the number one item number one under original consideration in ordinates accepting the proposed two thousand and sixteen operating and capital budget introduced only with a resolution calling for a public hearing on october resolution authorizing the sale of five forty one harrison avenue discussed in committee without objection on consent item number four item number four a resolution authorizing the city to enter into an agreement with us th eastern anchor for the proposed redevelopment of the tennis facility in central park discussed in health or recreation without objection on consent item number five i don't number five a resolution authorizing the city of schenectady to add for all special rates for the municipal golf course discussed in committee without objection on consent i don't number six i am number six a resolution authorizing the sale of fourteen hawkster eight discussed in committee without objection on consent and number seven i have number seven a resolution straight to henry jones also discussed in committee without objects on consent i don't number eleven item number eleven a resolution authorizing the sale of sixteen zero five forester avenue discussed in committee without objection on consent i remember five ninety eight to schenectady community college for the building located at two what one state street for a sign discussed in committee without objection on consent i don't number fourteen item number fourteen a resolution of support for the new york upstate revitalization initiative again discussed in committee without objection on consent item number fifteen item number fifteen a resolution of support of the new york folklore society's application for an our town grant discuss committee without objection on consent item number sixteen item number sixteen a resolution recognizing the month of september as childhood cancer awareness month this will be taken out of order mr moody verin will present that and item number seventeen i am number seventeen a cocksure seconded and is to for ari all in favor and i call the city council meeting to order for september twenty eighth twenty fifteen and ask you to rise for the invocation by the reverend hawk  welcome the presence of all that is the divine source known by so many names yet called by the still small voice within our hearts may we gather in unity in sacred and holy oneness may we be blessed with love and harmony toward all as we cather here this evening to serve this community and they are intend be always with a clear heart doing good work to represent fairly and well those who haven't trusted their confidence in us to do so lets us father mother god all that is that as we embrace the task before us that we debate and discuss with respect and come to speak with one voice may all who we represent answer be blessed by you regardless of opinion circumstance station or cause knowing your wisdom a holy one comes through us they would be blessed to allow it to come forth from within us may we be guided by that wisdom to act forthrightly for the good of all we asked the source of all that is to bring peace and justice to our community to bring harmony to our many voices and to convey upon us your great love for all creation as we discharge our duties to see evening bless us that we may be one  before we get to our out of order resolutions we do have a special presentation tonight i'd like to invite chad men to come up and tell us about manufacturing week and coming on the deputy city clerk on friday the city of schenectady will host a press conference that kicked off manufacturing week on october second national manufacturing day mare mccarthy will be joined by u s congressm other local region regional mayors and other representatives from the region manufacturing week is an extension of national manufacturing day which will run friday october second through thursday october  this week long event features a women in manufacturing panel discussion at nine a m on october second at the museum of innovation and science not terrorists the panel will be moderated by the from the center for eco events manufacturing week is the outcome of the efforts taken on by the manufacturing we committee which is hosted by the city of schenectady and comprised of representatives from government local manufacturing small business educational institutions economic development organizations and technology centers both the vents are free and open to the public for more information you can check out m s g day dot com or facebook american made going local there is more information on your screen if you're watching at home and if you like a flyer we have those here as well thank you thank you for your hard work on this all right our first out of order resolution is childhood cancer awareness  a resolution recognizing the month of september as childhood cancer awareness month you have the floor where as family caregiver charities and research groups across the united states observe the month of september as childhood cancer awareness month and whereas the united states fifteen thousand seven hundred children under the age of twenty want to die with cancer every year with approximately twenty five percent of them  whereas the objective of childhood cancer awareness month is to put a spotlight on the type of cancer that largely affect survivorship to help raise funds for research and family support and whereas thanks to the increased awareness and on going at the ends in research and treatment the five year survival rate for all childhood cancer has climbed from less than fifty percent to eighty percent over the past thirty years and whereas the medical center is home to the center of a leading regional pediatric cancer research facility with c more than seven hundred children from the capital region and beyond for treatment and support ok this is a resolution recognizing the schenectady county community college's music department for the entitled song schenectady the place none of us in this war thank you and just an addendum as in all good things government we have a little bit of red tape on this because he has an official song so are a lot apartment is working on the clearance for an additional song dedicated to schenectady so for now i'll be recognizing the good work of all the students of faculty at community college specifically also cliff brecker and then very soon we'll take the final step of adapting it so whereas the city of schenectady is the home of schenectady county community college as an educational institution that utilizes innovative practices and contemporary technology to foster success in its students and whereas the colleges music department is an incredibly accredited institutional member of the national association of schools of music and a member of the new york state association of college music programs and recently invested in the installation of a state of the art recording studio and where as clifford broker and member of the faculty at the college school of music has written and produced a song entitled schenectady is the place which celebrates the rebirth of the city that we love and where as accompanied by faculty instrumentalist student students amanda cuthbert and brendan donovan provide the vocals to schenectady the place and where is the lyrics and production of the song are a testament to all that is good about schenectady and all the possibilities that lie it says at our feet but i want to say in the future now therefore be it resolved that the mayor gary are mccarthy and the city of the city council to hear by pas in their deliberations to recognise the work of cliff brucker and the schenectady county community colleges school of music in developing a song entitled schenectady is the place and encourage city residents to take heart in the following a resident science is under president and thank you city council the city council president and mr mayor and thank you to the city of schenectady for allowing me to donate this song and i would like to just say a few things about intrusion i song that is old and moldy so i think you guys need a new fresh song and so i wanted to write it and i wanted to address all the the great things that are happening in the city i'm a lifelong resident as is my wife denise brucker i'm sure you know who she is a former president of the city council and we're proud of our city and we're proud of the things that we're seeing done here in downtown and within the whole city and of course as a faculty member at s c c c proud of the school they're proud to be a faculty member i approached meclizine who by the way was supposed to be here tonight but he must have got held up our fearless leader dr william actually i said you know i want to do this jingled let's use the studio and we can showcase the new music department music building and the new audio program the new studio and and we can do it and can join with the city with the celebration of the city i thought was a great idea mr mayor thought it was a great idea so i want to head and did it and we produced it over a course awesome guitar player so he played guitar on it and generic it and i produced it and then i said we need to recruit some singers so amanda got the group together for me and by the way this is tessa smith she also sang on it and amanda petitions on a communications presented to the city council for monday september twenty eighth two thousand and fifteen under official from the mayor a list of appointments dated september twenty eight yes i just want to mention again we are going into budget season and i want everyone to know that monday october thirteenth is our public hearing for the budget i know that ms bokaro put an article out today  about the mayor's presentation as well as some of our planned budget meetings they are open please do attend and please give us your feedback on october thirteenth i also am very excited as the chair of the finance committee  cash ratio short term debt issuance employee benefits we rated zero percent on all of them for fiscal stress now normally zero percent rate isn't good if you're an overachiever but in this case your zero percent is excellent and we're one of only three cities in the entire state to get this designation so kudos to the mayor for presenting the council with a good solid budget kudos to the council for reworking our budget a little bit as part of our job and kudos to our commissioner of finance for her forward thinking and oversight it's really just very very exciting we've come a long way we're continuing down the path in a f direction and this is just a well needed reassurance that we're going in the right direction thank you thank you any other committee reports all right we live than to privilege  move to privilege of the floor regarding city business i had eight people signed up to speak the first as anthony kara rush i know many of you i thank you very much for allowing me to present this madam chair this is a petition to reconstruct place and the maryland avenue the crumbling nature of both of those streets and the mysterious sinking boulevard in front of our house and place every single one of the residents of oxford and maryland have signed this petition and i have a copy for everyone  read the undersigned are residents of oxford place in maryland avenue in the city of schenectady we live in one family home is that our local taxes the average seven thousand dollars a year our streets are island streets we mow them we keep trees and flowers on them they look most of the time pretty great we recycle we put out our garbage on the right day we don't call on fire and police services very often we keep our homes in good repair in our yards with trees and flowers there were registered to vote and we're good neighbors and we believe in schenectady i've lived there for thirty five years raised my kids streets around us have been completely rebuilt briarwo reconstruction and asked national grid now to help with the reconstruction apparently there is some work that has to be done before those are rebuilt we appreciate your consideration if we need your help now has has everyone got petition that you get one and i have an extra copies i have and the mayor and i did not get one either ok thank you very much o thank you m here and i hope to see everyone there next thing we'd be having coffee but the mere conversation on october tenth at ten o'clock the neighborhood come out there and be asking the mayor's question they will be conversation with the mayor and self like that so we hope to see everyone thank you thank you joint hall slow it down so nothing else happens over there people get hurt there's a bigger problem then what next we gotta stop on the edge you turned and people turning when you're not supposed to  when the arrow is not on that's what i've been seeing right around here everywhere in schenectady state street beauregard everywhere you can't my name is mary mcclain i live in the city beautification after what i saw in the city this past summer i have come to the conclusion that schenectady needs a beautification commission as things stand right now beautification for the city isn't even a thought let alone a reality the city has been turned over to the j tasteless people are making bad decisions example number one what could have been a dramatic impact a multiple flowering hanging baskets by the spoilers who added other mediums to the original plan haunch punch was the result example number two recently i mention th weeds were three feet tall and i behind the bushes on the lawn of city hall as i walked into the building this past friday i noticed that we had been cut when i deal with whe is out of their room of common sense example number three on the way home from the committee meeting last monday i noticed something else there are four picnic benches and tables on the front lawn of city hall three benches and tables are painted a rust color he grabbed whatever can of paint he saw in the storage area what other explanation is there for such an absurdity example number four last start a sieve temper for thursday i was it was the first time i saw the interior of the restored building and steinmetz park i wanted to scre no one on that side of the railing would build a family room and have it look like what was done in that community room the high thank you thank you  the mayor will be no one as the one made schenectady resident pay for the additional infrastructure e m s fire and police department costs the should have been paid for by the casino developer the mayor will be economic expenses and the mayor also be known as the person that will cost going to the county almost eleven and a half million dollars a year in crime related expenses because of the casino crimes like robbery aggravated assault burglary larceny and old with theft will know that increase is going to the county because of the casino the mayor will be known as the person that cause our property value to dip even lower when the casino comes to town the mayor will cause many to be lost in the thirty five minutes in the thirty five mile radius around the casino with some mayor causing an increase in crime rate poverty problem gambling job loss and real estate loss in value in schenectady and surrounding areas because of the casino it's not something that you should brag about especially that you have failed to secure any mitigation funds from the casino developer for these casino  council president can council members thank you for the opportunity to speak tonight i'm coming tonight as the chairman of the recreation advisory commission i just wanted to give you a brief update on where we are we met today  here at city hall with city staff and robert from miracle playground equipment we want to get a timeline in place of the installation of the new parks equipment into the six parks that you approved  last meeting so we discussed the timeline and when we were going to install p o's the purchase orders are if they're not issued already they will be issued very very soon and  once robert receives these p o o's were about three weeks out from delivery as i said we talk with city staff today we they are all on board i have to say that the city staff has been absolutely phenomenal to work with the access that we've had to him to talk to him to ask questions have been nothing but short of spectacular so i applaud their efforts there when we are about a week away from the delivery arriving here in the city staff will go prep each site take down any playground equipment that we're not going to be using anymore and then we'll be ready to go for miracle to get started as soon as everything arrives  and the only other thing i have to update as far as our commission goes as we did set a new meeting date for each month will be the third thursday of each month at five thirty and hopefully will be able to secure a room here at city hall at some point but again thank you for the opportunity and have a good night thank you i have no one else signed up to speak so at this point i'm going to declare this point even close and we move on to thank you something has already actually taken place but i think it's noteworthy and that is the upstate new york cricket association actually hosted teams on sunday from harvard cornell penn and yale they came to schenectady two they competed for the collin michael jota trophy which is given a manual to the champion of the ivy league schools so they traveled here is a central location and played both in grant park and also at the community college apparently it was a wonderful success and having four ivy league colleges come to our city is makes me feel good harvard one i did find that out and there's additional information if anyone is interested in seeing some pictures or video and the upstate new york cricket association facebook page on a more somber no also went to the mayor and i went to the gold star mothers a ceremony and a very meaningful ceremony obviously to honor our gold star mothers and also families it always takes place on the last or the fourth sunday of september in the one of the things that really touched me was the talked about gold star mothers and families getting a reoccurring question of why are you so special and you got a gold star and our family didn't because our son was you know sent off to war also or our daughter went off to war and we've lost the meaning of what the gold star mother really is and of course it's the loss of a child due to combat death and apparently it's not as well known as it was in world war one and world war two so i thought i would pay that message forward because the woman who spoke at the ceremony wants to revive that awareness because it's not a gold star that anyone wants to receive it's not a gold star that you get in school it's a gold star for the loss of a very important loved one in your life so a disaster that we all in our daily lives p remember to be thankful not only for those who have served our country and ensured our freedom but also for their loved ones left behind grieving and then we'll switch gears again to this saturday october third our fourth annual win walk in the city of schenectady and tickets are ten dollars five dollars for students night with id the event is from noon to five p m there are eighteen different downtown restaurants participating you can happen around each one and sample a wing and vote for your fifty one so it's a great day to come down to schenectady and who doesn't love wings and proctors dot org is where you can get the tickets even though it's not directly a proctor's event thank you thank you anyone else this our just a few events that i'd like to have everyone know about first of all mexican radio is hosting a world vegetarian day on october first two thousand and fifteen to benefit pepper tree dog rescue and they will donate every dollar for every vegetarian vegan entree ordered and order and they will also donate five dollars for every app appetizer entree combo ordered from their vegetarian menu to the pepper tree dog rescue so i have mexican radio on october first secondly  october is that time of the month in which animals are celebrated because of the feast of st francis at ferrari funeral home on october tenth which is next sunday we are going to be having an animal blessing at two p m followed by a animal memorial service for to give people an opportunity to memorialize their pets who sometimes are an extension to their families and are somewhat closer to them as their own relatives so we invite you all to that and finally i'd like to extend a congratulations to councilman regain his wife donna for their fiftieth wedding anniversary that they celebrate this past week so thank you i have a great week thank you anyone else  amazing piece of meat i have to say not to do with the vegetarian day that's for sure but it was it was very nice i mean i was glad to see that we sold another property  did take a tour of the house on thirteenth street last monday and their work is just amazing there's nothing else to say about it the house is beautiful brand new it was a house that was slated for a demo and they brought a back to something i mean granite countertops the whole nine yards beautiful job these guys really are committed i can see that and they're taken properties and repurpose seeing them and making them beautiful beautiful places for people to live so i applaud their efforts and i'm glad to see that they're interested in investing in schenectady and it's a real investment that's that's really is good for the city of schenectady so i appreciate that ok this is for all council candidates that are running this year bellevue preservation and mayoral candidates bellevue preservation anx october meeting will host connect the mayor and city council candidates october eighth that's a week from thursday six thirty p m will be a little bit earlier at st paul's a pistol church in one thousand eleven fairview ave no that's six thirty p m the mayoral forum mayoral candidates may or may carry mccarthy mr roger hall will speak and comptroller's report that came out which ranked the fiscal stress of communities across the state in schenectady scored a ranking of having the lowest stress level and she pointed out or one of three cities that in her managing the finance department in all a department heads of living in within their budget looking to control costs looking to maximize that the revenues and it puts us on a path again a fiscal stability you know sometimes people talk about a fiscal cliff to predict the very dire straits for the city that just a lot of incorrect assumptions that are made we're moving forward in without the fiscal stability we can't do the great things that we talk about terms of so we can pave more streets create more homeownership opportunities in the track businesses here so again i thank the city council and compliment the management team of the city in the employees who do the job every day to make us all look good and get the job done looking to release the american proposed budget to the council this thursday haven't quite set a time sometime later portion of the morning and tonight again that we had eight properties that the council authorized  for sale or were able to sell and it shows you know we're working through the distressed property we bring him in we're doing the foreclosures are cleaned up and his fence point out and gentlemen are here a great team of  taking a challenging properties and really restoring them to something that reflects well on them and reflects well on the neighborhood in the community as a whole we're setting an example that other communities look at us where we're going through the process we're using tell people were hit that necessarily perfect doesn't happen quite as fast as we'd like but we're doing it in a manner that systematic it's incremental and it's creating a basis for long term aaron all in favor