Oct 13, 2021 Town Board- Regular

ROLL CALLS BEFORE MOMENT.

SILENCE.

TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FRYER HERE.

TOWN ATTORNEY TIM LEWIS, HERE, TOWN COUNCILWOMAN DIANA JETER, PRESENT TOWN COUNCILWOMAN.

GINA JACKSON, PRESENT TOWN.

COUNCILMAN FRANCIS SHEEN, PRESENT AND TOWN COUNCILMAN KEN JONES IS NOT PRESENT.

UH, OF SILENCE AND MEMORY OF REVEREND ROBERT.

AND A MOMENT,

[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of Reverend Robert Mason, Pastor at Union Baptist Church In memory of Deneen A. Gatewood, a longtime Greenburgh resident, Community organizer; Launched the Manhattan Avenue Beautification Initiative In memory of the 716,471+ individual victims of COVID-19 who have died in the United States, 4,863,818+ deaths worldwide, each leaving family members and friends too soon]

UM, MASON PASTOR AT UNION BAPTIST CHURCH.

UH, WHEN I FIRST STARTED MY CAREER, UM, REVEREND MASON WAS, UH, THE PASTOR AT UNION BAPTIST, AN AMAZING, UM, UH, COMMUNITY LEADER, UM, VERY INVOLVED.

UM, UH, MANY OF THE POLICE OFFICERS.

UM, UH, WE ENDED UP, UH, SPENDING A LOT OF TIME SERVING ON FOOD TO THE HUNGRY AND, AND HOMELESS.

HE REALLY, UH, WORKED HARD ON, YOU KNOW, FIGHTING FOR, UH, JUSTICE AND EQUALITY, AND FOUGHT AGAINST, UM, YOU KNOW, UNFAIRNESS, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE TOWN.

AND HE'S SOMEBODY WHO YOU KNOW, I WILL NEVER FORGET.

AND MANY PEOPLE WHO, UM, I KNEW HIM WILL NEVER FORGET.

A, A REAL LEADER, JUST A, AN AMAZING, UH, HUMAN BEING.

HE, UM, RELOCATED TO, UH, CALIFORNIA AND AGAIN, WILL DEFINITELY BE MISSED, WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

UM, ALSO IN MEMORY OF DENEEN GATEWOOD, A LONGTIME GREENBURG RESIDENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZER LAUNCHED THE MANHATTAN NEE BEAUTIFICATION, UM, INITIATIVE.

AND IN MEMORY OF THE 716,471 INDIVIDUAL VICTIMS OF C OVID 19, WHO HAVE DIED IN THE UNITED STATES, 4 MILLION 863, 818 PLUS DEATHS WORLDWIDE, EACH LEAVING FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS TOO SOON.

PAUL, I JUST ADD, UM, WITH REGARDS TO DENEEN, ALICIA GATEWOOD DENEEN WAS BORN IN THIS COMMUNITY, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FAIRVIEW COMMUNITY, AUGUST 24TH, 1964, TO PROUD PARENTS, HENRY AND CHRISTINE.

SHE WAS RAISED IN GREENBURG, ATTENDED OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, GRADUATED FROM WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, AND ATTENDED WESTCHESTER BUSINESS INSTITUTE, KNOWN AS A HARDWORKING, NO-NONSENSE COMMUNITY ACTIVIST.

SHE MARRIED HER HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, ALAN SPENCER GATEWOOD, AND THEY FORMED A LASTING PARTNERSHIP FOR OVER 34 YEARS UNTIL DEEN'S PASSING OCTOBER 25TH, 2020.

DURING THOSE YEARS, DENEEN RALLIED PASSIONATELY FOR QUALITY OF LIFE CONDITIONS IN HER MANHATTAN AVENUE, FAIRVIEW COMMUNITY.

IN 2016, DENEEN APPROACHED THE TOWN AND RECEIVED THE SUPPORT FROM THE TOWN BOARD, TOWN SUPERVISOR, AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO LAUNCH THE MANHATTAN AVENUE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT, CREATING A GARDEN AT THE TOP OF MANHATTAN AVENUE AND AT THE BOTTOM OF MANHATTAN AVENUE.

UH, JUST BEFORE THE 2 87 OVERPASS, DEEN'S DREAM WAS THAT SOMEONE WOULD TAKE ON THAT PROJECT AND CONTINUE TO BUILD THE GARDEN AT THE TOP OF MANHATTAN AVENUE.

SHE WAS AN AMAZING PERSON.

SHE LOVED HER COMMUNITY, AND SHE ADVOCATED FOR QUALITY OF LIFE CONDITIONS IN HER COMMUNITY.

DENEEN ALICIA GREEN, UM, GATEWOOD DENEEN, ALICIA GATEWOOD.

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CAMPANO, WHO IS GONNA MAKE A PRESENTATION THAT HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.

WE HAVE, UH, JONATHAN

[ PRESENTATIONS Hispanic Heritage Month, Guest Speaker Jonathan Campozano Farmer's Market Overview - Judith Beville, Town Clerk Department of Public Works, Sanitation Public Service Announcement - Commissioner Richard Fon]

YES, JONATHAN.

BORN IN WHITE PLAINS AND RAISED IN GREENBURG.

JONATHAN CAMPANO IS ONE OF THE FIRST GENERATIONS ON BOTH SIDES OF HIS FAMILY, BORN AND RAISED IN THE UNITED STATES.

HIS FATHER CAME TO THE UNITED STATES FROM ECUADOR, AND HIS MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS CAME TO THE UNITED STATES FROM PUERTO RICO, A WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE CLASS OF 2010.

JONATHAN GRADUATED FROM BOTH WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND PURCHASED COLLEGE, AND EVENTUALLY OBTAINED HIS JURIS DOCTORATE DEGREE FROM PACE LAW SCHOOL.

IN 2017, JONATHAN BECAME, UH, BEGAN HIS CAREER PRACTICING IMMIGRATION LAW AS AN IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS FELLOW AT THE EMPIRE JUSTICE CENTER IN YONKERS.

THERE HE REPRESENTED IM IMMIGRANTS IN AN ARRAY OF IMMIGRATION MATTERS, INCLUDING DEPORTATION, DEFENSE, ASYLUM APPLICATIONS, AND OTHER FORMS OF RELIEF AVAILABLE TO JUVENILES AND VICTIMS OF CRIME, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, OR HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

FOLLOWING HIS TIME AS A FELLOW, JONATHAN JOINED THE NEW YORK STATE SENATE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY IN 2019 AS ASSOCIATE COUNCIL, WHERE HE WORKED ON SIGNIFICANT PIECES OF LEGISLATION, INCLUDING THE FARM LABORERS FAIR LABOR PRACTICES ACT, AND THE DRIVER'S LICENSE ACCESS AND PRIVACY ACT.

IN PARENTHESES, GREENLIGHT, NEW YORK.

CURRENTLY, JONATHAN IS ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY IN THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

WE WELCOME YOU JONATHAN CAMPANO.

UH, THANK YOU, UH, MS. TOWN CLERK AND THE TOWN BOARD FOR THE INVITATION, AND ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK HERE TODAY.

IN HONOR OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, I'D FIRST LIKE TO SHARE SOME WORDS ABOUT THE HISPANIC EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES.

UH, I GREW UP EXPOSED TO BOTH CARIBBEAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN CULTURE.

UH, BUT THAT'S TOO BROAD OF A DESCRIPTION.

CARIBBEAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN CULTURE CONTAINS SO MANY SUBSETS.

I WAS JUST, I WAS JUST MENTIONED MY FAMILY IS FROM BOTH ECUADOR AND PUERTO RICO.

MY EXPERIENCE IS DIFFERENT FROM SOMEONE RAISED IN A JAMAICAN, COLOMBIAN, DOMINICAN, HAITIAN, OR MEXICAN HOUSEHOLD.

EACH EXPERIENCE IS UNIQUE FROM THE OTHER.

MY FATHER IS FROM ECUADOR, AND MY MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS MOVED TO THE MAINLAND FROM PUERTO RICO.

THERE ARE OTHERS WHO MIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES THEMSELVES, OR HAD BOTH PARENTS MIGRATE AND THEN BORN HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND MANY MORE COMBINATIONS AT HOME.

IF I TELL MY FATHER THAT THE WAWA IS COMING, HE WILL THINK THAT I'M SAYING THE BABY IS COMING.

BUT IF I TELL MY MOTHER THE SAME THING, SHE WILL THINK THAT I'M SAYING THAT THE BUS IS COMING WHILE SPAN, WHILE THE SPANISH LANGUAGE UNITES THOSE OF HISPANIC HERITAGE.

THERE ARE SUBTLE AND OBVIOUS DIFFERENCES FROM ACCENTS, SAYINGS, ATTITUDE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOOD.

THESE DIFFERENCES ARE CLEAR IN OUR RESPECTIVE HOME COUNTRIES, BUT FOR THOSE IN THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, THESE DIFFERENCES CAN BLEND TOGETHER.

GROWING UP IN A BILINGUAL HOUSEHOLD WAS BOTH A BLESSING AND A CURSE, A BLESSING.

NOW THAT I'M OLDER AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO USE THE SPANISH LANGUAGE PROFESSIONALLY TO COMMUNICATE TO CLIENTS, I DO MY BEST TO SERVE AS A BRIDGE FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH, WHETHER IT'S FAMILY OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

AND IT'S NOT JUST ME.

MANY OF US FIRST GENERATION IMMIGRANTS GROW UP SERVING AS THE HOUSEHOLD TRANSLATOR.

JOHNNY, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE CABLE COMPANY? THEY'RE NOT A UNDERSTANDING ME IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD HEAR GROWING UP.

THIS ALSO HAPPENS WHEN COMMUNICATING WITH SCHOOL OFFICIALS OR DOCTORS WHILE TRANSLATED.

DOCUMENTS ARE A HUGE HELP SOMEONE PRESENT WHO CAN COMMUNICATE WHAT THE DOCUMENTS MEAN IS JUST AS IMPORTANT.

HOW MANY TIMES DO WE ENGLISH SPEAKERS AND READERS LOOK AT SOMETHING DUMBFOUNDED AND SEARCH FOR SOMEONE FOR HELP TO EXPLAIN WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

NOW? THE CURSE GROWING UP IN A BILINGUAL HOUSEHOLD, MOSTLY

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AS A CHILD, IS UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ENGLISH AND SPANISH WORDS, WHEN TO USE THEM, AND WHERE WHO WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

HOME IS A SAFE GROUND, BUT ONCE YOU ARE ELSEWHERE, IT CAN BE CONFUSING.

I REMEMBER ONCE DURING NAP TIME IN KINDERGARTEN, I WAS COLD AND GOT UP TO GET TO ASK FOR A BLANKET.

HOWEVER, AT HOME, A BLANKET IS CALLED ARISA.

I PROBABLY SPENT A GOOD 10 MINUTES WITH MY TEACHER TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHAT I, WHAT I WANTED.

BLANKET WAS NOT IN MY VOCABULARY, BUT AT LEAST I WAS ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHAT I WANTED IN ENGLISH.

BUT IMAGINE THE STRUGGLE FOR THE NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING CHILD.

FOR AN ADULT.

AS AN ATTORNEY, I'VE SEEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN THE FACES OF FRUSTRATION AND ANNOYANCE.

WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL ASKS FOR A TRANSLATOR OR RECEIVING LOOKS IN A WAITING ROOM WHEN SPEAKING WITH A CLIENT DIRECTLY IN SPANISH, THESE TYPE OF BEHAVIORS DISCOURAGE THOSE WHO NEED HELP TO SEEK IT AND SQUASHES WHATEVER CHANCE THAT THERE WAS, THAT A NON-ENGLISH SPEAKER WOULD ATTEMPT TO ENGAGE USING THE HELP OF A TRANSLATOR.

WE RECENTLY COMPLETED THE 2020 CENSUS AND SAW THAT THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY INCREASED BY 30%, AND NOW ACCOUNTS FOR NEARLY 40% OF THE TOTAL POPULATION.

AND IN GREENBURG, IT INCREASED 3% TO 17%.

THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY IN GREENBURG AND WESTCHESTER NEEDS TRANSLATED MATERIALS, CERTIFIED TRANSLATORS AVAILABLE AT MEETINGS SUCH AS THESE.

BUT WE ALSO NEED REPRESENTATION AMONG OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.

THERE HAS BEEN A RECENT UPTICK IN HISPANIC CANDIDATES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, BUT NOT CLOSE TO THE NEARLY 40% THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY NOW REPRESENTS IN WESTCHESTER.

PRESENTLY, THERE ARE NO HISPANIC INDIVIDUALS ON THE TOWN BOARD.

THERE IS ONLY ONE HISPANIC WHO REPRESENTS A HISPANIC INDIVIDUAL WHO REPRESENTS WESTCHESTER ON THE COUNTY BOARD OF LEGISLATORS OUT OF 17.

AND THERE ARE NO HISPANIC INDIVIDUALS WHO REPRESENT WESTCHESTER AT THE STATE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY OUT OF 13.

NOW, THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST X NUMBER OF HISPANIC INDIVIDUALS AT EACH LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT, BUT AT LEAST ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SU SUBSTANTIVELY AND ADEQUATELY VOICE THE CONCERNS OF HISPANIC COMMUNITY DURING DECISION MAKING.

I REFERENCED EARLIER THE SUBTLE DIFFERENCES AMONG THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY, AND THE SAME APPLIES WHEN MAKING DECISIONS THAT AFFECT SUCH A LARGE GROUP.

HAVING AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WITH THE HISPANIC BACKGROUND CAN PROVIDE A PERSPECTIVE THAT MAY OTHERWISE GO UNHEARD.

AS THE HISPANIC POPULATION CONTINUES TO GROW IN GREENBURG AND THROUGHOUT THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY, GOVERNMENT MUST ADAPT.

I AM A MEMBER OF SEVERAL FACEBOOK GROUPS DEDICATED TO HISPANIC COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, INCLUDING GREENBURG, ELMSFORD, AND SLEEPY HOLLOW.

MANY ARE PARENTS, HOMEOWNERS, AND BUSINESS OWNERS, BUT TURN TO THESE FACEBOOK GROUPS FIRST BEFORE REACHING OUT FOR HELP.

PART OF THE HESITANCE IS FEAR, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNDOCUMENTED OR THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO IN THE FIRST PLACE.

AND MY OWN OUTREACH WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, I'M FINDING THAT IDENTIFYING COMMUNITY LEADERS IS VITAL.

THEY'RE TRUSTED VOICES THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN TO.

AND WHETHER IT IS IT IS THROUGH ADVISORY BOARDS OR PUBLIC FORUMS, LANGUAGE ACCESS WILL PROVIDE A MUCH NEEDED BRIDGE BETWEEN THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENT.

I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE THE TOWN BOARD AND TOWN CLERK TO HIGHLIGHT THE HISPANIC EXPERIENCE AND ALSO THE UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENT.

MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST TAKE, UH, OUT OF WATER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPOINTMENT OF JUST, UH, JONATHAN ANO AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE PLANNING BOARD FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2022.

AND MAYBE,

[ Appointment of Jonathan Campozano as an Alternate Member to the Planning Board, for a term to expire December 31, 2022]

THAT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR A VOTE TODAY.

SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

OH, REALLY.

AND JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW, THERE'S USUALLY A ONE YEAR TERM, BUT IF WE DID, THEY ALL EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST.

SO RATHER THAN HAVE YOU THE TERM EXPIRE IN TWO MONTHS, UH, WE'RE EXTENDING THAT SO THAT IT'LL, IT'LL GO TILL 2022.

GREAT.

OH MY GOODNESS.

ARE YOU REALLY, IS HE REALLY ON THE AGENDA'S? OH, THAT'S AWESOME.

INTERESTING TO SEE THE BACK AND FORTH, AND, AND YOU STILL WANT TO DO IT OPINIONS .

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS, RIGHT? YOU COULD GIVE US AN ACCEPTANCE SPEECH NOW, .

OH, NO, I, I TRULY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, THE TIME THAT THE BOARD GAVE ME TO MEET WITH ME AND DISCUSS MY INTEREST IN JOINING THE PLANNING BOARD.

UH, I'M EXCITED TO JOIN IT.

I, I ATTENDED A, A MEETING LAST WEEK.

UH, IT WAS VERY

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UH, AND, AND I AND I LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING THAT BACK AND FORTH AND, UH, ALLOWING MY ABILITIES AND BACKGROUND AS AN ATTORNEY TO, UH, HELP IMPROVE OR HELP THE, THE BOARD MAKE DECISIONS.

AND YOU'RE ALSO ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION? YES.

I'M ON THE GREENBERG HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.

WOW.

SO THIS IS REALLY SERENDIPITOUS.

I MEAN, I REALLY, I, I, THIS IS GREAT.

I, I JUST HAVE TO SHARE WITH, WITH THE PUBLIC JUST TO DEMONSTRATE HOW WE WORK TOGETHER, HOW OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, HOW WE ALL WORK TOGETHER.

I REACHED OUT TO OUR TOWN ATTORNEY, UH, A A FEW WEEKS AGO AND SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, I NEED SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON, UH, A GUEST SPEAKER FOR OUR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH PROGRAM.

AND HE WORKED WITH ME, REACHED OUT, AND, AND YOU WERE RECOMMENDED ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT YOU ARE ALREADY INVOLVED IN OTHER CAPACITIES IN TOWN OF GREENBURG.

THAT'S AWESOME.

APPRECIATE IT.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

UM, JONATHAN SHARED WITH US COMMENTS ON THE TOPIC OF THE GROWING PRESENCE, THE GROWING NUMBERS OF HISPANIC AMERICANS IN, IN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, JONATHAN, AND JUST LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

AND I'M ALSO, YOU KNOW, VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, YOUR APPOINTMENT.

I REMEMBER, UM, WHEN I FIRST MET YOU, UM, YOU WERE THE HEAD OF THE HISPANIC, UH, UM, THE IMMIGRATION LAW SOCIETY CASE LAW SCHOOL, AND VANESSA MERTON, WHO'S, UM, UM, WAS A PROFESSOR, SAID YOU WERE HER, UH, BEST STUDENT.

AND SHE ALSO SAID THAT, UH, PREDICTED THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE A RISING STAR IN, UM, IN, YOU KNOW, WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE GETTING YOUR START ON THE PLANNING BOARD, AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A FANTASTIC FUTURE AHEAD OF YOU IN THE TOWN.

I APPRECIATE THE KIND.

LAW, WHY IT WAS THE LAST STATE TO PAY TAXES SEPTEMBER 30TH.

CONGRATULATIONS.

UM, NEXT, UH, WE'RE GONNA, UM, HEAR FROM JUDITH VILLE WHO'S GONNA TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, UH, TEST FARMER'S MARKET THAT WE HAD.

IT WAS A, A BIG SUCCESS.

UM, THANKS IN LARGE PART TO YOUR, UH, HARD WORK AND EFFORTS.

THANK YOU, PAUL.

SO, GOING BACK AS FAR AS EARLY SPRING 2021, UH, WE, WELL, ACTUALLY GOING BACK TO LAST YEAR'S, UM, ELECTION WEEK, EARLY, EARLY VOTING, WE BROUGHT IN, UM, A COUPLE OF FOOD TRUCKS THAT WERE LICENSED WITH THROUGH THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

AND, UM, WE BROUGHT THEM IN TO, UM, BE PRESENT DURING EARLY VOTING.

WELL, LAST YEAR, AS WE ALL KNOW, IT WAS A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, AND WE HAD UP TO A THOUSAND PEOPLE HERE EVERY DAY FOR NINE DAYS, ACTUALLY FOR 10 DAYS.

AND SO THE IDEA KIND OF STAYED WITH US TO GO WITH PLANNING FOR A FARMER'S MARKET IN, UM, THE EARLY IN THE SUMMER OF THIS, OF THIS YEAR.

SO WE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS, UM, WITH, UM, UH, PROSPECTIVE VENDORS, A A VENDOR COORDINATOR.

AND, UH, WE FOUND THAT PLANNING FOR A FARMER'S MARKET IS JUST NOT LIKE, UM, HAVING A FAMILY COOKOUT WHERE YOU SAY, EVERYONE COME ON IN AND, AND BRING YOUR VITTLES.

WE, WE LEARNED THROUGH OUR, THROUGH THE OVERSIGHT AND INVOLVEMENT OF OUR TOWN BOARD MEMBERS OF FRANCIS, SHE, DIANA NER, GINA JACKSON, JACKSON, AND KEN JONES, THAT WE HAVE TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THE PLANNING PROCESS.

AND SO WE DECIDED THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING THREE MONTHS OF A FARMER'S MARKET THIS YEAR, WE WOULD JUST DO A TRIAL MARKET OF TWO DAYS, SEPTEMBER 30TH AND OCTOBER 7TH.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID ON SEPTEMBER 30TH.

WE HAD TREMENDOUS, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FOOT TRAFFIC HERE IN TOWN

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WE ALSO HAD THE COOPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP OF THE GREENBURG HEALTH CENTER PROVIDING, UM, VACCINATIONS AND THE FARMER'S MARKET.

SO IT WAS A TREMENDOUS TURNOUT OF, OF INDIVIDUALS.

AND, UM, AS ONE VENDOR SAID, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN 16 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN DOING FARMER'S MARKET, FARMER'S MARKET, THAT I'VE HAD SUCH A SUCCESSFUL FIRST DAY OCTOBER 7TH.

THIS PAST THURSDAY WAS OUR SECOND DAY OF THE TRIAL MARKET.

WE ALSO HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL TURNOUT.

SO GOING FORWARD, WE ARE GOING TO LAUNCH IT, OUR EFFORTS TO PLAN FOR FARMER'S MARKET 2022 FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME OVER APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS.

AND WE HAVE LEARNED FROM THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THAT ANY HOT FOOD VENDORS MUST BE REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF, UH, WESTCHESTER DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND, UM, THAT WE CANNOT HAVE INDIVIDUALS SHOWING UP WITH FOOD BAKED AT HOME TO SERVE THE PUBLIC.

SO, AS WE PLAN FOR OUR 2022 FARMER'S MARKET, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS THE PROPER LICENSING, AND WE WELCOME INPUT AND SUGGESTIONS FROM OUR COMMUNITIES, FROM OUR RESIDENTS.

WE'VE ALSO, WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED A GREAT DEAL OF INPUT AND SUGGESTIONS FROM THE NEWLY FORMED FAIRVIEW EMPOWERMENT GROUP.

THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE BEEN HERE.

THEY WERE HERE ON BOTH OCCASIONS, AND THEY HAVE GIVEN US SOME EXCELLENT RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS.

SO GOING FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO BE PLANNING OUR FARMER'S MARKET FOR NEXT YEAR,

[ TOWN CLERK COMMENTS Food Trucks During Early Voting]

BUT DURING EARLY VOTING, STARTING OCTOBER 23RD, 2021, WE WILL ALSO HAVE LICENSED FOOD TRUCKS HERE.

AND, UM, WE JUST REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO COME TO TOWN HALL TO VOTE.

THERE WILL BE REFRESHMENTS HERE FOR YOU AND, UH, WARM GREETINGS ON EVERY DAY THROUGHOUT EARLY VOTING.

AND WILL YOU BE LIKE ANNOUNCING, UM, EITHER THE SCHEDULE WHEN THE TRUCKS WILL BE HERE? ABSOLUTELY, PAUL.

SO IT MAY NOT BE LIKE THE ENTIRE TIME, BUT WE'LL BE POSTING, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT MAY NOT BE THE ENTIRE TIME, IT WILL BE DURING HOURS WHERE WE THINK PEOPLE WILL BE HUNGRY, , LIKE DURING LUNCHTIME, DURING THE, AT, AT THE END OF THE DAY.

WE'LL ABSOLUTELY HAVE SOME ENTERTAINMENT.

BUT THIS IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU KNOW ANY, UM, UH, FOOD TRUCK OWNERS, YOU COULD LET THEM KNOW TO COME TO THE TOWN, UM, YOU KNOW, TOWN ON, YOU KNOW, HALL.

UM, IN FACT, I SPOKE TO, UH, GEORGE LATIMER OVER, UH, OVER THE WEEKEND, AND HE THINKS IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND IS HOPING THAT COMMUNITIES ALL OVER WESTCHESTER WILL, WILL FOLLOW OUR, UM, OUR LEAD WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH THE FOOD TRUCKS.

SO, UM, SO THANK YOU.

ARE YOU GONNA ALSO TRY GETTING SOME ENTERTAINMENT LIKE YOU DID LAST YEAR? YES.

RIGHT? DO WE HAVE, UH, JANELLE DID A QUICK, UH, ONE MINUTE VIDEO.

AND LET'S SEE THAT, UH, JANELLE JACKSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CABLE ACCESS TV HAS PUT TOGETHER THIS VIDEO DOCUMENTING OUR FARMER'S MARKET SEPTEMBER 30TH AND OCTOBER 7TH, THE MAIN FARMER'S MARKET BUSINESS THAT WE REFER TO AS THE ANCHOR FARMER FARMER MARKET.

JUDITH.

WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE MASK.

MR. ROLL.

SHE STRIKE YOUR WRONG, SIR.

THE MAIN FARMER'S MARKET, UM, WE REFER TO AS OUR ANCHOR FARMER'S MARKET WAS OUR VERY OWN WESTCHESTER GREENHOUSES AND FARMS LOCATED ON NORWOOD ROAD HERE IN HARTSDALE.

AND THE PICTURES THAT YOU SEE ARE FROM WESTCHESTER GREENHOUSES AND FARMS. THANK YOU.

FRANCIS.

JUST REMINDED ME TO KEEP MY MASK

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THE LAW SAYS THAT FOR ACCOMMODATION, FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, THE MASK IS REMOVED FOR SPEAKING FRANCIS, TO TELL HER TO PUT IT ON, YOU ARE WRONG.

AND YOU DON'T BELONG HERE, I'M ENTITLED TO THE ACCOMMODATION.

SHE DID IT RIGHT WHEN SHE SPOKEN, TOOK THE MASK OFF, AND YOU TOLD HER TO PUT IT BACK ON.

YOU ARE KILLING GREENBERG FRANCIS.

WE DON'T NEED YOU.

WE NEED JUDITH WITHOUT THE MASK.

AND EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT SPEAKS SPEAK WITHOUT A MASK.

YEARS AGO, SMALL GROUP OF ORANGE COUNTY, INDIANA RESIDENT FORMED AN ORGANIZATION CALLED ORANGE COUNTY JUSTICE GROUP.

SO, SO, MARY, MARY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AS A MEMBER OF THE TEAM OF GREENBURG TOWN OFFICIALS, I, I SUPPORT COMPLYING WITH THE, THE, UM, RULES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE BY OUR TOWN BOARD HERE AT TOWN HALL.

FEDERAL LAW HAS SUPERSEDES TOWN.

IT DOESN'T TEXAS, AND IT DOESN'T ADHERE TO YOU CANNOT MAKE LAWS CONTRARING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU TRIED TO DO, FRANCIS.

YOU CAN'T MAKE A LAW FOR GREENBERG THAT CONTRAVENES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

AND I'M AN AMERICAN WITH A DISABILITY, A NUMBER OF 'EM.

YOU CAN'T TELL IT.

THIS IS NOT YOUR GROUP.

YOU CAN'T MAKE UP THE RULES.

YOU GOTTA USE FEDERAL RULES.

TEXAS IS LEARNING IT.

GEORGE IS LEARNING IT, AND YOU'RE GONNA LEARN IT TOO.

OKAY? THERE'LL BE A TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND IT'S THAT KIND OF THINKING.

AND YOU'RE USING TEXAS AS AN EXAMPLE, WHICH IS NOT AN EXAMPLE ANYBODY SHOULD USE.

CAN'T HEAR YOU, WHICH IS NOT AN EXAMPLE ANYBODY SHOULD USE, BUT THAT'S WHY THE, THE PANDEMIC IS LASTING AS LONG AS IT IS.

OKAY, PAUL.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, UH, WE FUND COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS.

PERHAPS YOU HAVE SOMETHING NICE TO SAY ABOUT SANITATION.

ALWAYS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS VIDEO.

UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE AGAIN, HAVE TO THANK THE SANITATION TEAM FOR THE ACTING AND, AND THEIR PART IN THIS VIDEO.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK BRIAN SIMMONS.

CHELSEA DOYLE, UH, CAPTAIN DANNY VALENTINE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, UH, DETECTIVE BENJAMIN FONTELLA OF THE GREENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHO REALLY DID ALL THE WORK HERE.

UM, CAME UP WITH THE SCRIPT, DID THE VIDEOING, AND REALLY PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER, I BELIEVE, IN THE BASEMENT OF HIS HOME.

UM, WE SAW SOME OF THE VIDEOS THEY HAD PUT TOGETHER PRIOR.

WE KNEW THERE WAS A REAL NEED TO KIND OF EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON WHAT WE'RE DOING OUT THERE AND HOW WE'RE DOING IT, AND WHY WE NEED CERTAIN THINGS IN COMPLIANCE.

AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE WILL, WILL SHOW THAT.

I WILL TELL YOU, WE'RE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT ONES TO DO.

ACTUALLY.

WE'RE GONNA HIJACK JUDITH'S INTERNS OVER THE SUMMER, I THINK, FOR SOMETHING THAT WE PLAN ON DOING FOR THE WATER.

SO I'M SURE YOU'RE GONNA PLAY THE VIDEO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MOMENT.

YEAH, I GOT SIGN, SIGN UP.

WHOOPS.

LEMME STOP SHARING.

DO YOU HAVE IT? WE HAVE TO PULL IT OFF ON, OKAY.

OH, YOU HAVE TO PUT IT UP ON THAT COMPUTER.

YOU CAN'T PULL IT OFF OF MINE.

OH, YOU HAVE IT UP? I, I WILL IN A MOMENT.

MIGHT IT GO INTO A FILE? THAT'S THE MOMENT.

WE NEED TO PULL IT OVER THERE BY KEN, BY, UH, TIM'S MACHINE.

NO, IT'S JUST THAT THE, THE MONITORS ARE SET DIFFERENTLY THAN

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AT HOME.

OH.

UM, SO WHILE WE'RE WAITING, RICH, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT WITH THE, UM, VIDEO SO WE CAN, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE? IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT REGARDING THE VIDEO AND THE INTEREST OF TIME AS WE PULL THIS UP? YEAH.

SO, UH, DURING THE COURSE OF OUR DAY, OR ESPECIALLY LET'S SAY, THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND WITH SANITATION, THEY HAVE A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT JOB.

OF COURSE, THEY'RE OUT ALL DAY PICKING UP GARBAGE, THEN THEY GO BACK, PAPER, ORGANIC WASTE.

UM, AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY RUN UPON THINGS THAT AREN'T IN COMPLIANCE.

SO THIS VIDEO, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ONE ARM MACHINES, THE SIDE LOADERS, PEOPLE PUT THINGS TOO CLOSE TO THE, TO THE, UH, SET OF BUCKETS.

WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH DAMAGE AT TIMES.

UM, SO THIS IS REALLY TRYING TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

ALRIGHT, GOOD.

SO, READY? WE ARE SHERIFF SOUND WELL.

UM, OOPS.

OOPS.

UH, IS THERE AUDIO? JANELLE, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THIS.

CAN WE PULL IT UP ON THE MACHINE BY 10? OH, WELL, IT'S ALL, YOU JUST DON'T HAVE THE YEAH, NO, I CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE IS GARBAGE RECYCLING MUST BE PLACED IN THE TOWN ISSUE, BLACK FOR GARBAGE AND LID FOR RECYCLING.

OUR TOWN ISSUED PARTS COME IN THREE DIFFERENT SIZES, 35 GALLON, 65 GALLON, AND 95.

WE CANNOT PICK UP GARBAGE OR RECYCLING THAT IS LEFT OUTSIDE THE TOWN ISSUED PARTS.

ISN'T THIS GOOD FOR ADDITIONAL? NO, IT'S, IT'S ECHOING, PLEASE.

HELLO.

YOU'RE GETTING IT ON THAT ONE? YEAH.

I JUST HAVE TO SWITCH IT BACK TO THAT BECAUSE OUR MICS ARE PICKING UP YEAH.

AND PLAYING IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

CARS, MAILBOXES, FENCES, OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD IMPEDE PICKUP.

SO WE'RE JUST CHANGING OUT THE DISPLAY.

WE'LL BE BACK MOMENTARILY.

OH, OKAY.

THERE'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A ZOOM MEETING AND A ZOOM ROOM.

WE'RE NOW SET UP FOR ZOOM ROOM.

HELLO.

FROM YOUR FRIEND TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG BUREAU OF SANITATION.

WASTE REMOVAL CAN BE A DIRTY JOB, BUT ONE VERY SERIOUSLY.

WE WORK HARD EVERY DAY TO ENSURE THAT YOUR PROPERTY IS FREE AND CLEAR OF UNWANTED WASTE AND REFUGE.

WE STRIVE TO MAKE EVERY RESIDENT TOWN GREEN EARTH HAPPY WITH OUR SERVICE IN ORDER TO KEEP WASTE REMOVAL RELIABLE AND EFFICIENT.

IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WE ASK THAT EVERYONE FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE TIPS.

GARBAGE AND COHLE RECYCLING MUST BE PLACED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE TOWN ISSUED CARTS, BLACK LID FOR GARBAGE AND BLUE LID OR RECYCLING.

OUR TOWN ISSUED CARTS COME IN THREE DIFFERENT SIZES, 35 GALLON, 65 GALLON, AND 95 GALLON.

WE CANNOT PICK UP GARBAGE OR RECYCLING THAT IS LEFT OUTSIDE THE TOWN ISSUED CARTS FOR ADDITIONAL GARBAGE THAT IS NOT FIT CART.

PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE OR CALL TO SCHEDULE A BULK ITEM PICKUP CO-MINGLED RECYCLING CANNOT BE PLACED IN PLASTIC BAGS, BUT INSTEAD SHOULD BE PLACED DIRECTLY IN THE CART.

PAPER RECYCLING, WHICH MAY CONSIST OF NEWSPAPERS, CARDBOARD, PAPER, GROCERY BAGS, MAGAZINES, ENVELOPES, OR OFFICE PAPERS MUST BE BUNDLED OR PLACED IN AN OPEN, REUSABLE CONTAINER.

WE CAN DELIVER A STANDARD RECYCLING BIN FOR THIS IF NEEDED.

CARDBOARD MUST BE BROKEN DOWN AND FLATTENED BEFORE DISPOSAL.

TOWN ISSUED CARTS MUST BE PLACED CURBSIDE BEFORE 7:00 AM IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, BOTH GARBAGE AND RECYCLING WASTE IS COLLECTED BY USING AUTOMATED COLLECTION VEHICLES KNOWN AS ONE ARM BANDS.

IN ORDER FOR THESE VEHICLES TO SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY DO THEIR JOB, FOLLOWING GUIDELINES MUST BE FOLLOWED.

CARTS MUST BE PLACED CURBSIDE TO ALLOW THREE FEET OF SPACE ON ALL SIDES.

AVOID PLACING THE CARTS NEAR

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DO NOT PLACE ANY EXTRA BAGS OR ITEMS ON TOP OF THE CARTS OR THE CONTENTS OF THE CART WILL NOT BE COLLECTED.

EMPTY CARTS MUST BE MOVED AWAY FROM THE ROOM PLATE WITHIN 12 HOURS AFTER PICKUP IS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

WE ALSO PICK UP YARD WASTE AND BULK ITEMS FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

PICK UP FOR BRUSH, INCLUDING LEAVES, GRASS CLIPPINGS, BRANCHES, AND CHRISTMAS TREES.

RUNS ALL YEAR ROUND WITH NO SPECIFIC PICKUP DATES.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO CALL AND SCHEDULE A PICKUP.

JUST LEAVE EVERYTHING CURBSIDE UNTIL IT IS COLLECTED.

LEAVES AND GRASS CLIPPINGS MUST BE PLACED IN PAPER YARD WASTE BAGS OR AN OPEN REUSABLE CONTAINER.

BRANCHES SHOULD BE TIED IN BUNDLES AND ALSO PLACED IN PAPER YARD WASTE BAGS OR AN OPEN REUSABLE CONTAINER.

WE DO NOT PICK UP BLUE SLEEVES OR BRANCHES.

YARD WASTE CANNOT EXCEED 50 POUNDS IN WEIGHT AND BUNDLES CANNOT EXCEED FOUR FEET IN LENGTH AND TWO FEET IN WIDTH.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT CHRISTMAS TREES ARE ORNAMENT AND LIGHT FREE AND ARE NOT PLACED IN PLASTIC BAGS.

BULK AND METAL ITEMS THAT DO NOT FIT IN A TOWN ISSUED CARD WILL REQUIRE SCHEDULED PICKUP.

THESE ITEMS INCLUDE FURNITURE, APPLIANCES, EXTRA BAGS, AND MATTRESSES, AND BOX SPRINGS.

ITEMS MUST BE CURBSIDE BEFORE 7:00 AM MATTRESSES AND BOX SPRINGS MUST BE WRAPPED IN PLASTIC AND TAPED SO THEY'RE FULLY SEALED.

DOORS MUST BE REMOVED FROM REFRIGERATORS AND FREEZERS.

PAINT CANS MUST BE EMPTY OR DRY AND LEFT OUT WITH THE LIDS REMOVED.

IF YOU HAVE ELECTRONIC WASTE OR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TO DISPOSE OF.

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THERE IS NO CURBSIDE PICKUP FOR THESE TYPES OF ITEMS. E-WASTE MUST BE DROPPED OFF AT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG D P W YARD, LOCATED AT 100 SPRING ROAD IN GREENBURG, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BETWEEN 7:00 AM AND 3:00 PM HERE IS A LIST OF E-WASTE ITEMS THAT WE WILL ACCEPT OR DROP OFF.

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MUST BE DROPPED OFF AT THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY HOUSEHOLD MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY LOCATED AT 15 WOODS ROAD IN DO ALLEY BROUGHT MY DEAD APPOINTMENTS ARE REQUIRED AND CAN BE MADE BY CALLING THE NUMBER BELOW.

I DID.

YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION AT THEIR WEBSITE ENVIRONMENT DOT WESTCHESTER GOV.COM.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WASTE COLLECTION IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE@GREENBURGNY.COM.

THANK GREENBURG FOR HELPING US GET WASTE TO PLACE.

AND, AND AGAIN, UH, THE DETECTIVE DID AN UNBELIEVABLE JOB.

THAT WAS HIM.

YOU HEARD ON THE VIDEO, YOU MIGHT AS WELL CELEBRATE, JANELLE.

THAT'S GREAT.

THAT WAS SO INFORMATIVE AND SO COMPREHENSIVE IN TERMS OF COVERING ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS, UH, OF DISPOSAL THAT, UM, OF DISPOSABLE ITEMS THAT, UH, WE WE NEED TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, PREPARED FOR.

WHEN I SAW THE MATTRESSES, I WAS THINKING, RICH, PLEASE TELL PEOPLE THAT THE MATTRESSES HAVE TO BE THAT.

AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY THAN THAT, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF INJURIES THAT OUR SANITATION WORKERS GET.

AND THERE IT WAS IN THE VIDEO.

YEAH, IT WAS EXCELLENT.

RICH, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH OR STATED ENOUGH.

THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT EARLIER TODAY.

THEY TRAVEL EACH STREET IN TOWN FOUR TIMES A WEEK, PICKING UP MATERIAL.

AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY AFTER THIS LAST HISTORIC STORM WE HAD, THE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL THAT THEY PICKED UP AND, AND, AND DISPOSED OF WAS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.

I MEAN, THE, THE TIME THEY PUT IN, UH, IT REALLY DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT ALONG WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

I JUST WANNA FOCUS ON SANITATION, BUT TODAY'S ABOUT SANITATION.

THAT'S GREAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SHOW THAT.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO GREENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR HELPING US OUT.

THAT'S GREAT.

WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO, WHILE YOU'RE HERE, I WAS JUST THINKING WE WERE TALKING, UH, IN THE SPRING ABOUT THE GREENBERG, YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE LIKE ANY UPDATES ON THAT? YEAH, WE'RE ACTUALLY MEETING BEFORE YOU DO THAT THOUGH, I JUST WANT, ON THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC, WHAT'S NOT SHOWN IN THE VIDEO IS THE ADVANTAGE OF THE ARTICULATED ARM, WHAT SOME PEOPLE CALL THE ONE ARM BANDED, UH, IN REDUCING WORKERS' COMP CLAIMS.

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YOU, YOU GET A GARBAGE CAN THAT'S FILLED, AND THE OLD WAY OF DOING IT, WHERE THEY'D HAVE TO PICK IT UP AND THEN ROTATE IT AND DUMP IT INTO THE TRUCK, THAT IS A TREMENDOUS STRESS ON THE SPINE, THE BACK, THE LEGS, UH, AND THIS ARTICULATED ARM ADDRESSES THAT PROBLEM.

SO IT, YES, IT'S MORE EFFICIENT, BUT IT'S ALSO, UH, BETTER AT KEEPING OUR, OUR TERRIFIC WORKFORCE WORKING.

UH, AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFITS, AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO ROLL OUT MORE OF THESE.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST NOT APPROPRIATE FOR SOME STREETS, BUT THOSE STREETS ARE BECOMING FEWER AND FEWER.

ABSOLUTELY.

I'M SORRY, PAUL.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE FIX OF GREENBERG.

SO WE ARE ALMOST READY TO ROLL THAT OUT.

IN FACT, THERE IS A MEETING, I THINK TOMORROW, UM, WITH, UH, SOME OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS IN D P W TO, UH, KIND OF GUIDE HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THIS AND HOW WE'RE GONNA RESPOND.

BUT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING FOR IT ON MONTHS, FOUR MONTHS.

UM, AGAIN, I GOTTA THANK JOE ESE WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

HE'S BEEN REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING OUT THERE AND KIND OF GUIDING EVERYTHING THROUGH AND, AND WORKING WITH US ON THE WEBSITE.

SO BASICALLY, IF SOMEBODY SEES A POTHOLE IN A FEW MONTHS, UH, AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THE POTHOLE IS, YOU JUST TAKE A PICTURE AND THE G P S WILL, UH, BE ABLE TO HELP IDENTIFY THE LOCATION.

WE HAVE, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS BEING EXTENDED HELD OVER, UM, TO, UM, THAT'S CONSIDERATION OF THE EXTENSION OF THE FINMORE SEWER DISTRICT AND THE VICINITY OF SEVEN OH ONE DOBBS FERRY ROAD OF, UH, AND THAT'S GONNA BE NOVEMBER 10TH.

THEY WON'T HAVE TO CALL PAUL ANYMORE, , BUT THEY WILL ANYWAY.

YEAH, THEY WILL.

BUT IT'S GONNA BE A REAL, YOU KNOW, THIS SYSTEM'S IN PLACE AND MULTIPLE MUNICIPALITIES.

IT'S VERY WELL, YOU KNOW, USED AND, AND WE'RE KIND OF JUST USING WHAT OTHERS HAVE DONE ALREADY, BUT SHOULD BE A GREAT HELP.

AND ALSO, UH, WE HAVE LIKE A VERY SUCCESSFUL, UH, RECYCLING, UH, DAY, UH, IN AUGUST.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE MENTIONING, UH, THAT YOU WOULD, UH, CONSIDER DOING IT AGAIN.

AND DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA, YOU KNOW, UH, ABOUT WHEN WE WOULD HAVE A SECOND TIME? SURE.

WE'RE LOOKING TO SET SOMETHING UP TOWARDS THE END OF NOVEMBER.

THE BAD NEWS IS THE COUNTY'S ALREADY BOOKED OUT FOR THEIR, UH, PAPER SHREDDER, SO, WE'LL, WE'LL OBVIOUSLY AFFORD EVERYTHING ELSE WE HAD THERE.

WE ALSO DID MULTIPLE, UM, SPECIAL E-WASTE CURBSIDE PICKUP.

THAT WAS A BIG HELP.

AGAIN, ALL THIS STUFF, IF YOU'RE NOT, THE COUNTY'S GOT, WE HAVE AN I M A WITH THE COUNTY WHERE IF THE MATERIAL IS BROUGHT TO US, IT'S AT A ZERO COST.

WHERE IF YOU TAKE THAT AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DO SNEAK THINGS IN THE GARBAGE, THERE'S A COST WHEN YOU DUMP THAT YOU PAY 'EM WEIGHT, THE E-WASTE, YOU DON'T, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE GARBAGE.

IT GETS REUTILIZED AND IS IS A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE TOWN RESIDENTS.

SO WE DID THAT A FEW TIMES.

WE ALSO, DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, HAD MULTIPLE, UH, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE COVID, UH, YOU KNOW, MONTHS.

WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE DUMPING A LOT OF STUFF AT THE CURB.

WE OFFERED, UH, MULTIPLE SITES WHERE PEOPLE COULD COME BRING THEIR MATERIAL.

SO WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THAT AGAIN, MAYBE TOWARDS THE HOLIDAYS.

YEAH, NO, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE REALLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, BOTH THE RECYCLING.

I WISH I COULD TAKE ALL THE CREDIT AND THE BINS.

[ Re-opening of a Public Hearing to continue consideration of the extension of the Finmor Sewer District in the vicinity of 701 Dobbs Ferry Road (Held over to Town Board Meeting of November 10, 2021)]

CORRECT.

AGREED.

AND NEXT

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WE HAVE, UM, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK? NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

TODAY.

UM, YES.

TIM, WERE YOU ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY, AS, AS MR. BODEN IS COMING UP, AND MR. BODEN, I KNOW YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN ONE SENSE, YOU'RE CORRECT THAT THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT DOES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, SAY THAT A PERSON HAS A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION IN NOT WEARING A MASK.

UM, BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WEAR A MASK IF THE MUNICIPALITY HAS OTHER WAYS FOR YOU TO ADDRESS YOUR DISABILITY.

SO WE, WE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT AND, UH, WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT.

SO I, I, I KNOW YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS TOPIC, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT THE LAW IS.

MY NAME IS, MY NAME IS MARIE BODEN.

THERE'S

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AN ECHO.

WHAT WAS DEMONSTRATED TONIGHT WAS NOT A TEAM SPIRIT, BUT A CONTROLLED BY FRANCIS SHEEN.

JUDITH DID IT CORRECTLY.

AND FRANCIS SAID, PUT YOUR MASK ON.

WHEN FERNCLIFF CEMETERY WAS HERE FOR AN ADJUSTMENT, THEY APPLIED TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.

AND FRANCIS SHEEN SAID, I WANNA SEE YOUR, HOW YOU'RE GONNA DO THIS.

WHAT DO WE HAVE A BUILDING DEPARTMENT FOR TO DO THAT? BUT FRANCIS WANTS TO REVIEW IT.

FRANCIS HAS CREATED AN ATMOSPHERE IN THIS TOWN WHERE CONTRACTORS WILL NOT COME HERE.

THERE IS TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT IN MOST OF THE VILLAGES AND CITIES IN WESTCHESTER, EXCEPT GREENBERG.

CONTRACTORS AVOID GREENBERG BECAUSE OF FRANCIS SHAN.

I'VE ASKED YOU, FRANCIS, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TAPES THAT YOU TOOK PICTURES OF? AND ALL YOU SAY IS, WELL MURRAY'S SAYING THIS AGAIN, BUT YOU NEVER SAID I DIDN'T TAKE THE PICTURES, OR I DID TAKE THE PICTURES.

'CAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE THAT KNOW YOU TOOK THE PICTURES.

IT'S PAST THE TIME TO PROSECUTE YOU FOR DESTROYING TOWN PROPERTY.

THIS IS RECORDED.

I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR SAYING SOMETHING ON THE RECORD.

I, AGAIN, ASK YOU, WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THE TAPES OF THE COMMITTEE, THE ANTENNA REVIEW BOARD THAT YOU TOOK? YOU CAN'T ANSWER NOW ANSWER TO THE GUY SITTING BACK THERE, CHIEF OF POLICE.

THE OTHER THING IS, IN ALL THE THINGS ON THIS TOWN WEBSITE, THERE IS ONE MISSING.

THE ANTENNA REVIEW BOARD.

THERE IS NO IDENTIFICATION OF WHO'S ON A BOARD AND THERE'S NO RECORD OF THE MINUTES.

YOU RUN AN HONEST GROUP HERE.

THE WEBSITE IS THE OFFICIAL OR SEMI-OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE TOWN.

THERE IS NO ANTENNA REVIEW BOARD COMMITTEE LISTED ON A WEBSITE.

FRANCIS.

HE DOESN'T WANT IT THERE.

HIS CO FRIEND THERE.

THEY WORK TOGETHER ON THIS, THIS CATHERINE.

HMM.

WE SAT OUTSIDE OF TOWN HALL IN THE RAIN.

PAUL, YOU WE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT.

SO FRANCIS SHEHAN RUNS THIS TOWN AND LET YOU, PAUL, YOU MAKE THE RULES.

AND IF THEY DON'T DO YOUR RULES, YOU CHASE 'EM OUTTA TOWN.

LIKE YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE, WE LOST A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE BECAUSE OF YOU.

AND IT'S TIME.

IT'S STOPPED.

THIS IS NOT A TEAM UP THERE.

YOU ARE EACH INDIVIDUALLY RESPONSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY, TO PAUL.

DON'T SAY YOU CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE.

IF YOU DO, YOU'D TAKE YOUR MASK OFF WHEN YOU SPEAK.

IF WE MEET IN PERSON THAN IF WE, UH, WE JUST, UH, MEET, YOU KNOW, BY, YOU KNOW, BY ZOOM.

HOW SO? THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

THE VIRUS IS AN AIRBORNE TRANSMITTED, UH, DISEASE.

HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THIS? WELL, WE HAVE TO SPEAK TO, WE HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.

THE LAW SAYS THAT IF SOMEONE HAS A DISABILITY SUCH THAT THEY'RE UNABLE TO WEAR A MASK, THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION.

RIGHT? WHATEVER THAT MAY BE.

MAYBE IT'S STANDING IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, MAYBE IT'S ZOOMING IN FROM HOME.

BUT WE HAVEN'T ADDRESSED THAT ISSUE AND WE NEED TO, YEAH.

AND I, I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT, UH, UNTIL THE PANDEMIC IS OVER, WE SHOULD DO WHAT SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES DO.

AND, UM, AND HOLD ALL OUR MEETINGS BY, UH, BY ZOOM.

WE HAD MORE PARTICIPATION WHEN THE MEETINGS WERE BY ZOOM.

UH, THERE'S NO VACCINATION REQUIREMENT TO, UH, COME INTO, UH, THE BUILDING.

UM, A FEW WEEKS AGO, UM, THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO SPOKE AT THE MEETING AND SHE TESTED POSITIVE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S REALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, TOO RISKY.

ONCE THE PANDEMIC IS OVER, UM, AND IT'S TOTALLY SAFE, THEN I THINK WE COULD GO BACK TO HAVING THE MEETINGS HERE.

BUT EVERY TIME, YOU KNOW, TODAY, PRACTICALLY NOBODY'S HERE.

BUT, UM, ON MOST OF THE MEETINGS, WE DO HAVE A, A TURNOUT.

AND I THINK OTHER BOARDS IN THE TOWN WANT TO MEET BY ZOOM.

AND I WOULD FEEL, YOU KNOW, MORE, UH, YOU KNOW, MORE COMFORTABLE.

WE HAVE NO IDEA WHEN WE HAVE A MEETING, UH, WHO HAS COVID AND YOU KNOW WHO, YOU KNOW, WHO DOESN'T.

SO IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY IS RISKIER

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SO JANELLE, DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER MICROPHONE THAT YOU COULD BRING IN? BUT THIS IS EXACTLY WHY THE PANDEMIC IS LASTING AS LONG AS IT LASTS.

IT'S THIS KIND OF MINDSET.

HOW WOULD YOU MIND SITTING AT JUST DISCUSSING? WOULD YOU MIND SITTING AT THE TABLE? YES.

BUT MURRAY WAS JUST USING AND BREATHING ALL OVER IT WITHOUT A MASK.

HAD 85 MILLION BY C B R E.

UM, NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT 100 HILLSIDE AVENUE.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.

HAVE TO START THE CLOCK FOR MR. SAMUEL.

OH YES.

IN JANUARY THIS YEAR, C B R E TOLD YOU THAT IT MIGHT COST AS MUCH AS $85 MILLION FOR THE PROJECT AT 100 HILLSIDE.

THEY ALSO SAID, WE UNDERSTAND IT'S OVER YOUR BUDGET OF 30 MILLION.

SO THE DIFFERENCE OF 50 MILLION IS EVEN HIGHER THAN THE BUDGET ITSELF.

FEBRUARY 10TH, C B R CAME TO YOU FOR ANOTHER $6,000 FOR SIX WEEKS OF VALUE ENGINEERING.

AND IN FACT, ON MARCH 23RD, THEY CONTACTED YOU FOR ANOTHER $10,000 OF VALUE ENGINEERING.

UH, AND THEY SAID THIS WOULD TAKE US TO APRIL 6TH, BUT YOU DIDN'T VOTE FOR IT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY DID THE WORK, BUT YOU DIDN'T VOTE FOR IT UNTIL JULY 27TH WHEN YOU GAVE HIM THE $10,000.

SO IN ANY CASE, IN JULY, I FORCED THE ISSUE AND MR. FINER SAID HE WOULD GET BACK TO THE PUBLIC AND EXPLAIN WHAT WAS GOING ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, WHICH HE HAS NOT DONE.

AND THIS IS JUST ABOUT OCTOBER 15TH, THE 13TH TO BE EX EXACT.

SO I THINK THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

I'M ALL FOR A POLICE STATION COURT CAMPUS.

IT'S NOT THE ISSUE, BUT I'M MORE FOR THE PUBLIC GETTING TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME SINCE WE'VE HEARD ANYTHING.

AND IF PEOPLE ARE DOING THEIR WORK AND DUE DILIGENCE, THEN YOU MUST HAVE GOTTEN SOME PROGRESS REPORTS.

SO I THINK IT'S TIME.

AND THERE'S ONLY THREE MORE MEETINGS TO THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO? RUN OUT THE CLOCK THAT WE WON'T HAVE ANY TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT.

IT'S UP TO YOU.

NOW, WHETHER YOU RESPOND ON THIS, I HAVE NOT, UH, SEEN ANY REPORTS.

STOP IS, NO, I'M JUST SAYING I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY REPORT.

LET'S JUST, THE CLOCK.

LEMME LET MR. SAMS FINISH AND THEN WE'LL RESPOND.

THE OTHER ISSUE IS PRESSER PARK.

UH, OVER A YEAR AGO, THERE WAS A MEMORIAL PUT UP, AND I DIDN'T MAKE AN ISSUE OF IT, BUT I DID CONTACT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ABOUT IT.

AND AT THAT TIME WAS HANDWRITTEN SIGNS AND SOME FLOWERS THAT'S ESCALATED NOW INTO A PERMANENT CROSS ON TOWN PARKLAND.

MR. BY AND BY THE WAY, YOUR AGENDA SAYS DEPARTMENT HEADS WILL BE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND REALLY LOOK AT WHO'S HERE.

TWO PEOPLE, ONE OF WHICH SPOKE ALREADY TONIGHT.

SO MR. BY KEEPS DUCKING IT, I SENT TWO EMAILS THE END OF SEPTEMBER AND THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER.

AND AFTER HE DIDN'T RESPOND, MR. FINER GOT INTO THE PICTURE AND HE GOT JERRY BYRNE TO SEND ME AN EMAIL SAYING, I'M GONNA REFER IT TO THE TOWN BOARD AND TIM LEWIS.

BOTH THOSE PART, BOTH OF THOSE PARTIES WERE COPIED ON MY ORIGINAL EMAIL.

SO MR. BURN IS NOT DOING ANYTHING THAT HE, HE'S THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT.

DOES HE NOT RULE OR DO YOU HAVE TO DISCUSS THINGS WITH HIM? NO.

I HAVE A RESPONSE FOR YOU MR. SUMMER.

I DID SPEAK TO MR. BYRNE THIS AFTERNOON AND HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE IS A MEMORIAL AT PRESSA PARK THAT HE HAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT A RELIGIOU ITEM.

HE'S GONNA DISCUSS THAT WITH THE TOWN BOARD AT THE NEXT MEETINGS.

YEAH, HE DID SAY THAT.

HE DID ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR EMAIL AND YOUR OTHER EMAILS.

I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT.

SECONDLY, I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU, I DID SPEAK TO BILL CUDDY OF C B R E TODAY, AND YOU MAY KNOW THAT THERE'S A RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

AND YOU KNOW, WE SAW AN EMAIL ABOUT THAT FROM YOU.

AND I KNOW THAT THE TOWN BOARD IS GONNA GET AN UPDATE SOMETIME IN EARLY NOVEMBER AS TO WHAT THE STATUS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS ARE AFTER OUR NEGOTIATIONS.

AND THEN I ANTICIPATE A PUBLIC STATEMENT, JUST AS YOU SUGGESTED, EXCUSE ME, YOU WERE AWARE THAT WE

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NOW, C B R IS A FINE FIRM.

HOWEVER, THERE MAY NOT BE AN EXPERTISE IN THIS AREA, WHICH YOU'VE ASSIGNED THEM TO, TO LOOK INTO.

SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THE PUBLIC IS NOT GONNA KNOW ANYTHING SINCE NOVEMBER.

AND THE ONLY REASON THE PUBLIC KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT IT WAS IN JULY THAT I READ SOME OF THE EMAILS.

AND SO, SO SAW THAT YOU KNEW YOU WERE LOOKING AT 100 HILLSIDE AVENUE PREVIOUS TO THAT YOU NEVER TOLD THE PUBLIC WHAT BUILDING YOU HAD SETTLED ON.

YOU SPENT ALMOST $250,000 ON DUE DILIGENCE REGARDING THAT BUILDING, WHICH CAN'T BE USED ANYWHERE ELSE.

SO I ASSUME YOU'RE REALLY COMMITTED TO THE BUILDING, BUT YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THE PUBLIC IS NOT GONNA KNOW TILL MID-NOVEMBER.

WELL, I DON'T WANT YOU TO GO OVER YOUR TIME UNLESS WE'RE GONNA ADD YOUR TIME TO YOUR WELL, I'M NOT GONNA HANG AROUND FOR FIVE MINUTES, MINUTES, BUT I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, MS, THOSE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS.

THEY'RE SENSITIVE NEGOTIATIONS.

AS YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THAT WE HAVE A NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT AND WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT PARTICULAR BUILDINGS, BUT WE DO HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED TO INFORM THE TOWN BOARD OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND THAT MEETING IS GONNA TAKE PLACE IN NOVEMBER AND THEN YOU'LL GET A PUBLIC STATEMENT.

I'M SORRY, YOU WOULD NEGOTIATED A NON-DISCLOSURE.

WHY SHOULD YOU HAVE A NON-DISCLOSURE STATEMENT IN THE FIRST PLACE? THAT'S A, THAT'S A, A SUBJECT THAT WE CAN DISCUSS OUTSIDE, WELL, OUTSIDE EVERYTHING IS OUTSIDE, BUT COME BACK IN THE MID-NOVEMBER OVER AT LEAST THE 35 MILLION BUDGET IS AT RISK AND MAYBE MORE, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA TELL ANYTHING TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL NOVEMBER.

YOU'RE NOT ASKING THE PEOPLE YOU HIRED C B R E TO TALK TO THE US BEFORE THAT YOU HAVE PRESENTATIONS ALL THE TIME WITH PEOPLE.

LET'S GET THEM IN HERE NOW BEFORE IT BECOMES A VOTE ON THE ISSUE IN MID-NOVEMBER.

NOW THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A VOTE ON THE ISSUE.

NOW DO WE WANT, MR, DOES ANYBODY WANNA SPEAK A SECOND TIME OR WE DON'T MR. SAM TO CONTINUE THE AGENDA FIRST.

OKAY, I'M NOT GONNA SPEAK A SECOND TIME, SO, OKAY.

I THINK WE SHOULD DO THE AGENDA, TIM, ON THE, UH, ON THE C B R E.

, THE WHAT C R E IS ASKING US TO DO SEEMS DIFFERENT THAN THE VERY LENGTHY RESOLVED CLAUSE THAT WE HAVE.

, IT'S YOUR TAKE THAT ON C B R E, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL COST BY EXTENDING IT A YEAR.

RIGHT? THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL COST.

THERE'S A $60,000 FEE IF ULTIMATELY A DEAL IS NEGOTIATED AND WE DON'T GO THROUGH, IT'S A ONE TIME $60,000 FEE.

IT'S NOT THREE TIMES $60,000.

AND RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL MONIES EXPENDED BECAUSE IF THE DEAL IS CONSUMMATED, C B R E WILL GET A 4% COMMISSION ON THE SALE OF THE POLICE STATION AND THE COURTHOUSE.

SO WHY DON'T WE, ON OUR RESOLVE CLAUSE, SIMPLY STATE AT AT NO ADDITIONAL COST.

WHAT WE'RE DOING IS EXTENDING THE, EXTENDING THE DATE.

I AGREE.

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER ISSUE THAT'S THEY'RE CONTRACT.

WELL, MR. SHEEN HAS HIS TIME NOW, AND SO YOU, YOU'RE CORRECT.

AND THAT WOULD BE AN AMENDMENT THAT I THINK WOULD BE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IF YOU MAKE IT.

BUT YOU INTRODUCED THE CONTRACT, TIM, AND YOU ALSO HAVEN'T CLEARED UP THE MYSTERY OF WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU WERE TO PURCHASE A BUILDING OR A PIECE OF LAND.

ARE WE RESPONSIBLE TO PAY C B R E SOME MONEY FOR THEIR EXPERTISE IN THAT ASPECT? RIGHT.

NO, AND IT'S VERY VAGUE IN THAT CONTRACT.

SO MAYBE SINCE YOU READ IT AGAIN, MAYBE YOU CAN CLARIFY THAT.

CAN YOU CLARIFY? THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL EXPENSE IF THEY ASSIST US IN PURCHASING THE BUILDING.

UM, ACCEPTS WITH THE REGRET THE RESIGNATION OF JOHN SEXTON, DIRECTOR OF THE GREENBERG, UH, LIBRARY.

WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS NIGHT.

GOODNIGHT.

UM, THE TOWN BOARD,

[ The Town Board accepts with regret the resignation of John Sexton, Director of the Greenburgh Public Library]

UH, JOHN DID A, A GREAT JOB, WORKED VERY HARD.

I WAS A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR THE LIBRARY AND HIS SERVICES, UM, IS APPRECIATED.

YES, JOHN, JOHN DID A VERY FINE JOB AND HE, UH, HE ALSO HELPED TO INVIGORATE AND, AND TO EXPAND THE, THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AT THE LIBRARY.

IT'S A VERY VIBRANT PLACE TO BE.

AND, UH, THE, THE BILL, THE LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH HIM, UH, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

GREAT.

UM, THE RESOLUTION, DID WE VOTE ON THAT TO, UH, ANTISEMITISM? I DON'T THINK WE VOTED.

I DON'T THINK WE VOTED ON THAT.

OH.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'RE VERY REGRETFUL THAT HE IS DOING IT RIGHT.

[ TB 1 - 10/13/2021 Resolution adopting the May 26, 2016 working definition of antisemitism promulgated by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) (Held over to Town Board Meeting of 10/27/2021)]

RELATING TO WORKING DEFINITION OF ANTISEMITISM PROMULGATED BY THE INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE ALLIANCES WILL BE HELD OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING AND I'M MEETING WITH, UH, THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE, UH, TOMORROW, UM,

[ TB 2 - 10/13/2021 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to extend for an additional year a contract with CBRE, Inc. for Real Estate Consulting Services to assist the Town with the acquisition of space for a Town Court and Police Headquarters Facility as well as with the disposition of the existing Town Court and Police Headquarters Facilities]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXTEND

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FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR OF CONTRACT WITH CB RA FOR REAL ESTATE CONSULTING SERVICES TO ASSIST THE TOWN WITH THE ACQUISITION OF SPACE FOR A TOWN COURT AND POLICE HEADQUARTERS FACILITY, AS WELL AS THE DE DISPOSITION OF EXISTING TOWN COURT AND POLICE HEADQUARTERS FACILITIES.

UM, I GUESS AS AMENDED, I WOULD LIKE TO AS AMENDED TO CLARIFY THAT THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL COURT.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE VILLAGE OF LEY WHEREBY THE VILLAGE WILL RELOCATE AN EXISTING TOWN PERPETUAL EASEMENT INTO THE VILLAGE'S PROPOSED NEW DRIVEWAY ON HEATHERDALE ROAD AND A VILLAGE WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UNLIMITED SECONDARY ACCESS AND EGRESS AND EGRESS BY TOWN EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AND INVITEES TO AND FROM HEATHERDALE ROAD AND TOWN PROPERTY.

UM,

[ TB 3 - 10/13/2021 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into an agreement with the Village of Ardsley whereby the Village will relocate an existing Town Perpetual Easement onto the Village’s Proposed New Driveway on Heatherdell Road in the Village which will continue to provide unlimited secondary access and ingress and egress by town employees, contractors, and invitees to/from Heatherdell Road and town park property]

RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ADOPTING THE GREENBURG AGAINST SYSTEMIC RACISM, TSS FORCE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE TIMETABLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SPECIFIED POLICE REFORMS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

[ TB 4 - 10/13/2021 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh adopting the Greenburgh Against Systemic Racism (GASR) Task Force’s Law Enforcement Committee’s timeline for implementation of specified police reforms]

MAYBE GINA WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THAT I WAS .

I WAS TRYING TO GET A SECOND.

LET'S TRY RESOLUTION APPROVING

[ TB 5 - 10/13/2021 Resolution approving the Petition by Frank Lapetina to extend the North Ardsley Sewer District to include the property located at 245 Secor Road (P.O. Hartsdale, NY) in the Town of Greenburgh after a Public Hearing]

THE PETITION BY FRANK LAINA.

UM, OH, THAT'S GONNA BE HELD OVER UNTIL AFTER THE HEARING.

THE HEARING IS CLOSED.

NO, IT'S NOT HOLDING OVER.

NOW THE RESOLUTION IS STATING THIS IS THE, HOW WE NORMALLY DO SEWER EXTENSIONS IS WE TALKED, WE MENTIONED IN OUR RESOLUTION THAT WE HAD THE REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING, SO THAT SHOULD BE HELD OVER I THINK.

NO, NO, NO, NO.

WE, WE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I THINK WE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WORKED OUT THE DIFFERENCES AND WE HAVE THE PAPERWORK THAT WE NEED NOW.

THEY'VE SUBMITTED THE PAPERWORK THAT, UH OH, OKAY.

YEAH, I'M, UH, I'M SORRY, I I GOT CONFUSED FOR YEAH, THERE WAS ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.

PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD A RESOLUTION APPROVING A PETITION BY FRANK LAINA TO EXTEND THE NORTH ORLEY SEWER DISTRICT TO INCLUDE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 45 SEEKER ROAD IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING.

AUTHORIZING FINAL PAYMENT FOR THE RETENTION OF THE LAW FIRM OF LANDON LANE AND FOR A SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG REGARDING FEDERAL LITIGATION STEMMING FROM THE ZONING AND CLASSIFICATION OF A PROPERTY KNOWN AS ONE ROAD AT COST NOT TO EXCEED $300,000, AN ADDITIONAL 300,000 ADDITIONAL.

[ AT 1 - 10/13/2021 Resolution authorizing final payment for the retention of the Law Firm of Landman Corsi Ballaine & Ford, P.C., as Special Counsel for the Town of Greenburgh regarding federal litigation stemming from the zoning classification of a property known as “One Dromore Road,” at a cost not to exceed an additional $300,000]

ADDITIONAL.

RIGHT.

SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM BY CHI WA LEE FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $215 AND 24 CENTS.

[ AT 2 - 10/13/2021 Resolution authorizing settlement of Property Damage related claim, File No.: 100/21C, by Chee Wei Liew, for an amount not to exceed $215.24]

SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE CLAIM FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $250.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING

[ AT 3 - 10/13/2021 Resolution authorizing settlement of Property Damage claim, File No.: 99/21C, by Maria Falco, for an amount not to exceed $250.00]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

THE RETENTION OF CHRISTOPHER CALABRESE CRASHED VECTOR IN THE AMOUNT OF STEVEN DAVE CHRISTOPHER FARROW VERSUS THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AL.

RESOLUTION APPROVING

[ AT 4 - 10/13/2021 Resolution approving the retention of Christopher Calabrese, Crash Vector, LLC., in the matter of Stephen DeCristofaro v. The Town of Greenburgh, et al]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX

[ AT 5 - 10/13/2021 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Rake Factory LLC for property located at 700 Executive Blvd. The Town’s share of the refund is $7,980±; the County’s share is $4,630±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $622±; the N. Elmsford Fire Protection District’s share is $881±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc District’s share is $270±; the Pocantico Hills Central School District’s share is $11,989±. Refunds from all sources total $26,372±.]

ORCI SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER RAKE FACTORY FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 700 EXECUTIVE BOULEVARD.

THE TOWN SHARE OF THE REFUND IS $7,980, THE REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES $26,372.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

RESOLUTION NORTH AUTHORIZING

[ AT 6 - 10/13/2021 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Manor House Properties LLC for property located at 100 White Plains Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $735±; the County’s share is $5,470±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $764±; the Irvington Union Free School District’s share is $31,328±. Refunds from all sources total $38,296±.]

TAX TI SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER MANOR HOUSE PROPERTIES FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT A HUNDRED WHITE PLAINS ROAD, THE TOWN SHARE OF THE REFUND, UH, REFUND OF 7 35 REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES TOTAL $38,296.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

TAX, TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER VINCENT REVERSO AND STILL REVERSO AND OR VINCENT REVERSO ESTATE AND OLAND REALTY CORP FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7 91 10 88 CENTRAL, UM, AVENUE, THE REFUNDS IS $352,102.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING

[ AT 7 - 10/13/2021 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Vincent Riverso & Stella Riverso and/or Vincent Riverso Estate and Olim Realty Corp. for property located at 791 & 1088 Central Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $60,896±; the County’s share is $38,816±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $5,046±; the Edgemont Central School District’s share is $209,566±; the Greenville Fire District’s share is $36,117±, the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $1,661±. Refunds from all sources total $352,102±.]

[ AT 8 - 10/13/2021 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Scarsdale Fairway LLC for property located at 300 Central Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $16,726±; the County’s share is $9,698±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $1,289±; the Edgemont Central School District’s share is $57,751±; the Greenville Fire District’s share is $10,213±, the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $459±. Refunds from all sources total $96,136± ]

AUTHORIZING TAX, ARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER SCARSDALE FAIRVIEW FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 300 CENTRAL AVENUE REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES, $96,136.

OF THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZING PAYMENT TO PAUL RETI.

[ AT 9 - 10/13/2021 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing payment to Paul J. Petretti, PE., LS for engineering services performed on Hunter Lane in the Town of Greenburgh, in the amount of $29,085.84]

UM, I'M HO I'M

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GONNA HOLD THAT OVER.

I KNOW THE TOWN ATTORNEY SENT US SOMETHING AT FIVE 30 TODAY, BUT I WANNA DO A LITTLE BIT MORE LOOKING INTO THAT RESOLUTION

[ BD 1 - 10/13/2021 Resolution authorizing the Building Department to enter into an agreement with the International Code Council to provide plan review of the new 207,000 sq ft Regeneron Laboratory Building. (To be held over to 10/27/2021 Town Board meeting; awaiting agreement from ICC)]

AUTHORIZING BUILDING DEPARTMENT ENTERING HEARING OF INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL.

WE'RE HOLDING THAT OVER.

AUTHORIZING PERMISSION, UM, TO CLOSE HOMEWOOD COURT AT BOTH INTERSECTIONS WITH HOMEWOOD ROAD ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17TH FROM THREE TO 6:00 PM FOR, UM, WINDSOR PARK ASSOCIATION TO THEIR ANNUAL PICNIC.

UM, THE CONTRACT ISN'T READY, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HOLDING IT OVER.

AND WE LIKE TO APPROVE, UH, A CONTRACT AND I'LL HOLD THOSE TO, UH, OCTOBER 27TH.

UH, YEAH, THE NEXT ONE.

[ CL 1 - 10/13/2021 Resolution authorizing permission permission to close Homewood Court (P.O. Hartsdale, NY), at both intersections with Homewood Road, on Sunday, October 17, 2021 (No Rain Date), from 3:00 PM until 6:00 PM, for the Windsor Park Association to hold their Annual Picnic.]

AUTHORIZING, UH, PERMISSION

[ CL 2 - 10/13/2021 Resolution authorizing permission to close Midvale Road (P.O. Hartsdale, NY), between Old Colony Road and Club Way, on Saturday, October 16, 2021 (No Rain Date), from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM, for the Greenridge Neighborhood to hold a Block Party]

TO CLOSE MIDVALE ROAD, UH, BETWEEN OLD COLONY ROAD AND CLUB WAY ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16TH FROM FIVE TO 8:00 PM FOR THE GREEN RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD TO HOLD A BLOCK PARTY.

AUTHORIZING PERMISSION TO CLOSE EITHER LANE ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31ST FROM FIVE TO NINE FOR THE RESIDENTS VIOL LANE TO HOLD A HALLOWEEN BLOCK PARTY.

[ CL 3 - 10/13/2021 Resolution authorizing permission to close Eiler Lane (P.O. Irvington, NY), between Taxter Road and Shaw Lane, on Sunday, October 31, 2021 (No Rain Date), from 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM, for the residents of Eiler Lane to hold a Halloween Block Party]

ALL IN FAVOR? A AYE RESOLUTION

[ CL 4 - 10/13/2021 Resolution authorizing award of bid to HB Communications, Inc., the lowest responsible bidder, for the upgrade of the Auditorium and Control Room Studio with Digital and High Definition Cable Broadcast Equipment, at a cost not to exceed $201,351.30]

AUTHORIZING AWARD.

A BID TO HB COMMUNICATIONS, THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER FOR THE UPGRADE OF THE AUDITORIUM AND CONTROL, UM, ROOM STUDIO WITH DIGITAL AND HIGH DEFINITION CABLE BROADCAST EQUIPMENT AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED 200 1003 51 AND 30 CENTS.

THAT'S, THAT'S AS AMENDED.

UM, WE RECEIVED, UH, THE LETTER FROM THE TIM WAS IT THE, UM, STATING, STATING THAT WE'LL HAVE BROADCAST QUALITIES, SO WE WILL ADD THAT TO THE, UH, THE RESOLUTION.

OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING AN AMENDED AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM FOR 2022 TO 2024.

RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD

[ CD 1 - 10/13/2021 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing an amended agreement with the County of Westchester to continue participation in the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program for Fiscal Years 2022-2024]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN

[ PH 1 - 10/13/2021 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute an Inter-Municipal Agreement (IMA) between the Town of Greenburgh and Westchester County to reimburse the Town for the Cornerstone Homework Help Program at the Theodore D. Young Community Center for the period of January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021]

SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE AND INTO MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN GREENBERG AND WESTCHESTER TO REIMBURSE THE TOWN FOR CORNERSTONE HOMEWORK, UM, HELP PROGRAM AT THE THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 1ST, UM, THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2020.

ONE SECOND.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE AN INTER MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND WESTCHESTER COUNTY TO REIMBURSE THE TOWN FOR OPERATING CROSSROAD PROGRAMS AT THE THEATER OF YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER FOR JANUARY 1ST THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR.

[ PH 2 - 10/13/2021 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute an Inter Municipal Agreement (IMA) between the Town of Greenburgh and Westchester County to reimburse the Town for the Operation Crossroads Program at the Theodore D. Young Community Center for the period of January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021]

ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE GREENBURG, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, RESOLUTION

[ PO 1 – 10/13/2021 Resolution adopting the recommendation of the Greenburgh Police Department to add parking restrictions on the West Side of Verne Place from the intersection with Dobbs Ferry Road southerly for 30 feet, amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]

HE HAD PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON THE WEST SIDE OF VERNE FROM, UH, THE INTERSECTION WITH DO ROAD.

UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

ADOPTING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE HAD PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON RO RODNEY ABRAMS, UH, PLAZA BETWEEN INTERSECTION OF MANHATTAN AVENUE AND COMMUNITY CENTER.

UM, A RESOLUTION

[ PO 2 – 10/13/2021 Resolution adopting the recommendation of the Greenburgh Police Department to add parking restrictions on Rodney Abrams Plaza between the intersections of Manhattan Avenue and the Community Center, amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]

AUTHORIZING PURCHASE, INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION OF INTERCOM ACCESS AND SECURITY SYSTEM OF THE OFFICE OF THE TOWN ATTORNEY AT COST NOT TO EXCEED $9,769.

[ PW 1 - 10/13/2021 Resolution authorizing the purchase, installation and configuration of an Intercom Access and Security System for the Office of the Town Attorney, at a cost not to exceed $9,769]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE.

ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES A THOUSAND DOLLAR DONATION FROM BIG TICKET PURCHASES TO HELP SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS OF THE THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.

AND ACCEPTING

[ TY 1 - 10/13/2021 Resolution accepting on behalf of the Department of Community Resources a $1,000 donation from Big Ticket Purchases, Inc. (The Drew Barrymore Show) to help support the programs at the Theodore D. Young Community Center]

SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE.

THAT YOU MUST WEAR A MASK IF YOU'RE IN THE PRESENCE OF OTHERS, YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE IN THE ROOM, UH, AND YOU COME INTO TOWN HALL, ANY COMMONPLACE, ELEVATORS, BATHROOMS, MEETING ROOMS, ET CETERA.

I'D LIKE TO BUT BEFORE YOU DO, I'D LIKE TO MOVE EVERY ADDRESS.

NO, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT.

TWO MEETINGS AGO WE HAD AT TOWN HALL, AT A TOWN BOARD MEETING, SOMEBODY WHO HAD C OVID 19 DIDN'T KNOW IT AT THE TIME, BUT TESTED POSITIVE LATER THE PERSON WAS VACCINATED.

IT WAS A BREAKTHROUGH, UM, ILLNESS.

NO ONE IN TOWN HALL TESTED POSITIVE OTHER THAN THAT PERSON.

AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IN PART BECAUSE WE WERE VERY STRICT WITH THE MASK WEARING.

AND WE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS WHETHER YOU'RE VACCINATED OR NOT WITH THE DELTA VIRUS, WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE GONNA BE TRANSMITTING THE VIRUS.

AND SO WHAT WE HAVE INSTITUTED IN TOWN HALL IS A MASK POLICY

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I WOULD HOPE THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME TO TOWN HALL, THEY WILL HONOR THAT POLICY.

THEY NOT PUT OUR EMPLOYEES NEEDLESSLY AT RISK.

WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE VACCINATED OR NOT DOESN'T MATTER WITH THE DELTA VIRUS.

AND SO WE JUST ASK FOR THAT.

SIMPLE THING IS TO WEAR A MASK.

NOBODY WANTS TO WEAR, WEAR A MASK LONGER THAN YOU HAVE TO, BUT THIS VIRUS IS NOT GOING AWAY AND IT'S NOT GOING AWAY BECAUSE WE'RE LETTING THE VARIANCE WIN.

AND AT SOME POINT, WE JUST NEED EVERYBODY'S COOPERATION FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

FORTUNATELY, WE NEED IT NATIONWIDE SO THAT WE CAN GET A HANDLE ON THIS AND WE CAN GO BACK TO OUR NORMAL LIVES.

IT IS NOT COMFORTABLE SITTING UP HERE WEARING A MASK FOR HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS AT A TIME.

BUT WE DO IT BECAUSE THIS IS OUR GOVERNMENT.

WE WANT TO GOVERN, WE WANT TO GET THE BUSINESS OF THE TOWN DONE, BUT WE NEED THE PUBLIC'S COOPERATION.

AND THE VERY LEAST WE WOULD ASK IS IF YOU COME TO THE MEETINGS, YOU WEAR A MASK.

FRANCIS, I JUST WANNA SAY I AGREE WITH THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT.

BUT WE DO HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, WHICH DOES ADDRESS SOMEONE WHO MAY HAVE A DISABILITY.

AND I'M NOT SAYING MR. BOLDIN DID WITH RESPECT TO WEARING A MASK AND PROVIDE A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF YOU WERE MAKING THAT COMMENT MM-HMM.

, YOU COULD HAVE MADE IT MONTHS AGO AS TO HOW DO WE ACCOMMODATE THEM IN OUR PLAN WHEN WE HAVE A MASK POLICY THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO WEAR A MASK.

EVERYONE'S GETTING CARELESS.

, THERE IS NO, I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT UNTIL HE RAISED IT AND I LOOKED IT UP, AND IT'S A GOOD POINT THAT HE RAISED.

BUT, BUT HE, HE IS COMING EVERY MEETING, YOU KNOW, THIS, HE'S BEEN COMING TO EVERY MEETING AND TAKING OFF HIS MASK WHETHER HE WANTS TO SPEAK OR NOT.

RIGHT.

WELL, IT DOESN'T PERTAIN TO MR. BOMAN, 'CAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF HE HAS A DISABILITY, BUT FOR SOMEONE WHO MIGHT, AND I'M NOT SAYING HE DOES, WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE, BUT THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO IF THEY TELL US IN ADVANCE MM-HMM.

INSTEAD OF MAKE, TRYING TO JUST SIMPLY DISRUPT THE MEETING.

BUT I STILL THINK THE SAFEST THING TO DO WOULD BE JUST TO MEET REMOTELY UNTIL THE PANDEMIC IS OVER.

BUT FOR, 'CAUSE WHEN SOMEBODY DOESN'T PUT A MASK ON, UM, AND HE MAY HAVE A LEGAL RIGHT NOT TO PUT A MASK ON, HE POTENTIALLY HAS THE ABILITY OF INFECTING ALL OF US.

AND THERE'S ALL, THERE'S NOT EVERYBODY IS GONNA BE PUTTING THE MA THE MASK ON DESPITE OUR, OUR EFFORTS.

I BELIEVE OTHER COMMUNITIES IN, UM, IN WESTCHESTER HAVE, UM, HAVE GONE BACK TO, TO ZOOM.

I ALSO FEEL THAT, UM, UNTIL THE PANDEMIC IS OVER, UM, IF WE WOULD MEET AGAIN BY ZOOM AS WE DID SUCCESSFULLY FOR OVER A YEAR, I THINK IT SENDS A MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THE PANDEMIC IS CONTINUING.

BECAUSE ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS THERE'S SO MANY MIXED MESSAGES WHEN PEOPLE FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S BUSINESS AS USUAL, AND THEY COULD COME HERE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO SHOW VACCINATION CARDS AND THEY'RE WELCOME.

I JUST SORT OF FEEL THAT AS SENDING THE WRONG, YOU KNOW, THE WRONG MESSAGE.

AND AGAIN, WE WERE LUCKY THE LAST TIME WHEN SOMEBODY TESTED POSITIVE AND THEY WERE AT THE BOARD MEETING THAT NONE OF US GOT SICK.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA BE LUCKY.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, EVERY TIME, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, I, I FEEL THAT I'M GETTING CARELESS.

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, ANY OF US ARE, YOU KNOW, PERFECT.

BUT I, I I BELIEVE EVERYONE IN THE TOWN IS GETTING CARELESS.

I FEEL MOST PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY ARE GETTING CARELESS.

AND I THINK THAT IF WE STEP BACK, GO BACK TO THE ZOOM BOARD MEETINGS, I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE WOULD GET, WE WOULD DEFINITELY GET MORE PARTICIPATION BECAUSE WE HAD THE, THE, THE MOST PARTICIPATION SINCE I'VE BEEN TOWN SUPERVISOR, WHEN ALL THE MEETINGS WERE WERE BY ZOOM, PEOPLE LIKED IT.

THERE WAS NO INCONVENIENCE.

WE WERE NOT PUTTING ANYBODY AT RISK.

IT WAS SAFER.

AND I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE NOT DOING IT.

WHAT ABOUT THE EMPLOYEES? THE EMPLOYEE? I, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, MY FEELING, I FEEL THAT, UM, THAT IN MY

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OPINION, EVERYBODY WHO COMES TO TOWN HALL SHOULD BE, HAVE TO SHOW A VACCINATION CARD.

OTHERWISE THEY SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO, UH, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, TO COMMENT TO WORK HERE OR, OR, OR VISIT TOWN HALL.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS CONSISTENTLY, BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, AND WE KEEP REPEATING TO YOU THAT THE PERSON WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID 19, WELL, I DISAGREE WITH YOU, HAD A VACCINATION CARD BECAUSE SHE WAS VACCINATED.

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? I, I DISAGREE.

EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF, UH, OF PANIC AND EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CONCERN.

I FEEL THAT THE VIRUS, UM, IS STILL DANGEROUS.

I FEEL IT'S THE PANDEMIC IS, UM, IT'S STILL GOING ON.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW PEOPLE, MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED AND HAVE DIED FROM THE PANDEMIC.

AND I WOULD PERSONALLY FEEL MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING THESE MEETINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, BY, YOU KNOW, BY ZOOM OR EVEN IN THE ALTERNATIVE, UM, SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO MEET HERE AND WANT TO BE IN THIS ROOM, THEN WE SHOULD SAY NOBODY ELSE COULD.

UH, EVERYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE, UH, WOULD HAVE TO PARTICIPATE, UM, YOU KNOW, BY, BY ZOOM.

AND SO IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE, A HYBRID, UM, MODEL.

SO IT WOULD ONLY BE US AT THE, THE BOARD MEETINGS ON, YOU KNOW, AND I'M THRILLED THAT MOST OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS DON'T BOTHER SHOWING UP ANYMORE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY'RE SMART, YOU KNOW, AND I HOPE THAT IN THE FUTURE, ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, UH, WILL STOP COMING TO, UH, THE BOARD MEETINGS WHEN THEY'RE, UH, WHEN THEY'RE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN WE, WHEN WE'RE MEETING HERE, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS OR EMPLOYEES GETTING THE VIRUS AND BLAMING THE TOWN, RIGHT? SO THE, THE, THE ISSUE THAT WE, AND WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION, BY THE WAY, WE'VE HAD VERY, VERY LENGTHY DISCUSSIONS.

AND THIS IS THE WAY THE DISCUSSION GOES EACH TIME.

WHEN COUNCILMAN JACKSON SAID, WHAT ABOUT THE EMPLOYEES? WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO OUR EMPLOYEES IF WE ARE AFRAID TO MEET IN TOWN HALL WHEN THEY'RE REQUIRED TO WORK IN TOWN HALL? AND WE HAVE PEOPLE, LIKE THE PERSON WHO APPEARED HERE TONIGHT, INSISTING ON WALKING THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING AND WALKING UP TO THEM WITHOUT A MASK.

UH, ONE DAY WHEN IN THE SUMMER WHEN IT WAS REALLY WARM AND EVERYBODY IN TOWN HALL IS WEARING A MASK, THEY LEFT ONE OF THE DOORS OPEN.

AND AS A LARK, HE WENT THROUGH THE OPEN DOOR, WHICH WAS JUST BASICALLY LEFT OPEN FOR VENTILATION, UM, AND WALKED AROUND AND WENT UP TO PEOPLE, TOWN, EMPLOYEES.

SO THE REASON WHY I'M MEETING HERE IS TO SEND THE MESSAGE.

IF WE ARE GOING TO TELL OUR EMPLOYEES, YOU HAVE TO COME INTO TOWN HALL AND INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC.

SO DO WE.

AND THAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT WE'RE TELLING OUR EMPLOYEES.

OTHERWISE, LET'S SHUT DOWN TOWN HALL.

NOBODY WANTS TO DO THAT.

SO WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE? ASKING FOR A VACCINATION CARD MEANS NOTHING WITH THE DELTA VIRUS.

NOW, IT MEANS NOTHING AS FAR AS TRANSMISSION.

IT USED TO BE WITH THE ALPHA VARI VARIANT THAT, OKAY, THE STUDIES SEEM TO SHOW THAT YOU DON'T TRANSMIT.

THAT'S NOT TRUE ANYMORE.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE'RE SITTING UP HERE ON THIS DAIS, IS BECAUSE TOMORROW MORNING WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES WORKING IN THIS BUILDING.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, AND WE HEARD IT BEFORE, LOTS OF TRAFFIC IN TOWN HALL.

THOSE ARE PEOPLE, THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE INFECTED, BUT WE KNOW THEY'RE GONNA BE WEARING A MASK UNLESS WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO TRIES TO MAKE A GAME OUT OF IT.

AND THAT'S HOW THIS VARIANT IS GETTING A HANDLE ON US EACH TIME.

RIGHT NOW, IT SEEMS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION LAID RATE IS LOW.

WE HAVEN'T GONE INTO WINTER YET.

LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

SO LET ME JUST SAY ONE OTHER THING.

LET ME JUST SAY ONE, DIANA WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING.

I, I DO.

AND I, I, I REALLY, THE ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS I'D LIKE TO THANK THOSE DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT ARE HERE, THAT THEY, THEY'VE COME HERE TO BE PART OF THE MEETING AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO WHAT, WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE, AT, AT THE MEETING.

I THINK THAT THE CHIEF IS HERE FOR, FOR US, AND WE APPRECIATE IS BEING HERE.

AND OUR TOWN ATTORNEY SPENDS A LOT OF TIME HERE WITH US TO HELP US TO, AND DIRECT US IN THE WAY THAT WE NEED TO, TO BE, UH, ASSISTED WHEN, WHEN ISSUES ARISE.

THE OTHER THING TOO, PAUL, IS I THINK IT'S UNFAIR TO SAY THAT THIS MEETING HALL HAS NOT, UH, BEEN USED THE SAME WAY THAT

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ZOOM HAS, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN THIS MEETING HALL WHERE, WHERE THE ROOM WAS SO FULL THAT WE'VE HAD SPILLOVER MEETINGS, UH, AT TIMES WHEN ISSUES, UH, THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA AFFECT A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND WHEN THEY DO, THEY'RE HERE.

AND WE DID HAVE OTHER MEETINGS HERE.

WE HAD A MEETING, UH, NOT, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK, ABOUT, UM, ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN AFTER THE RAINSTORMS. AND, UH, AND THERE WERE MANY, MANY PEOPLE HERE AS WELL.

AND SO WE WERE HERE FOR THEM WHEN, WHEN WE NEED, WHEN THEY NEEDED US.

SO PERHAPS TONIGHT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA THAT REALLY BROUGHT PEOPLE OUT.

AND SO, UH, I THINK IT'S UNFAIR JUST TO SAY THAT JUST DOING THINGS ON ZOOM IS GONNA GET THE BEST PARTICIPATION.

BUT LET, LET ME JUST SAY ONE OTHER THING.

THE REASON WHY I'M CONCERNED IS WE HAVE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS. WE ALL KNOW THAT'S EFFECT YOU.

THERE'S PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF, UM, HEALTH.

UM, YOU KNOW, MY FEELING IS THAT, UH, IF PEOPLE, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NEVER GONNA BE ABLE TO STOP COVID OR PREVENT IT, BUT WE COULD REDUCE THE RISKS, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE PEOPLE, EMPLOYEES AND CITIZENS WHO MAY HAVE MEDI, YOU KNOW, UH, MORE, MORE SEVERE, UH, COMPROMISED IMMUNE, UH, YOU KNOW, SYSTEMS. I FEEL THAT IF, IF IT WAS UP TO ME, I THINK THE, ALL THE MEETINGS SHOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, REMOTE UNTIL THE PANDEMIC IS OVER.

THAT'S ONE THING.

YOU KNOW, I FEEL IT WOULD HAVE ZERO IMPACT ON, UM, OUR ABILITY OF GETTING THINGS DONE.

IN TERMS OF THE EMPLOYEES, I FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OPTION, WHICH IS SORT OF A COMPROMISE WOULD BE EMPLOYEES COULD COME IN, BUT IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T HAVE A VACCINATION CARD, UM, THEY WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE.

UM, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO INTERACT, YOU KNOW, WALK AROUND THE BUILDING AND, UM, INTERACT WITH TOWN EMPLOYEES.

IF THEY HAVE A VACCINATION CARD, THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, THEN, THEN THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COULD THEN INTERACT WITH EMPLOYEES BY PHONE, BY, BY ZOOM.

UH, THEY POSSIBLY COULD MEET OUTSIDE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT FAIR FOR AN EMPLOYEE WHO MAY BE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR HEALTH TO MAKE THEM INTERACT WITH PEOPLE WHO MAY OR MAY NOT, UM, BE SPREADING, BE SPREADING, YOU KNOW, THE VI THE VIRUS.

AND YOU KNOW, IF ONE PERSON, YOU KNOW, WHY WAIT UNTIL SOMEBODY RIGHT NOW IT'S LOW, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT THE VARIANT IS NOT IS AT A LOWER POINT.

BUT A MONTH, LIKE YOU SAID, A MONTH FROM NOW, IT MAY BE HIGHER.

AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OTHER OPTION WOULD BE, UM, TO CONSIDER HAVING A STRONGER POLICY.

UM, IF, UM, THE LEVEL OF, UM, YOU KNOW, OF THE, THE PERCENTAGES GO UP WHERE IT REALLY BECOMES MUCH, YOU KNOW, MUCH MORE, UH, DANGEROUS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I, AND AGAIN, ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS TO DO WHAT NEW YORK STATE GOVERNMENT IS DOING, WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS DOING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT IS REQUIRING, I BELIEVE, VACCINATIONS FOR, YOU KNOW, FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

SO, I MEAN, I I I'M NOT ASKING THAT GREENBERG SHOULD BE NEW.

ROCHELLE IS DOING IT.

I BELIEVE YONKERS IS DOING IT.

SO I'M NOT ASKING TO DO ANYTHING.

UH, I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULD BE THE FIRST OR THE SECOND.

ALL I'M ASKING IS TO DO, UM, FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND EMPLOYEES, WHAT, UM, WHAT OTHER GOVERNMENT BODIES AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE DOING.

AND I DON'T WANNA WAIT UNTIL SOMEBODY DIES AND THEN SAYS, OH, SORRY, WE SHOULD HAVE, UH, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE IT DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE SOMEBODY COULD DIE.

AND, AND THEN WE'RE ALL GONNA, UH, LOOK BACK AND SAY, WHY WEREN'T WE MORE CAREFUL? I THINK, I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING, PAUL, AND AS I SIT HERE AND I'M LISTENING TO YOU, AND, AND I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS, BUT I FEEL AS THOUGH WE'RE INCITING FEAR THAT IS NOT NECESSARY.

WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT TOO FAR AWAY, BUT WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

AND WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS ACROSS THE BOARD THAT IS EFFECTIVE.

THERE IS NO RIGHT ANSWER TO THIS.

WE'RE ALL, WE'RE ALL FIGURING IT OUT.

I WORK FOR NEW YORK STATE GOVERNMENT.

OR ANYTHING, PROVIDE US A POLICY SO WE CAN WORK THROUGH THAT, BUT DO THE SAME THING THAT THE STATE'S DOING.

THEY REQUIRE US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE REPORT OUR VACCINATE, UH, VACCINATE, UM, VACCINATION.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO WEAR A MASK EVERYWHERE WE GO AROUND THAT BUILDING.

EVERYWHERE WE GO, WE HAVE TO, BUT YOU ALL HAVE TO BE VACCINATED.

WE, NO, WE ARE REQUIRED TO SHOW IT.

IF THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WHO CANNOT GET VACCINATED, THEY HAVE A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION.

BUT THAT'S THEIR POLICY.

THAT'S THEIR POLICY.

UNTIL YOU WRITE THE POLICY FOR HOW WE'RE GONNA DEAL WITH THAT, FOR, IF WE'RE GONNA OFFER SOME ACCOMMODATIONS

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SO JUST WRITE THE FOLLOW.

SO GIVE US A POLICY FOR IT, AND THEN WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

BUT I JUST DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT THE BOARD DOES NOT CARE ABOUT OUR PUBLIC MM-HMM.

BUT WE HAVE TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT, AND IT'S, AND UNFORTUNATELY IT IS NOT A, A ONE SIZE FITS ALL, BUT I CAN, I'M JUST PERSONALLY NOT COMFORTABLE COMING TO WORK.

I MEAN, STAYING HOME AND I HAVE EMPLOYEES OF THE TOWN COMING TO WORK.

YOU KNOW, I, EVERYONE KNOWS, EVEN, EVEN THE DEPARTMENT HAS THE, THE DEPARTMENTS THAT I LIAISON, I'M A BIG ADVOCATE FOR EMPLOYEES.

YOU KNOW, I CANNOT SIT HERE AND DO SOMETHING AND REQUIRE SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING THAT I'M NOT GONNA DO.

THAT'S JUST NOT, THAT'S JUST NOT MANAGEMENT, GOOD MANAGEMENT FOR ME, FOR ME.

SO I JUST THINK THAT AT SOME POINT, YES, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WATCH THE LEVELS AS MY, AS MY ORGANIZATION DOES, WE'RE WATCHING THE LEVELS AND WE MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED.

SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE CLEARLY STATED ON OUR AGENDA THAT MASS COVERINGS, MASS COVERING NOSE AND MOUTH ARE REQUIRED.

AND THAT, AND WE HAVE SIGNAGE OUT THAT IS REQUIRED AROUND ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS.

SO WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO ENFORCE THAT.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MANAGERS ARE ENFORCING THAT.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SECURITY OUT WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING TO TOWN HALL, THAT THEY MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ENFORCED.

BUT WE CAN'T JUST SIT HOME AND THEN WE CAN'T SIT HOME AND ALLOW EVERYBODY ELSE AND BE COMFORTABLE AND EVERYBODY ELSE BE SUBJECTED TO THIS.

I JUST CAN'T, I, I JUST CAN'T GET PAST THAT.

AND ACTUALLY NEW YORK STATE COURT, LEMME JUST SAY ONE THING.

NEW YORK STATE COURT OF APPEALS, THEY WOULD NOT LET A JUDGE, ONE OF THE JUDGES ON THE COURT OF APPEALS, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST COURT IN NEW YORK STATE, IS NOT ALLOWED TO, UM, TO SIT IN DURING THE, THE, UH, THE COURT PROCEEDINGS BECAUSE SHE HASN'T BEEN VACCINATED.

SO THE THING IS, IF, IF THAT'S THE POLICY FOR THE COURT SYSTEM, I CAN'T SEE WHY WE CAN'T DO THE SAME THING.

WELL THEN HOW I THINK ISHA THINKING, I, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING, AND I JUST HAVE TO, I JUST WANT TO INTERJECT HERE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THIS POINT TO GET LOST.

THANKS TO OUR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE SCREENING, HAVE PROTECTION AGAINST THE PUBLIC.

SO I, I, I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN COMPARE THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND OUR EMPLOYEES WITH THE INTERACTION HERE IN THIS ROOM.

I THINK THAT PAUL HAS A SEPARATE ISSUE WITH RESPECT TO CONCERN IN THIS OPEN ROOM.

THANKS TO OUR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS SCREENING OF, SO THAT WHEN THE PUBLIC COMES IN, THERE IS A PLEXIGLASS SCREEN THAT, THAT SEPARATES, UM, OUR INTERACTION WITH THE PUBLIC.

HERE.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF SCREENING.

SO I, I THINK THAT THIS, THIS DISCUSSION NEEDS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION MANY FACTORS WITH RESPECT TO WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED OPTIMAL PROTECTION AND WHAT IS NOT.

YOU WANNA ADJOURN? YES.

GREAT.

THANKS.

YOU MAKE A MOTION.

I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SECOND IN FAVOR.