Jan 27, 2021 Town Board- Regular

, YOU'LL DEFINITELY BE MISSED.

THERE DEFINITELY WAS AN ASSET TO THE TOWN AND WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR THE YOUTH, MAKING SURE THAT EACH AND EVERY YOUTH THAT CAME ACROSS HIM WAS GOING TO COLLEGE.

THAT WAS HIS CLAIM OF FAME.

HE WAS MAKING SURE EVERYONE WAS GOING TO COLLEGE.

SO HE WOULD DEFINITELY, HE WOULD DEFINITELY BE MISSED.

DONNIE HAD A, A BEAUTIFUL SMILE.

ANYTIME YOU SAW HIM, HE ALWAYS GREETED YOU WITH THAT GREAT SMILE.

AS THE CHAIR OF THE GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY, UH, DIS TREMENDOUSLY, HE ADDED SO MUCH TO OUR, UM, UH, UH, FORUM.

AND HIS PASSION WAS TO HELP THOSE THAT NEEDED HELP.

AND HE WOULD BE SORELY MISSED BY ALL THAT, KNEW HIM.

WE PRAY FOR HIS WIFE AND HIS FAMILY THAT THE BLESSINGS OF GOD WILL UNDER GOOD THEM AND GIVE THEM PEACE IN THIS HOUR OF LOSS.

IS JERRY ON? CAN JERRY EXPLAIN THIS PICTURE? OR THE GUY IN THE MIDDLE THERE? .

AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WOW, LOOK AT PAUL.

OH, SHOOT.

I DIDN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE HIM.

OH MY GOD.

, THAT WAS, I THINK, 1991 WHEN WE OPENED UP THE, UH, NEW KITTY POOL AT THE TIME.

AND THAT WAS THE, UH, RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY.

LORENZO BROWN ON THE LEFT, HE WAS PRESIDENT OF NORTH ELLENBURG CIVIC ASSOCIATION AT THE TIME.

AND, UH, UH, JOHNNY WAS THE, UH, PARK DIRECTOR.

I CAN PUT A LITTLE MORE HISTORY JUST TO THIS PHOTO.

LORENZO BROWN IS THE FATHER OF CRESTON BROWN, WHO IS A CURRENT, UH, EMPLOYEE OF THE TOWN WITH, UH, THE THEODORE DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER IN OUR POOL.

UM, WHO IS POSSIBLY NEXT YEAR UP FOR, UH, WILL BE UP FOR, UH, RETIREMENT AS WELL.

SO THAT'S A LONG HISTORY THERE.

BUT IF I COULD, UM, UH, I'VE KNOWN JOHNNY ALL MY LIFE.

I WAS A STRONG FRIEND OF MY FATHER'S AND, UH, TURNED INTO A GREAT FRIEND AND MENTOR TO ME.

UM, MM-HMM.

, UH, HELPED MY SON GET INTO, UH, UM, A HIGH PERFORMANCE, UM, SCHOOL, UH, BOTH HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.

UM, AND JUST SO OPEN TO HELP ANYBODY IF YOU ASKED MM-HMM.

AND DIDN'T WANT THING FOR IT.

UM, AND JUST WILL SORELY BE MISSED.

THINK ABOUT , MR. MR. JOHNNY JONES.

IT IT IS, IT IS FUNNY, AS I CAME BACK, UH, TO WORK, UH, FOR THE TOWN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE KNOWN MR. JONES, UH, QUITE A LONG TIME.

HE WAS FRIENDS WITH, UH, MY PARENTS.

AND, UH, IT'S, WE HAD A RUNNING JOKE, UH, 'CAUSE HE DIDN'T KNOW MY FIRST NAME, UH, FOR YEARS, YOU KNOW, BACK THEN.

OH, YOUR EARLIEST BOY.

OH, OKAY.

BECOME, UM, ACTIVE POSITIVE, UH, CONTRIBUTORS TO SOCIETY, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, CAME BACK TO LEAD THE DEPARTMENT THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MOST UNIQUE FACILITY IN ITS OPERATIONS IN THE COUNTRY, WHICH IS A THEODORE DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.

YOU GONNA BE OKAY? JUST, JUST STICK WITH ME.

SO, SO, SO JOHNNY, UM, IF THERE WAS A DEFINITION IN THE, IN THE DICTIONARY FOR GREENBERG, SPECIFICALLY FAIRVIEW, YOU WOULD SEE JOHNNY JONES.

AND THAT'S, UH, WHAT HE MEANT TO EVERYONE THAT CROSSED HIS PATH.

AND, UH, ONE IMPACTFUL MAN WHO JUST WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

AND HE, AS YOU KNOW, UH, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER JACKSON SAID, UM, IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE YOUTH.

IT WAS ALL ABOUT MENTORING.

IT WAS ALL ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THEY WERE ON THE RIGHT PATH, MAKING SURE THAT THEY PROVIDED FOR A PREPARED FOR THEIR FUTURE.

AND, UM, AS HE WAS A, A LONGSTANDING MEMBER OF, UH, OUR ADVISORY BOARD, UH, I WILL SAY THIS, WHAT HE AND COUNTLESS OTHERS ENVISIONED BACK IN THE LATE SIXTIES AND EARLY SEVENTIES CAME TO FRUITION TIME AND TIME AGAIN WHEN THOSE THAT USED TO RUN UP AND DOWN THE HALLS AND, UH, PLAY BALL AND PLAYED IN A PARK, WENT ON TO BECOME LEADERS, AND WENT ON TO

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AND IT WAS VERY PROUD OF THAT.

MYSELF, TERRENCE, UH, JAMES ROBINSON.

WE ARE ALL SONS OF THAT PLACE.

WE'RE ALL SONS OF JOHNNY JONES.

AND I WOULD JUST LEAVE YOU WITH THIS.

AND TERRENCE, AM I RIGHT OR AM I CORRECT? MM-HMM.

CORRECT, SIR.

ANDRE.

I JUST WANNA SAY HE HAS A FEW DAUGHTERS OUT THERE TOO.

YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE, UM, I WAS SINGING OF LIKE ONE OF THE FIRST CONVERSATIONS I HAD WITH, UM, UM, WITH JOHNNY WAY BACK, PROBABLY IN 1982 OR 1983.

AND, UM, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WAYS OF HELPING AT RISK YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND, YOU KNOW, HE WOULD TELL ME THAT WHAT HE WOULD DO IS GET THE PERSON ON THE STREET WHO WAS LIKE THE WORST PERSON IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAD PROBLEMS. AND, UM, AND HE WOULD TRY, UM, ENCOURAGING THAT PERSON TO GET ON THE RIGHT PATH.

AND HE SAID, IF YOU GET A REAL STREET PERSON TO WORK WITH OTHER STREET PEOPLE, UH, THAN THE OTHER PEOPLE WOULD FOLLOW.

AND HE DID THAT.

AND HE TURNED AROUND ON MANY, MANY, UH, LIVES OVER THE YEARS.

AND EVERY TIME I, I'VE SEEN JOHNNY SINCE I FIRST MET HIM, I ALWAYS THINK OF THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT CONVERSATION AND, UM, AND WHAT HE DID, BECAUSE IT'S VERY EASY, UM, TO TAKE SOMEBODY WHO'S, YOU KNOW, GONNA BE A SUCCESS ANYWAY.

AND YOU, THEY'LL CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

THEY'LL ALWAYS BE SUCCESSFUL.

BUT JOHNNY NEVER GAVE UP ON THE PEOPLE WHO, UM, SO MOST MANY PEOPLE IN SOCIETY WOULD'VE GIVEN UP ON.

AND HE GAVE PEOPLE CHANCES.

HE, UM, UM, HE WAS A MENTOR.

UH, HE WAS A FRIEND WHO WOULD BE ABLE, HE WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO PEOPLE WHO WERE, UM, HARVARD AND YALE TYPES, AND PEOPLE WHO WERE, UM, YOU KNOW, UNEMPLOYED AND ALWAYS IN TROUBLE.

AND, YOU KNOW, HE CHANGED PEOPLE'S LIVES FOREVER.

AND HE MADE, HE MADE, YOU KNOW, HE GAVE THEM, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE REAL SUCCESSES IN LIFE BECAUSE OF, UM, OF HIS EFFORTS.

AND THAT'S WHY OF THE MANY PEOPLE I'VE INTERACTED WITH OVER THE YEARS, JOHNNY WILL ALWAYS BE AMONG THE, THE BEST OF THE BEST.

UM, I, BEFORE WE START WITH THE MEETING, I JUST WANTED TO REPORT ON OUR COVID ANGELS, UM, THE PROGRAM.

UM, A COUPLE, UM, WEEKS AGO, WE ANNOUNCED THAT, UM, WE WERE SETTING UP A, A PROGRAM TO HELP SENIORS, UM, UM, UH, NAVIGATE THE APPLICATION PROCESS, UH, AROUND SIX 30 TO SEVEN 30.

UM, WE HAD A, A MEETING OF OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, CAROL ALLEN, UM, OF HARTSDALE.

WE NAMED HER, UH, CHAIR OF THE COVID ANGELS COMMITTEE.

WE NOW HAVE, I THINK, ABOUT 177 VOLUNTEERS.

UM, WE HAVE, UM, AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF OVER 20 PEOPLE.

WE HAVE TEAM LEADERS.

UM, THEY, THE, UH, COVID ANGELS COMMITTEE EXPECTS TO MAKE ABOUT 3000 PHONE CALLS, UM, TO, UM, SENIORS IN GREENBURG.

UM, YOU KNOW, MANY PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE COMPUTERS.

AND WE'RE GONNA HELP THEM, UM, NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM, REGISTER, GET APPOINTMENTS, AND I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK, UH, CAROL FOR, UM, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR EVERYTHING THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE DOING, I SAID, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD TO PAY THEM, IT WOULD, UM, WE WOULD PROBABLY BE, UM, BANKRUPT BECAUSE THEY DO, THEY, THEY HAVE SPREADSHEETS AND GOOGLE DOC FORMS AND, YOU KNOW, SO ORGANIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK GREENBERG, UH, SENIORS ARE GONNA HAVE ADVANTAGES THAT NOBODY ELSE HAS.

SO I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED AND VERY, VERY GRATEFUL TO CAROL FOR DOING AN AMAZING JOB.

CAROL, CAROL, DOUG, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT DO WELL ORDERING.

YOU CAN CONTINUE.

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YEP, WE CAN CONTINUE.

NEXT.

[ To consider a Draft Environmental Impact Statement prepared by JMC, on behalf of Ridgewood Elmwood Owner, LLC (“the Applicant”), in connection with the proposed residential redevelopment of 850 Dobbs Ferry Road (P.O. White Plains)]

UM, WE ARE GONNA HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON A DRIFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT PREPARED BY J M C ON BEHALF OF RIDGEWOOD ELMWOOD OWNERS, UM, THE APPLICANT IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF EIGHT 50 DUFFS FERRY ROAD.

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

THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS RELATED TO THE FORMER ELMWOOD COUNTRY CLUB PROPERTY AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL FOR THE SITE, WHICH IS LOCATED IN A COMBINATION OF THE R 20 AND R 31 FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICTS ON DOBBS FERRY ROAD, WHICH IS A NEW YORK STATE ROADWAY.

THE HEARING IS PART OF A CONTINUATION OF THE NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS, KNOWN AS SECRA, AND IS FOCUSED ON THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT.

IN A MOMENT, MS. KAREN LAB BRUTO, THE TOWN OF GREENBERG'S ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT FROM CHAZEN COMPANIES, WILL GIVE SOME PROCEDURAL CONTEXT RELATED TO THE PURPOSE OF THIS HEARING.

FOR THE RECORD, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ON THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FROM THE PLANNING BOARD, THE CONSERVATION ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC VIA EMAIL.

WE EXPECT COMMENTS FROM OTHER INTERESTED IN AND INVOLVED AGENCIES SOON, INCLUDING THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD.

FOLLOWING MS LITO'S COMMENTS, THE APPLICANT WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

FOR ANYONE VIEWING THE MEETING LIVE AT HOME OR SOMEWHERE ON YOUR DEVICE, PLEASE NOTE THAT STAFF ACTIVELY MONITOR THE FOLLOWING EMAIL ADDRESS, PUBLIC HEARING@GREENBERGNY.COM.

SHOULD YOU BE WATCHING THIS MEETING LIVE AND SEEK TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, SIMPLY SENDING AN EMAIL TO THIS ADDRESS, WHICH IS, AGAIN, PUBLIC HEARING@GREENBERGNY.COM, WILL PROMPT US TO SEND YOU THE LINK TO THE MEETING.

WE'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO KAREN.

UM, AND JUST TO THE EAST OF WORTHINGTON ROAD ON DOBBS FERRY ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF DOBBS FERRY, UH, IT IS 106.8 ACRES SEPARATED INTO TWO PARCELS OF LAND.

A MOTION TO, UH, OPEN THE HEARING IN A SECOND.

I'M A SENIOR PLANNER WITH THE CHAS AND COMPANIES.

AS, UH, COMMISSIONER DUQUE MENTIONED, WE'VE BEEN REVIEWING THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, UH, FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW.

UM, THERE WAS A D E I S DRAFTED SOME SOMETIME BACK.

WE PROVIDED COMMENTS AND, UM, THERE WERE REVISIONS MADE, WHICH CULMINATED IN THE CERTIFIED AS COMPLETE VERSION OF THE D E I S ON OCTOBER 29TH, 2020, WHICH WAS, UH, DETERMINED TO BE ADEQUATE TO UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION REQUIRED FOR THE PROJECT.

SO, TONIGHT'S MEETING THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE'RE HERE TO LISTEN TO COMMENTS AND ANY QUESTIONS, UM, ANY ISSUES THAT ARE RAISED.

AND THEN THE APPLICANT WILL BE PREPARING THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT IN RESPONSE.

SO, THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, OR F E I SS, IS THE TOWN'S DOCUMENT.

SONY CONCLUSIONS THAT ARE DRAWN IN THAT DOCUMENT WILL BE THOSE OF THE TOWN, AND THEREFORE, THE PROJECT WILL CONTINUE TO BE ANALYZED AND OR MODIFIED AS NEEDED, UM, TO AVOID OR MINIMIZE, UH, IMPACTS TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABLE.

UM, SO THE F E I S WILL GO THROUGH ITS OWN COMPLETENESS REVIEW, AND, UM, THERE WILL BE PUBLIC NOTICING AND CIRCULATION, AND, UH, IT WILL RESULT IN THE FINAL, UH, F E I S AND THE FINDING STATEMENT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO LISTENING TO YOUR COMMENTS TONIGHT, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER.

THANK YOU, KAREN.

UM, THE APPLICANT LIKE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION NOW.

SURE.

THANKS, GARRETT.

UM, CAN I CONTROL THE SCREEN? YES.

I AM, UH, HERE TO REPRESENT ELMWOOD PRESERVE, UH, OWNED BY RIDGEWOOD ELMWOOD, OWNER L L C.

UM, SWITCH PAGES.

ALRIGHT, SO, UH, TONIGHT I'M GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH OUR PROJECT, OUR PROPOSAL, POINT OUT A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS, AND, UH, AS MENTIONED BY BOTH GARRETT AND KAREN, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, TO HEARING YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR OPINIONS, AND, UH, AND RESPONDING, UH, THROUGHOUT THE NEXT PHASE OF, UH, OF THIS PROCESS.

SO, ELMWOOD PRESERVE IS THE FORMER, UH, IS THE FORMER ELMWOOD COUNTRY CLUB LOCATED, UH, JUST TO THE WEST OF THE SPRAIN BROOK PARKWAY.

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UH, THE AREA TO THE WEST OF THE POWER LINES AND THE AREA TO THE EAST OF THE POWER LINES.

JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE, UH, THAT THE LAND OF THE POWER LINES IS NOT IN A, UH, IS NOT IN AN EASEMENT.

IT'S ACTUALLY OWNED BY CONED, WHICH IS A UNIQUE CHARACTERISTIC OF, OF THIS PROJECT.

UM, SO MY SPACE BAR ISN'T WORKING.

HOLD ON.

PATTERNS AND THEIR TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS ARE, ARE DIFFERENT.

UM, SO OUR PROPOSAL IS 175, UNIT 55 AND OVER P U D OR PUD DEVELOPMENT.

IT IS BY ACTIVE ADULT.

IT MEANS THAT IT'S, IT IS, UH, THE, THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE TO BE 55 OR OVER.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A RESTRICTION AGAINST SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN, WHICH I'LL GET INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT IN, UH, IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES.

WANNA POINT OUT A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS SO THAT WE CAN, UM, SO I CAN GIVE YOU A FRAME OF REFERENCE FOR OUR PROPOSAL AND FOR OUR PRESENTATION.

UM, IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER, UH, YOU'LL SEE A, UH, IT'S A SECONDARY ACCESS, BUT I WANNA POINT THAT OUT AS BEING THAT IS NOT THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE CURRENT DRIVEWAY.

WE'RE MOVING THAT FARTHER EAST TO BE, TO LINE UP WITH WESTCHESTER VIEW.

AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE PROJECT, YOU'LL SEE THE MAIN ENTRANCE ROAD LINING UP WITH THE, UH, WITH THE NEW PROJECT ACROSS THE STREET.

UH, AND THEN FURTHER TO THE EAST, YOU'LL SEE OUR PROPOSED PARK.

THAT IS A 14 ACRE PROPERTY THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO DEDICATE TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, AS WELL AS PROGRAM FOR THE, FOR, UH, FOR RECREATIONAL USE.

THIS IS JUST OUR, UH, AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN BE FIT IN THE PROJECT.

WE ARE SHOWING TWO BALL FIELDS, UH, A REGULATION SIZE SOCCER FIELD, WHICH CAN BE USED FOR EVERY, UH, EVERY FIELD.

SPORT, FOOTBALL, FIELD, HOCKEY, SOCCER, UH, IT, IT'S A, IT'S A MULTI-USE FIELD.

OUR PLAN IS TO TRY TO LINK THE TWO PARKS RUM BROOK PARK EAST WITH OUR NEW EXPANDED PARK, AND EVEN GIVE THE, UH, THE TOWN AND THE STATE THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO REALIGN THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARK.

AS, AS I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW, AS AS, AS I'VE TRIED, I'VE PROBABLY FOUND MYSELF ALMOST GETTING ON THE SPRAIN IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

SO WE THINK THIS IS A, AN ADDED BENEFIT TO, TO THE COMMUNITY.

UH, THE PROPERTY ITSELF, AS I SAID BEFORE, IS 106 ACRES, BUT WE'RE REALLY USING THE MAJORITY.

OVER HALF OF THE PROPERTY WILL BE UTILIZED FOR OPEN SPACE, INCLUDING SOME BUFFERS THAT I'LL DETAIL, UH, DETAIL IN A MINUTE.

MOST OF THE BUILDINGS WE PROPOSED ARE FOUR PACK BUILDINGS, MEANING FOUR UNIT PER BUILDING.

UM, SO WHAT ARE THE TOWN BOARD ACTIONS? THE TOWN BOARD HAS A COUPLE OF ACTIONS COMING UP, AND KAREN AND GARRETT ALWAYS DO A GOOD JOB GIVING ME, UH, OF, OF DESCRIBING WHAT'S NEXT.

BUT, UH, THE NEXT PART IS THE SECRET DETERMINATION, INCLUDING ACCEPTING ALL OF THE FINDING STATEMENTS, A REFERRAL OF OUR PROPOSED REZONING, INCLUDING TO AN R 20 IN THE P U D, TO THE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE TOWN OF GREENBERG PLANNING BOARD, AND OTHER LOCAL DEPARTMENTS.

UH, WOULD THERE BE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS, AND THEN A CONSIDERATION FOR THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS THAT WE PROPOSE? SO WITH OUR PROPOSAL, UM, OUR CURRENT ZONING IS AN R 20 AND AN R 30 RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

SO WE'RE APPLYING FOR A PUD DESIGNATION TO ALLOW FOR A MORE FLEXIBLE USE AND DESIGN REGULATIONS THAT WILL ALLOW FOR A SELF-CONTAINED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD OF VARYING SCALES.

UH, WE WE'RE STRIVING TO PRESERVE OPEN SPACE, PROMOTE A MORE EFFICIENT USE OF THE LAND.

WE ALSO, UH, SO WE HAVE AS OUR NEIGHBORS, A VARIETY OF COMPATIBLE HOUSING TO OUR NORTH AND TO OUR WEST.

UH, WE HAVE SINGLE FAMILY, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE THE SENIOR HOUSING ACROSS THE STREET TO OUR SOUTH, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL TO OUR, UH, TO OUR SOUTHWEST IN THE DRIVING RANGE.

WE BELIEVE THAT OUR PROPOSAL WILL PROVIDE SOME MORE HOUSING CHOICES FOR THE RESIDENTS OF GREENBERG AND THOSE IN THE SURROUNDING, THOSE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.

COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR PROPOSAL, UH, THAT WE, THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING IN MORE DETAIL TONIGHT.

AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD OVER THE NEXT NUMBER OF MONTHS, UH, WITH AN ACTIVE ADULT COMMUNITY, THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES ASSOCIATED WITH OUR PLAN ARE CONSIDERABLY LOWER COMPARED WITH MANY OF THE ALTERNATIVE RESIDENTIAL DESIGNS THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO STUDY DUE TO THE TRAFFIC MOVEMENT OF A 55 AND OVER COMMUNITY.

THAT'S NOT SAYING THAT PEOPLE AT 55 AND OVER DON'T STILL HAVE TWO CARS, UH, BUT THEIR TRAFFIC

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THEY'RE NOT BRINGING KIDS TO SCHOOL.

THEY'RE NOT PICKING KIDS UP AT SCHOOL AT THE END OF THE DAY.

SO THEY'RE NOT OUT AT WHAT, WHAT'S CALLED THE PEAK TIMES OF THE DAY, WHICH ARE THE AM AND THE PM.

UH, WE'RE ADDING A NUMBER OF SIDEWALKS, WHICH I'LL DETAIL IN A FEW MINUTES ALONG THE SITE'S.

FRONTAGE ON DOBBS FERRY ROAD, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE LOOKING, WE HAVE A PLAN TO RECONFIGURE THE PARK ENTRANCE, UM, AND WE HAVE WALKING PATHS.

UM, I'M GONNA GO BACK TO MY PLAN FOR A SECOND.

SO, AS YOU CAN SEE ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDER, THERE IS A, THERE IS A LINE, THAT LINE IS A WALKING PATH THAT CONNECTS TO THE CUL-DE-SACS OF THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES ON OUR NORTH AND ON OUR NORTHWEST CORNER, WHICH ARE THREE DIFFERENT STREETS.

IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE THREE DIFFERENT STREETS, THEY ALL END IN A CUL-DE-SAC.

UH, WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD A PARK, UH, UH, I'M SORRY, A PATH AND AN ENTRANCE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN WALK TO BROOK PARK EAST THROUGH OUR NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF OUR PROPERTY, LIMITING THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES.

UM, WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING TO ADD SIDEWALK ALONG DO ALONG OUR FRONTAGE ON DOBBS FERRY ROAD.

WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PLANNING BOARD AND, AND WITH GARRETT AND OTHER MEMBERS OF TOWN STAFF ABOUT, UH, REALLY WHAT SIDE OF THE STREET THAT COULD GO ON, WHERE WE COULD HAVE CROSSWALKS, YOU KNOW, IN A DIFFERENT, REALLY TO GET, UM, TO GET A PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ACCESS TO, TO THE PARK, AND GOING TO, AND GOING MORE TOWARDS THE EAST.

UH, SPEAKING OF OPEN SPACE, UM, AS THE FORMER COUNTRY CLUB PROPERTY, THE PROPERTY IS GRADUAL UNDULATIONS AND, UH, AND VARIABLE IN TOPOGRAPHY WITH LIMITED AREAS OF STEEP SLOPES.

OUR INTENT OF OUR DESIGN IS TO BALANCE THE EARTHWORK SO THAT NO EXCESS MATERIAL WILL BE NEEDED TO MINIMIZE THE NEED TO IMPORT OR EXPORT FILL MATERIAL.

UM, IN OUR PROPOSAL, MORE THAN 50% OF THE LAND IS TO BE OPEN SPACE OR PARKS.

SO WE'LL HAVE 45 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE WITH 14.2 ACRES FOR THE PARK THAT I MENTIONED.

THE REMAINDER WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 47 ACRES.

WE HAVE NO DIRECT WETLANDS OR WATERCOURSE IMPACTS, UM, AS WELL AS WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO ENHANCE SOME OF THE PLANTINGS AROUND THE POND ON THE, ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY.

SO OUR PROPOSED REZONING FOR 175 AGE RESTRICTED TOWN HOMES IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE 280 PERSONS WITH NO SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN.

WE'LL HAVE ONSITE RECREATIONAL RESOURCES OF TENNIS COURTS, SWIMMING POOL, CLUBHOUSE, AND OPEN SPACE.

AS I MENTIONED, OUR TRAILS WILL CONNECT THE ADJACENT SUBDIVISION WITH THE EXPANDED TOWN PARK, WHICH WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

AND WE'RE PROPOSING TO DONATE THE AND PROGRAM THE 14.2 ACRES TO THE TOWN FOR A PUBLIC PARK.

UM, THE FISCAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, WHICH I AM SURE WE'RE GONNA SPEND A A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT IT OVER, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

WE CURRENTLY PAY JUST UNDER $280,000 IN TAXES.

WHILE OUR PROPOSAL WILL GENERATE ABOUT $2.7 MILLION RESULTING IN THE $2 MILLION NET TAX BENEFIT OF THAT, OF THE TAXES, 1.4 MILLION WILL GO TO THE SCHOOL, TO THE TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AND AS I MENTIONED, WE WON'T HAVE ANY CHILDREN IN THAT SCHOOL.

SO IT'S PURE, UH, A PURE NET TO THE, UH, TO THE DISTRICTS.

WHAT PERCENT IS ON GREENBERG AND WHAT PERCENT IS ON ? WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY, IT'S PROBABLY 10 ISH TO, UH, IT'S PROBABLY 10% VERSUS 90%.

UM, JUST THIS TOP LEFT HAND SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY IS IN ELMSFORD, WHILE THE REMAINING 90% IS IN IS IN GREENBERG.

I, UM, SO COMPARED TO OUR ZONING COMPLIANT PLAN, WHICH I'M GONNA GET INTO OUR ALTERNATIVES IN A, IN A MINUTE HERE, UM, OUR ZONING COMPLIANT PLAN IS 119 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE STUDIED WOULD BE THE NET TAX REVENUE.

SO NET TAX REVENUE TAKES OUT THINGS LIKE SCHOOL CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL, FIRE, UH, DIFFERENT TOWN SERVICES.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE PREPARED, UH, TO EXPLAIN AND, AND SHOW OUR NUMBERS THAT OUR PROPOSED PROJECTS WILL GENERATE OVER $2 MILLION OF NET TAX BENEFIT VERSUS THE $820,000 IN THE SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.

JUST KEEP IN MIND, THAT'S NET TAX BENEFIT, NOT GROSS TAXES.

UM, EVERY, ALL, EVERY OTHER ALTERNATIVE WE STUDIED WILL ALSO PRODUCE LESS TAX NET, UH, NET TAX REVENUES.

UH, OUR CONSTRUCTION WILL CONTRIBUTE, UH, TO THE CREATION OF 463 JOBS AND OVER 28 MILLION IN DIRECT, INDIRECT, AND INDUCED IMPACT.

UM, CAN I JUST ASK YOU ONE QUESTION? SURE.

IF YOU JUST GO BACK TO THE OTHER THING.

SO THIS WOULD, THIS, UH, PROPOSAL WOULD, UH, GENERATE MORE TAXES

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THAN THE SINGLE FAMILY, NOT ON A, NOT ON A GROSS BASIS.

ON A GROSS BASIS.

THEY'RE PRETTY CLOSE.

UM, MR. FINER, THEY'RE, I THINK, 2.7 VERSUS ROUGHLY $3 MILLION UNDER THE, UNDER THE 119 UNIT PLAN.

BUT WHEN WE GET INTO THE DETAILS, WE'LL BE PREPARED TO SHOW YOU THE NET TAX BENEFIT, AS YOU KNOW, SCHOOL BEING NUMBER ONE IN SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN, UH, AND THE COST OF EACH STUDENT THAT'S, THAT'S ADDED IN THE DISTRICT, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER TOWN RESOURCES, UM, UH, WATER.

AND SO, SO AS I'M WATER AND SEWER, SO IT'S ON WATER AND SEWER.

SO, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED A WILL SERVE LETTER FROM THE GREENBERG CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT ADVISING THAT THE WATER AND SEWER HAS SUFFICIENT CAPACITY AND CAPABILITY TO ACCOMMODATE, UM, THE FLOWS GENERATED FROM OUR PRODUCT.

UH, WATER FOR IRRIGATION WILL BE SOURCED FROM A DEDICATED EXISTING GROUNDWATER WELL THAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE PROPERTY.

UH, OUR PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE SAWMILL SEWER DISTRICT, WHICH IS SERVED BY THE YONKERS JOINT WATER RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY.

THAT FACILITY HAS AMPLE CAPACITY TO TREAT THE ADDITIONAL FLOWS THAT WILL BE PRODUCED BY THE PRODUCT, UH, PROJECT.

AND THERE IS NO INDICATION OF ANY ISSUES REGARDING THE DOWNSTREAM INFRASTRUCTURE.

UM, AS PART, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME STUDYING AND WAS REQUESTED IN OUR SCOPING SESSION WAS AN ANALYSIS OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES.

AND I, AND I LIKE TO SKIP TO THE END.

UM, UM, ACTUALLY, I DON'T HAVE MY CHART.

HOLD ON.

I'M GONNA SWITCH TO MY CHART.

SO THERE IS AN ANALYSIS AT THE END OF OUR, UH, PROPOSED ALTERNATIVES THAT LISTS A CHART.

AND IN THAT CHART WE HAD A STUDY, I THINK WE STUDIED SEVEN DIFFERENT, UH, WE STUDIED SEVEN DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES.

SO IT GOES IN COMPARISON OF ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES.

SO IF YOU TAKE OUR PROPOSED PROJECT, WHICH IS COLUMN NUMBER ONE, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE 175 RESIDENTIAL UNITS VERSUS OUR ZONING COMPLIANT PLAN OF 119 SINGLE FAMILIES.

SO WHEN WE WERE ASKED TO STUDY EV, EACH OF THE ALTERNATIVES WE'RE ASKED TO STUDY A NUMBER OF THINGS OF EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS.

CUT AND FILL AMOUNT OF YARD OF, OF DIRT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE WETLANDS DISTURBANCE, NUMBER OF UNITS, AVERAGE SIZE OF THOSE UNITS.

SO WE DID A PRETTY EXTENSIVE STUDY.

BUT I THINK VISUALLY, UM, I THINK VISUALLY WHAT IS BEST IS TO SHOW THE PICTURE.

SO THE FIRST ONE IS ALTERNATIVE B.

ALTERNATIVE B IS THE BEST COMPARISON BECAUSE THIS IS THE ZONING COMPLIANT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENT DISTRICT, OR ONE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT SUBDIVISION PLAN WITH NO AGE RESTRICTION AND NO PUBLIC PARK.

SO IN ESSENCE, WE'RE USING THE ENTIRE PROPERTY FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

AND THAT EQUATES TO 119 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

THERE'S 29 HOUSES IN THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER THAT ARE IN THE R 20 OR 20,000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, DISTRICT, WHICH IS WHY THE LOTS LOOK A LITTLE BIT SMALLER VERSUS THE, UH, IN THE REST OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE R 30 DISTRICT, IS 30,000 SQUARE FOOT, OR A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN HALF ACRE, UH, OR, OR TWO THIRDS OF AN ACRE, UH, SIZE LOTS.

THE NEXT PLAN, UH, CALLED ALTERNATIVE C IS A ZONING COMPLIANT ONE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT SUBDIVISION PLAN WITH A PUD OVERLAY.

SO, IN ESSENCE, IT'S SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN A CLUSTERED DESIGN.

AND FOR THIS, WE'VE STUDIED 126 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITH, UH, AN AVERAGE LOT SIZE OF JUST UNDER 6,000 SQUARE FEET.

UM, ALTERNATIVE D IS VERY SIMILAR, BUT IT HAS AN AGE RESTRICTION TO THE COMMUNITY.

THE THE NEXT IS, UM, IS A REZONE TO FACILITATE A MULTI-FAMILY PUD WITH NO AGE RESTRICTION.

SO THIS IS BASICALLY, UH, OUR PLAN WITH NO 55 AND OVER RESTRICTION AND NO PARK.

UM, IT ALTERNATIVE S F UM, IS THE EXISTING ZONING COMPLIANT MULTIFAMILY P SO IT HAS LESS UNITS.

IT DOES 126.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT, UM, FOR, FOR THE BOARD AND FOR FOR THE PUBLIC THAT IN OUR PROPOSAL WE'RE PROPOSING THAT THE PROPERTY BE REZONED ALL TO R 21ST, AND THEN THE PUD PUT ON SECOND IN ORDER TO GET TO THAT 176 UNITS FINE.

UM, SO, UM, JUST FEW BENEFITS OF OUR PROPOSED PLAN BEFORE WE'RE PREPARED TO, AND HAPPY TO LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC'S COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.

UM, OUR PLAN HAS LESS TRAFFIC.

IT HAS INCREASED OPEN SPACE.

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IT HAS PARK EXPANSION AND PROGRAMMING.

IT HAS A 200 FOOT BUFFER BETWEEN EXISTING HOMES AND DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS SOMETHING, UM, PLUS A DIVERSIFICATION OF HOUSING OPTIONS.

BUT I JUST WANT TO TALK ONE SECOND.

'CAUSE I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T GO BACK AND TALK ABOUT THE BORDER BETWEEN THE EXISTING RESIDENTS.

UM, AND, AND OUR PROPOSED COMMUNITY.

WE'RE SHOWING A 200 FOOT BUFFER BETWEEN THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS, BOTH TO OUR, TO OUR NORTH AND TO OUR WEST.

UM, IN OUR PROPOSED PLAN, UNDER OUR SINGLE FAMILY COMPLIANT PLAN, THERE IS NO, THERE IS NO, UH, 200 FOOT BUFFER.

UM, WE'VE BEEN ASKED, HOW DID WE COME UP WITH 200 FEET? 200 FEET IS ABOUT THE WIDTH OF A FAIRWAY.

SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT'S 30 40, UH, YOU KNOW, SO IT GIVES SOMEBODY IN THAT 200 FEET, PEOPLE WHO LIVED ON THAT PROPERTY, IT REALLY GIVES THEM THAT SAME GREEN BELT THAT THEY HAD BEFORE OF, OF THE, THE GOLF HOLES OR THE DRIVING RANGE RUNNING NEXT TO THEIR PROPERTY.

UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THE 200, WHICH WE THINK IS A GREAT BENEFIT TO, TO OUR PLAN VERSUS THE SINGLE FAMILY PLAN, WHICH MEETS ALL OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN, BUT DOESN'T HAVE, UM, DOESN'T HAVE A, A PROPOSED BUFFER.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR ALLOWING ME TO, TO WALK THROUGH OUR, OUR PLAN AGAIN.

UM, I CAN, GARRETT, WOULD YOU PREFER I UNSHARE MY SCREEN? WOULD YOU, WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER? I DO, UH, AT THE MOMENT I WOULD SUGGEST, UH, UNS SHARING, AND THEN THERE'S, UM, IF IT MAKES SENSE TO, TO SHARE SCREEN FOR CONTEXT, THAT'D BE GREAT.

YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE THE, UH, THE TAXES WOULD BE EXACTLY WHAT SINGLE FAMILY, UM, YOU KNOW, HOMES WOULD, WOULD PAY.

YOU GOT IT.

GARRETT, IF I CAN JUST, GARRETT, IF I COULD JUST WRAP UP JONATHAN, UH, DAVID STEINMAN, UH, FROM THE LAW FIRM OF Z AND STEINITZ, REPRESENTING BRIDGEWOOD TO SEE MR. SUPERVISOR, MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL.

I'M GONNA BE VERY BRIEF.

I JUST WANNA MAKE A, A FEW POINTS, UH, CLEAR.

JONATHAN SPOKE AT SUN LENGTH ABOUT THE, UM, FISCAL, THE NET FISCAL, UH, IMPACT AND ANALYSIS.

WE WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT IS ALL IN WRITING IN GREAT DETAIL, UH, IN THE D E I S.

SO EVERYTHING HE TALKED ABOUT THOUGH HE HAS SUMMARIZED FOR, FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

UM, EVERYONE SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE D E I S IS AVAILABLE.

GARRETT CAN TELL YOU, UM, WHERE IT IS AVAILABLE.

I KNOW WE MADE SEVERAL, UH, COPIES AVAILABLE.

HOPEFULLY FOLKS HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO, TONIGHT'S HEARING IS SPECIFICALLY, UH, SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT THAT DOCUMENT.

AND AS KAREN LAB LABO SAID, UM, EARLIER, UM, ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THIS EVENING ARE BEING TAKEN DOWN STENOGRAPHIC AND MY CLIENT AND OUR TEAM ARE REQUIRED UNDER THE NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT TO RESPOND IN WRITING.

SO, UM, UNLESS, UH, THE TOWN BOARD SPECIFICALLY ASKS US TO ADDRESS SOMETHING THIS EVENING, THE PROCESS DOES REQUIRE, UH, THAT WE TAKE YOUR COMMENTS, ANALYZE THEM, AND RESPOND IN WRITING, AND WE WILL DO SO, UM, AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

UH, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MAKE, UH, CLEAR FOR THE RECORD TO MEET THOUGH WE ARE HERE ON THE D E I S, THIS APPLICATION INVOLVES A REZONING THAT JONATHAN REFERRED TO.

IT WILL BE A SITE PLAN, UH, APPROVAL PROCESS, A SUBDIVISION PROCESS, UH, TREE REMOVAL PERMITS, UM, AND REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION BY THE, UH, COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITH REGARD TO SEWER AND WATER MATERIALS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY AND REVIEWING CONSIDERATION BY THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR ISSUES CONCERNING DOBBS FERRY ROAD.

SO ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN ANALYZED, INCLUDING THAT FISCAL PART.

UM, I'M, I'M DELIGHTED TO SAY THAT, UH, THAT YOUR TOWN CONSULTANTS CHAZEN REVIEWED THOSE MATERIALS, AND AS KAREN INDICATED, UM, THEY HAVE REVIEWED THE METHODOLOGY AND THE DATA AND CONFIRMED THAT IT IS COMPLETE WITH REGARD TO SCOPE CONTENT AND ADEQUACY UNDER EGRESS.

SO, UM, I CERTAINLY COMMEND EVERYBODY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE MATERIALS.

AND WITH THAT, UH, MR. SUPERVISOR MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD, GARRETT, WE'RE HAPPY TO TURN IT OVER AND TO LISTEN TO THE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ON THE F E I S.

I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE CALLS THAT I'VE RECEIVED IN THE PAST, UM, IN A FEW DAYS FROM RESIDENTS, UM, MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE TWO OPTIONS WHO HAVE CONTACTED ME, WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FINANCES BECAUSE THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, GENERATE, YOU KNOW, MORE TAXES THAN, THAN, YOU KNOW, TOWNHOUSES.

UM, UM, SO THE QUESTION THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAD WAS, UM, IF IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY THAT, UM, IF THE STATE DOES NOT CHANGE THE LAW AND, YOU KNOW, AGREES TO SORT OF TAX, UH, TOWNHOUSE NEW TOWNHOUSES, NOT ALL TOWNHOUSES, NEW TOWNHOUSES AS AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, THAT, UH, YOUR CLIENT WOULD CONSIDER ENTERING INTO A PILOT.

UM, SO THIS WAY,

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'CAUSE I WOULD THINK THAT THAT WOULD ADDRESS A LOT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERNS, AGAIN, COMMUNITIES LIKE GREENBERG, EVERYBODY'S FACING FISCAL, YOU KNOW, ISSUES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE FACING FISCAL ISSUES.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD ENTERTAIN.

SO, DOUG, GO AHEAD.

I GOT IT, DAVID.

UM, SO MR. FINE, I, I, AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMENT AND, AND ONE THAT WAS EXPECTED.

AND, UM, I, I WOULD NEVER SAY THAT ANYTHING IS OFF THE TABLE.

UH, WE'RE, WE'RE OPEN AND, AND WILLING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.

WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO, TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW YOU OUR FISCAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS.

UM, THERE ARE SOME, UH, I I UNDERSTAND THE, THE DESIRE FOR, UH, TO GENERATE AS MUCH TAXES AS AS POSSIBLE TO, TO SUPPORT THE GREAT THINGS THAT, THAT TOWNS DO AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS NEED.

UM, BUT I THINK WE CAN SHOW YOU THAT THE NET FISCAL BENEFIT OF OUR PLAN, UM, IS, IS GREAT, AND IT WILL HAVE THE IMPACT THAT, THAT YOU WANT.

UM, BUT AS I SAID, WE'RE OPEN TO TO, TO DISCUSSING, WE'RE OPEN TO HAVING A, A DIALOGUE.

UM, AND WE JUST HOPE THAT IN, IN THE SAME VEIN, YOU WILL, UH, COME IN WITH, WITH, WITH OPEN HEART, OPEN HEARTS AND OPEN MINDS ABOUT OUR, ABOUT OUR ANALYSIS AND, AND WHEN WE ALL WORK TOGETHER ON THAT, I THINK WE COULD COME TO A SOLUTION.

I, WELL, WHAT I WOULD LIKE, WHAT I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE IS TO SEE A FISCAL ANALYSIS OF WHAT THE, UH, WHAT THE, UM, TAXES WOULD BE FOR IT TO BE IF IT WAS ASSESSED, UH, AT FULL VALUE.

AND THEN A COMPARISON OF WHAT THE, UH, THE TAXES WOULD BE IF IT WAS, UH, ASSESSED AS, AS BASICALLY CONDOS AND WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS IF MR. MR. SHEEN, IF THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN SHEEN, IF THAT NUMBER ISN'T ALREADY IN ONE OF THE APPENDICES TO THE D E I S.

AND IT MAY WELL BE, WE'LL ANSWER THAT QUESTION IN THE F E I S.

THERE'S THAT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A STRAIGHT UP MATHEMATICAL ANSWER, AND WE APPRECIATE THE QUESTION AND, AND LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING THAT.

UH, I JUST DIDN'T SEE IT.

MAYBE I MISSED IT, BUT I DIDN'T SEE IT.

THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS.

THERE ARE A LOT OF, OF NUMBERS AND, AND JUST, AND A LOT OF PAGES.

SO EVERYONE KNOWS, THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT CONSULTANTS THAT WORKED ON THIS FOR, UH, JONATHAN, AND THEN REVIEWED BY THE TOWNS, UH, JOHN MEYER CONSULTING, J M C, UH, WERE THE PRIMARY AUTHORS OF THIS SECTION.

THEY WERE ASSISTED BY, UH, JOHN BURNS FROM HUDSON PROPERTY ADVISORS, AND ALSO ASSISTED BY PHILLIPS PRICE, UM, WHO DID SOME OF THE FISCAL COST SIDE.

SO WE HAD FISCAL REVENUE SIDE, FISCAL COST SIDE, UM, AND THEN A TOTALITY ANALYSIS BY J M C.

SO I, I HOPE EVERYBODY GETS A CHANCE TO, TO REVIEW THAT.

AND, AND IT, IT PROBABLY DISPELS SOME OF THE MISINFORMATION THAT THAT MAY BE OUT THERE.

SO THERE IS A TABLE THAT SHOWS THE A COMPARISON YES.

AND DIFFERENCE.

YEAH, JUST A QUICK NOTE.

I, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT THAT SPECIFIC CALCULATION AND, AND, UM, AND, AND, AND, AND TAXATION IS LOOKED AT IN, IN THE DOCUMENT, BUT IN FAIRNESS, I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS PART OF THE SCOPING DOCUMENT.

AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE REASON FOR THE, THIS, THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO HEAR QUESTIONS LIKE THAT, WHICH WILL, YOU KNOW, MAKE US ALL MORE INFORMED.

SO, SO THANK YOU AND I, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CHALLENGING MY TEAM TO DO MORE MATH ON THAT ONE.

BUT WE'RE REALLY HERE TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC.

'CAUSE YOU ARE, WE HAVE, WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE ACCESS, UH, AND, UH, LATER HEARINGS.

THERE'S, THERE'S A D E I S, THERE'S GONNA BE AN F E I S.

SO DOES ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WANNA SPEAK? OKAY.

SO, UM, THANK YOU, UH, JUDITH.

I KNOW, UM, I, I I SHOT YOU THE LIST THERE.

I HAVE IT READY TO GO.

I'M, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO READ IT, OR IF YOU'RE SET, YOU CAN CALL OFF THE, UH, SPEAKER.

I, I'M SET.

WE HAVE, WE HAVE 11 SPEAKERS AND THREE STATEMENTS TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD.

SO WHY DON'T WE BEGIN WITH OUR FIRST SPEAKER, ANGELA SAM WROTE, IS ANGELA HERE? I THINK SHE'S ON MUTE.

MUTED.

ANGELA, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.

YOU'RE MUTED.

LET'S UNMUTE ME.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? THERE YOU GO.

YES, YES, WE CAN.

VALLEY VIEW ROAD FOR 57 YEARS.

UM, I'VE LIVED IN MY HOUSE, WHICH ABUTS THE, WOULD'VE BEEN THE SECOND HOLE OF THE GOLF COURSE, UM, ON

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YEAH, LONG TIME.

I PROBABLY ALMOST ONE, HOWEVER, UM, MY, MY MAIN CONCERN WAS TO, UH, MAINTAIN THE, THE, THE TRANQUILITY AND THE, THE, THE TYPE OF NEIGHBORHOOD WE HAVE HERE, WHICH IS VERY QUIET.

AND OF COURSE, THE GOLF COURSE WAS A GREAT NEIGHBOR BECAUSE EXCEPT FOR GOLF BALLS COMING OVER, I MEAN, THEY WERE GREAT NEIGHBORS.

SO MY CONCERN WAS THE PRIVACY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT I WILL LOSE.

BUT IT SEEMS THAT THE BUFFER, UM, SORT OF TAKES THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, WHICH IS A GREAT THING.

UM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE ROAD THAT WILL PASS AT THE, IN THE CUL-DE-SACS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS DISMANTLING THE CUL-DE-SACS OR WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT THERE WILL BE A ROAD THEN THAT PARADES IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE TO GO TO BROOK PARK.

IS THAT, AM I CORRECT IN THAT? UM, MA'AM, IT'S ACTUALLY JUST A WALKING TRAIL.

A JUST A PATH WALKING TRAIL.

JUST A PATHWAY.

AT THIS POINT, THE MATERIAL HASN'T BEEN CHOSEN, BUT FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, THINK SIDEWALK.

UH, IT IS JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'D JUST LIKE TO MAINTAIN THE TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT WE'VE HAD HERE AND THE PEACEFULNESS OF IT ALL.

UM, I, I THINK THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU HAVE FOR THOSE NUMBER OF UNITS IS PROBABLY THE BEST BECAUSE WE, UH, NOW GET MORE, UH, GREEN SPACE AND PARK AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT KIND OF THING, WHICH IS REALLY, I THINK, VERY IMPORTANT.

INSTEAD OF CLUSTERING A LOT OF HOUSES TOGETHER AND NOT HAVING, UH, ANY, ANY RELIEF FROM THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN, THEN, THEN, THEN WE WOULD BE IMPACTED MUCH MORE DIFFERENTLY THAN THIS PROPOSAL.

SO I LIKE THIS PROPOSAL, SO AS LONG AS WE CAN BECOME GOOD NEIGHBORS WITH THE PROPERTY AND, YOU KNOW, AND HAVE, UM, MAINTAIN OUR PRIVACY AND ALL THAT, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

BARI SBAR, ARE YOU ON MUTED? I DON'T SEE, I DON'T SEE BAR HERE.

WE'LL COME BACK.

LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT, UH, SPEAKER SUPER SUPERINTENDENT, MARK BIOKO, ELMS FORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

UH, EVENING ING SUPERVISOR, TOWN OF GREENBURG COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, JONATHAN AL, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN AND YOUR TEAM.

UH, THANK YOU.

NICE TO SEE YOU, SUPERINTENDENT, US.

APPRECIATE IT.

UM, MY NAME IS DR.

MARK BACO.

FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ME, I'M THE PROUD SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ELMSFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

UM, SPEAKING HERE THIS EVENING ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND, UH, TO REITERATE OUR POSITION PERTAINING TO THE FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE ELMWOOD PRESERVE.

UH, THIS IS THE PROPERTY, AS WE ALL KNOW, LOCATED AT EIGHT 50 DOPPS AREA ROAD.

AND OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, I'VE MET WITH THE STAFF FROM BRIDGEWOOD TO ELMORE, THE OWNER, AS WELL AS, UH, REVIEWED THE DOCUMENTS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.

IN ADDITION TO WHICH THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE HERE BEFORE US THIS EVENING, AS CONVEYED IN THE DISTRICT'S LETTER SENT TO SUPERVISOR FINER INTO THE TOWN COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 18TH, 2018, UH, THE E U F S D CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE ORIGINAL PR PLAN FOR THE APPROVED SPLIT ZONING FOR THE PURPOSE OF 119 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES FOR THE ELMWOOD PRESERVE.

THIS POSITION IS BASED SOLELY ON THE FACT THAT THE ASSESSED VALUATION OF THE 119 HOMES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL, AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT WE ARE WELCOMING NEW FAMILIES INTO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, WHEN WE CONSIDER THE PLAN IN ITS ENTIRETY, UH, AND LOOK AT THE APPROVED PLAN, COMPARING IT TO THE PROPOSED PLAN THIS EVENING FOR THE AGE RESTRICTED PUBLIC UNIT, UH, PLANNING UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR 175, UH, UNIT TOWN HOMES OR CONDOMINIUMS, IT APPEARS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD NOT BENEFIT FROM THIS, UM, ENDEAVOR.

IN ADDITION TO WHICH THE GROWTH OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR COMMUNITY IS PARAMOUNT.

UH, EACH YEAR WE WORK ON RECRUITING AND RETAINING OUR NEW FAMILIES.

OVER MY PAST 12 YEARS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, I'VE PROUDLY CELEBRATED THE FACT THAT WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN NEW YORK STATE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING A STUDENT ENROLLMENT INCREASE.

UH, WHEN WE'RE PRESENTED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY OF NEW HOMES BUILT WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT LINES, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SMALL PARCEL OF LAND, UH, IT EXCITES US.

IT'S ONE THAT WE EMBRACE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

QUITE FRANKLY.

OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH REGENERON.

THIS IS A LEADING COMPANY IN THE BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY, AN EMPLOYER OF SEVERAL OF OUR

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FAMILIES.

THE COMPANY'S LEADERS HAVE SHARED WITH US THAT THEIR GROWTH AND INVESTMENT IN THEIR COM IN OUR COMMUNITY IS A COMMITMENT.

EACH YEAR, WE OFFER A DAY OF GIVING BACK WHERE SCIENTISTS FROM REGENERON COME TO OUR SCHOOLS.

THEY IGNITE STUDENTS PASSIONS AND INNOVATION THROUGH THEIR EXPLORATION OF THE BIOBUS.

THESE SCIENTISTS ARE LOOKING FOR AREAS TO SETTLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE KNOW HOW HOT THE REAL ESTATE MARKET IS RIGHT NOW FOR, UH, ENDEAVORS LIKE THAT.

WE ALSO PARTNER WITH, UH, WELL LEADERS SUCH AS HITACHI.

THIS IS A LEADER IN THE PORTABLE ELECTRON MICROSCOPE.

THEY TOO ARE EMPLOYERS OF SEVERAL OF OUR FAMILIES IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THE LIST GROWS WITH THE WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER, TORO, UH, TORO DENTAL SCHOOL, AND SO MANY OTHERS.

BUT THE ABILITY FOR OUR FAMILIES TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY MUST BE MET WITH A ROBUST HOUSING MARKET FOR THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO GROW.

WHILE I'M NOT A REAL ESTATE EXPERT BY ANY MEANS, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT AN AGE RESTRICTED COMMUNITY IS GONNA CONTINUE TO SERVE THESE GOALS.

IN CLOSING, THE U F S D SUPPORTS THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL FOR THE ELMWOOD PRESERVE FOR THE WELCOMED 119 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, AND IS RESPECTFULLY OPPOSED TO THE CURRENT PROPOSAL OF THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY FOR A PUT TANYA.

DR.

HI.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

YES, YES.

SO FIRST OF ALL, I APOLOGIZE TO BE BY PHONE.

I HAD TROUBLE WITH ZOOM, SO GOOD EVENING.

AND MY NAME IS RA AND I'M JOINING YOU TONIGHT, BOTH AS A PRIVATE RESIDENT OF HARTSDALE AND ALSO AS A TRUSTEE OF THE GREENBERG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

UM, SO FIRST I WANNA SAY THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY CLUB IS WELCOME NEWS FOR GREENBURG.

UM, BUT I HAVE SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF THE CURRENT PROPOSAL, WHICH IS, AS YOU'VE ALL HEARD, TO BUILD 175 TOWNHOUSES FOR RESIDENTS THAT ARE 55 AND OVER, INSTEAD OF 119 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

CAN YOU STILL HEAR ME? YES.

RETIREES IN OUR DISTRICT.

SORRY, I JUST HAD A DINGING.

SO FIRST I'M GONNA SPEAK AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN.

UM, AND FOR THIS, I WISH TO JUST REITERATE THE CONCERNS OF THE CONSERVATION ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY PLANNING BOARD.

AND THOSE ARE THAT I AM AGAINST THE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN DENSITY, WHICH IS 47%, WHICH IS GOING TO STRAIN SEWAGE FLOW, INCREASED CHAIR QUALITY AND STRAIN TOWN RESOURCES, INCLUDING SANITATION, POLICE, AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

I'M AGAINST THE PROPOSED LAYOUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS NOT IDEAL OR WALKABLE OR DRIVABLE ACCESS TO TRANSIT SERVICES AND SHOPPING CENTERS.

UM, AND LASTLY, THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO INCREASE DENSITY, THOSE EXPRESSLY AGAINST THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ANY CHANGES IN ZONING TO ALLOW THIS TO SET A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AS A TRUSTEE OF THE GREENBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL DISTRICT, I NOW SPEAK FOR OUR BOARD AND OUR ADMINISTRATION.

SO I WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, WHATEVER THE DEVELOPER JUST PRESENTED TO US ABOUT POSSIBILITIES OF, UM, HAVING MORE TAXES DUE TO 170 TOWNHOUSES SOUNDS LIKE PIE IN THE SKY TO ME.

AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, AND ACCORDING TO MY AND OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS OF BUSINESS, UM, CALCULATIONS, 119 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WE'LL INCREASE OUR TAX BASE MORE SUBSTANTIALLY THAN 175 TOWNHOUSES.

UM, SECONDLY, I WANNA SAY THAT HAVING RESIDENTS WHO ARE 55 AND OVER, OVER AND WERE NOT STAKEHOLDERS IN THE DISTRICT MAY MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO PASS OUR SCHOOL BUDGETS, AND WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT THAT.

UM, AND THIRDLY, I WANT TO, UM, REITERATE THE POINT THAT, THAT IT SEEMS THAT REGENERON IS EXPANDING ITS CAMPUS AND WILL THEREBY ATTRACT NEW EMPLOYEES WHO MAY SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO OUR SCHOOLS.

AND SO MY LAST AND MOST IMPORTANT POINT IS THAT WE WISH TO WELCOME FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN INTO OUR DISTRICT.

WE THINK THAT OUR DISTRICT HAS MUCH TO OFFER, BOTH IN TERMS OF PROGRAMS AS WELL AS THE BEAUTY OF A DIVERSITY.

SO WE WANT FAMILIES AND NOT RETIREES OR SOON TO BE

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MARY BODEN.

PUT MY SCREEN ON.

MY NAME IS MURRAY BODEN.

FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, I HAVE MEETING, BEEN MEETING WITH THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS AND THEIR JANUARY MEETING.

I'VE BEEN TO PROBABLY 20 OR 30 MEETINGS, MAYBE MORE.

WHAT I WANNA SPEAK ABOUT TONIGHT IS THE BICYCLE COMMITTEE MEETING.

WHAT BASE, WHAT WE SPENT MOST OF OUR TIME ON WAS THE DESIGN SIGNS, SIGNS AND TRAILS AND MARKINGS FOR SHARED TRAILWAYS.

PEOPLE ARE WALKING MORE USING BICYCLES.

THE COUNTY HAS 20, 30 MILES OF TRAILWAYS.

THE CONCEPT OF SIDEWALKS IS GOING TO DISAPPEAR, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE REPLACED BY THE COUNTY TYPE TRAILWAYS, WHICH GOES TO THE ENSLEY BRIDGE AND CONTINUES ALL THE WAY.

THE BUFFALO.

THE CONCEPT OF NOT USING SIDEWALKS IS ENORMOUSLY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND.

RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM YOUR DEVELOPMENT IS THE HOUSING AND THE GOLF DRIVING RANGE WITH SHORT PIECES OF CONCRETE SIDEWALKS THAT GO NOWHERE.

NEW YORK STATE, D O T, JUST REPA NINE A AND PARSLEY AREA.

THEY FAILED TO PUT IN A AREA FOR BICYCLE RIDERS AND PEOPLE TO WALK ON THAT CONCEPT.

BECAUSE OF GLOBAL WARMING AND WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS DECREED IN THE LAST TWO DAYS, SIDEWALKS FOR THE MOST PART, WILL NOT BE BUILT.

CURBS WILL NOT BE BUILT.

THIS IS AN ENORMOUSLY DIFFICULT CONCEPT FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS FOR YEARS.

CAN YOU IMAGINE BUILDING A AND NOT PUTTING A SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THEM? THE SAME MONEY THAT YOU SPEND ON BUILDING CONCRETE CURBS AND SIDEWALKS CAN BE USED FOR FOUR OR FIVE TIMES.

THIS, THE DISTANCE OF A SHARED TRAILWAY GET USED TO THAT TERM.

IT'S GOING TO BE USED OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

SIDEWALKS AS SUCH, EXCEPT IN BUSINESS AREAS, RES COMMERCIAL AREAS IN THE CENTER OF TOWN, IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, THEY WILL BE SHARED TRAILWAYS.

THE SIGNAGE WAS BEING DEVELOPED.

THE AMOUNT OF DISCUSSION IS ENORMOUS.

THE CITY OF NEW YORK HAS TAKEN OUT ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC AND PUT IN BIKE LANES IN ALMOST THE ENTIRE CITY.

THIS CONCEPT IS SO NEW.

THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPLEMENTING OUR LAWS IN GREENBURG HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO DEAL WITH IT.

THIS IS THE FIRST INSTANCE WHERE YOU WILL BE DIRECTLY CONFRONTED WITH CREATING ASPHALT TRAILWAYS, THE ONE ON DOPPS FERRY ROAD, WHERE THEY'RE ALSO DOING THE PROJECT.

THEY WILL CREATE A SHARED TRAILWAY.

NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS GOING TO BE BEYOND THEIR COMPREHENSION, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS.

THIS IS SO NEW.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME MOST OF YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT.

PRESIDENT BIDEN MADE GLOBAL WARMING.

CAN SHARE THE SAME ROAD ANY OF YOU HAVE USED.

OF HIS PRESENTATIONS.

ALL THE AUTOMOBILE COMPANIES ARE GOING TO ELECTRIC CARS QUICKLY.

THERE'S NO CHOICE.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN A LOT OF AREAS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN NEW SKILLS.

PEOPLE WALK PAST MY HOUSE IN THE NUMBERS.

THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE.

LEY TAKES VERY GOOD CARE OF THE PATH FROM LEY TO GREENBERG BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE USE IT.

IF IT SLOWS, IT'S PLOWED IMMEDIATELY.

I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THIS WILL BE FOR PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD OF DESIGNING AREAS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE.

YOU HAVE TO GO BACK, REMOVE THE SIDEWALKS, INSTALL ASPHALT TRAILWAYS, WEAR PEDESTRIANS, PEOPLE WITH BABY CARRIAGES, PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS.

BICYCLES

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THE COUNTY OF THE COUNTY, TRAILWAYS, THEY'RE ALL SHARED.

SO WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF GLOBAL WARMING, REDUCED RESOURCES AND REDUCED AN ELIMINATION OF AS MUCH CONCRETE AS IT'S ENVIRONMENTALLY DAMAGING.

THE PEOPLE IN THE CONCRETE INDUSTRY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEMSELVES.

THEY'RE CLOSING.

THANK YOU, MR. BOWDEN.

THAT EXHAUSTS YOUR FIVE MINUTES AND YOU KNOW ME TO INTERRUPT YOU.

WE'LL TALK LATER.

IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE INTERRUPTED BY YOU.

THANK YOU LINDA EVANS.

OLDER IN THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH I'VE LIVED FOR 50 YEARS.

I'M JUST, UH, SPEAKING AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN AND TO FOLLOW UP ON MURRAY'S COMMENT, ONE THING THAT WAS NEVER, HAS NOT BEEN MENTIONED AT ALL IS WHETHER YOU ARE USING SOLAR OR ANY GREEN BUILDING MATERIALS.

SO THAT'S ONE QUESTION WE HAVE IS HOW GREEN YOU'RE GONNA BE AS YOU BUILD THIS, WHETHER IT'S 175 OR 119 HOMES.

WE PERSONALLY, AS RESIDENTS FEEL IT SHOULD BE THE 119 HOMES.

THERE ARE MANY REASONS NOT TO GO WITH 175 OR 175 TOWN HOMES.

THERE'LL BE A LOT MORE TRAFFIC.

AS YOU MENTIONED, EVERYONE WILL HAVE TWO CARS, SO IT'S 175, UM, PEOPLE, SORRY, FACILITIES WITH TWO CARS VERSUS 119.

SO THAT'S ONE THING.

UM, IF YOU LIVE HERE, THAT'S FERRY.

EVEN ON A GOOD DAY, IT'S PRETTY BAD TRAFFIC.

SO HAVING ALL THAT ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC AND, AND SO MANY MORE PEOPLE IN THE SYSTEM IS DEFINITELY PROBLEMATIC.

THE 14 ACRES I WOULD QUESTION THE LAST TIME WE WERE SHOWN THIS PROPOSAL, UM, THE PARK, AND EVEN LOOKING AT THE MAP, YOU SHOW, IT'S HARD TO SEE EXACTLY HOW CLOSE THAT IS TO THE, UM, POWER LINES AND WHAT LAND YOU'RE ACTUALLY DEVELOPING THERE.

SO I DON'T REALLY SEE THE BENEFIT OF THAT PARK SPACE.

UM, AND THE OTHER THING ABOUT A 55 PLUS TOWN HOME COMMUNITY IS PARTICULARLY AFTER WHAT WE'VE LIVED THROUGH WITH COVID, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF KIDS WENT HOME, BUT EVEN STILL AS PEOPLE AGE, FAMILY MEMBERS DO COME BACK TO HELP LIVE WITH THE ELDERLY PARENTS.

SO I DON'T, AND I AGREE WITH BOTH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THIS SHOULD BE A COMMUNITY WHERE WE'RE PROVIDING MORE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES AS OPPOSED TO THE 55 PLUS COMMUNITY.

UH, AND MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE PRESENCE THAT WE'LL SET HERE AS OTHER GOLF COURSES OR OTHER LARGE AREAS OPEN UP.

I THINK WE HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL IN HOW THE DECISIONS WE MAKE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL AS OTHER PARCELS OF LAND OPEN UP AND OTHER GOLF COURSES MAY CONVERT.

SO I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO BE VERY MINDFUL.

I THINK WE DO NEED TO HAVE MORE HOUSING FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AND IT'S EXCITING TO HEAR THAT REGENERON AND THESE OTHER COMPANIES ARE GROWING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK WE REALLY HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF SUPPORTING OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

GREENBERG HAS AN INCREDIBLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST SERVICES IN THE COUNTY, AND WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THEM APPROPRIATELY.

SO I, I'M VERY CURIOUS TO SEE YOUR NUMBERS ON TAXES.

IT DOES SEEM HARD TO BELIEVE THAT TOWN HOMES COULD ACTUALLY DELIVER THE SAME REVENUE, SO WE'D LOVE TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE OUR OPINION.

I DO.

MADELINE OCHE.

GOOD EVENING.

UM, RIGHT OFF, I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I AM PROBABLY GOING TO MAKE STATEMENTS TO WHICH THE TOWN BOARD OF THE APPLICANT WILL TAKE EXCEPTION.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

ALSO, I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT MY OBSERVATIONS CAN BE CONFINED TO FIVE MINUTES, WHICH FURTHER SAYS THAT THIS HEARING CANNOT BE A SLAM DUNK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OVER IN ONE EVENING, I'VE ALSO BEEN ASKED WHY I'M GIVING UP MY TIME, OR AS SOME SAY, WASTING MY TIME WHEN NO ONE LISTENS TO THE RESIDENTS HEARINGS ARE FORMALITIES REQUIRED BY LAW, BUT TO BE IGNORED WHILE THE JURY IS STILL OUT ON WHETHER I WASTED MY TIME ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

HOWEVER, I'M STUBBORN ENOUGH TO HOPE THAT AT SOME TIME THE WELFARE OF THE TOWN RESIDENTS WILL COME BEFORE THE ECONOMIC PREFERENCE OF THE DEVELOPER.

I CAN ONLY ONLY HOPE THAT IT'S THIS TIME I EASILY FIT THE DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THIS PROJECT.

OVER 55 RECENTLY WIDOWED OWN A HOUSE ON APPROXIMATELY HALF ACRE.

SO WHY WOULDN'T I WANT TO SELL MY 3000 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE AND MOVE INTO A 4,000 PLUS SQUARE FOOT TOWNHOUSE IN AN AGE RESTRICTED AREA? IN OTHER WORDS, A GHETTO, THE BENEFITS ARE ENORMOUS.

I COULD GET

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OF COURSE, WITHOUT AN INFLUX OF YOUNG FAMILIES, THE TOWN WILL GO THE WAY OF THE DODO BIRD AND THE SCHOOLS WILL BECOME EXTINCT.

MY PROPERTY AND SCHOOL TAXES WILL BE LOWER.

THE ONE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY I LEFT WILL BE SUBSIDIZING MY TOWNHOUSE LIVING.

REMEMBER, TOWNHOUSES, CONDOS, AND CO-OPS ARE TAXED AT 60% OF THE ASSESSED VALUATION.

I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT RISING SCHOOL TAXES BECAUSE THE HOMEOWNERS ALL 175 UNITS OF THEM WITHOUT CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS WILL PROBABLY VOTE.

SCHOOL BUDGETS DOWN.

THERE ARE OTHER PERKS TO LIVING IN THIS PROJECT.

WITHOUT FUSSING ABOUT AGE DISCRIMINATION, ONE DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE COLOR OF THE FRONT DOOR OR WHAT PLANTS TO BUY EACH SPRING.

THE H O A DECIDES THAT FOR YOU OUT THOSE WALKING TRAILS, THE CONED EASEMENT, THE USE OF PLAYING FIELDS, THE DEAL WITH THE WINDING REACH DEVELOPER WAS PUBLIC USE OF WALKING TRAILS.

AND HE ONLY HAD TO GIVE THE TOWN ONE HALF THE BUILDER'S ESCROW MONEY.

FUNNY, THE TRAILS NEVER MATERIALIZED FOR THE PUBLIC BECAUSE OF THE LIABILITY TO THE H O A SHOULD A WALKER GET HURT AND THE DEVELOPER GOT AWAY WITHOUT GIVING ANY MORE ESCROW MONEY.

IS CON ED GOING TO ALLOW WALKERS ALONG ITS LINES? DON'T WORRY ABOUT TOWN CHILDREN USING THE PLAYING FIELDS, RENTING THEM OUT TO ANYONE WHO ASKS WILL NOT LEAVE ANY FIELDS FOR OUR CHILDREN.

BUT THEIR RENTAL WILL PAY FOR THE MAINTENANCE.

THE TOWN DOESN'T NEED BILL AS ESCROW MONEY.

ANYWAY.

THEN THERE IS A PROBLEM OF WHAT IF THE UNITS DON'T SELL? WILL THIS BE ANOTHER PON SIDE WITH THE DEVELOPER PLEADING FOR RELIEF THIS TIME IN THE FORM OF LIFTING THE AGE RESTRICTION BUT KEEPING ALL THE CONCESSIONS? OR, OR WHAT HAPPENS SEVERAL YEARS DOWN THE LINE? AND A TRAGEDY BEFALLS AN ORIGINAL BUYER, THEY SUDDENLY FIND THEY MUST RAISE THEIR GRANDCHILDREN.

THE UNIT IS BIG ENOUGH.

THERE ARE SCHOOLS NEARBY, BUT THERE IS THAT PESKY DEEDED RESTRICTION DISCRIMINATING AGAINST CHILDREN IN THE MIDST OF THE TRAGEDY.

GRIEVING PEOPLE ARE FOR, ARE FORCED TO SELL, MAYBE AT A LOSS AND RELOCATE WHILE COPING WITH THE CHILDREN.

IS THAT WHAT WE WANT IN GREENBURG? HAS THE TOWN BOARD CALLED AROUND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER TO HEAR WHAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL IDEA? IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT AN IDEA AS WONDERFUL AS AGE RESTRICTION HASN'T BEEN GOBBLED UP BY NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, OR HAVE SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITIES DISCOVERED PROBLEMS ATTACHED TO THIS IDEA.

IS THAT WHY THERE'S ONLY CHRISTIE PLACE IN LOWER WESTCHESTER? AND LOOK AT THE TOWN IT'S LOCATED IN CHRISTIE PLACE.

IT'S REALLY GEARED FOR THE, THE ONE PERCENTERS ISN'T COMPARABLE TO ANYTHING IN WESTCHESTER EXCEPT MAYBE THE HIGH END ONE.

FAMILY AGE RESTRICTED DEVELOPMENT IN RYE.

MY OLD MOTHER STAYED IN THE SCARSDALE HOUSE RATHER THAN CHRISTIE PLACE UNTIL THE END.

MY AUNT AND UNCLE OPTED FOR THE HIGH-END INDEPENDENT LIVING COMPONENT OF THE OSBORNE.

I'M WILLING TO CALL THE DEVELOPER'S BLUFF.

HE'S NOT GOING TO ABANDON THE PROPERTY.

HE'LL SELL IT TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER AND MAKE A HANDSOME PROFIT.

DOES ANYONE REALLY THINK THAT COUPLES OR SINGLES OVER 55 DON'T WORK, DON'T COMMUTE, AREN'T STILL RAISING A FAMILY? SO IT'S MORE LIKELY THE MOVE-IN AGE COULD BE AROUND 70 ISH.

THE D E I S SAYS IN M FOUR TO RE TO REDUCE HOUSING COSTS AND TO BE IN A MORE DESIRABLE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE THE TOP REASONS FOR MOVING CITED BY 50 PLUS OLDER HOUSEHOLDS.

THIS QUOTE APPEARS MULTIPLE TIMES IN VOLUME.

ONE OF THE D E I S DOES DOWNSIZING OF AN AVERAGE HOUSE MEAN A TOWNHOUSE OF APPROXIMATELY 40,000 SQUARE FEET.

AND IS PROPERTY OFF DARS FERRY ROAD MORE DESIRABLE THAN MAYFAIR NORWOOD? POETS CORNERS MURRAY HILL.

WE'RE NOT TALKING WALKABLE COMMUNITIES AS THE COMP PLAN PROMOTES, THE AVERAGE 70 YEAR OLD ISN'T WALKING TO THE GREENBERG SHOPPING CENTER TO CARRY A BAG OF GROCERIES UPHILL TO THEIR HOUSE.

AND EACH ADULT IN EACH UNIT IS PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE A CAR.

WHY IS THIS AGE RESTRICTED GHETTO WHOSE

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UNIT S A R IS GREATER THAN MOST GREENBURG HOUSES BETTER FOR THE TOWN THAN ONCE THAN ONE FAMILY FULLY ACCESSED HOUSES? IT ISN'T.

IT'S JUST EASIER TO TURN THE UNITS INTO CHILDREN ORIENTED FAMILY HOMES IF THE AGE RESTRICTED UNITS DON'T SELL.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MS. SOCHE.

YOUR, YOUR FIVE MINUTES ALLOTTED IS UP AND GOOD QUESTIONS AND GOOD COMMENTS AND TO OTHER SPEAKERS AS WELL.

I KNOW THAT THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVES ARE TAKING NOTES AND WILL ATTEMPT TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THE, THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE RAISED.

MR. LEWIS? UM, I HAVE THREE MORE PARAGRAPHS.

SO AT THE END OF THE, UH, OF THE HEARING, ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE SOME OF US ANOTHER TWO OR THREE MINUTES? WE MAY DO THAT, BUT I HAVE TO CHECK WITH THE TOWN BOARD.

BUT I JUST WANTED HOW MANY, HOW MANY OF THE SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE, TIM? UM, THERE ARE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, AND THREE STATEMENTS TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD.

WELL, LET'S FOLLOW OUR NORMAL PROCESS.

WE'LL DO FIVE MINUTES SO WE CAN HEAR FROM EVERYBODY, AND THEN WE'LL DO ANOTHER ROUND IF NECESSARY.

OKAY? OKAY.

THERESA, TORI, GOOD EVENING.

I'M THERESA TORY.

I'M CHAIRPERSON OF THE CONSERVATION ADVISORY COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF THE CONSERVATION ADVISORY COUNCIL, THE C A C I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS.

IN ADDITION TO THE 14 QUESTIONS THE C A C HAS SUBMITTED TO DATE, WE MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND OR COMMENTS AT A LATER DATE.

THIS APPLICATION, IF APPROVED, WOULD ALLOW FOR AN INCREASED DENSITY, EVEN THOUGH THE 2016 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICY, 10.1 0.1 SP SPECIFICALLY STATES PRESERVE THE DENSITY OF EXISTING ONE FAMILY RESIDENT DISTRICTS.

THIS IS PROBLEMATIC FOR THREE REASONS.

ONE, IT SAYS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT FOR OVER 700 REMAINING UNDEVELOPED ACRES IN THE RESIDENTIAL ZONES NEIGHBORHOODS.

ONCE DENSITY IS DISREGARDED.

HERE, WE OPEN UP THE OTHER 700 ACRES FOR DISREGARDING DENSITY STANDARDS.

TWO, THE INCREASE IN DENSITY WERE TO OCCUR ON THE REMAINING UNDEVELOPED ACRES.

THE PROJECTIONS OF ADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE CONTAINED IN THE PLAN MAY NO LONGER BE TRUE.

THREE, IT UNDERCUTS THE QUALITY OF LIFE BY EVER INCREASING CONGESTION RESULTING A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN THE CHARACTER OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THE PROPOSED OVERSIZED BUILDINGS ARE NOT IN SCALE WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND WILL HAVE AN ADVERSE VISUAL IMPACT.

THEY ARE NOT IN CHARACTER WITH THE DISTRICT ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

EVALUATING THE INFORMATION IN THE E I S HAS BEEN DIFFICULT WITHOUT KNOWING THE METRICS AND DATA SOURCES USED IN THE CALCULATIONS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE APPLICANT INDICATES ABOUT 40% OF THE PROPOSED UNITS WILL BE OCCUPIED BY ONE PERSON.

WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF THIS ESTIMATE? AND ITS RELIABILITY.

THESE UNITS WILL BE A MINIMUM OF 23,000 SQUARE FEET.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE 40% WOULD BE OCCUPIED BY ONE PERSON.

WE ARE CONCERNED THE ASSUMPTION THE OCCUPANCY OF UNITS CAN IN FACT BE CONTROLLED TO BE NO MORE THAN TWO PERSONS PER UNIT AT A MAXIMUM CREATES A FALSE BIAS FOR THE IMPACTS ON THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY TRAFFIC.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

KEN STAN, PRESIDENT OF THE, UH, SPRAIN, UH, SPRAIN ROAD, ALEY ROAD CIVIC ASSOCIATION, SPEAKING FOR 200 PEOPLE, 200 HOUSEHOLDS.

UM, WE HAVE A FEELING OF OF 50 50 ON THE PROJECT.

UH, 50% IS, UH, NOT, WE'RE AGAINST THE PROPOSAL A, THE PUD HOUSING AND WE'RE FOR 119 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

OUR REASONING FOR THAT IS WE RECOGNIZE THAT BY REZONING FROM R 30 TO R 20, WE HAVE OPENED THE DOOR TO ANY DEVELOPER THAT EVENTUALLY CAN GET PROPERTY THAT WANTS TO, UH, DOWN ZONE OR HAVE A ZONING, UH, CHANGE

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SO THEY CAN BUILD MORE FROM R 30 TO R 20.

UH, THIS COULD HAPPEN ANY PLACE IN THE TOWN, ALTHOUGH MANY OF US HARDLY EVER GO ON A HUNDRED B DOBBS FERRY ROAD.

I, MYSELF, IF I TRAVEL THAT ROAD ONCE A MONTH, IT'S, IT'S A LOT.

BUT THE REASON WE'RE TAKING AN INTEREST, BEING THE FARTHEST SECTION OF TOWN IS THE DECISION MADE THERE WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE TOWN GREATLY.

AND I THINK THAT, UH, THERESA'S, UH, THE, THE CACS LETTER TO THE TOWN, EVERYBODY SHOULD READ AND, AND UNDERSTAND IT.

UM, I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT THE 40% REDUCTION, WHICH HAS BEEN MENTIONED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE BETWEEN TOWNHOUSES AND, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

UM, YES.

UH, THE DEVELOPER MADE A NICE STATEMENT THAT, UH, HE RECOGNIZES THAT'S 40%, BUT THAT'S ON THE, UH, GROSS SIDE AND NOT ON THE NET SIDE.

I CAN'T TALK TO THE NET SIDE 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

UH, I WAS INTERESTED, EXCITED THAT FRANCIS MIGHT HAVE SEEN IT AND TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT HE HAS IT AND GARRETT HASN'T.

SO I CAN'T TALK TO IT BECAUSE I DEFINITELY HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

BUT IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT, THAT THERE'S A NET GAIN ON A 40% DIFFERENCE IN THE GROSS TAX AMOUNT.

UH, AND I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT THEY'RE SAVING ON THE 55 PLUS IS THE, UH, THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT GO INTO SCHOOLS.

UH, BECAUSE THE MORE CHILDREN YOU HAVE, THE MORE SCHOOLS YOU NEED.

AND THAT DOES COST MONEY.

BUT ALL THEIR OTHER SERVICES LIKE E M S AND POLICE AND FIRE AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS, IS, IS THE SAME EXCEPT FOR MAYBE, UH, SANITATION.

BECAUSE A, A PUD DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THEIR OWN PICKUP.

UH, I'M TOTALLY AGAINST THE, UH, 14 AND A HALF ACRES.

THE REASON BEING OVER HERE, IT LEY CHASED WHEN THAT WAS BUILT BY TOLL BROTHERS.

WE WERE GIVEN, UH, 17 ACRES OF PROPERTY, UH, FREE.

AND THAT GOT THEM OUT OF HAVING TO PAY THE PARK TRUST FUND.

AND NOTHING EVER WAS DONE FOR THOSE 17 ACRES.

WE GOT THREE PARKING SPOTS AT THE TOP OF, UH, CARLTON ROAD, UH, NEAR THE SOUTH END TOWARDS BOULDER RIDGE FOR A PARK THAT WAS NEVER DEVELOPED WITH NO PATH EVER, EVER MADE.

SO MY, MY THING IS, IF WE, IF WE ARE TO TAKE 14 AND A HALF ACRES AND ACCEPT IT, THE DEVELOPERS SHOULD MAKE THAT PROPERTY FIELD READY.

IF THEY HAVE TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS, A SOCCER FIELD AND BASKETBALL COURTS, THE GROUND SHOULD BE LEVEL TOPSOIL BROUGHT IN.

SO ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS PUT DOWN TOPSOIL AND BUILD IT.

IT MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO PUT THREE CRICKET FIELDS, UH, ALSO, BUT I, I, I JUST DON'T THINK WE NEED 14 AND A HALF ACRES.

I THERE IS CONFUSION ABOUT CON ED AND TRAVELING BACK AND FORTH UNDER IT AND WHAT YOU CAN DO AND WHAT THEY'LL ALLOW.

'CAUSE WHERE I LIVE, WE HAVE CON ED LINES AND WE'RE NOT ALLOWED ON THEIR PROPERTY WITHOUT RISK OF BEING, UH, ARRESTED.

MY LAST COMMENT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND CONDOS PUDS FOR, FOR THE PARK TRUST FUND IS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

1,028,001 60.

UH, CONDOS, UH, PUDS ARE 756,000.

THAT'S, UH, 272,160 LESS INTO THE PARKLAND FUND IF THEY GO WITH A PUD VERSUS SINGLE FAMILY.

AND, UH, WE WOULD BE, UH, THEN GIVING UP THAT, THAT MONEY IF, UH, SO WE WOULD BE BUYING, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY THAT.

AND WE WOULD BE PAYING $70,907 AND 58 CENTS PER ACRE.

UH, WHEN WE GIVE THAT UP IN A SENSE FOR OUR PARKLAND TRUST, AND IF WE DO IT THROUGH THE PUD SYSTEM, WE WOULD BE GIVING UP $54,000 EVEN PER ACRE.

THAT'S A LOT OF SACRIFICE FOR PARKLAND TRUST.

UH, SO I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD TAKE IT.

I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THE MONEY.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PARKS THAT WE CAN, UH, IMPROVE WITH THAT MONEY.

WE DON'T NEED 14 ACRES OF, OF, OF, OF MORE PARKLAND THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF AND MAINTAIN.

AND IF WE DO TAKE IT, THEY SHOULD MAKE IT FIELD READY.

FIELD READY.

ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS PUT THE FIELD LINES ON THE, ON THE, ON THE GROUND.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS, UH, STATEMENT.

WE'RE FROM THE SOUTH END OF TOWN.

WE'RE ONLY CONCERNED THAT THIS

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COULD AFFECT US IN THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY IF THE REZONING TAKES PLACE, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE A PRECEDENT SET FOR EVERYBODY THAT WANTS TO DOWNSIZE BY A, UH, PUT A DEVELOPMENT IN IN THE DEVELOPER DOWNSIDES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOOD EVENING.

AND THANK YOU.

JUST AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, WE ARE PROPOSING TO PUT IN NOT ONLY MAKE IT FIELD READY, BUT PUT IN THE FIELDS.

IT'S NOT JUST A DEDICATION OF 14 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE LAND.

IT'S A DEDICATION AND PROGRAMMING, MEANING THE BUILDING OR GIVEN THE MONEY IN CASH TO BUILD IT.

EITHER ONE IS ON THE TABLE, BUT WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO BUILD THE FIELDS, MAKE THE FIELDS, DESIGN IT, PUT IN ALL OF THE ROADS, PARKING SPACES, PLAYGROUNDS, SNACK BAR FOR THE, FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING TO GIVE 14 ACRES OF, OF LAND.

AND I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT THE OTHER 50% WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN FAVOR OF YOUR, YOU SAID YOU WERE 50 50, I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT THE OTHER 50 NO, I MEANT NOT, NOT THE VOTERS.

I'M SAYING 50.

WE WERE FOR HALF OF YOUR PROPOSAL AND NOT FOR THE OTHER HALF OF THE PROPOSAL.

50, YOU KNOW, NOT 50 50.

THAT WAY.

50 50.

YOU HAD TWO PROPOSALS.

WE WANTED THE SECOND ONE, PROPOSAL B.

AND AGAIN, COMING FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN, I, I NEVER GOT TOTALLY, TOTALLY INVOLVED TOWARD IN, IN ALL THE EARLIER STUFF.

SO I NEVER SAW ANYTHING, UH, ABOUT YOU MAKING EVERYTHING FIELD READY.

I, I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT IN WRITING.

I'VE JUST HEARD IT NOW WITH WORDS.

SO THAT THAT DOES, UH, MAKE THE PILLOW A LITTLE BIT SWALLOWER, UH, EASIER FOR US TO SWALLOW.

BUT WE WERE BURNED BY TOLL BROTHERS.

ON A 17 ACRE, UH, POSITION THAT IS STILL NOTHING BUT WOODED.

ROCK SLOPES, MS. LIPSON IS NEXT.

SO WE WANNA HEAR FROM MS. LIPSON.

MY NAME IS DOREEN LIPSON.

I'M PRESIDENT OF THE WORTHINGTON WOODLAND CIVIC ASSOCIATION.

I LIVE AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE PROPOSAL OFF.

I LIVE ON WINDHAM, WHICH IS RIGHT OFF OF WORTHINGTON AND DOBBS FERRY ROAD.

MY MAIN THRUST OF WHAT I HAVE TO SAY IS ABOUT TAX REVENUE.

THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE ASSESSED AT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF MARKET VALUE.

THE TOWNHOUSE CONDOS ARE ASSESSED AT APPROXIMATELY 60% OF MARKET VALUE.

AND I HAVE FIGURES THAT I HAVE WORKED UP TO SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENCE FOR THE FOUR TAXING DISTRICTS.

THE TOWN, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE FIRE DISTRICT, AND THE COUNTY HAVE PAGES OF THIS INFORMATION THAT WE PUT TOGETHER.

BASICALLY, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND THE CONDOMINIUM TOWNHOUSES RESULTS IN A DIFFERENCE OF $587,000 IN, IN OUR FAVOR OF THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES PAY A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR ALL SERVICES.

THE 40% REDUCTION WILL IMPACT THE TOWN ELMSFORD AND GREENBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, FAIRVIEW FIRE DISTRICT, AND WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

THE CONDO RESIDENTS WILL STILL RECEIVE 100% OF ALL TOWN SERVICES.

THEY WILL RECEIVE 100 POLICE SERVICE, 100 E M S SERVICE, 100 RECREATION, 100% LIBRARY, 100% PUBLIC WORKS EXCEPT SANITATION AND PLOWING AND THE FAIRVIEW FIRE DISTRICT, 100%.

I ALSO HAVE FIGURES, WHICH I PROBABLY WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO TALK ABOUT.

THE FAIRVIEW FIRE DEPARTMENT.

IT'S A BLIP ON THE SCREEN, I SHOULD SAY IN THE D E I S.

NO MENTION OF THE FACT THAT IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PROPOSAL IT'S ON WORTHINGTON AND DOBBS FERRY ROAD.

NO INFORMATION WAS PUT IN THE D E I S ABOUT HOW MANY TRIPS IT MAKES, HOW MANY CALLS IT HAS TO DO MUTUAL AID.

I HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION, WHICH I AM GOING TO SPEAK, I HOPE NEXT TIME OR I WILL SUBMIT IT.

THE PARKLAND TRUST FUND, THE DEVELOPERS PAY $8,640 INTO GREENBURG PARKLAND FUND.

THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME PROPOSAL WOULD YIELD $1,028,160.

THE DEVELOPER, WE WOULD LOSE THAT AMOUNT THAT COULD GO INTO THE FUND TO HELP ALL THE OTHER PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

I AM ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION FUND, AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS

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APPROVING NEW THINGS.

WE JUST APPROVED THE $75,000 GRANT TO WORK WITH THE BAILEY SCHOOL AT THE GREENBERG SEVEN, THE GREENBERG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE MONEY TO SPEND TO MAINTAIN OUR PARKS.

IF WE DON'T HAVE KIDS COMING INTO OUR SCHOOLS, AS MAGDALENE SAID, WE ARE FINISHED.

SCHOOL DISTRICTS RUN THE COMMUNITY.

YOU MUST HAVE KIDS IN ORDER TO MAKE YOUR HOUSE VALUABLE.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, EVENTUALLY PEOPLE WILL STOP LOOKING AT OUR AREA TO BUY HOMES.

I'M GOING TO READ TO YOU WHAT FROM A, A DOCUMENT THAT WAS DATED FEBRUARY 12TH, 2018, IN FROM THE C A C, THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO INCREASE DENSITY IS NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EXPRESS PROVISION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PERTAINING TO DENSITY INI ZONE DISTRICTS.

THIS DETERMINATION TO NOT ALLOW AN INCREASE IN DENSITY IN THE RESIDENTIAL ZONES WAS IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE VALID CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TOWN.

STARTING WITH THE INITIAL OUTREACH MEETINGS AND ALL SUBSEQUENT PUBLIC MEETINGS, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS CONSISTENTLY FOCUS ON THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACTS ON RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES RESULTING FROM ALLOWING MORE DENSE HOUSING OPTIONS, SUCH AS ROAD CONGESTIONS, CHANGING THE LOOK AND FEEL OF SUBURBAN TO URBAN DIMINISHED AIR QUALITY AND GENERAL DIMINISHMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE.

THE DETERMINATION PROVIDED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN NOT TO INCREASE DENSITY IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS IS CONSISTENT WITH PUBLIC INPUT, RATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND.

THE C A C FURTHER NOTED THAT ANY CHANGE IN ZONING DUE PERMIT MORE DENSITY WOULD SET A PRECEDENT FOR THE POSSIBLE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REMAINING GOLF COURSES AND OTHER LARGE PARCELS OF TOWN.

AS WE KNOW, METROPOLIS IS IN TROUBLE.

THAT'S WHY THEY NEEDED TO GO TO AN ASSISTED LIVING.

A C C F NO, WE HEARD IS IN TROUBLE.

AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE LOOKING TO PUT THEIR STORAGE THE, THE BEST STORAGE UNIT IN.

I ALSO, DO I STILL HAVE TIME, TIM? YES.

YOU HAVE A FEW SECONDS LEFT.

OH, JUST A FEW SECONDS.

WELL, I WILL JUST SAY THAT THE WESTCHESTER GOV.COM, THEY SENT OUT A LETTER ON, UH, MAY 19TH, MAY, 2019, THAT THEY ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS PROPOSAL.

AND IT WENT ON AT 47% ABOVE THE CURRENT ZONING.

AN AREA THAT IS GENERALLY NOT VIEWED BY THE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD POLICIES AS A SUITABLE LOCATION FOR HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL GROWTH.

THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ALSO DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.

AND IT GOES ON TO SAY, LEMME GET THIS STRAIGHT, UH, JUST ONE SECOND.

AND THEY ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF THE AGE RESTRICTIONS PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT.

THEY ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF IT.

SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE NOT IN FAVOR, AND THE RESIDENTS IN MY COMMUNITY AS WELL AS MANY PEOPLE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WE DO NOT WANNA LIMIT ONE PARTICULAR AREA TO ONE PARTICULAR AGE.

WE WANT KIDS.

WE NEED KIDS TO GROW OUR TOWN.

WE NEED KIDS TO GROW OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

WE NEED KIDS FOR THE VALUES OF OUR HOME.

IT'S TOO RESTRICTIVE AND WILL NOT BE HELPFUL TOWARDS ADDRESSING THE COUNTY'S HOUSING NEEDS.

I HOPE I HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO TALK, OR AT LEAST HAVE A VOICE OR AT LEAST NEXT TI UH, NEXT TIME.

IF YOU KEEP, I PREFER THAT YOU KEEP THE, THE, THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN AND WE, WE CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THIS.

WE'RE GONNA TAKE SECOND CALLS, AREN'T WE? UH, YES.

RIGHT.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? YES.

PAUL COLTON.

IS PAUL HERE? YES.

PAUL COLTON INDICATED THAT HE, UH, DID NOT SEEK TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

ET CETERA, THAT WILL NEED TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT BEGINS.

SO THERE ARE THREE STATEMENTS TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD.

THE FIRST IS FROM MICHAEL ELLI, L I M O N C E L L I.

THE STATEMENT READS, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE DEVELOPER, WHETHER 175 OR 119 RESIDENTS ON THEIR PLAN TO RELOCATE THE WILDLIFE THAT HAS TAKEN UP RESIDENCE ON THE PROPERTY SINCE IT WAS SOLD OVER TWO YEARS AGO.

I ASSUME THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF BEER, RACCOONS, COYOTES, MICE, RATS, CHIPMUNKS, CATS, DOGS,

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LETTING THESE ANIMALS DISPERSE INTO THE ADJOINING NEIGHBORHOOD CANNOT BE THE ANSWER.

NEXT STATEMENT IS FROM CARL S PFEIFFER, P AS IN PAUL, F AS IN FRANK, E I F AS IN FRANK, F AS IN FRANK, E R PRESIDENT BABA COURT CIVIC ASSOCIATION.

THE STATEMENT IS AS FOLLOWS, THE BABBITT COURT CIVIC ASSOCIATION STRONGLY ENCOURAGES THE SUPPORT OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES INSTEAD OF CONDOMINIUMS AT THE ELMWOOD PRESERVE.

THERE IS MORE OF A TAX BASE FOR THE TOWN ELM FORD SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE FAIRVIEW FIRE DISTRICT.

FAMILY HOMES WOULD PAY 100% OF PACK SPACE, WHEREAS CONDOS WOULD PAY 60% OF PACK SPACE AND RECEIVE 100% OF TOWN SERVICES.

THE THIRD STATEMENT IS FROM DORA T ASHLEY, A, SS AS IN SAM, H AS IN HARRY, L E Y.

HER STATEMENT READS AS FOLLOWS.

HELLO, PLEASE PUT MY STATEMENT INTO THE RECORD FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ELMWOOD COUNTRY CLUB RESERVE.

MY NAME IS DORA ASHLEY, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF HARTSDALE.

I AM IN FAVOR OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BECAUSE THEY GET ASSESSED AT 100% MARKET VALUE.

THE TOWN OF GREENBURG HAS ALREADY TOO MANY TOWNHOUSES AND CONDOS THAT GET ASSESSED AT 60% MARKET VALUE, BUT RECEIVE 100% OF OLD TOWN SERVICES.

IN REALITY, WE, THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS, ARE SUBSIDIZING THEIR SERVICES.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH EX EXCLAMATION MARK.

OKAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE IN TERMS OF, UM, SPEAKING.

SO I KNOW THE BOARD MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, AND I'M SURE THAT THE APPLICANT WANTS TO RESPOND TO SOME, UH, OF THE COMMENTS.

HOW WOULD THE BOARD WISH TO PROCEED? WELL, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, THERE IS ANOTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, TERRANCE JACKSON WANTED TO SPEAK.

OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, GREETINGS, UH, MR. FRYER, TOWN BOARD MEMBERS, UM, UH, EVERYONE INVOLVED.

I'M SPEAKING HERE AS A RESIDENT, UM, AS A GRADUATE, UH, FATHER OF CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

UH, FORMER BOARD MEMBER , AS WELL AS COACH.

AND, UH, ALSO SPEAKING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES.

AND IT'S A MAJOR RESOURCE I WANNA TALK ABOUT FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS. UM, I, I, UH, HAD TO SPEAK UP IN THIS ISSUE BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES OF TRYING TO GET A SCHOOL BUDGET PASSED AND WAS IN THE FRAY OF THOSE PARENTS THAT NO LONGER OR DID NOT HAVE CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, UM, WHO WOULD VOTE THE BUDGET DOWN.

UM, KNOWING TIMES ARE HARD AND KNOWING MONEY IS DIFFICULT, BUT THAT BUDGET IS VERY NECESSARY.

AND WE AT THE CENTER, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, WE WORK WITH THOSE KIDS.

UH, AS A COACH, I AM WITH THOSE KIDS AND I SEE WHAT IT DOES.

THERE HAS BEEN TIMES, UH, IN THE LONG HISTORY OF AT LEAST, UM, CENTRAL, UH, GREENBERG CENTRAL THAT THE SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL BUDGET DIDN'T PASS TO A LEVEL WHERE FULL ATHLETICS WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR SOME TIME.

UM, AND, AND THOSE ARE THINGS WE DO NOT WANT.

SO, AS, UM, MS. LIPSON BROUGHT IT UP, UM, THE, UM, UH, SUPERINTENDENT BACO BROUGHT IT UP.

UM, UH, MS. DRAGUS BROUGHT IT UP TO A POINT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS EMPHATICALLY SAID THAT THE SCHOOL BUDGET IS A MAJOR PIECE THAT NEEDS TO KEEP GOING FORWARD.

AND PEOPLE OF A CERTAIN AGE THAT DO NOT HAVE KIDS ANY LONGER IN THE SYSTEM TEND TO VOTE AGAINST THE BUDGET.

AND THAT MAKES IT INCREDIBLY HARD FOR MANY THINGS TO HAPPEN.

UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I MADE THAT QUITE CLEAR.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

I DO.

A SECOND, UM, FIVE MINUTE SEGMENT? YEAH.

SO WILL WE DO

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UM, YEAH, YOU COULD ASK ANYBODY IF THEY WANNA SPEAK A SECOND TIME.

WELL, DO YOU WANNA HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS FIRST, OR DID YOU LIKE TO JUST GO THROUGH AGAIN? LET'S FINISH, LET'S FINISH.

GO TO THE BOARD.

I'M WONDERING IF, UM, THE APPLICANT SHOULD, UM, SPEAK FIRST BECAUSE, UH, THEN WHEN PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, SPEAK A SECOND TIME, THEY MAY HAVE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS TO ASK THE APPLICANT.

GOOD IDEA.

SOMETIMES I COME UP WITH GOOD IDEAS, RIGHT? IT'S NOT OUR PROCESS.

IT'S NOT OUR PROCESS, BUT IT'S A GOOD IDEA.

SO, MR. GREER, I KNOW YOU WANTED TO RESPOND.

PERHAPS MR. STEINZ WANTS TO RESPOND.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE TAKING NOTES.

SURE.

I, I, I'VE, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD THE COMMON THEME AND, AND WE'RE PREPARED TO, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID IN THE BEGINNING, HAVE AN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION ABOUT, ABOUT TAXES, REVENUE, 60% VERSUS A HUNDRED PERCENT.

UM, IT'S OBVIOUSLY A, A BIG TOPIC, UM, AS WELL AS SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN OR, OR NO SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN.

BUT I, I, I GUESS I WOULD JUST BE REMISS IN JUST POINTING OUT A COUPLE OF, A COUPLE OF FACTS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, GOT BROUGHT UP REPEATEDLY IS THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF UNITS NOT DENYING IT.

BUT I ALSO THINK THAT, THAT NOBODY IS BRINGING UP THE BENEFITS.

LET ME JUST REITERATE TO BENEFITS.

HOW ABOUT WE START WITH OPEN SPACE IN OUR 119 UNIT SUBDIVISION OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

THERE'S LITTLE TO NO OPEN SPACE.

WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO IT.

WE DON'T PLAN ON DOING IT.

WHAT YOU SEE IS THE PLAN THAT WE WOULD SUBMIT.

SO I THINK, UH, THERE'S AN OPEN SPACE BENEFIT, THERE'S A BUFFER BENEFIT THAT WAS IN THERE.

WE HAVE THE ABILITY AND PLAN ON IF WE HAVE TO DO THE 119 UNITS OF BUILDING UP TO THE PROPERTY LINE, UM, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING GREEN SPACE ALONG ALONG THE NEIGHBORS.

UM, I THINK THE LAST POINT IS THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE POINTING TO FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT THE TAXES.

AND ONE THING THAT I DO THINK THAT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND, IT'S ABOUT A, IN, IN THE END OF THE DAY, MOST PEOPLE LOOK AT A HOUSE WITH A PAYMENT.

WHAT IS THE TOTAL COST OF HOME OWNERSHIP? AND WHEN YOU HAVE A ASSESSMENT AT A HUNDRED PERCENT, IT DRIVES DOWN THE PRICE OF THE UNIT.

AND IT IS AN APPLES TO APPLES TO SAY THAT IF YOU'RE AT A HUNDRED PERCENT, THE HOME IS GOING TO SELL AT THE SAME VALUE AS IF YOU'RE AT 60%.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO PRESENTING OUR TAX ANALYSIS AS WELL AS OUR VALUATION ANALYSIS, AND THEN HOW THE FULL TAX FIGURE DOES AFFECT THE PRICE OF THE, THE EVENTUAL PRICE OF THE HOME.

AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU MIGHT SELL A $900,000 HOME WITH 60% TAXES, BUT THAT HOUSE MIGHT BE $700,000 IF YOU'RE FULLY ASSESSED, OR A LITTLE OVER $700,000 IF YOU'RE FULLY ASSESSED AT A HUNDRED PERCENT.

'CAUSE THE EQUALIZATION IS ABOUT THE TOTAL PAYMENT THAT PEOPLE EXPECT TO PAY FOR THE VALUE THAT THEY'RE GETTING.

SO JUST WANT TO EVERYBODY TO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT TAXES AND TRYING TO, TO COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES, PLEASE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE, THE, THE DIFFERENCE IN VALUE, UH, ON A UNIT AS WELL AS THE OPEN SPACE, UH, THAT, THAT WE PROPOSE.

AS WELL AS, UH, AS I WAS SAYING, UH, UH, TO MR. I, I BELIEVE IT'S STA YOU KNOW, THAT WE WERE PLANNING ON, UH, PROGRAMMING SPENDING.

WE THINK IT'S A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS.

SO DONATING 14 ACRES AS WELL AS PROGRAMMING, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMMING, I MEAN, UH, BUILDING THE PARK.

SO I THINK, UH, DAVID MIGHT HAVE HAD A ANOTHER POINT TO ADD.

COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS, UM, SEVERAL COMMENTS TONIGHT ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

UM, LIPSON AND OTHERS HAVE RAISED IT THAT MADELON.

UM, I, I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU ACTUALLY HAVE WORKED ON THE COMP PLAN.

IF WE DON'T GET THE AGING POPULATION OF GREENBURG TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES AND GO, AND NOT HAVE TO LEAVE THE COMMUNITY AND NOT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THEY'RE 84 YEARS OLD IN ASSISTED LIVING AND GIVE THEM SOME PLACE TO POTENTIALLY MOVE TO, IT OPENS UP THE EXISTING HOUSING STOCK FOR YOUNGER FAMILIES TO COME IN, BUY A HOME AND HAVE THEIR CHILDREN EDUCATED.

, IN FAIRNESS, I WOULD ASK ALL OF YOU TO REVIEW THE D E I S 'CAUSE WE HAD OUR PROFESSIONAL PLANNERS, UM, GO VERY CAREFULLY OVER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TALKS ABOUT NOT INCREASING DENSITY, BUT IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING WIDE ARRAY OF HOUSING TYPES, OPEN SPACE RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES AND HOUSING FOR SENIORS.

WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME, I PERSONALLY HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THIS TOWN, UM, TALKING ABOUT INDEPENDENT LIVING, ASSISTED LIVING AND MEMORY CARE.

AND WE ALL KNOW THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTY, THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF, UH, THAT GRADE OR TYPE OF HOUSING, UH, BEING SUPPLIED OR ATTEMPTED TO BE SUPPLIED.

THERE IS A SEGMENT OF THE MARKETPLACE, ACTIVE ADULT SENIORS, 55 AND OLDER WHO ARE UNDERSERVED.

AND THAT'S WHY JONATHAN, UH, AND HIS TEAM ARE PROPOSING THIS, NOT ONLY HERE, BUT ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTY.

WESTCHESTER IS UNDERSERVED WHEN WE LOOK AT NORTHERN JERSEY AND LONG ISLAND IN TERMS OF HITTING THIS PART OF THE MARKETPLACE.

AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT, UM, THE SCHOOL BUDGET AND, AND SENIORS, LET'S REMEMBER THAT

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SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY FOLKS TO RESPOND TO A LOT OF THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS YOU'VE RAISED.

THE PROCESS REQUIRES WE DO IT IN WRITING.

AND TONIGHT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A DEBATE.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A DISCUSSION.

AND, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF REALLY GOOD COMMENTS FROM YOU.

I, I, AS SOMEONE THAT'S SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE D E I S I THINK A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS MAY NOT HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO STUDY THE DATA IN THE D I S AND THE F E I S WOULD GIVE US A CHANCE TO SPECIFICALLY RESPOND BY NAME TO THOSE SPEAKERS AND QUESTIONERS TONIGHT AND TELL YOU WHERE THE MATERIAL CAN BE FOUND AND WE WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

SO, MR. SUPERVISOR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE'RE HAPPY TO LISTEN TO ANY REMAINING COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

I WOULD REMIND THE BOARD THAT AS LEAD AGENCY, YOU ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO LEAVE THE HEARING OPEN FOR A PERIOD OF NO LESS THAN 10 DAYS FOR WRITTEN COMMENTS.

YOU CAN EXTEND THAT A REASONABLE DEGREE.

AND I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU THAT TONIGHT HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT THE COMMENTS HAVE COME IN.

THE QUESTIONS HAVE COME IN AND YOU CAN DO YOUR SECOND ROUND.

WE WOULD ASK YOU TO CLOSE THE HEARING VERBAL PORTION TONIGHT.

NO, NO.

LEAVE THE WRITTEN COMMENT AND QUESTION PERIOD OPEN BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT WE'LL BE BACK WITH THE F E I S AND THERE WILL LIKELY BE HEARING ON THAT.

AND THERE IS A MANDATORY PUBLIC HEARING WITH REGARD TO THE SUBDIVISION SITE PLAN AND REZONING ASPECTS.

SO TIN TONIGHT IS BY NO MEANS THE LAST OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE TO BE HEARD.

AND IN ORDER FOR JONATHAN AND HIS TEAM TO RESPOND IN WRITING THE HEARING DOES ULTIMATELY NEED TO BE CLOSED.

SO WE HAVE SOME, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ON, I I, I JUST WANT TO, UM, RESPECT GOING IN ORDER.

UH, IS IT TEJANA? IS, IS THAT THE CORRECT PRONUNCIATION OF YOUR NAME? TANYA ANA, IS THAT WHAT YOU HAVE? OKAY, TANYA.

OKAY, TANYA.

SO WE HAVE SOMEONE, WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK, UM, AT, AT THIS TIME.

UM, SHE HASN'T SPOKEN YET.

I'M GOING TO HAVE HER CALL MY PHONE BECAUSE SHE'S HAVING SOME PROBLEMS WITH HER, HER MICROPHONE.

SO PAT, BUT PLEASE, PLEASE CALL ME RIGHT AWAY.

AND THEN LET'S TAKE EVERYONE IN ORDER WHO SPOKE DURING THE FIRST ROUND.

SO THAT WOULD, WE WOULD START OFF WITH ANGELA, IF ANGELA WANTS TO SPEAK.

AND, UM, UH, SUPERINTENDENT, YOU CAN SPEAK AGAIN AND THEN TANYA.

SO, SO HERE IS, THERE IS PAT WINGS.

OKAY, PAT, I JUST WANNA, YOU CAN BE HEARD, I JUST WANNA REITERATE THE IMPORTANCE OF NOTING THAT COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RAISED AND THE APPLICANT HAS TO RESPOND TO THOSE COMMENTS IN WRITING.

SO WE MAY HEAR SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT WE'VE HEARD ALREADY, BUT THE APPLICANT HAS TO RESPOND IN WRITING, AND THEN THERE'LL BE ANOTHER DOCUMENT FOR PEOPLE TO REVIEW, AND THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HAVE A HEARING ON THAT DOCUMENT.

SO I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT.

SO WE'RE NOT GOING IN CIRCLES, AND I APOLOGIZE TO MS. WILLIAMS. I SHOULD ALSO STATE THAT IT'S, IT'S BETTER IF YOU ASK A QUESTION BECAUSE IF YOU MAKE A COMMENT, THEN THE APPLICANT REALLY IS ONLY OBLIGATED TO SAY COMMENT IS NOTED.

BUT IF YOU ASK A QUESTION, THEY HAVE TO RESPOND TO THE QUESTION WITH AN ANSWER.

THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

IS MS. WES READY? SO YOU ALREADY, OKAY, HERE YOU ARE, YOU'RE ON NOW.

GO AHEAD.

UM, I'D CAN'T HEAR IT.

BARBARA, ARE YOU GETTING THIS ? JUDITH, DID YOU WANNA TAKE HER QUESTION AND MAYBE EXPRESS IT TO ME IS, CAN HOLD ON.

PAT, PAT, HOLD ON.

UM, IS THE SONOGRAPHER ABLE TO HEAR WHAT'S BEING SAID? NO, I CAN'T HEAR HER AT ALL.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE CAN, BUT I, I CAN'T HEAR.

I CAN HEAR, BUT I CAN'T DECIPHER WHAT SHE'S SAYING.

SO PAT, THE, THE SONOGRAPHER CANNOT DECIPHER WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

SO, UM, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS AFTER, AFTER EVERYONE SPEAKS, I'M GOING TO GO ON MUTE AND THEN I WILL CALL YOU BACK AND I'LL GET YOUR STATEMENT.

I'LL WRITE IT DOWN AND I'LL SEND

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IT TO THE STENOGRAPHER.

OR IF SHE WANTS TO EMAIL IT TO US.

I, I REALLY, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

UM, MY ONLY THING WAS, I WAS PROBABLY THE ONLY PERSON IN THE ROOM OTHER THAN THE TWO PRESENTERS THERE, WHO IS FOR, WHO IS FOR THE, UM, THE CONDOS.

UM, I, I, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE THE DISCRETE SPACE.

UM, I THINK TO DO THE HOUSINGS, WHICH SOUNDS VERY INTERESTING TAX WISE, WOULD BE CRAMMED AND, AND VERY UNATTRACTIVE.

SO, UH, REALLY AND TRULY, AND I DON'T WHO'S GONNA SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON HOUSES THAT LOOK LIKE THAT, BUT, UH, I THINK THE CONDOS WOULD BE A VERY GOOD IDEA.

AND FOR THE 55 AND OLDER, UH, LET, LET, LET ME JUST TELL YOU SOMETHING.

UH, TO VOTE A BUDGET, UH, SCHOOL BUDGET DOWN IS A REALLY BAD IDEA.

UH, UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE THING WHERE IN THE BUDGET THAT GOES DOWN AND THEN YOU'RE IN AUSTERITY AND YOU'VE LEARNED A LESSON THAT YOU REMEMBER ALL OF YOUR LIFE, AND YOU'LL NEVER VOTE A BUDGET DOWN AGAIN.

SO I DON'T THINK PEOPLE WHO ARE 55 AND OVER WILL VOTE A SCHOOL BUDGET DOWN, UH, BECAUSE IT ENDS UP COSTING YOU A LOT MORE IN THE LONG RUN.

SO, SO IT'S, FORGET THAT ONE.

BUT, UM, THE, THE IDEA OF, OF PEOPLE WHO ARE 55 AND OLDER WHO WISH TO LEAVE, LEAVE THEIR HOMES, UH, AND MOVE INTO SOMETHING LIKE THESE KIND OF RESIDENCES, UH, AND THEN PEOPLE WILL, UH, THEIR YOUNG FAMILIES WILL BUY THE HOUSES EVENTUALLY.

THEY REALLY WILL.

AND, UH, YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL NOT SUFFER.

AND, UH, IT IS JUST A, A PART OF THE CIRCLE OF LIFE, YOU KNOW? SO ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT, THAT WAS MY ONLY THING I WANTED TO SAY.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS THAT THE APPLICANT CAN RESPOND TO, ULTIMATELY WHEN THEY DO THE F E I S, WHICH IS THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT? YES.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.

THIS IS TONY AND, OKAY.

JUST, JUST, JUST A MINUTE.

I JUST WANT TO, OKAY.

THE SUPERINTENDENT IS STILL WITH US.

I JUST WANT THEM JUST TAKING EVERYONE IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY SPOKE ORIGINALLY.

MARK, WOULD SUPERINTENDENT, DOES THE SUPERINTENDENT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MY, MY ONE QUESTION WOULD BE THAT I, UH, PLEASE PROVIDE, UH, THE, THE COMPARISONS OF THE FULL MARKET ASSESSED VALUATION, UH, COMPARISONS WITH A HUD HOUSING, UH, AS OPPOSED TO THE SINGLE FAMILY UNITS.

UH, BECAUSE I, I HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME SEEING ON PAPER, UH, IN TODAY'S MARKET THE WAY HOUSES ARE SELLING AND AROUND OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND I SEE IT DAILY, UH, HOW, HOW THAT DISPARITY IS NOT GREATER THAN WHAT IS BEING, UM, UH, DISCUSSED TONIGHT.

SO I WANT TO, UM, SAY THAT FOR ONE, THAT I WOULD LIKE THAT SAME, UH, CALCULATION THAT MARK JUST MENTIONED.

AND THE SECOND THING IS I'M COMING IN WITH, UH, SORT OF A PRIVATE CITIZEN QUESTION, WHICH IS THAT I WOULD LIKE THE DEVELOPER TO STATE CLEARLY FOR THE RECORD THAT THE 14 ACRES ARE ACTUALLY NOT BEING DONATED.

THAT THEY ARE BEING DEEDED TO THE TOWN TO AVOID PAYING A LITTLE OVER $1 MILLION INTO THE RECREATION ESCROW FUND.

YEP.

SO I WANT THAT TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE DEVELOPER IN THEIR STATEMENT THAT THIS IS NOT SOME KIND OF A GENEROUS GIFT, THAT IN FACT IT WILL, IT WILL ALLOW THEM NOT TO PAY A MILLION DOLLARS TO THE TOWN.

MARY BODEN, DID YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE DEVELOPER.

WILL YOU CHANGE THE SIDEWALKS TO TRAILS AND WHAT ARE THE REASONS FOR YOUR ANSWER? THANK YOU.

UNMUTE MADELINE UNMUTE PLEASE.

LINDA EVANS? YES.

UM, I HAD A QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT THE SOLAR, SO IF THAT COULD REMAIN IN THE RECORD.

I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT TRAFFIC.

WHAT WILL THE IMPACT BE WITH TWO CAR FAMILIES IN EVERY HOME WITH 175 RESIDENTS VERSUS 119 AND WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE? WILL THERE BE A TRAFFIC LIGHT INSTALLED? WILL THERE BE LANE, WILL DOBBS BERRY ROAD BE WIDENED? WHAT WILL BE THE SOLUTION FOR TRAFFIC? AND WHAT WILL BE THE IMPACT ON OUR ENVIRONMENT WITH ALL THESE ADDITIONAL RESIDENTS? GREAT.

MADELINE, OSHA, YOU'RE ON.

UNMUTE MADELINE.

I HEAR YOU.

A R IS GREATER THAN MOST GREENBERG HOUSES BETTER FOR THE TOWN THAN ONE FAMILY FULLY ASSESSED HOUSES? IT'S JUST EASIER TO TURN THE UNITS INTO CHILDREN ORIENTED FAMILY HOMES.

UM, DID YOU, I WANNA FINISH MY, I WANNA FINISH MY STATEMENT AND QUESTIONS CAN COME OUTTA THAT.

IF THE DEVELOPER'S INTERESTED, WHY IS THIS AGE RESTRICTED GHETTO WHOSE UNIT F

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IF AGE RESTRICTED UNITS DON'T SELL FURTHER, IT'S CHEAPER FOR A DEVELOPER TO BUILD A PUT EASIER TO SELL WITH A LESSER TAX RATE, WHILE THE ONE FAMILY HOMEOWNER SUBSIDIZES THE LOWER TAX RATE.

AND THE REC DEPARTMENT GETS PLAYING FIELDS ON LAND WORTH CONSIDERABLY LESS BECAUSE OF CONED WIRES, BUT WHICH FIELDS THE WORLD CAN USE.

THIS WILL NOT ONLY BE A GREENBERG, UM, SET OF PLAYING FIELDS IN THE D E I S PUBLIC POLICY THREE A PAGES.

34 TO 37 IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF TWISTING THE COMP PLAN TO SUIT THE GOALS OF THE DEVELOPER.

OR TO QUOTE THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, THE DEVIL CAN CITE SCRIPTURES FOR HIS PURPOSE.

I DIDN'T SPEND NINE YEARS ON THE COMP PLAN TO HAVE IT TWISTED FOR A DEVELOPER'S ECONOMIC GAIN, NOR TO HAVE THE TOWN LOSE ITS MORAL COMPASS AND CAVE INTO THE THREAT THAT THE DEVELOPER GETS WHAT HE WANTS OR NO PLAYING FIELDS.

I DO NOT THINK ANYONE IS SAYING DO NOT DEVELOP.

HOWEVER, DEVELOPMENT SHOULD REFLECT THE BEST INTEREST OF FIRST THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SECOND, THE ONE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS WHO CARRY THE BULK OF TAXATION ONE FAMILY HOMES PROVIDE THE MOST BENEFIT TO THE TOWN.

IF PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO PAY THE ENORMOUS TAXES, THE TOWN LEVIES FROM ALL THE TAXING ENTITIES, THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO SUBSIDIZE THE TOWNHOUSES, CO-OPS AND CONDOS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS INVOLVED GET CHILDREN AND FULL TAX DOLLARS.

ONE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS, PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE, KEEP THE SCHOOLS GOING, VOLUNTEER FOR TOWN COMMITTEES AND BOARDS, AND ARE TRULY INVESTED IN THE TOWN.

AND I DON'T THINK THIS HEARING IS READY TO BE CLOSED.

THANK YOU, THERESA.

TORI? YES.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO WILL ACTUALLY BE DEVELOPING THE FIELDS.

AM I STILL ON? YES.

YES, YES.

MY SCREEN HAD GONE BLANK FOR A SECOND.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO'S ACTUALLY BE GONNA BE DEVELOPING THESE FIELDS.

WILL IT ACTUALLY BE THE RIDGEWOOD ASSOCIATES, OR WILL IT BE SOMEHOW IN THE GRANTING THAT THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT WHO THEY'RE SELLING THE PROPERTY TO WILL BE DEVELOPING THE FIELDS? BECAUSE THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF DIFFERENCE.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU WALK AWAY AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE FIELDS, NOT THE, IT'S THE PROPOSAL I WOULD PREFER, BUT IT GOES, I ALSO WOULD LIKE THE DEVELOPER TO PROVIDE SOME SORT OF, UH, ARCHITECTURAL MOCKUP SO THAT PEOPLE CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE, AT LEAST FOR A SEGMENT.

BECAUSE WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BUILDINGS, AND I'M USED, I WAS VERY GENEROUS.

I TOOK THE LOW NUMBER THAT VERBALLY HAD BEEN USED BY THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVES OF 2300 SQUARE FEET THERE.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT ON THE, UM, COMPARISON OF SITES, THEY USE THE 4 4500 SQUARE FOOT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT USUALLY IS DONE.

YOU TAKE THE MAXIMUM SIZE FOR THAT.

I THINK WE CAN REASONABLY EXPECT THAT THESE, THESE PARTICULAR UNITS WILL BE SOMEWHERE IN EXCESS OF 2300 FEET, POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS, UH, 3000 SQUARE FEET.

I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL WHEN THE COMMUNITY IS EVALUATING THE VISUAL IMPACT OF THIS.

IF THEY COULD SEE WHAT SOMETHING, A BUILDING THAT LET'S SAY IS 12,000 SQUARE FEET VERSUS A HOME THAT WOULD BE 3000 SQUARE FEET.

I THINK IT WOULD ALSO LIKE THE APPLICANT TO DO SOME SORT OF EVALUATION.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OPEN SPACE, FROM A CONSERVATION POINT OF VIEW, WHILE OPEN SPACE PER SE IS VERY NICE, IT PROVIDES HABITAT.

WE'RE LOOKING AT AN AREA WHERE THAT OPEN SPACE CURRENTLY IS GRASS.

GRASS.

UH, I THINK THAT THERE IS A FAILURE TO REALIZE THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN R 30 LOT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPINGS AND TREES PLANTED, THAT THAT LOT IS AN EXCESS OF A HALF ACRE.

I THINK WE, YOU LOOK IN THE COMMUNITY, WHEN YOU GET INTO THOSE THREE QUARTER ACRES LOTS, THEY'RE VERY HEAVILY TREATED AND HAVE SHRUBS ON THEM.

I THINK WE COULD BE VERY INTERESTING TO TAKE A SIMILAR BUILT OUT COMMUNITY AND TAKING, UM, AN ESTIMATE ON THE AMOUNT OF TREES ON THOSE PROPERTIES, THE CARBON DIOXIDE THAT THOSE TREES ARE HOLDING, AND HAVING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, SPACE,

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WHAT IT REALLY MEANS.

UM, THE LAST COMMENT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE, AND THIS IS A COMMENT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE VALUES OF HOUSES, UH, WHAT WAS SAID WAS TRUE THAT WHEN SOMEONE GOES INTO THE HOUSING MARKET, THEY DO LOOK AT THE NET END OF THE MONTH COST SINCE MOST PEOPLE ARE BUYING A HOUSE WITH A MORTGAGE AND THE TAXES COME IN.

BUT I DO THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT IN IMMEDIATE VICINITY ACROSS ROAD HOUSES ARE BEING BUILT AND THEY'RE SELLING IN THAT MILLION DOLLAR, A MILLION DOLLAR PLUS RANGE FIVE YEARS AGO IN A LESS DESIRABLE AREA.

FURTHER UP DABS FERRY ROAD.

THE HOUSES STARTED FIVE YEARS AGO AT $850,000 AND WENT UP OVER A MILLION, OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.

SO I THINK THE ESTIMATE THAT A HOUSE ON AN R 30 LOT WOULD SELL NORTH OF A MILLION DOLLARS IS A VERY REASONABLE ESTIMATE.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? OKAY.

AFTER THERESA KENNETH STONE, DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH.

NOW LET'S GO ABOUT TRAFFIC.

I, I KNOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A QUESTION, BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW TO PHRASE IT.

BUT THE, UM, DEVELOPER SAID THAT THE, UH, TOWNHOUSES, THE PUD IS OPEN SPACE.

AND I AM REALLY FOR OPEN SPACE.

I COME FROM UPSTATE AND I LOVE OPEN SPACE.

IF YOU SAW MY HOUSE, YOU, YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE PROPERTY WITH OPEN SPACE.

I WAS TAKEN A LITTLE BIT BACK BY BY YOU SAYING THAT THE HOMES WOULD NOT GIVE OPEN SPACE.

AND I LOOKED AT YOUR MAP AND I SEE THAT THERE'S NOT THE GREEN TREES AND STUFF THAT YOU'VE SHOWN IN THE PUDS.

SO OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE NOT GONNA PUT TREES IN THE BACKYARDS OF THESE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES LIKE YOU ARE FOR THE, THE PUD PROPERTY.

IS, IS THAT A CORRECT ASSUMPTION? AND ALSO, IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, WHAT'S GONNA STOP THE HOMEOWNER FROM PUTTING UP A NICE FENCE AND, AND A LOT OF TREES, WHICH MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN GREENBURG DO.

UH, I I WAS A LITTLE TAKEN BACK BY THE NEGATIVE COMMENT THAT YOU, WE WOULD LOSE OPEN SPACE BECAUSE IT'S ALL, ALL HOW YOU DEVELOP YOUR HOUSE AND LEAVE THE PROPERTY.

AND, AND EVEN WITH THE TWO TOLL BROTHERS PROJECTS OVER ON MY END OF TOWN, THEY PUT TREES IN PEOPLE'S HOUSES ON THEIR PROPERTY AS PART OF THE SELLING PRICE.

I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

UH, THE OPEN SPACE, THE, THESE HOMES ARE GOING TO BE R 20 AND R 30.

WHAT'S THE R VALUE, WHICH WAS NOT SHOWN OF THE RESIDENTS THAT ABUT ALL THESE HOUSES? WHAT'S THE R VALUE OF THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THESE SUPPOSED HOUSING? WHAT'S THE R VALUE GOING DOWN WYNDHAM AND GOING DOWN UP DOBBS FERRY AND WORTHINGTON? WELL, I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION 'CAUSE I LIVE HERE.

WE HAVE THE ABUTTERS ARE EITHER R 10 OR R 20.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF PROPERTY THAT THEY HAVE NOW.

R 20 OR EVEN MORE R 30.

MY NEXT QUESTION IS, YOU SAY THAT 175 TOWNHOUSES ARE ONLY GONNA PRODUCE 280 PEOPLE.

WHAT IS YOUR RATIONALE FOR SAYING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE NOT THE 350 PEOPLE, TWO PEOPLE PER HOUSEHOLD FOR A 3000 OR A 3,500 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE? WHICH BY THE WAY, YOU HAVE TOLD OUR COMMUNITY THESE TOWNHOUSES ARE EXPECTED TO SELL AT $900,000 PLUS.

THAT'S BIG BUCKS TO ME.

I LIVE IN A RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND THE HOUSES ARE GOING FOR FIVE, $600,000.

I'M IN THE AGE THAT WOULD GO THERE.

TELL ME HOW AM I GOING TO GET THE MONEY TO BUY THIS $900,000 HOME AND YET UPSIZE, THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

I'M GONNA UPSIZE MY, MY AMOUNT IF I HAVE A MORTGAGE.

AND THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO BE DOWNSIZED IS NOTHING.

SO I WANNA KNOW WHERE, WHAT STATISTICS, WHAT STATISTICAL DATA DID YOU USE OR DECIDE TO USE THAT YOU ONLY ARE GOING TO PUT 280 PEOPLE INTO THESE HOMES?

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IF WE HAVE 175 HOMES AND YOU CAN HAVE TWO PEOPLE, TWO CARS, A HOME THAT'S 350 CARS.

KIDS ARE COMING BACK TO LIVE WITH THEIR PARENTS.

19 PLUS ARE ALLOWED TO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, JUST NO SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN.

SO NOW WE HAVE TWO MORE KIDS OR WE HAVE TWO YOUNG ADULTS WITH CARS.

SO THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY THAT WE CAN GO UP TO 750 CARS COMING IN AND OUT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT ALL THE TIME.

AND JUST BECAUSE THERE'S, THEY'RE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITH TWO ADULTS IN THEM DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE WORKING.

I STAYED HOME WHILE MY KIDS WERE GROWING UP AND MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS DID THE SAME THING.

SO YOU, WHERE ARE YOU GETTING YOUR STATISTICAL DATA SAYING THIS PEOPLE OVER 60, 65, 70, THEY'RE WORKING LONGER BECAUSE THEY'RE LIVING LONGER.

WHAT DATA ARE YOU USING TO TELL ME THAT THESE PEOPLE IN THE TOWNHOUSES WILL NOT BE WORKING? 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID TO OUR COMMUNITY.

55 AND OVER DON'T GO TO WORK.

WELL, THEY DO.

I DIDN'T RETIRE UNTIL I WAS ALMOST 60, MY HUSBAND, TILL HE WAS ALMOST 65.

NOW IT'S EVEN GETTING MORE DIFFICULT TO, TO MANAGE ON OUR INCOME COMING IN.

SO PEOPLE ARE GOING OR STAYING ON THE JOB TILL THEY'RE 70, 75.

I HAVE ONE MORE, ONE MORE THING.

THE FAIRVIEW FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH I SAID WAS JUST A BLIP ON THE SCREEN IN THIS D I SS I HAVE STATISTICAL DATA, WHICH I'M GOING TO PRESENT TO THE TOWN BOARD, WHICH SHOWS THAT IN 2019 FAIRVIEW TWO STATION, THAT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, NO MENTION OF THIS.

33,130 CALLS WENT OUT FROM BOTH HOUSES.

FAIRVIEW TWO HAD 1000 CALLS IN 2019.

IN 2020 THEY HAD OVER 1000.

AGAIN, WE DO MUTUAL AID TO ALL THE FIRE DISTRICTS IN THE TOWN.

THEY COME AND GO ON DOBBS FERRY ROAD.

THAT'S A SINGLE LANE HIGHWAY.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN? AND IT'S HAPPENED TO ME, IF WE HAVE MORE CARS ON THE ROAD AND THEY'LL BE GOING EVERY DAY, WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY CAN'T GET THROUGH? SURE, WE'LL GO INTO THE DITCH OR, AND IF THERE'S SIDEWALKS THERE, WE DEFINITELY CAN'T GO ON THEM.

HOW ARE THE CAR, HOW, HOW ARE THE FIRE ENGINES GOING TO GET THROUGH TO THEIR CALLS? YES, EVENTUALLY THEY WILL, BUT NOT AS FAST AS IF THAT OTHER THING, IF WHETHER WE HAVE, UM, WHETHER WE HAVE, UM, TOWNHOUSES OR THE, UM, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

THE CHIEF REESE WROTE IN HIS RESPONSE, WHICH I HAVE A COPY OF, IT'S IN ONE OF THE APPENDICES.

THEY'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND IT, STATED THAT THEY WILL PROBABLY NEED MORE STAFFING.

EITHER WAY, WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE STAFFING.

SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WILL PAY A HUNDRED PERCENT TOWARDS THAT STAFFING.

THE CONDOS WILL ONLY PAY 60%.

AND YET ANYTIME, GOD FORBID THERE'S A CALL, THEY WILL COME JUST AS IF THEY WERE PAYING A HUNDRED PERCENT.

AGAIN, MY ARGUMENT IS WHY ARE WE ALLOWING CONDOS 175 CONDOS TO BE SUBSIDIZED BY THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES? THANK YOU.

THANKS, MS. LI.

MS. JACKSON, DID YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? NO, I DID NOT.

AND THE VILLAGES? IF SO, WHAT PERCENTAGE WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR UNINCORPORATED GREENBERG AND WHAT PERCENTAGE WOULD BE SET ASIDE FOR INCORPORATED GREENBERG? END OF QUESTION, .

UM, SO I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT.

IS IT SESSION OR STATEMENT? EXCUSE ME.

UM, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT ALONG WITH QUESTIONS FROM PATRICIA WEEMS. SO BARBARA, I'M GOING TO READ FROM WHAT, WHAT SHE HAS ASKED TO BE WRITTEN INTO THE RECORD.

I AM PATRICIA WEEMS, PRESIDENT OF THE FAIRGROUND CIVIC ASSOCIATION.

I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH DOREEN LIPSON AND MADELINE OSHA, THEIR STATEMENTS ARE INCLUSIVE AND REPRESENTATIVE OF OTHER CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS QUESTIONS.

WILL ANY PERCENTAGE OF THE UNITS, THE SET ASIDE FOR GREENBERG RESIDENTS UNINCORPORATED

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JUDITH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER FROM ANYONE ELSE? OTHERWISE, I'M HAPPY TO RESPOND VERY BRIEFLY BEFORE THE TOWN BOARD DECIDES WHAT IT'S DOING.

WELL, MAYBE THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS.

I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY WANNA ASK.

UM, DAVID, I'M SORRY.

UH, SOMEONE MUTED ME.

UM, NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE, UM, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM CAN CAN YOU JUST VERY BRIEFLY, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO JUST RESPOND TO DOREEN AND WE'RE GONNA RESPOND TO DOREEN IN WRITING 'CAUSE SHE'S ENTITLED TO IT AND DESERVES IT.

DOREEN, UM, ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, ABOUT DATA, UM, ON THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS.

AND SHE ALSO, UM, ATTRIBUTED SOME COMMENTS TO OUR TEAM TO, WHETHER IT WAS JONATHAN ON OUR TEAM, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ON THE TEAM HAS EVER CLAIMED THAT, UM, EVERYONE 55 AND OVER, UH, STOPS WORKING.

UH, IF THAT WAS THE CASE, SINCE I'M IN THAT COHORT, MY WIFE WOULD BE PRETTY ANNOYED THAT I'M SITTING HERE IN THE OFFICE, NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT OUT THERE WITH HER RIGHT NOW.

UM, SO, UM, DOREEN, ONE THING I CAN ASSURE YOU, I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN I'M GONNA EVER BE ABLE TO STOP WORKING.

UM, AND ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY IS YOU ACTUALLY PROBABLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO LIVE WORK, UH, LIKE MANY OF US ARE DOING.

BUT THE MORE IMPORTANT POINT THAT WE HAVE SAID IS THAT, UM, THE DATA DOES SHOW THAT, THAT THE AGE COHORT OF ACTIVE ADULTS DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME EXACT COMMUTATION PATTERNS.

THEY WORK AT DIFFERENT TIMES.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE AT THE SAME TIME.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, UNLIKE ALL THE OTHER FOLKS ON THE SCREEN WHO HAVE CHILDREN AND, AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE WORKING, THEY'RE NOT TAKING CHILDREN TO AND FROM SCHOOL.

UM, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO RELY ON ME.

UM, THE GOOD NEWS IS KAREN WILL TELL YOU THAT WE HAPPEN TO USE ONE OF THE PREEMINENT PLANNING CONSULTANTS FOR SOME OF THIS DATA.

AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO RELY ON ME.

YOU CAN RELY ON YOUR CONSULTANT TO REVIEW THAT DATA AND TELL YOU WHETHER IT'S EMPIRICALLY VALID.

SO THAT'LL TAKE PLACE DURING THE F E I S.

UM, AND SINCE WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH DOREEN AND THE CITIZENS LAND USE COMMITTEE, WE WERE REALLY PLEASED THAT THE TOWN BROUGHT CHASE IN ABOARD, UM, AS A, A KNOWLEDGEABLE EXPERT, INDEPENDENT, UM, AN ANALYST IN ALL OF THIS.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING YOUR ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS WE GOT AND MR. SUPERVISOR MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD, I WOULD REITERATE THE SECRET PROCESS, CONTEMPLATES ALL OF THIS BE DONE IN WRITING.

WE ARE READY TO DO THAT.

WE'VE HEARD THE COMMENTS THIS EVENING, WE'VE HEARD THE QUESTIONS.

AND EVEN THOUGH TOO, SOME OF THEM CAME IN AS COMMENTS, UH, AND, AND COUNCILMAN SHIAM, I CAN ASSURE YOU, WE WILL NOT DO COMMENT NOTED ON EVERY SINGLE COMMENT.

THERE WERE SO MANY COMMENTS TONIGHT.

I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THE SPIRIT OF THOSE COMMENTS.

UM, AND J M C AND OUR ENTIRE TEAM WILL RESPOND TO THOSE IN WRITING.

SO RESPECTFULLY, I WOULD ASK THAT THE TOWN BOARD CLOSE TONIGHT'S D E I SS PUBLIC HEARING KNOWING FULLY WELL, A, THERE WILL BE A WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT, PERIOD B, IT WILL LIKELY BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE F E I S.

UM, AND C THERE WILL BE A SERIES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS ON OUR OTHER APPROVALS.

I JUST HAD TWO QUESTIONS.

UM, AND IF YOU KNOW, THEY WERE ANSWERED, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T CATCH IT, SO I, I'M SORRY.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE WESTCHESTER VIEW FARMS, UM, IS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

AND I'M WONDERING, UM, UM, IF THERE'S ANY, WHAT THE DATA IS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THOSE ARE LUXURY HOMES AS YOUR THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME OPTION WOULD BE MM-HMM.

YOU THERE? WHAT PERCENT, UH, HOW MANY KIDS ARE GOING TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME DEVELOPMENTS? I I, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ON OUR TEAM IS THE SUPERVISOR CAN ANSWER THAT ON THE FLY.

ANECDOTALLY, I'M TOLD THAT A LOT OF FOLKS ON THAT STREET ACTUALLY DO SEND, UM, CHILDREN TO, UH, TO PAROCHIAL AND, AND .

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M WONDERING.

I'M I'M JUST SORT OF CURIOUS WHEN YOU'RE, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE ISSUE.

AND THE OTHER ISSUE, UM, THAT I WAS JUST THINKING OF IS, UM, SOMETIMES, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH SENIOR HOUSING, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MAY HAVE THE GRANDCHILDREN, YOU KNOW, LIVING WITH THEM.

SO I'M WONDERING, UM, UM, IF THERE'S ANY DATA THAT WOULD SHOW HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, KIDS IN A SENIOR HOUSING COMPLEX TYPICALLY WOULD, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, COULD GO TO THE SCHOOLS.

WE, WE CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU.

'CAUSE UM, THIS IS NOT THE ONLY AGE RESTRICTED COMMUNITY ANYWHERE NEARBY, NOR IS IT THE ONLY ONE THAT JONATHAN AND HIS COMPANY HAVE WORKED ON.

SO WE CAN PROVIDE AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

UM, I UNDERSTAND THE PLANNING BOARD PUT IN THREE PAGES OF QUESTIONS.

UM, CAN I JUST SAY ONE THING PLEASE? UH, THIS IS TO GARRETT AND TO,

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I WANNA KNOW WHEN THEY WILL BE ANSWERED.

UM, OKAY.

SO WILL THAT BE PART OF YOUR COMMENTS TO US, OR HOW WILL THAT BE WRITTEN OUT? YES.

SO THE WAY THIS WOULD FUNCTION IS, UM, IT'S A COMPILATION OF COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD TONIGHT.

THOSE WILL BE COMPILED WITH COMMENTS THAT WE'VE HEARD IN THE PAST FROM THE C A C COMMENTS THAT MAY BE COMING IN ADDITION TO TONIGHT, UH, THE PLANNING BOARD'S COMMENTS, THEY WILL ALL BE COLLECTED AND WE'LL WORK WITH CHAZEN AND, UM, THOSE WILL BE THE FOUNDATION OF THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.

SO, UM, WHETHER THEY, THEY, THEY'VE, THEY'VE COME IN ALREADY, WHETHER WE HEARD THEM TONIGHT OR WHETHER, WHETHER THESE COMMENTS COME IN WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

UM, THEY WILL ALL BE COLLECTED AND RESPONDED TO.

AND ONE THING I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE IS THERE, THERE'S DEFINITELY A VARIETY OF WAYS TO COMMENT.

UM, PLANNING@GREENBERGNY.COM GETS SENT OUT TO, UH, MY WHOLE DEPARTMENT.

UM, THE WAY YOU GOT TO THE MEETING TONIGHT, YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, SEND YOUR COMMENTS THERE, YOU COULD SEND THEM TO ME INDIVIDUALLY.

UM, DOREEN, YOU AND, AND OTHER CIVIC ASSOCIATION LEADERS, I KNOW YOU HAVE E-BLAST, UH, CAPABILITIES TO, TO RESIDENTS WITHIN YOUR CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS.

YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, LET THEM KNOW, UH, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS, UM, PROJECT AS I KNOW YOU ALREADY HAVE AND, AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO, YOU KNOW, EITHER SEND YOU COMMENTS AND YOU CAN SEND THEM IN ON AS A CIVIC ASSOCIATION.

SO THERE'S REALLY NO RIGHT WAY TO, UH, COMMENT.

BUT, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL FINE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE, UH, YOU TO ADDRESS, BECAUSE YOU'VE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN THE ISSUES REGARDING CONDOS AND 60%, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS IT'S REALLY SOMEWHERE 40 TO 80%.

SO PEOPLE USE AN AVERAGE OF 60, BUT IF YOU BUILD A HOUSE WITH ALL THE MATERIALS IDENTICALLY, UH, ALL THE SAME, SAME COUNTERTOP, SAME QUALITY, UM, CONSTRUCTION, AND LET'S SAY IT'S $800,000, UH, UM, ON THE MARKET, AND YOU THEN AND YOU THEN HAVE ONE IN CONDO OWNERSHIP, THAT HOUSE IS NOT GONNA SELL FOR $800,000.

IT'S PROBABLY GONNA SELL FOR A MILLION DOLLARS BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS WILLING TO GIVE A DEVELOPER $200,000 MORE SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY MUNICIPALITIES TAXES LATER.

AND SO IT'S AN INFLATED COST, BUT IT'S AN INFLATED COST BECAUSE THERE'S A BENEFIT OF NOT HAVING TO PAY THE MUNICIPALITY TAXES.

WHEN, WHEN I SPEAK OF MARKET VALUE, WHAT I'M THINKING OF AND DISABUSE ME IN WHATEVER YOUR RESPONSE WILL BE IN WRITING, I'M LOOKING ACTUALLY AT MORE AFFORDABLE CONDOS FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE.

BECAUSE YES, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PAY A MILLION DOLLARS FOR AN $800,000 HOUSE.

THEY'LL PAY SOMETHING CLOSER TO $800,000, BUT THEN THE MUNICIPALITIES, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS THE BETTER, BETTER, UM, THE BETTERMENT OF HAVING THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE GOING FORWARD.

SO IT'S REALLY PAY MORE TO A DEVELOPER NOW OR PAY OVER TIME TO A MUNICIPALITY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SO I SEE THIS AS, AS, AS US MOVING TOWARDS MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAN NOT.

NOW, YOU MAY, YOU MAY THINK THAT'S CRAZY THINKING, BUT THAT'S MY THINKING.

AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO DISABUSE ME OF THAT IN YOUR RESPONSE.

AND SO MY QUESTION IS, IS MY INTERPRETATION ANALYSIS INCORRECT? SO THIS WAY IT GETS ANSWERED IN YOUR, IN YOUR DOCUMENT.

COUNCIL SHEEN.

A C, THEY MAY HAVE A COUPLE MORE COMMENTS.

UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY OTHER COMMENTS.

UM, AS MR. STEINMAN INDICATED THERE'S A MINIMUM, UH, UH, 10 DAY WRITTEN RECORD PERIOD.

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT BE, UH, NOT FOLLOWED AND, UH, NOT DO THE MINIMUM THERE.

I WOULD RECOMMEND THREE WEEKS IS, IS MY RECOMMENDATION.

UM, I DID SPEAK TO, TO THE D O T TODAY, AND, UH, THEY INDICATED THEIR COMMENTS, UH, SHOULD BE IN SOON.

AND I KNOW, UH, UM, CHAIR CHAIRWOMAN TORY INDICATED THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH HER C

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SO I, I THINK THREE WEEKS WOULD BE REASONABLE TO ALLOW, UH, VARIOUS, UH, INVOLVED AGENCIES, INTERESTED AGENCIES TO BE ABLE TO COMMENT, UH, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC.

SO THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT, UH, SOON IS TO THE D O T? UM, IF, IF, IF, IF, IF I TELL THEM SIX WEEKS, WE'LL GET IT A DAY BEFORE SIX WEEKS.

SO, UH, , I, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, IF, IF IT'S CLOSED IN THREE WEEKS, I WILL CONVEY THAT AND, UH, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WILL, UH, GET IT RIGHT, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE WEEKS.

JUST THINKING THAT WHEN THE D O T COMMENTS COME IN, IT MAY PROVOKE MORE QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.

SO IT'D BE NICE IF THERE WAS SOME, A LITTLE BIT OF A GAP BETWEEN, SOME GAP BETWEEN WHEN WE GET THEIR LAST MINUTE COMMENTS AND THE PUBLIC CLOSING BEING CLOSED OUT OF, OF THE, UH, THEIR COMMENTS BEING SUBMITTED OR PERHAPS FOUR WEEKS.

UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE COULD, YOU KNOW, LOBBY FOR THE D O T TO GET US THEIR COMMENTS IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE WEEKS, MAY PERHAPS WOULD BE A SUGGESTION THEN THAT WOULD BE MUCH BETTER, AT LEAST FOR ME.

SO WHAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING IS, UH, WE, UM, ADJOURN THE HEARING TO, UH, A MONTH, THE, THE SECOND MEETING IN FEB, IN, UM, IN FEBRUARY.

UH, NO CLOSE THE RECOMMENDATION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, BUT KEEP THE WRITTEN RECORD OPEN FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR WEEKS.

UM, WHAT ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW MADELINE, YOU KNOW, I WAS WATCHING HER, UM, EXPRESSIONS, YOU KNOW, WANTED THE HEARING, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, TO POSSIBLY SPEAK.

WHAT IF WE, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, DIDN'T CLOSE THE HEARING, BUT WE BASICALLY HAD ONE MORE HEARING AT THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH WOULD GIVE PEOPLE AN, AN OPPORTUNITY TO VERBALLY, YOU KNOW, TO REFLECT ON ALL THAT SAID COMMENT.

AND THEN WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, CLOSE THE HEAR, YOU KNOW, CLOSE THE HEARING.

AND THEN WE WOULD, UM, LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN TILL SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, TWO WEEKS LATER.

I MEAN, IT'S REALLY TILL THE, THE LAST MEETING IN FEBRUARY.

I'M, I'M THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF, YOU KNOW, DELAYS, IT'S NOT REALLY, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT.

AND THEN WE'RE SHOWING THE PUBLIC THAT WE'RE, UM, WE'RE GIVING THEM ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO SPEAK AND REFLECT AND, AND, AND HAVE, HAVE COMMENTS.

I'M FINE WITH THAT.

BE FINE.

WE BE HEARD VERY BRIEFLY.

'CAUSE I WANNA REMIND THE BOARD OF SOMETHING, UM, JARED, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I BELIEVE THE D E I S WAS ACCEPTED AS COMPLETE IN NOVEMBER.

WE ASKED FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD IN DECEMBER.

AND WHILE WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO MADELINE IN THE FACE SHE MAY HAVE MADE, UM, MR. SUPERVISOR, YOU DIDN'T SEE THE FACE MR. GBO MADE WHEN I SPOKE WITH HIM IN NOVEMBER AND TOLD HIM THAT GARRETT SAID THAT THE HEARING WOULD NOT BE CONDUCTED UNTIL JANUARY, WHAT, WHATEVER TODAY IS.

UM, SO WE, WE COOPERATED WITHOUT ANY QUESTION.

THE PUBLIC HAD ANY, AND IN FACT, THE ARGUMENT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO ME WAS, IT'S DECEMBER, IT'S THE HOLIDAYS.

WE WANT TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A FULL AND FAIR OPPORTUNITY, GIVE THEM 60 DAYS TO REVIEW THE D E I S.

THEY HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO READ ALL OF THIS AND COME IN WITH THEIR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

SO MY CLIENT, MR. SUPERVISOR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I BELIEVE TRULY IN THIS PROCESS HAS ATTEMPTED TO BE COMPLETELY COOPERATIVE AND TRANSPARENT.

HE WAS PATIENT.

I WOULD ASK FOR THE COURTESY CLOSE, THE VERBAL PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.

YOU NEED TO KEEP THE RECORD OPEN FOR FOUR WEEKS SO THAT GARRETT COULD GET D O T TO TRY TO GET THEIR WRITTEN COMMENTS IN, IN TWO, AND THE PUBLIC CAN READ THEM OVER THAT TWO WEEK PERIOD.

NO OBJECTION.

UM, WE'VE BEEN IN THIS PROCESS A LONG TIME, AND THERE'S A LONG WAY TO STILL GO.

UM, WE WOULD ASK YOU TO AT LEAST PLEASE ENTERTAIN CLOSING IT TONIGHT IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THIS HAS BEEN DRAGGED LONGER THAN NORMAL AT THE REQUEST OF YOUR PLANNING COMMISSIONER.

WELL, I REQUESTED THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK DOING THIS KIND OF A HEARING IN DECEMBER WOULD MAKE ANY SENSE WHATSOEVER.

UNDERSTOOD, FRANCIS.

WE GOT IT.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M JUST SORT OF THINKING, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE CHAT FROM LINDA EVANS.

SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, UH, IF WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT EXTRA TIME, MAYBE THE STATE D O T, YOU KNOW, WE WILL HAVE, UH, COME IN WITH THEIR, UH, YOU KNOW, THEIR COMMENTS.

AND IT JUST GIVES US, YOU KNOW, WE COULD REACH OUT TO THE STATE D O T, WE COULD ASK THEM IF THEY COULD EXPEDITE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR, UH, REPORT.

AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD PUT PRESSURE ON THE STATE TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE HEARING, AND THEN EVERYBODY FEELS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE THOROUGH.

THAT'S,

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I MEAN, YOU TOO, I MEAN, AS YOU KNOW, WITH APPLICATIONS, THEY'RE NEVER, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE ALWAYS DELAYS, ESPECIALLY ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

AND I FEEL THAT IF PEOPLE FEEL THAT, UM, WE'RE BENDING OVER BACKWARDS TO, UM, TO GIVE EVERYBODY A, A FAIR CHANCE, THERE'S LESS, WE'RE GONNA GET LESS.

UH, YOU MR. FRYER.

I DON'T THINK ANY, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA THINK THAT SOMEBODY BENT OVER BACKWARDS FOR US.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THIS PROJECT FOR OVER THREE YEARS.

WHEN YOU PUT OFF, UH, IT, IT PUT OFF THE, THE HEARING IN LATE NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, WE WENT AROUND AT THE REQUEST OF, OF GARRETT, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO DO IT.

AND MET WITH, UH, CIVICS GROUPS.

WE MET WITH THE D O T, WE MET WITH THE PLANNING BOARD.

WE'VE MET WITH, UH, UM, YES, DIFFERENT GROUPS.

I MEAN, DAVID COULD PROBABLY GIVE ME THE OFFICIAL NAMES, BUT, YOU KNOW, I SPENT THE BETTER PART.

I COULD, I COULD GO THROUGH TODAY AND LOOK AT EVERY PRESENTATION THAT I HAVE GIVEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, UM, ON THIS TOWN BOARD PLANNING BOARD, C A C, UM, PARKS AND REC.

UM, IT, IT'S NOT LEAVING THIS, THE PART OF THIS PROCESS IS NOT LEAVING IT OPEN FOR MORE COMMENT.

THE PART OF THIS PROCESS IS, IS ABOUT QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING ABOUT BEING ASKED.

THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF TIME FOR MORE COMMENT AS WE GO, UH, IN FRONT OF YOU, IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING BOARD IN FRONT OF, OF ALL OF THE, UH, THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS THAT, THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO.

AND, AND I WOULD SAY LEAVING IT OPEN TO ANOTHER MEETING AND THEN ANOTHER WRITTEN PERIOD.

UM, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THAT GREENBERG HAS A PROCESS TO FOLLOW, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT PROCESS IS, UH, EXTREMELY LONG ARDUOUS.

UM, AND, AND ONE THAT THAT ISN'T THE, UH, ISN'T THE FRIENDLIEST TO, TO, TO DEVELOPERS AND THE PROCESS.

WE'VE, WE'VE, I TALKED TO YOU THREE YEARS AGO, UM, AND, AND, AND I WOULD, I WOULD IMPLORE YOU TO, TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THIS, MOVE THIS ALONG.

WE, WE KNOW THE COMMENTS, THEY'VE BEEN THE SAME COMMENTS THE ENTIRE TIME.

UH, ONES THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS TAXES, OPEN SPACE ONE 19 VERSUS 1 76 TRAFFIC.

UH, IT'S REALLY TRAFFIC IN TAXES IN SCHOOLS.

I MEAN, WE, IT'S THE SAME QUESTION OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

AND, AND GIVE US A CHANCE.

IF YOU DON'T END IT, WE CAN NEVER ADDRESS IT.

SO THANK YOU.

UH, BUT, BUT IT'S REALLY THE SAME DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? EITHER FOUR WEEKS OR TWO WEEKS, AND THEN TWO WEEKS, UH, THAT'S, IF IT'S TWO WEEKS AT THAT TIME, RIGHT? UH, TWO WEEKS TO THAT NEXT MEETING, AND THEN TWO WEEKS, UH, FOR THE WRITTEN RECORD OPEN AS OPPOSED TO FOUR WEEKS, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE NOW, RIGHT? IT, IT'S CLEAR TO ME THAT MANY WHO SPOKE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THEY REALLY SHOULD BE ASKING QUESTIONS.

NOW, I I, I'M HAPPY THAT YOU'LL TAKE THEIR COMMENTS AND TURN THEM INTO QUESTIONS, BUT THEY MIGHT NOT, THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE FORM OF THE QUESTION THEY WOULD REALLY LIKE TO ASK.

SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS IS TO ACTUALLY .

AND, AND THAT'S THE WAY YOU WANNA DO IT, THEN, THEN I REALLY HAVE NO CHOICE.

BUT THESE ARE ALSO THE SAME PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATE IN YOUR MEETINGS AND KNOW THE PROCESS EVERY FOR, FOR EACH AND EVERY APPLICATION.

THE ONES I'VE SEEN AT EVERY SINGLE MEETING, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, I COULD GO ACROSS THE BOARD.

I'M HAPPY TO DO IT, BUT I COULD GO ACROSS THE BOARD AND, AND I'VE SAT THERE AND WATCHED EVERYBODY PARTICIPATE IN AND ASK ME THE SAME QUESTIONS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

BUT I'M FINE IF YOU'RE GONNA MAKE IT TWO WEEKS TO THE NEXT MEETING, AND THEN ONLY TWO WEEKS AFTER.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M RECOMMENDING THEN, THEN IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, IT'S THE SAME FOUR WEEKS.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO GO TWO WEEKS.

AND THEN YOU TELL ME IT'S ANOTHER 30 DAYS.

UH, I WOULD GO THE TWO WEEKS AND THE TWO WEEKS.

THAT'S WHAT I THINK.

SO WE'RE GOING TO, UH, TO ADJOURN US FOR ALL PURPOSES TO THE NEXT MEETING.

AND, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, GARRETT, OR, YOU KNOW, DAVID, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO, UH, ASK THE STATE D O T IF, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY IF WE COULD PUT PRESSURE, IF WE CAN ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME UP WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE THE MEETING, BEFORE, WE'LL CERTAINLY DO THAT.

I THINK, I THINK, UH, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG HAS MORE, UH, INFLUENCE WITH D O T THAN THE APPLICANT WILL IN TERMS OF TRYING TO GET THEM TO MOVE ALONG.

SO, SOMETHING, DAVID, HAVEN'T WE ALREADY GOTTEN A LETTER FROM THE STATE D O T WITH COMMENTS? DIDN'T WE GET SOMETHING GARRETT? UH, NOT, NOT D NOT D E I S COMMENTS.

SO WHILE WE REACH OUT OKAY.

REACH OUT TOMORROW MORNING AND, UH, THANK YOU.

ASK FOR THOSE COMMENTS.

BUT JONATHAN, YOU'RE RIGHT, THE D THE D O T HAS ALREADY KIND OF CHIMED IN, BUT I THINK FORMAT WISE, THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO THE D I S.

UNDERSTOOD.

JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, UH, MR. SUPERVISOR OR, OR WHENEVER THAT MEETING, IS THAT, IS THAT, UH, FEBRUARY WE TALKED, SO ESPECIALLY FOR THE PUBLIC, ARE WE COMING BACK ON, IS THAT FEBRUARY 10TH? FEBRUARY 10TH, OKAY.

PAULA, YOU'RE MAKING THAT MOTION.

I'LL SECOND IT.

UM, ALL IN FAVOR? A AYE.

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JUST THOUGHT EVERYBODY ON THE SCREEN, UM, SHOULD KNOW THAT.

I THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE HERE FOR THAT MEETING ANYWAY, PROBABLY.

SO.

NOW WE'RE GONNA START THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING.

UN UN.

UNLESS, UNLESS, BECAUSE I'M 55 AND OVER, FRANCIS, I DON'T HAVE TO WORK ANYMORE.

I HAVEN'T FIGURED .

BUT YOU ALSO, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST, DAVID, I, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU AND YOUR CLIENT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I'M FRUSTRATED, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WANNA, SOMETIMES IF YOU JUST TAKE A LITTLE EXTRA TIME, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A FLAW, IF THERE'S A PRO, YOU KNOW, A PROBLEM, IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO CATCH IT AND MAYBE ASK A, A QUESTION THAT NOBODY, UM, YOU KNOW, THOUGHT OF.

SO I THINK WHERE YOU ALL WANT TO DO THIS, SOME GOOD FAITH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR DELAYS FOR THE SAKE OF DELAYING, BUT WE REALLY WANNA, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT AND WE WANNA BE CAREFUL.

GOT IT.

WE'LL SEE YOU WELL ON THE 10TH.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

AS WE ALWAYS SAY, DRIVE HOME SAFELY.

FORGET TO THE LIVING ROOM SAFELY.

, BARBARA, ARE YOU OFF THE HOOK? GOODNIGHT.

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UM, STORAGE UNITS RIGHT THERE.

WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

UH, DOREEN LIPSON.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

GOOD EVENING.

HOW'S EVERYONE DOING? ? I KNOW IT'S A LONG EVENING.

UH, MY PUBLIC CO MY COMMENTS ARE ABOUT THE BATTERY STORAGE, THE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM.

UM, I WATCHED THE MEETING AS I'VE BEEN WATCHING ALL OF THE TOWN BOARD WORK SESSIONS THAT DEAL WITH THIS, AND I'VE WATCHED ALL THE TOWN BOARD, UH, ON THE NORWOOD AND, AND THAT THE TWO, UM, PROPOSALS COMING IN ON THE, ON, IN, IN THE EDGEMONT SECTION.

UH, THE C G C A, THAT'S THE COUNCIL OF GREENBERG CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS HAD A ZOOM MEETING IN WHICH A VOTE WAS TAKEN.

AND WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE ANY BATTERY STORAGE PROPONENTS IN ANY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.

WE DON'T WANT THEM IN ANY MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICTS.

WE DO NOT WANT THEM IN ANY SHOPPING CENTERS.

WE DO NOT WANT THEM WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE GATHERING.

WE KNOW WHERE, WHEN MONA SHOWED US THE PICTURES OF, UH, IT WAS DONE SOMEPLACE WHERE IN, IN, IN, WAS IT NORTH CAROLINA? THAT WOULD BE FINE FOR US.

WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE THEM IN OUR BACKYARD, BASICALLY.

AND THE PROBLEM IS, FROM WHAT I HEARD LAST NIGHT, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS, IF THERE IS A FIRE OR AN EXPLOSION, GOD FORBID THERE MIGHT BE FLOODING BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO WAIT.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT IT OUT WITH WATER.

THE PROBLEM IS THE POWER HAS TO BE CUT OFF.

SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THESE SHOPPING CENTERS? NOTHING CAN GO ON UNLESS THEY ALL HAVE GENERATORS TO TAKE UP THE SLACK OF NO REVENUE CO, UH, NO POWER COMING ONTO THEIR, UM, INTO THEIR STORES.

IN, IN THE MIDWAY, I KNOW WE HAVE SHOPRITE, WE HAVE STARBUCKS, WE HAVE, UM, A RED LOBSTER, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE IS DOWN.

AND THEN THERE'S THE OTHER TWO, THE THE BURGER PLACE AND, AND POSSIBLY.

SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THESE STORES WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE THE REVENUE COMING IN? BECAUSE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT'S GONNA TAKE A FEW HOURS FOR THIS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.

AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IF THIS HAPPENS IN THE SHOPPING CENTER, AND I DO USE THAT SCARSDALE SHOPPING CENTER TO DO MY SHOPPING AT THE IN, IN SHOPRITE, I AM NEVER EVER GOING TO GO BACK TO THAT SHOPPING CENTER.

I AM NEVER EVER GOING TO TELL ANYONE TO GO BACK TO THAT SHOPPING CENTER.

WHY WOULD I WANNA TAKE A CHANCE OF HAVING THAT HAPPEN AGAIN? AND THE DUMPSTERS HAVE TO BE PUT SOME OTHER PLACE BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WOULD BE TOO CLOSE, AND THEY CAN'T HAVE THESE,

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WELL, IS IT FAIR TO HAVE MOVE THE, THE DUMPSTER, LET'S SAY FROM THE WINE AND LIQUOR STORE ALL THE WAY DOWN BY RED LOBSTER SO THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE WHERE THIS BATTERY STORAGE UNIT IS GOING TO GO? I TOOK A RIDE TO SEE THE BATTERY STORAGE UNIT ON ONE 19.

IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE PARKING LOT.

IT JUST HAS SOME WALLET STICKING UP AROUND IT.

THERE'S NO SECURITY.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS FACILITY, I'LL CALL IT, WITH ALL THOSE BATTERIES, WAS ALLOWED TO GO FORTH IN A PARKING LOT WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING IN AND OUT WITH CARS WHERE PEOPLE ARE GATHERING TO GO TO THEIR CARS IN THERE.

AND THIS, I HAVEN'T SEEN THE ONE ON 5 55, BUT I'M SURE IT'S THE SAME THING.

IS IT A SMART IDEA TO HAVE THESE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS IN OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS? AND LIKE I SAID, THE C G C A VOTED NO.

AND I'M SURE MANY OF THE PEOPLE DO NOT WANT THEM IN RESIDENTIAL, DO NOT WANT THEM IN MULTIFAMILY.

AND WE DO NOT WANT THEM IN ANY SHOPPING CENTER OFFICE BUILDINGS WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE AROUND.

SOMEBODY ANSWERED MY QUESTION.

MARY BOIN.

I SPOKE TO YOU BEFORE AND SAID THAT I WAS INVOLVED WITH THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS MEETINGS.

I'VE BEEN GOING TO PROBABLY 30 DIFFERENT NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

I MOSTLY SAT AND WORKED WITH THE MARKETING COMMITTEE.

THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WRITE THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE LINES ON A ROAD AND SO ON.

MANY PEOPLE WOULD CONSIDER ME QUITE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THAT.

IN ONLY YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE, I HAVE NEVER EVER BEEN INVITED TO A FIELD SITE WHERE THE PUBLIC WAS ABLE TO LOOK AT THE PLANS SUCH AS THE ACME PARKING LOT.

OKAY, WELL, I WATCHED, UH, TIM, I WATCHED THE LAST MEETING WHERE THERE WAS QUESTIONS ASKED AND PEOPLE ANSWERED THEM.

WHY WASN'T I INVITED? AND WHO ANSWERS THAT QUESTION? TIM, YOU DID IT LAST TIME.

RIGHT NOW, WHAT ARE TWO SETS OF RULES FOR SOMEBODY ELSE? THERE'S AN EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND COMMISSIONERS, BUT NOT WITH ME.

I'M A BAD PERSON WHERE YOU DON'T INTERCHANGE IDEAS WITH ME.

BUT THE RECORD, THE VIDEO RECORD WILL SHOW THAT YOU DO LET IT, WELL HELP PEOPLE.

ARE THERE TWO SETS OF RULES OR ONE, DO YOU GET TO MAKE UP THE RULES AS YOU GO TO HIM? NO ONE SET OF RULES.

THEN SOMEBODY HAS TO ANSWER MY QUESTION BECAUSE WE CAN GO BACK TO THE VIDEO TAPE OF THE LAST TWO MEETINGS WHERE THERE WERE NUMEROUS EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE BOARD AND DECENT PERSON ASKING IN, IN PUBLIC ACCOUNT.

JUST LIKE I'M ASKING, I WANT AN ANSWER TO WHY I HAVE NEVER BEEN INVITED TO AN ON-SITE VISIT.

GARY? NO ANSWER, CHRIS.

NO ANSWER.

NOW WE'RE GONNA WORK ON THAT.

MURRAY, I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS AND YOU'VE EXPRESSED THEM BEFORE.

WAIT A MINUTE.

WORK ON IT IS A MEANING MEANINGLESS QUESTION.

I ASKED THE DIRECT QUESTION, WILL I BE INVITED AND WHY WASN'T I INVITED IN THE PAST? OR FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS A PUBLIC RECORD AND IT'S ON THE VIDEO AND CAN BE REFERRED TO.

THERE ARE TWO SETS OF RULES, ONE FOR OTHER PEOPLE AND ONE FOR ME.

THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WRONG.

I JUST, UH, WANTED TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME YOU'VE ASKED ME TO MEET YOU AT A LOCATION, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS MET WITH YOU.

YOU KNOW, WE MET A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AT THE SAN UH, PARK.

WE MET, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, PARKS.

UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT USUALLY WHEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, MEETINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, ON SITE MEETINGS, UM, I POST IT ON THE WEBSITE AND IT'S NOT LIKE AN INVITATION.

I BASICALLY JUST LET EVERYBODY, UM, YOU KNOW, WANTS TO COME SHOW UP.

WELL, YOU HAVE MET WITH ME, MET WITH YOU.

I HAVE NEVER MET WITH NICK REXTON AT A MEETING WITH GARRETT AT THE PARKING

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LOT AT ACME.

AND THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT MEETINGS THERE, AND THEY WERE NEVER POSTED.

DOWN THE OFFER TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE.

WELL, YOU DO ANSWER MINE, BUT YOU'RE ABOUT THE ONLY ONE THAT DOES WELL.

THERE ARE OTHERS.

I HAVE TO SAY THERE ARE NUMBER PEOPLE THAT ANSWER, BUT NICK HAS NEVER, AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN NOTIFIED BY GARRETT OR HIS TEAM WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO DO A SITE VISIT.

ALL RIGHT, WHO'S NEXT? HEY, THANK YOU, MARY.

OKAY, WE HAVE BOB BERNSTEIN.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, RAISE TWO THINGS.

UH, ONE, UM, I, I THINK JEFF SHERMAN WILL BE SPEAKING, BUT I KNOW HE'S BEEN EXCHANGING COMMUNICATIONS WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN SHEEN REGARDING THE TARRYTOWN, UM, UH, UM, FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT CONTRACT.

AND BASED ON THE EXCHANGES THAT I'VE SEEN, I THINK THERE ARE, UM, SOME QUESTIONS THAT STILL NEED TO BE ANSWERED.

AND I WOULD ASK THAT THAT VOTE BE HELD OVER SO THAT, UH, JEFF CAN GET THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS THAT HE HAS RAISED, UH, WHICH I THINK ARE IMPORTANT.

AND DO SHED LIGHT ON THE PROCESS, UH, WITHOUT PASSING JUDGMENT ON, ON WHETHER THINGS ARE DONE RIGHT OR WRONG.

I, I, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THE DATA TO KNOW, UH, BUT I JUST HAVE, I HAVE QUESTIONS WHEN I READ IT.

UH, AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU HOLD THAT OVER, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE BATTERY STORAGE, UH, COMMITTEE THAT YOU'RE FORMING.

UM, YOU KNOW, MY VIEW IS, UH, THAT, UH, I, AND I'M SURE OTHERS, UH, WILL BE HELPFUL, UH, IF ASKED.

UM, IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMITTEE START TO WORK ON THIS, UH, AND THAT THE COMMITTEE NOT HAVE A PRECONCEIVED, UH, AGENDA, UM, UH, THAT, UH, EVERYBODY WORK WITH, WITH THE SAME OBJECTIVE OF COMING UP WITH A LAW OR LAWS THAT WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO THE ENTIRE UNINCORPORATED AREA.

UM, SO THAT THERE ARE STANDARDS, UH, THAT IF THEY WERE TO BE LOCATED IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, THE STANDARDS WOULD PROTECT, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS, HOMEOWNERS, IF THEY WERE TO BE LOCATED IN COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, THAT THEY WOULD LIKEWISE PROTECT THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS, HOMEOWNERS WHO LIVE IN COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, MULTI-USE DISTRICTS.

UM, UH, AND, AND, UH, THE, THE STANDARDS BE, UH, BASICALLY THE STANDARDS THAT WERE ARTICULATED, UH, BY THE CONSULTANTS THAT YOU, UH, WORKED WITH YESTERDAY, UH, WHO I THOUGHT WERE, UH, REASONABLE IN TERMS OF RESPONDING.

BUT THAT WORK NEEDS TO BEGIN RIGHT AWAY.

UH, AND THE GOAL NEEDS TO BE A RULE FOR EVERYBODY, NOT A RULE FOR EVERYBODY EXCEPT THE KNOLLWOOD APPLICANT.

UH, AND I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THAT, UH, THAT THE SAME RULES SHOULD BE APPLY TO EVERYONE EQUALLY.

UH, AND, AND, UH, UH, I WILL LOOK TO SEE THAT THE PRODUCT THAT'S DEVELOPED DOES THAT, UH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT TO THE EXTENT, UM, THE TOWN WANTS TO OFFER A SPECIAL DEAL TO ONE APPLICANT AS OPPOSED TO ANOTHER, UH, THE TOWN WILL BE INVITING THE VERY KINDS OF LITIGATION THAT IT HAS, UH, BEEN SO PRONE TO IN THE PAST.

UM, AND IT SHOULD NOT GO IN THAT DIRECTION AT ALL.

UM, I'M PLEASED THAT YOU'RE NOT PROCEEDING WITH A MORATORIUM, OR AT LEAST IT APPEARS YOU'RE NOT.

UM, BECAUSE THAT IS ALSO AN INVITATION TO LITIGATION AND SPECIAL FAVORS.

UH, AGAIN, IT SHOULD BE A DEAL, UH, A DEAL, A LAW THAT APPLIES TO EVERYONE EQUALLY, UH, BECAUSE THE TOWN DOES NOT HAVE A LAW FOR THESE USES ON ITS BOOKS AT THIS TIME.

AND ONE LAST POINT, UH, I DO TAKE EXCEPTION TO THE PROVISION IN YOUR RESOLUTION, CREATING THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS IS INTENDED TO, UM, ENHANCE GREEN ENERGY.

UH, IT IS NOT, IT IS INTENDED TO FACILITATE A USE, WHICH TANGENTIALLY MIGHT HAVE BENEFITS FOR GREEN TECHNOLOGY, BUT THAT'S NOT THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THESE COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN, UH, DISCUSSED FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

UH, SO, UH, I'M NOT SAYING IT, YOU DON'T DO IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT GREEN ENOUGH.

I'M JUST SAYING LET'S NOT LABEL IT FOR SOMETHING THAT IT'S NOT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

YEAH, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UH, THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, I WAS TELLING SOMEBODY, ONE OF MY BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS IN MY CAREER WAS WHEN YOU TURNED

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'CAUSE I FEEL THAT YOU WOULD'VE BEEN, UM, A GOOD MEMBER.

AND I FEEL THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO IS, UM, HAVE A CON CONSENT.

YOU KNOW, GET A CONSENSUS, HAVE, UH, DIFFERENT THOUGHTS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOUR, UH, THOUGHTS ON THIS, UM, ISSUE, UH, YOU KNOW, IS IMPORTANT AND, YOU KNOW, WILL BE CONSIDERED.

AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF YOU AT SOME POINT DECIDE YOU WANNA, UM, BE A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU'RE ALWAYS, UH, YOU'RE ALWAYS, UH, WELCOME.

WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT, UM, THE REASON I CHOSE NOT TO BE A MEMBER IS PRECISELY BECAUSE YOU ARTICULATED A VISION, UH, FOR THE COMMITTEE THAT WAS ECHOED BY AT LEAST ONE PERSON ON THAT COMMITTEE.

THAT'S DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED TO WHAT I THINK MAKES SENSE FOR THE TOWN.

AND I EXPRESSED THAT, AND I, I DON'T WANNA GO INTO THAT DISPUTE NOW, BUT SUFFICE TO SAY, UH, I CAN'T BE A PART OF A COMMITTEE WHEN THE COMMITTEE IS PULLED IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

I, I, IT DOESN'T WORK.

THE COMMITTEE HAS TO BE PULLING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, WHICH IS TOWARD OBTAINING A LAW OR CREATING A LAW THAT APPLIES EQUALLY TO EVERYONE WITHOUT FAVOR TO ANYONE.

JEFF SHERWIN.

HI.

SO JUST QUICK POINT OF ORDER BEFORE I BEGIN.

SO THE, THE AGENDA SHOWED THAT BEFORE WE WENT INTO PUBLIC COMMENT, THERE WAS GONNA BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FIRE PROTECTION, UH, DECISION.

ARE, ARE YOU, IS THAT GONNA BE A SUBSEQUENT THING? WELL, THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS.

WE HAD ONE PREVIOUSLY, AND WE WERE SCHEDULED TO HAVE ONE FOR THE CONTRACT FOR 2020.

THE PREVIOUS ONE WAS FOR, UH, 2019, I BELIEVE.

AND I BELIEVE THE HEARING WAS, UH, BEING HELD OVER, UM, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU EXPRESSED AND, AND TO GET SOME ANSWERS, UM, THAT ARE SATISFACTORY TO THE BOARD.

UH, I, I THINK THAT'S A BIT MISLEADING, EVEN THOUGH I, I, I KNOW YOU DON'T INTEND TO BE.

THERE ARE TWO CONTRACTS.

THERE'S 2019 AND 2020.

WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2019 CONTRACT.

THAT'S THE ONE THAT YOU'VE BEEN EMAILING BACK AND FORTH.

AND THEN I'VE BEEN GETTING YOU ANSWERS AND SENDING 'EM BACK TO YOU.

THE 2020 PUBLIC HEARING HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE NOTICE.

SO THAT WE CAN'T HAVE THAT TONIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AT THE NEXT TOWN BOARD MEETING.

SO TONIGHT ON THE AGENDA IS TO VOTE ON THE 2019 CONTRACT.

THERE IS NO VOTE ON THE 2020 CONTRACT.

'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING YET.

WE'VE BEEN EMAILING ABOUT A CONTRACT THAT'S FOR THE, THE, THE FISCAL 2019 YEAR.

ARE THE NUMBERS.

SO THE, THE RIGHT, THE $292,000 PAYMENT IS THE 2019 IS THE 2019 YEAR CORRECT.

WHICH IS A DROP FROM THE 2018 CONTRACT OF 3 0 6.

RIGHT? OKAY.

I WILL MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND.

AND THEN, BUT I ALSO WANNA SAVE, I HAVE ONE OTHER SUBJECT THAT I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS.

SO IS THERE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME THAT I HAVE SORT OF GENERALLY, YOU COULD DO FIVE MINUTES, UH, NOW AND FIVE MINUTES AFTER.

IN FACT, IT MAY I MAKE A SUGGESTION, UH, JUST TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT.

UM, UH, WHY DON'T WE LET PEOPLE SPEAK FOR 10 MINUTES NOW AND THEN WE WON'T HAVE A SECOND ROUND AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

SO THIS WAY YOU CAN, YOU CAN GET BOTH OF THE THINGS IN.

NOW IT'S AC IT'S ACTUALLY EIGHT MINUTES, PAUL, THREE MINUTES AND FIVE MINUTES.

SO I'M NOT GONNA TAKE UP THAT MUCH TIME.

JEFF WAS NEVER MY SPECIALTY.

SO, OKAY.

UH, I'M GONNA SHARE MY SCREEN FOR A MOMENT.

I WANNA MAKE SURE I SHARE THE RIGHT SCREEN.

UH, THAT'S DESKTOP ONE.

LEMME SEE.

WHAT ARE YOU GUYS SEEING? UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENTAL FEES.

DURING OUR LAST DISCUSSION, WE SORT OF DISCUSSED THE FACT THAT IT WAS A PORT THAT THE V THAT THE COST OF THE FIRE SERVICES ARE APPORTIONED BASED UPON ASSESSMENT.

SO I, I DON'T KNOW HOW EASY THIS IS FOR YOU GUYS TO ALL SEE VERY CLOSELY, BUT IN THE EMAILS GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN FRANCIS AND I, WHICH I APPRECIATE, FRANCIS, YOU BEING AS RESPONSIVE AS YOU ARE, UM, THERE ARE A SERIES OF INTERESTING QUESTIONS THAT ARE SORT OF COMING UP ABOUT HOW THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT IS BEING TOLD THAT IT HAS TO PAY THIS $292,000 TO THE VILLAGE WHERE THAT NUMBER IS COMING FROM.

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NO, THAT MAKES TOTAL SENSE.

THE ISSUE WAS WHAT WAS THE NUMBER THAT WAS DIS DEEMED TO BE THE COST OF FIRE OF FIRE SERVICES FOR THE COMBINED VILLAGE AND, UH, FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT THAT, UH, WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE AND WHICH IS GLENVIEW AND TARRYTOWN IN THIS VILLAGE BUDGET, WHICH IS, I'M LOOKING AT THE 2021 ADOPTED VIL, THE 2020 ADOPTED VILLAGE BUDGET.

YOU CAN SEE QUITE CLEARLY HERE ON LINE 2, 2, 6 OH, THERE IS A $300,000 BUDGET VERY CLOSE TO THE $292,000 AGREEMENT.

THAT'S MONEY INBOUND.

SAYS QUITE HERE, RIGHT HERE.

CONTRACT WITH GREENBERG FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES.

WHEN YOU GO UP TO PAGE 16 TO DISCUSS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, A TOTAL, A TOTAL BUDGET OF WHICH IS $637,000, THERE IS A FEE THAT IS NOTED, FIRE CODE, UH, UH, ACCOUNT 4 1 4 FIRE DEPARTMENT FUND, WHICH IS NOT ANYWHERE LISTED ON THIS VILLAGE BUDGET SHEET WHERE IT IS NOTED THAT $102,000, WHICH FRANCIS, WE DISCUSSED THE GLENVIEW FIRE CONTRACT PERCENTAGE TO THE COMPANIES, WHICH YOU SAID GETS EVENLY DIVIDED AMONGST THE COMPANIES IN THAT FUND.

OKAY? SO CONCEIVABLY THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT, IF YOU WERE TO NOT SIGN THIS CONTRACT, WOULD BE ABOUT $535,000.

THAT'S WHAT THIS BUDGET WOULD BE, $535,000.

NOW YOU GOT ME MY KIDS' MATH HOMEWORK.

NO, YOU GOT ME .

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

, THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO DURING, UH, COVID , UM, A BUDGET, RIGHT? FOR WHICH YOU NOTED THAT THE, AT, THAT THE ALLOCATION FOR THE GLENVIEW FIRE DIS DISTRICT BASED UPON ASSESSED VALUE WAS ABOUT 16%, WHICH IS ABOUT WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS.

AND THEN I DID DIFFERENT MATH AND I FOUND IT WAS 24, BUT IT'S ABOUT, BUT IT'S ABOUT 16% FINE.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

IT'S 16 GLENVIEW FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT IS 16% OF THE COMBINED TOTAL OF THE, UH, OF TE OF THE, OF THE ASSESSED VALUE OF VE OF, OF TARRYTOWN AND, UH, THE GLENVIEW FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.

BUT WHEN YOU ARE DOING THIS ALLOCATION OF THIS $1.8 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES THE $600,000 THAT WE SAW EARLIER, AND THEN A SERIES OF OTHER FEES THAT ARE SOMEHOW ALLOCATED TO FIRE PROTECTION, 20% OF D P W, WHICH GOES TO FIRE PROTECTION, WHICH IS, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT'S DOCUMENTED OR HOW THAT NUMBER CAME UP WITH, BUT THE MOST INTERESTING THING IS HERE WE SEE AGAIN THE FOUR ONE FOUR A HUNDRED AND TWO.

SO FORGETTING THIS, PUTTING ASIDE THIS FACT THAT I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FUND IS FOR, AND I'M NOT REALLY GONNA GET INTO THAT WHOLE THING BECAUSE THERE ARE A SERIES OF VERY INTERESTING ARTICLES, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO READ ABOUT 4 1 4 FIRE DEPARTMENT FUND AND WHERE THAT MONEY GOES, UM, THE, THE REALLY INTERESTING THING IS THE 102,000 IS GOING INTO THIS FUND.

AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, THEIR, THE GLENVIEW FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT IS PAYING 15%, IS 16% OF THAT.

SO THERE IS THIS CIRCULAR MATH THAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE CHECKED.

$300,000 IS GOING INTO THE BUDGET.

A HUNDRED THOUSAND DO TRANSFERRED INTO THE VILLAGE TARRYTOWN 102 IS BEING ALLOCATED.

BUT THAT $300,000 IS PREDICATED ON 16% OF WHICH THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS COMES IN.

SO I, I'M REASONABLY GOOD WITH, WITH, WITH ACCOUNTING.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THAT IS, THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE SOME CIRCULAR LOGIC.

AND SO FFR, BEFORE YOU MAKE A DECISION FOR THE 2019 CONTRACT, I WOULD ASK THAT THE CIRCULAR LOGIC HERE GETS REASONABLY EXPLAINED BECAUSE THERE'S AN INTERESTING CONFLICT THAT I'M SEEING HERE.

THE TOWN HERE

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REPRESENTS THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT AND IS NEGOTIATING ON ITS BEHALF WITH, AS ITS CONSTITUENTS, WITH OTHER CONSTITUENTS, WHICH IS THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN.

AND SO FOR YOU TO COME UP WITH A FAIR DEAL, THERE NEEDS TO BE REAL SOLID TRANSPARENCY ON WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE AND WHY, BY THE WAY, NO OTHER FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE IS ALLOWED TO BID ON THIS, TO COME UP WITH THE TRUE COST OF PROVIDING FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES.

SO MY ASK IS THAT YOU HOLD OVER THE DECISION AT, AT THE VERY MINIMUM, FIGURE OUT HOW TO UNLOCK THIS CIRCULAR ACCOUNTING, BUT THEN ALSO MAYBE EXPLAIN HOW IT'S OKAY FOR THIS, FOR THIS CONTRACT OF $292,000 TO NOT GO THROUGH A EFFECTIVE R F P WITH VERY VALID OTHER CONSTITUENTS SERVICE PROVIDING AREAS.

THAT'S, I JUST ASK YOU A QUESTION.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

UM, WHAT, YOU LIVE IN A PAID FIRE DISTRICT AND, UH, THE PEOPLE IN GLENVILLE ARE IN A VOLUNTEER FIRE, UH, DEPARTMENT DISTRICT.

WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO COMPARE WHAT YOU ARE PAYING AS A RESIDENT OF, YOU KNOW, THE EDGEMONT SECTION OF THE TOWN WITH WHAT THE TYPICAL GLENVILLE UM, YOU KNOW, TAXPAYER IS PAYING TO GET, UH, FIRE SERVICES FROM, UH, ALL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT? OH, I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION.

I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED THAT.

PUT A PAUSE ON MY TIME FOR A SECOND.

'CAUSE I HAVE SOMETHING EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO COVER AFTER THIS.

I, I, I NEED TO TAKE A COUPLE MINUTES TO JUST DO ONE THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

, YOU HAVE BEEN ALL ABOUT FIRE CONSOLIDATION FOR QUITE A WHILE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING HERE IS THAT THE TERRYTOWN FIRE DISTRICT, THE TERRYTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ALL VOLUNTEER, DESPITE THE FACT THAT SOMEHOW 20% OF D P W IS BEING PAID TO, TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THAT BUDGET, IT'S ALL VOLUNTEER.

WE IN GREENVILLE, IN FAIRVIEW AND IN HARTSDALE HAVE CAREER FIREFIGHTERS.

SO WE'RE ONE TO GO AND STRIP OUT THE CAREER FIREFIGHTERS, AND WE'RE ONE TO GO AND REASONABLY FIGURE OUT WHAT THE RECIPROCITY IMBALANCE MAY BE FOR ALL THE MUTUAL AID BETWEEN ALL OF THESE, BETWEEN ALL OF THESE GUYS.

I THINK YOU'D FIND THAT THIS NUMBER IS STILL OVER DOUBLE WHAT SOMEBODY SHOULD ACTUALLY BE PAYING FOR VOLUNTEER FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES.

NO, BUT I'M ASKING YOU, YOU, AND, AND, AND SO YOU ASKING, YOU ASKED ME A QUESTION, I'M GIVING YOU AN ANSWER.

OKAY? IF YOU GO AND YOU STRIP OUT CAREER FIREFIGHTERS FOR WHICH WE ARE HAPPY TO PAY A PREMIUM FOR, AND BASED UPON VOLUNTEER AND JU AND, AND, AND THEN BY THE WAY, ALSO STRIP OUT THE FACT THAT, AGAIN, YOU MADE A MISTAKE IN YOUR QUESTION.

THE GLENVILLE FIRE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT HAS NO SUCH VOLUNTEERS.

THEY ARE SERVICED BY VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE IN TARRYTOWN.

THE TARRYTOWN, THE TARRYTOWN RESIDENTS NOT ONLY GET THOSE SERVICES, BUT THEY ALSO OWN THE, THEY OWN THE FIRE APPARATUS, THEY OWN THE BUILDINGS, THEY OWN ALL THE FIXED ASSETS.

THE G THE, THE PEOPLE OF GLENVIEW OWN ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

AND THEY GET TO PAY, BUT THEY HAVE THE HONOR OF PAYING FOR ALL OF THOSE FIXED ASSETS.

SO IF YOU WERE TO STRIP ALL OF THAT OUT TOO, IT, THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GETTING HOSED.

WHAT'S BECOMING VERY CLEAR, MR. FINER, EVEN IF YOU WANNA GO AND COMPARE WHAT I PAY FOR WITH OWNING A BUILDING AND THE FIRE APPARATUS AND PAYING FOR THE CAREER FIREFIGHTERS WHO GET TO MY HOUSE IN TWO AND A HALF MINUTES, IF I, IF YOU WERE TO STRIP ALL OF THAT OUT, WHAT YOU REALLY FIND IS IT STINKS TO LIVE IN A FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.

AND IT'S AWESOME TO LIVE IN A VILLAGE BECAUSE YOU ARE GETTING ALL THIS EXTRA CASH, ALL THIS EXTRA CASH THAT PLUGS THIS VERY, VERY INTERESTING HOLE.

AND WHAT'S PROBLEMATIC, MR. FINER, IS THAT YOUR GOVERNMENT ISN'T GOING TO FAIRVIEW AND SAYING, WOULD YOU, COULD YOU BID ON THIS AND SHOW ME WHAT THE PRICE, WHAT THE INCREMENTAL PRICE WOULD BE FOR US TO GO, FOR US TO GET FIRE PROTECTIONS HERE? OR HARTSDALE OR ELMSFORD AND GOING TO THOSE GUYS? BECAUSE YOU DON'T RUN THIS AS AN R F P, YOU DON'T KNOW THE TRUE COST OF THIS.

PLEASE DON'T TURN THIS AROUND BASED UPON WHAT HAPPENS IN GREENVILLE, BECAUSE GREENVILLE HAS FIXED ASSETS AND WE HAVE CAREER FIREFIGHTERS.

PAUSE THERE.

WE GOT IT.

BECAUSE LEMME JUST SAY SOMETHING.

WAIT, WAIT.

TIM, HOW MUCH DO YOU PAY

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DISTRICT? YOU'RE CAN TAKE YOU EIGHT MINUTES, BUT YOU TOOK SEVEN AND A HALF AND YOU WANNA CONTINUE? NO, I JUST WANNA, I WANT PAUL, PAUL, I, PAUL, THIS IS NOT A VALID PAUL.

PAUL, YOU'RE GONNA TRY AND DRIVE A POINT THAT SOMEHOW FIRE, FIRE DISTRICTS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE.

BUT WHAT YOU'RE FAILING TO POINT, WHAT YOU'RE FAILING TO REALIZE IS ALL THE VALUE THAT WE GET VERSUS WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.

PLEASE STOP FOR A SECOND.

'CAUSE I HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT ON THIS, ON THIS AGENDA.

THERE IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE TOWN BOARD ACCEPTING THE RESIGNATION OF ANDRE EARLY.

AND I GOTTA SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS ABOUT THIS, MAN.

IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS FOR, FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN AWARE OF HOW GREENBERG GREENBERG POLITICS WORKS.

I HAVE, I HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND TIME WITH ANDRE EARLY, AND I HAVE SEEN THE KIND OF LEADER HE IS.

HE MAXIMIZES AND OPTIMIZES THE THEODORE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE, FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF, OF MAKING SURE THAT ANYBODY WHO NEEDS SERVICES FROM, FROM THE THEODORE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER HAS ACCESS TO IT.

THAT EVERY DOLLAR THAT COMES IN FROM WHEREVER IT COMES IS STRETCHED THE FURTHEST HE'S AWARE OF ALL THE, ALL THE CRAZY POLITICS IN GREENBURG, ALL THE COMMUNITY ISSUES AND PUTS ALL OF THAT ASIDE LIKE A, LIKE WITH THE BEST OF FOCUS.

AND HE RECOGNIZES WHAT HIS GOAL IS AND HE GOES AFTER IT EVERY WHICH WAY.

AND, AND WHAT THE, WHAT I CAN SAY IS, ANDRE, IF YOU ARE GOING TO THE COUNTY, IF YOU ARE GOING TO WHEREVER YOU ARE GOING, WHATEVER ROLE YOU STEP INTO, YOU ARE GOING TO DO GREAT.

IF YOU CAN TAKE THE FOCUS THAT YOU'VE TAKEN FROM THEODORE YOUNG AND APPLY IT TO ANY OTHER ROLE THAT YOU HAVE, YOU ARE GOING TO DO AWESOME.

AND TO WHOMEVER IT IS THAT TAKE THAT, THAT GETS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE NEXT LEADER OF THE THEODORE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.

YOU'VE GOT BIG SHOES TO FILL.

THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO DISCUSS TODAY.

THANKS THAT, UH, MURRAY MURRAY.

I THINK HE, YOU STILL GET YOU AROUND BECAUSE WE CHANGED THE RULE AFTER SPOKEN.

IS GONNA BE, UH, HELPFUL.

YOU, YOU CUT ME OFF AND YOU GAVE HIM TIME AND HE STARTED ON WHAT I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT.

WE HAVE PAID FIRE DISTRICTS, THEY SHOULD BE COMBINED.

THERE IS NO REASON TO HAVE FOUR FIRE CHIEFS WHERE WE LIVE.

WESTCHESTER COUNTY JUST GRADUATED A CLASS FOR THE COUNTY.

OUR COST FOR FIRE PROTECTION WOULD BE HALF IF WE ELIMINATED THOSE DISTRICTS.

AND YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME, WELL, IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A HUNDRED YEARS.

WELL, I BOUGHT A SIREN WHERE I AM IN ODDSLY EVERY TIME THERE'S A WHY, 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T STOP THEM.

SO IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CHANGE IT AND GET IT CHANGED BECAUSE THERE'S NO MONEY AROUND.

AND THEY'RE CUTTING COSTS HERE AND THERE.

AND WE ARE PAYING FOR FOUR FIRE DISTRICTS FOR PAID FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

YOU GOT A FIRE HEADQUARTERS, YOU GOT A FIREHOUSE ON CENTRAL AVENUE THAT'S USELESS.

YOU BUILT A NEW ONE UP THE TOP OF THE HILL.

WHY HASN'T THE OTHER ONE BEEN SHUT DOWN? THIS BOARD HAS SOME RESPONSIBILITY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN IGNORING.

AND THIS PRESENTATION THAT THIS GENTLEMAN DID BEFORE HIGHLIGHTS THE FACT THAT WE'RE RUNNING UNDER A SYSTEM THAT'S IDIOTIC TO SAY THE LEAST, AND COSTLY BEYOND BELIEF.

WE HAVE ONE FIRED, ONE POLICE CHIEF, AND HE'S PRETTY GOOD.

WE HAVE, WE NEED ONE FIRE CHIEF, WHICH CAN GO TO THE COUNTY'S UH, FACILITY.

THEY JUST GRADUATED A CLASS FOR YONKERS WHITE PLAINS, NEW ROCHELLE.

WHY DIDN'T THAT CLASS COVER ALL OF THE FIREMEN MEN THAT FIRE PERSONS CAREFUL HERE, FIRE PERSONS THAT HAVE TO BE IN, UH, GREENBURG AND THE ART GREENBERG DISTRICTS.

WE HAVE BEEN PAYING DOUBLE FOR FIRE PROTECTION FOR YEARS AND NOBODY'S TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY.

YOU CUT ME OFF.

YOU JUST PROVED THERE ARE TWO SETS OF RULES.

THERE'S AN EXCHANGE BETWEEN THIS GENTLEMAN AND EVERYBODY, BUT WITH ME NO ANSWER, I DON'T THINK.

NO, I MOVE THE AGENDA.

CAN I MAKE, CAN I MAKE YOUR A COMMENT? YES.

UH, YES.

I WANTED TO JUST MAKE A, UH, UH, COMMENT AND

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OF APPRECIATION.

I'M, I'M NOT GOING TO, UH, BRING ANY BAD NEWS, BUT I WANT TO, UH, PERSONALLY THANK THE, UM, TOWN, UH, BOARD AND HORRIFYING FOR, UH, THE SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT THAT WE DID WITH THE COVID VACCINE INFORMATION, UH, SEMINAR.

UH, I, I THINK IT WENT GREAT.

UH, I WANTED TO THANK, UH, FRANCIS, SHE AND PERSONALLY, UH, ALONG WITH THE STAFF OF THE MEDIA TEAM THAT PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

IT WORKED SO WONDERFUL.

I HAVE BEEN, UH, FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS I'VE BEEN GETTING, UM, NUMEROUS CALLS FROM PEOPLE HOW THEY COULD GET THE VACCINE.

UM, THAT, AND, AND WE'VE INFORMED THAT THE VACCINE NOW IS, IS ONE SHORT, THERE'S A SHORTAGE NA UH, NATIONWIDE ON THE VACCINE.

BUT, UH, WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING TO GET ANOTHER ALLOCATION OF VACCINE FOR THIS AREA, FOR WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

AND, AND I'M WORKING WITH THAT TEAM TO, UH, UH, TO GET OUR, UM, OUR PORTION OF THAT, UH, OUR ALLOCATION OF THAT.

AND ESPECIALLY IN THE BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD, ONE OF THE, UH, DISMAL THINGS, UH, THAT I, UM, THAT I I, UH, FOUND OUT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS IS THAT, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT WHITE COMMUNITY IS, IS FAR EXCEEDING THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND BEING VACCINATED.

AND I HOPE THAT'S NOT DISCRIMINATION, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IN THE PAST THAT THE BLACK PEOPLE AND THE, AND HIS HISPANIC PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THE LAST TO BE DISTRIBUTED ANY KIND OF BENEFITS.

AND I HOPE THAT'S NOT WHAT'S GOING ON NOW BECAUSE BLACK PEOPLE ARE DYING OF ABOUT 10 TO ONE TO THE WHITE PEOPLE.

BUT WE'RE YET GETTING THE, THE SHORT END ON GETTING VACCINATED.

AND I'LL BE, UH, KEEPING MY EAR TO THE GROUND WITH THAT AND WORKING WITH THE TEAM THAT WILL BE LOOKING INTO THAT.

UH, AND I HOPE THAT'S NOT, UH, PREVALENT HERE IN GREENBURG, BUT IT IS A NATIONAL PROBLEM.

IT IS A COUNTY PROBLEM.

UH, AND IF IT'S, IF IT'S NATIONALLY AND IT'S STATEWIDE AND IT'S COUNTYWIDE, PROBABLY IT'S GREENBURG WIDE ALSO.

SO, SO WE NEED TO BE VERY SENSITIVE TO THAT AND, AND, UH, I'M GONNA BE WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S DONE.

BUT PERSONALLY, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY.

UH, THE, THE, UH, PROGRAM WENT OUT TO AS FAR, I'VE GOTTEN CALLS AS FAR AS IN NORTH CAROLINA, AND PEOPLE ARE ASKING HOW CAN THEY DO THIS, UH, A DUPLICATION OF THAT PROGRAM.

I HAVE ADVISED THEM TO GO TO YOUTUBE AND ALSO GO TO THE TOWN WEBSITE.

IT WILL BE LOOPING AS A PROGRAM THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT.

I LIKE, I HAVE BEEN CALLED, I HAVE CALLED THE, UM, PHYSICIANS THAT WERE ON THE PANEL AND THANK THEM.

AND WE ARE GONNA BE, HAVE A CONTINUOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM SO THAT WE COULD HAVE INSIDE INFORMATION DIRECTLY TO US.

UH, ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK, THE MINISTER FELLOWSHIP COUNCIL, WHICH WAS THE PRIMARY OF SPONSORS, WERE GOING TO BE DOING A RECAP OF THE PROGRAM AND SEE IF WE NEED TO DO IT AGAIN WITH THE JOHNSON JOHNSON VACCINE COMING OUT.

PROBABLY NEXT WEEK WE MAY HAVE TO DO ANOTHER, UM, INFORMATION SEMINAR SO THAT OUR PEOPLE CAN BE AWARE THAT JOHNSON AND JOHNSON WILL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THAT IT'LL BE A ONE-SHOT VACCINATION VERSUS MODERNA AND PFIZER, WHICH IS A TWO-SHOT, UM, VACCINATION PROCESS.

SO, BUT, BUT I REALLY WANTED TO SAY I APPRECIATE THE TOWN BOARD AND, UH, PAUL FOR THE USE OF THE ZOOM, UH, CONNECTION.

AND, AND, AND I THINK IT'S, UH, JANELLE THAT WORKED THE TECHNOLOGY AND, AND ALSO ALSO, UM, WHICH WAS, UH, WAS ONE OF THE HOSTS.

SO JUST THANK YOU.

I LOVE YOU AND WE PRAY GOD'S BLESSINGS UPON ALL OF YOU.

I SEE THAT PRETTY SMALL, JIM.

GOD BLESS YOU.

WE LOVE YOU GUYS.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, YOUR LEADERSHIP.

I THOUGHT THE FORUM WAS REALLY, YOU KNOW, EXCEPTIONAL.

UM, YOU KNOW, VERY INTERESTING.

UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A, IT'S A VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE AND I ALSO THINK, YOU KNOW, I'VE READ THE ARTICLES ABOUT HOW, UH, IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, UH, THERE'S NOT AS MUCH, UH, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WHO, UH, HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE VACCINE.

SO I THINK WHAT YOU ARE DOING WILL DEFINITELY A HUNDRED PERCENT SAVE LIVES.

UM, IT, IT'S REASSURING TO PEOPLE.

AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY GOALS IS, UH, TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE VACCINE HAS BECOME MORE AVAILABLE IS TO SEE IF WE COULD GET SOME, UH, VACCINE LOCATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IN THE MANHATTAN AVENUE, UM, YOU KNOW, CORRIDOR, EITHER AT A CHURCH, PARKING, AT CHURCH PARKING LOTS.

UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT AT THE CENTER, I THINK ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO MAKE IT VERY EASY, UM, FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE THE VACCINES IS GONNA BE, AND REASSURING

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AND SINCE I HAVEN'T TAKEN THE VACCINE YET, I WANNA THANK YOU, BECAUSE WHEN I SAW THE VIDEO OF YOU TAKING THE VACCINE AND, UM, YOU WEREN'T YELLING AND SCREAMING, UM, IT EASED, UH, IT MADE ME A LITTLE, UH, LESS, UH, YOU KNOW, LESS TENSE ON WHEN I GO FOR .

HE WAS YELLING AND SCREAMING AT ME BECAUSE I SUGGESTED HE DO IT .

SO YOU ACTUALLY MADE ME, UH, MUCH CALMER, RIGHT? AND BY THE WAY, BISHOP YOU, THAT THE, THE VACCINE THAT YOU GOT IS A TWO SHOT VACCINE.

SO THERE'S ANOTHER SHOT THAT'S COMING UP, AND WE HAVE CAMERAS THAT WE ARE, WE ARE PERFECTLY WILLING TO, UH, WORK.

WELL.

YOU, DR.

KICKER, MAN, WHEN HE'S DOWN, I DON'T .

NO, BUT I THINK IT'S, FRANKLY, I, I THINK THAT WAS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR PROGRAM.

AND BY THE WAY, YOU WERE FANTASTIC AS AN MC ON THAT.

AND THE DOCTORS WERE JUST ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.

UH, BUT PEOPLE SEEING YOU ACTUALLY GET THE SHOT, I THINK SENDS A, YOU KNOW, A TREMENDOUS MESSAGE OUT THERE THAT IT, IT'S SAFE.

YOU SHOULD GET IT, YOU KNOW, IT COULD SAVE LIVES.

AND SO I, I COMMEND YOU FOR DOING IT.

AND, UH, UH, IF ANYBODY WATCHES IT, YOU'LL NOTICE HIS EYES ARE OFF CAMERA SO THAT YOU DON'T SEE THE TEARS.

UH, AT LEAST THAT'S MY INTERPRETATION OF THAT .

BUT, UM, YEAH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, ANYTHING YOU NEED AS FAR AS THE FOLLOW UP PROGRAM.

AND, UH, WE'RE A LOT BE BETTER PREPARED FOR IT NOW, YOU KNOW? YES.

WELL, I WANT TO GO BACK TO PAUL'S COMMENT.

UM, AS FAR AS MANHATTAN AVENUE, UM, WITH THE, UH, THERE WAS A LETTER THAT CAME OUT TODAY, UH, FROM, FROM SOMEWHERE UP IN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR POPUP STATIONS.

THEY'RE CALLING THEM FOR VACCINATION.

WE HAVE SUBMITTED CHRIST TEMPLE AS A PLACE THAT THEY CAN USE FOR PROPER PUBLICATION SINCE WE ARE RIGHT IN THE HEART OF, OF EVERY SECTION.

SO, SO WE MAKING THAT AVAILABLE.

UH, AND, BUT, BUT WE NEED TO GET THIS DONE.

UH, UH, BLACK PEOPLE NEED TO GET IT DONE.

UH, HISPANIC PEOPLE NEED TO GET IT DONE.

WE NEED TO CATCH UP TO THE WHITE PEOPLE.

AND THAT'S MY DETERMINATION.

I I I, I WILL NOT BE QUIET AND LET THIS GO BY AND LET THE BLACKS BE, UH, DISTINGUISHED OUT OF, OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE VACCINATED WHEN WE ARE LEADING THE DEATH RATE.

WE NEED TO BE LEADING THE, UH, THE VACCINATION RATE AND YOU'RE SAVING LIVES.

AND I THINK THAT'S A SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, SO COM YOU KNOW, SO COMMENDABLE.

UH, SO I JUST REALLY WANNA THANK YOU, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH FOR ALL WHAT YOU DO WITH, YOU KNOW, EVERY COMMUNITY DID WHAT YOU'RE DOING, ALL THE MINISTERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, THE DEATH RATE WOULD BE, WOULD, WOULD BE, WOULD BE MUCH LESS.

AND I JUST REALLY WANNA THANK YOU.

AND YOU KNOW, I'LL REACH OUT TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO, UH, UM, CREATE THE POPUP LOCATIONS AT, AT YOUR CHURCH.

SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

AND I'LL SEND THEM COPIES OF THE VIDEO ALSO.

[ BOARDS & COMMISSIONS Appointment of Diane Torstrup to the Human Rights Committee Appointment of Ami Patel Song to the Human Rights Committee]

APPOINTMENT OF DIANE, UH, TRUST REP TO THE GREENBERG HUMAN RIGHTS LIAISON COMMITTEE FOR A TERM TO EXPLORE 1231 2022, AN APPOINTMENT OF AMY SONG TO THE GREENBERG HUMAN RIGHTS LIAISON COMMITTEE FOR A TERM TO 1231 TO TO THOUSAND AND 22.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THOSE APPOINTMENTS.

AND, UH, WE TOLD BOTH ALL IN FAVOR.

AND WE TOLD BOTH OF THEM THAT THEY HAVE UP TO 30 MINUTES EACH TO, UH, GIVE THEIR ACCEPTANCE SPEECH.

AND I'M WONDERING IF DIANE OR AMY ARE HERE.

WELL, AMY WAS HERE UNTIL ABOUT, OH, I DON'T KNOW, 9 50, 9 30.

AND THEN SHE HAD TO TAKE CARE OF HER KIDS.

SO SHE WAS ON, SHE WAS A TROOPER.

SHE, UH, SHE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GONNA GO ON THAT LONG.

SAID, LET, SO YOU KNOW HER, HER NAME IS AMI, AMI AMI.

AND, UH, SO SHE, UH, SHE WAS, UH, REALLY GOOD AND MAYBE WE COULD HAVE HER INTRODUCE HERSELF AT THE NEXT MEETING, BUT DO IT AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.

SO WE COULD DO IT FROM SEVEN 30 TO EIGHT .

ACCEPT WITH REGRET, HE GETS A PICTURE, THE RESIGNATION OF ANDRE EARLY AS COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES AFFECTED END OF BUSINESS, JANUARY 29TH, 2041.

UM, WE

[ The Town Board accepts, with regret, the resignation of Andre Early, as Commissioner of the Theodore D. Young Community Center, effective end of business January 29, 2021]

I, I HAVE A LETTER FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, UH, UH, PREVENTING HIM FROM LEAVING .

SO, WELL, I DON'T MIND IF HE LEAVES IN 2041 BECAUSE IT'S 2041, SO CLEARLY HE CANNOT LEAVE .

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I DIDN'T CATCH IT.

CAN I, IS THERE A PROBLEM? UH, ANDREA, UH, NO.

SO, MOVING ON, MOVING AGENDA AROUND.

RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.

, GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT LITTLE EDIT.

THERE YOU GO.

WE GOTTA NEGOTIATE HERE.

NOT AT 10, FRANCIS.

YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.

THAT'S TRUE.

BUT WE HAVE NEVER PUT A PICTURE OF SOMEONE FOR THEIR, UH, THEIR, THEIR LEAVING, RETIREMENT, WHATEVER.

UH, BUT WITH A BOW TIE, HOW COULD YOU RESIST? SO HOW COULD WE, ALL RIGHT, SO YOU'RE MAKING THAT MOTION, PAUL.

UM, RELUCTANTLY, YEAH.

20, 21 SECOND.

ALL THE BEST TO YOU, ANDRE.

WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO THE TOWN.

RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, DECLARING THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 1ST AND FEBRUARY 7TH AS NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE SURVIVAL WEEK.

THANK YOU, ANDRE.

AND THE, THE, THE, THE COMMENTS OF JEFF EARLIER ARE RIGHT ON POINT.

SOME OF THEM , MARTY, ANDRE AND I, I DID NOT WRITE THE STATEMENT FOR HIM.

I GUESS 100 TO KNOW , UM,

[ TB 1 - 1/27/2021 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh declaring the week of February 1, 2021 to February 7, 2021 as "National Gun Violence Survivor Week"]

AUTHORIZING DE FORMATION OF AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ASSIST THE COMMISSIONER OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROPOSED LOCAL LAW REGULATING BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS. UM, UM, BETH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.

ALL FAVOR, AYE RESOLUTION.

[ TB 2 - 1/27/2021 Resolution authorizing the formation of an advisory committee to assist the Commissioner of the Department of Community Development and Conservation in the development of a proposed local law regulating Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)]

UM, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO ENTER INTO A ONE YEAR CONTRACT COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2019 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2019, WITH THE VILLAGE OF, UH, TARRYTOWN FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO THE GLENVILLE FIRE DISTRICT, NOT TO EXCEED 2 9 2 7 9 2 3 2 CENTS.

[ TB 3 - 1/27/2021 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a one-year contract commencing January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019 with the Village of Tarrytown for Fire Protection Services to the Glenville Fire Protection District, at a cost not to exceed $292,792.32]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

IS THERE ANY CHANCE YOU WAIT? UH, I I, I DON'T THINK WE REALLY SHOULD.

I MEAN, WE ANSWERED EVERY QUESTION THAT YOU SENT.

THERE'S GONNA BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO MAKE YOUR YOUR POINTS WHEN WE DO THE 2021, BUT WE'RE, THEY NEED TO GET PAID FOR 2019, AND I, I DON'T, I DON'T FOLLOW YOUR, YOUR LATEST QUICK SET OF QUESTIONS.

THAT'S EXACTLY THE POINT.

THE MATH DOESN'T ADD UP AND YOU'RE JUST APPROVING IT WITHOUT DO, WITHOUT DOING THE MATH.

NO, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE RESOLUTION ITSELF HAS BUILT INTO IT THAT THIS HAS, THEY'RE DOING THIS CONDITIONED ON THE CONTROLLER HAVING THE DOCUMENTATION NECESSARY, UH, TO SUPPORT THE NUMBER.

AND SO, UM, IT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA MAKE, MAKE, UH, AN ARGUMENT TO THE CONTROLLER THAT IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, THERE'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

BUT IN FAIRNESS, I, IN FAIRNESS TO THE, THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, UH, TO THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN, THIS IS, THIS IS FOR SERVICES THAT WERE PROVIDED IN 2019 AND THEY NEED TO BE PAID.

AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT CLEAR BECAUSE I, I SAID THIS A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WHEN, YOU KNOW, BOB BERNSTEIN BROUGHT UP THE SAME, YOU KNOW, POINTS.

I FEEL THAT ONE OF THE GREATEST ASSETS IN THE TOWN IS OUR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

AND I FEEL THAT, UM, IF, UM, THE PAID FIRE DISTRICTS WOULD BE ABLE TO LOW BALL A, A BID, UH, WE WOULD DESTROY THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS, UH, IF THEY LOST, YOU KNOW, THE REVENUE, UM, AND THE FIRE DISTRICT TAXES FOR, UM, THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE WITHIN A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD, WOULD SKYROCKET.

UM, AND I THINK WE WOULD LOSE A, A TREMENDOUS, UH, YOU KNOW, SERVICE.

SO I LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, I, I'M COMPARING WHAT A TYPICAL PERSON WHO LIVES IN A VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT, UH, DISTRICT IS PAYING WITH, UH, WHAT, UM, SOMEBODY LIVING IN A PAID DISTRICT IS PAYING AND, YOU KNOW, IT CAN'T EVEN BE COMPARED, YOU KNOW, IT'S, SO WAIT, SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOING ON RECORD SAYING YOU'RE KNOWING THAT YOU THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TO FUND, TO FUND VOLUNTEERS.

I WANNA KEEP THE, THAT'S A CRAZY ONE.

OKAY, WELL THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE JUST SAID SOMETHING REALLY INTERESTING.

SO YOU MOVED IT, MOVE

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IT.

WHO, WHO SECONDED IT? SECOND, UH, FAVOR.

UM, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM FI, UH, FILE NUMBER 2 5 3 19 C BY TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, UH, LISA LORENZI FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $6,000.

[ AT 1 - 1/27/2021 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related Claim, File No.: 253/19C, by Travelers Insurance Company a/s/o Lisa Laurenzi, for an amount not to exceed $6,000]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

RESOLUTION APPROVING PREVIOUSLY APPROVED TOWN BOARD RESOLUTIONS TO APPROVE THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF TOM RETTI AS OUTSIDE COUNSEL AT A RATE OF 2 75 PER HOUR FOR OUT OF COURT, UH, LEGAL SERVICES AND 2 25 PER HOUR FOR IN COURT LEGAL SERVICES TO REPRESENT THE INDIVIDUAL GREENBERG POLICE OFFICER DEFENDANTS IN THE MATTER OF CARLOS GUESSTIMATE VERSUS COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED AN ADDITIONAL $25,000.

[ AT 2 - 1/27/2021 Resolution amending previously approved Town Board Resolution AT-8 – 08/06/2020 to approve the continued retention of Thomas J. Troetti, Esq., as Outside Counsel, at a rate of $275 per hour for out of court legal services and $225 per hour for in-court legal services, to represent the individual Greenburgh Police Officer defendants in the Matter of Carlos Jessamy v. County of Westchester, et al., for an amount not to exceed an additional $25,000]

I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

AUTHORIZING TAX, ARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER WITH STOP AND SHOP COMPANIES WHITE ASSOCIATES FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT SIX TEN SIX THIRTY WHITE PLAINS ROAD.

ALL IN FAVOR? A AYE, AYE.

RESOLUTION

[ AT 3 - 1/27/2021 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner, The Stop & Shop Companies, Inc./ White Hickory Associates, LLC, for property located at 610-630 White Plains Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $31,957±; the County’s share is $17,871±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $2,574±; the Irvington Union Free School District’s share is $101,712±; the Glenville Fire Protection District’s share is $4,593±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is 1,136±. Refunds from all sources total $159,843±]

THE TOWN SHARE OF THE REFUND IS 31,957.

THE COUNTY SHARE 17,871.

THE SOMO RIVER, UH, SOMO VALLEY.

SO DISTRICT SHARE IS 2 5 7 4.

THE IRVINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHARE IS 1 0 1 7 1 2 GLENVILLE FIRE DISTRICT SHARE IS 4 5 9 3 CONSOLIDATED SEWER DISTRICT SHARE.

1,136 REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES.

1 5 9 8 4 3.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

RESOLUTION SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, UH, RELATING TO APPLICATIONS BY BRIGHTVIEW SENIOR LIVING DEVELOPMENT FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED, UM, AT 2 89 DORY ROAD FOR A PROPOSED 1 55 UNIT 180 6 BED CONTINUUM OF CARE FACILITY.

[ CL 1 - 1/27/2021 Resolution scheduling a Public hearing for 7:30 PM, Wednesday, February 10, 2021, associated with a Special Permit and related applications by Brightview Senior Living Development, LLC for property located at 289 Dobbs Ferry Road (P.O. White Plains) for a proposed 155-unit, 186-bed Continuum of Care Facility]

UM, RESOLUTION, SCHEDULING

ALL IN FAVOR? I HAD A QUESTION.

WE WERE GONNA SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING TODAY FOR, UM, UM, THE LEAF BLOWER AND, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T GET AROUND TO IT.

IS THERE A POSSIBLE POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD SCHEDULE A HEARING, UM, PICK THE DATE? WE'D HAVE TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.

MATTER OF FACT, THE FEBRUARY 10TH IS, IS LOADED NOW BECAUSE WE HELD OVER THE, UM, THE ONWARD THAT WE JUST DID TO THE, CAN WE DO THE SECOND MEETING IN FEBRUARY? RIGHT? BUT, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AGENDA.

WE'LL PUT HER ON THE FIRST MEETING OF FEBRUARY TO SCHEDULE FOR THE SECOND MEETING OF FEBRUARY AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS IT NEXT WEEK AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT NEXT WEEK.

THAT'S FINE.

[ CL 2 - 1/27/2021 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for Wednesday, February 10, 2021, at 7:30 PM, to consider a Local Law repealing Code of the Town of Greenburgh Chapter 373, entitled “Hotels, Motels, Rooming Houses, etc.,” which contains provisions either obsolete or more concisely regulated in other chapters of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh and/or the NYS Building Maintenance Code]

A PUBLIC HEARING FOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW REPEALING CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UH, 3 73 ENTITLES HOTELS, MOTELS, UM, ROOMING HOUSES, WHICH CONTAIN PROVISIONS EITHER OBSOLETE OR MORE CONCISELY REGULATED IN OTHER CHAPTERS OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE, AND NEW YORK STATE BUILDING MAINTENANCE CODE.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

RESOLUTION ISSUING A DECLARATION.

THAT, THAT SHOULD BE A FAST PUBLIC HEARING

[ CD 1 - 1/27/2021 Resolution issuing a Negative Declaration for the SEQRA determination of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh for an action involving the design and construction of a new sidewalk spanning the east side of Hillside Avenue between Town Hall, 177 Hillside Avenue, and North Road]

JOE, YOU'RE SKEPTICAL.

RE ISSUING A NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE SECRET DETERMINATION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR AN ACTION INVOLVING THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW SIDEWALK SPANNING THE EAST SIDE OF HILLSIDE AVENUE, BETWEEN TOWN HALL 1 77 HILLSIDE AVENUE AND, UM, AND NORTH ROAD.

UH, RESOLUTION AWARD AND, UM, RESOLUTION AWARDING UH, THE, AND I I JUST WANNA MENTION WITH THE SIDEWALKS, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR WE DID ALL TARRYTOWN ROAD, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB NOW.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, THIS HILLSIDE AVENUE SIDEWALK, UH, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR, WHICH I THINK IS GONNA BE AN AMAZING QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT, UH, FOR, UM, RESIDENTS.

UM, YOU KNOW, ON HILLSIDE, UM, THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON, UM, UM, UM, PLANS TO CONSTRUCT A SIDEWALK ON FORT HILL ROAD, UM, FROM, UH, LONGVIEW, UM, TO, UH, LEY ROAD, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR.

UM, THEY, THEY, THERE, THERE WERE PLANS THAT WERE DONE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, SO THEY'RE GONNA USE THE, THE CONSULTANT STUDY FROM YEARS AGO AND, AND THEN HOPEFULLY THAT COULD BE DONE.

UM, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR, UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS ALSO WORKING ON, UM, A SIDEWALK ON NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE, AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE, UM,

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UH, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR.

UM, AND THEY'RE ALL, WE ALSO EXPECT, UH, THE SIDEWALK ON, UH, CENTRAL AVENUE FROM MARION TO, UH, WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE WILL BE DONE THIS YEAR.

SO THERE'S LIKE A LOT OF, UH, SIDE WORK, UH, WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.

AND I WANNA THANK RICH FUN AND GARRETT TO KANE FOR, UH, THEIR HARD WORK ON THAT.

THE GOAL IS TO MAKE GREAT PROJECT, GREAT PROJECT.

RESOLUTION AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR THE ODELL HOUSE STABILIZATION AND PROTECTION PROJECT TO ABBOTT AND PRICE THE LOWEST BIDDER FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1 9 7 5 1 8.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY DOING A, AN AMAZING JOB, UM, MAKING THE AREA SAFER AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE TO REALIZE IT CAN'T BE ALL DONE AT ONCE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SPREADING OUT THE AREAS, SO DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE TOWN ARE GETTING, UH, THE SIDEWALKS.

AND OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, GREENBURG WILL BE A MUCH MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, UM, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

UM, UM, AND I KNOW WE ALL DO, UM,

[ CD 2 - 1/27/2021 Resolution awarding the contract for the Odell House Stabilization and Protection Project to Abbott & Price, Inc., the lowest bidder, for an amount not to exceed $197,518 and for project alternates not to exceed $13,000]

AND FOR PROJECT ALTERNATES NOT TO EXCEED 13,000.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT .

I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT WE'RE MOVING ALONG AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN SHORE UP THAT THE HOUSE AND, AND MAKE IT STABLE SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE IT.

GARRETT, UM, DO YOU KNOW WHEN, UM, WHEN YOU KNOW THE WORK WILL START ON THAT AND HOW LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE? WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THE WORK WILL START, UH, LATE FEBRUARY, UM, LIKELY A THREE MONTH SHORING PROJECT.

AND, UH, WE WERE SIMULTANEOUSLY LOOKING TO, UH, OBTAIN A HISTORIC PRESERVATION ARCHITECT TO THEN DESIGN THE HOUSE FOR THE FULL RESTORATION.

AND, UM, WE'LL SEEK TO REALLY GET THAT IN FULL GEAR ON THE FULL RESTORATION, UM, LIKELY, UH, BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR.

THAT IS FANTASTIC.

EXCELLENT WORK.

UH, TIM, IS THIS CORRECT? UH, DIANA RECOGNIZED THAT IT'S MORE FOR OUT OF COURT WORK THAN IT'S, THAT'S NOT CORRECT.

AND I'M ASKING THAT, THAT RESOLUTION ADOPT THAT AS AMENDED.

IT'S ACTUALLY, UM, 2 25 FOR OUT OF COURT LEGAL SERVICES AND 2 75 FOR LEGAL SERVICES, AND I THINK THAT'S REFLECTED ON MEMO BY, UH, MR. EY.

SO I WAS GONNA ASK YOU TO ADOPT IT AS AMENDED.

WE DIDN'T, I DON'T THINK WE VOTED ON THE ODELL HOUSE ONE.

I THINK I JUST SECONDED IT, BUT THERE WASN'T A VOTE.

BEFORE WE DO THAT, A ALL IN FAVOR? AYE AYE.

RESOLUTION.

UM, I'M SORRY.

UH, SO LET'S DO THIS AS AMENDED, THEN.

LET'S GO BACK AND DO IT.

LET'S REVOTE THAT.

LET'S REVOTE A T TWO, A T TWO, LIKE TO, UH, UM, MOVE THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED TO APPROVE THE RETENTION OF, UH, THOMAS AS OUTSIDE COUNSEL.

UM, ALL IN FAVOR? WHO'S GONNA SECOND IT? WE HAVE TO SAY WHAT THE AMENDMENT IS.

YEAH, SO THE AMENDMENT IS, WE'RE CHANGING THE OUT OF COURT RATE FROM 2 75 TO 2 25, AND WE'RE CHANGING THE SERVICES FOR IN COURT LEGAL SERVICES TO 2 75.

THE NUMBERS WERE AN INVERTED IN THE, UH, RESOLUTION AND DIANA'S EAGLE EYE PICKED THAT UP.

APPARENTLY FRENZIES PICKED IT UP EARLIER AS WELL.

AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET TRANSFERS.

AND, UH, I WAS JUST WAITING FOR YOU TO GET TO THE END OF THE AGENDA.

OH, BECAUSE THAT COULD HAVE, YOU COULD HAVE MENTIONED IT.

WE, WHILE WE WERE VOTING ON IT, THE, UM, I DON'T THINK WE NO, WE DIDN'T DO IT.

LET'S, LET'S DO JUST, LET'S MAKE IT CLEAN.

PAUL, YOU ARE MAKING THE MOTION TO VOTE ON IT AS AMENDED, I THINK.

WAS IT? KEN SECONDED THE MOTION AS AMENDED.

NOW WE JUST DID THAT, WE DID THAT.

NOW WE HAVE THE CONTROLLER, UH, RESOLUTION

[ CO 1 - 1/27/2021 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2020 budget transfers]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT AS AMENDED, RIGHT? NO, JUST, JUST BUDGET TRANSFERS, RIGHT? I'M SORRY.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE PURSUANT TO SECTION 90 10 OR SECTION 90 OF THE FI, LOCAL FINANCE LAW OF REFUNDING BONDS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO BE DESIGNATED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT REFUNDING BONDS AND PROVIDING TO OTHER MATTERS IN RELATION.

[ CO 2 - 1/27/2021 Resolution authorizing the issuance pursuant to Section 90.10 or Section 90.00 of the Local Finance Law of refunding bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to be designated “Public Improvement Refunding (Serial) Bonds”, and providing for other matters in relation thereto]

DEAR TO, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.

SECOND IN FAVOR,

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AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF GREENBURG DEPARTMENT OF PARKS TO ALLOW THE NEW YORK NEW JERSEY TRAIL CONFERENCE TO TREAT INVASIVE SPECIES AND DESIGNATED AREAS ON THE HARTSBURG, UM, PARK AND PRESERVE AND WAVE LIABILITY.

RESOLUTION

[ PR 1 - 1/27/2021 Resolution authorizing the Town of Greenburgh Department of Parks & Recreation to allow the New York New Jersey Trail Conference to treat invasive species in designated areas on the Hart's Brook Park and Preserve and waive liability]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

RESOLUTION

[ PR 2 - 1/27/2021 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute an agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the Greenburgh Central School District to establish a community recreation facility at the Richard J Bailey Elementary School grounds and release $75,000.00 of parkland funds for the playground]

AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG AND GREENBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY RECREATION FACILITY AT THE BRIDGE.

BAILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GROUNDS AND RELEASE 75,000 A PARKLAND FUNDS FOR THE PLAYGROUND.

RESOLUTION APPROVING A PROFE A PROFESSIONAL, UH, SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH, UH, R TEIS FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS TO PROVIDE AS NEEDED FINANCIAL SERVICE CONSULTING TO GREENBERG CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT FOR AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $22,020.

UM,

[ PW 1 - 1/27/2021 Resolution approving a Professional Services Agreement with Raftelis Financial Consultants, Inc. to provide as-needed financial service consulting to the Greenburgh Consolidated Water District, for an amount not to exceed $22,020]

RESOLUTION APPROVING PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH NICK SYSTEMS CORPORATION FOR THE CONTROLS PROGRAMMING NECESSARY FOR IN INTEGRATING THE NEWLY INSTALLED VALVES ASSOCIATED WITH THE BROOK NORWOOD TRANSMISSION MAIN PROJECT FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $60,000.

[ PW 2 - 1/27/2021 Resolution approving a Professional Services Agreement with NIC Systems Corporation for the controls programming necessary for integrating the newly installed valves associated with the Rumbrook-Knollwood transmission main project, for an amount not to exceed $ 60,000]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT I, ME HOW TO TURN IT OFF.

RESOLUTION APPROVING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PHASE TWO IMPROVEMENTS IN THE HEATING, VENTILATION AND THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS IN THE BUILDING, UH, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, UM, AT TOWN HALL, UM, WITH O L A CONSULTING ENGINEERS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $45,600.

[ PW 3 - 1/27/2021 Resolution approving a Professional Services Agreement for design and implementation of phase two improvements to the heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning system and the building management system at Town Hall with OLA Consulting Engineers (OLA), for an amount not to exceed $45,600]

ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.