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From YouTube: Monday, November 6, 2017, Albany Common Council Meeting
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Albany Common Council Meeting - Monday, November 6, 2017 Featured Legislation - Ordinances Passed - 39.102.17 (Bailey) & 40.92.17 (O'Brien) - Resolutions Passed - 58.111.17R (Golby) - 59.111.17R (Doesschate) & 60.111.17R (Golby)
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A
For
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance,
which
will
be
led
by
what
we're
so
Brian,
followed
by
a
moment
of
silence
and,
as
we
all
know,
there's
a
lot
of
stuff
going
on
so
in
our
country.
So
as
you
take
that
moment
of
silence,
please
really
try
to
remember
those
who
are
in
great
need
right
now
for
our
prayers
and
our
consideration
and
our
positive.
C
B
A
Okay,
we
have
one
person
that
has
actually
signed
up
for
the
public
hearing,
but
anyone
else
who
is
in
the
audience
who
would
like
to
speak
during
the
public
hearing.
Please
feel
free
to
do
that.
We're
gonna
call
that
person
who
has
signed
up
and
then
with
anyone
who
else
wants
to
speak
after
that
you
will
have
the
opportunity
to
do
that
to
speak
on
the
topic
of
the
public
hearing,
which
is
the
budget
for
2018.
D
Opportunity
to
speak
briefly
on
the
budget.
My
name
is
Frederick
Pfeifer
I
live
at
124,
North
Pine
in
the
city
of
Albany
have
been
a
resident
since
1974
for
a
number
of
years.
I
worked
for
a
schmee
council
66
and
represented
the
Albany
City
blue-collar
workers
union,
and
more
recently,
you
probably
remember.
I
was
an
advocate
for
keeping
the
crossing
guards
work
in-house
and
supporting
their
organization.
I'm
happy
to
see
that
that's
been
resolved
and
it's
a
great
step.
D
It's
not
easy
to
see
instances
of
injustice
and
think
we're
doing
the
right
thing
and
then
be
challenged
to
try
to
do
even
better,
but
I
think
that's
that's
great.
I
wanted
just
to
speak
on
a
couple
things
I
was
looked
over.
The
entire
budget
and
I
was
very
happy
to
see
how
transparent
it
was
and
very
clear
in
terms
of
the
stated
goals
and
I
think
that's
a
great
advance
from
some
years
of
what
I've
seen
in
the
past
30
or
40
years.
D
So
I
want
to
talk
about
operations
and
then
revenue
side
in
the
operations.
I
see
that
there's
been
some
issues
addressed
like
perhaps
getting
the
street
license.
Converting
to
LED
that's
what
I'm
doing
in
my
house,
converting
to
LED
so
I'm,
hoping
that
we
can
do
more
of
that
in
City,
Hall
I.
Look
at
a
few
of
the
light
bulbs
we
could.
We
should
get
some
LEDs
online
here
in
terms
of
one
of
the
budget
lines.
D
Think
a
good
introduction
might
be
with
the
parking
enforcement
officers
and
that
would
entail
setting
up
a
charging
station
or
two
in
the
city
that
residents
might
be
able
to
use
to
when
the
city
wasn't
using.
It
I
think
they've
done
that
in
Schenectady,
I
was
at
a
and
if
there
any
energy
fair
in
Rensselaer
last
week
and
heard
the
mayor
there
talk
about
aggressively
looking
at
all
the
buildings
and
putting
solar
panels
up
to
reduce
the
the
need
for
grid
based
electricity
or
to
pay
back
into
the
grid.
There's
a
lot
of
programs.
D
D
Other
thing,
I'd,
like
to
speak
on
I,
was
happy
to
see
that
there
are
some
mechanics
when
I
was
a
representative
of
the
blue-collar
workers.
I
think
the
under
TGS
had
George
Neil
and
he
basically
wiped
out
all
the
mechanics,
and
you
know
we
we
strived
to
get
the
city
to
at
least
retain
a
couple
mechanics
so
that
they
could
review
the
vehicles
going
back
and
forth
and
being
contracted
for
services.
D
I
think
that
maybe
they
they
were
rehired
I,
don't
know
exactly,
but
I
just
want
to
encourage
the
city
to
continue
to
utilize
those
mechanics
and
perhaps
train
other
people
to
be
mechanics
and
to
do
as
much
as
possible
to
maintain
the
fleet,
maybe
organize
the
fleet
centrally,
which
I
saw
as
one
recommendation.
Of
course
you
got
to
have
tools
and
training
and
some
investment
to
get
people
to
be
able
to
do
that.
D
We
used
to
have
our
own
garage
and
lifts
I,
think
that
would
be
important
that
might
reduce
some
of
the
budget
lines
for
what
were
paying
when
we
subcontract
a
car
and
take
it
into
de
Paulo
Chevrolet,
because
I
know
I
had
mine
service
there,
and
although
they
gave
me
good
service,
I
had
to
argue
with
them
over
a
couple
issues
to
keep
the
price
right.
The
other
thing
that
I'm
really
happy
that
the
city
is
doing
is
they
that
you
have
put
together
a
new
deputy
HR
position
for
labor
management.
D
I
saw
this
work
very
effectively
in
Schenectady
when
mayor
ducey,
hired
Mike's
Acacio
of
the
city
mission.
Now
to
be
their
deputy
mayor,
he
took
over
all
the
labor
management
functions
and
it
was
really
excellent
because,
even
though
he
had
attorneys
to
consult,
there
was
a
much
more
one-on-one
proactive
relationship.
When
I
was
representative,
we
had
Stacey
kid
who
was
hired
directly
by
the
city.
So
I
would
like
to
encourage
the
union
of
the
city
to
look
at
retaining
in-house
counsel
and
not
having
having
its
little
outside
labor
Council
as
possible.
D
I
think
it's
doable
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
attorneys
that
would
work
for
the
city
even
at
a
reduced
rate.
In
order
to
get
the
experience
and
I
mean
the
people
who
work
for
the
labor
movement,
who
are
attorneys,
make
a
lot
less
than
corporate
attorneys
and
I.
Think
that's
a
good
thing.
The
city
could
benefit
by
that
on
the
revenue
side,
I
think
we
and
I
I
think
that
the
office
of
assessed
value
really
needs
to
look
at
the
private
buildings.
D
Of
course,
we
had
some
discrepancies
recently
with
what
some
of
the
buildings
were
getting
away
with
in
terms
of
taxes
that
they
should
have
been
charged.
I
think
we
really
have
to
look
at
the
whole
labyrinth
in
development
of
ideas
and
giving
all
these
tax
breaks
to
building
owners.
It's
really
hard
to
determine
the
assessed
value
of
a
building.
The
way
the
state
assesses
buildings
and
the
criterion.
D
If
we
can't
get
the
state
to
provide
more
aid
and
I
know
that
we're
striving
to
do
that,
and
we
have
really
good
arguments
to
do
that
and
I
would
like
to
see
a
permanent
as
we
all
would
so
that
we
could
just
count
on
it
every
budget
you're
rolling
around.
But
if
that,
if
that
doesn't
happen,
you
know,
maybe
we
have
to
consider
a
commuter
tax.
I,
don't
know
we're
we're
in
between
a
rock
and
a
hard
place.
I.
D
Don't
have
to
tell
you
that
we're
gonna
we're
an
environment
where
we're
not
getting
aid
from
enough
aid
from
the
state
or
the
federal
government,
and
we
have
a
lot
of
needs
and
I
mean.
First,
we
have
to
take
care
of
Public
Safety
and
we
take
care
of
the
needs
of
people
getting
to
work
and
in
kids
get
into
school
and
it's
sort
of
a
transition
and
each
one
of
those
costs
about
double
what
the
next
one
does
and
and
we're
sort
of
short
changing.
D
F
D
I
think
we're
all
questioning
it
and
it's
good
to
do
that
and
I
got
one
final
suggestion:
I
went
outside
my
house
and
I
live
on
state
in
North,
Pine
and
young
man
works
for
the
city
was
taking
down
the
sign
that
said,
State
Street
in
North,
Pi
and
I
said
gee
I'd
like
to
buy
that
sign.
You
know
nice
memorabilia
and
he
said
well.
I
can't
sell
it
to
you.
I
said:
don't
worry,
I
don't
want
to
get
you
in
trouble,
but
what
what
do
you
do
with
the
signs?
Well,
we
take
it.
D
We
put
it
on
a
pallet
and
we
sell
it
for
scrap.
Well,
if
that's
the
dgs
scrap
that's
about
a
thousand
dollars
according
to
the
budget
line,
if
it's
possible
I
think
we
should
allow
people
to
take
a
look
at
what
signs
we
take
down
every
30
days
and
replace
with
new
ones,
and
let
people
come
down
there
and
and
purchase
them
if
they
would
like
I,
think
that
it
would
be
a
nice
memorabilia
for
the
city.
You
have
the
air
ass
assiduity
in
your
house
and
get
a
few
bucks
out
of
it.
A
The
budget
hearing
is
there
anyone
else
in
the
audience
who
would
like
to
have
comment
during
public
hearing
regarding
the
2018
budget
once
twice
three
times
so
with
that
being
said,
thank
you
very
much.
The
public
comment
I
mean
the
public
hearing
is
now
closed.
Thank
you
so
much.
We
will
now
move
to
our
public
comment
period
where
I
do
believe
we
have
a
few
people
signed
up
to
speak
and
during
this
period,
members
of
the
public
have
the
opportunity
to
speak
on
a
topic
of
their
choice
for
up
to
three
minutes.
A
B
G
Madam
President
and
Common
Council
members
first
for
those
of
you
seeking
another
term
I
wish
you
the
best
of
luck
and
much
success
tomorrow
for
those
of
you
moving
on.
Thank
you
for
your
service.
I
have
a
difficult
story
to
tell
so
that
is
why
I
wrote
out
my
thoughts.
So
I
can
be
clear
and
precise
I
want
you
to
know
that
I.
Consider
you
all
friends,
and
that
is
why
I'm,
what
I'm
about
to
tell
you
is
so
troubling.
G
Leveling
charges
against
someone
or
saying
a
word
that
is
damaging
to
one's
reputation
has
never
taken
lightly.
Where
I
come
from.
For
the
past
several
months,
I
have
been
trying
to
speak
with
the
chair
of
the
peg
ad
hoc
committee.
Each
time
she
has
rebuffed
my
attempts
to
discuss
the
matters
holding
up
progress
with
getting
the
studio
reopened
after
a
budget
meeting
in
the
court
room
on
this
floor
a
few
weeks
ago,
I
approached
this
common
councilmember
politely
and
then
in
a
non
aggressive
manner.
G
All
I
wanted
to
do
was
discuss
with
her
my
thoughts
about
peg
access.
After
saying
simply
two
words:
she
proceeded
to
cut
me
off
waving.
Her
finger
in
a
dismissive
manner,
saying
I'm
not
going
to
discuss
this
with
you.
This
is
not
the
place
of
the
time
I
and
so
I
asked
when
would
be
the
place
in
the
time
in
condescending
in
a
condescending
voice.
She
proceeded
to
walk
away
and
saying
I'll.
Let
you
know
when
so
bear
in
mind.
G
I
kept
my
hands
to
myself
and
I
spoke
in
a
soft
and
polite
manner,
and
I
walked
with
the
councilmember
and
stopped
in
the
entrance
to
the
bench
seats
in
the
courtroom.
I
insisted
I
only
needed
a
brief
moment
of
her
to
tell
her
about
an
email
I
wanted
to
send
out,
but
she
wanted
to
hear
nothing
of
it.
G
What
kind
of
tactic
is
it
to
use
the
avoidance
technique
with
someone
who
you
were
supposed
to
work
with,
not
against
another
female
Common
Council
member
from
the
upper
ward
standing
at
the
other
end
of
the
room?
Shouted
stop
harassing
her
I'm
I
said
I'm
not
harassing
her
I
would
never
do
that.
I
felt
badly
and
these
types
of
charges
could
be
thrown
around
in
such
a
Cavalier
manner.
I
was
being
falsely,
accused
and,
unfortunately,
I
am
not
aware
of
any
recourse
except
to
come
here
and
tell
my
story
publicly.
G
Leveling
false
charges
about
someone
by
screaming
out
a
word
to
frighten
the
bejesus
out
of
someone
is
uncalled
for
an
inappropriate
behavior
by
a
council
member.
The
ad
hoc,
the
peg
ad
hoc
chair,
proceeded
to
leave
the
courtroom
upon
exiting
City
Hall.
The
peg
ad
hoc
chair
proceeded
to
tell
the
guard
in
the
lobby
to
watch
out
for
me
because
I'm
not
going
to
like
what
is
going
to
happen
again,
putting
an
unnecessary
blemish
on
my
reputation
just
because
she
says
something
doesn't
make
it
so,
but
because
she
abused
her
power
in
position.
G
I
get
the
brunt
of
her
wrath.
Madam
President
mr.
Council
President,
Pro
Tem
I.
Ask
you
to
please
look
into
this
matter
and
make
sure
these
two
council
members
never
do
this
to
anyone
else
again
who
who
lives
their
lives
like
this.
It
is
a
despicable
way
to
treat
a
person
like
myself,
who
volunteers
an
enormous
number
of
hours,
only
to
receive
negative
epithets
hurled
by
elected
officials
who
want
to
avoid
their
responsibilities.
Instead
of
resolving
a
problem
that
has
gone
on
for
too
long,
I
still
want
to
remain
on
the
peg
axis.
G
E
G
Just
wanted
to
let
you
know
about
this
I'm
going
around
the
county
to
all
the
towns
and
cities
and
I'm
gonna
try
to
put
together
a
company.
We
haven't
written
the
business
plan,
yet
it's
very
it's
very
early,
but
to
actually
record
have
a
countywide
access
system
and
record
everyone's
board
meetings
and
city
hall
meetings
and
remote
and
via
remote
location,
be
able
to
operate
the
cameras
and
trying
to
get
the
private
funding
for
it.
So
it
won't
be
a
burden
on
anyone,
but
there
might
be
a
small
you
know
just
so.
G
H
Tonight,
I'm,
not
speaking
about
the
topic
I've
been
speaking
about
for
I,
don't
know
how
many
weeks,
but
other
people
here
are
taking
over
that
topic,
but
I'm
here
to
invite
everybody
to
come
to
citizens
for
public
transportations
meeting
which
is
going
to
be
held
on
November.
The
15th
2017
at
the
main
branch
of
the
Albany
Public
Library
from
6:00
to
8:00
p.m.
and
this
is
going
to
be
in
the
community
room.
H
We
have
been
studying
this
for
a
few
months
and
we've
had
a
couple
meetings
on
the
subject
and
we
want
to
get
members
of
the
Common
Council,
but
I
want
the
people
who
are
from
here
from
the
general
public
to
know
the
general
public
is
invited
to
this
meeting
too.
Anybody
can
come
and
the
more
the
merrier,
but
we
we
want
to
get
safe.
Bus
stops.
H
I
I
too
came
and
I
spoke
in
favor
of
the
ordinance
which
would
which
did
make
it
so
that
people
don't
have
as
much
time
to
shovel
or
walks
like
after
24
hours
after
the
end
of
the
snowstorm,
their
walk
has
to
be
shoveled
and
they
can
have
have
the
city,
do
it
and
charge
it
to
their
taxes
and
I.
Think
that's
fine,
however,
that
doesn't
do
anything
to
address
the
problem
of
the
big
banks
of
snow
between
the
sidewalk
on
the
street,
and
something
has
got
to
be
done
about
that.
H
There
are
a
lot
of
other
issues
with
the
bus.
Stop
and
I
stops
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
all
of
them
now,
because
I
would
like
you
to
come
to
our
meeting
and
hear
about
them.
We
actually
have
some
photographs
of
the
some
of
the
problem
with
the
bus
stops,
so
we
have
from
the
internet.
We
are
projecting
them,
so
we
will
have
a
good
meeting
plan
and
this
is,
we
hope,
to
get
suppressed
there
too.
We
are
starting
this
campaign
as
of
November
15
and
we
hope
to
see
all
of
you
there.
B
I
Well,
good
evening
my
name
is
Vincent
Regas,
so
I
live
at
13,
Beach,
Avenue,
Albany,
New,
York
and
I
do
want
to
say
the
budget
hearing
that
were
sort
of
right
on
council
people.
They
must
forgot
that
their
terms
go
from
when
they
got
elected
to
January
1
of
2018.
It's
unfortunate
that
I
have
five
people
missing
out
of
15.
That's
a
third
of
the
batch,
that's
pretty
insulting
to
the
people
that
came
and
talked
on
the
budget
I'm
here
today
to
talk
about
first
peg.
I
As
you
know,
there's
gonna
be
other
people
following
me
and
we
still
do
not
have
public
access
TV
in
the
city
of
Albany.
With
that
being
said,
the
other
thing
I
want
to
talk
about,
and
I've
mentioned
it
before
is
dis
ordinance,
which
is
forty
point.
Ninety
two
point:
seventeen
where
we
want
to
sell
the
land
agreements.
I
have
no
problem
about
some
of
the
land
agreements.
My
biggest
problem
is
selling
it
at
a
private
sale.
I.
Just
can't
believe
that
we
would
get
what's
due
to
us
at
a
private
sale.
I
I
So
I
understand
that
the
land
is
valued
at
six
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
dollars
and
I,
and
that
I
heard
that
the
CM
recycling
who
is
Carver
industry
is
supposedly
I.
Hear
it's
going
to
give
us
that
amount
of
money.
I.
We
don't
know
what
the
potential
is
of
that
piece
of
property.
Could
we
get
more
than
six
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
dollars?
I
I
would
think
that
a
city
which
is
in
the
rare,
the
twelve
and
a
half
million
we're
asking
Komal
four,
plus
the
four
million
that
we're
going
to
be
in
the
red,
so
we're
looking
at
a
total
of
a
city
if
they
do
not
get
to
twelve
and
a
half
from
Como
and
the
four
million
that
we're
in
we're
gonna
be
sixteen
million
dollars
in
a
home.
I
would
think
that
anybody
that's
in
a
hole
that
much
we're
trying
to
get
the
maximum
amount
of
anything
they
could
in
a
sale
and
I.
I
Don't
I
don't
believe
we
will
do
that.
The
other
thing
that
concerns
me
most
is
that
Carver
industry
is
buying
this
through
si
and
recycling.
It
almost
indicates
to
me
at
some
place
along
the
line.
Carver
industry,
which
is
cm
recycling,
will
be
involved
in
collecting
our
trash
well.
Well,
that
is,
is
that
will
that
be
another
private
sale?
Will
that
be
another
private
deal?
I
So
we,
the
citizens
of
Albany,
would
not
be
getting
the
benefit
of
the
lowest
amount
to
have
our
trash
hauled
away,
something
we
have
to
think
about,
and
and
again
I
am
definitely
definitely
against
this
and
I
feel
at
some
point
in
time.
When
all
said
and
done,
this
will
come
back
and
bite
us
if
this
follows
through
at
a
private
sale.
Thank
you
thank.
B
J
Good
evening,
madam
president
and
members
of
the
council,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
before
you
tonight
and
before
I
begin.
Regarding
the
events
in
Texas.
It
happened
in
her
either
earlier
this
week
late
last
week.
I
just
want
to
urge
the
council
to
continue
with
gun
safety
measures,
mental
health
issues
anything
like
that.
They
can
prevent
something
like
that
from
happening
here
at
home.
J
As
you
may
have
seen,
former
NFL
quarterback
Colin
Kaepernick
is
back
in
the
news
because
of
his
protests
of
the
police
brutality
by
kneeling
during
the
pregame
national
anthem
last
year.
He
is
currently
unemployed
due
not
to
lack
of
talent
but
because
of
his
protests.
This
situation
has
been
exacerbated
because
of
comments
made
by
our
commander,
in
chief,
a
threat
by
a
team
lawyer
to
bench
players
who
kneel
and
a
comment
by
another
team
owner
that
refers
to
kneeling
players,
as
quote
inmates
running
the
prison.
J
My
biggest
question
is:
why
are
people
more
concerned
with
the
fact
that
people
are
kneeling
as
opposed
to
what
caused
them
to
kneel
in
the
first
place?
People
say
they
a
disrespects,
a
flag.
I
say
that
using
the
freedoms
of
this
country
to
protest
the
anthem,
it's
a
very
epitome
of
what
those
what
that
flag
is
supposed
to
represent
in
a
sense
I.
Consider
it
poetic.
J
J
Thus
obtaining
silence
of
slavery
blew
the
suffocating
silence,
forced
on
LGBTQ
youth
blue,
thus
obtaining
silence
forced
by
conversion
therapy
Lu,
thus
obtained
silence
of
stop-and-frisk
blue,
disseminating
silence
of
the
school-to-prison
pipeline
Lu,
the
Ceph
gained
silence
forced
by
all
lives
matter,
Lu,
thus
obtaining
silence.
Forced
on
marissa,
alexander
blue,
the
suffocating
silence
during
the
80s
when
AIDS
was
just
the
gay
problem.
J
That's
why
I'm
proud
to
brand
with
my
brothers,
sisters
and
siblings,
of
all
races,
ethnicities,
religions,
nationalities
genders
and
sexual
orientations
and
say
enough
we're
sick
of
the
racism,
we're
sick
of
the
homophobia,
we're
sick
of
the
class
war
and
we're
sick
of
the
violence?
No
I
will
not
salute
your
flag,
no.
F
J
Will
not
Stanford
anthem
and
no
I
will
not
recite
your
pledge,
I'm,
not
sure
how
many
of
you
are
aware,
but
the
star-spangled
banner
actually
for
full
versus
buried
inside
the
third
verse
is
a
line.
No
refuge
could
save
the
hireling
and
slave
from
the
terror
and
flight
or
gloom
of
the
grave
and
the
star-spangled
banner
in
triumph
dell
wave
or
the
land
of
the
free
and
the
home
of
the
brave.
J
B
K
Thank
You
Dennis
Carius
would
like
to
second
the
motion
on
what
many
people
have
already
said:
public
access,
education
and
government
channels,
three
channels
should
not
have
gone
off,
should
not
have
gone
down
for
over
five
months.
There's
no
need
for
that.
So
could
we
just
get
it
to
take
off
go
in
a
good
direction.
All
we
had
to
do
is
replace
the
person
who
was
the
coordinator
who
left
over
five
months
ago
and
all
I'm
asking
is.
Why
does
it
take
five
months
even
five
weeks?
K
It
should
take
about
five
days
to
replace
somebody
with
someone
else.
It's
not
that
high
of
a
salary
that
you
couldn't
get
somebody
in
five
days.
It's
been
over
five
months
now
and
all
I'm
asking
is
why
don't
we
just
get
two
coordinators
they're
part-time
and
they
would
be
six
months.
One
would
start
now,
and
one
would
start
six
months
later.
So
if
someone
ever
does
leave
in
the
future,
you'll
still
have
six
months
with
the
second
person
working
there,
because
right
now
it's
been
five
months
and
the
studio's
been
closed.
So
I'm
just
asking.
K
K
He
said
he
was
going
to
step
down
this
was
over
a
month
ago,
and
that
has
not
happened,
but
it
seems
like
he
is
not
trying
to
get
public
access
to
go
in
a
good
direction
and
all
I'm
saying
is
Marc
really
would
get
public
access,
education
and
government
those
three
channels
to
go
in
a
good
direction
if
the
vice
chairman
could
become
the
chairman.
So
that's
what
I'm
asking
if
we
can
just
get
that
studio
back
up
within
Wow,
but
I
was
going
to
say
within
six
days
but
I'm,
sorry
within
six
months.
C
Thank
You
president
McLaughlin
and
members,
the
Albany
Common
Council
for
allowing
me
the
opportunity
to
speak
this
evening.
My
name
is
Zachary
Simpson
I
currently
reside
at
175
homestead
Avenue
in
the
city
of
Albany
I,
come
before
you
today
to
discuss
two
issues
that
need
to
be
addressed:
the
current
state
of
channel
Albany
and
the
peg
access
oversight
board
I'm,
also
here,
as
a
member
of
the
group
Friends
of
PEG
United
and
concerned
citizens
committed
to
the
future
and
well-being,
a
public
access,
and
here
in
Albany.
From
my
perspective,
the
following
issues
exists.
C
The
television
studio
for
channel
Albany
has
now
been
closed
for
several
months
since
on
or
about
May
31st
with
quite
frankly,
no
end
in
sight.
Current
television
show
producers
for
channel
Albany
are
no
longer
able
to
record
to
produce
new
programming.
This
has
resulted
in
rerun
after
we
wouldn't
have
to
rerun
being
shown.
The
hiring
of
a
public
access
coordinator
to
manage
the
studio
needs
to
be
a
top
priority.
However,
I
think
it
is
necessary,
just
like
Dennis
said
to
have
more
than
one
access
coordinator
to
avoid
the
shutdown
of
the
studio
for
several
months.
C
This
can
be
accomplished
by
having
a
full-time
coordinator
and
a
part-time
coordinator
to
part-time
coordinators,
regardless
of
whatever
the
formula
may
be.
One
person
is
not
sufficient
and
also
the
existing
video
and
audio
equipment
in
the
studio
needs
major
upgrades
to
before
it
better
quality
and
more
reliable
programming.
Now,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
we
are
in
Albany
the
capital
of
New
York
State.
We
should
be
a
model
for
other
states
to
follow
in
terms
of
the
quality
of
our
public
access
television.
C
The
citizens
have
all
been
deserve:
a
public
access
television
studio
that
is
open
and
stays
open.
An
oversight
board
that
fulfills
its
intended
mission.
When
you
look
at
other
cities,
especially
cities
in
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts,
they're,
doing
many
great
things
with
their
public
access
stations
and
they
have
the
necessary
tools
to
do
so.
If
they
can
do
it
there,
then
why
can't
we
when
high
vacation
in
Cape
Cod
in
the
summer,
I
watch
public
access
television,
all
the
time,
I'm
consistently
impressed
with
the
programming
in
comparison
right
here
in
Albany.
It's
just
flat-out
appalling.
C
The
situation
with
public
broadcasting
in
Albany
reminds
me
of
somewhat
of
a
situation.
Confronted
by
Richard
Dreyfuss
in
the
inspirational
movie,
mr.
Holland's
Opus
Richard
Dreyfuss
plays
a
music
teacher
whose
program
is
facing
budget
cuts
when
he
goes
before
the
school
board
to
demand
that
they
do
more.
To
save
the
program
he's
told
by
the
school
board
we're
doing
the
best
we
can.
Mr.
Holland
in
response.
Richard
Richard
drives
his
characters.
Fires
back
with.
Well,
your
best
isn't
good
enough.
C
So
at
the
current
state
of
channel
Albany
and
the
peg
oversight
board
is
doing
the
best
they
can
I
respectfully
state
their
best
isn't
good
enough
either
with
the
way
the
situation
is
going.
Public
access
at
all
me
is
never
going
to
improve.
We
need
to
stop
making
excuses,
start
working
together
to
find
creative
solutions
that
will
get
results
and
improve
the
condition
of
public
broadcasting
in
Albany.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
L
So
anyways,
my
name
is
Tom
Ellis
I
live
at
43
North
Pine,
a
of
an
Albany
I've
been
a
resident
of
Albany.
Nearly
my
whole
life
and
I've
worked
on
and
off
on
solid
waste
issues
for
about
30
years.
Okay
I'm
here
tonight
to
speak
in
opposition
to
the
proposal
of
the
city
of
Albany
to
sell
a
property
that
it
owns
in
the
town,
appointments
of
more
than
300
acres
to
a
man
named
mr.
L
Carver
Laraway,
the
city
paid
more
than
five
million
dollars
for
this
property,
and
it's
apparently
going
to
sell
it
for
less
than
two-thirds
of
$1,000,000
about,
maybe
one
seventh
or
one-eighth
of
what
it
paid
for.
It.
I
believe
that
this
is
a
tremendous
disservice
to
the
people
of
Albany,
it's
possible
that
we
can
get
more
money
for
it,
since
the
residents
of
the
town
of
Queens
have
learned
that
the
property
may
be
sold
to
mr.
L
L
If
the
property
sold
to
mr.
Lowery
keep
in
mind,
he
owns
to
poor
to
queenan's,
it
will
likely
lead
to
a
considerable
increase
in
his
operations
in
Queens
to
further
industrialization
along
the
Hudson
River
and
I.
Think
that
the
port
of
Queens
and
its
expanded
operations
will
be
competing
with
the
Port
of
Albany
and
business
that
might
have
gone
to
the
port
of
Albany
may
be
lost
to
the
port
of
Queens.
L
I'm
also
surprised
and
really
disappointed
that
the
city
has
issued
a
negative
declaration
under
Seeker
on
this
project,
keep
in
mind
the
project
or
my
sorry.
The
property
is
known
to
contain
many
acres
of
wetlands.
The
amount
of
a
wetlands
changes
from
year
to
year,
but
I,
know
at
one
point.
It
was
over
a
hundred
acres
of
wetlands
if
the
property
contains
vast
tracts
of
wetlands
and
it's
going
to
be
redeveloped,
maybe
for
industrial
uses,
which
is
probably
what
mr.
Laraway
will
do.
I
don't
see
how
the
city
can
issue
a
negative
declaration.
L
I've
handed
in
a
letter
here
from
a
woman
named
Barbara
Heinsohn,
she
wrote
it
on
October
29th,
where
she
sent
it
that
day
to
miss,
do
shet
and
mr.
Conte
I'd
like
to
read
two
paragraphs
from
that
letter.
If
I
could
she
said
that
she
owns
a
property
on
route
144
in
both
the
town
is,
and
both
the
hamlet
of
Queens
in
New
Baltimore?
Her
fourth
reason
for
opposing
the
sale
of
the
property
to
mr.
Laraway
is
this
is
quote
our
experience
with
mr.
L
Carver's,
we're
sorry
with
carver
Laraway
as
a
business
man
in
the
town
of
Queens.
Miss
daddy
does
not
respect
environmental
assets
of
any
kind.
He
persuaded
the
previous
Town
Board
to
dismiss
the
need
for
any
environmental
review
when
he
asked
the
town
to
rezone
agricultural
residential
land
to
industrial
uses
by
the
Queens
industrial
park.
L
This
was
over
the
objections
of
several
major
environmental
groups
and,
despite
the
obvious
risks
of
serious
impacts
on
the
landscape,
the
waters
of
the
Queens
Creek
and
the
Hudson
River
and
the
quality
of
life
in
the
hamlet
of
Queens
in
the
village
of
Ravenna.
This
rezoning
was
challenged
immediately
in
an
article
78,
but
thanks
to
repeated
legal
delaying
tactics,
the
entire
area
has
now
been
developed
without
any
ruling
on
the
legality
of
the
rezoning.
L
More
recently,
carver
Laraway
persuaded
the
village
of
Ravena
to
rezone
about
70
acres
of
land
for
heavy
industry,
despite
its
proximity
to
residential
housing
in
the
local
primary
school.
Again,
without
any
environmental
impact
study.
Over
the
past
year,
I
have
seen
barges
on
barges
for
the
port
of
Queens
anchored
along
scout
sites.
Kodak
Island
I've
never
been
told
that
they
are
simply
tied
to
trees
on
the
island.
Is
this
the
action
of
someone
who
values
the
environmental
resources
of
the
Hudson
River
in
its
watershed?
End
quote
her
fifth
reason
for
opposing
the
sale.
L
Fifth
quote
our
experience
with
Carville
Airways
businesses
as
neighbors
is
that
they
do
not
respect
the
needs
of
the
local
community.
While
he
has
frequently
agreed
to
limits
on
noise
from
the
industrial
park
in
the
port,
he
routinely
ignores
them.
Residents
have
been
assaulted
by
noise
at
all
hours
of
the
day
and
night
on
weekdays
and
weekends.
L
People
in
the
hamlets
of
both
Queens
in
New
Baltimore,
as
well
as
Main
Street
Ravena,
are
constantly
assaulted
by
heavy
industrial
trucks
within
ten
feet
of
their
doors.
My
neighbors
and
I
have
repeatedly
experienced
both
the
traffic
and
the
noise
with
that
with
that
record
and
his
disregard
for
environmental
care
and
he
promises
mister
Laraway
makes
about
protecting
the
wetlands
of
this
property
must
be
taken
with
the
large
grain
of
salt.
L
He
will
not
respect
his
promises,
so
why
should
you
believe
them
end
quote
so
with
that
in
mind,
I'm
just
airing
you
to
think
real
seriously
about
what
you're
doing
if
you
sell
the
property
to
him,
I'm,
not
saying
that
he's
going
to
ruin
the
property
or
that
he's
going
to
pollute
it
or
destroy
it.
But
there
are
people
in
Queens
who
are
worried
that
he
might,
and
so
I
ask
you
to
delay
the
sale
of
this
property.
Thank
you
very
much.
B
M
Good
evening,
everyone
I've
come
to
talk
about
two
different
matters,
the
first
of
which
is
the
senior
citizens
tax
exemption.
My
daughter
and
I
bought
a
house
here
in
the
city
of
Albany
about
two
years
ago
and
I
was
very
disappointed
to
find
that
unless
I
sign
my
half
of
the
house
over
to
her
in
a
life,
trust
I
am
not
entitled
to
anything
more
than
that
standard
exemption
of
$300.
M
There
are
I
would
like
to
add
that
people's
spouses,
siblings
veterans
and
disabled
people
all
can
qualify
for
the
for
the
greater
tax
exemption,
but
I
cannot
and
I
would
like
to
see
the
council
consider
taking
that.
Taking
that
into
consider
the
council
consider
giving
an
exemption,
even
if
it's
not
the
standard
exemption.
If
it's
only
half
of
the
standard
exemption
to
someone
in
my
position,
I'm
on
Social
Security,
only
primarily
I
get
a
very
small
amount
from
an
an
IRA,
and
the
taxes
are
very
high
utility
bills.
Here
are
high.
It's
really
difficult.
M
So
I
respectfully
ask
that
the
council
consider
an
extra
exemption,
a
new
exemption
for
someone
in
my
position.
My
daughter
and
I
meet
all
the
other
requirements
for
the
for
the
greater
exemption,
except
for
that
and
I
don't
understand.
Maybe
somebody
could
explain
to
me,
but
I,
don't
understand
why
that
stipulation
is
there
that
it
has
to
be
a
life
trust,
a
life
estate.
M
M
If
someone
had
to
ask
for
a
tree
to
be
planted
in
front
of
their
property
for
one
thing,
and
possibly
also
it
may
I'm
not
sure,
but
it
may
take
into
consideration
the
care
and
maintenance
of
those
trees
or
maybe
liability
if
something
happens
at
a
limb,
Falls
often
and
falls
on
the
person's
house
or
car,
but
my
daughter
and
I
have
a
neighbor
who
lived.
They
had
lived
there
for
I,
think
10
or
12
years.
She
told
us
her.
Trees
were
planted
right
against
the
fence.
That's
been
on
this
property
for
60
years.
M
M
There's
an
overgrown
lilac
bush
that
has
actually
pushed
the
top
of
the
anchor
fence
over
into
our
property
by
a
foot
and
a
half.
We
can't
get
that
fixed.
We
had
called
code
enforcement
and
we've
talked
to
Office
of
General
Services.
This
seems
to
be
a
dead
man's
land
that
no
one
has
jurisdiction
over
something
like
this
and
there's
nothing
on
the
books.
M
There
are
court
cases
that
have
gone
before
the
state
courts
where
people's
tree
roots
have
uprooted
somebody's
foundation,
their
house,
a
patio,
maybe
a
garage,
and
but
people
have
had
to
go
to
the
courts
to
get
that
relief,
and
we
have
we
had
actually
code
enforcement
had
cited
the
neighbor
at
one
point,
because
it
was
thought
that
it
was
her
fence
and
found
out.
It
wasn't
her
fence.
It
actually
was
the
fence
belonging
to
our
property
and
they
dropped
all
the
charges
they
had.
M
But
they
and
they
and
they
cited
her
for
the
trees
in
pushing
the
fence
over
onto
our
property
and
said
that
the
trees
had
to
be
removed.
She
ultimately
won
the
court
case
and
they
dismissed
the
the
trees
pushing
our
fence
over
and
I've
gone
back
to
code
enforcement.
Now
they
it's
not
the
same
inspector
who
came
out
originally
and
they
say:
there's
nothing
wrong,
and
the
code
enforcement
officer
suggested
that
we
put
our
new
fence
a
foot
and
a
half
about
a
foot
and
a
half
in
from
where
the
property
line
is.
C
M
M
A
A
M
N
N
So
that's
a
it's
a
very
vital
service
that
we
have
in
the
city
and
it
certainly
promotes
transparency
and
informed
residents
citizen.
Unfortunately,
the
channel
Albany
programming
has
been
drastically
reduced
in
the
current
2017
program
year.
Several
factors,
including
the
lack
of
adequate
staff
and
equipment,
have
contributed
to
this.
The
programming
cut
back.
N
It
is
my
hope,
on
behalf
of
all
those
who
treasure
and
watch
public
access,
that
in
the
coming
year,
there
will
be
a
the
programming
will
get
back
to
normal
and
there
will
be
full
a
full
set
of
a
full
schedule
of
programming.
Thank
you
very
much
once
again
for
the
opportunity
to
comment
on
this
issue.
A
Thank
you
for
being
here,
then.
Concludes
our
public
comment
period
tonight.
Thank
you
all
for
participating
and
want
you
to
be
rest
assured
that
everything
that
you
provide
to
us.
The
information
is
very
important
to
the
council
members
and
those
issues
that
requires
follow-up
and
I
believe
that
there
are
a
number
that
were
mentioned
tonight.
I'm
sure
Common,
Council
members
will
be
in
touch
with
you
and
so
at
this
point
we'll
move
on
to
the
remaining
parts
of
our
agenda.
At
this
point,
approval
of
minutes
from
our
previous
meeting
mr.
County.
A
O
Yes,
the
finance
taxation
assessment
committee
has
completed
its
meetings
with
the
various
department
heads
to
review
the
individual
department
budgets
and
answer
any
questions
in
addition
to
having
an
overview
from
the
budget
director,
and
we
have
moved
into
discussions
about
particular
issues
and
additional
information
that
we
have
requested.
Our
next
meeting
will
be
held
next
Monday
at
5:30
in
the
second
floor
courtroom
here,
and
we
hope
to
be
acting
on
or
finalizing
our
recommendations
to
the
Common
Council.
Regarding
the
budget.
A
O
B
A
E
B
O
P
Q
Q
Maybe
some
of
us,
but
before
any
of
us
were
on
the
council
and
the
reason
it
did,
that
was
because
they
had
to
Washington
Avenue
Rock
Road
landfill
and
they
were
seeking
an
expansion
act
for
started
on
America
Corning
and
when
there's
not
an
expansion
from
Dec,
they
said.
Well,
you
can't
expand
on
rapper
Road
forever,
go
out
and
look
at
some
other
parcels
of
land.
So
they
did.
Q
They
went
out
and
tried
to
assemble
these
and
they
kept
these
options
open
from
1993
to
2006,
paying
an
additional
fee
each
year,
just
to
keep
the
options
open
and
then
in
2006,
when
they
were
on
another
expansion
of
the
rapper
Road
landfill.
Again,
this
pressure
came
on
the
city.
Well,
you
can't
expand
a
trap
erode
forever.
What
are
you
doing
with
your
other
option
on
on
land?
Q
So
at
that
point
the
city
consummated
its
purchase
and
when
you
count
all
of
the
fees
for
keeping
the
options
open
and
the
amount
and
the
amount
actually
paid
came
to
5.2
million
dollars.
It
sat
on
the
assessment
rolls
of
the
county
claimants
and
by
the
way
this
property
had
been
used
for
farmland,
but
the
town
of
Clements
was
own
the
whole
parts
of
all
three
parcels
at
the
city
owned
as
industrial,
and
that
was
because
you
had
the
cement
plant
immediately
south
that
very
industrial
use.
Q
So
at
that
point
around
2006
the
city
applied
for
the
extension
on
the
landfill
and
they
were
told
to
do
a
long-range,
solid
waste
management
plan.
I
was
on
that
committee
and
we
met
for
about
a
year
and
a
half
and
came
to
the
conclusion
that,
after
the
final
expansion,
a
trap
Road,
the
city
was
going
to
go
out
of
the
landfill
business
and
that
left,
of
course,
that
was
holding
that
property
increments,
for
which
we
pay
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
year
in
taxes.
Q
And
so
at
that
point
the
city
went
forward
with
the
city
went
forward
with
some
discussions
with
Dec
and
I.
Remember.
For
a
couple
of
years
budgets
we
put
I
believe
it
was
a
3.5.
Approximately
million
dollar
amount
in
our
budget,
with
the
intention
that
Dec
would
pay
us.
This
and
Dec
looked
at
it
for
at
least
a
couple
of
years
and
never
paid
us
that
amount
of
money,
because,
quite
frankly,
that
amount
of
money
wouldn't
get
past.
The
New
York
State
Controller,
without
an
arm's-length
assessment
as
a
real
value
of
this
property.
Q
So
the
city
of
Albany
went
out
and
hired
a
Bauer
appraisal
group
and
they
looked
at
it.
They
compared
it
to
six
properties
in
different
townships
around
around
the
Albany
area,
and
it
was
arm's
length
and
it
was
based
on
commercial,
similar
property
values
for
similar
types
of
land,
and
these
were
not
close
sales.
They
were
indeed
with
commercial
brokerage
firms.
They're.
You
know
a
matter
of
a
matter
of
record.
They
were
with
virtue
with
places
like
Berkshire,
Hathaway,
Coldwell,
Banker
and
AI
platforms.
Q
So
compared
to
those
six
properties,
the
the
appraiser
came
up
with
a
value
of
six
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
dollars
and
I.
Think
you'd
really
have
to
look
at
the
land
to
get
some
idea
as
to
why
the
amount
that
we
paid
and
the
reasons
we
paid
it
and
continued
to
pay
it
for
so
long
and
continue
to
pay
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
year
in
property.
Taxes
are,
although
it's
a
338
for
parcel
of
land.
C
Q
Kept
that
that
way,
due
to
its
classification,
there
is
I,
don't
know
the
exact
it
courage,
but
probably
somewhere
around
170
acres
that
is
commercially
developable.
So
this
Dec
talk
the
city's
assessment
and
then
went
to
the
same
appraiser
and
they
tweaked
a
little
bit,
but
they
ultimately
came
up
at
same
amount.
Six
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
dollars.
That
is
a
fair
arms-length,
marketable
based
on
you
know
the
monster,
bleah
marketable
I,
don't
think
there's
any
no
one
else
has
come
forward
with
any
other
offer.
Q
That's
going
to
be
above
that
and,
quite
frankly,
the
land
stands
as
a
liability
to
the
city
of
Waldo.
I
walked
that
land
back
about
two
months
ago
after
the
discussion
of
the
sale,
came
up
and
discovered
such
things
as
a
somebody
have
set
up
a
shooting
range
on
city
of
Albany
land
doing
target
practice.
There
was
at
least
one
baiting
trap
before
deer.
That
was
pointed
out
to
me.
It
had
was
the
contraption
hung
from
a
tree
that
would
attract
deer
to
come
and
feed
there.
Q
So
we
have
a
liability
with
this
land
and
it's
been
well
ever
since
we
enacted
our
solid
waste
management
plan,
which
was
around
2000,
we
submitted
it
to
Dec,
I
believe
in
2008
or
2009
Dec,
to
call
most
three
years
to
approve
it,
so
the
land
has
been
kind
of
had
her
hands
died
on
it
and
we've
put
out
notices.
We
were
required
to
do
to
all
the
affected
parties.
Q
Everyone
who
borders
that
any
of
the
town,
the
school
kliment
Selkirk
school
district,
the
state
agency,
Dec
and
any
of
the
neighbors
connected
to
it
and
Dec
responded
that
they
are
content
with
the
city
being
the
lead
agency
in
issuing
a
negative
declaration.
We
are
not
going.
We
are
not
saying
we,
the
city
of
Albany
are
not
going
to
turn
a
single
shovel
of
dirt.
There
I
would
imagine
that
Carver
will
they
will
have
to
go
to
a
complete
seeker
process.
Q
I,
know
I,
believe
it
was
Tom
Ellis
read
a
letter
from
resident
of
Clements
not
directly
during
the
property,
but
nevertheless
a
resident
of
Clemens
who
worried
about
not
having
any
environmental
impact
study.
Well,
my
understanding
is
that
Carville
Arroway
has
gone
to
numerous
seeker
proceedings
and
all
the
development
that
they
have
done,
and
the
port
and
at
their
industrial
park,
which
is
immediately
south
of
the
cement
plant
and
indeed
the
cement
plant
itself,
which
directly
borders.
Q
This
land
went
to
a
number
of
seeker
reviews
because
they
recently
put
in
a
new
I
was
in
today's
paper.
They
put
in
a
new
believe
seventy
million
dollar
improvements,
scrubbers
and
delight
for
environmental
air
quality.
So
I
don't
think
the
ultimate
disposition
of
this
property
is
ever
going
to
escape.
Q
He
seeker
review
and,
in
fact,
the
representative
from
Carver
the
attorney
representing
Carver,
commune
and
explained
that
they
have
had
discussions
with
Dec
and
that
they
are
actually
offering
Dec
an
easement
on
all
the
wetland
properties
to
make
them
available
to
DC
for
use
for
public
for
proper
maintenance
as
as
wetlands,
so
I
think
it
is
I.
Think
due
diligence
I
think
we've
met
that
I
do
I,
think
it's
a
pipe
dream
to
think
we're
gonna
get
all
of
the
money
that
we've
poured
into
this
and
continue
to
pour
into
it.
Q
It's
certainly
a
fair
price
I'm,
not
a
property
assessor,
but
the
people
who
did
the
property
assessment
are
recognized
by
the
industry
and
they
were
recognized
by
Dec
who
virtually
put
their
own
cover
on
almost
exactly
the
same
word-for-word
appraisal.
So
I
would
ask
that
we
proceed
to
vote
for
this
tonight
and
I.
Think
it's
I
think
it's
quite
proper
and
I
think
we
can
more
than
explain
why
we
don't
pursue
or
don't
ever
expect
to
get
5.2
million
me.
Certainly
the
State
Controller
wouldn't
approve
that
he
would.
Q
P
Q
P
O
O
A
F
O
Thank
you,
madam
president,
I
rise
to
speak
about
some
comments
made
by
mr.
Greenwich
earlier
during
the
public
comment
period
in
which
he
suggested
that
I
behaved
inappropriately
towards
him
at
the
end
of
a
finance
or
other
meeting
in
the
City
Court
room
in
which
I
had
observed
one
of
our
council
members
indicating
to
him
that
she
did
not
want
to
speak
to
him
at
that
particular
point
in
time.
She
said
that
three
times
and.
O
The
last
two
times
I
observed
mr.
Krown,
is
standing
between
me
in
the
gate
area
standing
between
her
and
and
that
councilmember
leaving.
Mr.
Granick
is
quite
a
bit
taller
and
larger
than
this
particular
councilmember,
and
then
I
noticed
her
looking
to
exit
the
door
and
he
specifically
moved
into
her
path
to
make
it
clear
that
he
wanted
to
talk
to
her.
It
was
at
that
point
that
I
felt
it
was
appropriate
for
me
to
say
something
to
indicate
that
he
needed
to
I
used.
O
The
word
stop
harassing
her
so
that
she
could
leave
and
I
just
wanted
to
state
for
the
record
since
I
no
intention
of
raising
this,
but
since
he
has
raised
it,
I
just
wanted
to
state
for
the
record.
Why
I
uttered
those
words
I
think
when
people
are
being
treated
in
that
manner
and
being
disrespected
when
they
say
no
three
times
very
clearly,
and
then
somebody
places
their
self
between
that
person
and
the
door
that
it's
appropriate
to.