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B
Great
thank
you
I'm
very
pleased
to
to
be
here.
For
those
who
don't
know
me,
I'm
joel
molina,
I'm
vice
president
for
university
relations
at
cornell.
I've
got
other
members
of
the
cornell
team
here
as
well.
To
help
us
answer
any
questions
you
may
have.
I
hope
to
just
spend
a
few
minutes
with
a
brief
update
on
where
we
are
with
the
start
of
our
spring
semester.
We
have
begun.
C
C
B
That's
right.
Thank
you,
mr
mayor.
So
we've
begun
what
worked
quite
well
last
semester
in
terms
of
our
engagement
with
municipalities
and
with
the
general
public.
Last
week
we
had
our
first
again
in
2021
of
what
will
be
monthly
general
public
town
halls.
The
schedule
for
that
is
available
on
our
community
relations
website,
or
you
can
email,
gary
stewart
or
his
team
and
similar
to
what
we're
doing
tonight,
we're
going
to
be
making
the
rounds
to
other
municipal
governing
bodies.
I
think
we
have
the
town
of
ithaca
coming
up.
B
Next,
we
are
about
two-thirds
of
the
way
through
a
a
complicated,
but
so
far
successful
move-in
process.
The
spring
semester
begins
next
week
with
the
start
of
classes,
and
we
have
a
sequenced,
an
ongoing
move-in
process
that
began
oh
about
10
days
ago.
B
As
we
all
know,
the
virus
today
is
different
than
it
was
when
our
last
semester
ended,
but
the
attention
that
we're
providing
to
our
aggressive
surveillance
testing
program
continues
to
be
quite
finely
focused.
B
We
are
requiring
all
of
our
returning
students
to
go
through
arrival
testing,
so
this
is
in
addition
to
all
required,
travel
and
quarantine
guidance
from
new
york.
State
students
upon
arrival
are
tested
on
day
one
and
then
again
on
day
five,
and
only
once
they
come
back
with
those
two
negatives.
Are
they
moved
into
their
regular
scheduled
surveillance
testing
for
those
of
our
students?
Who've
been
here
for
the
duration
of
our
break.
They
have
continued
with
their
regular
schedule
of
surveillance
testing
that
has
not
paused
at
all.
B
Our
approach,
similar
to
last
semester,
is
grounded
in
science.
Our
team
of
modelers,
led
by
peter
fraser,
have
updated
their
modeling,
which
continues
to
guide
our
approach.
It
does
show
that
transmission
of
the
virus
again
can
be
controlled
and
that
an
in-person
semester
is
the
safest
option,
as
it
was
last
semester
for
students
to
return
again
with
that
aggressive
testing
in
place.
We
didn't
want
to
rest
on
the
laurels.
B
From
last
semester,
we
have
ongoing
on
an
ongoing
basis,
analyzed
and
looked
at
how
we
might
improve
to
enhance,
to
make
adjustments
I'll
touch
on
just
a
few
of
those
adjustments,
and
then
I
would
love
to
open
it
up
to
your
questions.
We
wanted
faster
turnaround
on
test
results
and
we've
achieved
that.
Just
by
way
of
example,
I'll
talk
about
my
own
testing
last
semester,
it
was
usually
24
to
48
hours,
after
which
the
results
would
appear
on
my
patient
portal.
I
was
tested
again
yesterday
in
seven
hours.
Those
results
were
back.
B
This
again
is
an
effort
to
ensure,
as
quickly
as
possible,
identifying
isolating
contact,
tracing
adaptive
tracing
as
necessary
to
identify
the
virus
and
to
contain
it
as
quickly
as
possible,
so
faster
turnaround
on
test
results.
Number
two,
importantly
more
frequent
testing.
B
Now
we
had
a
very
aggressive
schedule
last
year,
undergraduates
twice
a
week
and
then
others,
depending
on
their
of
efforts
in
terms
of
being
with
undergraduates,
either
twice
a
week
once
a
week
or,
as
my
cycle
has
been
once
every
two
weeks,
but
for
some
students
and
it's
those
who
are
spending
significant
time
in
groups.
So
we're
talking
about
athletes,
members
of
greek
life,
those
living
in
our
co-ops
or
other
community
living
arrangements-
they
are
being
tested
now,
three
times
a
week.
This
was
informed
by
our
modeling.
B
Also
importantly,
our
students
are
going
to
have
to
take
one
of
their
surveillance
tests
each
week
on
either
friday,
saturday
or
sunday.
This
is
a
not
so
subtle
way
to
further
disincentivize
travel.
We
did
find
an
overwhelming
number
of
positives
tied
to
those
students
who
did
leave
ithaca,
contracted
the
virus
and
brought
it
back
to
campus.
Now
we
were
able
to
contain
it,
which
was
great,
but
we
want
to
limit
as
much
of
that
travel
based
transmission
as
possible.
B
B
We
are
very
appreciative
of
what
continues
to
be
a
very
trying
time
for
all
of
us,
especially
those
who
are
engaging
with
our
students,
whether
it
be
in
dining
residence
halls,
our
terrific
utilities
and
and
and
staffs
that
are
working
on
our
facilities
and,
of
course,
our
faculty,
who
are
continuing
to
come
up
with
great
innovative
ways
for
in-person,
virtual
and
hybrid
instruction.
B
C
Thank
you
joel.
I
appreciate
that
any
any
questions
for
joel
or
gary
charlie,
anyone
from
the
university
list.
Yes,
graham.
D
C
D
Joel
good
to
see
all
the
cornell
representatives
here
so
I've
had
a
couple
of
residents
asked
about
what
kind
of
fraction
of
the
student
body
is
is
returning
to
for
the
spring
semester.
Do
you
do
you
have
any
sense
of
the
numbers
that
are
coming
back.
B
Yeah
out
of
our
maximum,
our
our
pre-covered
numbers
of
about
23,
000,
undergraduate
and
graduate
students,
we're
expecting
19,
000
and
change.
So
that's
a
larger
number
than
last
semester,
which
I
think
reflects
the
fact
of
a
heightened
confidence
in
cornell's
approach,
but
we
also
recognize
because
of
the
progression
of
the
virus.
There
are
families
and
students
who
are
still
hesitant
about
about
returning.
So
again,
nineteen
thousand
and
change.
Thank
you.
E
Sorry,
joel
will
cornell
and
the
ivy
league
have
spring
sports
this
year.
B
Oh
great
question:
I
don't
believe
that
has
been
decided.
President
pollock
certainly
meets
regularly
with
the
other
ivy
league
presidents,
so
that
will
be
a
decision
that
they
will
decide
and
will
announce.
I
have
no
idea
on
the
timetable.
I
don't
know
karen
brown
who's
with
student
campus
life
where
athletics
reports
up
to
is
on
the
call.
I
don't
know
karen
whether
you
have
any
insight
into
that
timing.
F
We
spoke
about
it
a
little
bit
more
today
in
some
scl
team
meetings
and
I
believe
that
a
decision
on
spring
sports
is
imminent.
So
it's
coming
within
days.
G
Yes,
thank
you
for
the
presentation.
Do
you
mind,
since
we
are
here
taking
a
moment
to
reiterate
what
the
processes
will
be
in
terms
of
monitoring
student
behavior?
What
an
individual
should
do
if
they
observe
something
that's
concerning
and
would
like
to
report
it.
B
Sure,
thank
you.
Cynthia
I'll
give
a
broad
outline
and
then
maybe
karen
can
fill
in
the
blanks
one
of
the
core
elements
of
our
success.
Last
semester
was
the
behavioral
compact
that
every
student
needed
to
sign
in
order
to
register
in
order
to
actually
be
on
campus,
and
that
compact
remains
in
force.
It
has
a
number
of
requirements,
especially
around
expectations
for
behavior.
B
We
did
have
a
a
very
robust
and
successful
group
of
both
students
and
employees
that
were
involved
in
a
task
force
that
would
roam
the
streets
on
the
weekends
in
the
evenings
be
available
for
peer-to-peer
encouragement
to
adhere
to
that
compact,
and
I
believe
karen.
We
still
have
a
dedicated
email
address
where
any
member
of
the
public
can
utilize
it
to
offer
observations,
which
would
certainly
enable
our
team
to
be
able
to
follow
up
on
any
and
all
complaints.
F
That
we're
still
moving
in
some
undergraduate
students
over
the
next
several
days
as
you
can
imagine,
their
travel
has
been
disrupted
just
a
little
bit.
So
we
have
about
900
students
coming
tomorrow
and
the
behavioral
compact
monitors
will
be
out
in
force
to
help
just
to
reinforce
the
whole,
the
basic
requirements,
the
basic
guidelines
of
six
foot,
distancing
and
mask
wearing
and
and
trying
to
do
that.
We
also
have
that
pure
ambassador
group
out
in
force
this
week
as
well.
B
And
what
we
can
do-
and
I
don't
know
if
we
have
readily
the
that
dedicated
email
address,
but
we
can
get
that
through
gary
out
to
members
of
the
common
council.
C
Well,
we
greatly
appreciate
you
taking
the
time
to
to
do
this
update
and
I
know
you're
doing
it
for
other
municipalities
as
well
and
kudos.
Last
year,
the
university's
choice
to
open
was
a
difficult
one
and
the
decision
to
invest
frankly
heavily
heavily
millions
and
millions
of
dollars
to
do
a
state-of-the-art
testing
for
all
your
students,
your
staff,
your
faculty,
made
all
the
difference.
I
mean
it
made
it
possible
for
the
students
to
return
and
our
economy
to
begin
to
recover.
C
So
we
appreciate
it
and
we
appreciate
these
continued
updates,
so
we'll
be
in
touch
with
you
soon.
Thank
you,
karen
joel
gary
thank.
B
You
all
very
much
and
we'll
be
here
as
needed,
so
don't
hesitate
to
reach
out
appreciate.
C
It
thank
you
now
that
we
are
live
and
being
broadcast
I'll
ask.
Are
there
any
other
changes
or
additions
deletions
to
the
agenda?
Yes,
deb.
H
Yeah,
we
just
have
a
couple
clarifications,
so
I
don't
know
if
you
noticed,
but
in
the
list
of
consent,
agenda
items
3.4
was
not
on
the
list,
but
it
is
actually
in
the
agenda
packet.
So
I
just
wanted
everybody
to
be
clear
that
when
we
move
consent
agenda
it
will
also
include
that
3.4,
which
is
just
the
appointment
of
our
people,
to
the
broadband
greater
countywide
committee
and
then
shelley.
H
I
H
H
C
It
well,
then
welcome
everybody
to
the
official
and
formal
for
for
the
last
14
years
of
my
life.
Black
history
month
does
not
start
until
the
jay
diane
sams
award
is
given
at
the
february
meeting
of
common
council.
I
want
to
recognize
the
committee
most
particularly
j.r,
claire
born
for
for
that
entire
14
years
jr
has
been
the
point
person
on
making
sure
that
this
award
goes
off
smoothly
as.
C
Diane's
family,
queen
jack,
jb
who's
here
with
us
tonight.
I
want
to
turn
the
floor
over
to
our
members
of
council
who
will
move
the
resolution
and,
and
then
we
have
a
few
folks
who
would
like
to
speak,
including
our
our
most
deserving
award
winner
this
month.
C
C
G
G
G
In
and
around
ithaca,
while
as
a
single
parent,
raising,
two
sons
who
later
established
careers
and
law
enforcement
and
whereas
since
2004
outstanding
leaders
across
the
greater
ithaca
area,
have
received
this
recognition
from
common
council
as
being
quote
a
person
who
advocates
for
social
justice
and
change,
racial
equity
and
fairness
in
the
judicial
and
educational
systems,
while
also
demonstrating
a
willingness
to
speak
out
publicly
on
behalf
of
the
aforementioned
objectives.
Unquote.
G
And
whereas
the
names
of
each
of
these
recipients
are
emblazoned
on
a
plaque
of
fixed
in
the
common
council
chambers
and
included
with
each
year's
resolution,
which
list
sets
forth
a
standard
of
excellence.
For
this
recognition,
beginning
in
2005
with
dr
james
e
turner,
professor
emeritus
world-renowned
scholar
and
founding
director
of
the
africana
studies
and
research
center
at
cornell
university
in
2006.
G
Mr
cal
walker,
community
advocate
visionary
leader
with
the
village
at
ithaca,
foster
parent
with
his
wife,
glenda
walker,
to
scores
of
children
across
the
greater
ithaca
area
and
former
chairman
of
the
community
campaign
for
the
united
way
of
tonkins
county
and
in
2007
the
late.
Mrs
francis
eastman,
a
pioneer
in
her
own
right.
G
As
the
first
woman
of
color
supervisor
of
medical
records
at
the
former
tompkins
county
hospital
cherish
community
elder
and
tompkins
county
senior
citizen
of
the
year,
and
where
is
dr
woodson's
lifelong
devotion
to
educating
african
americans
about
their
own
culture
and
history
as
part
of
the
us
history
led
to
the
modern
day,
month-long
observance
of
black
or
african
american
history
month.
That
highlights
the
positive
impact
people
such
as
this
awards.
G
G
Dr
cotton,
who
formally
led
the
citizen
education
program
and
worked
in
partnership
with
the
late
dr
martin
luther
king
jr,
and
whereas
through
dci,
kirby
and
laura
and
dr
cotton
joined
a
delegation
of
nearly
two
dozen
civil
and
human
rights
activists
and
scholars
who
joined,
who
journeyed
to
israel,
palestine
to
meet
with
palestinians
and
their
israeli
allies.
Non-Violently.
Resisting
the
occupation
in
the
west
bank
and
whereas
kirby,
who
passed
away
in
august.
G
The
collective
impact
initiative
to
promote
a
socially
just
ecologically
sound,
sustainable
economy
in
the
tompkins
county
region,
his
facilitating
skills
deployed
during
the
development
of
the
city
of
ithaca's,
comprehensive
plan
and
his
involvement
during
the
current
pandemic.
Despite
declining
health,
with
helping
distribute
news
and
information
regarding
local
relief
efforts.
G
G
Now,
therefore,
be
it
resolved
that
the
city
of
ithaca
common
council
bestows
upon
mr
kirby
v
edmonds
posthumously
and
miss
laura
w
branca.
The
2021
j
diane
sam's
african-american
history
month.
Recognition
during
this
february
and
urges
all
citizens
to
recognize
the
invaluable
contributions
of
these
positive,
affirming
and
dedicated
citizens
who
are
also
stalwart
examples
of
the
many
prominent
figures
we
celebrate
throughout
history
and
be
it
further
resolved
that
in
so
doing,
mr
edmunds
legacy
and
miss
branca
are
worthy
of
honor,
not
only
each
year
in
february,
but
throughout
the
entire
calendar
year
and
iso
move.
C
L
This
is
pretty
overwhelming.
I
must
say
it's
a
very
big
honor
diane
samps
was
such
a
brave,
outspoken
voice
for
justice
and
it's
really
humbling
to
receive
an
award
in
her
name,
and
it's
so
good
to
have
this
recognition
alongside
kirby
edmonds,
because
so
much
of
my
work
was
done
in
partnership
with
him.
L
So
just
I'm
going
to
try
to
be
myself.
I
I
asked
my
ancestors
to
be
present
with
me.
I
think
they're
in
the
room.
They
might
be
where
you
are
too,
because
they
are
not
local,
they
go
where
they
want
to
go,
but
I
I
asked
my
ancestors
to
come
in
because
it's
black
history
month-
and
I
thought
I
should
say
a
little
bit
about
my
ancestors
and
what
they
give
me.
L
L
So
his
name
was
john
everett
ward.
He
he
became
a
schoolteacher.
He
was
born
into
slavery,
became
a
schoolteacher.
His
own
mother
had
no
right
hand
because
it
was
cut
off
by
her
master
when
they
learned
that
she
could
read
and
write
so
the
power
of
education
and
the
importance
of
sharing
information
runs
runs
deep
in
my
family.
L
L
And
that's
something
that
I
try
to
remind
myself
of
all
the
time
about
about
kirby.
L
He
taught
me
so
much.
He
saw
in
me
the
possibility
that
I
could
do
the
kind
of
work
that
he
was
doing
and
he
was
super
generous
with
me.
Teaching
me
everything
that
he
knew
so
that
we
could
work
in
partnership,
and
I
will
say
that
he
was
very
brave
and
he
we
went
into
situations
that
I
would
never
have
had
the
confidence
to
go
into
by
myself.
L
L
I
want
to
I
want
to
quote
soledad
brother
george
jackson.
You
may
not
agree
with
george
jackson.
He
he
died
many
years
ago.
L
L
L
L
Don't
let
these
bad
times
pull
you
down
when
it
seems
like
the
pain,
is
all
you
have
to
know
to
show
you're
alive,
don't
hide
away,
open
up
and
find
what's
inside
and
feel
that
feeling
what
a
feeling
there
is
no
helplessness
in
my
reality,
we've
got
the
power
to
turn
it
around.
It's
all
inside
yourself.
L
L
C
So
so
well
deserved.
I
can't
tell
you
how
I
mean
for
those
who
don't
know
in
the
memorial
service
last
week
was
was
eye-opening.
You
know
because
he
changed
my
life
so
much,
and
I
thought
well
that's
because
I'm
involved
in
government
in
the
city
of
ithaca
anybody
who's
been
involved
in
government
in
the
city
of
ithaca,
has
had
their
life
changed
and
improved
and
their
eyes
opened
and
guided
and
steered
and
prodded
by
laura
and
kirby.
C
C
Jack,
I
speaking
of
ancestors
jack
nelson
jb
nelson
is
here.
Would
you
like
to
say
a
few
words
on
behalf
of
of
the
family.
N
Thank
you,
mayor
myrick,
common
council
and
cynthia
for
reading
that
resolution.
N
N
Those
of
her
peers,
people
who
worked
closely
with
her
and
one
in
particular,
was
cal
walker
and
the
explanation
that
he
gave
that
many
gay,
but
cal
gave
about
kirby
and
and
laura.
It
was
just
the
right
choice.
We
come
together
every
year
and
every
year
seems
to
be
the
right
choice
and
the
more
and
more
I
listened
at
kirby's
celebration.
N
Like
you,
mayor
myrick,
I
was
I
I
was
blown
away
at
all
of
his
accomplishments
and
the
the
cliche
gentle
giant
that
he
was
is
amazing
because
it
it
it
takes
courage
to
do
what
he
does
and
to
do
what
the
both
of
them
do
and,
like
you
said
laura.
N
Sometimes
you
would
have
thought
it'd
be
difficult
to
do
it
by
yourself
and
I
I
can
empathize
with
that.
Not
that
I've
had
many
situations
like
that,
but
I
can
just
imagine
when
you
have
to
go
into
a
room
and
you
have
to
teach
people
about
themselves,
but
you
were
both
truly
blessed
with
a
gift
to
do
what
you
do
and
I
am
honored
to
honor
you
with
my
mother's
award.
C
J
Oh
thank
you
mayor
and
thank
you
to
council,
I'm
not
quite
sure
what
I
can
say
to
add.
To
what's
been
said
already,
I
mean
we've
got
a
couple
of
amazing
amazing
nominees
here,
our
recipients.
This
evening
I
will
say
that
each
year
that
I
do
this,
this
is
one
of
the
things
that
I
was.
J
I
was
happy
to
be
able
to
take
with
me
when
I
left
council,
it's
hard
to
believe
that's
almost
six
years
ago
now,
but
each
year
just
to
be
able
to
one
to
be
in
the
conversations
about
who's
going
to
be
our
next
person
that
we
feel
emulates
the
diane's
legacy,
but
then
to
find
out
what
I
think
I
think
I
know
the
people.
I
think
I've
been
involved
with
them
with
kirby
and
laura
I've
been
right
beside
them.
J
There
are
a
lot
of
things
that
they
did
outside
of
that,
and
it's
pretty
amazing,
because
there's
only
24
hours
in
a
day,
so
I'm
not
sure
how
they
manage
that,
but
I
know
our
community
is
blessed
to
have
them.
And
yes,
I
just
see
laura
just
reminded
me
that,
yes,
I
was
blessed
to
be
in
their
first.
The
first
talking
circles,
group
and
dan
cogan
was
part
of
that
group
as
well,
and
that's
an
experience
that
stayed
with
me.
I
want
to
thank
council.
J
I
want
to
thank
them.
I
definitely
we
have
to
lift
up
the
name
of
diane
as
we're
saying,
because
it's
her
legacy
that
we
have
chosen
to
try
and
find
people
to
emulate.
You
know
who
emulate
what
she's
done,
but
most
importantly
in
the
past
recipients
have
pointed
this
out-
is
that
this
award
is
not
only
can
be
viewed
as
a
lifetime
achievement
award,
but
it's
also
an
acknowledgement
that
they
will
continue
to
keep
doing
what
they've
been
doing.
No
one
who's
received.
This
award,
who
has
been
able,
is
sit
down.
J
Everybody
is
still
out
there
doing.
We
know
definitely
with
kirby.
He
was
working
all
the
way
up
as
long
as
he
could
and
then
some
I.
I
was
amazed
that
I
was
in
a
zoom
meeting
and
kirby
was
right
there
in
the
room,
like
that's
pretty
amazing,
and
just
you
know
it's
like
who
has
that
type
of
sex?
J
Who
has
that
type
of
commitment
to
community
and
to
wanting
to
do
better,
and
I
think
that's
probably
the
question
if
we
can
all
walk
away
with
is
these
are
people
who
live
their
lives
in
a
way
that
is
constantly
giving
you
know
what
is
it
that
we
can
all
do
individually
to
give
to
our
community
to
try
and
make
those
the
lives
of
those
around
us
better?
J
C
C
An
opportunity
for
members
of
council,
if
you'd
like
to
privilege
of
the
flora
members
of
common
council,
to
say
a
few
words.
I
I
want
to
add
about
kirby
that
he
really
instilled
in
me
something
I
still
believe
in
like
kirby
was
here
to
fight
for
racial
justice,
but
he
knew
that
that
was
about
more
than
just
well.
C
For
example,
he
knew
that
urban
planning
can
lead
to
racial
justice
or
injustice,
and
he
threw
himself
into
making
sure
that
there
were
more
sidewalks
that
currently
existed,
that
the
west
end
got
stitched
back
together
with
the
rest
of
the
city.
You
know
that
there
were
opportunities
to
to
vote
for
more
affordable
housing
in
downtown
in
the
heart
of
the
city,
instead
of
just
on
the
excerpts,
and
what
that
means.
C
C
We
vote
on
something
that
has
kirby's
fingerprints
in
it
every
month
and
this
month's
no
exception
and
that
plan
which
you
can
still
find
on
our
website
is
it's
just
a
work
of
brilliance
and
it
was
his
his
skill
and
genius
for
facilitation
and
he's
a
brilliant
facilitator.
C
Laura
was
always
a
little
bit
better,
but
he
was
a
brilliant
facilitator
and
and
when
they
worked
together,
you
know.
C
In
and
solve
it,
but
they
helped
you
solve
it,
and
it's
really
a
wonderful
thing.
Any
members
of
council
to
share
a
few
words.
G
I,
like
so
many
of
us
first
met
kirby
and
laura
through
the
talking
circles
and
then
over
the
years
in
their
work
with
the
city.
Usually
when
we're
we're
going
through
difficult
negotiations
and
re-envisioning
our
organization
re-envision,
our
structure,
laura
and
kirby
were
always
a
part
of
steering
us
through
that.
You
know.
G
If,
if
service
is
the
outward
manifestation
of
love,
I'm
really
honored
to
be
in
in
this
meeting
with
so
much
love
in
the
room
and
so
much
service
to
our
community,
and
I
think
the
thing
that
that
kirby
and
laura
understand
is
sometimes
you
need
a
little
bit
of
tough
love.
G
You
need
to
help
people
get
there
on
their
own
and
lean
into
the
discomfort
and
and
and
challenge
yourself
to
to
think
differently
and
think
how
other
people
are
feeling
and
and
think
about
your
long-term
impacts
and
with
every
interaction
with
kirby
and
laura
whether
or
not
it
was
in
a
visioning
meeting
or
in
a
talking
circle.
G
There
was
always
that
that
nudging
loving
urge
to
push
you
to
think
and
challenge
yourself
and
and
embrace
a
different
approach,
a
more
compassionate
approach,
a
long-term
vision
of
where
we
want
to
be
in
our
community.
So
you
know
I'm
I'm
just
very
grateful
to
be
able
to
honor
you
both
tonight
and
and
thank
you.
C
Yes,
I
think
dutch
speaks
for
all
of
us.
She
said
in
the
chat
that
can't
say
anything
better.
That's
already
been
said
so
well
deserved
to
you
laura
and
a
beautiful
tribute
to
kirby
agreements,
dearly
thanks
for
your
ongoing
dedication
to
our
community
and
constantly
lifting
up
the
voices
of
those
who
feel
unheard.
L
A
C
C
J
Always
there's
a
few
of
us
who
were
trying
to
be
on
here
earlier,
but
looks
like
as
many
as
who
could
get
back
in
made
it,
and
so
there's
many
more
who
are
watching
on
youtube
all
in
support
of
laura
and
also
in
support
of
laura
and
kirby,
and
also
in
support
of
diane's
legacy.
So
thank
you.
We.
C
Appreciate
it
there's
always
a
tradition
that
says
that
is
as
old
as
kicking
off
black
history
month
with
the
jedi
and
sam's
award
is
wishing
that
we
could
end
the
meeting
as
soon
as
we
finish
the
chase
sam's
award,
because
it
is
all
down
home
from
there
there's.
Never.
I
think
that's
good.
C
We,
the
the
meeting,
must
go
on
so
we'll
we'll
shift
now
to
item
2.1
on
our
agenda,
which
is
public
comment
and
thanks
everybody.
Thank
you
for
joining
us.
Yes,.
C
Is
here
yes,
thank
you.
Yes,
brad
is
here
from
from
the
town
of
ithaca
to
do
the
town
update
before
we
go
to
public
comment,
thanks
rod
for
joining
us.
Q
It
was
wonderful
to
sit
in
on
that
tribute,
so
very,
very
meaningful,
so
we're
gonna
make
sure
we
come
to
you
on
a
quarterly
basis
and
give
you
a
few
updates
bill.
Goodman
and
I
will
alternate,
but
if
there's
any
ever
time
in
between
that,
you
have
questions
for
us
and
want
us
to
come
and
say
some
remarks
or
update
you
on
something.
Please
just
let
us
know
that
you
know
you.
Hopefully
you
all
know
that
the
town
of
ithaca
is
celebrating
its
bicentennial
this
year,
which
means
you're.
Q
We
will
be
doing
some
initiatives,
probably
through
zoom,
so
we'll
make
sure
you
know
about
some
of
those
that
will
be
happening.
You
know
I'm
just
going
to
mention
a
few
things.
You
know,
I
think
much
of
what
I'm
going
to
just
quickly
mention,
because
I
know
you've
got
other
things
to
move
on
is
is
the
collaboration
that
does
exist
between
the
town
and
the
city
from
things
like.
You
know
we're
in
the
process
of
updating
our
telecommunications
law,
and
we
know
that
5g
is
going
to
be
in
the
background
of
that.
Q
So
we've
appreciated
that
there's
been
opportunities
to
do
some
learning
together
about
5g
and
we'll
continue
to
do
some
of
that.
I
think
that
you're
waiting
for
us
to
adopt
a
short-term
rental
law-
it's
it's
gone
on
much
longer
than
we
had
anticipated.
Q
Q
I
believe
that
there's
some
upcoming
presentations,
so
the
council
will
learn
more
about
community
choice,
aggregation
that
fits
in
squarely
with
green
new
deal.
It
has
all
to
do
with
energy
choice,
renewable
energy,
hopefully
getting
better
prices
for
energy.
I'm
spending
quite
a
bit
of
my
time
on
community
choice,
aggregation
because
we're
hoping
that
many
municipalities
in
the
county
will
decide
to
join
forces
and
focus
on.
Q
Q
We're
appreciative
that
now
we're
embarking
on
a
partnership
with
you
around
historic
preservation,
so
we've
contracted
for
some
of
brian
mccracken's
time
to
help
us
look
at
what
are
the
resources
in
the
town
that
we
want
to
protect
and
is?
Are
there
possibilities
for
joining
forces
with
your
landmarks
preservation?
Commission?
Q
So
we've
laid
out:
we've
worked
with
jenna
and
cornish
and
brian
to
lay
out
a
process
to
see
where
we
end
up.
We
don't
know
where
we're
going
to
end
up,
but
we're
excited
that
we're
going
to
be
looking
at
some
potential
collaboration
around
historic
preservation
bill
tells
me
that
so
we're
we're
starting
our
deer
management
program
again,
and
I
believe
that
there's
some
city
property
involved.
So
thank
you
for
being
a
part
of
that
deer
management
program
bill
and
I
will
be
meeting
with
dan
and
the
mayor.
Q
I
think,
sometime
toward
the
end
of
february,
it's
helpful
for
us
just
to
circle
around
just
a
heads
up
to
dan
and
the
mayor
that
I
think
we're
going
to
talk
about
that
gun
range
again.
So
you're
you're
forewarned
about
that.
We
do
have
two
board
members
who
will
be.
This
will
be
their
last
year,
they're
not
going
to
seek
reelection,
so
that's
tn
hunter
and
pat
leary.
Q
We
know
that
you're
gonna
have
some
of
your
own
new
members
on
council
so
and
that's
a
good
thing,
so
we're
we're
looking
forward
to
see
who
ends
up
on
town
board,
starting
in
2022
that
bridge
to
nowhere
gateway
trail.
So
we
have
put
out
to
bid
doing
some
work
down
in
that
area.
Q
R
I
didn't
I
didn't,
have
a
question,
but
I
just
I
wanted
to
thank
rod
for
his
role
in
pushing
for
the
community
choice.
Aggregation
he's
been
really
spearheading
that
effort
and
pulling
together
these
meetings
and
facilitating
them
and
and
just
to
reminder
to
folks
that
we
we
do
have
a
presentation
at
the
next
planning
committee
on
that
topic.
So
if,
if
anybody's
interested,
you
know
outside
of
the
planning
committee
members,
you
should
attend,
because
I
think
it
will
be
a
good
presentation
from
terry
carroll
from
cornell
cooperative
extension.
H
H
We
had
a
lovely,
very
safe,
socially
distanced,
hundredth
birthday
party
in
fall,
creek
and
rod
was
instrumental
in
doing
that.
He's
been
a
he's.
A
world
war
ii
veteran
a
pow-
was
a
volunteer
firefighter
for
many
years
and
it
was
nice
to
be
able
to
celebrate
that
with
the
support
of
our
police
and
fire
department.
So
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
and
do
that,
while
rod
was
still
here
because
I
know
that's
his
uncle.
C
E
George
thanks
cevante
rod.
I
know
the
town
decided
not
to
join
us
in
hiring
a
outside
person
to
study
5g.
Are
we
cooperating
in
any
way
with
the
town
in
an
ongoing
basis
on
that
on
that
topic,.
Q
Q
You
know
we
we
did
help
put
together
a
webinar
that
happened,
but
time
is
just
so
elusive
sometime
last
spring
or
summer,
that
there's
some
differences
in
the
ownership
of
roads
and
whatnot
and
right
of
ways
between
the
city
and
the
town.
But
we
certainly
look
forward
to
seeing
what
you
guys
come
up
with.
I
know
that
we've
shared,
I
believe
that
we've
shared
our
draft
revised
telecom
telecommunications
law.
So
it's
not
that
we're
not
still
sharing
information
and
trying
to
find
ways
to
collaborate.
Q
C
Okay,
take
care
thanks
for
joining
us
to
have
enough
meetings
of
your
own.
I
understand
great
so
now
we'll
move
to
public
comment
and
I'll
turn
over
to
julie
and
stan
will
operate.
The
public
comment.
C
A
Thank
you,
I
believe
our
first
speaker
tonight
is
patti
siegert.
S
S
S
S
S
S
P
Hello,
everybody
thank
you
for
letting
me
speak
tonight.
My
name
is
todd
brewer,
I'm
the
business
manager
for
the
international
brother,
electrical
workers,
local
241,
right
here
in
ithaca,
I
represent
over
250
members
and
their
families
of
the
250
members.
I
have
48
apprentices
working
while
they
learn
in
our
apprenticeship
program
at
no
cost
to
themselves
the
journeymen
and
our
contractors
foot
the
bill
for
their
training.
P
P
P
I
would
rather
aim
high
with
a
hundred
percent
local
labor
requirement
with
a
waiver.
If
there
is
no
lake,
if
there
is
no
local
labor
available
or
accessible
while
thirty
percent
is
a
good
attempt,
it
will
only
add
to
the
problem.
All
thirteen
trade
unions
have
in
recruiting
men
and
women
who
live
locally
and
depend
on
public
transportation
to
get
back
and
forth
to
work.
P
P
P
P
Then
all
the
women
sent
their
brock
as
the
vasino
group
representative
in
lieu
of
all
the
support
here
tonight,
asking
for
them
to
support
local
labor
language,
she
had
asked
him:
will
you
commit
to
paying
prevailing
wage
for
this
project?
And
the
representative
with
no
hesitation
said?
Yes,
he
never
said
for
part
of
the
project.
He
never
said.
Let
me
take
it
back
to
my
colleagues
and
get
back
with
an
answer.
He
simply
without
any
hesitation
said.
P
A
T
So
I
I
actually
had
julie
forward
to
everybody,
some
detailed
notes
and
I'm
not
going
to
get
into
all
the
detail
of
it.
I
just
wanted
to
speak
directly
to
you
and
get
the
gist
of
it
out
there.
So
I
ask
that
you
read
through
those
notes
and
answer
the
question
that
I
ask
on
them
and
you
can.
You
can
get
back
to
me
directly,
but
the
main
points
are
that
I
was
motivated
to
come
and
speak
tonight,
because
I
was
looking
at
the.
T
T
There
were
conversations
happening
about
how
the
you
know
how
the
how
that
project
was
going
to
impact
the
businesses,
and
you
know,
discussions
and
mitigation
and
working
together
from
the
get-go,
and
it's
not
ever
been
that
way
for
me,
and
so
I
I
created
this
laundry
list.
That's
in
these
notes
of
all
the
different
things
that
have
happened
and-
and
it's
not
like
anybody's
intentionally
trying
to
hurt
me-
and
it's
not
like
if
you
look
at
a
lot
of
them-
are
little
things
that
impact
me
on
a
daily
basis.
T
But
the
cumulative
impact
is
that
I'm
having
to
divert
all
this
attention
during
a
pandemic
to
just
protect
my
business
from
things
like
walkways,
being
blocked
and
noise,
making
it
difficult
to
communicate
with
customers
and
things
like
this,
and
so
it's
not
every
single
day.
And
it's
not
like
it's
keeping
me
from
functioning,
but
it's
happening
and
it's
hurting
my
business
and
it's
just
a
completely
different
experience
than
you're.
T
Seeing
with
the
with
what's
happened
with
the
cena
project,
and
so
I've
already
had
conversations
I've
already
reached
out
to
people,
and
I
really
appreciate
gary
and
joanne
and
jennifer
and
tom
met
with
me
last
week,
and
we
started
conversations
around
this.
But
it's
basically
there's
there's
two
goals
that
I
have
with
being
just
a
squeaky
wheel
about
this
one
is,
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we,
as
a
city,
are
protecting
our
small
businesses
during
development.
I
love
development.
T
I
think
it's
critically
important,
but
that
we're
making
sure
that
we're
not
just
dependent
on
landlords
protecting.
You
know
taking
their
tenants
and
the
adjacent
business
interests.
You
know
keeping
their
interests
at
heart
and
considering
that
proactively,
and
so
I
think
that
we
need
to
have
better
systems
to
make
sure
we're
holding
people
accountable
for
when
it
doesn't
happen.
Naturally,
and
the
other
thing
is
in
my
in
my
notes,
I
say
like
what
would
you
do
if
you
were
me,
what
would
you
do?
T
T
So
if
anybody
has
any
good
guidance
for
me
and
again,
I
appreciate
the
work
of
like
tom
and
others
at
the
city
to
help
me
with
this
and
just
sort
of
made
wanted
to
make
you
all
aware
that
this
is
still
going
on
thanks
for
listening,
I
appreciate
it.
A
C
Great
thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
so
move
to
privilege
of
the
floor.
In
response.
I
appreciate
that
the
folks
from
the
trades
who
are
here
to
speak
about
the
local
labor
requirement
that
is
gonna,
be
discussed
voted
on
later
on
the
agenda.
C
I
want
to
thank
to
tom
and
joanne
for
facilitating
those
meetings
with
gary,
with
deirdre,
with
todd
about
sunny
days,
make
sure
we're
supporting
them
as
best
we
can
as
they're.
You
know
ongoing
back
and
forth
with
their
landlord
any
privilege
of
the
floor
from
the.
C
C
And
that
carries
unanimously
so
go
now
to
4.1,
which
is
well
I'll
hand
it
over
to
the
city,
administration
committee,
chair,
dave,
molinov,
recognized,
travis
books
and
thank
him
for
being
here
to
discuss
this
topic.
If
there
are
any
questions.
H
Only
one
really
fast
one
travis,
sorry,
I
know
you've
been
waiting
and
then
we'll
get
them
we'll
get
to
the
big
one.
This
is
just
really
quickly
resolution
authorizing
amendments
to
healthcare,
flexible
spending
accounts.
H
H
If
you
have
a
balance
at
the
end
of
2021,
you
can
carry
it
forward
into
2022
that
employees
eligible
may
make
up
to
two
changes
in
their
plan
elections
at
any
time
in
2021
and
I'll
read
this
one
in
full,
because
this
is
where
the
changes
employees
participating
in
the
city's
dc
fsa
may
receive
reimbursement
for
the
care
of
dependent
children
up
to
age.
14
from
contributions
made
in
2020,
including
from
2020.
Contributions
that
are
carried
over
to
2021,
be
further
resolved.
H
That
the
mayor
director
of
human
resources
and
controller
shall
take
such
actions
as
they
deem
necessary
or
desirable
to
document
and
communicate,
or
to
cause
the
administrator
of
the
city's
plans
to
document
and
communicate.
The
amendments
to
employees
eligible
for
participation
in
the
plans
and
to
implement
foregoing
amendments
and
make
the
amended
plan
features
available
to
employees
as
promptly
as
practicable,
so
moved.
H
No
this
there
was
a
pair
of
these
that
we
did
at
city
administration.
It's
essentially
allowing
the
city
to
take
advantage
of
some
of
the
changes
that
were
made
at
the
federal
level,
and
we
pulled
that
off
because
the
aid
the
dependent
age
was
wrong.
So
there
shouldn't
be
a
lot
of
discussion
on
this
happy
to
take
questions.
Actually,
shelley
is
more
qualified
to
answer.
If
you
have
any
questions,
it's
just.
C
A
very
dangerous
thing
to
say
in
a
public
meeting,
but
there
shouldn't
be
questions.
That's
usually
that's
a
jinx.
We
will
be
here
till
3am
now,
no,
but
I
I
don't
see
any
questions.
So
all
those
in
favor
that
carries.
H
Okay,
now
we're
on
the
new
4.2,
formerly
4.1,
authorization
to
enter
into
an
agreement
with
the
reach
project,
to
establish
a
pilot
project
lead
program
within
the
city
of
ithaca,
whereas
in
2016
the
city
released
the
ithaca
plan
set
of
recommendations
to
address
the
opioid
crisis
and
substance
abuse
generally
within
the
city,
whereas
a
key
recommendation
included
establishing
a
local
law
enforcement,
assisted
diversion
lead
program
modeled
after
programs
like
the
lead
program
in
seattle,
intended
to
divert
people
convicted
of
jailable
offenses
to
substance,
abuse
treatment
and
whereas
the
city
and
other
stakeholders
have
worked
toward
the
goal
of
establishing
local
lead.
H
But
the
development
had
been
limited
by
funding
and
whereas
in
2020,
in
response
to
a
doj
grant
solicitation
the
reach
project,
an
ithaca-based,
non-profit
harm
reduction,
medical
practice
submitted
a
proposal
and
whereas
the
doj
selected,
the
city
of
ithaca's
proposal
providing
a
three-year
grant
for
a
total
amount
of
nine
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
the
city
in
the
reach.
Project
are
interested
in
establishing
a
lead
program,
pilot
project
and
whereas
the
purpose
of
lead
is
to
reduce
racial
disparities
among
individuals.
H
Now,
therefore,
be
it
resolved
that
the
council
supports
the
establishment
of
a
lead
program
and
the
partnership
within
the
reach
project
to
establish
program
services
and
be
it
further
resolved
that
the
mayor
upon
advice
of
the
controller
and
city
attorney
is
authorized
to
execute
documents
necessary
to
accept
and
facilitate
the
doj
grant.
Be
it
further
resolve
that
the
mayor
upon
advice
of
the
city
attorney
is
authorized
to
execute
a
funding
agreement
with
reach
to
memorialize
the
roles
and
responsibilities
with
respect
to
federal,
grant
and
lead
program.
C
Second,
second,
by
steve
smith,
discussion
questions.
H
H
This
is
exactly
the
kind
of
thing
that
I
think
that
group
has
been
consistently
working
towards,
and
I'm
just
so
happy
to
see
something
like
this,
and
I
will
let
travis
talk
about
all
the
excellent
work
that
he
did
in
in
securing
the
grant
and
and
what
the
next
steps
will
be
for
us
and
I'm
sure,
he'll
be
able
to
answer
all
your
questions.
C
U
I
I
think
we
covered
quite
a
bit
at
the
ca
meeting.
I
I
do
want
to
say
that
last
week
was
quite
a
busy
week.
The
chief
and
I
had
a
great
meeting
after
which
he
posted
the
two
lead
positions
to
ipd.
U
U
U
I
actually
did
meet
with
folks
from
children
and
family
services
or
family
and
children's
services
last
week
with
mike
ellis
and
talked
about
how
we
can
collaborate
with
the
outreach
program
and
in
our
work
in
silos
and
and
that
was
received.
Well,
we
actually
have
a
meeting
tomorrow
mike
I
and
and
the
two
outreach
workers,
so
we're
moving.
Moving
right
along
our
mou
has
been
ratified
and
signed,
and
you
know
where
we
are
really
close.
U
I
think
we're
looking
at
the
end
of
march
first
week
of
april
to
have
the
case.
Workers
start
so
right
now
reaches
putting
out
posts
to
hire
the
caseworkers.
We're
gonna
do
some
trainings
for
those
folks
and
for
the
officers,
so
we're
going
to
put
that
together.
But
it's
looking
really
good.
I'm
really
excited
about
where
we
are.
R
You
know
travis,
and
I
had
a
good
conversation
about
this
and
you
know
I
had.
I
had
some
concern.
Actually
he
brought
up
the
two
concerns
I
had
tonight,
just
making
sure
there's
no
real
conflict
with
our
current
programming
and
you
know
making
sure
that
there's
really
good
collaboration
with
family
and
children,
services
around
the
outreach
worker
and
also
making
sure
that
ibd
is
just
is
bought
into
the
program
and
it
sounds
like
travis
has
been
doing
some
really
good
work
to
set
that
up.
R
So
you
know
I'm
very
excited
to
see
this
moving
forward.
I
did
have
a
question
about.
I
know
that
we
had
budgeted
some
funding
for
this.
I
believe
it
was
in
the
neighborhood
of
100
000,
maybe
150
000,
and
then
we've
gotten
this
grant
is
the
is
the
grant
going
to
pay
for
the
entire
lead
program,
or
are
we
still
relying
on
the
money
that
we've
budgeted
and.
U
I
I
do
have
some
ideas
where
that
money
could
go,
and
I
I
work
at
an
agency
that
could
always
use
money.
The
the
program
is
this
in
year,
one
paid
for
itself,
so
everything
that
we
need
we
budgeted
for
in
the
year
one
budget.
What
will
change
in
year?
Two
and
three
is
what
goes
to
ipd
it'll,
be
less
because
we
anticipated
being
full
in
year,
one
right,
so
the
work
that
would
be
that
the
officers
would
need
to
do
to
bring
in
new
clients
would
be
minimal.
U
I
would
say,
probably
by
august,
we'll
have
40
folks
in
the
program
and
year
two
we
plan
to
bring
in
another
caseworker,
so
that
number
will
go
up,
but
I
would
say:
that's
in
year,
one
everything
is
is
paid
for
and
then
looking
at
the
exact
cost,
the
additional
cost
for
ipd
you
know
would
start
to
have
that
conversation
over
the
summer,
a
35
000
is
allocated
to
go
to
ipd,
but
there's
a
lot
of
upfront
trainings,
there's
getting
people
on
board
into
the
program,
so
that
will
change
but
year
one.
D
C
Those
funds
have
been
encumbered
ruled
over
year
to
year,
and
so
what
would
happen
now
is
they
get
unencumbered
and
at
the
end
of
the
budget
year,
steve
was
listening.
If
steve
wasn't
listening
when
he
said
those
funds
are
not
needed,
he
started
listening
and
he
could
roll
them
over
to
cover
any
accounts
that
go
go
over
budget
or
cover
revenue
lines
that
went
under.
V
Yeah
somebody
from
reach
is
on
the
tompkins
county
alternative
to
incarceration
committee
already,
so
I'm
assuming
that
that
will
be
the
mechanism
by
which
leed
would
be
represented
on
that
committee.
Is
that
right.
V
U
Yeah
reach
reach
it
it's
possible.
I
would
have
to
understand
a
little
more
about
the
committee,
but
reach
is
the
the
case
working
arm
of
of
of
lead,
so
it's
possible.
I
I
couldn't
give
you
that
answer
today.
V
I
guess
no
right,
I
probably
shouldn't
have
put
the
question
that
way.
I
guess
what
I
might
my
point
is
there
will
be.
There
will
be
a
representative
from
lead
on
the
alternative
to
incarceration
committee.
Is
that
right.
V
U
V
C
C
The
county
signed
on
to
our
lead
mou
so
too
has
the
district
attorney
and
a
couple
of
the
other
county
agencies
that
I
think
are
represented
on
the
the
ati
work
as
well.
So
I
think
there'll
be
quite
a
lot
of
cross
work
just
because.
V
W
W
I
did
have
one
question
that
came
out
of
the
ca
discussion
where
you
told
this
anecdote
about
how
a
seattle
officer
said
that
someone
will
commit
a
crime
in
front
of
of
them
to
get
into
the
program
without
maybe
curious
if
there
are
other
vectors
into
the
program
without
a
police
officer
being
a
gatekeeper.
U
So
some
some
municipalities,
some
lead
programs-
have
what
they
call
a
social
contact
referral
and
it's
still
through
the
the
pd
right.
But
this
you
don't
have
to
be
arrested.
So
one
of
the
conversations
that
we've
been
talking
about
in
the
pcg
and
in
the
clt
is
putting
together
the
ithaca
version
of
a
social
contact
referral.
U
So
one
of
the
cool
things
about
lead
is
you
have
the
standard
lead
model
that
you
follow
and
then
every
municipality
has?
I
guess
it's
like
when
you
buy
a
car
and
you
you,
you
get
options
added
to
the
car.
Every
municipality
can
add
some
options
and
and
have
some
some
design
changes
as
long
as
you
keep
true
to
the
fidelity
of
lead,
and
so
we
are
interested
in
a
social
justice.
I
mean
a
social
referral
program.
U
Actually,
at
the
last
pcg
meeting,
we
put
together
a
committee
to
look
at
that.
So
that
is
something
that
is
on
the
table
and
I
think
most
folks
in
the
pcg,
which
is
the
the
program
group
I
think
most
folks
are,
are
committed
to
the
idea
of
social
contact.
Referrals.
W
That's
great,
thank
you
and,
and
one
little
thing
have
you
recruited
the
members
of
the
faith,
the
name
of
it,
but
the
community
group
that
helps
coordinate
the
lead
program.
W
It's
up
here
to
the
clt,
but
it's
comprised
of
community
members.
I
can't
remember
the
opening,
oh,
that
is
the
clt
okay.
Thank
you.
D
Thanks
travis
again,
congratulations
and
thanks
for
moving
this
along.
It's
it's
really
part
of
reimagining,
policing
and
public
safety.
I
think
I
recall
in
the
discussion
we
had
a
ca,
so
you
have
two
offices,
but
the
plan
in
the
in
the
longer
term
is
to
expand
that
to
more
offices
or
how
you
know.
How
does
that
expansion
plan
work
for
the
for
the
years
ahead?.
U
Like
I
said
after
the
first
few
months,
your
program
is
going
to
be
full,
which
you,
which
you
may
realize-
and
this
is
something
that
we'll
have
to
see
after
year-
one
maybe
even
after
year.
Two
is
that
it's
it's
not
after
you
kind
of
look
at
the
the
the
degree
of
of
of
effort
that
it
takes
for
the
ipd
officers
to
recommend
lee
to
be
part
of
that
process.
U
You
may
end
up
training
more
officers
as
they
come
on
or
existing
officers
into
what
lead
is,
and
those
officers
may
be
able
to
make
recommendations
for
folks
to
get
into
lead,
but
you
still
would
have
the
two
primary
officers
that
would
attend
the
pcg
and
the
operational
work
group
meeting
and
would
be
the
primaries
for
lead.
But
that's
something
to
look
at
over
time.
I
do
believe
that
there
is
a
conversation.
U
Well,
I
know
there's
a
conversation
to
look
at
finding
funding
to
add
lead
into
the
lansing
area
where
the
shopping
center
is
that's
a
an
area
that
makes
sense,
but
that
wouldn't
be
part
of
this
budget,
and
nor
would
it
be
the
responsibility,
obviously,
of
ipd
to
bring
people,
and
that
would
be
a
collaborative
effort
with
the
sheriff's
department.
U
So
really
just
have
to
look
at
year
one
and
see
how
that
goes
and
how
much
time
it
takes
for
officers
and
looking
at
the
the
possibilities
of
bringing
others
in
to
recommend
folks
from
lead.
But
I
believe,
over
a
period
of
time
I
would
say,
by
the
time
we're
closing
out
on
year,
three
we
may
be
looking
and
be
ready
for
the
model.
That's
used
now
in
seattle,
where
officers
by
arrest
aren't
putting
people
into
lead
officers
just
through
social
contact
referrals
are
putting
people
into
lead.
U
I
think
that's
where
we
would
like
to
go
at
some
point
in
time.
Ipd
still
participates
and
is
still
a
huge
piece
of
the
program,
but
we
move
away
from
being
arrested
first,
and
so,
if,
if
I
was
somebody
that
was
a
busybody
on
the
commons,
for
example,
and
ducks
and
was
an
officer
elite
officer,
he
would
come
to
the
group
and
say:
hey
look,
you
know,
I've
noticed
travis
in
certain
areas
certain
times
of
the
day
around
certain
people.
U
More
more
often,
you
know
I
do
think
he
would
be
a
good
candidate
for
lead.
Here's
why
these
are
some
of
the
things
that
we're
noticing
and
ducks
and
could
make
that
contact
for
me
in
the
in
the
league
group.
The
caseworkers
before
I
actually
get
caught
committing
a
crime,
or
maybe
I
don't
even
commit
ever
commit
a
crime.
I'm
just
you
know
involved
in
and
around.
So
that's
that's
where
you
get
to
and
you
don't
have
to
wait
for
an
arrest
to
be
made.
C
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
travis,
thank
you
to
dr
waldman
and
amy,
and
everybody
at
reach
who's.
Helping
us
do
this
work,
it's
truly
very
exciting.
Thank
you.
Chief
mayor
and
men
and
women
of
ipd
have
already
stepped
up
to
participate.
U
Yeah
that
was
exciting
I
was
I
was.
I
was
shocked
how
fast
it
was.
I
wasn't
shocked
that
we
had
officers.
I
want
to
be
part
of
it.
I
knew
that
would
eventually
happen,
but
just
in
the
speed
I
was
great,
I
was
surprised
in
a
good
way.
So
it's
it's
exciting,
because
once
you
once
you
have
officers
moving
that
fast
to
be
part
of
something,
then
you
know
you
have
people
that
really
want
to
be.
You
know
part
of
it
and
see
the
potential
of
it.
So
it's
exciting.
C
I
C
S
H
4.3
now
yeah.
This
is
a
resolution
to
approve
various
agreements.
Whereas
city
harbor,
llc
new
york,
limited
liability
company
is
the
owner
of
property
located
at
101,
pier
road
in
the
city
designated
as
tax
parcel,
1711.3
city,
harbor
property
and
whereas
the
guthrie
clinic
a
pennsylvania.
Nonprofit
corporation
is
the
owner
of
real
property
located
at
that
address.
H
And
whereas
in
august
sjc
adopted
a
resolution
recommending
that
the
municipalities
enter
into
an
agreement
with
city
harbor,
allowing
use
of
facility
effluent
to
heat
and
cool,
a
development
on
city,
harbor
property
pursuant
to
terms
and
conditions.
And
such
effluent
is
also
proposed
to
be
used
to
heat
and
cool
a
development
on
guthrie
property.
H
H
And
so
I
will
s
pop
down
to
the
resolve
that,
subject
to
the
approval
of
the
city,
attorney
and
subject
permissive
referendum
as
permitted
by
law
for
the
approval
of
the
easement
termination
and
relocation
agreement
that
the
common
council
approve
the
following
agreements
and
authorize
their
execution
by
the
mayor
and
there's
those
same
four
agreements
contingent
upon
all
municipalities,
approving
each
agreement
and
on
all
such
approvals
becoming
effective
and
be
it
further
resolved
that
the
four
agreements
shall
be
finalized.
So
the
effective
date
for
those
four
occur
simultaneously
so
moved.
H
No,
I
I
feel
like
this
is
cynthia's
moment
in
the
sun
here
she
worked
hard
to
make
this
happen.
So
if
you
wanted
to
take
to
field
questions,
you're
able
to
do
so,
I
don't
know
if
anyone
has
any
questions.
This
is
pretty
cool
and
pretty
trailblazing
and
something
that
we
hope,
maybe
other
cities
take.
A
look
at
this
kind
of
partnership
is
really
neat
and
certainly
goes
in
accordance
with
our
green
new
deal
and
some
other
climate
focused
initiatives
in
the
city.
H
C
Yeah
cynthia,
would
you
like
to
anything
to
have.
G
Yeah
this
is
this
is
pretty
groundbreaking
and
innovative.
The
city,
harbor
and
guthrie
properties
are
immediately
adjacent
to
our
jointly
owned
wastewater
treatment
plant
and
the
effluent
pipe
runs
through
the
city,
harbor
property,
and
that
pipe
contains
a
tremendous
amount
of
energy,
basically
comprised
of
the
volume
of
effluent,
water
and
the
temperature
of
the
water.
G
And
so
you
know
what
really
just
came
out
of
sort
of
a
casual
conversation
as
we
were
talking
about
boating-
and
I
just
mentioned
that-
wouldn't
it
be
great
if
somebody
could
take
use,
make
use
of
this
energy
and
and
turn
it
into
a
benefit
for
a
project,
and
out
of
that
conversation
was
basically
three
years
of
conversation
to
to
put
into
place
all
the
pieces
needed
to
make
it
happen.
G
So,
city,
harbor
and
guthrie
we're
basically
going
to
tap
into
the
effluent
pipe
in
a
closed
system.
Take
the
energy
out
of
that
the
water
to
heat
and
cool,
both
all
phases
of
the
city
harbor
project,
but
as
well
as
the
the
guthrie
medical
center
based
on
the
preliminary
numbers.
G
Just
as
a
matter
of
comparison.
If
we
were
to
compare
it
to
the
most
efficient
off-the-shelf
system,
like
an
an
air
source
heat
system
and
and
compare
the
energy
from
an
air
source
heat
system
to
an
effluent
source
heat
system,
the
project
will
essentially
save
1
360
megawatt
hours
annually
of
energy.
G
G
E
O
Yes,
we
are
actually,
I
believe,
conrad
white
and
I
think
leslie
spurgeon
should
be
joining
us.
I.
H
O
X
So
good
evening,
thank
you
guys
for
allowing
us
to
present
to
you.
I
know
this
is
a
little
out
of
the
ordinary
in
terms
of
our
timing,
but
I
do
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
come
before
you
guys
before
the
entire
board.
To
present
our
report,
I
thought
leslie
would
have
been
in
already
so
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
get
started.
So
I
don't
know
if
steve
has
had
a
chance
to
to
present
to
you
our
full
package.
What.
Y
X
O
Yeah,
I
don't
know
that
they,
let
me
make
sure,
let
me
send
that
to
you
now
sorry.
This
is
all
last
minute,
so.
H
Y
Z
Conrad,
yes,
were
you
able
to
share
your
screen?
Oh
I'm
sorry.
Z
Z
All
right,
so
you
left
off
at
the
gas
report.
Yes,
okay,
all
right.
So
the
next
thing
on
the
list
is
the
single
audit
report,
and
this
is
the
report
on
federal
compliance
over
each
major
program
that
we
tested
and
we
had
no
findings
as
a
result
of
that
portion
of
the
audit
and,
as
you
can
see
there,
you
spent
almost
four
four
million
dollars
of
federal
federal
dollars
this
in
2019
and
what
we
tested
was
the
cdbg
grant,
as
well
as
the
the
march
of
silly
programs,
the
highway
the
highway
cluster.
Z
Z
So
what's
in
this,
let's
the
same
letter,
you
know
that
we
give
you
every
year,
sometimes
under
accounting
practices.
We
have
new
accounting
pronouncements
that
were
implemented.
Z
Z
The
other
post-employment
benefits
liability,
which
is
your
retiree
health
insurance,
which
is
valued
by
an
actuary.
So
there's
a
lot
of
estimates
and
assumptions
that
go
into
into
that
calculation
and
your
proportionate
share
of
the
pension
obligations,
which
also
is
actually
determined
and
includes
a
lot
of
assumptions
and
estimates
and
finally
compensated
absences
which
is
based
on
the
number
of
days
accumulated,
and
you
know
times
the
rate.
Z
There
are
also
some
footnote
disclosures
that
you
might
want
to
take
a
look
at
and
they
are
related
to
capital
assets,
the
pension
obligations
short
long-term
debt
and
the
retiree
health
insurance,
as
well
as
fund
equity.
So
the
fund
equity
footnote
just
goes
through
the
various
funds
and
highlights
all
the
detail
of
what
is
in
in
the
fund
balance
accounts.
Z
There
were
no
significant
difficulties
in
dealing
with
management,
and
I
want
to
take
this
time
to
thank
steve
and
scott
and
all
the
staff
and
and
people
that
we
worked
with
at
the
city
for
all
their
help
during
the
audit.
This
was
an
unusual
year
given
covid,
so
you
know
we
weren't
on
site
as
much.
So
there
was
a
lot
of
uploading
to
our
portal
documents
scanning
and
that
sort
of
thing,
so
we
appreciate
all
that
effort,
no
corrected
or
uncorrected
misstatements
that
we
need
to
disclose.
Z
That's
one
thing:
we
don't
usually
have
very
many
if
any
adjustments
during
the
audit,
no
disagreements
with
management
management
representations
by
the
time
we're
finished
steve
will
have
signed
a
letter
to
us
basically
saying
that
we
had
everything
that
we
needed.
Nothing
was
hidden
from
us
or
anything
that
would
change
our
opinion
on
the
financial
statements.
Z
There
were
no
consultations
with
other
accountants,
and
this
last
section
just
really
talks
about
our
responsibility.
You
can
go
down
conrad
our
responsibility
with
the
required
supplementary
information,
the
first
paragraph
there
we
don't
actually
put
an
opinion
on
the
required
supplementary
information.
In
the
first
paragraph.
Z
You
know
we
do
look
at
it
to
make
sure
that
it's
reasonable
and
for
the
supplementary
information.
In
the
second
paragraph,
we
audit
that,
in
in
relation
to
the
financial
statements
as
a
whole,
so
that's
the
communication
letter
and
then
finally,
the
comment
letter.
So
if
you
could
get
that
up
conrad,
that
would
be
great.
Z
This
letter
is
basically
the
same
as
it's
been
in
the
past.
You
can
keep
going.
Z
There
you
go
thanks,
so
we're
still
carrying
this
material
weakness
about
the
pr
capital
project
accounting.
So
this
is
something
that
you
have
been
working
on
for
a
while
and
getting
everything
in
munis.
It
is
a
large
task
and
I
think
we
need
to
change
the
date
on
that,
because
I'm
looking
at
it
and
it's
saying
that
it's
going
to
be
done
in
2020
and
we're
here.
We
are
in
2021,
so
we'll
we'll
update
that
year,
and
I
think
we
did
that
on
another
one
too,
that
we
have
to
update
fixed
asset
accounting.
Z
So
so
that's
we're
considering
that
a
material
weakness,
because
it
can
cause
material
and
statements
to
the
financial
statements,
the
other
items
we
don't
feel
rise
to
the
same
level,
but
we
still
want
to
bring
it
to
your
attention
so
that
first
one
is
the
fixed
asset
accounting
right
now,
all
the
fixed
asset
accounting
is
done
on
a
spreadsheet.
Z
The
spreadsheet
is
okay,
but
it
does
incorporate,
can
incorporate
some
errors,
so
it
would
be
better
done
in
the
software
itself,
which
munis
does
have
the
capability
to
do
so.
That's
still
a
work
in
progress
and
then
the
physical
inventory.
This
is
the
other
one
that
I
saw
that
we
have
to
change
to
20.
well
2021,
if,
if
you
still
intend
to
do
that,
I
know
that
I
don't
know
how
much
that
cost
steve.
But
I
don't
know
if
that's
something
that
you're
going
to
be
able
to
do
in
2021
or
not
yeah.
Z
All
right,
then,
we
should
put
2022
in
this
current
status:
okay,
okay
and
that-
and
that
is
it
for
the
comment
letter.
So
when
we
looked
at
all
of
the
you
know
the
receipt
transactions
and
and
the
disbursement
transactions
payroll
transactions
when
he
did
our
walkthroughs,
we
didn't
have
any
issues
with
any
of
that.
So
that
means
that
you
know
we
think
at
least
from
what
we
observed.
Z
We
believe
that
your
internal
controls
are
working
properly,
so
we
just
have
these
these
other
matters
that
we
talked
about
in
the
comment
letter
for
you
to
work
on.
Z
Well,
if
there
are
no
questions,
then
I'll
turn
it
over
to
conrad
and
he
can
go
through
some
of
the
numbers
for
you.
Y
All
right,
thank
you,
leslie.
So
we'll
start
on
page
two
of
the
executive
summary,
and
I
will
be
speaking
from
this
executive
summary
not
from
the
entire
financial
report.
This
deals
more
with
default.
Your
funds,
while
the
full
report
deals
with
your
government-wide
statements
as
well.
So
as
we
look
at
the
general
fund
for
2019,
what
we
did
see
was,
overall,
your
assets
did
it.
Y
I'm
sorry
did
increase
over
your
prior
year
by
about
27
to
28
a
large
increase,
a
large
amount
of
that
had
to
do
with
your
unrestricted
cash.
There
was
a
47
mil
37
percent
increase
in
that
some
3.7
million
dollars
that
also
included
in
that
increase
was
about
a
400
000
dollar
increase
in
your
other
receivables,
as
so
as
well
as
about
10
increase
in
your
due
from
all
their
governments.
Now
these
are
amounts
that
were
due
from
both
mainly
from
tompkins
county,
as
well
as
the
town
of
ithaca.
Y
As
we
go
down
a
little
farther
on
your
on
the
other
side,
we
do
have
your
accounts
payable
over
all
your
account,
your
liabilities,
your
accounts
payable,
did
decrease
by
about
34.
Y
That
was
that
was
different
from
the
20
increase
that
you
would
see
from
2017
to
2018.
your
biggest
driver,
however,
on
your
liability
side
was
the
due
to
other
funds.
This
increased
over
100
percent
and
your
biggest
funds
that
you
have
amounts
due
to
are
your
sidewalks,
your
sidewalk
fund,
your
water
fund,
as
well
as
your
sewer
fund?
Y
Also,
we
did
see
an
increase
in
the
due
to
other
governments,
but
that's
mainly
amounts
that
are
due
to
the
school
district
in
the
city
school
district.
As
we
go
down
a
little
farther.
We
have
some
unearned
revenue
that
really
didn't
have
as
much
of
an
increase
this
year,
but
that
is
compared
to
a
decrease
of
oh
17
from
the
prior
year,
which
was
724,
724
thousand
dollars
down
to
six
hundred
and
two
thousand
dollars
getting
into
your
fund
balances
for
your
general
fund.
The
first
category
we
have
is
your
non-spendable.
Y
Y
As
we
go
down,
we
do
have
the
capital
reserve,
which
stands
at
about
363
000,
and
then
we
get
into
your
assigned
amounts
so
that
in
including
things
such
as
the
amount
that
are
appropriated
for
next
year's
budget
of
684
000,
you
encumbered
about
1
million
dollars
this
year
compared
to
about
627
000.
Your
workers
comp
stayed
the
same,
your
insurance
slightly
increased
and
then
we
also
include
in
the
assigned
fund
balance
the
amount
that
is
due
from
the
the
deficit
that
we
have
been
tracking
into
representing
garbage
funds.
Y
Y
Your
drivers,
as
would
be
expected,
would
be
your
real
property
taxes
and
your
sales
tax,
both
in
total,
took
up
about
65
of
your
total
revenues
for
for
the
year
and
they
both
did
increase
over
the
prior
year.
So
your
real
property
taxes
taxes
increased
by
about
2.3
percent,
while
your
sales
tax
increased
by
about
three
percent,
the
biggest
increase
percentage-wise
we
saw
was
your
departmental
income,
and
I
believe
that
has
something
to
do
with
your
fire
protection
services,
revenue
that
increases
some
15
and
that
itself
is
the
third
largest
driver
of
your
revenues.
Y
As
we
go
down,
we
see
the
other
items
have
really
stayed
similar.
There
are
some
smaller
amounts
that
did
change
quite
a
bit,
but
not
really
anything
that
drove
your
overall
revenues,
which
we
did
see
an
increase
of
about
2.5
million
dollars
or
4.4,
going
down
to
your
expenditures,
your
expenditures
overall
increase
3.1.
Y
So
between
your
revenues
and
expenditures,
you
saw
a
greater
increase
in
your
revenues
than
you
did
over
your
expenditures.
Over
the
prior
year,
which
is
good
to
see
your
biggest
your
biggest
expenditure
line
item
that
we
do
have
is
your
employee
benefits
that
represents
about
30
of
your
total
expenditures
for
the
entire
year.
Y
Y
So
overall,
your
ex
you
did
have
an
excess
of
your
revenues
over
your
expenditures
of
about
1.4
million
dollars
that
brought
your
ending
fund
balance
within
the
general
fund
to
10.6
billion
now
going
forward.
We
do.
We
do
include
a
a
comparison
of
your
budget
to
your
actual
amounts
on
a
yearly
basis.
So
for
your
revenues.
Overall,
you
had
a
you,
had
a
positive
variance
of
1.2
million
dollars,
saying
you
brought
in
more
money
than
you
had
expected
to
for
your
through
your
budget.
Y
On
the
other
side,
through
your
expenses,
you
budgeted
for
61
million
dollars
worth
of
expenses,
but
you
only
including
your
your
actual
expenditures,
as
well
as
the
amounts
that
we're
coming
for.
You
are.
Actually
you
have
a
positive
variance
of
about
705,
000,
so
versus
the
budget.
You
did
better
than
expected
expected.
Y
As
you
can
see
in
2018,
we
you
did
have,
you
did
also
have
a
positive
variance,
but
not
as
big
as
you
did
in
2019.
You
only
had
about
57
000
under
budget
as
we
go
forward.
We'll
take
a
look
at
the
water
fund
next
now.
Overall,
your
your
assets
did
also
increase
in
your
water
fund
by
about
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
little
less
than
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
or
about
four
percent
of
your.
Z
Yes,
excuse
me:
can
you
sorry
page
down.
Y
So
some
of
the
highlights
that
we
have
in
the
water
fund
are:
there
was
no
unrestricted
cash
for
the
year.
There
was
a
overdraft
that
we
actually
put
into
the
accounts
payable
line
item,
which
is
why
you
see
such
a
increase
in
your
accounts
payable
lineup.
What
was
left
in
the
cash
line
item
was
the
amounts
that
were
restricted
for
your
capital
reserves.
Y
What
we
also
did
see
was
an
increase
in
the
amounts
that
are
due
from
other
funds.
We
have
amounts
that
are
due
for
both
the
general
fund
and
the
and
the
capital
and
the
capital
projects
fund
also
included.
We
have
some
other
receivables
which
increase
over
the
prior
year
by
about
seven
percent,
and
that
has
to
do
with
the
water
rents,
as
as
the
charges
were
increased
over
from
2018
to
2019.
Y
as
we
go
below
the
liabilities,
data
did
increase
as
well
over
the
prior
year
by
about
46,
which
is
less
than
the
92
that
it
increased
from
2017
to
2018..
Z
Y
Overall,
there
was
also
an
increase
here
of
about
seven
hundred
thousand
dollars
from
2018
to
2019,
with
your
which,
with
your
biggest
driver,
being
your
departmental
income,
which
includes
your
water
meter
sales.
This
accounts
for
roughly
90
99
of
your
total
revenue
within
within
the
waterfront
and
it
increased
to
11
over
the
prior
year
and
once
again,
that
has
to
do
with
the
increase
in
charge
in
charges
for
the
year
going
down.
Taking
a
look
at
your
expenditures,
your
expenditures
did
increase
to
6.3
million
dollars
the
biggest
driver,
the
biggest
line
item
we
have.
Z
And
I
should
say
so
that
that
loss
is
actually
less
than
what
you
had
appropriated
for
2019..
You
had
appropriated,
328
000.,
so
you
actually,
you
know,
would
have
had
a
loss
of
328
000
if
you
had
been
right
on
your
budget.
So
this
is
an
improvement
over
your
budget.
Z
Y
Going
down
to
your
sewer
fund,
your
sewer
fund,
we
also
did
see
a
slight
increase
in
your
total
assets.
A
lot
of
the
what
we
saw
was
your
cash
increasing
slightly,
as
well
as
your
amounts
that
are
due
from
other
funds
increasing
as
well,
and
that's
the
same
as
the
water
fund.
These
are
amounts
that
are
due
from
the
both
the
general
fund
and
the
capital
fund,
the
general
fund.
Y
Oh,
I
was
about
one
million
dollars
in
amounts
due
to
the
water,
the
sewer
fund
and
the
capital
projects
fund
had
about
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
amounts
due
to
the
to
the
sewer
fund.
Your
other
receivables
did
increase
as
well.
These
are
all
basically
your
sewer
rents.
There
was
no
real
difference
or
real
chain
significant
change.
From
prior
year.
There
was
not
a
rate
change,
including
sewer
compared
to
the
water,
like
we
saw
in
the
water
as
we
go
below
we'll.
Y
Take
a
look
at
your
liabilities,
a
lot
of
your
liabilities,
your
liabilities
overall
went
down,
and
that
is
really
due
to
the
amounts
that
were
settled
up
with
other
funds
for
your
due
to
other
funds.
Y
That
was,
I
believe,
that
was
with
the
capital
fund.
There
were
amounts
of
sets
settled
up
between
those
two
funds,
specifically
as
we
go
a
little
further
down.
We
have
this
amount,
which
is
unavailable
revenue,
including
in
our
deferred,
for
different
inflows
of
resources.
That
is,
amounts
that
we
have
that
were
deferred.
Y
Y
Really
what
we
see
there
has
an
effect
on
your
total
revenues
for
the
year
as
you
go
below
your
expenditures.
Once
again,
the
line
item
of
fullman
community
services
takes
up
the
major
portion
which
takes
up
about
62
and
there
we
saw
an
increase
of
about
99
this
year
and
that
had
a
lot
to
do
with
stewards,
treatment
and
disposal.
There
were
some
increased
expenditures
in
those
line
items
in
those
accounts
that
we
that
we
saw
overall
for
the
account
overall,
your
expenditures
did
increase
by
six
percent.
Y
Y
So
what
we
have
in
the
assets
of
about
91
thousand
dollars
does
not
really.
It
really
does
not
include
any
cash
whatsoever,
so
there
was
no
significant
change
compared
to
your
other
funds,
but
we
did
see
some
change
in
your
due
from
other
funds
of
about
25
25
million
dollars
over
the
your.
Once
again,
your
accounts
payable
slash
over
fund
overdraft
is
really
your
negative
cash
and
that
heads
did
decrease
from
the
prior
year.
Y
Up
by
about
12,
you
had
been
carrying
a
balance
in
the
last
two
years:
18
and
17
of
north
of
400
000,
so
that
is
decreasing
and
your
due
to
other
funds
actually
increase.
I
think
general
fund
had
some
47
000
of
that
total
balance.
Once
again,
we
get
into
your
fund
balance
accounts
and
like
as
we
as
I
stated
before,
this
amount
is
what
we
assigned
for
in
your
this
amount
of
383
000
is
what
we
assign
for
in
your
jet
in
the
general
fund.
Y
Now,
on
the
revenue
and
expenditure
side,
we
see
your
main
driver
once
again
is
your
collection
fees,
your
collection
fees
increase
by
25
over
your
prior
year.
So
to
give
you
535,
I
don't
think
it's
been
years
since
about
2014
since
you've
been
over
to
over
500
000
in
terms
of
collection
fees
for
for
the
city.
Y
So
as
we
go
down
the
expanded
on
the
expenditure
side,
so
overall
revenues
did
increase
by
about
25
and
your
expenditures
actually
only
increased
by
about
five
percent.
So
we
did
see
a
major
increase
of
your
revenues
over
your
expenditures
in
turn,
in
in
terms
of
a
year
over
year,
balance
your
home
and
community
service.
Once
again,
was
your
biggest
driver
at
about
394,
really
not
that
much
different
from
your
384
thousand
dollar
balance
in
the
prior
year.
Y
Z
Sorry
yeah,
I
don't
have
anything
to
add
on
that.
G
Sorry,
it
took
me
a
second
to
to
unmute.
Thank
you
for
the
presentation.
I
really
appreciate
you
walking
us
through
this.
Thank
you
also
steve
for
sharing
all
the
documents
with
us.
Obviously,
we
haven't
had
a
chance
to
look
at
it
or
digest
it,
so
it
is
a
lot
to
receive
all
at
once.
G
I
just
wanted
to
go
back
to,
I
believe,
page,
three
of
the
the
executive
summary
and
conrad.
You
were
looking
at
the
cash
and
cash
equivalency
unrestricted
where
it
jumped
from
6.9
to
10.2.
G
Yes,
so
it's
page
three
of
the
pdf
general
fund,
and
so
you
know,
obviously
we
have
this
interfund
transfer
of
a
little
bit
over
2
million
dollars.
You
had
associated
that
with
the
sidewalk
fee.
Steve
am
I
remembering
this
correctly.
G
This
is
in
part
part
of
the
stormwater
fee,
and
we
had
planned
then
into
in
2020
to
hire
a
an
additional
streets
crew,
and
so
would
you
associate
this
with
with
that
fund
rather
than
sidewalk
I
mean,
I
would
think
that
sidewalk
we
would
tend
to
encumber
those
funds
as
they
come
in
immediately.
There
wouldn't
have
been
a
lag
because
we
contract
that
out,
but
there
had
been
a
plan
associated
with
the
increase
in
storm
water
fees
for
commercial
properties,
then
with
a
hiring
of
a
crew.
O
Yeah,
well,
actually
I
mean
it's
a
combination
of
things.
Sidewalk
has
a
lot
to
do
with
it.
We
wouldn't
cover
those
funds
until
we
have
the
actual
contract
in
place
and
a
lot
of
it
has
to
do
with
the
timing
of
expenses,
especially
in
in
sidewalk,
in
storm
water
as
well.
G
D
Thanks
I,
this
probably
is
a
question
for
steve
rather
than
auditors,
so
I'm
looking
at
page
four
of
the
pdf.
This
is
the
general
fund,
the
fund
balance.
So
at
the
end
of
2019
I
mean
that
went
up
quite
a
bit
nearly
1.4
million
dollars.
So
I
I'm
assuming
that
we've
dipped
into
that
for
2020,
but
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of
question
that,
because
obviously
every
budget
is
a
challenge.
D
When
I
see
that
fund
balance
increasing-
and
I
know
you-
you
have
a
percentage
there,
but
I'm
just
I'm
surprised
that
it
went
up
by
that
much
I
guess
in
2019.
So
can
you
just
comment
on
that
steve
in
terms
of
the
level
that
we
should
be
looking
at?
In
terms
of
you
know,
I
know
you
have
to
cover
cash
flow
and
stuff
like
that.
O
Yeah
sure
that's
that's
fine
yeah!
So,
as
I've
mentioned
before
we
had
a
very
good
2019
and
going
into
2020,
we
were
very,
I
mean
much
stronger
financially
than
we
had
been
previously.
O
I
mean
you
can
see
our
fund
balance
growing
a
bit,
but
last
year
it
grew
more
than
normal
because
of
a
number
of
factors
but
including
you
know,
we
had
increases
in
mortgage
tax
and
sales
tax
and
some
expenses
that
were
under
budget,
but
going
into
2020.
We
were
much
stronger
than
we
had
anticipated,
and
that
was
a
good
thing,
because
we're
going
to
need
that
as
2020
activity
will
be
much
weaker
than
we
anticipated.
O
So
if
you
take
the
two
years,
they're
gonna,
I
don't
think
our
deficit
for
2020,
which
we
don't
have
officially
finalized
yet,
but
it
won't
be
quite
as
big
as
that.
A
million
four
increase
that
we
saw
in
2019
but
certainly
will
be
significantly
a
significant
deficit
that
will
not
totally
wipe
out
the
two
years,
but
we'll
be
close.
O
Yeah,
it
is
unfortunate
but,
like
like
I've
said
before
we're,
we
were,
we
were
pretty
in
good,
really
decent
shape
coming
into
2020,
and
our
first
quarter
was
actually
very
good
related
to
sales
tax
and
then,
of
course,
covet
impacts
have
really
made
a
difference.
There.
Z
You
know
when
I
look
at
this.
I
see
you're
unassigned
at
five
five
million
and,
if
you
add
the
encumbrances,
because
the
encumbrances
of
a
million
there
are
going
to
be
used
for
the
the
subsequent
year's
budget,
you're
talking
about
approximately
10
of
your
expenses
that
you
had
so
in
funds
available
to
you
that
aren't
earmarked
that's
about
10
of
your
of
your
budget,
which
is
not,
I
mean
it's
it's
fairly
healthy,
but
it's
not
overly.
I
don't
think
it's
it's
too
much
and
gfoa
recommends
the
government
finance
officers.
Z
Association
recommends
about
15,
so
I
don't
think
you
were
carrying
a
hefty
fund
balance
at
the
end
of
19.
O
No,
in
fact,
we
were
just
recently
re-rated
by
moody's
for
our
bond
issuance
coming
up
in
february,
and
one
of
the
things
they
mentioned,
and
they
had
they
had
2019
data
is
that
our
reserves
are
not
high
enough.
So
those
are
the
concerns
that
they
continue
to
have.
So,
even
though
we
had
a
very
good
year
in
2019,
it's
still
not
putting
us
into
it
keeps
us
where
we
are,
but
it's
not
getting
us
into.
You
know
elite
category
as
far
as
finances
are
concerned,.
Z
G
Thank
you,
so
you,
obviously
here
we
have
the
general
fund.
We
have
the
water
fund,
the
sewer
fund
and
the
solid
waste
fund.
Will
we
receive
an
audit
at
some
point
with
regards
to
the
sidewalk
fund
and
the
stormwater
fund.
Z
O
O
Z
C
Water
yeah,
I
guess
I'd,
ask
if
there
are
any
direct
questions.
Is
it's
we're
getting
on
we're
about
two
and
a
half
hours
into
the
meeting
and
and
quite
a
few
items
left
on
the
agenda?
Okay,.
C
So
as
if
there's
any
direct
questions
about
the
audit
before
we
move
to
vote.
O
C
Yeah
and
it
comes
on
the
heel
of
many
years
of
sound
financial,
not
just
stewardship
from
steve's
office,
but
of
sound
financial
reporting.
I
mean
not
an
after
audit
of
of
doing
a
good
job.
G
G
Z
Will
I
don't
expect
any
major
changes
by
any
means,
but
it
it
has
to
go
through
proofing
and
second
partner
review,
so
there
there
will
probably
be
tweaks
to
it
as
a
result
of
that
review.
C
Okay,
would
anyone
like
to
move
the
auto
move
by
deb?
Is
there
a
second
second
bite
duck
all
those
in
favor.
C
O
Z
C
Thanks
next
is
reporter
city
controller.
O
Okay,
well,
thanks
and
again,
I
apologize
for
the
late,
the
timeliness
of
that
it's
it's
part
of
our
ongoing
environment
that
we're
working
with
now
it's
it's
been
super
crazy,
but
I'll,
be
quick,
we're
working
on
2020
year-end
activity
and
opening
2021,
so
we're
very
busy
with
all
of
that
activity.
Just
a
few
updates
for
you,
we're
working
with
fema
on
a
application
for
reimbursement
of
some
eligible
expenses.
O
I'll
have
more
on
that
as
we
work
through
that
process,
but
we're
kind
of
just
in
the
early
stages
of
that,
so
hopefully
we'll
get
some
partial
reimbursement
for
some
of
our
expenses
that
we
had
related
to
covid.
In
addition,
the
sales
tax,
our
sales
tax
for
2020-
we
still
have
one
payment
left.
We
are
currently
estimating
that
we
will
collect
around
13
million
265
000
for
2020.
O
This
would
be
off
budget
by
about
2
million
350
000
from
our
original
2020
budget.
For
comparison
sakes,
we
collected
15
million
472
thousand
dollars
in
2019.
So,
as
I
mentioned,
we
were
off
to
a
great
start
in
2020
with
sales
tax
revenues
and
covid
really
impacted
those
numbers
as
we
move
throughout
2020.
O
Now
that
the
students
are
returning
and
lower
covet
cases
and
the
vaccine
is
starting
to
get
allocated,
hopefully
eventually
we'll
see
some
improvements
in
our
2021
sales
tax
collections,
2020
numbers
are
still
very
preliminary.
We
will
definitely
see
a
deficit
and
activity,
as
I
mentioned
before.
It
probably
won't
be
in
the
neighborhood
of
a
million
four
hundred
thousand,
as
we
saw
with
2019
positive
numbers,
but
it
will
be,
it
could
be
in
the
area
of
800
900
000
deficits.
O
We
had
mixed
news
from
our
state
aid
payments
that
we
received
from
new
york
state.
We
annually
received
about
two
million
six
hundred
and
ten
thousand
dollars
from
them
for
general
state
aid
in
2020
they
withheld
20
percent.
We
have
been
just
notified
that
the
state
had
has
done
a
little
better
than
anticipated
in
their
financial
activity
recently,
and
they
will
be
returning
to
us
in
the
first
quarter
of
2021
about
391
thousand
dollars.
O
So,
instead
of
taking
20
percent
of
our
activity,
it
looks
like
they're
only
gonna
take
five
percent.
So
that's
the
good
news.
The
bad
news
is
that
the
governor
still
is
proposing
a
20
reduction
in
state
aid
for
2021.
O
We
did
budget
for
that.
So
that's
a
that's,
that's
a
positive,
so
we
shouldn't
be
hurt
by
that
reduction
and
hopefully,
if
federal
monies
come
come
to
the
state
level
in
our
way
that
we
can
we're
able
to
refill
some
of
those
losses
that
we
that
we
are
currently
seeing
from
the
state
aid
and
lastly,
we
did
get
re-rated
by
moody's.
We
have
maintained
our
rating
at
double
a2,
as
I
mentioned
earlier.
O
They
are
concerned
with
a
few
items
and
I
can
mention
those
the
high
debt
load
that
we
continue
to
carry
is
one
of
the
items
they
mentioned.
The
lower
reserves,
as
I
earlier
mentioned,
the
covet
impacts
were
also
mentioned
as
a
concern,
and
also
the
high
outstanding
post
employment
liability
that
we
see,
we
have
a
liability
in
the
neighborhood
of
a
180
million
dollars
facing
us
as
employees
retire
off
of
the
city
and
enjoy
the
the
benefits
that
we've
been.
O
You
know
with
the
benefits
that
we've
been
giving
employees
after
after
their
employment
here
at
the
city,
so
we'll
be
working
on
all
those
items
to
try
to
continue
to
improve
upon
our
financial
results
so
that
we
can
continue
to
maintain
our
double
a2,
because
that
means
that
our
interest
rates
for
bonding
will
be
at
their
lowest
point.
So
I
think
I
will
end
my
report
there
and
answer
any
questions.
I
know
we
still
have
a
full
agenda
of
items.
O
From
this,
the
state
aims
it's
a
some
of
it
is
in
there,
but
we'll
so
our
deficit
might
be
a
little
better
than
that.
But
again
I
have
to
wait
for
all
the
receivables
and
payables
to
come
in.
So
that's
just
our
general
anticipated
deficit
at
this
point,
even
with
some
of
that
return
of
activity
from
new
york
state.
C
R
So
5.1
is
authorization
for
mayor
to
execute
intermunicipal
agreement
regarding
historic
preservation,
staff
services,
whereas
the
city
and
town
of
ithaca
value,
inter-municipal
collaborations
and
partnerships
that
advance
shared
goals
and
equally
benefit
citizens
of
both
municipalities.
R
Whereas
the
town
is
interested
in
protecting
its
historic
resources,
as
outlined
in
the
town
of
ithaca,
comprehensive
plan,
and
the
city
has
an
established
historic
preservation
program
that
has
successfully
protected
its
historic
resources
for
almost
50
years.
Whereas
the
town
is
interested
in
partnering
with
the
city
to
explore
opportunities
to
enact
a
landmarks
preservation
law
that
mirrors
that
of
the
city
and
establishes
a
joint
city
in
town
of
ithaca
landmarks
preservation.
R
Commission,
whereas
the
town
allocated
up
to
seven
thousand
dollars
in
this
2021
municipal
budget
to
fund
a
portion
of
the
city's
historic
preservation
and
neighborhood
planner
position
for
time
used
to
investigate
and
advance
this
shared
services.
Opportunity
now,
therefore
be
a
result
that
the
members
of
the
planning
and
economic
development
committee
support
the
city's
partnership
with
the
town
for
the
above
express
purpose
and
be
a
further
resolve.
That
common
council
authorizes
the
mayor
to
execute
the
intermunicipal
agreement
regarding
historic
preservation.
Staff
services,
a
nice
move.
C
Is
there
a
second
second
by
laura
discussion,
questions.
C
So
laura.
K
R
AA
I
am,
and
rod
is
too
so
he
has
been
the
the
key
person
for
that
he's
been
reaching
out
to
some
of
his
contacts
and
using
their.
I
guess
they
have
a
town
newsletter,
so
he's
requesting
people
to
volunteer.
But
if
you
know
someone
I
might.
R
AA
It
is
state
street,
I'm
looking
at
cevante's
background
and
it's
almost
the
same
picture.
So
that's.
I
I
C
AA
C
R
All
right
next
up
is
5.2.
Just
get
this.
R
This
is
a
certified
local
government
sub
grant
authorization
to
apply,
whereas
landmark
society
of
western
new
york
and
the
new
york
state
office
of
parks,
recreation,
historic
preservation
and
the
preservation
league
of
new
york
state
partnered
with
the
host
community
each
year
to
present
a
statewide
historic
preservation
conference
and
whereas
the
city
of
ithaca
has
been
invited
to
act
as
the
host
community
for
the
2021
statewide
historic
preservation
conference,
which
will
be
held
virtually
due
to
continued
concerns
related
to
the
kova
19
pandemic.
R
Whereas
as
the
host
community,
the
city
of
ithaca,
would
help
fund
the
conference
by
securing
a
certified
local
government
sub-grant
and
whereas
sub-grant
funds
would
support
a
day-long
workshop
by
incremental
development,
keynote
speaker
fees
and
honorariums,
printing
graphic
design
and
mailing
expenses.
An
audio
visual
consultant
to
manage
the
technical
aspects
of
the
visual
format
and
conference,
scholarships
for
approximately
100
attendees
from
various
communities
and
city
of
ithaca
staff,
elected
officials
and
residents
and
other
new
york
residents.
R
Whereas
the
estimated
expenses
to
be
funded
by
the
subgrant
are
22
464
dollars
and
whereas
the
sub
grant
is
wholly
reimbursable
and
does
not
require
a
local
match.
Now,
therefore,
be
a
resolve
that
the
members
of
the
common
council
enthusiastically
support
the
city's
partnership
with
the
landmark
society
of
western
new
york.
C
Thank
you
for
a
second
second
background
discussion.
AA
Yes,
absolutely
they
they
select
a
community
each
year.
Last
year
it
was
going
to
be
in
syracuse,
so
the
first
location
that
a
live
can
or
in-person
conference
will
be
held,
is
in
syracuse.
But
the
hope
is
that
in
the
future
we
will
host
in
person.
K
Yeah
and
brian,
I
think
you
commented
because
we
asked
this
question
during
pedc.
The
conference
is
set
for
november
and
we
don't
know
how
things
will
develop
with
the
virus
between
now
and
then.
But
a
decision
had
to
be
made
about
how
the
conference
would
be
conducted
and
that's
why
the
decision
was
to
go
with
virtual
for
this
year.
Right.
AA
That's
correct
the
grant
funding
cycle,
the
cycle
starts
in
february,
and
so
we
needed
a
decision
about
whether
it
was
going
to
be
virtual
or
in
person
before
the
grant
deadline.
And
so
we
decided
to
go
with
virtual
just
to
err
on
the
side
of
caution.
C
Okay,
all
right
all
those
and
are
we
ready
to
vote
all
those
in
favor
and
that
will
carry
unanimously.
R
All
right,
so
next
up
is
5.3
disposition
and
development
for
the
west
and
center
sections
of
the
green
street
garage
mixed
use,
urban
real
projects,
and
I'm
actually,
I'm
actually
going
to
read
a
substitute
resolution
that
contains
some
language
about
the
local
labor
requirement
about
which
I'm
sure
we'll
have
plenty
of
debate.
So
I'm
this
is
kind
of
long.
R
So
I'm
going
to
do
my
best
to
kind
of
summarize,
whereas
in
october
of
2017
city
of
ithaca,
common
council
authorized
transfer
of
the
green
street
parking
garage
property
to
support
a
mixed-use
urban
renewal
project
subject
to
approval
by
common
council.
R
Whereas
the
programmatic
elements
in
that
project
are
a
conference
center
housing
units
specifically
designed
to
appeal
to
a
diverse
demographic,
including
a
substantial
number
of
units
to
be
affordable
to
low
and
or
middle-income
households.
Street-Level
active
uses
along
green
street
retention
of
the
cinemapolis
movie
theater
and
a
public
walkway
between
green
street
and
the
commons
at
least
450
parking
spaces
open
to
the
public,
at
which
at
least
90
will
be
available
for
short-term
parking.
R
Urban
renewal
project
site
dated
november
5th
2020,
with
an
amendment
to
require
the
project
to
employ
local
labor
for
a
minimum
of
30
percent
of
on-site
work
and
be
a
further
resolve
that
the
local
labor
requirement
shall
apply
to
the
housing
conference
center
and
parking
facility
projects
as
a
single
combined
project
and
compliance
shall
be
based
on
construction.
Labor
reporting
submitted
to
the
tompkins
county
industrial
development
agency
be
a
further
resolve
that
certain
exemptions
may
be
granted
by
the
iura
from
this
requirement.
Based
on
the
following
scenarios.
R
In
the
event
that
there
are
no
bids
or
no
competitive
bids
from
local
contractors
for
portions
of
work,
the
hours
associated
with
those
portions
of
work
shall
be
removed
from
the
30
calculation
and
then
the
second
scenario
is
the
conference
center
and
affordable
housing
project
funding
sources
already
include
requirements
for
minority
and
women
participation,
level,
business
participation
levels
that
must
be
satisfied.
R
C
Second,
by
stephen
smith,
discussion.
R
I
just
see
there's
a
message
from
jen,
oh
jennifer's,
in
here,
okay
or
no,
you
she's
concerned
that
she
wants
to
make
sure
that
all
the
project
members
will
be
let
into
the
meeting.
C
Great
so,
yes,
any
questions
discussion.
This
is
a
lengthy
discussion.
Obviously,
for
months,
the
late
edition
at
the
planning
committee
george's
recommendation
around
local
labor
seph,
has
read
that
language
now
into
this
resolution.
So
any.
D
So
seth,
thank
you.
Those
scenarios
are
they
in
the
agenda
package
or
do
we
have
a
copy
of
those
that
language.
R
No,
I
believe
that
they're
that
this
just
sort
of
came
about
after
the
planning
committee
is
it
is
there?
Can
we
forward
that
to
common
council.
AB
Sorry,
I
only
I
only
sent
it
to
george
and
seth
because
I
didn't
know
if
it
was
going
to
be
it
was
it
didn't,
come
from
the
committee,
it
came
from
discussions
with
george
right.
D
Would
be
great,
I
appreciate
that
so.
Secondly,
I
had
a
question
I
mean
we've
heard
a
lot
about
affordable
units
and
I'm
looking
at
the
the
provision
there
181
housing
units
affordable
for
those
earning
between
40
and
80
percent
of
ami.
So
I
guess
is
there
any
breakdown
of
that
I
mean.
Are
they
all
looking
to
be
at
80
percent
of
ami?
I
mean
so.
D
Discussed
many
times,
but
I'm
not
on
the
committee,
so
can
I
get
some
sense
or
can
we
get
some
sense
of
of
what
that
kind
of
range
is
in
terms
of
affordability,.
AB
Graham,
if
you
look
on
page
124
of
your
packet,
you'll
see
the
breakdown
under
the
housing
under
the
term
sheets
for
the
housing
component
and
you'll,
see
it
broken
down
by
area
area.
Median
income.
E
Thank
you
cevante.
First
of
all,
I
I
propose
this
30
labor
requirement
at
the
ca
meeting.
I
believe
when
did
I
propose
that
at
the
planning
committee
meeting
and
and
we
did
a
30
local
labor
requirement
for
the
rimland
project
last
month.
E
But
I
will
say
that
we've
been
wanting
a
local
labor
requirement
for
several
years
now,
and
the
tompkins
county
ida
has
made
strides
towards
that
they've
collected
data
for
a
number
of
years,
several
years,
most
of
the
most,
if
not
all
the
data
they
have
collected,
is
well
over
30
percent
30
is
a
very
low
bar,
in
my
opinion,
and
also
in
the
opinion
of
local
trade
unions,
most
of
whom
I've
spoken
with
about
this
very
subject.
E
There
are
neighbors,
there
are
family
members,
there
are
constituents,
there
are
customers,
and,
and
one
of
the
goals
of
the
ida
and
of
this
city,
in
my
opinion,
is
to
provide
good
jobs
for
our
citizens,
and
this
includes,
of
course,
young
people
who
can
benefit
from
apprenticeships
young
people
that
live
in
the
city,
young
people
of
color
young
women.
E
All
these
apprenticeships
become
more
viable,
the
more
local
jobs
we
have
to
offer.
I
want
to
thank
nels
for
being
very
patient
with
me
and
for
being
a
liaison
between
council
and
the
casino
group.
E
The
language
that
you
see
is
pretty
much
it's
the
suggestion
of
the
casino
group-
and
I
I'm
fine
with
some
of
it,
I'm
fine
with
the
carve
out
for
the
requirements
that
these
projects
have
in
terms
of.
E
E
No
bids
or
no
competitive
bids
from
local
contractors
for
portions
of
the
work,
the
hours
associated
with
those
portions
of
work
shall
be
removed
from
the
30
calculation.
I
don't
think
that
is
necessary.
I
I
really
don't
so
I
would.
I
would
suggest
we
drop
that,
but
the
rest
is
fine
and
I'm
curious
to
hear
other
members
of
council's
opinion
about.
C
This
thanks,
I
I
will
repeat
for
the
record,
I'm
fine
with
the
30
labor
requirement.
I
do
want
to
say,
though
too
few
of
the
local
trades
represent
our
constituents
and
too
few.
There
are
too
few
women
too
few
people
of
color,
too
few
city
residents
that
get
accepted
into
the
apprenticeships.
The
local
trade
unions
said
it
ad
nauseam.
They
know
my
feelings
on
this
and
I
think
it's
shameful
and
has
to
change
and
end
there's
just
absolutely
no
reason
for
it.
I.
C
C
Could
if
they,
if
the
two
were
tied
together
now
the
two
are
not
tied
together
and
I
don't
think
they
need
to
be
in
this
case.
But
I
I
do
think
we
have
to
be
very
honest
that
our
local
trades
are
overwhelmingly
white,
overwhelmingly
male
and
don't
represent
the
the
city
of
ithaca
as
a
community,
and
we
got
to
change
that
I
have
to.
But
but
I
I
support
the
requirement
in
this
instance
does
that
have
steve
and
then
cynthia.
C
M
I'm
sorry
it's
all
good,
I
so
I'm
I
I
could
support
the
30,
but
I
like,
I
should
probably
just
keep
my
mouth
shut,
because
it
doesn't
benefit
me
to
to
speak
against
it,
but
I'm
really
hesitant
to
to
support
it,
because
I
think
that
how
we're
determining
who's
local
is
fairly
arbitrary
and
even
even
if
we
were
to
come
up
with
something
that
was
a
little
less
arbitrary.
I'm
not
sure.
M
I
support
the
idea
that
we
can
employ
folks
from
from
elmira,
but
not
syracuse,
that
we
should
be
keeping
it
that
we
should
be
protecting
jobs
within
our
borders
and
be
and
be
keeping
people
from
outside
of
our
borders
from
from
being
able
to
to
seek
jobs
here
in
ithaca,
it
feels
very
protectionist
and
it
it
doesn't
feel
it
doesn't
feel
like
it's
in
line
with
our
values
as
a
community
and
as
a
regional
hub
like
we
there's,
there's
something
special
about
it.
M
We're
an
economic
driver
for
this
area
we're
the
best
place
in
the
finger
lakes,
in
my
opinion,
and
we're
a
major
force,
and
we
should,
I
think,
there's
an
opportunity
to
be
generous
with
the
growth
and
the
development
that's
happening
here
and
using
that
as
an
opportunity
to
provide
economic
benefits
to
the
region
and
not
just
to
not
just
to
folks
in
our
city
in
our
county
or
an
assemblage
of
six
counties
that
we
pick
around
us.
G
G
G
These
will
also
be
families
that
may
probably
perhaps
already
have
family
members
that
that
work
in
ithaca
and
tompkins
county
and
so
supporting
those
families,
keeping
our
city
dollars
and
our
funding
sources
and
and
having
them
benefit.
Families
in
our
proximity
makes
a
lot
of
sense
in
terms
of
supporting
our
our
region
and
people
who
are
live
in
adjacent
counties
and
work
here
are
more
likely
to
come
back
and
visit
and
partake
in
the
businesses
here
and
build
it
into
their
community
life.
So
I
I
support
that
that
requirement.
G
My
comment
had
been
actually
is.
You
know,
I
think
what
we
have
heard.
Both
from
previous
projects
and
from
local
labor
representatives
is
that
the
30
percent
objective
is
a
easily
obtainable.
Is
order
orderly,
already
obtained
with
other
projects,
so,
in
which
case
I
would
remove
the
the
resolve
that
allow
for
certain
exemptions.
G
AC
Yeah
the
thank
you
everyone.
I
I
also
tend
to
agree
with
cynthia's
point,
and
but
I
do
I,
I
guess
the
ques.
I
have
a
question
really
I
don't
know
who
is.
This
is
directed
at
maybe
it's
nells,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
I
understand
what
those
exemptions
are
doing
is.
Is
the
idea
of
removing
those
portions
of
work
from
the
30
calculation
essentially
making
that
low
bar
even
lower?
AB
I
think
it's
anticipating
some
potential
scenarios
in
the
bidding
process
and,
for
example,
the
parking
garage
project
has
a
very
large
cast
in
place
concrete
component.
My
understanding
is,
we
don't
have
any
local
contractors
that
hire
a
large
number
of
local
employees
who
do
cast
in
place
concrete
at
the
scale
of
building
a
parking
garage.
So
that's
going
to
be
hard
to
meet
a
local
requirement
on
if
you
don't
have
any
employ
any
any
a
major
local
labor
force
that
does
that
kind
of
specific
work.
AB
So
the
idea
here
is
to
not
is
to
anticipate
that
scenario
and
not
penalize
the
contractor
for
not
meeting
a
percentage
when
it's
not
even
really
readily
achievable,
if
there's
no
local
bids
that
that
are
responsive
to
that,
so
that
was
the
first
one,
the
second
one,
the
bullet
related
to
women,
minority
owned
and
service
disabled
veteran-owned
businesses
are
requirements
that
the
grants
that
are
received
in
the
funding
support
for
the
conference
center,
as
well
as
for
the
affordable
housing,
impose
a
separate
standard
and
that
standard
has
nothing
to
do
with
local
versus
non-local.
AB
It
just
says
you
have
to
have
a
certain
percentage
of
these
contractors
brought
into
the
project
again
we're
a
small
labor
market
that
doesn't
have
very
many
businesses
that
fit
those
categories.
So
it's
going
to
be
very
difficult
for
the
contractor
to
meet
that
standard
with
local
employees
they
may
be.
You
know
they
may
be
able
to
be
some
or
all
of
that,
but
they
may
not
as
well.
So
it's
trying
to
anticipate
scenario,
issues
that
could
come
up.
That
would
be.
AC
Wouldn't
that
imply
that
you
know
if
there's
a
like
the
cast
concrete
example
that
you
use
that,
if
that's
a
project
that
might
not
have
local
labor,
wouldn't
the
rest
of
this
combined
project
still
allow
for
30
and
to
meet
that
very
low
bar.
Even
if
you
pull
out
that
one
project,
why
would
we
have
to
extract
that
from
that.
AB
Exactly
that's
the
reason
why
they're
requesting
that
be
considered
as
one
solid
project,
so
they
can
have
a
heavier
percentage
of
local
labor
on
the
housing
component,
but
somewhat
lower
percentage,
potentially
on
the
garage
project.
You're
right
in
that
regard,
I
I
think
the
characterization
that
30
is
readily
available
and
achievable
is
is
we
have
seen
historically,
the
number
the
projects
that
have
been
completed
have
hit
that
number
that
have
been
tracked
by
the
the
ida,
but
it's
they're
not
they're,
not
hitting
85
percent.
AB
C
K
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
I
can
never
remember
if
my
mute
is
on
or
off
I
and
thanks
nels,
for
that
explanation
and
rob
for
your
question.
I
support
the
30
local
labor,
as
has
been
commented
by
a
few
people.
That's
a
good
bar,
it's
a
floor
to
be
working
with,
and
I
agree
that
there
will
be
some
specialty
areas
of
building
where
there
may
not
be
local
contractors
with
a
particular
expertise,
a
particular
skill.
K
So
I
think
the
waiver
is
important
and
when
we're
talking
local
labor,
as
has
been
mentioned,
we're
looking
at
tompkins
county
and
the
contiguous
counties,
there's
been
discussion
in
other
places
at
the
ida,
for
example,
about
that
those
contiguous
counties
and
there
may
be
some
people
who
live
outside
of
one
of
the
contiguous
counties
who
in
fact
may
be
close
to
ithaca
closer
to
ithaca.
But
it's
it's.
It
gives
us
something
to
work
with
looking
at
the
contiguous
counties
and
it's
being
used
in
other
other
areas.
So
I
I
would
support
that.
K
I
would
support
that
definition
of
the
six
contiguous
counties
and
support
the
30
percent
local
labor,
with
exemptions
or
waivers
in
those
instances
that
have
been
described,
especially
by
nils
thanks.
K
Oh,
and
I
would
like
to
add
that
I
sorry
that
I
completely
support
what
the
mayor
has
said
about
apprenticeship
programs.
I
would
like
to
see
more
apprenticeship
programs
that
recruit
a
broader
cross-section
of
young
people
for
them
thanks.
W
Yeah,
I
support
the
I
guess
about
the
30
requirements
with,
but
I
want
the
exemptions
in
for
two
reasons.
So
the
first
one
I
support,
because
we
just
don't
know
what
the
labor
market
will
be
like
as
the
economy
ramps
back
up.
W
You
know
science
willing
that
there
will
be
more
projects,
ramping
up
and
and
it
may
tighten
up
a
bit
and
on
the
second
point
I
was
reading
today
about
a
lot
of
cities
who
employ
project
labor
agreements
which,
on
the
face
of
it,
seem
really
good.
You
know
you're
forced
developers
to
use
local
labor,
but
there's
a
big
section
in
the
wikipedia
article
about
how
mwb's
minority
and
women
owned
businesses
oppose
these
agreements
because
of
everything
that
that's
not.
W
They
just
said
about
the
lack
of
diversity
in
the
trades,
and
so
I've
seen
a
lot
of
projects
a
lot
of
bids
rather
serving
on,
for
example,
most
recently
a
committee
to
select
contractors
to
work
on
the
farmers
market
redesign
rebuild
and
to
meet
these
requirements.
They
have
to
go
to
rochester
and
syracuse
to
find
these
women
in
minority-owned
businesses.
W
D
W
A
great
email
exchange
with
nails
where
I
brought
up
a
lot
of
what
steve
said
where
it
kind
of
got
me
thinking
about
how
you
know
my
my
first
responsibilities
to
the
citizens
of
sorry
residents
of
the
city
of
ithaca,
and
I
would
sooner
support
something
that
targets
city
residents
for
apprenticeships
gets
more
of
our
residents
into
that
line
of
work
which
we
need.
Anyway.
W
E
Thanks
savante,
I
I
support
the
idea
that
we
consider
the
whole
project
one
project
when
we're
thinking
about
our
30
percent.
I've
got
no
problem
with
that.
E
I
support
what
nels
wrote
about
women
and
minority-owned
businesses
if
we
can't
find
them
here
and
they
come
from
someplace
else
that
that's
taken
off
the
30,
that's
totally
understandable,
because
that's
already
been
agreed
on
for
one
thing,
the
first
bullet
point:
I
don't
think
we
need
that
says
if
there's
no
bids
or
no
competitive
bids
from
local
contractors
well,
who
defines
what
a
local,
what
a
competitive
bid
is.
Does
that
mean
it's
not
necessarily
the
lowest
bid?
E
I
I
don't
think
we
need
that
in
a
30
requirement.
In
answer
to
some
of
steve's
comments,
our
local
trades
are
highly
skilled,
they're
good.
They
do
quality
work.
When
I
first
got
on
council,
one
of
the
big
complaints
was
in
a
number
of
the
bigger
projects.
E
E
So
I
don't
really
see
that
as
a
benefit,
even
though
we're
drawing
people
from
far
away
local
trades
people
are
an
important
part
of
our
economy
and
conversations.
I've
had
with
the
local
trades
acknowledge
the
fact
that
there's
not
enough
minorities
and
women
in
the
trades
and
they're
eager
to
rectify.
M
E
There's,
I
think,
three
apprentices
currently
in
the
electricity
union
who
are
black,
there's
a
number
of
women.
It's
not
enough,
that's
true,
but
we
want
to
work
to
create
more
opportunities
for
those
for
our
own
residents.
That's
part
of
this,
so
I
would
suggest
that
we
keep
all
the
add-ons
except
that
first,
one.
C
Okay,
I'm
going
to
take
that
as
a
motion.
Is
there
a
second
to
remove
the
clause
that
says
that
the
requirement
will
be
waived
if
there
are
no
bids
from
local
contractors
or
no
competitive
bits?
C
D
Thank
you
cevante,
so,
firstly,
I'd
like
to
thank
george
for
putting
this
championing
this
and
getting
us
to
actually
take
some
action
on
it
and
also
nels
for
working,
presumably
with
the
developers
and
others
to
put
this
together,
because
I
I
do
think
it's
a
good
start.
The
the
objectives
seem
very
reasonable,
and
I
also
think
this
is
a
a
good
opportunity
for
us
to
I.
I
disagree
with
the
earlier
comments
about
it
being
protectionist.
D
I
think
it's
really
an
opportunity
to
develop
the
local
and
the
local
economy
and
diversify
the
skills
that
we
have
in
this
community.
If
these
projects
are
always
developed
with
outside
labor,
we
know
the
cost
of
living
in
this
area
is
very
expensive,
and
if
people
are
not
able
to
participate
across
a
range
of
income
levels,
I
think
we
we're
in
danger
of
basically
not
sharing
the
benefits
that
we
have,
as
stephen
pointed
out
of
this
community.
So
I
think
this
is
a
well-crafted
introduction
of
this
requirement.
D
I
I
do
see
george's
point
about
the
exemptions,
but
I
think
what
I
would
like
to
make
sure
is
that
to
me
this
is
an
experiment
and
I
hope
we
will
definitely
hear
if
there
are
these
exceptions
to
this
to
these
requirements
based
on
those
scenarios
regarding
bids
from
the
the
local
union,
local
trades,
and
also
the
the
grants
for
the
affordable
housing
components.
D
Because
if
those
are
real
barriers,
then
I
think
we
would
need
to
look
at
those
in
terms
of
the
future
projects.
But
I
I
think
this
is
a
a
good
start
to
trying
to
basically
share
the
benefits
of
some
of
these
large
projects
with
local
trades,
and
I
also
want
to
agree
with
cevante
and
others
comments
about
really
encouraging
the
diversification
of
these
local
trades,
which
hopefully,
these
opportunities
will
encourage
more
people
to,
because
there'll
be
more
opportunities
to
get
involved
and
more
jobs
for
those
local
trades.
D
M
Yeah
I
I
yeah
I
just
wanted
to
respond
to
some
of
the
comments
like
my
my
focus
here
is,
I
think
we
live
in
a
world
where
we
need
to
be
fostering
more
interconnectedness
and
when
we're
deciding
that
we'll
employ
people
from
cortland,
but
not
from
syracuse
and
people
from
elmira,
but
not
from
binghamton.
I
think
it's.
I
just
don't
think
that
that
that
fosters
that.
So
I
understand
where
everybody's
coming
from
with
the
need
to
support
local
trades
and
find
more
opportunities
to
invest
in
in
apprenticeships.
It's
just.
M
I
worry
about
trying
to
shrink
our
our
sphere
of
influence.
Now.
C
C
I
just
do
I
mean
I
know
a
lot
of
people
who
work
in
binghamton
and
live
here
and
and
make
that
commute,
and
I
I
don't
think
of
them
as
going
all
that
further
than
people
who
work
in
elmira
and
live
here.
But
you
know
as
a
standard.
The
contiguous
counties
make
sense
until
we
can
get
a
more
targeted
or
surgical
definition
of
what's
local
and
what's
not
see,
george.
E
Just
very
quickly,
30
percent
local
labor
requirement
doesn't
mean
somebody
from
binghamton
or
syracuse
or
rochester
can't
work
here.
C
W
I'm
gonna
pivot
real,
quick
to
another
topic,
which
is,
I
know
we
got
one
email
about
this,
but
I've
also
heard
about
it
from
many
people.
In
fact,
I've
heard
about
it
for
years,
every
time
steph
and
I
would
go
to
a
northside
united
meeting
and
talk
about
a
new,
affordable
housing
project.
W
W
A
city
doesn't
build
housing,
but
the
people
who
do
provide
housing
are
limited
by
this
kind
of
neoliberal
tax
credit
mechanism
for
providing
affordable
housing
when
hud
used
to
just
build
housing,
and
so
I'm
hoping
that
we
see
a
move
towards
the
federal
government,
picking
up
the
responsibility
for
building
more
housing
directly
and
that
meets
the
needs
of
the
most
vulnerable
in
our
community.
R
Yes,
jumping
on
duck's
comment.
I
had
a
question
about
just
the
ami
for
the
region.
So
do
we
know
like
what
is
the
actual
ami
for
this
area
and
how's
that.
AB
Calculated,
that's
that's
a
hud
calculation.
They
track
on
a
year
annual
basis.
It's
based
on
a
family
income,
not
a
household
income,
so
it
really
kind
of
factors
out
students
out
of
our
market.
For
example,
I
believe
the
the
100
area,
median
income
for
a
family
of
four
is
about
78
000
and
it's
it's
basically
a
county
wide
number.
It's
not
specific
to
the
city.
It
covers
the
entire
county.
C
C
AD
We
we
don't
know
if
there
will
be
a
cost
difference
or
not,
and
generally
speaking
those
things
can
get
sorted
out
in
talking
to
local
labor
and
the
regional
folks
and
just
figure
out
if,
if
we
get
a
number
that's
higher
than
then
and
it's
local,
but
it's
higher
than
everybody
else,
there's
an
opportunity
to
negotiate
that
still.
AD
So
we
do
have
some
leverage
and
opportunity
there
as
far
as
the
tracking
we're
going
to
track
it
anyway,
as
as
a
requirement
of
the
ida,
and
so
I
think
you
know,
the
cost
of
that
is
is
is
born
and
part
of
the
project
to
start
with.
But
you
know
there
is
a
small
risk
that
they
maybe
cost
more
to
do
that.
But
we
just
don't
know
that
at
this
point
in
time,.
C
I
have
duck
sand
and
cynthia
and
a
gentle
reminder
that
we
have
several
heavy
and
lengthy
items
left
on
the
agenda
after
this
one.
Yes,.
W
I
apologize,
I'm
sorry
just
a.
W
W
What
would
it
take
to
get
make
the
entire
building
accessible
to
30?
Am
I
and
not,
you
know,
go
as
high
as.
AD
AE
I
have
got
no
idea,
no
duck.
That's
a
good
question,
I
mean
really.
It
would
take
vouchers
because
at
that
30
ami,
the
income
that
would
bring
in
you
wouldn't
be
able
to
pay
for
insurance.
Staffing
upkeep
things
like
that,
so
it
is
yeah.
It's
going
back
to
those,
I
don't
say
the
section
eight
days,
but
it
is
it's
going
to
have
vouchers
tied
to
the
units.
AE
One
great
thing
about
this
project:
we've
got
40
units
through
tc
action
where
folks
are
going
to
pay
30
percent
of
their
income,
but
it
has
that
each
I
grant
tied
to
it
to
pay
up
to
that
50
ami,
so
folks
may
pay
fifty
hours
a
month
to
live
there
whatever.
So
it's
going
to
take
some
kind
of
subsidy
as
far
as
x
amount
of
dollars.
W
Yeah,
I
know
you
can't
answer
it
right
now,
but
I
think
now
that
we
are
hitting
this
and
again,
I
think
it's
phenomenal.
This
whole
project
is
is
a
miracle,
quite
frankly,
because
of
all
the
moving
pieces,
and
so
I
support
it.
Hardly
it's
just
I
think
you
know
I
want
us
to
all
of
us
to
start
thinking
about
hitting
the
most
vulnerable
people.
Thank
you
very
much.
G
Yeah,
thank
you
going
to
duxton's
question
and
building
off
of
rick's
response,
and
I
included
a
link
to
the
hub
page
that
shows
the
the
median
family
income
for
the
ithaca
metropolitan
area
and
even
in
there
it
indicates
that
I
think
that
the
government
expects
that
people
would
be
have
access
to
section
8
vouchers
in
order
to
bridge
that
gap
between
their
income
and
50
ami
for
what
the
rents
are.
G
G
We
are,
we
already
have
a
guarantee
that
we
will
be
making
with
regards
to
the
parking
which
I
do
think
is
essential,
but
the
additional
lease
guarantee
that
we
will
be
providing
of
1.5
million
over
the
next
30.
Some
odd
years
puts
an
incredible
strain
on
the
city
in
the
time
of
incredible
economic
uncertainty.
G
A
conference
center
is
targeting
and
supportive
of
the
hospitality
industry,
which
is
a
wonderful
industry,
but
it
is
also
an
industry
that
relies
on
low
wage
labor,
thereby
then
requiring
more
housing
that
will
need
to
be
provided
at
30
ami
to
support
the
laborers,
who
will
be
getting
their
jobs
through
the
hospitality
industry.
C
R
Is
just
give
me
one
sec
is
this:
is
the
the
local
law
on
the
ithaca
room
occupancy
tax,
whereas
on
february
5th,
2020
common
council
adopted
a
resolution
stating
the
city's
commitment
to
pursue
a
city
of
ithaca
hotel,
occupancy
tax
and
commitment
to
provide
a
shared
financial
guarantee
with
tompkins
county,
whereas
in
june
30th
or
june
3rd
2020
common
council
adopt
a
resolution
requesting
that
the
ny
senate
and
assembly
enact
the
home
rule
legislation
submitted
by
assemblywoman,
barbara
lifton
and
senator
tom
o'mara
to
enable
the
city
to
implement
a
hotel
occupancy
tax.
R
Whereas
the
city
of
ithaca
hotel
tax
legislation
passed
the
assembly
and
senate
in
july
2020
and
in
december
2020
governor
cuomo
signed
it
into
law
as
part
of
the
state
tax
code.
Now,
therefore,
being
enacted
by
the
common
council
of
the
city
of
ithaca
as
follows,
and
I'll
move
this
as
written.
C
R
So
I
this
might
be
just
a
good
opportunity
to
just
say
you
know.
I
know
that
this
project
it
has
a
lot
of
moving
parts
and
it's
incredibly
complicated,
and
you
know
it
started
with
the
need
that
the
city
has
to
rebuild
our
parking
garage,
and
I
think
it's
a
testament
to
the
community
that
we
came
together
to
not
only
rebuild
the
garage
but
also
figure
out
a
way
to
satisfy
our
goals
for
increased,
affordable
housing
downtown
and
the
conference
center,
which
I
I
understand.
R
And
all
the
financial
uncertainty
that
the
city
has
been
facing,
but
if
you
look
at
the
reserves
that
have
been
built
into
the
conference
center
and
all
the
due
diligence,
that's
been
done.
If
you
buy
the
people
that
are
in
this
meeting
right
now
and
and
and
I
got
it,
you
know,
I
also
want
to
credit
tom
knight
who
wasn't
able
to
be
here
tonight.
R
You
know
it
gives
me
a
reassurance
knowing
that
the
conference
center
is
not
slated
to
open
until
2024
and
we'll
be
collecting
this
room
tax
until
then,
and
also
knowing
that
you
know
just
the
other
day,
I
read
an
article
in
the
new
york
times
that
was
talking
about
how
there's
a
lot
of
fear
and
a
lot
of
uncertainty
around,
especially
these
new
variants
that
have
sprung
up
with
coronavirus.
R
But
the
news
that
we're
getting
from
the
vaccines
continues
to
be
really
good
that,
even
if
there
are
cases
where
the
vaccines
aren't
wiping
out
all
infections,
they
continue
to
show
signs
of
reducing
hospitalizations,
which
is
the
really
key
thing
to
defeating
this
virus.
So
all
of
that
news
continues
to
reassure
me-
and
you
know
this
conference
center
I
do
believe,
will
be
a
boon
for
our
economy
and
not
only
the
organizations
and
groups
that
are
availing
itself
themselves
of
it
and
and
meeting
in
our
community,
but
also
local
groups.
R
That
will
be
able
to
use
this
space
for
community
meetings
and,
finally,
all
the
the
local
businesses
that
we
supported
by
the
people
that
are
coming
to
the
community
to
use
the
conference
center.
So
you
know
I
just
I
wanted
to
say
all
that
just
and
especially
to
give
a
shout
out
to
to
nells
and
to
jennifer
and
peggy
and
gary
and
everybody
else
that
have
worked
so
hard
to
come
up
with
this
and
also
vecino
and
the
project
team.
R
C
Yeah
thanks
jeff
I'd
second
down
and
just
say
that
the
work
that
the
group
that
you
just
mentioned
is
work
to
satisfy
some
of
the
toughest
sets
of
due
diligence.
I
mean,
if
you
have
to
convince
governor
cormor
that
this
is
a
good
idea,
the
state
legislature,
the
financiers,
the
hotels
themselves,
which
will
be
paying
the
room's
tax.
C
G
Supporting
this,
but
not
for
any
of
the
reasons
mentioned,
I
I
think
that
I
want
to
make
sure
that
the
city
succeeds
and
we
need
to
be
able
to
pay
the
bills
so
voting,
for
this
is
a
way
to
do
that.
V
V
V
V
I
I
think
it's
sad
that
we're
raising
a
new
tax,
it's
developed
specifically
and
solely
for
the
conference
center,
and
my
conscience
is
clear
because
I've
been
honest
all
along
about
this,
and
my
new
president
told
me
that
I
don't
have
to
agree
with
everybody,
but
I
have
to
be
nice
about
it.
So
that's
what
I'm
doing.
C
Yeah,
I
I
hear
you
on
the
tax
front.
You
know
we
just
saw
that
every
every
community
in
the
last
10
years
that's
tried
to
pass
a
hotel's
wounds.
Tax
has
it's
either
failed
in
the
legislature
have
been
vetoed
by
the
governor
because
they
won't
use
the
room's.
Taxes
for
general
purpose
supports
things
like
building
a
bus
depot
or
a
city
hall,
so
they
just
don't
allow
the
taxes
unless
it's
to
fund
a
hospitality,
related
purpose.
C
E
E
V
D
R
Next
up
is
5.5
city
participation
to
finance
the
public
portions
of
the
green
street
garage
makes
use
of
a
real
project.
So
this
is
the
last
of
the
resolutions
on
this
topic,
this
one's
a
bit
long,
so
I'll.
R
Try
to
summarize,
whereas
implementation
of
the
urban
rural
project
identified
in
the
dda
with
justina
was
contingent
upon
securing
project
financing,
whereas
the
project
consists
of
affordable
housing,
parking
garage
renovation
and
construction
and
a
conference
center,
whereas
the
vecino
will
finance
the
affordable
housing
component
without
city
involvement,
but
requires
city
participation
for
financing
the
public
components
of
the
project,
whereas
general
municipal
law
authorizes
the
city
to
plan
and
undertake
one
or
more
urban
renewal
projects,
whereas
financing
for
the
parking
garage
and
conference
center
is
proposed
to
derive
from
taxable
revenue
bonds
issued
by
the
tompkins
county
ida,
whereas
bond
funding
is
structured
to
provide
a
fixed
interest
rate
with
level
annual
principal
and
interest
payments
for
30
years
to
retire
the
bonds
following
an
interest
only
period
during
construction.
R
Whereas
the
proposed
financing
structure
requires
cena
to
pay
principle
and
interest
on
the
taxable
revenue,
bonds
and
vasino
in
turn.
Seeks
rental
payments
from
leases
of
the
completed
conference
center
and
the
parking
garage
to
meet
bond
obligations
as
whereas
neither
the
conference
center
nor
the
parking
garage
is
projected
to
generate
earned
revenue
sufficient
to
retire
the
bonds.
R
The
revenue
bonds
are
only
marketable
with
participation
by
the
city
of
ithaca,
whereas
the
major
parties
and
roles
involved
in
the
contemplated
financing
are
tompkins
county
ida,
estera
conference
center
llc
austeri
garage
llc,
is
owner
of
the
parking
garage,
the
downtown
ithaca
local
development
corporation,
which
is
the
non-profit
entity
that
will
leasing
the
conference
center
in
the
city
of
ithaca.
R
Whereas
the
following
city
participation
is
required
to
secure
the
proposed
financing
for
the
conference
center
and
parking
garage
components
of
the
projects.
There's
a
city
lease
from
basino
of
an
approximately
300
space
parking
facility
with
a
30-year
term
with
option
acquire
facility
at
the
end
of
the
lease
term
city
lease
from
the
ldc
of
an
approximately
two
thousand
square
foot
department
of
public
works
maintenance
base.
R
It's
a
30-year
term
lease
the
city
of
messino
parking
garage
financial
assistance
agreement,
a
city
commitment,
subject
to
annual
appropriation
to
pay
the
bond
payments
to,
to
the
extent
that
there
is
a
shortfall
from
parking
lease
revenues
to
meet
bond
obligations
and
whereas
the
the
city
ldc
conference
center
financial
assistance
agreement,
which
is
a
city
commitment,
subject
to
annual
appropriation
to
pay
the
bond
payments.
To
the
extent
that
there
is
a
shortfall
from
the
conference
center.
R
Lease
revenues
and
amendments
to
2003
agreements
to
release
m
t's
banks,
leasehold
mortgage
and
assignments
of
rents
held
on
the
green
street
garage
premises
and
whereas
the
projected
level
principle
and
interest
payments
on
the
parking
bonds
is
estimated
at
eight
hundred
forty
thousand
dollars
per
year.
Under
current
market
conditions
and
the
projected
level
principle
and
interest
payments
on
the
conference.
R
Center
bonds
is
estimated
at
one
point:
five
hundred
fifty
three
thousand
million
per
year
under
current
market
conditions
and
whereas
the
all
in
true
interest
cost
in
the
bonds
is
projected
to
fall
within
a
range
of
3.9
percent
to
4.
4.2
under
current
market
conditions.
Whereas
the
rental
rate
on
the
parking
garage.
R
The
lease
of
the
parking
garage
will
be
established
to
cover
principal
and
interest
payments
on
the
parking
bonds,
whereas
the
rental
rate
on
the
city,
lease
of
city,
department
of
public
works,
maintenance
facilities
projected
at
fixed
13.50
square
foot
per
year,
whereas
a
new
city
hotel
room,
occupancy
tax
will
be
established
in
revenues
from
this
new
tax
are
projected
to
cover
the
cost
of
the
serious
bond
payments
for
the
conference
center
and
therefore,
a
shortfall
from
center.
Lease
payments
is
not
anticipated.
R
Resolve
the
city
of
ithaca
common
council
hereby
determines
it
is
in
the
interest
of
the
city
to
increase
public
parking
and
construct
a
conference
center
in
the
downtown
core
of
the
city
financially
participate
in
the
urban
new
rural
project
to
ensure
its
financial
success
and
be
it
further
resolved
that
the
city
of
I
think
a
common
council
hereby
authorizes
the
undertaking
of
the
urban
neural
project
by
vesino
and
approves
the
following
agreements
to
support
the
parking
garage
and
conference
center
components
of
the
green
street
urban
and
rural
project.
R
E
R
Agreements
upon
satisfaction
of
the
following
conditions:
execution
of
a
city
tompkins
county
agreement,
to
provide
four
percent
of
county
room
tax
collections
to
support
the
conference
center
execution
of
a
funding
and
financial
oversight
partner
agreement
between
the
city,
the
downtown
alliance,
the
thompson
ithaca
alliance,
the
tompkins
county
chamber
foundation
and
the
downtown
ithaca
local
development.
Corporation
execution
of
a
lease
agreement
between
the
downtown
ithaca
local
development,
corporation
llc
and
osteria
conference.
R
Lsa,
tompkins
county
ida
agency,
approval
of
a
pilot
agreement,
reducing
the
property
tax
obligation
on
the
public
parking
garage
and
conference
center,
leasehold
premises
to
less
than
100
per
year.
For
the
duration
of
the
bond
financing
and
iso
move.
C
Seeing
them
all
those
in
favor.
C
There's
a
post
and
that
will
carry
eight
too.
Thank
you
very
much.
AD
J
C
Any
other
reports
for
planning.
R
I
guess
the
one
I
mentioned
one
before
we're
going
to
get
an
update
on
the
community
choice,
aggregation
which
rod
has
been
doing
so
much
work
on
and
at
pete.
The
next
pdc
meeting,
and
also
we'll
be
continuing.
Our
review
of
of
the
green
building
policy,
which
is
obviously
a
big
plank
in
our
green
new
deal.
C
A
Yes,
I'd
just
like
to
remind
you
that
your
annual
disclosure
statements
are
due
and
I
need
to
publish
their
availability
soon.
I'm
a
little
past
the
deadline
right
now,
so
the
sooner
you
can
get
them
in
the
better.
Please-
and
I
just
want
to
let
you
know
that
your
w-2s
have
been
placed
in
your
inner
office
mailboxes.
C
I
wish
report
of
city
attorney.
I
C
Yeah
and
there's
no,
we
expect
no
vote
on
the
that's
right
other
side,
so
we
can
again
end
the
broadcast
to
the
meeting
once
we
enter
executive
session
yep.
Okay,
is
there
a
motion
enter
executive
session
to
discuss
pending
legislation
move
by
our
second
by
ducks
litigation.
C
Thank
you
moved
by
lower
second
by
ducks
and
all
those
in
favor
and
that
will
carry
unanimously.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
steve.
Thank
you,
julie,
appreciate
it.