* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. [ TOWN OF GREENBURGH OFFICE OF THE TOWN BOARD 177 Hillside Avenue, Greenburgh, NY 10607 Tel: 914-989-1500 Fax: 914-993-1541 Email: JDudek@Greenburghny.com https://ny-greenburgh.civicplus.com/485/Watch-Live-Board-Meetings] UM, AND WELCOME TARA. OUR TOWN BOARD MEETING TODAY IS, UH, JUNE 8TH. IT'S 6 0 7, UM, PM AND, UM, IN HONOR OF, UM, FRANCIS SHEEHAN'S, UH, UM, SON'S BIRTHDAY. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SHORTER MEETING. UM, SO THE FIRST, UM, UH, DISCUSSION WILL BE, UH, THE FARMER'S MARKET WITH JOSEPH, UH, CATONA. MM-HMM. JOE. SO, SO BEFORE JOSEPH SPEAKS PAUL, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UM, UH, A COMMITTEE, UH, HAS BEEN MEETING OVER THE PAST FIVE OR SIX WEEKS, UH, COMPRISED OF GARRETT DUQUE, RICH FAWN, BRIAN SIMMONS, CHIEF MCNERNEY, CAROL WALKER FROM DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONSERVATION, KRISTA MADDEN FROM THE SUPER SUPERVISOR'S, UH, OFFICE, AND OUR TOWN ATTORNEY, TIM LEWIS, WHO HAS BEEN GUIDING US, UM, UH, ALONG THE PROCESS WITH REGARDS TO WHAT IS LEGAL AND WHAT MAY BE RAISED AS LEGAL QUESTIONS. SO, WE ARE TARGETING THE FIRST THURSDAY IN AUGUST TO BEGIN OUR SERIES OF FARMER'S MARKET THURSDAYS AT GREENBERG TOWN HALL, AND, UM, JUDITH BEVILLE TOWN CLERK, AND ALSO CHAIR OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THE FARMER'S MARKET. AND, UM, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I BRING TO YOU, UH, OUR AMAZING JOSEPH CATONA . OH, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S QUITE THE INTRODUCTION. UH, NICE TO MEET YOU ALL. UH, WHOM I HAVEN'T MET. MY NAME IS JOSEPH CATONA. I'VE BEEN, UH, BASICALLY IN THE FARMER'S MARKET, UM, GAME, UH, IF YOU WANT TO SAY IT THAT WAY, FOR MOST OF MY, UH, LIFE THE PAST 20 YEARS AS AN ADULT AFTER I GRADUATED COLLEGE, BASICALLY. BUT, UM, UH, UH, I HAVE A COMPANY, UH, FIRSTLY THAT BEND AT FARMER'S MARKET. SO I HAVE, UH, FARMER'S MARKET STANDS IN THE TRI-STATE AREA. I PERSONALLY, MY, UH, I HAVE 16 FARMER'S MARKETS A WEEK IN NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, CONNECTICUT. UM, AND I ALSO PARTICIPATE ON BOARDS OF FARMER'S MARKETS. I'M A MEMBER OF, UM, VARIOUS, UH, UH, COMMITTEES, FARMER'S MARKET ADVISORY COMMITTEES. UH, I MANAGE A FARMER'S MARKET IN GOSHEN, NEW YORK. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS INVOLVED WITH THE PROCESS OF RUNNING FARMER'S MARKETS FOR THE PAST, UH, I WOULD SAY FIVE YEARS, UM, NOT JUST, UH, UH, UH, VENDING THERE. SO, UH, I GOT A LETTER FROM MR. FINER, UH, SAYING THAT HE WAS INTERESTED IN, UM, UH, ORGANIZING A FARMER'S MARKET IN HIS TOWN. AND, UH, UH, WE GOT IN TOUCH. WE HAD A FEW PHONE CALLS, AND THEN WE MET IN PERSON. AND, UH, THINGS TOOK OFF FROM THERE. UM, BASICALLY MOST OF THE GROUNDWORK IS LAID FOR THIS FARMER'S MARKET TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. UH, WE AGREED ON THE THURSDAY AFTERNOONS, AND, UM, UH, THERE'S JUST A, A FEW MINOR LEGAL DETAILS IN TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT THAT HAS TO BE WORKED OUT. AND, UM, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE. TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, NO, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS. UM, I'VE SPOKEN TO A LOT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS, UH, WHO LIVE NEAR, UH, THE TOWN HALL. AND, UM, PEOPLE ARE REALLY OVERJOYED. I THINK THIS IS GONNA, UM, PROVIDE EMPLOYEES WITH, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET FRESH AND HEALTHY POSE. UM, I THINK PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WILL FIND IT REALLY ENJOYABLE. IT WILL BE A GREAT WAY FOR PEOPLE TO SOCIALIZE AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE FUN. AND I THINK WE CAN MAKE THIS REALLY, UM, SPECIAL AND SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO. YOU KNOW, EVERY WEEK WE'RE STARTING IT LATER THAN MOST FARMERS MARKETS, UM, HAVE STARTED BECAUSE, UM, WE JUST CAME UP WITH THE IDEA MAYBE A LITTLE OVER A MONTH OR A MONTH AND A HALF AGO. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA START IN AUGUST AND HOPEFULLY IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, STARTED IN, IN JUNE EVERY YEAR. YEAH, I MEAN, SO SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP WITH TRAFFIC AND, UM, YOU KNOW, POWER, UM, YOU KNOW, USE OF THE BATHROOMS. UM, PARKING OBVIOUSLY IS A BIG ISSUE, AND WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THOSE THINGS. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF YOU, JOE OR BRIAN WANTS TO WEIGH, AND I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM, AND PERHAPS THE POLICE CHIEF HAS BEEN INVOLVED AS WELL. UM, [00:05:01] AS FAR AS I, UH, KNOW THAT, UH, MR. SIMMONS WORKED AT THE PARKING FOR THAT, UH, THURSDAY, I LET HIM ELABORATE ON THAT. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE, UH, UH, MOBILE BATHROOMS FOR THE CUSTOMERS AND, UH, WE ARE GOING TO SEE IF, FOR THE VENDORS, IF WE'RE ALLOWED TO USE THE BATHROOMS IN THE TOWN HALL. IF NOT, WE'LL JUST USE THE MOBILE BATHROOMS THAT ARE, UH, GOING TO BE PERMANENTLY THERE FOR THEIR SEASON OF THE FARMER'S MARKET. UM, THEY COME CLEAN THOSE ONCE A WEEK. AND, UH, YEAH, AS FAR AS THE, I'LL JUST GIVE, HAND IT OFF TO MR. SIMMONS ABOUT THE, UH, PARKING. YEAH. SO, UM, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. SO I SPOKE WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY OF THE, UH, FACILITY ACROSS THE STREET THAT THE, UH, FORMER DANON BUILDING A HUNDRED HILLSIDE AVENUE. UM, THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, US USING THAT PARKING AREA AT LEAST, UH, TEMPORARILY DURING THIS EVENT. UM, SO I, I THINK WHAT WE WERE PLANNING ON DOING WAS USING THAT SPACE TO STORE SOME OF THE TOWN VEHICLES THAT ARE OTHERWISE STORED IN THE BACK LOT AREA WHERE THIS FARMER'S MARKET IS GOING TO BE HELD. UM, AND USE ANY SURPLUS PARKING FOR THAT AREA AS WELL OF ELECTRICITY, MR. LEWIS. UH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO REQUIRE ELECTRICITY. I THINK FOR THIS, FOR THIS TIME AROUND, UH, IF THE FARMER'S MARKET IS GONNA BECOME SUCCESSFUL, THEN WE CAN REVISIT THE ISSUE OF ELECTRICITY FOR, UH, THE FUTURE SEASONS. OKAY. NOW, I KNOW THIS SEASON AS, AS IT BEING THE PILOT SEASON, WE'RE DOING THIS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, FOR A NOMINAL FEE. SO WE'RE NOT REALLY LOOKING TO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY ON THIS, BUT REALLY JUST TO SEE IF THERE'S INTEREST IN THIS FROM THE COMMUNITY. UM, HOW DO THESE TYPES OF FARMER'S MARKETS GENERALLY WORK IN TERMS OF FINANCES AND, AND GOODS SOLD AND THINGS LIKE THAT? UH, IN TERMS OF FINANCES, WHAT DO YOU REFER MR. LEWIS, YOU KNOW, THE VENDORS, UM, IS THIS GENERALLY A VERY PROFITABLE ENDEAVOR FOR THEM? DOES IT VARY? UM, IT, IT, IT, IT VARIES. UH, IT VARIES, UH, UH, FROM FARMER'S MARKET TO FARMER'S MARKET, AND IT VARIES HOW EACH FARMER'S MARKET IS ORGANIZED AS TO, UH, UH, WHERE THE FEES GO. AND, UH, SOME FARMER'S MARKET CAN BE EXTREMELY PROFITABLE IN SOME FARMER'S MARKETS CAN BE MONEY LOSING, UM, UH, VENUES. SO YOU DON'T KNOW UNTIL YOU, I MEAN, UNTIL YOU TRY. AND WHAT CAN THE TOWN DO TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL FARMER'S MARKET, FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE? WELL, I THINK IN TERMS OF MARKETING WHAT, UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE MEETINGS, I THINK THAT, UH, WHAT MR. FINER, UH, CAN REACH HIS, UM, UH, UH, I, I HEARD THAT HE HAS A BIG REACH AND RADIO SHOW. SO IN TERMS OF MARKETING, THAT WHATEVER WE CAN DO, UH, TO, TO PROMOTE THE FARMER'S MARKET, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. UH, AND I THINK, UH, PROBABLY WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA IF, UH, WHEN THINGS ARE SET IN STONE, THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BIG BANNER, UH, SOMEWHERE ALONG A, A MAJOR STREET THAT, THAT IS THERE PERMANENTLY ALL WEEK LONG, UH, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN REMEMBER AND CAN SEE IT. I THINK AS FAR AS RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT'S WHAT I CAN THINK. UM, IN TERMS OF THE BANNER, I THINK THE IDEAL LOCATION WOULD BE, UM, IN FRONT OF THE TOWN HALL. WE HAVE ONE FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH, UH, RIGHT NOW. AND YOU, THERE'S LIKE THOUSANDS OF CARS THAT PASSED, UM, HILLSIDE AVENUE, EVERY SINGLE, UM, YOU KNOW, DAY. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE IDEAL LOCATION. AND WOULD YOU SUPPLY THE BANNER? WELL, WE'D HAVE TO WORK THAT OUT. AND HOW IT GOES? I COULD, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ONE. LIKE, UM, I WAS THINKING ABOUT MAYBE ONE ALONG ON, USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS IN TOWN IS LIKE IF YOU GO INTO NIAC OR IF YOU GO TO RAMSEY, NEW JERSEY, THEY HAVE IT ALONG THE MAIN STREET ABOVE, UH, ABOVE THE BUSIEST STREET, ABOVE THE STREET. I THINK THE STATE, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE STATE IN THE PAST. UM, I, I KNOW, I THINK UNION BAPTIST CHURCH A COUPLE YEARS AGO WANTED TO HAVE A BANNER, AND I THINK THE STATE SAID THEY CAN'T. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, TO ME, YOU KNOW, THE EASIEST, YOU KNOW, BANNER WOULD BE, I MEAN, RICHARD OR THE CHIEF. IS THAT A CORRECT, UH, INTERPRETATION? I THINK THE ISSUE IS CONED, THEY WON'T ALLOW YOU TO ATTACH TO THEIR UTILITY POLES. THAT'S ONE ISSUE. UM, THEY DON'T WANT ANYTHING ON THEIR POLES. THEY'VE COME BECOME VERY STRICT, UM, EVEN WITH STREETLIGHTS, WHICH POLES THEY COULD, WE COULD PUT SOMETHING ON. SO THAT, THAT'S CERTAINLY AN ISSUE. I KNOW IN THE PAST HERE, WE'VE PUT [00:10:01] SOMETHING ON THE, ON THE WALLS IN FRONT. UM, BUT PAST THAT, I, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING OVER THE STREET LEVEL. OKAY. SO LET ME LET, WE, WE ALWAYS HAVE THE FALLBACK OF THE, UH, TOWN HALL, AND THEN I'M GOING TO GO, UH, TALK TO THE TOWN OF NIAC AND GOSHEN, NEW YORK, AND, UH, THAT I KNOW THAT ARE IN NEW YORK STATE WHERE SEE WHERE THEY PUT THEIR, UH, BANNERS AND HOW ARE THEY ALLOWED TO PUT IT ON THE MAIN STREET, AND HOW COME THAT WASN'T AN ISSUE. SO I'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. H HOW ARE THE VENDORS CHOSEN FOR THE FARMER'S MARKET? UM, WELL, ON THE, UH, IF, IF VENDORS HEAR ABOUT THE FARMER'S MARKETS, IF WE ALREADY HAVE SOME, UH, VENDORS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN VENDING THERE, OR FROM, UH, WORD OF MOUTH AND THE VENDORS THAT I KNOW, THE FARMERS THAT I KNOW FROM, FROM MY HEAD, YOU KNOW, FROM MY EXPERIENCE, BASICALLY , WE COULD PUT, WE COULD PUT AN OPEN, UM, INVITATION OUT AS WELL IN A FACEBOOK PAGE OR A TOWN PAGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE CAN MAKE A, UH, AN APPLICATION PAGE AND THEN PEOPLE CAN BUY. BUT I THINK WE'RE SORT OF SQUEEZED ON TIME. SO I THINK WE'RE BETTER OFF DIRECTLY CONTACTING VENDORS RATHER THAN JUST HAVING THE APPLICATION OPEN. OR WE COULD EVEN, UH, CONTACT VENDORS, UM, AND THEN PUT IT ON THE PAGE. ALSO. THEN THIS WAY YOU MAY HAVE, THERE MAY BE TWO OR THREE PEOPLE YOU NEVER HEARD OF. YEAH. WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED. YOU KNOW, DOESN'T, I THINK, I THINK WE SHOULD REACH OUT TO OUR BROAD COMMUNITY. 'CAUSE IF WE WANT TO ATTRACT RESIDENTS, WE WANT TO MAKE RESIDENTS FROM OUR GENERAL BROAD TOWN ENTIRE, WE WANNA MAKE THEM FEEL WELCOME. WE NEED TO CAST THE NET OF INVITE THROUGHOUT THE TOWN ENTIRE TO SEE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN BEING A VENDOR. HEY, JOE, QUICK QUESTION. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD FOR IT. I WAS JUST CURIOUS, IS THE SETUP GONNA BE SIMILAR TO THE ONE, I'M SURE YOU'RE FAMILIAR TO THE, THE ONE IN WHITE PLAINS. IS IT GONNA BE SET UP LIKE THAT? LIKE YOU HAVE A VARIETY OF VENDORS, LIKE YOU HAVE YOUR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, BUT YOU MAY HAVE OTHER THINGS TO OFFER AS WELL. YEAH, I WOULD LIKE, I, I THINK SO, YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN, AND THEN IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TOO THAT THERE MAY BE FOOD AS WELL? YES, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. YEAH, I MEAN, QUITE HONESTLY, THE WHITE PLAINS ONE IS NOT VERY PROFESSIONALLY RUN, BUT I, BUT IN TERMS , BUT IN TERMS OF VENDOR, THE, THE VARIETY OF VENDORS, I MEAN, WE EVEN, UH, SPOKE ABOUT, UM, UM, RECORD, UH, OLD RECORD, UH, VENDOR THAT WAS INTERESTED. AND THEN I THINK WE HAVE A GIRL WHO'S 12 YEARS OLD AND SHE'S HAS HER OWN COMPANY. SHE'S BAKING COOKIES. OKAY. SO I, I SAID TO THEM RIGHT AWAY THAT THEY SHOULD, IF YOU'RE 12 YEARS OLD FROM THE TOWNSHIP OF GREENBURG, AND THEN YOU'RE, THEN YOU'RE IN, IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN COMPANY, NO MATTER WHAT, YOU KNOW, SO WHEN, SO WHEN, WHEN THE INVITATION GOES OUT AND ASKING FOR VENDORS, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VARIETY OF VENDORS. IT'S NOT JUST EXCLUSIVE TO JUST FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. IT'S ANYONE WHO, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, IS THIS WHAT WE ARE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, I I, I'D LIKE TO, UM, NOT MAKE IT BE A FLEA MARKET. RIGHT, RIGHT. EXACTLY. I UNDERSTAND THAT. YEAH. YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? I'M TALKING ABOUT FOOD WISE. I WAS JUST TRYING TO CRAFT. I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE CRAFT VENDORS IF SOMEBODY IS INTERESTED FROM OUR, YOU KNOW, FROM LOCALLY. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU. THIS MAY NOT BE MY PLACE, BUT I DID WANNA ADD IN, WE'VE BEEN TO A COUPLE OF FARMER'S MARKETS AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO JOIN, PROBABLY NOT EVERY THURSDAY, BUT, UM, WE'D BE HAPPY TO SHOW UP AND JOIN AND SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. THIS IS, UH, WHAT SORT OF, UH, UH, WE'RE AN ANIMAL RESCUE. OH, GREAT. YEAH, I KNOW, UM, UH, IN THE PARAMUS FARMER'S MARKET, AT THE TEANECK FARMER'S MARKET, THEY HAVE A, UH, AN ANIMAL RESCUE, AND THEY USUALLY BRING THE, UH, UH, THE PETS SOMETIMES TO THE FARMER'S MARKET. SO THAT IS ALWAYS FUN. IS THERE ANY, UH, PET FOOD, UH, SUPPLIERS? YEAH, THEY HAVE, USUALLY THEY HAVE DOG BISCUIT OR DOG FOOD VENDORS. AND, UM, AND YOU KNOW, JENNIFER, WHAT WOULD YOU, UH, WOULD PEOPLE BE ABLE, WOULD YOU HAVE DOGS THAT YOU WOULD BE SHOWING OFF AND, YOU KNOW? YEAH, USUALLY IN THE PAST WHEN WE'VE GONE TO FARMER'S MARKET, IT'S REALLY JUST AN INFORMATION BOOTH FOR THEM TO COME UP AND LEARN ABOUT PS CROSS AND WHAT WE DO. AND WE ALWAYS HAVE AN ADORABLE ADOPTABLE PUPPY OR TWO WITH US AS WELL. THAT'S GREAT. AND EVERYONE LOVES THAT. YEAH. SO, JOE, HOW DO YOU ADDRESS, UM, CLEANLINESS OF THE PARKING LOT SO THAT WHEN EMPLOYEES COME IN, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT DAY IT'S, IT'S, UH, ROOM CLEAN, AS YOU KNOW, AS THEY SAY. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS REALLY COMBINED TO THE REAR OF, OF THE TOWN HALL PARKING [00:15:01] LOT, RIGHT? YES, CORRECT. UH, MR. SIMMONS HAS THE MAT, UH, MR. SIMMONS, UH, BUT, UM, BASICALLY, UM, ALL VENDORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN CLEANUP. SO THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN ELECTRICITY IF THEY REQUIRE IT, AND THEIR OWN CLEANUP. THE GARBAGE THAT THE TOWN WOULD HAVE TO CLEAN UP IS THAT WHICH COMES FROM THE CUSTOMERS, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD PROVIDE RECYCLING AND REGULAR GARBAGE AS WELL. AND THAT CAN VARY FROM WEEK TO WEEK. SO THE VENDORS, WHEN, WHEN THEY, BEFORE THEY LEAVE THE PARKING LOT, THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AREA'S, UH, CLEAN. SO IF, IF IT'S A, A FARM, THEY USUALLY HAVE A LOT OF LEAVES AND DIRT AND STUFF LIKE THAT, SO THEY SWEEP THAT UP BEFORE THEY LEAVE THE AREA. MM-HMM. . SO I JUST WANTED TO LASTLY MENTION, JOE, IS I, YOU KNOW, I REALLY JUST GAVE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TOWN BOARD, THE AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, TODAY BECAUSE, UM, AS YOU KNOW, YOUR ATTORNEY HAD SOME INPUT INTO IT AS, AS WELL AS THE TOWN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SO IN FAIRNESS TO THEM, I DO WANT TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SCRUTINIZE IT. AND I KNOW YOU MIGHT YEAH, SURE. WANNA MAKE SOME MINOR CHANGES, BUT WHAT'S YOUR TIMETABLE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, COMING TO AN AGREEMENT? UM, WHEN DO WE, WHEN SHOULD WE COME TO AN AGREEMENT? WELL, FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, I'M SURE SOONER IS BETTER THAN LATER, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S ANY WAY WE COULD DO THIS BY, UM, YOU KNOW, SAY, YOU KNOW, TWO WEEKS OR, UH, YEAH, I THINK TWO WEEKS IS PERFECT. I THINK TWO WEEKS IS AN AMPLE TIME THAT WE CAN GO BACK AND FORTH. I THINK MAY, MY EMAIL MIGHT HAVE BEEN, UH, LOST, UH, FROM, FROM MY ATTORNEY WHEN I SENT IT OUT LAST WEEK. SO JUST PLEASE, YEAH. REVIEW THAT AND IN TWO WEEKS WE CAN GO BACK AND FORTH AND FINE TUNE WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE FINE TUNED. DOES ANY OTHER MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS OR, SO I, I THINK TWO WEEKS IS REASONABLE. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WITH THE AGREEMENT. I DO BELIEVE THE TOWN BOARD, UH, SHOULD BE THE, UH, ENTITY THAT DECIDES WHETHER OR NOT THIS CONTINUES YEAR AFTER YEAR, AFTER THE, UH, INITIAL YEAR. UH, OBVIOUSLY THE MAIN ROLE OF THE, THE GOVERNMENT IS GOVERNING. AND SO, UH, I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AGREEMENT INCLUDES WORDING THAT MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO INTERFERENCE. FOR EXAMPLE, I RAISED THAT WE HAVE ZONING BOARD MEETINGS THAT ARE ON THURSDAY NIGHTS, AND WHEN THEY'RE BACK AT TOWN HALL, SOME OF THEM FOR, UM, UH, CAUSE A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PEOPLE SHOWING UP AT THE, AT THE MEETING. SO WE'D HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THERE'S SPACES AVAILABLE FOR THEM. IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS GETS SET UP ON THURSDAY, YOU DO WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO AND THEN GETS TAKEN DOWN ON THURSDAY NIGHT, AND THEN YOU GO AWAY AND THAT SPOT IS SPACE IS AVAILABLE, EXCEPT, I GUESS, FOR BATHROOMS, WHICH YOU SAID WOULD BE THERE PERMANENTLY, WE ARE JUST GOING TO HAVE, UH, ONE PORTER POTTY, UM, IN, IN ONE SPOT, OR MAYBE ON THE LAWN SOMEWHERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, FRIDAY MORNING AS IF THERE'S HAS, YOU WON'T KNOW THAT THERE ANYTHING HAS HAPPENED THERE. OKAY. SO, SO THAT'S VERY HELPFUL TO KNOW, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S NOT CLEAR FROM THE, THE AGREEMENT THAT THAT'S THE CASE. AND IT SAYS THAT IT STARTS AT NOON. DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU WILL BE COMING AT NOON TO START SETTING UP, OR WILL THERE BE STAGING IN ADVANCE OF NOON? UH, WHEN WILL THAT SPACE ON A THURSDAY ACTUALLY BE BASICALLY OFF LIMITS TO THE TOWN AND IT'S FOR YOUR USE? UM, I'M, I WOULD LIKE TO REFER PART OF THIS TO MR. SIMMONS, BUT I THINK MY OPINION IS THAT THAT, UH, PART OF THE PARKING LOT SHOULD BE OFF USE THE ENTIRE DAY. SOME VENDORS WILL START SETTING UP A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, THE NOON TIME IS THE SETUP OF THE OFFICIAL SETUP TIME. SO, BUT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE A FORM THAT IF THEY TAKES THEM TWO TO THREE HOURS TO SET UP THEIR, UH, UH, STAND. ALRIGHT. SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS WE'LL HAVE TO WORK OUT IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT THE AGREEMENT SAID. SO I, I JUST, I JUST, I LIKE IT WHEN AGREEMENTS SAY WHAT EVERYBODY, UM, IS EXPECTING TO HAPPEN SO THAT THERE'S NO MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND HARD FEELINGS LATER. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THAT SOUNDS GREAT BY ME. MM-HMM. . SO IN, IN ORDER TO, UM, PROVIDE, UH, SPECIFIC DATA TO DRIVE THAT DECISION, BRIAN, I'M WONDERING IF OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WE CAN DO SOME TABULATIONS. SO WITH REGARDS TO HOW MANY, UM, EMPLOYEES ACTUALLY PARK IN THAT BACK AREA? I MEAN, I, I LOOKED OUT THERE TODAY [00:20:01] AND, AND, AND THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, DISTINCTLY FEW CARS IN THAT BACK AREA. UM, TODAY'S A TUESDAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THURSDAY MIGHT LOOK LIKE. SO MAYBE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, YOU THE MANY ACTUALLY HAVE A NEED TO PARK IN THAT AREA, UM, ON, ON ON THURSDAYS. WHAT DO YOU THINK? I, I AGREE. I I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR. OKAY. TO COUNCILMAN, UH, POINT, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALSO MONITOR AT WHAT POINT OR WHAT TIME TOWN STAFF LEAVES THE BUILDING OR LEAVE THE PARKING LOT ALSO, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE IS A, A ZONING MEETING ON A THURSDAY NIGHT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER IS COMING TO TOWN HALL TO, UM, UH, TO, TO, TO VIEW THE MEETING THAT, THAT THERE'S ADEQUATE PARKING FOR THEM AS WELL. MM-HMM. , THOSE, THOSE MEETINGS. BUT THOSE MEETINGS DON'T START AT SIX 30. UM, AND THAT'S WHEN THE, THE FARMER'S MARKET, UM, SHUTS DOWN. UH, I, I KNOW THAT IT HAD ORIGINALLY, THE ORIGINAL TIME WAS 12 NOON TO SIX O'CLOCK. UM, BUT, UM, PAUL REQUESTED THAT WE EXTEND THE TIME A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO SIX 30, SO MAYBE ON THE NIGHTS OF THE ZONING BOARD MEETINGS, THERE COULD BE SOME COMPROMISE TO END IT A LITTLE EARLIER. UM, BUT I JUST DO NOT THINK THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY KIND OF CONFLICT, UM, REGARDING, UH, THE NEED FOR OVERFLOW OF IN THAT BACK AREA ON ANY GIVEN PLANNING BOARD ANY NIGHT. BUT LET'S KEEP AN EYE ON IT. RIGHT? AND I WOULD CERTAINLY URGE THAT YOU DON'T GO OUT AND LOOK AT A PARKING LOT THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK WHEN TOWN HALL IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY BOARD MEETINGS AT TOWN HALL YET. AND ANTICIPATE USING, USING HISTORY, USING VIDEO OF PAST ZONING BOARD MEETINGS WHERE THEY DID DRAW A CROWD, UH, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT COULD BE THERE. I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT WORKABLE, I'M JUST SAYING THAT IT'S BETTER TO PLAN IN ADVANCE FOR THESE THINGS AS OPPOSED TO THAT IT'S LIKELY NOT GONNA HAPPEN. UH, BECAUSE IF PEOPLE COME TO TOWN HALL BECAUSE THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING HAPPENING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THERE'S A HEARING ABOUT THAT, AND THEY CAN'T PARK IN TOWN HALL BECAUSE WE'RE DOING A FARMER'S MARKET, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ALL THAT PLEASED. NOW, THEY, THEY MAY ENJOY HAVING A FARMER'S MARKET, BUT ON THAT PARTICULAR NIGHT, FOR THAT PARTICULAR EVENT, BECAUSE THERE'S A BOARD MEETING, UH, WE JUST HAVE TO BE MINDFUL THAT OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS IN THE GOVERNANCE AND ZONING BOARD PLANNING BOARD, TOWN BOARD MEETINGS, C A C MEETINGS, UH, I'M GONNA LEAVE THEM OUT A LOT OUT. BUT ALL OF THE OTHER MEETINGS THAT GO ON IN TOWN HALL, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING MINDFUL THAT THEY NEED TO CONTINUE WITHOUT ANY KIND OF HINDRANCE. AND I THINK WE CAN, YOU JUST HAVE TO WORK OUT AND PUT IT INTO, SO I JUST WANNA REITERATE WHAT I SAID TO BRIAN. UM, I WAS NOT ASKING THAT YOU COUNT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP FOR A PLANNING BOARD MEETING, BUT THAT WE LOOK AT, UM, THE NUMBERS OF STAFF WHO MIGHT BE PARKING IN THAT AREA AND, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, JUST SO THAT WE'RE MINDFUL OF, UM, THE USE OF THAT AREA RIGHT NOW, UM, COULD, BECAUSE THAT CAN ALSO SERVE TO, UM, DRIVE AN INFORMED DECISION WITH REGARDS TO THE TIMING OF THE FARMER'S MARKET. THAT'S MY POINT. THANK YOU. MR. SIMMONS, MAY I ASK, MAY I ASK A QUESTION? UM, DO YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE FOR VENDOR, I MEAN, UH, NOT JUST FOR VENDORS, BUT FOR CUSTOMERS AND THE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT COME TO THE TOWN MEETING TO PARK ACROSS THE STREET, UH, IN THE AREA WHERE YOU HAD ASKED FOR PERMISSION, SINCE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A CROSSING GUARD ANYWAYS? WELL, I THINK THE INTENT IS GONNA BE RIGHT. WE HAVE A LOT OF TOWN VEHICLES THAT ARE CURRENTLY PARKED AT THE, UH, TOWN HALL IN THAT BACK AREA. THE INTENT WILL BE TO HAVE THE TOWN VEHICLES BE PARKED OVER THERE. I THINK TO, TO JUDITH'S POINT, WE CAN MONITOR HOW MANY TOWN STAFF PARK BACK THERE. IF WE NEED TO HAVE SOME TOWN STAFF PARK OVER THERE, WE CAN THIS WAY, I KNOW WE DISCUSSED HAVING SOME HANDICAP SPACING AVAILABLE, RIGHT? FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO, UH, VISIT THE FARMER'S MARKETS, THAT IT'S ACCESSIBLE TO THEM. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, ANY SURPLUS, OBVIOUSLY, IF IT'S, IF THIS REALLY TAKES OFF AND THERE'S, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING TO VISIT, THEN IT'S CERTAINLY AN AREA THAT THAT CAN BE USED. SIMILAR TO HOW IT WAS USED WHEN, UM, WE HAD THE ELECTIONS, UH, LAST YEAR. [00:25:01] AND ALSO PLANNING, PLANNING MEETINGS. DON'T START, PLANNING MEETINGS DON'T START AT SIX 30 AND THEY DON'T START, WHAT TIME DID THEY START, GARRETT? UH, OVER SIX O'CLOCK. I MEAN, SEVEN O'CLOCK RIGHT NOW. THEY START, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY EARLIER THAN THEY DID. AND IT'S LIKELY THAT WHEN THEY COME BACK TO TOWN HALL, THEY'RE NOT GONNA CONTINUE TO START AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU'D HAVE, THEY'D HAVE TO HAVE SPACES ABOUT SIX, UH, SEVEN 30 OR SO FOR THEM TO COME EARLY. BUT IF THE FARMER'S MARKET ENDS AT SIX 30, RIGHT? THERE WOULD BE AMPLE TIME FOR THEM TO PACK UP AND LEAVE. I JUST REALLY THINK THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING A PROBLEM WHERE ONE IS NOT GOING TO EXIST. UM, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, EVEN ON THOSE THURSDAYS OF THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING, MAYBE THE FARMER'S MARKET COULD END A LITTLE EARLIER, LIKE AROUND SIX O'CLOCK INSTEAD OF SIX 30. AND THAT WILL PROVIDE PLENTY OF TIME FOR THE VENDORS TO, TO MOVE OUT. I'M, I'M JUST SUGGESTING THAT WE THINK OF STRATEGIZING, UM, IN, IN SUCH A WAY AS TO NOT VIEW THIS OR ANY ASPECT OF IT AS A PROBLEM. OKAY. I'M SORRY, PAUL. I DIDN'T MEAN, SO, SO IT'S SIX 30. LET ME JUST, SO THE, THE DOCUMENT SAYS THAT THIS ENDS AT SIX 30. DOES THAT MEAN THAT EVERYBODY'S PACKED UP AND LEFT? THEY'VE LEFT BY SIX 30? ABSOLUTELY NOT. EXACTLY. SO I ASSUME THAT THEY'RE STILL GOING AT SIX 30, AND IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE THERE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA TELL THEM TO LEAVE. SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE TO RUSH OUT BECAUSE THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE A MEETING COMING IN. I, I JUST WANNA WORK THAT OUT IN ADVANCE. YEAH, I DON'T, I, I DON'T THINK IT, I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHY I SUGGESTED THAT ON THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING THURSDAYS, WE END IT A LITTLE EARLIER. THAT'S ALL. AND YOU SUGGESTION, CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? MY FEELING IS THAT I THINK THE FARMER'S MARKET'S GONNA BE REALLY POPULAR. I ALSO THINK THAT ON MOST, UM, ON MOST, UM, OCCASIONS, THERE'LL BE AMPLE PARKING. AND I ALSO THINK THAT MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING BOARD AND PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, WAITING AROUND FOR THE PLANNING BOARD TO, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, TO HEAR THEIR CASES WILL, WOULD REALLY BE THRILLED IF, UH, THE FARMERS MAR IF THERE WERE FARMERS AROUND MM-HMM. WHILE THEY'RE WAITING AROUND TO BE HEARD. SO I SORT OF FEEL THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD SORT OF PLAY IT BY AIR. UH, THERE MAY BE TIMES WHEN, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A, A, A MANAGEABLE CROWD THAT THE FARMERS MAY WANNA STAY A LITTLE LATER. ON THE OTHER HAND, IF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A MOOP SCENE, UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE POLICE AND THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'D LIKE YOU TO LEAVE A LITTLE EARLIER. YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, YOU KNOW, LIKE AT SIX 30 OR OR SIX 15 OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WILL WORK TOGETHER. BUT, YOU KNOW, I I, MY GUT FEELING IS 90% OF THE TIME OR MORE, UM, THERE WON'T BE A PROBLEM. RIGHT. SO, AND THAT'S, AND WE NEED TO HAVE THE CONTRACT, WHICH DOES IT NOW, ADDRESS THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES. YEAH. BECAUSE WE, WE'VE HEARD THAT THE, THE CONTRACT ITSELF SAYS THAT THEY START USING THE PROPERTY AT NOON. WELL, YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT FOR THE ENTIRE DAY. WE NEED TO WORK THAT IN THERE. IT SAYS THAT IT GOES UNTIL SIX 30. THAT'S THE END OF THE SELLING PERIOD IS SIX 30. THERE'S GOING TO BE A TIME FOR IT TO BE BROKEN DOWN. AND SO WE, WE JUST NEED TO WORK THAT OUT. WE JUST, THE BOARD JUST GOT THE CONTRACT TODAY AS, AS THE TOWN ATTORNEY MENTIONED. AND SO WE HAVE TWO WEEKS. WE'LL WORK THESE THINGS OUT. YEAH. WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER. THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO ISSUES. AND I THINK EVERYBODY ON THE TOWN BOARD IS EXCITED ABOUT THIS, AND IT'S GONNA BE A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY. AND IT'S GONNA BE WARMLY, YOU KNOW, WELCOME. AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS A BIG SUCCESS. UH, MAY I, MAY I SAY SOMETHING? UH, YEP. UH, MR. SHEEN, UM, IF WE HAVE ACCESSIBILITY ACROSS THE STREET FOR PARKING, PERHAPS ON THE DAYS WHEN YOU HAVE A TOWN BOARD MEETING, WE CAN DESIGNATE A SPECIAL PARKING AREA FOR THE, UH, FOR THE TOWN MEETING FOR THE PEOPLE. AND WE CAN HAVE A SIGN THERE, SAY, TOWN BOARD MEETING, PARKING, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CROSSING GUARD ANYWAYS. SO DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE A POSSIBLE SOLUTION FOR THIS ISSUE? WELL, WE, WE SPOKE AT, AT A MEETING TODAY, WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE MAKE THAT WORK? AND I THINK THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT WE COULD WORK OUT IN THE, UH, IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. UH, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE, THE PROPERTY OWNER ACROSS THE STREET IS WILLING TO JUST HAVE CARS GO OVER THERE, BECAUSE THEY'D HAVE TO MARK SPOTS IF WE'RE SENDING TOWN VEHICLES OVER THERE, THEY'LL KNOW EXACTLY WHICH SPOTS TO [00:30:01] PARK IN. BUT IF YOU JUST TELL PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO TOWN HALL, OH, PARK ACROSS THE STREET, THEY MIGHT ACTUALLY TAKE UP SPOTS THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TAKE UP, WHICH WOULD MAKE FOR, YOU KNOW, NOT GOOD RELATIONS, BUT LET'S, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN WORK THAT OUT. UH, ONLY WHEN WE NEED OVERFLOW PARKING, WHEN THAT MAY OCCUR, IF IT OCCURS, YEAH, OF COURSE. WHATEVER YOU NEED, MR. SHEEN, JUST LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND WE'LL BE, UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE JUST WORK WITH YOU. AND THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IT MEANS THAT IF THE MARKET ENDS AT SIX 30, THAT'S STRICT, THE MARKET ENDS AT SIX 30. BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT IT, IT TAKES TIME FOR EVERYTHING TO BE PACKED AWAY AND PUT AWAY AND CLEANED UP. SO THAT'S GONNA TAKE, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE DEPENDING ON THE VENDOR, ANYWHERE FROM 15 MINUTES TO AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES ON AVERAGE. YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A LARGE FARM, IT'S GONNA TAKE THEM A WHILE TO, TO PUT AWAY EVERYTHING AND CLEAN UP. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT YOU NOT HAVING POWER BACK THERE, PARTICULARLY DOING THIS IN AUGUST, UM, AND NOT HAVING POWER, AT LEAST FOR A FAN OR SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN WORK DOWN THERE. SO WE, WE HAVE TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN WORK OUT SOMETHING AT LEAST TEMPORARILY ABOUT, UH, ELECTRICITY AS WELL. OKAY. AND, AND BY THE WAY, YOUR REPUTATION PRECEDES YOU. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M THRILLED THAT, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND FORTH WITH, WITH YOU REGARD. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO MISUNDERSTANDINGS AS IT'S, UM, I 100% AGREE WITH YOU, MR. IN THE CONTRACT. MM-HMM. , I THINK WE, IF YOU CLEAR EVERYTHING OUT UPFRONT, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY ISSUES THAT ARE GONNA BE RAISED IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. AND JOSEPH, JOSEPH, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE, THE MEETING THAT, UM, UH, COUNCILMAN SHE IS SHANNON IS REFERRING TO IS, IT'S NOT THE TOWN BOARD MEETING. SO IT'S IMPORTANT JUST TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING AND ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING, ZONING BOARD, I'M SORRY, THE BOARD MEETING, THE, THE ZONING BOARD MEETING. SO, UM, BUT IT'S, MY POINT IS THAT IT'S NOT THE TOWN BOARD MEETINGS. TOWN BOARD MEETING IS ON SECOND AND FOURTH WEDNESDAYS. SO GOING, ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE ENERGY, UM, JOSEPH, UH, IF WE'RE GOING TO GO FROM AUGUST, AND I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT THIS AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, AND LEADING UP TO THANKSGIVING, UM, THE, THE, UH, DARKNESS SETS IN A LOT SOONER. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SO WE'VE GOTTA THINK ABOUT LIGHTING IN THAT AREA. UH, OH, THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. I, I, I ASSUME THAT THERE IS, UH, UH, PARKING LIGHTS THERE. THERE ARE PARKING LIGHTS. OKAY. BUT THIS IS, AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING NEW. ACCORDING TO THE CONTRACT, IT ENDS RIGHT BEFORE HALLOWEEN. NOT BEFORE THANKSGIVING, YES. OH, OKAY. SO YOU'RE GONNA END EARLIER. WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW. WELL, WE SAID THAT WE WERE GONNA END IF YOU WORKED THAT OUT WITH TIM BECAUSE WE SAID WE WERE GONNA PLAN TO END AT THE END OF OCTOBER, BUT IF IT'S A SUCCESS, THEN WE HAVE THE OPTION TO EXTEND UNTIL THE WEEK. OKAY. BUT STILL, BUT STILL THE END OF OCTOBER, IT, IT GETS DARKER A LITTLE SOONER. THAT, THAT'S MY POINT ABOUT THE, THE LIGHTING. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. WELL, I, UH, JUST, I JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHING RIGHT NOW, IF WE END TILL THANKSGIVING, I THINK WHAT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING, UH, IDEA IS TO HAVE A FARMER'S MARKET, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN NYACK NEW YORK, TRADITIONALLY FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, THEY HAVE A FARMER'S MARKET ON WEDNESDAY, AND IT'S VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL. A LOT OF PEOPLE COME FROM FRESH PRODUCE, PEOPLE COME ORDER THEIR TURKEYS FOR THE FARMERS, THEY PICK 'EM UP. SO, UH, MAYBE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK ON TO HAVE A, A WEDNESDAY FARMER'S MARKET BEFORE THANKSGIVING. THAT CAN BE . YEAH, THAT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE WEDNESDAYS ARE AND TOWN HALL OR TAKEN UP BY EITHER TOWN BOARD MEETINGS OR TIMING BOARD MEETINGS. WE'D HAVE TO FIGURE, WE'D HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WOULD MAKE THAT WORK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL THAT'S JUST THE, THE, THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT AT MOMENT. OKAY. NEXT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, JENNIFER, JENNIFER ANGELI FROM P CREST. HI EVERYONE. SORRY, I HAD TO UNMUTE MYSELF. SO, UM, FIRST I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE FOR PAUSE CROSS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HUGE SUPPORTERS OF US, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO TALK WITH YOU GUYS TODAY. UM, SO DOES EVERYONE HAVE A GENERAL IDEA OF WHY I'M HERE TODAY? OR DO YOU WANT ME TO RUN THROUGH FROM THE BEGINNING? [00:35:01] YOU BASICALLY, UH, WANT US TO, UM, TO WAIVE A BUILDING PERMIT FEE, RIGHT? YEAH, SO WE, UM, THE RENOVATION AND REBUILD OF THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN OUR GOAL SINCE BEFORE DAY ONE OF EVEN, UM, RECEIVING THIS WONDERFUL PROPERTY. AND OUR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN IS FULLY READY TO GO LAUNCHED, AND WE ARE IN THE DRAWING PHASES AND WE'RE ALMOST READY TO SUBMIT THE PLANS. SO THIS NEW RENOVATION AND REBUILD IS NOT ONLY GONNA EXPAND THE LIFESAVING AND OUR REACH IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE ARE NOW GONNA BE UPGRADING TO FOUR CAT ROOMS INSTEAD OF ONE. WE'RE GONNA HAVE INDOOR MEET AND GREET ROOMS FOR OUR ADOPTERS. UM, WE'LL HAVE A SMALL PET STORE WHERE, UM, NEW, NEW OWNERS AND CURRENT PET OWNERS CAN PURCHASE EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO TAKE A PET HOME. WE WILL HAVE ENOUGH OFFICE SPACE FOR ALL OF OUR TEAM NOW, AND ALSO SOME EXTRA SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, EXPAND AND GROW OUR TEAM. AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE A NEW COMMUNITY ROOM UPSTAIRS WHERE WE'LL HOST OUR JUNIOR VOLUNTEER DAYS, OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND OUR READING TO ROVER PROGRAM. AND MOST CRITICAL OF THIS REBUILD AND RENOVATION IS GOING TO BE OUR CLINIC. SO RIGHT NOW, ALL OF OUR SPAY AND NEUTER SURGERIES, ALL OF OUR VETERINARY CARE BESIDES BASIC VACCINES AND, UM, ANTIBIOTICS, WE HAVE TO DRIVE TO LOCAL VETS SOMETIMES AS FAR AS BREWSTER TO GET THEM THE CARE THAT THEY NEED. SO HAVING THIS CLINIC IS GOING TO ENABLE US TO DO SPAY NEUTER SURGERIES IN-HOUSE, HAVE X-RAYS DONE IN-HOUSE, OTHER SMALL PROCEDURES. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ONCE WE SETTLE IN, WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THIS CLINIC TO SPREAD EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND HELP WITH LOW COST PET CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHICH WE ARE, WE DO RIGHT NOW IN SMALL, YOU KNOW, TWICE A YEAR COMMUNITY DAYS WHERE WE OFFER THAT. BUT ONCE WE HAVE THE CLINIC UP AND RUNNING AND WE GET SETTLED IN, WE'LL BE ABLE TO OFFER A MORE, UH, A, A PROGRAM THAT LASTS A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY. SO RIGHT NOW, THE ESTIMATE FOR THE PROJECT IS BETWEEN 2.4 AND $2.5 MILLION. AND THAT'S WITHOUT FACTORING IN PRO BONO WORK AND MATERIALS. WE HAVE A FANTASTIC CONTRACTOR WHO'S WORKING WITH US AND HAVING A LOT OF HIS CONTACTS EITHER DONATE WORK, DONATE TIME, OR MATERIALS. SO THAT'S NOT FACTORED INTO THAT AT ALL RIGHT NOW. AND WE HAVE EVERYTHING AS A LUMP SUM. SO I'M NOT SURE IF FOR THE BUILDING PERMIT IT MAKES SENSE TO SEPARATE PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL OR IF THAT BUILDING PERMIT IS THE ENTIRE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT. SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT SURE ON RIGHT NOW. UM, BUT WITH THAT, THEN THE FEE FOR THE PERMITS WOULD BE ABOUT $45,000. AND THAT'S JUST FOR THE BUILDING PERMIT. THAT'S NOT FOR THE PLUMBING AND THE ELECTRICAL. AND I KNOW THIS IS A HUGE, HUGE ASK OF US, AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, UM, YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO DO, BUT THAT $45,000 WILL, THAT COULD SPAY OR NEUTER OVER 350 PETS AND IT WOULD BE, HAVE A HUGE, HUGE, HUGE IMPACT ON OUR MISSION, AND WE'D BE ABLE TO SAVE SO MANY MORE LIVES WITH US. ANYBODY ON THE BOARD HAVE ANY UH, THOUGHTS ON THIS? I DO. AND I DID SEND AN EMAIL TO THE TOWN BOARD AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHY WERE YOU INVITED HERE? WE JUST DON'T DO THAT, RIGHT? WE DON'T, WE DON'T WAIVE BUILDING PERMIT FEES. THE LAST TIME I DID SOME RESEARCH THAT WE WAIVED BUILDING PERMIT FEE WAS, UM, WHEN A TERRIBLE HURRICANE IN 2007, AND WE WAIVED THE BUILDING PERMIT FEES FOR THE EMERGENCY REPAIR WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE POST HURRICANE AND CHURCHES PAY THE BILLING PERMIT FEES, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY PAYS THE BUILDING PERMIT FEES, UH, SCHOOLS PAY THE BUILDING PERMIT. E EVERYBODY PAYS THE BUILDING PERMIT FEE. THEY'RE THERE BECAUSE INSPECTIONS ARE BEING DONE. AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT INSIGNIFICANT, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. UM, BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT YES, YOU CAN DO A LOT MORE IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY THE BILLING PERMIT FEE, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S AN ARGUMENT THAT ANYBODY COULD MAKE. IF I DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY MY BILLING PERMIT FEE, I COULD PUT, UM, AN A D A RAMP ON, ON THIS, ON MY PROPERTY, OR I COULD DO WHATEVER. AND SO IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS AS, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, UH, AND BASED ON PAST PRECEDENT, I DON'T SEE HOW WE COULD MAKE THAT EXCEPTION WHEN WE DID DO THE EXCEPTION IN 2007, UH, BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT NEEDED TO HAVE [00:40:01] THEIR REPAIRS DONE, IF YOU REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, ROOFS WERE SERIOUSLY DAMAGED AND FLOODING WAS JUST RAMPANT AND BASEMENTS WERE RUINED. AND, UH, UH, WE DID IT BY TOWN BOARD RESOLUTION. AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DID IT BY TOWN BOARD RESOLUTION IS TO SHOW HOW EXTRAORDINARY THAT PARTICULAR, UM, UH, EXCEPTION WAS SO THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE BUILDING INSPECTOR COULD SIMPLY SAY, OH YES, I CAN WAIVE THAT. RIGHT? AND I HAD A MEETING TODAY AND THE BUILDING INSPECTOR WAS THERE AND WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS, AND I HAD ASKED, CAN YOU RECALL EVER WAIVING BUILDING PERMIT FEES? AND THIS WAS ONE TIME IN 2007 THAT WE DID IT, BUT IT WAS FOR A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME UNDER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES. UH, ARE THERE ANY SERVICES THAT, UM, UM, CROSS CROSS PROVIDES THAT SAY THE TOWN COULD BENEFIT FROM? UM, YOU KNOW, I'M WONDERING WITH ANIMAL CONTROL, UH, WE HAVE, I THINK WE HAVE A CONTRACT, UH, CHIEF DON'T WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH, UH, NEW ROCHELLE? YES. UM, ARE THERE ANY THINGS THAT, UH, PAUSE CROSS COULD DO THAT COULD GEN THAT WE, WHERE WE CAN GENERATE SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE COULD BE HELP HELPING THEM AND, YOU KNOW, NOT GO TO ANOTHER, UM, YOU A FACILITY GIVING THEM MORE REVENUE. WE'VE HAD THAT KIND OF DISCUSSION IN THE PAST, PAUL, AND THEY DON'T WANT THAT KIND OF A CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH NEW ROCHELLE. 'CAUSE THAT'S NOT THEIR TYPE OF FACILITY. YEAH, IT DOES. THAT WOULDN'T REALLY MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE FOR US. AND THEN ALSO IT WOULD BE VERY DETRIMENTAL TO NEW ROCHELLE SINCE THEY'VE BEEN RELYING ON THAT, THOSE FUNDS FOR YEARS. UM, AND WE WOULDN'T WANT TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT WHAT THEY'RE DOING AS WELL. WE'RE DEF WE WERE OPEN TO DISCUSSIONS IN THE PAST ABOUT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, SPLITTING OR TALKING, UH, IN SOME WAY OF HOW WE COULD MAKE THAT WORK. BUT, UM, THAT PROBABLY ISN'T FEASIBLE FOR OUR BUSINESS PLAN. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE ON THE BOARD HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? OKAY. UM, I JUST ALSO HAVE ONE QUESTION, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO ANSWER. IT DIDN'T HURT TO ASK . YEAH, I HAVE TO. I HAVE TO TRY. I HAVE TO TRY. I OWE IT TO THE ANIMALS TO TRY. UM, SO WHAT IS THE TYPICAL TURNAROUND FOR A BUILDING PERMIT? BECAUSE OUR CONTRACTORS, ONCE WE SUBMIT THIS, A LOT OF THEM ARE DOING PRO BONO WORK AND THEY'RE ANXIOUS AND, AND READY TO GO. AND OF COURSE WE WANNA GO THROUGH ALL THE PROPER CHANNELS, BUT I JUST WANT TO PREPARE THEM SO THAT THEY CAN SCHEDULE THEIR PAID WORK AROUND HOW THEY'RE GONNA FIT IN OUR PRO BONO WORK. WE COULD, WE COULD WORK QUICKLY. WHAT'S THAT? WE COULD WORK QUICKLY. YEAH, THEY ALWAYS DO EVERYTHING WITH IT. THEY, THEY'RE GOING TO GET IT OUT WITHIN 30 DAYS. BUT IF YOU HAVE THAT, THOSE KIND OF QUESTIONS, THAT WOULD REALLY BLIND WITH THE BUILDING INSPECTOR. 'CAUSE I'M SURE THAT'LL THEN GENERATE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS AND THEN FOLLOW UP SESSIONS FROM THAT VERY QUICKLY. IT'S, IT'S TWO TO FOUR WEEKS PROCESS IF NO VARIANCES OR ANYTHING ELSE IS REQUIRED. UM, SO WE DID, WE DID SUBMIT A PERMIT FOR A, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AND WE, OR TWO MONTHS AGO, AND WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING BACK ON THAT. YEAH, I THINK, UM, I THINK I'M DISCUSSING THAT WITH GARRETT RIGHT NOW. UM, OKAY. THERE MIGHT BE SOME THE YEAH, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT THE FENCE. UH, HE WAS AWAY. SO, UM, OKAY. I'LL DISCUSS THAT WITH HIM TOMORROW AND GET BACK TO, CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO US STOIC, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE ISSUES OR ANY TIME DELAYS. YOU GUYS BEEN FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. JUST SO YOU KNOW, JENNIFER, NORMALLY IT IS A FAIRLY FAST TURNAROUND WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, BUT WHEN ISSUES COME UP, FOR EXAMPLE, A DELAY PROPOSING GOES ACROSS A, A ROADWAY. AND SO THEY NEEDED TO CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS NOT A PUBLIC ROADWAY AND THINGS LIKE THAT TAKE MORE TIME. RIGHT. THAT MAKES SENSE. AND I'M SURE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, OF COURSE. SO IT'S NOT THAT NOTHING WAS HAPPENING ON YOUR APPLICATION, IT'S JUST IT NEEDED FURTHER RESEARCH BECAUSE OF THE ITY OF WHERE YOU WANTED TO PUT THE THINGS. YEAH, TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE CONTRACTORS ARE, ARE PREPARED. CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION WHEN THEY FOLLOW? WHY DON'T YOU GIVE ME A RING AND THEN WE'LL SET UP A MEETING WITH, YOU KNOW, STEVE, I'LL, I'LL ALSO ATTEND AND THEN, UH, GIVE YOU, UH, ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN GIVE YOU A PROGRESS REPORT LIKE EVERY WEEK AND MAYBE HOPEFULLY WE COULD MAKE THIS QUICKER BECAUSE I, I FEEL THAT AT THE, AT THE, IF YOU'RE GETTING PRO BONO, UM, YOU KNOW, SERVICES, WE WANNA MAKE THIS AS SPEED SPEEDY AS POSSIBLE. AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY BASICALLY WANTS THE, UH, THE SHELTER TO BE A SUCCESS. AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING PAID, YOU KNOW, THE, THESE CONTRACTORS ARE NOT GETTING PAID. AT LEAST YOU, WE SHOULD WORK AROUND THEIR SCHEDULE. [00:45:01] AWESOME. THANK YOU. SO ILL DO WHATEVER I CAN TO MAKE THIS NOT A MONTH PROCESS, BUT A, A QUICK PROCESS. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE YOU GUYS ALL OUT TO BE THE FIRST ONES TO SEE THE BUILDING WHEN IT'S ALL DONE. THAT'LL BE NICE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. HOW MANY, HOW MANY, UH, UH, WEEKS WILL IT TAKE THEM TO DO THE WORK? UH, THEY SAID EIGHT MONTHS. SO WITH CONSTRUCTION THEY SAY EIGHT MONTHS, PROBABLY A YEAR. , LITTLE MORE. YEAH. . EXACTLY. SO WE CAN HOPE FOR EIGHT MONTHS. THAT'S AMAZING. YOU'RE A GREAT ORGANIZER AND, UH, TO BE VERY PROUD OF, UH, OF THE WORK YOU DO. UM, I KNOW THE AMDA ANIMAL SHELTER, YOU KNOW, IT IS A VERY TOUGH JOB. IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE A GOOD ORGANIZER LIKE YOU, IT SEEMS EASY. BUT, UM, NO, THANK YOU. WE COULDN'T DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT YOU GUYS, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. I WISH WE HAD BETTER NEWS, . IT'S OKAY, I UNDERSTAND. GOOD. NEXT AGENDA. OKAY. JUST, UH, STILL HAVE TO PICK THE AUGUST MEETING DATE. WE'LL HAVE TO DO THAT. WELL, DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA ABOUT TIMING OF THESE PRESENTATIONS? YEAH, MOST OF THEM ARE LIKE FIVE MINUTES. THE ZUCKERBERG, LET'S PUT, LET'S PUT THE ZUCKERBERG FIRST BECAUSE THAT, OH WAIT, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. WELL, ZUCKERBERG, WE HAVE TO GET TO AT EIGHT O'CLOCK REGARDLESS OF WHERE WE ARE. RIGHT? RIGHT. THE OTHER ONES WILL BE YOU WILL, WE'LL MAKE IT ALRIGHT. UH, BUT YOU SHOULD GET FROM THEM BECAUSE THE LAST FIVE MINUTE CONVERSATION WENT OVER, UH, WENT OVER A HALF AN HOUR. OKAY. SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TIME THESE THINGS IN FAIRNESS TO THE PEOPLE THAT COME AFTER. OKAY. WE SHOULD TELL THEM BEFORE THEY GIVE THE PRESENTATIONS THAT THEY HAVE FIVE MINUTES. THAT WAY THEY KNOW AT THE TIME BEFORE THEY BEGIN SPEAKING. RIGHT. WELL, ZUCKERBERG, FOR EXAMPLE, TOLD US THERE'LL BE 12 MINUTES. I DON'T MIND THAT AS LONG AS THEY TELL US, RIGHT? MM-HMM. , YEAH. LOCAL TEAM EMPLOYED BY, UH, WITH THEIR COVID VACCINE VACCINE HESITANCY. THAT'S GONNA BE JUST A COUPLE MINUTES. UH, THE TOUR AWARENESS IS GONNA BE A COUPLE MINUTES, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE, UM, THE CAR DEALERSHIP. WE GOT A, A, UM, A CAR DEALERSHIP THAT WAS OFFERING ONE PAID APPRENTICESHIP THANKS TO, UM, ONE OF THE SPRING INTERNS WE HAD. UM, WE WERE, WE, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL. THEY, UH, THEY'RE GONNA PAY A STUDENT TO BE AN INTERN AND WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH, UM, UH, HOPEFULLY THE COMMUNITY CENTER, YOU KNOW, MAKING, YOU KNOW, FINDING A GOOD, YOU KNOW, GOOD STUDENT, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT. UM, LET'S SEE. THOSE ARE ALL SHORT. I HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. RIGHT. GARY, YOU WANNA GIVE US A SHORT, UH, SYNOPSIS OF THAT? YES. SO, UH, I WILL, UH, GIVE A GOOD OVERVIEW TOMORROW. I, I WON'T GET INTO THE DETAILS, UH, THIS EVENING, UH, BUT IN, IN SHORT, UM, I'M GONNA TOUCH ON PROCESS TOMORROW AND, UM, WHAT'S THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS THE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE, UH, LOCAL LAW. AND I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT IT'S THE SAME LOCAL LAW THAT WAS, UM, PREPARED UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE, UH, BATTERY STORAGE COMMITTEE. AND WE'VE MADE NO CHANGES. AND REALLY WE WANTED TO COLLECT INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC BEFORE WE CONTEMPLATE CHANGES. SO, UM, WHILE WE HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF GOOD COMMENTS FROM, UH, THE FIRE DISTRICTS AND, UH, NYSERDA AND SOME OF THE INDUSTRY, UH, PROVIDERS, UM, WE'VE PULLED, WE'VE HELD BACK ON MAKING ANY CHANGES OUTTA RESPECT FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING. WE WANNA HEAR WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY TOMORROW. AND THEN, UM, WHAT WE'LL DO IS SYNTHESIZE ALL THOSE COMMENTS AND COME BACK WITH A STRONGER LOCAL LAW. SO, UM, THAT'S REALLY THE ROADMAP FOR, FOR, FOR TOMORROW IN THIS PROCESS. OKAY, PERFECT. THEN, UH, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF, UH, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES APPOINTMENT. NOW, THIS IS ON FOR TOMORROW. THIS REALLY SHOULD BE ON IN TWO WEEKS, CORRECT? T ONE? YES. WE CAN CERTAINLY PUT IT OVER FOR TWO WEEKS. YEP. SO THIS WILL BECOME TV ONE. THIS WILL BECOME TV TWO [00:50:10] INDEXING, BUILDING DEPARTMENT RECORDS, AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PUBLIC HEARINGS COMING UP FOR THE 23RD. THE FRIENDS LEFT CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, THAT'S FOR THE NORTH SIDE OF ROAD. AND THE UPDATE ON THESE, UH, REGENERON BASED, UH, RESOLUTIONS, UM, IS THAT WE WILL HAVE A PLANNING BOARD RECOMMENDATION LIKELY FOLLOWING JUNE 23RD. SO WHAT I WAS GOING TO RECOMMEND IS THAT EITHER WE HOLD THESE TWO RESOLUTIONS BACK OR SIMPLY UPDATE THE DATE TO, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S JULY 14TH. UM, SO WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE BOARD THINKS IS, IS MOST PRUDENT THERE. BUT, UM, I I'M NOT RECOMMENDING THAT WE, UH, HAVE THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE 23RD IN LIGHT OF, UH, THE TIMING OF THE PLANNING BOARD, UH, RECOMMENDATION THAT'S PROJECTED, UH, EARLY. YES. MY, MY WIFE, WE, WE MAY GO AWAY THAT WEEK. I'M NOT SURE YET. UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS AUGUST JOE GOING AWAY. NO, IT WOULD BE JULY. IF WE GO AWAY, IT WOULD BE JULY. OH, WELL, I SAID JULY 14TH. I DON'T KNOW IF THE BOARDS FINALIZED THE DATE. I THOUGHT I HEARD 14TH, BUT, UM, IF THERE'S SOME OTHER DATE, WHATEVER THE DATE IS IN JULY, UM, IS WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND. OH, OKAY. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK OUT THOSE DATES AGAIN NOW, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS AUGUST THAT YOU HAD A CONFLICT. NO, IT WOULD BE GOOD NOT TO HAVE TOO MANY PUBLIC HEARINGS AT ONE TIME ANYWAY. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, IN THE SUMMER MONTHS IT'S HARD, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHEN YOU PUT IT OVER, YOU'RE PUTTING IT OVER A MONTH. UH, SO I DON'T, AS A PLACEHOLDER COUNCIL MACHINE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA PUT, UH, JUNE XX OR JULY XX OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT JUST TO, AS A REMINDER, BUT YEAH, ONCE WE GET THAT DATE DOWN THAT THAT'S THE ONE I WOULD RECOMMEND. GREAT. AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE SEVERAL, UH, XXS ON HERE. , WELL, THE, THE FERN CLIFF'S. OKAY. FOR THE JUNE 23RD. THAT, THAT'S, UM, THAT'S ALL SET. WE HAVE A PLANNING BOARD RECOMMENDATION IN HAND. OH, FOR THAT? YES. ALL ALL SET FOR THAT. UM, THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE CAN'T DO THIS ONE. LET'S DO THAT JUNE 23RD. RIGHT? THAT'S FINE. WE HAVE SOME BUDGET TRANSFERS. THEY'LL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE. SHOULD WE HAVE, IS THE CHIEF ON? YES. CHIEF, SHOULD WE INTRODUCE OUR NEW OFFICER? DO YOU KNOW IF HE'LL BE AVAILABLE TOMORROW? HEY, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. UM, I DO NOT THINK HE'S AVAILABLE. I THINK HE'S WORKING. SO I, I HAD DISCUSSED THAT WITH, UH, JOAN AND I, I DON'T THINK AN INTRODUCTION IS NECESSARY. OKAY. WELL, AT SOME POINT WHEN HE IS NOT WORKING, WE SHOULD INTRODUCE HIM TO THE PUBLIC. OKAY. AND THAT'S, THERE'S A TYPO I SEE IN HIS LAST NAME THAT IN THE LAST NAME. IT SHOULD BE BRAGG. THAT'S WITH ENDING WITH A G, NOT A D. IT DOES NOW IT'S TELLING ME IT'S MISSPELLED . YEAH, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THE, UM, UH, PROBABLY IT GOT AUTOCORRECTED AUTO CORRECTED. YEAH. UH, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT PO O TWO? YEAH. P O TWO WAS WAS A GRANT THAT WE APPLIED FOR BACK IN 2019 AND NEW YORK STATE SUSPENDED ALL FUNDING DUE TO COVID. WE WERE JUST ADVISED THAT THE FUNDING HAS COME THROUGH. SO THIS IS $49,000. I HAD JUST WITHIN THE LAST, I GUESS HALF HOUR, I HAD SENT SOME DOC SOME SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION. AND WHAT THAT IS, IS ACTUALLY THE APPLICATION. THE, THE AGREEMENT COMES ELECTRONICALLY TO THE SUPERVISOR, BOTH FOR THAT, UH, PO TWO AND PO THREE, THEY WERE BOTH APPLIED FOR IN 2019. AND THEY WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE SUPERVISOR FOR HIS ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE AND THAT'S WHEN THE AGREEMENT WILL BE GENERATED. OKAY. AND RICH OR BRIAN, DO YOU WANNA HANDLE THIS? BRIAN, YOU WANNA HIT IT? UH, SURE. THANK YOU. SO, UH, THE THEODORE DE YOUNG, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER [00:55:01] HAS AN EXISTING GAS FIRED BOILER. UH, THIS PROVIDES DOMESTIC HOT WATER TO THE ENTIRE FACILITY. IT PROVIDES POOL HEATING AND ALSO SUPPLIES HOT WATER TO THE POOL AREA, HEATING, UH, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING UNIT. THE EXISTING BOILER WAS MANUFACTURED IN 2000 AND HAS HAD SEV SEVERAL FAILURES IN RECENT YEARS. EACH TIME THE BOILER FAILS, UH, RESULTS IN A LOSS OF, UH, THE POOL AND AS WELL AS SOME HOT WATER HEATING SERVICES. O L A IS A PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING ENGINEERING FIRM. THEY'RE CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN DESIGN OF THE REPLACEMENT BOILER. UH, DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE MOTOR CONTROL CENTER THAT SERVES THE BOILER ROOM IS IN POOR CONDITION AND IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. UH, THIS ADDITIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT IS FOR THE DESIGN OF THE MOTOR CONTROL CENTER, AS WELL AS FOR THE DESIGN OF THE BOILER ROOM TO ACCOMMODATE A POTENTIAL THIRD BOILER IN THE FUTURE. UH, IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THESE IMPROVEMENTS OR THESE DESIGN, UM, OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE TO ENSURE THE RELIABILITY OF THE NEW BOILER PLANT, UH, IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE T D Y C C CENTER. FRANCIS, COULD YOU JUST SCROLL BACK UP TO THE CL RESOLUTION SO I CAN MAKE SURE I HAVE THE RIGHT ONES WITH DIRECTS OFF ON THE DATE? OKAY. INTENDING TO DO THE, UM, DID I CHANGE THIS TO JULY? I THINK I DID. MM-HMM. , I THINK IT MAKES SENSE FOR BOTH OF THEM TO SAY JULY XX. OKAY. UM, YEAH, WHATEVER JULY IS, WHATEVER THAT JULY DATE HAPPENS TO BECOME. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL, NOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY ON ONE DAY. I'LL SAY THAT. AND LEMME GO BACK TO THIS. SO NOT TOO BAD. I PREDICTED SIX 50, BUT IT WENT TO, IT'S, UH, SEVEN ON FIVE. YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, PAUL? UH, YES. AND I HAVE TO, UH, RUN TO ANOTHER MEETING, UH, FOR 15 MINUTES. THAT'S NOT THE MOTION YOU MAKE. I MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR, UH, WHY DON'T WE DISCUSSING, UH, WE GOT A VARIETY OF ISSUES, BUT THE, THE OVERALL IT'S, UH, TO GET LEGAL ADVICE FROM OUR TOWN ATTORNEY REGARDING SEVERAL ISSUES AND PERSONNEL MATTERS INVOLVING INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE. OKAY. GOOD. I MAKE A MOTION. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AND WE WILL NOT BE COMING BACK. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.