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OKAY.IT IS, UM, SEPTEMBER 28TH AT FOUR 30, UH, PM AND WE'RE GONNA START, UH, THE MEETING, UM, WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE FLOOD RELIEF EFFORTS WITH RICH FOND COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
YOU, YOU'VE DONE, YOU'VE BEEN, YOU PULLED APARTMENT BOOTS ON GROUND.
THEY, THE SANITATION, THE HIGHWAY AMAZING MAINTENANCE.
T JOB Y C C, THEY REALLY DID, YOU KNOW.
AND YOU DON'T MEAN THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION DISCUSSION, YOU MEAN THE OPEN SESSION.
SO, IN REFERENCE TO FEMA, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH FEMA.
UH, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE RAISING OF THE HOMES AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD DAMAGE.
WE REALLY DON'T GET INVOLVED OTHER THAN PICKING UP THE MATERIAL AT HOUSE.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE, UH, REACHED OUT TO ONE OF OUR ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS CURRENT, UM, WHO HAVE ON STAFF PEOPLE THAT USED TO WORK FOR FEMA, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, D E C.
UM, AND THEY HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE COUNTY TO SEE IF SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE'VE HAD TROUBLE WITH ARE PART OF THE COUNTY TARGETED AREAS.
AND TWO OF THEM ARE, WHICH ONES? ONE OF THEM ARE THE FAIRGROUNDS OF THE, UH, MANHATTAN BROOK.
AND THE SECOND ONE IS THE TROUBLESOME BROOK OFF CENTRAL AVENUE.
SO WE HAVE BABA COURT TROUBLESOME AND WARREN BABA COURT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
BAIT COURT WAS STUDIED BY THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS SOME YEARS AGO.
UM, SO, AND A LOT OF THOSE RAISES HOUSES WERE, UH, HAD SOME WORK DONE ON THEM.
ONE WAS, UH, GONNA BE PURCHASED AND THAT FELL THROUGH.
BUT THESE TWO AREAS ARE AREAS THAT THE COUNTY HAS SET OUR PRIORITY AREAS.
SO WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO IS WORK WITH THE CONSULTANT AND THE COUNTY TO GET SOME FUNDING TO LOOK AT THOSE AREAS AND TO SEE IF THERE ARE SOLUTIONS TO THEM.
UM, AS I WAS SAYING EARLIER TO COUNCILMAN JONES, A LOT OF THIS TOO, THOUGH, WE HAVE TO BE PROACTIVE NOW ABOUT GOING IN AND REALLY CLEANING UP SOME OF THESE AREAS.
YOU KNOW, BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN THE WATER, PULLING STUFF OUT.
'CAUSE IT'S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN.
UH, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN, BUT IT WILL.
SO WE ALWAYS TRY TO BE AS PREPARED AS WE CAN FOR THIS.
BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET A STORM LIKE THAT, IT SHAKES THE GROUND AND EVERYTHING ENDS UP GOING BACK IN THERE.
LET, LEMME LEMME ASK YOU THIS.
WHAT SUGGESTIONS DO YOU GIVE TO RESIDENTS WHO ARE HERE, WHO ARE HEARING US NOW, WHAT TO DO? BECAUSE YOU JUST SAID, WE NEED TO GET PREPARED, WE NEED TO GET AHEAD OF THIS.
I KNOW THE TOWN NEEDS TO DO SOME STUFF.
WAS IT SOMETHING THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN DO TO PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR THIS ON THEIR OWN PROPERTIES? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO WE'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY, I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE WITH STREAMS IN THEIR BACKYARD WHERE WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE AN EASEMENT.
SO IF YOU HAVE A, JUST A BROOK OR A STREAM RUN THROUGH, MOST LIKELY IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN IT.
SO IF THERE'S DEBRIS DOWN LOGS, TREES, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU SHOULD BE KIND OF CLEANING UP.
YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL US AND WE'LL DO SOME BACKGROUND, BUT ON YOUR SURVEY OR ON IN YOUR TIRE, YOU CAN SEE IF THERE'S EASEMENT GRANTED TO THE DOWN TO DO ANYTHING.
THERE ARE AREAS WHERE WE'VE GOTTEN IT, BUT I KNOW LIKE IN POET'S CORNER, THERE'S A STREET THROUGH THERE.
I KNOW ON EAST HARSDALE AVENUE, FOR INSTANCE, WHERE THEY HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DAMAGE, IT'S ALL PRIVATE, YOU KNOW, SO WE JUST CAN'T GO IN ONTO YOUR PROPERTY AND CLEAN UP YOUR BACKYARD, BE PUBLIC FUNDS TOWARDS A PRIVATE MATTER.
SO I WOULD SAY TO ANY RESIDENT THAT HAS A CONCERN, THEY CAN CERTAINLY CALL US OR THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT GETTING FEMA OVER TO THE LIBRARY, AND I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET HELP, BUT THAT'S PAST US ON OUR END, IT'S MAINTENANCE.
SO WHAT I WOULD SAY TO ANY RESIDENT OR PROPERTY OWNER, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CALL US.
BUT THERE ARE GONNA BE TIMES WHERE WE JUST CAN'T GO INTO YOUR BACKYARD AND CLEAN OUT A STREAM OR BROOK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO WHAT, WHAT, WHERE'S, WHERE IS THE MONEY BEING TARGETED FROM THE COUNTY? IS IT BRONX RIVER? SO THERE, THE COUNTY HAS, THERE'S DIFFERENT GROUPS.
LIKE THERE'S A SAW MILL, RIGHT? UH, GROUP, THERE'S THE BRONX RIVER GROUP, WHICH ARE SEPARATE.
UM, THEN THERE'S A STORMWATER ADVISORY BOARD WITH THE COUNTY.
SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY HEAR APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN FOR AREAS LIKE FOR INSTANCE, THEY JUST HAD
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ONE IN BRONXVILLE.THERE HAVE BEEN SOME IN INHERIT OTHER AREAS THAT THROUGH THE COUNTY THAT HAVE BEEN TARGETED AS PROBLEMATIC AREAS.
SO THE TWO AREAS THAT WE REALLY SEE CONCERN WITH, ONE IS THE FAIRGROUNDS AND WHAT HAPPENED JUST RECENTLY, YOU KNOW, DOWN THERE.
AND THE SECOND ONE IS THE TROUBLESOME ROAD.
'CAUSE A LOT OF, WHEN WE WENT TO THE FAIRGROUNDS, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO, THEY'RE LIVING IN HOTELS, THAT'S TERRIBLE.
UM, THEY BASICALLY LOST ALL THEIR POSSESSION, YOU KNOW, ALL THEIR POSSESSIONS.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING THE COUNTY TO STUDY IT, YOU KNOW, SO BY THE TIME THE COUNTY IS, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE GONNA BE STUDYING IT.
SO BY THE TIME, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY COMES UP WITH A SOLUTION, YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE WEEKS, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT REALISTICALLY, YOU KNOW, I WOULD THINK YEARS.
RIGHT? YOU KNOW, NO, I, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT'S YEARS.
IT'S JUST TO, NOT TO CORRECT YOU, BUT WE PULL IN A CONSULTANT, WE GO TO THE COUNTY FOR APPROVAL FOR THEM TO HELP US FUND THAT CONSULTANT AS A STUDY SO THAT THEY, AN ENGINEERING GROUP WILL COME IN AND TELL YOU TARGETED AREAS OF THINGS POSSIBLY YOU COULD DO.
UM, FOR INSTANCE, I KNOW THE TROUBLESOME BROOK, OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, RIGHT BEFORE THE COVID WENT OUT THERE AND DID A LOT OF HOMEWORK ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON OUT THERE.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
AND FRANKLY, IT'S PROBABLY NOT SOMETHING, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THIS, IT'S GONNA GET FIXED OVERNIGHT.
BUT ARE THERE WAYS TO DIVERT IN THE WATERSHED AREA OR THE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE STORM WATER'S FOCUSED AWAY FROM THAT AREA, OR SEND IT IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
SO THERE MIGHT COME A POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW, ON TROUBLESOME BROOK GETS A, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY IT'S A $20 MILLION FIX WHERE IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO RAISE THOSE HOUSES OR MORE COST.
BUT THE, THE QUESTION I, THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, AND I'M THINKING OF THE PERSON WE SPOKE TO ON WARREN AVENUE YEAH.
YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK, WHO'S HOUSE IS BASICALLY GONE A DISASTER.
UM, SO THE QUESTION IS, HE BASICALLY CAN'T AFFORD, YOU KNOW, HE'S PAYING HOTEL BILLS, YOU KNOW, HE CAN'T AFFORD, UM, YOU KNOW, TO WAIT, THE LIFTING UP OF HOMES IS THE, TO ME IS LIKE A QUICK, UM, YOU KNOW, SOLUTION FOR HIM WHERE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PEOPLE ON BABBITT COURT THAT COULD HELP, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO? SO THE THING IS, WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LONGER TERM SOLUTIONS, WHICH WOULD CO HELP, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE, ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE COULD BE ADVOCATING WHERE WE COULD BE HELPING PEOPLE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, GETTING THEIR HOMES, UH, LIFTED UP.
UM, SO THEY COULD DO THAT AT THE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A TWO-PRONG THING.
ONE IS THE PERSONAL HELP, AND THE SECOND ONE IS, UM, UM, THE LONG TERM.
YOU KNOW, ANOTHER PROBLEM WHEN I, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SPEAK TO FEMA IS PEOPLE APPLY FOR FEMA, THEN THEY, THEY'RE TOLD TO GET A LOAN, THE S B A LOAN, WHICH THEY DON'T WANT.
IF THEY REJECT THE LOAN, FEMA WON'T PROCESS THE, MAY NOT, UH, PROCESS THE APPLICATION.
IT'S VERY, VERY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, CONFUSING THE WHOLE, YOU, YOU, THE WHOLE THING.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WALK AWAY AND THEY'RE PRETTY DISGUSTED BECAUSE THEY DON'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SHOWING UP AT THE MOBILE UNITS AND THEN THEY'RE NOT REALLY GETTING THE HELP THAT THEY, THE FINANCIAL HELP THAT THEY THINK THEY'RE GONNA GET QUICKLY.
AND YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS OUR HEARTS BREAK FOR THESE PEOPLE THAT REALLY WENT THROUGH THIS VERY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE, AND THAT ONE GENTLEMAN, I MEAN, HIS HOUSE IS A SLAB ON GRADE.
IT'S A ONE FLOOR HOUSE RIGHT NEXT TO THE BOOK.
HE LOST, THIS GUY LOST EVERYTHING.
WE LITERALLY PICKED UP THE CONTENTS OF HIS HOUSE UP AT THE CURB.
HE LOST HIS CARS, HE LOST EVERYTHING.
AND IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME, BUT ON THE TOWN'S END, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE EVERYTHING YOU CAN WHERE YOU'VE GOTTEN THE MOBILE SETUP AT THE LIBRARY.
PEOPLE HAVE A PLACE TO GO GET ANSWERS ON THE D P W END OUTSIDE OF SERVICING, YOU KNOW, THE GARBAGE PICKUP AND THE CLEANUP IN THE STREET.
THERE'S REALLY NOT TOO MUCH WE CAN DO OTHER THAN SEND THEM TO THE APPROPRIATE, THE ONLY THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAD, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, AS I FEEL THAT YOU'RE DOING A REALLY GREAT JOB IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CONSULTANTS AND, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON THE LONG TERM THING, I'M SORT OF WONDERING, YOU KNOW, FEMA WILL HELP SOME OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITH THE LIFTING UP THEIR HOMES IF THEY, THEY QUALIFY.
THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO TO HELP THEM QUALIFY.
SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY'RE NOT QUALIFIED NOW BECAUSE DO LIKE A STEP-BY-STEP EFFORT THAT COULD ENABLE THEM TO GET THE HOMES EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, LIFTED UP.
'CAUSE I'M GETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANT THEIR HOMES LIFTED UP.
WELL, AND I CAN LISTEN, I CAN UNDERSTAND AFTER
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BEING OUT THERE AND SEEING, I THINK WHAT WE SAW AS A TOWN, THERE ARE PEOPLE, RIGHT? SO COULD, THE QUESTION I'M WONDERING IS, COULD WE USE A CONSULTANT TO HELP COME UP WITH A ROADMAP FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR QUICKER RELIEF? AND WE COULD SORT OF HELP GUIDE THEM SO THEN THEY COULD ADVISE THE TOWN, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT STEPS, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE TAKEN.I THINK THE CONSULTANT'S GONNA LOOK AT THE AREA.
I'M SURE THERE'S GUIDELINES THAT THEY COULD POSSIBLY GIVE TO MAYBE HELP, BUT IT'S GOING TO, IT'S A LONG TERM SOLUTION.
SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT PEOPLE REALLY NEED RIGHT NOW ARE SHORT TERM AND MM-HMM.
UM, I, IT'S, IT'S HEARTBREAKING, BUT I DON'T KNOW AS A MUNICIPALITY WHAT WE COULD DO.
IT'S JUST, OTHER THAN WHAT'S BEEN DONE, UM, I DO THINK ON OUR END WE ARE REALLY GONNA LOOK AT EVEN SOME OF THESE PRIVATE PROPERTIES WHERE PEOPLE AREN'T REALLY, THEY JUST DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN MAYBE STREAMS OR BROOKS OR SOMETHING THAT GOES THROUGH THEIR PROPERTY.
MAYBE PUT THAT ON YOUR WEB, MAYBE PUT THAT ON YOUR WEBPAGE ON, JUST, JUST SO THEY KNOW WE COULD DO THAT PRESIDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY SO THEY'RE AWARE OF IT.
AND AGAIN, IF THERE'S A QUESTION, THEY CAN CALL US, BUT I, I THINK THE FIRST STEP ON THESE BIGGER ISSUES ARE, YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS THAT DO THIS AND HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE THIS AND WORK.
SO DO WE HAVE TO AUTHORIZE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW? WE'RE PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR YOU AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA DO IT THE APPROPRIATE WAY.
WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE EVERYBODY LOOK AT, WE'LL GET A RESOLUTION, WE'LL GET IT TO YOU GUYS AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD HOPEFULLY WITH THE PROCESS WITH THE COUNTY.
SO JUST BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I JUST WANNA GIVE AN UPDATE.
UM, PAUL, YOU DID THE ROBO CALL FOR THE FEMA UPDATE.
SO IF, JUST FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT GET THE UPDATED ON THE TIMES WHEN FEMA WILL BE AT THE GREENBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY.
SO THEY WILL BE THERE THIS WEEK, MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY, 10:00 AM TO 6:00 PM THEY ARE RETURNING SUNDAY FROM NINE TO 5:00 PM THEN THEY'RE COMING BACK MONDAY AND TUESDAY, WHICH IS OCTOBER 4TH AND FIFTH.
AND THEY WILL BE AT THE LIBRARY FROM 10:00 AM TO 6:00 PM.
SO I BELIEVE THESE TIMES ARE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.
IF YOU, UM, HAVE MISSED THESE TIMES, AND I KNOW THAT THE SUPERVISOR DID A ROLL CALL AND YOU DID A VERY GOOD JOB, YOU KNOW, ON SATURDAY YOU SPENT MANY HOURS THERE AND, UH, YOU HELPED, UH, TROUBLESHOOT.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, YOU DESERVE A LOT OF, UH, UH, PRAISE FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR REALLY PUTTING IN THE HOURS AND HELPING TO CALM, UH, DOWN A LOT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO WERE LIKE TOTALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, STRESSED.
I MEAN, EVEN LITTLE THINGS LIKE, UM, INITIALLY THERE WERE ON CHAIRS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A LOT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW, YOU HELPED ARRANGE GETTING, YOU KNOW, CHAIRS FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ELDERLY.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THAT YOU REALLY DID A GREAT JOB.
THIS MAN RIGHT HERE WHO'S SITTING NEXT TO ME HELPED ME AS WELL.
SO I CAN'T TAKE ALL THE CREDIT.
THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM HERE.
AND I GOTTA SAY, THE RESIDENTS IN THE TOWN REALLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE SOME OF WHAT WENT ON AND THEY REALLY HELPED EACH OTHER AND THEY'VE BEEN AS MUCH HOURS AS THEY WENT THROUGH.
YOU, UM, UM, MOST MANY COMMUNITIES ARE WAIVING THE BUILDING PERMIT, UH, UNIT FEES.
AND I SPOKE TO, YOU KNOW, BOB, DAN, UM, SO I THINK, UH, FRANCIS, YOU WERE WORKING ON A, A RESOLUTION.
UH, WE'LL HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR THE NEXT TOWN BOARD MEETING FOR THE NEXT TOWN, TOWN BOARD MEETING.
BUT I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE, UH MM-HMM.
UM, IS IS EDIE, YOU KNOW, HERE NOW, BECAUSE SHE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, I, SHE SAID AFTER SANDY, THE STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED, UM, LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ENABLE THE GOVERNOR, UH, ENACTED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ENABLE PEOPLE WHO HAD SUFFERED, YOU KNOW, PROBLEMS TO GET SOME TAX RELIEF AS WELL.
AND SHE SAID SHE WOULD MEET WITH THE TOWN BOARD TO DISCUSS THAT.
I CHECK AND SEE IF SHE, YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I SPOKE TO SOMEBODY, THEY LOST A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT NICKELS AND DIMES.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 40,000, 50,000, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND IT'S REALLY DEVASTATING FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE.
SO I FEEL, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALL FEEL ANYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO TO MAKE IT LESS STRESSFUL WOULD BE, WOULD BE GREAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO, I MEAN, THE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S SAYING, OH, FEMA, BUT EVERY TIME PEOPLE ARE GOING, THEN PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING WHAT, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING ALL THE HELP THAT THEY, THEY HAD HOPED FOR.
SO I, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.NEXT, UM, I WANTED TO, UM, WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR EDIE, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, SEE IF THE BOARD WANTED TO SCHEDULE, UM, A DATE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE COULD HAVE LIKE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON THE CANNABIS LEGISLATION BECAUSE WE HAVE TILL THE END OF THE YEAR TO MAKE A DECISION.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE REALIZE SHOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKE ACTION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, UH, I DON'T DISAGREE.
WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER SINCE THERE ARE NO OTHER OPTIONS.
THE, UH, BUT I DO THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE HAD OUR TOWN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, PREPARE SOME KIND OF A DOCUMENT OF THE OPTIONS, UM, LEGAL OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US.
BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE THINK, OH, WE DON'T WANT IT HERE.
UH, BUT IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS INITIALLY VERY OPPOSED TO IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO BASICALLY BE DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MARIJUANA.
AND THERE IS NO, THERE IS NO, UM, NO, UH, STREET TEST LIKE THERE IS FOR BLOOD ALCOHOL.
THERE IS NONE FOR, FOR MARIJUANA.
AND SO IS IT REALLY? SO IF WE PREVENT RETAIL SALE, 'CAUSE THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO.
PEOPLE I THINK HAVE AN IDEA THAT IF WE BAN MARIJUANA IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE SMELL OF MARIJUANA FROM THEIR NEIGHBOR'S YARD, WHICH IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND NOT GOING TO HAVE THE SMELL OF MARIJUANA IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING FROM THE PEOPLE ABOVE YOU OR BELOW YOU, WHICH IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE OUT OF OUR CONTROL.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S UNDER OUR CONTROL IS THE RETAIL SALE, UH, OF THE MARIJUANA.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S NOT, IF WE SAY NO, IT'S NOT AS IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE MARIJUANA.
UH, AND, UH, I SEE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN NER MOVING CLOSER 'CAUSE I'M SURE SHE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PARKS AND, UM, IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S AN ISSUE THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS.
SO MAYBE WHAT WE REALLY SHOULD BE SOLICITING INITIALLY IS, UH, IS, UH, WELL FIRST DISPENSING INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO.
AND THEN SOLICITING BASED ON OUR LIMITED OPTIONS AND WHAT WE CAN, UH, WHAT OUR, THE LIMITS ARE THAT WE CAN CONTROL WHETHER OR NOT THEY SUPPORT, UH, OR CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OR WANT TO SUPPORT, UH, RETAIL SALES.
IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WE COULD, UH, SET, UH, TIM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MARIJUANA AND THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, ARE WE ABLE TO, UM, RE COME UP WITH REASONABLE RESTRICTIONS? OR IS IT LIKE ALL OR, UH, OR NOTHING? I THOUGHT THAT WE COULD SAY, YOU COULD HAVE IT SAY IN THIS SECTION OF TOWN, BUT WE MAY NOT WANT TO HAVE IT IN SAY, A DOWNTOWN AREA, LET'S SAY EAST CONTROL THE ZONING.
SO WE COULD SAY NO TO SAY EAST HEART STILL AREA AND YES.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE TWO ISSUES ARE LOUNGES WHERE PEOPLE COULD HAVE A SMOKE SHOP, SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
AND YOU ALSO CONTROL WHERE YOU WOULD, LIKE, IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE WHAT ZONING DISTRICT YOU WOULD LIKE THAT DISTRICT TO BE IN.
OBVIOUSLY IN TERMS OF SOMEONE SMOKING, YOU CAN SMOKE AT ANY PLACE WHERE SMOKING IS PERMISSIBLE.
BUT I THINK WE CONTEMPLATED HAVING A, A, A DISCUSSION, A PUBLIC DISCUSSION.
TO SEE HOW PEOPLE FELT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
WHAT, WHAT ABOUT THE ISSUE OF GROWING MARIJUANA? DO WE HAVE TO, DO WE HAVE TO PASS LEGISLATION IF WE DON'T WANT THAT? BECAUSE THERE, THERE ARE PLACES WHERE IT COULD BE GROWN IN GREENBURG.
BECAUSE I THINK WHEN I LAST LOOKED AT THE LEGISLATION, THERE WAS A COMMITTEE THEY FORMED THAT WAS STILL WORKING ON THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT COMPONENT.
I JUST KNOW ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE ZONING ASPECT OF IT, WHETHER YOU HAVE ALLOWED, BUT FRANCIS WAS SAYING, COULD YOUR OFFICE LIKE PREPARE, LIKE A MEMO STATING THESE ARE OUR OPTIONS.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT REALLY WOULD MAKE SENSE.
AND THEN I'M WONDERING IF, UM, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD, WE COULD SCHEDULE SOMETHING SAFER, UM, SOMETIME IN OCTOBER, LIKE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION SOMETIME.
MAYBE WE SHOULD DO IT LIKE THE SECOND MEETING IN OCTOBER, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE GO INTO LIKE THE BUDGET, OR, I MEAN WE COULD DO MM-HMM.
OR EVEN THE FIRST, UH, MEETING IN OCT IF WE'RE ABLE TO, THE FIRST MEETING IN OCTOBER WOULD BE BETTER.
UM, BECAUSE THEN I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC NO MATTER WHAT YOU ULTIMATELY DECIDE, HEAR FROM THEM SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE INPUT
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INTO THE DECISION.SO DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A PRESENTATION, SAY THE FIRST MEETING IN OCTOBER BEFORE THE BUDGET PROCESS REALLY, YOU KNOW, REALLY BEGINS AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN, UH, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION SOMETIME SAY IN NOVEMBER.
YOU ARE ASKING YEAH, I'M SAYING WHAT DOES, WHAT WOULD THE BOARD WANT TO DO? WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE, WHAT DOES THE, THE CALENDAR LOOK LIKE WITH THE FIRST MEETING IN OCTOBER? HOW, HOW CROWD, HOW CROWDED IS IT? YEAH.
I MEAN A LOT OF IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU'RE GONNA HANDLE THE BUDGET MEETINGS.
I MEAN, SOMETIMES YOU MEET WITH PEOPLE, DEPARTMENT HEADS, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU DO DO IT, BUT YOU DON'T DO IT.
I MEAN, THE PROBLEM IS WE DO, WE HAVE ONLY TILL THE END OF DECEMBER TO MAKE A DECISION.
IF WE DON'T MAKE A DECISION, THEN WE LOSE ALL REGULATION, ALL CONTROL.
SO I SORT FEEL IF WE JUST IGNORE THIS NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T DO IT AND WE GET SIDETRACKED WITH SOMETHING ELSE, THEN SOMEBODY'S GONNA SAY, WE ARE WHERE YOU, HOW COME YOU DIDN'T TAKE ACTION? YOU WERE, I THINK, I THINK TO DIANA'S POINT, WE SHOULD PROBABLY TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE SO WE CAN SEE EXACTLY.
AND MANAGE EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE.
'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF OUTSTANDING STUFF THAT'S GOING ON.
SO WE, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT NO MATTER WHAT, BUT YEAH.
BUT WE SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK AND SEE WHAT'S, WHAT'S ALREADY SCHEDULED.
AND WE ALSO CAN BE MORE RESTRICTIVE IN THAT IF WE DECIDE WE WANT TO, YOU CAN, YOU CAN, UH, ALLOW DIFFERENT THINGS DEPENDING ON WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING, RIGHT? BECAUSE, BECAUSE IN LOOKING AT IT, 'CAUSE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN LOOKING AT IT, BUT ALL YOU CAN, UH, REGULATE THERE IS WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN SMOKE IN THE PARKS.
WHETHER, AND THAT, THAT WOULD BE WHOLE TRUE FOR REGULAR CIGARETTES AS WELL, RIGHT.
BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF EDIBLE, UM, MARIJUANA TOO.
RIGHT? SO, WHICH IS, AGAIN, I THINK THE KEY IS DO YOU WANT TO ALLOW RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS? 'CAUSE WE RECEIVE INQUIRIES FROM PEOPLE THAT REALLY JUST WANTED TO COME TO THE BOARD AND HAVE A DISCUSSION.
THEY DO NOT WANT IT, SO MM-HMM.
ANOTHER THING IS WE COULD HAVE A SEPARATE, WE, SINCE WE MEET EVERY TUESDAY ANYWAY, WE COULD DO THIS AT A TUESDAY MEETING AT SAY SEVEN 30 OR EIGHT.
AND THEN, UH, INSTEAD OF TAKING UP A WEDNESDAY MEETING IF YOU WANT RIGHT.
SO WHAT, WHEN WOULD WE WANT TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE SCHEDULING? WELL, I THINK, CAN WE LOOK AT OUR CALENDAR? YEAH.
I'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO GARRETT ABOUT A FEW ITEMS THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE TO ADDRESS, LIKE LEAF FLOWS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WANT.
AND, UM, TO JUST TALK ABOUT SCHEDULING IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT'S GONNA BE LIKE.
OBVIOUSLY THANKSGIVING IS A WEEK WHERE WE TEND TO MEET ON A MONDAY, LET'S SAY, AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, WEDNESDAY.
SO WE JUST GOTTA FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, BUT SHE'LL CIRCULATE LIKE AN AGENDA.
UH, COULD YOU MAYBE JUST GIVE US LIKE A UPDATE ON, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT THE TOWN OR THE STATE, YOU KNOW, COULD DO, TELL PEOPLE WITH, UH, WHO WERE IMPACTED BY FLOODING? GOOD AFTERNOON.
HOW ARE YOU? AND MAYBE WHAT HAPPENED WITH SANDY YEARS AGO? SO I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT SANDY WAS ALMOST SEVEN YEARS AGO NOW.
BUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS THERE WAS, IT WAS JUST CATASTROPHIC.
AND SO THE GOVERNOR HAD PASSED, THE LEGISLATURE HAD PASSED LEGISLATION TO, UM, ABATE SOME OF THE PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE DAMAGES.
UM, IT WAS PREDOMINANTLY ON LONG ISLAND FOR THE MOST PART.
AND, UH, YOU HAD TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION.
YOU HAD TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION, YOU HAD TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
YOU HAD TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.
AND THEN THERE WAS AN EXEMPTION THAT WAS PROCESSED, UM, UH, UH, A SANDY EXEMPTION, I GUESS FOR LACK OF A BETTER EXPRESSION.
AND, UM, SO THAT'S HOW THAT WENT.
AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR AFTER THE RENOVATIONS HAD BEEN MADE, UM, THE ASSESSMENTS WENT BACK UP.
SO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I HAVEN'T HEARD, I KNOW THAT PAUL, YOU'VE BEEN AROUND AND, AND I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD A LOT MORE THAN I, BUT IN SPEAKING WITH SOME OF THE VILLAGES, THERE REALLY WASN'T THAT MUCH DAMAGE IN THE VILLAGES RIGHT.
THERE WAS A STRANGE, STRANGE DAMAGE.
IT WAS IN, IN, IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF LEY, WHERE, WHERE IT WASN'T FROM THERE AND IT WAS JUST WATER RUSHING DOWN THE HILLS AND PEOPLE ON A HILL BEING FLOODED.
SO THIS WOULD BE, THE EXEMPTION WOULD STRICTLY AND ONLY BE APPLICABLE TO PROPERTY TAXES? NO, NO PERSONAL PROPERTY.
AND THAT'S HOW SANDY WAS HANDLED.
UM, THE PERSONAL PROPERTY WENT THROUGH FEMA AS IT IS HERE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW FEMA'S HANDLING THEIR, THEIR SITUATIONS WITH, WITH THOSE APPLICANTS.
BUT, UM, THIS WOULD BE STRICTLY JUST A LOCAL OPTION TO DO THAT.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH OF 1% OF THE BREAK IT WAS?
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I IT DEPENDED ON THE VALUE.AND, UM, SO IF WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT HERE, THEN I THINK THAT WE SHOULD EMULATE WHAT HAPPENED WITH SANDY.
IF YOU WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, AGAIN, STRICTLY JUST PROPERTY TAXES AND I, WE WOULD NEED PERMISSION FROM ALBANY, RIGHT? OH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND WOULD THAT ONLY BE FOR TOWN TAXES THAT WE WOULD HAVE THAT 'CAUSE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD HAVE TO DO IT TOO? NO, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET THE SCHOOL AND THE COUNTY AND THE VILLAGES IF THEY, IF THEY'RE SO INCLINED.
UM, PAUL HAD SENT OUT AN EMAIL TO THE VILLAGES AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE THAT INTERESTED, BUT I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR THEM.
WE'D HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, APPROACH THEM AS WELL, OFFICIALLY TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO FIND OUT IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN MOVING FORWARD.
BUT, UM, AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE STRICTLY, WE JUST FINISHED OUR ASSESSMENT ROLE.
WE JUST SENT UP ALL OUR REPORTS THAT WE WOULD NEED PERMISSION TO HAVE TO REOPEN THEM.
SO WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT NOW.
WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT IF WE GET DIRECTION FROM THE TOWN BOARD.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO LIKE DRAFT, LIKE A PROPOSAL BECAUSE THEN WE COULD, UH, REACH, UH, THE WESTCHESTER MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION MEETING OCTOBER 14TH AND UH, UH, WE COULD PUT THIS ON, YOU KNOW, THE AGENDA AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE LIKE A, A PROPOSAL, UH, YOU KNOW, I COULD REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE SUPERVISORS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
UM, UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS COULD BE LIKE A BIG HELP TO PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, ARE SUFFERING.
AND THIS WAY AT LEAST RESIDENTS WILL SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE WAIVING THE BUILDING PERMIT FEES, IF WE'RE GIVING TAX RELIEF TO PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE, WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE FEMA OF BS HERE, WE'RE HELPING, WE'RE HIRING A CONSULTANT TO LOOK AT, UH, AREAS WHERE WE COULD COME UP WITH, UH, SOME SOLUTIONS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT IF WE DO EVERYTHING AS A PACKAGE, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT LIKE JUST POINTING FINGERS AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, WASHINGTON, YOU'RE MESSING UP.
WE'RE ALBAN, YOU'RE MESSING UP.
WE'RE SAYING WE'RE ALL COLLECTIVELY, UH, TAKING SOME RESPONSIBILITY.
WELL, THE PROPOSED ITEM FOR THE AGENDA FOR THE REMOTE MEETING WOULD HAVE TO BE PRESENTED NEXT WEEK, I THINK.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING, YOU KNOW, TO AS A PROPOSED, UH, AGENDA ITEM, RIGHT? FOR THE DINNER MEETING.
OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS? YEAH.
BUT MAYBE IF YOU, YOU THINK YOU COULD HAVE LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE A GENERAL, EVEN IF WE COME UP WITH A CONCEPT, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TOTALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, THEN WE COULD, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION OF THE TOWN BOARD, THEN WOULD THAT BE OKAY.
SOMETHING BY THE DEADLINE AND THEN, AND THEN, AND THEN, UH, JUDITH MAY MAYBE COULD LET ME KNOW MM-HMM.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, KATIE, ASK IF I COULD, UH, SURE.
CAN YOU FIND, CAN YOU LET ME KNOW WHAT THE DEADLINE IS? SO I, IT'S, IT IS, YEAH.
IT'S, UH, WELL, WELL THERE'S IS THEY MEET, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS EVERY FIRST THURSDAY AND THAT'S WHEN THEY DISCUSS WHAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA FOR THE DINNER MEETING.
WHICH FOR SOME REASON IS GONNA BE ON THE 14TH.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION THOUGH? LIKE, IT SEEMS TO ME IT'S KIND OF SUBJECTIVE, BUT HOW DO YOU VALUE THE DAMAGE AS YOU KNOW, IN COMPARISON TO THE DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE? AND HOW DO YOU PROVE THAT DAMAGE? 'CAUSE EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEIR BUILDING PERMIT PIECE WAIVE.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A CERTAIN SUBJECTIVITY THERE.
WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ASCERTAINING THAT? WELL, THE BUILDING PERMIT IS SEPARATE BECAUSE I SPOKE TO, UH, MR. DAM, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY AND, AND BASICALLY, UM, FOR THE BUILDING PERMIT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY DO AN INSPECTION BEFORE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY, UH, BASEMENT WAS, UM, WAS DAMAGED AND NOW THEY WANT TO PUT IN A, A, A SECOND BATHROOM AND A SECOND ROOM, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULDN'T GET REIMBURSED.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IF THEY'RE JUST FIXING THE BASEMENT OR THEY'RE FIXING, UM, I MEAN PEOPLE ON BTT COURT OR ON WARREN, THEY LOST EVERYTHING.
SO IF THEY'RE GETTING A BUILDING PERMIT JUST TO RESTORE THE HOUSE THE WAY IT WAS, THEN THAT WOULD BE WAIVED.
WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE PRIOR LEGISLATION MAYBE.
AND THEN MODEL, DOES IT ALLOW FOR DRAINAGE? IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, IF YOU PUT IN DRAINS, DOES IT? THAT'S WHAT I THINK NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
I THINK THAT WE JUST NEED TO EMULATE WHATEVER, IF WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD ON THIS, WE NEED TO EMULATE WHAT HAPPENED WITH SANDY BECAUSE THAT LEGISLATION WORKED OUT WELL.
AND I KNOW THAT, I KNOW A COUPLE OF MY COLLEAGUES OUT ON LONG ISLAND ARE STILL DEALING WITH THAT.
SO, BUT LIKE I SAID, I FEEL LIKE IT MAY NOT BE AS
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COMPLICATED AS IT MAY BE, ONLY BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE SOMEWHERE IN THERE THERE'S AN EXTENSION TO THE HURRICANE EXEMPTION.BUT, UM, AS FAR AS THE BUILDING PERMIT WAIVING THE BILLING PERMIT FEES, I FEEL LIKE FOUR, AT LEAST FOUR OF THE SIX VILLAGES HAVE ALREADY HAD RESOLUTIONS FOR THAT.
AND THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH IT.
SO IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, NO SENSE IN REINVENTING THE WHEEL.
AND ALSO I THINK WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, WE GOT A GREAT RESOLUTION ALREADY.
ONCE WE START PUSHING, THEN, YOU KNOW, THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL DO A LOT OF THE FINE TUNING.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS LIKE A BASIC CONCEPT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I COULD START, THIS WILL DIVERT MY ATTENTION SO THE BOARD WON'T, I WON'T BE A PAIN IN THE NECK ON OTHER THING.
UH, SO THIS OTHER THING IS, UH, THIS WILL, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY WOULD BE LIKE, WE JUST HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE OF ALL OF OUR OTHER RESIDENTS WHO WERE NOT IMPACTED.
UM, AND IF FEMA IS SUBSIDIZING THE REMEDIATIONS OR WHATEVER, WE DON'T WANT THAT TO BE DUPLICATIVE, RIGHT? IF SOMEBODY GETS 40,000 DO, IF THEY HAVE $40,000 WORTH OF DAMAGES, THEY GET $40,000 WORTH OF RELIEF, THEN THEY SHOULDN'T GET'S TAX BREAK.
AND ALSO BY GOING BY WHATEVER WE DID IN SANDY, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO PASS IT AGAIN BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY DONE IT, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
WELL, I'LL REACH OUT TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ALSO.
UM, OKAY, NOW WE HAVE THE CABLE TV UPGRADE.
UM, I'M GOING TO GIVE, IT'S JUST A COVER PAGE OF IT.
DO YOU WANT ME TO GIVE THIS ONE BACK? YEAH.
NOW, JUDGE, BEFORE YOU RETIRE, SO OUT OF EIGHT, WE ONLY RECEIVE THAT.
AND, UM, I'LL LET GEORGE TELL YOU MORE, BUT OF THE TWO THAT WE RECEIVED BACK, UH, THEY'RE BETTER OVERVIEW.
THE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS ARE.
UM, WE KIND OF WENT THROUGH, UM, MOST OF THAT AT THE WORK SESSION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
THE OVERALL, UM, NEED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT IS TO, UH, STEP INTO
UH, ZOOM SCREAMING AND BROADCAST, UH, QUALITY, UH, VIDEO, UH, FOR ALL OF THE, UH, BOARD MEETINGS, TOWN BOARD PLANNING, BOARD ZONING BOARD, UH, THAT TAKE PLACE LIVE IN THIS ROOM.
UM, WE SENT OUT A BID PACKAGE TO NINE POTENTIAL BIDDERS.
UH, SEVEN OF THEM WERE CORPORATIONS.
TWO OF 'EM WERE ACTUALLY VENDORS THAT COULD INSTALL, UM, THE PROJECT.
AND, UM, WE ONLY RECEIVED TWO BID PACKAGES IN RETURN.
ONE WAS FROM HP COMMUNICATIONS AND THE OTHER WAS FROM G AND G TECHNOLOGIES.
UM, G AND G TECHNOLOGY IS THE WHITE SHEET THAT CAME IN ON ABOVE THEIR BID CAME IN AT $135,021.
AND, UM, THEIR BID DOES NOT INCLUDE INSTALLATION.
ANY TRAINING OF THE EQUIPMENT, OF ANY OF THE MATERIALS.
CABLING, COUPLINGS AND, UM, SHIPPING TO GET THE EQUIPMENT HERE.
AND, UM, NOTHING TO DO WITH INSTALLATION WHATSOEVER IN ORDER TRAINING.
UM, WAS THAT PART OF THE BID THOUGH FOR TRAINING? OR WAS IT JUST UH, UM, YES, IT IS.
IF AGAIN, UM, LIKE I TRIED TO EXPLAIN LAST TIME, WHEN YOU READ THE SCOPE OF WORK, WE DO NEED TRAINING ON THE EQUIPMENT.
MATTER OF FACT, THE ONE THING THAT WAS NOT DISCUSSED
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THAT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED, LIKE WHEN WE FIRST MOVED HERE INTO THE BUILDING AND INSTALLED THE SYSTEM, WE ACQUIRED A THREE YEAR CONTRACT FOR MAINTENANCE REPAIR.UM, PROBLEMS DO HAPPEN, EQUIPMENT DOES DROP OUT, AND THIS WAY WE ARE ASSURED TO KEEP THE SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING UNTIL WE'VE GOT TOTALLY ACCLIMATED TO IT AND RUNNING PROPERLY.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND WITH THIS, BUT THAT IS NOT HERE EITHER.
UM, FOR EITHER CONTRACTOR, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT ON THE BACKEND.
UM, BUT IT WAS IN THE WORK OF, UM, THE INSTALLATION, THE TRAINING AND, AND SO FORTH.
I'M SORRY, I I THOUGHT THE SECOND ONE INCLUDED.
UH, THE INSTALLATION INCLUDED A MORE TOTAL, UH, PACKAGE.
I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T, I THOUGHT THAT I, I THOUGHT THAT THE SECOND ONE INCLUDED A MORE TOTAL PACKAGE.
WELL, YEAH, I'M GOING TO BASICALLY GET TO THAT.
I'M GOING BY WHAT G AND G SUBMITTED MM-HMM.
UM, THERE, THEIR BID, LIKE I SAID, CAME IN AT 135,000, UH, $21.
UM, YOU GOT D N H, I MEAN D N H, YOU GOT HP COMMUNICATIONS, EXCUSE ME FOR THAT ONE,
AND, UM, THEIR BID CAME IN AT $137,295 AND 50 CENTS.
THEY ALSO INCLUDED INSTALLATION, TRAINING, CABLING, FREIGHT AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND WITH THAT ADDITIONAL COST.
NOW THIS IS THE HP UM, WITH THAT ADDITIONAL, UM, WITH THE ADDITIONAL INSTALLATION TRAINING AND SO FORTH, UH, WAS AN ADDITIONAL 64,000, $55 AND 80 CENTS, WHICH BROUGHT THEIR TOTAL BID TO 200, 201,000 35 3 350 $1 AND 30 CENTS.
UM, I'M SORRY, GEORGE, I'M JUST A LITTLE CONFUSED.
SO, SO WHAT'S THE 62 14? WELL, FOUR 18 MM-HMM.
AND WE'RE APPROXIMATELY AT 62,400.
SO THIS IS NOT WHAT G AND G SUBMITTED.
SOMETHING THEY SUBMITTED THAT YOU, OKAY.
THEY DID NOT SUBMIT, BUT THIS IS WHAT HB SUBMITTED.
SO THEIR 64 IS INCLUDED, IS INCLUDED IN THE, THE 2 0 1, RIGHT? RIGHT.
AND SO WE INCLUDED, WE WERE TRYING TO SEE SIDE BY SIDE WITH EVERYTHING THAT IS NEEDED TO MAKE THIS WORK, WHAT THE FINAL BIDS WOULD BE.
AND IF WE HAD TO BID OUT THOSE, THOSE PARTICULAR ITEMS WE'RE STILL GONNA BE AT ROUGHLY $197,439 AND 36 CENTS.
AND WITHOUT DOING IT WITH HP, THEY ARE AT 2 0 1 35, 1 30.
THAT'S 3,900 AND SOME DOLLARS.
AND DIFFERENCE IN BETWEEN THE TWO BIDS WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIGH AND LOW.
UM, WHAT WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO DO, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE G AND G PART OF IT, IT WOULD PROBABLY STILL COME IN HIGHER BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FIND THE CONTRACTORS THAT CAN INSTALL IT, FIND THE CONTRACTORS THAT HOPEFULLY UNDER THE SAME PACKAGE, CANNOT SET UP THE TRAINING AND AND SO FORTH.
DOES G AND G NOT DO THAT? 'CAUSE THEY DON'T DO TRAINING OR THEY CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE IN NEW JERSEY.
UHHUH
WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW THEM TO INSTALL.
UH, LABOR IN, IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THEY CAN SELL EQUIPMENT TO THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT THEY CAN'T DO THE INSTALLATION, THE TRAINING AND SO FORTH.
SO REMOVE, REMOVING THE, REMOVING THE INSTALLATION, TRAINING AND THE CABLING.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 1 35 FROM G AND G AND THEN THE 1 37? IT'S JUST, THEY JUST, SOMETHING'S MORE EXPENSIVE.
YOU TAKE OUT THE TRAINING ON BOTH PACKAGES.
UH, THERE'S A $2,000 DIFFERENCE ROUGHLY BETWEEN THE TWO BIDS.
IS THAT JUST SOMETHING EXTRA THAT THEY'RE DOING? SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD WANT? IT'S, IT'S HOW THEY GO OUT.
IT'S JUST THEIR PRICING AND PRICE, THE EQUIPMENT AND HOW THEY FEEL THEY CAN GET IT.
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OKAY.UM, IN TERMS OF PURCHASING THE EQUIPMENT TO SUPPLY OUR WORKPLACE.
DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION? MY RECOMMENDATION, UM, I WOULD GO WITH HP COMMUNICATION, UM, TO, TO DO THE INSTALLATION.
IF THE PURCHASE, I WOULD AWARD THE BID TO THE HP, UM, $4,000 DIFFERENCE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO, TO SEPARATE THE TWO.
AND THEY'RE THE ONLY TWO THAT CAME IN.
UM, HAVE THEY DONE THE WORK HERE BEFORE? EXCUSE ME? HAVE THEY DONE THE WORK HERE BEFORE? G AND G HAS DONE WORK FOR US BEFORE.
AND THIS IS TO, HP IS A TOTALLY NEW VENDOR.
AND THIS IS, UH, NON-TAX DOLLARS.
THIS IS, THIS IS NON-TAX DOLLARS.
PEOPLE STILL PAY, BUT PEOPLE STILL PAY FOR THAT PAY FUNDS.
BUT IT'S NOT FROM THE TAX, IT'S NOT DIRECT TAX.
IT'S, IT'S ALL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PAY FUNDS.
AND THE PAID FUNDS CAN ONLY BE USED FOR, UH, CABLE, UH, EQUIPMENT.
WHICH WAS THE COMPANY THAT YOU USED TO GENERATE THE BID, EXCUSE ME? WHICH WAS THE COMPANY THAT YOU USED TO GENERATE THE BID? WAS IT G AND G OR H BID? NO, HP HELPED US GENERATE THE BID PACKAGE.
WERE THEY RECOMMENDED TO YOU, GEORGE? UM, THEY WERE RECOMMENDED BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT OTHER MUNICIPALITY, YES.
SO WHO, WHO ELSE HAS USED THEM? UM, WHITE PLAINS FOR INSTANCE, UM, HAS USED HP MM-HMM.
UM, UM, BUT, BUT I CAN ALSO SAY THE SAME THING FOR G AND G.
G AND G HAS BEEN USED BY US, BY WHITE PLAINS, BY A LOT OF DEALER VENDORS.
BUT HAS, I WONDER IF IT'S IMPACT, THE FACT THAT THEY NO LONGER HAVE A LICENSE TO INSTALL HERE, WHETHER THAT'S IMPACTED OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TOO.
I'M SORRY? I SAID THE FACT THAT THEY, THEY, UH, NO LONGER HAVE A LICENSE TO INSTALL, UH, THAT WAS THEIR CHOICE.
BUT I WONDER IF THAT'S IMPACTING WHAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE DOING IN TERMS OF GOING FORWARD, IF THEY HAVE NEW, NEW STUFF ONLY IN NEW YORK, THEY CANNOT INSTALL ANYTHING IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GREENBURG, IT'S NEW YORK STATE.
WHAT I WAS THINKING IS THAT, ARE THERE ANY, ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY MUNICIPALITY THAT MAY HAVE USED G AND G'S EQUIPMENT BUT THEN HAD TO GO OUT AND, AND BID THE, THE INSTALLATION SEPARATELY? UM, YOU CAN DO, I MEAN, YES, IT CAN BE DONE, BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING IF ANYBODY DID IT.
THAT'S ALL I WAS WANTING TO COM NOT AWARE OF.
THAT, THAT'S USUALLY YOU TRY AND GET THE PERSON OR THE COMPANY THAT YOU'RE BUYING EVERYTHING FROM TO DO THE INSTALLATION IS GENERALLY THE, WHAT YOU TRY AND DO.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY THEN.
I JUST WANNA GO BACK TO ONE MORE THING.
SO THIS AMOUNT THAT YOU SAID G AND G, THIS IS AN ESTIMATE.
SO WHAT THAT'S, THAT'S OUR GUESSTIMATE.
BUT THE 64 IS 64 AND HP IS DEFINITE.
SO IT REALLY ISN'T, IT REALLY ISN'T A $4,000 DIFFERENCE.
AND THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT, 'CAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TRUE THIS NUMBER IS.
SO IT COULD HAVE BEEN, IT COULD BE HIGHER, IT COULD BE LOWER.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT I AM GOING TO THROW ON THE TABLE THAT, UM, THE BOARD SHOULD DEFINITELY BE AWARE OF, WHICH REALLY, UM, GENERATED A LOT OF THE PANIC AND A LOT OF THE CONCERN WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CABLE ROOM.
AND IF NOTHING ELSE, YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT AS OF OCTOBER 15TH, THE NEXUS SERVERS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET WILL INCREASE BY 1500 EACH.
SO IF NOT PURCHASED, IF THIS IS NOT APPROVED AND SO FORTH, I STILL WOULD FOLLOW UP IMMEDIATELY WITH A PURCHASE RATE TO PURCHASE THE NEXT SERVERS WELL BEFORE OCTOBER 15TH.
SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S GOING UP HAZARD THE 15TH, RIGHT? BY $1,500 EACH SERVER.
AND WE HAVE WHAT, TWO, EXCUSE ME.
I KNOW THE MASK MAKES IT HARD FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING SAID.
RIGHT? SO ALL OF US, SO I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN CABLE SINCE 1995 AND EVERY TIME WE DO AN IMPROVEMENT, IT'S SUPPOSED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS, RIGHT? SO WHAT I'M REALLY HOPING THAT WE DO THIS TIME AROUND, AND I HOPE WE GET SOMETHING FROM HP, 'CAUSE I AGREE IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE THE SAME PERSON INSTALLED.
UH, WHO PROVIDES THE EQUIPMENT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S MORE MONEY, IS THAT WE GET SOME ASSURANCE AS WE THOUGHT WE HAD WHEN WE USED ANOTHER COMPANY
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AND THEY CAME IN, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO SOLVE ALL AUDIO PROBLEMS AND THE VERY FIRST MEETING WITH ALL THE NEW AUDIO EQUIPMENT, NOBODY COULD BE HEARD.RIGHT? I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S ACTUALLY GOING TO STATE THAT IF WE DO THIS WORK, WE GUARANTEE, GUARANTEE FOR ONE YEAR THAT YOU'LL PRODUCE BROADCAST QUALITY TV THAT CAN BE HEARD BOTH AT HOME AND IN THE AUDITORIUM EQUALLY.
AND IF THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THAT, THEN I'M OKAY.
BUT OTHERWISE TO SPEND $200,000 TO KEEP HEARING, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
TO ME, IT'S JUST TOTALLY ACCEPTABLE.
ANYTHING WE CAN DO, FRANCIS, AND RIGHT, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
LIKE I SAID, HP IS THE FIRST, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE USED THEM FOR ANYTHING.
AND IF WE USE THEM TO DO THE INSTALLATION, THEY ARE ONE OF THE MORE PROMINENT VIDEO COMPANIES, UM, IN NEW YORK.
ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD SAY, IF, IF YOU WANT, IF SALESPERSON TO COME BEFORE YOU IN THE BOARD AND SIT DOWN AND TELL YOU WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO AND WHAT THE EQUIPMENT'S GOING TO DO, THAT WOULD BE THE, THE ONLY OTHER THING, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
BECAUSE IF WE HAVE UNDERSTAND, IF YOU DO IT, I IT'S ENTIRELY UP TO THE BOARD.
I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE JUST EXPANDING THE TIME.
THE ONLY THING THAT I YOU NEED TO DO IS BUY THE SURVEY.
I WOULD BE, I WOULD BE, I I THINK IT'S BETTER IF IT'S IN WRITING.
I MEAN THEY CAN COMMENT AND WITH ANYTHING THINK IT'S BOTH.
BECAUSE THE ONLY, THE ONLY REASON, THE ONLY REASON I FEEL THAT IT MAKES SENSE IS, WHICH I THINK WAS IN THE DOCUMENT, WE'VE HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS OVER THE YEARS AND DECADES, YOU KNOW, UH, WITH THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCTION, I FEEL THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, ASK QUESTIONS IF, UH, IF, YOU KNOW, IF THEY PROVIDE US WITH A, A PORK, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL GONNA SAY IT'S GREAT AND THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE AND THEY KNOW HOW TO SOLVE IT.
BUT IF IT DOESN'T WORK, UH, AND WE HAVE THEM ON TAPE AND THEN WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
SIDEBOARD CONVERSATIONS ARE, ARE YOU'RE GONNA MISS SOMETHING? NO.
IF WE, IF WE, IF WE, IF WE HAVE THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, IN PERSON AND WE ASK ANY QUESTION THAT WE WANT, UM, AND THEY BASICALLY PROMISE US LIKE GREAT SERVICE AND THEN THREE MONTHS LATER, YOU KNOW, ELLA CALLS US SAYING SHE CAN'T HEAR.
UH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, OR WE, YOU OR YOU KNOW, THE QUALITY, THEN WE CAN, THAT'S JUST A HYPOTHETICAL
SHE MIGHT CALL THAT'S BEEN ADDRESSED IN THEIR PROPOSAL.
NO, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M SAYING THIS WAY.
OKAY, SO THEN WE JUST NEED TO LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL, BUT I DON'T SO MUCH IN WRITING.
AND SO THERE WERE TWO THINGS THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR WITH DOING THIS IS ONE THAT WE JUST DO A COMPLETE OVERHAUL JUST STATEMENT.
AND THAT'S WHY I RAISED THE ISSUE OF WHY ARE WE USING AN RS 2 32 2 UH, CONNECTIONS.
AND YOU'RE SAYING, WELL THAT'S BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH LEGACY EQUIPMENT.
AND THAT WAS WITH THE NEXUS, THAT WAS WITH THE ELECTRONICS NEXUS SERVER.
BUT THE LAST THING I WANT TO HEAR, AND I'M DOING THIS KNOWING THIS IS STREAMED RECORDED AND I'LL PROBABLY TAPE IT MYSELF.
THE LAST THING I WANT TO HEAR.
AFTER WE SPEND $200,000 OF THE PEOPLE'S MONEY, WE'RE SAYING IT'S NOT TAX MONEY, IT'S FEE MONEY.
WE FORCE THEM TO PAY A FEE WHEN THEY HAVE CABLE SERVICE AND THEN THAT MONEY COMES IN.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE PEG MONEY IS ABOUT IT.
WE WANT TO USE IT, UH, FOR A GOOD USE BECAUSE WHEN WE COME UP, WHENEVER, WHENEVER WE GET, UM, WE NEGOTIATE THE NEW CONTRACT AND IF THEY SEE THAT WE HAVE 500 OR $600,000 OF UNENCUMBERED MONEY, UH, THEY'RE GONNA SAY, WHY DO YOU NEED MORE? RIGHT.
SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE SYMPATHETIC TO THE FACT OF YES, BUT WE COULD HAVE SPENT IT, YOU KNOW, TO FIX UP OUR SYSTEM.
SO WE SHOULD FIX UP OUR SYSTEM TOTALLY ON BOARD ON THAT.
UH, BUT THE SECOND THING THAT I WAS REALLY INSISTENT ON, AND IT'S IN THIS PACKAGE, WHICH WE CAN'T OVERLOOK AND THEY MUST COMPLY WITH, IS THAT WE NEED TO BE REMOTE.
WE NEED TO HAVE REMOTE OPERATIONS FOR THE CABLE PEOPLE.
AND IF THEY CAN'T PROVIDE THAT, THEN I'M NOT INTERESTED.
'CAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME THAT IN THE HEART OF A PANDEMIC, EVERYBODY IS RUNNING FOR THEIR HOMES, BUT GEORGE AND JANELLE NEEDS TO COME IN HERE TO TOWN HALL DURING THE PANDEMIC TO PUT OUT A ZOOM MEETING
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THAT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME WHATSOEVER.AGAIN, I WILL CONTACT THE LEAD PERSON, RIGHT.
FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THIS PACKAGE AND I WILL ASK THEM REMOTE ACCESS FROM HOME RUNNING THE SYSTEM.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE EQUIPMENT.
I THOUGHT THAT, I THOUGHT THEY GAVE US THE EQUIPMENT TODAY.
THEY OKAY, BUT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IT AGAIN.
SO I'M GOING TO ADDRESS IT AGAIN.
AND I'VE ASKED THEM TO RESPOND TO IT AND SEND SOMETHING IN WRITING IN TERMS OF WHAT, HOW I GUESS THEY ADDRESS IT AND HOW THEY SAW IT.
IF WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM, WHEN WOULD WE BE ABLE TO SCHEDULE, WELL WE'D HAVE TO DO IT NEXT TUESDAY BECAUSE LET'S DO IT NEXT TUESDAY.
WE COULD PUT A RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA, UM, SELECTING THEM FOR NEXT ON THE NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA.
AND IN THE MEANTIME WE CAN GET THIS INFORMATION AND WE COULD HAVE THEM COME IN AND, AND TALK TO.
SO WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN HAVE 'EM COME IN AND IF THEY CAN'T COME IN, WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN CONNECT THEM THROUGH ZOOM OR SOMETHING.
SEE IF THEY CAN DO IT REMOTELY.
NO, BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, THERE COULD BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE BUILDING HERE.
OTHER THAN, OTHER THAN THE PANDEMIC.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THEY'RE TEARING OUT ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL, THE EXISTING CABLING AND RE CABLING EVERYTHING.
RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT TAPPING INTO THE OLD EQUIPMENT.
AND THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE KEEPING THAT'S OLD IS THE SWAGGART EQUIPMENT BECAUSE THAT IS SWAGGART AND IT DOES OUR CAPTIONING AND OUR STREAMING AND EVERYTHING.
AND THERE'S BEEN NO PROBLEMS WITH THAT.
AND IT'S CASE AND IT'S COMPATIBLE.
THEY, THEY'RE AWARE OF IT AND IT'S COMPATIBLE.
WHAT I WAS ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION.
I REMEMBER YEARS AGO YOU TOLD ME THAT WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THIS BUILDING IS ONE THING AND WE CAN HAVE THE BEST EQUIPMENT ONCE THE SIGNAL LEAVES THIS BUILDING AND GOES TO WE ARE HOME.
WE MAY NOT HAVE CONTROL OVER THAT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEONE AT HOME TABLE VISION OF FIRES HERE, THAT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THE FAULT OF THE INSTALLER OF THE EQUIPMENT.
IS THAT STILL TRUE? THAT IS STILL TRUE.
SO YOU CAN'T MAKE A GUARANTEE OF WHAT SOMEONE
I CAN MAKE A GUARANTEE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO INSTALL THEIR EQUIPMENT AND FROM WHAT COMES OUT OF THEIR EQUIPMENT TO WHAT MEETS CABLE VISION'S EQUIPMENT, RIGHT.
THAT THEY RECEIVE IT, IT'S UP.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO THEN WE CAN CLEARLY SAY TO CABLE VISION OR TO, UH, OR T I GUESS IT IS.
AND VERIZON, WE KNOW, AND I I AGREE WITH WE HAVE IT, WE HAVE A MID MATCH OF OLD TECHNOLOGY AND NEW TECHNOLOGY IN THERE.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE WE MOVED INTO THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE DOING COMPREHENSIVELY FROM GROUND THOUGH WE'RE DOING IT COMPREHENSIVELY.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY OVER THE YEARS WE'VE HAD SUCH SO MANY PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF THE MISSY GUYS.
SO WE'LL MEET NEXT WEEK AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO OKAY.
UM, WE HAVE THE SPECIAL MEETING.
DO YOU WANNA, UM, OPEN UP THE SPECIAL MEETING? UH, TODAY'S TUESDAY.
WAIT, JUST BEFORE WE DO THAT, CAN I JUST ASK, UM, WHEN, WHICH AGENDA SHOULD WE PUT THE PARKING DISTRICT ON SO THEY CAN COME AND GIVE US THEIR ANNUAL REPORT? UM, YOU WANT TO DO IT? UH, TWO WEEKS.
OKAY, SO YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE SPECIAL MEETING? MAKE MOTION TO OPEN THE SPECIAL MEETING.
YOU, YOU WANNA WAIT? NO, I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
OKAY, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THE SPECIAL MEETING NOW? NOT YET.
WE NEED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.
WE ABOUT, WELL I, WELL WE JUST LOST OUR TOWN ATTORNEY.
SO THERE WAS, THERE WERE A FEW, UH, CASES THAT WE HAD TO DISCUSS.
SO SHOULD WE ASK HIM, UH, THERE'S A LONG LIST.
JOAN, DID WE LOSE JOHN? SHOULD WE ASK TIM NOT TO, UH, LEAVE? WELL, LET'S FIND OUT WHAT, UM, UH, LEMME PULL UP THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AGENDA.
SO IS THERE ANY REASON WHY YOU CAN'T DO THE SPECIAL MEETING BEFORE GOING INTO I WAS, I WAS GOING TO ADD THE, THE, THE RESOLUTION, THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION DOESN'T HAVE YOUR CERTIFICATION OF POSTING ON IT, WHICH IS I NOTICED THAT'S ON THE LATEST
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VERSION THAT'S COMING OUT OF NEW YORK STATE.SO I WANTED TO ADD THAT SO THAT WHEN WE'RE VOTING ON IT, IT HAS THAT ON THERE.
RIGHT? WELL, WELL I COULD, WITH THOSE, JUST ADDING THOSE TWO FIGURES, I HAVE THE RESOLUTION IN MY COMPUTER.
I COULD JUST GO AND PUT THOSE TWO FIGURES IN THE, UH, NO, NO, NO.
AND SO I WAS JUST TAKING THAT, THAT TEXT FROM THAT LATEST VERSION OF THE, OF THE MODEL RESOLUTION MM-HMM.
IT'S HARD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING WHILE I'M DOING THAT.
AND SO THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING IS GIVE ME A BIT, A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND, UH, AND WE'LL COME BACK AND DO THAT.
BUT I WOULD SAY BECAUSE GEORGE IS, IS, IS HAS TO HANG AROUND THAT WE SHOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, IN 30 MINUTES WE'LL BE BACK AND WE WON'T DO ENTIRELY ALL THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE SAME TIME.
DID YOU COME TO DO A PRESENTATION? YEAH.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE SESSION O YOU HAVE THE FIRST ON THE AGENDA IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
YOU KNOW WHAT I COULD DO IS I COULD POST, POST THE HOURS AND THEN, UH, WE CAN, WE CAN AMEND IT TO INCLUDE YOUR CERTIFICATION ON IT AND WE CAN DO IT THAT WAY AND THEN WE'LL JUST UPDATE IT.
WHY DON'T WE DO, WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? SO JUST GIMME ABOUT TWO MINUTES.
SO DO WE NEED, TIM, DO WE NOT NEED TIM? WELL, WE'RE STILL GONNA NEED TIM FOR SOME THINGS LATER.
THERE'S LIKE SOME EXECUTIVE SAID, WELL, THERE'S TIM RIGHT THERE.
I THINK, I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY WAY YOU COULD, UH, STAY OR SOMEBODY, BECAUSE WE HAVE LIKE SO MANY EXECUTIVE SESSIONS THAT REALLY MATTERS THAT REALLY MAY NEED, CAN I JUST SAY HOW APPROXIMATELY HOW LONG DO YOU THINK I'LL BE GONE TO TAKE CARE OF THE OTHER MATTERS WHICH YOU WERE MORE AWARE OF THAN BOARD MEMBERS ARE? AND YOU'LL EXPLAIN TO WHAT IT'S YEAH, I THINK I WAS TELLING FRANCIS THAT.
TIM IS ALSO ON THE ADVISORY BOARD FOR, UH, MERCY COLLEGE'S LEGAL STUDIES, UH, COMMITTEE.
AND, UM, TODAY, TODAY THEY'RE INTERVIEWING MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY BOARD TO, UM, DISCUSS THE, THE, UH, THIS, THESE ARE PEOPLE FROM THE AMERICAN BAR REPRESENTING THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION THAT ARE LOOKING AT THE PROGRAM.
AND, AND SO THEY WANT TO TALK WITH THE MEMBERS OF, OF THE, UH, ADVISORY BOARD.
I'M JUST SORT OF WONDERING, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I KNOW WE HAVE LIKE SO MANY THINGS TODAY.
THIS IS, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I'D SUGGEST? PERHAPS YOU COULD GO AND, AND BUG INTO THE MEETING AND THEN JUST SAY THAT YOU NEED TO LEAVE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY, WE COULD DO A QUICK ME, WE COULD TRY MOVING SOME OF THE THINGS.
NO, I'M SAYING IF HE GOES INTO THE OTHER MEETING AND JUST SAYS THAT HE, HE COULD MAKE HIS COMMENTS TO, TO THE, TO THOSE WHO ARE DOING AN EVALUATION.
AND THEN, AND THEN WE PURPOSE SEE CAPTAIN DIO HERE TALK ABOUT SOME OF LEGAL ISSUES INVOLVED IN A SIGN THAT HE HAS, SORRY, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION ABOUT THE VACCINATION POLICY DEPARTMENT HEAD EVALUATIONS.
UH, WHETHER PEOPLE, UM, ARE ALLOWED TO WORK PART-TIME, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE FULL-TIME JOBS, IT DOESN'T AFFECT THEIR EMPLOYMENT.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, KEN WANTED TO DISCUSS A MATTER INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO THERE ARE A HOST OF ISSUES THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY LEGAL ISSUES.
BUT THEY'RE PERSONNEL TYPE ISSUES.
I THINK THE BOARD NEEDS TO DISCUSS.
HE'S NOT GOING, HE'S NOT LEAVING? HE'S NOT LEAVING.
NO, NO, HE'S NOT LEAVING THE BUILDING.
IT HIS, WE CAN REACH NO, IT'S A ZOOM, ZOOM MEETING.
WE CAN TEXT YOU AND, YOU KNOW, SAY HE NOT REALLY LUCKY.
OH, I THOUGHT YOU NO, HE'S NOT LEAVING.
HE JUST NEEDS TO MAKE HIS COMMENTS.
SO FOR THAT MOTION, YOU, YOU MADE THAT MOTION FOR THOSE REASONS? YEAH.
SO NOW WE CAN GO IN THE BACK AND SET UP.
CAN YOU DO IT IN THE BACK? YES.
RIGHT IN THIS, IN THIS CONFERENCE ROOM BACK HERE SAYS, GRETCHEN, YOU'RE HAVING A BLACK LIVES MATTER SIGN PRESENTATION IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, SO WELCOME BACK TO OUR, UH, OUR MEETING.
UM, UH, FIRST, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WERE JUST CONTINUING OUR DISCUSSION WITH, UH, THE, UH, DISCUSSION ON WHAT ACTION STEPS THE TOWN SHOULD TAKE RELATING TO MARIJUANA.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE THINKING THAT MAYBE YOU COULD FIND OUT WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES IN WESTCHESTER ARE DOING IN YOUR I WILL, I WILL HAVE
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DISCUSSIONS WITH THE, WITH NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AND, AND OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT I THINK ARE, ARE RELEVANT TO GET AN IDEA.AND THEN WHEN YOU SAY NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, JUST LIKE I'D ASKED THE QUESTION FOR WHO ARE YOU, WHO ARE YOU LOOKING AT? AND WHO ARE YOU HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH? I'M BRING THE MICROPHONE JUST A LITTLE CLOSER.
I, I LOOK TO THE, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST THE VILLAGES, BUT I ALSO LOOK TO WHITE PLAINS, WHICH WE BORDER MOUNT PLEASANT, YONKERS, YOU KNOW, THE GEOGRAPHICAL, YOU KNOW, AREA.
IT PROBABLY WOULD, WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO SAY WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE, FOR PEOPLE WHO WISH TO COMMENT WHEN WE HAVE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT THE TOPIC.
I, I LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING A PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, PUBLICLY AND, YOU KNOW, EXPRESSING OUR CONCERNS OR ION ON IT.
WE OPEN UP, I'M CALLING JUDITH TO, YEAH.
IS JUDITH STILL HERE? OH, SEE, THIS IS ON.
I APPRECIATE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WASN'T YOU GARY, COULD I JUST DOWN WORKING HARD.
COULD I JUST, UH, SPEAK TO YOU RIGHT BEFORE THE WORK, UH, YOU, THIS MEETING JUST FOR ONE SECOND THAT, YOU KNOW, AN I AN ITEM, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT IT, I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A SO YOU WANNA GO OUT? YEAH, I'M GONNA GO OUTSIDE.
COULD YOU JUST, COULD I JUST MEET YOU IN THE HALL? MADE HIM IN THE HALLWAY.
THIS IS NOT AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WELL, YOU CAN'T HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION BY YOURSELF ANYWAY.
HE'S DONE SO MUCH WORK ON THAT GRANT.
YOU ONLY, YOU'LL HAVE TO SHARE IT WITH HIM BECAUSE HE'LL NEED TO KNOW THE WHAT, WHAT UH, ITEMS WE'RE UP TO.
BUT WE HAVEN'T OPENED A MEETING OR ANYTHING YET.
YOU STEPPED OUT FOR A MINUTE BY THE FIRE, BY EACH OTHER.
OH, HE SAID HE WAS GONNA RIDE OUTSIDE THE HALLWAY.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RIGHT OUT HERE.
I KNOW, BUT GUY CAME, HE, I'M SURE HE WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT HE CAN ANNOUNCE SOMETHING.
SO WHAT DO I DO? ACTUALLY, NOTHING.
THERE'S ONLY, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH I CAN FIT IN A DAY.
IS THAT YOURS? AND WHEN SOMETHING IS NOT URGENT.
WANT THAT? I THINK THE OTHER RESOLUTIONS ARE THERE.
THAT'S WHAT THESE ARE, THESE ARE THE, UH, ACTUAL HARD COPIES, THE ACTUAL RESOLUTIONS FOR THE, FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING.
WE GET WEST COP OFF OF OUR PLATE AGENDAS INTO THE OTHER ROOM.
AND ACTUALLY WESTCO HAS DONE QUITE A BIT DURING THE PANDEMIC.
UM, WE JUST HAD TO FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS AND PUT IT INTO THE, UH, INTO THE DOCUMENTS.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE FOOD PANTRY BECAME EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, I'M SURE.
FOOD PANTRY WERE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
SENIOR SERVICES, SENIOR SERVICES, JOB REFERRALS, THEY ACTUALLY MOVED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE NEEDED NEED TO WORK AND UH, THEY ACTUALLY MOVED FROM A BULLETIN BOARD WHERE THEY JUST POSTED IT TO EMPLOYERS ACTUALLY CALLING THEM UP AND MEETING,
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YOU KNOW, MASKED, YOU KNOW, SOCIALLY DISTANCED MEETING WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE LOOKING FOR A JOB.WHICH WAS REALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY GREAT, YOU KNOW, SO THEY, THEY DID THINGS DURING THE PANDEMIC THAT WONDERFUL.
SO FRANCIS, YOU ALREADY APPROVED WE, THE, THE BOARD ALREADY APPROVED THAT, UM, RESOLUTION FOR SEACOR ROAD FOR ALL THOSE ALL THE STREETS TO BE CLOSED FOR THEIR HALLOWEEN PARTY.
UH, DID WE DO THAT ALREADY? I THINK WE DID THAT THE LAST MEETING.
DIDN'T WE DO IT? DIDN'T WE HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA MEETING? OKAY.
BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS SOUTH ROAD.
THEY ALL HAVE A LOT OF STREETS TO CLOSE.
SO THOSE, BECAUSE WHAT THEY WERE DOING, I HAD TO ADD STREETS IN AS A MATTER OF FACT.
'CAUSE THEY WERE BLOCK, THEY WERE, THEY WERE CLOSING OFF STREETS, BUT THEY LEFT OFF THE INTERNAL STREETS 'CAUSE WE HAD TO LIST THOSE AS ALSO BEING CLOSED.
SO YOU CAN'T LEAVE, YOU CAN'T LEAVE THE INNER CIRCLE OPEN AND SAY THAT ALL THE PERIMETER IS CLOSED.
AND THEY, THEY'RE CLOSING OFF AN AWFUL LOT, BUT IT'S A GREAT TIME.
AND THERE ARE CERTAIN STREETS THAT THE KIDS KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE.
I WANT TO GO THERE 'CAUSE I HAVE GOOD CANDY.
IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST, THEY GIVE US SOMETHING.
THE GOOD CANDY, SO THEY DON'T DOING UNICEF ANYMORE.
NOICE THAT HAD THE LITTLE LIKE BOXES, RIGHT? I'M SORRY IT WAS BEFORE MY TIME.
I USED TO LOVE FILLING IN MY BOX.
SO, YOU KNOW, COMING HOME, I KNOW MY BOXES FULL.
NO, BECAUSE WE KNEW WE WERE DONATING TO A, A WORTHY CAUSE THEY DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE.
SHE USED TO GIVE US CANDY, BIG HERSHEY BARS AND MONEY.
PAUL, I I LEFT MINE IN THE OFFICE, SO SHE, YOU ARE SHARING THAT PAUL.
UH, UH, UH, YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT? OH YES.
THIS NEXT UPCOMING TUESDAY, UM, THE BOARD WILL BE TALKING ABOUT AND PASSING THE INFORMATION, INFORMATION, TALKING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE GREENBERG AGAINST SYSTEMIC RACISM LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE.
A LOT OF, UH, A GOOD, PROBABLY A GOOD PERCENTAGE OF THE STUFF IS ALREADY BEING, UM, WORKED.
BUT I WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE AND ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE.
IT'S TOUGH WORK, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS A REALLY GROUP, GROUP OF PEOPLE AND SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO'S ON THE COMMITTEE.
THANK ALL THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO PARTICIPATED AS WELL.
UM, BUT WE'RE GLAD THAT THIS IS MOVING ALONG.
IT'S GONNA BE NEXT WEDNESDAY, RIGHT? AND IT WILL BE VOTING ON IT NEXT WEDNESDAY.
YOU WANT TO MOVE TO GO BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? OKAY.
WHO'S MAKING THE MOTION, RIGHT? PAUL? THAT WAS, THAT WAS, THAT WAS A SUGGESTION THAT YOU MAKE A MOTION TO GO BACK.
AND THAT'S TO, TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSIONS WE'RE HAVING BEFORE.
WHAT ARE WE GOING IN FOR? WE SHOULD NEED TO MAKE IT TO DISCUSS, UH, PERSONNEL MATTERS INVOLVING INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE.
AND WE'RE NOT COMING BACK AND WE'RE NOT COMING BACK TONIGHT.