Canandaigua City Planning & Finance Committees March. 5, 2024

Lenore Friend, FLTV, has asked the City Council to support the long-term sustainability of community media. The Community Media Reinvestment Act, a current bill in both the NYS Senate and Assembly, supports the placement of an excise tax on large streaming and satellite corporations with part of the revenue going to Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) community media access centers, like FLTV. Just like cable, streaming services use the public rights of way via fiber to transmit content but are not subject to a franchise fee. This legislation would help local media continue to thrive and provide a more stable revenue stream.

Update on the City’s past DRI efforts and current discussions that are taking place with some of our private and public sector partners.

The 2024 Capital Budget included funding to improve the security at the Old Transfer Station ($150,000 also included culvert replacement) and the Hurley Building ($30,000) facilities. The gates will be powered sliding gates equipped with RFID (EZPass) readers to limit and track access to these facilities with the goal to increase security of these facilities and stop unauthorized illegal dumping at the old transfer station. One bid was received from NYS Fence, Inc. with total costs of $55,800 for the Old Transfer Station and $38,500 for the Hurley Building. It is recommended that $8,500 be transferred from the Old Transfer Station account to the Hurley Building in order to complete both projects. An alternate was also bid to improve security at our Police Impound Lot (unbudgeted) for $18,800 as the gates are in poor condition and the fence is in need for major repairs/replacement. It is recommended that $18,800 be appropriated from the Police Asset Seizure & Forfeiture Reserve to complete the work at the

During the initial development of Factory 243, the City worked with the developer to resolve issues with the stormwater sewer system and alleviate stormwater flooding that had occurred at the intersection of Gorham and Charlotte Streets. The City has continued to address its stormwater and sanitary sewer systems and finds the Gorham and Charlotte Streets in need of infrastructure work to address recent repeated flooding conditions. The City has studied the area and worked to resolve the sanitary sewer issue by lining sanitary sewer pipes, closing illegal sanitary sewer connections and designing and bidding a bypass sanitary sewer (ultimately determined to be infeasible) and a pump station and force-main for Factory 243 lateral. The base bid for this work $237,000. Funds for this project were not specifically budgeted. The City Manager recommends appropriating $240,000 from the Sewer Fund Capital Reserve accounts to the Sewer Fund Capital Budget to cover the project cost.