Conservation Advisory Council, Regular Meeting

1. 1:40Here we go. To order. Yes. >> Yes. Yay. Done. All right. Uh oh. Accept minutes from last month. We have minutes from last month. We have minutes from last month. Oh, wait. Last one will be in February, >> right? This is the rescheduled meeting. >> This is the rescheduled meeting. So, >> I'll be honest. I haven't seen I'll go I'll go with anyone else's. Okay. >> I I'm seeing the ones from the 18th, but I didn't see the ones from February. From from January, I saw, but not from February. >> Did you Did you think about maybe let's hold off on that? We'll hold off. Um Okay. And then uh next is okay membership. Okay folks who has not I'm not going to
2. 2:44shame anyone but you don't have to raise your hand but if you've not taken your oath yet so you have to do it otherwise you go back to square one. >> Oh and we have to go back and and I have to get another resolution done and it is not pretty. It is not pretty. So just take your own and I think Sam is on the other one too. I've done this now. Um the the new membership is for two years as opposed to one year. So I mean you can always resign. We're not going to you know um title to them to the C city. You can always do that at any point. But this way we don't have to do these memberships too often. >> Wait, can I I'm not on. >> Are you on that list? >> I shouldn't be. >> No. Right. No, because I just did it this time last year. >> Are you on the list? No, I thought I did it. I thought I'd do it the same time you did it. >> I thought >> I think you were like six months before me or something and >> so it's like a weird
3. 3:49regardless of >> what was on the list. >> Yeah, maybe just >> hold on. I'm sending it to Michael, to me, to Sam, and who's email? Got >> email. >> That's the email on here. eaggmail.com. >> That's not my email. >> Oh, there you go. Emag 567@gmail.com got something some message. >> Who is Emily? >> That was a different Emily apparently in your address. >> I've got an other email. you said. But that's not me. >> That's the one you sent by the oath. Yeah. >> Okay. Sure. Okay. >> Someone's about to join me. >> Show up inside. >> That's amazing. >> But I guess someone else you're very plain that I'm not on that email. >> I That is non Your name is on
4. 4:52>> whether or not Rich about that. So What's the nature of the list? Those of us who have or have not signed. >> Yeah, you have to resign. >> You have to do those. >> Okay. Well, I I'm I'm good. >> Checked off. >> H >> You're checked off. >> Yes. >> Oh, yeah. I mean, I've been saying that you must have won. Sorry. >> That's okay. >> Oops. Okay. Welcome Emily, our newest member. interest. But yes, >> I have this idea. >> Um, our next climate smart meeting is right after this one. >> Yeah. >> Right after. So, we're gonna carry this meeting along so we so we can have more tonight. Right after this check. >> It'll be short check in. Yeah. Yeah. No big. And um and then everyone can go have corn, uh, beef and cabbage after this meeting. >> Just got a green on. You have a green on. >> I'm trying. I'm trying. I'm trying. Yeah, you're very true.
5. 5:59>> Um, side side story, sorry. My Italian grandmother would always make corn beef and cabbage for my one Irish aunt along for the whole family, but along with a tray of lasagna because no one ate corn beef. >> Anyway, all right, here we go. So, Earth Center, uh, so I'm gonna invite them to our next meeting again in April. May we'll just give them a standing invite. Uh, and I think I would like to think that the first I should first priority would be our tree ordinance that we can maybe they can help us out with. Um, I think we've sent them over what we had before. Josh, did you >> I didn't send it to them. I just informed them that there was one that there had been some work on it because they seem to be coming in just not aware of all the >> history. >> I have the Oh, Nathan. Oh, here we go. I was just gonna say Nathan had our last >> um you had our latest you you had the
6. 7:07last um free audience information >> version >> right you just for it to me because we're forwarding it to the earth uh law center so you can give >> I think I'll just forward it to her and I'm on that thread so I can just >> maybe was I You see on your last name to Margaret? >> Yes. >> Could I be maybe Okay. You know what? >> It's so that's where I pull from is that Margaret, right? The last question is with Margaret, right? >> Yeah. >> All right. So, let me let me go find it. Let me see if I can find it. If not, then I might ping the floor. Okay. Fine. Uh, light bulb exchange is all done. Every we are there still light bulbs sitting somewhere. >> Oh, there are so many light bulbs. >> Okay. So, >> and I got um another organization involved now and I'm having brain slippage, so I can't tell you who it is, but they're now in Colia. So, they've got groups. So, we've got five different groups. >> We have our um butter uh at the farmers market coming out the table for that. >> She bring Okay, great.
7. 8:09>> The operation >> uh operation. Thank you. >> Yeah, let's say this time. still. >> Yeah, >> I'm just going to bring I'm just going to keep light bulbs on the agenda until >> Is that okay? >> 2030. >> It's a lot of >> a lot of >> um >> so the EV car grants. Okay, so here we are with that. Um so we have 75 $75,000 grant from NAERTA, right, for EV car charger grants, right? Great. Which is wonderful. Um, and we had I put out the RFP last year. Uh, we had four people, four vendors uh, give submissions. I think I might have CC you on all on the email with everything. And, uh, working with Haley on everything blah blah. At first, we thought we'd be able to do both a level one and a le and three level two chargers down by the Amtrak
8. 9:14station and then by the dog park. Although, because we thought we would get a federal tax credit and the bank ready money, but guess what? There's no more federal tax credit. That's extended. That's gone. Thank you. and uh at the end of last year and now the main party money they're telling me that um the main party money is a grant from is a sort of like money set aside by the electricity company by national grid to bring the electricity down from the poles to the street and to the actual stations. Right? Fine. So we have enough money to pay for the actual stations more or less and the the work that's involved in installing them. Right? Great. But we need that make ready money to bring electricity down from the polls and then put it into the stations which there's like thousands of people now who are on that list. That's where it's at. So I don't see this I mean I could I'm going to choose the vendor because I have to choose a vendor uh with the next month and um but in terms of but then we have to see if there's any other money funds available in next year's you know
9. 10:16national grid make money bot to see if we can get the electricity down from the polls into the actual components >> which is a big question mark. So that's where it is right. So when you say next year, you're talking about 2027. >> Yes. >> Okay. The calendar year. >> Yeah. >> I mean, the grants contract is through 2028. >> Okay. >> So if it happens between now and 2020, there's not much. I mean, there's not much we can do. I mean, >> the money is just there. It's not >> not enough. >> It's not enough >> because everyone every municipality wants to do this. So yeah, that's where it's at. >> Okay. >> And sorry, how much do would we need? What's the the Yeah, >> we would probably need I mean 75 grand is getting it. It's on that spreadsheet that I I sent you a link to our Google thing, but it's about just as much money we need to uh of make running the 75 grand covers the components, >> the charging stations, but we're going to need just as much money to actually, you know, bring the electricity down,
10. 11:19dig the trench, and connect the compon connect it. So, and like I said, there's a wait list of like a thousand is although they say that sometimes a lot of them fluff off because they signed up and now they don't need it anymore or whatever. But that's where it's at right now. So, the most I could do is like pick the vendor and then I'm pushing through the, you know, the council and that's all we can that's all I can do. I have no idea. >> Yeah. >> So, we're ready to act if the make ready money becomes available. >> If there's more next year. Yeah. Right. >> And it depends on which one. If we're we're set to do either or um like I said, there's we would do similar to what we have behind city hall, which are the three stations, six ports, uh down by the Amtrak station. The good part about doing the Amtrak station is that the the trans it is kind of right there. Um, and the big uh thing is that we need to have a handicap access accessible spot, which there is one there. So, we could do the three stations, six ports.
11. 12:23One of those ports would be accessible for the handicap spot, which would be nice. And I think down by the Amtrak station, people would definitely people would definitely use it. This one here, these here are um totally totally swamped. Um the other thing is a level three charger uh like a you know a fast charging station which be down by the dog park um because that's where the electricity is uh because it needs like it needs a lot of electricity. So that's the only real place that we could put it down there um that where the sewer treatment plant is. It comes off the pole from the sewer treatment plant um down by the where the dog park is. There's already a parking lot. So and there might be make running there might be make ready money there. So basically it's like wherever that wherever there's the make Freddy Money 4 either the level twos or the level threes we'd have to choose which one >> that's where it's at. And we're unfortunately we would not be the first level three in Columbia because get just got >> get just did it right
12. 13:26>> behind behind their town hall and it works very well. So there you go. >> Okay. >> Um so that's okay. Okay. So, that's where the France are. Oops. Sorry. >> Question about the um um the train station one just because is that like the actual parking lot? >> Yes. With that across the street from transition >> across the street take up any spots in the train station. >> Yeah. The longer term parking lot. The longer term. Yeah. Across the street. I'm sorry. Across the transition. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Amtrak's not interested in some >> I'm not I'm not even asking that well I have enough municip enough you know municipalities and things to work with just with the city so yeah that's it the other big thing is that we wouldn't as far as I know as far as the manager told me there would be no tree cutting in for either because those transformers are readily accessible so that's where that's at >> and sorry Is there I'm just trying to
13. 14:29think of other solutions instead of waiting for the money to come available and I don't know if there are any other answers but thinking about >> you know when you when you have like a new when you're building a new house the first 50 feet of electricity is is free usually from the utility to hook up to the to the house site. And I wonder if there's some program that's similar to this. If we're asking for electric service for the first time if the company would just that is kind of something like this. I don't know. >> Well, that is what they're doing. They aren't giving us the money for it. >> You know, they actually free. >> Yeah. But there's a weight, right? >> Yeah. There's a weightless step. Okay. >> And the and the DPW doesn't get into electric. No, not directly. That's just in case. >> We would It's the vendor that would do it all. Yeah, they don't. Yeah. >> Um and then the other charging stations right behind City Hall, which are
14. 15:32there's six ports, only four of them are currently working. Um we're about to enter the city's about to enter into a new contract with this charge point. Said we have a warranty plus a maintenance, which will be a $4,500 charge per year for all of them. And then we can once we under warranty once again, then we can swap out the bad things and put in new good ones. >> That's where it's at right now. And I I need to poke the mayor, the mayor's office to make a decision on that. Um on how many years of a warranty we're going to enter into. That's where it's at. >> All right, that's all I got on that. Um next. Okay, so R or day and the foil request. So the foil request which stands for freedom of information law >> um asked if did we put out an RFP for that? >> We did. >> We did. And who were the people who >> only Rise and Run? We had people follow up but no one except for Rise and Run ever submitted. >> Oh, really?
15. 16:32>> Yeah. >> We had two or three different people who I corresponded with who were planning to >> but they never did. They never submitted >> and there was a deadline and they they didn't they didn't do it. >> Yeah. >> Was one of Okay, fine. Then that's then that's that's the answer cuz someone asked that one person asked who submitted um >> Okay. >> quotes. Oh, I can just tell. Do you want me to respond to them then? >> Oh, you can just respond respond to me and I'll send it to Lyric that way. But yeah, I mean if there's only one person who responded, that's the answer. >> Yeah. Fine. Okay. That's it. That's all we need. Um and now where we Oh, and so from the treasures from last night's meeting in the common council, so the treasur is encumbering the uh funds that were left over from last year. Yeah. >> Into 2026 budget. Yeah. >> Which I want to say is around two grand total maybe. >> 16. >> 16. Yeah, that makes sense. Uh something like that. So we'll have those funds available because those are contracted. Yep.
16. 17:32>> Right. Thank you so much. Um yeah. So, so for cover so if we get like around last year we got $13,000 of cash street trees, right? Great. And then if you don't use all of it, um you have to have a make sure that whatever is not used is contracted for so you can bring it into from one year to the next. So that's where we're at with that say at least >> out of our current budget. As I'm doing this right now, I'm planning to get the RFP together for the latest street tree planting. Um, what portion of that can we use for street trees? Because I there was an issue last year. Remember, we tried to plan and then we we were short on our budget because there are other things that that our budget is earmarked for. >> Oh, right. Yeah. There's professional, business, services, there's labor, and then there's materials. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. And labor materials is fine. That's all street tree stuff, but are I'm just trying to figure out exactly how much I should cap our our latest request for
17. 18:36like no more than >> That's a good question. That that would be like a Heather question. I don't know if we're able to, you know, move from one account to another. >> Yeah, because we did that last. >> It's more about um so anything. It's more about whether or not there's going to be other line items that are going to come out of materials or professional services besides the street trees because that happened last year where we for example worked with the the urban um forester paid him $1,000. >> Oh, right. Yeah. >> You know, >> um >> so should there be a portion that we leave in place? >> Um you know, I don't know. I don't know what's going to come up. >> All right. Um, and I also think that I don't know if Yeah, I don't I don't know. >> All right. >> But I don't think that this mean it's a Heather question, but I don't think we have any other expenses that were due to pay out. >> Not typically, not not from last year, not scheduled, but stuff comes up. So, what I'll do here, I have about 12 trees
18. 19:39right now currently on request. So, I'll I'll just do a full RFP for all 12. >> And then if we need to cut it down >> based on expenses, We can do it that way. >> I mean, yes, it's probably good to like under budget a little bit >> because if something does come up. >> Yeah. All right. So, I'll cut off the thousand >> just in case. Yeah. Thank you. >> Great. >> Um Okay, cool. And we also, speaking of which, Sam is not here, but there is $2,700 left over from our Howard Harry Howard grant, which they asked us if we had any other invoices to hit against it. And that's with us right now. >> Is that for any stretch? >> I don't know. >> It's for that project. So expenses for that project. So like Sam um you know I don't know if she's doing like the labels or photo thing or things like that. So if there's expenses that are
19. 20:42related to that then >> we have to send them the invoice for those expenses like >> okay because they want to close that out. >> I know last year when we did the labels we took it out of our own budget. We didn't we didn't invoice. >> Yeah. So, we just have to figure out whatever whatever we need to do to close this because I mean it's a conversation with Sans because she's more she's closer to it. I think she's closest. So, I know that this grant requires like so much. >> Yeah. So, but they want to close out the funding, but >> Well, they want to close out the grant, >> but it's multi but it's >> and there's still like $2,700 sitting there, >> but we have multiple years to continue. It doesn't >> Right. So, if we have like I don't know if we need to buy gator bags for like the future, I don't know. Yeah. >> Then we need to invoice them now. >> We need to buy them and invoice them is what I'm saying. Or whatever we need whatever we foresee in the future for these trees. Yeah. >> That need whatever maintenance it is, we need to do it and then invoice it or confirm with them and then send an
20. 21:45invoice >> so they can close out this grant. >> Right. We'll talk to Sam. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Talk to Sam. See what she says. I sent an email to Heather. She's like whatever. And uh then Rob Perry did the same. Scratch that. Who's is anyone watching here? Who's watching? Carol's >> office. The mayor's office. Fiona. Oh, >> and Lloyd. Here we go. >> New town. Fiona's new town. >> Oh, great. All right. Um, all right. That's it. Tree ordinance. I'm going to follow up with Nathan was send it over to the Earth Law Center. >> I think was attached. I looked at the email and I think >> just Oh, because there was a PDF attached to the email, but >> it isn't. Yeah. So, >> now they have not not to them, but >> Oh, okay. on the email with them. There
21. 22:48was >> Oh, there was >> there was um I don't know where they picked it up. >> I also sent the last comments that we got. >> Okay. >> Oh, okay. Great. >> And like I said, I'm going to invite them to next month's meeting as well. And if we just had them for the first 15 minutes of that conversation, we can work and then any any other issues. >> Um, community or um uh power markets met with Mayor Ferris to present options and give an overview. I had already I'd also met with the mayor to also set that up. Um, and anou I think was drafted by power markets at the mayor's request and sent to Margaret Morris and it is uh in her email and I saw there was a follow-up email to um remind her to take a look at it. >> Okay. >> A couple weeks after.
22. 23:49>> All right. Okay. I'll follow up with her too. I'll just follow her. uh the same thing with so we went over the tree grant with the Harry Howard and the Sam was on that she sent DEEC the first uh version of the report today and then she's been in contact with them so it's great Sam is amazing uh as well as I reminded Margaret about the county Columbia County climate smart resolution I sent that email out today again uh Sam also did a thank you to the um Karuso for the gravel we love Sam thank you much Caruso thank Some of the gravel has been You saw it? >> No, I haven't seen it. >> Oh, you don't don't look. >> It's from the snow. >> Yeah. So, from the from the snow blower. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, >> I heard it. >> Yeah. So, we >> Oh, because now you can actually see it because the snow melted. >> There's just little patches of no gravel. Mostly gravel, but some patches of no gravel.
23. 24:54Don't look. It's disappointing. But the but TPW did do a wonderful job in bringing back the uh plants that were in that park. >> Nice. >> So yes, they did amazing job for them. Thank you very much. Considering that we do not have a parks department, they do a very good job with parks. um climate action plan that >> uh at the company SAM from >> yeah um and I haven't yeah been I didn't hold the last meeting so I'm not sure >> okay and then what else do I have candida foundation let's say green keepers >> I did go to the relief event up in skenctity which was very informative and helpful um just sort of broadly in terms of trying to use street care and and all of that. Um but I I haven't moved anything else further ahead on that yet. I've been focused on the climate around the street trees. So
24. 25:58all right, I will keep that on the agenda. Um what else? We have city sidewalks on our agenda. Um I don't know where do we I'm just putting I'm leaving it out there so in case anyone Lynette we have Nathan there from the plan board. Would you like us to just liaz with us? >> Yeah I do have like a set of things. >> Oh the right point. >> Um you know what we're towards the end you can talk now. >> Okay. Um so I think there's a few things. Um so the pl wants us to we has put me forward as that we person. So here I am >> um >> um I think that like we still need to figure out what that means like in practic like what is the right like process for that like my current proposal to both you and board is that I sort of I spoke with Rich about this briefly but um there are projects that come before the
25. 27:01planning board the public can anyone in the public and comments on those projects. I think we will basically just send an email that says, "Hey, there's a project that has an environmental component of some form. It would be great if the CIC made a public comment on this project that will be in the record along with everything else. What we don't want to do is create like a giant new bureaucracy or process. We also don't have I think we would actually if we were to create more bureaucracy, I understand talking to a few people is that that would require like an active council to create that new referral process. And so I don't think we can do that. But certainly I think we can I can show up here and say there's a thing that board's talking about that's environmental in nature. >> Are we um >> public comment or should we just give you >> We are. So, this is like I I'm sort of I can also ask
26. 28:06>> I I could ask the Bing board attorney um or you all can figure this out, but I don't know the answer. >> Yeah, it might be worth double checking. >> Yeah, I mean the when you say the the act of the of the city council, um the way it works is that we are a conservation advisory council. If we wanted to uh we could become a conservation advisory board in which case that exchange of review would be mandatory >> that that would be the the the mechanism by which we would be really part of the same same system. >> Yeah. >> But now we're an adjacent group whose job it is who whose role it is to give advice. Yeah. >> to to the city and the planning board is just another piece of the city. >> Yeah.
27. 29:07>> So I think it's perfectly within our our role to contribute opinions or reviews or what have you. >> Yeah. And so I think that's our intent. I think we're finally going to try and do the same thing with the historic preservation commission as well. right and just try and be sort of more get as many good ideas from why people was talking about as being so there's there's that part um I don't know whether to say this speaking for myself not for the pling board I think it would be great if the way work is they only things that the council has passed. Um they're in the in the um document in the comprehensive plan in otherwise
28. 30:10pass you can't just like make up requirements. Um, as a result, the sidewalk requirements that exists are like VA requirements from feds and some stuff in the code about how wide the sidewalk is. It says nothing about any of the things I care about. You can imagine I can imagine a future where the council has passed something that says this is how must be. They must have these characteristics, right? And then that's a new plan board could of course be new parliament. I did send um that was one of the >> one of the high priorities for um Earth law. So maybe we could use that to help us Yeah. figure that out. >> Maybe we put that on a priority. >> I think it was like Yeah, it was on the high priority list. Yeah, >> I think it was the third worth of bullet. Yeah, because if we had so what has to happen like Anthony was saying is like they they can only enforce the code that exists but us as the c as advisory council we can say okay look here's some new recommendations for city sidewalks
29. 31:13and you know we put together a resolution it goes through the council it becomes part of the code and then the planning board can enforce it >> exactly >> yeah so >> so yeah so we'll talk to earthlaw and see if they have ideas >> about how because I'll be honest like I don't I don't know what the >> I don't either. >> Right. So, but that's that's a resource available to us now. >> So, that we can use. Yeah. >> I have one other piece. >> Yes. Um Ben Merritt, who's our Harvard master and the club person and various other things around town, um is working with uh Mayor Ferris on grant application for what is currently Railroad Point. I don't know if you how familiar you are with uh the set of points that make up the waterfront park, but it's sort of the one closest to Kaluso. That makes sense. Yeah. >> Um there's already like a landscape architecture plan for that point and they're sort of seeking grant funding to
30. 32:18actually turn that plan into a real thing. I think there's a a missing piece of capacity around helping to write that uh grant application um that might come from the mayor's office. I think also like maybe the CAC has someone wants to write a parks grant application for that project. I told him I would raise it as a possibility. He could follow you and see if there was any interest going on. >> Isn't there another organization that's working on grants for that to redo that? >> I it would not surprise me. >> Yeah. I mean there was Yes, there was a that came before the council last year that there was a organization that's you know that right like where the points are. >> Yeah. They're redoing that whole area. >> Yeah. There's a there was an organization that worked with the city to create the the plan that exists and there was a grant that was received for the plan like a landscape architect and stuff but I think now it's at the point of
31. 33:20like >> other things >> how do you actually put this like actually this >> but I think that's according to that plan that >> oh okay so it's not so much a design issue as it is just the putting it all together into the proposal. >> Yeah. >> Administration. >> Yeah. Try understand. >> It looks to me from Sam that there are two phases. One is the uh building planning site assessment, preliminary design and final design permitting >> which was in the range of 100,000 to 1.5 million is the guess. And then for restoration implementation projects, uh, oh, this is how much >> typical awards are a million to $7 million. But not that's not to say that's the need exactly. It's just the range. How do we think about which we're exactly the NFWF? >> But it was my understanding that the organization was going to go after those
32. 34:23grants as well is doing the planning. because it the idea was that they were going to take the ball and run with it. That's what I was under the impression. >> Um I don't know. >> I chatted with Sam. >> Fine. >> I fine keep you to it. >> He asked me if I had capacity. I do not feel like I might, you know. Yeah. I mean Yeah. Okay. Yeah. >> Yeah. Um anything else? Yeah. Unless you have any any any >> I do know that the planning board has software now that they use right for when the plans are uploaded. So if we wanted to as I mean number one uh I I could put on the agenda as you know a new plan came from the planning board. Do we want to comment as the CAC? I'm assum I'm assuming we could all comment as individuals as people who live in the city of Hudson. uh you know the question is and you're saying that if we were an actual board that it would have to get
33. 35:26approved by the planning board and by us as well before they move forward >> right we are it's not mandatory >> right right >> so so when new projects come along just forward us the project and then we can comment and figure out if we want to do a fullon comment at the CAC for instance on the mil street project there was a threatening that species and there's a flame zone and whatnot blah blah blah. So we might want to have a comment as a CAC on a whole if we could all agree >> but yeah okay cool all right anything else? No. Okay, good. Um okay let's move on. So the open space law who is working on that >> open space grant. >> Yes, >> that's Sam. >> A possible grant. Yeah, I think it was >> she was working on the seedling with the HDC. >> Oh, okay. Okay. >> That's that's next, too. But so, we'll leave that. We'll leave that for Well, we'll have another meeting two weeks.
34. 36:28So, it's fine. >> Um, she's still waiting to hear back from Tuesday. And then we have farmers market, which is on the 25th. No, is that the right date, March? 21st. >> Yeah. If it's March, it's 21st. No, it's >> April. Oh. is yeah sorry the 25th you're correct. Okay. So, the 25th we're at the farmers market >> of April >> of April, which is Earth Dayish. And uh they will be out there. They outdoors. They started outdoors on the 18th. So, we need someone to staff a table there. I think I think they have a table. Um I have some literature, but we just have like like >> Yeah. Yeah. Do you need help? anyone they wanted to see me. Great. Great. Yeah, the uh the farmers market organizers do provide a table to us and I've done it best attempt. Yes. >> Yeah. Um >> it's inside. They may not have the table
35. 37:30inside. >> It's outside. It's outside. >> Okay. >> And do we have our Who has our You had it. I'm >> wondering. >> She's about to have a baby, so we should grab it from her sister. >> We'll never see it again. >> She's made herself a little mature. >> Um and um yes. Okay. So, same with Oh, and I just forwarded everyone some blah blah blah today. What did I send you about some meeting next week or round table on resilience >> with sustainable Hudson Valley? >> Yes. >> Which is happening when whatever that flyer says which I sent a long email address. So we'll send to whoever email I get. >> Sorry.
36. 38:31Um the round table on resilience which is happening where >> Newberg I've been to that event that they posted before I see it's a good one. >> Oh, yeah. Okay, cool. Um, I will. There we go. That would be helpful, Rich. >> All right. Anything else? Anything new? New business? Yes, >> I got one thing. Uh, I had Tim Guinea who a gas test on my stove recently and in that conversation he said that in part they're doing this because there's a bill coming from New York called the Healthy Home Right to Know Act um that they are uh in the process of passing in the New York State Legislature and he asked if the Hudson City Council would consider putting a resolution together in support of it. Um, and he attached several resolutions from other nearby communities to possibly do that. >> Did he send it to you?
37. 39:33>> He did, and I was waiting to bring it up to Florida to get everybody else. >> Yeah. Um, we we had received something from the council received it, but everyone was a little skeptical. >> Someone reached out to me to and to coun. forgetting who it was and I gave her >> a thumbs up because because it also didn't come it came from this like personal Gmail account too. So everyone was a little bit >> is this spam? >> Yeah. >> And because he wants to come into your house and like look at your stove. >> No, no, I actually did do that. Yeah. >> That that part is done. >> Yeah. So the argument to be made is why the council should get behind the legislation >> which is pending in the New York state legisl. >> So somebody has to make that argument. >> That's a long resolution that the city of Albany is so showing that this has been taken up by elderly has lost. >> So is there a vote on is was the state going to have a vote on this anytime soon? >> That detail I do not know. Well, the the the
38. 40:38budgeting process is still going on. The the official >> uh due date for the budget is April 1st. Uh so that's when the legisl uh legislation will progress and whatever is on the table and that'll be one of the ones that be dealt with. I'm not sure. I mean, we can look uh online and see, you know, where it's at in the process. It might have already been introduced in the last session and it might be in this or that committee. Uh but in any case, it's not going to go anywhere until the legislature reconvenes, >> right? >> Which won't won't be until April. >> I'm looking at now. It's in committee. >> Pardon? >> It's in committee. >> It's in committee. Okay. So, okay. So, in terms of our end here, the process, I would say that first of all, we'll put this on the agenda. We're going to approve this within our group. Once every we'll send it out to everyone here in the group. Everyone read it. We'll we have two weeks until the next meeting. So read it between now and the next two weeks and then if we're okay with it
39. 41:41then we can forward it to the council to create a similar resolution. >> Great. And he Tim came to my house as well and mine >> and you and I mean it's a you know and just to just to say to make a plug for this bill that it's very basic bill just to put a warning label on gas stoves essentially. Um though I do I I do want to flag that he he was meeting with DD Barrett right after he was at my house. So he was talking about the framing of >> telling her that residents in Hudson are are interested and concerned about this and they're doing testing here in this jurisdiction. And and I I know from recent experience that she doesn't seem to care much if the city of Hudson passes a resolution that impacts that is in support of the state. So, I just I'm just saying that because I've met with her recently and I I know she doesn't seem to care what is done in the city here if it's a state issue. >> Um, so I think it's a good statement for the city, but I just in terms of like the amount of effort, I'm just just
40. 42:43putting that out there. >> And it's not just her, but she's >> this is this is the normal procedure in the legislature is that uh when when one of the members introduces a bill, they want to give the appearance of having a grassroots yes support for it from in in our case municipalities, right? >> Uh or um other nonprofit organizations, etc. and you know create a bandwagon for the other legislators to jump on. Yeah. My argument for for a resolution would be just so that we here with even like the other council members of the city of Hudson actually know about it. >> Yeah. And so that we can hopefully disseminate that if anyone has a question at least the council members know and the mayor know we can disseminate that information. >> I fully support >> let's put that out there. >> Juice is worth the squeeze and you know fair >> depending on how the timing right >> it's it's symbolic.
41. 43:47>> Yes. >> Okay. Correct. All right. So um what else? Anything else new? >> Yeah. >> Exciting. >> Um exciting. Yes. Uh so Ivy, who was uh did put an application in to join the join council, she saved 71 amphibians in the street. Um in >> I think I I don't remember where. Um but it was nearby. Um her and I are kind of talking about um how we could kind of get more of an event going this time next year. So if anybody wants to kind of think about it, she's has some friends that are doing similar trainings and things in Reinbeck. So we're probably just going to circle up and figure stuff out. >> Put it on the calendar. Moonlight. >> It's like pretty much like it's happening. Drop everything. >> Yeah. It's like a text like the baby's coming. It's like the >> like when you do the tree.
42. 44:50>> Is it tree? >> It's that simple. >> Oh, neat. >> Yeah. So, just some positive news. >> That' be fun. >> Yeah. >> Didn't we do last year before where you said like she'll break the leaves or something? >> The leaves. >> We did do a poster on Instagram that Ivy made about the amphibians. So, it's part of like a little bit of like a social media like awareness campaign that I'm trying to figure out like >> a seasonal cadence. If anybody has other ideas or things that we want to post the same thing every year for these types of like FYI, >> should we live with nature? >> Should we do leave the leaves again? >> Yes. >> Yeah. 100%. >> Yeah. Fall and we'll print stuff out again. Um, if anybody wants to shake up the poster, feel free. I amazing. >> I felt like I was back in elementary school. I was like, "Look, I thought I did." >> That's great. >> Great. >> Let's break up the poster. >> Um I don't I don't think I kept any printed ones, but there's a poster on
43. 45:52Instagram. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Like I I still have it. >> Redesign it to me. >> Yeah. If you want to if anybody wants to take a sale and red >> Yeah, I'll link to that. But I'm sure it's great. >> No. Yeah, you can have that. It could be like a new like little thing every year. We want it to, >> right? >> It's very umative with a few, >> right? >> Yeah. >> It's not very uh >> not exciting. No m >> Yeah. Oh, this is great. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> No. >> List them out. No M. Anybody else? >> No. >> No. >> It took me a while. >> Any other audience? of seasonal things to remind people of. >> Well, if you have any feel free to reach out. >> Great. All right. Anything else? Anything else? Anyone? Going once, going twice. >> Is there anything back here?
44. 46:56>> No. No. Don't even bother. Don't even >> um motion to adjourn. So moved. >> So moved. >> Any second? >> Second. Great. Thank you all very much. Thanks for playing. >> Happy

Timestamps link to the corresponding moment on YouTube. Auto-transcribed, contains speech-recognition errors. Not an official record.