May 26, 2021 Town Board- Regular

AND A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF THE 590,000 OF 941.

[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of the 589,223+ individual victims of COVID-19 who have died in the United States, 3,437,545+ deaths worldwide, each leaving family members and friends too soon]

PLUS INDIVIDUAL VICTIMS OF C OVID 19 HAVE DIED IN THE UNITED STATES.

3,482,907 PLUS DEATHS WORLDWIDE, EACH LEAVING FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS, UH, TOO SOON.

[ UPCOMING TOWN BOARD MEETINGS: Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 7:30 PM Wednesday, July (TBD), 2020, 7:30 PM Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 7:30 PM Wednesday, Aug. (TBD), 2020, 7:30 PM ]

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AND, UM, I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT TOWN HALL, UM, IS REOPENING FOR EMPLOYEES, UH, JUNE 1ST AND WILL OFFICIALLY REOPEN FOR BUSINESS ON JULY 1ST, 2021.

VISITORS MUST MAKE APPOINTMENTS TO ENTER THE BUILDING AND WEAR MASKS.

EMPLOYEES MAY REQUEST VISITORS PROOF, UM, A VACCINATION WHEN SCHEDULING APPOINTMENTS AND ARE NOT REQUIRED TO MEET WITH A VISITOR WHO DOES, UM, NOT PRESENT THEM WITH ACCEPTABLE PROOF OF VACCINATION.

UM, VACCINATIONS, UM, TOWN HALL WILL BE OPEN FOR, UM, GRIEVANCE, UM, APPLICATIONS.

AND, UM, EDIE MCCARTHY HAS ADVISED THAT THE GRIEVANCE DAY WILL BE HELD VIA ZOOM.

IS THAT CORRECT, EDIE? THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY, GOOD.

UM, AND IT'S ON, IT'S ON THE 15, IT'S ON THE 15TH.

BUT THEY CAN BRING IN APPLICATIONS PRIOR TO THAT AND SPEAK TO THEM, UH, TWO AT A TWO AT A TIME IN OUR OFFICE.

ORIGINAL, UM, FOUNDERS OF, UH, TERRY HILL, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON OLD TERRYTOWN ROAD.

I JUST WANNA ALSO, UM, MENTION, UH, JUDITH , UM, UH, MENTIONED THAT, UM, ONE OF OUR LEADING, UH, RESIDENTS, UH, CLARENCE WASHINGTON IS CELEBRATING HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY ON, UM, WAS MAY 23RD.

UM, MR. WASHINGTON, UM, WAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, CITY OF STANFORD, CONNECTICUT.

HE RETIRED FROM THE, UH, NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 1977, AFTER SERVING MANY YEARS IN THE POSITIONS RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY EDUCATION, TRAINING SERGEANT POLICE ACADEMY SUPERVISOR, AND IN SERVICE TRAINING, AND BECAME A MANAGER OF THE NATIONAL OFFICE OF AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.

AND HE RETIRED AS A DIRECTOR OF REPORT, ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

WITHIN, UM, THE TOWN OF GREENBOROUGH CLEARANCE WAS DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY SERVICE AS EVIDENCED THROUGH ACTIVITIES WITH THE LUTHERAN CHURCH, WHERE HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, UH, JUNIOR FUND, AND THE SERVICE ON THE MANHATTAN COLLEGE BOARD OF CAMP, UH, CONIA, STILL AT THE AGE OF 90.

HIS HOBBIES INCLUDE RADIO CONTROLLED AIRPLANES, BRIDGE FISHING, BICYCLING, ACTING, AND, UM, PARTICIPATING IN PLAYS IN COMMUNITY, UH, THEATER.

SO WE PAY TRIBUTE, THEIR GREAT, UH, PERSON CLARENCE WASHINGTON.

WE WISH HIM, UH, MANY YEARS OF CONTINUED GOOD HEALTH AND, AND HAPPINESS, AND THANK HIM FOR HIS DEVOTION TO HELPING OTHER PEOPLE OVER, UH, OVER THE YEARS.

UM, HE REALLY, UM, SHOULD BE CONNED.

IF EVERYBODY WAS LIKE CLARENCE, UM, WASHINGTON, THE WORLD WOULD BE A MUCH, MUCH BETTER, UM, YOU KNOW, PLACE TO, UH, LIVE AND WORK.

SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU, PAUL.

THANK YOU, PAUL, FOR SHARING THE TRIBUTE.

UH, CLARENCE'S DAUGHTER, CLAIRE WASHINGTON IS HERE WITH US, AND SHE MIGHT WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS.

UH, IN ADDITION TO THE, UM, THE CREDITS THAT YOU JUST READ, CLA UM, CLARENCE AND HIS WIFE, UH, WERE ALSO

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AND, UM, THERE MAY NOT BE MANY OF THE ORIGINAL FOUNDERS, UM, STILL WITH US.

CLAIRE, YOU MIGHT WANNA SPEAK TO THAT, UH, AS TO WHETHER OR NOT YOUR DAD IS ONE OF THE LAST OR ONE OF THE REMAINING, UM, FEW.

UM, PLEASE SHARE A FEW WORDS.

CLAIRE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I VERY MUCH WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR ACKNOWLEDGING MY FATHER.

HE'S BEEN A LONG TIME WESTCHESTER AND GREENBURG RESIDENT, AND THEY HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY COMMUNITY ACTIVE, UM, MY MOTHER AND FATHER.

AND SO, AND MY SISTERS AND I HAVE FOLLOWED SUIT IN THE PLACES THAT WE'VE MOVED TO.

I CURRENTLY, UM, LIVE IN DELAWARE, BUT I'VE BEEN IN PHILADELPHIA FOR QUITE A WHILE.

BUT MY FATHER, UM, CLARENCE WASHINGTON DID SO MUCH IN THE COMMUNITY, SUCH AS SERVING ON THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE FOR CENTRAL SEVEN.

MY SISTERS AND I ALL GRADUATED FROM WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL AND WENT THROUGH MUCH OF THE CENTRAL SEVEN SCHOOL DISTRICT.

UM, WE LIVED IN ORCHARD HILL AND WE WERE INVOLVED IN ACTIVITIES IN ORCHARD HILL, BUT ALSO IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

IN REGARDS TO, I DON'T, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY FOLKS ARE LEFT IN REGARDS TO THAT.

UM, UM, THE, THE TARRYTOWN ROAD ORGANIZATION THAT THEY HELPED TO FUND, FUND HELPED TO, UM, ORGANIZE.

BUT, UM, UM, MY FATHER IS PROBABLY VERY EVER GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE RECOGNIZING ALL OF HIS, UM, DEEDS THAT HE PERFORMED.

THESE WERE, AND, AND I'LL SAY THIS, I I RECOGNIZE IT, SELFLESS DEEDS, WHEN WE GET INVOLVED WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, YOU DO IT BECAUSE YOU WANT THE LOVE OF THE COMMUNITY GET BETTER.

AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT MY FATHER, CLARENCE WASHINGTON, UM, ALSO TAUGHT HIS DAUGHTERS THAT YOU GET INVOLVED TO HELP MAKE THE COMMUNITY BETTER.

AND, UM, THAT I CAN SAY HE HELPED TO DO.

SO WE ARE VERY THANKFUL THAT YOU WOULD, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE HIM.

OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

UM, NEXT, UM, I WANNA, UH, PAY TRIBUTE TO, UM, BOTH THE GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY AND, UM, MATTHEW, UH, GALATA.

UM, A COUPLE, UH, WEEKS AGO, I, UM, WAS BICYCLING AROUND THE GREENBERG, UM, HOUSING AUTHORITY.

UM, AND, UM, WHILE I WAS BICYCLING, MET SOMEBODY SITTING ON, UM, THE PORCH.

AND, UM, WE WERE JUST TALKING AND I SAID, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO TO MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER? AND SHE MENTIONED THAT HER DAUGHTER, UM, WHO'S IN HER THIRTIES, UH, IS UNABLE TO GET OUTSIDE BECAUSE, UH, SHE HAS A SEVERE DISABILITY.

AND, UM, THERE WERE STEPS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR OF HER APARTMENT TO, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FIRST FLOOR.

SO ANYTIME SHE HAD TO, UH, GET OUTSIDE, SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TO CARRY HER.

YOU KNOW, I REALLY FELT LIKE CRUSHED WHEN I SPOKE TO, UH, HER.

MY HEART BROKE FOR, UH, THE MOTHER WHO WAS IN TEARS.

UM, AND WE SAID WE WOULD TRY, UM, RAISING FUNDS FOR A LIFT, SO SHE WOULD HAVE MOBILITY.

UM, I SPOKE TO, UH, BISHOP, UM, PRESTON, UM, AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, UM, WE SENT, WE, UH, STEVE , UH, SENT THE BUILDING, SOMEBODY FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO CHECK THE DEPARTMENT.

AND, UM, THEN WE FOUND THAT WE COULD HAVE, WE COULD, UM, HAVE A LIFT.

BUT LIFTS ARE EXPENSIVE, YOU KNOW, FOR MOST PEOPLE IT'S 2,500, 3000, UH, YOU KNOW, DOLLARS TO PUT A, A LIFT SO SOMEBODY COULD HAVE MOBILITY.

SO WE POSTED SOMETHING ON, ON THE WEBSITE, AND THEN A MIRACLE HAPPENED.

YOU KNOW, WE GOT A LOT OF DONATIONS, UM, INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS, PROBABLY ABOUT 800, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO PROBABLY BY NOW, CLOSE TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH.

BUT THEN WE REACHED OUT TO SOMEBODY WHO'S SORT OF LIKE THE MODERN DAY VERSION OF MOTHER TERESA, UH, MATTHEW, UH, GALATA FROM THE GALATA HOUSE.

UM, WE CONTACTED HIM ON FRIDAY.

AND GUESS WHAT HAPPENED? UM, HE, HE DOESN'T WASTE TIME.

UM, UH, YESTERDAY, UM, HE, UM, UM, REACHED OUT TO, UM, COMPANY.

THEY SHOWED UP YESTERDAY, THEY INSPECTED THE HOUSE, AND THE LIFT IS NOW INSTALLED IN ONE DAY.

UM, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, I REALLY HAVE TO FIRST PRAISE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, UM, FOR BEING SO RESPONSIVE AND, AND HELPFUL.

THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO RED TAPE ON THIS MATTER.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY SHOWS

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HOW, UM, COMPASSIONATE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS TO, UM, TO THEIR RESIDENTS.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, MATTHEW OTTA, BECAUSE WHEN WE WENT TO THE HOUSE OF, UM, THE FAMILY TODAY AFTER THE LIFT WAS INSTALLED, IT WAS, I'D SAY, UM, IN MY WHOLE LIFE, THIS WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.

UH, THE YOUNG, UH, GIRL, WOMAN WHO, UM, NOW HAS A LIFT.

NOW SHE'S GONNA VOLUNTEER.

AND ONE OF HER JOBS IS TO REACH OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO SEE IF THEY NEED HELP.

YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO AS A COMMUNITY TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF, OF PEOPLE, THINGS THAT GOVERNMENT CAN'T DO, UM, OR DOESN'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO.

SO, UH, THE YOUNG WOMAN WHO NOW HAS A LIFT AND NOW HAS HER MOBILITY, IS GONNA HELP US, UH, REACH OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE, AND WE'RE GONNA SEE ONE-ON-ONE, WHAT WE COULD DO TO ENHANCE SOME THEIR LIVES.

SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I JUST WANT TO, UM, UH, FIRST BANK, MATT GALATA AND, AND ASK IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN, WHEN KEVIN MORGAN WAS ALIVE, HE, HE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT YOU AND ALWAYS SAID THAT YOU'RE LIKE AN AMAZING PERSON.

YOU KNOW, UH, YOU'RE LIKE UNIQUE, ONE OF A KIND.

YOU DO MORE THAN MOST PEOPLE HELP OTHERS.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, YOU REALLY CHANGED THIS PERSON'S, UM, THIS FAMILY'S LIFE.

UM, AND I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL AND I, I, YOU KNOW, JUST GOING TO THE HOUSE AND SEEING HOW EXCITED THE FAMILY WAS WITH YOUR DONATION, IT WAS WORTH, IF IT WAS WORTH LIKE, A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, THERE'S NOTHING THAT I COULD SAY THAT WAS EVER, AND I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS, YOU KNOW, ON ANYTHING.

SO, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

AND MATT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? UM, SURE.

YOU KNOW, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, SUPERVISOR FINER.

UH, MY NAME IS MATTHEW GALATA.

I'M THE PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF GALATA HOUSE.

WE'RE SIX YEARS YOUNG, THIS MAY 30TH.

AND THE MISSION IS, UH, TO HELP AREA RESIDENTS OF WESTCHESTER WHO ARE FACING A HARDSHIP.

UM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, UH, MR. FINER, UM, YOU WERE OUR FIRST REFERRAL SIX YEARS AGO.

THERE WAS A LADY IN, UH, UH, IN YOUR DISTRICT WHOSE MAILBOX GOT, UH, KNOCKED DOWN.

AND, UH, WE WERE JUST STARTING OFF.

AND, UH, WE WENT THERE AND INSTALLED A NEW MAILBOX, THE CONCRETE, THE DIRT.

AND, UH, THE WOMAN WAS ALLOWED, UH, EASY ACCESS TO HER MAILBOX TO GET MAIL AGAIN.

AND, UM, THAT'S HOW SMALL WE CAN DO IT.

AND WITH THIS, UH, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, THREE YEARS AGO, UM, YES, KEVIN MORGAN, UH, REST HIS SOUL, UH, WAS A PART OF A LOT HOUSE.

AND, UM, WE WENT TO THE TOWN BOARD MEETING, AND YOU OPENED UP YOUR POOL AT THE THEODORE YOUNG CENTER, UH, FOR PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS.

AND WE WENT THERE AND WE HAD THEM HAVE THE ABILITY TO SWIM, TO GAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE.

AND WE DID THAT.

AND THEN WE FED THEM.

AND NOW LOOK AT THIS, UH, ANOTHER, UH, GREAT INSTANCE, UM, WHERE A RESIDENT OF GREENBURG, UH, HAS, UH, YOU REACHED OUT FOR THEM WITH KRISTA.

AND, UH, ON MONDAY WE GOT THE CALL FROM, UH, KRISTA.

AND ON TUESDAY THERE, LIKE YOU SAID, UH, HUDSON, UH, PHARMACY AND SURGICAL AT SING, WHICH I DEAL WITH, UH, SHOWED UP AND IT WAS INSTALLED TODAY.

AND THE SMILES, LIKE YOU SAID, THERE IS NO PRICE.

THE, THE, THE EXCITEMENT, THE SMILES AND, AND THE JOY.

UH, AND IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING THING, AND YOU ALLOWED US TO BE A PART OF THAT.

SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ONE THING, THE TOWN BOARD, UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE IN A WHILE.

THERE'S SOME NEW FACES.

UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

UH, DURING THE PANDEMIC, UH, GALATA HOUSE, UM, HAVE, UH, HAD THE ABILITY TO SERVE OVER 140,000 MEALS, AND WE DELIVERED 40,000, UH, MEALS OF THAT 140, UH, AT THE THEODORE YOUNG CENTER OUTSIDE, WE ACTUALLY DELIVERED.

UM, WE HAD MEALS TO GO GRAB AND GO MEALS, ABOUT 3,500 MEALS WE SUPPLIED AND, UH, PARTNERED WITH CAP, AND THEY WERE FANTASTIC.

AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, DIRECTOR, I, I FORGOT HIS NAME RIGHT NOW, I APOLOGIZE.

AND, UH, HE WAS THERE TOO, AND WE SERVED THE FOOD.

SO, YOU KNOW, UH, WE SERVE ANYBODY IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY THAT'S HAVING A HARDSHIP EXCEPT, UH, WE DON'T PAY THEIR RENT OR MORTGAGE.

AND, UH, MR. FINER, I THINK IT'S JUST, I TOLD YOU TODAY, WHATEVER HIGHER POWER SOMEONE BELIEVES IN WHATEVER IT IS FOR YOU TO DRIVE YOUR BICYCLE, UH, JUST HAPPENED TO TALK TO THAT HOUSE AT THAT CORNER AT THE END OF, OF THE END OF THE COMPLEX, AND, AND HAVE A CONVERSATION.

AND IN, IN A SHORT TIME FILL THAT NEED, IT IS A HIGHER POWER.

SO,

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THANK YOU TO THE BOARD.

UH, WE LOVE GREENBERG AND, UH, A LOT OF HOUSES HERE.

AND, UH, WE'RE A NONPROFIT AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR, UH, ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO VOLUNTEER.

AND OF COURSE, WE DO TAKE DONATIONS, BUT EVERYBODY HAS, HOW DOES SOMEBODY MAKE A DONATION? UH, THROUGH THE WEBSITE, GALA LOT HOUSE.ORG.

AND, UM, WITH THIS, WITH THIS, UH, UH, STAIRLIFT, UM, UH, AN ORGANIZATION CALLED ODDFELLOWS, UH, HAVE REACHED OUT TO US.

WE PUT A REQUEST IN.

WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THEIR FUNDS YET, BUT, UM, SOME OF THEIR FUNDS WILL BE USED TO REIMBURSE US SO WE CAN PROVIDE MORE FOR MORE FOOD AND, AND MORE, UH, SERVICE WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

BUT, UM, AGAIN, UH, THANK YOU TO MR. PAUL FINER, THANK YOU TO THE, UH, THE TOWN, UH, UH, BOARD, AND, UH, HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

I JUST WANNA ASK, UM, BISHOP PRESTON TO SAY A FEW WORDS, BECAUSE USUALLY WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH, UM, ANY GOVERNMENT AGENCY, THERE'S ALWAYS RED TAPE AND BUREAUCRACY AND OBSTACLES, AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, UM, WAS TOTALLY, UH, HELPFUL.

UH, THEY ACTED QUICKLY, INSTANTANEOUSLY, UH, THEY SHOWED COMPASSION.

THEY SHOWED THAT THEY REALLY CARED ABOUT, UM, UH, THE RESIDENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, IN NEED.

AND AGAIN, I DEAL WITH A LOT OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY COULD HAVE, UH, COULD HAVE DELAYED THIS.

THEY COULD HAVE, UH, FIGURED OUT A LOT OF OBSTACLES TO, UH, OVERCOME.

THEY DID NOT DO THAT.

AND I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

WE HAVE, UM, A CARING HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT GOES OVERBOARD, UM, AND REALLY WANTS TO HELP, UM, IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

AND BISHOP PRESTON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? YES, THANK YOU, UH, MR. ER, AND TO ALL THAT ARE ON, UH, IN THE MEETING TONIGHT.

UH, MR. GALL, WE CERTAINLY HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU, AND WE, UH, EXTEND OUR APPRECIATIONS AND GRATITUDE TO YOU AND YOUR, UH, YOUR GROUP.

UM, AND AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WAS BUILT WHEN THERE WAS NO A D A COMPLIANCE, UM, IN PLACE.

AND WE HAVE BEEN WRESTLING WITH THAT FOR THE 21 YEARS THAT I'VE SERVED ON THE BOARD OF HOW WE CAN, UH, DO THIS ON, ON DEPLETING FUNDS AND LIMITED FUNDS.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO CONVERT, UM, A, UH, NON HANDICAPPED FACILITY INTO A HANDICAPPED FACILITY WHEREIN WE HAVE SUPPLIED SOME RAMPS FOR, TO GET INTO THE APARTMENT.

UH, THERE'S A LOT OF OUR APARTMENTS, UM, ARE NOT A D A COMPLIANT, BECAUSE AFTER YOU GET INSIDE, THEN THERE'S A, YOU, YOU ARE IN THE LIVING ROOM, UH, UH, AND KITCHEN, DINING ROOM AREA, AND THE BEDROOMS AND BATHROOMS OR A, A FLIGHT OF STEPS.

AND THAT TOTALLY, UM, UM, UH, AGAINST THE ABILITY FOR A DISABLED PERSON TO NAVIGATE.

SO, SO, UH, IT, IT WAS SO EXCITING UNTIL WE, UH, HAD TO EXPEDITE A WAIT TO GET THIS, UH, GET THIS APPROVED BECAUSE WE, I, UH, BEING THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, I DON'T LIKE TO JUST MAKE DECISIONS, UH, ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE PHONE CALLS TO, TO THE COMMISSIONERS, AND WE GOT AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AND WE, UH, GOT OUR ATTORNEY TO LOOK AT ANY LEGALITIES AND, AND THE TOWN DID THE INSPECTIONS.

AND, AND HEY, GOD BLESSED US.

AND WE ARE HERE WITH A BRAND NEW SET OF, UH, A STA A STAIR LIFT FOR A HANDICAPPED PERSON THAT HAD BEEN STRUGGLING.

SHE WOULD, UM, UH, HER MOTHER WOULD BRING HER TO THE EDGE OF THE STEPS WHEN SHE'S UPSTAIRS.

SHE WOULD SIT DOWN ON HER REAR END AND BOUNCE ONE STEP AT THE TIME DOWN TO GET DOWN TO THE KITCHEN, AND THEN HAD TO DO THAT IN REVERSE TO GET BACK UP TO THE BEDROOMS. SO NOW SHE CAN COMFORTABLY SIT ON A, UH, UH, A, UH, QUALIFIED AND CERTIFIED STAIRLIFT FROM THE BOTTOM AND GO TO THE TOP AND FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM.

YOU TALKING ABOUT A HAPPY FAMILY RIGHT NOW, MR. OTTA, YOU HAVE MADE THIS FAMILY EXTREMELY HAPPY, AND ALL OF THE BLESSINGS AND ALL OF OUR APPRECIATION GOES TO YOU AND YOUR GROUP.

THANK YOU MR. BYNER, FOR GETTING US IN TOUCH WITH THEM.

AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THIS IS 100% DONATED, UH, WITH THE EQUIPMENT AND THE INSTALLATION.

SO I JUST SAY TO GOD, BE THE GLORY.

I WAS, THIS WAS WITHOUT QUESTION ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF, UH, I'D SAY MY CAREER IN GOVERNMENT.

GOD BLESS.

YEP.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA, IF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, UM, COULD IDENTIFY OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE COULD HELP, WE'LL WORK ON PEOPLE.

UH, WE'LL WORK ON HELPING PEOPLE ONE-ON-ONE.

AND, UM, AS I, UH, GO ON MY BICYCLE, UH, I'LL CONTINUE TO, UM, TRY REACHING OUT TO, UM, MORE PEOPLE WHO NEED, UM, YOU KNOW, TO NEED, UM, YOU KNOW, HELP AND, AND SEE IF WE COULD IMPROVE, UH, THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

BUT AGAIN,

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AND, UH, YOU KNOW, TO SEE THAT SMILE, IF YOU GAVE ME A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS AND SAID, YOU HAVE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, YOU CAN'T DO THIS, OR THIS WAS WORTH, LIKE, MORE THAN A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS FOR ME.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'M SO GRATEFUL TO MR. GALATA, AND, YOU KNOW, I, I WILL DO WHATEVER I CAN TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, UH, UH, ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR, UM, UH, YOUR CHARITY AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SOMEBODY, IF SOMEBODY DONATES, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GETTING THEIR, THEIR MONEY IS GOING DIRECT TO PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED IT.

UM, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD INVESTMENT.

SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR BEING, FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO.

YOU, YOU'RE WELCOME, MR. FINER AND THE BOARD.

AND I JUST WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT ONE OF YOUR, UH, EMPLOYEES.

I MENTIONED TODAY TO YOU, MR. FINER, UH, DANNY YOUNG IN THE WATER DEPARTMENT, HAS BEEN THERE A LONG TIME FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.

HE'S BEEN VOLUNTEERING WITH GALATA HOUSE AND RAISING FUNDS, AND HE WAS THERE TODAY, AND MY BOARD MEMBER AUDREY KAUFMAN.

SO IT'S A TEAM EFFORT WORKING WITH MUNICIPALITIES AND D S SS AND, UH, CONTRACT TRACERS AND SOCIAL SOCIAL WORKERS.

IT'S, IT'S A BIG, IT'S A BIG TEAM.

AND, UH, ANYBODY ON YOUR BOARD THAT EVER NEEDS TO REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO ME, YOU CAN GIVE THEM MY, UH, NUMBER, MY EMAIL, AND WE DO WORK WITHIN A 24 TO 48 HOUR, UH, WINDOW.

AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT.

SO EVERYBODY HAVE A GREAT NIGHT, AND, UH, WE'RE BLESSED.

NEXT WE HAVE, UM, ANISHA KUMAR, WHO'S GONNA TALK ABOUT HER AK ACADEMY CHAPTER SYSTEM.

AND BEFORE, AND BEFORE YOU GO, UH, MR. DELAU, UH, LAU, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SAY THAT THIS IS THE WAY A TOWN SHOULD WORK.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD REACH OUT TO EACH OTHER, SUPPORT EACH OTHER.

WHEN WE ALL WORK TOGETHER, THAT'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN'T ACCOMPLISH.

BUT WHEN WE ARE DIVIDED, THE HOUSE DIVIDED WITHIN ITSELF CANNOT STAND.

SO, I APPRECIATE HOW WE WORKED TOGETHER AND DID THIS, AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF GOING FORWARD, WORKING TOGETHER IN OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE THINGS THAT SEEM IMPOSSIBLE HAPPEN.

GOD BLESS YOU.

THAT IS REALLY NICE THAT WE HAVE, UM, AN EMPLOYEE.

I, I WAS SPEAKING TO HIM, CHRIST FUNK, UM, AND HE, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKS AT THE THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, AND I TOLD HIM ABOUT, UM, UH, THE, THE FAMILY THAT NEEDED HELP, AND HE OFFERED TO DONATE HIS TIME AND SERVICES TO INSTALL THE LIFTS.

AND THIS IS THE TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK OF PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT WHO JUST COME TO THE TOWN, OFFER THEIR PAYCHECK, BUT WE HAVE EMPLOYEES WHO REALLY CARE.

THEY'RE WILLING TO WORK AT NIGHT, THEY'RE WILLING TO WORK ON WEEKENDS, THEY'RE WILLING TO GIVE OF THEMSELVES, AND THEY REALLY DON'T REPRESENT, AND THEY REALLY, MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES DON'T REPRESENT THE STEREOTYPE OF THE TYPICAL GOVERNMENT PERSON, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU HEAR ALL THESE BF THINGS ABOUT, BECAUSE THEY REALLY GO OVERBOARD AND REALLY CARE ABOUT THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN.

SO, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY, THE MORE I GET TO KNOW OUR EMPLOYEES, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE HAPPIER I AM, BECAUSE I REALLY THINK WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY EXCEPTIONALLY DECENT PEOPLE.

SO, THANK YOU.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.

YOU TOO.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO, GOING BACK ON THE AGENDA, LET'S SEE,

[ PRESENTATIONS AK Academy Chapter System (Science Enrichment Workshops) -- Anisha Kumar Tourette Awareness Month - Alexandra Cuttler Gulotta House - Matthew Gullotta and Audrey Kaufmann ]

ANISHA.

HI, MR. FINER.

LIBRARY IN CONCORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UM, WHERE I DID THE SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS WITH A GROUP OF STUDENTS.

UM, CAN I SHARE MY SCREEN? I HAVE A PRESENTATION? SURE.

THANK YOU, .

ALL RIGHT.

HI, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS ANISHA KUMAR, AND I'M A JUNIOR AT ARTLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

AND TODAY I'LL BE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT AN INITIATIVE THAT I'VE, UM, LAUNCHED THROUGH MY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

SO, TO BEGIN WITH, I'D LIKE TO, UM, WALK YOU THROUGH MY JOURNEY TO, UM, WHERE I AM NOW.

SO, IN SEVENTH GRADE, I STARTED A BLOG WHERE I, UM, UM, POSTED THESE VARIOUS LITTLE CLIPS OF, UM, UH, DIFFERENT WAYS THAT STUDENTS CAN, UM, LEARN DIFFERENT SUBJECTS.

SO I TAKE A SUBJECT PER WEEK, AND I'D, UH, KIND OF BREAK IT DOWN, UM, TO KIND OF OFFER LIKE A FUN WAY, UM, FOR, FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN DIFFERENT SUBJECTS.

AND, UM, STARTING IN EIGHTH GRADE, I STARTED SHIFTING THIS AND FOCUSING MORE ON SCIENCE, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS A, A SUBJECT THAT I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT, AND I WANTED TO, UM, ZERO IN ON IT.

AND SO I WAS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO, UM, EXPLORE SCIENCE KIND OF INNOVATIVELY AND IN A CREATIVE WAY.

AND SO I STARTED MAKING THESE SCIENCE EXPERIMENT VIDEOS, WHICH I POSTED ON, UM, YOUTUBE SO THAT STUDENTS CAN HAVE A, UM, A HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE AND A DIRECT EXPERIENCE WITH THE CONTENT THAT THEY'RE LEARNING.

UM, AND THEN AFTER I STARTED DOING THIS FOR A LITTLE WHILE, I WANTED TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT STEP AND PROVIDE A MORE INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE, UM, WITH, UM, IN LEARNING SCIENCE.

AND SO I, IN 2018, I CONDUCTED A WORKSHOP AT GREENBURG PUBLIC

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UM, AND THEN RECENTLY LAST YEAR, I STARTED, UM, I CONVERTED MY ORGANIZATION INTO A 5 0 1 C THREE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

UM, BECAUSE I WANTED TO, UM, BE ABLE TO SERVE STUDENTS THAT, UM, THAT DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE RESOURCES AND REALLY LIKE, UM, BE ABLE TO ENGAGE AND, UH, WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR LEARNING, AND BE, GET EXCITED ABOUT IT.

UM, SO MY CURRENT MISSION IS TO BE ABLE TO SPREAD THIS LEVEL SCIENCE AND LEARNING, UM, AMONG STUDENTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS.

AND, UM, IN, UM, ALSO IN APRIL OF 2020, I CONDUCTED VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS, UM, BY FACEBOOK LIVE, UM, ALSO WITH MOUNT KISKA PUBLIC LIBRARY IN GREENBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY, TO ALSO PROVIDE THESE INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES.

AND SO MY GENERAL GOAL WITH MY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IS TO PROVIDE QUALITY EDUCATION OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM SO THAT STUDENTS CAN, UM, EXPLORE AND LEARN, UM, PAST WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM, BE ABLE TO DELVE DEEPER INTO IT.

UM, AND THE REASON FOR, YOU KNOW, THE, AS I SEE IT, THE NEED FOR THIS SORT OF, UM, EDUCATIVE EXPERIENCES IS THAT WHEN STUDENTS ARE REALLY ENGAGED IN WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING, THEY TAKE CONTROL OF IT.

UM, THEY RETAIN INFORMATION BETTER, AND THEY ARE IN GENERAL, MORE EXCITED, WHICH IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT IN THE LEARNING PROCESS.

AND THIS ALSO TIES INTO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INTRINSIC MOTIVATION AND EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION, WHERE STUDENTS THAT ARE INTRINSICALLY MOTIVATED, SORRY, EXCUSE ME, INTRINSICALLY MOTIVATED, WHO DO THINGS FOR, UM, UM, FOR THEIR OWN PASSION FOR INTERESTS, UM, THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO DELVE DEEPER AND, UM, TRULY ENGAGE WITH THEIR CONTENT AND TAKE THE, TAKE THEIR EDUCATION A STEP FURTHER THAN THOSE THAT ARE EXTRINSICALLY MOTIVATED AND MOTIVATED BY THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, PRAISE AND GRADES.

AND SO, UM, THE WAY I WANT TO PROMOTE, UM, THIS INTRINSIC MOTIVATION IS THROUGH, LIKE, HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES AND IN SCIENCE, SPECIFICALLY SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS.

SO THE APPROACH THAT I'M TAKING HAS TWO INITIATIVES TO IT.

THE FIRST ONE IS THE CHAPTER SYSTEM, UM, WHERE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CAN START A, UH, CHAPTER SYSTEM IN THEIR COMMUNITY WHERE THEY HOLD SCIENCE EXPERIMENT WORKSHOPS TO SPREAD, UM, THESE SORT OF EXPERIENCES WITH STUDENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITY, AND TO SPREAD A LOVE OF SCIENCE WHILE ALSO BUILDING LEADERS WITH THESE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE TAKING, UM, CHARGE AND, UM, UM, REALLY MAKING THEIR, UM, COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE WHILE ALSO, UM, PROVIDING THE SYSTEM FOR SUSTAINABILITY SO THAT, UM, WE HAVE A WIDESPREAD IMPACT WHILE ALSO, UM, ONE THAT WILL LAST, LAST LONG.

UM, AND THEN OUR SECOND PART OF IT IS THE OUTREACH, UM, PART OF IT WHERE, UM, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR, UM, RESOURCES LIKE, UM, MATERIALS TO DO SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS AND EQUIPMENT TO, UM, BE ABLE TO, UH, UM, INTERACT WITH THE CONTENT HANDS-ON, UM, IN, FOR, IN UNDERPRIVILEGED SCHOOLS.

AND WE'LL DO THIS BOTH, UM, DOMESTICALLY BY, UH, TARGETING TITLE ONE SCHOOLS, AND THEN ALSO, UH, INTERNATIONALLY BY, UH, UH, TRYING TO SERVE UNDERSERVED INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES.

AND WE'RE STARTING THOSE INITIATIVES IN INDIA AT THE MOMENT.

SO, UM, I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THE CHAPTER SYSTEM TODAY.

AND, UM, THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE THINGS, THE DIFFERENT POINTS THAT I'M GONNA TOUCH, UM, IN THIS PRESENTATION.

SO THE FIRST THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS HOW A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT CAN START A CHAPTER IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

SO, UM, ANY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ENTERING GRADES NINE TO 12 IN THE FALL CAN APPLY TO BECOME A CHAPTER LEADER THROUGH A SIMPLE APPLICATION PROCESS.

UM, UH, IT'S A GOOGLE FORM, UM, AND THE LINK FOR THAT CAN BE SEEN ON THE FLYER AND ALSO THE LINK AT THE BOTTOM, UM, IS A PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN, UM, LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE CHAPTER SYSTEM.

THERE'S A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS PAGE, AND ALSO THE LINK TO THAT GOOGLE FORM.

AND I WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO BECOME A CHAPTER LEADER, THERE'S NO SPECIFIC EX, UH, EXPERIENCE THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE, AND THEY SIMPLY NEED TO HAVE A PASSION TO, UM, FOR SPREADING, UM, AND EXCITEMENT FOR LEARNING AMONG OTHER STUDENTS.

AND THE DEADLINE FOR THIS APPLICATION IS AUGUST 1ST, 2021.

SO AFTER, UM, APPLICATIONS END ON AUGUST 1ST, 2021, UM, WE WILL BE VETTING THOSE APPLICATIONS AND SELECTING THOSE, UM, CHAPTER LEADERS.

AND, UM, AFTER THIS, THERE'LL BE A TRAINING PROCESS WHERE I'LL BE, BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM ON HOW TO, UM, BUILD THEIR CHAPTER, HOW TO, UM, CONDUCT THE WORKSHOPS AND, UM, WHAT CONTENT THAT THEY, UM, SHOULD BE COVERING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE EXPECTATIONS.

UM, AND THEN THE STUDENT WILL START BUILDING A CLUB LIKE SYSTEM AND INCORPORATING OTHER STUDENTS INTO THEIR CHAPTER.

AND THEN AFTER THIS IS DONE, UM, THE STUDENTS WILL THEN PLAN WORKSHOPS,

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UM, TO CONDUCT IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

AND TO KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT A WORKSHOP IS LIKE, I, I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE MOST RECENT WORKSHOP THAT I CONDUCTED, WHICH WAS IN FEBRUARY, UM, UH, FEBRUARY 15TH TO 19TH, DURING WINTER BREAK FOR FIVE DAYS, I CONDUCTED A WORKSHOP FOR TWO HOURS A DAY IN A HYBRID MODEL.

UM, AND WHAT WE DID IN THESE WORKSHOPS WILL KIND OF SERVE AS A MODEL, AS A, FOR, UM, KIND OF THE FORMAT THAT THESE OTHER STUDENTS WILL BE DOING IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AS WELL.

UM, SO WE STARTED WITH LIKE A SCIENCE EXPERIMENT.

ON THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE EXPERIMENTS THAT WE DID, WHICH WE TOOK, UM, RED CABBAGE INDICATOR, AND WE PUT THEM INTO VARIOUS SUBSTANCES, AND WE SAW, UM, TESTED TO SEE WHETHER THEY WERE LIKE ACIDS OR BASES.

AND THEN WE, UM, TALKED ABOUT HOW THAT EXPERIMENT WORKED AFTER THAT.

AND THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT IT IS THAT WE TYPICALLY COVER CONTENT THAT, UM, IS NOT USUALLY DIRECTLY COVERED IN THE CURRICULUM BY THE TIME THE STUDENTS ARE, UM, COMING TO THE WORKSHOP.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, ASSETS AND BASES ARE ONLY REALLY, UM, COVERED IN DEPTH IN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT IT'S A, WE EXPLAIN IT FROM SUCH A FUNDAMENTAL LEVEL THAT, UM, THESE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IT.

UM, WE EVEN HAD A THIRD GRADER ATTEND THIS WORKSHOP ON ASSETS AND BASES, AND HE REALLY, UM, GRASPED THE CONTENT AND WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, ABLE TO DO IT IN, IN, IN A VERY EXCITED, AND, UM, HE HAD A LOT OF FUN.

SO THEN AFTER WE DO THESE SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS, UM, WE DO OTHER SCIENCE OR ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES AS WELL.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WE DID, UH, WE HAD A DEBATE ON CLONING.

SO WE READ THIS CASE STUDY ABOUT A SPECIFIC SITUATION IN WHICH CLONING MIGHT BE USED, AND THERE'S LIKE THESE OTHER, UH, PERSPECTIVES THAT WERE PRESENTED.

AND, UM, THESE STUDENTS BASICALLY READ THROUGH THAT, AND THEY, UM, TOOK THEIR OWN POSITION.

WE, I PUT THEM IN BREAKOUT ROOMS, AND THEY STARTED DISCUSSING IT AMONGST EACH OTHER.

THEN WE CAME BACK IN A BIGGER BREAKOUT ROOM IN, UH, A BIGGER GROUP, AND WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT, UM, AS WELL.

UM, ANOTHER THING THAT WE DO IS, UH, VIEW SCIENCE AND SORT OF HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT SCIENTISTS AND, UM, THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AS WELL.

AND THIS WORKSHOP ACTED, UM, AS A FUNDRAISER, AND WE RAISED AROUND $600 FROM THAT.

UM, I ALSO, UH, COMPILED A, A VIDEO AFTER THIS WORKSHOP, UM, WITH SOME OF THE PICTURES AND TESTIMONIALS FROM IT.

SO I, I JUST WANNA PLAY THAT RIGHT NOW, 'CAUSE TO, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA ON WHAT, UM, THESE WORKSHOPS WOULD BE LIKE.

THAT'S GREAT.

I REALLY ENJOYED DOING ALL THE EXPERIMENTS THIS PAST WEEK, BUT I THINK MY FAVORITE ONE IS DOING THE ICE CREAM ONE TODAY, AND, UM, UNDERSTANDING WHY IT, HOW IT WORKED, AND UNDERSTANDING THE, UM, MELTING POINT, FREEZING POINT, AND BOILING POINT.

I KNEW SOME OF IT, BUT NOW I KNOW WAY MORE THAN I KNEW BEFORE.

THIS PORTION IN WHICH THE ACTUAL PHASE CHANGE IS OCCURRING.

UM, THE TEMPERATURE IS NOT CHANGING.

I THINK TODAY, MY FAVORITE EXPERIMENT IN THE WEEK WAS PROBABLY THE, UM, LONG ROUND TODAY SINCE IRMA.

I REALLY LIKED IT BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY COOL WHAT IT DID, AND IT WAS REALLY COOL.

THE OIL AND THE WATER DID IT MIX, AND I REALLY LIKED THAT.

I ALSO ENJOYED, UM, LOOKING AT THE PASSAGE AND LEARNING ABOUT CLONINGS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

YEAH, I REALLY ENJOYED LEARNING ABOUT, LIKE, UH, CLONING AND JEANS AND LOOKING AT THE TIMELINE.

MY FAVORITE EXPERIMENT THIS WEEK WAS PROBABLY THE FLYING TEA BAGS YESTERDAY, AND THE LING LAMP WAS LIKE MY NEXT FAVORITE SWIM.

I'M EIGHT YEARS OLD, LIKE, I LEARNED A LOT, AND I ED TO MY SISTER, AND LIKE, I LEARNED A LOT AND MY IONS AND MY NEUTRONS AND ELECTRONS AND PROTONS.

AND, AND WHAT DID YOU LIKE ABOUT VOLUNTEERING? UM, I LIKED HELPING OUT PEOPLE, KIND OF GETTING TO KNOW EVERYBODY AND ALSO LEARNING THINGS IN THE PROCESS.

I FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO OTHER PEOPLE, IT KIND OF IMPRINTS IN YOUR MIND, AND

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I REALLY ENJOYED MAKING THE LAVA LAMB AND UNDERSTANDING HOW IT WORKED.

BUT I THINK MY FAVORITE PART IS LEARNING ABOUT CLONING SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY COOL, COOL.

THAT HUMANS WERE ABLE TO CLONE.

AND I ALSO LIKE TO LIKE SAY MY OPINION AND THEN ALSO HEAR, UM, OTHERS' OPINIONS ABOUT IF, UM, CLONINGS MORALLY RIGHT AND EQUALLY RIGHT, AND, UM, IF WE SHOULD USE CLUB.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, THANK YOU.

UM, SO AFTER, UM, THAT, NOW I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE, UM, THE WAYS THAT DIFFERENT, UM, MEMBERS AND INDIVIDUALS, UM, ARE ABLE TO, UM, TO HAVE A BENEFIT FROM, FROM THIS CHAPTER SYSTEM.

SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT ACTUALLY START, UM, THE, THE CHAPTERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY, UM, REALLY HAVING A, AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A LOT OF SKILLS, UM, ONE OF THEM IS LEADERSHIP, UM, BY STARTING THIS CHAPTER SYSTEM, BY HOLDING THESE WORKSHOPS, THERE'S A LOT OF LEADERSHIP THAT'S INVOLVED.

UM, ALSO PUBLIC SPEAKING IS A HUGE PART OF IT AS WELL.

ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS, UM, IN ORDER TO PLAN FOR THESE WORKSHOPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT, IT, UM, IT'S, IT'S TRULY A LEARNING PROCESS, AND, UM, ALSO, UH, TEACHING AND WORKING WITH CHILDREN.

I THINK THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT IT IS THAT IT'S NOT JUST THAT ONE STUDENT WHO'S LEARNING, UM, IT'S, IT'S LIKE EVERYBODY TOGETHER WORKING TOGETHER AND BUILDING AND GROWING OFF OF EACH OTHER, WHICH I THINK IS, UM, TRULY HELPFUL AND, AND, AND BENEFICIAL.

AND THE OTHER, UM, MEMBER, ANOTHER GROUP THAT'S REALLY BENEFITING FROM IT IS THE STUDENTS' IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY.

SO, UM, THE STUDENTS THAT, UM, ATTEND THE WORKSHOP ARE ABLE TO HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE OF, UM, EX OF SEEING, UM, LEARNING IN A WAY THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE SEEN IT, SEEN IT BEFORE, AND REALLY, UM, BE ABLE TO DIVE DEEPER AND, UM, BECOME INTERESTED WITH THEIR LEARNING.

SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE TESTIMONIALS HERE AS WELL.

AND THEN THE NEXT STEP OF THAT IS THE, UM, REACHING STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS THAT, UM, OTHERWISE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO DELVE, DELVE, UH, DEEPER INTO THEIR LEARNING.

AND ONE OF THE WAYS YOU'RE DOING THAT IS THAT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN, UH, TITLE ONE SCHOOLS CAN ALSO, UM, START THE, UH, CHAPTER IN THEIR COMMUNITY, BUT THEY, THEIR, THEIRS WILL BE CATEGORIZED AS AN OUTREACH SCHOOL, UM, OUTREACH CHAPTER SO THAT, UM, THE, THEIR WORKSHOPS WON'T ACT AS FUNDRAISING WORKSHOPS AND, UM, THEY CAN EVEN APPLY FOR FUNDING FROM, UM, AK ACADEMY SO THAT THEY CAN GAIN ACCESS TO THOSE RESOURCES TO CONDUCT HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES AND, UM, IN GENERAL IMPROVE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AS WELL.

UM, SO HOW CAN YOU HELP? UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD, UH, GREATLY, UH, HELP US WOULD BE DONATING, UH, SO THAT WE CAN REACH THOSE UNDERPRIVILEGED SCHOOLS, UM, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH RESOURCES, UM, TO BE ABLE TO DELVE DEEPER.

I DID RES UH, RESEARCH IN, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN THINGS THAT, UH, TITLE ONE SCHOOLS, UM, THE MAIN ISSUES THAT THEY FACE.

AND THE MAIN THING IS A LACK OF RESOURCES BECAUSE, UM, EVEN THERE WAS ONE STORY WHERE A TEACHER WAS ABLE TO GET DONATIONS FOR, UM, BOOKS THAT ARE LIKE POPULAR, LIKE CURRENTLY, LIKE IN A TITLE ONE SCHOOL.

AND, UM, THE, THEIR, HER STUDENTS' ENGAGEMENT IN THEIR, IN, IN READING TIME DURING, IN THEIR, UM, IN THE SCHOOL GREATLY INCREASED ONCE THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE BOOKS THAT THOSE STUDENTS REALLY TRULY ENJOYED.

SO, UM, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE, UM, RESOURCES AND, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO DO THINGS THAT ARE ENGAGING AND FUN, UH, TRULY ARE, UH, BENEFICIAL WAYS OF, OF, UM, OF IMPROVING EDUCATION.

AND ANOTHER THING, UM, WOULD BE SPREADING THE WORD I'M WORKING ON, UH, REACHING OUT TO HIGH SCHOOL, UH, HIGH SCHOOLS AND, UM, OTHER PLACES FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE CHAPTER SYSTEM.

BUT IF YOU KNOW A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, UM, THAT YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE, MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN IT, IT WOULD BE, UM, GREATLY HELPFUL FOR YOU TO SPREAD THE WORD TO THEM.

UM, ANOTHER THING WOULD BE TO SUPPORT US IN SOCIAL MEDIA, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT, UH, ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING CAN, UH, FOLLOW US THERE TO RECEIVE, UH, UPDATE UPDATES AND REMINDERS.

AND, UM, PARENTS WHO HAVE YOUNGER CHILDREN, UM, MIGHT FIND OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL HELPFUL.

WE HAVE A BUNCH OF SCIENCE EXPERIMENT VIDEOS, UM, ON THERE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING, AND I'D BE HAPPY.

THANK YOU, AND GOOD LUCK, AND WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AND, UM, OUR COMMUNITY DOING SUCH GREAT THINGS AND REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING, UH, YOU DO TO HELP, UH, TO HELP OTHERS.

YOU'RE A REAL, YOU HAVE A GREAT FUTURE AHEAD OF YOU.

YOUNG PERSON, ALEXANDRA CUTLER, WHO'S GONNA TALK ABOUT TOURETTE AWARENESS MONTH.

NEXT, UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER, UH,

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ALEXANDRA, ANDREA, DO WE HAVE HER? NO, SHE SAID THE LINK WASN'T WORKING BEFORE, SO WE COULD HAVE HER, YOU KNOW, WE, IF SHE CAN'T MAKE IT TODAY, WE COULD HAVE HER AT THE NEXT MEETING.

SO LET'S GO ON TO THE REST OF THE AGENDA.

YOU WANNA PULL THE AGENDA?

[ 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 COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON -- Juneteenth Motorcade & Celebration, Friday, June 18, 2021, 6:00 PM]

UM, GINA JACKSON, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE JUNETEENTH MOTORCADE? I'M GOING, GINA, I'M GOING.

MY VOICE IS GONE.

SO BASICALLY THERE'S A JUNETEENTH MOTORCADE CELEBRATION FRIDAY, JUNE 18TH AT, UM, AT 6:00 PM AND, UM, WE'RE LE LET'S SEE IF I, UH, REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID.

YOU CAN TELL ME WE'RE GONNA BE LE LEAVING FROM THE TOWN HALL.

YES, THAT'S RIGHT.

AND, UM, AND, UM, JUNETEENTH, UH, MARKS THE END OF, UH, SLAVERY AND, UM, AND COMMUNITIES ALL OVER ARE, UM, ARE, ARE, ARE CELEBRATING THIS, YOU KNOW, NATIONWIDE.

AND ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE JUNETEENTH MOTORCADE, WHICH COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON IS ORGANIZING, IS TO HIGHLIGHT AWARENESS.

UH, LAST YEAR, UH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON ORGANIZED, UM, UM, THE FIRST MOTORCADE, UM, IT WAS URGE PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE THIS IMPORTANT DAY, UM, IN HISTORY AND WHAT WE WILL POST ON THE TOWN WEBSITE, UH, INFORMATION.

AND WE HOPE WE HAVE A REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, GREAT TURNOUT.

DID I SAY ANYTHING WRONG? SO WE'RE GONNA END UP AT PRESSURE PARK.

SO WE'LL MEET UP AT PRESSURE PARK, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE, UM, MUSIC, FOOD, AND VERY LIGHT AND VERY LIGHT COMMENTS.

WE WANNA MAKE THIS A, UH, AN EDUCATIONAL, FUN FAMILY EVENT.

I APOLOGIZE EVERYONE, MANY PEOPLE KNOW IT AS WEB FIELD, BUT IT'S PROFESSOR PARK.

AGREE.

AND THANK YOU FOR ORGANIZING THIS AND SPENDING SO MUCH TIME ON THIS IMPORTANT, UM, EVENT.

YES, THANK YOU, UH, TO OUR PUBLIC AND, UM, LISTENING AUDIENCE.

ABOUT EARLY VOTING.

[ TOWN CLERK COMMENTS]

VIEWING AUDIENCE, UH, EARLY VOTING BEGINS THIS YEAR ON SATURDAY JUNE 12TH, AND ENDS ON SUNDAY, JUNE 20TH.

WE WILL POST THE, UM, EXACT TIMES FOR EACH OF THE DATES FROM JUNE 12TH THROUGH SUNDAY, JUNE 20TH, ON THE FRONT PAGE OF, UH, THE TOWN'S WEBSITE.

PLEASE KNOW THAT DURING EARLY VOTING, RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN MAY VOTE AT ANY EARLY VOTING SITE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, THERE ARE TWO SITES, GREENBURG TOWN HALL, FERRY VILLAGE HALL, BUT AGAIN, YOU MAY VOTE ANYWHERE.

EAST CHESTER HARRISON, OR MAR MOUNT KISCO, MOUNT PLEASANT, OSLING POUND RIDGE, RISE SUMMERS, TARRYTOWN YORKTOWN, MOUNT VERNON, NEAR ROCHELLE PEEKSKILL WHITE PLAINS, UM, YONKERS, AND IN WHITE PLAINS, THE POLLING SITE IS WESTCHESTER COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS.

BUT YOU'LL SEE ALL OF THE AVAILABLE POLL POLLING PLACES ON OUR WEBSITE.

AGAIN, WE START WITH EARLY VOTING ON JUNE 12TH, AND IT GOES AND IT GOES FROM SATURDAY, JUNE 12TH TO SUNDAY, JUNE 20TH.

PRIMARY DAY IS TUESDAY, JUNE 22ND.

TERRIFIC.

[ Re-opening of a Public Hearing to continue consideration of the extension of the Finmor Sewer District in the vicinity of 701 Dobbs Ferry Road]

THAT HEARING IS BEING ADJOURNED.

PUBLIC HEARING REOPENING OF A PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDER CONSIDERATION OF EXTENSION OF THE FINMORE SEWER DISTRICT IN THE VICINITY OF 7 0 1 FERRY ROAD.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT I REOPEN THE HEARING.

YES,

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UM, THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AT THE APPLICANT NEEDS TO SUBMIT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, AND THEY SUGGESTED A DATE OF, UH, 30 DAY ADJOURNMENT TILL, UH, JUNE 23RD.

IF THE BOARD'S AMENABLE TO THAT.

DO WE KNOW HOW MANY PUBLIC HEARINGS WE HAVE ON FOR THAT DATE? TIM? YOU KNOW, I'D HAVE TO CHECK THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY A CONTROL DATE.

UM, SO WE MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT DATE, BUT I WILL DEFINITELY REQUIRE OKAY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

BUT WE HAVE HAD A REQUEST FOR SOMEBODY TO SPEAK TONIGHT, AND, UH, IN FAIRNESS FOR THEM SHOWING UP, I THINK WE SHOULD HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.

I MEAN, THEY, THEY, THEY TOLD US THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE THE HEARING, YOU KNOW, AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE THE HEARING STARTED.

SO, UM, WE SENT, WE SENT AT LEAST ONE LINK.

I, I AGREE.

I THINK THAT PERSON SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK OR ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO.

SECOND STANDS, AND WE NEED A SECOND.

I THINK HE HAD TWO .

IT WOULD TAKE, IT WOULD TAKE, UH, DIANA'S.

I SECOND.

AND IT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL IF OUR, UH, D P W ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, UH, PUTS ON THE RECORD WHAT THE MISSING INFORMATION IS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.

YOU WANNA START WITH THAT, FRANCIS? SO BEFORE STARTING, I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND PAUL HAS MOVED TO OPEN THE HEARING.

TIM SAYS IT WAS ADJOURNED.

HOWEVER, REQUEST, REQUEST FOR AN ADJOURNMENT.

REQUEST.

SO THERE'S A REQUEST FOR AN ADJOURNMENT.

SO, SO PAUL MOVED TO OPEN AND DIANA, YOUR SECOND.

SECOND, THAT'S FRANK.

AND, UH, I BELIEVE SHIRLEY FRANCO WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

UM, I THINK I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF, UH, THE RESIDENTS HERE AT WESTCHESTER VIEW LANE.

UM, I THINK THE BIGGEST CONCERN REALLY IS, UH, INFORMATION.

WE FEEL LIKE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION.

WE, UH, LAST, LAST EXPERIENCE WITH THE SEWER EXTENSION, UH, WAS EIGHT MONTHS OF TOTAL CHAOS FOR US, UH, WITHOUT ANY ADVANCED NOTICE.

UM, SO WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING REALLY FOR IS INFORMATION, SOME ADVANCED WARNING SO THAT WE CAN MAKE PLANS, UH, FOR OUR FAMILIES, FOR OUR LIVES.

UH, I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST CONCERN.

I I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS OPPOSED OR IS GOING TO TRY TO SAY ANYTHING TO OPPOSE THE PROJECT.

IT'S MORE THE CONSIDERATION OF BEING ABLE TO PLAN OUR LIVES, UM, AROUND SOMETHING SO DISTRACTING, SO INCONVENIENT.

UM, SO DISRUPTIVE.

SO I GUESS THE BIGGEST CONCERN FOR US WAS THAT WE HAD, UH, WE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ASKING QUESTIONS AND WE WERE BASICALLY INFORMED THAT, UM, THE TOWN REALLY DIDN'T HAVE TO PROVIDE US WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION.

UM, AND WE'RE FEELING IT, SINCE WE'RE THE ONES WHO ARE GONNA BE MOST IMPACTED, WE'D REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE.

THAT'S IT.

THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME FOR EITHER MR. SIMMONS AND MR. FONG TO DESCRIBE THE PROJECT AND, AND WHAT WOULD BE ENTAILED.

IT COMES TO FRUITIONS.

AND I, I THINK WE, WE AGREE WITH MS. FRANCO.

UM, THE LAST PROJECT WAS LONG AND IT WAS, UH, I KNOW A HEADACHE FOR A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.

UM, I KNOW BRIAN SIMMONS, WHO, OH, HE'S ON, I THINK HE CAN EXPLAIN BEST 'CAUSE HE'S BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE, UH, THE APPLICANT'S ATTORNEY.

SO BRIAN, IF YOU WANT TO, UH, SURE.

SO GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

UH, SO AT THIS TIME THE, THE APPLICANT IS JUST PETITIONING TO EXTEND THE SEWER DISTRICT.

SO I PER, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY PLANS AS FAR AS WHAT THE, UH, CONNECTION IS GONNA BE.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA BE A, A SERVICE CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING SEWER LINE, UH, THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED AS PART OF THAT, UH, SENIOR CARE FACILITY ON DOBBS FERRY ROAD.

UM, BUT AT THIS TIME THEY ARE, LIKE I SAID, EX SEEKING TO EXTEND THE EXISTING SEWER DISTRICT.

WE, UM, ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THEM.

WHAT WE NEED AT THE D P W END AND ENGINEERING SIDE OF THINGS IS A MEETS AND BALANCE SURVEY AND, UH, DESCRIPTION OF THE PARTIAL IN WHICH THEY ARE SEEKING TO EXTEND THE DISTRICT TOO.

AND RIGHT NOW, WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO GET THOSE MEETS AND BOUNDS IN THE DESCRIPTION, UH, OF THE, UH, THE SURVEY AND THE PARCEL THAT THEY SEEK TO EXTEND THE DISTRICT.

SO I, I MEAN, AT THIS TIME, LIKE I SAID, I HAVEN'T SEEN A, A CONSTRUCTION PLAN.

SO BRIAN, I GUESS MS. FRANCO'S CONCERN IS HOW MUCH OF A DISRUPTION IN SERVICE IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION WOULD THERE BE TO THE NEIGHBORS? YOU KNOW, GENERALLY HOW LONG DO THESE TYPE OF THINGS TAKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S AN APPLICATION?

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UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE APPLICANT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE APPLICANT TO INTRODUCE THE PROJECT AND HOW THEY PLAN TO CONNECT.

LIKE I SAID, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT'S GOING, THEY'RE EXTENDING THE DISTRICT FOR A SINGLE PARCEL WITH THE INTENT TO RUN A SERVICE LINE, UH, FROM THE EXISTING STRUCTURE TO THE SANITARY SEWER, UM, UH, MAIN THAT'S ON DOS FERRY ROAD.

SO IF, IF, IF THAT, IF IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN ALL THE ONLY CONSTRUCTION THAT WOULD BE EXPECTED IS, UH, THE PHYSICAL CONNECTION OF THE SANITARY SEWER SERVICE LINE TO THE PUBLIC MAIN THAT'S ON DOBS FERRY ROAD.

UM, SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A A, A TRENCH WITHIN THE ROAD TO AT LEAST MAKE THE CONNECTION TO THIS SAN SEWER MAIN, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE THE EXTENSIVE CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS EXPERIENCED BEFOREHAND, UM, WHILE THEY WERE CONSTRUCTING THE SEWER ON DOBS FERRE ROAD TO THE SENIOR CARE FACILITY.

UH, I, I THINK IT WOULD BE, UH, BENEFICIAL TO THE, TO THE NEIGHBORS FOR THEM TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.

SO WE COULD SEND OUT SOME NOTICES AND KEEP THEM ABREAST OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING AND WHEN IT'S GONNA HAPPEN AND HOW, I THINK SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHEN, WHEN THEIR LIVES ARE GONNA BE DISRUPTED.

I AGREE.

I I THINK IT WOULD HELP IF THE, YOU KNOW, THE APPLICANT AS PART OF, UM, THEIR, UH, PRESENTATION, IF THEY COULD PRESENT, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY PLAN TO CONNECT TO THE SEWER MAIN AND, UH, WHAT PATHWAY THEY PLAN TO TAKE.

YES, I AGREE.

THEN ANOTHER LOT AND ANOTHER LOT? OR COULD THEY SOMEHOW MAKE IT SO THAT THEY'RE GROUPED? WE, WE DON'T KNOW.

THE, THE REASON WHY WE HAD PLANNED TO HOLD THIS OVER REGARDLESS IS BECAUSE JUST AS THE NEIGHBORS DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION, YOU NEED TO BE FULLY INFORMED EITHER DOES THE TOWN, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING THEM FOR.

I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THE, THE ENTIRE ROAD RIPPED UP LIKE IT WAS BEFORE.

IT MAY BE A T OFF OF THAT PIPE THAT DID RUN ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE ROAD A T FOR THIS ONE PROPERTY.

BUT UNTIL WE ACTUALLY SEE MORE DETAILED PLANS AND MEETS AND BOUNDS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, UH, WE CAN'T SAY FOR SURE.

SO AS SOON AS WE HAVE INFORMATION, WE'LL WE'LL BE SURE TO LET THE, THE NEIGHBORS KNOW.

BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THIS IS NOT PROGRESSING FORWARD.

UH, YOU'RE MUTED, SO THANK YOU, .

OKAY, SO, OKAY, SO WHY DON'T WE, UH, WE, UH, LEAVE, LEAVE THE RECORD ALL, UM, FRANCIS, WHY DON'T WE ADJOURN FOR ALL PURPOSES, FRANCIS? OH, DOREEN WANTS TO SPEAK.

YES, THANK YOU.

GO AHEAD DOREEN.

OKAY, THANKS.

UM, I'M DOREEN LIPSON.

I'M PRESIDENT OF THE WORTHINGTON, UH, WOODLAND CIVIC ASSOCIATION, WHICH, UH, I LIVE AROUND THE CORNER FROM, UH, THE GAME ON FACILITY THAT'S GOING TO DO THIS SEWER EXTENSION.

UH, BESIDES THE ABUTTERS ON WHICH OF VIEW LANE THAT NEED TO BE INFORMED, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION BE INFORMED SO I CAN THEN PUT OUT TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING SO THEY CAN AVOID THE CONSTRUCTION IF THEY, IF IT'S GOING TO BE BIG OR, OR WHATEVER.

UH, AGAIN, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ANYWHERE NEAR THE, UM, THE DESTRUCTION, THE CONSTRUCTION OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE EIGHT MONTHS FROM THE CHELSEA.

UM, I KNOW THAT A QUESTION WAS ASKED FRANCIS, I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE ASKED IT.

WHY NOW ARE THEY DOING THIS? WHEN THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT WHEN THE CHELSEA DID IT, IT ALL COULD HAVE BEEN DONE AT ONCE AND MAYBE WE WOULD'VE AVOIDED THIS.

BUT THEY'RE NOT HERE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.

SO LET'S JUST HOPE THAT THAT QUESTION DOES GET ANSWERED.

AND UM, SO IF JUNE 23RD IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT DATE FOR THE MEETING, I WILL SEE YOU THEN.

HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

AND WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO WHY NOW, BUT WE DO KNOW THE ANSWER TO WHY, UH, THEY HAVE TO CONNECT TO THAT SEWER BECAUSE THEY HAVE A VIOLATION FOR NOT BEING CONNECTED TO THE SEWER.

AND SO TO CLEAR THE VIOLATION THEY NEED TO DO THIS NOW, WHY ARE THEY DOING IT AT THE TIME THEY DID, THEY'RE DOING IT NOW AS OPPOSED TO WHEN THE, THE ROAD WAS ALREADY OPENED.

UH, WE'LL HAVE TO GET THE ANSWER FOR THAT.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE LOTS.

I THINK THERE ARE 17, BUT YES, DON'T QUOTE ME ON THE NUMBER.

THERE ARE 17 LOTS.

ARE THEY GOING TO DO ONE AT A TIME SO THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, A WORK IN THE ROADWAY FOR ONE LOT,

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THOSE ARE QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED TO ASK ONCE WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEY SHOW UP.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS? SO THEN WE'LL ADJOURN THE HEARING.

UH, FOR ALL PURPOSES TO WHAT DATE DID YOU WANT? UH, TIM, JUNE 23RD.

UH, JUNE, THE MEETING OF JUNE 23RD.

RIGHT, WHICH WILL BE A CONTROL DATE.

I'M NOT NECESSARILY SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD BE PROCEEDING ON THAT DATE 'CAUSE THEY HAVE TO GET INFORMATION AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY'LL HAVE IT, BUT THAT'S A CONTROL DATE.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SO, UH, PAUL MADE THE MOTION THAT WE'RE ADJOURNING FOR ALL PURPOSES THE JUNE 23RD.

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ANYONE HAVE ONE EARLY NIGHT? WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, FROM, UH, MARY BODEN ASKED THAT IT BE READ.

MARY, DO YOU STILL WANT THE, I I I RECEIVED THE NOTICE THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO SPEAK, BUT DO YOU STILL WANT THIS COMMENT READ? UH, SO THIS IS TAKEN TO PLACE OF HIS COMMENT, COMMENT, UH, PERIOD THIS EVENING.

I, I I IMAGINE HE'S OKAY.

SAID THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO SPEAK, BUT HE WANTS, HE SENT A, UM, A REQUEST, UH, TO ME TO READ THE FOLLOWING COMMENT, BUT FOR THE TOWN ATTORNEY, PLEASE HIRE AN OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO REPORT ON THE TOWN PROPERTY.

THAT VIDEOS TAKEN BY FRANCIS SHIN AT AN ANTENNA REVIEW, AT ANTENNA REVIEW BOARD MEETINGS THAT HAVE DISAPPEARED.

ALTHOUGH THIS IS BEYOND THE TIME WHERE LEGAL ACTION CAN BE TAKEN, IT IS NOT BEYOND THE TIME FOR MORAL ACTION.

PAUL FINER CAN VERIFY THAT HAN TOOK THE VIDEOS AND THAT THEY DISAPPEARED.

ALFREDA WILLIAMS WAS FOUND CLERK AT THE TIME FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSIONER AND PAUL FINER EXPLAIN WHY CONCRETE CURBS WERE BUILT ON WORTHINGTON ROAD AND WHITE PLACE.

I'M SORRY.

AND WHITE HOUSE ROAD CURBS DECREASED SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIANS BECAUSE IT MAKES MORE DIFFICULT, IT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT TO GET OUT OF THE WAY.

THEY HAD NO PRACTICAL VALUE CONTROLLING WATER RUNOFF AS THE CARE OF ROADS IN GREENBURG WITHOUT CURBS THAT DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM.

AS THERE ARE, I'M SORRY.

AS THERE ARE ROADS OF GREENBURG IN GREENBURG WITHOUT CURBS THAT DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM, CONCRETE IS ENVIRONMENTALLY DAMAGING AND REDUCES AND REDUCING ITS USED ACIDS IN REDUCING GLOBAL WARMING.

THINK.

WHO'S NEXT? THANK YOU.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

DO YOU HEAR IT? I REQUESTED, I REQUESTED PUBLIC COMMENT TOO.

DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE CALLED, THESE MARKERS, THESE METAL MARKERS WITH A FIGMA J ON THE TOP TO, FOR THE TOWN.

DURING LIPSON, THANK YOU.

UM, MY COMMENTS ARE ABOUT FIRE HYDRANTS.

UM, I'VE BEEN UP IN ROCKLAND COUNTY AND OUT ON THE ISLAND VISITING MY KIDS, AND I NOTICED THAT THE FIRE HYDRANTS HAVE A THING WITH JIG, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE CALLED, THAT STICK UP OVER THE TOP AND WITH A SWIRLY THING.

AND I GATHER THEY ARE TO PREVENT THE SNOWPLOWS FROM PLOWING INTO THEM OR SEEING THE FIRE HYDRANTS IF THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SNOW.

AND THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER MARKER FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO CLEAR THE PATH, SUPPOSEDLY FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO GET TO THE, UH, FIRE HYDRANT.

SO I WAS WONDERING HOW MANY, HOW MANY FIRE HYDRANTS DO WE HAVE IN UNINCORPORATED GREENBERG? AND HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST TO INSTALL THESE, I

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I THINK IT'S A WORTHWHILE, UH, SOMETHING TO BE LOOKED INTO BECAUSE IN TERMS OF, UH, SAFETY FOR THE SNOWPLOWS AND IN TERMS OF, OF GETTING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO THE FIRE HIKERS, THE NEXT THING, UM, IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP AT A C G C A MEETING IS THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A LACK OF NICENESS FROM PEOPLE IN TERMS OF PARKING IN FRONT OF FIRE HIKERS.

THEY SEEM TO, SINCE THERE WAS NO ABSOLUTE MARKING, TELLING PEOPLE HOW FAR THEY SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM THE HYDRANT, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO PARK RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE HYDRANTS OR VERY CLOSE TO, AND AGAIN, THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

SO WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS THAT MAYBE WE CAN HAVE AN INTERNSHIP WITH THE STUDENTS, BOYS, GIRLS, UH, DURING THE SUMMER THAT MAYBE THEY CAN PAINT THE LINES ON THE CURBS TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM PARKING IN FRONT OF THE FIRE HYDRANTS.

UM, I REALLY THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED.

UH, SINCE THE FIRE HYDRANTS ARE UNDER D P W, UH, I THINK THAT MAYBE D P W COULD PROVIDE THE PAINT AND POSSIBLY GET THE BOY SCOUTS OR THE CUB SCOUT.

WELL, THEY'RE TOO LITTLE YET.

THE BOY SCOUTS OR THE EAGLE SCOUTS OR EVEN SOME OF THE, UH, THE SCHOOLS WITHIN GREENBURG TO COME OUT AND, AND, AND DO THIS PAINTING, PLEASE LOOK INTO IT.

I STILL, I THINK IT'S A WORTHWHILE PROJECT.

I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH AN INTERNSHIP FOR THE SUMMER PROGRAM FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS.

THE ONE FOR WHITE PLAINS IN GREENBURG, FOR THE CULVERT FROM WHITE PLAINS, I GUESS THAT'S COMING INTO GREENBURG.

HYDRANT.

MARKER.

SORRY, I JUST ASK A QUESTION TO, UH, RICH.

UM, UM, AND MARTY, YOU KNOW, KEEPS TALKING ABOUT ASPHALT SIDEWALKS VERSUS, UH, UM, UH, CONCRETE SIDEWALKS.

AND CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR THOUGHTS, YOU KNOW, ON THAT? AND AGAIN, IF YOU WANNA COMMENT ON, UH, DOREEN'S COMMENTS, UM, THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

SURE.

MRS. LIPSON'S COMMENTS ARE, ARE GREAT IDEA.

UH, I MEAN THE, UH, THE SNOW MARKERS, UH, THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT DURING THE PAST, UH, SEASON, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE HAD A, A VERY DIFFICULT WINTER, UM, AND A BUNCH OF PEOPLE BROUGHT THAT TO OUR ATTENTION, SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING INTO.

UM, BUT EVEN BETTER WAS THE, THE MARKINGS, UM, ON THE STREET.

AND I'M SURE I KNOW JUDITH, UH, HAS A GREAT, UH, INTERN PROGRAM DURING THE SUMMER.

UH, WE'LL CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO HER AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN WORK INTO IT, BUT REALLY, REALLY THAT THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I REALLY, REALLY LIKE THAT.

UH, TO MURRAY'S, UH, COMMENTS ABOUT THE CONCRETE CURB, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, AND I KNOW BRIAN'S ON, WE'VE HAD COMMENTS OR CON CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT IN THE OFFICE.

UH, MARY IS RIGHT ABOUT THE CONCRETE AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

UM, THERE'S BEEN MANY STUDIES ABOUT THE EFFECTS ON, UH, THE GLOBAL WARMING AND THE INDUSTRY IS LOOKING AT IT.

UM, WHERE I THINK WE MIGHT DISAGREE WITH MR. BOWDEN, RESPECTFULLY MARY, IS THE NEED FOR CURBS OR LACK THEREOF THEM.

UM, CONCRETE CURBS ARE VERY HELPFUL TO US FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF STORMWATER, FOR PLOWING.

UH, THEY ALSO, IT ALSO MAINTAINS THE INTEGRITY OF THE ROAD, SO THE ROAD DOESN'T PUSH OFF TO THE SIDE.

UM, BUT WE, WE DO AGREE WITH THEM IN RESPECT TO THE, UH, THE GLOBAL WARMING ASPECT OF IT.

BUT THE INDUSTRY IS CATCHING UP WITH THAT AND THEY ARE WORKING ON, ON CHANGING, UH, SOME OF THE WAY THEY, THEY CREATE CONCRETE, UH, I'LL LEAVE IT.

BRIAN IS A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER.

I'LL LEAVE IT THE REST TO HIM IF HE'S GOT ANYTHING TO ADD.

NO, I, I THINK THAT WAS VERY WELL SAID.

UM, YEAH, I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE, THE CURBING DOES PROVIDE LATERAL SUPPORT, UH, STRUCTURAL SUPPORT TO THE ROAD ITSELF.

SO IT PREVENTS THE, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE EDGES, UM, THE ROADS FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, EXTENDING OUT OR GETTING DETERIORATED ALONG THE SIDES AND PREVENTING THAT, THAT ALLIGATOR CRACKING THAT, THAT TENDS TO HAPPEN OVER TIME.

UM, AND, AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, IT HELPS WITH THE LONGEVITY OF, OF OUR ROADS.

ANYBODY ELSE HASN'T SPOKEN? PATRICIA WILLIAMS, BUT I HAVE QUESTIONS AND I WANTED TO ASK YOU WHEN YOU ARRIVED AT THEM, COULD YOU EXPLAIN IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL FROM THE RESOLUTIONS FROM TB ONE? UM, WHEN I PRINTED THE AGENDA, I ENDED UP WITH 17 PAGES, SO I HAVEN'T FOUND THE OTHER ONES.

BUT WHEN WE WERE SUED AND, UM, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND I HAD QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE.

AND ON THE, UM,

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IF WE CROSS THE STREET ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRONX RIVER, WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR HALF OF IT.

SO WE KNOW IT'S THAT.

COULD YOU GO INTO DETAIL SO I WON'T HAVE TO INTERRUPT Y'ALL AND WE CAN GET OUT EARLIER? OR DO YOU WANT, SO COULD YOU GIVE US THE LIST? COULD YOU GIVE US THE LIST OF WHICH ONES YOU WANT US TO COMMENT ABOUT? UM, RESOLUTION WAST ONE.

AND THAT WAS ON THE, UM, THE, A CORRECTION TO A DEEDED.

RIGHT? THE SECOND ONE WAS WE WERE BEING SUED AND WE LOST, THAT'S NOT ON THIS AGENDA.

THAT WAS ON THE, UH, LAST WEEK'S AGENDA, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO.

WAS LAST WEEK'S AGENDA.

TWO WEEKS AGO? YES, TWO WEEKS AGO.

WELL, THAT'S PROBABLY WHY I HAVE 17 PAGES, RIGHT? ? I DON'T KNOW.

I I CAN'T EXPLAIN WHY YOU HAVE 17 PAGES.

I DON'T KNOW EITHER.

BUT I GOT 'EM.

I JUST PUSHED PRINT AND IT PRINTED.

IT DIDN'T STOP.

UM, BUT WE WERE SUED THEN.

I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT ONE.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION NOW OR SHOULD I WAIT UNTIL LATER? WELL, THIS IS YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT AREA, SO ASK .

PUBLIC COMMENT.

UM, WE WERE SUED AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW WE WERE SUED FOR THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY.

I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T REMEMBER IT, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY LARGE WHEN WE'D ALREADY GONE THROUGH FORTRESS BIBLE AND WE WERE SUED AND IT SOUNDED LIKE WE WERE BEING SUED AGAIN FOR THE SAME THING.

UM, THE OTHER PROBLEM WAS, UM, I WAS GONNA ASK MR. LEWIS IF HE COULD TELL ME, DON'T WE HAVE LAWYERS? WE HAD, WE PAID THEIR OUTSIDE OF, WE PAID GREEN TOWN OF GREENBURG, PAID OUTSIDE ATTORNEY FEES, AND WAS IT FOR $4 MILLION? DID I MISREAD THAT? OKAY.

SO WE HAVE ALL THOSE QUESTIONS.

YOU WANNA KNOW ABOUT THE HOUSING ? I'M WANT IT FROM THE TOP OF MY HEAD BECAUSE I CAN'T FIND ANY.

YOU WANNA KNOW ABOUT CEMETERY ROAD AND YOU WANNA KNOW ABOUT THE SETTLEMENT IN TERMS OF ATTORNEY'S FEES WITH THE, UH, ROMAR ROAD LITIGATION.

AND WHY WE HAD, THEY HAD PRINTED, UH, ALSO THAT THERE WERE, PAUL STATED THERE WERE OUTSIDE COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT WANTED, DID NOT WANT THE, UH, PEOPLE TO, UM, TO BUILD THERE.

AND ONE WAS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, ONE WAS THE NATURE CENTER.

IN EDGE PARK, I MEAN, EDGEMONT CIVIC ASSOCIATION.

AND, UM, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR US TO BE PAYING BECAUSE THE NATURE CENTER, WHICH IS NOT PAYING RENT, THAT'S JUST LIKE OUR THEODORE DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER IN ALL THE OTHER PLACES.

AND WE HAVE THE, UM, THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT, BUT I JUST THOUGHT THAT WE, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY LAWYERS WORKING FOR THE TOWN, IF WE'RE GONNA BE CONTINUALLY SUED AND PAYING OH, AND PAYING LARGE SUMS OF MONEY, THEN WE NEED TO HIRE ATTORNEYS THAT WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

UH, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS, DID THEY SAY THAT THE INSURANCE WE, WE PAY, WE HAD TO PAY THE INSURANCE COMPANY OR THE INSURANCE COMPANY'S, UH, AMOUNT FOR THAT, WHAT WE WERE BEING SUED FOR.

THEY WERE ONLY GONNA PAY $2 AND 75 CENTS.

THAT COULD NOT BE CORRECT EITHER.

IS THAT, THOSE ARE SOME OF MY QUESTIONS.

GOT IT.

HISTORY, MANY IN THE TOWN ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH MR. FINDER'S CONCLUSIONS.

AND THAT'S MY COMMENT RIGHT NOW.

ANYONE ELSE WHO HASN'T SPOKEN BEFORE, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, IF THAT'S OKAY? SURE.

UM, MY NAME IS DAVID DIPIERO.

I'M A RESIDENT OF GREENBERG.

AND, UM, EIGHT YEARS AGO, GREENBERG SETTLED THE DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT WITH FORTRESS BIBLE.

AND SINCE THEN, TAXPAYERS HAVE PAID FIVE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS, PLUS INTEREST ON TOP OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LEGAL FEES.

DESPITE THE FINDINGS OF THE COURT IN THEIR DECISION, THEY POINTED OUT THAT WITNESSES WERE TAMPERED AND ILLEGAL.

THERE WAS AN ILLEGAL DESTRUCTION OF EVIDENCE.

THE TOWN DID NOT PERFORM AN INVESTIGATION, AND THERE WERE NO CONSEQUENCES.

PREDICTABLY, IT'S HAPPENED AGAIN, AND TAXPAYERS NOW HAVE TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, 4 MILLION IN LEGAL FEES, PLUS INTEREST FOR THE DRUM OR LITIGATION.

THE BURDEN TO TAXPAYERS FOR THESE ACTS ALL IN ARE GONNA COST MORE THAN $20 MILLION OVER THE PERIOD OF LESS THAN A DECADE.

TAXPAYERS DESERVE AN ANSWER ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND A PLAN TO ENSURE THAT THESE KIND OF EVENTS DO NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.

ON MAY 21ST, MR. SUPERVISOR PROVIDED HIS FINDINGS IN A NEWS FLASH, WHICH IS POSTED ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE.

HE CONCLUDED THAT THE BLAME WAS WITH THE SISTERS OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT AND HIS POLITICAL FOES AND EDGEMONT.

GIVEN THE UNFORTUNATE

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SO ON BEHALF OF MANY CONCERNED CITIZENS OF GREENBURG, WE DEMAND THAT THE TOWN BOARD PASSES A RESOLUTION TO INVESTIGATE THE ACTS OF MALFEASANCE AND ENSURE THAT DO NOT OCCUR.

AGAIN.

WE WOULD LIKE A RESOLUTION THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THE FORMATION OF A COMMITTEE OF COMMUNITY RESIDENTS THAT WILL BE EMPOWERED TO APPOINT AN OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO CONDUCT A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSES AND THE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES FOR THESE INCIDENTS.

WE WOULD LIKE THE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE FINDINGS OF THE INVESTIGATION AND MAKE COPIES OF THAT REPORT AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE WOULD LIKE THE COMMITTEE TO PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACTIONS THAT WILL PREVENT FUTURE RECURRENCES.

AND WE WOULD LIKE THE COMMITTEE TO BE AUTHORIZED TO SPEND UP TO $150,000 TO PAY LEGAL, INVESTIGATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

THE, YOU KNOW, UH, TAXPAYERS UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHY THEY HAVE TO PAY THIS IS CRITICAL TO THE TRUST.

IT'S CRITICAL TO THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FOUNDATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE BOARD.

AND I THINK THAT MANY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SWIFT AND DECISIVE ACTION TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DAVID.

DO DO, UH, SHOULD I EXPECT ANY SORT OF RESPONSE FROM THE, UH, TOWN BOARD OR THE TOWN SUPERVISOR ON MY COMMENTS ON, WE'D LIKE TO HEAR EVERYBODY ASK, UH, THE QUESTIONS AND MAKE COMMENTS, AND THEN THE TOWN BOARD HAS THE OPTION TO RESPOND.

SO I GUESS THE QUESTION, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO MAKE A, A COMMENT FOR THE BOARD? THANK YOU, MR. LEWIS.

I SEE CLIFF ABRAMS HANDBOOK.

CLIFF, IS IT, UM, GOOD EVENING.

IS THIS AN OPEN COMMENT? ANY TALK ABOUT ANYTHING OR IT'S ON THAT, UM, ON THE SIDEWALK? NO.

ANY, ANYTHING AT ALL.

THIS IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

COMMENTS.

UM, THE SIGN, I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY, THEY MOVED IT.

UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME? SURE.

OKAY, GOOD.

UM, ON OLD TERRYTOWN ROAD, I SPOKE ABOUT IT, I THINK AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, THE CHIEF SAID HE WAS GONNA PICK UP THE DIGITAL CLOCK SPEED LIMIT CLOCK.

AND THEY MOVED IT FROM, IT WAS BETWEEN NORWOOD ROAD AND NEXT TO WARREN AVENUE.

NOW THE DIGITAL CLOCK IS RIGHT BETWEEN WARREN AND MAPLE, AND THEN IT'S LIKE A BLIND AREA.

SO BY THE TIME THE, THE VEHICLE SEE THE SIDE OF SLOW DOWN, THEY ALREADY AT THE BLIND AREA ON MAPLE STREET, THE CROSSWALK, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT.

AND I APPRECIATE ON OLD TERRYTOWN ROAD, PEOPLE DON'T EVEN NOTICE IT BECAUSE IT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT NEED TO BE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT NEED TO BE A BUMP TO SLOW CARS UP, BECAUSE IT IS NEW AND CARS ARE STILL FLYING, AND THE LIGHTS THAT FLASHES, IF IT'S NOT NIGHTTIME, OR IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT, YOU REALLY DON'T SEE THE CROSSWALK BECAUSE IT'S NEW AND PEOPLE STILL FLYING BY THERE BOTH WAYS.

AND THE SAME IS ON MANHATTAN AVENUE.

AND I WISH THE CHIEF WAS HERE, COULD PROBABLY HELP ME OUT.

OR MAYBE YOU, JARED.

UM, GARRETT, MAYBE YOU COULD HELP, BECAUSE WHY WAS THIS DIFFICULT CLOUD MOVED FROM BEHIND WARREN INTO FRONT IN BETWEEN WARREN AVENUE AND MAPLE.

AND ALSO, I LIKE TO ASK, Y'ALL HAVE COMMITTEES WALKING AROUND TO SEE DANGER, TO SEE LIKE DANGEROUS AREAS THAT NEED TO BE, UM, TO DO WALKAROUNDS.

AND I ASKED LAST MONTH, HOW DO PEOPLE GET INVOLVED WITH THE WALK AROUND? OR WHO IS THE POINT PERSON TO TALK TO SO I COULD SHOW THEM THE DANGEROUS AREAS THROUGH OLD TERRY TOWN ROAD AND MAPLE STREET AND MANHATTAN AVENUE, BECAUSE CARS ARE STILL SPEEDING.

AND I ASKED ABOUT BUNK BEFORE, AND THE CHIEFS TOLD ME SOMETHING ABOUT THEY WERE DOING SOME TYPE OF, UM, STUDY ON IT.

MAYBE YOU JERRY COULD HELP ME OUT WITH IT.

MR. ABRAMS, IT'S, UH, RICH.

F I THINK I COULD HELP YOU OUT HERE.

OKAY, RICH, HOW YOU DOING? GOOD, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD.

SO YOU, YOU MADE VERY GOOD POINTS.

AND I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO WITH THE CROSSWALKS, THERE'S A, THERE'S A DEVICE THAT YOU COULD PUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CROSSWALK.

UH, THEY'RE THROUGHOUT TOWN.

THESE ARE NEWER CROSSWALKS, SO WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THEM YET.

BUT IT'S A, IT'S A MOBILE DEVICE, SO YOU COULD MOVE IT DURING THE WINTER, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SNOW EVENTS, BUT IT SITS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND THAT'LL CLEARLY WARN PEOPLE OF THE CROSSWALK.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT.

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UM, BUT ON YOUR THIRD POINT, AND, AND MOST IMPORTANT IS WE MEET INTERNALLY EACH TWO WEEKS WITH GARRETT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, D P W IN ENGINEERING TO DISCUSS SAFETY ISSUES.

AND WE ARE STARTING TO CREATE, UH, DO CIVIC WALKS.

UM, WE'VE DONE A FEW, BUT I'D BE MORE THAN MORE THAN HAPPY TO GET THE TEAM OUT THERE WITH YOU TO SEE, UH, WITH YOUR EYES WHAT YOU SEE.

WE CAN SET THAT UP.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

NO PROBLEM.

I GOT YOUR EMAIL.

I'LL REACH OUT TO YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

ANY COMMENTS? GOOD EVENING.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

THIS IS FOR THE BOARD.

IN REGARDS TO REQUESTS FOR INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS.

WHAT IS THE BOARD'S RESPONSE WHEN THE PUBLIC ASKS FOR INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS, WHETHER IT'S IN THE CASE OF THE MANHATTAN AVENUE SENIORS COMPLEX, OR IN THE CASE OF THE FORTRESS LAWSUIT, OR NOW THEMORE LAWSUIT THAT THE PUBLIC IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, FOR PAYING? AND THERE SEEMS TO BE QUESTIONS, UM, ABOUT MALFEASANCE, BUT I AM NOT SURE HOW TO GET ANSWERS FOR INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS THUS FAR.

NO ANSWERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC.

WHEN WE, WHEN WE ASK, CAN SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW WE GET INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS HANDLED? YEAH, I KNOW I'M GONNA PROVIDE A, A RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, BUT I WANT TO HEAR WHAT EVERYBODY HAS TO SAY.

AND WE'RE WAITING FOR THE END OF THE COMMENT PERIOD TO RESPOND.

WILL YOU INCLUDE THE, THE SENIOR COMPLEX ON MANHATTAN AVENUE BAT REQUEST FOR INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION ALSO? UM, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW, I THINK THAT'S A BOARD RESPONSE, BUT I, I'LL RESPOND TO THE QUESTIONS THAT I CAN RESPOND TO FOR THE LAWSUITS.

SO, UM, THAT COVERED A PORTION OF THE LEGAL FEES, BUT NOT A PORTION OF THE SETTLEMENT.

SO FOR THE BOARD, WE WOULD LIKE A RESPONSE WHEN THE PUBLIC ASKED FOR INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS.

WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE? NO, I THINK WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR ALL OF THE COMMENTS, MS. YOUNG, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA RESPOND.

SO WE KNOW YOU HAVE A COMMENT AND, AND YOU JUST STATED WHAT IT IS.

BUT WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS COMMENTS BEFORE WE RESPOND.

THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO SAY IS THE BOARD, BASICALLY, WE LET ANYBODY COMMENT ON ANYTHING.

UM, PEOPLE COULD, ONE CITIZEN OR TWO CITIZENS PEOPLE COULD ASK FOR INVESTIGATIONS.

PEOPLE COULD MAKE COMMENTS.

SOME OF THE COMMENTS PEOPLE MAKE ARE BALLOTS.

SOME OF THE COMMENTS PEOPLE MAKE, WE MAY DISAGREE WITH.

UM, AND WE REFLECT ON IT.

AND IF WE DECIDE THAT, UM, UH, A REQUEST IS APPROPRIATE, WE'LL ACT ON IT.

AND IF WE DECIDE THAT IF A REQUEST DOESN'T HAVE MERIT, WE WON'T ACT ON IT.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BASICALLY MY COMMENTS.

SO THE BOARD WILL REFLECT ON, UH, EVERY REQUEST MADE, AND THEN WE WILL DECIDE, UH, IF WE WANNA PURSUE THEM.

WELL, UM, JUST FOR CLARITY, JUST FOR CLARITY, THE REQUEST FOR INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS HAVE GONE FORWARD NOW FOR A LITTLE OVER FOUR WEEKS, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY RESPONSE FROM THE BOARD ON WHAT THE DECISION IS AND WHY IT'S JUST BEEN UNANSWERED.

SO THAT IS WHAT I'M ASKING.

DON'T WE DESERVE AN ANSWER AND AN EXPLANATION WHEN WE ASKED FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION? I'M ASKING THE BOARD.

I PERSONALLY DON'T SUPPORT THE REQUESTS.

SO TIM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THERE ARE NO FURTHER REQUESTS FOR, TO SPEAK DURING THERE, THERE ARE NO, THERE ARE NO FURTHER REQUESTS TO SPEAK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.

SO, UM, YOU MAY PROCEED WITH, UH, YOUR, UM, RESPONSE TO, UH, TO THE, THE QUESTIONS IF YOU, SO YEAH, I, I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND WITH RESPECT TO THE COUNCIL FEES IN ROAD.

AND YOU KNOW, I, I'VE BEEN TOWN ATTORNEY FOR A LONG TIME, SO I WAS HERE AT THE VERY, VERY BEGINNING, SO I KNOW THE FULL STORY.

BUT IN TERMS OF, UM, COUNCIL FEES, THE SETTLEMENT AMOUNT WAS $9.5 MILLION AS WAS PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER.

AND THE TOWN RECEIVED 2.75 MILLION FROM, UM, ITS INSURANCE CARRIER AT THE TIME IN 2007.

BUT THAT WAS NOT $2 AND 75 CENTS.

THAT WAS, UH, 2 MILLION, UH, $2.7 MILLION.

AND THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY WENT TO LEGAL FEES, OUTSTANDING LEGAL FEES, WHICH AT THE TIME WERE $4.2 MILLION.

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SO THAT'S THE ANSWER TO, YOU KNOW, MS. WILLIAMS'S QUESTION IS THERE ON THE OTHER HALF OF THAT QUESTION WAS, HOW MANY ATTORNEYS DO WE HAVE WORKING FOR THE TOWN? TIM? TIM, BASICALLY, WE DON'T HAVE TO, WE HAVE A ATTORNEY.

I CAN'T HEAR.

WE HAVE A TOWN BOARD AGENDA.

EVERYBODY HAS THEIR, UH, THEIR THREE MINUTES.

WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE BACK AND FORTH.

PEOPLE COULD HAVE USE UP THE THREE MINUTES OR THE FIVE MINUTES AT THE END.

UM, AND BASICALLY, UM, WE DON'T HAVE TO GET BAITED AND JUST HAVE A, A BACK AND FORTH.

UM, YOU KNOW, ANDA SO ANYBODY WHO HAS ANYBODY NOT SPOKEN? THEY HAVE .

OH, HE DIDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION.

ALL I'M SAYING IS RIGHT NOW.

ANYONE THE TENANT WERE NO, PAUL, I WAS, HE HE DID, HE LEFT OUT A SECTION.

I ASKED SPECIFICALLY, HOW MANY ATTORNEYS DO WE HAVE IN THE TOWN? AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS.

RIGHT NOW I'M JUST SAYING, TIM.

NO, I KNOW, BUT YOU, WHAT'RE SAYING IS NOT GERMANE TO WHAT I SAID WE'RE DOING.

WE'RE DOING WHAT EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD SAID WE SHOULDN'T BE, YOU KNOW, DOING.

PEOPLE HAVE THREE MINUTES TO COMMENT.

YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT, BUT I'M WAITING FOR, I'M GONNA GO BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH.

THIS IS NOT BACK AND FORTH.

THIS IS ASKING A QUESTION.

AN ANSWER.

AND IT'S A SIMPLE ANSWER.

SO ASK HOW MANY, HOW MANY, HOW MANY ATTORNEYS DOES THE TOWN HAVE? THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL QUESTION THAT I ASKED.

I DIDN'T ASK.

I DIDN'T GO INTO SIX ATTORNEYS OPPORTUNITY.

SIX.

COULD YOU JUST TELL ME HOW MANY OF ATTORNEYS DO WE HAVE? MR. LEWIS? SIX.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? SO BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE LEAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, I SAW MICHELLE BROWN'S HAND.

GOOD EVENING.

HOW ARE YOU? WOW.

THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT TOO.

LIKE, YOU ASK A QUESTION, TIM SAID, WE WE'LL, LIKE GET EVERYBODY, GET THEIR QUESTIONS IN WHEN WE'RE DONE, I'LL ANSWER THEM.

AND THEN, UM, MR. FINER WANTS TO SHUT PEOPLE DOWN.

HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT.

AND THIS IS NOT FAIR.

THIS IS THE PART THAT MAKES PEOPLE LOOKING FROM THE OUTSIDE IN WONDER WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON.

AND I DON'T EXPECT HIM, YOU ANYBODY HAVE ANSWERED ME.

IT IS A PROCEDURE WHEN SOMEONE ASKS FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION PERIOD.

AND HIS THING IS, I DON'T GO FOR IT.

I DON'T STAND FOR IT.

STAND FOR WHAT? THERE'S A MULTIPLE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED FOR, WHICH ONE IS HE NOT STANDING FOR? YOU WILL NEVER KNOW.

AND THAT'S THE PART THAT MAKES IT FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOME KIND OF CONSPIRACY.

PEOPLE AREN'T BEING ANYWHERE NEAR TRANSPARENT AND HOSTILE AMONGST MANY THINGS.

TOTALLY DISRESPECTFUL.

AND BECAUSE YOU CAN, DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD.

GOVERNMENT IS, SHOULD BE RESPONSIVE TO THE PEOPLE THAT ELECTED TO OFFICE.

HOW DO YOU JUST NOT RESPOND? OKAY, SO I, I JUST WANNA, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT I SEE MR. BASIN ON THE LINE, AND I THINK HE JUST IS BEING POINTED TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.

SO I THINK AT THE, AT THE VERY LEAST, WE SHOULD MOVE THE AGENDA SO THAT, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST SOMEONE LIKE HIM WHO'S BEEN WAITING CAN BE, YOU KNOW, REAPPOINTED.

AND, AND AFTER WE MEET THAT MEETING, CONTINUE ON THE MEETING.

SO MAYBE WE SHOULD MOVE THE AGENDA AT THIS POINT.

OH, BUT WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO? THAT'S FINE.

UM, THAT'S FINE.

BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPOINTMENT OF JAMES BASIN TO THE GREENBURG HOUSING AUTHORITY TO FILL IN THE UN EXPIRED TERM TO EXPIRED DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.

SO LET'S MOVE WITH THE AGENDA.

CAN YOU JUST, UH, PULL UP THE AGENDA, UH,

[ BOARDS & COMMISSIONS Appointment of James Bason to the Greenburgh Housing Authority, to fill an unexpired term to expire December 31, 2024]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

SECOND.

RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN, , TB, TB ONE.

[ TB 1 - 5/26/2021 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a Subordination Agreement and Correction Deed with the Greenburgh Housing Authority (“GHA”), at GHA's request, such that if the North Washington Avenue property is no longer used for low income housing in the future and the land reverts back to Town ownership pursuant to a “Reverted” clause in the deed to the Town, the Town will continue to require that the buildings and other improvements on the property to be used for low-income housing]

WE'RE STILL WORT ONE, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE WORDING.

WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH, SO I'M GONNA HOLD THAT OVER TO, I DON'T WANNA HOLD IT OVER TO THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING, BUT I'D LIKE TO HOLD IT OVER TO THE, UH, TUESDAYS WORK SESSION AND HAVE A

[ TB 2 - 5/26/2021 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into an Inter-Municipal Agreement (IMA) with the Village of Ardsley whereby the Village agrees to relocate an existing Perpetual Easement on the Village’s Proposed New Driveway on Heatherdell Road in the Village, which will continue to provide unlimited access and egress by Town employees, contractors, and invitees from Heatherdell Road to the Town park property]

[01:25:04]

VISOR TO ENTER INTO AN, INTO MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT WITH THE VILLAGE OF LEY, WHEREBY THE VILLAGE AGREES TO RELOCATE AN EXISTING PERPETUAL EASEMENT ON THE VILLAGES, PROPOSED NEW DRIVEWAY, AND HAVE THE DALE ROAD IN THE VILLAGE, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UNLIMITED ACCESS AND EGRESS BY TOWN EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AND INVITEES FROM HEATHERDALE ROAD TO THE TOWN PARK PROPERTY.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

AND THAT'S AS AMENDED.

AS AMENDED.

WELL, YES, THAT AS AMENDED HERE.

I SAW THAT WAS AMENDED.

JUST, JUST BE AWARE THAT THE, UH, I TOLD YOU EARLIER THAT WE GOT A MESSAGE FROM VERIZON THAT THERE'S, UH, SO, UH, JUST BEAR WITH ME A MOMENT.

RECORDING STOPPED.

CAN YOU HEAR ME AGAIN? DID WE LOSE CONNECTION? YES, WE DID.

I THINK.

I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS JUST ME, SO, NO, NO, I, OKAY.

SO CAN WE GO BACK TO TB TWO? UM, I DIDN'T, UH, I THINK WE LOST CONNECTION RIGHT THERE, UH, BEFORE, UH, ANYONE SECOND THAT RIGHT? I DID JUDITH.

DIANA, THANK YOU.

WHAT ABOUT TB THREE? I DON'T THINK WE VOTED ON TB TWO THOUGH, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN, THAT'S WHEN IT BROKE.

I THINK THAT'S WHEN, OKAY.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

SO, AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THAT VERIZON HAS SENT A NOTICE OUT TO A GOOD PART OF THE TOWN STATING THAT THEY'RE HAVING CONNECTION ISSUES.

AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD HAVE IT, UH, FULLY RESOLVED BY, BY MAY 30TH AT 3:15 AM.

UH, BUT, UH, I DON'T THINK THEY REALLY MEANT THAT.

SO THAT, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING IS THAT LEDGE, SO TB ONE WAS HELD OVER, TB TWO WAS VOTED ON AS AMEND AMENDED TB THREE IS BEING HELD OVER AT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, OR I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A CONTRACT YET FOR IT.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, JANELLE'S ALL SET.

UM, I THINK SHE SAID SHE NEEDED TO START RECORDING AGAIN.

OH, MAYBE IT WAS HER WHO WAS LOSING THE, UH, THE RECORDING.

OH.

OH, ACTUALLY SHE'S SAYING ON ZOOM, UH, TO HIT THE RECORD.

SO IT'LL COME UP.

IT'S GONNA COME UP AS TWO DIFFERENT, UH, RECORDINGS.

WOW.

WELL, AT LEAST THEY WERE RIGHT.

, YOU GOTTA GIVE 'EM CREDIT.

THEY KNEW.

IS THE EQUIVALENT OF OUR HAVING A LITTLE EXERCISE, YOU KNOW, THE ELECTRONIC VERSION OF STRETCHER LEGS.

LET EVERYBODY GET BACK IN AGAIN,

[01:30:03]

I CAN DO THE PLAY BY PLAY FOR THE KNICKS GAME WHILE WE'RE WATCHING.

BUT YOU WANNA HUM A FEW BARS OF SOME SONG? I NO, I'M NOT READY FOR THAT.

OH, YOU COULD ACTUALLY SING AN OPERA, I'M SURE.

WELL, THAT HAD TO BE IN THE AREA BECAUSE ZOOM IS VERY GOOD.

IF, IF FOR EXAMPLE, THE HOST, UH, HAS AN INTERNET PROBLEM, IT WILL DROP OUT THE HOST, CLICK IT TO THE FIRST PERSON WHO HAS SIGNED ON, OR A CO-HOST, WHICHEVER IS PRESENT.

AND THEN WHEN THE HOST COMES BACK IN AGAIN, IT RESUMES SEAMLESSLY.

THIS MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING IN THE AREA BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY TO DROP OFF.

THAT'S AMAZING.

AND ZOOM IS KNOWN FOR ITS STABILITY.

YEAH, I I THINK IT WAS A, WITH A, SOME KIND OF CONNECTION PROBLEM BECAUSE, UH, THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE SESSION WENT OUT AND THEN CAME BACK.

SO YEAH.

SO THAT WAS OUR INTERMISSION.

MM-HMM.

ME.

I THOUGHT YOU ALL, I THINK THAT ME THIS TIME.

ELLEN'S COMING IN AND IN AND LET'S SEE.

THERE WE GO.

I DON'T SEE PAUL.

I LET HIM IN.

GO.

, YOU ASK THAT QUESTION.

READY TO GO RIGHT HERE.

DAN, CAN YOU GIVE PAUL A CALL? UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE KNOCKED OFF THE, UH, ZOOM LINK FOR SOME REASON.

KNOW.

UM, PAUL I THINK WAS TRYING TO COME BACK IN AS I WAS, AND I EXPECT HIM TO BE BACK IN SHORTLY IF HE'S NOT IN ALREADY.

AND I THINK A COUPLE PEOPLE WERE KNOCKED OFF AS WELL.

I DON'T SEE , SO PROBABLY WERE KNOCKED OFF.

I HAD MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING THAT I GOT A, A TEXT STATING THAT VERIZON IS HAVING, UH, INTERNET PROBLEMS IN THE AREA.

BUT THEY DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT WAS GONNA BE A, YOU KNOW, LIKE A TOTAL BLACKOUT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THEY JUST, 'CAUSE THEY SAID THAT THEY'LL HAVE IT RESOLVED BY MAY 30TH, UH, AT 3:15 AM THEY'RE VERY PRECISE , BUT IT'S A LONG WAY AWAY, SO IT MUST BE INTERMITTENT THINGS THAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

I HAVEN'T HAD THAT BEFORE.

I'VE BEEN VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH, UH, VERIZON.

MEMBERS OR DO YOU WANNA, YOU KNOW, WAIT, NO, LET'S SEE HIM A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, OH, HERE'S PAUL.

PAUL'S NOT ON YET.

DO YOU WANNA CONTINUE SINCE WE HAVE THREE BOARD

[01:35:01]

PAUL'S CALLING.

JUST A MOMENT.

THAT WAS PAUL.

HE IS COMING BACK IN AGAIN.

THERE HE COMES.

OH, I SEE HIM.

THERE HE GOES.

I GUESS WE SHOULD CONTINUE MY MEETING.

IT IS A WATCH MY GRANDSON.

UH, OKAY.

IT'S, UH, CONNECTING TO RECORD.

HELLO? HELLO.

WE CAN HEAR YOU.

YOU CAN'T HEAR US RECORDING IN PROGRESS.

ALL READY.

PAUL, I GOT RESOLUTION, UM, OF THE TOWN.

UH, SUPERVISOR.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

UH, YES.

LET ME JUST DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T VOTE ON TOWN SUPERVISOR.

I THINK WE'RE STILL ON TV TWO.

RIGHT? EXACTLY.

WE JUST NEED A VOTE.

SO MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST MOVE THE AGENDA BACK SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE WHAT THEY, WE ALL IN FAVOR? OH.

JUST A MOMENT.

OH, WHEN, WHEN DO YOU THINK THE, UH, THE LINE WENT OUT? I THOUGHT WE HAD DONE THE TBS TB TWO.

TB TWO SECOND AND NEED A VOTE.

RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH, UH, JOSEPH CATONA OF SATORI.

BOARD.

SO THAT WAS VOTED ON AS AN ENDED AND THEN I SECONDED IT.

[01:40:01]

UH, TB TWO.

NO, TB TWO.

WHY DON'T WE DO, WE'LL START OVER.

TB TWO.

RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR 10 TO ATTEND AN INTO MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT FOR THE VILLAGE OF ARDSLEY, WHEREBY THE VILLAGE AGREES TO RELOCATE AN EXISTING PERPETUAL EASEMENT ON THE VILLAGE'S PROPOSED NEW DRIVEWAY AND HEATHERDALE ROAD IN THE VILLAGE, WHICH WILL PROVIDE, CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UNLIMITED ACCESS TO EGRESS BY TOWN EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AND INVITEES FROM HEATHERDALE ROAD TO THE TOWN PARK PROPERTY.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT AS AMENDED.

[ TB 3 - 5/26/2021 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a License Agreement with Joseph Katona of Satori Unlimited, LLC to operate a Farmers Market accommodating approximately twenty (20) to thirty (30) vendors at the rear portion of the parking lot of Town Hall located at 177 Hillside Avenue between the hours of 2:00 pm and 6:30 pm on Thursdays beginning July 15, 2021 through October 28, 2021]

WAIT, WE'RE HOLDING THIS OVER.

WE'RE HOLDING OVER, RIGHT? OKAY.

NEXT? YEAH, JUST A MOMENT.

I'M LETTING PEOPLE IN.

A T ONE, UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE A THREE YEAR ANIMAL CONTROL CONTRACT RENEWAL WITH THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF WESTCHESTER, NEW ORIGINAL HUMANE SOCIETY FOR THE PERIOD APRIL ONE THROUGH MARCH 31ST, 2024.

[ AT 1 - 5/26/2021 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a three-year Animal Control contract renewal with the Humane Society of Westchester f/k/a/ New Rochelle Humane Society for the period April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2024]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER LUIGI WIDA AND DEL RESTAURANT FOR CASTLE 15, NEWCASTLE RESTAURANT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 15 SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE.

[ AT 2 - 5/26/2021 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Luigi Guida and Casaletto Ristorante for property located at 15 S. Central Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $55±; the County’s share is $414±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $55±; the Elmsford Union Free School District’s share is $2,353±. Refunds from all sources total $2,878±]

UM, REFUND 2,878.

UM, RESOLUTION SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR WEDNESDAY JUNE 9TH TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 2 85 OF CODE OF TOWN OF GREENBERG ENTITLED ZONING AS IT RELATES TO BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM USES.

[ CL 1 - 5/26/2021 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for 7:30 PM, Wednesday, June 9, 2021, to consider a Local Law amending Chapter 285 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh, entitled “Zoning,” as it relates to Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) uses]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR RE AYE.

[ PR 1 - 5/26/2021 Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation to implement a policy that bans smoking and vaping of any kind in all Town owned parks]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING COMMISSIONER AYE.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING COMMISSIONER PARKS AND RECREATION TEMPERAMENTAL POLICY THAT BEGAN SMOKING AND VAPING OF ANY KIND IN ALL TOWN OWNED PARKS.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF 9,304.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF, UH, AYE

[ PR 2 - 5/26/2021 Resolution authorizing the execution of a $9,304.00 Grant agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the County of Westchester for transporting seniors]

A DOLLAR GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN TOWN OF GREENBERG AND THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER FOR TRANSPORTING SENIORS WOULD LIKE TO MOVE.

THAT SECONDED? AYE.

ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE A COMMERCIAL PROPOSAL AND SALES AGREEMENT WITH A D T COMMERCIAL OFFERED THE TOTAL EQUIPMENT AND INSTALLATION OF CARBON MONOXIDE, UH, DETECTORS AND MODULES AT GREENBERG IGNATIUS CENTER NOT TO EXCEED 9,977 75 CENTS.

UH, P W

[ PW 1 - 5/26/2021 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a Commercial Proposal and Sales Agreement with ADT Commercial, L.L.C., dated April 30, 2021, for the total equipment and installation of Carbon Monoxide Detectors and Modules at the Greenburgh Nature Center, at a cost not to exceed $9,977.75]

AWARDING 2021 CONTRACT FOR THE MILLING AND SURFACING, UH, VARIOUS STREETS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO ANO BROTHERS, THE LOWEST BIDDER FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 8 52 3 28 AND FOR PROJECT ALTERNATES NOT TO EXCEED 35,280 FOR ADDITIONAL CONTRACTING WORK.

RESOLUTION

[ PW 2 - 5/26/2021 Resolution awarding the 2021 contract for the Milling and Resurfacing of Various Streets in the Town of Greenburgh to Montesano Bros., Inc., the lowest bidder, for an amount not to exceed $852,328.00 and for Project Alternates not to exceed $35,280.00 for additional contracting work]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED, UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES PROPOSAL WITH DOLF FELD ENGINEERING AND DIVISION OF VAL ENGINEERING FOR DESIGN SERVICES RELATED TO ESTONIA AVENUE AND LINCOLN PLACED DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 5,000.

RESOLUTION,

[ PW 3 - 5/26/2021 Resolution authorizing a Professional Engineering Services proposal with Dolph Rotfeld Engineering, a Division of AI Engineers, Inc., P.C., for Design Services related to the Stone Avenue & Lincoln Place Drainage Improvements Project, for an amount not to exceed $5,000]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN MOUS AYE, UH, AGREEMENT WITH WHITE PLAINS AND GREENBERG FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION REHABILITATION OF CEMETERY ROAD, CULVER BRIDGE AT A COST TO THE TOWN NOT TO EXCEED 385,000, WHICH IS 50% OF PROJECT PROJECT COST.

[ PW 4 - 5/26/2021 Resolution authorizing an Inter-Municipal Agreement (IMA) between the City of White Plains and the Town of Greenburgh for the reconstruction / rehabilitation of the Cemetery Road culvert/bridge, at a cost to the Town not to exceed $385,000, which is 50% of the project cost]

I'LL SECOND THAT.

AND THERE WAS A COMMENT, UH, A REQUEST THAT WE DISCUSSED THIS, WE DISCUSSED THIS, UH, CONSIDERABLE LENGTH YESTERDAY AT THE WORK SESSION AND ANYONE WHO WAS INTERESTED IN A FAIRLY INVOLVED DISCUSSION OF PW ONE, DEALING WITH THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ROAD RESURFACING THAT WE DO AND THE PW FOUR, THE CEMETERY ROAD, UH, COVERT AND BRIDGE.

UH, UH, I, I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO

[01:45:01]

WATCH YESTERDAY'S, UH, TOM BOARD WORK SESSION.

IT'S TOWARDS THE END OF IT WHERE WE ACTUALLY DISPLAYED MAPS AND PLANS AND MEETS AND BOUNDS.

THIS WAS HELD OVER FROM LAST SUMMER BECAUSE IT WASN'T CLEAR FROM WHAT THE, IN INFORMATION WE HAD BACK THEN THAT WE ACTUALLY OWNED HALF THE, UH, HALF THE CULVERT, WHICH IS THE, IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE BRIDGE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.

IT'S THE CULVERT.

AND THAT CULVERT BASED ON DOCUMENTATION THAT WE HAVE BASED ON SOME VERY, VERY NICE RESEARCH DONE BY OUR D P W BRIAN SIMMONS IS, UH, IT'S, IT'S CLEARLY 50% OF THAT IS, IS THE TOWN'S RESPONSIBILITY.

SO WHITE PLAINS IS GONNA PAY 50%, WE'RE GONNA PAY 50%, UH, THE, THE BRIDGE, THE, UH, COLBERT IS IN VERY, VERY BAD SHAPE.

AND THAT'S THE END OF THE AGENDA.

SO, UH, ARE WE GONNA LET PEOPLE SPEAK A SECOND TIME? YES.

IT'S EXPIRED TO 11.

WE'LL, WE'LL DO THAT.

EXCUSE ME REAL FAST, MS. PAT WAYNE'S TRYING TO GET IN AND SHE SAYS SHE CAN'T GET IN.

SHE'S IN, SHE'S RIGHT THERE.

OH, YOU JUST CALLED ME.

TOLD ME SHE COULDN'T GET IN.

YEAH, I GOT ON ON MY SCREEN AND SHE'S RIGHT BELOW YOU.

THERE WE GO.

I, I JUST GOT ON AND Y'ALL JUST ANSWERED ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I DID ASK AND THAT WAS ON THE, UM, ON WHITE PLAINS.

ISN'T THE BRIDGE THAT LITTLE PART RIGHT THERE IN WHITE PLAINS? TOTALLY.

WHY ARE WE PAYING HALF? IS MY, YOU KNOW MY QUESTION.

WE ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE IF IT WAS ON, IS THAT CORRECT? WHERE THE LOCATION IS? RICHARD, YOU'RE SHAKING NO.

WHERE'S, WHERE IS IT? NO, WE DON'T HAVE THAT, THAT BRIDGE, MS. WILLIAMS. WELL, I THINK THAT'S THE MISTAKE IS I DON'T THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BRIDGE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

OH, RIGHT, RIGHT AT CULVER AND THE SMALL BRIDGE THAT GOES OVER IT AS OPPOSED TO THE BIG BRIDGE.

THAT WAS THE CONFUSION LAST SUMMER.

THE BIG BRIDGE IS CLEARLY IN WHITE PLAINS, BUT THE CULVERT WITH THE, WHATEVER THEY CALL THE PASSOVER, IT, YOU KNOW, THEY CALL IT A BRIDGE 'CAUSE IT'S A BRIDGE, BUT IT'S, IT GETS CONFUSED WITH THE ONE THAT'S CLEARLY IN MY PLANS.

UH, RIGHT.

SO IF YOU GO, AND AS YOU'RE APPROACHING FROM THE GREENBERG SIDE, IF AS YOU LOOK AT THE BIG BRIDGE , UH, YOU'RE PASSING OVER A SMALL BRIDGE AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S IN TROUBLE.

IS THAT CORRECT, BRIAN? THAT'S CORRECT.

THIS IS THE, THE CULVERT THAT'S CROSSING OVER THE BRONX RIVER ITSELF.

THE LARGER BRIDGE IS THE, UH, THE METRO NORTH BRIDGE THAT CARRIES THE RAILROAD OVER, OVER THE PHYSICALLY OVER ROAD.

THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

MURRAY HAS HAND UP.

THAT YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO CONTROL THE MEETING.

UM, I WATCHED THE WORK SESSION YESTERDAY ON VIDEO BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET THERE.

I HAVE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT IT.

UM, I HAVE NOTES SO I HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF THEM.

UH, BY THE WAY, THE AGENDA THAT YOU PUT UP TONIGHT IS NOT THE AGENDA ON THE WORK ON THE WEBSITE.

THE AGENDA USED TONIGHT SAID TENTATIVE AGENDA.

MY WEBSITE, IT SAYS AGENDA NOW JOAN D IS IN CHARGE OF THE AGENDA AND I WHY YOU AS A COUNCIL PERSON? AREN GLAD TO BRING THE AGENDA.

WE HAVE A STAFF PERSON WHO HAS TO KEEP, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT, AND IT DOESN'T SEEM TO WORK.

UM, AND YOU GAVE OPINIONS LAST NIGHT, FRANCIS, ABOUT LAW ISSUES.

UH, TIM, TIM LEWIS IS THE TOWN ATTORNEY AND IT'S HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO GIVE LEGAL OPINIONS.

WHEN YOU SAY, I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN THE RESEARCH I DID, THAT'S A MEANINGLESS STATEMENT, HAVING NO VALIDITY.

BUT YET PEOPLE WHO LISTEN TO IT THINK THAT YOU ARE SPEAKING FOR THE TOWN WHEN IN FACT YOU'RE NOT.

THAT'S WHAT'S USUALLY CALLED FAKE NEWS.

THAT'S WHAT THE MEDIA SAYS.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO GIVE AN LEGAL OPINION UNRESEARCHED AND THINK PEOPLE COULD THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE YOU PUT UP AGENDA TONIGHT, THAT WAS NOT THE POSTED AGENDA.

NOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WAS, I HAVE NO IDEA.

AND I WANNA KNOW WHAT ANYBODY THINKS,

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WHEN I WATCHED THE MEETING LAST NIGHT, I WAS WONDERING WHETHER PAUL WAS IN CHARGE OF THE MEETING OR FRANCIS SHEEN BECAUSE ALL THE DECISIONS WERE MADE BY YOU FRANCIS AND NOT PAUL.

NOW THAT'S NOT THE WAY THIS TOWN'S SUPPOSED TO RUN.

THE TOWN IS RUN.

YOU ARE A COUNCIL PERSON LIKE ANYBODY ELSE.

AND WHY YOU THINK YOU CAN CONTROL A MEETING IS BEYOND ME.

NOW, THE LAST TIME I SAID SOMETHING ABOUT YOU, YOU ANG THIS RESPECTED ME AND I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO SAY WHAT I SAY AT A MEETING ISN'T CORRECT.

TIM LEWIS HAS A RIGHT TO SAY IT.

YOU CAN'T STOP ME FROM SPEAKING NEITHER CAN ANYBODY ELSE EXCEPT TIM LEWIS OR HIS DESIGNEE.

NOW YOU OWE ME AN APOLOGY FOR WHAT YOU SAID TO ME THAT NIGHT, AND I WILL NOT STAND FOR ANYMORE.

AND I AM FURIOUS THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN AWAY WITH THIS FOR SO LONG.

YOU DID IT AT THE INTERNAL REVIEW BOARD AND YOU GOT AWAY WITH IT DEAD.

WHAT YOU DID WAS DESTROY TOWN PROPERTY AND NOBODY EVER INVESTIGATED IT.

PAUL WAS THERE AND HE KNOWS IT.

ALFREDO WILLIAMS WASN'T THERE.

AND SHE KNOWS IT.

AND THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN THAT KNOW IT.

AND YOU MORALLY DESTROY TOWN PROPERTY.

AND I THINK THAT DISQUALIFIES YOU FROM BEING ON THIS TOWN BOARD.

IT TOOK ME ALL THIS TIME TO HAVE THE GUTS TO SAY OUT LOUD, BUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN WASHINGTON AND EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD? EXXONMOBIL GOT IT TODAY.

THEY DON'T WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE GLOBAL WARMING.

THEY GOT TWO NEW MEMBERS ON OUR BOARD TODAY WHO'S GONNA SAY, HEY GUYS, GLOBAL WARMING IS HERE.

WE CAN'T USE FOSSIL FUELS ANYMORE.

WHAT WENT ON WITH THE SIDEWALKS? YEAH, IT NEEDS TO BE A ASPHALT EXTENSION TO KEEP IT IN PLACE.

THERE ARE MILES AND MILES OF STREETS IN THIS TOWN WHICH HAVEN'T DISAPPEARED IN A HUNDRED, 200 YEARS, AND THEY DON'T HAVE CONCRETE CURBS.

PAUL HAD THEM PUT CONCRETE CURB.

THE CONCRETE CURLS SEEM TO GO IN UPPER CLASS AREAS.

WARMINGTON ROAD, YOU, YOU CAN'T GET OUT THE WAY IF YOU, YOU WANTED TO GET OUTTA THE WAY YOU BREAK YOUR CAR.

IT'S A NARROW ROAD.

IF I WANTED TO GET OVER IT, I TRIP ON IT.

WE NEED ASPHALT EXTENSIONS OF THE ROAD ON SPRAINED ROAD.

THE HIGH CLASS AREA'S GOT A CURB.

THE HIGHER YOUR INCOME, THE BETTER THE CURB.

DOES IT DO ANYTHING? NO, BECAUSE IF YOU GET DOWN BY A TOWN GARAGE, THAT ROAD'S BEEN THERE FOR 200 YEARS OR A HUNDRED YEARS, IT'S BEEN THERE.

IT DOESN'T MOVE, DOESN'T BREAK UP.

IT'S TIME.

SOMEBODY TOLD THE TRUTH AROUND HERE THIS NUMBER.

WHAT ELSE? OH, I'VE BEEN WATCHING, UM, MALCOLM GLADWELL TODAY.

HIS MIND WORKS DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER PEOPLE'S, IN MY MIND.

WORKS DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER PEOPLE'S.

ONE OF THE THINGS HE TALKED ABOUT WAS, UH, LET'S SEE, WHAT WAS HIS NAME? PETER LAWRENCE.

J PETER.

YOU EVER HEAR OF HIM? HE'S THE GUY THAT DESI, THAT DE DESCRIBED THE PETER PRINCIPLE.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT , I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT YOUR UH, YOUR FIVE MINUTES, JUST SEND IT.

I APOLOGIZE.

TIM.

TIM, YOU DO A GOOD JOB AND I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD BE ENABLED TO DO YOUR JOB COMPLETELY AND NOT BE OVERRIDDEN BY FRANCIS SHEAN.

YOU SAY MY TIME'S UP.

MY TIME'S UP.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANNA SPEAK FOR A SECOND TIME? AND, AND YOU JUST SAW AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO SAY ANYTHING THEY WANT, WHETHER IT'S TRUE OR NOT.

NAME DROP QUALIFYING ALFREDA WILLIAMS, EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

BUT WE SIT HERE AND WE LISTEN TO PEOPLE ESPOUSE THINGS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WONDER WHY WE SIT HERE BECAUSE LAW FRAUD IS, YOU DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO PUBLIC SPEAKING AND YOU DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO DO WHAT YOU JUST DID.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S WRONG.

FIVE YOU UPON YOURSELF TO ANSWER ME.

YOU HAD YOUR FIVE OUT OF ORDER.

THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT MINUTES.

I'M NOT FANTASY IN COMMENT.

OKAY, FIVE MINUTES.

I RIGHT.

WE LETTING ANYBODY SPEAK AND WE HAVE THE FIVE MINUTES AND THEN WE'RE ADJOURNING.

SO WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE, UH, WHO WANNA SPEAK RIGHT NOW.

UM, AND EVERYBODY GETS ONE TIME AND THAT'S IT.

AND WE DON'T HAVE, IF THE BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO COMMENT, THEY COULD COMMENT, BUT THEY DON'T WANNA COMMENT.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO COMMENT.

I'M NOT COMMENTING ON, ON, UH, ACCU ON ON YOU.

I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA LISTEN AND I'M GONNA REFLECT ON, ON PEOPLE'S COMMENTS.

SO, UH, JUDITH, WHY DON'T YOU CALL PEOPLE, THEY HAVE THE FIVE MINUTES AND, AND THEN WE'LL ADJOURN.

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WE HAVE 5, 10, 15, 20.

WE HAVE, AND PEOPLE GET TO SPEAK ONE TIME IF THEY HAVEN'T SPOKEN.

OKAY, MR. ABRAMS, MS. BROWN, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK? I DO.

THIS IS, THIS IS YOUR TIME.

GO AHEAD.

HI.

THANK YOU TIM.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, MR. FINER, YOU ARE SOMETHING ELSE.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU, MURRAY.

IT SEEMS MORE LIKE A DICTATORSHIP THAN IT DOES A COMMUNITY BOARD.

WHEN YOU WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY, YOU WORK, YOU HAVE CONSTITUENT PEOPLE, YOU ARE WORKING FOR OTHER PEOPLE.

AND PAUL, BEFORE SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING, YOU'RE SO DISMISSIVE.

I DON'T THINK I'M, I'M NOT GONNA ANSWER ANYBODY.

I MEAN, HOW INVITING IS THAT FOR YOUR COMMUNITY TO REALLY WILLING TO COME HERE AND DON'T HAVE A GRIEVANCE? DON'T DISAGREE BECAUSE YOU ARE MET WITH ADVERSITY AT BEST.

DEFINITELY DISRESPECT AND NO, YOU'RE NOT GONNA SAY ANYTHING.

YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO BE THIS WAY UNTIL SOMETHING CHANGES.

I MEAN, AGAIN, IT'S YOUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S YOUR COMMUNITY THAT'S SAYING THINGS.

THIS IS CALLED A PLACE TO SPEAK, WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO THE COMMUNITY, TO YOUR, TO THE BOARD FOR ANSWER AND THE WAY IN WHICH QUESTIONS ARE MET OR NON-INCLUSIVE.

I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE WORKING FOR A COMMUNITY, BUT OTHER PEOPLE AND PEOPLE DO HAVE A VOICE IN WHERE THEY LIVE.

YOU CAN'T FORGET THAT YOU'RE A PUBLIC SERVANT.

YOU'RE HERE TO SERVE, NOT TO DICTATE YOU'RE TO WORK TOGETHER, NOT TO OPPRESS, NOT TO MAKE PEOPLE, UM, AFRAID AND UNCOMFORTABLE AND FEARFUL WHERE THEY LIVE, THAT THEY HAVE NO RECOURSE FOR ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR HOME AND IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE.

THAT'S YOUR PURPOSE.

NOT TO DICTATE, NOT TO NOT INCLUDE, NOT TO NOT INFORM, NOT TO PUT PEOPLE DOWN, BUT TO BE INCLUSIVE.

THE PUBLIC EXPECT TO HAVE AN ANSWER? DID WE RECEIVE A REQUEST IN WRITING REGARDING AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION ON DRUMMER ROAD? WELL, DRAW MOORE IS SEPARATE.

THANK YOU CLIFF.

TIM, I'D LIKE TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT IF SOMEBODY ELSE DON'T MIND TALKING ME FOR ME.

OKAY, MS. YANA.

OH, GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING ME.

UM, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR IN WHAT I THINK WAS A RESPONSE TO A COUPLE OF REQUESTS FOR INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS TONIGHT.

THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL REQUEST FOR INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO THE LAWSUIT SETTLEMENTS FOR BOTH FORTRESS ANDMORE.

IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT ON THE RECORD? YES.

AND WHAT IS THE RESPONSE TO THAT? WELL, WELL YOU SHOULD CONTINUE AND THEN THE BOARD HAS THE OPTION OF RESPONDING.

I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANNA USE YOUR TIME.

WELL, OH, OKAY.

AND THEN THE OTHER REQUEST, WHICH HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORTH FOR WEEKS IS INTO THE DEAL AND THE REMOVAL OF THE SENIORS FROM THE MANHATTAN AVENUE COMPLEX.

THIS REQUEST WAS MADE IN WRITING BY BOTH THE FEDERAL HOUSING COMMISSIONER RENEE ROBINSON, THE GREENBERG HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, AND THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL.

AND I THINK I HEARD, I'M NOT SURE THAT I HEARD IT BECAUSE I BELIEVE SOMEONE WAS TALKING OVER ME, BUT I THINK I HEARD THAT THAT WAS AN INVALID REQUEST BY THE SUPERVISOR.

IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? THERE'S NO, NOTHING, NOTHING'S INVALID.

THE TOWN BOARD COULD DECIDE THAT WE DISAGREE WITH, UH, WITH FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

I DISAGREE WITH FOLLOWING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

BUT YOU KNOW, EVERY BOARD MEMBER HAS A RIGHT TO, UH, HAVE DIFFERENT DIFFERING OPINIONS AND COULD REFLECT ON IT.

AND WHEN DOES THE PUBLIC HAVE THAT RESPONSE FROM THE REST OF THE BOARD? I THESE ARE, THESE ARE REQUESTS IN WRITING.

WHEN DOES

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I KNOW FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY REMOVAL OF THE SENIORS AND WHATEVER THE AGREEMENT OR THE DEAL THAT WAS REACHED, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN REQUESTS IN WRITING BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, THE FEDERAL HOUSING COMMISSIONER, AS WELL AS THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL.

AND I BELIEVE INDIVIDUALS IN THE TOWN IN WRITING.

SO THE SUPERVISOR HAS MADE HIS OPINION CLEAR THAT HE DOES NOT WISH TO RESPOND.

SO I'M NOW ASKING THE BOARD, I SAID, I DISAGREE.

NOT THAT I'M NOT RESPONDING, I'M RESPONDING BY SAYING I DISAGREE WITH THE REQUEST.

I THINK THAT'S THE SAME THING AS NOT RESPONDING TO THE REQUEST.

NO, I DISAGREE WITH IT.

NOT RESPONDING IS IGNORING IT.

I DON'T THINK IT'S MERIT.

IT HAS MERITS.

SO THAT'S MY FEELING.

BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS A RIGHT TO DIFFER, BUT YOU KNOW, THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE A RIGHT TO ANSWER OR REFLECT.

AND I MEAN, I, IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE YOUR COMMENTS, YOU COULD CONTINUE YOUR COMMENTS.

OTHERWISE WE'LL HEAR FROM SOMEBODY ELSE.

WELL, I'M TRYING TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCEDURE AND WHEN IS THERE GOING TO JUST BE NO RESPONSE? IS THAT WHAT I'M TO UNDERSTAND? TO WRITTEN TO A WRITTEN REQUEST? DOES THE PUBLIC DESERVE A RESPONSE? YOU KNOW, THE DATE OF THE, UH, WRITTEN REQUEST? I CAN GET THAT TO YOU, I CAN GET THAT TO YOU.

BUT THERE WERE SEVERAL REQUESTS BY BOTH THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, THE FEDERAL COMMISSIONER.

THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR AT LEAST A MONTH, PROBABLY MORE.

AND THEN THE DRUM MOORE INVESTIGATION AND THE FORTRESS BIBLE INVESTIGATION WAS BROUGHT TONIGHT BY DAVID DIER.

IS THAT PURPOSELY SO I'M NOT HEARD.

IS SOMEONE PLAYING MUSIC? OKAY, THANK YOU.

NO, IT'S NOT PURPOSELY.

THAT'S INTERESTING.

THAT WAS INTERESTING.

THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING.

SO, SO IF YOU CAN GET ME THE DATE OF THAT FORMAL REQUEST, I ASSUME WITH THAT REQUEST THERE'S, THERE'S DOCUMENTATION FOR BASIS FOR, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHICH ONE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT NOW? WELL, IT WAS FROM THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL.

THIS HAS TO BE ABOUT FIVE WEEKS AGO AT THIS POINT.

THE GREENBERG HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, I BELIEVE THE GREENBERG AGAINST SYSTEMIC RACISM HOUSING SUBCOMMITTEE ALSO WROTE A LETTER.

THERE ARE, THERE ARE BODIES OF, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT REPRESENT RESIDENTS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY THE TIMELINE, UM, TO REMOVE THE SENIORS WAS DURING THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC, THE HEIGHT OF THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC TO MEET A CONTRACTOR'S TIMELINE INSTEAD OF SHIFTING, UM, TO MAKE SURE THE WELLBEING OF, OF CITIZENS WAS, WAS, WAS, WAS PARAMOUNT LIKE THE REST OF GOVERNMENT DID DURING THE PANDEMIC.

SO IS IT ON ME NOW TO GET THE DATES? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? WELL, I JUST ASKED IF YOU DO BECAUSE, UH, SOMEBODY COULD SAY I WANTED TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION AS TO WHY SOMETHING HAPPENED.

MM-HMM.

, YOU KNOW, THE EXPLANATION FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WAS THAT THAT'S WHEN THE FUNDING WAS AVAILABLE AND THEY, THEY ACTED ON THAT FUNDING.

YOU KNOW, YOU WANT AN INDEPENDENT, I GUESS AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR TO FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S A TRUTHFUL STATEMENT.

UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THE BOARD WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER AS TO WHAT'S INVOLVED IN DETERMINING THE TRUTHFULNESS OF THAT STATEMENT.

YES, ON MARCH 10TH FROM MONT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

GOVERNMENT AS, AS NIMBLE AS OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT DURING THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC? I GUESS THAT'S REALLY WHY THE INVESTIGATION IS BEING ASKED.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S THE BASIS OF TRUTH OR NOT, BUT IT'S, IT'S THE DETAILS TO WHY THAT DECISION WAS MADE IN THAT THE REST OF GOVERNMENT SHIFTED.

BUSINESSES SHIFTED BECAUSE DURING THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC, EVERYONE HAD TO ADJUST BUSINESS AS USUAL.

AND THAT WAS NOT DONE IN THIS CASE.

AND THAT IS REALLY THE QUESTION.

SO IT'S NOT A MATTER OF TRUTHFULNESS, BUT WHY WASN'T, UM, THE RESPONSIVENESS OF

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WHY WEREN'T WE ABLE TO BE NIMBLE THE WAY OUR OTHER REPRESENTATIVES IN GOVERNMENT WERE DURING C OVID 19, THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC? IF, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

IF I'M NOT MAKING SENSE, I'M NOT MAKING SENSE.

BUT DOES IS THIS, I DON'T SEE ANY RESPONSES.

I DON'T KNOW IF, AM I BEING HEARD? YOU ARE BEING HEARD.

I'M, I'M TRYING TO GET DOWN TO MARCH EMAILS.

YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW MANY EMAILS YOU GET.

OF COURSE, OF COURSE.

ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

MARCH 4TH.

IT WAS MARCH 4TH.

IT WAS TO, UM, MR. FINER AND TO THE BOARD.

I MEAN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE DATE.

MS. YOUNG, I HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS, SO I DON'T WANT MAKE SURE YOU GET ALL YOUR POINTS IN BEFORE YOU RUN OUT OF TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT LOOKS, I I I JUST HOPE THAT THERE'S SOME LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY.

IT FEELS LIKE THERE IS NONE.

IT JUST HAPPENED AND, AND WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE IT.

AND I, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE NOT ABLE TO BE NIMBLE AND TO BE RESPONSIVE.

BUT, BUT THAT NORMALLY WHEN YOU HAVE AN INVESTIGATION, YOU'RE ASKING FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION, IT'S BECAUSE YOU THINK SOMEBODY DID SOMETHING WRONG.

AND THAT'S WHY I SAID, WELL, THEY GAVE US AN ANSWER.

YOU MAY NOT LIKE THE ANSWER, BUT THAT'S THE ANSWER.

BUT YOU'RE NOT DISPUTING THAT THAT'S A TRUTHFUL ANSWER.

YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOW DISPUTING WHETHER OR NOT IT NEEDED TO BE DONE THAT WAY, WHICH, WHICH IS GOING TO GET INTO OPINIONS.

I I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD HAVE AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR TRY TO DETERMINE, UH, UNLESS THEY'RE EXPERTS IN, UH, AND AND I DON'T MEAN THIS PRE FACETIOUSLY, UH, IN NIMBLENESS.

I MEAN, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE A BACK AND FORTH, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S GONNA BE AN OPINION.

IF YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT FACTUALLY CORRECT, THAT'S EASIER TO DEAL WITH.

I COULD HELP WITH THAT.

I I COULD HELP WITH THAT.

WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE IS THE LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT IS NOT THE BEST PRACTICE.

THIS IS, THIS IS NO, UM, INDICTMENT OVER THE ABILITY TO DO IT OR, OR, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE TOOLS OR ONE OF THE METHODS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN, UM, COULD HAVE, COULD HAVE MOVED FORWARD.

BUT WHAT, WHAT I UNDERSTAND DURING THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC IS THAT GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESSES HAD TO DECIDE ON THE BEST WELLBEING FOR CITIZENS.

AND WE'VE SEEN, WE'VE SEEN LAWS PASSED AND, AND REFORM AND ADJUSTMENTS WE'RE STILL UNDER AN EVICTION MORATORIUM FOR GOODNESS SAKE.

SO WAS IT THE BEST THING TO DO? AND THAT IS REALLY WHAT I THINK THE INVESTIGATION WILL SHOW US.

AND WE WANT ACCOUNTABILITY.

IF IT WAS NOT, DOES IS THAT MORE CLEAR? YEAH, SO, SO I THINK WE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I, AND THE BOARD DOES DISCUSS THESE TYPES OF ISSUES.

SO I, I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE LAST OF OF THAT.

I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND AND AS YOU KNOW, COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON HAS PROBLEM, RIGHT? BECAUSE SHE'S, SHE'S ILL AT THE MOMENT.

BUT WE DEFINITELY HEAR YOU AND UM, I'M SURE THE BOARD WILL, YOU KNOW, WILL CONSIDER YOUR COMMENT.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE BEEN RESPONDED TO.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE MARCH, SO FINALLY SEE YOU.

I THANK YOU.

I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

OKAY, CLIFF, THANK YOU FOR WAITING PATIENTLY.

DID YOU STILL HAVE UH, YOUR FIVE MINUTE COPY? YES, I DO.

TOMORROW MORNING ABOUT WHEN ARE THE SIGNS GONNA BE PUTTING BACK UP.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, A COUPLE OF, I THINK WERE THE WORK SESSIONS.

UM, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE LAST ONE.

THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE SIGN THAT WAS TAKEN DOWN ON NORWOOD ROAD AND UM, THE CHIEF WERE DOING AN INVESTIGATION AND I DON'T SEE HIM ON THE, UM, MEETING TONIGHT AND I THINK THEY HAD A, UM, WAITING TO GET SOMETHING FROM CHASE TO CAMERAS.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHERE DO WE GET, HOW FAR DID WE GET WITH THAT? ARE THEY STILL INVESTIGATING IT? AND SECOND IS THAT, UM, WHEN WE HAD THE MEET IN THE WORK SESSION, WELL I GUESS WE MIGHT GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT IT TOMORROW 'CAUSE WE HAD A BLACK LIVES MATTER, UM, MEETINGS

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UM, AND UM, I WAS THINKING THAT AT A WORK SESSION, UM, MS. BROWN WAS ON ABOUT TWO WORK SESSIONS AGO AND SHE WAS TRYING TO HUMAN RIGHTS SERVICE AND SHE WAS ASK SOME QUESTIONS AND IT SEEMED LIKE WHEN THE BOARD DON'T WANT TO HEAR CERTAIN THINGS AND SHE'S RIGHT CALL YOU GET DISMISSIVE.

BUT I CAN REMEMBER ABOUT THREE WEEKS, THREE, UM, WORK SESSIONS AGO, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS MONT, IT WAS SOMEBODY THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT LEAD BLOWERS.

AND I CAN REMEMBER SITTING THERE FOR OVER A HOUR AND A HALF LISTENING TO PEOPLE ASKING MOST SILLIEST QUESTIONS.

AND I SAW THE TOWN BOARD BE SO RESPECTFUL, SO ATTENTIVE.

BUT THEN WHEN PEOPLE IN FAIRVIEW SAY CERTAIN THINGS, AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE QUESTIONS THAT GOES ON, YOU JUST SHUT YOUR MEETING DOWN AND THE SUSPECT AND IT MAKE PEOPLE WONDER, AND I GUESS THIS IS WHY PEOPLE ASKING ME QUESTIONS TONIGHT BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN WE GET UPSET MR FINE, A DIFFERENT ONE, WE ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU SHUT IT DOWN WITH NO RESPECT.

AND THEN WHEN I WATCH, AND I'VE BEEN GOING TO THE BOARD MEETING FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS ON A REGULAR BASIS AND I HAVEN'T MISSED TOO MANY ZOOM MEETINGS AND I SEE HOW THE, THE BOARD RESPONDS TO CERTAIN AREAS THAT'S IN GREENBURG AND HOW DO THEY RESPOND TO QUESTIONS IN FAIRVIEW.

I GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS THAT WHY IS IT THAT EVERY TIME WE ASK CERTAIN QUESTIONS YOUR BOARD'S FACES IS LIKE NUMB? LIKE, LIKE NOBODY SPEAK, BUT FRANCIS AND PAUL, I MEAN WE, WE TALKING LIKE MICHELLE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND I KNOW I HAVE MAJOR CONCERNS AND I KNOW I'VE BEEN BRINGING UP AND I MUST SAY THAT UM, LATELY SOME OF MY CONCERNS, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CALLING ME UP TALKING TO ME AND I RESPECT THAT.

I RESPECT YOU RICH WHEN IT COMES TO THE SAFETY OF, OF MY COMMUNITY.

BUT SOMETHING HAS TO, WHO IS THE PERSON, THE LIAISON THAT SPEAK UP FOR FAIRVIEW? BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN MY COMMUNITY THAT AIN'T RIGHT.

AND THEN WHEN WE COME, WE GOT OUR LITTLE FIVE MINUTES AND THREE MINUTES AND DEFINITELY WE ASK QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO ANSWER.

YOU JUST DISMISS US.

THE MEETING'S OVER THAT IS SO DISRESPECTFUL.

I JUST LIKE TO HAVE THE SAME COURTESY OF OTHER COMMUNITIES WHEN THEY SPEAK AND THEY ASK QUESTIONS THAT I THINK IS THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS.

BUT I SEE THE BOARD BEING SO ATTENTIVE AND RESPECTFUL TO THEM.

UH, BISHOP PRESTON FOR PROVIDING ME WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND FINANCE HAS BEEN VERY MUCH A PART OF MY FABRIC.

SO I'M NOT SURE PAUL, IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME.

SO HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED? YES, YES.

PATRICA? YES.

UH, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, I JUST, JUST, UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, JUST SAY THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR, UM, FOR APPOINTING MR. BASIN TO THE BOARD, TO TO THE HOUSING BOARD.

UH, IT WILL HELP US TO ACHIEVE THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE BY, UH, MAINTAINING A QUORUM SO THAT WE CAN LEGALLY, UH, MOVE THINGS FORWARD.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MR. BASIN.

HE, UH, HE BRINGS A, UH, A A STEEP KNOWLEDGE OF BANKING AND FINANCING TO THE BOARD.

AND THAT IS GOING TO BE SO USEFUL IN LOOKING AT SOME OF THE MEMBERS AND SOME OF THE UH, UH, FINANCIAL, UH, FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, ON THE GO WITH THE HOUSING.

SO I WANT TO, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE, UH, GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD, SAY THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE RECOMMENDED TO YOU.

AND WE, UH, SAY TO MR. BASIN, WELCOME TO THE GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND MOVING FORWARD IN PROVIDING SAFE, CLEAN, AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THOSE THAT WE CALL THE LEAST OF US.

GOD BLESS YOU.

ACTUALLY, MR. BASIN IS ON.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? UH, INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE, TO THE PUBLIC.

I ACTUALLY SAID THAT HE WOULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY, BUT THINGS GOT A LITTLE CRAZY AT THE TIME WE GOT TO THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

UM, I'D WANT TO FIRST THANK THE TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINE.

UH, THE TOWN BOARD, UH, AND, UH, THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD,

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UM, I SPENT 30 YEARS IN THE BANKING SECTOR, UH, LARGELY IN PART DOING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FINANCING, UH, WITH A SPECIALIZED FOCUS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

IN FACT, UH, THE TERRY HILL PROJECT THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HER FATHER AND SAM WILKINSON DOING THE FINANCING OF THAT PROJECT.

UM, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, UH, JOINING, UH, WITH BISHOP PRESTON, UH, AND OTHERS TO, UH, ADVANCE THE, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGENDA, THE GREENBURG HOUSING AUTHORITY, UH, FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.

UM, SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

THANKS MS. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND UH, BISHOP PRESTON, I WANT YOU TO DO ME A FAVOR.

I WANT YOU TO BE A AMEN CORNER FOR ME.

I KNOW YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT A AMEN CORNER IS.

UM, QUESTION IS, UM, HOW MANY YEARS? I THINK YOU SAID YOU WERE ON THE BOARD FOR 20 YEARS, IS THAT CORRECT? THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING? YES.

AND IN THAT 20 YEARS, ALMOST 21.

OH, DON'T YOU WISH YOU WERE THAT AGE AGAIN? AND UM, AND ON THAT 21 YEARS, HOW MUCH WORK WAS DONE ON THE HOUSING FOR THE SENIORS REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE? WELL, THE WORK WAS ALWAYS LIMITED BECAUSE OF, UH, THE LACK OF FUNDS.

UM, AND, UH, THAT'S WHY WE MOVED TOWARD DOING THIS PROJECT BECAUSE WE COULD NOT GET THE FUNDS TO KEEP UP WITH THE DETERIORATION.