Restore NY Grant Proposal
00:21Erica Paolicelli, the new owner of 250 Gorham Street (previously Chosen Athletics) plans to renovate/rehabilitate the building for a health and wellness programming/movement studio, health food store, primary care practice, and other functional healthcare tenants. She is requesting the City’s support in order to apply for a grant through the Restore NY Communities Initiative. The City would ultimately act as pass-through agent for the grant. Ms. Paolicelli will be in attendance to present her plans to the Committee.
Water Service Line Inventory
15:19Sarah Brown, Director of Public Works, and Peter Virkler, Chief Operator at the Water Treatment Plant will be in attendance to update Council on DPWs effort to inventory all water service lines within the City. The City’s up to date numbers that will be submitted to the NYSDOH and EPA by the October 16th deadline.
Special Event Policy
48:18Per Councilmember Mill’s request, the Special Event Policy/Procedure (attached) is to be reviewed for general discussion.
Capital Budget Discussion
01:00:50Our 2024 garbage truck purchase (T20) is not meeting operational needs. We are well within the window to capitalize on trade-in value and purchase a new one, outfitted to meet our requirements. If we trade in T20, we will get $325,000 on the trade-in which would be subtracted from the purchase price of the new 2025 garbage truck, valued at $366,699. This would result in a newer truck at an additional cost of $41,600 from what was budgeted in the 2024 Capital Budget. The City Manager recommends approving the truck and budget amendment along with the elimination of the planned 2025 Capital Budget purchase of a new truck.
Curbside Pick-Up Parking Discussion
01:09:20At the September 5th City Council meeting, the City Council unanimously voted down a resolution recommended by the Ordinance Committee for a temporary trial period of curbside pick-up on Lakeshore Drive requested by Fire on the Lake. After the meeting, the City Manager directed the Greenfront Restaurant to remove curbside parking signs from Niagara Street, as the arrangement had no formal approvals. Both restaurants then requested to discuss curbside parking for their respective establishments at the September 24th Ordinance Committee. At this meeting, the Ordinance Committee agreed to a temporary stay of the Greenfront’s 15-min parking. The stay was granted in order to give City Council time to request and receive the BID’s position on temporary parking for businesses (see attached minutes). Although the two proposed businesses in question are outside of the BID boundaries, the BID Board unanimously opposed allowing 15-minute parking on Main Street. Staff’s recommendation is also to not allow them as we cannot provide public parking spaces in a fair and equitable manner. Additionally, the parking study done for Downtown shows ample parking available. Denise Chaapel will be in attendance to convey the BID’s position.