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EVERYBODY.[ Agenda for Special Meeting of the Greenburgh Town Board Tuesday, May 18, 2021, 6:00PM]
THIS IS THE TOWN BOARD AND UM, SORRY FOR THE DELAY IN STARTING A MEETING.UM, WE ARE STARTING WITH A SPECIAL MEETING TODAY'S, UH, MAY 18TH AT 6:00 PM AND THIS IS THE WORK SESSION AGENDA.
SO WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE MEETING WITH, UM, A SPECIAL MEETING.
PAUL, YOU GOTTA MAKE A MOTION.
IT HAS TO DO A ROLL CALL, RIGHT? OKAY.
UM, UH, MOTION TO, UH, OPEN UP A SPECIAL MEETING.
ROLL CALL FROM THE TOWN CLERK, TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER.
HERE, COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON.
PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN DIANA NER.
COUNCILMAN FRANCIS HAN, PRESENT TOWN ATTORNEY TIM LEWIS PRESENT.
SO THE FIRST ITEM IS, UM, RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR 2022 2024.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING FOR SIDEWALK INSTALLATION ALONG PORTION NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
UM, RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR 2000.
CAN I JUST ASK WINSOME A QUESTION WHILE I WINSOME WINSOME HERE? NO.
UM, DID YOU OPEN THE SPECIAL MEETING? DID YOU OPEN THE WE DID, YES WE DID.
RESOLUTION AU UH, ENDORSING THE SUBMISSION OF THE APPLICATION FOR 2022 2024.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FOR THE GREENBURG PARKS AND RECREATION AND THE DATA.
YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
UH, RESOLUTION ENDORSING SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION FOR 2022 2024.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, UH, FUNDING FOR THE GREENBURG PARKS AND RECREATION MECHANICAL PARKS UPGRADE AND PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
ENDORSING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR 2022 2024.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING FOR THE LOWEST BRONZE CHILDREN'S CENTER PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR 2022 2024.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION PROJECTS TO WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
COUNT SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS, A PROPOSAL FROM SUEZ UTILITY SERVICE COMPANY DATED MAY 10TH TO PERFORM IDENTIFIED REPAIRS AND OR MODIFICATIONS TO THE NULL WOOD WATER STORAGE TANK AS SOON AS FEASIBLE TO ENSURE CONTINUED COMPLIANCE WITH CURRENT SANITARY SAFETY AND SECURITY REGULATIONS THAT THE COST NOT TO EXCEED $45,940.
AND I JUST WANNA, UH, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UH, THE WATER STORAGE TANK, UM, I'D LIKE TO ASK, UM, UH, OUR DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS, UM, RYAN, UH, COULD YOU JUST GIVE US AN UPDATE ON, UM, UM, ON THE PARROT LANE, UM, BIRCHWOOD LANE, UH, LANDSCAPING INITIATIVE? UH, SURE.
SO EARLIER TODAY, MYSELF, UH, SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT AND THE WATER DEPARTMENT MET ON SITE.
UH, WE EVALUATED THE EXISTING BIRCHWOOD WATER TANK, UH, PROPERTY, UH, TO SEE WHAT, UM, IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE DONE IN HOUSE TO TRY AND MINIMIZE SOME OF THE COSTS THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROJECT.
UH, WE BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SOME IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS CURB WORK, UH, SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DRIVEWAY, AND THEN SOME OF THE BOLLARD WORK THAT CAN BE DONE IN HOUSE.
WE'RE CURRENTLY PRICING SOME OF THOSE THINGS OUT TO SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH, UH, CAN BE DONE.
AND THEN IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE ALSO GONNA LOOK AT WHAT PLANTINGS CAN ALSO BE DONE IN-HOUSE AS WELL.
SO, UH, I IMAGINE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING COMMUNITY AGAIN AND PROVIDE THEM WITH ANOTHER UPDATE.
UM, NEXT, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING, UM, THE BLACK LIVES MATTER CAMPAIGN.
AND, WELL, WE DIDN'T, WAIT A MINUTE.
WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T CLOSE THE MEETING.
DID YOU WANNA LET WINSOME SPEAK FIRST? YOU'VE HAD A QUESTION FOR HER.
UH, WHEN WE APPLY FOR A C D B G GRANT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE CHANCES OF GETTING THE GRANTS ONCE WE APPLY? I THINK WE, CAN YOU HEAR ME RIGHT NOW? 'CAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE ABLE TO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
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GREAT.UM, WE HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF GETTING THE GRANT.
ONCE WE GET THE GRANT, WE HAVE TO ACCEPT IT.
UM, SO THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE A CHOICE.
IF YOU DECIDE TO CHANGE YOUR MIND, YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND THEN IF YOU NEED TO.
I'M HOPING THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT YOU DO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY OF ACCEPTING IT, ACCEPTING IT WITH A LESSER AMOUNT, ACCEPTING IT WITH SOME MODIFICATION.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? GREAT.
FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WAS REALLY ASKING LIKE THE NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE, THE SIDEWALK.
UM, THAT'S GOOD NEWS BECAUSE ORIGINALLY WE WERE GONNA, UM, DO IT IN HOUSE.
SO THEN THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT A LOT IS GONNA BE PAID FOR BY C D G B.
UM, SUPERVISOR FINER ALL OF OUR PROJECTS, THE COUNTY HAS BEEN MOST IMPRESSED WITH OUR PROJECTS.
I I FORESEE THAT MOST OF OUR PROJECTS WILL BE FUNDED.
SUPERVISOR FINA, MOST OF OUR PROJECTS AS WELL AS THE NONPROFITS BECAUSE THEY WERE CAREFULLY THOUGHT OUT AND THEY, THERE'S DEFINITELY A DEMONSTRATED NEED FOR THESE PROJECTS.
SO I THINK WE LOOK VERY FAVORABLE RIGHT NOW WITH THE COUNTY.
I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF GETTING FULL FUNDING SUPERVISOR AND THE BOARD.
AND I JUST WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR PASSING THE RESOLUTION.
I APPRECIATE IT VERY, VERY MUCH.
SO THE BOARD AND SUPERVISOR FINE.
YOU ARE, YOU'RE THE VILLAGE RIGHT NOW.
I'M SORRY I CAN'T SEE YOU, BUT I'M ON A, I'M ON A, A FEMA UM, WORKSHOP RIGHT NOW.
SO I HAVE TO USE A COMPUTER FOR THE FEMA AND USE YOU FOR THE CELL PHONE.
OPPOSED? THE SPECIAL MEETING? SECOND.