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A
A
B
Thank
you
laura.
I
would
just
say
I've
been
in
communication
with
luis
who
I
know
will
be
joining
us
remotely
and
he
has
asked
that
we
just
move
up
5.2
to
the
first
item
on
ca,
so
that
he
can
immediately
respond
following
the
planning
and
economic
development
commit
development
committee
item
just
in
case
that
there's
any
sort
of
internet
issues
he's
dealing
with
so
no
deletions,
just
a
just
a
flip
of
where
we're
ordering
the
items
on
the
ca
section
of
the
agenda.
A
Okay,
thank
you
thank
you,
and
there
will
not
be
an
appointment
tonight
of
anyone
to
the
tompkins
county
environmental
management
committee.
I've
reached
out
to
one
individual
and
have
not
heard
back
from
that
individual.
Yet
I
know
that
we
are
overdue
in
making
that
appointment.
There
are
a
number
of
things
that
have
been
delayed
for
a
variety
of
reasons,
and
that
is
one
so
hopefully,
by
next
month's
meeting,
we
will
have
someone
to
bring
forward
to
council.
A
I
did
want
to
also
report
that
this
morning
I
had
the
pleasure
of
co-moderating
a
question
and
answer
session
with
dr
cedric
alexander
at
cornell,
and
it
was
very
informative
and
I
will
be
sharing
some
of
that
when
we
meet
next
week
on
the
11th
so
moving
forward,
no
other
additions
or
deletions
to
the
agenda,
all
right,
seeing
none
do
we
have
any
municipal.
A
C
We
don't
have
any
municipal
officials
with
us.
Did
you
want
to
remind
the
public
that
you
had
removed
item
1.5
from
the
agenda.
A
A
Okay
and
now
do
we
have
any
other
municipal
officials
with
us
tonight.
C
We
do
not,
but
we
do
have
two
members
of
the
redistricting
committee
ready
to
join
us
on
the
panel.
A
Okay,
please
have
them
entered
in,
I
see
hank
delay
is
here
so
we'll
move
right
into
the
redistricting
presentation
and
as
we
move
into
that
presentation,
let
me
express
gratitude
again
for
the
work
of
the
commission,
especially
hank,
who
chaired
the
county
and
the
city
redistricting
work,
and
we
look
forward
to
discussing
this
with
you
tonight
and
thank
you
for
providing
the
report
for
our
agenda.
So
I'll
just
remind
the
public
that
a
copy
of
the
redistricting
presentation
and
the
report
is
in
tonight's
agenda.
A
That
is
posted
online
and
I
think
I
see
jared
another
member
of
the
redistricting
committee
with
us
this
evening.
So
I
will
turn
it
over
to
hank
delay.
D
D
We
had
our
first
meeting
on
december
20th
and
since
january
18th
we
have
been
meeting
on
a
bi-weekly
basis.
I
want
to
express
my
appreciation
to
the
other
members
of
the
working
group
to
seth
morton
jared
pittman,
katie
sims
and
chris
prue.
It's
been
a
terrific
team
working
together
and
it's
been
a
very
good
experience.
D
I
want
to
also
thank
members
of
the
city
staff
who
have
been
of
extraordinary
assistance
throughout
this
process.
Most
importantly,
ruth
eslanis,
the
gis
administrator
for
the
city,
faith
favre,
the
chief
of
staff
to
the
mayor,
ari
levine
and
his
staff
in
the
council's
office
and
julie
holcomb
and
her
staff,
including
melody
faraday
who've,
been
getting
out
information
to
the
public
about
our
work,
and
we
appreciate
all
of
that
assistance.
It's
been
terrific.
D
To
give
you
a
sense
of
the
numbers
that
means
about
321
people
is
the
max
that
could
be
spread
between
the
largest
population,
district
or
ward
and
the
smallest
population
district
award.
D
We
are
constrained
to
use
united
states
census
bureau
blocks
as
the
material
that
we
work
with
in
determining
population
and,
if
you
think,
for
a
moment
about
the
size
of
those
census
blocks,
it's
a
real
challenge
when
you
get
down
to
that
deviation
question
because
we
have
census
blocks
in
the
city
of
ithaca
that
are
enormous.
D
There
is
a
census
block
on
the
north
campus
of
cornell
university,
which
has
over
2300
people
immediately.
Next
to
it
is
another
census
block
that
has
over
900
people
down
on
west
campus.
There
is
a
census
block
with
over
1900
persons
along
state
street.
New
apartment
developments
have
a
census
block
that
has
976
people,
so
this
has
been
a
challenge
and
again
I
just
want
to
express
my
great
appreciation
to
ruth
aslanus,
especially
for
the
terrific
work
that
she
has
done
with
us.
D
D
Second,
one
is
protection
of
minority
voting
rights
and
at
every
step
of
our
work,
we
have
looked
and
examined
racial
and
demographic
information
across
the
city
to
make
sure
that
the
nothing
that
we
do
either
in
terms
of
the
infamous
cracking
or
packing
of
districts
is,
has
an
adverse
effect
on
minority
voting
rights
in
the
city
of
ithaca.
D
Thirdly,
districts
must
be
contiguous.
That's
not
too
surprising,
can't
have
any
gaps
they
all
have
to
link
together.
D
Compact
is
the
next
order
of
priority,
and
probably
the
most
significant
change
in
the
ward
structure
in
related
to
compactness
is
our
recommendation
to
you
that
south
hill
no
longer
be
part
of
the
first
ward,
but
rather
be
connected
to
its
closer
neighborhood
of
let's
say
the
bell
sherman
east
hill
area,
in
what
we
refer
to
as
ward
3.
D
One
of
the
rules
that
we
established
right
at
the
start
of
the
working
groups
work
is
that
there
would
be
no
special
favoritism
either
in
reference
to
political
party
affiliations
or
the
status
of
incumbents,
that
we
would
have
no
separate
sidebar
conversations
with
members
of
common
council
past
or
present
that
if
members
had
an
issue
to
bring
to
us,
they
should
come
and
do
it
in
the
regular
order
of
business.
D
Presenting
at
one
of
our
meetings
and
as
you
know,
we
were
fortunate.
We've
had
several
members
of
common
council
who
did
come
and
testify
when
we
had
a
joint
meeting
with
the
county,
redistricting
commission
and
also
when
we
have
published
the
initial
draft
map
and
asked
for
public
comment.
We
received
comments
from
four
members
of
common
council
at
that
session,
plus
other
comments
that
came
in
from
the
public
generally.
D
So
we
very
much
appreciate
that
input
communities
of
interest.
We
certainly
have
tried
to
follow
neighborhood
groups
to
the
fullest
extent
possible
as
we've
gone
through
this
process,
student
communities
are
indeed
a
community
of
interest
recognized
by
the
state
of
new
york.
In
fact,
in
this
most
recent
budget
bill
adoption
process
by
the
state
legislature,
they
have
even
enacted
new
requirements
for
polling
places
to
be
on
college
campuses
where
there
are
a
minimum
of
300
registered
voters.
D
So
the
state
is
specifically
recognizing
communities
of
interest
among
students,
but
voter
turnout
is
not
an
acceptable
issue
for
redistricting.
It
is
in
terms
of
of
the
location
of
polling
places,
but
students,
whether
they
are
turning
out
to
vote
or
not
have
to
be
considered
in
the
sense
you
might
think
of
as
persons
under
the
age
of
18
who
are
counted
regardless
of
whether
they're
voting
or
not.
D
Lastly,
election
administration.
We
have
worked
closely
with
both
the
democratic
and
republican
commissioners
of
election
on
the
board
of
elections
throughout
this
process,
and
they,
I
believe,
are
both
quite
satisfied
with
the
recommendations
that
we
have
made
to
you
again.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
that
we
were
given
to
have
public
comment.
D
It's
been
an
important
part
of
our
work.
People
at
our
public
comment
session,
where
the
issue
that
was
most
frequently
identified
was
the
concern
that
we
use
lynn
street
as
a
boundary
between
the
fifth
and
the
second
ward.
D
In
part
that
was
affected
by
the
size
of
the
adjoining
census
block,
which
included
the
east
side
of
lynn
street
at
over
520,
not
over
five
had
526
people
in
it.
It
made
it
very
difficult
to
make
any
adjustment
there
to
avoid
using
that
street
is
a
boundary.
It
would
cause
ripple
effects
in
several
other
districts,
but
we've
suggested
to
the
residents
of
lynn
street
that
they
will
now
have
four
members
of
common
council
rather
than
two
who
are
interested
in
their
welfare
and
similar.
D
Similarly,
we
made
an
adjustment
after
publishing
the
draft
map
to
suggestions
that
came
from
council
member
brock,
who
spoke
about
a
section
of
clinton
street
and
prospect
street
that
we
move
over
into
the
south
hill
portion
of
ward
three,
and
we
have
also
made
adjustments
affecting
some
territory
that
had
very,
very
few
people
resident
therein,
but
certainly
significant
municipal
facilities
such
as
a
high
school
and
steward
park
and
the
area
that
includes
the
tcat
and
dpw
facilities.
Again
all
done
open
to
the
public
for
everybody's
comments.
D
So
with
that
having
been
done,
we
have
submitted
to
you
our
recommendation.
It
is
a
unanimous
recommendation
from
the
working
group
I'm
going
to
pause
here.
I'm
delighted
that
jared
pittman
is
with
me
this
evening
from
the
group
and
just
would
invite
jared
to
add
any
comments
that
he
might
have
jared.
E
No
hank
you
you
covered
this
really
well,
I
think
about
the
process
that
we
went
through
to
arrive
at
this
map,
a
lot
of
the
challenges
that
are
particular
to
the
population
density
of
the
city
and,
what's
really
required
to
meet
that
five
percent
threshold
hank
didn't
know
I
was
coming
tonight.
I
came
primarily
just
to
make
sure
that
someone's
saying
his
praises
he
voluntarily
chaired
the
the
working
group,
which
is
no
small
feat.
E
He
kept
us
on
track
to
work
under
a
pretty
fast
timeline
to
get
this
report
out
to
you,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
all
the
council,
members
and
the
public
know
what
a
real
benefit
to
us
he
was
and
and
what
a
great
job
he
did.
Thank
you
jared.
D
So
both
of
us,
I'm
sure,
are
available
to
respond
to
any
questions
that
you
might
have.
A
Thank
you
hank
and
thank
you
jared
for
being
here
this
evening
and
for
all
your
work.
I
will
make
one
comment
that
might
answer
question
that
people
may
have
the
next
step
for
this
plan,
which,
as
you
say,
hank
and
jared,
has
been
unanimously
endorsed
by
the
working
group.
The
next
step
is
to
move
the
plan
and
draft
local
law
to
city
administration
committee
in
june
and
then
to
a
final
vote
by
common
council.
A
It
at
our
july
6th
meeting
and,
if
adopted
by
common
council
for
implementation,
would
be
in
the
2023
election
cycle.
It
is
also
my
understanding
that
your
proposed
plan
does
not
include
any
triggers
that
would
require
the
plan
to
go
to
a
public
referendum,
so
I
believe
that
information
may
be
helpful
to
the
public
and
may
answer
some
questions.
George,
I
see
your
hand
up.
Did
you
have
a
question.
A
F
Thanks
hank
and
jared,
my
question
is:
how
will
these
new
wards
align
with
the
county
districts
and
will
the
county
be
going
to
15
members?
I
hope
so
that
they
line
up
exactly
with
the
wards.
D
D
D
The
reason
that
we
are
increasing
the
size
of
the
county
legislature,
whose
charter
just
so
you
know,
provides
that
the
county
legislature
shall
have
anywhere
between
11
and
19
members
is
that
it
maximizes
our
ability
to
follow
municipal
boundaries
to
the
fullest
extent
possible,
while
recognizing
all
of
the
factors
that
I
described
earlier
in
the
description
for
the
city,
there
would
be
two
legislative
districts
that
go
outside
of
the
county.
I'm
sorry
outside
of
the
city.
D
D
D
Those
would
be
the
only
sections
that
would
go
outside
of
the
city,
but
you
would
over
overwhelmingly
be
over
I
overwhelmingly
overlapping
boundaries
between
the
wards
and
the
legislative
districts.
A
A
This
will,
of
course
be
on
the
ca
agenda,
so
there
will
be
other
opportunities
to
comment
on
this,
but
we
have
the
head
of
the
redistricting
working
group
and
one
of
the
working
group
members
here
with
us
this
evening.
So
cynthia
I
see
your
hand.
A
H
No
question,
but
I
do
also
want
to
echo
jared's
words
and
sing
the
praises
of
hank
delay
as
well
as
the
rest
of
the
working
group.
I
found
them
to
be
incredibly
thoughtful
and
responsive.
A
Well,
thank
you
very
much
for
being
here
with
us
this
evening
to
discuss
the
redistricting
proposal
and
once
again,
as
has
been
said
more
than
once,
we
greatly
appreciate
your
work.
Your
efforts,
not
an
easy
task.
You
had
before
us
before
you,
I
should
say,
but
we
do
appreciate
this
opportunity,
along
with
the
plenty
of
opportunities
you
had
for
for
public
input.
So
thanks
so
much.
J
A
Okay,
thank
you.
We
will
now
move
to
public
comment
and
I
will
say
that
there
is
a
time
frame
by
which
public
comment
is
is
open
and
in
all
fairness,
if
anyone
reaches
out
to
julie
outside
of
that
time
frame,
because
we
do
have
to
manage
the
the
time
that's
allotted
for
public
speakers.
So
if
anyone
misses
that
window,
I
would
just
encourage
members
of
the
public
to
send
their
written
comments
to
all
of
common
council.
A
K
I'm
proud
to
be
in
a
city
that
responds
to
people's
concerns
about
safety
and
to
the
governor's
call
to
reimagine
how
that's
done,
and
I've
been
impressed
with
ithaca's
reimagining
safety
effort,
including
all
parts
of
the
community
leadership
of
color,
a
comprehensive
report,
I'm
especially
looking
at
the
data
dissemination
officer,
recruitment,
a
public
safety
review
board
and
directing
the
hard-working
police
to
where
their
skills
are
most
needed
and
dispatching
civilian
first
responders,
where
the
public
would
be
better
served
by
the
skills
of
civilian
responders.
K
I
just
want
to
remind
folks
that
this
is
a
proven
path
in
eugene
oregon,
which
is
also
a
college
town.
K
It
had
a
cahoots
program
for
over
three
decades
with
great
success
and
there
it
was
a
non-profit
mobile
crisis,
intervention
team
that
works
with
the
police
and
some
20
of
the
calls
have
been
taken
by
this
team
which
relieves
the
police,
and
it
is
saves
the
city,
some
85
million
annually
and
thousands
more
in
ambulance
and
emergency
room
costs.
K
What
they
are
responding
to
are
physical
and
behavioral
problems
and
they're.
K
The
fact
that
people
who
are
being
helped
in
eugene
have
responded
with
relief
that
they
are
being
helped
not
by
an
armed
policeman,
but
by
someone
to
whom
they
can
express
their
concerns.
Something
like
frustration
over
reaching
a
physician
or
struggling
with
the
fact
that
a
family
member
has
tried
to
commit
suicide,
to
have
someone
that
understands
and
knows
how
to
connect
them
to
the
support
they
need.
So
I'm
just
urging
the
council
to
support
with
full-heartedly
the
reimagining
safety
effort.
Thank
you.
A
M
Can
you
hear
me
okay,
great,
thank
you:
hey
y'all
alana!
She
her
thanks
for
the
opportunity
to
share
my
thoughts
this
evening
on
the
ongoing
debate
over
reimagining
here
in
ithaca.
I'm
grateful
that
council
has
had
opportunities
for
public
debate
since
the
introduction
of
the
final
reimagining
recommendations.
M
Two
months
ago,
it's
clear
that
there's
a
hearty
debate
among
elected
officials
and
unelected
folks
in
power
about
the
finer
points
of
the
plan,
and
it's
also
clear
that
some
believe
it
goes
too
far,
while
others
believe
it
doesn't
go
far
enough.
M
I
wanted
to
just
take
this
opportunity
to
make
it
known
to
council
that,
while
you've
had
opportunities
to
speak
out
in
meetings
and
while
folks
from
the
pba
and
other
officials
have
had
opportunities
to
speak
out
in
radio
interviews,
I've
been
taking.
I've
been
talking
to
ithacans
in
every
neighborhood
across
the
city,
and
I'm
excited
to
tell
you
that
public
opinion
has
come
through
loud
and
clear
if
it
can
support
reimagining.
M
My
fellow
activists
and
I
have
been
spending
countless
hours
speaking
to
folks
from
every
facet
of
the
community,
black
folks
brown,
folks,
white
folks,
poor
ithacans,
privileged
ithacans
and
middle
class,
athlicans
students,
professors
activists,
laborers,
service
workers,
doctors,
nurses,
taxi
drivers,
unemployed.
Folks.
I
need
you
to
know
that
in
speaking
to
these
folks,
we've
heard
a
resounding
support
for
adding
five
unarmed
officers
and
creating
a
civilian
commissioner,
while
folks
at
the
top
debate
the
size
of
the
seat
they
had
at
the
table
or
argue
about
police
culture.
M
It's
clear
that
folks
on
the
ground
get
it
change,
is
needed
and
change
is
desired
and
these
changes
specifically
are
the
right
path
forward.
I
look
forward
to
hearing
the
groundswell
of
supportive
voices
that
will
continue
to
emerge
as
the
reimagining
debate
pushes
forward
and
thanks
again
for
this
opportunity
to
share.
N
The
members
of
community
leaders
of
color
expressed
our
strong
support
for
the
planned
new
department
of
community
safety.
Our
members
are
grateful
to
the
working
group
and
subcommittees
who
devoted
the
past
eight
months,
researching
and
conceiving
a
plan
for
department
of
responders
dedicated
to
the
safety
and
well-being
of
the
people
of
ithaca.
N
We
are
proud
that
innovative
recommendations
emerge
from
our
community
representatives,
police
officers
and
technical
experts
who
collaborated
for
a
kinder,
safer
community.
We
are
under
no
illusion
that
this
process
was
without
disagreement
and
strong
positions.
The
quality,
depth
and
tone
of
the
report
is
evidence
that
community
engagement
and
collaboration
ultimately
worked.
Now.
It
is
up
to
common
council
to
see
that
this
work
is
affirmed,
resourced
and
put
into
action.
N
We
believe
that
the
department
of
community
safety
will
be
best
under
the
leadership
of
a
commissioner
and
two
division
directors,
all
three
of
whom
must
have
superb
leadership.
Ability
and
deep
commitment
to
racial
equity.
Snapping
back
to
the
status
quo
is
not
acceptable
to
us.
This
new
department
signals
an
error
of
respect
and
trust
between
our
community
and
those
who
safeguard
our
peace
and
justice.
N
This
new
plan
reflects
the
impetus
for
the
former
governor's
executive
order
and
common
council's
charge.
Excuse
me,
common
council
is
charge
to
the
working
group
and,
more
importantly,
it
expresses
the
spirit
of
good
faith
in
which
the
community
has
been
willing
to
recount
trauma
and
move
through
fear
and
mistrust
to
create
real
benefit
for
all
of
us.
The
projected
cost
of
one
million
dollars
seems
not
only
a
good
investment
on
the
pathway
of
healing,
but
can
also
promote
a
sense
that
I
am
my
brother
and
sister's
keeper.
N
We
have
heard
rhetoric
from
law
enforcement
that
community
solution
responders
will
be
woefully
ill-equipped
to
handle
calls
and
civilians
facing
abuse
will
be
denied
the
protection
of
an
armed
responder.
Surely
the
department
of
community
safety
will
be
staffed
and
led
by
people
who
have
rigorous
standards
and
will
be
answerable
for
their
election
of
duty?
We
are
looking
for
more
accountability,
not
a
breakdown
of
civil
order.
Officers
themselves
have
said
on
record
that
too
often
they
handle
calls
that
are
not
criminal
offenses
and
do
not
require
weapons
tasers
nor
handcuffs.
N
So
let's
establish
alternatives
and
invest
in
responders
with
other
skill
sets
and
expertise
in
fostering
different
solutions.
Fear
and
resistance
to
structural
and
cultural
change
is
predictable,
even
when
the
changes
are
needed.
Changing
all
habits
takes
commitment,
courage,
accountability
and
reinforcement.
N
Imagine
a
city
where
the
vast
majority
of
the
time
ithacans
will
be
treated
fairly
and
with
respect
for
our
dignity
by
our
new
progressive
and
highly
capable
responders.
Imagine
a
city
where
community
safety
responders
are
trusted
members
of
the
ithaca
community.
There
is
so
much
to
be
gained.
Thank
you.
A
O
Dear
common
council
members,
you
voted
mostly
with
passion
and
courage
to
create
a
new
department
in
2021
to
innovate,
a
community-based
approach
to
public
safety,
one
that
still
honored
the
important
role
that
police
would
play,
and
now
the
pressure
from
the
benevolent
association
and
and
the
police
department
to
falsely
malign
this
initiative
and
to
avoid
real,
substantial
public
accountability
and
oversight,
is
now
taking
the
form
of
a
wasteful
and
distracting
tactic.
This
investigation
to
in
to
legitimize
delegitimize
the
report
and
the
project
leaders,
but
please
try
to
see
through
it,
don't
be
sidelined
by
it.
O
You
can
still
investigate
it,
but
it
should
not
be
in
any
way
a
trade-off
with
moving
forward
on
this
excellent
proposal.
Excellent
report,
so
we
need
to
be
thinking
about
what
changes
in
the
culture
of
policing
can
realistically
happen
and
how
that
can
happen,
because
we
know
that
there
needs
to
be
more
connection
with
the
community,
accountability
and
trust.
O
It's
just
so
palpable
can't
be
denied,
and
yet
the
police
union
doesn't
want
to
see
substantial
action
that
might
change
the
power
system
they're,
making
it
sound
like
it's
an
all-or-nothing
thing
that
you
have
to
get
rid
of
the
police,
and
I
wonder
maybe
there
could
be
much
more
attractiveness
for
officers
to
be
learning
how
to
be
peace
agents
to
be
on
on
the
other
side
of
the
of
the
team.
That
would
be
a
great
thing,
but
most
important
is
not
to
stop
the
process
now.
O
This
is
not
a
radical
initiative,
it's
just
a
step,
a
strong
step,
but
actually
a
moderate
step
in
the
right
direction,
to
change
how
we
understand
public
safety
and
to
create
greater
accountability
to
the
community's
well-being.
So
I
say
to
you.
Finally,
those
of
us
who
want
to
see
substantial
change
towards
more
justice
in
our
community
are
watching
you.
C
Up
next
is
robin
trumbull
and
I've
had
a
oh
good.
I
was
having
some
trouble
there.
Getting
her
in
the
room
following
robin
will
be
mary
and
mumford.
Q
Give
me
just
a
second:
my
name
is
robin
trumbull.
I've
spoken
a
couple
times
in
the
last
few
weeks.
I
just
want
to
say
that
it's
in
a
time
where
national
politics
seem
to
be
striking
fear
and
to
many
hearts
across
the
country
that
I
do
find
some
peace
in
the
ongoing
projects
in
my
community,
despite
what
might
be
happening
on
federal
or
state
levels,
there's
inspiration
to
be
found
in
localized
efforts
like
they
have
a
green
new
deal
and
reimagining
public
safety.
Q
I'm
hopeful
that
small
details
and
structural
arguments
about
the
plans,
don't
take
it
all
away
from
the
incredible
work
and
dedication.
Everyone
amongst
the
working
group
gave
towards
this
plan.
The
idea
of
fostering
better
relations
with
our
community,
through
the
addition
of
five
and
armed
responders,
to
serve
alongside
the
ipd
not
to
replace
them,
will
encourage
a
stronger
sense
of
community
and,
if
you're,
someone
out
there
questioning
why
this
project
is
so
necessary
right
now,
then
maybe
you're,
not
one
of
those
people
who
hasn't
who's
been
disenfranchised
by
a
system
built
around
decades
of
mistrust.
Q
Sure
it's
very
important
to
have
police
just
like
it's
very
important
that
paramedics
or
firefighters,
so
why
can't
unarmed
community
responders
enter
that
paradigm?
I've
seen
a
lot
of
sponsor
and
content
on
facebook
recently
from
the
ithaca
police,
benevolent
association,
making
accusations
of
union
busting
but
other
than
proposing
civilian
oversight,
which
forces
like
the
nypd
do
already.
Q
I
really
fail
to
see
the
long-term
dangers
of
offering
a
helping
hand
towards
addressing
the
safety
of
our
community
police
have
been
complaining
for
quite
some
time
now
that
they
don't
have
the
time
or
sapping
to
fully
address
all
the
crime
here
in
ithaca,
taking
low-level
cases
off
their
plates
and
handing
them
over
to
unarmed
responders
should
help
police
do
their
jobs
better,
not
take
away
their
jobs.
Thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to
listen
to
me.
I
appreciate
all
the
time
you
guys
put
into
this
and
may
the
fourth
be
with
you.
C
Thank
you
up.
Next
is
marion
mumford,
but
I
don't
see
them
in
the
room
here.
So
following
marian
was
clark.
Lumsden
and
following
clark
is
saul.
O
P
He's
been
following
along
with
this
pretty
closely
as
someone
who's
seen
my
fair
share
of
mental
health
issues
around
me.
This
kind
of
initiative
is
truly
inspiring
as
far
as
reaffirming
comfortability
with
public
safety
officers,
I'm
working
with
the
office
of
the
reimagining
public
safety
campaign
and
the
idea
of
taking
away
from
this
by
hyper,
focusing
on
consultants
shouldn't
at
all
diminish
the
work
of
the
community
members
who
have
gone
things.
P
This
far
already,
and
I
implore
you
having
talked
to
plenty
of
people,
my
age,
who
also
have
skepticism
about
law
enforcement,
to
give
this
proposal
a
shot
and
move
it
forward
towards
the
general
election
for
the
reimagining
public
safety
campaign,
and
I
am
also
interested
in
promoting
safe
drug
use
and
working
with
sap
to
get
a
fentanyl
test,
drive
up
and
running.
C
Up
next
is
saul,
followed
by
amos
malone.
A
T
All
right,
thank
you.
Just
give
me
one
second,
to
get
collected
here.
Q
U
Are
we?
Can
you
hear
me
now?
Yes,
can
I
hear
you
now?
Thank
you
sorry
about
that
hello
and
good
evening
to
everyone,
sorry
about
the
technical
difficulty,
but
I
just
wanted
to
come
on
and
just
say
that,
as
a
member
of
one
of
the
working
groups
dealing
with
this
reimagining
public
safety
issue,
I
think
it's
a
great
thing
that
we're
doing
as
a
city
a
lot
of
hard
work
has
went
into
this.
It
was
kept
kind
of
private.
U
We
know
that
the
work
we're
doing
is
hard.
A
lot
of
people
put
a
lot
of
effort
into
it
and
it's
just
reimagining,
and
I
I'm
getting
a
lot
of
pushback
news
from
a
lot
of
different
people,
and
I'm
not
that
to
me.
Is
it's
a
little
disturbing,
because
all
we're
doing
as
a
community
is
trying
to
reimagine
what
it
could
look
like.
Yes,
I
know
there's
only
five
people,
it's
not
a
lot
of
people,
but
we
have
to
start
somewhere.
U
If
we
don't
start
anywhere,
we
will
end
up
right
where
we
are-
and
we
know
that's
not
comfortable
for
us
anyway,
people
of
color,
and
so
I
would.
I
would
ask
everyone
ask
yourself:
what
would
it
be
like
if
you
got
treated
the
way
a
lot
of
people
of
color
get
treated,
we're
not
trying
to
get
rid
of
the
police
department?
We
love
the
police,
or
at
least
some
of
the
actions
they
do.
U
We
know
that
there's
great
police
and
then
we
know
that
there's
some
that's
undesirable,
just
like
there's
undesirable
people
in
the
world
and
there's
great
people
in
the
world,
but
we
have
to
start
somewhere
and
the
work
that
we
have
already
started
and
have
done.
Cornell
has
implemented.
I
mean
people
are
taking
our
work
and
they're
moving
forward
with
it
and
the
issue
of
standing
still.
I
know
we're
better
than
what
we've
been
acting.
I
know
we're
more
adult
than
what
we're
leading
other
communities
to
believe
we
are.
U
We're
not
saying
this
is
the
way
it's
going
to
always
be,
but
if
we
don't
try,
we
have
failed
as
a
community
and
we
have
failed
a
lot
of
people
and
generations
and
if
you
have
children
and
grandchildren-
and
this
stays
the
way
it
is
we're
going
to
be
in
trouble
because
we
as
a
society.
We
already
know
that
things
are
bad.
When
the
president
of
the
united
states
just
signed
just
a
little
over
a
month
ago
that
it's
illegal
to
lynch
black
people,
it
is
2022..
U
This
is
not
the
model
nor
the
legacy
that
we
want
to
leave
behind
for
our
children,
our
grandchildren
or
anyone
else
that
has
to
come
behind
us
and
follow
in
our
footsteps.
We
as
a
community
are
greater
together
and
we
are
stronger
together
than
we
are
apart,
and
everyone
that
was
in
this
process
that
participated
in
this
process
have
done
an
outstanding
job
and
I
commend
them
personally.
I
commend
them
all
because
they
did
this
and
took
their
time
to
do
this
for
our
community.
C
Mayor
the
next
two
speakers
were
john
got
rich
and
jessica
brown.
I
do
not
see
them
in
the
room,
so
we
will
move
on
to
stacy
demas,
followed
by
karen
friedabourne.
V
V
Everything
that's
been
coming
out
feels
a
little
bit
of
a
distraction
and
it
is
a
distraction
and
it's
a
playbook
that
I've
seen
a
time
and
time
again
when
any
type
of
not
just
reimagining
but
to
to
to
push
for
inclusion
to
push
for
equity,
to
push
for
freedoms
that
everyone
should
enjoy.
You
know,
and
so
for
me.
V
I
really
want
to
voice
my
support,
as
you
know,
as
a
woman
of
color
as
a
mother
of
color
of
two
boys
that
I
have
one
who's
had
a
very
negative
imp
encounter
with
the
pd
that
I
really
support
this
reimagining
campaign.
It
is
something
true
to
my
heart.
V
I
have
seen
what
bad
policing
looks
like,
and
I
think
that
we
can
really
bring
great
policing
here
and
with
it
comes
a
great
community
and
people
often
forget
that
it's
an
ecosystem
and
in
order
to
keep
the
systems
this
ecosystem
safe,
we
need
to
work
together
and
we
need
to
move
forward
and
remembering
that
the
police
department,
working
in
conjunction
with
five
unarmed
responders,
is
the
best
way
moving
forward,
and
I
think
that
a
lot
of
people
at
least
a
lot
of
community
members
of
color,
that
I
have
spoken
to
time
and
time
again
things
you
know
it
may
not
go
far
enough,
and
I
I
hear
those
concerns,
but
it
needs
to
start
and
we
need
to
stop.
V
You
know
saying
one
day
this
one
day:
well,
things
will
change.
We
know
it's
a
problem
now,
but
one
day
it
will
change.
Today
is
this
day,
and
so
we
need
to
remember
to
stand
up
and
do
what
is
right
for
what
the
our
community
has
asked
for
and
to
continue
to
keep
and
show
our
children
that
we
can
move
forward
and
give
equality
to
everyone
that
will
come
after
us.
Thank
you.
G
Hi,
thank
you.
Can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
okay,
I've
already
emailed
my
thoughts
to
you,
but
I
want
to
state
publicly
that
I
believe
the
reimagining
public
safety
plan
written
by
the
working
group
is
an
excellent
beginning
to
reimagining
how
we
can
be
a
safe
and
affirming
community
for
everyone.
G
In
my
view,
it
does
not
go
far
enough,
but
adopting
the
recommendations
is
a
very
good
first
step.
Recommendations
such
as
adding
unarmed,
responders
requiring
better
record
keeping
and
increasing
community
engagement
of
police
officers
will
move
us
in
the
right
direction.
The
single
most
important
recommendation
is
hiring
a
civilian
commissioner
to
oversee
all
aspects
of
public
safety,
which
is
crucial
if
we
are
to
have
any
real
changes
in
the
cultures
and
practices
of
ipd.
G
A
great
deal
of
effort
went
into
creating
a
working
group
that
represented
all
stakeholders,
including
three
police
officers,
black
and
latino
community
members,
two
groups
who
are
subject
to
disproportionate
policing.
The
group
should
be
applauded
for
a
job
well
done,
especially
the
outstanding
leadership
of
eric
rosario
and
karen
yearwood.
G
C
Up
karen
is
ed
swayze
and
I
do
see
that
saul
has
rejoined
us
so
we'll
try
again
after
ed.
S
S
Just
verify
the
things
first,
the
two
people
that
I
admire
know
the
best
and
admire
greatly
elon
shapiro
and
stacy
demas.
S
I
will
only
echo
what
they
had
to
say
about
this
process
and
the
great
work
that's
being
done,
and
I
also
just
comment
that
these
attacks
that
are
coming
from
the
pba
and
I'm
a
union
guy
going
way
back,
are
sort
of
well
they're,
obviously
not
helpful,
also
not
necessarily
a
big
surprise,
the,
but
but
the
the
criticisms
of
mayor
myrick
and
some
of
the
council
members
in
their
conduct
toward
this,
I
think,
are
way
overblown
and
I
don't
really
want
to
get
into
that
discussion.
C
Okay,
so
our
last
speaker,
if
we
can
get
them
in
the
room,
will
be
solved.
T
Yes,
sorry!
Sorry
about
that
mix
up.
T
Hi
I'm
seoul,
I
live
downtown
and
I've
been
following
a
lot
of
what's
going
on
with
rps
and
just
one
thing
that
has
been
on
my
mind
was
you
know
coming
out
of
last
week.
You
know
why
relying
on
a
third-party
consulting
group
like
the
center
for
policing
equity,
any
different
than
relying
on
a
consulting
or
consulting
from
an
organization
like
sunrise
movement
for
the
ethical
green
new
deal,
and
that's
that's
pretty
much
what
I
would
say.
A
A
Thank
you,
julie,
marion
mufford
was
not
in
the
waiting
room.
C
I
do
not
see
marion
mumford,
john
gutrich
or
jessica
brown
in
the
waiting
room.
A
Okay:
okay,
thank
you
so
response
from
council
any
responses,
phoebe.
Y
Okay,
hello,
everybody.
I
want
to
thank
everyone
who
commented.
I
want
to
say
that
I'm
very,
very,
very
sad
about
this.
I
mean
extremely
sad
felt
like
I
was
punched
in
my
stomach
this
week.
Y
First,
I
was
getting
emails
about
ithaca
is
gorgeous
over
and
over
and
over
again,
and
then
I
heard
about
the
the
op-ed
and
pba
and
all
this
kind
of
stuff
like
this
and
and
what
what
what
hurts
me
more
than
anything
is
we
have
people
been,
have
people
like
the
governor
put
out
this
order
right
and
he
put
it
out
because
what
has
been
happening
to
black
and
brown
people,
and
here
we
get
a
community
a
community.
Y
Y
We
didn't
lose
any
officers,
they
didn't
get
defunded,
they
didn't
get
abolished,
they
didn't
get
none
of
that
and
they
never
even
apologized
to
the
black
and
brown
community
of
what
the
country
has
been
doing
to
us.
I'm
hurt
I'm
sending
as
much
love
and
holding
them
in
the
light
everyone,
everyone
who
worked
on
rematch,
reimagining
policing-
and
I
am
one
who
was
not
fully
satisfied,
but
I
knew
it
was
a
step
in
the
right
direction
right
and
I'm
so
hurt.
You
know
what
I
woke
up
thinking
this
morning.
Y
Did
I
make
the
right
choice
by
joining
the
common
council?
Do
am
I
making
the
right
choice
by
trying
to
encourage
other
people
to
be
a
part
of
this
politics
stuff,
because
that's
what
this
is-
and
I
just
want
y'all
to
know
that
I'm
in
a
lot
of
pain
watching
what's
happening
to
some
of
the
best
people
I've
ever
met.
This
is
very
hurtful
so
I
you
know
I
didn't
want
to
come
up
here
and
act
like
a
elephant
in
the
room.
We
know
what
this
is
about.
Y
Y
Y
I
respect
and
care
for
everyone
in
this
council,
you
know,
is
willing
to
work
with
every
and
anyone,
but
I
know
I
am
gonna
support.
What
I
think
is
right
and
supporting
reimagining
public
safety.
Like
I
said
for
me,
it
was
like
a
name
on
from
disneyland,
but
I
sort
of
won't
put
in
it.
I
saw
the
effort
put
in
it
and
I
had
to
join
it.
Thank
you.
A
Z
If,
if
I
could
follow
that
up,
I
I
just
want
to
say
I
agree
with
everything
that
all
the
person
brown
has
said
and
yeah.
I
I
think
it's
not
been
a
secret
and
sort
of
what
I
vocalized
that
I
want
us
to
go
further.
Z
I
believe
that
this
city
has
the
capacity
to
do
more
with
reimagining
public
safety,
and
I
feel
that,
if
I'm
being
completely
honest,
the
restrictions
put
on
it
and
on
the
process
by
council
by
our
predecessors
and
some
of
the
colleagues
here
hindered
what
we
were
able
to
do
and
accomplish
and
has
put
a
limit
on
the
imagination
of
what
we
can
do
to
really
reimagine
public
safety.
Z
They
deserve
all
the
credit
and
all
of
the
things
and
praise
in
the
world,
and
my
only
hope
is
that
we,
as
common
council
can
ev
can
evolate
that
and
over
deliver
on
it,
that
we
can
re
and
and
realize
their
wildest
imaginations
for
what
we
can
do
for
reimagining
public
safety,
because
what
we
have
right
now
is
not
working.
So
I'm
committed
to
working
with
every
single
person
in
this
community
and
on
this
council
towards
really
delivering
on
honoring
and
managing
public
safety.
Z
H
Yeah,
thank
you
jorge.
We
all
are
committed
to
seeing
change
in
how
we
deal
with
emergency
responses.
H
H
These
changes
have
to
be
meaningful,
they
have
to
be
measurable
and
they
have
to
be
deliberate
and
there's
nothing
about
what
has
been
said
in
the
op-ed
or
any
of
these
things
that
are
going
on
that
are
going
to
slow
that
process
down.
So
we
all
remain
committed
to
that.
H
We
also
need
it
from
you,
members
of
the
public.
I
have
counted
four
individuals
who
came
and
spoke
tonight
who
are
actually
paid
lobbyists
who
are
paid
some
of
them.
I
know
directly
from
people
for
the
american
way
to
lobby
for
reimagining
public
safety
and
put
themselves
forward
as
ithacans
for
reimagining
public
safety.
H
You
know
I
can
look
at
the
job
description
of
one
of
our
dis
speakers
tonight
to
campaign
and
coordinate,
develop,
manage
and
organize
communications
activities,
including
writing,
press
releases,
talking
points,
messaging
guides
and
other
tools,
organizing
press
for
local
events,
updating
web
presence,
coordinating
with
reporters
executing
social
media
posts
crafting
and
securing
placement
of
op-eds
and
other
written
products
act
as
a
formal,
on-the-record,
spokesperson
and
media
liaison
for
local
media
attend
events
and
assist
in
planning.
H
A
Yeah,
thank
you
and
I
I
will
just
step
in
to
encourage
us
to
focus
on
the
the
recommendations
from.
A
H
A
Okay,
well,
I
will
now
just
comment
to
say
that
it
is
questionable
that
the
majority
of
our
speakers
in
public
comment
are
paid
lobbyists.
So
I
just
take
issue
with
that.
Characterization
of
people
who
came
to
speak
with
us
this
evening,
so
I'll
now
turn
to
robert.
B
Thank
you
very
much,
thank
you
to
the
public
for
sharing
their
concerns
this
evening
and
thanks
to
colleagues
for
their
responses.
In
particular,
I
just
want
to
echo
what
jorge
said.
I
thought
it
was
very
well
said
about
elevating
and
exceeding
the
expectations
of
the
community,
and
I
think
that's
what
this
body's
goal
should
be.
You
know
to
those
who
don't
think
the
plan
goes
far
enough.
I
heard
a
lot
of
you
know.
Supporters
of
the
plan
say
that
you
know
they'd
like
to
see
more.
B
You
know
I'd
say
many
of
us
agree
and-
and
I
would
agree
with
the
notion
that
reimagining
the
rematching
process
is
a
step
right.
The
reforms
that
we
put
forward
will
need
sustained
attention
and
support
from
this
body,
and
we
will
need
to
continue
to
draw
on
the
wisdom
of
our
community
and
other
communities
around
new
york
and
around
the
country,
where
innovative
ideas
pop
up
to
ensure
that
to
to
to
phoebe's
point
right
that
that
the
small
step
that's
taken
is
you
know
is,
is
just
it's
just.
B
That
is
a
step
in
the
right
direction,
and-
and
I
want
to
just
you
know-
reiterate
that
I
don't
think
any
of
us
believe
that
our
attention
on
this
issue
ends
with
the
the
report
process
that
we've
that
we've
been
dealing
with.
So
thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
robert
and
certainly
next
week's
committee
of
the
whole
will
be
time
to
delve
into
greater
comment,
greater
detail
on
the
work
that
we
have
ahead
of
us
and
we
certainly
do
have
work
ahead
of
us.
Are
there
any
other
responses
from
council
right
now.
A
AA
Yeah
I'll
just
agree
with
with
phoebe
robert
corey
and
and
to
express
my
my
devotion
to
getting
this
done
as
soon
as
we
can
and
but
doing
it
thoughtfully,
and
to
thank
the
people
who
came
out
to
speak
to
us.
I
do
want
to
briefly
know
too
that
we've
had
just
as
a
community
a
very
difficult
week
where.
AA
We've
seen
I
mean
not
just
this
week,
so
this
week
in
particular,
we
saw
a
leak
of
the
supreme
court
decision.
That
indicates
that
that
the
high
court
is
about
to
strike
down
a
long-standing
right
for
women's
autonomy
for
their
bodies,
but
that
is
just
one
of
a
long
string
of
really
disturbing
losses
of
freedom
and
such
you
know
the.
AA
People
to
exist
using
derogatory
terms
to
deny
them
that
basic
right
of
existence,
the
diminishing
of
voting
rights,
a
lot
of
truly
painful
actions
across
the
country
that
I
hope
we
can
wake
up
to
and
work
together
to
fight
in
states
where
outside
new
york,
where
we
are
relatively
lucky
on
those
fronts.
But
to
help
our
neighbors
thanks.
R
Sorry,
I
I
really
quickly
want
to
share
that
and
I'm
more
than
happy
to
move
the
consent
agenda
a
little
separate
from
what
we
talked
about
today,
but
I
spent
most
of
yesterday
afternoon
and
evening
in
the
jungle
for
the
first
time
and
spending
time
with
our
houselessness
community,
and
I
just
wanted
to
share
and
I'm
saying
at
the
end
of
the
meeting,
but
the
tides
proposal
that
I
know
we're
looking
at
at
pedc.
R
I
would
really
encourage
everybody
who
hasn't
thoroughly
looked
at
it
to
take
a
second
look
at
it
again.
I
am
still
you
know.
I
know
phoebe
used
the
word
pain
before,
but
I
I
was
at
a
pain
for
all
of
yesterday
and
last
night
after
going
there
for
the
first
time
you
know
and
trying
to
see
how
we
can
work
with
one
of
our
most
horrible
communities.
So
I
really
encourage
everybody,
especially
those
who
might
not
be
on
pdc
to
please
take
a
look
at
tides.
R
Please
take
a
look
at
that
proposal
because
there's
really
a
lot
of
work
we
could
be
doing
in
that
space.
I'm
looking
forward
to
us
doing
some
work
there
really
soon
and
I'm
with
the
consent
agenda.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
patrick,
and
the
tides
concept
and
proposal
will
be
discussed
again
at
pedc.
It
was
discussed
this
month
and
will
be
discussed
last
month
will
be
discussed
this
month.
So
patrick
has
moved
consent
agenda.
Is
there
a
second
duckson?
Thank
you
all.
Those
in
favor
of
moving
the
consent
agenda.
A
The
order
that
you
see
on
the
agenda
is
the
order
that
will
follow
tonight.
So
the
city
administration
consent
agenda
came
first,
we'll
now
move
to
planning
and
economic
development.
A
Programming
in
a
way
that
ensures
benefits
of
the
green
new
deal
are
distributed
in
ways
that
reduce
historic
inequities
and
whereas
the
effects
of
climate
change
may
combine
with
other
stressors,
such
as
marginalization,
inequality
and
social
injustice,
becoming
a
threat
multiplier
and
disproportionately
affecting
vulnerable
population
groups
and
whereas,
as
a
result
of
the
pandemic
and
the
economic
downturn,
some
vulnerable
populations
may
be
more
likely
to
be
affected
by
the
consequences
of
climate
change
and
whereas
prioritizing
vulnerable
populations
and
designating
them.
Climate
justice.
A
Communities
in
program
planning
will
result
in
a
more
just
and
resilient
ithaca
for
all
residents
and
whereas
prioritizing
vulnerable
populations
and
designating
them.
As
climate
justice
communities
may
result
in
a
more
equitable
distribution
of
the
economic,
social
and
environmental
benefits
of
the
green
new
deal
among
all
residents.
A
And
whereas
the
climate
action
council
appointed
a
just
transition
working
group
to
make
recommendations
to
ensure
benefits
of
the
state.
Climate
agenda
are
shared
equally
among
all
new
yorkers
and
whereas
the
just
transition
working
group
defines
disadvantaged
communities
as
communities
that
bear
burdens
of
negative
public
health
effects,
environmental
pollution
impacts
of
climate
change
and
possess
certain
socioeconomic
criteria
or
comprise
high
concentrations
of
low
and
moderate
income.
Households.
And
whereas
in
2021,
the
state
of
massachusetts
set
a
precedent
of
law
codification
by
adopting
an
extended
and
more
appropriate
definition
of
environmental
justice
communities.
A
It
needs
to
include
at
least
51
percent
of
households
classified
as
climate
justice
community,
and
we
have
further
resolved
that
the
city
will
continue
to
support
the
development
and
implementation
of
strategies
to
accelerate
the
development
of
programs
to
meet
the
goals
established
by
the
green
new
deal.
And
I
so
move
it's
a
long
resolution.
So
pardon
my
throat
is
there
a
second.
A
Jorge
thank
you,
discussion.
A
Before
I
lose
my
voice
completely,
I
will
also
draw
your
attention
to
a
very
helpful
memo
that
is
attached
to
our
agenda
packet
from
rebecca
evans
that
puts
this
resolution
also
in
further
context.
I
B
You
laura
thanks
to
the
sustainability
staff
for
bringing
this
forward.
I
was
hoping
you
could
clarify
just
one
data
point
for
me.
I
I
know
the
the
point
here
about
one
of
the
criteria
being
residents
spend
more
than
15
percent
of
their
total
income
on
household
energy
costs,
and
I
just
was
wondering
if
we
could
elaborate
on
where
that
figure
was
selected
from,
and
I
mean
it's,
it
seems
like
reasonably
inclusive.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
that
that
is
the
case
and
you'll.
B
Forgive
me
for
not
recalling
if
this
was
covered
at
pedc.
AB
No,
that's
a
totally
fair
question
that
data
is
readily
available
through
the
utility,
so
it
would
just
be
a
a
relatively
easy
grab
to
get
that
information,
but
we
are
intending
to
do
a
community-wide
survey
to
collect
some
of
this
and
anonymize
it
in
some
way
so
that
we
aren't
putting
people
at
greater
risk
for
identifying
in
any
of
these
criteria.
B
I
think
so
so
at
the
just
to
clarify
further,
if
you'll
all
permit
me
so
like,
for
example,
I
know
that
there's
a
fairly
standard
definition
of
like
rent
burden
being
30
or
more
of
of
income
right.
I
just
was
hoping
to
understand
like
where
that
15
measure
comes
from.
Is
that
sort
of,
as
is
there
you
know?
Is
it
appropriately
inclusive?
Do
we
want
to
be?
Is
it?
Is
there
any
reason
that
threshold
couldn't
be
lower?
Just
educational
for,
for
my
purposes
would
be
appreciated.
AC
A
AC
Laura,
if
I
may
just
say
something
very
quickly,
we
just
became
the
first
city
in
the
entire
country
to
accept
the
definition
for
climate
justice
communities.
We're
not
going
to
be
the
last
very
likely
the
whole
country
will
follow,
but
I
just
want
to
let
you
know
that
what
you
did
is
historic.
Just
now.
A
B
That's
right!
Yes,
just
given
luis's
connectivity,
we
want
to
just
make
sure
we
address
that
item
now.
So
I'll
move.
B
Local
and
whereas
more
than
a
hundred
municipalities
in
new
york
state
have
adopted
cca,
including
the
city
of
rochester
and
west
chester
county
as
a
voluntary
opt-out
program
and
whereas,
as
part
of
the
effort
to
incentivize
cca,
the
psc
has
directed
the
clean
energy
advisory
council
to
determine
to
develop
incentives
that
foster
voluntary
investments
in
clean
energy
technology.
Further
democracizing,
renewable
energy
and
whereas
per
psc
cca
order.
Municipalities
pursuing
cca
must
collect
funds
from
customer
payments
to
cover
all
administrative
costs
associated
with
the
implementation
of
a
cca
program
and
whereas
per
psc
cca
order.
B
Voluntary
investment
plan
and
clean
electricity
procurement
plan
all
to
be
submitted
to
common
council
for
approval
at
a
later
date.
In
2022
detailing
the
following
specifics
of
how
the
program
will
be
implemented,
how
it
will
benefit
or
affect
the
citizens
of
ita,
how
it
will
impact
the
cost
of
electricity.
B
How
the
program
may
impact
city
operations
and
staff
count
and,
if
necessary,
a
plan
to
address
hiring
needs,
including
all
associated
costs.
The
designation
of
cca
administrator
in
charge
of
organization,
procurement
and
communications,
the
costs
associated
with
managing
and
implementing
the
cca
program
and
the
way
in
which
the
city
may
recover
all
associated
costs.
B
How
outreach
data
protection,
implementation
and
voluntary
investment
plans
will
be
deployed,
timeline
for
implementation
and
steps
to
procure
carbon-free
electricity,
a
comprehensive
description
of
short
and
long-term
benefits,
challenges
and
opportunities,
and
be
a
further
resolve
that
the
planning
and
development
department
will
be
responsible
for
developing
and
presenting
to
common
council
acca
local
law
for
approval
as
a
required
next
step.
Iso
move.
A
Thank
you,
robert.
Is
there
a
second
duckson
seconds
discussion.
B
Louise,
perhaps
just
given
the
connectivity,
perhaps
I'll
turn
it
over
to
you
first
to
provide
any
preparatory
comments.
In
case
we
lose
you
yep.
AC
First
of
all,
I
apologize
because,
during
the
ca
committee
meeting
we
had
some
connectivity
problems.
I
was
unable
to
explain
some
changes
that
were
made
to
to
the
cca
approach,
based
on
conversations
with
the
senior
staff.
The
the
changes
are.
We
are
not
going
to
pursue
what
is
referred
to
as
cca
3.0.
That
includes
voluntary
investments
for
the
community.
AC
We
are
going
to
pursue
a
simplified
version
that
does
not
include
that
as
part
of
cca
and
we're
doing
that
in
order
to
avoid
having
to
increase
staff
or
to
involve
the
chamberlain's
office
or
the
the
controller's
office.
We're
also
gonna
look
for
a
third
party
to
take
on
the
role
of
cca
administrator.
AC
AC
Part
of
the
resolution.
What
we
are
suggesting
is
that
you
authorize
to
continue
with
this
this
development
of
this
plan,
so
we
can
present
all
the
elements
and
then
in
writing
justify
everything
that
I
just
mentioned
to
you.
A
Thank
you.
Louise
jorge,
I
see
your
hand
and
then
robert.
Z
Yeah
luis,
thank
you
for
a
comprehensive.
You
know,
continuation
of
what
we
discussed
at
ca,
I
think
all
the
stuff
is
good,
is
really
great
and
I'm
really
interested
to
buy
it
in
terms
of
the
third,
the
third
body,
third-party
potential
administrator
for
this
type
of
stuff.
Where
exactly
do
you
think
we're
going
to
be
looking
towards
you
know,
hiring
or
or
appointing
what?
What
have
you
to
oversee
this
and
what
type
of
qualifications
should
we
be
in
mind?
Z
Looking
for
for
these
folks,
just
because
it's,
I
think,
it's
a
a
good
question
to
consider
the
council.
AC
Yeah
there
is
about
120
different
municipalities
that
have
cca
in
in
the
state
of
new
york.
There
is
just
a
small
number
of
organizations
that
are,
you
know,
performing
the
role
of
cca
administrator
at
all
of
four
that
I
am
aware
of,
and
the
idea
would
be
to
engage
with
all
of
them
and
try
to
understand.
AC
You
know
how
the
implementation
would
match
with
their
available
capacity
and
and
their
experience
and
then
submit
to
common
council
for
approval
once
the
selection,
basing
capacity
has
been
made
if
we
determined
that
there
is
more
than
one,
we
would
seek
advice
from
the
attorney's
office
to
see
if
an
rfp
is
required
or
what
process
would
be
needed.
AD
A
B
H
AC
I
I
think
we
have
agreed
that
you
know
the
weather
resolution
is
written.
You
would
only
authorize
me
to
pursue
the
development
of
a
plan
and
then
the
plan
will
be
presented
to
you
for
approval.
According
to
this
agreement,
we
could,
I
don't
know
ari
what
you
think
if,
if
we
need
any
further
language
added
to
the
resolution
in
any
way,.
AE
Yeah,
thank
you
yeah
first,
let
me
say
it.
I
think
it's
that
carries
a
lot
of
really
exciting
potential
to
do
this
and
I'm
I'm
pleased
to
see
it
as
a
possibility.
I'm
also
really
appreciative
of
the
clarifications
that
you've
offered
luis
around
the
impacts
that
I
know
a
variety
of
senior
staff
have
been
very
interested
in
understanding.
I
don't
believe
there
are
any
major
changes
necessary.
I
mean.
AE
English,
as
I
think,
council
fully
understands,
the
choice
right
now
is
whether
to
move
forward
with
a
100
000
study
implementation
study
around
how
to
implement
cca
and
then
receive
the
results
of
that,
so
that
you
can
explore
actually
implementing
cca,
which
would
be
a
separate
council
vote.
I
will
note
that
the
last
resolved
in
this
resolution
does
say
that
the
next
step
would
be
presenting
the
local
law.
AE
I
I
it's
a
minor
point,
but
I
would
imagine
that
the
next
step
is
probably
actually
presenting
the
results
of
the
implementation
study
to
counsel
and
fostering,
as
data
council,
probably
to
a
committee
actually
on
the
standing
committee
of
council,
so
that
there
can
be
a
substantial
discussion
at
the
committee
level
of
what
this
looks
like
and
how
council
would
want
to
shape
it
before
our
local
law
is
prepared.
So
I
think
that's
one
a
minor
nuance,
but
other
than
that.
No,
I
don't
see
any
other
changes
that
I
think
are
necessary.
AC
Yeah
yeah,
I
think
what
we
can
present
is
our
analysis
of
the
based
on
all
the
conversations
we
had.
You
know
how
we
would
pursue
the
implementation
of
ccta
and
we
can
definitely
present
that
in
the
next
woman
council
meeting.
What
I
would
like
to
suggest
is
that
we
also
prepare,
because
the
cca
order
by
the
public
service
commission
requires
for
the
city
to
pass
a
local
law
just
to
show
commitment
before
you
proceed
with
the
development
of
of
an
implementation
plan
and
data
protection
plan
and
outreach
plan.
AC
This
local
law
does
not
require
the
city
to
to
do
anything.
It
just
basically
commits
to
looking
into
cca
as
a
real
option
for
implementation,
and
if
the
city
decides
to
go
that
way,
then
we
would
use
that
local
law
as
the
basis
for
the
implementation
plan
that
we
submit
to
the
public
service
commission.
So
the
public
service
commission
basically
requires
that
a
local
law
is
submitted
and
approved
by
common
council
as
the
next
step.
AC
So
if
you
don't
mind,
I
would
like
to
suggest
that
we
do
the
two
things
we
present
a
detailed
plan
on
implementation
based
on
information
currently
available,
demonstrating
that
we
are
abiding
by
the
commitment
made
to
senior
staff
and
also
present
a
local
law
for
your
consideration.
Well,
after
putting
it
through
planning
committee.
A
Okay,
look
just
a
moment:
did
you
have
a
response?
Any
comment
on
what.
AE
I
just
I
appreciate
that.
Thank
you,
laura
yeah!
I
just
do
want
to
make
sure
I
understand
procedurally,
what
you're
suggesting
louise
and
that
council
does
as
well.
I
are
you
suggesting
that
a
local
law
would
come
to
council
before
the
results
of
the
upcoming
hundred
thousand
dollar
implementation
study.
AC
Are
it's
not
an
implementation
study?
It's
an
actually
we're
gonna,
develop
everything
and-
and
you
know
we're
going
to
present
to
common
council
every
step
of
the
way.
As
we
continue
developing
this,
we
have
our
parameters
which
are
not
to
increase
any
birth,
not
impose
any
burden
on
on
the
staff
city
whole,
not
to
impose
any
burden
on
the
sustainability
staff
and
also
making
sure
that
all
costs
are
recoverable
through
cca
and
that
cca
actually
produces
savings
with
those
parameters.
AC
We
would
start
developing
the
implementation
plan,
but
the
public
service
commission
requires
certain
order
and
the
first
one
that
needs
to
be
approved
is
the
cca
local
law.
Once
you
approve
it,
then
we're
authorized
to
develop
the
plans
and
then
the
the
final
implementation
plan
will
include
the
business
model,
which
would
have
a
very
detailed
account
of
everything,
and
that
is
the
final
approval
that
common
council
gives
before
we
submit
the
public
service
commission.
AC
So
when
we
engaged
local
power
in
september
was
to
you
know,
do
all
the
necessary
work
to
take
us
all
the
way
to
present
to
cancel
the
final
implementation
plan
for
approval
and
the
intermediate
steps
include
the
development
of
a
local
law.
We're
just
following.
You
know
the
the
the
requirements
of
the
public
service
commission.
AE
AC
We
need
to
lock
this
and
when
we
present
to
the
public
service
commission,
we
need
to
demonstrate
that
we
follow
all
of
these
steps.
AE
Yeah
I
mean,
I
think,
what
council
and
you
know
councils
here.
They
can
speak
for
themselves
as
well,
but
I
would
imagine
that
what
council
will
want
to
understand
here
is
at
what
point
in
the
process.
Will
you
come
back
to
them
with
a
complete
picture
of
what
this
would
look
like
and
give
counsel
an
opportunity
to
decide
whether
that's
what
they
want
to
do
and
and
exactly
how
to
implement
it?.
AC
That
would
be
at
the
end
of
the
process,
because
what
we're
gonna
do
is
you
know,
do
a
detailed
study
on
how
we
are
going
to
recover
costs,
how
we're
going
to
select
with
what
parameters
we're
going
to
select
the
supplier
of
electricity.
If
we
want
100
renewable
energy,
we're
going
to
detail
how
to
implement
an
outreach
plan
according
to
specifics
of
the
community
and
including
climate
justice,
for
example,
we
are
going
to
have
a
plan
for
how
to
cover
low
income
without
imposing
any
more
energy
burden.
AC
So
all
of
this
needs
to
happen,
and
it
all
comes
together
in
an
implementation
plan
which,
if
this
were
a
business,
it
would
be
the
business
plan
for
the
organization
and
but
for
us
to
move
in
that
direction.
We
need
to
have
the
local
law,
so
I
would
envision
that
in
september
or
october
we
would
present
common
council
the
the
implementation
plan.
With
all
the
details,
I
can
provide
a
preliminary
analysis
based
on
on
experience
and
and
what
we
know
next
common
council
meeting
and
making
sure
that
that
is
the
ceiling.
H
So
can
I
can
I
finish
my
sentence
and
maybe
it
would
help
me
so.
H
H
H
Is
this
resolution
releasing
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
where
is
that
hundred
thousand
dollars
coming
from
because
typically
something
like
that
would
be
articulated
that
we
are
authorizing
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
from
a
particular
fund
in
the
budget?
And
are
we
doing
that
with
this
resolution?
Because
I
don't
see
anything
in
this
resolution
that
authorized
expenditure
of
a
hundred
thousand
dollar
study.
AC
It
is
the
wording
was
not
right,
the
the
in
last
year
as
a
capital
project,
we
requested
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
develop
a
cca
program
in
the
city
of
ita.
This
was
part
of
the
budget
and
it
was
approved.
The
funds
haven't
been
released
yet
and
the
reason
was
ari
detected
that
common
council
did
not
have
enough
information
to
understand
the
implications
of
having
a
community
choice,
aggregation
program
with
which
we
agree
all
in
in
senior
staff.
So
we
decided
to
take
this
step
and
bring
it
back
to
you
for
consideration.
H
AF
Yeah
I
mean
we
could
do
that.
The
the
the
capital
project
was
approved
as
part
of
the
2022
budget.
AF
It
probably
should,
as
you
know,
resolve
should
be
in
here
as
just
to
mention
that
that
project
you
know
is
in
place
was
approved
by
council
at
the
20
during
the
2022
budget,
and
you
don't
really
need
to
release
the
funds.
I
think
really
what
we
were
just
making
sure
that
council
was
understanding
fully
what
what
this
resolution
did
as
far
as
committing
the
city
to
to
expend
those
funds
for,
for
this
particular
to
kind
of
give
you
the
the
complete
picture
and
plan
that
luis
was
talking
about.
AC
A
H
H
L
A
So
let
me
just
ask
robert:
is
that
friendly.
H
Can
we
articulate
include
the
amount
of
a
hundred
thousand
dollars?
I.
B
Laura
can
I
just
suggest
before
my
seconder
says
whether
or
not
it's
friendly?
Could
I
also
just
have
a
very
minor
word
change,
which
is
in
that
first
bullet
under
the
first
resolve
it
says
specifics
of
how
the
program
will
be
implemented,
how
what
will
benefit
or
affect
the
citizens
of
ithaca.
I
I
would
move
that
we
or
I
would
suggest
that
we
change
citizens
to
residents.
A
Oh
yes,
I
that
makes
sense
to
me
is
that
word
choice
would
change
in
the
first
bullet
first
resolved
and
the
addition
of
another,
whereas
indicating
that,
whereas
one
hundred
thousand
dollars
was
approved
by
common
council
from
the
capital
projects
in
the
2022
budget
and
duckson,
is
that
friendly
to
you?
H
H
H
I
don't
know,
should
we
include
articulation
that
there
it
this
will
go
through
a
project
development
period
and
then
come
back
to
council
for
a
decision
point
before
it
goes
to
the
public
service
commission.
L
B
I
am
just
wanting
to
clarify
something,
and-
and
perhaps
this
will
add
that
worst
case
scenario
just
clarify
for
for
some
members
of
the
public
and
myself
on
this,
but
I'm
I'm
looking
at
other
municipality
templates
of
these
local
laws
that
we
would
be
moving
forward
with
and-
and
I
noticed
that
some
of
this
some
of
the
draft
languages
is
worded
and
said-
this
is
coming
a
template
coming
from
nyserda's
website
yeah
and
some
of
this
draft
language
is
saying
that
under
the
local
law,
a
community
choice,
aggregation
program
is
hereby
established
by
the
municipality,
whereby
the
municipality
may
implement
a
cca
program
to
the
full
extent
permitted
by
so
on
and
so
forth.
B
And
I
guess
and
forgive
me
if
if
this
is
clear
to
others,
but
I
am
kind
of
just
curious
how
that
local
law,
inter,
like
obviously,
would
be
a
bad
case
scenario
right.
Let's
say
we
do
this
study.
We
pass
this
local
law
and
then
it
is
is
the
case
that
this
is
prohibitively
expensive
poor
for
the
community.
Whatever
that
may
be.
I
I
want
to
just
be
very
clear
that
this
local
law
does
not.
B
I
mean,
certainly,
as
as
colleagues
have
pointed
out,
we
we
have
this
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
the
budget.
What
I
want
to
be
clear
on
is
that
we're
not
inadvertently
committing
us
to
a
significant
amount
of
money
by
moving
forward
with
that
local
law
at
a
future
point
before
we
have
all
that
data
from
the
study-
and
forgive
me
if
that's
too
similar
to
ari's
question
and
I'm
not
understanding,
but
I
I
just
need
clarity
on
that.
AC
I
understand
the
confusion
and
part
of
it
comes
from
the
fact
that
nicer,
that
decided
to
create
a
template
for
localos
and-
and
this
varies
from
town
to
town
and
city
to
city,
and
so
what
we
will
do
is
to
take
that
template
and
and
work
with
the
city
attorney's
office,
to
make
sure
that
it
reads
in
the
way
it
should
read.
Without
committing
to
do
anything
just
committing
to
consider
a
community
choice.
Aggregation
should
common
council
accept
that
you
know
all
the
conditions
are
there.
AC
The
problem
is
that
the
way
it
is
designed-
and
this
is
in
the
entire
country,
not
only
in
new
york
state,
the
public
service
commission
kind
of
reverse
engineers-
community
choice
aggregation,
so
you
start
with
a
local
law,
because
they
want
to
make
sure
that
before
doing
the
work
of
developing
an
implementation
plan,
a
data
protection
plan,
an
outreach
plan
that
you
actually
that
the
the
city
council
is
behind
that
effort.
AC
So
that's
the
reason
why
you
need
first
local
once
you
have
that,
then
you
proceed
with
the
rest
and
once
we
have
all
of
that,
that
includes
every
like
all
the
details
that
you
are
really
interested
in.
Knowing
we'll
present
it
to
you
in
september,
you
could
at
that
point
decide
it
is
too
expensive.
It's
not
convenient,
it's
not
good,
and
then
we
just
cancel
cca.
AC
So
we
don't
need
to
proceed
until
you're,
ready
and
if
common
council
approves,
then
we
submit
immediately
without
any
change
to
the
public
service
commission
for
further
approval,
and
when
it
comes
back,
it
may
come
back
with
an
approval
or
with
a
request
to
make
changes.
Those
changes
would
be
submitted
to
common
council
for
further
approval.
If
that
were
the
requirement.
A
Okay,
thank
you
and
because
this
is
complex,
you
are
following
the
template.
It
would,
I
believe,
be
helpful
to
counsel
to
have
a
regular
update
on
this
as
you're
moving
through.
Rather,
I
know
luis.
You
said
that
presenting
the
implementation
plan
in
september
or
october
to
council-
and
you
and
rebecca
have
both
been
good
of
about
coming
to
council
with
updates,
and
I
would
just
ask
that
we
have
regular
updates,
as
this
is
moving
forward.
AC
A
A
I'm
sorry,
my
internet
is
not
stable
once
again
and
I
I
wonder
we
don't
have
a
roll
call
requirement
for
this,
but
because
it
is
very
hard
to
make
sure
screens
are
not
frozen.
A
A
Anyone
object
to
that
julie.
I
hate
to
put
this
burden
on
you,
but
would
you
mind-
and
this
is
unusual-
but
again
it's
technology
that
I'm
just
not
trusting
that
I'm
sufficiently
connected
and
seeing
everyone's
hand.
Would
you
mind
a
roll
call.
L
C
L
C
L
L
X
L
C
Elder
person
can
telmo.
E
A
B
Thank
you:
laura
5.2,
an
ordinance
amending
chapter
215
of
the
city
of
ithaca
municipal
code
entitled
human
rights
protection
in
relation
to
unlawful
discriminatory
practices,
whereas
the
city
of
ithaca
has
a
long-standing
commitment
to
provide
protection
against
discrimination
to
its
residents
in
the
area
of
employment
and
whereas
the
u.s
workforce
has
a
well-documented
racial
and
gender
pay
gap,
and
whereas
research
in
the
field
of
labor
economics
finds
that
hourly
and
salary
compensation,
transparency
improves,
pay
equity
and
improves
employee
retention
for
employers.
B
Now,
therefore,
be
it
ordained
and
enacted
by
the
common
council
of
the
city
of
ithaca
as
follows:
section
one
legislative
findings,
intent
and
purpose.
The
common
council
makes
the
following
findings:
one
the
city
of
ithaca
has
an
interest
in
providing
protection
against
discrimination
to
its
residents.
Two
equitable
employer,
employee
relations
are
a
matter
of
public
welfare.
B
Based
on
the
above
findings,
the
intent
and
purpose
of
this
ordinance
is
to
foster
wage
transparency
in
the
employer,
employee
relationship
in
the
city
section
two
I'll
move
as
written
section.
Three
section
215-3
of
the
city
code
is
hereby
amended
to
add
at
the
end
thereof,
a
new
subsection
f
to
read
as
follows:
f,
employment,
minimum
and
maximum
compensation
in
job
listings
one.
It
shall
be
an
unlawful,
discriminatory
practice
for
an
employment
agency,
employer,
employee
or
agent
thereof,
to
advertise
an
opportunity
for
employment
as
an
employee,
including
a
job
promotion
or
transfer
opportunity.
B
Without
stating
the
minimum
and
maximum
hourly
or
salary
compensation
for
such
position.
In
such
advertisement,
in
stating
the
minimum
and
maximum
hourly
in
salary
or
salary
compensation
for
a
position,
the
range
may
extend
from
the
lowest
to
the
highest
hourly
or
salary
compensation.
The
employer
in
good
faith,
believes
at
the
time
of
the
posting
it
would
pay
for
the
advertised
job
promotion
or
transfer
opportunity.
B
Two,
this
subdivision
does
not
apply
to
an
employer
that
employs
fewer
than
four
employees
whose
standard
work
location
are
in
the
city.
Three.
The
subdivision
does
not
apply
to
a
job
advertisement
for
a
temporary
employment
at
a
temporary
help
firm.
As
such
item
is
defined
by
subdivision
5
of
section
916
of
article
31
of
the
labor
law,
I'll
move
section
4
as
written
section,
5
effective
date,
this
ordinance
shall
take
effect
on
september,
1,
2022
and
in
accordance
with
law,
upon
publication
of
notices,
as
provided
in
the
ithaca
city
charter.
A
40
seconds,
thank
you
yeah.
If
you
don't
mind,
just
speak
up
because
I'm
not
able
to
see
raised
hands
discussion,
please
speak
up.
B
So
I'll
just
first
say
that
I
want
to
thank
colleagues
for
the
opportunity
to
discuss
this
proposed
ordinance.
I'd
like
to
also
share
my
sincere
thanks
to
city
attorney,
levine
and
his
office
for
their
assistance
in
preparing
it,
as
well
as
colleagues
who
provided
significant
and
helpful
feedback.
B
An
ordinance
like
this
will
help
strengthen
our
existing
protections
for
workers,
who
might
otherwise
run
afoul
of
opaque
and
discriminatory
hiring
practices
and
by
voting
yes
on
this
ordinance,
we
can
support
rebuilding
our
community
workforce
where
women
and
people
of
color
were
disproportionately
bearing
the
brunt
of
economic
hardship,
especially
in
the
coveted
pandemic.
I
think
it's
important
and
timely
that
we
intervened
to
help
right.
The
structural
wrong
and
I
thank
colleagues
for
their
consideration.
A
Thanks
robert
may,
I
ask
how
the
number
was
decided
does
not
apply
to
an
employer
employee
with
fewer
than
four
employees.
B
Absolutely
that
is
in
keeping
with
the
consistency
of
the
rest
of
the
anti-discrimination,
article
and
and
definitions
provided
for
therein.
B
So,
in
the
spirit
of
sort
of
you
know,
I
know
we
considered
the
the
change
to
the
the
rental
agreement
previous
gosh,
that
was
that
last
month,
what
a
long
month
and
and
in
the
spirit
of
that
sort
of
clarity
and
consistency,
we
stuck
with
four.
A
Thank
you,
patrick
and
then
jorge.
R
I
just
quickly
wanted
to
thank
robert
for
presenting
this
forth
robert
and
I
I
know,
talked
about
the
numbers.
It
was
funny
parallel
to
the
days
it
was
a
long
month.
I
just
want
to
thank
just
one
two,
the
folks
from
the
college
now
small
business
line,
so
I
spoke
with
about
this
and
very
appreciative
is
their
input.
I
wish
I
was
able
to
share
with
robert
into
I
just
like
to
thank
all
my
labor
economics,
professors
and
ilr,
who
taught
me
about
this.
So
thanks
for
you
thanks.
Z
Yeah,
I
just
want
to
say
I've
had
the
privilege
of
seeing
this
through
committee
with
robert
for
quite
some
time
right
now.
I
think
it's
very
common
sense
legislation
and
I
want
to
provide
two
perspectives
that
I
have
on
it.
One
is
that
of
a
graduating
senior
and
trying
to
enter
the
workforce.
Z
It's
it's
it's
a
very
scary
place
to
be,
and
I
know
a
lot
of
folks
in
my
ward-
are
going
to
be
dealing
with
that
and
transparency
on
the
side
of
employers
during
a
very
scary
and
uncertain
time
is
very
well
needed,
and
so
I
think
this
this
legislation
will
go
a
long
way
for
the
folks
in
my
award
and
then
also
as
a
latino
as
somebody
who
comes
from
a
community
of
color.
I
know
that
we
are.
Z
We
are
the
most
likely
to
expect
discrimination
when
it
comes
to
pay
to
be
told
that
you
know,
there's
opportunities
for
pay
at
one
level,
get
the
job
and
then
that
reality
is
very
different.
And
so
this
transparency
is
going
to
go
a
long
way,
and
I
really
appreciate
robert
taking
initiative
on
this
and
I'm
perhaps
a
quarter
of
it.
A
Thank
you
jorge.
Any
other
comments.
A
Questions.
Okay,
thank
you,
robert
all,
those
in
favor
I'll
see,
if
I
can
see
hands
this
time.
A
B
Thank
you,
colleagues.
All
right.
Moving
now
to
5.3
authorized
purchase
of
easement
for
improvement
of
water
system,
and
here
I
will
read
the
results
resolved
that
the
department
of
public
works,
in
conjunction
with
the
city
attorney,
is
authorized
to
offer
terms
for
the
voluntary
acquisition
of
the
easement
that
will
enable
the
connection
of
the
water
mains
and
improvement
of
the
water
system,
including
the
expenditure
of
not
more
than
six
thousand
dollars.
Provided.
B
However,
that
said,
funds
shall
be
expended
from
previously
authorized
departmental
operating
budgets
or
cap
or
applicable
capital
project
accounts,
and
be
it
further
resolved
that
the
acting
mayor
in
consultation,
the
city
attorney,
is
authorized
to
execute
any
such
documents,
as
shall
be
necessary
to
effectuate
the
transfer
of
the
easement
and
be
it
further
resolved
that
this
that,
in
the
event
that
the
city
and
property
owner
are
unable
to
reach
an
agreement
for
voluntary
transfer
of
the
easement,
the
easement
shall
be
acquired
by
eminent
domain
as
previously
authorized
by
council
and
move
this
resolution.
That's
written.
AA
A
Jackson,
thank
you.
Any
discussion
or
updates,
I
understand
there
may
be
an
update.
Is
that
victor?
Are
you
here.
I
I
am
here
yeah,
so
I
I
have
good
news,
which
is
that
we
were
able
to
agree
on
terms
with
the
property
owner.
So
you
know,
pending
council
approval.
I
think
we're
going
to
be
able
to
go
forward
and
and
do
this
voluntarily,
which
I'm
very
pleased
with.
A
A
A
B
Thank
you,
5.4
approval
and
authorization
to
execute
memorandum
of
agreement
and
settlement
with
the
police,
benevolent
association,
whereas
in
or
about
august
and
september
of
2022,
the
ithaca
police
department
mandated
certain
officers
to
perform
overtime
work
and
whereas
the
ithaca
police,
benevolent
association,
hereafter
referred
to
as
pba,
filed
an
improper
practice
charge
with
the
public
employment
relations
board,
contending
that
the
city
had
an
obligation
to
bargain,
with
the
pba
over
procedures
for
allocating
mandatory
overtime
work
and
whereas
administrative
judge
of
perb
encouraged
the
city
and
pba
to
resolve
the
charge
by
negotiating
procedures
for
allocating
mandatory
overtime
work
and
whereas
the
city
and
pba
successfully
negotiated
the
procedures
for
allocating
mandatory
overtime
work,
which
are
reflected
in
the
memorandum
of
agreement
and
settlement.
B
Now,
therefore,
be
it
resolved
that
the
common
council
approves
the
memorandum
of
agreement
and
settlement
between
the
city
and
pba
setting
forth
procedures
for
the
allocation
of
mandatory
overtime
work.
Providing
for
the
payment
of
mandatory
overtime
work
at
a
double
time
rate
in
specific
specified
circumstances
and
allowing
either
party
a
yearly
opportunity
to
opt
out
of
the
terms
of
the
memorandum
of
agreement
and
settlement.
In
which
case
provisions,
allocation
and
payment
for
mandatory
overtime
work
would
be
renegotiated
and
providing
for
pba's
withdrawal
of
the
charge
and
be
it
further
resolved.
B
A
And
I
see
that
acting
chief
jolie
is
here.
If
there
are
any
questions,
he
may
be
able
to
answer
any
questions
or
discussion.
A
Z
Yeah,
I'm
gonna
reiterate
what
I
said
during
ca
last
week,
and
I
find
I
don't
think
it
is
in
our
the
city's
best
interest
to
be
discussing
the
memorandum,
as
is
right
now,
because
we're
in
the
midst
of
trying
to
reimagine
public
safety
and
we're
talking
about
a
disparity
in
resources
between
communities
who
need
it
and
communities
who
aren't
receiving
it
and
who
are
already
actively
doing
public
safety.
Z
It's
also
come
to
my
attention
that
this
mandatory
paid
overtime
is
at
a
rate
of
double,
as
opposed
to
1.5,
which
is
where
it
is
an
existing,
an
existing
other
corporate
sectors,
and
so
I
feel
like
that
is
a
misuse
of
resources
and
I
feel
like
we
need
to
be
taking
a
really
broad
understanding
of
reimagining
public
safety
and
how
we
allocate
resources
and
protect
our
communities.
W
Sure,
currently,
as
the
contract
is
written,
we
don't
have
a
mechanism
for
there's
no
language
in
there
that
addresses
mandatory
overtime.
It's
not
something
that
we
want
a
regular
basis.
However,
there
are
certainly
times
when
we
are
so
so
short
staffed
that
we
need
to
hold
people
over
or
call
people
in
early
and
those
times
would
be.
You
know
to
keep
a
very
minimal
number
of
officers
available
to
respond
and
on
the
road
working
to
maintain.
You
know
somewhat
safe
environment
for
the
community
and
the
officers
as
they're
working
I
did.
W
I
know
there
was
a
question
in
ca
last
time
about
you
know
what
the
projected
cost
of
this
was.
So
I
do
have
some
numbers
I
can
share
that
might
help
help
the
council
understand.
You
know
how
relatively
small
of
an
impact
this
will
have
on
the
budget
and
the
cost
of
the
city.
W
So
the
the
enough
figures
that
I
gave
you
here
there's
a
couple
things
I
think
that
should
be
considered
is
one.
I
just
used
the
2022
pay
rate,
but
we're
going
to
look
back
at
previous
years,
so
it's
a
little
bit
higher
than
what
the
actual
cost
would
have
been,
but
just
for
simplicity,
I
didn't
go
through
each
year
and
use
the
applicable
rate
at
that
year.
W
I
just
use
the
highest
rate,
which
is
today's
rate,
and
then
it
also
doesn't
account
for
the
fact
that
many
of
the
officers
don't
actually
cash
in
all
the
comp
time
for
pay
that
they
actually
take
their
time
off.
So
it
doesn't
actually
necessarily
cost
this
money.
But
this
is
this
would
be
the
high
the
highest
that
it
could
have
cost
the
city
using
today's
pay
rate.
So
for
2019,
when
we
looked
back,
we
had
a
significant
incident
that
took
place
in
december.
W
We
had
officer
involved,
shooting
and
that
necessitated
us
calling
in
and
holding
people
over
and
mandating
a
significant
amount
of
overtime
in
a
short
period
in
december,
which
really
was
the
bulk
of
it.
For
2019,
there
was
a
total
of
157.5
hours
of
mandatory
overtime
in
2019.
Much
of
that
was
december.
W
So
if
we
figure
out
that
we
would
be
essentially
paying
the
difference
between
time
and
a
half
to
double
time,
we're
talking
about
half
an
hour,
you
know
basically
half
of
the
hourly
rate,
which
would
be
about
78
hours,
78.75
hours
and
equates
to
a
maximum
at
today's
hundred
rate
of
dollars
and
seventy
five
cents
for
2019..
W
We
move
on
to
2020.
We
had
26
hours
of
mandatory
call-in
time.
We
had
144
hours
of
time
that
was
mandated.
That
was
due
to
civil
unrest
a
little
over
five
hours
that
was
related
to
the
paperwork
and
report
writing
associated
with
arrest
made
at
the
civil
unrest
54.25
hours
of
mandatory
over
time
for
patrol
and
one
hour
for
transport
0.3
hours
for
a
special
detail,
totaling
out
at
231.10
hours
for
the
entirety
of
2020.
W
Again,
the
bulk
of
that
was
civil
unrest,
and
you
know
the
maximum
using
today's
pay
rate
that
would
have
been
looks
like
about
4
700.
W
W
So
I
recognize
that
it
sounds
like
a
lot
and
this
would
really
only
apply
in
situations
where
we
have
some
unpredicted
incident
on
non-predicted
situation,
where
we
may
have
officers
that
are
sick
or
out
injured
or
for
whatever
reason,
maybe
there's
some
major
incident
that
takes
place
and
officers
aren't
volunteering
to
stay,
but
we're
going
to
make
them
stay
to
hit
a
minimal
number.
W
So
it's
only
in
certain
very
select
situations.
This
would
apply,
but
it
is
not
currently
addressed.
There's
no
mechanism
in
the
contract
right
now
to
to
deal
with
this,
which
was
brought
basically
that's.
W
What
led
the
pba
to
file
the
perp
complaint
and
the
probe
judge
directed
us
to
negotiate
a
method
to
deal
with
this,
and
that's
that's
how
we
got
to
where
we
are
there's
a
clause
in
here,
as
mentioned
that
each
year
we
can
sit
down
and
it
can
be
canceled
by
either
party
if
it's
not
working
out
in
the
benefit
of
you,
know
the
city
or
the
pva,
and
we
can
renegotiate,
but
this
would
help
us
right
now
in
a
situation
where
we
are
understaffed
and
we,
you
know,
roughly,
are
putting
over
up
four
officers
per
shift.
O
Z
Just
a
quick
follow-up-
and
you
mentioned
that
not
every
officer
is
going
to
be
cashing
in
this-
their
their
pay
overtime
or
inventory
paid
overtime,
and
so
that
doesn't
necessarily
necessitate
that
it
goes
into
it.
What
happens
to
that
money
that
doesn't
get
cashed
in?
Can
we
reallocate
that,
for
other
things
or.
W
W
Y
Yes,
yes,
my
question
was
pretty
much
the
same
as
jorge.
It
was
at
a
time
where
we're
working
on
reimagining
policing.
I
find
this,
and
then
you
know
after
I
read
it.
I
understood
this
is
something
that
has
been
talked
about
in
it
previously.
Y
However,
I'm
still
a
little
concerned
that
those
monies
could
be
I'm
just
something
about
it
is
just
just
I
don't
know.
I
just
have
to
read
into
it
and
understand
it
better,
but
right
now,
I'm
not
in
agreement
with
it.
R
AE
AE
AE
So
to
you
know
put
that
in
plain
english,
the
pba
filed,
what's
called
an
improper
practice,
a
legal
complaint,
so
to
speak
against
the
city's
use
of
mandatory
overtime,
claiming
that
we
weren't
doing
it
properly
under
under
new
york
state
law
and
rather
than
ending
up
reaching
a
ruling
one
way
or
another,
from
the
administrative
law
judge
at
the
public,
employment
relations
board,
the
city
and
the
pba
settled
the
matter
with
the
mou.
AE
That's
in
front
of
you
tonight
and
one
other
very
brief
data
points
I'll
throw
in
there.
I
think
I
shared
this
at
ca
as
well
is,
I
think
it's
certainly
a
legitimate
question.
Why
double
time
versus
time
and
a
half
I'll
note
two
things
in
that
connection?
AE
One
is
that
obviously
the
parties
were
looking
for
a
distinction
between
regular
overtime
and
mandated
over
time,
and,
if
regular
overtime
is
that
time
and
a
half,
then
the
mandated
over
time
is
obviously
the
objective,
surely
that
the
pba
had
was
to
be
higher.
The
other
data
points,
I'll
simply
share,
is
that
double
time
is
not
believe
it
or
not.
The
high
end
of
the
spectrum
for
over
time.
Excuse
me
for
worked
time.
AE
Payments
in
various
forms
and
an
example
of
that
from
the
pba
contract
is
that
the
vba
contract,
in
fact
pays
triple
time
for
holidays
worked
as
an
example.
A
H
Thank
you.
Maybe
this
is
out
of
the
blue,
and
I
apologize
I'm
presuming
that
we
have
a
similar
arrangement
when
we
have,
for
example,
water
and
sewer
staff
that
needs
to
stay
over
where
there's
a
water
main
break.
H
AE
In
short,
yes,
I
mean
it's
not
the
exact
same
thing,
but
yes,
there's
there's
a
call-in
pay
that
is
paid
where
there
is
a
a
need
to
call
in
off
of
shift
or
or
hold
over
on
beyond
shift,
there's
a
whole
there's
a
whole
policy
around
that
in
the
labor
contracts.
That's
right
and
there
is
additional
pay
for
that.
Yes,.
A
Y
It
up
again:
okay,
go
ahead,
I
was
I
was
just
wanted
to
just
say.
I
know
that
most
I
work
for
hugo
medical
center
and
I
know
you
know.
Sometimes
we
get
mandatory
over
time
right
and
we
get
time
and
a
half,
but
we're
talking
about
double
time
right
now,
and
that
is
where
the
uncomfortability
for
me
is
cynthia.
W
I
could
just
add
you
know,
I
think
one
thing
just
keep
in
mind
with
this-
is
that
you
know
we're
in
a
situation
where
we
still
are
under
staff
significantly.
We
have,
I
believe,
like
seven
open
positions
currently
and
there's
often
times
that
we
struggle
to
staff
the
shift
and
we
need
a
mechanism.
You
know
as
an
agency
to
be
able
to
hold
people
over
in
order
to
do
that,
we
need
to
agree
on
some
compensation,
and
so
this
is
really
this
isn't
necessary
to
pad
anybody's
paycheck.
A
A
B
Maintaining
a
joint
specialized
response
team
made
up
of
officers
of
ipd
and
the
sheriff's
office,
and
whereas
the
agreement
formalizing,
the
operation
of
the
joint
specialized
response
team
entered
at
the
request
of
the
new
york
state
department
of
criminal
justice
services
is
due
for
renewal
and
whereas
entry
into
the
attached
joint
ithaca,
tompkins
specialized
response,
team,
mutual
aid
and
assistance,
agreement
and
submission
of
the
same
to
the
state
may
open
opportunities
for
grant.
Funding
to
support
the
joint
law
enforcement
activities
of
ipd
and
the
sheriff's
office.
B
B
Chief,
I
was
wondering
if
you
could
elaborate
on
the
the
grant
opportunities
a
little
bit
and,
and
specifically,
you
know
how
that
might
reduce
burden
on
on
our
annual
operating
budget.
If,
if
you
were
to
secure
those
awards,.
W
Sure
so,
by
endorsing
this,
what
we're
doing
is
we're
codifying
liability
for
the
op
to
join
operations
between
the
police
department
and
the
county
whenever
the
team
is
is
activated,
one
which
I
think
is
is
very
important
and
the
other
thing
what
it
does
is.
W
It
allows
us
to
continue
to
be
a
certified
recognized,
certified
tactical
team
by
new
york
state
department
of
criminal
justice
services
and
by
maintaining
that
accreditation,
or
I'm
sorry,
that
certification,
that
opens
up
opportunities
for
us
to
apply
for
grant
funding,
to
continue
to
maintain
that
certification
and
that
grant
funding
an
example
of
that
is
they've
opened
up
a
75
000
homeland
security
grant
that
is,
you
know,
generally
goes
to
these
certified
teams,
because
the
state
is
trying
to
encourage
joint
intermediate
teams
that
meet
the
requirements
set
by
the
state
and
the
national
standards
to
ensure
that
they're
professional
teams
and
that
funny
can
be
used
to
reimburse
the
city
for
costs
associated
with
training.
W
You
know,
but
also
there's,
there's
various
other
grants,
but
essentially
we
lower
liability
by
proving
that
we've
met
standards
and
we
also
are
able
to
apply
for
more
grant
opportunities.
If
we
don't
endorse
this
doesn't
get
endorsed
and
we
don't
maintain
that
we
are
not
able
to
eligible
to
apply
for
this
grant.
This
is
one
example,
but
there's
others.
B
And
if
I
could
just
have
a
quick
follow-on,
chief
or
or
other
staff,
do
we
have
a
like
an
estimate
of
what
these
grants
are
valued
at
on
an
annual
basis.
W
There's
typically
one
that
it
hasn't
been
offered
for
a
couple
years.
It
was
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
per
year
and
then
I
don't
believe
it
was
was
offered
last
year
or
the
year
prior
potentially.
But
it's
now
opened
up
again.
It's
just
been
reduced
to
75
000
and
that's
just
the
one
specifically
homeland
security
grant
money.
That's
funneled
through
the
state.
Z
Yes,
this
also
came
up
in
ca
last
week
and
I
was
wondering
if
chief
julie,
if
you
had
the
opportunity
to
get
estimates
of
how
often
the
srt
team
has
been
activated
in
the
past
couple
years
or
in
recent
time
how
often
they're
used.
And
if
you
have
that
data
with
you
right
now.
W
I
do,
and
I
actually
also
sent
it
to
council,
so
you
should
have
it
later
on
to
refer
to
in
your
email.
But
yes,
I
can.
I
can
elaborate
a
little
bit
so
this
is.
This.
Is
data
that
essentially
had
in
2018
we
had
14
active,
I'm
sorry
full
actual
full
call
outs
of
the
team
in
2019.
W
W
We
had
16
assists
of
tactical
equipment
from
the
team
and
offers
on
the
team
used
for
patrol
one
was
useful
roblot
there
was
nighttime
searches
that
involved
use
of
night
vision,
goggles
and
equipment
less
lethal
tools.
W
One
was
utilizing
repel
equipment,
three
night
vision
or
flir
one
less
lethal
tool.
One
was
the
scba,
so
that
was
the
basically
the
oxygen
breathing
equipment
similar
to
what
the
fire
department
uses.
We
had.
The
command
truck
was
utilized
for
patrol.
W
W
We
had
11
total
team
call
outs,
five
armed
barricaded
incidents,
five
high-risk
search
warrants
for
firearms
and
narcotics,
and
one
reported
active
shooter
of
the
cornell.
We
had
17
assists
of
tactical
equipment.
It
was
two
scba
certified
officers.
We
had
three
for
night
vision,
four
with
less
lethal
munitions
and
equipment,
two
involved
repel
masters
and
repelling
one
was
the
command
truck
and
five
tools
related
to
breaching
through.
W
So
far
this
year
we've
had
two
team
call-outs
one
was
an
armed
barricaded
incident,
assisting
was
at
thomas
county
mental
health
and
the
second
was
an
arrest
warrant
of
an
armed,
individual
and
we've.
So
far,
this
year
had
14
assists
of
tactical
equipment.
W
Four
night
vision,
six
incense
with
less
lethal,
two
others,
one
full
camera
assist,
and
one
for
tools
related
to
breaching
of
the
2019
till
april
of
2022.
For
the
percentage
of
activation
city
versus
county.
I
can
break
that
down.
Also
77
of
these
activations
occurred
in
the
city
23
in
a
county,
and
the
three-year
average
of
full
team
call-outs
per
year
is
10.
A
And
thank
you
for
and
thank
lieutenant
young
for,
sharing
that
information
in
an
email
that
was
sent
earlier
this
evening.
X
Yeah,
thank
you
mayor
and
also
thanks
chief
for
providing
this
data.
I
think
it's
really
helpful
when
we
can
get
this
kind
of
data
parsed
out
for
us
quick
question.
I
I
think
if
I
read
in
here
right,
this
is
a
three
year
agreement,
correct
renews
through
the
end
of
2024,
but
I
also
just
want
to
note
that
it
does
look
like
we
either
side
can
terminate
out
of
that.
X
So
I
think
that's
important
for
us
to
remember
as
we're
keeping
in
mind
many
of
the
the
things
we're
evaluating
through
reimagining
to
ensure
that
it
doesn't
just
continue,
as
is
if
we
think
there
are
opportunities
for
make
adjustments
to
it,
but
I'm
just
wondering
if
there
is
anything
about
the
three-year
time
frame.
That's
important.
W
Actually,
I
believe
it's
every
two
years
and
I'm
I'm
not
100
sure
I
believe
that's
something
with
the
county
attorney's
office.
It's
my
understanding.
X
AE
Thanks
yeah,
the
county
did
sign
off
on
it
and
you're
right
rob
it.
It
does
run
through
the
end
of
2024,
so
that's
would
appear
to
be
a
three-year
term.
F
Thank
you,
laura
chief,
that
guy
in
the
red
suit
and
the
white
beard.
That's
always
climbing
down
center
ithaca
the
week
before
christmas.
Are
we
ever
going
to
catch
that
guy.
H
Thank
you
so
I'm
reading,
through
the
agreement-
and
I
see
that
adoption
of
this
mou
has
been
recommended
by
has
been
requested
not
recommended
by
the
new
york
state
law
enforcement
accreditation
program,
which
is
also
something
that
is
recommended
and
suggested
as
part
of
executive
order.
203,
do
you
see
this
advancing?
Just
you
know
the
qualifications
and
as
well
as
the
professionalism
of
the
swat
response
team
or
the
scent
response
team.
W
Yes,
absolutely,
I
think,
by
committing
to
this
and
continuing
to
be
a
certified
team
with
the
state
that
that
that,
in
itself
commits
us
to
following
all
of
the
best
practices
and
national
recommendations,
along
with
state
recommendations,
and
we
would
be
aligned
with
accreditation
requirements
for
the
team
and
speaking
of
accreditation,
I'm
hopeful
that
we
can
complete
an
application
to
get
started
with
the
accreditation
process
for
the
department
here
in
the
near
future.
Now
that
we
have
a
sergeant
assigned
to
policies
and
procedures.
A
All
right
I'll
see
if
I
can
see
hands
this
time
all
those
in
favor
of
this
resolution
as
written.
A
B
Moving
on
to
5.6
request
to
increase
authorization
of
cecil,
a
malone
drive
bridge
replacement,
project
capital,
project
863,
and
for
this
I
will
read
the
results
resolved
that
common
council
hereby
approves
an
increase
of
capital
project
863
by
an
amount
not
to
exceed
four
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
for
a
total
project.
Authorization
of
three
million
four
hundred
and
forty
four
thousand,
and
be
it
further
resolved
that
funds
needed
for
said
500.
B
The
construction
contract
for
the
project
to
economy,
paving
incorporated
1819,
new
york,
thirteen
cortland
new
york
for
its
low
bid
of
two
million
seven
hundred
and
seventy
nine
thousand
two
hundred
and
ninety
nine
dollars
and
seventy
cents
upon
new
york,
state
department
of
transportation
approval
and
be
it
further
resolve
that
the
that
a
certified
copy
of
this
resolution
be
filed
with
the
new
york
state
commissioner
of
transportation,
by
attaching
it
to
any
necessary
agreement
in
connection
with
the
project
and
be
it
further
resolved
that
this
resolution
shall
take
effect
immediately.
I
move
as
written.
A
Thank
you,
phoebe,
and
I
I
will
just
mention,
I'm
sure
rob
robert
was
going
to
mention
that
adisu
is
with
us
and
adisa
was
also
provided
a
helpful
memo,
the
memo
that
he
provided
to
city
administration
when
they
were
reviewing
this.
But
if
there
are
questions,
I'm
sure
adisu
will
be
able
to
answer
them
as
well
any
discussion
or
comments
at
isu
that
you
would
like
to
make
tonight.
AD
Sure
yeah,
so
this
is,
as
I
mentioned
in
the
memo,
is
to
cover
the
budget
gap
we
have
after
we
opened
beats
in
march.
AD
It's
about
450
000
and
the
405
000
is
coming
from
chips,
which
is
100,
reimbursable
state
fund
or
grants,
and
the
the
raised
45
000
dollar
is
coming
from
water
and
swap
friend,
and
I
would
like
to
mention
to
you
that,
just
today
I
received
authorization
to
award
the
project
from
dot.
They
reviewed
the
bid,
the
big
package
we
put
together
in
which,
which
is
a
very
important
step.
You
know
moving
forward.
AD
So
if
you
have
any
question,
I'm
happy
to
answer
for
you,
otherwise
pretty
much.
This
is
what's
what's
going
on
in
this
resolution.
A
AA
Hey
d
sue
was:
was
that
chips
money
allocated
to
anything
else
for
this
year
that
we're
gonna
have
to
pay
her
back,
because
this
bridge
cost
so
much.
Would
we
treat
that
as
like
an
emergency
fund
or
just
allocate
it
as
we
go
along.
AD
I'm
not
aware
of
any
commitment
to
this
chips
fund,
but
it's
something
available
and
you
know
as
as
projects
comes,
and
I
think
that's
what
the
superintendent
make
decision
projects
by
project
basis.
AD
A
B
Mayor
louis
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion
before
we
proceed,
I
have
noticed
in
error.
There
is
an
item
that
that
was
approved
in
ca,
that
I
would
like
to
move
for,
colleagues
that
be
added
to
the
agenda
and
it's
my
understanding,
ari,
that
we
need
a
two-thirds
vote
to
add
this
to
the
agenda.
B
This
is
so
I
I'm
moving
to
add
to
the
agenda.
This
is
the
memorandum
of
understandings
for
outside
organizations
funded
in
the
2022
budget.
This
is
with
respect
to
the
work
that
we've
done
with
restricted
contingency
for
upi
and
bhu.
It
was.
It
was
approved
out
of
committee,
just
a
just
a
small
error
that
it
didn't
make
it
onto
the
agenda
this
evening
and
it.
AE
Y
Myself,
because
I'm
on
the
board
of
your
unite
blackheads
united.
AE
You
do
is
announce
it
and
then
the
recommended
practice,
especially
in
a
zoom
setting
if
it's
in
a
physical
room,
the
recommended
practice,
is
to
get
up
and
leave
the
table
and
the
room.
During
the
discussion
of
that
item
in
the
zoom
setting,
you
can
log
out
or
even
just
black
out
your
screen
and
mute
yourself.
Oh.
Y
AE
I'll
log
out
my
screen
and
then
just
join
back
in
after
the
vote
is
completed
on
the
item
join
back
when,
after
the
vote
is
completed
on
this
item,
okay.
A
A
L
A
A
Okay,
so
thank
you.
Robert
did
move
to
add
this
to
tonight's
agenda.
I
did
see
that
jorge
seconded,
so
we
can
list
it
as
such.
Now,
a
vote
from
the
nine
of
us
who
are
able
to
vote
on
this
phoebe
has
recused
herself
because
of
her
involvement
with
one
of
the
organizations
under
consideration.
A
Just
to
add
this
to
the
agenda
so
go
ahead,
robert.
I.
B
Will
now
move
this
resolution,
which
would
be
come
five
point.
L
B
B
Okay,
here
we
go,
whereas
common
council
included
50
000
each
in
restricted
contingency
in
the
2022
authorized
budget
funding
for
two
new
nonprofits
to
which
the
city
has
not
previously
directed
funding,
and
whereas
common
council
asked
for
all
new
nonprofits
to
fill
out
a
form
to
be
turned
into
the
controller
no
later
than
april.
15
2022
and
whereas
black
hands
universal
and
unbroken
promises
initiative
both
provided
documentation
to
the
controller
before
april.
15Th
2022.
B
B
B
I
know
all
of
my
you
know,
concerns
and
questions
about
the
documentations
that
were
submitted
was,
you
know,
totally
fulfilled,
so
I'm
just
sharing
with
colleagues,
I'm
sure
they
would
be
here.
If
we
had
again
it's
an
oversight
on
my
part
that
this
was
not
included
in
the
agenda,
but
I'm
sure
faith,
and
I
can
answer
any
questions
that
you
all
may
have.
C
And
jordan
clemens
is
in
the
waiting
room.
If
you
like
me
to
move
from
in.
A
Do
you
want
to
admit
jordan
from
the
waiting
room,
and
I
see
that
faith
has
her
hand
up
faith,
go
ahead.
J
So
I
just
I
wanted
to
thank
george
for
reminding
me
to
send
it
to
olive
council
all
of
the
paperwork
that
goes
along
with
us,
which
I
sent
probably
a
week
ago.
So
you
should
all
have
all
the
correct
information
from
both
organizations.
J
So
I
was
hoping
we'd
be
able
to
ask
questions
to
jordan,
and
I
know
that
harry
could
not
be
here,
but
I
do
want
to
say
you
know
this.
This
has
been
a
long
process
and
just
thankful
for
all
of
you
yet
again
for
sticking
with
us.
So
thanks.
A
Thanks
faith,
any
questions.
A
Hi,
jordan,
jordan,
jordan
has
joined
us.
So
does
anyone
have
any
questions.
A
Okay,
seeing
none
ari
has
a
question.
A
AE
Well,
lauria
are
here,
I
just
I
had
a
brief
comment
for
council,
if
that's
possible
sure,
of
course
yeah.
Thank
you,
which
is.
I
just
wanted
to
note
that,
of
course,
this
resolution
instructs
some
mousse
to
be
prepared.
AE
We
do
have
those
mostly
ready,
and
I
did
want
to
make
sure
everyone's
aware-
that
the
one
piece
that
we
will
still
be
looking
for
from
each
of
the
organizations
is
just
a
little
bit
of
a
clear
description
of
the
scope
of
services
that
they'll
be
providing
so
that
that
can
be
included
in
the
mou.
So
I
just
wanted
everybody
to
be
aware
that
that
is
still
pending,
but
as
soon
as
we
have
that
we
look
forward
to
getting
this
mou
set
up.
A
All
right
and
jordan,
thank
you
for
being
here
tonight,
all
and
and
again
just
a
reminder.
There
are
nine
voting
members.
Phoebe
has
recused
herself
from
this
vote.
So
all
those
in
favor
of
this
resolution,
as
read
by
ca,
chair
ken
talmo.
B
And
I
lied.
I
have
one
more
thing
to
move,
because
it's
only
two
lines.
I
forgot
it,
but
it's
a
very
important.
It's
a
very
important
item:
5.7
approval,
I'm
sorry
5.8.
Now
approval
of
release
of
funds
for
right
to
council
program,
whereas
as
part
of
the
2022
authorized
budget
common
council
placed
125
thousand
dollars
in
restricted
contingency
for
the
right
to
council
program.
B
Now,
therefore,
be
it
resolve
that
common
council
hereby
release
an
amount
not
to
exceed
125
thousand
dollars
from
the
appropriate
accounts
to
the
appropriate
accounts
to
provide
funding
to
the
right
to
council
program.
Iso
move.
B
As
we
start
discussion,
I
would
just
note
maybe
some
someone
could
just
let
phoebe
know
she
can
come
back.
A
Thank
you
as
we're
waiting
for
phoebe
to
rejoin.
Are
there
any
questions
on
this
release
of
funds
for
right
to
counsel
program.
A
R
A
Thanks,
patrick
duckson.
AA
Same,
thank
you
also.
I
I
completely
my
memory
of
ca
has
completely
escaped
me.
So
what's
the
status
of
the
agreement
with
law,
new
york
and-
and
you
know,
if
you
know
how
many
clients
they've
been
able
to
help
with
this
money,.
AE
Yeah
law
new
york
has
staffing
that
has
been
representing
clients
in
city
court
and
they
are
looking
to
hire.
Additional
staffing
is
a
very
tough
hiring
market.
So
that
is
a
challenge
for
them
right
now
and
that
will
obviously
increase
their
capacity,
but
they
are
already
engaging
the
representation,
since
it's
important
with
the
staffing
that
they
do
have
at
this
time,.
A
Thanks
and
by
the
end
of
this
year,
thanks
to
the
this
funding,
the
mou
with
law,
new
york
and
the
work
they
will
be
able
to
do,
and
hopefully
they
will
be
able
to
find
staffing
to
do
all
the
work.
We
will
have
much
better
data
to
consider
future
requests
for
such
a
program.
A
A
In
the
meeting
someone
texted.
A
Thank
you
for
rejoining.
Thank
you.
We
have
just
considered
the
resolution
on
approval
of
release
of
funds
for
the
right
to
counsel
program.
It's
been
moved
and
seconded
ducks
and
had
a
question
about
how
many
clients
are
helped
by
law.
New
york
and
ari
gave
a
response
on
that.
Y
A
AF
You
thank
you
robert
first.
I
just
want
to
apologize.
I'm
not
sure
how
that
resolution
for
the
release
of
funds
for
the
outside
organizations
didn't
make
the
agenda
it
certainly
was
out
of
my
hands.
Went
was
on
my
agenda
so
we'll
double
check
the
reason
why
that
didn't
make
it
and
take
care
of
that
in
the
future.
Just
a
few
things
to
mention
tonight,
the
new
york
state
budget,
as
you
all
know,
has
been
passed
and
so
for
the
city.
I
did
mention
some
things.
AF
I
think
I
believe
at
last
month's
meeting,
but
our
general
state
aid
payment,
which
is
called
the
aim
payment,
will
remain
at
two
million
six
hundred
and
ten
thousand
dollars.
There
was
a
push
there
to
add
a
cola
adjustment,
but
that
did
not
pass.
So
that's
not
really
a
big
surprise
for
us.
It's
been
this
level
for
quite
some
time.
AF
We're
always
hopeful
that
that
will
be
increased
at
some
point
in
the
future,
but
at
this
point
it
stays
at
the
million
six
hundred
thousand
dollar
mark
additionally
transportation
funding
maintained
at
the
increased
levels
that
we
enjoyed
in
2021.
So
for
for
the
city.
That
means
we're
going
to
see
over
3
million
in
funding,
including
chips.
We
talked
about
that
a
little
bit
earlier.
Extreme
winter
recovery
paved
new
york
and
state
touring
routes.
AF
Aid
is
all
included
in
that
three
million
dollars,
so
that's
very
good
news
that
was
increased
in
2021
and
and
maintains
those
levels
in
2022.
AF
In
addition,
the
budget
did
propose
increases
for
bridge
new
york
aid
by
a
hundred
million
dollars
and
also
pave
our
potholes
program.
That
was
also
increased
by
a
hundred
million
dollars.
We
don't
have
the
details
on
those
amounts
to
the
city,
but
we
will
get
those
as
soon
as
we
can
find
them.
I
do
know
the
allocation
of
those
funds
will
be
similar
to
the
chips
allocation,
so
looking
forward
to
additional
money
there
for
dpw
activity.
AF
As
we
all
know,
we
do
need
more
resources
for
our
streets
in
the
city,
so
that's
good
news
from
from
the
state.
In
addition,
there
was
500
million
dollars
in
drinking
water
and
wastewater
infrastructure,
funding
available
in
the
budget
and
also
100
million
dollars
in
dri
money.
AF
So
looking
forward
to
hopefully
finding
some
of
that
money
to
to
the
city
coffers
and
and
lastly,
on
the
budget,
the
state
will
suspend
a
portion
of
the
state's
gas
tax-
that's
16
cents
from
june
1st
of
this
year
to
the
end
of
the
year,
so
that
should
help
consumers
with
the
higher
gas
prices
that
we're
currently
finding
ourselves
with
and
then
just
a
few
items
on
the
20
20
22
budgets.
AF
At
this
point
in
time
sales
tax
collection-
we
have
collected
three
million
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
at
this
point
of
our
fourteen
million
nine
hundred
thousand
dollar
budget,
and
that
represents
about
twenty
eight
percent
higher
than
if
you
compare
this
time
period
with
2021,
so
we're
off
to
a
a
great
start
with
sales
tax
collection.
So
that's
very
good
and
we
all
know
that
we
have
lots
of
challenges
facing
our
economy
right
now,
but
hopefully
that
trend
will
continue
as
we
move
through.
AF
2022
parking
revenues
continue
to
be
slow,
but
we've
collected
almost
490
thousand
dollars
in
revenue
to
date.
So
lots
of
construction
in
around
the
downtown
area
that
have
kind
of
have
some
impact
on
that,
along
with
lingering
covet
issues
there,
the
green
street
parking
garage.
AF
We
do
expect
that
to
be
online
here
in
the
next
couple
of
months.
I
do
know
they
will
be
temporarily
opening
for
for
cornell,
graduation
and
then
finishing
up
that
project
in
the
next
couple
months.
So
we'll
look
forward
to
getting
that
back
online
for
the
city
and
also
building
permit
revenue.
We
had
a
budget
for
2022
of
a
little
over
two
million
dollars.
We
have
collected
369
thousand
dollars
to
date,
and
so
that's
still
very
obviously
very
early
in
the
construction
season.
AF
So
hopefully
those
projects
will
come
into
the
city
and
the
permits
related
to
those
projects
will
come
to
the
city
without
delays
in
2022
and
just
a
general
comment.
Overall,
we
continue
to
see
lots
of
issues
in
the
city
with
staffing
difficulty
hiring
and
maintains.
The
staff
in
this
environment
has
been
very
difficult.
AF
We
have
an
older
city
staff
and
we've
seen
lots
of
turnover
due
to
retirements,
so
we
believe
you
know
over
the
next
couple
years
we're
still
going
to
have
a
high
turnover
rate,
so
it
is
becoming
more
difficult
for
staff
staffing
issues
in
the
city
as
we're
moving
into
2022
and
again
some
of
that
is
still
impacts
from
kovid,
as
we
felt
back
in
2020,
when
this
all
took
place
that
it
would
be
a
lingering
impact
on
the
city's
activities
and
certainly
has
been,
and
then
just
a
couple
more
things:
the
cpi
for
2022.
AF
So
far,
you
all
know
that
inflation
is
really
spiked.
We
are
running
at
eight
percent
for
the
first
three
months,
that
is
a
forty
year
high
of
inflation,
and
it
continues
to
look
like
it's
going
to
increase
over
the
next
a
few
months,
but
hopefully
we
can
get
this
under
control
at
some
point
during
2022..
AF
Obviously,
this
results
in
many
higher
increases
in
all
costs
of
city
operations
and
we're
seeing
that
for
sure,
a
lot
of
our
bids
are
coming
in
much
higher
than
anticipated
and
you'll,
probably
notice
that
as
we
approve
these
projects
over
the
next
year
and
then
lastly,
we
are
starting
the
2023
budget
season
soon,
we'll
have
the
request
for
capital
projects
going
out
to
departments
probably
later
this
week
and
they'll
be
submitted
in
the
next
a
few
weeks,
so
that
is
the
beginning
stages
of
the
2023
budget
and,
of
course,
that
activity
continues
right
and
through
approval
in
november.
B
Thank
you
very
much
steve.
I
have
two
unrelated
questions,
one
I
was
curious.
I
was
really
happy
to
hear
those
sales
tax
figures
you
shared.
I
was
curious.
My
understanding
was
that
the
new
york
state
budget
also
either
reduced
or
eliminated
the
distressed
provider
assistance
program,
which
was
kind
of
like
taking
a
piece
of
local
sales
tax.
B
AF
Yeah,
so
that
does
have
some
minor
impact.
We
did
see
some
reduction
in
sales
tax
as
a
result
of
that
previously,
so
that
will
be
not
the
case
this
year,
so
we
will
again,
it
was
off
the
top
of
my
head.
It
was
roughly
maybe
a
50
000
reduction
and
so
that
well
that
definitely
is
going
away.
So
that
would
be
helpful.
But,
yes,
that
was
changed
in
the
budget
process.
B
Groovy
and
then
just
the
the
second
question
was,
you
know
a
and
feel
free
to.
Let
me
know
if
this
is
maybe
not
the
you
know,
it's
totally
appropriate
question,
or
maybe
we
should
deliberate
later,
but
you
know
you
talk
about
staff,
you
know
turnover
and
and
and
just
overall
labor
market
pressures,
and
I
was
curious
if
you
could
maybe
elaborate
on
any
I'm
trying
to
remember
what
this
is.
What
the
term
is.
B
Forgive
me,
I
believe,
there's
like
some
sort
of
practice
of
like
pay
studies
or
pay
compensation.
Studies
like
yeah
do
those
occur
on
like
on
a
recurring
basis
in
the
city.
Is
that
something
we
have
to
initiate.
AF
So
yeah,
so
there
is
a
compensation
study
in
the
works,
and
this
is
a
generally
market
analysis.
AF
The
department
of
human
resources
is
overseeing
that
project
that
was
budgeted
in
2022
and
I
do
know
that
an
rfp
went
out
and
a
vendor
was
selected
and
so
that
work
should
start
very
soon
and
should
be
completed
within
a
few
months.
So
we'll
have.
That
will
certainly
help
give
us
an
understanding
of
where
we
we
sit
as
far
as
our
wages
compared
to
the
market
at
this
point
in
time.
But
we
do
try
to
do
that
every
few
years
and
it's
sometimes
difficult
to
get
it.
AF
You
know
on
a
contin
continuing
basis,
but
definitely
is
happening
this
year.
So
that's
good
news
certainly
will
help
us
with
you
know
future
wage
analysis
for
the
city.
AF
Y
Yeah,
as
I
listen
to
you
say
about
the
shortage
of
people
coming
out
for
jobs
to
work
with
you,
I'm
not
really-
and
maybe
this
is
a
question
to
talk
to
shelly
about.
But
how
are
you
working
with
high
school
students?
Are
there
internships?
Are
there
different
avenues
of
ways
of
getting
young
people
interested?
Y
You
know,
because
when
I
think
of
young
black
and
brown
men
and
women
who
are
working
rather
in
like
fast
foods,
and
that
kind
of
this
would
be
something
I
would
love
to.
Maybe
I
need
to
talk
to
shelly
about
it
right,
because
I
think
it's
real
important
for
them
to
start
seeing
these
as
careers,
not
just
a
job
for
now
yeah,
so
yeah
I'll
talk
with
shelly,
but
thank
you
for
for
I'm
glad.
I
was
here
to
even
hear
that.
AF
Yeah,
no
sure,
no,
that's
fine,
phoebe
yeah
that
you
know
we
do
have
and
hr
would
be,
could
give
you
more
details,
but
we
do
have
through
youth
services,
with
both
youth
bureau
and
jack.
We
have
great
early
programs
for
the
youth
that
can
get
them
involved
in
employment
services,
and
so
it's
it's
very
important
work
that
the
youth
services
do
for
the
city
and
those
are
great
programs
for
the
the
young
people
of
of
our
community
to
get
involved
with.
A
You
yeah
thanks
and
phoebe.
I
will
again,
as
I
did
in
an
earlier
meeting
this
week,
just
plug
tcats
free
ride
program
that
was
approved
by
the
tcat
board
that
allows
youth
17
years
old
and
younger
to
ride
tcat
for
free,
starting
with
the
summer
service
that
begins
may
29th,
and
the
benefit
is
that
young
people
can
get
to
jobs,
can
get
to
shopping,
can
get
to
education,
can
get
around
in
ways
that
encourages
their
independence
and
encourages
their
ability
to
find
jobs
so
that
that
should
be
helpful.
Going
forward.
Y
F
Just
thanks
laura,
I
just
want
to
say
I
was
down
at
deep
dpw
the
other
day
and
the
streets
and
facilities
are
are
quite
understaffed
right
now,
as
is
the
sanitation
crew,
and
one
of
the
reasons
some
of
our
staff
has
left
is
because
some
of
the
rural
townships
in
the
county
are
actually
paying
more
more
than
we
are
in
the
city.
So
I
think
we
need
to
keep
that
in
mind
at
budget
time.
Thank
you.
A
Thanks
george
and
I
think
that
compensation
study
that
will
be
starting
very
soon
will
provide
helpful
information
going
forward.
A
Okay,
I
do
want
to
mention
that
there
is
and
correct
me
please
if
this
language
is
not
correct,
but
a
governor's
executive
order
on
virtual
meetings
that
we
do
have
approval
to
conduct
meetings
virtually
through
june
8th.
A
A
Okay,
I
also
just
would
like
to
comment
at
this
time
that
this
is
a
time
of
year
when
we
are
seeing
a
number
of
ribbon
cuttings
for
new
organizations,
new
new
businesses,
which
is
great
to
see
and
we're
also
seeing
proclamations
that
are
coming
forward.
There
was
a
proclamation
on
friday
april
29
in
recognition
of
arbor
day
a
tree
was
planted
in
the
ithaca
city
cemetery.
A
There
was
a
proclamation
read
friday
april
29
night
at
the
take
back
the
night
event,
and
there
was
also
there
will
be
a
recognition
of
caregivers
proclamation.
Read.
A
This
this
saturday
and
thank
you
for
the
chat
I
do
want
to
turn
to
the
individual
member
filed
resolution
from
alderperson
mcgonagall.
F
This
resolution
involves
the
stuart
avenue
bridge
project,
whereas
a
project
for
the
rehabilitation
of
stuart
avenue
bridge
over
fall,
creek
pin
number
37569.
The
project
is
eligible
for
funding
under
title
23
u.s
code
as
administered
by
the
federal
highway
administration,
as
amended.
F
Preliminary
design,
detailed
design
and
right-of-way
incidentals
now
there
be
therefore
be
it
resolved
that
the
common
council
hereby
authorizes
the
city
of
ithaca
to
pay.
In
the
first
instance,
100
of
the
federal
and
non-federal
share
of
the
cost
of
scoping
preliminary
design,
detailed
design
and
right-of-way
incidentals
thereof
and
b.
It
further
resolved
that
common
council
hereby
authorizes
the
city
of
ithaca
to
pay.
F
But
the
mayor
of
the
city
of
ithaca,
of
the
county
of
tompkins
being
hereby,
is
hereby
authorized
to
sign
all
necessary
agreements
with
the
new
york
state
department
of
transportation
to
secure
federal
aid
and
marachino
chairs.
I
mean
marceli
aid
on
behalf
of
the
city
of
ithaca
and
the
superintendent
of
public
works.
F
Is
is
authorized
to
sign
all
necessary
construction
documents,
contracts,
certifications
and
reimbursement
requests
and
be
it
further
resolved
that
the
superintendent
of
public
works
be
and
is
hereby
authorized
to
administer
the
above
project
and
be
it
further
resolved
that
a
certified
copy
of
this
resolution
be
filed
with
the
new
york
state
commissioner
of
transportation,
by
attaching
it
to
any
necessary
agreement
in
connection
with
the
project
and
be
it
further
resolved
that
this
resolution
shall
take
effect
immediately.
X
A
Yeah
is
that
is
that
accurate,
I
believe
I'll
turn
to
julie.
Is
that
accurate?
It's
the
timing
of
when
this.
C
Yes,
that's
absolutely
right:
it
came
just
a
little
too
close
to
the
ca
committee
meeting.
So
adisu
asked
all
the
person
mcdonagh
to
number
file
it
for
him.
A
L
AD
Just
to
give
you
some
background
regarding
this
resolution
and
project
common
council
already
authorized.
You
know
this
specific
project.
However,
over
the
last
few
weeks
we
have
secured
about
4.8
million
dollar
for
this
project
federal
in
the
states
fund
for
this
project,
and
we
are
required
to
acquire
a
property
at
at
the
southwest
corner
of
the
bridge
and
dot
has
requested
to
amend
or
update
this
resolution
so
that
we
could
add
that
right
of
way
incidental
wording
in
the
resolution.
R
A
That
looks
unanimous,
thank
you
and
thank
you,
george,
for
member
filing,
and
thank
you
adisu
for
being
here
and
answering
any
questions.
AD
A
George
sorry,
for
almost
passing
this
over
are
there
any
council
liaison
reports.
A
Seeing
none
cynthia.
H
Yeah,
I
actually
sent
an
email
to
council
that
I
attended
this
month's
t-cog
meeting.
I
won't
go
into
the
same
detail
that
I
did
in
my
email,
but
I
I
found
it
very
informative,
I'm
sort
of
catching
up
on
work
that
their
group
has
been
doing
for
quite
some
time.
H
One
of
the
things
that
I
think
is
of
interest
is
there
is
a
addressing
addressing
proposal
where
the
county
would
it
would
like
to
take
over
or
be
allowed
to
be
the
centralized
body
that
would
create,
administer
and
maintain
the
addresses
throughout
the
city.
This
is
important
for
services.
It
is
definitely
important
for
dispatch
of
emergency
services.
H
It
would
allow
for
some
consistency
in
terms
of
how
addresses
are
designated.
They
are
looking
into
how
how
they
could
cross-reference
with
mobile
phone
devices
and
so
on.
Anyway,
they've
created
this
this
program.
They
are
asking
municipalities
to
participate
in
it.
The
city
is
a
bit
of
a
late
entrant.
H
And
they
want
to
work
with
all
the
municipalities
to
create
a
consistent
system
so
that
all
the
municipalities,
for
example
their
building
and
code
programs,
could
interface
with
the
county
system
as
well
as
dispatch.
One
thing
I
thought
was
very
interesting
is
that
you
could
have
several
locations
that
were
on
cayuga,
something
somewhere
in
tompkins
county,
and
if
somebody
is
calling
in
with
an
emergency
and
doesn't
get
the
exact
address
right,
it
can
lead
to
a
lot
of
confusion.
So
there's
some
benefits
to
addressing
that.
H
H
I
think
there
is
increasing
concerns
for
municipalities
that
this
might
be
a
service
that
they
will
be
asked
to
by
the
state
to
take
in
as
a
municipal
service,
which
would
end
up
being
an
unfunded
mandate.
There
is
also
a
bill
that
would
propose
state
funding
to
cover
municipal
costs
for
emergency
ambulance
services.
H
H
I
do
believe
that
bang's
ambulance
is
spread
out
to
a
larger
area
and
we're
starting
to
see
ambulance
services
from
surrounding
municipalities
coming
into
the
city,
providing
more
and
more
services
to
city
residents,
namely
from
village
of
trumansburg
and
village
of
cuba
heights.
So
obviously,
all
of
these
things
all
interplay
together
and
I
think
it's
something
we
should
look
at
close
closely.
A
Y
Yeah,
oh
yes,
I
was
at
the
last
south
side
board
meeting
and
was
really
excited
with
all
the
work
that
they're
doing
and
all
the
involvement
and
thing
that's
going
on
there.
It's
just
really
really
invigorating
they're,
really
prepping
up
for
juneteenth,
which
will
be
next
month,
and
I
hope
a
lot
of
us
could
come.
I
was
I
don't
know
how
you
do
that
proclamation
day
or
something
like
that,
but
I
was
hoping
there's
something
that
we
could
do
from
the
city
when
they
do
their
saturday
big
event.
Y
You
know
they
have
a
lot
going
on.
The
theme
is
around
black
men
and
their
health
right,
so
it'll
be
a
lot
of
health
indiv.
You
know
a
lot
of
health
stuff
happening
also,
you
know
the
dances
and
everything,
but
also
it
was
interesting
to
hear
how
the
ithaca
city
school
district
uses
many
of
their
employees
to
kind
of
help
out
with
their
work
over
at
the
school.
Y
You
know-
and
we
had
a
good
conversation
about
it
when
I
get
more
information,
I'll
bring
it
back
because
there's
a
business
opportunity
somewhere
in
there
of
helping
self
south
side
with
the
work
that
they're
also
doing
at
the
high
school.
You
know
going
in
to
do
sort
of
like
counseling
type
work
and
things
so
so
there
was
a
lot
that
they
have
an
excited
board
they're
doing
a
lot
and
I'm
really
looking
forward
to
the
juneteenth.
Y
A
Okay,
let's
make
sure
I
haven't
missed
anything
else.
A
X
A
I
indicated
early
on
that
that
would
be
held
because
I've
reached
out
to
one
possible
member
but
have
not
heard
back
from
that
individual.
So
that's
on
hold
great.
L
A
Okay,
thank
you,
julie,
city
attorney
report.
AE
AE
As
the
mayor
said,
the
short
version
of
that
to
begin
with
is
that
between
now
and
june,
8th
the
status
quo
will
hold
in
terms
of
virtual
meetings,
but
I
do
want
to
note
that
beyond
june
8th,
there
will
be
a
new
set
of
rules.
I
won't
go
into
those
in
detail
at
this
time,
but
I
will
be
bringing
to
this
month's
city
administration
committee,
a
piece
of
legislation
for
the
city
to
opt
in
to
the.
AE
If
the
city
wants
to
take
advantage
of
the
new
state
rules
that
provide
at
least
some
flexibility
around
hybrid
and
more
virtual
meetings,
and
we
do
need
to
pass
our
own
piece
of
legislation
locally.
Opting
into
that.
So
I
will
be
bringing
that
to
this
month's
study
administration
committee
meeting
and
under
most
circumstances,
that's
not
going
to
permit
long-term,
fully
virtual
meetings
like
the
one
that
we
are
holding
right
now.
So
we
all
need
to
be
prepared
for
a
transition
there.
AE
It
may
it
does,
however,
permit
for
hybrid
meetings,
essentially
where
a
quorum
of
the
body
is
physically
present
in
a
room
and
that's
publicly
available
as
a
room
together
and
then
additional
members
and
staff
should
councils,
I
choose,
could
potentially
attend
remotely
that's
the
way
the
state
law
has
been
passed
at
this
point
on
that
subject,
that's
a
very,
very
brief,
rudimentary
discovery
of
the
situation,
but
that's
approximately
it
so
the
last
procedural
issue
to
mention
around
that
is
that
we
are
still
evaluating,
but
it
looks
like
we
may
need
to
make
the
legislation
that
we
bring
to
council
a
local
law
and
local
laws
have
aging
requirements
and
there's
not
enough
time
between
may
ca
and
june
council
for
that
local
law
to
age.
AE
So
the
initial
approach
that
we
will
take,
assuming
that
we
do
need
to
go
into
local
law,
is
to
try
to
prepare
it
in
time.
I
will
aimed
at
a
period
of
time
that
we
can
lay
it
on
the
table
before
the
ca
meeting.
It
can
then
be
discussed
at
ca
and
voted
out
of
ca
if
casa
chooses
and
then
it
would
be
timely
for
the
june
council
meeting,
that's
perfectly
legal.
AE
The
one
problem
with
it
that
I
just
want
all
of
us
to
know
up
front
is,
if
you
discuss
it
at
ca
and
decide
that
there
are
things
you
want
to
change
about.
It
you're
welcome
to
change
them,
but
we
then
won't
be
able
to
vote
on
that
changed
version
at
june
council,
and
so
it
is
not
a
great
procedural
situation
I'm
around
that,
but
but
that
is
the
reality
of
local
laws,
with
the
timing
that
we
have
between
ca
and
council
between
may
ca
and
june
council.
AE
So
that's
topic
number
one
topic
number
two
and
three
and
four
and
five
for
that
matter
are
all
around
litigation
updates.
We
have
a
number.
I
have
a
number
to
share
from
our
office
of
late
one
litigation
update
and
there
are
many
others
beyond
the
three
that
I'll
share.
AA
AA
Q
AE
Share
at
the
moment
are
first
that,
just
recently,
we
did
participate
in
oral
arguments
at
the
new
york
state
appellate
division
third
department
regarding
the
so-called
201
c
town
litigation.
AE
So
this
is
a
vism
associated
llc
that
has
been
challenging
the
city's
street
permit
fee
system,
which
is
a
really
important
system
that
gives
the
city
the
ability
to
control
the
extent
to
which
construction
projects
by
private
developers,
close
city,
streets,
sidewalks
and
parking
areas,
and
I'm
pleased
to
say
that
the
argument
went
really
well.
It's
a
five
judge
panel.
AE
We
felt
good
about
our
presentation
and
obviously
I
I'm
not
gonna
offer
any
explicit
predictions
as
to
how
the
panel's
gonna
rule
at
this
point.
We
do
not
yet
have
their
determination,
but
we
did
feel
good
about
the
argument
and
we
look
forward
to
their
decision.
So
that
is
one
update.
AE
A
second
update
is
that
we
continue
to
actively
litigate,
in
fact,
in
two
different
courts,
one
of
them
just
today
the
question
of
how
to
what
I
would
describe
as
revive,
unfortunately,
the
city's
exterior
property
maintenance
ordinance,
which
city
court
has
effectively
invalidated
at
this
point
as
a
function
of
dismissing
tickets,
without
permitting
the
city
or
indeed
the
defendants,
to
participate
in
the
process
pointing
to
procedural
concerns
the
city
court
has.
AE
So
we
continue
to
work
through
reviving
the
exterior
property
maintenance
ordinance
on
an
urgent
basis.
So
we
recognize
that
it
is
a
major
problem
for
the
city
not
to
have
it
fully
enforced
and
again
I
shouldn't
say
in
fully
enforced,
the
ordinance
is
fully
enforced.
The
enforcement
of
that
ordinance
is.
AE
Now
so
that
is
a
second
point
in
terms
of
litigation
updates
and
we
are
making
some
progress
in
that
arena.
My
hope,
certainly
is
that
all
tickets
that
have
been
issued
of
weight
will
end
up
being
enforceable.
AE
That
remains
our
working
assumption
and
hope,
and
I
believe
they
are
not
being
dismissed
at
this
time,
so
that
much
is
good
news
at
least,
and
the
third
update
is
that
in
fact,
tomorrow
morning
our
office
will
be
presenting
oral
arguments
in
the
u.s
court
of
appeals
for
the
second
circuit,
which
is
the
federal
appeals
court
in
manhattan
that
governs
new
york,
vermont
and
connecticut
on
the
cruz
litigation
which,
as
you
know,
was
filed
by
a
an
ipd
officer
alleging
that's
a
title.
AE
Seven
action,
alleging
discrimination
and
retaliation
and
the
city
fully
prevailed
in
that
action
at
the
trial
level
and
got
the
case
dismissed
on
summary
judgment
at
the
trial
level.
Officer
cruz
has
appealed,
and
we
look
forward
to
presenting
argument
tomorrow
morning
in
seeking
an
affirmance
of
the
decision
that
was
already
issued
below,
and
those
are
the
three
updates
I'll
share
for
now.
A
Any
questions
phoebe,
I
see
your
hand
up.
Did
you
have
a
question.
AA
AA
All
right,
so
the
the
log
gives
us
some
flexibility,
I'm
a
little
disappointed
in
terms
of
the
sex
of
accessibility
that
that
the
the
conditions
for
allowing
someone
to
participate
remotely
are
a
little
constrained.
But
I'm
curious
what
your
read
on
the
flexibility
is,
and
you
put
in
our
in
the
email
that
you
first
notified
us
about
this.
AE
Yeah,
that's
a
great
question.
I
if
I
can
I'd
like
to
reserve
most
of
my
answer
to
that
for
our
discussion
at
ca,
because
we're
I'm
still
working
on
that
some,
but
but
the
answer,
the
more
general
answer
to
the
sort
of
topic
that
you're
getting
at
is.
Yes,
there's
no
doubt,
unfortunately,
that
the
way
that
state
law
ended
up
being
passed
for
that
will
govern.
AE
Post-True
nate
is
much
much
more
restrictive
of
virtual
meetings
than
what
the
city
has
experienced
across
the
last
while-
and
I
know
that
many
members
of
council
have
found
the
virtual
meeting
opportunity
both
challenging,
but
also
a
real
benefit
from
from
a
variety
of
angles,
and
and
there's
no
doubt
that
the
state
did
not
take
full
advantage
of
those
benefits
in
the
way
that
this
law
was
passed.
So
it
will
be
somewhat
constraining.
AE
A
A
Okay,
seeing
or
hearing
none
is
there
a
motion
to
adjourn.
Please
speak
up.
AA
A
Seeing
none
and
hearing
none
that
passes.
Okay.
Thank
you.
Everyone
for
all
all
the
hard
work
and
the
patience
as
we
move
through
all
the
hard
work
and
do
so
in
this
virtual
environment.