like
to
address
and
share
with
you
tonight
are
twofold
number
one:
563,
New,
Scotland,
Avenue
and
number
2
reason
Albany.
The
u.s.
do
is
it's
commonly
called,
which
stands
for
unified,
sustainable
development.
Ordinance
563
is
a
located
behind
the
New,
Scotland
Avenue
post
office
and
opposite
the
st.
Peter's
Hospital.
D
In
five
buildings,
the
plan
proposes
a
five-story
tower
building
on
the
site,
as
well
as
proposing
storefront
commercial
and
retail
space.
On
the
first
floor,
the
plan
proposes
to
relocate
the
existing
post
office,
fortunately
on
site,
not
off
site
near
the
in
the
commercial
space
strip.
An
area
variance
is
requested
by
the
developer
from
the
city
of
Albany
Board
of
Zoning
Appeals.
D
D
D
This
this
particular
development
project
is
definitely
going
to
neighbourhood
negatively
impact
the
character
and
quality
of
the
surrounding
blocks
and
neighborhood.
The
five-story
tower
building
is
two
stories
above
the
currently
permitted
building
height
in
the
current
unified
development
ordinance,
and
this
is
an
issue
of
great
concern.
D
One
could
say
the
five
storey
tower
is
just
too
tall.
The
number
of
buildings
on
the
site,
one
might
say,
are
too
many,
but
there's
a
particular
there's
a
particular
disadvantage
and
harm.
That's
going
to
be
caused
by
that
five
tour.
Story
Tower,
residential
and
commercial
uses
is
the
size
and
the
density
of
five
of
the
563
new
Scott
on
the
Avenue
project
is,
as
I
said
before,
it's
gonna
have
not
only
a
negative
effect
on
the
on
the
neighborhoods
in
the
new
sky
area,
but
also
on
other
Midtown
and
uptown.
One.
D
Minute,
yep,
so
that's
that's
something
that
that
is
very
undesirable.
You
have
an
opportunity,
as
council
members,
to
weigh
in
on
the
unified
sustainable
development,
the
review
that
is
currently
underway,
and
it's
really
important
that
you
plate
pay
close
attention
to
the
recommendations
that
come
out
of
that
review
process.
D
Rezone
Albany
was
enacted
in
April
of
2017
it's
two
years
later,
there's
a
track
record
with
regard
to
rezone
Albany,
and
it's
it's
very
important
that
what
comes
out
of
the
newly
revised
ordinance
that
it
promotes
protects,
preserves
and
strengthens
albany's,
irreplaceable
neighborhoods.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
address
this
issue.
Thank.
B
G
H
G
G
32
Buckingham
Drive
for
approximately
18
years
and
I'm.
Also
a
member
of
the
executive
committee
of
a
national
environmental
organization
called
the
Sierra
Club
I'm
on
the
local
Hudson
Mohawke
group
of
this
here.
A
club
and
so
I
just
want
to
take
a
look
at
this
from
a
kind
of
an
environmental
impacts.
State
environmental
impact
aspect
of
this
project,
and
what
we
would
like
to
see
is
that
this,
this
development,
be
there
will
have
to
be
a
declaration
under
secret.
G
The
state
environmental
quality
review
act,
and
we
would
like
to
see
this
classified
as
a
type
as
a
type
1
action
and
that
will
as
a
type
1
action
and
an
a
full
environmental
impact
statement.
That
would,
we
hope,
a
company
that
we
will
get
the
most
review.
The
most
input,
the
most
input,
a
good
scoping
document
of
all
the
issues
that
are
involved
like
the
gentleman
who
just
spoke
about,
and
we
feel
this
being
declared
a
type
1
action
is
most
appropriate.
And
let
me
just.
G
G
I
G
G
G
Action
is
to
be
like
I
said
we'd
like
to
have
this
considered
a
type
1
action,
and
the
threshold
for
such
an
action
is
comes
under
the
the
appropriate
section
and
secret
that
really
affects
us.
Is
the
cumulative
impacts
that
this
development,
along
with
the
other
developments
that
are
in
play
right
now,
are
what
really
doesn't
really
require.
The
cumulative
impacts
of
this
of
this
project
be
considered.
Ok
and
a
cumulative
impact
just.
G
A
G
You
can
see
that
the
environmental
impacts
like
water
traffic,
air
and
noise
are
gonna,
be
significant,
and
for
that
reason
we
would
like
this
to
be
considered
a
type
1
action
under
seeker
for
both
the
Planning
Board
when
they
make
their
declaration
and
for
the
Zoning
Board
when
they
make
theirs.
Ok.
Thank
you.
Thank.
E
Hello
I'll,
be
brief.
I
would
like
to
request.
Oh
my
name
is
Margie
Sheehan
I
live
at
32,
Buckingham,
Drive
and
I've
been
a
resident
of
the
city
of
Albany
for
almost
19
years.
I
would
like
to
request
that
the
board
consider
a
moratorium
on
all
building
and
rezoning
proposals
that
are
before
the
board
until
two
things
have
occurred.
E
One
we
understand
that
the
Planning
Board
is
has
submitted
some
or
is
in
the
process
of
submitting
some
18
pages
of
revisions
to
zoning
regulations,
and
we
believe
that
the
board,
as
well
as
the
public,
needs
an
opportunity
to
review
all
of
that
material
and
to
there
is
a
traffic
study,
that's
being
done
paid
for
by
the
the
st.
Peter's
Hospital.
We've
had
two
meetings
that
the
public
was
invited
to,
and
we've
heard
nothing
else
yet
about
another
meeting.
E
I
look
to
an
area
like
restaurant
navona,
along
New
Scotland,
where
restaurant
navona,
the
a
land
or
the
gastro
pub
that
that
whole
area
just
looks
beautiful
and
there's
really
nice
cafe,
seating
outside
and
I
think
those
businesses
have
done
a
wonderful
job
of
really
renovating
that
that
area
and
creating
a
real
walkable,
beautiful
space
that
fits
perfectly
within
the
city
of
Albany
I.
Think
the
idea
of
a
five-story
building
or
god
forbid
anything
higher
across
from
st.
Peter's
really
threatens
the
whole.
E
J
J
Consumer
oriented
business,
fun
places
to
be
I,
live
near
the
strip
on
Madison,
Avenue
and
I'm
really
happy
to
see
the
improvements
but
I
think.
If
we're
going
to
reach
all
the
residents
of
the
city,
we
have
to
start
examining
the
percentages
of
people
who
are
coming
out
of
poverty
and
starting
to
own
their
own
houses
and
becoming
citizens
because
of
the
responsibilities
that
they
have
once
they're,
successful
and
I.
Think
that
that's
really
what
living
wages
living
wage
lifestyle
is
is
all
about.
J
I
see
also
that
there's
a
consideration
of
a
resolution
to
not
charge
the
Poor
People's
Campaign,
for
when
we
blocked
the
streets.
That
was
there
I
think
that's
important
too,
because
it
also
recognizes
that
they're
frustrated
about
the
lack
of
moving
people
out
of
poverty
and
and
incrementally
I
think
we've
we've
done
that,
but
not
enough!
It's
it's!
It's
still
that
we
still
have
a
divided
two-faced
city
because
of
that
and
and
we
all
need
to
come
together-
and
this
is
one
way
so
passed-
that
ordinance
get
a
good
compliance
committee
moving
on
it.
A
K
Good
evening,
members
of
the
public
members
of
the
council,
my
name
of
course,
is
Marlon
Anderson
community
advocate
currently
residing
at
214
lark
Street
in
the
center
square
region
in
the
city
of
Albany
I'm,
going
to
touch
on
two
subjects.
Very
briefly,
before
I
speak
on
what
I
came
to
speak
on
first
things.
K
First,
it's
interesting
of
all
the
commotion
and
concern
about
the
overdevelopment
and
the
ineffective
development
in
areas
like
the
upper
area,
Western
Avenue
and
on
New
Scotland
Avenue,
and
this
is
something
that
I
warned
about
years
ago
when
they
were
doing
the
considering
the
restructuring
of
this
Park.
South
neighborhood
and
I
warned
about
the
engineering
of
communities
and
things
of
that
nature.
K
But
again
it
was
something
that
didn't
impact
other
communities
at
this
time,
so
their
concerns
were
very
little
and
we're
not
expressed,
but
that's
an
example
of
when
you
think
that
something
that's
in
one
part
of
the
city
is
not
going
to
affect
you.
Eventually
it
does
so.
Hopefully
the
lesson
is
learned
and
you
express
better
concern
about
the
city
as
a
whole.
K
When
issues
aren't,
you
think
aren't
affecting
you,
because
in
the
end
those
issues
will
affect
you
and
you
can
go
to
the
Chinese
Union
searching
and
to
see
my
views
on
the
ineffective
development.
Basically,
developers
have
to
be
put
to
a
standard
of
core
development
and
stop
running
from
the
core
of
this
city
and
developing
the
core
of
this
city,
as
opposed
to
running
tours
to
suburbs
and
developing
toward
the
sub,
where
I
was
avoiding
the
core
of
the
city.
That's
caught
ineffective
development.
K
Secondly,
as
far
as
the
living
wage
and
things
concerned,
the
wages
aren't
the
issue.
The
wages
are
the
highest
in
America
they'd
ever
been
it's
just
that
the
services
and
the
goods
are
out
priced.
We
need
to
look
at
things
like
rent
control
in
the
city
of
Albany,
because
the
rents
in
the
city
of
Albany
are
getting
outrageous.
If
you
live
in
a
section
where
I
live,
you
have
thousand
dollar
studio
apartments
thousand
dollars
for
one
room
and
that's
outrageous.
No
one
can
afford
to
live
in
a
thousand
dollar
one-room
apartment.
K
A
three-bedroom
apartment
where
I
live
at
is
almost
three
thousand
dollars
who
can
afford
to
live
in
three
thousand
dollars
with
kids?
That's
what
the
problem
is,
not
the
wages,
it's
the
services
that
are
being
provided
and
we
need
to
control
those
services.
If
we're
going
to
control
things
like
homelessness
and
poverty
and
things
that
nature
is
not
the
wages,
it's
the
prices
of
the
goods
and
services.
K
But
what
I've
come
forward
to
speak
about
is
what
I've
been
pursuing
for
a
long
time
in
this
city,
and
that
is
leadership
that
needs
to
be
had
in
the
communities.
We've
came
to
a
watershed
moment
in
the
last
few
weeks
in
this
city,
where
begrudgingly
the
council
has
stepped
forward
and
try
to
show
a
measure
of
leadership
and
that's
a
good
thing,
because
we
have
a
community
that
is
crying
out
for.
L
K
A
void
and
leadership
in
our
communities,
they're,
looking
for
they're,
desperately
hoping
for
and
I,
would
hope
that
the
council
continues
upon
the
path
that
they
started
in
a
few
weeks
in
the
last
few
weeks,
not
with
small
steps
but
with
the
giant
steps
that
are
required.
I
would
ask
all
of
you
deploy
to
your
communities
as
the
summer
approaches,
as
the
warm
weather
approaches
be
seen.
K
Lead
in
the
community,
create
events
in
the
community
pursue
those
communities
be
out
there
among
the
people,
not
among
the
organizations
and
neighborhood
associations,
people
that
are
that
you
that
are
easily
reached,
but
the
people
that
you
aren't
reaching
the
people
that
need
to
see
you,
the
people
that
need
to
feel
your
president
deploy
into
the
communities
be
seen
as
summer'
lead
this
summer.
If
you
hold
small
events
in
your
facilities,
leadership
lead.
K
This
community
show
them
that
you
are
there
for
them,
because
that's
what's
missing
in
this
city
myself,
as
I
said
I'm
gonna,
be
here
in
support,
but
I
am
gonna,
step
away,
Wow
and
observe
the
process.
I
will
be
keeping
my
eye
on
things
but
I'm,
leaving
the
process
to
you,
because
you
saw
the
elected
leaders
in
the
city
there's
a
void
of
leadership
there
and
it's
time
for
you
to
step
up
and
fill
and
I
certainly
hope
you
do.
Thank
you.
Thank.
M
Good
evening
common
council
members,
my
name
is
Charlene
Schaffer
I
am
a
steering
committee.
Member
of
the
Albany
Norman
skill
Neighborhood
Association
about
two
years
ago,
the
Neighborhood
Association
sent
out
a
survey
to
poll
neighbors
about
issues
that
they
may
have
while
living
in
our
neighborhood.
The
number
one
issue
was
traffic
on
New
Scotland
Road.
Either
the
traffic
circles
and
Slingerland
moved
the
traffic
faster
into
the
city,
or
there
is
just
more
traffic
driving
into
the
city.
Sometimes
it
takes
up
to
20
minutes
to
enter
or
cross
New
Scotland
Road.
M
The
Neighborhood
Association
has
asked
the
city
Albany
the
city
of
Albany
traffic
safety
department
to
send
a
representative
to
speak
and
address
the
traffic
problem.
At
the
June
2018
meeting
after
three
phone
calls
and
two
emails,
I
was
contacted
and
told
they
would
not
speak
at
our
June
meeting
that
it
was
after
normal,
the
normal
tour
of
duty
hours.
Now,
with
the
new
Department
of
Correction
expansion
project,
adding
about
two
hundred
and
sixty-six
more
people,
there
will
be
more
traffic
problems
at
the
March
27th
Neighborhood
Association
meeting
with
the
Department
of
Corrections.
M
There
were
many
questions
left
unanswered.
Concerning
traffic
speed,
bumps
sidewalks
and
a
stop
sign
on
McCormick
Road
and
sewer
and
water
issues,
the
Department
of
Corrections
could
not
answer
all
of
these
questions,
as
we
were
told
that
some
of
these
issues
were
the
city
of
Albany's
responsibilities.
M
The
Albany
neighborhood
albany
norman
skilled
neighborhood
association,
asked
that
the
common
council
advised
the
city
of
Albany
traffic
and
safe
and
sewer
and
water
departments,
speak
at
our
June
5th
meeting
and
answer
the
questions.
I.
Thank
you
and
I
look
forward
to
your
support
and
urging
these
two
departments
to
come
and
speak
at
our
June
5th
meeting.
Thank
you.
Thank.
N
Good
evening
my
name
is
Edie:
Brennan
I
live
at
389,
McCormick
Road
in
the
city
of
Albany,
I
live
across
the
street
from
the
Department
of
Corrections
training
facility
and
the
with
the
construction.
That's
going
on
there
and
like
most
residents
in
our
neighborhood,
were
very
unhappy
about
the
about
the
docks
expansions
plans.
First
of
all,
docks
provided
no
notice
to
any
anybody
in
our
residential
neighbourhood
about
the
about
this
project.
N
Nobody
knew
about
it
until
the
fences
went
up
in
January
and
they've
ignored
the
value
of
the
input
from
the
into
this
whole
planning
process,
and
it's
it's
come
to
our
realization
that
people
in
the
city
did
know
about
this
project.
Apparently
they'd
been
in
touch
with
people,
at
least
in
the
water
department,
possibly
also
in
the
planning
department
and
I,
understand
that
people
in
this
room
didn't
even
know
about
it.
N
So,
as
a
matter
of
of
course,
the
County
Council
should
look
into
what
kind
of
communication
is
going
on
to
the
city
here
that
such
a
huge
project
could
be
happening
years
in
advance,
because
this
was
all
funded
years
ago
that
nobody
knew
what
was
happening
until
the
fences
went
up.
Second,
they're,
adding
hundreds
of
new
parking
spaces
that
by
designer
gotta
vastly
increase
the
traffic
specifically
on
McCormick
Road,
which
is
already
a
very
dangerous
road
and
the
docks
entrance
on
McCormick
Road.
We
would
like
to
see
that
closed.
N
Mccormick
Road
is
the
only
means
of
ingress
and
egress
for
residents
that
live
on
McCormick
Road,
Highfield,
Lane,
fair
fairway,
Court,
Roland,
Drive
quadrey
need
Rainey,
Drive,
Valley
View
Drive
in
Meadow
Lane.
Everybody
in
that,
and
this
whole
section
needs
to
come
in
and
out
on
this
on
McCormick
Road
docks
in
addition
to
the
McCormick
Road
entrance
they've
got
three
entrances
on
New
Scotland
Avenue.
They
don't
need
this
other
entrance.
We've
had
a
long-standing
problem
with
trainees
and
the
and
the
docks
driving
way
too
fast.
N
A
McCormick
Road
by
its
very
nature,
big
since
McCormick
Road,
is
a
very
long
straight
road
with
a
light
at
the
end
people
get
out,
they
get
into
cars.
They
see
the
light
it's
if
it's
a
green
light.
They
put
the
pedal
to
metal
to
try
to
make
the
light
if
it's
a
red
light,
I
guess
they're,
trying
to
time
the
light
again,
but
the
pedal
to
metal
may
drive
way
too
fast
down.
N
If,
for
some
reason,
this
entrance
gets
left
open,
but
for
the
this
new
expansion
in
Doc's
doc
should
be
paying
from
a
sidewalk
or
a
multi-use
path
along
McCormick
Road,
Doc's
contended
in
this
and
they're
there
late
March,
meaning
that
a
couple
of
people
here
attended
that
the
increased
parking
and
housing
more
trainees
on
site
will
reduce
traffic
because
they
will
only
need
to
drive
and
once
at
the
start
of
their
weekly
program
and
drive
out
once
at
the
end
of
the
weakling
program.
That
is
a
misleading,
one-sided
gross
oversimplification.
N
Minute,
okay
would
terrorists
in
town
which
Avenue
it's
a
sort
of
a
military
type
facility.
They
wanted
to
put
their
parade
ground
right
outside
their
dormitory,
so
instead
of
putting
the
parking
lot
by
their
new
dormitory,
they
put
it
in
the
back
yard
of
all
the
people
that
live
on
on
would
terrorists
and
Talmadge
you
having
you
simply
resolve
issues
like
this
could
have
been
resolved.
You
know
if
they
had
some
community
input,
but
they
completely
ignored
us.
Let's
see
skip
over
that.
N
The
another
issue
that
we've
got
is
the
newly
impermeable
land
from
the
parking
lots
and
new
buildings
they're,
going
from
its
getting
triple
for
about
1.8
acres
of
impermeable
land
to
5.2
acres
of
impermeable
land.
We've
already
had
a
lot
of
trouble
with
drainage
in
the
area.
There's
been
a
collapse
of
the
ravine
on
a
longer
chromic
Road
part
of
McCormick
Road,
actually
slipped
into
the
ravine,
and
this
is
only
gonna
make
it
worse.
There
was
no
complete
environmental
inputs
impact
study.
They
got
away.
O
B
P
P
Let
me
give
you
some
history
and
then
present
some
facts
to
ponder.
Let
me
give
you
some
the
site
where
the
Department
of
Corrections
Training
Academy
now
sits,
was
originally
a
seminary,
a
place
where
young
men
came
to
contemplate
their
future
as
Catholic
priests.
They
prayed
and
meditated
in
silence,
and
they
walked
over
the
land.
It
was
situated
on
a
large
tract
of
land
to
keep
it
peaceful
and,
apart
from
residential
homes
that
surrounded
it
then
docks
purchased.
It
docks
is
the
Department
of
Correctional
Services.
P
P
There
are
screaming
Cadence's
yelled
out
at
all
hours.
There
is
a
hotel
like
structure
to
be
built
tapping
into
our
the
city's
water
and
sewer
lines.
The
once
peaceful
field
bordering
McCormick
Road
is
to
be
elevated,
sending
runoff
water
who
knows
where
McCormick
Road
self
collapsed
at
one
point,
due
partially
to
previous
work
done
at
this
site.
No
environmental
impact
study
was
done,
CT
mail
was
hired
by
Corrections.
P
P
There
was
an
attempt
to
close
just
there
was
an
attempt
to
just
close
off.
Would
terrorists
a
city
street
without
a
review
by
the
city
engineers
when
asked
by
docs
for
a
copy
of
the
negative
impact
statement,
we
were
told
to
go
foil
it,
even
though,
under
article
6
and
y
CR,
r61,
7.12,
b3,
all
sequa
documents
and
notices,
including,
but
not
limited
to
EI,
f-,
declinations,
positive
declarations,
scopes,
notices
of
completion
of
an
EIS
e
is
is
notices
of
hearings
and
findings.
P
P
Be
maintained.
Excuse
me
in
the
files
that
they
are
readily
accessible
to
the
public
and
made
available
on
request,
and
yet
the
city
states.
There
are
no
documents
and
the
corrections
representatives
say
foil.
It
today.
I
will
sum
up
by
serving
to
remind
this
body
that
there
have
been
several
Norman
skilled
bank
collapses
due
to
poorly
conceived
construction
projects.
They
have
caused
extensive
damage
along
the
creek
and
to
homeowners
property.
Our
beautiful
Golf
Course
has
sustained
damaged
as
well.
It
costs
the
city
millions
of
dollars.
P
O
F
A
K
A
People
to
speak,
can
you
please
have
your
comment
we'll?
Have
it
cut
it
down
to
three
minutes
and
if
you
know
other
people
don't
take
three
minutes.
You
know
I'll
keep
the
clock
up
here
and
I
might
let
some
go
further
than
three
minutes
if
other
people
don't
take
as
long
so
public
comment
period
is
extended,
but
for
three
minutes
per
person,
since
we
have
so
many
people
signed
up
so
can
the
clerk?
Please
call
the
next
speaker.
Q
Good
evening
my
name
is
Terry
waltz.
My
residence
is
at
number
one
fairway
court
in
Albany,
but
I'm
a
double
blotter
II
winner
with
the
docs
project.
We,
my
husband
and
I,
also
own
our
original
home,
that
we
bought
when
we
got
married
on
19,
Wood
Terrace
and
that
address
19
wood
Terrace
may
ring
a
bell
with
some
of
you.
Q
If
you
were
involved
in
the
exchange
of
documents
which
were
sent
out
directly
from
the
state
inappropriately
based
on
city
procedures,
but
we'll
gloss
over
that
for
the
moment,
stating
that
our
driveway
was
going
to
be
sealed
and
closed
of,
not
sealed
but
closed
for
four
days
of
this
work.
This
was
not
an
inquiry.
This
was
a
declaration
we're
going
to
close
your
driveway
for
four
days.
Q
Wonderful,
we
had
an
email
exchange
with
Docs
and
it
came
out
that
that
decision
had
been
taken
with
no
consultation
with
the
city
departments
involved
with
traffic
and
that
soon
changed.
Clearly
there
was
some
culpability
on
the
part
of
the
state
since
the
project
was
moved
back
a
week
after
this
happened
after
the
appearance
of
Docs
representatives,
and
these
were
some
high-level
guys.
Q
Okay,
you
can
recognize
him
at
a
community
meeting
with
almost
200
people
in
attendance,
at
which
Doc's
assured
us
repeatedly
that
there
were
takeaways
from
the
meeting
and
that
they
were
going
to
be
good.
Neighbors
I,
don't
know
what
their
definition
of
being
a
good
neighbor
is,
but
it's
not
congruent
with
mine.
Q
We
have
been
asked
to
foil
information
which
is
legally
required
to
be
supplied
to
the
public,
not
only
once
but
numerous
times,
I
have
an
email
chain.
If
anyone
wants
to
see
it,
we
have
been
act,
they
have
been
acting
without
any
consultation
or
approval
with
the
city.
The
city,
however,
is
probably
not
blameless
in
this
either.
Somebody
had
to
know
about
this.
A
40
million
dollar
project,
plus
3
million
for
design
and
3
million
for
management,
does
not
spring
up
full-grown
in
magnificent
in
five
days.
Q
Someone
knew
about
this,
so,
as
has
been
suggested
previously,
we
need
to
take
a
good
look
at
the
channels
of
communication.
Why
is
the
public
not
being
informed
about
this?
Okay
as
taxpayers?
We
have
that
right
and
you
have
that
responsibility
to
us.
The
city
had
it
acted
earlier
to
include
the
public
would
not
have
been
powerless.
I'm
gonna.
Take
you
to
Asia
for
a
moment.
Q
Remember:
Hong
Kong,
Hong
Kong
was
a
British
colony
for
over
a
hundred
years
just
about
a
hundred
years,
and
it
was
just
given
back
to
China,
lock,
stock
and
barrel
in
1997.
They
didn't
have
to
do
that.
They
had
a
perpetual
lease
on
the
Island
of
Hong
Kong,
some
of
the
most
valuable
real
estate
in
the
world.
Why
did
they
give
it
back
water?
Q
A
Q
Had
action
been
taken
earlier
to
include
more
people
in
the
process,
I'm,
not
saying
that
the
council
is
specifically
culpable
for
this.
We
don't
know
who
knew
and
who
didn't
know.
But
at
this
point
there
has
been
very
little
public
notification.
What
there
has
been
is
not
being
complied
with,
they're,
not
being
good
neighbors
appearing
at
a
meeting.
Many
of
our
elected
did
us
the
courtesy
of
coming
to
the
meeting,
and
that
was
greatly
appreciated,
but
we
need
something
more
from
you
appearing
at
a
meeting
is
wonderful
and
it
shows
support,
but
we
need
action.
Q
We're
just
little
people
we're
up
against
the
state
of
New
York.
They
are
accustomed
to
doing
as
they
wish
as
they
wish
to
do
it
when
they
wish
to
do
it
with
no
consultation.
So,
at
this
time,
I'm
calling
on
the
Common
Council
my
councilman
and
everyone
else
on
the
council
to
come
together,
because
this
time
it
may
not
be
in
your
backyard,
but
next
year
it
could
be.
Thank.
R
Good
evening
my
name
is
Christine
Wasik
and
I'm.
Also
a
member
of
the
Norman
Skil
neighborhood
steering
committee
Neighborhood
Association
steering
committee.
My
home
is
at
one
Cayuga
court
and
we've
lived
there
for
16
years
and
prior
to
that
owned
a
home
on
Holmes
Court
for
11
years,
so
you
can
see
that
we're
committed
to
living
and
working
in
the
city
of
Albany.
Although
recently
my
husband's
company
has
moved
out
of
the
city
I'm
concerned
about
the
docks
expansion.
R
For
many
reasons,
I
only
have
a
certain
amount
of
time
tonight,
but
hopefully,
between
my
other
steering
committee
members,
we
cover
have
covered
a
lot
of
them.
We
pay
the
highest
taxes
in
the
city
and
have
highest
voter
turnout,
I'm
concerned
about
my
property
value,
with
the
increase
in
the
building
and
the
number
of
people
living
round
the
clock
on
the
docks
property.
The
destruction
of
the
green
space
and
increased
water
problems
will
only
decrease
the
value
of
my
home.
My
home
sits
at
the
bottom
of
the
hill
from
the
property.
R
We
already
have
a
continuously
soggy
backyard,
despite
having
put
in
an
extensive
drainage
system
at
our
expense.
One
block
below
us,
the
field
between
Mohican
and
McCormick
is
also
constantly
wet
and
as
soon
as
it
rains,
the
area
which
includes
a
pump
station
at
the
bottom
of
the
hill
becomes
flooded.
No
environmental
studies
have
been
done
and
we
so
we
don't
even
know
the
full
impact
of
this
project
on
the
surrounding
land
and
water.
Unless
you
stand
at
the
top
of
the
hill,
you
don't
realize
how
high
that
hill
is.
R
This
issue
will
only
get
worse
for
me
in
my
neighbors
I
feel
for
the
people
who
live
at
the
top
of
Talmadge
Place
and
those
on
mccormick,
not
only
because
of
the
current
construction
in
there
yard.
But
what
is
to
come
a
parking
lot
for
a
parking
lot
for
more
people
each
week
to
sit
in
their
cars
in
the
evening
with
exhaust
running
car
alarms,
going
off
and
less
natural
land
to
absorb
the
water
and
ultimately
runs
down
into
the
yards
on
Seneca
and
Cayuga.
One.
R
We
have
had
dogs,
we
have
had
dogs,
we
have
dogs
if
this
must
move
forward
to
change
the
plan
and
reposition
the
parking
lot.
So
it
is
not
so
close
to
the
homes
I'm
concerned
about
impact
of
the
water
use
with
the
large
number
and
increase
of
people
who
are
gonna,
be
on
the
premises,
showering
and
flushing
at
concurrent
times,
impacting
water
pressure
and
stress
on
the
antiquated
Albany
sewer
systems.
R
I'm
also
concerned
about
the
already
taxed
resources
of
the
city
police,
fire,
paramedic
being
called
out
for
all
the
additional
people
there
24
hours,
taking
away
from
the
citizens
in
our
neighborhood
having
to
probably
pull
from
other
neighborhoods
and
then
affecting
all
the
neighborhoods
in
the
city
and
then
also.
What
disturbs
me
is
the
lack
of
interest
by
the
elected
officials.
I
would
question
to
me:
it's
I'm
sorry.
They
seem
to
have
all
but
disappeared
since
her
Neighborhood
Association.
R
A
A
S
Good
evening
my
name
is
mystery:
goo,
so
I'll
go
over
13
beech,
Avenue
Albany
New
York
I'd
like
to
have
a
moratorium
put
on
the
USD.
Oh
there's
many
reasons,
but
first
and
foremost,
I
attended.
Quite
a
few
weave
meetings
on
the
US
do
and
they're
all
my
questions
were
brought
up
and
they
told
me
that
I
would
have
a
chance
of
six
months.
They
asked
the
same
questions
and
they
would
answer
them
here.
It
is
two
years
after
that,
and
they
just
gave
the
Common
Council
amendments
to
the
US.
S
Do
never
once
did
they
bring
the
public
in
to
say
what
was
wrong
with
the
US.
Do
I
don't
have
to
tell
this
consul
what's
wrong
with
the
US?
Do
you
just
heard
from
behind
me
what's
wrong
with
the
US,
though
there
isn't
a
happy
neighborhood
around
here
anymore.
This
USA
do
is
ruining
the
city.
So
where
is
the
public
review?
Where
is
the
public
review
anybody?
Nobody,
they
sent
the
Comic
Con,
so
amendments.
If
you
didn't
understand
the
340
page
us
do
that's.
No,
it's
not
an
insult.
S
It's
just
that
it's
way
beyond
all
of
us.
So
how
are
you
going
to
do
the
amendments
if
I
just
can't
believe
that
they
sent
this
comic
consular
amendments
without
first
having
Chris
Spencer
come
up
here
and
tell
you
what
amendments
are
going
to
replace
and
why
and
then
you
will
know
just
the
amendments,
what
it
is
this
they
should
not
be
before
you
I
mean
if,
if
this
us
do
was
good
for
Albany
I
would
not
have
the
following
problems
that
mr.
Conti
mr.
shed
Jack
Flynn,
Tom,
Hoey,
O'brien
and
I
go.
S
S
S
Its
we're
on
to
two
years
now
we
never
had
no
evaluation
period.
You
know
six
months
evaluation
period.
If
you
look
at
1211,
Western,
Avenue,
there's
so
many
things
wrong
with
1211
Western
Avenue
first
to
seeker.
But
if
you
ask
them
how
come
they
don't
have
a
full-blown
seeker,
they
tell
you.
This
is
a
planning
of
well,
they
don't
need
it.
Miss.
E
S
From
the
Dec
says,
anything
with
the
word
apartment
in
needs
a
full-blown
seeker,
but
not
this
building
the
stormwater
wastewater
where's
it
going.
Yes,
Joe
coffee,
it's
going
down
to
the
Woodville
pump
station.
Would
the
pump
stations
got
a
big
sign
on
it,
says:
moratorium
put
on
by
Dec,
but
Joe
Coffey
said
the
water's
going
there
and
the
high
voltage
wires.
Our
fire
chief
wrote
a
three-page
letter
to
the
Planning
Department.
They
said
no
work
is
to
be
done
in
that
building
and
to
the
overhead
wires
are
buried.
S
S
F
You
thank
you,
sir
mr.
president,
can
I
just
briefly
I
think
important
to
clarify
a
point
that
mr.
gurus
have
made
wheat.
The
council
does
not
formally
have
the
USDA
amendments
at
this
point,
there's
still
before
the
Planning
Board,
and
there
is
a
Planning
Board
hearing
and
once
the
Planning
Board
completes
their
review
and
makes
her
recommendations
and.
T
A
U
U
U
O
O
U
And
T's
Irish
at
our
meeting
this
afternoon,
told
us
about
a
job
one
ad
on
the
internet
for
Pittsfield
Massachusetts,
for
a
person
to
work
with
their
TV
studio.
They
were
offering
that
person
between
forty
two
thousand
and
forty
seven
thousand
dollars
a
year
based
on
their
experience.
They
would
be
working
forty
hours
a
week
and
they
would
be
offered
health
care
and
that
well
that
person
would
be
an
outreach
person.
U
I
Thank
You
Dennis,
Carius,
13,
York,
Road,
Albany,
New
York
I
want
to
second
the
motion
for
what
Nancy
was
just
saying,
because
when
we
did
our
we
said
we
we
really
respect
in
this
country,
our
Constitution,
our
Bill
of
Rights.
We
have
freedom
of
speech,
freedom
of
the
press
and
I
just
wanted
to
ask.
There's
no
reason
for
our
channels
to
go
away.
We
had
channel
16,
17
and
18
on
spectrum.
I
Now
they
did
move
it
up
to
1301,
1302
and
1303.
But
if,
if
you
could
just
ask
spectrum,
why
would
our
channel
16,
17
and
18
disappear
to
be
it's
only
because
we
would
tell
the
truth
if
you're
getting
brainwashed
by
mainstream
media,
because
channel
6,
10
and
13
also
went
up
to
1200,
12:03
and
1209,
but
you
can
still
go
to
6,
10
and
13.
There
are
so
many
more
channels
today
than
there
were
decades
ago.
I
There's
no
reason
for
our
channel
16,
17
and
18
public
access,
education
and
government
to
disappear
unless
they
don't
want
you
to
get
the
truth,
if
you're
getting
brainwashed
by
mainstream
media.
So
if
you
could
just
ask
spectrum
to
put
us
back
where
we
were
I
really
would
appreciate
it,
I
was
happy
to
pledge
allegiance
to
the
flag
for
free.
You
know
freedom
of
speech
and
I
just
would
like
to
get
back
to
the
way
we
were
on
this
in
this
country.
I
Everybody
in
this
room
could
do
a
TV
show
every
week
at
no
charge
for
spectrum
at
the
main
branch
of
the
Albany
Public
Library,
the
studio's
right
there.
It's,
the
only
problem,
is
for
no
reason
they
moved
us
way
up
there
to
1301,
1302
and
1303,
and
that's
okay,
but
why
did
our
three
channels
disappear?
If
I
go
to
channel
15
and
press
the
UP
button,
it
jumps
up
to
channel
19,
there's
nothing
on
16,
17
and
18,
so
I
just
would
like
to
reform
things
if
they,
if
they
get
dysfunctional.
Thank
you.
T
I'll
honor
client
29
would
one
to
208,
not
one
to
203.
Mr.
president,
with
team
a
speakers
we
had
tonight,
I
realized
that
we
were
probably
destined
to
go
over
the
hour.
I
would
ask
to
I'll
give
everyone
in
the
fair
shot
if
this
reduction
to
three
minutes.
That
decision
could
be
made
before
people
begin
to
speak
because
it
doesn't
seem
fair
to
the
dozen
or
so
speakers
they
came
after
the
extend
time
period.
Also
in
relation
to
that
I
see
a
lot
of
people
here
tonight.
T
T
There
was
another
incident
a
couple
months
ago.
Someone
on
this
side
of
the
banister
told
me
that
a
couple
of
council
members
felt
like
I
was
taking
the
issue
too
personally.
Well,
let
me
ask
you
who
is
taking
this
too
personally
either
me
the
person
who's
fighting
for
their
friend's
rights
to
move
into
an
area
which
was
zoned
and
passed,
the
Board
of
Zoning
Appeals
or
the
person
who
filed
it,
an
appeal
threatened
to
file
a
lawsuit
against
the
city.
You.
T
An
ordinance
to
reduce
the
science
janitor
square-foot
reduces
square
footage
of
signage
in
our
front
yard,
which
you
will
wasn't
planning
to
use
that
whole
whole
square.
Footage,
anyways
and
now
I
hear
that
someone
anonymously
I'm,
not
saying
who
it
was
because
I
don't
have
any
proof
of
that.
But
someone
and
honestly
apparently
filed
a
complaint
with
the
plain
planning
department
that
Kathleen
was
doing.
Unauthorized,
renovations
and
improvement
inside
our
building
actually
had
the
building
inspector
passed
with
full
compliance.
T
B
V
Hello,
my
name
is
Susan
Dubois
I
live
at
24
Jeanette
Street
in
Albany,
and
I'd
like
to
thank
the
members
of
the
council
for
their
interest
in
updating
the
living
wage
ordinance
and
getting
that
process
back
on
track.
I
think
it's
a
good
thing
that
the
city
adopted
quite
a
few
years
ago
now
and
I
hope
the
legislation
will
pass.
Thank
you
thank.
B
L
Okay,
I'll
keep
it
brief,
as
this
is
my
first
time
here.
This
is
weird:
okay,
where
I
come
from
West
Hill,
most
people
I
read
the
map
and
everything
it's
for
me.
It's
from
Broadway
all
the
way
up
to
Water
Valley
Water
Valley
is
where
I
started
when
I
was
got
here,
but
I'm
not
gonna.
Get
into
that.
Let
me
get
to
the
point.
L
All
right,
I've
heard
a
lot
of
complaints
and
from
sitting
up
here,
it's
a
lot
different
than
sitting
back
in
the
corner
with
my
boy,
skully,
all
right,
I'm,
looking
at
you
guys
and
I'm
like
you
guys,
should
be
tired
right
now.
Okay,
there's
a
lot
of
complaints
from
a
lot
of
people
who
are
getting
a
lot
of
support,
a
lot
of
funding
a
lot
of
planning
and
they
don't
want
it.
L
L
Next,
they
set
up
around
the
corner.
Coffee
doughnuts
rakes
shovels
bags
gloves
nobody
said
a
word.
They
basically
went
down
to
first
Street,
there's
this
great
house
that
went
behind
this
grey
house.
They
did
what
nobody
in
our
community
did
and
they
was
looking
colorful
too.
Okay,
they
cleaned
it.
They
fixed
the
fence,
they
didn't
stop
there.
They
came
around
the
block
cleaned
that
they
went
across
the
street,
cleaned
that
cleaned
out
all
the
way
back
to
where
they
started
the
community,
basically
because
of
their
introduction,
didn't
know
who
they
was
why
they
came.
L
Why
do
they
care
what
the
heck
was
going
on?
You're
interrupting
our
lives.
Okay,
we
can't
figure
this
out
you're
black
and
we
don't
trust
you
because
you're
doing
things
that
we
do
and
you
act
like
you
care,
and
we
don't
think
so.
However,
by
the
time
they
got
done,
they
did
more
work.
Then
Albany
has
done
in
a
long
time
and
to
see
where
they
came
from.
L
Okay,
I
can
go
back
to
my
people
and
tell
them
say:
look
the
city
came
out
and
they
put
their
hands
together.
Nobody
on
the
block
realized
the
logistics
that
went
into
letting
this
thing
happen.
Okay,
I
could
go
further
into
it,
but
I'm
gonna,
pretend
I,
don't
know.
Okay,
the
logistics
we
got
dgs
working
together,
we
got
APD
working
together.
We
got
the
block
clear.
We.
L
Got
people
aware
of
what's
going
on
and
my
last
statement
is,
if
all
the
way
over
there
on
New
Scotland,
which,
if
people
don't
wake
up
okay,
you
got
Albany
med,
make
it
brief.
Okay,
Albany
med
has
become
a
new
city.
Okay,
we're
proud
of
that
I'm,
proud
of
that.
My
kids
are
born
at
st.
Peter's.
They
want
to
bring
that
feel
where
the
professions
and
everything
is
close
to
where
we
get
our
health
minor
inconvenience,
but
forget
about
them.
They
don't
want
it
over.
Where
I
come
from
you
tear
down
a
building,
we
celebrate.
L
A
A
C
B
I
W
A
X
Doctor
Public
Safety
Public
Safety
met
April
29th
to
discuss
a
plan
to
prevent
violence
for
the
summer
2019
various
community
stakeholders
met
there,
snug
community
members,
a
PD
Albany
Public
Library
Green
Tech
High
Metropolitan
Church,
which
spoke
of
collaborations.
A
lot
of
these
groups
are
working
hard
at
keeping
the
city
safe
and
keeping
violence
down.
He
seemed
to
be
a
consensus
that
we
continue
to
collaborate
to
control
and
keep
the
violence
down.
That
was
that
meeting.
Secondly,
Public
Safety
met
on
May
31st
to
discuss
the
officer-involved
incident
on
First
Street.
X
March
16th
2019,
but
we
had
the
chief
there.
He
answered
some
tough
questions
from
both
the
community
and
council
members
was
a
general
agreement
among
the
committee
members
that
the
chief
took
the
appropriate
action
and
suspending
the
officer
it
was
appropriate
for
the
incident.
Also,
the
chief
is
unable
to
answer
a
lot
of
questions.
Do
the
pending
court
action
the
Public
Safety
Committee,
will
continue
to
monitor
that
issue.
Thank
you.
A
B
F
A
A
F
Y
I
just
want
to
speak
briefly
on
the
ordinance
that
I'm
introducing
it
is
in
the
17
pages
of
the
summary
document.
Further
revisions
to
the
u.s.
do
I
noticed
that
the
Planning
Department
has
recommended
that
we
eliminate
the
incentive
that
allows
an
extra
story
almost
by
right
when
somebody
uses
blue
or
green
roof
analogy,
and
what
they
are
looking
to
do
is
to
temporarily
stay
that
particular
provision
until
the
end
of
the
year,
because
it's
not
clear
that
how
long
it's
going
to
take
for
us
to
review
that.
Y
Actually,
three
hundred
and
eighty
three
page
document
of
amendments
to
the
US
do,
and
because
this
is
having
such
a
significant
impact
on
our
communities
where
we
have
zoned
areas
for
for
three
stories
or
for
three
and
a
half
stories,
and
almost
by
right
people,
because
it's
such
an
easy
adjustment
to
be
make
with
limited
acknowledged
benefit
to
the
city
that
they
then
get
to
add
an
extra
story
to
it.
So
it
has
significantly
changed
what
was
intended.
Y
You
have
the
technology
to
do
that
is
through
a
blue
or
green
roof,
so
were
without
any,
allowing
them
to
add
a
story,
exceed
the
setback,
requirements
etc
for
smaller
developers.
We're
already
imposing
something
like
this
as
a
standard
requirement.
So
the
idea
that
we're
giving
some
larger
developers
a
whole
extra
story
on
their
premises
of
you
know
in
their
development
is
rather
absurd.
Y
Y
I,
don't
think
that
most
of
us
are
opposed
to
development,
we're
opposed
to
excessive
development
and
and
when
there's
you
know,
variances
being
granted
routinely
area
variances
to
allow
extra
height
when
there's
these
kind
of
incentives
being
allowed
that
we're
seeing
minimal
benefit
for
we
need
to
take
another
look
and
we
need
to
act
expeditiously
because
the
horse
is
out
of
the
barn,
and
we
need
to
do
this
now.
Thank.
Z
O
B
B
H
B
F
B
H
B
W
F
B
F
Thank
You,
mr.
president,
that
this
ordinance
is
really
intended
to
to
try
and
reinvigorate
the
living
wage
ordinance,
which
is
kind
of
gone
through
a
period
of
dormancy
and
get
it
back
on
track.
Make
sure
we're
in
compliance,
provide
more
information
to
the
council
in
terms
of
service
contracts
that
that
included,
make
sure
that
we
are
providing
accessible
information
in
terms
of
what
the
living
wage
number
is.
So
this
is
the
first
step
in
terms
of
moving
forward
next
step.
F
The
mayor
really
does
need
to
appoint
a
new
compliance
committee
that
we
hope
that
should
be
representative
of
the
community,
including
representation
from
organized
labor,
as
we
continue
to
move
forward.
I
want
to
thank
the
people
who
spoke
tonight
and
who
also
spoke
at
the
Human
Resources
Committee
in
support
and
hopefully
working
together.
We
can
make
some
progress
on
this
issue,
and
so
it
has
to
remember
support
on
this
tonight.
Thank
You
mr.
A
AA
Thank
You
mr.
president,
I
stand
here
in
support
of
ordinance,
not
4119,
which
amends
our
city
living
wage
law
and
relations
to
entities
which
contract
with
the
city
of
Albany,
quite
frankly,
I
believe
that
it's
important
that
we
set
an
example
simply
put.
We
should
only
work
with
businesses
that
are
committed
to
paying
a
living
wage.
This
legislation
adds
some
key
provisions
to
ensure
our
city
is
consistent,
including
language
which
aligns
with
the
living
wage
requirements
with
inflation.
In
addition,
providing
the
compliance
committee,
we're
more
responsibility
for
oversight
and
enforcement
of
this
law.
AA
Quite
frankly,
the
current
minimum
wage
is
the
reason
many
people
are
living
in
poverty.
Health
care
costs
are
going
up,
child
care
costs
are
going
up,
college
costs
are
going
up,
housing
costs
are
going
up,
but
wages
for
many
working
people
in
our
city
are
not
going
up
on
a
personal
I
worked
at
several
minimum-wage
jobs,
my
first
being
that
piece
of
HUD
and
there's
there's
deception,
that
many
people
that
work
at
these
minimum
wage
jobs,
young
college
students
or
teenagers
who
are
just
trying
to
earn
a
few
dollars.
But
that's
not
true.
AA
My
time
I
Pisa,
we
had
single
mothers,
we
had
grandparents
who
were
working,
50
plus
hours
just
to
make
ends
meet,
and
they
still
had
some
some
still
had
to
depend
on
government
assistance.
It's
important
again
that
we
set
an
example:
the
history
of
this
amendment
and
a
couple
of
months
ago,
Tom
Hawley
and
a
few
of
our
colleagues
stood
in
the
rain
with
the
mohawk
EMT,
as
they
were
acting
for
a
living
wage.
Currently,
some
EMT
workers
here
at
Mohawk
ambulance,
are
being
paid
1125
an
hour
11:50
an
hour.
AA
These
are
individuals
who
are
called
that
a
moment's
notice
to
save
lives,
I
believe
that
they
deserve
better
and
I
asked
Mohawk
ambulance
to
pay
the
EMTs
a
living
wage.
Quite
frankly,
public
policy
is
about
the
people,
and
you
know.
Sometimes
we
have
to
make
decisions
at
all
times
to
make
sure
that
it's
impacting
the
residents
and
whenever
individuals
like
ourselves
can
help
the
public
help
themselves.
AA
We
should
take
full
advantage
of
it
and,
quite
frankly,
I
believe
that
government
can't
solve
all
the
problems,
but
I
believe
that
government
has
a
role
to
help
individuals,
help
themselves
and
I'm,
not
naive
about
our
role
as
government
officials.
You
know,
Jeff
came
once
said
things
do
not
happen.
Things
are
made
to
happen
so
again.
I
want
to
thank
the
sponsors
of
these
amendments.
My
colleague,
Conti
Tom,
Hoey
and
also
Cathy
Fahey
simply
put
these
revisions
will
make
our
city
living
wage
law
stronger
and
I
fully
support
the
passage
of
this
ordinance.
Thank.
C
To
thank
my
colleague,
councilman
ami
for
those
kind
words
and
I
know
colleague,
Jack
Flynn
was
also
at
or
ambulance
walking.
We
got
a
problem
where
we
make
laws
and
we
don't
stay
with
them.
We
don't
really
we
kind
of
think
that
they're
gonna
work
by
themselves.
So
I
really
appreciate
that
we
were
able
to
get
this
legislation
done
into
committee
and
good
public
comment
and
moving
forward.
I
just
want
to
talk
about
Mohawk
ambulance.
It
is
very
difficult
to
become
an
EMT.
It's
a
it
takes
a
long
process.
C
It's
almost
as
hard
as
becoming
a
physician's
assistant,
takes
a
lot
of
studying
and
to
dedicate
yourself
to
that
and
then
graduate
and
get
a
job
at
eleven
or
twelve
dollars
an
hour.
It's
really
an
insult
to
people
studying
and
trying
to
make
make
them
better
lives.
So
we
are
hoping
that
this
will
impact.
AB
I
think
it's
important
that
we
hold
those
who
we
contract
with
accountable.
Many
of
us
today
cannot
afford
to
live
on
a
40-hour
workweek.
Most
of
us
have
to
have
multiple
jobs
just
to
make
ends
meet,
so
it's
critical
that
we
keep
those
who
contract
with
us
that
get
out
tax
dollars
accountable
to
making
sure
that
Dale
employs
bill
staff,
have
a
fair
wage
and
a
PT,
and
it's
being
treated
properly
and
thoroughly
so
I
commend
my
colleagues
and
I
am
proud
to
be
in
support
of
this.
Thank.
B
AA
C
AC
B
B
C
I'm
glad
to
see
this
contract
finally
come
up,
for
you
know,
get
approved
and
for
us
to
fund
it.
They
were
out
without
a
contract
since
2014,
and
these
are
hard
workers.
These
are
the
people
manning
the
phones
when
somebody's
having
a
heart
attack
or
there's
a
fire
they're
the
people
who
are
answering
and
dispatching
making
sure
that
people
are
held,
and
they
also
help
people
on
the
phone
tell
them
what
to
do
in
an
emergency
type
of
situation.
C
AA
B
H
Y
B
F
AA
Thank
You.
Mr.
president,
this
resolution
is
in
recognition
of
the
fact
that
bicycling
has
grown
to
be
an
increase
in
popular
form
of
community
and
recreation
and
that
we,
as
a
city
and
partner
with
state
and
local
bicycle
advocate
groups,
want
to
make
sure
that
we
continue
building
upon
Albanese
bike
infrastructure
and
to
promote
bicycle
safety
on
part
on
both
of
the
cyclists
and
also
vehicle
owners.
AA
A
C
W
W
A
A
A
F
K
C
B
X
F
You,
mr.
president,
I'd
like
to
make
the
following
motion
and
requests
adoption
resolved
that
Danielle
Gillespie
is
hereby
appointed
city
clerk
and
clerk
to
the
Common
Council
for
a
term
ending
December
31st
2021
and
be
it
further
resolved
that
disappointment
shall
take
effect.
Monday
May,
20th
2019.
There.
F
AD
He
acknowledged
me
because
I
kept
offering
him
coffee
and
doughnuts,
but
but
also
we
had
several
people
out
there,
helping
us
million
gallon
de
Bourgh
jemelle
has
his
mother
his
grandmother.
There
was
Reverend
point
that
said,
it
was
a
bunch
of
us
out
there,
but
the
both
of
us
decide
that
we
want
to
take
our
streets
back
and
we
want
to
clean
them
up,
so
we'll
have
more
in
the
future,
but
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
him
for
coming
down.
Thank
you.
AD
W
W
Not
equitable
development,
as
he
said
that
there
are
parts
of
our
city
that
don't
want
anymore
of
development,
and
then
there
are
parts
of
our
cities
that
are
looking
for
more
development
and
so
I
want
us.
When
we
think
about
the
policies
that
we
has
and
the
policies
that
we
make
to
think
about.
The
residents
of
those
communities
that
are
affected
by
a
lack
of
a
disinvestment
in
their
neighborhoods.
AC
And
I
just
want
to
echo
what
mr.
Ladouceur
said:
I
think
that
it's
a
problem
but
I
think
it's
a
problem
that
these
discussions
are
going
on
and
behind
closed
doors
and
basically,
when
they're
presented
to
the
community
as
well
as
the
council
is
at
the
last
minute.
So
that's
that's
something
that
has
been
problematic
and
in
my
wor
people
who
are
trying
to
make
improvements
to
the
current
businesses
are
getting
forced
to
do
things
in
a
manner
that
our
views
of
people
outside
our
community
so
I
find
that
problematic.
AC
That
they're
telling
one
part
of
the
city
that
they
just
made
changes.
Why
would
they
make
amendments?
But
then
you
hear
in
other
parts
of
the
city,
there's
multiple
amendments
being
made
so
I
find
that
problematic
and
I
would
hope
that
the
council
finds
a
way
to
either
address
it
or
at
least
make
it.
Let
it
be
known
that
the
people
are
concerned.
Thank
you.
Thank.
AE
C
Ii
yeah
I
was
sitting
here,
I'm
listening
to
people
about
563,
New,
Scotland
and
I
really
feel
sorry
for
them
because
they
don't
know
what
they're
in
for
we've
been
fighting
this
twelve
eleven
since
before
I
took
office
and
it's
it
takes
a
toll.
You
find
things
wrong,
I
mean
I,
found
more
things
wrong
and
you
know
there's
something
wrong
with
the
system
right
now
and
I
know
we're
working
on
it
and
I
appreciate
a
Councilwoman
to
set
about
pulling
out
that
you
know
the
green
blue
ropes.
C
This
is
stuff
that
we
have
to
look
at.
We
have
to
look
at
this
us.
Do
you
know
I'm,
not
against
development,
but
we
got
to
look
at
the
whole
city.
We
have
kenwood,
which
is
gonna,
have
over
2,000
units.
We
have
all
these
units
going
over.
If
you
add
up
the
numbers,
it's
like
3,000
4,000
units
of
being
built.
Where
are
the
people
coming
from
to
fill
these
units?
Now
it's
a
rumor
I,
don't
know
if
it's
true
but
I
heard
that
the
Albany
made
Park
South
is
a
little
bit
more
than
1/3.
C
Full
and
I
mean
I,
don't
know
how
to
find
that
out.
If
it's
a
it's
a
private
entity
but
we're
putting
up
all
these
buildings,
are
they
being
used
and
are
they
in
the
appropriate
areas?
So
I
think
the
discussion
is
great
and
again
I
hope,
I'm
wrong,
but
I
think
a
good
look
at
development
and
what's
appropriate
and
what's
the
area
and
I'd
like
to
add
we're
developing
more
than
what
our
infrastructure
can
handle.
C
I
doubt
a
note
to
all
the
councilmembers
we've
had
over
55
backups
of
toilets,
putting
sewage
in
people's
basements
up
in
the
15th
Ward.
We
have
I
Drive
down
Hillcrest
out
and
you're
going
to
to
the
state
campus
brand
new
road
was
just
paved
three
years
ago.
There's
three
huge
holes
in
it
where
the
water
mains
broke.
We
had
the
Palace
Theatre
closed
for
a
weekend
because
the
water
main
broke.
C
We
got
an
infrastructure
that
is
falling
apart,
that
we
really
need
to
look
at
and
what
I
was
so
happy
that
we
put
off
the
MC
tonight
for
the
waterboard.
It's
not
because
of
that
specific
project,
but
I
want
to
call
the
waterboard
in
and
find
out
what
is
the
plan?
How
are
you
going
to
handle
all
this
excess
wastewater
and
in
stormwater
with
all
these
developments,
and
that's
just
one
problem-
we've
got
to
talk
about
traffic.
Look
at
the
roads,
I,
don't
know
how
your
wards
are.
C
Y
I
also
want
to
make
sure
everybody's
aware
of
this
as
an
issue
in
375
4
of
the
u.s.
code
dealing
with
standards.
If
you
look
under
the
landscaping
and
vegetation
requirements
and
buffering
requirements,
there's
a
provision
in
there
that
says
for
all
new
development
you're
supposed
to
have
30
percent
of
the
lot
covered
with
vegetation.
Y
So
this
was
a
provision
that
was
put
in
there
to
help
with
the
sustainability
to
recognize
that
we,
you
know,
we
don't
need
to
build
to
the
edge
of
every
single
lot.
We
don't
need
to
put
parking
lots
in
etc.
So
when
I
asked
mr.
glass
about
this,
when
I
was
discussing
with
him,
the
us
do
changes
that
they're
proposing
which
doesn't
change
this.
He
said
that
was
actually
intended
only
to
apply
to
the
portion
that
actually
needs
to
be
landscaped.
Y
Y
So
the
provision
that
he
is
saying
he's
supposed
to
be
used
for
that
kind
to
address
that
kind
of
issue
is
actually
addressed
elsewhere
and
they
are
ignoring
the
plain
language
of
the
law
in
approving
these
projects
and
not
having
at
least
30
percent
vegetation,
and
that's
one
of
the
issues
that
we
are
dealing
with.
The
people
are
concerned
about
when,
when
talking
about
too
much
density,
you
don't
and
and-
and
jean
sullen
has
talked
about
it-
you
know
we
don't
put
downtown
kind
of
development
in
the
upper
Ward's.
Y
Y
You
can
have
up
to
90%
impervious
development
in
paving
etc.
There
are
other
provisions,
including
in
375
one
that
say.
If
there's
an
inconsistency,
you
apply
the
more
restrictive
standard,
again
they're
ignoring
that
particular
requirement
because
they
don't
like
it.
It
doesn't
make
sense
for
the
way
that
the
projects
are
coming
in.
They
want
to
let
the
project's
go
through.
Y
So
the
more
restrictive
standard
is
supposed
to
apply
in
these
cases,
but
I
will
also
point
out
that,
just
because
your
maximum
impervious
lot
coverage
is
90%
doesn't
make
it
inconsistent
with
a
requirement
that
you
have
to
have
30%
vegetation,
because
it's
not
saying
oh,
you
have
to
build
out
to
90
percent.
It's
just
saying:
well,
you
can
build
out
to
90
percent
the
reason
why
that
90
percent
is
in
there
for
an
RM
and
and
mu
C
+.
U
mu!
Y
Nc
neighborhood
center
is
because
the
part
of
the
goal
of
adopting
the
us
do
is
to
not
have
standards
that
now
turn
existing
properties
that
were
in
existence
prior
to
the
zoning
code
going
to
existence
or
these
new
standards
and
making
it
illegal.
So
that's
why
some
of
that
is
allowed
again
I'm
going
to
emphasize
this.
Everybody
needs
to
be
looking
at
these
provisions.
That
say,
you
need
to
have
a
minimum
of
30
at
least
30
percent
vegetation
coverage
in
a
lot.
If
you
look
at
the
intro
to
that,
it
also
talks
about.
Y
One
of
the
goals
of
this
is
essentially
sustainability,
oxygenation
issues,
and
also
we
want
to
preserve
more
of
the
natural
vegetation
in
the
city.
If
you
look
at
563,
New,
Scotland
Avenue,
there's
a
lot
of
natural
vegetation
in
the
back
in
the
rear
of
that
particular
lot.
I,
don't
know
that
that's
going
to
be
impacted
by
this,
but
but
in
general
we
need
to
be
paying
closer
attention
to
the
way
the
Planning
Department
is
not
enforcing.
Y
W
A
AB
F
Thank
You
mr.
president,
then,
before
we
make
a
motion
to
adjourn,
let
me
just
try
to
address
some
of
mr.
Baran's
concerns,
because
I've
also
had
some
issues
this
year
last
year
before
the
Planning
Board,
we're
in
mr.
Fahey
was
also
involved,
because
it
was
an
area
that
affected
both
our
wards,
where
we
weren't
successful
in
really
in
reflecting
in
the
outcome
reflecting
what
our
constituents
were
looking
for,
and
so
what
I
go
back
to
is
mr.
Magoo.
So
you
know
mentioned
earlier
the
what
what
is
before
the
Planning
Board
right
now.
F
Let
me
go
back
to
the
six-month
amendments.
The
six-month
amendments
were
proposed
towards
the
end
of
the
term
of
office
of
the
prior
council
and
for
a
variety
of
reasons,
some
of
which
was
the
amount
of
time
available
to
really
look
at
those.
We
ended
up
not
doing
them
at
that
point
and
instead,
with
the
intent
that
they
would
be
carried
over
to
this
council
and
I,
think
that
they
were
not
just
resubmitted.
F
F
I
don't
know
if
they're
going
to
make
any
visions
or
not.
But
at
that
point
the
Planning
Board
once
that's
done,
then
those
amendments
will
be
formally
come
to
this
council
for
action.
We're
the
ones
that
doctor
us
do
we're
the
ones
that
adopt
amendments
to
the
u.s.
do
and
the
the
flexibility
and
the
ability
of
the
Planning
Board
to
improve
projects
that
might
not
have
support
or
within
the
within
the
constraints
or
the
the
flexibility
that
we
give
them.
F
I
know
I
also
have
a
case
before
the
Zoning
Board
right
now,
which
is
an
area
variance
case
that,
in
my
opinion,
if
that,
if
that
application
is
approved,
it
would
undercut
some
of
the
very
basic
standards
of
conversion.
In
my
ward
that
were
agreed
to
when
we
adopted
the
u.s..
Do
that's
a
little
bit
of
a
different
issue,
but
I
do
see
some
of
these
area
variances,
possibly
you
know
going
in
ways
that
are
not
consistent,
maybe
with
what
we
thought
we
were
adopting.
But
here's
the
point
when
those
USDA
amendments
come
to
us.
F
We
all
members
have
a
stake
in
that.
That's
not
an
issue
for
jet,
although
the
Planning
Committee,
that's
something
that
affects
every
one
of
us
every
one
of
our
wards
in
terms
of
how
development
moves
forward,
the
types
of
project
etc.
I'm,
not
an
opponent
of
density,
I,
think
density
needs
to
be
planned
density
in
my
ward
and
how
it
impacts.
My
ward
is
very
different
than
it
does
in
some
of
the
wards.
F
Uptown
and
I
think
we
need
to
look
at
some
of
those
larger
projects
and
I
do
have
some
questions
about
some
of
those
bigger
projects
uptown
and
how
they
really
fit
in
to
to
the
those
communities.
At
the
same
time,
we
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
directing
development
to
those
areas
of
the
city
that
are
needed
in
need
of
development
and
that
have
been
neglected
and
the
u.s.
F
do
needs
to
be
that
instrument
which
drives
development
and
drives
development
to
where
it's
needed
and
also
provides
incentives
for
investments
and
reinvestment
into
communities
that
have
been
experienced
distant
distance
and
this
investment.
So
I
guess
the
point
I'm
trying
to
say
is
when
we
get
that
it's
a
dense
document,
there's
a
lot
there.
Don't
be
intimidated
by
it,
you
need
to
be
involved.
You
need
to
ask
questions.
You
need
to
not
be
a
rubber
stamp.
You
need
to
make
sure
that
we
get
a
thorough
review.
F
I,
don't
care
how
many
times
you
know
we
have
to
meet,
etc.
I'm
sure
miss
Fahey.
Will
you
know,
accommodate
all
those
planning
committee
meetings,
but
it's
our
obligation
and
to
some
extent
you
know
honestly,
I'm
gonna
in
hindsight
I
do
think
some
of
the
review
that
we
did
in
2017
that
we
didn't
do
the
thorough
review
that
we
we
should
have
that
there
were
still
questions
and
issues
that
need
to
be
to
be
answered
and
I.
F
Think
sometimes
you
got
to
bogged
down
in
a
lot
of
PowerPoint
presentations
and
not
enough
discussion
of
the
actual.
You
know,
nuts
and
bolts
and
the
language
of
the
the
actual
ordinance
and
how
it
might
impact
us,
and
so
those
are
things
that
we
do
so
to
address.
Mr.
Ballard,
when
it
comes
back
when
we
get
those
amendments,
we
have
an
obligation
to
really
be
very
active
in
terms
of
reviewing
and
fully
vetting
them.
Richard.
AE
I
just
respond
when
I
think
they're
afraid
of
asking
that
from
a
senior
member
Richard
said
where
Richard
said:
we're
hung
up
on
PowerPoint.
Some
people
around
here
hung
up
on
power,
I
think
that's!
It
I
tried
talking
to
people
and
it
seems
like
they
don't
want
to
listen
at
all.
It's
just
no,
you
know
their
way
or
the
highway
or
whatever
is
getting
pretty
frustrated.
That's
the
difference
between
what
would
it
used
to
be
you'd
be
able
to
go
in
and
talk
to
people
I,
don't
see
it
like
that
anymore.
AE
When
you
have
a
head
of
the
Planning
Board
come
in
and
say:
well,
here's
a
building
should
be
according
to
the
US.
Do
four
storeys
he
says
I
think
it
should
be
six
storeys?
Well,
what
the
hell
does
that
tell
you
you
know
I
mean
to
sound
like
Vince
or
a
goose,
oh
I'm,
sorry
to
stall
you're
a
lion
Vince.
Thank
you.