City Council Committees

SCHENECTADY CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE AGENDA for Monday, August 19, 2024 5:30 p.m. Room 110 The Council President reserves the right to add or delete any agenda item prior to Committee Meeting. Presentation 1 Community Change Council Carmel Patrick 2 Flood Plain Presentation Chris Wallin Public Safety Revisiting a Discussion about Reducing City Speed Limit to 25 mph and other Traffic Safety Carmel Patrick 1 Measures Finance CPH – to Collect Feedback from City Residents on our CDBG_CV Funding to Prevent, Prepare Bawan Karn 1 for, and Respond to Coronavirus Projects 2 ARPA – Duryee Foundation / Empowerment Center, Carver Resource Center Fund Reallocation Alexandria Carver City Development & Planning ABAC – for the “Schenectady City Hall Ventilation Replacement – EC” to SW Burke Electric, Chris Wallin 1 LLC in the Amount of $39,375.00 ABAC – for the “Schenectady City Hall Clock Tower Restoration” to Mid-State Industries, Ltd. Chris Wallin 2 in the Amount of $508,000.00 3 Discussion – Ceremonial Renaming of a City Street John Mootooveren 4 Sale of 115 Victory Avenue, Vacant Lot Maurice Brown, III 5 Sale of 845 Oakwood Avenue, Vacant Lot Maurice Brown, III 6 Sale of 905 Francis Avenue Maurice Brown, III 7 Sale of 1044 Helderberg Avenue Maurice Brown, III 8 Sale of 1142 Cutler Street Maurice Brown, III 9 Sale of 1210 First Avenue Maurice Brown, III 10 Discussion - Property at 524 Paige Street Marion Porterfield 11 Discussion - Property at 340 and 346 Georgetta Dix Marion Porterfield 1  CITY OF SCHENECTADY LEGISLATION REQUEST FORM COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT: DATE: August 14, 2024 TO: COUNCILMEMBERS FROM: Carmel Patrick SUBJECT: Community Change Council Presentation Background Information: The Community Change Council emerged from The Schenectady Foundation’s One Schenectady Systems Change initiative. Schenectady residents, local community leaders, and members of the One Schenectady Strategy Working Group were involved in its formation. Evaluation/Analysis: A priority of the Community Change Council is “ensuring Quality Affordable Housing in Schenectady,” with a focus on “addressing the issues surrounding property code violations and their impact on residents.” It plans to work with City Council to: o “Allocate a percentage of code violation fees to a rental assistance fund for residents threatened with eviction or needing rehousing. o Introduce a licensing requirement for absentee landlords who own more than two properties, to ensure compliance with housing standards. o Implement a registration fee for absentee landlords, with proceeds going into the rental assistance fund.” Recommendation: City Council hear a presentation by members of the Community Change Council to learn more about its plans. LEGISLATION WILL BE PREPARED BY _____________________ 2  SCHENECTADY CITY COUNCIL Legislative Request Form Committee: Presentation Committee Date: Monday, August 19, 2024 From: Chris Wallin Subject Flood Plain Presentation Background Info: Evaluation/Analysis Recommendation Friday, August 16, 2024 3  ONE Schenectady Coming together to unleash our diverse strengths and create thriving communities for one and all The Community Change Council The Community Change Council emerged from ONE Schenectady, a county-wide movement focused on resident-driven change for thriving communities. The Council is composed of engaged Schenectady residents and community leaders who are united in their efforts to enact positive changes desired by the community. Housing One Schenectady, Together The Community Change Council has united to tackle the challenge of ensuring Quality Affordable Housing in Schenectady through 90 Days of Action. We envision a future where everyone who lives in Schenectady is able to live in a healthy home that helps them thrive and unleash their full potential. We recognize that landlords, tenants, homeowners, neighborhood leaders, city staff (including code enforcement) all have important roles to play in creating our desired future. Unfortunately, all too often, these stakeholders find each other at odds with one another, and/or have difficulty accessing the information and resources they need to fully contribute to healthy, safe, and affordable housing In response to these challenges, the Council seeks to develop a website to host housing-related information to support residents, landlords, property managers, homeowners, and neighborhood leaders in Schenectady County. Will you help us? By completing this survey, you will help us understand and identify: • The potential features that would be most useful on the website. • Community interest in a Landlord Excellence App for Schenectady (LEAS) to be created by tenants and landlords working together to support informed housing decisions. This web app would provide information about rental properties and recognize landlords who comply with city codes. • Community members who would like to be part of designing the web app and Housing One Schenectady Together website. • Community members who would like to4 be part of the Community Change Council 5  CITY OF SCHENECTADY LEGISLATION REQUEST FORM COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT: DATE: August 19, 2024 TO: COUNCILMEMBERS FROM: Carmel Patrick SUBJECT: Revisiting a discussion about Reducing City Speed Limit to 25 mph and other Traffic Safety Measures Background Information: On August 12, 2022, NYS legislation went into effect, authorizing cities and villages to act locally to impose a city- or village-wide speed limit as low as 25 miles per hour on city or village roads. In June 2022, Schenectady City Council had requested that the Governor sign this legislation. We continue to receive numerous concerns from City residents regarding traffic safety and speeding. Evaluation/Analysis: We continue to hear from residents who are concerned about speeding and other traffic issues in the City of Schenectady. Recommendation: City Council again revisit the discussion we initiated in September 2022 and revisited in September 2023 about reducing the City speed limit to 25 mph, and/or other traffic safety measures. LEGISLATION WILL BE PREPARED BY _____________________ 6  CITY OF SCHENECTADY LEGISLATIVE REQUEST FORM COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT: DATE: August 15, 2024 TO: City Council FROM: Bawan Karn SUBJECT: Public hearing to collect feedback from City residents on our CDBG- CV Funding to Prevent, Prepare for, and Respond to Coronavirus project Background Information: A second public hearing is required by Federal Housing and Community Development Act to collect feedback from our residents on the City’s CDBG-CV Funding to Prevent, Prepare for, and Respond to Coronavirus project in order to close it out. Evaluation/Analysis: The City can call a Public Hearing to comply with the requirements. Recommendation: Approve the legislative request seeking the calling of a Public Hearing. LEGISLATION WILL BE PREPARED BY_____LAW DEPARTMENT_________ 7  CDBG Public Hearing Requirements The Federal Housing and Community Development Act “encourages citizen participation, with particular emphasis on participation by persons of LMI,” both in the preparation of CDBG applications and throughout the implementation of local CDBG projects. • Public hearings should be held at a time and place convenient to the general public, with accommodations for persons with disabilities • Two (2) public hearings are required: o First hearing must happen between proposal and application (see template) ▪ Notice should identify the amount of CDBG funding requested, the program year, and the proposed activities o For those awarded, second hearing must be complete before submission of the request for closeout • Current guidance allows for virtual hearings • Must be conducted before a quorum of the legislative body (must be the municipality's official legislative body, not a division of local government) • Municipality must provide a minimum seven (7) day period between the publication of the hearing notice and the hearing itself. Note that the date of publication is day "zero”. See below. Day 7 – Day 0 – Date of Date of Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Public Publication Hearing • Hearing notice must be conspicuously posted in one or more public locations at least seventy-two (72) hours prior to the actual hearing. This can be a physical posting (e.g. Town hall bulletin board) or on a website. Evidence of posting must be attached to the application. o Acceptable evidence of posting: Website screenshot or digital photo with date, written attestation, or other clear evidence documenting the above. • A copy of the application must be available for public inspection at the municipal office(s). • Municipalities are strongly encouraged to accept comments from the public at least 48 hours after the date of the hearing. • The public hearing must also disclose the following information to citizens, which includes, but is not limited to: o The amount of CDBG funds expected to o The estimated amount of CDBG funds be made available for the current fiscal proposed for activities that benefit LMI year (including the grant and anticipated National Objective Program Income) o The proposed CDBG activities likely to o A listing of the activities to be undertaken result in displacement and the with CDBG funds municipality’s anti-displacement and relocation plan required under 24 CFR 570.488 • Recent legislation requires documents that are going to be discussed at open meetings to be made available on request and to be posted on the government's website at least 24 hours prior to the meeting, giving the public access to these important documents in advance. Ready to Submit an Application? • The following list MUST be submitted with all applications to serve as documentation that the Citizen Participation requirements have been fully met: Affidavit of Publication as provided by the newspaper A full, clearly legible copy of the legal notice as published Copy of minutes from the hearing Copy of sign-in/attendance sheet 8 Clear, legible documentation of 72-hour attestation II. APPLICATION FORMS A. PROJECT CONTACT INFORMATION 1. Application Submission Authorization Did the applicant receive an email from an OCR Program Director  Yes ✔  No authorizing a full application submission for this project? If Yes, what was the date of the If No, please contact the CDBG CARES 3/8/22 email authorization? mailbox to verify applicant status. 2. Applicant Information CDBG Entitlement ✔□ Entitlement □ Non-Entitlement □ Not-for Profit Status Organization Name City of Schenectady Type City Mailing Address 105 Jay Street City Schenectady State New York Zip + 4 12305-1905 Phone (518) 382-5000 Primary Email GMcCarthy@schenectadyny.gov Website https://www.cityofschenectady.com/ EIN 14-6002430 DUNS 060529898 Fiscal Year End 12 Month 31 Day 2022 Year 3. Chief Elected Official/Executive Director - CEO/ED (If term is ending, please provide new contact information) First Name Gary R. Last Name McCarthy Title Mayor Term Effective Date April 2011 Term End Date April 2023 9 New CEO/ED Name Title Term Effective Date Term End Date City Zip + 4 Phone Email 4. Primary Local Grant Contact (Must be a municipal or NFP employee other than CEO) Name John Coluccio Title City Signal Superintendent Address 105 Jay Street City Schenectady Zip + 4 12305-1905 Phone (518) 382-5065 Email jcoluccio@schenectadyny.gov 5. Applicant Political District Information Congressional District(s) 20 Assembly District(s) 111 Senate District(s) 49 6. Program/Project Information Project Name City of Schenectady CDBG-CV - Wifi Connectivity, Community Portal & Telehealth Pilot The City of Schenectady is requesting $2,615,853 of CDBG-CV funding to Brief Project Prevent, Prepare for, and Respond to Coronavirus . The proposal includes three Description: projects: (1) increased WiFi Connectivity in Underserved Areas, (2) Creation of a (1-3 sentences) Community Information Portal Using Public WiFi, and (3) Launching a “Stay Well” Explanation of activities Telehealth Monitoring Pilot. and funding requested Location City of Schenectady 10 Location Type Wifi- select underserved areas; Community Portal & Telehealth Pilot- City wide Address Specific Wifi- Goose Hill, Park Place/Huron, Stockade and Hamilton Hill Community-Wide Wifi- No, see tracts below / Community Portal and Telehealth Pilot- Yes Census Tract / Block Wifi- 201.02; 202; 203; 335; 209; 210.02 Group 11  Program Results from HCR CDBG-CV CARES Final Annual Performance Report At the conclusion of the project, the City of Schenectady and program partners provided a final annual performance report with the results from all three projects. Below are the results that were provided to the HCR-CARES team. Project Duration: 01/01/24 thru 10/31/24 Project #1: - WIFI CONNECTIVITY IN UNDERSERVED AREAS The disproportionate effects of the Coronavirus on underserved and minority communities is well documented across the U.S. As in many other places, the lack of digital access in many areas of the City of Schenectady was brought to the forefront as the Coronavirus spread in 2020, effecting thousands of low- and moderate-income individuals and families trying to work and learn remotely in Schenectady's distressed neighborhoods. CDBG funding was used for deployment of Wi-Fi connectivity to distressed areas of Goose Hill (North End), Park Place/Huron, and Stockade area, as well as the Hamilton Hill area. This work has been completed within the HCR CARES period of performance. By installing wireless access points, complete third-party utility pole “make-ready”, and other associated design work and professional services. Wi-Fi access points were installed in high need areas of the City. The project was able to bridge the digital divide present in the City that disproportionately effects LMI residents and aid in efforts by the Schenectady City School District to provide equitable, quality education to every student. Project # 2: COMMUNITY INFORMATION PORTAL USING PUBLIC WIFI The need for a vehicle to provide consistently available, reliable information to the public became even more apparent during the Covid-19 pandemic, and as noted above, the digital divide impacted LMI communities disproportionately throughout. The funding for this project was used to create and maintain an information and news website that will be the landing page for everyone in the City of Schenectady using the public WIFI. The site will focus on four core areas: community information, local news, community forum and local business platform, the latter which is making this project self- sustainable. This project was able to develop a web portal to provide internet access to all areas of Schenectady. Once the web site was completed the focus shifted to developing ongoing web content to highlight the various neighborhoods in Schenectady (News, Events, etc.). The web site is fully operational and development staff is in place and will continue to add content. Project 3: “STAY WELL” TELEHEALTH MONITORING PILOT The Stay Well Program launched starting August 7th, 2023 at Schenectady's Ellis Medicine after full IRB (Institutional Review Board) approval was received and a full-time program coordinator is overseeing the program. AION (formally Idion) received FDA clearance in August and are providing devices at no cost to public housing residents who meet criteria (have preexisting conditions that make them susceptible to infection/immune compromised). 12 Page 5  Program Results from HCR CDBG-CV CARES Final Annual Performance Report With the framework established for this project, we have strategically implemented the Stay Well Program at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady. Here, we have successfully onboarded over 100 immunocompromised patients, who are predominantly local cancer patients. These individuals received Aion’s wearable continuous temperature monitoring device, enabling early detection and treatment of infections. Preliminary results indicate that the device successfully detected fevers in patients, facilitating early administration of antibiotics. This proactive approach has significantly reduced unnecessary emergency department visits, empowering patients to manage their treatment at home. More than 80% of these patients were managed in an outpatient setting rather than requiring emergency department care, demonstrating the program's effectiveness in reducing hospital admissions. Moreover, by reducing emergency department admissions and potentially shortening hospital stays for this vulnerable patient group, the Stay Well Program at Ellis Hospital has likely contributed to substantial cost savings. This improvement not only enhances patient care but also optimizes hospital resources. The Stay Well program at Ellis has also revealed varying reactions among chemotherapy patients, highlighting brief but significant increases in body temperature in some cases. AION believes that understanding these inflammatory impacts will pave the way for more effective treatments. The Stay Well program will be enrolling all immunocompromised City employees, at no cost to them, in the program over the next two months. This should be approximately 30-40 employees. In advancing this program we are working with MVP to show that readmissions can be significantly reduced by getting ahead of infection, before it turns life threatening. The aim is for this program to be expanded more broadly to all City residents. The Stay Well program attempted to reach residents at public housing and provided the device free of charge to at least 50 such residents. We found that it was difficult to compel compliance with wearing the device as it was being given to them by the City and not by their doctor, as is the case at Ellis Hospital. Going forward in order to scale this program we have learned that we will need to partner directly with physicians and healthcare providers. The project team remains dedicated to expanding and sustaining the Stay Well program in Schenectady beyond its initial phase. Page 6 13 CITY OF SCHENECTADY CDBG -CV PROJECT PROPOSAL APRIL 20, 2022 1. Description of Need and Impact a) Provide a brief description of need for the project, including any quantifiable information (i.e., number of people affected, area affected, etc.) The description, to extent possible, should be based on verifiable documentation attached, such as supports letters, architectural/engineering reports, or market analysis. PROJECT # 1 - WIFI CONNECTIVITY IN UNDERSERVED AREAS The disproportionate effects of the Coronavirus on underserved and minority communities is well documented across the U.S. As in many other places, the lack of digital access in many areas of the City of Schenectady was brought to the forefront as the Coronavirus spread in 2020, effecting thousands of low- and moderate-income individuals and families trying to work and learn remotely in Schenectady's distressed neighborhoods. Based upon analysis of accessibility for residents, the City has installed public Wi-Fi for a pilot area within the City limits that involved installing wireless access points connected to newly installed City-owned fiber optic infrastructure in underserved areas. The impact of this pilot project has already been measured and the City is seeing significant benefits to these neighborhoods. While less than 10% of the City has access to public Wi-Fi to date, the following data drives home the need for increased access to all segments of the community: • From June 27, 2020 through December 31, 2021 there were over 40,000 unique visitors. • Usage between January 2021 through January 2022 saw over 6 million web site hits to educational and government websites • There were over 1500 different educational or government web pages visited from January 2021 through January 2022 PROJECT # 2 - COMMUNITY INFORMATION PORTAL USING PUBLIC WIFI The need for a vehicle to provide consistently available, reliable information to the public became even more apparent during the Covid-19 pandemic, and as noted above, the digital divide impacted LMI communities disproportionately throughout. The funding for this project will be used to create and maintain an information and news website that will be the landing page for everyone in the City of Schenectady using the public WIFI. The site will focus on four core areas: community information, local news, community forum and local business platform. PROJECT # 3 “STAY WELL” TELEHEALTH MONITORING PILOT With the support of this grant funding, the City of Schenectady will launch “Stay Well” - a groundbreaking remote patient monitoring pilot program to mitigate infection, reduce hospital readmissions, and support immune compromised residents. We will be initially focused on supporting those over 65, particularly at risk of Covid-19 or suffering or recovering from Covid-19, those recuperating from major surgery or joint replacement, undergoing chemotherapy, and various other residents at high risk of infection. The program will also be offered to all city employees, regardless of age, who meet the eligibility requirements. The program will aim to enroll 500 participants by December 31, 2022. b) Provide an explanation of how the proposed project will address the identified need. PROJECT # 1 - WIFI CONNECTIVITY IN UNDERSERVED AREAS CDBG funding would be used for deployment of Wi-Fi connectivity to distressed areas of Goose Hill (North End), Park Place/Huron, and Stockade area, as well as the Hamilton Hill area (see attached service area map). This work could be completed within the 12-month CDBG period of performance. By installing wireless access points, complete third-party utility pole “make-ready”, and other associated design work and professional services. Wi-Fi access points will be installed in high need areas of the City. 1 14 The proposed project will: • bridge the digital divide present in the City that disproportionately effects LMI residents • aid in efforts by the Schenectady City School District to provide equitable, quality education to every student • support the Emergency Medicine Triage project recently piloted by the Schenectady Fire Department with the capacity to directly route persons calling 911 with minor medical needs to the Virtual ER without the need for an emergency medical response. PROJECT # 2 - COMMUNITY INFORMATION PORTAL USING PUBLIC WIFI Education and the steady flow of correct information along with the right tools and support has been proven to drive the best results in protecting people from this pandemic and to eventually prevent/mitigate the next one. This site will be critical in this task. The Community Portal will provide the public with information in four (4) core areas that address the need for public health education and up to date accurate information. 1. Community Information • County Health Department guidance, reference guides, updates, FAQs, and local COVID tracking. This can evolve into information on diet, mental health, preventative care, and overall community wellbeing. Community wellbeing will be an outcome that both protects the residents from the current pandemic and also helps build a shield for the next one. • School district’s information and feedback platform. The most up to date information and guidance on COVID or any health-related emergency along with general school updates and FAQ’s. The ability to get into every home with school aged children with pandemic related information and guidance will help the city prepare for the waves in the current pandemic as well as react quickly to prevent the next one. • Local medical provider’s links for ongoing community health and quick response in emergencies. This will include an education piece to direct people to the correct provider for their need along with updates and changes to programs and services. • General city information including, city’s list and schedule of services, traffic/parking, meeting schedule, live video of city meeting, community development and an archive of past meeting. This will evolve as we receive feedback from the residents • Police and community safety will have a place for updates, alerts, and community feedback 2. Local news The Daily Gazette will feed the site with local news and community interest stories, including all COVID/health related stories for the entire state as published in the Daily Gazette/affiliate news sites. 3. Community forum • Local groups will be given a platform for community interaction. This will include online forums, blogs, podcasts, and video from local events/meetings. This will have a survey and feedback tracking tool that can be used by the people participating • All city and county offices will be able to poll, survey and request feedback on the site • Community health forums populated by the people living in Schenectady will give a ground level look into the options available to people to live a healthier life. This will be curated by the site editor to ensure the information is factual. 4. Local business platform for advertising, listings, and promotion PROJECT # 3 “STAY WELL” TELEHEALTH MONITORING PILOT The City will be the lead facilitator of this program, working in partnership with Ellis Hospital, Idion, and Advanced Diagnostics Inc (ADI). Idion, a secure identification, vitals tracking platform company, will provide qualified program participants with a skin-applied, low profile Idion iTempShield that will monitor their 2 15 temperature continuously for 30 days. Therefore, if a participant’s temperature rises above a set threshold of 100.4, clinicians from ADI -a remote monitoring company - will be alerted to reach out. If the patient was determined to need additional support clinicians from Ellis Hospital – a leading health care system in the region - will be contacted. The City of Schenectady will host a website enabling residents and City employees to sign up for this program. Qualified participants who sign up for the program will be provided Idion’s iTempShield to use for a 30-day period. An individual’s temperature data will be monitored continuously by the Idion iTempShield and synched with the patient’s smart phone or Idion provided tablet device. An individual’s information will be securely transmitted from the Idion platform to the hospital system. If there is a temperature excursion and an individual’s temperature exceeds the set thresholds, ADI will be contacted. As part of this program, IDION will be installing for the city of Schenectady’s use, the “Smart Healthcare Platform” that will host the current iTempShield’s program. This platform will enable Idion to integrate directly into the City’s secure network. Such connectivity with Idion’s “Smart Platform” will provide for future growth that will allow the seamless upgrade to other members of the Idion product line such as the iVitalShield which will monitor an individual’s heart rate, respiration rate, blood oxygen levels and will detect if a wearer falls while wearing the device. c) Describe why CDBG-CV funding is necessary to complete this project; include a description of unsuccessful efforts to secure alternative or additional funding or why available funding is insufficient for this project. PROJECT # 1 - WIFI CONNECTIVITY IN UNDERSERVED AREAS The City Council of the City of Schenectady has allocated 2021 Capital Budget dollars in the amount of $2,000,000 for the installation of Smart City infrastructure within the City. There is $500,000 of City funds allocated for the sections of the project indicated in the description above. The requested CDBG-CV amount of $1,750,000 will allow us to fully fund this shovel ready project. PROJECT # 2 - COMMUNITY INFORMATION PORTAL USING PUBLIC WIFI Currently there have been no available funds identified for this type of initiative. The funding request for this project is for a one-year pilot to develop, maintain and provide content for the community as described above with the expectation of being self-sustaining through advertising and other public interest funding sources after the initial pilot project funds expire. PROJECT # 3 - “STAY WELL” TELEHEALTH MONITORING PILOT The City and its partners have been unable to identify funding for the upfront pilot costs but have significant confidence that once successful, this program will be self-funding. The upfront integration costs to start this telehealth monitoring program are a barrier to execution and require outside support. This one-time integration investment will lay the foundation for a robust telehealth monitoring platform the City of Schenectady can maintain with no continuing financial burden. The additional pilot project costs are also one- time expenses. If the project is proven successful, the City will be able to leverage Medicare and insurance funding to cover the device costs. Further, Ellis Health and the City will be able to leverage new sources of funding in the future as the program advances through Medicare and insurance remote patient monitoring reimbursement available for data analysis and patient interaction. d) Identify if other sources are available for the needs identified. Explain why these sources cannot meet the needs addressed by this proposal PROJECT # 1 - WIFI CONNECTIVITY IN UNDERSERVED AREAS No other available sources have been identified for the proposed projects, aside from the pledged match of $500,000 by the City of Schenectady. 3 16 PROJECT # 2 - COMMUNITY INFORMATION PORTAL USING PUBLIC WIFI A project match of $21,000 is pledged by the Gazette, to be covered by advertising sales in the first year. The ongoing cost will be covered by sponsorship and ad sales in future years. PROJECT # 3 - “STAY WELL” TELEHEALTH MONITORING PILOT No other available sources have been identified, however the budget assumes Ellis Health and Idion will be contributing significant labor resources to the project for the pilot execution. Outside resources are critical to funding this project. e) Describe the specific measurable impact to be realized through this project, i.e. numbers of jobs, housing units, people assisted; this should match what is proposed on the Activity Detail Sheet. PROJECT # 1 - WIFI CONNECTIVITY IN UNDERSERVED AREAS It is anticipated that this project will assist 13,545 City residents that fall within low to moderate income level category. PROJECT # 2 - COMMUNITY INFORMATION PORTAL USING PUBLIC WIFI The funding request for this project is for a one-year pilot to develop, maintain and provide content for the community as described above with the expectation of being self-sustaining through advertising and other public interest funding sources after the initial pilot project funds expire. PROJECT # 3 - “STAY WELL” TELEHEALTH MONITORING PILOT This project will be a pilot open to residents citywide. The scope of work proposed under this funding request will benefit approximately 500 individuals who are chronically ill, and/or immunocompromised, with a focus on those over age 65. 2. CDBG National Objective a) Each activity proposed must meet a CDBG National Objective and documentation must be collected to satisfy this requirement. Evidence of compliance must be collected and provided to OCR during the project and maintained in project files. Program beneficiaries must be at or below 80% of AMI. Select the statement(s) that best demonstrate the National Objective and how project will demonstrate compliance: Public Facilities and Public Services ☒ Low to Moderate Income Area (LMA) – The applicant must demonstrate an area is at least 51% low to moderate income by either: (1) Attaching a screenshot of the HUD AMI data tool of the community to this application: https://hud.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html? (2) Income survey of proposed area demonstrating an individual is at or below 80% of the Area Median Income. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il.html ☐ Low to Moderate Income Clientele (LMC) – The applicant must collect an attestation from beneficiaries to document that project will benefit persons that belong to a HUD designated presumed benefit class; includes persons determined to be Low to Moderate Income (LMI). Housing – Activities N/A Business Assistance - N/A b) Explain how required documentation will be collected during implementation of the program. 4 17 All required documentation for the three projects proposed will be collected for the different required milestones and maintained by John Coluccio, Signal Superintendent for the City of Schenectady, with support from City staff and project consultants. This will include documentation substantiating: non-duplication of benefits, procurement and environmental review processes, and compliance with National Objectives. Information on the impact of the specific projects will be collected as well, as described below. PROJECT # 1 - WIFI CONNECTIVITY IN UNDERSERVED AREAS The City of Schenectady has several tools including Cisco Umbrella and Cisco DNA Spaces that allows the City to collect usage information on visitors using our Public Wi-Fi site. City staff can perform deep dives with the software to see which web sites are accessed and how often, and have typically used this software to review categories of web site types accessed such as governmental, educational, and healthcare to name a few. This helps us to understand usage characteristics by day of week and even by time of day and has shown us how usage has increased with the number of new devices seen on the network. Additionally, the City expects to be able to perform this analysis based on geo locations which will enable the transmission of important directed content to neighborhoods. PROJECT # 2 - COMMUNITY INFORMATION PORTAL USING PUBLIC WIFI The community information portal will be fully trackable. The project team will be able to derive usage information directly from the site with project related financial information supplied out of the SAGE accounting system at the Daily Gazette. Community impact will be directly related to usage and community involvement. PROJECT # 3 - “STAY WELL” TELEHEALTH MONITORING PILOT Idion will have access to all data collected in the pilot study (with no patient identification included) through the integration with Ellis Health and the City of Schenectady. This information will be reviewed on a monthly basis to determine if continuous temperature monitoring had an impact in mitigating and/or identifying infection sooner. Idion will work with Ellis Health to determine the outcomes of such patients versus those in a control group. Idion will follow a detailed protocol that will guide the collection of data and documentation so that there will be clear benchmarks to guide success. A statistical plan will be part of this protocol that will lay out the manner by which all data will be managed, collected and reviewed. 3. Connection to Coronavirus Briefly explain how proposed activities will prepare, prevent, or respond to impacts of COVID-19 and potential variants or future pandemics. To qualify for assistance, a direct connection to preventing, preparing for and/or responding to Coronavirus must be demonstrated for each activity that will be undertaken as part of project. Reference: https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/CPD/documents/Quick-Guide-CDBG-CV-PPR-Tieback-Flexibilities- 043020212.pdf The proposed project prepares and prevents potential negative impacts of COVID-19 and further variants or pandemics, and responds to the impacts on City residents to COVID-19. This is achieved through the following CDBG-CV approaches to PPR tie back: • acquisition, construction, reconstruction, or installation of public works, facilities, and site or other improvements. (Section 105(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(2)); 24 CFR 570.201(c)); and • provision of new or quantifiably increased public services (Section 105(a)(8) (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(8)); 24 CFR 570.201(e)). PROJECT # 1 - WIFI CONNECTIVITY IN UNDERSERVED AREAS It is anticipated that this project will provide public WIFI connectivity to 13,545 City residents that fall within low to moderate income level category, in distressed areas of the Goose Hill (North End), Stockade and Hamilton Hill neighborhoods. The proposed connectivity is intended to remedy the disproportionate effects of 5 18 the pandemic, due to the digital divide, on thousands of low- and moderate-income individuals and families in Schenectady's distressed neighborhoods who struggled to work and learn remotely, and were unable to access essential digital resources during the pandemic. PROJECT # 2 - COMMUNITY INFORMATION PORTAL USING PUBLIC WIFI Through creation of the Community Portal, the City of Schenectady will have a mechanism to better communicate with residents, and to prepare and react better to the Coronavirus, its variants, and future public health emergencies. Education and the steady flow of correct information along with the right tools and support has been proven to drive the best results in protecting people from this pandemic and to eventually prevent the spread or mitigate the impact of the next one. PROJECT # 3 - “STAY WELL” TELEHEALTH MONITORING PILOT Outbreaks of the virus and its variants, are a continued public health threat, especially for chronically ill individuals or those who are immune compromised. This and future pandemics create a financial strain on the healthcare system and its workforce. The successful deployment of this groundbreaking remote patient monitoring pilot program has the potential to mitigate infection, reduce hospital readmissions, and support immune compromised residents. 4. Capacity a) Provide a project timeline and describe how the proposed project will be completed within 12 months of award. Include estimated completion times frames for key project milestones such as: grant agreement execution, environmental review, first payment request, etc. PROJECT # 1 - WIFI CONNECTIVITY IN UNDERSERVED AREAS The City of Schenectady is well positioned to complete this project within 12 months of the award. Grant agreement execution will be completed as soon as it is available to us. The environmental review will be conducted and completed upon notification of grant award. The City expects the first payment request to be submitted 30- 60 days following contract execution. The anticipated timeline after grant award is: • Month 1- The grant agreement will be submitted • Month 2- The environmental review will be completed • Month 3-12- Project implementation • Month 6- Local commitment and expenditure of grant funds complete • Month 9- Second Public Hearing after 75% expenditures (before submission of request for closeout) • Month 12- Project closeout *Project Status Reports as required PROJECT # 2 - COMMUNITY INFORMATION PORTAL USING PUBLIC WIFI • The Portal is being built now and will be completed by May 30 • Staff to curate content and develop relationships will be hired once the Grant is awarded. • The Daily Gazette, City, County and The School District will supply content so the portal will be operational within six weeks of funding. This content is identified and ready to be posted now. • All COVID and health updates will be available within six weeks of funding. This information has been identified and is ready to be posted now. • The Staff will be hired and begin building relationships once funded. PROJECT # 3 - “STAY WELL” TELEHEALTH MONITORING PILOT 6 19 Idion proposes the following milestones and timeline. The project plan behind each milestone are not included for clarity of this section. A full project plan with all subtasks will be provided upon request. Milestones 1. Initial On-boarding (after grant Agreement execution)- 9/6/2022-10/13/2022 (28 days) a. The initial on-boarding Idion will work with Team Ellis Team ADI in the deep architectural integration. Idion will work with operational staff to ensure the onboarding clinician interface is well defined within the constraints of Idion’s current platform. b. Deliverables will be signed off architectural documents with integration points between each system and an overview of the on-boarding clinician interface. c. First Payment at end of this milestone. 2. Integration with Ellis Hospital- 10/14/2022-12/1/2022 (35 days) a. This effort will consist of IDION establishing the Schenectady Production Platform and prototype on-boarding clinician dashboard. b. This includes the integration into the EPIC system as far as is permissible. c. Deliverables will be documentation and demonstration of data being transferred between IDION and Ellis. d. There will be a negotiated payment at this time. 3. Integration with ADI- 10/14/2022-12/1/2022 (35 days) a. This effort will consist of IDION establishing a call link with ADI, and a Dashboard that the Diagnostic clinicians can review for patient history and potential need for transport. b. Deliverables will be the demonstration of iTempshields providing data to ADI and a Tablet support for the emergency responders to track temperature during transport. c. There will be a negotiated payment at this time. 4. Adjustments to Enrollment Clinician Dashboard- 10/14/2022-12/1/2022 (35 days) a. This work will be done for a clean integration of the operational system for ease of deployment of shields and the ease of moving securely the patient data to where the care is provided. b. Deliverables are a demonstrable portal, that will evolve until first patient enrollment due to uncovered information from system test. c. Payments will come at time of first enrollment. 5. System Test- 12/2/2022-2/2/2023 (45 days) a. This test is in two parts: i. Engineering Test, this testing is done by all IT and engineering people on the project using iTempShields. ii. Production testing, by the responders, clinicians and faux patients over seen by Idion engineering. b. Payment is due upon first enrollment. 6. Patient Recruitment and enrollment- 2/3/2023-8/31/2023 (150 days) a. Once approved by the IRBs if necessary, the patient recruitment can begin. The anticipated date of first patient in is February 3, 2023. The program will then ramp up enrollment until 500 unique patients have been enrolled. This is anticipated to take 6 months. Idion staff will oversee all operations of the network, provide call support for the devices (not medical). Provide call support for ADI and Ellis. b. Payment for the devices will come from Medicare/Medicaid and Private insurers. Idion will assist as necessary to get proper reimbursements via the Schenectady billing system. c. Payments will be for time agreed in contract negotiations. 7. Final Report- 7/15/2023-9/6/2023 (45 days) 7 20  a. The final report will include patient statistics as observed from the Idion on-boarding and clinician interface. With help from ADI and Ellis hospital we can extend the statistics to include the data from these two sources as well. b) Briefly describe relevant experience that supports preparedness to deliver the proposed project. As an entitlement community, the City of Schenectady has extensive experience in delivering grant funded projects. Experience relevant to the individual projects proposed is outlined below. # 1 - WIFI CONNECTIVITY IN UNDERSERVED AREAS The Wi-Fi Connectivity in Underserved Areas project is one the City has had well under way in other areas of the City. When the Covid Crisis started, the City of Schenectady initiated a project to roll out over 50 additional wireless access points in other underserved areas of the City in order to provide internet access to our residents and especially to our school age children whom a large percentage did not have access to internet service. This severely limited our school children’s ability to perform remote learning. Locations were chosen in many cases based on discussions with the Schenectady City School District. They had performed surveys and shared them with us to know some of the targeted areas lacking this service. Essentially this project will continue to expand a service that has been well received by our residents. PROJECT # 2 - COMMUNITY INFORMATION PORTAL USING PUBLIC WIFI The Daily Gazette Company will be overseeing this launch and oversight of day-to-day operation. The Daily Gazette has been in the media business for over 125 years and currently manages five news and information websites covering the Capital Region and the Mohawk Valley. PROJECT # 3 - “STAY WELL” TELEHEALTH MONITORING PILOT Idion has already integrated with two hospital systems - Northwell Health in New York and Children’s Health in Texas. With regard to Northwell, Idion conducted a pilot in the hospital on over 35,000 patients, integrating its software platform into the hospital’s Allscripts electronic medical records system. For Children’s Health, Idion integrated into the hospital’s Epic electronic medical records system. Idion is currently advancing pilots with Medical University of South Carolina for a pilot on 100 bone marrow transplant patients who will be monitored continuously for two months to help mitigate severe infection, or sepsis. Idion is also working with Kaleida Health system in New York on a pilot on post operative patients. Idion as a software and medical device company ensures our platform complies to all standards, and is scheduled to run periodic penetration tests, and reviews our risk analysis regularly. c) Describe the administrative structure, e.g. consultant, subrecipients, that will be used to deliver the expected outcomes, including all roles and responsibilities. If multiple activities are proposed, describe structure for each. PROJECT # 1 - WIFI CONNECTIVITY IN UNDERSERVED AREAS John Coluccio from the City of Schenectady is the lead on this project working with the not-for-profit consulting company NYSTEC to design and implement the rollout of fiber optic cable and wireless access points. Nathan Roberts is a Principal Consultant from NYSTEC and has been working with the City of Schenectady for several years planning and deploying wireless in the City. Other support staff from both NYSTEC and the City of Schenectady Information Technology departments have been and will continue to support the work being performed. Together we have a well cohesive team that has enabled us to be very successful and we plan to continue that trend. PROJECT # 2 - COMMUNITY INFORMATION PORTAL USING PUBLIC WIFI 8 21 The City of Schenectady will partner with The Daily Gazette Company to build and promote the site. The site will have a dedicated editor and content creator responsible for ensuring an ever evolving content for the community. PROJECT # 3 - “STAY WELL” TELEHEALTH MONITORING PILOT The City will be the lead facilitator of this program, working in partnership with Ellis Hospital, Idion, and Advanced Diagnostics Inc (ADI). Idion, a secure identification, vitals tracking platform company, will provide qualified program participants with a skin-applied, low profile Idion iTempShield that will monitor their temperature continuously for 30 days. d) If applicable, describe the procurement process that will be used to acquire construction and/or professional services to complete the project. If a vendor has already been selected, confirm that the procurement met federal requirements. The City of Schenectady is well positioned to complete this work within the required 12 month time frame. For the WIFI project a contractor has already been procured, with a contract awarded through a competitive bid process for fiber optic cable installation along with wireless access point installation. This contractor will be used to expand the system into the underserved areas targeted in this application. Additionally, NYSTEC is a NYS Office of General Services State Contract vendor enabling us to use their support services without additional bidding requirements. Lastly, the majority of equipment that is required is also on a NYS OGS Technology Contract also negating the need for obtaining additional competitive bids for materials. For all three proposed project activities will meet federal procurement requirements. e) Describe formal partnerships and collaborative efforts in place that will support successful delivery of the proposed project. For example, efforts to avoid duplication of services, leverage other available resources, reach underserved areas and ensure broad geographic distribution of services. PROJECT # 1 - WIFI CONNECTIVITY IN UNDERSERVED AREAS The City will leverage its previous investment of $4,500,000 in equipping City neighborhoods with digital access, as well as the $500,000 in capital funds that are pledged specifically towards this project and the underserved neighborhoods it targets. The City of Schenectady is providing public Wi-Fi in underserved residential areas of the City. This is being done due to the limited ability for the service to be obtained by a portion of our residents as found thru surveys of our school district. We are also partnering with our local service provider National Grid to install these wireless access points on Utility poles in our neighborhoods leveraging a resource already in place. This model can be replicated in other areas of the city as well as other cities in general and positions us well in case another COVID type event occurs. PROJECT # 2 - COMMUNITY INFORMATION PORTAL USING PUBLIC WIFI The City of Schenectady will partner with The Daily Gazette Company to build and promote the site. PROJECT # 3 - “STAY WELL” TELEHEALTH MONITORING PILOT The City will work in partnership with Ellis Hospital, Idion, and Advanced Diagnostics Inc (ADI). f) For any projects undertaking multi-unit housing must describe how affordability and occupancy requirements for a five-year period from the date of completion will be ensured. N/A 9 22  g) For any project proposing public facility projects, including but not limited to senior centers, health care centers, day care centers, describe how the facility be used for the purpose that was funded under CDBG-CV for a period of five years after the closeout of the grant from which the assistance to the property was provided. N/A h) If Entitlement Community Describe how the community is deploying CARES funding that has been directly received. Explain how the proposed project (using NYS CDBG-CV) complements on-going efforts to administer other CARES funding. In 2020 The City of Schenectady received $1,984,107 in CDBG CV funding. These funds were allocated utilizing the guidelines provided by HUD to provide the most effective response to the Covid-19 Pandemic for City residence who fall within HUD’s definition of Low-Moderate Income. The funds were allocated to fund small business recovery efforts, educational programming and employment for city youth and assistance to homeowners and renters in need of rental assistance, mortgage assistance or other housing related assistance. The City of Schenectady received $1,666, 789.00 HESG- CV in ESG-CV funding. The allocation of these funds followed the same process as the CDBG-CV funding and was allocated in a manner to provide maximum response to Covid-19 for residence who fell within HUD’s definition of Homeless or at risk of Homelessness. Funding has been provided to assistance with Emergency Shelters, Rapid Rehousing, Eviction Prevention. The three proposed CDBG-DV 19 projects will complement these investments by supporting additional segments of the community, especially underserved populations in the areas of digital access, community education and telehealth. i) If NFP applicant: Describe recent relevant experience administering federal or state awards or other programs that demonstrates exceptional financial and administrative capacity including ability to meet Federal requirements inc. but not limited to NEPA, Davis Bacon, URA, civil rights, etc. N/A j) If NFP applicant: Describe what steps have been taken to coordinate with a local municipality(ies). Evidence of that cooperation or support from municipality must be included as an attachment. N/A 5. Budget Narrative a) Provide a detailed breakdown of each activity and associated costs (i.e. soft costs, engineering) PROJECT # 1 - WIFI CONNECTIVITY IN UNDERSERVED AREAS Construction labor & materials Includes fiber optic communications cabling infrastructure and access point installation: $922,000 Equipment including required network and field switches and access points for Wi-Fi connectivity $1,070,000 Utility Pole Application Process fees associated with acquiring space on existing utility poles for communications infrastructure and access points $58,000 Professional Services for design, Construction Management and Project Management $200,000 Total Project Cost: $2,250,000 City Commitment: $500,000 CDBG-CV request: $1,750,000 PROJECT # 2 - COMMUNITY INFORMATION PORTAL USING PUBLIC WIFI Site Design and build: $20,000 Full-time Editor and content curator – Annual salary with benefits and tax included: $96,500.00 Two part-time content curators – Annual salary with benefits and tax included: $79,300 Equipment: $8,200 10 23 Marketing for launch of portal: $25,000 Site maintenance, improvements, and support – Annual: $24,000 Annual hosting and license fees: $18,000 Space rental – Covered by the Daily Gazette Total Project Cost: $271,000 Gazette Commitment: $21,000 (Advertising Sales Year One) CDBG-CV request: $250,000 The overage will be covered by advertising sales in the first year. The ongoing cost will be covered by sponsorship and ad sales in future years. PROJECT # 3 “STAY WELL” TELEHEALTH MONITORING PILOT Clinical Research Management Fee: $2,750 Clinical Coordinator: $30,000 Statistician/Data Analyst: $35,000 Internal Review Board (Ellis Hospital): $4,000 Hospital Study Start-Up Fee/Site Set-Up Fee: $9,540 IRB preparation fee for amendments, continuing renewals, termination submissions: $1,000 Shield Devices: $27,000 ADI monitoring services: $12,000 EMR Integration between Idion and Ellis Hospital: $150,000 Integration of Idion Platform with City of Schenectady’s Secure network: $180,000 City of Schenectady Marketing support - website development, promotion, education: $40,000 Total Project Cost: $491,290 CDBG-CV request: $491,290 The City of Schenectady will also be applying for $124,563 (5% of the total project cost) to cover grant administration for the three projects. Total CDBG-CV Request: $2,615,853 b) Explain how costs were determined and describe the method used to determine the best approach and cost-effective method to address the need. PROJECT # 1 - WIFI CONNECTIVITY IN UNDERSERVED AREAS Costs were determined based on actual bid prices, NYS contract equipment prices and estimates of quantities required to complete the project. Working in other areas of the City has educated us on good estimating principals that are being used to determine the quantities required for this project. PROJECT # 2 - COMMUNITY INFORMATION PORTAL USING PUBLIC WIFI • The cost to build this site was derived by taking the programming hours and cost for the software. The oversight and design supplied by the city and Daily Gazette was free of charge. • The Staff positions are calculated at the current local rate for content curators at local media companies. • The equipment is the direct cost for a backup server and three portable workstations • The Daily Gazette will supply free promotion for the portal but will buy additional marketing from other local companies as well as aggressive social media and web advertising to build out the brand quickly for maximum effectiveness. 11 24  • The costs for site maintenance and support is a direct quote from three providers and this was the least expensive option. • The annual hosting and license fees are a direct cost from Word Press and Logical Net (hosting company) PROJECT # 3 - “STAY WELL” TELEHEALTH MONITORING PILOT With the bulk of our requested funding going towards the development of an integrated platform between Idion, Ellis Hospital and the City of Schenectady, we are building a foundation that will enable significant long- term expansion. The costs directed toward the statisticians and data analysts are for reviewing data collected and participant outcomes to measure the effectiveness of this monitoring. The Internal Review Board and hospital fees are one-time expenses. Once a program is fully implemented, the Idion Shield and remote patient monitoring costs could be fully covered by insurance through remote patient monitoring CPT codes. Therefore, our Stay Well will be financially sustainable as the program would generate new revenue (through remote patient monitoring) while significantly reducing costs. c) If applicable, provide a description that demonstrates the budget has considered price increases and recent availability of materials and equipment needed to complete this project. PROJECT # 1 - WIFI CONNECTIVITY IN UNDERSERVED AREAS While we believe that our estimates are as accurate as possible, our figures use historical pricing coupled with anticipated price increases based on recent industry trends. PROJECT # 2 - COMMUNITY INFORMATION PORTAL USING PUBLIC WIFI Each of the things outlined above have been identified and prices secured for the next three months. The employees are an average of what we found in the market and this could change a bit up or down depending on what we get for experience. PROJECT # 3 - “STAY WELL” TELEHEALTH MONITORING PILOT IDION has completed all telehealth monitoring proposed software, systems, and materials on previous programs and as such is proposing all “Stay Well” deliverables as being done so on a “fixed price” basis. This means that for the duration of the Telehealth Monitoring Pilot there will be no price increases unless the scope of the contract is changed by mutual agreement of the parties. a) If applicable, list the sources and dates of third-party cost estimates. PROJECT # 1 - WIFI CONNECTIVITY IN UNDERSERVED AREAS The estimates that we are using are based on our current competitive construction bid and 6-month historical equipment purchases. PROJECT # 2 - COMMUNITY INFORMATION PORTAL USING PUBLIC WIFI Word Press 3-10 site license and plug ins Logical Net 4-1 server hosting, maintenance Amazon 4-1 Equipment Tardi and associates, Daily Gazette, Google, Facebook and YouTube 4-1 marketing PROJECT # 3 - “STAY WELL” TELEHEALTH MONITORING PILOT Idion will be leveraging its third-party software consultant Andersen, which bring extensive medical electronic record integration capabilities along with knowledge of Idion’s platform, to support this effort efficiently and expeditiously. Andersen anticipates each integration will take two-three months to complete (both can be done in parallel) with a run rate of $60,000 per month for the work. Based on our extensive market analysis, Andersen is providing the lowest cost and highest quality software services available. 12 25 b) If applicable, describe status of other funds, e.g., formally committed, pending approval. If the funds are not formally committed provide timelines for securing commitments. Projects with a (substantial) gap in financing may not be recommended for award. PROJECT # 1 - WIFI CONNECTIVITY IN UNDERSERVED AREAS The City of Schenectady committed $500,000 specifically for this project, out of $2,000,000 in capital funds that were allocated towards increasing digital access across the City on 9/26/2020 as part of the 2021 adopted City of Schenectady budget. PROJECT # 2 - COMMUNITY INFORMATION PORTAL USING PUBLIC WIFI Matching funds totaling $21,000 from advertising sales will be allocated to the project in the first year. Ongoing cost will be covered by sponsorship and ad sales in future years. PROJECT # 3 - “STAY WELL” TELEHEALTH MONITORING PILOT Although this project has no funding formally committed, both Ellis Health and Idion will be contributing significant labor resources to the project for the pilot execution. 6. Program Design Plan – Small Business Activities Only (Attach additional pages as needed) N/A 13 26  C. ACTIVITY DETAIL SHEETS The information below should capture only the individuals directly benefitting from the activities that correspond with the national objective(s) being met for the project. Complete only those sections that apply 1. Community/Public Facilities and/or Broadband Infrastructure How many people will benefit from this activity? 13,545 Is the National Objective Limited Clientele (LMC)?  Yes ✔  No If Yes, Provide certifications or commitments, as an attachment to the application, that the project will serve special populations and then stop here for Section 1. If No, continue with next question. Is the National Objective Low/Mod Area (LMA)? Census Tract ✔ Yes  No If Yes, continue filling out Section 1. If “Other” provide details below If No, stop here for Section 1. Median Income # of People At or Below 80% 10,035 81% and Above 3,510 No Income – Vacant/Seasonal Units 0 Totals 13.545 *Census- if using census data, service area of facility must be exactly coterminous with block group or census tract data 2. Affordable Housing How Many Housing Units will be Assisted? Owner Occupied Units # of Units # of Households Median Income At or Below 80% 81% or above Totals 0 0 Rental Occupied Units # of Units # of Households Median Income At or Below 80% 81% or above Totals 0 0 No Income – Vacant Unit Number of 4+ Unit Buildings to Be Assisted Address for Each 4+ Units Building to be Assisted 27  3. Public Services (Vaccine Outreach, Mental Health Services, Broadband Service) How Many Persons Will be Assisted? 500 Project#2 Community Portal - CityWide Median Income # of People At or Below 80% 500 4. Business Assistance Proposed Cost per job Describe procedure for determining COVID-19 impact on businesses and how economic hardship will be determined and documented. Explain how award amounts and cost per job will be determined for businesses selected for participation. Proposed Accomplishments Proposed Number: How Many Jobs will be created/retained? Created New full-time jobs to be created New full-time LMI* jobs to be created New part-time jobs to be created New part-time LMI jobs to be created Average # of hours worked per week per part-time job created Retained ** Full-time jobs to be retained Full-time LMI jobs to be retained Part-time jobs to be retained Part-time LMI jobs to be retained Average # of hours worked per week per part-time job retained Microenterprise (5 or fewer employees) Proposed Accomplishments Proposed Number: Total number of Microenterprises Of the total, enter the # of businesses entrepreneurs who qualify as Low/Moderate Income * LOW/MODERATE INCOME (LMI) – LMI jobs are those jobs that are held by or made available to low/moderate income people. Jobs are considered “made available to” if the job does not require any special certifications or training, education beyond high-school or equivalent, and beyond 1 year of experience. **Provide evidence which clearly demonstrates that jobs will be lost if not for NYS CDBG assistance. For guidance, refer to the Request for Applications (RFA). Will any jobs be created in New York State be transferred or relocated from other business locations?  Yes  ✔ No If yes, attach explanation. 28  E. BUDGET TABLE – USE OF FUNDS APPLICANT NAME: City of Schenectady LIST OF ACTIVITIES (List all proposed activities and list, as a OTHER FUNDING SOURCES (From Budget Table D) TOTAL FUNDING CDBG $ separate activity, the Program Delivery Requested associated with each proposed activity.) Source #___1 Source #___ Source #___ Source #___ OTHER ALL SOURCES SOURCES 1 WIFI CONNECTIVITY $ 1,750,000.00 $ 500,000.00 $ 500,000.00 $ 2,250,000.00 1A Program Delivery $ 0.00 $ 0.00 2 COMMUNITY INFORMATION PORTAL $ 250,000.00 $ 21,000.00 $ 21,000.00 $ 271,000.00 2A Program Delivery $ 0.00 $ 0.00 3 TELEHEALTH MONITORING PILOT $ 491,290.00 $ 0.00 $ 491,290.00 3A Program Delivery $ 0.00 $ 0.00 4 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 4A Program Delivery $ 0.00 $ 0.00 5 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 5A Program Delivery $ 0.00 $ 0.00 6 Total Amount for Engineering $ 0.00 $ 0.00 7 Grant Administration $ 124,563.00 $ 0.00 $ 124,563.00 Total Amount for Program Delivery $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 8 (Total of 1A -5A) 9 Total Amount of Funding $ 2,615,853.00 $ 521,000.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 521,000.00 $ 3,136,853.00 Calculate and enter % of Total 10 Project Cost 83% 17% 0% 0% 0% 17% 100% 29  D. BUDGET TABLE - FUNDING SOURCES APPLICANT NAME: City of Schenectady FUNDING DATE INTEREST AVAILABLE OR DECISION NAME OF FUNDING SOURCE AMOUNT SOURCE TYPE RATE TERM STATUS DATE 1 City of Schenectady Capital Funds $ 500,000.00 Local Cash Equity % Committed 5/1/2022 Census Tract % Select One 2 Gazette $ 21,000.00 Select One 5/1/2022 % Select One 3 Select One Select One 4 Select One Select One % Select One Select One Select One % Select One 5 Select One Select One % Select One 6 30  DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS WORKSHEET Applicant Name: City of Schenectady Project Name: City of Schenectady CDBG-CV - Wifi Connectivity, Community Portal & Telehealth Pilot Hover over ? for more information about that field. 1. Identify Applicants Total Need $ 3,136,853.00 2. Identify Total Assistance Available ? National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Private Insurance (applicant must submit a claim if covered) SBA Grants/Loans (includes PPP and EIDL) Other Federal, State or Local Government Assistance $ 500,000.00 Other private assistance including charitable contributions Subtotal $ 500,000.00 3. Identify the Amount of Total Assistance to Exclude as Non-duplicative. ? $ 0.00 Explanation of non-duplicative funds: ? 4. Identify total DOB Amount (Item 2 minus Item 3) ? $ 500,000.00 5. Calculate Maximum Award (Item 1 minus Item 4) ? $ 2,636,853.00 Form Completed by: John Coluccio Date Completed: 5/2/2022 To increase Duplication of Benefits (DOB) awareness please reference HUD's resource for CDBG Grantees: CARES Act Programs through SBA, FEMA, IRS, Treasury, USDA, and HHS 31  AdEnlarged Proof NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 2022-092 City Proposal Request- ing $2,491,290 of CDBG- CV (Community Devel- opment Block Grant CARES Act) Funding to Prevent, Prepare for, and Respond to Coronavirus -Public Notice Ad Proof- through Increased WiFi Connectivity in Under- served Areas, Creation of a Community Infor- mation Portal Using Pub- lic WiFi, and Launching This is the proof of your ad scheduled to run on the dates a “Stay Well” Telehealth Monitoring Pilot indicated below. Please proof read carefully if changes are needed, On Monday, April 25, 2022 at 7:00 p.m., the please contact us prior to deadline at Schenectady City Coun- cil shall conduct a public Schenectady (518) 382-1100 or email at legals@dailygazette.net hearing in relation to the above-referenced mat- ter. Said public hearing shall be held in Council Chambers, Room 209, Schenectady City Hall, 105 Jay Street, Sche- nectady, New York – for the purpose of receiving public comment relative to the above-referenced matter; and be it further Publications: RESOLVED, that copies of the City’s proposal be THE DAILY GAZETTE, Online made available at the Date: 04/12/22 City Clerk’s Office and Advertising the City of Schenectady website at www.cityof- Account #: 90026 schenectady.com public inspection begin- for Company Name: CITY OF SCHENECTADY ning no later than April 20, 2022, and be it further RESOLVED, that all inter- ested parties may also be heard by submitting written comments to Address: CITY CLERK the City Clerk via www. c i t yo f s c h e n e c t a d y. 105 JAY ST., RM. 107 com/158/City-Council, Schenectady by email at smykoo@ schenectadyny.gov, or mail at City Clerk, 105 Jay St., Schenectady, NY Telephone: (518) 382-5033 12305, by 12:00 p.m. on April 22, 2022. Fax: (518) 382-5030 4/13 2464163 Ad ID: 2464163 Copy LIne: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 2022- PO Number: Start: 04/13/22 Stop: Total Cost: $32.19 # of Lines: 58 Total Depth: 5.222 # of Inserts: 2 Ad Class: 101 32  CITY OF SCHENECTADY LEGISLATION REQUEST FORM COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT: Development and Planning DATE: 08/15/2024 TO: COUNCILMEMBERS FROM: Alexandria Carver, Director of Development SUBJECT: ARPA Duryee Foundation/ Empowerment Center, Carver Resource Center Fund Reallocation Background Information: ARPA allocation for Empowerment Center and Duryee totaled $1,075,000. $875,000 was allocated for the Empowerment Center and $200,000 was allocated for Duryee foundation. $1,250,000 was allocation for Carver Center -Resolution 2022-214 Evaluation/Analysis: DURYEE Duryee Foundation is asking to separate their $200,000 ARPA allocation from the Empowerment Center. Duryee foundation has also requested an additional $139,300 from the Empowerment Center allocation for a total of $339,300 to be used for operating cost at 311 Hullett Street. Empowerment Center Empowerment ARPA allocation was in the amount of $794,116. Empowerment will provide $139,330 for Duryee Foundation leaving a balance of $654.786 to be reallocated to the Carver Center. Carver Center ARPA allocation $1,250,000 remain with Carver in addition to the $654,786 from Empowerment Center for a total of$1,904,786 33 Recommendation: City Council Considered the above reallocations and amend resolution 2022-14 to reflect changes. LEGISLATION WILL BE PREPARED BY_____________________ 34 35 36 37 38 39 40  CITY OF SCHENECTADY LEGISLATION REQUEST FORM COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT: DATE: 08.16.2024 TO: COUNCILMEMBERS FROM: John Mootooveren SUBJECT: Marlene Hill Way Background Information: The relatives of Marlene Hill have petitioned and came before the council requesting that we honor Marlene Hill’s legacy as a restaurant owner and community advocate for over 50 years. Evaluation/Analysis: See the attached. Recommendation: The council consider passing a resolution ceremonial naming of a section of Barrett Street between South Ave and Huron Street “Marlene Hill Way” LEGISLATION WILL BE PREPARED BY_____________________ 41 Marlene Hill was the icon of Barrett Street in the City of Schenectady for over half a century as a generous & kind business owner always willing to give a helping hand to anyone in need. Mrs. Hill provided a place of employment for many in the local community where they became part of the Luigi family and still speak highly of Mrs. Hill to this day. Mrs. Hill was known to often stop her car, roll down her window in the local neighborhoods and ask how people’s families were & donate Luigi’s gift certificates to them. Mrs. Hill sponsored many local events including the Central Park Tennis Tournament, SUNY Culinary Arts Program, The Annual Luigi Open & contributed to many local charities. Mrs. Hill donated trays of food to the local city mission, homeless shelters and the local battered women’s shelters on a regular basis. Mrs. Hill sponsored Union Hockey with pre-game meals and donations. Luigi’s was a favorite spot for Union college’s student athletes, faculty & staff. Mrs. Hill was an inspiration to local business owners in the community that started and operated their business model after her dedication to good service at Luigi’s. Mrs. Hill had known many of her customers for years and remembered lifting some of them into high chairs when they were young. She took care of generations of families in the community. Mrs. Hill and Luigi’s was one of the first restaurants to participate in “Tuesday in the Park” in Schenectady’s Central Park. 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