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[a. 2025-1745 – AIRPORT RE: APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO CAPITAL PROJECT H-AIR 103 56102 – CAPITAL OUTLAY – GRIFFISS AIRFIELD – BUILDING 103 ROOF REPAIR, AND SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $500,000.00 TO A 9900 9901.900-105 – TRANSFER TO OTHER FUND CAPITAL PROJECT FUND (BUDGET) ]
DOCKETS UP TONIGHT. FIRST UP IS 2025, 1745. APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO CAPITAL PROJECT H 103 CAPITAL OUTLAY. GRIFFITHS AIRFIELD BUILDING 103 ROOF REPAIR. THIS DOCKET IS A GOOD, GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS DOCKET IS IN REGARDS TO THE TORNADO DAMAGE THAT CAME THROUGH ROME LAST YEAR. THE DAMAGE THAT WAS SUSTAINED ON THE ROOF AT ONE OF OUR HANGARS. THIS DOCKET IS TO REPAIR SOME OF THE MATERIAL THAT LIFTED ON THE ROOF. IT'S TO SECURE THIS ROOFING SYSTEM DOWN.SO WE HAD SET ASIDE. WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS $500,000 FOR THE WORK ON THERE THAT WOULD COVER THE ENGINEERING BEHIND IT, ALONG WITH THE CONSTRUCTION. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE LOOKING AT OTHER PARTS OF THE ROOF THAT MAY NOT BE PART OF THIS. ONEIDA COUNTY RECEIVED LIKE $2.6 MILLION IN DAMAGES FOR THIS BUILDING. SO THIS MONEY HERE WILL BE COMING OUT OF MONEY THAT WE'VE COLLECTED ALREADY FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY. SO THIS IS BEING PAID BY OUR INSURANCE.
OKAY. SO WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT OTHER PARTS OF THE ROOF AND SEE IF WHILE WE'RE THERE TO SEE IF THERE'S OTHER ISSUES THAT WE HAVE. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUT AN ADDENDUM TO IT SO THAT IF WE FIND IT, WE CAN COME BACK AND WE'LL BE TRYING TO REPAIR THAT AS WELL. SO WHAT'S THE COST TO REPAIR TO COMPLETELY REPLACE THAT ROOF? WE'RE TALKING TEN THE ROOF ON THAT BUILDING.
10 MILLION. WELL, THEY'RE TELLING ME EACH BARREL IS APPROXIMATELY $5 MILLION APIECE TO REPAIR. TO REPLACE THEM. SO YOU'RE TALKING 15, PROBABLY $20 MILLION. SO IF WE SPENT ALL OF THE TWO PLUS MILLION, DOES THAT GET US TO WHERE WE'RE LEAK FREE FOR TEN YEARS? OH, I DON'T THINK WE'LL SPEND THAT KIND OF MONEY. I MEAN, WE MAY SPEND $1 MILLION ON THAT ROOF SYSTEM OVER THERE, BUT I'M NOT A ROOFING CONTRACTOR. BUT I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF THAT BUILDING. ARE WE TALKING TEN YEARS? ARE WE TALKING 20 YEARS, DO YOU THINK? I MEAN, WHAT DO THEY SAY THAT THIS WILL BUY US? THEY DIDN'T TELL ME HOW LONG THEY WOULD EXTEND IT, BUT. WHAT DO YOU THINK? WELL, I GOT TO DO IT, THOUGH. ZERO. YEAH. WHAT THEY'RE SAYING NOW, THE CONDITION OF THE ROOF. NOW THEY'RE SAYING IF WE SUSTAIN ANOTHER WIND FROM THE WEST NOW, BEFORE THIS PROJECT STARTS, THAT THERE'S A VERY GOOD LIKELIHOOD OF LOSING TWO OF THE BARREL ROOFS. IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE'RE GOING TO BE INTO $10 MILLION. IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAVE THIS BUILDING OR PUTTING NEW ROOFS ON IT. SO WE'RE GOING IN NOW TO SECURE DOWN WHAT'S THERE. AND THEN THEY SAID WE SHOULD BE GOOD. AND IF WE GOT THESE WINDS, WE NEED TO GET THIS DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO AT LEAST KEEP THE INTEGRITY WE HAVE NOW THERE AND THEN DOWN THE LINE. WHATEVER HAPPENS TO THAT BILL AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT BUILDING. WE'LL HAVE TO ADDRESS ROOF ISSUES AT A LATER DATE. SO THE OTHER ISSUE WOULD BE I LOOKED AT THIS, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, NEGATIVE AIR FLOW. IF THOSE HANGAR DOORS WERE EVER TO BE OPENED, ANY OF THE AIR FLOW THAT COMES IN FROM IN THERE RISES WILL ACTUALLY. ABOVE THE ROOF SYSTEM AND DEAL WITH IT IN A SITUATION INVOLVING. YEAH. CORRECT. AND ALSO INSIDE THE HANGAR, IF YOU'RE IN THERE, IT'S ON THE WALL. BEFORE YOU OPEN THE DOOR, THERE'S A SIGN THERE THAT SAYS ANY WINDS OVER 30 MILES AN HOUR FROM THE WEST, WHICH WE'RE FACING WHEN YOU'RE OPENING THE DOOR WILL DAMAGE THE ROOF. SO THERE'S WARNINGS INSIDE THE BUILDING FOR THAT. YEAH. OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE. I HAVE A COMMENT. I WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS DOCKET. JUST THAT THE FIRM THAT I WORK FOR WILL BE BIDDING THIS PROJECT. I WON'T PERSONALLY BE, BUT THE FIRM WILL BE. ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NONE. WE'LL CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTAINING. ALL RIGHT.
[b. 2025-1779 – AIRPORT RE: APPROVAL OF TASK ORDER #39 TO A MASTER AGREEMENT FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION, AND C & S ENGINEERS, INC. ]
NEXT UP, 2025, 1779. THAT'S THE APPROVAL OF TASK ORDER 39 TO A MASTER AGREEMENT FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION AND CNS ENGINEERS. I'M GOING TO DEFER TO SEAN COLETTA. HE'S PRETTY INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH THE TRIANGLE PROJECT AND WHERE WHAT THIS MONEY'S ARE INVOLVED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION. AND SO I'LL LET YOU TAKE IT FROM HERE. YEAH. SO I COULD JUST TAKE THIS ONE REALLY QUICKLY. SO THIS PERTAINS TO THE CHOBANI PROJECT, SPECIFICALLY THE ENLARGEMENT AND EXTENSION OF THE SEWER FORCE MAIN FROM THE TRIANGLE SITE ALL[00:05:01]
THE WAY TO THE SEWER PLANT. THIS ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE, $384,760 IS ELIGIBLE TO BE COVERED BY THE FAST NEW YORK FUNDING GRANT FUNDING. QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE. ALL IN FAVOR? LAST[c. 2025-1842- AIRPORT RE: ADVANCED APPROVAL OF GRANT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION, AND NEW YORK STATE URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION d/b/a EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT – TRIANGLE PROJECT ]
ONE 2025 1842. THIS IS ADVANCED APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION AND NEW YORK STATE URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, DBA EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE TRIANGLE PROJECT. YEAH, SO I THINK, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, THE COUNTY WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO RECEIVE A FAST NEW YORK NUMBER ONE AWARD, ROUGHLY IN THE AMOUNT OF $24 MILLION. BACK IN EARLY 2024, IN SUPPORT OF THE TRIANGLE PROJECT. SINCE THEN, THE COUNTY HAS SUBMITTED A SECOND FAST NEW YORK GRANT APPLICATION FOR APPROXIMATELY $45 MILLION. IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COUNTY IS GOING TO RECEIVE THAT AWARD AND THEN TO MAKE THINGS EASIER FOR BOTH US AND EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT. EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT HAS AGREED TO MERGE BOTH FAST NEW YORK ONE AND FAST NEW YORK TWO INTO ONE GRANT DISBURSEMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH TOTALS ABOUT $65 MILLION IN STATE FUNDING, WHICH REPRESENTS 90% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST, AND THEN ABOUT $7 MILLION IN COUNTY SHARE, WHICH REPRESENTS A 10% LOCAL MATCH. SO AGAIN, I THINK THIS RESOLUTION IS JUST SEEKING OR GIVING THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE PERTINENT DOCUMENTS, QUESTIONS. SEAN, MY QUESTION IS, WITH ALL THAT MONEY GOING TOWARDS THIS LAND PREP, REALLY, IS THAT GOING TO FINISH IT IN TERMS OF MAKING IT WORK BY THEN? IT'S GOING TO BE THEY'RE BUILDING AT THEIR COST. CORRECT. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COST THAT'S FORESEEABLE ON THE TRIANGLE THAT IN TERMS OF PREPARING THE SITE AND PART OF THE. YEAH. SO WE'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT CHOBANI WHILE ALSO BEING MINDFUL OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.SO I'LL USE SEWER AS AN EXAMPLE. CHOBANI IS ADDING ROUGHLY 33. 5 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY IN WASTEWATER, WHICH IS ULTIMATELY GOING TO END UP AT THE SEWER PLANT. BUT THE PUMP STATION THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN AT THE TRIANGLE SITE USING THIS FUNDING WILL ALLOW US TO INCREASE CAPACITY TO ABOUT 6 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY. SO THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE. BUT YES, TO YOUR QUESTION. WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE CHOBANI PLANS AND ALSO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE GOLF COURSE. YEAH, ENTERPRISE PLANS MAY ACTUALLY GROW BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO HAVE A.
HIGHER EMPORIUM OF TUMORS. VERY POSSIBLE. YEP, YEP. SO HAS OUR PLAN BEEN APPROVED FOR THE SANDPIPER? SO IT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED BECAUSE WE ARE STILL TRYING TO SECURE THE NECESSARY ACREAGE TO SATISFY DEC'S REGULATIONS. I THOUGHT WE SHRUNK DOWN THE ACREAGE THAT WE NEEDED.
SO DUE TO CHOBANI POTENTIAL EXPANSION PLANS IN THE FUTURE, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS, IS WE ARE ASSUMING MAX DISTURBANCE OR WE ARE ASSUMING THE ENTIRE TRIANGLE PARCEL IS GOING TO BE DISTURBED BY CHOBANI OR WHOMEVER ELSE. WHICH MEANS BECAUSE THE D-E-C HAS DEEMED THAT THE TRIANGLE PARCEL IS A SANDPIPER BREEDING GROUND AND OUR MITIGATION RATIO ISN'T 1 TO 1, IT'S 3 TO 1. WE HAVE TO SECURE 265 ACRES OF SANDPIPER HABITAT ELSEWHERE. SO. SO CNS IS CNS IS ACTIVELY SCOPING OUT MORE PARCELS AS WE SPEAK. BUT YEAH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT AND FIGURE OUT IN A HURRY. THAT STILL ALL HAS TO BE ALL CONTIGUOUS. OR CAN THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT IT HAS TO BE A MINIMUM OF 25 ACRES THAT IS CONTIGUOUS. YEAH. SO MINIMUM 25 ACRE PARCEL THAT THE DC COMES IN AND SAYS YES, THIS IS SANDPIPER HABITAT. IT'S FLAT. THERE'S NO TREES, THERE'S NO WETLANDS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE INCHING CLOSER TO 265. AND IT WOULD BE A LOT CLOSER TO GET TO 265 IF WE COULD USE WOODED LAND. BUT WOODED LAND ISN'T COMPATIBLE. SANDPIPER HABITAT.
AND THE DC WILL MAKE US GET RID OF THE TREES, GRADE IT, MAKE IT LEVEL. AND THAT TAKES TIME. THAT
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TAKES MONEY. AND YOU KNOW, CHOBANI WANTS TO START CONSTRUCTION. SO. BUT NO TREES FLAT, NO TREES, NO WETLANDS. HOW FAR REMOVED FROM THIS SITE? PROPERTY? I MEAN, IT CAN BE. IT CAN BE ANYWHERE. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT COULD EVEN BE IN ANOTHER COUNTY WHICH WHICH WHICH IS INTERESTING BECAUSE THE DC IS ASSUMING THAT THE SANDPIPERS ARE, I THINK, GOING TO MYSTERIOUSLY FIND THIS NEW HABITAT. BUT AGAIN, THAT ACREAGE, WOULDN'T IT BE SMART JUST TO BUY LAND? SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT. WE'RE LOOKING AT PLACING CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. OR IF AN OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF, POTENTIALLY PURCHASING PRIVATE PROPERTY, WHICH WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY COME TO THE BOARD FOR THE CONSERVATION GROUP SITS IN ALBANY. THEY'RE RIGHT. THEY LISTEN, WE'RE ALL EARS BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE JUST EARLIER THIS WEEK WE GAVE CNS ANOTHER 6 OR 7 PARCELS TO GO CHECK OUT. AND SO WE'RE WAITING FOR THEM TO GET BACK TO US. SO THE UNUSED SPACE ON THE OLD AIRPORT, IS ANYBODY TALKING TO HOMELAND SECURITY ABOUT POSSIBLY GETTING INTO SOME OF THAT. SO WE DID WE DID ENGAGE HOMELAND SECURITY BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE THERE WAS AROUND 70 ACRES OR SO OF VIABLE PROPERTY OR SANDPIPER HABITAT.AT THIS TIME, THERE ISN'T AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN US IN HOMELAND SECURITY. I WASN'T REALLY TOO INVOLVED, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY WERE NECESSARILY OPEN TO IT AT THE TIME. BUT I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, PUSH COMES TO SHOVE, IF WE'RE IN A PINCH, HOPEFULLY THEY'D BE WILLING TO HELP OUT. BUT YEAH, I THINK WE COULD GET ABOUT 70 ACRES FOR $26 MILLION. THAT'S WHAT WE PAID FOR. THE WHOLE WHAT THEY PAID US FOR THE FACILITY. SO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HOW DO WE MOVE THESE SANDPIPERS? I'VE BEEN WONDERING THIS SINCE WE STARTED. WE'VE BEEN ASKING THE SAME THING.
WE'VE GOT TO ORDER 350 MINUTES. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SPECIAL SIGNAGE. WE'RE GOING TO PUT A LETTER WHERE THEY GOT TO MOVE TO. YEAH, I MEAN YEAH, THEY JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND. YEAH. SO IT'S ANOTHER CHALLENGE COMPLEXITY. BUT WE'LL GET THROUGH IT. YOU KNOW IT'S A LITTLE IRONIC, AT LEAST IN MY OPINION BECAUSE CREATING SANDPIPER HABITAT POTENTIALLY ENTAILS REMOVING TREES. RIGHT. BUT THE BATS NEED THE TREES. SO THE DEC IS TELLING US TO ESSENTIALLY IGNORE THE BATS AND WORRY ABOUT THE SANDPIPERS. BUT I GUESS WE'LL DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. WELL, ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT THE COMMISSIONER HAS ADMITTED THAT HE'S NEVER SEEN THE SANDPIPER, IT'S TRUE. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY FIGURE OUT WHAT THE SANDPIPER IS THINKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF THAT. THEY LIKE THE TREES. IT'S LIKE IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A LITTLE BIT RIDICULOUS. WELL, OUR FINGERS ARE CROSSED THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE SANDPIPER ISSUE ON THE GOLF COURSE PROPERTY. SO THAT'S TO BE DETERMINED. BUT HOPEFULLY WE WON'T HAVE AN ISSUE THERE.
GOOD POINT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE GUY AT DDC WHO KNOWS WHAT THE SANDPIPER IS THINKING IN TERMS OF HABITAT. THAT'D BE A GREAT CONVERSATION. ANYWAY, ENOUGH SAID. YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYBODY ELSE? GOOD? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CALL A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. PASSES. I'LL TAKE A MOTION. MOTION.
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