Strategic Planning Session
00:25Ontario County Housing Needs Assessment Presentation
58:06Thomas Harvey, AICP, Ontario County Planning Director and Ryan Davis, Executive Director, Ontario County Economic Development, will be presenting the Ontario County Housing Needs Assessment Final Report with a targeted discussion on the City of Canandaigua.
Parkwood Subdivision
01:47:32Due to lack of support for their prior PUD proposal, the developer has reconfigured the project to conform with the City’s Zoning Ordinance. Additionally, the plan meets various goals from the City’s Comprehensive Plan including higher quality rental housing, higher density residential on undeveloped parcels, neo-traditional streetscapes with interconnected street and sidewalk networks. The NYSDOT has not supported the developer’s request for a new egress and ingress to Main Street. The developer’s team will present their new plans and solicit support from the City Council for the Main Street connection.
Settlement of Claim for PILOT Payments against New York State Wine and Culinary Center (aka New York Kitchen)
02:14:18The New York State Wine and Culinary Center and the Ontario County Industrial Development Agency entered into a Payment-In-Lieu-Of-Taxes Agreement (PILOT) in 2006, amended it in 2013 and ultimately terminated it in 2021. The City claims New York Kitchen owed $7,316.48 for underbilled PILOT payments pursuant to the terms of the New York Kitchen PILOT Agreement with respect to the tax years 2013 through 2020. No litigation has commenced with respect to the claim and New York Kitchen has proposed to pay the City the sum of $3,658.24 to settle the issue. The City Manager and Corporate Counsel recommend to the City Council that the proposal be accepted.
WRRF Resiliency Bond Introduction/Authorization
02:22:31In February, Chief Operator Michelle Hess presented to the City Council on proposed projects at the WRRF to improve the facility’s resilience and the operators’ ability to respond to wet weather events. Larson Design Group, Inc. had evaluated and is current designing WRRF modifications to the existing headworks processes that include; a. Addressing hydraulic deficiencies in the raw influent building, b. Expanding grit handling capacity, c. Improving the operators' ability to respond to rapid spikes in influent flow rates during wet weather events,and d. Constructing additional infrastructure to divert flow from the EQ basin around the secondary treatment process to minimize risk of secondary overflows As part of the design and engineering process, Larson is writing grant applications to assist in the funding this project. As part of the grant application, Larson recommends that the City show commitment to the project by authorizing a bond up to $5,695,000.