Finger Lakes Television
3325 Marvin Sands Drive
Canandaigua, NY 14424
Concerns were raised by property owners Downtown about the lack of long-term/overnight parking that was impacting their residential tenants as well as guests at short-term rentals. The City Council asked the City Manager and BID Director to form a committee to review the Parking Study and current parking regulations with the intention simplifying parking regulations while increasing long-term and overnight parking. The committee met several times and developed the attached Draft Parking Map Update.
West Gibson Street resident Maria Bucci has proposed a block party for the residents on West Gibson as a neighborhood building activity. She has proposed closing West Gibson Street from Park Ave to North Pearl Street. Per the City’s Special Event Policy, Block Parties require at least 60% of the residents to agree to the street closure and 100% resident notification.
Ontario County has established a grant program utilizing a portion of its Federal American Rescue Plan Act funds “to assist projects that develop or expand arts, cultural and recreational opportunities as the community recovers from COVID-19.” The County allowed organizations to submit applications with draft resolutions of support for their application, but formal approval will be required for funding to be awarded. Several organizations submitted requests for support or reconsideration since the last City Council meeting and as such, the Mayor and City Staff provided letters of support and draft resolutions to facilitate the applications. These organizations include Granger Homestead, Partnership for Ontario County, Parrish & Brassie LLP, Finger Lakes Yoga Center, and DP Fuller Limited Partnership (Roseland Waterpark).
The 2024 Budget is underway and a general budget process and priorities discussion was added to assist the City Manager and City Staff in the development of the 2024 Budget.
With the completion and opening of Hotel Canandaigua and the condos on the 4th and 5th floor, we have received complaints regarding the noise level of the music performances that take place at Twisted Rail. John Zito (Condo Owner of Unit 420) asked to present his concerns and has been invited to the meeting. City Staff have had extensive conversations with Twisted Rail which has been working to install noise attenuation measures, changing the times of performances, and potentially repositioning the stage to face a different direction. Currently, the lease agreement does not allow for amplified sound, but City Staff has been trying to find a compromise for all parties. Attached is a proposed amendment to the lease agreement for review and discussion.
The City has all of its meetings (City Council and its Committees, Planning Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals and Board of Assessment Review – Grievance Day) air live on television and streamed on various online formats as well as recorded and indexed for on-demand viewing. For many years the City has utilized Finger Lakes Television (FLTV) for this service and the current agreement is set to expire on December 31, 2023. FLTV has proffered a successor agreement covering 2024, 2025 and 2026 at the same annual cost.
The City has embarked on solids handling improvements via the conversion from anaerobic digestion to a TermAer ATAD System at the Water Resource Recovery Facility. Part of this project includes the side stream treatment of leachate to be effectively processed locally with the revenue from leachate treatment covering the costs of the upgrades. An agreement to process leachate has been negotiated with Casella (attached) and requires City Council approval.
Finger Lakes Television
3325 Marvin Sands Drive
Canandaigua, NY 14424
