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- CEDC (Columbia Economic Development Corp.)178
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Recent mentions
- 4:04Um but on a positive note um so we get a thing called every year from the state. Um it's added incentive for municipalities. I think it has existed far before my time and the amount has never changed. It's like 1.491 million. They apparently have budgeted what they're calling temporary municipal assistance. Uh we got it for the first time last year and it was like about …
- 16:08anything consistent. And what we had a couple years ago like there was more phone attorneys and then they kind of dried out and what I what I didn't like was like giving people who are desperate like a phone number like oh call so and so and they're like oh so and so's on vacation in Colorado the next 3 months and so what I'm saying is that this is something that like we have …
- 0:05Good morning everyone. I'll call the meeting to order. This is the meeting uh for the loan committee of the Columbia Economic Development Corporation. And uh thank you all for being here. Um first on the agenda is the uh review and action on minutes of the July 12th meeting of the loan committee. Any questions, additions?
- 2026-09-17CEDC (Columbia Economic Development Corp.)CEDC Governance and Nominating Committee Meeting 9/17/2614 passages longer discussion11:32the um so CEDC is a you know is organized as a LDC which gives us certain powers to do certain things um and we also so CEDC is the main entity um and most of our grant management goes through CDC however we also organize and manage the Hudson Industrial Development Agency and the Columbia County Industrial Development Agency both of those entities are the organizations you go …
- 1:00:32uh 610 State Street uh met with uh CEDC regarding the sale of 610. So CEDC is actually working with the county attorney's office in preparing an RFP regarding the sale for them. I'll be sending out an email to all the departments that still have some files and various desks or things of that nature in there that all of that um material needs to be moved out of 610 by the end …
- 2026-09-15County Health and Human Services CommitteeHealth & Human Services || September 15, 20261 passage1:13:30… that at least with galin initiatives and I don't know about galin housing resources you know bard and this is per gin's people speaking an IDA two or three months ago that BART actually changed the board constitution. They put BARD members on the board. So, I don't know if that affects housing resources, but I know that I heard him say that Galvin Initiatives did that. So, do …
- 30:25Um uh these are there's there's a set of time frames from when the IDA decides that uh the project merits financial assistance and allows the applicant to move forward with their project financing taking into account the IDA availability of funding. The IDA's made a commitment. It's essentially a commitment, but they haven't closed yet. So, we aren't in ownership or lease …
- 0:02We have two committee meetings. Uh the first one is a special economic development committee. I'm going to turn it over to Chairman Scoda.
- 2026-09-08CEDC (Columbia Economic Development Corp.)CEDC Executive Committee Meeting 9/8/261 passage0:24Good morning everyone. call to order this meeting of the executive committee of the Columbia Economic Development Corporations. Um, hope you had a nice Labor Day weekend and now it's back to work for advice.
- 13:38… to see if maybe if we can figure out a senior uh city senior path for transportation where maybe we can get them free transportation as an incentive uh to use the transportation if they need to need to bus if you know I know Calvin has also offered their van if we can do something with their van which also would be nice because we we can alter and be more flexible with a …
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- 5:11I'm sorry. from from a legal perspective, I think that um the the thing to be aware of is that the IDA can expend funds for its um authorized purposes. So, um it it cannot, for example, build city hall. You know, that's one of the things that um was a reform many years ago for IDAS uh is that they didn't want IDAs undertaking projects that were essentially um just uh the types …
- 15:59… it, you get some money. I think uh we discussed this with most of you are aware that uh in 2015 the state had suggested that the Hudson IDA be dissolved for not having done a deal in 10 years and uh that the county IDA uh which had overlapping jurisdiction could do any IDA projects. uh in discussing that uh at the time with the IDA uh it I recommended that uh you not give up …
- 17:07… in public. Someone goes out and buys it out of you, right? So, but again, it's very fact specific. So, and we're pretty I don't think the IDA has ever got uh this IDA. I don't I don't recall it ever. I couldn't tell you. But if you needed to, the the exceptions are there. So turning to the tax exemption policy, um the IDA is required to have a uniform tax exemption policy. Um …
- 34:32appointed officials in charge of those decisions should be making them but at that point there was no staff uh at the city Ida so we came up with a plan where the county Ida agreed to do the project at the request of the city Ida voting to request that uh and in return for the city providing a pilot payment structure that the county Ida would adopt the county Ida agreed to …
- 26:21a very different but unique experience that would be important to have on the ida i would ask what do you think the biggest challenge has been for the ida over the past five years in total and where do you feel that in your two-year term of appointment you would be most effective in accomplishing something start to finish with the ida and we can go alphabetically with that if …
- 1:46:39look at more creative uh ways within state laws use of Ida uh assets and dollars and we can also look at that as well board members and non-board members to suggest two board members um to to see how we can use those uh Financial benefits to enhance what we have in the city according to our bylaws within the scope of course with the scope of the Ida right so it's the idea …
- 25:37entity that's participating in a pilot so tax abatement is in here enlisted and this is the historical tax abatement for the historical pilot nothing to do with the the new one new ones um that you're reviewing and working on within the Ida um and it does disclose on a calculation basis what what would have been uh the abated taxes who for the for the current year only there's …
- 2022-10-25CEDC (Columbia Economic Development Corp.)CEDC Board Meeting 10/25/2228 passages longer discussion16:07ode Kathy ode uh who does the economic development marketing for Greene County and uh understands us pretty well so at a price that's under uh of the need for uh for board approval uh and Jessica if you could just give us a quick update on Columbia forward sure so come before for the new board members is a um three-year program to assist Columbia county-based small businesses …
- 47:39under our policy. uh the uh during the construction period of our other IDA projects. It's something we'll get into in the next discussion of the policy is that from the date of the IDA closing uh through the date of commercial operation, you pay as if the IDA was not involved. So you pay
- 26:24name of the Ida it becomes tax exempt and the property developer pays to the Ida its pilot fees we as the Ida turn around and we have to pay those fees back out to the three taxing jurisdictions which is the city of Hudson Columbia County and the school district so it's a pass it's basically a pass yeah we do get a lease income generally and that is income that the Ida retains …
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- 8:35… a significant tax reduction. In exchange for providing affordable housing. The foundation asked the council approval for a pilot, a payment in lieu of taxes. In a complicated structure, Galvin would donate the property bringing investors who would receive
- 7:56… the proposal will support or damage the city's ability to realize the value of its waterfront as amenity for its people and driver of economic development and greater opportunity for all of our citizens. And as we've said previously, without answers to the questions, which have never been fully explored, we believe the city should not move forward with a conditional use …
- 4:04Um but on a positive note um so we get a thing called every year from the state. Um it's added incentive for municipalities. I think it has existed far before my time and the amount has never changed. It's like 1.491 million. They apparently have budgeted what they're calling temporary municipal assistance. Uh we got it for the first time last year and it was like about …
- 16:08anything consistent. And what we had a couple years ago like there was more phone attorneys and then they kind of dried out and what I what I didn't like was like giving people who are desperate like a phone number like oh call so and so and they're like oh so and so's on vacation in Colorado the next 3 months and so what I'm saying is that this is something that like we have …
- 0:05Good morning everyone. I'll call the meeting to order. This is the meeting uh for the loan committee of the Columbia Economic Development Corporation. And uh thank you all for being here. Um first on the agenda is the uh review and action on minutes of the July 12th meeting of the loan committee. Any questions, additions?
- 2026-09-17CEDC (Columbia Economic Development Corp.)CEDC Governance and Nominating Committee Meeting 9/17/2614 passages longer discussion11:32the um so CEDC is a you know is organized as a LDC which gives us certain powers to do certain things um and we also so CEDC is the main entity um and most of our grant management goes through CDC however we also organize and manage the Hudson Industrial Development Agency and the Columbia County Industrial Development Agency both of those entities are the organizations you go …
- 1:00:32uh 610 State Street uh met with uh CEDC regarding the sale of 610. So CEDC is actually working with the county attorney's office in preparing an RFP regarding the sale for them. I'll be sending out an email to all the departments that still have some files and various desks or things of that nature in there that all of that um material needs to be moved out of 610 by the end …
- 2026-09-15County Health and Human Services CommitteeHealth & Human Services || September 15, 20261 passage1:13:30… that at least with galin initiatives and I don't know about galin housing resources you know bard and this is per gin's people speaking an IDA two or three months ago that BART actually changed the board constitution. They put BARD members on the board. So, I don't know if that affects housing resources, but I know that I heard him say that Galvin Initiatives did that. So, do …
- 30:25Um uh these are there's there's a set of time frames from when the IDA decides that uh the project merits financial assistance and allows the applicant to move forward with their project financing taking into account the IDA availability of funding. The IDA's made a commitment. It's essentially a commitment, but they haven't closed yet. So, we aren't in ownership or lease …
- 0:02We have two committee meetings. Uh the first one is a special economic development committee. I'm going to turn it over to Chairman Scoda.
- 2026-09-08CEDC (Columbia Economic Development Corp.)CEDC Executive Committee Meeting 9/8/261 passage0:24Good morning everyone. call to order this meeting of the executive committee of the Columbia Economic Development Corporations. Um, hope you had a nice Labor Day weekend and now it's back to work for advice.
- 13:38… to see if maybe if we can figure out a senior uh city senior path for transportation where maybe we can get them free transportation as an incentive uh to use the transportation if they need to need to bus if you know I know Calvin has also offered their van if we can do something with their van which also would be nice because we we can alter and be more flexible with a …
- 2026-08-25CEDC (Columbia Economic Development Corp.)CEDC Full Board Meeting 8/25/267 passages longer discussion10:24the loan committee report. IDA projects two new applications received by Columbia IDA from Hopkins House and Filmore and perch. However, we haven't received payment so I wouldn't call those formally completed applications yet but they're [clears throat] getting there. And then I have scheduled calls with all the principals for each of the IDA projects over the upcoming four …
- 58:07… building is started. Richmond Aviation has moved into their uh temporary office trailer. Um so that way the contractor can start the abatement process for hazardous materials. Again keep in mind that building was built back in the 60s so a lot of um asbestous materials in the flooring but that seems to be um going well as far as that prep work and um we do anticipate that the …
- 54:10… blighted communities. The BCP is an alternative to Greenfield development and is intended to remove some of the barriers and provide tax incentives for the redevelopment urban.
- 19:32Uh Mr. Kessler submitted an application in April to uh seeking financial assistance. He made a formal presentation to the IDA at its May meeting. From May to July, the IDA uh staff evaluated the project cost-benefit ratio engaging an independent appraiser and an economic development consultant. Uh and these reports were discussed at the May and July meetings. I reviewed the …
- 14:32… alternative for either that project or any capital project within the city would be handling it the same way that we've done with the DRI with the 33 grid, which is these short-term borrowings so that we have enough cash so we can loan it to the capital projects. So, but yeah,
- 2026-07-28CEDC (Columbia Economic Development Corp.)CEDC Full Board Meeting 7/28/2612 passages longer discussion20:46here. We've got nine at the Hudson IDA that we're following and five county IDA. Um I'll list them off and then if anybody's got any specific questions um and Mike if you want to flag any of them for any discussions. Uh for the Hudson IDA it's the John Edwards Penrose project which is senior housing. Uh, Hudson Terrace, which is housing, section 7 LLP, depot lofts, pocketbook, …
- 43:24Um we look some of these have been updated. The last state of update was local law in 2020. Um, we looked at uh what the incentives were as to whether or not somebody would actually pay the fine because as you know we had a very substantial amount of money and unpaid fines. uh the police department was now making great inroads in solving that problem, but there was very little …
- 2026-07-21CEDC (Columbia Economic Development Corp.)CEDC Finance Committee Meeting 7/21/268 passages longer discussion3:47Harvest. They're going to convert that motel into 51 housing units. Uh this IDA received a $70,000 fee. uh we're going to discuss we're going to propose to the IDA that uh they pay us uh from those funds the money that uh they owe us for deferral of our operating management fee for the last two years as well as the $7,000 that uh would be due to us under the contract where we …
- 2026-07-20County Economic Development CommitteeEconomic Development || July 20, 20264 passages longer discussion47:06And we also are asking you to redo authorization or the direction to CEDC transferred from the IDA to CEDC because
- 1:35:47unlike the original meetings of the DRRi committee when it was had originally been set up by uh Mayor Recctor, uh meetings of the committee that made these decisions were not open to the public. I don't know if any minutes were kept. I'm not sure the exact composition of the committee. So, thank you very much.
- 0:06Morning everybody. CEDC loan committee July 20th 2026. We'll call the meeting to order at 8:30. Um first item on the agenda from last meeting have a motion to motion approved. Second by Gary. All in favor? I. Any opposition? Motion carries. Next up on the agenda is the portfolio dashboard.
- 12:46Federal government allocates credits to each state in the country based on population and some other factors and demographical values. State then has uh an allocation of tax credits which they use themselves and they also give out some of those credits to different agencies or sometimes to an IDA or some agencies.
- 9:44they speak at the IDA. I missed the IDA this week.
- 0:00Okay, we're going to start the special uh ready meetings. First up is the special economic development meeting. Chairman,
- 2026-06-30CEDC (Columbia Economic Development Corp.)CEDC Full Board Meeting 6/30/267 passages longer discussion6:24… felt that they needed to build a septic system. Uh and we hope that uh they'll be able to have their application ready for next week's IDA meeting. We'll know that today Mr. IDA chairman. Uh the other uh project is the Blue Spruce Motel. Uh that's a $7 million IDA project has been approved by the IDA after a public hearing. Uh we
- 20:58uh 2026 borrowing. As you know, we had to borrow uh not only for ongoing uh cash flow coverage for the DRRi and the F Street Bridge, but also the pumper truck, which is the new pumper truck, which is scheduled to be delivered, I believe, sometime in July. Um, so, uh, we did a series of analyses to determine whether we should roll everything into short-term financing and then …
- 8:50Okay. Um, our first resolution this aware there is a vacancy on the IDA. The withdrawal and um in this process um any forward for consideration and uh to be uh considered for the IDA. So the pretty much the same one we had when we authority to appoint the community council. Uh so we both on this I'd like the council.
- 21:23… supposed to be paying attention to these things, but somebody from the city needs to pay attention. Now, the same thing happened with the DRRi work. You go to the top of the Second Street stairs and there's a huge crack there. Well, what's going to happen with that? Is that going to be ignored?
- 0:05All right, morning everybody. It's the June 22nd meeting of the CEDC loan committee. First item on the agenda are the minutes from May 18th. Do we have a motion to accept the minutes?
- 22:50and you know I think it's again it's a good idea but we definitely have to let people know that this is I mean that will be one of the incentives. It won't be necessarily incentive, but the reason to pay it back is because this is a shared fund. So, we're helping you, but you're, you know, when you pay it back to us, the goal is to help someone else. So,
- 25:06… a summary document. Um the city of Hudson faces increasing pressure to balance housing production, historic preservation, walkability, economic development, and parking demand. Many infill residential projects, adaptive reuse developments, and mixed-use buildings are constrained by small lots, historic building footprints, and limited opportunities to provide off-street …
- 39:32Um our next resolution um uh we have two um I see Mitro is here. We have two members of the community uh put the name forward to be appointed to the IDA and the community members. Um, we received I receive I didn't receive it until today, but actually it was sent to me last week.
- 2026-06-10County Board of SupervisorsWellness Hub Presentation || Full Board Meeting || June 10, 20261 passage46:30So, thank you all very very much. I was on the board of Columbia Economic Development Corporation that we had to find somebody on an interim basis and Bruce Bonesack from uh Germantown Tel said to Dave Crawford and I u maybe Mike Tucker would come help us out for a few months.
- 2026-06-09CEDC (Columbia Economic Development Corp.)CEDC Executive Committee Meeting 6/9/264 passages longer discussion0:39… this time. Um Jonathan Spaich Nano has accepted the position. Uh he officially begins uh next Monday, June 15th. Uh this week he's at the Economic Development Camp. Uh today is the opening day of a four-day school uh in Albany uh that is conducted by the New York State Economic Development Council. And [clears throat] uh it will be experience unlike trying to take a sip of …
- 16:56for their reviewing stand. Right. And now with the DRRi bumpouts, it's can't fit there.
- 21:40I don't I mean I I think there has to be some incentive. I think we should have a prize for adults and a prize for kids. Refreshments maybe.
- 17:07… in public. Someone goes out and buys it out of you, right? So, but again, it's very fact specific. So, and we're pretty I don't think the IDA has ever got uh this IDA. I don't I don't recall it ever. I couldn't tell you. But if you needed to, the the exceptions are there. So turning to the tax exemption policy, um the IDA is required to have a uniform tax exemption policy. Um …
- 15:33… to remediate some of the existing conditions on the site and uh and will provide some additional funding for the project. Um and also the downtown revitalization um uh initiative. We've received funding under that uh that uh program as well.