order the caucus script the city council for november twenty eight you have to public hearings and tonight's the court going to read the first resolution item number one a local law amending chapter two three four of the code of the city of schenectady to provide a partial exemption from salla all in favor of item two appearing on the consent agenda signify by saying i and he opposed item to appear on the consent agenda item number three item number three an ordinance amending chapter one eighty six to increase the rental fees associated with the use of the music haven facility in central park in the city of schenectady in this was discussed in committee to hold a public hearing moved by cults member blanchard way of a second so like  member king all in favor of item three appearing on the consent agenda signify by saying i and you oppose item three will appear on the consent agenda item number four item number four resolution transferring five city owned properties to schenectady urban renewal agency item number five item number five a resolution authorizing the transfer of title of ten sixty four garner avenue to habitat for humanity of schenectady and for one dollar been discussed in committee item number seven item number seven a resolution authorizing the city to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the united states marshals service to secure grant funding can review committee to genda item number eight item number eight a resolution authorizing the settlement of a tax or sheer wherry concerning the holiday and on not terrace it's reviewed by staff and discussed in committee move  is likely mr allen all in favor of vitamin a to appearing on the consent agenda signify by saying i any opposed item able appear on the consent agenda to any other business to come before the caucus of the city council almighty and eternal god as we have to this season of hope joy and peace we call upon you for guidance and justice we ask your blessings upon these men and women elected to serve the people  schenectady inspire them to be courageous in raising the quality of life for all who live in our city and empower them to act with justice and dignity for all we ask you blessings upon the police and fire departments heat them safe from harm yes to blessings upon our business community in taxpayers and all who seek to make this a better community we are mindful of those who go hungry tonight for those without shelter and employed and we ask that you be with them in a special way lord may your light shine upon us and fill us with the joy of this season amen we have to public hearings and tonight the court would like to read the first one i will carry number one adoption of the upper union street business improvement district two thousand and twelve operating budget from speakers signed up jerry greg for taking time to review our budget we've tried to remain cognizant of keeping our costs down in light of some of last year's festivities with the snow we are especially cognizant of that beyond that there's really not a lot to add it's all in black and white on the paper i would ask you all or invite you all down tomorrow night for a tree lighting on the corner of union street by trust co six hundred twenty union street that's all thank you thank you i just want to check according to buy information the budget has been lowered since last year is that correct on a like whether it's gone up or down my point is that there tree to be replaced thank you that concludes individuals who signed up to speak where that hearing closed communications presented to the city council for monday november twenty eighth to want to eleven under the category of official from the mayor a list of appointments dated eleven twenty eight eleven under general there are nine hundred petitions there are no over the floor up for any committee reports you like to speak on number one i know that when they had the veterans over here that man that was here he said the reason for sixty nine years nov fourth i start thinking i said jeez i said mine was only fifty seven and it brought back to when i was working our paymaster at the times union i want him to sign for my check one day and i says i might get back in the army  he says why i said well today's november fourth i wanted that day he said so did i this guy was an old miserable thing he thought that money was his and i said but you were in turn a second world war i was in between  said don't forget he says you were in for it for your mana times were to service a german he says well he says we were over there to free him you people were there to keep him free so he became a good friend of mine after that i don't good evening i'm going to speak on number two amending the city code may look good on paper but how well violators be caught well it started with the department head who carved up his home in the ciii plot in order to make separate living quarters for immediate family members and who gave proctors permission to advertise in a nineteen thirty historic well it will theater for non counter chaman related businesses is it a code violation and will proctor c e o be dragged into court right now on proctor's tests to bilton glass cases on either side of the stage one case contains an advertisement for c d p n h p a medical insurance company that the voters just elected a proctor's employee who was endorsed by the teachers union and then the union gets after tar he stood in the theat how did that happen it's like letting the far guard the henhouse under the circumstances we can kiss the neighborhoods goodbye because the four hundred block of stage three will continue to receive all the attention one another item how will code enforcement address the house numbers will the city citations to every household that doesn't have numerals on the property if council approves lists amend that to the city code i hope it isn't forced even handedly and that means starting at the top thank you worse regarding number one my question is what source was used to identify this group of known wartime services from the office and i think mr been known gave an explanation i just i'm with the flow of that kind of thinking of america saving the world number five regarding equity work in i'm familiar with this program from over twenty years ago and it started with a family that wanted and needed more willing to do sweat equity along with  volunteers and to me it's a program but to me it's not habitat for humanity i think it's been kidnap that concludes the individuals who signed up to speak on the legislative agenda would know entertain a motion to adopt the consent agenda move by cults member came to have a second second by council member broker all in favor of the consent to gender signify by saying any opposed we consent to gender bans adopted turn to privilege of the floor dealing with city business and first speakers dugald birch junior items that's come to my attention i think i talked to a few months ago about files they do not carry public access and i am going door to door the share i heard  from a few people they were disappointed and there are some people that just don't realize it when they sign up i almost signed up myself and since the council approved that i'm sure it was done on attentional e but they're not carrying public access so people files they either have to go online to watch the meter some people that like to watch the public access and i don't know what the problem is maybe we can be addressed at some point if it's going to be carried by files because it's pretty popular thing though if i have some they offer some nice deals with the with the trail so anyhow something to keep in mind and why it's not covered i'm not sure but it should be secondly my wife and i were to be coming back from the vet's tuesday or wednesday and were coming up  terrorists and it was right in the middle that was late morning right in the middle of that little deal that was going on near veterans park and we saw at least things going on in there was then i notice or two officers with the doors open behind the doors and we heard the it were going to be in the crossfire here maybe but the interesting part thing that i saw was that luckily everything came up fine but traffic was being directed up state street so we're in lines who are going up state street who is directing traffic  commissioner and i think that speaks really well that the commissioner is doing the deeds of a regular officer and i think that really says a lot that that he took it upon himself to direct traffic a set a calling maybe  so i think that's nice when you see the head of something getting right in there in the in the ditches and don't want it so i think that's a thumbs up for the commissioner and that's all i have to say about a later thank you commissioners role in that was a little bit more significant but we're glad he was able to help out too with traffic control the fi o c issue is there's a technical problem just getting the line run into the back of proctor's in that's being worked on in should be remedied within the next few weeks so that people who signed up for files will be able to view public access very shortly next speaker is tony  it was good long overdue to move on a cold war exemption was passed and i would like to thank bill bill for his article on november eleventh two thousand and ten they got the city council's attention also i'd like to and does not get veteran property tax exemption you have until march first two thousand and twelve to sign up bring your d d two fourteen form to the censors office and any army in army only vets who served between august twenty third one nine hundred fifty eight in january first ninety one fifty nine excuse me volunteer to taiwan strait crisis you will receive benefits from that period again the city council for passing this long bill bill for his article and one other thing it's been three weeks since the election i think everyone who did run there are political science still out there would be a good idea to get them down years all that but after the first of the year i think it's time that you really crack down on everybody here in the city as far as employees are concerned this is going to the bank this going for breakfast at ten ten thirty eleven o'clock or buying lunch at that time it's got to stop if you can got so many employees that they could do with that then i think it's time to liberate some of all this is got to stop city trucks all over the city dunkin donuts every place every any hour day the banks at the hour of the day they're running their business on the outside during work and time here for the city it's gotta stop we can't afford it you just raise our taxes again you raised our fees again and it should be reduced  energy a way you can do it and it's up to you to find out how to do it and do it not just caught not just mumble grumble but all this business of going around now you want to have the sewage plant run by the city wonderful if we save money but then we've got to have a good image tory with every department head should be responsible for providing the majority of a city council at least once a year of every item owned by the taxpayers in this city i don't know if it's happening but i can't believe what happens with some of the material in the book and it's got to stop and we need to take control and show whoever's in charge supervisors department heads that the city a large street dover hanger i don't know who owns a property on the side of a large street and broadway but that's a dump of canaria to trash out girling street to trash i'm a clone street cordon foresman whoever's responsible they gotta wake up and start getting after these people are doing things we want to have a nice city a neighborhood redevelopment and improvement let's get going on it then after the first year let's go count so pay much attention to minutia but it's the little things that out to add up to serious situations i speak of the tragedy that occurred podium and told council members about the crossing problem on that corner the issue has been addressed many times by a concerned public but when council members spend their time working on advance the grease promoting their careers being late for me dangerous then constituent service becomes a sham something should have been done about those traffic lights and long time ago personally i think there is a problem with all the downtown traffic lights they change too soon pedestrians are not given the time to safely cross the street even though it is their right to do so on the other hand it is only a privilege for motorists to drive cars and yet the lights are time to move traffic rather than accommodate a walk in public i pray that the laws of this young life will not be in vain may she rest in peace  not on and you got straight traffic come from one not a direction and i seen almost two accidents road in a week and then we got to do something about this you can't have this on and on on broadway and more large creek you know die by to ration it's got to be done because before somebody else gets hurt we don't need any more things to happen back we've got to do something about it it's got to be done you can't let it go that to happen either so that's not how i feel and that's what i see all the time i think you think it just means you want to have a conference with somebody and you need an excuse as far as i'm concerned but it does remind me about hampton inn it's always bothered me that they can send out advertising and then have a little asterisk that full service hotel except at state street in schenectady where we're not allowed to serve food but you can get a free continental right breakfast but anyway for all of that in addition they have been faced with horrible construction most of the time they've been here and then now with this so called care carbon thing at the four forty building it's going to be over another year for them to be without or to be construction free and to have a nice business i can't imagine why anybody would stay here there are people that were on metroplex then there are people that are on metroplex that are on contract with the city hall that are still on metroplex now and we're not hearing any discussion about it and so that's what's on my mind about terra cotta is always one thing after another but they're wonderful you know these are experts and we always get the next expert economists and with all the money that's been put in to this town that is at least a seventy five million dollar  blog that is going to be increased upon with another twenty five million that's a lot of money for one block of real estate that will he'll never retreat that you will never find a buyer for king make it with all of this like told well it is that time of year so i just wanted to remind folks about the stockade christmas tree lighting which is going to be this coming sunday december fourth at five o'clock and then there's a restricts reception immediately following it first reformed church and i know one of our earlier speakers mentioned the upper union street tree lighting which is tuesday of this week at six p m so lots of events coming up  thank you mr president i have an announcement about a holiday bazaar but the date is saturday december third and the time is nine thirty a m to two thirty p m and where it's going to be at christ church a preschool at nine seventy state street vendors offering something for everyone on your gift list affordable prices pictures dishes clothes mall appliances and other great holiday gift ideas homemade big goods sponsored by block ambassadors for additional information please call marion at five one eight three one six one and i just want to read one piece of this letter because i know that many of the people from the city may have seen this or at least their supervisors but i think it's important enough to make sure that our city people get recognized and everyone  non city workers who helped with the stockade association the floods are historic constrain the capacity of homeowners to cold however the quick and effective post flood response by city employees was very helpful and greatly appreciated from firefighters pumping out basement immediately after the flood to trash collectors falling back breaking amounts of damage household contents to helpful called in force when officials to those who volunteered for cleanup the ladies of the city should be proud of themselves we are certainly proud of in grateful to them into all city officials in city residents who help support these efforts please forward this thank you letter to our workers in their supervisors who were involved in the cleanup and it will bellevue tree lighting will be held at the veterans park which is at the top of the broadway hill at six thirty p m sharp it says following there will be a community bellevue community christmas party at talk tonight about and i saw a few articles in the paper regarding the tragic death of the youngs going to the community college high school student and certainly the lighting and traffic lights certainly play a part in that but let's keep in mind that individuals that are driving like maniacs through the city of schenectady are not of paying attention to posted signs to anything that would even be i think the cars that mention the cameras this time unfortunately this individual was driving with significant suspensions on his license i would like to think that people would do the right thing and stop when they should but obviously this wasn't the case and i also have to would have to say that i find it very disconcerting that a member of the public would talk about this incident and refer to it as minutia so thank you thank you us president i received a phone call today about the garbage cans inappropriately stored on people's property prior to the garbage day and they were specifically talking about a house at ten forty nine strong street where they never returned their garbage cans to their backyards or side yards or whatever it is days in front of the house inside on on the on the grass but as you look around the city there's a lot of people who don't return their garbage cans to where they should be and it's unfortunate i in my heyday when i first came on the council i said to him i said talk about it all the time and you know i guess i guess they wore me out so i don't talk about it much anymore but it's still illegal to leave your garbage cans in front of your house on the side of your house on your front porches so somehow we need to