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TO OUR TOWN BOARD MEETING.TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, MAY 27TH AND IT'S 7 42.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
UM, AND WE'LL START WITH A PLEDGE.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of those around the world who have perished as victims of war, disease and natural disaster. Our hearts are with all who needlessly suffer.]
AND WE WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.EVERYONE CAN REMAIN STANDING, UM, IN MEMORY OF THOSE AROUND THE WORLD, HAVE PERISHED AS VICTIMS OF WAR, DISEASE, AND NATURAL DISASTER.
OUR HEARTS ARE WITH ALL WHO NEEDLESSLY SUFFER.
WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE A LS FOUNDATION.
UM, WHAT DID WE DO WITH THE, UH, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION HERE.
DON'T WE HAVE TO DO ROLL CALL? ANYTHING PLEASE.
CAN WE DO A ROLL CALL? WE HAVE TO DO ROLL CALL.
UH, TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINDER.
OH, WAIT, ARE WE ON? OKAY, I'M SORRY.
[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk Lisa Maria Nero]
SORRY.PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON.
PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN JOY HABER.
COUNCILWOMAN ELLEN HENDRICKS, PRESENT.
FIRST DEPUTY TOWN ATTORNEY AMANDA MAGNA.
[ PRESENTATIONS (Maximum 10 minutes each) Proclamation recognizing May 2026 as ALS Awareness Month Honoring Mark Morganelli and Ellen Prior, retiring as leaders of Jazz Forum Art]
GREAT.UM, SO NEXT, UH, WE ARE GONNA RECOGNIZE, UM, WE HAVE SOME PROCLAMATIONS.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS, UM, A RECOGNITION, UH, TO BRING AWARENESS TO, UM, A HORRIBLE DISEASE.
A LS ALSO KNOWN COMMONLY AS LOU GEHRIG'S, UH, DISEASE.
IT'S A PROGRESSIVE FATAL, UM, DISEASE IN WHICH A PERSON'S BRAIN LOSES CONNECTION WITH THEIR MUSCLES, SLOWLY REDUCING A PERSON'S ABILITY TO WALK, TALK, EAT, AND EVENTUALLY BREATHE.
THOUSANDS OF, UM, CASES ARE REPORTED EVERY YEAR, AND ESTIMATES SHOW THAT NI THAT EVERY 90 MINUTES SOMEONE ELSE IS DIAGNOSED WITH A LS.
SOMEONE PASSES AWAY FROM A LS I'M SURE THAT EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS SOMEBODY, UM, WHO UNFORTUNATELY SUFFERED FROM, UM, FROM THE ILLNESS.
THE EXACT CAUSES OF A LS ARE NOT KNOWN AND THERE IS NO KNOWN CURE FOR A LS.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE MILITARY ARE MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP A LS AND DIE FROM THE DISEASE THAN THOSE WITH NO HISTORY OF MILITARY SERVICE, UNFORTUNATELY.
AND SECURING ACCESS TO NEW THERAPIES, DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, THAT'S VITAL.
IT'S OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO PEOPLE LIVING WITH A LS.
THERE ARE CLINICAL TRIALS THAT PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE IN EVALUATING NEW TREATMENT, ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND FOSTERING ASSISTIVE, UM, TECHNOLOGIES FOR THOSE LIVING WITH A LS.
AND WHERE IS A LS ASSOCIATION IS THE LARGEST PHIL PHILANTHROPIC, UM, FUNDER OF A LS RESEARCH GLOBALLY AND HAS COMMITTED MORE THAN 154 MILLION TO SUPPORT MORE THAN 550 PROJECTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND 18 OTHER COUNTRIES.
UH, THE A LS ASSOCIATION IS COMMITTED TO MAKE A LS LIVABLE AND CURE FOR EVERYBODY EVERYWHERE.
AND, UH, THE TOWN BOARD HAS, UM, DECLARED, UM, UH, THE MONTH OF MAY AS A LS AWARENESS, UM, MONTH.
AND WE CALL ON ALL, UM, GREENBERG RESIDENTS AND AMERICANS TO JOIN IN SUPPORTING A LS RESEARCH, ADVOCATING FOR INCREASED FUNDING AND STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS DISEASE.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP, I COULD GIVE YOU THE PROCLAMATION AND DO YOU WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS THAT WOULD BE REALLY APPRECIATED? THANK YOU.
YOU COULD SPEAK FROM THE PODIUM FROM MIKE.
SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER AND MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD FOR INSTITUTING A LS AWARE AWARENESS MONTH HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I WAS DRIVEN TO, UH, GET THIS DONE IN WORKING WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF A LS AND IT'S AN HONOR TO STAND HERE TONIGHT.
THIS KIND OF RECOGNITION MATTERS MORE THAN PEOPLE SOMETIMES REALIZE.
IT TELLS FAMILIES LIVING WITH THIS DISEASE
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THAT THEY ARE SEEN.IT TELLS THEM THEY ARE NOT WALKING THIS ROAD ALONE.
AND IT TELLS THE REST OF US THAT WE HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN SHOWING UP, IN LEARNING AND IN STANDING BESIDE OUR NEIGHBORS WHEN THEY NEED US.
TWO MONTHS AGO, OUR COMMUNITY LOST SOMEONE EXTRAORDINARY.
SHE WAS A NEIGHBOR IN MY TOWN OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON.
AND SHE WAS A NEIGHBOR IN THE TRUEST SENSE OF THE WORD.
SARAH WAS A YOGA TEACHER, AND SHE TAUGHT THE WAY SHE LIVED WITH PATIENCE, WITH GRACE, WITH A DEEP BELIEF THAT THE BODY AND THE SPIRIT WERE WORTH CARING FOR.
SHE HAD THIS GIFT FOR MAKING PEOPLE FEEL CALM JUST BY BEING NEAR HER.
AND SHE WAS A MOTHER TO TWO BEAUTIFUL SONS, BEN AND RORY, AND A WIFE TO HER DEAR HUSBAND DAVE, WHO LOVED HER COMPLETELY.
IT'S A DISEASE THAT I THINK MOST PEOPLE ONLY REALLY LEARN ABOUT DEEPLY WHEN IT TOUCHES SOMEONE YOU LOVE.
AND ONCE IT DOES, YOU CAN'T UNLEARN IT.
YOU WATCH IT TAKE AWAY FROM SOMEONE A WHOLE AND VIBRANT, AND YOU FEEL THE HELPLESSNESS OF KNOWING THAT THERE'S NO CURE.
BUT AWARENESS IS HOW PROGRESS BEGINS.
HOW RESEARCH GETS FUNDED, HOW A TOWN BECOMES A PLACE WHERE SOMEONE WITH A LS KNOWS THAT THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE PAYING ATTENTION, THAT MEALS CAN ARRIVE, THAT RIDES CAN BE OFFERED, AND THAT HANDS CAN BE HELD.
SO WHEN I HEARD THAT GREENBERG WAS INSTITUTING A LS AWARENESS MONTH, I THOUGHT, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH THIS MEANS TO ME AND TO SARAH'S FAMILY.
SO TO THE SUPERVISOR AND THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR USING YOUR PLATFORM TO LIFT UP A CAUSE THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS GET THE SPOTLIGHT THAT IT DESERVES.
THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING SOLIDARITY.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING SPACE FORMALLY, OFFICIALLY ON THE TOWN CALENDAR FOR GRIEF, FOR HOPE, AND FOR ACTION.
LET'S BE THE KIND OF COMMUNITY THAT SARAH BELIEVED WE ALREADY WERE.
MY FATHER PASSED AWAY FROM A LS UH, HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITHIN ONE YEAR AND PASSED.
IT WAS SAME YEAR MY DAUGHTER WAS BORN.
IT WAS VERY QUICK AND IT WAS VERY, VERY, UH, DEVASTATING.
AND, UM, I UNDERSTAND THERE IS SOME MORE RESEARCH THAT'S BEING DONE THERE.
THERE IS NOT, MAURICE, THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR TREATMENT AND CURE, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN AVAILABLE FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING.
SO THEY'RE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO HELP BEING ABLE TO HELP YOU GO MORE.
UM, NEXT, UM, I WAS SORT OF THINKING ON THE WAY OVER, UM, WHAT MAKES MORE PEOPLE HAPPY? UH, GAZ MUSIC OR POLITICIANS AT A TOWN BOARD MEETING.
UM, AND, UM, UM, AND I ASKED, UH, CHAD, AND, UM, IN ONE SECOND IT SAID, UH, TALL THAT AGENDA
UM, AND TODAY WE'RE HONORING, UM, TWO EXCEPTIONALLY OUTSTANDING, UM, UH, RESIDENTS OF, UM, OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE MADE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN GREENBERG OUR SMILE OVER, OVER THE YEARS.
UM, UH, THE GREENBERG TOWN BOARD IS HONORING, UM, MARK MORGANE AND ELLEN PRYOR, UM, AS A, UH, RETIRE FROM THEIR LEADERSHIP ROLE AT GS FORUM ARTS.
UH, THEY, NOT TO SAY THEY DID A GREAT JOB IS DEFINITELY AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
UH, THEIR, UM, CAREERS HAVE BEEN EXTRAORDINARY AND THEY BROUGHT SO MUCH HAPPINESS TO REALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, IN THE SUMMER, I ALWAYS GO TO, UH, THE GS CONCERTS, YOU KNOW, IN DOPPS FERRY.
AND, UH, THEY HAVE THEM ALL OVER THE, UH, THE RIVER VILLAGES AND EVERYBODY'S LIKE, THRILLED.
MARK MORGANE IS FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
HE'S DEDICATED OVER FOUR DECADES TO THE PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION OF GS, ESTABLISHING THE GS FORUM AS A PREMIER VENUE THAT HAS HOSTED LEGENDARY MUSICIANS AND NURTURED EMERGING UH, TALENT.
AND ELLEN, UM, PRIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR HAS BEEN THE STEADFAST HEART OF THE ORGANIZATION, PROVIDING, UH, THE VISION, ADMINISTRATIVE EXCELLENCE, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH NECESSARY TO TRANSFORM A LOCAL CLUB INTO A WORLD CLASS CULTURAL INSTITUTION.
UM, TOGETHER THIS FORMIDABLE DUO SPEARHEADED
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THE JFM, UH, SUMMER MUSIC SERIES, BRINGING THE JOY OF FREE OUTDOOR, UM, GS TO THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS ACROSS WESTCHESTER COUNTY, FOSTERING THEIR SPIRIT OF INCLUSIVITY AND ARTISTIC APPRECIATION.AND THROUGH THEIR UNWAVERING PASSION, THEY ESTABLISHED THE GS FORUM ART CENTER.
IN 2017, THE ONLY DEDICATED GS CLUB IN, UM, WESTCHESTER, UM, CREATING A LISTENING ROOM THAT PRIORITIZES THE INTIMACY OF THE ART FORM AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES.
THE RETIREMENT MARKS THE CONCLUSION OF A CHAPTER DEFINED BY CULTURAL ENRICHMENT MENTORSHIP AND A RELENTLESS COMMITMENT TO THE IDEA THAT MUSIC IS AN ESSENTIAL PUBLIC GOOD.
SO THE TOWN BOARD, UM, WE UNANIMOUSLY AGREE TO EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO MARK MORGANE AND ELLEN PRYOR FOR THEIR TIRELESS SERVICE, THEIR ARTISTIC INTEGRITY, AND THE VIBRANT LEGACY OF, UM, RHYTHM AND SOUL THEY LEAVE BEHIND AND WISH THEM A RETIREMENT FILLED WITH THE SAME HARMONY.
ANDRE, THEY HAVE PROVIDED OUR COMMUNITY FOR SO MANY YEARS, AND THAT'S SIGNED BY ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD.
AND IF WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN AN INJUNCTION TO PREVENT YOU FROM RETIRING, RETIRING, UH, WE DEFINITELY WOULD'VE, BUT, UH,
BUT WHEN I BROUGHT IT UP TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, IT WASN'T SUCCESSFUL.
YOU SEE THE SMILES, EAR TO EAR
RACHEL, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A PROCLAMATION.
THANKS TO EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD.
UM, THIS IS REALLY AN HONOR AND, UM, UNEXPECTED AND DEFINITELY APPRECIATED.
UM, FOR ME, NOT ONLY IS IT 41 YEARS OF RUNNING THE NON-PROFIT, BUT 47 YEARS OF PRESENTING JAZZ IN NEW YORK.
'CAUSE I HAD A CLUB WHEN I WAS 24 IN GREENWICH VILLAGE.
SO IT'S BEEN 47 CONSECUTIVE YEARS AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF, UH, WE COULDN'T WAIT ANOTHER THREE
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, AND WE HAVE A TEAM THAT WE DO IT WITH.
AND, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE FIVE VENUES AND THE 33 FREE SUMMER CONCERTS THIS YEAR, BECAUSE WE GOT A, A GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, AND WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COUNTRY WITH JAZZ FREE AT PEARSON PARK ON JULY 4TH IN TARRYTOWN.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, EVERY FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SIX SETS AT THE JAZZ FORUM.
AND MAYBE ELLEN CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
I BROUGHT IN, UH, SALARY
UM, AND WE'VE DECIDED TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS TRYING TO BRING THIS CLUB TO FRUITION AND THEN RUNNING IT.
AND, UM, IT'S BEEN QUITE AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE.
WE FEEL VERY CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, AND, UM, WE ARE GONNA CELEBRATE ON JULY 8TH, EVERYONE KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED FOR BEAUTIFUL WEATHER IN DOBBS FERRY.
UH, IT'LL BE THE 26TH YEAR OF OUR CONCERT SERIES THERE, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BARBECUE.
AND I DON'T HAVE, I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR RECOGNIZING REALLY MARK AND ALL HE'S DONE.
UM, AND, UM, WE'RE JUST VERY PLEASED TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND TO DO, TO GET SUCH, UM, LOVE AND A SENSE OF COMMUNITY FROM WHAT WE'VE DONE.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU BOTH MADE THE JAZZ FORUM A PLACE TO GO.
YOU BOTH SERVED WONDERFUL MUSIC AND GOOD FOOD, AND I HOPE YOU'LL BE A GUEST MUSICIAN THERE, MARK, GOING FORWARD.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA LOSE YOU ALL TOGETHER.
WE HAD TO AUDITION
AND I DO HAVE TO ADD THAT I AM, THOSE ARE MY NEIGHBORS AND MY FRIENDS, MY CHILDREN GREW UP GOING TO THE WATERFRONT, DOBBS FERRY.
IT'S AN ANCHOR OF THE DOBBS FERRY WATERFRONT EXPERIENCE AND ALL THE RIVER TOWNS.
IT'S JUST, I'M SO GLAD THAT IT WILL CONTINUE.
NOT WITH YOUR STEWARDSHIP MAYBE, BUT STILL WILL CONTINUE.
AND IT'S SUCH, IT'S SUCH A WONDERFUL GIFT FOR ALL OF US.
[ SUPERVISOR & TOWN COUNCIL REPORTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS Liaison Reports (Supervisor Paul Feiner, Councilwoman Joy Haber, Councilwoman Ellen Hendrickx, Councilwoman Gina Jackson, Councilman Francis Sheehan) GOOD NEWS...From 2010-2025 the Town earned the highest possible rating from Moody's (Aaa), most recently on 9/9/2025. Less than 1% of communities in the nation have this record of financial stability. From 2008-2024 the Town also earned the highest possible bond rating from Standard & Poors (AAA). To reduce costs, the Town did not seek a rating from Standard & Poors in 2025. Anyone interested in serving on a board or commission should send a resume to the Town Board via Lisa Maria Nero, Town Clerk, 177 Hillside Avenue, Greenburgh, NY 10607. TownClerk@GreenburghNY.com]
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NEXT WE'RE GONNA DO, UH, LIAISON REPORTS.UM, ELLEN HENDRICKS, YOU WANNA START? WELL, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING WITH MY VARIOUS AND SUNDRY LIAISONS, BUT I HAVE SOME SURPRISES IN STORE FOR YOU.
SO I'M GONNA SEED MY TIME RIGHT NOW AND, UH, LET MY, MY FELLOW COUNCIL, I THINK WE HAD AGREED WE WERE NOT DOING IT THIS TIME.
UM, THIS WAY WE COULD WATCH A GOOD SHOW ON TV.
EARLIER THOUGHT I SAID WE WERE DOING IT.
AND THEN IT WAS SAID THAT IT WAS STILL NOT WANTING TO BE DONE.
WELL, ANYBODY WHO GO, GO AHEAD.
FRANCIS, YOU WANT TO, UH, GINA'S NAME.
UM, SO FOR THE PAST YEAR, I HAD, I HAVE BEEN A SUPPORTER OF THE GREENBURG RESTORATIVE CIRCLES.
AND THEN I WAS JOINED BY, UM, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE HERE, JOY HABER.
UM, AND THIS INITIATIVE WAS, UH, CREATED CALLED THE BETTER BUILDING OF BETTER GREENBERG.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD, WE WERE REALLY GUIDED BY SOME REALLY DEDICATED COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UM, REVEREND LANE, WHICH EVERYONE'S FAMILIAR WITH, JILL STEINBERG, MARY SALLY, ANNIE, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I MESSED UP HER NAME.
COLLEEN BRAD WITH AND ANAKIN WILLIAMS. I MEAN, THESE PHENOMENAL WOMEN REALLY WAS ABLE TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND REALLY HAVE SOME INFORMATIVE, GUIDED CONVERSATIONS ON TOPICS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO DEAL WITH.
WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IN THIS COMMUNITY AND BEYOND, BUT THESE CIRCLES HAVE REALLY HELPED TO REALLY HEAR VOICES THAT MAY NOT DECIDE TO COME TO THE TOWN BOARD MEETING.
BUT WE REALLY CAN GET IN PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING OF.
UM, THE SESSIONS COME, UH, COVER TOPICS INCLUDING, UH, HOUSING EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS, FAIRNESS AND POLICING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND OUR MOST RECENT SERIES WAS HELD LAST WEEK AT THE END.
THESE ARE HELD AT THE GREENBERG LIBRARY, AND THAT WAS GEARED TOWARDS ESTABLISHING A UNIFIED IDENTITY FOR GREENBERG.
SO I WILL SAY THAT EACH, EACH, UM, CIRCLE BEGINS WITH ONE PIVOTAL QUESTION, HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER? I, AND SO VERY PROUD TO BE A PART OF THAT AND REALLY SAY THAT THIS EXPERIENCE, AND I'LL LET YOU JOY, THIS EXPERIENCE HAS, UM, REALLY BEEN VERY OPENING BECAUSE THERE ARE TIMES THAT YOU THINK, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THERE'S TIMES THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT MAYBE THERE'S MORE OF AN EDUCATION THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR BECAUSE THERE ARE, THERE ARE THOUGHTS OUT THERE OR THERE ARE THINKING THAT, UM, THINGS ARE A CERTAIN WAY.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE TO DO, WE HAVE TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO COME IN AND I'LL CALL IT CORRECT A RECORD, IF YOU WILL.
BUT, UM, SO FOR THOSE OF YOU, IT WAS BASED FOR THE UNINCORPORATED AREA.
UM, I DO BELIEVE THEY WILL BE EXPANDING THAT, UM, IN THE VILLAGES AS WELL.
BUT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND BE A PART OF THE CIRCLE, I TELL YOU, IT IS REALLY SOMETHING REALLY GALVANIZING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO I'LL TURN, I SEE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN PART OF THE CIRCLES.
UM, IT'S BEEN, UM, A REALLY TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE.
IT'S, I I SORT OF SAY IT'S LIKE A COMBINATION BETWEEN THERAPY AND CHURCH.
IT'S LIKE YOU ARE IN THIS QUIET ENVIRONMENT.
YOU GO THROUGH EXERCISES TO CALM YOU, AND THEN TO REALLY, TO LISTEN TO NOT JUDGE, AND TO TAKE IN ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, VIEWPOINTS AROUND YOU.
AND YOU HEAR SURPRISING THINGS.
AND YOU WANNA SOMETIMES JUMP IN AND SAY, WELL, THAT'S NOT RIGHT, OR THAT'S, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED A LISTENING CIRCLE.
SO YOU LISTEN AND YOU GO THROUGH AND YOU HEAR, AND THEN YOU SORT OF JUST, I CAN'T EXPLAIN.
I COULD NEVER HAVE DEFINED IT BEFORE I EXPERIENCED IT.
BUT WE, YOU KNOW, EACH ONE IS A DIFFERENT TOPIC.
AND THEN YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THAT THINGS YOU CAN BUILD ON TO SOLVE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS IN, IN, IN, IN THE TOWN OR IN ANY ENVIRONMENT YOU'RE IN.
AND IT'S, IT REALLY IS AN INCREDIBLE EXERCISE.
AND, UM, I WISH THAT WE COULD IMPLEMENT IT IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, BUT IT'S A REALLY WAY FOR PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER AND UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER AND TO UNDERSTAND THE, EACH OTHER'S LIVED EXPERIENCE WITHOUT A SORT OF BACK AND FORTH, UH, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, CORRECTION OR WHATEVER.
SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, I'M SO HAPPY TO HAVE JOINED COUNCILWOMAN
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JACKSON, THIS PROCESS AND TO CONTINUE DOING IT FORWARD.IT BREAKS DOWN WALLS AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND EVERYONE SHOWS RESPECT AND THAT TOO IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO IT'S A VERY SPECIAL EXPERIENCE.
SO NOW THAT WE'VE HAD THIS CALMING REPORT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TAXES,
AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS IN A VERY CALMING METHOD.
UH, I AM LIAISON TO SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS, AND ONE OF WHICH, ONE OF WHICH IS THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.
AND THIS COULD NOT BE MORE TIMELY BECAUSE IF YOU BELIEVE THAT YOUR HOUSE, YOUR REAL PROPERTY IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG IS OVER ASSESSED, NOW'S THE TIME TO DO IT.
UH, GRIEVANCE DAY, I BELIEVE IS THE THIRD TUESDAY, UM, IN, UH, IN JUNE.
UM, JUNE 1ST STARTS THE WHOLE PROCESS, QUITE FRANKLY.
AND SO THIS COULDN'T BE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY.
I KNOW LAST YEAR I WAS SOLICITED BY EIGHT DIFFERENT COMPANIES STATING THAT THEY CAN LOWER MY TAXES.
WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS, BEFORE YOU SIGN UP AND GIVE AWAY SOME OF YOUR MONEY FROM THE FIRST, FIRST, UH, YEAR'S, UH, SAVINGS IS CONTACT THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.
UM, AND THE EASIEST WAY TO DO THAT IS GO TO THE TOWN OF GREENBERG'S WEBSITE, CLICK ON DEPARTMENTS, CLICK ON THE ASSESSOR, AND THEN FOUR COLUMNS DOWN ON THE LEFT, IT SAYS, CHALLENGING YOUR ASSESSMENT.
WE MAKE IT AS TRANSPARENT AND EASY TO DO AS POSSIBLE.
WE WANT YOU TO BE PROPERLY ASSESSED.
WE DON'T WANT YOU TO BE OVER ASSESSED, WHICH IS WHY WE DID A WHOLE REASSESSMENT, I THINK IT WAS IN 2016, AND NOW WE'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT ASSESSMENT.
NOW, OF COURSE, IF YOU SEE YOUR ASSESSMENT IS $750,000 AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SELL YOUR HOUSE FOR 900, I WOULD NOT CONTACT THE ASSESSOR.
THERE'S A CATEGORY FOR DOING THAT, AND YOU DON'T WANNA BE IN IT.
BUT IF YOU DO BELIEVE AND LOOKING AT THE COMPARABLES AROUND, AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU GO ON OUR WEBSITE AND FIND COMPARABLES, UH, THEN WE STRONGLY URGE YOU TO SEEK OUT THE ASSESSOR'S HELP.
AND THEY WILL ACTUALLY HELP YOU.
NOW, IF YOU'VE DONE THESE INFORMAL ASSESSMENTS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, YOU CAN'T DO IT AGAIN.
'CAUSE IT'S, THEY JUST, THEY GET A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND SO TO DIVIDE IT UP A LITTLE BIT, YOU CAN'T GO EVERY YEAR AND SAY, I'M OVER ASSESSED.
I'M OVER ASSESSED, OVER ASSESSED.
BUT, UH, BUT YOU COULD ALWAYS DO THE FORMAL PROCESS.
AND SO I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO GO ONTO THE AS.
AND HERE WE ARE, RIGHT? UM, WE WANT YOU TO GO CHALLENGING YOUR ASSESSMENT.
AND WHEN YOU GO TO THAT PAGE, THERE'LL BE THE INFORMAL ASSESSMENT REVIEW, AND THERE'S A LITTLE FORM TO FILL OUT.
THEY'RE DOING IT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THIS YEAR, BUT THERE'S A FORM TO FILL OUT TO, TO HANDLE THIS.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S THE FORMAL REVIEW PROCESS WHERE YOU GO BEFORE THE BOARD OF ASSESSMENT REVIEW, AND YOU MAKE YOUR CASE.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST DO IT ON PAPER BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU COULD MAKE A BETTER CASE SPEAKING IN PERSON, WELL THEN THERE'S DAYS SET UP HERE, SOMETIMES MORE THAN ONE DAY WHERE YOU CAN APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD OF ASSESSMENT REVIEW, WHO ULTIMATELY HAS THE SAY AS TO WHAT YOUR ASSESSMENT IS.
AND REMEMBER, YOU, IF YOU'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT HIGH TAXES, ONE IS HOW MUCH WE LEVY TO DO THE BUSINESS WE HAVE TO DO, BUT THERE'S ALSO WHAT YOUR ASSESSMENT IS.
AND WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO SEE ANYBODY, UH, HAVE ANYBODY OVER ASSESSED.
AND, UH, AND THEN IF YOU'RE NOT HAPPY WITH THAT, OKAY, THEN GRAB ONE OF THE EIGHT COMPANIES AND MAYBE TRY IT.
I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXPERIENCE THOUGH, BECAUSE I, I, I AM THE LIAISON TO THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, AND I, I, I, I KNOW THESE THINGS.
I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST YEAR, ONE OF THESE, THESE COMPANIES WHICH GO IN BULK, THEY DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, IN BULK.
THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T PROCESS OVER A HUNDRED APPLICATIONS IN TIME, AND THEY WERE ALL DENIED.
IF YOU ARE DOING IT YOURSELF, THE LIKELIHOOD IS YOU ARE GOING TO GET IT IN ON TIME.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE OTHER COMPANIES DON'T HAVE VALUE, AND YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO USE THEM AT SOME POINT, BUT AT LEAST GIVE THE TOWN A TRY FIRST BEFORE YOU WRAP UP AND CONCLUDE.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS WHAT THEY SHOULD, WHAT TYPE OF PAPERWORK OR WHAT TYPE OF EVIDENCE THEY SHOULD BRING FOR THE ASSESSMENT?
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WELL, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD IF YOU'VE BEEN MONITORING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHAT HOUSES HAVE BEEN SELLING IN YOUR AREA.AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AND OF COURSE THE STANDARD THING IS IF YOU'RE SELLING YOUR HOUSE, YOUR HOUSE IS PRISTINE, YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY HAD SOMEBODY HISTORICAL LIVING IN IT, AND THERE'S NEVER BEEN A MALFUNCTION.
AND OF COURSE, WHEN YOU GO FOR THE ASSESSMENT IS, YOU KNOW, THE WINDOWS ARE LEAKY
BUT YOU WANNA BE HONEST, RIGHT? AND SO IF YOU COULD BRING COMPARABLES, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
THE ASSESSOR HAS THE COMPARABLE RIGHT ON HER SCREEN.
AS SOON AS SHE PUMPS IN AN ADDRESS, SHE COMES UP WITH THE PA THE, UH, COMPARABLES.
AND SHE CAN SAY TO YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU SEEM LIKE YOU'RE RIGHT IN LINE WITH, YOU KNOW, ONE MAIN STREET, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST MAKING UP ADDRESSES.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD TRY BEFORE THE BOARD OF ASSESSMENT.
SHE'LL NEVER DENY YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU TO GO INTO THE BOARD OF ASSESSMENT REVIEW.
UH, BUT SHE COULD GIVE YOU AN INDICATION AS TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS.
UM, AND FOR ME, I JUST WANNA MENTION, YOU KNOW, A FEW THINGS.
ONE IS, UH, WE'RE PREPARING FOR THE SUMMER, UM, INTERNSHIP, UM, UM, UNIT PROGRAM.
UM, I HAVE SOME SPRING INTERNS.
UM, UH, ONE STUDENT IS, UH, DOING HER INTERNSHIP ON, UM, HEALTHCARE.
UM, AND SOME OF THE, UH, DIFFICULTIES, UM, UH, SOME RESIDENTS, UM, ESPECIALLY LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS ARE, UM, EXPERIENCED AS A RESULT OF THE FEDERAL, UM, YOU KNOW, CUTS.
UH, ANOTHER INTERN IS, UM, ORGANIZING, UM, AN EFFORT, UH, TO BRING, UM, PEOPLE, STUDENTS OF DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES, RACIAL BACKGROUNDS, UM, UH, DEMOGRAPHICS TOGETHER TO, UH, TO DISCUSS WAYS, UM, PEOPLE, UH, STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY COULD, YOU KNOW, LIVE TOGETHER, RESPECT EACH OTHER, AND RESPECT EACH OTHER'S DIFFERENCES.
UM, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, ON ANOTHER MATTER, UM, THE LITTLE LEAGUE LIGHTS ARE UP AT BROOK, UM, PARK AND, UH, SO SOME GAMES.
UM, AND I'M REALLY THRILLED THAT THE, WE HAVE, UH, ELMER LITTLE LEAGUE DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB AND BRING SO MUCH HAPPINESS TO, UM, UM, TO LITTLE LEAGUERS.
UM, UH, BLAKE FEINSTEIN, UM, WAS, UM, THE FOUNDER OF THE GREENBERG STUDENT NEWS NETWORK.
HE'S GOING TO COLLEGE, UM, NEXT YEAR, UM, LIVES IN MONT.
AND, UM, I ASKED, UM, RESIDENTS HAVE, YES, PUT OUT A POST, UH, YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE, INVITING OTHER STUDENTS TO, UM, TAKE OVER WHEN HE GOES TO COLLEGE.
AND WE HAVE TWO STUDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN, UM, HEADING UP, UH, THE STUDENT NEWS NETWORK.
UM, NEXT, UM, UH, DURING THE, THE FALL AND 2027, UH, SEASON, UH, THIS IS REALLY GREAT.
THERE'S A LACK OF, UH, MEDIA, UH, FEWER, UH, JOURNALISTS ALL AROUND.
AND IT'S NICE THAT GREENBURG HAS A STUDENT NEWS NETWORK, UH, PRODUCED BY STUDENTS.
UH, THEY HOST THE PROGRAMS, THEY COME UP WITH THEIR OWN, UH, STORY IDEAS.
AND I THINK IT WILL BE A GREAT ASSET TO, UH, THE COMMUNITY.
I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO PATRONIZE, UH, THE HARTSDALE FARMERS MARKET.
UM, UH, THEY'VE BEEN OPERATIONAL FOR THE PAST, UM, SINCE MARCH.
UH, THEY NEED MORE SUPPORT FROM, FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY YOU COULD TELL THEIR FRIEND, YOUR FRIENDS, UM, AND NEIGHBORS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO HELP, YOU KNOW, TO HELP SO, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THEM.
UM, I MENTIONED THAT THE SUPERMARKET ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE SHOULD BE OPENING UP SOON.
THEY WE'RE ALMOST DONE WITH THAT.
AND ANOTHER IDEA THAT I HAVE, UM, WHICH I THINK, YOU KNOW, I HOPE WE COULD, THE BOARD AND MYSELF AND TOWN STAFF COULD WORK TOGETHER, IS, IF YOU GO ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE OR CENTRAL AVENUE, THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, VACANT, THERE'S STILL VACANT STORES.
AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES, THEY WILL, UM, RENT SPACE, BUT THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE APPROVALS TAKES SUCH A LONG TIME, AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE THE PROCESS.
SO ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS I HAVE IS TO CREATE, AND IT COULD BE VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE EXPERTISE TO CREATE, UH, LIKE A OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM WHERE, UM, WE COULD HELP.
WE ARE, WE COULD HELP, UH, LOCAL BUSINESSES, UM, NAVIGATE THE PROCESS AND HOPEFULLY THEY COULD GET THEIR APPROVALS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S NOT THE TOWN'S FAULT, BUT THEY HAVEN'T FILLED OUT THE RIGHT APPLICATIONS OR SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS.
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY HORRIBLE THAT, YOU KNOW, SMALL BUSINESSES, THEY PUT THEIR LIFE SAVINGS
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INTO RENTING SPACE.THEY WANNA OPEN UP A BUSINESS, AND THEY COULD BE VACANT FOR A YEAR OR TWO YEARS.
I THINK ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, THERE'S A DELI, YOU KNOW, IT'S SAYS COMING SOON.
IT'S BEEN THERE FOR OVER, I THINK, ALMOST TWO YEARS ALREADY.
IT SAYS COMING SOON, AND THEY HAVEN'T EVEN, UH, STARTED OPENING, THERE'S A PLACE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THEM.
I, I BELIEVE, UM, IT'S GONNA BE A SUSHI PLACE.
AND THEY'VE BEEN VACANT AND YOU SEE COMING SOON.
AND THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE TOWN HAS TO HOLD THEIR HANDS BECAUSE OF THE LOCAL, THE SMALL BUSINESSES.
THEY DON'T, IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT.
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS, MANY OF THEM.
AND I, I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M GONNA ORGANIZE.
AND I ALSO WANT TO, UH, THANK, WE HAVE OVER A DOZEN, UM, MEMBERS OF OUR PROCURE PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE.
UM, COUNCILMAN SHEIN MENTIONED THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, HE'S, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT TAXES, WELL, ONE WAY OF, UM, UM, KEEPING THE TAXES DOWN IS TO HAVE A CITIZEN'S, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, BUDGET COMMITTEE, A PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE, MAXIMUM OVERSIGHT OF, UM, OF THE, THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, OF, OF THE BUDGET PROCESS AND THE WAY CONTRACTS ARE, UM, OUR ARE, YOU KNOW, REVIEWED AND, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWED UP ON, I THINK WE COULD SAVE A, A FORTUNE, UM, WITH THESE COMMITTEES.
[ TOWN CLERK COMMENTS AND PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS ]
I JUST WANNA ADD ONE ANNOUNCEMENT, UNLESS THE CLERK IS GONNA MAKE SOME UPCOMING EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS.UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING BRAND NEW.
WE JUST HAVE THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
UM, BUT WE HAVE A FEW SPOTS OPEN.
SO THEY, THEY'RE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.
AND HOW DO THEY DO THAT? UH, THEY GO TO THE WEBSITE AND, UH, YOU SHOULD SEE IT RIGHT ON THE COLUMN, UNDER TOWN CLERK
IS THERE A DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION? UH, NO, NO DEADLINE? NO.
WE USUALLY, WE WILL TAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN AND THE PROGRAM IS STARTING, IT'S GONNA START THE FIRST WEEK OF JULY.
AND ON, UH, JUNE 6TH IN DOBBS FERRY AT THE WATERFRONT IS OUR GREENBURG TOWN, UH, OUR GREENBURG PRIDE EVENT, 1230.
UH, WE'LL BE THE RALLY AT THE WATERFRONT, AND IT'S, UM, ALWAYS A GREAT EVENT AND WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME TO THAT.
AND ON FRIDAY, JUNETEENTH, WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL JUNETEENTH PROGRAM.
I MEAN, UH, EVENT, IT'S GONNA BE RIGHT HERE AT TOWN HALL, STARTING AT FIVE 30.
WE HOPE YOU ALL COME OUT AND JOIN US AGAIN.
[ TWO MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT LIGHTNING ROUND (for anyone who can’t stay for the regular Public Comment session)]
UM, OKAY, NEXT, UM, WE HAVE THE LIGHTNING ROUND.SO ANYBODY WANT TO, UM, SAY ANYTHING, UH, FOR TWO MINUTES? OR YOU COULD WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE HEARINGS AND YOU CAN HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
FIRST SPEAKERS, YOU DON'T WANNA WAIT AROUND.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS LORI DUFF.
WELL, I LIKED EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL SAID TONIGHT, SO THANK YOU.
BUT I'D REALLY LIKE TO THANK THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DPW MODO.
THANK YOU, UH, FOR ALL HIS HARD WORK AND HIS COMMON SENSE IN THE 100 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE SEWER PROJECT.
UM, HOWEVER, I DO THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A RETROSPECTIVE ON THE, UM, PLANNING AND WHAT TRANSPIRED THE LAST TWO YEARS.
A QUICK SUMMARY FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, ANYONE CAN GO TO THE GREENBERG TOWN WEBSITE TALKING TO THEM.
THERE WAS A, UM, COLLAPSED, IF I GET THIS RIGHT, COLLAPSED MANHOLE COVER CONNECTED TO A 16 INCH SEWER PIPE, UM, POSSIBLY ATTRIBUTED TO GAS WORK DONE BY CON ED IN THE AREA.
AND, UM, THE INTELLIGENT TOWN ENGINEER AND A CONSULTING COMPANY ALL TRIED TO WORK ON IT.
I THINK THERE WAS A HOSE THAT BROKE OFF, UH, FROM THE TRUCK THAT THEY WERE USING, AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DO AN EXACT PINPOINT OF THE DAMAGE.
AND, UH, DECIDED THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A REROUTE OF THE SEWER, UM, AND PUT IN A TEMPORARY BYPASS PUMP, WHICH WAS VERY COSTLY TO THE TAXPAYERS.
THAT WAS, UH, 240,000 TO $260,000 PER MONTH, ADDING UP TO 5.5 MILLION FOR THE TWO YEARS.
SO WHAT COMMISSIONER MOTO DID, AND HATS OFF TO HIM, UH, HE HIRED A SEWER SPECIALIST COMPANY, WHICH REALLY, AGAIN, UH, I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT THE ENGINEER, HE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS.
UH, THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE REALLY AT THE BEGINNING AND WOULD'VE SAVED A LOT OF TIME AND AGGRAVATION AND MONEY TO THE TAXPAYERS.
SO I JUST ASK THAT PERHAPS THERE BE A, UH, POSTMORTEM ON THE PLANNING STAGE.
I KNOW THE PROJECT IS STILL TBD, UM, BUT PERHAPS ON JUST PREVENTING, UH, YOU KNOW, MISMANAGEMENT, PREVENTING TAXPAYER LOSS OF 5.5 MILLION.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO PINPOINT IF CON ED WAS RESPONSIBLE.
I KNOW SCARSDALE COLLECTED MONEY WHERE THEY DAMAGED SOME OF THEIR, UH, PIPES.
YOU, AND YOU WERE, YOU WERE REFERRING TO 100 EAST NORTHDALE AVENUE?
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YES.OUR SECOND SPEAKER WILL BE JODY CROSS.
I'M GONNA SPEAK ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE, OKAY.
WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THE TOWN, ANYBODY ON THE TOWN BOARD INTERRUPT, SPEAK UNTIL AFTER EVERYBODY FINISHES, UM, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING.
AND, UH, THEN, UM, UH, ANY BOARD MEMBER HAS, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY AFTER EVERYBODY SPEAKS TO, UH, TO COMMENT OR ANSWER QUESTIONS IF THEY WANT.
UH, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD FELT WOULD BE A BETTER PROCESS.
YOU SIGNED UP FOR THE TWO MINUTE ROUND.
I, I WAS TRYING TO SIGN UP FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE DEFINITION OF FAMILY.
SHE JUST CHECKED OFF PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO WE JUST PUBLIC, JUST TO CLARIFY.
YEAH, THAT WAS THE SHORTEST SPEECH WE HAD.
ANYONE ELSE? UH, NEXT SPEAKER IS GONNA BE ASHLEY ANDREWS SANTIGO.
UM, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I LIVE IN MANOR WOODS, WHICH IS RIGHT OFF OF EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE.
AND WITH THE POTENTIAL DECOMMISSIONING OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE AND LEWIS AVENUE, IT RAISED SOME CONCERNS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I'M NOT, NONE OF THE MOMS ARE HERE TONIGHT, BUT I'M PART OF A MOM'S GROUP FOR TODDLERS.
AND OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT OUR AREA HAS BECOME A CUT THROUGH FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE KIND OF COME DOWN EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, POTENTIALLY DUE TO THE SEWER WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN OTHER CONSTRUCTION TO GET TO CENTRAL AVENUE TO BYPASS A FEW OF THE LIGHTS.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THERE PEOPLE ARE SPEEDING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THERE ARE KIDS OUT.
AND WHILE I KNOW MAYBE DOING SIDEWALKS OR MAYBE EVEN PUTTING IN SPEED, HUMPS MIGHT BE A HARD THING TO PASS WITH ALL OF THE, THE NEIGHBORS AND WHAT PEOPLE WILL SIGN UP FOR.
WE WERE HOPING TO TALK ABOUT LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT, OR EVEN HAVING A POLICE PRESENCE THERE TO TICKET PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT JUST THE FEDEX, IT'S, I MEAN, WE ALSO HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL OF THE DELIVERIES COMING IN.
THE SCHOOL BUSES THEMSELVES ARE SPEEDING.
THE, THE STREETS ARE NOT THAT BIG AND THERE IS A VERY HIGH TRAFFIC LEVEL THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING.
UM, I KNOW THAT TOWN USED TO HAVE A TRAFFIC SAFETY BOARD, UM, AROUND 2020.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THAT COULD GET REINSTITUTED BECAUSE THERE, THERE IS A PEDESTRIAN NATURE OF OUR AREA, SPECIFICALLY PEOPLE WALKING TO THE TRAIN, WALKING INTO THE VILLAGE.
ALL THESE NEW THINGS ARE OPENING AND WE'RE NOT SAFE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF SOMETHING COULD BE DONE TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR OUR FAMILIES.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE CHARLES MCNALLY.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE SINCE 1985, SO BETTER THAN 40 YEARS.
AND, UH, RECENTLY READ THE, UH, UH, FORENSIC REPORT IN THE TOWN'S FINANCES.
A LOT OF DISTURBING THINGS THERE.
JUST WANTED TO FOCUS ON ONE THING WITH A QUESTION.
WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR RESTORING THE THIRD 2 MILLION FOR THE TOWN COURTHOUSE? I SAID IT.
UH, COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? WAIT RESPONSE, WE CAN SPEAK.
WELL, I CERTAINLY WANT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC AND, UM, I THINK WE, WE WILL NEED A FULLER EXPLANATION SO THAT YOU CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE.
BUT LET'S LOOK INTO WHAT KIND OF TRAFFIC REMEDIATION WE CAN DO.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR CONCERNS.
I'M IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD QUITE A BIT.
I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE.
AND MAYBE WE CAN HAVE SOME POLICE PRESENCE JUST TO CHECK OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON IS A LIAISON TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
I MEAN, UNDERSTANDABLY, UM, WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUES AND VERY AWARE OF THEM.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO PUT A CALMING INSTRUMENT IN PLACE SO WE CAN TRY TO MINIMIZE, UM, THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC.
BUT EVERYONE IS GOING TO CONTINUE.
I LIVE ON A CUT THROUGH MYSELF, SO I UNDERSTAND TO, UM, I UNDERSTAND THE, UH, THE FRUSTRATION OF THAT AND THE CONCERN.
UM, ALSO, ALSO, I HAD HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE POLICE, WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE, AND I KNOW IT'S EASY TO SAY, HAVE A POLICE
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CAR PRESENT.WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH POLICE CARS TO BE PRESENT FOR THAT PARTICULAR TIME.
AND THAT IS THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE.
BUT HE IS WORKING WITH STAFF, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE AREAS.
SO AGAIN, AS UM, COUNSEL AND AS I'LL JUST SAY THE WHOLE BOARD, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND FIGURE OUT OTHER ALTERNATIVES OF WHAT WE CAN DO.
ALRIGHT, I'LL, I'LL GO BACK TO THE HUNDRED EAST DALE AVENUE FIRST.
COMMISSIONER MODO IS JUST AMAZING.
UM, AND HE DEFINITELY THINKS OUT OF THE BOX.
LIKE, UH, EVEN AFTER THIS PERIOD IS, WAS WITHIN SIX WEEKS OF HIM BEING COMMISSIONER, UH, HE WANTED TO RE UM, REEVALUATE THAT PIPE.
AND IT TURNS OUT THAT THE PIPES UNDER THE BUILDING ARE IN GREAT SHAPE.
UM, THERE ARE SOME COMPLICATIONS WITH GOING DIRECT, WHICH IS, AND IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO GO DIRECT.
THERE'S SOME, SOME, SOME UTILITY ISSUES THAT HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT PURE PREMATURE TO SAY THIS IS THE WAY IT'S GONNA GO, BUT IT'S REALLY, IT'S NOT PREMATURE TO SAY, HEY, THIS WAS CERTAINLY WORTH EXPLORING.
UH, REGARDING THE SPEEDING, UH, I'VE BEEN WONDERING FOR A WHILE NOW, UM, OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE LOWERED THEIR TOWN SPEED TO, UH, VILLAGE SPEED TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.
WE ARE DOING IT IN INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
WHY DON'T WE JUST DO IT IN GENERAL? UM, I AM CONCERNED WHEN YOU'RE SAYING SCHOOL BUSES ARE SPEEDING.
UM, PARTICULARLY SINCE SCHOOL BUSES NOW, I BELIEVE HAVE CAMERAS ON THEM, BUT MAYBE THE CAMERAS ONLY ACTIVATED IF YOU GO PAST THE STOP SIGN.
BUT, UH, I CAN'T IMAGINE THERE'S NOT A WAY WITH GPS TO, TO MONITOR AND ENFORCE SCHOOL BUSES NOT SPEEDING.
'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S EVEN WORSE.
UM, BUT WE'LL TAKE A, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, YOUR SUGGESTIONS.
I DON'T THINK WE, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT HUMPS, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CERTAINLY DON'T WANT BUMPS, RIGHT? UM, THE BUMPS ARE GONNA JUST MESS UP YOUR CAR, BUT A HUMP IS, UM, IS, IS, BUT I THINK THAT'S SLOPED ISN'T SLOPE.
WHAT'S THAT SLOPE BUMP? MM-HMM
WHAT'S THAT? I DON'T THINK YOU CAN DO THAT ON A SLOPE.
UM, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL EXPLORE OPTIONS, RIGHT? MM-HMM
UM, REGARDING THE COURTHOUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SHAME THAT $32 MILLION WAS ALLOWED TO SLIDE INTO FUND BALANCE.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A VERY INFLATED FUND BALANCE, BUT IT'S ONLY INFLATED.
IT'S INFLATED BECAUSE WE STILL NEED A COURTHOUSE AND WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH $32 MILLION.
UM, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO HEAR THE SUPERVISOR'S RESPONSE AS TO HOW HE'S WE'RE GOING TO RESTORE THAT MONEY.
UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, THE LIGHTS, THE TRAFFIC LIGHT, YOU KNOW, CONCERN THAT YOU HAD, LEWIS THAT I SPOKE TO, UH, THE COMMISSIONER OF, UH, PLANNING, AND THAT'S ON HOLD.
SO WE'RE NOT GETTING RID OF THAT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO REMOVE THE LIGHT.
WE'VE GOTTEN PROB I'VE GOTTEN OVER 30 EMAILS OR PHONE CALLS, PROBABLY MORE, UH, FROM RESIDENTS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
AND I THINK WE HAVE TO BE RE, YOU KNOW, RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE CONSULTANTS ARE, UM, UH, GONNA BE EXPLORING DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT, UH, THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE VALUE OF, UH, RESIDENTS EMAILING OR CALLING BECAUSE THE TOWN IS BEING RESPONSIVE TO, UH, THE CONCERNS.
AND I THINK IF WE TAKE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE ANY ACTION IS TAKEN, UM, THERE SHOULD BE AT LEAST, AND FOR, WE MAY NOT NEED TO HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING BECAUSE NO ACTION COULD BE TAKEN.
WE COULD LAND UP, UM, HAVING, UM, YOU KNOW, COMING UP WITH SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY WILL LIKE.
BUT, UM, IF AT SOME POINT WE FIND THAT THE, THAT, UM, IT SHOULD BE EXPLORED, THERE SHOULD BE A COMMUNITY MEETING AND, YOU KNOW, WITH CONSULTANTS, WITH THE TRAFFIC SAFETY OFFICER.
AND, AND THAT'S THE WAY I THINK WE COULD PURSUE IT.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK WE'LL COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT THE RESIDENTS WILL LIKE IN TERMS OF, UM, YOU KNOW, SPEEDING.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, UM, IT WOULD BE NEW YORK.
WE HAVE TO GO TO THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE BEFORE, UM, WE COULD GET PERMISSION TO HAVE SPEED CAMERAS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE ASKED, UH, OUR STATE LEGISLATORS, UM, TO CONSIDER ALLOWING SPEED CAMERAS, UH, UM, BECAUSE TO ME, WE'RE NEVER GONNA HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS TO ADDRESS SPEEDING THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.
UM, THE STATE LEGISLATORS, UM, UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR SAID, UM, OH, THEY COULD ONLY, UH, DO SPEED CAMERAS NEAR, UM, NEAR SCHOOL ZONES, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY STILL HAVEN'T APPROVED THE BUDGET.
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LEAVE FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE END OF THE LEAVE, I THINK IN THE BEGINNING OF JUNE.SO OUR LOBBYIST SAID THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO PRACTICALLY ANYTHING, UM, AFTER THE BUDGET IS, UM, YOU KNOW, IS APPROVED.
UM, SO IT MAY BE THE SPEED CAMERAS MAY BE DELAYED FOR, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER YEAR.
I, PERSONALLY SPEAKING, I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLY THEN TO MAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE STATE LEGISLATORS, UM, UH, WHO RUN FOR THE JOB.
YOU KNOW, I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE LEAVING ALBANY.
UM, BEFORE THEY FINISH ALL, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WORK.
THERE'S A LOT OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS AND THEY SHOULD STAY AROUND UNTIL THEY, YOU KNOW, COMPLETE THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE TO DO.
UM, UM, IN TERMS OF, UM, THE SEWER BREAK, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THI THOUGHTS I HAD IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M PLEASED THAT THE COMMISSIONER, UM, IS EXPLORING SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE LESS EXPENSIVE, UM, AND, UM, AND QUICKER.
BUT I DO THINK THAT, UM, WE SHOULD, UH, CALL IN THE CONSULTANTS, UH, THAT WE HIRED AND, UM, AND GET A, AND, YOU KNOW, HEAR FROM THEM BECAUSE, UH, RIGHT NOW THE TOWN SPENT ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, UH, DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS.
THE, UH, UH, THE COLLAPSE OCCURRED AROUND MORE MEMORIAL DAY, 2024.
UM, AND WE HIRED A CONSULTANT SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON THE CONSULTANT.
UH, WE EVEN HIRED A SECOND CONSULTANT THAT REVIEWED THE FIRST CONSULTANT WORK.
AND SO BOTH CONSULTANTS SAID THAT, UH, THE APPROACH WE WERE TAKING WAS, YOU KNOW, WAS CORRECT.
PERSONALLY SPEAKING, I FEEL THAT, UM, IF IT TURNS OUT THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE IT CHEAPER AND WE DIDN'T DO EVERYTHING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE, I THINK THAT THE TOWN SHOULD CONSIDER GOING TO COURT AND, OR, OR, OR ASKING THE CONSULT ASKING, UH, FOR AT LEAST A PARTIAL REFUND.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HIRE A HIGH PRICED CONSULTANTS, UH, TO RESOLVE A PROBLEM, AND, UH, IF WE WASTED ALL THIS MONEY, THE TOWN SHOULD NOT HAVE TO ABSORB ALL, ALL THOSE COSTS.
SO, UH, WE'LL SEE WHAT THE COMMISSIONER RECOMMENDS.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I, I FEEL, YOU KNOW, VERY, UH, STRONGLY ABOUT.
AND, UH, IN TERMS OF THE COURTHOUSE, I BASICALLY BELIEVE THAT, UM, IT, WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND $30 MILLION ON A NEW COURTHOUSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, THE TOWN BOARD DID PASS A RESOLUTION, UM, ONE RESOLUTION, UH, ALLOCATING SEVEN, UH, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE OVER $7 MILLION FOR THE COURTHOUSE.
AND I THINK THAT THE CHEAPER AND THAT, SO THAT WE HAVE THAT MONEY IN RESERVE, AND I THINK WE COULD, UM, FIND A VACANT BUILDING AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MOVE THE COURTHOUSE THERE AND, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD SAVE, UH, UH, INCREASING THE TAXES.
SO I'VE RECOMMENDED THAT IN THE PAST.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE TOWN THAT, UH, WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE IF WE COULD GET THE COURT OUT OF THE CURRENT HEADQUARTERS, UM, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE CURRENT LOCATION, THEN YOU CAN MOVE THE POLICE.
YOU COULD BASICALLY ADDRESS, UH, ISSUES THAT THE POLICE HAVE.
UM, AND THEY COULD USE THE EXISTING, YOU KNOW, COURTHOUSE, WE COULD RENOVATE THAT AND IT WOULD BE MUCH, MUCH CHEAPER.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE BOUGHT THIS BUILDING, UM, FOR I THINK $6.8 MILLION, UM, YOU KNOW, IN 2023, BUT THE BUILDING COSTS $12 MILLION TO BUILD AND WE BROUGHT IT MUCH CHEAPER.
AND I THINK WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS IS THEY WANNA SEE THAT WE'RE, WHEN WE ARE DOING A CONSTRUCTION OR WHEN WE'RE BUYING BUILDINGS, UM, OR RENOVATING, THAT WE DO IT INTELLIGENTLY.
AND I PERSONALLY THINK THAT, UM, SPENDING $30 MILLION ON A, A NEW COURTHOUSE WOULD BE A WASTE OF MONEY.
WHEN WE COULD, WE COULD DO IT MUCH CHEAPER.
AND NEXT, WE, WE, WE SAID, WE ALREADY AT THE LAST MEETING, WE ALL AGREED THAT, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE NO, THAT EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD HAS THE ABILITY OF COMMENTING ONCE, AND I WAS RULED OUT OF ORDER.
SO, UH, IF WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW THE RULES, THEN WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE RULES.
IF WE'RE NOT GONNA FOLLOW THE RULES, THEN, OKAY, SO JUST TO CLARIFY, WE HAVE NOT PASSED THOSE NEW RULES YET.
JUST TO SAY THAT THAT IS ON THE NEXT, OUR NEXT AGENDA, WE HAVE NOT PASSED THOSE RULES YET.
AND THAT WILL ALLOW FOR OUR BOARD MEMBERS TO HAVE FIVE MINUTES AND THEN A THREE MINUTE REBUTTAL.
THAT IS THE, THAT WILL BE THE NEW RULES, BUT WE HAVEN'T PASSED THOSE YET.
SO, BUT I WAS RULED OUT OF ORDER AT THE LAST MEETING AND EVERYBODY, BECAUSE I WANTED TO SPEAK YOU, YOU STOPPED ME FROM SPEAKING.
UH, I BASICALLY SAID NO BECAUSE I SAID I WOULD AGREE TO THE RULES.
SO YOU SAID I SHOULD BASICALLY SPEAK LIST, WHICH I DID.
YOU SAID I SHOULDN'T INTERRUPT, UH, ANYBODY, WHICH I DID.
SO, YOU KNOW WHAT, IF IN THE SPIRIT OF DOING WHAT YOU RECOMMENDED, I'M, UH, LIVING WITH THAT.
AND IF YOU WANT ME TO NOT FOLLOW THE RULES, BECAUSE YOU'RE ONLY APPLYING IT TO ME, I WON'T FOLLOW THE RULES AND I'LL CONTINUE TO SPEAK.
WELL, YOU ARE CONTINUING TO SPEAK.
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ANYTHING.BUT I DO WANNA SPEAK SO YOU COULD, BECAUSE OKAY, THEN THERE'S NO MORE RULES FOR TODAY.
THERE'S NO MORE RULES ANYMORE.
PLEASE DON'T YOU, YOU CLARIFY TO CENSOR, YOU LIKE TO CENSOR PEOPLE WHO DIFFER WITH YOU.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S NOT DEMOCRACY.
I JUST WANNA CLEAR THE RECORD.
YOU HAVE FOR OVER 10 YEARS BEEN SEARCHING FOR THIS MAGIC BUILDING, MAGIC BUILDING.
SOMEPLACE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WE SPENT $72,000 TO HAVE A COMPANY GO AND EXPLORE 50 SITES, PROFESSIONAL COMPANY, 50 SITES, AND THEIR SUITABILITY, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ONE.
THE TOWN BOARD VOTED TO RESERVE $39.4 MILLION FOR THE COURTHOUSE.
AND YOUR BUDGET MESSAGE SAID WE NEEDED ONE.
AND THIS WAS THE WAY, BY RESERVING THE MONEY FOR THE COURTHOUSE, THE TAXPAYERS WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT LATER.
YOU THEN LET THAT MONEY, 34, UH, $32 MILLION OF IT SLIP INTO FUND BALANCE BY NOT RESERVING IT AS THE TOWN BOARD DIRECTED.
AND TO SAY, NOW YOU DON'T THINK WE SHOULD SPEND $34 MILLION OR $40 MILLION FOR A COURTHOUSE THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED AS WELL AS THE POLICE STATION THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED AND THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET ONE FOR $7 MILLION BY LOOKING AROUND FOR ANOTHER ONE IS NOT REALISTIC.
AND THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH LONGER WE CAN WAIT BEFORE WE BUILD THOSE BUILDINGS.
THEY'RE DESPERATELY, THEY'RE DEF DEFINITELY IN BAD SHAPE.
SO THE ONLY REASON I'M RESPONDING IS WHEN YOU MAKE A STATEMENT WHICH IS NOT FACTUALLY CORRECT, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED.
UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BOARD THAT THE BOARD AT THE WORK SESSION PREVIOUSLY AND THE LAST WORK SESSION HAD DISCUSSED, UM, ONE MEMBER SPEAKING AT A TIME FOR BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS, UH, FOR A COURT REPORTER IF PRESENT FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, PROPOSING A FIVE MINUTE COMMENT PERIOD AND A THREE MINUTE REBUTTAL, UM, WHILE NOT FORMALLY ADOPTED, UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE LOOKING TO, UH, PROCEED WITH SOME DECORUM AND, UM, ALLOW FOR, UH, EVERYONE IN THE PUBLIC TO HEAR WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED.
[ To consider a Local Law amending the Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 285 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh, as it pertains to the definition of the term “Family”]
NEXT.OKAY, NOW THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING, THEN PEOPLE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UH, FIRST HEARING TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE, UM, OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AS WELL.
YOU HAVE TO SPEAK INTO THE MIKE, YOU'RE VERY LOW.
AS IT PERTAINS TO THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM FAMILY.
WHO'S PRESENTING? LIZ WAS HERE.
SHE'S ON LIZ'S ON ZOOM OR LIZ ARE YOU DOING BY ZOOM? SO I I CAN PRESENT.
UH, I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GONNA BE HERE TONIGHT.
YES, BUT LIZ IS AT THE ZONING BOARD MEETINGS IN HER DEPUTY BUILDING INSPECTOR HATCH.
AS COUNSEL TO THE ZONING BOARD IS ED LIEBERMAN.
SHE JUST, UM, SO RECENTLY IT WAS, UH, PROPOSED, UM, ZONING CODE AMENDMENTS WERE CIRCULATED AND, UH, IN THE INTERIM, A CASE CAME BEFORE THE ZONING BOARD, UH, THAT BROUGHT TO THE TOWN'S ATTENTION.
UM, SOME CONCERNS WITH ITS CURRENT DEFINITION OF FAMILY, UM, REGARDING, UH, CASE LAW THAT COULD POTENTIALLY, UM, FIND CERTAIN PORTIONS OF IT TO BE POTENTIALLY, UH, UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
UM, SO A LOCAL LAW IS BEING PROPOSED IN THE INTERIM AS, UH, ZONING CODE AMENDMENTS CAN TAKE QUITE SOME TIME, UM, TO REMOVE CERTAIN PORTIONS REGARDING LIMITATIONS ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS IN A FAMILY, AND SPECIFYING THAT IT'S A SINGLE NONPROFIT HOUSEKEEPING UNIT.
BASICALLY, WE'RE REMOVING UNCONSTITUTIONAL LANGUAGE.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO GET UP AND STATE? WE SHOULD KEEP IT.
WHO'S SETTLE FOR COMMENT? ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS FOR PUBLIC HEARING? WE HAVE JODY CROSS.
I WILL BE ALMOST AS QUICK AS LAST TIME.
I'M HERE TONIGHT WITH, UH, SHEPHERD BAUM, WHO'S THE OWNER OF 86 DRILL MORE.
AND WE JUST REALLY WANTED TO, ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND SHEP, THANK THE BOARD FOR TAKING UP THIS AMENDMENT AND DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE AND THE CONSTITUTIONALITY.
UM, SO WE REALLY JUST THANK YOU.
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I'M NOT CLAPPING THAT S**T DONE.
THE LEAD UP WAS REALLY TANTALIZING
WAIT, DIDN'T YOU SIGN, DID YOU SIGN UP FOR THE FAMILY? NO, SHE, SHE SIGNED UP FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
OH, YOU HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE.
I'D LIKE TO, UM, MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.
YOU MAY LIKE THE MOST EFFECTIVE, UH, PRESENTATION OF ANY LAWYER THAT EVER APPEARED BEFORE THE TOWN BOARD
CERTAINLY THE SHORTEST PRESENTATION BY ANY ATTORNEY IN FRONT OF THE TOWN BOARD.
MAYBE ONE DAY YOU'LL BE, UH, PROMOTED TO, UM, THE US SUPREME COURT.
WELL, LET'S NOT GET CARRIED AWAY.
IT'S ONLY TWO SENTENCES THAT ARE BE INSTRUCTED.
[ PUBLIC COMMENT Advanced signup is required. A continuous five-minute limit per speaker will be strictly enforced. The clock will start when a speaker begins speaking or 15 seconds after reaching the podium, whichever occurs first. The clock will not be stopped for any reason until the speaker is finished or five minutes has elapsed, whichever occurs first. Interruptions by Town Board members, the Town Clerk or the public will not be permitted. If a speaker insists on an immediate answer, should an answer be provided, it shall be part of the speaker's five-minute allocation and not be interrupted. After 30 seconds of a response to a question asked, the speaker may reclaim any remaining time. The Clerk will ask for any comments from each Town Board member upon the completion of each public comment. There will not be a second five-minute round. Any written comments sent to PublicComment@GreenburghNY.gov by 3 PM the day of the hearing will be forwarded to all Town Board members in advance of the meeting for their consideration. Written comments will not be read at the meeting unless the original author is present to do so. ]
NEXT WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.IS THE FIVE MINUTE VERSION OKAY.
FOR OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT WE HAVE.
UH, MARK MILLER, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, TO NOTE BEFORE YOU START THAT THERE'S NO PERSONAL ATTACKS.
I, I, I HAPPEN TO NOTICE THAT IN, NOT YOU SPECIFICALLY JUST THE LAST TWO TOWN BOARD WORK SESSIONS.
UH, I'VE TAKEN THE TIME TO READ THROUGH THE CONTRACT AND I HAVE A FEW THOUGHTS FOR YOU.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD GO BACK TO WHAT MS. JACKSON SAID, UH, ABOUT HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT MY FIRST TIME, UH, APPEARING BEFORE YOU ALL.
HOPEFULLY I WON'T BECOME TOO FAMILIAR WITH FACE AS TIME GOES ON.
UH, BUT HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER? WE HAVE A DIALOGUE BACK AND FORTH.
WE LISTEN TO EACH OTHER, WE TALK TO EACH OTHER, WE TAKE EACH OTHER'S CONCERNS INTO CONSIDERATION.
UH, IT'S ALL ABOUT COMMUNICATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS IN ANY GIVEN ISSUE.
UH, THE TOWN OWNS THE PROPERTY, UH, AT, UH, THE ODELL HOUSE, UH, UH, EMBO HEADQUARTERS.
UM, AND THE TOWN IN OUR REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY, I BELIEVE, UH, IS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE RESIDENCE AND ESPECIALLY THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, AS, AS THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, UM, THE OHRH GROUP WILL ESSENTIALLY BE A TENANT MANAGING THE PROPERTY FOR YOU AND IN A SENSE, AN EMPLOYEE UNDER THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT.
UM, THERE WAS A LETTER OF INTENT, WHICH NOBODY SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO FIND SIGNED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
I'VE LOOKED ALL OVER THE TOWN WEBSITE AND CAN'T FIND IT UNLESS IT'S BURIED PRETTY DEEP.
UM, THE CONTRACT SUPERSEDES THAT APPARENTLY, UM, THE CONTRACT AS IT'S WRITTEN HAS NO ACTUAL OPERATING CONSTRAINTS OR INSTRUCTIONS OR REQUIREMENTS IN IT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AS A NEIGHBORHOOD, 40 RESIDENTS ON OLD FARM LANE, UH, 17 HOMES, UH, ONE WAY IN AND OUT.
IT'S A DEAD END AS I'VE MENTIONED.
UM, WE WANNA KNOW, IS THERE A PLAN FOR A FUTURE OPERATING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES TO THE CONTRACT REGULATING HOURS, DAYS, AND MONTHS OF OPERATION? NUMBER OF VISITORS ALLOWED AT ANY TIME, RESTRICTIONS ON THE SIZE AND NUMBER OF VEHICLES USED TO TRANSPORT STUDENTS OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL OR CULTURALLY ORIENTED GROUPS TO AND FROM THE PROPERTY RATHER THAN THOSE VEHICLES BEING ON THE STREET.
UH, IT'S NOT A COMMERCIAL STREET, IT'S 30 FEET WIDE AND TRAFFIC BACK AND FORTH REALLY IS AN ISSUE, AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE.
UH, OR IS THIS GONNA BE LEFT UP TO THE OHRH GROUP WITH NO INPUT FROM OR CONSIDERATION OF THE CONCERNS OF THE LOCAL RESIDENTS? I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST VERY STRONGLY THAT THE BOARD NOT AUTHORIZE THE RESOLUTION TONIGHT, THAT THEY HOLD IT OVER FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AND PERHAPS INSERT LANGUAGE INTO THE CONTRACT.
THAT REQUIRES AN ACTUAL OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT OUTLINING ALL OF THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES AND OTHERS SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, PARKING FOR THE VOLUNTEERS, THE DOCENTS, THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY OPERATE THE MUSEUM.
UM, WHERE WILL THEY PARK? THINGS LIKE THAT.
ACTUAL OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS INCLUDED IN A CONTRACT WITH THE GROUP SO THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE HAVE FOR MANY YEARS ENJOYED A QUIET LIFESTYLE WITH MINIMAL TRAFFIC.
UH, DOES NOT GET NEGATIVELY IMPACTED.
IT WOULD HAVE, IF IT DID, OF COURSE IT WOULD HAVE A HUGE IMPACT
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ON OUR PROPERTY VALUES AMONGST OTHER THINGS.AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE TAX ROLLS, WE PAY A PRETTY GOOD SHARE OF TAXES.
MOST OF THE HOMES ON THAT STREET, IN MY OPINION, ALTHOUGH THE TOWN ASSESSOR WOULD DISAGREE, ARE OVER ASSESSED.
UM, EACH OF US INDIVIDUALLY HAS DEALT WITH THAT AT VARIOUS TIMES.
UM, REALLY WE'RE JUST ASKING TO BE HEARD, TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS, TO BE INCLUDED IN THE DIALOGUE DURING THESE CONSIDERATIONS RATHER THAN BEING PRESENTED WITH A FETA PLEA AFTER THE FACT.
YOU'VE ALL BEEN VERY RECEPTIVE TO MY PREVIOUS, UH, DEPOSITIONS HERE.
UH, I HOPE YOU'LL BE RECEPTIVE TO THIS ONE AS WELL.
UH, WE'RE HOPING TO SEE THIS CARRIED OVER AND DEALT WITH MORE EXPANSIVELY AS TIME GOES ON.
UH, WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE TOWN'S RESPONSIBILITY AND THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY IS TO A NONPROFIT PRIVATE GROUP THAT PAYS NO TAXES THAN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND TECHNICALLY IS NOT A RESIDENT, EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THAT GROUP DO BOTH.
WE'D LIKE TO THINK THAT WE CARRY EQUAL OR BETTER WEIGHT IN THE TOWNS OFFICE.
OUR SECOND SPEAKER IS STEFAN CHAZOFF.
AND I'M WANNA SECOND WHAT, UH, MARK JUST SAID, I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OF OLD FARM LANE, AND I'M ASKING THAT YOU PUT OFF THE VOTE TONIGHT ON, UM, THE FIRST, UM, ITEM, WHICH IS THE CEBO HOUSE.
I'VE READ THAT, UM, AGREEMENT OR CONTRACT OR WHATEVER IT IS, SEVERAL TIMES.
UM, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT YOU'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT, BUT WHAT I AM SURE ABOUT IS THAT THE RESIDENTS OF OLD FARM LANE HAVE ASKED OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, UM, TO BE INCLUDED IN DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE OPERATIONS OF THE MUSEUM, PARTICULARLY AROUND PARKING ISSUES.
UM, SECURITY AND SAFETY, UM, SEEMS TO ME LIKE WE'VE BEEN IGNORED.
UM, I PASSED A SIGN ON THE WAY HERE THAT SAID, UM, UM, PAUL FOR SUPERVISOR, I'M HERE FOR YOU.
IT SEEMS LIKE NONE OF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF OLD FARM LANE AS WE'VE SENT NUMEROUS CORRESPONDENCE TO YOU FOLKS AND WE'VE GOTTEN MINIMAL RESPONSE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RUSH IS TO APPROVE THIS THING TONIGHT.
YOU'VE GOT AT LEAST ANOTHER YEAR AHEAD OF YOU BEFORE THIS MUSEUM IS GONNA OPEN.
I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU COULDN'T PUT THIS OFF FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS OR FOR A MONTH OR TWO, AND HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE RESIDENTS OF OLD FARM LANE TO HEAR OUT OUR CONCERNS, WHICH WE'VE PUT IN WRITING SEVERAL TIMES, AND AT LEAST GET SOME OF THESE THINGS RESOLVED BEFORE THIS CON THIS PROJECT CONTINUES AND ENDS AND THEN WE'RE DEALING WITH IT AT THE END, AND I APPRECIATE IF ALL OF YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANUP, RIGHT? HI, UM, I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OF OLD FARM LANE AND, UH, EXPRESSED I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND AND THIRD THE LAST, UM, SPEAKERS TO ABOUT, UH, POSTPONING THE DECISION TO RATIFY THE AGREEMENT.
BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP, WHICH I HAVE BROUGHT UP A COUPLE OF TIMES, IS THAT YOU SHOULD PAY A LOT MORE ATTENTION TO THE PARKING ISSUE.
UM, THE IDEA THAT WE WILL HAVE BUSES COMING DOWN THAT STREET, TURNING INTO OLD FARM LANE AND DROPPING OFF STUDENTS IS, IS GOING TO, I THINK, RESULT IN SOME VERY SERIOUS INCIDENCES.
I WILL JUST RECOUNT A COUPLE OF INSTANCES THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.
I, WE'VE BEEN THERE SINCE, UH, NEARLY OVER 31 YEARS, AND THERE'S BEEN MANY TIMES BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE ROAD RIDGE ROAD SWINGS BY AND WHERE OLD FARM LANE COMES OUT.
UM, I, MYSELF HAS EXPERIENCED ONCE, BECAUSE WE HAD A GROUP OF, UH, YOUNGSTERS THAT HAD LIVED RIGHT ACROSS THE HOUSE.
WE'RE GOING TO SOME SUMMER PROGRAM WHERE THE BUSES WOULD ONLY LEAVE THEM OFF ON RIDGE ROAD, NOT COME INTO OLD FARM LANE.
AND I HAD JUST HAPPENED TO COME AND TURN INTO, AND RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME WITH THREE KIDS WITH THEIR DAD.
I GOT A DIRTY LOOK FROM THE DAD.
BUT THE POINT IS, IT IS A RATHER STEEP CURVE.
AND, AND, AND, AND JUST TO COMPARE, GET HAD ANOTHER INCIDENT, UH, MANY YEARS LATER, WE HAD A CAR ZIPPING AROUND THE TURN SAW PARK CAR COULDN'T STOP IN TIME AND WENT RIGHT INTO THE, UH, A POLE, UH, WITH A SERIOUS ACCIDENT
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IN THERE.SO WHOEVER KNOWS ALL THE RIDGE ROAD INTERSECTION KNOWS IT'S PRETTY SERIOUS STUFF.
SO THE IDEA THAT ANYTIME YOU WANT TO DROP OFF THE STUDENTS AT THAT POINT MEANS YOU ARE OPENING UP YOURSELF TO A SERIOUS INCIDENT.
NOW, WE HAVE ARGUED AND SAID THE HOUSE HAS A LOT OF SPACE, BY THE WAY, I WANT TO SAY I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF THE, UH, RENOVATION.
IN FACT, WE ALL SUPPORTED IT FINANCIALLY WHEN IT FIRST CAME INTO, UH, THE IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO RENOVATE THE PLACE.
BUT NOW THAT WE'VE LEARNING MORE AND MORE HOW IT'S GOING TO BE OPERATED AND THAT THERE'S GONNA BE MORE EVENTS BEING HELD THERE, BUT GETTING TO THE POINT, THERE IS ENOUGH SPACE AT THE BACK OF THE HOUSE.
AND TO ME, THE SAFEST FOR OUR CHILDREN WHO ARE GOING TO BE VISITING THE MUSEUM IS TO HAVE COME INTO THE, UM, BUILDING, OPEN AN ENTRANCE AND COME THERE, LET THE KIDS OFF THE BUS GOES AND PARKS WHEREVER THEY WERE AFTER IN THE RIDGE ROAD PARK PROBABLY, AND COME BACK.
AND TO ME, THAT WILL BE THE SAFEST ONE.
UM, I HEARD THAT, THAT THE, I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF THAT'S TRUE, BUT WHAT I'VE HEARD IS THAT IT'LL BE VERY COSTLY TO OPEN IT UP BECAUSE THERE'S A SEPTIC TANK UNDERNEATH THAT HAS TO BE REMOVED OR WHATEVER THE CASE IS.
BUT IRRESPECTIVE, I THINK, AND I HOPE SOME PEOPLE WILL JUST LOOK INTO IT, THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A SAFE, UH, UH, CHILDREN'S, UH, UH, HAVE IT SAFELY DONE IS TO ALLOW THE BUSES TO GO TO THE BACK OF THE HOUSE, LET THE CHILDREN OFF, AND THEN GET OUT OF THE HOUSE.
I THINK IT'S, IT SHOULD BE FEASIBLE IF YOU, IF YOU CANNOT DO IT.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THAT IS NOT BEING CONSIDERED SERIOUSLY.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE ALL EXPRESSED THAT, UH, INSTEAD OF PARKING ON OLD FARM LANE AND LETTING THE KIDS OUT, BECAUSE AT SOME POINT OR THE OTHER, SOME KID IS GONNA RUN AWAY, OR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO JUST WALK AWAY FROM THERE.
AND THEN A CAR'S GOING TO COME IN AT SOME SPEED AND THERE'S GONNA BE SOME SERIOUS INCIDENT.
SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SAFETY PART SHOULD BE SERIOUSLY STUDIED BY THIS TOWN BOARD BEFORE THEY APPROVE ANY, ANY, UM, UM, RATIFICATION BETWEEN THE, THE, THE GROUP THAT IS GOING TO OPERATE, UH, THE MUSEUM AND THE TOWN.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE BRIAN LEVITON.
UM, BEFORE I START, I DID WANNA SAY THAT THE, UH, THE RESTORATIVE CIRCLE IS ACTUALLY A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.
I'VE BEEN TO THREE OR FOUR OF THEM, UM, AND LOOK FORWARD TO GOING TO MORE OF THEM.
UM, THE TWO THINGS I WANTED TO SPEAK ON IS, UH, I HAD A QUESTION FOR THE BOARD IN GENERAL.
UH, IS THERE, ARE THERE SOPS IN STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES IN PLACE FOR THE KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER OF SOMEONE NOT BEING HERE? FOR INSTANCE, LISA MARRO ISN'T HERE.
DEPUTY SITS IN TO DO THOSE TASKS.
IS THERE SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE TOWN BOARD? IF GINA'S NOT HERE, WHO LIAISES WITH THE POLICE? IF THERE'S A, UH, PLUMBING EMERGENCY, DO WE CALL PAUL FIRST? DO WE TALK TO JOY FIRST? IS THERE, ARE THERE PROCEDURES AND, UH, IN PLACE AND DOCUMENTED? IT'S JUST MY QUESTION.
UM, AND THEN WITH REGARDS TO THE COURTHOUSE, I KNOW HOW MUCH THE MONEY IS, IS UP FOR CONTENTION, BUT, UM, NOW THAT WE'VE SEEN THE REPORT AND KNOW THAT THE MONEY WAS NOT PUT INTO A DEDICATED ACCOUNT THAT COULDN'T BE TOUCHED FOR OTHER PURPOSES, IS THERE NOW THAT 7 MILLION OR WHATEVER'S LEFT IN A DEDICATED ACCOUNT FOR THOSE DEDICATED PURPOSES AND UNABLE TO BE RELEASED FOR OTHER FUNDS? AND WOULD THAT ALSO APPLY TO A POTENTIAL 32 MILLION EXTRA IF THAT'S THE ROUTE THE TOWN DECIDES TO GO? THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE SHERRY JI.
WAS THERE ANOTHER SPEAKER BEFORE ME ON THE, NOPE.
HELLO, I'M SHERRY YUJI FROM THREE STEVENS LANE.
TONIGHT, THE TOWN BOARD IS CONSIDERING A RESOLUTION FOR A PUBLIC HEAR HEARING IN BARELY TWO WEEKS TIME FOR THE BETHEL KNOWLES EXPANSION PROJECT.
THIS RESOLUTION STATES A PUBLIC
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HEARING FOR A ZONING AMENDMENT, SPECIAL PERMIT, SITE PLAN, APPLICATION, AND TREE REMOVAL PERMIT.IT MAKES NO MENTION OF SECRET HEARING OR EVEN A SCOPING SESSION.
MY NEIGHBORS AND I HAVE A GREAT DEAL TO SAY ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS INCLUDING TRAFFIC, HISTORIC IMPACTS, AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER.
I HOPE THIS IS NOT FORGOTTEN AT AN UPCOMING PUBLIC HEARING.
I WILL BE APPARENTLY BE EXPECTED IN FIVE MINUTES OR LESS.
TO COMMENT ON THE ENTIRETY OF THIS PROJECT, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT MY HUSBAND AND I, AS WELL AS OUR ATTORNEY, HAVE RAISED IN GOOD FAITH.
NUMEROUS SUBSTANTIAL ISSUES WITH THIS PROJECT, INCLUDING INACCURATE ZONING INTERPRETATIONS AND MISSING VARIANCES FOR WHICH WE HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE FROM THE TOWN AND WHICH WERE NOT ADDRESSED AT ALL IN THE PLANNING BOARD.
RECOMMENDATIONS HERE ARE JUST A SAMPLING OF THE ISSUES THAT REMAIN UNADDRESSED.
THE APPLICANT IS USING A CODE PROVISION THAT IS ENTIRELY NOT APPLICABLE IN ANY WAY TO CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF APARTMENT UNITS ALLOWED.
THE APPLICANT HAS CLAIMED THIS AS TWO DISTINCT BUILDINGS, YET THEY ARE FULLY CONNECTED ON THREE FLOORS AND CLEARLY FUNCTION AS ONE BUILDING.
IF IT WERE TO BE CONSIDERED ONE BUILDING, THE NUMBER OF STORIES AND THE BUILDING HEIGHT WOULD DRAMATICALLY INCREASE.
THE APPLICANT HAS CALCULATED HEIGHT USING A MINOR NON-DOMINANT EVE AND MAY HAVE USED FILL TO IMPROPERLY ESTABLISH THE FINISHED GRADE LEVEL.
THIS WOULD TRIGGER NEW VARIANCES WHERE THEY CLAIM NONE EXIST.
THE APPLICANT HAS NOT INCLUDED SETBACK VARIANCES FOR A RETAINING WALL AND STORMWATER POND.
THESE CLEARLY MEET THE TOWN'S DEFINITION OF A STRUCTURE, AND THUS ZONING SETBACKS ARE REQUIRED.
THE APPLICANT HAS NOT INCLUDED IN THEIR APPLICATION.
A VARIANCE CONFIRMED BY THAT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY THE BUILDING INSPECTOR FOR AN ELEVATED ROADWAY LOCATED 25 FEET FROM MY PROPERTY LINE.
THE PUBLIC AND, AND MY FAMILY AS THE KEY IMPACTED ABUTTER DESERVE AN ACCURATE APPLICATION THAT COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF TOWN CODE AND INCLUDES ALL APPLICABLE VARIANCES.
WE DESERVE AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THE TOWN HAS CHOSEN NOT TO RESPOND TO THESE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS WE HAVE BEEN RAISING FOR ALMOST A YEAR.
IN CLOSING, I WANT TO REITERATE THAT MY HUSBAND AND I REMAIN OPEN TO SOLUTIONS.
OUR ATTORNEY HAS ADVISED US THAT PERHAPS THE KNOLLS SHOULD CONSIDER INCLUDING OUR PROPERTY WITHIN THE PROPOSED R 30 REZONING REQUEST.
AS THIS MAY FACILITATE NEW PLANNING OPTIONS TOWARD A SOLUTION WITH US.
RESPECTFULLY, PLEASE KNOW THAT WE ARE FULLY PREPARED TO DEFEND OUR HOME AND PURSUE ALL LEGAL OPTIONS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROCESS IS COMPLETE TRANSPARENT AND THAT OUR PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED.
AND OUR LAST SPEAKER WILL BE LORRAINE CANTO.
GOOD EVENING TO THE TOWN BOARD SUPERVISOR, ATTORNEY.
I AM NEVER HERE ON A WEDNESDAY.
I HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT ZOOM MEETING.
I MADE A COMMITMENT FOR THREE YEARS AGO, AND I HAD NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO BE HERE.
DO WANNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE, UH, WHOLE, UM, HOUSE OVER THERE, UM, THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, THERE WAS AN EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT THAT TOTALLY VANISHED.
SCOTT MCKENNA CREATED AN ENTIRE GARDEN WITH PLANTS AND FLOWERS THAT WERE INDIGENOUS TO THAT PROPERTY DURING THE TIME THAT HOUSE WAS BUILT.
SO I AM GOING TO MAKE SURE, WHILE I STILL HAVE BRETT AND ME, THAT THAT IS DONE.
SO WHILE YOU GUYS ARE PLANNING ON FILLING UP THE YARD WITH BUSES, JUST REMEMBER THAT KID COMES FIRST.
ALSO, YEARS AGO, I MEAN, I WAS ON PARKS AND REC ADVISORY BOARD, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS REALLY GREAT, WE USED TO HAVE A HALLOWEEN, UM, SCARE EVENT IN THE PARK.
SO WHAT THEY DID IS THEY HAD A SHUTTLE.
THEY HAD BUSES GO FROM RIDGE ROAD ALL THE WAY TO HARTSBURG.
IT IS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE CHALLENGES OF THE TERMS AND THE SPEEDING ON THE 30 PER MILE AN HOUR ROAD THAT PEOPLE COULD TAKE A SHUTTLE, THEREFORE, ENSURING SAFETY.
I DON'T SEE IT AS BEING SCHOOL GROUPS WOULD BE THERE ALL THE TIME.
SO I WASN'T EVEN ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
UM, HOW CAN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG SAVE MONEY? OKAY, UH, LET'S JUST TALK.
3.5% INCREASE, UH, IN THE TOWN.
WE HAVE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, 3.2 MILLION.
UM, WE HAVE A SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH A LITTLE OVER
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1600 KIDS, $87 MILLION WE HAVE TO REEL IN SPENDING.HOW CAN WE SAVE, LET ME COUNT THE WAYS.
UM, MANY RESIDENTS WANNA BE ON COMMITTEES.
THEY ARE RETIRED, THEY'RE INTELLIGENT, THEY'RE EXPERIENCED, THEY'RE PROFESSIONALS, AND THEY CAN SAVE US MONEY.
ENOUGH OF THESE CONSULTING FIRMS BLEEDING US TO DEATH, BLEEDING US, STOP THE FOOD SCRAPPING.
THERE ARE SIX LOCATIONS THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER THE LIBRARY DROP OFF.
PROCUREMENT NOT ONLY ANALYZE, DISSECT THE FORENSIC REVIEW.
'CAUSE THE ONE THING THAT'S STILL INFURIATING IS ALL THOSE NEWTOWN VEHICLES THAT WAS ON SOMEONE'S WATCH, ALL THOSE NEWTOWN VEHICLES THAT WERE ALLOWED TO SLIP BY, AND IT'S UNACCEPTABLE.
I WANNA KNOW WHY THERE WERE OVER 15 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE EARNING OVER $260,000.
SOMEONE NEEDS TO EXPLAIN THAT TO THE PUBLIC.
AND ANOTHER THING, AND I DON'T CARE WHO GETS UPSET ABOUT THIS, THE EARLY BUYOUT OFFENDED A LOT OF PEOPLE.
OKAY? AND I THINK, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, 100 EAST HARTSDALE AND ACTION SHOULD BE FILED AGAINST THE CONSULTANTS WHO, WHO BASICALLY NOT ONLY WORKED THE SITUATION, BUT HAD A LOT OF RESIDENTS REALLY CONCERNED, WE NEED A MORATORIUM TO FREEZE ALL UNSOLD, WHOLLY EXEMPT TAX EXEMPT PROPERTIES.
OKAY? THESE PROPERTIES AT ONE TIME DIDN'T PAY FOR WATER AND SEWER.
IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY, WE HAVE $8 BILLION IN TAX EXEMPT PROPERTIES.
I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE SCHOOLS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PARKS.
AND I NOTICE BECAUSE I'M VERY, VERY AWARE THAT WHEN I DRIVE BY CERTAIN TAX EXEMPT PROPERTIES, THEY'RE FILMING AND WE'RE SUBSIDIZING THEM.
IT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 500 TO 10,000 FOR THE PERMIT.
I DID A FOIL ON THE BENCH, STILL A ROMCOM THAT WAS A $10,000 PERMIT.
WHY ARE THESE FILM COMPANIES LIKE APPLE STUDIOS ALLOWED TO GO TO TAX EXEMPT PROPERTIES AND PROFIT OFF OF THE TAXPAYERS OF GREENBERG, INCLUDING ME? WHY? 'CAUSE LEGISLATORS DON'T LEGISLATE.
THEY SIT, THEY KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD, AND THEN FAMILIES ARE DISPLACED.
WE NEED A CLOSER LOOK AT TAX EXEMPT PROPERTIES.
OKAY? AND ANOTHER DEEP DIVE I DID, AND I DON'T CARE IF HACKLEY GETS P****D OFF, HACKLEY WAS PULLING HOUSES OFF THE WHOLLY EXEMPT TAX ROLL, TAX ROLL UNDER THE TAX EXEMPT.
SO YOU HAVE SEVERAL HOUSES THAT WERE PULLED OFF THE TAX ROLLS.
SO THAT TARRYTOWN, THE RESIDENTS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, GET TO ABSORB IT ALL.
AND ANOTHER THING, THIS YEARLY ASSESSMENT WHERE THE MAJORITY OF HOUSES ARE TOTALLY OVER ASSESSED, YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD ZONE.
YOU'RE STUCK WITH THAT TILL THE DAY YOU DROP DEAD OR THE DAY YOU MIGHT SELL.
THE TAXES ARE GOING UP FASTER THAN EVER BEFORE.
I'M TIRED OF HELPING ALL MY FRIENDS MOVE, MOVE THEIR KIDS, UH, MOVE THEMSELVES.
NO ONE'S LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE.
I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE AUGUST OF 1993.
IF I SEE ANOTHER ASSISTED LIVING GO UP, GOING UP, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR FROM ME.
AND SORRY, I MISSED ABOUT 10 THINGS I WAS GONNA COVER.
UM, COUNCILMAN WOMAN HENDRICKS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? YES.
ODELL HOUSE IS AN HISTORIC HOME THAT THE TOWN BASICALLY RESCUED.
UM, AND A GROUP OF, OF VERY DEDICATED HISTORIANS AND PEOPLE WHO CARED HAVE PUT A LOT OF LOVE AND CARE INTO THAT.
THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED FOR THE RESIDENTS OF OLD FARM LANE.
AS, AS WE ARE TOO WITH REGARD TO THE, THE CON, THE CONTRACT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE VOTING ON, IT'S RELATED TO THE MUSEUM USE.
UM, IT, IT IS REALLY FOR FUNDING PURPOSES FOR THE MUSEUM ITSELF AND ANY TRAFFIC ISSUES.
WE, WE DID MEET ONCE, UH, A FEW MONTHS AGO AND WE COMMITTED TO MEETING AGAIN WITH YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH YOU FURTHER.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO, UM, HAVE A MEETING WITH A CONTRACTOR.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA BE LIVING TOGETHER FOR THE, THE SIX OR EIGHT MONTHS THAT THEY'RE THERE.
SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE COMFORTABLE AND THAT WE HAVE, WE, WE'VE DISCUSSED VERY, UM, STRINGENT,
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UM, REQUESTS FROM THE CONTRACTORS SO THAT THEY RECOGNIZE AND RESPECT THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE.I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING WITH YOU FURTHER.
UM, GARRETT, DUANE COMMISSIONER ALSO LOOKS FORWARD TO THAT.
AND, AND THE FRIENDS DO AS WELL.
THE, THE TRAFFIC ISSUES AND CONCERNS AND PARKING.
UM, I MEAN, I CAN GO INTO SOME OF THE DISCUSSION WE HAD.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE AT 20, YOU KNOW, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, EIGHT HOURS A DAY.
AS, AS LORRAINE MENTIONED, A FEW HOURS DURING THE WEEK.
BUT LET, LET'S HAVE THE DISCUSSION FURTHER.
UM, AND WE ARE, WE, WE HEAR YOUR CONCERNS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THEM SO THAT EVERYBODY'S COMFORTABLE.
OH, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT, UM, I THINK THERE'S A MR. DAVID COOPER THAT WANTED TO SPEAK BY ZOOM.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF, UM, HE WAS IN THE, I DIDN'T SEE IT.
HE SIGNED UP, PROVIDED PUBLIC COMMENT.
I JUST WANNA RE REITERATE THAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE BEING TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY.
OF COURSE, WE WANT TO PROTECT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE SOMETHING WONDERFUL COMING IN, BUT THAT HAS TO BE A BALANCE.
AND YES, YOU ARE THE RESIDENTS.
AND I MEAN, I THINK IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A MUSEUM, BUT YOU ARE THE PEOPLE WHO'VE LIVED THERE, YOUR LIVES BUILT YOUR LIVES THERE.
SO WE'RE CERTAINLY TAKING THAT SERIOUSLY.
THAT'S NOT GONNA BE IGNORED, THAT'S ALL.
I CAN SAY THE SAME THING I DO.
WE, YES, WE DO CHERISH AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR LIVES ARE, UM, WHEN IS THE, WHEN IS THAT A GRANT? THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CONCERN.
FOR THEM TO ESTABLISH THE MUSEUM.
'CAUSE I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR.
'CAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS WITH REGARDS TO PARK.
I JUST WANTED YOU TO, IT'S, IT'S REALLY PERMISSION THROUGH NEW YORK STATE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON TONIGHT.
IT HAS, YOU'RE VOTING ON THE CONTRACT FOR THE GRANT.
NINE PAGES, AND THERE'S NO OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS ANYWHERE IN IT.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY CONTRACT WE'VE SEEN PROPOSED THAT'S HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING IN THIS CONTRACT.
IT'S NOT REALLY, I GET A THREE MINUTE COMMENT HERE.
UM, I CAN, NO, HOLD ON A SECOND.
SO I'M ABOUT TO GET IN TROUBLE.
MY HAND SLAPPED BECAUSE I WENT, I WENT NOT, I DIDN'T FOLLOW THE RULES.
DID YOU WANNA MAKE A COMMENT OR, 'CAUSE HE WANTED, CAN YOU CLARIFY? I NEED TO, I NEED TO STAY ON.
I'M ASKING THE ATTORNEY TO CLARIFY FIRST.
UM, SO, SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF AMENDING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS.
UM, CURRENTLY THERE'S NOT A REBUTTAL PERIOD, BUT I BELIEVE IN THE PAST YOU'VE ALLOWED FOR NO, JUST CLARIFY THE, JUST CLARIFY THE CONTRACT.
UM, SO THIS CONTRACT, UM, IS REQUIRED AS THERE'S A GRANT DEADLINE COMING UP IN A FEW DAYS.
UM, THE TOWN, UH, ACKNOWLEDGES THE CONCERNS, I BELIEVE, UH, MR. DANKO HAD INDICATED, UH, FOR, IS YOUR NAME, MR. MILLER.
MR. MILLER, UM, REGARDING SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS YOU WERE LOOKING FOR, THAT YOU WERE HAVING DIFFICULTY FINDING.
I THINK HE HAD SUGGESTED SUBMITTING A FOIL REQUEST SO THAT WE COULD PROVIDE THOSE DOCUMENTS FOR YOU.
UM, AND I THINK AS FAR AS OPERATIONS, THAT CAN BE AN ONGOING DISCUSSION POTENTIALLY IN THE FUTURE.
THE REASON THAT IT'S SO URGENT NOW IS TO GET THAT GRANT MONEY, RIGHT? COULD WE ADD A LINE THAT STATES IN THIS CONTRACT THAT THERE WILL BE FURTHER AGREEMENTS? YES.
SO WE COULD MAKE, PUT AS AMENDED, WE COULD DO AN AMENDMENT.
PAUL, HEAR WE'RE GONNA DO AN AMENDED WITH THIS LINE.
IT'S ABOUT I CONTRACT AMENDED THAT IS REQUIRES FURTHER CLARIFICATION FOR ACTUAL OPERATIONAL, WHATEVER.
SO OPERATIONAL, I CAN PROBABLY, YEAH, SHE, SO OPERATIONAL AND TRAFFIC SAFETY AND PARKING CONCERNS CAN BE ADDRESSED, UM, PURSUANT TO AN ADDENDUM.
COMMUNITY YOU MORE YEAH, BUT WE, THERE WILL BE COMMUNITY DISCUSSION.
A PARLIAMENTARIAN IS FALLING DOWN ON THE JOB HERE.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S COUNCILMAN GENUS.
SHE IS, SHE, SHE TAKES FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.
SO WE'RE GONNA ADD, DO AN AMENDMENT.
WE'LL DO AN AMENDMENT ON THAT.
YES, WE CAN I ADD ONE QUICK THING.
IT WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL IF WHEN WE MAKE A REQUEST OF THE COUNSEL IN WRITING, AT LEAST WE GET AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BACK THAT YOU RECEIVED IT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WASTE OUR TIME AGAINST YOUR TIME.
YOU KNOW, THE, WHAT HAPPENED, THE, LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION AFTER THE FACT, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A FORM FOR DISCUSSION.
BUT I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK TO YOU AFTER THE MEETING, OR WE CAN SPEAK, UM, WE CAN SPEAK TOMORROW.
WE'LL, WHEN MR. DANKO IS BACK.
UM, I HAVE SOME COMMENTS ALSO RELATING, UM, TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE COURTHOUSE.
UH, THE BOARD PASSED ONE RESOLUTION DEDICATING, YOU KNOW, THE SEVEN POINT RESERVING, THE $7.4 MILLION
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FOR THE COURT, FOR THE COURTHOUSE.SO THAT'S THE ONLY RESOLUTION THE BOARD EVER, YOU KNOW, PASSED, DEDICATING, UH, YOU KNOW, FUNDS FOR THE COURTHOUSE, YOU KNOW, PURPOSES.
SO THAT MONEY, THIS 7 MILLION PLUS CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THE COURTHOUSE.
AND I FEEL THAT THAT MONEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN THE BANK, UM, AND IT'S ONLY RESERVED FOR THAT.
SO I THINK WE COULD BUILD A NEW COURTHOUSE WITH, WITH THAT MONEY.
JUST TO CLARIFY, MR. SUPERVISOR NO, NO, NO.
ALL THE RULES PRIOR, THE RULES THAT YOU SAID.
SO DON'T INTERRUPT ME LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO.
SO, UH, NEXT, UM, I WANT TO MENTION, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, LORI, UH, TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE, UH, THE BUYOUT AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, UH, LORRAINE, UM, UH, ONE OF THE, THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE IS, UM, IT'S NOT WHAT THE BOARD CAN DO, BUT IT'S WHAT THE BOARD SHOULD DO.
I BELIEVE THAT EVERY MEMBER OF THE TOWN BOARD SHOULD VOLUNTARILY AGREE NOT TO TAKE THE HEALTHCARE BUYOUT BECAUSE IT'S AN OUTRAGEOUS MISUSE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
UM, ELECTED OFFICIALS, UM, ARE PART-TIMERS AND OTHER PART-TIME EMPLOYEES IN THE TOWN ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE THE BUYOUT.
SO YOU CAR WE ARE CARVING, UH, AN EXCEPTION FOR PART-TIME TOWN BOARD MEMBERS, BUT WE'RE NOT TREATING ALL THE OTHER PART-TIME EMPLOYEES WHO WORK FOR THE TOWN THE SAME.
SO THIS IS LIKE, IN MY OPINION, ELITE GREED.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT BASICALLY SOMETHING IS WRONG.
UH, THE HEALTHCARE BUYOUT, UM, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A CAP OF POSSIBLY $22,000, UM, WHEN MOST COMMUNITIES ARE WAY UNDER $10,000 OR, OR LESS, EVEN THE STATE.
AND, UH, AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS, IT'S LIKE $1,000 OR A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO THIS IS A, A REAL BIG, UM, MISUSE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
THEY HAVE A LAW THAT I THINK THE TOWN BOARD SHOULD APPROVE THAT PROHIBITS ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM GETTING THE HEALTHCARE BUYOUT IF THEY HAVE, UM, COVERAGE FROM ANOTHER EMPLOYER, UM, UH, UH, A MUNICIPAL, UH, OR, OR A STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYER.
SO I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO BRING THIS UP.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT IT'S TOTALLY WRONG.
I THINK THAT IF, UH, THE BOARD WANTS TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE BOARD, UH, YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO, UH, THE OUTCRY FROM PE FROM MANY, MANY PEOPLE.
AND, UM, AND AT LEAST, UM, NOT TREAT YOURSELF AS PART-TIMERS DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU TREAT EVERY OTHER, UH, PART-TIME, UM, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYEE.
AND THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION ON ANOTHER MATTER IS, UM, WITH C ONE, I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, MEETING WITH YOU MONTHS AGO, AND YOU KNOW, I DID SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT AS A SIGN OF GOOD FAITH, UH, THAT THE NOEL SHOULD REMOVE THE SHED.
AND SO I'M GONNA HOLD OVER THE RESOLUTION, UM, YOU KNOW, TODAY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I FELT I MADE A COMMITMENT.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, TO ME, IF DEVELOPERS, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, WANT TO COME TO THE TOWN AND THEY, THEY WANT TO DEAL WITH THE TOWN, THEY HAVE TO SHOW SOME GOOD FAITH.
AND I FEEL THAT IF THEY MADE A GESTURE, UM, AND SAID, OKAY, WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA TAKE DOWN THE SHED, BUT WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT DOWN NOW, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DISCUSSION, THEN I THINK THE RESIDENTS WOULD, AS WE'VE DONE WITH EVERY OTHER APPLICATION, MANY OTHER APPLICATIONS, I THINK RESIDENTS WOULD BASICALLY BE, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE OPEN TO HAVING, YOU KNOW, GOOD, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSIONS.
YOU KNOW, I'VE LISTENED TO YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF MONTHS AND I KNOW YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.
AND I FEEL THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE TOWN TO, UM, UH, TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, UH, AS WE WERE GOING BACK, UH, TO DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PROPOSED RULES AND REGULATIONS, I THINK YOU HAD STATED AT THE LAST WORK SESSION THAT YOUR INTENTION WAS TO GO LAST.
SO I THINK THERE WAS JUST SOME CONFUSION AS TO WHETHER YOU WERE GOING DOWN THE LINE, RESPONDING, OR IF YOU'RE GONNA WAIT TILL LAST.
WHICH, WHICH RESOLUTION? AREEVA HOLDING OVER.
I'M HOLDING OVER THE NO RESOLUTION, WHICH IS WHAT? IT'S THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND YOUR HONOR, I'M HOPING THAT THE ROLES WILL, UM, WILL MEET WITH US, UM, AND MEET WITH THE RESIDENTS AND TAKE DOWN THE, SHE, THEY, AND AGAIN, EXCUSE ME, MR. SUPERVISOR, BUT YOU ALSO AGREED TO A FIVE MINUTE TIME PERIOD.
AND THREE, I, I I THOUGHT THAT, UH, I, JOEL SAID THAT IT DOESN'T COMPLY FOR THIS MEETING.
WELL, I THINK IT WAS, WELL, YOU'RE BREAKING RULES, SO YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY RULES BECAUSE YOU, YOU DIDN'T
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LET ME SPEAK BEFORE.SO I'M SAYING THAT IF YOU'RE GONNA BE CONSISTENT.
I THINK IT'S COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON.
SO, JUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, AS IT RELATES TO SOPS, YES, WE DO HAVE SOPS.
SO LISTEN, DEPARTMENT HEADS, OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, WE ALLOW THEM TO BE THE ROLE THAT WE HIRED THEM TO BE.
WE ARE A LIAISON TO COMMUNICATE AND HELP LEAD THEM.
SO IF I'M, IF I'M UNAVAILABLE OR OUT OR, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, JUST ANYTHING SUCH AS OUT OR WHATEVER, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TO, UM, FILL IN OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT I MEAN, WE ALL WORK COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER.
IF, IF ELLEN NEEDS SOMETHING OR JOY NEEDS SOMETHING, FRANCIS NEEDS SOMETHING, WE ALL COME TOGETHER RESPECTFULLY FOR ALL OF OUR, UM, DEPARTMENTS.
UM, SOMEONE ASKED ABOUT THE COURTHOUSE.
I THINK IT WAS BETWEEN CHARLIE, BOTH OF YOU GUYS ASKED ABOUT THE SHOWHOUSE.
I'M ASKING THE SAME QUESTIONS.
UM, AGAIN, I'M THE LIAISON TO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE A DEPARTMENT WONDERING, ARE WE EVER GOING TO HAVE A NEW HOME? UNDERSTANDING THE CONDITIONS THAT IT IS IN NOW, UM, DISAPPOINTED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE HERE TODAY.
WHEN I FIRST CAME ON THE BOARD, THERE WERE, UM, A COMMITTEE, UM, THAT WE MET TO, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AND THE PLANNING OF THE COURTHOUSE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I REMEMBER GOING TO A PERSON'S HOUSE IN COVID, HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS.
NEVER UNDER, NEVER UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE WERE NOT GOING, WE WERE NOT PUTTING ASIDE THE MONEY THAT WE SAID THAT WE VOTED ON IN THE BUDGET.
UM, AT THIS POINT, I HAVE, LISTEN, I'M LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, MY OFFICER IN THE BACK AND I HAVE TO LOOK AT HIM EVERY TIME I COME IN AND, AND, AND I KNOW THE, THE CONDITIONS THAT HE'S WORKING IN AND THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT'S WORKING IN.
UM, I THINK I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO I'M GONNA ALLOW YOU TO HAVE THAT DIALOGUE WITH ELLEN.
AND THE REASON WHY I'M DE REFERRING TO ELLEN, ELLEN IS MORE VERSED WITH THE ODELL BECAUSE SHE'S THE LIAISON, THAT'S ONE OF HER PROJECTS.
SO I REALLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO OFFER YOU AS MUCH.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, I GIVE THE PROPER TIME TO COUNSEL.
AGAIN, COUNSEL, THIS IS NOT THE FORUM FOR CONVERSATION.
NO, WE CAN, WE, THIS IS, SORRY.
UNFORTUNATELY, IF WE START THAT PROCESS, WE'LL BE HERE ALL NIGHT.
UM, SO, UH, WE NEED TO STICK TO THE RULES THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY.
UM, SO REGARDING OLD FARM LANE, I THINK YOU'RE SMILING, SO I GUESS YOU'RE OKAY WITH US AMENDING IT SO THAT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS.
SO I THINK WE'VE ADDRESSED, WE'VE ADDRESSED THAT.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT PARKING IN THE BACK OF THE, UH, THE HOUSE AND DROPPING OFF.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TALK TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S A LONGER CON CONVERSATION.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEAK TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THAT.
AND THE LOGISTICS OF, OF DOING THAT.
UM, THE BETHEL KNOWS, UH, THE SUPERVISORS IS HOLDING THAT, SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING.
IT WASN'T, UH, GOING TO BE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS IS, THAT WAS NOT, THAT WAS JUST SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING, GIVING THE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD.
UM, LORRAINE SPOKE ABOUT MANY THINGS, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, A, UM, PROBABLY AN EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT YES.
UM, AND I'M VERY INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT THAT WAS AND MAKE SURE, UH, MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT DOES, THAT DOES SURVIVE.
UM, UH, FREEZING PROPERTY TAX, UH, TAX EXEMPT PROPERTIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IF THEY'RE, UM, FREEZING THE NUMBER MAYBE OF TAX EXEMPT PROPERTIES.
UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WOULD WORK, PARTICULARLY WITH OUR LUPA, WHICH, UH, GIVES CERTAIN RIGHTS TO RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THE BUYOUT WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, A VERY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE TO THE HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
UM, THAT BASICALLY
ONE IN HOW THE BUYOUT IS CALCULATED TO WHO'S ELIGIBLE FOR IT AND ADDRESSING, UM, UH, AND ADDRESSING AND ADDRESSING, UM, YOU KNOW, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS IN PART PARTICULAR WHO HAVE OTHER HEALTH INSURANCE.
AND SO THERE VERY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES.
I MEAN, THE SUPER, THE SUPERVISOR'S PROPOSAL IS, UH, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, DON'T HAVE IT FOR PART-TIME ELECTED OFFICIALS, SO-CALLED PART-TIME ELECTED OFFICIALS, WHICH INCLUDES THE FOUR PEOPLE SITTING UP ON THE DAY AND FOUR PEOPLE SITTING ON FOR N AND THE JUDGES, AND THAT'S IT.
NO, AND THE TAX RECEIVER AND THE CLERK, NO, BUT THEY DON'T TAKE THE BUYOUT.
THEY DON'T TAKE THE, UH, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS
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HOW, UM, IS EN ENFORCING HOW THE BUYOUT SHOULD BE REGULATED.UH, IT ALSO LIMITS THE BUYOUT, NOT THE $22,000 THAT YOU HEARD, BUT TO THE SINGLE FAMILY RATE.
EVEN IF YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR FAMILY RATE, YOU'RE LIMITED TO THE SINGLE FAMILY RATE.
AND SO THAT WOULD MAYBE BE $9,000.
HOWEVER, WHAT WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS, IF YOU HAD TO ACTUALLY MAKE A CONTRIBUTION INTO THE, TO HEALTH INSURANCE, THAT GETS DEDUCTED FROM THAT AMOUNT.
SO THESE ARE VERY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES.
UM, AND I, I, AS THE CONTROLLER SAID, THIS IS GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT DOLLARS THAT WE'RE GONNA SAVE FOR THE TOWN.
UH, LET ME SEE IF THAT WAS THE LAST THING ON THE LIST HERE.
JUST TO NOTE THAT YOU HAVE MR. COOPER ON THE LINE.
UM, YES, MR. COOPER'S ON THE LINE.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
COULD I COULD ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, I, THE, UH, DEPUTY TOWN ATTORNEY JUST GAVE ME A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION JUST LIKE A SECOND AGO.
UM, AND I THINK THAT, UM, SINCE THIS IS SO SIGNIFICANT, I THINK THAT WE BASICALLY SHOULD HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, LET THE PUBLIC REVIEW IT AND THEN, UM, AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, ANALYZE IT.
AND, UM, AND THEN WE COULD BASICALLY VOTE ON IT AT THE, UM, THE NEXT, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, TOWN BOARD MEETING.
BECAUSE AGAIN, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, I'M, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE THE STEPS.
I STILL BELIEVE THAT, UH, NO ELECTED OFFICIALS SHOULD BE GETTING ANY OF THE BUYOUT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, AND I ALSO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OPTION COULD BE TO DO LIKE WE DID WITH THE A DU LAW, UM, AND PUT ONE YEAR SUNSET.
UM, SO THIS WAY WHILE WE COULD DO, IS WE COULD LOOK AT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE, UH, THE STATE ARE DOING, UH, HOW THEY TREAT ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, THE COMPENSATION PLAN FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, IN, IN, IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
AND THEN COME UP WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, AT THE END, AT THE END OF A PERIOD OF TIME, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY IF WE SAY WE'RE GONNA GIVE IT SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR, THEN WE COULD BASICALLY SAY THE TOWN WOULD HAS TO REVIEW IT AND WE COULD MAKE FURTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, IMPROVEMENTS IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE LAW.
BUT CERTAINLY DOING SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN DOING NOTHING.
BUT AGAIN, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
AND, UM, AND THEN EVERYBODY WILL FORGET IT BECAUSE EVEN THE SINGLE, UM, YOU KNOW, PLAN FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS IS I THINK, UH, A MISUSE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
UH, SO, UM, RESPECTFULLY, SO I'M GONNA, I I'M GONNA HOLD THAT OVER, BUT, BUT THE THING IS, I, I'M ASKING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I COULD SHARE IT WITH, UM, WITH RESIDENTS EXPRESS CONCERN, IT'S ALREADY PUBLIC, IT'S UP ON THE WEB.
WHEN DID YOU IT WAS, IT'S PUBLIC.
I'M GONNA BE SHARING IT WITH RESIDENTS.
I'M GONNA, YOUR THOUGHTS ON IT? NO PROBLEM.
SO IT WAS POSTED, UM, THE VERSION THAT WAS JUST HANDED OUT JUST NOW HAD BEEN UPDATED FOR, UH, LANGUAGE PURPOSES.
THERE WAS NOTHING SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED FROM WHAT WAS POSTED ON THE SITE.
UM, IT WAS THE INTENTION OF THE BOARD TO MAKE THAT KNOWN WHEN DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING TONIGHT.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER POINT ABOUT, UH, SUNSET CLAUSE, JUST IN THAT POINT, THE, THE COMMENT OF THE CONTROLLER WAS ADDED, YOU KNOW, WHEN SHE MADE THAT COMMENT AFTER LOOKING AT THE RESOLUTION THAT IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE AND SAVE, UM, A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS ADDED TO THIS POSITION.
WAIT, THE ATTORNEY, OH, SORRY.
ONE OTHER COMMENT WAS THAT THE SUNSET CLAUSE IN THE A DU LOCAL LAW WAS A LOCAL LAW.
SO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED, IT'S NOT A LOCAL LAW.
UM, I DON'T SEE HOW YOU COULD APPLY SUNSET CLAUSE.
WE COULD, WE COULD, WE COULD PUT IN THE RESOLUTION THAT, UH, AT THE END OF A, I'M ALSO A LAWYER AND PASS THE BAR.
UM, AND I SHOULD SAY MY INTERPRETATION OF THE LAW IS THAT IF WE PASS THE RESOLUTION, WE HAVE THE ABILITY OF SAYING THIS IS THE POLICY THAT WILL CONTINUE, UH, TILL THE END OF, END OF THE YEAR OR, UM, FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.
AND THEN AT THE END OF THE PERIOD OF TIME, THE TOWN BOARD IS REQUIRED TO, UM, UM, UH, REVIEW WHAT WE'VE DONE AND, UM, AND THEN WOULD HAVE TO, UM, UH, EITHER APPROVE CONTINUING THE POLICY OR MAKE CHANGES.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK MOST PEOPLE THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO, PRACTICALLY EVERYBODY, THEY DON'T THINK ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL SHOULD BE GETTING, UH, THE, THE BUYOUT BECAUSE THEY THINK IT'S A, A MISUSE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
UNLESS WE DECIDE, UNLESS THE BOARD DECIDES THAT YOU WANT TO GIVE IT TO EVERY PART-TIME EMPLOYEE,
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UM, UH, WHICH WOULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE.BUT, AND I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GONNA WANNA DO THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T TREAT YOURSELF DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU'RE TREATING, UM, HARDWORKING, UH, PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.
AND MAYBE YOU SHOULD REVIEW THE LANGUAGE IN THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU DECIDE IF IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR A SUNSET CLAUSE FROM YOUR LEGAL PERSPECTIVE.
I, I'VE PASSED THE BAR AND ON THE FIRST TIME AND, UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
SO DID YOU WANT NO, NO, BUT I, I'M NOT PRACTICING, BUT I'M, I KNOW HOW TO READ.
SO, MR. COOPER, DAVID, YOU ON MUTE? YEAH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR, UH, UH, GIVING ME THE TIME.
I, UH, DID REQUEST TO BE, UH, ON THE, TO BE HEARD, I GUESS THE EMAIL WENT TO MY JUNK JUNK FOLDER.
UH, I SIGNED ON JUST IN TIME TO HEAR, UH, THE SUPERVISOR, UH, PULL THE, UH, RESOLUTION OFF THE AGENDA TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, I WOULD SAY TWO THINGS ABOUT THAT.
AND I, AND I, AND I, I SAY THIS WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, BUT I BELIEVE PROCEDURALLY AND ALSO CONSTITUTIONALLY, UM, THE WAY THAT THAT WAS PRESENTED WAS IMPROPER.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT I, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS YOU KEPT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR PUBLIC COMMENT SO THAT THE NEIGHBOR COULD SPEAK, THEN CLOSED PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEN SAID YOU WERE PULLING IT FROM THE AGENDA.
UM, YOU ALSO THEN INDICATED YOU WERE PULLING IT FROM THE AGENDA TO TRY TO, UH, COMPEL AN APPLICANT TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING.
YOUR BOARD HAS ASKED US TO RESPOND TO ALL THE COMMENTS OF THE NEIGHBOR.
WE DID THAT IN, IN A COMPREHENSIVE MEMO.
AND, AND GOING THROUGH, THROUGH, THROUGH THE COMMENTS IN THAT MEMO, WE HAVE SAID, WE MET WITH A NEIGHBOR EARLY ON, MR. MR. FINER.
AND THEY STILL ARE TELLING US EVEN TONIGHT THAT THEY WANT THE, THE PROJECT DENIED.
THEY NOW, THEY JUST, THEY JUST THREATENED TO SUE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S, THAT, THAT A A, A PARTY THAT IS, THAT IS GONNA BE A PRODUCTIVE MEETING.
NONETHELESS, HAD YOU, MR. SUPERVISOR APPROACHED US AND SAID, HEY, I MAY HOLD THIS OFF THE AGENDA.
UH, UN UNLESS YOU, YOU, YOU DISCUSS IT, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN ONE THING.
BUT THE WAY THAT THAT JUST WENT DOWN RESPECTFULLY, I DON'T THINK IT'S PROPER.
THEREFORE, I WOULD ASK THAT IT BE PLACED BACK ON THE AGENDAS, THE EXTENT YOU COULD TAKE IT OFF AND IT'D BE VOTED ON TONIGHT.
IT'S REALLY, REALLY NOT PROPER.
WHAT I WOULD SAY IN CONCLUSION IS, UH, MR. FINER, YOU, YOU, YOU SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT HOW THE LAND USE PROCESS CAN GET EXPENSIVE OR BUSINESSES IN THE TOWN BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE INS AND OUTS AND, AND THE LOOPHOLES THAT THEY HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH JUST TO GET AN APPROVAL.
I WOULD SAY THIS IS EXHIBIT A.
YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU'VE GOT AN APPLICANT WHERE THAT IS, THAT HAS RESPONDED TO EVERY SINGLE COMMENT THAT YOU HAVE ASKED US TO DO.
AND EVERY OTHER BOARD MEMBER HAS ASKED US TO RESPOND TO AND STAFF YOUR PLANNING BOARD, ET CETERA.
AND, AND WE'RE TOLD TONIGHT, HEY, YOU DON'T NEED TO SHOW UP TO THE, TO, TO THE TALENT BOARD MEETING TONIGHT 'CAUSE YOU'RE JUST GETTING A VOTE TO, FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE NOT GONNA HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING.
THAT'S EXHIBIT A AS TO AS TO AN ABUSE OF THE PROCESS.
SO I WOULD ASK RESPECTFULLY THAT THIS BE PLACED BACK ON, ON THE MM-HMM
ON THE AGENDA, AND IT'D VOTED ON TONIGHT.
UH, I JUST, AS I SAID, I MADE A COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.
I REMEMBER SPEAKING TO YOU AND I SAID, I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT THE SHED, WHICH IS A BIG EYESORE, AND YOU'VE HIGHLIGHTED THAT, UM, SHOULD BE, UM, SHOULD BE REMOVED.
AND I SAID, AS A SIGN OF GOOD FAITH, YOU KNOW, I, I ASKED, WE HAD MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, AND I SAID, COULD YOU REMOVE IT AND SHOW THE COMMUNITY THAT, UH, THEY COULD TRUST, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE APPLICANT IS, YOU KNOW, IS DOING.
AND I FEEL THAT, UM, THAT, UH, SOME MANY TIMES, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD, WE'VE TURNED CONTROVERSIES AND WE'VE GOTTEN THE COMMUNITY TO BUY IN, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THE PROCESS.
AND THERE'S BEEN GIVEN RESPECT TO MR. SUPERVISOR, ARE YOU GONNA GO FIRST THIS TIME AND NO, I SAID I'M HOLDING IT OVER AND I HAVE A RIGHT TO HOLD IT OVER, BUT I, RIGHT.
BUT MR. COOPER'S HOLDING OVER DOESN'T PUBLIC SPEAKER FOR THE FIRST TIME, SOMETHING THERE'LL BE RIGHT.
THE ONLY, THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY TO THAT IS, IS IF, IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, AT THE APPLICATION THAT SHED IS ALREADY BEING, IS GONNA BE DEMOLISHED WITH THE APPLICATION.
SO WHY DON'T YOU, WHY DON'T YOU DEMOLISH IT? NOW, THIS IS NOT A MAJOR ISSUE FOR THE APPLICANT.
THE APPLICANT HAS ALREADY SAID THEY'LL, THEY'LL REMOVE THE SHED.
SO FOR, FOR, FOR THE BOARD TO NOW SAY, WELL, UH, WE ARE NOT GONNA HOLD YOUR PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'RE GONNA HOLD YOU HOSTAGE UNTIL YOU DO SOMETHING THAT WE, THAT, THAT YOU, THE SUPERVISOR ASKED.
AND YOU'RE NOT ASKING TO REMOVE THE SHED, YOU'RE SAYING MEET OR DO SOMETHING, REMOVE THE SHED.
THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE.
NOR IS IT APPROPRIATE TO DO SO AFTER CLOSING THE PUBLIC COMMENT WITH IT ON THE AGENDA.
NO, YOU SPEAKING, BUT LET ME SAY SOMETHING, MR. SUPERVISOR, YOU'RE GONNA ABIDE BY THE RULES.
HE STILL HAS A MINUTE AND 26 SECONDS LEFT ON THE CLOCK.
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I'M ASKING HIM THE QUESTION.WE ALREADY TOLD ANOTHER, WE ALREADY TOLD CONSTITUENT THAT THIS IS THE FORM FOR CONVERSATION.
LET, I'M GONNA ASK YOU, I'M ASKING YOU A QUESTION BECAUSE WE DON'T, WE DIDN'T ADOPT ANY RULES RIGHT NOW.
SO AS, SO THE QUESTION I ASKED THESE RULES, THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU, MR. VISOR, IF YOU BASICALLY TO REMOVE, LEMME SAY IF YOU WOULD, UH, AGREE TO, TO FOR YOUR CLIENT TO IMMEDIATELY, UM, TAKE STEPS TO REMOVE, UH, THE SHED.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE DONE, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT A MOTION, MOTION FOR RECESS BECAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA TAKE A LONG TIME TO REMOVE IT.
BUT YOU START, YOU SAY, WE'RE GONNA, UH, CONTRACT NOW TO REMOVE THE SHED.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BASICALLY DO THE WORK, YOU KNOW, QUICKLY, UH, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE, UM, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, COUPLE WEEKS, THEN I WOULD NOT HOLD IT OVER BECAUSE THAT'S THE, THAT'S BASICALLY THE PROMISES I MADE.
SO IF YOU COULD, IF YOU COULD ALL, ALL I WANT HEAR THAT, AND I WANT THIS PUT, PUT ON THE RECORD, IS, IS THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TOWN BOARD TELLING MY CLIENT THE APPLICANT THAT IT WILL NOT HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL THIS SHED IS, IS DEMOLISHED? NO.
IS THAT WHAT, IS THAT WHAT I I'M ONLY, I'M NOT ONE MEETING.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE SAYING.
I'VE BEEN REVIEWING PAST LITIGATION.
WELL, I I SHOULDN'T BE SPEAKING ENOUGH, BUT, OKAY.
SO SAY SOMETHING, DAVID, THAT'S FINE.
PAST LITIGATION WHERE SOMETHING'S LIKE THIS ONE WAS A FIRE TRUCK, ANOTHER WAS A REFERENCE TO THE, WHERE ONE CASE WAS $6.5 MILLION, ANOTHER ONE WAS $9.5 MILLION.
BECAUSE OF THE, IN, IN BOTH CASES, IT HAD VOWED UNDUE PRESSURE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT CAUSED TO, UH, THE BOARD, UH, TO NOT FOLLOW PROCESS.
AND SO, I, I AM NOT SO SURE WHAT DAVID IS SAYING ABOUT THE WAY YOU DECIDED TO HOLD IT OVER.
AND THE RECORD, PUBLIC RECORD ARCHIVED VIDEO STREAMED, UM, WENT ABOUT YOU DECIDING TO HOLD IT OVER.
SO, SO I DON'T SUPPORT IT, BUT JUST, JUST FOR THE RECORD, IN CASE THERE'S A DEPOSITION COMING AT SOME POINT, UH, OUR RULES STATE THAT ANY MEMBER CAN HOLD IT OVER.
IT'S REALLY NOT A DEBATABLE THING, EVEN THOUGH HE STARTED TO DEBATE HIS OWN HOLDING IT OVER.
UM, BUT, UH, WE, WE WOULD NEED, I BELIEVE WE WOULD NEED THE SUPERVISOR TO WITHDRAW HIS, HIS, UH, HOLDING THIS OVER.
THE SUPERVISOR SPOKE, UH, REGARD RESPONDING TO THE COMMENT, UM, IT WAS HIS OPINION THAT HE WANTED TO HOLD IT OVER.
UM, IT'S SCHEDULED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, THE, UM, CANNOT INTERVENE IN THAT PROCESS.
UM, SO, UH, PUBLIC HEARING WILL GO FORWARD.
SO THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL GO FORWARD.
PUBLIC HEARING WILL GO FORWARD.
THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHAT WILL GO FORWARD, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE, UH, AUTHORITY TO NOT HAVE IT GO FORWARD ACCORDING TO THE RULES.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING OUR DEBUTANT SAYING THAT WE CAN'T HOLD IT OVER.
NONE OF US CAN, WE CAN'T HOLD IT OVER.
UH, EVERY ITEM ON THE AGENDA COULD BE HELD OVER, UH, CAN'T BE POSTPONED INDEFINITELY, BUT EVERY BOARD MEMBER HAS A RIGHT TO HOLD OVER.
UM, ANY, UM, ANY MATTER, UH, THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
AND WE AND EVERY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HAVE HELD OVER, UM, ITEMS ON AGENDA.
SO IF THERE'S A RESOLUTION AND BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO HAVE MORE TIME TO REVIEW IT, UM, OR WANNA BASICALLY, UM, UH, HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UH, WE CAN'T CHANGE OUR POLICIES JUST BECAUSE SOME MEMBER, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT DIFFER WITH IT, BUT I, BUT AGAIN, IF WE WANNA SAY THAT THE BOARD NO LONGER HAS THE RIGHT TO HOLD OVER ANY BOARD MEMBERS NO LONGER HAVE THE RIGHT TO HOLD OVER ANY ITEMS, THEN WE HAVE TO COMPLY.
UH, IT HAS TO BE FOR EVERYTHING.
UM, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T JUST DECIDE THAT I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN'T HOLD OVER SOMETHING WHEN EVERYBODY, WHEN OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE HELD OVER MANY ITEMS IN THE PAST, WELL, WELL, THIS IS THE ISSUE.
YOU, YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO HOLD IT OVER.
BUT AFTER HEARING FROM FROM DAVID WHY IT'S, IT'S IMPROPER FOR YOU TO HOLD IT OVER, THIS REMINDS ME OF THE FORTRESS BIBLE CASE, WHICH COST THE TOWN 6.5 $0.5 MILLION PLUS, UH, MILLIONS BORN ATTORNEY FEES, WHERE THE SUPERVISOR TRIED TO EXTORT A FIRETRUCK.
IT'S A FAMOUS CASE, A FIRETRUCK.
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YOU DON'T WANNA MOVE FORWARD AND YOU WON'T ALLOW THEM TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING UNLESS THEY TAKE DOWN A SHED.HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT? YOU, YOU MIS YOU MISCHARACTERIZING WHAT? I SAID, I HAVE THE RIGHT TO HOLD OVER AN ITEM FOR ONE MEETING, NOT INDEFINITELY.
UM, SO I BASICALLY AM ASKING THE APPLICANT TO, UM, MEET WITH THE RESIDENTS AND TRY BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE RESIDENTS, WHICH IS WHAT I'VE DONE HUNDREDS OF TIMES SINCE I'VE BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, SUPERVISOR.
UM, THE FORTRESS BIBLE SITUATION WAS DIFFERENT BECAUSE THAT WAS A A, A CHURCH AND THERE'S A, A LUPA LAW.
IT'S A FEDERAL, UM, LAW THAT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO, UH, UH, TURN DOWN, UM, APPLICATIONS FROM CHURCHES, SYNAGOGUES, UH, YOU KNOW, MOSQUES.
THIS IS TOTALLY, THIS IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
THERE'S NOTHING IN THE LAW, UM, THAT WOULD SAY THAT, UM, IF WE DELAY SOMETHING FOR TWO WEEKS, UM, IT'S THE, IT'S, IT, IT CAUSE UM, YOU KNOW, LITIGATION, I MEAN, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, UM, THE FAIL PROPERTY THAT WAS HELD OVER, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE, WE'VE HELD IT OVER.
OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE HELD IT OVER FOR, FOR, WHAT IS IT, LIKE TWO YEARS OR SOMETHING? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS.
UH, THE, UH, THAT
AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED IN FORTRESS BIBLE.
BUT I I, I'M, I'M HOLDING IT OVER SO HE KNOWS.
SO GETTING BACK TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, I THINK WE NEED TO ABIDE BY THE RULES, RIGHT? SO THERE'S THE FIVE MINUTE PERIOD ALLOTTED.
UM, WE WANNA TREAT EVERYBODY EQUALLY AND THE SAME.
WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO RECEIVING WRITTEN COMMENTS IF YOU HAVE FURTHER COMMENTS, UM, AND HAPPY TO REVIEW THEM.
AND AS FAR AS THE BOARD MEMBERS, UM, IF YOU COULD, UH, DO YOUR BEST TO FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE THAT YOU, YOU'VE AGREED TO, UM, ALTHOUGH NOT FORMALLY ADOPTED YET, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, YOU'D BENEFIT FROM ALSO BEING ON THE CLOCK.
PERHAPS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP, UM, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER THE TIME OF THE PUBLIC AND RESPONDING AND REBUTTAL PERIODS, UM, TO MAKE THIS A MORE EFFICIENT BOARD MEETING.
SPEAKING OF TIME, ON THE CLOCK, ON THE CLAUSE, MAYBE HE WANTS TO COMMENT YOU, YOU KEEP KEPT SAYING IT WAS, IT WAS IMPROPER.
BUT DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, CASE LAW THAT STATES THAT, UH, A GO, A CASE LAW THAT STATES THAT MUNICIPAL BODIES, UH, CAN'T USE UNDUE INFLUENCE FROM THE PUBLIC AND, AND HOW THEY HANDLE PROCEDURES? I, I DO COUNCIL SHEEN, AND IN FACT, THAT WAS THE CASE I WAS REFERRING TO.
I, I DIDN'T WANT TO, TO JUST COME OUT AND SAY IT 'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S A SENSITIVE MATTER IN THE TOWN, BUT ABSOLUTELY.
UM, YOU, YOU CAN'T USE YOUR PROCEDURES TO EXTRACT SOMETHING FROM AN APPLICANT, NOR CAN YOU, NOR CAN YOU HOLD, UH, A APPLICANT HOSTAGE TO GET SOME QUOTE UNQUOTE BENEFIT.
UM, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WAS JUST SAID HERE.
THE SUPERVISOR SAID, I'M GOING TO HOLD THIS OVER UNTIL THIS, THIS SHED IS DEMOLISHED.
WHICH BY THE WAY, AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE DEMOLISHED RIGHT, AS PART OF THE PROJECT.
THIS, THIS IS NOT A, YOU KNOW, A, A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE.
SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST DO IT NOW? OKAY.
THAT'S WHAT I THINK THAT'S JUST BEEN STATED THAT YOU NO, YOU CAN'T CONTINUE SPEAKING.
YOU GOTTA STOP INTERRUPTING ME EVERY TIME I TALK.
SO HE HAS JUST EXPLAINED THAT IT'S PART OF THE PROCESS ANYWAY.
AND SO YOU ARE CONTINUING TO EXTORT THIS IN THIS PROCESS, WHICH IS IMPROPER.
SO YOU'RE GONNA GET US INTO ANOTHER SITUATION OF LITIGATION.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANNA HAPPEN? NO.
BASICALLY WHAT I WANT TO DO IS I WANT HAVE THE COMMUNITY, JUST LIKE WE DID WITH, YOU KNOW, THE TAXI ERODE SIDEWALK, JUST LIKE WE DID WITH SO MANY OTHER APPLICATIONS OVER THE YEARS, WHEN THE COMMUNITY BASICALLY FEELS GOOD ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT, THEY BASICALLY ARE MORE RECEPTIVE TO, UM, UH, WORKING, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH THE APPLICANT.
AND I SORT OF FEEL THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T TRUST GOVERNMENT, AND THEY FEEL THAT THE GOVERNMENT, THE PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT, UM, ARE GONNA RAMP THINGS, UH, UH, DOWN PEOPLE'S THROATS.
AND THEY FEEL THAT GOVERNMENT DOESN'T ALWAYS LISTEN.
AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS NOT KILL A PROJECT.
I'M TRYING TO GET THE APPLICANT AND THE COMMUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER TO SEE IF WE COULD GET, UH, SOME SORT OF CONSENSUS.
AND I, I FEEL, BASED ON WHAT I'VE DONE MY WHOLE CAREER AS TOWN SUPERVISOR IS WHEN PE WHEN THE COMMUNITY BASICALLY FEELS THAT GOVERNMENT IS LISTENING TO THEM, IT'S SO MUCH EASIER.
I DON'T WANT, WE HAVE NEIGHBORS HERE WHO ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT, IF THERE'S A COUPLE LITTLE GESTURES THAT ARE GONNA MAKE THEM FEEL BETTER ABOUT THE PROCESS, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.
I'M NOT EXTORTING, I'M NOT, I'M BASICALLY TRYING, I THINK MY PROPO, WHAT I'M DOING IS ACTUALLY GONNA HELP, UH, THE APPLICANT RATHER THAN HURT THE APPLICANT BECAUSE IT'S
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GOING TO GENERATE, UH, TRUST AND IT PROBABLY WILL EXPEDITE, UM, ANY, UM, ANY REVIEW PROCESS BECAUSE IF THE COMMUNITY IS, UM, IS, YOU KNOW, MORE SUPPORTIVE AND THERE COULD BE SOME GIVE AND TAKE AND SOME COMPROMISES AND SOME DISCUSSIONS BY EVERYBODY, UH, THEN, UH, WE COULD SAVE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD SAVE MANY, MANY, YOU KNOW, MONTHS, YOU KNOW, THE AVALON APPLICATION, UM, MR. SUPERVISOR, PLEASE, YOU'VE GONE ON LONG AND, AND, AND YOU'RE, AND YOU'RE CONTRADICTING YOURSELF.SO MY PHILOSOPHY, YOU'RE CONTRADICTING YOURSELF IN SAYING THAT PEOPLE WANNA TRUST A GOVERNMENT, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA TRUST A GOVERNMENT WHO'S TRYING TO EXTORT SOMETHING.
IT'S NOT EXTORTING, IT'S BASICALLY SAYING, I WANT TO GET THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE COMMUNITY TO, WE NEED TO GO ON WORK TOGETHER.
THAT'S, I MADE A PROMISE TO
I DON'T THINK THE PROMISE HAS GONE AWAY.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING, I, I, THE APPLICANT STATED, APPLICANT HAS STATED SEVERAL TIMES, AND I REMEMBER WHEN THEY CAME BEFORE US, SAID THAT THAT SHED WAS GOING TO BE REMOVED.
SO I'M NOT, IS THERE, I GUESS THIS IS, I DON'T WANNA DO A BACK AND FORTH BECAUSE I WANNA STAY IN RULES.
WHAT I'M MISS WHAT I PERSONALLY AM MISSING HERE.
ARE THEY TELLING YOU THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO THE SHED? IS THERE, IS THERE SOMETHING WITH THE SHED? BECAUSE HE, THE APPLICANT MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT, AND I REMEMBER WHEN YOU GUYS CAME IN FRONT OF US THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE REMOVED.
SO DID SOMETHING CHANGE IN THE PROCESS TO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M NO, NO.
THIS IS, THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER BEEN TOLD UNTIL YOU, YOU, YOU WON'T GET A PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL YOU, UNTIL YOU SHED EXACTLY.
I I I, I DON'T WANT, DON'T WANT, SO CAN I, CAN I, CAN I, CAN I, ALRIGHT.
CAN I REQUEST OR MAKE A MO MAKE A MOTION TO GO INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? BECAUSE I THINK SECOND, ALL FAVOR.
ARIAN, CAN YOU BRING US BACK? MAKE US RIGHT, PLEASE.
OH, COULD I JUST MENTION ONE THING BEFORE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, SOME OF THE RESIDENTS, THEY INDICATED THAT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY, I THINK YOU NEED TO OPEN, NOT NECESSARILY NEED TO OPEN.
UH, UH, I SO THE PROCESS PRESIDING OFFICER, YOU'RE NOT, WE JUST WANNA OPEN A MEETING UP.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ARGUE ABOUT THAT.
I WANTED JUST SAY THAT I SPOKE TO, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, RESIDENTS AND MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR, YOU KNOW, THE KNOWLES, UH, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY AGAINST THE APPLICATION, BUT THEY BASICALLY WANT TO BE HEARD.
AND, UM, THEY, YOU KNOW, ONE OPTION WOULD BE TO CONSIDER, UM, THEIR PROPERTY TO CHANGE THE ZONING TO THE R 30, UM, ZONING BECAUSE THAT WOULD, UM, UH, FACILITATE NEW PLANNING OPTIONS AND HELP THEM, UM, GET A SOLUTION.
SO THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, A NIMBY IS, THIS IS NOT SOME, SOMEBODY SAYING, WE'RE DEAD SET AGAINST THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO KILL THIS AT ALL COSTS.
THE NEIGHBORS, I BELIEVE, ARE MORE THAN WILLING IN THIS INSTANCE TO, UM, UH, TO HAVE A DIALOGUE AND TO WORK, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH ALL OF US.
SO I SUBMIT MR. SUPERVISOR, JUST LEMME UNDERSTAND.
USING YOUR REBUTT MR. THE TOWN SUPERVISOR, IS THIS YOUR THIRD THREE MINUTE REBUTTAL? I'M THE SUPERVISOR.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO TELL ME NOT TO.
SO BASICALLY ALL I'M ASKING THE TOWN BOARD IS TO RESPECT MY RIGHT TO, UM, HOLD IT OVER, WHICH I DON'T UNDER, I DON'T, I THINK WE NEED TO BE, I THINK, FIRST OF ALL, CAN WE ALL STOP? CAN WE ALL STOP PLEASE? LET'S JUST STOP.
FIRST OF ALL, WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA IS TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS.
IT IS NOT TO PASS, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO WE CAN HEAR, WE CAN HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC.
IT'S JUST SCHEDULING A PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO IF YOU I, I, I DON'T, OKAY.
AND THAT'S, AND AGAIN, I, I, I SYMPATHIZE WITH YOU.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR.
SO, UM, AS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY AT THE WORK SESSIONS, I'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD'S RECOLLECTION.
UH, IT WAS DISCUSSED WAS A FIVE MINUTE COMMENT PERIOD.
I BELIEVE MR. SUPERVISOR HAD INDICATED HE WOULD GO LAST.
IF YOU WANNA GO IN THE ORDER THAT YOU'RE SEATED, AS YOU'VE BEEN DOING TONIGHT, UM, I THINK IT'S BEST TO CLARIFY THAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE.
AND, UM, I BELIEVE YOU DISCUSSED THE THREE MINUTE REBUTTAL PERIOD AND, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO KEEP TRACK, I THINK PERHAPS WE SHOULD RUN THE CLOCK IF THE BOARD THINKS THAT'S BEST.
BUT I THINK AT THIS TIME, I THINK WE'RE READY TO MOVE THE, I THINK WE'RE READY TO MOVE THE MEETING.
WE SHOULD BE MOVING THE MEET UP WAS THE SECOND FROM, BUT, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
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TO SUSPEND, TO SUSPEND THE RULES MM-HMMREGARDING, UH, THE ABILITY TO HOLD SOMETHING OVER.
UH, AND THERE WAS A SECOND, AND NOW IF YOU'RE ASKING WHO THE SECOND WAS, LUIS? YEAH.
BUT, UM, TO OPEN THE MEETING FROM, WAS PAUL OPEN THE MEETING? OH, I SECOND.
I THOUGHT YOU HAD A SECOND ON YOURS.
THERE WAS A SECOND FROM THE OPENING THE MEETING.
WHO WAS THE SECOND? I THOUGHT I SECONDED.
WELL, DIDN'T HAVE THE NO, I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR.
THE REASON WHY WE'RE TAKING THIS EXTRAORDINARY, UM, MEASURE IS BECAUSE THE TOWN HAS A VERY EXPENSIVE HISTORY OF IN THE PAST DOING WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HAPPENING TONIGHT.
WE HAD THE FORTRESS BIBLE CASE WITH THE FIRETRUCK THAT THEY COULDN'T PROCEED AND IT WAS A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION.
THEY COULDN'T PROCEED WITHOUT DONATING A FIRETRUCK.
UM, IN THAT CASE, NOT ONLY DID THE JUDGE RULE AGAINST THE TOWN, THEY DEEMED THE TOWN TO BE IN BAD FAITH IN LEGAL TERMS, THAT'S THE WORST WORD YOU CAN, WORDS YOU CAN HEAR.
AND THAT CASE WAS $6.5 MILLION PLUS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF ATTORNEY FEES.
THE DRUM ROAD CASE, WHICH WAS MORE RECENT, THE JUDGE IN THAT CASE ALLOWED THE JUDGE'S OPINION IN THE FORTRESS BIBLE CASE TO BE INTRODUCED.
THAT WAS $9.5 MILLION PLUS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
AND IN THE FORTRESS BIBLE CASE, IT WAS THE NEIGHBOR'S INFLUENCE, BUT IT WAS ALSO THE TRYING TO EXTORT SOMETHING JUST TO, TO A PROCESS.
IN THAT CASE, IT WAS A SECRET DETERMINATION.
UM, AND SO WE JUST CAN'T AFFORD THIS.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE ONLY PERSON ON THE BOARD NOW WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE FORTRESS BIBLE CASE IS SUPERVISOR FINE.
AND SO WE TOOK THIS VERY DRASTIC.
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WE'VE EVER HAD TO USE IT.
BUT WE JUST CAN'T AFFORD MORE LITIGATION THAT WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA LOSE AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY OUT JUST BECAUSE IT MAKES SOMEBODY FEEL GOOD FOR THE MOMENT.
AND I DON'T LIKE, I DON'T LIKE TO USE THIS, BUT I, I AM GOING TO VOTE YES ON SUSPENDING THE RULES.
UM, 'CAUSE FRANKLY, WE DON'T FINANCIALLY HAVE A, I HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE.
AND I JUST WANT TO, UH, MENTION AS I DID A FEW SECONDS AGO, MR. SUPERVISOR, IS THIS YOUR REBUTTAL PERIOD? THAT THE KNOWLES, UM, THAT THE RESIDENT, THAT THE GOAL IS NOT TO KILL THE PROJECT.
THE GOAL IS TO WORK A COMPROMISE.
YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND I, I BELIEVE THAT I, YOU KNOW, MR. MR TO MAKE AN CHAIRMAN.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IF WE ALL SAT DOWN BEFORE THE HEARING, I THINK WE COULD, UH, MAKE A LOT OF PROGRESS.
AND I FEEL THAT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE LITIGATED BECAUSE I, I'M CONVINCED THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO RESOLVE THIS TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE RESIDENTS.
AND WHY, YOU KNOW, MY GOAL IS FOR RESIDENTS TO FEEL, UH, PROUD OF, UM, OF THE TOWN AND TO FEEL THAT THEY'RE BEING LISTENED.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE APPROACH.
HE DOESN'T PAY ATTENTION TO THAT.
BUT THIS IS A DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
ON WHAT? MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES? NO, HE'S TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
HE'S, NO, IT'S ONS NOT DISCUSSION ON SUSPENDING THE RULES.
NO, WE WERE, WE WERE, SHOULD BE GOING FORWARD WITH THE RULES FOR EVERYBODY BUT MYSELF.
WE JUST WANT YOU TO FOLLOW THE RULES THAT WERE BEFORE.
BUT YOU BASICALLY NOBODY, WE, THAT'S ALL AT THE BEGINNING OF MEETING.
I'LL REITERATE WHAT THE RULES WERE FOR ANOTHER TIME SO THAT EVERYBODY HAS IT CLEAR IN THEIR MIND, FRESH IN THEIR MIND.
YOU HAVE NOT VOTED ON THE MOTION TO SUSPEND.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WHAT WE'RE SUSPENDING THE RULES FOR.
I DON'T RECALL VOTING ON THE, WE SAID AYE.
THERE WAS A VOTE TO SUSPEND NO RULES.
DO YOU WANNA DO IT AGAIN? I CALLED IT OKAY.
DID WE VOTE BEFORE? I DON'T THINK SO.
UH, MEETING? NO, THAT'S THE OBAMA MEETING.
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OKAY.WE NEED TO, SO NOW WE NEED, NOW WE NEED TO GO FORWARD WITH THE MEETING, RIGHT? WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH THE MEETING.
[ TB 1 - 05/27/2026 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute an agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and Odell House Rochambeau Headquarters related to the management of property and creation and operation of the Odell Rochambeau Museum]
ONE, UM, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND ODELL HOUSE ROSHAMBO HEADQUARTERS RELATED TO THE MANAGEMENT OF PROPERTY AND CREATION AND OPERATION OF THE ODELL ROSHAMBO MUSEUM.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT AS AMENDED.
[ TB 2 - 05/27/2026 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh requesting the preparation by the New York State (“NYS”) Legislature of legislation authorizing the alienation of certain parkland for the installation of solar canopies at Anthony F. Veteran Park parking lot sites when said installations are above existing parking lot areas and do not inhibit or reduce any aspect of this park’s recreational function]
TB TWO RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG REQUESTING THE PREPARATION OF THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE OF LEGISLATION AUTHORIZING THE ALIENATION OF CERTAIN PARKLAND FOR THE INSTALLATION OF SOLAR CANOPIES AT ANTHONY VETERAN PARK PARKING LOT SITES WHEN SAID INSTALLATIONS ARE ABOVE EXISTING PARKING LOT AREAS AND DO NOT INHIBIT, UM, OR REDUCE ANY ASPECT OF THE PARK'S RECREATIONAL FUNCTION.[ TB 3 - 05/27/2026 Resolution authorizing playing Cable T.V. access political programming in advance of the June, 2026 primary election]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PLAYING CABLE TV ACCESS POLITICAL PROGRAMS IN ADVANCE OF THE JUNE, 2026 PRIMARY ELECTION.[ TB 4 - 05/27/2026 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh reducing medical insurance costs to the Town by capping medical insurance amounts for elected officials and basing buyout amounts on the net cost of medical insurance to the Town]
TB FOUR IS BEING HELD OVER TILL THE NEXT MEETING.I'M HOLDING IT OVER TILL THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, UH, RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF VOLSON T ONE MOSCOWITZ EDELMAN, A T ONE
[ AT 1 - 05/27/2026 Resolution approving the continued retention of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP to represent the Town and requested Greenburgh Police personnel in the matter of Kristin Stein v. The Town of Greenburgh, et al., for an amount not to exceed $50,000, $1,000,000 in total]
A T ONE, UM, TO REPRESENT THE TOWN AND REQUESTED, UH, GREENBURG POLICE PERSONNEL IN THE MATTER OF KRISTEN STEIN VERSUS THE TOWN OF GREENBERG ET AL, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 50,001 MILLION IN TOTAL.UM, UH, UH, RESOLUTION AUTHOR A T TWO A T TWO RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM FILE NUMBER 85 25 C BY AMERICAN FAMILY.
I'M SORRY, DID YOU SAY INSURANCE? YEAH, SO, UM, OUR OFFICE HAD REQUESTED THAT BE HELD OVER, WHICH WAS DISCUSSED YESTERDAY.
OH, SO WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT 'CAUSE WE VOTED ON.
SO WE NEED TO, UM, IF YOU COULD, UH, MOTION TO, TO RE, UH, RESCIND AND, UH, OKAY.
MOTION TO RESCIND A T ONE SECOND.
NO, UM, RESIN, THE MO MOTION, THE, THE AFFIRM VOTE.
AND IS THAT THE REQUEST THAT THE TOWN ATTORNEYS? YES.
I JUST HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION.
UM, UH, RELATING TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT I HELD OVER WITH TB FOUR.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE, UM, UM, BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING, UM, TO HAVE LIKE A MEMO HIGHLIGHTING, UM, THE POTENTIAL SAVINGS FROM THIS PROPOSAL? BECAUSE I SORT OF FEEL THAT, UM, THIS WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE COMMUNITY TO DIGEST, UM, UH, THE IMPACT OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO AND TO POTENTIALLY BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING TO ASK, UM, QUESTIONS.
SO MAYBE WE COULD ASK THE CONTROLLER, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, UM, UH, DO AN ANALYSIS WHICH WE COULD PRESENT TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT IS A MAJOR ISSUE WITH THE BUYOUT AND I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC WOULD WANNA KNOW WHAT'S IN IT, WHAT'S OUT, NOT IN IT.
UH, MAYBE PEOPLE WILL HAVE SUGGESTIONS AS TO WAYS WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER.
UM, SO THAT'S THE REQUEST THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL WRITE TO THE CONTROLLER, BUT I'M WONDERING IF, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, UM, THE BOARD WOULD BE, UH, RECEPTIVE TO.
FEEL FREE TO REQUEST A REPORT IF IT'S UP TO YOU.
UM, UM, AND WE COULD DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, IN DETAIL WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO AND THE IMPACT BEFORE THE NEXT, BEFORE THE NEXT, UM, MEETING C TWO SUBSTANTIAL RESOLUTION C TWO.
DO WE A TWO A T TWO A T TWO, OH, I'M SORRY,
[ AT 2 - 05/27/2026 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related Claim, File No.: 85/25C, by American Family Connect Insurance Co., a/s/o Latoya McNair & Brenda McNair, for an amount not to exceed $11,389.11]
A T TWO.UM, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM.
FILE NUMBER 85 25 C BY AMERICAN FAMILY CONNECT, INSUR, UM, INSURANCE, UH, A A SO, LAIA MCNAIR, AND BRENDA MCNAIR FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 11,389, UH, 11 CENTS.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR.
[ AT 3 - 05/27/2026 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related Claim, File No.: 68/26C, by Jasmin Beechum, for an amount not to exceed $10,481.33 (held over from Town Board Meeting of June 10, 2026)]
WAS ALSO REQUESTED HELD OVER, IT SAYS IT.C ONE IS, UM, UH, SOMEBODY WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION
[ CL 1 - 05/27/2026 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for Wednesday, June 10, 2026, at 7:30 PM, to consider a Zoning Map amendment petition and amended site plan application by Bethel Communities Management (“Bethel”) as it relates to a proposed expansion of an existing Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) located at 55 Grasslands Road, PO Valhalla [TB 25-05] ]
RESOLUTION, UH, CL ONE RESOLUTION, SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR WEDNESDAY JUNE 10TH, 2026 AT 7:30 PM TO CONSIDER A ZONING MAP, AMENDMENT PETITION, AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION BY BETHEL COMMUNITIES MANAGEMENT, ALSO KNOWN AS BETHEL AS IT RELATES TO A PROPOSED EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY CCRC LOCATED AT 55 GRASSLANDS ROAD, PO VAL HALLA, NEW YORK SECOND.I JUST WANTED, UM, I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANNA RE-ASK, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, I'LL VOTE FOR IT BECAUSE THE BOARD OVERRULED MY, UM, MY,
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UM, REQUEST TO HOLD IT OVER.BUT I'D LIKE TO ASK THE APPLICANT IF WE COULD SET UP A MEETING, UH, WITH, UH, RESIDENTS AND THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER MYSELF TO SEE IF WE COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE, SEE IF WE COULD GET, REACH SOME SORT OF COMPROMISES AND HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS AND DANCE FINE.
LET'S TAKE THAT OFFLINE PLEASE.
AND LET'S CONTINUE WITH THE ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CL 2 - 05/27/2026 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for Wednesday, June 10, 2026, at 7:30 PM, to consider an amended site plan application by 1 Lawrence Ardsley LLC (“1 Lawrence St. Applicant”) as it relates to the proposed construction of an approximately 110,000 sq. ft. contractor storage yard for a scaffolding business and an unrelated off-street parking area for separate cargo truck storage located at 1 Lawrence Street, PO Ardsley [TB 25-03] ]
CE TWO RESOLUTION, SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10TH AT 7:30 PM TO CONSIDER AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION BY ONE LAWRENCE ARDSLEY.UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF AN APPROXIMATELY 110,000 SQUARE FOOT CONTRACTOR STORAGE YARD FOR A SCAFFOLDING BUSINESS AND AN UNRELATED OR STREET PARKING AREA FOR SEPARATE CARGO TRUCK STORAGE LOCATED AT ONE LAWRENCE STREET AND ARDSLEY.
[ CL 3 - 05/27/2026 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for Wednesday, June 10, 2026, at 7:30 PM, to consider a Local Law, entitled “Battery Energy Storage System Pilot Program”]
RESOLUTION SCHEDULING PUBLIC HEARING FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10TH AT 7:30 PM TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW ENTITLED BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM PILOT PROGRAM.[ CL 4 - 05/27/2026 Resolution authorizing closing Penny Lane on Sunday, June 14, 2026, from 2:30 PM to 6:30 PM, for the Edgemont Community Council to hold its Southern Greenville Neighborhood Block Party]
FOUR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CLOSING PENNY LANE ON SUNDAY, JUNE 14TH FROM TWO 30 TO 6:30 PM FOR THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL HOLD.ITS SOUTHERN GREENVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, BLOCK PARTY.
[ CD 1 - 05/27/2026 Resolution (1) accepting a supplemental $200,000 award in connection with a Community Development Block Grant administered by Westchester County for construction funding for the Dobbs Ferry Road sidewalk project; and (2) authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a related contract]
CD ONE RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A SUPPLEMENTAL 200,000 AWARD IN CONNECTION WITH A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ADMINISTERED BY WESTCHESTER COUNTY FOR CONSTRUCTION FUNDING FOR THE DOBBS FERRY ROAD SIDEWALK PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE A RELATED CONTRACT.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND YE CD TWO
[ CD 2 - 05/27/2026 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh accepting private easements in connection with the construction and implementation of traffic signal and sidewalk improvements at the intersection of Ardsley Road and Fort Hill Road]
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ACCEPTING PRIVATE EASEMENTS IN CONNECTION.UH, SO, UM, THAT ONE'S AS WELL NEEDED TO BE HELD OVER.
UH, WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT THE, UH, HOMEOWNERS HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE THEY WOULD LIKE SOME ADDITIONAL TIME TO, UM, WHICH ONE? PROPOSE AMENDMENTS.
[ CR 1 - 05/27/2026 Resolution authorizing the purchase and installation of updated gym equipment at the Theodore D. Young Community Center, at a cost not to exceed $9,500]
CR ONE, UH, AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF UPDATED GYM EQUIPMENT AT THE THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER IT TO COST NOT TO EXCEED $9,500.[ CO 1 - 05/27/2026 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2025 budget transfers]
C ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET TRANSFERS.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR.
[ PR 1 - 05/27/2026 Resolution authorizing the Town of Greenburgh's Department of Parks and Recreation to accept a $250 donation from the Kiwanis Club of Hartsdale for the Nutrition Program]
ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION TO ACCEPT $250 DONATION FROM THE KIWANIS CLUB OF HARTSDALE FOR THE NUTRITION PROGRAM.I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ PR 2 - 05/27/2026 Resolution authorizing the execution of a $148,670 grant agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the County of Westchester to provide site and home-delivered meals ]
PR TWO RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF 150 48,670, UH, GRAND AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER TO PROVIDE SITE AND HOME DELIVERED MEALS.[ PO 1 - 05/27/2026 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a medication and supply replenishment agreement with Phelps Memorial Hospital Association]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE A MEDICATION AND SUPPLY REPLENISHMENT AGREEMENT WITH PHELPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION.[ PW 1 - 05/27/2026 Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Works to go to bid to replace the existing retaining wall at Town of Greenburgh DPW yard]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO GO TO BID TO REPLACE THE EXISTING RETAINING WALL AT TOWN OF, OF GREENBURG DP W YARD.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR.
[ PW 2 - 05/27/2026 Resolution authorizing the Town of Greenburgh to enter into a trial agreement with Samsara Incorporated for a thirty-day trial of fleet vehicle dash cameras, at no cost to the Town]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN OF GREENBURG TO ENTER INTO A TRIAL AGREEMENT WITH SAMSARA INCORPORATED FOR A 30 DAY TRIAL OF FLEET VEHICLE DASH CAMERAS AT NO COST TO THE TOWN.[ PW 3 - 05/27/2026 Resolution rescinding PW-2 – 04/08/2026 authorizing the Department of Public Works to go to bid for a contract for the Emergency and On Call Sewer, Water and Street Excavation Repair and Restoration Services-2026]
RESOLUTION, UH, RESCINDING PW 2 4 8 2026 AUTHORIZING DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO GO TO BID FOR A CONTRACT FOR THE EMERGENCY AND ONCALL SEWER, UH, WATER AND STREET EXCAVATION REPAIR AND RESTORATION SERVICES.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE.
[ PW 4 - 05/27/2026 Resolution extending the 2025 contract for the Emergency and On Call Sewer, Water and Street Excavation Repair and Restoration Services previously awarded to Morano Brothers Corporation, on an as-needed basis ]
RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE 2025 CONTRACT FOR THE EMERGENCY AND ONCALL SEWER, WATER AND STREET EXCAVATION REPAIR, PW THREE AND, UH, RESTORATION SERVICES PREVIOUSLY WATER TO, UM, MURANO BROTHER CORPORATION ON AN AS, UM, NEEDED ON, UM, BASIS, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, BASIS.UM, YOU KNOW, I HAD, UM, SECOND, YOU KNOW, QUESTION ON THAT.
UM, WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO, UM, UH, HAVE THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A, A VERY LARGE CONTRACT TO HAVE THE COMMISSIONER OF, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC WORKS, UM, ANN MURANO, UH, MEET WITH THE TOWN BOARD, UM, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, VOTE ON THIS, I I MEAN, IF WE, THIS IS AN EMERGENCY.
THIS IS THE EMERGENCY CONTRACT I'M ASKING.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE CLEAR WHAT THIS IS.
THIS IS THE EMERGENCY CONTRACT, BUT I'M, I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UH, WE ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, TO REVIEW, UH, THE PROCUREMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, COSTS.
AND I JUST, I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S GONNA BE ANY, UM, YOU KNOW, KNOW ANY, UH, PROBLEMS FOR THE TOWN, UM, IF, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD, YOU KNOW, MORE DETAILED DISCUSSION, UM, UH, AT THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, AT THE WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY.
I'M NOT ASKING, I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, KILL
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IT.WELL, I'M JUST SAYING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANNA SPEND MORE TIME IN THE NEXT, UM, YEAR REVIEWING ALL THE CONTRACTS FROM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND I FEEL THAT, UH, AGAIN, I'M NOT AGAINST IT.
ALL I'M ASKING IS FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS TO MEET WITH THE TOWN BOARD ON TUESDAY TO EXPLAIN IT.
AND AGAIN, TO EXPLAIN ABOUT THE MEMORANDUM CONTRACT.
THE ONLY REASON WHY I'M, AGAIN, THIS IS NO, THIS IS NO ARGUMENT.
PLEASE, I WANNA, BASICALLY, THIS IS NO ARGUMENT.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE ONE AT A TIME.
I'M SORRY, I JUST, I JUST, I'M JUST, I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR.
SO PW FOUR IS EXTENDING THE 2025 EMERGENCY ONCO SEWER CONTRACT, RIGHT? SO WE'VE ALREADY, WE'VE ALREADY HAD EXPERIENCE WITH MURANO BROTHERS.
THEY HAVE THE BALLPARK NOW, EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE OVER HERE ON NORWOOD ROAD.
I'M JUST, I'M, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THE CONCERN.
I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY YOU WOULD NOT, 'CAUSE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS BETWEEN NOW AND TUESDAY, WELL, I'M SAYING WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT.
WELL, WE COULD ALWAYS, UH, HAVE A CONTRACT FOR A SHORT, YOU KNOW, A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, BUT IT'S FOR EMERGENCY.
THIS, THIS IS NOT LIKE A LONG ALL I'M ASKING, ALL I'M ASKING, ALL I'M ASKING IS, UM, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH US HAVING EMERGENCY, YOU KNOW, CONTRACTS FORMED THE PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE AND BASICALLY, UM, UH, WE SAID WE'RE GONNA BE REVIEWING, UH, ALL CONTRACTS THAT ARE GONNA BE, UH, YOU KNOW, AWARDED.
I WANT TO SPEND MUCH MORE TIME, UM, REVIEWING EVERY CONTRACT BEFORE IT'S AUTHORIZED, BECAUSE I FEEL THAT'S A POTENTIAL AREA OF SAVINGS.
CAN I WANNA LOOK AT THE BIDDING, YOU KNOW, PROCESS? AND I'M SAYING, AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING THAT I'M AGAINST THIS.
ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT I'M WONDERING IF THE TOWN BOARD, IF THERE'S, IF WE HAD A, A WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY, WE INVITE THE COMMISSIONER TO EX, YOU KNOW, ANSWER QUESTIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, EXPLAIN, UH, THE EMERGENCY CONTRACT AND THEN WE COULD HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING NEXT TUESDAY, WHICH IS LESS THAN A WEEK FROM TODAY.
YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING THAT I THINK THAT WILL BE, THIS IS THE SAME CONTRACT, SAME PART.
WELL MAYBE I'M, I GUESS YOU ALREADY REVIEWED THIS.
LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU ACTUALLY STOP SPEAKING BECAUSE THEN I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS.
I'M ASKING IF IF THERE, I WE HEARD WHAT YOU ASKED.
I THINK, I THINK I'M JUST ASKING.
I'M JUST ASKING IF THERE, IF THERE'S ANY, IF THERE'S ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE TOWN, IF WE COULD HAVE A MEETING WITH THE COMMISSIONER, BECAUSE THE COMMISSIONER SHOULD BE AT OUR WORK SESSIONS.
WE SHOULD BE, CAN WE RESPOND TO YOUR REQUEST? THE THING IS, I RETALIATION, DO YOU WANNA ASK IT AGAIN? CAN YOU RESPOND? YEAH.
SO THE MURANO BROTHERS ARE THE ONES THAT WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO OF THE LITTLE LEAGUE MAJOR SEWER MAIN BREAK, A A MAIN, THE SECOND LARGEST PIPE IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY WAS ON THE JOB AND GOT THEIR EQUIPMENT THERE THE FOLLOWING MORNING TO STOP THE UNDERMINING OF THE GROUND.
AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO WERE ACTUALLY AT THE SCENE AND STARTED TO SEE THE GROUND BELOW US START TO TO UH, SINK, THEY WERE ON TOP OF IT TO ACTUALLY, AND WE'RE LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND A CONTRACT WITH THE SAME TERMS AND COSTS AS 2025 AND GET THEM WHO ARE ABSOLUTELY IN INDISPENSABLE TO US RESOLVING THE EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE.
MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW THIS HARTSDALE AVENUE, UH, SEWER BREAK, SEWER BREAK.
THEY'VE BEEN THERE OTHER DAYS.
AND IF DELAYING TWO WEEKS IS NOT GOING TO BE HELPFUL.
AND CERTAINLY THE PEOPLE ON EAST DALE AVENUE ARE NOT GONNA BE APPRECIATIVE OF HAVING ANY DELAY IN US MOVING FORWARD TO RESOLVE THE, THE EXISTING CONDITIONS SO THAT WE CAN PURSUE A REPAIR AS OPPOSED TO A TOTAL PIPE GOING ALL AROUND THE BUILDING, WHICH COSTS WOULD BE BETWEEN 24 AND $29 MILLION, INITIALLY ESTIMATED TO BE 6 MILLION, THEN 9 MILLION, THEN 12 MILLION, THEN 17 MILLION, THEN 24 MILLION AND SET.
SO THIS COMPANY HAS PROVEN THEMSELVES.
AND SO THERE'S A MOTION IS SECOND ON THE FLOOR AND I'M CALLING FOR THE VOTE.
I, I, I HAD A FEW COMMENTS IF I COULD.
UM, SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, SO REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR, UH, CONTRACT, IT WAS PUT OUT FOR PUBLIC BID
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LAST YEAR AND INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT THAT WAS ADOPTED LAST YEAR, IT INCLUDED A PROVISION TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT ON THE SAME TERMS FOR TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PERIODS.WE'RE, YEAH, WE STILL HAVE ONE MORE YEAR AFTER THIS IF WE CHOOSE TO USE IT.
AND ALL I'M ASKING FOR
I WANT MAKE SURE, I WANT TO, I WANT TO, UH, I WANT TO, UH, SPEAK TO THE PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE.
I WANNA BASICALLY, UM, UM, UH, DO MY DUE DILIGENCE AND THEN I, I WANNA FEEL GOOD ABOUT, UM, ABOUT EVERY VOTE I HAVE ON EVERY CONTRACT BECAUSE AS EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD HAS SAID, WE HAVE THE MAJOR ISSUES, WE HAVE TO SAVE MONEY.
LEMME SEE IF I UNDERSTAND THIS WAY.
THE, THE BEST WAY, THE BEST WAY OF SAVING MONEY IS TO REVIEW OUTSIDE LEGAL COSTS, WHICH ARE EXORBITANT.
WE HAVE TO, UH, WE HAVE TO REVIEW, UM, UH, THE SALARY INCREASES, WHICH ARE UNNECESSARY TO, WE, WE HAVE TO REVIEW THE CONTRACT.
I I HAVE ONE MORE POINT IF I MAY.
SO REGARDING, UM, AND IT ACTUALLY QUITE RELEVANT TO SOME OF YOUR, YOU GOT MY VOTE SUBSTANTIVE, UH, COMMENTS AFTER THE FACT.
UH, YOU HAD SPOKEN ABOUT A PROCUREMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE A FEW TIMES, WHICH I'VE, I'VE SEEN IN PASSING, UM, EVEN RECEIVED SOME EMAILS FROM, UH, PERSONS.
HOWEVER, UM, I I, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY FORMATION DOCUMENTS OR ANY RESOLUTION OR ROSTER OF MEMBERS OR ANY SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH CREATION OF A COMMITTEE.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE ABLE TO CREATE A COMMITTEE FOR FINANCIAL PURPOSES ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THE BUDGETING PROCESS IN THAT.
HOWEVER, I, I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING AND I DON'T THINK MR. DANKO HAS EITHER.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST SEND THOSE DOCUMENTS, I WOULD LOVE TO LOOK AT THEM.
IT'S AN, I DEFINITELY WILL AN, A HOC COMMITTEE.
IT'S AN AD HOC COMMITTEE AND I ASKED THE BOARD IF I COULD DO IT MAY, IF I MAY, UM, IT'S AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.
AND, AND, AND THEY'VE BEEN MAKING DEMANDS OF PEOPLE HARASSMENT STAFF MEMBERS, WHICH IS TOTALLY UNTOWARD, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT HAS NOT BEEN LEGALLY FORMED AS PER THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY.
AND, AND THE, THE FACT THAT, UM, UH, A CONTRACT THAT NOT ONLY HAS BEEN VET WAS VETTED LAST YEAR WAS AWARDED AND THE CONTRACTOR PERFORMED ADMIRABLY AND ADMIRABLE DOES NOT EVEN DESCRIBE WHAT THEY DID.
AND YOU WANNA NOW HAVE THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN VETTED.
SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PROVEN.
I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I THINK WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THIS.
I THINK, I THINK IT WAS THE SECOND ONE.
AYE NOW, AYE, I'M GONNA ABSTAIN.
OKAY, SO WHO'S GONNA MOTIONED IT THEN? PAUL, ORIGINALLY I MADE THE VOTE.
AND ABSTAINED ON THE SUPERVISOR.
BUT WE DO HAVE TO SET A SPECIAL MEETING, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
WAIT, BUT I HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
I SPOKE WITH, UH, OUR LOBBYIST TODAY AND WE NEED TO SET THE SPECIAL MEETING FOR TUESDAY, NOT FOR FRI FOR FRIDAY OR MONDAY.
SO WE SHOULD SET UP FOR, FOR TUESDAY AT THE TIME OF OUR WORK SESSION AT FIVE 30, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOU WON'T BE FOR THE WORK SESSION.
ACTUALLY, TWO OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEEDED ON THERE, RIGHT? WHAT I THINK YOU STILL NEEDED TO HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING ON FRIDAY FOR ANOTHER ITEM, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY.
OKAY, WELL, OKAY, THIS IS, WELL THIS IS FOR THE SOLAR ACCOUNTING PIECE, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO, SO THAT'S NOT GONNA BE READY.
WELL, SO IF WE'RE NOT PUTTING SOLAR ACCOUNT, BUT ON HERE, UH, WE NEED TO PUT ANOTHER REASON.
I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE OTHER ITEM WAS.
WHAT WAS THAT? WAS IT JUNETEENTH? JUNETEENTH? THIS WAS ONLY JUNETEENTH.
JUNETEENTH JUNETEENTH, JUNETEENTH JUNETEENTH.
OKAY, SO THEN THE, AND POTENTIALLY, UM, I THINK A BOARD MEMBER FOR THE BOARD OF ASSESSMENT REVIEW, IF THEY'RE PREPARED, UM, THE JUNETEENTH, WHY CAN'T WE DO THAT ON TUESDAY AT A REGULAR, UH, YOU KNOW, WORK SESSION? BECAUSE IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IF WE DID A TUESDAY, IT'S NOT GOING TO IMPACT THE, EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD IS FOR THE JUNETEENTH EVENT.
SO IT'S, THERE'S REALLY NO NEED TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON FRIDAY JUST FOR THAT.
WHEN WE'RE GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE BASICALLY ARE GONNA BE VOTING ON OH
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YES.IT'S THE, UH, THE FLEET POLICY.
SO WE SO COULD THAT BE DONE? THE FLEET COULD BE TUESDAY, FRIDAY OR FRIDAY? FRIDAY AT FIVE 30.
NO, BUT I'M SAYING COULD WE DO IT ON TUESDAY WHEN MORE PEOPLE WATCH? NO.
WHY? WELL, WHY CAN'T IT BE DONE TUESDAY INSTEAD? I'M JUST ASKING YOU BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET THAT FLEET POLICY IN, IN EFFECT AND WE'D LIKE TO HAVE IT DONE BEFORE MONDAY.
SO WE'RE GOING STILL SET A, A SECOND ONE FOR TUESDAY AND THEN WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A SECOND ONE.
YEAH, WE GOTTA MAKE SURE WE DO THAT TUESDAY.
AND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE THEY SAY ON MONDAY WE'RE NOT READY.
THAT'S THE LAST, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE LAST THAT'S ADOPTED.
SO IT'LL BE A MOTION 10 TO THEN WE DO TUESDAY SET FOR DEFINITELY FOR TUESDAY, FIVE 30 AND THEN ALSO FOR FRIDAY.
[ Motion to hold a Special Meeting on Friday, May 29, 2026 at 5:30 PM, at the Greenburgh Town Hall Auditorium, 177 Hillside Ave, Greenburgh, NY to consider a resolution related to allowing solar canopies at the Anthony F. Veteran Park, and any other business that may be brought before the Town Board. ]
MOTION TO HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING ON FRIDAY, MAY 29TH AT 2026 AT 5:30 PM AT THE GREENBURG TOWN HALL AUDITORIUM, 1 77 HILLSIDE AVENUE, GREENBURG, NEW YORK TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION REGARDING JUNETEENTH AND ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT MAY BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD.WE HAVE TO MAKE THE SECOND MOTION.
WHAT'S THE SECOND? FOR TUESDAY.
FOR TUESDAY FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING.
OH, YOU WANNA SET THAT RIGHT NOW? YEAH, WE HAVE TO.
WELL, I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA DO THAT ON FRIDAY.
UH, MOTION TO HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING ON, ON TUESDAY.
JUNE 2ND, FIRST, UH, 2026 AT 5:30 PM UH, GREENBURG TOWN HALL AUDITORIUM.
1 77 HILLSIDE AVENUE, GREENBURG, NEW YORK TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION RELATED TO ALLOWING SOLAR CANOPIES AT THE ANTHONY VETERAN, UH, PARK AND ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT MAY BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD AT THAT TIME.