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B
Thank
you,
julie
and
thank
you.
Everyone
welcome
to
the
april
7th
meeting
of
the
common
council,
we'll
call
the
meeting
to
order
any
changes
to
the
agenda
any
additions
or
deletions.
B
We'll
just
note
that
fortunate
enough
to
have
a
special
presentation
from
our
new
sustainability
director
hired
in
order
to
quarterback
our
the
ethical
green
new
deal
very
ambitious
attempts
to
both
curb
climate
emissions
and
reduce
historical
inequality.
So
we'll
do
that
right
up
front
under
special
presentations
before
public
comment.
That's
okay
with
everyone!
B
Okay,
so
then,
actually
allow
me
to
introduce
and
join
feel
free
to
jump
in
if
you'd,
like
joanne,
has
done
just
a
wonderful
job,
leading
our
green
new
deal
efforts
and
the
efforts
to
hire
our
sustainability
coordinator.
B
Our
protracted
search
came
up
with
who
we
feel
is
the
perfect
candidate,
and
we
want
to
welcome
louise
to
the
city
of
ithaca
family,
his
background
in
climate
justice,
his
background
in
social
enterprise
and
his
what
you'll
find
to
be.
I
I
find
his
humor
will
be
a
good
shield
for
the
battles
and
and
struggles
and
opportunities
to
come
in
his
myriad
experiences
dovetailed
exactly
with
what
we
need
and
what
will
not
be
a
one
person
operation.
B
This
will
be
a
a
entire
community
effort,
but
luis
is
tasked
with
marshalling
all
of
those.
So
I
want
to
introduce
him,
welcome
him
and
and
allow
him
to
say
a
few
words
and
make
a
proof,
presentation.
Council,.
C
Thank
you
major.
First
of
all,
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
and
meet
you
all.
It
is
definitely
the
perfect
choice
for
director
sustainability,
if
I
say
so
myself.
No,
I'm
very
happy
to
be
here.
I
you
know
when
we
were
talking
about
the
possibility
of
me
taking
this
job,
we
discussed
that
the
green
new
deal
was
very
ambitious,
very
ambitious
compared
to
what
the
rest
of
the
country
was
doing
to
the
rest
of
the
country,
and
you
know
it
was
that's
part
of
what
I
liked.
C
You
know
how
ambitious
the
whole
plan
was,
and-
and
in
terms
of
my
background,
I'm
an
engineer
at
heart.
I
I
have
done
a
lot
of
work
in
climate
justice
in
general
climate
change.
I
was
for
some
time
a
lobbyist
I
was
working
with
washington.
I
was
working
with
governor
california.
C
For
today
I
think
you
know
I
can
tell
you
about
more
about
me
and
and
definitely
we
can.
We
can
talk
about
that.
If
you
want
and
any
specific
aspect
of
my
background,
but
I
want
to
share
with
you
a
presentation,
this
presentation
is
perhaps
one
of
the
most
important
projects
that
I
developed
in
the
last
10
years
and
and
it
took
about
10
years
to
develop.
Some
people
have
already
seen
this
presentation.
C
I
think
joanne
particularly
has
seen
it
like
three
times
already.
So
probably
you
can
take
over
for
me
whenever
you
want
you,
and
but
I'm
gonna
start
this
presentation
now,
if
that's
okay,
I'm
gonna
share
my
screen.
C
Okay,
I
am
guessing
that
you
can
see
my
screen
now.
It
says
clean
tech
labs
in
it,
okay,
so
I
was
working
in
california.
I
I
started
in
you
know
in
the
middle
of
the
previous
decade,
the
very
first
decade
of
this
century.
I
started
a
think
tank
organization
that
was
focused
on
climate
change
and
clean
technology,
and
our
goal
was
to
assist
the
california
government
to
migrate
to
renewable
energy.
C
They
were
already
very
advanced,
they
were
working
on
ab32
and
they
were
already
you
know,
setting
the
example
for
the
rest
of
the
world.
At
some
point,
working
with
the
schwarzenegger
organization
administration,
we
started
working
also
with
the
federal
government
and
with
state
department
and
usaid.
They
asked
us
to
do
a
study
on
how,
after
the
financial
crisis,
how
things
have
changed
at
the
border
between
mexico
and
the
united
states,
we
started
looking
at
the
border.
We
start
looking
at.
C
You
know
the
difference
in
terms
of
economic
opportunity
and
a
number
of
things,
and
we
ended
up
producing
a
report
called
renewal
energy
in
mexico's
northern
border
region.
But
when
we
did
this,
we
basically
were
wondering
you
know
what
happened
to
all
the
people
that,
were
you
know,
assembling
televisions
in
the
mexico
border.
What
happened
to
them
with
the
financial
crisis?
What
happened
with
with
the
transition
to
a
green
economy?
You
know
like?
Did
we
retrain
all
the
workforce?
We
realized
that
you
know.
C
A
lot
of
the
people
that
were
unemployed
were
middle-aged
people
that
were
too
expensive
for
some
jobs
and
did
not
have
the
proper
training
for
new
york.
So
it
was
a
complicated
situation,
but
we
produced
this
report
basically
saying
that
blue
energy
was
an
opportunity
for
both
mexico
and
the
united
states,
but
then
they
asked
us
to
go
deeper
to
try
to
figure
out
the
causes
for
these
massive
differences
that
we
had
on
each
side
of
the
border.
So
we
decided
to
take
a
look
at
the
human
development
index,
the
human
development
index.
C
What
it
does
it
basically
takes
a
number
of
different
parameters
and
tries
to
determine
you
know
what
is
the
the
hum?
The
level
of
human
development
in
a
particular
region.
So
when
we
looked
at
the
united
states
and
mexico,
what
you
see
on
the
screen
is
the
darker
areas,
as
are
represent,
states
that
are
highly
developed
from
a
human
development
point
of
view
and
the
lighter
ones
are
the
ones
that
need
more
work.
C
We
have
it
for
both
mexico
and
the
united
states,
and
then
we
started
looking
specifically
at
the
border,
and
you
can
see
you
know
once
again
the
darker,
the
color,
the
better
of
the
steadies,
and
you
can
see
that
on
the
mexican
side,
it's
pretty
much
light
everywhere,
so
we
saw
that
there
was
a
very,
very
big
difference
between
the
two
countries.
If
you
look
at
you
know,
you
were
take
a
picture
and
you
were
to
look
at
the
border.
It
looks
like
this.
C
You
see
an
overpopulated
area
overpolluted
on
the
mexican
side,
and
then
you
see
this
in
the
united
states.
So
when
we
were
looking
into
this,
the
state
department
actually
asked
us
to
to
look
at
the
human
development
index
in
the
entire
country.
So
we
went
deep
and
started
looking
at
mexico,
mexico.
It's
not
that
bad.
You
know
at
the
end
of
the
day,
really
the
human
development
index
is
not
as
bad
as
you
would
expect.
C
It
is
within
the
top
80
countries
in
the
world,
but
we
found
that
in
in
the
center
of
mexico
city,
there
was
this
island.
There
was
this
part
that
was
entirely
light.
You
know,
like
mexico
city
is
the
most
developed
area
in
the
entire
country,
so
we
found
this
and
then
we
asked
the
state
department
if
we
could
shift
our
focus
to
try
to
understand
the
rationale
like
why.
Why
is
it
that
there
is
in
the
middle
of
mexico
city?
C
There
was
this
neighborhood
that
was
having
a
hard
time,
so
we
started
looking
at
this
and
then
we
realized
we're
looking
at
at
this
neighborhood
that
in
this
chart
it
shows
as
a
z
in
in
the
column.
We
saw
that
you
know
compared
to
mexico's
average
in
terms
of
life
expectancy
that
has
75
years.
This
particular
municipality
has
67
years.
The
average
income
in
mexico
is
very
low.
This
is
the
annual
income
19
000.
However,
in
that
region
it's
6500
that's
below
poverty
line.
C
Then
the
female
share
of
employment
is
45
in
mexico
and
it's
72
in
that
area.
So
there
were
a
number
of
of
different
parameters
that
were
completely
out
of
whack.
We
didn't
understand
what
was
going
on.
So
if
we
were
to
look
at
this
again
in
the
same
way
we
looked
at
the
border,
we
will
see
these
huge
differences
and-
and
what
I
want
you
to
think
about
is
like
imagine
just
crossing
that
that
fence
over
there
you
know
it
would
mean
that
you
live
12
years
more.
C
It
would
mean
that
you
would,
you
would
earn
three
times
what
what
you
were
earning
before
I
mean
it
is
very,
very
striking
when
you
see
this,
and
so
we
started
looking
at
the
numbers.
The
first
thing
that
you
do
is:
okay:
there
is
a
very
low
human
development
index,
but
we
need
to
see
you
know
like
we
need
to
try
to
describe
this
with
numbers,
so
the
most
important
ones
is
like
zero
percent
of
those
who
complete
complete
college
actually
come
back
to
live
in
that
municipality.
C
I
mean
if
we
start
with
just
three
percent
of
those
who
went
to
elementary
school
end
up
in
college,
but
none
of
them
comes
back.
It
just
means
that
the
people
there
are
overall
without
a
college
education.
Four
percent
of
them
have
already
have
held
a
job
for
more
than
three
years.
84
percent
do
not
have
access
to
social
security,
and
only
one
percent
can
retire
at
65..
So
we
see
this
and
it's
very
different
from
the
us,
it's
very
different
from
the
rest
of
mexico.
C
So
in
terms
of
our
analysis
on
on
why
this
was
happening,
you
know
one
of
the
main
reasons
that
we
encountered
was
the
lack
of
inclusion
and
isolation,
and
it
was
also
a
cultural
and
family
history
thing
you
know.
At
the
end
of
the
day
they
were
born
in
a
family
without
a
college
education
they'd
never
consider
going
to
college.
They
were
always
you
know
trying
to
get
by
in
any
way
they
could.
So
they
would
continue
doing
this
generation
after
generation
after
generation.
C
So
we
decided
that
we
could
do
something
about
it
and
we
were
a
company
that
was
promoting
clean
technology.
Renewable
energy,
so
we
decided
what,
if
we
were
to
take
that
municipality
completely
green,
what
if
we
were
to
just
bring
the
green
economy
and
actually
accelerate
the
development
of
the
green
economy
in
that
particular
neighborhood?
C
We
we
did
this
because
clean
technology
at
the
time
was
expected
me
to
be
the
main
source
of
quality
employment.
This
hasn't
changed
today.
The
average
wages
in
in
cleantech
also
are
higher
in
compared
to
other
industries
and,
according
to
the
los
angeles,
cleantech
incubator,
clint
technology
workers
make
16
more
than
other
manufacturing
sectors,
but
there
is
another
another
issue:
if
we
look
at
the
entire
planet,
you
know
the
united
states
is
not
exception
to
this.
C
If
we
look
at
this,
there
was
the
golden
era
productivity,
which
was
you
know
just
before
1980
before
you
know,
we
have
computers
widely
available
and
the
reason
is
because
people
were
migrating
to
software
and
and
while
software
allows
for
productivity
in
general,
when
we're
talking
about
companies
when
we're
talking
about
products
and
services,
hard
technology
is
the
one
that
holds
the
jobs
intel
general
electric.
C
Those
generate
many
more
jobs
than
the
software
companies
at
the
time,
and
a
good
example
that
were
that
was
given
at
the
time
was
this
company
angry
bears
where
you
had
seven
people
that
became
billionaires,
concentrating
wealth
and
those
companies
like
tesla
that
have
already
like
a
thousand
employees.
They
are
pretty
much
distributing
wealth
in
a
different
way.
E
C
We
figured
that
hard
technology
was
the
way
to
go
so
we're
talking
about
clean
technology,
our
technology,
so
the
way
we
put
it
together
was
to
create
an
international
public-private
partnership
project,
and
this
was
a
very
complicated
partnership
because
it
was
the
united
states
through
state
department
and
usaid,
the
mexican
government,
the
local
municipality
and
us.
We
were
together
to
put
together
a
development
center,
a
shared
infrastructure
and
community
center
for
the
development
of
hard
technology.
C
Our
idea
was
to
attract
talent
to
the
municipality,
was
to
attract
international
companies,
so
they
could
stay
there
and
then
we
wanted
to
have
internship
programs,
so
people
from
the
area
could
get
an
idea
what
it
would
be
like
to
work
for
an
international
company
and
maybe
their
expectations
would
change.
We
had
a
three-day
public
consultation.
We
work
with
everybody
who
was
there
already?
I
mean
we,
the
one
thing
that
we
did
was
first
to
do
a
map
of
stakeholders
trying
to
identify
who
was
already
doing
something
for
this
community.
C
Then
we
had
the
u.s
state
department
to
basically
pay
for
food.
For
three
days,
we
had
some
very
creative
methodologies
to
get
people
to
talk
to
communicate.
What
is
it
that
they
wanted?
We
identified
what
we
call
community
champions
that
were
part
of
the
planning
process,
and
then
we
had
a
number
of
workshops
and
eventually
we
got
an
idea
of
what
these
people
wanted.
C
Then
we
went
to
the
government
and
we
told
them.
You
know
you
have
this
area
80,
000
square
feet
area
that
you
are
actually
not
using,
so
we
actually
got
usaid
the
massachusetts
energy
center
back
us
up
with
the
design
of
the
program,
and
then
we
convinced
the
government
to
give
us
this
building
for
20
years
entirely
free
and
actually
the
government
decided
that
they
were
going
to
take
care
of
all
the
utilities.
C
As
long
as
we
did
what
we
said,
we
were
going
to
do
and
beyond
that
there
is
this
organization
called
engine
which
stands
for
network
for
global
innovation
and
what
it
is,
what
it
does.
It
basically
connects
the
heart
of
the
cleantech
industry
in
each
country
and
then
gets
them
together
in
a
network
that
exchanges
best
practices,
but
also
provides
an
opportunity
for
entrepreneurs
to
travel
to
different
places.
C
So
I
decided
that
why
not
we're
gonna
register
this
new
shared
infrastructure
center
as
the
the
core,
the
heart
of
the
clinton
industry
in
mexico
and
we're
gonna.
Do
it
in
this
community
where
crime
is
high,
where
people
don't
see
opportunity,
but
we're
gonna,
do
it
there,
because
we
we
need
to
show
them.
You
know
that
they
can
actually
get
out
of
there
or
they
could
do
great
things.
We
started
working
with
the
local
university
we
started,
and
this
is
a
very
interesting
team.
When
we
were
analyzing
the
situation.
C
We
realized
that
this
convenience
stores
oxo
that
is
owned
by
coca-cola
company
every
time
there
is
one
of
these
stores.
There
is
an
increase
in
economic
activity
about
five
percent
in
a
three
mile
radius,
so
we
realized
that
there
were
no
oxos
around
the
the
center.
We
realized
that
they
were
coca-cola
companies
didn't
want
to
because
the
the
conditions
were
not
right
for
them,
but
so
we
convinced
them
to
open
a
store
and
they
said
that.
C
Well,
if
you
can
convince
the
government
to
change
the
streets,
to
fix
the
streets
and
to
fix
the
lighting
and
the
government
said
well,
if
they're
going
to
open
one
store,
why
don't
they
open
five
and
then
we'll
fix
the
lighting
on
the
streets?
Then
we
went
to
uber
and
we
told
them.
You
know
we
need
help.
We
need
people
to
come
to
this
center,
but
it's
very
dangerous.
C
So
probably
you
can
provide
a
service,
a
discounted
service
from
the
subway
and
they
say,
like
you
know
what
we
can
bring
these
electric
bikes
and
we
can
have
a
system
that
would
make
it
extremely
cheap
for
people
to
use,
and
then
that
was
the
first
bike
sharing
system
that
was
introduced
in
mexico
and
then
we
talked
to
local
hospital
and
we
realized
that
the
hospital
did
not
have
water
did
not
have
electricity.
C
So
we
realized
that
if
we
were
to
have
this
center
with
all
these
square
footage,
we
needed
to
do
something.
So
we
we
had
a
water
reclamation
system,
we
had
photovoltaic
systems
and
then
we
were
sharing
the
electricity.
We
were
sharing
the
water
that
we
were
collecting
and
we
we
shared
basically
all
the
infrastructure
that
we
could
and
we
managed
to
guarantee
for
an
entire
year
in
2015
electricity
for
the
hospital
which
you
can
imagine,
for
example,
after
the
pandemic,
you
know
hospital
without
electricity.
C
That
just
means
that
you
know
ventilators
will,
you
know,
will
stop
working
and
then
people
could
die,
which
is
what
happened
when
we
had
the
outage
in
northern
mexico
last
year.
So
we
also
started
working
with
the
community
and
we
had
a
graffiti
competition.
C
So
these
people
came
and
decorated
the
place,
and
it
was
a
fantastic
event
because
you
could
see
how
the
fabric
of
the
community
was
was
being
recreated.
It
was
we
were
creating
something
different
and
then
this
company
came
with
a
very
innovative
process
of
building
homes
in
basically
three
days
and
we
train
a
lot
of
people.
That's
what
you
see
there.
You
know
they're
building
new
homes,
we
trade
them
in
in
how
to
install
solar
panels.
C
This
is
the
roof
of
our
facility,
and
then
somebody
came
up
with
a
way
of
installing
a
permeable
concrete,
because
we
didn't
have
enough
area
to
collect
rain
water.
So
we
we
actually
installed
concrete.
That
would
allow
the
water
to
go
down,
and
then
we
were
collecting
that
water
too.
C
We
work
with
the
local
farmers
and
you
know
we
got
all
the
excess
production
that
they
had
mostly
because
they
were
ugly
veggies
and
nobody
fruits,
and
then
we
got
got
it
from
them,
and
this
this
company
developed
a
technology
that
eventually
licensed
to
the
italian
government
and
they
developed
the
technology
to
turn
this
into
flour
and
basically
make
baked
goods
and
then
have
another
source
of
revenue.
C
So
this
is
what
it
looks
like
today.
Well,
this
is
a
you
know,
an
older
picture,
but
this
is
what
we
have.
We
have
a
serious
infrastructure
for
people
to
manufacture
technology.
We
also
had
a
co-working
space
and
we
also
had
a
business
center
where
to
enter
people
needed
to
wear
a
suit,
and
this
may
seem
silly
to
some
of
you,
but
in
mexico
we
needed
these
people
to
feel
the
part
we
needed
these
people
to
be
part
of
the
business
community
of
mexico.
C
So
what
you
see
in
there
are
business
people
representing
international
companies
with
some
of
the
locals,
trying
to
define
projects
or
trying
to
define
a
new
ways
of
collaboration.
This
led
to
a
number
of
donations
from
private
sectors
from
the
private
sector,
including
citibank,
dao
chemical
coca-cola
company
delta
airlines.
C
So
at
the
end
the
result
was
we
had
over
in.
In
the
first
few
years
we
had
over
7000
participants.
41
of
them
were
women.
We
created
200
new
new
companies.
We
managed
to
get
15
million
dollars
from
venture
capital
invested
and
we
opened
nine
convenience
stores.
It
made
a
lot
of
noise,
so
we
actually
invited
john
kerry
and
he
came
to
inaugurate
the
place.
So
this
is
the
opening
ceremony.
C
This
is
when
we
were
showing
him
some
of
the
technology,
and
eventually
we
made
it
to
the
white
house,
because
the
obama
administration
wanted
to
replicate
our
model
and
take
it
to
different
places.
What
I
didn't
mention
in
other
presentations
is
that
the
model
that
we
had
was
replicated
in
in
iran
in
morocco,
and
we
were
talking
about
replicating
it
in
some
parts
of
central
america,
and
that
is
pretty
much
the
concept
of
clinton
gloves
and
that's
what
I've
been
busy
with
for
the
past
10
years.
B
Yeah,
we'll
open
it
up
for
general
questions,
knowing
that
the
bulk
of
your
work
for
the
city
is
yet
to
come
by
any
anybody
from
council.
Any
questions,
any
question:
why
joanne
and
the
team
I
heard
louise
yeah,
yes,
donna.
F
Yeah
thanks
luis
I'm
donna
fleming.
I
represent
the
third
ward,
I'm
sure
you
talked
about
this
extensively
in
your
interviews,
but
I'm
curious
about
what
it
is
about
ithaca
that
interests
you
and
why
you
chose
to
accept
the
job
here.
C
Well,
it's
it's
very
good
question
because
I
mean
now
I
have
a
an
even
different
perspective
than
what
I
have
during
the
interview
process,
but
I
actually
you
know,
I
started
a
company
in
california
and
my
wife
was
working
at
stanford
and
then
she
got
an
offer
to
come
to
cornell
university,
so
we
moved
in
theory.
We
moved
here,
but
actually
it
was
just
my
wife.
I
I
spent
about
80
of
my
time
in
california,
washington
and
several
countries
in
latin
america
working
with
with
governments.
C
So
whenever
I
was
in
ithaca,
I
was
just
sleeping.
I
didn't
know
the
city,
I
didn't
know
anybody.
I
didn't
have
a
single
friend,
but
with
the
pandemic
I
started
talking
to
my
wife
and
we
have
been
apart
for
you
know
long
enough,
so
I
wanted
to
come
back
and
it
just
happened
to
be.
You
know
I
was
very
lucky.
The
the
position
was
advertised.
C
I
you
know
I
sent
my
resume
and
they
liked
it
enough
to
interview
me
and
it
is
a
change
of
pace.
It's
very
different.
I
was
a
lobbyist.
I
was
working,
you
know
with
different
type
of
politics.
C
Different
type
of
governments,
it
wasn't
better
or
worse,
it
was
just
very,
very
different,
and
but
I
wanted
to
do
something
that
I
could
see
grow
because
you
know
my
job
when
you're
a
lobbyist,
the
proposal,
it's
the
end
of
the
road,
I
mean
you,
you
complete
the
proposal
and
if
they
like,
you
may
help
with
the
implementation,
but
very
likely
you
will
not
so
here.
C
This
is
an
opportunity
to
to
propose
something
if
it
is
approved
to
implement
it,
to
take
it
to
the
next
level,
and
I
have
very
ambitious
calls
for
for
the
green
new
deal.
I
I
mean
I
I
mentioned
in
the
interview
that
he
was
very
ambitious,
very
aggressive,
but
after
being
here
for
a
couple
of
weeks,
I
know
that
we
need
to
be
even
more
aggressive
and
I
have
a
number
of
proposals
to
make
it
happen
even
earlier.
If
we
can.
H
B
I
I
didn't
know
if
luis
and
joanna,
if
we
want
to
say
something
about
why
we're
delaying
the
ics
I
mean
that
was,
I
don't
know
if
people
noticed
that
that
wasn't
in
the
agenda,
we
voted
on
that
at
the
the
planning
committee
to
send
that
to
council,
but
there
was,
I
guess,
the
decision
that
made
that
we
wanted
to
delay
that
a
month.
Could
you
just
say
a
little
bit
more
about
that
and
the
reasoning
behind
that.
C
Yeah
I
had
the
opportunity
to
review
the
code
with
nicole
smith,
who
actually
has
been,
as
you
know,
like
doing
all
the
work
I
mean,
and
we
had
a
conversation
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
discovered
is
that
you
know
we
have
not
used
the
perspective
of
environmental
justice
when
we're
looking
at
it.
There
is
like
a
brand
new
definition
of
what
environmental
of
yesterday,
so
I
want
to
take
a
look
at
the
entire
code
and
making
sure
and
make
sure
that
we're
not
alienating
anybody.
C
That
was
one
of
the
reasons
and
an
example
that
I
can
give
you.
For
example,
we
were
evaluating
the
value
or
yeah.
We
were
taking
some
value
of
off-site
solar
installations,
for
example,
and
we
were
not
considering
that
you
know,
for
you,
know
some
developments
in
or
some
new
homes
in
low
medium
income
communities.
They
would
not
be
able
to
have
solar
panels
in
their
premise,
but
we
were
punishing
them
for
that
and
we
were
favoring
those
that
had
an
opportunity
to
have
solar
panels
on
the
premises.
C
So
we
decided
to
because
of
that
example.
We
decided
to
take
a
closer
look
at
everything
and
we
needed
some
time
for
that.
Also,
there
were
some
comments
that
were
more
complicated
than
we
thought.
I
I
have
a
lot
of
experience
in
energy,
I
you
know
I
have
a
solar
company
in
mexico,
and
so
I
was
able
to
understand
differently
some
of
the
comments
and
and
in
conversations
with
nick,
we
decided
that
probably
to
address
them
properly,
for
example,
the
efficiencies
of
combined
hidden
power
or
district
energy.
C
We
needed
a
bit
more
of
time
in
order
to
address
the
comments
properly,
so
I
just
for
I
asked
for
a
delay
being
conscious
that
it
had
been
voted
on,
but
still
I
think
we
needed
to
do
that
to
make
sure
that
is
exactly
the
code
that
we
want
and
because
you
know
it's
just
part
of
everything
that
we're
gonna
do
so
we
have
to
be
right.
I
I
C
Yeah
I
mean
we're
gonna
like
see.
If
the
the
changes
are
too
dramatic,
I
mean
if
they
are
too
big,
we
would
like
to
run
it
by
the
planning
committee
first
and
I
I
think
joanne
will
have
the
the
final
decision
on
that,
but
we'll
we
expect
to
have
the
document
ready
by
the
end
of
next
week.
D
We're
we're
just
thrilled
to
have
luis
on
board
and
feel
very
lucky
to
have
someone
of
his
with
his
experience
and
knowledge
join
the
team.
So
it's
great
and
thank
you,
luis
for
that.
Thank
you
again.
B
B
B
Have
we
a
lot,
oh
yeah.
L
Sure
thank
you
for
having
me.
I
really
appreciate
the
fact
that
you
took
the
time
to
recognize
our
dispatchers.
It's
been
a
a
difficult
and
challenging
year,
so
the
fact
that
you
just
took
the
time
to
recognize
them
really
means
a
lot
to
them,
and
we
really
do
appreciate
it.
L
As
you
know,
they
do
a
sometimes
thankless
job
and
often
very
busy
job,
so
they
do
an
exceptional
job,
dispatching
for
every
all
emergency
services
and
soon,
probably
some
more
so.
B
B
Could
you
just
I
I
know
that
this
is
often
surprising
to
members
of
the
public
who
don't
work
inside
the
system
every
day
and
they
think?
Oh,
you
call
9-1-1
how
many
different
departments
do
you
work
with
between
the
fire,
police,
ems
responses,
countywide.
L
Okay,
john
correct
me:
if
I'm
wrong,
there's
there's
18
fire
departments,
seven
police
agencies
and
that
doesn't
include
that
doesn't
include
cornell
ithaca
college.
We
don't
dispatch
for
them,
but
they
often
worked
well
together
and
for
ambulance
services.
B
It's
quite
a
yes,
it's
quite
it.
It's
like
air
traffic
control,
a
very
difficult,
very
impressive.
The
stakes
can
be
higher
for
the
work
you
do,
and
you
know
for
those
of
us
who
have
ever
had
to
I've.
G
B
To
to
call
for
for
one
incident
or
another,
you
know
that
the
point
about
you
really
are
the
very
first
responders.
It's
the
first
voice
you
hear
and
it
it
is
quite
a
quite
a
trick.
You
pull
off
in
being
reassuring
and
supportive,
and
I
really
appreciate
it.
I
know
the
entire
city
really
appreciates
that.
H
B
B
Thanks
again,
next
is
our
we
can
go
now
to
public
comment.
Do
we
have
anyone
here
from
the
public
for
public
comment.
A
E
Well,
I
I
was
hoping
to
possibly
ask
jessica
verfuss
why,
when
I
called
tompkins
county
dispatch
on
august
30th
last
year,
attempting
to
summon
help
for
the
beers,
the
elderly
couple
that
was
trapped
in
a
roadblock
in
front
of
ithaca
police?
Why
would
the
dispatcher
have
told
me?
No,
no
help
is
coming
not
once,
but
on
multiple
occasions,
because
it
was
then
I
attempted
to
enter
the
vestibule.
E
I
did
enter
and
summon
help,
and
I
was
again
told
no
one
was
coming
to
assist
me
and
with
outdoor
dining
returning
to
aurora
street
and
restaurant
row.
I'm
curious
if
the
council
is
aware
of
the
potential
for
the
sunday
unpermitted
gatherings
on
the
commons
at
bernie,
milton
pavilion
to
result
in
loud
protests
and
marches
to
a
captive
audience
on
aurora
street
and
with
students
returning
in
may,
along
with
their
parents,
the
odds
of
them
getting
harangued
and
bullhorn
during
their
lunch
on
aurora
street.
E
Is
that
just
part
of
the
ithaca
experience
now
or
could
it
be
addressed?
Somehow?
I
also
would
like
to
know
if
amplified
sound
and
use
of
the
pavilion
requires
a
permit
or
if
those
laws
and
rules
are
no
longer
being
enforced
duckson.
I
do
not
appreciate
you
referring
to
me
by
typing
my
name
in
with
3ks
on
twitter.
E
In
regards
to
my
previous
comments
at
the
city,
council
and
legislature
meetings,
I'm
one
of
your
constituents
and
I
just
find
that
to
be
very
rude,
and
maybe
racist,
even
I
guess,
if,
if
it's
possible
to
be
racist
against
someone
like
me
and
also
the
events
of
the
14th
of
last
month
were
legal
permitted
speech
on
the
commons.
E
Unlike
the
events
that
have
been
taking
place
since
the
george
floyd
tragedy
and
with
the
looming
acquittal
of
officer
chauvin,
I'm
wondering
if
the
ithaca
police
department
is
prepared
to
deal
with
any
resulting
unrest
or
protests
that
might
be
spilling
over
to
affect
people
who
are
otherwise
uninvolved.
So
I
yield
the
remainder
of
my
time.
B
A
A
B
Okay,
so
privilege
of
the
floor
from
council
or
any.
B
Announcement
I'm
seeing
none,
we
can
go
straight
into
the
consent
agenda.
Would
anyone
like
to
move
the
consent
agenda
moved.
G
B
Dab
seconded
by
graham
all
those
in
favor
and
that
carries
you
unanimously
sorry
steve
is
holding
out.
So
you
think
I
can't
see
you
all.
I
can
see
everybody
next
city
administration
committee,
hand
it
over
to
chair
malinov
and
steve.
M
Great,
we
have
a
light
agenda
this
evening
because
we
had
our
heavy
agenda
for
police
reform
at
last
administration,
so
the
things
that
we
might
have
normally
had
here
since
the
last
city
administration
committee
meeting
was
a
committee
of
the
whole.
We
all
already
saw
these
items
so
in
case
anyone
from
the
public
was
was
wondering
we've
all
10
of
us
have
already
reviewed
and
voted
on
these.
I
know
several
people
have
been
asking
about
5g.
M
We
did
just
make
a
decision
right
before
this
meeting
started
that
the
design
guidelines
will
be
at
the
planning
committee
in
april.
So
I
know
several
of
you
are
asking
for
that
information
and
other
than
that
we
don't
have
anything
else
to
report.
I
think
at
this
time,
so
I
will
just
turn
it
over
to
steve
for
his
report.
N
Okay,
thanks
deb
good
evening
everybody,
so
just
a
few
items
to
report
on
tonight.
We
continue
to
work
on
closing
2020
activity,
so
we're
busy
posting
the
year-end
activity.
If
you
recall,
I
reported
last
month
that
we
were
waiting
on
the
state
for
final.
N
The
final
2020
aim
payments
to
the
city
during
covet
the
state
reduced
our
2020
aim
payment
by
20
percent
or
522
thousand
dollars.
Then
the
state
reported
that
finances
at
the
state
level
were
a
bit
better
than
they
had
anticipated
and
they
would
return
15
back
to
the
city.
Well,
we
did
receive
the
391
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
back
from
the
state,
so
the
bottom
line
for
our
2020
state
aim
payment
that
will
will
be
reduced
by
a
net
amount
of
five
percent.
N
So
that's
about
a
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
dollars.
So
our
recent
payments
for
aim
have
been
two
million
six
hundred
and
ten
thousand
dollars.
Our
payment
now
for
2020
is
at
two
million
four
hundred
and
eighty
thousand
dollars
approximately
so
happy
to
get
some
money
back
from
new
york
state
re
related
to
2020..
N
As
far
as
2021
activity
is
concerned,
on
sales
tax
collections,
we
have
collected
two
million
three
hundred
and
ninety
four
thousand
dollars
to
date.
N
To
date,
collections
are
about
10.1
percent
lower
than
the
2020
numbers,
so
that's
roughly
266
thousand
dollars
so
far
collected
the
2021
budget
for
sales
taxes
at
13
million
843
thousand
dollars.
So
we
were
budgeting
about
11.4
percent
decrease
from
the
2020
budget.
So
so
far
with
that
10.1
reduction,
we
are
within
the
budget
so
far
and
it's
still
early.
So
we
expect
that
sales
tax
numbers
will
continue
to
be
negatively
impacted
by
covid
for
the
next
few
months.
For
sure
same
goes
for
parking
revenues.
N
We
increased
those
revenue,
revenues
related
to
our
anticipated
2021,
higher
construction
activity
inside
the
city.
It's
still
early
and
we
have
collected
roughly
542
thousand
dollars
in
permit
rev
revenue
to
date.
So
we're
hoping
for
a
ramp
up
in
revenues
in
this
area
once
our
the
construction
season
gets
in
full
swing.
N
In
other
news,
even
though
we
were
re-rated
by
moody's
in
january
as
part
of
our
2021
bond
issuance
and
maintained
our
double
a2
rating,
we
needed
to
be
re-rated
again,
as
we
go
to
market
in
may,
for
our
refunding,
which
is
basically
a
refinancing
of
some
bonds
that
was
approved
by
council
back
in
december
of
2020,
so
that'll
be
occurring
in
may.
N
As
part
of
that
re-rating
in
january
january,
we
were
on
the
edge
of
being
downgraded
at
that
point
in
time,
as
moody
has
been
noting,
our
debt
continues
to
be
very
high
at
very
high
levels.
Our
reserves
are
not
high
enough
and
our
post-employment
benefits
are
also
very
high.
N
So
this
new
re-rating
that
we
that
took
place
related
to
our
refunding
included
the
activity
for
the
new
conference
center
and
that
the
future
debt
from
that
project
has
now
put
us
over
the
edge
and
has
dropped
the
city
to
a
double
a3.
N
The
refunding
which
will
again
occur
in
may
will
bring
us
about
a
314
thousand
dollar
debt
savings
and
just
to
compare
that
at
a
double
a2
rating,
we
would
have
seen
roughly
328
thousand
dollar
savings
so
about
14
000
in
reduction
of
savings.
As
a
result
of
our
downgrade-
and
I
argued
with
moody's
a
little
bit,
even
though
we
were
expecting
to
see
large
stimulus
funds
come
our
way
and
we
had
new
room
tax
that
would
help
offset
many
of
the
expenses
related
to
the
conference.
N
Center
moody
still
felt
that
to
get
downgrade
for
the
city
was
necessary.
We
will
go
back
out
in
july
for
our
second
borrowing
of
the
year
and
it's
very
possible
at
that
time.
We
could
get
re-rated
a
third
time
this
year
and
hopefully,
maybe
see
an
upgrade
at
that
point
in
time.
We'll
have
to
see
how
that
turns
out.
N
Additionally,
new
york
state
has
approved
the
2122
budget.
That
happened
last
night,
so
the
details
are
still
being
sorted
out.
It
does
appear
that
the
city
will
be
in
line
for
added
funds
for
street
and
road
improvements,
as
we
expect
chips,
funds
paved
new
year
funds
and
extreme
winter
recovery
funds
to
all
be
increased.
N
N
In
addition,
there's
also
funds
about
available
for
added
road
and
bridge
work
in
the
city,
and
I
haven't
seen
the
details
yet,
but
in
the
neighborhood
of
2.2
million
is
possible
there.
So
certainly
good
news
based
on
the
early
information
we're
receiving
from
new
york
state.
N
Of
course,
more
information
will
be
on
the
way
once
we
get
all
the
details
from
from
the
budget,
and
I
have
not
heard
anything
on,
the
21
state
aim
payment.
Yet
we
had
budgeted
a
decrease
about
20
percent
and
that
was
related
to
the
proposed
governor's
budget
and
everything
we
were
hearing
based
on
our
activity
back
when
we
were
approving
the
budget,
so
still
haven't,
heard
on
that
and
I'm
sure
there'll
be
other
details
on
the
budget.
N
As
as
the
details
come
out
to
us
and,
lastly,
federal
stimulus
funds,
the
city
is
lying.
Obviously,
I've
talked
about
this
a
little
bit
before
for
significant
stimulus
funds.
The
exact
amount
is
still
unknown.
At
this
point,
details
on
the
spending
eligibility
of
funds
are
still
in
development
by
the
department
of
treasury.
N
The
funds
will
give
us
an
opportunity
to
make
strategic
investments
in
long-term
assets,
rebuild
our
reserves
to
improve
financial
activity
and
also
cover
temporary
operating
deficits
until
our
economic
conditions
improve
in
the
future
so
more
to
come
on
this
funding
in
the
coming
months,
as
we
also
get
those
details,
so
I
think
with
that
I
will
end
my
report
unless
there's
some
questions,
ask.
O
Thanks
cevante
steve,
so
our
excessive
debt,
these
funds
will
help
us
pay
down
our
debt.
N
Which
which
funds
the
stimulus?
Yes
well,
so
it's
very
possible
that
we
could
use
it
for
offsetting
future
borrowings
as
we
look
at
our
you
know,
look
at
our
assets,
so
hopefully
we
can,
instead
of
going
out
to
borrow,
we
can
purchase
these
things
with
some
of
the
funds
with
cash
instead
of
borrowing.
So
that
would
help
us
give
us
more
flexibility
as
we
move
forward
and
and
lower.
N
Of
course,
our
goal
is
always
to
lower
our
outstanding
debt
and
it's
obviously
been
difficult
with
the
the
number
of
projects
and
infrastructure
improvements
that
were
that's
facing
the
city,
but
we're
hopeful
that
we
can
use
some
of
those
funds
once
we
get
the
details
and
how
we
can
use
those
funds
to
use
those
funds
to
offset
some
of
the
future
borrowings
that
we
might
need.
J
I'm
sure
many
people
have
a
lot
of
ideas
of
what
those
funds
could
be
used
for.
Is
there
a
a
group,
that's
coming
together
or
a
way
for
people
to
provide
input
or
suggestions
on
projects
that
could
be
funded
with
this?
I'm
I'm
thinking,
for
example,
of
our
our
water
reservoir,
which
needs
to
be
dredged,
and
you
know
a
lot
of
deferred
maintenance
in
various
areas
that
could
be
addressed.
J
N
Certainly,
oh
go
ahead
mayor.
Let's.
N
Certainly
we
have
to
be
very
careful
with
these
funds
and
because
they
are
one-time
funds,
but
we
are
putting
together
an
internal
committee
to
look
at
these,
and
also
we
will
be
going
out
to
our
department,
heads
and
senior
staff
to
also
ask
for
you
know
some
consideration
on
what
they
might
be
able
to
use
the
funds,
for
we
really
want
to
get
all
the
details
on
how
we
can
use
these
funds
laid
out
to
us
first
and
then
go
out
and
and
make
you
know,
find
out
what
what
the
department,
heads
and
senior
staff
feel
like.
N
We
could
use
these
funds
for
certainly
water
and
sewer
infrastructure.
Improvements
are
one
of
the
things
that
we
can
use
the
funds
for.
In
addition,
we
have
until
the
end
of
2024
to
use
the
funds,
so
we
you
know
we
have
a
good
period
of
time
to
use
the
funds.
We
just
have
to
be
careful
because
again
one-time
fund,
so
you
can
get
yourself
in
big
trouble
financially
if
you
start
adding
a
bunch
of
different
programs,
but
if
we
can
offset
and
make
long-term
investment
in
our
our
infrastructure.
J
You
so
when
that
direction
comes
out
from
the
the
government
could
that
be
shared
with
council
or
will
that
be
made
available
publicly?
So
we
could
take
a
look
yeah
sure,
yeah.
B
Yeah
both
so,
and
so
with
that
the
internal
working
group
that
steve
referenced
will
do
is
it
will
solicit
proposals
mostly
internally,
but
our
community
partners
will
be
able
to
send
us
proposals
too,
and
then
we
will
do
something
very
similar
to
our
budget
process,
which
is
we'll
we'll
consider
all
those
proposals
put
together
a
package
of
proposed
investments
and
then
bring
those
investments
to
council
for.
H
J
B
J
B
Is
amazing
the
difference
an
election
makes
and
that
this
is
quite
a
lot
of
money,
but.
H
B
The
needs,
of
course,
out
stretch
even
the
17
million
dollars,
but
that
the
infrastructure
bill
which
is
currently
being
proposed
by
the
new
administration
is
not
only
larger
than
the
american
recovery
act,
but
we
predict
more.
Money
will
come
to
municipalities
than
did
in
the
american
recovery
act,
because
a
huge
proportion
of
the
american
recovery
act
was
going
to
individuals
in
the
form
of
expanded
unemployment,
benefits
and
stimulus
checks.
The
infrastructure
bill
will
come
directly
to
the
folks
who
do
infrastructure,
I.e
us
so
17
million
is
a
lot.
B
It
gives
us
a
chance
to
make
big
investments,
and
if
this
infrastructure
bill
comes,
we
can
expect
even
more
funds.
So
we
don't
have
to
do
everything
in
one
swing
this
year.
G
N
B
Thank
you
to
planning
committee
and
chairman.
I
All
right
so
first
up
is
this
is
5.1
cdbg,
cv2,
giac
youth
programming,
whereas
the
city
of
ithaca
has
received
two
tranches
of
supplemental
funding.
I
Allocation
of
community
development
block
grant
funds
from
the
coronavirus,
aid
relief
and
economic
security
act,
which
is
hereafter
referred
to
as
cdbg
cv,
whereas
hud
is
providing
administrative
flexibility
and
waivers
to
speed
approval
and
delivery
of
funds
for
activities
responding
to
the
covenant
19
pandemic,
whereas
the
15
cap
on
public
service
activities
is
waived
for
these
funds,
whereas
the
initial
allocation
of
the
city
provided
321,
299
dollars
to
invest
in
cdbg
eligible
activities
of
which
8
dollars
remains
unobligated
to
address
emerging
needs
and
whereas
the
second
allocation
to
the
city
provide
an
additional
two
hundred.
I
Whereas
the
greater
activity
center
g
act
provides
program,
services
and
classes
to
children,
age
preschool
through
teen
and
adults,
including
seniors
and
whereas
at
least
51
of
those
gx
served
are
ethical
residents
of
low
to
moderate
income.
Whereas
interruptions
in
schooling
due
to
the
coronavirus
pandemic,
is
causing
educational
losses
and
disruptions
which,
according
to
research
by
such
institutions
as
brown
and
harvard
universities,
are
likely
to
have
disproportionate
impact
on
african-american
and
latinx
students,
whereas
gx
after
school
team
camp
and
other
youth
programs
have
a
plan
to
safely
provide
educational
support,
guidance
and
necessary
social
interaction.
I
The
children
of
families
most
affected
by
the
pandemic,
whereas
the
services
described
above
mitigate
the
impacts
of
the
coronavirus
as
well
as
prepare
for
it,
prevent
and
respond
to
the
spread
of
the
coronavirus
by
providing
timely
information
to
participants
and
connecting
them
to
health
resources,
whereas
the
city
can
take
final
action
to
approve
use
of
these
funds
following
a
public
hearing
and
a
five-day
public
comment
period.
Now,
therefore,
be
it
resolved
that
the
common
council
for
the
city
of
ithaca
hereby
authorizes
an
allocation
of
up
to
175
thousand
dollars
from
the
cdbg
cv.
I
Funding
source
to
fund
greater
ethic
activity
center,
youth
programming
that
meets
a
hud
national
objective
and
helps
prepare
for
prevent
or
respond
to
the
spread
of
coronavirus,
be
a
further
result
of
the
2019
hud
entitlement.
Action
plan
shall
be
amended
to
include
this
activity
that
responds
to
and
promotes
prevention
of
carbon
19.,
and
I
said
goodbye
cynthia.
B
Okay,
all
those
yes,
george,.
P
Very
popular
word,
with
federal
stimulus,
related
funding.
O
I'm
all
for
popularity,
it's
it
beats.
O
G
H
Yeah,
so
can
you
give
us
a
sense
of
the
priorities
for
giac
in
in
terms
of
this
funding?
Just
very
briefly,
just
to
give
us
a
sense
of
that.
B
Yeah
leslie
is
here
with
us.
You
can
go
ahead
if
she's
still
present.
P
So
we
consulted
with
leslie
when
we
were
pulling
together.
This
funding,
jack
youth
programs
of
all
kinds
have
not
been
fully
operational
during
this
time,
and
because
children
who
participate
in
the
the
programs
really
do
rely
on
those
programs
for
everything
for
educational
support,
social
support,
all
kinds
of
information-
that's
provided
there
and
because
children
who
are
in
these
and
youth,
I
should
say
who
are
in
these
programs-
are
likely
to
have
members
of
their
family
who
need
to
be
working
in
front-line
jobs.
P
There
is
a
direct
tie-in
to
the
covid
19
relief
obligation
that
we
comply
with,
so
these
funds
will
be
used
in
order
to
help
those
programs
operate
and
they're
not
currently
operating.
I
Is
this
is
5.2
cdbg
cv2,
the
community
outreach
worker?
So
a
lot
of
the
language
here
is
the
same
as
what
I
just
read.
B
Seconded
by
cynthia,
thank
you
discussion.
B
G
O
Sorry
there
were
questions
last
night
at
the
county.
Alleged
meeting
about
this
money
is
this
being
for
a
new
position,
or
is
this
for
one
of
the
two
positions
we
already
have,
and
is
this
somehow
the
city
taking
over
the
county's
share
of
this
funding?
Or
how
does
this
exactly
work.
P
So
this
is
not
to
fund
a
new
position.
It
is
to
fund
an
existing
position,
the
portion
of
which
the
city
would
normally
contribute
to.
So
it's
not
taking
on
the
county
share
either.
P
P
O
We
already
planned
on
using
this
bag
of
money,
that's
correct
and-
and
we
have
two
total
of
two
community
service
workers
correct.
Yes,.
B
Are
we
ready
ready
to
vote
okay,
all
those
in
favor
and
that
carries
unanimously?
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Nisa
seth,
any
any
thing
else
from
the
planning
committee.
B
We
should
we
should
be
producing
trailers
for
some
of
these
meetings.
You
know
coming
april,
17th.
Okay,
then
we'll
go
on
now
to
reports.
Any
reports
of
council
liaisons.
O
Just
I
I
sent
around
a
a
report
on
water
quality
issues
that
liz
thomas
put
together
for
our
water
subcommittee
for
t
cog
and
it's
it's
it's
dense
reading.
But
I
encourage
everybody
to
read.
It
there's
a
lot
going
on
with
the
water
and
the
kegel
water
shed
organization,
and
there
may
be
some
grant
money
that
we
can
apply
for.
O
O
O
J
The
long-awaited
tmdl
has
now
been
released
as
of
today.
This
is
the
total
maximum
daily
load
of
phosphorus.
That's
allowed
into
kuga
lake.
It's
open
for
comet,
there's
45
days
of
comment,
so
it's
something
that
I
think
everyone
should
be
taking
a
look
at.
It
may
have
some
impacts,
for
example,
on
our
wastewater
treatment
plant
and
other
activities
in
the
watershed.
J
Tompkins
county
has
also
released
its
hazard
mitigation
plan
for
comment,
so
this
again
is
also
dealing
with
flood,
mitigations
and
and
and
other
types
of
actions
to
address
the
impacts
of
weather
events.
So
that's
something
also
to
take
a
look
at
that's
on
the
county
website
and
I
circulated
an
email
earlier
today
with
regards
to
opportunities
for
including,
let's
see
now,
my
brain's
gonna
freeze
up
george
draft
local
legislation.
That
would
help
municipalities
implement
rules
that
would
be
protective
of
the
environment
again,
when
you
have
these
extreme
weather
events.
J
Definitely
what
we
are
seeing
in
evidence
in
our
wastewater
treatment
plant
we're
seeing
that
these
weather
events
are
becoming
much
more
intense,
much
more
frequent,
the
volume
of
water,
that's
that's
hitting
our
hillsides,
and
our
infrastructure
in
very
very
short
periods
of
time,
is
on
a
dramatic
uptick
even
in
the
last
three
years.
So
I
think
across
the
state
everyone's
doing
their
best
to
address
these
issues
in
terms
of
planning,
legislative
and
then
also
infrastructure,
improvements.
Q
Q
The
adoption
of
the
draft
action
plan
will
be
taking
place
in
later
this
month
and
then
public
hearing
number
two
will
go
to
the
may
pedc
meeting
taking
place.
I
think
on
may
19th
and
then
the
action
plan
will
come
to
common
council
in
june
for.
B
Thank
you.
Is
there
a
any
other.
A
I
just
want
to
remind
everybody
that
we
are
well
after
we're
in
week
two
of
our
annual
street
cleaning
program.
So
I
encourage
all
of
you
to
share
this
information
with
your
constituents.
They
probably
have
already
seen
the
signs
go
up
and,
and
our
equipment
come
through
their
streets
in
some
areas
of
the
city.
It's
really
important
that
we
do
as
much
outreach
as
we
can
to
prevent
people
from
getting
ticketed
and
towed
during
this
process.
A
So
far,
our
numbers
look
pretty
good,
but
we
always
like
them
to
be
better.
So
I
appreciate
your
help
in
spreading
the
word.
Thank
you.
A
Sure
you
can
sign
up
for
swift,
911
notices
that
would
come
either
by
phone
call
by
email
or
by
text
message
off
of
our
website,
which
is
cityofithc.org.
A
You
can
text
to
a
number
which
I'm
not
prepared
to
give
you
right
now,
but
feel
free
to
call
the
city
clerk's
office.
If
you
have
any
questions
you
can
subscribe
to
our
website,
our
news
flashes,
our
facebook
and
twitter
accounts
have
daily
reports
on
which
streets
are
being
cleaned,
so
there
are
lots
of
ways
for
people
to
engage
and
find
out
this
information
thanks.
J
B
Thanks
supportive
city
attorney.
K
I'll
just
take
the
opportunity,
as
we've
been
discussing
the
upcoming
conversations
around
5g
at
my
committee,
to
note
that
the
approach
that
I
believe
makes
the
most
sense-
and
I
believe,
we'll
be
taking
subject,
of
course
to
the
committee
chairs
views
is,
is
one
by
which
this
initial,
maybe
initial,
is
not
the
right
word,
but.
K
This
initial
meeting
at
committee
will
be
to
engage
in
a
basic
review
of
the
report
and
for
council,
or
excuse
me
for
committee
to
compile
questions
and
provide
staff
with
questions
that
you
want
answered
around
that
report
and
that
our
objective
would
then
be
to
invite
mr
campanelli
back
to
a
subsequent
planning
committee
meeting
to
actually
speak
to
the
report
in
more
detail,
and
we
will
would
of
course
have
provided
him
with
those
questions
from
committee
members
in
advance
of
his
visit,
so
that
he'd
be
prepared
to
speak
to
them.
K
So
that's
the
format
that
we're
looking
at,
which
means
that
I
just
want
to
prepare
everyone
for
the
concept
that
this
initial
conversation
around
mr
campanelli's
report
will
be.
I
would
guess,
less
substantive
and
more
sort
of
an
initial
look
at
things
and
compiling
questions
and
that
the
more
substantive
conversation
would
likely
be
at
the
subsequent
meeting
just
want
to
share
those
thoughts.
H
B
H
B
You
well,
I
I
want
to
ask-
or
I
just
want
to
add
a
report
of
my
own,
which
is
that,
as
you
know,
chief
mayor's
retirement
will
become
effective
here
soon
and
we
are
going
to
do
a
search
for
a
new
police
chief.
B
While
we,
even
while
we
continue
to
design
the
new
department
of
public
safety
tentatively
named
and
we'd
like
that,
search
to
commence
soon
so
you'll
see
a
posting
soon.
But
I'd
ask
if
members
of
council
we
need
three
members
of
council
who
are
interested
in
serving
on
that
search
committee.
Please
do
email
me
if
you're
interested
and
we'll
see
whose
schedules
we
can
make
work.
B
B
Similarly,
looking
for
three
members
of
council
who
are
interested
in
serving
on
the
search
committee
for
the
new
chief
of
staff,
so
email
me
if
you're
interested
in
that
that
posting
will
go
out
in
the
next
couple
of
days.
I
think
that'll
go
sooner
than
that.
The
police
chief's
search,
but
both
will
go
out
very
soon.
B
Given
myself,
I
realized
with
everything
we
had
to
do
last
week.
We
did
not
put
a
timeline
on
it,
so
I've
given
myself
a
timeline
of
next
wednesday
I'll,
have
a
report
to
you
next
wednesday
of
a
proposed
task,
force
and
scope
that
I
can
send
out
to
council
and
get
the
ball
rolling
because
september
is
just
around
the
corner.
B
B
We
have
our
next
meeting
with
the
collaborative
on
on
monday
afternoon,
so
we'll
be
picking
up
the
implementation
steps.
I
am,
though,
taking
four
days
off
sort
of
trying
to
I'm
taking
off
thursday
and
friday.
I
try
to
take
off
monday
and
tuesday,
but
that
hasn't
worked
well.
So
far,
I've
had
meetings
added
so
sort
of
take
a
breath
before
we
start
sprinting
again.
B
From
from
last
month,
so
is
there
a
motion
to
adjourn
move
background?
Second,
guess
steve:
all
those
in
favor
carries
unanimously
someday,
we'll
get
the
physics
lab
at
cornell
to
study
how
those
two
are
always
the
fastest.
It's
like
the
new,
the
new
muon,
but
everything
well,
whatever.
Okay,
thanks
everybody
we'll
stay
adjourned
and
see
you
soon
by.