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WELCOME TOWER GREENBERG TOWN BOARD MEETING.
THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING OF, UH, THE YEAR.
WE HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT, UH, 2021 AND IT'S 7:50 PM
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
WE'RE GONNA START WITH A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.WE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, THE FLAG, UNITED OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC WHICH STANDS, WHICH STANDS? ONE NATION, ONE NATION.
INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ORAL.
[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk]
UH, NEXT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE ROLL CALL FROM THE TOWN CLERK, TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER.PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN DIANA JUTTER.
PRESENT AND COUNCILMAN FRANCIS SHEEN, PRESENT TOWN SUPERVISOR.
I'M SORRY,
AND WE'RE NOW GONNA HAVE, UH, MR. UH, SUPERVISOR FRANK.
MR. AGUILAR, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
MR. AGUILAR, YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR MIC ON MUTE.
UM, UNTIL YOU'RE READY TO SPEAK, SIR.
AND WE'RE NOW GONNA HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
UM, UH, FIRST IN MEMORY OF MAJOR JOHN DASKO RETIRED, WHO PASSED AWAY ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18TH, 2020.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 42ND INFANTRY RAINBOW DIVISION ASSOCIATION OF THE US ARMY NATIONAL.
BUT PAUL, YOU, YOU NEED TO KEEP YOUR MICS MUTED.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT RESPECTFUL, PARTICULARLY AT THIS POINT TO THE MEETING.
ALL RIGHT, PAUL, WE'VE START IT AGAIN, PLEASE.
[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of Major John Daskos (Ret.), who passed away on Friday, December 18, 2020. He was a member of the 42nd Infantry "Rainbow" Division Association of the U.S. Army National Guard and a member of the Town of Greenburgh Veterans Advisory Committee, which is dedicated to serving Veterans in our community, and throughout Westchester County. He was also an active member of the Scarsdale American Legion Post 52 and belonged to numerous Veteran organizations. In memory of Peter Woods, who passed away on January 9, 2021, was a remarkable human being, a 9/11 hero, a Hartsdale Fire Commissioner, a devoted leader of Sacred Heart Church and an exceptionally nice person. His passing is heartbreaking to the community. He spoke passionately about his experiences on 9/11 at our annual 9/11 memorial ceremonies. He fought for safety enhancements on Central Avenue near Sacred Heart Church and did so much more. He was an exceptional human being, had a positive attitude about life, a model citizen and an inspiration. In memory of the 383,731+ individual victims of COVID-19, who have died in the United States, 1,974,176+ deaths worldwide, each leaving family members and friends too soon ]
OF THE FIRST MOMENT OF SILENCE IS A MEMORY OF MAJOR DON JO JOHN DCOS RETIRED, WHO PASSED AWAY ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18TH, 2020.MAJOR SCOS WAS A MEMBER OF THE 42ND INFANTRY RAINBOW DIVISION ASSOCIATION OF THE US ARMY NATIONAL GUARD.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE TOWN OF GREENBERG ADVISORY VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH IS DEDICATED TO SERVING VETERANS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THROUGHOUT WESTCHESTER COUNTY, HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE SCARSDALE AMERICAN LEGION POST 52, AND BELONGED TO NUMEROUS, UM, VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS.
HE ALSO MANAGED, UM, A NUMBER OF, UM, COUNTRY CLUBS.
AND, UM, I SPOKE OFTEN, UH, TIM, ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CUSTOMER, UM, SERVICE.
HE HAD A FANTASTIC PERSONALITY, WAS ABLE TO INTERACT WITH EVERYBODY.
UM, HE MET WHETHER THEY WERE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OR THE LEAST SUCCESSFUL, AND WAS JUST A ROLE MODEL FOR, UM, FOR CITIZENS.
HE'S REALLY IS, UM, HIS PASSING IS A FAN, A GREAT LOSS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO THE TOWN.
HE'S GONNA BE TREMENDOUSLY MISSED.
AND WE HAVE, UM, YOU, MCCAULEY AND WILLIAM AGUILAR, YOU'D LIKE TO SAY SOME WORDS.
THIS, UH, MY NAME IS HUGH CAULEY AND, UM, MY CO UH, I SERVE ON THE VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
UM, BILL AGUILAR IS ALSO ON THE SCREEN, UH, BILL AND, UH, CARMINE D PASQUALE.
AND THE THREE OF US ARE PRETTY DEVASTATED.
OUR COMMITTEE STARTED OUT WITH SIX PEOPLE A YEAR AGO, AND WE'VE LOST THREE, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THEM IN A MINUTE.
BUT, UM, THE PICTURES THAT WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH, THIS WAS TAKEN, UM, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AT THE DEDICATION OF OUR NEW MONUMENT.
THIS WAS THIS PAST, UH, VETERANS DAY.
AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT AMERICAN LEGION PROUDLY WEARING THAT, THAT LAG ON THE LAPEL.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST A, A GUY MAJOR.
DON DASKO WAS A PERSON HE WAS DEDICATED TO, GOD DEDICATED TO OUR COUNTRY, OUR FAM, HIS FAMILY, HIS COMMUNITY, AND ALL VETERANS.
UH, NOT TOO LONG AGO, WE TOOK A GROUP OF VETERAN WORLD WAR II VETERANS ON D-DAY, JUNE 6TH UP TO WEST POINT.
AND A LOT OF 'EM WERE AGING OUT.
THIS WAS THEIR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO DO ANYTHING, UM, WHILE THEY WERE PHYSICALLY ABLE TO MANY IN WHEELCHAIRS AND WITH THE, ALONG WITH BILL AGUILAR AND CARMINE AND MYSELF AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THESE WORLD WAR II GUYS A SPECIAL DAY UP AT WEST POINT, AND IT WAS DEDICATED TO THEM.
AND, AND A COUPLE OF THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN INJURED LANDING AT NORMANDY, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE GONE NOW.
THE, UH, WELL DRESSED GENTLEMAN ON THE RIGHT GOT DRESSED UP WEST POINT, UH, UH, FAIR.
AND, UH, AGAIN, JOHN ALWAYS THE GENTLEMAN, YOU
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KNOW, DRESSED IN A, UH, YOU KNOW, WEST POINT GEAR AND ARMY GEAR.SO, UH, CARMEL WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR THAT, I'M SURE.
ANTHONY FIORELLA, THE GENTLEMAN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WAS ALSO A WOUNDED WORLD WAR II GUY, ACTIVE PERSON IN OUR TOWN, AND ALONG WITH BILL AND, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TO BREAK FROM HAVING 25 WOUNDED, UH, WORLD WAR II GUYS WITH US ON THE THING.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS WEST POINT, BUT JUST OUT IN THE PUBLIC.
AND, UM, NEXT, THEN WHAT'S, WE HAVE ANOTHER PICTURE THERE.
AND THIS WAS, UM, JOHN HAD ARRANGED WITH US A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AT OUR BARBECUES FOR OUR VETERANS.
AND WE HAD BEEN HAVING AS MANY AS 350 PEOPLE ATTENDING THE ANNUAL TOWN BARBECUE.
AND JOHN BECAME AN INTEGRAL PART OF THAT.
AND HE COORDINATED WEST POINT COMING DOWN AND PERFORMING FOR OUR VETERANS, AND THEY LOVED COMING DOWN, AND WE EXPECT TO SEE THEM BACK THE FIRST BARBECUE WE HAVE.
BUT AGAIN, UM, TOUCHING SO MANY LIVES, SO MANY PLACES UP AT WEST POINT, AND, AND ACTIVE DUTY SOLDIERS AND PEOPLE GOING INTO HARM'S WAY, YOU KNOW, UM, JOHN, MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, BUT JOHN ALSO, UM, WAS PART OF THE NINE 11, UH, RECOVERY PROCESS AS PART OF HIS DETACHMENT.
AND HE HAD THIS VERY LARGE CONCERN ABOUT SUICIDES, AND HE RECOGNIZED EARLY THAT SUICIDES WERE GONNA BE A PROBLEM, THAT THE TRAUMA WOULD NEVER GO AWAY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, HIS MANTRA TO US WAS ALL SUICIDES PREVENTABLE.
EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE GOT, EVERY TIME WE WERE IN PUBLIC, EVERY TIME WE TOUCH SOMEBODY'S LIVES, WHETHER THEY WERE MILITARY OR NOT, WE WOULD ALWAYS SAY, WE ARE HERE, WE ARE HERE FOR YOU.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT ALL SUICIDES ARE PREVENTABLE, HELPING PEOPLE WITH P T S D, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, DEPRESSION, DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION, AND FEEDING THE HUNGRY.
I MEAN, SO THE GUY WAS DOING EVERYTHING.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE, I WAS TALKING TO RICHARD FA A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THE LA JUST BEFORE JOHN GOT SICK, HE WAS WORKING ON GETTING THE LIGHT POLE FIXED DOWN IN THE STREET BECAUSE HE, HE WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST SOMETHING SMALL.
UM, YOU KNOW, JOHN, UM, HAS SURVIVED BY HIS TWO CHILDREN, MARIA AND MANNY.
AND, UH, HE'S GOT FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, ELANY, ADRIANA, MOLINA, JOHN, AND EVA.
UM, CAN YOU GO TO THE LAST SLIDE FOR A MINUTE, FRANCIS? I JUST WANT YOU TO IDENTIFY THE PERSON ON THE LEFT SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHO'S SPEAKING THAT, THAT'S MCAULEY ON THE LEFT WITH NO HAIR.
NOAD G GINA'S SHAKING HER HEAD.
TWO PAYS WEREN'T ON SALE THAT DAY,
YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO PAUSE HERE.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT OTHER COMMITTEES HAVE SUFFERED IN THE TOWN, AND, AND WE'VE ALL HAD PERSONAL LOSS THIS PAST YEAR, BUT AS I LOOK AT THE THREE GENTLEMEN ON THE SCREEN, WILLIAM HANNIBAL ROBINSON ON THE LEFT, MALCOLM SCHREYER IN THE MIDDLE, AND JOHN DACO ON THE RIGHT, THEY DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO SAVING LIVES ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
AND BACK HERE AT HOME, THEY WERE ALWAYS OUT WITH THEIR HAND EXTENDED AND JUST A TIRELESS SUPPORT OF OTHERS.
AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S, I I SAID IT, THE, THE, WHEN MALCOLM PASSED AWAY, THERE'S A LINE, THERE'S A FAMOUS QUOTE, AND PEOPLE ASK PEOPLE THAT SERVE IN THE MILITARY WERE, WERE YOU A HERO? WERE YOU A HERO IN THE WAR? AND THE ANSWER IS NO.
BUT BILL CARMINE AND MYSELF HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH THESE THREE HEROES.
AND AS WE LAY THEIR, THEIR REST, THIS WOULD BE A TIME TO PLAY TAPS FOR THEM OR SOUND TAPS.
THERE'LL BE A TIME IN THE FUTURE FOR US ALL, AND WE'LL, WE'LL REMEMBER THEM WELL.
AND, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN, THE VETERANS, UH, THE COMMUNITY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THESE THREE GUYS FOR HAVING GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE WITH THEM.
BILL AGUILAR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT, OR, UH, A COUPLE OF WORDS, OR ARE YOU GOOD? ALL RIGHT.
WITH THAT, WE SALUTE OUR FALLEN COMRADES.
AND, AND MAY THEY REST IN ETERNAL PEACE.
AND, UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN HONOR AND A MEMORY OF ANOTHER, UM, HERO, UH,
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PETER WOODS, UM, WHO PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 59, WAS A RETIRED, DECORATED NEW YORK CITY POLICE SERGEANT.HE ALSO SERVED AS A HARTSDALE FIRE DEPARTMENT COMMISSIONER SINCE 2018, AND HE DIED ON JANUARY 9TH FROM COMPLICATIONS OF LEUKEMIA.
HE SPOKE PASSIONATELY ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES ON NINE 11 AT OUR ANNUAL NINE 11 MEMORIAL CEREMONIES.
UM, HIS PASSING, SORRY, SORRY, I WAS TRYING TO READJUST IT.
HIS PASSING WAS RELATED TO HIS RESCUE RECOVERY WORK ON THE PILE FOLLOWING THE NINE 11 TERRORIST ATTACK AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN 2001.
YOU ALSO RESPONDED TO THE FIRST TERRORIST BOMBING AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN, UM, YOU KNOW, EARLIER AND IS CREDITED WITH RESCUING PASSENGERS FROM US AIR FLIGHT 5 0 5 OH THAT SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY, UH, LAGUARDIA AIRPORT INTO BARRY BAY IN 1989.
PETER WAS A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE SACRED HEART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UM, UH, PARENTS ASSOCIATION, I'M JUST GONNA ADJUST IT, SO I'M SORRY IT DOESN'T FIT ON THE SCREEN.
UM, PARENTS CLUB AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE SACRED HEART CHURCH PARISH COUNCIL.
UM, HE, UM, WAS LOBBYING FOR, UM, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AT THE CROSSWALK, CENTRAL AVENUE NEAR, UM, SACRED HEART, UM, UH, CHURCH.
UM, HE WAS CO-CHAIR OF THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY NINE 11 RELATED ILLNESSES MEMORIAL COMMITTEE FOR VICTIMS WHO DIED FROM NINE 11 ILLNESSES.
UM, HE WAS A REMARKABLE, UM, HUMAN BEING, ALWAYS VERY POSITIVE, YOU KNOW, UPBEAT, ALTHOUGH HE HAD DIFFICULT, UM, HEALTH PROBLEMS, UH, AFTER, AFTER NINE 11.
UM, HE WAS ALWAYS, EVERY TIME I TALKED TO HIM, HE WAS ALWAYS OPTIMISTIC AND UPBEAT.
NEVER REALLY TALKED ABOUT HIMSELF, BUT HE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT, UM, UM, WHAT HE AND OTHERS COULD DO, UM, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND AGAIN, JUST LIKE A REMARKABLE, UM, HUMAN BEING.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE JOHN DUSKOS, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR SO MANY, UM, CED STORIES, AND EVERY TIME WHEN PEOPLE PASS AWAY, PEOPLE ALWAYS FOCUS ON THEIR GOODNESS.
BUT BOTH, THIS IS, THERE'S NO EXAGGERATION WHEN WE SAY THAT BOTH PETER AND JOHN WERE, YOU KNOW, WERE THE HIGHEST QUALITY HUMAN BEINGS, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HOPE FOR ON THIS PLANET.
AND THAT SMILE THAT YOU SEE THERE IS, IS THE SMILE THAT YOU ALMOST ALWAYS SAW.
UM, AND NO MATTER WHO HE WALKED UP TO, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU, YOU FELT LIKE YOU WERE AFRAID RIGHT AWAY, EVEN THOUGH HE MAY NOT KNOW YOU VERY WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, HE WAS A, A VERY PROMINENT MEMBER IN, UH, IN, UH, SACRED HEART CHURCH.
AND, UM, HE'S GONNA BE MISSED.
HE'S GONNA BE MISSED A LOT, UH, WAY TOO SOON.
THIS IS A PICTURE THAT, UH, I TOOK FROM THEIR GOFUNDME PAGE.
UM, THAT'S HIS WIFE, SARAH, AND, UH, HIS CHILDREN.
AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND MEMORY OF THE 383 731 INDIVIDUAL VICTIMS OF C OVID 19, UH, WHO DIED IN, UM, UNITED STATES, 1,974,176 DEATHS, UH, WORLDWIDE.
UM, EACH LEAVING FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS, UM, REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, HEART HEARTBROKEN.
YOU LOST, UM, A NUMBER OF, UM, PEOPLE IN, IN GREENBURG AND IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY, AND EVERYONE WHO PASSED AWAY HAD THEIR OWN UNIQUE STORY AND MADE A CONTRIBUTION TO, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO BE CAREFUL, WEAR A MASK, SOCIAL DISTANCE, AND, UM, AND HOPEFULLY SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, UM, WE'LL ALL BE, UH, SAFE AND COULD LEAD, UM, NORMAL LIVES.
UH, WE JUST WANNA BE CLEAR, WE'RE NOT DOING THESE AS STATISTICS.
WE'RE DOING THESE TO SHOW THAT THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL VICTIMS. THEY'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, SO, SO MANY OF THEM, INCLUDING ON, FROM OUR OWN TOWN.
AND, UH, WE JUST WANT TO PAY RESPECT TO EACH ONE OF THEM, UM, DURING OUR MOMENT OF SILENCE.
[ PRESENTATIONS Siddanth Karthik/Edgemont 7th Grade Youth Advisory Council (Yash Shah, Maya Barmecha, and Samanth Jain) - Pedestrian Safety Initiatives (Reflective Masks) Devandra Inamdar - Health Benefits of Sun Salutations Hartsdale Public Parking District Commissioners - State of Finances/Loss during COVID-19]
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UH, NEWS.UM, UH, IN NOVEMBER, UM, A YOUNG, UH, MAN SAID, UM, KARTHIK, WHO'S A SEVENTH GRADER IN EDGEMONT, UM, UH, EMAILED ME SAYING THAT HE WANTED TO GET INVOLVED IN THE TOWN, AND BECAUSE OF COVID, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING, UH, REMOTELY.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT CREATING A YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND, UM, HE, AND, YOU KNOW, APPROXIMATELY 11 OR MORE, UM, UH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS FROM MONT MEET WITH ME OVER ZOOM EVERY, UH, MONDAY NIGHT AT, UH, AT SIX 30, UH, PM AND, UM, THE GROUP IS DOING SOME, UH, REMARKABLE THINGS.
AND ALTHOUGH THEY'RE ONLY SEVENTH GRADERS, UH, THEY COME UP WITH REALLY CREATIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, IDEA.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK SSID, UM, TO, UM, OPEN UP THE MEETING AND TO INTRODUCE US TO SOME OF THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL.
UH, I HAVE A SLIDES PRESENTATION THAT WE MADE.
DO YOU WANT ME TO OPEN THAT UP? SURE.
MY NAME IS SEDAN KARTHIK, AND TODAY I'M JOINED BY THREE MEMBERS WITH THE GREENBERG YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, MAY
AND WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR REFLECTIVE MASK INITIATIVE THAT WE STARTED RECENTLY.
OUR GOAL WAS TO ENCOURAGE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
WE THOUGHT ABOUT MULTIPLE METHODS OF DOING THIS, SUCH AS SIGNS, REFLECTORS, AND MASKS.
WE EVENTUALLY DECIDED ON REFLECTIVE MASKS.
THIS ENCOURAGES COVID 19 SAFETY AND ALSO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY WITH THE ASPECT OF THE REFLECTIVE MASK.
THE STATISTICS IN OUR PLAN, THE NUMBER OF PEDESTRIAN DEATHS IN THE US HAS INCREASED MORE THAN 50% OVER THE PAST DECADE.
THERE ARE 312 DEATHS IN NEW YORK ON AVERAGE EACH YEAR.
FIRSTLY, WE WANTED TO GET 1000 MASKS TO DISTRIBUTE TO THE EDGEMONT HIGH SCHOOL.
SO WE NEEDED TO FIND OUT THREE THINGS, WHO WAS GONNA FUND THE PROJECT, WHO WAS GONNA PRODUCE THE MASKS, AND HOW MUCH THE PROJECT WAS GONNA COST.
AS SAMANTHA MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, WE WOULD NEED FUNDING FOR OUR INITIATIVE.
SO, UH, THE FUNDING IS GOING TO BE COMING FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES, SUCH AS THE GOFUNDME PAGE THAT THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL HAS CREATED, WHERE RESIDENTS CAN DONATE, UM, MONEY FOR OUR INITIATIVE.
AND WE HAVE ALSO CONTACTED MULTIPLE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, AND HA HAVE HAD, UM, A FEW RESPONSES FROM THESE ORGANIZATIONS TOO, ABOUT FUNDING, INCLUDING THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL, THE EDGEMONT SCHOOL FOUNDATION, THE EDGEMONT, P T S A, THE EDGEMONT ROTARY, THE FIREFIGHTERS UNION, AND THE GREENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE CONTACTED A FEW MASS MAKERS, BUT HAVEN'T FOUND THE PRICE WE WANTED.
SO TO FIND OTHER MASS MAKERS, WE HAVE ASKED THE SCARSDALE INQUIRER TO PUT OUT AN, SORRY.
WE'VE ASKED THE SCARSDALE INQUIRER TO PUT OUT AN POTENTIAL ARTICLE OF MASS MANAGERS TO STEP FORWARD.
WE HAVE PERSONALLY FOUND AND CONTACTED MULTIPLE DIFFERENT MASS MANAGERS TO FIND A REASONABLE PRICE.
SOME PRODUCERS THAT WE'VE FOUND AND PERSONALLY CONTACTED ARE DAISY'S MASS FOR ALL COUTURE AND RACIAL SHOCK.
SO OUR MAIN GOAL WAS TO LOWER PEDESTRIAN INJURY RATE.
SO OUR FIRST INITIATIVE AS PART OF THIS WAS TO CREATE REFLECTIVE MASKS.
IF WE FINISH THIS PROJECT, SOME FUTURE PROJECTS MIGHT BE TO MAKE SOME PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT INVOLVE KIDS UNDER TEENS UNDER 18 TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE TOWN.
AND SIGNS THAT ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE MORE SAFE AND CARE ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
WE REQUEST THE TOWN BOARD TO SPREAD AWARENESS AND PROMOTE OUR INITIATIVE IN ANY WAY YOU CAN AND POTENTIALLY FUND OUR INITIATIVE.
TWO, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND SUPPORT, AND WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED OUR PRESENTATION.
WHY DO YOU THINK, UH, REFLECTIVE MASKS ARE SO IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF JUST REGULAR MASKS?
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WELL, REFLECTIVE MASKS WAS KIND OF A COMBINATION AS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, WHICH WAS OUR ORIGINAL INITIATIVE, BUT ALSO COVID 19 SAFETY, WHICH IS A HUGE ISSUE, RIGHT? RIGHT.ABOUT NOW ALL ACROSS THE WORLD.
AND REFLECTIVE MASKS THE WAY THAT WE COULD HELP WITH BOTH ISSUES, REFLECTIVE MASKS, UM, WORK AS, UM, WHEN A CAR IS COMING FROM IN FRONT OF YOU OR BEHIND YOU, UM, THEY'LL, THE LIGHT FROM THE FRONT LIGHTS OF THE CAR WILL REFLECT OFF THE MASKS AND, UM, THE PASSENGER IN THE CAR WILL SEE, UM, THE PERSON WALKING AND STOP OR, UM, WAIT FOR THE PEDESTRIAN TO WALK BY.
HOW MUCH, UM, ARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE GENERAL PRICE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FROM ASK SO FAR? WELL, WE'VE, AS I'VE SAID, CONTACTED MULTIPLE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
AND ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS HA, THAT WE'VE FOUND ON THEIR WEBSITE, THE PRICE WAS $3 FOR MASK.
AND THAT'S THE LOWEST PRICE THAT WE'VE CURRENTLY FOUND.
AND AS YOU SAW, ONE OF THE PICTURES OF THE MASK, THAT WAS ACTUALLY FROM THE PRODUCER SHOWING ONE OF THEIR POTENTIAL MASKS, DESIGNS, INCLUSION, OUR COST OR BUDGET, OUR COST IS AROUND, UM, WE COULD SAY $800 TO ABOUT, RANGING TO $1,500 AS A ESTIMATE.
UM, SO I WANNA, UH, THANK YOU FOR MAKING A PRESENTATION TO THE TOWN BOARD.
AND, UM, I THOUGHT, THOUGHT YOU'RE VERY EFFECTIVE AND, UM, AND VERY ARTICULATE, AND I THINK YOU'RE REALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL IS, UM, FOR YOU, EVEN BEFORE YOU'RE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE AND RUN FOR OFFICE, YOU ALREADY ARE MAKING AN IMPACT IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND I HOPE THAT THIS YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL IS ALSO PROVIDING YOU WITH SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES THAT WILL HELP YOU BECOME EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO SPEAKING TO EVERYBODY, UM, AT
WELL, THIS IS AMAZING, AND, UM, AS I, I'M JUST LISTENING TO THIS PRESENTATION, IT'S, IT'S JUST, UM, UH, BOTH INGENIOUS AND, UM, CREATIVE.
AND, UH, I, I THINK THAT WE COULD, COULD POSSIBLY REFER THEM TO A COUPLE OF, UH, UH, LOCAL WESTCHESTER, UH, BUSINESS COUNCILS, THE WESTCHESTER BUSINESS COUNCIL, AND POSSIBLY WEC, UM, THE WOMEN'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, AND, UM, A COUPLE OF OTHERS, UH, TO POSSIBLY SPONSOR, UM, THIS INITIATIVE.
UH, THIS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY.
IT, IT'S A VERY, UM, UH, WORKABLE AMOUNT, AND IT'S JUST AN AMAZING INITIATIVE.
SO, UM, SSID OR ONE OF THE YOUNG LADIES IN THE GROUP, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, IF YOU WOULD EMAIL ME TOMORROW, JUDITH BEVILLE, THAT'S J BEVILLE, B E V I L L E@GREENBERGNY.COM.
I WOULD BE MORE THAN WILLING TO PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH A COUPLE OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
AND, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER THOUGHT THAT I HAD WAS EITHER SOME, UH, LOCAL BUSINESSES ON CENTRAL AVENUE, UM, AND MAYBE, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OPTION WOULD BE FOR A BUSINESS, IT COULD BE A SUPERMARKET, IT COULD BE, UH, A CAR DEALERSHIP, IT COULD BE ANYTHING.
MAYBE THEY WOULD, UM, WANNA SPONSOR THE REFLECTIVE MASKS, AND THEN MAYBE THE COMPANY THAT DOES A MASKS COULD EVEN PUT THEIR NAME ON THE MASKS.
SO IT COULD BE FREE, IT COULD BE ADVERTISING AT A VERY MINIMAL, UM, YOU KNOW, COST FOR, UM, FOR THE BUSINESS.
AND THEN ALL OF THE STUDENTS WILL BE WEARING A MASK THAT HAS THE NAME OF THE, THE BUSINESS ON IT, SO THEY COULD, THEY COULD ALSO BENEFIT FROM IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO, I'M SORRY, COME UP WITH I CREATIVE IDEAS AND LEARN HOW TO, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
AND AGAIN, THE PRESENTATION BEFORE THE BOARD WAS, YOU KNOW, ONE OPTION, BUT NOW LEARNING HOW TO, UM, DEAL WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, LEARNING HOW TO, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, OTHER, UH, OFFICIALS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
SO THIS IS REALLY FANTASTIC, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, YOUR EFFORTS AND HARD WORK.
WHAT KIND OF STANDARDS HAVE YOU, ARE YOU USING FOR THE MASK? UH, IS IT, ARE THEY THREE LAYER, THREE PLY? HAVE YOU LOOKED AT DIFFERENT FABRICS? IS SOMEBODY HELPING YOU WITH MAKING SURE THAT THEY DO PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROTECTION?
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WELL, WE WERE PLANNING ON GETTING SAMPLES OF THE MASKS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY PURCHASED THEM AT BULK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE GOOD QUALITY MASKS, AND THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST NON-REFLECTIVE MASKS, RIGHT? 'CAUSE YOU, 'CAUSE YOU'RE, YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU GO AND YOU GET QUOTES ON THINGS, THEY CAN BE VERY DIFFERENT QUALITY AND WHAT'S THE LOWEST QUOTE MAY NOT ACTUALLY MEET YOUR NEEDS.SO I'M GLAD YOU'RE DOING THAT.
NEXT WE HAVE, UM, ANOTHER, UM, UH, IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM DIANDRA
UH, SO GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.
UH, SO FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK, UH, THE TOWN OF, UH, GREENBERG BOARD AND, UH, SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER FOR, UH, INVITING US, UM, UH, AT THE TOWN BOARD MEETING, UH, AT SUCH A SHORT NOTICE.
UM, SO, UM, BEFORE I BEGIN, I WOULD QUICKLY LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, WHAT OUR ORGANIZATION IS, UH, AS, AS PAUL KNOWS, LIKE, WE, WE ARE CONDUCT THIS HEALTH FOR HUMANITY YOGA HON, ALSO KNOWN AS LIKE SUN SANITATION MARATHON OR PSEUDONYMS MARATHON.
UH, BUT JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE ELSE, I WOULD QUICKLY LIKE TO TELL ABOUT WHAT OUR ORGANIZATION IS AND, UH, WHAT IS OUR GOAL.
UH, SO WE ARE A PART OF, UH, ORGANIZATION CALLED HINDU SWANG, H S S IN U S A.
UH, IT IS A VOLUNTARY NON-PROFIT, UH, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION.
AND, UH, THE, THE AIM IS JUST TO ORGANIZE THE HINDU COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO PRESERVE, PRACTICE AND PROMOTE THE HINDU IDEALS AND VALUES.
UH, SO H SS S CONDUCTS STRUCTURED PROGRAMS OF REGULAR ATHLETIC AND ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES TO DEVELOP STRONG CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS IN ITS MEMBERS.
UH, SO THE AIM IS TO DEVELOP THESE STRONG CHARACTERS AND LEADERS WHO CAN, UM, REALLY LIKE BRING THE SOCIETY TOGETHER, UM, UH, IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICE OR ANY OPPORTUNITY WHEN, UH, THEY CAN LIKE STEP IN AND, UM, UH, PLAY THE LEADERSHIP ROLE IN ORDER TO HELP THE COMMUNITY.
UH, SO H SS S FIRM BELIEVES THAT THE WHOLE WORLD IS ONE FAMILY AND ACTIVITIES ARE ALSO, UM, CONDUCTED ACROSS UNITED STATES IN ORDER TO SPREAD THIS MESSAGE WIDELY.
UH, SO H SS S WAS STARTED IN, UH, US UH, IN 1989.
AND TO TODAY, IT HAS OVER ONE 40 WEEKLY, UH, MEETING CENTERS OR CHAPTERS.
WE ALSO CALLED AS CHAKA, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UH, SO WITHIN WESTCHESTER COUNTY, WE HAVE LIKE, UH, TWO WEEKLY CHAPTERS.
UH, ONE IS IN BURG CALLED GA CHAKA, AND ONE IS IN, UH, WHITE PLAINS, IT'S CALLED SHIVAJI SHAKA.
UH, SO WE USED TO MEET WEEKLY, BUT OF COURSE, WITH THE PANDEMIC, EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED.
AND NOW WE ARE ALSO LIKE CONDUCTING OUR WEEKLY MEETINGS ON ZOOM, UH, JUST LIKE THIS MEETING.
UH, SO GENERALLY WHAT WE DO AS A PART OF IT, IT'S LIKE A FAMILY GET TOGETHER WHERE FAMILIES COME TOGETHER, KIDS GET TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HINDU CULTURE.
UH, THE FAMILIES, UM, PLAY SOME, LIKE TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES, LIKE THE GAMES, UH, SING SONGS.
THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS, UH, THERE ARE LECTURES.
AND, UM, WE STRONGLY EMPHASIZE, UM, THE PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH OF WHICH INDIVIDUAL AND ALSO PROMOTE A SENSE OF DISCIPLINE.
UH, SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE WHOLE WHAT H SS S IS ABOUT.
AND, UH, UH, JUST TO, UH, GIVE A GLIMPSE OF SOME OF THE RECENT COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES, UH, THAT H S S DID.
UH, SO AS WE KNOW, THE COVID WAS PRETTY UNPRECEDENTED, AND, UH, THIS WAS CONSIDERED AS A BIG, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR H SSS TO HELP.
UH, SO I CROSSED 27 STATES, UH, 1 98 CITIES.
UH, THE H S S COLLABORATED WITH 4 27, 4 26 ORGANIZATIONS, SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS, UH, TO DONATE TO MORE THAN 350, UH, FOUR PINE TREES.
THERE WERE LIKE MORE THAN 2000 VOLUNTEERS.
AND, UH, 625,000 MASKS WERE DONATED ACROSS THE US.
AND, UH, MORE THAN 45,000 FAMILIES IN NEED WERE SERVED, UH, THROUGH THE COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES.
UH, ALSO, UM, IN HINDU'S CULTURE, WE CELEBRATE DIWALI, WHICH IS LIKE THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHT, AND THAT IS ALSO CONSIDERED AS A STRONG, UM, OPPORTUNITY FOR H H SS TO DO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE.
SO WE GENERALLY COLLECT THE FOOD, UH, TO DONATE TO THE FOOD PANTRIES.
UH, SO THIS YEAR AT NATIONAL LEVEL, UH, WE COLLECTED LIKE TWO 94,000 POUNDS OF FOOD, WHICH WAS DONATED ACROSS 1 99 FOOD PANTRIES, UH, ACROSS 26 STATES AND 400 CENTERS, UH, WITHIN THE NORTHEAST, UH, STATES.
UH, THERE WERE LIKE, UH, 6,500 POUNDS OF, UH, FOOD WAS, UH, DONATED ACROSS, UH, UH, MORE THAN 15 CENTERS.
UH, SO YEAH, SO WITH THAT, UH, I ALSO HAVE SOME OF MY OTHER VOLUNTEERS IN THIS MEETING.
UH, SO I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, UM, HAND IT OVER TO, UH, UH, UH, MS, UH, UH, LATA MA MAHI, SHE'S LIKE ORGANIZATION, UH, MEMBER.
AND SHE'LL LIKE, TELL MORE ABOUT, UH, THIS, UM, HELP FOR HUMANITY YOGA GATAN.
SO, LATA, IF YOU CAN PLEASE, UH, THANK YOU.
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YES.SO TO REITERATE WHAT, UH, DAVID ALREADY SAID, LIKE, THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING US WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO TALK ABOUT YOGA, HON, WHAT WE CALL IT, IT'S A MARATHON OF YOGA.
WE STARTED IT, UH, IN 2007, ALMOST 13 YEARS BACK.
SO THE ORIGINAL IDEA BEING TO INTRODUCE THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE ABOUT WHAT IS YOGA, HOW IT IS, HOW IT HELPS TO ACHIEVE, UH, OUR GOAL OF HEALTHY BODY AND MIND.
AND THE, THIS CAMPAIGN, IT ENCOURAGES PEOPLE, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR AGE OR GENDER, UH, ETHNICITY, UH, TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS, UH, YOGA EVENT TO, UH, TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOAL, GOAL OF HEALTHY PERSONAL LIFE.
AND, AND I THINK IT ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN THIS PANDEMIC, BECAUSE ALL OF US, WE ARE WORKING FROM HOME, WE ARE NOT GOING OUT AS MUCH, AND, UH, EVEN WE CANNOT GO TO GYM AS MUCH AS REGULARLY AS WE COULD GO EARLIER.
SO IF WE LEARN THIS YOGA AND MAKE IT MAKE IT PART OF OUR DAILY LIFE, UH, IT'LL HELP US ACHIEVE THE HEALTH BENEFITS.
UH, AND, UH, OVER THE YEARS, ALMOST, UH, OVER A HUNDRED SCHOOLS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS YOGA THO.
SO WHAT THE MAIN YOGA PRACTICE THAT WE EMPHASIZE IN THIS, THIS YOGA THO, IS A, WHAT WE CALL AS A SUN SALUTATION OR SO MASCAR.
IT'S A, IT'S A SIMPLE 10 STEPS YOGA POSTURES WITH INTEGRATED BREATHING TECHNIQUES, WHICH HELP, UH, ACHIEVE THE HEALTHY BODY AND, UH, STRESS RELIEF.
IN LAST YEAR, LAST YEAR ITSELF, IN 2019, 20 YEAR, WHEN WE CONDUCTED THIS, UH, WE DID COLLECTIVELY AS A COMMUNITY, IT WAS DONE IN OVER, UH, 36 STATES WHERE, UH, TOGETHER WE DID MORE THAN 3 MILLION, UH, SUR NASCARS OR SUN SALUTATIONS.
UH, AND MORE THAN A HUNDRED SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT.
WE WENT TO THE SCHOOLS AND THEY USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THIS YOGA PRACTICE.
AND HERE IN WESTCHESTER ALSO, WE DID, UH, WE DID, UH, HAVE THESE YOGA THOS AT VARIOUS PLACES, AT VARIOUS SCHOOLS IN AND AROUND GREENBURG AND AT LIBRARIES.
WE DID THIS IN CERTAIN COMMUNITY HALLS.
WE DID THIS, UH, WE GIVE PEOPLE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AND LEARN ABOUT, UH, UH, SUN SALUTATION.
AND THIS YEAR, AGAIN, UH, BECAUSE OF COVID, WE HAVE THIS, UH, AGAIN, HAPPENING IN VIRTUAL SETTINGS ON 31ST OF, UH, JANUARY.
SO WE DO INVITE ALL OF YOU, ANY OF YOU, AFTER, AFTER THIS, WE'LL GIVE THE DEMONSTRATION.
AND IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO JOIN, YOU'RE, YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN ON 31ST IN THE ZOOM SESSION.
AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
UH, SO WE HAVE A YOUNG MEMBER FROM OUR TEAM, UH, HER NAME IS ATRI NANDA.
SO SHE WOULD QUICKLY LIKE TO INTER, LIKE, DEMONSTRATE ONE QUICK SUN CONSULTATION JUST FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE LIKE HOW, WHAT EXACTLY WE DO.
AND, UH, SO, UH, IF I COULD ASK ATRI TO, UH, UH, TO DEMO.
UH, SO, UH, SHE CAN MAKE, IF SHE CAN SPEAK HER SCREEN WE'LL.
UH, BUT CAN YOU SPEAK, UH, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN FOCUS ON HER? UH, RI CAN YOU SPEAK SOMETHING? YEAH.
SO, UH, IS, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN, UM, LIKE KEEP THE FOCUS ON RI UH, EACH INDIVIDUAL USER CAN DECIDE TO SPOTLIGHT HER? OKAY.
SO IF EVERYBODY CAN SPOTLIGHT, UH, SPOTLIGHT HER, BECAUSE AS SHE DOES, I WILL LIKE QUICKLY EXPLAIN SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF THE POSES THAT SHE'S DOING.
BUT IF, BUT IF SHE'S SPEAK, IF SHE'S SPEAKING AS OPPOSED TO YOU, THEN SHE WILL AUTOMATICALLY SPOTLIGHT.
IS THE INTENTION THAT YOU'RE GONNA SPEAK, BUT SHE'S GONNA DEMONSTRATE, UH, THAT WAS THE PLAN, BUT I THINK IT MIGHT WORK BETTER IF IF SHE DEMOS THAT, THAT'S FINE.
COUNCILMAN SHEEN, IF YOU PIN HER, I'M GOING TO PIN HER THAT MAY DO THAT.
WHERE IS YOU? EVERYBODY SEE HER? UH, OKAY, SHE'S ON SCREEN NOW.
SO THIS FIRST ASANA THAT SHE'S STANDING, THAT IS THE STARTING POOL OF PSEUDONYMS CAR.
SO THIS IS GOOD FOR THE, UM, UH, GENERAL, UH, UH, YOUR MIND AND BODY.
SO THIS POSE IS CALLED AS, UH,
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UM, THIS IS GOOD FOR YOUR SHOULDERS.UM, AND, UH, THIS ALSO IS, UM, UH, IMPROVES THE EYESIGHT.
SO THE NEXT NUMBER ARE WE THREE NEXT.
SO THE BENEFIT IS IT HELPS DISORDERS OF THE BELLY AND DIGESTIVE SYSTEMS. UM, IT HELPS THE CHEST AND HAND, UH, IN BECOMING STRONGER.
UH, IT IMPROVES YOUR BALANCE, UM, AND, UH, THE DISEASES OF FEET AND FINGERS ARE ALSO CORRECTED.
SO THE NEXT, UH, ARE THREE, NUMBER FOUR.
OKAY, SO THIS IS CALLED AS ADA
SO THE, THE BENEFIT OF THIS POCHE IS IT STRETCHES THE SMALL INTESTINE AND, UH, UM, SEMINAL, UH, VA VESICLES.
AND THIS POCHE HELPS IN CORRECTING THE, UH, CONSTIPATION AND DISEASES OF THE LIVER.
THIS IS CALLED ARANGA THENSEN.
UH, SO THIS ONE, UH, IT HELPS TO GET RELIEF FROM THE PAINS SPECIFICALLY OF THE ARMS, LEGS, AND THE KNEES.
UH, AND BULGING WAIST IS ALSO TRAINED, AND IT IS GOOD FOR THE ABDOMINAL DISORDERS.
SO THIS IS CALLED A SGA, UH, PER
SO THE BENEFIT OF THIS POCHE IS IT MAKES YOUR ARMS, UH, UH, STRONGER.
AND, UH, IT ALSO, UH, PERFORMS, UM, UM, UH, IT ALSO PERFORMS IN LIKE MANY, UH, DISEASES OF THATS AND CHEST.
UH, NEXT, AS AN, SO THIS IS CALLED ASAN, UH,
UH, SO THIS IN GENERAL, LIKE TONE UP THE BODY AND THE BACK MUSCLES AND IMPROVES THE EYESIGHT.
IT CORRECTS ALL KINDS OF DISORDERS RELATED TO THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS, UH, CORRECTS THE IRREGULARITIES IN THE FEMALE MENSTRUAL CYCLES, UH, AND IT ALSO HELPS IMPROVE THE BLOOD CIRCULATION.
SO THIS IS CALLED A, UH, SO THIS ONE, UH, ASANA HELPS GET RELIEF FROM THE, UH, PAIN SPECIFICALLY IN THE ARMS, LEGS, AND THE KNEES.
UM, AND, UH, THIS IS ALSO GOOD FOR THE ABDOMINAL DISORDERS.
SO THIS POSE IS CALLED AS ACAP, THE, UH, ACAP, THE SEN, UH, THIS PUSHER STRETCHES THE SMALL INTESTINE AND, UH, UH, SEMIAL VESICLES.
UH, THIS IS LIKE ALSO THE MIRROR IMAGE OF THE, UH, THE, THE FIRST, UH, THE SECOND POSE, UH, THAT SHE DID.
SO THIS TIME, ONLY THE LEFT LEG IS COMING FORWARD INSTEAD OF THE RIGHT LEG.
NEXT
UH, IT HELPS THE DISORDERS OF THE BELLY AND DIGESTIVE SYSTEMS, AND, UH, IT ALSO, UH, HELPS THE CHEST AND HAND BECOME MORE STRONGER.
AND, UH, BACK
SO THIS WAS AGAIN, OUR STARTING POSE.
UH, SO YEAH, SO THIS IS ALL, UH, UH, IT TAKES, UH, UM, FOR, TO DO LIKE ONE SUN SANITATION OR ONE PSEUDONYMS CAR.
SO IN A SET, THERE ARE LIKE 13 PSY CARS.
SO WHEN WE DO, UH, ONE SET OF PSY CAR, WE DO LIKE 13 OF THESE.
AND AS YOU SAW, LIKE WITHIN, UH, ONE PSEUDONYM MASCAR IT, WHICH TAKES HARDLY ANY TIME.
UH, YOU GET BENEFIT OF SO MANY, UH, YOGA SON.
UM, SO THIS IS A DEFINITELY A EXERCISE WHICH CAN BE LIKE, UH, INCORPORATED IN A DAILY SCHEDULE, NOT IN JUST IN, IN THESE EVENTS, BUT IN, IN GENERAL, UM, TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND, UM, UM, UH, BENEFITS.
HOW, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, GET ALMOST AS GOOD AS AS SHE IS BECAUSE I, I TRIED YOGA AND, UH, AFTER I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE THE HARD, I EXERCISE A LOT, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE SO HARD.
YEAH, IT IS DEFINITELY NOT AS HARD AS SOME OF THE YOGA ANA.
UH, SO OF COURSE, YOU, UH, IT, UH, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO LIKE, TOUCH YOUR HANDS WITHOUT BENDING YOUR KNEES INITIALLY, BUT AS YOU PRACTICE, YOUR FLEXIBILITY WILL DEFINITELY IMPROVE.
SO THE KEY IS TO PRACTICE, YOU HAVE TO START.
THERE ARE LIKE A LOT OF YOUTUBE VIDEOS ALSO WHERE YOU CAN, UH, SEE THE ACTUAL TECHNIQUE ABOUT HOW TO DO IT CORRECTLY, AND YOU CAN TRY YOUR BEST.
AND THE KEY IS LIKE, JUST TO PRACTICE, UH, DAILY.
UM, IT, IT WON'T TAKE A LOT OF TIME.
I THINK IT TAKES FIVE MINUTES TO DO ONE SET, UH, OF EUYS CARS, LIKE 13 PSEU CARS.
AND WITH PRACTICE, DEFINITELY YOU WILL SEE THE BENEFITS, UM, UH, FOR THE BODY AND MIND, AND IT WILL DEFINITELY IMPROVE THE FLEXIBILITY.
JUST TO ADD TO THAT A LITTLE BIT, UH, THE REAL BENEFITS OF, UH, AS AN AS ARE NOT IN THE FINAL POSTURE, UH, IT IS ABOUT THE ATTEMPT TO GET THERE.
SO EVEN STARTING FROM DAY ONE WHEN YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TOWARDS THAT POSTURE, YOU'RE, UH, GETTING THE BENEFITS RIGHT FROM THERE.
SO, UM, SO YEAH, AS, UH, JI MENTIONED, WE HAVE THIS, UH, EVENT.
UH, SO PAUL, I WILL SHARE THE DETAILS WITH YOU, SO MAYBE IF YOU CAN BLAST IT, UH, IN YOUR, UH, UH, ACROSS YOUR E EMAIL LIST,
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UM, SO THAT MANY PEOPLE CAN KNOW ABOUT THIS EVENT AND THEY CAN BENEFIT, OF COURSE, IT'LL BE LIKE A VIRTUAL EVENT.THE NEXT IS THE, UH, HARTSDALE PUBLIC PARKING DISTRICT, RIGHT? COMMISSIONER STATE OF FINANCE LOSS DURING, UH, COVID, RIGHT? AND, UM, WE HAVE
[ DISCUSSION Hartsdale Public Parking District - Should the Town seek State Legislation to amend the law and eliminate the property ownership requirement for the Hartsdale Parking Commissioners?]
A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PARKING DISTRICT, UM, AND HE'S GONNA DISCUSS, UH, BOTH ISSUES.THERE'S, UH, TWO MAJOR, UH, ISSUES.
ONE IS, UH, SHOULD THE TOWN PETITION, UH, THE MEMBERS OF, UM, THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO AMEND THE LAW AND ELIMINATE THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT FOR THE HARTSDALE PARKING.
UM, COMMISSIONERS, I PERSONALLY FIND, UH, THE PARKING OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT VERY OFFENSIVE.
YOU KNOW, IT REMINDS ME OF, UH, UM, PRE-CIVIL WAR DAYS WHEN YOU HAVE TO BE, WHERE IN SOME STATES YOU HAVE TO BE PROPERTY OWNER TO, UH, VOTE, AND THAT WAS EVENTUALLY ELIMINATED.
AND I, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT BODY THAT I'M AWARE OF, LIKE ANYWHERE IN UNITED STATES THAT HAS A PROPERTY OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT TO SERVE ON A GOVERNMENT BODY.
UM, THE OTHER ISSUE IS, UM, I'D LIKE TO, I THINK THE PUBLIC SHOULD HEAR THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE PARKING DISTRICT, AND WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PARKING DISTRICT.
YES, GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR, FINER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UH, MY NAME IS SETH MANDELBAUM.
I'M A PARTNER WITH THE LAW FIRM OF MY, WITH THE LAW FIRM OF MCCULLOUGH, GOLDBERGER AND STOUT IN WHITE PLAINS.
AND I'M HERE THIS EVENING, UH, ON BEHALF OF MY CLIENTS, UH, THE HARTSDALE PUBLIC PARKING DISTRICT, UH, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
UM, I'LL ADDRESS, UH, THE FIRST ISSUE ON YOUR AGENDA, THE REQUEST FOR, UH, REPORT OF, UH, UH, FINANCES.
UH, WE DID SUBMIT A LETTER, UH, WHICH I WILL READ INTO THE RECORD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, UM, FROM THE COMMISSIONERS DATED JANUARY 12TH, 2021, HONORABLE SUPERVISOR, FINER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THE HARTSDALE PUBLIC PARKING DISTRICT.
H P P D WAS ENACTED AS A SPECIAL DISTRICT THROUGH THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE IN 1950, AND ESTABLISHED BY THE TOWN IN 1952 TO PURCHASE LAND AND PROVIDE MUNICIPAL PARKING WITHIN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
DUE TO THE UNPRECEDENTED AND ONGOING WORLD HEALTH CRISIS CAUSED BY C OVID 19 IN NEW YORK, THE STATE HAS MANDATED LOCKDOWNS AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS RELATIVE TO THE PANDEMIC SINCE MARCH OF 2020.
H P P D HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAILOR OUR OPERATIONS AND REACH OUT TO OUR COMMUTERS, PARKING CUSTOMERS AND LOCAL MERCHANTS TO SUPPORT THEM DURING THIS HEALTH EMERGENCY.
WHILE THE DISTRICT HAS EXPERIENCED REDUCTIONS IN REVENUE AND OPERATING INCOME AS A RESULT OF REDUCED COMMUTER AND MERCHANT SHOPPER USAGE OF OUR PARKING FACILITIES DURING THE PAST YEAR, WE CONTINUE TO OPERATE OUR PARKING FACILITIES IN A FISCALLY SOUND MANNER, AND HAVE SUFFICIENT RESERVES AND INCOME TO RUN OUR FACILITIES, MAKE NECESSARY REPAIRS, AND MEET OUR FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS TO ENSURE OUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF GREENBERG COMMUTERS, TOWN RESIDENTS, MERCHANTS AND SHOPPERS, THE H P P D HAS IMPLEMENTED SEVERAL ACTIONS TO MAINTAIN OUR FACILITIES AND HELP THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT PERIOD AS FOLLOWS, ONE SUSPENSION OF PARKING METER FEES WAS IMPLEMENTED FOR A PERIOD OF TWO MONTHS FROM MARCH THROUGH EARLY MAY, 2020, TO SUPPORT THOSE RESIDENTS WORKING FROM HOME AND IN NEED OF ADDITIONAL PARKING CONVENIENCE.
IN ADDITION, THIS SUSPENSION ALSO ENCOURAGED SHOPPERS TO PATRONIZE OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT DID REMAIN OPERATIONAL.
SECOND DISTRIBUTION OF ADDITIONAL PERMITS FOR SITE, A 24 HOUR SITE, A OVERNIGHT AND SITE C 24 HOUR PARKING FOR GREENBURG RESIDENTS LIVING NEARBY.
THIRD, IMPLEMENTATION OF DAILY COMMUTER PARKING TO SUPPORT COMMUTERS AND ALL TOWN OF GREENBURG RESIDENTS WHO MAY BEGIN A GRADUAL RETURN TO WORK IN THE COMING MONTHS.
SPECIFICALLY, THE H P P D HAS CREATED A NEW PAY PER DAY ARRANGEMENT IN SITE F AND ALONG THE PIPELINE, IN ADDITION TO THE DAILY PARKING PERMITTED IN LOTS, A, B, AND D, THE DAILY PARKING RATE REMAINS AT $10 PER DAY AND CAN BE ACCESSED USING THE SAME PASSPORT PARKING APP AS UTILIZED AT STREET METERED SPACES.
AND FOUR PROVISION OF H P P D SUPPORT TO OUR MERCHANTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS.
BY WORKING WITH THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO SUSPEND PARKING METERS FOR A THREE MONTH PERIOD TO ENABLE EXPANDED SIDEWALK DINING IN HARTSDALE FOR THE PLACEMENT OF SPECIAL BARRIERS.
IN ADDITION TO ENSURE THAT OUR FACILITIES ARE PROPERLY MAINTAINED DURING THE PANDEMIC, THE H P P D HAS IMPLEMENTED THE FOLLOWING TRAINING OF STAFF TO ENABLE IN-HOUSE SPECIAL MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES NORMALLY CONDUCTED BY OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS.
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AS A RESULT, OUR FACILITIES CONTINUE TO BE MAINTAINED TO OUR USUAL HIGH STANDARDS, AND ALSO UTILIZING INTERNAL STAFF FOR EXPANDED SNOW REMOVAL DUTIES AS REQUIRED.THE COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF HAD CONTINUED THE DAILY OPERATION OF THE H P P D DURING THE PAST 10 MONTHS OF THE PANDEMIC.
THIS HAS EXPANDED THE USUAL OPERATIONS OF THE H P P D, WHICH IS MORE FULLY SET FORTH IN OUR, IN THE PRIOR LETTER TO THE TOWN BOARD DATED MARCH 10TH, 2020, A COPY OF WHICH WE'VE ATTACHED ONCE AGAIN TO THIS LETTER.
WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THIS LETTER AND THE PREVIOUS LETTER SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD ON MARCH 10TH BE PART OF THE RECORD FOR ANY ACTION TAKEN BY THE BOARD RELATIVE TO THE H P P D.
THE H P P D BO BOARD IS DIVERSE AND COMPRISED OF THREE MEMBERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATUTE.
WE EMPLOY CIVIL SERVICE STAFF IN OUR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE, MAINTENANCE, AND ON THE ENFORCEMENT TEAM FOR DAILY OPERATIONS.
OUR FINANCIALS ARE READILY AVAILABLE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE, AND THEY ARE COMPLETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH U S G A A P REQUIREMENTS.
AN AUDIT OF THE 2020 FINANCIALS IS ONGOING AND WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE TOWN AND POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE UPON COMPLETION SOMETIME IN EARLY SPRING 2021.
AS STATED HERE TO, FOR THE THREE COMMISSIONERS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DIXTER STAFF, HAVE ABLY HANDLED OPERATIONS OF THE DISTRICT IN A FISCALLY SOUND MATTER, EVEN DURING THE C OVID 19 CRISIS, WE RESPECTFULLY REFER THE BOARD TO THE PRIOR LAWSUIT BY THE TOWN IN 2010 IN FINE R V GRODEN ET AL, WHEREIN THE COURT DETERMINED THAT STATUTES CAN DISTINGUISH BETWEEN LANDOWNERS AND NON LANDOWNERS IN LIMITED USE DISTRICTS LIKE THE PARKING DISTRICT AND DISMISS THE CASE.
WE FURTHER STATED IN THE MARCH 10TH, 2020 LETTER THAT WHILE H P P D IS NOT A TAXING DISTRICT AND REVENUE IS GENERATED BY USERS OF THE FACILITIES, THERE ARE FISCAL CONSIDERATIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE TOWN'S TAXPAYERS THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED WHEN DECIDING WHETHER TO ABOLISH THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT.
AS STATING IN OUR PRIOR CORRESPONDENCE, IRRESPONSIBLE OR POOR FINANCIAL DECISIONS BY THE H P P BOARD COULD DIRECTLY AND ADVERSELY AFFECT PROPERTY OWNERS FINANCIALLY WITHIN THE TOWN.
IN CONCLUSION, THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE H P P D DO NOT AGREE THAT THE BOARD SHOULD BE COMPRISED OF NON-OWNER MEMBERS FOR THE REASONS ABOVE AND IS CONFIRMED BY THE HD'S ENACTING LEGISLATION AND THE COURT IN FINER V GRODEN ET ALL FURTHER.
THE H P P D BOARD DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT THE TOWN BOARD NEEDS TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS, NOR DOES THE H P P D BOARD CONSENT TO ANY PROPOSED EXPANSION.
THIS IS RESPECTFULLY, UH, SIGNED BY, UH, THE FULL HARTSDALE PUBLIC PARKING DISTRICT, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, BARBARA GERDEN, CHAIRPERSON, MYRNA ANDOVER, TREASURER WILLIAM SARI TREASURY, UH, COPY TO TOWN ATTORNEY TIM LEWIS, HONORABLE ANDREA STEWART COUSINS, AND HONORABLE THOMAS AVANTI.
AND THAT HAS, UH, BEEN SUBMITTED BY EMAIL AS PART OF THE RECORD, UH, THIS EVENING.
I ALSO SUBMITTED A LETTER, UH, FROM MY OFFICE, WHICH I'M NOT GOING TO READ INTO THE RECORD, UM, WHICH ATTACHED A LETTER THAT I PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED ON MARCH 10TH, 2020, WHICH, UH, GOES INTO FURTHER DETAIL ON THE LEGAL BASIS FOR THE BOARD'S OPPOSITION TO THE REMOVAL OF THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT, UH, AND, AND STRESSES THAT, UM, IT REALLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH, UH, ANY, UH, DISCRIMINATION OR DISENFRANCHISE MEANT OF ANY, UH, PARTICULAR GROUP.
IT IS PURELY ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE BONDS, UM, ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TOWN OF GREENBERG PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
UM, AS I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN SHEEN POINTED OUT AT YOUR DECEMBER 8TH WORK SESSION, UH, WHEN YOU DISCUSS THE ISSUE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
DO YOU KNOW OF ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT BODY ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES THAT HAS A PROPERTY, UM, OWNERSHIP, UH, REQUIREMENT TO BE A COMMISSIONER OR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL OR ANYTHING? I DO NOT, BUT THAT'S COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT AND IS NOT THE BASIS CITED BY THE COURT IN DISMISSING YOUR CASE FROM 2010, WHERE THEY FOUND THERE WAS NO E NO VIOLATION OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION'S EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE, UH, TO HAVE, UH, ONLY PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
RIGHT? BUT, UH, THE, THE ISSUE IS, I KNOW THERE'S A STATUTE, AND THAT'S WHY TOWN CANNOT, DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO UNILATERALLY CHANGE A STATUTE.
IT WOULD REQUIRE A STATE LEGISLATION.
BUT I JUST FIND, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT YOU, THE BLACK LIVES, UH, YOU KNOW, MATTER, UH, THE PROTESTS AND THE FAILING OF THAT FROM SOME PEOPLE ARE BEING DISENFRANCHISED.
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IN 2021, YOU KNOW, OVER, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, I MEAN, WE, THE CIVIL WAR HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, MANY, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, MANY YEARS AGO, UH, MANY DECADES AGO, OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.UM, I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE DEPRIVING, UM, LOCAL BUSINESSES OF OPPORTUNITY OF BEING A COMMISSIONER.
WHY WE'RE DEPRIVING, UM, TENANTS WHO LIVE IN ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, THE OPPORTUNITY OF BEING A COMMISSIONER, WHY WE'RE DEPRIVING, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SO MANY PEOPLE.
UM, THE ABILITY OF, OF GETTING INVOLVED AND, AND HAVING A, A VOICE IN, UM, IN, IN ME AN IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT, YOU KNOW, BODY.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE TOWN BOARD WOULD APPOINT A TENANT OR APPOINT A, UM, YOU KNOW, A BUSINESS LEADER, BUT IT WOULD GIVE US THE ABILITY, IF THE BOARD CHOOSES TO, UM, APPOINT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, IN 2010, UH, THE BOARD APPOINTED BARRY KESSLER.
HE WASN'T, UM, ABLE TO SERVE BECAUSE HE WAS NOT THE PROPERTY OWNER.
HIS WIFE WAS A PROPERTY OWNER.
AND I THINK THAT'S LIKE, AGAIN, THE COURTS COULD RULE THAT IT'S LEGAL, BUT IT'S, UH, BUT I THINK IT'S HIGHLY OFFENSIVE TO ME.
AND OUR, OUR POSITION IS SET FORTH IN THE, IN THE WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE WE SUBMITTED.
ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER FROM THE PUBLIC? NOPE.
THEN WE CAN MOVE ON THE AGENDA, OR THERE'S THE TOWN BOARD.
ANYBODY WANNA SAY ANYTHING? OKAY, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
[ SUPERVISOR FEINER Proposed Draft Local Law regarding a 4-Month Moratorium on Battery Storage Applications and a 6-Month Moratorium on Solar Farms and Wind Turbines to be considered and revised as needed by an ad hoc committee consisting of Francis Sheehan, Councilman; Ken Jones, Councilman; Walter Simon, Planning Board Chair; Hugh Schwartz, Planning Board Vice-Chair; Theresa Tori, Conservation Advisory Council Chair; Mike Sigal, Conservation Advisory Council Vice-Chair; and Mona Fraitag, Planning Board]
UH, PROPOSED, UM, A DRAFT LOCAL LAW REGARDING A FOUR MONTH MORATORIUM ON BATTERY STORAGE APPLICATIONS AND A SIX MONTH MORATORIUM ON SOLAR, WIND FARMS, SOLAR FARMS AND WIND TURBINES TO BE CONSIDERED AND REVISED AS NEEDED BY AN AD HOC COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF, UM, FRANCIS IAN, COUNCILMAN KEN JONES, COUNCILMAN WALTER SIMON, PLANNING BOARD CHAIR, UH, YU SCHWARTZ, PLANNING BOARD, VICE CHAIR, THERESA, TORI, UM, MIKE SIEGEL OF THE CONSERVATION ADVISORY COUNCIL, THE VICE CHAIR AND MON REEK PLANNING BOARD.AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THERE, THERE WERE OTHER, UM, CITIZEN REPRESENTATIVES AND, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE LEFT SOME OF THE NAMES OUT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ADD THOSE NAMES TO, UM, YOU KNOW, A FUTURE, UM, AT THE, AT THE NEXT MEETING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I WANNA GO ON RECORD BECAUSE ON THE 19TH, THERE'S GONNA BE AN, NOW THERE'S GONNA BE A PRESENTA, A PRESENTATION, THE NEXT TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION, UM, THERE'S A COMPANY THAT WOULD LIKE, UM, TO, UM, UH, C SITE BATTERY, UH, STORAGE FACILITIES, UM, UM, MONT SECTION OF TOWN.
AND YOU, I WANNA LET THEM KNOW BEFORE THAT, UH, THERE'S A PROPOSED MORATORIUM.
SO THIS WAY THEY CAN'T SAY THEY WERE SURPRISED.
WE, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN DO THAT DURING A STAY, RIGHT? UM, AGAIN, AT LEAST WE'RE, YOU KNOW, ON, ON RECORD.
AND RIGHT NOW THERE IS A STAY.
UM, SO THE ONE, UH, NO, WHAT IS GONNA BE, UM, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA TAKE A FEW MONTHS ANYWAY BEFORE THE ZONING BOARD MAKES A DECISION.
GUESS IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT IT'S AN ACTION.
[ TOWN CLERK COMMENTS]
DO, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID YOU MIGHT WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT ON DOWN CLERK COMMENTS? UM, ONLY TO SAY THAT, UM, UH, PRIOR TO, UH, A, A FEW MONTHS AGO, UM, THERE WAS A MORATORIUM ON HANDICAP TAGS, MEANING THAT, UM, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WOULD NOT, LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, INCLUDING OURS, WOULD NOT BE TICKETING, EXPIRED ON, UH, UH, PERMITS, UH, TAGS.HOWEVER THAT MORATORIUM HAS BEEN LIFTED.
I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT MORATORIUM HAS BEEN LIFTED BY THE GOVERNOR.
AND SO IT'S JUST, I JUST WANNA STRESS, UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR RESIDENTS TO CONTACT THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE IF THEIR HANDICAPPED TAGS ARE EXPIRED OR WILL BE EXPIRED BY THE END OF EACH MONTH, SO THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THEM RIGHT AWAY AND PROVIDE THEM WITH AN UPDATED TAG.
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OKAY.[ To consider a one year contract commencing January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019, with the Village of Tarrytown to provide Fire Protection Services to Unincorporated Greenburgh residents in the Glenville Fire Protection District, at a cost not to exceed $292,792.32]
NEXT TO PUBLIC HEARING, UH, TO CONSIDER A ONE YEAR CONTRACT COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2019 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2019, IN THE VILLAGE OF TAR TOWN TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TOWN INCORPORATED GREENBURG RESIDENCE, THE GLENVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, AT THE REQUEST OF NOT TO EXCEED 2 9 2 7 9 2 30 2 CENTS.SECONDED, UH, ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
SO THIS IS A FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT CONTRACT THAT WE, UH, ENGAGE IN EACH YEAR WITH THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN.
IT'S CALLED THE GLENVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.
THAT'S AN AREA OF THE UNINCORPORATED AREA, OBVIOUSLY OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN, BUT WE CONTRACT WITH THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO DO 2019, UH, AT THIS MEETING, AND THEN THERE'LL BE A SUBSEQUENT MEETING, 2020.
UM, BUT WE'RE TREATING 'EM SEPARATELY, JUST SO THAT THE TWO DON'T GET CONFUSED.
THIS ONE FOR 2019 IS AT A COST OF $292,792 AND 32 CENTS.
UH, THAT IS A DECREASE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.
SO IT'S A SLIGHT REDUCTION, AND THAT'S BASED ON THE ASSESSMENTS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY GO UP OR GO DOWN, AND, UH, HOW THE, HOW THE, THE COSTS ARE PROPORTIONED, UH, BETWEEN THE TWO ENTITIES.
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR, OUR, UM, ARE FIRE DISTRICTS THAT ARE, UH, PROFESSIONAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS, COMBINATION FIRE DEPARTMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, GREENVILLE, FAIRVIEW, AND HARTSDALE.
THESE ARE SOLELY, UH, VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE IN THE VILLAGES.
THIS ONE HAPPENS TO BE IN THE VILLAGE OF CHERRYTOWN.
SO IF ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT AND THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE, UH, NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO DO THAT.
UH, MURRAY BODEN WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, UM, WRONG FRANCIS, THIS IS ALL ABOUT VOLUNTEER FIRE DISTRICTS BECAUSE THERE ARE NO MORE VOLUNTEERS THAT LIVE IN THE DISTRICTS.
VIRTUALLY EVERY DISTRICT IS A PAID FIRE DISTRICT.
FIRE DISTRICTS WERE STARTED MANY YEARS AGO WHEN PEOPLE WORKED IN TOWN AND THEY COULD RUN OUT, CLOSE THE DOOR AND GO TO A FIRE.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T WORK IN TOWN ANYMORE.
WESTCHESTER COUNTY JUST GRADUATED A CLASS OF FIREFIGHTERS FOR A NUMBER OF TOWNS.
SOMETHING THAT WAS DESIGNED 200 YEARS AGO DOESN'T WORK TODAY.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT FIRE DISTRICTS.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT WHY WE HAVE PAYING FOR FOUR DIFFERENT FIRE CHIEFS AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES.
GREENBERG COULD HAVE SENT THEIR NEW FIREFIGHTERS TO THE SAME WESTCHESTER COUNTY SCHOOL THAT YONKERS WHITE PLAINS AND EVERYBODY ELSE DID.
THE RULES THAT WERE IN EFFECT A CENTURY AGO ARE NOT EFFECTIVE TODAY.
MANY, MANY PEOPLE ARE OUT OF WORK.
THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY HAS BEEN DEFICIT DECIMATED.
THE FLOWER SHOP ON SEACO ROAD PERMANENTLY CLOSED LAST WEEK TO IGNORE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE USING A SYSTEM THAT'S SIGNIFICANTLY OUTDATED, THAT YOU ARE PAYING ANOTHER FIRE DISTRICT IS RELEVANT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S SIGNIFICANT IS CALLED GLOBAL WARMING.
MANY TOWNS IN WESTCHESTER ARE BUILDING APARTMENT HOUSES NEAR THE RAILROAD STATION.
YES, YOU CAN GO TO THE GOVERNOR AND DEMAND AN EX, UH, WHATEVER IT TAKES TO REVISE THE CONCEPT OF FIRE DISTRICTS.
[01:00:01]
NUMEROUS PEOPLE ARE OUT OF WORK TO SUPPORT AN OUTDATED SYSTEM.WHERE GREENBERG, I FOLLOWED YESTERDAY, TWO DAYS AGO, THERE WAS A GREENBERG E M S UNIT.
DROVE STRAIGHT THROUGH THE TOWN OF ELFORD TO THE SHOP IN STOP AND SHOP IN TARRYTOWN.
YES, I KNOW LEY JUST GOT A NEW VOLUNTEER E M S UNIT, BUT THERE ISN'T ANYBODY THAT'S A VOLUNTEER THAT CAN MAN IT ANYMORE.
VERY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE IN MY GENERATION TO RECOGNIZE JUST HOW BADLY THIS HAS CHANGED.
WE'RE DOING THIS CONVERSATION ON ZOOM.
THIS IS THE SIXTH ZOOM MEETING I'VE DONE TODAY.
SIX TRAFFIC ENGINEERS ARE MEETING IN WASHINGTON.
I USED TO GO DOWN THERE FOR FOUR DAYS AND MEET WITH THEM.
THEY MADE SOME MISTAKES, BUT THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF UNDERSTANDING HOW THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATIONS, THAT MANUAL UNIFORM TRAFFIC IN DRILL DEVICES GOT PROBLEMS THAT GO BACK 120 YEARS, NOT A HUNDRED YEARS, MAYBE 50 YEARS.
THERE'S A REALIZATION THAT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST DOESN'T APPLY ANYMORE.
AIRBNB JUST CANCELED ALL OUR RESERVATIONS IN WASHINGTON FOR THE NEXT THREE WEEKS OR WHATEVER.
GREENBERG MUST CHANGE TO SURVIVE.
THIS IS NOT QUITE WHAT FRANCIS SAID IT WAS.
THIS IS ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT GOES INTO TAXES FOR FIRE DISTRICTS, WHICH SHOULD GO INTO REPAIRING THE ROADS.
MANY OF US PAY THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT AS WE PAY FOR EVERYTHING ELSE IN GREENBURG.
BUT TAXES TO GREENBURG FOR EVERYTHING ARE THE SAME AS FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT.
I'M 87, AND I WILL BE AROUND ANY MUCH LONGER.
I CAN ONLY TELL YOU IT'S THE YOUNGER GENERATION RESPONSIBILITY TO DEAL WITH THIS.
'CAUSE I THANK YOU MR. BOWDEN.
TIM, IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU INTERRUPT ME.
DOES ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK? ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, WHICH IS NOT A FIRE DISTRICT? ALL RIGHT, THEN I WOULD MOVE THAT WE, UH, CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.
WHAT COMMENT PERIOD YOU WANNA BEGIN WITH PUBLIC COMMENT?
[ 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) (Pursuant to NYS Town Law, Article 16, Section 267-A, Subdivision 6, this Public Hearing will not be held since an appeal has been filed with the Zoning Board of Appeals.)]
WE CAN, LET ME JUST, WE'RE, WE ARE CANCELING THE HEARING THAT WE HAVE, SO, UM, RIGHT.TO BE CLEAR, THAT, UH, WE'RE REQUIRED FOR THE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ELM THE ANGLE ENERGY, RIGHT? RIGHT.
UH, NEW YORK STATE, I ENTERED IT TO THE AGENDA.
NEW YORK STATE TOWN LAW, ARTICLE 16, SECTION 2 67, A SUBDIVISION SIX, UH, REQUIRES US TO NOT HAVE THIS PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE, UM, EAGLE ENERGY STORAGE.
UH, UM, BECAUSE AN APPEAL HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO ADJOURN TO, UH, A DATE SPECIFIED AS, AS A PLACEHOLDER OR, I'M, I'M JUST, UH, POSING THE QUESTION.
WELL, WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THE ZONING BOARD'S GONNA TAKE TO, UH, TO MAKE A DECISION.
AND WE MEET EVERY TUESDAY, SO AS SOON AS THEY MAKE A DECISION, WE COULD, UH, IF WE HAVE TO, WE COULD JUST GET, RESCHEDULE THE HEARING.
[ PUBLIC COMMENT Advance signup via PublicComment@GreenburghNY.com is required. See instructions on first page. A three minute limit per speaker will be strictly enforced. No interruptions by Town Board members, the Town Clerk or the public will be permitted. Any questions on agenda items should be asked at this time. Department Heads have the option of leaving the meeting following Public Comment. Therefore, if anyone has questions that are related to resolutions/items on the agenda involving a specific Department Head, those questions should be raised at this time.]
NOW PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY.[01:05:01]
SO WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN WITH BOB BERNSTEIN.UH, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK, UH, QUESTIONS.
UH, THE FIRST IS, WITH RESPECT TO THIS PROPOSED MORATORIUM, UM, HAS THE LEGISLATION BEEN INTRODUCED? HAS IT BEEN REFERRED TO THE PLANNING BOARD? UH, WHAT IS THE, WILL THERE BE PUBLIC HEARING WITH RESPECT TO IT? UM, UH, WHEN, WHEN, HOW IS THAT PROCESS GOING TO WORK? AND, AND SECONDLY, UM, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE ZONING BOARD WILL BE DECIDING WHETHER TO, UH, SUSTAIN OR REVERSE THE BUILDING INSPECTOR'S, UH, OPINION.
IF THE BUILDING, IF THE ZONING BOARD DECIDES THAT THE BUILDING INSPECTOR, UH, WAS WRONG, UH, THEN THE TOWN NEEDS TO ENACT LEGISLATION, UH, IF IT WANTS TO ALLOW, UM, THIS USE TO BE PERMITTED EITHER IN, UH, RESIDENTIAL OR BUSINESS OR BOTH, UH, DISTRICTS.
UH, SO IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT, UH, UM, UH, THE TOWN SHOULD BE WORKING ON THAT LEGISLATION RIGHT NOW.
UM, UH, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT YOU DO WITH A MORATORIUM, I THINK THAT THE, THE, UH, THE COMMITTEE OF, UH, CITIZENS AND, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING, UH, BOARD TOWN BOARD HAVE ALREADY STARTED, UH, DOING THE DUE DILI DUE DILIGENCE ON THAT.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE, UH, REFER THE MORATORIUM TO THE PLANNING BOARD, I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR, UM, SOME CITIZENS TO HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT, AND THEN THEY COULD TWEAK IT.
AND, UM, AND IF THEY DECIDE THAT THEY WANNA, UH, REFER TO THE, AND THEN TO GO BACK TO THE TOWN BOARD, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE MORE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, WE COULD HAVE A FINAL VERSION THAT EVERYBODY WOULD BE HAPPIER WITH.
SO YOU'RE NOT INTRODUCING LEGISLATION? I, I'VE, I INTRODUCED IT BY, UH, WE REFERRED IT TO, UH, THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE.
THAT IS, UM, NO, YOU INITIALLY WERE GOING TO INTRODUCE IT, BUT WE'RE NOT, THIS IS NOT BEING INTRODUCED.
THE ANSWER TO YOUR FIRST THREE QUESTIONS IS, NO, NO.
AND YES, IF THERE IS A MORATORY
UH, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY, UM, PERSONS WORKING ON THIS LEGISLATION OTHER THAN, UH, THE INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED ON YOUR AGENDA.
UM, UH, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY, UM, UH, PERSONS OTHER THAN APPOINTEES TO TOWN BOARDS, UH, WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THIS.
SO, UH, UH, THE SUPERVISORS SEEM TO INDICATE THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE, UH, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
UH, SO AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, THE ONLY GROUP THAT IS WORKING ON THIS AS THE GROUP THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN YOUR AGENDA.
ARE YOU FINISHED, UH, WITH YOUR COMMENTS, MR. BARR? JARED? WERE THERE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE ALSO INVITED TO PARTICIPATE? YES.
UH, LENA, UH, SO, SO, SO SORRY JUDITH.
UH, THAT, THAT WAS A GENERAL QUESTION ABOUT THIS TOPIC.
THERE, THERE WERE ADDITIONAL INVITES TO THE INTRODUC INTRODUCTORY MEETING THAT OCCURRED LAST FRIDAY.
AND, UH, UH, AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE INVITEES THAT COULD NOT BE PRESENT, UM, DOES HAVE INTEREST, I THINK, IN ASSISTING WITH LOCAL LAW PREPARATION.
UH, SO I DID RELAY THAT TO THE TOWN BOARD, AND, UH, TO THE EXTENT THERE ARE OTHERS, UH, I WILL ALERT THE TOWN BOARD AND, UH, AND IN INCLUDE THEM AT YOUR DIRECTION.
AND THE, THE, THESE WERE CITIZENS? YEAH.
SO A RESIDENT, UH, NEAR THE, UH, NORWOOD COUNTRY CLUB.
IS THAT NEIL? UH, YOGESH BALL? RIGHT.
SO, MR. BERNSON, YOU HAD ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT.
ARE YOU DONE OR, OR, UH, DO YOU WANNA FINISH YOUR COMMENTS? UH, THE ONLY OTHER THING I WAS GONNA ASK, AND I THINK OTHERS WERE GONNA ASK ABOUT IT AS WELL, IS, UH, WE LEARNED YESTERDAY FROM THE WORK SESSION THAT THE SUPERVISOR SENT A LETTER TO NYSERDA, UH, REGARDING THE, THE, UH, EAGLE APPLICATION FOR THE NORWOOD CLUB.
AND I WOULD ASK THAT THAT BE RELEASED SO THAT WE COULD SEE IT.
I'M NOT AWARE THAT THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZE THE SUPERVISOR TO SEND SUCH A LETTER, AND MAYBE IT DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY AUTHORIZATION, BUT THE PUBLIC SHOULD CERTAINLY SEE IT IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE TO FOIL IT.
[01:10:01]
SO I, I HAVE NO PROBLEM, UH, WITH RELEASING, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LETTER.UH, YOU KNOW, MY FEELING HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONSISTENT ON THIS.
I WOULD NOT SUPPORT, UM, THE BATTERY STORAGE, UH, FACILITY UNTIL WE DO THE DUE DILIGENCE.
I'VE SAID FROM THE BEGINNING, I WANNA SAY, UM, FIRE SAFETY, UM, UM, STUDIES, YOU KNOW, DONE, UH, THERE'S ENVIRONMENTAL, YOU KNOW, ISSUES THAT I FEEL SHOULD BE DONE.
I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF A MORATORIUM.
UM, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT, UM, DURING THE MORATORIUM, UH, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, UM, TO BASICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT A STORAGE FACILITY BELONGS AT THE COUNTRY CLUB OR, UM, ANY IN RESIDENTIAL AREA OR, OR ANY, YOU KNOW, OR ANYWHERE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD TIGHTEN UP THE LAW.
AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN I SPOKE TO, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS WHO LIVE NEAR THE, THE COUNTRY CLUB, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL, UH, LOSS OF OPEN SPACE, UH, BECAUSE THEY BOUGHT THEIR HOMES FIGURING, FIGURING THAT THEY WERE GONNA LIVE NEAR A COUNTRY CLUB.
THEY DON'T WANNA SEE HOUSES THERE.
AND, UM, THEY DON'T WANNA SEE, YOU KNOW? SO THE THING IS, UM, ALTHOUGH I'M NOT COMMITTED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS APPLICATION, I'M OP I'M NOT AGAINST IT BECAUSE I'M OP, I'M OPEN-MINDED.
I HAVEN'T REALLY MADE UP MY MIND AND I WANT TO, AND, AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY IN MY, UM, YOU KNOW, IN MY LETTER YOU SAY THE LETTER, I'M AFRAID.
AND I'M AFRAID THAT NYSERDA, UM, THAT THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROBLEM IS THAT IF NYSERDA FEELS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THIS PROJECT IS DEAD ON ARRIVAL, THERE'S NO CHANCE THERE'S GONNA BE APPROVED, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT THERE'S GONNA BE HOUSING THERE, UM, AT SOME POINT.
AND THEN EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE YELLING AND SCREAMING SAYING, HOW COME, UH, WE DIDN'T PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY? ON THE OTHER HAND, IF ON WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND RESEARCH, AND IT TURNS OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, AT THE CONCLUSION OF OUR RESEARCH, WE DON'T WANT IT, THEN AT LEAST WE COULD EX EXPLAIN WE WE KILL THE PROJECT BECAUSE WE DON'T FEEL IT'S SUITABLE FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT LOCA, FOR THAT LOCATION.
BUT RIGHT NOW, I THINK IT'S PREMATURE, UM, TO KILLS SOMETHING THAT PERHAPS WOULD BE BETTER THAN HOUSING.
AND MAYBE, MAYBE IT'S NOT BETTER, BUT MAYBE IT IS.
CAN WE GET A COPY OF THE LETTER RELEASED? I, I HAVE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS TIM, UH, YOU KNOW, GETS IT TO YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT.
TIM, MAYBE YOU COULD JUST LOOK THROUGH YOUR FILES AND JUST EMAIL IT TO MR. BERNSTEIN.
O A WE CAN POST IT ON THE WEBSITE IF YOU LIKE.
SO EVERYONE YEAH, THAT'S FINE.
SO I BELIEVE MR. UH, SHERETTA IS, UM, ENGAGED IN ANOTHER, UH, MUNICIPAL MEETING AND WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK AT THIS MOMENT.
THEN LET'S MOVE TO NICK GRETTO.
UH, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TONIGHT.
UM, I, I, I DID SEND A LETTER TO PAUL FINER, I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE, UH, MAY HAVE SEEN IT.
I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THAT, UH, UH, THAT THE, IT WAS GONNA GO TO AN APPEAL.
SO, UM, I REALLY JUST WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HOW DOES THIS, BETWEEN THE MORATORIUM AND THE ZONING APPEAL, HOW DOES THIS REALLY AFFECT THIS PROJECT? NOW, I'M, I'M KIND OF CONFUSED ON THAT.
IF SOMEBODY COULD EXPLAIN TO ME IS, IS IT, IS WHEN IT GOES INTO THE ZONING APPEAL, DOES THAT, IF IT COMES OUT, DOES THAT AFFECT, IS THE MORATORIUM GONNA HOLD IT OFF EVEN LONGER? I MEAN, CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN THAT? WELL, THE BOARD HAS TO BASICALLY DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO DO A MORATORIUM AND, UM, IN EFFECT RIGHT NOW, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S DOING THE RESEARCH AND THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT WE WERE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE, THAT WE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE WERE GONNA DO IN TERMS OF THE BATTERY STORAGE, GETTING MORE, MORE INFORMATION.
UH, SO, UH, THERE'S A STAY ON THE HEARINGS OR ON THE REVIEW BY THE TOWN BOARD OF THE APPLICATION, BUT ONCE THE ZONING, ZONING BOARD MAKES A DETERMINATION, THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, THEN THE APPLICATION, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEN, THEN WE, WE FOLLOW UP ON, ON BASIS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR DETERMINATION IS.
AND, AND THEN, AND NOW I'M FINDING OUT ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, I GUESS, PEOPLE FROM THE DIFFERENT BOARDS ON PLUS
[01:15:01]
CITIZENS.UM, HOW DO PEOPLE GET ON THIS? IS THIS, I MEAN, UH, DID YOU, ARE YOU GUYS ADVERTISING THIS SOMEHOW TO THE COMMUNITY IF YOU WANT PEOPLE INVOLVED OR, SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE, HOW DO THEY GET ON THIS COMMITTEE? YEAH, SO MR. GREDO, CAN YOU, CAN YOU REALLY JUST RAISE ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS AS ONE AT ONCE? AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A FEW, AND THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, I CAN MAKE SURE WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME OF, OKAY.
THAT'S, THAT'S ACTUALLY MY LAST QUESTION, SO, OKAY.
YOU WANT AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS PRETTY MUCH CORRECT.
LIKE, HOW DOES SOMEBODY GET ON THAT COMMITTEE IF THEY'D LIKE TO BE ON IT, AND HOW DID YOU GUYS PRE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S PUT OUT THERE FOR PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, FOR SOMEBODY TO GET OUT TO GET ON IT.
WELL, I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, TO INVOLVE AS MANY PEOPLE IN THE PROCESS BECAUSE I FEEL THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ON, YOU KNOW, ALL SIDES SHOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATE AND, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, WILL GIVE US A CHANCE, EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO UNDERSTAND THE RAMIFICATIONS OF, UM, OF ACTIONS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE TAKE, YOU KNOW, ARE TAKEN.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, MY PHILOSOPHY HAS ALWAYS BEEN, YOU KNOW, TO INVOLVE EVERYBODY, INCLUDING PROPONENTS AND, YOU KNOW, AND CRITICS, IF IT, IF IT WAS, YOU KNOW, TOTALLY UP TO ME, BUT, YOU KNOW, TOWN BOARD HAS TO MAKE, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE A, YOU KNOW, MAKE A DECISION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, I FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE MAKE A DECISION, IF THE DECISION IS THAT YOU CAN'T DO THE, THE CLUB CAN'T DO IT, AND THERE'S HOUSES AND EVERYBODY'S YELLING AND SCREAMING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN'T, THEN, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD, WE CAN'T THEN BLAME OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING A DECISION.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IF WE BASICALLY SAY WE DON'T, WE DON'T WANT IT, AND WE ACCEPT HOUSING, AND WE THINK HOUSING IS MORE PREFERABLE, THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, I MEAN, THEN WE HAVE TO SUFFER THE RAMIFICATIONS OF TAKING THE BLAME OR THE CREDIT FOR, FOR WHAT HAPPENS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE REALLY UPSET IF, UH, THE CLUB GOES UNDER.
SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO GET ON THIS COMMITTEE, WOULD THEY CONTACT YOU? WHO WOULD THEY CONTACT? HOW DOES THAT WORK? UH, THEY COULD CONTACT THE TOWN BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
UM, I'M HERE TO REPRESENT EAGLE ENERGY STORAGE AND JUST TO MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE, UM, SINCE WE WERE ORIGINALLY ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, JUST IN CASE ANYBODY DID COME OUT NOT HEARING THAT IT WAS POSTPONED, UM, WE'RE PROPOSING TO INSTALL AN ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM ON UNUSED PARKING LOT, UH, AT NORWOOD COUNTRY CLUB.
I, I THINK MOST PEOPLE HERE ARE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROJECT, SO I WON'T GO INTO ANY ADDITIONAL DETAILS OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT WE, WE SUPPORT THE TOWN IN CONDUCTING MORE DUE DILIGENCE ON THE SAFETY OF THE PROJECT.
WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, SO PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO ME OR TO THE TEAM IF YOU HAVE ANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR PROJECT.
UH, GARRETT HAS OUR CONTACT INFORMATION AND, UH, WE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH YOUR COMMUNITY AS, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, I SEE THAT MR. SHERWIN MAY HAVE JOINED THE MEETING AS GINA JACKSON, WHICH PROBABLY MEANS SOMEBODY FORWARDED HIM AT, YOU KNOW, A LINK.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE, UM, EVERYBODY AWARE THAT YOU MAY HAVE TO CHANGE THE NAME ON THE SCREEN.
I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO GET A, GET A LINK AND NOBODY RESPONDED TO MY EMAILS, SO GINA WAS KIND.
WE HAVE, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK WHEN WE HAVE CHANCE.
WE HAVE JEFF LISTED, UM, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, WHAT TIME IS THAT EMAIL, JEFF? WELL, ABOUT 10, 15 MINUTES AGO.
UM, MARY BOWDEN AND THEN AFTER MARY'S, JEFF, UM, I WASN'T GONNA SPEAK ABOUT THE, UH, MASS STORAGE UNIT, BUT THERE'S SOME INFORMATION MASS STORAGE UNITS, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS, UH, BELONG IN AN ISOLATED AREA SUCH AS THE CON EDISON AREA IN EASTVIEW.
THEY DON'T BELONG IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT IT'S A GOLF COURSE.
AND THIS IS ONLY ONE OF A NUMBER OF KINDS DO NOT BELONG IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
UM, THE INFORMATION GOT KIND OF GOT MIXED UP.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT SAVING A GOLF COURSE.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT RESIDENTIAL HOUSES ON A GOLF COURSE.
'CAUSE GOLF COURSES ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE CLOSING AND BEING TRANSFERRED TO RESIDENTIAL ONE WAY OR ANOTHER TO
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BERG RIGHT NOW, THIS IS ABOUT HOW DO YOU STORE LARGE AMOUNTS OF ENERGY AVAILABLE AND THEN DISTRIBUTED WITHIN METROPOLITAN AREAS, STORAGES AND INDIVIDUAL UNITS.AND THEY'RE EASILY PUT VERY CLOSE TO THINGS LIKE SHOPPING CENTERS.
THE PRIME EXAMPLE IS UP IN YORKTOWN, WHERE THE STORAGE UNIT IS ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM THE, UH, SHOPPING CENTER BACK CORNER, NO NOISE, NO PEOPLE, NO IDE WIRES, NO ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE TO CONSTRUCT IT.
SOMEHOW THIS WAS TRANSFORMED INTO SAVING A GOLF COURSE OR BUILDING HOUSES.
IT'S ABOUT YOU PUT A MASS STORAGE UNIT WITHIN AN POPULATED AREA, AND THE ANSWER IS NO.
LISTEN TO THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK.
SOMEONE DESCRIBED BEING AT ANOTHER AREA WHERE ANOTHER MASS STORAGE UNIT WAS NEXT TO A CONCENT TYPE AREA, COMPLETELY ISOLATED FROM A COMMUNITY.
SO IT SOMEHOW, AND I HAVE TO ADMIT I WAS MISINFORMED AT THE BEGINNING, BUT AFTER DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS ABOUT WHERE DO YOU PUT A MASS STORAGE UNIT? AND THIS IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF THEM.
THERE ARE MANY OTHER ONES DO NOT BELONG ANYWHERE IN A METROPOLITAN AREA WHERE THERE ARE BUSINESSES THEY BELONG ISOLATED, LIKE EAST VIEW, NOBODY'S AROUND POWER STATION'S RIGHT THERE.
WHAT YOU DO DO IS, WHAT ARDSLEY IS GOING TO DO IS YOU PUT IN A SINGLE UNIT AT EACH OF THEIR CAMPUSES, YOU COULD PUT ONE AT THE GARAGE, YOU COULD PUT ONE OF VETERAN PARK, COULD PUT ONE BEHIND TOWN HALL, COMPLETELY OPEN 20 YARDS FROM THE BUILDING, COMPLETELY SAFE.
IF YOU GO ON SEACOR ROAD, YOU'LL SEE A RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL THERE NEAR A PARKWAY, A GREEN BOX.
IT'S ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
VERY INCONS SPEAK WITH VIRTUALLY SILENT DOESN'T NEED A ACCESS ROAD TO GET THERE FOR A FIRE DEPARTMENT.
DOESN'T GO FROM ONE UNIT TO THE OTHER.
SO THE MISINFORMATION IS INCREDIBLE.
IT'S NOT WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY TONIGHT.
WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY TONIGHT IS, THANK YOU.
WELL, MR. BOGAN, YOU, UH, YOU RAN OUT OF THAT THREE MINUTE PERIOD, SO YOU'LL HAVE TO SAVE IT UNTIL THE FIVE MINUTE PERIOD.
I, IT'S GOING TO BE A FIVE MINUTE PERIOD.
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE, BECAUSE THE TIME THAT YOU GAVE TO OTHER PEOPLE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE TIME YOU GAVE TO ME.
I JUST WANNA MENTION, JUST, UH, IN RESPONSE TO THE PREVIOUS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMENT, UM, NOT MURRAY'S, UM, ABOUT THE MORATORIUM, THE KNOLLWOOD COUNTRY CLUB WOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY MORATORIUM BECAUSE IT HAD COMPLETED THE APPLICATION PRIOR TO JANUARY 1ST, 2021.
AND I THINK THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A PROPOSED MORATORIUM, IF THE TOWN BOARD ACTUALLY WOULD ENACT A MORATORIUM, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE, YOU CAN'T ENACT ONE IF THERE WAS ALREADY AN APPLICATION SUBMITTED.
ISN'T THAT TRUE, TIM? THAT IS TRUE.
IT DEPENDS ON THE WAY THE LOCAL LAW IS WORDED.
SO, NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT JUST THE MORATORIUM.
WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MORATORIUM REQUIRES A LOCAL LAW AS WELL AND, AND A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO EXPLORE THAT.
NO, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, OF, YOU KNOW, OF THE, YOU KNOW, OF THE LAW.
BUT I, I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I PERSONALLY THINK THAT EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES THAT THESE BATTERY STORAGE FACILITIES ARE GONNA COME, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE TO NEW YORK.
AND, UH, THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE PLACED LOCATIONS IN GREENBURG.
WE WILL BASICALLY WANT PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING.
WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE FIRE CODE, SEE IF IT'S SAFE.
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT AESTHETICS.
UM, WE'RE CONCERNED, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, ABOUT, UM, ENVIRONMENT, MAYBE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
AND I FEEL THAT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO REVIEW, UM, ANY PROPOSAL THAT COMES, UH,
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FOR, AND NOBODY ON THE TOWN BOARD IS PREPARED TO GIVE LIKE A RUBBER STAMP AND SAY YES OR NO BEFORE WE DO OUR RESEARCH.THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS IS MR. SHOMAN NEXT TO YOU? YES.
HI, UH, HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY.
UH, SO I E IT'S JEFF SHERWIN RE, RESIDENT OF GREENBERG EDGEMONT.
SO FRANK, SO JUST A QUICK POINT OF ORDER BEFORE, BEFORE YOU START MY TWO MINUTES IF, OR THREE MINUTES OR WHATEVER, IT'S, I WON'T TAKE VERY LONG, BUT IF, IF WE, IF WE WERE NOT IN A PANDEMIC, AND I WAS IN THE MEETING AT THE TIME AND I WANTED TO SPEAK DURING THE HEARING, WHICH I DECIDED THEN TO DO, I, I ACTUALLY EMAILED AT THAT MOMENT AND I COULDN'T GET, LIKE, AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT HEARING, BUT I COULDN'T GET IN IN TIME BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE OBVIOUSLY FOCUSED ON THE ZOOM MEETINGS.
AND SO I MISSED MY OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE I HADN'T EMAILED, I GUESS, AHEAD OF THE MEETING TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON A PARTICULAR HEARING.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, WHILE I WANNA SPEAK ON THE FIRE PROTECTION, UH, HEARING, I MISSED IT, AND IF I WERE IN THE ROOM, I WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO SIMPLY WALK UP TO JUDITH.
SO JUST LOGISTICALLY, YOU MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO GO AND SOLVE THAT PROBLEM BECAUSE JEFF, WHO DID YOU EMAIL? BECAUSE, UM, WE CHECK REAL TIME IF YOU EMAIL PUBLIC HEARING OR PUBLIC COMMENT AT GREENBERG AND WHY? NO, I'VE DONE WHAT I'VE ALWAYS DONE, WHICH IS I EMAILED YOU, GARRETT, THEN I EMAILED JUDITH, AND THEN I EMAILED FRANCIS, AND THEN I JUST STARTED TEXTING EVERYBODY UNTIL I WOULD GET A RESPOND.
NO, BUT THAT, BUT THAT WAS AFTER WE WERE ALREADY IN THE MEETING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
YEAH, NO, IT'S, BUT, BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE LOGISTICS OF PUBLIC COMMENT OR, OR, OR OF BEING IN A HEARING, I COULD HAVE WALKED INTO THE MEETING DURING THE HEARING, THEN WALKED UP TO JUDITH AND THEN SIGNED UP, AND THAT WOULD'VE BEEN HONORED IN THIS CASE, THAT VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
I GUESS WHAT, I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS, UM, I DIDN'T GET AN EMAIL FROM YOU AND, UH, I CHECK EMAILS REAL TIME AS THE MEETING'S GOING ON, SO PEOPLE ROUTINELY EMAIL AS THE MEETING'S GOING ON.
AND I HAVE, I'M READY TO CLICK AWAY WITH THAT LINK, UH, WITHIN A SECOND.
SO, UH, I'M SORRY IF I DIDN'T GET YOUR EMAIL.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE, BUT, UM, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO RESPOND REAL TIME AND WE, WE DO ROUTINELY.
NO, I, NO, AND, AND I KNOW NORMALLY IT, LIKE, EVERY OTHER TIME IT'S, IT'S WORKED OUT GREAT.
JUST THIS TIME I SORT OF MISSED MY CHANCE, BUT I'M JUST GONNA SPEAK ABOUT THE FI THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT ANYWAYS.
AND I JUST WONDER, WANNA MAKE A POINT, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL ONE.
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO SHARE A SCREEN? SURE.
CAN YOU GUYS SEE THE MAP? YES.
SO THIS HERE IS THE VILLAGE OF TERRYTOWN, RIGHT? THIS HERE IS THE VILLAGE OF TERRYTOWN, AND THE VILLAGE OF TERRYTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET IS ABOUT 680,000.
THIS HERE IS THE, UH, THE GLENVIEW FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR, WHICH IS GETTING CHARGED ABOUT $280,000 FOR THE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE.
AND I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SORT OF LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST SORT OF WONDER HOW DID YOU GUYS COME UP WITH THOSE NUMBERS? BECAUSE THIS HAS LIKE 600 PARCELS, MOST OF WHICH IS HACKLEY, AND THIS HAS LIKE 3,500 PARCELS AND IS LIKE JUST CLEARLY GREATER THAN DOUBLE THIS.
AND SO IS THERE ANY WAY THAT, LIKE WHEN YOU GUYS DO THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, UM, NUMBERS THAT YOU COULD EXPLAIN HOW THOSE NUMBERS CAME TO BE? BECAUSE THE PROPORTIONALITY, WHEN YOU LOOK, LOOK AT THE BUDGET, EVEN IF YOU ADD IN ADDITIONAL HEADCOUNT FROM THE TERRYTOWN VILLAGE BUDGET INTO FIRE PROTECTION, I JUST, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT ADDS UP.
IT, IT'S BASED, UH, FOR THE GLENVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, IT'S BASED SOLELY ON ASSESSED VALUE IN PROPERTY.
WELL, SO THAT DOESN'T REALLY WORK OUT EITHER, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE, THE NUMBERS AT THE BACK OF THE ASSESSMENT LOG, THE TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE FOR ALL OF TARRYTOWN IS LIKE 2 BILLION.
AND THE TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE OF GLENVIEW IS LIKE 600 MILLION.
SO LIKE, THAT'S NOT RIGHT EITHER.
SO CAN I JUST GO BACK TO THAT QUESTION? IF IT IN FACT IS ASSESSED VALUE, RIGHT, WHICH WOULD TOTALLY BE REASONABLE, OR SQUARE MILES OR PEOPLE OR WHATEVER THE METRIC IS
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THAT YOU USE TO DETERMINE THOSE NUMBERS, CAN YOU STIPULATE THEM? BECAUSE IF IT, IF IT IS IN FACT ASSESSED VALUE, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE MATH.AT LEAST NOT ACCORDING TO THE ASSESSMENT RULES.
WE'LL LET THE ASSESSOR TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
AND IF YOU COULD JUST POST IT BEFORE THE, THE EIGHT, THE EIGHT DAY HEARING CLOSES AND YOU VOTE ON IT, THAT'D BE GREAT.
WE'RE NOT GONNA VOTE ON IT IN EIGHT DAYS.
WE'LL VOTE ON IT ON AN NEXT REGULAR BOARD, WHATEV, WHATEVER YOU VOTE ON IT.
MIKE SEGAL, IS MIKE WITH US? YES.
I, I, I, I DIDN'T SIGN SIGN UP, BUT THANK YOU BOTH.
SO IF NOT, WE'LL JUST MOVE ON.
I DIDN'T THINK YOU WANTED TO BREAK YOUR TREND.
AND, AND, UM, WE, OKAY, SHE MOVED MUTE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE AFTER JEFF OR, OR MIKE
ARE WE ABLE TO MOVE WITH THE AGENDA? OKAY.
[ BOARDS & COMMISSIONS Appointment of Lester B. Adler to the Zoning Board of Appeals, to fill an unexpired term to expire December 31, 2026 Appointment of Diane Ueberle to the Zoning Board of Appeals, to fill an unexpired term to expire December 31, 2022 Reappoint Eve Bunting-Smith to the Zoning Board of Appeals, as Chair, for a term to expire December 31, 2027 Reappoint William Bland to the Zoning Board of Appeals, for a term to expire December 31, 2025 Reappoint Louis Crichlow to the Zoning Board of Appeals, for a term to expire December 31, 2024 Reappoint Rohan Harrison to the Zoning Board of Appeals, for a term to expire December 31, 2023 Reappoint Kristi Knecht to the Zoning Board of Appeals, for a term to expire December 31, 2021 Appointment of Olando Conie to Police/Community Advisory Commission, for a term to expire December 31, 2021]
UH, WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT OF LES ADLER TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS TO FILL AND THEN EXPIRE TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.I BELIEVE THAT LES SERVED ON THE TOWN BOARD FOR 17 YEARS, WAS A SUPREME COURT, UM, UH, ANA COUNTY, UH, COURT JUDGE, UH, YOU KNOW, BEFORE.
UM, SO WE'RE, WELL, WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT, UM, LES IS, UM, BACK, UM, PROVIDING PUBLIC SERVICE, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND DIANE OBERLY, UH, IS ALSO BEING APPOINTED TO THE ZONING BOARD, UM, TO FILL AN ON EXPIRE TERM TO EXPIRE ON, UH, DECEMBER 31ST, 2022.
SHE'S BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY WITH HARTSDALE, UH, NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION.
AND WE HAVE SOME REAPPOINTMENTS OF EVE BUNTING SMITH, THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, UH, WILLIAM BLAND TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, UH, LOU CHIRO TO CHI, UH, CHRISTIAN TO THE, TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, UH, ROWAN HARRISON TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS AND CHRISTIE NECK, UH, TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS AND, UH, UH, UH, YOUNG RISING STAR IN THE TOWN.
ORLANDO, UH, CONEY TO, UH, THE POLICE COMMUNITY ADVISORY, UH, COMMISSION.
SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE ALL THOSE APPOINTMENTS WITH THE EXPIRATION DATES SHOWN ON THE AGENDA, RIGHT? WELL, IF FAVOR, SECOND.
ARE ANY OF THE APPOINTEES, UM, HERE TO DO THEIR ACCEPTANCE SPEECH? I DIDN'T SEE THEM.
[ TB 1 - 1/13/2021 Resolution of the Town of Greenburgh supporting the New Homes Land Acquisition Program from Westchester County in support of the proposed Affordable Housing Development located at 1 Dromore Road in the Town of Greenburgh so long as the Proposed Development shall remain consistent with the Terms and Conditions set forth in the letter of site plan, special permit & tree removal permit approval issued for the Project on January 7, 2016]
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF GREENBURG SUPPORTING THE NEW HOMES LAND ACQUISITION PROGRAM FROM WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT ONE DRONE MOORE ROAD IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, ALONG AS A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WHICH SHALL REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF SITE PLAN, SPECIAL PERMIT AND TREAT, UH, REMOVAL PERMIT APPROVAL APPROVAL ISSUED FOR THE PROJECT ON JANUARY 7TH, 2016.[ TB 2 - 1/13/2021 Resolution authorizing the retention of Cynthia Adamson, commencing on or about January 4, 2021, at a rate of thirty-two dollars ($32.00) per hour, for an amount not to exceed Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00), to provide interim administrative and operations assistance while the Town Supervisor hires and transitions a new Confidential Secretary to the Supervisor]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE RETENTION OF CYNTHIA ADAMSON COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT ON JANUARY 4TH AT THE RATE OF $32 PER HOUR FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $30,000.PROVIDE INTERIM ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONS ASSISTANCE WHILE THE TOWN SUPERVISOR HIRES AND TRANSITIONS NEW CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY TO THE SUPERVISOR.
[ AT 1 – 01/13/2021 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related Claim, File No.: 35/20C, by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company a/s/o Lucille A. Belo, for an amount not to exceed $3,125.92]
UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM FILE, UH, NUMBER 35 20 C BY STATE FROM MUTUAL AUTO MOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, MS. SEAL, BE FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 3001 25 92.[ AT 2 – 1/13/2021 Resolution approving the continued retention of Thomas J. Troetti, Esq., to represent Greenburgh Police Officer Davey Jakasal, Sergeant Edward Olsen, Captain Daniel Valentine, Detective Daniel O’malley, Sergeant Carl Yuan And Detective Maria Pacino In The Matter Of Lakiesha Walker and Otte Armstrong v. Town of Greenburgh, et al, for an amount not to exceed $25,000 ($75,000 in total)]
UH, RESOLUTION, APPROVAL, APPROVING CONTINUED RETENTION OF TOM TRUDY TO REPRESENT GREENBERG POLICE OFFICER DAVY JACKEL, SERGEANT ED OLSON, CAPTAIN D VALENTINE, DANIELLE O'MALLEY, SERGEANT, UH, CARL WINE AND DETECTIVE MARIA SINO IN THE MATTER OF LAKEISHA WALKER AND OTTO ARMSTRONG,[01:35:02]
UH, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $25,000 75,000 TOTAL.BUT TIM, HAVE WE RESOLVED THE HOURLY RATE ON THESE TWO RESOLUTIONS? YES.
THEY DON'T PERTAIN TO THESE RESOLUTIONS.
THEY PERTAIN TO A PRIOR ONE, WHICH I'LL DISCUSS WITH THE BOARD, BUT THESE TWO RESOLUTIONS ARE FINE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE AGREEING TO THE HOURLY RATE? YES.
AND, UH, RESOLUTION
[ AT 3 - 1/13/2021 Resolution approving the continued retention of Thomas J. Troetti, Esq., to represent Greenburgh Police Officer Geoffrey Hart in the matter of Stephen DeCristofaro v. The Town of Greenburgh, Town of Greenburgh Police Department and P.O. Geoffrey Hart, for an amount not to exceed $25,000 ($50,000 in total)]
RESOLUTION OF APPROVING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF TOM TROY TO REPRESENT GREENBURG POLICE OFFICER JEFFREY HART IN THE MATTER OF STEVEN.UH, DICK CHRISTO FARROW VERSUS TOWN OF GREENBURG.
TOWN OF GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND JEFFREY HART FROM OUT NOT TO EXCEED 25,015,000 TOTAL.
[ CL 1 - 1/13/2021 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for Wednesday, January 27, 2021, at 7:30 PM, to consider a one-year agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Tarrytown for fire protection services to Unincorporated Greenburgh residents of the Glenville Fire Protection District for the year 2020]
SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27TH AT 7:30 PM TO CONSIDER A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG, RESIDENTS OF THE GLENVILLE, UH, FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE, UH, 2020.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CO 1 - 1/13/2021 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2020 budget transfers]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2020.[ PR 1 - 1/13/2021 Resolution authorizing award to lowest bidder or New York State contract approved vendor, whichever is lowest cost per item meeting specification, for Paper Goods and Kitchen Supplies for 2021, at a cost not to exceed $29,862.60]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AWARD TO LOWEST BIDDER OR NEW YORK STATE CONTRACT APPRO APPROVED VENDOR, WHICHEVER IS LOWER, LOWEST COST PER ITEM, UH, MEETING SPECIFICATION FOR PAPER GOODS AND KITCHEN SUPPLIES, UM, AND A COURSE NOT TO EXCEED 29,000 8 62.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND AND 60 CENTS.
[ PR 2 - 1/13/2021 Resolution authorizing the Town of Greenburgh Department of Parks and Recreation to execute a 5-year contract with Greenburgh Central School District for reciprocal indemnification]
AYE.RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN OF GREENBURG, DEPARTMENT OF PROXY AND RECREATION TO EXECUTE A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH GREENBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR RECIPROCAL INDEMNIFICATION.
AND RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION.
WELL, GOING BACK TO PR TWO, AND I JUST NOTICED THIS, AND I DON'T KNOW, I JUST NOTICED IT FOR THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE YOU EXECUTE CONTRACTS FOR THE TOWN, SO IT WOULD BE YOU EXECUTING ON, ON BEHALF OF THE PARKS AND REC.
I WOULD, I WOULD MOVE THAT AS AMENDED.
SO WHY DON'T WE REVOTE THAT AS AMENDED.
[ PH 1 - 1/13/2021 Resolution authorizing the execution of a Community Development Block Grant ( CDBG ) first amendment of the contract with the County of Westchester and the Town of Greenburgh to purchase a 24-Passenger or 30-Passenger Bus to Transport Youth and Seniors, including those with disabilities]
RESOLUTION, UM, UH, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BUCKMAN FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER TOWN OF GREENBURG TO PURCHASE A 24 PASSENGER OR 30 PASSENGER, UH, BUS TO TRANSPORT YOUTH AND SENIORS, INCLUDING THOSE WITH DISABILITIES.[ PO 1 - 1/13/2021 Resolution authorizing the Police Department to go to bid for Medical Supplies to be used in 2021]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GO TO BID FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO BE USED IN 2021.[ PW 1 - 1/13/2021 Resolution authorizing a professional service agreement with Arcadis of New York, Inc. for design, construction management, support, and inspection to the Consolidated Water District for a chlorine contact tank and chemical feed station at the Knollwood Pump Station for an estimated cost not to exceed $1,157,160]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING YOUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH OUR ARC CADENCE OF NEW YORK FOR DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SUPPORT AND INSPECTION TO THE CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT FOR CORRINE CONTACT TANK AND CHEMICAL FEED STATION AT THE NO OF PUMP STATION FOR AN ESTIMATED CROSS NOT TO EXCEED 1,157,001 60.[ PW 2 - 1/13/2021 Resolution approving a Professional Services Agreement for the replacement of the Boiler Plant at the Theodore D. Young Community Center (TDYCC) with OLA Consulting Engineers, for an amount not to exceed $77,600]
RESOLUTION APPROVING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE BOILER PLAN, ADD UPDATE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER WITH O L A CONSULTING ENGINEERS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $77,600.[ TY 1 - 1/13/2021 Resolution accepting on behalf of the Department of Community Resources a $300 donation from The Ivy Enrichment Fund Inc. to help support programs at the Theodore D. Young Community Center]
AYE.IN RESOLUTION, ACCEPTING ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES OF $300 NATION FROM IVY AND RICHMOND FUND TO HELP SUPPORT PROGRAMS OF THE THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, AND, UM, NOW IF PEOPLE WANNA SPEAK A SECOND TIME, THEY CAN.
ANYONE, UH, MR. MR. UH, BOGGAN? UH, MR. RETO, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK A SECOND TIME OR, UH, NO, I, I'M, I'M FINE, THANK YOU.
MY, UH, ORIGINAL INTENTION WAS TO THANK THE MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG, THE EMPLOYEES, THE GUYS OUT THERE ON THE FRONT LINES FOR DOING A GREAT JOB.
UM, I RECOGNIZE POLICE DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS, UM, BUILDING DEPARTMENT, ALL HAVE TREMENDOUS FRONTLINE WORKERS WHO ARE OUT THERE SEEING THAT THE TOWN FUNCTIONS CORRECTLY EVERY DAY.
AND I WANNA THANK THEM ALL THE WORK THEY DO AND TO THANK THEM FOR ALL THE LESSONS THAT THEY'VE TAUGHT ME OVER THE YEARS
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ABOUT WHAT'S RIGHT AND WHAT'S WRONG.SO THE EMPLOYEES OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG HATS OFF TO YOU AND THANKS A LOT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DO SEE MS. OLAY ACTUALLY ON THE SCREEN.
I THINK SHE IS, UH, WE WERE REFERRING TO BEING APPOINTED TO THE ZONING BOARD.
UM, MR. BERNSTEIN, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK A SECOND TIME? NO, THANK YOU.
OKAY, THEN THAT, UH, THAT MAY BE IT.
UH, PAUL, DIANE, DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? REMEMBERING THE 30 MINUTE RESTRICTION.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND I WILL, UH, DO MY BEST AND I AM ALWAYS OPEN FOR FEEDBACK AND, UM, I PLAN TO DO A LOT OF RESEARCH ON SOME OF THE UPCOMING, UM, CASES THAT ARE COMING FOR US.
THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE EVERY, ADJOURN THE MEETING SECOND.