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          IT'S JUST THAT IT'S A DIFFERENT COLOR. IT'S JUST A WHITE. SHE'S PINK. OH. ALL RIGHT, LAST BUT 
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NOT LEAST, WE WILL CALL AIRPORT TO ORDER. WE GOT THREE DOCKETS UP TODAY, TWO THAT WERE IN OUR 
          [a. 2025-1904 – AIRPORT RE:    APPROVAL OF TASK ORDER #41 TO A MASTER AGREEMENT FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION, AND C & S ENGINEERS, INC.  ]
PACKET AND ONE MORE THAT WAS ON OUR DESK. FIRST UP IS 2025, 1904. THIS IS THE APPROVAL OF TASK ORDER 41 TO MASTER AGREEMENT FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION AND CNS ENGINEERS. YEAH. HI. THIS DOCKET IS FOR A SIGNAGE AND LIGHTING PROJECT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING AT GRIFFIS. AND THIS IS FOR THE CNS CONTRACT TO OVERSEE AND RUN THIS PROJECT FOR US. QUESTIONS. IT'S THE TOTAL AMOUNT 87 OR 87 IS JUST THEIR CONTRACT. THIS IS FOR THEIR TASK ORDER OKAY FOR CNS. SO WHAT'S THE COUNTY. 
          WHAT'S THE 5%. SO ON THE BACK SIDE PARDON ME 87 IS THE TOTAL. SO AND FIVE AND FIVE RIGHT. 
          IT'LL BE REIMBURSED 90% BY THE FAA, 5% BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK. AND WE'LL HANG UP THE OTHER 5% OF THE 87 OF THE. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS, THEN WE'LL CALL A VOTE. ALL IN 
          [b. 2025-1878 – AIRPORT RE:    APPROVAL OF TASK ORDER #40 TO A MASTER AGREEMENT FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION, AND C & S ENGINEERS, INC.  ]
FAVOR, OPPOSED PASSES 2025 1878 APPROVAL OF A TASK ORDER 40 TO A MASTER AGREEMENT FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION AND CNS ENGINEERS. 
          SOUNDS A LOT LIKE THE LAST ONE. THIS IS FOR A THE DESIGN AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING FOR THE WASTEWATER PUMP STATION THAT WILL BE INSTALLED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE TRIANGLE TO ACCOMMODATE CHOBANI. IT WAS ONCE WE LEARNED SPECIFIC DETAILS OF WHAT THEIR, THEIR, THE OUTPUT FLOW WOULD BE, AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DOING SOME FLOW METERS IN THE CITY'S SEWER SYSTEM, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CITY OF ROME SEWER SYSTEM WOULD NOT ACCOMMODATE THE VOLUME OF FLOW. SO THE PLAN NOW IS TO DO A WASTEWATER PUMP STATION AT THAT SOUTHWEST CORNER. IT WILL BE DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE A MAXIMUM FLOW OF 7 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY, AND IT WILL BE A FORCE MAIN. IT WILL CONNECT TO A FORCE MAIN SEWER 18 INCH SEWER LINE. THAT WILL BE A DEDICATED SEWER LINE THAT WE WILL BUILD DIRECT FROM THE TRIANGLE TO THE CITY'S WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. SO THIS INCLUDES DESIGN, BID SPEC, PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE WITH THE BID PHASE, YOU KNOW, EVALUATING ANY BIDS THAT COME IN AND COORDINATING WITH THE STATE ON THAT. AND THIS IS IT ALSO INCLUDES. SO TOTAL COST ON THIS IS 416,200. IT DOES INCLUDE A CREDIT. WHICH SHIFTED MONEY FROM A PREVIOUS TASK ORDER THAT INCLUDED DESIGN TO TIE INTO THE CITY'S EXISTING LINE. SO THEY DID CREDIT US WITH A PORTION OF THAT AGAINST THE TOTAL COST OF THIS. SO TOTAL COST IS 416,200. AND THIS PROJECT, AS YOU KNOW, IS ESSENTIALLY 90% FUNDED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK MONEY. QUESTIONS. CALL THE VOTE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED PASSES. OKAY. LAST ONE 2025 1964. AND THIS IS THE ADVANCED APPROVAL 
          [c. 2025-1964 – AIRPORT RE:     ADVANCED APPROVAL OF GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION, AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THROUGH THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION – TAXIWAY D, H, AND G CONSTRUCTION  ]
OF GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ONEIDA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THROUGH THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, TAXIWAY D CONSTRUCTION. GOT LOST IN THE SHUFFLE FOR ME. OKAY, THERE WAS A DOCKET THAT I HADN'T GOTTEN WITH ME TODAY. 
          CAME IN LATE, BUT THAT'S ONE OF OUR TAXIWAY PROJECTS AT GRIFFITHS, AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON. I WE TALKED EARLIER ON NOT HAVING ACCESS TO THE RUNWAY. 
          THIS IS PART OF THAT PROJECT. OKAY. QUESTIONS. I WILL CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. 
          [Other Business]
OPPOSED PASSES. WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO GO BEFORE AIRPORT. ANY QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS? YEAH. NO, I THINK THEY ALL LEFT. YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. COME ON. NO. NOT EXCITED. NO. WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON IT. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEC AND BASED ON KIND OF EVOLVING DESIGN PLANS AS CHOBANI WORKS THROUGH THEIR FINAL DESIGN, WE HAVE MADE A DECISION. THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT OF ACREAGE THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR IN TERMS OF MITIGATION ASSUMED THAT CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN 
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PORTIONS OF THE TRIANGLE PARCEL WOULD BE PRESERVED. AND WE ARE NOW WORKING UNDER AN ASSUMPTION THAT WE NEED TO MITIGATE ENOUGH TO ASSUME THE ENTIRE TRIANGLE WILL END UP DISTURBED AT SOME POINT. SO THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL ACREAGE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. CNS HAD AN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST OUT ON TWO PARCEL WELL, MULTIPLE PARCELS, TWO PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS LAST WEEK. I BELIEVE THEY WERE OUT THERE ON THURSDAY. YOU KNOW, FROM A LIKE A MAPPING PERSPECTIVE, WE KNOW IT'S SUITABLE. IT'S YOU KNOW, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF OTHER HABITAT, IT'S FLAT, IT'S GRASSLAND. SO THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST WAS OUT WALKING IT, KIND OF MAKING SURE THAT THE MAPPING MEETS THE ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, HOW IT PHYSICALLY APPEARS NOW WAITING FOR THOSE REPORTS TO COME IN AND ASSUMING THEY APPEAR TO BE WHAT WHAT IT SHOWS. WE'LL SUBMIT THAT TO THE DEC FOR THEIR APPROVAL THAT THOSE ARE VIABLE PARCELS AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS TO OBTAIN MOST LIKELY CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON PORTIONS OF THEM. SO ACTUALLY, I GOT A COUPLE TWO. SO THESE ALL STILL HAVE TO BE CONTIGUOUS. 
          THE RULE IS THAT NO SINGLE PART YOU CAN SPLIT UP YOUR MITIGATION AREAS INTO SEPARATE PARCELS, BUT NO SINGLE PARCEL CAN BE LESS THAN 25 CONTIGUOUS ACRES. SO THESE TWO PARCELS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT OR AREAS ARE NOT CONTIGUOUS TO THE COUNTY LAND AT THE FORMER AIRPORT, AND THEY ARE NOT CONTIGUOUS TO EACH OTHER. SO IF THESE TWO PARCELS OR THESE TWO, IF THESE ARRANGEMENTS WITH THESE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS WORK OUT, WHAT WE WILL END UP HAVING IS THREE SEPARATE PLOTS OF MITIGATION AREA. EACH BEING THE SMALLEST ONE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT A 40 ACRE PARCEL WITH ONE PROPERTY OWNER. THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNER HAS ABOUT 300 ACRES, BUT THERE ARE SOME WETLANDS INVOLVED. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW MUCH OF THAT ENDS UP BEING VIABLE. AND THEN STILL LOOKING AT UTILIZING THE 70, I THINK IT'S 72, BUT BALLPARK, 70 ACRES OF COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY THAT IS ALREADY CURRENTLY SUITABLE. OF THE ADDITIONAL ACREAGE ON THE COUNTY PARCELS, THERE'S ABOUT 80 ACRES THAT COULD BE CLEARED AND GRADED, BASICALLY TO CREATE SUITABLE HABITAT. WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO AVOID DOING THAT IF POSSIBLE AND LEAVE THAT THERE BASICALLY WOODED AREAS. SO IF WE CAN IDENTIFY ALREADY CLEAR GRASSLAND ESTABLISHED AND ENOUGH ACREAGE, WE WOULD THEN NOT TAKE DOWN THE WOODED AREAS ON THE COUNTY PROPERTY. SO. WELL, ACTUALLY, CHAD, YOU HAD A QUESTION. WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD? WELL, YOU COULD ALONG THAT SAME LINE OF THOUGHT. I DO HAVE A QUESTION MARK ABOUT THE LAND. YES. YES. IS THE NEXT IS MAYBE YOU CAN'T SAY THAT THE TRAINING IS BEING DEVELOPED RIGHT NOW. IS THAT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT FOR. IS THEY THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A POTENTIAL FUTURE WITH THE GOLF COURSE. THE COUNTY PURCHASED IT TO BASICALLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT LARGER MARKETABLE PARCEL. 
          THERE'S NO COMMITMENT AT THIS POINT. ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, WE HAVE TAKEN SOME PRELIMINARY STEPS TO TO BEGIN DOING PHASE ONE AND TWO ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ON THE GOLF COURSE, BECAUSE THAT'S INFORMATION THAT WE DON'T HAVE. SO AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, THE GOLF COURSE IS ABOUT 162 TOTAL ACRES. WE DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW MUCH OF THAT IS VIABLE FOR ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, CNS AND SOME OF THEIR SUBCONTRACTORS HAVE BEEN OUT THERE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS DOING THE PHASE ONE AND TWO ENVIRONMENTAL. I WAS CONTACTED YESTERDAY. I THINK IT WAS THAT THEY HAVE SOME OF THOSE RESULTS IN. SO WE'RE TRYING TO COORDINATE A MEETING SO THAT THOSE CAN BE CONVEYED TO US AND WE CAN GET A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ARE SHOWING, SO THAT WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD IN, IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ON THE GOLF COURSE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT GOING TO SHOW UP MORE OF THE SANDPIPER ISSUE, OR IS THAT THE DEC. CONFIRMED? THE DEC CONFIRMED TO US IT'LL BE TWO WEEKS AGO TOMORROW THAT THE GOLF COURSE CONTAINS NO SANDPIPER HABITAT. SO. WE WERE READY TO ARGUE WITH THEM ABOUT THAT, GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT'S BEEN MOWED AS A GOLF COURSE FOR LORD KNOWS HOW MANY YEARS. BUT NO, THEY CONFIRMED TO US APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO THAT THE GOLF COURSE PARCEL DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY SANDPIPER 
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HABITAT. THAT WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MITIGATE. WE DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME WETLANDS, AT LEAST ON THE WESTERN BORDER OF IT. BUT WOULD THAT MOHAWK VALLEY GOLF COURSE WAS THAT FEDERAL PROPERTY? IT WAS. AND WAS THAT INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF. IT WAS PART OF THE FULL BASE. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN OUTSIDE THE FENCE, OBVIOUSLY, OF THE AIRPORT AFTER THE BASE CLOSURE. IT WAS ACTUALLY AT ONE POINT A PORTION OF IT WAS CONVEYED TO THE COUNTY AND A PORTION TO THE EDA OR GLDC, AND THEN ULTIMATELY THEY WERE CONVEYED, THEY WERE MERGED TOGETHER AND CONVEYED TO THE FORMER GOLF COURSE OWNER. THE OWNER OF CHOBANI HAS PUBLICLY STATED THAT HE'S LOOKING TO MOVE INTO OTHER SPECIAL FOODS. AND THAT ASIDE FROM THE YOGURT AND HE WOULD BE IN SPACE FOR THAT. YEAH, SO, YOU KNOW, THE INITIAL DESIGN AND BUILD OUT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE DAIRY PROCESSING FACILITY AND THEN THE ASSOCIATED FACILITIES WITH IT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY A STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL FACILITY. THINGS COME OFF THE LINE. THEY GO AND SIT THERE FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TAKEN OFF AND PUT ON TRUCKS OR WHATEVER TO BE DELIVERED TO USERS. AND THEN A WASTE, THEY WILL HAVE THEIR OWN ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY. SO THEY WILL BE TREATING THEIR WASTEWATER OUTPUT TO A LEVEL THAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY FOR NO ADDITIONAL TREATMENT. 
          IT'S FOR US WITH THE PUMP STATION. IT'S THE VOLUME THAT IS THE ISSUE. IT'S A LARGE VOLUME. SO RIGHT NOW THIS IS IT'S WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DAIRY PROCESSING FACILITY, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SURROUNDING LAND FOR OTHER POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. INTERNALLY. NOT YET. I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW OUR CONSERVATION EASEMENT. SO PARCEL 300 ACRE PARCEL YOU WOULD GO TO THAT LANDOWNER AND ESTABLISH THAT. BUT THEN THAT LANDOWNER PROBABLY WOULD BE ABLE TO SELL THEIR PROPERTY. THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO SELL THE PROPERTY. IT WOULD, IT WOULD. POTENTIALLY AFFECT THE RESALE VALUE BECAUSE IT LIMITS THEIR USE OF THE PROPERTY. SO THE BASICS OF THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THE SANDPIPER MITIGATION IS THAT YOU MAINTAIN IT AS GRASSLAND AND THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T BUILD ON IT. AND THERE'S A PARTICULAR MOWING RESTRICTION AND, AND SCHEDULE. SO THERE'S THERE ARE PARTICULAR TIMES OF THE YEAR LIKE THEY WANT YOU TO MOW IT ONCE AND THEN NOT AGAIN DURING THESE MONTHS WHEN THE SANDPIPERS ARE NESTING, IT'S LIKE BASICALLY CAVEATS. THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE GOING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE TRICKY. THEY DO SO, BUT TO GET THEM TO AGREE EXACTLY, EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, IT IS NOT. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE COMPATIBLE USES WITH THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT. SO THERE ARE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE INTERESTED. YOU KNOW, WE'VE EXPLAINED WHAT THOSE RESTRICTIONS ARE. THERE ARE SOME BENEFITS TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS FOR FOR THE I MEAN, WE FIRST OF ALL, WE YOU KNOW, WE WOULD PAY FOR IT. WE WOULD HAVE AN APPRAISAL DONE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOMEONE DETERMINE WHAT THE VALUE OF THAT EASEMENT IS BASED ON THE ACREAGE. BUT THERE ARE ALSO SOME BENEFITS TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS. THERE ARE TAX TAX BENEFITS AND THE LIKE. SO KIND OF DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR PLAN IS FOR THE PROPERTY. 
          LIKE I SAID, ONE OF THE PARCELS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, IT'S A SERIES OF PARCELS OWNED BY A SINGLE OWNER. THAT TOTAL ACREAGE IS LIKE 300 ACRES. SO THANK YOU. COULD I PILE ON A LITTLE BIT FOR STEVE'S BENEFIT? I INSURED AN ENVIRONMENTAL EASEMENT A FEW YEARS BACK OUTSIDE THIS AREA. AND ANOTHER PART OF YOUR ESTATE, AND IT WAS A VERY LARGE TRACT OF LAND. AND THE LANDOWNER GOT PAID 400,000, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO RESERVE AN EASEMENT FOR THE INGRESS AND EGRESS TO CAMP PROPERTIES AND IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT PARCEL. SO THEY WERE STILL ABLE TO USE THAT PROPERTY AS THEY HISTORICALLY HAD. AND ALL THE OTHER LAND WAS PUT INTO ENVIRONMENTAL EASEMENT PURPOSE. YEAH. AND WHAT WE'VE REALLY LOOKED FOR AT THIS POINT IN TIME ARE PARCELS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE EXACT CONDITION THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. SO BASICALLY WE'VE IDENTIFIED PARCELS THAT WE KNOW SHOULD MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE D-E-C. IN TERMS OF THEIR PROXIMITY TO KNOWN HABITAT AND, YOU KNOW, ABSENCE OF WETLANDS, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT LOOKING AT PARCELS THAT AT LEAST VISUALLY RIGHT, APPEAR TO THAT OUR USE WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH HOW THEY'RE CURRENTLY BEING USED BY A PROPERTY OWNER. 
          SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT CLEARING TREES OR, YOU KNOW, STRUCTURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
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IT BECOMES MORE ABOUT THE THE FUTURE RESTRICTION AND SOME, SOME RESTRICTIONS AROUND HOW AND WHEN THEY MOW. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE I'LL TAKE A
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