Apr 28, 2021 Town Board- Regular

OKAY, OUR FIRST, UM, PRESENTATION IS GONNA BE FROM SAMANTHA RICHTER, WHO IS, UM, INVOLVED IN A VERY, UH, INNOVATIVE STUDENT RUN SUMMER PUBLIC SPEAKING PROGRAM.

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AND WE'RE SO PLEASED THAT, UM, THAT, UH, SHE'S HERE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR, UM, MEETING AND TO TELL US ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS.

SAMANTHA, THANK YOU.

UM, HI EVERYONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.

UM, I'M SAMANTHA, A JUNIOR AT EDGEMONT HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WANTED TO BRING TO YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT A FREE SUMMER PROGRAM THAT A FEW OTHER STUDENTS AND I STARTED.

UM, THE YOUTH PUBLIC SPEAKING ORGANIZATION IS A STUDENT RUN ORGANIZATION THAT WE CREATED THIS YEAR TO, UM, BOLSTER THE PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE OF CHILDREN AGED SEVEN TO 14.

UM, I CAN SHARE A PRESENTATION NOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE, OR I CAN JUST SPEAK, WHICHEVER IS EASIER.

IF YOU COULD SHARE THE PRESENTATION, THAT'D BE GREAT.

OKAY, AWESOME.

UM, YOU CAN DO IT.

DAY COURSE, BUT I'LL GO INTO THE SCHEDULING IN A MOMENT.

UM, OKAY.

SO, UM, I AM THE HEAD OF THE WESTCHESTER BRANCH.

UM, THESE ARE OUR OTHER ORGANIZERS AND TUTORS.

UM, AND THEN I'D LIKE TO TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO OUR OVERALL MISSION.

SO, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHY IT'S NOT PRESENTING.

UM, OKAY.

SO, UM, THE Y P S A IS A STUDENT RUN ORGANIZATION, UM, RUN BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN ORGANIZATIONS LIKE MO MODEL UN DEBATE, AND REALLY ENJOY PUBLIC SPEAKING.

AND OUR GOAL IS TO PUT THIS SAME ENJOYMENT ONTO YOUNGER KIDS WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN THIS OR DON'T, AND JUST WANNA GAIN PO UM, CONFIDENCE THAT CAN EITHER HELP THEM IN SCHOOL OR IN OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES.

UM, SO WE'VE CREATED A SUMMER PROGRAM THAT RUNS FROM THE BEGINNING OF JULY TO THE END OF AUGUST IN DIFFERENT, UM, LENGTHS AND FOR DIFFERENT AGES OF STUDENTS THAT CAN BE FUN AND ENGAGING AND HOPEFULLY, UM, BUILD CONFIDENCE FOR ALL OF THESE KIDS AND GET THEM INTERESTED IN THE SAME ACTIVITIES THAT WE LOVE.

UM, SO JUST TO INTRODUCE YOU TO WHAT A SAMPLE DAY SCHEDULE WOULD LOOK LIKE, SO YOU HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT OUR PROGRAM IS OFFERING.

UH, FOR AGES SEVEN TO 10, WHICH IS OUR FIRST AGE BRACKET, WE START WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND THEN WE, UM, EASE THEM INTO WHAT PUBLIC SPEAKING IS THROUGH, UM, THE BASICS OF EYE CONTACT, HOW TO USE HUMOR TO GET YOUR POINTS ACROSS, BODY LANGUAGE, INFLECTION, PAUSING, ET CETERA.

AND THEN AS THE COURSE PROGRESSES, UM, THIS IS OUR FOUR

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UM, WE TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE BODY LANGUAGE AND SPONTANEITY AND THE MORE, UM, NUANCED PARTS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING THAT MAKE YOU AN EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SPEAKER AND, UM, BRING JOY TO THE TOPIC FOR YOURSELF AND THE PEOPLE HEARING ABOUT IT.

OUR GOAL IS TO, UM, ENGAGE THESE KIDS BY HAVING THEM TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN AND WHAT THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT.

SO HOPEFULLY THEY, UM, ENJOY THE PUBLIC SPEAKING EXPERIENCE AND WANNA SHARE IT WITH OTHERS AROUND THEM.

AND THEN FOR OLDER KIDS, AGE 11 TO 14, WE, UM, TEACH THEM MORE ABOUT PERSUASIVENESS AND HOW TO USE, UM, HOW TO WRITE SPEECHES AND GIVE PRESENTATIONS IN A CONFIDENT WAY SO THAT YOU CAN REACH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING.

AND WE WRAP UP BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS WITH PRESENTA, WITH, UM, UM, PRESENTATIONS AND OTHER PROJECTS SUCH AS GIVING A SHARK TANK, UM, PROPOSAL OR DOING A MODEL UN UM, SIMULATION THAT WOULD ONLY LAST A DAY.

JUST STUFF SO THAT THEY CAN, UM, SEE THE COMBINATION OF THEIR PROGRESS IN ONE DAY AT THE END.

AND THEN, THIS IS THE BORING PART, BUT FOR OUR SCHEDULING, WE'RE OFFERING BOTH SIX WEEK CLASSES AND FOUR DAY ONE WEEK CLASSES.

ALL OF THE CLASSES WILL TAKE PLACE AT 6:00 PM FOR ONE HOUR SO THAT THEY DON'T, UM, INTERFERE WITH CAMPS DURING THE DAY.

AND THEY'LL BE TAUGHT IN A ONE TO FIVE TEACHER TO STUDENT RATIO SO THAT EACH STUDENT CAN BE IN A GROUP WITH THEIR PEERS, BUT ALSO RECEIVE THE BEST SUPPORT FROM MYSELF AND THE OTHER TUTORS THAT ARE EXCITED TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH THEM.

UM, SO I'LL JUST RUN THROUGH SOME QUICK FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS BEFORE I LET YOU GUYS SHARE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

UM, SO FIRST, THIS PROGRAM IS FREE.

THERE'S NO COST.

WE JUST WANNA OFFER IT TO ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED.

UM, SECOND, THIS PROGRAM WILL RUN FROM THE BEGINNING OF JULY TO THE END OF AUGUST.

BUT DEPENDENT ON WHETHER THE STUDENT TAKES A SIX WEEK COURSE OR THE FOUR DAY, ONE WEEK COURSE, UM, THEY CAN CHOOSE WHAT PART OF THOSE TWO MONTHS THEY PARTICIPATE IN.

UM, ANYONE CAN PARTICIPATE FOR THIS SUMMER BECAUSE IT'S VIRTUAL.

UM, WE HAVE HAD STUDENTS FROM GEORGIA, WE'VE HAD MOST OF OUR STUDENTS FROM WESTCHESTER, BUT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO BRANCH OUT AND INCLUDE ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED.

WE HAVE 63 STUDENTS SO FAR, AND WE'RE GROWING EVERY DAY, AND WE ARE REALLY JUST EXCITED TO INCLUDE EVERYBODY THAT WANTS TO BE PART OF IT.

UM, SO WILL THIS PROGRAM CONTINUE THROUGH THE 2021 TO 2022 SCHOOL YEAR? UH, WE ARE NOT SURE YET.

IT DEPENDS ON THE FEEDBACK AND THE ENTHUSIASM OF THE KIDS AND PARENTS INVOLVED.

WE ARE HOPING THAT YES, WE CAN CONTINUE TO OFFER THIS SERVICE AND, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING SO.

UH, WE'VE ALSO GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK OF PARENTS WORRIED THAT THEIR SHY CHILD IS NOT GOING TO FIT IN OR GET THE MOST OUT OF THE PROGRAM, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY WHY WE CREATED THE PROGRAM BECAUSE WE WANT TO INCLUDE THE KIDS THAT MAY NOT JUMP INTO MODEL UN OR DEBATE AT THE FIRST, UM, OPENING IN THEIR SCHOOL.

AND WE WANNA TEACH THEM THAT THROUGH CONFIDENCE AND PRACTICE.

YOU CAN ENJOY PUBLIC SPEAKING AND YOU CAN MAKE IT A BIG PART OF YOUR STUDENT LIFE AND, AND YOUR EXTRACURRICULAR LIFE.

THAT CAN BE REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

AS I'M SURE ALL OF YOU KNOW, AS PUBLIC SPEAKING IS A BIG PART OF ALL OF YOUR JOBS.

UM, AND FINALLY, THE PROGRAM DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY CHILD HAVE PUBLIC SPEAKING EXPERIENCE.

WE'RE WELCOME.

WELL, WE'RE WELCOMING PEOPLE WITH NO PUBLIC SPEAKING EXPERIENCE TO UP TO AS MANY YEARS AS THEY HAVE.

UM, 'CAUSE WE THINK THAT WILL CREATE THE MOST COLLABORATION AND HELP EVERYBODY INVOLVED.

AND THEN FINALLY, UM, I'D LIKE TO ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

THIS IS OUR WEBSITE.

YOU CAN FIND IT BY LOOKING UP YOUTH PSA.COM.

UM, YOU CAN ALSO SCAN THE BARCODE IF YOU WANNA SIGN UP IN ANY WAY OR SHARE THE SIGNUP, BUT THERE'S ALSO A FORM TO SIGN UP ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR IF ANYONE WATCHING THIS HAS ANY MORE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN REACH ME AT MY EMAIL OR NUMBER OR THE SHARED EMAIL FOR OUR ORGANIZATION.

UM, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS TIME TO HEAR FROM ME.

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU ALL.

YEAH, I JUST WANNA, UH, COMMEND YOU FOR THIS.

UH, THIS IS SUCH A, A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR STUDENTS.

AND I COULD SEE THAT, UH, YOU'RE AN EXPERIENCED, UM, PUBLIC SPEAKER AND I HAVE TO, UH, CONFESS THAT I'M A LITTLE JEALOUS.

AND I WISH YOU WOULD, UH, HAVE A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ADULTS AS WELL, SO I COULD IMPROVE MY PUBLIC SPEAKING.

BUT I, I'M REALLY VERY IMPRESSED AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING, UM, YOU KNOW, FELLOW STUDENTS WITH.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD CHANGE LIVES FOR, UM, FOR THE BETTER.

YOU'RE GONNA REALLY MAKE A WORLD OF A DIFFERENCE IN, UH, IN A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S, UH, YOU KNOW, LIVES AND BUILD CONFIDENCE AND, UM, HELP THEM BE GREAT SUCCESSES.

SO YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF YOURSELF.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO, UM, I, I'M SORRY.

UH, WERE YOU DONE, PAUL? I DIDN'T WANT TO INTERRUPT.

YEAH, I'M DONE.

UH, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT YOU CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE, HAVE LEARNED HOW TO DO PUBLIC SPEAKING, HOW TO MAKE AN EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION.

YOU MADE

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YOUR POINT, YOU MADE IT SUCCINCTLY AND, UH, AND, AND EFFECTIVELY, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH, BECAUSE YOU'RE EXPANDING AND EXPANDING, WILL, IS THERE A MAGIC NUMBER THAT YOU WOULD HAVE A CAP? BECAUSE AT SOME POINT YOU MIGHT BE SO OVERWHELMED.

AT WHAT POINT DOES IT DETRACT FROM THE QUALITY THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE? YOU KNOW, BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE, YOUR EXPERIENCES SO FAR, I HAVE YOU GIVEN THAT SOME CONSIDERATION AS TO WHEN YOU'RE TAKING FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY, BECAUSE WHEN WORD GETS OUT ABOUT THIS, IT, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS COULD BE A SHARK TANK MOMENT, RIGHT? WHERE YOU, YOU GO ON, YOU, YOU GET ENOUGH RECOGNITION AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, UH, HOW DO YOU HANDLE IT? WHICH IS A GOOD THING TO DEAL WITH, PARTICULARLY ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

THE OLDER GENERATION, THE OLDER GENERATION, IT WAS VERY LITTLE PUBLIC SPEAKING.

THAT'S WHY MANY PEOPLE OLDER THAT ARE OLDER, THEY REALLY DON'T LIKE PUBLIC SPEAKING.

AT LEAST NOW IT'S INTRODUCED AND ENCOURAGED, YOU KNOW, IN PRESCHOOL AND, AND THROUGH THE, UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

UH, BUT EVEN SO NOT AT THE, AT THE INTENSITY THAT, OR THE SPECI SPECIFICITY THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PRESENTATION.

SO, UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THAT'S VERY KIND.

UM, I HOPE WE REACH THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHERE THAT BECOMES A PROBLEM.

BUT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH SOME OTHER STUDENTS THAT I'VE MET THROUGH MODEL UN IN NEW JERSEY.

UM, AND WE HAVE OTHER TUTORS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING.

SO FOR THE NEXT HUNDREDS OF KIDS, IT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM AND WE'D BE THRILLED TO HAVE THEM.

UM, WE ALSO ARE ONLY RUNNING THE PROGRAM FOR AN HOUR AT A TIME FOR EACH OF THE GROUPS.

MM-HMM.

, WHETHER IT'S A SIX WEEK OR THE FOUR DAY.

SO, UM, SINCE IT'S TAKING PLACE OVER THE SUMMER, WE DON'T HAVE CLASSES.

THERE IS A LOT OF, UM, TIME AND SCHEDULING WHERE WE CAN INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE'RE TEACHING, BUT WE ARE, UM, GUARANTEEING A FIVE TO ONE, UM, TEACHER TO STUDENT RATIO AND THAT, OR A STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO.

AND THAT WON'T CHANGE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF KIDS WE GET.

SO AS OF NOW, NO CAP.

WE'D LOVE TO HAVE ALL THAT.

THAT'S TERRIFIC.

GOT IT.

WHAT GOT YOU, UH, INVOLVED AND INTERESTED IN THIS, IN THE ORGANIZATION AND IN PUBLIC SPEAKING? UM, SO FROM A YOUNG AGE, I REALLY ENJOYED DEBATING.

WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I THOUGHT DEBATING MEANT SITTING AT THE KITCHEN TABLE WITH MY FAMILY AND ARGUING OVER THE LIMITED POLITICS I KNEW.

BUT AS I GOT OLDER AND I ACTUALLY ENTERED DEBATE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, I FOUND THAT I REALLY ENJOYED TALKING ABOUT POLITICS AND GLOBAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES.

AND, UM, PUBLIC SPEAKING WAS A GREAT WAY TO WORK ON MY OWN SKILLS THAT WOULD HELP ME FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, WHILE ALSO LEARNING ABOUT THINGS THAT I WOULDN'T LEARN FROM SCHOOL.

UM, AND THEN FOR THIS COMING SUMMER, I HAD BEEN TALKING TO SOME OF MY FRIENDS IN MODEL UN AND IN DEBATE, AND WE HAD NOTICED THAT THERE WAS, UH, SLIGHTLY LESS STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN THE YOUNGER GRADES THAT WHEN THAN WHEN WE WERE, UM, IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY IN FEMALE STUDENTS, WHICH IS ALWAYS A GROUP THAT WE WANNA ATTRACT FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING, IT'S AN UNDERREPRESENTED GROUP.

UM, SO WE THOUGHT IF THERE'S TIME IN OUR SUMMER AND A WAY TO ATTRACT THESE YOUNGER STUDENTS INTO WHAT WE REALLY ENJOY, THEN UM, WE WERE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT.

SO THAT'S HOW THE Y P S A WAS CREATED.

AND IF YOU HAVE TO GIVE, UH, UH, PUBLIC SPEAKERS ONE BIT OF ADVICE, WHAT WOULD BE, UH, THE ONE SUGGESTION THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THAT WOULD HELP PEOPLE BE A MORE EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SPEAKER? UM, I'D SAY TRUST YOUR PERSONALITY AND TRUST THAT HEARING FROM YOU IS BETTER THAN HEARING FROM A SCRIPT THAT'S WRITTEN ON YOUR COMPUTER.

AND BETTER, FROM, BETTER THAN HEARING FROM WHAT YOU THINK OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR.

UM, I'VE LEARNED THAT BY STRUGGLING THROUGH DEBATE ROUNDS WHERE I'M READING OFF MY COMPUTER AND I'M NOT SAYING MY OWN THOUGHTS.

AND I'VE LEARNED THAT WHEN YOU SHOW EMOTION AND YOU ENGAGE WITH YOUR AUDIENCE, YOU GET A MUCH BETTER RESPONSE THAN IF YOU, UM, PREPARE SOMETHING IN, IN ADVANCE THAT YOU DON'T, UM, DEPART FROM AT ALL.

SO THAT WOULD BE MY ADVICE.

AND THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE, SORRY, THAT I'M ASKING THAT'S OKAY.

IS, UH, WHAT COLLEGES ARE YOU GONNA BE APPLYING FOR ? UM, I'M NOT SURE YET.

UM, I, UM, I'M INTERESTED IN PENN.

MY DAD WENT THERE AND HE LOVED IT, BUT I THINK THAT'S A JOKE QUESTION, SO I WON'T GO FURTHER THAN THAT.

UM, I AM ONE OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS.

I'M ALSO A FORMER TEACHER.

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, I, I WON'T SAY FORMAL.

LET ME CORRECT THAT.

I, I'M A LIFELONG EDUCATOR AND I THINK THAT YOU HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEAD WHEN YOU SAID THAT PUBLIC SPEAKING REQUIRES

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CONFIDENCE AND PRACTICE.

THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN INGREDIENTS, AND I THINK THIS IS AN AWESOME PROGRAM.

UM, GREENBERG TOWN HALL ALSO HAS A SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, UM, AND OUR, OUR TARGETED AUDIENCE AUDIENCES ARE, UM, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS.

AND WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU BE A GUEST SPEAKER.

THERE'S LOTS OF STUDIES OUT THERE THAT PROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PEER MENTORING, AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE DEVELOPING.

UM, A PEER MENTORING PROGRAM, A PEER, A MENTORING, LEADERSHIP COACHING, UM, AROUND THE SKILLS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING.

UM, FOR OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, WE HAVE FOUR PILLARS.

AND THOSE PILLARS ARE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH INCLUDE ALL ASPECTS OF COMMUNICATION, WRITING, AS WELL AS SPEAKING TEAMWORK AND LEADERSHIP, UH, TEAMWORK AND PROBLEM SOLVING.

SO WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU BE ONE OF OUR GUEST SPEAKERS, UM, IS HOW CAN I GET YOUR, YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS? UM, I WOULD LOVE THAT.

THANK YOU, .

I CAN, I CAN EITHER PUT IT IN THE CHAT OR ASK MR. FINER TO SHARE IT WITH YOU.

UM, THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU PLEASE DO THAT? AND HE WILL.

AND HE'LL SHARE.

I'LL DO ON, THANK YOU.

NE NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE ANOTHER, UH, PRESENTATION, ANOTHER PRESENTATION FROM EMILY SBA, AN IRVINGTON STUDENT WHO'S GONNA TALK ABOUT HER NEW BOOK, HIGHLIGHTING POSITIVE TRENDS DURING THE PANDEMIC.

EMILY.

HI, MY NAME IS EMILY, AND I'M AN EIGHTH GRADER AT ARLINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND EARLIER THIS YEAR I PUBLISHED ON AMAZON THROUGH KINDLE AND PAPERBACK 20 POSITIVES OF 2020.

AND I DID THIS BECAUSE I WANTED TO GO INTO 2021 WITH A POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON 2020 WITHOUT COMPLETELY THROWING AWAY THE YEAR SINCE THERE WERE POSITIVES THAT HAPPENED BESIDES THE WHOLE PANDEMIC THING, .

UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO, THIS IS WHAT MY BOOK LOOKS LIKE.

SOME OF THE POSITIVES THAT I INCLUDED WERE SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY, LEARNING, NEW HOBBIES, BAKING AND COOKING.

I SAID THAT DRIVE-IN MOVIES CAME BACK AND THAT PEOPLE STARTED SEWING MASKS AND WEARING PAJAMAS AND WEARING PAJAMAS AS THE ACCEPTABLE FASHION.

SINCE WE WERE ALL ON ZOOM FOR THE GOOD MAJORITY OF THE YEAR, I ALSO WANTED TO ADOPTION INCREASE.

UM, SOME OTHER POSITIVES I SAW WERE DOG ADOPTIONS, WHICH WAS GREAT BECAUSE ONE OF THE FACTS I LEARNED WAS THAT SOME SHELTERS WERE HAVING PEOPLE, OR HAVING 13 OR MORE DOGS ADOPTED A DAY, WHICH IS AROUND DOUBLE THE AMOUNT THEY HAD BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

I, I MEAN, I'VE SEEN THAT IN MY COMMUNITY WITH A LOT OF MY FRIENDS GETTING DOGS AND MY NEIGHBORS.

I ALSO, ANOTHER POSITIVE WAS AT A LOT OF THE C O TWO AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS WENT DOWN A LOT BECAUSE OF PEOPLE STAYING AT HOME AND NOT NEEDING TO USE THEIR CARS AS MUCH.

AND A LOT OF THE SOLAR PANELS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT DOESN'T, ISN'T FOSSIL, DOESN'T USE FOSSIL FUELS, BECAME CHEAPER.

ON THE BACK OF MY BOOK, I ALSO PUT BINOCULARS BECAUSE I WANTED TO SAY THAT WE'RE GO, WE'RE NOT ONLY JUST GOING TO BE FINDING POSITIVE OUTLOOKS ON 2020, BUT WE ARE GONNA BE FINDING THEM ON 2021 TOO.

EW, BECAUSE

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THE PANDEMIC IS NOBLE YET, AND WE STILL WANT TO FIND POSITIVES THAT WILL HELP US GET THROUGH THE YEAR.

UH, IT'S REALLY TERRIFIC WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

YOU, YOU TAKE, TOOK A, A TRAGEDY AND YOU'RE GETTING PEOPLE TO, UH, SMILE AND YOU THINK GETTING PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED, UH, DURING THE PANDEMIC.

AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE DWELL ON ALL THE HORRIBLE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE WORLD.

AND I THINK YOUR BOOK ENCOURAGES PEOPLE, UM, TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WAS TRAGIC.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, EVERYBODY SHOULD TRY AND MAKING THE BEST OF, UM, A BAD SITUATION AND THINK POSITIVE.

SO YOUR BOOK REALLY IS VERY INSPIRING AND I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR, UM, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO HAVE A GOOD UPBEAT, UM, ATTITUDE AND, AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S STILL ROOM TO SMILE.

SO THANK YOU.

YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE WITH YOUR ATTITUDE AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU SHOULD BE VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOURSELF, .

HOW DOES SOMEBODY GET THE BOOK IF THEY WOULD LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE TO, UH, UH, PURCHASE ONE? MY QUESTION, IT'S ON AMAZON, SO JUST BY SEARCHING UP 20 POSITIVES OF 2020 ON AMAZON OR ON ON ONLINE OR ON THE APP, YOU CAN FIND MY BOOK, AND IT'S ALSO ON KINDLE AS WELL.

SO YOU'RE ONE OF THE YOUNGEST AUTHORS, UH, IN THE TOWN.

YOU'RE ONLY, UH, LIKE 13.

AND YOU ALREADY WROTE A BOOK, SO THAT, DO YOU WANNA BE AN AUTHOR WHEN, UH, WHEN YOU GET OLDER? WELL, I'M ALREADY IN ARTHUR , .

DO YOU WANNA, LIKE, YOU WANNA PULITZ SURPRISE OR, YOU KNOW, DO, DO YOU WANNA MAKE THIS YOUR CAREER? SURE, I'LL CONTINUE WRITING WHEN I'M OLDER, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF I WANT IT TO BE MY CAREER YET.

THAT'S GREAT.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR SHARING, UH, UH, THIS, AND HOPEFULLY WHEN, UM, IF MORE PEOPLE WOULD READ YOUR BOOK, THERE'LL BE MORE SMILES AND PEOPLE WILL THINK POSITIVE AND EVERYBODY SHOULD, UM, THINK ABOUT SOMETHING POSITIVE THAT HAPPENED TO THEM DURING THIS, UM, THIS, UH, YEAR.

THANK YOU, PAUL.

I THINK IT'S REALLY EXTRAORDINARY FOR, UM, EMILY, FOR SOMEONE EMILY'S AGE TO FEEL, UM, TO BE SO MOTIVATED AND INSPIRED TO WRITE A BOOK.

AND I'D LIKE FOR US TO, UH, GET HER CONTACT INFORMATION SO THAT WE MAY INVITE HER TO BE ONE OF THE GUEST SPEAKERS TO THE, UM, GREENBERG TOWN HALL, UH, 2021 SUMMER INTERNS.

DO YOU HAVE HER EMAIL ADDRESS? YES.

OKAY, GREAT.

EMILY, WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO YOU TO BE A GUEST SPEAKER TO OUR INTERNS.

OKAY, GREAT.

NEXT WE HAVE THE GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY, HAMMER, EARL, UH, OMBUDSMAN AND BISHOP PRESTON RELOCATION EFFORTS AND BROADBAND HIGHSPEED INTERNET ACCESS.

OH, PAUL, ACTUALLY, UM, I HAD A FEW COMMENTS, SOUND COMMENTS, MAYBE GO BACK TO THAT, UM, UH, PART OF THE AGENDA.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ANNOUNCE WE, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT PART.

OH, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO IT.

IS ANYBODY HERE FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY? NO.

THEN, THEN WE CAN HAVE, UH, JUDITH.

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OKAY, GREAT.

PROGRAM ARE PAUL GARRETT, TIM, AND MYSELF.

SO, TO THE PUBLIC AND TO OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND TOWN EMPLOYEES, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING TO LAUNCH A FARMER'S MARKET, UH, AT GREENBERG TOWN HALL.

SO ANYONE WHO, UM, WOULD LIKE TO BE A VENDOR OR A MUSICIAN OR PARTICIPATE IN ANY WAY, PLEASE LET US KNOW THAT PAUL KNOW OR MYSELF.

NO.

AND WE'RE ALSO PLANNING, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING OUR 2021 SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, AND THE CO-COORDINATORS OF THAT

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AND WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR GUEST SPEAKERS.

LAST YEAR WE HAD, UH, CHIEF, UM, CHIEF MCNERNEY CHIEF.

YOU WERE ONE OF THE GUEST SPEAKERS, RIGHT? WERE YOU, BUT THERE WAS ALSO SEVERAL MEMBERS OF YOUR DEPARTMENT WHO WERE GUEST SPEAKERS.

AND, UM, RICH FA AND, UH, UH, EVERY DEPARTMENT HEAD IS, IS WELCOME TO BE A GUEST SPEAKER BECAUSE IT REALLY ENRICHES THE EXPERIENCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO, UM, PLACE A FACE, PUT A FACE WITH WHAT THEY READ ONLINE ABOUT OUR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.

SO, UM, JUST JUST KNOW THAT I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO YOU TO BE ONE OF THE GUEST SPEAKERS, ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND AS WELL AS OUR TOWN BOARD MEMBERS.

SO, UM, IF YOU KNOW OF ANY YOUNG PEOPLE IN HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM TO LEARN ABOUT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNICATIONS, TEAMWORK, AND PROBLEM SOLVING, PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO US.

PAUL, YOU ALWAYS SKIP OVER THE, UH, THE BOND RATING, BUT, UH, SINCE IT WAS RECENTLY REAFFIRMED, YOU WANT TO READ IT.

I WANNA MENTION, UM, WE MET TODAY WITH, UM, A FARMER FROM GOSHEN WHO WAS ORGANIZED SUCCESSFUL FARMERS MARKET.

SO HE WAS LOOKING AT, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PROP, THE, THE TOWN HALL A LOT.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THOUGHTS WE HAD IS, UM, EITHER TO, UH, DO IT DURING THE WEEKDAY, UH, LIKE EARLY EVENINGS AND ALMOST MODEL IT AFTER THE POLICE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

IT WOULD BE LIKE A COMMUNITY, UM, CELEBRATION HAPPENING AND SOMETHING FUN BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR FUN OPPORTUNITIES.

ANOTHER, UH, INITIATIVE THAT JUDITH AND I ARE, UM, ARE GONNA WORK ON IS, UM, POSSIBLY, UM, HAVING LIKE SOME EVENTS, UM, THIS SUMMER WHERE WE COULD GET RESTAURANTS, UH, FROM AROUND THE TOWN TO, UM, HAVE FOOD STATIONS MAYBE AT THE TOWN HALL.

AND IT WOULD GIVE UP.

IT WOULD BE LIKE AN EVENING WHERE WE COULD HIGHLIGHT, UH, THE DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS SERVING THE COMMUNITY, PEOPLE COULD TASTE, UH, THE FOOD AND, UM, AND ENJOY EACH OTHER'S, UM, COMPANY AND LEARN ABOUT SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES BECAUSE THE RESTAURANTS ARE ALL STRUGGLING.

AND IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD COME UP WITH SOME CREATIVE WAYS TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT SOME OF THE OUTSTANDING RESTAURANTS WE HAVE.

AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE TOWN, I, I'D LIKE TO THANK, YOU KNOW, GARRETT AND RICH ALSO FOR, UM, UM, FOR THEIR EFFORTS, UM, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PARKING DISTRICT, UH, THE EAST ELLI AVENUE, UM, UM, OUTDOOR, UH, RESTAURANTS.

IT'S REALLY GREAT.

YOU KNOW, MY WIFE AND I WENT THERE TWICE THIS PAST WEEKEND, UM, AND EAST TAR DAILY AVENUE IS, IS BUS IS BOOMING WITH ACTIVITY.

UH, TONIGHT I WAS BICYCLING AROUND BEFORE THE MEETING AND, UM, ON EAST TAR DAILY AVENUE, THERE'S A NEW BUSINESS, IT'S A NEW BAKERY STORE, UM, THAT, AND THEY WERE JUST PUTTING UP THE, THE SIGN AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS SO NICE TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE WALK INTO THE, UH, THE BAKERY STORE, WHICH IS UP, YOU KNOW, AT THE CORNER OF, UH, EAST DALE AVENUE, YOU KNOW, UH, ACROSS FROM THE DRUG STORE.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY AND ALL THE CARS WERE, UM, WERE FILLED UP AT THE PARKING AREA.

AND IT'S NICE THAT EAST DALE AVENUE IS, IS BUSTLING WITH ACTIVITY AND NOT, NOT A DEAD ZONE.

SO I'M REALLY THRILLED.

AND GARRETT'S BEEN, UM, WORKING WITH, UM, OUR NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, COORDINATOR.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING SOME REALLY, YOU KNOW, GREAT THINGS TRYING TO, UH, HELP THE LOCAL, UH, BUSINESSES.

AND WE HAVE ANOTHER, AN INTERESTING INITIATIVE WITH THE ZUCKERBERG, UM, INSTITUTE, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE HELPING THE ASIAN MARKET, UM, AND THEY'VE ALSO HELPED COLBY, UH, YOU KNOW, JENKINS WITH, WITH HER BUSINESS.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS PLANNED.

SO THANK YOU, JUDITH, FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING.

GOOD.

NEXT.

THANK YOU PAUL AS WELL.

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UM, THANK YOU.

UM, THE BOND RATE, THE MOODY'S, UM, GAVE US SOME STANDARD AND PEREZ GAVE US, UM, UH, A GREAT BOND RATING AAA BOND RATING.

LESS THAN 1% OF THE COMMUNITIES IN THE NATION HAVE THIS RECORD OF FINANCIAL STABILITY.

RECENTLY ON, UH, MARCH 23RD, 2021, MOODY'S REAFFIRMED THE TOWN EARNED, UM, MOODY'S

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HIGHEST RATING.

AND ON 3 26 2021 STANDARD AND POOR IS ONCE AGAIN REAFFIRMED THE TOWN'S, UM, EARNINGS STANDARD AND POOR HIGHEST, UM, YOU KNOW, RATING.

AND I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT SINCE THE TAX CAP WAS, UM, ADOPTED, WE HAVE NEVER GONE OVER, UH, THE TAX COVER.

I HOPE THAT WE WILL CONSIDER, UM, WE, WE WILL DO THE SAME THING IN THE COMING YEAR.

I SEE.

BISHOP PRESTON, DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? WE HAD YOU ON THE AGENDA.

I, YES, I CAN.

I, I APOLOGIZE FOR COMING ON LATE.

UM, SOMETIME WE GET ALL JAMMED UP WITH OTHER THINGS, BUT GREETINGS TO EVERYBODY, UH, TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS AND MR. FINER.

UM, YES, I WANTED TO, UH, JUST KIND OF SPEAK ABOUT, UM, THE, THE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE.

WE'RE CALLING IT THE SMART HOUSING PROJECT FOR GREENBURG PUBLIC HOUSING.

UM, AND WE'LL, WE HAVE, UM, SUBMITTED A, UM, A GRANT APPLICATION AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET, UM, WIFI, UH, UH, BROADBAND WIFI FOR ALL OF OUR SITES ON AND BE ABLE TO, UM, EXTEND SERVICES TO THOSE THAT ARE UNDERPRIVILEGED AND BE ABLE TO HELP THEM, ESPECIALLY WITH THEIR ACADEMICS AND, AND THEIR, UH, EDUCATIONAL PURSUITS.

UM, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, UM, THIS IS BECOMING ONE OF THE HOT ITEMS FOR, UH, OUR PRESIDENT WHO IS LOOKING TO ADD THIS IN PART AS PART OF HIS INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN FOR THE, UH, GREATER UNITED STATES.

AND, BUT WE WILL, UH, WE, WE ACTUALLY RUNNING A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF WHAT HE IS, UH, PLANNING TO DO.

AND HOPEFULLY BY THE TIME THAT GOES THROUGH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A, UM, HAVE OUR PLANS IN WORK.

UH, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, TO RECEIVING THE GRANT.

AND IF WE RECEIVE THE GRANT, WE, UH, ALREADY HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS LOOKING AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW IT CAN BE DONE AND PROVIDE THE, UH, GREATEST SERVICE.

WHAT I MEAN BY GREATEST SERVICE, THE APPROPRIATE TYPE OF, UH, BROADBAND THAT WILL NOT BE SLOWED DOWN SO MUCH WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE GET ON, UH, BECAUSE THIS, THAT'S, THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM.

AND WE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL PERSON THAT IS LOOKING AT THAT.

AND HOPEFULLY, UH, WITHIN THE COMING WEEKS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND, AND, UH, AND, AND ANNOUNCE THAT THAT GRANT HAS BEEN A GIVEN.

AND WE'LL START THE PROCESS OF INSTALLATION OF THE INFRA INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.

I WANT TO THANK PAUL AND THE BOARD, UH, PUBLICLY FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN THIS, UH, INITIAL, INITIAL IDEA.

I THINK, UH, I THINK THEY HAVE, UH, SUPPORTED US 110% AND THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT TAKE IT TAKES TO GET THINGS DONE IN OUR TOWN WHEN WE ALL COME TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER, UH, ESPECIALLY GINA.

AND, UM, AND, AND FRANCIS HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY PUSHING THIS, AND, AND NATURALLY KEN HAS, AND, AND, AND WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ON THIS PROJECT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO PROVIDING THE SERVICES AND THE PROJECT THAT MANHATTAN AVENUE, IF YOU HAVEN'T DRIVEN BY THERE.

I, UH, JUST DRIVE BY AND JUST SEE BIG PILES OF DIRT AND BIG PILES OF STONE, AND THEY'RE DOING, UH, UH, REALLY GREAT WORK.

AND THE PROJECT IS A LITTLE BIT BEHIND SCHEDULE, BUT AT THE RATE THAT THEY'RE GOING NOW, THEY WILL CATCH UP, CATCH UP THAT HARDINESS AND B BACK ON SCHEDULE VERY SHORTLY.

THANK YOU A LOT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THEM.

YEAH, I WAS JUST, UH, VERY EXCITED.

I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF BICYCLING.

UM, AND, UM, I, EVERY, UH, COUPLE DAYS I LOOK AT MANHATTAN, MANHATTAN AVENUE, UH, UH, WORK AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE, UH, ALL THE BUILDINGS DOWN AND I KNOW HOW EXCITED, UH, THE SENIORS ARE GONNA BE WHEN THEY GET TO MOVE, UH, BACK TO, UM, BEAUTIFUL NEW, UM, YOU KNOW, COMPLEX INSTEAD OF, UM, 30 UNITS OF, UH, UH, SENIOR HOUSING.

THERE'S NOW GONNA BE 70 UNITS OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY, UH, SENIOR HOUSING PROBABLY IN THIS REGION.

AND, YOU KNOW, I, I'M REALLY EXCITED AND, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY I GO AND SEE THE WORK BEING DONE.

IT'S, IT'S JUST A BIG THRILL, SO THANK YOU.

THOSE THAT CAN CONNECT WIRE, YOU KNOW, BY WIRE, THEY, THEY SAVE THE, UH, BANDWIDTH OF THE WIFI FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T CONNECTED.

AND, AND TO ADD TO MY COMMENTS, UM, WHEN THE SENIOR COMPLEX IS COMPLETE AS, AS A MATTER OF FACT WITH, UH, WITH WHAT WE'RE, UH, LOOKING TO DO WITH ALL, UH, OF THE RE REMAINING 85 UNITS, THEY WILL HAVE, UH, HARDWIRE OR WIFI, WIFI, BUT THOSE THAT CAN'T AFFORD WIFI WILL BE BE ABLE TO, UH, CONNECT TO THE FREE WIFI BROADBAND THAT WILL PROVIDE.

SO IT, IT'LL BE A, UH, SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN CHOOSE, UH, IF THEY CAN'T AFFORD.

IT'S, IT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM.

AND I THINK THAT'LL BE A GREAT ADVANTAGE.

YEAH, I, I, I THINK IT'S EXCELLENT IF HAVING BOTH THE HARDWIRED AND THE WIFI,

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AND IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS, BECAUSE THE PANDEMIC SHOWED US A LOT, OPENED UP A LOT OF EYES WHERE, OKAY, EVERYBODY GO HOME AND COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR SCHOOL COLLEGE REMOTELY.

AND VERY QUICKLY, VERY QUICKLY, THE COLLEGES LEARNED THAT, THAT SOME PEOPLE, THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE.

OTHER PEOPLE, THEY COULDN'T CONNECT EVEN IF THEY HAD A COMPUTER.

'CAUSE THE COLLEGE MAY HAVE LEARNED, LOANED THEM A LAPTOP, THEY COULDN'T CONNECT BECAUSE IN THEIR BUILDING, IN THEIR AREA, THERE SIMPLY WASN'T IN INTERNET, UH, ACCESS.

OR IF THERE WAS, IT CERTAINLY WASN'T TO THE SAME EXTENT AS IN OTHER AREAS.

AND SO THERE WAS VERY OBVIOUS DISCREPANCY, UH, THAT RE RESULTED FROM THAT.

SOME COLLEGES OPENED, IF YOU REMEMBER, LAST YEAR IN MARCH, OR I, AND I MEAN, I'M SORRY, CLOSED AND EXPECTED TO HAVE ONLINE CLASSES, BUT THEY THEN HAD TO POSTPONE HAVING THE ONLINE CLASSES BECAUSE OF THIS DISPARITY AND RESOURCES.

SO THEY, WE, WE, I, I'M AN EDUCATOR, HAD TO ADAPT.

AND SO THE FACT THAT IN A NEW BUILDING YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS BUILT IN IS JUST TERRIFIC.

AND OF COURSE, IN 10 YEARS OR 15 YEARS, PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY GONNA SAY, WHAT'S AN ETHERNET CABLE? BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING GONNA BE SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT, RIGHT? .

BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT SINCE WE CAN'T PUT IN WHAT WE DON'T KNOW, LET'S PUT IN THE BEST OF WHAT WE NOW KNOW SO THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE.

AND I THINK THIS IS JUST A FANTASTIC, UM, INITIATIVE THAT, THAT JUST HAS TO BE IN ORDER TO, TO, UH, ELIMINATE SOME OF THE DISPARITIES THAT WE'RE SEEING WITH STUDENTS HAVING, UH, THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR SCHOOLS.

BECAUSE ONLINE IS NOT GOING AWAY, YOU KNOW, NO MATTER OF FACT, I I BELIEVE ZOOM IS GOING TO STAY FOREVER FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE UNABLE OR SOMEBODY WHO HAS A DISABILITY AND CAN'T COMMUTE, UH, TO A CAMPUS.

I, I, I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE AROUND IN SOME FORM, UH, FOR, FOR THE REST OF TIME.

I THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH ON POINT FRANCIS.

UM, AND, AND I THINK WE HAVE TO GET ADAPTED TO THIS NEW WAVE OF, OF TECHNOLOGY, UH, EVEN IN CHURCH.

WE'LL BE GOING BACK IN, I'LL OPEN UP OUR DOORS.

SO AGAIN, THIS SUNDAY, UH, FOLLOWING ALL THE C D D C D C RULES, BUT DURING THE TIME WE WERE OUT, WE HAD TO EQUIP THE CHURCH THAT WE COULD CONTINUE ZOOM WEEK AND, AND TO DO LIVE LIVESTREAM, UH, SO THAT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN TUNING IN AND OUR, THE ARMS OF THE MINISTRY HAS GROWN, UH, TREMENDOUSLY.

PEOPLE FROM CALIFORNIA, FROM FLORIDA ARE TUNING IN WEEKLY, AND, AND IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND SOMETIMES IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THEY, WE HAVE TO BE FORCED INTO THESE KIND OF THINGS.

BUT I THINK, UH, I THINK TECHNOLOGY IS HERE TO STAY.

IT MIGHT BE A TIME THAT WE DON'T, AS PASTORS DON'T DO MUCH HANDS-ON MINISTRY.

EVERYTHING WILL BE, UH, BY , BY TECHNOLOGY.

WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING, BUT WE HAVE TO PREPARE OURSELF FOR CHANGES.

BUT IN THOSE CHANGES, IT IS MY HOPE AND MY SCOPE OF THINKING THAT WE CANNOT FORGET THOSE THAT ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TIER.

WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF, UH, PROGRAM, SOME KIND OF SERVICES THAT REACHES ALL.

AND, AND THAT'S WHAT WAS HAPPENING BECAUSE I HAD TO, I, I GAVE OUR WIFI, UM, PASSCODE TO A FEW KIDS THAT LIVE CLOSE BY SO THEY COULD GET ON OUR CHURCH WITH, UH, ACCESS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE WIFI AT THE HOME.

THEY, THEY HAD A, SOME KIND OF OTHER ANTENNA FOR WATCHING TV.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE WIFI.

SO, SO THAT IS WHAT STIRRED ME IN THIS DIRECTION TO COME UP WITH THIS IDEA.

AND AGAIN, I THINK EVERYBODY, I THINK THE WHOLE TOWN, EVERYONE THAT KNOWS ABOUT THIS HAS BEEN TREMENDOUSLY SUPPORTIVE.

AND MY PRAYERS AND MY THANKS GO OUT TO ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO THAT WAS THE PRESENTATION WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.

THE PUBLIC HEARING ON, UH, EXTENSION OF THE FINMORE SEWER DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

NE NEXT WE HAVE, UH, WE'RE MOVING ALONG

[ To consider the Extension of the Finmor Sewer District in the Town of Greenburgh]

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD TO SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES.

GOOD EVENING.

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FIRST TIME BEFORE THE TOWN BOARD.

I THINK WE NEED TO OPEN THE HEARING FIRST, PLEASE.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT REOPEN THE HEARING.

NOW YOU KNOW, DIANA NEVER MISSES THAT .

SHE IS ALWAYS ON POINT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MEETINGS ARE OPEN CORRECTLY.

THAT'S HER ASSIGNED POSITION, .

SO DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR US? YES, I AM.

SO, GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS AMANDA MAGANA.

I'M AN ASSOCIATE WITH THE LAW FIRM KEENAN BEAN, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF OUR CLIENT GAME ON 365 LAND.

UH, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS GAME ON DRIVING RANGE.

IT'S LOCATED AT SEVEN OH ONE DOBBS FERRY ROAD AND IDENTIFIED AS, UH, SECTION 8.50, BLOCK 28, LOT EIGHT ON THE TOWN TAX MAP.

IT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE ELM ELMWOOD COUNTRY CLUB, AND IT'S NEXT TO THE CHELSEA ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY.

UM, TONIGHT WE'RE HERE TO PETITION FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE FINMORE SEWER DISTRICT TO THE GAME ON DRIVING RANGE PROPERTY.

UH, IT'S IDENTIFIED ON THE PETITION MAP THAT WAS SUBMITTED AS PARCEL FOUR.

I CAN, UH, SHARE MY SCREEN SO YOU CAN SEE IT.

UM, OKAY, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, PARCEL FOUR, BUT ON DOBBS FERRY ROAD, IT'S THE DRIVING RANGE PARCEL.

IT'S VERY CLOSE TO THE, UH, SEWER MAIN THAT WAS EXTENDED BY THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY, THE CHELSEA, UM, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE TO PETITION FOR THE EXTENSION.

UM, SO WHEN THE CHELSEA ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY EXTENDED THE SEWER LINE, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT NOTIFIED GABE ON THAT IT NEEDED TO CONNECT TO THE SEWER BY INSTALLING A SERVICE LINE AND THAT IT COULD NO LONGER USE THE TEMPORARY RESTROOM FACILITIES AT THE PROPERTY.

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S VERY CLOSE, SO IT ONLY NEED A FOUR INCH PIPE INSTEAD OF THE TYPICAL EIGHT INCH PIPE.

AND, UH, PROVIDED THAT THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS TO EXTENDING THE SEWER DISTRICT, UH, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE TOWN BOARD GRANT PETITION TO EXTEND THE SEWER DISTRICT TO THE GAME ON DRIVING RANGE PROPERTY COMMISSIONER FARM, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ANYONE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT? UH, COUNCILMAN SHEEN? I, I HAD A QUESTION IF I COULD.

SURE.

UH, THANK YOU.

UH, AMANDA, THIS IS GARRETT, THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER.

UH, WELCOME.

MM-HMM.

, I JUST HAD A QUESTION.

I KNOW THAT WHEN THE, UH, WORK WAS DONE THERE, UM, THE FRONTAGE OF THE PROPERTY, UM, IT SEEMS AS IF THERE'S, THERE'S AMPLE RIGHT OF WAY, UH, FOR A SIDEWALK ALONG THE FRONTAGE, AND IT'S A, IT'S A KEY MAP IN THE NETWORK, AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOUR CLIENT WOULD CONSIDER, UH, IN CONNECTION WITH ANY, UM, SEWER CONNECTIONS OR ANY GROUND OPENINGS IF THEY WOULD, UH, CONSIDER A SIDEWALK ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF THAT PROPERTY.

UM, THIS, WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, SO IT HASN'T BEEN DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY.

UM, UH, UM, I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS THE SIMPLEST CONNECTION THAT THEY CAN, UH, IF IT'S SOMETHING THEY WOULD CONSIDER, UM, AND I KNOW I SPOKE TO THEM IN THE PAST, UM, THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF THEY COULD JUST REACH OUT TO US AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE COULD FACILITATE ANY COORDINATION WITH THE D O T, BUT, UM, IT WOULD JUST BE A, YEAH, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED, UH, IT WOULD BE GREAT AT SOME POINT DOWN THE LINE.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT, UH, WHEN THE PETITION CAME IN, YOU KNOW, I DID, UH, GIVE IT TO BOTH RICH VAUGHN AND BRIAN SIMMONS.

UH, I THINK THEY HAD SOME MINOR CHANGES, AS YOU KNOW, UH, BRIAN IS THE, UM, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, WHICH IS THE COMMISSIONER DISCUSSED IT, AND, UH, THEY THOUGHT THAT THE, UM, PETITION WAS FINE AND SUFFICIENT.

AND, UH, I GUESS WE SHOULD SEE IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS THAT HAVE REQUESTED TO SPEAK ON THIS, OR NO ONE SIGNED UP.

UH, SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE THEN.

WE CLOSE THE HEARING.

I'LL LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR 10 DAYS,

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SEVEN DAYS.

I WOULD, I, I WOULD DO THAT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY GET SOMETHING IN WRITING FROM ENGINEERING OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OR D P W, UH, REGARDING THEIR OPINION FOR THIS.

UM, BECAUSE IF, IF, UH, WE, IF WE HAVE IT, I, I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN IT, AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER DONE A, AN EXTENSION WITHOUT GETTING THEIR, THEIR COMMENTS IN WRITING.

BUT I AGREE WITH YOU, PAUL, AND I'LL SECOND IT.

PAUL, I JUST NEED TO, FOR THE RECORD, I JUST NEED TO GET THIS, YOU ARE MOVING TO CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS OR 10 DAYS.

PAUL? UM, SEVEN DAYS DID HOW MANY? SEVEN DAYS.

SEVEN DAYS, OKAY.

AND FRANCIS'S SECOND.

AND FRANCIS, YOUR, YOUR SECOND INCLUDES, UM, NO, FROM, NO, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO, NO, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE MODIFIED, JUDITH.

IT'S JUST THAT OKAY.

DURING THE, DURING THOSE SEVEN DAYS, WHICH I THOUGHT IT WAS 10 DAYS MYSELF, , BUT, BUT I, SO I WILL, I, MY SECOND WILL BE ON THE SEVEN DAYS.

UH, RIGHT.

UH, BUT I, I WAS JUST MAKING A COMMENT THAT DURING THOSE SEVEN DAYS, WE GET INTO THE RECORD COMMENTS FROM OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

VERY GOOD.

SO YOU SECOND, AND IT'S NOT A CONDITIONAL SECOND, AND THEN EVERYBODY APPROVED IT.

MR. BOWDEN, DID YOU HAVE A, UH, A COMMENT? YES, I DID.

UH, I CAN'T SEE THE SCREEN AS BEING, UH, SHARED.

UM, GARRETT UNEXPECTEDLY RAISED THE ISSUE OF SIDEWALKS, AND IT'S BEEN MY POSITION THAT CONCRETE SIDEWALKS ARE NOT SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO TODAY.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE A SIDEWALK, WE WOULD USE A ASPHALT TRAILWAY TYPE SIDEWALK, AND YOU COULD GET FOUR TIMES AS MUCH SIDEWALK AS YOU CAN WITH THE CONCRETE.

CONCRETE IS ENVIRONMENTALLY DAMAGING, AND AS GLOBAL WARMING OVERWHELMS US, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THINGS IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

UH, I WILL BE SPEAKING ON THIS LATER, BUT GARRETT RAISED THE ISSUE OF SIDEWALKS, AND I DIDN'T WANNA LET IT GO BY WITHOUT RAISING THE COMMENT THAT SIDEWALKS AND NOT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING IN CONCRETE, AND WE SHOULD BE DOING AS A COUNTY TRAILWAY.

ALL RIGHT, BARBARA, WE HAD CLOSED THE HEARING.

DID YOU, UH, HAPPEN TO TAKE THAT DOWN? I DID.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE INCLUDE, UH, MR. BOWDEN'S COMMENTS IN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FEDERAL SEWA DISTRICT.

AND THANK YOU, BARBARA, FOR DOING THAT , EVEN THOUGH IT WAS AFTER THE FACT.

OF COURSE, RIGHT.

AS A REWARD.

YOU CAN COMMUTE HOME NOW.

I HAVE A LONG DRIVE HOME, SO YES, I'M SURE.

LET'S SEE THE REST OF THE AGENDA.

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PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ANYBODY LIKE TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING? YES, WE HAVE, UM, TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

MELANIE? YES.

WE'RE GONNA GOING ON RIGHT NOW PER PERIA? YEAH.

UH, YES.

MELANIE PEREIRA OR YUKI, LIKE MY MAR MY MARRIED NAME.

PERRERA.

THANK YOU, MELANIE.

UM, SO I WANTED TO, UH, RAISE THE, THE, THE QUESTION, UM, TO THE BOARD REALLY AROUND, UH, I GUESS AN UNFORTUNATE, UM, PRACTICE THAT'S BEEN GOING ON, UH, ACROSS GREENBERG, AND THAT I HAVE ONLY RECENTLY BEEN, UH, SUBJECTED TO, WHICH IS THAT, UH, TAX NOTICES IN 2020, UM, FAILED TO REACH ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND IN DOING SO, THERE WERE TAX PENALTIES AT AN EGREGIOUS LEVEL THAT WERE LEVIED AGAINST COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

AND I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GET, UM, AN ACTIVE CONVERSATION AGAINST THOSE.

UM, AND I JUST DON'T FEEL THAT ONE, CERTAINLY DURING THE TIME OF, OF THE PANDEMIC AND CERTAIN PERSONAL SITUATIONS AND NOT BEING NOTIFIED OF, UH, TAX REQUIREMENTS IS AN ADEQUATE, UH, REASONING FOR THE, UH, PENALTIES THAT HAVE BEEN LEVIED AGAINST, UH, YOU KNOW, ACTIVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

RIGHT.

UM, I'VE SPOKE, SPOKEN WITH, UM, MELANIE, UM, A FEW TIMES, AND, UM, AND SHE IS ASKING, UH, THE BOARD IF WE WOULD CONSIDER WAIVING, UH, THE HARDSHIP, THE PENALTIES DUE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HARDSHIPS AND THE FACT THAT SHE NEVER GOT THE, THE

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BILL.

WE, WE, THE TOWN BOARD, YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED, UM, HAS DISCUSSED THIS, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST.

AND, UM, AND WOULD ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER, UM, LIKE TO, UH, COMMENT ON THIS? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY BEFORE THE BOARD MEMBERS COMMENT, YOU KNOW, MR. GEL, WE, WE, WE TEND TO HAVE THESE TYPE OF DISCUSSIONS AT A TOWN BOARD, UH, WORK SESSION.

MM-HMM.

HAVE A MORE EXPANSIVE TYPE OF, UM, DISCUSSION.

AND I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU IN ADVANCE OF THAT JUST TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE LEGAL ISSUES INVOLVED.

ABSOLUTELY.

YOU'RE WILLING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

I GET A NUMBER OF THOSE TYPES OF CONVERSATIONS THIS TIME OF YEAR, AND I, I GOT TWO OF THEM TODAY.

YEAH.

UH, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO BE, HAPPY TO DO THAT.

HAPPY TO SPEAK ABOUT THEM.

UM, I'VE REACHED OUT TO THE BOARD PRIOR TO THIS A COUPLE TIMES, JUST UNFORTUNATELY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO, UM, MAKE A CONNECTION.

AND IT'S, UM, I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE FACED A SIMILAR ISSUE.

SO I DO THINK IT IS MORE OF A WIDESPREAD SORT OF ISSUE THAN A PERSONAL ISSUE.

UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS SORT OF A RESOLUTION, UM, PUT IN PLACE, UH, TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, WHETHER IT BE HERE TODAY OR SOMETHING AS A FOLLOW UP TO THIS CONVERSATION.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO COMMENT, BUT THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION.

YEAH, MAKES SENSE.

I THINK WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE CONVERSATION AT A, AT A WORK SESSION WHERE WE CAN DELVE MORE DEEPLY INTO THE ISSUES AND, AND, UM, HAVE MORE OF A, MORE OF A, MORE OF A BACK AND FORTH, UH, BECAUSE I CERTAINLY THINK WE SHOULD, UM, CONSIDER WHAT MS. UH, IS SAYING.

ABSOLUTELY.

I'LL REACH OUT TO YOU TOMORROW AS WELL IN ADVANCE OF, UH, THAT CONVERSATION.

SO I'LL REACH OUT TO, TO THE SUPERVISOR, GET YOUR, UH, EMAIL ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER, AND WE'LL ABSOLUTELY THAT TOMORROW IF YOU'RE FREE.

OH, ABSOLUTELY.

I WILL CERTAINLY MAKE TIME.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO MYSELF AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE, UH, BEEN SUBJECTED TO THE SAME, UH, SITUATION.

THANKS.

NOT A MILITARY COUNTRY WE LIVE IN ANYMORE.

MARY BODEN, A, UH, HIKING FRIEND OF OURS HAS OFFERED A GRANT OF, UH, $25,000 AND ASKED ME TO RECOMMEND SOMEONE BECAUSE SHE KNOWS I'M INTERESTED IN SAFETY ISSUES.

AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS APPLY FOR THE GRANT AND IT WILL BE GRANTED.

SOMEBODY GOTTA DO THAT.

D E S S STORE, ELECTRIC STORAGE SYSTEMS. EVERY NEW HOUSE IN GREENBURG SHOULD BE REQUIRED AS OF NOW TO HAVE ELECTRIC STORAGE CAPACITY.

IT'S HERE, IT'S CALLED GLOBAL WARMING.

IT'S GOING TO BE ALL OVER, AND YOU MIGHT AS WELL PUT IT RIGHT INTO THE BUILDING CODE.

AND EVERY HOUSE CONSTRUCTED TODAY AND REPAIRED SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE IT.

CONCRETE CURVES AND SIDEWALKS ARE OUT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.

EVERY SUPERMARKET THAT'S BEEN RE RENOVATED IS USING A LEVEL AREA BETWEEN THE PARKING AREA AND GOING INTO THE STORE.

CURBS ARE NO LONGER USED THERE.

CONCRETE IS ENVIRONMENTALLY DAMAGING THE CURB THAT YOU PUT ON WORTHINGTON ROAD, OR IS IT WHITE, WHITE HOUSE ROAD RESTRICTS PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUTTA THE WAY OF CARS.

I, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN TO YOU THAT THIS HAS TO CHANGE.

THE WORLD CHANGED.

PLEASE MAKE IT SAFER WHEN YOU CAN.

I NOTICED THE FIRE COMPANY IS HAVING A FUNDRAISER.

IF THERE'S AN OXYMORON, THAT'S IT.

WE PAY VIRTUALLY THE SAME AMOUNT FOR FIRE SERVICE AS WE DO FOR EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE TOWN, THE SAME MONEY AND FOR THE TOWN.

WE GET THE LIBRARY AND POLICE AND SERVICES AND PARKS AND SAN AND, UH, EVERYTHING ELSE.

SAME MONEY GOES TO THE FIRE AND THEY GOTTA RAISE MONEY.

ADDITIONALLY, IT'S TIME SOMEBODY STOP.

WE NEED TO HAVE FOUR OR FIVE FIRE CHIEFS IN THIS TOWN.

WE HAVE ONE POLICE CHIEF HANG THERE SOMEWHERE HIGH, CHRIS, LIKE YOUR PICTURE, BUT YOU SHOULD BE OUT OF A UNIFORM AND IN A SUIT.

THIS IS

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IT'S A, THAT'S IT.

I LIKE IT.

I LIKE THE TIME .

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE PITCHING.

THE INABILITY TO GIVE UP THE MILITARISTIC MINDSET.

IT, RACISM HAS BEEN AROUND FOREVER.

I GOT BEAT UP WHEN I WAS A KID FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.

IT HASN'T STOPPED.

IT HAS STOPPED.

JUST PEOPLE HAVE TO KE CATCH UP.

I WILL SPEAK MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE SECOND UNIT.

ANYONE ELSE? WHEN PAUL, THERE WILL BE A SECOND PUBLIC SPEAKING.

UH, YEAH.

UM, PAUL, WE DO NOT, I HAVE, AND, AND TOWN BOARD MEMBERS, WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT, UM, MARY HAD MENTIONED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND I, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT THROUGH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.

UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS, UH, I, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR, FOR ALL OF THE DISTRICTS, BUT I KNOW FOR FAIRVIEW, UM, THEY ARE INSTALLING FREE OF CHARGE SMOKE DETECTORS IN THE HOMES OF RESIDENTS AND THE, UM, BATTERIES ARE EXPECTED TO LAST FOR 10 YEARS.

SO ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN HAVING FIRE ALARMS, THEY CAME, THEY CAME TO MY HOUSE TODAY AND INSTALLED FOUR ALARMS THROUGHOUT MY HOUSE.

AND, UH, I, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A PROGRAM THAT IS SPONSORED THROUGH THE RED CROSS AND, UM, OUR FIREMEN AND WOMEN ARE INSTALLING SMOKE ALARMS FREE OF CHARGE IN OUR HOMES, JUDITH, BUT HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY FOUR FIRE CHIEFS WHEN WE HAVE ONE POLICE CHIEF? WELL, THAT, THAT IS NOT, UM, THE PURPOSE OF MY ANNOUNCEMENT.

MURRAY, I, YOU, YOU JUST TRIGGERED A THOUGHT IN MY MIND TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC THIS, UM, FREE SERVICES THAT'S BEING OFFERED.

AND, UM, SO I, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR RESPOND TO THAT QUESTION, UM, IN, IN, IN THE PUBLIC IN THIS FORUM, BUT THANK YOU FOR ASKING.

RESOLUTION AMENDING THE SCHEDULE OF TOWN BOARD RESOLUTION AS 1 12 15 0 9 AFFECTING THE PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES.

OKAY, NOW WE'RE READY FOR THE AGENDA

[ TB 1 - 4/28/2021 Resolution amending the schedule of Town Board Resolution AS-1-12/15/09 affecting the payment In-Lieu of Tax (“Pilot”) schedule agreement by and between the County of Westchester Industrial Development Agency and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. affecting a portion of the property identified on the official tax map of the town as parcel identification no. 7.71-6-1]

PILOT SCHEDULE AGREEMENT, UH, BY AND BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND THE REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS AFFECTING A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IDENTIFIED ON THE OFFICIAL TAX MAP OF THE TOWN AS PARTIAL IDENT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 7 7 1, UH, SIX DASH ONE.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT 7.71 DASH SIX DASH ONE SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING HONORARY COMMEMORATIVE STREET NAMING OF BABBITT COURT OF INTERSECTION OF SOMO RIVER ROAD AS KEVIN MORGAN WAY TO BE DE DEDICATED AT 6:00 PM ON MAY 20TH, ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FORMER COUNCILMAN, UM, MORGAN 66 ON, YOU KNOW, BIRTHDAY.

UM, NEXT

[ TB 2 - 4/28/2021 Resolution authorizing the honorary commemorative street naming of Babbitt Court, at the intersection of Saw Mill River Road, as Kevin Morgan Way, May 20th, 6:00 PM]

UM, KEVIN PASSED AWAY TWO YEARS AGO, UH, WAS A REALLY DEDICATED, UM, COUNCILMAN, UM, UH, EXCELLENT PUBLIC SERVANT.

UH, WHEN WE SAY KEVIN MORGAN WAY, UM, HE HAD A WAY BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, UM, GETTING PEOPLE TO COMPROMISE.

HE, UM, REALLY, UM, ALWAYS, UM, HELPED ANYONE, WHETHER THEY WERE, UM, PEOPLE WHO NEED THEIR SHOVEL, THEIR DRIVEWAYS, CLEARED OUT SNOW, UH, LITTLE LEAGUE GAMES.

UM, HE WOULD DRIVE, UM, PEOPLE IF THEY NEEDED A LIFT, UH, TO, TO DESTINATION POINTS, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY'S, UM, BEST FRIEND.

AND HE IS DEFINITELY MISSED.

HE WAS AN OUTSTANDING, UH, COUNCILMAN.

AND, UM, KEVIN GREW UP ON BA COURT AND I THINK IT'S REALLY APPROPRIATE TO, UM, HONOR HIM AT, UM, YOU KNOW, ON, ON MAY, ON MANY, ON MAY, UH, 20TH.

HE JUST DID A LOT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

[ AT 1 - 4/28/2021 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related Claim, File No.: 18/21C, by Manuel N. Bravo, for an amount not to exceed $5,265.71]

AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT, A PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM.

UH, FILE, UH, NUMBER 1821 C BY MANUEL BRAVO FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 5,002 $65 AND 71 CENTS.

UH, AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM BY VEIA

RESOLUTION, UM,

[ AT 2 - 4/28/2021 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related claim, file no.: 27/21c, by Venetia Tiedt, for an amount not to exceed $12,671.00.]

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TEED FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 12,671.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT

[ AT 3 - 4/28/2021 Resolution authorizing settlement of Property Damage Related Claim, File No.: 23/21C, by Jacqueline Wright-Luke, for an amount not to exceed $725.00]

OF PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM FILE NUMBER 2321 BY JACQUELINE WRIGHT, LUKE FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO SEAT $725.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER A HUNDRED FIFTY ONE FIFTY TWO SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 150 SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE.

RESOLUTION

[ AT 4 - 4/28/2021 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner 150-152 South Central Avenue, LLC f/k/a Hartsdale Limited Partnership (Blinds To Go, Tenant) for property located at 150 South Central Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $5,564±; the County’s share is $3,067±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $413±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $14,452±; the Hartsdale Fire District’s share is $5,069±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $208±. Refunds from all sources total $28,773±]

THE TOWN SHARE OF THE REFUND IS 5,564, THE COUNTY'S TIER IS 3067.

THE BRONX, UH, VALLEY SEWER DISTRICT SHERIFFS FOUR 13, THE GREENBURG, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICTS 14,452 HARTSDALE FIRE DISTRICT 5,069 REFUNDS FROM WALLER SOURCES 28 7 73.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.

RESOLUTION

[ AT 5 - 4/28/2021 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner 150-152 South Central Avenue, LLC f/k/a Hartsdale Limited Partnership (Ethan Allen, Tenant) for property located at 152 South Central Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $16,499±; the County’s share is $9,112±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $1,229±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $42,819±; the Hartsdale Fire District’s share is $15,048±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $617±. Refunds from all sources total $85,323±]

AUTHORIZING TAX.

SHERRY SOLOMAN WITH PETITIONER 1 51 52 SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE, PARKDALE LIMITED PARK, UH, PARTNERSHIP.

ETHAN ALLEN, UH, 10 REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES 85,000 8 3 23.

RESOLUTION, UH, AUTHORIZING TAX SEARCH SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER COUNTRY CLUB, UH, RICH TENANTS CLERK, THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 93 ROCKLEDGE ROAD, UH, REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES TOTAL $404,660.

[ AT 6 - 4/28/2021 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Country Club Ridge Tenants Corp. for property located at 1-93 Rockledge Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $76,821±; the County’s share is $43,419±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $5,794±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $200,364±; the Hartsdale Fire District’s share is $70,767±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $7,493±. Refunds from all sources total $404,660±]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX, CARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER IBI REALTY, THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4 75 DOS ROAD, UM, THE REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES TOTAL 16,000 2 2 2.

[ AT 7 - 4/28/2021 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner IBIS Realty LLC for property located at 475 Dobbs Ferry Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $3,069±; the County’s share is $1,713±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $229±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $7,978±; the Hartsdale Fire District’s share is $2,826±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $407±. Refunds from all sources total $16,222±]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING COMMISSION TO CAUSE DUNHAM ROAD BETWEEN ESSEX PLACE, ANDRESS ROAD, UH, ON JUNE 12TH FROM TWO TO 7:00 PM FOR DUNHAM ROAD TILL THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY.

[ CL 1 - 4/28/2021 Resolution authorizing permission to close Dunham Road between Essex Place and Joyce Road, on Saturday, June 12th, 2021, from 2:00PM until 7:00PM, for the residents of Dunham Road to hold their Neighborhood Block Party]

A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW, UM, AMENDING CHAPTER FIVE 20 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ENTITLED CONSERVATION, UM, ADVISORY COUNCIL TO EXPAND THE ADVISORY COUNCIL FROM SEVEN, UH, TO UP TO, UM, 11 MEMBERS WITH STAGGERED TWO YEAR TERMS. UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO PREFACE BY JUST SAYING THAT, UH, THE C A C WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MEET WITH, UM, THE MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD.

RESOLUTION SCHEDULING

[ CL 2 - 4/28/2021 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing to consider a Local Law amending Chapter 520 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh entitled “Conservation Advisory Council” to expand the Council up to eleven (11) members with staggered two year terms ]

THEY HAVE SOME CONCERNS BECAUSE OF QUORUM ISSUES ABOUT, UM, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS, BUT IF WE SCHEDULE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT LEAST, UM, WE'RE STARTING THE MO THE, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS OF, UM, REVIEWING, UM, THE POSSIBILITY OF EXPANDING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT COMMITTING TO EXACTLY THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAW.

WELL ARE WE, ARE, ARE THEY IN AGREEMENT THAT THEY WANT TO GO TO 11 MEMBERS? I MEAN, YOU JUST SAID THAT THEY HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE NUMBERS.

UH, I THINK THAT THEY, UH, WOULD PREFER, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE GOING UP TO, YOU KNOW, NINE, UH, BUT THEY WANNA HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH, UH, THE TOWN BOARD AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THEY COULD WORK OUT, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, ISSUES THAT, YOU KNOW, ANY BOARD MEMBER MAY HAVE.

AND I'M GONNA ASK THAT WE HOLD IT OVER UNTIL WE'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION.

THAT'S FINE.

ALRIGHT.

JUST RECOGNIZING THAT HOLD WHILE HOLDING IT OVER, THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.

HOLDING IT OVER.

SO THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING ON THE C A C.

UM, I THOUGHT THAT THEY WANTED US TO MOVE FORWARD A, THE CHANGES UNTIL VERY RECENTLY WHEN THEY DECIDED THEY DIDN'T WANT ANY INCREASE, BUT IT'S HELD OVER A BIT.

RESOLUTION ADDRESSING THE SUBMISSION OF 2021 GRAND FOR STAR RESERVATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF PARKS RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION, UM, FOR AN UPDATED TOWN WIDE 2006 RECONNAISSANCE, UH, LEVEL HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEY.

[ CD 1 - 4/28/2021 Resolution endorsing the submission of a 2021 grant application for historic preservation in connection with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Certified Local Government Program for an update of the Town-wide 2006 Reconnaissance-Level Historic Resource Survey]

[ CD 2 - 4/28/2021 Resolution declaring the intention of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh to be Lead Agency for the amended site plan and related applications of Ferncliff Cemetery Association located at 280 Secor Road (P.O. Hartsdale), and referring the amended site plan application to the Planning Board for review and recommendation]

NEXT RESOLUTION.

DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO BE A LEAD AGENCY FOR AN AMENDED SITE PLAN AND RELATED APPLICATION TO FERN CLIFF CEMETERY ASSOCIATION LOCATED AT TWO 80 SECRET ROAD.

I'M REFERRING THE AMENDED SITE PLAN, UH, TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE OUT.

INTENTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO BE LEAD AGENCY FOR AN AMENDED SITE PLAN AND RELATED APPLICATIONS OF HACKLEY SCHOOL.

RESOLUTION DECLARING THE

[ CD 3 - 4/28/2021 Resolution declaring the intention of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh to be Lead Agency for the amended site plan and related applications of Hackley School located at 293 Benedict Avenue (P.O. Tarrytown), and referring the amended site plan application to the Planning Board for review and recommendation]

LOCATED 2 93 BENEDICT AVENUE AND REFERRING THE AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION.

RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL 30TH HAS ARBOR DAY IN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG.

[ CD 4 - 4/28/2021 Resolution proclaiming April 30, 2021 as Arbor Day in the Town of Greenburgh]

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[ CO 1 - 4/28/2021 Resolution authorizing fiscal year 2021 budget transfer]

AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2021.

BUDGET TRANSFER.

PR UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING, UH, AWARD TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER RAINBOW TREE SERVICE TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRUNING AND A REMOVAL OF TREES DEEMED THEM SAFE IN VARIOUS TOWN PARKS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

UH,

[ PR 1 - 4/28/2021 Resolution authorizing award to lowest responsible bidder, Ramos Tree Service to provide for the pruning and/or removal of trees deemed unsafe in various town parks by the Department of Parks & Recreation's Arborist and the Town's Forester, at a cost not to exceed $54,000]

ARBORISTS AND THE TOWN'S FORESTER ADD A COST NOT TO EXCEED 54,000.

AUTHORIZING AWARD TO LOSS, RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, UH, FOR POOL CHEMICALS AND SUPPLIES FOR 2021 AT A TOTAL COST FOR ALL ITEMS, UH, BID NOT TO EXCEED 70,000 382 0 7.

RESOLUTION

[ PR 2 - 4/28/2021 Resolution authorizing award to lowest responsible bidders for pool chemicals and supplies for 2021, at a total cost for all items bid not to exceed $70,382.07]

RESOLUTION AWARDING, UH, AWARD TO LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS FOR LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES FOR 2021 AT A TOTAL COST, UH, FOR ALL BID ITEMS NOT TO EXCEED $7,000.

[ PR 3 - 4/28/2021 Resolution authorizing award to lowest responsible bidders for landscape supplies for 2021, at a total cost for all bid items not to exceed $7,000.00]

ALL IN FAVOR?

[ PH 1 - 4/28/2021 Resolution accepting a grant for $9,000 from Westchester Community Foundation to support vaccine outreach in the Town during this COVID-19 Pandemic]

RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A GRANT FOR $9,000 FROM WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT VACCINE OUTREACH, UM, IN THE TOWN DURING THIS C OVID 19 PANDEMIC.

RESOLUTION, AWARDING QUOTATION FOR SELF LEVEL SEWER CAMERA, HEAD AND CABLE ALLIANCE TECHNOLOGY.

[ PW 1 - 4/28/2021 Resolution awarding quotation for Self-Leveling Sewer Camera Head and Cable to Alliance Technology, L.L.C., the lowest responsible vendor for an amount not to exceed $7,292.00]

THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE VENDOR FOR AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 7,000 2 92.

SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

THE CONSTRUCTION OF GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT LOCKER ROOM TO GORD AND GROUP FOR AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,285 AND 80 CENTS.

RESOLUTION AWARDING

[ PW 2 - 4/28/2021 Resolution awarding the construction of Greenburgh Police Department locker room to Gordian Group, Inc., for an amount not to exceed $50,285.80]

ANYTHING ELSE THEN? UH, WE'LL HAVE A SECOND COMMENT.

YEAH.

BEFORE, BEFORE MOVING TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

UM, UH, SUPERVISOR, MAY I REQUEST THAT, UM, WE, THAT YOU SET UP A SPECIAL MEETING, UM, BETWEEN NOW AND YOUR NEXT, UH, COUNT SCHEDULED TOWN BOARD MEETING.

WE DO HAVE A STREET CLOSING REQUEST THAT CAME IN, UH, TOO LATE TO MAKE IT TO, UH, THIS AGENDA.

AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S FOR A STREET CLOSING, UM, FOR AN EVENT IN A, IN A COMMUNITY THAT IT'S SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE NEXT TOWN BOARD MEETING, RIGHT? SO WE'LL HAVE TO DO THAT.

WE'LL HAVE TO ARRANGE WHEN PEOPLE ARE AVAILABLE.

UH, BUT IT, IT, IT'S GREAT THAT YOU RAISE THIS SO THAT WE CAN INFORM THE PUBLIC.

IF, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A STREET CLOSED, YOU NEED TO GIVE THE BOARD ABOUT THREE WEEKS, UM, PRIOR NOTICE REGARDING THAT STREET CLOSING BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET IT ON THE AGENDA.

WE HAVE TO, UH, UH, UH, TO GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND THEN WE HAVE TO VOTE ON IT.

AND MANY TIMES THESE COME IN AFTER IT'S TOO LATE TO PUT THEM ON THE AGENDA, AND THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.

SO IF ANYONE IS THINKING OF HAVING, UM, YOU KNOW, A STREET CLOSING FOR A BLOCK PARTY, AND OF COURSE YOU KNOW NOW THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO OUTDOORS AND IF YOU, WITH THE NEW C D C GUIDELINES, IF YOU'VE ALL BEEN VACCINATED, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WEAR A MASK OUTDOORS.

THERE'S GOING, I'M SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE MANY, MANY REQUESTS FOR BLOCK PARTIES, AND THAT'S ALL GREAT.

IT'S JUST WE ASK THAT IF YOU COULD AT LEAST GIVE US THREE WEEKS NOTICE OF WHEN THAT EVENT IS GOING TO BE, IS WE ALSO HAVE TO ARRANGE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET PUT UP THE BARRICADE, HAVE THE BARRICADES, AND PUT THE UP THE BARRICADES TO ORDER TO MAKE IT SAFE.

AND SO, UH, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO, UM, DISCUSS IT AMONG THE BOARD AS TO WHEN WE'RE AVAILABLE TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, WE'LL GET IT IN IN TIME ON PUBLIC COMMENT.

ANYBODY WANNA SPEAK A SECOND TIME ON MARY BODEN? I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS.

TIM, WHAT'S THE VIDEO CONFERENCE ON YOU? PUT A NOTE, TAXES AND WHEN TAXES ARE DUE.

YOU? WHY DO YOU EXPECT A RACIST TO CHANGE? IT'S INGRAINED IN THEIR MENTALITY, BUT SOME CHANGE.

UM, THIS IS A REAL TOUGH, UM, I GOT OUTTA A MEETING TODAY.

PEOPLE SAID, HOW ARE YOU? NOT GOOD FOR A LOT OF REASONS, BUT WE ARE SO INGRAINED WE CAN'T CHANGE.

AND USER GREETINGS SUCH AS, GLAD TO SEE YOU TALK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE ABOUT THE U P S DRIVER, GOES BY WAVES AND SAID, GLAD TO SEE YOU GOING TO RITE AID.

SAME THING IF YOU CAN'T STOP SAYING, HOW ARE

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AND IT'S INGRAINED IN TOO MANY PEOPLE'S MENTALITY TO SAY, HOW ARE YOU? BECAUSE IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE WITH THE VIRUS GOING AROUND TO ASK THAT QUESTION.

THE OTHER THING I WANNA MENTION IS THAT THE, UH, AUTOMOBILES FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS WERE BUILT ON ASSEMBLY LINES, REALLY OVER GASOLINE ON YOUR NOSE.

IT'S REALLY OVER BECAUSE RIVAL BUILDING SMALL MINI FACTORIES AND MAKING CARS RIGHT NOW, THEY DELIVER THE FIRST ONE THIS WEEK TO U P S MADE OUT OF PLASTIC.

AND INSTEAD OF BEING WELDED, IT'S GLUED TOGETHER AND IT RUNS ON BATTERY AND IT'S SMALL AND THE GLUE IN THERE, TWO OR THREE BEING DEVELOPED AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND THEY'LL BE IN EACH AREA.

RIGHT NOW WE BRING STEEL TO A BIG FACTORY.

UH, LUCID MOTORS IS MAKING A BIG BRAND NEW FACTORY, BUT THEY'RE BRINGING STEEL TO ONE FACTORY.

PAINTING.

IT IS AN ENORMOUSLY DIFFICULT, THE U P S TRUCK HAS THE DESIGN BUILT INTO THE PLASTIC.

THERE'S VERY LITTLE WELDING.

AND TO GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEW WORLD REQUIRES THE USE OF LESS STEEL, LESS WELDING, AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE PLASTIC WHERE THE PAINT AND THE DESIGN RIGHT IN THE PLASTIC AND GLUED TOGETHER PRETTY COMMON.

BUT THAT CHANGE IS PART OF THE CHANGE THAT THE WORLD, NOT JUST THE UNITED STATES IS GOING THROUGH.

JUST GOT A VIDEO TODAY ABOUT BIG, LONG HAUL TRUCKS HAVE JUST DEVELOPED A SYSTEM WHERE THEY TAKE AN ENORMOUS BATTERY, SLIDE IT INTO THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK AND TAKE IT OUT AND GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT BATTERY, FULLY CHARGED.

IN THREE MINUTES, THIS IS GOING TO, YOU TAKE AN OLD DIESEL TRUCK THAT NEEDS AN ENGINE OVERHAUL, THEY BRING IT IN FOR A WEEK AND THEY TAKE OUT THE ENGINE AND THEY PUT IN A ELECTRIC SYSTEM, INCLUDING THIS BATTERY, WHICH FITS IN WHERE THE ENGINE USUALLY GOES.

AND THEY RENT THIS TO YOU BY THE DAY, NO OIL, NO REPAIR.

THE TRUCKS OVER THE ROAD.

TRUCKS ARE USUALLY OUT THERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS, AND EVERY SO OFTEN FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE ENGINE REBUILT.

FOSSIL FUEL'S DIESEL FUEL IS GOING TO CEASE TO EXIST WITHIN FIVE YEARS.

CALIFORNIA SAYS IN FIVE YEARS, YOU CANNOT SELL A CAR THAT'S NOT FULLY ELECTRIC.

VOLKSWAGEN IS COMMITTED TO FULLY ELECTRIC.

GENERAL MOTORS IS, AND THIS WEEK HONDA ANNOUNCED THEY'RE GOING FULLY ELECTRIC.

AND THE TIMELINE THAT THEY SAY IS GOING TO GET SHORTER AND SHORTER AND SHORTER.

MY GENERATION HAS GREAT DIFFICULTY DEALING WITH THIS GLOBAL WARMING ISSUE.

IT GOES RIGHT ACROSS THE WORLD.

IT'S NOT THE UNITED STATES PROBLEM.

CHINA ONLY MANUFACTURES ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

THE FIRST COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC BUS WILL ROLL OFF THE, UH, ARRIVAL LINE IN SOUTH CAROLINA OR SOMEWHERE DOWN THERE THIS FALL.

THEY'RE BUILDING THE ELECTRIC BUSES FIRST.

THE M T A TODAY OR YESTERDAY ANNOUNCED THEY'RE GOING ALL ELECTRIC BUSES WITHIN A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF YEARS, AND IT'LL GET SHORTER AND SHORTER.

PEOPLE MY AGE HAVE GREAT DIFFICULTY DEALING WITH THIS CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE FACT THAT THE WORLD WE GREW UP IN NO LONGER EXISTS, RIGHT? AS WE SPEAK IN TWO MINUTES, THE PRESIDENT WILL SPEAK ABOUT THIS IN MANY OTHER SUBJECTS, MEETING'S OVER EARLY ENOUGH FOR ME TO GO DOWNSTAIRS WITH MY WIFE AND WATCH IT.

I NEED TO, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR THE FRONTLINE PEOPLE WHO GREET ME WITH A SMILE.

I PASS A SANITATION TRUCK ON.

SO MOVE OF A ROAD, I GET AWAY FROM THE DRIVER WHY? THEY KNOW I WANT THEIR WORKING

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CONDITIONS TO BE RIGHT.

PEOPLE THAT DO THE FRONTLINE WORK ARE ENTITLED TO BE TREATED AS WELL AS ANYBODY ELSE.

AND SOMETIMES WE FORGET TO DO THAT.

OKAY, MR. BODEN, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU.

AND BY THE WAY, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

WHAT DO I, WHICH INTERRUPTION IS THIS ONE TIME LIMIT? FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU ALL.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE BEING HERE.

I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN SHORTLY.

ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY.

YES, WE, WE HAVE CLIFF ABRAMS. HIS HAND IS UP AND I BELIEVE PAT WEEMS AND BISHOP PRESTON, YOUR HAND IS UP TO SPEAK A SECOND TIME.

OKAY, CLIFF.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

UM, I'M TALKING ABOUT, UM, ON OLD TERRYTOWN ROAD.

FIRST OF ALL, THE SIDEWALKS LOOK NICE, BUT WHEN THEY WAS DOING THE SIDEWALKS, THEY TOOK DOWN THE DIGITAL SPEED LIMIT AND THE CARS ARE STILL SPEEDING REAL FAST AROUND OLD TERRYTOWN, ON OLD TERRYTOWN ROAD WHEN YOU COME TO MAPLE STREET RIGHT AFTER WARREN AVENUE AND BEFORE YOU GET YOUR, UM, HILLSIDE AVENUE.

UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GONNA PICK THE DIGITAL CLOCK BACK UP.

UM, TIMES SPEED LIMIT.

ALSO, I LIKE TO, UM, THANK THE TOWN AND JARED, ME AND ROSALYN STORM BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS ABOUT CROSSWALKS.

AND I SEE NOW ON MANHATTAN AVENUE, WHICH I APPRECIATE IN OLD TERRYTOWN ROAD, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT ON MAPLE, BUT IT'S OVER THERE BETWEEN THE CHURCH IN THE PARK.

AND THEN JARED TOLD ME THEY'RE GONNA HAVE LIGHTS.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE, YOU COULD PUSH A BUTTON AND I COULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE, UM, WE'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THE CROSSWALKS FOR, UM, OVER FOUR YEARS.

BUT IF SOMEBODY COULD LET ME KNOW, UM, WHEN WILL THE DIGITAL SPEED LIMIT WILL BE BACK UP BECAUSE CARS ARE STILL SPEEDING REALLY FAST.

AND I DID ASK CHIEF A WHILE AGO ABOUT A STOP SIGN ON WARREN AVENUE THAT WOULD SLOW THE TRAFFIC DOWN BEFORE THEY COME TO MAPLE STREET AND THE CROSSWALK.

UH, CHIEF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, YOU TO RESPOND TO ANY OF THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT CLIFF, UH, EITHER RAISES? SURE.

GOOD EVENING.

I, UM, I WILL FOLLOW UP ON THE DIGITAL SPEED SIGN TOMORROW.

I KNOW THAT IT WAS TAKEN DOWN TEMPORARILY.

I'LL, I'LL SEE IF IT'S, UH, IF IT'S THE TIME TO PUT THAT BACK UP.

UM, AND CLIFF, WHAT WAS HIS SECOND POINT? UH, CHIEF, WE CAN CHECK IN ON THE RAPID FLASHING BEACONS.

THERE'S TWO SCHEDULED TO BE INSTALLED.

I'M GONNA CHECK IN WITH JIM MEEHAN TOMORROW AND WE'LL PROVIDE CLIFF WITH, WITH AN UPDATE.

BUT THOSE ARE BOTH FUNDED AS PART OF THE PROJECT AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE, UH, UM, UH, CONTRACTOR INSTALLS THEM.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL PROVIDE THAT UPDATE.

ALRIGHT, THANKS GUYS.

APPRECIATE THAT.

LOCATOR, WHICH I COULD NOT FIND.

OKAY, PATRICIA WILLIAMS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'M SORRY I COULDN'T GET MOVE.

UM, I ONCE AGAIN WANT TO DISCUSS THE TAXES AND THE TAX.

UM, ASSESSOR OFFICE IS, UM, IS NOT BEING UPFRONT INSOFAR AS BEING A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY AND RECOGNIZING THAT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE DESERVE TO HAVE A TAX REASSESSMENT.

THAT IS NOT ONE THAT ALWAYS INCREASES.

I FOUND IT TO BE QUITE INFURIATING WHEN WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU HAVE NEW YORK STATE, TELL OUR TOWN, GREENBERG THAT WE HAVE 100% COMPLIANCE TO EVERYTHING.

AND THEN YOU'D SAY, WE ARE THE ONLY ONES IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY WHO DID IT CORRECTLY WITH 100%.

WELL, YOU DID IT CORRECTLY AT 100%.

NOT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU HAVE.

GEN THAT ARE BEING GENERATED BY OUR REASSESSMENT.

NOW, MY REASSESSMENT GAVE ME FIVE COMPARABLE PLACES.

THE FIVE COMPARABLE PLACES AREN'T COMPARABLE.

THEY'RE NOT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY'RE NOWHERE NEAR, MY HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 95 AND THEIRS WERE BUILT BACK IN 1950S AND THE FORTIES.

AND THAT DOES NOT AGREE WITH MINE.

THE PRICE RANGE IS TOTALLY OFF THE HOOK.

UM, AND THEN TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, YOU HAVE TO GO ONLINE.

AND WHEN YOU GO ONLINE, THEY HAVE, YOU LOOK FOR YOUR ASSESSMENT

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AND THEN YOU HAVE TO GO TO A DROP ZONE, UH, DROP DRAWER TO FIND WHATEVER.

IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE.

NOT EVERYBODY CAN FIND WHAT IT IS THAT THEY NEED TO DO.

I MADE THAT STATEMENT, UM, AND I TOLD 'EM THE DATE THAT I WANTED AND THE TIME, AND I WANTED, I APPRECIATE IT.

I GOT THE DATE I WANTED AND I DIDN'T GET THE TIME, BUT THERE'S NO IN THE WORLD WE'RE GONNA HAVE EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO GRIEVE THEIR TAXES, GET IN.

THEY SAID THEY SENT YOU SAID SHE SENT 30 THOU, WAS IT 30,000? UM, REAS REASSESSMENT EVALUATION LETTERS.

AND OUTTA THAT 30,000, THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE THAN THAT.

SO MY QUESTION IS, WHO DID RECEIVE THEM AND WHAT ARE THEIR ZIP CODES? WITH THAT, I'LL SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I WOULD LIKE AN ANSWER FROM EDIE MCCARTNEY.

I DID SPEAK TO EDEDIE.

SHE MENTIONED SHE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH YOU AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SHE ALSO MENTIONED THAT ANYBODY WHO HA DISAGREES WITH THEIR GRIEVANCE, THEY COULD MEET WITH HER.

UM, THEY COULD, UM, FILE A GRIEVANCE AND THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO SMALL CLAIMS IF THEY'RE NOT SATISFIED WITH ANY OF THOSE TWO, UM, UM, APPEAL PROCESSES.

UH, REGARDING THE 30,000, I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY BETWEEN 29,000 AND 30,000.

THAT'S HOW MANY PARCELS THERE ARE TAXABLE PARCELS.

IT'S NOT BASED ON POPULATION.

IT'S BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PARCELS, AND THAT'S WHERE THAT NUMBER CAME FROM.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

AND PAUL, TO SEND, UH, TAXPAYERS SOMEPLACE ELSE OTHER THAN RIGHT HERE.

I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO ALL OF THAT.

YOU SHOULD HIRE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE TOWN TO BEGIN WITH.

SO, UM, OUTTA CURIOSITY, UM, OUT OF 90,000 OR ESTIMATED 90,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN THIS, IN THE TOWN, THERE ARE ONLY 30,000 TAXABLE PARCELS? THAT IS CORRECT.

WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER 60,000? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THERE SOME THAT ARE CONSIDERED NON-FOR-PROFIT, UM, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE IN THEIR VIEW.

UM, THERE ARE APARTMENT BUILDINGS, SO THEY CONSTITUTE 68 CONSTITUTE THREE QUARTERS OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE TOWN.

THREE QUARTERS OF THE RESIDENTS IN THIS TOWN LIVE ON NON-TAXABLE PROPERTIES.

NO, NOT AT ALL.

I I THINK IT'S A DISCUSSION YOU SHOULD HAVE WITH ED.

WITH ED, THAT'S, I I TRIED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND I DIDN'T GET ANY FURTHER THAN THE SAME THING, YOU KNOW.

HELLO? THAT'S STARTLING.

SO BISHOP PRESTON HAD HIS HAND UP.

BISHOP, YOU'RE MUTED.

AS, AS WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND IT WON'T LET THEM GET THROUGH.

UH, THANK, THANK YOU, JUDY.

UH, I WANTED TO COME BACK AND, AND JUST GIVE SOME, UM, INFORMATION, A POINT OF INFORMATION.

UM, AS, AS MOST PEOPLE IN TOWN KNOW, UM, UH, PAUL AND I, ALONG WITH CAROL, UH, WORKED, UM, BACK IN FEBRUARY TO DO A, UM, A POPUP VACCINATION WITH RITE AID.

AND, AND THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM AND WE'VE GOT, I'VE GOTTEN SEVERAL CALLS AND CAROL HAS GOT A FEW CALLS.

WHAT HA WHAT HAPPENED IS THERE WAS, UH, 752 PEOPLE VACCINATED ON FEBRUARY 28TH.

AND, AND THEY WENT BACK ON MARCH 20, ON FEBRUARY 27TH, EXCUSE ME.

THEY TOOK THAT SECOND SHOT ON MARCH 28TH.

AND WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT THE TWO PHYSICIANS THAT DID THE VACCINATIONS, ONE WAS FROM, UH, DUTCHESS COUNTY AND ONE WAS FROM ROCKLAND COUNTY, AND THEY WERE BOUGHT IN BY RITE AID.

AND WHEN THEY REGISTERED THE VACCINATIONS, UH, THEY REGISTERED THE RESIDENCE AS BEING IN DUCHESS COUNTY AND ROCKLAND COUNTY.

AND THE, UH, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE FROM GREENBURG, UH, UH, WESTCHESTER COUNTY AT LEAST.

AND, AND WHEN THEY REGISTERED THAT WITH THE C D C DATABASE, NOW PEOPLE ARE CALLING AND THEY HAVE LOST THAT LITTLE, UM, CERTIFICATION CARD AND THEY WANT TO GET THAT REPLACED, OR THEY WANT TO GO ONLINE AND GET THE APP THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD TO YOUR PHONE AND VERIFY THAT YOU HAD THE VACCINATION.

AND, AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY'RE REGISTERING AS, UM,

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SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, UH, OF WORKING WITH, UH, RITE AID TO GET THAT RECTIFIED.

WE WILL BE IN, UH, WE WILL BE MY, UH, MYSELF AND CAROL WILL BE GETTING LETTERS OUT THAT WILL BE FORMULATED BY RITE AID EXPLAINING THE PROBLEM AND EXPLAINING HOW TO GET AROUND THE, THE, THE DEFICIT THERE.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY CALLS, ANYONE THAT NEED TO GET A DUPLICATE CARD OF THEIR CERTIFICATION OF VACCINATION AND HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FORWARD THEM TO ME OR TO CAROL, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN UNTIL WE GET THIS LETTER BACK FROM RITE AID.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD AND PAUL AGAIN FOR, FOR THEIR DILIGENCE AND THEIR HARD WORK FOR PUT THIS TOGETHER.

700, I THINK 752 PEOPLE IS A RECORD FOR ONE DAY, UH, OF GETTING PEOPLE VACCINATED.

SO WE, WE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB AND LET ME THANK WINSTON FOR HER HELP WITH GETTING THE, UM, APPLICATION IN FOR THE GRANT.

WINSOME IS A, DON'T Y'ALL EVERIFY WINSTON, DON'T GET RID OF HER.

DON'T LET HER RETIRE OR NOTHING.

JUST KEEP HER WORKING.

WE WILL DEFINITELY NEVER LET HER RETIRE , BUT ALSO GIVE HER A FAT RAISE.

SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS, UM, THAT I'VE EVER MET AND IS ALWAYS PASSIONATE AND, UM, AND ENTHUSIASTIC.

AND SHE COMES UP WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, GREAT IDEAS AND FOLLOWS UP ON, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING.

SO, UM, AGAIN, IF SHE RETIRES, WE WILL GET A RESTRAINING ORDER FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, REVEREND PRESTON.

THAT WAS VERY KIND OF YOU.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR.

CERTAINLY I, AND MURRAY, MURRAY IS HOLDING UP HIS PHONE.

HE'S SHOWING WHAT THE APP LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR VACCINATION.

THANK YOU, MURRAY.

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THAT TO YOUR PHONE.

SO THERE ARE NO FURTHER REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

THEN I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN THE MEETING.

THAT GOOD? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

RIGHT EVERYBODY.