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A LOT OF THINGS UP HERE, ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOOD. SO WE'LL CALL AIRPORT TO ORDER. HOW DO YOU
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WANT ME TO COME? WE'VE GOT TWO DOCKETS UP TONIGHT. OH, GOOD. I'M ALWAYS THE LAST ONE. AS SOON AS EDDIE'S READY, WE'LL GET ONE. DOCTOR, JUMP ON IN. WHY IS THAT, JERRY ALWAYS PICKING ON ME? HEY.[a. 2025-1351 – AIRPORT RE: STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW (SEQRA) DETERMINATION BY THE ONEIDA COUNTY BOARD OF LEGISLATORS FOR THE AIRPORT BUSINESS PARK DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AT GRIFFISS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, REZONING OF THE MOHAWK GLEN GOLF COURSE, AND CREATION OF AN UPLAND SANDPIPER MITIGATION SITE (PROPOSED ACTION) ]
HELLO. ALL RIGHT. TWO DOCKETS UP TONIGHT. FIRST 120, 25, 1351. AND THAT'S A SEEKER REVIEW FOR THE BUSINESS PARK AND THE GOLF COURSE. OKAY, SO THIS IS WHERE LEAD AGENCY GOING TO BE THE LEAD AGENCY FOR THE GOLF COURSE AND THE TRIANGLE PROJECT THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS HERE. THIS IS US. FOR US BEING THE LEAD AGENCY TO TITUS. AND IT'S ALSO ZONING TO CHANGE THE ZONING TO ACCEPT SOME PROPOSED WORK FOR THAT TRIANGLE. QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE. SO I REMEMBER THAT DURING FOR THE TRIANGLE, WE HAD TO WORRY ABOUT THE SANDPIPER. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT FOR THE GOLF COURSE TO KNOW OR NO. BUT THERE'S AREAS THAT ARE IN THE TRIANGLE THAT WE'VE TAKEN OUT OF THE PROJECT NOW FOR THAT TO MITIGATE THE SANDPIPER, WE GAVE THEM SOME MORE TERRITORY OVER. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. WE GAVE THEM A LITTLE MORE LAND FOR THE LITTLE BIRDS, AND THE REST GOT TO GO TO ORISKANY. I MADE LITTLE MAILBOXES. WE'RE ALL SET. THIS IS CRACKING ME UP. THE SANDPIPER THING. BUT ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. JUST. I MISS THE APPROVAL THAT WE HAD TO DO FOR THE 3 TO 1. YEAH. HOW MUCH ARE WE REDUCING? YOU SAID THAT WE'RE EXPANDING. HOW MUCH? WE'RE LEAVING. OH. SHE'S ON. OH, GREAT. THERE YOU GO. SORRY. YEAH. WE'RE ON. CAN YOU HEAR ME? A LITTLE BIT? OKAY. TRY AGAIN.WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. AMANDA AND AMANDA. I TOLD YOU THERE. AMANDA. HOW ABOUT NOW? SHE'S HIDING UNDER THE DESK, BUT SHE'S TALKING. DON'T SAY THAT. I'M SORRY, I KNEW THAT. COME BACK.
THE QUESTION WAS, HOW MUCH ACREAGE ARE WE TAKING OR ADDING BACK IN? AND HOW MUCH DOES THAT TAKE OUT OF WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE IN ORISKANY? I THINK IT'S A 63. IT'S A 63 ACRE IMPACT. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO TRIPLE THAT. SO 63 TIMES THREE THE AMOUNT OF MITIGATION THAT WE HAVE TO PERFORM. OKAY. I THOUGHT WE WERE CLOSER TO 50 BEFORE I COULD I COULD CHECK. YEAH. WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT SIZE. BUT IT'S ABOUT 150 ACRES ON THAT SIDE IN ORISKANY. SORRY. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YOU'VE GOT AN ECHO THERE, AMANDA. SORRY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES WE CAN, I APOLOGIZE, I WAS HAVING AUDIO ISSUES. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THE DOCKET THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU IS ASKING FOR THE BOARD'S FINAL APPROVAL OF THE SEEKER REVIEW. A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE BOARD PASSED A RESOLUTION INDICATING THE BOARD WOULD ACT AS LEAD AGENCY.
THE SEEKER REVIEW IS FINALIZED. THE DOCUMENTS, THE FULL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FORM AND ALL THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS ARE THERE. THE SEEKER INCLUDES NOT ONLY THE TRIANGLE PARCEL, BUT ALSO THE GOLF COURSE, BECAUSE WE ARE SEEKING A ZONING CHANGE FROM GOLF COURSE RECREATIONAL TO THE FLEX INDUSTRIAL THAT THE REMAINDER OF THE PARK IS ZONED AS, AND THEN IT ALSO INCLUDES THE SANDPIPER MITIGATION SITE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO DO SOME SITE WORK IN ORISKANY TO CREATE TO DO SOME TREE REMOVAL AND GRADING TO CREATE A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF GRASSLAND FOR THE SANDPIPERS. AS TO THE AMOUNT OF REDUCTION, THE SEEKER APPROVAL BEFORE YOU RIGHT NOW INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED AMOUNT OF MITIGATION AREA, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 168 ACRES. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT SOME SITE PLANNING ON THE TRIANGLE ITSELF, AND THAT MAY RESULT. WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'D HAVE TO FINALIZE THE SITE PLAN ITSELF, BUT RIGHT NOW WE BELIEVE WE ARE GOING TO, I'LL SAY, RECAPTURE, MEANING THAT THAT WE WILL ■REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF SANDPIPER BREEDING GROUND THAT WE ARE DISTURBING BY APPROXIMATELY TEN ACRES, WHICH WOULD REDUCE OUR MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS BY APPROXIMATELY 30 ACRES. BUT ONCE WE WON'T KNOW
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THE FINAL NUMBER UNTIL WE FINALIZE A SITE PLAN FOR A PROJECT SPECIFICALLY ON THERE.BUT WE HAVE LOOKED AT A COUPLE OF ALTERNATE LAYOUTS THAT MIGHT CAPTURE SOME OF THAT LAND BACK, AND THEN THEREBY REDUCE THE AMOUNT WE HAVE TO MITIGATE. OKAY. AND ANY OF THAT WOULD COME TO YOU ULTIMATELY AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THIS SEEKER, ONCE THERE IS AN ACTUAL SITE PLAN FOR A BUILDING ON THE PARCEL. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE'LL CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED
[b. 2025-1273 – AIRPORT RE: APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO CAPITAL PROJECT H-AIR 066-56102 – CAPITAL OUTLAY – GRIFFISS AIRFIELD – SKYDOME ]
PASSES. SECOND ONE UP IS 2025 1273. AND THIS IS THE APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO CAPITAL PROJECT H066 56 102 THIS IS FOR THE NETTING AT SKYDOME. YEAH. SO WHAT THIS IS WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN A WHILE BACK. WE WERE GOING TO GO WITH THAT NETTED AREA OUTSIDE THE HANGAR FOR THE OUTDOOR FLYING OUT THERE. RIGHT. SO WE WERE ORIGINALLY SET UP. IT WAS GOING TO BE $950,000 FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THIS NET. SO WE WENT UNDER DESIGN, WE STARTED THE DESIGN ON IT, AND THEN AS THE BIDS CAME IN, IT BUMPED FROM 951 TO 100 AND AROUND 103, 104, 1.4 MILLION. SO I STOPPED THE PROJECT. THIS IS THE BALANCE OF THE DESIGN. I'M READY TO BUILD AT ANY TIME, BUT I'VE DECIDED I'M MOVING TOWARDS STATE FUNDING, FEDERAL FUNDING. I DIDN'T WANT TO COME BACK TO THIS BOARD AND SAY I WAS GOING TO BUILD THIS AT 950, AND NOW IT'S 100. IT'S 1.4 MILLION. SO THIS IS A BALANCE OF THE DESIGN AND IT'S APPROVED READY TO GO. BUT IT'S JUST TO PAY OFF THE DESIGN. AND I STOPPED THE PROJECT WHERE IT'S AT. I HAVEN'T HAD THE NEED. LIKE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO FLY OUTSIDE IN A NETTED AREA. GOT A LOT OF FLYING OUT IN THE MAIN AREAS, BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. IT'S A BALANCE OF THAT. AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE ROOFING PROJECT THAT WE HAD 300,000, 300,000 APPROVED FROM THE BOARD FOR MULTI ROOF PROJECT AT BUILDING 101. AND WHEN WE GOT IN THERE WE HAD A LITTLE MORE DAMAGE AND WE NEEDED $22,000 MORE FOR THAT. AND THE FINAL THING IN THIS TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE SEEING WHEN NEW AIR PULLED OUT OF GRIFFITHS, THE EQUIPMENT THAT WAS IN THE OPS CENTER AND MOST OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WAS THERE FOR THE UAS TEST SITE WAS PURCHASED BY NEW AIR AT THAT TIME AND THROUGH THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THEY GUTTED IT ON US. YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER THAT. SO WE ONLY HAD A FEW DAYS LEFT TO BUILD IT UP AGAIN, AND I HAD JUST ABOUT ALL THE EQUIPMENT IN SKYDOME FOR THE OPS CENTER AT SKYDOME. SO WE MOVED ALL THAT EQUIPMENT INTO THE OPS CENTER BECAUSE WE HAD TESTING ON MONDAY. THEY GUTTED US ON FRIDAY, BUT WE WERE BACK UP RUNNING BY MONDAY MORNING. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, IS A BALANCE OF REPLENISHING THE EQUIPMENT THAT WAS IN THERE THAT THEY TOOK TO BRING THE SITE BACK UP, BRING OUR TEST SITE BACK ONLINE. OKAY. QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE. WHAT DO YOU SAY EQUIPMENT. WHAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT? JUST DESK SERVERS, MONITORS, ALL THE STUFF THAT THEY COLLECTED DATA ON IN THE OPS CENTER. NEWER WAS ISSUED A GRANT FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THEY USED THAT MONEY TO BUY THAT STUFF. SO WHEN THEY LEFT, THEY SAID THAT WAS OUR EQUIPMENT. THEY BOUGHT IT AND EVERYTHING WAS IN THEIR NAME.THEY GUTTED IT. THEY TOOK IT ALL WITH THEM. SO WHAT'S THAT? OWNED THE DATA. WE OWN THE DATA. ALL EVERYTHING. UP TO THE TIME THAT THEY LEFT, WE KEPT ONE OF THE MAIN SERVERS THAT HAD ALL OUR DATA ON THERE FROM THE TEST SITE. WE RETAINED THAT, BUT LIKE I SAID, THEN WE TOOK ALL I HAD THE IDENTICAL SETUP IN SKYDOME AND IT HADN'T BEEN SET UP YET. IT WAS ALL IN THERE IN BOXES.
THEY GUTTED US ON FRIDAY MORNING AND WE WORKED FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AND BY MONDAY MORNING WE WERE BACK UP FOR TESTING BECAUSE WE HAD CUSTOMERS THERE. WOW. OTHER QUESTIONS. SEEING NONE, WE'LL CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED PASSES THAT. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR AIRPORT? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.