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From YouTube: January 6, 2021 Common Council Meeting
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B
Oh,
thank
you.
Yes,
preparing
means,
prepared
any
additions
to
or
deletions
from,
the
agenda.
C
See
endorsing
and
supporting
the
adoption
of
the
revised
wasco
lake
watershed
rules
and
regulations
that
should
have
been
included
in
the
pedc
section
of
the
agenda
and
I
believe
debbie
emailed
this
around
to
everybody,
so
everybody
should
have
a
copy
of
it.
We
voted
on
this
at
the
pedc
meeting.
B
Is
there
any
objection,
we'll
add
that
under
ptc,
then
cynthia.
D
That
was
my
my
edition.
I
do
have
to
reach
out
to
staff.
To
add
them
to
this.
Is
it
possible
to
bring
it
earlier?
Just
I
just
wanted
to
make
that
request.
We.
E
And
then
also
an
executive
session
at
the
end
of
the
meeting,
hopefully
to
discuss,
acquisition
or
sale
of
real
estate.
B
Thank
you
and
that
doesn't
need
right
that
doesn't
need
to
be
consent.
E
No,
that's
true:
it
doesn't
yeah
you're
right.
Okay,.
B
Okay,
I
feel,
like
I
should
say
a
few
words
just
before
we
get
started.
You
know
this
is
the
first
meeting
of
the
year
and
by
the
charter.
I'm
the
mayor
is
supposed
to
deliver
state
of
the
city
address.
I
will
give
that
address
to
you
in
writing.
This
is
obviously
an
unusual
time
because
of
the
pandemic
made
more
unusual
by
what
happened
today
for
the
record.
What
happened
today
was
that
today
january
6th
congress,
the
house
and
the
senate
were
meeting
to
certify
the
results
of
the
election.
B
B
Stole
the
podium
stood
at
the
dais
assaulted,
several
people
in
in
an
attempted
coup.
I
mean
it
was
a
terroristic
attack
on
on
the
highest
elected
officials
in
the
land.
Vice
president
pence
had
to
be
moved
as
well
as
the
the
senate
leader
for
ten,
which,
I
believe
is
is
chuck
grassley.
B
The
entire
legislature
about
the
house
and
the
senate
were
at
first
held
in
place
and
then
and
then
moved
to
a
more
secure
location.
This
is
a
very
terrifying
moment
in
the
nation's
history.
B
B
You
know
there
are
reasons
to
be
hopeful,
namely
the
the
election
itself,
which
saw
president
trump
replaced
and
the
new
administration
which
should
be
coming
in
two
weeks.
I
know
that
everybody
in
this
meeting
and
surely
every
person
in
the
city
of
ithaca
is
concerned
regardless
of
political
persuasion.
This
is
not
the
way
our
politics
should
play
out,
because
this
is
something
different
than
politics.
It
really
is
it's
something
different
than
politics.
This
isn't
government.
B
It
is
a
mob
attempting
to
have
its
way,
not
because
it's
right,
but
because
they
believe
that
they
can
force
its
way
and
that
rule
by
violence
that
might
makes
right
is
something
that
we
all
have
to
stand
up
to.
B
It
is
very
difficult,
I
know
to
see
the
work
we
do
as
part
of
this
larger
picture,
but
I
believe
that
it
is.
I
believe
that
the
work
this
council
does
to
guarantee
the
public
safety
of
the
people
who
live
here.
The
maintain
the
infrastructure
that
makes
life
here
in
the
city
possible
to
build
a
better
economy
and
to
deliver
social
services.
All
of
those
things
are
our
duty
and
our
our
blow
against
tyranny,
oppression,
despotism.
B
You
know
who
would
believe
in
an
election
if
they
don't
feel
like
the
government
is
serving
them
and
we
really
have
a
responsibility
and-
and
I
have
to
say
that
in
this
past
year,
all
the
city
staff
lived
up
to
that
responsibility,
that
same
difficulty,
feeling
like
there
are
sources
outside
of
your
control
forces
outside
of
your
control,
that
there
are
these
great
big
powers
that
are
bearing
down
on
you
that
are
gonna
change.
B
The
way
you
do
your
job,
they're
gonna,
make
it
possible
to
do
your
job
is
exactly
what
our
police
officers,
our
firefighters,
our
dpw
workers,
our
planners
people
in
the
pit
crew,
our
attorneys,
hr
staff,
building
division
g
act,
the
youth
bureau.
They
worked
under
those
fears
this
year
and
they
really
did
a
remarkable
job.
A
complete
list
of
their
achievements
in
2020
and
goals
for
2021
I'll
include
in
my
written
submission
for
the
record
and
on
the
website.
But
you
should
know
that
we
didn't
close
for
a
single
day.
B
B
Air
traffic
stopped,
our
police
department
didn't
miss
a
shift,
and
the
people
who
slept
in
their
homes
at
night
did
so
with
the
comfort
that
if
the
worst
thing
happened,
the
fire
department
would
still
show
up
and
doing
that
was
very
scary,
required
a
lot
of
our
staff
to
to
work
outside
of
themselves,
overcome
their
own
fear,
their
own
anxiety
and
to
succeed,
and
even
the
more
mundane
tasks
like
site
plan
approvals
right.
Zoning
board
appeals,
never
paused,
never
stopped
and
were
made
possible.
B
As
a
indian
writer
said
today,
if
covet
is
a
set
this
year
covet
is
a
portal
that's
going
to
take
us
from
one
world
to
the
next
and
the
world
on
the
other
side
of
the
portal
is
still
up
to
us
to
build
and
create,
but
if
there
was
a
portal
in
the
city
of
ithaca
this
year,
that
portal
was
built,
maintained
and
operated
by
the
public
information
and
technology
crew.
B
The
pit
crew
led
by
julie
holcomb,
who,
if
you
told
us
a
year
ago,
that
even
a
single
person
would
participate
in
a
single
meeting
remotely.
We
would
have
said
that's
impossible,
we
don't
know
how
to
do
it
and
they
have
made
our
entire
city
run,
stand
up
and
run
really
truly
on
a
shoestring
budget
and
they've
done
it
with
such
grace.
Yes,
they
deserve
a
round
of
applause
as
to
all
of
our
city
staff.
B
Now
there's
a
whole
host
of
initiatives
that
I
I
you
know
we
are
going
to
get
from.
Shelley
who's
done
an
excellent
job,
double
duty,
not
just
as
our
hr
director
this
year,
but
is
our
chief
liaison
to
our
public
safety.
B
Reimagining
work
she's
going
to
give
an
update,
but
in
2021
public
safety,
the
reimagining
thereof,
everything
from
from
demilitarizing
our
police
to
finding
different
ways
to
show
up
in
an
emergency
to
creating
more
operational
efficiency,
something
that
chief
mayor
is
focused
on,
so
that
we
can
spare
our
police
officers,
save
them
for
true
emergencies
and
have
them
focus
on
the
things
that
matter
most
like
violence,
prevention,
property,
crime,
deterrence
and
investigations.
B
You
know
housing
last
year
in
2020,
our
planning
department
and
this
body
saw
moved
an
incredible
200,
plus
million
dollars
worth
of
investment
in
the
city,
with
a
record
number
of
affordable
housing
units
approved,
and
that's
a
good
thing.
We
also
approved
the
the
conference
center.
The
room
tax
was
just
passed
in
albany
and
voted
on
approved
by
the
governor.
B
We
also
are
looking
forward
to
marijuana
legalization.
You
know
cannabis.
Governor
cuomo
just
today
announced
his
support,
which
will
break
a
long-standing
deadlock
in
the
legislature,
and
I
believe
that
the
city
of
ithaca
should
lead
the
state
as
a
hub
for
cannabis
commerce,
because
we
can
prioritize
traditionally
disenfranchised
communities.
We
can
figure
out
a
way
to
support
our
small
businesses.
We
can
make
sure
the
product
itself
that
reaches
consumers
is
safer
and
it's
out
of
the
hands
of
miners,
and
we
can
expand
our
tax
base
and
fund
more
community
services
with
its
revenues.
B
Starting
with
the
mayor's
office.
It
is
pretty
clear
that
the
the
status
quo
cannot
continue.
You
know
the
mayor
currently
supervises
about
15
people,
each
of
which
make
about
twice
as
much
as
the
mayor
does,
and
we
need
a
change
either
moving
towards
a
city
manager,
position
or
some
other
equally
profound
reform
in
the
executive
branch
dab
has
agreed
because
of
a
deep
knowledge
of
these
issues
and
more
than
a
decade
of
work
on
governmental
reform
to
work
on
that
which
will
lead
us
also
into
our
redistricting
process
for
common
council.
B
So
there's
a
lot
to
do.
I
will
say
that,
even
while
we're
watching
the
most
distressing
images
of
my
adult
life
on
our
television,
you
know
I'm
seeing
signs
of
hope
in
our
community
everywhere
when
we
were
at
our
lowest
and
needed
to
furlough
nearly
100
city
employees.
Not
only
did
our
hr
and
attorney
and
our
chief
of
staff
controller
work
around
the
clock
for
weeks
to
figure
out
how
to
furlough
them.
B
This
bodies
action
to
remove
the
white
settlers
monument
our
work
with
the
history
center
to
envision
a
more
appropriate
monument
downtown,
a
more
appropriate
recognition
of
the
first
peoples
who
lived
here
in
the
history
of
the
settlement
of
this
area
and
all
the
work.
That's
continued
behind
closed
doors
like
the
ongoing
search
for
a
new
sustainability
coordinator.
That's
going
to
lead
the
green
new
deal
and
the
development
of
the
snow
angels
app
that's
going
to
connect
people
and
need
physical
assistance
to
remove
snow
with
people
who
are
able
and
willing
to
do
that.
Work.
B
There's
reason
to
be
hopeful.
There's
continues
to
be
in
this
city
more
right
than
wrong,
and
if
we
continue
to
press
on
on
what
we
do
well,
as
well
as
coming
up
with
new
and
creative
pilots
like
a
guaranteed
income
pilot
that
targets,
especially
those
at
most
risk
of
displacement
through
high
rents
and
evictions,
right
something
that
our
staff
is
working
to
develop.
G
B
H
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B
J
Okay,
I
am
here
good
evening,
everyone,
so
I'm
just
going
to
provide
a
quick
update
on
the
reimagining
of
public
safety
endeavor
that
we
have
been
engaged
in
for
the
last
several
months.
J
What
I'll
do
is
sort
of
review
where
we
have
been
and
then
give
you
a
preview
of
where
we
expect
to
go
some
of
this
may
be
redundant.
Hopefully
it
is
because
we've
tried
to
put
out
you
know
as
much
as
much
information
as
possible.
I'm
going
to
ask
dan.
You
have
that
link
if
you
could
post
that
in
the
chat,
because,
okay,
great
thanks,
that's
the
link
you
you
can
go
to
and
you
can
find
you
know
a
ton
of
information
on.
J
You
know
what
we've
done
in
terms
of
recordings
just
just
all
information,
our
timeline
etc.
J
So,
as
you
all
know,
the
governor
issued
the
executive
order
to
all
new
york
municipalities
with
police
agencies
to
reimagine
public
safety
back
in
the
early
august,
the
mayor
held
an
initial
information
session
and
at
that
point
he
sort
of
wanted
to
give
background
information
to
the
community
about
you
know
the
city's
budget,
the
the
police
department.
He
also
solicited
input
from
the
community
around
sort
of
their
vision
when
it
comes
to
public
safety,
and
so
we
received
a
lot
of
information.
J
We
bucketed
that
information
and
that
that
that
is
all
listed
too
on
our
website.
Subsequently,
the
mayor
was
able
to
secure
services
from
the
center
center
for
policing
equity
and
he
was
able
to
do
that
pro
bono.
So
we
were
very
fortunate
and
you
know
you
may
know,
but
they
have
a
wealth
of
experience,
working
with
municipalities,
much
larger
municipalities
than
the
city
of
ithaca
on
these
issues
and
at
that
point
in
time
we
also
partnered
with
the
county.
J
Excuse
me
so
we
partnered
with
the
county
and
we
sort
of
had
a
sort
of
it
from
the
outside.
It
looked
like
a
lull,
but
there
was
a
lot
of
work
going
on
to
sort
of
to
re-shift
or
regroup
things,
and
at
that
point,
with
the
guidance
from
the
cpe,
which
is
the
center
for
police
and
equity.
J
We
put
together
working
groups
and
these
working
groups
I'm
going
to
ask
dan
if
you
could
share
that,
and
I
apologize
I'm
not
able
to
do
this
because
I'm
on
a
different
computer
and
it
I
don't,
have
my
information
on
it.
So
so
dan
was
gracious
to
do
this
for
me.
J
So
here
you
can
see
the
the
working
groups
and
these
working
groups
were
set
up
based
upon
individuals,
positions
in
the
organizations
and
expertise
in
certain
areas.
They're,
not
working
groups
that
are
decision
making
groups.
J
They
had
specific
deliverables
that
they
were
to
provide
and
what
I
can
and
that
information
is
on
on
the
website.
What
the
deliverables
were.
I
served
as
the
or
am
serving
as
the
project
manager
for
the
communications
and
community
working
group,
and
we
were
tasked
basically
to
develop
a
comprehensive
communications
and
community
engagement
strategy
to
inform
the
community
and
to
receive
input
that
so
at
that
point
in
time
we
decided
to
do
more
information
sessions.
So
you
may
recall:
jason
molina
did
an
information
session
chief
nayer
did
one
sheriff.
J
Derek
osborne
also
had
an
information
session
and
we
also
invited
in
ann
milgram
from
the
new
jersey.
She
was
the
former
attorney
general
for
the
state
of
new
jersey
and
she
worked
on
the
camden
new
jersey,
redesign
of
their
police
department.
So,
hopefully
you
got
to
see
her.
She
came
in
and
did
a
presentation
on
the
work
that
they
did
and
how
they
did
their
work
and
a
lot
of
it.
J
She
talked
a
lot
about
sort
of
the
how
it
was
data-driven,
so
some
of
the
decisions
that
were
made
in
trying
to
get
to
engage
the
community.
We
had
a
variety
of
different
methodologies
to
do
that,
recognizing
that
in
this
community
people
engage
differently
and
there's
not
one
form
of
engagement,
so
we
had
to
have
multiple
avenues:
to
get
feedback
and
and
get
people's
input.
J
We
used
surveys.
We
conducted
a
community
voices
meeting
where
basically,
community
members
could
sign
up,
and
sometimes
the
mayor,
jason
molino
would
be
there
to
listen
to
answer
questions
and
we
we
had
a
moderated
discussions
too
more
recently,
where
cpe
moderated
a
discussion
that
involved
the
mayor,
the
police,
chief,
the
sheriff
and
county
administrator
to
really
just
talk
openly
and
have
a
discussion
with
the
community.
J
We
recognize
that
not
everybody
is
going
to
use
that
form.
So
one
of
the
key
areas
of
focus
for
the
community
working
group
was
to
ensure
that
we
we
received.
We
got
the
voices
or
heard
the
voices
or
provided
opportunities
for
the
voices
of
the
black,
indigenous
and
other
people
of
color
and
the
most
vulnerable
communities
here.
So
we
conducted
focus
groups.
We
had
over
20
focus
groups
that
took
place
between
sorry
took
place
between
november
and
december.
J
These
focus
groups
targeted,
I
mean,
as
I
said,
black
indigenous
folks
latinx
asian
people
with
disabilities,
lgbtq
community,
the
unhoused
community
individuals,
with
involvement
with
the
criminal
justice
system.
So
we
we
really.
We
really
had
an
aggressive
approach
to
ensure
that
we
had.
There
were
opportunities
to
hear
the
voices
from
all
of
those
communities.
J
The
there
were
focus
groups
that
were
conducted
mostly
virtual,
but
we
had
situations
with
the
most
vulnerable
community
where
they
didn't
have
access
to
do
it
virtually.
So
we
had
in
focus
groups
that
were
set
up
in
a
a
safe
way.
J
They
took
place
at
the
library
in
the
borg,
warner
room,
south
side,
community
center
and
oar.
We
picked
up,
people
brought
them
to
the
various
locations.
J
We
had
one-on-one
interviews
with
individuals
who
we
couldn't
get
to
participate
in
that
type
of
of
environment.
There
were
about
a
a
dozen
of
those
and
the
focus
groups
had
professional
facilitators
and
and
ascribe
so
everything
was
documented,
wasn't
recorded.
It
was
just
documented
the
the
feedback.
J
So
we
we
finished
up
the
focus
groups.
I
think
december
23rd
was
the
last
one.
We
also
had
eight
focus
groups
that
were
specific
to
law
enforcement
and
the
center
for
policing
equity.
They
were
they
facilitated
those
sessions.
So
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
you
know
we.
We
were
well-rounded
in
terms
of
getting
information
and
feedback
for
all
those
impacted,
not
only
the
community
but
also
law
enforcement.
That
would
be
impacted
by
anything
that
comes
out
of
this.
J
So
the
next
steps
and
where
we
are
right
now,
is
there's
a
lot
of
data.
There's
a
lot
of
information.
We
have
our
academic
team
that
is
analyzing
the
data.
So
through
the
month
of
january
they
will
be
analyzing
that
data
and
developing
findings
and
those
findings
will
be
presented
late
january
early
february
and
from
those
findings
we
will
be
developing
recommendations
based
upon
those
findings
and
we're
expecting
that
that'll
be
around
the
early
february
time
frame.
J
There
will
also
be
an
opportunity
once
that's
done,
to
seek
input
from
the
community
and
and
to
get
you
know
to
get
community
comments
about,
what's
what's
being
recommended
and
then
probably
late
february.
J
G
B
K
Jackson,
all
right,
I
don't
have
a
question,
but
I
actually
want
I
just
want
to
add
to
that.
They
weren't
planned
originally,
but
cevante
and
jason
leno
sheriff
and
police
chief
did
more
direct
q
a
so.
We
had
this
feedback
that
the
the
the
forums
as
they
were
online
were
two
one
one
directional
and
they
wanted
to
hear
from
the
electeds
and
the
law
enforcement
folks,
and
so
we
did,
one
samantha
was
kind
enough
to
do
another.
K
J
And-
and
I
would
also
say
that
this
involved
a
lot
of
a
one-on-one
communication
with
individuals
in
the
community
who
had
a
lot
to
say
not
only
in
those
forums.
But
you
know
they
wanted
their
voices
heard
in
addition
to
the
forums.
D
D
They
would
be
delivered
to
the
legislative
bodies
in
march
upon
receiving
input
and
then
set
in
april.
That
seems
a
very,
very
tight
timeline,
and
so
I'm
trying
to
better
understand
the
timeline
also
trying
to
better
understand
who
exactly
and
how
are
these
recommendations
being
developed.
J
So
yeah
that's
a
good
question
and
it
is
a
very
tight
line
and
it's
in
its
and
and
so
we
we
have
been
sort
of
working
through
this
as
we're
in
it.
I'm
moving
but
yeah
the
x,
the
the
the
research
group,
which
are
academics
from
ithaca
college,
who
are
doing
the
analysis
of
the
the
data
they're
expected
to
be
able
to
present
those
findings
by
mid
to
late
january
and
then
they're
not
going
to
be
making
the
recommendations.
J
Just
the
the
we'll
be
working
with
cpe
the
center
for
policing
equity
to
develop
those
recommendations
based
upon
the
findings.
G
J
Yeah
it'll
be
individuals
who
are
part
of
those
working
groups
that
were
put
up
there,
the
the
internal
work.
It's
called
the
internal
resource
group.
D
B
Yeah
yeah
for
sure,
so
what
we've
seen
in
the
communities
that
have
already
completed
this
work,
which
is
not
many,
is
that
the
communities
that
mostly
completed
it
are
usually
creating
like
two-page
plans.
Let's
say
our
intent
is
to
reimagine
public
safety
by
creating
a
kinder
police
department,
and
we
ordered
the
police
chief
to
do
the
same
and
to
explore
all
options
to
build
community
trust
all
in
favor,
and
then
everybody
votes
for
it,
and
then
they
send
that
off
to
the
governor.
B
We
want
ours
to
be
more
intense.
We
want
ours
to
be
an
actual
plan
that
has
steps
in
it
and
it
will
be
and
it'll
be,
data
informed
and
public
process
public
input
driven,
but
it
won't
be
complete.
I
mean
what
the
council
and
legislature
will
likely.
Vote
on
in
april
is
a
framework
for
how
we
move
forward
and
will
require
implementation
teams
to
carry
out
that
work
over
the
course
of
years.
B
I
think
there
will
be
some
short-term,
medium-term
and
long-term
suggestions
and
council
will
adopt
or
decline
to
adopt
that
set
of
suggestions,
but
it
won't
but
the
work
I
think
something
what
you're
getting
at
is,
you
know,
isn't
it?
Is
it
possible
to
completely
reimagine
public
safety
and
and
enact
that
reimagining
in
six
months?
That's
not,
but
we
will
have
a
document
that
should
serve
as
a
blueprint.
D
L
L
True,
will
council
have
an
opportunity
to
help
shape
these
recommendations
in
the
the
month
or
less
that
we're
gonna
actually
see
them.
B
Yeah,
for
sure
I
mean
so,
you
should
again
should
see
the
recommendations
in
february.
We
voted
on
them
in
april
and,
of
course,
council
can
change
it.
You
know,
council
can
change
it.
However,
they
they
see
that
thank.
H
H
Yeah,
I
guess
I
had
a
question
so
the
public
safety
working
group
had
a
meeting
actually
this
afternoon
and
we
heard
a
lot
from
efforts
in
eugene
oregon,
which
sound,
really
impressive,
but
they've
been
going
for
a
number
of
years
and
involved
some
significant
budget.
So
I
guess
my
question
is:
do
you
have
any
sense
from
the
state
that
there
would
be
additional
funding
for
any
kind
of
recommendations
that
might
come
out
of
this
effort?.
B
No-
and
there
should
be
so-
we
are
pushing-
I
should
say
we,
you
might
not.
I've
been
on
the
executive
board
of
the
new
york
conference
of
mayors
for
the
last
six
years.
I
was
just
elected
second
vice
president
of
the
new
york
conference
of
mayors.
Last
month,
we
in
the
conference
are
pushing
heavily
for
implementation
funds
because
all
the
best
ideas
require
you
know
an
investment
so
right
now,
that
is
a
a
tough
thing
to
ask
by
some
estimates.
B
The
state
is
out
20
of
its
normal
revenue,
but
as
of
the
news
in
georgia
last
night
that
the
democrats
will
now
control
the
united
states
senate
that
greatly
enhances
the
odds
that
we
both
get
local
aid
as
well
as
state
aid.
If
that
state
aid
comes
through,
we
really
need
to
hold
the
state
accountable
and
say
we.
You
know
we're
trying
to
recreate
public
safety
here
and
we
need
some
help
to
do
it.
So.
F
F
B
They're
in
a
tough
spot
to
the
state
right
now,
but
our
odds
boy
for
for
a
great
many
reasons,
last
night
was
a
big
deal,
but
for
the
odds
alone
that
we
will
get
that
state
and
federal
aid
state
locally.
The
election
in
georgia
is
very
good
news.
K
Speaking
of
aid,
will
we
see
how
will
leed
interact
with
this
process,
and
will
we
see
a
plan
for
implementation
sometime
soon.
B
Yes,
so
actually
so
travis
brooks
he
he
offered
to
deliver
the
update
today.
But
given
that
shelley
was
giving
this
presentation
and
a
larger
than
usual
agenda
for
a
january
meeting,
we
did
push
chat
to
february.
So
you'll
give
a
presentation
to
council
in
february
about
the
the
latest
status
of
lead.
B
I
can
tell
you
the
pcg
met
again
today
and
is
honing
in
on
an
mou.
It'll
be
circulated
to
council
once
it's
completed
between
us,
the
county,
the
d.a,
the
sheriffs,
the
police
department,
the
dia,
the
all
involved
agencies
which
will
govern
how
lead
operates
so
that
that
should
give
council
a
better
handle
on
it.
As.
B
B
Okay,
well,
I
want
to
thank
to
dachshund
and
graham
for
serving
on
the
reimagining
work,
as
you
can
lean
on
them
for
more
information
about
the
process,
but
also,
of
course,
myself
and
shelley,
as
it
continues.
B
Both
the
speakers,
the
the
sort
of
the
professional
experts
that
we
asked
to
give
presentations,
as
well
as
the
community
feedback,
really
tells
a
story
and
and
paints
a
pretty
clear
picture
of
where
we're
headed
and
where
you
know
the
future
of
public
safety
lies
in
an
intersection
that
relieves
police
officers
of
some
of
their
duties
and
responsibilities,
creates
greater
trust
between
the
community
and
law
enforcement
and
comes
up
with
alternatives,
like
graham
mentioned,
in
the
cahoots
program.
B
Okay,
are
there
any
reports
of
municipal
officials,
anybody
in
the
waiting
room
encounter
you
so
okay,
well
I'll,
give
a
shout
out
to
our
own
leslie
mcbean,
claire
born,
who
was
elected
chair
of
the
county
legislature
again
last
night,
well,
well-deserved,
great
leader
and
the
right
leader.
For
this
moment,
I
believe
there
was
also
nobody
spoke
signed
up
for
public
comment,
so
we
moved
straight
to
privilege
of
the
floor.
Anybody
from
council.
L
L
I'd
just
like
to
say
that,
while
it's
early
in
the
meeting,
the
martin
luther
king
birthday,
breakfast
at
giac,
will
be
held
virtually
this
year.
It
will
be
held
I'll,
get
more
details
asap,
but
it's
not
going
to
start
until
9
30
in
the
morning
on
january,
16th,
saturday
january,
16th.
B
B
A
I
Great
thanks,
I
also
think
gary's
in
the
waiting
room.
So
if
you
want
to
move
gary
over,
I
think
he
was
here
to
answer
questions
also.
So
this
is
support
of
a
2021
application
to
the
new
york
main
street
program
by
the
downtown
ithaca
alliance.
I
And
whereas
the
program
prioritizes
projects
with
housing,
components
and
existing
buildings
and
the
dia
has
identified
several
possible
properties.
And
whereas
the
owners
of
these
properties
are
aware
that
units
rehabilitated
under
this
program
are
required
to
lease
units
at
no
more
than
90
percent.
I
And
whereas
the
program
requires
that
elected
municipal
body,
that's
us
common
council
pass
the
resolution
supporting
an
application
to
the
program,
and
the
resolution
needs
to
be
included
with
the
application.
I
I
know
that
we
had
asked
gary
to
provide.
I
know
that
you
didn't
have
all
the
projects
buttoned
up
when
we
were
at
city
administration,
so
I
think
you
did
email
something
earlier
I
apologize.
I
haven't
had
a
chance
to
look
at
it,
but
I
don't
know
if
you
want
to
give
a
quick
summary
and
then
and
then
we
can
take
questions.
I
M
Page
summary,
and
in
that
I
spell
out
the
five
projects
that
we've
we've
honed
in
on
that
resulted
about
12
housing
units,
new
housing
units
being
created
in
the
downtown
area.
That
would
be
in
that
affordable
range.
They
are
the
projects
that
we're
working
on
right
now
are
114
to
118
south
cayuga
street,
which
is
owned
by
pete
messichi
above
pete's
bar
the
126
128
south
cuba
street.
M
Just
down
the
block
above
aroma
pizza,
300,
east
state
street,
which
is
the
which
would
be
the
fourth
floor
of
the
csma
building,
where
they
would
create
several
housing
units
208
to
210
east
state
street,
which
is
on
the
commons
owned
by
dan
pelley,
which
is
again
above
the
brain
shop
and
then
a
project
actually
whose
location
is
still
where
it's
still
confidential,
because
they're
still
working
on
on
the
deal
from
todd
fox
for
a
downtown
property.
M
That
would
create,
in
this
program
at
least
at
least
two
projects,
two
housing
units,
but
could
create
a
bunch
more
as
part
of
the
larger
project.
So
those
are
the
ones
that
we've
identified
and
we
would
basically
split
the
grant
among
those
five.
N
M
N
M
Once
the
project
gets,
if
the
project
gets
awarded,
then
we'll
be
able
to
one
of
the
first
things.
They'll
do
is
they'll
bring
on
architectural
help
and
that
and
that
that's
when
that'll
get
finalized.
L
Thank
you
mayor.
Thank
you
gary.
I
I
like
the
scale
of
this
of
this
type
of
development
and
the
fact
that
it's
going
to
local
people
can.
Can
you
tell
me
the
the
five-year
limit
for
ninety
percent
seems
like
very
short,
is,
is
that
a
state
limit
or
is?
Is
that
something
we
decided
on.
M
No,
that
state
that
that's
that's,
that's
a
program
requirement
by
the
state
and
it's
their
it's
their
effort
to
get
I
I
would
call
it
mid-range
housing
out
on
the
market
and
it's
it's
been
very
successful.
Like
I
say,
we've
we've
had
four
of
these
grants
over
the
years
and
most
of
them
have
involved
some
housing
like
this,
and
it's
all
been
very
so
it's
it's
been
scarfed
up
as
fast
as
they
can
put
it
out
and
so
far
those
units
have
stayed
in
that
same
price
range.
M
So
it's
not
like
you
know.
After
five
years
is
up
people
automatically.
You
know
jack
the
prices
up.
I
think
they
find
that
this
niche
is
a
good
one.
If
they
can,
you
know
in
this
pro
what
this
program
does
is
help
people
sub,
you
know,
provides
the
subsidy
to
help
people
build
in
that
price
range,
which
is
great.
I
wish
we
had
more
programs
like
this.
M
M
I
don't
know,
I'm
not
sure
anyone's
ever
done.
That
probably
would
probably
be
difficult,
given
the
the
the
limited
amounts
that
are
going
into
the
the
units
I
mean,
that's
the
that
would.
That
would
be
probably
my
biggest
concern.
The
biggest
question.
D
I
say
this
only
because
I
was
looking
at
this
earlier
today
and
I
do
believe
that
the
ami
or
the
fair
that
determine
the
fair
market
rent
in
2016
was
68
000,
but
I
believe
in
2020,
it's
86
000.,
and
so
by
the
time
these
units
are
developed,
ami
could
easily
be
90
000
a
year,
by
which
case
we
are
basically
looking
at
market
rate
units.
D
So,
given
that,
given
what
we
are
experiencing
in
ithaca
with
rent
inflation,
how
can
we
designate
to
make
sure
that
these
units
are
actually
going
to
be
affordable
to
to
working
people
in
ithaca?
And
I
think
90
of
ami
is
not
stringent
enough.
M
If
we
were
to
change
it,
I
suppose
we
could
change
it
ourselves,
but
it
would.
It
would
we'd
have
to
go
back
and
rework
the
economics
on
all
all
the
projects
to
see
if
we
could
possibly
do
it,
and
I
don't
know
if
we.
D
So,
when,
okay,
when
you
are
working
the
economics
on
the
projects,
are
you
working
it
at
86
000,
a
year
being
ami.
M
I
don't
I
don't
even
know
personally,
I
I
I
have
a
a
document
that
I
don't
have
at
my
ready,
because
I
don't
I'm
not
at
my
office
that
that
describes
what
their
actual
rents
at
that
level
compute
to
my
remembrance
was.
They
were
like
for
one
bedrooms
they
were
sort
of.
I
I
see
nell's
bone
is
on
the
line
in
here
and
he
might
be
able
to
know
those
wrapped
off
his
head,
but
they
were,
they
were.
M
B
Us
on
the
participant
list,
but
he
may
not
be
tuned
in
yeah.
M
The
last
I
think,
the
last
ones
we
did
like,
for
example,
some
of
these
we
did
so
we
did
some
with
press
bay
alley,
and
I
remember
when
they
came
online
like
a
year
ago,
or
so
they
were,
they
were.
I
think
the
one
bedrooms
were
in
the
oh
between
a
thousand
and
thirteen
around
thirteen
hundred
a
month
in
that
range.
G
O
Yeah,
I
I
don't
have
the
ninety
percent
ami
right
at
hand,
but
I
do
want
to
know
what
the
80
area
median
income
rent
would
be,
for
example,
for
a
one
bedroom
apartment
that
would
be
1285
dollars
a
month,
80
ami
that
wouldn't
be
inclusive
of
all
utilities.
So
you
have
to
back
out.
You
know
100
150,
a
month
to
because
typically
utilities
are
are
responsible
of
the
tenant,
in
many
cases
at
least
some
of
the
utilities.
O
So
eighty
percent
is
a
twelve
hundred.
I
guess
in
a
hundred
percent
hundred
percent
of
ami
would
be
sixteen
hundred,
so
you
can
maybe
move
between
those
and
say
that
ninety
percent
is
going
to
be
thirteen.
Ninety
fourteen
hundred,
potentially
and
then
back
out
the
150
or
so
in
utilities,
and
that
would
be
kind
of
your
effective
market.
You
know
lease
rent.
L
I
appreciate
all
the
work
that's
gone
into
this.
I
tend
to
agree
with
cynthia
that
90
leaves
us
with
some
really
high
rents,
so
maybe
next
time
we
apply
for
this
grant,
we
could
figure
80
instead
of
90,
as
as
we
figure
things
out.
I
Yep
great,
we
have
a
local
law
repeal
of
employee
residency
requirements,
whereas
in
december
2002
council
adopted
a
city,
residency
requirement
for
department,
heads
and
deputy
department
heads
with
exemptions
for
firefighters
employees
who
serve
at
the
pleasure
of
the
mayor
and
non-department
head
or
deputy
department
head
employees
hired
before
january
1
1992,
and
whereas
the
rationale
was
that
living
in
the
city
would
give
employees
a
greater
personal
knowledge
of
city
conditions
and
greater
personal
stake
in
the
city's
progress,
and
whereas
in
2006
council
amended
the
residency
requirement
for
department,
heads
and
deputy
department
heads
to
expand
the
allowable
municipalities
to
include
all
of
tompkins
county
and
to
expand
the
exemption
for
non-department
header
deputy
department
head
employees
to
include
those
who
were
hired
before
november
1996,
therefore
being
enacted
by
council
as
follows.
I
We
make
the
following
findings:
the
city
anticipates
a
number
of
retirements
of
department,
heads
and
deputy
department
heads
in
the
next
three
to
five
years.
Many
city
employees
hired
since
1996,
have
worked
for
the
city
for
years
in
some
cases
decades
and
have
great
knowledge
of
and
personal
stake
in
the
city
and
county.
Some
of
these
employees
live
outside
the
county
and
have
deep
ties
to
the
communities
where
they
live,
rendering
them
and
eligible
to
be
promoted
to
department
head
or
deputy
department
head
unless
they
made
a
move
that
was
disruptive
for
their
families.
B
Yeah
is
there
a
second
second
background,
any
discussion.
I
So
we
had
quite
a
bit
of
discussion
about
this
at
city
administration.
I
think
that
there's
a
lot
of
feeling
that
there
is
certainly
some
sort
of
desire
to
figure
out
some
kind
of
balance
to
this
right.
So
we
understand
the
situation
that
we're
in
and
we're
willing
to
take
a
look
at
this
on
this
side.
But
there
was
also
a
lot
of
discussion
around
are.
Is
there
a
possibility
in
the
future
to
revisit
some
form
of
incentivizing
of
certain
employees
living
in
the
city?
You
know
what
could
that
look
like?
I
We
certainly
determined
that
there
wasn't
any
way
that
we
could
get
at
any
piece
of
that
with
with
this,
and
we
didn't
want
to
impede.
I
would
say
some
of
the
possible
implications
of
not
making
this
change
at
this
moment,
so
we're
willing
to
take
a
look
at
this
separately
from
that
concept
of
incentivizing.
I
But
there
was
certainly
a
lot
of
sentiment
that
we
want
the
people
working
for
the
city
to
have
a
deep
commitment
to
the
city
and
have
that
understanding
of
the
city
and
we're
not
sure
that
we
saw
piles
of
evidence
that
living
in
the
city
per
se
gave
you
that
right.
So
I
think
that
the
sort
of
just
a
quick
summary
of
the
discussion
that
we
had,
but
we
did
express
an
interest
in
convening
a
group
to
talk
about
some
sort
of
incentive
that
would
be
down
the
road.
L
Yeah
I've
spoken
to
some
constituents
who
I
respect
very
much
since
our
meeting
and
one
thing
one
of
them
pointed
out
that
I
hadn't
even
thought
of
was
that
living
in
the
city
gives
you
the
opportunity
to
pay
city
taxes.
L
G
E
B
Okay,
thanks
julie,
can
you
call
the
world.
G
P
Q
N
I
Right
we're
looking
at
next
advocacy
for
federal,
guaranteed
income
programs,
whereas
mayor
myrick
is
a
member
of
a
network
of
mayors
advocating
for
guaranteed
income
through
the
mayors
for
our
guaranteed
income
initiative
and
whereas
a
guaranteed
income
is
a
monthly
cash
payment
given
directly
to
people
without
work
requirements
or
stipulations.
I
Whereas
coven
19
first
appeared
in
december
and
has
spread
throughout
the
world
and
on
march,
11.
2020
world
health
organization
declared
this
a
global
pandemic
and
whereas
the
spread
of
covet
19
has
resulted
in
income,
recession
and
economic
hardship
for
millions
of
americans
and
whereas
low-wage
workers
have
lost
far
more
jobs
and
wages
than
top
earners
due
to
the
coronavirus
pandemic.
I
And
whereas
the
unemployment
rate
is
slowly.
The
declining
but
46
percent
of
american
households
have
experienced
serious
financial
trouble
during
the
pandemic,
including
running
out
of
savings,
trouble
affording
affording
food
paying
utility
bills
and
paying
rent
or
mortgage.
And
whereas
black
and
latinx
hispanic
workers
are
more
likely
to
have
experienced,
covet.
19
related
unemployment
than
white
workers,
as
well
as
higher
levels
of
food
insecurity
and
nearly
twice
as
much
difficulty
meeting
household
expenses.
I
And
whereas
congress
passed,
the
relief
cares
act
at
the
end
of
march,
which
included
the
package
of
relief
and
stimulus
programs,
including
500
million
dollars
for
large
corporations
and
a
one-time
1200
economic
impact.
Payment
checks
to
individuals
and
whereas
the
juxt
individuals
were
the
primary
reason
that
poverty
fell
by
as
many
as
4
million
people
at
the
start
of
the
pandemic
caused
recession.
And
whereas
the
checks
boosted
the
economy
by
increasing
spending
and
whereas
people
spent
the
checks
quickly,
most
of
them
on
food,
rent
and
utilities.
I
And
whereas,
when
the
cares
act
ran
out,
eight
million
people
were
forced
into
poverty.
Whereas
the
urban
institute
estimates
that
one
additional
direct
payment
check
could
keep
more
than
eight
million
people
out
of
poverty
and
two
additional
checks
would
keep
14
million
people
out
of
poverty
and
whereas
direct
cash
payments
to
the
american
people
help
state
and
local
economies
by
putting
more
cash
into
local
households
and
state
budgets.
I
And
whereas,
prior
to
the
pandemic,
nearly
45
million
americans
or
12
percent
of
the
population
were
living
in
poverty,
including
about
7
million
employed
people
who
do
not
have
resources
to
cover
the
basic
necessities.
Despite
working
and
whereas
nearly
40
percent
of
americans
could
not
afford
a
single
400
emergency
prior
to
the
pandemic
and
rising
income,
inequality
is
compounded
by
an
ever-growing
racial
wealth
divide
and
whereas
providing
an
income
floor
through
which
no
american
family
could
fall
will
benefit.
Individuals
and
communities.
I
Now
we
knew.
Oh,
I'm
sorry,.
B
Sorry,
second,
by
steve
smith:
let's
go
ahead.
I
So
we
knew
that
we
may
have
to
word
smith
this
a
bit
based
on
what
has
happened
or
didn't
happen
between
city
administration
and
today,
and
I'm
not
sure
how
we
want
to
wordsmith
it
with
with
what
did
or
didn't
happen,
but
other
than
maybe
I
don't
know.
I
think
it's
probably
still
fine
the
way
that
it
is
because
there
could
be
an
additional
stimulus
package,
but
I'll
just
leave
it
to
whatever,
whatever
other
people
think.
G
Q
G
Q
B
Say:
majority
leader
yeah:
I.
G
B
Okay,
so
is
that
a
friendly
amendment
to
dev
and
steve
the
call
majority
leader
instead
of
thanks.
I
But
nancy
pelosi
was
re-elected,
so
we
can
say
the
name
there,
because
we
know
definitively
that
that's
who
it
is
right
or
do
we
want
to
be
consistent
and
just
have
title
and
no
name
for
all
of
them.
B
I
think
it
matters.
I
think
we
know
that
it
will
be
her,
so
I
think
it's
fine
to
leave
that
one
is
yeah,
so
it
was
dachshund.
I
also
had
graham
and
then
laura.
H
Actually,
that
was
my
suggestion.
It
was
just
majority
leader,
so
yeah,
that's
fine
right.
N
N
I
also
wanted
to
report
that
there
will
be
an
announcement
very
shortly
of
another
grant
program
that
the
city
will
be
awarded
has
been
awarded,
but
we
don't
have
the
ability
to
share
all
of
the
details
yet,
but
there
has
been
a
group
working
group
for
the
past
year,
looking
at
eviction
and
displacement
in
the
city,
and
we
anticipate
a
significant
grant
that
will
support
housing
hotline,
provide
legal
representation,
legal
advice
and
representation
to
tenants
monitoring
of
eviction
court
once
eviction
court
resumes
after
the
eviction,
moratorium,
support
for
tenant
organizations,
information
and
advocacy
and
also
provides
monthly
supplement,
housing
stability,
support
supplement,
and
it's
it's
very
exciting
that.
N
At
least,
even
as
soon
as
as
tomorrow,
we're
still
just
waiting
on
the
final
go-ahead
for
the
release
on
that.
N
B
Yes,
they
intended
to
who
knows
what
happened
my
gosh
they
intended
to
send
that
announcement
today.
I
don't
know
if
they
sent
it.
If
it
did,
I'm
sure
it
got
swallowed
up,
but,
yes,
very
exciting
news
can't
wait
to
share
it
publicly.
We'll
really
help
people
avoid
displacement,
and
we
were
one
of
I
believe
it's
it's
nine
cities
laura
that
that
won,
that
grant.
B
Okay,
yes,
cynthia.
D
Mayor,
could
you
tell
us,
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
the
mayors
for
a
guaranteed
income
initiative?
Is
this
a
group
that
is
across
the
united
states
or
a
group
of
mayors
only
in
new
york
state
how?
How
large
of
an
initiative
is
this.
B
Sure
it
started
with
about
a
dozen
of
us,
but
it
is
growing.
It
is
a
national
nonprofit,
founded
by
mayor,
michael
tubbs,
from
stockton,
california,
a
good
friend
who
wrote
me
in
several
other
cities,
and
I
believe
we
are
the
smallest
city,
that's
involved,
but
from
los
angeles
to
saint
paul.
B
I
I
don't
know,
every
conference
call
gets
larger
and
larger,
so
let
me
see
if
I
can,
let's
see
if
I
can
find
it,
but
it's
it's
quite
a
few.
D
B
Yes
looks
like
yes,
so
the
map
is
saying:
tacoma,
seattle,
oakland,
stockton,
la
compton,
long
beach,
santa
fe,
san
antonio
shreveport
jackson,
new
orleans,
gainesville
columbia,
atlanta,
durham,
richmond,
pittsburgh,
jamestown,
ithaca,
mount
vernon,
patterson,
newark,
philadelphia,
college
park,
madison
gary
indiana,
gary
indiana
and
st
paul.
B
Downstate
yeah
and
our
hope,
so
so,
the
both
that
organization
has
done
great
work
advocating
at
the
federal
level,
but
they've
also
done
great
work,
funding,
pilot
programs
and
raised
quite
a
bit
of
money
in
our
distributing
it
to
cities,
and
we
will
pursue
those
funds
aggressively
so
that
you
know
we
can
help,
prove
the
point,
which
is
that
a
new
social
safety
net
is
needed
and
and
is
possible
and
is
affordable
and
will
help
our
economy
and
and
ease
human
suffering.
I
Great
job,
just
then
the
last
thing
is
our
bond
resolution.
We
do
these
regularly,
so
I'm
not
gonna
read
all
of
the
pieces
of
it
in
the
interest
of
time.
We
have
a
lot
more
on
our
agenda.
You
can
see
in
the
agenda
packet
all
of
the
different
items
that
we're
paying
for
these
have
all
previously
been
discussed.
I
They've
been
included
in
the
budget,
so
we'll
just
say
the
the
read
the
resolve
that
by
the
affirmative
vote,
if
not
less
than
two-thirds
of
the
total
strength
of
the
common
council
that
we
are
looking
to
authorize
three
million
six
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
four
hundred
dollars
worth
of
bonds,
and
you
can
read
the
description
of
them
in
the
agenda.
B
Great
second
background
discussion.
I
R
H
D
K
P
P
H
N
B
Thank
you
great
thanks,
doug
and
next
controllers
report.
S
Hey,
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
approving
those
bonds,
so
I'll
be
quick.
As
I
know,
you
have
lots
lots
to
get
to
tonight.
It's
been
obviously
quite
a
year
for
for
everyone
involved,
not
wanting
to
wish
my
life
away
but
sure
happy
that
2020
is
over
here's
hoping
to
a
better
2021
for
us.
S
Unfortunately,
it
may
get
worse
before
it
gets
better,
but
hopefully
there's
some
light
at
the
end
of
this
incredible
environment
that
we
currently
find
ourselves
in
lots
of
work
ahead
of
us
here,
especially
everything
seems
to
be
more
difficult
with
covid
at
this
point
for
us,
but
we
will
continue
to
push
push
on
forward
and
and
hopefully
make
progress
lots
of
accounting
activity
work
ahead
of
us
for
2020
to
see
where
we
end
up.
S
So
I'm
just
going
to
give
you
quick
updates,
because
these
are
not
final
numbers
in
any
stretch.
We
have
a
couple
months,
at
least
of
final
numbers
to
come
in,
so
we
won't
know
exactly
what
2020
will
end
up.
We
can
generally
tell
you
it
won't
be
in
good
shape
for
sure,
even
after
we
made
adjustments
back
in
april
on
the
sales
tax
front
continues
to
be
all
over
the
place
we
had
out
of
our
last
four
payments.
S
Three
of
them
were
roughly
seven
to
ten
percent
reduction
from
2019
the
other
payment.
The
fourth
payment
was
about
35
percent
reduction.
So
we
continue
to
see
these
payments
jumping
around.
I
will
tell
you
that
we,
the
general
trend
overall
for
2020,
is
that
we're
down
about
15.6
percent
from
activity
from
2019.
S
We
find
ourselves
about
2
million
300
000
off
of
budget.
As
a
result
of
that
activity,
we
do
see
that
current
covet
increases
will
probably
have
negative
activity
as
you
look
around.
Local
businesses
are
certainly
operating
at
much
less
opportunity
for
revenue
generation
due
to
due
to
the
covid.
So
we'll
see
how
everything
falls
out.
We
did
reduce
the
2021
sales
tax
budget
by
about
12
percent.
S
Hopefully
that
number
will
be
okay
for
us,
we'll
obviously
keep
close
eyes
on
that
and
make
any
changes
necessary
as
we
move
throughout
2021..
S
As
far
as
parking
revenues,
we
are
off
budget
by
about
a
million
three
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
our
fine
revenues
are
off
budget
by
about
244
thousand
dollars.
S
The
the
one
bright
spot
that
I've
been
talking
about
is
the
local
development,
local
development,
which
generates
revenues
through
building
permits
and
other
activity
in
the
in
the
planning
and
building
offices.
We
are
about
550
thousand
dollars
over
budget.
So
that's
again
the
the
bit
of
bright
news
and
the
shining
light
in
our
activity
through
20
20.
state
a
continues
to
show
a
reduction
of
20
percent.
We
did
budget
for
a
reduction
of
20
percent
in
2021.
S
We
will
see
with
state
aid
and
also
federal
aid,
see
what
happens
with
current
changes.
Hopefully,
as
the
mayor
pointed
out
earlier,
that
we'll
see
some
improvements
and
and
hopeful
aid
down
the
line
in
2021
for
us
as
far
as
both
state
and
federal
aid,
otherwise
other
than
financial
activity
working
diligently
and
lots
of
negotiation
activity
for
the
first
quarter,
2021
related
to
labor
agreements.
S
In
addition,
all
our
employee
furloughs
are
now
come
over
for
2020.,
we
saved
approximately
a
million
dollars,
so
that
does
help
the
bottom
line,
as
we
take
a
look
at
the
2020
final
financial
activity
and,
lastly,
we'll
just
continue
to
monitor
all
the
covet
impacts
that
that
that
it
has
on
the
finances
for
the
city
and
keep
you
updated
on
any
changes
to
our
financial
status.
And
that's
all
I
have
tonight.
S
The
loss
is
roughly
like
50
percent
yeah
yeah.
Thank
you
and
remember.
We
did
with
parking.
We
did
shut
down
parking
for
a
period
of
time,
so
that
has
a
lot
to
do
with
it
and
then,
of
course,
the
covet
impacts
on
businesses.
Since
that
time.
S
So
for
2020
we
didn't
see
a
large
change
in
those
collections,
we'll
obviously
monitor
2021
and
we're
just
starting
our
collections
for
obviously
for
tax
collections
in
january,
but
we'll
definitely
keep
a
close
eye
on
that.
It
was
a
little
higher
for
non-collected
activity,
but
not
not
out
of
the
ordinary
at
this
point
in
time,
but
we'll
keep
our
our
eyes
on
that
for
sure.
S
C
This
is
a
resolution
endorsing
and
supporting
the
adoption
of
the
revised
alaska
lake,
watershed
rules
and
regulations,
whereas
the
city
of
ithaca
became
a
water
purveyor
in
1903,
using
six
mile
creek
as
its
drinking
water
source,
whereas
pursuant
to
public
health,
section
1100,
the
new
york
state
department
of
health
adopted,
title
10
of
new
york,
codes,
rules
and
regulations,
water
purveyors
are
granted
the
authority
to
develop
and
update
water
rules
and
regulations,
whereas
watershed
rules
and
regulations
are
developed
for
the
preservation
of
public
drinking
water
sources
and
their
protection
from
point
and
non-point
source
pollution.
C
Whereas
the
current
six
mile
creek
watershed
rules
and
regulations
protecting
the
city
of
ithaca's
drinking
water
source
were
adopted
in
1933,
whereas
cornell
university
is
a
water
purveyor
using
fall
creek
as
its
source
of
drinking
water
and
has
fall
creek.
Watershed
rules
and
regulations
adopted
in
1928,
whereas
the
southern
kyogre
lake
and
municipal
water,
commission,
otherwise
known
as
bolton
point,
is
a
water
purveyor
and
uses
kiego
lake
as
its
source
for
drinking
water
does
not
have
huge
lake
watershed
rules
and
regulations.
C
Whereas
progress
was
not
made
due
to
the
complexity
of
the
task
and
lack
of
support
at
the
state
level.
And
whereas
representatives
from
the
city
of
ithaca
and
cornell
university
have
been
working
with
the
tompkins
county
water
resources
council
since
2016
to
update
their
respective
watershed
rules
and
regulations.
C
And
since
that
time
the
lands
within
the
iwasco
lake?
Watershed
have
witnessed
cumulative
changes
in
land
use
and
development,
whereas
in
2017,
as
a
part
of
the
continued
efforts
to
protect
water
quality
city
of
auburn,
the
town
of
alaska
and
cuga
county
passed
resolutions
endorsing
a
project
to
update
and
revise
the
alaska
lake
watershed
rules
and
regulations.
C
Whereas
the
city
of
ithaca
recognize
that
that
there
are
environmental
threats
to
our
drinking
water
sources
that
are
not
outdated,
that
are
not
addressed
in
current
regulations,
whereas
the
city
of
ithaca
recognizes
emerging
threats
to
water
quality,
not
envisioned
in
earlier
decades,
whereas
enacting
watershed
rules
and
regulations
to
protect
water
sources
from
point
and
non-point
pollution
is
both
environmentally
protective
as
well
as
economically
prudent,
whereas
the
city
of
ithaca
is
pursuing
an
update
of
their
own,
outdated
six-mile,
creek
watershed
rules
and
regulations.
C
Whereas
a
final
draft
of
the
revised
oscar
lake,
watershed
rules
and
regulations
was
endorsed
by
the
city
council
of
auburn
and
the
town
board
of
alaska,
whereas
both
councils
and
of
said
municipalities
have
requested
that
new
york
state
repeal
the
older
watershed,
rules
and
regulations
resolved
that
the
city
of
ithaca
is
hereby
expressed.
Support
to
the
town
of
alaska
and
city
of
auburn
in
their
efforts
to
update
the
alaska
lake,
watershed
rules
and
regulations.
C
To
do
so,
and
the
communal
process,
by
which
those
revisions
are
made
and
be
a
further
resolve
of
the
city
of
ithaca's,
hereby
request
that
the
new
york
state
department
of
health
repeal
the
existing
1984
wasco
lake
watershed
rules
and
regulations
which
are
cited
at
10
new
york
codes
rules
and
regulations,
section
104.1
and
replace
the
same
with
the
revised
wasco
lake
water,
shed
rules
and
regulations.
An
iso
move.
B
L
L
G
N
Laura
thank
you
yeah.
I
fully
support
this
as
well,
and
we
had
a
very
good
discussion
at
pedc
about
this.
I
did
ask
at
that
time
and
I
wonder
if
we
could
just
hear
more
again
about
why
there
was
little
support
from
new
york
state
and
if
we
have
reason
to
believe
that
we
will
be
receiving
support
from
the
state
going.
T
Forward,
it's
it's
still
unknown
what
the
state
will
think
of
it.
We
have
mixed
feedback.
T
The
reason
auburn
moved
forward
in
town
of
oscar
is
because
of
the
increase
in
harmful
algae
blooms
in
all
of
our
water
bodies,
which
is
not
unique
to
new
york
state.
It's
happening
worldwide
in
certain
temperate
regions,
probably
driven
largely
by
climate
change
and
helped
along
by
some
invasive
species.
T
T
So
watershed
rules
and
regulations
were
developed
prior
to
most
of
our
environmental
regulations
and
most
of
our
regulatory
agencies
being
ex
in
existence,
and
so
they
were
super
important
and
that's
why
most
people's
watershed
rules
and
regulations
are
so
dated.
T
Whereas
watershed
rules
and
regulations
are
good
at
that,
and
so
the
new
york
state
department
of
health
was
expressing
renewed
interest
when
they
initiated
the
65
million
dollars
to
develop
harmful
algae
bloom
plans
for
12
lakes
in
the
state,
and
they
talked
specifically
about
looking
at
watershed
rules
and
regulations
again,
as
maybe
a
good
way
to
tackle
this
kind
of
environmental
problem.
T
So
that's
the
pro
and
that
came
straight
from
the
from
the
state.
The
negative
is
the
in
the
in
the
same
time,
frame
we've
gotten
the
right
to
farm
laws
and
there's
a
lot
of
protection
for
farming
and
watershed
rules
and
regulations
do
put
some
kind
of
restrictions
on
agricultural
practices
and
require
setbacks
from
ditches
and
streams
and
better
handling
of
manure.
T
T
Instead,
they
went
out
and
spent
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
in
the
watershed,
to
improve
barn,
lots
on
private
properties,
to
upgrade
wastewater
plants,
to
have
law
enforcement
to
protect
their
reservoirs.
That
sort
of
thing
scanning
atlas
lake
also
updated
their
watershed
rules
and
regulations
because
they
provide
water
to
syracuse
and
again,
there
was
money
for
that.
T
Osco
doesn't
have
the
same
kind
of
financial
setting
and
so
there's
going
to
be
more
pushback
and
that
they
can't
just
simply
go
pay
for
some
of
these
upgrades
or
changes
and
practices,
and
so
they're
just
looking
for
support
from
others
to
say
that
this
is
a
valid
process.
This
is
a
process.
That's
made
available
as
a
legal.
T
An
approved
process
by
the
state
they've
gone
through
a
very
engaged
process
for
three
years:
they've
had
stakeholders,
there
are
farmers
that
are
on
board
and
supportive,
and
so
we
we
are
just
they're
looking
for
support
from
other
people
to
to
say
that
this
is
a
valid
effort
and
the
state
shouldn't
slow,
walk
it
as
a
as
a
water.
Purveyor
we've
been
looking
at
updating
ours
because,
honestly,
we
aren't
too
worried
about
privys
or
carcasses
in
the
watershed.
T
You
know
so
we'd
like
to
have
something
that's
more
relevant
and
so
we'd
love
to
throw
some
support
their
way
and
when
we
either
update
ours
on
our
own
subwatersheds
for
cornell
and
us,
or
whether
we
go
cuga
lake
wide
we'd
like
to
have
their
support
back.
So
that's
what
we're
asking
tonight.
G
C
C
C
C
And
sorry,
I'm
just
scrolling
through
here
5.2
or
I
guess
it's
5.3
since
we
did.
The
watershed
resolution
is
a
proposed
disposition
and
development
agreement.
C
Dda
with
ithaca
properties
for
the
east
section
of
the
green
street
garage
mixed
use,
urban
rural
project
subject
to
common
council
approval,
whereas
the
dda
governs
the
terms
and
conditions
for
conveyance
of
project,
site
and
implementation
of
the
approved
urban
rural
project
and
includes
a
project
term
sheet
schedule
of
performance
milestones
and
a
property
conveyance
agreement.
Whereas
the
dda
expires
on
february
1st.
This
should
be
20
22,
not
there's
a
20
20
in
there.
C
Now,
therefore,
be
it
resolved.
The
city
of
ithaca
common
council
hereby
approves
the
ira
proposed
disposition
and
development
agreement
with
ithaca
properties
for
the
east
section
of
the
green
street
garage
mixed
use.
Urban
renewal
project
resolve
that
the
net
proceeds
from
the
sale
of
real
property
shall
be
paid
to
the
city
and
there's
a
link
to
the
dda
and
the
resolution,
and,
and
I
move.
B
They're
gonna
buy
steve
smith,
discussion
or
questions.
C
B
C
N
Yeah.
Thank
you,
mr
mayor.
I'm
supportive
of
this.
I
will
vote
in
favor
of
this
for
sure
I
did
want
to
just
make
one
point,
and
that
is
that
I
would
strongly
encourage
the
developer
mr
rimland,
to
communicate
regularly
with
businesses
that
may
be
affected
by
construction.
There
has
been
real
construction
fatigue
on
our
commons.
N
All
the
resulting
building
is,
of
course
advantageous
to
the
city
and
to
residents
who
will
be
living
there,
but
the
construction
over
the
last
couple
of
years
and
construction
that
we
anticipate
in
the
next
few
years
between
vasino's
green
street
garage
project
and
the
ithacan
project,
which
brings
some
great
features
to
to
downtown.
I'm
very
pleased
that
if
the
college's
physician
assistant
program
will
be
located
downtown,
but
I
do
just
want
to
strongly
encourage
the
developer
to
communicate
regularly
and
provide
updates
to
businesses
that
that
may
be
affected
on
the
comments.
L
Yeah
thanks
for
bringing
that
up,
laura,
that's
really
good
points.
I
I
want
to
congratulate
nels
for
all
his
work
on
this.
I
know
it's
a
real
challenge
to
get
everything
the
city
wants,
I,
so
what
I'm
about
to
say
is
in
no
way
any
disrespect
for
nells
or
anybody
else
that
worked
on
this.
L
But
what
I
don't
see
in
the
dda
is
any
reference
to
local
labor,
and
I
know
that
laura
is
working
to
get
the
ida
to
take
local
labor
more
seriously,
and
I
appreciate
that,
but
as
long
as
I've
been
on
common
council
with
all
the
development
that's
been
going
on
in
this
city,
we
still
haven't
come
up
with
a
local
labor
requirement.
L
B
Thank
you
any
other
discussion,
question.
L
O
The
common
council
has
the
rights
to
approve,
modify
or
disapprove
the
disposition
and
development
agreement.
The
deal
has
not
been
negotiated
with
that
requirement
in
mind
and
I
don't
think
there's
clear
guidance
on
what
metric
would
be
used
exactly
in
terms
of
what
would
be
a
feasible
local,
labor
participation
rate.
I
know
that
the
idea
is
tracking
local
labor
in
downtown
projects
and
they've
varied
from
30
percent
up
to
up
to
over
50
percent,
maybe
even
60
and
some.
O
But
it's
you
know
it's
the
more
specialized
the
construction,
the
harder
it
is
to
get
local
labor,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
the
project
has
an
opportunity
to
get
competitive
bids
as
well
for
the
project.
O
So
at
this
point
we
have
we
have
been
relying
on
the
ida's
policy
for
local
labor
participation,
which
they
have
taken
very
seriously
and
have
created
a
working
group
to
move
from
the
reporting
framework
that
they
have
right
now
to
implement
and
try
to
identify
what
would
be
a
feasible
local
participation
rate
to
impose
on
projects
that
receive
their
assistance.
This
project
will
receive
idea
assistance.
So
it's
going
to
be
underneath
the
ida
management
process
in
terms
of
meeting
their
local
labor
policy,
yeah.
B
L
The
way
I
look
at
the
problem
is
that
the
ida
has
been
recording
this
information
for
years
for
the
first
few
years.
L
Can
anybody
hear
me?
Yes,
we
can
hear
you,
george
okay,
so
this
this
recording
system,
to
my
mind,
is
not
enough.
It's
been
going
on
for
years
and
we
need
a
minimum.
I
agree
with
nells
that
for
certain
specialized
trades
it's
not
realistic
to
expect
local.
B
B
Second,
bicep
discussion.
C
C
U
B
O
So
it's
where
the
worker
is
not
where
the
company
is
based.
It's
a
fairly
robust
obligation
to
track
those
for
18
months,
and
I
just
want
to
be
clear
that
we
didn't
build
in
any
budget
anywhere
into
this
process
to
monitor
that-
and
I
know
that
the
ida
has
had
some
concerns.
I
think
they
even
have
have
dedicated
some
staff
resources
to
make
sure
they
can
track
it.
O
We
could
rely
on
their
reporting
process
for
this
to
to
look
at
that
information
might
be
one
way
to
go
forward,
but
I
I
would
not
want
to
duplicate
that
process
if
they're
already
reporting
that
information
yeah.
L
L
K
So
I
I
generally
support
this,
but
I
am
worried
about
implementation
too,
and
suitable
exemptions
if
certain
work
can't
be
can't
be
supplied
from
the
local
area.
So
I'm
you
know
a
couple
months
ago,
this
report
came
out
from
the
tompkins
county
climate,
sustainable
energy
advisory
building.
It's
called
a
green
workforce
report
and
they
made
a
bunch
of
recommendations,
one
of
which
was
to
add
a
member
sorry
at
someone
from
local
labor
representing
local
labor
on
the
ida,
and
I
believe
the
county
passed
that
unanimously.
K
So
when
the
appointments
happen
for
the
next
round,
there
should
be
a
member
from
the
building
trades
or
someone
on
the
ida
which,
who
I
assume
will
be
a
very
vigorous
advocate
for
local
labor
and
they.
S
K
Saying
too,
that
you
know
they
don't
even
necessarily
want
to
require
union
labor,
just
that
it'd
be
local
and
then
another
requirement
that
they
were
recommending
was
for
100
local
labor,
but
with
with
carve
outs
for
with
a
exemption
process.
K
In
case
you
can't
find
the
suitable
local
people,
and
so
that's
kind
of
where
I
would
be.
You
know,
they've
thought
it
through
more
than
that.
We
have
in
these
past
10
minutes
that
I've
given
thought
to.
K
I
don't
know
the
details
of
that,
but
that's
kind
of
where
my
concerns
would
be
with
us
putting
in
a
requirement
without
thinking
through
the
ramifications,
but
I
mean
in
spirit
I'm
certainly
in
favor
of
locally.
I
remember
reading
through
this
this
report
and
the
presentation
that
ellie
pfeffer
who's
spoken
to
us
before
gave
to
the
county
about
this,
and
it
all
seemed
very
reasonable
with
high
standards,
but
with
really
good
exemptions.
K
So
I
guess
my
point
is
we
may,
because
they
have
to
go
through
the
idea
to
get
an
abatement
and
it
doesn't
seem
like
it's
financially
feasible
without
an
abatement
that
it
might
be
reasonable
to
have
them
to
have.
The
idea
provide
some
kind
of
enforcement
here.
D
B
Okay,
further
discussion
on
the
proposed
amendment:
yes,
graham.
H
We
basically
can't
make
any
changes
to
this
you're
saying
without
what
would
be
the
impact
if
we
did
this,
I
mean
I'm
sympathetic
to
this
based
on
the
data
that
we
have
so
far.
20
30
seems
like
a
a
pretty
reasonable
bar,
so
I'm
just
curious
about.
If
we
do
that.
What
does
that
do
to
this
project
and
the
idea.
O
Well,
yeah:
we
would
be
relying
on
the
idea
to
collect
the
information
to
show
compliance
and
we
would
inform
the
developer
what
the
minimum
local
labor
participation
rate
is.
It
would
leave
us
at
a
bit
of
a.
We
would
have
a
contractual
obligation
with
them
regarding
the
local
labor
and
would
be
a
breach
of
contract
if
they
didn't
meet
that
standard.
H
H
L
L
I
I
think
that
would
be
fairly
easy
to
accomplish.
We've
actually
been
talking
about
this
for
a
lot
longer
than
the
last
10
minutes.
L
This
has
been
an
issue
that
has
bothered
me
for
years
and
we're
in
the
middle
of
this
incredible
construction
boom,
and
when
I
drive
up
elm
street
by
the
inhs
project,
I
don't
see
a
single
local
carpenter.
When
I
drive
down
cherry
street
and
look
at
the
cno
project,
I
don't
see
a
single
local
laborer.
L
We
can
do
better
than
this
and
I
think
we
just
have
to
push
so
that's
why
I'm
making
this
proposal.
B
Okay,
are
we
ready
to
vote
on
the
amendment?
I
see
sorry,
I
see
deb
and
then
rob.
I
Yeah,
I
was
just
gonna
say
I
I
think
I'm
kind
of
uncomfortable
adding
this
in
at
the
last
minute,
if
we
already
had
kind
of
a
good
faith
negotiation
on
where
we
were
with
this.
However,
I
do
agree
if
you
know
we
have
been
talking
about
this
forever.
There's
a
reason
we
haven't
implemented,
something
because
this
is
extremely
complicated
to
try
to
figure
out
how
to
track
how
to
enforce
it.
How
do
you
know
what's
local,
how
do
you
deal
with
subcontractors
etc?
I
I
think
this
is
potentially
the
wrong
way
to
get
at
this
problem.
I
would
prefer
to
work
on
more.
You
know
we
passed
the
local
apprenticeship
program
like
so.
For
me,
what
we
need
to
work
more
on
is
identifying
more
people
that
we
are
calling
local,
hopefully
more,
specifically,
city,
getting
them
into
apprenticeship,
apprenticeship,
programs
encouraging
them
to
do
this
kind
of
work,
and
then
we
wouldn't
have
the
this
sort
of.
I
I
don't
know,
george.
Is
there
data
that
says,
there's
nobody
local
working
in
this
like?
How
are
we
defining
that?
I
And
I
think
I
don't
want
to
throw
something
in
at
the
11th
hour
if
it's
going
to
be
practically
impossible
for
us
to
enforce,
and
it's
not
actually
going
to
solve
the
problem
that
I
think
maybe
we're
trying
to
solve,
which
would
be
hopefully
more
local
people
working
on
more
local
projects.
I
don't
know
if
this
will
solve
that
problem.
P
Yeah
george
I'll
I'll,
I'm
gonna
be
interested
in
what
you
say
too,
but
let
me
just
point
out
that
I
think
like
deb,
I
I'm
supportive
of
the
idea,
but
I'm
a
little
I'm
concerned
about
doing
it.
This
way
at
the
last
minute-
and
I
also
before
we
vote-
I
hope
we
do
get
some
clarification
on
exactly
what
we're
planning
to
do.
Are
we
adding
or
resolved
or
whereas
are
we
modifying
something
in
the
dda?
I
just
want
to
make
sure
we're
clear
on
exactly
what
we're
doing
before
we
do
that.
P
L
Okay,
I'll
try
to
be
brief.
I
I
agree
with
deb
that
we
need
a
stronger
apprenticeship
program,
particularly
for
young
people
in
the
city,
but
I'm
talking
about
jobs
and
work
right
now.
The
local
union
halls
draw
from
the
city
tompkins
county
and
from
the
adjoining
counties,
and
I
know
the
electricians.
L
I
don't
have
recent
data,
but
I
know
while
back
last
time
I
spoke
with
them.
They
20
of
their
membership
was,
was
looking
for
work
and
and
they
have
excellent
apprenticeship
program
and
they're
very
well
trained.
So
that's
a
local
frustration.
L
L
I
would
propose
that
we
add
this
if
this
is
in
fact
still
being
negotiated,
and
we
have
the
ability
to
do
this-
that
we
add
a
30
local
labor
requirement
for
the
trades
that
we
have
here
locally.
L
Not
in
addition
to
what
I
said
first,
but
that's
what.
L
In
the
best
part
of
the
body
of
the
dda
that
it
fits.
B
B
L
B
C
Just
like
it's
a
pretty
achievable
bar,
like
I
really
most
of
these
projects,
these
downtown
projects
have
more
than
30,
based
on
what
I've
heard,
even
without
a
requirement,
you
know
it's
still
I
mean
if
there
are,
if
there
are,
if
there
are
tasks
that
need
to
be
done,
they're
more
specialized,
I
mean
you
still
have
70
percent
that
can
be
from
outside
of
the
pumpkins
county
and
the
six
contiguous
counties.
I
mean.
That's
part
of
the
reason
why
I
was
sort
of
in
favor
of
this.
It
seems
like
it's.
It's
achievable.
B
Yeah,
I
just
want
to
make
sure
we
have
the
resolution
worded
first
before
we
so
the
at
a
result
that
we'll
say
we'll
amend
the
dda
to
require
30
local
labor
on
from
the
following
trades,
laborers
carpenters,
electricians,
plumbers,
painters
and
that
the
same
will
be
monitored
by
the
idea.
L
I
would
I
would
also,
in
cases
a
separate
trade
I
would
include
dry
wallers.
P
R
C
B
Sure
I'll
do
my
best
result
that
the
dda
be
amended
to
require
30
local
labor
participation
on
the
project.
B
B
B
Great
next
in
that
island.
C
Inlet
island,
yes,
this
is
to
rescind
the
2006
preferred
developer
designation,
whereas
the
ira
and
cities
seek
to
clarify
the
status
of
finger
lakes,
development
llc
regarding
the
2006
ira
and
city
designation
of
fld
as
the
preferred
developer
for
an
inlet
island
urban
renewal
project
which
failed
to
get
common
council
endorsement
13
years
ago,
whereas
the
ira
and
the
city
of
ithaca
collectively
own
approximately
2.5
acres
of
underutilized
land
on
inlet
island,
whereas
in
november
2020
fld
brought
forward
a
revised
conceptual
development
plan,
a
request
to
resume
the
inland
island
urban
rural
process
as
preferred
developer.
C
Whereas
the
second
developer
has
indicated
interest
to
propose
a
competing
development
proposal
for
inlet
island.
Whereas
the
iua
seeks
to
implement
an
open
and
competitive
process
to
solicit
conceptual
development
plans
and
developer
qualifications
for
multiple
developers.
Unfettered
by
a
2006
preferred
developer
designation,
whereas
in
separate
september,
28
2006
steven
b,
flasch
was
designated
by
the
ira
as
the
preferred
developer
to
undertake
a
proposed
urban
renewal
project
in
inlet
island.
C
Whereas
the
designation
did
not
establish
a
termination
date,
whereas
the
iua
resolution
further
authorized
assignment
of
the
designation
to
fld,
whereas
the
common
council
for
the
city
of
ithaca
concurred
with
the
ira
designations
and
authorized
the
mayor
to
negotiate
a
preferred
developer
agreement
with
fld
subject
to
approval
by
the
common
council.
Whereas
on
august
1
2007
common
council
voted
to
reject
the
preferred
development
agreement
for
the
proposed
inline
island
urban
rural
project
and
whereas,
at
that
time,
fld
indicated
their
intention
to
revise
their
project
to
address
concerns
raised
by
common
council.
C
Whereas
the
ira
has
rescinded
its
2006
resolution,
designating
steve
flash's
preferred
developer
and
whereas
the
ira
further
resolved
that
the
resistance
does
not
represent
a
judgment
on
the
quality
of
the
conceptual
plan
submitted
by
franklin's
development.
But
rather
is
intended
to
clarify
the
iura's
intent
for
an
open
and
competitive
process.
Result
of
the
common
council
of
the
city
of
ithaca
hereby
rescinds
its
october
4
2006
resolution
designating
steve
flash
as
the
preferred
developer
for
the
inlet
island
urban
renewal
project
and
iso
move.
B
Thank
you
second,
second,
by
steve
smith,
discussion.
D
Cynthia
I
support
this
and
thank
you
for
bringing
this
forward.
I
did
just
wanted
to
update
it.
I
believe
the
city
has
abolished
the
ctap
for
the
city.
The
ida
has
adopted
the
city's
terms
into
the
ida
policy,
so
we
no
longer
have
a
city
ctap
process,
so
I
would
suggest
deleting
that,
whereas.
B
Thank
you
is
that
a
friendly
amendment
would
we
consider
that
seth
and
steve
steve
thumbs
up
seth
that
sounds
good
friendly.
It's
clear,
okay,.
G
G
C
C
B
Second,
by
cynthia
discussion,
all
those
in
favor
and
that
carries
unanimously.
C
Next
up
is
the
environmental
review.
The
common
council,
acting
as
lead
agency
in
this
matter,
hereby
determines
his
accordance
with
seeker
that
the
project
will
not
have
a
significant
effect
on
the
environment
and
that
further
environmental
review
is
unnecessary.
C
5.4
c
resolution
to
approve
entering
into
an
agreement
with
cycle
cny
for
mountain
bike
trails
in
cass
park,
whereas
cycle
cny
and
city
staff
have
drafted
an
agreement
to
allow
cycle
cny
to
develop
a
portion
of
cass
park
with
mountain
bike
trails,
whereas
the
board
of
public
works
reviewed
this
proposal
and
recommended
approval
of
it
at
their
meeting
on
october.
20Th
2020,
whereas
common
council,
acting
as
lead
agency,
has
determined
that
the
proposal
will
not
have
a
significant
negative
environmental
impact
in
accordance
with
the
city.
C
Environmental
quality
review
ordinance
and
the
nys
environmental
review
act.
Now,
therefore,
be
a
result
that
the
common
council
finds
that
cycle
cmy's
plan
to
construct
and
maintain
mountain
bike
trails
and
a
portion
of
cass
park
supports
the
broader
public
recreational
activities
in
cass
park.
Be
it
further
resolved
that
common
council
hereby
approves
an
agreement
with
cycle
cny
to
this
end
and
authorizes
the
mayor
to
execute
such
an
agreement.
After
further
review
by
the
city
attorney.
H
Thank
you.
So
I
do
have
a
question
I
mean.
I
recognize
it
through
the
letters.
Obviously
there's
a
lot
of
public
support
for
this,
but
I
do
have
a
question
about
the
environmental
impact.
I
mean
mountain
bike
trails
typically
do
a
number
on
environments,
even
though
they're
localized,
and
so
I'm
curious
about
how
the
maintenance
of
this
area
would
be,
how
it
would
be
maintained.
H
F
H
Riding
around
when
it's
wet
and
muddy,
but
that
really
churns
up
the
turf
stuff.
So
I'm
curious
about
whether
the
planning
committee
had
any
discussion
about
that.
In
terms
of
you
know
how
this
is
going
to
be
maintained,
is
it
city
staff
or
what's
what's
going
to
be
the
result
of
this?
If
we
approve
it.
C
Yeah,
we
actually
did
have
quite
a
bit
of
discussion
about
that.
In
fact,
we
delayed
it
a
month
because
so
that
different
city
stakeholders
could
take
a
look
at
this,
because
I
think
it
was
kind
of
moving
kind
of
quickly
at
first,
and
you
know
jean
grace
took
a
look
at
it
and
then
the
cast
you
know
ithaca
youth,
bureau
staff,
and
you
know,
if
you
look
in
the
in
the
the
agenda.
There's
a
memorandum
memorandum
of
understanding
between
the
city
and
cycle
cny
that
has
the
responsibility
for
maintaining.
C
It
is
cycle
cny
and
it
kind
of
outlines
what
they
do.
This
is
the
same
group
that
maintains
the
the
trails
up
in
shindegan.
It's
all
the
mountain
bike
trails
up
there,
which
I
don't
know
I've
done
some
hiking
up
there
and
I've
been
impressed
at
how
well
those
trails
have
maintained.
So
you
know,
I
think
we
felt
that
we
had
faith,
that
this
group.
This
organization
is
capable
of
pulling
this
off.
H
C
D
Yes,
I
definitely
appreciate
graham's
graham's
question
and
it
would.
It
should
be
interesting
to
note
that
this
trail
is
really
designated
to
beginning
writers,
namely
young
youth.
It's
not
meant
to
be
quite
challenging
or
stressful.
In
terms
of
the
trail,
I
do
understand
that
there
will
be
minimal
impact
on
the
existing
trees
there.
There
might
be
some
old
trees
or
or
fallen
trees
that
need
to
be
removed,
but
I
don't
anticipate
this
trail
to
get
heavy
in
severe
usage.
L
I
one
question:
I'd
like
to
forward
is
the
email
we
got
from
david,
nutter
who's,
a
very
knowledgeable
bird
enthusiast,
and
he
he
had
some
big
concerns
about
how
that
would
affect
birds
in
that
little
thicket
of
of
young
woods
did.
Does
tim
have
any
comment
on
that.
F
Yeah
I
mean
it
was
discussed
a
little
bit
with
both
gene
grace
and
with
the
parks
and
recreation
natural
commission.
I
think
the
to
try
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
that.
You
know
I
can't
claim
to
be
a
specialist
in
birds
or
impacts
on
bird
habitat.
F
That's
human
activity
in
the
area
there
could
be
some
impacts
with
trees.
Coming
down,
and
david
noted,
you
know
like
there's,
poison,
ivy
and
other
things
down
there,
that
provide
food
and
berries
and
and
add
to
the
habitat
for
birds
and
my
sense
in
talking
to
gene
and
walking
around
and
look
at
it
was.
You
know,
a
lot
of
the
stuff
that
might
come
down
or
dead
trees
that
were
kind
of
leaning
over
the
trail.
Already.
You
know
it's
pretty
minimal
thinning.
That
would
need
to
happen.
It's
not.
F
B
And
that
carries
unanimously.
Thank
you
very
exciting,
very,
very
exciting.
Next
we
go
to
the
commons.
C
Yes,
dogs
on
the
commons.
C
Many
people
are
not
aware
of
this
rule
and
bring
their
dogs
onto
the
commons,
whereas
this
inconsistency
with
the
rest
of
the
city
creates
confusion
among
dog
owners
visiting
the
downtown
area.
It
makes
it
difficult
to
enforce
any
rules
regarding
dogs.
Now,
therefore,
be
it
ordained
and
enacted
by
the
common
council
of
the
city
of
ithaca.
The
chapter
157
of
the
miscible
code
of
the
city
of
ithaca
entitled
commons,
be
hereby
amended
as
follows,
and
the
so
you
see
157
15
there.
C
B
Discussion,
yes,.
P
Yeah
just
want
to
say
a
couple
things
one,
I'm
supportive
of
this
idea.
It's
been
talked
about
on
and
off
for
a
long
time,
including
several
of
our
current
in
one
of
our
commissions,
and
I
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
the
public
safety
and
information
commission
that
did
some
nice
research
that
went
into
this
report.
That's
attached,
I
do
have
one
question,
though,
is
it
true
to
say
that
the
primary
commas
is
the
only
place
in
the
city
of
ithaca,
or
is
it
the
only
public
place.
R
E
Yeah
right
here,
that
is
pretty
much.
What
I
was
gonna
say
I
mean
one
fix
might
be
to
just
say,
whereas
because
the
primary
commons
is
one
of
the
few
places
in
the
city,
I
mean
that
could
solve
the
situation
easily
enough.
I
like
that.
G
C
C
That
he's
brought
he's
brought
down
to
the
commons,
to
you,
know
just
demonstrate
the
animals
and
how
people
pet
them
and
whatnot.
So
there
is
a
section
of
the
the
comments,
the
code
here
that
has
permits
specific
and
it
specifically
mentions
animals.
I
did
send
around
earlier
some
suggested
a
suggested
like
wording
change
for
that
part
of
the
ordinance
julie.
I
think
I
copied
you
in
that
email
so,
hopefully
that
it's
a
minor
change.
I
No,
I
just
want
to
say
thanks.
I
know
sending
this
back
might
not
have
been
what
everybody
wanted
to
do,
but
this
version
of
it
it's
clean
and
simple.
The
information
is
right
here
it
seems
easier
to
enforce.
So
I
so
thanks
to
the
staff
and
the
committee
that
took
it
back
and
cleaned
it
up
and
made
it
clearer.
So
thank
you.
Yeah.
C
B
Yeah
yeah,
I
it
it
looks
like
we're,
ready
to
vote
kind
of
amazing
saga
and
many
millions
of
hours
of
discussion
and
argument
and
public
comment
and
ending
not
with
a
bark
but
a
whipper
had
to
don't
shake
your
head.
Okay,
all
those
in
favor.
B
B
Great
so
we'll
go
to
reports.
Reports
of
council
liaisons.
B
G
D
D
These
are
very
complex
agreements.
They
were
recommended
to
be
accepted
as
a
package.
They
should
be
coming
to
you.
Oh
they'll,
probably
come
through.
I
believe
ca,
hopefully
sometime,
hopefully
this
month,
as
we
can
get
these
documents
finalized.
It
should
be
about
85
pages.
So
just
to
give
you
a
heads
up
that
that's
coming.
D
L
Thanks,
mr
mayor,
one
thing
I
forgot
to
mention
from
last
night's
county
board
meeting
leslie
schill
who's,
a
resident
of
fall
creek
came
to
the
meeting
and
announced
that
she
would
be
running
for
the
district
two
seat
for
the
county
legislature,
which
anna
kellis
just
left
to
join
the
state
assembly.
P
B
Yeah,
thank
you.
We
yeah
we
did
not,
but
thank
you
for
that.
Catch
julie
did
send
it
around.
Richard
apollo
is
chairs
at
committee
and
he's
also
he's
the
towns
representative.
He
asked
about
how
the
town
supervisor
suggested
his
reappointment.
I
support
it.
Is
everybody
okay,
moving
that
tonight?
B
Would
anyone
like
to
move
up
move
my
dab
second
by
cynthia,
all
those
in
favor
and
that
carries.
B
Is
there
a
report
of?
Oh
sorry,
yes
ducks
and
then
I'm
sorry.
K
Sorry
to
jump
in
one
thing:
if
you
remember
a
while
ago,
I
think
laura
emailed
everyone
on
council
about
the
effort
to
find
another
vendor
for
bike
share.
I
just
want
to
update
that.
I
think
like
something
like
seven
companies
responded
to
requests
for
interest.
Two,
I
think,
are
serious
because
they
actually
offer
bicycles,
which
is
something
I
know
that
the
community
and
all
of
us
prioritize,
not
just
scooters.
K
So
a
group
of
people
are
reviewing
that
now
at
bike
walks
hopkins
and
we
should
have
more
and
we'll
try
to
make
this
way
more
public
than
than
the
last
time
everyone
could.
I
Just
really
quickly,
while
all
of
you
are
here,
we
have
had
this
conversation
in
different
places.
I
think
we
need
to
confirm
and
firm
up
for
sure
which
week
each
of
our
standing
committees
are
meeting
as
well.
I
think
there
was
still
some
confusion
about
that
from
people,
so
I
don't
know
how
we
need
to
do
that
or
or
what
we
need
to
do,
but
just
to
flag
that
again
and
that
you
know
we
want
to
make
sure.
I
see
dan.
U
Well,
we
moved
it
because
it
worked
out
better
for
planning
to
be
able
to
have
that
little
extra
time
after
the
common
council
meeting
to
prepare
things
for
the
next
planning
committee
meeting
and
and
joanne,
and
I
talked
about
it
and
she
said
that
they
would
like
to
continue
that
my
sense
of
the
city
administration
as
well.
It's
a
little
bit
of
a
challenge
for
us
to
you
know
turn
it
around
the
next
day
and
get
it
to
julie
in
order
to
get
into
the
agenda.
U
I
A
So
I
know
I
feel
a
little
pressure,
steve
and
dan
and
everybody's
been
great
from
city
administration.
They
give
me
their
agenda
in
word
format,
so
I
can
have
all
their
items.
They
just
have
to
tell
me
what
changes
after
the
meeting.
So
that's
very
helpful.
So
I'm
still
looking
for
efficiencies
to
to
help
us
sell
this
process
a
little
bit
better.
D
G
B
Okay,
great
thanks
is
there
a
report
at
city
clerk.
E
B
Thank
you.
We
sort
of
flubbed
this
last
time.
Is
it
okay
or
if
we
adjourn
the
meeting,
now
stop
the
live
stream
and
then
go
in
the
executive.
E
Session
yeah,
we
can't
formally
vote
ourselves
out
but
because
once
you've
taken
the
vote
to
go
into
executive
session,
I'm
if
council
is
going
to
have
no
further
action.
I
don't
see
the
need
for
the
continued
live
stream,
because
the
executive
session
will
be
off
the
live
stream,
but.
B
Until
we
come
back
okay,
but
we
we
can
release
julian,
and
this
I
think
so,
okay
great
well,
is
there
a
motion
to
enter
into
executive
session,
to
discuss
sale,
acquisition
or
of
property
moved
by
rob
second
by
laura
all
those
in
favor
and
that
carries
unanimously
so
go
to
executive
session.
Thank
you,
everyone!
So
much.
Thank
you.