i'm going to call the city council caucus to order from may twenty third two thousand and sixteen we have one public hearing this evening if the clerk would please read about here number one regarding a moratorium on taxi licenses under original consideration we have seventeen items agenda item number one i know number one under original condition consideration in ordinance five avenue be discussed in committee without objection and consent i do number eleven item number eleven a resolution confirming an appointment to the affirmative affirmative action advisory board discussed in committee without  i don't number twelve and number twelve a resolution appointing richard and the call laurie seldon crisper ag and geoffrey moore land and jeffery dinoire to the board of directors of the downtown special assessment district in downtown schenectady improvement corporation discussed in committee without objection on consent item number thirteen item number thirteen a resolution appointing handed a ward to the golf course advisory committee discussed in committee without objection consent i don't number fourteen i have number fourteen a resolution celebrating and honoring the contributions of veterans on memorial day and that was taken out of order and presented earlier this evening at the mount pleasant celebrate  ceremony and i do remember fifteen and in number fifteen a resolution recognizing schenectady county senior citizen of the year award winners in that is also discussed in committee without objection and consent that would be taken out of order and mr m item numbers seventeen a resolution celebrating the first woman's honor flight in new york state and also discussed within committee without objection and consent and that will be taken out of order and ms porterfield will present that resolution and if i may ask charles miriam to lead us in the pledge of allegiance the se present we have three out of out of order resolutions this evening and our first ceremonial resolution will celebrate the first women's honor flight in new york state and i'll ask our color guard to stay in place for this resolution this porterfield will present network is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing veterans with honor and closure by transporting veterans to washington d c to visit and reflect at the memorials for the wars in which they served the inaugural flight took place in m five and whereas the first patriots flight from albany new york took place on april twenty sixth two thousand and eight with approximately thirty world war two veterans and guardians on board and whereas in order to recognize female contributions in the military and shadow of serial types as we guard their service the national honor flight network debuted the first all women on a flight from cincinnati ohio in september two thousand and fifteen and whereas on may fourteenth two thousand and sixteen the first of all women patriot flight on a flight in new york state because she served to depart albany airport as only the second such flight in the nation to recognize the contributions it resolved that the mayor gary r mccarthy and city council to hear by pause in their deliberations to recognize the first of all women honor flight for veterans from new york city and hope that in doing so more people will recognize the generations recognized by the city in which i would have been thank you i will as that everyone stands as we retire the color forty six year resident of the city of schenectady with almost as many years as an active volunteer for such organization as the home for initiating program working to provide high quality donating in a household for needy family as well as literacy another option program and we're as surely redeem it a lifelong resident of the city of schenectady has spent her life fighting to eliminate racism and promoting gender to speak this i thank you very much for this honor this is my city and so anything i can do to make it better from from the day i started out everything i've done has been because i love schenectady and it's a great place to live rich now we have security here as we know we have the nice weather coming in this is apropos to have a resolution for our two wheel friends i re  as a means to raise drivers awareness of motorcycles and prevent motorcycle crashes injuries and deaths and where as fatal crashes with motorcycles are on the rise and helmet usage is on the decline in an  for all motorists to be able to for to anticipate and respond to motorcyclists so that fatal collisions may be avoided and where as motorcyclists account for fourteen percent of all total highway fatalities despite motorcycle registration representing three percent of all registered vehicles in the united states and whereas it is important for motorists to understand the safety challenges facing motorcyclists such as size and and city council do hereby pause in their deliberations to recognize the month of may as motorcycle safety and awareness month in the city of schenectady and to remind all drivers and riders that we all share responsibility of keeping the shout for the patriot guard riders couldn't be here because of many commitments but can you blame them with the weather tonight of this is from band from the new york state motorcycle safety program through the new york safety motorcycle safety program the motorcycle safety foundation offers training courses to match a variety of skill levels and writing experience so the program manager ben said drysdale whether you want to do to motorcycling or i've been writing for years training is an essential part of being safe on the wrote the best place for a new writer to start once they've made a decision to write is by completing an m s f basic writer course if you are already a motorcyclist with basic writing skills and have been writing on a motorcycle permit for a year and you may wish to take the one day m s f basic writer course to license a waiver on your own motorcycle upon successful completion of either the basic ri course or the basic right or course to l w you will see the motorcycle rep test waiver the majority of the york city residents becoming motorcyclists are rolling in it and why s m p training course it's a fast track to obtaining a motorcycle license it will give you the satisfaction of knowing you have gone the extra mile to belittle your arm safe writing techniques and to visit their website i'll give this to you consummate ricky in a resort happy to be here because i want to thank the bikers and the writers are here that some of them are independents some of whom are patriot guard riders which i am and rarely other patriot guard riders here radios raise your hand is a few of us and the preacher of flight that was mentioned really the first females of the patriot flight i saw a councilman there and that he was with the perkins the flying to washington the patriot guard organization of the funded the entire honor fly this past one through raffles and fund raising at a cost of twenty five thousand dollars i'm proud to be a member of the patriot guard and the others that are here i think them for coming we want to thank you for this resolution will ask one of the council members to bring the clipboards up for me mr power many is out this evening the usual retriever of the clipboards ok so we have one public hearing seating it's regarding a thirty day moratorium on taxi license i do not have anyone signed up to speak under communication presented to the city council for monday may twenty third twenty six staying under the category of official from the mayor a list of appointments dated may twenty third two thousand and sixteen a letter from city engineer may twenty third twenty sixth in recommending the contract for animal street improvement program rewarded to callen and industries a letter from chris walla dated may twenty third twenty sixteen recommending the contract for the hot place signed up to speak so i will declare that portion of the meeting close i'll entertain a motion to approve the legislative agenda moved by mr cocksure seconded by mr ferrari are those in favor i thank you a national cemetery and we do it uniformly and we do it in less than two hours and monday we have four services in this area here the first when it's at and thirtieth fail cemetery put the bar this sunday night sunday evening because it's making a mess of this next thing  culturally the community constantly offers stimulating and on events legislatively it gets a failing grade how do i know that process since that first day over the past forty years the decisions made in this chamber have been the worst in my ex city's treasury several years ago a contractor was lying about the foot is he claiming for his projects he wanted to can individually request a way building permit for the same house and what about the councilman who proposed the initial initial legislation voted for the legislation and made sure that the package included waivers for the apartments he owns a  what we're looking to do with them instead of having to redo our dog licenses or permits every single year we're looking to have that expire on the date that the rabies vaccination expires for your dog as well there are many  a longer period of time and again help alleviate a little the workload that our clerk's office is doing sending out reminder notices and trying to keep track of those folks who have not paid in that setting up another notice to them i just think is going to make it more to do it over a longer period of time again expiring on the gate of the rabies vaccination thank you thank you other committee report ok we will then move right into miscellaneous business fourth and sunday the fifth nine am to five p m a list of location of participants along with items available can be picked up at bellevue reform church at the corner of broadway and genesee street so if you're ms porterfield thank you i just wanted to just mention about the groundbreaking for the joe allen apartment that took place on may fifth and neglected to mention the last council meeting so it was  was really wonderful to the community really came out and supported all the people who went where helped put that project together so if you drive by now you can see that it's just basically an empty space and so in just just a few months we'll be seeing actually apartment buildings going up there so it's really exciting to see that revitalization going on there on the part of albany and saint also the informative action advisory board had a meeting this past thursday and they hosted mary cheeks who is the general manager for the rivers casino so she came to talk about some an empty e b e participation and going forward she suggested and the board will be working with her on doing a couple of meetings first with the vendors so that people who want to do business with the casino can find out how they do that how they sign up and additionally to have a meeting with the community to explain the other employment opportunities that will be available  the community for residents of the community so as this moves forward and they said that if either dates bring in the information back so that people can attend the meetings and find out more about how they can participate thank you thank you important need right now are we are continuing to look for work sites for some of our youth they continue to do job interviews a lot of our fourteen through eighteen year olds are coming down to the county for their very first interview for the most part and we're really searching in need of  job sites so anybody listening out there any of our small businesses that are in need of some additional supports looking to hire you then again we'd be glad to partner with them the county takes full responsibility with them we do the workers compensation we have a job coach with them and of course we have supervision so we're looking for a six week program a minimum of twenty hours a week and we're looking to start on july fifth through august sixteenth so can anybody knows of any local businesses that might want to participate please contact jen bargain over to s t h e a and they'll be glad to work with you on that i just want to thank the folks who participated in the past week at the woodlawn neighborhood which is quite incredible and again thank you to chad put them in spiritualists and the rest of their group over there at the woodland park every development committee and of course the woodland preserve as well so we think everybody for their support of nat and finally and all of that little thing of that just one thing about him and years to come but again thank you on behalf of the school district thank you thank you mr harare i guess i just want to take a moment to congratulate the men and women who were awarded the various  awards for this going to the police department's valor day it was such a moving ceremony it was a great honor to be there and also want to thank commissioner bennett for his moving speech you're right we need to tell these men and women that they're appreciative and that they're loved and her mind that so i want to thank you for that also commissioner and again as the holidays are approaching so please take time to remember those who have lost their lives for the defense of our freedom thank you  thank you and i also want to recognize the thirty third annual human rights awards breakfast it was last thursday may nineteenth it was just great i mean there were more then i would say forty different individuals  barbecues but it's really about stopping and remembering and thanking our service people on friday june third the historic vail park taskforce is hosting a hotdog roast in vail bar downtown have a lot of announcements tonight we also have hometown heroes two thousand and sixteen banners ceremony and that is hosted by d s i see on wednesday june first at eleven am that's going to be at the schenectady armory and mister ferrari covered the police valid a ceremony so we're good there and lastly it was my honor to actually represent the mayor last week the city has signed a pledge to have eighty percent of its residents participating in coal rector rectal cancer screening by two thousand and eighteen this effort is being guided by the american cancer society and believe it or not colorectal cancer is the second highest death rate of all the cancers it is very very controllable and with screening in early detection  so there's now a variety of ways to get screened as i said at the event this year is a magic year for me because i turned fifty this year and my screening is already scheduled for june sixteenth so anyone who