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A
You
Siri
the
April
meeting
of
the
Binghamton
local
Development
Corporation.
You
have
the
March
23rd
minutes
in
front
of
you,
take
a
motion
whenever
anyone's
ready.
A
E
D
Four
for
the
restricted
account
the
end
of
month,
balance
in
their
Easter
clinic
now
was
a
787
300.3
and
94
cents,
and
you
can
see
the
panoran
loan
he's
started
paying.
So
we
are
going
to
be
having
a
little
bit
more
activity
and
restricted
account.
D
D
And
the
accounts
receivable
page
on
which
Southern
for
new
bed-
basically
you
know
everyone
who
has
been
paying
is
paid
no
new
delinquent
accounts.
D
So
that's
great:
let's
do
the
next
few
pages
there
has
been
no
activity
in
the
unrestricted
account.
I
don't
know,
activity
in
the
Triad
account
no
activity
and
advanced
veterans,
Insurance
account
and
marketing
grants
accounts
which
brings
us
to
we're
doing
Wednesday
page
on
page
12..
D
D
Not
into
no
so
that
was
a
Mountainside
loan,
so
she
is
going
to
have
the
rest
of
the
work
finished
and
we're
going
to
pay
the
vendor.
You
know
the
last
course:
I
was
kind
of
conduct
clearance,
I
believe
so
we'll
pay
the
last
third
to
the
vendor
and
then
she'll
start
to
pay
back.
D
Going
on
two
years,
because
you
know
with
the
construction
season
being
so
short.
A
F
A
Anything
else
all
right,
thank
you,
Rachel
very
much,
seeing
no
old
business.
We
have
one
resolution
under
new
business
resolution,
23-10
resolution
of
the
Binghamton
local
Development
Corporation,
to
accept
the
recommendation
of
the
loan
committee
to
award
for
commercial
facade,
Improvement
Grants.
The
loan
committee
met
last
week
and
we
make
some
recommendations
but
you're
in
your
packet
and
Sarah.
Take
it
away.
Yeah.
E
Information,
we
did
not
deny
any
applications
at
the
first
meeting,
but
we
did
defer
several
of
four
decisions
until
later
months.
They
were
grants
that
either
they
indicated
what
they
wanted
to
do,
but
didn't
provide
us
enough
detail.
We
want
to
ask
some
more
questions
or
they
were
significant.
They
rated
at
35
or
50
000.
E
We
just
got
to
make
sure
that
we're
taking
some
extra
time
to
look
through
those
large
Grant
requests
just
to
ensure
that
we're
not
exhausting
the
funds
before
everyone
kind
of
has
a
chance
to
get
their
application
in
they
were.
They
were
good
applications.
They
were
things
we're
interested
in
support
and
we
just
were
going
to
ask
them
for
additional
information,
we're
going
to
try
to
work
with
them
to
see
if
there
are
other
funds
that
could
help
support
our
funds.
E
Maybe
we're
coming
in
a
little
bit
less
and
they're
able
to
get
financing
or
support
from
these
other
sources,
but
we
should
have
some
decisions
on
those.
E
Or
right
it's
a
reimbursable
grant.
We
do
have
some
limited
availability
to
pay
directly.
I
would
imagine
we'll
probably
do
those
for
maybe
the
smaller
folks.
We
have
a
non-profit
that
applied
and
was
aborted
and
printing
money
for
any
profit
can
be
difficult,
so
we're
able
to
make
direct
payments
we
will,
but
it
is
a
capacity
issue
for
Russell
to
be
making
those
determinations
one
off,
but
everyone
else
will
be
a
straight
reimbursable
I
have
to
prove
that
they
did
what
we
did.
E
E
D
E
Awesome,
the
only
other
thing
I'll
flag
on
that
is.
We
did
make
one
small
edit
to
the
program.
Originally,
it
was
total
project
cost
Awards
of
7
500
could
be
eligible
for
75
percent.
I
recognize
in
retrospect
that
you
wrote
it
in
a
very
confusing
way,
so
we
just
revised
it
that
it's
a
7
500
Grant
on
a
ten
thousand
dollar
expenditure.
E
That's
where
that
75
comes
in
any
total
project
cost
above
10
000
is
that
50
we
have
a
number
of
applications
that
came
in
that
requested,
7
500
and
a
ten
thousand
dollar
total,
and
we
realized
that
we
just
wrote
that
wrote
the
wording
confusingly.
So
we.
G
E
My
guess
is
that
those
will
be
more
than
ten
thousand
dollars,
but
we
are
maxing
out
our
allocation
at
7
500.
Now,
if
they
come
back
and
say
well,
we
only
spend
thirteen
thousand
that
will
that
would
have
kicked
into
the
50
000,
so
we'll
have
to
have
a
conversation
with
them,
but
those
are
conversations
we're
we're
having
with
them
we're
also
going
to
talk
to
them
about
hey.
If
you
say
that
the
total
project
cost
is
ten
thousand
dollars
and
you're
requesting
seventy
five
hundred.
E
But
when
you
start
getting
quotes
it's
actually
a
twenty
thousand
dollar
project.
Let's
come
back
to
the
table
and
talk
about
whether
we
should
shift
you
into
the
50
Grant
allocation
and
provide
ten
thousand.
But
at
this
point
we
would
bring
that
back
for
review
at
this
point,
the
numbers
that
we've
put
in
this
resolution
or
the
max
that
we
would
go
to
with
these
particular
grantees
and
any
edits
bringing
that
up.
We
would
bring
back
to
the
board
for
approval.
G
E
E
D
E
Cooperative
213
on
State
Street
on
the
new
downtown
Arts
District
you're,
driven
by
there
you've
seen
they've
got
quite
a
colorful
facade,
but
it's
got
some
flaking
and
peeling
and
they've
got
kind
of
a
big
mural
plywood
mural
over
part
of
their
facade.
That
they'd
like
to
remove
and
update
just
make
a
little
bit
fresher:
61
Prospect
Ave,
that's
the
art
building!
If
you
know
where
the
old
art
Mission
theater
was
kind
of
off
the
remlex
parking
lot,
it
has
a
yoga
studio
is
no
longer
in
there
right.
D
Shop,
some
kind
of
professional
tenant
on
the
first
floor
like
here
or
something
yeah.
E
But
that's
in
in
need
of
some
TLC.
They
sent
some
pictures
of
overgrows
and
Vines.
They
have
that
are
impacting
their
masonry,
so
that's
and
they
they
provided
quotes
for
them
as
well.
E
Which
is
another
thing,
some
of
the
projects
that
we
deferred
until
next
week
didn't
provide
us
quotes.
They
just
provided
like
I.
Think
it's
going
to
be
around
this
much
and
so
those
are
ones
you
went
back
to
and
ask
for
more
information.
128
Washington
that
is
Binghamton
Hots
again,
provided
some
pictures
showing
the.
E
That
pieces
are
falling
off
nothing
major
from
the
health
and
safety
perspective,
but
if
we're
able
to
Shore
that
up
now,
we'll
I'm
fully
ensure
that
that
does
not
happen
and
also
just
spruce
up
that
building
Dave
Whalen,
who
owns
Binghamton
odds,
recently
purchased
that
building
so
he's
now
the
owner
and
the
operator
of
that
establishment
and
then
113
Clinton
Street
is
Park
outdoor.
So
if
you've
driven
down
Clinton
Street
and
seen
the
park
outdoor
mural,
it's
got
like
an
eagle
on
it.
E
They
have
a
soffit
that
is
obscuring
some
of
the
original
facade
they
would
like
to
remove,
and
then
they
were
again
just
showing
deterioration
and
masonry
that
needs
to
be
worked
on.
They
also
have
a
series
of
windows
that
are
on
the
main
facade
that
are
old
out
of
date.
Don't
really
add
much
to
the
visual
Aesthetics
of
it
that
they
would
like
to
replace.
H
D
E
I'll
give
a
few
updates
on
his
behalf,
listed
the
things
he's
been
announcing
lately
or
just
that
construction
season
is
getting
into
full
swing.
The
asphalt
plants
are
back
open,
you've
probably
seen
the
crews
out
filling
potholes.
If
anybody
is
identifying
an
area
of
concern
that
we
haven't
gotten
to
yet,
please
reach
out
to
the
mayor's
office
to
kind
of
collect
that
information.
E
We've
had
people
reach
out,
identify
areas
of
concern
and
they're
being
dealt
with
in
the
next
few
days,
so
the
crews
are
out
and
happy
to
be
fixing
these
things
over
the
winter.
We
do
something
called
a
cold
patch
before
the
plans
open
just
to
get
us
through
the
winter,
but
this
is
the
the
longer
term
fix
that
helps
us
make
sure
we're
not
affecting
our
shocks
and
our
cars
as
we
drive
around
the
city.
E
The
things
tonight,
those
when
you
go
to
the
shop
and
they
tell
you
you-
need
all
new
tires,
that's
a
bad
day,
so
anything
we
can
do
to
help
prevent
that.
He
also
announced
recently
that
the
hydrant
flushing
will
start.
So
if
you
see
your
water
start
to
turn
a
little
bit
Brown
or
if
you
start
seeing
water
in
the
street,
that's
just
us
flushing,
our
hydrants,
in
our
normal
annual
maintenance
schedule,
and
the
last
thing
for
him
is.
E
We
have
been
aggressively
pursuing
those
lockdown
procedures
for
nuisance
properties
that
are
causing
problems
in
our
neighborhoods
all
different.
His
press
release
is
on
some
of
the
specifics
of
that,
but
it's
been
a
real
focus
on
quality
of
life
initiatives
that
I'll
transition
to
some
of
the
things
that
we're
working
on
you've
been
downtown
or,
if
you
own,
or
operate
a
business,
downtown
you've
seen
that
we've
had
some
quality
of
life
issues
in
terms
of
refuse
management
during
coven
there
just
wasn't
as
much
activity
downtown.
E
It
wasn't
as
much
happening
now
that
people
are
coming
back,
we're
seeing
the
students
are
back
in
in
full
force,
we're
just
trying
to
remind
people
of
what
the
rules
are
where
trash
needs.
E
E
A
resolution
went
down
to
council
about
our
renewed
partnership
with
the
Mental
Health
Association
of
the
Southern
Tier,
to
provide
support
for
police
calls
that
involve
mental
health
issues,
so
really
trying
to
we'll
support
those
folks
that
need
our
help
in
downtown,
but
also
support
the
business
owners
that
are
having
to
talk
to
these
people
every
day
entering
their
businesses,
in
most
cases,
not
necessarily
causing
problems.
But
in
some
cases
the
mental
health
and
substance
abuse
is
causing
behavioral
issues
that
are
impacting
businesses
so
trying
to
address
both
sides
of
that
equation.
E
And
then,
just
generally
beautification
you'll
see
the
flower
baskets
go
up
in
the
next
few
weeks,
you'll
see
sidewalks
being
repaired,
but
certainly
we're
trying
to
work
on
all
those
quality
of
life
initiatives
and
make
sure
that
people
are
having
a
the
time
downtown
that
they
are
able
to
park
and
enjoy
all
of
our
restaurants
and
shows
forum,
and
all
of
the
great
things
has
to
offer
we're
looking
forward
to
formally
announcing
the
completion
of
the
State
Street
project.
E
We're
just
at
the
point
where
we
have
one
more
layer
of
asphalt
over
the
top
that
needs
to
go
down.
So
the
road
will
be
closed.
One
more
time
for
that
and
the
contractor's
been
in
communication
with
all
those
property
owners
and
businesses
to
help
mitigate
any
negative
impacts
and
then
it'll
be
punchless
items.
You'll
start
to
see
the
final
things.
Some
creative
lighting
elements
going
in
trash
cans,
plantings
so
we'll
be
able
to
unveil
the
the
final
final
version
of
that
very
soon.
E
A
couple
other
things
I
attended
a
soft
Landings
event,
Eric
Krohn
from
Hair
Shop,
invited
me
out
to
that
and
Betsy
was
there
as
well
highlighting
the
conclusion
of
the
soft
Landings
program.
I,
don't
know
if
you
want
to
add
any
color
to
that,
but
International
businesses
who
are
finding
a
quote
unquote.
Soft
Landing
here
in
Broome
County
in
Binghamton
and
I,
got
to
meet
a
few
of
them
and
and
Betsy
got
to
meet
more
of
them
and
hear
more
about
their
stories.
But
it's.
E
I
really
feel
like
I
I
got
a
lot
of
support
here,
and
the
people
want
me
here
and
that
your
doors
are
open
and
I
was
really
encouraged
to
hear
that,
because
that's
exactly
what
we're
trying
to
put
out
and
the
kind
of
administration
we're
trying
to
have,
and
so
to
hear
that
that's
resonating
and
to
hear
that
the
work
of
the
Kaufman
is
lockstep
with
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
is
really
important,
so
very,
very
exciting
stuff.
H
Are
just
this
is
our
annual
13th
annual
bldc
EAP
business
line
competition?
H
We
received
support
for
those
who
curse
from
the
Sun
Broome
and
also
from
from
the
coffin
incubator
as
well.
We've
had
by
the
April
6th
I
think
it
was
deadline.
We
had
16
entrants
in
the
competition
which
is
about
at
least
double
what
we
had
last
year
and
staff
reviewed
the
applications
and
narrowed
that
down
to
five
businesses.
H
E
So
we'll
certainly
invite
you
guys
once
we
get
the
the
competition
itself
is
closed,
but
the
award
ceremony
we
will
invite
all
of
you.
H
E
Yeah,
so
we're
really
excited
it's
a
it's:
a
good
mix
of
technology
companies,
Main
Street
businesses,
businesses
that
are
a
little
bit
farther
along
in
their
Journey
versus
ones
that
are
just
starting
off.
So
it's
a
it
was
a
really
cool
mix.
It
was
exciting
to
have
so
many
to
choose
from
and
be
able
to
create
a
portfolio
that
was
representative
of
the
wide
swap
of
types
of
businesses
and
level
of
preparation.
E
So
we're
excited
to
see
who
wins
this
year,
but
some
really
good
options
in
there
I
attended
a
meeting
of
the
downtown
committees.
It's
a
monthly
virtual
meeting
that
I
sit
on,
but
we
have
an
in-person
meeting
in
Syracuse
last
month.
It's
great
it's
a
selection
of
downtown
managers,
business
improvement,
district
managers,
special
assessment
district
managers,
as
well
as
Municipal
leaders.
E
Just
talking
about
the
issues
that
are
facing
Upstate
downtowns,
we
talked
a
lot
about
quality
of
life
initiatives,
but
we
also
talked
about
access
to
grant
funding,
supporting
businesses
and
helping
them
solve
problems
for
themselves.
Instead
of
always
being
the
problem
solvers.
How
do
we
Empower
folks
to
take
control
of
their
own
destiny
in
some
way
by
providing
them
with
resources
that
they
can
then
use
and
leverage
I?
E
Think
the
commercial
facade
program
is
a
great
example
of
that
we're
coming
to
the
table
with
funds
and
technical
assistance
that
we're
working
on,
but
ultimately
they're
the
ones
that
have
to
put
up
with
the
design
navigate
our
processes
we'll
happily
help
them
through
that
and
then
have
that
skin
in
the
game
of
the
the
funds
that
they're
bringing
to
the
table.
So
it
was
a
really
great
meeting,
it's
great
to
network
with
other
Professionals
in
this
world
and
know
that
sometimes
I
think.
E
The
other
thing
I
did
this
month
was
went
to
Binghamton
High
School,
with
the
Cornell
Center
for
materials
research.
They
are
working
to
partner
with
Binghamton
City
school
districts
on
a
pilot
program
wherein
they
would
build
kits
in
coordination
with
industry
Partners
in
the
area,
and
those
kids
would
introduce
non-college
track
science,
students
in
the
high
school
to
either
a
technology
or
a
skill.
E
So
the
the
course
that
I
attended
was
just
a
basic
lesson
on
batteries
and
the
idea
is
that
you're
introducing
students
to
an
industry
that
they
may
not
know
has
jobs
available
and
ideally
we'll
be
connecting
those
students
directly
with
those
industry
Partners.
So
what
I
attended
was
really
just
a
pilot
Cornell
already
had
these
kits
on
teaching
batteries.
E
The
idea
was
to
kind
of
connect
students
with
the
idea
of
what's
happening
in
Endicott,
with
new
energy,
New
York
investment
and
All
Battery
Technology,
but
the
next
step
is
to
work
with
industry
Partners
to
actually
build
purpose-built
kits
that
are
you're
actually
replicating
something
you
might
do
on
the
job
or
introducing
them
to
a
very
specific
technology
that
one
of
these
companies
would
be
looking
for.
So
still
in
its
early
days,
we're
hoping
to
apply
for
some
Arc
funding
from
the
federal
government
to
support
that
effort.
E
It
would
be
a
joint
application
between
the
city
of
Binghamton,
Binghamton,
Central,
School,
Districts
and
Cornell,
and
there's
a
lot
of
material,
both
Cornell
and
the
school
district
applied
for
this
funding
last
year.
So
we're
working
to
pull
all
that
information
together
and
make
it
a
stronger
application
between
the
three
partners
and
ideally
connect
some
more
folks
to
these
jobs
that
we
know
are
coming
great,
paying
jobs
with
benefits
and
Longevity.
That
will
hopefully
keep
people
here
and
give
them
a
great
career
and
a
great
life
here.
E
With
the
battery
Academy
yeah,
yes,
I
think
the
idea
is
not
not
to
replicate
anything
that's
happening
in
the
batteries
base.
That
happened
to
be
a
kit
that
Cornell
already
had,
but
thinking
about
as
we're
supporting
Workforce
and
batteries.
How
do
we
also
support
Workforce
and
our
other
Advanced
manufacturing?
So
we
know
that
some
folks,
who
maybe
would
otherwise
go
to
Buckingham
or
CMP,
will
probably
end
up
in
new
energy
New
York.
E
So
how
are
we
Shoring
up
all
of
the
different
Pathways
so
that
everyone
has
enough
staff,
because
adding
all
these
jobs
is
awesome,
but
how
do
we
make
sure
that
they're
filled
and
that
all
these
companies
can
be
really
successful
here
so
I
know,
Bob
Murphy
from
boom
payoga
Workforce
has
been
in
touch
with
Cornell,
so
they're
working
with
him
to
figure
out
how
we
don't
overlap
and
replicate
services
and
where
we
can
potentially
come
together
to
pass
synergies
between
them.
E
Yes,
Workforce
Development
is
not
a
straight
line,
I
think.
If
anyone
had
solved
it
we'd
be
in
a
much
better
place,
but
hopefully
making
small
steps
towards
it.
Knowing
that
we'll
have
a
lot
of
students
who
will
literate
out
that
won't
be
interested
in
in
what
there
is
there,
but
you
know
if
we
can
capture
a
couple
students
from
each
of
these
they're,
specifically
going
into
non-region
science
classes.
E
Those
are
the
classes
that
tend
to
have
students
that
don't
go
on
to
college
education,
and
so
how
do
we
potentially
direct
them
into
these
entry
level?
Jobs?
E
Yeah
final
thing
for
me,
just
an
update
on
the
option
agreement
with
save
around
Charles
Street
Business
Park.
We
worked
with
Brian.
Thank
you
very
much
worked
with
their
Council
to
make
some
slight
edits
to
the
language
on
the
option.
E
E
E
B
F
G
B
I
didn't
object
to
it,
because,
quite
frankly,
the
only
reason
you
would
not
sell
is
if
there
was
some
kind
of
legal
impediment
that
couldn't
be
overcome,
so
they
could
see
what
they
want
to
and
if
it's
a
legal
impediment
that
forbids
us
from
selling
it
or
it's
not
going
to
force
us
to
sell
it,
something
and
I
was
trying
to
convey
to
them
and
they
they
I,
think
their
local
Council
and
the
local
people.
We
were
dealing
with
understood.
E
E
Yeah
and
really
the
idea
was
that
the
the
tenant
is
going
to
sign
a
lease
with
Steve
round
who.
G
E
Ultimately
executing
the
option,
and
so
they
just
felt
well,
since
we
are
not
party
to
the
specific
agreement
if
things
go
south
with
same
around
in
the
city
that
puts
them
in
a
bad
situation,
so
they
wanted
to
just
ensure
that
there
wasn't
a
situation
where
we
were
just
going
to
pull
the
rug
out
from
under
them
without
warning,
which
technically
the
option
did
allow
us
to
do.
That
was
not
Our
intention,
but
the
language
was
such
that
we
would
have
had
the
right
to
do
that.
E
E
Last
thing
for
me,
Grant
season
is
upon
us
today
is
when
the
Statewide
grants,
usually
open,
The
Arc
grant
that
I
mentioned
is
open.
So
it's
been
a
Workforce
of
a
month,
just
kind
of
sitting
down
trying
to
get
a
bunch
of
things
out
of
the
way,
so
that
I
can
refocus
on
grants
when
they
open,
but
that
will
be
taking
up
a
lot
of
our
time
in
the
next
few
months.
E
So
and
if
anybody
once
those
grants
come
out,
anybody
has
any
recommendations
or
wants
us
to
look
at
the
specific
program,
always
happy
to
do
that.
I
know
several
of
the
council
members
send
me
along
grant
opportunities
when
they
see
that,
and
so
does
it
stuff
that
just
has
to
come
across
my
desk
so
happy
to
see
something
three
times
if
it
means
that
every
once
in
a
while,
I
get
something
I've
never
seen
before,
because
those
are
great
opportunities
for
us.
C
I
just
wanted
to
share
that
the
city,
along
with
the
leadership
Alliance,
is
hosting
the
second
of
the
three
Community
Building
series
on
May
23rd,
and
it
is
a
breakfast
and
8
to
11
30
at
the
DoubleTree
and
basically
the
topics
for
this
one
is
like
the
dri
grants,
arts
and
culture
building
our
downtowns
historic
preservation
and
the
speaker.
C
Who's
going
to
be
moderating
is
Wade
beltramo,
who
is
the
council
for
Nikon,
which
is
the
New
York
Conference
of
Mayors,
so
I
sent
out
an
email
yesterday
to
all
of
my
contacts
at
municipalities,
because
I've
attended
the
first
and
it
you
know,
we
need
a
little
bit
more
attendance,
but
it
was
great.
It
was
wonderful
and
you
know
really
interactive
and
a
really
nice
dialogue
that
happens
at
these
events.
So
I
just
wanted
to
put
that
out.
E
There
I
totally
forgot
about
that,
but
I'm
I
will
get
you
guys.
Your
invites
on
my
very
long
list
of
things
to
do,
but
it
is
a
really
great
event.
The
infrastructure
event
went
really
well
I
think
the
downtown
event
is
an
even
more
accessible
topic
for
a
lot
of
people
so
and
if
you
had
75
people,
the
first
one
which
was
great
agreed,
hoping
to
get
maybe
closer
to
100
of
this
one
but
yeah
we're
bringing
down
some
big
folks
from
Syracuse
Wade's
coming
down
from
Albany
and
he's
fantastic.
E
He
sits
on
those
downtown
calls.
I
talked
about
and
always
has
really
great
insights
into
how
the
changing
legislative
framework
at
the
state
is
affecting
specifically
downtown
environments,
and
you
know,
allows
us
to
provide
him
with
feedback
and
talks
about
what
legislative
changes
we
might
need
to
make
at
the
local
level
to
accommodate
those
changes
or
take
advantage
of
opportunities
coming
down
from
the
state.
So
I
think
he'll
be
a
really
really
great
speaker
he's
also
just
a
funny
guy
he's
just
fun
to
talk
to
and
listen
to
yeah.