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February 1st 2024 Webster Town board meeting to order Pledge of Allegiance I pledge to the flag of the United States of America and to the rep for it stands one nation under God indivisible liy and justice for all Dolly can you please take role supervisor FL here councilwoman cataldi present councilman kahill here counc W here Council colan right here attorney janesse okay we have a pretty robust agenda tonight and it starts out with what I think the majority of you are here for um the public hearing this public hearing is to consider a local law to repeal in its entirety chapter 103 of the code of the town of Webster aircraft airports and horts now um I think this is great to have this many people on the board wish you packing in every meeting like this um how many people have never been to a public hearing Municipal public hearing

honesty honesty I love it I love it I love it uh okay well then I'd rather air on the side of caution and just make sure that everybody uh has an idea of kind of the Rules of Engagement at least of the public hearings here at the town of wer now when I drop the mailet I will will be opening the public hearing and at that point in the order that people signed in uh we will have them come up to the podium um the only time that you can speak uh is from the podium and I call this the decorum uh thing which unfortunately in our society social maybe is ruining to Corum but I would hope that everybody would understand really you can't be talking yelling or anything proon from the audience the speaking in a public hearing takes case at that Podium um please have your thoughts when you take the podium gathered because once you're done and you back down there is no you know I I was thinking of

something else can I get back up there three speakers later once done you're done um after all the people that have signed in have spoken at the podium I will then read off what it looks to be right now Val to be the six to seven written statements that came in from citizens over the last couple of weeks uh that could not attend tonight so they put in w and those will be read into the public record just like everybody's comments tonight will be the public record uh from the podium when everybody's done the Mallet will go down and that will end the public hearing at that point uh the town board has the option to have some discussion or things of that nature or we could just be done and move on because one thing I will make very clear is that there will no Town action on this tonight now some people reached out to me today and said in more words or less I saw that you put a resolution on the agenda for next week to vote on this repeal and there was a feeling that this might be a faded comp plea that the

public hearing is a Bru because we're going to do it but then we're going to vote that's not how it works we put the agenda item of a vote on this next week because over the next two months the only time that this town board will all be together all five of us on February 8th and February 22nd on February 15th I will be out of town and I don't think it's fair to have something of this uh magnitude proven by how many people are here tonight be voted at a town board meeting that has four Town board meeting members at it and for the whole month of March we will have no more than four Town board memb M at each of those meetings so the next full Town board meeting would be in April and I can assure you that none of you nor this board wants to drag this out until April so next Thursday here are the possible outcomes of a vote on this and if you've been to town board meetings and you've seen resolutions you could have where the board decides we're not going to make a motion we don't want to move on this that would be tanam out to saying we've decided we're not voting on

repealing 103 translation 103 stays intact a second option is that we could table it we could table it until February 22nd because the board wants to get some more facts and make sure that they're making an informed decision within their vote a third option is that somebody could make a motion to repeal it it be seconded and if it gets three four or five votes then it will be repealed is that correct Charlie correct this is not a super majority like a budget having going over the 2% um and then if you've been watching Town board members someone could make a motion to say we keep 103 which and if that passes that's T himount to no vote so there's a lot of things that could happen next week or the week of the 22nd so like I said I'd rather air on the side of caution to everybody in the room about how this works tonight and how it will work subsequent tonight so there's no misconceptions and that might even change what I just said how you approach that Podium and what you were going to

say now there are what did we come up with are we up to 20 people that signed in that correct did I do the math correct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 people now we had advertised that you have up to five minutes on the podium I had the unenviable job and I got to figure out how to delegate this off in the future Charlie this year five of even in super budget I can't believe I still do this I have the unable job of telling you when you're at 4:45 there's no nice way to say that now I also have what I consider to be executive privilege and we enacted this on a June 8th meeting at Webster Thomas when we saw that there was 40 people that signed up for to talk at the podium now do the math if everybody takes five minutes that's 200 minutes and that's 200 minutes with not going to sit back down and not the next person coming up and shuffling papers so with 20 people signed in if everybody takes five minutes we're at a 100 minutes

probably two hours for this public hearing so I don't know what you were thinking when you came here but if you're one of the last people we you would be here until 9:30 for the public hearing because of that I I'm going to make that executive decision that I'm going to time you at 3 minutes now if that's upsetting and and what did did I stutter when I said no comments from the the crowd the decor this is a civil meeting we are not going to have those comments from the crowd if you have written statements there and you can't get them done in 3 minutes we will make sure that they're into the public record so that the town board when they go to discern but I think for pragmatic sake and for everybody's uh getting them out of here before the snow falls I hope that you can get your comments done in three minutes with that being said without further Ado can I add one thing please do I just supervisor I just want to let everyone know that we need your name and address when you get up to the podium to

speak thank you you're welcome I didn't have that written down in my my list so Dolly we are going to open the public hearing at 7:40 and the first speaker is David Vega good evening before I start this thought that maybe this would rescheduled in a different time chosen that the audience expected um so that's the size Point um the fact that we're here tonight to even discuss repealing an entire chapter for a few individuals Hobbies is my aning David before you get going can you state your just name and address for the record please Davida 1153 Bay Road West to repeal chapter 103 and open the ability to build an airport and and or even land a with in town lines is unacceptable to me Rochester has many surrounding other options available I sat here two years or three years ago trying to ask for a six-foot fence to be placed on my property line that that got denied but yet we're

here talking about allowing the repeal of entire chapter law it's un acceptable I've read chapter one 103 many times just trying to understand what in the chapter does not make sense trying to understand other personal conveniences and hobbies why does this chapter need to be changed all Town employees sitting here today have a responsibility to keeping the community safe how by laws and codes that you do not allow or allow chapter 103 does exactly that even states in 10330 the legisl legislative content the purpose of this chapter is to address the operation of a private air airports horts and other and operation of private aircraft in the town of Webster and to provide protection of the health safety and Welfare of the residents of the town I assume that also means for property values noise why this is created I want to know what has changed in regards to our safety what now in the chapter is not worth repr protecting I don't want to hear other communities or towns have different variations of Law and we should follow their lead this is about the Wester not other communities this

chaps needs the same place but like I said in my last meeting just because you can do it doesn't mean you should thank thanks David next up is Nancy brayy hello my name is Nancy Bry I live in 49 to Whit Road and I just want to say that um if the board is considering as you are repealing 103 I think it should be tweaked especially when it comes to helicopters the helicopters make a lot of noise and they shake ridle and roll your house and if this uh law gets repealed uh I'm just afraid they're going to try to put a helipad at the south end of dit road which was a few years years back an item hot item and I happen to live in that area and I'll tell you when that helicopter flies over your house it shake shakes rattles and rolls all the China in the cabinet so you can come to my house if you want and test it out but it really I don't think that helicopters belong in Webster uh

and if they you know if you decide to allow it it should be restricted to areas where there are not personal residences so out you know that in residential neighborhoods okay that's all I got to say thank you Nancy and next up is is that Harold L did I add that he's coming okay it is Herold okay yes what's that he's coming flly I already like him executive decision he gets four my name is carlley 849 would T Webster just a little background of why this laws is here I know a lot of you don't know about it the T offer ined this laaw was one Healing Port was built in the town at that time on the North and Road soon my neighbors got Earth It's s started Landing in an own gravel pit and

a when this went over your house would check your entire house that's helicopters are different from small planes they have a turbulence that comes down think about it if you want to lift 1,000 pounds and you want to lift eror you got to put 1,000 pounds th1 pounds on to lift them so you got you hurricane coming from those Flor ples and there's no way out of it and you have a you have a good law if you feel you should modify it maybe it should be modified a little bit but be very careful because you had a hornet semester I think was 2005 2006 was or it was 200 I don't know which year this always me but we had a hor put nest in this tongue and it was uh the tongue had experience with the helicopter and there was thank you thank you arol uh next up is Richard

Freer my name is Richard I live at 546 CL Road and U I'm in favor of uh having he pads in West simply because every emergency service that there is uses helicopters the the NES flake even the US Army uh every hospital in Rochester has a h that it's something that could possibly be needed in an emergency situation to be I would assume it would be built near one firehouses uh I don't I'm not sure where the proposed rule is supposed to put these things but as far as the noise and uh you know affecting private residents uh virtually every airport in New York state or in the country has noise of batement uh rules that uh every pilot has to obey and as far as what direction you take off in what direction you fly from the airport in what direction you uh approach the airport all of that can be uh set down

in writing the rules by FAA so uh to accommodate neighbors and uh businesses whoever might be affected by these that's it thank you thank you Joan schel is next hi I'm Joel I live at 270 Colorado Drive I'd like to State for the record that I'm totally against repealing chapter 103 of the code of the town of Webster and it's mainly for safety reasons in the notice of public hearing it states the board has the responsibility to promote the health safety morals or general welfare of the community a helicopter landing at the corner of my street is against that responsibility in my opinion I researched the FAA website the number one cause of helicopter crashes is pilot error this is due to the complexity control complexity which is actually greater than airplanes and also because helicopters must fly lower to the ground a helicopter must fly a th000 feet over a city and 500 feet over smaller V villages which means 500 ft over the

rooftops of the homes in Webster uh this makes low visibility and weather conditions such as fog wind snow hail too risky to fly and I mentioned that we had all of these conditions several times last month I live five houses where Mr Kash proposes to proposes to land his helicopter we are right on rqu Bay and influenced by the weather patterns from the lake and the bay every day we're all aware of the significant noise level of a helicopter particularly it Landing this is very unacceptable and unhealthy in a residential area will there be Fuel and other petroleum products stored on the property this is another major safety risk it's also a known fact and I did check on this that uh it will reduce the value of homes in the close proximity to the helicopter landing repealing this law will add convenience for one person and significant safety risks risks for many of the residents of Webster thank you thank you Jim and that is quick because Robert is right there all right I put this under five minutes so upset them I have to read very quickly on Robert swo 270 Colorado Drive I'm totally against the repeal of the Town law section 103 of the town code

regarding the use of help reports as well as taking off and landing of helicopters a small aircraft anywhere in the town Webster my objections are many in the recent article regard lebster Hill Robert grineer provided some misinformation how purposive was this and who were his sources he claims that flight enthusi has feel that this law and Webster is unfair and singles them out who are these people and what favors are they looking for were these board member were these board members who are considering this change these changes for one person at the meeting in 2006 when an overwhelming crowd joined the meeting and objected to Mr kean's original proposal to allow this Bo many of those attending objected to the based on safety more of them noise production which oppose which uh opposes what the article had said where safety was mentioned secondarily the article continues to state that the town focuses how uncommon it is for the town to ban helicopters with Webster being the only one to do so he goes on to say that several towns do have chapters on helicopters who seen Farm a grant to Grant special use permits hellad sites this is quite strange because I called each of the 21 towns in one County

speaking directly to their Mayors and supervisors or those in charge of the Town codes and that one said that helicopters were allowed a small aircraft and residential neighborhoods no exceptions were metap metac pads for emergency flights at some of the hos major three major hospitals as well as a few towns in the outskirts of the county that had a couple of small planes on some large Farms to dust crops when the winter was over which is not new residential areas uh where did this misinformation come from the claim claims in the article that some of some of them question why Webster is prohibiting recreational activity in other towns all none the people who I'm spoke to had commented this had made comments on this at all is anyone aware that for well over a decade airports have been designed to be located far away from City for safety reasons alone is this in line with where Mr K K's airport airort will be in the residential area here uh there are many trays winds and change directions of often the weather is quite unpredictable at times the article claims that this Hort is some distance from most residences could which couldn't be

farther from the truth unless one completely discounts our neighborhood on the southern end of D Ro west of Bay Road how resp responsible as each of the board members who vote in favor this law if the if an accident could become a reality will will zone changes be required in this case which will certainly affect the values of homes in the immediate proximity of the Hort there are there are um other parts bu which one could possibly ask for similar zone changes also if they were developed if G is is or will be stored on this site would a request by any of us residents also be granted to store gasoline on our properties be approved uh as he is allowed to do uh we need to be careful for what we ask for as well as what is granted to us because then we find some residents who appear to be much more important than others at the expense of those others I totally object to this Insanity going forward um the other thing is if we had known this was going to come up again we would have um we would have contributed to everybody's um um runs for office um with the caveat that this this will not be

approved thank you and I have a copy for each of the m so I got to give him credit he finished in four minutes and one second now the reason why I let him go over three is his lovely bride only took a minute and a half so I figured the family discount between the two of them they were 5 and A2 minutes which is oh I hope I pronounced this correctly John rger did I say that correctly can't wa you hear hi um my name is John salger uh my wife and I live at 897 Clem Road full disclosure I'm a friend of John I'm a certified pilot um thanks I'd like to thank the board for even considering this um I imagine it's got some political problems associated with it um I'm a retired airline pilot I have about 13,000 hours I'm a flight instructor and i' I've also I'm rated to fly SE planes as well so I want to talk about the

training and qualifications that are required to fly a certified aircraft in the airspace of of the United States I think everybody can kind of understand it's not like just getting into a car or truck and turning the key and going every aircraft is different it requires highly specialized training and it takes years literally years to get the qualifications to operate one of these machines not only are the pilots required to undergo recur qualification they are required to go through medical exams for a person of my Advanced years it's every six months they have to prove that they're physically fit and that they know how to operate their equipment this also applies to the aircraft these aircraft certified aircraft let's keep you know what we're talking about is certified aircraft have to undergo inspections that are far more involved than what they do down at the local Corner Garage they don't just beep the horn and flash the lights these inspections take sometimes weeks and

cost thousands of dollars these machines are taken apart looked at very carefully and put back together and then the owner gets a bill even if CES is going to cost $3,000 a year just for the inspection so here's the thing as I understand the current town code helicopters and other aircraft are pro prohibited yet ultral lights are apparently okay guess what doesn't apply to ultral lights there's no pilot qualifications there's no recurrent there's no inspections no nothing you could buy an ultr light airplane which I call them uh lawn chairs with wings it might be a powered parachute it might be a trike but these things are flimsy machines you have no qualifications I'm not talking to you guys but you don't need any qualifications to operate these things now the 500 ft and the th000 Ft that's accurate that's not just helicopters when I was coming into land and my United airliner I could fly down to 500 feet now that Tower wouldn't let

me do that but I could that's the rule for all aircraft thousand feet over densely populated areas 500 fet over sparsely populated John we're at 245 okay so I would say this to the town board if you're really serious about quality of life issues like noise I'll invite any one of you to bring a lawn chair sit on my front porch on Clem Road and we'll talk about noise I think you all know what I'm talking about thank you than uh next up is Mark B good evening Mark B S dur way I'm here to support removing 103 from the books I know two biggest concerns here are safety and the uh the noise so if I was a neighbor I don't understand that my qualifications I've been flying helicopters for 32 years for the military I fly the ones overhead for the National Guard that rattled the uh the China and uh I've been flying quite a long time so my concerns

first safety you already heard from John that the qualifications of the individual are governed by the F they're pretty strict uh the C aircraft helicopter with a turb engine with a safety record that far exceeds uh any of the reciprocating engines uh the hellad where it's located it's large it's rather isolated where the arrivals and depes can be made in a way that noise isn't as great and it Al also the size of the aircraft at 2600 lb Max gr weight noise foot is far less of black offs that fly over at night so those are the two biggest concerns but I feel this is a good start to repeal and if noise AB is an issue that's something that that to be dealt with directly with the EFA and those organizations that govern the airspace above which we live that's all I have thanks M we get this one right next up is it

Nash okay 36 pound four repealing 103 as a pilot 27 years Private Pilot flown bunch of different aircraft and uh as a Entre I'm involved with uh projects today to actually build aircraft one of them happens to be a Brand New Concept helicopter and they ex scouting areas for manfacturing possibilities is the surroundings around here extend warehouses and areas that we would use so there's a good possibility uh next up is Phyllis Conley I'll make my comments more brief

than everything that I've written down but to sum it up I'm I'm the opinion icopter with a special use permit should be allowed to take and land within the town however helicopters used for recreational purposes should not be allowed since Webster is almost entirely comprised of residential and business district schools and churches my concerns regard taking off and Landing safely and the fuel that is being delivered and stored on the helicopter owner's property so nothing has changed regarding the rationale behind the necessity for section 103 I am very much in favor of keeping section 103 of the town code in place thank you thank you uh Al s is next tell board members of the public um this

is my fifth time being here since 2005 and obviously I'm still opposed to um repealing section 103 266 Colorado drive them about 400 feet from the landing area and a lifelong res of the town of Webster for the benefit of the newer board members and for some of the newer public that are here A Brief History of how this has come down 19 or correction in 2003 District kashani starts to fly out of Sundance Trail even though New York state law 249 of the general uh business law prohibits it 249 uh requires you to get the approval of the governing body in that area in February of 06 he migrates to 893 to Whit Road builds a Hort first and comes to the town second seeking approval in 2000 uh April 20 6 of T of Webster passes 103 in 2009 Mr kashani sues the town over that the purpose of 103 to provide for the protection health safety and Welfare of the residents of the town of Webster uh facts I present to you tonight come from three sources the federal a uh Federal Aviation Administration National Transportation safety board and the state of Washington

airports in compatible use we've gone over safety three main reasons why this was put in place safety noise population density the US Supreme Court has held that noise safety and Aesthetics and valuation of adjoining land are rational and permissible reasons for land use restrictions the objectives of compatible land use planning are to encourage land uses that are generally considered to be incompatible with airports to locate away from airports and encourage land uses that are more compatible to Lo around airports safety is synonymous with compatibility you got to look at the operational requirements of the aircraft the phase of aircraft operation and the land use in the adjacent area I'm not going to bore you with a lot of Statistics but out of the national or I take it back Federal Aviation Administration airports and land use by far the highest accident rates in uh 11 years tabulated in this report occur in rotocraft Pilot error terrain weather and engine system failure are the four reasons for leading reasons of air uh helicopter crashes 64%

of all general aviation accidents occur within 5,000 ft at the end of a Runway during approach descent takeoff or climb it can be concluded from this data that much of the risk associated with air transportation is associated with takeoff and Landing phase of flight for purposes of maintaining safety and for the implementation of uh good land use the most critical areas to protect from incompatible land use are those areas directly to loow the approach and departure path to the airport item number two noise how would the board protect us from noise noise FAA tables list the residential areas as the most sensitive to noise and we're right there on the ground it's dependent upon the loudness of the aircra engine the altitude of the aircraft the horizontal distance between The Observers and the track helicopters are most notable for delate slap slope speed descents high speed Crews not approach there are reasons why helicopters land and take off out of airports population density if anything this older area Webster around the wh road is as dense as any area in the town prevailing Westerly winds require an approach from the East and remember

adjacent are are the most susceptible to aircraft accidents item number four property values in the adjoining area what assurances do we have that our property values will not at four minutes now I've given some leeway because you're reading off but say will you be able to give us those written notes for the public record so the board will be able to discern those more than half that'd be great thank you and I guess Mr SL you said that we copy of yours anybody that is taking the podium that has a written statement it would be really beneficial to the board as we do our next week of education and Discerning whatever to see those so thank you uh next up is Kyle Malone Hi how are you first off KY Malone 889 Road first off uh the board thank you we've been doing this for a little bit now had multiple meetings um I can say that I there's two

different things going on I'm for repealing the ACT um I I hear two things I hear people saying that they don't want anywhere in Webster and then I hear things come up about John so first off I'm going to say for the town Webster assume that they're going to take every precaution for the town weer in regards to John in all reality I'm one of the closest neighbors to John I'm two down from him I think Bill's the only other closest one than me and uh so essentially we have the same backyard in terms of safety I've never felt unsafe in that area I don't have any issue with it in terms of noise I think the actual normal that fly over at night are louder than what I hear when he ever has the helicopter anywhere in the area so I'm going to keep it short and sweet and say I have zero problem with either one thank you thank you uh next is John musen CL

hello um I'm here to support the repeal of this uh this statute of law if you will um I I appreciate everybody's point of view and I think that's why our government works is people have to be open to other people's point of view but uh I've learned in my 33 years here on Earth that uh if you speak from a position of disinformation or fear um you're you're not going to you're not going to arrive at the correct conclusion and um I would implore a lot of people to open their mind about what this law actually does um this law only prevents an aircraft from landing on the ground it does nothing a foot off the ground 10 feet off the ground 50 feet off the ground it does nothing to protect anybody the hot buttons here are noise and uh safety um but I think to really look at this objectively um you can just kind of like reduce it to absurdity because everyone you got in your car to drive here and you have a way higher chance of injuring yourself uh in your car than you would in an aircraft or an aircraft flying overhead and that being said the the FAA governs everything above your head and helicopters and airplanes are flying over your head

constantly so you know the town of Webster has no jurisdiction to uh to keep you any safer and you know you can list off stats and um you know try to try to fit those into your into your point of view But ultimately if you look at it objectively um the law does nothing to stop noise um to make anybody any safer and like I said it's not it's not really a safety issue um if you want to talk about noise Highway noise is louder um if you look at you know cars as a as a Centric Circle and then motorcycles as the next one and thenir that's what we're talking about even though everybody's focusing on a helicopter um as you reduce each of these circles down you know the populations get smaller and everybody seems to be focusing on a helicopter so motivations are you know questionable um we're talking about aircraft here nobody's talking about the sea planes that land in around deoy Bay every day in the summer nobody's concerned about the safety of those everyone's talkinging about a helicopter that's the small circle so that's what I'll say thank you very much thanks John good John did we

get John's address uh I think I have 200 M stream R 200 mil Stream Run John mus next up is Dave Kennedy great good evening Webster Town Council for the topic of tonight's hearing a pro a proposal to effectively enable the conditional takeoff and landing of aircraft in the town the best interests of most residents is is to sustain the peaceful status quo few if any people will take pleasure with the noise visual distraction safety risk or any other aspect of having low altitude aircraft movement takeoffs and landings over the public and private areas of the Town it would seem the only people to benefit from this proposal of the very few so privileged as to own a private aircraft as our elected officials you are

empowered to make decisions that affect the quality of life in our town collectively your constituents you to exercise good sound prudent judgment as you examine and assess each issue that becomes before you we expect each of you to make your decisions independently with the best interests of as many residents as possible and of course without consideration of your personal interests this proposal is not in the best interest of the people who elected you to office it is not in the best interest of the people of Webster there is no public interest reason for you to approve it and I hope you will not repeal it thank you thanks Dave uh next up is Kimberly Serio drive I have personal experience with the helicopter when we moved into our we were unable to appreciate our backyard for an entire summer and um I've actually got the statistics on what

the level is my husband being music guy actually pulled it out but we couldn't have a conversation across theet when theic was up and running so I am opposed to canc this and I don't know the people who want this have against but we have lots of toys and they're very loud but we also have property in the middle ofwhere we appreciate it so as far as emergency helicopters they don't have to land on private P thank you K next up is Jared h good evening members of the board um I think what's being missed in everyone's opinions and with this blog is that D can you give your address sure Jared her 100 mury and um you know there are 19 towns in minro county and Webster is the only town that has a Prohibition against

helicopters and the reason for that is because it's not Neary it's government over region why do I say that I say that because I haven't heard anybody take the podium tonight and talk about the process of actually getting approved a Hort or airort in any town or municipality in the state of New York what no one has mentioned is that in order for that to happen you need to first come to the municipality pursuant to New York state law your state law requires anybody looking to establish a private elport or airport to come to the town to get a resolution to then take that resolution and to go to the New York State Department of Transportation their Aviation Bureau the experts that are in charge of regulating private horts and airports and what does the New York State Department of Transportation Aviation girl look for they look for you to have approval from the Federal Aviation Administration a AA approval so I could not sit up here in five minutes or three minutes and go over each and every regulation that somebody must comply with in order to get approval in order to put a teport on their property suffices they probably couldn't do it in five days what I do have for each and

every one of you are the laws that govern this and why it's not necessary why it's Sprint government overreach to have a law on the books in the town that attempts to somehow add some regulation that's already covered by New York State Town Hall that's already covered by federal law and when it's already required for the town here to pass a resolution to allow an applicant to go before New York state so that's not being discussed that's the reason why no other town and the entire county has a law like the toas Webster it it's not needed so I'm going to pass these out to the members of the board so that you can in your eure review them lot of leg Le in them so please look at them over the next week and I believe that will make it very clear why we don't need this law thank you got some for you're done at the podium you know sometimes more is

better did you have another one of these I do thank you thank you very much for your consideration thanks I would that's a tough act to follow but next up is uh the honorable Ronald W nesbet the previous Town supervisor my name is Ronald nesm former supervisor of the town of Webster for 14 years 1075 Railway Crossing in last week's Webster H supervisor FL announced that an informed and engaged Community is a better community and this town board even hired a communications director to inform Webster residents yet when it comes to changing an 18yearold hel helicopter go we heard crickets from town staff about why this item is even on tonight's agenda let's look take a look back at how we got here in 2006 the helicopter law came about after residents brought

concerns to the town board regarding their personal safety because a private helicopter was Landing in a residential neighborhood Town board at that time took the personal safety of residents seriously did their due diligence and passed that helicopter wall John cassani then sued the Tana Webster over this law he lost the case and the courts upheld the law as proper the lawsuit cost the town a lot of taxpayer money to fight John didn't stop there though he then went on to sue me personally in federal court by stating I violated his civil rights because I discriminated against him as an Italian American he also got his father Tony tashani the planning board chairman to sign the affidavit against me that I discriminated against Italian Americans was which is just a bunch of BS the court also found that law to be without Merit in the the case Tony kashani didn't stop there though for the next 13 years and every other month he would ask me to change the law so John could fly the helicopter in top and I was always said no Then Came 2017 when he came to my office and said if I could change the law his son John would pay for my election campaign in

the way of signs mailings postage or anything else I needed I saw that as a bribe and I immediately called the town attorney the deputy supervisor cataldi and former Town councilman coab to inform them about the incident and there were Witnesses in the office that day also you would think that that would the end of the drama but no John didn't stop there he decided he was above the W and landed the helicopter house and got caught on camera by a neighbor the town issued him a ticket for the breaking the law the town attorney prosecuted John in court and he lost a game John's Next Step was to donate $1,500 to then candidate Tom flarity to his personal campaign fund in 2019 election cycle when supervisor flry switched to Republican in 20120 John Cas switched his money machine to the West Republican Party since 2020 jna spent another $1,350 in donations to the Webster Republican party to support the five Republicans sitting at the Town board table tonight um what's the old saying follow the money my point here is very simple over

the past 18 years many tax dollars have been wasted fighting lawsuits and court cases and not once did the town board give in through harassment and change of law just benefit one individual yet now that the money has been know donated to the Webster Republicans we now have a rush to change laws to please a Don that my friends is called pay over and if you don't believe me yes Jennifer right she was a secretary that watch the Republican party and she put the checks in the bank do you do you feel there are safety or liability issues with Landing a private helicopter absolutely let me uh let me go here a minute I might also remind you that remind the board that you took a hard stand against the special police because of viability R you now at four minutes and 10 seconds pleas now finish the finish it up please yes I might also remind that the board you took a hard stand against keeping the special police because of viability issues and special and safety concerned how in the world are not applying the same logic to this it seems very

hypocrite thank you [Applause] man now that's a tough act to follow But Ken Corpus I bet you're up for it you're next that is a tough act to follow but I'm not going down that road um I hereby claim all unused minutes from the speakers that went before me I guess this is what we call the right of infinite refusal we've been here before many times some of us the same people who fought the first time are back again fighting I can't imagine how they feel tonight I have flown a drone for almost 10 years so I guess I can regard myself as a helicopter pilot one speaker said the current law doesn't make anyone safer wrong I think it does I Googled helicopter crashes there was one two days ago where five people died there was one three days ago where six people died there was one where four people died I mean just Google it yourself you you'll get the

point it happens it's not safe in a residential area the lawyer that stood up here not a town resident said that um the law is not needed but yet the helicopter pad because of New York State's requirements the helicopter pad was built without the town's approval so I guess if you're willing to follow the law maybe they apply but if you don't follow the law they mean nothing we have a noise ordinance in this town the helicopter will easily violate that I had a neighbor call the police on me for a mini bike in the backyard once I got to imagine a helicopter is noisier than that just my guess I've never been near One landing but I'll take people's word for it also once you authorize this particular law or reverse it whatever what's to stop other people in the future that want to do something similar we've had several people here talk tonight they certified Pilots what's to stop them from wanting a helipad or maybe an airport or whatever essentially I think this sets us up for some interesting problems down the road what happens if somebody wants a helicopter pad and is going to sell helicopter rides or maybe a helicopter tour along the lake or maybe a quick

helicopter ride to an airport now it becomes a commercial Enterprise so I find it rather hard to believe that the people in Webster especially the ones that live along the water that pay the some of the highest taxes in town are going to want a helicopter landing there and please don't tell me about him following regulations we've already heard that he doesn't do that Landing a helicopter in a residential neighborhood was a bad idea when the law was created it's still a bad idea um Landing a helicopter he lands his helicopter now at the Williamson airport I suggest you do the right thing and let him continue to land it there and not in Webster thanks K uh next up is Brian Goodman hi Brian Gman 228 no Stream Run I've been lifelong resident here in Webster with the exception of my time at College at Dani Webster paranautical college and serving in the United States Coast Guard down in New York

City I've worked with every local state County federal government agcy and their aviation aircraft down in New York City I stood under the prop wash of airplanes and helicopters lifting accident victims up into an air helicopter I know the sound I know the force has been talked about I understand that when I heard about this being repealed I said wow what aviation accident have I missed that we're talking about because I can't think of an airplane or helic crashing in Webster in my 50 years here in Webster before this law was enacted or after this law was enacted so I went out to the NTSB I looked at their website I searched their their online database of accidents they've investigated there are none invester before or after I went out to the faa's website I looked at the research data for accidents and incidents that they have had again before and after not finding anything do more Googling searching found an incident 2019 here in Webster a helicopter did make an

emergency landing in the Webster Trader parking lot there's a precautionary they were not transporting any patient no nobody got hurt the aircraft didn't get hurt and the parking lot of w trator did not get hurt so again really not an accident when you look at Google Earth and you see what other airports have been here in Webster 30 years ago in 1994 there was a grass strip it's actually in the neighborhood that I live in now that airport that grass strip hegor family would fly their their helicopter or their airplane yep that aircraft and that Runway took off over hedge's restaurant it flew east to west there's no way it didn't fly over Hedges all right I understand that there is definitely noise complaints all right but this law has some serious fundamental issues the definitions in here have some problems I have not stood the test of time it talks about any rotorcraft well let's look at the definition of root craft a heavier than aircraft that depends principally on its

support of flight and its lift gener generated by one or more rotors this definition also describes unmanned aircraft systems uas which the FAA declares is the future of Aviation seen on their website faa.gov usas a drone doing visual inspections of roofs chimneys cell phone towers air uh water towers is much safer than having a person get on a ladder climb up the ladder and Visually look at it flying a drone is much safer so the person who said they were flying drones here in Webster by the definitions of this law I'm sorry you should be given a ticket because this law doesn't allow hobbyists or anybody to fly a road to craft drone of any size so I really would think that this law should either be repealed or at least be highly modified to be updated with definitions that the FAA is using thank you thank you thank you uh William McDon is next good evening will McDonald 891 to Road I live next to John and lots of

pros and cons uh I've lived there for about three and a half years now I've heard the helicopter come in behind my house it's right next to him right across the street and everything else my dishes don't ble My Sting doesn't he's hovered a little bit coming from a distance from behind our property I have two kids I've never felt unsafe um it's just not an issue that I personally am that concerned about that as seem the level of overreach we have but I fly in a helicopter probably not okay my right to say no his right to say yes it's all I have thank you Youk um that's pretty good we just took 53 minutes to go through the 20 speakers and now Val I think I have the written ones that came in hopefully I can read each of these and much less than three minutes this is from Mike Balman at 92 Castle lakr Drive as a resident of West weire I share the same concerns as my neighbors about noise safety quality of life and declining property values that a nearby helipad would have in our neighborhood but I also have these concerns for the entire town of Webster if code 103 is

eliminated that opens the door for other potential helipads or light aircraft I realize that owning and operating a helicopter is an expensive hobby it isn't for everybody but it only takes one helicopter to disrupt an entire neighbor head in a year or two if someone wants a helipad in your neighborhood are you okay with that what if one household wants two helicopters what about having two helipads a mile apart these what if situations may seem far fresh but you can't rule them out as a possibility the January 24th 2024 edition of Webster Herald indicates that the proposal for changing the town code focuses on how uncommon it is for the town to ban how uncommon it is for a town to ban helicopters with Webster being the only town in mon County to do so the argument reminds me of the old saying if little little Jimmy stuck a stick in his eye would you I'm just reading it off folks um from my perspective I say Webster got it right while doing some research I found out a proposed helip and weer was previously denied years ago the reason for the denying the helipad was because there isn't a single benefit to the 45,000 people of Webster this would be a law of convenience for very few not necessarily for the residents of Webster I believe this statement still holds true today as board members you have the ability to negatively impact 45,000 citizens of

Webster by catering to a few please don't fix what ain't broken please deny the proposal to eliminate chapter 103 from the Webster town code please please keep Webster a place where life is worth living that's number one um number two I don't think I have her address it's Debbie Lester but I can get her address um this is what she wants in the record I was appalled to hear that the board was even considering of changing this town code and Webster I do know that individual is asking to have this change in his location that means he'll be flying over my house you can hear a helicopter way before you see it and it's a disruption and noise nuisance but if we allow this individual to have a Hort what would stop the Army on Ridge Road to follow suit plus then allow other citizens of Webster to fly other machines uh X the six foot remote controlled airplanes or drones anywhere I do know that if was even closer to my house I would be very upset to hear it and see the damage the wind could cause by problem other citizens of

Webster have a fun toy go to the appropriate places use it example boats go to Marina remote control planes go to the airstrip helicopter should go to the airport then you get into your car and drive home I do hope the town board tells the individual to cease this action and drive to the nearest airport which is on Route 104 in Williamson many thanks that's Ste last yes okay Dorothy fate at 7:42 high tower way says I will be out of town at the time of the public hearing and I would like to express my support for continuing a local regulations as written I do not believe that this town needs to revisit this ordinance that prohibits the establishment of an airport or Hort the continued challenge to this regulation could cost the town in legal fees I prefer that it is clear not subject to undue Financial or political pressure to allow the regulation to be challenged there is no Town benefit to allowing aircraft to land within the town uh next one is Dave wol Rob at 714 cogal Circle perhaps the reason no other Town Village in monor county has a ban

on helicopters Landing is that no one has asked to routinely land and take off helicopter I would bet that should one ask the town Village would come up with an ordinance pretty damn quick can we put that in there can man's in the room here tonight he could have said that at the podium especially if the location was in an area of residential zoning I sure as hell would not want to listen to the Roar of I better really look ahead here before we get into the George Carvin seven right we can we can put like d okay I sure hacks would not want to listen to the Roar of a helicopter as it landed or took off and speaking of sound I believe Webster does have a noise ordinance how does Mr kashani plan to deal with that issue we do not pass resin zoning ordinance to benefit a single individual ordinance are their ordinances are the safety and betterment of an entire town there is a very nice facility on Brooks Avenue about 20 minute drive down the expressway is specifically designed to handle this type of aircraft and others as well I believe there is even a squadron of nation Army Reserve helicopters on the property these are my comments for the public hearing uh the next

one I think she's no she did not she's at 299 Colorado Drive and Jean says I strongly oppose changing the current status of not allowing helicopters to land on personal propit I have concerns about the Bay Bridge and dit Road overpass if either of them were damaged the current roads would be overwhelmed in my opinion the wishes of one man versus the needs of the town is a no-brainer thank you for considering my view um then someone who is at the hospital with their daughter didn't have email asked me to read this text uh Shannon Marone at 882 dwit Road unfortunately due to unfor seen circumstances I could not attend tonight to support Mr kashani and have the opportunity to speak in front of the Town board once again I speak on behalf of myself and 17 of Mr kash's closest surrounding neighbors we have had a petition that has been signed by the closest households Mr kash's residence in support of the law of helicopters in town weer be

overturned the last town meeting we felt a lot of us were not heard many many of us had much support documentation as to why we felt this law should be looked into further to be overturned for anyone to oppose this law being overturned I just have a few questions as to why others then for your own personal reasons we as Webster residents do not own airspace nor do we have the authority or adequate proven documentation as to why this law came into effect in the first place Mr K is a licensed pilot cleared to the FAA to safely navigate his personal aircraft in any airspace controlled by the FAA not Webster Town residents there is absolutely no proof that shows otherwise we are in support to have this law overturn thank you for your time I think D those are the written emails Texs that have been received is that five of them um I said earlier if you have written statements it would really be great for the town board to have them we are going to do our homework on this leave no stone un turn uh this woman here Shannon

said there's some petition signed by 17 residents is is that available I think she was referencing one that was brought to us at the last meeting okay all right okay um well I I would say that at this point after uh 18 households and 20 speakers tonight along with six written comments uh that we read off that concludes the public hearing so I am going to close it out and as I said earlier I think there's some homework that needs to be done that's my opinion I don't know if the for board MERS need to get some reading of documentation and things of that nature so sorry do you have any um do you have any U discussion items that you'd like to bring up on this J or P or Jenny or John at this point I just want to thank everybody for coming out and uh giving us your thoughts on this issue and as you said we will do our

homework okay all right you going to take a five minute break or no I think uh well if people would like to stay to see some of the excitement of the rest of the board meeting by all means do you know we usually don't get this kind of crowd this would be soaps and pizza are getting nice right I can't great job being a public speaker thank

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thank you okay well I think our five minute uh break is up about an 8 minute break or 10 but okay so the next uh the next item up is an open to the floor uh each speaker is allowed up to five minutes and we have two people that signed in tonight back for round two is The Honorable Ronald n now wonder I didn't here three or five minutes five minutes my friend five only two of you Tak two give but um let me see here on tonight's agenda number eight states resolutions award the professional Consulting Services contract for the town of Webster and Fairway number nine states resolution authorize the supervisor sign go your Webster IMA for sidewalks number 10 is a resolution applied M County wenston Regional for EMS so my question is why these resolutions weren't placed on the town's website 24 hours in advance of tonight's meeting as required by law passed by the governor in 2020 if supervisor flurry

wants Communications with Webster residents you need to put the information out so we can see it and understand it if you want transparency in Webster government it's not happening right now now I will have to file fo Yan to gain a Consulting contract in the IMA with the village if I want to see what the particulars are that's just not right also one has to wonder if the materials aren't online does that indicate the town board members aren't seeing the documents fromont the agenda till they sit down at the meeting and if so how can members vote when you don't have proper time to review documents because I hear it happens often now number 13 tonight talks about another 7 Minute hours for sewer for farewell and I'd like to understand if this is an addition to the 81 million this town board has already committed to swer and who's paying for this upgrade again where are the documents and

contract with Fairway that lay out the details of this agreement when can wer residents expect this information I completely agree with appointing marisel as acting super uh assessor but that brings up a good question when is the town board going to authorize a townwide revaluation of town properties which is sadly needed the town currently has an equalization rate of 58% and after March 1st could be as low as 54% while other towns in mon County are at 90 to 100% it's long overdue to get this task done regardless of the cost finally I'd like to thank the citizens Action League for filming these meetings because the iPhone method employed by this town board is deplorable many C citizens I have spoken with have said to me that they can't hear the meetings and the speakers at the podium this is a sad turn of events for Webster after the town receives

$550,000 a year in franchise fees to provide better video audio services to their residents so again thank you Webster citizens actually so I can watch the meetings the next day with a clear picture and sound thank you thanks R where is the citizens actually tonight l i we're going to be able to watch it tomorrow r okay uh next up uh following round Ken Corpus K Corpus 1464 Grand medals way so uh to follow up what I was saying with the helicopter um and I I heard that you know they were talking about experienced pilots and all that but every single one of the crashes that's on here is an experienced pilot

Army um uh ski patrol you know that every single one of these people that's crashed is an experienced pilot with many many hours and they do it professionally it's not a hobby for most of them so I would think that you know if they could have a crash so can a small helicopter in a residential neighborhood um I wanted to bring up the same fact about the camera and the recording here it's very hard to watch these from home and hear what's being said I see behind me that there's two huge sewing cameras and another one over there and I question why they're not being used I know you're not going to answer my question but I think an explanation to the citizens taxpayers may be in order and U maybe on the town Facebook page or something so other than that thank you again I appreciate all your hard work and think about what I said thanks Ken okay next up are the last two board meeting minutes for approval um on the January 18th regular board meeting I

reviewed those minutes I make a motion that we approve them second supervisor clity I Cal I councilman kill I Council I councilwoman r i and I also reviewed last week's Workshop minutes from January 25th I make a motion that we approve those a second supervisor clity I councilwoman right I councilwoman w i Council obain councilwoman I Jen was it your first time uh doing the bills it was tell me what you think yes it was it was um it was quite a process a lot of information everything was uh in order everything ticked in time I asked a few questions and it worked out okay so um so so with that I would like to make a motion to approve the bills as submitted by the Director of Finance councilwoman r hi Council hi councilwoman hi Council hi supervisor I

and uh we miss all here today um he doesn't miss too many meetings but he has a valid reason to miss but uh the next four I guess I'll just run through I did review the prepaid warrants as submitted by Paul Adams our director finan motion that we approve those a second supervisor FL I Council woman right I Council I Council hi counc I and I Rie the purchase orders is submitted by Paul Adams the Director of Finance make a motion we approve those second supervisor clity I councilwoman I Council right I Council I Council I um you know usually we would have Paul uh Adams go through the uh the list of budget transfers for 2023 and the budget amendments um I know that he that the board did get those out uh I think on Tuesday to review and does anybody have any questions no I I want to say that I I'm very grateful to Paul because not only did he get them out to us he gave us a

wonderful explanation of all of them and gave us as much information as he possibly could okay then I make a motion to approve the 2023 budget transfers as presented by Paul Adams the Director of Finance second supervisor clity I councilwoman gal I Council kill I councilwoman w i councilwoman r i and I make a motion to approve the 20123 budget amendments as presented by Paul Adams the Director of Finance second supervisor clity I counc I counc I Council hi counc I um the the uh next uh resolution I would like to uh make a motion to appoint Thomas trou to the parks recreation open space athletic Review Committee prar for a term of 3 years ending December 31d 2026 second Council hi counc hi councill hi counc hi supervis hi I would like to make a motion to

appoint Jason majack mej to the parks recreation open space athletic Review Committee proar for a term of three years ending December 31st second councilwoman right I Council hi councill hi Council hi supervisor FL I 10 seconds here uh proving that new blood is good to any organization Jennifer Wright we're starting your second month of being on the board I love the idea that if you're the liazon to the department then you make the motion for it what do you think about that game look at John gives me a thumbs up that means um I like that I really do like that I'm glad you like it I like it too it allows everybody to participate do we have to make a motion on that motion anyway so there's your 10-c break uh oh now the next three because these are I guess Hot Topics but um Josh I think you can give an explanation of the next one correct yes sure um so we basically released a requ for uh

proposals a few weeks ago for some assistance with code review associated with the uh construction of the Fairlife plant uh we did receive two uh pretty strong proposals um we formed an internal selection committee that consisted of uh Paul Chatfield our interim Town engineer as well as our building staff and the Fire Marshall and Deputy Fire Marshal um we to discuss both of the proposals and ultimately selected uh Ty Lin uh which is a local company here uh it's basically a time and material type contract so we'll be tapping into them as needed to assist with some of the life and safety components of the actual uh construction of the fair life facility um and I'd be happy to answer any questions that anyone may have I don't have any questions I'm just reading their experience with similar building plans and similar similar projects if you can because this one is pretty unique but it looks like uh I I can certainly understand why you're recommending them or the group is

recommending them actually and I think it was was it the fourth of January that we did the resolution to go out to bid The Proposal um and U you know I I think it's important to U also remind everybody that um C Fair life is just so off the charts of a project um Paul's not here but I think we we have a million3 of engineer estimate fees based you know from them we okay we've been saying all along that we want to make sure we Outsource certain Specialties to make sure that this is project is done above approach correct you know project of this magnitude it's what we're doing here in my opinion is imperative it really is for the protection of the residents especially the neighbors to make sure that cold Fair life is staying within compliance of what they need to do so it's very very important so thanks for getting the quotes yes absolutely it's a very unique

project for sure anybody want to make a mo I I would move that we award professional Consulting Serv the professional Consulting Services contract for the town of Webster Fairlife project building code compliance review project to Ty Linn and authorize the town supervisor to approve and sign said contract second councilwoman katal hi Council kahill hi councilwoman ly hi councilwoman r hi supervisor clity hi um and Bridget is I I don't see any reason why we wouldn't have that contract up on the website uh tied to this meeting yeah we'll put it up there you know so and that leads into the next one um the the intermunicipal agreement for sidewalks between in the village um this is something that really was worked out between Pat stevens or Josh do you have explanation on this or should I pinch it for Pat um yeah go for it okay because um as you all know we for the last year we do a monthly Town Village

leadership meeting I think you guys the town boort just all the minutes from those and this has been agenda for like the last six months Charlie's been working with Don White The Village attorney um it's really a housekeeping issue I don't really see where there's a financial impact to this it's just kind of delineating that as you cross a border from the town to the Village who's taking care of that sidewalk you know and uh so I think that Jake swingley the DPW commissioner of the village P Stevens uh I think Chris Bilo got involved in this too because they for us sidewalks and um I don't know Charlie uh a lot to do in the last six months that led to okay with the two village Village in the town agree that that seems to be a good agreement between the two municipalities that's my explanation and it also is another agreement that I don't see why we'll just put it up on the website I would move that we authorize the town supervisor to sign the inter Municipal agreement sidewalks between the town and the village of Webster second Hill hi councilwoman Cal I

councilwoman I councilwoman right I supervisor clity I uh John um do you you can make the motion but if do you you want to explain this one well I'll let you do the explaining of this one uh first of all I think it's great uh BR Harvey's in the room tonight our new director of communications set up a place on the town website that is almost a real time uh update of the EMS issue going on in Webster um and I like how it looks I really do um we've gotten good feedback from the citizens um So within the uh process with the MS equals leadership uh executed their 90day um notice and exit from the contract they with the town on December 29th it's a little over a month ago um John kale is the EMS the ason myself Charlie is the town attorney we've been in a lot of meetings with New York State uh EMS governance mon County EMS governance a committee that John was on actually

think you were one of the leaders of that committee um of local Monroe County EMS and some other County EMS Financial people whatever and um so to make sure that we uh navigate this process so that the the citizens of the town can feel comfortable when they call 911 that they're going to have an ambulance get to their house with as quick a response time as possible with the best equipment of ambulances you on all of that um this res solution is uh part of that process is that our Municipal Authority that the town obtained I think Charlie in the 2015 to 19 range I know it was under appeal but we have a con certificate we right we received that actually January of 2020 right and that certificate of need uh gotten from the state of New York really only covered uh BLS basic life support and transport um we leaned on Neals Northeast quadr Advanced life support our outsourc EMS agency because they had the advanced life support the ALS uh part of a

certificate with them exiting uh from the town we have worked with the state county long story short we are applying um to expand our Authority as a municipal certificate need from basic life support and transfer transport taking people to the hospital to to have our Authority also be Advanced life support so we'll have really the whole spectrum of EMS authorities uh which is going to make it much easier for us in the future um to put together the best long-term EMS structure for the town um um that's have a longwinded explanation but one of the check box is to to submit which I think we're submitting tomorrow yeah um and the report we're getting back from MMS mon County L is that this is very different from the fouryear uh slog to get the municipal certificate need from the state this Regional Council they said about two to four weeks to approve it right um and John and I are working um on what we can do du tailing to March

1st on the Assumption we'll have that expanded Authority right wow John it's not 9:30 that's all I got to say Well done I would move that we apply to Monroe County living Monroe living Livingston Regional Emergency Medical Services mlrm or R Ms for expans of the town of Websters EMS authority to include Advanced life support Second councilman I councilwoman gal I councilwoman ly I councilwoman wri I supervisor I the next agenda item is uh looks like it falls to me as everyone knows we're doing a lot of work down at the sewer treatment plant and a lot of uh infrastructure and equipment is being torn out as we're replacing other things it looks like all of these are part of our electrical work down there and uh we are approving the assets for auction from the sewer department it is two Transformers four line motor control centers and a couple of panel

boards that is my motion second councilwoman hi Council kill hi councilwoman W hi councilwoman I supervisor clity I the next item on the agenda I don't know if Tom if you want to provide some explanation around this one if it warns so the current Town assessor is out yes for uh in an indefinite period of time right now due to an an accident an Accident Injury and um and as a result we're going through collecting taxes need to look at our assessments as is run discussed there's a lot of work that needs to take place in the access in the assessor's office so um I would like to move or make a motion that we appoint Marisol Montalvo as the town of Webster acting assessor she's the assistant Assessor today and she'll move in and uh act in that role until such time as as Donna

kar's back in her in her position I'll second that motion councilwoman right I councill Hi coun I coun hi supervisor FL I hope we okay um okay here are the rord uh we fully expect anak are assessor to be back it's just that since it's an indeterminable indeterminable amount of time should be out business must go on there's certain things that assessors do we we have we name the AG accessor and I will just say one other thing is that uh there's no doubt uh we need to do a ril in this town I think was done was 2004 uh usually the town does it every three or four years I I I I have some ideas of why it wasn't done throughout the 2004 to 2020 time frame in that Administration and why it hasn't done the last four years of this Administration but we're working on that getting that set up but that is one of

those things B hary's here you got to have some great communication to the CI is six to 12 months before you pull the trigger that a refill just to clarify too there's no legal requirement no um it's supposedly a that sum zero g it's just fairly spreading the taxes to Property Owners based on the what their properties were the last one tonight I just want to say we started at 8:50 with the uh with the open of the floor and then these 13 and we're going to do this in less than a half an hour after you got past the public hearing not too bad we're off um I got to just say that uh this next one uh pretty much housekeeping to set up the public hearing for uh this conveyance pipe project um and you'll notice that next week's uh Town board Workshop we have the engineering firm uh ctit is in to give a little more detail about this project Tim lines things of that

nature and we also have a presentation next week on um the process we probably will be entering soon Charlie of amending the town code um on how we have onetime entrance sewer fees to our sanitary sewer system and and uh so I think next week's uh Workshop is going to be very interesting for the board members and for the community um and it spawns off in a lot of ways this this resolution we're about to do long story short um it looks as though this project which is really the upsizing of the sewer Mains from tore Road where the coke Fairlife facility will be it's going to basically take the ex in sewer Ms that run around through the Xerox campus and hook into a 36 M on Philips Road and it's going to upssize them where needed to uh accommodate the flow that is going to be coming out of um out of the coke Fairlife plant when it is is fully built and operation um I think there was very good foresight I

want to that that there also is a some aspects to it to look to the Future from a standpoint if there is development on the Xerox campus that there would be ability to tie into those upsize means for additional flow uh but that that'll go into more detail next week so uh this like I said this is just to uh we have to do a public hearing for a a bond proposal of this size for a municipal project like this direct so I'm going just does any any questions probably I more than I should have but there you go uh make a motion to schedule a public hearing for February 22nd 2024 at 5:30 p.m. here in the town board meeting room to consider a bond resolution in the amount of 7,100 th000 for the cocacola Fairlife conveyance Pipe Pro project and to publish notice of the public Hearing in the February 7th 2024 edition of the Webster here second supervisor clity I councilwoman gal I councill I Council I

counc woman right I and that concludes before we conclude before we conclude okay oh we we got do the round the table then I will hold my comment for the round the table so I have one and we don't have too many people at the round table tonight we have Josh is the only nine person on the de so go ahead J okay um well in addition to business as usual we are currently compiling uh some statistical information uh for 2023 on the level of development and building activity that occurred last year um we are required to submit a report to Monroe County Planning velopment um they track all municipalities development activity so we're currently working on that and I will say that um construction uh has been able to continue given the relatively mild winter that we're experiencing so we have remained quite busy thanks Josh and one thing just I will say that Josh and I think everybody's gotten to know him over his four plus years uh at the Town um we are navigating some open positions in

his uh in his department and um I just can't thank Josh enough Josh is Josh is a gamer he doesn't complain you know he uh he just gets the stuff done and that's why I think it's very important we we work with him and try to our best to get those positions filled but it's just a very interesting job maret right now yeah man is it weird but anyway thank you Josh C so um your your comments about the Motions that you kind of like the liaison doing that I have to give Patty credit for that because that was like my first meeting patty just said well you know we kind of have the Liaisons do their own motions and I took that very literally and I'm taking every single one of them well you're one month on the I think I'm 49 months on the board get used to saying I got to give Patty credit find yourself I'll just leave it at that true I know I've heard you say that multiple times and know here I am just a few weeks in saying the same thing thank

you py well you know it I I'm not sure that people that the public really understands all the A on duties that we have and just um how involved we are in those departments by having that LS on duty so um we are very aware of every single motion that happens for those departments and why my only other comment and uh supervisor FL who stole my funer was that I wanted to thank Josh for the exemplary job and all of the time that he has been putting into everything that he has been doing and he's done a great job keep keeping all the balls in the air and thank you Josh thank you Charlie I I guess I'll I'll jump on the band way and thank uh thank people too I'll thank Josh and I'll thank thank for all the work they've been doing on the fair project on top of everything else doing especially this week that is enormous I think again people can talk about the various projects and agreements and things the bottom line is it's added a

lot of I'll say work to the town this is a very important project to the town and it's you know I think as time as use the phrase really is sure nothing Xerox last 15 years 50 years you like Fair life and you know luckily we had really to guide us through and that single his his he's doing and also SE people SE should should we thank them for the video that we received yesterday them cleaning out the East Side Main and all the grit that they were pulling out of that that was fantastic I've watched it four times now n i was ea5 now J well and like Jan you're lucky you got a lot of people helping stuff like that I'm kind of like you know starting on my own but then at the end I do have some help um I just wanted to say thank you for all the people that come in here today and as the L on for the Webster Museum and a Webster Library I just want to encourage people to come out and

support your community thank you thanks JY so along with Josh and Josh you know how much I appreciate everything that you do you know we have a smaller team now but our team members have really stepped up you know art has really stepped up and Pat Stevens is helping out a lot so our team has gotten smaller but you know the team members have really stepped up and and and coest and and are working very very very hard especially given this this Fair life I like to see that you know everybody's very active involved you know Pat has his own project going on with a new highway garage Pat's got her uh art has phase three of the suage treatment plan I mean they have their own big projects but they're still lending a hand with Fair light so it's very it's it's it's very nice to see everybody coming together thanks what you do all day I don't know you do all day I don't know my feet up you you got me really okay well guess what I pleasantly surprised we're getting out here before 9:30 uh this meeting is

officially adjourned