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TOWN BOARD MEETING.TODAY IS, UM, JANUARY 12TH AT 6 0 9, UH, PM AND, UM, THE FIRST ITEM, SHOULD WE DO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION FIRST, OR, UH, SHOULD WE DO SOME OF THE OPEN MEETING STUFF FIRST? WELL, LET'S DO, LET'S DO THE INTERVIEW WITH THE STUDENTS SO WE CAN GO.
SO WE'RE GONNA FIRST, UH, MOVE FOR, UH, A SHORT EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ANYBODY, UH, LIKE TO SECOND IT? SECOND.
AND THIS IS TO INTERVIEW SOMEBODY FOR BOARD POSITION, AND, UH, SO HE CAN GO HOME AS A JOKE SINCE I'M SURE HE IS ALREADY HOME.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA STOP THE RECORDING.
SO NEXT, UM, THE DISCUSSION ON TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BY, UH, THE COMMITTEE, AND I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD JUST SCHEDULE, UM, A DATE AND TIME, UM, WHEN WE COULD, YOU KNOW, MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS AND IF WE HAVE TO FORMALIZE, UH, THE CREATION OF A COMMITTEE.
WELL, THE ONLY ISSUE I HAVE IS IT'S NOT, IT'S, UH, NOT GEOGRAPHICALLY DIVERSE EXCEPT FOR NO, WE SHOULD MAKE IT DIVERSE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED SOMEBODY FROM TAXI ROAD AREA.
WE NEED SOMEBODY FROM THE NINE A AREA.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE OF THE FOUR CITIZEN MEMBERS, UH, ARE ALONG THE CENTRAL AVENUE CORRIDOR, BUT WE NEED MORE DIVERSITY AS IF WE'RE GOING TO DRILL DEAL WITH, UH, TRAFFIC THAN THAT.
I THINK THERE'S SOMEBODY FROM EAST IRVINGTON WHO IS INTERESTED IN IT, UM, IN THE COMMITTEE.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WOULD COVER TAXI ROAD.
MY RECOMMENDATION IS JUST TO GET A MOVING, UM, IF WE COULD FORM LIKE THE COMMITTEE, UH, MAKE THE INITIAL APPOINTMENTS AND THEN, UM, AND THEN WE COULD, YOU KNOW, WE COULD CREATE, UH, SPOTS FOR, UH, PEOPLE FROM OTHER SECTIONS OF, OF TOWN.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD ALSO INCLUDE DONALD, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE REALLY A LARGE COMMITTEE.
THEN WE ENVISION WE SHOULD HAVE MAYBE DONALD PARK, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, NEAR, UH, THE JACKSON, UM, AVENUE CORRIDOR.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD LEAVE IT A LITTLE OPEN-ENDED OR, YOU KNOW, WE COULD EVEN CREATE IN THE LANGUAGE, WE COULD SAY, WE'LL HAVE A MINIMUM OF A CERTAIN NUMBER OF MEMBERS, MAXIMUM OF A CERTAIN NUMBER OF MEMBERS.
THIS WAY THEY COULD START WORKING.
SO IS THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST DIDN'T STEP UP OR PEOPLE THAT WE REACHED OUT TO BACK TO US OR? I, I HAVE A FEELING THAT EVERYBODY'S LIKE DISTRACTED, YOU KNOW, WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON AND THE COVID VACCINES, THE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T THINKING OF A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT, ONLY ABOUT LOCAL, YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT.
AND I THINK THAT ONCE, AND I'M SORT OF, THE ONLY REASON I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE MOVE AHEAD NOW IS BECAUSE I FEEL THAT WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS ON OUR PLATE THAT IF WE DON'T DO IT, IF WE DON'T HAVE LIKE THE, THE FOUNDATION OF THE COMMITTEE, THEN WE MAY, WE JUST GET SIDETRACKED AND, YOU KNOW, LOST IN THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.
SO WE CAN DO IT, BUT MAKE IT CLEAR IN THE RESOLUTION THAT WANNA DOUBT THAT IT'S, THESE ARE THE INITIAL NUMBERS, BUT THERE'LL BE, THERE'LL BE MORE.
SO WHAT, WHEN DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD, UH, SHOULD WE ASK JOHN TO SCHEDULE, UM, INTERVIEWS FOR NEXT WEEK? THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.
JOHN, IS JOHN ON THE LINE? I, YES.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, UH, SO YOU GIVE THIS, UH, PRIORITY JUST, UH, THERE'S ALSO SOMEBODY IN, UM, UM, IN EAST IRVINGTON.
I THINK WE MAYBE HEARD THEIR NAME AND, UH, THEY'RE INTERESTED.
THEY JUST WANNA HAVE MORE INFORMATION, SO THEY WANNA SPEAK TO THE TOWN BOARD.
HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU WANNA SEE AT ONE TIME? YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THIS IS REALLY THAT CONTROVERSIAL.
SO WE COULD, YOU KNOW, WE COULD CALL EVERYBODY IN.
I SHOULDN'T SAY ONLY VOTED THAT THERE FOUR SO FAR YOU HAVE STATE LIBERALIZATION.
YOU KNOW WHAT, THE ONLY SUGGESTION I HAD IS NEW YORK STATE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S CLEAR THAT THE STATE'S GONNA LEGALIZE MARIJUANA.
UM, AND IT'S ALSO CLEAR THAT SOME COMMUNITIES, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE GONNA TRY REGULATING, UM, THIS, AND I'M SORT OF WONDERING
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IF, UH, WE SHOULD ASK THE PLANNING BOARD, UH, COMMISSIONER PLANNING, UH, YOU KNOW, TO START GIVING US OPTIONS.YOU MAYBE EVEN SPEAK TO SOME OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS.
THAT'S GONNA DEFINITELY BECOME AN ISSUE.
AND I FEEL THAT, UM, IT'S DEFINITELY GONNA BE LEGALIZED.
SO WE HAVE TO, JUST LIKE WE WERE LOOKING AT THE BATTERY STORAGE, YOU KNOW, IF WE ACT NOW BEFORE THE LAW IS PASSED, YOU KNOW, IF WE START THINKING ABOUT IT BEFORE THE LAW IS PASSED, THEN WE COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, DECIDE WHAT WE WANNA DO AND YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE GONNA HANDLE IT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY NOTES FROM THE, THE MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL? REMEMBER FROM, UH, I THINK IT WAS COLORADO? YEAH.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH, REMEMBER THAT WAS LIKE A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UH, UH, FERTILIZER WHO WORKED WITH ME WHEN HE LIVED IN HOUSTONS IS NOW ATTORNEY GENERAL OF COLORADO.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, HE GAVE US A NAME OF SOMEBODY WHO MET WITH US.
UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE COMING BE EVEN MORE DIFFERENT NOW BECAUSE IT'S NOW SO PREVALENT IN SO MANY STATES.
WHEN WE MET WITH, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, FILLS, UM, AID, UM, COLORADO, I THINK IT WAS LIKE THE ONLY STATE THAT HAD LEGALIZED MARIJUANA, OR THERE WERE VERY FEW NOW, YOU KNOW, BUT MANY OF THE STATES HAVE LEGALIZED IT.
WE RECORDED THAT MEETING, DIANE.
SO IT'S ARCHIVED IF ANYBODY WANTS TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
DO YOU KNOW, DO YOU REMEMBER THE DATE OF THE, UH, TIME YOU THINK WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, LOCATE IT? YEAH, VERY EASILY.
MAYBE YOU COULD SEND IT TO EVERYBODY AND THEN WE COULD, YOU KNOW, I COULD SEND IT TO PEOPLE AND I COULD SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, I COULD POST IT ON THE WEBSITE AT SOME POINT AND I COULD JUST ASK PEOPLE FOR THEIR THOUGHTS.
SO, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL JUST GET INFORMATION, UH, ADD AND, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BE SORT OF, WE COULD START THINKING ABOUT, AND THEN FIND OUT WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE, UM, UM, YOU ARE DOING, UM, I'LL START SOME RESEARCH.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL LOOK AT THE STATE TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND, UH, I KNOW THE, UH, PLANNING, UH, ORGANIZATION, THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF UH, PLANNERS HAS DOCUMENTATION ABOUT BEST PRACTICES.
SO, UM, WE'LL DO SOME RESEARCH WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT DIRECTION THE STATE'S GOING TO GO AS FAR AS, UM, LIKE LICENSING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO ALL THOSE INTRICACIES WOULD BE UNIQUE TO NEW YORK STATE, BUT WE'LL ABSOLUTELY THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT, UH, BEGIN SOME RESEARCH.
WALTER, UH, NEXT IS AN UPDATE ON FRIDAY APPEALS.
DO WE HAVE STEVE, EVERYONE ON IT? I THINK HE'S, BUT HE'S, UM, YEAH, SO I, I, I SEE THE AGENDA, BUT I KNOW THERE WERE A COUPLE OF FOUR APPEALS, UH, THAT DON'T INVOLVE DOCUMENTS THAT THE TOWN HAS IN ITS POSSESSION.
AND I DON'T HAVE THE FOUR APPEAL IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I THINK IT PERTAINS TO, UH, THE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT ON MANHATTAN AVENUE.
AND I KNOW THERE WERE A COUPLE OF APPEALS AND WE RESPONDED THAT WE DID NOT HAVE THOSE DOCUMENTS, WHICH ONE DID NOT, BUT MAYBE THE BUILDING INSPECTOR OR THE APPEAL WAS DIRECTED TO CAN RESPOND.
SO ACCORDING TO FOIL, FATAL INFORMATION LAW, WE HAVE TO RESPOND WHETHER WE HAVE THE DOCUMENTS OR NOT, WE ARE REQUIRED TO DOCUMENT A RESPONSE.
IF WE DO NOT DOCUMENT A RESPONSE, THEN WE'RE LIABLE FOR LEGAL ACTION.
THAT IS NOT MY MADE UP RESPONSE.
IT IS DOCUMENTED IN NEW YORK STATE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW.
UM, THERE, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO REQUESTING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT STEVE, IN PARTICULAR, HIS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN JUST FANTASTIC WITH RESPONDING TO FOR REQUESTS.
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YOU KNOW, THE THING IS, YES, PEOPLE WILL FILE AN APPEAL JUST BECAUSE THEY, THEY, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO, AND WE HAVE TO RESPOND.SO IF THE ANSWER IS NO, WE DO NOT HAVE THE DOCUMENT AND THE TOWN BOARD AS THE GOVERNING BODY, OR YOU AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GOVERNING BODY PEN, SIMPLY HAS TO RESPOND TO THAT PERSON SAYING, THE BOARD UPHOLDS THE DECISION OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR, WHICH STATES WE DO NOT HAVE THIS DOCUMENT, THEREFORE, YOUR APPEAL IS DENIED.
SEE, WHAT, WHAT GETS US IN TROUBLE IS WHEN WE DON'T RESPOND, BUT WHEN WE RESPOND, WE'RE DOCUMENTING A RESPONSE.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S REQUIRED BY LAW THAT WE DOCUMENT A RESPONSE PERIOD.
UNDERSTANDING THAT, STEVE, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT STEVE DID SAY THAT THE DOCUMENTS, THAT THEN THE PERSON APPEALED ANYTHING.
SO, SO THE PERSON APPEALED, AND THAT IS A STEP IN THE PROCESS.
SO AFTER THEY APPEAL, THEN IT'S NOW THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNING BODY TO EITHER MAKE A STATEMENT, UM, PROVIDING THE REASON FOR THE DENIAL OR FURTHER DENIAL OF THE DOCUMENT OR FOR THE GOVERNING BODY'S REPRESENTATIVE TO MAKE THAT RESPONSE.
AGAIN, IT IS ALL ABOUT THE RESPONSE.
WE HAVE TO RESPOND BY LAW, THE PERSON IS ENTITLED TO APPEAL, BUT BY LAW WE MUST RESPOND TO THAT.
SO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT, UM, MS UH, THE APPEAL FILED BY, UH, MS. DENNIS? YES.
'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S DUE TODAY.
I MEAN, THAT'S DUE ON, I'M SORRY, IT'S DUE BY, BY THE, TOMORROW, THE 12TH.
SO IF THE DECISION IS TO UPHOLD THE BUSINESS, I MEAN THE BUILDING OFFICER'S DECISION, THAT HAS TO BE PUT IN WRITING, PERIOD.
JUST WANTS TO RESPOND NOW THOUGH.
YEAH, I DID GIVE YOU MY RESPONSE TO THAT, UM, LAST WEEK.
AND YOU CORRECTED ME BECAUSE I ERRED ON WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO.
AND I BELIEVE WE'RE DONE WITH THAT ONE AT THIS POINT.
YOU ARE DONE, YOU AS THE DEPARTMENT HEAD, AND YOU ARE ALSO CONSIDERED IN LEGAL TERMINOLOGY, YOU ARE CONSIDERED THE OFFICE OF RECORD.
SO YEAH, YOU ARE DONE, BUT THE PERSON APPEALED.
SO NOW IT'S UP TO THE BOARD TO RESPOND.
THE BOARD OR THE BOARD'S REPRESENTATIVE HAS TO RESPOND IN WRITING.
SO TIM'S ADVISED ON THAT SAYING IF THE DOCUMENTS DON'T EXIST, THEN THERE IS NO APPEAL.
SO IF THE DOCUMENTS DON'T EXIST, NO, NO, NO, NO.
FRANCIS, WE, WE, WE HAVE TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS, FRANCIS, THERE IS AN APPEAL, ANYONE, ACCORDING TO THE LAW, AND, AND I, YOU KNOW, READ IT YOURSELF.
UH, UH, WHEN A PERSON RECEIVES A DENIAL, THEY ARE ENTITLED BY RIGHT OF LAW TO APPEAL THAT DENIAL.
ANY DENIAL MAY BE APPEALED IN FOIL, AND A DENIAL MAY BE AN ABSENCE OF A RESPONSE OR A RESPONSE THAT SAYS, WE DON'T HAVE THE RECORDS, OR THE RECORDS DON'T EXIST, OR WHATEVER.
THE APPLICANT HAS THE RIGHT TO SAY, WELL, I, I APPEAL THAT.
AND BASICALLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE CHALLENGING THE GOVERNING BODY, YOU, THE BOARD OR THE BOARD'S REPRESENTATIVE, TO BASICALLY CONFIRM THAT WE DON'T HAVE IT BY UPHOLDING THE DENIAL OR WHATEVER YOUR
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DECISION IS.BUT THIS IS A RIGHT THAT THEY HAVE.
AND WHEN SOMEBODY SENDS ME AN APPEAL BY LAW, IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO INFORM THE GOVERNING BODY THAT WE HAVE AN APPEAL, AND IT IS THE GOVERNING BODY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPOND.
STEVE, A FEW THINGS YOU WANNA SAY ABOUT THIS APPEAL IN TERMS OF WHAT WAS REQUESTED, JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOW.
BUT SHE'S LOOKING SPECIFICALLY FOR, UM, FOR A REPORT THAT DOESN'T EXIST.
THAT MAIN DEPARTMENT WAS NEVER AT THE SITE AT THE DAY SHE WAS LOOKING, OR ACTUALLY I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT.
YEAH, THE DATED, SHE WAS REQUESTING A REPORT FOR IT.
THE BUILDING PERMIT WAS NEVER AT THE SITE.
THERE'S BEEN NO PERMITS ISSUED FOR THIS FACILITY AS OF YET.
THERE IS A, THERE ARE APPLICATIONS, UM, THE SIMULATION APPLICATIONS, AND THERE'S ALSO A BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THE NEW BUILDING THAT'S GONNA GO UP.
AND THERE'S A DEMOLITION FOR, OBVIOUSLY FOR THE, THE OTHER BUILDINGS THAT ARE COMING DOWN.
THE CONTRACTOR IS PREPPING THE BUILDINGS FOR DEMOLITION, WHICH REQUIRE THEM TO DO ASBESTOS ABATEMENT, AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, ONCE THAT'S COMPLETE AND THEY GIVE ME THE REPORTS, THEN I CAN GIVE THEM THE DEMOTION PERMIT TO REMOVE THE BUILDINGS.
AND OBVIOUSLY THIS ONE BUILDING WON'T BE COMING DOWN AS OF YET.
UM, SO THEY PUT IN SECURITY FENCES, SO TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THE AREA THAT'S BEING CONSTRUCTED.
AND I THINK, UM, SHE'S A LITTLE BIT UPSET OF WHAT, I GUESS THE WAY THE SECURITY ARE, OR SAFETY FENCES, LET'S CALL THEM, PER SE.
UM, AND UM, BASICALLY, UM, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
THERE WAS AN INCIDENT THERE ABOUT, UM, A WEEK AGO, ONE OF MY INSPECTORS WAS ON SITE, AND HE, UH, SAW THE WORK BEING DONE AND CALLED OUR OFFICE AND REALIZED THERE WAS NO PERMITS.
HE ISSUED A, A STOP WORK ORDER AND POSTED IT, BUT I IMMEDIATELY RESCINDED THE STOP WORK ORDER ONCE I REALIZED WHAT WAS GOING ON.
UM, BUT REGARDLESS, THE STOP WORK ORDER WAS OFF AND THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN OF IT.
AND WE ACTUALLY GAVE, UH, MS. NUNS THE, UH, PICTURE OF THE STOP WORK ORDER, AND I WOULD'VE EXPLAINED IT TO HER IF SHE WAS HERE TONIGHT, WHY THAT HAPPENED, UM, AND WHY I RESCINDED IT.
UM, BECAUSE THE WORK, UM, BEING DONE THERE IS IN PREPARATION FOR, UH, A TION PERMIT.
SO IT HAS TO, THAT WORK HAS TO GET DONE PRIOR TO
STEVE, I JUST WANNA SAY TO STEVE, THAT WAS THAT.
UM, MS. DENNIS MIGHT BE WATCHING, BUT SHE INDICATED THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE ATTENDING.
BUT STILL, YOU GAVE A VERY INFORMATIVE EXPLANATION.
HOWEVER, THE TOWN IS ONLY OBLIGATED TO SAY, WE DO NOT HAVE THIS DOCUMENT THAT YOU ARE REQUESTING, AND WE UPHOLD, WE UPHOLD THE DECISION OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR PERIOD.
THEN WHY DON'T WE JUST, LET'S JUST, UH, UH, SUBMIT SOMETHING.
AND THIS WAY WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW.
I TAKE CARE OF IT, AND I'LL SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE AND THAT WILL ISSUE.
I, TO BE FAIR HERE, BECAUSE WE HAD A DISCUSSION THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT THIS, DO YOU, WELL, THERE'S A LEGAL ISSUE HERE, SO I DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS IT IN ORDER TO A LEGAL ISSUE.
THE REASON WHY I HAVEN'T TO THE AGENDA, SO IS THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE THIS, THESE WERE NOT ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE OF THAT LEGAL DISCUSSION, I GUESS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
BUT THIS PARTICULAR, THIS PARTICULAR APPEAL SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DEADLINE.
YOU, YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE AT THE 10 BUSINESS DAYS TODAY.
SO THIS, IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS THIS PARTICULAR APPEAL.
THAT'S THE REASON I PUT IT ON THERE, BUT IT WASN'T THERE.
BUT THAT'S THE LEGAL DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING WHY IT WASN'T ON THERE AND PUT IT ON THERE.
SO WE HAVE UPCOMING NEWS, ALLEGIANCE, LONG CALL, SILENCE, WE ADDING IN PICTURES BEFORE TOMORROW NIGHT.
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MAYBE A LITTLE BIT GENERAL, AND I MAKE EITHER SOME OF THE TEAM SOMETIMES WANNA SPEAK ABOUT THE PROPOSED DRAFTUM, YEAH, I, UH, MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE WERE, UM, WE REFER TO, UM, EITHER THAT, UH, COMMITTEE THAT WE'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, POINTING TO, TO REVIEW, UM, YOU KNOW, OR, UM, THAT WE, UH, WOULD REFER TO, UH, THE PLANNING BOARD.
I, I FEEL THAT LIKE A LOT OF, UM, UH, WORK IS BEING DONE BY, UM, BY, UM, THE COMMITTEE BY CITIZENS, UM, YOU KNOW, BY, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TRYING TO COME UP WITH A GOOD, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, GOOD LAW AND, YOU KNOW, NOBODY INTENDS TO TAKE ACTION ON ANY, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, BATTERY STORAGE APPLICATION UNTIL WE DO THE COMPLETE THE RESEARCH.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS BASICALLY YOU ASKING IN
AND THEN WE HAVE A DISCUSSION,
YOU WANNA SPEAK ABOUT YOUR DISCUSSION? YEAH, I, I BASICALLY FEEL THAT WE SHOULD GET RID OF THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT WHERE THE PARKING OUR COMMISSIONERS.
I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT THAT WAS, UM, UM, VERY OFFENSIVE.
YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT REMINDS ME OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE 17, 18 HUNDREDS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT IT DISENFRANCHISES, UM, RESIDENTS AND I ALSO INVITED, UM, THE PARKING COMMISSIONERS TO GIVE US A STATE OF THEIR FINANCIAL HELP.
THEY OBVIOUSLY LOST A LOT OF MONEY 'CAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO THE CITY.
AND I THINK WE ALL, UM, NEED TO, UH, FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I'M WONDERING, COULD YOU ADD, UM, FROM THE DISCUSSION OF FINANCE, FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE, THE DISTRICT THAT'S, I'M HERE.
IT GONNA BE A SEPARATE DISCUSSION.
LAURA FRANCIS, ARE THEY GONNA SPEAK IN TWO SEPARATE? WELL, I GUESS THIS PART ISN'T REALLY ABOUT THEM.
THIS IS ABOUT US AND OTHER PEOPLE IN THE TOWN THING.
I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE PEOPLE CRAZY ON SCREENING WHILE SCROLLING UP AND SCROLLING DOWN.
SO, HEART'S HARTSDALE, PUBLIC PARKING DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS, STATE OF FINANCES LAWS, AND THEY GAVE US A SUMMARY.
THEY ALSO GAVE US, UH, AN OPINION AS TO WHAT THEY THINK OF ASKING THE STATE TO CHANGE THE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, FRANCIS, UNDER, UM, TOWN CLERK'S COMMENTS, I, I MIGHT HAVE A COMMENT TO MAKE IT, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON, UH, CHIEF, CHIEF, I KNOW THAT WHEN WE, UM, FIRST SHUT DOWN, UM, UH, DURING COVID, UM, I'M NOT EVEN SURE, I DON'T THINK IT WAS YOU, UH, I THINK IT WAS CHIEF RYAN SAID, WE WILL NOT TICKET ANY OUTSTANDING, UM, HANDICAP TAGS WHILE WE ARE STILL UNDER THE COVID, UM, SHUTDOWN.
NOW THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE I GET CALLS EVERY DAY FROM SENIORS WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT, UM, THEIR HANDICAP TAGS EXPIRING AND THEY'RE WORRIED THAT THEY MIGHT GET TICKETS, AND THEN THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY DO NOT WANNA COME INTO TOWN HALL AND, YOU KNOW, SO I'M JUST WONDERING, ARE WE STILL HONORING THAT, UM, THAT, UM, MEMORIAL ON, ON NOT TICKETING HANDICAP EXPIRED HANDICAPPED BAGS? YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M NOT SURE THAT CHIEF RYAN DID NOT TELL ME THAT, THAT HE ADVISED OF, OF THAT MORATORIUM, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT MORATORIUM, THANK YOU.
IT, IT MAKES SENSE THAT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE.
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ISSUED A STAY ON VEHICLE INSPECTIONS AND VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS.THAT STAY, THAT STAY WAS LIFTED, UH, QUITE SOME TIME AGO.
OH, WHEN, WHEN THE COVID RESTRICTIONS WERE, WERE LIFTED, I WANNA SAY IN THE MM-HMM.
I THINK THAT WAS, I IT WAS NOVEMBER THEY LIVED IN.
SO THE CAR, YEAH, I'LL GO BACK AND LOOK AT MY FILE.
SO, SO, SO WE NEED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW YES.
THEY NEED TO, UM, NO, CORRECT.
I WANNA BE CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE.
SO IF THE STATE, IF THE STATE ISSUES THAT MORATORIUM, I WOULD, I WOULD EXTEND IT MOSTLY AS WELL.
SO I'LL CHECK WITH YOU ON THE FOLLOW UP AND OKAY.
RIGHT, SO THE FIRST FEDERAL HEARING REGARDING THE HANDLE AND STORAGE, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE VALID.
YOU KNOW, I'M WONDERING IF, UH, WE SHOULD HAVE CHANGED IT TO A PUBLIC, UH, DISCUSSION AND LET PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, COMMENT.
WE HAD LIKE PUBLICIZED THAT THERE WAS A HEARING.
UM, YOU KNOW, NOBODY'S TOLD ME THEY WANNA, I THINK ONE OR TWO PEOPLE SAID THEY MAY WANNA SPEAK, BUT I'M WONDERING IF WE SHOULD HAVE JUST, UM, IN CASE SOMEBODY JUST HAS, YOU KNOW, IS COMING FOR THAT, IF WE SHOULD JUST, UM, MAKE IT A PUBLIC DISCUSSION.
NOT THAT, NOT THAT IT MEANS ANYTHING, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM.
DO I DO IT THAT WAY? YOU COULD HAVE, THAT'S FINE.
AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO, JUST BRIEFLY ON THAT ONE AGENDA ITEM.
UM, IF I COULD JUST MAKE IT, UH, JUST A BRIEF COMMENT THERE, IF THAT WOULD BE OKAY.
AND AGAIN, I'LL, I'LL BE AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE.
I UNDERSTAND YOU GOING TO AN AGENDA, BUT THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT IS BECAUSE I WASN'T SO CERTAIN IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TOMORROW.
AND I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS JUST, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR POSITION ON BEHALF OF EAGLE ENERGY STORAGE REGARDING WHAT'S, WHAT'S TRANSPIRED, UH, RECENTLY ON THIS TOPIC.
SO IF IT, ALRIGHT, SO LEMME STOP REAL QUICK.
I THINK YOU REALLY SOON COUNCILMAN IS SAYING THAT THERE'S ALMOST NOTHING ELSE LEFT ON THE AGENDA AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
PUBLIC COMMENTS AS USUAL, PENDING AGAINST THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONERS AND THE APPOINTMENT MEMBERS ONE MONTH.
SO NEW, UH, FIVE MONTH
UM, I HAD TO FIGURE OUT ALL THE OTHER TERMS. AND SO WE PUT THEM ALL ON HERE SO THAT THEY WORKS.
I SHOULDN'T, I SHOULDN'T MENTION AND DAN
YOU STOPPED IT WHILE, SO YOU STARTED TO SPEAK DO AGAIN.
AND IT'S, UH, THE RESOLUTION REGARDING SUPPORTING, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING BEING, UH, UH, FUNDING AT ONE DRAW ROAD BASED ON THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL THAT WAS GRANTED ON JANUARY 7TH, 2016, APPOINTING, UM, CYNTHIA ADAMSON FOR, FOR NOT TO SEE.
UH, A THAT'S WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO READ.
THEN WE HAVE, UH, AND FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW CYNTHIA ADAMS,
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UH, ADAMSON, WHO SHE'S BEEN YOUR CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY FOR, IS IT 28 YEARS, PAUL? NO, FOR ALMOST THE WHOLE 29.UM, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A TRANSITION PERIOD FOR THE NEW PERSON COMING IN EVENTUALLY.
WE HAVE, UH, SOME SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT, RETAINING OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO, UH, REPRESENT THE TOWN AND POLICE OFFICERS AND A PARTICULAR LAWSUIT, UH, SIMILAR FOR A DIFFERENT LAWSUIT.
18 THREE, SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE TAR TOWN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT SERVICES.
THE ONE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON IS FOR 2019, AND THEN AT THE NEXT MEETING WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON 2020 SO THAT IT DOESN'T GET TOO CONFUSING HAVING THEM BOTH IN ONE DAY.
SO, WAIT, THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE 20, I'M SORRY, THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE 2019.
THIS RESOLUTION HERE? NO, NO, NO, NO.
WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED FOR TODAY IS GONNA BE 2019.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER, ANOTHER.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE NEXT MEETING, UM, FOR 2020.
AND THEN IT'LL BE ALL CAUGHT UP.
AND, UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING, UH, FISCAL YEAR BUDGET TRANSFERS IN 2020.
JERRY, YOU, JUAN, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR PARTS AND REC RESOLUTIONS? YEP, YEP, I'M HERE.
YEAH, THIS IS JUST OUR REGULAR, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WENT OUT TO BID FOR PAPER GOODS AND KITCHEN SUPPLIES.
AND IT'S NOT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, UH, $29,000, THE STANDARD THING.
AND THEN THE, UH, PR TWO, UH, WHICH IS A, UH, RECIPROCAL INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT.
UH, I'VE ALREADY ALWAYS SORT OF REFERRED TO IT AS A, UH, RECIPROCAL FACILITY, UH, PROGRAM THAT EXPIRED ON DECEMBER OF, UH, UH, 2019.
AND DUE TO COVID AND EVERYTHING, WE HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, GET THAT ALL WORKED OUT.
UM, AND I, I, I DO WANT TO THANK FRANCIS.
HE, HE, HE WORKED REALLY HARD WITH, WITH US, ALONG WITH DAVID FRIED, AND THEN PEOPLE REPRESENTING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, TO COME UP WITH THIS AGREEMENT.
AND, UH, I THINK WE IRONED OUT SOME OF THE KINKS THAT WE HAD IN PAST YEARS.
AND THAT'S, UH, IT'S A GOOD RESOLUTION.
IT SHOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO HAVE RENEWALS IN THE FUTURE HAVING GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS.
UM, THIS IS JUST TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT, UM, FOR THE 24 PASSENGER BUS FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
THE BUS HAS BEEN DELIVERED AND THE COUNTY CAME AND THEY INSPECTED THE BUS AND I HAVE PUT IN THE PAPERWORK TO BE REIMBURSED.
THE CONTRACT HAD EXPIRED, UM, DECEMBER OF 2020.
THE COUNTY WANTED AN OPPORTUNITY TO PAY US, SO THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE EXTENDED THE CONTRACT UNTIL 2021.
AND WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE THE MONEY.
UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GO TO BED FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO BE USED IN 2021.
I THINK THAT'S SELF-EXPLANATORY.
IS THE COMMISSIONER ON I, IS THERE A COMMISSIONER? IS THERE A COMMISSIONER? COMMISSIONER, FOND.
HOW ARE YOU?
SO, THIS IS A EXTREMELY, UH, IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR THE TOWN.
UM, AND I, I REALLY WANNA THANK THE WATER ADVISORY BOARD ONCE AGAIN.
UM, THIS GROUP, WHICH IS A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS, REALLY PUTS IN THE TIME, UM, AND, AND, AND, AND GOES THROUGH THIS STUFF.
AND THEY, THEY'VE BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL.
THIS PROJECT IS FOR A CONTAINMENT TANK FOR THE TREATMENT OF THE WATER OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN, THE CITY.
AND WE HAVE BASICALLY TWO YEARS FROM NOW TO GO OUT, GET IT DESIGNED, GET ALL THE PERMITTING, WHICH INCLUDES THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, UH, GET IT BUILT AND SIGNED OFF ON TO GET IT IN PLACE BY JANUARY OF 2023, WHICH
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IS TWO YEARS FROM TODAY.UM, BECAUSE THE CITY'S STOPPING THE TREATMENT OF THEIR WATER.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN A LOT INVOLVED WITH THIS.
THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER, UM, MANDATES THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
BUT THIS ONE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO EVERY RESIDENT IN THE TOWN BY CHLORINE CONTACT, UH, CONTACT TANK.
IT MEANS IT PROVIDES FOR LONG, UH, LONGER TI CONTACT TIME FOR THE CHLORINE TO INTERACT WITH THE WATER, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT ACTUALLY DOES THE DISINFECTING CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
THE SECOND ONE OVER AT THE CENTER, UH, THIS IS, UH, ONE OF THOSE ADAGES, THEY DON'T BUILD 'EM LIKE THEY USED TO.
SO, UH, THE BOILER THAT WAS, UH, ORIGINALLY PART OF THE BUILDING FROM I BELIEVE THE SIXTIES PART OF AN URBAN RENEWAL IS, UH, IS AT THE END.
IT'S BEEN AT THE END FOR A WHILE.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, LAST YEAR WE LOST ONE OF OUR BEST EMPLOYEES, UM, TUBBY AL CARVER, AND HE BABIED THIS THING ALONG FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, HE HAD THAT GIFT, AND, UH, IT'S AT THE POINT WHERE YOU'VE GOT ONE BOILER THAT CONTROLS EVERYTHING.
SO THE BUILDING'S VERY UNIQUE AND IT'S BEEN MANIPULATED OVER THE MANY YEARS IN, IN SERVICE.
WE HAVE TO NOW BREAK THAT OUT SO THAT WE HAVE A BACKUP.
UM, SO FOR INSTANCE, AND I KNOW THE BOARD'S HEARD THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE, UH, THE POOL WHEN IT GOES COLD OR IT'S A LITTLE BIT OFF, THIS IS GONNA HELP ALL THAT.
THIS WILL CHANGE THE WAY WE DO WORK OVER THERE.
UM, SO THIS IS FOR, FOR THE BOILER AT THE CENTER.
IS ANDRE, IS ANDRE AROUND OR IS, DID HE LEAVE ALREADY? IS HE STILL HERE? I DUNNO.
HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, JUST WONDERING IS THAT, DID ANYBODY FIND HIM? I DON'T KNOW.
YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY TO FIND WALDO
SEE, IT HAPPENS ON BOTH ENDS, MAN.
COMMISSIONER, FLAT LEVER PLEASE.
WOULD WOULD YOU EXPLAIN WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD ACCEPT THE DONATION? OH, THIS
AND, UH, THIS IS THE PHILANTHROPIC ENTITY OF THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED.
THIS IS THEIR FOUNDATION, UH, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO, UM, GIVE, UH, TO SUCH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS OURS.
SO WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
FRANCIS, WHAT ABOUT THE, UH, ACCEPTANCE OF THE MONIES THAT CAME FROM, UM, ROTARY? UH, THAT, NO, THAT, THAT WAS ACTUALLY ON A PRIOR RESOLUTION.
IT JUST SHOWED DID WE DO IT BEFORE? YEAH, WE DID.
IT'S, UH, IT, IT JUST SHOWED UP ON THE SERVER AS BEING ON THIS YEAR.
UH, SO IN OTHER WORDS, JUST TO BE CLEAR, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THAT THERE WAS A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT, OR FOR THE HARTSDALE GREENBERG ROTARY, UH, A DONATION IN GIFT CARDS, UH, TO DEAL WITH THANKSGIVING AND HOLIDAY.
UM, I GUESS YOU WOULD DOING FOOD BASKETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND, AND SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY ORIGINALLY PUT IN FOR ON, FOR TONIGHT.
AND THEN WE HAD A SPECIAL MEETING.
AND SO IT WAS ACTUALLY ADOPTED AT THE END OF 2020.
BUT ON THE AGENDA QUICK, THE PROGRAM WE USE IT STAYED ON JANUARY 13TH, SO
AND SO NOW WE ARE LEFT WITH
WHO WANTS TO SPEAK? OH, I THINK GARRETT ALSO WANTED TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW, BUT I THINK, OH, YEAH, YEAH, WE, WE, UH, THIS IS ABOUT THE BATTERY, RIGHT? DEFINITELY.
UH, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL SEAT TO GARRETT.
UH,
UH, UH, MEMBERS OF BOARD SUPERVISOR, FINER TOWN STAFF, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JUST HEARING ME OUT THIS EVENING.
GINO SHERETTA, PARTNER WITH THE LAW FIRM OF BLAKELY PLATINUM SCHMIDT AND WHITE PLAINS.
UH, I'M JUST HERE THIS EVENING ON BEHALF OF, UH, EAGLE ENERGY STORAGE.
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I'M SURE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH AT THIS, AT THIS TIME.UM, EAGLE ENERGY'S LOOKING TO DO A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM AT THE NORWOOD COUNTRY CLUB SITE.
UM, AND, AND THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT, I, YOU KNOW, I KNOW ON THE AGENDA WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TOMORROW NIGHT, AND I KNOW, UH, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN, IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT EVENTS, UH, REGARDING THE APPEAL FROM THE PLANNING BOARD.
SO I, I'M HERE TONIGHT JUST TO HOPEFULLY TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE, IF ANYTHING, AND REALLY JUST TO EXPRESS OUR FRUSTRATION AND, AND DISAPPOINTMENT.
A AND AGAIN, NOT, NOT YOU ALL ON THIS, ON THIS MEETING THIS EVENING, JUST, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'VE COME FROM AND WHERE WE NOW ARE WITH RESPECT TO THIS PROCESS.
AND, AND PARTICULARLY THE, IN, IN FACT THAT THIS, WE STARTED THIS A FEW MONTHS AGO.
WE STARTED WITH A RESOLUTION FROM YOUR BOARD BACK IN OCTOBER 14.
AND THAT RESOLUTION SIMPLY STATED THAT YOU WERE REFERRING THIS TO THE PLANNING BOARD, UH, FOR, FOR THE SITE PLAN.
AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS, OVER THE COURSE OF THESE MONTHS, YOU KNOW, WE WENT TO THE PLANNING BOARD, WE WENT TO C A C, GOT A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK ON THIS PROJECT, BUT IT, IT KIND OF MORPHED INTO MORE THAN JUST A SITE PLAN ISSUE AND STARTED TO GET INTO, TALK ABOUT THE SPECIAL PERMIT, TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOUR CODE, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PROPER INTERPRETATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HEARD ALL THAT, WE HEARD THE DISCUSSION, BUT WHAT WHAT'S BEEN REALLY FRUSTRATING ON BEHALF OF EAGLE ENERGY AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE PARTIES ON THIS SIDE IS, YOU KNOW, WE JUST BELIEVE THAT IT'S BEEN A FEW MONTHS NOW AND, YOU KNOW, AND I, AND I DIRECT YOU ALL TO THE LAST PLANNING BOARD BEING THAT THAT WAS ON DECEMBER 2ND.
AND IT'S, IT'S QUITE TELLING, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE GIVEN, WHEN I SAY WE EAGLE ENERGY, WE HAD SOME CERTAIN HOPE THAT, LOOK, WE WERE GONNA GET A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PROJECT TO YOUR BOARD.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST FEW MINUTES OF THAT MEETING, DECEMBER 2ND OF THE PLANNING BOARD, YOU'LL SEE THAT WHEN THEY TOOK A STRAW POLL OF THAT BOARD, YOU HAD FOUR POSITIVE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE MEMBERS, UH, A NEGATIVE AND ONE NEUTRAL.
AND THEN WHEN IT CAME TIME TO A VOTE, THERE WERE CERTAIN MEMBERS THAT WERE STEERING THAT VOTE TO A NEUTRAL RECOMMENDATION.
AND THE COMMENTS WERE MADE THAT, YOU KNOW, STRATA AND EAGLE ENERGY, THAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH THE QUOTE RINGER WITH US IN C A C, AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A QUOTE.
AND THESE ARE THE WORDS I'M USING THAT WERE USED AT THE MEETING THAT NIGHT.
WE WANNA HAVE THIS PROJECT AS A STIGMA FOR THESE GUYS, YOU KNOW, WE WANT THEM TO, TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE LEFT THAT DECEMBER 2ND PLANNING BOARD MEETING WITH AN WITH WHICH I'LL CALL NEUTRAL RECOMMENDATION.
AND WHAT'S UNFORTUNATE IS EVER SINCE THEN, IT'S, IT'S BEEN ANYTHING BUT NEUTRAL, YOU KNOW, AND WHEN YOU READ THAT, THE RESOLUTION AND WHEN YOU READ IT, AND THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY CERTAIN PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS, UH, YOU KNOW, TO ME IT'S NOT A NEUTRAL RECOMMENDATION.
AND, AND, AND I TAKE YOU BACK TO THE JANUARY 6TH MEETING WHEN THE PLANNING BOARD VOTED TO APPEAL THE BUILDING INSPECTOR'S DETERMINATION.
WHEN YOU HEAR THAT MEETING, IT WAS INSINUATED IMPLIED THAT THIS APPEAL WOULD NOT DELAY THE PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS THAT VOTED THAT WERE TOLD BY OTHER MEMBERS THAT THIS WOULD NOT DELAY THIS PROJECT.
AND AGAIN, I, I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S A REPRESENTATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, AGAIN, NOT BY THE FOLKS ON, ON THIS, ON THIS BOARD THIS EVENING, BUT REP MISREPRESENTATIONS MADE TO THE APPLICANT.
AND NOW WE FIND OURSELVES IN A PRECARIOUS SITUATION WHERE IF IT WASN'T FOR YOUR BOARD'S EFFORTS IN, IN, IN HAVING A NI A LETTER TO NYSERDA SENT TO, TO THEM ON BACK ON DECEMBER 30TH, WE WOULD BE, THIS PROJECT WOULD BE IN JEOPARDY.
AND THE ONLY THING THAT'S, THAT WE'RE HANGING ON RIGHT NOW IS YOUR BOARD'S, UH, LETTER MR. SUPERVISOR THAT YOU SENT TO NYSERDA, UH, SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT AND HOPEFULLY STATING THAT A NEG DECK, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE, LET ME, LET ME CLARIFY.
I DIDN'T SAY THAT I SUPPORT, I SAID THAT I'M OPEN, UH, TO IT.
DON'T, I DON'T WANNA PUT WORDS INTO YOUR MOUTH, BUT THE, THE LETTER SERVED ITS PURPOSE, IN LEAST GIVING US THAT LINE, THAT LIFELINE TOO.
SO, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN FRUSTRATING FOR US BECAUSE OF THE LANGUAGE THAT'S BEEN USED.
AGAIN, WE, WE'VE HEARD THAT THIS IS A NEUTRAL RECOMMENDATION, AND WE'RE TOLD, AND OTHER PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS ARE TOLD, THIS WON'T BE DELAYED IF WE APPEAL.
AND THEN AN APPEAL IS MADE, WHICH AGAIN, I'M NOT GONNA DISCUSS THE APPEAL THIS EVENING, IT'S NOT FOR THIS BOARD, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE AT, THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT, WE BELIEVE FOR THE TOWN, NO TRAFFIC, RATEABLES, NO IMPACTS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A PROJECT THAT IT'S IN A GREAT LOCATION.
I KNOW YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD FROM CERTAIN MEMBERS OF NORWOOD, UH, TODAY, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY'RE DYING FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO TO HAVE THIS FURTHER DELAYED, YOU KNOW, BASED ON CERTAIN MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATIONS THAT WERE MADE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST, WE, WE TAKE EXCEPTION TO THAT.
AND WE JUST BELIEVE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT, IT HASN'T BEEN FAIR TO THE APPLICANT.
AGAIN, IT'S, IT HASN'T BEEN GOING ON.
WE'VE BEEN GOING AT THIS FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SEE AN APPEAL FILED BY CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING BOARD, WHEN THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A QUOTE, NEUTRAL RECOMMENDATION BACK TO YOUR BOARD ON
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STRICTLY A CYCLONE, AND I'M QUOTING RIGHT FROM YOUR OWN RESOLUTION, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S PROBLEMATIC.SO I, I DO APPRECIATE BEING HEARD THIS EVENING.
I UNDERSTAND THAT TOMORROW NIGHT, THIS IS OFF THE AGENDA BECAUSE OF THE, THE APPEAL THAT'S BEEN FILED.
WE WOULD HOPE THAT THE TOWN BOARD WITH STAFF CAN FIND SOME TYPE OF, UH, METHOD FORWARD AND, AND, AND PATH FORWARD FOR THIS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT BEING SAID, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO STATE THIS EVENING.
I KNOW IT'S A LONG EVENING AND I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE JUST FRUSTRATED BECAUSE OF WHAT'S BEEN TOLD TO US BY AND REPRESENTATIONS MADE.
SO WE JUST WANT TO LET THIS BOARD KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS.
AND I'M SURE THE FOLKS THAT KNOW WOULD, AND THOSE WHO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT FEEL THE SAME WAY, GIVEN WHAT'S BEEN STATED ON THE RECORD.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE NOW IS FACING THE APPEAL OF, OF A, YOU KNOW, OF A NEUTRAL BOARD, UH, PURPORTEDLY.
I THANK YOU AND I DO APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT LEGISLATION FOR THESE TYPES OF SYSTEMS, WHICH IS ALL WELL AND GOOD.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANTED TO KEEP OUR PROJECT CONTINUING AND, AND MOVING FORWARD TOWARDS, HOPEFULLY WE'RE NOT EVEN LOOKING FOR AN APPROVAL.
WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR SIMPLY A NEGATIVE DECLARATION.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT WHAT WE SUBMITTED TO DATE AND ANSWER AND THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE ANSWERED TO DATE SUPPORTED A NEGATIVE DECLARATION AT THIS POINT.
BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS, THIS ISSUE WITH THE APPEAL AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
SO, AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR TAKING YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YEAH, AND I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, MY FAILING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE SUPPORTED A MORATORIUM.
UM, I FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD BE A MORATORIUM.
I FEEL THAT WE SHOULD SAY WITHIN FOUR MONTHS OR FIVE MONTHS, THERE SHOULD BE A DEFINITE TIME WHEN WE SAY WE'RE GONNA MAKE A DECISION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
YOU KNOW, I FEEL, I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THE FIRE SAFETY ISSUES, THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT PEOPLE HAVE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD BE AN INDEFINITE, UH, DELAY.
YOU KNOW, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, THE APPEAL BECAUSE THAT COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON.
AND I ALSO AM, UH, YOU KNOW, CONCERNED BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO WHO LIVE, UM, UM, IN THE AREA ALSO WANNA SEE OPEN SPACE, UM, AND THEY DON'T WANNA SEE THE COUNTRY CLUB GO OUT OF, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, OUT OF BUSINESS AND REPLACED WITH A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WOULD REALLY CHANGE THE WHOLE CHARACTER OF, UM, OF THAT THE MAYFAIR NORWOOD, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR, UH, THE, THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, CLUB.
SO, YOU KNOW, MY POSITION IS I'M THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T WANNA SEE THE PROJECT KILLED, BUT I DON'T WANT TO, I'M NOT SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROJECT.
I'M VERY OPEN-MINDED BASED ON, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR CONSULTANTS FIND AND, YOU KNOW, THE RESEARCH AND THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT TAKES PLACE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT, ABOUT THIS, ABOUT THIS APPLICATION, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, AND I JUST FEEL THAT IT'S, THAT'S JUST MY OWN FEELING AND, AND OUR EXCEPTION, YOU KNOW, UH, TO THIS MR. SUPERVISORS NOT TOWARDS WHAT, WHAT YOU SAID, IT, IT IS STRICTLY, AGAIN, PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST A LAWYER.
NO ONE BELIEVES LAWYERS, YOU KNOW, SO I, THAT'S WHY I DIRECTED YOU ALL TO GO, GO TO THAT DECEMBER 2ND PLAN BOARD MEETING IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES AND JUST, AND JUST LISTEN TO IT AND YOU'LL SEE WHERE, WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM IN TERMS OF OUR FRUSTRATION ON THIS.
AND, UH, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THIS BOARD IN WORKING WITH TOWN STAFF CAN DO SOMETHING TO AT LEAST COME UP WITH SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, CREATIVES OUTTA THE BOX TO, TO MOVE THIS PROCESS FORWARD, UM, WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND WE WOULD LOVE TO, TO CONTINUE DOING SO.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
AND AGAIN, UH, WE, SORRY FOR VENTING, BUT IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF, YOU KNOW, ME AND BATTERY ENERGY, IT'S, IT'S JUST FRUSTRATING, YOU KNOW, HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE, GIVEN THE MONTHS THAT WE'VE BEEN AT THIS.
OKAY, SO NOW TO A MOTION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, BEFORE WE DO THAT, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I GOT, UM, I GOT AN APPLICATION FOR, UH, FROM DIANE TORRA TO BE APPOINTED TO THE TOWN HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, I THINK THAT MOST OF US KNOW DIANE, UM, SHOULD WE STILL HAVE HER COME IN AND SPEAK WITH US.
SHE'S, SHE'S BEEN TO MANY, MANY, MANY MEETINGS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE.
UM, SO FRANCIS, YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEAD.
WE SHOULD, I SHOULD STILL TELL HER TO COME
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IN.I'M NODDING MY, I'M NODDING MY HEAD, NOT SHAKING MY HEAD.
SO SHOULD I TELL HER, INVITE HER TO THE NEXT, UM, THE NEXT WORK SESSION? WHY DON'T, UH, WHY DON'T YOU LET JOAN TAKE CARE OF THAT SO THAT THERE'S A CLEAR PROCESS? YOU CAN INVITE HER YEAH.
BUT THEN GIVE IT THE INFORMATION TO JOAN SO WE HAVE A OKAY.
LET ME HAVE OUR EMAIL ADDRESS.
I'LL FORWARD YOU THE EMAIL, JOAN.
AND JOAN, PLEASE BE SURE TO FORWARD ALL INFORMATION TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE SO THAT WE CAN INCLUDE HER IN THE DOCUMENTATION.
ANYBODY ELSE? JOAN, YOU'LL REACH OUT TO HER? YES, I WILL.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE LEFT WITH, UH, MOTION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL ISSUES INVOLVING INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE, UM, SEVERAL CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS AND, UM, SEEKING LEGAL ADVICE.
PAUL, ARE YOU MAKING THAT MOTION? I'M MAKING, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT MOTION.
I ALSO WANNA MENTION, UM, ON ANOTHER MATTER, UM, UM, TWO THINGS.
UM, I, I'M SETTING UP THE COVID VACCINE ANGELS PROGRAM, AND WE EXPECT TO OUTREACH TO HUNDREDS, PERHAPS THOUSANDS OF, UH, SENIORS, GREENBERG, UH, SENIORS IN THE COMING, UH, WEEKS, HELPING THEM NAVIGATE THROUGH THE COVID, UM, UH, VACCINE REGISTRATION PROCESS AND GET, GET THE SHOTS.
UM, SO FAR, UM, I PUT THIS OUT OVER THE WEEKEND AND WE NOW HAVE OVER 50 VOLUNTEERS.
AND, UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE, UM, ASSIGNED, UM, NAMES OF, UH, SENIORS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DIFFERENT LISTS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAYING THE MEALS AND WHEELS PROGRAM, UM, OTHER, UM, UH, SENIOR, UM, YOU KNOW, LISTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, UH, ONE OF THE VILLAGES DO FERRY I, YOU KNOW, CALLED ME.
AND THEY HAVE, UM, A LOT OF SENIORS WHO ARE LIKE VERY FRUSTRATED.
'CAUSE THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM.
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA CALL THEM, UM, I WANNA HAVE, UM, THE VOLUNTEERS, UM, YOU KNOW, SEE IF THEY HAVE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS SO THEY COULD GET TO THE, GET A VACCINE, YOU KNOW, GET TRANSPORTED TO THE VACCINE.
YOU KNOW, THE MAJOR CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THAT, UM, PEOPLE, UM, WHO ARE SENIOR, FOR EVEN SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT A SENIOR, IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S CUMBERSOME AND PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING THAT THEY CAN'T GET, YOU KNOW, GET THROUGH TO THE, THE, THE, THE PHONE CALLS AREN'T BEING, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ANSWERED BY THE STATE.
UH, THE COMPUTERS ARE SOMETIMES CRASHING.
SO IT'S LIKE VERY, VERY FRUSTRATING AND AGGRAVATING FOR, FOR MANY, UM, MANY PEOPLE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE MEETING AT SEVEN TO EIGHT, AND I THINK I SENT THE TOWN BOARD ON THE ZOOM LINK, UM, UH, YESTERDAY.
BUT ANY BOARD MEMBER WHO WOULD WANNA PARTICIPATE, UM, YOU KNOW, CAN, AND AGAIN, THAT'S FROM SEVEN TO EIGHT IN THE PM.
AND THEN, UM, THE SECOND THING, CAN I JUST, CAN I JUST CLOSE THE LOOP ON THE MOTION THAT YOU MADE AND GET
SO THE WAY IN THE FUTURE WOULD BE, BEFORE I MAKE THAT MOTION, AND THEN, I'M SORRY, WHAT ELSE DO YOU GOT, PAUL? THE ONLY OTHER THING IS, SO THAT MEETING'S THURSDAY, SEVEN TO EIGHT FROM EIGHT TO NINE ON, UH, THURSDAY.
UH, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TELLING EVERYBODY ABOUT THE ZUCKERBERG INSTITUTE AND WE HAVE OVER 70 STUDENTS WHO WANNA PARTICIPATE FROM ALL OVER, UH, THE TOWN.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE MATCHING, UH, THE STUDENTS WITH, UM, OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR AREAS.
UM, UM, AND THIS THURSDAY FROM EIGHT TO NINE, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR FIRST MEETING WITH, UM, ALL THE APPLICANTS AND, UM, RANDY ZUCKERBERG, UM, WILL BE, UM, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATING IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE MEETING.
AND WELL, CAN WE, CAN WE JUST ALSO ADD THAT THIS INITIATIVE GREW OUT OF OUR SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, UM, WITH THE INVOLVEMENT OF YOURSELF, GARRETT, TIM, AND MYSELF.
AND I JUST THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE OUTGROWTH OF, UH, UH, A FOCUS ON THE YOUTH IN OUR TOWN.
AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN WITH THE SUPPORT AND INVOLVEMENT OF WINSOME GORDON AND THE PHILANTHROPY DEPARTMENT.
AND, UM, THIS IS JUST PHENOMENAL.
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TO TAKE OFF.WELL, MAY I ASK A QUESTION WHETHER, UH, THE COVID ANGELS TRYING TO HELP SENIORS, THEY'RE GONNA BE AWAY FOR THEM TO GET TO SOMEONE WHERE THEY CAN GIVE THEM INFORMATION FOR MORE THAN ONE PERSON, BECAUSE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME UP.
IF YOU HAVE A HUSBAND AND WIFE THAT MAY WANNA GO TOGETHER, OR HOW CAN YOU DO THAT? 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN ON THE WEBSITE, IT'S NOT THAT EASY TO, TO MANEUVER THAT.
AND WHEN YOU CALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PHONES ARE SO BUSY THAT YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH.
SO WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO TO HELP, AND CAN WE GET OTHER INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN EXPEDITE IT? RIGHT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THE WAY, YOU KNOW, I SORT OF LOOKED AT IT IS I FEEL THIS IS ALMOST LIKE THE CON ED HURRICANE EXPERIENCE, AND I THINK IT'S VERY CHAOTIC, TOTALLY DISORGANIZED, YOU KNOW, NOBODY COULD GET THROUGH.
BUT I ALSO FEEL THAT THE GOVERNOR, UM, RECOGNIZES THAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY UPSET AND FRUSTRATED.
AND I THINK THAT IN THE COMING DAYS, UM, THEY'LL BE MORE AND MORE ORGANIZED, MORE SITES ARE GONNA OPEN UP.
SO I FIGURE MAYBE BY NEXT WEEK, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE ALREADY MADE CHANGES.
THEY NOW ARE LETTING PEOPLE WHO HAVE, UH, COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS, UH, GET ON EARLY.
YOU KNOW, A FEW DAYS AGO THEY WOULDN'T DO THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I HAD WRITTEN TO THEM OVER THE WEEKEND AND, YOU KNOW, A FEW DAYS AGO YOU HAD TO BE 75 YEARS OLD.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONCE PRESIDENT BIDEN, YOU KNOW, GETS IN OFFICE, THERE'LL BE MORE VACCINES.
THEY'LL PROBABLY, THEY'LL BE MORE ORGANIZED.
THEY'LL HAVE LEARNED FROM THE MISTAKES OF THIS WEEK.
AND IT WILL BE IN THE, I I PREDICT THAT IT'S GONNA BE AN EASIER PROCESS WITHIN THE NEXT, UH, UM, UH, FEW WEEKS.
JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE EARLY VOTING, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST DAY WAS, UM, CHAOTIC AND IT WAS FIVE HOURS, AND THEN BY THE END OF THE PROCESS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS SMOOTH.
AND ON ELECTION DAY, THERE WERE PRACTICALLY NO LINES AND SOME OF THE POLLING PLACES.
SO THAT, THAT'S MY PREDICTION.
YOU KNOW, I'VE TOLD PEOPLE NOT TO PANIC AND NOT TO GET TOO STRESSED OUT, BUT I THINK AS IT GETS EASIER, THE VOLUNTEERS WILL BE ABLE TO DO MORE AND THEY'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK ON SOME OF THE, UH, THE DIFFICULTIES THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FACING.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HELP THE STATE THROUGH THE ONE-ON-ONE CONTACT, YOU KNOW, MANAGE THIS BETTER.
I'VE BEEN LIKE SO SWAMPED, I'M GETTING EMAILS MAYBE ONE A SECOND, RIGHT? I REALIZE THAT.
AND, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING QUESTIONS, BUT WHEN YOU GO ON, THEY ASK, THEY'RE ASKING YOU FOR SOME PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT, THAT'S WHAT I NEED, MEDICAL SITUATION AS WELL.
SO I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE, IF WE HAD SOME BETTER CONNECTIONS.
YOU KNOW WHAT, AND THAT'S, THAT'S SUGGESTION THAT YOU MADE IS EXCELLENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL REACH OUT TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, UH, YOU KNOW, TONIGHT AND I'LL, I'LL, I'LL MENTION, UH, THAT SUGGESTION THAT IT SHOULD BE EASIER FOR FAMILY MEMBERS TO SIGN UP.
ALSO, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY HAS LIKE A OLDER, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY VERY, YOU KNOW, MORE FRAIL, UM, YOU KNOW, WOULD IT MAKE SENSE OR THEY'RE A HOMEMAKER, WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO LET THOSE PEOPLE, UH, ALSO GET THE TEST EARLY? BECAUSE THIS WAY THEY WON'T BE ENDANGERING THE VACCINE.
THE OLDER PERSON, YOU MEAN THE VACCINE? YEAH, THAT VACCINE.
YEAH, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK FEEDBACK I'VE GOTTEN.
AND YOU KNOW, I THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S BEEN LIKE A DISASTER, THE WHOLE ROLLOUT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT WON'T BE IMPROVED.
WELL YOU WANNA MAKE THAT MOTION.
UNLESS I THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE.
ANOTHER IDEA, UM, UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, TO DISCUSS, UH, CONTRACT NEGOTIATION, LEGAL ADVICE, ET CETERA, PER PERSONNEL ISSUES INVOLVING INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE.