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From YouTube: Beacon Council Meeting 2-14-23
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The City of Beacon Council Meeting from February 14, 2023
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Hi
good
evening,
Council
I'm
Andy
rapplejay,
I'm
resenting,
representing
rather
the
parade
of
green
we'd,
like
to
thank
you
for
your
continued
support
in
making
this
community
event.
The
success
that
it
has
grown
to
I
would
like
to
invite
you
personally
to
come
and
take
part
in
this
parade.
It
is
on
March
11th
at
noon,
and
it
is
always
a
fun
day.
So
we
welcome
you
and
thank
you.
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If
you're
on
zoom
and
you'd
like
to
make
a
comment,
please
use
the
raise
hand
option
at
the
bottom
of
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screen.
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you're
on
a
phone,
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can
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to
unmute
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upon.
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you're
watching
on
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you
will
need
to
join
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zoom
by
visiting
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right
now.
We
have
one
attendee
online,
but
no
hands
raised.
I
It's
a
very
important
piece
of
legislation,
Bravo
to
all
of
you
for
giving
this
the
attention
it
deserves.
Please
eliminate
the
conditional
nature
of
the
renovations
as
to
as
defined
in
the
draft.
75
is
a
reasonable
threshold
and
should
be
enough
of
the
qualification
for
to
include
it
within
the
reach
of
this
legislation.
Put
simply
if
someone
is
spending
this
much
on
a
renovation,
it
would
not
be
a
hardship
to
compel
them
to
Electrify
their
equipment.
I
If
there
are
those
who
are
on
the
fence
about
electrification
or
are
not
aware
of
the
benefits,
this
would
serve
to
educate
them
and
save
them
money
and
improve
their
indoor
air
quality.
All
while
helping
to
achieve
the
goals
listed
in
section
B
of
the
draft,
any
equipment
being
replaced
should
certainly
be
done
so
with
electric
equipment,
so
the
word
should
be
or
instead
of,
and
if
there
are
concerns
about
enforceability,
then
perhaps
this
should
be
handled
by
the
end
of
live
Clause
elsewhere
or
taken
up
in
future
efforts
to
Electrify
existing
homes
and
businesses.
I
But
please
do
not
let
it
weaken
the
renovation
inclusion
as
it
currently
does.
Please
eliminate
or
dramatically
reduce
the
delay
for
commercial
construction
concerns
regarding
limitations
in
technology
and
Workforce
are
misplaced,
as
I
mentioned.
In
a
previous
comment,
we
heat
our
55
000
square
foot,
commercial
building
with
heat
pumps,
these
heat
pumps
and
the
ones
used
at
the
newly
constructed
Beacon
hip
Lofts
are
identical
to
the
ones
that
are
used
in
residential
construction.
I
While
more
should
be
done
to
incentivize
electrification
in
new
construction
and
remodels,
lower
operational
cause
and
cleaner
air
are
in
themselves
incentives
as
is
moving
away
from
an
energy
system
whose
days
are
numbered
and
for
all
the
reasons
noted
in
section
B
is
increasingly
bad
business
and
a
Bad
Bet
for
banks,
while
I
agree
with
the
mayor's
desire
to
rein
in
hardship
exemptions.
This
cannot
undermine
the
goals
of
the
legislation
itself.
New
industrial
construction
can
be
handled
by
exempting
process
energy
for
manufacturing
as
Ithaca
and
New
York
City
have
done.
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There
are
so
many
different
things.
I'd
love
to
address,
but
time
does
not
allow
so
I
will
restrict
it
to
just
a
few
topics
quickly
in
preparation
for
the
giveaway
on
terms
of
affordable
housing
to
be
considered
on
the
27th
I
would
like
to
counsel
to
consider
a
few
facts
that
pretty
common
public
knowledge,
and
that
is
that
quite
a
few
tenants
were
chased
out
a
few
years.
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Anyone
interested
in
helping
us
out
can
email,
Beacon,
CAC
beaconny.gov.
They
could
email
the
mayor
Chris.
Anyone
at
the
city
and
they'll
I'm
sure
you'll
forward
it
our
way
or
you
can
shoot
a
direct
message
to
Green
Beacon
Coalition
on
Instagram
get
some
updates
that
way
too
I.
Think
it's
fair
to
say
we
can
put
the
Earth
Day
clean
up
on
your
calendars
for
April
22nd
I've
had
some
talks
with
Mark
Price.
Already
it's
not
super
official,
but
I.
Think
it's
fair
to
mark
that
date.
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Psa
for
any
be
consider
said
if
you
see
something
that
doesn't
look
right,
even
a
construction
facility
or
any
City
location,
even
not
shoot
our
government,
a
call
shoot
them
a
text
or
an
email,
and
they
get
stuff
done
pretty
quick
when
you,
when
you
ask
nicely
mayor,
you
gave
us
state
of
the
city
address
recently
I
think
your
stats
were
a
little
off.
You
did
say
you.
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In
my
mind,
mandating
the
heating,
cooling,
domestic,
hot
water
and
cooking,
be
decoupled
from
fossil
fuels,
and
new
construction
and
major
renovation
is
one
of
the
most
important
things
we
can
do
right
now.
Certainly
it
is
the
most
important
and
immediate
action
that
municipalities,
developers
and
contractors
like
me
can
take.
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With
air
source,
heat
pumps,
electric
water
heaters
and
induction
stoves
they're
both
very
happy
with
the
results,
the
heating
is
quieter,
consistent,
cleaner,
it's
just
more
comfortable.
The
hot
water
is
I,
don't
know
what
you
can
say
about
hot
water,
it's
hot
and
they're,
very
happy
with
the
induction
cooking.
They
find
it
faster,
better
control
and
without
getting
into
the
big
stove
debate
it's
way
safer.
There
are
similar
properties.
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and
the
planners,
encourage
folks
to
make
lanterns
themselves
and
please
all
electric
and
there
will
be
a
parade
from
Paul
Hill
Park
to
the
yard
at
four
Hannah
Lane
and
a
celebration
there
and
I
will
I'm
also
looking
forward
to
two
weekends
later
and
participating
in
the
parade
of
green
and
I'm.
Just
excited
that
there
are
so
many
the
community
Gatherings
planned
for
the
coming
months
and
then
my
second
item
was
requesting
a
clarification
on
our
plan
for
the
open
space
plan.
I
know
when
this
was
discussed.
O
There
was
an
indication
that
we
wouldn't
take
any
steps
until
the
summer,
but
it
was
clarified
to
me
by
members
of
the
CAC
that
that
would
actually
result
in
a
delay
of
an
entire
calendar
year,
which
I,
don't
think,
is
appropriate
and
so
would
love
to
get
some
clarification
on
next
steps.
There
I
think
this
is
a
really
important
step
for
the
city
to
take
the
open
space
plan.
O
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I
just
wanted
to
check
in
perhaps
can
follow
up
with
Chris
or
Nick
about
the
idea
of
how
this,
how
this
would
work
with
our
excuse
me
with
our
lawn
maintenance
laws
and
whether
we're
able
to
waive
those
for
one
month
I
did
see
some
municipalities
waived
their
lawn
height
requirements
just
for
the
month
of
May
I.
Don't
want
to
create
a
whole
big
thing.
F
We
have
enough
on
our
agenda,
so
if
this
requires
a
local
law
like
we
can
just
skip
it,
but
I
would
like
to
see
if
there's
something
that
we
could
do
to
to
help
promote
this,
to
complement
a
lot
of
the
other
work
that
myself
and
many
others
have
been
doing
around
promoting
pollinators
and
and
insects
in
Beacon.
Thanks.
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And
the
other
thing
I
wanted
to
comment
was
that
I
have
my
office
hours
on
Friday.
This
coming
Friday
the
17th
from
2
to
4
P.M
at
home,
spun
Foods
on
Main
Street,
for
anyone
in
wardwana
wants
to
stop
by
it.
If
you're
not
in
Ward
one
and
want
to
come
by
and
say,
hi
I
will
be
there
all
right
Justice
over
to
you.
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Thank
you,
Molly
I'm,
going
to
keep
mine
short
as
well.
If
you
would
I'm
not
hosting
office
hours
this
month,
but
you
can
book
an
appointment
with
me
almost
any
day.
If
you
just
visit
my
link
website,
it's
l,
I
n
k,
t
r
dot
e
e,
slash
Justice
McRae
and
you
can
find
helpful
resources
or
you
can
book
an
appointment
with
me
if
you
want
to
talk
about
anything,
that's
happening
in
the
word
and
you're
more
than
welcome
to
email
me
as
well,
at
J
McRae
at
beaconny.gov.
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There
are
two
events
I've
wanted
to
mention:
one
is
Thursday
celebrating
and
raising
funds
for
the
foundation
for
Beacon
Schools
they're,
holding
a
midwinter
celebration
on
Thursday
and
you
can
buy
tickets
at
foundationforbeaconschools.org
there.
Also
you
could
save
the
date
for
their
first
ever
inaugural
Gala,
on
June,
11th,
and
so
that's
very
exciting.
E
I
also
would
like
to
Echo
councilmember
wakay's
interest
in
pursuing
the
open
space
plan,
the
clarification
that
that
the
CAC
has
already
done
a
Lion's
Share
of
the
work
on
on
this
proposal
and
that
it
would
be
that
the
rest
of
the
work
would
be
next
year.
So
we
really
don't
have
to
lean
that
much
on
the
city
so
similar
to
the
cac's
application
for
the
Lula
award.
You
know
they
they
did.
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I
should
be
a
surprise.
He
is
at
101
and
then
we
also
had
a
good
call
with
nyserda
we've
been
trying
to
get
to
someone
at
the
state
to
understand
the
their
road
map
and
why
they've
laid
out
different
dates
for
different
components
of
electrification.
So
we
had
a
good
conversation
and
I.
Think
Nick
was
going
to
take
notes
and
we
will
bring
It
Forward
when
we
go
to
that
Workshop
next
and
I
think
that's
all
I
got
so
City
administrator.
A
I
have
two
brief
project
updates
to
keep
the
council
up
to
date.
We
have
finished
the
Asbestos
and
lead
abatement
at
the
Tompkins
host
Firehouse.
That
was
a
pre-construction
phase
of
rehabilitating
that
Firehouse.
We
now
hope
to
go
to
bid
at
the
end
of
February
and
then
commence
the
Reconstruction
in
April.
The
second
project
that
I
wanted
to
report
on
is
the
Fishkill
teller,
Avenue
rehabilitation,
which
will
redo
that
entire
1.9
miles
of
roadway
and
sidewalks,
and
that
project
is
out
to
bid
and
we
will
have
those
bits
coming
back
in
early
March.
F
Hey
Chris,
can
you
guys
hear
me?
Yes,
Chris.
Do
you
think
sometime
this
spring,
you
could
do
a
presentation
for
the
city
to
show,
show
the
people
what's
actually
going
to
be
done
and
what
could
what
they
can
expect
and
the
just
the
sheer
scope
and
extent
of
this
project
and
how
important
it
is
to
the
city.
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A
This
is
a
two-year
contract
to
maintain
the
HVAC
system
here
at
City
Hall,
it's
at
a
cost
of
twenty
eight
thousand
two
hundred
sixty
dollars
annually.
That's
the
reason
this
is
coming
to
you,
because
we
now
have
a
twenty
thousand
dollar
threshold
for
approval
of
contracts,
where
anything
above
that
limit
has
to
come
to
the
city
council.
We've
used
carrion
Walsh
for
a
number
of
years
and
have
had
great
experience
with
them.
So
we're
trying
to
continue
with
that.
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Absolutely
so
last
year
the
planning
board
did
a
two
lot
subdivision
at
46
judge,
Judson
Street.
It
is
on
a
corner
lot,
so
part
of
the
planning
board
approval
required
a
sight
line
easement.
What
that
means
is
that
there
is
a
sight
line
area
that
has
to
remain
clear
and
unobstructed,
so
that
there
is
a
Clear
Sight
line
at
the
intersection
of
Union
Street
and
Judson
Street.
What
the
sight
line
easement
says
is
that
the
property
owner
is
obligated
to
maintain
this
clear,
triangular
area.
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F
It
was
a
question
I
raised
on
the
on
the
diagram
on
the
site
plan.
It
shows
that
going
10
10
feet
up
Union
and
10
feet
up.
Judson
and
I
was
wondering
what
the
origin
of
those
what
those
numbers
where
those
numbers
came
from,
whether
that
was
like
a
some
kind
of
codified
requirement,
whether
it
was
something
the
planning
board
came
up
with.
M
Yeah
so
Dan
to
answer
your
question:
that's
something
the
planning
board
comes
up
with
it's
going
to
be
unique
to
the
intersection
and
what
the
appropriate
sight
line
distance
is
for
that
particular
area.
So
I
think
there
are.
There
are
standards
that
they
usually
rely
on,
but
it's
evaluated
on
a
case-by-case
basis
and
determined
by
the
planning
board
and
that's
what
the
you
know.
Consultants
involved.
F
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A
So
this
is
our
first
budget
amendment
for
the
2023
budget.
It
is
proposing
to
transfer
twenty
thousand
three
dollars
from
the
contingency
fund
to
the
capital
fund,
to
cover
the
cost
of
a
traffic
signal
motion,
detection
camera
to
be
installed
on
Main
Street
in
Wolcott
and,
as
we
discussed
at
the
workshop,
these
these
cameras
are
basically
just
simple
motion
detectors.
They
don't
have
any
facial
recognition,
they
don't.
A
They
aren't
like
traffic
cameras
that
record
speeding
or
stop
signs
and
hand
out
tickets
like
they
have
in
London
what
they
what
they
do,
is
they
allow
more
efficient
use
of
the
intersection
so
that
if
a
car
is
waiting,
no
other
cars
are
coming
that
car.
The
light
will
then
change.
It
also
does
if
The
Pedestrian
does
cross.
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C
And
I
heard
the
two
on
lines:
any
names
not
hearing
any.
So
let's
do
our
second
opportunity
for
public
comment.
I
can
tell
you
that
the
courtroom
that
we're
sitting
in
won't
have
any
further
comments
from
anyone
in
the
physic
in
physical
presence
here
Ben.
Can
you
tell
us
whether
there's
anyone
online,
who
hasn't
made
a
comment
that
would
like
to
there.
B
N
I'm
curious,
as
it's
brought
up
this
idea
of
future
agenda
items
not
to
get
into
full
Workshop
discussion,
but
the
open
space
that
was
brought
up
if,
if
Chris,
if
you
could
comment
on
capacity
I
think
you
had
some
thoughts
about
that.
Just
to
get
context
about
whether
or
not
we
should
set
this
up
for
a
fuller
meeting
at
a
workshop
coming
up.
A
A
I
I
think
it
depends
on
what
you
want
as
your
priority.
If
you
want
to
do
a
study
of
the
community
center
I'm-
probably
not
going
to
have
the
bandwidth
for
that
so
I,
don't
know
that
we
ever
we
made
a
list
of
things,
but
we
didn't
prioritize
anything
so
I
I,
really
don't
have
a
lot
of
Direction
on
a
prioritization
means.
This
is
the
first
thing
we
want
to
do.
This
is
the
second
thing,
and
then
you
see
how
far
down
the
list
you
can
get.
A
So
maybe
we
we
go
back
to
priorities
and
see
if
we
can
go
from
just
a
list
to
actually
prioritizing
that
list,
so
I
can
understand
and
again
we
don't.
We
don't
have
a
lot
of
extra
capacity.
I've
told
the
CAC
that
I
don't
view
the
open
space
plan
as
time
sensitive
because
they
they're
looking
for
it
to
be
done
before
the
comprehensive
plan
is
done
in
2027.
A
We
do
have
a
lot
of
time
sensitive
things
this
year,
though,
if
you
want
to
continue
the
the
community
center
feasibility
study.
That's
going
to
take
a
lot
of
time.
We
have
a
lot
of
capital
projects
that
are,
you
know
really
gonna
stretcher
stretch
our
abilities
this
year,
so
it
wouldn't
be
something
that
I
would
choose
to
do
this
year.
C
N
Just
for
the
benefit
of
the
public,
whether
or
not
your
last
Workshop
I
put
together
a
list
and
I
am
updating
that
list
and
actually
adding
another
taking
out
one
category
and
adding
another
that
tries
to
clarify
what
sort
of
stuff
that
we
already
is
already
in
the
pipeline
is
happening
either
City
operations
or
capital
projects,
and
then
ones
that
are
things
for
discussion
like
you're.
Talking
about
that,
we.
N
E
A
A
Additionally,
all
of
these,
all
of
these
studies
take
a
lot
of
support.
So.
If
you
want
them
done
well,
I
I
think
you
need
to
have
a
conversation
before
you
say.
Oh,
let's
do
x.
What
are
your
goals?
Why?
Why
are
we
doing
that?
And
what's
what's
the
anticipated
outcome?
The
anticipated
outcome
here
is,
as
as
detailed
in
an
email
by
the
CAC
was
have
this
ready
for
the
comprehensive
plan.
A
We
could
apply
for
a
grant
any
year
before
that,
and
do
this
and
I've
tried
to
convey
to
the
council
the
the
volume
of
work
that
we
have
coming
up
this
year.
Like
somebody's
got
it
somebody's
got
to
watch
all
of
these
projects.
We
have
20
million
dollars
in
projects
just
in
the
two
that
I
mentioned
earlier
doing
these
studies
might
seem
like.
Well,
it's
not
a
lot,
but
we've
you
all
ask
us
to
do
things
every
day
like
follow
up
on
doing
this,
I
want
I,
want
you
to
go
to
Hedgewood
and
do
this.
A
All
of
that
takes
time.
You
know
so
again
it's
what
what
don't
you
want
us
to
do
this
year
in
order
to
add
something
new?
It
was
interesting.
None
of
you
in
your
priorities,
put
this
on
the
list,
but
then
the
CAC
calls
you
and
it's
on
your
list
now.
I
can't
I
can't
plan
a
work
program
like
that.
You
actually
have
to
kind
of
figure
out
what
your
priorities
are
and
then
we'll
try
to
figure
out
how
we
do
as
many
of
them
as
we
can.
A
No
I
think
none
of
you
requested
this
prior
to
the
CAC
reaching
out
this
year.
That
I
mean
you
had
asked
about
it,
but
I
didn't
know
that
it
was
going
to
be
this
year
until
we
had
a
round
of
emails
in
which
you
know,
because
we
said
I
I
said
that
I
don't
have
the
bandwidth
to
do
this,
and-
and
that's
and
again,
if
you
want
to
say,
let's
put
the
community
center
on
hold
I,
can
open
up
the
bandwidth
to
do
that.
A
C
O
A
A
C
So
I
will
say
this
is
a
discussion
we'll
put
into
Workshop.
I
will
add
one
thing
which
is
I
I
believe
this
Administration
gets
more
things
done
than
anyone
has
in
an
age
and
I
just
want
us
to
be
mindful
of
what
we're
asking.
So,
let's
have
that
discussion
we'll
do
it
next
week
as
part
of
our
workshop,
and
if
Molly
you
have
a
revised
list
that
will
help
that's
great
and,
let's
just
you
know,
figure
out
how
to
have
it
there,
where
we
can
have
a
workshop.
Okay,
is
everyone
good
with
that?
C
H
M
I'm,
so
sorry,
I
just
wanted
to
go
back
to
one
thing:
I
was
thinking
about
after
Dan's
question
on
the
Judson
Street
site
easement,
the
code
requires
25
feet
and
then
that
gets
evaluated
as
whether
that's
sufficient
and
it's
25
feet
from
the
intersection.
So
mayor
you
were
correct.
The
TR,
the
site,
easement
area,
is
the
hatched
area
on
the
plans.
It's
the
10
feet
by
10
feet
triangle.
M
Well,
you
know
you
know
what
I'm
talking
about
10
10
10.,
but
the
25
feet
is
the
dotted
line
from
the
intersection
and
the
the
makeup
of
the
rest
of
the
area
outside
our
little.
You
know,
10
and
10
triangle
is
owned
by
the
property
already,
which
is
why
this
site
easement,
isn't
25
feet.
So
I
wanted
to
clarify
it
actually
they're
doing
30..
M
N
And
just
to
add
to
that,
for
anyone
listening
in
who
wants
a
visual?
If
you
go
to
our
agenda
items
you'll
see,
there's
a
dotted
line.
That
kind
of
almost
goes
from
Curb
Edge
to
curb
Edge
I,
think
represents
that
in
this
case
30
it
says
25
required,
and
then
this
includes
30..
So
if
you
have
curiosity
about
that
in
a
lot
of
visual,
you
can
look
at
our
packet
for
that
as
well.