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TOWN BOARD MEETING.UM, TODAY IS JU UH, JULY 27TH.
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WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, JUSTICE ALL.[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of Carl Fon, father of Rich Fon, Commissioner of Department of Public Works. Carl Fon, a lifelong resident of Dobbs Ferry, NY; a graduate of Ardsley High School, Class of 1959; and veteran having served in the U.S. Navy; was very dedicated to his family and work. He will be dearly missed by his family and many friends. In memory of Avi Walker, lifelong husband of Carole Walker, Secretary tot he Zoning Board, beloved father of three sons. Avi was a graduate of the University of Buffalo, longtime resident of White Plains In memory of Craig Cioce, brother of Ken Cioce, Town Engineer]
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF CALL FUN.FATHER OF RICH FUND, COMMISSIONER OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, UM, CARL DUNN WAS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF DOBBS FERRY, A GRADUATE OF, UM, ARDSLEY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1959, AND A VETERAN HAVING SERVED IN THE US NAVY.
HE WAS VERY DEDICATED TO HIS FAMILY AND WORK WHO WILL BE MISSED BY HIS FAMILY AND MANY, MANY FRIENDS.
IN MEMORY OF AVI WALKER, LIFELONG HUSBAND OF CAROL WALKER, SECRETARY TO THE ZONING BOARD, BELOVED FATHER OF THREE SONS.
AVI WAS A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF WHITE PLAINS.
AND IN MEMORY OF CRAIG COSI, BROTHER OF KEN, C O C, UH, THE OUR TOWN ENGINEER.
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THE ROLL CALL TOWN SUPERVISOR HERE, FINDER.HERE, COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON.
HERE, COUNCILWOMAN DIANA JUTTER.
COUNCILMAN FRANCIS SHEEN, PRESENT AND TOWN ATTORNEY TIM LEWIS.
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WE HAVE, UM, A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 2 85 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ENTITLED ZONING AS IT RELATES TO BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS. UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN UP THE HEARING.UM, GARRETT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR FINER AND MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD FOR THE RECORD.
GARRETT DUQUE, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS A CONTINUATION OF THE HEARING OF THE TOWN BOARD HEARING FOR THE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM, LOCAL LAW HELD ON JUNE 9TH, 2021, AND JUNE 23RD, 2021.
AT THE JUNE 9TH HEARING, I PRESENTED AN OVERVIEW OF THE LOCAL LAW AND RELATED PROCEDURE, AND ON JUNE 23RD, I PRESENTED UPDATES MADE TO THE LAW AS A RESULT OF PUBLIC COMMENTS.
FOLLOWING THE JUNE 23RD, THIRD PUBLIC HEARING, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE CONSERVATION ADVISORY COUNCIL, GREENVILLE FIRE DISTRICT, AND FROM RESIDENTS, ELLA PRIZER, BOB BERNSTEIN, DOREEN LIPSON, AND MADELINE, OSHA.
THESE COMMENTS HAVE LED TO CHANGES WHICH IMPROVE THE LAW FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, FROM A GRAMMATICAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERSPECTIVE.
ALL THE COMMENTS RECEIVED WERE CONSIDERED AND MANY OF THOSE COMMENTS RESULTED IN A THIRD VERSION OF THE LOCAL LAW, WHICH WAS POSTED FOR THIS HEARING.
ALL OF THE CHANGES MADE ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE PLANNING BOARD'S PRIOR POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
THERE ARE A REMAINING ARE A FEW ORGANIZATIONAL, UH, EDITS, WHICH I WILL MAKE SHORTLY AFTER THIS HEARING RELATED TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS RECEIVED, WHICH WILL BE INCORPORATED PRIOR TO A VOTE OF THE TOWN BOARD.
I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE SINCE THE LAST VERSION, IN MY OPINION, UH, WHICH STATES THE FOLLOWING IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2 85.
57 B ONE SITE PLAN APPLICATIONS FOR A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM SHALL INCLUDE A PRE-SUBMISSION CONFERENCE WITH AN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT THAT THE APPLICABLE FIRE DISTRICT SLASH FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH CONFERENCE.
AND WHAT I FEEL THAT THIS WILL PROMOTE IS A MECHANISM TO ENSURE THAT WE GET THE FIRE SAFETY COMMENTS, UH, RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
SO BEFORE AN APPLICANT, UH, FILES A FORMAL APPLICATION FOR A BEST, WE WILL MEET OUT AT THE SITE AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT LOCATION THAT THE APPLICANT HAS IN MIND.
FIND OUT FROM THE RESPECTIVE, UH, FIRE REPRESENTATIVES IF THERE ARE ANY, UH, CONCERNS OR, OR, OR, OR, OR RED FLAGS ABOUT A CERTAIN ASPECT OF THE PROPOSAL, AND REALLY GET THAT ON THE RECORD RIGHT OFF THE START.
SO I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S INVALUABLE.
I THINK IT'S PROACTIVE AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BENEFIT APPLICANTS BECAUSE, UH, I THINK IT'S GOING TO JUST MAKE FOR A SMOOTHER PROCESS.
UM, MADE SOME OTHER, UH, UPDATES INCLUDING, UH, LIMITING THE FOOTPRINT OF THE TIER THREE FACILITIES.
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PREVIOUSLY 40,000 SQUARE FEET.WE'VE TRIMMED THAT DOWN TO 30,000 SQUARE FEET.
UH, MADE SOME MINOR TWEAKS TO THE, UH, FOOTPRINT FOR BATTERY CABINETS.
WE NOW SPECIFY THAT THAT'S, UH, UH, 300 SQUARE FEET.
WE'RE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF THE CABINETS.
AND JUST IN SUMMARY, UH, I THINK WHERE WE'RE AT NOW IS WE DO HAVE A GOOD LOCAL LAW.
UH, I THINK THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME MINOR TWEAKS, AS I MENTIONED.
UM, BUT I, I FEEL LIKE IT'S, IT'S, IT COULD BE ONE OF THOSE COMPREHENSIVE, UH, BEST LAWS IN THE COUNTRY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CONTRIBUTIONS THAT LED TO THAT.
SO, UM, HAPPY TO HEAR FROM ANYONE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ON IT.
YEAH, JUST WANT TO, I FORGOT TO, UH, ASK, UH, THAT WE OPEN UP THE MEETING BEFORE.
WE OPENED A HEARING, DIDN'T WE? OKAY, GOOD.
UH, WHO SECOND OPEN? I SECOND.
ANYONE TO SPEAK ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING? WELL, GOOD EVENING BEFORE YOU START.
MY NAME IS WALTER SIMON, CHAIR OF THE PLANNING BOARD AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE BISS, UH, UH, BATTERY COMMITTEE THAT DRAFTED THE, THE LAW.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CONCERNED US RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING WAS THE ISSUE OF SAFETY AND, AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS INVOLVED IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY FACILITY.
I THINK THIS ADDITION OF A PRE-CONFERENCE MEETING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS AN OUTSTANDING ADDITION TO WHAT WAS ALREADY SUBMITTED.
SO I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE.
UH, EXCELLENT ADDITION BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES ALL ALONG THAT WAS RAISED BY, UM, THE BATTERY COMMITTEE WAS RAISED BY THE PLANNING BOARD.
IS THAT HOW WE COULD MAKE SURE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS INVOLVED IN THE SAFETY THAT SURROUNDS BATTERY STORAGE? THANK YOU.
ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? IS THERE ONE ATTENDEE ON ZOOM? THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE.
IT'S JUST HE'S NOT RESPONDING.
WALTER WALTER, IS THAT MR. GRODEN? YES, IT IS.
IT'S IS THERE A WAY OF CONTACTING HIM OR, UM, DOES SOMEBODY HAVE HIS PHONE NUMBER? UH, I DO HAVE HIS PHONE NUMBER.
GIVE HIM A CALL AND TELL HIM THAT HE IS ON
WE HAVE AN EMPTY, EMPTY CHAIR.
I'LL SEE IF I CAN TROUBLESHOOT REAL, REAL FAST HERE.
ALRIGHT, THIS IS DEMOCRACY IN ACTION WHERE WE REMIND PEOPLE TO, UH, TO SPEAK.
AND OUR INTENTION IS TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE ZOOM ROOM THAT'S INSTALLED IN THE ROOM, FULLY FUNCTIONAL, UH, TONIGHT.
WE'RE, WE'RE BASICALLY TESTING OUT CERTAIN FEATURES OF IT IN THE FUTURE.
WE'LL, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE IT FULLY, UM, OPERATIONAL.
WERE YOU INTENDING TO CLOSE A HEARING OR, UH, OR, UM, CONTINUE THE HEARING? I ASK GAR.
AND PAUL, I THINK THIS IS A CONTINUED HEARING AND I THINK THE IDEA WAS TO TRY TO CLOSE IT TONIGHT AND TAKE ANY COMMENTS ON THE RECORD.
LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR, UH, 10 DAYS.
GARY, DO YOU HAVE HIM? YEAH, HE'S ON THE PHONE.
HE HAS TO RUN OUT TO SOMETHING.
HE DOESN'T HAVE TIME TO SPEAK.
SO THEN, THEN WE COULD ACCEPT HIS WRITTEN COMMENTS.
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OKAY.SO, UH, SO THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE, UH, CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN, UM, FOR UM, 10 DAYS.
ONE, ONE FURTHER RECOMMENDATION.
UH, IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A BRIEF MOMENT TO HAVE WALTER COME IN AT A WORK SESSION AND JUST, UM, MAYBE EXPLAIN HIS COMMENT THERE.
THAT COULD BE PRE-CLOSE THE HEARING IF YOU'D LIKE.
YOU COULD DO IT IN PERSON OR BY ZOOM OR BY PHONE.
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HAVE, UH, AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION BY OLD STORM MILL RIVER HOLDINGS, THE HOLY OWN SUB SUBSIDIARY OF REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, UM, AT 7 7, 7 OLD, ALSO MILL RIVER ROAD.UM, AND I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN UP THAT HEARING.
ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT? YES.
AND THEN I THINK WE DO HAVE SOME SPEAKERS, RIGHT? OKAY.
AND WE HAVE, WE'RE GONNA HEAR A PRESENTATION AS WELL.
SUPERVISOR FINER AND MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD FOR THE RECORD.
GARRETT DUANE, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.
IF THE TOWN BOARD AND APPLICANT HAVE NO OBJECTION, I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE HEARINGS OF REGENERON FOR THE 7 7 7 OLD SAWMILL RIVER ROAD SITE AND THE 5 5 5 SA, UH, I'M SORRY, 7 7 7 OLD SAWMILL RIVER ROAD SITE AND THE 5 5 5 SAWMILL RIVER ROAD SITE BE COMBINED INTO ONE HEARING.
THE PROJECT HAS TEMPORARY PARKING PROPOSED, WHICH WILL COMPLIMENT OVERALL CONSTRUCTION ON THE CAMPUS.
BEFORE WE CONTEND, DO, DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO DOING THAT? WE HAVE NO OBJECTION.
ALRIGHT, SO I'LL SKIP THE RATIONALE FOR WHY I WAS GONNA RECOMMEND THAT
SHOULD WE THEN, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO COMBINE BOTH HEARINGS? I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION ANY ONE SECOND AT THE, AT THE APPLICANT'S UH, CONSENT.
I JUST ASK IF YOU OPEN THE SECOND HEARING.
RIGHT? WE OPEN THE FIRST ONE, THEN OPEN THE SECOND ONE, AND THEN PLEASE CONSOLIDATE THEM.
THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN THE SECOND HEARING TO CONSIDER AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION BY LOOP ROAD HOLDINGS, A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, UH, LOCATED AT 5 5 5 SUN RIVER ROAD.
UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR.
THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CONSOLIDATE THE HEARINGS.
YES, THE TWO SITES ARE, UH, WORK TOGETHER AND, UH, WE'RE CONTEMPLATING ONE SEEKER PROCESS, SO APPRECIATE THAT.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS RELATED TO AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION OF OLD SAWMILL HOLDINGS, L L C, ALSO KNOWN AS REGENERON FOR A PROPOSAL CONSISTING OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TWO STORY, APPROXIMATELY 207,207,000 SQUARE FOOT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BUILDING AND STRUCTURED PARKING FACILITY WITHIN AN EXISTING R AND D CAMPUS WITH RELATED IMPROVEMENTS.
THE SITE CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 65.5 ACRES AND IS LOCATED ON 7 7 7 OLD SAWMILL RIVER ROAD IN THE OB OFFICE BUILDING DISTRICT.
IN TERMS OF PROCESS, THE APPLICANT APPEARED BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD AS PART OF A SITE PLAN REFERRAL, WHICH INCLUDED WORK SESSIONS ON JUNE 2ND, 2021, JUNE 16TH, 2021, AND ON JULY 7TH, 2021 WAS THE SUBJECT OF A UNANIMOUS POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING BOARD.
THE PLANNING BOARD MADE THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS, THE AMENDED SITE PLAN SUBMISSION SATISFIES THE APPLICABLE SITE PLAN STANDARDS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2 85 54 STANDARDS A THROUGH K.
FURTHER, THE PLANNING BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT BIKE LANE ACCOMMODATIONS BE PROVIDED FOR ON SITE WHERE PRACTICAL THAT ALL TRAFFIC RELATED IMPROVEMENTS PREVIOUSLY REQUIRED OR CONDITION AS PART OF CASE NUMBERS TB 1405 AND PB 1416 BE CONDITIONED AND CARRIED OUT IN FULL AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
AND THE APPLICANT'S GONNA WALK US THROUGH THE HISTORY THERE THAT THE APPLICANT BE REQUIRED TO DEMONSTRATE FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE NEW TOWN TREE ORDINANCE, THAT THE APPLICANT PROVIDE APPROPRIATE SIGNAGE, STRIPING AND LIGHTING IN CONNECTION WITH THE PEDESTRIAN ROUTES TO BE PROVIDED DURING CONSTRUCTION.
THAT THE APPLICANT BE REQUIRED TO EQUIP A MINIMUM OF 5% OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NEW ONSITE PARKING SPACES WITH ELECTRICAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS, AND CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE NUMBER OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS TO BE INSTALLED IN CONNECTION WITH THE PARKING AREAS AND PARKING STRUCTURES.
IN CONSULTATION WITH THE TOWNS TRAFFIC CONSULTANT THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT IS ULTIMATELY PROVIDED
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IN THE EVENT ADDITIONAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS ARE DEEMED APPROPRIATE FOLLOWING LAND USE BOARD APPROVALS, THE PLANNING BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT THE APPLICANT APPLICANT BE PERMITTED TO INCREASE SUCH NUMBER OF CHARGING STATIONS SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVALS.THE PROJECT ALSO REQUIRES AREA VARIANCES, ONE FOR FLOOR AREA RATIO ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED BUILDING AND ELEVATED BUILDING CONNECTIONS.
A SETBACK VARIANCE RELATED TO THE ELEVATED BRIDGE PROPOSED TO BE TO CONNECT THE LOOP ROAD CAMPUS IN THE REAR AND HEIGHT AND STORY VARIANCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED STRUCTURED PARKING ON JULY 7TH, 2021.
THE PLANNING BOARD ALSO MADE A UNANIMOUS POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION IN FAVOR OF THE Z B A OR ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS GRANTING EACH OF THOSE VARIANCES.
THE APPLICANT APPEARED BEFORE THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS ON JULY 15TH, 2021.
AT THAT MEETING, THE Z B A HEARD A PRESENTATION TO THE PROPOSAL AND THE RELATED VARIANCES FROM THE APPLICANT AND THE Z B A NOTED THAT IT COULD NOT RENDER A DECISION UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE TOWN BOARD AS LEAD AGENCY RENDERS ITS SEEKER DETERMINATION.
I WAS PRESENT AT THAT MEETING AND NO CONCERNS WITH THE VARIANCES OR PROPOSAL WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE ZONING BOARD.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS ALSO RELATED TO AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION OF LOOP ROAD HOLDINGS, L L C, ALSO KNOWN AS REGENERON FOR A PROPOSAL INVOLVING THE CREATION OF A TEMPORARY AREA FOR CONSTRUCTION STAGING AND CONSTRUCTION PARKING TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TWO STORY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BUILDING, WHICH I JUST MENTIONED.
THAT SITE CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 40 ACRES AND IS LOCATED AT 5 5 5 SAWMILL RIVER ROAD IN THE P E D PLANNED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
IN TERMS OF PROCESS, THE APPLICANT APPEARED BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD ON THE SAME DATES JUNE 2ND, JUNE 16TH AND JULY 7TH, 2021.
AND THAT APPLICATION WAS THE SUBJECT OF THE UNANIMOUS POSITIVE PLANNING BOARD.
RECOMMENDATION PLANNING BOARD SIMILARLY MADE THE FINDINGS THAT THE SITE PLAN SUBMISSION SATISFIES STANDARDS 2 85 54 A THROUGH K.
THE PLANNING BOARD FOUND THAT THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY PROPOSED WOULD ALLEVIATE PARKING ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE SITE WHILE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE R AND D BUILDING AND RELATED STRUCTURED PARKING ON PARCEL DE COMMENCE.
THE PLANNING BOARD FURTHER RECOMMENDS THAT ANY APPROVAL GRANTED FOR THIS PROJECT BE VALID FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS AFTER WHICH AN EXTENSION MAY BE SUBMITTED FOR BY THE APPLICANT.
IN THE EVENT NO EXTENSION REQUEST IS SUBMITTED OR FOR ANY REASON A SUBMITTED EXTENSION REQUEST IS DENIED OR THE PROJECT IS ABANDONED PRIOR TO COMPLETION, THE PLANNING BOARD RECOMMENDS THE TEMPORARY AREA FOR CONSTRUCTION STAGING AND CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE PARKING BE APPROPRIATELY DEMOLISHED AND SUBMITTED AND, AND THE SUBMITTED PARKING AREA RESTORATION PLAN BE IMPLEMENTED.
I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS.
I KNOW, UH, MR. MARK WEINGART'S GONNA PRESENT ALONG WITH THE REGENERON TEAM.
SO I'LL JUST TAKE YOUR LEAD ON THE PRESENTATION JUST TO LET ME KNOW ADVANCE WHEN YOU WANT TO ADVANCE THE SLIDE.
MARK, I GO TO THE COVER SLIDE, PLEASE.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MR. SUPERVISOR MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD.
I AM A PARTNER IN THE LAW FIRM OF DELBELLO, DENEL AND WEINGARTEN WISE AND WHITAKER.
AND IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING REPRESENTING REGENERON INC.
UH, I THINK THE COMMISSIONER DID A WONDERFUL JOB OUTLINING WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING REQUESTING HERE IN THE TWO HEARINGS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU.
SO WE'LL GO THROUGH A BRIEF PRESENTATION WHERE WE GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, MAYBE SOME PICTURES AND OTHER THINGS TO MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
SUFFICE IT TO SAY WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE TWO APPLICATIONS BEFORE YOU.
ONE IS TO TAKE IT, BUILD A BUILDING, WHICH WE'LL DISCUSS AND DESCRIBE TO YOU ON WHAT WE CALL PARCEL D AND WE'LL SHOW YOU WHERE THAT IS IN A MOMENT.
THAT'S GONNA BE A 207,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.
IT WAS INITIALLY APPROVED AT 128,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO WE'RE SIMPLY AMENDING IT, MAKING IT A LITTLE LARGER, AND WE WILL EXPLAIN THAT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THAT'S ON ONE PIECE OF THE CAMPUS.
AND THEN WE'LL SHOW YOU THE OTHER PIECE OF THE CAMPUS, WHICH IS THE LOOP ROAD SITE WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE TEMPORARY PARKING AND THE STAGING.
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BY PEOPLE WHO ARE WELL KNOWN TO YOU.GEORGE POTH, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF REAL ESTATE AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT OF REGENERON.
BEN SUZUKI, THE COMPANY SENIOR DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
STEVEN SPINA, THE PROJECT MANAGER FROM J M C, WHO ARE ENGINEERS, UH, DONALD BUSH FROM, UH, FLAT ARCHITECTS, AND MY ASSOCIATE ANNIE KLEIN.
CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE? SO, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A PICTURE OF THE CAMPUS, UH, TO THE, TO THE BOTTOM, I GUESS YOU, I WOULD CALL IT PURPLE AND GREEN ON MY SCREEN.
IT'S A LITTLE MORE, THE COLORS ARE A LITTLE MORE, UH, BRIGHT WHEN I LOOK AT IT AT HOME.
BUT ON THE, THE TWO BOTTOM PIECES THERE, THAT'S THE LOOP ROAD PROPERTY, UH, THAT WAS THE A HUNDRED ACRES THAT WAS ACQUIRED, UH, RECENTLY.
AND THEN WHAT WE CALL, CALL THE FRONT PART OF THE CAMPUS, WHICH IS THE BLUE AND THE YELLOW, THE BLUE JUST FOR YOUR ORIENTATION IS WHERE THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN TRAINING FACILITY IS.
AND THEN THE YELLOW AREA IS CURRENTLY, UH, IS CURRENTLY, UH, HAS WHAT WE CALL BUILDINGS A, B, AND C ON THEM.
AND HERE WE ARE TODAY CREATING D THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS ON THE TWO, UH, ON THE TWO PROPERTIES.
THE LOOP ROAD HOLDINGS, THE GREEN AND THE, UH, PURPLE ARE P E D.
AND, UH, UH, THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE THE FRONT PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THE BUILDING THAT WE SPEAK OF, WHICH IS IN THE OB OFFICE, UH, OFFICE BUILDING DISTRICT OF THE TOWN, THE OB DISTRICT.
UH, AGAIN, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 360,000 SQUARE FEET OF BUILDING THAT'S ON THE, THAT PORTION OF THE CAMPUS NOW.
AND WE LOOK TO ADD ANOTHER 207,000 SQUARE FEET AS HISTORY GOES.
JUST AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, B M R LANDMARK AT EASTVIEW WAS THE ORIGINAL LANDLORD OF THE PROPERTY AND OF THE CAMPUS.
UH, THEY WERE THE PREDECESSOR AND INTEREST, THEY WERE THE ONES WHO WENT THROUGH AND GOT THE APPROVAL FOR THE 128,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.
AT THAT TIME, REGENERON WAS THE PRIMARY TENANT IN THE CAMPUS, NOT THE SOLE TENANT, BUT THE PRIMARY TENANT IN THE CAMPUS.
AND THEN REGENERON WENT AHEAD AND PURCHASED THE CAMPUS AT A LATER POINT, UH, AND IS NOW THE OWNER OF THAT IS NOW THE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY.
THEY GOT ALL THE APPROVALS NECESSARY FOR THE 128,000 FEET.
WHERE THE REASON WE ARE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS BECAUSE WE'RE PROPOSING A NEW USE IN THAT BUILDING.
AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT BUILDING THAT'S CONFIGURED DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE THERE'S DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES GOING ON.
UH, I'LL CONFUSE YOU BY TELLING YOU IT IS P M P D OR PRE PRECLINICAL MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN.
SO IT SOUNDS AS IF IT HAS MANUFACTURING, BUT IT REALLY ISN'T.
IT'S THE STEP PRIOR TO MANUFACTURING.
UH, WHAT WOULD BE TAKING PLACE IS TESTING IN THE FACILITY BEFORE MANUFACTURING, DURING WHICH REGENERON DETERMINES WHETHER THE PRODUCT IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE.
ONCE IT GOES THROUGH THAT PROCESS, IT GOES TO MANUFACTURING.
THAT'S NOT WHAT IS DONE AT THIS FACILITY.
AND THAT'S WHY THE USE IS CLASSIFIED AS IT IS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
AND, UH, IS ALSO NECESSARY THAT THE BUILDING BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
THIS ONE'S TWO STORIES, THE OTHER ONE WAS FOUR STORIES THERE, THERE'S JUST DIFFERENT TYPES OF WAYS THAT IT'S LAID OUT AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN A MOMENT.
UH, AS OUR, UH, AS STEVEN SPINA TAKES YOU THROUGH THE PROPOSED PLAN.
UH, IN A MOMENT, UH, THE COMMISSIONER MENTIONED THAT THE PLANNING BOARD HAD A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE PLAN, WHICH IS BEFORE YOU.
UH, THE ONLY ISSUE WE HAD AT ALL WAS THE, UH, COMMENT THAT WAS MADE WITH REGARD TO BIKE LANES.
AND I'LL HAVE STEVEN S SPINER SHOW YOU, WE HAD A LONG DISCUSSION AT THE PLANNING BOARD THAT THEY, THERE'S SOME, AND THEY WROTE WHERE APPLICABLE BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WITH HAVING ENOUGH ROOM FOR BICYCLES, UH, FOR, FOR A DEDICATED BIKE PATH.
NOT THAT WE WON'T HAVE BICYCLES, WE HAVE BICYCLES THERE NOW, BUT A DEDICATED PATH.
IT'S PROBLEMATIC IN SOME OF THE AREAS OF THE CAMPUS AND WE CAN TAKE IT THROUGH.
BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO DISCUSS WITH YOU WHERE IT'S POSSIBLE AND, AND AND WHERE IT ISN'T.
UH, WE AS ALSO MENTIONED, WE, WE WERE IN FRONT OF THE Z B A, IT WENT VERY WELL.
BUT OF COURSE THEY CANNOT GIVE US A DECISION YET ON THE VARIANCES UNTIL YOU, AS THE LEAD AGENCY CONCLUDE THE SECRET PROCESS.
ONCE THAT HAPPENS, BOTH THE PLANNING BOARD AND THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, ARE ABLE TO VOTE.
SO THAT'S STALLED AND WAITING FOR YOU TO COMPLETE YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
SO, UH, THE ONLY OTHER THING I HAVEN'T MENTIONED, WHICH YOU'LL SEE A PICTURE OF, AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE JUST TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THE, UH, WHERE IT IS IN THE BROWN IS GOING TO BE THE PARCEL D BUILDING IN THE GRAY IS THE GARAGE STRUCTURE THAT GOES WITH IT.
AND WHAT I HAVEN'T MENTIONED, YOU CAN SEE IT SLIGHTLY, IT'S IN BROWN, KIND OF THE LEFT BOTTOM CORNER OF THE PICTURE IS WHAT WE CALL THE LOOP ROAD BRIDGE.
AND WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THAT IS CONNECTING THE, CONNECTING THE BUILDINGS ALONG THE CAMPUS.
IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THERE, MANY OF YOU HAVE, AS YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO GO FROM BUILDING TO
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BUILDING FOR THE SCIENTISTS WITHOUT GOING OUTSIDE IS SOMETHING WE THINK IS IMPORTANT.THERE'S EVEN A BRIDGE THAT GOES RIGHT OVER THE MAIN ROAD CONNECTING THE CAMPUS, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT ABILITY SO THAT, UH, THERE CAN BE INTERACTION, UH, AMONG THE GROUPS, ESPECIALLY WHETHER, UH, AND NOT HAVING TO, TO BE OUTSIDE.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE, THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WE'RE AT THE Z B A BECAUSE WE'RE GOING OVER A PROPERTY LINE.
AND BY DOING THAT, WE'RE VIOLATING IN THEORY, THE SETBACKS 'CAUSE THERE'S NO SETBACK 'CAUSE YOU'RE GOING RIGHT UP TO THE EDGE OF EACH PROPERTY LINE.
SO WE NEED VARIANCES FOR THAT.
AND THAT IS THE LOOP ROAD BRIDGE THAT YOU'LL SEE WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE, UH, VARIOUS RED RINGS, ET CETERA.
SO AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO, UH, TURN IT OVER TO STEVEN SPINA, WHO'S GONNA JUST WALK YOU THROUGH THE, UH, SITE PLAN ITSELF.
AND I'LL, UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
I'LL, I'LL JUST, UH, QUICKLY GO THROUGH THE PROJECT COMPARISON.
SO THE LEFT SIDE HERE IS THE 2014 APPROVED DESIGN, AND THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE CURRENT DESIGN.
SO, UM, UH, THE PREVIOUS DESIGN, UH, HAD A TALLER BUILDING, UM, WITH A SMALLER FOOTPRINT.
IT RECEIVED A VARIANCE FOR ITS HEIGHT.
UM, IT ALSO REQUIRED WETLAND AND STEEP SLOPES, PERMITS, WHICH WERE ISSUED.
AND THE CURRENT DESIGN BASED ON, UH, PROGRAM VALIDATION AND THE, AND THE USE THAT, THAT IT, UH, SPECIFICALLY IS DESIGNED FOR BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE SPECIFIC NEED WE NOW KNOW, UH, IS, IS, UH, A LARGER FOOTPRINT, BUT IT IS A, A SHORTER BUILDING.
SO IT'S SPREAD OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, ALSO REQUIRING WETLAND AND STEEP SLOPES PERMITS, UH, WHICH WE'RE, UH, REQUESTING, UH, FROM THE BOARDS.
UH, AND THEN AS, UH, MARK HAD MENTIONED, THERE'S THE BRIDGE TO, UH, UH, CONTINUE THAT CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS, UH, FROM THE EXISTING BUILDINGS ON THE SOUTH CAMPUS TO THE PROPOSED FUTURE LOOP ROAD PROJECT.
SO THESE ARE SOME, UH, BEAUTIFUL RENDERINGS THAT WERE DONE BY THE PROJECT TEAM FLAT ARCHITECTS.
UH, THE, THE ONE ON THE LEFT, THE LARGER, UH, IS A VIEW OF, UH, THE BEAUTIFUL AMENITY COURTYARD THAT, THAT IS PROPOSED BETWEEN THE PROPOSED PARCEL D BUILDING AND THE EXISTING BUILDINGS ON THE CAMPUS.
THIS IS A, A VIEW LOOKING SOUTH, UM, AND THAT, THAT, UH, GLASS, UH, FACADE IS INTO THE MAIN LOBBY AND ENTRANCE AREA.
AND THE, THE UPPER RIGHT VIEW, THERE IS ANOTHER VIEW LOOKING DIRECTLY SOUTH WHERE YOU CAN SEE, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT BRIDGE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
UH, AS DISCUSSED BETWEEN THE EXISTING BUILDING AND THE PROPOSED PARCEL D BUILDING.
IT'S A, IT'S A SMALL ELEVATED BRIDGE, AGAIN TO KEEP THAT CONNECTIVITY.
AND THEN THE LOWER RIGHT IS A VIEW, UH, AERIAL VIEW, KIND OF, UH, FROM THE LOOP ROAD PROPERTY, UH, SOUTHEAST LOOKING TOWARDS THE NORTH OF, OF THE CAMPUS, UH, SOUTH CAMPUS WHERE YOU COULD SEE THE PARCEL D BUILDING, SORT OF THAT Z SHAPED BUILDING AND A PARKING GARAGE UP THERE ON THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER.
AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PARKING GARAGE COMING UP.
OKAY, SO YOU WANT TO PLAY THE VIDEO NOW? UH, YES.
SO THIS TAKES YOU THROUGH THAT, UH, INITIAL IMAGE WE SAW ON THE UPPER LEFT IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
LOOKING AT THE FACADE OF THE BUILDING THERE, THERE'S THAT SAME IMAGE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING KIND OF SOUTH AND NOW WE'RE MOVING THROUGH INTO THE BUILDING.
WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL LOBBY SPACE, OPEN FLOOR PLAN, A LOT OF THE PROCESSING BEHIND THE GLASS THERE.
AND WE'RE BACK OUT ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING IN THAT PLAZA HEADING OVER TOWARDS THE BRIDGE THAT WOULD CONNECT THE NEW BUILDING TO THE EXISTING BUILDING TO ITS WEST.
AND THERE'S SOME EXISTING WETLANDS AND STORM WATER BASINS IN THAT GREEN AREA AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN THERE THAT WE ARE MAINTAINING OUR DISTANCES FROM TO MATCH THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLAN.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S A REALLY WELL THOUGHT OUT, BEAUTIFUL PROJECT, UM, THAT WE HAVE DESIGNED BEFORE YOU, WE'LL GET INTO SOME MORE IMAGES AS WELL.
THE, UH, UPPER IMAGE HERE SHOWS THE, THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING.
SO IF, UH, YOUR BACK IS SORT OF AGAINST THE EXISTING BUILDINGS LOOKING, UH, TOWARDS
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THE EAST.AND THEN THE, UH, THE LOWER IMAGE THERE IS IS THE SOUTH ELEVATION.
SO NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE, THE BOTTOM OF THAT BUILD, THE PROPOSED BUILDING, THE SOUTH END, AND THEN YOU HAVE THAT BRIDGE, UM, ON THE LEFT THERE THAT WOULD CONNECT TO THE PROPOSED, THE EXISTING BUILDING ON THE WEST SIDE.
UH, TOP, TOP ONE THERE IS LOOKING, UH, LOOKING, UM, EASTBOUND, UH, FROM THE EXISTING, UM, LOOP ROAD ON THE, ON THE SOUTH CAMPUS THERE.
AND THEN ANOTHER, UH, STRETCH OF THAT EASTBOUND ELEVATION.
YOU SEE THE, UM, UH, YOU COULD SEE THE MECHANICAL PENTHOUSE PROPOSED ON TOP OF THE SECOND STORY.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK ALL THE WAY ON THE RIGHT, ON THE LOWER IMAGE, THERE'S A BRIDGE THAT CONNECTS TO THE PROPOSED PARKING GARAGE NORTH OF THE BUILDING AGAIN, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THAT CONNECTIVITY, UH, TO EACH BUILDING.
AND THEN HERE WE ARE GETTING INTO THE PARKING GARAGE.
SO THERE IS A PARKING, UH, GARAGE PROPOSED WITH SEVEN STORIES.
UH, IT, IT IS PROPOSED TO HAVE FUTURE PHOTO VOLTAIC SOLAR ARRAY ON TOP, UH, SIMILAR TO THE GARAGE THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED ACROSS THE STREET IN MOUNT PLEASANT.
UH, THIS GARAGE WILL, UH, PROVIDE ADEQUATE PARKING FOR THE PROPOSED BUILDING, AND IT'S ABOUT, UH, 1100 PARKING SPACES IN THE GARAGE.
THERE'LL BE TWO ENTRANCES TO THE GARAGE, ONE ON THE EAST SIDE, ONE ON THE WEST SIDE FROM GRADE, UH, TO ENTER WITH A VEHICLE.
AND AS I MENTIONED, THERE IS THE BRIDGE, UM, ON THE SOUTH END OF IT, CONNECTING TO THE PROPOSED BUILDING.
AND, UH, AND ALSO BEING COGNIZANT OF, OF THE, THE PARKING STRUCTURE.
UM, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE VIEW SHED ANALYSIS AND, AND SOME RENDERINGS SHOWING A VIEW OF WHAT THE PARKING GARAGE WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM OLD SAW MILL RIVER ROAD.
SO THE, UH, LEFT IMAGE, THERE IS A VIEW FROM, UH, STANDING SORT OF ON THE, UH, WESTBOUND TRAVEL LANE LOOKING SOUTH ONTO THE CAMPUS.
THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, LARGE TREES, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE PARKING GARAGE, UM, SORT OF TUCKED IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO TREES THERE.
AND, UH, THE RIGHT SIDE ARE JUST SOME STREET VIEW IMAGES FROM GOOGLE, UM, JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT THE KIND OF VEGETATION THAT'S, THAT'S ALONG THE ROADWAY THERE.
SO WE DON'T THINK THERE'LL BE ANY, UH, VISUAL IMPACTS FROM THE ROADWAY OR ANY ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
UH, SO THIS IS THE BRIDGE THAT MARK HAD MENTIONED CONNECTING.
UM, THE IMAGE THERE ON THE LEFT CONNECTS THE EXISTING BUILDINGS, UM, SORT OF ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT LEFT IMAGE.
YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING BUILDINGS THERE.
UM, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE, AS MARK MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, BUILDINGS A, B, C, UM, THAT WERE CONSTRUCTED A FEW YEARS AGO.
AND NOW WE WOULD BE CONNECTING FROM THOSE BUILDINGS TO THE FUTURE LOOP ROAD PROJECT THAT WAS APPROVED ON THAT A HUNDRED ACRE PARCEL TO THE SOUTH OF PARCEL D UH, SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THE BRIDGE GOES OVER THE ROADWAY.
THERE'S AN EAST VIEW AND A WEST VIEW LOOKING FROM EITHER SIDE IF YOU KIND OF WERE STANDING ON THAT LOOP ROADWAY.
AND IT'S JUST A CROSS SECTION JUST SHOWING THE ELEVATION DIFFERENCES.
SO AS YOU, AS YOU LOOK FROM THE RIGHT SIDE, WOULD BE WHERE YOU WOULD CONNECT TO THE EXISTING BUILDINGS ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE ELEVATION DIFFERENCE AS YOU MOVE LEFT, UH, TO THE LOOP ROAD PARCEL, UH, IT, IT INCREASES IN HEIGHT.
SO WE HAD TO, UM, ADD AN ELEVATION CHANGE WITHIN WITHIN THE, UH, BRIDGE.
UH, IT ALSO PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A LITTLE BIT OF AN AMENITY SPACE, UH, FOR PEOPLE TO, UH, CONGREGATE, HAVE SOME COFFEE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO IT'S A, A REALLY NICE DESIGN, UH, FEATURE ONTO THE, ONTO THE PROJECT.
SO EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS, WE, UH, PERFORMED A, A PARKING STUDY, UH, ASSESSING THE EXISTING PARKING LOTS ON THE CAMPUS AND HOW MUCH UTILIZATION THEY HAVE PRE COVID, UM, TO UNDERSTAND, UM, KNOWING THAT WHEN THEY BUILD THE PROJECT PARCEL D YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE DISPLACED PARKING.
THE THE BUILDING IS PROPOSED ON TOP OF WHERE IS CURRENTLY A LOT OF ON-GRADE TRADITIONAL PARKING SPACES.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S SOME DISPLACED PARKING THAT COUPLED WITH SOME GROWTH.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, REGENERON HAS BEEN BUSY OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.
UM, AND AS WELL AS, UH, THE ANTICIPATED AMOUNT OF CONTRACTORS THAT WILL BE ON SITE TO BUILD THE PROJECT.
SO WHEN YOU ADD, WHEN YOU ADD THOSE FACTORS UP, WHEN REALIZE THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A, A DEFICIT IN PARKING ON A, ON A TEMPORARY BASIS WHILE THE PROJECT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
NOW THAT WILL GO AWAY WHEN, FOR INSTANCE, THAT, UH, DARKER RECTANGLE ON TOP OF THE SCREEN, THE MORE ORANGE ONE THERE, THAT'S THE PARKING GARAGE.
WHEN THAT IS FINISHED, THAT WILL PROVIDE A LOT OF PARKING.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THERE'S AN, THERE'S GOING TO BE A DEFICIT STARTING IN EARLY 2022, WHERE, UM, WE NEED TO, UH, PROVIDE PARKING THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS.
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PLAN ILLUSTRATES ON THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER, UM, THERE'S A TEMPORARY TRAILER AREA FOR THE CONTRACTORS, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A TEMPORARY PARKING AREA FOR EMPLOYEES.THOSE ARE THE TWO SORT OF RED, UH, SQUARES AND RECTANGLES THERE ON THE UPPER RIGHT.
UM, IT REALLY GOES WITH THE PARCEL D PROJECT.
THEY'RE LOCATED ON A SEPARATE LOT.
IT'S ON THE LOOP ROAD LOT, UH, WHICH IS DIVIDED BY THAT GREEN LINE.
THERE, YOU CAN SEE IS THE PROPERTY LINE.
AND, UH, BECAUSE IT REQUIRES, UH, STEEP SLOPES, DISTURBANCE, UM, IT TRIGGERED BOARD APPROVALS AND, UM, IT, IT, IT'S A, AN APPLICATION THAT WE'RE RUNNING SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH PARCEL D.
UM, THE NEXT SLIDE JUST ZOOMS IN, UH, ON THE PLANS THAT WERE SUBMITTED AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION.
UH, IS THE 250 SPACE PARKING LOT, UH, IS THE SOUTHERN RECTANGLE THERE IN TAN AND, UM, IT'S CONSTRUCTED, UH, IN A TIERED MANNER, UH, WITH AN IDEA TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF DISTURBANCE AND EARTH WORK, SORT OF WORKING WITH THE EXISTING TOPOGRAPHY THAT'S THERE, UH, STAYING OUT OF WETLAND BUFFERS.
UM, AND THEN THE, UH, THE TEMPORARY PARKING, UH, TEMPORARY TRAILER AREA ON THE UPPER PORTION, THE SORT OF DIAMOND SHEET, UH, IS, IS, IS LOCATED WHERE THERE'S AN EXISTING MEADOW THAT'S KIND OF USED TO STORE, UH, LANDSCAPING DEBRIS AND, AND, AND DEAD TREES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT, IT'S A RELATIVELY FLAT AREA, MADE A LOT OF SENSE TO UTILIZE ON A TEMPORARY BASIS.
AND THEN, UH, THE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE WHAT THESE ARE, UM, WHEN THE PROJECT IS DONE, THE AREAS WILL BE REMOVED AND RESTORED BACK TO CONDITIONS, UH, THAT ARE EQUAL TO OR BETTER THAN WHAT THEY CURRENTLY ARE.
YOU KNOW, ALL VEGETATION THAT'S INVASIVE OR DEAD WILL BE REMOVED.
THEY'LL BE, UH, YOU KNOW, MEADOW MIX PLANTED, THERE'LL BE NEW TREES PLANTED.
WE HAVE A A, A PRETTY EXTENSIVE RESTORATION PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED AS PART OF THE APPLICATION FOR THAT.
SO THAT EXPLAINS THE, THE NEED FOR THE TEMPORARY PARKING.
IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
I I, I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE OTHER THING FOR THE RECORD.
I KNOW WE DID IT WHEN WE CAME THE FIRST TIME, BUT I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT REGENERON, AS YOU KNOW, IS A NATIONAL LEADER AND HAS WON AWARDS IN THE, IN THE WORLD OF SUSTAINABILITY.
AND THE CAMPUS IS, UH, UH, IS ALWAYS, UH, GREEN TECHNOLOGY IS ALWAYS AT THE FOREFRONT.
AND THESE, UH, THIS BUILDING IS BEING DESIRED TO A MINIMUM OF SILVER STANDARD.
IS THAT TO THE SILVER LEAD STANDARD? SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE MENTION THAT AGAIN FOR THE RECORD, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CORPORATE PHILOSOPHY.
SO AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD, UH, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC, WHATEVER IS THE BOARDS.
I HAVE ONE, ONE QUESTION THAT RELATES TO THE ARTIFACTS.
DO YOU KNOW WHETHER IN IN THIS AREA, WHETHER THERE'S BEEN ANY ARTIFACTS FOUND? AND IF THEY ARE, HOW THEY WILL BE PRESERVED? SURE.
AND I WILL REFER YOU TO, WE LOOKED INTO THAT.
WE WERE ASKED THE QUESTION, WE, WE'LL REFER YOU TO A LETTER THAT WAS IN MARCH OF 2017, WHEN THE, FROM THE LAST TIME WE WERE BEFORE YOU ON AN APPROVAL THAT WE SUBMITTED.
AND THIS WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE OFFICE OF PARKS.
AND THERE'S A LETTER THAT GOES WITH IT FROM THE NEW YORK STATE AGENCY.
AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT'S HAPPENED IS THEY, THE, THE STATE ISSUED A LETTER HAVING WORKED WITH US AND HAVING REVIEWED THIS, AND I THINK IT WAS WITH YOUR PREDECESSOR, THE, OR THE ORIGINAL TIME WASN'T REGENERON, WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION.
BUT THE ISSUE WAS THE LETTER WAS ISSUED BY THE STATE WHERE THEY ESSENTIALLY STATED THERE'S NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE HISTORICAL, UH, ARTIFACTS THAT ARE HERE, ET CETERA.
BUT IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE, THERE'S A PROTOCOL FOR US TO BE FOLLOWING WITH THEM, IT'S LAID OUT IN THE LETTER.
NO CONSTRUCTION HAS TAKEN PLACE SINCE THAT TIME.
SO WE HAVEN'T UNCOVERED ANYTHING 'CAUSE NOTHING HAS OCCURRED IN THE AREAS THAT WERE POTENTIALLY IDENTIFIED BY PEOPLE THAT THEY HAD CONCERNS OVER.
BUT IF IN FACT, DURING THE COURSE OF THIS CONSTRUCTION OR PROJECT THOSE ARE FOUND, WE WILL FOLLOW THE PROTOCOLS THAT ARE LAID OUT IN THE LETTER THAT WAS DETERMINED WITH NEW YORK STATE BACK IN 2017.
BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT THEY DID FIND SOME, THERE IS, BUT THERE WAS ONE AREA OF THE PROPERTY, AND THAT'S PERHAPS BEFORE REGENERON TOOK OVER THE PROPERTY.
IF I RECALL CORRECT THAT THAT'S ON THE LOOP ROAD PROPERTY WHERE WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH RESPECT TO THIS.
AGAIN, REMEMBER THE, THE, THE, WHERE THE PARCEL D IS, WHERE THE BUILDING IS BEING BUILT MM-HMM.
WE HAVE THE TEMPORARY PARKING AND STAGING AREAS THAT'S NOT ANYWHERE NEAR THAT AREA THAT THIS BERM, ET CETERA, WHERE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THERE'S NOTHING PROPOSED TO BE BUILT THERE.
SO THERE'S BEEN NO DISTURBANCE IN THAT AREA, WHICH WAS THE AREA OF CONCERN.
SO NOTHING AS FAR AS I KNOW, SINCE REGENERON HAS BEEN THERE, HAS BEEN FOUND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY.
WE, WE, WE WERE WONDERING WHATEVER HAPPENED TO WHATEVER WAS FOUND AND WHETHER YOU HAVE ACCESS TO IT OR I, I DON'T THINK SO.
I THINK NO, OUR, OUR PREDECESSOR WAS PART OF THAT PROCESS.
IT DIDN'T COME WITH THE SALE OF THE BUILDING.
SO WE, WE WENT THROUGH THAT THE LAST TIME.
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IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT REGENERON HAS MM-HMM.I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A REALLY EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, I LIKED ALL THE VISUALS AND I WISH EVERYONE WHO CAME IN WITH THE APPLICATIONS WOULD HAVE THIS, UH, KIND OF, UH, PRESIDENT AND JUDGMENT MAKES IT SO MUCH EASIER, UM, YOU KNOW, TO FOLLOW.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M DEFINITELY, UH, VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, REGENERON, YOU KNOW, COMING TO THE TOWN, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A, YOU'RE, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THERE'S ONLY, UH, PLUSES, YOU KNOW, I'M PLEASED THAT OUR AREA IS BECOMING LIKE THE BIOTECH CAPITAL OF, UM, OF THE HUDSON UNIT VALLEY.
AND I APPRECIATE THE GOOD WORK THAT REGENERON IS DOING, UH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO SAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, MANY, MANY LIVES.
SO I JUST SEE A LOT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, PLUSES, UH, YOU KNOW, TO THIS.
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT YOU'RE, UH, COMING HERE AND I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL, UH, YOU HAVE THE GROUNDBREAKING.
WELL, WE THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
YOU HAVE SET THE BAR VERY HIGH FOR PRESENTATIONS, INCLUDING FOR YOUR OWN COMPANY, AND I THINK YOU'VE EXCEEDED IT AGAIN TONIGHT.
SO IT'S, IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU COME AND, YOU KNOW, YOU COME WITH BIG ASKS, BUT IT'S A BIG COMPANY AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT COMPANY.
AND, UH, YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE DONE YOUR HOMEWORK AND IT, IF ANYONE'S LOOKING AT THE SLIDES AND YOU HAVE A SCIENCE BACKGROUND, WHAT A NICE PLACE TO WORK.
WELL, WE'LL BE HIRING LOTS OF PEOPLE, SO THAT'S GOOD.
WE'LL PUT OUT, WE'LL PUT, WE'LL PUT OUT THE, THAT'S A GOOD ADVERTISING MARKETING STANDARD.
I, I REMEMBER FROM MEETINGS YEARS AGO WHEN, WHEN MOST OF THIS WAS SOMEWHAT OF A DREAM, UH, YOU WANTED A CAMPUS TYPE, UM, UH, LAYOUT, AND YOU CERTAINLY GOT IT.
AND SO I'M SURE YOUR EMPLOYEES, YOUR SATISFACTION RATING AMONG YOUR EMPLOYEES.
MY, I MY GUESS IS IT'S QUITE HARD.
WELL, REGENERON HAS BEEN NOTED IN, CITED IN A NUMBER OF STUDIES AS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO WORK IN AMERICA.
AND I KNOW THEY'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT.
WELL, THERE'S A LITTLE PIECE IN MOUNT PLEASANT TOO, BUT YES, MOST OF IT'S IN, THAT IS TRUE.
BUT THE ANTIBODIES WE'RE IN, BUT WE HAVE TO
SO WE HAVE TO SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT THAT TOO.
WHEN DO YOU THINK, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST BUILDING WILL START? DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER BEN OR? SURE.
MY NAME IS BEN SUZUKI AND I'M THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION AT REGENERON.
AND OUR GOAL, UH, ASSUMING WE, UH, MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH THE APPROVALS IN HAND, UM, IS TO BREAK GROUND, UH, BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
UH, THAT MEANS GROUND CLEARING, THAT KIND OF THING.
SITE PREP HARD CONSTRUCTION WILL BE IN 2022, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO, YOU KNOW, GET THE BALL MOVING AND, AND START THE, UH, THE LATE, UH, ALL OF THE GROUND CLEARING WORK AND, AND START THE SITE PREP WORK THIS YEAR.
AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR TIME IN, IN HEARING OUR CASE.
AND, UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT.
A REGENERON ALWAYS EXCEEDS GOALS BAR IS HIGH.
UM, CAN I ASK IF YOU ASK IF THE PUBLIC HAS ANY COMMENT, ANY COMMENTS? RIGHT.
DOES THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY COMMENTS? OH, YES.
HOW'S SAMAMI? AND WHILE HOW IS COMING UP? I JUST WANNA SAY THAT REGENERON HAS, FOR SEVERAL YEARS OPENED ITS DOORS TO THE INTERNS OF GREENBERG TOWN HALL.
SO GENEROUSLY AND HAVE WELCOMED THEM, TAKEN THEM THROUGH, UH, UH, THE BUILDING, THE RESEARCH AND, AND, UM, HOSTED VISITS.
OUR, OUR HEARTS WERE BROKEN, BUT WE COULD UNDERSTAND THIS YEAR, UM, THEY WERE NOT ALLOWING, UM, UH, INTERNS OR GUESTS TO COME IN.
BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE WHEN THOSE DOORS WILL BE OPEN AGAIN.
UM, 'CAUSE THEY, THEY JUST LOVE THE VISIT VISIT.
HOW, OKAY, HERE FROM THE DARK SIDE NOW, UH, WHERE OF COURSE, REGENERON IS ITS OWN NEIGHBOR.
REGENERON IS A WELL DESERVED COMPANY FOR ALL ITS SUCCESSES IN THE FIELD.
AND IT'S A FEATHER IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY'S CAP FOR LOWERING
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REGENERON TO GREENBURG AND MOUNT PLEASANT BY A VERY LARGE PLUS OF A BIG BUNDLE OF TAX RELIEF.NOW, THE PARCEL ITSELF IS VERY LARGE.
TODAY WE'RE ON BUILDING D TOMORROW WILL BE ON BUILDING Z, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES.
AND THEY ARE A SUCCESSFUL COMPANY.
THE LOCATION ITSELF HAS PROXIMITY TO NEW YORK CITY, AN EXCELLENT ROAD NETWORK.
UM, AND OF COURSE THERE'S HOTEL ROOMS NEARBY.
AND THE PLOT ITSELF, AS I SAID, WILL ACCOMMODATE ALL THEIR FUTURE GROWTH.
HOWEVER, IF NOT ALREADY, REGENERON IS THE LARGEST SINGLE SOURCE OF TAX REVENUE TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
AND CERTAINLY WHEN THIS EXPANSION IS BUILT, IT WILL BE AHEAD BY A LAND MILE ON THAT BASIS.
IT'S AN EXCELLENT, HIGHLY PROFITABLE COMPANY, WHICH SOLVES PROBLEMS EVEN BETTER THAN OUR TOWN SUPERVISOR.
BUT ALONG WITH ALL THE SUCCESS AND OUR TAXES, WE HAVE A COMPANY WHICH IS IN THE BUSINESS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
AND IT HANDLES DANGEROUS AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES EVERY DAY, WHICH CAN LEAK EVEN BEYOND THEIR WELL-APPOINTED LOBBY, WHICH THEY SHOWED YOU PICTURES OF.
CONSIDER WUHAN CHINA HOLD TO TWO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LABS, SARS AND COVID, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENED LAST YEAR.
THESE LABS WERE LIKELY THE SOURCE OF C AND THE ONLY OBJECTION TO THAT SCIENCE IS THAT THAT THEORY WAS ESPOUSED BY DONALD TRUMP, WHICH NATURALLY SCIENCE DOES NOT WANT ASSOCIATE WITH.
NEVERTHELESS, UNDER UNDERCURRENT INITIATIVES, I'M SURE THERE'S GONNA BE A CONCLUSION COMING SHORTLY THAT WILL ANSWER WHERE THE SOURCE OF COVID WAS.
OUR LITTLE TOWN'S ZONING PLANNING AND TOWN BOARD ARE ILL-EQUIPPED TO HANDLE SAFETY STUDIES.
SO ALL I KNOW REGENERON HAS AN EXCELLENT HISTORY, OR AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT GEN REGENERON PR IS TRANSMITTING.
HOWEVER, I LEAVE YOU WITH THE THOUGHT THAT THERE'S ALWAYS RISK.
THE MANUFACTURED PRODUCT IS NOT THE RISK, WHICH THEY SAY THEY'RE NOT PRODUCING THERE.
THE RISK IS IN WHAT THEY DO DO ON THE SITE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S THE DOWNSIDE OF COLLECTING REGENERON TAXES.
ANYONE ELSE? WALTER, WALTER SIMON, WALTER SIMON, UH, WALTER SIMON, UH, RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AS A FORMER RESEARCH CHEMIST WORKING FOR SIBA LATER NOVARTIS.
AND YES, THERE ARE RISKS TO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, BUT IT IS, IT IS NOT A VALID COMPARISON TO LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN CHINA AND, AND, AND COMPARE WHAT IS BEING DONE IN THIS COUNTRY.
NUMBER ONE, CHINA IS A CLOSED GOVERNMENT.
THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO RIGOROUS, UH, OVERSIGHT, WHICH IN THIS COUNTRY WE ARE.
THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT PERFECT, BUT WE DO TAKE ENORMOUS STEPS TO MAKE THINGS SAFE.
I WORKED IN A PLANT IN, UH, IN LOUISIANA.
AND THAT PLANT, THEY MADE HYDROGEN CYANIDE.
SIBA WAS THE SECOND LARGEST PRODUCER OF HYDROGEN CYANIDE IN THE NATION.
AND WE USED TO HAVE A CONFERENCE ROOM RIGHT NEXT TO THE HYDROGEN CYANIDE REACTOR.
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF A HYDROGEN CYANIDE
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SPILL IN THIS COUNTRY? NO, BECAUSE WE TOOK TREMENDOUS PRECAUTION.NOT ONLY DO YOU JUST HAVE SAFETY BACKUP, BUT YOU HAVE SECONDARY AND TERTIARY BACKUP.
YOU HAD RIGOROUS DRILLS THAT WE WENT THROUGH.
AND I WENT TO THAT, I VISITED THAT PLANT FOR ABOUT 17 YEARS, ABOUT ONCE A MONTH IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM.
SO TO COMPARE WHAT IS BEING DONE AT REGENERON TO WUHAN IS JUST NOT THE COMPARISON.
WILL THAT MAKE REGENERON PERFECT? OF COURSE NOT.
BUT THE FACT THAT YOU PUT IN RIGOROUS STANDARDS, YOU PUT IN, UH, SECONDARY, TERTIARY, UH, UH, SAFETY SYSTEMS, I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE OF HAVING REGENERON IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
I, I DO WANT TO ADD THAT ON A PREVIOUS PLAN I HAD RECOMMENDED THAT THE PLANS BE SUBMITTED TO THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL.
UH, IT WASN'T DONE AT THE TIME, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BUILDING INSPECTOR WILL SUBMIT THESE PLANS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL TO GET, UH, SECOND OPINION.
AGAIN, MARK JUAN GARTEN ON BEHALF OF REGENERON.
AND, UH, I MEAN, I THINK CHAIRPERSON SIMON SAID IT VERY WELL, BUT WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO ANY OF THAT.
WE ARE YOUR BUILDING ISSUES THAT YOU ARE LOCALLY INVOLVED WITH.
BUT OF COURSE, THERE'S A MOUNTAIN OF FEDERAL REGULATION, WHICH, UH, IS INVOLVED WITH ALL OF THIS, WHICH IN REGENERON HAS A VERY PROUD SAFETY RECORD, WHICH IT STANDS BY, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO PUBLIC SCRUTINY AT ANY TIME.
AND, UH, THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME AND THERE IS A PROBLEM YOU WOULD'VE KNOWN ABOUT IT.
AND, UH, THEY'RE JUST, THERE'S NOTHING'S PERFECT, AS WAS MENTIONED, BUT IT'S A VERY SAFE PLACE TO BE.
AND UNLIKE OTHER PLACES THAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, WHERE THERE ARE MANUFACTURING FACILITIES, THIS IS THE HEADQUARTERS, THIS IS WHERE THE MANAGEMENT OF THAT COMPANY WORKS EVERY DAY, THEY ARE THERE.
THIS IS NOT SOME FAR OFF PLACE THAT NOBODY'S PAYING ATTENTION TO.
SO, UH, WE'RE VERY CONFIDENT, UH, IN BEING ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE THIS EVENING.
YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, UM, THE SUSTAINABILITY AND THE GREEN INITIATIVES, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, DESIGNATION SILVER.
COULD YOU MAYBE ELABORATE JUST ON, UH, SOME OF THE GREEN INITIATIVES? AND I WAS, SOMEBODY HAD EMAILED US, UM, EARLIER, UH, TODAY JUST ABOUT GEO.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES UP IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT.
UH, WE, WE CAN PUT THOSE UP BEFORE YOU GO THERE.
YOU, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS, BUT NEW YORK STATE REGULATIONS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT EASY.
AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE BOTH LOOKING OVER YOUR SHOULDER, UM, EACH ONE OF THOSE WITH THEIR OWN INSPECTORS ALL TAKING DIFFERENT ISSUES, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE LUCKY IN NEW YORK STATE TO HAVE THOSE TYPES OF REGULAR ISSUES IN, IN ADDITION TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
UM, BUT THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL IS NOT BECAUSE WE THINK THAT THERE'S SOMETHING UNUSUALLY HAZARDOUS ABOUT THIS.
IT'S JUST THAT BECAUSE OF THE SOPHISTICATION OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING, UM, IT MAKES SENSE TO DO IT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE.
AND, AND WE WELCOME THAT REVIEW.
WE, WE HAVE SOME SLIDES A LITTLE FARTHER DOWN.
IS THAT IT, DON? YEAH, THAT, SO WE JUST SCROLL, WE'LL TELL YOU ON THE, LET'S KEEP GOING.
THESE ARE IN COURSE OF CASES IN CASE THERE WERE QUESTIONS.
SOME OF THESE WERE SHOWN TO THE PLANNING BOARD 'CAUSE THEY'RE ABOUT WETLANDS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
CAN YOU, STEVEN, YOU WANT TO TALK TO IT OR, AND WHEN YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BILL TO LEAD STANDARD, DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO FOR THE CERTIFICATION? 'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO GET THE ACTUAL CERTIFICATION.
ARE YOU, BUT YOU ARE, ARE YOU SOLELY GOING TO HAVE THE STANDARDS FOR IT WITHOUT THE CERTIFICATION? WE HAVE A LEAD GOAL, UH, ON THIS PROJECT OF LEAD SILVER.
SO CERTIFICATION IS THE LOWEST STANDARD WE INTEND SILVER'S IN IS A HIGHER STANDARD THAN CERTIFICATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, GOING TO GOLD OR, OR TO PLATINUM IS A COST.
UM, OUR LEAD POINTS AS WE TRACK THEM THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS IS TRENDING VERY WELL.
UH, IF, IF WE COULD MAKE IT TO A HIGHER STANDARD TO GOLD, WE WOULD, IT DOES GET PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE FOR THESE KINDS OF HIGH TECH BUILDINGS.
BUT WE CERTAINLY, UH, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP DESIGNING TO SUSTAINABLE PRINCIPLES, IT, IT'S WHAT WE DO ALL THE TIME AS A COMPANY AND WE WILL CERTAINLY ENDEAVOR TO, TO ACHIEVE THE LEAD GOALS THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS A SILVER CERTIFICATION, A SILVER, UH, LEVEL.
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MAYBE I WASN'T CLEAR COUNCIL, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I COULD HELP TO DIRECT ME ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.THE ANSWER IS WE WILL PROBABLY NOT GO TO THE CERTIFICATION LEVEL BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSE OF IT, BUT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE ON THE CHECKLIST THAT THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO ACHIEVE SILVER WILL BE ACHIEVED.
SO THAT, I KNOW THAT'S THE DISTINCTION THAT HAPPENS HERE ALL THE TIME.
AND SO THE LIKELIHOOD IS WE WON'T GO FOR THE CERTIFICATION BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED IT, BUT YOU, YOU'LL BE, YOU'LL SATISFIED THAT IT WILL AT MINIMUM REACH THAT GOAL.
YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER, UH, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN YOU WERE HERE, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE INITIAL REQUESTS, UM, I HAD MENTIONED, UM, THE FOOD SCRAP RECYCLING.
AND THIS IS SUCH A MAJOR, YOU KNOW, CAMPUS.
AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU'VE, UH, THOUGHT ABOUT, UM, OFFERING, UM, EMPLOYEES OF FOOD, SCRAP, YOU KNOW, RECYCLE LIKE A, A DROP OFF FOR FOOD, SCRAP RECYCLING, MAYBE LEADING, UM, YOU KNOW, BY EXAMPLE, SINCE I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY A, A MOVE A MOVEMENT IN WESTCHESTER, YOU KNOW, TO PROMOTE FOOD SCRAP RECYCLING.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE A SLIDE AHEAD OF US.
SO THE FIRST SLIDE IS SIMPLY IS THE AWARDS THAT REGENERON HAS WON, ET CETERA.
AND I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THOSE BEFORE.
SO, UH, COMMISSIONER, IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT, SO WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, WHEN WE WERE AT THE, UH, WHEN WE WERE AT THE PLANNING BOARD ABOUT THE, UH, INVESTMENT IN RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION, THE INNOVATIVE SOLUTION FOR REDUCING EMISSIONS IN ENERGY CONSUMPTION.
THESE, OF COURSE, ARE THE GOALS, REDUCING LAB WASTE, COMPOSTING FOOD WASTE, WHICH IS WHAT, UH, THE SUPERVISOR WAS JUST, UH, REFERRING TO, WILL BE TAKING PLACE HERE, MINIMIZING FRESH WATER USE, RECYCLING WATER DESIGN, SUSTAINABLE LABS, UH, DESIGN A HEALTHY BUILDING FOR HEALTHY EMPLOYEES AND BUILDING FOR AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY.
THESE ARE THE GOALS THAT ARE IN THERE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE PLANS, YOU'LL SEE THAT THESE ARE INCORPORATED.
IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
NOW THAT ONE I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO READ FOR YOU.
IT JUST, UH, YOU HAVE THE EYES THESE DAYS, BUT, UH, UH, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE IT.
AND THAT TALKS ABOUT WHAT THE GOALS ARE AGAIN, AS FAR AS, UH, GOING THROUGH THE LEAD PROCESS TO EARN THE POINTS TO GET UP TO IN THE MINIMUM OF THE SILVER AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER.
BUT AGAIN, WE'RE NOT SUGGESTING THAT, UH, UH, BASED ON THE POINTS AS WE'VE DESIGNED IT, WE WILL, WE WILL BE SILVER, BUT WE DO ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING FOR THE CERTIFICATION.
I JUST HAVE ONE OTHER, YOU KNOW, QUESTION.
UM, AND YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IT.
UM, BUT ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES IN WESTCHESTER, WE HAVE TO TRANSPORT THE FOOD, SCRAP RECYCLING OUT OF THE COUNTY.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.
AND I'M SORT WONDERING IF YOU WOULD EVER CONSIDER, UH, DESIGNATING AN AREA IN YOUR CAMPUS, UM, WHERE, YOU KNOW, AND A SURPLUS LAND WHERE COMMUNITIES LIKE GREENBURG OR MOUNT PLEASANT WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, SAY DROP OFF ON OUR FOOD, YOU KNOW, SCRAP, UM, YOU KNOW, RECYCLING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO SORT OF A COMPOST SITE AND PERHAPS THAT COULD, UH, YOU KNOW, HELP US, YOU KNOW, PROMOTE FOOD, SCRAP RECYCLING, YOU KNOW, AS WELL.
AND, YOU KNOW, JUST WOULD MAKE IT MUCH MORE PRACTICAL.
BECAUSE IF WE'RE BRINGING THE FOOD SCRAPS ALL THE WAY TO ULSTER COUNTY OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, IT'S NOT REALLY THE, I MEAN, WE, WE THINK WE'RE ACTING LIKE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING POSITIVE OR WE REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE MOST SUSTAINABLE THING.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT EVEN CONSIDER.
WE, WE ARE CERTAINLY PROVIDING THE AREA FOR THE COMPOSTING OF THE FOOD WASTE THAT WE HAVE ON THE CAMPUS, SETTING IT UP AS A, AS A LANDFILL, ESSENTIALLY COMPOSTING SITE FOR MORE THAN OUTSIDE THE CAMPUS.
I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE THE LAND AREA FOR THAT.
PLUS WE HAVE A REQUIREMENTS OF GROWTH, BUT I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE THAT KIND OF DECISION TONIGHT, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
BUT, UH, MY, MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION IS, I, I'M DOUBTFUL THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS VERY VALUABLE LAND IS GONNA BE USED FOR.
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS OF WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE, UH, THAT REGENERON IS DOING ON THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S INCORPORATED INTO THE PLANS FOR ALL OF THE FOOD, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE EMPLOYEES THERE DO EAT, UH, YOU KNOW, AT THE CAMPUS, UH, CAFETERIAS ALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND EVENING.
WE WOULD REQUEST IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS THAT, UH, THAT THIS BE CLOSED AND, UH, I'D HAVE TO SPEAK AGAIN.
WHAT'S UP SUPERVISOR? I SENSE AN ERROR OF DESPERATION ON THE PART OF THE TOWN BOARD THAT YOU WOULD DIVERT AWAY FROM.
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TALK ABOUT FOOD SCRAPS AND LEADED CERTIFICATION.LEADED CERTIFICATION, AS YOU KNOW, IS AN INDUSTRY TERM OF AN INDUSTRY WHICH SELLS PRODUCTS IN THE LEAD INDU LEAD SERVICING AREA.
SO BY ESTABLISHING A MARKET FOR THEIR PRODUCTS, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE LEAD CERTIFICATION.
YOU GET LEADS POINTS FOR EVERYTHING.
IF YOU'RE NEAR A BUS STOP, BUS STOP, OR THE GOODS THAT YOU PURCHASE ARE TRUCKED IN FROM LESS THAN 500 MILES AWAY.
THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SAFETY.
AND I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS THE ZONING BOARD OR THE PLANNING BOARD, BUT SOME YEARS BACK, THE TOWN BOARD REJECTED AN APPLICATION FOR A HYDROGEN PUMPING STATION ON CENTRAL PARK AVENUE AT CLIFTON AVENUE WHERE THERE IS A GAS STATION.
AND IT LISTENED TO THE PUBLIC, WHICH WAS CONCERNED THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE PLENTY OF HYDROGEN PUMPING STATIONS, THERE MIGHT BE ACCIDENTS AND THERE MIGHT NOT, BUT YOU REJECTED IT.
AND THIS BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM, YOU'RE GOING AHEAD WITH THAT.
AND THERE ARE DOCUMENTED ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN.
THE DEFINITION OF AN ACCIDENT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T PLAN FOR, WHETHER YOU WANT TO CALL IT FATE, LACK OF PREPARATION, OR GOT OUT OF THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED ONE MORNING.
NOT FOOD SCRAPS AND LEAD CERTIFICATION.
I GUESS I DON'T UNDER, I GUESS I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE POINT THAT WAS BEING MADE THAT WE ARE, NO ONE IS SHORT, UH, CIRCUITING ANY REVIEW OF SAFETY ISSUES I ALREADY MENTIONED WE'RE GOING TO SUBMIT THIS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE.
UM, ONLY OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, THERE ARE REGULATORY AGENCIES.
THE FACT THAT WE MOVE ON TO A DIFFERENT TOPIC, SUCH AS LEAD CERTIFICATION DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE HAVE SOMEHOW ABANDONED SAFETY.
IF THERE'S NO ONE ELSE, DOES THE BOARD WANT TO CONSIDER, UH, CLOSING THIS, UH, THESE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS HERE? UH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WOULD CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS OR 10 DAYS.
AND IT'S BOTH HEARINGS, RIGHT? FOR THE COMBINED HEARINGS.
SO WAS IT SEVEN OR 10? SEVEN? WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER THE REQUEST? NO, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT HOW MANY DAYS WOULD WE HOLD THE RECORD OPEN? WHY DON'T WE DO SEVEN DAYS? SEVEN DAYS.
[ To consider an agreement with the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson for Fire Protection Services to the Donald Park Fire Protection District for the year 2020]
WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, TO CONSIDER AN AGREEMENT.YOU GO TO HASTINGS FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO ODONNELL PARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 2020.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYBODY HERE FROM THE VILLAGE.
THIS IS, UH, AN AGREEMENT, UH, WITH THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO THE DONALD PARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.
THE DONALD PARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT IS AN AREA OUTSIDE OF THE GREENVILLE, HARTSDALE AND FAIRVIEW FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
THE CONTRACT WITH THE LOCAL VILLAGE, NEARBY VILLAGE, UH, TO PROVIDE PRIOR PROTECTION SERVICES TO THAT AREA.
THE COST FOR 2020 IS $339,011.
UH, JUST FOR COMPARISON, THE PREVIOUS YEAR IN 2019, IT WAS 339,000, UH, 0 5 7.
SO ALMOST NO CHANGE WHATSOEVER IN, IN THE COST.
IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ABOUT THEN, UH, HEARING, HEARING NONE, THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN THE HEARING.
CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.
UM, THE NEXT HEARING IS TO CONSIDER ONE YEAR AGREEMENT
[ To consider a one-year agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Ardsley to provide Fire Protection Services to Unincorporated Area residents in the Chauncey Fire Protection District for the year 2020]
BETWEEN THE, UH, TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE VILLAGE OF LEY TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TOWN INCORPORATED AREA RESIDENCE AND THE TRUANCY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 2020.[01:05:01]
ANYBODY LIKE TO, UH, SPEAK? SO THIS IS ANOTHER, UH, FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT CONTRACT.IT'S A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE VILLAGE OF ARDSLEY FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO THE UNC INCORPORATED AREAS IN THE CHAUNCEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.
THE CHAUNCEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT IS AN AREA OF THE UNINCORPORATED AREA THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE GREENVILLE, FAIRVIEW AND HARTSDALE FIRE DISTRICTS.
AND TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES, THE COST FOR 2020 IS $9,480 AND 86 CENTS.
PREVIOUSLY IT WAS $9,661 AND 34 CENTS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THAT FIRE PROTECTION CONTRACT? NO.
THEN I MOVE THAT WE, UH, CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.
UH, THE NEXT TEARING, UM, UH, TO
[ To consider a one-year agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Ardsley to provide Fire Protection Services to Unincorporated Area residents in the South Ardsley Fire Protection District for the year 2020]
CONSIDER A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE VILLAGE OF ARDSLEY TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO INCORPORATED AREA RESIDENCE IN THE SOUTH LEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 2020.ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS ANOTHER SECOND.
ALWAYS ON TOP OF THESE THINGS.
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH THE VILLAGE OF ARDSLEY.
UH, THIS TIME IT IS FOR THE, UH, SOUTH ARDSLEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.
THE SOUTH ARDSLEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT IS AN AREA OF THE UNINCORPORATED AREA THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE GREENVILLE, FAIRVIEW AND HARTSDALE FIRE DISTRICTS, UH, WITH WHICH THE TOWN, UH, CONTRACTS WITH THE VILLAGE OF ARDSLEY LOCAL FIRE, UH, VILLAGE, UH, TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES.
UH, THIS ONE, THE COST FOR 2020 IS $321,989 AND 73 CENTS A DROP FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR OF $328,119 AND 8 CENTS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR FIRE PROTECTION CONTRACT? NO.
THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.
AND, UH, THE LAST HEARING TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT TO
[ To consider an amendment to Section 570-8 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh related to the Annual Statement of Financial Disclosure]
SECTION 5 78 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG RELATED TO THE ANNUAL STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT? YES.
SOM UH, IS THERE GONNA BE A PRESENTATION? WELL, YOU KNOW, FRANCIS, DID YOU WANT TO, UM, OUTLINE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING MADE TO THE, UM, TO THE ETHICS CODE BEFORE MR. SAM SPEAKS? ALRIGHT, LET ME, LET ME PULL IT UP HERE.
AND I KNOW THESE CHANGES WERE AT THE SUGGESTION OF THE, UM, THE TALENTS, ETHICS, UH, BOARD.
JANELLE, ARE YOU ABLE TO DISPLAY WHAT'S ON MY SCREEN ON THE PROJECTOR IN THE HONOR? UH, JUST BRIEFLY, I WILL BE TELLING YOU THAT I'LL TELL YOU THAT THIS IS RECOMMENDED BY THE, UH, BOARD OF ETHICS.
IT'S AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION FIVE 70 DASH EIGHT, WHICH IS TITLED FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.
UH, IT IS CHANGING THE PROCESS REGARDING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEBODY DOES NOT TIMELY SUBMIT A FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT, WHICH IS AN ANNUAL REQUIREMENT.
SO THE CURRENTLY THE DOCUMENT READS THAT THE BOARD OF ETHICS SHALL REPORT TO THE TOWN CLERK ANYONE REQUIRED TO FILE THE ANNUAL STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBERG WHO FAILS TO FILE THE FORM WITHIN 30 DAYS DUE DATE.
WHAT'S THAT? I'M, I'M NOT READING THE CHANGES.
WITHIN, UH, 30 DAYS OF THE DUE DATE.
THEREFORE, AND THE TOWN CLERK SHALL NOTIFY SUCH PERSONS BY CERTIFIED MAIL IF THE ADDRESS IS KNOWN.
AND THEN 10 DAYS A THERE THEREAFTER, IF THE MAILING HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED SHALL POST SUCH INFORMATION ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE UNTIL SUCH FILING IS MADE.
THE PROPOSED CHANGE IS TO HAVE THAT READ.
THE BOARD OF ETHICS SHALL REPORT TO THE TOWN CLERK AND THE TOWN BOARD ANYONE REQUIRED TO FILE THE ANNUAL STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WHO FAILS TO FILE THE FORM WITHIN 10 DAYS.
IT'S A DROP FROM 30 DAYS TO 10 DAYS OF THE DUE DATE.
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OF ETHICS, NOT THE TOWN CLERK THROUGH ITS COUNSEL, SHALL WITHOUT NEED FOR A FORMAL, UH, VOTE OF APPROVAL, NOTIFY SUCH PERSONS BY EMAIL IF THE EMAIL ADDRESS IS KNOWN AND BY CERTIFIED MAIL IF THE ADDRESS IS KNOWN.AND THEN 10 DAYS AFTER MAILING, IF THE FILING HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED, SHALL ALL SUCH INFORMATION ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE UNTIL SUCH FILING IS MADE.
OKAY, MR. SAM? PRETTY BORING STUFF, HUH?
MAIN THING IS, IT WAS ACCURATE.
I'M GIVING YOU SOMETHING, TWO DOCTORS, THREE DOCTORS ONE, WHAT I'M READ HERE A EXAMPLE FROM THE DISCLOSURE FORM AND SUGGESTIONS AND A COPY OF THE ETHICS CODE SECTION, WHICH I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO KEEP FOR FUTURE DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE ETHICS.
AND MS. PAVE, WE HAVE TO SET THE, UH, THE TIMER FOR MR. UH SAMS. WAS THERE ANYONE ELSE WANNA SPEAK ON THIS? NO, BUT IT'S, UH, FIVE MINUTES.
THE BOARD OF ETHICS WANTS TO CHANGE THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FORM IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CODE OF ETHICS, WHICH IS PART OF TOWN LAW, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE THIS PUBLIC HEARING NOW BASED UPON INADEQUACIES OF THE BOARD OF ETHICS MEMBERSHIP THAT I'M GOING TO ADDRESS IN THE FORTHCOMING COMPLAINT.
CITING 5 70 11 K CHAPTER OF THE CODE.
THE CHANGE OF THE CODE OF ETHICS BEFORE YOU IS NOT ONLY PERPETUATING A NEEDLESS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS, A REPEATED ETHICS BOARD MEETING AGENDA ITEM, BUT ONE THAT CAN BE EASILY ELIMINATED USING ELEMENTS OF THE ETHICS CODE AS ITS GUIDELINES.
ESSENTIALLY IN TERMS OF SEEING THAT REQUIRED PERSONS ATTAINED A COPY OF THE ETHICS CODE UPON COMMENCEMENT OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT OR APPOINTMENT AND SIGN IT SO THAT THOSE SUBJECT TO THE ETHICS CODE HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR VIOLATING IT.
AND THAT'S UNDER ETHICS CODE 5 70 10 B AND GRAFTING THAT INSTRUCTION WITH ETHICS CODE 5 78 B, WHICH IS CONCERNED DIRECTLY WITH THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FORM IN WHICH CHANGES IN REAL ESTATE MUST BE FILED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
I HAVE PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED THAT THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FORM MUST BE EXECUTED UPON HIRING OR APPOINTMENT, AND THAT ONLY WHEN REAL ESTATE CHANGES HANDS MUST THE ORIGINAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FORM BE AMENDED TO REFLECT SUCH CHANGES.
IT'S SIMPLE AND IT ELIMINATES ALL THE ENUMERATED COLLECTION STAGES.
BUT THE SSS ALL THE CHANGES THAT THE BOARD OF ETHICS WANTS YOU TO GO ALONG WITH ARE NUMEROUS, BE DONE AWAY EASILY.
JUST HAVE EVERYONE SIGN IT ONCE AND WHEN CHANGES OCCUR, THEN THEY, WE HAVE TO MAKE A NEW FILING.
AND IN A PRACTICAL SENSE, MOST REAL ESTATE OWNED IS THE FAMILY HOME AND SUCH ANNUAL REPORTING THEREOF, YIELDS LITTLE NOT ALREADY KNOWN.
I'VE ALSO PROPOSED THAT THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FORM WAKE UP AND RECOGNIZE THAT LLCS HAVE NO PLACE IN GOVERNMENT EITHER FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF KNOWING WHO THE TOWN IS DOING BUSINESS WITH, SAY JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
AND IT MAY LEND ITSELF TO THE SOLICITATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.
WITHOUT SUCH EXPOSURE OF L L C MEMBERS, HOW CAN ANYONE WHO CARESS TO TAKE A LOOK KNOW WHO IS INVOLVED? AND FINALLY PARTNER HAS BECOME THE NEW SPOUSE TO SOME, TO AVOID ITS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IN THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FORM IS TO PRACTICE SYSTEMIC RACISM.
LET'S POSTPONE THIS PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL THE BOARD OF ETHICS CAN ADDRESS ALL OF THESE CONCERNS.
EACH PUBLIC HEARING COMES AT A COST TO TAXPAYERS AND WITH MAY 15TH EACH YEAR AS THE RETURN DATE FOR THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FORM, RETURN TIME IS HARDLY OF THE ESSENCE.
SO I LEAVE YOU WITH THE THOUGHT THAT YOU ARE MOVING THIS FORWARD
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IS ONLY A HALF MEASURE.ALL THE CHANGES CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED IN ONE SWOOP.
AND THE ETHICS BOARD CHOOSES TO IGNORE THIS BECAUSE TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT PRACTICES OR EVEN WITH THEIR CHANGE, CREATES THEIR OWN SELF-IMPORTANCE SO THAT THEY CAN DO THIS AT EVERY MEETING OF THEM.
ASK HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE RETURNED IT AGAIN, EVERYONE WHO WORKS FOR THE TOWN WHEN THEY'RE HIRED, JUST LIKE A URINE TEST OR WHEN THEY'RE APPOINTED IN SUMMA POSITION, THEY FILE THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FORM.
AND THEN ONLY WHEN THE MAJOR CHANGE IN HOLDINGS OCCURS, WHICH IS UNLIKELY FOR MOST PEOPLE UNDER THE CODE, THEN THEY HAVE TO SUPPLEMENT IT WITH A NEW FILING.
WHAT COULD BE SIMPLER THAN THAT? ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.
AND NOW WE HAVE, UH, THE PUBLIC
[ PUBLIC COMMENT Advance signup via PublicComment@GreenburghNY.com is required. See instructions on first page. A three minute limit per speaker will be strictly enforced. No interruptions by Town Board members, the Town Clerk or the public will be permitted. Any questions on agenda items should be asked at this time. Department Heads have the option of leaving the meeting following Public Comment. Therefore, if anyone has questions that are related to resolutions/items on the agenda involving a specific Department Head, those questions should be raised at this time.]
COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING.WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO COMMENT ABOUT ANYTHING? YES.
WE HAVE MIRIAM KELLER PERKINS AND CLARENCE PERKINS.
ARE YOU SPEAKING TOGETHER OR SEPARATELY? YOU BOTH GET, UH, THREE MINUTES.
JUST IN CASE IF I NEED TO USE THE THREE TO ADD SOMETHING YOU TO, IT'S FINE.
UH, MR. TOWN SUPERVISOR AND MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD, UM, EXCUSE ME, COULD YOU PULL THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO YOU? YES.
UM, TO THE TOWN SUPERVISOR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF.
MY NAME IS MIRIAM KELLER PERKINS.
I RESIDE AT SEVEN RITA LANE IN WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK.
I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
I'M VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
MY HUSBAND HIMSELF HAS BEEN A LITTLE LEAGUE COACH.
I AM A BOARD MEMBER OF THE LEWIS BROWNS CHILDREN'S CENTER.
I ALSO AM A MEMBER OF THE NAACP, BOTH OF US.
I ALSO AM A MEMBER OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED DER OMEGA CHAPTER.
UM, I'M INVOLVED IN, MY DAUGHTER AND I ARE BOTH INVOLVED IN FEEDING THE WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY DURING THANKSGIVING.
SHE BASICALLY REPRESENTS UNION CHURCH.
I REPRESENT CALGARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR OVER EIGHT YEARS.
AND YOU, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ME ALSO SOULS TO THE POLL.
UH, ON THE 20TH ON IN OUR 2020 ELECTION, MY DAUGHTER AND I WERE BOTH PROVIDING WATER, GRANOLA BARS, FRUIT AND WHATEVER.
AND THE REASON WHY I'M HERE IS BECAUSE I AM LOOKING FOR THE TOWN BOARD.
THE SUPERVISOR I WOULD LIKE ON NOVEMBER 13TH, 2018, A VIOLATION WAS, WAS, UM, CITED AGAINST OUR NEIGHBOR, SAL AND ROSARIO PRITA GIACOMO, WHO LIVE AT EIGHT REDDLE LANE FOR BASICALLY EXTENDING THEIR DRIVEWAY ONTO OUR PROPERTY.
THEY WERE CITED A VIOLATION AND THEY WERE ASKED TO REMOVE, THIS WAS ON NOVEMBER 18TH.
THE VIOLATION NUMBER WAS 18 DASH 1 0 8 0 1.
AND THEY WERE ASKED TO REMOVE THE ASPHALT.
THEY FAILED TO REMOVE THE ASPHALT.
UM, THEN A SUMMONS WAS ISSUED TO THEM.
SO IT WAS NOW THE TOWN OF GREENBERG VERSUS THE PRESS GIACOMO'S AND STILL NO REMOVAL OF THE ASPHALT.
WE HAVE SPENT OVER $12,000 IN LEGAL FEES TRYING TO GET THIS RESOLVED.
NOW IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BOARD BASICALLY ENFORCES THE TOWN CODES AND ORDINANCES.
AND IF I'M MISTAKEN, I'M ALSO LOOKING AT THIS VIOLATION THAT SAYS THE FAILURE TO COMPLETE THE CORRECTIVE ACTION, WHICH WAS THE REMOVAL OF THEIR ASPHALT OFF OF OUR PROPERTY, WHICH WE PAY TAXES ON AND BRING THE PROPERTY COMPLETELY IN COMPLIANCE WITH NEW YORK STATE.
AND GREENBURG CODE SHALL RESULT IN THE ISSUANCE OF A SUMMONS, WHICH THEY WERE PUNISHABLE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG JUSTICE COURT, WHICH MAY ALSO INCLUDE FINES AND OR IMPRISONMENT.
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON WAY TOO LONG
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FOR US, WAY TOO LONG.WE HAVE BEEN RESIDING HERE FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
WE HAVE RAISED OUR TWO CHILDREN, ONE WHO WAS ACTIVE AS LIEUTENANT COMMANDER IN THE MILITARY.
I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT AS A TAX PAYING CITIZEN, LAW ABIDING CITIZEN, EVEN WHEN THE POLICE ASKED HIM TO REMOVE HIS CARS OFF OF OUR PROPERTY, UH, WOULD YOU LIKE FOR MS UH, PERKINS TO CONTINUE OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FROM HER HUSBAND? AND THEN, UH, HAVE A SECOND ROUND.
AND JUST FOR THE RECORDS, MS. PERKINS, YOU ACTUALLY RESIDE IN GREENBURG.
WOULD YOU HAVE A WHITE PLAINS MAILING ADDRESS? CORRECT? YEAH.
AND, AND, AND USE ELMSFORD SCHOOLS
SO WE PAY GREENBURG TAXES, WE ELECTED YOU MR. SUPERVISOR PAY GREENBURG TAXES, WHITE PLAINS PO AND ELMSFORD SCHOOLS.
SO WE'RE IN GREENBURG UNINCORPORATED.
BUT REGARDLESS WHETHER I'M AN UNINCORPORATED OR NOT, WE ARE VERY ACTIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS.
AS, AS A HOMEOWNER, AS A, AS A, A SON TOO, THAT REPRESENTS THIS COUNTRY.
'CAUSE I DO NOT WANT OUR CHILDREN TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS ANOTHER 25 YEARS JUST TO GET OUR OWN POSSESSION OF LAND THAT WE WORKED FOR, THAT WE PAID FOR, AND THEN TO BE DENIED.
THIS IS, SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE, AND I THINK YOU CLEARLY SEE THAT YOURSELF.
IF YOU COULD EITHER LEAVE ME THAT OR EMAIL ME THAT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT I MEET WITH ALL THE LAND USE STAFF EVERY WEEK.
WE HAVEN'T HAD OUR MEETING YET THIS WEEK, SO IT'LL BE IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
UH, AND I WILL FIND OUT ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE RAISED AS TO WHY THIS IS, THIS IS STILL OUTSTANDING.
WHAT THE, WHAT THE STATUS IS AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.
AND SO LET ME ALSO, UM, UM, UM, TOM BOARD, UM, SHEAN, WE HAVE GONE ALSO, THIS IS NOW ALSO BEFORE JUDGE RUMAN AND OUR LAWYER HAS POINTED OUT TO JUDGE RUMAN THAT THIS WOULD BE MOOT IF THE LOWER COURT WOULD JUST BASICALLY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, REMOVE YOUR ASPHALT TO OFFER THEIR PROPERTY.
UM, WE HAVE SENT, WE ACTUALLY SENT THIS TO UM, A LETTER WAS SENT TO THE TOWN ATTORNEY, TO PAUL FEER, UM, ON APRIL 19TH, 2021, WHERE WE LAID OUT ALL OF THIS TOO FOR THEM.
SO I, AT THIS POINT, I APPRECIATE ANY HELP THAT WE CAN GET.
TIM, DO YOU HAVE ANY? YEAH, SO JUST, JUST BRIEFLY, UM, AND, AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT THAT MS. PERKINS RAISED AND EVERYTHING THAT SHE STATES IS TRUE.
IT'S A QUESTION OF THE POWER OF THE TOWN COURT, WHICH IS, UM, NOT IN INJUNCTIVE RELIEF GIVING, YOU KNOW, THE POWER TO REMOVE UH, OR DO SOMETHING ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY.
SO THERE HAVE BEEN SUMMONS ISSUED.
UM, I THINK FINES WERE MAYBE ASSESSED BUT NOT PAID.
BUT THE REAL RELIEF IN TERMS OF INJUNCTIVE RELIEF COMES IN SUPREME COURT OR COUNTY COURT, NOT IN THE LOCAL COURT.
UM, AND WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS MATTER, YOU KNOW, FRANCIS IN, IN LAND USE ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS, AND, YOU KNOW, IT INVOLVES, UM, A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IF IT WAS SOLD TO THE NEIGHBOR TO ALLOW THE NEIGHBOR TO KEEP TO SHRUBBERY AND ASPHALT THAT ON THE PROPERTY WOULD MAKE THEIR PROPERTY NON-CONFORMING.
AND WE ARE NOT SURE IF THE SUPREME COURT IS AWARE OF THAT.
THEY ARE, THEY WERE, THEY WERE AWARE OF THAT ON OCTOBER 19TH WE MET BEFORE AARON SMITH.
BUT IT'S, AND AARON SMITH GAVE US A LETTER, UH, THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE JUDGE TO JUDGE RUMAN LETTING HER KNOW.
AND THEN AT THAT TIME, UM, IN JUNE OF 2020, ANDREW TROUT, ALONG WITH OUR LAWYER, MET AGAIN WITH AARON, BUT MET AGAIN WITH AARON.
AND ONCE AGAIN, IT WAS STATED THAT THE PROPERTY COULD NOT BE SOLD.
SO EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF THAT.
AND I GUESS I AM JUST SAYING THIS CAN'T STAY IN COURT FOREVER.
UH, TIM, UH, TIM AN ISSUE IS SAYING, YEAH, SO I, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA MENTION TO THE BOARD IT IS KIND OF A COMPLICATED ISSUE.
COMPLICATED BY THE FACT THAT THE MATTER IS ALSO IN COUNTY COURT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN RESPONSE TO MS. PERKINS REQUEST, I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO BRING THE ISSUE TO THE TOWN BOARD, GET SOME INFORMATION RIGHT.
AND BE ABLE TO HAVE THE BOARD MEMBERS COMMUNICATE WITH MS. PERKINS.
AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN RESOLVE THIS RELATIVELY QUICKLY BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN VERY, UM, TIME CONSUMING AND FRUSTRATING, UM, AND EXPENSIVE FOR THEM AND EVERYTHING THAT SHE'S SAYING AND, AND MR. PERKINS IS SAYING, IS ACCURATE.
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JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION THOUGH? SERIOUSLY, AND THAT IS, IF THISIF THIS, IF THE VIOLATION WAS CITED IN, IN, IN 2018, WE DIDN'T GO BEFORE JUDGE RUMAN UNTIL 2019.
SO THE THING THAT BOTHERS ME ALSO IS THAT OUR NEIGHBORS WERE VERY MUCH AWARE OF THE FACT THAT, AND WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY WERE CITED THE VIOLATION MM-HMM.
AND SO NONE OF THIS WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE JUDGE.
SO WE WASTED THE JUDGE'S TIME AND EVERYBODY ELSE'S.
AND NOW IT'S JUST IN, LIKE, IN FREE FALL, NOTHING GETS DONE.
AND I'M SAYING THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR US.
IT DOESN'T CHANGE MY COMMITMENT AND MY HUSBAND'S COMMITMENT AND MY DAUGHTER'S COMMITMENT TO THIS COMMUNITY.
WE LOVE WHERE WE LIVE, BUT IT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT AS FAR AS, I JUST FEEL THAT THERE'S AN INJUSTICE HERE.
THAT SOMEBODY WILL EITHER TELL ME, YOU ARE NINE INCHES ON MY PROPERTY, BUT YOU HAVE, YOU'RE USING MINE AS IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE A DOUBLE STANDARD.
I BELIEVE THAT IF WE'RE TAX PAYING CITIZENS, WE HAVE THE RIGHTS JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE.
AND I WANT THOSE RIGHTS ENFORCED BY THE TOWN.
MR. PERKINS, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK? AND YOU KNOW, I'LL READ IT.
DID YOU WANNA SPEAK MR. PERKINS? WELL, NO, I JUST, UH, MR. SHEHAN MENTIONED THAT WE CAN ALSO SEND YOU SOME INFORMATION, RIGHT.
SO THAT YOU'LL BE APPRAISED AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON AND YOU'LL, WE ARE LOOKING FOR SUPPORT FROM THE TOWN.
'CAUSE I JUST, THE LEGAL PROCESS IS JUST TAKING US ALL OVER THE WORLD.
CAN I TAKE YOU, ASK YOU A QUESTION.
IS THE ISSUE OF THE COURTS, OR IS THE ISSUE OF THE TOWN, IS THERE ANY ACTION STEPS THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE TOWN THAT WE COULD BE TAKEN TO HELP? OR IS THIS JUST BOGGED DOWN AND THE COURT BUREAUCRACY? WELL, THE PARTIES HAVE LAWYERS, SO, YOU KNOW, OUR ROLE IS SOMEWHAT SECONDARY, BUT THE, I I THINK THERE'S A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING ON THE PART OF THE JUDGE IN TERMS OF HOW TO REMEDY THE SITUATION.
AND IN TERMS OF ENFORCING THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF THE PERKINS, ONLY THE JUDGE HAS THE POWER TO DO THAT.
THE TOWN HAS THE POWER TO ISSUE FINES, BUT WE CAN'T FORCE THE REMOVAL OF THE PROPERTY SO THAT THE PROPERTY IS NO LONGER ON THE PER PERKINS PROPERTY.
YOU INDICATED THAT FINES WERE ISSUED AT THE LOWER COURT, BUT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN, UH, COLLECTED.
IS THERE ANY TO ADD PRESSURE? IS THERE ANY, UH, UH, STEPS WE COULD TAKE AND JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOW GONNA, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THE FINES THAT WERE, WELL, PAUL, MAY I SUGGEST THAT WE NOT HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, RIGHT.
IT DOES SAY IN PRISON HERE, THEY'RE NOT PAID.
SO WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION AND, AND I WOULD HOPE WITHIN TWO WEEKS OR LESS BE ABLE TO GET BACK TO YOU WITH A, UH, ALRIGHT, WELL THAT'S ALL WE CAN SOLUTION.
WE, WE'LL BE GRATEFUL IF WE CAN GET SOME HELP AFTER ALL THESE YEARS AND GET SOME SUPPORT.
AND WE DO HAVE A PLAN THAT WE DISCUSSED, AND HOPEFULLY I CAN SPEAK TO YOUR NEW ATTORNEY TO, TO HELP HIM IMPLEMENT THAT PLAN AND, AND WE WILL SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO, UM, OKAY.
WELL TO, UH, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING BECAUSE IT'S, WE'RE AT, WE'RE AT, WE'RE AT WIT'S END AND WE DON'T SEE, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE MONEY.
WE DON'T SEE ANY LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL AND IT IS JUST, IT'S BAD FOR, BUT NOW THE TOWN BOARD'S AWARE AND I CAN GUARANTEE YOU, YOU'LL GET RESULTS.
YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD EVENING AND BE WELL.
THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU KAREN.
SO FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING AT HOME, THEY MAY ASK, WHERE HAVE I BEEN FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS? WELL, I'VE BEEN HOME IN COURT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE WATCHING, BUT WATCHING THE ETHICS BOARD MEETINGS WHERE THEY DON'T ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT.
ISN'T THAT INTERESTING ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, THIS IS RESOLUTION ABOUT ELIMINATING THE PENALTIES FOR LATE TAXPAYERS.
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH THIS.
I BELIEVE THE TOWN BOARD IS RIGHT ON TRACK, BUT WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS IT SEEMS TO HAVE
TODAY IS THE 27TH TO TAKE ADVANTAGE.
YOU HAVE THE 29TH, 30TH, AND SATURDAY, WHICH IS THE 31ST.
IF YOU PASS THIS TONIGHT, DO YOU HAVE TO
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CONTACT THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN ARREARS AND THEN THEY HAVE TO GO OUT AND FIND THE MONEY? ISN'T THIS THE KIND OF GOOD POLITICKING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE EARLIER SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE A FAIR CHANCE AT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT? PER THE AGENDA, THERE IS A LINE THAT SAYS ANY INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP SEEKING A VISIT FROM THE TOWN BOARD SHOULD EMAIL THE TOWN BOARD.WELL, I'LL DO THAT WHEN I GET HOME, BUT HERE IN FRONT OF YOU, I'M GOING TO REQUEST A MEETING WITH THE TOWN BOARD.
I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS A TOTAL REVISION OF THE CODE OF ETHICS.
IT'S BEEN IN OVER 10 YEARS SINCE IT WAS ADOPTED.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND I'LL SAVE YOU THE TROUBLE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME TO MY HOME, I'LL COME TO YOUR HOME, I'LL COME TO TOWN HALL PERHAPS IN A WORK SESSION.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS IN DETAIL WHAT I SEE AS THE PROBLEMS WITH THE ETHICS CODE, PARTICULARLY THE ETHICS BOARD BEING THE MAINSTAY.
NOW FINALLY, THE THING I WROTE YOU TODAY, IT LOOKS LIKE THE TOWN BOARD WANTS TO BUY THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET, THE DAMON BUILDING.
BIG SURPRISE, BUT NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE TOWN BOARD.
THE TOWN BOARD HAS A RESOLUTION TODAY TO PASS MORE CONSULTING, WHICH I AGREE WITH.
YOU SHOULD BE DOING YOUR DUE DILIGENCE.
BUT WHAT I FAULT YOU ON IS NOT DISCUSSING THIS LIKE A SECOND ROUND OF, UM, COMMENT FOR MR. SAM, WHO YEAH, HE COULD SPEAK TO THAT.
WHAT I FAULT YOU ON IS NOT TELLING US THAT YOU'RE GOING AHEAD.
I HAVE TO ASSUME THAT FOR ALL THE MONEY YOU'VE DONE PUT INTO HIRING CONSULTANTS, THAT YOU HAVE SOME MEANS OF TYING UP THIS PROPERTY SO THAT SOMEONE CAN'T COME IN TOMORROW AND BUY IT IF THEY WANTED TO, EITHER A CONTRACT, A LONG-TERM CONTRACT, AN OPTION TO BUY.
SO WHY DO I HAVE TO LEARN FOR SURE THAT THE BUILDING WE'RE INTERESTED IN IS IN FACT THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET BY READING THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU EXECUTED WITH VENDORS FROM THE OUTSIDE, YOUR CONSULTANTS.
WHAT I DON'T KNOW, WHAT THE TAXPAYERS DON'T KNOW IS WHAT ARE YOU PAYING FOR THIS? ASSUMING IT'S A PURCHASE AND NOT A LEASEHOLD INTEREST, DON'T WE HAVE A CHANCE OR A REASON TO KNOW TO OUR TAXES THAT ARE GONNA BE PAYING FOR IT? AND IT'S NOT ONLY THE ACQUISITION COST, BUT THE CONVERSION COST FROM AN OFFICE BUILDING TO A POLICE STATION AND THE COURTROOM.
YOU'VE STILL GOT EDGE MOND AS PART OF UNINCORPORATED.
SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS WHY ARE YOU TELLING US WHAT YOU'RE DOING? WHY DO YOU HAVE TO LEARN ONLY IN THE MOST INDIRECT FASHION? YOU TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT, YOU TALK ABOUT OPEN GOVERNMENT.
IF YOU'VE GOT THE PROPERTY TIED UP, NO ONE CAN TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU.
YOU'VE ALREADY SPENT AND COMMITTED TO SPENDING MORE IN RESEARCHING THIS BUILDING.
WHY ON YOU TELLING US ABOUT IT.
NOW, THE HUSBAND AND WIFE, WE JUST LEFT HERE, THEY'RE IN A DIALOGUE WITH THE TOWN BOARD.
AM I GONNA GET ANSWERS FROM THE TOWN BOARD TO THESE QUESTIONS? HOW MUCH WE AGREED TO PAY FOR THIS BUILDING? AND WHILE WE MAY NOT KNOW WHAT THE COST OF RENOVATED IS, AT LEAST WE SHOULD HAVE SOME IDEA OF OUR FIRST STEP.
SO ARE YOU GONNA DISCUSS THIS WITH ME OR THE PUBLIC THAT'S WATCHING OR? WELL, THERE'S NO, UM, NO AGREEMENT.
UM, THE PROPERTY IS NOT, YOU KNOW, TIED UP.
WE'VE MADE NO COMMITMENTS, UM, TO PURCHASE, UM, UH, THE BUILDING.
UM, WE'RE STILL EXPLORING OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, OPTIONS AND, UM, WE WANT TO BASICALLY CONTINUE TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO SEE
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IF FINANCIALLY, UM, IT MAKES ECONOMIC, YOU KNOW, SENSE.BUT, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, UM, I'M NOT TOTALLY SOLD RIGHT NOW ON, YOU KNOW, ON THAT, ON, YOU KNOW, ON THAT, YOU KNOW, PURCHASE OR ON THE FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS.
AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN, WE'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO, UM, FINALIZING ANY, UH, ANY PURCHASE PRICE OR, OR A LEASE OR, OR WHATEVER.
UM, YOU KNOW, I I WOULD, I'M PRETTY SURE I'M SPEAKING FOR THE WHOLE BOARD ON, YOU KNOW, ON THIS.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED, THERE'S DEFINITELY NO DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SIGNED AND NO COMMITMENTS MADE, YOU KNOW, MADE TO, UM, TO ANYBODY ABOUT, ABOUT THAT BUILDING.
SO MR. SAMS, UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY WELL DOCUMENTED, UH, THAT THE COURT AND THE POLICE STATION, UM, NEED TO BE, UM, UPDATED OR, UM, YOU KNOW, FIND A NEW LOCATION BECAUSE OF AGREED D COMPLIANCE.
AND YOU MAY HAVE BEEN AT BOARD MEETINGS OR WATCH BOARD MEETINGS WHERE IN PARTICULAR FEMALE OFFICERS AND JUDGES OUTLINE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, THE CHANGES
TIM, I AGREE THERE'S A NEED FOR IT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.
UM, HAVING SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TOWN HAS RETAINED A CONSULTANT TO LOOK AT VARIOUS PROPERTIES.
I'M NOT GONNA MENTION, UM, ANYONE IN PARTICULAR, PRIMARILY BECAUSE WE HAVE NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS WITH ALL OF, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, TALK TO.
AND BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ARE IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, I KNOW THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.
UM, SO THERE ARE NO COMMITMENTS RIGHT NOW, UM, OTHER THAN TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH, WITH CONSULTANTS AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
SO THERE REALLY IS NO FINANCIAL COMMITMENT AT THIS POINT.
ALL THERE IS IS EXPLORATORY DISCUSSIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THIS BUILDING, ANALYZING THE NEEDS OF THIS BUILDING AND LOOKING AT OTHER TYPES OF SPACES TO SEE IF THEY FIT THOSE NEEDS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO GET, YOU KNOW, TOO MUCH INTO THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE IT, IT IS CONFIDENTIAL.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS, UM, PROPERTIES TO SEE IF THEY MIGHT BE SUITABLE FOR A COURT OR A POLICE STATION OR BOTH.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION ONE OTHER THING.
WHEN WE HIRED C B R E, UH, THEIR PROFESSIONALS AND HAVE A VERY GOOD REPUTATION.
I THINK WE'RE FOLLOWING, UM, THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.
HOW, IF WE WANT TO DO DUE DILIGENCE, WHAT ACTION STEPS SHOULD WE TAKE IF WE WANT TO DO THIS, YOU KNOW, CORRECTLY.
UM, I ALSO BELIEVE THAT, UM, UH, THE MATTER THAT'S BEFORE THE BOARD TODAY, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT, UM, IF THE TOWN PROCEEDS AND WE WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO MAKING, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, ANY DECISIONS, I DO FEEL THAT WE SHOULD, UM, DEFINITELY, UM, INVOLVE THE PUBLIC, KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED.
UM, AND I WOULD THINK THAT POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, AS EARLY AS THE EARLY FALL, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, PHASE WOULD, UM, YOU WOULD START WHEN WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, WHEN WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION.
IF, IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE MAKING MM-HMM.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FISCALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, PRUDENT, UM, UM, ISSUE AT THE SAME TIME.
YOU KNOW, I, I FEEL THAT IF WE'RE GONNA BE SELLING THE COURTHOUSE AND, YOU KNOW, POLICE AS LAWYERS, WE SHOULD, UM, AS PART OF THIS WHOLE EFFORT START, UM, PUBLICIZING THE FACT THAT THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, COULD BE SOLD AND, AND TRY FIGURING OUT WHAT THE BEST, UH, USES ARE AND THE MOST PROFITABLE USES ARE.
AND WE COULD TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC TO CONSIDER AT THAT POINT ALSO, BUT IN THE LARGER PICTURE, WHEREAS I DON'T OBJECT TO YOUR HIRING CONSULTANTS FOR DOING DUE DILIGENCE, YOU'VE RUN UP A CONSIDERABLE BILL SO FAR AND THE END IS NOT IN SIGHT.
AND IF YOU DON'T PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY, THEN YOU'LL RUN UP A SIMILAR BILL FOR THE NEXT PROPERTY.
AND I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IN NO WAY ARE YOU PROTECTED AGAINST SOMEONE ELSE COMING IN TO PURCHASE THIS BUILDING OUT FROM UNDER YOU WHILE YOU'RE MAKING UP YOUR MIND.
I FIND THAT VERY DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE AND CONTRARY TO ANYTHING I'VE EVER LEARNED ABOUT REAL ESTATE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE AN OPTION TO BUY, YOU MAY PAY FOR THAT OPTION, AND IF YOU DON'T WANNA BUY, YOU WALK AWAY.
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JUDITH, YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE TO CLOCK.I SEE YOU HAVE, BUT MR. SAM AGAIN, BUT I HAVEN'T FINISHED HIM.
I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED, SO NO, I HAVEN'T FINISHED, PERIOD.
UH, IT'S NOT A GREAT CONCERN BECAUSE IN ONE OF THE DOCUMENTS I READ THAT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE A BUDGET OF $35 MILLION AND YOUR CONSULTANT, IT LOOKS MORE LIKE 85 MILLION.
NOW WHO KNOWS WHAT THESE FIGURES REALLY ARE, BUT YOU KNOW, AS PART OF YOUR ARRANGEMENT WITH C B R E, WHICH IS A FOREIGN FIRM, I HAVE NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT, I APPLAUD YOU ON CHOOSING THEM.
YOU'VE ALSO GIVEN THEM AN EXCLUSIVE AS PART OF THIS PROCESS TO SELL THE OLD TOWN, THE OLD COURTHOUSE AND POLICE STATION.
THAT'S A VALUABLE PIECE OF PAPER.
THEY CAN CO-BROKE IT IF THEY DO IT ON THEIR OWN.
IT'S A COKER, IT'S A 5% COMMISSION BASED UPON WHAT THAT PROPERTY PROBABLY THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
BUT ON TOP OF THAT, YOU'RE GIVING THEM ANOTHER $60,000 BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT THE BROKER OF THE SELLER OF THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET, AS WELL AS THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS THAT YOU PUT PUT OUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE GO INTO CONSULTANTS IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT A BUILDING TIED UP, AND IF YOU STILL HAVE REASONS TO DOUBT YOU'RE GONNA BUY IT, WHETHER IT'S ECONOMIC, WHATEVER, THAT'S YOUR CHOICE.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO IF THIS ONE DOESN'T FALL THROUGH? YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REPEAT THE PROCESS AGAIN FOR THE NEXT ONE.
HOW THIS BUILDING LAYS OUT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ONE ANOTHER BUILDING MAY LAY OUT.
I THINK YOU NEED TO OPEN THIS UP, PROCESS UP A LITTLE MORE WITH THE PUBLIC THAN HOW YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT SO FAR, BECAUSE THE CHANCES ARE THAT'S THE BUILDING YOU'RE GONNA BUY.
THAT'S THE BUILDING YOU ORIGINALLY WANTED TO BUY FOR THIS TOWN HALL.
IT MAY BE A LITTLE LARGE FOR JUST THE TWO USES THAT MENTIONED, BUT THERE'S OFFICE SPACE THERE THAT CAN BE USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES OF THE TOWN.
LET US KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AS IT'S HAPPENING.
YOU WANT SPEAKING OUT THERE? NO, I THINK YOU SUMMED IT UP WELL, MR. S OKAY, YOU WERE ASKING FOR 10 MINUTE BREAK.
UH, I HAVE A PROPOSED RESOLUTION OF
[ PF 1 - 7/27/2021 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town Of Greenburgh authorizing the Town Tax Receiver to refund interest and penalties in excess of 2% on late 2021 tax payments made by taxpayers after the April 30, 2021 due date and to reduce to 2% interest and penalties on late 2021 tax payments due after April 30, 2021 but before August 1, 2021 because of unique and limited hardships resulting from the global pandemic and a software error that resulted in 1,454 tax bills not being mailed to property owners]
THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING THE TOWN TAX RECEIVER TO REFUND INTEREST AND PENALTIES IN EXCESS OF 2% ON LATE 2021, TAX PAYMENTS MADE BY TAXPAYERS AFTER THE APRIL 30TH, 2021 DUE DATE.AND TO REDUCE 2% INTEREST AND PENALTIES ON LATE 2021 TAX PAYMENTS DUE AFTER APRIL 30TH, 2021, BUT BEFORE AUGUST 1ST, 2021, BECAUSE OF UNIQUE AND LIMITED HARDSHIPS RESULTING FROM THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND SOFTWARE ERROR THERE RESULTED IN 1,454 TAX BILLS NOT BEING MAILED, UH, TO PROPERTY, UM, OWNERS.
I WANTED TO, UM, UM, MENTION THAT IF IT WAS UP TO ME ALONE, I WOULD SUPPORT A TOTAL WAIVER, UH, FOR ANYONE WHO, UM, UH, DID NOT RECEIVE, UM, THEIR, UH, TAX BILLS DUE TO, UM, AN ERROR FROM A VENDOR THAT THE TOWN HIRED.
I FEEL THAT THE TOWN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, THE MISTAKE AND, UM, I THINK THAT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF CONSUMERISM, UM, WE SHOULD ADMIT AND, UH, NOT PUNISH, UM, RESIDENTS WHO HAVE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS RELIED ON, UM, BILLS BEING SENT TO THEM.
AND THIS YEAR DUE TO THE VENDOR, UM, THIS MISTAKE, UH, OR ERRORS FROM THE SOFTWARE, UH, WE, UM, DID NOT, PEOPLE DID NOT GET, NOT EVERYBODY GOT THEIR BILLS.
AND I THINK THAT THOSE PEOPLE SHOULD, UM, SHOULD NOT BE PENALIZED.
I ALSO BELIEVE THAT, UM, UH, WE SHOULD UMALTHOUGH IT MAY BE TOO LATE FOR, UH, SEPTEMBER.
I THINK, UH, SINCE THEY DID MAKE A MAJOR MISTAKE, I THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE, UM, UM, THAT WE SHOULD BE REBIDDING, UH, THAT THAT CONTRACT.
AND I ALSO THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE A CLAUSE IN THE CONTRACT THAT, UM, IN THE FUTURE IF THIS HAPPENS, THAT THE VENDOR WOULD ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY.
I WANTED TO JUST ASK, UH, TIM,
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UM, A QUESTION.DO WE HAVE ANY LEGAL RECOURSE? YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE I'VE GOTTEN, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF CALLS AND EMAILS FROM PEOPLE, UM, AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE SUGGESTED THAT, UM, THE TOWN SHOULD ASK THE VENDOR TO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE SHOULD BE SOME LEGAL RECOURSE AGAINST THE VENDOR.
YEAH, SO, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IT WAS DESCRIBED AS A GLITCH OR AN ERROR IN THE SOFTWARE, BUT IT, WE ARE NOT REALLY SURE WHAT HAPPENED.
AND OUR OWN M I S PERSON IS NOT ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT IT'S THE VENDOR'S, YOU KNOW, FAULT.
NO ONE IS SAYING IT'S THE TOWN'S FAULT EITHER.
SO WE'D HAVE TO IDENTIFY EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, WHY THIS HAPPENED AND WHAT HAPPENED.
AND UNTIL WE DO THAT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, FIND FAULT WITH THE VENDOR, BUT WE KNOW THAT IT'S EITHER, IT'S EITHER THE TOWN OR THE VENDOR.
IT'S ONE OF THE, YEAH, I THINK WE KNOW IT'S NOT THE TOWN.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION IS, IS IT SOMETHING THAT IT WAS RANDOM OR SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATED, YOU KNOW, SUCH THAT, UM, IT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED.
AND I'M NOT REALLY SURE OF THAT YET.
UM, I DO HAVE A, UH, A COPY OF THE CONTRACT, WHICH I'LL REVIEW TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY RECOURSE AGAINST THE VENDOR.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION AND, YEAH, SO PAUL, AGAIN, I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT, UM, THERE, IT THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE A TAX BILL THAT YOU ARE STILL OBLIGATED TO PAY YOUR TAXES.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT.
AND THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THE BOARD AS A BOARD CAN WAIVE INTEREST IN PENALTIES, UM, IF THEY BELIEVE IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TOWN.
UM, THERE IS AN OPINION, UM, THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE FACT THAT THE FACT THAT YOU DO NOT GET A, A BILL IS, IS NOT AN EXCUSE.
UM, BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT A BOARD CAN MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TOWN TO WAIVE INTEREST IN PENALTIES, SPECIFICALLY WHEN YOU DON'T GET A TAX BILL AS OPPOSED TO OTHER REASONS THAT THE BOARD MAY WANNA WAIVE INTEREST IN PENALTIES.
BUT YOU, YOU, UH, I BELIEVE THAT THE DISCRETION IS THERE.
OTHERS MAY NOT BE, MAY NOT BELIEVE THAT, BUT THAT'S THE CRUX OF THE ARGUMENT.
SO, BUT YOU, YOU DEFINITELY BELIEVE THAT IF THE TOWN WOULD WANT TO WAIVE IT, THE TOWN BOARD WOULD WANT TO WAIVE IT AND WE SAY IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TAXPAYERS THAT LEGALLY WE COULD IF YOU ARTICULATE THAT IN A RESOLUTION, THAT IS MY BELIEF.
AND I BELIEVE, UH, ALSO WE, WE DID, UM, WAIVE, UM, UM, INTEREST, UM, UH, FOR RIGHT BEFORE THE FORECLOSURES, UH, THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST ONCE YOU MENTIONED THAT WE'VE, UM, WAIVE PENALTIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST, UH, THERE IS PRESSIN, UM, VERY RARE, UH, FOR THE TOWN TO, UM, WAIVE ON, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WAIVE, WAIVE PENALTIES AND THE, AND THE RESOLUTION THAT I'VE, UH, WRITTEN WOULD BE VERY, VERY LIMITED.
IT WOULD ONLY BE, UM, IN THIS SITUATION WHERE, UH, A SOC FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING IMPACTED BY A SOFTWARE IN ERROR, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE BLAMING, UH, PUNISHING THE CONSUMERS, THE TAXPAYERS WHEN IT, IT WASN'T THEIR FAULT.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M VERY SYMPATHETIC TO TAXPAYERS WHO HAVE BEEN SO, UH, BUSY AND TORTURED AND UH, BY THE PANDEMIC THAT THEY MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN TO PAY THEIR TAXES.
UH, I DO SUPPORT, UM, UH, THE IDEA THAT THERE COULD POSSIBLY BE SOME RELIEF SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE PEOPLE.
HOWEVER, UH, I MYSELF AM ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE AND BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE, UH, A VOTE THAT I WOULD CAST HERE COULD BE SEEN AS SELF-DEALING.
SO I'M GONNA RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS VOTE.
IS THERE ANY SECOND? I'LL HAVE AN EXPLANATION REGARDING WHY THERE IS A SECOND.
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RIGHT THERE.ISN'T IT THERE? CAN'T YOU, THIS IS THE FIRST ONE.
OKAY, THERE, IT'S, I KNOW, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, GO DOWN AND SEE IF THERE'S AN ARROW.
CAN'T YOU JUST MAKE IT BIGGER? IT'S UP THERE.
YEAH, THIS IS THE FIRST ONE FOR SOME REASON, THE SECOND ONE'S NOT DOWNLOADING.
UM, IS THERE A WAY YOU CAN CONVERT THAT TO P D AND SEND IT? LEMME OKAY.
I GET NEW YORK STATE AT THE TOP.
ALRIGHT, THIS HAS BEEN A, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY, UH, DIFFICULT TIME KNOWING HOW MANY PEOPLE, UM, HAVE BEEN EMAILING US AND TELLING US THAT IT'S UNFAIR.
I THINK EVERYBODY, SO IT'S BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT TIME BECAUSE WE READ THE EMAILS THAT YOU SEND US, AND WHEN YOU SAY THAT IT'S UNFAIR THAT YOU DIDN'T GET A BILL AND, UH, YOU'RE BEING PENALIZED BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T PAY THE BILL IN APRIL BY THE DEADLINE, WHICH IS ESTABLISHED BY LAW, UH, THAT YOU DID NOTHING WRONG AND THAT WHY ARE YOU ULTIMATELY AS MUCH AS THOSE OF US ON THE BOARD WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A NICE GESTURE TO YOU AND, UH, WAIVE THE PENALTIES, WE HAVE TO BE GUIDED BY THE LAW.
AND SOME OF YOU EVEN PUT INTO YOUR EMAILS, THE LAW IS TERRIBLY UNFAIR.
IN OTHER WORDS, IGNORE THE LAW.
AND SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS AT LEAST, AND YOU MAY NOT BE HAPPY WITH THIS, UM, BUT AT LEAST SHOW YOU WHAT IS THE BASIS FOR OUR OPINION THAT WE CAN'T JUST DO WHATEVER WE WANT, HOPE WE DON'T GET SUED OR DO WHATEVER WE WANT BECAUSE IT'S LIKELY WE WON'T GET SUED.
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NOT THE WAY TO GOVERN.AND SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN IS FROM THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, THIS IS CURRENT, THIS IS AS OF TODAY.
AND IT SAYS, IF A TAXPAYER DIDN'T RECEIVE A TAX BILL AND THEN THE PAYMENT WAS RECEIVED BY THE TAXING DISTRICT LATE, DOES THE TAXPAYER HAVE TO PAY THE LATE PENALTIES? AND THE INTEREST THAT ACCRUE AND THE ANSWER FROM OUR DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE IS, YES, PARCEL OWNERS ARE NOT RELIEVED THE OBLIGATION TO PAY PROPERTY TAX PROPERTY TAXES DUE TO THE LACK OF A BILL.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY DISPUTES THAT.
THERE IS NO AUTHOR, UH, AUTHORIZATION IN REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW TO WAIVE THE PENALTIES OR INTEREST.
SO HERE IS OUR NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE STATING THAT THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW PROVIDES NO AUTHORIZATION IN THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW TO WAIVE THE PENALTIES OR INTEREST RELATED TO NOT GETTING A BILL.
SOME WOULD SAY WE CAN USE SECTION 1182 TO STATE THAT THERE IS, IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TAX DISTRICT TO WAIVE THE PENALTIES IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE.
WELL, THAT WOULD BE CONTRARY TO WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE SAYS BECAUSE SECTION 1182 IS IN THE REAL PROPERTY TAX CODE.
AND THIS CLEARLY STATES THAT THERE IS NO AUTHORIZATION IN REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW TO WAIVE THE PENALTIES OR INTEREST IF YOU GO DOWN.
SO BECAUSE IT WAS SO TINY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, I'VE REPRODUCED A LARGER TYPE, WHAT IT SAYS AT THE BOTTOM.
SO WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
WE CAN'T USE ANOTHER SECTION OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW TO WAIVE PENALTIES INVOLVING A BILL.
WE CAN USE SECTION 1182 LIKE WE DID IN 2013 FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY SITUATION WHERE WE HAD ALMOST $30 MILLION WORTH OF OUTSTANDING TAXES AND LIENS AND THERE IT WAS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TAX DISTRICT IN ORDER TO INVOKE SECTION 1182.
THIS ONE BY DEALING WITH AND THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE DEALT WITH IT DIRECTLY DEALING WITH GETTING A BILL.
IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE, THERE'S PROBABLY A BLANK PAGE AND THEN THE STATE CONTROLLER OPINION.
SO THIS STATE CONTROLLER OPINION EXPRESSES OUR SENTIMENTS EXACTLY.
IT SAYS PERHAPS YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED A SITUATION WHERE ONE OR MORE TAXPAYERS REFUSE TO PAY THE INTEREST DUE BECAUSE THEY DID NOT RECEIVE THEIR TAX BILLS ON TIME.
THEY MAY EVEN SEND LETTERS REFUSING TO PAY THE INTEREST AND SEND CHECKS COVERING ONLY THE TAXES.
REGARDLESS OF THE REASON A COLLECTING OFFICER MAY NOT ACCEPT PAYMENT OF BEAR TAXES WITHOUT INTEREST, WHICH IS DUE, IT IS UNFAIR AS UNFAIR.
AS UNFAIR AS IT MAY SEEM TO THE TAXPAYERS, THE LAW PROVIDES THAT THE FAILURE TO MAIL A STATEMENT OR THE FAILURE OF THE PROPERTY OWNER TO RECEIVE THE STATEMENT DOES NOT IN ANY WAY AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF THE TAXES OR PRESCRIBED INTEREST.
AND THEY CITE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW SECTION, UH, 9 22, PARAGRAPH THREE, WHICH IS THE EXACT SAME WORDING AS THE TIME THAT THIS OPINION WAS WRITTEN ALSO SAYS, ANYTIME A TAX PAYMENT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE REQUIRED INTEREST, IT SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN'T MAKE A PARTIAL PAYMENT IF WE GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT, SO HERE AGAIN, BECAUSE THE TYPE WAS SMALL, GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT, GARRETT.
BECAUSE THE TYPE WAS SMALL, I HIGHLIGHTED
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THE WORDING.AND THE UNDERLYING, BY THE WAY, IS IN THE ORIGINAL STATE CONTROLLER'S OPINION UNDERLYING UNDERLINING THAT THE FAILURE TO MAIL A STATEMENT OR FAILURE OF THE PROPERTY OWNER TO RECEIVE A STATEMENT DOES NOT IN ANY WAY AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF THE TAXES OR PRESCRIBED INTEREST.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR TOWN WEBSITE, OUR TOWN WEBSITE HAS A SIMILAR WARNING ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE, WHICH IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW AT 9 22, PARAGRAPH THREE AND THE NEW YORK STATE CONTROLLER'S OPINION, IT SAYS THE FOLLOWING, UH, WHICH IS WRITTEN BY THE RECEIVER OF TAXES, WHO IS VERY MUCH OPPOSED TO US ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION THAT'S BEFORE US ON ON THE WEBSITE.
IT STATES FAILURE TO RECEIVE A BILL DOES NOT ALLOW US TO WAIVE PENALTIES FOR LATE PAYMENTS.
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE TOWN WEBSITE AND IT MAY BE A LITTLE HARD IF YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN, MAY BE A LITTLE HARD TO READ, PUT AN ARROW TO IT.
THAT'S WHERE IT SAYS FAILURE TO RECEIVE A BILL DOES NOT ALLOW US TO WAIVE PENALTIES FOR LATE PAYMENTS.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE LAW.
AND THAT WAS WRITTEN BY ANN PELLA, WHO WAS OUR RECEIVER OF TAXES.
WE MOVE DOWN A LITTLE BIT, WE'RE NOT ALONE.
THE SUPERVISOR WROTE TO MANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS, CHIEF ELECTED, ELECTED OFFICIALS OF THE MUNICIPALITIES.
SOME WROTE BACK SAYING, WE WOULD LOVE TO DO WHAT YOU'RE DOING IF IT'S LEGAL.
AND THAT'S THE QUESTION BEFORE US.
THERE'S A REASON WHY THE SUPERVISOR ALSO PUT IN THAT MAILING IS NOBODY ELSE IS DOING THIS, BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE COULD DO IT.
AND I, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT.
IT'S JUST WHERE THE DISAGREEMENT HERE IS ON THE BOARD IS THE REST OF US DON'T BELIEVE HE COULD DO IT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE LAW.
AND IF YOU LOOK FOR EXAMPLE AT YOUR TOWN, AND I HAVE IT HIGHLIGHTED IN RED, IT BASICALLY CITES WHAT IS STATED IN THE STATE CONTROLLER'S OPINION.
NEITHER THE RECEIVER OF TAXES NOR ANY OTHER OFFICIAL MEANING LIKE US HAVE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO WAIVE STATUTORY PENALTY CHARGES.
THESE ARE AFFIXED BY THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW.
I WANNA POINT OUT THAT WE COMMONLY GET REQUESTS TO WAIVE PENALTIES.
ONE OF THE JUSTIFICATIONS IN THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS, THAT WAS MOTIONED WITHOUT A SECOND SAID THAT WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
THIS BOARD HAS ALREADY TURNED DOWN EVERY PRIOR REQUEST THAT WAS RELATED TO A PANDEMIC.
AND I PICKED THIS ONE BECAUSE IT HAPPENS TO BE SO RECENT, JULY 18TH.
AND I'VE, I'VE, UH, REDACTED NAMES BECAUSE THE PERSON WHO'S WRITING IT, UH, TRYING TO PROTECT THEIR PERSON'S PRIVACY, IT SAYS, I AM REQUESTING THE RETURN OF THE TAX PENALTY WE PAID FOR AND THEY GIVE THE ADDRESS FOR THE TAX PAYMENT DUE APRIL 30TH, 2021.
I HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING PAYMENTS.
I HAVE A NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE THAT IMPACTS MY COGNITIVE ABILITIES WORSENING.
RECENTLY, I COMPLETELY FORGOT THAT A PAYMENT WAS DUE BY APRIL 30TH AND DID NOT CHECK MY FOLDER.
WE ARE SETTING UP A SYSTEM TO REMIND US OF DUE DATES TO AVOID THIS HAPPENING AGAIN.
IF NECESSARY, I CAN SHARE THE LETTER FROM MY NEUROLOGIST EXCUSING ME FROM FEDERAL COURT, JU JURY DUTY DUE TO MY DISEASE AND ITS IMPACT.
AND THE SUPERVISOR WROTE BACK, THE STATE'S CONTROLLER OFFICE HAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE NOT WAIVE PENALTIES IN CASES LIKE THIS.
I'M COPYING THE TOWN BOARD AND THAT'S THE STANDARD RESPONSE THAT WE DO.
BUT NOW WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS BECAUSE THERE'S A GLITCH WHERE SOMEBODY DIDN'T GET A BILL THAT WE WAIVE THOSE PENALTIES EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT PRESCRIBED BY LAW.
NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS, IF YOU CAN GO DOWN PLEASE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW IS OUR
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TOWN WEBSITE.AND IN FACT, THE SOFTWARE THAT SOME ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, SS C A HAS AN UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF DATA REGARDING YOUR TAXES AND YOUR PROPERTY SO THAT YOU CAN, AT ANY POINT WITHOUT A BILL BEING MAILED, KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH YOUR BILL IS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE OUT, ANY OUTSTANDING CHARGES OR LIENS GOING BACK TO 2012, FOR THOSE WHO SEE WHAT, WHAT I HAVE UP ON THE SCREEN AGAIN, I REDACTED.
THIS IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO DID NOT, UH, GET A BILL.
AND BY THE WAY, WHEN I ASKED OUR, OUR CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER HOW MANY PEOPLE DI DIDN'T GET A BILL, HE SAID, I CAN'T GIVE YOU THAT NUMBER.
THERE'S LOTS OF REASONS WHY PEOPLE DON'T GET A BILL IN THIS CASE BECAUSE OF THE GLITCH.
WE KNOW THAT NUMBER, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THE OTHER CAUSES.
AND THE RECEIVER OF TAXES SAID THAT IT'S ROUTINE FOR EACH TIME THEY SEND OUT THE BILLS THAT AT LEAST A HUNDRED, BUT IT COULD BE 200 OR MORE BILLS GET RETURNED AS UNDELIVERABLE EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE LEGITIMATE ADDRESSES.
SO THERE ARE LOTS OF REASONS WHY PEOPLE DON'T GET A BILL, NOT JUST ONE, BUT HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TYPE IN YOUR NAME AND IT'S THE ADDRESS, THE STREET ADDRESS WITHOUT DRIVE OR ROAD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND YOU'LL PULL UP EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.
AND IF THERE IS A PENALTY, IT'S VERY CLEAR IT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN RED.
SO YOU WOULD KNOW THAT THERE WAS A PENALTY.
NOW OBVIOUSLY IF YOU LOOKED AT THIS PRIOR TO MAY 30TH, THERE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A PENALTY THERE.
I POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE SOME OF YOU NOW ARE EMAILING US ABOUT PENALTIES THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT, THAT YOU RECEIVED YEARS AGO.
WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE? WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE? MY, MY SCREEN JUMPED.
WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE IS SOLELY FOR A SMALL SUBSET OF THE PEOPLE WHO DID NOT GET A BILL.
UH, IF WE CAN GO DOWN ONE MORE.
SO THIS IS WHAT, UH, WOULD LOOK, IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU PUT IN YOUR NAME, YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY WOULD HAVE TO GET A BILL TO KNOW YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER UNLESS YOU REMEMBER FROM THE PREVIOUS TAXES.
BUT IF YOU PUT IN YOUR LAST NAME OR IF YOU PUT IN YOUR ADDRESS OR IF YOU JUST PUT IN YOUR STREET, IT'LL COME UP WITH EVERY PROPERTY ON YOUR STREET.
UH, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO EASILY DRILL DOWN AND GET SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS, WHICH IS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WAS RAISED WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE WAIVING OF PENALTIES AND FEES.
THIS IS A PERSON, AGAIN, NOT IDENTIFIED BECAUSE I REDACTED INFORMATION, BUT THIS PERSON TRULY DID NOT GET A BILL, DID NOT PAY BY AUGUST, BY APRIL 30TH, BUT ALSO HAS NOT PAID FOR THE PREVIOUS THREE TAX PERIODS AND IS MORE UNDERNEATH.
SO THE POINT IS, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE OUTSTANDING LIENS, WHICH YOU MAY NOT KNOW, THE BEST PLACE TO LOOK IS AT OUR WEBSITE AND IT'S SIMPLE TO DO.
YOU GO TO THE TOWN HOMEPAGE, YOU CLICK ON DEPARTMENTS, YOU CLICK ON TAX, AND THEN YOU CLICK ON TAX STATUS, PUT IN YOUR NAME OR YOUR STREET NAME, AND YOU GET SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS EXTREMELY DETAILED.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN YOU CLICK ON BILL DETAILS, WHICH IS OVER TO THE RIGHT, IT WILL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT CONSTITUTED THAT BILL, HOW MUCH WENT TO FIRE, HOW MUCH WENT TO SEWER, HOW MUCH WENT TO TOWN, ET CETERA.
I INCLUDED THIS RESOLUTION THAT WAS DRAFTED BUT NEVER IMPLEMENTED IN FEBRUARY BECAUSE IN FEBRUARY, IF YOU REMEMBER ON THE VERY LAST DAY THAT YOU COULD PAY YOUR TAX BILL, THERE WAS A TERRIBLE STORM BASICALLY SHUT DOWN THE ROADS, TAX OFFICE WAS OPEN, TOWN HALL WAS OPEN, BUT IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR SOMEBODY TO COME TO TOWN HALL AND PAY THEIR BILLS.
AND THIS BOARD CONSIDERED, CAN WE SOMEHOW DO SOMETHING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WAIT FOR THE LAST DAY TO COME TO TOWN HALL AND PAY IT
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WHEN YOU HAVE THIS TERRIBLE SNOWSTORM? AND THE STATE LEGISLATOR DECIDED, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING.BUT IN THE END OF THE DAY, NOTHING WAS DONE.
THE STATE LEGISLATORS DECIDED TO DROP IT.
YOU KNOW, THERE WE WERE BASICALLY HAMSTRUNG.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAD THIS RESOLUTION READY TO GO, WE COULDN'T DO IT BECAUSE ONE, THE STATE LEGISLATORS DIDN'T ACT.
AND TWO, THERE WAS NO WAY THAT WE COULD LINK THIS.
THAT'S NO STORM TO BEING IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TAX DISTRICT.
THERE'S UH, TWO PAGES TWICE, KEEP GOING.
SO ONE OF THE OPTIONS SINCE YOU CAN'T USE SECTION 1182 IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TAX DISTRICT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO IS WE COULD APPEAL TO THE STATE LEGISLATORS TO PASS A BILL THAT WOULD RELIEVE TAXPAYERS IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS FROM HAVING TO PAY INTEREST IN PENALTIES.
AND I SPOKE TO ASSEMBLYMAN TOM AVANTI, HE'S WILLING TO CARRY SUCH A BILL.
WE WOULD HAVE TO TALK TO THE ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS AND THE ASSOCI, UH, UH, ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, UH, TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEY SUPPORT IT.
BUT THERE IS A WAY TO ADDRESS THIS AND THAT'S THROUGH OUR STATE LEGISLATORS, NOT THROUGH A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD.
UH, AND FOR THAT REASON, IT'S WHY I CAN'T SECOND THE MOTION AND THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS CANNOT AS EITHER.
WELL, YEAH, FIRST OF ALL, I DISAGREE WITH YOUR INTERPRETATION.
UM, ON JULY 19TH, UH, WE RECEIVED A MEMO FROM THE TOWN ATTORNEY AND IT'S A COUNTY GOVERNING BODY SUCH AS A NEW YORK STATE TOWN WAIVE INTEREST IN PENALTIES FOR LATE TAX PAYMENTS.
YES, A TOWN OR ANY OTHER GOVERNING BODY CAN WAIVE INTEREST IN PENALTIES FOR LATE TAX PAYMENTS SO LONG AS A GOVERNING BODY OF THE MUNICIPALITY DETERMINES THAT IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TAX DISTRICT TO DO SO.
1182 OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW CLEARLY STATES THIS IN THE UNAMBIGUOUS TERMS, 1182 CANCELLATION OR REDUCTION OF INTEREST PENALTIES AND OTHER CHARGES.
IF THE GOVERNING BODY OF ANY TAX DISTRICT SHALL DETERMINE THAT IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TAX DISTRICT, IT SHALL HAVE THE POWER BY RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE EN FORCING OFFICER TO PERMIT THE CANCELLATION AND WHOLE OR IN PART OF ANY INTEREST PENALTIES OR OTHER CHARGES IMPOSED BY LAW TO WHICH THE TAX DISTRICT OR ANY OTHER MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SHALL BE LAWFULLY ENTITLED.
HOWEVER, THAT IN CASES WHERE SUCH INTEREST PENALTIES OR OTHER CHARGES HAVE COLLECTED BY THE TAX DISTRICT BELONGED TO A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION THEREIN NO REDUCTION OR REMISSION IN WHOLE OR IN PART OF SUCH INTEREST PENALTIES OR OTHER CHARGES SHALL BE MADE WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AFFECTED, WHICH CONSENT MAY BE GIVEN BY A RESOLUTION ADOPTED AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING.
NOT ONLY IS A LAW CRYSTAL CLEAR ON THIS ISSUE, BUT THE TOWN HAS RELIED UPON THIS LEGAL PROVISION IN THE PAST AND WAIVING INTEREST AND PENALTIES FOR PROPERTIES DEVELOPED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUCH AS ONE 12 NORTH ONE AVENUE SHORE, JANUARY 22ND, 2020 AND SEVEN 70 SAW MILL RIVER ROAD, ARDSLEY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND 1114 2007.
THE ONLY REQUIREMENT ON THE PART OF THE MUNICIPALITY IS THAT IT ADOPT A RESOLUTION NORTH AUTHORIZING THE TAX COLLECTOR TO CANCEL INTEREST IN PENALTIES AND WHOLE OR IN PART AND THAT INTEREST IN PENALTIES OWED TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES NOT BE CANCELED WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT.
INDEED, IF THE TOWN COULD NEVER WAIVE INTEREST AND PENALTIES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, THAT COULD NOT EVEN CORRECT PENALTIES FROM A BILLING MISTAKE RESULTING IN NO FAULT OF THE TAXPAYER.
SOME MAY, UH, CONFLATE THE ISSUE OF WHETHER A GOVERNING BODY IS AUTHORIZED TO WAIVE INTEREST IN PENALTIES WITH WHETHER A MUNICIPALITY IS PROHIBITED FROM WAIVING INTEREST IN PENALTIES.
THE OPINION STATED HERE IS THAT THE TOWN BOARD IS NOT PROHIBITED FROM WAIVING INTEREST IN PENALTIES BUT IS ONLY AUTHORIZED TO DO SO IF IT ADOPTS A RESOLUTION AND ARTICULATES THAT THE RESOLUTION, THE REASONS WHY IT BELIEVES A WAIVER OF PENALTIES IN WHOLE OR IN PART
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IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TOWN.IF THE TOWN BOARD DOES NOT BELIEVE WAIVER IS APPROPRIATE OR NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TOWN, IT SHOULD SIMPLY NOT ADOPT SUCH A RESOLUTION, BUT IT IS NOT PROHIBITED FROM DOING SO.
FURTHERMORE, THE 1967 OPINION OF THE NEW YORK STATE CONTROLLER CITED BY JOHN KELLY OF THE OFFICE OF THE STATE CONTROLLER AND PROVIDED BY TAX RECEIVER AND PLLA IS IN APPLICABLE THE OPINION ASIDE FROM BEING REMOTE, UH, RELATES TO A TAX PAYMENT THAT WAS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN LOST IN THE MAIL, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THE INSTANT CASE WHERE IT IS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT SOME TAX BILLS WERE NEVER MAILED.
CHAPTER 6 0 2 OF THE LAWS OF 1993 MADE COMPREHENSIVE REVISIONS, UM, TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 10 11 14 OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW IN RELATION TO THE PROCEDURES FOR ENFORCING DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES.
MOREOVER, THE 1967 OPINION CORRECTLY STATES THAT WHERE THE TAX STATEMENT TIMELY MAILED WAS NOT DELIVERED BECAUSE OF MISDIRECTION BY THE POST OFFICE PENALTY FOR LATE PAYMENT CANNOT BE WAIVED BY THE COLLE CONTROL COLLECTOR AND THE INSTANT CASE.
HOWEVER, THE QUESTION IS NOT WHETHER THE PENALTY CAN BE WAIVED BY THE TAX COLLECTIVE, BUT WHETHER 1182 AUTHORIZES THE PENALTY TO BE WAIVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY, THE TOWN BOARD TO TO BE CLEAR, THE FAILURE OF A GOVERNING BODY TO MAIL ANY SUCH TAX STATEMENT OR THE FAILURE FAILURE OF ANY SUCH OWNER TO RECEIVE THE SAME, DOES NOT IN ANY WAY AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF THE TAXES OWED OR INTEREST PRESCRIBED BY LAW WITH RESPECT THERETO NEVERTHELESS UNDER CIRCUM UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
UH, 1182 AUTHORIZES A TAX DISTRICT INCLUDING A VILLAGE TO CANCEL AND HOLD OR IN PART INTEREST PENALTIES OR OTHER CHARGES IMPOSED BY LAW.
AND THAT'S OPINION, UH, BY THE STATE CONTROLLER IN 1997.
NUMBER OF 97 DASH THREE, UH, NEW YORK STATE, UM, CONTROL OF ROBERT SPENCER, ESQUIRE, VILLAGE ATTORNEY IN THE VILLAGE
NOW, UM, I HAVE UM, ONE OTHER SUGGESTION.
WE BOTH DISAGREE ON WHETHER PENALTIES COULD BE WEIGHED 10 ATTORNEY AND I, WE THINK IT CAN YOU AND SOME OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS FAIL? IT CAN, WOULD YOU BE WILLING? UM, AND WE WOULD WOULDN'T ADOPT IT TODAY TO ADOPT ANOTHER RESOLUTION AT OUR NEXT MEETING, UM, WHERE WE WOULD ASK THE CONTROLLER, UM, TO PROVIDE US WITH, UM, AN OPINION ON WHETHER WE COULD, UH, WAIVE, UM, UM, THE PENALTIES IN THE EVENT THAT THERE'S A COMPUTER GLITCH AND IF THE COMP CONTROLLER STATES THAT WE CAN, WOULD THE TOWN BOARD THEN SECOND THE MOTION THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, WAIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD PROVIDE REFUNDS, UH, TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY, UH, PAID, PAID INTEREST.
BECAUSE YOUR ARGUMENT IS, WE CAN'T DO IT.
I THINK WE CAN, I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THE CONTROLLER WILL AGREE WITH MY OPINION, BUT IF THEY DON'T, THEN IT'S, IT, IT IS A DEAD ISSUE.
IF THEY DO, THEN YOUR ARGUMENT THAT WE CAN'T DO IT IS, UM, IS NOT APPLICABLE.
AND THEN WE SHOULD ALL BE ABLE TO, UH, UH, WE COULD THEN SAY TO OUR RESIDENTS, THERE'S AN HONEST DISAGREEMENT ON THE LAW AND WE'RE GONNA DO WHATEVER THE CONTROLLER TELLS US TO DO.
PAUL, I JUST WANNA COMMENT, 'CAUSE I, I KIND OF WANT TO PUT THIS, THIS ISSUE TO BED A LITTLE BIT, AND I UNDERSTAND FRANCIS'S, YOU KNOW, REASONING, HE'S NOT SAYING THAT YOU CAN NEVER, EVER WAIVE INTEREST IN PENALTIES.
HE'S JUST SAYING IN THE INSTANCE WHERE THE MAIL IS INVOLVED AND THE TAXPAYER DOESN'T RECEIVE THE BILL, YOU CAN'T DO IT.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE BOARD IF WE COULD WRITE A LETTER TO THE STATE CONTROLLER, MENTION THAT IN THAT THERE'S A VERY LIMITED INSTANCE WHERE THERE'S A GLITCH.
THE VEN IS EITHER THE VENDOR OR THE TOWN.
THERE WAS A GLITCH IN A MAILING.
UH, OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE DID NOT GET, YOU KNOW, MAILINGS.
THERE'S PROBABLY 600 PEOPLE OR SO WHO WILL GET, YOU KNOW, HEAVY PENALTIES.
AND I'M ASKING IF THE TOWN BOARD WOULD SECOND, UH, A RESOLUTION THAT WE COULD WORK ON TOGETHER ASKING THE STATE CONTROLLER FOR AN OPINION.
AND IF THE STATE CONTROLLER SAYS WE COULD ISSUE REFUNDS, THEN WE WOULD, UM, THEN WE WOULD ISSUE REFUNDS TO, UM, ANYONE WHO WAS, UM, UH, PENALIZED.
AND THEN THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, THE CONTROLLER WILL SAY THEY AGREE OR THEY DON'T AGREE, AND IF THEY DON'T AGREE, THEN IT CLEARS UP, THEN NOBODY'S GOING TO SECOND GUESS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IN THE FUTURE.
SO, I MEAN, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD WOULD BE,
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UH, YOU KNOW, RECEPTIVE TO? BECAUSE WE, AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO'VE, YOU KNOW, ARE REALLY VERY UPSET.YOU KNOW, THEY WERE RELYING ON THE TAX BILLS TO BE SENT, UH, TO THEM.
EVERY YEAR THEY'VE GOTTEN BILLS, THEY, THEY DON'T PAY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DISTRACTED WITH THE PANDEMIC.
THEY'RE, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE ABOUT ALL THE, UM, FEATURES IN OUR WEBSITE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE FAIREST THING.
I'M SAYING GET A NEW OPINION FROM THE CONTROLLER AND THEN WE'LL DO WHATEVER HE RECOMMENDS.
PAUL, I JUST HAD ONE OTHER POSSIBLE SUGGESTION.
SO WE DO KNOW THAT THERE'S, THERE'S A WAY TO ASK THE STATE LEGISLATURE THAT'S CORRECT TO, TO, TO WAIVE IT.
AND THEN IF THE STATE LEGISLATURE WOULD AGREE WITH US, WELL, THEY WOULD PROBABLY AGREE WITH US.
IF WE WANT IT, THEN WE KNOW WE WOULD BE ABLE TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
MY, MY GUT FEELING IS THAT BECAUSE I'VE TALKED TO LAW MAYS IN THE PAST ABOUT THE PENALTIES THEY ARE, THE ODDS ARE THAT, UH, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO YES.
OKAY, SO MY FEELING IS THE QUESTION, THEY DID IT FROM MOUNT PLEASANT TWO YEARS AGO.
WELL, YOU MIGHT, WELL, BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT.
MOUNT PLEASANT DID IT CORRECTLY.
SO THEN THEY WENT TO THE STATE.
THE QUESTION, SO LET'S ASK THE STATE, WOULD IT BE A HOME RULE REQUEST AND OR IF THE STATE PASSES IT, WOULD WE THEN, UH, REFUND, UH, THE TAXPAYERS WHO WERE, UM, WHO WERE PENALIZED AND CORRECT? TWO QUESTION.
NO, I JUST WANNA ASK, YOU ASKED A TWO FULL QUESTION HOW YOU ASKED HIM ONE QUESTION, BECAUSE I HAD TWO QUESTIONS COMING OUT AND I FEEL LIKE A TWO, ONE NOT EFFECTIVE, NOT READY TO BE ANSWERED.
THE SECOND, THE SECOND QUESTION WOULD BE, UM, UM, ASKING THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO PASS A HOME RULE MEASURE, UM, INDICATING THAT SINCE THERE WAS A, A GLITCH IN THE COMPUTER, THAT WE WOULD BE ASKING THE STATE FOR PERMISSION TO, UH, UM, ISSUE, UM, REFUNDS TO ANYONE WHO, UM, UM, WAS IMPACTED BY, YOU KNOW, BY THE GLITCH.
IF THE STATE PASSES THAT, THEN, UM, THEN WE WOULD SEND A REFUND TO EVERYBODY IN THIS WAY.
IT'S SUBJECTED THE COMPUTER IS JUST A VERY LIMITED THING, YOU KNOW, OR THE SECOND THING IS MAYBE THE STATE CONTROLLER WOULD, UM, WOULD FIND THAT, UM, THAT WE CAN DO IT.
AND I, I, I PERSONALLY AM PRETTY OPTIMISTIC THAT THE CONTROLLER WOULD, WOULD FIND THAT WE CAN, UM, ISSUE REFUNDS.
WE COULD DO BOTH, BOTH OPTIONS.
PAUL, I THINK THERE'S ONE THING THAT, THAT'S REALLY NOT BEING, UH, MENTIONED RIGHT HERE AT THIS POINT.
THE, THE SECOND PART OF THIS IS WE'RE VOTE IF, IF IN FACT WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY, IS IT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TAXING DISTRICT? SO ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO PAID THEIR TAXES AND PAID THEM ON TIME, THEY'RE SUBSIDIZING THOSE WHO DIDN'T PAY.
AND SO WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO THE TAXING DISTRICT, NOT TO INDIVIDUALS.
THERE'S TWO PIECES, BUT THE OTHER ISSUE ABOUT THE GLITCH IS IT'S VERY HARD TO DETERMINE WHO WAS IMPACTED BY THIS GLITCH.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT I HAVE TOO.
AND WHO ELSE DIDN'T RECEIVE A BILL BECAUSE OF, OF, UH, SOMETHING GOING ON WITH THE MAIL OR WHATEVER? WELL, THE DEPART, THE WAY TO DO IT, THE WAY TO DO IT IS BY DOING IT THROUGH THE STATE.
YOU READ A VERY LENGTHY OPINION, BUT I DOUBT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TELL ME ANY MUNICIPALITY IN NEW YORK STATE THAT TOOK THE POSITION, THAT SECTION 1182 CAN BE USED FOR NOT GETTING A BILL.
UH, WHICH WAS, WHICH WAS MY POINT.
THE STATE CONTROLLER'S POINT, THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION'S POINT, IT'S NOT YOUR OPINION VERSUS THE REST OF US.
I GAVE YOU VERY FACTUAL INFORMATION REGARDING WHO SHARES OUR OPINION.
WE NEED, IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE THIS, WHICH OBVIOUSLY YOU WILL, UH, SHARE WITH US WHAT MUNICIPALITY AND YOU WROTE TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.
IF THEY, IF THEY SAID THAT THEY USE SECTION 1182, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU THINK IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TAX DISTRICT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
IF YOU RECEIVE SUCH AN EMAIL, I'M SURE I WOULD'VE READ ABOUT IT ON FACEBOOK OR SOMEPLACE.
IT, IT, IT'S JUST DOESN'T, IT'S, I DON'T BELIEVE IT EXISTS.
AND SO IF YOU WANT TO DO IT, LET'S WORK WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATORS AND DRAFT SOMETHING.
WHAT MOUNT PLEASANT ULTIMATELY PASSED WAS WAIVING IT FOR PEOPLE WHO DI UM, SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE A BILL.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE TRICKY IN ORDER TO SAY THAT IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TAXING DISTRICT TO DO THAT.
BUT I, IT'S, IT'S WORTH A TRY TO DO
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IT CORRECTLY THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATORS.SO YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO THEN GIVE A REFUND TO, FOR THE COMPUTER GLITCH? NO, I, LISTEN, I THINK IF YOU'RE GONNA DO IT AND IN YOUR RESOLUTION, YOU SAY YOU'RE DOING IT BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO WE TURNED DOWN AND OVER THE LAST YEAR STATING THAT, AND THE ONE THAT YOU JUST WROTE TO WHO HAD A NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE AND COULDN'T DO IT, AND YOU SAID NO, THE STATE CONTROLLER DOESN'T ALLOW US.
I WOULD ALSO CONSIDER THEM AS WELL.
I MEAN, IF YOU, IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT YOUR ARGUMENT, WHICH IT IS, IS THE PANDEMIC WAS AN ISSUE.
THE PANDEMIC AFFECTED AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE.
THE PANDEMIC DID NOT AFFECT THE SOFTWARE THAT CAUSED THE GLITCH.
PEOPLE HAD A RESULT FROM THAT, MAYBE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET A BILL AND THEY WEREN'T USED TO PAYING IN APRIL.
BUT, UM, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN REALLY EXPAND THIS TO SAY IT'S BASED ON THE PANDEMIC, BUT THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO WORDSMITH.
WOULD YOU BE, UM, OPEN, BECAUSE ONE OF THE OTHER THOUGHTS THAT I HAVE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE PENALTIES IS I FEEL THAT THE PENALTIES, UM, FOR THE LATE PAYMENT OF THE SCHOOL TAXES IS, YOU KNOW, IS, IS REALLY EXCESSIVE AND UNFAIR.
AND, YOU KNOW, I ALSO FEEL THAT IF SOMEBODY, I MEAN, WE'VE HAD SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE WERE DYING OF CANCER AND, UH, THEY GOT THE PENALTY.
UH, THERE WAS SOMEBODY WHO WAS RECENTLY, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WIDOWED, UM, AND THEY GOT A 12% PENALTY IN JANUARY.
I'M WONDERING, AND WE SAID THERE'S NOTHING WE COULD DO, RIGHT? I'M WONDERING IF, UH, AND WE DON'T SET THE PENALTY, LET'S MAKE IT VERY CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC, WE DON'T SET THAT PENALTY.
BUT I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD ASK FOR LEGISLATION, IF YOU WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE, THAT WOULD GIVE THE TOWN MORE LEEWAY.
SO IF THERE'S REAL SAD SITUATIONS OR HARDSHIPS, WE COULD SET THE CRITERIA AND THEN ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, DECIDE ON WHAT WE WOULD, UM, UH, WAIVE AND WHY WE WOULDN'T WAIVE.
I MEAN, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'D BE RECEPTIVE TO, TO, BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE TO SEE THE LANGUAGE, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE THE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, GET THE WAIVER AND THE PEOPLE, YOU DON'T, DON'T, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FRIENDLY GET THE WAIVER AND THE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T DON'T, WE NEED TO HAVE A VERY OBJECTIVE STANDARD, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
WE USE SECTION 1182 FOR AMNESTY TOWN WIDE.
EVERYBODY CAN APPLY, OR FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON A PROPERTY IS, IS CANNOT BE PURCHASED BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST IN PENALTIES.
THE PROPERTY BECOMES SO EXPENSIVE, NOBODY CAN BUY IT BECAUSE THE INTEREST IN PENALTIES FAR EXCEED THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY ITSELF.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE USE.
SECTION 8 11 82 OF THE REAL PROPERTY CODE, EXPANDING IT NOW AS YOU WANT TO DO, FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T GET A BILL, WHEN THE STATE, STATE, STATE CONTROLLER HAS SAID, THERE IS NO WAY FOR US, NO AUTHORIZATION FOR US TO WAIVE INTEREST AND PENALTIES FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T GET A BILL, THAT IS GOING TO OPEN UP THE FLOODGATES.
AND, AND MY REAL CONCERN IS THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE, YOU SAY, IS IT FAIR? IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PERCEIVED FAIR, AND IT LIKELY WON'T BE FAIR AS TO WHO GETS THE WAIVERS AND WHO DOESN'T.
AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED A VERY, VERY CLEAR LINE AS HOW, HOW THIS WORKS.
SO I, I THINK WE DID, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM TONIGHT.
SO, SO WE DIDN'T GET A SECOND, RIGHT? SO THAT WE GO TO THE NEXT, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, TB ONE.
YEAH, I DO THINK WE SHOULD MAKE A STATEMENT TO TAXPAYERS WHO, UM, HAVE NOT PAID AND REMIND THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, AUGUST 1ST, UM, PENALTIES AND INTERESTS, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE, UM, INCREASED AND THAT THEY SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT THERE MIGHT BE A BILL IN THE FUTURE AND AN OPINION IN THE FUTURE.
UH, JUST SO THEY UNDERSTAND, I THINK BASICALLY SENT EVERYBODY A TEXT A, A LETTER THIS WEEK.
BUT THAT, THOSE ARE ONLY THE PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED IN, IN THE GLITCH.
I URGE EVERYBODY WHO IS LISTENING TO THIS IS TO GO TO THE TOWN'S WEBSITE, CLICK ON DEPARTMENT, CLICK ON TAX DEPARTMENT, CLICK ON BILL STATUS OR TAX STATUS, AND LOOK TO SEE DO YOU HAVE PAID, PAID, PAID ALL THE WAY GOING DOWN TO 2012 OR NOT.
AND IF YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE AN EYE-OPENER AND, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SOLVED, BUT THEN CLICK ON BILL DETAILS TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH PAYMENT INVOLVING YOUR PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE I'M SURE ARE GOING TO GO ON THERE AND SEE EVERYTHING'S BEEN PAID AND THIS IS GREAT.
IF YOU SEE THE WORD LEAN, DON'T PANIC.
CALL THE, UH, THE RECEIVER OF TAXES OFFICE.
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I'M TELLING YOU IT'S, IT'S AMAZING THE INFORMATION THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE.UM, CALL THE, THE RECEIVER OF TAXES OFFICE TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT.
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU WE'RE INVOLVED IN THE GLITCH OR NOT INVOLVED IN THE GLITCH.
I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO DO THAT.
AND WE ACTUALLY NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT, AND THE WEBSITE CAN DO THAT.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK ON THIS IS SO THAT WE CAN, UH, BETTER, BETTER, UH, FRANK CLIFF, I THINK PUT A HYPER LIMB LINK TO THAT DOCUMENT, BUT IT'S, IT'S THREE KEY CLICKS.
[ TB 1 - 7/27/2021 Resolution authorizing the payment of $36,948.77 to Harfenist Kraut & Perlman for services rendered related to an ongoing independent evaluation of Building Department practices]
AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF 38,000 948 77 2 PAR AND PROMAN FOR SERVICE RENDERED RELATING TO INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF BUILDING DEPARTMENT.[ TB 2 - 7/27/2021 Resolution authorizing the Town of Greenburgh’s support of the Westchester Walk to End Alzheimer’s and to be a co-sponsor of the walk by encouraging awareness and education regarding Alzheimer’s as well as participation in the Westchester Walk scheduled to take place on Sunday, October 3, 2021 on the SUNY Purchase Campus]
AUTHORIZING TOWN OF GREENBURG, SUPPORT OF WESTCHESTER WALK 10 TO ALZHEIMER'S AND TO BE CO-SPONSOR OF THE WALK BY ENCOURAGING AWARENESS AND EDUCATION REGARDING ALZHEIMER'S AS, UM, WELL AS PARTICIPATION IN WESTCHESTER WALK, UH, ON OCTOBER 3RD.[ AT 1 - 7/27/2021 Resolution approving the continued retention of Thomas J. Troetti, Esq., to represent Greenburgh Police Officer Geoffrey Hart in the matter of Stephen Decristofaro v. The Town Of Greenburgh and Town of Greenburgh Police Department, and P.O. Geoffrey Hart, for an amount not to exceed $25,000 ($100,000 in total)]
APPROVING CONTINUED RETENTION OF TOM TI UM, UH, YOU NEED TO READ IT RELATING TO, UH, POLICE OFFICER JEFFREY HART.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT IT'S TO NOT TO EXCEED, UH, 25002ND IN FAVOR.
A TWO IS BEING HELD OVER PAUL, WHAT A TWO IS BEING HELD OVER UNTIL, UM, UH, AUGUST 11TH.
[ AT 3 - 07/27/2021 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related Claim, File No.: 83/20C, by Travelers Insurance Company a/s/o Salvador S. Pahila, for an amount not to exceed $3,815.11]
T THREE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM BY TRAVEL TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, SALVADOR ELA FOR AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,815 AND 11 CENTS.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 4 - 7/27/2021 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Sterling National Bank, (formerly Astoria Bank) for property located at 560 Warburton Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $104±; the County’s share is $779±; the No. Yonkers Sewer District’s share is $114±; the Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District’s share is $4,670±. Refunds from all sources total $5,667±.]
RESIDENT TEXAS S SETTLEMENT, PETITIONER STERLING NATIONAL, UM, BAG FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT FIVE 60 WAR BURTON AVENUE.UM, TOTAL AMOUNT, UH, UH, $5,667.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND MOVE IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 5 - 7/27/2021 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Robert C. Caralyus and Sandra Caralyus for property located at 24 Woodside Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $68±; the County’s share is $505±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $68±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $2,396±. Refunds from all sources total $3,037±.]
SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER ROBERT CARLESS AND SANDRA CARLESS FOR, UH, PROPERTY LOCATED AT 24 UH, WOODSIDE AVENUE.[ AT 6 - 7/27/2021 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner THCC Realty, LLC for property located at 20 Wood Court. The Town’s share of the refund is $2,060±; the County’s share is $15,838±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $2,289±; the Tarrytown Union Free School District’s share is $100,021±. Refunds from all sources total $120,208±]
AUTHORIZING TAX, ARI SETTLEMAN WITH PETITIONER T H E C REALTY TOTAL AMOUNT IS $120,208.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX SETTLEMENT
[ AT 7 - 7/27/2021 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Vinh & Han Nguyan for property located at 30 Palisade Street. The Town’s share of the refund is $307±; the County’s share is $2,291±; the No. Yonkers Sewer District’s share is $346±; the Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District’s share is $14,930±. Refunds from all sources total $17,874±.]
WITH UH, THEN AND HUN IAN, UH, TOTAL AMOUNT OF 17,874.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 8 - 7/27/2021 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Jerkan Realty Associates for property located at 391 Broadway. The Town’s share of the refund is $846±; the County’s share is $6,259±; the No. Yonkers Sewer District’s share is $941±; the Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District’s share is $41,403±. Refunds from all sources total $49,449±]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX, CARY SETTLEMENT PETITION REALTY ASSOCIATES WITH PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3 9 1 BROADWAY AMOUNT, 49,000 4 49.[ CL 1 - 7/27/2021 Resolution authorizing permission to close Lynwood Road, between Ardsley Road and Sherwood Place, on Saturday, August 14, 2021 (Rain Date: Sunday, August 15, 2021), from 1:00 PM until 6:00 PM, for the residents of Lynwood Road to hold their Neighborhood Block Party]
AUTHORIZING PERMISSION TO CLOSE LINWOOD ROADS ROAD IN SHERWOOD PLACE ON AUGUST 14TH, UM, FOR RESIDENCE OF LINWOOD.UH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE AYE.
[ CL 2 - 7/27/2021 Resolution authorizing permission to close Doris Drive, at the Old Army Road/Doris Drive Intersection, on Saturday, September 18, 2021 (Rain Date: Sunday, September 19, 2021), from 3:00 PM until 6:00 PM, for the Old Edgemont Association to hold their Neighborhood Block Party]
PERMISSION TO CLOSE THE RISK DRIVE AT OLD ARMY ROAD RIS DRIVE INTERSECTION ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH FOR ALL EDGEMONT ASSOCIATION HELD DEAR NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR A AYE RESOLUTION[ CL 3 - 7/27/2021 Resolution authorizing permission to close County Center Road, dead end off of Randolph Road, on Saturday, August 28, 2021 from 1:00 PM until 8:00 PM, for a Private Birthday Party]
AUTHORIZING PERMISSION TO CLOSE COUNTY CENTER ROAD DEAD END OFF ROAD ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 28TH FROM ONE UNTIL 8:00 PM FOR A PRIVATE BIRTHDAY PARTY.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE AYE.
[ CL 4 - 7/27/2021 Resolution authorizing permission to close Yale Road in Hartsdale, from the Amherst Place to the Princeton Drive, on Saturday, September 18, 2021 (Rain Date: September 19, 2021) from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM for the residents of Yale Road to hold their Neighborhood Block Party]
PERMISSION TO CLOSE YALE ROAD AND DALE FROM AMHERST PLACE TO THE PRINCETON DRIVE ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH.[ CL 5 - 7/27/2021 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for 7:30PM, Wednesday, August 11, 2021, to consider an Amended Site Plan Application by Hackley School, which is located at 293 Benedict Avenue (P.O. Tarrytown, NY)]
A PUBLIC HEARING FOR 7:30 PM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11TH TO CONSIDER AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION BY HACKLEY SCHOOL, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 2 93 BENEDICT AVENUE.[ CL 6 - 7/27/2021 Order of the Town Board setting a Public Hearing for 7:30PM, Wednesday, August 11, 2021, to consider an Application by Frank Lapetina to extend the North Ardsley Sewer District in the Town of Greenburgh]
ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD SOLING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR 7:30 PM TO CONSIDER AN APPLICATION BY FRANK L TO EXTEND THE NORTH R A SEWER DISTRICT FROM THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CD 1 - 7/27/2021 Resolution issuing a Negative Declaration for the SEQRA determination of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh with respect to an Amended Site Plan and all related applications by Ferncliff Cemetery Association, located at 280 Secor Road (P.O. Hartsdale, NY)]
NEGATIVE DECK, UH, FOR THE SECRET DETERMINATION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WITH RESPECT TO AN AMENDED SITE PLAN, UM, AND ALL RELATED APPLICATIONS BY FERNCLIFF CEMETERY ASSOCIATION.UH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CD 2 - 7/27/2021 Resolution approving, with conditions, an Amended Site Plan Application by Ferncliff Cemetery, for property located at 280 Secor Road (P.O. Hartsdale, NY)]
WITH CONDITIONS AND AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION BY FIRM CEMETERY FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT TWO 80 SEEKER ROAD.RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE SUBMISSION
[ CD 3 - 7/27/2021 Resolution endorsing the submission of a 2021 Application for Historic Preservation in connection with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYSOPRPH) Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) Grants Program for Parks, Preservation and Heritage for funding for restoration improvements to Odell House Rochambeau Headquarters, located at 425 Ridge Road in the Town of Greenburgh]
OF A 2021 APPLICATION FOR STARWARD PRESERVATION IN CONNECTION WITH NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF PARKS RECREATION AND STARWARD PRESERVATION.UM, FOR FUNDING FOR RESTORATION IMPROVEMENTS.
ADELL HOUSE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE.
[ CO 1 - 7/27/2021 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2021 budget transfers]
FISCAL YEAR 2021.[02:35:01]
TRANSFERS WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE.RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE
[ CO 2 - 7/27/2021 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $6,750,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay a portion of the $9,500,000 estimated maximum cost of the Settlement of Claims filed against the Town of Greenburgh by S&R Development Estates, LLC., Index No. 7:16-CV-08043 (CS), in and for said Town]
OF $6,750,000 BONDS FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO PAY A PORTION OF THE, UM, NINE, UM, MILLION 500,000 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM PLUS OF THE SETTLEMENT OF CLAIM FILED AGAINST THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, Y A S AND R DEVELOPMENT.[ PH 1 - 7/272021 Resolution accepting a grant in the amount of $37,500 from the Lanza Family Foundation for the Greenburgh Police Department Summer Youth Camp Program, The Police Camp]
A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 37,500 STRONG, UM, LANDS OF FAMILY FOUNDATION FOR THE GREENBURG POLICE SUMMARY YOUTH CAMP.[ PH 2 - 7/27/2021 Resolution accepting a grant in the amount of $4,500 from George and Rachel Gumina, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors designated for COVID-19 Response]
A GRANT, UM, IN THE AMOUNT OF 4,500 FROM, UM, UH, RACHEL AND GEORGE CAMINA, UH, ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS DESIGNATED FOR COVID 19 RESPONSE.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ PO 1 - 7/27/2021 Resolution adopting the recommendations of the Greenburgh Police Department to add a Stop Restriction on Inwood Road at the intersection of Longview Drive amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]
THE RECOMMENDATIONS BE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE STOP RESTRICTION ON INWOOD ROAD AT INTERSECTION OF ONE VIEW AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 60 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ PW 1 - 7/27/2021 Resolution awarding bid for the purchase of Various Traffic Equipment, to the lowest bidder, Traffic Systems, Inc., for an amount not to exceed $34, 998]
AWARDING THE, OF THE, THE PURCHASE OF THE VARIOUS TRAFFIC EQUIPMENT TO LOWER SPITTER TRAFFIC SYSTEMS FOR ANY AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 34,998.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR.
[ PW 2 - 7/27/2021 Resolution authorizing purchase of One (1) Utility Tractor Vehicle With Mower Attachment to Deere & Company (vendor) and Keil Equipment Co., Inc. (delivering dealer), for an amount not to exceed $146,755.90]
RISING PURCHASE OF ONE UTILITY.TRACK THE VEHICLE WITH LOWER ATTACHMENT TO D R N COMPANY AND KILL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, UH, NOT TO EXCEED ONE 46,000 7 5 5 AND 90 CENTS.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE.
[ PW 3 - 7/27/2021 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into an agreement with Verizon Connect NWF Inc. (VCN) for real time vehicle tracking with integrated video in Town vehicles, for a total monthly amount not to exceed $7,550.40, and a total contract amount not to exceed $135,000.00]
10 AGREEMENT WITH VERIZON CONNECT, UH, FOR REAL TIME VEHICLE TRACKING WITH INTEGRATED VIDEO AND 10 VEHICLES FOR MONTHLY COST NOT TO EXCEED $7,550 AND 40 CENTS NOT TO EXCEED $135,000.[ PW 4 - 7/27/2021 Resolution authorizing an adjustment of $1,156.38 to the 2020/2021 Municipal Snow and Ice Agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the State of New York, for a total 2020/2021 season estimated expenditure of $34,280.11]
AUTHORIZING AN ADJUSTMENT OF $1,156 38 CENTS, UM, TO THE 2020 2021 MUNICIPAL SNOW AND ICE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE STATE OF NEW YORK FOR A TOTAL 2020 2021 SEASON.ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF $34,280 AND 11 CENTS.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR.
[ PW 5 - 7/27/2021 Resolution authorizing a contract with CBRE, Inc. for Project Management Services to further assist the Town and the Town's Architect in Value Engineering of the proposed new Police and Town Court Facility, at a total cost not to exceed $10,000]
NORTH ING THE CONTRACT WITH C B R E FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO FURTHER ASSIST THE TOWN AND TOWN ARCHITECTS AND VALUE ENGINEERING OF THE PROPOSED NEW POLICE IN TOWN OR FACILITY AT A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED $10,000.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT ANY SECOND? SECOND.
UM, UM, RESOLUTION, UM, AND I, ON THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, REASSURE PEOPLE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY, UM, SECRET AGREEMENTS OR ANY, UM, HAVE MADE ANY DECISIONS RELATING TO, UH, THE, THE COURT AND POLICE HEADQUARTERS RESOLUTION
[ PW 6 - 7/27/2021 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute authorization and letter of intent to participate in the Westchester County Hazard Mitigation Plan Update Project]
AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE AUTHORIZATION AND LETTER OF INTENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY EHOUSE MITIGATION PLAN UPDATE PROJECT.[ PW 7 - 7/27/2021 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into Refuse Disposal District #1 Inter-Municipal Agreement with the County of Westchester for Residential Food Scrap Transportation and Disposal Program]
AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TAN, ENTER A REFUSE DISPOSAL DISTRICT INTO MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER FOR RESIDENTIAL FOOD SCRAP TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSAL PROGRAM.WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ PW 8 - 7/27/2021 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into Payment Processing Service Agreement with Value Payment Systems, and a Service Agreement with T Tech, L.L.C. for ACH Transaction Processing]
AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO ENTER INTO PAYMENT PROCESSING SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH VALUE OF PAYMENT SYSTEMS AND SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH TT E C FOR A A C H TRANSACTION PR PROCESSING.[ PW 9 - 7/27/2021 Resolution authorizing purchase of One (1) New - New Way Eight Yard Diamondback Rear Loader to Long Island Sanitation Equipment, for an amount not to exceed $123,656.00]
AUTHORIZING PURCHASE OF ONE NEW YORK NEW, NEW WAY.EIGHT YARD DIAMOND DOCK REAR LOADER, UM, TO LONG ISLAND SANITATION EQUIPMENT.
NOTICE THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE LEFT ARE THE TWO PEOPLE FROM THE DEPARTMENT THAT JUST SPENT ALL THE MONEY.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? ADJOURN.