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BAY WINDOW[ TOWN OF GREENBURGH HISTORIC LANDMARKS & PRESERVATION BOARD GREENBURGH PUBLIC LIBRARY Tuesday, September 8, 2020 – 7:00 P.M.]
WITH A KIND OF, UH, LOOKS LIKE A PAINTED, UH, ROOF ON IT, OR WAS THE COPPER AND WAS PAINTED OVER? UH, SO LEMME OUT.SO WE'RE CHANGING THE, THE ROOF ON THE BAY WINDOW.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT, IF, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DRAWINGS, UM, I HAVE THE METAL ROOF THAT'S GONNA EXTEND OVER THE GARAGE DOORS AND THEN CREATE A NEW, UH, GABLE OVER THE FRONT DOOR, AND THEN THAT EXTENDS OVER THE, THE BAY WINDOW ALSO.
WHAT IS, WHAT MATERIAL AND WHAT COLOR? LOOK, THAT'LL BE A STANDING SEA METAL ROOF.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, OKAY.
NO, THAT, THAT WILL FIT RIGHT.
WELL WITH THE, THE CHARACTER OF THE HOUSE.
IF WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT, UM, CAROL CAN SEND OUR USUAL LETTER.
UM, WITH, UM, INCLUDING THE DISCLAIMER, CAROL, OUR FAMOUS DISCLAIMER.
ARE WE, SHALL WE TAKE A FORMAL VOTE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF, SINCE, UM, OUR ATTORNEY LIKES FORMAL VOTES, UM, TO SET THAT WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH WHAT THE ARCHITECT HAS SHOWN US AND THAT WE, UM, ARE WILLING, WE'LL SEND A LETTER.
OKAY, LET'S GO TO BURY ROAD HOP SKIPPING AND JUMP AROUND THE CORNER.
ANY COMMENTARY? CORT, I'LL START WITH YOU AS ALWAYS.
REAR ADDITION OVER ONE FLOOR, RIGHT? UH, IT'S A RATHER PRETTY HOUSE.
I, I DON'T HAVE THE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS TO GO WITH IT UNLESS, UH, DIDN'T GET THE DRAWING JUST AT IT.
MICHAEL, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA USE, UM, TO CREATE THIS ADDITION? IS IT GONNA BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT OR, BUT COMPATIBLE WITH, OR I GUESS OH, ABSOLUTELY.
COMPAT COMPATIBLE WITH, UM, MADELINE, UM, WE'RE JUST TAKING THE, UM, THE SECOND STORY, UM, ACTUALLY IT'S LIKE A CLOSET AREA AND PULLING IT OUT TO, UM, TO JUST OVER THE, UH, THE FIRST FLOOR ADDITION, WHICH WAS DONE YEARS AGO.
UM, SO IT'S BASICALLY, IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE A TWO STORY EDITION JUST IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE.
I THINK, I THINK IT'S ONLY EIGHT 10 FEET DEEP BY, UH, 22 FEET WIDE BACK OF THE HOUSES.
I'M SORRY, OF THE HOUSES ARE ALWAYS BEST.
I MEAN, YOU WON'T, YOU'LL NOT SEE THIS FROM THE STREET.
WELL, NOT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
BUT THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU CAME ON A FRONT OF PLANNING BOARD WITH A BIG TWO STORY GARAGE.
SO WHEN DID THAT COME BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD, CORRECT? YEAH.
SO IT'S BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD RIGHT NOW, I THINK, UH, I THINK THERE WAS A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION FOR IT, BUT I THINK YOU OUGHT TO GO TO THE ZONING BOARD.
THAT, BUT THAT'S FOR THE, UH, THE GARAGE, NOT FOR THE, UH, NOT FOR THIS, UH, SECOND STORY EDITION.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT GONNA BE CONFLICTING WITH HER.
WHY ARE WE ONLY SEEING THE SECOND STORY? UH, WHY AREN'T, WHY I, I'M, I'M, I'M CONFUSED IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD THAT WHAT THE PLANNING IS A TWO CAR GARAGE IN THE BACK RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE PROPERTY.
LITTLE ON THE CONFUSED SIDE, BUT OKAY.
I WISH YOU WOULD'VE HAD THAT GARAGE.
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STORY GARAGE WOULD KIND OF, UH, COMPATIBLE WITH THE, WITH WHAT YOUR BEAUTIFUL STONE HOUSES, WHICH IS, I GUESS IS PROBABLY NOT PHYSICALMICHAEL, HOW CLOSE IS THE GARAGE TO THE HOUSE? UH, IT, IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 30 FEET AWAY.
THEN WHY THE SIDE OF THE DRIVEWAY? MADELINE.
MADELINE, THEY'RE GOING BEFORE THE ZONING BOARD AS WELL.
UH, BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT OF THE GARAGE.
I'M NOT WORRYING ABOUT THE HEIGHT.
I JUST WONDER WHY, UM, WE ARE ONLY SEEING THE ADDITION TO THE HOUSE.
WHEN IF YOU'RE ADDING A GARAGE, MICHAEL, WHAT'S THE GARAGE GONNA, IS IT GONNA BE TOTALLY SEPARATE AND TOTALLY DIFFERENT? TOTALLY SEPARATE FROM THE HOUSE.
IT'S GONNA HAVE THE SAME SIDING AS THE HOUSE, THE WOOD SIDING.
ARMENIA, YOU LOOK LIKE A QUESTION MARK.
I WAS GOOD WITH WHAT I SAW ON THE SUBMISSION.
I'M JUST, I, I JUST, I'M NOT AT SURPRISES AND I WOULD'VE PREFERRED TO KNOW THAT THEY WERE GOING TO ADD SOMETHING ELSE TO THE PROPERTY OF A HOUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT.
BILL, WHAT KIND OF THOUGHTS DO YOU HAVE, PLEASE? EVERYTHING LOOKS FINE TO ME.
I LIKE THE HOUSE, TRUTH BE TOLD.
COR, ARE YOU OKAY WITH EVERYTHING? WELL, IT'S A, UH, UH, CONSIDERING THAT IT'S A SEPARATE, UH, UH, SEPARATE STRUCTURE AND IT LOOKS, IT LOOKS VERY SEPARATE AND DIS DISTINCT.
AND I UNDERSTAND, UH, THE OWNER WANTED TO HAVE THIS HUGE, UH, RV TO, TO PARK INDOOR, AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE BUILDING THIS, UH, HUGE PARKING GARAGE NEXT TO IT.
UH, BUT IS IT ONLY THING, UH, MY CONCERN IS MY, IF YOU CAN MAKE IT A SIDING TO MATCH WITH THE EXISTING HOUSE, SIDING OF THE HOUSE.
IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER TWO DIFFERENT ABSOLUTELY.
NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WOOD SIDING, RIGHT? IS THAT CORRECT? THE ONE ONE, YES, SIR.
AND THEN IF YOU CAN MAKE IT A, I MEAN, I, UH, I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WHEN IT, AND THEN IN PLANNING BOARD, WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT THE
THE, THE WHOLE HOUSE IS A STONE.
AND THEN THE, UH, THE ONE ABOVE IS, UH, THE ROOT SIDING.
AND I THINK IT WOULD MATCH WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE, OKAY.
I MEAN, I'LL SPEAK WITH THE OWNER.
I MEAN, IT GETS A LITTLE EXPENSIVE, BUT I'LL, IF HE'S WILLING TO DO THAT, ABSOLUTELY.
I'LL, WE CAN SHOW THAT THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE.
YEAH, I THINK IT WILL BE NICE TO HAVE ALSO TO STONE BASE SO THAT IT, UH, UH, KIND OF MAINTENANCE WISE, IT'S KIND OF NICE TO, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S UP TO, UP TO THE OWNER AS LONG AS YOU PUT THE SIDING AND TO MATCH WITH THE EXISTING SIDING.
AND, UH, COMPATIBLE WITH THE, I GO, THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO SEE THIS NEW GARAGE ARE GOING TO BE THE OWNERS OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE HOUSE.
IT WON'T BE VISIBLE FROM THE ROAD, OR WILL IT BE, UH, IT WILL NOT BE VISIBLE FROM THE ROAD.
WE DO HAVE SOME SCREENING IN FRONT OF IT.
UH, MADELINE, UH, WE DO HAVE SOME, UH, UH, TREES IN FRONT OF THIS TO, UH, TO HIDE IT.
UM, THERE IS A, A EIGHT FOOT FENCE BEHIND IT, UM, AND A SIX FOOT FENCE ON THE SIDES.
SO A PROPOSED SIX FOOT FENCE ON THE SIDES.
UM, SO YOU WILL NOT SEE IT FROM THE STREET.
UM, IT'S ALSO ABOUT MAYBE 10 FEET BELOW, UM, DOBBS FERRY ROAD AS WELL.
BUT, BUT, BUT I THINK IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE VISIBLE FROM THE, IT'LL BE VISIBLE, BUT THAT'S THE WHOLE THING.
SO THERE IS THE, THERE IS SOME TREES, BUT NOT, UH, COMPLETE FENCE TO OBSCURE THE NEW NO, I'M JUST, AS, I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE, UM, I DON'T WANNA PUT THE, UM, OWNERS INTO ANY GREATER EXPENSE, BUT IF IT LOOKED LIKE A NEWER, WELL, I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW, UM, THE VISUAL ASPECT.
BUT I, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE ADDITION TO THE HOUSE.
SO SHALL WE DO A FORMAL RESOLUTION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF, OF AGREEING TO WHAT WE'LL SEE WITH CAROL WRITING OUR USUAL LETTER, INCLUDING OUR DIS UH, THIS IS VERY, THE DISCLAIMER IS VERY IMPORTANT HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE BEFORE TWO OTHER BOARDS AND I DON'T WANT ANY CONFUSION.
MADELINE? UH, I THINK YOU NEED A SECOND.
SOMEBODY HAS TO SECOND YOUR YES, I, SOMEBODY SECOND MY MOTION PLEASE.
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AYE.LOUISE, HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU BEEN WATCHING, UH, WATCHING WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THESE? YEAH, I, I I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE PLANS, BUT I'M FOLLOWING YOUR DISCUSSION.
UM, MICHAEL, I THINK THAT'D BE US, RIGHT? I'M SORRY? I THINK THAT'S AFTER YOU GO THROUGH THE TWO OTHER BOARDS.
WE HAVE NOTHING TO, WE STILL HAVE TO GO BACK BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD.
UH, WE STILL HAVE TO GO BACK BEFORE THE ZONING BOARD AND THEN WE HAVE TO GO BACK BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT OUR, THAT'S OUR WHY OUR DISCLAIMER IS IN THE LETTER YOU'LL GET.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING GOOD TO TELL US? I'M SORRY, I'M TALKING TO LOUISE CLARK.
I'M SORRY I DIDN'T, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING INTERESTING OR GOOD TO TELL US? UH, YOU MEAN ON IN OTHER SUBJECTS OR? YES.
LIKE THE FACT THAT I'M PROBABLY GONNA CLOSE WITHIN A FEW WEEKS.
I THINK WE HAD A FEELING IT WOULD HAPPEN.
WE HAD A FEELING IT WOULD HAPPEN IN THIS CLIMATE.
I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I'M OF COURSE CAUTIOUS ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN, BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THEY'RE GONNA LIVE IN IT.
UH, HE'S A HEATING AIR CONDITIONING MAN, AND I'M SURE WE'LL DO THAT OVER COMPLETELY, WHICH IT NEEDS.
AND, UH, I THINK THEY'RE, I THINK THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE WILL REMAIN THE LOOKING THE SAME.
HE IS BUILDING A GARAGE, WHICH IT NEEDS, AND HE'S PROBABLY CHANGING THE ENTRYWAY TO A CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY.
AND PROBABLY YOU'LL BE GOING DIRECTLY FROM THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE TO A CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY.
AND THAT, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, IS, WAS, WAS THE WAY IT SHOWS UP IN THE DIARY OF THE MAN WHO BUILT THE HOUSE.
SO IT'S GOING BACK TO, WELL, THAT'S GONE WITH THE WIND.
DIDN'T THEY HAVE THAT KIND OF DRIVING? I DON'T HAVE A CLEAR NOTION OF WHAT HE, WHAT ISN'T IT? NO, GO AHEAD.
I'M, I'M WONDERING, DID YOU SEE WHAT HE HEAR YOU SAY? WHAT HE, THE PHONE IS NOT ACTING WELL, L AND THE SOUND IS GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, NOT COMING THROUGH CLEARLY.
WHEN, WHEN ARE YOU CLOSING? END OF SEPTEMBER, RIGHT? WELL, IT MIGHT BE, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 30 DAYS FROM THE, UM, SIGNING THE CONTRACT, WHICH WAS AUGUST 20TH.
SO IT COULD BE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
YEAH, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD OF IT.
I HEARD, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY EXACT DATE.
AND DOES HE APPRECIATE THE HOUSE HE'S GETTING? I HOPE SO.
I I, I REALLY, I'M GONNA GIVE HIM A, I'M GONNA WRITE HIM A LETTER ABOUT THINGS THAT I CONSIDER IMPORTANT IN MAINTAINING THE HISTORICAL VALUE OF THE HOUSE, WHETHER HE'LL REGARD IT OR NOT.
I SAY, ARE THEY GONNA, LEMME SEE.
ARE THIS IS, UH,
WE HAD BEEN WORKING ON SUBDIVIDING AND IT WAS, I THINK IT CAME UP AT THE MEETING ON, IN SEPTEMBER.
UH, EVEN THOUGH I WANTED TO PULL IT OFF THE MEETING, I THINK IT CAME UP.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT MEETING, BUT HE DID, HE DID, HE WANTED TO BUY THE, WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE WHOLE OF THE PROPERTY.
HE DID NOT WANT A HOUSE RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
ALTHOUGH THE, THE FLAG LOT HAS ALREADY BEEN SOLD.
I MEAN, THAT, THAT, THAT THERE WON'T BE AS MUCH BACKYARD AS WE HAD, BUT THEY'LL HAVE THE SIDE YARD.
YES, THEY HAVE, THEY'LL HAVE AN ACRE AND A HALF.
UM, LOUISE, UM, NO, EVERYBODY ELSE, UM, WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOTTA QUICKLY DISCUSS OUR, UM, OUR, OUR MEETING
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DATES, UM, FOR ALL BE IN, IN ORDER TO GET DIANA WHO HAS GOT STUCK WITH A CLASS THAT DOESN'T END UNTIL FOUR 10.UM, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO THE FOUR 30.
WE HAVE A REAL PROBLEM FOR TH 2021, UNLESS THE TOWN BOARD IS WILLING TO, UM, LISTEN TO REASON.
THEY'VE STARTED THEIR WORK SESSIONS, WHICH I'VE BEEN IN TOWN 48 YEARS.
I'VE BEEN IN MY CURRENT HOUSE 48 YEARS.
AND THE TOWN BOARD WORK SESSIONS WERE ALWAYS A TWO O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON ON A TUESDAY.
THEN THEY GOT TO BE WITH THIS CURRENT BOARD FOUR O'CLOCK.
NOW SUDDENLY THEY'RE SIX O'CLOCK, WHICH MEANS THAT DIANA WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COME TO OUR MEETING AND SHE WON'T BE ABLE TO GO TO ANY OF THE OTHER TUESDAY MEETINGS.
UM, I'M HOPING, UH, IF YOU DON'T REALLY MIND, I'D LIKE TO SEND A LETTER.
NOT THAT I THINK IT'LL DO ANY GOOD, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEND A LETTER TO THE TOWN BOARD ASKING THAT THEY AT LEAST GO BACK TO SAY THEIR FOUR O'CLOCK SCHEDULE, SO THAT UNLESS IT'S THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, DIANA CAN GET TO OUR MEETINGS.
UM, SHE ALSO HAS AN ISSUE WITH THE LIBRARY BOARD.
TRIED TO SEE IF WE, BUT THE LIBRARY IS ONLY OPEN TUESDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS DOESN'T WORK FOR COR AND IT REALLY DOESN'T WORK FOR ME IN CASE, HEAVEN FORBID, WE HAVE TO PRESENT SOMETHING TO THE PLANNING BOARD, IT BECOMES A, AN ISSUE.
UM, I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY UM, THE TOWN BOARD HAS BEEN PLAYING PINGING PONG WITH THEIR WORK SESSIONS.
BUT I'LL TRY TO FIND OUT IF YOU ALL DON'T MIND.
IF I, UM, IF I SEND A LETTER JUST ASKING, COULD THEY PLEASE AT LEAST GO BACK TO THEIR LATE AFTERNOON MEETINGS? DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU? BILL? DO YOU MIND IF I DO THAT? I DON'T MIND.
EXCEPT THAT DIANA IS, SHE LIKES OUR MEETINGS.
SHE'S BEEN VERY, UM, I DON'T WANNA SAY HELPFUL IN A, IN A NEGATIVE WAY, BUT SHE HAS, 'CAUSE SHE SEES THINGS THAT WE MIGHT NOT SEE AND SHE SEES THINGS THAT, THAT MIGHT HAVE TO GET THROUGH THE TOWN BOARD.
DIANA'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL, SO I'LL GIVE IT A SHOT.
AND SHE DOES IT JUST RIGHT? YES, EXACTLY.
WELL, I'LL GIVE IT A SHOT IF NOBODY MINDS, UM, I CAN ON I'M LITTLE MADELINE, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.
YOU'RE TRYING TO GO BACK TO OUR SEVEN O'CLOCK TIME SLOT IN 2021, ASSUMING WE CAN GET OFF ZOOM OTHERWISE, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA BE, I I DO KNOW, UM, AND I I I WON'T FAULT MR. FINER ON THIS 'CAUSE I'M RATHER RABID ON THE SAME SUBJECT.
UM, BECAUSE HIS PARENTS ARE REALLY ELDERLY.
HE'S VERY WORRIED ABOUT HAVING PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF TOWN HALL AND THE OTHER BUILDINGS AND HE REALLY DOESN'T WANT TO OPEN THEM.
BUT EVERYBODY'S WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IF A VACCINE COMES OUT IN DECEMBER OR JANUARY.
SO I'M ONLY TRYING TO LOOK AHEAD, BUT I'M NOT, NOTHING IS IN CONCRETE BECAUSE I'M PERFECTLY HAPPY WITH ZOOM.
I MEAN WE, YOU KNOW, WE DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AND YOU KNOW, NOBODY HAS TO COME OUT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW.
WHAT WOULD THE FOUR O'CLOCK TIME SLOT THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO HELP HELP DIANA? NO, SHE NEEDS A FOUR 30 TIME SLOT.
BECAUSE SHE UNTIL MINUTES AFTER FOUR.
SHE FIGURED SHE COULD AT LEAST GET TO HER OFFICE AT THE COLLEGE.
UM, AND PROBABLY, IF NOT IT, UM, AND THEN SHE, AND THEN SINCE WE ONLY TAKE AN HOUR TO AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES, THEN SHE COULD RUN OVER TO TOWN HALL AND STILL MAKE THAT MEETING.
I'M, OH, I DO HAVE SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION FOR YOU AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL SQUEAK UNDER OLD BUSINESS.
UM, I DID SOME HOMEWORK LAST WEEK AND I FINALLY GOT A HOLD OF EDEDIE MCCARTHY, UM, THE TOWN ASSESSOR, GOOD, GOOD PERSON FOR OUR, I MEAN SHE LIKES WHAT WE DO AND SHE'S WILLING TO GIVE OUT INFORMATION.
SO I ASKED ABOUT FOUR 50 TAXTER ROAD.
THAT'S THE PILE OF ROCKS OR STONES OR RIGHT.
OR FIELDSTONE OR WHATEVER WE'RE GONNA CALL IT.
AND 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN IN CON SUSAN SEAL FROM FROM ODELL HAS BEEN IN TOUCH ME BECAUSE THE BUILDER,
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PAUL BERGEY HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH HER.SO I ALSO CONTACTED THE EAST IRVINGTON CIVIC ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS WHERE THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED.
AND I GOT A LETTER BACK, UH, AN EMAIL BACK FROM, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S THE CURRENT PRESIDENT.
SHE CERTAINLY WAS THE, UH, A PAST PRESIDENT AND HER HUSBAND'S ALSO HEAD OF THE ZONING BOARD, ELLEN FOLEY.
AND SHE SAID THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN A MYSTERY TO EAST IRVINGTON FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
SHE COULD GIVE ME THE NAME OF THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND SHE COULD GIVE THE NAME OF THE TRUSTEE.
IT'S A LIFE ESTATE, BUT THAT'S ALL SHE COULD TELL ME.
HAD NO IDEA WHY THE STONE WAS THERE, BUT SHE WAS WILLING TO DO SOME MORE DIGGING.
AND I CALL, I FINALLY GOT AHOLD OF EDIE MCCARTHY AND SHE SAID THE TAX, IT'S NOT AN ABANDONED PROPERTY.
THE TAXES ON THAT PROPERTY HAVE BEEN PAID AS OF LAST APRIL.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THAT, I MEAN, NOBODY COULD TAKE ANYTHING.
HE CAN'T MAKE A DEAL WITH THE TOWN.
HE'S GOTTA MAKE A DEAL WITH THE OWNERS.
WHETHER OR NOT HE CAN FIND THE OWNERS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE WOMAN WHOSE LIFE ESTATE IT IS AND IT'S BEEN A LIFE ESTATE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S STILL ALIVE.
THE TRUST LIVES IN QUEENS SOMEPLACE.
I THINK, UM, I FIND THE WHOLE THING REALLY FASCINATING SINCE THE TAXES ARE PAID.
MY OTHER THOUGHT WAS THAT MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT ADDRESS, ALTHOUGH ELLEN KNEW EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
SO I SENT, UM, I GUESS KATIE GOT AHOLD OF ME ON FRIDAY, SO, OR MAYBE THURSDAY.
SO I, UM, I GOT A, UM, HANG ON, I GOT A HOLD OF SUSAN OVER THE WEEKEND AND IF I DON'T, I HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE, UH, EMAIL TODAY SO THAT IF SHE GOT, I SAID THIS, THESE ARE THE FACTS, ASK MR. BERGEY TO FIND OUT WHAT THE EXACT ADDRESS IS AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT THE HISTORY.
I WAS, HOPE, THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I WAS HOPING SHE COULD COME TODAY.
NOTHING CAN BE DONE, EVEN IF IT'S TOWN OWNED PROPERTY.
THERE HAS TO BE, I BELIEVE A REFERENDUM.
THEY JUST CAN'T SELL OR GIVE AWAY.
HE REALLY, HE DOESN'T WANT IT SOLD.
THAT DIANA HAS ASSURED ME, AND ED LIEBERMAN SAID HE'S GOTTA WRITE CONTRACTS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
I THOUGHT
BUT I FOUND IT FASCINATING THAT IT'S NOT AN ABANDONED PROPERTY YET EVERYBODY TOLD US IT WAS.
I I'M INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY, BUT I, OTHER THAN THAT, UM, THEY HAVE TO AND SUSAN AND BUNGEE AND, AND WHOEVER OWNS IT HAS THEY HAVE TO STRAIGHTEN IT OUT THEMSELVES.
WE WE'RE NOT AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE INTEREST IN WHAT THE ROCKS ARE STILL THERE.
MR. BERGEY IS REMODELING A HISTORIC HOUSE ON ROUTE OH NINE NINE IN TARRYTOWN, THE HOUSE, MUCH LIKE ODELL IS ALMOST ON THE ROAD.
SO WHAT HE WANTS TO DO IS TO BUILD A, A ROCK WALL.
I WOULD HOPE HE WOULD MAKE IT A DRY ROCK WALL, NOT ONE WITH MORTAR IN BETWEEN BECAUSE DEPENDING ON WHEN THE HOUSE WAS BUILT, YOU DIDN'T NECESSARILY BUILD A WALL THAT WAY.
BUT HIS ARGUMENT TO ME WAS THAT IT IS SO VERY EXPENSIVE TO BUY FIELD STONE AND TO TRUCK IT TO THE SITE THAT SINCE THIS IS ALMOST AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE HOUSE HE'S RENOVATING, HE WANTS THIS STONE AND HE'LL IT HIMSELF.
SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY YARDS HE PLAN I, WELL SOMEBODY ELSE TOLD ME, FIND OUT HOW MANY YARDS HE PLANS TO TAKE AND CALL SOMEBODY WHO DEALS IN FEED FIELDSTONE, FIND OUT WHAT IT'S WORTH.
SOMEHOW $3,000 IF HE WANTS TO BUILD A WALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE FRONT OF A HOUSE, WHICH PROBABLY MINIMALLY IS 75 FEET, SEEMS A VERY LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
BUT ISN'T IT INCUMBENT, ISN'T IT INCUMBENT UPON HIM NOW IF THEY FOUND THAT THERE IS A SEPARATE OWNER, GO DEAL WITH THE OWNER AND BUY THE ROCK FROM THE OWNER, I WOULD AGREE WITH, BUT IF HE HAS TO BUY IT ARMENIA, HE ISN'T GOING TO GIVE THE MONEY TO ODELL.
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THAT'S TRUE.HE WANTS US TO HELP HIM GET THIS SO THAT HE CAN GIVE ODELL A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF MONEY.
I HAVE, I'D LIKE THEM TO HAVE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF MONEY.
WE'VE WORKED HARD TO HELP ODELL GET WHERE IT IS.
SO ANYWAY, COR DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON IT? DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT COULD TELL US THE WORTH, THE FOOT STONE? UH, IT'S DIFFICULT TO REALLY ASSESS THE CO VALUE OF IT IN, UH, AND IT'S ALL BASED ON HOW MUCH, UH, SOMEBODY'S WILLING TO PAY FOR IT.
OR YOU CAN FIND SOME OTHER BUYERS.
SO THAT'S WHY HE WANTS IT FOR FREE.
SO I I, I'VE BROUGHT YOU UP TO DATE.
I MEAN, I, I WAS FASCINATED ONCE I FOUND THIS WASN'T AN ABANDONED IN HOUSE BECAUSE THAT, THAT IS THE WHOLE BALLGAME.
SO ANYWAY, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE COMING BEFORE US? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
ALRIGHT GUYS, I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS, UM, OCTOBER AND I'M SURE WE'LL BE ON ZOOM.
I THINK, I THINK ALL THE TOWN BOARD MEETINGS ARE GONNA STAY ON ZOOM AT LEAST UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.
YEAH, THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING DIFFERENT.
UM, FLORIDA SUPPOSEDLY HAS ZERO, NO, A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE, 1% MAYBE OF CASES, UM, EXCEPT OUR COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS HAVE OPENED AND GOOD THE WEEKEND.
WELL THE WEEKEND WAS A HORROR SHOW.
I MEAN THAT THERE, NOBODY WORE A MASK.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT WHAT, 14 DAYS TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED.
AND I ALSO,