2026-09-03 - City Services and Environmental Policy Committee

30:51I'm well. How are you? Do you have the

30:54presentation for um the global partners

30:57agreement with share that feeling?

31:01>> Yes.

31:05>> Good evening.

31:07Board of Alders notice New Haven. The

31:09city services and environmental policy

31:11committee of the board of alders will

31:13meet in person on Thursday, September

31:153rd, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. in the board of

31:18alders chamber located at 165 Church

31:21Street, second floor, New Haven,

31:23Connecticut to hold the following

31:25workshop and year and act on the

31:27following items. workshop of the New

31:29Haven Board of Alers with New Haven's

31:32Office of Registar Voters to receive an

31:34update on the primaries district

31:37corrections made, including how and when

31:39residents were notified and information

31:42on the upcoming general election. Item

31:44number one, LM-2026-0265,

31:49order of the New Haven Board of Alders,

31:51authorizing the mayor of the city of New

31:52Haven to enter into a community

31:54environmental benefits agreement with

31:57Global New Haven Terminals LLC in

31:59accordance with the requirements of

32:01Connecticut Public Act 23-202

32:06and CGS 22A through 20A.

32:11Number two, LM-2026-0314,

32:15Order of the New Haven Board of Alders,

32:17authorizing the mayor to enter into a

32:18multi-year electric vehicle charging

32:20station site host agreement with Bault

32:23Post Incorporated. Number three,

32:26LM-2026-0316,

32:29Order of the Order of the Board of

32:31Alders of the City of New Haven,

32:33authorizing the execution of a

32:34multi-year shared energy savings

32:36agreement between Catalyst Power Asset

32:40Co. LLC and the New Haven Board of

32:42Education for the period of July 1, 2025

32:45to June 30th, 2039. Number four,

32:49LM-202603302.

32:53Resolution of the Board of Alders of the

32:54City of New Haven authorizing the parks

32:56department to apply for and accept

32:58$30,000 from the Connecticut Department

33:00of Energy and Environmental Protection

33:02to assist with the analysis and

33:04maintenance of the city city's tree

33:06canopy.

33:08Number 5, LM-2026-0301

33:12resolution of the board of alders of the

33:14city of New Haven authorizing the New

33:15Haven Parks Department to accept a grant

33:17from the Connecticut Department of

33:19Energy and Environmental Protection to

33:21mitigate chronic flooding issues in and

33:23around Edgewood Park. Number 6,

33:26LM-20260310,

33:29resolution of the board of alers of the

33:30city of New Haven authorizing the mayor

33:32of the city of New Haven to execute an

33:34agreement with the Connecticut

33:35Department of Energy and Environmental

33:37Protection to accept an urban act bond

33:40award in the amount of up to $243,000

33:46for improvements

33:50uh to lighting and power access at

33:53Edgewood Park per order. Honorable Anna

33:57M. Festa, chair attest honorable Michael

34:00Smart, city town clerk. The these items

34:02are on file and available in the office

34:04of legislative services, city hall, 165

34:07Church Street, second floor, New Haven,

34:08Connecticut 06510 for accessibility

34:11related accommodations. Please call

34:132039467651B

34:16or 2039468582

34:19TTY TDD. Public com comment or testimony

34:24may also be submitted via email to

34:26public testimony at newhavenct.gov

34:28before 2 o'clock p.m. on the day of the

34:30meeting. This meeting may be viewed on

34:32the New Haven Board of Alders YouTube

34:34page. Good evening everyone. I am Anna

34:37Fesa Wen Alder and chair of city

34:40services and environmental policy. Um I

34:43will at this time allow my colleagues to

34:45introduce them themselves. Starting to

34:47my right. Andy Martinelli W

34:50say five le 18.

34:54>> Thank you colleagues for being here this

34:56evening. Uh just some housekeeping

34:58before we begin. If anyone wishes to

35:00testify on any of these items, we do

35:02have a signup sheet to my right which is

35:06um to your left on that table. So you

35:10can sign up. If you do not sign up,

35:11that's okay, too. we will still ask you

35:13to um you will always have an

35:15opportunity to come and testify if you

35:18wish to. Uh we have a busy agenda. So I

35:22have the workshop that will go first

35:24with a firm stop at 6:30. So the general

35:28meeting will begin at 6:30 with item

35:30number one. Um I ask that everyone

35:34please put your phones in silence mode.

35:37We have a lot of work we need to get

35:38done and the fewer the interruptions the

35:40faster we can go this evening. Um and I

35:45will probably repeat some of these

35:46instructions

35:48throughout the uh the evening. Um I'd

35:51like to recognize Alder Furlow who has

35:54joined us this evening. Thanks for being

35:56here. Um and we can begin. So I do see

36:02uh register my loan that is here. Um, do

36:06you want to come forward so we could get

36:08started on the workshop? Since we have a

36:11long evening, I want to get started. Uh,

36:14I don't know if the Democratic register

36:15will be here.

36:18>> Okay. Uh, other instructions are if you

36:20do come forward and when you do come

36:22forward, we ask that you state your name

36:24and address for the record. So, you

36:27could start with your name and address

36:28for the record and then uh we can go

36:31into our discussion. Thank you. and Lisa

36:3421 Anthony Drive. Can you

36:37>> Thank you. So, as you know, we had a

36:40workshop um a couple months ago prior to

36:43the primaries to discuss some challenges

36:45that our residents have faced.

36:49Well, wrong addresses, etc. So, an

36:52update on how the primary went, an

36:55update on the mailing that was supposed

36:57to be corrected for the residents that

36:59were in one district but were receiving

37:03and voting for another district. So, if

37:06you could give us a rundown on what has

37:08been done, uh how it worked out for the

37:11primaries, what to expect for the

37:14November elections, uh that's we can

37:17start there.

37:18>> Okay. So for the primary, I can't speak

37:20much to that because when Chanel runs

37:22the Democratic primary, she doesn't

37:24include me. So I it sounded that

37:28everything went smooth. I didn't hear

37:29any challenges. So I would believe and

37:33safely say that everything went smooth

37:35on election day for the primary. Um as

37:39far as the letter, we have a postcard.

37:43Chanel hired the company that we do our

37:47um regular November mailings to send out

37:50the postcard. My understanding is it

37:53went out at 1:00 today. It was going to

37:55be ready and go out today. It was a

37:57postcard that basically said, you know,

37:59dear resident, your address may have

38:01been affected. and to um verify your

38:04polling location to make sure everybody

38:05knew their polling location was a short

38:07little blurb that um I believe went out

38:11today

38:13>> for November.

38:15>> Yes.

38:15>> What happened for the primary?

38:17>> Well, this was just in general. It

38:20wasn't specific for a election.

38:24[clears throat] It was just in general

38:25to these households.

38:27Did a letter go out notifying those

38:30households of the corrections before the

38:32primary?

38:33>> So, what went out for the primary is

38:35standard. What we do is, and again,

38:38Chanel will give you more information on

38:40that, is send out a letter to all of the

38:42residents involved in the primary to

38:45say, "Hey, you have primary, it's on

38:47this day, these are early voting dates,

38:49and here is your polling location."

38:53>> Okay. Now, my committee can remind me uh

38:56or they can question it as well, but

38:59when we last met, it was understood that

39:01a letter would go out to the affected

39:04residents

39:05of the mixup with districts.

39:09>> Was a letter sent out? Not a letter. The

39:13postcard went out. Like I said, today

39:15the letter we began to work on um Oh,

39:19she's here. Um after the

39:23meeting when we were here, we began to

39:25work on by the time we got all the

39:27letter the information finalized with

39:29exactly what addresses were going to get

39:31the letter. It was days before the

39:35primary. So that's why the postcard went

39:38out today. Correct.

39:40>> Correct. My apologies. Chanel Evans

39:44cross.

39:44>> You can move that closer.

39:46[clears throat] Um the question was

39:49Susan for the primaries when we met the

39:52the last time uh that the registars's

39:55office came before us a letter was

39:57supposed to go out to inform the

39:59residents that were voting in the wrong

40:01district of their new district. Did the

40:04letter ever go out post? So,

40:08two things. The

40:12address are correct. Again, confidence

40:15from Secretary of State. Everything's

40:17correct. Those postcards were to go out

40:19from previous people. Um, but yes,

40:22everyone received a postcard to go to

40:24their correct polling location for the

40:26primary to answer your questions. And

40:29the postcard is the standard postcard

40:31that we all get.

40:32>> Correct.

40:33>> Okay. But not a specific letter saying

40:35that you were affected.

40:36>> Yes, that one went out today.

40:39>> But not for the primary.

40:42>> That's I feel like you're asking two

40:43different questions.

40:45>> Actually, I'm being informed now that a

40:47letter went out today or is going out

40:50today.

40:50>> A postcard has gone [clears throat] out

40:52for the one for the addresses back that

40:56went to the wrong home location. If that

40:58makes sense. It doesn't make sense. The

41:00ones that voted in the wrong district.

41:03Those letters went out.

41:04>> Those postcards went out

41:06>> today. Correct.

41:07>> The primary was in August,

41:09>> right?

41:09>> What happened? I thought we were under

41:12the impression I don't know. Correct me

41:13if I'm wrong.

41:14>> All right. Just asking.

41:16>> Um, yes.

41:18>> Oh,

41:19>> Alder Moore.

41:19>> Thank you, Madam Chair. Just to clarify

41:21the the Can you just explain was the the

41:24postcards that went out today about the

41:26general election or the primary? No,

41:29these are the postcards that we have

41:31come before you where you guys have

41:33invited to come to talk about those who

41:36have voted in the past at the wrong

41:38district. Those are that that

41:41information. Every election they get a

41:44postcard.

41:45So separate from primary what they

41:47receive they will again receive one for

41:50the November.

41:51>> Okay. So anformational postcard went out

41:53unrelated to the primary or the general.

41:54Is that correct?

41:55>> Yes. That's a better better way to put

41:57it. Yes.

41:58Thank [clears throat] you.

41:59>> Just trying to clarify what the content

42:01>> I think um alter

42:05we did do a letter but by the time our

42:09it with GIS and all the work that we did

42:12to compile exactly what addresses were

42:15to be sent something it was too close to

42:19the primary to say for the primary this

42:22is what's happening because there was a

42:23lot of work that went into figuring all

42:26of this out which is why rather than

42:28saying nothing, the postcard was

42:30established to go out to say, you know,

42:33just double check your your um voting

42:37location may have been affected and

42:40>> and that's fine. The pass is in the

42:41past. The primary went as long as people

42:43are notified for at least the November,

42:45but we were under the impression that a

42:46letter was going to go out prior to the

42:48primaries making sure that residents

42:50were aware of this

42:53missing data piece or this mistake.

42:57>> Um, correct.

42:58>> But they will be informed for the

43:01general election in November.

43:03>> Yes. Just like they were for the

43:05primary.

43:06>> Did we

43:07>> The primary is is correct.

43:09>> Okay. Yeah. Yeah.

43:09>> Did we run into any problems associated

43:12with those addresses?

43:14>> No.

43:14>> Everyone was clear about their uh voting

43:18place and [clears throat] they're clear

43:19for November. Correct. Just want to make

43:21sure because

43:23voting is important and I trust me.

43:26[laughter]

43:26Um and before I open it up to my

43:29colleagues for uh more questions, what

43:32information was posted on our website

43:34informing residents of early voting? um

43:38some tea ballot etc.

43:41>> where their polling places.

43:44>> Yeah. So on our website it does show the

43:47phone locations. It gives the address

43:50and it gives the location of where it's

43:51at in the building and if there's a

43:54special side that you need to pay

43:57attention to. It has that. It has the

43:59notice of deadlines. It has the notice

44:01of early voting for both locations, the

44:04days and the time. Okay. because

44:06residents were complaining that they

44:08could not find this information online.

44:12So is this on the city of New Haven

44:14registars's office?

44:15>> Correct.

44:16>> Okay. Is there are there links that will

44:19take them to certain Yes. And the links

44:21are titled We try to be as clear as

44:23possible. Polling location, um special

44:26election, primary,

44:28um do you need a register vote? Do you

44:30want to check your registration? That is

44:32that. And before I forget, we do not do

44:35absentee, but there is a a link on our

44:37page that says if you look for absentee,

44:39it will redirect them to the town

44:41clerk's office. We have nothing to do

44:43with absentees. Okay. So, um Okay. So,

44:48residents were complaining that they

44:49couldn't find this info that they had to

44:51either do chat or Google it. So, can we

44:55double check and make sure everything is

44:56up to date and ready to go for the

44:59November elections? So, even for us, if

45:02we have to look up a voting place to

45:04make sure they're in the right place, we

45:06don't have a problem either.

45:08>> If you uh hear anything, please don't

45:09hesitate to call our office to

45:11reconfirm, but it was up there. I know

45:13that for sure. Um, and right now, we do

45:16it each election at a time. So, right

45:18now, we have a special election coming

45:19up. So, you will only see everything

45:21that pertains to the special so no one

45:23doesn't get confused no matter how clear

45:24it tells you what day or what election

45:27it is. Once the nove I'm sorry once the

45:30special election is over we'll start

45:31putting up the new dates for October

45:35November

45:37>> okay

45:38>> comments questions for the

45:44>> thank you madam chair so I have a couple

45:47of questions and it's based off of the

45:49followup from the previous one so we now

45:52[clears throat] forgive me I don't

45:53remember the name of everything so

45:54you'll have to work with me here a

45:55little bit but we were looking for

45:57essentially like a an audit of like what

46:00happened. So there was one company that

46:01was takes in the data and there was like

46:04another one that sent it and we were

46:06looking at trying to because the

46:09overarching problem was we didn't know

46:11how to fix the problem because we don't

46:13know where the problem occurred and that

46:14was that was my point to it. So I don't

46:17know if an audit has been done of how

46:20this has accomplished. So that's my

46:23first question. have there an audit been

46:25done of like how

46:27>> so [clears throat] that's still

46:28something we've reached out to secretary

46:30of state to get more information but the

46:31way that our CBRS system is it does not

46:34allow you to

46:36basically collect when and who of that

46:39so that's that portion um there was

46:44something else she said that I just

46:45can't remember [laughter] but that kind

46:46of like answers

46:48>> yeah so the audit is still being done we

46:51don't have

46:51>> I'm not going to say it's still being

46:52done um I I think the state kind of just

46:54made it like we can't find that in

46:57print. That's nothing that I guess the

46:58CBRS system calculates or holds or I

47:03don't know. I'm not it so I have no idea

47:04the back of it. Um but unfortunately

47:07they can't figure out or they can't

47:10identify that that answer that question

47:14sorry.

47:14>> Okay. So then I guess my question still

47:15stands then right we don't have an

47:17answer of how this really happened. So

47:19how do we know that we fixed it? So the

47:22again the secretary stay very confident

47:24and the GI new GIS that we're going to

47:27get is supposed to prevent any of this

47:30ever happening again. Um and to the best

47:35of my knowledge again they are very

47:37confident in what we have currently that

47:39it is good to go nothing's wrong.

47:43>> Okay. Okay. May I ask another question?

47:45This has this one's just the so when I

47:48was trying to figure out if some people

47:50were um eligible or not eligible um

47:53registered to vote and all that during

47:55the primary I actually saw you thank you

47:57so much for helping me but my question

47:59was is there a way to do it just by

48:01address and finding your polling

48:02location because the problem was is like

48:04we had to put in the person's name and

48:06like certain information and I would

48:08like this a question to [clears throat]

48:10you like can we just do it by address

48:12you know you live at you know Malty

48:14Street And can you you go to this

48:17polling location?

48:18>> Yep. Thank you for that. Um, we did try

48:21something. I don't I'm being honest. I

48:23don't know if we did it for the primary,

48:24but I believe we've done it for another

48:26election where we can start posting uh

48:29the guide book.

48:30>> And the guide book is, hey, do you live

48:33at uh

48:36165 uh 165 Church Street, but it will

48:39have the ranges between 101 to whatever

48:43that odd number is. and it'll tell you

48:45even the odds or all. And it will tell

48:47you that you go to district one-2 or

48:52one. And then you can go to the polling

48:54list and it'll say, "Hey, this one goes

48:57to the library."

49:00>> Something like that. Okay.

49:01>> To kind of help people just looking up

49:02strictly by address. You won't

49:04personally see the person's information

49:06though that I don't think that we will

49:08ever kind of post people's information.

49:11>> No, I don't want you to. Yes, I agree

49:12with that. [laughter]

49:14So it's it's not like who's your older

49:17you could put your address in and then

49:18boom it gives you that. It's not that

49:20kind of system that we have. So the data

49:23that we provide is kind of broken up.

49:26The best avenue to get that information

49:29if you want to tell your colleagues as

49:31you see them um and your constituents is

49:34the secretary of the state's website. If

49:37you go on to see if you're registered to

49:39vote, you put your name. Unfortunately,

49:42you do have to put your name and your

49:43date of birth. It'll pull up your

49:47polling location, your district for your

49:49state, your house, your it'll pull

49:51everything up. So, that's the one where

49:53you're going to get everything listed,

49:55whereas our information unfortunately is

49:58broken down. Like, you would go to the

49:59guide book and say, "Oh, I'm in Ward

50:0311-1." And then you go to where is 11-1

50:06on the list of polling locations. Is

50:08there a link on our website that takes a

50:12resident there?

50:14>> I think but we'll double check it. I'm

50:15not positive on that because I was

50:17thinking when I was your question.

50:18>> Is there a link to the secretary to the

50:21secretary of state?

50:22>> Yes. On our website that will take

50:24residents or even us to that

50:26>> to that particular link. I don't recall

50:29seeing it but

50:30>> does it make sense?

50:31>> We will check it. Yeah. Okay.

50:32>> Yeah, definitely.

50:34>> Go ahead. Yeah. because that's an easy

50:37easier navigation.

50:40>> Yes,

50:41>> that's all I know. Thank you. Thank you,

50:43Madam Chair.

50:45>> Uh any further questions from

50:48colleagues?

50:51[clears throat]

50:51>> Moore.

50:51>> Thank you, Madam Chair. Just do do you

50:55know

50:57um

50:58whether it was a human error or a

51:00software error or maybe a mapping error?

51:03I know that author Matt Martinelli kind

51:04of tried to get to trying to find the

51:07root of the problem to just make sure

51:08that the solution is a solid solution

51:10moving forward and you g a lot of

51:12information about the secretary of

51:14state's database being updated which I

51:16think is a really good thing because we

51:18all draw from that database but um I I

51:22just didn't know if you knew a little

51:23bit more about maybe the source of the

51:26issue. No, it kind of like ties together

51:29with the information, the questions that

51:31you're asking. Who, what, when,

51:34why, where, but no to fully answer it.

51:38>> And you mentioned a new GIS. I assume

51:40that's a a new GIS map. Is that correct?

51:43>> New software something. Again, I'm not

51:46into the IT stuff. Um but center state

51:49is working with uh I guess Yukon and

51:52they had total vote new company um that

51:56we're switching over to so this system

51:59so all of that kind of goes together so

52:01that this doesn't happen

52:03>> I see and but you get your data from the

52:04secretary of state correct

52:06>> in in the future I believe it does come

52:09from the state

52:11>> okay um

52:12>> so I could explain a little bit about

52:14the the systems the Connecticut voter

52:17registration system. CBRS is what we are

52:19currently using. That's what we tap

52:21into. It's [clears throat] tied to the

52:23Secretary of State. We input an elector.

52:25It's instant updated to the Secretary of

52:29State where they publish, you know, if

52:30you go there. Sometimes they're a little

52:32bit behind us because they only update

52:35the online every couple of months or

52:38every month. I'm not sure the timeline.

52:40It might be every two months. It might

52:41be every month. Um, but ours is the up

52:45to the minute. Okay. That's the CVR

52:46system we're currently using. They've

52:49decided and it was going to be last year

52:51but it got delayed because of technology

52:54things and people learning the new

52:56system. They are going into a new

52:58complete system. We will no longer have

53:00the CVRS. We will be using something

53:03called total vote. Total vote is not

53:06something where we would be putting an

53:08address in with CVRS. We have a new

53:11street. Gavanni says we got a new street

53:13ABC street. We put in ABC Street, you

53:16register on that phone, it's there.

53:18That's manually entered in. Okay. Now,

53:21the new system is going to be GISbased.

53:24So, when we put in a street, it will

53:27identify the exact pinpoint of where

53:29that address is for that home. And that

53:32will automatically be tied into the GIS

53:35that says you're in war 10 or you're in

53:39Senate 11 or it'll give you specific

53:42because the GIS system is accurate, you

53:44know. So we are not manually able to

53:48manipulate any of that data. It is done

53:51directly through the total blue system.

53:54>> And is that a state system or a city

53:56system?

53:56>> No, that's through the state of

53:58Connecticut. Every municipality will be

54:00using total and we should be doing that

54:02transition in December. That is their

54:06goal for us to transition from CDRS to

54:09total vote to get through the election

54:10was supposed to be last year and then

54:12you know projects begin and then they

54:14get delayed. So it should be December a

54:16transition to that. So future

54:20redistricting will be done within the

54:24system that will not be done within the

54:26office.

54:27Okay, thank you. Sorry.

54:31>> Second. So, um, off of that, I just

54:34heard back to what Alder Vessa had

54:37asked. So, yes, on our website, and this

54:40is something we don't remove. I just

54:41wasn't sure what the name of it was

54:43called where it says click here to see

54:45if you are already registered. Once you

54:47do click that link, it will lead you to

54:49the Secretary of State. What Lisa was

54:51saying about the child, the last name,

54:54the first name, and date of birth. Um,

54:56we do want to encourage people when they

54:59are looking this up and they don't get

55:00anything, call our office because

55:02sometimes people may register under a

55:04double last name. They may register u

55:07their name is last name first or

55:09whatever the case may be. So don't get

55:11discouraged there. But to answer your

55:13question, yes, it does go to the

55:15secretary of state website.

55:16>> And sometimes the date of birth is off

55:18in our system. So there's simple things

55:20that we can give an answer to if they do

55:22call us.

55:23>> Okay. [laughter] Can you just uh give us

55:25the number just for the record of the

55:29office?

55:29>> Oh, I'm sorry. Yes. 2039468035.

55:36>> And if you speak Espanol, you will reach

55:40203

55:42946 6431.

55:46But main number is fine. Can always be

55:48transferred.

55:49>> Okay. I only say it because it's on the

55:52record and I I see Miss Gillespie here

55:56from the independent. So, [laughter]

55:58it's always good to have as much

56:00information out to our residents as

56:02possible.

56:04>> Um, Alder Moore, are you all set?

56:06>> I just just kind of trying to summarize

56:08here so that everybody understands.

56:11Sounds like the state updated its system

56:13to fix the districtricting issue for the

56:16November election.

56:18>> Correct. So you're relying on correct

56:20information. But in the future in

56:22December, the state will be shifting to

56:24a GIS map-based system which is more

56:27accurate which also eliminates the

56:28problem. Is that correct?

56:30>> The ending portion of what you said is

56:31correct. Um currently everything in the

56:34system is correct. Um and when we

56:37involve the state is because they are

56:38confident they check the system of what

56:40we have and they agree with what we have

56:43not something that they put in.

56:46>> They didn't. So they check our current

56:48system but the system will be changed as

56:50of December [clears throat] after the

56:51general.

56:52>> Correct.

56:52>> Correct.

56:53>> I have questions about the general

56:54election but I I defer to all they're

56:56saying and and anyone else speak to you

56:58first madam chair. Thank you madam

57:00chair.

57:00>> Thank you all saying

57:01>> thank you madam chair. My question just

57:03question when you move the total vote

57:06and you have a new registration do you

57:08have access to it but that data it has

57:10to go to the state. Correct.

57:12>> We're still working anything New Haven.

57:15we can enter into the system. Anything

57:17outside of New Haven goes to the town

57:18that they are registered in.

57:20>> Thank you. Thank you.

57:22>> Thank you all. [clears throat]

57:25>> So

57:27your office will still have manual

57:30access to this software total vote

57:35>> and that's where mistakes can be made.

57:37So we need to make sure that the data

57:40that is input through the office is

57:42correct to begin with.

57:45The data we're inputting would be

57:47electors information off of regular

57:49carts, okay?

57:50>> Or something that comes in from

57:51Department of Motor Vehicles, which is

57:53just automatically transitioned into a

57:55cart because that's electronic,

57:57>> right? So if they put something down

57:59wrong and it transferred to our system,

58:01then we didn't. But again, we if we see

58:04something, we try to reach out to them.

58:06It's why we also ask for phone numbers

58:08so we can always call to double check

58:10with things. So if and when

58:12redistricting occurs again, how will

58:15this system be updated? How will the

58:17information be updated for those

58:18residents?

58:19>> That's something previously was manually

58:21done. Now total vote will be doing this.

58:24The total vote system with the GIS,

58:27>> but where they get their information

58:30probably since I

58:34>> state because the state Yeah.

58:36>> from the state.

58:37>> Okay. because we won't we don't get that

58:39information. Right? When the

58:41redistricting is done, the state has

58:43that information.

58:44>> Okay? Because that was the problem to

58:46begin with was the redistricting and it

58:48was never updated. So with the total

58:52vote, the state will update the GIS

58:56system.

58:57>> So it won't be right. It won't be done.

58:59It'll be done through the system.

59:01>> Okay. Uh Alder Moore.

59:03>> Well, thank you, Madam Chair. Um, my

59:05question is about the the upcoming

59:07general election.

59:08>> Um, I don't know if either you have read

59:10the news about restrictions on from the

59:13federal government on mail and voting.

59:15Um, are you aware of that? Are there any

59:18changes being made? Uh, have you been

59:22talking about a plan for that when it

59:24comes to Connecticut's mail and votes?

59:26Uh, just any information that you might

59:27have on that I think would be helpful.

59:30>> Thank you, Madam Chair.

59:31>> Good. That's information that the

59:33Secretary of State will issue out and

59:36with things like that she sends us

59:39information as to how to handle things.

59:41So those are not decisions that Chanel

59:43and I will make and as of right now

59:46nothing has been changed. So until we

59:48have notification that this is in effect

59:50and this is happening, we don't change

59:53anything. And again with the mail and

59:54ballots that is through city clerk. So,

59:58Michael obviously will take his

1:00:00direction as to what the Secretary of

1:00:03State comes up with.

1:00:07>> All set.

1:00:12>> Thank you, Madam Chair. This will be not

1:00:13to belabor this, but you know, as we

1:00:15switch systems, that also gives me some,

1:00:18you know, red flags. And so I'm just

1:00:20curious if you do spot checks on certain

1:00:24like you know in my line of work I

1:00:26normally just do spot checks like is

1:00:28this all happening kind of correct? If I

1:00:29do a mailing I always mail to myself

1:00:31like things like that. Do you have

1:00:33something that you can you know promise

1:00:35or you know let us know that you are on

1:00:38top of it as we go through this new

1:00:40thing in December because you know

1:00:42happening once is one thing but to have

1:00:44it happen twice and again the flavor of

1:00:47this part we don't know how it happened

1:00:48and so how can we ensure you know that

1:00:51we don't that it doesn't happen again

1:00:53and you said you know you're not really

1:00:54sure total v gets it from the census or

1:00:56it gets it from other places like how

1:00:59can we ensure that this information is

1:01:00correct how can make sure that our our

1:01:03neighbors are voting in the right polls.

1:01:05Like do you do spot checks or can you

1:01:08promise us you would? I don't know if

1:01:09that's [laughter]

1:01:11a thing I can ask, but you know um you

1:01:13know I'll defer to the chair for that

1:01:14but you know that that would be my I you

1:01:16know just a every couple weeks just

1:01:18check an address and make sure it's

1:01:20correct something like that.

1:01:21>> So for the future with this total I

1:01:24can't speak on that currently. Um, so

1:01:28the thing is in CVS, as we talked about

1:01:31the example of 165 Church Street, so

1:01:33from this range to this range, if a

1:01:35voter card comes in and the system does

1:01:38not accept it because it'll say address

1:01:40out of range, that means maybe it's not

1:01:42a residential place, etc. blah blah

1:01:44blah. So what I'll do is go into GIS

1:01:47further, type in address, see where it

1:01:50pin points to make sure it's going to

1:01:51its right location. Then as Lisa was

1:01:53saying, we'll have to go in and expand

1:01:55that address to that. Um, so that's I

1:01:59guess a way to consider saying spot

1:02:01check because can't just put someone on.

1:02:04But if it falls within range, it's in

1:02:06that range.

1:02:08>> Okay.

1:02:08>> And and I will say also when there were

1:02:11addresses in question,

1:02:13Jacob in it gave me addresses in

1:02:16question and I said, "How do we correct

1:02:20this?" Like they're in question. So he

1:02:22said, "Literally, you need to go drive

1:02:25by." So I literally got in the car with

1:02:27my deputy and we went to every single

1:02:29address and we identified this is now an

1:02:31empty lot. There's no building there

1:02:33anymore. So we identified some issues

1:02:36because the GIS would not take an

1:02:38address if there's nothing there. So

1:02:40literally if I have to go door to door

1:02:43to find out something that's we solved a

1:02:46lot of problems by doing that.

1:02:48>> As elected officials, we go door to

1:02:49door. Correct. So total normal

1:02:53absolutely

1:02:54>> and they are elected officials as well.

1:02:57>> It's all appreciated. [laughter]

1:02:59>> Thank you. Thank you madam. Yes.

1:03:00>> Thank you all Martin Ellie. Um so I know

1:03:04we said 6:30 firm. So just uh last

1:03:07couple of questions. Um we have a couple

1:03:10of special elections coming up for the

1:03:13alders. There's one coming up in

1:03:15September and then one November 10th.

1:03:18>> Okay. So those two elections will not be

1:03:20affected by the new total vote uh

1:03:22system.

1:03:23>> No, that's total vote doesn't

1:03:26next election will be to next year.

1:03:27>> Um correct. And we're all set with those

1:03:30two elections.

1:03:32>> As far as

1:03:33>> Well, one is soon. Yes.

1:03:35>> And the other is after the general.

1:03:38>> Okay.

1:03:38>> Because originally we're trying to do it

1:03:40the same day. Secretary of State sent

1:03:42out today that it will be on the 10th.

1:03:44>> Okay.

1:03:44>> So it's the 3rd and the 10th we will

1:03:46have an election.

1:03:47>> Okay. [clears throat] Um,

1:03:49and then lastly, um, what we'll probably

1:03:52do is once this GIS system, this total

1:03:56vote system is up and running, we may

1:03:58have you come back just to see how it's

1:04:02going. And, um, I know we don't have any

1:04:05elections, [clears throat]

1:04:07you know, a after this is I it would be

1:04:10a while before [laughter] Well, I guess

1:04:12I shouldn't say that, right?

1:04:15because if this is going to be

1:04:16implemented in December and I'm sure

1:04:19you'll get trained on how it's used.

1:04:22>> Okay. So there's already been training

1:04:24on this system.

1:04:25>> Yes.

1:04:25>> Okay. So you'll be familiar with it

1:04:28>> coming up. There's there's a lot.

1:04:30>> Okay. So once it's officially installed,

1:04:32you already will have experience or some

1:04:35experience using it, right?

1:04:37>> Or some knowledge of of how it's used.

1:04:40Okay? because we're going to keep this

1:04:42item open. We're not going to take any

1:04:44action on it and we'll probably invite

1:04:47you back just to see how it's going. Um,

1:04:50no, it won't be December. So, I I

1:04:53promise [laughter] you

1:04:55won't,

1:04:55>> but sometime first quarter of 2027.

1:04:59>> Okay. Okay.

1:05:01>> So, I do want to put on the record for

1:05:03the independent over there. Um, so

1:05:06September uh 10th, 11, 12, and 13, we

1:05:10will have early voting from 10:00 a.m.

1:05:12to 6:00 pm

1:05:14uh for early voting. Not sure if I said

1:05:16it for War 9. And then the 15th, regular

1:05:20voting hours, 6:00 to 8. Um, it will be

1:05:23both locations again, City Hall, right

1:05:26across the way, and at Southern.

1:05:29And for

1:05:31October, for the November election,

1:05:34early voting will start October 19th

1:05:37to November 1st. Most days will be from

1:05:4110:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. except

1:05:45Tuesday, October 27th, and Thursday,

1:05:49October 29th will be an 8 a.m. to 8:00

1:05:53p.m. That would be 12 hours

1:05:56um 12-hour days.

1:05:58And for our special election, if if we

1:06:04have one, the election will be held on

1:06:06November 10th,

1:06:08uh, regular hours, 6:00 a.m. to 8:00

1:06:11p.m. And early voting, I believe, I will

1:06:14follow up if it changes. It should be

1:06:18the Thursday to Sunday, which is the

1:06:205th, the 6th, the 7th, and the 8th. Yes,

1:06:24two days right after the November 3rd

1:06:26election.

1:06:27>> [clears throat]

1:06:28>> And I think that is about it. And those

1:06:31hours are 10 to six. I'm not sure if I

1:06:32said that. Okay. All right.

1:06:35>> And the address for Southern is the one

1:06:37Winter Green. The same that was primary.

1:06:40>> So Winter Green Avenue for Southern

1:06:44>> One Winter Green. Yes.

1:06:45>> One Winter Green.

1:06:47>> And then City Hall in our meeting rooms

1:06:49across

1:06:50>> correct the hall here.

1:06:51>> Correct.

1:06:52>> Okay. And that will be on the website as

1:06:54well right after our special from W 9.

1:06:58>> Okay, perfect. So the W nine election

1:07:02and then the W 24 election.

1:07:05>> Yes.

1:07:06>> Okay, perfect.

1:07:08>> All right, anything [clears throat]

1:07:09else, colleagues?

1:07:11>> Great. Thank you for being here.

1:07:16>> Thank you.

1:07:17>> Thank you.

1:07:22Okay. Uh, [clears throat] thank you

1:07:23everyone for your patience. Um, we will

1:07:26now move on to item number one, which is

1:07:31the agreement of Global Newman Terminals

1:07:33LLC. So, all parties that will be

1:07:36speaking on on this item, please come

1:07:39forward.

1:07:47>> [snorts]

1:07:50[clears throat]

1:07:55>> You can have a seat in any of the open

1:07:57chairs.

1:07:59And if [clears throat] we need more

1:08:00chairs, we will have more chairs.

1:08:11>> And then you can go into the

1:08:12presentation.

1:08:16and director Winter has um is

1:08:21online.

1:08:22>> Yeah,

1:08:24>> so we all have a presentation before us.

1:08:29>> Do you have another one?

1:08:32>> It's okay. I could take it at the end. I

1:08:34know Alder Marks will be here um in case

1:08:38[clears throat] she

1:08:40comes before you're done. I just want to

1:08:42make sure we have a copy for her.

1:08:45>> And do we have the presentation or we'll

1:08:48just follow it on here?

1:08:49>> I'm gonna try to display it on the

1:08:52>> And it's okay if you don't. It's mostly

1:08:54for the audience. Oh, there you go.

1:08:58>> I'm about to project.

1:08:59>> Okay. So, uh, do you want to begin with

1:09:02stating your name and the address and

1:09:04we'll just have everyone do so and then

1:09:06go into your presentation?

1:09:09>> Sure. Steven Winter, 459 Dixel Avenue.

1:09:12I'm the city's executive director of

1:09:14climate sustainability.

1:09:17>> Good evening. Laura Brown, director of

1:09:18the city plan department, 262 West Rock

1:09:21Azust [clears throat]

1:09:26policy analyst and engagement

1:09:27coordinator, business address, 165

1:09:30Church Street.

1:09:31>> Mike Baron, [clears throat] town manager

1:09:33for Global New Haven, one Cor Street,

1:09:36New Haven.

1:09:40Good. Thank you. Thank Oh, that might be

1:09:42too much. [laughter]

1:09:43Uh, [clears throat] good evening. I'm

1:09:44Katie Karns. I am the chief strategy and

1:09:46transformation officer for Global

1:09:48Partners, uh, 845 Washington Street,

1:09:52Newton, Mass. [clears throat]

1:09:54>> Thank you. Uh, Director Winter, will you

1:09:57be?

1:09:58>> Yeah. Thanks so much, Chair Fesa. Uh,

1:10:02good to be with you this evening. So,

1:10:04Hannah, I will be leading the

1:10:06presentation.

1:10:07uh we'll be walking through through some

1:10:10slides that summarize what is a

1:10:12community environmental benefits

1:10:13agreement and then how we arrived at

1:10:16this agreement with global the modeling

1:10:18and the negotiations that went into

1:10:20that. So with that I'll turn it over to

1:10:22them.

1:10:24>> Hello and good evening again. It's great

1:10:26to see you all. My name is Hannah Rees

1:10:29as I've stated before. [laughter]

1:10:32Um, thank you so much for the

1:10:34opportunity to present to you today. Um,

1:10:37as director Winter stated, we'll be

1:10:39going into the community environmental

1:10:41benefits agreement that the city hopes

1:10:43to enter into with global partners.

1:10:47So, this slide over here is an overview

1:10:50of where we'd like to take you tonight

1:10:51in terms of our presentation. Beginning

1:10:54with an overview of the proposed change

1:10:56in the use of tank 123 in Global's

1:10:59terminal, followed by a um overview of

1:11:04community environmental benefits

1:11:05agreement negotiations and how those

1:11:08work. Uh followed by an overview of the

1:11:11negotiation and engagement timeline that

1:11:14we followed over this multi-year

1:11:15process. Uh Ben will go into some of the

1:11:19modeling that was done to estimate the

1:11:21financial and health impacts of um this

1:11:25proposed change to the permit. And then

1:11:29finally um a slide on the terms as

1:11:32they've been negotiated.

1:11:35So to provide a little bit of an

1:11:38overview on the right you'll see a photo

1:11:40of the terminal. Uh the facility is a

1:11:44bulk liquid energy storage and

1:11:46distribution facility. So it's located

1:11:48in the new port area specifically at 500

1:11:52Water Street. This terminal was

1:11:54purchased by Global Partners in 2024 and

1:11:57they currently deal in gasoline, diesel,

1:12:01ethanol, and heating oil. So the change

1:12:05that brings us here today and that has

1:12:06brought about this um this community

1:12:08environmental benefits agreement is the

1:12:11proposed repermitting of tank 123 to

1:12:14gasoline storage. Tank 123 I don't know

1:12:17if you can okay you can't see the

1:12:18picture but tank 123 is that like

1:12:20grayish one over there kind of in the

1:12:23middle and this tank is a capacity of

1:12:266.4 million gallons and is currently

1:12:29permitted for heating oil and diesel

1:12:31fuel storage. So the proposed change is

1:12:34to permanent to also hold gasoline.

1:12:39So what are the impacts of this? Um this

1:12:41will have a projected change in

1:12:44emissions and the permit would um

1:12:47request an increase [clears throat] in

1:12:49allowable volatile organic compound

1:12:51emissions um for a net increase of

1:12:54around 6.8 tons per year. So going from

1:12:57the current allowable living of 3.3 tons

1:13:00per year to 10.1 tons per year. Um just

1:13:03as a note, volatile organic compounds

1:13:06are noted in this presentation as VOCC's

1:13:09and I'll continue to refer to them as

1:13:11such.

1:13:13So a brief overview of what um VOCC's

1:13:16can do for people. Um these sorts of

1:13:19inre these sorts of emissions increases

1:13:22can lead to increased smog formation of

1:13:25groundable ozone and other particulate

1:13:27matter which can lead to things such as

1:13:29premature death, heart attacks and

1:13:32aggravated asthma which we all know are

1:13:34things that our city um is unfortunately

1:13:38faced with.

1:13:41So to jump into what a community

1:13:44environmental benefits agreement is. So,

1:13:47community environmental benefits

1:13:49agreement is a bit of a mouthful. So, we

1:13:50tend to call this SIBO. Um, so what this

1:13:54is is it's an agreement between a

1:13:56municipality and a polluting entity

1:13:59where the polluting entity agrees to

1:14:01compensate the municipality for new

1:14:03sources of pollution within the

1:14:05municipality boundaries.

1:14:08So along the guidelines of the sea

1:14:10compensation is required to be

1:14:13proportional and related to any

1:14:15projected increases in pollution. So at

1:14:18this point only the impacts from the

1:14:20change in use or the change in the

1:14:22facility can be considered. So that

1:14:25rules out any cumulative impacts that

1:14:27can be considered. Those aren't yet part

1:14:29of the process. Um, and really it's

1:14:32meant as an opportunity to obtain and

1:14:34capture some community benefits as part

1:14:37of the existing permitting process.

1:14:41As I mentioned before, um, these

1:14:43negotiations and this engagement

1:14:45timeline has been a multi-year process

1:14:48um, starting in 2025 when global

1:14:50partners held a public meeting for the

1:14:52residents of the Haven. Following that

1:14:55meeting, city plan and the office of

1:14:57climate and sustainability drafted an

1:15:00engagement memo for how we want to

1:15:02proceed. After that, the city assembled

1:15:05an internal working group and um then

1:15:08consulted the environmental advisory

1:15:10council. Um after the consultation

1:15:13[clears throat] with community partners

1:15:15in the environmental advisory council,

1:15:16the mayor uh selected a community

1:15:19representative to represent uh the comm

1:15:22the community in these negotiations.

1:15:25um with the um work done by the internal

1:15:29working group, the consultation from the

1:15:31environmental advisory council and um

1:15:34with the guidance of our community

1:15:36representative, the city hosted a public

1:15:39meeting in the annex in October 2025

1:15:43where we went through what the SA is,

1:15:46what environmental justice is, and what

1:15:50uh the community could kind of expect in

1:15:51this process.

1:15:54After that public meeting where we

1:15:56solicited feedback from various

1:15:58community members, um we decided to

1:16:01undertake some health impact modeling.

1:16:04And so essentially these three words are

1:16:06three words to cover a much larger

1:16:08process that took many months. uh where

1:16:11we essentially try to assign well

1:16:13ascertain you know what are the health

1:16:15impacts of a change in facility use such

1:16:18as this and for any health impacts that

1:16:20there are how can we model that and

1:16:23capture that in financial terms so that

1:16:25we could negotiate um from a stronger

1:16:29position. So after engaging with the

1:16:32community and trying to do some more

1:16:33qualitative analysis on the health

1:16:35impacts and financial impacts, we um

1:16:38decided to continuously solicit as much

1:16:41community feedback as we could. Um so in

1:16:43addition to the public meeting, we um

1:16:46distributed a survey that was available

1:16:48online um and kept reviewing the

1:16:51responses that we received there. Um, in

1:16:55addition to that, we wanted to try and

1:16:57make a public facing um, web page that

1:17:02essentially summarized the process and

1:17:04could capture some of the work that we

1:17:05were doing um, so that the public could

1:17:07have um, insight into the things that

1:17:10were happening. Um and and

1:17:13[clears throat] then after we had done

1:17:14the modeling, done the community

1:17:16engagement, worked with our internal

1:17:18teams within the city, we began formal

1:17:20negotiations with global and obtained a

1:17:23final proposal. At this moment in time

1:17:26in the timeline, we're currently hoping

1:17:28to seek almatic approval and um that's

1:17:32why we are presenting to the board um so

1:17:35that we can give you guys an overview of

1:17:36the work that we've done. And just add

1:17:39Aaron Good was the community

1:17:41representative and we had three rounds

1:17:43of negotiations with Global.

1:17:47>> Thank you, Director Winter. Um, next

1:17:49we'd like to go into some of the modeled

1:17:52health impacts that we did. Um the

1:17:55purpose of this slide is not necessarily

1:17:58to go into every point um but rather to

1:18:01provide an overview of our general

1:18:02methodology for calculating these

1:18:05estimated health impacts and then to

1:18:07provide some um deeper context depending

1:18:10on how you question obviously um I'm

1:18:13available at any time to answer these

1:18:14questions and we'll have time after the

1:18:17presentation. Um, so essentially our

1:18:20methodology for modeling estimated

1:18:22health impacts was based on the EPA's

1:18:25sectorbased PM2.5 and ozone benefit per

1:18:2910 estimates. So essentially what the

1:18:31EPA did was they modeled the health

1:18:33impacts of pollution from different

1:18:35sectors in this case the um gas terminal

1:18:39and storage sector. And then per ton of

1:18:43emissions or per ton of volatile organic

1:18:45compound or VOCC emissions, what would

1:18:48be the health impacts? And then based on

1:18:50those health impacts, what would be the

1:18:52financial impacts of that pollution? So

1:18:56our essential methodology relied on

1:18:59those estimates from the EPA. Um using

1:19:02those estimates we went through um the

1:19:06various permits applications and the

1:19:08numbers we had to calculate proposed

1:19:10annual increases in emissions in tons.

1:19:13So that figure that we shared with you

1:19:15earlier, the proposed annual allowable

1:19:17increase in emissions. We multiplied

1:19:20that um change in emissions by the per

1:19:23ton benefit estimate for that year. the

1:19:26per ton value of a given ton of

1:19:30pollution. And then in order to make it

1:19:33comparable to today's dollars, we

1:19:35discounted that value um at a 7%

1:19:37discount rate using 2026 as a starting

1:19:40point and projecting out um these values

1:19:44to 2024.

1:19:46So after many months of analysis, we

1:19:49came to a total net present value

1:19:52estimate in 2025 of around half a

1:19:55million dollars.

1:20:00So to finish with the terms that we

1:20:03negotiated through many months uh and

1:20:06many amounts of negotiations with Global

1:20:09um we settled on Global providing the

1:20:13city with an initial contribution of

1:20:16$50,000

1:20:18followed by annual contributions of

1:20:20$40,000 with a 2.5% annual escalator

1:20:24that begins in the third year. So

1:20:27although these contributions um and our

1:20:29modeling had only projected out to 18

1:20:31years, these contributions will actually

1:20:34continue as long as tank 123 is in

1:20:37service. Um as we have planned it out

1:20:41right now, the funding will be split

1:20:43between city operations and something

1:20:45we'd like to call the harbor area

1:20:47environmental health fund. Um and the

1:20:51negotiated terms of the agreement

1:20:54include um the monitoring the global

1:20:56does their terminal and a card off for

1:20:59uh reports to the city in certain

1:21:00circumstances.

1:21:02Um, another thing that we'd like to

1:21:04stress is that this pollution, it's very

1:21:07unfortunate and it does extend beyond

1:21:10municipal boundaries, but this agreement

1:21:13allows us to capture any possible

1:21:16benefits that we could get um for the

1:21:19city. And based off of the modeling that

1:21:22we did, the agreement is

1:21:25fair and proportionate. So the total net

1:21:28present value uh proposed by global is

1:21:31around half a million dollars which is

1:21:33very close to the half a million dollar

1:21:35figure that we reached in our modeling.

1:21:39Um so thank you very much for your

1:21:41attention and we welcome any questions

1:21:43you have. Uh director Winter would you

1:21:45like to have anything?

1:21:47>> Sure. on the uh few points. One just to

1:21:51briefly describe the idea of a discount

1:21:53rate because we're talking about net

1:21:55present values and discount rates

1:21:56because this always comes up is uh the

1:21:59idea that a dollar today is not worth

1:22:01the same as a dollar let's say a year

1:22:03from today, right? You could put the

1:22:05dollar in the bank and a year from now

1:22:07it would be the dollar plus whatever the

1:22:09interest rate at the bank is. So in

1:22:12order to get today's dollars you kind of

1:22:14do that in reverse. So if we're getting

1:22:16a dollar a year, we discount it. So it

1:22:19would be worth that interest rate less

1:22:21than what it's it's worth in a year. So

1:22:24it' be worth slightly less than a dollar

1:22:25today. It's a little confusing, but

1:22:28that's the best the best way I would

1:22:30think about it. We use a 7% rate. So

1:22:32that's what the city and the state use

1:22:35when they're calculating returns for

1:22:38pension funds. Uh a Harbor area

1:22:41environmental health fund. This would be

1:22:44funds uh that we envision

1:22:47uh under the uh management of the

1:22:50community foundation. So every year new

1:22:53funds would be deposited into the

1:22:54account. Any unspent funds

1:22:56year-over-year would get uh return on

1:22:59investment from the investments that the

1:23:01community foundation makes. And we would

1:23:04partner with a nonprofit who we have yet

1:23:06to identify who would be making

1:23:08community grants. And those grants would

1:23:11go to activities in the harbor area,

1:23:15which is the uh neighborhoods around the

1:23:18harbor. We've got Long War, Worster

1:23:20Square, Fair Haven, the Annex

1:23:24and maybe maybe one more missing, but um

1:23:30>> yeah, Fair Haven that surround the

1:23:32harbor and be used for the same purposes

1:23:35as the city funds, which is to improve

1:23:37air quality and environmental health. On

1:23:41the city side, we would be looking to

1:23:44achieve those ends by making

1:23:46improvements to to our operations. So

1:23:48the city vehicles and equipment make

1:23:51substantial

1:23:53uh

1:23:55climate and health harming emissions.

1:23:58You know, every year we have diesel

1:23:59vehicles. We have leaf blowers and

1:24:02lawnmowers and other equipment that have

1:24:04really uh harmful health impacts. We can

1:24:08use the funds that we're receiving from

1:24:10global and look at where's the most

1:24:13productive use of those funds in order

1:24:15to reduce emissions from city

1:24:17operations. And that's um especially

1:24:21good for New Haven because those

1:24:23emissions are occurring right on the

1:24:25ground in the city in our neighborhoods.

1:24:28You know, if you have a like the

1:24:30electric trash truck, for example,

1:24:32that's that's displacing a diesel

1:24:34vehicle that would normally be going

1:24:36through all of our neighborhoods on a

1:24:37daily basis. Um whereas these emissions

1:24:41from the tank, some of some of the

1:24:44health harms are localized to New Haven,

1:24:46but it depends on the wind patterns and

1:24:49and those VOCC's may blow into East

1:24:52Haven or North Haven or Hamden uh and

1:24:56react with other pollutants to create

1:24:58smog and the health issues that Hanzo

1:25:02outlined in their great presentation.

1:25:06So one more slide. Sorry. I guess

1:25:13>> you lay out the numbers.

1:25:15>> Yeah. So sorry that's in the packet is

1:25:17the those are the since the inflation

1:25:21escalator is static. We know what the

1:25:24payments will be. Um, and then those are

1:25:27the payments we're discounting to get to

1:25:28that half million dollar value that

1:25:31Hanzo mentioned over the 18-year period.

1:25:41>> Anything anyone else wanted to add?

1:25:44>> I guess I would only add that um it's

1:25:46been like uh Henzo mentioned

1:25:50a long process working with global. I

1:25:52would say the partners have sat together

1:25:54in good faith to negotiate this

1:25:57agreement and we we are here asking for

1:26:00your support of it. We believe this is a

1:26:02[clears throat] fair and beneficial

1:26:03agreement for the residents of New

1:26:05Haven. Thank you.

1:26:08>> Yeah, I would I would wholeheartedly

1:26:11agree with that. You know, Global has

1:26:14really engaged in good faith. They never

1:26:16looked at the projections we said and

1:26:17said these are crazy. uh they helped us

1:26:20refine the modeling to get to a number

1:26:21that we feel is it's reasonable and we

1:26:25do feel like it is a fair and

1:26:27proportionate agreement. Uh the question

1:26:30of of fairness did come up at the city

1:26:33plan commission and I I regret I wish we

1:26:38had had this presentation available for

1:26:40that meeting and it was very late at

1:26:42night when the commission heard the item

1:26:45and they only had short period of time

1:26:46to consider it. So we weren't able to

1:26:49walk them through here's all the steps

1:26:51we did for modeling and negotiations to

1:26:54arrive at this agreement and why we

1:26:56think it's a reasonable and

1:26:58proportionate. So I know in your packet

1:27:00their advice is that hey this doesn't

1:27:02make sense. It's not proportionate. But

1:27:05I think if you look at what we've uh

1:27:08shared with you this evening, you look

1:27:10at the modeling of health impacts and

1:27:12the stream of compensation that the

1:27:14city's receiving, it it really is a fair

1:27:16and proportionate agreement.

1:27:19>> Okay. Well, I'm glad you brought that up

1:27:21because in the report it indicates that

1:27:23we should actually deny this request

1:27:27uh from city plan commission. You also

1:27:31serve on Miss Brown serves on or on on

1:27:35the city plan.

1:27:37>> We staff the city plan commission.

1:27:39>> Yes. And um as director Winter mentioned

1:27:42that this item was presented late at

1:27:44night. Um I regret that my colleagues

1:27:47were not here with me to provide the

1:27:49additional background that I think would

1:27:50have helped to provide some context.

1:27:53Um so so we didn't have they didn't have

1:27:56the benefit of seeing the the

1:27:57information that you're seeing tonight

1:27:59or really understanding the full um how

1:28:03we ended up at the numbers that we did.

1:28:06So um yeah I I think they they

1:28:09[clears throat] were not acting with the

1:28:11kind of information that you have and I

1:28:13we did recommend approval on our staff

1:28:16report. um what you what you see before

1:28:18you is just is the city plan

1:28:20commission's recommendation after their

1:28:22deliberation which as I said I think was

1:28:24not complete information.

1:28:26>> Okay. And my understanding is and I

1:28:29think you did mention it that the

1:28:31environmental advisory council who had a

1:28:34meeting last night u you presented

1:28:38>> Yes.

1:28:39>> to that group and they were okay with

1:28:41it. I I guess I would want to they

1:28:44didn't like sign off on this in any way

1:28:46or give any kind of approval, but we did

1:28:48we did present this since it came to the

1:28:51climate emergency task force and the

1:28:53environmental advisory council. Got

1:28:56questions from them, got feedback from

1:28:58them. A lot of the questions and

1:29:00feedback really revolved around well,

1:29:02okay, the city's getting this money.

1:29:04What will it be used for? Uh how will

1:29:07you report out that it's being used?

1:29:09Well, um you know, we We want to make

1:29:12sure that the funds go to purposes that

1:29:17help reduce the health harms of uh the

1:29:21increased emissions. And so last night,

1:29:24for example, at the Environmental

1:29:25Advisory Council, we said we're going to

1:29:29be really transparent and clear. We'll

1:29:31have a page on the city website that

1:29:33shows exactly how the city is using the

1:29:35funds. Uh and then we'll work with a

1:29:38nonprofit partner who's administering

1:29:40the community grant program to do

1:29:42something similar so that the public has

1:29:44really clear visibility that these funds

1:29:47are being used prudently and in a way

1:29:50that's going to maximize uh their

1:29:52contribution to public health in the

1:29:54city.

1:29:55>> Okay. So can you just uh go through how

1:29:58the funding will work? So we'll get

1:30:01let's say this $50,000 to begin with. It

1:30:03goes to the community foundation.

1:30:06>> So yes,

1:30:07>> there's no line item

1:30:08>> in the city budget.

1:30:10>> Uh there will be there will be a line

1:30:13item in the city budget and the city

1:30:17after after global

1:30:20uh changes the use of the tank. At that

1:30:23point the clock begins and they'll make

1:30:25their first payment to the city. the

1:30:27city will receive that $50,000 and in

1:30:31year one half of the money will remain

1:30:33at the city in a special fund account

1:30:36and then the other half of those funds

1:30:38will be dispersed to the nonprofit

1:30:41partner for the community grant program.

1:30:43So you'll have 25 with the city and

1:30:4625,000 with the community grant. And

1:30:48then in the next year's budget, we'll

1:30:50have visibility from because it's all

1:30:53defined by formula into what the next

1:30:56fiscal year payment will be. So we'll be

1:30:58able to add add that to the next year's

1:31:00budget. And again, those funds will flow

1:31:02through the city to the uh granting

1:31:06agency and then to the city departments

1:31:09that will be making decisions about how

1:31:12to use the funds for city operations.

1:31:16So, the amount sounds like well sounds

1:31:19like a lot, but it it's it's not. So,

1:31:21$25,000 is going to uh for community

1:31:25benefits,

1:31:27how will that funding be used for, for

1:31:30example, you can't clean the air? I

1:31:32mean, we can't put a big filter,

1:31:34[laughter]

1:31:35>> you know, and clean the air. So people

1:31:37are going to be affected

1:31:40uh in their homes uh while out enjoying

1:31:43maybe a run on lawnm or lunch on long

1:31:46morph or the food trucks. How are there

1:31:49any thoughts on how this funding will be

1:31:50used for

1:31:53or the health purposes?

1:31:54>> I've got plenty of ideas.

1:31:57So, [laughter] I think a really concrete

1:31:59example in year one, if I had to write a

1:32:02check, or not write a check because

1:32:04we're the city, but if I had to say,

1:32:06"Hey, here's what we should do with it.

1:32:08Let's electrify one of the parks

1:32:10maintenance crews, right? Let's get them

1:32:13a big mobile battery or let's get them

1:32:16uh all electric leaf blowers and string

1:32:18trimmers and a mower." Like everything

1:32:20that a parks crew has. You could you

1:32:22could do that.

1:32:22>> That's a city funding.

1:32:24>> Oh, you're talking about the community.

1:32:26I want to know the community stuff

1:32:27because the city funding, yes, we could

1:32:29all think of a bunch of stuff that we

1:32:31could do,

1:32:34but for the community benefits part, you

1:32:38know, what will that 25 grand do? How?

1:32:41It sounds like we don't have a partner

1:32:43yet. I mean, obviously, we haven't

1:32:45approved this yet. We haven't voted it.

1:32:47Uh, yeah, we haven't voted on it, but

1:32:50what are the thoughts with that?

1:32:54Uh well yeah I think there there are

1:32:58some activities outlined you know

1:33:01there's monitoring right so air quality

1:33:04monitoring could be something we could

1:33:06look at um increased measurement and

1:33:08monitoring there's um tree planting

1:33:11that's a way with um particulate matter

1:33:14to help catch particulate matter out of

1:33:16the air um there are other

1:33:20uh you know localized sources ofution

1:33:23You mentioned the Long Work. At Long

1:33:25Work, we have uh power for the food

1:33:28trucks, but the other food trucks around

1:33:30the city don't. So, those trucks are

1:33:32constantly running generators to run

1:33:34electric equipment. So, you could

1:33:36imagine uh a food program potentially

1:33:39that addresses those emissions. Um so, I

1:33:42think there's a a a variety of things.

1:33:45Um I think we would want to work

1:33:49together do additional work uh to make

1:33:52sure that we define those criteria and

1:33:54what what the eligible uses are. Uh you

1:33:57could also look at transportation

1:33:59options. Right? We have a bike share.

1:34:02Maybe you get additional bikes for the

1:34:04for the bike share program or put in

1:34:06additional equipment to help with

1:34:08transportation related emissions. Um, so

1:34:11I think there's a variety of ways you

1:34:13could go with with those funds in that

1:34:17in that area. Um, and yeah, I think

1:34:21beyond that, there are other localized

1:34:23sources of of pollution that you could

1:34:25look at that are in in the harbor area.

1:34:29>> You know, the the other thing is uh

1:34:32we're going from 3.3 [clears throat]

1:34:34tons to 10.1.

1:34:38That's a lot. What is the cumulative

1:34:41VOCC's with all the tanks there?

1:34:44[cough and clears throat]

1:34:45>> Uh I don't know if we have that number

1:34:48on our fingertips, but the

1:34:52BC emissions

1:34:55uh that number to put it in context it

1:34:58is over the course of a year and they

1:35:00are by their nature volatile. So they're

1:35:02they're heavily dispersed. As so I've

1:35:05mentioned before, wind and weather

1:35:08patterns are going to disperse this far

1:35:11beyond mediation. Um, so I think one of

1:35:15the things that and as had mentioned in

1:35:17the last slide here is that we're trying

1:35:20to capture the by doing the best

1:35:22practices available and I'm surprised

1:35:24that EPA still has these best practices

1:35:26on their website. We're trying to

1:35:28capture the full value of that even

1:35:30though we know that some of those health

1:35:32impacts are extending beyond our

1:35:34municipal boundaries. Um

1:35:37I I don't think we have the number for

1:35:39this facility or the port as a whole,

1:35:42but I think the yeah the reality is that

1:35:45the port is one piece. You have the

1:35:48highway, you have the airport, you have

1:35:51uh rail traffic. There's many, many

1:35:55different things that go into our air

1:35:57quality issues. Um, but

1:36:02at this point, the cumulative impact

1:36:05regulations are still being drafted by

1:36:07the state of Connecticut by DEEP. So,

1:36:10we're not able to look at that and

1:36:12negotiate an agreement with a party like

1:36:15we have to be specific to that facility

1:36:19and what the change in emissions is.

1:36:23Yes. And and I get this is just one

1:36:25entity, but we need to look at all the

1:36:28other entities as well. And if we can

1:36:31get funding to help improvements with

1:36:34the environment [clears throat]

1:36:35for outside of this, which is a

1:36:37different conversation. Um it's food for

1:36:40thought. Um okay, I'll open it up to um

1:36:45my colleagues for questions. So,

1:36:48Aldermore and then Alder Martin was

1:36:51first.

1:36:52>> Okay. Alder Martin.

1:36:54>> Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank

1:36:56you, Alder. Uh, I actually have three

1:36:58questions and I'm just going to ask all

1:36:59three at the same time and then you can

1:37:00answer them. So, just for the record,

1:37:02what are the actual health impacts? Uh,

1:37:05what what will New Haven residents see

1:37:08from this from this and stop? And it

1:37:10seems like we've done a lot of research

1:37:11on that. So, I'd like to know what those

1:37:13are. And two, you know, I I we're

1:37:16talking about the seven percent a year

1:37:17from now and, you know, dialing it back.

1:37:19So we're we're estimating the dollar. Uh

1:37:21I don't think we should discount

1:37:23people's health and so that is a big uh

1:37:26a red flag for me. So I guess my so the

1:37:29question there is, you know, I recognize

1:37:31that what you're saying, but again, we

1:37:33are discounting people's health. And so

1:37:36the third question to you would be,

1:37:38would these monies offset a carbon

1:37:40emission? Would we then be emission

1:37:42neutral from the uh from what we're

1:37:45going up? Would we be able to neutralize

1:37:47these funds with this? You know, because

1:37:49a quarter of a million dollars and then

1:37:5150,000 a year, it doesn't seem like we

1:37:54would be able to offset those emissions.

1:37:56>> So, okay, those are all great questions.

1:38:00Uh the first question,

1:38:04>> I can do the first one.

1:38:06>> Don't worry. Sure.

1:38:07>> Um thank you, Alderman. screen to see

1:38:10plan. Um so essentially uh the main sort

1:38:14of emissions that you must see from the

1:38:17change from the type of permitting that

1:38:20this tank has to the type of peritting

1:38:21for gasoline the tangle. Um according to

1:38:24the EPA, these emissions most

1:38:26significantly tend to be the volatile

1:38:28organic compound emissions. So the VOC

1:38:31emissions um VOCC emissions can

1:38:33contribute to VOCC emissions typically

1:38:36when you say how they affect people. uh

1:38:39most of the science that has been done

1:38:41on the health impacts of POC emissions

1:38:44is within enclosed spaces or like when

1:38:46you're really close up to them. uh due

1:38:49to the disperse nature of these um oat

1:38:52tanks, you're not going to see

1:38:53necessarily that same sort of effect on

1:38:55the general population, which isn't to

1:38:58say that it is not going to affect the

1:39:00population, but it is to say that I

1:39:02can't say okay, let me slide, but um

1:39:07what I will say is that VFC's can kind

1:39:10of contribute to things such as PM2.5,

1:39:13so fine particle emissions and ground

1:39:15level ozone. And what we can say about

1:39:18probable ozone and fine part fine

1:39:20particulate

1:39:22pollution that occurs um as like a

1:39:24downstream effect of VOCC's is that that

1:39:26leads to things such as premature death,

1:39:29non-fatal heart attacks, aggravated

1:39:31asthma. It like turns into things like

1:39:34lost days at school, respiratory

1:39:36symptoms, doctor's visits, um and stuff

1:39:39like that.

1:39:40>> And cancer as well.

1:39:41>> Yeah, bad stuff.

1:39:43>> That's a big one.

1:39:44and and we're not we're not trying to

1:39:46minimize that in any way. uh what we're

1:39:50what we're we're trying to do we

1:39:52understand that New Haven especially

1:39:54with asthma we have a lot of people who

1:39:57suffer from asthma and what we're trying

1:40:00to do here is with the best available

1:40:03methods quantify that and in quantifying

1:40:06that we're not trying to when I say

1:40:09discount rate we're not trying to

1:40:10actually discount or minimize that in

1:40:14any way that's just part of the

1:40:17methodology we're using to determine how

1:40:19to value it in today's dollars. So it's

1:40:22just an economic modeling

1:40:25uh phrase about how we do that. It does

1:40:29not mean that we are saying that health

1:40:32harms in the future are any less

1:40:35important than they are today. And in

1:40:38fact, we really tried to stress that in

1:40:40the agreement by including the escalator

1:40:43provision to understand that costs will

1:40:47go up and that we we don't want to have,

1:40:50you know, 25 $20,000 today to the city

1:40:54and then 20,000 the next year and then

1:40:5510 years from now people are saying this

1:40:57isn't really worth anything with all the

1:40:59inflation we have. Um let's see. So your

1:41:04third question,

1:41:05>> would this be a carbon emission neutral?

1:41:08It seems like we're going from three

1:41:09tons to 10 tons that it will not this

1:41:11quarter of a million dollars would never

1:41:13be able to neutralize the those

1:41:15emissions that are going to be

1:41:17>> I I think that it is it is possible. So

1:41:19I guess the first thing I would say is

1:41:21the impacts here are less carbon

1:41:25related. There's not a lot of carbon

1:41:26dioxide emissions. Um and the the I

1:41:31think there's a real possibility on the

1:41:34city side that we could make investments

1:41:37like say in our vehicles or our

1:41:38equipment that ends up reducing the

1:41:42amount of of carbon emissions

1:41:45uh in the long run.

1:41:47>> I'll say then the PM2.5 emissions you

1:41:49know instead of saying carbon is that

1:41:51>> oh sorry the VOCC emissions. Yeah

1:41:53>> VOC emissions.

1:41:55>> Yeah. that most of most of the city

1:41:57emissions of like the city fleet is

1:42:01isn't VOCC related. Uh just that's not

1:42:05the nature of well our our equipment

1:42:07really does have a lot more carbon

1:42:09dioxide and PM2.5.

1:42:11Um, so as an example, let's say the city

1:42:16um, you saved up some of this funds over

1:42:19a couple years and retired an old diesel

1:42:22truck and bought an electric truck. That

1:42:25would have great impacts in terms of

1:42:28vastly reducing carbon emissions. It

1:42:31would also reduce P2.5

1:42:34which on a per particle basis is much

1:42:37more harmful

1:42:38than volatile organic compounds. Um

1:42:43but we don't we don't have any big uh

1:42:47petroleum product tanks that give off

1:42:49equivalent amounts of VOCC emissions.

1:42:52But it's it's not quite uh we wouldn't

1:42:54be able to balance out that particular

1:42:56pollutant. But for other pollutants like

1:42:59PM2.5 that have really serious health

1:43:02impacts, there are are really important

1:43:05changes that we can make using those

1:43:07funds.

1:43:09>> Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair.

1:43:10>> Thank you, Alder Martin. Uh and before I

1:43:12move to Alder Moore, just want to

1:43:14recognize Alder Marks for joining us

1:43:16this evening. Alder more approval.

1:43:19>> Thank you, Madam Chair. Um and thank you

1:43:23uh you know city plan office climate and

1:43:26sustainability uh for your work on this

1:43:28and for coming up with some type of

1:43:30formula and trying to figure out a way

1:43:32to quantify this. I imagine that was

1:43:34really difficult. Um you know I also

1:43:38recognize the importance of the port and

1:43:40global as an economic driver and

1:43:42economic partner.

1:43:44That being said, as somebody who wakes

1:43:46up on cool days and takes a big breath

1:43:48of jet exhaust,

1:43:50um

1:43:52I got to say that 25K barely gets you a

1:43:55truck, electric truck nowadays. Um I

1:43:59think that the idea of putting money

1:44:01towards,

1:44:03you know, electric lawnmowers and leaf

1:44:06blowers to reduce emissions on that

1:44:08level is a good thing. But I think uh

1:44:12maybe moving forward or depending on

1:44:14what happens today, they should

1:44:15seriously consider adjusting the formula

1:44:18and the methodology

1:44:20um so that it yields a a larger amount

1:44:23of money. Um you know, I just kind of

1:44:26think an insurance company would

1:44:28evaluate the cost of my health care

1:44:31completely differently. This sounds like

1:44:33a good start. I think that's good. Um,

1:44:37but I just I'd be remiss if I didn't say

1:44:41something. Um, I do have some other

1:44:44questions. Um, the tax exempt entity

1:44:48that you me mentioned, who who picks

1:44:51that? Uh, how is it governed? Are there

1:44:54controls in place to make sure that

1:44:55those funds are going to be used for

1:44:58these purposes? That's my first

1:44:59question. So, maybe I'll start there.

1:45:02uh the city the city would designate an

1:45:05entity uh to administer the harbor area

1:45:09environmental health fund. So and we can

1:45:13we can certainly structure it in such a

1:45:15way that the the city remains involved

1:45:18in decision- making uh and that there's

1:45:22you know clear transparency and

1:45:23oversight. I think we absolutely want to

1:45:26make sure [clears throat and laughter]

1:45:26that that's part of the process. The

1:45:30thinking here was

1:45:32uh the city as an institution

1:45:36is slowm moving and it can be difficult

1:45:39to move money out of the city. This the

1:45:42contracting process and that it would be

1:45:45more nimble for making small grants to

1:45:49community projects that can improve

1:45:51environmental health and air quality to

1:45:54partner with an outside entity. So the

1:45:58city is moving money once to that entity

1:46:00under an under a multi-year agreement

1:46:04and then that entity uh can you know use

1:46:07criteria established with in partnership

1:46:10with the city to pick projects that are

1:46:12going to serve those purposes. And the

1:46:15second benefit being that money that

1:46:18remains uh unspent year-over-year will

1:46:21be invested and generate a return uh

1:46:24which could allow for those funds to

1:46:27build up over time in a way that allows

1:46:29for larger projects to happen. And we

1:46:32have reached out to the community

1:46:33foundation. They said they'd be very

1:46:35interested in supporting this. Their

1:46:37management fees are incredibly low. So I

1:46:40think that there is really good

1:46:42opportunity for those funds to grow over

1:46:45time.

1:46:48I think to contextualize what you were

1:46:51saying about the the magnitude of the

1:46:54amount of of funds on a year-to-year

1:46:56basis,

1:46:57we are using the like best available

1:47:00methodology that EPA makes available. It

1:47:03is uh published in June of 2024. So it's

1:47:08a bid an era guide to emissions

1:47:11monitoring. So it is reputable and

1:47:16it is however limited to this one one

1:47:20change in the uh use of this one tank in

1:47:25this one facility. So again it does not

1:47:28quantify the cumulative impacts or the

1:47:32you know net effect of all the different

1:47:34things that we're exposed to over time.

1:47:38Certainly, you know, I think we're

1:47:40exposed, we we live in an economy with

1:47:42petroleum products and and they

1:47:44negatively impact our health. I think my

1:47:46point is more towards how society

1:47:49measures and values these things. I

1:47:51don't question the validity of the Biden

1:47:54EPA's, you know, particular methodology

1:47:57for this particular thing and under

1:47:58these circumstances, but I do think

1:48:00there is a bigger picture here and the

1:48:02way we value our health and um what we

1:48:05do to our environment. I think we we

1:48:07obviously put that second to other

1:48:10things and I think that needs to shift.

1:48:13Um

1:48:14but I do again like I this agreement

1:48:17I've never heard of of anything like

1:48:18this before. I think the fact that

1:48:20you're engaging in this process and that

1:48:21there is something coming back to our

1:48:23community, I think that's really

1:48:24beneficial. So, I commend you for doing

1:48:26that. Um, I I do have another question

1:48:29about [clears throat] for global. Um,

1:48:32are there any uh planned changes to the

1:48:36to the tank that needed to accommodate

1:48:38the gasoline switch over from diesel?

1:48:41>> No, no, [clears throat] no. The tank was

1:48:42built to to store gasoline.

1:48:47>> Um, thank you guys. I I appreciate it. I

1:48:49appreciate that you're here. I know that

1:48:51these are tough topics of conversation

1:48:53for all of us, the things that we all

1:48:54deeply care about. Um and that you know

1:48:58it's often easier to um pass judgment on

1:49:01what you did than do what you did. So I

1:49:04do appreciate the work that you guys are

1:49:05doing. Thank you, Madam Chair.

1:49:07>> Thank you, Alder Moore.

1:49:10>> Uh for the questions from committee

1:49:11members,

1:49:13>> uh I just have a a couple more. Um,

1:49:19first of all, this tank already exists.

1:49:22It's already there. It already has

1:49:25diesel, right? Correct.

1:49:27>> It's just going to be converted to

1:49:28gasoline. We weren't getting anything

1:49:32funding, no funding at all from any of

1:49:36those tanks, and this is a first. So, at

1:49:39least we're getting something. Um, you

1:49:42know, I just want to make that clear

1:49:44because these tanks are already there.

1:49:46They're already exist. They're already

1:49:48releasing VOCC's.

1:49:50Not as high as 10 for this particular

1:49:53one, but they're already releasing

1:49:55VOCC's. It's just now we will be getting

1:49:59some kind of uh funding to help possibly

1:50:04mitigate or just help with uh other

1:50:07environmental initiatives that we can

1:50:10initiate. uh here in the city. I just

1:50:12want to make that clear. Is that

1:50:14correct?

1:50:15>> Yes, that's correct.

1:50:16>> Okay. And then why do we need a

1:50:21nonprofit partner? Why can't the city

1:50:25um take the full funding

1:50:28and use it according to how we see fit?

1:50:34Is it does it have to be a nonprofit

1:50:36partner or is that part of the agreement

1:50:39or is it something that we can take this

1:50:41funding build the line item and use it

1:50:45where we see fit?

1:50:48>> Uh so yeah just to be clear the that

1:50:53that piece could change. Uh we had

1:50:57discussed that idea with global prior to

1:50:59this meeting and they said if the city

1:51:01wanted to spend the full amount on its

1:51:04operations and making improvements to

1:51:06its fleet and its equipment that they

1:51:09they would not have any objection that

1:51:11they would be fine with that. Uh there's

1:51:14certainly plenty of need on the city

1:51:17side. There's plenty of ways you could

1:51:19use the funds. Uh the thinking as I

1:51:23mentioned was to allow for community

1:51:26grants uh and then to have funds on a

1:51:31year-over-year basis earn some kind of

1:51:33return. But you know if the board felt

1:51:39strongly that the prom should remain

1:51:41with the city you know we could it would

1:51:44be straightforward to alter the terms of

1:51:47the agreement to provide for that. And I

1:51:50think as some of the questions tonight

1:51:52have highlighted, there would be an

1:51:54additional chain of responsibility and

1:51:58reporting in bringing another entity in

1:52:01and that if you have one entity that's

1:52:03spending one amount of funds each year

1:52:05and reporting out to the community,

1:52:07here's how we use these funds. Here's

1:52:09how these funds benefit environmental

1:52:10health. that is a little bit simpler

1:52:12than having the city do that and then in

1:52:15addition having a community nonprofit

1:52:18working through them getting them to

1:52:20report out establishing you know a set

1:52:23of criteria for them to operate on and

1:52:26make decisions. So, uh, yeah, I think

1:52:30but I think we had mentioned before

1:52:33why we think that model has, you know,

1:52:36has benefits in terms of it being a more

1:52:38nimble way to get funds out for projects

1:52:40beyond the city and that there's

1:52:43potential for those funds if they're not

1:52:45spent year over year to grow over time.

1:52:48>> So, these funds that would go to the

1:52:50community foundation are to be used as

1:52:53grants. So, who would apply for these

1:52:55grants?

1:52:57That's a great question. Uh, it could be

1:53:00other

1:53:02uh it could be probably other nonprofits

1:53:06or potentially community groups or you

1:53:10could maybe have a track focused on

1:53:13local businesses that are interested in

1:53:15making, you know, improvements to their

1:53:17operations

1:53:19that would have positive air quality and

1:53:21environmental benefits. Um yeah, we we

1:53:25would have to I think think through

1:53:27exactly how wide the eligibility would

1:53:30be.

1:53:30>> Well, that in its use, I mean, I would

1:53:34think it would, you know, if a business

1:53:36were to apply for it, it would have they

1:53:38would have to follow a certain criteria

1:53:40>> and that's with anybody who

1:53:43applies for a grant like this, it has to

1:53:46be for environmental purposes, I would

1:53:48think. So, who's going to are we going

1:53:51to trust? I mean, the community

1:53:53foundation does a great job. Um this is

1:53:55nothing against them but the partner

1:53:57that we choose needs to be you know

1:54:00vetted well in the sense that they need

1:54:02to apply these funds to environmental

1:54:06purposes

1:54:07>> uh for the betterment of the community

1:54:11our health which

1:54:15with everything we've discussed um is a

1:54:19challenge. So, do you have thoughts of

1:54:24who that partner might be or

1:54:27you're going to trust the community

1:54:29foundation to choose that partner?

1:54:34I I think the the green the greater New

1:54:36Haven Green Fund is probably the closest

1:54:38existing example and could could be a

1:54:41partner for something like this that

1:54:43they're making small on a regular basis

1:54:47for a broader range of environmental

1:54:50priorities. So I think this this could

1:54:52be administered by an organization like

1:54:54that with a narrower focus on air

1:54:58quality and environmental health.

1:55:00>> Okay. Because I'm thinking households,

1:55:02they may want filtration or

1:55:05uh you know, we have air conditioning.

1:55:08It's our temperatures are rising. That's

1:55:11a song, isn't it? Anyway,

1:55:12[clears throat]

1:55:13um you know, temperatures are rising.

1:55:15People with their ACs, filters, etc. Or

1:55:20anyway, I'm my mind is going more

1:55:22towards uh how can we directly help

1:55:25residents affected by air quality? And I

1:55:29use I'll use the airport as an example

1:55:31because I believe there were or still

1:55:34are grants available for uh folks who

1:55:37live within a certain radius of the

1:55:39airport that can apply for you know

1:55:42windows and filters etc. I'm thinking

1:55:44the same thing for residents being

1:55:46affected.

1:55:49Anyway, just that that's where um I was

1:55:53going but I I'll stop talking right now.

1:55:56Um any further questions? Alder Marks.

1:55:59>> Thank you. Just quick question. I

1:56:01apologize. Quick question. I apologize

1:56:02if it was already discussed. Says the

1:56:04city consulted with the environmental

1:56:06advisory council. Um what was the result

1:56:08of the consultation?

1:56:12>> Why don't you start?

1:56:13>> Yes. Um thank you very much for your

1:56:15question, Dr. Marks. Uh the way that we

1:56:18engaged with the environmental advisory

1:56:20council was after after we had put

1:56:23together a model on how we wanted to

1:56:25address the issue and come together uh

1:56:27the city staff on what the steps we

1:56:29wanted to take. Um we were very

1:56:31interested in the aspect of community

1:56:34engagement and our responsibilities to

1:56:36the residents of the city and trying to

1:56:38get feedback um from the environmental

1:56:40advisory council on the kinds of issues

1:56:43that people care about in the city and

1:56:46what they wanted to see um in an

1:56:48agreement like this and in a process

1:56:50like this. So after we had come together

1:56:53as city staff on okay vaguely this is

1:56:56what we want to do. We wanted to get

1:56:57ideas from the environmental advisory

1:57:00council. Okay. As people that live in

1:57:03New Haven and care about the environment

1:57:05and are active in like the city through

1:57:08this body, what do they care about? What

1:57:10do they think is important in the

1:57:11negotiation? What do they want us to

1:57:13consider and to keep in mind? Um, and

1:57:16that was what helped shape our approach

1:57:19to our community outreach and um to our

1:57:22approach um negotiations that we

1:57:24undertook.

1:57:26That's a followup question. I just

1:57:27noticed that city plan um was not

1:57:29supportive. um was the environmental

1:57:31advisory council sort of surveyed on

1:57:34this plan the benefits agreement and

1:57:36what what

1:57:37>> yeah so what they have to say

1:57:38>> we didn't uh get like a formal

1:57:41endorsement from them and I didn't want

1:57:42to speak on their behalf but we did

1:57:45present this presentation to them last

1:57:47night and answered questions about how

1:57:50would funds be used what what kind of

1:57:52reporting out would there be for how

1:57:55funds are spent uh a lot of it was

1:57:58around the use of funds and how we

1:58:01arrived at this agreement. And

1:58:06yeah, I think I [clears throat] think

1:58:07like Alder Moore said, nobody's nobody's

1:58:10like thrilled that there's going to be

1:58:11an increase in volatile organic compound

1:58:13pollution. Um, but I think that there

1:58:16were folks at the meeting who felt like,

1:58:18well, you know, the city is working on

1:58:21setting up a structure to try to

1:58:22mitigate those harms. And I think yeah,

1:58:26the main thing I took away in terms of

1:58:27constructive feedback was that there has

1:58:30the previous large community

1:58:33environmental benefits agreement that

1:58:35the city received when the Harbor

1:58:37Station power plant uh converted to

1:58:41natural gas in the early 2010s that

1:58:45there wasn't enough transparency about

1:58:46how the city used its funds. And so that

1:58:50for folks who have been through that

1:58:52process, seeing if the city's going to

1:58:54be receiving these annual payments, they

1:58:56wanted to be really clear about how

1:58:59those funds are being used that there's

1:59:01accountability and feedback to make sure

1:59:03that those funds are going as far as

1:59:05they can go.

1:59:07>> Thank you. Can I just push one more time

1:59:09chair?

1:59:11>> I know you can't speak to what people

1:59:12said and I haven't yet been able to

1:59:14listen to anything from Rita News about

1:59:18that meeting. Um but just to ask were

1:59:20there members of the council that you

1:59:22felt were opposed to this community.

1:59:27>> I no I did not perceive that they were

1:59:29opposed.

1:59:29>> Thank you for sharing that question.

1:59:30Thank you madam chair.

1:59:32>> Thank you als

1:59:36you you might have missed the part of

1:59:37the presentation we talked about city

1:59:39plan. This item came up very late on

1:59:42their agenda. It was at 10:30 at night

1:59:44and we we collectively did not have this

1:59:48presentation prepared then. So I want to

1:59:49take responsibility for that. We were

1:59:52not able to give full context on how we

1:59:55modeled and negotiated the agreement and

1:59:58why we believe the agreement is fair and

2:00:00proportional or proportionate. So I

2:00:04think I think with more context there

2:00:07may have been a different

2:00:08recommendation.

2:00:09>> Thank you. Thank you.

2:00:11>> Thank you Alder Marks. Any further

2:00:12questions from colleagues?

2:00:16[clears throat]

2:00:17>> Seeing that none, uh, thank you. Thank

2:00:20you for the presentation. Thank you for

2:00:21being here this evening. Um, and we

2:00:24will, uh, vote it out of we'll it'll we

2:00:27will vote it out of committee tonight

2:00:29one way or another, whether it's a yay

2:00:31or a nay, but as you know, there's a

2:00:33first reading and then a second reading.

2:00:35So, it will be presented to the full

2:00:36board in about three weeks

2:00:39or something like that. Thank you. All

2:00:41right. Thank you. Is there anyone from

2:00:44the public that would like to speak on

2:00:45this item?

2:00:49>> Okay. We'll just give the presenters an

2:00:52opportunity to

2:00:54leave the desk.

2:01:08Okay. I have actually um Mr. Augusta,

2:01:11did you want to speak on this item?

2:01:13Okay. Then there's a Kim Williams. Was

2:01:16it on this item?

2:01:18>> Okay. Come forward. And then uh Steve

2:01:20Wler right after

2:01:23I'm just following the order of the

2:01:25list.

2:01:27>> Hello. Hi.

2:01:28>> Good evening.

2:01:29>> Um name and address for the record and

2:01:31then you could go right into your

2:01:33testimony. uh Kim Williams and the

2:01:35address of our club is 250 Columbus

2:01:37Avenue in the Hill neighborhood and I

2:01:39used to be a proud resident of

2:01:41Westville. Um I'm now a blue resident.

2:01:45So

2:01:47my name is Kim Williams. I'm the

2:01:49director of resource development for the

2:01:50Boys and Girls Clubs of Brave New Haven

2:01:52and I'm speaking on behalf of our clubs.

2:01:55I want to share our organization's

2:01:56experience with global partners as a

2:01:58community partner in supporter of our

2:02:00work. The Boys and Girls Clubs of

2:02:03Greater New Haven provide safe,

2:02:05supportive spaces where young people can

2:02:07learn, grow, build confidence, and reach

2:02:10their full potential. I am the proud

2:02:12parent of two club kids who go to our

2:02:14New Haven Clubhouse. Our mission depends

2:02:17on dedicated staff, families, and

2:02:19community-minded businesses who invest

2:02:21in New Haven's young people. Over the

2:02:23past few years, Global Partners has been

2:02:25a remarkable example of that kind of

2:02:27investment.

2:02:29This support has taken many forms.

2:02:31Financial contributions, direct

2:02:33financial contributions to our programs,

2:02:36catering and sponsoring fundraising

2:02:38events, planning hands on activities

2:02:40with our children, and most recently

2:02:43they learned of our need for u a second

2:02:47transport a second vehicle to transport

2:02:50our children and they donated a Toyota

2:02:52Sienna. What stands out most about

2:02:55global partners is that they're

2:02:57interested in building authentic

2:02:58relationships with the Boys and Girls

2:03:00Clubs of Greater New Haven. They engage

2:03:02directly with our organization, both

2:03:04locally with employees who live and work

2:03:06in our communities and regionally with

2:03:09our partner Boys and Girls Club

2:03:10organizations.

2:03:12When local businesses like Global invest

2:03:15in young youth programs like this, they

2:03:17help build a stronger network of

2:03:19opportunity for our children and

2:03:21families across greater New Haven. Based

2:03:23on our experience, we we regard Global

2:03:26Partners as a responsible and engaged

2:03:28community partner and we're grateful for

2:03:30their investment in the next generation

2:03:32of thoughtful citizens and leaders in

2:03:34our community. You can tell I love my

2:03:37organization very much.

2:03:40It's been around for a long time.

2:03:42>> 155 years young.

2:03:44>> We appreciate the work that you do.

2:03:47>> Any questions for me?

2:03:48>> Any questions for us?

2:03:50>> Thank you [clears throat] very much for

2:03:51your testimony.

2:03:51>> Thank you

2:03:55and Steve.

2:04:00>> All right. Good evening.

2:04:01>> Good evening. Steve Morland, 24 Alden

2:04:04Avenue in Maven. Uh, thank you for the

2:04:07opportunity to just say a few words

2:04:08about Global Partners this evening. Um,

2:04:10as a bit of a disclaimer, you should

2:04:12know I'm not a civil or environmental

2:04:14engineer. I cannot speak on the proposal

2:04:16itself, but um, I am of course the

2:04:19executive director of downtown Evening

2:04:20Soup or Desk. Um, and so what I can

2:04:23speak to is global partners engagement

2:04:25with uh, with our organization and the

2:04:28work that they do. And I mean, I can't

2:04:29really say it better than a previous

2:04:31speaker just said, but they they truly

2:04:32are an engaged partner. Um, Desk, uh, as

2:04:36you probably are aware, is mostly

2:04:38privately funded. Uh, we are getting

2:04:41over 80% of our funding each year

2:04:43through community members and through

2:04:46businesses. Um, so we're always on the

2:04:48lookout for local businesses as well as

2:04:50larger corporations that can support us,

2:04:52can really get this work done. Um and uh

2:04:55and you know when we look for

2:04:57organizations, we're not just or

2:04:59business partners. We're not just

2:05:00looking for those who can write checks

2:05:01to us, although that is nice. We are

2:05:03also looking for those who do engage

2:05:05through volunteering, who do food drives

2:05:07for us, who sponsor and show up at our

2:05:09events. That's really important to us

2:05:10that they continue to remain engaged

2:05:13throughout the year. And this is

2:05:14something I've seen that Global Partners

2:05:16has been the model of this. They really,

2:05:18you know, throughout the year they do

2:05:19drives for us. They volunteer several

2:05:21times. they send different members of

2:05:22their uh of their uh their local office

2:05:24to volunteer with us and that's that's

2:05:26the way it should be done. So when we

2:05:28are thinking about responsible local

2:05:30business partners this is

2:05:31[clears throat] what we like to say. So

2:05:35>> thank you very much. Any questions from

2:05:36committee? Thank you.

2:05:40Is there anyone else from the public

2:05:42that would like to speak on this item?

2:05:48>> Good evening, attorney [clears throat]

2:05:50tracking to represent global, but I'm

2:05:52also speaking as a member of the public

2:05:54in this instance to just corroborate

2:05:56what staff told you [clears throat]

2:05:58about the um city plan commission

2:06:00meeting. That was the evening marks may

2:06:03remember with the Hopkins item on the

2:06:05agenda. So it was after two and a half

2:06:07hours of fighting the staff was given

2:06:09about five minutes to present and things

2:06:12went off the ra.

2:06:13>> So just to address

2:06:15>> 69 state street oh residents or business

2:06:20>> 80 woodside terrace in Connecticut

2:06:2206515.

2:06:23>> Thank you. It's just for the record.

2:06:25>> Um and then as to the environmental

2:06:27advisory council I watched the entire

2:06:30presentation last night. There was not a

2:06:32hint of opposition. concern was more

2:06:34about how the money would be spent uh

2:06:37than about the sufficiency or adequacy

2:06:39of the negotiated deal. That's before

2:06:42you receive me.

2:06:44We have a lot of community support that

2:06:46predates the application for based new

2:06:49source review permit. It's not like new

2:06:53to supporting local organizations. I

2:06:55think you have submission materials that

2:06:57attest to their commitment to the

2:06:59community and I hope you give this a

2:07:01favorable recommendation this evening.

2:07:03Thank you.

2:07:03>> Right. Thank you.

2:07:06>> Hold on. Come back.

2:07:07>> Oh,

2:07:08>> I think there's a question mark.

2:07:10>> Thank you, Madam Chair. Tracking off

2:07:12that easy.

2:07:15>> Go ahead. Um just given that you did you

2:07:17represent [clears throat]

2:07:18global partners. Um just eager just to

2:07:20know a little bit more about global

2:07:22partners. just was that

2:07:25about the

2:07:28>> um I'll

2:07:30>> madam chair I think I was just uh

2:07:32interested

2:07:32>> let me stop you if I

2:07:34>> okay I was interested in I may um there

2:07:37seem to be wonderful philanthropic

2:07:38contributions for community and numbers

2:07:40that seem to exceed the amount in the

2:07:44environmental offset agreement just

2:07:47curious about their commitment to

2:07:48environmental issues either in town or

2:07:50elsewhere is

2:07:52Global supports multiple local

2:07:54nonprofits. I think they've recently

2:07:56cultivated a relationship with um CDC

2:07:59seed as well as I think you have a sheet

2:08:02that that details their philanthropic

2:08:04giving both as a company through their

2:08:06global for good fun foundation.

2:08:09So they really punch up their weight in

2:08:11terms of philanthropy. I don't know, you

2:08:13know, whether it's supporting it's a

2:08:16wide variety of um industries that they

2:08:18support and including food startups. I

2:08:21could bring some members of the global

2:08:23team up if you want to hear more about

2:08:24it, but it um we're in the testimony

2:08:28portion. So, the present presentation

2:08:30was done, but we could have asked these

2:08:32questions.

2:08:33>> Question question if you want here.

2:08:35>> Thank you.

2:08:35>> Yeah. I mean, it it sounds like they're

2:08:37very philanthropical, which is great.

2:08:40philanthropy is is much appreciated

2:08:43especially in our city. Uh the question

2:08:45was more environmental

2:08:47justice I believe.

2:08:48>> Yeah just

2:08:51>> I know Global has acted in the local

2:08:54community in various ways. um did their

2:08:58terminal operations

2:09:01in other ways

2:09:03participating with the fire department

2:09:07local organizations to make sure that

2:09:09they run a state facility in compliance

2:09:12with all state and federal applications.

2:09:16>> Thank you, Madam Chair. I didn't mean to

2:09:17go beyond. I just we started hearing

2:09:19about philanthropic [clears throat]

2:09:20things and I was surprised to be hearing

2:09:23testimony about the philanthropy in

2:09:24light of

2:09:25>> what we could do. do Alder Marks is ask

2:09:28uh for additional information to present

2:09:30to us uh through our legisl

2:09:41that information. Thank you.

2:09:43>> Thank you.

2:09:45>> Is there anyone else from the public

2:09:46that would like to speak on this item?

2:09:48Please come forward. Is there anyone

2:09:51from the public that would like to speak

2:09:53on this item? Please come forward. Do

2:09:55you mind if I speak in a different

2:09:58capacity

2:10:01as

2:10:04sorry [clears throat and laughter]

2:10:05um

2:10:07you know if you would like to submit

2:10:10additional information that was not

2:10:12presented that is being asked of

2:10:15colleagues I'm okay with that. You can

2:10:18leave it with our our Miss Mesa our

2:10:21legislative aid. Um, but I'm gonna move

2:10:24forward,

2:10:26>> but thank you. Uh, and for a third time,

2:10:29is there anyone else from the public

2:10:31that would like to speak on this item?

2:10:35Okay, seeing none, we can move on to our

2:10:38next item, which is um electric vehicle

2:10:42charging station with ballpost.

2:10:45So can we have anyone who will be

2:10:48presenting on volt post please come

2:10:50forward.

2:11:15>> [clears throat]

2:11:21[snorts]

2:11:33>> name and address [clears throat] for the

2:11:34record, please.

2:11:34>> That's Steen Winter, 459 Dixville

2:11:37Avenue. I think we have someone joining

2:11:39um

2:11:40>> via

2:11:40>> via Zoom.

2:11:42>> Uh we need to

2:11:44>> Am I still presenting?

2:11:45>> Yes, you are.

2:11:46>> Okay.

2:11:57So if someone is presenting via Zoom,

2:12:01maybe we can just follow your

2:12:02presentation on paper and they can be on

2:12:06the monitor.

2:12:08>> Sure,

2:12:08>> if that makes sense.

2:12:09>> Yeah, that makes sense. Uh

2:12:13well, why don't you put your name for

2:12:15the record? Kenzo Chan, sustainability

2:12:18policy analyst and engagement

2:12:20coordinator, business address, 165

2:12:22Church Street.

2:12:26>> Well, thank you so much for having us

2:12:29before you again. Uh we wanted to look

2:12:34at the other [clears throat] the other

2:12:35side of the equation which is uh as you

2:12:38all mentioned and some of the feedback

2:12:40on the community environmental benefits

2:12:42agreement uh petroleum products are

2:12:48key part of the economy as it's set up

2:12:51today and the largest share of that in

2:12:55Connecticut comes from vehicles and the

2:12:59largest share of those vehicles about

2:13:013/4 are the vehicles that you and I

2:13:05drive today and most of those vehicles

2:13:08continue to be uh relying on

2:13:13uh gasoline and diesel. And so unless we

2:13:18can shift use away from those vehicles,

2:13:22we will need to continue to rely on

2:13:24facilities like tank 123

2:13:28>> [clears throat]

2:13:28>> uh at

2:13:30uh in the port area. And those

2:13:32facilities of course serve a broader the

2:13:35broader region. Um,

2:13:38so one of the

2:13:40>> I'm just gonna Is there any way we can

2:13:42>> Yeah, I'm trying to get the trying to

2:13:44get this up there. Um,

2:13:47>> you said there's someone via Zoom.

2:13:48>> He was going to join via Zoom, but I'm

2:13:50not there.

2:13:51>> I don't I don't know who's who's sort of

2:13:54driving the Zoom. Um,

2:13:59but I can

2:14:01>> and I only say that because if there is

2:14:03someone that's going to be joining via

2:14:05Zoom, we can just follow the

2:14:07presentation on paper.

2:14:09>> That's why don't we do that?

2:14:10>> Um,

2:14:12>> I think we're working on the Zoom.

2:14:14>> Okay.

2:14:15>> Functionality.

2:14:16>> So, [clears throat] let's do that and

2:14:17we'll try to keep things moving.

2:14:18>> Sorry. The

2:14:21one of the biggest challenges with

2:14:23electric vehicles is people often don't

2:14:26have a good place to charge them. So if

2:14:28you don't have a driveway, you don't

2:14:29have a garage, you have off streetet

2:14:31parking, there is an option available to

2:14:34you now, which I want to make sure the

2:14:36community is aware of. We're trying to

2:14:37get the word out more about this. We

2:14:39have regulations. If you go to

2:14:41newctt.govclimate,

2:14:43/climate. There's an electric vehicle

2:14:45charging tab on our web page and it

2:14:48shows how you can safely charge across

2:14:50the sidewalk. If you have an outlet on

2:14:53your home, uh you can use an ADA

2:14:55accessible cord cover and run a cord

2:14:59over the sidewalk. So, I just wanted to

2:15:00put that out there as a PSA. That is

2:15:03something you can legally do now in New

2:15:05Haven with a level one or a level two

2:15:08cable for charging an EV or a plug-in

2:15:11hybrid.

2:15:13>> James Everly.

2:15:14>> Yes, James Everly. Uh so James Everly is

2:15:17with the Volpost

2:15:19and they are uh they are a company that

2:15:24makes electric vehicle chargers which

2:15:27are designed to be polemounted. So they

2:15:30can be mounted on a street lamp or a

2:15:32utility pole. And the idea in the long

2:15:36run is that we have thousands of utility

2:15:39poles, many of them with electricity

2:15:42right over your head above the pole that

2:15:45can become charge charging points uh

2:15:49within neighborhoods. And so the state

2:15:52of Connecticut through its um IES or

2:15:56innovative energy solutions program has

2:15:58funded uh installations via voltpost of

2:16:02polemounted chargers. So there's 40 to

2:16:0560 charging stations across the state

2:16:08and about uh about 20% of those 12 will

2:16:13be in UI territory. Um, James, are you

2:16:18are you able to speak or would you like

2:16:21me to just I can continue presenting if

2:16:23you want to chime in at the end. That

2:16:24might be most

2:16:29>> whatever works well for you.

2:16:33>> All right, we'll continue. So, the next

2:16:35slide has examples of the charger called

2:16:39the volt air. And what's really awesome

2:16:41about this charger and why I think PURA

2:16:44selected it, our public utility

2:16:46regulatory authority selected it is that

2:16:49it really is purpose-built for this use.

2:16:52You can see that when you come over with

2:16:54your smartphone, you can tell the

2:16:56charger to drop from its uh its little

2:17:00house down to you. you can then plug

2:17:02your car in and when you're done it

2:17:04automatically retracts so it can be uh

2:17:08safely above people's reach when it's

2:17:10not in use. So that's that's a really

2:17:13great benefit. And the next slide shows

2:17:16uh the many different states that Volos

2:17:19is already operating in. And

2:17:23you know it's I think that's shows that

2:17:26this is a robust technology. It's

2:17:28something that uh has gotten a lot of

2:17:31traction.

2:17:32The following slide uh just describes

2:17:35some of the different places it can be

2:17:37installed in. So I mentioned wooden

2:17:39utility poles. The city owns uh lots of

2:17:42street lamps like decorative lamps or

2:17:44overhead lamps downtown. So we are

2:17:47looking at a couple locations. Uh and

2:17:50the order before you would authorize us

2:17:52to install uh a couple of on street

2:17:55chargers as well as chargers uh in city

2:17:58parking lots where we have poles or

2:18:01would install poles. So some of the

2:18:04places we're looking at uh there's a

2:18:07location on Chap Street where we have

2:18:09recently installed street lamps. So

2:18:11they're very new and we would use the

2:18:13electrical conduit. So the pipe that the

2:18:15electrical wires go through to get to

2:18:17the street lamp. We run another wire up

2:18:20to this unit which would be mounted on

2:18:22the street lamp and that would be

2:18:24available as public charging uh at a

2:18:28rate uh somewhat above the current cost

2:18:31of electricity uh for members of the

2:18:33public. So if you were downtown, you can

2:18:35plug in. Uh we're also looking at a

2:18:38location on Ottabon Street where there's

2:18:39also new newly installed street lamps as

2:18:43well as some of our parks. So, the

2:18:46parking lot next to Hill House High

2:18:48School near the uh the baseball fields

2:18:51and we would install a a pole there and

2:18:54add a charger to it. We're also looking

2:18:56at the golf course. We've actually

2:18:58gotten a bunch of requests from golfers

2:19:00with with electric cars who want to

2:19:03charge while they're driving and

2:19:05putting. Uh and then we're looking at

2:19:08Fort Hail Park where there's a lamp post

2:19:11there that we could add a charger to.

2:19:14Uh and the you know the next slide

2:19:17describes the cost. So there's no outlay

2:19:20to the city. The grant program pays for

2:19:23all of the uh installation costs. We may

2:19:27if we have to put in the new pole at the

2:19:29golf course, we may end up incurring a

2:19:31small cost there. And there's a small

2:19:33but not nothing uh revenue opportunity

2:19:36for the city. So we'll get a 5% revenue

2:19:39share. Uh and uh the main the main

2:19:44benefit though really is making charging

2:19:48uh much more broadly available. I was in

2:19:51Montreal over the weekend and they have

2:19:53public charging on many blocks. You

2:19:57know, you can go one or two blocks and

2:19:58find a polemounted charger. So we want

2:20:01to do the same thing here. And the long

2:20:04run vision which currently we haven't

2:20:06worked out with utilities is that we

2:20:09could mount these on the many tons of

2:20:12utility poles and really scale it up

2:20:14with demand. So in the near term we're

2:20:17looking at you know four to eight

2:20:19chargers that we would deploy and then

2:20:22if those get a lot of use if you have

2:20:24one charger you could add a second one

2:20:26at those locations or additional ones

2:20:28nearby.

2:20:30>> Um excuse me. Could we allow Mr. Everly

2:20:33to speak to make sure we work through

2:20:35our tech issues.

2:20:36>> Yes, he will need to state his name and

2:20:38address for the record anyway. So, why

2:20:40don't we uh see if it's working with

2:20:43that?

2:20:45>> So, James Everly,

2:20:48Colorado for Collins.

2:20:53Take people can hear me.

2:20:55>> Yes.

2:20:57So, keep going because we do need your

2:20:58name and address for the record. So, if

2:21:01you could just finish that.

2:21:02[clears throat]

2:21:03>> Yep.

2:21:04>> Uh 3708 Full Moon Drive

2:21:08for Collins, Colorado.

2:21:10>> Thank you.

2:21:12Um so, Director Winter has presented the

2:21:16item. Is there anything you would like

2:21:18to add that he may have missed or just

2:21:22add in general?

2:21:25>> Uh, no. I mean, we we were founded five

2:21:28years ago with a mission to democratize

2:21:31access to EV charging. Um, Steve and the

2:21:34city have been a great partner. Um,

2:21:37we're looking to get these charges in

2:21:40with the funding provided by IEES.

2:21:43Um, I don't seem to be able to share my

2:21:46screen. It says it's not turning on. If

2:21:49you wanted, I could share a video that

2:21:51shows the charger in action with the

2:21:53cable lowering and raising. Um otherwise

2:21:56you know we can always send a link after

2:21:58the meeting.

2:22:01>> Uh

2:22:04Misty is that how long is the video?

2:22:09>> 20 seconds 30 seconds.

2:22:11>> Okay because I was actually that is one

2:22:14of my questions. How does it work and

2:22:17where would it be located on the

2:22:19lighting posts? Um, I'm more concerned

2:22:23about aesthetics, particularly if our

2:22:25lighting posts are the decorative type

2:22:27downtown. So, the aesthetics would be

2:22:30something I'd be interested in. Um, if

2:22:34we could get it up and running,

2:22:37we Okay, we're having problems. So, you

2:22:39know what? If you could just uh send it

2:22:41or I can have director Winter maybe send

2:22:43it to our aid. if you could send it to

2:22:47his email address and we can take a look

2:22:49at it at our leisure.

2:22:51>> Yeah, it it's also worth noting that the

2:22:55the wrap that is applied to the charger

2:22:58can be tailored.

2:23:00So we are working in heritage

2:23:02conservation areas. Um so for example

2:23:07um I think in Detroit they have a

2:23:09specific Detroit green that their Lambos

2:23:12are. We wrapped our charger in the same

2:23:14Detroit green. Um, you know, conversely,

2:23:18when we were looking at a school

2:23:19project, we were going to get the school

2:23:21children to design the wrap that went on

2:23:23the charger. Um, so there's a lot of

2:23:25flexibility in terms of the aesthetic

2:23:29um, and the charger being sort of part

2:23:31of it rather than just conflicting with

2:23:34it.

2:23:36>> Perfect. Thank you.

2:23:38Um,

2:23:41thank you for your presentation. Thank

2:23:43you for answering at least one question.

2:23:46Uh, I mean, this is, I think, a long

2:23:48time coming. New Haven, as you know, is

2:23:50a very transitional

2:23:53um city and we have over 70% of our

2:23:57properties are rentals and not all of

2:24:00them have the capability of adding an

2:24:04electric vehicle charger whether they

2:24:06jump on a [clears throat] driveway or

2:24:07for for many challenge challenges. Um

2:24:13you know, you you have identified some

2:24:15possible locations.

2:24:18Do we have any data of where the largest

2:24:22amount of EVs are located where we can

2:24:25focus on or is this you know something

2:24:27that we plan to just distribute

2:24:30throughout the city?

2:24:33In the long run, the goal is to have

2:24:35many, many of these types of chargers.

2:24:38Um, so that anybody can feel like, oh,

2:24:41if I move into The Hill or New Halville

2:24:44or East Rock, they don't have to think

2:24:46about, oh, where am I going to charge if

2:24:48I don't have off- streetet parking? That

2:24:50it's it's just something that'll become

2:24:52part of the um the fabric of the

2:24:56community.

2:24:57uh the

2:25:00the you know the current distribution of

2:25:04EVs I don't think we have data on like a

2:25:07neighborhood level but if you look like

2:25:10broadly at at demographics it tends to

2:25:13skew towards places where people are

2:25:16wealthier and can charge at home but

2:25:18even in my neighborhood in New Halville

2:25:20I'm seeing that there's a lot more used

2:25:23Teslas on the street in New Halville

2:25:25than there were say a year or or two ago

2:25:27because a lot of people lease EVs and

2:25:30then we're done leasing they get resold

2:25:33and the resale value is actually very

2:25:36competitive with gas cars.

2:25:39But those folks right now, if they don't

2:25:42have off street parking, which the ones

2:25:43that I've seen don't, are probably

2:25:45driving the Longworth. And when they

2:25:47drive the Lone Warf, they're going to

2:25:48pay more to charge in a fast charger

2:25:51than they would to pay if they parked

2:25:53overnight and plugged in at at a volt.

2:25:57And that just has to do with the

2:25:59economics of charging. You've got to

2:26:02make the money back that you spent

2:26:04setting up the big powerful charger

2:26:07versus this is [clears throat] very

2:26:09straightforward how you mount this to a

2:26:12pole connected to the electric grid.

2:26:14It's it's very much a lower cost option.

2:26:18It won't be as low as if you could

2:26:20charge at home. You know, that's kind of

2:26:21gold standard. And that's the other

2:26:23factor that has historically driven a

2:26:26lot of EV adoption. Somebody says,

2:26:28"Well, I might spend a little more, but

2:26:29I'm going to save a lot because I'm

2:26:31going to be charging at home."

2:26:34>> Now, I I noticed here the post cannot be

2:26:37owned by Eversource or UI for the

2:26:40purposes of this project. So, you

2:26:42mentioned the lamp posts, but

2:26:46most of the poles, I believe,

2:26:49are owned by the utility companies

2:26:52>> outside. Yes. So, outside of downtown.

2:26:55Yes. Downtown, most of our electricity

2:26:59is underground, right, in vaults and

2:27:01conduits. So downtown, most of the a lot

2:27:04of the poles, I should say, are city

2:27:06owned, which is

2:27:08>> great for this pilot and beyond. There's

2:27:10a lot of locations we can look at.

2:27:13Outside of downtown, that's why we're

2:27:15really looking at city parking lots. So

2:27:18you mentioned the golf course, Oakfield,

2:27:20East Shore, Edgewood Park, uh Wilson

2:27:23Library is the the other off street

2:27:26location. So we're just trying to like

2:27:28send a few of these out across the city,

2:27:31distribute them geographically,

2:27:33and if we see that one location has a

2:27:36lot of demand beyond the this pilot, we

2:27:40can work with Bul to add uh to that

2:27:43location or locations nearby. And the

2:27:45hope is that the electric utilities see

2:27:48that these are popular and that they

2:27:51contribute to the throughput of

2:27:53electrons for their circuits and say

2:27:55okay this is not that different from you

2:27:58know mounting cable equipment right for

2:28:01your your TV and internet which they do

2:28:04allow. So for years there was talk about

2:28:08uh possibility of some terminals being

2:28:11put at the athletic field at Wilbur

2:28:13Cross and that's been years in the

2:28:16talking but I don't see it listed here.

2:28:18Is that because there's no polls there

2:28:20or it just wasn't uh on your list

2:28:25>> of possibilities?

2:28:27>> It's it's really the opposite in that we

2:28:29have been working with CTE. They have

2:28:32done design work for those would be

2:28:35high-speed chargers at Wilber cross and

2:28:37then highspeed chargers at uh 424

2:28:40Chapel. So outside the health department

2:28:42and public's work works building and

2:28:47they would uh they're waiting to hear

2:28:50back from the federal uh highway I think

2:28:53it's federal highway safety

2:28:54administration about the next phase of

2:28:56that project. So, we finished the first

2:28:58phase of design and it's a two-phase

2:29:02grant. So, if they're granted the second

2:29:03phase, then we will proceed with

2:29:06construction of those

2:29:07>> and that would be through Volpost as

2:29:09well or

2:29:10>> that would not be through volst that

2:29:12would be through uh highspeed charging

2:29:14company.

2:29:15>> Okay. [clears throat] So we won't talk

2:29:16about um uh just one more thing

2:29:19vandalism

2:29:21has has that um

2:29:26been a problem? You know what happens if

2:29:28these are damaged or

2:29:31um ripped off etc.

2:29:35>> So one of the um the good things about

2:29:37the design of our charger um is it's

2:29:41specifically designed for the curbside

2:29:44environment. It mounts on pull so it's

2:29:47difficult for people to get access when

2:29:50the charger is not in use.

2:29:53Um this was developed um over the last

2:29:57decade in the city of LA. Um traditional

2:30:00level two chargers got a lot of

2:30:02vandalism, people cutting cables,

2:30:05leaving them lying on the ground, etc.,

2:30:07etc.

2:30:08Um, so because this this charger has a

2:30:11retractable cable, um, the street

2:30:14lighting engineers suggested moving the

2:30:16the the charger higher up. Um, and

2:30:19that's proven to be very successful. The

2:30:22cable only lowers down upon activation

2:30:25by the driver. Um, so we've seen very

2:30:28very low levels um, of vandalism.

2:30:33>> Okay. So the driver controls

2:30:36how it

2:30:39retracts and

2:30:40>> Yeah. So

2:30:42>> is there an app? Is that how

2:30:44>> So there's a QR code um at the base of

2:30:48the the pole at a standard ADA height.

2:30:53The driver scans the QR code

2:30:56and then they get taken to a payment

2:30:58page where they can use Apple Pay,

2:31:00Google Pay or enter a credit card.

2:31:03If they choose to, they can download the

2:31:05app, in which case, you know, their

2:31:07details already saved, they have an

2:31:10account, etc. But they have they have

2:31:12both options available.

2:31:14Um, once they've done whichever method

2:31:16they prefer, the cable then lowers down

2:31:19to an ADA compliant height. There's a

2:31:22button on the connector and that extends

2:31:25the cable up to 25 feet so you have a

2:31:29very good range of motion um to reach

2:31:32any uh position on the vehicle. And then

2:31:36once the driver has unplugged the cable

2:31:40um I believe it's a second or two before

2:31:43it will then retract automatically back

2:31:45up into its housing.

2:31:47>> Great. Thank you for that explanation.

2:31:50Um, I saw Alder Moore's hand uh for

2:31:53questions.

2:31:53>> Thank you, ma'am. Go ahead,

2:31:54>> Chair. I'm excited about the this

2:31:57charging system. I think it's really

2:31:58cool. I think it's a way to, you know,

2:32:00help help reduce emissions in the city

2:32:02and encourage electric [clears throat]

2:32:03vehicles. I think it's wonderful. One of

2:32:06the questions I have is, are these

2:32:07superchargers?

2:32:10>> Are they superchargers?

2:32:11>> Okay. Are they the fast chargers or the

2:32:12slow chargers?

2:32:13>> Oh, thank these are these are what we

2:32:15call level two chargers. So

2:32:20you have level one is like plugging into

2:32:23your outlet at home and overnight you

2:32:26actually might you might be able to get

2:32:27you know maybe 40 miles of range with

2:32:29level one. Uh level two

2:32:33uh you know you a typical vehicle could

2:32:38probably go from you know 20 to 80 in

2:32:41several hours. uh it would depend on the

2:32:46amount of electricity that's fed into

2:32:48the charger. Um so most uh most home

2:32:51chargers are what we would consider to

2:32:53be level two chargers. So the great

2:32:56thing about this in a neighborhood is if

2:32:58somebody's coming to work for the day,

2:32:59they can leave with a full charge. If

2:33:02somebody's parking overnight, they can

2:33:04wake up to a full charge. uh level three

2:33:08or the supercharger that's more like you

2:33:10plug in for half an hour and you're good

2:33:13to go. Uh but you uh need a lot of juice

2:33:16to be able to do that and you need

2:33:21a a specialized equipment that takes

2:33:24high voltage power and translates it

2:33:26into that power that's suitable for your

2:33:28>> juice. Yes, lots of juice. Um that's a

2:33:33technical term.

2:33:35So you couldn't you really couldn't

2:33:37mount something like that on on poles

2:33:40and put it everywhere. You need to look

2:33:42you need to be much more selective about

2:33:44where there's a large enough amount of

2:33:45power available on the electric grid

2:33:48that you could put in something like

2:33:50that. So for the grant that we've been

2:33:52working on with deep,

2:33:54we've worked with United Illuminating to

2:33:57ensure that there's a ton of power

2:33:58available at those two locations. The

2:34:01great thing about this is in most

2:34:03locations it's no problem to put in

2:34:06something that uses as much electricity

2:34:08as like a dryer for example.

2:34:11>> Understood. Thank you, director. I have

2:34:12one other short question. I'm cognizant

2:34:15of other items on the agenda. Um, how

2:34:17many years is the agreement for? The

2:34:18order reads as uh indefinite. I just

2:34:21want to make sure I'm not missing

2:34:22anything. I think typically we cap our

2:34:26contracts.

2:34:28So, I'm just double checking

2:34:32the term.

2:34:34>> I believe it's in the appendix of the

2:34:37agreement where each site has a term

2:34:40length I believe of three years.

2:34:42>> That's correct.

2:34:44>> But the is the idea of the um the

2:34:47agreement is it's like an open-ended MSA

2:34:50master services agreement, but then any

2:34:53individual site that gets added over

2:34:55time has its own term limit.

2:35:00Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair.

2:35:01>> Thank you, Alder. Alder Martinelli.

2:35:04>> Thank you, Madam Chair. I am also very

2:35:06excited about this proposal. It's so uh

2:35:09innovative and new and absolutely what

2:35:11we need here in New Haven. So, with that

2:35:14being said, I uh oversee the fifth first

2:35:18historic district here in New Haven. And

2:35:20so, that's Mr. Square. So, my my

2:35:23question is, are we only putting it on

2:35:26the

2:35:28Not the cast iron lamposts because

2:35:33I had recently discovered in Mr. Square

2:35:36the park itself that somebody had set up

2:35:38a hammock to go from a tree to one of

2:35:40those lamp posts and it had fallen over

2:35:42and it was electrocuting animals and

2:35:44children and yeah, so you know there's

2:35:47um a fear that if somebody has a car and

2:35:50it's somehow tied up to it and they

2:35:52drive away, they weigh 2100 pounds. I I

2:35:55do want to say so the electrician came

2:35:56out within 10 minutes of me calling him

2:35:58so we were all fixed everything. He put

2:36:00the lamp post back up. All is well

2:36:02there. So just a side note there. But

2:36:04you know are we um going to be using

2:36:07these old cast iron like lamp posts and

2:36:10if so are we making sure that they are

2:36:12so secure that if somebody drives away

2:36:14somehow with it or does it like a mag

2:36:16safe on a map does it like immediately

2:36:19let go?

2:36:20>> So I'll let James answer the second

2:36:21question. The first [laughter] the first

2:36:23the first question is

2:36:26in in order to set one of these up, you

2:36:28need to like I said actually get power

2:36:31to the lamp post.

2:36:32>> Okay.

2:36:33>> And that typically means you need a new

2:36:36site where there's like relatively new

2:36:39conduit and the lamp post would be like

2:36:42very sturdily fixed to its uh its

2:36:45footing. So we definitely look look at

2:36:48that. So, the two locations that we're

2:36:50looking to pilot are decorative lamp

2:36:53posts, but they're they're like new in

2:36:55the last few years, and we would

2:36:59certainly want to make sure that they're

2:37:00well anchored. [laughter]

2:37:04>> Yeah. [clears throat] And we we also um

2:37:07follow on from that in terms of every

2:37:10site that is suggested to us. We have to

2:37:13send our engineers out to evaluate the

2:37:17existing conduit in the ground, the

2:37:18condition of the pole. Um but just to

2:37:21cover the last piece, um electric

2:37:24vehicles have an inbuilt system as

2:37:26standard. You I think people have seen

2:37:29what happens at gas stations and they

2:37:31just designed that out from the get-go.

2:37:33you you cannot drive your electric

2:37:35vehicle um whilst it is plugged into a

2:37:39power source.

2:37:41>> Thank you. Thank you so much for that

2:37:43clarification. I just thought my head

2:37:45one falling over onto the car and being

2:37:47more of a hazard. So, thank you. Thank

2:37:48you very much for Thank you, Madam

2:37:49Chair.

2:37:50>> Thank you, uh Alder Martinelli. Uh other

2:37:53questions from colleagues

2:37:56al

2:37:58>> Thank you, Madam Chair.

2:38:00My thought is going there's a pole and

2:38:03there's dedicated parking or there's

2:38:05some negotiation with TTMP for that

2:38:08space so legally ticketing etc. That's

2:38:12my thought this morning there

2:38:15>> you do you you mean like time limited

2:38:16parking or residential parking zone?

2:38:20So

2:38:21>> we're supposed to be a dedicated space

2:38:24for charging etc etc.

2:38:26>> Yeah. So, we would we would want to

2:38:29designate that space for electric

2:38:31vehicle charging if it's in the public

2:38:33right of way. Uh, and if there were time

2:38:38limits, the I think the regular parking

2:38:40rules would apply. Uh, so we would need

2:38:44to work we would need to work all that

2:38:46out with TTP. And from my perspective,

2:38:48I'm sure they're they're thinking great,

2:38:50another thing for us to do. From my

2:38:51perspective, this is like where we

2:38:55the purpose of the pilot is like, okay,

2:38:57let's work through all that. Let's do it

2:38:58with one or two locations and like you

2:39:01said, we're going to have all these

2:39:02different issues to sort through. Let's

2:39:03give ourselves time to figure that out.

2:39:05Come up with a good process and then

2:39:08hopefully a year or so from now, we can

2:39:10say, great, we figured it out. We're

2:39:11going to do a bunch more. It's working

2:39:13great. That

2:39:14>> Yeah, I just want to put that out there.

2:39:16>> Yeah, absolutely.

2:39:17>> Thank you. Thank you.

2:39:20Thank you, Alder Singh. Um, so why

2:39:23wallpost?

2:39:24>> Uh, so, uh, PURA

2:39:28put out a solicitation for as part of

2:39:31this innovative energy solutions

2:39:33program, uh, for,

2:39:36uh, [clears throat] innovative products

2:39:38or services that can help address issues

2:39:41facing the electric grid. So, in this

2:39:44case, you know, clean electric mobility.

2:39:47Um there are several different companies

2:39:50that applied to receive grant funding

2:39:52from IIEES and BPOS was selected as one

2:39:57of those companies. The city's been

2:40:00we've been really interested in doing

2:40:03something with a company that addresses

2:40:05curbside charging and has had meetings

2:40:09uh here and there with different service

2:40:11providers. So, we feel good about this

2:40:14because we can rely on the vetting that

2:40:16PUR has done uh and

2:40:20uh and work with a company that's been

2:40:24well evaluated, has had good track

2:40:26record.

2:40:27>> Okay. So, it was more or less state

2:40:30driven

2:40:31>> through the correct.

2:40:33>> Um and will there be a local rep from

2:40:36Ballpost that will monitor operations?

2:40:41Uh James, you want to speak to that? Uh

2:40:44>> yes, we we have a 24/7 driver support

2:40:48service

2:40:50um through one of our partnerships with

2:40:52a nationwide operator. Um they have um

2:40:56engineers in Connecticut. Um our head

2:40:58office is actually just down the road in

2:41:00New York. The Chargers are also

2:41:02manufactured in Enfield, Connecticut. Um

2:41:06so it's a long-term local manufacturing

2:41:08business.

2:41:10Awesome. Thank you for that. Um, any

2:41:14further questions from colleagues? Okay.

2:41:17All right. Seeing none, thank you for

2:41:18joining us um, via Zoom. Um, and thank

2:41:23you for your presentation.

2:41:24>> Thanks so much for being here.

2:41:28>> Is there anyone from the public that

2:41:30would like to speak on this item?

2:41:33Is there anyone from the public that

2:41:34would like to speak on this item? Please

2:41:36come forward.

2:41:38Is there anyone from the public that

2:41:40would like to speak on this item? Please

2:41:41come forward.

2:41:43Okay, seeing no one, uh we will move on

2:41:46to our next item which is item number uh

2:41:50three with catalyst catalyst power as it

2:41:53go.

2:41:58Is there anyone

2:42:03for a multi-year shared energy saving

2:42:06agreement between Catalyst Power and the

2:42:08New Haven Board of Education

2:42:16here?

2:42:18>> Okay. Should we move on to the next

2:42:20item?

2:42:29Um,

2:42:30>> okay. You know what? Why don't we take

2:42:32just a comfort break? Uh, since I see

2:42:35some colleagues getting up, just a a 5m

2:42:37minute comfort break. Thank you.

2:42:44>> So, colleagues can be back by let's say

2:42:478:20.

2:42:52That's nice to see.

2:43:12[laughter]

2:49:28Um,

2:49:30we will now move on to item number

2:49:32three, which is the Catalyst Power Asset

2:49:36Code LLC with the board of ed. And I see

2:49:39our deputy CSA,

2:49:42Miss Pomero, here. If you could state

2:49:45your name and address for the record and

2:49:46go right into the item presentation,

2:49:50that would be appreciated.

2:49:51>> Sure. Rebecca,

2:49:53the chief administrative officer 122

2:49:55Western

2:50:00uh for the board of ed as this is a

2:50:03purely administrative item. Um and I'm

2:50:07happy to cover for them. Uh so we have

2:50:09before you today uh what is a name

2:50:13change on a contractor that uh already

2:50:16has a multi-year agreement in excess of

2:50:19$150,000 with the city. Um the vendor we

2:50:23entered into the contract with uh was

2:50:25acquired by Catalyst. Um, the city now

2:50:29needs to enter into a successor

2:50:32multi-year agreement above the

2:50:34thresholds uh with this vendor and

2:50:36therefore needs board of alers approval

2:50:39uh to execute this contract which is

2:50:42essentially the same contract that was

2:50:44previously approved and executed. I'm

2:50:46happy to answer any questions you might

2:50:48have to the best of my ability. Okay.

2:50:51So, we are did we already vote on this

2:50:53when

2:50:55>> I had not had a chance to review the

2:50:58historic m items of the board, but as it

2:51:01was executed by court counsel

2:51:03previously, I would assume they did

2:51:04their due diligence and ensure the

2:51:06initial approvals were made.

2:51:08>> Okay. So basically they sold to this new

2:51:11uh vendor and we need to approve this

2:51:15sale because of the amount but this

2:51:17contract has already started with the

2:51:20previous vendor.

2:51:22>> It is a 15-year agreement. I don't know

2:51:24what year of the contract we are in but

2:51:26the balance of the agreement will be

2:51:28assigned to the subsequent company um to

2:51:34finalize the term.

2:51:37Okay.

2:51:39So everything remains the same pricing,

2:51:42no changes to the contract other than

2:51:44the vendor itself.

2:51:45>> Correct.

2:51:46>> So maintenance, services, etc. will all

2:51:49remain consistent

2:51:50>> as indicated in the order and all of the

2:51:52terms are the same.

2:51:54>> Okay. Uh questions from colleagues,

2:51:57Alder Moore.

2:51:58>> Thank you, Madam Chair. So are we simply

2:52:00just approving an assignment?

2:52:02>> Uh the assignment was not allowed under

2:52:04the prior contract. So a new contract is

2:52:06required. uh with the same terms.

2:52:08>> Okay. So, no no additional increase in

2:52:10price or extension of term or anything

2:52:13else.

2:52:13>> For all intents and purposes, if we had

2:52:15to give them permission for assignment,

2:52:16uh we wouldn't be here today.

2:52:18>> Understood. Thank you, Madam Chair.

2:52:20>> Thank you all. Any other questions? Um

2:52:23and just can you just give a brief

2:52:26description of what this

2:52:29does?

2:52:30>> Sure. Uh this is uh the competitive

2:52:32purchase of energy which saves the city

2:52:34money. Okay.

2:52:37talked a lot about damage tonight. Um,

2:52:40okay. Thank you. Any further questions?

2:52:45>> Thank you for your presentation. Is

2:52:46there anyone from the public that would

2:52:48like to speak on this item? Please come

2:52:49forward. Is there anyone from the public

2:52:52that would like to speak on this item?

2:52:54Please come forward. Is there anyone

2:52:56from the public that would like to

2:52:58testify? Please come forward. Seeing

2:52:59none, we'll move on to uh number four.

2:53:03Uh, and I see our parks department is

2:53:05here. Thanks everyone for your patience.

2:53:11And once [clears throat] again, name and

2:53:12address for the record and you could go

2:53:15right into your presentation.

2:53:19>> Hi, I am Annie Michael, the tree system

2:53:22coordinator for the city. The address is

2:53:2519 Laurwood Drive, Bowlingford,

2:53:26Connecticut. I'm

2:53:28>> Max Webster. I'm the parks director. My

2:53:30address is 48 Street.

2:53:33Great. So, the um item that we are

2:53:36presenting on first is a $30,000 grant

2:53:40from the Connecticut Department of

2:53:42Energy and Environment. It is called the

2:53:45urban forest resilience grant. It is

2:53:47pass through money from the federal

2:53:49government to ConnecticutDe. Uh the

2:53:52purpose of it was to address hazardous

2:53:56and risk trees and then also replant at

2:53:59a 2:1 ratio. um the trees to be removed

2:54:03needed to um meet certain standards of

2:54:06risk and they had to the replantings

2:54:09have to happen in low um canopy

2:54:11environmental justice neighborhoods. So

2:54:14the trees selected of that $30,000 that

2:54:16will cover the removal of 13 trees. The

2:54:19trees were selected using a combination

2:54:21of data that I have in the inventory of

2:54:23trying to find some large diameter trees

2:54:25that are doing really poorly. Um, we

2:54:28focused a lot on streets that were lined

2:54:30with pin. We have a lot of those in New

2:54:32Haven where these trees are this

2:54:33monoculture of single age, single

2:54:35species trees. They're all kind of

2:54:37declining at the same time. They've

2:54:39reached basically the end of their

2:54:40physiological um, you know, life. So, we

2:54:43also in combination did meet with the

2:54:46folks who did the Dwight cooling the

2:54:48heat study in Dwight. Um, they had

2:54:51identified Whley Avenue as having some

2:54:52of the highest air pollution um, in the

2:54:55city. So there's u several trees there

2:54:58and then several the other trees are in

2:55:00the hill on Greenwood. So of those 13

2:55:03removals we have to replant I think two

2:55:05to one. So those trees will be removed

2:55:07with their stumps. We'll then grind an

2:55:09additional 13 stumps and plant 26 trees.

2:55:12Um the match for the 30,000 will come

2:55:16from the tree planting contract that we

2:55:17have with URI all the time. It's part of

2:55:20their $500 um city funded tree planting

2:55:24there. And then a combination of

2:55:25in-house crews can do some of the extra

2:55:27stump grinding. We'll use a contractor

2:55:29for the $30,000 uh dollars worth of tree

2:55:32removal and stump grinding. Yeah,

2:55:35>> I think that's it. Any questions?

2:55:37>> Okay, questions from colleagues.

2:55:42Not a question. If you don't comment,

2:55:46>> is it something for discussion or

2:55:48>> Well, I guess Go ahead. question as um

2:55:52how many trees do you think need to be

2:55:54removed in this city? Okay. So, I guess

2:55:55it is a question.

2:55:56[clears throat and laughter]

2:55:58>> Yeah.

2:55:58>> Sorry. Just to give it like a

2:56:02>> hundreds.

2:56:03>> Hundreds.

2:56:04>> This is going to be 30 start to finish

2:56:07from taking down.

2:56:08>> This will be 13.

2:56:09>> Oh,

2:56:10>> $30,000 is just 13 trees. These are

2:56:12trees that are large. They're like um

2:56:15you know 20 to 36 inches in diameter.

2:56:17They are very large trees, but yes, tree

2:56:20removal is very expensive. So, yeah,

2:56:22just 13.

2:56:24>> Thank you. Mhm. Thank you.

2:56:25>> Thank you, Al Martinelli. Is this

2:56:27something we contract out for because of

2:56:29the size or is this something that we do

2:56:31internally?

2:56:33>> So, we're constantly doing the same type

2:56:34of work internally. We do have an on

2:56:37call tree contractor that has a contract

2:56:39for the whole year. Um, it will be based

2:56:42off of that also. So, we will use them

2:56:44for that. They are able to with some of

2:56:45their equipment do things um that might

2:56:48be a little bit bigger, things like

2:56:50that. But our in-house crews could do

2:56:52it. This will be contracted out. Okay.

2:56:54So, this project will be contracted out.

2:56:56What is the time frame? Um, I believe

2:56:58that they're expecting to announce

2:57:01awards in October. The time frame total

2:57:03was a year. I believe it was like

2:57:06January 28th if everything had to be

2:57:08done. But, I mean, it could be the

2:57:10contract with the tree service

2:57:11contractor is already in place. So,

2:57:13literally the minute everything is

2:57:15signed and ready to go, they could

2:57:17remove those trees and we could be

2:57:18planting um in the spring of 27. And so

2:57:23I expect to be completely done with the

2:57:25grant around that. Um it does involve

2:57:28like two public meetings. So there will

2:57:30be some involvement with um you know

2:57:32alders and doing community meetings in

2:57:33the areas where the trees are selected.

2:57:36>> Okay. So even though the work has to be

2:57:37done by January

2:57:4028

2:57:40>> 28

2:57:41>> um will be done with everything prior to

2:57:45that.

2:57:45>> Yeah. I would say like June of 27

2:57:48everything should be done.

2:57:49>> Okay. Perfect.

2:57:50>> Yeah. the my I anticipate being able to

2:57:52do the work over the winter, stump right

2:57:55in the spring, plant in the spring.

2:57:57>> Okay.

2:57:58>> Um

2:58:00and they'll take care of everything from

2:58:02the tree to the stone

2:58:04>> and then planting.

2:58:05>> Yep. And then URI would do the planting

2:58:07through their regular tree contract.

2:58:08>> Okay. And you said the matching will

2:58:10come from URI.

2:58:13>> Well, from the contract that we provide

2:58:15to URI,

2:58:17the city pays for all the trees,

2:58:19>> right?

2:58:19>> Yeah.

2:58:20>> Okay. Yeah. So their their contract they

2:58:22have a PO through um my budget to plant

2:58:25500 trees every year and they'll come

2:58:26out of that.

2:58:27>> Okay, perfect.

2:58:28>> And then um watering will take on as

2:58:31parks department the maintenance and

2:58:33establishment.

2:58:34>> Okay, thanks for that clarification. Uh

2:58:37questions from colleagues.

2:58:40>> Thank you.

2:58:42Is there anyone from the public that

2:58:43would [cough] like to speak on this

2:58:44item? Is there anyone from the public

2:58:47that would like to speak on this item?

2:58:48Please come forward. Again, this is on

2:58:51the tree inventory. It's

2:58:53>> [clears throat]

2:58:53>> um I see Mr. Augusta. State your name

2:58:57and address for the record, please, and

2:58:58go right into your testimony.

2:59:02[clears throat]

2:59:03>> My name is David Augusta. I live at 431

2:59:05Orange Street. The city of New Haven's

2:59:08policy has been when it cuts down the

2:59:10tree, it leaves a stump and ignores

2:59:13hazardous violations of the ADA that

2:59:15were caused by the tree roots. So I

2:59:18wanted to know are we going to be

2:59:19removing the stumps and repairing

2:59:21[clears throat] the sidewalks.

2:59:23>> So it has to be addressed through

2:59:26>> that was my question.

2:59:27>> Yes. [laughter]

2:59:28Uh just formalities.

2:59:30So your concern is the tree stumps once

2:59:33a tree

2:59:33>> comes there are conditions where we can

2:59:36leave the stumps. Sidewalks are fine,

2:59:38but we've had in the past we've ignored

2:59:41the stumps and ignored the sidewalks and

2:59:43both joggers and assisted device users

2:59:46to use the roadway.

2:59:49That was my observation and my question.

2:59:51>> Yes. So, if if residents notice any any

2:59:56sidewalk uh or root related sidewalk

2:59:59damage,

3:00:01um it's wise to call either your alder,

3:00:04the city itself, send an email or see

3:00:07ClickFix and that information is then

3:00:11sent to the appropriate department and

3:00:15um it gets

3:00:17>> ignored,

3:00:17>> put on a list. [laughter]

3:00:20But if a crew is out there cutting down

3:00:22a tree and it can remove the stump at

3:00:25the same time, I think so it would be

3:00:27more efficient.

3:00:28>> So it's a little more complicated than

3:00:31than that. [clears throat]

3:00:32um

3:00:34they generally cut down trees and then

3:00:36there's it's a separate mechanism for

3:00:39stump removal at least on the city side

3:00:42and I will actually you know if it's

3:00:45appropriate is it um maybe just to

3:00:50explain that process like the 60cond

3:00:54elevator speech

3:00:56>> um from our parks director but it is a

3:00:58little more complicated than it presents

3:01:01itself. Yeah. So, so the the couple

3:01:04pieces, David, are that the the

3:01:07mechanism. So, you cut down the tree.

3:01:08That's one set of equipment and setups

3:01:10to cut down the tree, right? It's just a

3:01:12different equipment set up to grind

3:01:15stuff. the the part that um then you

3:01:20know sort of affects the you know the

3:01:22timing when that happens is both um

3:01:24scheduling related to our in-house crews

3:01:26and when they can get out to do stump

3:01:28grinding but then also there's there's

3:01:30contract that we have with contractors

3:01:33to do stuff grinding too. So there's a

3:01:35procurement process around that as well,

3:01:37right? So the nest risk related to the

3:01:40amount of funding that we have on hand

3:01:41to be able to do that stuff right. Um

3:01:43[clears throat] we can't affect the

3:01:44sidewalks, right? But we can do the

3:01:47stuff grinding and then the sidewalk

3:01:49repair will follow from there.

3:01:52>> Thank you

3:01:54and thank you for helping address that

3:01:56concern. Um

3:01:59is there anyone from the public that

3:02:01would like to testify on this item?

3:02:03please come forward. If there's anyone

3:02:05from the public that would like to

3:02:06testify, please come forward. And for a

3:02:09third time, if anyone from the public

3:02:11would like to speak on this item, please

3:02:13come forward. Seeing none, we can move

3:02:15on to item number five, which is also

3:02:18the parks department. And I will ask

3:02:19that you state your name and address one

3:02:21more time and we'll go right into the

3:02:23item itself. Thank you.

3:02:27[laughter]

3:02:30>> Max Buckser. from the parks director at

3:02:3248 Winter Street.

3:02:34>> Thank you. And go ahead with uh this.

3:02:39>> Which one is this, Al?

3:02:40>> This is the flooding issues.

3:02:42>> Flooding issues. Right. So uh uh we

3:02:45applied for a grant from the from the

3:02:48deep climate resilience program for

3:02:51planning grant to study uh flooding and

3:02:54storm water impacts at in Edward Park.

3:02:57Uh folks may know that uh a lot of the

3:03:00role of the park and how is it

3:03:02constructed, how it was constructed is

3:03:04actually as to to receive storm water

3:03:06from the surrounding neighborhood from

3:03:08Westville. So there's uh I think five

3:03:11large storm water outfalls that enter

3:03:14the park um that direct storm water that

3:03:17otherwise goes, you know, down the storm

3:03:19catchments and into the park and then

3:03:21into the West River. Um storm events are

3:03:24only getting bigger, more intense. Um

3:03:27and we see those effects show up in the

3:03:29park in terms of uh regular flooding

3:03:32after storm events and uh the impacts

3:03:34associated with that with additional

3:03:36erosion uh scouring along the uh the

3:03:39banks of the west river and all that. So

3:03:42this uh this grant would allow us to do

3:03:45a study of those impacts in the park,

3:03:49how they're affecting key infrastructure

3:03:51in the park, and then plan for uh

3:03:55improvements and further resilience

3:03:56within the park over time.

3:04:01>> Okay. Okay. And this is

3:04:05uh just looking

3:04:08for the amount of

3:04:10>> I think is $300,000.

3:04:12>> Okay. So, it's 300,000 that

3:04:16have we applied already?

3:04:18>> We have applied. Yes.

3:04:19>> Uh when will you find out if

3:04:21>> we have already been awarded?

3:04:22>> So, you we applied we've been awarded.

3:04:25>> Yes. So now it's just the next phase of

3:04:27getting approval from the board and

3:04:29putting all the other factors.

3:04:32>> Uh so a study needs to be done

3:04:35[clears throat] first.

3:04:37>> Yeah. So this there's no project work

3:04:39that's done associated with this grant.

3:04:40There's a possible ability to do like

3:04:43some pilots and just sort of like um

3:04:46like really small scale stuff. Uh but

3:04:48nothing in terms of major work that

3:04:50would happen to the park as a result of

3:04:52this. This is just a planning and study

3:04:54grant.

3:04:58>> Okay.

3:05:03>> Hold on one second. Okay. So, it's for

3:05:05planning and and it's it's not to do any

3:05:09work.

3:05:09>> Correct. It's to do the planning that

3:05:11would then guide future work from that

3:05:14plan.

3:05:20um that pertains to the flooding that

3:05:23occurs there as you explained

3:05:24>> primarily the flooding. Yeah. But other

3:05:26climate resilience issues that might pop

3:05:28up as well.

3:05:30>> Uh colleagues, any questions, other

3:05:32marks? I'm just confused, Madam Chair.

3:05:35Um and maybe Mr.

3:05:42I'm just looking at the packet

3:05:44is referring to improvements in

3:05:46lighting.

3:05:46>> Yeah, that's another grant. That's a

3:05:48separate one.

3:05:48>> Is that Oh. explain out of order.

3:05:52>> That's the next one.

3:05:56>> Oh, I'm so sorry. I I understand. I

3:05:59don't

3:05:59>> page 77.

3:06:02We are7. [clears throat]

3:06:22I'm sorry. Oh, wait. Page 94, which is

3:06:24where I thought we were technically.

3:06:26>> Maybe it's in the

3:06:27>> It's out of order. I think it's Thank

3:06:28you.

3:06:34>> Uh, any questions? Thank you very much.

3:06:36I appreciate it.

3:06:37>> Any questions from

3:06:39>> colleagues? Questions?

3:06:41>> I have one.

3:06:41>> Alder, I'm sorry. I'm full of questions

3:06:43tonight. Thank you. Thank you, Madam

3:06:45Chair. Thank you, director. Uh uh so the

3:06:49question is so the 250,000 it'll cover

3:06:54is that okay have you seen more flooding

3:06:57this year overall years because of the

3:07:00amount of rain we've seen and this is is

3:07:02this sufficient to cover all of the

3:07:04costs that we need to to do this this

3:07:07this part or is there going to be any

3:07:09funds that would be taken out of the

3:07:11city budget because the excess mud

3:07:13flooding we've seen this year?

3:07:14>> No. So this is so this is just the study

3:07:16part, right? So basically what we do is

3:07:18just put out an RFP for a consultant to

3:07:22to help guide the study, right? And

3:07:24they'll do

3:07:26uh most of the analysis

3:07:29um some community engagement sessions

3:07:31with that and all that good stuff,

3:07:32right? So so it's just that um to the

3:07:36question of have we seen um additional

3:07:40flooding this year? Yes, absolutely. Um,

3:07:43you know, we had at least three or four

3:07:47larger than 3 in rain events. Some of

3:07:49those were 3 in of rain in an hour.

3:07:53[clears throat] And so, just for

3:07:56context, one inch of rain is equivalent

3:07:58to about 12 inches of snow. So, just,

3:08:01you know, a 36 inch snow event in an

3:08:03hour would be pretty crazy, right? So,

3:08:06that's the kind of rain events that

3:08:08we're seeing. Um there are al there are

3:08:11there are parts of Edgewood Park that

3:08:13have never that have never dried out

3:08:15this entire summer essentially. So

3:08:17standing pools of water that that are

3:08:20you know becoming permanent features of

3:08:22what were otherwise dry parts of the

3:08:24park.

3:08:25>> So due to that you're not going to see

3:08:26an excess of that quarter of a million.

3:08:28Right. So

3:08:29>> well no because yeah this is just tied

3:08:31to this to the planning. Yeah.

3:08:32>> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you madam

3:08:34chair.

3:08:34>> Thank you al Martinelli. And I did find

3:08:36the amount. Sorry, it's 250,000.

3:08:39>> Um, and there's no match for the city.

3:08:41>> Correct.

3:08:41>> Okay.

3:08:42>> Y

3:08:43>> um but it looks like once we set all

3:08:46this up and they do their evaluations,

3:08:49etc., then we would have to either apply

3:08:52for additional grants to help whatever

3:08:55the results are of that study.

3:08:56>> That's correct. Yeah.

3:08:58>> Or we have to budget for it.

3:09:00>> That's correct. [clears throat]

3:09:02>> Okay. Uh any other questions from

3:09:04committee members? All right. See you

3:09:06on. Thank you very much.

3:09:07>> Okay.

3:09:08>> Well, what's the time frame actually

3:09:10before I let you go?

3:09:11>> Uh, so we would just need to get the

3:09:13contracting in place with this with the

3:09:15state and then go through the RFP

3:09:18process. Um, so I think that would

3:09:21probably put us sometime in the spring

3:09:23to get started with this.

3:09:24>> Okay.

3:09:24>> Yeah.

3:09:26>> Spring of 207. Yeah.

3:09:28>> Okay. Thank you. Um, is there anyone

3:09:31from the public that would like to speak

3:09:32on this item? Please come forward.

3:09:43Just want to add uh the timeline and

3:09:45execution of this grant.

3:09:47>> Where are you?

3:09:48>> Oh, Rebecca Baromero 122. Uh the timing

3:09:51on execution of this grant uh would be

3:09:55of benefit to discharges from committee

3:09:58uh as uh we can get going prior to your

3:10:01October meeting if you voted on it

3:10:03sooner.

3:10:05Um, so I it [snorts] has to go to city

3:10:10plan first. So as long as it gets to

3:10:13city plan prior to that meeting, which

3:10:16it's not going to happen,

3:10:20um, schedules.

3:10:22>> Yeah, I I if this needs immediate

3:10:25action, I would get on to city plan and

3:10:29make sure that they have it at their

3:10:30next meeting.

3:10:31>> Noted. Um, so as much as I would love to

3:10:35discharge it, I can't without that

3:10:38report.

3:10:40>> Could you discharge it and then table it

3:10:42if it hasn't completed at the that

3:10:44meeting?

3:10:45>> Uh, um, Miss on the agenda for September

3:10:49and it will not be completed.

3:10:52>> Okay. So, it will not be completed for

3:10:54Monday's meeting. I'm sorry.

3:10:56Um

3:10:58I know details

3:11:00and procedure and process and

3:11:04unfortunately we have to do that. Um

3:11:08okay where were we? Public. Oh is there

3:11:11anyone from the public that would like

3:11:12to speak on this item? Please come

3:11:14forward.

3:11:16Is there anyone [clears throat] from the

3:11:17public that would like to speak on this

3:11:18item?

3:11:19>> He's going to speak.

3:11:20>> Okay. Is there anyone from the public

3:11:22that would like to speak on this item?

3:11:24Okay. Seeing no, we can move on to uh

3:11:26the next item which uh director Webster,

3:11:29I believe is your item as well regarding

3:11:32um

3:11:34lighting and power in the amount of

3:11:36243,000.

3:11:37>> That's right. 243,000. So, thank you,

3:11:40Chair Festa. So, again, I'm Max Webster.

3:11:43I'm the parks director. I'm at 48

3:11:45Street. Um we received uh an Urban Act

3:11:51award. um uh from the state based on a

3:11:56recommendation made by Representative

3:11:58Pat Dylan um following a community

3:12:00request for additional lighting in

3:12:02Edgewood Park in the area around the uh

3:12:06the tennis courts. Um if you're familiar

3:12:08with the parking lot over there off of

3:12:10West Rock Avenue, um folks associated

3:12:14with the um uh the Westville business

3:12:18community uh over there requesting

3:12:21additional lighting. um for um folks

3:12:24that use the the park um you know park

3:12:28is sort of an you know as a benefit for

3:12:30people to visit businesses and stuff

3:12:31like that in the area because and then

3:12:34additionally people use the parking lot

3:12:37um to frequent those businesses as well.

3:12:40Uh there's also a number of events that

3:12:42happen in that area of the park. So we

3:12:45have uh you know regularly a farmers

3:12:47market from from city seed as well as

3:12:49the westville artists walk um other

3:12:52community programming like yoga classes

3:12:54and things like that that happen out

3:12:56there too. Um, so there was a a meeting

3:13:00that we had back in the the spring with

3:13:02the park commission. Uh, reviewed this

3:13:04request um from the community, did a

3:13:06site visit with uh key constituents

3:13:09there. Um, and yeah, then the the

3:13:12request went to to to Representative

3:13:14Dylan and she supported this at the at

3:13:16the state level. Um and uh you know

3:13:19looking at installing um new lights

3:13:22which match the [clears throat]

3:13:24um the light poles that you would see

3:13:26around Hugan Pavilion if you went to

3:13:28that part of the park. There is

3:13:29established lighting there. Um in on on

3:13:32that side of the park and then looking

3:13:34at uh different uh electrical access to

3:13:37support events that happen in that space

3:13:39as well. uh additional money that uh is

3:13:43left over after that uh after the

3:13:46lighting is supported will be used to

3:13:48help fix pathways and improve access uh

3:13:52in that area of the park as well.

3:13:54>> Okay. Um

3:13:58so here on the fiscal impact statement

3:14:03the amount this one time amount is

3:14:05listed under bond funding.

3:14:07>> So this is being bonded. is not a grant

3:14:10or

3:14:11>> the state bond dollars.

3:14:13>> State bond.

3:14:14>> Yeah.

3:14:14>> Okay.

3:14:16>> Thank you for the clarification

3:14:20and uh if approved when what is the

3:14:23timeline for this to happen?

3:14:26>> Uh again we have to go through the

3:14:27contracting process with the state and

3:14:29then once that's uh done then uh we can

3:14:33move forward with the project given

3:14:35where we are in the year. Uh it's likely

3:14:39that this would be a project that we

3:14:41would be looking at starting um in the

3:14:43spring or early summer of 2027. Uh so

3:14:46that would be roughly this the start of

3:14:48the project and then I would say

3:14:49carrying through the construction season

3:14:51next year. So uh through through the

3:14:54summer of 2027.

3:14:56>> Okay. So there's no uh deadline for this

3:14:59as long as we have

3:15:01dates or approximate dates of

3:15:04implementing the actual work.

3:15:06>> Yes. So, I think uh in terms of arriving

3:15:09at the um if there was a deadline or not

3:15:11for the work, that's something that we

3:15:13would determine with the contracting

3:15:14process with the state. I don't have

3:15:15that uh necessarily at this point in

3:15:18time.

3:15:18>> Okay. Because sometimes grants come when

3:15:20they time it. You have to use it by a

3:15:22certain time or we have to give it back.

3:15:25>> Um so, we just want to make sure that

3:15:27we're within the time frame of this

3:15:30grant.

3:15:30>> Yeah.

3:15:30>> Or this bonding.

3:15:32>> Okay.

3:15:33Uh questions from

3:15:35Alex's alter marks. Thank you. Just a

3:15:38quick question. Um thank you for this

3:15:39and thank you for the work you do as the

3:15:41alder mayor Jason Ward. My constituents

3:15:43actively use this area. Heard you speak

3:15:45about uh activities and events. Just

3:15:47want to confirm and ask that your need

3:15:50for lighting and the

3:15:53the plan and design also takes into

3:15:55account public safety and crime

3:15:56prevention.

3:15:57that the neighbors nearby feel that the

3:16:00well well-lit parking lot in area deters

3:16:02loitering and crime.

3:16:04>> Yeah, exactly right. Yeah, that's that's

3:16:05a factor as well. Um and uh something

3:16:08that was brought up and so we we

3:16:10actually just did a walk through with

3:16:11folks um is it today's Thursday, right?

3:16:16Wednesday, yesterday. Uh and looking at

3:16:18some of the key areas of concern within

3:16:20the parking lot in that area so make

3:16:21sure that those were addressed. Yeah.

3:16:23>> Thank you. Thank you.

3:16:25>> Thank you, Alder Martin. Martinelli.

3:16:27>> Thank you, Madam Chair. Uh, okay. So, my

3:16:29question is, it's 243,000. Do you know

3:16:32how many lights that would be?

3:16:33>> Originally, we were planning for I think

3:16:3613 light poles. Um, going through the

3:16:39walk through yesterday might be

3:16:41[clears throat]

3:16:42um one or two more than that. And then

3:16:46there might be some additional lighting

3:16:48features at the gazebo and at the

3:16:50entrance to the park at the corner of

3:16:52why and um Westrock that the constituent

3:16:56group was interested in seeing as well.

3:16:58>> Okay. Lovely. And is it all going to be

3:17:00done within house? Is it you know how

3:17:02are we going to get these light posts up

3:17:04because again my recent thing was a 2100

3:17:08pound light lampost. Yeah. It was quite

3:17:11extreme to get that one up and it was

3:17:13done by one person.

3:17:14>> Yeah. So, so this this work would be

3:17:17primarily uh overseen and carried out by

3:17:21um uh our parks electrician

3:17:25>> uh and then working with um some

3:17:26additional staff members from the parks

3:17:28department to do most of the light pole

3:17:31installation um but working you know

3:17:33closely with the manufacturer of those

3:17:36those light poles um uh so it's sort of

3:17:40like a collaborative effort.

3:17:41>> Okay. Yeah. So yeah, like I said, the

3:17:43the city electrician just put in the

3:17:45lamp post in Mr. Square and he did

3:17:46[clears throat] it all by himself. I was

3:17:48quite impressed with that. So I just

3:17:49wanted to be sure that we Okay.

3:17:51>> All right. Thank you. That's it. Thank

3:17:53you, Major.

3:17:53>> Thank you, Martinelli. Any further

3:17:55questions from colleagues?

3:17:57>> Okay, [laughter] seeing none, thank you

3:17:59very much.

3:18:00>> Thank you.

3:18:00>> Uh, is there anyone from the public that

3:18:02would like to speak on this item? Please

3:18:03come forward.

3:18:08>> And once again, name and address for the

3:18:10record. Thank you again, Madam Chair. My

3:18:13name is still David Augusta and I as I

3:18:16still live. [laughter]

3:18:21Edward Park is not accessible. People

3:18:23who have disabilities have been denied

3:18:25access to that public park forever. Um

3:18:29the reports of the individual denials of

3:18:32access go back a decade. I'm seeing

3:18:34ignored and [clears throat]

3:18:37in this case lighting can only benefit

3:18:41people who are who can see. There are no

3:18:44audible pedestrian signals on any access

3:18:46roads to the park. So we will improve

3:18:50the safety of people who are able to see

3:18:54while people who can't see are denied

3:18:56access to the park. There is a single

3:18:59curb ramp on Edgewood in Pendleton and

3:19:03we all know a single curb ramp doesn't

3:19:05do anything. You have one in your ward.

3:19:08You have one in your ward. You represent

3:19:11the very white board. So they fixed it.

3:19:16Yeah. [snorts]

3:19:17Um

3:19:19over the course of those

3:19:21>> if you look at war 10 it's pretty

3:19:22diverse.

3:19:24>> War 10.

3:19:25>> Yeah. Okay. Um

3:19:29over those 10 years that these reports

3:19:31have been ignored, we've spent millions

3:19:34of dollars discret discretionary

3:19:37spending that can only benefit the

3:19:39people who are permitted to access the

3:19:42park. So every one of those

3:19:44discretionary expenditures was

3:19:45discriminatory because we denied the

3:19:48member liberal protected class the right

3:19:50to access that park.

3:19:52I'm thrilled with Max Webster. He has a

3:19:55commitment to safety and accessibility

3:19:57that has never existed. But if people

3:19:59can't actually get to the parks, we're

3:20:02going to repair the pathways and enter

3:20:05the park. They're not accessible because

3:20:07the sidewalks are just horrible. So,

3:20:10we're not actually providing

3:20:11accessibility even though he's providing

3:20:14accessibility.

3:20:16We have to do something about the access

3:20:18rights.

3:20:19We can't keep spending money every year

3:20:23while we continue [clears throat] to

3:20:24deny members of protected class the

3:20:26right to access to the park.

3:20:30That's my testimony.

3:20:31>> Is your concern mostly with the parks or

3:20:34the

3:20:34>> No, it's the road. It's the access roads

3:20:36to its sidewalks. I I sent Mr. Lucas

3:20:39photos. Um but he's not here. I sent

3:20:42testimony and writing which has some

3:20:45quick clip fix links to some of the

3:20:47conditions. because they're not

3:20:48reversible.

3:20:50>> So, we do have a resource allocation

3:20:51committee that once sidewalk complaints

3:20:55or concerns are submitted, uh, they go

3:20:59and take a look at them and they

3:21:01prioritize them. So, it could be that

3:21:02some of these sidewalks they just

3:21:04haven't had an opportunity to get to yet

3:21:07because we have a lot of sidewalks,

3:21:10right?

3:21:11and not enough uh contractors to do the

3:21:15the job and in-house

3:21:18would take a very long time.

3:21:20>> But we continue to make discretionary

3:21:23expenditures that can only benefit

3:21:25people who are committed to access the

3:21:27park. So that's the problem. We're

3:21:31spending money for able people and not

3:21:35spending it to comply with federal law.

3:21:39And as far as priorities go,

3:21:41[clears throat]

3:21:41we we violate boundar because of those

3:21:45sidewalk conditions in front of our

3:21:46schools. So that has to be a priority.

3:21:49Access to parks. [clears throat]

3:21:51It's very low on my list of priorities.

3:21:54Um but it has to be done. We can't keep

3:21:56again. [clears throat]

3:21:57We're going to put in lighting that can

3:22:00only benefit people who can see while we

3:22:03have no audible pedestrian signals on

3:22:05the access. That's very obviously

3:22:07discriminatory.

3:22:09Okay,

3:22:10>> that's my testimony. [clears throat]

3:22:12>> No, I appreciate it and it's noted and

3:22:16um we have folks in the audience that

3:22:18have heard it as well. So,

3:22:20>> thank you. Thank you.

3:22:22>> Thank you.

3:22:23>> Thank you all. [clears throat]

3:22:24>> Is there anyone else from the public

3:22:25that would like to speak on this item?

3:22:27Please come forward. Is there anyone

3:22:30else from the public that would like to

3:22:31speak on this item? Please come forward.

3:22:34For a third time, is there anyone from

3:22:35the public that would like to testify?

3:22:37please come forward. Okay, seeing none,

3:22:41do I hear a motion to close the public

3:22:42portion of this meeting?

3:22:44>> So move.

3:22:44>> Second.

3:22:45>> Uh it's been moved and seconded.

3:22:48Everyone in agreement of closing the

3:22:51public portion, please say I. I. Any

3:22:54nays? Any extensions? Uh the eyes carry.

3:22:58Public portion is officially closed.

3:23:03>> Do I hear a motion to move item number

3:23:05one? [clears throat] So moved by the

3:23:06chair second.

3:23:08>> Item one has been moved and seconded.

3:23:10Any discussion on item number one which

3:23:12is in regard to Global New Haven

3:23:14Terminals LLC.

3:23:17Any discussion? A Baltimore?

3:23:20>> Yeah, I think that this

3:23:24this is a you know it's a tough one

3:23:26because there's a lot of different

3:23:27factors, but ultimately I am uh in

3:23:30support of this environmental benefits

3:23:33agreement. It's gone through a

3:23:34comprehensive process involving the

3:23:36public, involving different city

3:23:38entities and agencies and um I I know

3:23:42global has done a lot for our community

3:23:44and I I know that our our climate office

3:23:48um you know has worked hard to come up

3:23:50with a way of trying trying to measure

3:23:53um the cost and the impact of this and I

3:23:56think that's really commendable. So, um,

3:23:59we're getting funds, um, to try to help

3:24:02mitigate,

3:24:03uh, environmental harm caused by

3:24:06economic activity. Uh, if it was 20

3:24:09years ago, that wouldn't happen. It was

3:24:1110 years ago, that wouldn't happen. This

3:24:13is a good start. Um, this is progress.

3:24:16And so, this is something, uh, I

3:24:20support. Uh, we always want obviously

3:24:22more for our constituents.

3:24:25Um, and so I am, you know, excited to

3:24:30see what Director Winter and the city do

3:24:33with these funds and how to make the

3:24:34most of them to help really mitigate,

3:24:38you know, the the problems that come

3:24:39with air pollution such as public health

3:24:41problems, environmental problems, and

3:24:43how we can make this city cleaner and

3:24:44greener and hopefully how we can make

3:24:46our port cleaner and greener. So, um, I

3:24:50am in support of this measure. Thank

3:24:52you, Madam Chair.

3:24:53>> Thank you, Alder Moore. Any further

3:24:55discussion? Alder Martin.

3:24:57>> Thank you, Madam Chair. I am also

3:24:58speaking in support of this with uh

3:25:01noting that this is a step in the right

3:25:03direction, but I you know, as the

3:25:05representative of Wer Square and Fair

3:25:07Haven that are poor areas and the annex,

3:25:09I I think that there should be more of

3:25:12them in this in this world. uh where we

3:25:15should be expanding uh you know where it

3:25:17actually does offset the health um

3:25:22well I shouldn't even say offset where

3:25:24it should help mitigate uh the VOCC's

3:25:28and and make it somewhat neutral now I

3:25:30know there's probably not technology for

3:25:32that as of yet and I recognize that we

3:25:35are uh you know it is an economic driver

3:25:37here in the city of New Haven and has

3:25:39been for a long time but I I am speaking

3:25:43in support of it but I think it's a step

3:25:44in the right direction, but I think we

3:25:46can do more. Thank you, Madam Chair.

3:25:48>> Thank you, Alder Martin Ellie. Alder

3:25:50Martin.

3:25:51>> Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair. So, I

3:25:52I think I too will um be voting in

3:25:55support, but have something on my mind

3:25:57that I wanted to share. Um what was on

3:25:59my mind and where my question was going

3:26:01involves um the philanthropy and

3:26:03community giving of global partners does

3:26:05seem that they are, you know, deeply

3:26:07invested in New.

3:26:09To me, what's um important to raise up

3:26:12is that the business of global partners

3:26:16um involves um

3:26:19gas, diesel, VOCC's, things that impact

3:26:22the environment. And I was sort of

3:26:24looking to hear more about global

3:26:26partners commitment to environmental

3:26:28justice, to climate resiliency, to

3:26:31parks, to tree planting. And I do note

3:26:34that looking at their philanthropy and

3:26:35community giving, I actually see lot to

3:26:37community services and do appreciate

3:26:39what they do for Boys and Girls Club and

3:26:42Downtown Soup Kitchen, but it's

3:26:43important to me that philanthropy and

3:26:45community giving focus on environmental

3:26:47issues, environmental repair,

3:26:49environmental protection, and

3:26:50environmental justice. And um I I do

3:26:53have just a bit of hesitancy, you know,

3:26:55when we look in what's literally the

3:26:58offset of a

3:27:01concrete environmental impact that the

3:27:04numbers are the same as the numbers

3:27:05being given to to social service in

3:27:07town, which of course I value. Um, but I

3:27:09do want to make sure that philanthropy

3:27:10and community giving is is going towards

3:27:13environment specifically in its own in

3:27:15its own bucket and its own silo because

3:27:17we really need to prioritize that and we

3:27:19certainly have a problem in the city

3:27:20with proper funding for as we hear from

3:27:23the tree warden and as we hear from the

3:27:24parks department as we hear you know

3:27:26constantly from Mr. Winter you know we

3:27:27we need money for these project.

3:27:30Thank you madam chair.

3:27:31>> Thank you alder Marks any further

3:27:34discussion?

3:27:36Um Misty. Yes. The actual agreement for

3:27:39this was submitted after it was

3:27:41communicated to the full board. So C,

3:27:43please have someone make an amendment

3:27:45just to include the agreement that's on

3:27:48pages 16 through 18 of the package.

3:27:53>> So what uh exactly do we need to So we

3:27:56just need to make an amendment.

3:27:59>> Yes. To include add agreement actual

3:28:03agreements to this initiative.

3:28:06>> Okay.

3:28:08Do uh I understand [clears throat]

3:28:12>> I make a motion to adopt those final

3:28:15draft of this

3:28:18to this not command.

3:28:21>> Second.

3:28:22>> Okay. The amendment has been made and

3:28:25seconded. Discussion on the amendment

3:28:28only.

3:28:30Again, this is just adding the actual

3:28:32agreement to our documents. All in favor

3:28:34of the amendment say I. I. Any nays? Any

3:28:38extensions? The eyes carry. We are now

3:28:41back to the amended item and we were

3:28:44discussing it. Um, but now we'll discuss

3:28:47it as amended. Any further discussion?

3:28:50Um, you know, I'll just uh add that I

3:28:53appreciate that uh there is, you know,

3:28:56concern with the environment and this

3:28:59company is willing to give us funding uh

3:29:02of some sort. And it may not seem like a

3:29:06lot because there's so much

3:29:07environmental

3:29:09challenges out there that uh we I feel

3:29:12like there's never enough money, but

3:29:14something is better than nothing. And we

3:29:16weren't getting anything.

3:29:18Uh anyway, this tank was always there.

3:29:21There's many other tanks there. I would

3:29:23almost encourage other businesses at the

3:29:27port to do the same thing. um in

3:29:31providing some funding to help our

3:29:33residents with well the environment that

3:29:36is being created at the port. Um I agree

3:29:39with Alder Marks that I think the the

3:29:43community philanthropy is amazing and I

3:29:46just want to note for the record that

3:29:47the New Haven Chamber also wrote a

3:29:50letter of support for this group

3:29:52encouraging us to support this item. uh

3:29:57they they not only give to these

3:30:00organizations, they actually partake and

3:30:03that's almost more important sometimes

3:30:05than actually just giving because by

3:30:08partaking you experience what the real

3:30:11world is like and uh especially with

3:30:13desk and the boys and girls club and the

3:30:15challenges that our residents face on a

3:30:18day-to-day basis. So that is very much

3:30:21appreciated.

3:30:23I would like to see I and I believe some

3:30:25documents might be coming our way um uh

3:30:29from the company from global um New

3:30:33Haven regarding I believe some

3:30:35environmental

3:30:37uh possible environmental justice or

3:30:41environmental contributions uh that are

3:30:44being made. So I look forward to seeing

3:30:46that document. Um, but you know, with

3:30:49that being said, again, this tank has

3:30:50always been there and we're gonna, you

3:30:54know, I I don't like the idea of the

3:30:56VOCC's being going from three to 10.

3:31:01[clears throat]

3:31:02And then we have to also remember

3:31:04there's other tanks there. So, there's a

3:31:07a a cumulative effect. And you know,

3:31:10it'd be nice if someone developed

3:31:12filters for some of these um

3:31:16what are they called? The

3:31:19know the the actual uh

3:31:23>> round things

3:31:25[laughter]

3:31:26the the tanks. Thank you. It's getting

3:31:28late. Senior moment. Um you know for the

3:31:32tank. So I mean that would be nice. Uh

3:31:34but you know what? I encourage my

3:31:36colleagues to support this item. I think

3:31:38this is a start to something that can be

3:31:40u an example for others and something

3:31:43good for New Haven. Uh the only other I

3:31:47think discussion that we should have at

3:31:49some point is you know do we want a

3:31:51separate you know entity monitoring the

3:31:56money. So half is coming to the city of

3:31:59New Haven and half is going to a

3:32:02possible nonprofit partner.

3:32:04you know, do we want to have control of

3:32:06it or do we want to just uh keep it as

3:32:10it was discussed by finding a nonprofit

3:32:14partner? Um, also as far as the grants

3:32:18themselves for who applies for them,

3:32:21what are, you know, this the specs on

3:32:24that?

3:32:26Obviously, it has to be for the

3:32:29environment. Um the whoever agrees to

3:32:32that and I'm sure they'll work this out

3:32:34and I just hope they include us in the

3:32:36conversation when that comes up. Uh so

3:32:39with that being said, any further

3:32:41discussion? Alder S.

3:32:43>> Thank you M. Basically what you said is

3:32:45there could be not an amendment a

3:32:49language in there. It could be the city

3:32:51or a nonprofit whenever that times come

3:32:54while we're the sleeping.

3:32:56>> Oh you want to add language? You know,

3:32:58you mentioned if we could control by the

3:33:00city or a nonprofit and we're looking at

3:33:03that one if we can make either

3:33:07>> if that time come the flexibility is

3:33:09there to go to the city or a nonprofit

3:33:13then that's my thought.

3:33:16>> So the way it was presented is that

3:33:18$25,000 would come to the city and

3:33:21$25,000 would go to this nonprofit

3:33:24partner um you know moving forward. So

3:33:27the 25,000 in the city would go in a

3:33:30line item and then the 25,000 to the

3:33:33nonp

3:33:35the nonprofit partner would um give away

3:33:41funding in the form of grants.

3:33:42>> We want to keep it flexible. The city

3:33:44take control or do the 5050. that sort

3:33:47of

3:33:48>> and yeah and I think they should include

3:33:51us in that conversation so we can

3:33:54you know be

3:33:56be someone that is uh partial or or not

3:34:00or just to listen in even or to give

3:34:02advice because I think it's important um

3:34:05to understand where this funding is

3:34:07going to go and how it's going to be

3:34:09used.

3:34:10>> Does that make sense?

3:34:11>> Yes.

3:34:12>> Thank you.

3:34:14Um, anything else from committee

3:34:16members?

3:34:19>> Do we take a vote?

3:34:22>> Okay. All in favor of this item say I.

3:34:26>> Any naysay?

3:34:27>> Any extensions? The eyes carry.

3:34:31>> Do I hear a motion to move item number

3:34:33two?

3:34:33>> So move it.

3:34:34>> Second.

3:34:35>> Item two has been moved and seconded.

3:34:36Any discussion on this item? It's in

3:34:38regard to the ball post.

3:34:41Alder Moore. I think this is a really

3:34:42exciting pilot. Um, and I, you know,

3:34:46urge my colleagues to support it. I

3:34:49think that this goes a long way towards

3:34:51making New Haven a cleaner, greener city

3:34:54and reducing emissions and, you know,

3:34:57supporting electric vehicles and all the

3:35:00good things that come with that. So, I

3:35:01am in support of this uh measure. Thank

3:35:04you, Madam Chair.

3:35:05>> Alder Sing.

3:35:06>> Madam Chair, thank you. I am in support

3:35:08of this project. I would like to see

3:35:10more of these in time. So I mean to

3:35:13lower emission you know we have a lot of

3:35:17emission going on. This will cut down

3:35:19our greenhouse gases etc and make it

3:35:21more convenient and more lucrative for

3:35:24people that want to get into the

3:35:26electric vehicles.

3:35:28So this is a start and would like to see

3:35:31this program you know flourish more.

3:35:35Thank you.

3:35:35>> Thank you Alderstein. Any further

3:35:37discussion? Alder Marks.

3:35:38>> Just briefly to thank Mr. Winter for his

3:35:40uh energy, enthusiasm, and innovation as

3:35:43always. Thank you, Madam Chair.

3:35:44>> Thank you, Alder Marks. Alter Martin.

3:35:46>> I would all thank you, Madam Chair. I'd

3:35:47also like to speak in favor of this

3:35:48item. I think it's very exciting to uh

3:35:51bring New Haven, you know, into a new

3:35:54world of electric charging for electric

3:35:57cars. And I hope to see more electric

3:35:59cars around the city uh because of this

3:36:01initiative. Thank you.

3:36:03>> Thank you, Al Martinelli. I'm going to

3:36:04agree with my colleagues in supporting

3:36:06this item. It's uh definitely in we're

3:36:10heading in the right direction with

3:36:11allowing folks who otherwise cannot

3:36:14charge their electric vehicles to be

3:36:16able to charge their electrical

3:36:18vehicles. So, uh being in a city that is

3:36:2170% I think rental this is a positive

3:36:24allowing folks that flexibility. So, I

3:36:27encourage my colleagues to support this

3:36:29item. Any further discussion? Seeing

3:36:31none, all in favor say I. I any nays any

3:36:35extensions? The eyes carry.

3:36:39>> Do I hear a motion to move item number

3:36:42four?

3:36:43>> Oh, sorry. Three.

3:36:44>> So move, madam chair.

3:36:46>> Second.

3:36:46>> Item three has been moved and seconded.

3:36:50Any discussion? This is on the um change

3:36:53of contract vendor that the board of ed

3:36:56has been using. Any discussion?

3:36:59[clears throat]

3:37:00It's just a change of hands and the

3:37:04contract continues with the pricing that

3:37:06was already discussed. So all in favor

3:37:08of this item say I.

3:37:10>> Any names? Any extensions? The eyes

3:37:13carry. Uh do I hear a motion to move

3:37:15item number four?

3:37:16>> So moved by the chair.

3:37:17>> Second.

3:37:18>> Item four has been moved and seconded.

3:37:20Any discussion on this item regarding

3:37:22the maintenance of the tree canopy?

3:37:26>> Alder Martin Elliot.

3:37:27>> Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to

3:37:29speak in favor of accepting these

3:37:31$30,000 to remove

3:37:34uh the 13 trees. One of what's most

3:37:37exciting to me is that it's doing the

3:37:39whole uh evolutionary process here.

3:37:41We're taking down the tree, removing the

3:37:43stump, and then planting a new one. And

3:37:44they have a plan for maintaining that

3:37:46tree. So, I would like to thank the

3:37:48parks department, especially our tree

3:37:50warden, um, as she's done a lot of work

3:37:53to make sure that these are fully uh,

3:37:56taken care of and uh, yeah, that's it.

3:37:59Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair.

3:38:00>> Thank you, Alder Martin. Almore.

3:38:02>> Thank you, Madam Chair. No, I uh, my

3:38:04colleague said it very succinctly and

3:38:06uh, I echo her remarks. Thank you, Madam

3:38:08Chair.

3:38:09>> Any discussion?

3:38:10>> Seeing none, all in favor of this item

3:38:12say I.

3:38:14>> Any nays?

3:38:15>> Any extensions? The eyes carry. Do I

3:38:18hear a motion to move item number five?

3:38:20>> So move, Madam Chair.

3:38:21>> Second.

3:38:22>> Item five has been moved and seconded.

3:38:24Any discussion? And this is regarding

3:38:26the flooding issues in and around Edward

3:38:29Park.

3:38:31>> Any discussion? [clears throat]

3:38:33>> All thank you, Madam Chair. Um, as I

3:38:36said, my neighborhoods the park and my

3:38:38kids should use it often. Um, the

3:38:40flooding is deeply problematic. I thank

3:38:41you very much the parks department um

3:38:43for trying to deal with this issue

3:38:44because it's not going away. and um want

3:38:47to thank them for their foresight and

3:38:48for uh securing this grant.

3:38:51>> Thank you, Als. Any further discussion?

3:38:54Um I will just add, you know, I will

3:38:56support this grant. It is one that will

3:38:58allow a study to take place to determine

3:39:02the causes, the effects. Um, you know,

3:39:07these parts are heavily used and with

3:39:09our climate changing and rain falling,

3:39:13what did uh Mr. Webster say 3 in per

3:39:17hour and etc. You know, mitigation is

3:39:20important and if we want to continue to

3:39:22enjoy these parks, we need to also face

3:39:25the challenges and this funding will

3:39:27help address at least a study to see

3:39:30what direction we need to go to fix

3:39:32them. So um I encourage my colleagues to

3:39:35support this item. Any further

3:39:36discussion?

3:39:38All in favor say I.

3:39:40>> I.

3:39:40>> Any nays? Any extensions? The eyes have

3:39:44it.

3:39:46Do I hear a motion to move item number

3:39:48six?

3:39:48>> So moved by the chair second.

3:39:50>> Item six has been moved and seconded.

3:39:53Any discussion on

3:39:56this item [clears throat] which is um

3:40:00also

3:40:01a grant for Edgewood Park for lighting

3:40:04improvement.

3:40:07All remarks. Again, just um thank the

3:40:09parks department um for securing this

3:40:12funding for this uh critical

3:40:14infrastructure improvement. Um that

3:40:17particular corner of the park is

3:40:18particularly beloved and used for

3:40:20events, for functions. Um my family goes

3:40:24um in the dark of winter after 4 pm to

3:40:26that corner of the park to empty buckets

3:40:28of sap. The friends of Edro Park um sets

3:40:31up on the trees. We will look forward to

3:40:33the lighting. We hold our breath when we

3:40:34go in the dark to the edge of the river

3:40:36at night. So the safety improvements

3:40:38will be wonderful. Um the lighting is

3:40:40very much needed and just a thank you to

3:40:42Representative Patel for Yman's work

3:40:44over the decades and in securing this

3:40:47grant. So thank you madam chair.

3:40:48>> Thank you Marks. Any further discussion?

3:40:51Uh, thank you, Madam Chair. I I just

3:40:53want to echo those remarks. Again, you

3:40:56know, thank you, Pat Dylan, for helping

3:40:58to secure that funding. That's some of

3:41:00the invisible work that our, uh,

3:41:03delegation does, and it's really, really

3:41:04important to helping, you know, the city

3:41:07keep its services running and its lights

3:41:09on. So, um, thank you so much. I urge my

3:41:11colleagues to support the measure.

3:41:13>> Thank you, Alder Moore. Alder Sing.

3:41:16>> Thank you, Madam Chair. Ed park is a

3:41:18highly used park and any lighting etc to

3:41:21improve safety and

3:41:24and for constituent to use that park

3:41:27it's always a plus. So I do give uh

3:41:31thanks to

3:41:33or state representative park the record

3:41:36to this fundament.

3:41:38Thank you madam.

3:41:40>> Thank you alder Martin.

3:41:42>> Thank you madam chair. I would like to

3:41:44notice I am also speaking in favor of

3:41:46this. I I would like to thank

3:41:48Representative Dylan as you know she has

3:41:50worked a lot behind the scenes and this

3:41:53is just one of the things that she has

3:41:54been working on um over the years and uh

3:41:57also to our parks department and all the

3:41:59work that they do but also the city

3:42:00electrician like I stated I just

3:42:02recently worked with him uh and he does

3:42:05a lot of work uh and behind the scenes

3:42:07as well. So I just want to thank all the

3:42:09behind thescenes workers and I speak in

3:42:11favor. Thank you madam chair. Thank you,

3:42:12Alder Martinelli. Um, I'll just add, you

3:42:15know, it's it's a beloved park for one.

3:42:18Um, all our parks are. So, if we can

3:42:21enhance them in any way, particularly

3:42:23for safety purposes, which will allow

3:42:26even further usage of these parks,

3:42:28especially since it also helps, this

3:42:30parking lot also helps support

3:42:33neighborhood establishments. So, if we

3:42:36could encourage people to, you know,

3:42:38park there, feel safe parking there, and

3:42:41they go out and support our local

3:42:44establishments. That's a win-winwin for

3:42:46everybody. And it sounds like the

3:42:48lighting will also include other parts

3:42:50of the park, which is nice. Um, you

3:42:53know, I encourage my colleagues to

3:42:55support this. And of course, I think we

3:42:57have the best state delegation in the

3:42:59entire state. our representatives do an

3:43:03amazing job and I commend Pat Dylan for

3:43:05all her years of service for everything

3:43:08she has done for our city, the funding

3:43:11that she has brought into the city and

3:43:14and she was a fighter um and loves our

3:43:18city so much that she did it for a long

3:43:21time. Um so thanks to uh Representative

3:43:24Dylan for securing this funding for our

3:43:27beautiful Edgewood Park. Um and once

3:43:30again I encourage my colleagues to

3:43:31support this item. So let's take a vote.

3:43:34All in favor say I.

3:43:36>> Any nays?

3:43:38>> Extensions the eyes carry.

3:43:41And that concludes our items. I just

3:43:46want to note for the record we did have

3:43:47a workshop. I'm going to keep that item

3:43:50open. So they will take no action on

3:43:52that item and um probably more than

3:43:56likely invite the registars's office

3:43:58back at some point in the first quarter

3:44:022027.

3:44:04Um and with that since we have concluded

3:44:08and we are back on our regular winter

3:44:12schedule now that I don't want to say

3:44:14summer's over but you know we're we're

3:44:17back on dear to uh continue our work. I

3:44:20appreciate your patience, colleagues. It

3:44:22was a long agenda. Um, and I appreciate

3:44:25everyone's patience and for being here

3:44:28this evening. Uh, do I hear a motion to

3:44:30adjurnn?

3:44:31>> So, move.

3:44:32>> Second.

3:44:33>> Ajournment has been moved and seconded.

3:44:34All in favor of adjourning say I.

3:44:37>> I. Any nays.

3:44:40>> All right. We are adjourned. Thank you.

3:44:50>> [clears throat]

3:44:50>> Good job.

3:44:55[clears throat]

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