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          OKAY. CALL AIRPORT TO ORDER. WE GOT TWO DOCKETS TONIGHT, FIRST UP IS 2020 407 HUNDRED. AND THIS 
          [a. 2024-0700 – AIRPORT RE:     ADVANCED APPROVAL OF GRANT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION, AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THROUGH THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AND ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION, AND THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION]
ONE IS THE REQUEST FOR ADVANCE APPROVAL OF FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION GRANT FUNDING FOR OBSTRUCTION MITIGATION. HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING? GREAT GREAT. GOOD, GOOD. THIS IS A, A GRANT FOR. WE TALKED ABOUT IT MONTHS AGO ABOUT THE OBSTRUCTION MITIGATION, WHERE THE TREES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY ON THE THREE THREE END ARE TOO TALL. SO THIS IS THE GRANT THAT'S GOING TO PAY FOR AND REMOVE THE TREES THAT ARE THAT ARE TOO TALL AND CLEAR CUT THE AREAS ON THE AIRFIELD. WE'RE GOING TO CLEAR CUT THE AIRFIELD. BUT ON SOME OF THIS IS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WHERE WE HAVE TO GO IN AND REMOVE SOME TREES, MOST OF THEM ACTUALLY, WE'RE JUST ON OUR EDGE BECAUSE ALL THE TREES THAT WERE ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY, THE OWNERS AGREED WITH THIS AND THEY'VE REMOVED THEM ALREADY. SO THIS IS MOSTLY AIRPORT WORK. WE'RE DOING QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE. ON THE ONES, WE'RE WE DO HAVE PRIVATE LANDS TO NEGOTIATE. INVOLVED WITH. I WAS GOING TO NOTE WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE LANDOWNERS TO DO THIS WORK. WE'VE TAGGED THEM ALL. THEY'VE AGREED TO IT. WE'VE MET WITH THEM 2 OR 3 TIMES. AND. AND DO THEY GET PAID FOR ALL OF THEIR THE TREES THAT THEY REMOVED THAT WERE ON THEIR PROPERTY, THEY'VE SOLD THE TIMBER OR THEY'RE USING IT FOR THEIR HEATING FUEL. ALL THAT TO PAY FOR PRIVACY. NO, NO, THIS IS MOSTLY IT'S ALL OF IT IS FOR AIRPORT, TO CLEAR THE AIRPORT PROPERTY AND SOME OF THE WHAT HAD TO BE DONE AND ALL OVER THE WHOLE PROJECT, THERE WAS A SURVEY TEAM THAT WENT OUT AND SURVEYED THAT AND GOT THE TOPS OF THE ELEVATIONS OF THE TREES. AND THEN THIS IS THE TO DO THE ACTUAL WORK. VERY GOOD. WORK. YEAH. THEY DID. THEY WERE GREAT. THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTIES WERE SUPER TO DEAL WITH. YEAH. NO ISSUES AT ALL. THANKS. YEP OTHER QUESTION. 
          SEEING NONE WE'LL CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE, AYE. OPPOSED PASSES, NEXT UP, 2024 0701. AND 
          [b. 2024-0701 – AIRPORT RE:     ADVANCED APPROVAL OF GRANT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION, AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THROUGH THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AND ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION, AND THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION]
THIS IS THE REQUEST FOR ADVANCE APPROVAL OF FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION GRANT FUNDING FOR TAXIWAY A. THIS IS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT MONTHS AGO THAT IS NOW FINALLY, WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING OUT TO BID AND THIS WILL BE TO FUND IT. IS THE WE TALKED ABOUT TAXIWAYS THAT HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE RUNWAY. THIS IS TO CHANGE IT SO THEY CAN'T JUST TAXI RIGHT ONTO THE RUNWAY. THIS IS A PART OF A PLAN THAT THE FAA HAS TO FOR. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY INCIDENTS ON THE RUNWAY. AND THAT'LL BE THIS PROJECT HERE MAKING A RIGHT ANGLE. YEP. YEP. QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE. SEEING NONE, WE'LL CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED PASSES, JUST REAL QUICK. HOW ARE WE DOING WITH THE WITH BUILDING 101? AND ARE WE. HAVE WE FIGURED OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO OUR TENANTS STILL IN THERE. THEY'RE STILL DOING SOME WORK. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'LL BE FINISHED TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, AND THEN THEY'LL BE VACATING THEIR LEASE ENDS AT THE END OF THE IN DECEMBER ANYHOW. SO THEY'LL BE VACATING THE BUILDING AND THE DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING DOESN'T HAVE ANY BEARING ON THEM. NO, IT DIDN'T AFFECT THEM AT ALL. NOPE. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THE BUILDING AFTER THAT? DO YOU KNOW, ARE WE STILL LOOKING FOR TENANTS TO. IN THE SAME. YEAH. I MEAN, WE'RE OPEN MINDED TO LOOKING AT TENANTS AND WHAT WE CAN DO WITH IT. AND YEAH, WE'RE WE'RE DILIGENTLY WORKING ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT AREA. YEAH A WHILE AGO THERE WAS A COMPANY WORKING ON LIKE DOING CAR TIRES. ARE YOU STILL THERE? THEY STILL DOING THAT? I'M GOING TO A COMPANY THAT WAS FLYING CARS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YEARS AGO. YEAH LIKE QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO. TWO, THREE YEARS. OH, THERE WAS SOME AUTONOMOUS STUFF THAT WAS DOING. THEY WERE DOING IN THE HANGARS. THEY WERE DOING SOME TESTING IN THERE. BUT, THAT PROJECT FINISHED UP AND THEN NOW IT'S ALL AIRCRAFT STUFF THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH NOW. YEP, YEP. THE REASON I SAID YEARS AGO, YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A COMPANY THAT WANTED TO BRING A FLYING CAR IN TO GRIFFITHS AND BUILD IT THERE AND ALL THAT THERE, BUT THAT NEVER GOT OFF THE GROUND. YEAH YEAH. ANYONE ELSE? YEAH. NONE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. WE'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT
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