We have uh five four items on our agenda and then executive session for discussion of matters concerning the medical financial credit or employment history of a particular person, persons, or corporation, or matters leading to the appointment, employment, promotion, demotion, discipline, suspension, dismissal, or removal of a particular person, persons, or corporation.

So at this time I'm going to turn it over to our city manager, Matt Alexander.

Good evening, Mayor and Council.

Good evening.

We have a few items from the planning uh director, and so we'll I'm gonna let Carol start, and then we've got um the jutski discussion afterwards.

Good evening, Mayor and Council.

Good evening.

Um this is um the momentum fund infrastructure improvement uh to the James Street and Nelson Avenue municipal garages.

Um and as a reminder, we last August you approved bringing in an engineering and design consultant to design the critical structure and safety repairs to those garages.

And we're just now we have the cost estimates for that level of work.

Um we'd like to be able to send that out to bid to really refine the actual costs we have.

We have budgeted uh an amount in the mid-Hudson Momentum Fund, um, but really need the bidding process to kind of get give us a final um cost.

We will then come back to you with further work as a phase two, whether that's related to signage or architectural improvements, um and um but we need to do this uh essential infrastructure improvement at this time.

And um happy to answer questions.

I realize some of you are are caught in the middle of this.

Uh we started the conversation last August, but um continuing it now.

Questions, anyone I just like the fact that we're at a point where we're going out for bids.

Yes.

I just had a conversation today with somebody from downtown, one of the business owners, complaining about the lack of parking, and sometimes she comes in to work late just so she can get a parking place on certain days.

Yeah, Carol, when do we think we'll actually see work start?

Uh depends on how long it takes the bidding process.

You know, I would give it uh you know, uh and and the contracting process two to three months.

You know, if we can quickly get this out.

Um that's my best.

I think it was smart to break it into the two phases, so uh doing all the critical work first.

Absolutely.

So I'm gonna get all of that done.

Thank you.

I'm good with it, which is much needed, so thank you.

Yeah.

Okay.

Great.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And I think one thing that is important, uh, and I'll say it during the city manager report, but I'll say it here to all of you as well, just so it's on the record and understood.

Uh we are going to start with structural work, and then we're going to move into phase two, which will be a newly uh put out contract for painting and lighting.

And so you're gonna see us go through different stages of this project.

Uh and we think that this is the right way to go about it because the structural work will be able to get done in the fastest way possible, and then we can move on to other work that uh can be added on and doesn't depend on the structural work.

Okay.

Uh next we have the planning uh excuse me.

Matt Rudikoff is gonna talk to us about two items.

And what Matt, why don't you go ahead and start with the jet ski?

Well, I was gonna start with the transient or the other.

Yep, go ahead.

I think uh Cal last week uh there was discussion uh um about uh uh for for tonight to consider a transient use um uh uh uh approvals to allow for the floating docks at Fleischmann Pier to be rented out to overnight uh people who transients who want to just dock at the pier.

And that was always intended for the floating docks, which had multiple purposes.

The floating docks were meant to be uh for tour boats like the four foliage cruises.

They were also meant to be for concessionaires like the pontoon boats, but they were also meant, and this is the floating docks, not the kayak dock, just the the two floating docks that are in the center.

Uh, and also for transient users.

So for the transient users, there were a couple of council things that we realized had never really been approved, and one was authorizing the floating docks use for uh transient use.

And one was authorizing the floating docks use for uh transient use.

And so um at the committee of the whole and in the resolution presented tonight, there is one the council authorizing use of those floating docks for transient use.

And then also it's in the resolution uh and in the agreement document, which everybody every boater who wants to use the floating docks will have to complete online uh with the peer manager and pay electronically the fee and abide by the various rules and regulations that are included in the agreement.

So it's you know the permission to use the docks for transient use, it's setting the some of the terms of the usage, and it's the agreement to use it.

Uh the terms that we need to define and really which fall within the council's purview are the rate that we're going to charge for for the transient users, and um the requirement that they comply with all the rules and regulations and and and authorize the city manager to complete and finalize the user agreement.

Uh the user fee that we've talked about uh is two dollars per linear foot per night.

So that would mean a 30-foot boat would pay sixty dollars per night to use the floating dock.

Uh and and we we also suggested a a maximum of three nights because we really don't want it to be like anything more permanent than that, and it's unusual that people would want to stay that long.

So there is a resolution on your agenda uh for for that purpose, authorizing the use of the piers for transient users, establishing the the two dollars per foot per night, the establishing the three night maximum, and then also the agreement that's part of your package and added to the agreement is also a hold harmless agreement that each transient docker would have to sign and complete.

So if there's questions, I'm happy to uh deal with them and uh and uh then after that move on to the next item.