City staff outlined two related agreements with the New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) for the Route 363/434 connector (the Greenway): a 25-year lighting agreement that would make the city responsible for powering and maintaining new lights after DOT construction, and a separate agreement to temporarily remove and later reinstall a police street camera during roadway reconstruction.

Deputy Mayor Megan Hyman said DOT will fund construction of the new lighting as part of the 363 rebuild scheduled for next year; the city would assume long-term responsibility for electricity and maintenance once the lights are active. Ron Lake, the city's chief engineer, identified clerical and mapping questions and said the lighting installation is typical of DOT projects that upgrade local infrastructure while assigning ongoing maintenance to the municipality.

Council members asked for specifics on annual energy costs and who currently pays for lighting at the interchange. Hyman and engineering staff said the project documents break costs out over a 25-year period but that the exact annual electricity cost and whether the state or city has historically paid for certain lighting at the interchange required follow-up by the finance office. One council member noted that the DOT also mows in the same corridor and asked staff to confirm continuing maintenance arrangements.

On the related camera agreement, staff said the police department's street camera in the construction corridor will be taken down temporarily and DOT will work with the city to reinstall it after reconstruction; staff declined during the work session to disclose the camera's exact location for operational-security reasons and suggested directing location questions to police.

No formal vote was taken; council members directed staff to check existing billing records, confirm whether the city already pays for lighting in parts of the corridor, and report back with an estimate of ongoing energy and maintenance costs before finalizing the agreement.