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UH, WELCOME TO OUR TOWN BOARD, UM, WORK SESSION TODAY IS, UM, MARCH 30TH AT 6:12 PM AND, UM, THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO HEAR FROM, UM, UM, THE VILLAGE OF ELMSFORD ADMINISTRATOR RELATING TO, UM, THE WATER AT THE TOWER.
MICHAEL KNOWLES, DAVID SUPERVISOR, AND, UH, TOWN BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US, UH, TONIGHT TO GO OVER THIS, UM, REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT.
AND FIRST I WANNA APOLOGIZE THAT I'M NOT DRESSED AS NICE AS, UH, MR. LEWIS.
HE'S, UH, LOOKING QUITE SHARP WITH THAT BOW TIE IN TUXEDO ON
YOU'RE AT LEAST EQUAL TO ME, RIGHT? WHAT'S THAT? YOU'RE LIKE ME, RIGHT? SO THAT'S, SO RATHER BE COMFORTABLE.
SO, UM, WHAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR THE VILLAGE, JUST OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE ON, UH, NORWOOD ROAD EXTENSION.
ACTUALLY, YOU CAN THROW A ROCK FROM THE, UH, VILLAGE LINE AND HIT THE PROPERTY.
THE VILLAGE CURRENTLY HAS A WATER STORAGE TANK, AND IT'S OUR, OUR ONLY WATER STORAGE TANK THAT WE HAVE.
UM, PROBABLY, UH, OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, THE VILLAGE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, AND AT ONE TIME IT WAS ACTUALLY, UM, AN OPERATING RESERVOIR THERE.
AND, UH, TODAY WHEN YOU CAN SEE PARTS OF, SEE PARTS OF THAT, WHICH IS KIND OF COOL WHEN YOU GO UP THERE AND LOOK AT IT, BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A STORAGE TANK THAT WAS BUILT ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO, UM, THAT IS OUTDATED.
UH, IT NEEDS, UH, TO BE PAINTED BOTH ON THE INSIDE AND THE OUTSIDE.
AND WE LOOKED, UM, AT ONE TIME THERE WAS, UH, ANOTHER TANK ON THE PROPERTY, AND THE TANK WAS DIRECTLY NEXT TO THAT TANK.
SO AT ONE TIME, WELL, 30 YEARS AGO, THEY TORE DOWN, OR THEY BUILT THE TANK THAT'S THERE NOW, AND, UH, TORE DOWN A TANK THAT WAS THERE FOR 50 SOME YEARS BEFORE THAT.
SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE ANALYSIS OF PUTTING TOGETHER, UM, PAINTING THE TANK, WHICH WOULD INVOLVE US TAKING IT OFFLINE, WHICH WOULD INVOLVE GETTING TEMPORARY TANKS, UM, AND LOOKED AT WHY DON'T WE JUST BUILD A NEW TANK RIGHT NEXT TO THE OLD TANK, UH, UH, THE PRICE IS ABOUT THE SAME.
AND ACTUALLY WE'RE, IT'S GONNA BE CHEAPER.
UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, WE WOULD HAVE A NEW TANK THAT IS MORE COST EFFICIENT TO RUN.
IT HAS ALL THE NEW SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.
AND OBVIOUSLY, AND YOU'LL SEE FROM TONY'S PRESENTATION, WE'LL BE MO A LOT MORE, UH, AESTHETICALLY PLEASING, UH, TO THE AREA.
UM, AS WELL AS, UH, HOPEFULLY CLEANING UP THE SITE.
IT'S, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT, IT'S BASICALLY AN IN-KIND CHANGE.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO PUT UP THE NEW TANK AND THEN DECOMMISSION THE OLD TANK.
UM, AND WITH THAT TONIGHT, I HAVE, UH, TONY CAPTO WITH US AND OUR, WE HAVE A CONSULTANTS, UM, WHO ARE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING ON.
UH, I'D LIKE TO JUST TURN IT OVER TO TONY AND, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR ME WHEN HE'S DONE, AGAIN, I WANNA, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ACTUALLY PUTTING US FIRST TONIGHT.
UM, SO THERE YOU COULD SEE AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE TANK.
UH, WE'RE, UH, BUTTING UP AGAINST, UH, NORWOOD COUNTRY CLUB ON ONE SIDE AND, UH, ABOUT THREE RESIDENCES.
UH, BUT THERE'S, HE, IT'S HEAVILY WOODED AROUND THE TANK SITE.
UM, SO AS MIKE SAID, OUR, OUR OLD TANK IS, UH, IS IN NEED OF, UH, SOME MAJOR REPAIRS.
AND, UH, THE WAY OUR SYSTEM WORKS, WE NEED THE TANK IN OPERATION, UM, AT ALL TIMES BECAUSE THAT MAINTAINS A PRESSURE IN OUR SYSTEM.
SO, UH, IF WE WERE TO REPAINT THIS TANK, IT WOULD TAKE A PERIOD OF MAYBE FIVE MONTHS, WHICH WE WOULD EITHER NEED SOME SORT OF TEMPORARY TANK, OR WE WOULD HAVE TO GO ON GREENBERG WATER, WHICH IS A BURDEN ON GREENBURG WATER OPERATIONS BECAUSE, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE DRAWING WATER AND THEY'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN THEIR SYSTEM.
UH, SO WE TRY NOT TO DO THAT UNLESS THERE'S A REAL EMERGENCY.
UM, SO, UH, THERE'S, UH, THAT'S OUR OLD TANK NOW, UM, AS YOU SEE IT REALLY LOOKING KIND OF SAD, BUT, UH, IT GAVE US 30 GOOD YEARS.
UM, SO D E P SCHEDULES, UH, SHUTDOWNS OF THE CASKA AQUEDUCTS ON A REGULAR BASIS NOW.
AND WHEN THOSE HAPPEN, OUR CAPACITY IS SUCH THAT WE CAN'T ALWAYS RIDE THROUGH THE SHUTDOWN.
WE HAVE TO, AGAIN, RELY ON GREENBERG WATER TO SUSTAIN US, UH, FOR THE LAST FEW HOURS OF THE SHUTDOWN.
UM, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S GREATER THEM TO HELP US WHEN, WHEN, WHEN WE NEED TO, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO PUT A BURDEN ON THEM, AND IT'S A DIFFICULTY FOR THEM.
SO, UH, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IN REPLACING THE TANK, UH, WOULD BE TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE IT A LITTLE MORE CAPACITY IN A LITTLE MORE HEIGHT, UH, SO THAT WE COULD SUSTAIN THOSE SHUTDOWNS.
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FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS, HAVE THAT CAPACITY IF THE VILLAGE HAS ANY, UH, ADDITIONAL GROWTH.UM, SO ON HERE, UM, WE WERE LOOKING, YOU BASICALLY A REPLACEMENT IN KIND, UH, ADJACENT TO THE OLD TANK.
WE COULD KEEP THE OLD TANK OPERATING WHILE WE'RE BUILDING THE NEW TANK, DISINFECTING IT, GETTING IT READY.
ONCE WE SWITCH OVER AND EVERYTHING'S GOOD TO GO, THEN WE CAN DRAIN THE OLD TANK AND, UH, FOLLOW UP WITH THE, YOU KNOW, RECYCLING OF THE, OF THE STEEL.
UM, SO THAT PROVIDES US WITH, UH, ADVANTAGES, UH, DURING CONSTRUCTION, UM, AND, AND, UH, MORE RELIABLE OPERATION, UH, SO THAT WE'RE NOT FACING WITH A SHUTDOWN AND PRESSURE ISSUES FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
UH, THE LOCATION, AS WE MENTIONED, IS JUST TO THE EAST OF THE EXISTING TANK ON THE SITE WHERE THERE USED TO BE A TANK THERE.
NOW THERE'S JUST SOME, UH, SCRUB GRASS.
UM, NO TREES EVER REALLY GREW THERE.
UM, SO WE WOULDN'T REALLY NEED TO TAKE ANY DOWN.
UH, THIS IS A SITE PLAN SHOWING, UH, OUR EXISTING TANK HERE.
THE NEW TANK IS JUST OVER FROM THAT LOCATION.
UM, AND JUST IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING, THE SQUARE HERE IS THE OLD, OLD RESERVOIR THAT, UH, USED TO FEED THE AREA BEFORE THE TANKS WERE BUILT.
UM, IT ONLY STANDS UP A FEW FEET OFF THE GROUND.
IT'S A STONE WALL, UH, BUT THAT'S ALL WOODED NOW.
UM, THE PROJECT TIMELINE WOULD BE, UH, TO GET THROUGH DESIGN AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT APPROVAL APPROXIMATELY FOUR MONTHS.
UH, GET OUT TO BID ON THE PROJECTS AND HOPEFULLY START, UH, CONSTRUCTION IN THE SPRING OF 2022.
AND THIS CONSTRUCTION, UM, WOULD ONLY TAKE ABOUT THREE MONTHS OR SO, AND THEN WE'D START UP THE TANK AND HOPEFULLY BE COMPLETED BY THE SUMMER OF 2022.
THE ADVANTAGE WITH THESE TANKS IS, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT A GLASS LINE STEEL TANK.
IT ACTUALLY GETS ASSEMBLED FROM THE GROUND AND JACKED UP INTO PLACE.
UH, THE, THE FOOTPRINT OF THE CONSTRUCTION IS MINIMAL.
THERE'S NO SMELL FROM THE PAINTING, THERE'S NO SANDBLASTING.
IT WAS BASICALLY JUST A, UH, EXCAVATE A RING FOUNDATION FOR THE FOUNDATION OF CONCRETE.
AND THEN THE PANELS ARRIVE ON SITE.
THEY'RE BOLTED TOGETHER AND JACKED INTO PLACE.
THEY ACTUALLY BUILD THE ROOF FIRST, WHICH IS QUITE INTERESTING.
AND THEN THEY JACK EACH LEG, UH, RING UP AS THEY BUILD THE TANK, AND THE BOTTOM RING GOES IN LAST, UM, AND THEN THE LADDER AND THE OTHER EQUIPMENT GETS ATTACHED TO THE TANK.
I TRIED TO KEEP IT BRIEF, UH, BUT IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, UH, UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE IS, UH, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH THE AREA WHERE THE, THE OLD TANK GETS TAKEN DOWN AND YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, DO PLANTINGS OR SOMETHING TO, YOU KNOW, GET RID OF THE CONCRETE SLAB? WHAT, WHAT IS THE PLAN THERE? UH, SECONDLY, YOU AREN'T GONNA BE MOVING THE TANK, AND SO IT'S GONNA BE CLOSER TO AT LEAST ONE HOUSE.
I THINK ONLY ONE HOUSE THAT, UM, THAT I CAN TELL.
UM, IT'S A VERY STRANGE SITUATION 'CAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT ONE HOUSE ACTUALLY HAS, HAS A DRIVEWAY ON ITS OWN ON, UH, EXCEPT ON YOUR PROPERTY.
SO HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE ADDRESSED IS, AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S AN EASEMENT OR, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE ALMOST LIKE THAT PROPERTY IS LANDLOCKED, UH, BUT THAT YOU WILL BE BUILDING CLOSER TO THAT PERSON'S, UM, HOUSE.
SO MY GUESS IS THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE HAPPY, BUT THEN AGAIN, THEIR DRIVEWAY IS ON YOUR PROPERTY, SO MAYBE YOU CAN HAVE SOME KIND OF A, UH, MEETING OF THE BINDS THAT, UH, CAN, CAN, CAN WORK THAT OUT.
UH, I COULD START A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
IT'S, UM, I THINK TONY, IT'S 30 FEET CLOSER.
IT ALSO GETS CLOSER TO THE, THE WOODED AREA THAN THAT TANK IS NOW.
AND IT ALSO GETS THE WAY THE, THE GARAGE SETS UP, UM, THE CLOSER THAT TANK GETS TO THEIR HOUSE, THE THE LEAST THEY'RE GONNA SEE OF IT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'VE ALSO BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM.
UM, IF YOU'D BEEN UP THERE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UM, FROM TIME TO TIME, THAT SITE CAN GET, UM, OVERBURDENED, UM, DURING SOME OF THE STORMS. THE CLUB WAS, UH, THE COUNTRY CLUB WAS STORING MATERIALS THERE.
UM, THAT PROPERTY OWNER AND THE VILLAGE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER, UM, TO MAKE IT A LOT NICER.
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PUT UP OUR, OUR ES ALONG THE DRIVE, WHICH REDUCED THE SITE.UM, AND WE'VE MAINTAINED THE TREES THERE.
UM, ACTUALLY I, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THAT PERSON, BUT THE LAST TIME COMMUNICATION WE HAD WITH THEM, UH, THEY WERE HAPPY ABOUT IT AND THEY JUST WANTED TO BE INVOLVED IN CHOOSING THE COLOR.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I, UH, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS THAT MAKE IT BETTER FOR THEIR HOUSE.
I, I BELIEVE, WELL, MY POINT IS THAT IT, IT LOOKS TO ME JUST LOOKING AT THE PLANS AND JUST IN THE INTEREST OF FULL DISCLOSURE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE NAME OF THE PROPERTY OWNER I HAVE NO INTEREST IN OR FRIENDSHIP OR ANYTHING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER.
I'M JUST LOOKING AT A PLAN VIEW, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT THAT PERSON HAS ACCESS ISSUES THAT COMPLY, NOT MAKE IT, THAT NOT COMPLY WITH OUR CODE.
NOW MAY BE THE TIME TO, THAT THAT PERSON ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WORKS WITH THE VILLAGE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AT THE SAME TIME, UM, YOU MOVING 30 FEET CLOSER TO THEIR PROPERTY WITHOUT THEM OBJECTING.
UH, THEY, UM, THEY INHERITED THAT PROBLEM.
UM, THEY ALSO HAVE AN ENCROACHMENT OF A COUPLE OTHER THINGS ON OUR PROPERTY.
AND, UM, DURING THIS PROCESS, WE INTEND TO TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS.
SO ALL THOSE LEGAL STANDINGS ARE IN PLACE.
AND, UM, DO YOU AGREE TO HAVE BUILDING PERMITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? ABSOLUTELY.
ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER ISSUES? AND, AND TONY, I THINK I SAW ON THE SITE PLAN, THE ACTUAL OVERALL HEIGHT WAS GONNA BE A FEW FEET LESS THAN, UH, WHAT EXISTS IS, IS THAT THE, THE CASE OR IS IT THE SAME? I, AND IF YOU MENTIONED THIS, I'M ALREADY, I'M SORRY.
NO, IT'S, UH, IT'S GOING TO WIND UP BEING A LITTLE TALLER.
UM, FIVE TO EIGHT, UH, FIVE TO 10 FEET TALLER, UH, JUST 'CAUSE OF THE CAPACITY.
UM, 'CAUSE OUR CAPACITY IS ALL AT THE TOP OF THE TANK, THE BOTTOM 15 FEET.
UM, BUT IT DOESN'T GET US ANYWHERE.
UH, BECAUSE IT, UH, ONCE WE GET DOWN TO THAT LEVEL, WE HAVE PEOPLE START STARTING TO LOSE PRESSURE.
SO THE ONLY PLACE WE CAN ADD IS, IS AT THE TOP TO REALLY GIVE US, UH, UH, MORE CAPACITY.
BUT BASED ON THE, UM, EXISTING TOPOGRAPHY AND EXISTING VEGETATION, YOU FEEL THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT LOCATION FOR THIS SITE? YES, BECAUSE, UH, THE SURROUNDING TREES REALLY, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN SEE THE TOP OF THE TANK FROM THEIR HOME BECAUSE OF THE TREE COVER.
SO IF THERE'S ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, EXTENSION AT THE, AT THE TOP, THEY'RE REALLY, I DON'T THINK ANYONE EXCEPT SOMEONE FLYING OVERHEAD, IT'S GONNA NOTICE IT.
UH, IT'S, IT'S VERY SICKLY VOTED THERE, LUCKILY.
WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO START AND WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S GONNA BE COMPLETED? WE'RE HOPING TO, IF WE GET THROUGH HEALTH DEPARTMENT APPROVALS AS AS, AS WE'D LIKE, UH, WE'D LIKE TO DO THAT THIS FALL AND GET OUT TO BID OVER THE WINTER SO THAT WE COULD START CONSTRUCTION IN THE SPRING.
UM, IT'S PREFERABLE TO DO THIS WORK IN THE WARMER WEATHER, UM, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO PAINTING INVOLVED, IT'S JUST THAT YOU GET A BETTER JOB.
UH, SO I, I WAS THINKING WE WERE HOPING FOR SPRING OF 2022.
YOU WANNA PUT THAT TIMELINE UP AGAIN, TONY? RIGHT.
SO, UM, HEALTH DEPARTMENT APPROVAL IS ALWAYS A STICKY, YOU KNOW, ISSUE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG, HOW LONG THAT'LL TAKE FOR THEM TO REVIEW HOW BUSY THEY ARE.
BUT ONCE WE GET PAST THAT, UH, A COUPLE OF MONTHS FOR BID, THE BIDDING PROCESS, AND WE COULD START IN THE SPRING AND HOPEFULLY, UH, IT WILL BE A THREE MONTH CONSTRUCTION PERIOD AND A ONE MONTH FOR START UP, YOU KNOW, D UH, DISINFECTION IN THE TANK AND, AND FILLING IN AND GETTING IT TESTED AND STARTING IT UP.
JUST ONE RECOMMENDATION I WOULD HAVE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD SEND JUST A BRIEF LETTER OUT TO, YOU KNOW, WE COULD SEND A LINK TO THIS MEETING AND, UM, AND, AND JUST IDENTIFY THE ROUGH TIMELINE AND, AND IDENTIFY PROCESS-WISE.
YOU'LL BE FILING A BUILDING PERMIT WITH THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, JUST FOR FULL DISCLOSURE.
AND I'LL LEAVE MY PHONE NUMBER AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL PROBABLY JUST DIRECT THEM TO YOU.
UM, BUT WE CAN DO THAT, YOU KNOW, VERY SOON.
BUT, UH, YEAH, I, I'VE LOOKED INTO, YOU KNOW, THE SEEKER, THERE'S CLEARLY A, UH, TYPE TWO ASPECT THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR, UM, REPLACEMENT IN KIND OF, OF UTILITY STRUCTURES.
UH, THIS IS AN EXISTING UTILITY STRUCTURE ON SITE, SO WE WILL, WE CAN IDENTIFY THAT ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS.
BUT JUST TO BE TRANSPARENT SO THE NEIGHBORS ARE AWARE,
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BASICALLY SEND OUT AN INFORMATIONAL WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.YOU HAVE A PROBLEM STAYING WITH US FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING UNTIL WE'RE DONE.
ONLY IF YOU NEED ME, I'M SURE THE, THE MAYOR WILL, UM, AUTHORIZE THE EXTRA TIME FOR ME TO HELP YOU GUYS OUT.
RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.
WE'VE, UH, HAVEN'T SEEN YOU OVER THIS, UH, LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, THE GOLF COURSE.
CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME ALL RIGHT? YES.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME'S STEVEN ABEL.
I'M WITH THE LAW FIRM OF MCCALL, GOLDBERGER AND STOUT.
UH, I'M HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB, UH, WHITNEY TONIGHT IS WILLIAM ARD, THE, UH, GENERAL MANAGER AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE CLUB, AS WELL AS MATT SEVERINO FROM THE CLUB SUPERINTENDENT.
WE ALSO HAVE ZACH PEARSON FROM INSIDE ENGINEERING AND MICHAEL MCIC FROM ROGERS MCCA ARCHITECTURE.
UH, SO WE GREATLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE, UH, TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR US THIS EVENING.
UH, WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS, UH, AN INITIAL CONCEPT WITH YOU.
UH, THIS IS NOT, UH, YET AT A FORMAL APPLICATION STAGE.
OUR GOAL TONIGHT IS REALLY TO GET IMPRESSIONS FROM YOU, THE BOARD, UH, AS WELL AS QUESTIONS FROM YOU TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE HEADED ON THE RIGHT TRACK, AND THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AT LEAST CONCEPTUALLY, UH, YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH US MOVING FORWARD.
UH, SO TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC, WHAT THE CLUB IS SEEKING TO DO IS, UH, PERMIT AND INSTALL A TEMPORARY SEASONAL MEMBRANE STRUCTURE OVER TWO OF ITS EXISTING OUTDOOR TENNIS COURTS.
UH, AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO BEFORE I SHOW YOU A FEW, UH, VISUALS, IS TURN IT OVER BRIEFLY TO BILL MENARD, WHO CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT THIS MEANS TO THE CLUB AND WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT TO MEMBERSHIP.
I'M BILLARD IS, UH, STEVE, UH, SAID, I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE CLUB, AND I THANK YOU YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT AT THIS WORK SESSION TONIGHT.
ON BEHALF OF OUR MEMBERS, OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE INTERNAL PLANNING PROCESS AND THE FEASIBILITY TO CONSTRUCT A TENNIS BUBBLE FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF OUR MEMBERS.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, IT'S A VERY COMPETITIVE MARKET FOR GOLF CLUB MEMBERSHIPS AND IMPORTANT TO REMAIN RELEVANT.
WE HAVE, UNFORTUNATELY, OBSERVED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, A NUMBER OF CLUBS IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY THAT HAVE CLOSED CLUBS MUST PROVIDE FIRST CLASS AMENITIES TO KEEP THEIR COMPETITIVE EDGE.
AND WE BELIEVE A TENNIS BUBBLE IS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT FOR RETAINING AND RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS.
SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB HAS A VERY ROBUST RACKETS PROGRAM, INCLUDING BOTH TENNIS AND PADDLE FOR MEMBERS AND OF ALL AGES.
AND IT'S OUR GOAL TO PROVIDE A YEAR, YEAR-ROUND TENNIS PROGRAM TO CLEARLY ADD VALUE TO MEMBERSHIP EXPERIENCE AND FURTHER POSITION SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB AS THE PREMIER CLUB IN THE METRO AREA.
THERE ARE A FEW CLUBS IN THE AREA WITH EXISTING BUBBLES, AND THE TOWN OF GREENBURG HAS ENJOYED THE BENEFIT OF THE BUBBLE THEY CONSTRUCTED AT EAST BROOK PARK.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING OUR CONCEPTUAL PLANS FOR YOUR FEEDBACK THIS EVENING, AND PARTNER PARTNERING WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE ON THIS ENDEAVOR.
UH, SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
UH, NOW CAN EVERYONE SEE THE, UH, AERIAL IMAGE ON, ON MY SCREEN? YES.
UH, SO THIS IS REALLY JUST TO, UH, ORIENT YOU ALL TO WHAT AREA OF THE CLUB WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE ENTRANCE HERE OFF OF CLUB WAY.
UM, JUST AS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S THESE THREE EXISTING TENNIS COURTS.
ON THE RIGHT ON THE LEFT IS SOME, UH, UH, FACILITIES FOR INTERNAL RECREATION.
I BELIEVE THE CLUB HAS A BOWLING ALLEY IN THERE.
THEIR CLUBHOUSE IS HERE, SWIMMING POOL, AND ASSOCIATED OUTDOOR FACILITIES HERE WITHIN THEN PADDLE QUARTS.
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THREE MORE QUARTS HERE.UH, SO NORTH AT THE TOP STOP AT THE BOTTOM EAST AND WEST.
UH, YOU HAVE THESE THREE QUARTS HERE.
THESE ARE WHAT ARE SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS THE UPPER COURTS.
AS YOU MOVE SOUTH, THE ELEVATION GOES DOWN A LITTLE BIT, AND, UH, YOU NOW HAVE THESE LOWER COURTS HERE, UH, TO THE EAST.
YOU'VE GOT THE PARKING GARAGE, EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, AND A NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES, UH, RIGHT HERE.
AND I BELIEVE THIS IS A, AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, UH, RIGHT, RIGHT AROUND HERE.
SO THAT'S ALL TO JUST SORT OF ORIENT YOU THE BOARD TO THE LOCATION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE'RE PROPOSING TO PUT THE BUBBLE OVER, UH, THESE TWO CORDS HERE.
AND, UH, AS I CLICK, BEFORE I CLICK OVER TO THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT WE SUBMITTED LAST WEEK, UH, JUST A QUICK NOTE ON, ON A, A SIMULTANEOUS PROCESS THAT WE ANTICIPATE, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH, UH, WE EXPECT THAT THE PROPOSED TENNIS ENCLOSURE IS GOING TO REQUIRE SOME MODIFICATIONS OF BUILDING AND FIRE CODE.
AND WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH A BUILDING INSPECTOR AND, UH, FIRE CHIEF MITA ON THAT, WHO I SEE IS ALSO ON THE CALL, UM, TO DO WITH DISTANCE TO THE PROPERTY LINE, UH, DISTANCE FROM THE BUBBLE TO THE GAZEBO AND, UH, ACCESS.
UH, AND, AND THAT IS A STATE PROCESS, BUT WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF ON THOSE ISSUES.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO ALERT YOU, UH, THAT THAT WOULD BE GOING ON IN THE BACKGROUND, BUT IT IS NOT A TOWN APPROVAL.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I'M, I'M GONNA TURN IT NOW OVER TO ZACH PEARSON FROM INSIGHT.
YOU CAN JUST SPEAK TO THE CONCEPT PLAN, WHICH AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED, WAS JUST ROTATED 90 DEGREES.
SO NOW NORTH IS ON YOUR LEFT SOUTH, ON YOUR RIGHT, EAST WEST MEETING BOARD MEMBERS.
THIS IS ZACH PEARSON WITH, UH, INSIGHT ENGINEERING, SURVEYING AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, UM, WE DID, WE DID WORK THROUGH A, A CONCEPT PLAN, UH, FOR THE TENNIS ENCLOSURE AT, AT SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE, THE PROPOSED ENCLOSURES LOCATED OVER TWO OF THE EXISTING TENNIS COURTS ON THE LOWER SET OF THREE COURTS.
UM, THE SQUARE THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE ON THE SCREEN THERE IS REALLY, IS JUST THE GRADE BEAM.
THAT'S THE GRADE BEAM LOCATION, UM, TO ANCHOR THE MEMBRANE, UM, FOR THE ENCLOSURE.
UM, AND WHAT WE DID DO IS WE DID REACH OUT TO STAFF, UM, BUILDING INSPECTOR STAFF AND, AND FIRE CHIEF AS WELL.
AND WE DID WORK THROUGH, UM, PROVIDING ACCESS, UM, FIRE ACCESS, UH, TO THAT ENCLOSURE.
AND, AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE, THE PLAN HERE, UM, THERE IS A LOWER COURT TO THE SOUTH OF THE EXISTING THREE COURTS, UM, THAT SITS AT A LOWER ELEVATION, UM, THAN THAN THE THREE COURTS WHERE THE ENCLOSURES PROPOSED.
UM, AND WITH THIS PROPOSAL, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROPOSING TO BRING THAT COURT UP TWO AND A HALF TO THREE FEET TO GET IT ALMOST LEVEL, UM, WITH THOSE THREE COURTS.
AND WHAT THAT DID IS WE DID A, A TURNING ANALYSIS AND A, AND A, BASICALLY A PROFILE AND VERTICAL ANALYSIS, UM, WITH THE FIRE FIRE APPARATUS, THE LARGEST FIRE APPARATUS IN TOWN, UH, TO PROVE OUT THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO GET, UH, A FIRE, FIRE TRUCK OFF OF CLUB WAY AND ONTO, UM, ANY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THAT STRUCTURE.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, WE DID PROVIDE, UH, A COUPLE HANDICAP SPACES, WHICH YOU CAN SEE KIND OF ACROSS THE CLUB ENTRANCE THERE TO THE WEST, UM, WITH AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE, UH, FROM THOSE SPACES DOWN TO THE COURTS, UM, FOR ACCESS TO THE STRUCTURE.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, UTILITY WISE, WE HAVE A ELECTRIC CONNECTION.
UM, THERE'S A PROPOSED, UH, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING THERE, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LITTLE, UH, LOCATION FOR THE MECHANICALS FOR THE EQUIPMENT.
SO THAT'LL BE LOCATED BETWEEN THE, THE MEMBRANE OR THE, THE STRUCTURE ITSELF AND THE CLUB, UM, ACCESS DRIVE.
UH, AND SO BEFORE WE, WE OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS WE DID WANNA SHARE, WE TOOK THE TIME TO DO A COUPLE RENDERINGS.
UH, THE IDEA OF BEING, YOU KNOW, THE, TYPICALLY THE, THE BIGGEST QUESTION YOU GET WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS WHAT IS IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE? SO WE, WE TRIED TO FIND THE VIEWS WHERE WE THOUGHT THE ENCLOSURE WOULD BE MOST VISIBLE.
UH, AND SO THESE WERE GENERATED BY ROGERS MCCA.
THESE ARE SOME PRELIMINARY RENDERINGS, UH, JUST TWO OF WHAT WE THINK, UH, WOULD BE THE MOST, UH, VISIBLE VIEWS.
SO THIS IS FROM HARTSDALE AVENUE.
I'M SURE YOU ALL RECOGNIZE THE IRISH BANK ON THE RIGHT AND, AND CHASE ON THE LEFT.
AND THIS IS LOOKING UP FROM THE STREET.
SO THIS IS THE VIEW AT MOST VISIBLE, REALLY.
AND WE THINK FROM THE COMMERCIAL AREA ON HARTSDALE AVENUE, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE ENCLOSURE AND THE DISTANCE HERE.
UH, AND THEN WE, WE TOOK A PHOTO FROM THE TOP OF THE PARKING GARAGE, UH, WHERE YOU'D HAVE THE MOST STRAIGHT AHEAD VIEW.
NOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, I GUESS OSTENSIBLY FROM A PARKED CAR, BUT THIS IS, UH, PROBABLY AS CLOSE TO THE,
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THE BUBBLE AS YOU'RE GOING TO GET FROM, UH, AN ADJACENT PROPERTY.SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, THERE'S SOME PRETTY STEEP HILLS COMING DOWN AS YOU GET AWAY FROM THE CLUB.
UH, AND THEN THERE'S, UH, A NUMBER OF, UH, TREES, MOSTLY DECIDUOUS, UH, LINING THE PROPERTY LINE.
SO JUST QUICKLY SEE A LITTLE ORIENTATION, I THINK THAT PARKING GARAGE PHOTO'S TAKEN FROM ABOUT HERE LOOKING TO HERE AND THE IRISH BANK RIGHT HERE.
SO, UH, AT THIS POINT, I, I THINK WE WOULD, BEFORE WE GET INTO PROCESSOR, ANY MORE DETAIL.
I, I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION TO DIGEST.
WE TRIED TO MOVE QUICKLY FOR YOU, BUT WE'D LOVE TO HEAR IF THE BOARD OR STAFF OR OR ANY OF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS WITH WHAT YOU'VE HEARD OR SEEN SO FAR.
IT'S A LITTLE UNRELATED, BUT, UM, UH, I HAD RECEIVED ABOUT A HALF HOUR AGO AN EMAIL FROM SOMEBODY, THEY SAID, GOLF BALL, WELL HIT THEIR, UH, THEIR CAR AND CAUSED, YOU KNOW, DAMAGE, UH, FROM THE SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB.
AND I'M SORT OF WONDERING, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I PERIODICALLY GET, YOU KNOW, THOSE CALLS.
I'M WONDERING IF THE BUBBLE WOULD, UM, WOULD MITIGATE, UM, YOU KNOW, DAMAGES TO, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, SOME RESIDENTS FROM THE CLUB.
UH, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD CERTAINLY, UH, BE WILLING TO LOOK AT HOW THE BUBBLE MIGHT IMPACT, UH, STRAY BALLS.
JUST TO CLARIFY, MR. FEINER, DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE CAR WAS LOCATED? UM, IT'S IN THE PARKING LOT ADJACENT TO THE, UM, DRIVING RANGE.
I BELIEVE IT'S ONE 40 EAST HAR THROW OUT, RIGHT? YEAH, YOU GOT THAT.
WELL, JUST, UM, AND WHILE WE'RE TALKING, UM, IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE INSPECTORS TAKE A LOOK, JUST ASK THEM TO, UH, MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN REACH OUT.
I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO WALK THROUGH THAT AREA AND, AND TALK ABOUT OUR, OUR, UH, PREVENTION AT THIS POINT AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO WILL YOU ALSO MEET WITH HER? HAPPY TO MEET WITH HER? SURE, ABSOLUTELY.
BECAUSE WE GET THE, I MUST GET, YOU KNOW, LIKE TWO OR THREE OF THESE, LIKE A YEAR? YES.
WELL, IT'S, THEY'RE ADJACENT TO OUR DRIVING RANGE AND, UH, IT'S EARLY IN THE SEASON AND THE TREES DO NOT HAVE LEAVES AT THIS POINT, SO I'M HAPPY TO, HAPPY TO WALK THROUGH WITH THAT.
BUT THE TENNIS BUBBLE IS, UM, IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE DRIVING RANGE.
SO THE BALLS ARE, UM, ON THE DRIVING RANGE ARE HITTING, BEING HIT AWAY FROM THE, THE, UH, THE BUBBLE.
AND THE BUBBLE IS NOT BETWEEN THE RANGE AND THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
SO, UM, THE BUBBLE WOULD NOT HAVE ANY, ANY, UM, INFLUENCE ON THAT AREA, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACT, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COMMUNITY IN EDGEMONT CLUB WAY, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND IN THAT AREA, UM, WOULD, YOU KNOW, UM, THE VISUAL IMPACTS, UH, FROM, FROM THOSE HOMES, BECAUSE I GUESS THEY'RE ALSO UP ON A HILL, AND I'M WONDERING WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING OUT OF THE WINDOW OR LOOKING IN THE BACKYARD, YOU KNOW, HOW'S VISUALLY GONNA IMPACT THEM? THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT IN GREATER DETAIL.
UH, WE TOOK THE IMAGES LOOKING AT THE CLOSEST PROPERTY LINE, BUT CERTAINLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS, WE, WE, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT.
AND ARE YOU GONNA BE, UM, WOULD YOU, I THINK IT'S CALLED THE GREEN GREEN RIDGE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UH, WOULD YOU BE, UM, CONFERRING, YOU KNOW, WITH THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, LETTING THEM KNOW ABOUT THIS AS WELL? YEAH, I BELIEVE THAT IS OUR INTENTION.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD WAS COMFORTABLE BEFORE WE TOOK IT TO, TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DIRECTLY.
UH, BUT I, I BELIEVE THAT IS OUR INTENTION.
SO THERE'S A WATER COURSE, THERE'S A WATERCOURSE BETWEEN THE, THE EAST HARSDALE AVENUE AND SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB.
IF YOU PUT UP A BUBBLE, UM, AND THE WATER RUNNING OFF OF THE BUBBLE, HOW WILL THAT AFFECT THE WATER COURSE? IT ALREADY, UH, FLOODS REGULARLY, UM, AND GETS FILLED WITH DEBRIS.
WILL THE BUBBLE IMPACT THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS, THE AMOUNT OF WATER GOING INTO THAT WATERCOURSE? HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? WHAT'S YOUR PLAN? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
YOU KNOW, AS PART, WE WE'RE JUST SHOWING YOU A CONCEPT PLAN AT THIS POINT.
BUT YES, THERE IS A, UM, THERE WILL BE A STORMWATER PLAN IN PLACE, UH, FOR THIS PROPO, FOR THE PROPOSED IMPERVIOUS ASSOCIATED WITH THE, THE PROJECT.
UM, THAT INCLUDES, UM, YOU KNOW, HARD TRUE SURFACE IS A, IS A PER, IS AN IMPERVIOUS SURFACE.
UM, IT'S NOT THE SAME AS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE SAME, UM, RUNOFF COEFFICIENT.
I DON'T GO INTO A LITTLE IN THE WEEDS HERE, BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME RUNOFF COEFFICIENT AS WHAT, YOU KNOW, A STANDARD ASPHALT SURFACE.
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BIT OF DIFFERENCE THERE.UM, AND WE WILL BE MITIGATING, UH, THE PEAK FLOWS OF RUNOFF, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM THIS ENCLOSURE OVER TOP OF THE HARD TRUE SURFACE DURING, AGAIN, THIS IS A SEASONAL ENCLOSURE.
UM, SO WE'LL BE MITIGATING THOSE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS.
UM, ABSOLUTELY THERE WILL BE STORMWATER DESIGN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT.
I, I, I THINK GARRETT IS GOING TO TALK THROUGH THE, THE PROCESS.
UH, YOU MIGHT WANT TO TALK, I SUGGEST YOU TALK TO THE NEIGHBORS, THE, THE MOST IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU GO THROUGH ANY OF THE LAND USE PRO, UH, PROCESSES, UM, BECAUSE THAT MAY ACTUALLY HELP YOU, YOU KNOW, UM, IN YOUR PLANNING PROCESS.
SO, UM, GARY, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THE, UH, APPROPRIATE STEPS? YEAH, AND JUST TO ECHO THAT LAST POINT, UH, COUNCILMAN SHEEN, WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY, UH, THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT TO CONNECT YOU WITH, UH, THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION THERE, AS WELL AS, UH, THE HARTSDALE PUBLIC PARKING DISTRICT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE HAVE PROPERTY MANAGERS AT SOME OF THE, UH, MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE THAT I WOULD SAY ARE MOST PROXIMATE TO WHERE YOUR PROPOSAL IS.
SO MORE THAN HAPPY TO CONNECT YOU WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS AND, UM, AND, AND THE PARKING DISTRICT IN THE AREA.
AND PROCESS-WISE, UM, THE BUBBLE WOULD, AND THE COURTS EXIST CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY LINE, SO, UM, CLEARLY THERE WOULD BE AN AREA VARIANCE NEEDED FOR, UH, SETBACK.
AND THEN WITH RESPECT TO THE OVERALL HEIGHT OF THE BUBBLE, THAT WOULD EXCEED THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ALLOWANCE AND THE CODE.
SO, UH, I BELIEVE AT A MINIMUM, THOSE TWO AREA VARIANCES WOULD BE NEEDED.
THIS PROJECT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO, UH, SITE PLAN APPROVAL OF THE TOWN BOARD, WHICH ALWAYS INCLUDES A, UM, REFERRAL TO THE PLANNING BOARDS.
THE PLANNING BOARD WOULD BE INVOLVED.
AND TO COUNCILMAN JONES' POINT, UM, TO THE EXTENT THERE'S DISTURBANCE WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET OF THE BROOK TO THE REAR THERE, UM, COULD TRIGGER A, UH, WETLAND PERMIT.
SO WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT AS A FORMAL SUBMISSION COMES IN.
UM, WE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, FROM THE TOWN'S PERSPECTIVE, SEEK TO COORDINATE SEEKER REVIEWS, ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS.
UM, TYPICALLY THE TOWN BOARD IS INDEED THE, UH, LEAD AGENCY.
UM, THIS TYPE OF PROJECT'S A LITTLE UNIQUE.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE ZONING BOARD HAS SOME, YOU KNOW, PRETTY IMPORTANT DECISIONS IF, IF WITH THE, UH, WITH, WITH RESPECT TO THE VARIANCES I JUST IDENTIFIED.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN SPEAK TO THE Z B A CHAIRPERSON AND, UM, AND, AND UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S INTEREST THERE TO BE LEAD AGENCY, WHICH MIGHT MAKE SENSE.
UM, I THINK YOU, YOU KNOW, IN, IN PLANNING FOR THIS MEETING, UH, THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY IF THEY, THERE'S NO VARIANCES, GRANTED, THERE'S REALLY NO PROJECT.
SO, UM, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT APPROVAL PROCESS WITH THE ZONING BOARD, SO THAT THAT'S ONE, ONE AVENUE.
UM, BUT IN GENERAL, THE, THE PROCESS WOULD INVOLVE CONCURRENCY.
SO WE HAVE ALL THE BOARDS HAVING INPUT AT AN EARLY STAGE, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE WILL ABSOLUTELY WORK WITH YOU WITH, WITH YOU THERE.
I, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS REALLY TO, UM, REACH OUT TO, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, THE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, YOU KNOW, FIRST, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, MEET WITH 'EM, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT AND YOU COULD PREPARE SORT OF, UM, SOMETHING I COULD POST ON, UM, THE WEBSITE WITH, YOU KNOW, ILLUSTRATIONS.
UM, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WOULD BE, BE HELPFUL.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THAT, UM, WHEN WE WE'RE DEAL DEALING WITH FRANK'S NURSERY, THERE WAS CONTROVERSY OVER BUBBLES.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, PE SOME PEOPLE MAY, YOU KNOW, HAVE, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR QUESTIONS FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, YOU KNOW, I'D SPEAK TO ALSO THE MERCHANTS, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THE LANDLORDS, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT I WOULD, YOU KNOW, I WOULD RECOMMEND BECAUSE THEY HAD A CHANCE YOU COULD PROVIDE US WITH SOMETHING LIKE IN, UM, YOU KNOW, IN WRITING THAT I COULD POST ON THE WEBSITE.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, NOBODY FEELS THAT WE'RE NOT KEEPING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE INFORMED.
YEAH, I, I, WE WILL HAVE TO DISCUSS INTERNALLY WHAT, WHAT WE'RE GONNA PUT TOGETHER, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO GETTING YOU SOMETHING TO FIND.
AND, UH, GARRETT, COULD YOU JUST, AGAIN, JUST MENTION IN TERMS OF THE WHOLE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG DOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS USUALLY TAKE THE REVIEW, YOU KNOW, WHAT BOARDS AND ALL THAT? YEAH, CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, MULTI-MONTH PROCESS, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO SIX MONTHS, I WOULD SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE IN THAT WINDOW.
UM, BUT I THINK TO YOUR POINT, REACHING OUT TO RESIDENTS, UNDERSTANDING CONCERNS, UM, IMPORTANT FEW SHEDS, UH, WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
AND IN DOING THAT LEGWORK UPFRONT, YOU KNOW, IS A GOOD SUGGESTION AS ALWAYS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT SEEKS TO REALLY GET TO THE, YOU KNOW, CRITICAL ISSUES, UH, SOONER THAN LATER.
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OKAY.UH, AND, UH, THANK YOU STAFF FOR HELPING US TO GET TO THIS POINT.
WE, WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME.
UH, SO UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY, ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR US, I, I THINK JUST SAY, HAVE A NICE EVENING.
THAT SAYS, PETE WITH PURCHASE OWNER APPROVALS.
UM, DID YOU PAGE, I ONLY HAVE, UH, TWO, SO IT SHOULD BE REAL QUICK.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS FROM THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
UH, THEY ARE LOOKING TO PURCHASE A NEW SEWER CAMERA, UH, AND THE COST IS $6,727.
UH, IT'S, UH, TO REPLACE THE CURRENT CAMERA THEY HAVE, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 10 YEARS OLD, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR NEW TECHNOLOGY.
UM, IT'S, UH, THE ONLY, WE'RE BUYING IT FROM ALLIANCE TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS THE ONLY, UH, COMPANY IN THE AREA THAT, UH, SELLS THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN IN THE AREA? I MEAN, THERE IS U B S AND THERE'S, THERE'S FEDEX, AND WHAT, WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE IN THE AREA? WELL, IT'S, IT'S ALLIANCE TECHNOLOGY IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CARRIES THIS PARTICULAR UNIT, UH, THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.
SO, WELL, YOU'RE THE PURCHASING AGENT.
SO DO YOU FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'VE BEEN
REALLY, THAT'S NOT THE, WE DEFINITELY NEED, THAT'S NOT THE POINT.
THE POINT IS, ARE WE GETTING THE BEST VALUE FOR OUR DOLLAR? AND GENERALLY WE, WE LOOK AT FOR, FOR FEATURES THAT WE WANT, AND THEN FIND PRODUCTS THAT HAVE THOSE FEATURES AS OPPOSED TO WE LOOK FOR A PARTICULAR BRAND OF THE PARTICULAR COMPANY THAT HAPPENS TO BE IN THE AREA, UM, WAY, BECAUSE WE USUALLY DO THAT.
YEAH, I TALKED TO, UH, ANDREW DONNELLY, UH, THE OTHER DAY, AND, UH, HE FELT CONFIDENT, VERY COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT WITH THIS PARTICULAR CAMERA.
UM, IT DOES HAVE ALL THE OPTIONS THAT HE WANTS, UH, BUT IT'S THE ONLY VENDOR, UH, THAT SELLS THIS PARTICULAR CAMERA, THE ONLY VENDOR THAT SELLS THE CAMERA.
THAT HAPPENS NOW, IT HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN WHERE THERE'S ONLY ONE VENDOR THAT, UH, WILL PROCESS OR ORDERS HAS A PARTICULAR UNIT IN STOCK.
UM, I, I'M GONNA SUGGEST WE HOLD THIS OVER, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME MORE INFORMATION AS TO, THERE MAY BE VERY GOOD REASON, BUT THIS IS WHY, PETE, IT'S HELPFUL IF YOU SEND US THE, UH, SPREADSHEET IN ADVANCE BECAUSE WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS POPS UP, WE CAN, WE CAN DEAL WITH IT IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING.
YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M SORT OF WONDERING AS A FOLLOW UP, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S ONE VENDOR, IS THERE ANY OTHER ACTION THAT WE COULD TAKE? YOU KNOW, EITHER POSTING SOMETHING ON, UM, ON THE WEBSITE, UM, YOU KNOW, SAYING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S ONE, ONE BID, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY KNOW OF OTHER, UH, OTHER VENDORS.
AND I'M SORT OF ALSO WONDERING IF THERE'S SOMETHING, MAYBE THE SPECS ARE, THERE'S ONE VENDOR FOR THE SPECS, BUT PERHAPS, UH, UM, THE SPECS COULD BE MODIFIED AND THERE'D BE MORE THAN ONE VENDOR.
I CAN TALK TO, UH, ANDREW DONNELLY TOMORROW, UH, AND VOICE, UH, YOUR OPINION AND MY, MY OPINIONS, AND, UH, I'M SURE HE'LL, UH, EITHER GET BACK TO ME OR THE BOARD.
WE WANT TO, UH, WRITE UP THE SPECS IN A WAY THAT MAXIMIZES COMPETITION.
I WILL, UH, TALK TO ANDREW TOMORROW.
UH, THE OTHER, THE OTHER ONE IS THE, UH, EXPANSION IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, I THOUGHT I SAW THE CHIEF ON, UM, THE ORIGINALLY HAD AN, UH, REQUEST FOR $50,000 TO TAKE THE, UH, SPARE AREA IN POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND CREATE A WOMAN'S LOCKER ROOM.
UH, THEY PUT A CHANGE REQUEST IN TODAY, UH, FROM 50,000 TO 62,000.
UH, RICH HAD, UH, RICH FOND WAS TALKING TO THE VENDOR.
UH, THE VENDOR IS COMING OFF THE GORIAN CONTRACTS, WHICH IS, UH, WITH THE CITY OF WHITE PLAINS.
UM, RICH WAS ON, UH, I GUESS HE SIGNED OFF.
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IT'S TO, UH, EXPAND THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS INTO A, A LADY'S LOCKER ROOM.CHIEF, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THAT? DOES THE CHANGE, YOUR HONOR? SO THE CHANGE ORDER, I BELIEVE, AND I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATION TODAY, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS IN REFERENCE TO THE DESIGN OF THE FEMALE BATHROOM, UH, NEEDING A SECOND, UM, UH, TOILET UNIT.
AND THINGS HAD TO BE MOVED AROUND, WHICH CAUSED IT TO, UH, TO INCREASE IN PRICE.
AND IF, IF YOU RECALL, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UM, A BIG SHORTAGE OF FEMALE LOCKER ROOM SPACE.
THERE'S AT LEAST TWO FEMALE POLICE OFFICERS THAT DON'T HAVE LOCKERS.
SO THIS IS DESPERATELY NEEDED.
WE WERE AWAITING, UH, STATE GRANT FUNDING, AND WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH WINSOME CONSISTENTLY.
AND THE, UH, THE FUNDING HASN'T BEEN APPROVED SINCE COVID.
SO, SO THIS IS, UH, A NECESSARY EXPENSE FOR US.
HEY GUYS, I'M SORRY, I, I GOT BOOTED OFF, BUT I'M BACK.
THE, UH, THE RAISE AND THE PRICE FOR THE RISE IS DUE TO, UH, COMPLIANCE ISSUES.
SO WE HAD TO CHANGE A FEW THINGS.
I KNOW RIGHT NOW THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH LOCKERS, BUT THE, UH, CURRENT NUMBER OF OFFICERS THEY HAVE NOW.
SO WE HAD TO CHANGE THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT.
AND THE GORDIAN CONTRACT WAS SOMETHING THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED, UH, UNDER VICTORS, UM, PROMPTING, WE STOLE IT FROM WHITE PLAINS.
SO THEY COME IN, THEY LOOK AT EVERYTHING, AND THEY, IT DID GO THROUGH THE TOWN BOARD SOME MONTHS BACK.
SO THIS IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT BIDDING.
SO, BUT THIS SOUNDS LIKE A CHANGE ORDER TO ME, OR IS THIS, IS THIS COVERED IN THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION THAT WE ADOPTED? NO, THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION ALLOWS US TO USE GORDY.
SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE QUITE A FEW JOBS COME TO YOU FROM THE GORDIAN GROUP.
FOR INSTANCE, THE, UH, CHILLER AT THE, UH, LOIS BRONZE CENTER THAT WENT THROUGH THIS GROUP, THE IT, WHAT YOU GUYS DID WAS APPROVE THE PROCESS.
SO ALL THIS STUFF HAS GONE AND BEEN VETTED OUT BY WHITE PLAINS AND WE WERE ABLE TO, I WANNA SAY JUMP ON THEIR CONTRACT.
COULD YOU SPELL GORDY
UH, I THINK IT'S G PETE, DO YOU HAVE THE SPELLING IN FRONT OF YOU? I BELIEVE IT'S G UH, G R O D I I A N GORDIAN.
THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR TO, UH, SOWELL, UH, WHERE SOWELL GOES OUT AND THEY DO ALL THE LEGWORK.
THEY GET THE BIDS, UH, AND THEN WE CAN COME OFF OF THEIR CONTRACT.
WE CAN, I, I'M NOT PULLING UP THE RESOLUTION THAT WE ADOPTED.
I THINK IT WAS, UH, JUNE, 2020.
I ACTUALLY SENT ONCE, UH, TRACY FOUND IT.
I RESENT IT OUT TO EVERYBODY, NOT THE BOARD, BUT IN OUR GROUP.
SO I, I'M PERFECTLY OKAY WITH IT, AS LONG AS IT'S BACKED UP BY A RESOLUTION THAT'S PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED.
BUT IF IT'S AN, IF IT'S AN EXPANSION, MEANING IT'S A CHANGE ORDER AND INCREASE, UH, THEN WE DO THAT BY RESOLUTION.
YEAH, NO, IT'S, IT THE, TO THE VENUE.
WE HAVE SOME, UH, DRAINAGE RE LINING PROJECTS THAT WE'VE GONE TO THEM.
WE'VE, UH, IT'S, IT MAKES LIFE VERY SIMPLE 'CAUSE EVERYTHING'S ALREADY BEEN BID OUT.
AND
WELL, DO WE NEED A RESOLUTION TO SPEND $62,000? WELL, IT'S ALREADY BEEN BID.
SO IF WE NEED A RESOLUTION, WE GET A RESOLUTION.
I THINK THAT'S UP TO THE BOARD.
AND IF, IF, IF, IF SOMETHING GOES OUT TO BID AND THEY COME BACK WITH $62,000, THAT IS NOT AN AUTHORIZATION TO SPEND IT.
SO IF THEY CAME BACK, IF WE HAVE A BID OF $62,000 BY GOING OUT TO BID, UH, WE THEN THE DOWN BOARDS HAS A, HAS TO DO ANOTHER RESOLUTION, THEN AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF THAT.
BECAUSE WHAT IF SOMEBODY COMES BACK WITH 1,000,005? IT'S A RIDICULOUS NUMBER.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN JUST BECAUSE WE WENT OUT TO BID THAT WE'RE ALL 1,000,005.
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TECHNOLOGY KNOWS YOUAGAIN, THERE'S A WHOLE, IT'S, IT'S LIKE GOING TO THE NEW YORK STATE O G S OR THE SOURCE.
WELL, ALL THIS STUFF HAS BEEN BID ALREADY.
BUT I'LL GET YOU ALL THE BACKGROUND ON IT.
SO THAT, MY, MY, SO MY POSITION IS THAT IF WE AUTHORIZED THE PAYMENT, UH, FOR THIS AND IT'S NOT AN EXPANSION OF WHAT WE AUTHORIZED, THEN, THEN I'M OKAY WITH IT.
'CAUSE WE DEFINITELY NEED THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LOCKER SPACE.
UH, HOWEVER, IF IT'S WE JUST WENT OUT TO BID AND WE DIDN'T AUTHORIZE THE BIDS THAT WERE RECEIVED, THEN I'M NOT OKAY WITH IT.
AND WE'D HAVE TO DO THE RESOLUTION.
BUT
YOU DIDN'T GO OUT TO BID? NO, NO.
WE'RE USING, IT'S JUST LIKE US GOING TO, AGAIN, THE SOURCE.
WELL, OR NEW YORK STATE O G S WHERE THEY'VE DONE THE LEGWORK.
AND IN THE FUTURE, UH, WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THIS SPREADSHEETS IN ADVANCE, EVEN IF YOU THINK THEY'RE TOO EASY.
UH, BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING TOM BOARD TIME AT A TIME OR MEETING TIME WHEN WE COULD WORK TO
WHAT WAS THE DATE YOU SAID THAT WAS? I THINK IT WAS JUNE, 2020.
YOU'VE, YOU'VE HEARD THE STORY ABOUT THE TWO ENVELOPES, RIGHT?
AND CAN YOU NARROW DOWN JUNE? YOU HAD THREE, FOUR, OR FIVE MEETINGS IN JUNE? I, I, I KNOW TRACY HAD FOUND IT, AND, UH, WE HAD SCANNED IT AND SENT IT OFF IN, INTO OFFICE WITH OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT I CAN'T, I'LL DEFINITELY GUESS WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT TOMORROW.
I MEAN, IF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ARE OKAY WITH IT, WE CAN APPROVE IT CONDITIONED ON IT ACTUALLY BEING BACKED UP BY, UH, AN AUTHORIZATION TO SPEND MONEY.
UM, AND WE CAN FIND THAT OUT IN THE MORNING.
ACTUALLY, I'LL KNOW AS SOON AS I'M OFF THE MEETING.
BUT, UH, WOULD YOU LIKE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE, UH, D P W DO A, UH, RESOLUTION, SEND A RESOLUTION IN? ONLY IF THEY DIDN'T ALREADY DO ONE? RICH, DO YOU KNOW IF YOU DID THAT ALREADY? I JUST KNOW WHAT VICTOR SENT IT UP RATHER THAN TO BELIEVE THIS.
BUT I, BUT I THINK WHAT THE BOARD COULD DO IS IF IT IS BACKED UP BY AN AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION, APPROVE IT TONIGHT.
AND IF WE FIND OUT TOMORROW THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE A RESOLUTION BACKING UP THE, UH, THE PAYMENT, THEN WE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT PERMISSION.
ARE YOU MOVING THAT FRANCIS? WHAT'S THAT? ARE YOU MAKING THAT MOTION? YES, I'M MAKING THAT MOTION.
YOU SEE HOW DIANA GETS TO THE CHASE AND JUST MOVE THINGS ALONG?
SO IS THAT THE ONLY ONE MS THING? THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS, THAT WE HAD.
I KIND OF LOST THE FACT THAT THIS WAS A MOTION BEING MADE, UM, IN THE COURSE OF A STATEMENT BEING MADE.
SO, FRANCIS, COULD YOU PLEASE REPEAT THE MOTION? RIGHT.
SO THE MOTION IS THAT WE APPROVE THE, UH, EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR THE, THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THE ADDITIONAL, FOR THE, FOR THE LOCKER SPACE, UM, CONDITIONED ON THERE BEING AN AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE TOWN BOARD.
I COULD LEAVE OFF THE SECOND HALF OF THAT IS BECAUSE IF THERE ISN'T ONE, THEN WE DON'T APPROVE IT, BUT THAT'S REDUNDANT.
THE NEXT THING IS, UH, THE LEAF BLOWER.
WE WANNA ANNOUNCE THAT THERE'S A, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS COMING UP ON THAT.
WE KEEP GETTING PEPPERED WITH EMAILS OF, I JUST HEARD ABOUT THERE'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME, UH, CHANGES IN LEAFBLOWER REGULATIONS.
UM, SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF ADVERTISING WHAT, WHAT'S, UM, WHAT'S BEFORE US AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN
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ON APRIL THE, THE 14TH AND GETTING THE NOTICE OUT BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A ROLLING DISCOVERY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LEAF BLOWER BLOWER REGULATIONS COMING INTO, UH, WELL, MAYBE COMING INTO EFFECT, BUT, BUT, UH, HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE LEAF BLOWERS AND, UH, WE REALLY SHOULD DECIDE HOW BETTER TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT.'CAUSE WHATEVER WE'RE DOING IS NOT WORKING WELL, YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH WE PUBLICIZE EVERYTHING ON THE TOWN WEBSITE, UM, AND ON E-BLASTS, AND I USE SOCIAL MEDIA, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T SUBSCRIBE TO, UM, THE WEBSITE.
UH, DON'T GET, DON'T READ THE SOCIAL MEDIA.
UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS READ THE LOCAL, UH, PAPERS OR, YOU KNOW, WATCH TV.
IT'S, IT'S VERY, VERY HARD TO REACH EVERY, UM, EVERY RESIDENT.
EVERY TIME WE DO THAT, WE'RE WE'RE ASKING FOR PUBLIC INPUT.
AND THAT, THAT'S WHY SOMETIMES THAT PUBLIC HEARINGS, YOU, YOU KNOW, AND MOST THINGS, YOU GET THE SAME PEOPLE.
'CAUSE THE AVERAGE, THE AVERAGE PERSON DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, PAY THAT MUCH ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON, GARY, YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A BETTER WAY OF, YOU KNOW, OF, UM, YOU KNOW, REACHING PEOPLE.
I MEAN, ONE OTHER THING THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE, UM, IS, UM, WE COULD HAVE DONE A ROBO CALL IF THE BOARD WANTED AND JUST SAID, IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, YOU KNOW, DO YOU, IF YOU WANNA SPEAK, I MEAN, THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT WANNA, UM, SEE WHAT THE REACTIONS ARE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE COULD EITHER, YOU KNOW, AND BEFORE WE ADOPT SOMETHING, WE COULD HAVE THE ROBOCALL AS, UM, YOU KNOW, AS ONE ACTION BEFORE, BEFORE A FINAL, YOU KNOW, VOTE IS TAKEN.
I, GARRETT HAD AN IDEA WITH, UH, SOME MAILING THAT'S GOING OUT.
I KNOW WE CAN'T PUT A, ANY, ANYTHING INTO PROPERTY TAX BILLS, BUT GAR DID YOU WANNA SPEAK? UH, OH, I, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THE TIMING WOULD WORK OUT, BUT, UH, SUPERVISOR FINDER, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS, UM, COORDINATION BEING DONE WITH THE GREENBERG NATURE CENTER AND COMMUNITY SOLAR PROJECT THERE, BUT, UM, I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT MAILING'S DUE TO GO OUT ANYTIME VERY SOON.
SO IT MIGHT NOT MAKE SENSE IN BEF IT MAY NOT HAPPEN IN TIME TO GIVE NOTICE FOR THE MEETING ON THE 14TH, BUT THAT WAS JUST THE I P I.
YEAH, THAT THAT'S, YOU MEAN IN TERMS OF THE, THE WATER BOLTS.
THAT'S WHAT THE WATER BILL, SO THAT'S LATER.
THAT, THAT, AND THAT TAKES A COUPLE, THEY SAID IT TAKES A COUPLE MONTHS BEFORE, UM, BEFORE EVERYBODY WOULD GET IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ALWAYS CONSIDER INDEED.
SOMEBODY PUT THE CODE OF ETHICS REVISION ON HERE.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE LEAF BLOWER, YOU KNOW, HEARING.
UM, DOES THE BOARD THINK THAT THEY'RE GONNA CLOSE THE HEARING ON APRIL 14TH? UM, OR DO YOU THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO REQUIRE, UM, YOU KNOW, FURTHER, UH, PUBLIC, UH, INPUT OR BASICALLY, DO YOU WANNA WAIT? AND BEFORE YOU SAY THAT UNTIL AFTER WE SEE WHAT THE COMMENTS ARE? WELL, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF EMAILS WE'RE GETTING, THAT I, I HAVE A FEELING IT'S GOING TO BE A FAIRLY LONG HEARING.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY SHOW UP, BUT, UH, WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE GETTING, MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE WHO SAID, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST HEARD ABOUT IT.
AND THAT, THAT, THAT DISTURBS ME BECAUSE THAT THIS WILL AFFECT EVERYBODY IN UNINCORPORATED DREAMER WHO HAS A, WHO HAS A LAWN, RIGHT? OR WHO LISTENS TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE A LONG KNOW THE, THE EFFECTS OF PEOPLE HAVING A LAWN.
UM, I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY PLAN TO HAVE A TWO-PART MEETING, RIGHT? AT LEAST BASED ON THE INTEREST AND THE CONTROVERSY, OR, OR MAYBE, UH, WHAT WE COULD DO IS, UM, REACH OUT TO THE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS AND ASK 'EM IF THEY WOULD HAVE, UM, A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE ZOOM BY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEN WE COULD, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY THE POET CORNER CIVIC GROUP WOULD HAVE A, A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING INVITE THEIR RESIDENTS TO A ZOOM MEETING.
AND THEN WE COULD SAY, THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERN AND THE PEOPLE IN OLD EDGEMONT COULD HAVE A MEETING AND, UM, YOU
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KNOW, THEY COULD DO THE REACH OUT.AND WE WOULD, WE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T GET PEOPLE WHO NORMALLY ARE NOT INVOLVED, BUT WE WOULD GET A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAN THE PEOPLE WHO GO TO A GREENBURG, UM, YOU KNOW, A TOWN TOWN BOARD MEETING.
AND WE COULD GO NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, AS A WAY OF SOLICITING, UH, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK ON THIS OR ANY OTHER, UH, RELATED MATTER.
YOU KNOW, JUST ANOTHER WAY OF REACHING MORE PEOPLE AND GETTING A CONSENSUS FROM PEOPLE WHO NORMALLY DON'T SPEAK AT TOWN BOARD MEETINGS.
DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE? I WAS JUST GONNA, I WAS ALSO GONNA, I WAS THINKING ALONG THOSE LINES EARLIER TODAY.
THIS SEEMS LIKE A GOOD, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH THE GREENBERG COUNCIL OF CIVIC, ASSOCIA COUNCIL OF GREENBERG CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF SEE IF PERHAPS THEY WOULD, YOU KNOW, SOLICIT INTEREST FROM THEIR MEMBERS, UH, CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SEE IF YOU CAN GET SOME CONSENSUS IN FROM, FROM THAT MECHANISM.
ARE WE DONE WITH THIS TOPIC? WELL, THE NEXT TOPIC IS CODE OF ETHICS VACANCY, AND THE AMENDMENT TO THE CODE OF ETHICS.
NOW, FROM THE BOARD OF ETHICS, YOU HAVE, UH, IS THERE ANYBODY SPEAKING FROM THE BOARD OF ETHICS? IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE, UH, UNFORTUNATELY, RECOMMENDATIONS, UNFORTUNATELY, THEY SENT TO ME A P D F, WHICH I, IT DOESN'T HELP ME TOO MUCH AND WITH VERY, VERY POOR, UM, CONTRAST IN, IN THE CHANGES.
BUT I THINK THE BOTTOM LINE IS WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO MAKE IT MORE, UM, AUTOMATIC THAT IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T FILE THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FORM, IT DOESN'T NEED A VOTE TO PUT THE THOSE PEOPLE UP ONTO WHAT THE WEBSITE DOES.
NOT BEING IN COMPLIANCE AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, BUT IT JUST HAPPENS AUTOMATICALLY.
AND THEY'RE, I THINK THEY'RE REDUCING THE TIME FOR COMPLIANCE TO, YOU HAVE TO DO IT WITHIN, WITHIN 10 DAYS AND AFTER BEING MAILED, STATING THAT YOU HAVE NOT, UH, FILED, UH, THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FORM, UH, TIMELY.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY, THAT'S THE GIST OF WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS TO MAKE IT SO THAT PEOPLE WHO DO NOT FILE THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FORM IN TIME, UH, BEFORE THERE WAS A LONG PROCESS LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, IT STRETCHED OVER, YOU KNOW, THREE MONTHS OR SO TRYING TO GIVE EVERYBODY, BECAUSE OF EVERYBODY'S SITUATION, MORE TIME TO FILE DIDN'T FILE.
IN THIS CASE, UH, UH, DAVID FREE IS COMING ON, AND SO HE'S GONNA BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THIS TO US.
SO I ASSUME THAT'S WHY HE'S CALLING IN ALL OF A SUDDEN.
SO, DAVID, ARE YOU HERE? HE'S COMING.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HIM GETTING, UH, YES.
I WAS WATCHING YOU ON, UH, CABLE, UH, TELEVISION.
DIDN'T REALIZE THAT, UH, WHERE YOU WERE.
UM, AND, UH, I HEARD THE VERY BEGINNING OF WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY, AND YES, THIS, THE, THE IDEA IS TO GET THE, UM, INFORMATION OUT QUICKER TO THE PUBLIC IF THERE HAS BEEN A, UM, FAILURE TO FILE THE FORM.
UH, THE OTHER ISSUE IS, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD IS DOWN, UH, ONE PERSON, UH, AFTER, UM, DORIS, UH, PASSED AWAY AND THE BOARD WANTED, UH, TO SEE IF THEY COULD, UM, ELEVATE, UH, CLAIRE UTI TO A PERMANENT, UM, POSITION RATHER THAN THE ALTERNATE.
AND THEN SEE ABOUT IF THE BOARD HAD ANY IDEAS FOR A NEW, UH, NEW MEMBER.
SO THAT'S, IT'S A PERSONNEL ISSUE WE'LL HAVE TO DISCUSS, BUT IT'S GOOD THAT IT'S PHRASED AND WE COULD PUT THE, UH, WE COULD PUT THE CODE CHANGE INTO, YOU KNOW, INTO THE PROCESS.
AND OBVIOUSLY FOR CHANGING CODE, WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT.
THAT, SO THAT WAS BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE BOARD OF ETHICS WANTED TO CONVEY.
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SAW THAT IT WAS UP THERE, I THOUGHT I'D, UH, STOP BY AND VISIT.IT'S NICE THAT YOU GOT OVER THE TOWN HALL SO QUICKLY.
UH, WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING TOMORROW, UM, AT 7:00 PM WE ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING TONIGHT.
UH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, YOU GOTTA SAY WHY, BUT HE'S GONNA, YEAH.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR? WAS IT, UH, PERSONNEL FOR, UH, PARTICULAR PEOPLE? PERSONAL? IT, IT'S ABOUT TO, IT'S ABOUT TO COME TO HIM.
IT'S INVOLVING INDIVIDUAL PERSONNEL AND SEEK LEGAL ADVICE.
ACTUALLY, I MODIFIED THAT, BUT IT'S BASICALLY, UH, AS WELL AS CONTRACTUAL MATTERS.