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SCHENECTADY CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE AGENDA for Monday, September 15,2014 5:30 p.m. Room 1111 The Council President r e s e w s fhe right to add or deiete any agenda item prior to Committee Meeting. Presentation 1 Dog Holding Facility Presentation (Room 209) Wayne Bennett Finance 1 Parker Inn Leesa Perazzo 2 20 15 Budget - Gall for Public Hearing Deborah DeCenova Public Service & Utilities 1 Easement far National Grid for Solar Prdect Paul Lafond City Development & Planning 1 Discussion - Electronic Sigp Messaging Rate Peggy King 2 CR-ManufacturingWeek Peggy King 3 CR - Recogni"cion of Daily Gazette Government Operations 1 Ord to Anend Cnap i 38 Conmercial Property inspections John Mootooveren Claims 1 Tax cer&L&S Realty Carl Falotico 2 Tax cert Colonial Car Care Carl Falotico 3 Tax Certs - Tmstco Bank, Five Properties Rachael Ward 4 TaxCeuil-CVS Racbael Ward  CITY OF SCMENECTADII LEGISLATION REQUEST FORTCI GOMB2ITTEE ASSIGNMENT: FINANCE DATE: SEPTERIBER 11,2014 TO: City Council FRO&%: Deborah DeGenova SUBJECT: 2015 Budget - Call for Public Hearing TO BE PLACED ON COUNCIL AGENDA OF: September 15,2014 Background In-tbrmation: Pursuant to Section 36 of the Second Class Cities Law and Article VI of the Charter of the City of Schenectady, an Ordinance to approve and adopt the Proposed 2014 Operating Budget and any relevant Capital Budget needs to be adopted on or before November 1", 20 14. A Public Hearing is a necessary component of the proposal and adoption of the City's Annual Budget. Evaluation/Analvsis: The Mayor's Proposed 2015 Budget will be delivered to City Council on or before October 1, 2014. The 2015 Budget will include Capital Projects and a budget for the following knds: General, Golf, Water and Sewer. It is proposed that the Call for Public Hearing request be addressed at the City Council's September 1sthCnmmiMee and SqteInher and council meetings. If the Call for Public Wea~ngrequest is approved by the City Council at its September 22'"koiancil Meeting, the Puhlic Heafing would then be schedliied for and held on October 14Ih, Any comments received at such hear?ing would. be considered at the City Counci19s October 20'"omrnirhee Meeting and, with CounciY's approval, the adoption of file 201 5 Annual Budget could then be considered at the City C'ouricil's October 27" meeting or thereaeer, Recommendation: It i s respectfully recommended that this Calf for a Public Healing on the 20 L 5 Proposed Budget be approved and that such hearing be scheduled fbr October 14,2914. 2  CITY OF SCHENECTADY LEGISLATIVE REQUEST FORM COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT DATE: September 15,2014 TO: City Council FROM: Paul LaFond, Director of Water & Wastewater SUBJECT: National Grid Easement for Solar Project - 1134 Balltown Road TO BE PLACED ON COUNCIL AGENDA OF: September 22,2014 Background Information: As a result of the current project with Solar City at the City of Schenectady's Bevis Hill Reservoir located in the Town of Niskayuna at 1134 Balltown Road, it is necessary to provide an easement for the electrical pole and associated underground wiring, and transformer Evaluation/Analysis: The City to approve the easement for the infrastructure. Recommendation: Authorize the Mayor to sign the easement. Legislation will be prepared by: Water Department 3  r iaLiur ratyr ru 8 HERE WiTH VQU. MERE FOR VOU, lsag Broadway, Albany, IVY 22204 September 9,20 14 City of Schenectady Water Dept. Attn: Paul Laford 105 Jay Street --- Room 206 Schenectady, NV 12305 We: 1134 Balltown Rd. ESR # 15915787 Enclosed is the easement that is required to process your application, Please sign the easement for your property exactly as indicated on the document. ALI easements need to be signed in fi-ont of a. notary public. Il-4 ADDITION, MAKE NO CHANGES to the documents. PLEASE I D 8 NOT REMOVE THE MAP FROM THIS DOCUMENT. Once the easemer?t is signed and noti!rized, please return the executed easement in the seff- addressed, postage paid envelope that has been provided. Until we are in receipt of the completed documents, "iullysigned and notarized, without any changes, your application can not move forward. If you have any questions regarding the easements, please contact me at. the number below. Tf you have any other questions, please contact your customer o d e r firlfillment rep, at 5-800-260-0054. Very truly yours, M a y Prirraero Sght-of-\Vay Agent NadcrrraT Grid USA MPicmc Enclosures nationalgrid - - -- -- HERE WITH You, HERE For":You. 4  C OF EASEMENT CITY OF SewENecrAD'ii of 1134 Balltom Rd, Schenectady, F W 12309 (hereinafter referred to as "Grantor"") for considerat~onof One Dollar ($ t.OO), and other valuable considerations pad, the recerpt and sufficiency of which are hereby achowiedged under seaf, hereby grants to NIA M O H A W P O M R CORPORATION, a New Uork corporation, having an address at 300 Erie Boulevard West, Syracuse, New York t 3202 and VERLZON NEW V O W , INC. Kavbg an address of 140 WEST STREET, NEW %'Om, NEW UORK 10007 (herernakr collectively refened to as "Grantees"), for Grantees and their lessees, licensees, successors, and assigns, the perpewal right and easement as described in Section 1 below (the ""Easement"")n, under. through, over, across, and upon the Grantor's land, as described in Section 2 below (the "Grantor's Land'". Seetion 1 - Bescrintion of the Easement. The ""Easement" granted by the Grantor to the Grantee consrsts of a perpetual easement and right-of-%ray,with the right, privilege, and aurhority to: a, Construct, reconsmct, relocate, extend, repair, maintain, operate, inspect, patrol, and, at its pleasue, abandon or remove underwand electric facilities inctuding a l ~ n eor fines of wires or cables (eitl~erdkect-buried or instafted in underground conduits), han&oles, manholes, conduit, vaults, junction boxes, pad-mount transfomers, housings, comectors, switches and stvitching equipment, pipes, pedestals, closures, ducts and duct work, markers, cables, connections to overhead and underground wires, any poles or lines of poles, supporting stntchres, cables, crossasms, overhead and underground wlres, guys, guy stubs, msulators. tranffomers, braces, fittings, foundations, anchors, lateral service lines, commun~cationsfacilities, and other fixtures and appurlenances (colfectively, the ""Fc~lities"'),which the Crantee shall require now and from tlme to time, for the transmission and drstribution of high and low voltage electric current and for the kansmission of intelligence and comunication puvoses, by any means, \vbether rrow existing or hereaicler devised, for public or pritrale use, in, upon, over, under, and across that portion of the Grantor's Land described in Section 3 below (the '"Easement hea"'), and the h~ghways abutting or running thrwgh the Grantor's Land, and to renew, replace, add to, and otherwise change the Fac~litiesand each and every part thereof and the location thereof within the Easement Area, and utilize the Facilities within the Easernent Area for the purpose of providing semice to the Grantor and others; b. From time to ttme, without hrther payment therefore, clear and keep cleared, by physical, chemical, or other means, the Easement Area of any and all Ires, vegetation, roots, aboveground or belowground stmcdures, improvements, or other obstructions and trtrn andlor remove other trees, roots and vegetation adjacent to the Easement Area that, in the opinion of the Grantee, may interfere with the conslruct~on,operation, and maintenance of Ihe Facilities. The first clearing may be -For less than the MI ~ ~ i d t andh may be widened from t m e to time to the hL1 width; C. Excavate or change the grade of the Grantor's Land as is reasomble, necessary, and proper for any and a11 purposes described in this Section 1; provided, Irowwer, that the Grantee will, upon completion of its work, backfill and restore any excavated areas to reasonably the same condition as existed prior to such excavation; and d. Pass and repass along the Easement Area to and from the adjoining lands and pass and repass over, across, and upon the Grantor's Land to and from the Easement Area, and constmct, reconstruct, relocate, use, and maintain such footbridges, causeways, and ways of access, if any, thereon, as is reasonable and necessary in order to exercise to the &Hest extent the Easement. - The "Grantor's Land"2s descr~bedm a ceaaln Deed recorded m the Schenectrty County Clerk" Office m Liber 232 of Deeds at Page 409 and consrsts o f Land descrrbed as helng part of Tax Parcel No, 56,-1-1 sfthe T o m oCNiskayuaa, County o f Schenectady, New Uurk, commonly known as If34 Balltown Rd. Secdon 3 - Localfam o f the Easemeat Area The ""Eafment h a " sslrail eonsrst o f a podlorn sf the Grantor's Land 20 feet m w~dtlathoughout rts extent, the centerl~neof the Easenrent h a being the centerilne of the Faclhtres. The general Locat~onof the Easement Area 1s sborm cm the sketch entrtled, "Easement #I5915701- Easement Sketch-Exhibit A," whrch sketch 1s ;illached hereto asA- and recorded herewtth, copres of whrch are ur the possesx~onof the Grantor and the Grantees. The final and defin~t~ve locztron(s) o f the Easement Area shall become eslabhshed by and upon the final ~nstaliart~on and erection o f the Faclldres by the Grantees m substani~dcomplrance wrth Exhrb~tA hereto - It rs agreed that the Faahties shall remrn the property of the Grantee, ~ t s successors and assigns. Secdon 5 - General Providons. The Grantor* for itsel5 I& he~rs,legal representataves, successors, and assrgns, hereby covenants and agrees w ~ t hthe Grantee that no act will be pernzltted w~th~imthe Easement -Area which rs iasconslstent \with the Easement hereby granted, no bUlidrngs or stmctures, or replacemenis thereof or addmons thereto, swrrnmrag pools, or obstmctlons avtll be erected or ecnstmcted abcve or below grade sv~thnthe Easement Area, no trees shall be grown, cuittvated, UG-OH Elec :i:Tel Dist Easement 32-14-lss1s-r~:i 7 z q 5  or hmested, and no excavating, minmg, or blasting shall be undertaken wrthin the Easement k e a without the prior wntten consent of the Grantee, rt bemg the Intent that the Easement herein conveyed 1s mtended to prokib~the longitudinal or parallel i use or occupancy of said Easement Area by surface or subsurface activities or strucfures wlhich might damage or interfere with the Facrltt~esthe Easement shall not be trrvdrfied nor the Easement Area relocated by the Grantor wthout the Grantee's prior written consent; the present grade or ground level of the Easeme.rrt Area wiif not be changed by excavation or filling; the GraMee shall quietly enjoy the Grantor" Land; and the Grantor will forever warrant title to the Grantor" Land. The Grantee, its successors and assrgns, are hereby expressly given and granted the right to asslgn thrs Easement, or any part thereof? or inlerest therein, and the same shafl be divisible between or among two or more owners, as to any right or rights created hereunder, so that each assignee or o m e r shalt have the h I l right, priv~lege,and authority herein granted, to be owned and enjoyed either In common or severally. T h ~ sGrant of Easement shall at at1 times be deemed to be and shall be a continuing covenant nrming with the Grantor's Land and shall inure to and be binding upon the successors, heirs, legal representatives, and asstgns of the panles named in this Grant of Easement. IN WTNESS m I E W O F , l-he Grantors have duly executed this Grant of Easement under seal this day of 2014, Cxrv OF SCHENEGTADY By: (L.S.) Signature of Grantor Its: Title State of On the day of in the year 2014, before me, the undersigned, personalty appeared ,personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that heisheithey executed the same in hisheritheir capacity(ies), and that by hisiheritheir signature(s) on the instrument, the individualfs), or the person upon behalf of which the individual(s) acted, executed the instrument. Notary Public 1 Nationat Grid 1 P1Menl:on Jane Cataiaaa, Manager I Real Estate Energy Lbelrvery Support i i25 Broadway, zndFloor i Albany, NY 12204 WR# 1591570'7 6 7 City of Schenectady - resolution for The Daily Gazette WHEREAS, the Daily Gazette is celebrating its 120th year of publication after being formed in 1894 by the Schenectady Printing Association, the original owners having purchased a weekly newspaper called the Schenectady Gazette and turned it into a daily (Monday through Saturday) called The Daily Gazette; and WHEREAS, the newspaper was immediately highly successful under the leadership of its first president, Gerardus Smith, despite the presence of two other Schenectady newspapers, the Evening Star and The Union, and in 1902 purchased a new press and began using the name of its predecessor, the Schenectady Gazette; and WIjEREAS, the company purchased the property it had been renting on State Street in 1924 and tvvo years later, on Jan. 4, 1926, rolled off the presses with a "new look;" and WHEREAS, "re newspaper originally described itself as ""dependent: in politics," it ithas also been known as the "independent voice of the Capital Region," and the ""locally owned voice 05' the Capitat RegionH";nd WHEREAS, the newspaper in 1948 started a commitment to regional coverage well beyond the city and county of Schenectady, and WHEREAS, there was very little change in the newspaper's appearance until 1984 when, due to a national change in advedising standards, the newspaper went from eight columns to six, and WHEREAS, the newspaper stopped endorsing political candidates In 1988 and replaced its women's pages with a Life and Leisure section in 1986, and WHEREAS, the newspaper declared it would become the Daily Gazette in 1989, reflecting the commitment to regional coverage, and WHEREAS, the newspaper on Sept. 9, 1990 published its first Sunday edition, having earlier that year moved lo its new location at 2345 Maxon Road Extension in Schenechddy and purchased a new press that ailowed for color photographs, and WHEREAS, the newspaper created an on-line website in W96 that has continued to change and expand, giving readers around-the-clock access lo the latest news, and WHEREAS, an independent and vibrant press is vital to our community, and WHEREAS, the newspaper has remained an independent newspaper owned and operated by the Smith, Green and Hume Families for the last 120 years, and WHEREAS, current company owners Elizabeth Hume Lind, board president, and Wiliiam S. Hume, bead secretary and treasurer, are committed lo keeping The Daily Gazette an independenhoice in the region, therefore be rl be declared Daily Gazette day in the city sf RESOLVED, that Wednesday, Od.4, 201'4, Schenectady. 8  Page I of 1 Chuck Thorne From: Carl G. Falotico Sent: Friday, September 42,2014 2:31 PM To: Chuck Ihorne; Chad Pulrnan Subject: 2 certs .for the agenda Per Chuck and Peggy, please add these two agenda items to the claims committee agenda, 1.Settlement of a tax cert. brought by Coloniat Car Care. 2, Settlement of a tax cert. brought: by L&S Realty. 9  CITY OF SGHENEGTADU LEGISLATION REQUEST FORFI GOMiMITTEE ASSIGNMENT: DATE: 09110114 TO: COUNCILMEMBERS FROM: Raehael Ward SUBJECT: Tax Gert, Trustco Bank Tmsteo Bank filed tax eeds on five branches for the 2014 tax year. Many of the Trustco Bank properties were over assessed pafiieularly those in the Crane Street and Brandwine Avenue/State Street location. Recommendation: Accept the Settlement Offer LEGISLATION WILL BE PREPARED BY Rachael Ward, Law 10  CITY OF SCHENEGTABY LEGISLATION REQUEST FORM CORIblITTEE ASSIGIVTI5ENT: DATE: 09110114 TO: COUXCIL&IEMBERS FROhl: Rachael Ward SUBJECT: Tax Gert, GVS 2037 State Street CVS filed a tax cert for 2009-2014 -for their 2037 State Street location. The CVS property was over assessed according to the commercial appraiser consultant that we hired to do an independent evaluation. Recommendation: Accept the Settlement Offer LEGISLATION WlLL BE PREPARED BY Rachael Ward, Law 11