of the
CITY OF SYRACUSE
REGULAR MEETING – SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
1:00 P.M. / (9/29) / (xx)
1. /
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag - (Led by Hon. Van B. Robinson, President of the Syracuse Common Council)
2. /Invocation - (Delivered by David Pilch, Teen Challenge, Syracuse, New York)
3. /Roll Call - (All Present - 9)
4. /Minutes - September 15, 2014 - (Adopted 9-0)
5. /Petitions - (none)
6. /Committee Reports - (Public Safety with Neighborhood Preservation (Homeless & Housing Vulnerable; Public Works (D.P.W. & Transportation)
7. / Communications - From the Honorable Stephanie A. Miner, both a rejection and disapproved/veto of the Local Law relative to Syracuse to amend Section 19-70 of the tax and assessment act of the City of Syracuse in relation to qualifications and conditions regarding the installment payment of delinquent taxes.------
NEW BUSINESS
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BY PRESIDENT ROBINSON:
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WD / Resolution - Approving the Appointment of Various Persons as Commissioners of Deeds for 2014. / WD
BY COUNCILOR JOY:
9.
9-0 / Appropriate Funds - From Special Object Account #01.75942.0.000 in the amount of $50,000 to Literacy Coalition of Onondaga County, as approved in the 2014/2015 Annual Budget, to enable them to expand the program City-wide, as detailed in Appendix “A”. / 886
10.
9-0 / Approve - Settlement of Tax Certiorari Proceedings - Nadlan S&S Syracuse, LLC vs. City of Syracuse, et al - 4727-4738 South Salina Street (Tax Map Nos. 071.-17-17.0) Tax Years 2012-2015. Total amount $61,453 from Account #01.19310.0.000. / 887
BY COUNCILOR KESSNER:
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9-0 / Permission - To Stephen Dorsey, owner of the property located at 310 and 314 Avery Avenue and 639 Hamilton Street, to encroach 15' into the Avery Avenue right-of-way with a 13' wide by 13' long patio with railings, raised curbs for planting beds and bicycle racks for a total of 1,015 square feet. / 888
12.
9-0 / Amend - Ord. #112 (03/24/08), “Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 206 Bennington Drive, an unfinished wood house, to Paula Legore for the total sum of $9,875.” Amend to correct the legal description to Lot 32, Tract Anderson Terrace. / 889
13.
H / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 1606 Colvin Street W., a wood house, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / H
14.
H / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 250 Richmond Avenue, 2 wood houses & garage, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. /
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15.
H / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 1304-1306 South Avenue to Temple Place, a wood house, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / H
16.
H / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 505 Hillsdale Ave. & Caleb Ave., a wood house & garage, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / H
17.
H / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 257 Martin Luther King W., a wood house, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / H
18.
H / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 437-439 Martin Luther King W., a wood house & garage, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / H
19.
H / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 249 Midler Ave. S., a wood house & garage, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / H
20.
9-0 / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 211-1/2 Beard Avenue W., a double unfinished wood house, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / 890
21.
9-0 / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 700 Bellevue Avenue & Coolidge Avenue, a wood house & garage, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / 891
22.
9-0 / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 114 Borden Avenue W., an unfinished wood house, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / 892
23.
9-0 / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 243 Borden Avenue W., a wood house & garage, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / 893
24.
9-0 / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 278 Borden Avenue W., a wood house, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / 894
25.
9-0 / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 406 Boyden Street, a wood house, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / 895
26.
9-0 / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 1517 Burnet Avenue, a wood house & garage, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / 896
27.
9-0 / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 238 Colvin Street W., a wood house and unfinished garage, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / 897
28.
9-0 / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 340 Colvin Street W., a wood house & garage, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / 898
29.
9-0 / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 230 Coolidge Avenue, a wood house & garage, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / 899
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9-0 / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 558 Cortland Avenue, a wood house, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / 900
31.
9-0 / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 406 Danforth Street, an unfinished brick house, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / 901
32.
9-0 / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 110 Dearborn Place, a wood house, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / 902
33.
9-0 / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 336 Elm Street, a wood house and unfinished garage, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / 903
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9-0 / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 1215 Geddes Street S. & Elliott Street, a wood house, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / 904
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H / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 236 Hillsdale Avenue, 2 wood houses & garage, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / H
36.
9-0 / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 230 Hudson Street, a wood house & garage, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / 905
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9-0 / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 239 Hudson Street, a wood house, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / 906
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9-0 / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 1313 Midland Avenue, a wood house, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / 907
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9-0 / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 809-811 Onondaga Avenue, a wood house & garage, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / 908
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9-0 / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 243 Palmer Avenue, a wood house, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / 909
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9-0 / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 2110-2112 Salina Street S. & Colvin Street W., a stone church, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / 910
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9-0 / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 828-830 Tallman Street & Rich Street, a wood house & garage, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / 911
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9-0 / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 138 Wood Avenue, a wood house, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / 912
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9-0 / Sell - All right, title and interest of the City of Syracuse in and to the premises known as 141 Wood Avenue, a wood house & garage, to the Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation for the total sum of $151. / 913
BY COUNCILOR HUDSON:
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H / Amend - The Revised General Ordinances of the City of Syracuse, Chapter 24, entitled “Streets and Sidewalks” Article 8, Sections 24-32.2 and 24-33, excavations and street openings, Article 9, Section 24-38, sidewalk construction. / H
46.
H / Amend - The Traffic Code of the City of Syracuse, Article XVI, entitled “Standing or Parking in Specified Places Prohibited”, to revise Section 15-329 entitled, “Standing In Loading Zone” to increase fines. / H
47.
9-0 / Agreement - With NYS DOT for a Use & Occupancy Permit for the State-owned property between South West Street and Walton Street, south of West Fayette Street, improved by Syracuse University as part of the Connective Corridor, to allow the City to provide maintenance services to the site including trash pick-up, lighting and snow plowing, on behalf of the Department of Public Works. There is no cost for the permit. / 914
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9-0 / Permission - To PEG Bandwidth to construct, own and operate aerial fiber optic cable and an underground 1.25" conduit in the Park Street and Lodi Street rights-of-way. Construction must be completed in 2 years and PEG Bandwidth shall pay an annual fee of $.43 per liner foot per 1.25" line, total approximately $78. / 915
BY COUNCILOR RYAN:
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9-0 / Amend - The Revised General Ordinances of the City of Syracuse, as amended, Chapter 9, entitled “Business, Mercantile, Transient, Itinerant,” Article 7, Entitled “Peddlers” and to add Article 12 entitled, “Solicitors” to set forth provisions regulating the licensure of “solicitors”, those who sell goods door-to-door. / Gen.
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BY COUNCILOR DOUGHERTY:
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9-0 / Bond Ordinance - Authorizing the issuance and sale of bonds of the City of Syracuse to be used to defray the cost of the Green Infrastructure Program at Magnarelli Community Center at McChesney Park. Total amount not to exceed $40,500. / 916
51.
9-0 / Authorize - The 2014/2015 Capital Improvement Program, Green Infrastructure Program, for the park improvements at the Magnarelli Community Center at McChesney Park, on behalf of the Department of Parks, Recreation & Youth Programs. Total cost not to exceed $40,500. / 917
BY COUNCILOR DOUGHERTY, PRESIDENT ROBINSON & ALL COUNCILORS:
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9-0 / Resolution - In recognition of the Syracuse University ACC kick-off game on October 3, 2014, against Louisville and to encourage all Syracuse University fans to proudly wear orange. / 30-R
BY COUNCILOR MAROUN:
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9-0 / Agreement - With J. Graham, Inc. for professional services to audit the City’s 2013/2014 medical and dental claims processed by our third party administrator, POMCO, for the period of one year. Total cost not to exceed $25,000, to include all professional time, travel and out of pocket expenses, charged to Hospital, Medical Surgical Insurance Account #01.90600.0.000. The Mayor has waived the RFP Process. / 918
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9-0 / Amend - Ord. #857 (12/02/13), “Agreement - With Harbridge Consulting Group, LLC for Health Care Consulting Services for the City of Syracuse and the Syracuse City School District for the period of one year, on behalf of the Office of Personnel and Labor Relations. Total City cost not to exceed $23,200 and total SCSD cost not to exceed $23,200. The Mayor has waived the RFP Process.” Amend to include additional health care consultant services to conduct a request for proposal process in conjunction with the City for third party administration of medical benefits for the City’s active and non-Medicare eligible retirees. Total cost not to exceed $42,000 charged to Hospital, Medical Surgical Insurance Account #01.90600.0.000. The Syracuse City School District is not included in this ordinance. / 919
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9-0 / Amend - Ord. #50 (01/13/14), “Agreement - With POMCO for No Fault, General Liability and MMSEA Reporting for the period of one year, commencing October 1, 2013, with 2 one-year renewal options with the approval of the Mayor and the Common Council. Fees of $10.85 per MMSEA claim, 25% of savings for Medical Bill Review and $4,500 annual administrative fee. All costs will be charged to Workers Compensation Account #01.90400.0.000. The Mayor has waived the RFP Process.” Amend to authorize the first one-year renewal option for the period of October 1, 2014-September 30, 2015. All other terms and conditions, including costs, remain the same. / 920
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H / Contract - With Humana Insurance Company for a Medicare Advantage PPO Health Insurance Plan for City retirees over age 65 for the period of January 1, 2015-December 31, 2015 with two 1-year renewal options with the approval of the Mayor and the Common Council. Total cost not to exceed $1,450,000 charged to Hospital, Medical, Surgical Insurance Account #01.90600.0.000. / H
Syracuse Common Council
Adjourned at 1:23 P.M.
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