City Council Committees

SCHENECTADY CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE AGENDA for Monday, August 21, 2017 5:30 p.m. Room 110 The Council President reserves the right to add or delete any agenda item prior to Committee Meeting. Finance 1 Budget Reallocation - Lt. Position in SPD AC Seber Government Operations 1 Disc - Code Enforcement Leesa Perazzo Health & Recreation 1 PAL Revival Discussion Marion Porterfield Public Safety 1 Edward Byrne JAG Grant AC Seber 2 "Police Traffic Services Program" NYS Grant AC Seber Administrative Efficiency 1 Resolution condemning racism and the response from the Trump administration J. Polimeni, E Kosiur, J. Mootooveren, K. Wildzewski-Wildzunas City Development & Planning 1 Revocable Permit #622 for 251 State Street Chris Wallin 2 Revocable Permit #623 for 251 State Street Chris Wallin 3 Revocable Permit #624 for 202 State Street Chris Wallin 4 Sale of 123 Division Street Rachael Ward 5 Sale of 20 1/2 Catherine Street Rachael Ward 6 Sale of 1604 Carrie Street Rachael Ward 7 Sale of 655 Orchard Street Rachael Ward 8 Sale of 818 Congress Street Rachael Ward 9 Sale of 1151 Hilderbrandt Avenue and 18 Moyston Street Rachael Ward 10 Sale of 12 Grove Place Rachael Ward Claims 1 Tax Cert - Lower Broadway Kelly Walsh 2 Tax Cert - 1331 Lower Broadway Kelly Walsh 3 Tax Cert - 1725 VanVranken Avenue Kelly Walsh Friday, August 18, 2017  CITY OF SCHENECTADY LEGISLATION REQUEST FORM COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT: Government Operations DATE: 8/21/2017 TO: COUNCILMEMBERS FROM: Leesa Perazzo SUBJECT: Disc - Code Enforcement Background Information: Evaluation/Analysis: Recommendation: LEGISLATION WILL BE PREPARED BY_____ ________________ K:\Legislative Data & Forms\Legislation Request Form Mail Merge.doc  CITY OF SCHENECTADY COUNCIL COMMITTEE AGENDA REQUEST FORM COMMITTEE:Health & Recreation DATE: 8/17/17 TO: COUNCILMEMBERS FROM: Councilmember Porterfield SUBJECT: Police Athletic League (PAL) Background Information: Police officers have expressed an interest in starting a PAL in Schenectady again. We can also discuss how to involve the children that are residents at 122 PArk Avenue the Northern Rivers facility. Council Discussion Points: What it would take to get a Schenectady PAL started again. Staff Required: N/A Legislation Required Discussion Item LEGISLATION WILL BE PREPARED BY  CITY OF SCHENECTADY LEGISLATION REQUEST FORM COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT: Administrative Efficiency DATE: 8/21/2017 TO: COUNCILMEMBERS FROM: J. Polimeni, E Kosiur, J. Mootooveren, K. Wildzewski-Wildzunas SUBJECT: Resolution condemning racism and the response from the Trump administration Background Information: Evaluation/Analysis: Recommendation: LEGISLATION WILL BE PREPARED BY_____ ________________ K:\Legislative Data & Forms\Legislation Request Form Mail Merge.doc A Resolution Reaffirming Schenectady’s Values of Inclusion, Respect, and Justice, and the City’s Commitment to Reinforce These Values; Calling on President Donald Trump to Condemn Recent Attacks and Hate Speech WHEREAS, the United States was founded on the ideals stated in the Declaration of Independence with the unalienable rights of “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” for all Americans; and WHEREAS, freedoms for all Americans are guaranteed in the Constitution of the United States; and WHEREAS, racism is defined as a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race; and WHEREAS, there has risen in the United States a growing threat to political stability and justice that seeks to reignite social animosities, reverse improvements in race relations, divide our people, and provoke hatred, classism, and ethnic cleansing; and WHEREAS, the Constitution and laws of the United States and the State of New York, and the Charter and laws of the City of Schenectady do not support in any way act of bigotry, sexism, or racism; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHENECTADY, THE MAYOR CONCURRING, THAT, the City of Schenectady is proud of its cultural diversity and rejects retrograde ideologies, violence, hateful speech, and racial bigotry that seeks to destabilize our nation, society, government, and infect our political system, and calls upon President Donald Trump and all Federal and State elected officials to publicly denounce this scourge to society.