May 12, 2021 Town Board- Regular

COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON.

TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER HERE.

PRESENT.

COUNCILMAN KEN JONES.

PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN DIANA NER.

PRESENT.

COUNCILMAN FRANCIS SHEAN, PRESENT TOWN ATTORNEY TIM LEWIS.

PRESENT, DO WE WANNA, UH, MENTION THAT, UH, THERE'S, UM, A COMP, UH, PROBLEMS WITH OUR INTERNET, UM, AND THE ZOOM MEETING, BUT THE MEETING IS BEING, UH, TAPED AND WILL BE REPLAYED IN ITS ENTIRETY.

UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I SHOULD MENTION ABOUT THAT? NO, BECAUSE NOBODY'S GOING TO KNOW THERE.

NO ONE'S GONNA HEAR YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT UNTIL IT ACTUALLY DOES PLAY.

SO WE'RE YOU'RE, YOU'RE BASICALLY TELLING THOSE THAT NO.

MAY 26TH, JUNE 9TH, JUNE 23RD, AND JULY.

UM, SO WE HAVE UPCOMING MEETING.

WELL, WE HAVE UPCOMING MEETINGS.

UM, UM, AND SOMETIME IN JULY.

AND A MOMENT

[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of the 581,750+ individual victims of COVID-19 who have died in the United States, 3,277,272+ deaths worldwide, each leaving family members and friends too soon In memory of Nancy Larrabee, who began working for the Greenburgh Public Library in June of 1994. In the following 27 years as a librarian, Nancy held a variety of roles, most recently providing services to Greenburgh’s seniors. Nancy, with her warm smile, was always a welcoming presence for patrons and enjoyed sharing her knowledge, love of reading and passion for genealogy and local history. Nancy was a kind, intelligent and supportive colleague committed to serving the residents of Greenburgh with exceptional programs, diligent research and patient assistance with technology. She will be deeply missed by all of us. In memory of Holly Elisabeth Gant Jones, resident, former administrator at Mercy College and longtime Guidance Counselor at Woodlands. Holly was instrumental in referring Woodlands High School students to the Greenburgh Town Hall Summer Internship Program and was, previously, honored by the Town during Women’s History Month. In memory and tribute to Rupert Cort (passed 6:00am on April 10th), Olive Holder (passed 7:00am on April 10th) and Cecil Betten (passed 8:00am on April 11th) – brother, sister and brother-in-law, respectively, of distinguished community leader Lloyd Cort, Chairman of the Community Development Block Grant Advisory Committee, member of the Police Advisory Committee and President of the Parkway Gardens Civic Association. We want to express our most sincere condolences to Lloyd and his family who lost three very dear and intimately close loved ones/relatives within a matter of hours of each other.]

OF SILENCE OF THE 2 580 3,141, PLUS INDIVIDUAL VICTIMS OF C OVID 19 HAVE DIED IN THE UNITED STATES.

3,331,970 PLUS DEATHS WORLDWIDE, EACH LEAVING FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS TOO SOON.

AND THE MOMENT OF SILENCE, THE MEMORY OF NANCY LARRABEE.

NANCY, UM, WORKED IN THE LIBRARY FOR 27 YEARS.

SHE WAS A LIBRARIAN.

SHE HELD MANY, UH, ROLES, MOST RECENTLY, PROVIDING SERVICES TO GREENBERG SENIORS.

NANCY HAD A WARM SMILE.

SHE WAS ALWAYS WELCOMING A PRESENCE FOR PATRONS AND ENJOYED SHARING HER KNOWLEDGE, LOVE OF READING, AND PASSION FOR GENEALOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY.

SHE WAS KIND, SHE WAS INTELLIGENT, SHE WAS SUPPORTIVE.

UM, SHE REALLY GAVE EVERYTHING.

SHE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LIBRARY WOULD HAVE EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAMS. SHE WAS A GOOD RESEARCHER.

SHE WAS PATIENT WITH, UM, WITH PEOPLE WHO SOUGHT HER HELP.

UH, SHE'LL BE DEEPLY MISSED BY ALL OF US, AND FOR MANY PEOPLE, SHE REPRESENTED REALLY THE BEST OF THE LIBRARY.

I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS, UM, WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS, YOU KNOW, GROWING UP, YOU KNOW, WE WENT TO THE LIBRARY.

SHE WAS THE PERSON WITH A BIGGER SMILE, WAS ALWAYS HELPFUL AND CARING.

UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY JUST A GREAT PERSON.

I DID THE FLYERS.

OH, DID THE FLYERS, OKAY.

DID YOU ENJOY THE, OH, AND WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND MEMORY OF HOLLY ELIZABETH, DAN JONES, RESIDENT, FORMER ADMINISTRATOR AT MERCY COLLEGE IN LONG TIME, GUIDANCE COUNSELOR AT WOODLANDS.

HOLLY WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN REFERRING WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO THE GREENBERG TOWN HALL SUMMER INTERNSHIP.

SHE WAS PREVIOUSLY HONORED DURING THE TOWN, DURING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, AND WAS ALSO A VERY EXCEPTIONAL, NICE, KIND AND CARING PERSON.

SOMEBODY WHO MADE A WORLD OF A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF MANY, MANY STUDENTS.

JUDITH, DO YOU HAVE A LONGER STATEMENT YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE JUDITH, RIGHT? YES.

HIGHER EDUCATION, EDUCATED, FORMERLY EDUCATED.

UH, I, I WILL, UM, I'LL TRY TO JIGSAW THIS AS WELL AND, AND NOT READ EVERY WORD.

UM, BUT HOLLY, UH, WAS ORIGINALLY FROM RICHMOND HILL, NEW YORK, WHERE SHE WAS RAISED AMONG FAMILY MEMBERS OF DISTINCTION IN THE PROFESSIONS OF EDUCATION, ADVERTISING, WRITING, AND PUBLISHING, AS WELL AS CHEMICAL ENGINEERING.

AND SHE MOVED TO HER PARENTS TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AT THE AGE OF EIGHT, AND LIVED HERE FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

AND WHAT WAS REALLY EXTRAORDINARY ABOUT HER BACKGROUND IS THAT HOLLY REPRESENTED, UM, AT THAT TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY, UH, A A MINORITY OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS HERE IN THE NORTH WHO WERE SECOND AND THIRD GENERATION, UM, UH, UH,

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AND SHE CAME.

SO SHE HAD A, A EXTRAORDINARY BACKGROUND.

UM, SHE ATTENDED THE GREENBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WENT ON TO MATRICULATE AT MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY AND HOWARD UNIVERSITY, BOTH HISTORICAL BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, UM, UH, BOTH CONSIDERED AMONG TOP RATED INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING IN THE COUNTRY.

AND SHE RECEIVED BOTH HER BACHELOR'S OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY AND HER MASTER OF EDUCATION DEGREE IN COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY FROM HOWARD.

UH, IN 86, HOLLY BEGAN HER CAREER IN EDUCATION AS A COLLEGE ADMINISTRATOR HERE AT MERCY COLLEGE IN DOBBS FERRY.

AND IN JUST FOUR YEARS, SHE RECEIVED A PROMOTION TO THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMS. SHE ACQUIRED PERMANENT CERTIFICATION AS A SCHOOL COUNSELOR IN THE STATES OF NEW YORK, VIRGINIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

IN 97, HOLLY LEFT COL MERCY COLLEGE TO BECOME A HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELOR WORKING IN DOBS, NORTH ROCHELLE AND VALHALLA SCHOOL DISTRICTS, RESPECTIVELY.

IN 2000, SHE BECAME A HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELOR AT WOODLAND HIGH SCHOOL IN HARTSDALE.

AND, UM, WHEN, WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY, UM, SEVERAL STUDENTS WHO I KNOW, UH, HERE IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, WERE REALLY SADDENED BY HER, HER PASSING AND EXPRESSED HOW MUCH SHE HAD HELPED GUIDE THEM IN IN GETTING INTO COLLEGE DURING HER CAREER.

SHE SERVED FOR MANY YEARS AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR WESTCHESTER COLLEGE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE, A MEMBER AND CO-CHAIR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR WHITE PLAINS GREENBERG BRANCH, AND THE A C P EDUCATION COMMITTEE.

AND SHE ALSO SERVED AS THE INTERIM SECONDARY VICE PRESIDENT AND AS THE, UH, AS AN ELECTED BUILDING REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE GREENBERG TEACHERS FEDERATION D T F UNION.

DURING HER TENURE AT WOODLANDS HOLLY SUCCESSFULLY MENTORED, COACHED, AND GUIDED MANY STUDENTS THE DIRECTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

HER OWN DAUGHTERS, ALEXA HOLLY, WHO ATTENDED HAMPTON, ANOTHER H B C U, AND ASHLEY ELIZABETH, WHO ATTENDED JOHN J SCHOOL, COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE HERE IN NEW YORK, WHERE, UM, OUR, UH, COUNCILMAN FRANCIS SHAN TEACHES ARE BOTH A TESTAMENT TO HER COMMITMENT TO GUIDING YOUNG PEOPLE INTO COLLEGE FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS.

SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN REFERRING STUDENTS FROM WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL TO THE GREENBERG TOWN HALL SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

SHE WAS A COLLECTOR OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ARTIFACTS, BOOKS, AND ARTWORK.

HOLLY POSSESSED A GREAT LOVE OF AND GIFT FOR WRITING.

HOLLY ELIZABETH GANTT JONES PASSED ON APRIL 30TH AND WILL BE SORELY MISSED IN OUR TOWN.

SHE WAS A TREMENDOUS INFLUENCE ON YOUNG PEOPLE.

OH, I'M AT A MEETING WITH THE TOWN BOARD, .

I'M AT A MEETING WITH THE TOWN BOARD.

IT'S GONNA BE A FEW HOURS.

SO WE DO, UM, AN ASSEMBLYMAN WHO'S ON THE, UM, AT THE MEETING, YOU KNOW, A FORMER TOWN SUPERVISOR WHO I THINK WANTS TO GIVE, UM, A, UH, A PROCLAMATION.

[ SUPERVISOR & TOWN COUNCIL REPORTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS GOOD NEWS...The Town continues (since 2008) to have the highest possible bond rating from Standard & Poors (AAA) and (since 2010) (Aaa) from Moody's. Less than 1% of communities in the nation have this record of financial stability. Recently, on 3/23/2021, Moody's reaffirmed the Town earned Moody's highest rating and, on 03/26/2021, Standard & Poors once again reaffirmed the Town earned Standard & Poors highest rating. Any individual or group interested in a visit from the Town Board should email the Board at TownBoard@GreenburghNY.com]

I'M NOT SURE IF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE AWARE OF THAT.

HIS NAME IS CHRIS.

THANK YOU VERY.

AND, UM, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS OPPORTUNITY.

AND, UH, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE THE BACKGROUND ON THIS, I JUST WANNA ROLL BACK SEVERAL WEEKS AGO AND AT A TIME WHEN IT WAS EXCEEDINGLY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATION APPOINTMENTS.

AND I HAD JUST COME IN, I WAS ELECTED AS A MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, UH, I SUCCEEDED DAVID BUCKWALD, AND HERE I WAS TRYING TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE IN MY DISTRICT WHO ARE CRYING OUT FOR HELP.

NOW, PAUL FINER, AND I GO BACK MANY YEARS AS FELLOW SUPERVISORS, AND I WAS HEARING ABOUT THE TREMENDOUS WORK THAT HE WAS DOING IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, HAVING LAUNCHED HIS C OVID 19 ANGELS A FEW WEEKS PRIOR TO MY CONTACTING HIM.

AND SO I HAD A WONDERFUL TELEPHONE CALL WITH PAUL, IN WHICH HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN WITH THIS.

I THOUGHT MAYBE I'D

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GET A HANDFUL OF VOLUNTEERS.

AND AT PEAK, I THINK, AND, AND ELISE COULD CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WELL OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE WHO PUT IN THEIR TIME AND THEIR EFFORT, COUNTLESS HOURS, LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FOR WHOM THEY GOT VACCINATION APPOINTMENTS, AND THEY WERE LITERALLY SAVING LIVES.

THERE'S JUST NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

LITERALLY SAVING LIVES.

AND SO I SAID, HEY, PAUL, IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY THAT I CAN WORK WITH YOU FOLKS? MAYBE GET SOME IDEAS, COULD MAYBE WE COULD LAUNCH THAT FOR THE 93RD ASSEMBLY DISTRICT AND USE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AS A TEMPLATE.

AND HE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, LET ME, LET ME TALK TO MY COMMITTEE.

LEMME TALK TO MY COMMITTEE.

AND HE WAS BACK TO ME WITHIN A FEW DAYS.

AND BASICALLY HE DID FAR BETTER THAN THAT.

AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING WELL WITH OUR GROUP, AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE SOME DIFFICULT SITUATIONS, SEND 'EM ON TO US, US.

AND SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DID.

AND SO I CANNOT EXPRESS SUFFICIENTLY THE GRATITUDE THAT I HAVE FOR PAUL ELISE KERN AND ALSO CAROL ALLEN, BECAUSE THESE WERE THE FOLKS WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE.

AND THEY GOT SCORES OF APPOINTMENTS FOR THOSE, NOT EVEN IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, BUT BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO HELP.

THEY SAW THE NEED AND THEY WANTED TO HELP.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE 93RD ASSEMBLY DISTRICT.

THIS FIRST IS, IF YOU CAN SEE, IT IS A CITATION OF THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY TO THE HONORABLE PAUL FINER.

AND IT SIMPLY READS IT'S SHORT.

WHEN A SUPERVISOR OF THE TOWN OF BED, UH, OF GREENBURG, SORRY, I'M SO USED TO SAYING, BEDFORD ESTABLISHED THE C OVID 19 ANGELS, A GROUP OF OVER 300 VOLUNTEERS.

I UNDERSTATED IT WITH A HUNDRED WHO HAVE WORKED SELFLESSLY TO SECURE THOUSANDS OF VACCINATION APPOINTMENTS FOR THE COUNTY'S MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.

THIS PROGRAM HAS INSPIRED COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO ESTABLISH SIMILAR PROGRAMS. WHILE EVERY ONE OF THE ANGELS DESERVES OUR THANKS, WE IN THE 93RD ASSEMBLY DISTRICT ARE ESPECIALLY APPRECIATIVE FOR HIS GUIDANCE AND GENEROSITY TO OUR CITIZENS DURING THIS STRESSFUL AND CHALLENGING TIME.

AND THAT'S DATED MAY 3RD AND SIGNED BY MYSELF AND PAUL.

MANY THANKS, AND WE'LL GET THIS OVER TO YOU.

BUT I ALSO WANNA SINGLE OUT TWO OF THE C O ANGELS, ELISE CURRAN, WHO'S RIGHT HERE.

AND ELISE, SO MANY PHONE CALLS, SO MANY EMAILS, I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU HAD PROVIDED TO US.

AND WORKING WITH HEATHER LACKEY, MY CHIEF OF STAFF, AND SO TO YOU, ELISE, WE EXTEND OUR HIGHEST COMMENDATION TO THIS COVID ANGEL VOLUNTEER FOR HER SELFLESS AND TIRELESS DEDICATION TOWARDS SECURING THOUSANDS OF C OVID 19 VACCINE APPOINTMENTS FOR SENIORS AND OTHER VAL UH, VULNERABLE WESTCHESTER COUNTY RESIDENTS.

WE ARE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL THAT SHE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND HER GEOGRAPHIC MANDATE TO HELP THE CITIZENS OF THE 93RD ASSEMBLY DISTRICT, WHERE SUCH HELP WAS SCARCE AND DIFFICULT TO FIND.

SO THIS TOO, I HAVE SIGNED, AND IT COMES FROM THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY.

MANY, MANY THANKS, ELISE.

AND MAYBE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE THERE.

AND I ALSO, I SEE, I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE HERE CAROL ALLEN, BUT A SIMILAR CITATION FOR CAROL.

SO MANY, MANY THANKS.

AND HOW ABOUT A ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

YOU FOLKS DID AN UNBELIEVABLE JOB.

AND PAUL, YOU INSPIRED SO MANY PEOPLE.

WHAT A TREMENDOUS JOB.

YOU LITERALLY SAVED LIVES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MUCH, AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU ALLOWED ME TO PRESENT THESE CITATIONS.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

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OH, CAROL IS THERE, I'M SORRY, HEATHER LACKEY.

MY, UM, I, I'M SORRY, CAROL.

UH, I, I SEE YOU ARE THERE, AND I APOLOGIZE.

AND SO LET ME READ THIS AS WELL.

I'M, I'M EMBARRASSED.

AND WHEN AS CHAIR OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG COVID ANGELS, SHE'S SPEARHEADED THIS ALL VOLUNTEER EFFORT TO SECURE THOUSANDS OF VACCINATION APPOINTMENTS.

ALSO MENTIONING THAT IT'S FOR THE COUNTY'S MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.

AND THIS PROGRAM, AS MENTIONED BEFORE, HAS INSPIRED COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

AND SUCH, SUCH SPECIAL THANKS TO YOU FOR REACHING BEYOND THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO HELP THOSE IN THE 93RD ASSEMBLY DISTRICT.

AND SO HERE, TOO, CAROL, AND AGAIN, MY APOLOGIES THAT I DIDN'T SEE YOU ON, ON THE ZOOM, CAN'T WAIT TO GET BACK TO IN PERSON.

AND MANY, MANY THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

AND SO IF WE COULD DO A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR CAROL TOO, THANK YOU SO MUCH, FOLKS.

CAROL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID.

APPRECIATE IT.

MAY I MAKE A COMMENT? PLEASE, PLEASE DO.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THANK YOU ASSEMBLYMAN BURDICK FOR RECOGNIZING THE TREMENDOUS WORK OF OUR 300 STRONG COVID VACCINE ANGEL VOLUNTEERS.

BECAUSE WORKING TOGETHER, WE REACHED OUT TO OVER 6,000 INDIVIDUALS AND FACILITATED COVID VACCINATIONS FOR OVER 2,800 PEOPLE, MOSTLY SENIORS IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO MY CO-LEADERS IN THIS INITIATIVE, WITHOUT WHOM THE PROGRAM WOULD NOT HAVE WORKED.

YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT ELISE CURRAN.

SHE WAS THE BACKBONE.

SHE WORKED TIRELESSLY ROUND THE CLOCK, MK BLASIK LAKE AND MASTERSON ANN HANE AND SARAH COBER.

WE ALSO HAD TEAM LEADERS, SCRIPT WRITERS, AND DATA MANAGERS WHO WORKED WITH US TO CREATE THE PROGRAM.

WE ALSO RECEIVED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FROM OUR LOCAL CHURCHES AND FROM MANY OF THE GREENBERG TOWN EMPLOYEES, OF WHICH THEY ARE TOO MANY TO NAME, BUT THEY GAVE COUNTLESS HOURS TO MAKE OUR VACCINATION DRIVE SUCCESSFUL.

NOW THAT THE VACCINE SUPPLY HAS BECOME PLENTIFUL, THE WORK OF THE ANGELS CONTINUES THROUGH OUR VAX UP WESTCHESTER INITIATIVE, WHICH IS TO ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET BEEN VACCINATED TO DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT WE CAN RETURN TO SOME SENSE OF NORMALCY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

SO THANK YOU ASSEMBLYMEN FOR THIS RECOGNITION.

THANK YOU, CAROL.

YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.

AND AGAIN, MY THANKS TO THE TOWN OF GREENBERG, TO THE COVID ANGELS AND PAUL, ESPECIALLY TO YOU FOR COMING UP WITH THIS IDEA, SO, SO INSPIRATIONAL AND SUCH A TESTAMENT TO HOW YOU HELP YOUR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND.

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN, I'LL LEAVE YOU NOW BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE A VERY FULL AGENDA.

, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

AND THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU ALL.

ALWAYS BEING THERE, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY I WANTED TO MENTION TODAY, UM, AT THE THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, OUR VAX UP, UM, VOLUNTEERS.

UM, WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS, UM, WHO ARE ACTUALLY GONNA BE WORKING AND TRYING TO V UH, VACCINATE, UM, UH, SOME SENIORS.

AND, UM, THEY'RE READY TO GO.

THEY'RE, WE, WE HAVE OUR FIRST, UM, VACCINATION, UM, UM, POP-UP EVENT, UM, ON FRIDAY AT A HUNDRED MANHATTAN AVENUE.

AND THE STUDENTS ARE GONNA, UH, WHO ARE PART OF THE THEATER, YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTERS, UM, UH, YOUTH, UM, INITIATIVES ARE, UM, GONNA BE MAKING CALLS AND TRYING TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINE HESITANT, UM, TO TAKE THE VACCINE.

BUT I WANNA THANK THE, UM, THE ASSEMBLYMAN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR ALWAYS CARING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ABOUT, UM, YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND, YOU KNOW, AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, HELPING THEM OVERCOME, YOU KNOW, OBSTACLES.

YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU, THEY'RE, THE PEOPLE IN YOUR DISTRICT ARE EXTREMELY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AS THERE ARE SOME WOMEN.

THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORDS.

I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.

CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY IN MAKING SURE THOSE THAT ARE HOME BOUND AND CAN'T GET OUT OF THEIR HOMES, GET VACCINATIONS.

WELL, THANK YOU ALL.

I APPRECIATE THE TIME.

JEN ELLEN, DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YES, I JUST WOULD, IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO SHOUT OUT THE COVID ANGELS AS WELL.

NOT ONLY DID THEY HELP, UM, SENIORS GET TO VACCINATION, THEY HAVE WORKED VERY

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THEY'VE BEEN GREAT ABOUT REACHING OUT AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVEN'T GOT BEEN VACCINATED SO FAR, AND RELAYING ALL THE INFORMATION THAT'S NECESSARY TO US ON A REGULAR BASIS.

SO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CAROL.

THANK YOU, ELISE.

THANK YOU ALL OF YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATE VITAMIN D.

GREAT TEAM.

NO, THAT'S, THANK YOU, FRANCIS.

NEXT ON, UM, THE AGENDA.

UM, COULD WE , DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO HAS THE PHONE NUMBER ENDING IN SEVENTY FIVE ZERO SIX? YEAH, I'M CALLING THEM RIGHT NOW, AND THEY'RE NOT PICKING UP.

I TRIED AND THEY'RE NOT PICKING UP.

ALL RIGHT.

I'M SORRY, PAUL.

JUST A MOMENT.

DO WE HAVE THE AGENDA? WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESENT, TWO PRESENTATIONS, I THINK PAUL, PAUL, THERE WAS ONE MORE TRIBUTE THAT, UM, SHOULD BE ACKNOWLEDGED.

THERE WAS ONE, ONE MORE TRIBUTE, UM, IN MEMORY AND TRIBUTE TO, UH, LLOYD COURT'S FAMILY MEMBERS.

UM, IT SHOULD BE RIGHT, UH, AFTER HOLLY TRIBUTE TO HOLLY.

THAT WAS RAISED YESTERDAY AND BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED, WE DIDN'T GET ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION? YES, I DO.

IT'S, UH, ACTUALLY, IT'S, IT'S ON THE, UH, AGENDA THAT WAS SENT OUT THIS EVENING.

UM, IT READS AS FOLLOWS, IN MEMORY AND TRIBUTE TO RUPERT COURT WHO PASSED AT 6:00 AM WHO PASSED AT 6:00 AM ON APRIL 10TH.

GARRETT, COULD YOU MIC MUTE YOUR MIC FOR I APOLOGIZE, I'M SORRY.

IN MEMORY AND TRIBUTE TO RUPERT CO COURT WHO PASSED AT 6:00 AM ON APRIL 10TH, OLIVE H****R, WHO PASSED AT 7:00 AM ON APRIL 10TH.

AND CECIL BELTON, WHO PASSED AT 8:00 AM THE VERY NEXT DAY, UH, E UH, APRIL 11TH, BROTHER, SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, RESPECTIVELY OF OUR DISTINGUISHED COMMUNITY LEADER, LLOYD COURT, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MEMBER OF THE POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND PRESIDENT OF THE PARKWAY HOME CIVIC ASSOCIATION.

THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WISHES TO EXPRESS OUR MOST SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO LLOYD AND HIS FAMILY, WHO LOST THREE VERY DEAR AND INTIMATELY CLOSE LOVED ONES AND RELATIVES WITHIN A MATTER OF HOURS OF EACH OTHER.

SO SAD.

SO IN MEMORY AND ATTRIBUTE, THANK YOU.

[ PRESENTATIONS Stop Anti-Asian Hate -- Dongming Cai, Ling Li and Faye Zhang NAMI/Mental Health Awareness Month - Sharon Regan Masciovecchio ]

PRESENTATION.

NEXT, UH, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM, UH, MING KAI, UH, LING AND FE ZANG.

UM, AND MANY, UH, RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE OF ASIAN, UM, UH, DESCENT, UM, AS WELL AS PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT, ARE JUST HORRIFIED BY THE HATE, UM, AGAINST THE ASIAN COMMUNITY.

UM, THERE'S BEEN CRIMES, UM, HARASSMENT, UM, IT'S JUST BEEN HORRIBLE FOR, FOR MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO, UM, HEAR, UM, SHORT PRESENTATION, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL STOP HATING EACH OTHER.

THANK YOU, PAUL.

UH, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS DOMIN KAI.

UH, I'M A GREENBERG RESIDENT SINCE 2013.

I'M HERE TODAY AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE A C A, WHICH STANDS FOR THE ALEY CHINESE ASSOCIATION, UH, ALONG WITH ME TONIGHT FROM THE A C A TWO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, UH, LINY AND, UH, YE JAM.

THE A C A IS, UH, A COMMUNITY GROUP OF LOCAL CHINESE FAMILIES IN ALEE, GREENBERG, AND NEIGHBORING,

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UH, TOWNS.

WE HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN MANY VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

I WANT TO THANK, UH, PAUL AND THE GREENBERG TOWN COUNCIL FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND TONIGHT'S, UM, TOWN HALL MEETING AND TALK ABOUT THE VIDEO WE RECENTLY PREPARED IN SUPPORT OF THE STOP ASIAN HATE MOVEMENT.

WE WERE ENCOURAGED BY THE RECENT RALLY FOR ASIAN VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE IN MARCH THAT WAS ORGANIZED BY ASLEY HIGH SCHOOL ASIAN STUDENT, UH, UNION CLUB.

WE THOUGHT THAT, UH, BESIDES SHOWING OUR SUPPORT, ALONG WITH OUR KIDS, WE SHOULD DO MORE AS A COMMUNITY GROUP.

SO WE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF THIS VIDEO, WHICH WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, AND I HOPE YOU ALL LIKE IT.

UM, SO I'M GONNA SHARE THE SCREEN OF THIS VIDEO.

UM, YOU'RE THE CO-HOST THAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SHARE, RIGHT? UM, I, YOU, YOU'RE NOT A COHOST, BUT YOU CAN SHARE IT.

I CAN SHARE IT, YEAH.

OH, OKAY.

THERE WE GO.

CAN YOU SEE UP? SPEAK UP.

AND NOW I SAY IT.

NO MORE HATE IT BROKE MY HEART.

IT'S TOUGH FOR ALL OF US TO SPEAK UP, AND I WANT HER TO KNOW THAT HER ASIAN AMERICAN LIFE IS ALSO BRIGHTLY ILLUMINATED.

ABOUT 150 YEARS AGO, CHINESE AMERICANS CAME TO AMERICA FROM RAILROAD WORKERS IN 1860 TO MODERN, HARDWORKING CHINESE AMERICANS.

TODAY WE HAVE BEEN AND CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF AMERICA.

TRADITIONAL CHINESE VALUES SUPPORT HARD WORK AND SILENT TOLERANCE.

AS THE FIRST GENERATION OF MANY CHINESE AMERICAN FAMILIES, WE HAVE RAISED OUR CHILDREN TO WORK HARD FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE.

WHEN FACING INJUSTICE AND UNFAIRNESS, WE REFLECT ON AN OLD CHINESE SAYING FORBEARANCE FOR A MOMENT, ALLOWS FOR PEACE.

TAKING A STEP BACK YIELDS BETTER CHANCES OF SELF-DEVELOPMENT.

HOWEVER, ALL THE TOLERANCE WE HAVE SHOWN DID NOT BRING US FREEDOM, BUT INSTEAD MADE US TARGETS OF HATRED AND ATTACKS.

OUR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS ARE SCARED OF WALKING FREELY IN PUBLIC BECAUSE OF RANDOM ATTACKS, WHILE OUR KIDS ARE HARASSED WITH STATEMENTS OF, GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY.

SO, IT IS TIME FOR US TO WAKE UP, STAND UP AND SPEAK UP.

LET OUR VOICES BE HEARD ON TV, ON SOCIAL MEDIA AMONG OUR COMMUNITY AND WITHIN OUR WORKING ENVIRONMENTS.

AFTER WE'VE STUDIED, WORKED, AND CONTRIBUTED TO THIS SOCIETY FOR DECADES, IT IS CLEAR THAT WE CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, NURTURE THE OLD AND WEAK IN THE SOCIETY, PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND SUPPORT EVERY RACE AND ETHNICITY FOR THEIR FAIR RIGHTS.

LET US SAY THIS CLEARLY AND LOUDLY TO EVERYONE THAT WE ARE PART OF AMERICA.

OOPS, SORRY.

A GREAT, GREAT PLACE TO STOP.

I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING.

, WHAT A SCREENSHOT.

THAT'S WHAT WE SAY TO HATE THAT SIGN IN THE MIDDLE.

GOT MY ATTENTION ON PEOPLE TO INVITE.

THE LINK IS ON THERE.

MAYBE YOU CAN PUT IT IN THE CHAT BOX AND THEN PEOPLE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

YEAH, I DOING THAT.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT, UM, TRUE, UH, WHAT FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, SPEND, UM, THREE WEEKS TO GET IT DOWN.

I THINK I'LL PUT IT ON THE TOWN WEBSITE.

YEAH, IT'S A VERY WELL DONE, UH, UM,

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AND THEN A LOT OF PEOPLE HELPED TO CONTRIBUTE THE PHOTOS AND THEN THE VIDEOS.

YEAH, I JUST, UH, SHARE THE LINK OF THE YOUTUBE.

UM, MAYBE YOU GUYS CAN PLAY FROM THERE.

, LIKE TWO MINUTES.

DON'T WORRY.

WE, WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY SEES IT, UM, BY, UM, AND I REALLY THINK THAT, UM, ON OUR, UM, PUBLIC ACCESS TV, YOU KNOW, STATIONS, WE SHOULD ASK, UH, JANELLE WALLACE TO, UM, HEAR THIS PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT, UM, IN BETWEEN DIFFERENT PROGRAMS SO MORE PEOPLE COULD SEE IT.

I'LL POST IT ON THE TOWN WEBSITE, I'LL POST IT ON ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IT IS SO WELL DONE, AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, AND I, I REALLY FEEL THAT THE TOWN HAS TO MAKE A, A STATEMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T TOLERATE, UM, THE HATE, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAINST THE ASIAN POPULATION OR THE HATE AGAINST ANY, ANY GROUP.

AND WE'RE WE, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO, UM, TO BE HELPFUL, YOU KNOW, LET YOU KNOW, LET US KNOW.

EVEN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THOUGHTS I HAD WAS WE COULD BE PUBLICIZING AND PROMOTING, UM, ASIAN OWNED, UM, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES, UM, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO BE MORE, YOU KNOW, MORE, MORE SUPPORTIVE.

NOT ONLY ARE THEY HELP, YOU KNOW, HELPING, UM, THE BUSINESSES, BUT THEY'RE ALSO MAKING A STATEMENT THAT, UM, THEY'RE NOT TOLERATING, UH, RACISM AND HATE.

THAT'S WONDERFUL.

I'M GONNA PLAY IT GREAT.

KIDS MADE VIDEOS, CARDS AND GIFT BAGS TO THE ELDERLY IN THE LOCAL SENIOR CENTERS, DISTRIBUTING LOVE TO EVERY SINGLE FAMILY IN THE COMMUNITY.

I JUST HAVE TO LINE IT UP.

AND I WANT HER TO KNOW THAT HER ASIAN AMERICAN LIFE IS ALSO BRIGHTLY ILLUMINATED.

ABOUT 150 YEARS AGO, CHINESE AMERICANS CAME TO AMERICA FROM RAILROAD WORKERS IN 1860 TO MODERN, HARDWORKING CHINESE AMERICANS.

TODAY WE HAVE BEEN AND CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF AMERICA.

TRADITIONAL CHINESE VALUES SUPPORT HARD WORK AND SILENT TOLERANCE.

AS THE FIRST GENERATION OF MANY CHINESE AMERICAN FAMILIES, WE HAVE RAISED OUR CHILDREN TO WORK HARD FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE.

WHEN FACING INJUSTICE AND UNFAIRNESS, WE REFLECT ON AN OLD CHINESE SAYING FORBEARANCE FOR A MOMENT ALLOWS FOR PEACE.

TAKING A STEP BACK YIELDS BETTER CHANCES OF SELF-DEVELOPMENT.

HOWEVER, ALL THE TOLERANCE WE HAVE SHOWN DID NOT BRING US FREEDOM, BUT INSTEAD MADE US TARGETS OF HATRED AND ATTACKS.

OUR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS ARE SCARED OF WALKING FREELY IN PUBLIC BECAUSE OF RANDOM ATTACKS, WHILE OUR KIDS ARE HARASSED WITH STATEMENTS OF, GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY.

SO, IT IS TIME FOR US TO WAKE UP, STAND UP AND SPEAK UP.

LET OUR VOICES BE HEARD ON TV, ON SOCIAL MEDIA AMONG OUR COMMUNITY AND WITHIN OUR WORKING ENVIRONMENTS.

LET US SAY THIS CLEARLY AND LOUDLY TO EVERYONE, THAT WE ARE PART OF AMERICA.

WE ARE AMERICANS.

WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT ON THIS LAND, NO ONE PERSON, ONE RACE SHOULD TAKE AWAY ANOTHER'S RIGHTS TO THRIVE AND GROW.

SINCE THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC STARTED A YEAR AGO, THE ASIAN COMMUNITY HAS ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN ALL TYPES OF VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, SUCH AS DONATING MASKS, PROTECTION GOWNS, AND GOGGLES TO LOCAL HOSPITALS, EMERGENCY CENTERS, FIRE STATIONS, AND POLICE STATIONS.

OUR KIDS MADE CLOTH MASKS TO DISTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY AND DELIVERED GROCERIES AND LIVING NECESSITIES TO THE ELDERLY.

SOME

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WE WANT OUR LOVE AND CARE TO WARM UP EVERYONE'S HEART DURING THIS CHALLENGING AND DIFFICULT TIME.

WE'RE HAPPY THAT MANY FROM THE COMMUNITY REACHED OUT TO US AND SHOWED SUPPORT.

WHEN ASIAN HATE CRIMES ROSE IN THE COUNTRY AS THE A C A COMMUNITY, WE MAY BE SMALL, BUT WE WANT TO BE THE CANDLE THAT LIGHTS UP THE ROAD FOR THE BRAVE AT THE FRONT.

WE WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE, AND WE ARE UNITED.

WHEN THERE'S HATRED AGAINST US, EITHER PHYSICALLY, VERBALLY, OR PSYCHOLOGICALLY, WE WILL SPEAK UP AND FIGHT BACK.

WE BELIEVE THAT AMERICA IS THE LAND FOR EVERYONE.

WE WILL WORK WITH OTHERS FROM DIFFERENT RACES, BACKGROUNDS, ETHNICITIES, AND BELIEFS TO FIGHT FOR A BETTER FUTURE OF AMERICA, FOR A TRULY FREE AND EQUAL AMERICA.

TOGETHER, WE ARE STRONG.

AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.

VERY WELCOME.

GREAT.

SO WE WILL DEFINITELY, UM, SPREAD THE WORD AND DO WHAT WE CAN TO, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE NOT TO HATE, BUT TO, UH, WORK TOGETHER AND, UM, AND APPRECIATE THE DIVERSITY IN THIS TOWN AND IN THIS COUNTRY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, PAUL AND EVERYONE ELSE.

GOODNIGHT.

WE, AND WE REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, KAREN.

UM, NEXT, UM, THIS IS NATIONAL, UM, UM, MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH, AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM SHARON REGAN, MUSCO VET GEO.

THANK, SORRY FOR ALL THE TECHNICAL D DIFFICULTIES.

IT'S ALL GOOD.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M BEING SEEN THERE.

THERE WE GO.

UM, YEAH, NAMI WESTCHESTER SERVES THE WHOLE COUNTY, UM, THAT IN OUR NAME, UM, NAMI WESTCHESTER.ORG IF YOU WANNA LOOK UP, UH, WHAT, HOW THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE.

BUT I FIRST WANNA THANK THE TOWN OF GREENBERG.

THEY HAVE A BANNER UP FOR US.

UM, WE HAVE BANNERS AND RIBBONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, AND IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL TO SEE THE SUPPORT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING ON, ON MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.

I DON'T KNOW IF FOLKS REALIZE THE SERVICES THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE COUNTY, BUT PLEASE MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW.

UM, OUR SERVICES ARE ALL FREE.

WE PROVIDE SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND RESOURCES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOPE.

UM, WE HAVE A HOTLINE, A HELPLINE ACTUALLY, THAT PROVIDES RESOURCES MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 9:00 AM TO 3:00 PM IT'S 9 1 4 5 9 2 5 4 5 8.

REALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR, OUR WEBSITE, UM, WHICH AGAIN IS NAMI WESTCHESTER.ORG.

ALL THE INFORMATION IS KEPT CONFIDENTIAL.

IT'S AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS, UM, TO UTILIZE.

WE PROVIDE SUPPORT GROUPS, A FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP FOR A FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF SOMEONE WHO'S LIVING WITH A DIAGNOSED MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION.

AND WE HAVE NANNY CONNECTIONS, WHICH IS A SUPPORT GROUP FOR PEOPLE IN RECOVERY WHO ARE LIVING WITH A DIAGNOSED MENTAL HEALTH, HEALTH CONDITION.

EXCUSE ME.

ALL GROUPS ARE RUN BY PEERS AND, AND THEY'RE FACILITATORS THAT HAVE COMPLETED NAMI TRAINING.

SO THEY'RE VOLUNTEERS, THEY'RE HEARING FROM THEIR PEERS.

UM, IT'S REALLY A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.

AND NAMI ALSO HAS SOME EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, A FAMILY TO PROGRAM, WHICH IS A, A 12 WEEK PROGRAM FOR FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE A LOVED ONE WITH A MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION, AND IT PROVIDES EDUCATION AND INFORMATION AND ON HOW TO HELP THEIR, THEIR FAMILY MEMBER.

WE HAVE A PEER-TO-PEER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, WHICH AGAIN, IS A, IS A 10 WEEK PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS IN RECOVERY.

UM, AND THESE PROGRAMS, AGAIN, ARE RUN BY, UM, FACILITATORS, AND THEY DO COMPLETE THE NANNY, UM, PROGRAM.

SO, UM, AND LOTS OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND AWARENESS AS, AS I HOPE YOU'RE SEEING AND TAKING IN ADVANTAGE OF.

WE'VE REALLY BEEN GETTING INTO THE SCHOOLS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WITH AN ENDING WITH SILENCE PROGRAM, IF YOU HAVE A SCHOOL THAT WANTS TO BE INVOLVED.

AND, UM, WE ACTUALLY DO WORK WITH GREENBURG HIGH SCHOOL, SO

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THAT'S WONDERFUL.

BUT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOLS, IF YOU'RE ON THE SCHOOL AND, AND ARE NOT IN IN THE GREENBURG SCHOOL SYSTEM, IT'S AN IN-SCHOOL PRESENTATION FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO PIVOT ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, AND THE OTHER ONES I'M ABOUT TO COME, UH, SHARE WITH YOU VIA ZOOM THIS PAST YEAR.

SO WE DIDN'T REALLY MISS A BEAT.

AND, UH, IN FACT, AS WE GO BACK TO, UH, NORMALCY WILL PROBABLY HAVE SOME SORT OF HYBRID METHOD BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REACH STUDENTS.

UM, WE ACTUALLY EVEN REACHED OUT WITH THE GREATER HUDSON VALLEY BOY SCOUT COUNCIL AND SHARED IT THROUGH, THROUGH THEIR TROOPS.

SO IT'S JUST A WAY THAT IF YOU'RE, UM, SHARING THE IN INFORMATION WITH STUDENTS, THEY WILL KNOW WHERE TO GET HELP OR HOW TO RECOGNIZE.

AND ALSO, AT ALL THESE PROGRAMS, YOU GENERALLY HAVE A STUDENT THAT WILL COME UP AFTERWARDS OR TALK TO SOMEBODY AFTERWARDS THAT SAY THAT I, I, I NEED HELP, OR, OR THAT'S MY FRIEND.

I RECOGNIZE MY FRIEND.

AND THEN WE CAN GET THEM THE RIGHT HELP.

AND AS I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD AGAIN AND AGAIN, UM, THE, THE MENTAL HEALTH, UM, SITUATION WITH YOUTH THIS PAST YEAR, BECAUSE OF STRESS, ISOLATION, ANXIETY HAS JUST GONE UP AND UP, AND WE REALLY NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT.

SO I'M TALKING A LITTLE BIT STRONGLY ABOUT ENDING THE SOUNDS, BUT IT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM THAT WE OFFER, AGAIN, FOR FREE.

AND WE HAVE A FAITH NET PROGRAM TO WORK WITH FAITH ORGANIZATIONS AND, UH, IN OUR OWN VOICE PROGRAM THAT, UM, WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL SHARE THEIR JOURNEY.

SO, UM, REALLY GOOD THINGS GOING ON.

AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE'LL HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, PRESENTERS.

IN FEBRUARY AND APRIL, WE DID A VETERANS, UM, PRESENTATION BECAUSE NAMI HAS A HOME FRONT, UM, UM, PROGRAM AS WELL.

SO WE DO, WE DO TRY TO CONNECT AND FIND OUT WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND, AND BRING THAT INTO OUR, UM, AFFILIATE.

YOU KNOW, NAMI IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION, BUT WE ARE A WESTCHESTER AFFILIATE.

UM, AND AGAIN, WE'RE, DON'T KEEP OUR BORDERS JUST TO WESTCHESTER.

WE HAVE A NEW PROGRAM RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON WITH BROLIN BECAUSE IT FIT THE, THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE THAT NEEDED TO BE INVOLVED WITH IT.

SO WE BROUGHT THEM IN.

AND WE ONLY DO ONE FUNDRAISER A YEAR, SO I NEED TO JUST LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT.

UM, IT'S A WALK THAT NORMALLY TAKES PLACE IN RYE THIS YEAR.

IT'S A HYBRID WALK.

IT'S TAKEN PLACE ON MAY 22ND.

YOU CAN, YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, IN REGISTERING OR BEING A PART OF IT.

BUT WHAT WE'LL HAVE IN THE MORNING PROGRAM, IT WILL BE VIRTUAL.

THERE'LL BE A YOGA, THERE'LL BE, UM, PRESENTATION WITH A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE CHATTING AND TALKING ABOUT WHY THEY SUPPORT NAMI WESTCHESTER.

AND WE ASK PEOPLE TO GO OUT, DO THEIR, DO IT YOURSELF.

IT'S A DO, DO IT YOURSELF, WALK, HIKE, UM, RUN.

YOU CAN DO AN ACTIVITY WITH YOUR GROUP, WITH YOUR TEAM, WITH YOUR FAMILY, WHATEVER WORKS FOR YOU.

AND THEN BETWEEN 12 AND TWO, THIS THE HYBRID PART, WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF A CELEBRATION IN ELMSFORD AT OUR OFFICES RIGHT THERE AT 100 CLEARBROOK.

AND THAT WILL BE, WE'RE CALLING IT A PARADE IN THE TAILGATE.

'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA SET IT UP THAT PEOPLE CAN DRIVE THROUGH THE STATIONS OR PARK.

AND WHEN I SAY THAT I'M, I'M, IT'S BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE NOT EVERYBODY'S COMFORTABLE, YOU KNOW, GATHERING IN, IN, IN TOGETHER.

BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SEE PEOPLE GIVE THEM THEIR T-SHIRTS.

THEY MAY HAVE EARNED.

WE HAVE SNACKS, WE HAVE MORE MATERIALS FOR JUST ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO COME BY.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S OPEN TO ANYBODY.

AND THAT'S BETWEEN 12 AND TWO.

IT'S NOT LIKE YOU HAVE TO COMMIT TO THE WHOLE TWO, TWO HOURS.

BUT AGAIN, UM, WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF SCHOOLS INVOLVED IN, IN THE RIBBON AND BANNER CAMPAIGN, AND WE HAVE TOWNSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, AND REALLY THANKFUL TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF GREENBERG.

UM, JUST, UH, AND IF YOU, YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY ONLY HAVE TWO BANNERS LEFT.

IT'S MAY 12TH.

IT'S FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.

BUT, UH, EACH, EACH, UH, IF, IF YOU HA IF YOU ARE ON THE CALL AND HAVE A PUBLIC PLACE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISPLAY A BANNER, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT, YOU KNOW, AVENUE FOR US TO HAVE THAT OUT THERE.

PLEASE JUST GET IN TOUCH WITH OUR OFFICE, OFFICE TOMORROW.

I'LL GET ONE RIGHT OVER TO YOU.

UM, 'CAUSE WE HAVE TWO LEFT.

WE HAVE OUT OF OUR 20 SOME BANNERS, UM, JUST REALLY WONDERFUL THAT PEOPLE WANNA SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS.

THERE'S LOTS OF EVENTS ON OUR WEBSITE AND SOME OF THEM ARE OURS, AND SOME OF 'EM WE'VE PARTNERED WITH COUNTY AND SOME OTHER GROUPS TO, UH, BRING THESE EVENTS TO PEOPLE.

JOURNALING, UM, MINDFULNESS, A LOT OF DIFFERENT CENTERING TYPE OF THINGS AND SUPPORT.

SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT GIVING BACK TO, TO ALL OF YOU.

AND

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UM, UH, A FEW YEARS AGO, THE CLERK'S OFFICE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING TO ORGANIZE, UM, THE, THE, UM, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AROUND, UM, MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.

UM, DO WE HAVE RIBBONS TO BE, DO YOU STILL HAVE A NEED FOR VOLUNTEERS TO, TO TIE RIBBONS AROUND? I WOULD LOVE, WE HAVE RIBBONS IF YOU, YOU KNOW, JUST SHOOT ME, UM, AN A NOTE OR AN EMAIL.

I THINK, UM, PAUL DEFINITELY HAS MY EMAIL.

UM, UH, I CAN GET THEM OVER TO YOU, YOU KNOW, TOMORROW, THE NEXT DAY.

UM, IT'S REALLY, WE, AND WHAT'S BEEN INTERESTING IS WE'RE GETTING PICTURES BACK FROM THE FOLKS THAT ARE HANGING THE RIBBONS UP AROUND THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE'RE SHARING THEM ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE IT'S JUST NICE.

IT'S JUST YEAH.

MAKES PEOPLE THINK AND TAKE A, TAKE A BREATH AND THINK ABOUT OTHERS.

UM, YES.

YOU KNOW, AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE RIBBONS ARE, YOU'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW THEM.

THEY'RE THE BIG WIDE RIBBONS.

UM, YOU'VE GOT THE BANNER.

UM, PAUL, I'M NOT SURE WHERE, WHERE IT WAS HUNG, BUT DEFINITELY GET YOUR GROUP OUT THERE.

TAKE A PICTURE, THE BANNER'S, UH, RIGHT.

UH, RIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE TOWN HALL, DRIVE BY IT ON THE ENTRANCE, MORE ON, ON HILLSIDE AVENUE.

SO, UH, SO EVEN IF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GO INTO TOWN HALL AS THEY'RE DRIVING, UH, ON HILLSIDE, UH, THEY CAN'T, THEY CAN'T MISS IT.

THEY CAN'T MISS IT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IS REALLY FANTASTIC BECAUSE YOUR ORGANIZATION DOES A A LOT OF REALLY FABULOUS THINGS.

SO, UM, EVEN AFTER MAY, UM, OH YEAH, I'M HOPEFUL THAT THERE'LL BE A LOT OF AWARENESS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH YOU AND THANK YOU, THE WHOLE, UH, ORGANIZATION AND THE PASSION YOU HAVE, UM, YEAH.

TO, UM, TO MAKE LIVES BETTER FOR PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE, WHO ARE SUFFERING AND LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT ALONE.

THEN THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE BIG PART, IS YOU ARE NOTAL ALONE.

THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE THAT CARE ABOUT YOU.

UM, IF, IF YOU'RE OUT THERE AND, AND OUT FRONT, GRAB A COUPLE FOLKS AND TAKE A PICTURE IN FRONT OF YOUR BANNER, WE'D LOVE TO POST IT AND SHARE, SHARE YOUR SUPPORT AND DO PLEASE, YOU KNOW, LET'S GET THOSE RIBBONS GOING.

AND CERTAINLY IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT DOWN THE 31ST OF MAY, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

YEAH, YEAH.

YOU PUT THEM UP AND GET A FEW PEOPLE, IT'S DONE IN AN AFTERNOON AND IT'S JUST LOVELY.

UM, AND THERE'S PLACES THAT THEY CAN BE PUT IN IT.

I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.

I'LL GET PAUL'S EMAIL FROM YOU TOMORROW.

AND THANK YOU CARE.

THANKS FOR LETTING ME BE ON TONIGHT TOO.

THANKS.

OKAY, NEXT ON THE AGENDA LET'S, ABOUT THIS, UM, SUPERVISOR FINER.

UM, WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE ISSUE RIGHT NOW TO GET LLOYD ON.

UM, DEEPAK IS WORKING, UM, WITH HIM.

UM, SO I'M ASKING FOR GUIDANCE RIGHT NOW.

IF WE SHOULD, UM, IF WE COULD GET A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME BEFORE WE GO ON.

WELL, WE, WE ARE DOING, UH, THE INTRODUCTION AND APPOINTMENT OF NEW POLICE OFFICERS.

EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT.

RIGHT NOW.

SO THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR.

FINE.

WE COULD TALK SLOWLY IF YOU NEED MORE TIME.

I'LL, THANK YOU.

INTRODUCTION, AND, UH, BOY, , THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT, UH, WE WILL, UM, HAVE THE POLICE CHIEF, UH, INTRODUCE, UM, UH, TWO OF OUR NEW, UM, OFFICERS.

YOU BE DRAGGING THIS OUT.

THANK YOU, .

UM, SO, UM,

[ INTRODUCTION & APPOINTMENT OF NEW POLICE OFFICERS]

AND, UM, SINCE WHEN SOME NEEDED EXTRA TIME, YOU COULD GIVE US THE, THE LONG FORM RESUME.

WILL DO, SUPERVISOR.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

UH, TONIGHT IS, UH, ANOTHER NIGHT IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE WE WELCOME TWO NEW PROBATIONARY POLICE OFFICERS.

UM, OUR FIRST CANDIDATE IS MR. ROBERT FRANCIS.

UH, ROBERT WAS BORN IN NEW YORK CITY AND MOVED TO GREENBURG AT THE AGE OF ONE.

HE SPENT THE FIRST 10 YEARS OF HIS CHILDHOOD IN GREENBURG BEFORE HIS FAMILY RELOCATED TO YORKTOWN, WHERE HE ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL.

ROBERT ATTENDED BOTH SUNY MORRISVILLE AND W C C.

HE SERVED IN THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD BEGINNING IN 2015, AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 2019.

UH, ROBERT JOINED THE MOUNT VERNON POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A POLICE OFFICER IN DECEMBER OF 2018.

UH, HIS RECEIVED MANY COMMENDATIONS AND, UH, OUTSTANDING EVALUATIONS.

AND TONIGHT I WANT TO, UH, RECOMMEND MR. ROBERT FRANCIS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE TOWN OF GREENBERG.

SO, I DON'T, IS ROBERT FRANCIS HERE? UH, ROBERT FRANCIS.

I KNOW HE WAS SCHEDULED TO WORK TONIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS ABLE TO

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GET ON.

SO IT, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I, I BELIEVE HE'S NOT ON.

SO I'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT CANDIDATE, WHO I SEE IS ON, UH, MR. SED CARU WAS BORN IN TRINIDAD AND MOVE TO THE UNITED STATES AT THE AGE OF NINE.

HIS FAMILY SETTLED IN YONKERS, WHERE SY HAD ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM GORTON HIGH SCHOOL.

HE SERVED IN THE US NAVY FROM 2012 UNTIL 2017.

DURING HIS ENLISTMENT PERIOD, HE SERVED AS A COMBAT MEDIC UNTIL BEING HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT THE RANK OF PETTY OFFICER THIRD CLASS.

SO I HAD ATTENDED LEHMAN COLLEGE AND AS A NURSING STUDENT, AND HAS REACHED HIS SENIOR YEAR OF STUDY.

HE BEGAN HIS CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH THE MOUNT VERNON POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND AFTER THREE YEARS, RECEIVED OUTSTANDING COMMENDATIONS AND AND EVALUATIONS.

AND TONIGHT I RECOMMEND SAYED FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE TOWN OF GREENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, SAYED, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, SAY SOMETHING? YES.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD, UH, FOR INVITING ME TO THIS MEETING.

AND, UH, CHIEF MCNERNEY AS WELL FOR INVITING ME HERE.

UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING ON TO, UH, TO GREENBERG AND BEING ASKED TO THE DEPARTMENT.

UM, I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO, UH, WORK THERE.

ACTUALLY, WHEN MY WIFE WAS 21, SHE GOT INTO A REALLY BAD CAR ACCIDENT AND ON CENTRAL AVENUE.

AND, UM, THE GREENBURG POLICE ACTUALLY SAVED HER LIFE, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, IT'LL BE AN HONOR FOR ME TO ACTUALLY WORK HERE.

AND I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

THAT'S VERY NICE.

THANKS.

AND CHIEF, IF YOU COULD FIND SOMEBODY WITH SOME POLL THAT COULD ACTUALLY, WHEN AN OFFICER IS ON DUTY AT THE TIME OF OUR MEETING, COULD ACTUALLY BREAK AWAY AND COME IN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU COULD FIND SOMEBODY LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE, THAT WOULD BE REALLY APPRECIATED.

YOU KNOW, I TRIED.

HE WAS ON STANDBY WHEN YOU WERE ASKING WHO THAT PHONE NUMBER WAS.

I THOUGHT IT COULD HAVE BEEN HIM, BUT HE'S ON DUTY RIGHT NOW IN THE, IN THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON, SO HE'S OH, OKAY.

HE'S, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PRETTY BAD.

OH, I SEE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

OF COURSE.

WHAT AM I THINKING? HE'S NOT ON, HE'S NOT ON THE GREENBERG POLICE YET.

SO I DON'T EXPECT TO HAVE THAT KIND OF ROLE, .

AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST, UH, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THAT YOU'RE, UH, JOINING A REALLY, UH, WONDERFUL POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, YOU KNOW, THE DEPARTMENT IS WELL RUN.

UH, THEY TRY, YOU KNOW, VERY, VERY, UM, YOU KNOW, HARD, UH, GREENBERG OVER THE YEARS, UM, HAS BEEN VERY PROACTIVE.

WE WERE PROBABLY 10 YEARS AHEAD OF, YOU KNOW, OTHER COMMUNITIES.

I THINK WE WERE THE FIRST COMMUNITY TO, UM, UH, OUTFIT ALL THE OFFICERS WITH THE BO WITH, YOU KNOW, BODY CAMERAS.

WE HAVE A POLICE SUMMER YOUTH CAMP.

WE'VE DONE THAT FOR 22 YEARS.

WE HAVE A POLICE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD.

UM, WE'VE, UM, MADE EFFORTS TO, UM, UH, FOSTER GOOD RELATIONS WITH, UM, WITH THE IMMEDIATE, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY, THE GREAT COMMUNITY, UH, POLICING PROGRAM.

I MEAN, THERE'S JUST AN AWFUL LOT OF, UM, FANTASTIC, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS. AND THANKS TO, UH, THE CHIEFS, UM, INITIATIVES AND THERE PREDECESSORS INITIATIVES, WE REALLY BEND OVER BACKWARDS TO, UM, UM, TO, FOR, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, GOOD RELATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, YOU, I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO DO THINGS, UM, THINGS BETTER.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE JUST GOT TODAY SOME STATISTICS, UM, COMPARING, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN 2017 AND 2021, CRIME WEIGHT HAS GONE DOWN A LOT.

UM, AND I THINK THAT'S A CREDIT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO I'M CONVINCED THAT YOU'RE JOINING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE PROUD OF, AND YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO HAVE A GREAT TENURE WORKING HERE.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY.

THERE IS DIFFERENT OFFENSES.

I'M THE CHIEF.

DID NOW WRITE MY COMMENTS, BY THE WAY.

AND WHAT A GREAT PERSONAL STORY STORY.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENT ABOUT THIS OR OTHERWISE? I WOULD, I WOULD, UH, MOVE THAT WE ACTUALLY ADOPT PO ONE, SO THAT WHILE WHILE'S HERE SECONDED.

THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, REALLY EXCELLENT.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, I WAS TALKING BEFORE, UM, ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CRIME STATISTICS FOR, UM, UH, BETWEEN 2016 AND 2020.

UM,

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PART ONE OFFENSES IS HOMICIDE, RAPE, ROBBERY, FELONY ASSAULT, BURGLARY, MV THEFT LARCENY.

AND 2016, THERE WERE 839 INSTANCES IN THE TOWN.

RIGHT NOW, IT'S 490.

LAST YEAR WAS 498.

AND I THINK THAT'S A CREDIT TO, UM, UM, THE EFFICIENCY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, THE PART TWO OFFENSES, SIMPLE ASSAULT, D W I, SEX OFFENSES, DRUGS, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, FRAUD, FORGERY, PUBLIC ORDER THEFT AND OFFENSES.

AND 2000 AND, UM, 16, THERE WERE 1,266 OFFENSES OF THOSE CLAIMS. AND LAST YEAR IT WENT FROM 1266 TO 5 80, 89.

SO YOU HAD, UH, 1266.

THE FOLLOWING YEAR WAS 10 25, THE YEAR AFTER 8 98, THE YEAR AFTER 8 0 5, AND THEN IT WENT DOWN TO 5 89.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT JUST SAYS SOMETHING VERY POSITIVE ABOUT, ABOUT, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

YOU WANNA GO AROUND AND SPEAK TO THE COMMUNITY.

PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS ON, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO, OKAY.

REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THING I COULDN'T DO IS TRY TO CHANGE THE BACKGROUND WHEN, WHEN SOME, WOULD YOU MUTE YOURSELF, PLEASE? I'M SO SORRY.

GREAT.

I THINK THEY WANT YOU TO STRETCH PAUL.

WELL STRETCH .

SO IS THERE ANY SUCCESS WITH LLOYD? WELL, WHILE YOU'RE WAITING, I'LL SAY, WELCOME TO SED, UH, AS THE POLICE, UH, CHAPLAIN SED, WE WELCOME YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR POLICE FORCE.

YOU CAN TALK TO CHIEF MCNERNEY ABOUT THE CHAPLAINCY PROGRAM, AND HE WILL, UM, MAKE YOU AWARE OF WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE'LL, UH, WE'LL UTILIZE TO SERVE IN THOSE CRITICAL AREAS.

AND WE PRAY GOD'S BLESSINGS UPON YOU AND HOPE THAT EVERYTHING GOES WELL.

WE TRUST THAT IT WILL.

GOD BLESS YOU, AND ALL THE BLESSINGS BE UPON YOU.

THANK YOU, TELIN.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

DOES ANYONE WANT ME TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING? THIS IS PATRICIA WEEMS TO HELP STRETCH.

UM, UM, COUNCILMAN SHEEN.

UM, WE'RE READY TO START WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.

SO HE'S IN OR SOMEBODY ELSE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THE LIST.

ALRIGHT, , YOU OPEN UP THE HEARING.

UM, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, DOES IT MATTER THE BACKGROUND? NO, THE BACKGROUND, NO.

DO I NEED TO CHANGE THE BACKGROUND WHEN LLOYD SPEAKS, OR NOT NECESSARILY? NO.

OPENING UP ON PUBLIC HEAR, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, UM, ON THE, UH, TOWN OF GREENBURG'S ENDORSEMENT OF THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT APPLICATIONS TO BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE WESTCHESTER URBAN COUNTY CONSORTIUM, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022, 2024, FOR THE GREENBURG PARKS AND RECREATION AND THE THEATER, YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES, YOSEMITE, UH, SMART, UM, PARK PROJECT.

I'LL CHANGE THE BACKGROUND.

IT'S TIME FOR LLOYD TO SPEAK.

SO WE ARE

[ PUBLIC HEARINGS]

AND, UM, WE'RE INVITING PUBLIC COMMENTS.

NO, NO, NO.

IS THAT A MOTION? MOTION? MOTION.

SECOND TO OPEN THE HEARING.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN UP THE, THE HEARING.

SUPERVISOR, VINCENT, YOU'RE PRESENTING IT.

GOOD? YES.

SUPERVISOR FINER MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD, FRANCIS SHEEN, DIANA NER, KEN JONES, GINA JACKSON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, RESIDENTS OF GREENBERG, I WELCOME YOU.

I WELCOME YOU TONIGHT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12TH, 2021 TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED TOWN OF GREENBERG'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK

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GRANT APPLICATION TO BE SUBMITTED TO WESTCHESTER COUNTY URBAN COUNTY CONSORTIUM FOR FISCAL YEARS 2022 THROUGH 2024.

THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, C D B G IS A FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, HUD THAT PROVIDES FUNDS TO COMMUNITIES FOR NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION AND IMPROVEMENT.

IT IS THE REQUIREMENT THAT ALL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDED PROJECTS ACCOMPLISH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING NATIONAL OBJECTIVES.

IT IS REQUIRED THAT IT BENEFITS LOW TO MODERATE INCOME PERSONS.

IT ELIMINATES OR PREVENTS SLUM OR BLIGHT, MEETS AN URGENT NEED OF RECENT ORIGIN.

PUT THIS IN MIND, THE TOWN OF GREENBERG HAD NUMEROUS MEETINGS WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AS WELL AS TOWN AGENCIES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

THE TOWN DEVELOPED A SERIES OF PROJECTS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS BOTH THE NEEDS OF LOW TO MURDER INCOME CITIZENS, AND THE PRIORITIES FOR FUNDING ESTABLISHED BY WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

THERE AS FOLLOWS, THE DEVELOPMENT OR MAINTENANCE OF FAIR AND AFFORD AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT, COMPREHENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH DAYCARE, FOR CHILDREN, SENIORS, AND INTERGENERATIONAL CARE.

THE COUNTY WILL NOT CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FROM A MUNICIPALITY THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY GROUP.

WITH THIS IN MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU LLOYD COURT, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF GREENBURG AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND LET, LET'S BEGIN BY, I JUST WANNA EXPRESS AGAIN, OUR CONDOLENCES FOR YOUR RECENT, UH, LOSSES, UH, IN YOUR FAMILY.

AND I ALSO WANNA EXPRESS OUR THANKS TO YOU, EVEN DESPITE THE LOSSES.

YOU ALWAYS, UH, PUT THE TOWN FIRST AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO HAVE YOU IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT YOU CARE SO MUCH THAT YOU'RE, UM, YOU'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO MAKE OUR LIVES, THE LIVES OF, UH, YOUR NEIGHBORS AND RESIDENTS OF GREENBURG.

MUCH BETTER.

SO THANK YOU.

AND AGAIN, OUR SINCEREST SYMPATHIES ON THE TRAGEDIES YOU, YOU FACED IN YOUR LIFE RECENTLY.

UH, THANKS SO KINDLY, UH, SUPERVISOR.

FINER.

UM, INDEED IT HAS BEEN A TRAGEDY HAVING THREE OF MY SIBLINGS, UH, PASSING AT JUST WITHIN 24 HOURS.

AND IT WASN'T THE VIRUS.

UH, THEY ALL HAD SERIES OF COMPLICATIONS FROM HEART FAILURE TO, TO, UM, BRAIN TUMOR.

SO I GUESS IT'S THE TIME, SO WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

HOWEVER, TONIGHT BEING SUCH A BRILLIANT, BEAUTIFUL NIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO YOU AND THE BOARD.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, AS CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT OPPORTUNITY TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE, UH, THAT MEMBERS OF C B A C, UM, MS. PATRICIA WILLIAMS, MS. FA BRANCH, MR. DENNIS DEN, AND DR.

GRIFFIN BULLOCK.

AND I ALSO HAVE TO THANK THEM FOR THE COMMITMENT AND HARD WORK TO ACCOMPLISH THIS COMPLEX TASK, WHICH INCLUDES THE SCREENING OF NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS.

SO AS TO SELECT THOSE THAT WILL BE PRESENTED HERE TONIGHT BY MS. GORDON.

UH, WE, I MUST SAY WE ARE A TEAM AND WE WORK AS A TEAM TO FACILITATE AND PRESENT THESE APPLICATIONS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING.

OUR TEAM IS ALSO IN DEPTH TO MR. GEORGE CAMINA, PHIL PHILANTHROPIC COORDINATOR, AND HIS ASSISTANT VINCENT GORDON RUN COORDINATOR FOR THEIR DEDICATION, GUIDANCE, AND SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

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IN PARTICULAR, MR. SUPERVISOR, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MS. VINCENT GORDON FOR HER KEEN ATTENTION TO DETAILS AND EXEMPLARY WORK ETHICS.

SHE HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO PRODUCE APPROXIMATELY EIGHT APPLICATIONS, THE YOU AND THE BOARD, FOUR FROM THE TOWN AND FOUR FROM NONPROFITS.

UH, GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY.

THEIR APPLICATION IS SERVED AS, UM, GREENBERG SMART HOUSING, WHICH IS THE BROADBAND GREENBERG HEALTH CENTER, MEDICAL HOME VISIT FOR HOME HOMEBOUND, ELDERLY AND DISABLED, AND LOIS BRONZE CHILDREN'S CENTER SCHOLARSHIP FOR, FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME.

AND ALSO LA LAST, BUT NOT POLICE AND DEPART NONPROFITS.

WERE IS, UM, GREENBERG NATURE CENTER SOLVING FOR FOOD IN INSECURITY, UH, THE TOWN OR THE TOWN.

THE APPLICATIONS ARE, UH, SIDEWALK INSTALLATION ALONG THE NO NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE, IN THE TONGUE OF GREENBERG, GREENBERG PARKS AND REC, THEODORE DE YOUNG CENTER AND THE COMMUNITY RESOURCE, UH, UM, MITE SMART PARK, UH, GREENBURG PARK AND RECREATION BOTANICAL PARK UPGRADES AND PARK IMPROVEMENT.

AND FOR THE LOUIS BRONZES CHILDREN'S CENTER, THE PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

UH, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU AND YOUR BOARD GIVE THESE PROJECTS THAT I HAVE MENTIONED, AND I'M CERTAIN YOU'LL HAVE A MORE IN DEPTH INFORMATION ABOUT THEM AS BEING THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED.

GIVE THEM SOME CONSIDERATION, CAREFUL CONSIDERATION AS INDIVIDUALS, AS A COMMITTEE, AND AS COMMUNITY.

WE SHARE A COMMON GOAL, A VISION, NOT ONLY FOR TOMORROW OR NEXT YEAR, BUT FOR OUR CHILDREN, CHILDREN, BECAUSE THE BLOCK GRANT HAS HELPED AND FACILITATE THIS VISION.

AGAIN, I THANK YOU.

THE COMMUNITY.

THE COMMUNITY, THANK YOU.

AND HOPEFULLY THAT THESE THAT WERE PRESENTED WILL BE ACCEPTED.

I THINK, UH, THE, UH, PROJECTS THAT YOU WON FUNDED, I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST, UH, INITIATIVE, BEST, UM, PROPOSAL, THE BEST YEARS IN TERMS OF THE PROPOSALS THAT YOU HAVE.

YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE PRO THE PROJECTS AND I THINK THEY'RE EXTREMELY EXCITING.

UM, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING UP WITH GREAT IDEAS.

I APPRECIATE IT.

AND AS I SAID, YEAH, ACTUALLY EVERY, EVERY YEAR YOU COME UP WITH PROPOSALS, I'M EXCITED.

UM, AND, UH, I ALWAYS THINK IT'S THE BEST.

AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR YOU COME UP WITH EVEN BETTER ONES.

AND, UM, YOU HAVEN'T LET ANY US, ANY OF US DOWN, UM, SINCE YOU CHAIR HAVE STARTED CHAIRING THE COMMITTEE, BUT IT'S, I THINK THIS IS REALLY GREAT AND IT'S GONNA BRING, UM, SO MANY ENHANCEMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY.

YOU'RE ALL WALKING ON WATER, RIGHT? OH, YEAH, WE ARE.

SO IS SOMEBODY GOING TO WALK US THROUGH THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT? UM, YES.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO CHANGE OUR, OUR SCREEN.

UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ONLY ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH AND ANYONE TO APPLY.

WE'LL NOW PRESENT OUR PROJECTS RESOLUTION,

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ENDORSING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR 2022 TO TWO 2024, COMMANDED DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING FOR SIDEWALK INSTALLATION ALONG PORTIONS OF NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

WE ARE REQUESTING $250,000 IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING.

THE TOWN WILL BE MATCHING IT WITH TWO 50, AND THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS WILL BE $500,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022.

I WILL NOW ASK GARRETT DAININ, COMMISSIONER OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION TO COME FORWARD AND PRESENT THIS WONDERFUL PROJECT.

THANK YOU, MS. GORDON, FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THANK YOU TO THE C D A C FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORTS AND SUPPORT IN ALL THE MEETINGS LEADING, LEADING UP TO THIS, THIS HERE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO, WELCOME EVERYONE.

MY NAME'S GARY TUKA.

I'M THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION, AND THIS IS THE THIRD, I BELIEVE, THE THIRD SIDEWALK PROJECT THAT, UH, I'VE BEEN A PART OF, WHICH WOULD COINCIDE WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROCESS.

UH, THE FIRST TWO ARE IMPLEMENTED, AND THOSE ARE, UH, SEACOR ROAD SIDEWALK, WHICH, WHICH BENEFITED THE, UH, GREENBURG HOUSING AUTHORITY, UH, SEACOR, UH, ROAD HOUSING, AND THE, UH, MANHATTAN AVENUE, OLD TERRYTOWN ROAD SIDEWALK PROJECT, WHICH WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED AND, UH, IS OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE FAIRVIEW COMMUNITY, UH, IN THE FAIRVIEW CENSUS DESIGNATED PLACE.

SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO PRESENT NOW IS THE SIDEWALK PROJECT FOR THE 20 22 20 24 CYCLE, WHICH AS, UH, MS. GORDON NOTED, I DON'T WANNA INTERRUPT YOU, GARRETT, BUT WE OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE YOSEMITE PARK SMART PROJECT.

THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA, IS THE YOSEMITE SMART PARK PROJECT.

THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE OPENED THE HEARING ON.

UM, UM, FRANCIS, IT DOESN'T MATTER THE ORDER IN WHICH WE GO IN, BECAUSE THE REASON WHY I CHOSE TO DO THE CD THREE IS BECAUSE THAT'S OUR 2022 PROJECT.

IT'S JUST THAT WE HAVE A STENOGRAPHER TAKING A RECORD, AND WE VOTED TO OPEN THE HEARING ON THE YOSEMITE SMART PARK PROJECT AND WINS.

CAN I CLOSE A QUESTION? WILL THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE TOWN PROJECTS BE DONE UNDER ONE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING TRANSCRIPT, OR DID YOU ANTICIPATE YES.

INDIVIDUAL.

IT'S ONE TRANS, IT'S ONE TRANSCRIPT.

OH, SO YOU WANT ALL OF THESE TO BE TAKEN AS ONE PUBLIC HEARING? YES.

ALL OF THEM, INCLUDING THE, THE, UH, NONPROFITS? YES.

SO I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE AMEND THE OPENING OF THE HEARING TO INCLUDE ALL, I HAVE FIVE LISTED HERE, BUT I HEARD THAT WE HAVE EIGHT PROJECTS.

WELL, UM, WHAT IT IS, IS THIS, WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE EIGHT PROJECTS.

OKAY? WE HAVE THREE FOR THE TOWN, FOUR FOR THE TOWN, AND FOUR FOR THE NONPROFITS.

THAT'S HOW WE HAVE EIGHT.

BUT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR ALL FOUR OF THE TOWNS PROJECTS, AND THE NONPROFITS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR ALL OF THEIR FOUR PROJECTS.

AND SO, SO I, SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND OUR MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO INCLUDE THE EIGHT PROJECTS, WHICH WE WILL BE HEARING.

ARE WE JUST GOING TO LUMP THEM TOGETHER OR ARE WE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THEM INDIVIDUALLY? UM, AS WE GO THROUGH EACH PROJECT, YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THEM INDIVIDUALLY.

THE FIRST ONE WE'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT IS THE SIDEWALK.

THEN THE NEXT PROJECT WILL BE THE SMITE SMART PARK PROJECT IN THAT ORDER.

AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE POCAN HILLS UPGRADE AND PARK IMPROVEMENT.

UM, I SEE THAT MR. MURRAY HAS HIS HAND UP.

MR. MURRAY, I HAVE A TE I HAVE A, A TECHNICAL QUESTION.

UM, WINSOME, YES, PLEASE.

IF WE ARE GOING TO AMEND THIS, SHOULD, SHOULD THE AMENDMENT BE MADE BY THE PERSON WHO MADE THE ORIGINAL MOTION? AND THEN, AND THEN SECOND IT, YOU KNOW, SECONDER, UH, ACCEPTING THE AMENDMENTS IN ORDER TO KEEP, IN ORDER TO KEEP IT IN.

UM, WELL, ACTUALLY THE PERSON WHO SECONDED IT SHOULD AGREE TO SECOND, AND THEN THE PERSON WHO MADE THE MOTION SHOULD AGREE.

WELL, I AGREE TO SE I AGREE TO SECOND , BUT WHAT THIS MEANS THOUGH IS THAT IT'S, IT'S A PACKAGE DEAL.

IT'S EITHER ALL OR DONE, RIGHT.

IT YOU REALLY TAKING AWAY DISCRETION AS TO WHICH PROJECTS WOULD BE FUNDED OR NOT FUNDED BY PUTTING 'EM ALL INTO ONE ONE BUNDLE.

, THEY WERE ON THE, ON THE AGENDA OR IN THE RESOLUTION.

UM, THEY WERE LISTED INDIVIDUALLY ON THE, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UM, EACH RESOLUTION IS FOR EACH PROJECT THAT WE ARE APPLYING FOR.

THE COUNTY WILL DECIDE WHICH PROJECTS THEY'RE GONNA FUND,

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WE DO NOT, IT'S BEST FOR US TO APPLY.

THE COUNTY MAKES THE FINAL DECISION ON THE WORTHINESS OF THE PROJECT.

UM, WHEN WE DO THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE LIST ALL THE PROJECTS, ONE AFTER THE OTHER, UM, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

WE LIST THEM ALL TOGETHER AND WE SUBMIT IT THAT WAY.

SO UM, DEPENDING ON THE BOARD NOW TO, YOU KNOW, GIMME SOME GUIDANCE.

HOW DO YOU WANT US TO PROCEED? DO WE NEED TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEARING OR DO WE NEED TO JUST CONTINUE? PLEASE TELL ME, I DUNNO, WHY CHECK WITH TIM? OKAY.

I WOULD ALWAYS HAVE TO DO A DO OVER .

RIGHT? OKAY.

WE CAN DO IT OVER.

WHY DON'T WE START ALL OVER AND I COULD DO THE PRACTICE AND THEN INCLUDE LLOYD'S COMMENTS IN THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

SO WHY DON'T WE, WHY DON'T WE, THIS IS VERY MESSY, BUT I, TO HAVE A CLEAN RECORD, I THINK WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD.

UM, OKAY.

LET ME SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU.

THIS IS WHAT I HAD SENT OUT SURE.

PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT APPLICATION TO BE SUBMITTED TO WESTCHESTER COUNTY URBAN COUNTY CONSORTIA FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 TO 2024, RESOLUTION, ENDORSING THE SUBMISSION OF THE APPLICATIONS FOR 2022 TO 2024 FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING ARE AS FOLLOWS.

CD THREE, PH ONE, PH TWO.

PH THREE.

PH FOUR.

AND I LIST ALL THE INFORMATION.

THAT'S HOW I HAD SUBMITTED IT ORIGINALLY.

SO, SO THE FIRST, WELL, BEFORE WE CREATE A NEW MESSY, SO THE FIRST ONE WE'RE GOING TO DO IS THE SIDEWALK.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I COULD DO? FRANCIS? I COULD FOLLOW YOUR ORDER.

I COULD FOLLOW YOUR ORDER ON HERE.

UM, FIRST ONE IS MY ORDER.

IT'S YOUR ORDER.

THIS WAS ON THE AGENDA ON THE SIDEWALK FIRST.

THAT'S NOT HOW I SUBMITTED IT THOUGH.

I HAD SUBMITTED THE, THE SIDEWALK FIRST, AND THEN I DID PH ONE, TWO, AND THREE, AND THEN FOUR.

WELL, THE SIDEWALK WAS A CD THREE, SO IT WASN'T, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T UNDER A PH.

THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THE ISSUE I GUESS.

SO WHAT I COULD DO IS THAT I COULD, SO, NO, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

LET, LEMME THIS IS, THIS IS EASY.

THIS IS THE ADVANTAGE OF ZOOM.

I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH.

WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE IT SO THAT IT'S EASIER FOR BARBARA TO MAKE, TO MAKE THE RECORD.

NO, NO, NO.

WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING THIS AS DIFFICULT AS POSSIBLE.

WELL MAKE, WELL THAT'S NOT THE IDEA, .

IT'S NOT THE INTENTION, BUT, UH, THAT'S OKAY.

ALRIGHT, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR BEFORE WE START, IS THE, UM, EVEN THOUGH ALL THIS IS GETTING TRANSCRIBED, I GUESS, UH, IT IS GONNA BE THE SIDEWALKS AND THEN IS IT GOING TO BE THE SMART PARK? YES, THE SMART PARK.

AND THEN THEY, AND THEN IS IT GOING TO BE BOTANICAL PARK? YES, IT'LL BE SIR LOIS BRONZE CHILDREN'S CENTER.

AND THEN, YES.

AND THEN WE OUR NONPROFITS.

AND THEN WE DO THE NONPROFITS.

RIGHT? YES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THIS TIME TO ASSIST US.

SO I THINK SINCE YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT THE TRANSCRIPT, I THINK IT'S BEST IF WE START AGAIN.

UM, SO I, I, I GUESS WE WOULD RESCIND OUR RES OUR SECOND THEN OUR MOTION.

ADOPT A NEW MOTION WITH A NEW SECOND.

DOING ALL OF THESE AS A PACKAGE.

AND THEN MAKE A MOTION TO INCLUDE YOUR COMMENT EARLIER COMMENTS AND LLOYD'S OR EARLIER COMMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW PUBLIC HEARING.

SO I'LL, I'LL RESCIND MY SECOND.

PAUL, DID YOU WANNA MAKE THE MOTION, ORIGINAL MOTION? PAUL, YOU WANNA MAKE THE MOTION AGAIN? LET HIM RESCIND HIS MOTION.

PAUL.

PAUL, ARE YOU THERE? SOMEONE ELSE WANNA MAKE THE MOTION? WELL, THE THING IS, HE, WE NEED TO RESCIND THAT OTHER ONE TO GET IT RIGHT.

HE MADE THE MOTION.

YEAH, HE NEED TO RECEIVE HIS MOTION.

WHAT HAPPENED? AND THEN WE VOTE TO AGREE.

DID WE LOSE PAUL? WE ON BREAK , MAYBE THE HOPE WE DIDN'T KNOCKED OUTTA THE MEETING.

AND IS IT POSSIBLE TO, UM, UH, VOTE TO CATCH MY INTRO AS WELL AND I'LL PICK UP RIGHT WHERE I LEFT OFF? SURE, ABSOLUTELY.

SEEKING PUBLIC COMMENT ON, UH, THE TOWN BOARD, TOWN BOARD'S ENDORSEMENT OF PROPOSED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT APPLICATION, UH, APPLICATION, UH, TO SUBMIT, SUBMITTED TO WESTCHESTER URBAN COUNTY CONSORTIUM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND TO 2024.

UH, BUT THE ONLY THING IS WE STILL NEED PAUL, WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM, YOU KNOW, THE WELL, HE CAN COME BACK AND RESCIND HIS MOTION WHEN HE COMES BACK ON, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST MOVE ALONG AND SOMEONE ELSE CAN MAKE THE MOTION.

SO WHY DON'T WE, OKAY, SO WHY DON'T WE, UH, WHY DON'T WE MAKE A MOTION, UM, TO, UH, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON EIGHT PROJECTS, WHICH WE ARE, UH,

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THAT'S THE MOTION.

AYE, FRANCIS, FOR THE MINUTES, COULD YOU PLEASE, UM, UH, STATE THAT IN WRITING, STATE YOUR MOTION IN WRITING, UM, SO THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO SEE IT IN WRITING.

BARBARA, DID YOU, DID YOU TAKE IT DOWN? SHE HAS IT RIGHT.

SO FRANCIS MADE THE MOTION TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARINGS ON EIGHT PROJECTS, AND THEN BARBARA HAS THE REST.

DIANA SECOND.

AND IT WAS UNANIMOUS STILL.

WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR PAUL TO RESCIND THE OTHER.

THAT OTHER, UH, WELL, LET'S NOT MESS UP THIS TRANSCRIPT.

LET'S NOT, WE'LL DO THAT LATER.

IT'S A LITTLE, LITTLE, RIGHT.

SO WHO IS GOING TO PRESENT THAT? AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A FURTHER MOTION THAT THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS OF LLOYD COURT AS THE CHAIR, UH, WINSON GORDON AND GARRETT DU CAIN BE INCLUDED IN THIS TRANSCRIPT.

ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

PAUL'S BACK NOW.

HEY, GARRETT, YOU CAN CONTINUE.

READY TO GO? THANK YOU.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO NOW IS PRESENT THE NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE SIDEWALK PROJECT.

AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, WAIT, WAIT, GARRETT, BEFORE MOVING ON, DOESN'T PAUL NEED TO RESEND HIS ORIGINAL MOTION? HE DOES.

I THOUGHT THAT THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE AGREED HE SHOULD DO.

PAUL NEEDS TO RE I, SORRY.

MAKE A MOTION TO, COULD YOU HEAR ME? TO RESCIND THE PREVIOUS MOTION, BUT I, AND I RESCIND A SECOND.

THE PROBLEM WITH DOING THIS ALL IN FAVOR, I I THINK, WAIT, LET'S GO OFF THE RECORD.

THE PROBLEM WITH DOING THIS RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE MISSING UP THE SECOND TRANSCRIPT BECAUSE NOW SOMEBODY'S READING IT'S GONNA THINK MAYBE THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO, WE DIDN'T WANT TO, UM, THAT, THAT WE WERE DOING A DO-OVER.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT, BUT YOU COULD WE'LL DO THAT AT THE END.

WE'LL DO THAT AT THE END.

BUT I, BUT I THOUGHT THAT, I THOUGHT THAT EVERYONE SAID THAT PAUL NEEDED TO RESCIND THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO OPEN THE HEARING BECAUSE DIANA RESCINDED HER SECOND.

HE, SO IF HE DOESN'T, IF HE DOESN'T RESCIND THE MOTION, WHAT LOGICAL SEQUENCE IS THERE TO DOCUMENTING THE ACTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN? HE'LL, YOU DOESN'T WANNA MESS UP THE RECORD, RIGHT? THE SECOND, THE SECOND RECORD.

SO, OKAY, LET'S DO IT AGAIN.

UM, THIS IS GET, THIS IS JUST, I JUST DON'T LIKE, UH, UNCLEAN RECORDS LIKE THIS.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WHAT, WHAT WE SHOULD DO THEN IS, ARE WE GOING BACK ON THE RECORD, FRANCIS? UM, WELL, THIS IS, I THINK WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IS TO DO A DO OVER AGAIN, BUT FIRST HAVE PAUL RESCIND HIS MOTION.

UM, WHY DON'T WE JUST MAKE A MOTION THAT ANY PREVIOUS HEARING ON THIS, UM, IS NULL AND VOID.

AND WE ARE GOING TO START AGAIN.

YOU WANNA MAKE THAT MOTION? WHAT WE WANT IS WHAT GOES TO THE COUNTY, A CLEAN RECORD THAT THEY'RE NOT WONDERING WHAT WAS GOING ON WHEN IT WAS PERFECTLY INNOCENT.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG, IT'S JUST THAT THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE IN THE ORDER OF THE PROJECTS.

GOT IT.

SO, SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT, UH, WELL, PAUL, YOU HAVE TO DO IT BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONE THAT .

I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RESCIND, UM, THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS NO, THE PREVIOUS, THE PREVIOUS HEARING.

HEARING.

UM, THE PREVIOUS HEARING.

AND DIANA HAS RESCINDED HER SECOND, AND WE ARE NOW GOING TO VOTE TO BASICALLY MAKE THE FIRST HEARING NULL AND BOYD.

AND SO, ALL IN FAVOR? IN FAVOR.

AND SO LET'S VOTE THAT WE ARE BASICALLY, UM, UM, NEGATING THE SECOND, THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING.

NOW THE, WE'RE GONNA DO THE SAME THING FOR THE SECOND.

I MADE THE MOTION TO DO THE SECOND HEARING.

AND WHO SECONDED THAT ONE? DIANA, WHO SECOND, WHO SECONDED DIANA IS SECONDED IT.

SO YOU'RE RESENDING HER SECOND.

I'M RESEND MY, MY MOTION.

THIS IS SO CRAZY.

UH,

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WE, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I'M MAKING THAT MOTION.

, WE'RE ALL, WE'RE ALL GOOD.

WE'RE GOING TO START AGAIN.

UH, I'LL, I'LL, I I THINK I UNDERSTAND IT.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, INVITING PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE TOWN OF GREENBERG'S ENDORSEMENT OF PROPOSED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, UH, APPLICATION TO BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE WESTCHESTER URBAN COUNTY CONSORTIUM FOR FISCAL YEAR YEARS 2022 TO 2024 ON EIGHT PROJECTS THAT WILL BE FURTHER SPECIFIED ON MAKING THAT MOTION.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO NOW IS WALK US THROUGH THE NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE SIDEWALK DETAILS AND PROJECT.

I FURTHER MAKE A MO I FURTHER MAKE A MOTION THAT WE INCLUDE THE COMMENTS OF WINSOME GORDON LLOYD COURT AND GAR KAIN IN THIS PUBLIC HEARING THE COMMENTS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY MADE AND TRANSCRIBED IN FAVOR.

OKAY, MAR, THANK YOU.

[ To invite public comment on the Town of Greenburgh's endorsement of the proposed Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application to be submitted through the Westchester Urban County Consortium for Fiscal Year 2022-2024 for sidewalk installation along portions of North Washington Avenue in the Town of Greenburgh]

SO IF I COULD I, IF I COULD PLEASE SHARE SCREEN AND I BELIEVE THE, UH, HEADER'S UP ON THE, OKAY.

ULTIMATELY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A, A, JUST A, A, A GREAT SIDEWALK PROJECT.

SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN ARE, IS THE PROJECT AREA AND WHAT, AND THE YELLOW LINE AND RED LINE REPRESENT SIGNIFICANT SIDEWALK GAPS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY ON NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE, SPANNING FROM THE TRADER JOE'S OR WESTCHESTER SQUARE SHOPPING CENTER IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION.

AND I'M GONNA RUN MY CURSOR TO ROUGHLY THE AREA OF FOUR CORNERS, BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE AND WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE.

SO SIGNIFICANT SIDEWALK GAP IN THE TOWN, AND NOTED AS SUCH IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE TRANSPORTATION SECTION.

AND ALSO NOTED IN THE 2020 SIDEWALK PRIORITIZATION REPORT, I KNOW THE TOWN BOARD'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROJECT.

I BELIEVE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019, UH, MOST IF NOT ALL THE TOWN BOARD MEMBERS WALKED THIS SPAN WITH RESIDENTS.

AND IT WAS WELL ATTENDED.

I THINK THERE MAY HAVE BEEN, UH, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 30 TO 40 RESIDENTS PRESENT, RESIDENTS PRESENT.

AND, UM, WE, WE SAW FIRSTHAND THE, UM, THE CONDITIONS OUT THERE, WHICH I WOULD DESCRIBE AS EITHER NO SIDEWALK OR WHAT WE CALL FOOTPATHS, WHICH ARE, UM, JUST HARDENED EARTH OR, UM, WORN, UH, NON A D A COMPLIANT PAVED AREAS.

SO VERY MUCH IN NEED OF, OF, OF A SIDEWALK IN THIS LOCATION.

UH, YOU'VE GOT DESTINATIONS TO MASS TRANSIT BUSES, UH, SHOPPING, EMPLOYMENT CENTERS, UH, AND BEYOND THE HARTSDALE TRAIN STATION.

AND WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IN THIS, THIS GREEN POLYGON THAT'S THE NORTH WASHINGTON GREENBURG HOUSING AUTHORITY, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF 15, UH, LOW INCOME UNITS.

AND, AND THIS SIDEWALK PROJECT WOULD, WOULD BE A DIRECT BENEFIT TO THOSE RESIDENTS.

UM, IT'S ELMWOOD ROAD IS, IS THE ENTRANCE ROAD THAT GETS, UM, THE CONNECTION FROM WHERE THE SIDEWALK WOULD BE PROPOSED, UH, IN THIS SPAN HERE.

AND I CAN TELL YOU WE'VE WALKED IT WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

PRELIMINARY DESIGN IS UNDERWAY, AND PREDOMINANTLY THIS SIDEWALK WOULD BE ON THE, UH, WEST SIDE OF NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE, UM, WITH A A, A DEVIATION CLOSE TO WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE, UH, ON THIS RED, UH, LINE HERE WHERE THERE'S A GAP.

AND, UM, THAT WOULD CLEARLY BE ON THE EAST SIDE.

UM, WHILE THE PROJECT LIMITS ARE, ARE IDENTIFIED HERE, I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO, UH, WITH REGARD TO ENGINEERING IS IDENTIFY IF THERE CAN BE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, ALONG THE LEAD UP TO THE NORTH WASHINGTON, UH, HOUSING AUTHORITY UNITS.

UH, I KNOW THERE'S AN OBSTRUCTION, UH, WITH, WITH REGARD TO TELEPHONE POLE IN AT LEAST TWO LOCATIONS, AND THERE MAY BE AN A D A COMPLIANT, UH, UP UPGRADE THAT CAN ALSO BE ADDED TO THIS PROJECT.

UM, SO

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AND, UM, I, I REALLY THANK THE BOARD FOR THE CONSIDERATION HERE AND, AND, AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE THIS A GREAT PROJECT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER DE KAIN.

UM, BEFORE I PROCEED, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE MURRAY, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SPEAK NOW BECAUSE YOU RAISED YOUR HAND.

PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.

THANK, LEMME JUST ASK YOU A QUESTION.

WINSOME ARE, ARE WE DOING PUBLIC COMMENT ON EACH PROPOSAL? IS THAT THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT? OR HOW ARE WE DOING THIS? OKAY.

HOW WE DONE PASS.

WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN MOST REGULAR PUBLIC HEARINGS.

EACH PROJECT IS PRESENTED AND THE COMMUNITY CAN COMMENT ON THE PROJECTS.

THEY CAN ASK QUESTION, EACH APPLICANT HAS TO PRESENT THE PROJECT.

OKAY, NO PROBLEM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. MURRAY.

PLEASE GO AHEAD, SIR.

IT'S NOT SO SIMPLE.

THIS IS, UH, A VERY COMPLICATED PROJECT.

SIDEWALKS AND CURBS.

IDEA THAT WHEN THEY COME TO A POLE, THEY DON'T MOVE THE POLE ANYMORE.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING AND HOW YOU USE RESOURCES.

YOU'VE MADE NUMEROUS CONCRETE CURBS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, AND ALL I DO IS PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE ROADWAY.

WHAT'S BEING DEVELOPED IS THE COUNTY STYLE TRAILWAY, WHICH IS ASPHALT AND SHARED.

IF YOU GO TO ANY OF THE NEW NEWLY DESIGNED SUPERMARKETS, YOU'LL FIND THAT THERE IS NO CURVE ANYMORE.

THAT THE PARKING LOT AND THE SIDEWALK AT THE SAME LEVEL.

AND WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE NUMBER OF CARS GOING IN FRONT OF ANY NEW SUPERMARKET IS PROBABLY MULTIPLE TIMES THE CARS THAT GONNA PASS THE SIDEWALK.

I'VE BEEN ON THAT ROAD MANY, MANY TIMES.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY AND TO, YOU NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN YOU PUT A CURB IN ONE'S CONCRETE, IT'S LIMITED.

IT ONLY GOES SHORT DISTANCES.

WE'VE GOT GREAT GAPS IN THIS TOWN, DOPPS FERRY ROAD WITH THE GOLF COURSES, AND THEY WANT TO PUT THIS NEW THING, ACTUALLY THE GOLF DRIVING RANGE.

HAVE YOU BEEN THERE? THEY WERE REQUIRED TO PUT IN A CONCRETE SIDEWALK.

IT GOES NOWHERE AND WILL NEVER GO ANYWHERE.

THE COUNTY TRAILWAYS GO MILES AND MILES AND MILES, AND THEY'RE ALL ASPHALT FROM FAR TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND ARDSLEY TO ASPHALT SIDEWALK.

AND THE QUESTION IS, OF WHAT VALUE ARE CURBS? ANYHOW, TO PUT IT BLUNTLY, THEY'RE RACIST BECAUSE IF YOU GOT MONEY, YOU GET A CURB.

YOU GOT NO MONEY ON SPRAIN ROAD BETWEEN, UH, NEAR THIS POUND GARAGE IN A RICH AREAS.

YOU GOT A CURB, YOU GET DOWN WHERE THE TOWN GARAGES NO CURB THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, THERE ARE MILES AND MILES AND MILES, NO CURBS.

AND THE ROADS HAVEN'T WASHED AWAY.

AT THIS POINT IN SOCIETY, WE NEED TO NOW LOOK AT THE FACT THAT CURBS AND SIDEWALKS OF CONCRETE DON'T CUT THE BUSTED ANYMORE.

MAJOR, MAJOR, MAJOR CHANGE.

ALL GLOBAL WARMING FELLAS HAPPENS AND IT'S CHANGING RADICALLY.

THE CARS ARE TRANSFORMING FROM INTERNAL COMBUSTION TO ELECTRIC.

IT IS ENORMOUS CHANGE.

ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES WILL HAVE TO BE RETRAINED TO A NEW PROFESSION.

I WILL NEVER SEE THE RESULT OF THIS, BUT I'LL TELL YOU THIS, SOCIETY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN.

AND THE SOONER YOU RECOGNIZE THAT PUTTING A CURB ON WORTHINGTON ROAD OR WHITE HOUSE ROAD PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM WALKING, THE BETTER OFF YOU ARE.

CON EDISON HAS THIS NICE

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AND RIGHTFULLY SO, THEY HAVE A GO AROUND AROUND IT.

SIDEWALKS DO NOT HAVE TO BE PERFECT.

THEY HAVE TO WORK WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE.

PEOPLE WALK ALL THE TIME USING NOTHING ABOUT TAKING CARE OF THOSE PEOPLE.

YOU COULD GO OUT THERE WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND SCRAPE AN AREA, PUT SOME ASPHALT DOWN, AND IT WOULD WORK FOR MOST OF THE PLACE.

DOESN'T HAVE TO BE CONTINUOUS COME GOING, A ROCK OUT CROPPING.

PEOPLE LOOK LEFT AND RIGHT WHEN THERE'S NO CAR COMING, THEY STEP THROUGH THE ROADWAY AND WALK AROUND A ROCK.

CAN YOU IMAGINE NOT BEING PERFECT? YEAH.

WE'RE IN A WORLD WHERE RESOURCES ARE SO RESTRICTED.

I THINK THINGS ARE NOT GONNA BE PERFECT ANYMORE.

I'M OVER THE HILL, I'M GONE.

I CAN'T MAKE IT HAPPEN.

ALL I CAN DO IS SAY TO YOU ALL, THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU LEAVE TO FUTURE GENERATIONS.

THERE'S A CURB THAT HAS NOTHING BUT PREVENTS A CAR FROM GETTING OUT OF THE WAY OF SOMEBODY KIND.

THAT'S NEW WAY OF THINKING.

MR. MURRAY BRODEN, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR, CAN I, CAN I RUN UP OF MY FIVE MINUTES? NO, YOU HAVE 12 SECONDS.

NO, YOU JUST 12 SECONDS.

YOU, YOU LISTEN.

THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO RUSH RIGHT NOW.

IT'S, WE JUST WANT YOUR COMMENT AND WE APPRECIATE YOU.

I JUST WANNA TELL YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORDS OF, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGEMENT.

WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

HE DIDN'T FINISH WINSOME.

HE DIDN'T FINISH.

OH, I DIDN'T, I THOUGHT HE WAS FINISHED.

GO AHEAD.

NO, HE WASN'T.

MURRAY, YOU HAVE 12 SECONDS.

YOU WANNA USE YOUR 12 SECONDS? I'M NOT, YEAH.

MY 12 SECONDS IS TO THANK, THANK TIM LEWIS FOR BEING THE GENTLEMAN HE IS AND TAKING CARE OF ME, SO WELL THANK YOU TIM.

YOU ARE WELCOME.

THANK YOU AGAIN MR. MURRAY.

UM, I SEE THAT MS. WILLIAMS HAD RAISED HER HAND.

YES, I DID.

AND I WANTED TO TALK, UM, SPECIFICALLY AND ADDRESS THE PROBLEM, MARY, THAT YOU WERE DISCUSSING.

WE DID DISCUSS THAT.

I BROUGHT IT UP SPECIFICALLY IN THE MEETING AND WE DISCUSSED THE SIDEWALKS.

I EVEN TOOK IT FURTHER BECAUSE AS A PETITION OUT SEEKING SIDEWALKS FOR WEST HARSDALE AVENUE, I CALLED CIVIC ASSOCIATION.

PERSONS THERE TO DISCUSS THAT SIDEWALK AND WHAT THEY WANTED TO HAVE.

THE RESIDENTS ON WEST HARSDALE AVENUE STATED THEY DID NOT WANT THE SIDEWALK.

I UNDERSTOOD WHY IT WOULD TAKE UP SPACE, BUT COMING BACK TO THE ONE ON WASHINGTON AVENUE, MARY PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE WALKING THERE.

PEOPLE HAVE, UM, THEY WILL HAVE ALSO THE, UM, BABY CARRIAGES CHILDREN.

AND FOR ONCE I AGREED WITH GARRETT DUCAIN, I USUALLY DON'T, BUT I AGREED WITH HIM ON THIS ONE.

AND THAT IS THAT THAT CURB CUT COMING AROUND THE CURB IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR THOSE PEOPLE WALKING.

I KNOW BECAUSE I GO WASHINGTON AVENUE, I HAVE A CHURCH THERE THAT I DELIVER FLOWERS TO, IT'S CURVY.

AND YOU CAN'T ALWAYS SEE BEFORE YOU GET TO THAT CHURCH IN THE DOG HOSPITAL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, CEMETERY, IT IS DANGEROUS.

THEY NEED TO SLOW DOWN.

BUT IN OUR TIME THAT WE ARE LIVING NOW, PEOPLE DO NOT SLOW DOWN AND THEY AREN'T REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN THEMSELVES.

WE ARE NOT INCONVENIENCED.

WE DID LOOK AT IT.

I GAVE IT A RUN FOR THE MONEY.

AND ON THIS TIME I WENT WITH, UM, WITH DUQUESNE.

AND I EVEN HAD DOUBTS BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE WERE OUT.

WE WEREN'T EVEN IN COMPLIANCE IN ONE AREA.

BUT I WENT ALONG WITH IT BECAUSE FOR SAFETY REASONS, I THOUGHT IT WAS BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT I AGREE WITH YOU ON THE, UH, SIDEWALKS, BUT WE DID LOOK AT IT, WE DID DISCUSS IT, AND YOU WERE NOT EXCLUDED.

I WAS THERE AND I INCLUDED WHAT YOU HAD STATED PREVIOUSLY.

SO EACH ONE I SEE IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.

IF, IF SOMEBODY APPLIES FOR A BLOCK GRANT FOR, UM, WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE, THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS THERE DON'T WANT IT.

SO I GO ALONG WITH THOSE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE AND WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO HAVE.

I'M FINISHED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. PATRICIA WEEMS FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

NEXT, WE WILL CONSIDER RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE SUBMISSION.

UH, WINSOME, I THINK SOMEONE ELSE MAY WANNA SPEAK.

I SEE MS. ALLEN'S HAND UP.

I DIDN'T SEE MS. ALLEN.

MS. ALLEN, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

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RECOGNIZING ME.

UM, I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS ABOUT CURBS AND THEIR IMPACT AND ASPHALT.

HOWEVER, THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN THE AREA AROUND NORTH WASHINGTON AND WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE, MS. WEEMS LIKE TO WALK SAFELY.

SO WE DO NEED THE ABILITY FOR PEDESTRIANS TO WALK IN THIS AREA.

WE NEED TO WALK TO CUT DOWN ON MOTOR VEHICLE USAGE ON SHORT TRIPS, SUCH AS GOING TO A TRAIN STATION OR TO GOING TO THE BUS STOPS ON CENTRAL AVENUE.

WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE WALKING SO THAT PEOPLE WILL BURN MORE CALORIES SO THAT THE OBESITY EPIDEMIC WILL NOT CONTINUE AT THE RATE THAT IT'S GOING.

NOW, WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE WALKING FOR PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH BECAUSE IT'S WELL KNOWN THAT PHYSICAL EXERCISE IMPROVES MENTAL HEALTH.

AND WE ARE ALL AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS WE'RE HAVING IN THIS COUNTRY NOW WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE STRESSED AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THEIR STRESS.

SO WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING IS TRYING TO FIND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WAYS OF PUTTING PASSAGE ALONG THE SIDE OF OUR ROADWAYS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN WALK.

AND WHILE YOU MAY HAVE SPOKEN WITH PEOPLE ALONG WEST HARTSDALE, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IMMEDIATELY ON WEST HARTSDALE AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES SUCH AS THE WINDSOR PARK AREA, THE CONDOMINIUMS IN PINEWOOD.

THEY USE THE THAT STREET ALL THE TIME, PARTICULARLY FOR WALKING TO THE TRAIN STATION.

AND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO DON'T WALK BECAUSE OF THE DANGERS OF WALKING IN THE STREETS.

WE WILL CONSIDER RESOLUTION, ENDORSING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR 2022 TO 2024 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING FOR THE GREENBURG PARKS AND RECREATION, AND THE THEODORE DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES, YOSEMITE SMART PARK PROJECT.

DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO COMMENT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? NEXT, WE WILL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION.

I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING REAL FAST.

MS. WINSTON.

GO AHEAD.

MR. ABRAMS. UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW THE, HAVE Y'ALL EVER CONSIDERED ON NORWAY ROAD BY ACME GOING UP TO THE, UM, HEALTH CENTER? 'CAUSE THAT'S A VERY DANGEROUS COMING DOWN, NORWOOD TRYING ROAD, WHERE THE HEALTH CENTER'S AT COMING INTO ACME.

DO ANYBODY KNOW THE AREA I'M TALKING ABOUT? YEAH.

YES, MR. ABRAMS. UM, MAJOR GAP.

THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S SO MANY.

IT'S, IT'S SO UNFORTUNATE.

BUT, UM, WE, WE, WE, WE, THAT IS ON OUR RADAR.

UM, AND IF THERE'S FUNDING OUT THERE, WE, WE WILL SEEK IT.

AND, UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S MUCH NEEDED.

I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

[ To invite public comment on the Town of Greenburgh's endorsement of the proposed Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application to be submitted through the Westchester Urban County Consortium for Fiscal Year 2022-2024 for the Greenburgh Parks and Recreation and the Theodore D. Young Community Center, Department of Community Resources Yosemite Smart Park Project]

WE ARE REQUESTING $34,000 IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.

THE TOWN WILL BE MATCHING IT WITH $34,000, AND THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS WILL BE $68,000.

WE ARE APPLYING FOR THIS PROJECT DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022.

NOW, WE WOULD LIKE COMMISSIONER TERENCE JACKSON, COMMISSIONER OF THE THEODORE D YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

SO NICE TO BE HERE WITH YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SUPERVISOR.

FINER, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, MRS. GORDON.

WERE UNABLE TO HAVE WAS ACCESS TO BROADBAND AND INTERNET SERVICE SO THEY COULD BE LOOKING FOR JOBS AND OTHER SPECIALTIES THAT THEY NEEDED FOR THEIR FAMILIES.

IT IS A PLEASURE TO COME TO YOU, COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING ON A, OR ON A PROJECT THAT IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN PARKS AND RECREATION AND DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES THAT WILL HELP THE RESIDENTS OF THE FAIRVIEW AND GREENBURG AREA.

YOSEMITE.

IT IS, AS IT IS SO LOVINGLY NAMED, WHICH HAS ALSO BEEN CALLED YOSEMITE PARK, IS A LOVELY PARK THAT HAS BEEN USED FOR MANY YEARS FOR MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.

IT HAS A WONDERFUL, UM, PARK INSIDE OF IT THAT HAS TENNIS COURTS, BASKETBALL COURT, SOFTBALL FIELD, AS WELL AS A PAVILION THAT HAS HELD A 45 YEAR OLD JAZZ CONCERT OVER THE SUMMERS.

BUT THIS PAST SUMMER HAS BEEN VERY DIFFERENT.

IT HAS BEEN A PLACE OF REFUGE, A PLACE WHERE MANY OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE COME TO BE OUTSIDE BECAUSE THEY'RE TIRED OF BEING INSIDE.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT THEY

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THIS PROJECT WILL HELP NOT ONLY BRING BROADBAND TO IT, BUT WILL ALSO UPDATE A VERY OLD BUILDING THAT HOLDS MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BATHROOMS. AND AS WELL, THE PAVILION THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT HAS DEFINITELY SEEN BETTER DAYS, A NEW ROOF AND NEW, UM, UM, DRAINAGE ON THAT BUILDING WILL SPECIFICALLY HELP IT SO THAT THE BUILDING ITSELF CAN NOW BE TRANSFORMED INTO A THREE SEASON AREA FOR PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT GO ON AGAIN AT PARKS AND RECREATION, AS WELL AS THE, THE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.

BUT THIS PARK IS SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

IT IS ALSO USED BY THE LOIS BRONZE CENTER AND THE CHILDREN THAT ARE THERE AT AS, AS IT HAS A WONDERFUL JUNGLE GYM THAT IS UP IN THAT AREA AS WELL AS THE TENNIS COURTS AND JUST A LOVELY AREA TO BE OUT AND ABOUT, AS WELL AS ALL THE DIFFERENT GRILLS AND SEATING AREAS THAT IT HAS THIS PROJECT.

NOT MUCH IN A NUMBER, BUT SO MUCH IN THE EFFECTS OF WHAT IT COULD DO TO THE LIVES OF GREENBURG AND FAIRVIEW RESIDENTS.

I TRULY HOPE FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS, AND THANK YOU FOR A MOMENT OF YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT PRESENTATION.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS AT ALL? OKAY, WELL, WITH THAT IN MIND, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PROJECT.

WE WILL

[ To invite public comment on the Town of Greenburgh's endorsement of the proposed Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application to be submitted through the Westchester Urban County Consortium for Fiscal Year 2022-2024 for the Greenburgh Parks and Recreation Pocantico Park Upgrades and Park Improvements]

NOW CONSIDER ENDORSING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR GREENBURG PARKS AND RECREATION, POCAN PARK UPGRADES AND PARK IMPROVEMENT.

THIS PROJECT WILL COST A TOTAL OF $308,000.

WE'LL BE GETTING $254,000 IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING, AND THE TOWN WILL BE MATCHING IT WITH $154,000.

WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GONNA CALL ON GERARD BURNS, THE COMMISSIONER OF GREENBERG PARKS AND RECREATION.

UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

UH, I FIRST WANNA THANK THE, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT COMMITTEE.

UH, I MUST SAY, UH, THEY WERE OUTSTANDING ALONG WITH WINSTON.

UH, WE HAD NUMEROUS MEETINGS, PROBABLY THE MOST MEETINGS WE'VE EVER HAD IN ALL THE, UH, UH, PROCESSES WE'VE GONE IN THE LAST, UH, 30 YEARS.

AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY ASKED.

AND, UH, THEY HAD SOME VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO MAKE, UH, WITH ALL THE, UH, GREAT PROJECTS THAT WERE BEING, UH, PRESENTED.

UM, IF FRANCIS OR, UH, GARRETT, IF I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN, I WOULD LIKE TO, I HAVE SOME, UH, PRELIMINARY PLANS FOR OUR PROJECT, WHICH IS AT, UH, UH, BOTANICAL PARK.

WE CAN SHARE.

UM, IS IT OKAY TO SHARE? YES, IT'S, HOPEFULLY IT WORKS BEFORE IT HASN'T.

UH, CAN YOU SEE THE, UH, SCREEN RIGHT NOW? YES, WE CAN.

GREAT, GREAT.

SO, UH, I, I'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING, UH, VERY CLOSELY WITH SUZETTE LOPA, UH, FROM THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY, UH, PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

AND, UH, WE, WE WENT OUT THERE AND LOOKED AT BOTANICAL PARK, WHICH IS LOCATED, UH, ON, UH, SAWMILL RIVER ROAD, UH, IN NORTH ELMSFORD, UH, NEXT TO THE OLD, UH, GREENBURG MULTIPLEX.

UH, IT'S, UH, BORDERS WITH THE GREENBURG SCATTERED SITE ON SAWMILL RIVER ROAD.

AND RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS THE SAM'S CLUB, UH, ALONG, UH, THAT BORDERS THIS PROPERTY A SPORT TIME.

UH, U SS A, UH, WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE US, UH, ON, IF YOU CAN SEE MY CURSOR, UH, THIS IS THE EXISTING PLAYGROUND WITH THE NEW PLANS.

UH, THE LAST TIME THAT PLAYGROUND WAS, UH, RENOVATED WAS IN, UH, 2000.

AND THAT WAS PART OF A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, UH, PROJECT BACK THEN.

SINCE THAT TIME, UH, WE'VE HAD SOME, UH, ISSUES WITH AGING EQUIPMENT.

IT'S, UH, WE REALLY WANNA BRING IT UP TO, UH, UH, UH, NATIONAL PLAYGROUND SAFETY STANDARDS.

AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS, UH, UH, PUT IN A NEW ASPHALT PATH.

WE HAVE, UH, SOME TREES THAT WERE PLANTED THAT WE HAVE TO NOW TAKE OUT BECAUSE THEY'VE, UH, CREATED TRIPPING HAZARDS.

UH, AND, UH, WE, WE WE'RE GONNA PUT IN A PLAY AREA, UH, FOR TWO TO FIVE, AND THEN FIVE TO SEVEN.

AND IT'S GONNA REALLY BE A, YOU KNOW, A GREAT ENHANCEMENT IN HOPEFULLY 2023.

UH, IN THE CENTER OF THE PARK, YOU WILL SEE, WE, WE WANNA

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DO IS, UH, THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT A 30 YEAR OLD BASKETBALL COURT, THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME CRACKING, UH, AND IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE MILLED AND REPAVED OVER.

UH, WE, WE HAD A FENCE THAT CAME DOWN BECAUSE IT WAS SO OLD RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO FENCE AROUND THAT, UH, PARK.

AND, UH, SEPARATE FROM THIS PROJECT, WE DO PLAN ON PUTTING AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE AROUND IT LATER THIS SUMMER.

AND THEN YOU SEE OVER HERE, THERE'S A REALLY NICE, UH, PAVILION, UM, THAT, UH, BASICALLY WE'RE GONNA IN-HOUSE DO SOME, UH, PAINTING AND ROOFING, UH, IMPROVEMENT FOR IT.

AND WE WANNA PUT IN A NEW ASPHALT PARK.

AND WE REALLY FEEL THAT, UH, THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT ENHANCEMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY WHILE THEY'RE BUILDING THE, I THINK THAT'S BEEN APPROVED.

THE SHOPRITE, UH, SUPERCENTER, UM, THERE HAS BEEN SOME NEW SIDEWALKS THAT WILL GO FROM THAT AREA THAT WILL CONNECT TO THIS PARK AND ALSO MAKE IT MORE SAFER FOR PEOPLE.

UH, GOING UP TO THE HOUSING SITE.

UH, THAT PROJECT ALREADY HAS A BUDGET, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, PRELIMINARY COSTS.

UH, IT BREAKS EVERYTHING DOWN.

DEMOLITION PAVEMENT, CURBS SITE BURNING, PLANTING, OR TOTAL OF ABOUT 300, UH, AND $8,000.

UH, SO WE'RE REALLY, UH, UH, APPRECIATIVE, UH, OF THE COMMITTEE, UH, TO PUSH THIS FORWARD ALONG WITH WINSOME, UH, FOURTH TOWN BOARD CONSIDERATION.

IF I CAN ALSO SHARE, WILL IT POP UP? I HAVE A MAP OF THE PARK.

CAN YOU SEE THE MAP NOW? YES, YOU CAN SEE THAT.

SO I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO SEE, UM, RIGHT, THIS IS THE PLAYGROUND THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, UH, WHERE WE HAVE THE TREES, WE'LL HAVE THE NEW DESIGN FOR IT.

THIS IS THE EXISTING, UH, BASKETBALL COURT.

AND THEN THIS IS THE, UM, UH, PAVILION AREA WE HAVE.

AND THEN IF YOU SEE OVER HERE, THIS IS, UH, THE RESIDENTS THAT WOULD GREATLY, UH, UH, ENHANCE FROM IT ARE, UH, MEMBERS OF, UH, UH, UH, THE, UH, TENANTS, UH, PART OF THE GREENBURG HOUSING, UH, UH, UH, SITE PROGRAM.

UH, WHAT I ALSO, SO THAT, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? 'CAUSE I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SHOW IN THE MAP.

UH, I CAN SHOW YOU THE, UH, A, UH, DIAGRAM OF, UH, YOSEMITE YOSEMITE PARK, UH, ALONG WITH THE LOIS BRONZE 'CAUSE THOSE ARE TWO OTHERS.

I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO, UH, SEE THE LOCATION.

SO, UH, WHICH IS GREAT, UH, TO SEE THAT HERE, UH, WITH GO GOOGLE MAPS.

UH, I CAN DO THAT NOW.

FIELD QUESTIONS.

BUT THIS IS YOSEMITE PARK THAT TERRENCE WAS TALKING ABOUT, THE SMART PARK.

AND IN PARTICULAR, THIS IS THE AREA OF CONCENTRATION.

UH, THIS IS PROBABLY, UH, IT IS THE LARGEST PAVILION WE HAVE, AS HE MENTIONED, IT SERVES, UH, THE COMMUNITY IN SO MANY WAYS, WHETHER IT'S THEIR DAY CAMPS, UH, THE, UH, UH, THURSDAY EVENING CONCERTS, MANY COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, UH, VARIOUS PROGRAMS. AND, UH, IT, IT'S A GREAT PROJECT.

AND, UH, WE HOPE THAT GETS CONSIDERATION.

THE OTHER PROJECT YOU'RE GONNA HEAR AFTER ME THAT'S GONNA BE PRESENTED, UH, BY THE UNION CHILDCARE CENTER IS THAT WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT IT, IT'S A VERY AGING PLAYGROUND.

UH, WHILE IT'S NOT UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF PARKS AND REC, YOU CAN SEE THE WHOLE AREA HERE.

NOW, THIS IS AN EXISTING PLAYGROUND THAT REALLY DOES NOT MEET UP TO THE NATIONAL PLAYGROUND SAFETY STANDARDS.

IT HAS TO BE LIKE, BLOWN OUT AND THEN, AND REPLACED WITH THE NEW, UH, PLAY STRUCTURES.

AND THERE'S, UH, MANY OF THE CHILDREN AT THE UNION CHILD CENTER THAT CANNOT NECESSARILY GO OVER TO YOSEMITE PARK.

THEY GO WHILE THEY'RE IN THE SCHOOL, RIGHT OUTSIDE INTO THE PATIO, AND THEY CAN GO BACK IN.

SO, UH, THOSE ARE, UH, TWO OTHER REALLY VI VIABLE, UH, UH, PROJECTS FOR CONSIDERATION ALONG WITH THE, UH, SIDEWALKS.

SO I'M OPEN TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS, UH, UH, THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE, UH, ON, UH, THE PROJECT FOR MECHANICAL PARK, JERRY BURNS, COMMISSIONER OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL, A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.

I MUST APOLOGIZE TO DR.

BULLOCK BECAUSE OF HER BACKGROUND.

I WASN'T ABLE TO SEE THAT SHE RAISED HER HAND SEVERAL TIMES.

SO, DR.

BULLOCK, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SPEAK RIGHT NOW, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT SEEING YOUR HAND.

THAT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT.

I DO APPRECIATE IT.

YESTERDAY I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GO WITH, WITH, UM, LLOYD, AND WE MADE A TOUR OF SEVERAL OF THE SITES.

I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE BOTANICAL, UM, PARK BECAUSE IT HAS DESIGNATED AREAS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CHILDREN TO PLAY.

SO I, I, I THINK THAT THE LAYOUT IS GOOD, BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

IT, IT IS IN SUCH DISREPAIR.

SO I TOTALLY, TOTALLY SUPPORT WHAT WE ARE DOING.

AND HOPEFULLY SOME OF THE OTHER SITES IN THE FUTURE WILL ALSO BE IMPROVED BECAUSE DURING THE TOUR, WE FOUND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME OTHER PLACES THAT ARE LACKING PLAYGROUND AREAS.

SO IF THIS IS A MODEL, THIS IS A GOOD IDEA.

I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE AREA.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR.

BULLOCK, FOR YOUR KIND COMMENTS.

BULLOCK, GOOD EVENING, GREASY.

I'LL, I, EXCUSE ME.

I JUST WANNA SAY TO DR.

WELCOME, PATRICIA, WELCOME TO YOU.

GREAT TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS, AND SO GREAT

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TO SEE YOU.

THANK YOU MUCH.

I DO APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

I SEE THAT CLIFF ABRAMS HAS RAISED HIS HAND.

SO I'M GONNA GIVE CLIFF ABRAMS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, AND THEN I WILL DO, UM, LOUIS BROWN, LAWRENCE BROWN CHILDREN'S CENTER, AND THEN I WILL ALLOW TASHA YOUNG TO SPEAK.

SO CLIFF ABRAMS, PLEASE FREE FOR, TO SPEAK.

UH, WINSTON, THANK YOU FOR BEING SO PLEASURABLE.

UM, I WAS AT THE LAST, UM, COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANTEE.

AND JERRY, YOU REMEMBER I WAS TALKING ABOUT OLD TERRYTOWN ROAD PARK, WHICH IS BEHIND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IN OFF OLD TERRYTOWN ROAD.

AND I'M JUST WONDERING, WHEN Y'ALL DOING THESE TOURS, HOW DO PEOPLE GET INVITED TO THE TOURS? BECAUSE I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT OLD TERRYTOWN ROAD PARK HAVE IT BEEN, UM, DEVELOPED IN 20 YEARS.

THE LAST TIME YOU TOUCHED THAT PARK AND THE BASKETBALL COURT IS NOT FULLY COVERED WHEN Y'ALL DID DO THE NEW COURT, WHICH LOOKED NICE, BUT IT ISN'T COVERED, AND PEOPLE COULD HURT YOURSELF.

AND I THOUGHT WE BRUNG IT UP.

WE WAS GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT O TERRY TOWN ROAD PARK, OR I MIGHT HAVE BEEN CONFUSED ON THAT, JERRY.

WELL, WHAT, WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS MENTIONED AT THAT TIME IS THAT WE HAVE, UH, PROBABLY OVER 19 PLAYGROUNDS THROUGHOUT OUR SYSTEM, AND WE PRIORITIZE, WHICH ARE IN MOST NEED.

AND POCAN PARK IS, IS A IN FAR GREATER NEED OF BEING REPLACED IN THE OLD TARRYTOWN ROAD.

SO THAT'S WHY I SUBMITTED IT.

WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER PLAYGROUND THAT IS IN WORSE SHAPE, UH, THAN O T R.

WHILE IT, IT'S NOT, I DON'T THINK IT'S 20 YEARS OLD, IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 14 YEARS OLD.

I I HAVE TO LOOK BACK AT MY RECORDS AND I CAN GET BACK TO YOU, BUT IT'S LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, NOT EVERYTHING CAN GET TAKEN CARE OF BASED ON THE LIAL LIMITED FINANCIAL SOURCES AT THE SAME TIME.

SO BASED ON THE, UH, PRIORITY LIST, WE THOUGHT, I FELT THROUGH MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION, THAT BOT, UH, SHOULD BE IN THIS CYCLE.

AND, UH, O T R, UH, WE HAVE MAINTAINED IT TO KEEP IT SAFE IN, IN THAT CONDITIONS.

AND, UH, IT IS DEFINITELY ON OUR LIST FOR REPLACEMENT.

BUT AT THIS TIME, UH, IT DID NOT, UH, MAKE ON THE HIGHER PRIORITY LIST, BUT IT IS ON OUR LIST FOR FUTURE REPLACEMENT.

UH, ONE THING I WAS THINKING, BECAUSE I TOLD Y'ALL AT THE MEETING THAT IT IS ALWAYS, THERE'S PLENTY OF PEOPLE USE THAT PARK, AND DEFINITELY SINCE THE, UM, NEW BASKETBALL COURT BEEN THERE, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER COME TO THAT PARK AND USE IT.

SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL GOT IT ON THE RADAR THOUGH.

IT IS.

AND, UH, AS FAR AS THE BASKETBALL COURT, UH, CLIFF, UH, ABOUT A WEEK AGO, WE POWER WASHED.

THERE WAS SOME ALGAE GROWTH ON IT, AND WE'RE ALSO PLANNING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO REMOVE THE PLASTIC COURT AND THEN, AND THEN, UH, UH, UH, BLOW ALL OF THE, UH, SEDIMENT UNDERNEATH IT TO MAKE IT EVEN, UH, MORE ATTRACTIVE AND SAFER FOR THE PUBLIC.

UM, I SEE THAT WE HAVE THE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE LORDS BRONZE CHILDREN'S CENTER WITH HER HAND RAISED.

SO, UM, MS. SHEPHERD, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO, UM, COMMENT.

UNMUTE YOURSELF, PLEASE.

AND WHILE SHE'S UNMUTING HERSELF, I KNOW THAT MS. YOUNG WANTS TO SPEAK AS MS, AS WELL AS MR. RUDIN RUDIN.

SHE'LL BE NEXT.

SO WE SEE YOUR HAND AND YOU CAN SPEAK AS WELL.

OKAY, MS. SHEPHERD, YOU CAN GO AHEAD, TIM.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS, SUPERVISOR, FINER TO THE COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT COMMITTEE AND WINSOME GORDON.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

I AM JOAN LEWIS SHEPHERD, THE C E O AND PRESIDENT OF THE LOUIS BRO CHILDREN'S CENTER.

PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS TO GET ATTENTION TO FIX THE PLAYGROUND WAS IGNORED.

UM, TODAY I WILL BE PRESENTING THE LOCE BRO CHILDREN'S CENTER PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

THIS PLAYGROUND IS A SIGNIFICANT, UH, NEEDS A SIGNIFICANT UPGRADE, UM, WHICH IS LONG OVERDUE.

WE HAVE LOST THE CAPABILITY FOR THE CHILDREN TO PLAY IN ALL AREAS OF THE PLAYGROUND.

A KEY POINT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, FOR YOU TO BE AWARE OF, IS ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO WHEN THE ROOF OF THE T D Y C C WAS BEING REPAIRED.

NO OFFENSE TO MY BRETHREN THERE, UM, BUT THE PLAYGROUND WAS DAMAGED IN, IN, UM, ONE OF THE GROUND.

AND, UM, BEING PART OF THE ADJOINING STRUCTURE, THE PLAYGROUND FOR THE TODDLERS HAVE BEEN INOPERABLE AND HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR OVER SIX YEARS.

IN 2018, WE HAD AN INSPECTION REPORT, WHICH HIGHLIGHTED THE CONCERNS WITH THE PLAYGROUND AND

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THE PLAYGROUND PROJECT HAS TO BE A PRIORITY.

THE FINDINGS FROM THE INSPECTION SHOWS MANY AREAS THAT DID NOT MEET EXPECTATIONS, INCLUDING WHERE BRACKETS WERE EXPOSED, UNEVEN SURFACE CAUSING POTENTIAL TRIPPING HAZARDS AND ENTANGLEMENT, HAZARDS EXPOSED, TRIPPING HAZARD RUNNING SURFACE WITH HOLES, AND ALSO A NEED FOR A D A ACCESS.

RECENT, RECENTLY, WE HAD WESTCHESTER COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT REP SUPERVISED AND APPRECIATE THE TOWN PUTTING THE CHILDREN FIRST.

YOUR INTEREST IN THIS, BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW THAT THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN AND ALLOWING THE CHILDREN TO HAVE THIS KIND OF, UM, PLAYGROUND, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, ESPECIALLY TO LOW INCOME, MODERATE, MODERATE INCOME COMMUNITIES.

WE WILL HAVE A TWO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YOU'RE GOING IN YEAH.

HEAR? YEAH.

WE'LL HAVE A TWO-PHASE IMPLEMENTATION FOR THIS PROJECT.

REALLY, WHAT WE'RE REALLY ASKING FROM THE TOWN IS TO MATCH THE GRANT FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT.

AN IMPROVED PLAYGROUND WILL BE AN EXCELLENT WAY TO FURTHER ENABLE THE CHILDREN TO LEARN AS THEY PLAY.

HAVING AN AGE APPROPRIATE GROUND THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF OUR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN WILL DEVELOP GROSS MORTAR SKILLS.

AS I'VE SAID IN THE PAST, ACTIVE OUTDOOR PLAY IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF A CHILD'S SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS.

AS IT OFFERS THE CHILDREN A CHANCE TO SPEND TIME TOGETHER IN WAYS THAT ARE QUITE DIFFERENT FROM INDOOR ACTIVITIES, WE NEED AN OPTIMAL PLAYGROUND FOR OUR PRESCHOOLERS.

AND THIS WILL ALLOW THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TO EXPLORE EQUIPMENT IN NEW WAYS.

CHILDREN NEED STRUCTURE TO CLIMB, CRAWL, STRETCH ON, AS WELL AS DO VIGOROUS EXERCISE AND CREATE EXPRESSIONS FROM INSTALL COMPONENTS THAT ENCOURAGE IMAGINATION.

THEY NEED THE OPEN SPACE TO ALLOW FOR FREEFORM PLAY.

THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC, AS WE ALL KNOW, HAS CAUSED AN IMPACT TO OUR, ALL OF US IN OUR SOCIETY, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, PROVES A CRUCIAL NEED FOR IMPROVED OUTDOOR SPACE.

SO, TO SUMMARIZE, THE NEED FOR THE PLAYGROUND IS REAL, AND IT IS OF IMPORTANT SIGNIFICANCE TO THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WE SERVE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. SHEPHERD, FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

UM, TASHA, I'M GONNA ASK IF, UM, YOU'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE PLAYGROUND, OR YOU'LL BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE SPOKE ABOUT BEFORE, THE OTHER PROJECTS BEFORE, BECAUSE, UM, OKAY.

WHAT I'M GONNA ASK IF YOU COULD WAIT UNTIL RICH FUND DOES HIS PRESENTATION ON THE PLAYGROUND FIRST, AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH.

MY PLEASURE.

NOW, NEXT WE WILL CONSIDER, WELL, WHAT ABOUT MR. RUDIN WHO HAD HIS HAND RAISED UP? DENNIS, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK MR. RUDIN? UM, ARE YOUR COMMENTS GONNA BE ON THE PLAYGROUND OR ON SOMETHING ELSE BEFORE, UH, THE PLAYGROUND, BUT ALSO, UH, JUST IN GENERAL.

IT, IT'S JUST LIKE 30 SECONDS TO A MINUTE.

UH, UH, MR. COURT, LLOYD ALSO TOOK, TOOK ME AROUND TO SOME OF THE AREAS AND, UH, WITH THE PLAYGROUNDS ALSO, UH, DEEP CRACKS IN IT THAT YOU SAID, UH, CAN, CAN CAUSE DAMAGE, UH, TO THE CHILDREN.

AND, AND ALSO I THINK AT ONE OF OUR OTHER MEETINGS, WE SPOKE ABOUT THE NEED FOR POSSIBLE FENCES FOR SECURITY, UH, PURPOSES AROUND, UH, THOSE PLAYGROUND AREAS.

AND IN GENERAL ALSO, UM, IN SOME OF THOSE RESIDENTIAL AREAS THAT ARE CLOSE TO, TO SOME OF THESE PARKS, UH, THE, THE CONDITIONS OF THE STREETS, THE ASPHALTS THAT WERE JUST COMING APART.

I MEAN, PE LIKE YOU SAID, PEOPLE NEED TO GET OUT, NOT JUST CHILDREN, BUT ADULTS TO BE ABLE TO WALK AND USE THOSE AREAS.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT HAS PROMISE, BUT THE ONLY WAY IT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS, IS IF WE PUT, PUT THE MONEY INTO IT AND DEVELOP IT.

THAT'S ALL.

I .

THANK YOU SO MUCH, DENNIS, FOR THOSE COMMENTS.

UM, NOW WE ARE GONNA LOOK AT OUR NEXT PROJECT.

[ To invite public comment on the Town of Greenburgh's endorsement of the proposed Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application to be submitted through the Westchester Urban County Consortium for Fiscal Year 2022-2024 for the Lois Bronz Children's Center Playground Improvement Project]

AND THIS IS, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FOR FUNDING FOR THE LOYCE BRONZE CHILDREN'S CENTER PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

WITH THIS PROJECT, WE'RE REQUESTING $250,000 IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT MONEY.

THE MATCHING FUND WILL BE $250,000

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FROM THE TOWN, AND THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS WILL BE $500,000.

THIS PROJECT WE'RE APPLYING FOR IS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'M GONNA ASK RICH FUN, WHO IS THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO COME FORWARD AND MAKE HIS PRESENTATION.

EVENING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD PUBLIC WINHAM.

AND MR. COURT, MY, MY HEART IS, IS OUT TO YOUR FAMILY, UH, YOU'RE A TRUE CHAMPION GOING THROUGH EVERYTHING YOU DID WITH YOUR FAMILY AND STILL WORKING WITH YOUR COMMITTEE AND ALL THOSE MEETINGS TO, TO GET ALL THESE, UH, VERY SIGNIFICANT AND IMPORTANT PROJECTS, UH, IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD.

UM, THE CENTER AND THE, THE PLAYGROUND, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, WAS NOT FIRST ON THE LIST.

THE PARKING LOT WAS, AND WHEN SUZETTE LOPA FROM THE COUNTY AND ANTHONY ZENO STARTED LOOKING AT THE PROJECT, UM, FOR THE PARKING LOT IN 88, ACCESSIBILITY AND THE DROP OFF, ESPECIALLY WHAT WE SAW WITH THE, THE COVID ANGELS, THEIR WORK THERE, AND ALL THE PEOPLE TRAVERSING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT.

THEY TOOK A TOUR OF THE AREA, AND WHEN THEY SAW THE PLAYGROUND, UM, FOR THE CENTER, THEY WERE TAKEN BACK.

UM, ONE BECAUSE OVER THE YEARS, SINCE THE ORIGINAL, UH, AREA WAS, WAS COMPLETED, UH, CODES OF CHANGE, ACCESSIBILITY HAS CHANGED, SAFETY STANDARDS HAVE CERTAINLY CHANGED.

AND THEY IMMEDIATELY SHIFTED GEARS FROM THE PARKING LOT TO SAY THAT THE NEED WAS DEFINITELY REQUIRED AT THE, AT THE, UH, PLAYGROUND AREA.

SO I DON'T, I THINK IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING ALL THE WORK THAT THE, UH, LEWIS BROWN CENTER DOES AND THE NEED FOR WHAT THEY DO THERE, AND CLEARLY WITH, UH, THE USE THEY GET THIS PROJECT, UH, THAT, UH, COUNTY PUT FORWARD AND IS WORKING ON PLANNING IS REALLY, UH, REALLY DESPERATELY NEEDED FOR THE, FOR THE AREA.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

ALWAYS.

NOW WE'RE GONNA ASK MS. TASHA YOUNG, IF SHE'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.

HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD.

VERY WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

UM, GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

SO I JUST HAVE A FEW COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO THE BOTANICAL PARK PROJECT FOR, UM, COMMISSIONER BYRNE OR MAYBE YOURSELF, WINSTON.

SO, I'M, I'M HOPING THAT IN REVIEWING WHAT THE PARK WOULD LOOK LIKE, UM, THERE COULD BE AN EMPHASIS ON THE SOFT TURF THAT CHILDREN CAN, UH, CAN PLAY ON.

SO THEY HAVE SOFT, SOFT LANDINGS IF THEY FALL DOWN.

I'VE SEEN THAT AT OTHER PARKS, AND I KNOW THAT THE, UH, THE, THE SPECS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO GO TOWARD THE PLAYGROUND STANDARDS, WHICH I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, BUT, UM, I'M, I'M JUST REQUESTING THAT FOR THAT PARK, THERE'LL BE THE SOFT TURF AS OPPOSED TO THE MULCH, UM, THAT WE SEE IN OTHER PARKS IN THE TOWN.

AND THEN, UM, HOPING THAT THERE IS SOME EDUCATIONAL PLAY IN, IN THE PLAYGROUNDS.

I'VE SEEN, UH, LETTERS AND, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT ESPECIALLY THE, THE EARLY EDUCATION CHILDREN CAN ENJOY IN PLAYGROUND DESIGN.

UM, I'M, I'M ALSO HOPING THAT WE CAN GET SOME BRIGHT COLORS TO, UM, ENCOURAGE MOTIVATIONAL LEARNING AND, AND IT LOOKS INVITING TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND, UM, BROADBAND .

SO I LOVE THE COMMISSIONER FROM, UH, TD YCCS PROPOSAL FOR THE SMART PARKS, AND I THINK ESPECIALLY IN LOWER INCOME AREAS, UM, OR, UH, HOUSING THAT IS A PART OF THE GREENBERG HOUSING, UM, ENTITY THAT THERE WOULD BE BROADBAND ACCESS, UM, FOR FAMILIES AND, AND, UH, PEOPLE LIKE THE COMMISSIONER SAID, SEEKING WORK AND ALSO FOR CHILDREN.

SO WHEN THEY'RE OUTDOORS IN THE GAZEBO OR UM, IN THE PLAYGROUND THAT THEY CAN, THEY CAN HAVE BROADBAND ACCESS.

SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. YOUNG, FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

IT'S APPRECIATED.

NOW I SEE THAT WINS.

CAN I JUST, UH, JUMP IN FOR A SECOND? PLEASE.

COME, UH, TASHA, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT, UH, THE EXISTING PLAYGROUND AT BOTANICAL WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PLAYGROUNDS IN OUR PARK SYSTEM TO HAVE A RUBBERIZED SURFACE.

UH, IT IS THERE NOW.

UH, THE NEW ONE WILL BE, WE WILL RIP IT OUT AND REPLACE IT IN KIND WITH A RUBBER SURFACING.

AND I'M GLAD YOU POINTED THAT OUT, BECAUSE THAT IS A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE.

AND THAT IS THE, UH, PREFERRED COURSE OF ACTION WHEN WE CAN DO IT.

THANK YOU AGAIN, COMMISSIONER.

THAT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

I SEE THAT PAT WEEMS HAS OUR HANDS UP, PLEASE.

MS. WEEMS,

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FEEL FREE TO SPEAK MORNING TO WHILE JERRY WAS ON.

JERRY, THIS IS PAT.

I WANTED TO ASK, UM, YOU DID, I SAW A, A FENCE AND I SAW THE GATEWAY YOU, THAT IS INCLUDED IN DENNIS REMINDED ME OF THAT.

AND YOU DID PUT THAT IN, IS THAT CORRECT? BECAUSE I DID SEE PLANTS AND A FENCE.

I THOUGHT THERE'S A FENCE RIGHT NOW AROUND THE PLAYGROUND AND, UH, EITHER THAT'D BE, NO, NOT THE PLAYGROUND OR THE TRUCKS DIVIDING SHARP RIGHT FROM THE, UH, BUILDING YOU MEAN THE PROPERTY LINE? YES.

OUR PROPERTY VERSUS THE SHOPPING CENTER.

THAT IS CORRECT.

I I, I HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK WITH GARRETT AND FIND OUT 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE SIDEWALKS COMING IN AND UH, I'M NOT REALLY IN IT.

THE ONLY FENCE WORK THAT I'VE BEEN RESPONSIBLE HAS BEEN ON MY SIDE OF THE ROAD IN OUR ACTUAL PARK.

GARY.

UM, RIGHT NOW THERE IS NOT A FENCE AROUND.

THERE'S NOT A FENCE AROUND THE BASKETBALL COURT.

, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE PLANNED TO, UH, HAVE A FENCE UP, UH, LATER THIS, UH, SUMMER.

AND THE GATEWAY FROM THE WALK FROM THE SHOPRITE, THAT'S GAR.

I'LL, I'LL, HE MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THAT ANSWER, BUT, UH, I WAS WORKING WITH HIM FOR THE SIDEWALKS.

WE HAVE TO FIND OUT WITH THE CONTRACTOR WHETHER THEY'RE GONNA HAVE IT OR THEY'LL BE TAKING IT DOWN.

ARE, ARE YOU RECOMMENDING WE SHOULD HAVE A FENCE THERE OR NOT? YES.

SEPARATING SHOPRITE FROM THE, UM, THERE IS A FENCE COMPLEX AND ALSO FROM THE, UH, SIDEWALK GOING TO THE SHOPPING CENTERS, UH, PARKING LOT.

IF I MAY JUMP IN HERE.

UH, UH, AS THE CHAIR OF THE GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY, UH, WE HAD EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPERS OF THE, UH, SHOPRITE, UH, COMPLEX.

AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO PUT SIDEWALKS IN THAT LEAD ALL THE WAY UP AND CONNECT WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY SIDEWALKS, UH, AND HAVE A FENCE THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THEM TO COME, UH, TO ACCESS.

UH, AND RESS THE, UH, THE PROPERTY OF THE SHOPRITE AS A COURTESY TO, UH, TO OUR REQUEST THAT IS INCLUDED.

UM, MR. AND DOES THAT INCLUDE THE, UH, FENCE IN BETWEEN LIKE, UM, AND, AND TREES WHATNOT, TO BREAK THE POLLUTION AND THAT WILL STOP POLLUTION AND OKAY.

FOR THAT WHOLE SIDE WHERE CARS ARE PARKED, TRUCKS ARE COMING IN.

? YES.

THERE, THERE, UH, UH, TO MY UNDER, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, IT'S THE, UH, SIDEWALK WILL COME DOWN FROM, UH, JOINING THE HOUSING, UH, PROPERTY SIDEWALK.

UH, THERE WILL BE A CROSSWALK, UH, FROM THAT, THAT SIDE WHERE THE BASKETBALL COURT IS OVER TO THE SIDE WILL SHOP.

AND THAT SIDEWALK WILL GO INTO THE SHOP RIGHT.

PROPERTY AND, AND ALSO GO DOWN TO THE BUS STOP ON, UH, ON THE ONE 19 ON TERROR.

UNFORTUNATELY, YEAH.

NOT ONE 19.

WHAT IS THAT? SOME ROAD SELMA.

BUT I'M DISCUSSING SPECIFICALLY WHERE THE CAR IS PARKED, THE COMPLEX FOR THE HOUSING, GREENBURG HOUSING, THE BUILDING ITSELF, THE EDUS HAS A SEPARATE DIVISION BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, TREES AND A FENCE SEPARATING THE PROPERTY FROM THAT PARKING LOT.

TO MY, 'CAUSE IT DOES GET NOISY.

AND YOU NEED THOSE TREES.

UH, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THERE WAS SOME BE TREE, SOME TREE BUFFERING, AS WELL AS FENCING.

I MAY JUMP IN.

UH, THERE ARE TREES NOW THERE'S A FENCE AND THERE ARE TREES NOW.

SO I GUESS YOU'RE GOING TO IMPROVE ON THAT.

BUT THERE'S A DEFINITE DE DEMARCATION BETWEEN THE CARS AT THE PARKING LOT AND, UH, THE PARK.

SO THERE IS, IT EXISTS.

THE BARRIER DOES EXIST.

UM, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE, ANYONE ELSE RAISE THEIR HAND? OKAY, WELL WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

MOVE FORWARD THE TOWN.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

I CAN'T RAISE MY HAND BECAUSE I'M A HOST.

, GO AHEAD.

ALRIGHT, SO THE TOTAL FOR ALL OF THESE IN TOWN FUNDS IS A MINIMUM OF $688,000.

FOR OVER THREE YEARS.

UHHUH , UH, IN THE RESOLUTION, IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY STATE FOR CD THREE THAT THE TOWN HAS A MATCH.

AND THE RESULTS WAS, UH, LEMME PULL UP.

HERE IT DOES.

AND, UM, CD THREE, IT SAYS HERE, UM, READ THOSE ALL BOOKS.

OH, I THINK, OH, OKAY, GARRETT.

BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT.

SO THERE'S, UH, 200, THERE'S A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLAR MATCH FOR THIS PROJECT, AND IT DOESN'T SAY WHAT YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE PAID.

UM, IT'S IN THE YEAR 2022.

IT'S FOR THE SIDEWALK.

WE HAVE A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS, $154,000 AND $34,000 ALL DUE IN THE SAME YEAR.

AND ALSO THE MITE SMART PARK IS ALSO 2022.

SO WE, SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING THAT IN 2022,

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IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD BUFFER THAT IMPACT SOME SOMEHOW BY WE WAITED TO THE YEAR.

WHAT HAPPENED? THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, $688,000 AND IS, IS A LOT OF MONEY.

AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S ALL FOCUSED IN YEAR 2022.

AND THEN IN YEAR 2023, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE DOING THE, UM, PICO HILLS PARK AND THE LOYCE BRONZE CHILDREN'S CENTER.

NOW WE HAVE, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THAT IT TAKES A WHILE FOR THE COUNTY TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT AND EVERYTHING.

SO SOMETIMES THEY WILL MOVE THINGS OVER TO THE NEXT YEAR.

SO WE DO HAVE THE LAST YEAR WITH NOTHING IN THERE.

IT'S JUST THAT THERE'S A SENSE OF URGENCY WITH THE POCAN HILL PARK AND WITH THE, UM, LOCE BROWN CHILDREN'S CENTER.

WE WOULD'VE LOVED TO HAVE DONE EVERYTHING IN THE FIRST YEAR, BUT IT'S TOO MUCH MONEY TO ASK IN THE FIRST YEAR.

THE SIDEWALK IS NECESSARY RIGHT AWAY.

SO THAT'S WHY WE PUT IT IN THE FIRST YEAR.

THE YOSEMITE PARK PROJECT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE KIDS, THEY NEED IT.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH COVID.

SO ALL THESE PROJECTS, THERE'S A SENSE OF URGENCY.

NOW THERE'S ANOTHER THING TOO.

WHEN WE GO OUT TO BID ON THE PROJECTS, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH IT COMES INTO, IT'S A 50 50 MATCH.

SO IF THE PROJECT COMES IN LOWER, WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH LESS FUNDS, BUT WE HAVE A MAXIMUM, WE HAVE A MAXIMUM OF TWO 50.

WE CAN'T GO OVER TWO 50.

SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN.

WE DO HAVE TO GO OUT ON TO BID ON THE PROJECTS BEFORE YOU PAY ANY MONEY.

BUT, BUT FOR THE NORTH WASHINGTON, WE HAVE A MINIMUM.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE.

A MINIMUM MATCH OF A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH MEANS THERE NO MAXIMUM, WHICH IS A PROBLEM.

UM, COMMISSIONER DE CAIN, PLEASE COME IN AND, AND, AND ANSWER THIS QUESTION.

UH, NO.

IN TOTALITY, THAT PROJECT COULD APPROACH, UM, ESTIMATES NOW ARE $800,000 OR LESS.

SO OUR MATCH WOULD BE MORE THAN A QUARTER OF MILLION DOLLARS.

SO I THINK WE HAVE TO BE UPFRONT IN HOW MUCH IT MIGHT ACTUALLY COST IN TO SAY THAT IT'S A MINIMUM, THE TOWN HAS TO PUT UP A MINIMUM OF A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS WHEN IT COULD BE A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.

I THINK WE, I THINK WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THAT.

UM, COUNCILMAN SHEEN, WHEN I, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE TWO 50, THE TWO 50 MATCH IS FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.

WHEN COMMISSIONER CAIN IS TALKING ABOUT A GREATER MATCH, HE'S TALKING ABOUT PROBABLY GETTING OTHER FUNDS FROM ELSEWHERE AND THE WHOLE PROJECT.

BUT THE COUNTY'S ONLY GONNA GIVE US $250,000 NO MORE.

AND IF THEY GIVE US TWO 50, WE HAVE TO, WE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH TWO 50.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS A TWO 50 MATCH.

I'M NOT LOOKING FOR ANYTHING ELSE.

WELL THEN, THEN THE RESOLUTION SHOULD CHANGE TO STATE THAT IT'S A A MAX OF 250, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S A, IT'S BASICALLY A BLANK CHECK.

AND WE MAY WANT TO GET PROJECT, YOU KNOW, MONEY ELSEWHERE.

BUT ONCE YOU START THE PROJECT, LET'S FACE IT, THE COUNTY'S GONNA SAY, WE GAVE YOU A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS, WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE YOU ANY MORE.

AND WHAT DO WE DO? DO WE, DO WE POUR HALF THE HEIGHT OF THE SIDEWALK? YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT.

SO WE'RE OBVIOUSLY, UH, GOING TO BE PUTTING OURSELVES ON THE HOOK.

AND ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT WE NEED TO KNOW IN ADVANCE WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY APPROVING.

COMMISSIONER DEA, ANY COMMENTS THERE? YEAH.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THESE RESOLUTION WOULD BE APPROVED, UM, TWO WEEKS FROM NOW.

SO WE CAN FINE TUNE THESE NUMBERS FOR YOU, UM, AT LEAST ON THE SIDEWALK RESOLUTION.

GORDON, MAY I INTERJECT YOUR COMMENT? YES, THANK YOU.

PLEASE, PLEASE.

UH, FRANCIS, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE IT IS THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE, OF THE BLOCK GRANT COMMITTEE THAT WE, IT WAS $250,000, THAT'S THE MAX THAT WE COULD GET FOR EACH PROGRAM.

AND I, AS I, I JUST ASSUMED THAT THE TOWN KNEW THAT BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO KNOW WE HAVE COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY ON THE, ON THE BOARD, THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR BLOCK GRANTS COMPLIANCE AND TRANS TRANSPARENCY.

THE MEMBERS KNEW THAT IT WAS 2 50, 200 $50,000 WAS THE MAX FOR ALL OF OUR, UM, PROJECTS.

I JUST WANTED TO INTERJECT THAT IN THERE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE TRANSPARENCY ON OUR COMMITTEE.

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AND, AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE $250,000 MAX IS WHAT THE COUNTY WILL GIVE ON A PROJECT.

THERE'S NO LIMIT TO HOW MUCH THE TOWN CAN MATCH, RIGHT? THE COUNTY'S NOT GONNA PUT A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH WE PUT INTO THE PROJECT.

SO IF THE PROJECT IS $800,000 AND THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US TWO 50, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO JUST PUT UP TWO 50.

I DON'T WANNA SAY JUST, IT'S A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS.

A LOT OF MONEY.

WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT UP SOLELY TWO 50.

WE WOULD'VE TO PUT UP THE DIFFERENCE.

AND SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT THERE WAS ANY, ANY MISLEADING ON WHAT THE COUNTY WOULD GIVE.

THEY'RE VERY CLEAR THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE A DOLLAR MORE THAN TWO 50.

IF WE GET TWO 50.

AND I THOUGHT, BUT I'M SAYING I SHOULD NOT HAVE THOUGHT, I SHOULD HAVE FOUND OUT SPECIFICALLY, I KNEW THAT THAT MEANT WAS $500,000 THAT WAS GOING TO THE, UM, TO THE, UM, SIDEWALK.

NOW I FIGURED THAT THERE WAS ADDITIONAL FUNDING COMING FROM SOMEPLACE OTHER THAN MY TAX DOLLAR.

I APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING OUT FOR MY TAX DOLLAR, BECAUSE IF PUSH COMES TO SHOVE, THEN THAT SECTION WILL NOT BE INCLUDED SO THAT WE WILL NOT GO OVER THAT 500,000.

THAT'S WHAT WE STATED.

AND AS LONG AS I'M IN COMPLIANCE, OUR COMMITTEE'S IN COMPLIANCE.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT.

MS. RES WITH MS. RES.

SO THE $500,000 WOULD BE THE TWO 50 MATCH FROM THE COUNTY, TWO 50 MATCH FROM THE TOWN.

AND THAT'S WHAT I SHOWED AS THE, UH, RED PORTION, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PORTION.

EXACTLY.

CLEARLY, CLEARLY WHEN WE WALKED THE, UM, SPAN WITH THE TOWN BOARD, AS I MENTIONED DURING MY PRESENTA PRESENTATION, UM, THERE'S A SIDEWALK NEED FOR THAT WHOLE CORRIDOR.

SO, UM, WE WILL WORK WITH THE TOWN BOARD AND, UH, ON BUDGETING FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND DEFINITELY THE HOPE WOULD BE TO, UH, BUILD AND BID THAT PROJECT IN ITS ENTIRETY.

BUT, UH, THE FOCUS IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PORTION, WHICH IS ROUGHLY $500,000 TWO 50 MATCH, UH, OF THE TWO 50 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS UNDERSTOOD THAT WE ARE STAYING WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF, UM, WHAT IS EXPECTED OF THIS ORGAN.

YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS COMMITTEE.

NO, I APPRECIATE THE DUE DILIGENCE THERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMAN SHEHAN FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

COMMISSIONER.

GOOD.

MCCAIN AND PAT WES IS APPRECIATED AND DULY NOTED.

I SEE THAT I HAVE, UM, TWO PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK MS. STEPHANIE SWAN AND MS. MS. HELEN HENDRICKS.

SO I'M GONNA LET MS. SWAN GO FIRST.

PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND FEEL FREE TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. GORDON, AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WITH THE GRANT, WITH THE, UH, PARKS, I'M A RESIDENT OF 3 7 6 SAW MILL RIVER ROAD, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THAT BOTANICAL PARK, AS YOU ARE AWARE.

UM, THEY'RE DOING CONSTRUCTION NEXT DOOR WITH THE BLASTING OF THE, UH, MULTI-PLEX COMPLEX.

MY QUESTION, UH, TO YOU IS, WHEN WILL THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT START WITH THE PARK? BECAUSE ALREADY IT'S BAD ENOUGH OF TRYING TO GET IN AND OFF THE HILL AND ALSO INCLUDED WITHIN THAT PARK, WHICH IS A FABULOUS IDEA.

IS THERE GONNA BE PARKING FOR THE VISITORS WHO COME TO VISIT THE PARK? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN HAD ACTUALLY MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THE ROAD LEADING INTO THE ENTRANCE THAT HOW IT IS BADLY DISTORTED.

SO IS THIS ROAD GOING TO BE WIDENED OR ARE THERE GONNA BE, UH, ADDITIONAL PARKING? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THE PARK, THERE REALLY IS NO PARKING, EXCEPT THAT IF THEY PARK ALONG THE ROAD AND YOU ON, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A BLINDING ROAD HILL THAT YOU GO UP AGAINST.

SO IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.

SO HAS ANYONE LOOKED AT THAT AND WIDENING THE ROAD? OKAY.

WHAT I'M GONNA DO, I'M GONNA ASK, UM, COMMISSIONER BY TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THAT.

JERRY BYRNE.

UM, THE, THERE'S NO PLANS FOR THE ROAD TO BE WIDENED, AND IF IT DID, IT WOULD BE COST PROHIBITED.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, A BENEFIT OF THE NEW SHOPPING CENTER COMING IN IS THAT THERE WILL BE PARKING AT THE SHOPPING CENTER, WHICH IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

THEY HAVE AGREED TO PUT IN A SIDEWALK TO HELP CONNECT TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, WHICH WILL ALSO CONNECT THE PUBLIC.

SO IF THERE IS AN EVENT WHERE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, PEOPLE THAT DRIVE TO THE PARK, UM, THEY WILL, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER'S LIMITED PARKING ON THE ROAD WHERE YOU CAN HAVE SOME, UM, THEY WILL JUST BE OVERFLOW PARKING PROBABLY INTO THE NEW SHOPPING CENTER.

SO THIS IS WHAT I'M, I'M I'M ASKING ABOUT IF IT'S A PLAN, IF I HAVE A PLAN PROGRAM THERE, UH, AND WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH PARKING.

ARE THEY ALSO GONNA BE AWARE THAT THEY CAN PARK AT THE PARK IN THE, UM, COMPLEX OF SHOPRITE? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.

AND I'VE BEEN HERE GOING ON ALMOST FOUR YEARS, AND WHEN THE PEOPLE PARK, IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.

WE'VE ALREADY HAD THREE ACCIDENTS.

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I WOULD PROBABLY WORK WITH THE, UH, OWNERS OF THE SHOPPING CENTER, WHICH WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST WITH SOME OTHER, OTHER PARKS LIKE THE NOA SHOPPING CENTER.

AND WE'VE USUALLY WORK OUT THAT WE CAN HAVE THEM THERE.

UM, IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S PUBLIC PARKING FOR THE SHOPPING CENTER, WHATEVER.

SO I WOULD ASSUME THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR OVERFLOW PARKING.

UM, AND, AND ALSO ANOTHER QUESTION, MR. BURN.

UM, WHEN EXACTLY WHEN THIS, UH, WILL THIS, UH, PROJECT TAKE PLACE? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE MULTIPLEX, WE HAVE THE BLASTING MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, THREE TO FOUR TIMES OUT OF THE, THE WEEK THERE'S BLASTING.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE IN BEIRUT.

SO NOW YOU GUYS ARE COMING IN.

WHEN ARE YOU GUYS GONNA START DIGGING UP? WILL THERE BE EXPLOSIVES USED, OR WHAT? I I CAN'T ANSWER ANY QUESTION CONCERNING YOUR SHOPPING CENTER.

'CAUSE THAT'S NOT MY PURVIEW.

NO, I'M ASKING VALUE ON THIS APPLICATION IS FOR 2023.

IF IT GETS APPROVED, THE PROJECT PROBABLY WON'T GET STARTED UNTIL LATE 2023.

SO, SO WE'RE STILL TWO YEARS AWAY FROM THAT.

WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW IS, UH, TRYING TO ADDRESS, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, THE TRIPPING HAZARDS AND SO FORTH IN THE PLAYGROUND.

WE ARE PUTTING A FENCE UP, UH, AROUND THE, UH, BASKETBALL COURT.

WHILE IT DOES HAVE CRACKS AND ITS KNEE ARE BEING REPLACED, IT'S NOT AT A POINT YET THAT IT HAS TO BE, UM, UH, CLOSED DOWN.

YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION.

AND MS. WINSOME, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION.

NOW I'M GONNA ASK, UM, MS. HELEN HENDRICKS TO SPEAK.

SHE HAD RAISED HER HAND.

I, I, I'M GOING TO, UH, PASS ON SPEAKING OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT, UM, YOU'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU FOR THE WELL THOUGHT OUT PROJECTS.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE .

SO, I JUST HAD A QUESTION.

WINSON YES, SUPERVISOR.

UM, WHEN WE APPLY, UM, WHAT'S THE CHANCES OF GETTING, YOU KNOW, UH, EVERYTHING THAT WE APPLIED FOR, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES, COULD YOU MAYBE JUST EXPLAIN THE PROCESS AND, UM, AND, UH, IS THERE LIKE AN URGENCY IN APPLYING, UM, SOONER RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, THAN LATER? AND, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY AT THE BOARD MEETING, YOU, UM, DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, SINCE THERE'S REALLY NO OPPOSITION TO, UH, THESE APPLICATIONS, IS THERE AN ADVANTAGE FOR YOU OR FOR THE TOWN TO, UM, TO DO THIS TONIGHT? OR, UM, IF THE BOARD WOULD PREFER, WOULD, UM, IS THERE ANY HARM IF THEY, IF THERE'S A DELAY? OKAY, LET'S PRESENT IT THIS WAY.

WE SHOULD NOT PUT OFF FOR TOMORROW.

WHAT WE CAN DO TODAY.

UM, IF YOU, IF THERE'S A REASON TO DELAY A PROJECT, IT CAN BE DELAYED.

IT CAN BE DONE.

UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE, VOTE ON SOME THINGS AND HOLD OFF OTHER THINGS, IT CAN BE DONE.

BUT WE WOULD NEED A DECISION WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AND APPROVAL FOR THE RESOLUTIONS BECAUSE IT'S A PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

NOW, THERE'S SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW.

THESE ARE VERY COMPETITIVE GRANTS.

WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN GREENBURG IN, UM, IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

IT'S HIGHLY COMPETITIVE AND THE COUNTY IS GONNA GIVE THE MOST QUALIFIED APPLICANT.

THEY'RE GONNA LOOK AND SEE WHERE IS THE NEED.

THERE HAS TO BE A DEMONSTRATED NEED.

THEY ALSO LOOK TO SAY, CAN THE TOWN AFFORD THIS PROJECT? THEY WANT US TO PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS.

WE HAVE TO SHOW COMMITMENT TO A PROJECT.

AND YOU SHOW COMMITMENT BY GIVING A MATCH.

NOW, ONCE IT'S APPROVED, THERE IS TIME TO SAY TO THE COUNTY, WE CAN'T AFFORD $250,000, BUT WE CAN AFFORD $200,000.

SO THE COUNTY WILL WORK WITH US AND THEY'LL SCALE BACK THE PROJECT.

THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME AROUND ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS.

WE CAN ALWAYS GET THE GRANT AND DECIDE WE CAN'T AFFORD IT AND SAY, LET'S PUT IT OFF.

YOU COULD ALSO SAY TO THE COUNTY, LET'S PUT IT OFF FOR THE YEAR 2024, WHEN WE MET WITH THE COMMITTEE, IT WAS A STRATEGIC PLAN WHERE WE'RE PUTTING THE MOST IMPORTANT PROJECTS IN YEAR 2022.

THE NEXT ONE IN 2023, THERE IS NOTHING IN 2024.

WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS THAT THE COUNTY WILL PROBABLY ROLL OVER THE PROJECTS TO THE NEXT YEAR.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON PROJECTS THAT WERE FUND THAT WERE FUNDED IN 2020.

AT GOING OUT TO BID, IT TAKES A WHILE.

SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THEM NOW.

IT TAKES TIME TO GET THE CONTRACTS EXECUTED.

IT TAKES TIME TO GO OUT TO BID.

ALL THESE THINGS TAKE TIME.

AND RICH CAN TELL YOU, BECAUSE HE'S THE EXPERT

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BUT I LEAVE THE DECISION UP TO YOU AND THE BOARD SUPERVISOR FINA, TO DECIDE WHAT YOU THINK IS BEST FOR NO, THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, LET'S ASSUME THE BOARD BASICALLY SUPPORTS ALL THESE YES.

YOU PROJECTS.

LET'S, YOU KNOW, ASSUME THAT EVERYBODY'S EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

, IF WE, YESTERDAY AT THE WORK SESSION, WE WERE DISCUSSING, UM, WHETHER WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT, UH MM-HMM.

, WHETHER WE'RE GONNA, WHICH WAS YOUR ORIGINAL LAW PREFERENCE, IF WE WERE GONNA HOLD IT OVER, UM, FOR A WEEK OR, OR TWO WEEKS.

AND I'M ASKING YOU, UM, IF THERE'S ANY ADVANTAGE TO GETTING THE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, APPROVED BY THE COUNTY TO HAVE A HEAD START.

IF WE VOTED TONIGHT, IS THERE ANY ADVANTAGE? UM, OR DOES IT REALLY NOT MATTER? THERE'S AN, THERE IS A, THERE'S AN ADVANTAGE IN THAT WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE COME OUT AND THEY HAVE SPOKEN, THEY HAVE VOICED THEIR CONCERNS AND THEIR OPINIONS.

THEY HAVE SPOKEN.

SO ONCE THEY'VE SPOKEN, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION AND SAY, YES, WE ARE GONNA GO THROUGH AND WE'RE GONNA COME UP WITH THE MATCHES.

BUT IF THERE'S FISCAL CONCERNS THAT YOU REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN AFFORD THE MATCH, THEN HOLD IT OFF FOR TWO WEEKS, THAT'S FINE.

BUT I DON'T WANNA DO IT BASED ON WHAT I'M SAYING.

I WANT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS.

I KNOW PERSONALLY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE TONIGHT.

THIS WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO TOUCH IT AGAIN.

YOU'RE DONE WITH IT.

YOU CAN MOVE ON.

WELL, NOT ONLY THAT, COULD I INTERJECT AND STATE THAT GREENBERG HAS A VERY GOOD TRACK RECORD WITH THE COUNTY AND THE MANNER IN WHICH WE HAVE HELD DEALT WITH HOUSING AND WITH, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY AND WITH, UH, OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT.

SO THEREFORE, I THINK THAT THE COUNTY ITSELF IS GOING TO LISTEN TO WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED.

AND I THINK THAT WE WILL BE AHEAD OF THE CROWD IF WE PUT OURS IN TONIGHT.

I'M FOR PASSING THIS TONIGHT.

I DON'T WISH TO COME BACK.

WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO SEE TO IT THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN ORDER.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE FIRST OUT OF THE GATE, THAT GIVES US A HEAD START AND WE SHOULD BE THE FIRST ONE TO ARRIVE AND BE IN THAT WINNING CIRCLE.

SO, I'M JUST SAYING, I THINK IT IS TO OUR ADVANTAGE TO PASS IT TONIGHT, SUBMIT IT ON TIME, GET THERE BEFORE THE LAST MINUTE AND SEE HOW IT WORKS.

I THINK WE WOULD, I, I CAN'T SEE WHY THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD REFUSE WHAT WE HAVE DONE.

I THINK WINSOME, YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB KEEPING US ON SCHEDULE.

SEEING POINT THAT WE, WE REALLY DIG INTO IT AND WE COME UP WITH WHAT'S GOOD.

AND WE DID THAT WITH, UM, MISSING LLOYD, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE HE'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, HE'S BEEN AT THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE.

HE KNOWS HOW TO STEER US THROUGH.

I HAVEN'T BEEN ON THIS COMMITTEE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT, UM, I'M JUST SAYING FOR THE TIME PREVIOUSLY, WE HAVE A GOOD TRACK RECORD.

I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP IT.

AND THEY KNOW THAT WE ARE GONNA PAY OUR BILLS AND THEY KNOW THAT WE ARE GONNA COME THROUGH WITH AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM AND PROJECTS.

UH, CORRECTIONS IN THE, THE RESOLUTIONS, IT GIVES US THE TIME, UH, A WEEK TO, UH, GET IT DONE AND THEN WE CAN MOVE AHEAD AND, UM, AND NOT, NOT WAIT TWO WEEKS.

ALSO, I'M WONDERING IF WE, UM, IF WE WERE APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, IF, UM, YOU KNOW, IT MAY GET MORE ATTENTION FROM, FROM THE COUNTY BECAUSE IF EVERY, IF THEY'RE GETTING ALL THESE APPLICATIONS WELL AT, WELL AT ONCE FROM ALL OVER THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE POT, THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, I'M WONDERING IF, YOU KNOW, THESE POSITIVE INITIATIVES WILL, YOU KNOW, COULD, COULD NOT GET THE SAME, YOU KNOW, POSITIVE ATTENTION.

I, I MEAN, I, I WOULD PREFER VOTING TONIGHT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SPEAKING FOR MY, MYSELF AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY OPPOSITION TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE APPLICATIONS AND, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO START LOBBYING TO GET THE, THE GRANTS APPROVED.

I AGREE.

WE HEARD, WE HEARD YESTERDAY THAT THE APPLICATIONS ARE NOT GONNA BE SUBMITTED FOR ABOUT A MONTH.

SO THERE'S NO DELAY IN A PROJECT.

BY US FOLLOWING A PROCESS WHERE WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, WE HEAR THEIR COMMENTS, WE LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS, GET ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, AND THEN WE VOTE AT A LATER MEETING.

THERE IS NO DELAY IN A PROJECT IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FILE THE APPLICATION WITH THE COUNTY.

THERE'S NO LOBBYING THE COUNTY UNTIL YOU FILE THE APPLICATION.

SO AS I MENTIONED YESTERDAY, AND THERE IS ISSUES WITH THE RESOLUTION.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WERE TO DO WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING, UH, SUPERVISOR IS THAT WE WOULD BE, WE WOULD NOT HAVE A BATCH ON THE, ON THE NORTH WASHINGTON BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THE RESOLUTION FOR US TO ADOPT.

SO THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU RUSH THINGS, THINGS GO WRONG.

AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT $688,000, LET'S NOT GET IT WRONG.

AND THERE'S NO REASON.

WELL, DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO, UM, HAVING A VOTE ON HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING NEXT TUESDAY TO VOTE ON THIS? THIS WAY IT GIVES, UH, TIME TO, IF YOU HAVE,

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AND IT WOULD BE SORT OF A COMPROMISE BETWEEN, UH, TODAY AND, AND TWO WEEKS FROM NOW.

I JUST REALLY WANT, I MEAN, UM, WHEN SOME PREFERRED, YOU KNOW, DOING IT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

AND IF, IF IT WAS UP TO ME, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO GIVE HER THE, I MEAN, SHE'S HAD A GREAT TRACK RECORD OF GETTING THESE, UM, THESE GRANTS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY.

UM, AND I JUST WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS AND OUR COMMITTEE HAS HAD A, A GREAT TRACK RECORD OF GETTING GREAT PROJECTS, UM, BEING APPROVED.

AND I FEEL THAT IF WE SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING NEXT TUESDAY, THEN IT'S DONE WITH, AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND, UM, AND THEN MOVE ON WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHER PROJECTS.

CAN I SAY THAT, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY I'M GONNA GO ALONG WITH FRANCIS ON ONE HALF AND THE OTHER HALF WITH PAUL FINER.

UM, GARRETT, IS IT POSSIBLE TO REMOVE THE, UM, THIS OTHER SECTION GOING TO, UM, CENTRAL AVENUE, THE YELLOW PORTION? TAKE THAT OUT AND THAT WOULD DROP US BACK DOWN TO OUR $250,000.

CAN WE DO THAT? GARRETT, ARE YOU THERE? WELL, NO, NO, NO.

I AGREE THAT THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING, UM, AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT APPLICATION.

SO THAT WE, WE ARE ALREADY DOING THAT.

YOU ARE ALREADY DOING WHAT, SIR? I'M SORRY, I MISSED THAT.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING? THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT APPLICATION WILL BE THE RED PORTION, WHICH, UH, IS ROUGHLY $500,000.

SO NOW WE CAN REMOVE THAT AND THEN LOOK AT THE OTHER SECTION AT, FOR MAYBE 23, 24 IF WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S PRIORITIZED.

YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO SPECIFY WHEN WE'RE DOING THE OTHER SECTION.

I THINK IN A PERFECT WORLD YOU WOULD BID THEM TOGETHER, BUT I, I DON'T THINK WE NEED, I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT PERFECT, RIGHT? I KNOW.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO GET INTO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL FOR THIS RESOLUTION.

WE CAN JUST TAKE IT OUT.

THE YELLOW PORTION OF THE, UH, SIDEWALK.

IS THAT APPROVED? UH, I, I CAN'T SAY THAT FOR EVERYBODY.

I'M ASKING THE MEMBERS OF THE, UH, COMMITTEE IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH THEM.

I, YOU KNOW, I THAT'S A SUGGESTION.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT COME OUT.

I AGREE WITH FRANCIS.

LET'S NOT PUSH IT.

IT, I AGREE WITH PAUL.

LET'S SUBMIT IT TONIGHT.

SO IF WE COULD DO THAT, I SAY LET'S TAKE OUT THAT, UM, SECTION OF THE, UM, SIDEWALK GOING TO CENTRAL AVENUE, THE YELLOW SECTION.

CAN I HEAR FROM EVERYBODY? MS. BULLOCK? LLOYD'S NOT HERE.

MS. LLOYD, WAIT A MINUTE.

YEAH, THAT WOULD BE FINE WITH ME.

AS LONG AS WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE AND WE CAN GET THIS DONE.

WE DON'T NEED ANY, ANY HANGUPS.

WHERE'S DENNIS? YEAH, RIGHT HERE? YES.

I'M FINE.

WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING YES TO? I'M MISSING, WE ARE MISSING FAYE BRANCH, BUT, UM, THAT'S, WE GOT A QUORUM THAT'S THREE OUT OF THE FIVE VOTE.

SO IS THAT ALL RIGHT, FRANCIS? WELL, LET'S BACK UP.

LET'S BACK UP.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THE BOARD HAS TO VOTE RIGHT? AT SOME POINT.

I KNOW, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

WELL, PAT, JUST WAIT.

BECAUSE REMEMBER WE HAVE A RECORD, RIGHT? WE HAVE THIS STENOGRAPHER, SO WHEN PEOPLE TALK OVER EACH OTHER, OH, GOODNESS.

DIFFICULT FOR THIS STENOGRAPHER, BARBARA, I'M SORRY.

SO WHEN, SO WHEN THE VOTE COMES UP, YOU KNOW, THAT ISSUE WILL BE DISCUSSED AND THE BOARD MEMBERS WILL DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANNA VOTE THAT WAY OR NOT.

OKAY? SO IT'S PREMATURE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AT THIS POINT BEFORE THE HEARING.

AND WE STILL HAVE FOUR FOR HENRY NONPROFIT APPLICATIONS THAT WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED.

OH GOD, I FORGOT 'EM.

THAT'S WHY I DON'T WANT, THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T RUSH THINGS, BECAUSE IF YOU FOLLOW A PROCESS, WE SAID WE WERE HAVING A HEARING ON EIGHT APPLICATIONS SO FAR WE'VE DONE FOUR.

AND THEN WE GET INTO A DISCUSSION OF I WANT YOU TO VOTE TONIGHT.

THAT'S NOT GOOD.

SO THERE ARE FOUR APPLICATIONS.

ACTUALLY, I MEANT NOT YOU, I REALLY WASN'T DISCUSSING YOU.

I WAS TALKING ABOUT OUR, THE COMMITTEE FOR THE BLOCK GRANTS.

I WAS JUST SAYING THAT WE COULD GO ALONG WITH REMOVING THAT WHEN Y'ALL DO IT, THAT'S FINE.

AS LONG AS WE GET OURS IN BEFORE EVERYBODY ELSE TO THE COUNTY.

I'M HAPPY.

DOING THE PHASING BECAUSE WE HAVE A, A MAJOR CRUNCH COMING IN 2022 WHEN WE HAVE A MAJOR CRUNCH OF OTHER THINGS IN 2022.

HI.

UM, PERMIT ME JUST TO SAY ONE WORD.

I WILL PURSUE, I WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE THE FACT THAT WHAT, UH, MR. HIN WAS SAYING, AND WE CAN POSSIBLY HOLD, HOLD ON OR HOLD BACK ON, UH, MS. GARRETT'S, UH, SIDEWALK FOR ANOTHER, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

OH, SORRY.

I WAS SAYING THAT, UH, THE SIDE WE CAN HOLD BACK ON THAT AND GO AHEAD ON WHAT, UH, FRANCIS CHIAN HAD MENTIONED.

I AGREE WITH THAT, BUT I, THERE'S A BIGGER ISSUE OF US PHASING

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AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT THE BOARD NEEDS TO DISCUSS.

NOT WHETHER OR NOT WE DO THE PROJECTS, BUT HOW WE PHASE THEM.

AND THAT'S A DISCUSSION I THINK THE BOARD HAS TO HAVE.

AND I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE RUSHED.

WE, AND, AND WE HAVE A PROCESS WHERE WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, AND TO SHOW THAT WE ARE NOT JUST IGNORING THE PUBLIC AND HAVING PREDETERMINED VOTES IN ADVANCE OF A PUBLIC HEARING, WE THEN CLOSE THE RECORD, WE, UH, CLOSED THE HEARING, LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, AND THEN WE VOTE AT ANOTHER MEETING.

NOW, NORMALLY WE WOULD POSTPONE THIS FOR TWO WEEKS BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE REGULAR MEETING IS, BUT WE FOUND OUT YESTERDAY, OR THIS, THIS MORNING, I GUESS IT IS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON TUESDAY ANYWAY BECAUSE OF AN EMERGENCY SITUATION WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO IT MAKES SENSE THEN.

OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ANYWAY THAT WE COULD ADD THIS TO THE SPECIAL MEETING.

THAT WOULD BE NEXT TUESDAY.

HOWEVER, TO JUST REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE, I, I'M, I'M AT A LOSS FOR WHAT THE SAYING IS, BUT IT'S, IT'S, UM, UM, OPINION.

GREAT, GREAT, GREAT.

UH, GREAT IDEAS, MAKE BAD LAWS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

NO, I AGREE WITH YOU.

I, I'M, AND SO AGREE.

WHEN WE'RE DISCUSSING SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE US DOING, AND WE SAY AT A PUBLIC HEARING, AFTER YOU'VE SPOKEN, THE PUBLIC HAS SPOKEN AND WE SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE, YES, WE HEARD YOU WERE GONNA VOTE RIGHT AWAY, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD.

IT'S A TERRIBLE PRECEDENT TO SAY, NOW, YESTERDAY CAME UP THAT IN THE PAST, THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE THIS AND VOTED THE SAME NIGHT.

AND SO I DID SOME CHECKING, AND FRANKLY, THERE WAS SO MANY OTHER THINGS GOING ON TODAY, I DIDN'T DO TOO MUCH CHECKING.

BUT IN 2018, WE ACTUALLY VOTED ON JUNE 27TH TO SEND THESE APPLICATIONS TO THE COUNTY JUNE 27TH, WHICH IS NOT TOO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE HEARING AS TO WHEN THESE APPLICATIONS WILL ACTUALLY BE FILED WITH THE COUNTY.

ANYWAY.

SO IT'S, UH, IF THERE'S A NEED TO RUSH AND DO THINGS LIKE WE HAD TO DO, THEN, THEN WE DEAL WITH THAT.

BUT IF THERE'S NO NEED, IF THERE'S NO BENEFIT, NO SUBSTANTIAL BENEFIT, THERE'S NO SENSE, UH, CHANGING THAT.

AND FRANKLY, IT'S DISRESPECTFUL THAT PEOPLE CAME OUT.

I MEAN, MURRAY MADE SOME COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, WINSOME THANKED HIM, BUT HE'S NOT A FAN OF SIDEWALKS.

, I KNOW.

HE MAKES IT VERY CLEAR.

THERE'S NO DOUBT.

HE MAKES IT CLEAR.

I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE GOT THAT, THAT'S WHAT HE WANTED TO SAY, BUT JUST 'CAUSE YOU THANKED HIM FOR THINKING IT WAS SUPPORTING THE PROJECT.

PEOPLE MADE COMMENTS.

WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD BE, BE ABLE TO, TO READ, UH, READ OR HEAR AGAIN, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH THE TRANSCRIPTS, GO THROUGH THE, UH, THE VIDEO, AND MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.

AND THAT, I THINK IT GIVES MORE CREDIBILITY WHEN YOU SEND IT TO THE COUNTY THAT THE BOARD DELIBERATED IT, HAVE A TRANSCRIPT.

IT'S GETTING EVEN LONGER AND LONGER THAT WE REALLY DISCUSS THESE THINGS AND WE'RE REALLY COMMITTED TO THESE, THESE ISSUES.

UH, BUT WE DIDN'T DO IT JUST TO, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, THE SAME NIGHT AND BE DONE WITH IT, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THIS ANYMORE.

FRANCIS? I WASN'T SAYING YOU, I WAS SAYING OUR COMMITTEE THAT WE HAD OUR DISCUSSIONS ON, WE WERE SET IN ON THAT COMPLETELY.

THE ONLY ONE WE ARE, UH, WHEN YOU SAID THE, UM, 250, I WAS STATING THAT THAT WAS WHAT OUR COMMITTEE A AGREED TO.

NOT ANYTHING OVER THE 250,000.

WE ARE NOW GIVING IT TO YOU.

WE AGREE ON WHAT WE'VE DONE.

NOW WE HAVE TO DO THE OTHER FOUR, WHICH I DID FORGET ABOUT, BUT I'M NOT RUSHING YOU.

BUT WE WANT YOU TO VOTE ON IT AND KNOW, KNOW THAT WE ON THE COMMITTEE SUPPORT THESE ITEMS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE PRESENTED.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING NOW.

YEAH, WE UNDERSTAND MS. WILLIAMS, WE UNDERSTAND.

OH, GOOD.

HAVE NO WIN.

IT'S GETTING LATE AND WE GOTTA MOVE TO HEARING.

YEAH, I'M TALKING, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, THE, WHAT ARE YOU CALLING IT? NONPROFIT APPLICATIONS.

LET LET THE OTHER FOUR, THE OTHER FOUR RESOLUTIONS I THINK ARE IN GOOD, GOOD.

UM, GOOD STANDING.

UM, IT DOES MENTION WHAT IS NEEDED.

THEY MENTION AS, AS I WAS GOING THROUGH THEM, I MENTIONED THAT, UM, THE YOSEMITE PARK PROJECT WE'RE APPLYING FOR $34,000 AND THE TOWN WILL BE MATCHING IT WITH 34,000.

THE TOTAL PROJECT.

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WELL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL GET, I CAN, I'LL GET TO THEM RIGHT NOW.

NOW I DO SEE THAT, UM, CLIFF ABRAMS HAS RAISED HIS HAND, SO I'M GONNA LET CLIFF MAKE HIS COMMENT, AND THEN I'M GONNA DO THE NONPROFITS.

CLIFF, COULD YOU PLEASE COMMENT QUICKLY? THANK YOU.

BUT NO, THANK, I PASSED AND I WAIT.

AND DENNIS, YOU DIDN'T HAVE YOUR HAND UP, DID YOU? NO.

WE'LL

[ To invite public comment on the Town of Greenburgh's endorsement of the proposed Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application to be submitted through the Westchester Urban County Consortium for Fiscal Year 2022-2024 for the Non-Profit Organization Projects to Westchester County]

MOVE TO THE NONPROFITS.

THE TOWN OF GREENBERG, APPRECIATE ALL OF ITS NONPROFITS, AND THEY APPRECIATE THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE GROWTH AND TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBERG.

I WILL NOW INTRODUCE OUR NONPROFITS, THE GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY.

THEY WILL BE PRESENTING THE GREEN SMART HOUSING, BROADBAND INTERNET SERVICE FOR PUBLIC HOUSING.

UM, WE HAVE A MR. REJU ABRAMS, WHO'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE, UM, GREENBERG HOUSING CENTER HOUSING AUTHORITY.

WE ALSO HAVE BISHOP PRESTON, WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THEIR ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

SO I, I LEAVE IT OPEN TO THESE TWO GENTLEMEN TO DO THEIR PRESENTATION.

WINS.

UH, AND GREETINGS TO ALL OF YOU.

UH, I'M, I, I FEEL PUSHED NOW BECAUSE WE, WE'VE, UH, GETTING PRETTY LATE.

UH, MR. ABRAHAM HAD AN EMERGENCY.

HE HAD TO, UH, HAD TO GET OFF, UH, AND ATTEND TO.

SO I WILL BE THE, UH, SPEAKER FOR TONIGHT, UH, PRESENTING THE GREENBERG HOUSING SMART PROJECT THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

UH, AND, AND, AND I'M NOT GONNA PREACH, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, OH, YES, YOU ARE .

WELL, WELL, UH, IT'S A GOOD PROJECT.

GO AHEAD, PREACH.

LET, LET, LET, AND MAYBE YOU CAN LIFT THE OFF.

I'VE RECEIVED THE LOVE OFFERING FROM ME.

NO, UM, BUT IF YOU LOOK IN MATTHEW, IN THE BIBLE, THE BOOK OF MATTHEW IN CHAPTER 24, IT DEALS WITH THE DISCIPLES WHO, UH, JESUS HAD CHOSEN TO FOLLOW HIM, AND THEY WERE DISCUSSING WHO WOULD BE, UH, GETTING CREDIT FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DONE.

AND HE TURNED TO THEM AND SAID, UH, IF YOU DO THIS UNTO THE LEAST OF THEM, YOU'RE DOING IT UNTO ME.

AND, AND, UH, I, I SAY THAT BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY AS THE PROBABLY LOWEST INDIGENT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WE HOUSE THAT, UM, REALLY ARE LIVING ON, ON MEAGER INCOMES AND, AND, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SUFFERING AND, UM, IN, IN MANY WAYS.

AND IF WE CAN PROVIDE, UM, BROADBAND FOR THEM, THAT WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS RESOURCE.

NOW, WHAT HAPPENED, UH, AND TO MAKE ME, UH, BECOME MORE KEENLY AWARE OF THE NEED FOR THIS IS, AND BACK IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR, WHEN THE SCHOOLS SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF COVID THERE, UH, THE STUDENTS CAME HOME.

AND TO NO FAULT OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, THERE WAS A, A VERY, UH, SEVERE BREACH OF COMMUNICATION BECAUSE, UH, THE CLASSES WENT TO, UH, TO, UH, MEDIA CLASSES OR BROADBAND CLASSES.

AND MANY STUDENTS DID NOT HAVE BROADBAND SERVICES.

AND, AND, UH, SO I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AFTER I HAD A COUPLE OF STUDENTS COME TO, UH, MY CHURCH WITH, WHICH JOINS THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE STATE HOUSING AUTHORITY PROPERTIES, AND ASKED COULD THEY USE THE CHURCH WIFI SERVICE? AND, AND I HAPPILY GAVE THEM THE, UH, UH, THE CODE TO, UH, GET TO ACCESS THE SERVICES.

AND I SAID, WELL, WE, I THOUGHT START THINKING.

I SAID, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE BROADBAND IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GOING AWAY.

IT'S GOING TO BE WITH US FOR THE REST OF OUR LIFE.

UH, AND WE, UH, UH, ZOOM IS GOING TO BE HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO THESE MEDIA, UH, INVENTIONS THAT WE HAVE BEEN THRUST INTO.

IT'S GOING TO BE A PART OF OUR LIFE GOING FORWARD.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT CANNOT AFFORD IT.

PEOPLE LIVING ON 8,000, 10,000, $12,000 A YEAR.

UH, IF YOU TAKE, IF THEY TAKE THE, UH, PRICE OF BROADBAND AND, AND GET BROADBAND, THEN THEY WILL MISS THEIR MEDICATION, OR THEY WILL MISS NECESSARY FOOD OR OTHER AMENITIES THAT THEY NOT, THAT THEY NEED.

SO I CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF, OF, OF, UH, OF TRYING TO PROVIDE FREE WIFI SERVICES BY, BY DEVELOPING A HOTSPOT AT EACH OF THE SEVEN SITES OF, UH, OF THE GREENBURG HOUSING AUTHORITY PROPERTIES.

AND THAT WAY, ANY, ANY FAMILY THAT WELL, THAT NEED THE SERVICES WOULD, IT WOULD BE THERE.

UH, AT THE SAME TIME, WITH THE, WITH THE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING, WITH THE RENOVATION AND THE, AND THE, UH, BUILDING OF A NEW PROPERTY, UH, THEY WILL BE WIRED FOR HARD, UH, UH, WIRE FOR, UH, BROADBAND SERVICES IF THEY CAN AFFORD

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TO HAVE IT.

BUT IF THOSE THAT CANNOT AFFORD IT, AND THERE ARE MANY FAMILIES THAT CANNOT AFFORD IT, THEY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TO UTILIZE THE BROADBAND FOR THEIR SCHOOLWORK.

UM, MANY KIDS WILL NOT, NOT ONLY IF IN A PANDEMIC, BUT EVEN IF THEY'RE SICK AND STAY HOME, HAVE TO STAY HOME, THEY CAN STILL ACCESS BROADBAND AND ACCESS THEIR SCHOOLWORK AND, UM, AND DO AND, AND DO AND KEEP UP WITH THEIR CLASSES.

AS WE KNOW, THE, UH, LOW INCOME, UH, FAMILIES ARE THE FIRST FAMILIES THAT SUFFER EDUCATIONALLY, UH, AND, AND THESE DIFFICULT TIMES.

AND WE HAVE SEEN A DROP IN THE, UH, IN THE GPAS, AND WE SEE A DROP IN THE ACADEMIC, UH, PERFORMANCE OF KIDS ALREADY.

SO WE DON'T NEED TO, UH, UH, TO CONTINUE TO WATCH THAT WITHOUT DOING SOME KIND OF INTERVENTION TO HELP THESE KIDS STAY ON TRACK ACADEMICALLY.

AND THIS WILL HELP TREMENDOUSLY.

UM, I WAS JUST WITH THE SENIORS, UH, THAT FROM MANHATTAN AVENUE TODAY, THE, UH, HOUSING AUTHORITY GAVE THEM A DINNER AND AN UPDATE ON THE MANHATTAN AVENUE PROJECT.

AND, AND, AND TO MY, UH, SURPRISE MANY OF THOSE SENIORS, SOME OF THOSE SENIORS, I WOULD SAY, UH, ASKED ABOUT, WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO SEE WHO IS AT THEIR DOOR WHEN THEY COME AND RING THE DOORBELL? THAT IS A PROJECT THAT NEEDS WIFI SERVICE.

IT BECAUSE, BECAUSE IT WOULD COME TO THEIR PHONE, LIKE, UH, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE RING.

UM, AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHO'S RINGING THEIR DOORBELL IN THE, IN THE ENTRANCEWAY BEFORE THEY BUZZ THEM IN TO THEIR APARTMENTS.

AND, AND IF THEY'RE WALKING AROUND THE TRACK THAT WE'RE GONNA BUILD AROUND THE PROPERTY, THEY CAN SEE THEM WHILE THEY'RE WALKING ON THEIR SMARTPHONE AND, AND LET THEM KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.

LET THEM KNOW, GO AWAY.

I DON'T WANNA BE BOTHERED WITH YOU, WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO, BUT THEY, IT'LL CREATE A HIGHER LEVEL OF SECURITY FOR THE SENIORS.

AND, AND THIS COULD HAPPEN NOT ONLY AT THE MANHATTAN AVENUE SITE, BUT IT CAN ALSO HAPPEN AT THE, UH, SCATTERED SITES AND, AND WITH, WITH THE TECHNOLOGY.

AND, AND THESE PROJECTS WILL BE SO HELPFUL, AND WE'LL BE AHEAD OF THE GAME.

AS YOU KNOW, OUR PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT BIDEN IS TALKING ABOUT ADDING IN BROADBAND SERVICES INTO HIS INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THAT.

IF WE CAN GET THIS GRANT AND INSTALL IT FOR OUR, OUR, OUR RESIDENTS, OUR KIDS THAT NEED IT SO DESPERATELY, AND OUR FAMILIES THAT CAN ACCESS IT FOR MANY USES, NOT JUST FOR SCHOOL, BUT FOR UTILIZING, UH, UH, OTHER SERVICES.

UH, RIGHT NOW, MY CHURCH SERVICES ARE ON BROADBAND.

WE DO, WE DO ZOOM AND WE DO, UH, LIVE STREAMING.

AND, AND WHEREAS WE HAVE REOPENED OUR CHURCH, AND WE ARE BACK IN CHURCH SINCE THE, UH, 2ND OF MAY, UH, BUT, BUT WE STILL HAVE A, A GREAT, UH, NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT STILL USE ZOOM AND LIVESTREAM TO BE A PART OF OUR SERVICE.

SO, SO THIS IS A THING THAT WILL BE SUCH A BENEFIT THAT, UH, A PRICE CANNOT BE PAY, UH, CANNOT BE PUT ON IT AS FAR AS THE ADVANTAGE THAT PEOPLE WILL HAVE.

AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO BUILD THESE HOTSPOTS BY, UH, GETTING THIS GRANT.

AND HOPEFULLY IF WE CAN GET THIS GRANT, UH, THE INSTALLATION OF THE HOTSPOTS CAN CULMINATE WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE STRUCTURE AND THE COMPLETION OF THE RENOVATIONS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING THROUGHOUT OUR, OUR TO TOTAL, UH, PROPERTY PORTFOLIO.

AND, AND JUST REMEMBER, IF YOU DO THIS FOR THE LEAST OF THEM, YOU DO IT AS DOING IT UNDER CHRIST.

THANK YOU, REVEREND CHRISTIAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE BEAUTIFUL WORDS OF WISDOM.

I WILL REMEMBER THAT WHATSOEVER YOU DO TO THE LEAST OF MY BROTHERS.

YOU DO UNTO ME.

THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH.

UM, WE HAVE KEN JONES ON THE MEETING, AND KEN JONES IS A VERY SPECIAL COUNCIL PERSON.

HE IS THE, HE'S A COUNCILMAN WHO IS LIAISON TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.

HE'S ALSO LIAISON TO THE GREENBURG HOUSING AUTHORITY.

COUNCILMAN JONES, IF YOU'D LIKE TO, YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO MAKE A COMMENT NOW.

COUNCILMAN JONES, I, I FULLY SUPPORT, UH, THE APPLICATION THAT, THAT THE GREENBERG HOUSING AN AUTHORITIES MADE.

AND I WANNA THANK YOU, WINSOME, FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND EFFORTS IN BRINGING ALL THESE PROJECTS TO FRUITION, UH, IN LEADING, UH, AND YOUR LEADERSHIP.

UM, CLIFF ABRAMS, YOUR HAND IS STILL UP.

YOU DON'T WANNA SPEAK, DO YOU? OKAY.

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UM, OUR NEXT NONPROFIT IS THE GREENBERG HEALTH CENTER.

JUDITH WATSON IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GREENBERG HEALTH CENTER.

WE ALSO HAVE VICKY SIMMONS, WHO IS A PART OF THE GREENBERG HEALTH CENTER.

SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO BOTH OF THESE LOVELY LADIES WHO WILL DO THE PRESENTATION, AND THEY'LL BE DOING MEDICAL HOME VISIT FOR HOME BONE, ELDERLY AND DISABLED LIVING IN GREENBURG.

THANK YOU LADIES.

VICKY SIMMONS.

I DID SEE HER THERE.

UM, VICKY, PLEASE UNMUTE.

UNMUTE YOURSELF.

WELL, WINSTON, DID YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT ONE OUT OF ORDER AND THEN WE CAN CONTACT YES, SIMMONS AND WE'LL GET HER ON THE LINE? OH.

UM, WELL, EXCUSE ME.

UH, WHEN SOME, THIS IS DAVID SALZBERG AND ALSO WITH THE, UH, GREENBERG HEALTH CENTER.

I'M SORRY, DAVID, I DIDN'T SEE YOUR NAME.

I JUST SAW A D I A.

THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.

I'D BE I'LL, I CAN, I CAN DO THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION.

SO THE GREENBERG HEALTH CENTER'S, UM, HOUSE CALLS PROGRAM, UH, FOR HOME BOUND, UH, FOR HOME BOUND, ELDERLY AND DISABLED WILL, UH, DEPLOY A MULTI, UM, A MULTIFACETED, UH, GROUP OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, UH, WHO WILL, UM, OFFER A COMBINATION OF, OF, OF ANNUAL, UH, ANNUAL PHYSICAL EXAMS, UH, UM, SICK VISITS, IF YOU WILL.

UH, AS HEALTH PROBLEMS EMERGE, UM, THEY WILL COORDINATE A, UH, THEY'LL COORDINATE, UH, ACCESS TO PHARMACEUTICALS AND ALSO ACCESS TO, UH, FOOD STUFFS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE, UH, GREENBURG, UH, HEALTH CENTER, UH, HEALTH CENTER FOOD PANTRY, UH, SPECIFICALLY THE, UM, OUR TEAM WILL, UH, CONSIST OF A, UH, OF A PHYSICIAN, OF A NURSE, AND ALSO A DRIVER, IF YOU WILL, WHO WILL HELP TO TRANSPORT THEM, UH, FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.

AND I'D LIKE TO UNDERSCORE AT THIS POINT THAT THE HOUSE CALLS VISIT, THAT THE HOUSE CALLS PROGRAM, UM, WILL PROVIDE EXACTLY, UH, WHAT IT SAYS.

WE WILL PROVIDE OLD FASHIONED TRADITIONAL HOUSE CALLS TO ELDERLY AND DISABLED PEOPLE LIVING IN LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, UH, THROUGHOUT GREENBERG.

UH, NOW OUR REQUEST, UH, WILL AMOUNT AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, UH, TO ABOUT $240,000.

UH, AND WE, UH, EXPECT TO MATCH THAT REQUEST, UH, BY I MORE THAN A HUNDRED PERCENT.

UM, TO THE EXTENT THAT, UH, IF THE C D B G PROGRAM IS ABLE TO, UH, IS ABLE TO SUPPORT, UH, ONE TEAM, WE WILL PROVIDE, UH, A SECOND TEAM, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THERE IS ADEQUATE COVERAGE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, WELL, THAT ONE OF THE FEATURES OF AFTER, UH, A YEAR'S FOR A YEAR, UH, IT WILL BEGIN TO, UH, IT WILL BEGIN TO, TO GENERATE REVENUE TO EXTENT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO, SO, CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER, DAVID? DAVID, YOU NEED THIS.

THE STENOGRAPHER IS STRAINING TO TRY AND HEAR YOU, SO IF YOU COULD JUST REPEAT, GO BACK A SENTENCE OR TWO.

SORRY, PARKER, WHERE DO I, WHERE DO I ? UH, WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO BACK TO PLEASE? UH, A COUPLE OF SECONDS BACK.

COUPLE SENTENCES BACK.

IS THAT GOOD? YES, YES, YES, YES.

UM, SO IN TERMS OF OUR, IN TERMS OF OUR MATCH, WANT, WANT ME TO,

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SO, UM, SO WE EXPECT THE PROGRAM AS WE SIT HERE TODAY TO, UM, UH, WE, WE EXPECT OUR REQUEST TO AMOUNT TO $240,000.

UH, AND WE ANTICIPATE MATCHING THAT REQUEST BY MORE THAN A HUNDRED PERCENT TO THE EXTENT THAT, UH, WE'RE REQUESTING, UH, SUPPORT FOR, UH, ONE, UH, TEAM OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS.

AND, UH, IN TURN, WE WILL PROVIDE A SECOND TEAM TO, UH, ASSURE ADEQUATE COVERAGE OF THE, UM, ADEQUATE COVERAGE OF THE COMMUNITY.

UM, HOW'S YOUR STENOGRAPHER DOING, BARBARA? YOU OKAY? SHE'S DOING FINE.

GOOD.

SHE'S SO HAPPY.

SHE CAN GO ANOTHER THREE HOURS.

WELL, ALL RIGHTY, THEN.

WELL, SO CAN I, SO , LET'S NOT BUT IN, IN , BUT FOR EVERYBODY'S SAKE.

UM, I'LL CUT IT SHORT NOW.

UM, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE DID I WANT? OH, YES.

IN TERMS OF, UH, THE PROGRAM OF BECOMING SELF-SUSTAINING, UH, AFTER A YEAR'S OPERATION, WHICH I BELIEVE IS WHAT'S COVERED BY C D B G, CORRECT.

UM, WE EXPECT THAT THE PROGRAM WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, GENERATE REVENUE TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN CHARGE THESE HOUSE CALLS, THAT THE, UH, THAT THE TEAM, THAT THIS MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM IS GOING TO BE MAKING, UH, WILL BE ABLE TO CHARGE THEM TO MEDICAID, MEDICARE, AND, UM, UH, MEDICAID MANAGED CARE, AS WELL AS, UH, STRAIGHT INSURANCE.

SO WE EXPECT, UH, THAT TO PROVIDE AT LEAST, UH, SOME, IF NOT ALL, OF THE, UH, SUPPORT, UM, THAT WE WILL NEED TO MAKE THE PROGRAM, UH, SELF-SUSTAINING GOING FORWARD.

NOW, IF YOU WILL ALL BEAR WITH ME, WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH A, UM, LETTER OF SUPPORT, WHICH I'VE BEEN ASKED, UH, BY, UH, MS. WATSON TO, UH, READ INTO THE RECORD.

AND, UM, BUT I'LL ASK, I MEAN, IT'LL, LET ME JUST, YOU KNOW, LET ME JUST GO AHEAD AND READ IT AS OPPOSED TO ASKING WHETHER IT CAN JUST BE, UH, JUST BE MOVED INTO THE RECORD.

SO THIS COMES FROM, UH, FROM A, UH, LONG TIME RESIDENT OF GREENBURG AND A LONG TIME, UH, PATIENT OF THE GREENBERG, UH, OF THE GREENBERG HEALTH CENTER.

UH, IT'S FROM A WOMAN NAMED BERNICE BURTON.

AND, UH, IT READS LIKE THIS, DEAR SUPERVISOR FINDER, AS A RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBERG AND A PATIENT OF THE GREENBERG HEALTH CENTER, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY STRONG SUPPORT OF GREENBERG HEALTH CENTER'S REQUEST FOR $240,000 THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.

THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC HAS MADE THE PAST YEAR VERY, A VERY DIFFICULT TIME, ESPECIALLY FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE ELDERLY AND DISABLED.

WE HAVE BEEN ISOLATED, OFTEN UNABLE TO LEAVE OUR HOMES, AND WITHOUT ACCESS TO PROPER MEDICAL CARE, PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION, AND SOMETIMES EVEN ENOUGH FOOD TO FEED OURSELVES, GREENBURG HEALTH CENTER'S HOUSE CALLS PROGRAM, UH, FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED WILL BE AN ENORMOUS HELP WITH THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE BEEN FACING, HAVING DOCTORS AND NURSES VISIT US AT HOME FOR ANNUAL CHECKUPS TO CALL ON US WHEN WE ARE ILL, AND TO ASSIST WITH PRESCRIPTIONS.

FOOD FROM THE GREENBURG HEALTH CENTER PANTRY, UH, WOULD BE A GODSEND SUPERVISOR FINER.

I URGE YOU TO DO EVERYTHING THAT YOU POSSIBLY CAN TO SEE TO IT THAT THE GREENBERG HEALTH CENTER'S HOUSE CALLS PROGRAM RECEIVES THE FUNDING, REQUESTED, RECEIVES THE FUNDING REQUESTED.

I GUARANTEE YOU THAT THE SENIORS AND DISABLED PEOPLE LIVING IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UH, WILL BE MOST GRATEFUL.

SINCERELY, BERNIES BERKELEY.

YEAH, I JUST WOULD WANNA, UM, MENTION THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO, UM, UH, JUDITH WATSON, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF TIMES.

AND I THINK THAT, UM, THE HOUSE CALL, UM, INITIATIVE, YOU KNOW, PUTS THE HEALTH CENTER

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SO AHEAD OF MANY OTHER HEALTHCARE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, PROVIDERS.

SO AMONG, YOU KNOW, THE PROPOSALS THAT ARE BEING, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, MADE FOR ME, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SO THRILLED THAT THE HEALTH CENTER IS, UM, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS LEAVES THE WAY, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN I PASS THE HEALTH CENTER, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE TO COUNT OUR BLESSINGS BECAUSE WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH A CARING WELL RUN, UM, AND EFFECTIVE, UM, CENTER IN, YOU KNOW, IN OUR, IN OUR TOWN.

AND THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE HEALTH CENTER GOING THE EXTRA MILE TO HELP PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DOING MORE THAN I THINK ANY OTHER HEALTH FACILITY, IN MY OPINION, LIKE ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY.

SUPERVISOR ON BEHALF OF THE, UH, HEALTH CENTER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I, I REALLY BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, UM, WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY NOT-FOR-PROFITS AROUND, AND THE HEALTH CENTER ALWAYS EXCEEDS MY, UM, MY EXPECTATIONS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT EXCEEDS THE EXPECTATIONS OF, YOU KNOW, SO MANY, UM, SO MANY PEOPLE IN, IN OUR TOWN.

SO NOT ONLY WILL I SUPPORT THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, I WILL ENTHUSIASTICALLY, UM, UM, SUPPORT THIS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I'M SO GRATEFUL TO THE HEALTH CENTER FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO.

THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU, DAVID, FOR A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.

AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY FOR THE HEALTH CENTER, AND WE ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE HEAD CENTER.

YOU HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN GREENBURG, ALONG WITH THE OTHER NONPROFITS.

NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE LOCE BRONZE CHILDREN'S CENTER.

WE HAVE JOAN SHEPHERD, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHO WILL BE DOING A PRESENTATION NOW.

HELLO EVERYONE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

THE LO BROWN CHILDREN'S CENTER IS SUBMITTING A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK APPLICATION FOR A PRESCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP GRANT.

THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES SURROUNDING PARENTS' AFFORDABILITY TO PAY FOR CHILDCARE, ESPECIALLY IN PRESCHOOL.

THESE PARENTS ARE STRUGGLING TO AFFORD PAYING FOR CHILDCARE.

THIS PROPOSED GRANT REQUEST IS FOR $15,000, A MATCHING GRANT THAT WILL HELP PARENTS WHO LIVE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WITH CHILDREN AGE SIX WEEKS TO 12 YEARS OLD, TO ASSIST THEM WITH CHILDCARE COSTS.

IT IS THAT SIMPLE.

SO IN SUMMARY, THE PRESCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP GRANT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT STEP, THE LONG-TERM EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT FOR CHILDREN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. SHE, FOR THAT WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.

WE WILL NOW, ANY COMMENTS? I, I AM ALSO THINK THIS IS A FANTASTIC, UM, YOUR INITIATIVE.

AND I SHOULD MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK, UM, WAS PLEASED TO JOIN CONGRESSMAN MONDAY JONES AND, UM, THE LEADERS OF THE, UM, THE LEWIS BROWN CENTER, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, PUSHING FOR FEDERAL LEGISLATION THAT WOULD MAKE, UM, CHILDCARE, UM, AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD IT.

AND I JUST THINK THAT ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO OFFER CHILDCARE TO THE LESS FORTUNATE SHOULD BE PUSHED VERY, VERY, UM, YOU KNOW, HARD.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE HEALTH, THE LO BRONX CENTER, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS A FIRST OF ITS KIND IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE COUNTY, UM, SERVES AN IMPORTANT NEED.

AND I THINK THAT THE TOWN SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO HELP THE CENTER, UM, SUCCEED.

AND, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH, WITH THEIR MISSION, I'M PLEASED THAT WHEN THE TOWN, UM, OPENS UP, UM, ON JUNE 1ST, AFTER A YEAR, OVER A YEAR WITH THE PANDEMIC, THAT THE WHOLE, THAT THE MOST BROWN CHILDREN'S CENTER HAS BEEN GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO SAY THAT THEY WILL ASSIST EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE CHILDCARE NEEDS.

SO NO EMPLOYEE, UM, WHO WORKS IN THE TOWN, UM, YOU KNOW, WILL BE ABLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I CAN'T GO TO WORK BECAUSE OF MY CHILD, BECAUSE THE LOWEST BRU CHILDREN'S CENTER WILL BE AVAILABLE TO HELP THEM, UH, WITH ANY OF THE CHA FAMILY CHALLENGES THAT THEY, THEY HAVE.

AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE EMPLOYEES WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS, UM, SHOULD RECOGNIZE THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET REALLY GOOD QUALITY CARE FROM THE GREAT ORGANIZATION.

DIRECTOR OF SUSTAINABILITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, SUPERVISOR.

AND MS. SHEPHERD.

WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM THE GREENBERG NATURE CENTER.

LINDSAY COHEN IS THE

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SHE'LL BE DOING HER PRESENTATION NOW.

HI EVERYONE.

GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY, TONIGHT.

UM, SO I'LL BE PRESENTING OUR PROPOSAL ON GREEN AND GREENBURG SOLVING FOR FOOD INSECURITY.

SO WE ARE PROPOSING A TOTAL BUDGET OF $160,500 OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD.

THE MAIN GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO, UM, CONVERT UNUSED PUBLIC SPACES TO COMMUNITY GARDENS.

AND THE OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE EXPECTING AND HOPING FOR IS THAT WE INCREASE ACCESS TO NUTRITIONALLY DENSE FOOD.

UM, FOR THOSE IN NEED, WE EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD THROUGH EDUCATION PROGRAMS. AND WE ALSO PROVIDE POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS THROUGH THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF SOME POLLINATOR GARDENS, UM, THAT INCREASE POLLINATORS IN THE AREA.

THE GARDENS CAN ALSO SERVE AS WAYS FOR US TO RETAIN WATER AND DECREASE WATER POLLUTION FROM WATER RUNOFF, UM, TO SEQUESTER CARBON FROM THE ATMOSPHERE BY PLANTING NATIVES WITH LARGE ROOT SYSTEMS THAT WILL SUSTAIN FOR YEARS, AND ALSO IMPROVING AIR QUALITY BY INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF PLANT LIFE IN THE AREA.

THUS FAR, WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH FOUR COMMUNITY CENTERS THAT WE WILL BE PROPOSING THE GARDENS BE BUILT AT.

THESE INCLUDE A SITE THROUGH THE GREENBURG HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE LOWEST BRONZE CHILDREN'S CENTER, SEA OR YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, AS WELL AS THE UNION BAPTIST CHURCH, ALL OF WHOM HAVE SUPPORTED THIS PROJECT THUS FAR.

AND WE ARE IN THE STAGE OF, UM, GOING OVER THE PROPOSED PROJECT AREA AND MAKING SURE THE SITE IS APPROPRIATE FOR A GARDEN.

THE FUNDS WILL INCLUDE THE GARDEN BUILD AT EACH SITE.

UH, EACH SITE WILL HAVE THEIR OWN GARDEN, INCLUDING TWO RAISED BEDS, A TABLETOP BED AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE GARDEN, INCLUDING STORAGE AREA FOR THAT EQUIPMENT.

AND WE'LL ALSO INCLUDE SEEDS, PLANTS, AND, UM, SIGNAGE FOR THE GARDENS, AND A SOLITARY, UM, BEE HOTEL AND POLLINATOR HIVE, AS WELL AS COMPOST EDUCATION AREAS.

THE GARDEN EDUCATION WILL TAKE PLACE APRIL THROUGH NOVEMBER.

AT EACH GARDEN OVER THE THREE YEARS, THERE'LL BE 20 PROGRAMS ANNUALLY EACH YEAR DURING THOSE MONTHS.

THE TOPICS OF THESE PROGRAMS CAN RANGE FROM ORGANIC GARDENING TO NATIVE POLLINATORS, ANIMAL FRIENDS IN THE GARDEN, MUSHROOMS, MICROGREENS, AND HARVEST PARTIES.

THE HARVESTED FOOD FROM THE GARDEN WILL BE, UM, GIVEN TO THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE GARDEN, AND WE'LL ALSO DONATE ANY EXCESS FOOD TO THE TOWNS FOOD BANK.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE THREE YEARS.

WE PLAN TO HELP WITH MAINTENANCE OF THE GARDENS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STAY IN A PROPER STATE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WE'LL DO THIS ONCE A WEEK AT EACH OF THE GARDENS, AND WE WILL DO IT AT A TIME THAT WELCOMES COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE EITHER COMING FROM SCHOOL OR WORK TO HELP US AND PARTICIPATE.

THE GOAL WITH THIS IS THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PROGRAM ITSELF.

SO IF WE ALLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE GARDEN AND MANAGE THE GARDEN OVER THE YEARS, OUR HOPE IS THAT AFTER THREE YEARS, THESE GARDENS WILL BE ADOPTED INTO THE COMMUNITY.

WE'LL ALSO INCLUDE TAKE HOME ACTIVITIES FOR THE STUDENTS EACH SEASON.

UM, AND THIS HAS BEEN WORKED INTO THE BUDGET, AND THIS CAN BE ANYTHING FROM A POTTED HERB GARDEN TO, UH, MINI HYDROPONIC GARDENS, TO HOUSE PLANS TO HELP CLEAN THE AIR, THE, UM, AND I THINK THAT IS EVERYTHING.

SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO MY PROPOSAL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, LINDSAY, FOR A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.

AND SO I WOULD, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, UM, UH, GIVE MY SUPPORT AS LIAISON TO THE, UH, NATURE CENTER.

THEY, THEY DO SUCH, SO MANY BEAUTIFUL PROJECTS, AND THIS ONE IS JUST VERY, VERY EXCITING.

AND I'M SO GLAD THAT, UH, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, UH, WORK ON, ON THESE GARDENS AND, AND IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO, UM, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT IT.

AND I, I THINK THESE O THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED ARE, ARE REALLY, REALLY GOOD AS WELL.

I THINK EACH ONE OF THEM IS NEEDED.

THANK YOU, DIANA.

UM, WHEN KIM, WHEN KIM, THIS IS VICKI SIMMONS.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, YES.

WE, I CAN GO AHEAD, VICKI.

OH, OKAY.

I'M SO SORRY THAT I GOT DISCONNECTED.

I WAS ON THIS CALL FOR THREE HOURS, AND THEN WHEN YOU ASKED ME TO, UM, GIVE THE PRESENTATION, I TRIED TO UNMUTE MYSELF AND LOST THE CONNECTION ALTOGETHER.

SO I REALLY APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

THAT'S, THAT'S OKAY.

UM, DAVID DID A WONDERFUL JOB AND, UM, .

WE APPRECIATE YOU.

YOU HAVE BEEN AT EVERY MEETING AND YOU ARE APPRECIATED.

AND SUPERVISOR FI, UM, FINA WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE HEALTH CENTER.

IT WAS JUST A, A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.

SO YOU CAN GET A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS IF YOU WANT TO, TO, UM, HEAR DAVID'S PRESENTATION, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM,

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I SEE THAT, OKAY.

SO YOU DON'T WANT ME TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION OR NO.

UM, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I THINK DAVID DID THE, HOW LONG IS YOUR PRESENTATION? UH, NOT VERY LONG.

YOU KNOW WHAT, VICKI, I'M GONNA HEAR, WE CAN HEAR IT.

I WANT YOU TO DO IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU CAME TO EVERY MEETING AND IT'S IMPORTANT.

GO AHEAD.

AND I WAS ON THIS MEETING FOR THREE HOURS BEFORE I GOT DISCONNECTED.

DEFINITELY WERE, I COULD VOUCH FOR THAT.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING BEFORE IT EVEN STARTED.

SINCERELY, BERNICE BURTON.

UM, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

UH, WE AT THE GREENBERG HEALTH CENTER SIDE OF THE MOUNT VERNON NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER ARE EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR THIS YEAR'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.

HAVING JUST EXPERIENCED THE WORST PANDEMIC IN THE PAST CENTURY, WE HAVE BECOME EVEN MORE AWARE OF THE NEED FOR A PROJECT SUCH AS THE MEDICAL HOUSE CALL SERVICES THAT WE ARE OUTLINING IN OUR GRANT PROPOSAL.

THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE DIFFICULTY IN ACCESSING HEALTH HEALTHCARE EXPERIENCED BY MANY OF OUR VULNERABLE, ELDERLY AND DISABLED RE RESIDENTS.

FOR THESE RESIDENTS, WE SEEK TO PROVIDE QUALITY HEALTH CARE IN THE COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE OF THEIR OWN HOMES.

OUR HEALTHCARE SERVICES WILL INCLUDE, WELL, ANNUAL VISITS, SICK VISITS, ANNUAL VACCINATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FLU, PNEUMONIA COVID, IDENTIFYING AND COORDINATING OTHER HEALTHCARE NEEDS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE VARIOUS SERVICES WE HAVE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR HEALTH CENTER.

ARRANGING TRANSPORTATION TO THE HEALTH CENTER FOR SERVICES THAT REQUIRE IN-CENTER VISITS SUCH AS, UH, DENTAL AND OPHTHALMOLOGY, ORGANIZING THE DELIVERY OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION WITH LOCAL PHARMACIES.

WE WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO INCLUDE THE DELIVERY OF AVAILABLE FOOD FROM OUR ONSITE PR PANTRY.

I'D NOW LIKE TO READ A LETTER THAT WAS SENT THROUGH US TO SUPERVISOR SIGNER, UH, FINER FROM ONE OF OUR, UH, PATIENTS.

DEAR SUPERVISOR, FINER, AS A RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBERG AND A PATIENT OF THE GREENBERG HEALTH CENTER, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY STRONG SUPPORT OF THE GREENBERG HEALTH CENTER'S REQUEST FOR FUNDS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.

THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC HAS MADE THE PAST YEAR VERY DIFFICULT, A VERY DIFFICULT TIME, ESPECIALLY FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE ELDERLY AND DISABLED.

WE HAVE BEEN ISOLATED, OFTEN UNABLE TO LEAVE OUR HOMES, AND WITHOUT ACCESS TO PREP PROPER MEDICAL CARE, PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION, AND SOMETIMES EVEN FOOD TO FEED OURSELVES, GREENBURG HEALTH CENTER'S HOUSE CALL PROGRAM WILL BE AN ENORMOUS HELP WITH THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE BEEN FACING, HAVING DOCTORS AND NURSES VISIT US AT HOME FOR ANNUAL CHECKUPS TO CALL ON US WHEN WE ARE ILL, AND TO ASSIST WITH PRE PRESCRIPTIONS AND FOOD FROM THE GREENBERG HEALTH CENTER PANTRY WOULD BE A GODSEND SUPERVISOR.

FINER.

I URGE YOU AND THE BOARD TO DO EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY DO TO SEE THAT THE GREENBERG HEALTH CENTER'S HOUSE CALL PROGRAM RECEIVES THE FUNDING REQUESTED.

I GUARANTEE YOU THAT THE SENIORS AND DISABLED PEOPLE LIVING IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WILL BE MOST GRATEFUL.

UM, I, I THINK THAT, UM, DAVID HAS ALREADY GIVEN, GIVEN HIS PART OF THE, THE, UM, PRESENTATION.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU NEED TO ASK? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? UM, I SEE THAT AS I, AS I SAID BEFORE, OF ALL THE PROPOSALS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE RECEIVED, TO ME THIS IS, I LOVE THIS HOUSE CALL INITIATIVE.

AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE, UM, HEALTH CENTER CONTINUING TO GO BEYOND WHAT ANYBODY WOULD EXPECT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THE HEALTH CENTER IS MORE, IS IS CREATIVE, UM, IS ALWAYS DOING THE MAXIMUM, UH, FOR PEOPLE.

AND I THINK THIS, THE HEALTH CENTER IS, UH, AN INCREDIBLE ASSET TO, YOU KNOW, TO THE TOWN.

THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK IS JUST AMAZING.

SO I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL.

I, I, I AGREE WITH THE SUPERVISOR.

I THINK THAT THIS IS, UM, A, A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR OUR SENIORS.

AND, UM,

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AND I THINK SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY NEEDED, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE THAT REALLY CAN'T GET OUT EASILY.

AND THE HEALTH CENTER, THANK YOU.

ALWAYS SERVE THE LOWEST INCOME POPULATION IN THE TOWN.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY TREAT PEOPLE WITH DIGNITY, THEY TREAT PEOPLE WITH RESPECT.

UH, THEY'RE ALWAYS, UH, THINKING OF NEW CREATIVE WAYS TO, UM, HELP.

RIGHT NOW, UH, WE'RE WORKING, UM, UM, WITH SOME STUDENTS ON A CUPBOARD, UH, PROJECT WHERE FOOD WILL BE, UM, THERE'S GONNA BE LIKE SHELVES WHERE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE, UH, FOOD WILL BE ABLE TO GET, UM, YOU KNOW, FOOD.

I JUST, YOU KNOW, TAKE IT.

IT'S A WAY OF, UM, OF FEEDING THE HUNGRY AND DOING SO WITH DIGNITY.

SO I'M JUST A VERY, VERY BIG FAN OF, UM, THE GREENBERG, UM, YOU KNOW, HEALTH CENTER.

AND WHEN I SAY I'M A BIG FAN, IT'S LIKE AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

UM, I SEE THAT WE HAVE, UM, DR.

BULLOCK HAS RAISED HER HAND.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO INTERJECT DR.

BULLOCK.

AND THEN, YES.

EXCUSE ME.

I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE NATURE CENTER.

SO IS THIS APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME? I HAVE ONE THOUGHT.

YES, IT IS.

OH, THANK YOU.

I'M BE, I RECALL AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH THE NATURE CENTER.

AND I WAS WONDERING IF, IF, UM, LINDSEY, IF YOU REACHED OUT TO THE OTHER SCHOOLS IN, IN GREENBURG TO BE A PART OF THE GARDENS.

SO I HAVEN'T REACHED OUT TO THE SCHOOLS TO BE ABOUT A PART OF THE GARDENS FOR THIS GRANT.

UM, WE HAVE ALTERNATIVE GRANT FUNDING THROUGH CARVE FOUNDATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO USE FOR THE SCHOOLS.

BUT SHOULD THAT FUNDING NOT COME THROUGH? 'CAUSE WE'VE JUST APPLIED FOR IT.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE THE SCHOOLS.

SO RIGHT NOW WE WORK WITH HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

UH, WE HAVE A GARDEN INSTALLED THERE THAT WE, UM, EDUCATE AROUND TWICE PER YEAR.

UM, SO THIS WOULD BE FOR THE, UH, EARLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

UM, SO YES, WE DO INTEND TO BRING A GARDEN IN THERE, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THIS GRANT OR THROUGH AN ALTERNATIVE GRANT.

DID YOU SAY JUST IT'S EARLY CHILDHOOD OR THE OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS WELL? BAILEY, THE, UM, RJ BAILEY, WE SERVE THROUGH AN ALTERNATIVE GRANT WHERE THEY ACTUALLY COME TO THE NATURE CENTER.

OH, OKAY.

I SEE.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

NOW WE HAVE, UM, TASHA YOUNG AND THEN REVEREND PRESTON.

OUR NATURALIST EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WHEN NEEDED.

WINS.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

UM, SO I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT, LINDSAY, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, UM, BUT, UH, I'LL, I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF.

SO ONE I WANTED TO KNOW, AND, AND THESE ARE PROBABLY, UH, TO BE ANSWERED AT ANOTHER TIME, BUT I'M VERY CURIOUS ABOUT HOW BIG THE GARDENS ARE.

UM, ARE THESE IN THE GROUND GARDENS? ARE THEY VERTICAL GARDENS, UM, FREIGHT GARDENS, GREENHOUSES? HOW ARE YOU PROPOSING TO DO THIS? AND THEN I WANTED TO KNOW, ARE THEY ALL YEAR ROUND? IF THEY ARE INDOORS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

WHO WILL WORK THEM? UM, WHO'S GONNA HARVEST THEM? UH, THE PRODUCE, I THINK YOU SAID WILL BE SOLD.

UM, AND THEN THE PROCEEDS GO TO THE TOWN.

SO I'M VERY CURIOUS ABOUT HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK.

AND THEN THE REST IS DONATED, I BELIEVE.

I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.

UM, WILL FARMERS' MARKETS BE ABLE TO PURCHASE? AND THEN I, UM, THE LAST IS, UM, INTERNSHIPS FOR HIGH SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO FOR RIGHT NOW, THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES TWO 10 FOOT BY FOUR FOOT BEDS PER GARDEN.

AND THEN THE TABLETOP RAISED BEDS, UM, ARE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, BUT THOSE ARE FOR ANYONE WHO MIGHT HAVE A DISABILITY THAT INHIBITS THEM FROM REACHING DOWN INTO THE GROUND.

UM, AND BUDGET DEPENDENT, WE MIGHT DO MORE OF THOSE.

UM, THE BEDS WILL BE IN GROUND THOUGH.

THE TWO LARGER RAISED BEDS WILL BE, UM, IN THE GROUND.

SO WE'LL DO SOME SOIL TESTING AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE ADD IN SOME FRESH, UM, ORGANIC SOIL TO THOSE BEDS.

THE FOOD THAT WE HARVEST WILL BE HARVESTED BY OUR STAFF AS WELL AS THE STUDENTS.

AND THE FAMILIES INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAM.

SO USUALLY WE PLAN FOR HARVEST DAYS AROUND WHEN THE PROGRAMMING IS TAKING PLACE.

AND IF SOMETHING HAS TO BE HARVESTED BETWEEN, THEN THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD DONATE IT TO THE FOOD BANK.

SO NONE OF THE FOOD FOR NOW.

WE DON'T INTEND TO SELL ANY OF IT FOR A PROFIT.

WE INTEND TO GIVE IT TO THE FAMILIES FIRST AND THEN DONATE IT AFTER.

AND THEN IN TERMS OF ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE, WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT HYDROPONIC SYSTEM AT THE NATURE CENTER THAT I WOULD LOVE TO BRING TO A COUPLE OF THESE SPACES.

IT WOULD PROBABLY BE NOT ALL OF THE SPACES, BUT IT WOULD BE A WAY FOR US TO GROW FOOD YEAR ROUND WITH THE KIDS.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS A PART OF THIS BUDGET IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, BUT IT'S NOT DECIDED WHERE THOSE MIGHT BE, UH, PROPERLY LOCATED YET.

UM, AND THE EDUCATION PIECE WILL BE FROM OUR STAFF.

OUR SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT IS A TEAM OF THREE.

UM, UM, AND WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADD ON, UM, A FOURTH FROM

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SO WE FEEL THAT WE DO ALREADY HAVE THE STAFF ON HAND TO PROVIDE THIS PROGRAMMING.

AND MOST OF THE EDUCATION WILL TAKE PLACE APRIL THROUGH OCTOBER DURING SE UM, GROWING SEASON.

BUT WE WILL TRY OUR BEST TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE FAMILIES, AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE TAKE HOME ACTIVITIES.

AND THAT'S A WAY FOR US TO ENGAGE WITH THEM YEAR ROUND.

LINDSAY, I'M ABSOLUTELY GIDDY OVER THIS PROJECT .

I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THIS FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE.

WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM REVEREND PRESTON.

WINS.

UH, I, I JUST WANT TO, UM, UM, MAKE A FEW COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF, UH, THE, UH, PROJECT THAT, UH, VICKI SIMMONS, UM, AND THE HEALTH CENTER RAISED.

UM, UH, IF WE GO BACK ABOUT FIVE YEARS AND THE CONCEPTION, UH, OF, OF THE IDEA OF, UM, BUILDING, UH, REBUILDING THE MANHATTAN AVENUE PROJECT, OUR FIRST IDEA WAS TO HAVE AN EXAMINING ROOM TO BRING A PHYSICIAN OR NURSE THERE TO DO EXAMINATIONS OF THE SENIORS ON SITE.

AND AFTER LOOKING AT, UM, UH, AF AFTER GETTING ALL OF THE REGULATIONS AND EVERYTHING FROM HUD, UH, THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE, UH, THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE, UH, CONSIDERED MIXED INCOME, A MIXED USE, UH, PROPERTY, AND THEY WOULD NOT PERMIT THAT.

AND, AND, BUT, UH, WE DID NOT GIVE UP.

WE TALKED TO JUDITH WATSON, WE TALKED TO, UH, AND, AND I THINK SHE TALKED TO VICKY AND, AND OTHER PEOPLE AT, AT THE HEALTH CENTER.

AND THIS IDEA OF HAVING, UH, A, UH, A MOBILE UNIT TO GO FROM PLACE TO PLACE.

IT, IT, IT MAY NOT BE A JELLY, BUT IT'S, IT'S AT LEAST JAMMED.

UH, AND THAT, UH, IT'S THAT, UH, SINCE WE CAN'T HAVE IT THERE AS A PERMANENT, UH, FACILITY, THIS IS THE NEXT BEST THING TO WHAT WE HAD IN MIND AS, UH, PROVIDING SERVICES FOR SENIORS.

BECAUSE SENIORS ARE LIMITED IN THEIR ABILITY TO BE MO BE MOBILE.

AND THIS WILL HELP THEM GREATLY.

WE ARE RIGHT NOW WORKING WITH, UH, WITH A POP-UP VACCINATION AT, UH, NY UH, MANHATTAN AVENUE.

AND, AND THANKFULLY THEY, THE PHYSICIANS AND THE NURSES HAVE CONSENTED.

IF THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE, ARE NOT MOBILE, UH, IN THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS OR IN THEIR HOMES, THEY WILL GO TO THEIR DOOR AND ADMINISTER THE VACCINATIONS.

OR THIS IS THE KIND OF COMMUNITY THAT PUTS US SECOND TO NONE AGAINST ANY COMMUNITY IN THE WORLD.

THANK YOU, VICKI, FOR THAT.

WE SUPPORT YOU 100%.

EVERYONE SUPPORTS EVERYONE'S PROJECT.

WELL, I MUST SAY THIS HAS BEEN A VERY INTERESTING MEETING.

UM, I JUST WANNA TAKE THIS TIME BEFORE YOU DO THAT, UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AFTER EACH OF THE OTHER PRESENTATIONS, SOMEBODY SAYS, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THAT.

AND NOBODY DID THAT AFTER BISHOPS TALKING ABOUT IT FOR WIFI.

UH, SO I WANT TO SAY THAT I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE WIFI, UM, UH, AS WELL AS THE OTHER PROJECTS.

BUT FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S AN EDUCATOR WHO WENT THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AS EVERYONE ELSE DID, AND MANY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES SHUT DOWN THINKING THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A BIG DEAL FOR PEOPLE TO WORK, UH, UM, AND CONNECT REMOTELY FROM THEIR HOMES.

UM, I, I KNOW MAJOR, MAJOR COLLEGES, THEY HAD TO SHUT DOWN THEIR ONLINE PROGRAM ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE THEY REALIZED MANY PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE BROADBAND.

AND IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE BROADBAND THESE DAYS, YOU CAN'T SEARCH FOR A JOB.

YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T.

THERE'S VERY LITTLE YOU CAN DO.

AND I LIKE THE APPROACH THAT YOU'RE TAKING IN THAT YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO WIRE THE BUILDING SO THAT THOSE THAT CAN AFFORD IT CAN USE THE WIRE AND HAVE THEIR OWN SEPARATE WIFI SO THEY'RE NOT TAKING BANDWIDTH AWAY FROM THOSE WHO CAN'T AFFORD IT AND ARE RELYING SOLELY ON WIFI IN THE BUILDING.

AND SO, TO TRY, TRY TO HAVE WIFI SATISFIES EVERYBODY ON, EVERYBODY ON ZOOM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN, THAT'S A MAJOR UNDERTAKING.

SO IF SOME CAN AFFORD IT AND USE IT AND TAKE A, TAKE THE LOAD OFF OF THE PUBLIC WIFI, SO TO SPEAK, ALL THE BETTER.

SO I JUST, I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE IT.

IS THIS A TRANSCRIPT? AND IT'S A COMBINED TRANSCRIPT WHERE SOMEBODY WOULD LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, YOUR COMMENTS, BUT I, I, I THINK I COULD SPEAK FOR EVERYONE.

IT'S VERY PRIVATE THAT YOU SUPPORTED OTHERS.

UH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT I, I, I'M, I'M LISTENING TO WHAT THE TRANSCRIPT WOULD READ LIGHTLY, AND I DIDN'T WANT THAT GAP TO BE THERE.

TEACHING THAT, UH, MANY OF THEM COULD NOT, UH, THEY DID NOT HAVE A PLACE TO GO AND THEY'D HAVE TO GO TO A FRIEND'S HOUSE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO ASSIGNMENTS.

I, I ALSO, I ALSO FOUND THAT TOO, BISHOP, THAT, UH, THE STUDENTS THAT I WAS

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AND IT MADE IT VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR SOME OF THEM.

SO I THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT AND I SUPPORT YOUR PROJECT 100% TOO.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING IT HAPPEN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMAN SHEEN AND DIANA JUNA.

IT'S A WONDERFUL PROJECT AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU REVEREND PRESTON.

YOU WERE AT EVERY SINGLE MEETING THAT WE HAD, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME JUST TO THANK THE TOWN BOARD OF GREENBERG FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROCESS AND THEIR SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATIONS.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE PRESENTERS AND ALL THE PARTICIPANTS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.

THANK YOU TO THE GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY, BISHOP PRESTON, THANK YOU FOR THE GREENBERG HEALTH CENTER, VICT SIMMONS AND DAVID SALZBERG.

TO THE LORDS BRONZE CHILDREN'S CENTER DIRECTOR, JOAN SHEPHERD.

THANK YOU FOR THE GREENBERG NATURE CENTER.

LINDSEY COHEN.

I JUST WANNA THANK ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, GARRETT DAININ, JERRY BURNS, TERRENCE JACKSON.

I WANNA THANK COUNCILMAN SHEEN FOR ALL OF HIS HARD WORK.

IT IS APPRECIATED.

COUNCILMAN SHEEN, DIANA JUNA, KEN JONES, GINA JACKSON, AND SUPERVISOR FINER.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO SAY, I HAVE TO THANK THE COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT ADVISOR COMMITTEE FOR THEIR HARD WORK.

WE HAD NUMEROUS MEETINGS, NUMEROUS, AND WE HAVE MANY OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE MEETING TOO.

EVEN SUPERVISOR FINER WAS THERE.

WE HAVE THE CHURCHES THERE.

I WANNA THANK DR.

GRIFFIN BOOKER, UM, BULLOCK DENNIS RUDIN, PAT WAYNES, FAYE BRANCH.

BUT MOST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD, LLOYD COURT FOR BEING THERE, EVEN DREW HIS DIFFICULT PERIOD.

HE WAS THERE BY PHONE CALL.

HE WAS THERE.

WE JUST WANNA THANK HIM.

THIS WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.

AND I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR PUTTING UP WITH US, FOR WORKING WITH US.

YOU ARE APPRECIATED.

SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GONNA LEAVE THE CLOSING REMARKS TO THE HEAD, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, CHAIRMAN LLOYD COURT.

OH MY GOD.

OKAY, LET ME JUST SWITCH THE SCREEN AND WILL THIS CHANGE IT? B UM, VE THANK YOU SO KINDLY, VINCE AND I MUST SAY MR. FINER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE.

I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF VISITING, COMMUNICATING WITH PRESENTERS, AND OBSERVE THE OPERATIONS OF MOST OF THESE PROJECTS.

THESE ARE VERY WORTHY PROJECTS, AND I WILL URGE YOU, WHILE YOU DE DELIBERATE THE CONSIDER SUPPORTING THESE PROJECTS, I NOTE VERY CAREFULLY THAT YOU HAVE LISTENED, YOU HAVE OBSERVED, AND I'M CERTAIN THAT YOUR CONCLUSION WILL BE A POSITIVE ONE.

THANKS AGAIN, AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

WAIT FOR THE HEARING TO BE CLOSED.

YOU HAVE TO WAIT, RIGHT? DON'T LEAVE YET.

BUT WINSOME, BETWEEN NOW AND TUESDAY, COULD YOU CHECK AND SEE IF THE COUNTY IS OKAY WITH THE, UH, PUBLIC NOTICE? THAT WAS, THAT WAS DONE.

I CAN DO THAT.

UM, FROM MY EXPERIENCE, UM, THE, THE, THE NOTICE TODAY IS FINE.

THE TRANSCRIPT WILL BE, WILL BE FINE.

THERE'S NO PROBLEM.

EVERYTHING THAT WAS DONE TONIGHT IS WHAT THE COUNTY WANTS TO HEAR.

EVERYTHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED TONIGHT IS, THIS IS CALLED CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.

SO EVERYTHING IS PERFECT.

I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH WHAT WAS DONE TONIGHT.

UM, RIGHT.

THE TOM BOARD TOOK THE TIME TO LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS OF GREENBURG AND IT'S APPRECIATED.

I KNOW WE'VE BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW, BUT IT'S APPRECIATED.

AND YOU, YOU DID IT BECAUSE YOU WANT THE PEOPLE TO BE REPRESENTED.

SO THIS TRANSCRIPT, I THINK WILL BE PERFECT.

THIS IS WHAT THE COUNTY WANTS TO READ, AND THEY'RE GONNA, WE APPRECIATE.

I DON'T, I, I DON'T WANNA GET INTO DETAILS, BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THE NOTICE AND SEE IF IT'S OKAY FOR THE COUNTY.

THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING.

I WILL DO THAT.

SO PAUL, YOU WANNA MOVE THE, UH, THE HEARING CLOSED AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN UNTIL MONDAY? UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.

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GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY.

GOOD NIGHT.

DID YOU GET CARPAL TUNNEL? AND I WAS KIDDING.

I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GONNA BE THIS LONG.

I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GONNA BE THIS LONG EITHER.

I KNEW IT WASN'T GONNA BE THIS LONG.

THANK AGENDA TO DO WE HAVE AN AGENDA TO DO THOUGH? I'M DONE THOUGH, RIGHT? YOU'RE DONE.

GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE.

HOWEVER, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, AS A REWARD, IF YOU'D LIKE TO STAY AROUND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PERFECTLY OKAY.

YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE INVITATION.

BUT , I THINK I'M GONNA PASS.

IT'S 1130.

GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY.

GOODNIGHT.

CAN YOU CHANGE THE AGENDA? UH, THE NEXT DAY IS

[ PUBLIC COMMENT Advance signup via PublicComment@GreenburghNY.com is required. See instructions on first page. A three minute limit per speaker will be strictly enforced. No interruptions by Town Board members, the Town Clerk or the public will be permitted. Any questions on agenda items should be asked at this time. Department Heads have the option of leaving the meeting following Public Comment. Therefore, if anyone has questions that are related to resolutions/items on the agenda involving a specific Department Head, those questions should be raised at this time]

PUBLIC COMMENT.

ANYBODY LIKE TO COMMENT ON ANYTHING? I DID WANNA SPEAK, BUT I'M NOT GONNA SPEAK 'CAUSE IT'S 1130 AND I'VE SPOKEN MORE THAN I HAD PLANNED TO SPEAK, SO I WILL BE AT THE NEXT MEETING AND GET 10 MINUTES.

BEACON, EVEN IN THE DAYTIME, I WAS IMPRESSED.

WE'LL GIVE YOU A BONUS.

OH, I LIKE TO SHEET REAL FAST.

WANTS TO SPEAK.

WHO'S FIRST? HELLO? JUDITH, DO YOU HAVE SPEAKERS? WELL, ACTUALLY, UM, I SEE SOME HANDS UP.

I THINK I HEARD CLIFF ABRAMS SAY THAT HE'D LIKE TO SPEAK.

AND, UM, MURRAY, DID I SEE YOUR HAND GO UP? OKAY, SO WE HAVE TWO REQUESTS.

CLIFF.

UM, THANK YOU.

UH, I THINK AT THE LAST MEETING I WAS TALKING TO CHIEF MCNA AND, UM, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PHYSICAL SPEED LIMIT CLOCK.

THAT THAT'S NOT UP NOW, THAT WHEN YOU COME ON OLD CURRY TOWN ROAD AND BETWEEN WARREN AVENUE, IT USED TO BE THERE.

NOW THAT THE SIDEWALKS IS UP, THE CARS IS FLYING EVEN FASTER.

AND NOW WE GOT THE CROSSWALK.

BUT ALSO, I REMEMBER I ASKED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT CAN WE PUT A STOP SIGN ON WARREN TO SLOW THE CARS UP? AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE EVEN WHEN THE CARS COME FROM HILLSIDE ON OLD TERRYTOWN ROAD, I WENT BY THERE WITH A RESIDENT.

AND HOW IS ON CARS GOING TO SLOP IF THEY FLYING EVEN, EVEN IF THE LIGHTS IS FLASHING, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT PEOPLE WANT TO CROSS.

AND I WAS ASKING BEFORE, CAN LIKE IT BE A BUMP SOMEWHERE, LIKE A BUMP SOMEWHERE TO SLOW 'EM DOWN BEFORE THEY GET TO THAT AREA? AND UM, THE SAME THING IS ON MY HAT NAVIGATOR.

I MEAN, IT'S GREAT THAT Y'ALL GOT THE CROSSWALKS.

IT'S JUST THE POINT THAT, UM, CARS IS SPEEDING AROUND.

AND I WAS LISTENING EARLIER WHEN JARED WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW A COMMITTEE WALKED AROUND TO SEE WHAT SIDEWALKS NEEDED TO BE DONE AND WHAT WAS IMPORTANT.

AND I WAS ASKING EARLIER, HOW DO PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT YOUR WALK AROUND? BECAUSE SOMEBODY REALLY NEED TO COME ON OLD TERRYTOWN ROAD AND MAPLE STREET ACROSS FROM TERRY HILL TO SEE HOW DANGEROUS IT IS TO GET ACROSS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE, UM, AND IF THE CHIEF IS STILL ON, HE SAY HE IS GONNA GET BACK ABOUT THE DIGITAL SPEED LIMIT, YOU KNOW? AND, UM, I HAVEN'T, HAVEN'T GOTTEN BACK WITH ME YET.

AND GARY, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING ABOUT HOW THE CARS ARE SPEEDING? BECAUSE THERE'S REALLY NO SPEED LIMIT SIGN THAT SAY LIKE 15 MILES AN HOUR OR NOTHING.

BECAUSE WHEN THEY COME FROM HILLSIDE , THEY, THEY SPEED.

AND WHEN THEY COME FROM NOWHERE ROAD TOWARDS HILLSIDE AVENUE, THEY FLYING AND THERE'S NO, LIKE, NO WARNING, NO NOTHING.

LET THEM SLOW DOWN.

THERE'S NOTHING THERE.

I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE WHO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WALK AROUND TO SEE WHAT'S DANGEROUS AND NOT WHAT'S DANGEROUS.

I I CAN SPEAK TO TRAFFIC AND SAFETY AND FIND OUT IF THE DIGITAL SPEED READER'S GONNA COME BACK TO THAT LOCATION.

UM, THE, THE RAPID FLASHING

[03:40:01]

UH, A A A A PEDESTRIAN USED IT AND I WAS COMING DOWN THE ROAD AND, UM, HIGHLY VISIBLE.

AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT, UH, SIDEWALK ENHANCEMENT.

CROSSWALK ENHANCEMENT.

I, I, YOU KNOW, IT WAS HIGHLY VISIBLE, BUT YOU KNOW, I HEAR YOU.

I WAS, MY HOPE WOULD'VE BEEN THAT, UM, THE SIDEWALKS WOULD'VE HAD THE ROAD DIET EFFECT AND NOT INCREASED SPEED.

YOU'RE INDICATING THAT SPEED'S INCREASING.

SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SPEAK TO TRAFFIC AND SAFETY AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THE, THE HEADS UP.

CLIFF, UH, THIS IS THE CHIEF ALSO, UH, THAT SPEED SIGN WILL BE GOING BACK UP.

THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE POLES FOR THE, UM, THE RAPID REFLECTING LIGHTS.

SO I KNOW THAT THERE WERE WAITING TILL ALL OF THAT WAS DONE, BUT THAT SPEED SIGN WILL BE GOING BACK UP.

THAT'S IT FOR ME.

MARY BODEN, MY QUESTION IS FOR CHIEF CHRIS, UM, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WHEN THEY'RE OUT THERE DOING ROAD WORK, THEY HAVE A TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSON AND THEY USE STOP SLOW PADDLES.

UH, THERE WAS SOME PROBLEM WITH CON EDISON, UH, USING FLAGS, AND I ASKED YOUR DEPARTMENT TO CHECK ON IT.

AND NOW CON EDISON USES STOP SLOPE PADDLES SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND SO IT'S PRETTY STANDARD THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE DOING TRAFFIC WORK, THEY USE A, UH, PADDLE SO PEOPLE CAN SEE 'EM.

AND SCHOOL GUARDS HAVE ONE THAT USUALLY SOMETIMES SAYS, STOP, STOP.

AND MY QUESTION IS, 'CAUSE I HAD THIS PROBLEM TODAY.

THERE WAS A POLICE OFFICER OUT THERE DOING TRAFFIC CONTROL DUTY, HAD HIS HAND UP THERE.

VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE WHY WHEN A POLICE OFFICER IS USING, IS FUNCTIONING AS A TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSON.

HE'S NOT REQUIRED TO USE A STOP SLOW PADDLE OR A STOP STOP PADDLE.

COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME? WHY THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN? MURRAY, THERE THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT ANYONE USE THE STOP PADDLES.

AND OFTENTIMES THE POLICE ARE REQUESTED OUT THERE BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T OBEY THE, THE NON-POLICE, UH, PERSONNEL THAT ARE IN THE ROAD DIRECTING TRAFFIC.

SO THAT WASN'T MY QUESTION.

MY QUESTION WAS, I, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE POLICE ARE THERE.

I APPRECIATE THE FACT, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM.

THEY HAVE THEIR HAND UP THERE LIKE THIS.

IT'S NOT A REFLECTIVE GLOVE AND WE KNOW THEY'RE A POLICE OFFICER, BUT I CAN'T SEE HIS DIRECTION.

AND I WANNA KNOW WHY A POLICE OFFICER DOESN'T USE A PADDLE.

I KNOW IT'S WHATEVER.

IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.

WE CAN'T, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DRIVING IT WITH VISION WORSE THAN MINE.

WHEN A POLICE OFFICER UP, THERE'S GOT HIS HAND UP THERE AND IT'S VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE IT.

WHY CAN'T THEY USE PADDLES LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE? IT'S ONLY A SAFETY ISSUE.

I'LL ANSWER.

WELL, I I TOLD YOU MURRAY, THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT.

UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING I'LL TALK TO OUR TRAFFIC AND SAFETY UNIT ABOUT.

I DON'T KNOW OF ANY CONDITION IN RECENT MEMORY, CERTAINLY SINCE I'VE BEEN CHIEF WHERE WE'VE HAD, UH, A DANGEROUS CONDITION OR AN ACCIDENT AT ONE OF THESE THINGS.

SO I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT THE PADDLES ARE SAFER.

I KNOW THAT'S YOUR POSITION.

I THINK IT'S MORE FOR COMPLIANCE, BUT I WILL TALK TO OUR TRAFFIC AND SAFETY PEOPLE.

AND NOTICE THAT THAT BIG TRUCK IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD DOWNLOADING CARS.

STEP FORWARD ON MUTE.

PAT WINGS IS YOUR HAND UP? YES, IT IS.

AND NOW WE HAVE CHIEF MCNERNEY HERE.

I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

ONE, CHIEF MCNERNEY.

I KNOW I, UM, I'VE CALLED IN SEVERAL TIMES TO REPORT THE CARS ON, UM, THE, THE TRUCKS ARE DOWNLOADING CARS ON ONE 19 TARRYTOWN ROAD, AND I'VE CALLED IN REPEATEDLY EVERY TIME I SEE WHEN I CALL IN AND NOTHING IS EVER DONE ABOUT IT.

UM, I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF I CALL IN, IS THAT A COMPLAINT OR IS THAT JUST, IT'S NOT A SUGGESTION.

IT MEANS THAT I WANT SOMEBODY TO COME OUTSIDE AND GO DOWN TO WHERE THEY'RE DOWNLOADING CARS IN THE MIDDLE OF, UM, TARRYTOWN ROAD AT ONE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, ONE 30.

I THINK THAT'S TOTALLY UNNECESSARY AND IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN.

AND THAT, UM, WE HAVE P POLICE OFFICERS PATROLLING.

I WOULD THINK THAT A, A POLICE OFFICER WOULD GO BY

[03:45:01]

SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE AND IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.

THAT'S ONE.

NUMBER TWO, UM, CLIFF BROUGHT UP.

UM, I COME UP MANHATTAN AVENUE TO OLD TERRYTOWN ROAD TO BYPASS ONE 19.

AND, UM, THE CARS COMING FROM NORWOOD ROAD ARE COMING UP THE HILL.

THEY'RE INCLINE AND THEN THEY GET INTO THE CURVE AND THEY'RE REALLY GOING RATHER FAST.

THEY'RE DOING MORE THAN 30 MILES AN HOUR IF YOU'VE ALREADY PULLED OUT AND THEY SEE YOU, AND THEN YOU, I HAVE TO PICK UP SPEED TO GET OUT OF THEIR WAY.

SO I THINK MAYBE WE COULD USE A SIGN SOMEWHERE DOWN THERE IN BETWEEN NORWOOD ROAD AND AT THE TOP OF THAT LITTLE CURVE STATING THAT THEY NEED TO REDUCE THEIR SPEED OR IT'S A HIDDEN ENTRANCE OR EXIT OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SLOWING DOWN.

THEY ARE GOING VERY FAST.

BUT THE IS, BOTH ISSUES ARE IMPORTANT, BUT THE, UH, ONE WITH DOWNLOADING THE CARS IS HORRIBLE.

COULD YOU REPLY TO THAT? YES.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT CARS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO UNLOAD IN, IN THE CENTER OF ONE 19.

UM, SO OUR PATROL OFFICERS SHOULD KNOW THAT.

AND AGAIN, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THE PATROL COMMANDER.

I'VE HAVEN'T SEEN CARS UNLOADING IN THE CENTER OF THE ROAD.

I SEE THEM ON THE SIDE, I SEE THEM ON THE SIDES OF THE ROAD UNLOADING AND LOADING.

BUT I'LL CERTAINLY LOOK INTO ANY KIND OF VIOLATIONS OF THEM LOADING AND UNLOADING IN THE CENTER OF THE ROAD.

WE'VE HAD THAT ISSUE ALONG CENTRAL AVENUE.

WE GOT COMPLAINTS ABOUT, AND WE'VE ADDRESSED IT OVER THE YEARS.

UM, THE OTHER, BUT YOU'RE DOING IT MORE THAN ONCE.

I'M QUITE SURE.

WHY WOULD THEY DOWNLOAD ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY? YOU KNOW, I CAN UNDERSTAND IF THEY WERE DOING IT 10 30 AT NIGHT, NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, IT'S AN INCONVENIENCE FOR EVERYONE.

WELL, DEALERSHIPS AREN'T GENERALLY OPEN AT 10:00 PM SO I, I KNOW THAT , THAT'S WHEN THEY SHOULD DOWNLOAD WHEN THEY, THEY'RE, THEY GOTTA CONDUCT BUSINESS DURING BUSINESS HOURS.

BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN THE, UH, DESCRIPTION THAT YOU'RE, UM, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONDITION.

BUT I WILL CERTAINLY HAVE OUR TRAFFIC AND SAFETY PEOPLE LOOK INTO THAT.

BUT WHY CAN'T THEY DO, UM, WHY WOULD THEY DOWNLOAD ON ONE 19 PERIOD? THAT'S MY QUESTION.

REALLY.

THAT SHOULD BE A, THAT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL.

IT IS ILLEGAL, MS. WEEMS, BUT I THINK THE CHIEF IS GONNA TRY TO ADDRESS IT.

I THINK IT'S OKAY.

SAY, AND AS FOR THE OTHER CONDITION ALONG OLD TERRYTOWN ROAD, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT FROM NORWOOD ROAD AS YOU APPROACH MANHATTAN AVENUE? YES.

SO I'LL I'LL HAVE THEM LOOK AT THAT INTERSECTION AS WELL.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THERE ARE NO FURTHER REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

THEN WE COULD GO ON TO THE MEETING.

WE'LL START THE MEETING NOW.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN DO THE RESOLUTIONS? YEAH, YEAH.

DO WE HAVE THE AGENDA? I THINK FRANCIS IS WORKING ON IT, PULLING IT UP.

UM, TIM, I THINK MS. SWAN HAS RAISED HER HAND.

MS. SWAN, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT? YEAH, MAYBE SHE SHOWED UP PREVIOUSLY WHEN SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, LET'S MOVE WITH THE AGENDA.

IS THIS, UM, GOOD EVENING.

UM, I DID, UH, SUBMIT THAT I WANTED TO SPEAK ON A CERTAIN TOPIC.

IS IT TOO LATE TO SPEAK ON IT NOW OR WILL THERE BE ANOTHER TOPIC? NO, YOU COULD SPEAK.

YOU COULD SPEAK NOW.

RECALL WHAT HER LAST NAME WAS, BUT SHE WAS, UM, FROM A ORGANIZATION THAT DEALT WITH MENTAL HEALTH.

UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

IT'S VERY LATE THIS EVENING.

UM, THIS IS STILL PERTAINING TO, UH, THE GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY, UM, THEIR ILLEGAL ACTIONS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

ALSO, UH, AT MARCH 9TH AND MARCH 10TH AT THE WORK SESSION AND AT THE PUBLIC BOARD MEETING, I HAD REQUESTED AN APPOINTED INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO THE HARASSMENT.

AND ON HUMAN COMMENTS THAT ROGER ABRAMS, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HAD DIRECTED TOWARDS ME.

IT WAS TRAUMATIZING.

I'M UNDER, UH, CARE BY A PSYCHIATRIST.

I'M GOING TO THERAPY.

I DO NOT FEEL AS IF I'M AN ADEQUATE AN ADULT BECAUSE OF WHAT THIS MAN SAID TO ME.

AND WHAT MAKES IT SO IRONIC IS THAT YOU HAD I, SHARON, UH, I DON'T

[03:50:01]

EVIDENTLY MR. ROGER ABRAMS DID NOT HEAR THAT I SUFFER FROM MENTAL HEALTH.

THIS MAN IS AWARE OF THIS AND I HAVE A DISABILITY.

AND I FEEL THAT HE DELIBERATELY INFRINGED UPON MY HUMAN RIGHTS THAT DAY ON SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2018.

AND I ACTUALLY HAVE A RECORDING, A TAPE RECORDING THAT I CAME ACROSS THAT SHOWS THE MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE MEN DESTROYING MY GARDEN BECAUSE RAJU HAD DIRECTED THEM TO DO SO.

SO ON THAT ACCORD, I AM DEMANDING AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO RAJU ABRAMS ACTIONS TOWARDS ME.

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW MANY OTHER TENANTS WHO ARE FEARFUL OF COMING FORWARD BECAUSE OF WHAT THIS MAN HAS DONE.

AND FURTHERMORE, WHEN YOU TRY TO GO ONTO THE BOARD MEETINGS, THEY DO NOT ALLOW YOU ON THE ZOOM MEETINGS.

I'VE ONLY BEEN ON TWO AND ONCE WHEN I GO ON, I'M UH, BLACKED OUT.

I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING AT THE MEETINGS.

SO THIS IS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS.

AND ANOTHER ONE THAT I HAVE ALSO IS THAT WHEN THEY PRESENTED THE, WHEN THEY SENT OUT THOSE LETTERS TO US AND I SUBMITTED, THAT WAS MY LETTER MARCH 9TH, PERTAINING TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE CONVERSION OF A SECTION EIGHT TO A SECTION 22, WE HAVE YET TO GET AN UPDATED VERSION.

THERE HAS BEEN NO CLOSING WHATSOEVER ON THE CONTRACT, BUT YET THEY'RE STILL MOVING AHEAD.

I WAS UNAWARE.

I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN, I WAS UNAWARE OF THE LUNCHEON THAT THEY HAD.

I CAN MOVE INTO ONE OF THOSE PLACES.

WHY WAS I NOT INVITED TO GO? AND THEN ANOTHER THING, UH, WITH THE, UH, THING THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN FRANCIS SHEEN WAS LOOKING AT WITH THE CONTRACT, HOW WITH THE MIS WORDING AND EVERYTHING, WHERE IS THAT? SO ON THE CONCLUSION OF THAT, I AM STILL DEMANDING AN APPOINTED INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO ROD JEW ABRAMS ON THE CONDUCT OF WHICH HE, UH, TREATED ME.

I DEMANDED IT'S MY RIGHT.

AND HOPEFULLY IF ONCE THE INVESTIGATION STARTS, MAYBE OTHER TENANTS MIGHT NOT BE FEARFUL TO COME THROUGH.

THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

COMMISSIONS APPOINTMENT OF CLEAR PDI PDI, THE BOARD OF ETHICS.

OKAY, NOW LET'S GO TO THE AGENDA HORIZON

[ Appointment of Claire Pizzuti to the Board of Ethics, to fulfill an unexpired term, to expire December 31, 2022]

UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.

A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE THAT RE WITH THE NEW YORK STATE D O T FOR PAYMENT AND THE AMOUNT OF 21,275 ON BEHALF OF THE SWELL PARK DISTRICT.

[ TB 1 - 5/12/2021 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into an agreement with the New York State Department of Transportation (“NYSDOT”) for payment in the amount of $21,275, on behalf of the Cotswold Park District in connection with land owned by the park district at the corner of Ardsley Road and Central Avenue]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF LITIGATION WITH SS N R DEVELOPMENT OF STATES AND RELATED INSURANCE COVERAGE DISPUTE WITH NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH.

[ TB 2 - 5/12/2021 Resolution authorizing settlement of litigation with S&R Development Estates, LLC and related insurance coverage dispute with National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA. [Note from outside counsel: "Because the lawsuit is still pending, the Town Board has been advised that it should not make any public statements about the lawsuit, or the settlement agreements, until after the Court has dismissed the case."].]

ARE YOU COMING IN THE ROOM TONIGHT? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ADOPTION AND USE OF THE RETENTION AND DISPOSITION SCHEDULE, UH, FOR THE NEW YORK LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS ISSUED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

[ TB 3 - 5/12/2021 Resolution authorizing the adoption and use of the Retention and Disposition Schedule for New York Local Government Records, issued by the University of the State of New York, the State Education Department, New York State Archives, 2020 Revised Version]

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, UH, RESOLUTION? UM, STILL AT THE MEETING? OKAY.

MM, YOU READY? RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ADOPTION AND USE OF THEIR RETENTION AND DISPOSITION SCHEDULED FOR NEW YORK LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS ISSUED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION, NEW YORK STATE ARCHIVES.

2020 REVISED VERSION.

AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR SIX.

ANYONE SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

NEXT RESOLUTION.

[ TB 4 - 5/12/2021 Resolution amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh to remove restrictions prohibiting parking on Van Buren Place between the intersections of North and South Roads in the Town between the hours of 1:00 AM and 6:00 PM]

CAN, HAS THIS BEEN RESOLVED? WHAT? WELL, THE CHIEF IS ON THE LINE AND TO ADDRESS THAT IF HE'S STILL HERE.

[03:55:04]

YES, I'M HERE.

DID YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK TO THIS RESOLUTION? YES.

IS IT A GOOD IDEA? IS IT NOT? WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR YEAH, SO I, I THINK, I THINK AFTER LOOKING AT WHAT WAS SUBMITTED ALONG WITH THE REQUEST THAT THIS IS A GOOD IDEA.

UM, I HAD, I HAD EX CONVEYED THAT EARLIER AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE RESIDENTS HAD COME OUT AND, UM, REVERSED COURSE.

SO I, I I AGREE WITH THIS RESOLUTION.

THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION DISCUSSED IT AND IT'S FINE.

SO THEN I WOULD WANT TO MOVE THIS AS AMENDED TO INCLUDE THE, UH, THE CHIEF'S OPINION THAT IT'S A GOOD IDEA.

AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF DULAND GOVERNMENT OF THE LAW FIRM OF VITO BARKER, PORTER AND PATTERSON.

ALL IN FAVOR? SECOND.

SECOND VOTE ON THE VOTING ON IS AMENDED.

YOU'RE YOU'RE MOVING AS AMENDED.

MOVING.

AS AMENDED.

ALL IN FAVOR? SECOND.

[ AT 1 - 5/12/2021 Resolution authorizing the continued retention of Dylan C. Braverman, Esq., of the Law Firm of Vigorito, Barker, Porter & Patterson, LLP., Outside Counsel (Monica DeNunzio v. TOG, et al, for an amount not to exceed $25,000 (50,000 in total)]

UM, OUTSIDE COUNSEL OF MONICA NUNZIO VERSUS T O G.

THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF THOMAS TRUDY TO REPRESENT GREENBERG POLICE OFFICER GARY HART IN THE MATTER OF STEVEN.

RESOLUTION APPROVING

[ AT 2 - 5/12/2021 Resolution approving the continued retention of Thomas J. Troetti, Esq., to represent Greenburgh Police Officer Geoffrey Hart in the Matter of Stephen DeCristofaro v. The Town of Greenburgh and the Town of Greenburgh Police Department, and P.O. Geoffrey Hart,for an amount not to exceed $25,000 (75,000 in total).]

DEAR CHRISTOPHER FARRO VERSUS TOWN OF GREENBURG AND TOWN AND TOWN OF GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, AND PO JEFFREY HART FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 25,000.

I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM BY THOMAS AL SCHULTZ FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED A HUNDRED DOLLARS.

[ AT 3 - 5/12/2021 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related Claim File No.: 17/21C, by Thomas Salshutz, for an amount not to exceed $100]

SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

APPROVING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF THOMAS TRUDY TO REPRESENT GREENBERG POLICE OFFICERS DAVIS JACKEL, SERGEANT ED OLSSON, CAPTAIN DEANN VALENTINE.

RESOLUTION

[ AT 4 - 5/12/2021 Resolution approving the continued retention of Thomas J. Troetti, Esq., to represent Greenburgh Police Officer Davey Jakasal, Sergeant Edward Olsen, Captain Daniel Valentine, Detective Daniel O’Malley, Sergeant Carl Yuan and Detective Maria Pacino in The Matter of Lakiesha Walker and Otte Armstrong v. Town of Greenburgh, et al, for an amount not to exceed $25,000 ($100,000 in total)]

DETECTIVE DAN DANIEL O'MALLEY.

UM, SERGEANT CARL YUN AND DETECTIVE MARIO.

UM, MARIA PACINO IN THE MATTER OF, UH, UH, LAKEISHA WALKER AND AADE, UH, ARMSTRONG VERSUS TOWN OF GREENBURG.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT A SECOND.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING, UM, TAX ARY SETTLEMAN, PETITIONER SNAPPLE DISTRIBUTORS FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 55 HUNTER LANE.

A AYE.

[ AT 5 - 5/12/2021 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Snapple Distributors, Inc. for property located at 55 Hunter Lane. The Town’s share of the refund is $10,569±; the County’s share is $6,402±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $935±; the Pocantico Hills Central School District’s share is $15,314±; the N. Elmsford Fire Protection District’s share is $1,295. Refunds from all sources total $34,515±.]

I'D LIKE TO, UM, MOVE THAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS 34 5 1 5.

SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX OR SHERRY SETTLEMAN WITH PETITIONER DAVID CHOW, UH, LOCATED AT THREE 15, UH, UM, UM, CLAYTON ROAD.

[ AT 6 - 5/12/2021 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner David Chao for property located at 315 Clayton Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $13,291±; the County’s share is $8,403±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $986±; the Edgemont Union Free School District’s share is $43,737±; the Greenville Fire District’s share is $7,814±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $479±. Refunds from all sources total $74,711±]

UH, THE REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES, UH, INCLUDE $74,711.

SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

UH, AUTHORIZING TEXAS SHARE SETTLEMENT WITH HILLTOP, UM, COMMERCIAL L L C FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8 9 2 PROSPECT AVENUE FELLOW AMOUNT 2002 85.

[ AT 7 - 5/12/2021 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Hilltop Commercial LLC for property located at 92 Prospect Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $452±; the County’s share is $248±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $33±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $1,176±; the Fairview Fire District’s share is $359±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $17±. Refunds from all sources total $2,285±]

WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.

A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, TO, UM, FROM MAY 26TH TO CONTINUE CONSIDERATION OF THE EXTENSION OF THE FINMORE SEWER DISTRICT IN THE VICINITY OF 7 0 1 DOPPS FERRY ROAD IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

UH, ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD REOPENING

[ CL 1 - 5/12/2021 Order of the Town Board reopening a Public Hearing, 7:30 PM, Wednesday, May 26, 2021, to continue consideration of the extension of the Finmor Sewer District in the vicinity of 701 Dobbs Ferry Road in the Town of Greenburgh]

UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PERMISSION TO CLOSE DUNHAM ROAD BETWEEN ESSEX AND JOYCE

[ CL 2 - 5/12/2021 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 number of advisory council members from seven (7) members to up to eleven (11) members (Held over from 4/28/2021 Town Board Meeting) (Held Over to Town Board meeting scheduled for 5/26/2021)]

[ CL 3 - 5/12/2021 Resolution authorizing permission to close Dunham Road between Essex Place and Joyce Road, on Saturday, June 12, 2021 (Rain Date: June 13, 2021), from 2:00PM until 7:00PM, for the residents of Dunham Road to hold their Neighborhood Block Party]

ROAD ON JUNE 12TH, UM, FOR RESIDENTS OF DUNHAM ROAD HELD THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR.

IF THIS SOUNDS VERY FAMILIAR, IT'S BECAUSE WE DID ONE AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT IT RAINED AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE A RAIN DATE.

SO THIS IS A RESCHEDULING OKAY.

RESOLUTION.

AND I THINK YESTERDAY WE DECIDED WE WEREN'T GONNA DO ANYTHING ON C O THREE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

WHICH WAS C TWO.

I JUST MOVED IT TO THE END.

C L THREE.

UH, ARE WE'RE HOLDING THAT OVER? YES.

TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO BE LEAD AGENCY FOR AN AMEN.

WELL, WE CAN'T HOLD IT OVER 'CAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN HELD OVER, BUT BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT OF ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO DECIDED IT'S PREMATURE TO HAVE IT UNTIL WE SPEAK TO THE C A C, WHICH MEETING IS TOMORROW EVENING? ATTENTION OF THE

[ CD 1 - 5/12/2021 Resolution declaring the intention of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh to be Lead Agency for an Amended Site Plan and related applications of Old Saw Mill Holdings, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Regeneron”), located at 777 Old Saw Mill River Road (P.O. Tarrytown), and referring the Amended Site Plan Application to the Planning Board for review and recommendation]

RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO BE LEAD AGENCY FOR AN AMENDED SITE PLAN AND RELATED APPLICATION OF LOOP ROAD HOLDINGS.

THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO SHORTCUT THESE BOTH.

YOU NEED TO READ THE WHOLE THING.

[ CD 2 - 5/12/2021 Resolution declaring the intention of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh to be Lead Agency for an Amended Site Plan and related applications of Loop Road Holdings, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Regeneron – Loop Road”), located at 555 Saw Mill River Road (P.O. Tarrytown), and referring the Amended Site Plan application to the Planning Board for review and recommendation]

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A WHOLLY OWNED SUB SUBSIDIARY OF REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, UH, LOCATED AT 5 5 5.

SO MILL RIVER ROAD, TAR TOWN, REFERRING THAT THE AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION.

RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION.

[ CD 3 - 5/12/2021 Resolution endorsing the submission of an application for 2022 – 2024 Community Development Block Grant funding for sidewalk installation along portions of North Washington Avenue in the Town of Greenburgh]

UH, THIS ONE.

THIS ONE IS HELD OVER, UH, NOT HELD OVER.

THIS IS TO BE DECIDED ON, UH, ON TUESDAY.

RESOLUTION APPRO FISCAL YEAR.

I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE DECISION? WHAT WAS THE DECISION ON CD THREE? CD THREE IS THAT WE CLOSED THE HEARING, KEPT THE RECORD OPEN UNTIL MONDAY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO DECIDE, DECIDE THIS ON, UH, ON TUESDAY ON SPECIAL MEETING.

THANK YOU'LL MAKE A SPECIAL, I'LL MAKE A, UM, WELL, I'LL DO IT AT THE END.

RESOLUTION, UH, APPROVING BUDGET TRANSFERS, UH, FOR 2021.

[ CO 1 - 5/12/2021 Resolution approving Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Transfers]

RESOLUTION, ACCEPTING GRANT AND AMOUNT TO 5,000 FROM DR.

[ PH 1 - 5/12/2021 Resolution endorsing the submission of an application for 2022-2024 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funding for the Greenburgh Parks and Recreation and the Theodore D. Young Community Center, Department of Community Resources Yosemite Smart Park Project]

[ PH 2 - 5/12/2021 Resolution endorsing the submission of an application for 2022-2024 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funding for the Greenburgh Parks and Recreation Pocantico Park Upgrades and Park Improvements]

[ PH 3 - 5/12/2021 Resolution endorsing the submission of an application for 2022-2024 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funding for the Lois Bronz Children's Center Playground Improvement Project]

[ PH 4 - 5/12/2021 Resolution endorsing the submission of a application for fiscal year 2022-2024 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funding for the Non-Profit Organization Projects to Westchester County]

UM, ALL RIGHT.

SO PH ONE, PH TWO, PH THREE, PH FOUR AND CD THREE ARE CLOSED FOR DECISION.

MAY 18TH, UH, 2021.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING AT SIX O'CLOCK ON MAY 18TH FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING ON THE, UH, CD.

WHAT, WHAT WAS CD THREE AND PH ONE THROUGH PH FOUR ON THIS AGENDA.

WE ARE VOTING ON PH FIVE

[ PH 5 - 5/12/2021 Resolution accepting a grant in the amount of $5,000 from George and Rachel Gumina, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors designated for sponsorship of the Town of Greenburgh's student summer internship program]

RACHEL GINA ROCKEFELLER, PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS DESIGNATED FOR SPONSORSHIP OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

RESOLUTION, UM, OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TOWN TO ENTER AN AGREEMENT WITH, UH, WHEN WASTE INNOVATIONS WILL BRADER, UM, WESTCHESTER TO PROVIDE FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF DRUGS AND POLICE DEPARTMENT CUSTODY ASSOCIATED WITH CASES WHICH HAVE BEEN ADJUDICATED AND CLOSED.

ALL IN FAVOR? A AYE, WE ALREADY DID PO ONE.

WE NEED TO TAKE PO TWO.

DID THAT

[ PO 2 - 5/12/2021 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into an agreement with WIN Waste Innovations fka/ Wheelbrator Westchester, L.P. to provide for the destruction of drugs in Police Department custody associated with cases which have been adjudicated and closed]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE A CLEANING SERVICE CONTRACT WITH A R C OF WESTCHESTER TO CLEAN THE LOWEST BRU CHILDREN'S CENTER THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2021 AT AN ANNUAL COST NOT TO EXCEED 70,005 27060 CENTS.

[ PW 1 - 5/12/2021 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a Cleaning Service Contract with ARC of Westchester to clean the Lois Bronz Children's Center, 30 Manhattan Avenue, during the period of January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021, at an annual cost not to exceed $70,527.60]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A MASTER'S SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH CIVIC PLUS FOR THE CONFIGURATION AND ANNUAL LICENSING COSTS RELATED TO C UH, CLICK FIX AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $12,000.

[ PW 2 - 5/12/2021 Resolution authorizing a Master Services Agreement with CivicPlus for the configuration and annual licensing costs related to SeeClickFix, at a cost not to exceed $12,000]

UM, RESOLUTION APPROVING CHANGE ORDER FOR GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT LOCKER ROOM PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF 11,000 903 36 66 INCREASING THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT TO 60 2002 2 2 46.

ALL IN FAVOR? A AYE AYE.

[ PW 3 - 5/12/2021 Resolution approving Change Order #1 for Greenburgh Police Department Locker Room project in the amount of $11,936.66, increasing the total contract amount to $62,222.46]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT, MOVE THAT AS AMENDED PAUL, SO THAT AS AMENDED, I STILL HAVE TO MAKE THE CHANGES WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY, BUT STILL THE END RESULT IS $62,222 AND 46 CENTS.

[ PW 4 - 5/12/2021 Resolution authorizing an extension of the Professional Services Agreement with Arcadis of New York, Inc. for Construction Management, Support and Inspection to the Consolidated Water District for the Rumbrook Knollwood Interconnection Water Transmission Main Installation project, for a cost not to exceed an additional $49,600.00]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXTENSION OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE CADENCE OF NEW YORK FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SUPPORT AND INSPECTION FOR THE CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT FOR THE BROOK NORWOOD INTERCONNECTION WATER TRANSMISSION MAIN INSTALLATION PROJECT.

TOTAL AMOUNT 40 NOT TO EXCEED 49602ND.

SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE, READ, ADJOURN SECOND.