Nov 24, 2020 Town Board- Regular

WHEN I WAS DONE, I NERVOUSLY APPROACHED THE HOMEOWNER TO LET HER KNOW I WAS FINISHED, BUT HER GRACIOUSNESS AND SMILE WASHED AWAY ANY ANXIETY I HAD, AND SHE EVEN ASSISTED ON MAKING ME HOT CHOCOLATE.

GREAT.

, YOU'RE GONNA ENJOY.

ANYONE CAN ENJOY THIS.

GREAT.

NEXT WEEK, COOPERMAN, WHO IS, UM, THE ANGELS, UM, IN A PROGRAM, SOME GREAT WORK.

HE'S A, A STUDENT ORGANIZED AND, AND FOCUSED TO MAKE THE SNOW ANGELS PROGRAM.

UM, THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS MILES COOPERMAN AND I'M A SENIOR AT OUR IN THE SNOW ANGELS PROGRAM, SNOW TOWN OF GREENBURG THAT PROVIDES FREE SNOW SHOVELING SNOW ANGELS SEEKS TO GATHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM A TIME WHEN THEY'RE IN NEED.

THIS ORGANIZATION BY PAUL FINER, WHO WAS ACTED AS AN IN PROGRAM.

MY EXPERIENCE WITH SNOW ANGEL WITH MY GRANDPARENTS IN MIND, KNOWING I'D WANT SOMEONE LOOKING FIRST ARRIVE WHEN I ARRIVED IN MY FIRST DRIVEWAY, IT SEEMED ALL THE SNOW, WHILE HAVING A GREAT TIME BEING TOGETHER.

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SHE WAS GRATEFUL THAT SHE COULD TAKE HER WHEELCHAIR BOUND HUSBAND TO APPOINTMENTS AND TO GET GROCERIES.

THE WARMTH OF THAT EXPERIENCE AND OTHERS LIKE IT THAT YEAR LEFT ME WANTING TO HELP OUT AS MUCH AS I COULD.

SO DURING MY SOPHOMORE YEAR, I MOVED INTO MY CURRENT ROLE AS PROGRAM COORDINATOR.

FOR THESE PAST TWO YEARS, I'VE BEEN HELPED BY JARED TRELL, A STUDENT FROM EDGEMONT, WHO'S NOW IN COLLEGE.

LAST WINTER ALONE, WE HELPED TO FACILITATE THE REMOVAL OF SNOW FROM 60 DRIVEWAYS ACROSS EIGHT SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

WE HAVE SOME REGULAR VOLUNTEERS, AND EACH YEAR WE SEEK TO GROW OUR VOLUNTEER BASE AS THERE IS ALWAYS NEED FOR HELP.

I'M GRATEFUL TO THOSE WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED, AND I'VE ASKED MY A LOT OF MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY, AND I'M APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE EFFORT THEY PUT IN THROUGH MY POSITION AS COORDINATOR, I'VE CREATED MANY PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, AND I'VE REALIZED SNOW ANGEL'S NOT JUST A CHARITY, IT IS ALSO A COMMUNITY.

MANY OF THE GREENBERG RESIDENTS WHO WE ASSIST HAVE COME TO RELY ON OUR SERVICES AND ARE IMMENSELY GRATEFUL FOR OUR ASSISTANCE IN SOMETHING MANY WISH THEY COULD DO ON THEIR OWN.

MY PREDECESSOR, JOSH NOBLE, REALIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS COMMUNITY.

AND SO DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND WE HELPED A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT COORDINATING THE PROGRAM WITH LILY MOSKOWITZ , THE SNOW ANGELS COMMUNITY WOULD BE LEFT IN GOOD.

THE PROGRAM IS ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS.

IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HELP, OR ANGELS@GMAIL.COM, RAZOR GREENBERG AS COMMUNITY LENDING A HELPING HAND TO A NEIGHBOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOUR HARD WORK AND BIASED AS, UM, AS YOU ARE AND EFFICIENT AS AS YOU ARE.

UM, YOU KNOW, BEFORE, UH, YOUR INVOLVEMENT, UH, IT WAS NOT HALF AS GOOD AS AS IT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, NOW, AND I SAID, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA GO, UH, UH, YOU'RE APPLYING FOR COLLEGE, AND I JUST THINK THAT ANY COLLEGE THAT DOESN'T ACCEPT YOU WOULD'VE TO BE CRAZY.

UM, SO THEY SHOULD FIRE THE ADMISSIONS, UH, DIRECTORS BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU REALLY, UH, HIGHLIGHT THE BEST OF THE BEST IN, YOU KNOW, ANY COMMUNITY.

UH, YOU KNOW, DURING THE PANDEMIC, NOT ONLY DID YOU THE SNOW ANGELS, AS YOU SAID, BUT YOU WERE HELPING PEOPLE WITH FOOD, UH, YOU KNOW, DELIVERIES.

UH, YOU DO THE SNOW ANGELS, UH, YOU DON'T GET PAID, UH, YOU KNOW, TO DO THIS.

THIS IS VOLUNTEERISM AT, AT ITS BEST, AND IT REALLY MAKES GREENBERG, YOU KNOW, GREAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE MY SHOVEL AND I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO DOING WHAT I'VE DONE EVERY YEAR.

AND, YOU KNOW, IN VOL, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERING.

AND IT REALLY IS SUCH A INSPIRING PROGRAM.

YOU MEET PEOPLE WHO ARE FRAIL, WHO ARE ELDERLY, UM, WHO NEED, UH, THE HELP, BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T GET THE ABILITY, INDEPENDENCE, THE DRIVEWAY IS, UH, THEY'RE, UM, CLEARED.

SO THEY COULD, IT'S REALLY A, AN AMAZING, UH, THANKS TO YOU.

UM, IT'S, THANK YOU, PAUL.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

SO NOW, UM, INTERRUPTED AFTER, RIGHT? UM, RIGHT.

WELL, THIS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO NEXT WEEK ANYWAY.

OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

UM, I DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING, RIGHT? YEAH, NO.

UH, THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS TO CONSIDER THE 2021, UH, PRELIMINARY, UH, BUDGET.

NOW WE HAVE, UM, THE, UH, TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS.

[ To consider the 2021 Preliminary Budget (The budget is available on the town's Web site.)]

UM, I, UM, WILL, UM, BE CALLING ON, UH, ROBERTA ROMANO, THE, THE CONTROLLER WHO DID A, A REALLY GOOD JOB, UM, PREPARING, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET.

SHE WORKED REALLY HARD AND, UM, WAS ABLE TO, UM, HELP PROPOSE, UM, A BUDGET THAT HAS A HIGH TAX DECREASE, UM, NOT AN INCREASE.

UM, I THINK IT IS A SLIGHT DECREASE, UM, UM, WHICH IS, UM, WELCOME NEWS,

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ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, WORK OR HAVING HARDSHIPS DURING, UH, THE PANDEMIC.

UM, AND WE STAYED WITHIN THE FUND BALANCE.

UM, UH, ONE ISSUE THAT COMES UP EVERY YEAR IS, UM, THE TIF DISTRICT.

UM, WELL, MAY I JUST INTERRUPT YOU BECAUSE IF YOU WANT IT ON HEARING, I'D LIKE TO MOVE ALL IN FAVOR.

SO, AND, UH, BARBARA KNOWS, I'D JUST LIKE TO, UH, ONCE HER HELP IN PREPARING THIS BUDGET, SHE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN COMING UP A DECREASE, NOT A FLAT, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, POLICY.

THIS IS THE SECOND AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TAX, UM, INCREASE AND 0% NON TAX LEVY, UM, YOU KNOW, INCREASE.

UM, WE, SO, YOU KNOW, I REALLY, WE, WE MANAGED TO, UM, UM, NOT SPEND, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, AS MUCH.

UM, ONE ISSUE THAT WE DISCUSSED BEFORE THE BUDGET WAS UP WAS, UH, PRESENTED, WAS, UM, ELIMINATING THE TIF DISTRICT.

THERE ARE SOME LEGAL ISSUES BECAUSE, UM, UH, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, THE TIF DISTRICT HAS, UM, SERVES BASICALLY THE NORTH ELMSFORD, UH, SECTION OF, YOU KNOW, OF THE, OF THE TOWN.

UM, BUT, AND THE MONEY GO, THE MONEY WE COLLECT FROM THE DISTRICT ONLY GOES TO THAT DISTRICT.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, SEE, UM, IN THE FUTURE THE TIF DOLLARS GOING TO, UM, UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG THE B BUDGET RATHER THAN TIF DISTRICT.

HOWEVER, WE'RE, WE HAVE TO CHECK THE LAW, UM, TO, BECAUSE WE, WE CAN'T DO AWAY, THEY BASICALLY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOR THE TIF DISTRICT, I GUESS IS, I THINK OVER SIX MONTHS DISTRICT, UM, SAID IT WAS GONNA GO FOR THE NINE A BYPASS AND WHEN THAT'S GONNA BE FUNDED.

SO TO, UM, MAKE SOME, AND ROBERTA, DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? YES, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WILL PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT.

THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS YEAR HAS BEEN LIKE NO OTHER YEAR.

THE PANDEMIC PRESENTED THE TOWN WITH MANY CHALLENGES IN 2020, DUE TO THE MEASURES TAKEN TO COMBAT THE CHALLENGES, THE TOWN DID NOT SPEND AS MUCH MONEY AS IT EXPECTED AT SOMEWHAT WEATHERED THE STORM, BUT WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET.

THE 2021 BUDGET HAS REDUCED SPENDING FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.

THE 2021 BUDGET INCLUDES 15.6 MILLION IN TOWN ENTIRE, AND 11.9 MILLION IN TOWN OUTSIDE USE OF FUND BALANCES AND STILL REMAINS WITHIN THE FUND BALANCE POLICY ESTABLISHED BY THE TOWN.

PLEASE NOTE, THE TOWN ANTICIPATES FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THAT TO COME THROUGH, BUT IT DIDN'T INCLUDE IT IN THE BUDGET.

SINCE THE FEDERAL FUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED YET, THE BUDGET AIMS TO MEET THE GROWING NEEDS AND DEMANDS ON THE TOWN.

THE TAX LEVY IN BOTH THE TOWN AND TIRE AND TOWN OUTSIDE REMAINS THE SAME AS 2020.

AND THE BUDGET CALLS FOR A 1.41% TAX DECREASE IN TOWN, TOWN AND TIRE, WITH TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS OF 33.1 MILLION AND A 1.1400000000000001% TAX DECREASE IN THE UNINCORPORATED GREENBERG WITH TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS OF 87 VALUES USED TO CALCULATE YOUR APRIL, 2020 BILLS TRANSLATED INTO DOLLARS AND CENTS A HOME WITH AN ASSESSED VALUE OF 500,000 IN THE TOWN AND TIRE WOULD PAY $226 AND 31 CENTS IN 2021 VERSUS $229 AND 55 CENTS IN 2020.

AND IN THE TOWN OUTSIDE WOULD PAY $3,060 AND 92 CENTS IN 2021 VERSUS 3096 AND 77 CENTS IN 2020.

IN PREPARATION OF THIS BUDGET, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL FINER AND THE TOWN BOARD FOR THEIR HARD WORK.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE TOWN FOR THEIR COOPERATION ASSISTANCE.

GREAT.

ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK? YES,

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I WOULD.

MY NAME IS, I'M SORRY I'M MUTED MYSELF.

MURRAY BODEN AND ERIC ZINGER.

MURRAY, HAD YOU STARTED.

I WAS JUST ABOUT TO START.

TOWN AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, SETS THE TAX LEVIE THAT TOWN RESIDENTS WILL BEAR IN ORDER TO FUND TALENT OPERATIONS.

UM, MY NAME IS MURRAY BODEN.

IT'S KIND OF LOOKING AT THE, MY FAMILY, VANESSA.

IT DOES FOR THE WHOLE TOWN.

VERY CAREFULLY ITEMIZED HOW WE, BUT YOU MISSED THE BIG THING.

200 YEARS.

I, IT'S HARD.

SAIL AVENUE NEVER TOOK THE OLD ONE DOWN AT FIRE CHIEFS, FIVE FIRE CHIEFS.

THAT ONE, I MISSED WHAT HE SAID AT THE WORK SESSION, BUT MOST OF WHAT HE, HIS THOUGHTS WERE DECISION CAN CONSULT PANDEMIC SITUATION, BUT WE MADE, YOU'RE DISCUSSING , BUT THE BIG STUFF, A THIRD OF WHAT I PAID TO TOWN IN FIRE DISTRICTS, THEIR JOB.

I KNOW A LOT OF MY SON AND MY FAMILY'S BEEN IN BUSINESS IN YONKERS FOR 1930S IN THE LAUNDRY, DRY CLEANING, AND VARIOUS FORMS THAT MY SON IS THERE.

SADLY TO SAY, AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS, THE FAMILY BUSINESS MAY CLOSE LIKE MANY OTHER ONES.

THE PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN LOSE THEIR JOBS.

SOME OF 'EM, IT'S ABOUT TIME THEY CAN SUFFER.

NOBODY I KNOW HAS REDUCED THE STAFFING.

IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY USE A FIRETRUCK TO GO TO THE ACME SUPERMARKET.

SO THEY PUT MILEAGE ON IT, THEY SEND THE FIRETRUCK WHEN THEY SHOULD SEND AN AMBULANCE TO PUT MILEAGE ON IT.

I SAT IN THE MEETING PERSONALLY AND WATCHED THE CHAIR GIVE HER, REMEMBER HER FOR FAMILY, AN ASSISTANT CHIEF'S JOB.

I SAT THERE AND SAW IT MYSELF.

THAT'S NOT SECONDHAND KNOWLEDGE, THAT'S NEPOTISM.

WE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE MULTIPLE FIRE DISTRICTS THAT WERE, THEY'RE ALL PAID GERMAN.

NOW, SOMEBODY OUGHT TO BITE THE BULLET AND SAY, IT'S GOTTA CHANGE.

NOW.

YOU'RE NOT A YEAR FROM NOW.

BECAUSE IF YOU WATCH P B S PROGRAM TONIGHT, THEY WERE LINES OF PEOPLE STANDING UP TO GET FREE FOOD.

THAT'S THE PROGRAM I WATCHED BEFORE CAME ON THIS TONIGHT.

PEOPLE ARE STARVING.

PEOPLE CAN'T MAKE IT.

SOME OF THE MONEY THAT WE SAVED BY NOT HAVING 3, 4, 5 FIRE APARTMENTS CAN GO TO HELP PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED IT.

AND LET ME TELL YOU, I KNOW SOME AROUND HERE, SO COME ON, DO YOUR JOB.

GET THE GOVERNOR BY EXECUTIVE ORDER TO COMBINE THE FIRE DISTRICTS.

THIS IS AN EMERGENCY.

THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME DEAL.

IT'S RELATED TO BUDGET.

HOW MUCH I PAID AT GREENBERG IS THE SAME I PAID FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT.

LOOK AT ALL THE SERVICES I GET FROM GREENBERG.

I'VE REPEATED THIS TOO MANY TIMES.

YOU GET THE MESSAGE, AND THE MESSAGE REALLY IS, IF YOU CAN'T DO IT, COME TO THE NEXT ELECTION.

W TEAM TO DO IT HAPPENED IN WASHINGTON.

JUST LOOK NEWS.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

ANYBODY ELSE? YES.

UH, ERIC ZINGER.

AND THEN FOLLOWING ERIC ZINGER.

MY NAME IS ERIC ZINGER.

I AM A HARTSDALE RESIDENT AND I AM PRESIDENT OF THE HARTFIELD NASS ASSOCIATION.

UH, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN TONIGHT.

I BELIEVE THAT TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET IS THE MOST IN PUBLIC IMPORTANT PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE WILL HAVE THIS YEAR.

UH, THE OPERATING BUDGET SETS THE TONE FOR THE YEAR TO COME, THE PRIORITIES FOR THE

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OVERALL, IN MY OPINION, THIS IS A VERY GOOD BUDGET.

UH, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE TOWN, UH, WILL HOLD THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY FLAT YEAR OVER YEAR, AND THAT WE ARE HOLDING THE LINE ON SPENDING IN THE BUDGET.

UH, THIS IS NOW TWO STRAIGHT YEARS OF, UH, FLAT TAX LEVEES IN THE BUDGET, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE CENTRAL COMPONENT OF MY, UH, CAMPAIGN FOR TOWN COUNCIL, WHICH, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, BUT MY CENTRAL COMPONENT WAS THAT I WOULD NOT VOTE FOR A BUDGET FOR AT LEAST TWO STRAIGHT YEARS THAT WOULD RAISE THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY.

AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THIS HAS APPROACH HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY THE TOWN BOARD AND THAT THE BUDGET WILL REMAIN FLAT.

SO OVERALL, I THINK IT'S A REALLY STRONG BUDGET.

I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE, UH, PROPERTY TAX LEVY REMAINS FLAT IN THE TIME OF, UH, COVID ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY.

WE ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE FACING AHEAD, BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY RESIDENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING AND HAVE CONTINUED TO STRUGGLE.

SO, ON THAT NOTE, A A COUPLE SPECIFIC POINTS ABOUT THE BUDGET THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS.

TAX WILL FLAT, AND THIS IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE INCLUDED, UH, MORE ON THIS TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE ARE REPORT THIS MEASURE.

BUT WE ARE DRAWING DOWN AND THE TOWN WIDE BUDGET, WE'RE DRAWING DOWN 70% T O V.

NOW, THE TOWN SUPERVISOR, NO OFFER, YOU KNOW, TOWN GUIDELINES REGARDING FAIRLY, UH, YOU KNOW, MAINTAINING DOWN ON RESERVES WILL NOT BE AN OPTION AGAIN FOR THE 2022 BUDGET.

AND ABSENT A COMPLETE REVERSAL OF C OVID NINETEENS EFFECTS OR SOME LARGE FEDERAL BAILOUT THAT TRICKLES DOWN TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, EVERYONE ON THE TOWN BOARD AND OLD DEPARTMENT HEADS SHOULD BEGIN PREPARING FOR A 2022 BUDGET THAT'S EITHER GOING TO HAVE MAJOR TAX INCREASES OR MAJOR SERVICE CUTS.

YOU KNOW, UH, THIS, THIS IS GREAT THAT WE'RE HOLDING IT FLAT FOR THIS YEAR, BUT THIS IS A ONE-TIME SHOT.

UH, THIS WILL NOT BE AN OPTION AGAIN FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

UH, I'LL NOTE AGAIN, AND I'M GONNA SAY IT EVERY YEAR THAT I BELIEVE THAT FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE COMMUNITY RESOURCES, WHICH IS CURRENTLY PAID ENTIRELY OUT OF THE T V T O V BUDGET, I BELIEVE THAT AT LEAST SOME PORTION OF THE BUDGET FOR THAT PROGRAMMING PROGRAM THAT IS CLEARLY NOT RECREATIONAL IN NATURE SHOULD COME OUT OF THE A BUDGET.

WE HAVE A TOWN COMMITTEE IN THIS TOWN THAT HAS BEEN FORMED TO ADDRESS SYSTEMATIC RACISM.

SYSTEMATIC RACISM IS WHEN A DEPARTMENT WHOSE ENDEAVOR IS TO LESSEN THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY POVERTY, RACISM, AND CULTURAL DEPRIVATION IS ONLY PAID FOR BY PART OF THE TOWN.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE RECTIFIED, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IT RECTIFIED IN THIS BUDGET AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

REGARDING THE NINE A TIF DISTRICT, PAUL, EARLIER YOU NOTED, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COMES UP EVERY YEAR.

IT DOESN'T COME BRINGING IT UP AND BEGAN ADVOCATING FOR MILLION DOLLARS IN THE TIF DISTRICT.

AND THOSE, HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO REQUIREMENT AS SOON AS LEGALLY POSSIBLE.

AND THE ASSESSABLES WERE T O V BUDGETS TO HAVE TAX DOLLARS FROM THEIR ASSESSABLE BASE SPECIFIC AREAS OF EDGEMONT AREAS IN FAIRVIEW.

THE T O V BUDGET IS THE T O V BUDGET, AND WE HAVEN'T SPENT ANY MONEY OUT OF THAT BUDGET OUTSIDE OF, UM, TAX TERTIARIES, UH, A SMALL CURB PROJECT IN WHICH MOST OF THAT MONEY WENT TO THE VILLAGE OF ELMSFORD RESIDENTS.

EVEN THOUGH 95% OF THE TAX REVENUES COME FROM T O V RESIDENTS AND A SMALL ENGINEERING STUDY, THAT MONEY IS DESPERATELY NEEDED IN THE T O V BUDGET TO HELP SAVE OFF THE EFFECTS OF C OVID 19 AND SUPERVISOR FINER, I URGE YOU TO, UH, LOOK INTO REMOVING OR DISBANDING THAT DISTRICT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THERE, THERE IS NO, WE MIGHT HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE DETAILS, BUT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO LEGAL IMPEDIMENT OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD PREVENT US FROM DISBANDING THAT FULL STOP.

THERE IS NO LEGAL ARGUMENT FOR WHY WE CAN'T DO THIS, ONLY IF WE DON'T WANT TO.

ONE LAST POINT IS THAT, UH, RECENTLY THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT FOCUS ON CLIMATE ISSUES IN THE TOWN.

THERE'S THE RECENTLY PASSED TREE LAW, WHICH REQUIRES RESIDENTS WHO WISH TO TAKE DOWN TREES TO, UH, GO THROUGH A SERIES OF MOTIONS.

UH, THE TOWN HAS ENROLLED ALL RESIDENTS BY NEGATIVE CONSENT AND AN ESCO THAT WILL PROVIDE CLEAN ENERGY, BUT AT A 40% PREMIUM TO CONED RATES.

UH, THE SUPERVISOR AND THE TOWN BOARD IS CURRENTLY, UH, REVIEWING A PROPOSAL FOR RESIDENTS TO NO LONGER BE ABLE TO USE A, IN THE MAINTENANCE OF THEIR PROPERTIES, WHICH WILL LANDSCAPERS OR THE TIME FOR THOSE WHO FIGHT ALL THESE RECENT ACTIONS THAT THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE MUCH

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IN THE TOWN.

IT, IT SEEMS THE TOWN'S CONCERN WITH THE RESIDENTS, AND THAT WE'RE ONLY TAKING THESE IMPORTANT STEPS FOR ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE TO SUPPORT A LEAF BLOWER BED, NOT OPT OUTTA THE ESCO, THE TOWN SOLAR PANELS ON TOWN BUILDINGS, GREEN TOWN TO BE A LEADER IN THIS, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE, UH, UH, AN ENTITY NOT TO INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS.

SO IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE TO ME, BUT, YOU KNOW, MONEY BEHIND THIS, THEY'RE ONLY ASKING RESIDENTS TO BUY THE LEAF BLOWER BLAND.

AND I THINK TO BE A LEADER IN THIS REGARD, UM, THESE KIND OF ISSUES IS FLAT.

I THINK THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, I WANNA THANK, UH, ROBERTA ROMAN, UH, COMPARING THE BUDGET AND, UH, ANSWERING A NUMBER.

SHE DID A GREAT JOB IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, AND I, IN, UH, PREPARING THIS AND PRESENTING IT TO THE GOOD.

AND YOU SAID THE SOLAR PANELS.

WE WERE THE FIRST, UH, TO PUT SOLAR PANELS AT THE, YOU KNOW, TOWN HALL WAY BEFORE PEOPLE SOLAR.

UM, WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST , UM, AS PART OF OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE LIBRARY WAS DESIGNED, ASSISTED ON, UM, ON USING THAT, YOU KNOW, EFFICIENCY, WE REPLACED THE L E D.

UM, WE DID THAT A FEW YEARS WITH, UH, ELECTRIC FIG, PROBABLY THE FIRST COMMUNITY, UH, ONE DONATED, UM, ELECTRIC CAR, YOU KNOW, THE CARS.

SO WE COULD TEST THAT WHERE THE TECHNOLOGY BECAME, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, POPULAR.

SO TOWN HAS ALWAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, TRIED TO LEAD BY, UM, EXAMPLE, WE WERE THE SECOND COMMUNITY IN, UM, IN, UM, IN WESTCHESTER TO HAVE A FOOD SCRAP BY RECYCLING, UM, YOU KNOW, INITIATIVE.

SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING, UM, FOR WAYS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, BE GREEN AND TO LEAD BY, UM, YOU KNOW, LEAD BY EXAMPLE.

UM, BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO VERY DIFFICULT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT.

THIS YEAR IS A VERY DIFFICULT YEAR BECAUSE OF, UM, UH, THE PANDEMIC AND, YOU KNOW, PRIORITY WAS, UM, TO HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, A TA A FROZEN TAX, NO TAX INCREASE.

UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS, ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT I WOULD'VE LIKED TO DO.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE PANDEMIC IS OVER.

WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE FUND BALANCE, I DISAGREE WITH YOU THAT, UM, THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE PROBLEMS. UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE.

I THINK THE TOWN'S FINANCIAL SITUATIONS HEALTHY, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, BE FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE.

UM, AND $5, I THINK ROBERTA'S DOING A GOOD JOB OF, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE RUNNING AS TIGHT IN OPERATION AS, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, AS, AS POSSIBLE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH WASHINGTON AND I DO BELIEVE THAT, UH, THAT THERE WILL BE, UH, SOME FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, TO HELP LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

AND THAT MONEY WILL BE USED AND WILL REPLENISH SOME OF THE FUND BALANCE.

SO PAUL, JUST ONE THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE, BUT I DID NOT, I DID NOT.

WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER, RIGHT? OH, OKAY.

I'M SORRY.

OFFICIAL WEEMS. MS. WEEMS, ARE YOU THERE? PAT? YOU HAVE TO UNMUTE? YEAH, I'VE ASKED HER TO UNMUTE.

YEAH, YOU'RE COMING THROUGH FINE.

AS SOON AS I FIND MY NAME, I CAN DO THAT.

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ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

UM, CAN I LET ERIC ZENGER ANSWER HIS QUESTION? ANSWER? HE GETS TO SPEAK AGAIN.

OH, OKAY.

YEAH, I MISSED THAT AND I'M SORRY I DID BECAUSE HE KEPT FADING IN AND OUT ON MY SET ON MY SIDE.

BUT I CAN SPEAK TO, UM, WHAT MARY HAD SAID, AND IT'S IN THE, UH, BUDGET.

AND I THINK THAT, UM, HE'S QUITE CORRECT IN SO FAR AS CONSOLIDATING THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, SOMETHING THAT, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S GONNA SAVE US MONEY, BUT I KNOW WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS NOT SAVING ANY MONEY.

AND AS HE HAS SAID, OUR FIRE TAXES ARE REALLY OFF THE BOARD.

I, UM, WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW WE CAN MERGE THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND SEE IF IT IS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, UM, AS LONG AS EVERYONE AGES EXCEPT ME, BECAUSE I'M GONNA BE ETERNALLY 29, BUT MY MONEY IS NOT GROWING.

MY EVERYTHING JUST LEVELS OUT AT ONE POINT.

AND THEREFORE WE ARE MOVING TO AN ERA THAT PEOPLE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PAY THEIR TAXES.

AND THAT'S, AND IT'S BEING HELPED IN OTHER WAYS.

THINK THAT I AM GOING TO GO WITH, GOING TO ASK, UM, ERIC ZINGER SO I CAN ACTUALLY HEAR WHAT THAT I AM CONCERNED WITH.

SO AT THE NEXT VOTE WE COULD HAVE CONSIDERING LETTING US DO IT ON A ASK.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY WITH THE FIRE AUTHORITY TO, UH, MERGE THE FIRE, I'VE, I'VE PUSHED FOR THAT, THE CONSOLIDATION.

THERE WASN'T LOTS OF SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY IF YOU AND MURRAY WANT TO GET INVOLVED AND, UM, IT COULD ALSO ENCOURAGE THE FIRE DISTRICTS TO AT LEAST, UH, SIT IN AND PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSIONS.

I WOULD LOVE THAT BECAUSE, UM, BECAUSE I, I FEEL THAT, UH, WE COULD SAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY WITH EITHER CONSOLIDATION OR MORE SHARING OF THE FIRE DISTRICT.

WOULD, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE A LEADER AND NOBODY'S FOLLOWING YOU ON AN ISSUE, LIKE THE FIRE DISTRICTS AND I, I'VE TRIED MANY, MANY TIMES IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T DO IT ALONE.

I NEED THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO BE PART OF THIS EFFORT.

AND WE NEED, UM, RESIDENTS OF THE DIFFERENT FIRE DISTRICT TO SPEAK TO BOTH IN THE MEETINGS OF THE FIRE DISTRICT, UM, YOU KNOW, BOARDS, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO SPEAK AT, TO SCRUTINIZE, UM, BUDGETS AND SPENDING AND THEN TO, UM, TO TRY ENCOURAGING THEM TO COME TO THE, THE TABLE AND AT LEAST HAVE A DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, IF EVERYBODY WANTS, IS DOING THIS IN GOOD FAITH.

AND YOU HAVE THE THREE FIRE DISTRICTS IN TOWN, AND WE'RE NOT JUST, IT'S NOT LIKE A POLITICAL FIGHT, BUT WE'RE ALL LOOKING FOR WAYS MONEY AND, UH, WE WERE ALL WORK TAXPAYERS.

THE MAXIMUM THEY WORK, EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT YOU ONLY COLLECT THEM.

I, I DO WANNA SAY THAT I THINK THAT IT HAS TO BE, WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A REFERENDUM STATING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN DO JUST THAT.

BUT I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT WHEN OBAMA WAS IN OFFICE, I THINK WE WERE IN A DEPRESSION, AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA CLIMB OUT AS EASILY AS EVERYBODY THINKS WE ARE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR YEARS.

SO THEREFORE, THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING I KNOW SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE AND THE RESIDENTS WILL HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

SO I'M ASKING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A, UM, REFERENDUM PLACED ON THE BALLOT COMING UP, ASKING WHETHER OR NOT THE PEOPLE WILL BE WILLING TO AT LEAST THINK, LOOK INTO HAVING, UM, A CONSOLIDATION OF THE, UH, FOR FIRE DEPARTMENTS HEART STILL, YOU KNOW, THAT WE, WE CAN'T EVEN DO IT EVEN IF WE WANTED BECAUSE IT REQUIRE STATE, UH, LEGISLATION.

UM, UM, AND, UM, I MEAN, YOU WOULD HAVE TO REACH OUT TO THE STATE LEGISLATORS AND ASK THEM TO AUTHORIZE A REFERENDUM.

WELL, WE COULD DO IT ON OUR, WHEN WE VOTE FOR THE BUDGET FOR THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, WE COULD DO IT THAT WAY ALSO.

AND THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY OF, RIGHT.

WELL, I DON'T THINK YOU VOTE ON THE BUDGETS, YOU VOTE ON, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS.

NO, WE VOTE ON COMMISSIONERS.

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AND IF THEY DON'T, THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER I SOME WE COULD FIND SOME OTHER WAY TO DO IT.

AND I, WITH THAT, I'M STOPPING.

JUDITH, IS THERE ANYBODY WHO HASN'T SPOKEN ALREADY WHO WANTS TO SPEAK A FIRST TIME? NO.

I SEE.

NO, I DON'T HAVE, I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL NAMES.

I SEE MR. BOWDEN HAS HIS HAND UP.

DID DID HE WANNA SPEAK A SECOND TIME? OKAY, MURRAY? YES.

UH, PAUL, YOU ARE LIVING IN A WORLD THAT DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE.

EMPOWERING EITHER THE TOWN SUPERVISOR, MAYOR, OR COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO APPOINT COMMITTEES TO STUDY THE PROS AND CONS OF THE CONSOLIDATION AND REORGANIZATION OF LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, WITH A FINAL STEP BEING THE PLACEMENT OF A RECOMMENDATION ON THE BALLOT FOR VOTER APPROVAL OR REJECTION.

WHAT YOU SAID HAPPENED OVER YEARS AGO, BUT SINCE THE PANDEMIC AND OTHER THINGS HAPPENING, THE RULES ALL CHANGED.

THINGS ARE DONE BY EXECUTIVE ORDER.

IF YOU WAITED TO ASK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY'RE GONNA OF COURSE SAY NO.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY'RE GONNA DO? GIVE UP THEIR, YOU KNOW, CUSHY JOBS VOLUNTARILY? NO, EVERYTHING YOU SAID WAS TRUE AT THE TIME YOU SAID IT, BUT IS NOT TRUE TODAY.

THIS HAS TO BE DONE BY EXECUTIVE ORDER.

YOU HAVE TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE GOVERNOR'S STAFF AND REQUEST THAT HE, BY EXECUTIVE ORDER, COMBINE THE FIRE DISTRICTS.

THERE IS NO TIME TO WAIT FOR AN ELECTION.

THIS IS AN EMERGENCY.

THEY JUST RECON BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT HAS TO BE DONE QUICKLY.

IF THESE IN SHAPE, THIS IS RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT THIS IS A NEW WORLD.

A YEAR AGO, THIS PANDEMIC STARTED AND FOR YOU TO SAY, WE TRIED AND TRIED AND TRIED, BUT TODAY IT HAS TO BE DONE BY EXECUTIVE, THE EMERGENCY.

VERY, I DISAGREE WITH THAT.

I'M TRYING TO GO IN ORDER.

I KNOW THAT.

MR. ZINGER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANTED TO SAY? UH, THE ONLY DID EVERYONE HEAR, I KNOW PAT WAS SAYING, OR, OR WAS THERE SOME KIND OF CONNECTION? UH, AND THE ONLY GREAT, SO THEN THE ONLY, UH, MR. LEWIS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE THE ONE TO SPEAK, IS THE RO IMP THE ROUTE NINE A TIF DISTRICT DETAILS OF UNWINDING WORDING OF THE RESOLUTION, OR IS THE IMPEDIMENT, UH, EITHER WE DON'T THINK WE CAN DO THIS, WHICH I'D BE STUNNED IF THAT WAS THE CASE OR IF THERE'S SOME OTHER GROUP THAT'S ENCOURAGING US TO KEEP IT.

I, I'D LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, IF POSSIBLE, ABOUT WHAT IS PREVENTING US FROM DOING THIS TOMORROW AND WHAT IS PREVENTING US FROM DOING THIS IN JANUARY.

YEAH, THE ISSUE IS NOT DETERMINATION OR THE DISSOLUTION OF THE DISTRICT.

THE ISSUE IS WHERE THE MONEY THAT'S IN THE DISTRICT GOES, AND WE'D LIKE TO WORK THAT OUT.

I JUST, I JUST FOUND A LETTER THAT I WROTE IN RESPONSE TO, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, MURRAY'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE FIRE DISTRICT IN MAY.

I SENT A LETTER TO, UH, THE GOVERNOR, UM, AND I BASICALLY SAID, AND I'M JUST GONNA READ IT, I SAID, DEAR GOVERNOR CUOMO, ON THE, AND THIS WAS, UM, I THINK MAY 5TH, ON BEHALF OF RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, PLEASE ACCEPT MY SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP I'VE PROVIDED DURING A TRULY CRITICAL TIME IN THE LIVES OF PEOPLE, HAS DEVELOPED A NEW OPERATION OF MUNICIPALITIES DURING PERIODS OF EXTREME CRISIS.

YOUR PERSONAL EFFORTS WILL NO DOUBT BE REPLICATED BY MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE GLOBE, AND SURELY SAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF LIVES WITH THIS CONCEPT IN MIND.

THERE, A TOWN GOVERNMENT IS HOPING TO IMPLEMENT YOUR STATED MODEL OF SMARTER AND BETTER MUNICIPAL STRUCTURES FOR THE FUTURE, AND HAS BEEN EXPLORING A, A SERIES OF POSSIBLE POST PANDEMIC MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATIONS AND REORGANIZATIONS, WHICH COULD PROVIDE MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE SERVICE PROVISIONS UTILIZING A REDUCED BUDGET.

HOWEVER, THE AREAS WHICH WE ARE CONSIDERING PROPOSING CHANGES WILL REQUIRE STATE LEGISLATION OR AN EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM YOUR OFFICE.

SINCE THE 1980S, THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NEED TO CONSOLIDATE FUNCTIONS WITHIN GOVERNMENT, BUT VERY LITTLE HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.

I BELIEVE THAT LEGISLATION SHOULD BE AUTHORIZING FOR AN EXECUTIVE ORDER WRITTEN,

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THIS PROCESS WOULD PROVIDE THE VOTERS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER REFORM AND WOULD REDUCE THE ROLE OF SPECIAL INTEREST FROM SUCCESSFULLY PREVENTING THE REFORMS. I BELIEVE IT MIGHT BE WORTHWHILE FOR THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR TO CONSIDER UTILIZING OUR TOWN AS A MODEL FOR THE TYPES OF CHANGES YOU HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR SO MANY YEARS.

AND WE ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER ASSIGNING A MEMBER OF YOUR STAFF TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH GREENBURG, UH, TO STUDY FUTURE EFFICIENCIES IN OPERATIONS, WHICH MIGHT BE REPLICATED ACROSS THE STATE AREAS OF STUDY AND EXPLORATION COULD INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, AS AN EXAMPLE, CONSOLIDATION OF FIRE DISTRICTS, REORGANIZATION OF LOCAL PARKING DISTRICTS, RETURNING CONTROL, MUNICIPALITIES, CONSOLIDATION OF FIRE, AND A M T SERVICES ACROSS OUR UNINCORPORATED TOWN.

AND SIX VILLAGES, CONSOLIDATION OF SELECT, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS INCLUDING PAYROLL, IT, PURCHASING, RECYCLING, ET CETERA.

CONSOLIDATION OF, UH, SEVERAL LIBRARY DISTRICTS INTO ONE SYSTEM.

AS YOU ARE ACUTELY AWARE, UH, MAKING CHANGE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS FRAUGHT WITH STRUGGLE, DEALING WITH INTEREST GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH PERSONAL AGENDAS.

CHANGE IS DIFFICULT, UH, IN ANY SETTING, BUT GOVERNMENT SEEMS TO BE EVEN MORE CHALLENGING AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED IN THE CASE OF GREENBERG.

UM, LET'S SEE.

UM, UM, THE TOWN BOARD STRONGLY BELIEVES IS THAT ANY CHANGES IN OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE SHOULD REQUIRE A REFERENDUM VOTE BY RESIDENTS.

WE WOULD EXPECT TO JOIN MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY IN THE PROCESS AND WOULD CLEARLY REACH OUT, UH, FOR AND WELCOME INPUT FROM OUR CONSTITUENCY.

YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS PROCESS IS CRITICAL, AND I REMAIN AVAILABLE AT YOUR CONVENIENCE TO MEET WITH YOU OR A MEMBER OF YOUR STAFF TO DISCUSS THIS CONCEPT AND, UH, PROCESS IN MORE DETAIL WITH THE HOPE OF MEETING YOUR SHARED GOAL WITH GREAT RESPECT AND ADMIRATION ON PAUL FINER.

AND I SENT THIS OUT, UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IN MAY AND I STILL, YOU KNOW, I'LL SEND IT OUT AGAIN AND I'LL MENTION, UM, THAT THIS CAME UP AT A, AT A, YOU KNOW, A BOARD MEETING FROM RESIDENTS AND I'M WONDERING IF THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE COULD HELP US, UM, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS THIS.

BUT I THINK THIS BASICALLY SAYS EVERYTHING THAT BOTH MURRAY AND PAT RECOMMENDED.

TOO MANY WORDS.

YOU HAVE TO SAY IT THIS WAY, THIS IS AN EMERGENCY.

DO IT NOW.

EVERY, NOBODY'S EVER GONNA READ YOU A LETTER.

OKAY, WELL, I'M GONNA SEND IT TO YOU AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW WHAT, OKAY.

AM I, I DON'T LIKE ANYBODY TELLING ME THAT THIS IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO.

I DON'T LIKE ME AND I AND YOU GO DO IT.

I WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

AND THAT'S WHAT GOVERNMENT IS ALL ABOUT, MAKING A STATEMENT AND SAYING, I WANT THIS COLLECTIVELY, EVERYBODY VOTES.

IF NOBODY VOTES AND IT'S JUST THE GOVERNOR COMING IN TELLING ME WHAT TO DO THAT DOESN'T FLOAT WITH ME AND IT SHOULDN'T WITH YOU, MARY.

OKAY, WE HAVE A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANNA SPEAK OR ARE WE GONNA ADJOURN THIS HEARING THAT WE'RE GONNA ADJOURN IT TO DECEMBER 9TH.

I, I PROPOSE THAT WE ADJOURN THE HEARING TO DECEMBER 9TH.

[ To consider an Amended Site Plan and Special Permit Application by Eagle Energy Storage, LLC, for property located at 200 Knollwood Road Extension (P.O. Elmsford, NY) (This hearing will NOT be closed and no vote will be taken. It will be continued at the next Town Board meeting.)]

CONSIDER AN AMENDED SITE PLAN ON SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION BY EAGLE ENERGY STORAGE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 200 NORWOOD ROAD.

UM, UH, PO ELMSFORD, NEW YORK.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN UP THE HEARING.

AND WE'RE GONNA SAY IN ADVANCE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE NO VOTES TAKEN TONIGHT, AND THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD OVER AND CONTINUED AT THE NEXT MEETING.

BUT IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS ISSUE TONIGHT, THEY'RE WELCOME TO DO SO.

IF THEY PLAN TO DO SO.

DID THE APPLICANT WANT GIVE AN OVERVIEW? UH, I'M GONNA, UH, START WITH A FEW REMARKS, THEN WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE, UH, APPLICANT.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR FINER AND MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD FOR THE RECORD, GARY TUQUE, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.

THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS RELATED TO A SPECIAL PERMIT AND AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION OF EAGLE ENERGY STORAGE L L C FOR A PROJECT LOCATED PARTIALLY AT 200 NORWOOD ROAD EXTENSION, WHICH IS THE NORWOOD COUNTRY CLUB, PO ELMSFORD,

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NEW YORK.

ADDITIONAL LAND USE APPROVALS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG INCLUDE A PLANNING BOARD STEEP SLOPE PERMIT AND WETLAND WATERCOURSE PERMIT.

THE PROJECT ALSO SPANS INTO THE VILLAGE OF ELMSFORD.

THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF THE, OF THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF A 20 MEGAWATT BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM ON A PORTION OF THE KNOLLWOOD GOLF COURSE PROPERTY.

IN A MOMENT, THE APPLICANT WILL PRESENT THE PROJECT AND HIGHLIGHT WHICH PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT ARE PROPOSED IN EACH MUNICIPALITY.

ON OCTO, OCTOBER 14TH, 2020, THE TOWN BOARD DECLARED ITS INTENT TO BE LEAD AGENCY FOR SEEKER PURPOSES.

THE PROJECT PLANS AND APPLICATIONS WERE SENT TO VARIOUS INVOLVED AND INTERESTED AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE PLANNING BOARD, CONSERVATION ADVISORY BOARD, OR CONSERVATION ADVISORY COUNCIL, THE VILLAGE OF ELMSFORD AND THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORTATION AND CONSERVATION.

AT PRESENT, BECAUSE THE PLANNING BOARD IS YET TO ISSUE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION IS RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED THAT THE HEARING NOT BE CLOSED.

AND THIS COUNCILMAN SHEA NOTED, UH, THE TOWN BOARD WILL BE HONORING THAT, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ON OCTOBER 27TH TOWN STAFF COORDINATED AN ONSITE MEETING WITH VILLAGE OF ELMSFORD OFFICIALS, AS WELL AS THE ELMSFORD FIRE CHIEF UPDATES TO THE PROJECT WERE MADE.

IN RESPONSE TO THOSE COMMENTS RECEIVED AT THAT MEETING, WHICH THE APPLICANT WILL PRESENT, THE CONSERVATION ADVISORY COUNCIL PROVIDED COMMENTS TO THE TOWN BOARD VIA EMAIL LAST EVENING, AND THOSE COMMENTS WILL BE POSTED TO THE TOWN'S WEBSITE PROBABLY TOMORROW.

I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT WILL ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS AS PART OF ITS PRESENTATION, WHICH INCLUDES SOME GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MITIGATIONS TO REITERATE, THIS PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ADJOURNED AND NO VOTES WILL BE TAKEN ON THE PROJECT WITH RESPECT TO SEEKER OR LAND USE DECISIONS THIS EVENING.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE MR. LENO SHERETTA ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THE PROPOSAL TO THE BOARD AND PUBLIC.

I DO BELIEVE THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE HERE THIS EVENING WISHING TO SPEAK, SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DUQUESNE.

THIS, UH, MY NAME IS LENO SHERETTA ON BEHALF OF EAGLE ENERGY STORAGE, UH, PARTNERED WITH THE LAW FIRM, BANANO CONDI AND FRANK.

AND CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? YES.

NOW, TO THAT END, JUST SO BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, THE APPLICANT HAS LOOKED AT SEVERAL SITES THAT ARE, THAT ARE NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONE DISTRICT TO, TO ACCOMMODATE THIS PROJECT.

SO, UH, AS COMMISSIONER DU CAIN STATED, WE ARE PROPOSING A BATTERY STORAGE SYSTEM AT 200 NORWOOD ROAD, WHICH IS THE SITE OF NORWOOD COUNTRY CLUB.

UH, BEFORE I BEGIN THIS EVENING, I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR PROJECT TEAM.

SO, UH, WITH ME ON THIS VIRTUAL MEETING THIS EVENING, WE HAVE JAMES ROBINSON ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.

WE ALSO HAVE VINCE FARINO FROM FARINO AND ASSOCIATES, JOHN ROMEO FROM INSIGHT NORTHEAST ENGINEERING, AND WE ALSO HAVE THIS EVENING PAUL ROGERS AND GEORGE HOWE FROM ENERGY STORAGE RESPONSE GROUP.

NOW, SUPERVISOR FINER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TOWN STAFF TOWN ATTORNEY, WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED, UH, TO PRESENT THIS PROJECT TO THE BOARD THIS EVENING.

IT'S A PROJECT THAT WILL ENABLE CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY, SUCH AS SOLAR AND WIND TO BE STORED IN BATTERIES THAT ARE HOUSED IN CABINETS AND ULTIMATELY WILL BE CONNECTED TO THE T SUBSTATION, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE VILLAGE OF ELMSFORD.

THIS ENERGY THAT IS STORED WILL BE UTILIZED IN PEAK PERIODS OF ENERGY DEMAND.

NOW, WHILE THESE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS ARE STORING ENERGY, THEY, THEY CREATE ZERO LOCAL CARBON EMISSIONS AND WILL PRODUCE ENOUGH POWER JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL AN EXAMPLE, TO POWER 5,000 HOMES FOR AN ENTIRE DAY WITHOUT A RECHARGE.

NOW THIS FACILITY WILL INCREASE GRID EFFICIENCY, IT WILL INCREASE RELIABILITY AND REDUCE THE NEED FOR TRADITIONAL CARBON EMITTING SOURCES OF ENERGY, WHICH IS THE PREDOMINANT SOURCE OF ENERGY IN THIS PART OF, OF NEW YORK.

NOW, EAGLE'S PROPOSING TO INSTALL A 20 MEGAWATT ENERGY, UH, FACILITY, WHICH IS TUCKED AWAY, UH, IN A SECLUDED PIECE OF NO WOOD COUNTRY CLUB.

UH, BASICALLY YOU'LL SEE, AND WE'LL SHOW THIS TO YOU IN OUR PRESENTATION IN THE PARKING LOT ON AN EXISTING ACADEMY, UH, PARK, YOU KNOW, PARKING LOT, WHICH WE WILL IMPROVE.

UH, THE PROJECT IS LOCATED IN OUR 30 ZONE DISTRICT, WHICH PERMITS A PUBLIC UTILITY, WHICH IS USE SUCH AS THE USE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING BY WAY OF SPECIAL PERMIT.

NOW, THE BUILDING APARTMENT IN THEIR LETTER BACK OF NOVEMBER 12TH HAS DETERMINED THAT OUR PROPOSAL IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SPECIAL PERMITTED USE OF SECTION 2 85 1 0 1, UH, 10 DASH FOUR TOWN CODE.

AS PART OF THAT SPECIAL PERMIT AS A PUBLIC UTILITY, WE ARE REQUIRED TO SHOW THAT THESE FACILITIES ARE NEEDED TO SERVE THE TOWN OR THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO DETERMINATION BY THE TOWN BOARD THAT NO OTHER REASONABLE LOCATION IN THE DISTRICT OR IN A LESS RESTRICTIVE DISTRICT CAN BE UTILIZED FOR THIS PROPOSED FACILITY.

AGAIN, THAT'S SUBJECT TO OTHER CONDITIONS THAT THE TOWN BOARD MAY IMPOSE.

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UH, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S DICTATING THIS IS THE CONNECTION TO THE CONED SUBSTATION AND THE LACK OF AVAILABLE NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONE LOCATIONS.

WE SETTLED FOR THE NEXT BEST THING, WHICH WAS A SITE AGAIN SECLUDED, TUCKED AWAY THAT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE, WHICH IS SITUATED ON, ON A, ON AN EXISTING GOLF COURSE PROPERTY, AGAIN, AWAY FROM A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH WILL SHOW, UH, IN OUR, IN OUR PRESENTATION NOW AS PART OF NEW YORK STATE'S MANDATE IN SUPPORT OF ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS, NYSERDA IS PROVIDING INCENTIVES THAT WILL HELP ACCELERATE THE DEPLOYMENT OF THESE TYPES OF STORAGE PROJECTS.

IN FACT, THIS PAST YEAR, NYSERDA AND THE STATE HAVE COMMITTED OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO BENEFIT FROM THAT AND HOPEFULLY, UH, GET AN APPLICATION TO BENEFIT FROM THOSE INCENTIVES FOR THIS TYPE OF, UH, PROJECT.

I KNOW COMMISSIONER KAIN SPOKE ABOUT THE PROCEDURE LEADING UP TO TODAY.

UH, HE DID MENTION THAT WE ARE STILL DECLINING BOARD AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET A RECOMMENDATION SOON FROM THEM.

UH, WE DID MEET WITH THE TOWN AND VILLAGE OFFICIALS.

IN ADDITION, WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE LOCAL CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THIS PROJECT TO SEE IF WE CAN COME UP WITH A MUTUAL DATE AND TIME TO MEET ON SITE.

UH, TO DATE, WE HAVEN'T REACHED TO A MEET A MUTUAL DATE AND TIME, BUT WE ARE WILLING AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS TO COME OUT AND, AND VIEW THE SITE AND INSPECT IT.

UM, TO, TO THAT END, WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE VILLAGE OF ELMSFORD.

AS COMMISSIONER, UM, MENTIONED, THE VILLAGE OF ELMSFORD WILL BE INVOLVED IN THIS.

WHILE THE STRUCTURE ITSELF WILL BE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, THE ACTUAL CONDUITS IN THE CONNECTION TO CONED WILL REQUIRE US TO OBTAIN APPROVALS FROM THE VILLAGE OF ELMSFORD.

AND TO THAT EXTENT, THE, THE ELMSFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO WAS OUT THERE ON OUR SITE VISIT ALSO PROVIDED A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT, UM, WITH RESPECT TO, UH, THIS BATTER ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM.

SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WANNA JUST TURN THIS OVER TO JOHN ROMEO, WHO WILL BRIEFLY GO THROUGH THE, THE PROJECT.

AND OF COURSE I KNOW THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I DO APPRECIATE YOU SUPERVISOR MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD FOR HANG HAVING US HERE THIS EVENING.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS, UH, AFTER, YOU KNOW, UH, THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING AND HOPEFULLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

JUST ON, ON A QUICK HOUSEKEEPING ITEM, WE DID RECEIVE THE C A C MEMO, WHICH WE RECEIVED THIS AFTERNOON.

AND AS COMMISSIONER MCCAIN DID STATE, WE DO AGREE WITH SOME OF THESE CONDITIONS AND, AND, UH, PROPOSALS AND SOME RATHER SUGGESTIONS HERE.

AND, AND WE, FOR EXAMPLE, JUST TO GIVE YOU THE DECOMMISSIONING, UH, BOND, ALSO, UH, LIABILITY INSURANCE, THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ISSUES WITH.

AND AGAIN, WE'LL LOOK THROUGH THIS MORE CLOSELY AND HOPEFULLY BY THE TIME WE'RE BACK BEFORE YOUR BOARD, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THESE AND TELL YOU EXACTLY, UH, WHICH ONES WE THINK ARE, ARE, ARE TOTALLY ACCEPTABLE TO US.

BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, SOME OF THESE ARE COMPLETELY ACCEPTABLE.

UH, BEFORE YOU GO ON, COULD YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC THAN THIS, THIS MEMO? WOULD YOU PUT THE, WHAT THE DATE IS ABSOLUTELY.

AND OTHER INFORMATION.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND, AND SINCE I INTERRUPT YOU, BARBARA, IS HE GOING AT A OKAY SPEED OR IS HE SPEAKING TOO FAST? YEAH, IF YOU COULD GO A LITTLE BIT SLOWER, WE HAVE A STENOGRAPHER THAT, UH, WE TRY NOT TO GIVE HER CARPAL TUNNEL .

YOU GOT IT.

SO, COUNCIL MACHINE, THE, THE, THE EMAIL I'M REFERRING TO IS AN EMAIL I RECEIVED TODAY, BUT IT'S DATED, UH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD.

AND IT WAS AN EMAIL FROM C A C THAT HAD ABOUT ONE THROUGH ITEMS, ONE THROUGH EIGHT.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE ONE I'M REFERRING TO WHEN I SAID, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY MENTIONED THE LIABILITY INSURANCE, THE DECOMMISSIONING BOND, WHICH, UH, WE AGREED TO DO.

AND I KNOW THIS CONVERSATION DID COME UP WITH THE PLANNING BOARD AS WELL.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS MEMO WITH OUR TEAM MORE CLOSELY 'CAUSE WE DID RECEIVE IT THIS EVENING.

BUT AGAIN, UH, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE THINK ARE REASONABLE, SO WE WILL, UH, ADDRESS THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

SO, UH, AGAIN, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WANNA TURN THIS OVER TO JOHN AND JOHN, UH, LIKE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'LL LIKE ME, YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK A LITTLE FAST, SO IF YOU COULD KEEP IT SLOW TOO, UH, THAT'LL BE HELPFUL.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, JOHN ROMEO FROM INSIDE.

THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT ELEVATION DIFFERENCE

JOHN, IF YOU COULD JUST, UH, UNMUTE, UNMUTE YOURSELF THERE PLEASE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

I APOLOGIZE.

UH, THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS JOHN ROMEO.

I'M THE PROJECT ENGINEER FROM INSIGHT NORTHEAST.

THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I WILL DO MY BEST TO SPEAK SLOWLY AND CONCISELY.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE WENT THROUGH THE MEMBERS OF THE PROJECT TEAM AND LENO WENT THROUGH A BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT.

OUR PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED ON NORWOOD COUNTRY CLUB.

IT IS APPROXIMATELY 700 FEET.

IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY GREATER THAN 750 FEET AWAY FROM THE NEAREST RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

AS YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IS, UH, LOCATED HERE ON NORWOOD ROAD.

UH, THE OTHER CLOSEST PROPERTIES ARE 1200 FEET AWAY AND 1100 FEET AWAY, BOTH WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF ELMSFORD.

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FROM WHERE OUR PROJECT AREA IS AND THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY ON NORWOOD ROAD, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOING.

'CAUSE AS YOU DRIVE UP NORWOOD ROAD, YOU GAIN SIGNIFICANT ELEVATION.

SO, UH, IF YOU WERE TO GET THE CLOSEST AREA ON THE PROJECT SITE TO THE ROAD, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY A 30 35 FOOT ELEVATION DIFFERENCE.

AND AS YOU CLIMB THE ROAD, THERE IS MORE THAN A 50 FOOT ELEVATION DIFFERENCE.

SO THIS PROJECT SITE IS REALLY TUCKED AWAY, UH, IN THERE AND YOU CANNOT SEE IT FROM NORWOOD ROAD, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT.

ALRIGHT, THE NEXT SLIDE THAT WE HAVE, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SECOND, WHILE IT LOADS, THIS IS OUR, UH, PROPOSED CONDUIT ROUTE.

WE DO HAVE TWO OPTIONS.

WE WILL BE CONNECTING IN TO THE CONED SUBSTATION AND CONNECTING INTO OUR PROJECT SITE HERE.

THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED, UH, AGAIN, JUST OVER THE BORDER OF ELMSFORD AND TO THE NORTH.

WE DO HAVE A SMALL WETLAND AREA, UH, THAT WE ARE ADJACENT TO.

WE ARE NOT IMPACTING THE WETLAND AREA AND IN FACT, WE ARE ACTUALLY REDUCING THE IMPACTS TO THE WETLAND BUFFER AREA.

THERE ARE EXISTING BUFFER AREA IMPACTS THAT ARE SHOWN IN THIS AREA, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY REMOVING THE ASPHALT AND DEBRIS THAT'S IN HERE AND WE WILL BE PLACING NEW TREES.

THE PROJECT SITE WAS DESIGNED TO TRY TO MINIMIZE, UH, ANY POTENTIAL NOISE, ANY POTENTIAL VISUAL IMPACTS FROM THIS PROJECT.

AND WE REALLY TRIED TO EVALUATE THE, ALL OF THE AREA SITES IN THE AREA THAT COULD ACCOMMODATE THIS PROJECT.

UNFORTUNATELY, ALL THE ONES THAT WERE VERY CLOSE TO THAT CONED SUBSTATION WERE UNABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROJECT, EITHER DUE TO SIZE OR, UH, LEASING AGREEMENTS THAT COULDN'T ACCOMMODATE THE 30 TO 40 YEAR TIME SPAN.

UH, SO THIS WAS THE CLOSEST PROJECT SITE THAT FITS THE STRATUS CRITERIA, WHICH IS MAKING SURE THAT IT DOESN'T IMPACT THE PUBLIC AND MAKING SURE THAT IT DOESN'T IMPACT THE ENVIRONMENT.

ALRIGHT, WE PERFORMED SOME PRELIMINARY RENDERINGS ON THE PROJECT SITE.

UH, WE WILL BE PROVIDING SOME SCREENING, UM, AROUND BOTH SIDES OF THE, THE PROJECT SITE.

ON THE BACKSIDE THERE IS EXISTING TREES THAT WILL BE REMAINING THAT WILL SCREEN THE PROJECT SITE FROM NORWOOD ROAD.

THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH VINYL SLATS PUT IN THAT WILL FURTHER MITIGATE ANY NOISE AND VISUAL ASPECT FROM THE PROJECT.

SO AS YOU'LL SEE, THE UNITS LOOK LIKE CONTAINERIZED, UM, SMALL STORAGE CONTAINERS.

UM, AND THEN THERE WILL BE TRANSFORMERS ON SITE.

SO YOU MENTIONED NOISE.

WHAT, HOW MUCH NOISE IS GONNA BE GENERATED AND HOW IS THE CHAIN LINK FENCE, UH, AFFECT THAT? YEP.

SO THE, THE NOISE IS, UH, THE PRELIMINARY INFORMATION THAT WE GOT FROM TESLA IS 75 DECIBELS AT ONE METER, OR, UH, ONE METER, THREE FEET AWAY, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY AT OUR CHAIN LINK FENCE.

UM, SO WE WE'RE ACTUALLY A FLEET PACKAGE FOR SUBMISSION TO THE, THE BOARD OF THE TOWN, UH, THAT GOES THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT METHODS THAT WE'VE UTILIZED TO REDUCE SOUND AND WHAT THE ANTICIPATED SOUND IS.

UH, STRATA SOLAR DID EMPLOY SOME, UH, LIMITED SOUND TESTING BOTH ON THE PROJECT SITE AND NOT NEARBY PROJECT SITES TO MEASURE BACKGROUND NOISE.

UM, SO TO GIVE A REFERENCE, THE PROJECT SITE ITSELF HAS A BACKGROUND NOISE OF ABOUT 60, 65 DECIBELS THROUGHOUT THE DAY OR EVENING HOURS.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE SAYING THAT AT ONE METER FROM THE, FROM THE, THE BATTERY ENCLOSURES AT THE FENCE LINE, APPROXIMATELY, WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY TESLA IT'S 75 DECIBELS IS WHAT WE CAN EXPECT.

NOW THAT'S BASELINE WITHOUT ANY OF THE MITIGATION, THE FENCE ITSELF, THE VEGETATION, WHICH BY THEMSELVES DON'T DO, UM, A, A TON TO MITIGATE NOISE.

IT'S REALLY THE TOPOGRAPHY BECAUSE WE ARE 30, 40, 50 FEET LOWER FROM ANY OF THE SURROUNDING AREA, THE NOISE CAN'T ESCAPE THE BOWL ESSENTIALLY.

UM, SO THE, THE LAST PIECE OF MY PRESENTATION HERE IS, UH, REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE, THE BATTERY CABINET ENCLOSURES THEMSELVES.

UH, THE BATTERIES THEMSELVES ARE HOUSED WITHIN THIS IP 66 RATED ENCLOSURE.

THAT MEANS THAT THEY ARE DUST PROOF, THEY'RE WATER RESISTANT.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DESIGNED THE PROJECT SITE ITSELF TO, TO TRANSPORT WATER AWAY FROM THE SITE.

SO WATER CANNOT FLOW ACROSS THESE, UH, THESE AREAS.

UM, THE BATTERIES, UH, ARE DESIGNED TO BE SAFE FROM ANY FIRE AND THEY'RE INDIVIDUALLY COM UH, COMPARTMENTALIZED AND SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER, SO THAT WAY THEY'RE ENTIRELY SAFE FOR BOTH, UH, TO OPERATE AND FOR THE PUBLIC ITSELF.

THE PROJECT SITE AGAIN AND AGAIN, THE FIRE, OH, THE FIRE DISTRICTS HAVE SIGNED OFF ON THIS.

THE SAFETY.

YEP.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LETTER FROM THE FIRE CHIEF THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED TO THE TOWN, UM, THAT HAS BASICALLY SAID THAT HE IS, UH, WE'VE SATISFACTORILY ANSWERED HIS QUESTIONS.

WE WILL BE PROVIDING A FIRE HYDRANT ON THE PROJECT SITE TO ACCOMMODATE FIRE FLOWS AND STRATA SOLAR IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING, UM, TRAINING TO

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THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UM, LAST, LAST PIECE OF INFORMATION WITH REGARDS TO WETLANDS AND STORM WATER.

AGAIN, EVERYTHING IS DESIGNED TO PREVENT THE WATER FROM SHEET FLOWING OVER THE PROJECT SITE, THE PROJECT SITE.

AND AS I NOTED PREVIOUSLY, WE WILL BE PROVIDING SOME ADDITIONAL TREE PLANTINGS BOTH ON THE FRONT AND ON THE TOP, WHICH WILL FURTHER IMPROVE THE WETLAND AREA.

ANY WATER THAT'S COMING DOWN THE SLOPE WILL HELP THE WETLAND AREA, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THE, THE, THE NEW TREE PLANTINGS AND PREVENT ANY WATER FROM, FROM ENTERING FURTHER, PREVENT ANY WATER FROM, FROM ENTERING THE BATTERY CABINETS.

EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE WITH THIS SITE AND THE BATTERIES, UH, WERE CHOSEN AND DEVELOPED IN A WAY TO PREVENT ANY DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

THERE WILL BE NO LEAKING OF ANY CHEMICALS.

THERE IS SECONDARY CONTAINMENT ALREADY PROVIDED IN EACH ONE OF THESE UNITS, AND ALL THE UNITS ARE SPACED APART, AS YOU'LL NOTICE IN HERE TO PREVENT ANY INTERACTION, UM, FROM ANY EVENT THAT MAY OCCUR IN THE FUTURE IN WITHIN ANY ONE OF THESE CONTAINERS.

HEY, JOHN.

HA HAVE HA DO WE HAVE, UH, OTHER EXAMPLES AROUND THE COUNTRY, UH, WHERE IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH NO FIRES OR PROBLEMS? THESE UNITS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AT SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

I WILL LET STRATUS SOLAR, UM, DIRECTLY ANSWER THAT IF, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

UH, TO GETTING THE RENEWABLE ENERGY DOWNSTATE TO WESTCHESTER, TO NEW YORK CITY.

THANK THANKS JOHN.

AND THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.

SO THESE, THESE TESLA SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED, UH, OVER 1000 MEGAWATTS, UH, OF THESE TESLA SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UH, AND ACROSS THE WORLD, AND THEY'VE NEVER HAD ANY FIRE SAFETY INCIDENTS.

J UH, UH, JUST THIS IS LENO.

JUST, UH, AND JOHN, IN YOUR PRESENTATION YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THE BOWL.

SO I JUST, IF YOU COULD JUST GO REAL QUICK AROUND THE, THE SITE JUST TO LET EVERYONE ON THIS MEETING KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE STEEP SLOPES, I BELIEVE TO THE WEST, THE, THE WOODS TO THE NORTH.

AND I BELIEVE ON THE EAST SIDE YOU HAVE THE CLUB.

SO IF YOU COULD JUST TALK ABOUT THAT REAL QUICK, WHAT YOU MEAN BY THIS THING SITS IN A BOWL.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO THIS IS OUR PROJECT SITE.

AS I BRIEFLY WENT OVER BEFORE THAT.

THIS IS OUR, AN EXISTING TENNIS COURT, UM, NOW USED AS AN OVERFLOW PARKING LOT THAT WE WILL BE DEVELOPING ON.

WE'LL BE SLIGHTLY EXPANDING THIS AREA, REMOVING A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TREES, AND PLANTING SOME NEW TREES AND NEW PLANTINGS TO MITIGATE THAT TO THE EAST TOWARDS NORWOOD ROAD.

THE, THE SLOPE GREATLY INCREASES BETWEEN 30 AND 50 FEET FROM OUR PROJECT SITE, UM, TO THE NORTH, UH, THERE IS A SMALL WETLAND AREA, A STREAM, AND A HEAVILY DENSELY WOODED AREA THAT WILL BE SCREENING THIS PROJECT.

UH, AND BESIDES THAT, FURTHER UP IS THE GOLF COURSE PROPERTY ITSELF TO THE WEST.

AGAIN, THE SLOPES GREATLY INCREASE.

UH, IF YOU'VE BEEN ON SITE, YOU'LL KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO DRIVE DOWN INTO THIS PARKING LOT FROM NORWOOD ROAD EXTENSION.

THIS, THIS COMES DOWN APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET TO THE PROJECT SITE.

THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES ON NORWOOD COUNTRY CLUB ALSO PROVIDES SOME SCREENING, UM, AS WELL AS THE 1200 FEET OF GOLF COURSE PROPERTY BEHIND IT.

AND THEN AGAIN, TO THE SOUTH WE HAVE VERY DENSE WOODS AND THE SLOPE DOES PICK UP.

THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT THE SOUTHERNMOST AREA OF THE INTERSECTION NEAR OLD TERRYTOWN ROAD, THAT IS APPROXIMATELY LEVEL WITH THE PROJECT SITE.

SO WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT DISTANCE, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN FIVE, 500 FEET OF WOODS IN BETWEEN THIS INTERSECTION HERE.

SO IT'S COMPLETELY SCREENED AND ISOLATED FROM ALL THE OTHER PROPERTIES, EVEN THOUGH IT'S, IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, LOCATED IN THIS R 30 DISTRICT, IT'S ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THAN, UH, TRADITIONAL DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE OF ITS UNIQUE LOCATION ON THE COUNTRY CLUB AND ITS UNIQUE SITUATION WITH THE TOPOGRAPHY.

THANK YOU, JOHN.

WELL, THE TOWN DEGENERATING, ANY REVENUE FROM THIS, UH, THE TAXES OR BUILDING PERMIT FEES OR ANYTHING? WE, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT SUPERVISOR FINER, UM, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT, IF ANY, THAT WILL GENERATE, SO IT'S STILL PRELIMINARY AT THIS POINT, BUT WE HOPE TO HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU ON THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT, UH, TAX REVENUES THIS WILL GENERATE AS FAR AS PERMIT FEES.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN, UM, A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS ACTUALLY THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED THUS FAR TO THE TOWN FOR ALL THE APPLICATION FEES, AT LEAST WITH THE PERMITTING REVIEW.

WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT BY, BY HAVING THIS IN OUR TOWN? JAMES, YOU WANT TO, DO YOU WANT TO PICK THAT UP? YEAH, THANK YOU.

UM, AND REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

SO THE, THE BATTERY DOES A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT, THAT ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

UM, THE MAIN THING THAT IT, THAT IT DOES IS THERE IS A LOT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY UPSTATE.

UH, ROUGHLY 85% OF THE ENERGY, UH, CONSUMED UPSTATE IS ZERO EMISSION, BUT DOWNSTATE, UH, THERE'S ONLY ROUGHLY 22% THAT IS ZERO EMISSION.

UH, AND THERE IS A CHOKE POINT,

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UM, AND DURING THE PEAK PERIODS OF ELECTRICITY USAGE, THE, THE LINES ARE FULL AND THEY, THEY CAN'T, UH, TRANSFER ANY MORE ELECTRICITY DOWN.

THAT'S WHY THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME ELECTRICITY THAT'S GENERATED DOWNSTATE, AND MOST OF THAT IS, IS DIRTY, UH, OR FOSSIL FUEL, UH, ENERGY.

SO BATTERIES LIKE THIS ONE WILL HELP TO ALLEVIATE THAT CHOKE POINT BECAUSE THE BATTERY WILL BE ABLE TO BE CHARGED DURING OFF PEAK TIMES, ESSENTIALLY GETTING THAT ENERGY DOWN WHEN THE LINES ARE NOT, UM, ARE NOT FULL.

AND THAT DISCHARGE DURING THE PEAK TIMES TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THE DOWNSTATE AREA.

UM, IN, IN ADDITION TO THAT USAGE, THE BATTERY ALSO HELPS STABILIZE THE GRID.

UM, UH, SOLAR AND WIND ENERGY CAN'T BE CONTROLLED AS PRECISELY AS FOSSIL FUEL ENERGY CAN BE, BUT BATTERIES CAN BE CONTROLLED VERY, UH, PRECISELY.

AND SO WHEN, UH, THEY, THEY HELP THE GRID CONTINUE TO CONTROL THE EXACT GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY, EVEN AS MORE AND MORE SOLAR AND WIND COME ONTO THE GRID, MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.

UH, I JUST HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

UM, UM, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FIRE SAFETY ISSUES.

UH, WOULD YOU HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, QUALIFIED TECHNICAL PERSONNEL ON SITE IMMEDIATELY IF GOD FORBID THERE WOULD BE A MALFUNCTION OR AN EMERGENCY AT THE FACILITY? JAMES, YOU TAKE THAT ONE.

YEAH, SURE.

SO WE WILL BE, WE HAVE A 24 7 OPERATIONS CENTER THAT'S LOCATED, UM, IN NORTH CAROLINA.

OUR, OUR COMPANY HAS, UM, MANY SOLAR FARMS THAT WE, THAT WE MONITOR.

SO WE WOULD BE AVAILABLE 24 7 REMOTELY.

UM, AND WE WOULD ALSO COMMIT TO HAVING TRAINED PERSONNEL ON SITE, UM, RELATIVELY QUICKLY AFTER AN EMERGENCY EVENT.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE THE FIRST RESPONDERS.

THEY WOULD GET THERE FIRST, BUT OUR PERSONNEL WOULD BE ARRIVING ONTO THE SITE, UM, RELATIVELY QUICKLY TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST THEM AND, AND, AND PROVIDE ANY TECHNICAL SUPPORT THAT THEY MAY NEED.

HAVE YOU, UH, ALSO, UH, REACHED OUT TO, UM, SOME OF THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, THE MAYFAIR NORWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, UM, WHO LIVE ON PROPERTIES, UM, RIGHT NEAR, UM, UH, THE, THE GOLF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WHO MAY NOT BE MEMBERS OF THE GOLF COURSE? SO WE'VE, WE'VE HAD SOME, UH, SOME INTERACTIONS WITH, WITH SOME OF THE CIVICS GROUPS.

AS LENO MENTIONED, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON GETTING A DATE SET UP FOR A SIDEWALK THROUGH.

UM, WE, WE HAVEN'T REACHED OUT DIRECTLY TO ANY, ANY HOMEOWNERS, RIGHT, BECAUSE I WOULD THINK THAT BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO, UM, AT LEAST, UM, YOU KNOW, NOTIFY, UM, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN BOARD WITH A BRIGHT, WITH, UM, UH, THE METROPOLIS WHEN THEY WANTED TO, UM, HELP PART OF THE LAND.

WE HAD A, A TOWN BOARD AND NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING ON SITE, SO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOWED UP, YOU KNOW, WE DID A WALKTHROUGH.

UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT, UM, IF THE COMMUNITY'S INVOLVED AND THEY FEEL THAT THEY'RE PART OF THE PROCESS, UM, YEAH, THERE'S SOME REASSURANCE AND IT'S EASIER TO SORT OF VISUALIZE AND THEY COULD ASK QUESTIONS.

SO MAYBE WE COULD ORGANIZE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE NEXT, BEFORE THE NEXT HEARING, UM, THAT MEANS TO SPEAK.

OH, THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE WHO WANT TO, UM, UH, I JUST HAD ONE OTHER, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER QUESTION IN TERMS OF, UM, UH, AND THEN WE'LL LET PEOPLE SPEAK.

UM, LIABILITY INSURANCE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW.

YEAH, YEAH.

SO, SO WE WILL COMMIT TO THE PROJECT CARRYING LIABILITY INSURANCE.

UM, WE, WE WILL ALSO COMMIT TO HAVING THE TOWN NAMED AS AN ADDITIONAL INSURED.

UM, AND SO ANY, ANY ISSUES THAT DO COME UP THE TOWN WOULD BE COVERED THROUGH THAT INSURANCE POLICY.

AND DO WE, IS, I'M JUST SORT OF WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD FLOODING ISSUES AND HAVE YOU BEEN IN TOUCH WITH, UM, EITHER FEMA OR, UH, SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL, YOU KNOW, THE D E C, THE ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES, UM, UM, JUST MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE.

SO, UH, I'LL HANDLE THAT QUESTION.

UH, SO WE HAVE PULLED UP THE, THE FEMA FIRM PANELS.

WE'VE COORDINATED WITH, UH, ARMY CORPS ENGINEERS.

WE, WE'VE SURVEYED THE, THE WETLAND AREA.

UM, SO THE PROJECT AREA IN ITS EXISTENCE HAS A SMALL PIECE THAT'S IN THE FLOODPLAIN AREA NOW THAT IS DEFINED BASED ON A FLOOD ELEVATION ABOVE MEAN Z LEVEL OF 270 FEET.

SO I'M GONNA SHARE THIS SCREEN AGAIN, AND I'M GONNA JUMP BACK TO OUR PROJECT SITE.

ALRIGHT.

NOW, THE PROJECT SITE ITSELF IN ITS EXISTING FORM 270 FEET IS OVER HERE.

YOU'LL NOTICE, THERE'S A VERY SMALL CORNER OF THE PROPERTY OVER HERE THAT IS 270 FEET.

SO THE, THIS WAS BASED ON OUR CURRENT SURVEY.

SO THAT DATA FROM FEMA IS SLIGHTLY OUTDATED, BUT AS

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THE REST OF THE PROPERTY HAS AN EXISTING ELEVATION OF 272 FEET, WHICH MEANS IT'S EXISTING TWO FEET ABOVE THE FLOODPLAIN ELEVATION.

FURTHER, OUR PROJECT PROPOSES TO IMPORT, FILL, CLEAN FILL, AND CLEAN STONE TO MAKE SURE THE ENTIRE PROJECT AREA IS THREE FEET ABOVE THE FLOODPLAIN ELEVATION.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE U USING, AS YOU'LL NOTICE, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE COMING UP THE PROJECT SITE.

SO THAT WAY AS WE COME UP, WE'RE LIMITING OUR IMPACTS TO THE SLOPE AND DEVELOPING SWALES TO PREVENT ANY FLOODING ON THIS PROPERTY IN AND OF ITSELF.

SO, LONG STORY SHORT, THE ENTIRE PROJECT AREA THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING ON IS GOING TO BE THREE FEET OR MORE ABOVE THE FLOODPLAIN ELEVATION, AND THEREFORE IT IS NOT WITHIN THE FLOOD ZONE.

GOOD.

AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE, AND I REALLY APOLOGIZE, BUT THIS IS VERY INTERESTING AND, YOU KNOW, SOME IMPORTANT ISSUE IF, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, MANY COUNTRY CLUBS ARE HAVING FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE METRO ELMWOOD WENT OUT OF BUSINESS.

UM, METROPOLIS IS SELLING, UH, PART OF THE ASSISTED LIVING.

WHAT'S THE RAMIFICATIONS TO, UM, NOEL WOOD IF THE TOWN REJECTS THIS APPLICATION? CAN I SPEAK TO THAT? YES, UH, UH, MY NAME IS, UH, NICK GREDO.

UM, I AM, UM, I HAPPEN TO BE A NORWOOD MEMBER, BUT I'M ALSO, I'M ON A BOARD AT NORWOOD, BUT I'M ALSO, UH, A GREENBERG RESIDENT FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

SO I'M SPEAKING ON BOTH SIDES.

UM, RIGHT NOW, UH, OUR CLUB IS IN, UM, SEVERE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES.

AND OVER THIS PAST YEAR, THE PANDEMIC OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T HELP OUR SITUATION.

WE HAVE COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT I THINK WILL TAKE US FAR INTO THE FUTURE AND KEEP NO WOOD.

WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR 125, ACTUALLY 126 YEARS THIS YEAR.

UH, WE ARE THE OLDEST GOLF COURSE IN THE COUNTRY ON ITS EXISTING PROP, ORIGINAL PROPERTY.

AND WE HAVE COME UP WITH A PLAN TO HAVE A COMPANY CALLED HERITAGE GOLF COME IN, TAKE OVER AND OPERATING OUR CLUB, UM, UH, THE WAY WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE OPERATED.

UM, THEY'RE GONNA RUN IT FOR A PROFIT BUSINESS AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

BUT PART OF THAT, AN INTEGRAL PART OF THAT IS STRATA, UM, DEVELOPING THIS LAND AND, AND PAYING RENT.

'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S BOTH COMPONENTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE IT WORK.

IF IT DOESN'T, UH, WE WON'T SURVIVE.

WE WILL CLOSE.

AND THE NEXT MEETING YOU'LL HAVE ABOUT THIS, IT'LL BE HOW MANY HOUSES YOU'RE GONNA LET SOMEBODY BUILD ON THE PROPERTY.

'CAUSE WE WOULD, WE WOULD HAVE TO SELL IT TO A DEVELOPER.

WE HAD OFFERS, WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO SELL THE PROPERTY BACK IN MARCH AND APRIL.

AND, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH THIS PLAN INSTEAD.

WE HAD THREE BUYERS RIGHT OFF THE BAT TO COME IN LOOKING TO BUY IT.

ONE OF THEM WAS THE GROUP THAT BOUGHT ELMWOOD.

UM, AND, AND WE DON'T WANT THAT.

AND AS A, AS A GREENBERG RESIDENT AND THE EFFORTS THAT GREENBERG IS TRYING TO MAKE TO GO GREEN, I, I CAN'T SEE HOW THIS ISN'T A PROJECT YOU'D WANT TO HAVE IN GREENBURG.

I MEAN, IF YOU CAN SERVICE 5,000 HOMES WITH CLEAN ENERGY, UH, A DAY WITH THESE BATTERIES, I MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE WHAT THE ISSUE WOULD BE.

SO WE, WE NEED THIS PROJECT TO GO THROUGH FOR US IN ORDER TO SURVIVE WITHOUT IT, WE DON'T.

IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE.

SO, OKAY.

DO ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE, BEFORE WE GET TO THE, THE PUBLIC, I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO, WHAT IS THE LIFESPAN OF THESE BATTERIES AND HOW CLEAN IS IT, UH, TO DISPOSE OF LITHIUM BATTERIES? JAMES, I'LL TURN THAT ONE TO YOU.

YEP, THANKS.

UH, AND THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.

SO THE LIFESPAN OF THE BATTERIES IS AT LEAST 20 YEARS AND LIKELY LONGER, UM, UP TO, UP TO 30 OR EVEN 40 YEARS.

UH, AND TESLA IS INVESTING IN A RECYCLING FACILITY FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES.

UH, THEY, THAT WILL ENABLE THEM TO TAKE BATTERIES THAT ARE AT THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE, UM, AND, UH, STRIP OUT ALL THE USEFUL MATERIALS, USE THEM IN NEW BATTERIES AND, AND PROPERLY DISPOSE OF THE REST.

UM, TESLA'S ACTUALLY COMMITTED TO TAKING THE BATTERIES THAT WE BUY FROM THEM AT THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE AT NO COST.

UM, SO, SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE, THAT WOULD BE THE KIND OF BACKUP PLAN.

WE ACTUALLY FORESEE THE BATTERIES HAVING A SIGNIFICANT VALUE AT THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE.

AND SO WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO, TO SELL THEM, UM, TO, TO A RECYCLER OR TO ANOTHER ENTITY THAT WOULD BE USING THEM.

UM, WE ALSO WILL COMMIT TO COMPLETELY DECOMMISSIONING THE SITE AND RESTORING IT TO ITS, UM, ITS ORIGINAL CONDITIONS AT THE END OF THE PROJECT LIFE.

AND FOR,

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AND FOR THE, THE CLUB.

UH, WHAT'S TO SAY THAT THIS GOES IN AND, AND YOU DON'T SELL TO A DEVELOPER ANYWAY.

UM, WHAT IS YOUR PROJECTION OF HOW WELL YOUR FINANCIAL HEALTH WILL BE GOING FORWARD? IF THIS GOES IN, OBVIOUSLY YOU DIDN'T ANTICIPATE HAVING TO HAVE THIS 10, 15 YEARS AGO.

NOW YOU'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE IN FINANCIAL ISSUES.

WHAT IS THE PROJECTION FOR, IF YOU HAD THIS THEN YOU'RE GOOD FOR X NUMBER OF YEARS, WHAT IS THAT X? SO RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE HAVE, UH, HERITAGE GOLF HAS COME IN AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO US IS THAT WE, WE BASICALLY ARE GIVING THEM A FIVE YEAR LEASE, UH, WITH AN OPTION TO BUY.

AND IN THAT, AND THE MEMBERS RIGHT NOW ARE RAISING MONEY, UM, TO TAKE OUT OUR MORTGAGE, WHICH WEBSTER BANK CURRENTLY HAS.

IT'S A THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR MORTGAGE.

AND WE ARE GONNA HOLD THE NOTE AND THEY'RE GONNA PAY US, BASICALLY, THEIR RENT IS GONNA BE THE INTEREST ON THAT LOAN.

BUT PART OF THEIR, UM, LEASE AGREEMENT IS THAT THEY HAVE TO INVEST 2 MILLION OF CAPITAL THE FIRST TWO YEARS AND 4 MILLION OF CAPITAL THE FIRST FIVE YEARS.

UM, AND AFTER THEY INVEST, ANYTIME AFTER THEY INVEST THE 4 MILLION.

SO IF THEY INVEST IT, YOU KNOW, THREE YEARS, FOUR YEARS, FIVE YEARS, THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO BUY THE PROPERTY OUTRIGHT FOR THE COST OF THE MORTGAGE.

UM, AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO OPERATE THE CLUB FOR AN, FOR, FOR A MINIMUM OF 10 YEARS.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS, AS, AS LOOKING AT IT AS, AS A, AS A CLUB THAT WAS READY TO GO OUT OF BUSINESS, UM, TAKING A 10 YEAR GUARANTEE AT THIS POINT, AND HOPEFULLY FURTHER, I MEAN, THEIR GOAL IS NOT TO OPERATE IT FOR A, A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP HOMES ON IT.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY DO.

THEY ARE, THEY ARE A, A GOLF CLUB, UH, COMPANY.

SO, UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH OUR STRUCTURE WITH THEM RIGHT NOW.

AND ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD, I THINK IT'S IN THE SAME MEMO, IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF SUBSIDIARIES INVOLVED IN THIS TRANSACTION.

UH, IF CONDITIONS ARE VIOLATED, WHO IS IT THAT ULTIMATELY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING THOSE CONDITIONS OR HAVING THOSE CONDITIONS REMEDIED WITH THE TOWN TRYING TO ENFORCE THEM? YEAH, I, I WILL, IS IT, I'LL TURN THAT OVER.

UH, COUNCILMAN SHEEN TO, TO MR. ROBINSON, BUT WHEN YOU SAY THERE'S TWO ENTITIES REALLY PRIMARILY, SO JAMES, IF YOU WANNA TAKE THAT.

YEAH, THANKS.

SO, UM, THE ENTITY THAT IS APPLYING FOR THIS PERMIT IS EAGLE ENERGY STORAGE.

IT'S, IT'S A COMPANY THAT'S STRATA HAS SET UP TO OWN ALL OF THE ASSETS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE, THIS PROPOSED ENERGY STORAGE PROJECT.

UM, SO, SO THAT ENTITY WILL OWN THE BATTERIES, WHICH ARE A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT, AND ALSO WILL OWN ALL OF THE CONTRACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BATTERIES, WHICH HAVE VALUE IN AND OF THEMSELVES.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE INTERCONNECTION CONTRACT WITH CON EDISON, WHICH TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY TO GET, UM, SO, SO, SO THE COMPANY WILL HAVE, UH, VALUABLE ASSETS, BUT IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WERE SOME UNFORESEEN ISSUE, UM, AND THERE IS ALSO, IN ADDITION TO THE INSURANCE, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE PROPOSING A DECOMMISSIONING BOND, UH, THAT THE TOWN WOULD BE, UH, WOULD BE WRITTEN INTO SO THAT EVEN IN THE EVENT THAT, UM, THE ASSETS WERE NOT ENOUGH TO COVER THE DE PROPERTY DECOMMISSIONING OF THE SYSTEM, UM, THAT THE DECOMMISSIONING BOND WOULD THEN PAY OUT TO THE TOWN TO BE ABLE TO COVER THAT COST.

IS THERE A RIGHT, BUT THERE COULD BE, THERE COULD BE.

I'M SORRY.

IS THERE A STATE OR COUNTY AGENCY THAT, THAT REGULATES DEVELOPMENT, THAT SPECS THE DEVELOPMENT PERIODICALLY? I MEAN, WHO OVERSEES THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT FOR ENERGY STORAGE? SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CODES THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW.

UM, THE INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT WITH CON EDISON MANDATES SPECIFIC GUIDELINES, UH, FOR PROPER UPKEEP OF A SYSTEM CONNECTED TO THEIR ELECTRIC GRID.

SO, SO THAT'S ONE ENTITY THAT WOULD OVERSEE IT.

UM, THERE ARE ALSO FIRE CODES THAT, UM, THE COULD POTENTIALLY BE USED TO INSPECT THE SYSTEM AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS UP TO CODE.

UM, THERE'S ALSO ELECTRIC ENGINEERING STANDARDS THAT, UM, THAT WE WOULD NEED TO COMPLY WITH.

THE COMPANY, EAGLE ENERGY STORAGE WOULD SIGN AN OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH AN ENTITY THAT, THAT WOULD BE COMING TO THE SITE PERIODICALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SYSTEM IS RUNNING PROPERLY.

I, BUT I THINK HIS QUESTION IS, WHO WOULD BE THE INSPECTOR MAKING SURE YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE ENGINEERING CODES? SO WE WOULD, THERE WOULD BE A, AN ENTITY THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM.

UM, TESLA WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR PIECE OF THE SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE BULK OF IT, THE BATTERIES THEMSELVES.

AND THAT WOULD BE A CONTRACT THAT THE, THE EAGLE ENERGY STORAGE PROJECT WOULD SIGN WITH TESLA TO HAVE THEM BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE, FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THEIR SYSTEM.

UM, AND, AND SIMILARLY,

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YEAH, JUST TO, I WOULD JUST CHECK WITH, LET'S SAY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF NEW YORK STATE OR, OR AN AGENCY LIKE THAT, THAT COULD GIVE THE TOWN A COMFORT LEVEL THAT THERE'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, SOME OVERSIGHT AND SOME REGULATION ASIDE FROM A, YOU KNOW, A PRIVATE COMPANY OR A PUBLIC UTILITY.

UM, I THINK THE BOARD WOULD, YOU KNOW, WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT IF, IF IT EXISTS.

AND JUST TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT EVERYTHING THAT JAMES SAID, NICE SERTA ITSELF, WHICH IS OFFERING THIS, UH, MONEY, THIS GRANT, THERE ARE CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT NEED TO BE MET WITH THAT THEY WOULD BE WORKING, UH, WITH THE DEVELOPER AND WITH, UH, I WOULD ASSUME THE, THE, THE BUILDING INSPECTOR, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO OBVIOUSLY GET A BUILDING PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT DURING THE INITIAL CONSTRUCTION AND PRIOR TO ACTIVATION OF THE SYSTEM, THAT EVERYTHING IS IN PLACE.

ALRIGHT.

SO I KNOW WE GOT OF THE PUBLIC WHO PROBABLY WANNA SPEAK A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN SHEAN, SO NO, THAT'S, YEAH, I, I'LL SAVE MY QUESTIONS FOR NEXT TIME.

BUT YEAH, SO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UH, JUDITH OR GARRETT, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? UH, YES WE DO.

NICK CRETO SPOKE.

UH, WE HAVE, UM, KEVIN KLEIN, MURRAY BOIN, AND PATRICIA WEAM.

SO IS KEVIN KLEIN, ARE YOU ALL SET TO SPEAK? YES.

PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.

UM, KEVIN KLEIN HERE REPRESENTING THE METROPOLITAN GOLF ASSOCIATION, UH, WEREN'T MENTIONED ON THE PRESENTATION EARLIER, BUT PROBABLY ONE OF THE CLOSEST, UM, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENTS NEAREST THE, UH, PROPOSED SITE.

UH, SO JUST HERE TO LET EVERYONE ON THE BOARD KNOW AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AWARE THAT WE HAVE REVIEWED THE REPORT PROVIDED TO US BY NOLA COUNTRY CLUB AND THE COMPANIES INVOLVED IN WE FULL SUPPORT THE, UH, THE, THE IDEA OF DOING THIS.

AND, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH NORWOOD AND THEIR BOARD ON AND MAKING THIS A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.

SO THANK YOU GARRETT.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

AND, AND I ALSO NOTE THAT THERE ARE REPRESENTATIVES FROM, UH, FANWOOD SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.

UM, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, JUST PLEASE CHAT WITH ME.

UH, MURRAY BODEN.

MY NAME IS MURRAY BODEN.

UH, I'M A GRADUATE OF RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AS AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS IN 1955, I'VE KEPT UP TO SPEED ON THIS.

THIS IS A PROTOTYPE OF WHICH WILL BE REPLICATED DOZENS AND DOZENS OF TIMES IN THIS AREA.

THEY TRIED TO DO A PUMP STORAGE TO STORE ELECTRICITY, ESSENTIALLY IN ROCKLAND COUNTY YEARS AGO AND DIDN'T WORK.

AND I DO.

MM-HMM.

THE SYSTEM.

THE SYSTEM THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN AUSTRALIA A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS, AND IT WAS QUITE SUCCESSFUL.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THE NEAREST INSTALLATION TO THIS AREA IS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO GO AND HAVE A LOOK AT IT, EVEN IF I HAVE TO DO IT BY MYSELF.

UM, NOW THAT I STARTED THINKING ABOUT IT AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF WHAT HAS TO BE DONE, UM, I WAS THINKING OF OTHER SITES WITHIN THIS AREA THAT WOULD MEET THE CRITERIA.

I RECOMMEND THAT EVERY EFFORT BE MADE TO EXPEDITE AND ASSIST THESE, THIS INSTALLATION.

AND YES, THERE WILL BE SOME THINGS THAT WILL BE IMPROVED IN THE FUTURE, BUT THIS IS A MAJOR STEP FORWARD.

UM, IN THE LAST TWO DAYS, GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION REVERSED THEIR POSITION ABOUT ELECTRIC CARS IN CALIFORNIA AND JOINED THE CONSORTIUM TO ELIMINATE FOSSIL FUEL IN THEIR SYSTEM.

THEY WENT FROM SOMETHING LIKE $25 BILLION EXPENDITURE TO $33 BILLION WITH A B WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO DEVELOP A FULL LINE OF FULLY ELECTRIC CARS.

THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY IS ON ITS WAY OUT.

THIS IS THE NEXT, THIS IS THE BEST SO FAR TECHNOLOGY.

IT IS SAFE BECAUSE IT'S NOT NEW.

IT'S BEEN USED AROUND THE WORLD 'CAUSE I'VE TRACKED IT.

AND AS, AS FAR AS I CAN DETERMINE, THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACCIDENTS

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OF ANY SORT.

THE PARTICULAR DESIGN FOR THIS AREA FITS THIS AREA.

THIS NEEDS THESE COOPERATION OF EVERYBODY IN GREENBURG TO ASSIST IT IN GETTING IT DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

IT IS A MAJOR STEP IN THE FUTURE.

STORING THE ENERGY THAT IS UPSTATE AND AVAILABLE ON LINES CAN ONLY BE DONE AT NIGHT WHEN IT'S BROUGHT HERE AT NIGHT.

IT HAS TO STAY SOMEWHERE.

AND THIS IS BY THE BEST TECHNOLOGY BY FAR OF ANY YET.

ELON MUSK WHO IS BEHIND THE COMPANY, TESLA.

SO THIS WEEK BECAME THE SECOND RICHEST PERSON IN THE UNITED STATES BEHIND BILL GATES.

GOT SAY SOME, IT SAYS SOMETHING, EVERY AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY WILL BE FULLY ELECTRIC WITHIN LESS YEARS THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE.

MORRIS JOHNSON JUST DECREED THAT ENGLAND MOVED THE TIME WHEN IT IS ALL ELECTRIC FIVE YEARS EARLIER.

THE FUTURE IS IN RENEWABLES AND WHEN YOU HAVE WIND DURING THE DAY, IT HAS TO BE STORED SOMEWHERE.

THIS IS BY FAR THE SAFEST AND THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO DO IT.

SO I SUGGEST TO THIS BOARD THAT SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS WERE INTERESTING, BUT TECHNOLOGY, THIS COMPANY APPEARS FROM MY EXPERIENCE AND MY INVESTIGATION.

'CAUSE I'VE BEEN INVESTIGATING PU STORAGE OF ELECTRICITY, I GUESS FOR 20 YEARS SINCE THEY STARTED TO TRY AND STORE IT UP IN ROCKLAND COUNTY IN A PUMP STORAGE FACILITY.

THIS IS SAFE, THE CONFIGURATION, THEY'LL LINE UP THE UNITS IN A DIFFERENT WAY IN THE NEXT PLACE.

BUT SINCE THIS HEARING STARTED TONIGHT, I'VE FIGURED OUT WHERE THERE ARE ANOTHER HALF A DOZEN PLACES WITHIN WESTCHESTER.

NOBODY THOUGHT OF YET WHERE THIS WILL BE PUT.

NOT MAYBE PUT, BUT THERE WILL BE ANOTHER DOZEN INSTALLATIONS WITHIN WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

ALRIGHT, MR. BOWDEN, GOTTA STOP YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE AT YOUR FIVE MINUTE MARK AND THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER SPEAKERS.

IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO TALK TO YOU, TIM, SAME HERE.

OKAY, SO WE MAY HAVE NICK GRETTO.

NICK IS NICK HERE? NICK'S? YEAH, I SPOKE EARLIER.

OH, NICK.

BRIAN MAHONEY.

IS BRIAN HERE WITH US? I'M HERE THIS EVENING.

SORRY, JUDITH.

OKAY, THEN PAT WEEMS ALSO GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS HEARING.

PAT, I UNMUTED MYSELF.

UM, I HAVE LIKE FIVE QUESTIONS AND ONE IS FOR NICK, UM, GRETEL.

AND THAT QUESTION IS, THERE ARE HOUSES ON THAT GOLF COURSE, THEIR FAMILY HOMES THERE.

AND MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WHAT IS THEIR FEELING? WILL THEY HAVE TO MOVE? WILL YOU SELL THE GOLF COURSE? AND IF YOU DO SELL IT, ARE THEY GOING TO PUT UP ASSISTED HOUSING AND WHATEVER? OR ARE THEY GOING TO USE THE SPACE TO CONTINUE WITH THE BATTERIES? WELL, THO THOSE, THOSE HOUSES ARE NOT, BEFORE YOU ANSWER, BEFORE YOU ANSWER NICK, TIM, CAN YOU JUST ANSWER ALL YOUR, ASK ALL YOUR QUESTIONS SO NICK CAN ANSWER AT ONCE? NO, I DON'T THINK I CAN DO THAT.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

THE ONE GENERALLY DISCOURAGES A, A DIALOGUE, NICK, THAT'S WHY I ASKED THAT.

NO, I WAS ONLY ASKING HIM BECAUSE I, LET ME SAY THAT I'M PRESIDENT OF THE FAIR GROUND CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND, UM, MR. UM, FIELDS DIED AND HE'S, UH, WITH FAIRVIEW, AND THAT'S BOTH SECTIONS FROM ONE 19 OVER TO OLD TERRYTOWN ROAD TO NORWOOD ROAD.

AND THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING, BECAUSE I DO KNOW OF THE, YOU KNOW, THAT AREA SINCE IT'S BUTTS TO, YOU KNOW, MINE.

WELL, IF, IF I'M, THERE ARE NO HOUSES OTHER THAN THE CLUBHOUSE AND OUR OWN HOUSES ON NORWOOD COUNTRY CLUB PROPERTY, THERE'S ONE HOUSE THAT HAS OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT LIVING ON IT.

THE REST OF THOSE HOUSES ARE PRIVATE HOMES.

UM, SO THEY'RE, WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THOSE HOMES.

I DON'T KNOW.

UM, I DO KNOW THAT, UM, OUR, UH, THE PRESIDENT OF OUR CLUB LIVES RIGHT ON NORWOOD ROAD EXTENSION, UH, RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE CITY HALL.

WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT STRATA, UH, REACH OUT TO THESE NEIGHBORS.

UM, AND, AND HE HAS SPOKEN TO MANY OF HIS NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE PROJECT AND THEY'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTIVE OF IT.

SO WE

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'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S, I MEAN, THIS IS A VERY SAFE PROJECT.

IT'S IN A LOCATION THAT REALLY NOBODY WILL SEE.

AND IT, IT, IT, IT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY.

IT BENEFITS NORWOOD.

AND I DON'T, I JUST, I DON'T I UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT ONE THING.

AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I DON'T WANT MY FIVE MINUTES TO GO BECAUSE MR. LEWIS IS GONNA TELL ME MY FIVE MINUTES ARE UP AND MY NEXT QUESTION IS MISSED BACK TO MR. ROBINSON.

AND MY QUESTION IS, YOU SPOKE ABOUT THERE'S NO POSSIBILITY OF FIRE.

WHAT ABOUT LEAKAGE DRAINAGE, BECAUSE YOU ARE SITTING ON A WATER SHELF.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IF THE BATTERIES LEAK AND ALL BATTERIES LEAK SOONER OR LATER? YEAH, THAT, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

TH THANK YOU.

SO ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF THE TESLA MEGAPACK, AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE CHOSE THE TESLA MEGA PACK IS THAT THERE IS NO LIQUID ELECTROLYTE UTILIZED IN THIS TYPE OF BATTERY.

UM, AND THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM SOME OF THE OTHER BATTERIES THAT ARE ON THE MARKET.

UH, SO, SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THERE'S VERY LITTLE LIQUID THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAK.

UM, AND THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT THE MEGAPACK CONTAINERS ARE SEALED.

UM, THEY NEED TO BE, BECAUSE THEY NEED TO BE WATERPROOF FOR RAIN AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, INCLEMENT WEATHER.

AND SO ANYTHING THAT WERE TO LEAK INSIDE THE CONTAINER WOULD BE CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONTAINER ITSELF AND WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO LEAK INTO THE, INTO THE GROUNDWATER.

UM, JOHN, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY IS BATTERY? UH, THERE'S, THERE'S NOT, UH, LIQUID BATTERY ACID LIKE YOU MIGHT THINK ABOUT IN LIKE A LEAD ACID BATTERY, WHICH IS A VERY COMMON TYPE OF BATTERY, UH, IN CARS AND OTHER THINGS, BACKUP POWER THAT HAS MORE LIKE CONTAMINATION TYPE MATERIALS THAT COULD, THAT COULD CAUSE CONTAMINATION LIKE YOU'RE DESCRIBING.

BUT THE BATTERIES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO USE WILL NOT BE CONTAMINATION PROOF.

IT WOULD NOT DO HARM IN ANY WAY, THE ECOLOGY OR WATER OR ANYTHING.

SO, YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.

THE, ESSENTIALLY WE'RE WORKING ON A COMPLETE REPORT TO ADDRESS THE CA'S CONCERNS WITH REGARDS TO GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION.

AND WE'VE SHOWN IN THAT REPORT THAT WE WILL BE SUBMITTING HERE SHORTLY FOR EVERYBODY'S REVIEW.

THAT AGAIN, TO REITERATE JAMES' POINT, THERE IS NO LIQUID WITHIN THE BATTERIES TO, TO GENERATE LIQUID WITHIN THE BATTERIES.

YOU'D HAVE TO COMPRESS 'EM AT SUCH A HIGH DEGREE THAT IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE OUTSIDE OF A LABORATORY SETTING.

UM, THEY'RE VERY DENSE, DENSELY PACKED CELLS TO PROVIDE THE, THE COST, UH, THAT THEY ARE AND MAKE THEM EFFICIENT.

AND THAT'S SECONDARY CONTAINMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF EVERY IP 66 RATED UNIT.

THAT'S, THAT'S THE IP 66 RATING IS A RATING THAT CELL PHONES HAVE.

SO THEY CAN BE FULLY SUBMERSED IN WATER AND THINGS LIKE THAT IS TO PROTECT WATER FROM COMING IN.

BUT IT ALSO PROTECTS WATER FROM GOING OUT.

THERE'S A SUMP IN THE BOTTOM OF EVERY MEGAPACK UNIT AND THEY'RE FULLY SEALED TO PREVENT ANYTHING FROM LEAKING OUT.

NOT THAT THERE, THERE CAN BE ANYTHING THAT CAN LEAK OUT OF THE BATTERIES THEMSELVES ANYWAY.

ELMSFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT? CORRECT.

UM, UH, THE OTHER QUESTION WAS THE, UM, FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT YOU GOT A REPORT FROM, WAS THAT HARTSDALE FIRE DEPARTMENT? GREENVILLE, ELMS STREET, ELMSFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UM, ELMS STREET FIRE DEPARTMENT, I BELIEVE IS A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, FRANCIS, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

I DON'T LIKE THAT.

THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.

I, I HAD A, SO, AND I, LET ME ADD, LET ME ADD THAT, I'M SORRY.

BUT, UM, OUR CIVIC ASSOCIATION, IT'S HARD GETTING ANYBODY TO COME OUT ON THIS WEEK, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THE FOLLOWING WEEK.

YEAH, JUST, JUST LET US KNOW.

AND I'M, I'M LOCATED VERY CLOSE BY, SO IF YOU NEED TO SPLIT IT INTO MULTIPLE SIDEWALK WALKTHROUGHS, THAT'S FINE.

WE CAN DO IT VIRTUALLY, WHATEVER WORKS BEST.

AND MARY, I'M QUITE SURE WE'D LIKE TO COME ALONG WITH THAT ONE, ALONG WITH TOM BACH.

YEP.

YOU'VE BEEN PATIENTLY WAITING.

DEFINITELY, MURRAY, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU COULD COME, I BELIEVE, UH, MR. RICHARD BOSCO, WHO SEEKS TO SPEAK.

I THINK I SAW YOU TRY TO RAISE YOUR HAND.

UH, IF SO, I'M GONNA UNMUTE YOU OR YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF AND SPEAK, SIR.

YEAH, THANKS.

UM, AND THANK YOU BOARD AND THANKS EVERYBODY.

THANKS MR. BODEN FOR, UH, ALL THE INFORMATION, ALL THE GOOD QUESTIONS.

I AM THE PRESIDENT, CURRENT PRESIDENT OF NORWOOD COUNTRY CLUB.

I'VE BEEN, UH, A MEMBER SINCE 1988.

I WAS GONNA ANSWER ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT, UH, MS. WEEMS ASKED, BUT, UH, NICK JUMPED IN AND TOOK CARE OF IT, AND SHE ASKED ABOUT LOCAL RESIDENTS.

I HAPPENED TO LIVE ON THE SIXTH HOLE, THE CORNER OF NORWOOD ROAD EXTENSION AND, AND NOLL TOP ROAD.

I'M RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE GOLF COURSE I'VE SPOKEN TO, UH, MARIE SMITH.

SHE'S THE PRESIDENT OF ONE OF THE, UH, HOMEOWNERS

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ASSOCIATIONS NEARBY.

UM, GAVE HER ALL THE INFORMATION SHE WAS ASKING FOR.

I'M TOTALLY IN FAVOR OF THIS, OBVIOUSLY, AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB, UH, AND A HOMEOWNER ACROSS THE STREET.

I HAVE NO DESIRE TO SEE ANYTHING BUT THE BEAUTIFUL PARK THAT I DRIVE INTO AND OUT OF EVERY DAY.

UM, SO THAT'S ALL I REALLY HAVE TO ADD ON TOP OF WHAT NICK HAS SAID.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU, UH, YOU WOULD STAY, YOU'VE BEEN THERE FOR AGES AND I WOULD MISS YOU IF YOU LEFT.

I'VE, I'VE BEEN THERE.

I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF NORWOOD COUNTRY CLUB SINCE 1988.

I BUILT MY HOUSE IN 2014.

UH, A LOT CAME AVAILABLE ON THE, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PROPERTY.

AND I WAS NICE ENOUGH TO GET IT OFF THE MARKET BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE KNEW ABOUT IT.

UH, BUILT THE HOUSE IN 2014 AND LOVE IT.

JUST LOVE IT.

SO YOU'LL HAVE BEEN GREAT NEIGHBORS.

YEAH, I DO HAVE GREAT NEIGHBORS.

WE'RE WE'RE, WE HAVE A NICE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION OF OUR OWN IN THERE.

LASTLY, I BELIEVE, UH, IS ARLENE RICE.

I SAW YOU, UH, IN ACTIVE VIDEO.

DID YOU INTEND TO, UH, SPEAK OR DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK OR THE OTHER GENTLEMAN FROM, UH, SCHOOL FOR THE DEATH? IF SO, PLEASE, UH, UNMUTE YOUR MIC OR IF NOT, THEN IT'S OKAY TOO.

WE, UM, JUST LEARNED OF THE PROJECT RECENTLY FROM GARRETT DUQUESNE, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION.

AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T HAVE A COMMENT TO MAKE, BUT WE ARE GONNA EXPLORE FURTHER AND, UM, HOPE WE CAN SUPPORT THE NEIGHBORS AND THE PROJECT.

AND ANY INFORMATION YOU NEED, JUST PLEASE EMAIL ME.

UM, THANK YOU GUYS.

I SEE MR. BODEN HAS HIS HAND UP.

I DON'T KNOW, UH, IS ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK THAT HAS NOT SPOKEN YET? UM, I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

AND BEFORE MR. , I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER NAMES, DON'T MR. KNOW THAT THERE IS GONNA BE A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, WE'RE NOT CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY GOOD QUESTIONS WERE ASKED AND WE'RE GONNA BE PROVIDED WITH SOME INFORMATION AS WELL.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'LL LET YOU SPEAK MURRAY, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

I JUST WANT THE ADDRESS OF THE NEAREST, UH, INSTALLATION SO THAT I COULD TAKE A GO THERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT FOR MYSELF.

THAT'S ALL.

IF YOU GIVE IT TO GARRETT, HE'LL EMAIL IT TO ME.

WE'LL, WE'LL SHARE A SITE WITH YOU IN, UH, YORKTOWN, UH, AT, AT A SHOPPING PLAZA THAT'S ALREADY IN NEWS.

UH, I JUST HAD ONE OTHER, UH, QUESTION.

IS THAT OKAY? YES.

UM, I, UM, WAS WONDERING IF GOD FORBID, YOU KNOW, THEIR CLUB, IT DIDN'T WORK AND THE CLUB HAD TO GO OUT OF BUSINESS, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY DECIDE TO SELL.

HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE, UM, YOU KNOW, TO ACTUALLY DECOMMISSION, UH, THIS, YOU KNOW, FACILITY AND, YOU KNOW, AND RESTORE IT? NOT THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKE LIKE A WORST CASE SCENARIO, JAMES.

I WOULD TAKE THAT ONE.

I, I I WOULD SAY THAT THE SYSTEM COULD BE DECOMMISSIONED WITHIN A MONTH OR TWO.

UM, GETTING THE BATTERIES OUT WOULD TAKE LESS THAN A WEEK.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW LONG IT TAKES TO TAKE THE, THE GRAVEL AND, YOU KNOW, PLANT GRASS, GET RID OF THE FENCE, THAT TYPE OF THING.

SO IT'S REALLY, NO, UH, THIS IS REALLY, THERE'S NO BIG DEAL REALLY IN ALLOWING THIS BECAUSE THERE'S NO PERMANENT, IT'S NOT PERMANENT IF, IF CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE, RIGHT.

A HOUSE.

YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S RIGHT.

A HOUSE ISN'T PERMANENT EITHER IF YOU'D KNOCK IT DOWN.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW.

NO, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS A INSTRUCTOR YOU COULD NO, BUT YOU'RE, I'M TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SAY INDIAN POINT AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DECOMMISSIONING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE DECOMMISSIONING YOU SO REALLY HAS GONNA BE THESE A NUCLEAR PAUL.

REALLY YOUR QUESTION IS ABOUT REMEDIATION AND WHETHER THERE WOULD NEED TO BE ANY WITH DECOMMISSION.

THAT'S, YOU'RE, THAT'S MY TRANSLATOR.

GOOD .

WHAT IS THE TOTAL COST OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU NEED TO PUT ON THIS SITE IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS OPERATION WORK? THE MAJORITY, AND I'M NOT COUNTING THE GO AHEAD, I'M COUNTING THE LAND, UH, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY JUST ALL THE HARDWARE THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PLACING ONTO THIS SITE.

IT IN, WOULD YOU SAY? ROUGHLY.

SO THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS IN THE $20 MILLION RANGE.

AND, UH, THE BULK OF THAT IS THE EQUIPMENT, BUT THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE LABOR TO INSTALL THE EQUIPMENT, ALL OF THE ENGINEERING TO GET THE DESIGNS DONE AND ALL THAT TYPE OF THING.

UM, BUT YEAH, $20 MILLION IS A GOOD ROUND NUMBER TO TO THINK ABOUT.

AND IS ABOUT HALF OF THAT THE LABOR TO PUT

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I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, JUST AS A SHORT ONE.

UM, WHEN Y'ALL COME IN AND LEAVE THAT FACILITY, THAT AREA, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE USING, UM, NORWOOD ROAD, I WOULD THINK.

IS THAT CORRECT? NORWOOD ROAD IS A VERY TWO LANE ROAD.

I WOULD, I WOULD HAVE, WE HAVE THE, OUR TRAP FARINO ON AND JUST BRIEFLY ADDRESS THAT, THAT QUESTION.

STEVE, IAN? UH, YES.

LENO, I'M HERE.

SMALL MAINTENANCE VEHICLE TRUCKS.

CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY ADDRESS THAT REAL QUICK ON, ON THE NORWOOD ROAD? SURE.

UH, WE ESTIMATE THAT THERE, THAT THERE'S, UM, VERY LITTLE IMPACT AS FAR AS TRAFFIC IS CONCERNED.

UH, ALL OF THE, ALL OF THAT TRAFFIC, UH, IMPACT WOULD HAPPEN DURING CONSTRUCTION.

UH, ACCESS WOULD BE VIA THE, UH, NORWOOD ROAD EXTENSION FROM NORWOOD ROAD, BUT MOST OF OUR TRAFFIC WOULD BE COMING, IF NOT ALL OF IT WOULD BE COMING FROM THE ONE 19, UM, 2 87 CARTER BECAUSE, UH, THERE'D BE TRUCKS AND CONSTRUCTION WORKER VEHICLES AND CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES INVOLVED.

UM, WE WOULD PROBABLY DIRECT THAT MOST OF THAT, IF NOT, AGAIN, ALL, ALL OF THAT TRAFFIC BE DIRECTED TOWARDS ONE 19 AND 2 87.

SO IMPACTS UP NORWOOD ROAD TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE SITE.

UH, WOULD BE MINIMAL IF, IF ANY AT ALL ONCE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE.

UH, TRAFFIC IS BASICALLY ZERO ON A DAILY BASIS BECAUSE IT IS AN UNMANNED FACILITY.

THERE WILL BE NO DAILY, NOT EVEN DAILY TRIPS MADE BY ANY TECHNICIANS.

IT'S A PASSIVE SYSTEM THAT, UH, REQUIRES ONLY INTERMITTENT, UH, TECHNICAL, UH, MAINTENANCE VISITS MAYBE ONCE A MONTH, ONCE EVERY OTHER MONTH.

UH, AND THOSE ARE GONNA BE ON SMALL COMMERCIAL VEHICLES LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, ECON LINE, THE LITTLE TRUCKS, THE LITTLE VANS SMALL.

YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

UM, AND, UH, UH, AGAIN, UH, INTERMITTENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, A COUPLE ONCE A MONTH, ONCE EVERY OTHER MONTH.

YOU KNOW, THE, RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF THE CIVIC LEADERS AND THE NEIGHBORS ARE PART OF, BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A REACHED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, HAVE A SITE VISIT, YOU KNOW, ON SPRING, IF YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE, UM, AND THE COMMUNITY'S, YOU KNOW, BEHIND, IF YOU KNOW, SMOOTH, YOU KNOW, I'M WONDERING IF YOU WOULD BE BETTER OFF DATE.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK HERE.

I'VE BEEN TOLD BY THE CONTROL ROOM THAT THE COMPUTER'S GOING TO RESTART ITSELF IN TWO MINUTES, AND THAT WAS A MINUTE AGO.

SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO PAUSE AND WE'LL BE TOLD WHEN WE WILL BE BACK.

SO WHY DON'T WE OFFICIALLY, 'CAUSE I, ON THE RECORD OF US CLOSING THE, THE HEARING, UH, AND CONTINUING THE HEARING TOO.

AND SHANE, IF I JUST MAY ADD JUST, UH, ONE, JUST ONCE MORE THAT JAMES HAD STATED ON THE RECORD, JUST TO, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE CORRECT REAL QUICK.

JAMES, CAN YOU, IS CLEAR ON THE COSTS? 'CAUSE SORRY, SO THE RECORD'S CLEAR ON THAT.

JAMES YOURSELF.

OH, JUST ABOUT, OKAY.

YEAH, THANKS.

UM, YEAH, SO YOU ASKED THE TOTAL PROJECT COST AND WE STATED 20 MILLION.

THAT, THAT'S ROUGHLY CORRECT.

UM, BUT I, I WANTED TO CORRECT MYSELF AND SAY THAT OF THAT 20 MILLION, ROUGHLY 15 MILLION WILL BE THE BATTERY, ROUGHLY 5 MILLION WILL BE OTHER EQUIPMENT.

UM, OF THAT 5 MILLION WE ARE ESTIMATING ROUGHLY HALF IS LABOR COSTS AND PROFESSIONALS, AND THE OTHER HALF IS WORK BEING DONE ON SITE.

SO OTHER EQUIPMENT NON BATTERY RELATED THAT WILL BE DONE ON SITE, LIKE CONCRETE, CONDUIT, WIRING, THAT TYPE OF THING.

UH, CAN I JUST, JUST SIZEABLE INVESTMENT.

YEAH, I WAS GONNA ASK, UH, GARRETT A QUESTION.

ANOTHER PLANNING BOARD HAS, UH, YOU KNOW THIS RIGHT NOW AND THEY'RE GONNA BE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION.

DO YOU KNOW WHEN THEIR RECOMMENDATION'S GONNA BE MADE? UH, LET'S HOPE THAT THEY WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION DECEMBER 2ND.

I BELIEVE THEY'VE DISCUSSED THIS MATTER THREE TIMES ALREADY.

UM, SO WE WOULD HOPE DECEMBER 2ND THERE WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION.

SO EITHER DECEMBER 9TH OR JANUARY 13TH FOR THE NEXT MEETING, DECEMBER 9TH OR JANUARY 13TH.

BECAUSE I'M SORT OF WONDERING, I'M JUST THROWING OUT YOUR TIME PERIOD.

UH, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU KNOW, IF WE REACH OUT, SAY TO THE COMMUNITY OR IS GIVING DECEMBER 9TH ENOUGH TIME, UM, ,

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YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY, I NUMBER ONE, BUT I'M JUST SAYING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO INFORM EVERY, YOU HAVE ALL THE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

YOU KNOW, I I I MEAN IT'S JUST MAYBE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.

I DON'T HAVE THE STRONG FEELING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

DECEMBER 15.

YEAH, I CAN ALLOW THE, SORRY, I CAN, I'M SORRY.

I, SORRY.

I WAS GONNA ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO TALK ABOUT BRIEFLY UMS SOME TIME CRUNCHES THEY HAVE WITH NYSERDA.

I THINK ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS TO MAKING THIS PROJECT A REALITY IS, UH, OBTAINING FUNDING FROM NYSERDA.

AND I THINK FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, UH, THEY WOULD NEED, UH, SEEKER COMPLETION THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

UM, SO WHILE, UH, A PUBLIC HEARING COULD ABSOLUTELY HAPPEN IN JANUARY AND WE COULD DO SITE WALKS IN THE INTERIM, UM, IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, IT'S ALL A FUNCTION OF WHETHER THE TOWN BOARD WOULD BE, UH, COMFORTABLE, UM, CONSIDERING SEEKER WITHOUT HAVING A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING IN ADVANCE OF THAT, IF INDEED SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO TAKE PLACE FROM A SEEKER PERSPECTIVE THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

I DON'T KNOW IF LE KNOW IF YOU WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SUPPLEMENT THAT AT ALL, OR IF THAT'S YES.

SO, AND TO YOUR POINT IS CORRECT, JARED, THAT IS CORRECT FOR THIS PROJECT FOR US TO MAKE IT WORK AND VIABLE.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE NEED TO GET THAT FUNDING IN AND WE ARE, WE WILL BE APPLYING TO NYSERDA IN ORDER TO, TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS, WHICH ARE THERE.

UM, AND IN ORDER FOR US TO DO THAT, WE DO REQUIRE, UH, A, A NEGATIVE DECLARATION, HOPEFULLY BY YOUR BOARD AGAIN, WITH THE SPECIAL PERMIT.

UH, IT'S REALLY THE, THE, THE EG DEBT.

UM, AND WITH RESPECT TO THE CIVIC, WE DID REACH OUT TO THE C G C ALSO.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT, A QUESTION OF COORDINATION AND OUT THERE, BUT WE, WE CAN DO THAT AND PUT US ON TRACK FOR THE DECEMBER, I BELIEVE NINTH MEETING, UH, TO CONTINUE THIS PUBLIC HEARING SO THAT AT LEAST WE CAN GET CLOSER TO HOPEFULLY A, A SECRET DETERMINATION THAT WOULD BE, UH, SOMETHING THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY WORK, UH, FOR US.

UM, AGAIN, AS GARRETT STATED, WE CAN GO INTO THE NEW YEAR ON THE SPECIAL PERMIT IF, IF CONDITIONS NEED TO BE IMPOSED.

BUT IT'S REALLY THE CRITICAL POINT HERE, AND I'M, I'M SURE, UH, JAMES YOU CAN SPEAK TO THIS AS WELL, IS REALLY THE GRANT MONEY THAT'S OUT THERE, UH, THAT WE NEED TO, TO GET AHOLD OF, OF PRIOR TO YEAR END.

SO, AND AGAIN, I KNOW THE TOWN STAFF HAS BEEN APPRISED OF THAT, SO IT, IT'S KIND OF BEEN THE DRIVING FACTOR, UH, FOR THIS POINT.

SO CHRIS, I MEAN, UH, JAMES, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING.

NO, I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING IS WHAT I WAS SAYING IS THAT WE HAVE A MEETING ON DECEMBER 9TH.

WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING IN AND DECEMBER, DECEMBER 15TH.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

I MEAN, IF WE CAN, IF WE COULD KEEP ON TRACK COUNCILMAN SHEEN FOR, FOR THAT, UM, WE, WE'D BE, WE'D BE GRATEFUL AND HOPEFULLY BE AVAILABLE AND UH, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL BE AVAILABLE.

LET'S PUT IT OUT WAY AT THAT POINT.

THE 15TH MIGHT ALLOW ADDITIONAL TIME TO DO OUTREACH TO, UH, NEIGHBORS AND AVAILING.

SO MAY MAYBE THAT'S THE PROOF DATE TO DO THAT.

THAT WAS MY POINT.

THANK YOU FOR MEETINGS THAT EVERYBODY HAS TO ATTEND FOR S A R ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.

VISIT WITH PACIFIC ASSOCIATIONS TO GET THAT DONE AS WELL.

BUT RIGHT.

AND Y'ALL ARE DONE BEFORE THE NINTH.

WANNA DO, BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING BY THE MINUTE TO OUR GONNA SHUT.

OH, WELL, SINCE IT'S A SONOGRAPHER, I WANT HER TO HAVE A NICE MERRY CHRISTMAS.

ALRIGHT, I'M GOING, I'M FINISHED .

SO IS THAT THE 15TH I'M HEARING, UH, IS THERE A MOTION FOR THE 15TH TO YEAH, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

WELL, DO YOU THINK IF, IF, UH, IF IF WE HAD, YOU KNOW, A RECOMMENDATION BACK FROM THE PLANNING BOARD, I'D RATHER DO IT ON THE NINTH SO THAT WE COULD THEN CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD DO SOME KIND OF A SECRET DETERMINATION ON THE 15TH? YEAH, I, I WOULD BE INCLINED TO, TO, TO DO THAT IF WE CAN KEEP ON TRACK FOR THE NINTH AND USE THIS, THE 15TH AS A FAIL SAFE.

IF, IF THERE'S ANY INFORMATION NEEDED, I, I WOULD APPRECIATE IF WE CAN KEEP THAT ON TRACK FOR THE DECEMBER 9TH AND WE'LL DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO PROVIDE YOU WHATEVER INFORMATION WE HAVE TO, AND ALSO GET OUT THERE AND HOPEFULLY SCHEDULE A SITE

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SO, WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE ON IT, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD OBJECT THAT COUNCIL SHEEN IF WE CAN KEEP ON THE NINTH AND USE THE 15TH AS, AS A, A FAIL SAFE IF WE HAVE TO.

YEAH, I WASN'T ACTUALLY PROPOSING THE 15TH AS A FAIL SAFE.

I WAS ACTUALLY PROPOSING THE 15TH TO DO THE, UH, EGG DECK IF WE THAT WAS APPROPRIATE.

OR DO SEEKER, LET ME JUST PUT IT THAT WAY ON THE 15TH.

ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.

ALRIGHT, THAT'S WHAT I MEANT BY THANK YOU.

I WOULD, I WOULD MAKE THAT, I WOULD MAKE THAT MOTION PURPOSES TO THE NINTH, DECEMBER 9TH.

UM, AND THAT'S THE MOTION.

AGREED.

THANK YOU ALL ON BEHALF OF EAGLE.

PUBLIC COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

MAY YOU ALL HAVE A HAPPY AND SAFE THANKSGIVING.

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WE HAVE MARY BODEN.

MARY HI EVERYBODY.

UM, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, THIS IS THE YEAR THAT HARRIET TUBMAN WAS SUPPOSED TO REPLACE JACKSON ON A $20 BILL, UH, ABOUT THAT.

SO I HAVE CREATED MY OWN $20 HARRIETT TUBMAN BILL.

IT'S AN OFFICIAL 13 CENTS STAMP THAT I BOUGHT A HUNDRED SHEETS OF, AND I GIVE THEM OUT NOW.

AND, UH, THEY'RE, AND VERY INTERESTED, WE WERE IN SHIRAZ IDENTITY OVER NIGHT IN , WHICH IS EXCELLENT CASHIER.

AND HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.

THE HUMANITIES TEACHER TOOK A FEW MINUTES AND HE'S GOING BACK TO ON THANKSGIVING TO USE IT AS THE, UM, I, I AGREE WITH, I DIDN'T HEAR MOST OF WHAT CHRIS SAID ABOUT THE PARKING, BUT IN GENERAL HE'S BEEN PRETTY SHARP ON IT.

AND, UH, I AGREE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

THERE ARE INCONSIDERATE PEOPLE AND, UH, THIS MAY DEAL, BEGIN TO DEAL WITH IT.

UM, THE OTHER THING IS THE, UH, I'VE ASKED FOR A MEETING WITH THE, UH, TOWNS PARKING CONSULTANT AND THE VARIOUS OTHER PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE USE OF THE MANUAL UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES BY NEW YORK STATE, D O T.

UM, YOU'VE ALL, I HOPE SEEN THE PICTURE OF THE INTERSECTION OF IN PEAKS GILL, WHERE THE MISUSE HAS BEEN UNCORRECTED.

AND I GOT AN EMAIL FROM THE D O T SAFETY EXPERT SAYING IT'S OKAY WITH HIM.

GREENBERG HAS THE ABILITY TO HAVE ITS OWN TRAFFIC.

ENGINEERS CERTIFY A SAFE WAY TO, UH, USE THE MANUAL, ESPECIALLY WITH SIDEWALKS.

CONCRETE SIDEWALKS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA ARE JUST NOT VIABLE.

CONCRETE IS VERY ENVIRONMENTALLY DESTRUCTIVE.

THEY NEED TO BE A SHARED WALKWAY TRAILWAY LIKE THE COUNTY HAS WHERE BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS SHARE AND THE USE OF CONCRETE REDUCED WHEREVER POSSIBLE ON THE AGENDA IS TO REPAIR CONCRETE CURVES.

ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.

IF YOU GO, UH, JUST NEAR ARDSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, THERE'S ONE BLOCK NEXT TO THE WATER TOWER WHERE THERE IS EVERY SINGLE KIND OF CURB FROM NO CURB TO A CONCRETE CURB, TO A ASPHALT CURB, TO A BLOCK CURB.

THERE IS NO WATER PROBLEM.

THIS IS A, UH, HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.

PEOPLE CAN'T CHANGE.

WE WERE IN A WORLD OF, UM, HUNGER FOSSIL FUELS AROUND.

I SPOKE ABOUT THAT BEFORE.

IT'S JUST ANOTHER STEP IN THAT DIRECTION.

UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU DEFEAT REPAIRING ANY CONCRETE CURBS IN TOWN AND THE TOWN GO FORWARD WITH WALKABLE WAYS MADE OF ASPHALT.

WE DON'T NEED THIS FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS.

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WE NEED TO GET THROUGH THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.

YOU TALKED ABOUT MONEY BEFORE.

THIS IS IT.

I'VE GOT OTHER NOTES HERE.

I JUST CAN'T KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING.

UM, OKAY.

SO MURRAY, YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP.

I KNOW WITH FIVE MINUTES OR CAN, CAN I THANK THE PEOPLE OF LARGELY WHO HAVE BEEN SO HELPFUL? YES, YOU MAY.

AND ESPECIALLY GERHART.

THANKS FOR HEARING THAT.

PUBLIC COMMENTS, ANYBODY WHO IS NEXT? UH, SUSAN SEAL, PLEASE.

UM, I AM HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE, UH, RESOLUTION THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE VOTING ON TONIGHT TO APPROVE THE NEW SURVEY FOR ODELL.

UM, I AM OBVIOUSLY IN FAVOR OF DOING THAT SO THAT WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH THE SIGNING OF THE, UH, GRANT AGREEMENT WITH NEW YORK STATE.

UH, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A QUICK UPDATE THAT WE'RE, THE FRIENDS ARE MOVING ALONG AND WE WERE CRAWLING THERE FOR A WHILE DURING THE PANDEMIC AFTER THE CLOSING, BUT I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE COMING INTO A JOG, MAYBE WE'LL GET TO A RUN BY NEXT YEAR.

UM, IT'S EXCITING THAT THE, UH, R F P WENT OUT FOR THE SHORING CONTRACT ON MONDAY.

AND, UH, WE'RE E EAGER TO HAVE IT COME BACK TO YOU SO YOU CAN VOTE ON IT QUICKLY AND GET IT GOING.

UM, I'M ALSO GOING TO BE COMING TO YOU WITH, UH, A REQUEST THAT FRIENDS ARE READY TO PAY FOR A NEW STORAGE UNIT ON THE SITE.

THE ONE OF THE STORAGE UNITS CURRENTLY THERE, UH, PAID FOR BY THE SS A R IS ALMOST EMPTY AND IT SHOULD BE REMOVED IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.

UH, THE FRIENDS CONVINCED S A R THAT ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS IN THE UNIT BE MOVED TO THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARCHIVES.

AND WE ACCOMPLISHED THAT ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO.

SO THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT ACHIEVEMENT.

UM, THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE NOW BEING USED TO START TO COMPILE VIRTUAL EXHIBITS.

WE HAVE THREE UNDER WORK.

UH, THEY'LL PROBABLY, THE FIRST ONE WILL BE ROLLING OUT IN ABOUT THREE MONTHS, UM, ONE ON EDNA ODELL, ONE ON, UM, THE PHILLIPSBURG ENCAMPMENT, AND ONE ON COLONEL JOHN ODELL.

SO THOSE ARE GONNA COME TO YOU IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, AND WE'RE DOING A WHOLE PR CAMPAIGN WITH IT.

UH, SO A LOT OF STUFF.

PAUL, WE TALKED ABOUT PUTTING OUR NEWS ON THE TOWN WEBSITE, AND I HOPE WE'RE GONNA SEE THAT DONE.

I, I REACHED OUT TO JOE, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT PUTTING, UH, UH, NEWS UPDATES FOR ODELL ON THE TOWN WEBSITE.

YEAH, I I ASKED HIM TO DO IT.

I'M SURE HE'LL, HE'LL, HE WILL DO IT.

UM, AND I JUST, I HAVE ONE QUESTION, GARRETT, NOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET THIS SURVEY APPROVED AND THE CONTRACT FOR THE GRANT WILL BE SIGNED, THAT GRANT HAD A THREE YEAR LIFESPAN, HAS A THREE YEAR LIFESPAN, DID THAT THREE YEARS BEGIN WHEN IT WAS GRANTED TO US, WHICH WAS LAST DECEMBER? OR DOES IT BEGIN WITH THE CONTRACT AGREEMENT SIGNING? GREAT QUESTION.

I WILL, UH, CERTAINLY GET BACK TO YOU.

YOU DON'T WANNA GIVE MISINFORMATION, UM, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU, UH, WILL NOT LAPSE.

THE WORK WILL GET DONE WITHIN, WITHIN WHATEVER TIMEFRAME THEY TELL US, RIGHT? I, I, I JUST WANTED THE BOARD TO BE AWARE THAT THERE IS, THERE IS A TIME HERE.

UM, WE, WE HAD NO CONTROL OVER WHAT HAPPENED SINCE MARCH WHEN WE TOOK OWNERSHIP, PANDEMIC HIT, AND THERE WE WERE READY TO GO AND WE SAT WE COULDN'T, BUT WE DID A LOT OF BEHIND THE SCENES WORK.

UM, THE FRIENDS NOW HAVE A LIST OF OVER 500 CONTACTS THAT RECEIVE ALL OUR MAILINGS.

OUR MEMBERSHIP ROLES GROW ALL THE TIME, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED, UH, VERY NICE DONATIONS AND, AND GRANTS.

UM, SO WE'RE REALLY WORKING TOWARDS PARTNERING WITH YOU ON GETTING THIS DONE.

SO IT'S VERY EXCITING.

I THINK IT'S A PROJECT THAT EVERYBODY CAN FEEL GOOD ABOUT AND THE WHOLE TOWN SHOULD BE EXCITED ABOUT.

THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THE SURVEY IS FINALLY GETTING CORRECTED SO THAT THE PROPERTY LINE DOESN'T GO THROUGH THE HOUSE AS IT DID .

IT RANGES IN AGE FROM UPPER TWENTIES, TWENTIES, UH, UP TO WHEN WE DON'T TALK ABOUT AGE ANYMORE.

THANK YOU, SUSAN, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND, AND FOR THE FRIENDS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE PROPERTY AND TO MOVE IT, MOVE THE PROJECT ALONG.

I THINK I HAVE A WONDERFUL BOARD, WONDERFUL BOARD.

I MEAN,

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UM, AND EVERYBODY BRINGS DIFFERENT SKILLS AND INTERESTS.

AND I WANNA EXPAND THE BOARD.

I DID MENTION TO GARRETT, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES ON THE BOARD FROM THE, UH, INCORPORATED VILLAGES IN IN GREENBURG.

I'D LIKE, WE HAVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM HASTINGS.

I'D LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE FROM ARDSLEY, IRVINGTON, DOBBS FERRY GET INVOLVED.

SO IF ANY OF YOU KNOW PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THAT, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME AND LET ME KNOW HOW, HOW ONCE THEY DO THE SHORING, WHEN DO YOU THINK THAT WILL BE DONE? LIKE WE HOPE THAT, UH, SHORING BEGINS, UM, MAYBE END OF FEBRUARY, PROBABLY SIX WEEK TO TWO MONTH PERIOD.

UM, BUT LEADING UP TO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER R F P FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION ARCHITECT SO THAT WHEN THAT SHORING IS DONE, THEY CAN OH, GREAT NAME.

CURRENTLY WORK ON THE PLANS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, UTILIZE $1.2 MILLION THAT WILL ACTUALLY GO TOWARDS, UH, THINGS THAT WE'LL ALL SEE AND DRIVE BY EVERY DAY.

LIKE NEW ROOF, NEW WINDOWS, AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS.

SO, AND THEN THE AFTER, SO BY NEXT SPRING, UH, THE SHORING SHOULD BE DONE.

YEAH, I THINK THAT THAT'S, UM, FOR THE SUMMER THAT'S ACHIEVABLE.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, WHAT'S THE NEXT STEPS AFTER THAT? YEAH, SO IT'S AT THAT POINT, UM, IT'S TOUGH FOR ME TO PREDICT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THE ARCHITECT WILL NEED.

UM, BUT I THINK, UM, OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO, TO HAVE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION, UM, BEGIN IN THE CALENDAR YEAR 2021.

COULD BE TOWARDS THE END IS WHAT I WOULD, I WOULD SUSPECT.

COULD I MORE THAN THE, SO MS. SEALE, I'M JUST GONNA STOP YOU FOR A SECOND BECAUSE IF I LET YOU SPEAK LONGER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE, I'LL BE CURTIS.

BUT THIS IS MORE LIKE A PRESENTATION.

I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO ANSWER A QUESTION FOR PAUL.

IT'S UP TO YOU.

YEAH, I, I'M REALLY CURIOUS.

I THINK THE, UH, THERE'S ANOTHER COMPONENT HERE THAT I'VE REALLY ONLY LEARNED ABOUT, WHICH IS WE'LL HAVE A WONDERFUL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ARCHITECT, BUT THAT HAS TO GO HAND IN HAND WITH, UH, WHAT THE FRIENDS ARE DOING, WHICH IS THE INVENTORY OF THE CONTENTS AND ALL THE GOODS.

AND IN ORDER TO PLAN A MUSEUM, YOU HAVE TO SAY, WHAT'S THE STORY WE HAVE TO TELL? HERE'S THE SPACE THAT WE HAVE TO TELL IT, BUT HOW ARE WE TELLING IT WITH WHAT GOODS? AND THERE'S AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF CONTENT THERE, AND WE HAVE TO BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE THAT CONTENT TO TELL OUR STORY.

SO WITH THAT IN MIND, THERE'S ANO TWO MORE GRANTS THAT I'M APPLYING FOR, FOR EXPERTS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ARCHITECT TO PLAN THE MUSEUM.

IT'S NOT JUST A BUILDING, WE HAVE TO PLAN A MUSEUM.

WAS THAT QUICK ENOUGH? YEAH, I, I JUST FIND EVERY TIME I'M BICYCLING, UH, OVER THE ODELL, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THE, THE PLAQUES THAT YOU HAVE, THE HISTORICAL MARKERS, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST REALLY VERY EXCITING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SUCH A SIGNIFICANT ACCOMP, SUCH A SIGNIFICANT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOME AND THE HISTORY IS SO AMAZING, YOU KNOW, THAT I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS ARE REALLY GONNA, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE.

AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING AN AMAZING JOB.

YOU KNOW, ON THIS, ON THIS EFFORT, WE'RE REALLY GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE A FIRST CLASS HISTORICAL, UM, YOU KNOW, HOME IN THE TOWN THAT STUDENTS AND PEOPLE FROM.

THAT'S OUR GOAL.

PATH THAT, THAT WOULD BE THERE.

I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT TOO.

CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.

, I ALSO WANNA GIVE SOME PROPS TO OUR STAFF WHO BEHIND THE SCENES ABSOLUTELY.

HAVE BEEN, BEEN DOING SO MUCH TO MAKE THIS WORK, UH, INCLUDING ABOUT A WEEK AGO OR 10 DAYS AGO, UH, THREE MEMBERS OF THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT UNDER D B W AND GARRETT WAS OUT THERE AND DAVID, FREE TOWN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WAS THERE.

UM, I WAS THERE ALL SOCIALLY DISTANCED, BUT IN THE RAIN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ACTION WE TAKE TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE DONE IN A WAY THAT NOT ONLY PROVIDES THE LAND THAT IS NECESSARY FOR THE ODELL HOUSE, BUT ALSO, UH, TO THE BEST EXTENT POSSIBLE PROVIDES, UH, FOR A FUTURE WALKWAY, A SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY, RIGHT.

THE

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AND THERE WAS ONLY BY A SITE VISIT THAT IT REALLY CAME INTO A VISION AS TO HOW THIS SHOULD BE DONE.

SO, BUT THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THE PUBLIC DOESN'T GET TO SEE.

UH, STAFF GOING OUT THERE IN THE RAIN ON RIDGE ROAD.

I, I PUT IT ON FACEBOOK WHEN THE D P W CAME AND WHEN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT CAME, IT GOES ON FACEBOOK RIGHT AWAY.

I JUST HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION.

I I JUST HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION.

UM, WHEN I WAS BICYCLING, UH, THIS WEEKEND, UM, THERE'S A HOME RIGHT NEAR ODELLS AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE ARCHITECTURE IS SORT OF A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR, IT'S CLOSER TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HAWTHORNE, YOU KNOW, IT'S HEADING, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT DIRECTION.

I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S OTHER HOMES YOU, UM, IN THAT, IN THAT AREA THAT ARE ALSO HISTORICAL AND, UH, AND WERE BUILT, YOU KNOW, IN THE 17 HUNDREDS OR 18 HUNDREDS.

WELL, WHY DON'T YOU CALL ME COLIN AND I'LL TRY TO HELP YOU ON THAT.

WHAT, WHICHEVER ONE THERE ARE, BUT YOU KNOW, JUST GIMME A CALL AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO CHAT WITH YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, JUST ONE MORE.

I, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK, I WOULD LIKE TO, I JUST WANNA FINISH A POINT.

I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MURRAY FOR CREATING A TRIBUTE TO, TO HARRIET TUBMAN.

UM, HARRIET TUBMAN WAS A MAJOR AND SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL FIGURE.

UM, WHILE THERE MAY HAVE BEEN OTHERS WHO LED ENSLAVED PEOPLE TO FREEDOM, HARRIET TUBMAN WAS BY FAR THE MOST PROMINENT HISTORICAL FIGURE, UH, UH, IN, IN THIS, UM, IN THIS REALM.

SO WHEN YOU FIRST MENTIONED HER MURRAY, THERE WAS COMPLETE SILENCE, , AND, UM, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO INTERRUPT PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE SPEAKING.

SO I AM TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU MOST GRACIOUSLY FOR ACKNOWLEDGING HARRIET TUBMAN.

I WOULD LIKE TO TALK.

ARE YOU NEXT? HELLO? HAVE TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.

HI EVERYBODY.

DOING VERY WELL.

TIM, BEFORE YOU PUT ME ON THE CLOCK, I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT AND IT SEEMS LIKE CERTAIN PEOPLE GET TO SPEAK LONGER THAN OTHERS.

SO IF I CAN, CAN I GET MY EIGHT MINUTES? AND I LIKE TO ALSO ASK, I WAS ON THE AGENDA FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER.

IS THAT STILL GOING ON.

THE PROPERTY OR MANAGEMENT OR, UM, OR THE SITE.

AND ALSO I EMAILED JARED AND FRANCIS AROUND SIX 20 OR SO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND I DIDN'T GET THE LINK TO COME ON UNTIL LIKE 9 25, WHATEVER THAT REASON WAS.

BUT ANYWAY, SO BEFORE THAT GOES, I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT, I'M ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE, UM, ON THE HOUSING.

AND I WAS ASKING THE QUESTION BEFORE THAT WHEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE 10% OR LIKE CERTAIN HOW, UM, DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, I ASKED A QUESTION, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY LETTING 10% OF THE PEOPLE THAT WHO, WHO'S FOLLOWING UP TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 10% THAT THEY'RE DOING, CAN ANYBODY ANSWER THAT OR DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? I CAN TAKE BACK YOU'VE LOT, LOT.

EXCUSE ME.

YOU'VE HAD LOTTERIES.

I, I KNOW FOR KNOW, I ASKED JARED, YOU REMEMBER I ASKED YOU THAT QUESTION? YEAH.

SO, UH, TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GROUP EFFORT.

UH, A LOT OF THE INFORMATION FOR, AND WE'RE TALKING SET ASIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, RIGHT? YEAH.

SO THE 10% THAT ARE MANDATED AS PART OF, UH, OTHERWISE PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? UM, THAT INFORMATION, UH, USUALLY COMES INTO MY DEPARTMENT.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TEAM EFFORT.

SO IF I HAVE QUESTIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CONSULT WITH THE, UH, LEGAL DEPARTMENT, UM, AND IF THERE WERE ANY ISSUES, UH, WITH THAT, WE WOULD IDENTIFY THAT TO THE BUILDING INSPECTOR AND, AND, YOU KNOW, SEND A, A LETTER TO

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I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT, BUT I'M ASKING YOU WHO FOLLOW UP, DO YOU KNOW IF THEY DOING IT? HOW DO YOU KNOW IF THEY FOLLOWING THROUGH OR NOT? RIGHT? AND, UM, THAT'S MY QUESTION, RIGHT? SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH OUR RECORDS AND, AND, AND ACTUALLY DOING JUST THAT.

MAKING SURE THAT, UM, EACH PROPERTY OWNER IS DOING THE RIGHT THING AND I'M CONFIDENT THEY ARE, BUT, UM, TO THE EXTENT THEY'RE NOT, UM, IT'S, IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS AND, UH, I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THE QUESTION.

AND AS I INDICATED, YOU KNOW, AT THE, AT THE G A S R MEETING, UH, IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLIANCE AND NOTHING LESS.

CLIFF, IF I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT, THAT AT TIMES WE HAVEN'T FOLLOWED UP, YOU KNOW, ONCE IT'S APPROVED, IT GETS APPROVED AND WE, WE DON'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE A MECHANISM TO ENSURE THAT GOING FORWARD THAT THAT WAS HAPPENING.

AND I KNOW I'VE GOTTEN A COUPLE OF CALLS FROM PEOPLE FROM TIME TO TIME TO ASK ME ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT THEY WERE PAYING THE APPROPRIATE RENTS THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AFFORDABLE, AND THAT MADE US AWARE THAT WE NEEDED TO FOLLOW UP.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT NOW AND THANK YOU FOR POINTING IT OUT.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, SECOND IS, UM, I ASK THAT WHEN THE BOARD OR OR THE PLANNING BOARD, WHEN YOUR APPROVED DEVELOPERS TO LIKE DO THE, UM, THE CAR DEALERSHIP, WHATEVER, WHO MAKES SURE THAT THEY GIVE 10 TO 15% OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN FAIRVIEW JOBS THERE, IS THAT A PART BEFORE Y'ALL APPROVED THEM TO COME TO, YOU'RE ASKED THEM THAT QUESTION.

LIKE, ARE Y'ALL GOING TO PICK 20% OR 15% OF THE COMMUNITIES TO GIVE THEM JOBS? OR THEY JUST, OR Y'ALL JUST APPROVE IT, APPROVE AND REALLY DON'T CARE IF PEOPLE GET WORK OR NOT? I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT ALSO.

GO AHEAD, MS. PAT.

NO, I'M JUST SAYING I WANNA ANSWER ALSO BECAUSE IT HAS NOT HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND THIS IS A NEW DAY AND A NEW YEAR AND A NEW CENTURY.

SO IT'S TIME THAT THOSE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT ALL THE DEVELOPERS ARE COMING INTO MY COMMUNITY AND IT'S LIKE I'M SEEING ALL THE, I'M SEEING ALL THESE JOBS AND NOBODY FROM MY COMMUNITY IS GETTING INTO WORK.

AND SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT TAKE TWO YEARS.

AND THAT MEAN YOU COULD HAVE PEOPLE, LABORERS, YOU COULD HAVE, UM, PEOPLE TRAINING.

UM, THERE'S ALL TYPE OF JOBS THEY CAN GET NOW.

TECH LOADS COMING IN, YOU KNOW, UM, WHO'S GETTING WORK THERE? THEY GOT CARD, UM, SALESMEN WHO GET A LOT OF MONEY.

THEY GOTTA HAVE PEOPLE TRANSPORT THE CARS.

HOW, WHY IS IT A TOWN OR WHO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FAIRVIEW PART? WELL, THAT WOULD BE GAR DUQUE.

DUQUE.

THAT WOULD BE WHO GAR YOUR LAST NAME, PLEASE? SO I, I CAN, YOU KNOW, I I I I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME.

SO THIS IS GARRETT DUQUE.

DUQUE.

I HAD THE RIGHT NAME.

SO, UH, CLIFF'S BOARD, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A NICE IDEA, NICE CONCEPT.

UM, I THINK NICE CONCEPT.

NICE IDEA.

TO GET A DEPARTMENT TO HIRE PEOPLE, JUST, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT GETTING AN APARTMENT TO HIRE PEOPLE FIRST.

I, I FEEL THAT WAY.

UM, AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE TOWN BOARD WE WOULD HAVE TO DISCUSS WITH THE TOWN BOARD AND HOW TO MAKE THAT FORMAL, UM, RIGHT.

YOU, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A CONDITION OF THE PLANNING BOARD, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH THE TOWN BOARD TO IDENTIFY IF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE TOWN STAFF THAT WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, DO EITHER INTERVIEW PROCESSES OR SOLICIT OUTREACH TO THE, TO, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, THAT WANTED, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT IN ITSELF COULD BE A DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, PROPERLY CONNECT RESIDENTS WITH JOBS THAT THEY WANT.

UM, IT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

UM, SO WE WOULD'VE TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE TOWN COULD, YOU KNOW, EFFECTIVELY, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE, MAKE THIS CONCEPT COME TO FRUITION.

UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN JUST SIMPLY, YOU KNOW, MAKE A CONDITION OF A LETTER OF APPROVAL THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU OPEN, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WHY NOT JUST, UH, SMALL BUS, A SMALL BUSINESS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PRIVATE SECTOR JUST HAS TO GO ON ITS OWN.

AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY NOT FOLLOW THE FORMAT FROM THE COUNTY? I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU COULD LEGALLY MANDATE THAT THAT BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, COULD, COULD, YOU KNOW, BE MANDATED TO HIRE RESIDENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM CERTAIN GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS.

YOU KNOW, THESE ARE, THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DISCUSS TO SEE HOW THIS COULD EFFECTIVELY AND BE MEANINGFULLY, UM, YOU KNOW, OKAY, UNDERTAKEN.

OKAY, YOU KNOW, JAR.

'CAUSE I KNOW A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN, UM, ME AND YOU WAS TALKING AND Y'ALL WERE DOING THE SIDEWALKS, AND, UM, AND I SAID TO YOU, THEN I SEE PEOPLE FLAGGING, I'M SEEING THESE PEOPLE COME IN AND I'M LIKE SAYING, WHY IS NOBODY FROM THE COMMUNITY? I AIN'T TALKING

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YOU GOTTA MAKE IT A PART OF THAT.

WHEN Y'ALL GIVE THE DEVELOPERS THE RIGHT TO OR APPROVE THEM TO BUILD, THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING IN IT, YOU KNOW? I MEAN, WHO'S FIGHTING FOR THE FAILURE AREA? YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT.

AND, UM, THAT'S MY CONCERNS.

I MEAN, HOW, 'CAUSE I KNOW I GO OTHER PLACES, AND I TOLD YOU THIS TOO, JERRY, I GO OTHER PLACES AND I'M SEEING PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY BUILD THINGS IN THEIR COMMUNITY, PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY GET JOBS.

AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THEY'VE BEEN BUILDING UP, BUT HIGH-END CAR DEALERSHIP ALL UP AND DOWN ONE 19, WHICH IS A PART OF FAIRVIEW AND NOBODY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS GETTING ANY WORK.

AND THERE'S PLENTY OF JOBS PEOPLE COULD BE GETTING.

ALRIGHT.

NOW THE OTHER THING IS I'M GOING TO ASK IS THAT I REMEMBER I SAID, YO BUILDING ALL THE HIGH-END CAR DEALERSHIP, AND FRANCIS SAID TO ME AT THE LAST MEETING THAT, UM, WELL IT LOWERED TAXES.

YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO MR. OLIVER AND SHE SAID HER TAXES AIN'T BEEN LOWER.

AND ALSO CAN, UH, SUPERMARKET, LIKE, UM, UH, A SUPER WALMART OR SOMETHING WHERE THAT LOWER TAXES, FRANCIS AND PLUS THAT WILL BRING JOBS TOO.

YOU CAN ANSWER THAT IF YOU WANT TO FRANCIS.

BUT YEAH, THE PROBLEM CLIFF IS IT'S, IT'S NOT USUALLY THE WAY, BUT SINCE TIM ALLOWED IT FOR OTHERS, I'LL, WE'LL DO IT WITH YOU TOO.

THE, UH, ALLOW WHAT FOR OTHERS, ME, BUT IN OTHER WORDS, GOING BACK AND FORTH INSTEAD OF YEAH.

UH, RIGHT.

FOR SOME PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO SAY ALL YOUR QUESTIONS UP FRONT, RIGHT? I KNOW THAT'S HOW WE ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

SEE WHETHER GOING LIKE THAT TONIGHT, BUT GO AHEAD.

THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, RIGHT? UH, YES.

CAR DEALERSHIPS BRING IN A ADDITIONAL REVENUE, UH, MONEY.

THE, UH, GROCERY STORES BRING IN REVENUE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR ASSESSED VALUES.

THINGS THAT BRING IN ASSESSED VALUES THAT DON'T HAVE MUCH NEED FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES IS A, IS A NET BENEFIT.

AND THAT'S JUST THE BOTTOM LINE.

SO IT, IT'S, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF YOUR UNITS AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE THERE'LL BE NOBODY TO SUBSIDIZE THAT HOUSING.

SOMEBODY HAS TO HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WELL, I'M, I'M JUST TALKING IN GENERAL HOUSING IN GENERAL.

NO, I WAS TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIGH-END CAR DEALERSHIP AND UH, UM, SUPER WALMART.

DO THEY BRING IN THE SAME TYPE OF, DO THEY BOTH LOWER TAXES? THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING.

WELL, THAT'S A QUESTION I SAID NOTHING ABOUT.

I SAID NOTHING ABOUT THE, UM, HOUSING.

'CAUSE I LEFT THAT FOR JUROR.

I'M ASKING YOU A DIFFERENT QUESTION.

SO THAT'S REALLY A QUESTION FOR EDIE MCCARTHY, WHO'S OUR ASSESSOR.

JUST ANSWER WHATEVER QUESTION.

WHO CAN TELL YOU WHETHER OR NOT, UH, SOMETHING HAS, UM, HAS ADDITIONAL VALUE IN BRINGING IN REVENUE.

FOR EXAMPLE, BANKS GENERALLY ARE HIGH ASSESSMENT VALUE PROPERTIES BECAUSE THEY HAVE A VAULT, AND THAT VAULT IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND IT'S FIXED INTO THE BUILDING.

AND SO YOU SEE A LOT OF BANKS AND MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY WELCOME.

I SEE A LOT OF CAR DEALERSHIPS MORE THAN I SEE A LOT OF BANKS.

BUT GO AHEAD.

AND THERE'S ALSO CAR DEALERSHIPS AND, UH, PARTICULARLY IF THEY HAVE A CAR DEALERSHIP THAT HAS A, OKAY, I'M NOT GONNA KEEP GOING BACK AND FORTH BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA KEEP TALKING.

I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO ANSWER, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY NOTHING BECAUSE IT'S MY TURN.

SO YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY NOTHING, JUST ANSWER.

YOU'RE T I DON'T, I DON'T NEED YOU TO TALK NO MORE.

SO ANYWAY, MY LAST THING IS THIS.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A SUPERMARKET COME INTO FAIRVIEW.

WE HAD A SUPERMARKET.

NOW WE DON'T HAVE A SUPERMARKET AND SOMEBODY SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE SENIORS WHO DON'T HAVE CARS AND CAN'T GET TO A SUPERMARKET.

AND WE HAVE ONE WHERE YOU PUT A PE BAR AT AND A AND A UM, D S W AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ANOTHER SUPERMARKET IN FAIRVIEW.

UP TO THE LANDLORD TO DECIDE WHO, WHO GETS TO RENT THERE.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND TO THAT CLIFF BECAUSE THAT, THAT QUESTION COMES UP A LOT.

AND I THINK A LOT OF WHAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IS LIKE IF YOU TAKE THE CROSSROAD SHOPPING CENTER, THERE'S A LANDLORD WHO OWNS THAT PROPERTY AND THAT LANDLORD DETERMINES WHO CAN GO INTO THAT PROPERTY.

EVEN THOUGH, FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW THE SUPERVISOR WANTED TO SEE ANOTHER SUPERMARKET THERE, WHAT I LEARNED WAS THAT THE MODEL THAT WAS THERE DOESN'T FIT THE MODEL THAT SUPERMARKETS LIKE NOW, WHICH IS ON THE LINE OF A, A SHOPRITE OR STOP AND SHOP OR WEGMANS, WHICH IS A VERY LARGE TYPE OF SUPERMARKET.

AND THAT SPACE DOESN'T FIT THAT.

AND EVEN IF IT DID FIT THAT, AGAIN, IT'S

[02:25:01]

JUST LIKE IF YOU OWN YOUR BUILDING, THERE'S CERTAIN TENANTS THAT I MIGHT LIKE TO SEE IN YOUR BUILDING, BUT YOU CONTROL THAT.

'CAUSE YOU ARE THE LANDLORD.

I GOT THAT.

TIM.

WE DON'T REALLY CONTROL, LIKE, LET'S SAY IF MOD'S GOES OUT, WE CAN'T SAY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT A CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, FACILITY.

IS THAT THE ONLY PLACE Y'ALL COULD PICK STORES AT? SUPERMARKET IS AT? WELL REMEMBER YOU GOT, YOU GOT ZONING, RIGHT? SO UHHUH APPLICATIONS FOR, UM, CAR DEALERSHIPS, THEY HAPPEN TO BE ALONG ONE 19.

THERE ARE OTHER PLACES THAT THEY JUST CAN'T GO, YOU KNOW, SO THE ZONING IMPACTS IT AS WELL, EVEN THOUGH WE SOMETIMES AS RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE OTHER THINGS IN THESE LOCATIONS.

SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT DIRECTLY ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS, I'M JUST SAYING THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO HOW A PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS USED, MANY OF WHICH THE TOWN IS UNABLE TO CONTROL.

AND WE'VE, WE HAVE DEFINITELY TRIED.

WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE LANDLORDS, UH, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO SUPERMARKETS.

UM, SO WE'RE STILL TRYING AND, YOU KNOW, WE MAY BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH, UM, SOME OF THE LANDLORDS ON THAT IN TERMS OF, UH, CLIFF'S IDEA, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET, UM, SOME JOBS FOR PEOPLE WHO, WHEN THERE'S A NEW DEVELOPMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, COMING IN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE REALLY SHOULD WORK ON AS A TOWN.

I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA.

AND UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND YOU KNOW, I, I DEFINITELY WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.

APPRECIATE IT ALL.

WELL DON'T, ALRIGHT.

THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK? UM, I SEE MARY'S HAND UP.

WELL, MURRAY SPOKE ONCE.

IS THERE ANYBODY? OKAY, PAT, WE WANTS TO SPEAK, OF COURSE.

OH, AND PAT WEEMS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AGAIN.

MARY CAN GO.

HE, YOU KNOW.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, IN REGARD TO THE SUPERMARKETS, THE INDUSTRY HAS CHANGED.

AND WE MAY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE SUPERMARKETS TO A MAJOR STORE.

THE ACME HAS, DOESN'T HAVE THE SPACE THAT IT NEEDS IN, IN CROSS IN ON TSS FERRY ROAD, THE MAJOR AND THE PRICES ARE HIGHER.

WELL, YOU CAN'T INTERRUPT THAT.

I KNOW, BUT, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE THINKING ABOUT A REGULAR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONCEPT.

I AGREE WITH YOU MR. MARY.

'CAUSE I EVEN THINKING, WHY CAN'T A BUS COME DOWN MY HEAD NOW? I AGREE WITH YOU.

TB ONE IS ADJOURNED TO 12 NINE.

CAN WE MOVE THE AGENDA AND THEN WE CAN GET, YEAH.

NOW WE HAVE THE REGULAR AGENDA.

UH, LET'S SEE.

OKAY, SO, UM, THE

[ TB 1 - 11/24/2020 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh amending the Code of the Town of Greenburgh Chapter 380, entitled “Noise,” to create a new Subsection authorizing a penalty for noise violations resulting from vehicles operated by persons while engaged in unlawful speed contests or races (To be held over to 12/9/2020 Town Board Meeting)]

UH, THAT'S WHERE THE FORFEITURE IS.

TB TWO ALSO, IT'S

[ TB 2 - 11/24/2020 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh amending the Code of the Town of Greenburgh Subsection 460-1 by adding a new definition entitled “Unlawful Speed Contest” and creating a new Article XIII, entitled “Forfeiture of Vehicles in Connection with Criminal Acts,” authorizing the forfeiture of vehicles operated by persons while engaged in unlawful speed contests or races (To be held over to 12/9/2020 Town Board Meeting)]

12 NINE.

UM, TB

[ TB 3 - 11/24/2020 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into an agreement with G&S Solar / RM Community Solar, LLC for the Town to have an opportunity to purchase community solar credits which could be used to offset the Town’s electricity charges while supporting local renewable energy generation]

THREE, UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH G N S SOLAR R M COMMUNITY SOLAR FOR THE TOWN TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE COMMUNITY SOLAR CREDITS, UH, WHICH CAN BE USED TO US ACCOUNTS, ELECTRICITY CHARGES, WHILE SUPPORTING LOCAL RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION AS AMENDED.

TB FOUR RESOLUTION OF REAFFIRMING SUPPORT FOR NEW YORK STATE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY BULLS CURRENTLY BEFORE THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE AMENDING THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW AND REAL PROPERTY LAW TO ALLOW MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS TO VALUE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AND CONVERTED COOPERATIVE AND CONDOMINIUM UNITS AS THEY WOULD OFFER REAL PROPERTY TO ALLEVIATE NEGATIVE IMPACTS PLACED ON THE LOCALITY BY THE CURRENT STATUTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE TB AYE.

[ TB 4 - 11/24/2020 Resolution reaffirming support for NYS Senate and Assembly Bills currently before the NYS Legislature amending the Real Property Tax Law and the Real Property Law to allow municipal corporations to value newly constructed and converted cooperative and condominium units as they would for real property to alleviate negative impacts placed on the locality by the current statute, S.7057a (Carlucci)/ A.5221 (Galef)]

UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT MEGAN IN FAVOR? AYE.

LIKE TO ASK, UM, YOU KNOW, JOAN, IF SHE COULD ARRANGE A MEETING WITH, UH, SENATOR COUSINS? JOAN IS NOT HERE.

AND YOU KNOW, I'D

[ CL 1 - 11/24/2020 Resolution re-scheduling a Public Hearing for 7:30PM, Wednesday, January 27, 2021, related to a Draft Environmental Impact Statement prepared by JMC, on behalf of Ridgewood Elmwood Owner, LLC (“the Applicant”), in connection with the proposed residential redevelopment of 850 Dobbs Ferry Road (P.O. White Plains)]

JOAN IS NOT HERE.

YEAH, I'LL TELL HER.

YEAH, WE SHOULD, LET'S SEE IF WE COULD SET UP A MEETING IN JANUARY WITH, UM, UM, OUR REPRESENTATIVES WHERE WE COULD TALK ABOUT THE PRIORITIES, INCLUDING THAT.

WELL, APPARENTLY IT'S MADE IT TO THE FLOOR IN THE ASSEMBLY, BUT IT'S STILL IN COMMITTEE IN THE SENATE, WHICH IS THE, THE REASON FOR THE RESOLUTION.

UM, UH, ON JANUARY 27TH RELATING TO A DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, UM, BY J M C ON BEHALF OF RIDGEWOOD ELMWOOD OWNER IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF EIGHT 50 DO CHERRY ROAD.

UM, AND I HEARD THAT IT WASN'T, HAD, DIDN'T HAVE AS GOOD A CHANCE, BUT WE'LL SEE.

UM, RESOLUTION RESCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR 7:30 PM

[02:30:01]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

UH, RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF, UH, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, SUPPORTING THE PLAN, PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A BLACK LIVES MATTER.

MOVING ALONG.

[ CD 1 - 11/24/2020 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh supporting the planning and implementation of a Black Lives Matter-Inspired painted mural along Manhattan Avenue in the vicinity of the I-287 overpass]

INSPIRED PAINTING A PAINTED MURAL ALONG MANHATTAN AVENUE IN THE VICINITY OF THE I 2 87 OVERPASS.

WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.

APPROVING TRANSFERABLE PORTION OF THE TOWN'S RIGHT OF WAY IN FRONT OF THE ODELL HOUSE, UH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF MERGING THE PORTION OF ODELL HOUSE PROPERTY IN ORDER TO SITUATE THE STAR STRUCTURE WHOLLY WITHIN A SINGLE LOT AND AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF THE RELATED SURVEY AND DEED DESCRIPTION CONSISTING OF THE ENTIRE MER UH, MERGE PROPERTY WHEN THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE DIVISION OF LAND RECORDS WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.

UM, RESOLUTION

[ CD 2 - 11/24/2020 Resolution (1) approving transfer of a portion of the Town's right-of-way in front of the Odell House (425 Ridge Road, Hartsdale, P.O. NY) for the purpose of merging this portion to the Odell House property in order to situate the historic structure wholly within a single lot and (2) authorizing the filing of the related survey and deed description, consisting of the entire merged property, with the Westchester County Clerk’s Office, Division of Land Records]

AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET TRANSFERS.

[ CO 1 - 11/24/2020 Resolution authorizing fiscal year 2020 budget transfers]

WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.

PERMISSION TO ACCEPT A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT TO 5,000 FROM ARD AND RACHEL GAMINA.

RESOLUTION REQUESTING

[ PH 1 - 11/24/2020 Resolution requesting permission to accept a grant in the amount of $5,000 from George and Rachel Gumina, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors designated for sponsorship of the Town of Greenburgh's Student Internship Program]

UH, ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS DESIGNATED FOR SPONSORSHIP OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG STUDENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

UM, ADOPT ADOPTING A, UH, A PILOT SNOW PARKING HARDSHIP PERMIT PROGRAM DECEMBER ONE, UH, TO MARCH 15TH, 2021, MODIFYING THE SNOW PARKING RULES TO ALLOW FOR TEMPORARY HARDSHIP EXEMPTION AS AMENDED.

RESOLUTION,

[ PO 1 - 11/24/2020 Resolution adopting a Pilot Program amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh modifying the Snow Parking Rules to allow for a hardship exemption]

UM, I HAD A QUESTION ON THAT.

UM, UM, WOULD THE PERMITS BE, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SINCE IT'S DECEMBER 1ST IS WHEN TO THE LAW TAKES EFFECT.

UM, WHEN WOULD WE HAVE, UH, THE APPLICATIONS THAT COULD BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE? I THINK WE COULD HAVE THOSE.

UM, IF THEY'RE APPROVED BY THE BOARD, WE CAN HAVE THEM, UH, AS EARLY AS TOMORROW.

SO MAYBE YOU COULD GET THAT TO ME AND THEN WE WILL ALL START LETTING PEOPLE KNOW.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE WE JUST APPROVED IT.

GOOD.

AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH WEATHERPROOFING TECHNOLOGIES FOR ROOFING INSPECTION, PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND HOUSEKEEPING AT TOWN BUILDINGS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 19,000 0 0 8.

[ PW 1 - 11/24/2020 Resolution authorizing an agreement with Weatherproofing Technologies, Inc., (WTI)/Tremco, for Roofing Inspections, Preventative Maintenance and Housekeeping at Town buildings, for an amount not to exceed $19,008]

AWARDING CONTRACT FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF STONE CONCRETE CURBING AT VARIOUS STREETS AND THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO TONY CASSEL FOR THE LOWEST BIDDER, UM, IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 6 7 7 5 20.

[ PW 2 - 11/24/2020 Resolution awarding the contract for the Reconstruction of Stone and Concrete Curbing at various streets in the Town of Greenburgh to Tony Casale, Inc., the lowest bidder, in an amount not to exceed $ 677,520]

[ PW 3 - 11/24/2020 Resolution authorizing the award of bid for Highway Materials to the lowest responsible bidder for 2021]

RESO RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE AWARD TO BID FOR HIGHWAY MATERIALS TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER FOR 2021.

I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND FAVOR, AYE.

AUTHORIZING AUCTIONS INTERNATIONAL COM AND ONLINE AUCTION COMPANY BE USED AT NO COST TO THE TOWN TO SELL 18.

[ PW 4 - 11/24/2020 Resolution authorizing Auctionsinternational.com, an on-line auction company, be used, at no cost to the Town, to sell eighteen (18) itemized older vehicles and miscellaneous equipment considered surplus or needing significant repair]

ITEMIZED ALL THE VEHICLES AND MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT CONSIDERED SURPLUS OR NEEDING SIGNIFICANT REPAIR.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE

[ PW 5 - 11/24/2020 Resolution authorizing the award of bid for Water Materials and Supplies to the lowest responsible bidders for 2021]

WATER BID FOR, UH, WATER MATERIAL MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES TO LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS FOR 2021.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF

[ PW 6 - 11/24/2020 Resolution authorizing execution of Westchester County Snow Removal Contract commencing October 1, 2020 and ending September 30, 2025]

WHAT COUNTY REMOVAL CONTRACT, UH, COMMENCING OCTOBER 1ST AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH.

I'D LIKE TO A 2020 TO 2025.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

OF THE CONTRACT NORTH, UH, BROOK CONTRACTING CORP.

APPROV CHANGE ORDER

[ PW 7 - 11/24/2020 Resolution approving Change Order #1 to the contract with Northbrook Contracting Corporation for the Rumbrook-Knollwood Interconnection Transmission Project to upgrade the existing asphalt curbs to concrete curbs along both sides of Canterbury Road for, an amount not to exceed $226,034.56]

FOR THE BROOK MILLWOOD INTER CONNECTION TRANSMISSION PROJECTS, THE UPGRADE EXISTING, UM, ASPHALT CURBS TO CONCRETE CURBS ALONG BOTH SIDES OF CANTERBURY ROAD FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 226,000 OH 34 56.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DEAL WITH THE PERSONNEL MATTER.

I'D LIKE TO, UH, MOVE INDIVIDUAL PERSON.

ALL IN ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT, AYE AYE.

SCHEDULE A SPECIAL MEETING FOR NEXT TUESDAY AT, UH, 6:00 PM UM, DECEMBER 1ST IN ORDER TO, UM, VOTE ON A RESOLUTION INVOLVING, UM, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, ALSO, I BELIEVE WE NEED, UH, TO, UM,

[02:35:01]

ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

CAN I ASK, UM, IS IS RICH FUN HERE, BY THE WAY? HE IS.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE CON UH, THE, UH, THE CANTERBURY ROAD, IS THAT GONNA BE THE ENTIRE CANTERBURY ROAD? THE UPGRADES? YES.

THIS IS, UH, WHERE THEY'RE DOING THE WATER TRANSMISSION MAIN.

UH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE, THE CONDITION OF THE CURBING AT THE RIGHT.

UM, OVER THE YEARS WE'VE PAVED AND PAVED, UH, THE ORIGINAL ROAD STRUCTURE IS ACTUALLY CONCRETE AND THERE WERE EXISTING CONCRETE CURBS THAT, 'CAUSE WE PAVED SO MUCH OVER THE YEARS, WE PUT ASPHALT ON TOP OF THE CONCRETE CURBS.

THEY'RE NOW GOING AND CUTTING OUT THE CONCRETE CURBS, RECONSTRUCTING THAT THEY'LL BE RECONSTRUCTING THE ROAD.

UM, AND I KNOW WE, UH, OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE SEEN THE EMAIL COMPLAINTS ABOUT SOME OF THE, UH, VENT PIPES OUT THERE.

WE'RE LOOKING TO SCREEN THAT.

I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CAROL MURRAY AND SHE'S GOT A PLAN THAT SHE'S GONNA BE PUT IN PLACE, AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS OUT THERE.

THAT'S GREAT.

SO THIS IS GOOD.

AND I REMEMBER I TALKING TO YOU, UM, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, OR THREE YEARS AGO, UM, ABOUT THE NEED FOR, UM, CON, YOU KNOW, CONCRETE CURVES.

AND YOU SAID THAT THAT WAS A PRIORITY OF YOURS.

SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, KEEPING YOUR COMMITMENT AND WORKING TO IMPLEMENT THIS, UH, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, RECOMMENDATION.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

I THINK PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE REALLY HAPPY.

I HOPE SO.

SO WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

YEP.