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UH, TO, UH,[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
THE GREENBERG, UH, TOWN, UH, BOARD MEETING.UH, TODAY IS, UH, JANUARY 26TH, 2020 SECOND, AND WE'RE GONNA BEGIN, UM, WE'LL DO ROLL CALL BY THE CLERK.
WELL, MAYBE WE POSTPONE THAT AND SHE'LL BE HERE LATER.
UH, SO WE ARE GONNA HAVE JUST A MOMENT OF, UM, SILENCE AND MEMORY OF THE 872,000, UH, 25 INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS.
OH, PAUL, PAUL, FOR ALLEGIANCE, OH, I'M SORRY.
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
TO THE FLAG OF UNITED, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AS TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION.
UNDER GOD, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AND THEN NEXT, UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND MEMORY OF, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL VICTIMS OF C OVID, UH, 19, UM, WHO HAVE DIED IN THE UNITED STATES.
THERE'S, AS OF TODAY, 870 2025.
UM, I BELIEVE YESTERDAY WAS 865,155, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS SOME FACT THAT THE DISEASE AND ILLNESSES, UM, IS STILL SOMETHING TO BE TAKEN VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY.
UM, WORLDWIDE, IT'S 5,610,290, UH, ONE, UM, DEATHS.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND, UM, MEMORY AND AN HONOR OF REGINA REGINALD LAFAYETTE.
HE'S A LONGTIME LEADER IN THE CIVIC LIFE OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.
REGGIE, AS HE WAS OFTEN KNOWN, UH, TO HIS COUNTLESS FRIENDS, MOVED TO MOUNT VERNON IN 1972.
HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY BEGAN THAT YEAR WHEN HE BECAME A DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT LEADER.
HE STARTED HIS CAREER IN MOUNT VERNON CITY HALL, WORKING AT DEPUTY CONTROLLER AND CITY CLERK BEFORE ASSUMING HIS ROLE AS BOARD OF ELECTIONS DEMOCRATIC COMMISSIONER FOR WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
HE SWIFTLY MOVED UP THE RANKS POLITICALLY, BECOMING THE CHAIR OF THE MOUNT VERNON DEMOCRATIC CITY COMMITTEE, A DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE MEMBER REPRESENTING THE 89TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT.
AND, UM, THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY DEMOCRATIC, UM, COMMITTEE SHARE.
HE HELD THAT POST FOR 16 YEARS.
HIS COMMITMENT TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF, UM, WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR IN ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT IS CLEARLY EVIDENT IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
WHILE WE MOURN HIS PASSING, HE LEAVES US WITH A GREAT LEGACY OF EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP AND FOND MEMORIES, FRIEND, MENTOR, AND COLLEAGUE REGGIE REGGIE'S, UM, CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE SHAPED AND IMPROVED OUR COMMUNITY IN WAYS THAT COULD NEVER BE MEASURED.
AND PAUL, JUST ON A PERSONAL NOTE, UM, REGGIE WAS A VERY DEAR FRIEND TO ME, AND HE HAS TOUCHED THE LIVES AS MENTIONED IN, UM, THE WRITEUP THAT YOU JUST READ.
HE'S GIVEN SO MANY FIRSTS TO SO MANY PEOPLE, WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOR, PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING TO, UM, WHO ARE LOOKING TO EXCEL IN ADVANCE IN, IN A POLITICAL ROLE.
AND THIS IS TRULY, TRULY A LOSS TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS A WHOLE.
BECAUSE HE NOT ONLY HELPED WESTCHESTER, HE HELPED AROUND NEW YORK STATE AND BEYOND.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE SENT OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO HIS SON AND DAUGHTER AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE IN OUR PRAYERS AND, UM, THAT WE REMAIN STRONG AND CONTINUE TO FORWARD, UM, REGGIE'S REGGIE'S VISION TO MAKING SURE THAT WE GET PEOPLE AND WOMEN IN EVERYONE ELECTED IN THE RIGHT POSITIONS.
AND IS, IS JUDITH HERE BECAUSE JUDITH WANTED TO? NO, SHE'S NOT HERE.
SO WE'LL ALSO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF GREENBERG RESIN ANDRE LEON TALLEY, WHO WAS AN AMERICAN FASHION JOURNALIST.
HE WAS CREATIVE DIRECTOR AND EDITOR AT LARGE OF VOGUE MAGAZINE.
HE WAS A MAGAZINE'S FASHION NEWS DIRECTOR FROM 1983 TO 1987.
ITS FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE CREATIVE DIRECTOR FROM 1988 TO 1995, AND THEN ITS, UM, EDITOR AT LARGE FROM 1998 TO 2013 THROUGH AS MANY HIGH PROFILE AND, UM, INDIVI INFLUENTIAL ROLES IN
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THE WORLD OF FASHION HERE IN NEW YORK AND GLOBALLY.HE BROKE THE GLASS CEILING OF ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HUNDREDS OF AMERICANS WHO, AS A RESULT, RESULT OF THE SUPPORT WERE ABLE TO IMPACT THE AREAS OF GLAMOR AND EXCLUSIVE AND, UM, GLAMOR AND EXCLUSIVITY.
UM, ANDRE, WHO WENT FROM JIM CROW SOUTH TO THE FRONT ROW OF PARIS, UH, CULTURE, WAS A RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
AND AT THE INVITATION OF OUR TOWN CLERK, JUDITH BEVILLE WAS A GUEST, UM, SPEAKER TO STUDENTS IN THE GREENBURG TOWN, PAUL SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
AND WE JUST SAW SOME, UM, UM, PHOTOS TAKEN.
UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO, UH, WHEN ANDRE SPOKE BEFORE THE INTERNS.
HE WILL ALSO BE, UM, UM, MISSED.
[ PRESENTATION - 7:10 PM Fairview Fire Chief Howard Reiss, Greenville Fire Chief Gus Spedaliere and Hartsdale Fire Chief Ray Maseda will discuss fire safety tips, explain what they are doing proactively to prevent tragedies from occurring, talk about inspections, and show videos of what actions to take in an emergency]
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM OUR, UM, FIRE CHIEFS, UM,UM, AND THEY'LL TALK ABOUT SAFETY TIPS AND EXPLAIN WHY THEY'RE DOING, UM, WHAT THEY'RE DOING PROACTIVELY TO PREVENT TRAGEDIES FROM OCCURRING.
THEY'LL TALK ABOUT INSPECTIONS AND SHOW, UH, VIDEOS OF WHAT ACTIONS TO TAKE IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.
AND NOW WE'LL TURN OVER THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING, UH, TO THEM.
FOR THOSE OF YOU, UH, WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS PART OF IT, WHEN YOU SEE AN INVITATION, UH, TO PARTICIPATE, PLEASE SAY YES ON YOUR SCREEN.
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR REFERENCE.
IS THE MICROPHONE ON? YES, IT IS.
I WAS GETTING AN ERROR MESSAGE DOWN HERE.
SO YOU COULD START CHIP OF, WE HAVE ONE MORE MEMBER, MARK BENDLE THAT'S WAITING TO JOIN.
WELL THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ATTENDING.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE TOWN FOR ARRANGING THIS FORUM.
I'M DEPUTY CHIEF CHIP KO OF THE HARTSDALE FIRE DISTRICT.
TO START OFF TONIGHT, I'LL BE GIVING A QUICK OVERVIEW OF FIRE PREVENTION IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE FIRE SERVICE.
THEN CAPTAIN JIM MALONE OF THE FAIRVIEW FIRE DISTRICT AND LIEUTENANT MARK BENDELL OF THE GREENVILLE FIRE DISTRICT WILL GIVE A PRESENTATION NARROWING DOWN TONIGHT'S FIRE SAFETY TOPICS.
WHEN WE SPEAK ABOUT FIRE PREVENTION, WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE ROLES OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND THE BASICS THAT LEAD US TO EFFECTIVE FIRE PREVENTION PROGRAMS. EDUCATION, PREPARATION AND RECOGNITION ARE THREE OF THE THINGS THAT LEAD US TO PREVENTION, PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES.
HERE'S SOME SUGGESTIONS, WHAT THE COMMUNITY CAN DO WITH EDUCATION.
THE NUMBER OF TOPICS TO COVER FOR FIRE PREVENTION IS VAST.
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NEVER BE ABLE TO COVER ALL THE TOPICS IN ONE NIGHT.WE NEED MORE FORUMS LIKE THIS IF POSSIBLE, PAUL, UH, THAT ARE DESIGNED TO ADDRESS A SPECIFIC TOPIC THAT WE CAN DISCUSS IN DETAIL.
ANOTHER SUGGESTION IS GET TO KNOW YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
GET TO KNOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN YOUR AREA.
I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT WITH COVID TO GO VISIT BECAUSE VISITING, UM, HAS BEEN RESTRICTED DUE TO COVID IN CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS.
BUT ANYTIME YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, THERE ARE VIRTUAL MEETINGS ONCE A MONTH WITH THE DISTRICTS AND IN THE VILLAGES FOR THEIR BOARDS.
GET TO KNOW WHO YOUR FIREMEN ARE AND WHAT YOUR FIRE DISTRICTS AND YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE.
DO YOU KNOW IF THEY'RE VOLUNTEER? DO YOU KNOW IF THEY'RE COMBINATION? DO YOU KNOW IF THEY'RE CAREER? FIND OUT ALL OF THESE THINGS.
THEN ASK THEM WHAT PROGRAMS DO THEY HAVE AND DO THEY HAVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT CAN HELP YOU IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS.
ONCE YOU DO THESE THINGS AND YOU START GETTING SOME EDUCATION, YOU'RE GONNA LEARN SOME THINGS DURING, UH, POWERPOINTS AND PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO BRING HOME AND YOU WANT TO BRING TO YOUR OFFICE.
YOU'RE GONNA LEARN ABOUT REMOVING HAZARDS.
YOU'RE GONNA LEARN ABOUT INSTALLING SMOKE AND CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS THAT WORK.
YOU'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT PATHWAYS CLEAR TO EXITS.
YOU'RE GONNA LEARN ABOUT PLANNING AND KNOWING TWO WAYS OUT OF YOUR HOME AND ANY MEETING PLACE YOU ARE IN.
THIS IS ALL PART OF THE PREPARATION THAT HELPS THE ACTS AND THE EDUCATION NOW CAN LEAD YOU TO RECOGNIZING HAZARDS AND RECOGNIZING WHEN YOU NEED TO CALL EMERGENCY SERVICES.
THE SAYING WAS, SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.
WELL, FOR THE FIRE SERVICE WE LIKE TO ADD, SEE, SMELL, AND HEAR SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.
IF THERE'S AN ALARM SOUNDING, YOU SMELL NATURAL GAS.
IS THERE A DOOR THAT IS USUALLY CLOSED THAT SHOULD BE CLOSED? LIKE WHAT HAPPENED IN THE BRONX? THE TRAGEDY IN THE BRONX.
WE WOULD RATHER COME AND INVESTIGATE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S OKAY THAN COME TOO LATE WHEN IT'S, THE SITUATION HAS GOTTEN WORSE.
PLEASE DO NOT THINK THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS MADE THE CALL.
IF YOU SEE SMELL OR HEAR SOMETHING, YOU MAKE THAT PHONE CALL.
'CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES EVERYONE ALWAYS THINKS SOMEBODY ELSE DID IT AND THEY DIDN'T.
SO PLEASE MAKE THOSE PHONE CALLS.
EARLY DETECTION AND EARLY NOTIFICATION STARTS THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM.
AND RESPONSE TIMES AS WE'LL LEARN ARE VERY CRITICAL.
SO YOU HAVE ALL OF THIS IN PLACE NOW.
YOU ARE TAKING YOUR KNOWLEDGE, YOUR AWARENESS, WHAT YOU ATTAINED DURING THE EDUCATION STEP.
YOU'VE ADJUSTED YOUR LIFESTYLES IN AND OUT OF YOUR HOME TO ACCOMMODATE GETTING RID OF HAZARDS AND IMPROVING YOUR LIFESTYLE.
RECOGNIZING AND NOTIFYING WITHOUT DELAY THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM.
THAT IS THE KEY TO FIRE PREVENTION.
THE BIGGEST PART OF IT THOUGH, IS NOW YOU MUST MAINTAIN IT.
MAKING SURE THAT THE AWARENESS LEVEL YOU HAVE ATTAINED THE PRECAUTIONS AND CHANGES YOU PUT IN PLACE, CONTINUE AND ARE FUNCTIONING AS THEY SHOULD BE.
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US FROM THE COMMUNITY.
NOW, WHAT DOES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DO FOR FIRE PREVENTION? WELL, LIKE COMMUNITY EDUCATION, WE HAVE INTENSIVE AND EXTENSIVE TRAINING.
I KNOW THE DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTED HERE.
OUR COLLECTIVELY THOUSANDS OF HOURS ABOVE THE REQUIRED TRAINING FOR FIREFIGHTERS PER YEAR.
PER MAN PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS WE OFFER, WE OFFER HOME INSPECTIONS, WE OFFER SCHOOL VISITS.
WE OFFER, WE OFFER BABYSITTERS PROGRAMS TO TEACH YOUNG ADULTS LIFE SKILLS.
WE OFFER AU PAIR PROGRAMS TO TEACH 'EM ABOUT FIRE SAFETY.
WE HAVE CAR SEAT INSPECTION AND INSTALLATIONS.
WE HAVE C P R AND FIRST AID CLASSES.
WE HAVE SMOKE AND CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR INSTALLATIONS, AND WE HAVE BUILDING PRESENTATIONS.
IF YOU LIVE IN A MULTIPLE DWELLING, WE DO HAVE FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY PRESENTATIONS THAT WE WILL DO SPECIFIC TO YOUR BUILDING AND YOUR NEEDS.
WE ALSO, AND THIS IS WORKING WITH THE TOWN, WE DO BUILDING AND SAFETY INSPECTIONS FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
OUR MEMBERS INSPECT ALL MULTIPLE DWELLING
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AND PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES ALONG WITH COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE HAZARDS THAT ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE NEW YORK STATE BUILDING CODE.
IF WE DO FIND THEM, WE WRITE UP A VIOLATION NOTICE AND THEN WE ALLOW THE TOWN TO KNOW THAT THIS IS HAPPENING.
AND IF THEY DON'T GET CORRECTED, THE TOWN CAN THEN SEND THEIR INSPECTORS TO VISIT TO TRY AND CORRECT ANY VIOLATIONS.
THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
ALSO, THESE INSPECTIONS SERVE AS TRAINING FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS.
SO THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE BUILDINGS IN THEIR RESPONSE AREAS.
THESE INSPECTIONS ALLOW THE FIREFIGHTERS TO WALK THROUGH THE BUILDINGS, GET TO KNOW EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY, AND GET TO KNOW WHERE ALL THE HAZARDS ARE.
SO IF YOU HAVE A FIREFIGHTER RESPONDING TO YOUR BUILDING, IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME HE'S GOING OR SHE IS GOING IN THERE.
WE ALSO HAVE MUTUAL AID AND AUTOMATIC AID AGREEMENTS WITH OUR NEIGHBORING DEPARTMENTS.
WE TRY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE PROPER AMOUNT OF TRAINED FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDING TO MITIGATE ANY EMERGENCY AT HAND.
WE MENTIONED THAT THEY'RE CRITICAL.
MAKING SURE OUR RESPONSE TIMES ARE REDUCED BY HAVING YOUR FIREFIGHTERS EQUIPMENT AND GEAR READY TO RESPOND IN SECONDS, DELAYS IN RESPONSE LEAD TO BIGGER EMERGENCIES.
FIRE DOUBLES IN SIZE EVERY 30 SECONDS, ESPECIALLY WITH NEW CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS BEING USED.
THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT EARLY NOTIFICATION FROM THE COMMUNITY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
THE REDUCED RESPONSE TIMES ENABLE US TO PROTECT LIVES, PREVENT DAMAGE, AND REDUCE ANY FURTHER LOSS THAT MAY INCUR.
SO WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN? THIS IS ALL ABOUT RISK REDUCTION.
WITH ALL OF THE FACTORS IN PLACE, IT STILL DOES NOT ELIMINATE FIRES AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.
MECHANICAL SYSTEM ERRORS, OUTAGES, HUMAN ERROR, AND INTENTIONAL HUMAN ACTS SUCH AS ARSON WILL ALWAYS MEAN THE RISK STILL EXISTS, BUT WITH PREVENTION MEASURES TAKEN BY THE COMMUNITY AND THE FIRE SERVICE, WE HOPE TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE RISK.
I WOULD NOW LIKE TO TURN THE PROGRAM OVER TO CAPTAIN JIMMY MALONE AND MARK BEN AND LIEUTENANT MARK BENDELL TO GO OVER THE POWERPOINT.
VERY INTERESTING EVENING EVERYONE.
UM, I'M GONNA SHARE MY SCREEN NOW AND FOR A BRIEF POWERPOINT, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT'S GOING TO COVER SOME VERY BASIC SAFETY CONCERNS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T, UH, TRULY UNDERSTAND.
SO THERE ARE SOME SAFETY TIPS THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU THAT WILL DRASTICALLY INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL AND THE PROTECTION OF YOUR OWN HOMES AND BELONGINGS, UH, THROUGH THIS POWERPOINT HERE, ZOOM SCREEN ON ME.
CAN EVERYONE STILL HEAR ME? SURE.
HAS MY SCREEN APPEARED ON THE ZOOM? YES.
YOU'RE SHOWING US NOW THE ACTUAL PROGRAM.
YOU PROBABLY WANT TO START FROM THE BEGINNING.
SO IT PUTS UP THE, JUST THE SLIDE, UM, GOING INTO SLIDESHOW MODE.
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IT FROZE ON ME FOR A MOMENT.SO WE HAVE A TERM, UH, IT'S TITLED EDITH CLOSED BEFORE YOU DOZE, AND THAT WILL MAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE SENSE IN A MOMENT.
UM, BUT FIRST, UH, JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON THE PURPOSE.
SO THE PURPOSE FOR TONIGHT WAS TO REVIEW THE RECENT FIRE INCIDENTS WITH TRAGIC AND POTENTIALLY PREVENTABLE OUTCOMES.
UH, WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS THE HAZARDS PRESENT DURING FIRE INCIDENTS, PROVIDE FIRE SAFETY INFORMATION TO RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
AND AT THE END, WE'LL ANSWER ANY RELATED QUESTIONS FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION.
FIRST UP, I JUST WANTED TO COVER THE FATAL BRONX FIRE.
ON JANUARY 9TH, UH, THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS, UH, ATTRIBUTED TO A SPACE HEATER MALFUNCTION.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY THERE WERE 17 LIVES LOST, INCLUDING EIGHT CHILDREN.
AND ADDITIONALLY, THERE WERE 32 LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, BECAUSE THAT ABSOLUTELY COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED.
AND SOME OF THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS HERE INCLUDED, UH, BYPASS SELF-CLOSING DOORS TO EXIT STAIRWELLS TO RESIDENT APARTMENTS AND OPEN WINDOWS.
ON TOP OF THAT, UH, WE HAD THE FATAL PHILADELPHIA FIRE, NOT TOO, UH, LONG BEFORE THE CAUSE OF THAT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO A CHRISTMAS TREE IGNITED BY A JUVENILE WITH A LIGHTER.
12 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES, INCLUDING EIGHT CHILDREN, AND TWO ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WERE LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
SO WHEN SPEAKING ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO LOSS OF LIFE AND FIRE SPREAD FOR BOTH INCIDENTS, UH, A LACK OF WORKING SMOKE DETECTORS IS PROBABLY WITHOUT EARLY NOTIFICATION OF A POTENTIAL FIRE IN YOUR BUILDING OR HOME.
UH, YOU MAY SLEEP RIGHT THROUGH IT AND NEVER KNOW.
BYPASSING SAFETY FEATURES SUCH AS SELF CLOSING DOORS AND COMMON AREAS OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND HALLWAYS AND EXIT STAIRWELLS IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE FIRE SAFETY OF EVERYONE INVOLVED.
UM, IT'S GONNA ALLOW FOR SMOKE TO, UH, MOVE FREELY THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING AND POTENTIALLY OVERCOME THOSE TRYING TO GET OUT RAPID FIRE SPREAD DUE TO OPEN DOORWAYS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE RESIDENCE.
UNFORTUNATELY, UM, WHEN THE DOORS ARE LEFT OPEN AND WINDOWS ARE LEFT OPEN, IT'S GOING TO ESSENTIALLY FEED THE FIRE AND MAKE IT MORE INTENSE.
SO AS TO GC NIGEL'S POINT FIRES, UH, GROW EVERY 30 SECONDS, THEY DOUBLE IN SIZE, THAT'S GONNA DRASTICALLY INCREASE THE GROWTH OF THE FIRE.
SO AT THIS POINT NOW, I'M GONNA GET THIS UP TO, UH, LIEUTENANT BENDELL AND HE'S GONNA REVIEW THE CLOSE BEFORE YOU DOZE INITIATIVE.
UH, WE HAVE A VIDEO HERE, I'M HOPING IT PLAYS OVER THE, UM, OVER THE ZOOM.
IF NOT, I DO HAVE A LINK LISTED AT THE END.
SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO VIEW IT, IF THERE'S ANY TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, THEY MAY DO SO AT THE END, UH, WITH THE LINK PROVIDED.
CAN YOU, UH, AM I TALKING? CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? YEP.
SO, SO THE INITIATIVE HERE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, UM, IS KIND OF THIS COOL RHYME CLOSE BEFORE YOU DOZE.
UM, AND IT KIND OF BODES TO, TO TWO PARTS OF THIS.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING, CLOSING THE DOOR TO YOUR APARTMENT, AND THEN WITHIN YOUR APARTMENT OR WITHIN YOUR HOME, CLOSING THE DOOR TO YOUR BEDROOMS BEFORE YOU GO TO BED.
UM, LIKE CAPTAIN MALONE SAID BEFORE, LEAVING DOORS OPENS GIVES FIRE A PATHWAY TO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT A STRUCTURE.
UM, ONE THING THAT WE SEE NOW IS OUR, OUR HOMES ARE LOADS OF FUEL, UM, FUEL, UM, THINGS ARE MADE FROM, FROM PLASTIC AND OTHER, UM, HYDROCARBON TYPE MATERIALS.
THEY BURN HOTTER AND FASTER THAN, UM, THAN TRADITIONAL WOOD AND ORGANIC MATERIALS DID.
UM, IN THE PAST, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE VIDEO SCREEN HERE, A FIRE WAS LIT IN THE TWO DIFFERENT UNITS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.
THE BEDROOM DOOR WAS CLOSED, AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE BEDROOM DOOR WAS LEFT OPEN.
OBVIOUSLY WE CAN SEE A, A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE IN FIRE DAMAGE.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE THAT IT'S NOT JUST FIRE AND BURNS THAT HURT AND KILL OCCUPANTS OF THESE HOMES.
IT'S TOXIC GASES AND CARBON MONOXIDE AND THE BYPRODUCTS OF, OF THE BURNING MATERIALS.
UM, AND ONE THING FROM THE CLOSED BEFORE YOU DOZE CAMPAIGN.
UM, JUST A QUICK NOTE ON NUMBERS HERE.
AN OPEN DOOR CAN MEAN 1000 PARTS PER MILLION OF CARBON MONOXIDE IN THE ROOM THAT'S BEING AFFECTED BY FIRE AND SMOKE.
AND WITH THE CLOSED DOOR, IT'S A HUNDRED PARTS PER MILLION.
THAT MEANS THAT, UM, WITH A PROPER EXIT PLAN, THE ROOM WITH THE DOOR CLOSED IS SURVIVABLE FOR THE OCCUPANTS.
IF YOU WANNA TRY PLAYING THE VIDEO NOW TAB,
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SOMETIMES YOU TAKE A LITTLE BIT, IT, WOULD IT BE WORTH ME SHARING MY SCREEN AND AND PLAYING IT STRAIGHT OFF OF YOUTUBE? DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT? OKAY.IS WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING ON THE SCREEN A VIDEO? WHAT'S THAT? IS THERE, IS WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING ON THE SCREEN A VIDEO? 'CAUSE I DON'T SEE ANY, ANY, UM, ICON TO START IT.
YEAH, IT'S EMBEDDED IN THE POWERPOINT.
I DID PULL IT UP ON YOUTUBE DIRECTLY THOUGH, SO I'M GONNA STOP SHARING FIRST A MOMENT AND THEN I'LL SHARE THE ACTUAL VIDEO RIGHT FROM THE LINK.
YEAH, THIS IS VERY INTERESTING.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION.
NO, YOU WANNA CHARGE YOUR PHONE? YOU WANNA CHARGE YOUR PHONE? NO.
UM, CAPTAIN MALONE GOT BOUNCED FROM THE MEETING BY ACCIDENT.
I'M TRYING TO FIND THE SETTING HERE FOR, UH, FOR WHAT I NEED.
LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO HERE.
DOES EVERYBODY HAVE THE, UH, HAVE THE VIDEO HERE? IT'S ABOUT A FIVE AND A HALF MINUTE VIDEO.
IN THE EVENT OF A FIVE, WHO HERE THINKS THAT YOU'RE SAFE OR SLEEPING? WHEN THE DOOR OPEN, I KEEP 'EM OPEN BECAUSE I WAS MOM FOR SO LONG.
MY KIDS WERE ALWAYS TWO DOORS DOWN FROM MINE, ALWAYS OPEN.
HELLO RIGHT HERE, CHRIS, HOW ARE YOU? GREAT.
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AS YOU THINK ABOUT FIRE SAFETY, WHAT KEEPS YOU UP AT NIGHT? YEAH, I'M NOT TOO CONCERNED.I PROBABLY DON'T THINK ABOUT FIRE THREAT AS MUCH AS I SHOULD BECAUSE I DO FORGET TO TURN THINGS OFF OFTEN.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THROUGH A A FIRE? NO.
WE TOLD YOU THAT YOU'D BE COMING HERE TODAY FOR DISCUSSION, BUT WHAT WE DIDN'T TELL YOU IS THAT THERE IS ALSO A DEMONSTRATION THAT WE WANNA SHOW YOU.
SOUND GOOD? AND I WANT YOU TO SEE HOW THIS LOOKS LIKE YOUR HOME.
AND THEN ONCE WE GET YOU OUTSIDE, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND RECREATE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THERE WAS A FIRE IN THIS STRUCTURE RIGHT HERE.
YOU'LL NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE DOWN HERE.
AS WE WALK DOWN, THIS BEDROOM DOOR WILL BE CLOSED AND THE ONE AT THE END OF THE HALL WILL BE OPEN.
AND WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS PAY ATTENTION TO COMPARISON ON TWO OF THOSE AND THINK ABOUT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TRYING TO SURVIVE THIS FIRE.
ALRIGHT, WE JUST HIT THE BUTTON.
OH BOY, THERE ACTUALLY GOES, OH MAN, THAT IS SCARY.
IT'S SCARY THAT, BUT WE HAVE SMOKE COMING.
WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS THAT THE FURNISHINGS THAT ARE IN OUR HOMES TODAY ARE MADE OF SYNTHETIC MATERIALS.
SO THEY BURNED SO MUCH FASTER THAN YOUR OLD NATURAL COTTON FILLED FURNISHINGS USED TO BE THE STATISTICS THAT WE'VE SEEN THROUGH OUR RESEARCHES.
AND ABOUT 40 YEARS AGO, YOU HAD ABOUT 17 MINUTES TO GET OUTTA YOUR HOUSE AFTER THE SMOKE ALARM SOUNDED, NOW YOU HAVE LESS THAN THREE MINUTES.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE, THIS IS THE THINGS THAT WE CAN, YOU FEEL THAT? HOW CAN YOU SURVIVE THAT? SERIOUSLY? THAT IS INSANE.
AS YOU REMEMBER, CLOSED DOOR ON THE LEFT, OPEN DOOR ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO WITH THE SIMPLE CLOSED DOOR
WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE AS PREPARED AS POSSIBLE AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE AND HOW LITTLE TIME YOU HAVE AND WHAT THAT SIMPLE BARRIER CAN PROVIDE TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
SHOULD YOU HAVE A FIRE, I WANT YOU GUYS TO THROW SOME HARD HATS ON AND SOME SAFETY GLASSES, AND AT LEAST POKE YOUR HEADS IN THE WINDOWS.
OR YOU CAN EVEN WALK IN THE HALLWAY IF YOU WANT.
GIMME A WORD OR PHRASE TO DESCRIBE WHAT YOU JUST SAW.
ANXIETY, FRIGHTENING, TERRIFYING.
I REALLY DIDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE, ARE YOU SAFE OR SLEEPING WITH THE DOORS OPEN OR THE DOORS CLOSED? WITHOUT A DOUBT.
DEFINITELY WITH THE DOORS CLOSED.
AND FROM NOW ON, THE DOORS WILL BE SHUT.
IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT AND WE CAN TAKE OUR RESEARCH AND GET IT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR WITH THE MESSAGE OF CLOSE BEFORE YOU DOZE IT, IT FEELS GREAT, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN SAVE LIVES.
IF THERE WAS ONE BIT OF ADVICE THAT YOU COULD GIVE FRIENDS OR FAMILY TODAY, WHAT WOULD IT BE? CLOSE BEFORE YOU DO.
BEFORE YOU DOZE CLOSE, BEFORE YOU DOZE.
THE KEY FIRE SAFETY MESSAGES WE WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE ARE ONE, HAVE WORKING SMOKE ALARMS IN EVERY LEVEL OF YOUR HOME, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE EVERY SLEEPING ROOM.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE AN ESCAPE PLAN.
SHOULD YOU HAVE A FIRE, YOU SHOULD KNOW HOW TO GET OUT QUICKLY.
AND IF YOU CAN'T GET OUT QUICKLY, HAVING A CLOSED DOOR BETWEEN YOU AND WHERE THAT FIRE IS, IS CRITICAL TO YOUR SURVIVAL.
I'M GONNA TRY TO UNSHARE MY SCREEN HERE
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AND THEN IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT.IT'S IMPORTANT HERE TOO, TO NOTE.
IT'S IMPORTANT HERE TO NOTE TOO, THAT IF YOU ARE TRAPPED IN YOUR APARTMENT OR IN A A, A BEDROOM BEHIND A DOOR, WE ARE TRAINED, UM, TO FIND YOU.
UM, WE HAVE TWO FIGHTS IN THIS.
WE HAVE TO FIGHT THE BUILDING, RIGHT? THE BUILDING CAN HELP SPREAD THE FIRE.
AND WE HAVE THE FIGHT FOR LIFE.
AND, UM, AND FOR US, YOU KNOW, THE FIGHT FOR LIFE IS, IS, IS VERY IMPORTANT.
IN TERMS OF, UH, THE CLOSED DOORS, UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE DEPARTMENT INSPECTS? THAT, THAT REALLY ALL DEPENDS, UH, I'LL DEFER TO YOU.
UH, DEPUTY CHIEF KO, UH, IT DON'T EACH BUILDING, UH, FOR COMMON AREAS, IF WE, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, DOORS THAT CLOSE, SELF CLOSE, THEY'RE USUALLY FOR STAIRWELLS.
UM, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IF THEY HAVE FIRE SERVICE DOORS, THAT THEY ARE INSPECTED EVERY YEAR, AND THAT THEY DO CLOSE WHEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.
THE INDIVIDUAL DOORS, APARTMENT DOORS BY CODE FOR, UM, GREENBERG ARE NOT REQUIRED.
THIS IS A NEW YORK CITY CODE IN THE BRONX THAT REQUIRED APARTMENT DOORS TO BE SELF-CLOSING.
SO WE, WE DON'T INSPECT PEOPLE'S, UM, AS THEY SAY, THEY'RE CASTLES UNLESS INVITED.
SO, UH, THOSE DOORS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE SELF-CLOSING.
WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN GOOD MAIN MAINTAINED CONDITION.
BUT STAIRWELL DOORS, WE DO WRITE UP.
IF THEY, WE TEST THEM, WE OPEN THEM, WE SWING THEM OPEN, AND THEN WE MAKE SURE THEY CLOSE FULLY.
WE ADDRESS IT WITH THE, UM, SUPERS AND WE TRY AND GET THEM TO FIX THOSE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
DO YOU RECOMMEND THAT WE DO, UH, NEW YORK CITY DOES AND, UH, REQUIRE, UM, THE DOORS TO, UH, UH, CLOSE IN, IN ALL, UH, APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND, YOU KNOW, COULD THIS BE DONE RETROACTIVELY? AND, UM, HOW EXPENSIVE IS IT? UH, WELL, IT WOULD BE OUTRAGEOUSLY EXPENSIVE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS ON THAT, BUT I CAN IMAGINE THAT MOST OF THEM AREN'T.
SO THAT WOULD BE AN EXPENSE THAT THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY WOULD'VE TO DEAL WITH.
THE MAIN THING IS THAT PEOPLE KEEP THEM CLOSED WHEN THERE'S A FIRE OF WHEN THEY LEAVE THEIR BUILDING.
IF THEY'RE, OR THEY'RE LEAVING THEIR, UH, APARTMENT, WE WANT THEM TO LEAVE THE DOOR UNLOCKED, BUT JUST MAKE SURE IT'S CLOSED BEHIND THEM.
SO IF WE CAN DO IT THROUGH OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONAL, I THINK THAT IS OUR FIRST STEP, UH, TOWARDS MAKING SURE THAT THE TRAGEDY IS, UH, LESSENED HERE.
IT'S NEVER GONNA BE FULLY, AS I SAID BEFORE, YOU CAN'T GET RID OF THE WHOLE RISK.
THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE A HUMAN FACTOR.
THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE A MALFUNCTION.
BUT, UM, IN THIS CASE, IT'S, UH, IF YOU WANTED TO LOOK INTO IT AND RESEARCH IT, UH, BUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO TALK TO THE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES AND SEE HOW MANY OF THESE DOORS WOULD HAVE TO BE TRANSFERRED OVER TO SELF-CLOSING HINGES.
SO SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THERE'S AT LEAST ONE WORKING SMOKE DETECTOR PRESENT ON EACH LEVEL OF EACH HOME.
UM, PREFERABLY WE WANT THEM IN EVERY BEDROOM OUTSIDE OF THE BEDROOMS AND ON EVERY LEVEL AND NEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, APPLIANCES THAT CAN PRODUCE CARBON MONOXIDE, UM, AS WELL.
UM, WE WANT, AND, AND IDEALLY A MONITORED, UM, FIRE ALARM SYSTEM OF SOME SORT IN EVERY HOME, UM, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, IS GREAT.
UM, BECAUSE IF THE PERSON'S OUT OF THE HOME, OR IF THE PERSON IS NOT ABLE TO, TO MAKE THE CALL, THE AUTOMATIC ALARM IS THAT THAT FAIL SAFE POINT, UM, SHELTERING IN PLACE.
UM, IN SOME OF OUR LARGER BUILDINGS, IN SOME OF OUR LARGER APARTMENT BUILDINGS, THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE MIGHT BE RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE.
UM, IF THE FIRE IS ON A DIFFERENT FLOOR AND IT'S NOT AFFECTING YOUR AREA, UM, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WALK DOWN PAST WHERE WE ARE WORKING AND WHERE THE, UM, THE, THE BYPRODUCTS OF THE FIRE ARE.
YOU MIGHT BE SAFE STAYING EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD GUIDE OUR, OUR RESIDENTS ON, UM, DURING THE INCIDENT.
UM, NEVER LEAVE SUPPLEMENTAL HEATING APPLIANCES, UNATTENDED SPACE HEATERS, UM, OF ANY SORT, UM, SHOULD NOT BE LEFT ON WHILE YOU'RE OUT OF THE HOUSE.
THEY, THEY SHOULD BE CLOSELY GUARDED WHILE YOU'RE IN THE HOUSE IF YOU'RE USING THEM.
AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT HERE TO GET, UM, TO,
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TO GET GOOD QUALITY APPLIANCES.UM, YOU KNOW, FROM A REPUTABLE SOURCE SOURCE.
UM, PREFERABLY SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, TESTED AND ENDORSED BY UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES.
THAT'S KIND OF THE BENCHMARK OF SAFETY.
UM, ANOTHER TREND THAT WE'RE SEEING, UM, LITHIUM ION BATTERIES, ESPECIALLY IN ELECTRIC SCOOTERS.
UM, WHEN THEY'RE LEFT UNATTENDED TO CHARGE, THEY COULD SPONTANEOUSLY CATCH FIRE.
IT, IT'S HAPPENING, UM, A LOT IN NEW YORK CITY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE SEE THAT THESE BATTERIES START, UM, FIRES ON UPPER FLOORS OF, OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
THEY CAN START ON FIRE IN ELEVATORS.
AND, UM, OTHER TIMES WHEN THEY, WHEN THESE BATTERIES ARE BURNING, THEY CREATE A HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENT AS WELL AND REQUIRE CLEANUP, UM, IN ADDITION TO WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE FIRE.
UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR BIGGEST THING HERE IS PREVENTION AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR HOMES ARE, ARE SAFE BEFORE ANY OF THIS EVER HAPPENS.
UM, PART OF THAT IS PLANNING YOUR EXIT FROM YOUR HOME, COORDINATING WITH YOUR FAMILY.
AND, UM, THE, THE ACRONYM WE USE IS CALLED EDITH EXIT DRILL IN THE HOME.
AND, UH, CAPTAIN MALONE IS GONNA TAKE THAT OVER AND EXPLAIN, UH, WHAT WE RECOMMEND ON, ON THAT FRONT.
UM, SO AS I SAID EARLIER, WE HAD THAT PHRASE IN THE BEGINNING, EDITH CLOSED BEFORE YOU DO.
IT'S JUST ONE WAY FOR US TO REMEMBER BOTH OF THESE INITIATIVES.
UH, E IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE N F P A UH, RELEASED.
THEY'RE KIND OF THE GUIDING STANDARD FOR PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.
IT SOUNDS SIMPLE, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO.
WE TEACH CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS, UH, TO KNOW WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GO IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE ALARM, REGARDLESS OF IF THEY'RE IN THEIR CLASSROOMS OR THEY'RE IN THE HALLWAYS, THEY KNOW WHERE TO GO.
AND IT'S INCREDIBLE THAT SCHOOLS CAN EVACUATE AN ENTIRE FACILITY IN SOMETIMES TWO MINUTES OR LESS.
SO THERE'S REALLY NO REASON THAT WE CAN'T DO THE SAME THING IN OUR OWN HOMES.
AND ANYTIME THAT WE GO AND GIVE PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO ANY OF THE STUDENTS IN THE, UH, SCHOOLS, IN OUR FIRST IN AREAS, WE TELL THEM, OR AT LEAST I CERTAINLY DO, TELL 'EM, I, YOU KNOW, I WANNA SEND YOU HOME WITH SOME HOMEWORK.
AND SOMETIMES WE'LL GIVE OUT FORMS LIKE THE ONE THAT'S ON THE SCREEN NOW.
UH, THERE ARE MANY LIKE, IT, IT'S NOT JUST THIS ONE, BUT I SAY IT'S FUN HOMEWORK.
IT GIVES THEM SOMETHING TO DO TO BRING BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES TO PRACTICE.
THEY SHOULD ALWAYS KNOW TWO WAYS OUT.
THEY SHOULD KNOW THE HAZARDS IN THE HOUSE.
THEY SHOULD KNOW WHERE THEIR MEETING PLACE IS GONNA BE, WHETHER THAT BE A DRIVEWAY, A MAILBOX, A LARGE TREE.
UH, THEY SHOULD KNOW NEVER TO GO BACK IN FOR ANYTHING ONCE THEY'VE LEFT.
UH, A LOT OF THESE THINGS IS, IT, IT SOUNDS VERY, VERY SIMPLE, BUT IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT WHEN THINGS ARE GOING WRONG, A LOT OF PEOPLE FORGET THESE THINGS.
SO THE MORE YOU PRACTICE THESE, UH, EXIT DRILLS IN THE HOME WITH YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS, THE MORE IT BECOMES SECOND NATURE.
UH, SO LIKE I SAID, HAVE A MEETING PLACE.
WHERE AM I GONNA GO? WHAT AM I, TWO WAYS OUT? SOMETIMES TWO WAYS MAY NOT BE ENOUGH.
AND YOU MAY HAVE TO SHELTER IN PLACE LIKE WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER.
SO THAT, UH, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU FEEL THE DOORWAYS WE TELL THE CHILDREN AND ANYONE WE TEACH, UH, ABOUT EXITING.
ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOU FEEL THE DOOR WITH THE BACK OF YOUR HAND.
THERE'S LESS NERVE ENDINGS THERE, SO IT'S LESS THAT YOU CAN HURT.
FEEL THE DOOR AT THE BACK OF YOUR HAND.
START AT THE BOTTOM AND WORK YOUR WAY UP.
IF THE DOOR IS HOT, YOU SHOULDN'T BE GOING OUT THAT WAY.
'CAUSE YOUR EGRESS IS PROBABLY CUT OFF.
NEVER USE ELEVATORS DURING POTENTIAL FIRE EVENTS.
UM, BY CODE ELEVATORS SHOULD RECALL IN THE EVENT THAT A FIRE ALARM IS ACTIVATED, SO THEY SHOULD RECALL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM FLOOR AND BE INOPERABLE.
IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AND THE ELEVATOR'S STILL OPERATING, YOU SHOULD NEVER GET IN THERE.
SO YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BE TRYING TO USE AN EXIT STAIRWELL IN A MULTIPLE DWELLING, UH, FOR, UH, EXIT FROM UPPER LEVELS AND NEVER GO BACK INSIDE.
ONCE YOU'RE EXITED, UH, DON'T GO BACK FOR FAMILY MEMBERS.
IF YOU HAVE A LOVED ONE INSIDE, YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO GO BACK IN.
BUT TRUTH BE TOLD, IF THEY'RE SAFE WHERE THEY ARE AND THEIR EGRESS WAS CUT OFF, BUT YOURS WAS NOT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE BEST SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR US ONCE WE GET ON SCENE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO GO, WHETHER WE HAVE TO PUT A LADDER UP TO A SECOND OR THIRD FLOOR.
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GONNA BE THE BEST SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THEIR LAST KNOWN LOCATION IF THEY'RE NOT OUTSIDE WITH YOU.DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC? JUST A MOMENT.
SO JUST, UM, PUTTING IT OUT THERE ON BEHALF OF THE CHIEFS, OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS OF FAIRVIEW HARTSDALE AND GREENVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENTS, WE'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO THIS PRESENTATION AND HOPE IT WAS INFORMATIVE AND JUST GIVES IT A LITTLE NEW OUTLOOK ON FIRE SAFETY, SOMETHING TO BRING HOME WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, UH, FOR A HEALTHY, SAFE NEW YEAR.
WE WILL CREATE A YOUTUBE AND, UM, DISTRIBUTE IT TO, UH, AND AND WIDELY SHARED.
AND I THINK THAT, UM, PERIODICALLY WE SHOULD BE, UM, DOING WHATEVER WE CAN TO REMIND PEOPLE OF IMPORTANCE OF, UM, FIRE SAFETY.
THIS WAS VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE AND YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, YOU TAKING THE TIME TO EDUCATE US.
UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, AS FAR AS THAT CODE GOES, YOU DO HAVE THE EXISTING BUILDINGS, BUT IT NOTHING STOPS YOU FROM NEW CONSTRUCTION UPDATING YOUR CODES.
SO, BUT THAT'S, YOU WANNA STILL WANT TO TALK TO MANAGEMENT COMPANIES TO SEE WHAT THE, THE COSTS ARE ON THAT IF YOU WERE DOING NEW CONSTRUCTION AND IT'S SOMETHING YOU WANNA REQUIRE FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE WOULD BA SO BASICALLY RIGHT NOW FOR THE EXISTING BUILDINGS, PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE, THESE DOORS, UM, YOU KNOW, IN, AT THEIR APARTMENTS.
BUT FOR ONLY, IT'S ONLY FOR THE STAIRWELLS, FOR COMMON AREA DOORWAYS, YES.
AND IN TERMS OF, UM, SO YOU WOULD RECOMMEND THAT MAYBE WE LOOK AT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD REQUIRE IT FOR, UM, ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION, NEW CONSTRUCTION, BUT I WOULD STILL INVESTIGATE, UM, JUST TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WITH THE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES, HOW MANY DOORS ARE ALREADY SELF-CLOSING, IF I'M CORRECT.
I THINK HIGH POINT IS SELF-CLOSING DOORS.
UM, SO THERE MIGHT BE AREAS ALREADY WITH THEM, BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUST, UH, HAVE A MEETING WITH ALL MANAGEMENT COMPANIES TO TALK ABOUT, OR WE CAN ALL JOIN YOU WITH THE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES TO SIT THERE AND TALK ABOUT FIRE HAZARDS IN THESE BUILDINGS.
AND THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED AS ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT WOULD BE, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE, UM, TERRIFIC.
DO YOU HAVE, UH, WE HAVE A LIST OF MANAGEMENT COMPANIES AND YOU DEAL WITH, YOU DO ANNUAL INSPECTIONS THERE, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO MAYBE WE COULD JUST WORK TOGETHER THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS THEN, AND THE TOWN AND, AND INDICATE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE TYPE OF TRAGEDIES DON'T HAPPEN HERE IN GREENBERG AND MAYBE WE COULD BE PROACTIVE AND THE TOWN BOARD COULD, UM, CONSIDER TAKING SOME ACTION AND, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THEM.
DO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S ANY GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO RETROFIT DOORS, YOU KNOW, THAT IS THERE LIKE A, A STATE PROGRAM WHERE THEY WOULD ENCOURAGE, UM, UH, BUILDINGS TO BECOME SAFER? UH, NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF, BUT IN YOUR POSITION AND CONSIDERING THIS TOPIC IS VERY MUCH AS A HOT TOPIC AT THIS POINT WITH WHAT HAPPENED IN THE BRONX, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO NOW PARTITION, UM, UH, PETITION SOME POLITICIANS IN ALBANY TO START LOOKING INTO IT AND MAYBE OFFER SOME TYPE OF GRANTS TO TRY AND DO IT, BUT THAT'D TAKE A LOT OF RESEARCH.
WE'LL DEFINITELY WORK ON THAT.
ANY, DOES ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE HAVE NO RAISED HANDS.
UH, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ASK THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, BUT IT MAY BE THAT SOMEBODY WHO LIVES IN AN APARTMENT, UH, AND HAS AN ACTUALLY FIRE, FIRE RATED ENTRANCE DOOR TO THE APARTMENT, UH, IS THERE SOMETHING THEY COULD DO THEMSELVES IF THEY WANTED TO GO OUT AND GET A DEVICE TO PUT ON THE DOOR? UH, IT, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT NOT BE THE TOP OF THE LINE, BUT, UH, SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING AT THIS POINT TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEY, UH, COULD HAVE SOME KIND OF A SPRING TO CLOSE THE DOOR IF THEY WANTED TO DO THAT.
OR IS THAT NOT RECOMMENDED? UM, THERE ARE THINGS OUT THERE, THERE ARE CHANGES OF HINGES THAT CAN HELP YOU MAKE IT SELF-CLOSING.
UM, I THINK THERE ARE ALSO SOME, UH, SMALLER ITEMS THAT MAKE A, A DOOR, USUALLY A LIGHTER WEIGHT DOOR, SELF-CLOSING.
BUT THAT WOULD ALL DEPEND ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE APARTMENT BUILDING, WHAT TYPE OF DOORS AND HOW EASY THAT IS TO DO.
UM, NOW, AND IT ALSO WOULD DEPEND PROBABLY ON THE RULES OF THE APARTMENT BUILDING, WHAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO ALTER AND WHAT TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION THEY CAN CHANGE.
WELL I THINK AFTER WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN RECENT EVENTS, UH, IT
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WOULD BE HARD PRESSED FOR THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY TO SAY YOU CAN'T DO SOMETHING TO MAKE IT SELF-CLOSING.BUT, UM, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
IT PROBABLY SHOULD COME FROM THE, UH, MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND BE UNIVERSALLY APPLIED.
DO YOU MAYBE RECOMMEND, DO YOU, I HAVE A QUESTION, PAUL, DO YOU RECOMMEND TO HOMEOWNERS THAT THEY HAVE AN ELECTRICAL ANALYSIS DONE ON THEIR HOMES AND EVERY SO MANY YEARS, EVERY TWO DECADES OR THREE DECADES? IS THERE A TIMEFRAME WITHIN WHICH, OR AFTER WHICH, UM, HOMEOWNERS SHOULD SAY? I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S TIME TO HAVE A, UM, AN AN ANALYSIS DONE ON OUR ELECTRICAL, UH, WIRINGS.
UM, WELL RIGHT NOW THERE ARE SOME BUILDINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, DUE TO THEIR AGE OF THEY WERE OF WIRED, UH, WHAT WAS APPROPRIATE AT THAT TIME.
NOW WHAT WE HAVE IS WE'RE SEEING THAT THREE WIRE GROUNDED GFIS ARE ALL, UH, RECOMMENDED AND UPGRADING FROM SOME PLACES, STILL HAVE ALUMINUM WIRING, UPGRADING TO COPPER, UPDATING THE BOX TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH AMPERAGE COMING INTO YOUR HOUSE TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYTHING THAT GETS PLUGGED IN NOW.
SO THE BEST THING I CAN TELL YOU IS IF YOU HAVE AN OUTLET THAT ONLY HAS TWO SOCKETS TO PLUG IN AND NOT A THREE PRONGS, THEN IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO UPGRADE YOUR
UH, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ANY TYPE OF, UH, OUTLET THAT HAS A GROUND, YOU WANT THAT TO BE THERE.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING BEFORE THAT, IF YOU SEE ANY WIRING THAT HAS THE CLOTH INSULATION ON IT, IF YOU SEE ALUMINUM WIRING, IT'S PROBABLY TIME TO GET YOUR, UH, ELECTRICAL UPDATED OR INSPECTED.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE OTHER GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER, UH, TIPS ON THAT.
YEAH, I, I WOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND RECOMMEND THAT IF YOU'RE DOING A, UM, ANY KIND OF UPGRADES TO YOUR HOME, ANY KIND OF RENOVATION, WHEN YOU DO THAT AREA OF THE HOME, UM, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY UPGRADE THE ELECTRICAL RIGHT THEN AND THERE.
AND IF YOU HAVE A LICENSED, UH, PROFESSIONAL ELECTRICIAN THERE, HAVE THEM CHECK YOUR PANEL, HAVE THEM CHECK THE REST OF YOUR RESIDENCE AS WELL.
UM, IT CAN'T HURT TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE EITHER GOING TO NEED TO UPGRADE AT A CERTAIN POINT OR SHOULD UPGRADE AT THE PRESENT TIME WHEN YOU'RE DOING A HOME RENOVATION.
UM, FOR THOSE, FOR NEW HOMES OR FOR OLDER HOMES, THEY'RE THE OUTLETS.
THEY ONLY HAVE LIKE SOMETIMES MAY HAVE ONE OUTLET PER ROOM.
IS IT NOW A STANDARD TO HAVE TWO OUTLETS OR, OR ON EACH WALL? I REMEMBER SEEING THAT SOMEONE WAS TELLING ME THAT A LONG TIME AGO.
IS THAT STILL THE STANDARD OR WAS THAT EVER A STANDARD THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING THEY WERE THINKING OF
IS THAT A STANDARD OR IS THAT NOT A STANDARD, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THEY SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR TO, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF OLDER HOMES AND AS YOU RELATE, AS YOU JUST MENTIONED ABOUT THE UPGRADING AND THE WIRING AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE A THREE PRONG INSTEAD OF A TWO-PRONG OUTLET, IS THERE ANYTHING AS IT RELATES TO HOW MANY OUTLETS SHOULD BE IN PER ROOM? SO I THINK THE, THE BEST ANSWER FOR THAT IS, UH, I WOULD CONTACT A, A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN TO TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ADDING AN OUTLET.
YOUR SERVICE COMING IN HAS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE LOAD THAT'S BEING CALLED FOR FROM APPLIANCES AND FOR BEING HONEST.
EVERYTHING IS THAT THESE DAYS IS GETTING PLUGGED IN.
EVERYTHING'S BATTERY OPERATED, EVERYTHING'S CHARGED, EVERYBODY'S ALWAYS CONNECTED.
SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT, UM, ADDING ANOTHER OUTLET, BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ELECTRICAL PANEL, THE SERVICE COMING INTO YOUR HOME AND THE BREAKERS OR FUSES ARE SIZED CORRECTLY TO MEET THAT DEMAND.
SO THAT'S WHY YEAH, I'LL JUST JUMP FROM THAT.
NO, IN A, IN A PREVIOUS JURISDICTION THAT I WORKED IN, WE HAD COLLEGE DORMS AND THAT WAS A, A, A REALLY BIG ISSUE WHEN WE DID INSPECTIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THIS IS A POINT WHERE I'LL, I'LL ALSO SAY MAKE SURE YOU BUY POWER STRIPS AND EXTENSION CORDS IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE THEM, UM, THAT CAN HANDLE THE ELECTRICITY THAT THE END PRODUCT CAN HANDLE.
UM, THE, THE STUFF FROM THE, THE DISCOUNT STORES DOES NOT, UM, HANDLE ANYTHING RELIABLY AND YOU KNOW THAT THAT CAN
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BE, UM, THE CAUSE OF A CATASTROPHE.HAVE YOU HAD SPACE HEATER RELATED PROBLEMS? YOU KNOW, FIRES, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE TOWN? NOTHING I'VE HAD THEM.
UM, WE JUST HAD A, A COMMERCIAL INCIDENT THE OTHER DAY WHERE WE, WE STOPPED A COMMERCIAL OCCUPANCY FROM USING SPACE HEATERS THAT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN, IN A FIRE.
IT JUST, JUST TO BUILD ON THAT, UM, ANY ELECTRICAL WIRING THAT YOU USED, THAT SUPPLEMENTAL, SUCH AS EXTENSION CORDS OR, UM, POWER STRIPS.
YOU WANNA MAKE SURE IF YOU'RE USING A POWER STRIP THAT IT HAS A BUILT-IN G F I ON IT, YOU WANT IT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A BREAKER THAT CAN TRIP.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT, UH, A SEARCH PROTECTOR.
IT'S GONNA PROTECT YOUR, UH, YOUR BELONGINGS.
AND AS FAR AS EXTENSION CORDS GO, HONESTLY THE RULE OF THUMP, THE SAFEST WAY TO GO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT YOU'RE GETTING IS THIRD PARTY TESTED.
AND AS LIEUTENANT BENZEL SAID EARLIER, UL UNDERWRITER'S LABORATORY, THAT'S BASICALLY THE ACCEPTED STANDARD OR GOLD STANDARD IF YOU WILL, THAT UM, IS A THIRD PARTY ORGANIZATION THAT TESTS THESE ELECTRICAL ITEMS. SO YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE BUYING SOMETHING QUALITY.
UM, AND AS FAR AS THE SPACE HEATERS GO, THERE ARE A LOT OF NEW PRODUCTS OUT THERE THAT ARE ACTUALLY REALLY GREAT.
IT'S COLD, WE'RE GONNA BE IN THE TEENS THE REST OF THIS WEEK.
UH, SOMETIMES IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR BASEBOARD HEATING, YOU'RE FORCED THERE, IT'S JUST NOT REALLY CUTTING IT AND YOU HAVE IT CHILL IN YOU.
IT'S OKAY TO HAVE SPACE HEATERS, BUT THEY HAVE A LOT OF GREAT SAFETY PRODUCTS THAT ARE OUT THERE NOW THAT, FOR INSTANCE, IF SOMEONE KNOCKED A SPACE HEATER OVER, IT AUTOMATICALLY SHUTS ITSELF OFF.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT NEW, UM, THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE.
'CAUSE WE'VE HAD SPACE HEATERS IN OUR HOMES FOR YEARS NOW.
THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF OUT THERE THAT'S VERY ACCEPTABLE.
IT'S JUST ABOUT JUST DOING A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH TO FIND OUT WHAT'S THE SAFE PRODUCT.
UH, HAL SIMONS HAD A QUESTION.
ONE, AND LET ME EASE INTO IT MY WAY.
IN COVID, WE'VE BEEN ENCOURAGED TO WEAR MASKS TO BE VACCINATED, TO GET A BOOSTER SHOT, TO STAY AWAY FROM PEOPLE NEARBY.
AND YET PEOPLE ARE COMING DOWN WITH COVID.
SO IN ESSENCE, AND I'M CERTAINLY IN FAVOR OF ALL THOSE, BUT IN ESSENCE, PROTECTION IS NOT ALWAYS WHAT WE ASSUME IT TO BE.
SO MY QUESTION AS IT RELATES TO YOU FOLKS IS FIRE SPRINKLERS.
I'M SURE IN THE MANUFACTURER OF FIRE SPRINKLERS, THERE'S A HUNDRED PERCENT SATISFACTION THEY'RE TESTED, BUT ONCE THEY ARE INSTALLED IN A BUILDING, CAN THINGS GO ALONG WITH THE INSTALLATION? AND PRESUMABLY ONCE THEY'RE INSTALLED, THEY'RE NEVER TESTED.
SO HOW DO WE KNOW THE FIRE SPRINKLERS IN ANY PARTICULAR BUILDING WILL WORK WHEN A FIRE RAGES? UH, I ACTUALLY MENTIONED THAT IN THE BEGINNING WHEN I DID MY PRESENTATION IN A GENERAL WAY, SAYING THAT ANY TYPE OF FIRE, UH, PROTECTION YOU PUT IN PLACE NEEDS TO BE MAINTAINED.
BUT ALSO, AS YOU'RE SAYING, RISK IS NEVER FULLY GONE.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU PUT IN PLACE, WE CAN NEVER A HUNDRED PERCENT SAY THE RISK IS GONE.
SPRINKLERS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
THEY ARE, UH, SUBJECT TO MECHANICAL FAILURE.
THEY ARE SUBJECT TO HUMAN ERROR.
THEY CAN BE CLOSED DOWN FOR CONSTRUCTION AND THEN FORGOTTEN TO BE REOPENED.
THEY COULD BE MECHANICALLY BREAK DOWN.
SO JUST BECAUSE A BUILDING HAS SPRINKLERS DOESN'T MEAN IT'S PERFECT.
SO YES, WE AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT AND WE APPROACH EVERYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
ALSO, SPRINKLER BUILDINGS, THEY DO SAVE LIVES.
THEY DO REDUCE, UM, FIRE DEATHS AND FIRE DAMAGE, BUT THEY ALSO CREATE A LOT OF SMOKE.
THEY CREATE, UM, CARBON MONOXIDE FROM THE UNBURNED MATERIALS.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALSO.
BUT THEY DO HELP PEOPLE GET OUT OF THEIR RESIDENCES.
IT GIVES THEM TIME, IT SAVES THEM TIME.
IT TRIES TO, IF IT CAN'T EXTINGUISH THE FIRE, CONTAIN IT UNTIL WE CAN FINISH IT OFF.
SO THESE THINGS ARE ALL SO AS A SYSTEM, YES.
SPRINKLERS, AUTOMATIC ALARMS, ANYTHING YOU PUT IN IS ALWAYS SUBJECT TO SOME TYPE OF MECHANICAL FAILURE, HUMAN ERROR OR
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TAMPERING.BUT ON THE HIGH PERCENTAGE, LIKE YOU'RE SAYING WITH COVID, WE TRY AND REDUCE THE RISK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AND EACH THING YOU ADD THAT HELPS TO REDUCE THE RISK.
THE SECOND QUESTION, UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHELLE BROWN
HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? THIS IS MICHELLE.
THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
IT'S GONNA SAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I DID HAVE A QUESTION AND I'M NOT SURE IF I MISSED, YOU MIGHT HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP IN THE BEGINNING.
UM, SO A PLACE LIKE GREENBURG HOUSING AUTHORITY, ARE THOSE BUILDINGS AND UNITS INSPECTED, UM, BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE UP TO CODE? OR IS THAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S RESPONSIBILITY ON, YOU KNOW, JUST HYPOTHETICALLY YOU GO AND THERE'S SOMETHING NOT RIGHT.
DO YOU LIKE GIVE US, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM NOTICE AND SAY THAT YOU NEED TO BE FIXED? OR IS THAT ALL ONUS ON THE HOUSING AUTHORITY? THANK YOU.
UM, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS OUR DISTRICT AND WE DO WORK WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
UM, WE INSPECT THE COMMON AREAS.
SO COMMON HALLWAYS, ENTRANCEWAYS THE EXTERIORS OF THE BUILDINGS.
BUT AS, UH, DC KEL SAID EARLIER, YOU KNOW, UNLESS SOMEONE INVITES US INTO THEIR HOME OR TO THEIR RESIDENCE, IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT OF US TO GO AND INSPECT THAT.
AND WE WILL, UH, FORCE THEIR WAY.
IF SOMEONE WANTS TO HAVE AN INSPECTION, A SAFETY INSPECTION, WE'LL ABSOLUTELY ENTERTAIN THAT AND WE'LL GO AND GIVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IF THEY WANT.
UH, BUT WE DO NOT INSPECT INDIVIDUAL RESIDENCES OR APARTMENTS.
IT'S JUST THE COMMON AREAS OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING AND, UH, COMMON HALLWAYS.
UH, THERE ARE NO MORE RAISED HANDS.
WELL THANK YOU AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS, UH, VERY INFORMATIVE AND UM, THANK YOU.
AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE CIRCULATE, UH, UH, COPIES OF THIS SO MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WILL SEE IT DURING, UM, DURING THE YEARS.
[ SUPERVISOR & TOWN COUNCIL REPORTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS GOOD NEWS...The Town continues (since 2008) to have the highest possible bond rating from Standard & Poors (AAA) and (since 2010) (Aaa) from Moody's. Less than 1% of communities in the nation have this record of financial stability. Recently, on 3/23/2021, Moody's reaffirmed the Town earned Moody's highest rating and, on 03/26/2021, Standard & Poors once again reaffirmed the Town earned Standard & Poors highest rating. Any individual or group interested in a visit from the Town Board should email the Board at TownBoard@GreenburghNY.com ]
UM, WE HAVE SOME, UH, CHAMPIONS, UM, HERE AT, UM, AT THE BOARD MEETINGS.UM, THE ALEXANDER HAMILTON SOCCER TEAM, UM, DID SOME AMAZING, UM, UM, HAD AN AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT.
UM, THEY'RE AMONG THE BEST OF THE, THE BEST IN IN, UM, IN NEW YORK STATE.
AND I'M, UM, PARTICIPATING IN THIS MEETING REMOTELY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, UM, ASK, UM, UM, TIM, IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE, UM, UH, THE CHAMPIONS.
SO YOU, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE AUDITORIUM, BUT YOU INVITED 15 PEOPLE TO COME TO THE AUDITORIUM.
I, UH, THIS WAS, UH, LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, THIS, UH, THIS WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR THAT, UH, THEY, UM, THERE WAS A INVITATION AND THEY, THEY HADN'T CONFIRMED IT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN RECENT WEEKS.
SO IT WAS A LITTLE MISCOMMUNICATION, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE BOARD WANTS.
WE COULD DO IT BY ZOOM OR, UM, OR, OR WE COULD, YOU KNOW, RESCHEDULE IT.
BUT ONCE THE PANDEMIC, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I UM, THEY WON THE CHAMPIONSHIPS, UH, LAST YEAR AND UM, AND UM, I WANTED TO INVITE THEM TO A MEETING.
THEY HAD SELECTED THIS AND I HADN'T BEEN CONTACTED IN RECENT WEEKS AND THAT'S WHY I WASN'T ON THE AGENDA.
SO IS HE INTRODUCING THE TEAM BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE? THEY'RE HERE IN THE LOBBY.
SO, SO DO YOU HAVE THEIR NAMES THAT YOU CAN READ THEM OUT? UM, I DON'T HAVE THE NAME.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THERE WAS NO CONFIRMATION OF THIS.
UM, YOU, SO I DON'T HAVE THE NAMES IN FRONT, YOU KNOW, IN FRONT OF ME.
AND I WAS NOT AWARE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, NOBODY FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CONTACTED ME IN IN RECENT WEEKS ABOUT THIS.
THERE APPEARED, THERE WAS SOME MIX UP.
THERE WAS NO CONFIRMATION FOR THE SUPERVISOR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD EVERYONE'S
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NAME.SO, BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE EVERYONE HERE 'CAUSE YOU GUYS ARE CHAMPION.
SO WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE EVERYONE ON A GREAT SEASON.
SO COACH, WHY DON'T YOU JUST COME UP AND, AND, AND JUST COME TO THE MICROPHONE AND, AND INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM.
AND THOSE IN THE BACK, YOU HAVE TO WEAR THE MASK OVER YOUR NOSE.
CAN WE ASK YOU, YOU JUST GOTTA PRESS THAT BUTTON.
PLEASE PUT YOUR MASK OVER YOUR NOSE.
UH, WHO DO WE HAVE HERE? WE HAVE UM, WHO'S THAT? WENDELL.
AND THAT'S ON, UH, JAYDEN GREEN.
YOU NEED TO WEAR THE MASK OVER YOUR NOSE.
NICK GUADALUPE, CHRISTIAN ALTO, JOSEPH KETO.
WE GOT SANTIAGO SANDOVAL, STEVEN
AND THERE'S A FEW MISSING SCHOOL AND WHATNOT AND THIS IS A CONGRATULATIONS.
UM, AND UM, HOW MANY UM, UM, COMPETITIONS DID THEY HAVE TO TAKE BEFORE THEY BECAME THE CHAMP? UH, WE WENT, UM, UH, WHAT WAS IT, 21 AND ONE I BELIEVE IT WAS THIS YEAR.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IN PLAYOFF WISE, UH, WE HAD, UM, SECTIONAL, SEMIFINALS FINALS, THEN WE WENT ON TO REGIONAL SEMIFINALS AND FINALS AND THE STATE SEMIFINALS AND FINALS.
AND, UH, THESE, UH, THEY EMERGED VICTORIOUS, WHICH WAS FANTASTIC.
FIRST TIME WINNING A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
UM, CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THESE GUYS.
THEY WORKED THEIR BRAINS OUT AND UH, AND UH, THEY PLAYED WITH PRIDE AND HEART AND UH, REALLY MADE THE ENTIRE SCHOOL AND THE DISTRICT COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY PROUD OF THESE GUYS.
UH, I CAN GET YOU, UH, CERTIFICATES PRESENT EACH OF THEM WITH UM, UM, CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION FROM ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD.
BETTER RECOGNITION THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT, UH, UH, TO YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUCCESS, YOUNG PEOPLE.
I APPRECIATE THAT MOST OF ALL, AND THE LEADER, YOUR COACH.
BUT MOST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SENSE OF LEADERSHIP AND TEAMWORK, BEING ABLE TO BE A PART OF A TEAM.
AND I ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE AND, UM, SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION OR WHATNOT.
I'M SURE THERE WAS EVERYBODY TALKING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND WITH ALL THIS THAT WENT ON IT, UH, AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR COM ACCOMMODATING FOR US AND, UH, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE HONORED.
UH, IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO TO BE HERE.
WHEN, WHEN DID YOU WIN THE CHANCE AGAIN, THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN KNOW, ONE MONTH LAST YEAR.
ALRIGHT, SO FIRST OFF, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR RAGING THIS EVENT TO AGAIN RECOGNIZE US FOR WINNING THE FIRST EVER STATE TITLE IN OUR PROGRAM'S HISTORY.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THIS TITLE DOESN'T ONLY BELONG TO THE COACHES OR THE PLAYERS ON THE ROSTER WHO GOT THE SHIRTS AND MEDALS.
I BELIEVE THIS, THIS TITLE BELONGS TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORT AND CONTRIBUTED TO OUR SUCCESS.
NO MATTER HOW BIG OR HOW SMALL THAT CONTRIBUTION WAS FROM THE SCHOOL TO THE COACHING STAFF, TO THE PLAYERS, TO EVEN THE PARENTS, STUDENTS AND FACULTY WHO CAME OUT TO SUPPORT US, EVEN IN THE MOST EXTREME CONDITIONS, THIS CLEARLY WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE BY OURSELVES.
THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR AMAZING COACH, ROB SOFF, WHO SETS THE BAR HIGH FOR THE PROGRAM EVERY YEAR.
NOT TO MENTION THAT HE SETS THE BAR HIGH FOR THE PROGRAM EVERY YEAR AND HE PUSHES US TO NEW LIMITS EVERY DAY.
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AND ALSO ON A PERSONAL NOTE, HE HAS HELPED ME DEVELOP AS A, AS A PERSON AND AS A PLAYER SINCE I JOINED MY FRESHMAN YEAR.IN, IN ADDITION, A BIG THANKS TO COACH BUDZINSKI WHO HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB DEVELOPING PLAYERS AND GIVING THEM CONFIDENCE THESE PAST FEW YEARS IN JV.
YEAH, IT'S THE FOUNDATION OF THE PROGRAM RIGHT THERE.
AND UM, OF COURSE THANKS TO HAMILTON ALUMNI COACH LIMA AND OUR INCREDIBLE AD ROBERT P*****K, WHO UNFORTUNATELY IS IN HERE WITH US TODAY.
AND TO ALL MY TEAMMATES, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE MEMORIES AND I THINK I SPEAK FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN I SAY THAT IT'S BEEN AMAZING PLAYING WITH YOU GUYS.
IT'S BEEN AN HONOR BEING YOUR CAPTAIN.
AS WE'VE ALL SEEN IT WON'T COME EASY, BUT THERE'S NOT A DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THIS PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE TO ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS.
THAT SPEECH BEING AS INCLUSIVE IT IS IN RECOGNIZING EVERYONE, INCLUDING YOUR PARENTS, IS WHY YOU REALLY ARE A TEAM.
BECAUSE YOU APPROACHED THIS AS A TEAM.
AND THAT WAS, UH, DANIEL ALVAREZ, THAT WAS OUR SENIOR CAPTAIN GOALKEEPER AND, UH, TEAM LEADER.
AND UH, HE KIND OF LED US THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYOFFS.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING GREENBERG GREAT AND NO, OF COURSE,
UM, NEXT, UM, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
I COULD TELL
NEXT, UH, TO CONSIDER AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION TO PREPARE PETITION TO EXTEND THE CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT.
NEXT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND THE PEOPLE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ARE COMING IN.
UH, LIKE TO MOVE, I DO HAVE COMMENTS.
UH, IT SAYS TOWN CLERK COMMENTS BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
LET'S WAIT UNTIL OUR GUEST LEAVE.
ACTUALLY, WE STILL HAVE TO DO THE ROLL CALL TOO, SO IF WE COULD DO THAT AT THE SAME TIME.
UH, SO FRANCIS HAS INDICATED HERE SHOULD BE DONE TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER BY ZOOM VIA ZOOM COUNCILWOMAN, GINA JACKSON.
PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN ELLEN HENDRICKS PRESENT AND COUNCILMAN FRANCIS SHEEN PRESENT.
[ TOWN CLERK COMMENTS]
MY COMMENTS, I JUST WANT TO SAY TO OUR LISTENING AND VIEWING AUDIENCE, UM, THAT, UH, I HAD RECOMMENDED THAT WE, UH, PAY TRIBUTE TO ANDRE LEON TALLEY THIS EVENING.AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT TRIBUTE HAS ALREADY BEEN CONDUCTED.
HAD I KNOWN THAT THIS MEETING WAS STARTING AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, I WOULD'VE BEEN HERE, UH, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
NOW, THERE WAS AN AGENDA REVIEW YESTERDAY, AND THE AGENDA WAS SENT, UH, TO ME EARLIER TODAY.
UM, BUT WHEN THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN ROUTINE, UM, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE REQUIRED OR MANDATED TO ATTEND, UH, TOWN BOARD MEETINGS SHOULD BE INFORMED.
THERE SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN EFFORT MADE TO, TO INFORM THE TOWN CLERK.
OH, BY THE WAY, WE MADE A CHANGE IN THE TIME OF THE MEETING BECAUSE 99.9% OF THE TIME, THE TOWN BOARD MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED FOR SEVEN 30.
AND, UH, IT WAS NOT BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THIS MEETING HAD BEEN CHANGED.
SO, GOING FORWARD, PAUL, I'M JUST GONNA ASK YOU, UH, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE ASK YOUR ASSISTANT TO, UH, SEND ME A LITTLE NOTE IF THERE ARE ANY MAJOR CHANGES IN THE, THE AGENDA.
UH, I ASKED THAT ANDRE LEON TALLEY BE RECOGNIZED BECAUSE HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE AND AN AMAZING INDIVIDUAL,
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UH, IN, IN TERMS OF BEING WILLING TO SHARE WITH YOUNG PEOPLE HIS, HIS SUCCESS STORIES AND HIS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACHIEVING SUCCESS IN LIFE.IN 2015, HE WAS A GUEST SPEAKER, UH, AT MY INVITATION.
HE WAS A GUEST SPEAKER TO THE INTERNS HERE AT GREENBURG TOWN HALL, AND HE HELD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT HIS JOURNEY THROUGH, UH, GROWING UP DURING THE JIM CROW ERA DURING, UM, UH, LEGALIZED SEGREGATION IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND, UM, EXPERIENCING, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT WAS LIKE GROWING UP.
AND THEN, UM, HAVING A VISION, A DREAM FOR, UH, WHAT HE WANTED TO DO IN LIFE AND FOLLOWING HIS DREAM AND HIS PASSIONS.
AND THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF MESSAGES THAT WE WANT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO EMBRACE.
SO WHOEVER DID THIS TRIBUTE, UH, THANK YOU FOR READING IT IN MY ABSENCE.
AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THOSE FEW NOTES ABOUT ANDRE.
ALSO, PAUL FINER AND I, UH, ARE, ARE SEEKING FACTUAL ACCOUNTS BY AFRICAN AMERICANS, AFRICAN AMERICAN RESIDENTS OF OUR TOWN OF ENCOUNTERS AND EXPERIENCES RELATED TO RACISM.
WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER, SIMILAR TO THE VETERANS HISTORY ARCHIVES, WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A SERIES OF NARRATIVES THAT, UM, TALK ABOUT THAT ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH RACISM, BUT ALSO HOW THEY OVERCAME THOSE EXPERIENCES.
UM, IT IS, THIS IS, THIS IS NOT FOR THE PURPOSE OF POINTING FINGERS, POINTING, UH, UM, BLAME, UM, CREATING BLAME, SHAME, AND GUILT TOWARDS OUR FELLOW AMERICANS.
HOWEVER, IT IS ABOUT HEALING AND TALKING ABOUT THE PAST IS CRITICAL AND ESSENTIAL TO HEALING AS A RESULT OF THE LEGACY OF THE PAST.
SO, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THEIR STORIES, PLEASE SEND THEM TO EITHER MYSELF, JAY BEVILLE@GREENBERGNY.COM, OR TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER AT P FINER, PETE FINER@GREENBERGNY.COM.
AND I JUST WANTED TO, UH, THANK, UM, KEN JONES, UM, FOR, UH, KICKING OFF, UH, THE PROGRAM BY, UH, UH, WRITING A VERY, UH, INSPIRATIONAL, UM, UM, COMMENTARY ABOUT, UM, HIS AUNT, UM, WHO WAS THE FIRST, UM, UM, WOMAN, UH, FIRST PERSON PERSON, AFRICAN AMERICAN TO BE ADMITTED TO THE NEW YORK, UH, UNIVAR.
UH, ANNA BERNARD, A RESIDENT OF PARKWAY GARDENS, HAD AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE.
UM, SHE HELPED INTEGRATE, UH, THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND IT WAS JUST REALLY, UH, A PERFECT, UM, UM, UH, LAUNCH OF THIS, UH, EFFORT FOR YOU.
ALSO, UM, UH, THIS PAST WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTED, UM, BISHOP PRESTON'S, UM, EXPERIENCES, UM, YOU KNOW, GROWING UP IN, UM, IN VIRGINIA.
UH, HE'S A DESCENDANT OF, UM, OF SLAVES.
UM, THE PRESTON FAMILY IS VERY WELL KNOWN IN, UM, YOU KNOW, IN VIRGINIA.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE POSTED, UM, HIS STORY, UM, AND HIS FAMILY'S STORY, AND IT WAS JUST REALLY AMAZING.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE FOCUSING ON BLACK LIVES MATTER AND THE IMPORTANCE, AND I THINK THESE STORIES HIGHLIGHT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO WHEN, UM, THERE WAS, I MEAN, THERE'S DISCRIMINATION NOW.
THERE'S RACISM NOW, BUT IT WAS MUCH WORSE.
UM, OR IT WAS DEFINITELY WORTH MORE OBVIOUS.
IT WAS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE MORE, DID HORRIBLE THINGS.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL DO HORRIBLE THINGS,
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BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE NEVER FORGET.AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM, FOR, UM, HELPING TO ORGANIZE THIS, JUDITH.
[ To consider an Amended Site Plan Application and to hear a petition to extend the Consolidated Water District No. 1 submitted by Hackley School, located at 293 Benedict Avenue, (P.O. Tarrytown)]
I'D LIKE TO, UH, MOVE THAT WE OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING OR UP TO THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.EVENING SUPERVISOR, FINER MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD FOR THE RECORD, GARRETT DUQUE, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS RELATED TO A SITE PLAN APPLICATION OF HACKLEY SCHOOL FOR A PROJECT CONSISTING OF THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 54,000 SQUARE FOOT ARTS CENTER BUILDING TO BE KNOWN AS THE CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY, ALONG WITH RELATED PARKING AND AMENITIES, WHICH WOULD REPLACE AN EXISTING ARTS BUILDING IN GYMNASIUM, WHICH ARE PROPOSED TO BE DEMOLISHED.
HACKLEY SCHOOL IS LOCATED AT 2 93 BENEDICT AVENUE, THE PIOS TARRYTOWN PORTION OF THE TOWN LOCATED IN THE R 41 FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT, AND WITHIN A CONSERVATION DISTRICT OVERLAY, A PORTION OF THE CAMPUS IS LOCATED IN THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN.
THE NEW ARTS CENTER BUILDING WOULD BE SITUATED WITHIN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WHILE THE PROPOSED PARKING AREAS ARE TO BE LOCATED WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN.
THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN HAS BEEN AN INVOLVED AGENCY THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, AND THE APPLICANT HAS PENDING RELATIONS APPLICATIONS WITH THE VILLAGE.
THE TOWN BOARD DECLARED ITS INTENT TO BE LEAD AGENCY WITH RESPECT TO CCRA ON MAY 3RD, 2021, WITH NO OBJECTIONS RECEIVED.
THE TOWN OF GREENBURG PLANNING BOARD IS PART OF A SITE PLAN REFERRAL AT WORK SESSIONS ON JUNE 16TH, 2021 AND JULY 7TH, 2021.
ON JULY 21ST, 2021, THE APPLICATION WAS THE SUBJECT OF A UNANIMOUS POSITIVE SITE PLAN RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING BOARD.
IN ADDITION TO THE PLANNING BOARD FINDING THAT THE AMENDED SITE PLAN SUBMISSION SATISFIES THE APPLICABLE SITE PLAN STANDARDS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2 85 54 STANDARDS A THROUGH K, THE PLANNING BOARD FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT THE APPLICANT INCLUDE HANDICAP PARKING SPACES IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED ART CENTER BUILDING.
THE APPLICANT BE REQUIRED TO DEMONSTRATE FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE NEW TOWN TREE ORDINANCE PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF ANY DECISION ON THE APPLICANT'S SITE PLAN APPLICATION, THE APPLICANT EVALUATE THE NUMBER OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS APPROPRIATE FOR USE WITHIN THE EXISTING, WITHIN THE PARKING LOT AREAS TO BE DEVELOPED OR EXPANDED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PROJECT, AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE TOWN BOARD IN THIS REGARD.
AND LASTLY, THAT THE APPLICANT BE ENCOURAGED TO INSTALL A SIDEWALK WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF TERRYTOWN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BENEDICT AVENUE FROM THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE CAMPUS WEST TO MIDLAND AVENUE.
LASTLY, A SECOND COMPONENT OF THE PUBLIC OF THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING IS WITH REGARD TO HACKLEY SCHOOL'S PETITION TO HAVE ITS PORTION OF THE CAMPUS THAT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED PORTION OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG PLACED INTO THE TOWN'S CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT.
IF SUCCESSFUL, THE APPLICANT WOULD REROUTE ITS CURRENT WATER INFRASTRUCTURE CONNECTIONS FROM THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG'S WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE APPLICANT'S ENGINEERS HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE TOWN'S DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND WATER DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF CONNECTION AND HAVE RECEIVED POSITIVE FEEDBACK.
IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE PROPOSED HACKLEY CONNECTION INTO THE TOWN'S SYSTEM IMPROVE WATER CIRCULATION AND WATER QUALITY IN THIS AREA OF THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
MR. MARK WEINGARTEN, ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT ALONG WITH HA HACKLEY SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES TO PRESENT THE PROPOSAL.
GOOD EVENING TO SUPERVISOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M A PARTNER IN THE LAW FIRM OF DELBELLO, DANNEL AND WEINGARTEN WISE AND WHITAKER, AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING REPRESENTING THE HACKLEY SCHOOL IN CONNECTION WITH THIS REQUEST FOR AMENDED SITE PLAN AND TREE REMOVAL PERMIT APPROVALS TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE STATE OF THE ART 54,000 SQUARE FOOT CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY, TOGETHER WITH 56 PARKING SPACES AND RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE HACKLEY CAMPUS.
I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE THAT HACKLEY IS ONE OF THE NATION'S LEADING INDEPENDENT COLLEGE PREPARATORY NON-SECTARIAN DAY AND BOARDING SCHOOLS FOR STUDENTS AND KINDERGARTENS THROUGH GRADE 12 WAS FOUNDED IN 1899 AND IS FULLY ACCREDITED BY THE NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS.
THE CAMPUS, AS GARRETT HAS MENTIONED, IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BENEDICT BETWEEN SKEGGS ROAD TO THE EAST, MIDLAND AVENUE TO THE WEST, AND THE TAROT TOWN LAKES TO THE NORTH.
FOR THE RECORD, I AM JOINED TONIGHT BY, UH, PETER MCANDREW, UH, THE
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SCHOOL'S DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND CAMPUS PLANNING, WHO WILL BE SPEAKING IN A MOMENT, AS WELL AS OUR ENGINEER, MICHAEL YOUNGINS FROM THE FIRM OF KIMLEY HORNE.UM, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE AREA, WE'LL START THERE.
I APPRECIATE, UH, I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT BRIEF AS COMMISSIONER MCCAIN, UH, COVERED A LOT OF THE, UH, GROUND THAT WE WERE GONNA COVER THIS, UH, THAT I WAS GONNA COVER IN, IN WAY OF SUMMARY, UH, THAT'S THE CAMPUS FROM THE AERIAL VIEW.
THE RED LINE IS THE DIVIDING LINE, THE MUNICIPAL BORDER BETWEEN GREENBURG TO YOUR RIGHT AND TARRYTOWN TO YOUR LEFT.
THE BULK OF OUR PROPOSAL IS WITHIN THE GREENBERG 258 ACRE PORTION, AND THE, THERE ARE 27 ACRES THAT ARE IN THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN TO THE LEFT OF THAT RED LINE.
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE IS, AND WE'LL YOU'LL SEE IN MORE DETAIL IN THE, IN THE LATER SLIDES, WE WILL BE REPLACING THAT, UH, ARTS BUILDING ON THE GREENBERG SIDE OF IT, AND THE RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE, THE PARKING, ET CETERA, IS ON THE, UH, TARRYTOWN SIDE.
THE, AS GARRETT MENTIONED, THE GREENBERG PORTION IS R 40.
UH, WE'RE PERMITTED TO BE HERE.
UH, AS WAY OF VERY BRIEF BACKGROUND, IN 2003, YOUR TOWN BOARD GRANTED AMENDED SITE PLAN APPROVAL TO PERMIT THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO ACADEMIC BUILDINGS ON THE CANCER CAMPUS, BUT ALSO APPROVED A MASTER PLAN FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
THIS, THE, UM, MASTER PLAN WENT FORWARD, THE APPROVAL, THIS APPROVAL PROCESS INCLUDED THE, UH, THAT APPROVAL PROCESS RATHER OF THE MASTER PLAN INCLUDED THE PROCESSING OF A GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.
A SERIES OF SUBSEQUENT APPROVALS OCCURRED IN 2006, 2009, 2010, 2014, AND 2016 IN FURTHERANCE OF THE MASTER PLAN.
ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE APPROVED DURING THOSE PRIOR APPROVALS HAVE BEEN IN CON, HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND ARE ON IN USE ON THE CAMPUS ITSELF.
HACKLEY SEEKS PERMISSION WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT TO BUILD A NEW ART CENTER, WHICH IS THE FINAL COMPONENT OF THE APPROVED MASTER PLAN FROM ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO.
IT ALSO REQUIRES THE DEMOLITION OF THE OUTDATED ZEP COB GYMNASIUM, WHICH YOU'LL SEE, UH, IN A MOMENT.
UH, AND IT HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED BY MODERN FACILITIES, WHICH YOU APPROVED IN THOSE PRIOR APPROVALS.
THE NEW ARTS BUILDING, AS WE MENTIONED, WAS ON, IS, UH, LOCATED ON TOWN PROPERTY.
AND I'LL LET PETER GIVE A DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT GO IN, BUT IT'S SUFFICE IT TO SAY IT IS STATE OF THE ART, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S NECESSARY FOR A SCHOOL OF HACK LEE'S, UH, STATURE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THESE TYPES OF, UH, UM, ART, UH, AND PERFORMANCE SPACES FOR THEIR STUDENTS IN THESE, IN THESE STA AS SOMETIMES THEY CALL THEM STEAM PROGRAMS THAT ARE OUT, SO THAT WE CAN ATTRACT THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST TO OUR CAMPUS, UH, WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY.
THE PROPOSAL HAS A NET EDITION OF 56 SURFACE PARKING SPACES, UH, INCLUDING A 28 SPACE PARKING LOT AT THE LOCATION OF THE TO BE DEMOLISHED GYMNASIUM ON THE VILLAGE PROPERTY.
IT HAS FOUR HANDICAP SPACES ADJACENT TO THE NEW BUILDING.
THAT, BY THE WAY, WAS ADDED TO THE PLAN IN RESPONSE TO ONE OF THE FOUR PLANNING BOARD COMMENTS THAT GARRETT MENTIONED.
UH, AND WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THOSE FOUR COMMENTS.
THE ONE ISSUE THAT WE'LL RAISE WITH YOU, UH, AS WE MENTIONED, WE ADDED THE FOUR PARKING SPACES.
UH, WE PUT IN THE NEW, THE TREE SURVEY THAT WAS NEEDED, THAT WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PLAN, THE THINGS THAT THEY, THE SIDEWALK IS SOMETHING THAT IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE TOWN WANTS, WE WOULD CERTAINLY CONSIDER, UH, AS PART OF AN APPROVAL.
AND, BUT FINALLY, UM, AND THE ISSUE OF THE ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS, WELL, HACKLEY IS WORKING TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF CHARGING STATIONS AT A DIFFERENT PARKING LOT AT HACKLEY NOW THAN THE FEASIBILITY OF THAT IS GOING UNDER.
THEY'RE LOOKING TO MAKE IT EIGHT.
AND THIS IS A CONTINUING PLAN WITH REGARD TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO HAVE IT ON THIS PARTICULAR PARKING LOT, FRANKLY, BECAUSE IT'S AN OVERFLOW LOT, REALLY ONLY FOR SPECIAL USES AT THE ART CENTER.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE USED EVERY DAY.
SO IF WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING IN ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS, IT MAKES SENSE TO BE PUTTING THEM ON OTHER LOCATIONS, UH, AT THE TOWN.
AND I OUGHT SHOULD MENTION THAT THESE PARKING SPACES THAT WE MENTIONED AS WELL, THEY'RE BEING PUT THERE FOR CONVENIENCE.
THEY'RE NOT ADDING ANY TRAFFIC.
WE'RE NOT HAVING ANY MORE STUDENTS OR ANY MORE TEACHERS.
THIS IS JUST SO THAT WE HAVE PARKING NEAR THE BUILDING, WHICH IS CONVENIENT TO THOSE VISITORS WHO COME IN.
UM, MENTIONED THE GYMNASIUM BY DEMOLISHING THE GYMNASIUM, UH, WE ARE DEMOLISHING 61,000 SQUARE FEET AND THE ART CENTER, WE ARE DEMOLISHING 61,000 SUITE FEET OF BUILDING IN THIS PROJECT, AND WE ARE ONLY ADDING BACK 54,000 SQUARE FEET, RESULTING IN A NET DECREASE OF BUILDING ON THE
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CAMPUS BY THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.AS FAR AS THE TREE REMOVAL PERMIT, WE HAVE 34 TREES IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, OF WHICH 31 ARE IN POOR OR FAIR CONDITION, 11, WHICH ARE INVASIVE, AND ONLY THREE, WHICH ARE IN GOOD CONDITION.
WE HAVE PROPOSED A TREE REPLACEMENT PLAN, AND YOUR, UH, PROFESSIONALS HAVE THAT REVISED PLAN FOR REVIEW UNDER YOUR NEW, UH, UH, ORDINANCE.
UH, AS GARRETT MENTIONED, YOUR BOARD IS THE LEAD AGENCY UNDER SEEKER.
UH, WE HAVE RELATED PETITIONS THAT ARE GOING FORWARD NOW, BUT OF COURSE, NO ONE CAN TAKE ACTION UNTIL YOUR BOARD, UH, IT, IT CONCLUDES SEEKER BY WE HOPE, ISSUING A NEGATIVE DECLARATION.
SO WE NEED THAT FOR ALL OF THE BOARDS TO MOVE FORWARD.
UH, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ON HOLD NOW AND ON ON SOME OF THE OTHER MATTERS.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, YOU REFERRED OUR PETITION FOR THE AMENDED SITE PLAN TO THE PLANNING BOARD, WHICH THE COMMISSIONER MENTIONED RECEIVED THE RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL FROM YOUR PLANNING BOARD ON JULY 22ND.
UH, AS YOU ARE AWARE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RELATED APPROVALS PENDING BEFORE OTHER BOARDS.
UH, WE APPLIED TO THE, YOUR, UH, TO, UM, YOUR PLANNING BOARD FOR STEEP SLOPES PERMIT THAT, AGAIN, WAITS FOR A NEGATIVE DECLARATION, SO WE CAN GO FINISH THAT UP.
WE HAVE APPLIED TO THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN VILLAGE BOARD FOR SITE PLANS, STEEP SLOPES AND TREE REMOVAL PERMIT APPROVAL RELATING TO THE ASSOCIATED PARKING AND INFRASTRUCTURE LOCATING WITHIN ITS BORDERS.
THEY TOO, ARE ON HOLD UNTIL WE CAN GET OUR CONCLUSION OF SEEKER.
AND FINALLY, AT THE REQUEST, UM, AT THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN, WE HAVE APPLIED FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE WATER DISTRICT TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
WHILE THE BULK OF THE CAMPUS IS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG POTABLE WATER, UH, IS CURRENTLY PROVIDED BY THE VILLAGE OF TARIN.
UH, THE VILLAGE ASKED US TO CONDUCT STUDIES NECESSARY TO PROVE THAT IT IS FEASIBLE TO CHANGE THE PROVIDER OF WATER SERVICE FROM TARRYTOWN TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UH, CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT.
AND, UH, WE HAVE COMPLETED THOSE STUDIES.
WE BELIEVE IT IS FEASIBLE, BUT OF COURSE, IT IS UP TO THE TOWN TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT'S WILLING TO DO THAT.
IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PROJECT, WE HAVE OUR ENGINEER, MICHAEL YOUNGINS HERE, WHO WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITH THAT PARTICULAR ITEM, WHICH IS ALSO THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO PETER MCANDREW, WHO'S GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE SITE PLAN, UH, AND, AND, AND SHOW YOU WHAT'S PLANNED AND THEN QUICKLY TO MICHAEL YOUNG.
AND SO WE'LL, UH, COVER A COUPLE OF THE ENGINEERING ISSUES.
GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR FINER AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UM, BEFORE I LEAVE THIS, UM, SLIDE, I JUST WANT TO, UM, POINT OUT THIS PARKING AREA RIGHT HERE AND THIS PARKING AREA RIGHT HERE AT THE, ADJACENT TO THE, WHAT WE CALL THE BENEDICT AVENUE FIELD, BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA COME UP ON A SUBSEQUENT SLIDE.
AND THIS IS THE ROAD COMING IN OFF OF, UH, BENEDICT AVENUE.
IS EVERYBODY HEARING AND SEEING ME? OKAY? YES.
OKAY, SO THIS IS SHOWING THAT A LITTLE PART IS IN GREENBURG, BUT IS IN TERRYTOWN, BUT THE BULK OF THE BUILDING IS, IS HERE.
SO FOR A LITTLE BETTER VISION, THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE CURRENT ATHLETICS BUILDING, WHICH WILL BE DEMOLISHED.
AND THIS WILL BE PARKING FOR THE NEW, UH, CENTER.
AND THE CENTER IS GONNA, UM, BE ANCHORED ON AIKEN COMMON, WHICH ARE THESE THREE OVALS, WHICH, UM, ARE ON THE SIDE IS OUR, OUR HIGH SCHOOL MAIN BUILDING AND OUR LOWER SCHOOL AND OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO IT'S GONNA SERVE TO DO A NICE, UM, ENC ENCOMPASS THE AIKEN COMMON, AND THERE'S GONNA BE AN AMPHITHEATER RIGHT HERE WHERE PEOPLE WILL SIT AND VIEW PERFORMANCES HERE.
UM, THIS, UH, SHOWS, UM, THE, UH, PARKING SPACES THAT ARE GONNA BE BUILT.
SO, SO THE CENTER IS RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS THE AMPHITHEATER RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS THE, UH, AND, AND THIS IS GONNA BE OUR DETENTION, UH, RETENTION, UH, POND.
AND THIS IS GONNA BE AN EXPANDED PARKING AREA.
THAT WAS THE FIRST SPOT I SHOWED YOU ON THE, UH, AT THE BEGINNING.
AND THEN THIS IS, UH, THIS IS BENEDICT AVENUE FIELD.
AND SO THESE PARKING SPACES ARE GOING TO BE, UM, EXPANDED AS WELL.
UM, THIS WILL, UH, CLEAN UP THIS AREA HERE AND
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ALSO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR, UH, WHEN WE HAVE PERFORMANCES.THIS IS THE CURRENT CONDITION.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE MAIN CAMPUS UP HERE IN OUR NEW BUILDINGS.
THIS IS, UH, THE CURRENT PERFORMING ARTS.
SO THIS IS OUR OLD GEODESIC DOME POOL, WHICH HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT ALREADY.
THIS IS THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER THAT WILL, UM, BE, UH, TAKEN DOWN AND THE NEW FACILITY IS GOING TO FIT RIGHT INTO THIS LITTLE VALLEY HERE.
HOW OLD WOULD THE OLD BUILDINGS? LET'S SEE, THESE ARE, THIS ONE'S 1899.
I THINK THIS IS BY 1920, BUT I'M NOT SURE MR. KLEINER, THIS IS EARLY SEVENTIES.
THIS WAS, WASN'T AT THE ORIGINAL CAMPUS, BUT I WANT TO SAY IT WAS IN THE TWENTIES OR THIRTIES.
AND THEN THIS IS THE, UH, SLOPE THAT THEN GOES DOWN TO THE BENEDICT AVENUE FIELD.
SO THE PARKING WILL BE HERE, AND THE DETENTION POND WILL BE RIGHT HERE.
AND THESE ARE THE ROADS GOING UP TO THE MAIN CAMPUS HERE.
THIS IS WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE.
UH, WE'RE YOU WE'RE, UH, WHAT PRIOR TO THIS BEING TORN DOWN, THIS IS WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE.
AND WHEN IT'S, WHEN THAT BUILDING'S TORN DOWN, THEN THIS WILL BE THE PARKING THAT WE'VE DESCRIBED.
THOSE PARALLEL SPOTS, THOSE HANDICAPPED SPOTS HAVE BEEN MOVED UP RIGHT ALONG HERE.
AND, UM, THE DETENTION POND IS DOWN HERE, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S FIT FITS INTO THIS, UH, VALLEY, IF YOU WILL.
AND IT, IT, THE NATURAL GRADE SLOPES UP.
SO THE, THIS IS THE AUDITORIUM RIGHT HERE.
AND THEN THIS IS, UM, WE CALL THESE OUR CRESCENT.
SO THESE LITERALLY ARE ANGLED.
AND THEN THIS ONE IS TO THE EAST, OVERLOOKING EIGHT IN COMMON.
AND THIS IS OUR LOWER SCHOOL AND OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL HERE.
SO THE, THE ARCHITECTURE IS, UM, A LOT OF GLAZING CAN SEE ALL THIS CLASS.
AND, UM, AND THEN THIS IS GOING TO BE, UM, THIS IS GONNA BE PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT THE COLOR LOOKS LIKE OF THE BUILDING.
THIS, AGAIN, SHOWS THE USE OF THE, OF THE CAN OF THE, OF THE VALLEY.
AND THIS IS THE AUDITORIUM SPACE, WHICH I THINK IS EFFECTIVELY FOUR STORIES HIGH.
AND THEN THIS IS THREE STORIES HIGH.
AND THIS IS THREE STORIES HIGH.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, IT, IT'S TUCKED INTO THE VALLEY.
EXCUSE ME, THIS IS THE AMPHITHEATER.
SO THIS IS LOOKING TO THE, UH, WEST.
AND THIS IS, UH, AIKEN COMMON IS HERE, AND THIS WILL BE CASUAL SEATING.
AND THEN THERE'S, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT, BUT THIS IS A PERFORMING SPACE.
THIS IS, UM, ON THE, UH, SOUTH SIDE.
SO IF YOU'RE, YOU WERE IN THAT AMPHITHEATER WOULD BE UP HERE.
AND IF YOU WERE, YOU COULD WALK AND THE MAIN CAMPUS IS ALL UP HERE, AND YOU COULD WALK DOWN AND ALL THE WAY TO, UH, TO BENEDICT AVENUE, WHICH WOULD BE DOWN HERE.
AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF GLASS USE ON THIS SIDE AS WELL.
SO THIS IS OUR OLD MAIN BUILDING GOING BACK TO 1899 HERE.
UH, AND AGAIN, YOU SEE THAT IT'S ONLY THREE STORIES GOING UP HERE.
AND I THINK THAT'S, UM, THAT'S THAT.
SO, UM, MIKE, MIKE YOUNGENS, HAVE YOU BEEN? UM, YES, I'M HERE.
SO I'LL GO TO THE WATER DISTRICT DISCUSSION.
IS THAT WHAT WE WANNA DO? FIRST? I WANNA GO TO THE, TO THE SITE PLAN.
JUST, UH, I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT TOO.
UM, YEAH, THIS IS THE, UH, THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
JUST GIVES YOU AN AERIAL VIEW OF MANY OF, UH, THE THINGS THAT PETER DISCUSSED.
UH, AS HE MENTIONED HERE, THIS UP TOP, I DON'T KNOW, CAN YOU SEE MY CURSOR? UH, ACTUALLY YOU CAN'T SEE MY CURSOR, UH, SHOW WHERE THE MAIN BUILDING IS UP TO THE, TO THE TOP.
UM, AND THEN THE HATCHED AREA IS ON EITHER SIDE TO THE RIGHT IS THE, UH, THE AMPHITHEATER THAT WAS DISCUSSED ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE CONNECTING WALKWAYS.
UH, AND THEN TO THE FRONT IS THE DROP OFF AREA FOR THE VEHICLES.
UH, THE AIR YOU SEE IN THE, UH, DARKER GRAY IS THE NEW PAVED SURFACES.
UH, WE'RE GONNA SLIGHTLY RECONFIGURE THE ROAD THAT TRAVIS IS THROUGH THE MIDDLE THAT EXISTS TODAY.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ADD IN PLACE OF ZED COP, THE OLDER GYM, UH, LOWER PARKING AREA, UH, TO THE, UH, TO THE WEST.
THAT'LL BE THE, I GUESS, THE MAIN PARKING AREA.
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LEFT IS GONNA BE THE OVERFLOW PARKING AREA FIRST, EXPANDING THAT MIDDLE LOT AND THEN RECONFIGURING THE LOWER LOT ADJACENT TO THE FIELD.UH, THIS JUST SHOWS THE GRADING.
UH, WE TRIED TO KEEP THE GRADING, UH, UH, PLEASE.
WE TRIED TO KEEP THE GRADING, UH, AT A MINIMUM TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF DISTURBANCE ON THE SITE.
UM, MOST OF THE GRADING, IT GOES, UH, FROM, UH, THE AREAS WHERE WE'RE DOING DEMOLITION AND NEW BUILDINGS AND CONNECTING PRETTY QUICKLY TO THE EXISTING GRADES AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE WORK.
UM, EVERYTHING SLOPES FROM THE RIGHT TO THE LEFT DOWN.
AND AT THE BASE OF THE SLOPE ON THE LEFT, WE ARE PROPOSING A NEW STORMWATER BASIN, WHICH WILL PROVIDE A TREATMENT, UM, UH, BASIN AS WELL AS A DETENTION BASIN TO, UH, TREAT AND SLOW DOWN ANY WATER LEAVING THE SITE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY IMPROVING THE STORMWATER CONDITION FOR THE SITE TO THE OFFSITE SYSTEM WHERE IT DRAINS TODAY, UH, DOWN IN BENEDICT AVENUE.
SO WILL BE REDUCING THE IMPACT FROM A STORMWATER POINT OF VIEW.
AND AS I SAID, WITH THE GRADING, WE DID, UH, THIS IS THE, UH, STEEP SLOPE PLAN.
THE LIGHTER GRAY IN THE MIDDLE IS ACTUALLY THE DISTURBANCE THAT ALREADY OCCURRED IN THE PAST TO CONSTRUCT THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE THERE.
WE KEPT THE ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES, WHICH ARE THE DARKER COLORS IN THE HATCHES TO A MINIMUM TO TRY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, REDUCE AND, AND KEEP, UH, DISTURBANCE LOW FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY A FAIRLY MODEST INCREASE OVER THE EXISTING, WE GET THIS BUILDING IN AND THEN REMOVE BOTH OF THOSE EXISTING BUILDINGS.
UH, WE'VE TABULATED THAT ALL IT'S, IT'S ONLY 1.5 ACRES OF ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCE OVER THE EXISTING 3.2 ACRES OF DISTURBANCE THAT'S OUT THERE.
SO IT'S A FAIRLY MODEST INCREASE TO, UH, PUT ALL THESE IMPROVEMENTS IN PLACE.
UH, THIS JUST SHOWS THE, UH, THE LANDSCAPING, UH, PLAN FOR THE SITE.
UH, WE HAVE A A, A FAIR AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING.
WE'LL DEFINITELY BE PUTTING MORE TREES IN THAN WE'RE TAKING OUT AS FAR AS GOOD VALUE TREES.
WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPING AROUND THE PROPOSED BUILDING ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE WHERE THOSE WALKWAYS ARE, AND IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, A BIT OF NEW LANDSCAPING ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOWER PARKING LOT.
AND THEN THOSE EXPANSIONS OF THE PARKING LOTS DOWN TO THE RIGHT, UM, IN ADDITION TO SOME ADDITIONAL TREES ALONG BENEDICT AVENUE TO GIVE BETTER SCREENING OF THAT PARKING AREA, UH, FROM BENEDICT.
DO WE, DO WE WANNA TALK ABOUT THE WATER? I, GARY? YEAH, IF YOU COULD, IF YOU COULD JUST DISPLAY A FEW GRAPHICS AND GIVE US A SENSE OF HOW THE WATER CONNECTION WOULD LINE UP, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
IT'S A LITTLE MORE ZOOMED OUT THAN WE JUST SAW.
YOU CAN SEE THE FIELD TO THE LEFT THERE FOR ORIENTATION.
UH, AND THEN THE LINE THROUGH THE MIDDLE IS THE, THE TOWN LINE.
WE ARE PROPOSING A NEW 10 INCH WATER MAIN ON SITE, WHICH IS GOING TO CONNECT TO THE EXISTING TOWN WATER MAIN IN BENEDICT, WHICH IS ALSO A 10 INCH LINE.
THAT 10 INCH LINE IS GONNA BE EXTENDED TO THE NORTH TO INTERCEPT THE EXISTING, UH, PUMP STATION ON SITE.
THAT PUMP STATION TODAY, AS MENTIONED, IS FED FROM, UH, THE VILLAGE'S, UH, WATER SUPPLY.
WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE THAT TO BE FED DIRECTLY FROM THE TOWN'S WATER SUPPLY.
UM, AND THE REST OF THE SYSTEM ON SITE WILL REMAIN THE SAME.
SO WE'RE JUST CHANGING THE FEED.
UH, THE WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS TODAY IS THE INCOMING WATER FROM THE MUNICIPALITY GOES TO THE PUMP STATION, AND IT THEN IS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE SITE AT THE PRESSURES REQUIRED FOR DOMESTIC AND FIRE NEED.
UH, BY CONNECTING TO THE TOWN SYSTEM, WE'RE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT SAME, UH, SUPPLY.
UH, WE HAVE ALREADY WORKED WITH THE, UH, TOWN TO GET, UH, PRESSURES AND FLOWS ON THE EXISTING LINE IN BENEDICT.
AND THEN WE PERFORMED A MODEL OF THE SYSTEM FOR THE PROPOSED NEW LINE AND PLUGGED IT INTO THE DOMESTIC AND FIRE NEEDS FOR THE WHOLE CAMPUS, AND FOUND THAT IT, IT PROVIDES THE, THE FLOW AND PRESSURE WE NEED FOR THE SITE.
SO IT IS, WE DETERMINED IT TO BE A FEASIBLE OPTION, AND WE JUST NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, APPLYING TO SEE IF WE, THE CONNECTION IS MADE.
I'D JUST LIKE TO, UH, THANK, UM, UH, HACKLEY, UH, AS PART OF A PRIOR DEVELOPMENT,
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UH, YOU BUILT A LARGE AND HIGHLY BENEFICIAL SIDEWALK UP BENEDICT AND, UM, GARRETT HAD MENTIONED, AND THAT'S REALLY APPRECIATED BECAUSE IT REALLY HAS, UM, BEEN A GAME CHANGER FOR, UM, FOR SOME RESIDENTS WHO HAVE EASIER, UM, ACCESS AS, AS PEDESTRIANS.I, I WANTED TO, AND THERE WAS NO COST TO THE TOWN, AND I WANTED TO, UH, MENTION THAT.
GARRETT MENTIONED BEFORE THAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO GO EXTEND THE SIDEWALK IN THE TARRYTOWN SECTION.
WE, WE, WE'VE BEEN REQUESTED TO DO THAT BY THE PLANNING BOARD.
WE'RE ASSUMING FROM WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND OTHERS, THAT THAT'S GONNA BE A REQUESTED CONDITION OF THIS APPROVAL.
WE DO HAVE SOME TIMING CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHEN WE CONCLUDE THIS EVENING, BUT BASED ON ALL OF THAT, WE WOULD NOT HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THAT BEING A CONDITION OF THIS APPROVAL PROVIDED.
WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT THE WAY, THE WAY IT'S PROPOSED.
IT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE, SO IT'S ON THIS SIDE OF BENEDICT GOING FROM OUR FRONT ENTRANCE, UH, RIGHT, WHERE IS IT? RIGHT HERE, I GUESS, DOWN TO MIDLAND AVENUE, WHICH COMES IN RIGHT HERE.
RIGHT? THAT'S MOSTLY IN TARRYTOWN, RIGHT? WHERE A LOT OF THAT IS IN TARRYTOWN.
THAT'S ALL TARRYTOWN, ALL TERRA, IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL ON THE, ON THEIR SIDE OF THE, UH, YEAH.
REMEMBER THE, THE LINE IS HERE SOMEWHERE.
UM, HOW MUCH OF BENEDICT AVENUE WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THE CONNECTION TO THE SEWER, GREENBERG SEWER LINES, WATER LINES, EXCUSE ME, UM, HOW MUCH OF BENEDICT AVENUE, IF ANY, WILL BE AFFECTED, AND HOW LONG WOULD THAT TAKE, ROUGHLY CONSTRUCTIVE? WELL, ACTUALLY IT'S VERY MINOR CONNECTION.
IT WOULD JUST REQUIRE A, UH, A CROSSING OF THE ROAD IN ONE LOCATION TO TAP INTO THE EXISTING WATER MAIN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BENEDICT.
I WOULDN'T EXPECT IT TO TAKE MORE THAN A COUPLE DAYS.
AND THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD OBVIOUSLY WORK WITH TRAFFIC AND, UH, MAINTAIN THE TRAFFIC TO THERE.
IT WOULDN'T BE A SIGNIFICANT INTERRUPTION.
SO THE, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE EXISTING LINE ENDS RIGHT HERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, AND THEN WE WOULD BUILD A HOT BOX OVER HERE CORRECT.
AND CONNECT TO, TO THIS GUY HERE? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO THE INTERRUPTION WOULD BE JUST TO WORK THROUGH THE STREET TO THE EXISTING MIND, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND WHAT STANDARD OF, YOU KNOW, THE GREEN, UH, TECHNOLOGY WILL YOU BE MEETING? YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S LIKE A GOLD AND, UH, WE'RE, UH, UH, GOLD IS A NO, WELL, NOTHING'S A BRAINER, RIGHT? BUT, UM, WE'RE, WE DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE PLATINUM, BUT GOLD IS, IS DEFINITELY IN OUR SITES.
AND WHAT TYPE OF GREEN, UH, INITIATIVES ARE YOU LOOKING AT AGAIN? WELL, THE, THE, UM, ALL OF THE INTERIOR HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS ARE, ARE HIGH EFFICIENCY.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT, UM, UM, THERMO, UM, BECAUSE OF THE LARGE VOLUME OF SPACES THAT REALLY DOESN'T WORK.
UM, ALL OF THE LIGHTING FIXTURES, ALL OF THE, UM, UM, FINISHED MILLWORK MEETS THE, UM, UH, THE CURRENT STANDARDS, UM, ALL LOW FLUSH, UM, FIXTURES.
UM, ANYBODY ELSE ON THE TEAM CAN THINK OF SOMETHING.
UH, MIKE, UH, UH, YOU'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT THE WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES THAT ARE APPROPRIATE HERE.
A A LOT OF IT IS IN THE HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS BEING, UH, TO THE MOST MODERN STANDARD AS POSSIBLE.
BUT AGAIN, BUT WE, BUT, BUT, BUT AGAIN, PETER, WE DO BELIEVE THAT WE WILL REACH SOME LEVEL OF LEAD STANDARD WITH RESPECT TO, OH, YEAH, WE, WE WILL BE A LEAD, A, A LEAD BU A LEAD BUILDING.
UH, YEAH, EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE HAS, WELL, NOT EVERYTHING, BUT GOODHUE AND THE JOHNSON CENTER, WE'RE ALL, WE'RE BOTH GOLD.
YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED AT LIKE GEOTHERMAL AND NO, SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING.
SO WHEN WE, AFTER THE FIRE, UM, WHEN WE REBUILT THE MAIN BUILDING HERE, UM, WE PUT GE GEOTHERMAL WELLS, 26 OF THEM IN HERE, UM, WHICH HAD A CAPACITY WHEN WE REDID RAYMOND, WHICH BASICALLY IS FROM, IS HERE.
SO THIS IS ALL GEOTHERMAL, BUT THOSE, THESE ARE ALL CLASSROOM SPACES.
UM, THE NEW CENTER HAS LARGE VOLUME SPACES AND THE, THE, THE GEOTHERMAL, UH, EQUATIONS DON'T WORK AS WELL IN THAT SITUATION.
UM, AS TIME GOES ON AND WE CONTINUE TO RENOVATE THE MAIN BUILDING.
SO BASICALLY THE MAIN BUILDING NOW IS RENOVATED TO ABOUT HERE.
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WE HAVE ALL OF THIS TO DO, AND OUR PLAN IS TO, UH, BUILD MORE WELLS RIGHT HERE SO THAT WHEN WE DO THAT WORK, WE CAN HOOK IT UP.BUT AGAIN, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS APPLICATION.
AND WHAT ABOUT, SO THE SOLAR USES IN THE CAMPUS, UM, UH, SOLAR, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT FOR OTHER AREAS OF THE SCHOOL.
YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY THE BUILDINGS, UM, THE ROOFS OF THE BUILDINGS ARE, ARE ALL PITCHED AND THAT, AND IT'S THE OLD STYLE.
UM, WE'VE HAD SOME OUTSIDE INTEREST OF A BUILDING, UM, SOLAR FARMS, UH, WAY UP ON OUR NORTHERN ACRES, AND THEN THEY COME HERE AND SEE HOW REMOTE IT IS, AND THEY LOSE INTEREST.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY, UM, THERE, THERE IS A, UH, LET ME GO TO, UM, LET ME GO TO A, A PICTURE OF THE BUILDING.
SO THE, THERE IS A FLAT ROOF, UM, ON THE NEW BUILDING, BASICALLY RIGHT HERE.
AND WE ARE GONNA PUT, UM, IS THAT PROBABLY THE BEST? THAT MIGHT BE THE BEST, RIGHT? RIGHT HERE WE'RE GONNA PUT FOUR INCH, UM, TRAY SYSTEM THAT YOU PUT, UH, LIVE GREEN INTO A MIXTURE OF GRASSES AND SMALL SHRUBS TO MINIMIZE, UM, UH, IT REDUCES HEAT ON.
AND, AND, AND SO IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S NOT GONNA NEED TO BE IRRIGATED BECAUSE IT WILL MAINTAIN ITSELF, WELL, IT WILL REGENERATE ITSELF AFTER IT GOES DORMANT IN THE WINTER.
BUT WE ARE GONNA MAKE THIS A GREEN ROOF.
ALL THE ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS THAT, THAT TURN THINGS OFF AND TURN THINGS ON WILL BE, WILL BE IN THERE.
UM, SOME OF MY, MY COLLEAGUES ARE POINTING IT OUT THAT IT HAS, UM, UH, ALL THE LOW FLOW, UH, PLUMBING FIXTURES AND THE L E IT'S ALL L E D LIGHTING AS WELL AS ALL THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING.
WILL YOU BE LIMITING THE HOURS OF CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO THE CLASSROOMS? IT'S HARD TO TELL HOW PROXIMATE YOU ARE THERE.
UM, SO
WE REALLY BUILT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL MAIN BUILDING, MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE BUILDING, AND IT WAS ALL ROCK AND, AND EVERYBODY STAYED AND GOT, UM, COMFORTABLE WOULD BE A STRETCH, BUT LIVED WITH IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN MEET OUR TIMELINES, WE, WE CAN GET A LOT OF THE HAMMERING DONE.
EVERYBODY'S, UH, I BELIEVE EVERYBODY'S THINKING ABOUT HAMMERING, NOT BLASTING.
UM, BUT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO START IN APRIL OF 2022, SO WE COULD PERHAPS GET A LOT OF THIS DONE.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ALWAYS ARE DELAYS, SO WE'LL LIVE WITH IT.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, USUALLY TAKES ABOUT 18 MONTHS OR SO TO FINISH EVERYTHING.
UM, WE'RE ANTICIPATING OCCUPANCY IN, UM, SEPTEMBER OF 24, SO IT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN 18.
THIS WAS, THIS WAS 18, THE JOHNSON CENTER, IT HAS MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE, BUT TALK ABOUT BIG VOLUME SPACES.
THIS HAS A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY IN IT AND A LOT OF INTRICACIES IN IT.
SO I THINK WE'RE EXPECTING A 20 TO 22 MONTH.
AND THEN WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS IS, UM, THIS IS BUILT AND THEN WE, AND THEN WE TEAR THIS, AND THIS WILL TAKE ANOTHER FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS TO TEAR THIS DOWN AND BUILD THE PARKING LOT.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT.
UM, MARK SAID THAT IT, IT'S NEEDED FOR THE CALIBER BOULEVARD SCHOOL.
AND, UM, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SEE OUR CURRENT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, IT WAS ACTUALLY THE ORIGINAL GYM THAT, THAT WAS BUILT IN THE, I BELIEVE THE 20 YEARS AND THIRTIES.
AND IT'S A WOOD PANELED AUDITORIUM WITH A RUNNING TRACK ON TOP OF IT.
AND WE'VE DONE SO MUCH WORK IN 20 YEARS, UH, ON EVERY BUILDING YOU SEE HERE THAT, THAT THE PERFORMING ARTS HAVE REALLY LAGGED AND, AND WE'RE ADDING, UH, SYNERGIES WITH TECHNOLOGY.
SO ALL THE DIGITAL CLASSES AND ALL THE COMPUTER CLASSES ARE ALSO, AND I'M SURE THAT'S A DATED TERM AS WELL, BUT
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ALL THE TECHNOLOGY ORDER INSTRUCTION IS GONNA BE DOWN HERE, RIGHT NEXT TO THE PERFORMERS AND THE ARTISTS TO BUILD A, UH, WHAT WE THINK IS AN IMPORTANT SYNERGY.UH, AND SPEAKING ABOUT THE PROJECT WITH STAFF, THE, APPARENTLY THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT DIDN'T HAVE COPIES OF THE TECHNICAL DRAWINGS REGARDING THE WATER EXTENSION.
SO THEY HAVE ASKED FOR MORE TIME TO REVIEW THOSE, AND THAT, AND THAT'S AGAIN, THAT, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A SEPARATE, SEPARATE AND APART.
WE THINK FROM WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'VE GIVEN THEM ALL THE INFORMATION, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THE TOWN WILL HAVE TO DECIDE EVENTUALLY AS TO WHETHER THAT WATER DISTRICT EXTENSION WILL OCCUR OR WILL NOT OCCUR.
UH, BUT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE BUILDING AND, YOU KNOW, WITH SITE PLAN, WITH TREE REMOVAL, WITH ALL THOSE THINGS WITH YOU, UH, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS AN INDEPENDENT PETITION WHILE YOU, BECAUSE TECHNICALLY WE COULD DO THIS PROJECT REMAINING IN THE TOWN WITH WATER, WE'D HAVE TO GO CONVINCE THE VILLAGE ATTORNEY.
WE'D HAVE TO CONVINCE THE VILLAGE THAT, YOU KNOW, TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS AS WELL.
BUT WE WOULD LIKE, UH, VERY MUCH, UH, TO PROCEED ON THESE PARTICULAR, ON THESE OTHER APP, THE SITE PLAN APPLICATION, UH, WHICH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE UNDERLYING PIECE OF THAT BEING THE NEG DECK FOR THE CONCLUSION IS SEEKER.
BUT WE UNDERSTAND, WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S STILL SOME WORK TO DO ON THE, UH, WATER.
I, I JUST HAD ONE, YOU KNOW, QUESTION, JUST MORE FOR CURIOSITY.
UM, SOME SCHOOLS, I REMEMBER WHEN WE DID THE SOLOMON SCHECHTER, SOLOMON SCHECHTER, UM, YOU KNOW, OFFERED LIKE THE, THE RESIDENTS USE OF THEIR BUILDINGS DURING, UH, YOU KNOW, OR, OR PEAK HOURS OF FOR MEETINGS OR THE POST CORNER CIVIC GROUP.
AND I'M WONDERING IF, UH, HACKLEY DOES ANYTHING FOR THE, UM, IMMEDIATE, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORS VOLUNTARILY? YEAH.
WELL, WE HAVE THE, WHAT'S CALLED THE FRIENDS OF HACKLEY PROGRAM, WHICH IS OUTDOOR USE.
SO YOU CAN SIGN UP WITH US AND BE REGISTERED AND USE ALL OF OUR CROSS COUNTRY TRAILS AND WALK THROUGH THE CAMPUS.
IT'S MORE OF A, OF AN AEROBIC BENEFIT THAN TO USING OUR BUILDING.
SO, UM, WE JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO'S THERE.
WELL, IT, IT'S ALSO, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
IT'S ALSO A BOARDING SCHOOL WHERE THE KIDS ARE LIVING.
SO THERE'S MORE OF A 24 HOUR USE THAN SOLOMON SCHECHTER, AS YOU RECALL.
WHEN WE NEGOTIATED BACK THEN ON THAT MR. SUPERVISOR, WE ALSO HAD THE BENEFIT THAT IT WAS CLOSED ON SHABBAS.
SO THERE WAS 24 HOURS WHEN NOBODY WAS USING THE CAMPUS OR THE OUTSIDE.
SO IT WAS VERY EASY TO MAKE AN ARRANGEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL FOR USAGE DURING THAT PERIOD.
AND WE HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH, UH, UH, WHAT'S THE GROUP? THE TERRY CREST, UH, GROUP THAT IS A CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
AND THEY, THEY HAVE A BARBECUE EVERY, EVERY, UH, FALL.
AND SO WE'RE CLOSE TO THAT GROUP AS WELL.
YEAH, WELL, I'VE NEVER HAD COMPLAINTS ABOUT HACKLEY, SO I THINK YOU
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC? UH, NO RAISED HANDS.
THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING.
WELL, GAR GARRETT, WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION? BECAUSE WE HAVE A, WE, WE HAVE A UNIFIED HEARING NOTICE.
WE HAVE A UNIFIED TRANSCRIPT NOW.
UH, BUT NOW WE'RE BEING ASKED TO BIFURCATE, UH, THE TWO THINGS.
UH, I THOUGHT THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT JUST NEEDED TO GET SOME DOCUMENTS THAT WEREN'T OPPOSED TO THE PROJECT OR THE, UH, OR THE EXTENSION.
IT'S JUST THEY NEEDED THE, WHATEVER DOCUMENTS THEY NEEDED.
YEAH, I MEAN THE, THE, UH, THE PETITION DOES HAVE THE, THE FULL REPORT.
UM, IT, IT, I I, I MEAN, I, I COULD, I WOULD POSE THE QUESTION TO TIM LEWIS, WOULD THERE BE AN OBJECTION TO CLOSING THE SITE PLAN ASPECT OF THE HEARING? UM, BUT KEEPING THE, UH, WATER PETITION OPEN.
I KNOW TOMORROW WE ARE MEETING WITH STAFF FROM THE WATER SUPERINTENDENT, UM, JUST TO GO OVER, UH, THE, ONCE AGAIN THE, UH, WATER PETITION.
AND I THINK, UH, IN ADVANCE OF TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DELIVER, UH, CONFIRMATION FROM, UH, TOWN D P W AND WATER SUPERINTENDENT, UM, IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES OR NOT WITH THE, UH, THE WATER.
AND I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THAT.
AND IN FACT, I THINK THE PETITION WAS SUBMITTED SEPARATE FROM THE SITE PLAN APPLICATION.
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WA IT WAS THE, THESE, THIS HEARING WAS CONSOLIDATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS EVENING, BUT THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE PETITIONS, RIGHT? SO WHY DID, WHY DID WE TREAT THEM THIS WAY, GARRETT? UH, TREAT WHAT IN WHICH WAY? UH, IN A UNIFIED PUBLIC HEARING.I THINK WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BE EFFICIENT WITH TIME.
THEY WERE BOTH APPLICANT TO THE SAME PROJECT.
THAT'S, THAT'S EFFICIEN IN TIME UNTIL YOU THEN WANNA BIFURCATE THEM LATER.
THAT'S, I, UH, NONE OF THIS IS WHAT WE DISCUSSED.
UH, WHAT MARK DID YOU ASK FOR THIS, UH, TO BE BIFURCATED PRIOR TO ANNOUNCING IT TONIGHT? WELL, I WASN'T, I MEAN, WELL, LET, LET ME START WITH, IT WAS NOT OUR IDEA TO CONSOLIDATE, BUT THERE'S NOTHING ILLEGAL ABOUT US CONSOLIDATING.
WE DO THAT ALL THE TIME WHEN WE HAVE RELATED HEARINGS THAT GO FORWARD.
BUT I, I, I DON'T EVEN VIEW IT AS BEING BIFURCATED.
YOU HAVE A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING ON TWO PETITIONS.
ALL WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO IS TO CLOSE THE HEARING WITH RESPECT TO ONE PETITION THAT'S NOT BIFURCATING IT.
'CAUSE THEY'VE NEVER BEEN, THEY'RE ONLY CONSOLIDATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PETITION.
THEY'RE NOT CONSOLIDATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DECISION.
SO IT'S NOT ACTUALLY A BIFURCATION.
ALL WE'RE DOING IS SAYING TO THAT WE WOULD ASK FOR A RESOLUTION, CLOSING THE HEARING FOR THE SITE PLAN AND MAINTAINING THE ORDER DISTRICT, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, UH, ADJOURNING THAT TO THE NEXT DATE.
AND WE HOPE THAT THAT THEN PUTS THE TOWN IN A POSITION TO ISSUE A NEGATIVE DECLARATION, UH, AT, AT THE, UH, AT ITS FEBRUARY MEETING SO WE CAN PROCEED.
BECAUSE, AGAIN, THAT NEGATIVE DECLARATION, UNTIL WE GET THAT WE CAN'T FINISH WITH THE PLANNING BOARD ON THE STEEP SLOPES.
WE CAN'T FINISH IT, FINISH WHAT WE HAVE AT THE VILLAGE OF TAR, UH, THE VILLAGE, BOTH AT THE TOWN BOARD AND AT THE PLANNING BOARD.
SO WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT WORK, IF I COULD MAKE THIS RECOMMENDATION, I MEAN, I DO THINK THAT ULTIMATELY, UH, THE, THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT BOTH THE, UH, WATER DISTRICT PETITION AS WELL AS THE SITE PLAN.
IF THE TOWN BOARD WOULD ADJOURN FOR ALL PURPOSES TILL THE NEXT MEETING, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO WORK WITH ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, UH, DELIVER OPINIONS, UH, FOR THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH WOULD SET US UP TO CLOSE AND THEN, UH, GENERATE A SEEKER, AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING SEEKER FOR THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING AFTER THAT.
THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO.
AND, AND WHAT DATE WOULD THAT BE? WHEN THE NEC WOULD BE, UH, IF, IF THAT WORKED, IT WOULD BE, UH, COMMISSIONER THE 23RD.
AND THEN WE COULD HAVE THE PLANNING BOARD AND THE TWO PETER THAT WORKS IF THAT'S, THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU.
I, I, I WOULDN'T HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT, PETER.
UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANT TO HAVE SOME SLACKS, UH, TO GET STARTED WITH DEMO ON APRIL 1ST.
AND IT, IT'S FEELING LIKE NOT MUCH, BUT, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO ADJOURN FOR ALL PURPOSES TO THE NEXT MEETING.
AND, UH, WE WILL CHECK IN AT, AT THE, UH, FEBRUARY 9TH MEETING WITH AN UPDATE FROM THE WATER SUPERINTENDENT IN D P W.
IT, IT JUST MAKES A CLEAR RECORD.
WE, WE APPRECIATE WHATEVER YOU COULD DO TO HELP US ALONG WITH TRYING TO MEET THIS, BECAUSE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, BEING ABLE TO DO CERTAIN THINGS DURING THE SUMMER, BEING ABLE TO LOOK TO DELIVER SPACE AND TIME FOR CERTAIN SCHOOL SEASONS ARE VERY, THE TIMING IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO I THINK THERE MAY, THERE MAY BE ONE, ONE COMMENT.
I'M NOT SURE MR. SAMIS, UM, ALTHOUGH HE RAISED HIS HAND FOR THE PRIOR MEETING, DIDN'T RAISE HIS HAND.
UM, JUST, I THINK HE'S HAVING TROUBLE WITH RAISING HIS HAND.
'CAUSE AS SOON AS HE RAISES IT, IT GOES BACK DOWN AGAIN.
SO MAYBE JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE, UH, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S ASK THERE.
OKAY, MR. SAMMIS, YOU'RE MUTED.
DID YOU INTEND TO SPEAK AT THIS PERIOD? THERE'S A FIVE MINUTE COMMENT PERIOD.
YES, I, UH, DEFINITELY INTEND TO SPEAK.
IT'S A FIVE MINUTE COMMENT PERIOD.
UM, I'M CURIOUS AS TO, YOU ARE REMOVING THE ATHLETIC CENTER BUILDING, WHICH I SEE IS ADJACENT TO THE PLAYING FIELDS.
SO MY QUESTION IS, UH, WHATEVER IS CONDUCTED IN THIS ATHLETIC CENTER, PRESUMABLY SOME FORM OF GYM OR ATHLETICS, IS IT BEING REPLICATED ELSEWHERE ON THE CAMPUS? UH, THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT.
THE, WE BUILT, UH, IT'S BEEN IN, UH, USED FOR THREE YEARS NOW.
THE, THE JOHNSON CENTER FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE.
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ACTIVITIES HAVE MOVED.INDOOR ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES HAVE MOVED INTO THIS FACILITY.
AND THEN I DON'T HAVE, UM, WE HAVE THE TRACK HERE AND THE MAIN FOOT, UH, FOOTBALL FIELD, BUT ALL OF OUR OTHER FIELDS ARE UP HERE, SO, SO ALL ATHLETICS ARE NOW UP HERE.
AND ONE OTHER, UH, QUESTION BECAUSE, UH, MAY BE A, A STUPID QUESTION IN THAT I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE A SCOLD, BUT THE TOWN HAS LEARNED TONIGHT ABOUT SELF-CLOSING DOORS AND FIRES.
SO HERE WE HAVE NEW CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY.
I'M SURE MR. FINE WILL BE INSISTENT IF IT ISN'T ALREADY REQUIRED AS A SCHOOL, THAT ALL THE DOORS WILL BE SELF-CLOSING.
IS, IS THAT AN ACCURATE STATEMENT? SO, UM, IF I DO THIS CIRCLE HERE, ALL OF THESE BUILDINGS HAVE STATE OF THE HEART, SELF-CLOSING DOORS, FIRE MONITORING, SECURITY MONITORING, UH, SMOKE DETECTION, CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTION.
THESE ARE ALL, EVERYTHING I CIRCLED HAS BEEN BUILT IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, 22 YEARS.
AND WHAT YOU INTEND TO BUILD WILL AS WELL BE ADDED IN THAT CIRCLE.
THAT'S ALL TO EVEN A HIGHER STANDARD.
I HOPE WHEN PUBLIC COMMENT COMES AROUND THAT YOU'LL ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT I WISH TO SPEAK.
THANK YOU MR. SAMS. AND I THINK ONE MORE SPEAKER.
SO I WOULD MOVE THAT WE CLO UH, KEEP THE RECORD OPEN FOR ALL PURPOSES AND ADJOURN THE HEARING TO FEBRUARY 9TH, FOUR NINTH.
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GOOD.NEXT, UH, ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AND WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR SPEAKERS, I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT PUBLIC COMMENT, I BELIEVE IS FIVE MINUTES.
AND THERE IS NO SECOND, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
ANYBODY WANNA SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.
WHY ARE THERE THREE FIRE DISTRICTS AND THREE FIRE CHIEFS, AND ONLY ONE POLICE DEPARTMENT? SECOND COMMENT.
WHERE ARE THE VIDEO TAPES THAT FRANCIS SHEEN TOOK AT THE ITINERARY GOOGLE BOARD MEETINGS WHEN SHEHAN WAS A MEMBER OF THE ANTENNA REVIEW BOARD? THREE.
WHERE IS THE DOCUMENTATION THAT PUT FRANCIS SHEHAN IN CHARGE OF THE GREENBERG BOARD ZOOM MEETINGS? I FILED A FOIL REQUEST FOR THIS INFORMATION AND LOIS BELTRAN EMAILED ME, THERE IS NO RECORD OF HOW FRANCIS SHEIN BECAME ZOOM GURU.
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HI.MR. PAUL FINER COUNCIL SUPERVISOR COUNCILWOMAN, HELEN AND GINA AND COUNCILMAN FRANCIS HAN AND TOWN CLERK, MS. JUDITH
GOOD EVENING TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, AND GOD BLESS EACH AND, AND ONE OF YOU, UM, IS GREAT, WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO HACKLEY TO START THE CALL.
ALSO, UM, WHAT I WANTED TO GET BACK ON, I KIND OF CAME IN AWFULLY LATE AND I GOT THE BACK END OF THE, UH, UH, ELECTRIC HEATERS.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TERRIFIED OF THEM AND THE OUTLETS IN THE WALL.
AND GINA HAD ASKED A SPECIFIC QUESTION, HOW MANY OUTLETS ARE IN A, A BEDROOM OR IN A APARTMENT UNIT? WELL, UM, AND MY BEDROOM COUNCIL, UM, A WOMAN, GINA, I HAVE THREE OUTLETS AND I HAVE ONE OUTLET, UH, UH, TWO OUTLETS WITH THE THREE PRONGS AND MY LINEN CLOSET.
I I THIS I'VE ONLY LIVED IN, UM, GREENBURG, L L HEIGHTS SINCE IT CHANGED ITS NAME.
UH, JANUARY 4TH, UM, GOING ON ROUGHLY FOUR AND A HALF YEARS NOW.
I FIND THAT KIND OF, UH, ODD AND HUD, UH, IS, WHICH COMES THROUGH AND THEY INSPECT OUR APARTMENTS.
BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO DWELL ON THAT, BUT THAT WAS JUST ONE OF THE ISSUES AND LISTENING WHEN I CAME IN ON THE END, WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN LIGHT OF THIS NEW HIGHLY, UH, A VARIANT, A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS VARIANT, UM, ARMOR ON THAT'S GOING AROUND.
UM, AND THE WEARING THE MASK AND THEN AGAIN, PUTTING NOT THE MASK ON.
AND THEN I'M SEEING YOUR PROTOCOL IN THE MEETING THIS EVENING, AND THEY'RE STILL RELOCATING PEOPLE FROM, I UNDERSTAND THEY'VE MOVED THREE FAMILIES INTO ONE OF THE NEWLY RENOVATED, UM, APARTMENTS.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT AFTER THEY MOVE IN THE NEXT DAY, UM, CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH IS DOING TESTING, YOU KNOW,
I MEAN, THAT'S GOOD, BUT THAT'S KIND OF LIKE, UH, AN OXYMORON KIND OF RIGHT THERE.
UM, ARE WE GONNA BE IT SEEING AS THE HISTORY IS REPEATING ITSELF AGAIN? UH, VERY MUCH LIKE HOW THE SENIOR CITIZENS WERE DONE.
FIVE SENIOR CITIZENS TO MY KNOWLEDGE, PASSED DURING THIS TIME OF A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS C OVID 19.
AND ONE OF THEM WAS ONE OF MY DEAR FRIENDS, MR. DONALD SLED.
AND THERE WAS NOT ONE MEMORIAL ON MR. DONALD SLED.
I DON'T EVEN THINK HIS NAME WAS EVEN MENTIONED.
AND HE WAS AT EVERY BOARD MEETING, JUST LIKE BRY WOULD BE AT AS BRY IS RIGHT NOW, AND ALL THE OTHERS, UH, UH, SO ON LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK THAT WAS A VERY, UM, VERY, VERY DISRESPECTFUL ALMOST TO THE POINT OF BEING DISRESPECTFUL.
HOW CAN YOU, HOW DO YOU PICK UP A PHONE? WHAT A, A SEND A A TEXT MESSAGE.
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING YOU KNOW ON, YOU HAVE COMPUTERS, DON'T YOU? WE'RE IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
HOW CAN YOU NOT SEND NOTIFICATION TO THE TOWN CLERK? THAT'S LIKE TELLING THE PILOT NOT TO HAVE THE FOUR MARTINIS BEFORE HE GETS ON THE PLANE TO QUIET.
YOU MISS, YOU'RE MISSING THE POINT HERE.
IS THIS WHAT OUR GOVERNMENT HAS BECOME? OR THAT ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE THEY DOING OVER HERE AT THIS RELOCATION HERE THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING? SHOPRITE? IT LOOKS LIKE A GIANT, IF ANYONE'S SEEN THAT MOVIE GUUS TRAVEL, IT LOOKS LIKE GUUS TRAVEL SANDBOX OVER HERE.
AND I GUESS EVENTUALLY THE WALL WAS BUILT AND THANK GOD THEY DID BUILD THAT WALL BECAUSE WHEN IDA, THAT HURRICANE BLEW THROUGH HERE, CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A MUDSLIDE? WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG? THANK
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YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.YEAH, I I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, DON SLEDGE WAS, UM, SOMEBODY WHO, UM, UH, DEVOTED A LOT OF TIME TO THE TOWN.
UM, UH, I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST, UM, GOT ELECTED YEARS AGO, UM, HE RECOMMENDED, UM, THE HIRING OF MY FIRST, UM, SECRETARY JUST RETIRED OUR LAST YEAR, CYNTHIA, UM, ADAMSON.
UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT WAS A OVERSIGHT THAT WE, UH, DID NOT HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN HIS MEMORY.
AND I'LL ASK THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING, UM, OF THE BOARD, THAT WE START WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN HIS, UM, MEMORY AND HIS HONOR, BECAUSE HE DEFINITELY, UM, DESERVES, UM, THE THANKS OF THE TOWN, UM, FOR HIS YEARS OF, UM, YOU KNOW, SERVICE AND, YOU KNOW, HARD WORK.
AND I SHOULD ALSO MENTION RELATING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE AGENDA, UM, YOU KNOW, WE BASICALLY PUBLICIZE, I THINK IT MIGHT'VE BEEN A MISCOMMUNICATION BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE BAS I POSTED ON THE WEBSITE THAT THE MEETING WAS GONNA START, YOU KNOW, AT 7:00 PM UM, YOU KNOW, WE POSTED IT YESTERDAY.
WE DISCUSSED IT AT THE WORK SESSIONS.
UH, WE DISCUSSED, UM, THE FACT THAT THIS, BECAUSE OF THE FIRE DISTRICT, UM, YOU KNOW, PRESENTATION, WE DECIDED WE WERE GONNA START THE MEETING EARLIER BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA TAKE A LONG TIME AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T WANT TO THE MEETINGS TO GO, YOU KNOW, TOO LATE.
UM, SO THAT WAS A, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THAT EVERYBODY KNEW.
BUT, UM, AGAIN, IN THE FUTURE, UM, IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT JUDITH, UM, AND ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE REMINDED IF THERE'S A CHANGE IN THE TIME OF THE MEETING.
YEAH, I ALSO DIDN'T KNOW THAT, UM, THAT MR. SLEDGE HAD PASSED AWAY AND, AND I'VE SEEN HIM AT MANY, MANY, UH, TOWN BOARD MEETINGS.
I KNOW THAT WAS JUST AN OVERSIGHT.
AND, AND I AGREE WE SHOULD PROBABLY RECOGNIZE HIM AT A FUTURE MEETING.
YEAH, WE'LL DO IT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
PAUL, THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT THE AGENDAS ARE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE THAT'S MAINLY FOR THE PUBLIC, FOR, UM, FOR IN-HOUSE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND IN-HOUSE, UM, DEPARTMENT HEADS AND COMMISSIONERS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE PART OF THE, THE IN-HOUSE CHAIN OF COMMUNICATION.
UM, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, SHOULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO CHECK THE WEBSITE FOR CHANGES IN, IN THE AGENDA, UM, ESPECIALLY THE TOWN CLERK.
THE TOWN CLERK SHOULD BE, UM, UH, SECOND ONLY TO THE TOWN COUNCIL WITH RESPECT TO BEING INFORMED ABOUT CHANGE IN TIME OF MEETINGS.
UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK GARRETT, DUANE TO PLEASE SEND ME THE NAMES OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO IF YOU COULD KINDLY, UH, SEND ME A NOTE TO MY CELL PHONE NUMBER, WHICH YOU HAVE A TEXT AS TO WHO THE INDIVIDUALS ARE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, AND I WILL CALL THEIR NAMES OFF.
THANK YOU FOR JUDITH AND, UH, NEXT MICHELLE BROWN, AND I'LL SEND YOU THE OTHER TWO SPEAKERS.
THE, UH, MICHELLE BROWN AND THEY COME UP IN THE ORDER.
I JUST DO WANNA CORRECT THOUGH THAT THE TOWN LAST WEEK DECIDED THAT THIS WAS GOING TO START AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AND EVERY VERSION OF THE PUBLISHED AGENDA OUT AT THE VERY TOP THAT IT WAS AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, INCLUDING THE VERSION THAT WAS BEFORE THE BOARD YESTERDAY FOR AGENDA REVIEW.
THIS MEETING HAS NEVER HAD AN AGENDA ON IT THAT SAID SEVEN 30, IT WAS ALWAYS SEVEN O'CLOCK.
IT'S THE TOWN BOARD MEETING HAS ALWAYS, UH, HAS HISTORICALLY STARTED AT SEVEN 30.
THIS VERSION, THE, THE JANUARY 26TH AGENDA SINCE PUBLICATION AND DURING AGENDA REVIEW ALWAYS HAD A SEVEN O'CLOCK START DATE, THE SUPERVISOR SENT OUT A GLOBAL ANNOUNCEMENT THAT
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WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THE CHIEFS ON AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.AND SO IT WAS WIDELY PUBLICIZED.
UH, SO IT'S NOT CORRECT THAT OUR SECRETARY CHANGED IT YESTERDAY AND DIDN'T NOTIFY ANYBODY.
IT WAS NEVER SEVEN 30 FOR THIS MEETING.
ONCE AGAIN, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYONE IN THIS ROOM, INCLUDING MYSELF, SAY THAT ANYONE'S SECRETARY CHANGED THE, THE, THE TIME YESTERDAY.
I ONLY SAID THIS IS BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN ROUTINE GENERAL PRACTICE.
WHEN SOMETHING IS ROUTINE AND GENERAL PRACTICE AND IT'S CHANGED, THERE JUST SHOULD BE A NOTIFICATION AND MAYBE A REMINDER THAT THE TIME HAS BEEN CHANGED.
YES, IT WAS POSTED, IT MAY HAVE BEEN, UH, MENTIONED LAST WEEK OR WHATEVER.
AND AGAIN, I'M NOT BLAMING THE BRINGING THIS UP FOR BLAME, SHAME, OR GUILT.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT AS ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL, UH, UM, PARTICIPANTS IN TOWN BOARD MEETINGS, UM, AN EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M AWARE OF THE CHANGE OF TIME OF MEETINGS.
YOU KNOW, I CAN UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, MICHELLE, I CAN UNDERSTAND JUDITH, I CAN UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, UM, THANK YOU PAUL.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DEFINITELY PUBLICIZED THAT THE MEETING WAS AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, BUT YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IF YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHT, UH, THE CHANGE, EVEN IF WE SAID AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AND YOU HEARD AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, YOU, YOU WANT, IT'S ALL IT'S ALMOST LIKE AUTOMATIC PILOT, YOU KNOW, FOR SO MANY YEARS.
WE START AT SEVEN 30 THAT, UNLESS IT'S LIKE EMPHASIZED, I COULD SEE HOW THERE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, A MISUNDERSTANDING.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE IF UH, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF WE CHANGE THE DATE AND WE PUBLICIZE IT AND WE PUT IT ON THE AGENDA, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD AND DEPARTMENT HEADS AND YOURSELF, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD JUST DO A FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT THE MEETING TIME HAS CHANGED.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHELLE BROWN.
THIS IS MICHELLE WHO, I MEAN FRANCIS, YOU'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT FIRST ALL FOR THAT.
FIRST OF ALL, PAUL SAID IT WAS SOMETHING HE WOULD DO.
I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE ALWAYS CHALLENGING THE TOWN CLERK.
IT'S VERY EVIDENT YOU HAVE A PERSONAL PROBLEM WITH THE TOWN CLERK BECAUSE THE PERSON THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING IT YEAH.
OKAY, SO MICHELLE CAN, IT'S MY FIVE MINUTES.
NO, BUT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S MORE RELEVANT.
AND I KNOW YOU HAVE MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES.
IT'S RELEVANT TO HOW THE TOWN CLERK IS IN THE VIEW OF HER CONSTITUENTS BEING TREATED BY TOWN BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE CONTROL OVER HOW SHE MANAGES HER DEPARTMENT.
SHE, AGAIN, IS SECOND TO THE COUNCIL, SO IT'S VERY RELEVANT.
THE FACT THAT SHE ASKED FOR $40,000 AND THE CONVERSATION IS A MUTE CONVERSATION WHEN PEOPLE THAT PAY TAXES DON'T MIND HER MANAGING HER DEPARTMENT THE PROPER WAY BECAUSE SHE WAS ELECTED TO DO SO.
IT APPEARS TO BE TO ME, RACIST, OF COURSE, AND I DON'T CARE.
NOW, HAVING HAD SAID THAT HOUSING, AS YOU KNOW, IS GOING THROUGH A REDEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE GONE TO THE TOWN BOARD TO, UM, SUPERVISOR FINER.
WE HAVE GONE TO, UM, MR. PRESTON, WE'VE GONE TO GREENBURG HOUSING AUTHORITY.
THESE RESIDENTS ARE BEING MOVED AROUND AND THERE IS NO PROTECTIONS FOR THEM AGAINST THIS VARIANT.
PEOPLE ARE ENTERING THEIR HOMES.
NO IDENTIFICATION, NO PROOF OF VACCINE OR NEGATIVE TESTS, NO GLOVES, NO BOOTIES.
BUT IF THEY WANNA PARTICIPATE AND BE MOVED OR COME BACK TO GREENBERG, THEY HAVE TO ACCEPT THIS BECAUSE NO ONE'S ENFORCING IT.
NOW, MR. FINER, YOU SPOKE TO MR. PRESTON, HE HAD TOLD YOU THAT HE WAS GOING TO MICHELLE.
MICHELLE, MICHELLE, WHEN YOU REFER TO BISHOP PRESTON, PLEASE REFER TO HIM AS BISHOP PRESTON.
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NOT MR. PRESTON.FIRST OF ALL, HE'S NOT MY BISHOP.
HIS NAME IS MR. PRESTON TO ME, I'M VERY RESPECTFUL.
HE'S NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
MR. FINER, HAVE YOU FOLLOWED UP TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE YOU WERE INVOLVED AND IT'S BEEN FIVE OR SIX WEEKS.
SECONDLY, KEN, MR. JONES, YOU ARE THE LIAISON.
WE'VE BEEN ASKING, CAN YOU SAID SOME LIGHT ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THESE PROTOCOLS THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE? WE ARE TOLD, BUT THEY'RE NOT BEING ADHERED TO.
WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE OVERSIGHT IS, WHO'S MAKING SURE IT'S HAPPENING FOR THEM.
AS MS. SWAN JUST SAID, FIVE PEOPLE DIED DURING A PANDEMIC THAT WERE BEING MOVED, WHETHER THEY DIED FROM IT OR NOT, IT WAS DURING THAT TIME AND WE DEFINITELY WEREN'T ENSURING THAT PEOPLE WERE VACCINED OR ALL THAT WAS HAPPENING THEN.
I STILL WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CONVERSATION'S GOING ON TO ENSURE THAT THE TOWN CLERK IS BEING SUPPORTED IN HAVING HER BEING THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TOWN CLERK.
SHE CAN BE IN HER POSITION AS FAR AS GETTING SOFTWARE FOR HER DEPARTMENT.
THAT INCLUDES FOIL, INFORMA, UM, SOFTWARE AND CREDIT CARD SOFTWARE.
AND IF SHE NEEDS TO ADD HOURS FOR AN EMPLOYEE, HOW IS SHE BEING SUPPORTED? YOU KNOW, NOBODY ANSWERS THAT QUESTION.
ONE MORE THING I'D LIKE TO SAY.
I WANTED TO KNOW HOW WE'D GO ABOUT UNDERSTANDING HOW A COMMUNITY CAN BE, UM, PROTECTED IF THEY ARE.
HELLO? YEAH, WE STILL HEAR YOU.
MICHELLE, CAN YOU, ARE YOU, ARE YOU FINISHED OR ARE YOU, ARE YOU MUTED? SHE'S FINISHED BECAUSE IT'S TIME.
DO WE WANNA TAKE THE NEXT SPEAKER OR RESPOND OR HOW WE WANNA PROCEED? ALL RIGHT, PROCEED.
YOU WANNA ANNOUNCE CLIFF IGNORANCE EVANS.
MICHELLE, YOU HAD A FEW SECONDS REMAINING.
THERE SEEMS TO BE A TECHNICAL PROBLEM, SO IF YOU COME BACK, I WILL, UH, RESTORE, UM, THE, UH, 30 SECONDS THAT WERE REMAINING IN YOUR COMMENT PERIOD.
CLIFF ABRAMS. CLIFF ABRAMS CLIFF, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE, UH, RESPONSE OR PROMPT TO JOIN.
OKAY, WE'LL COME BACK TO CLIFF.
WE'LL SEE IF HAL SAMS, ARE YOU AVAILABLE? ARE YOU THERE, HAL? SAM, HE'S THERE.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE ARE HAVING A TECHNICAL PROBLEM? NO, HE'S THERE.
IT TAKES A MINUTE, JUDITH, FOR THEM TO, UM, TO COME.
WELL, PERHAPS LIKE THE AGENDAS HAVE ALWAYS HISTORICALLY SAID SEVEN 30, UH, IT'S BELIEVED THAT MOST OF THE RESOLUTIONS THAT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA ARE WRITTEN BY MR. SHEHAN.
SO IF HE IS NOT THE AUTHOR OF THIS ONE, I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE.
THE RE RESOLUTION ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS PW TWO PUBLIC WORKS TWO, AND THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO RESCIND THE PUBLIC WORKS RESOLUTIONS VOTED UPON LAST SPRING IN APRIL AND MAY TO RESCIND MEANS TO CANCEL THEM AND TO AWARD THEM AGAIN TO THE SAME PARTY ACTING AS GENERAL CONTRACTOR UTILIZING THE SAME COST SAVING METHODS PRESCRIBED BY STATE LAW AND FOLLOWING THE DOCTRINES AS ESTABLISHED BY WHITE PLAINS IN ITS OWN NEGOTIATIONS.
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WHAT'S THE OPENING PARAGRAPHS OF THIS RESOLUTION WILL TELL YOU.BUT THEN WE GET TO, WHEREAS THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, BY SHARING SUCH SERVICES WITH WHITE PLAINS THROUGH THE ORDIAN CONTRACT, CAN SAVE COSTS RELATED TO FACILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIR AND REHABILITATION PROJECTS INTENDED BY THE J O C BID.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE SAVING MONEY BY RESCINDING, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY FAR FROM THE TRUTH, ISN'T IT, FRANCIS? BECAUSE THE CONTRACTS THAT THE TOWN RESOLVED LAST SPRING ONLY TOTALED $62,000 AND THIS CONTRACT IS NOW 82,000.
AND THE WAY IT READS IS THAT THERE ARE VARIOUS AREAS OF WORK TO BE DONE IN THE NEW POLICE LOCKER ROOM FOR THE, FOR WOMEN POLICE OFFICERS, WHICH ARE EXACTLY THE SAME.
AND BY THESE AREAS, I MEAN CATEGORIES LIKE CEILINGS, DOORS, FLOORS, H V A C, THEY'RE EXACTLY THE SAME PRICE AS WAS AGREED TO LAST SPRING.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS ONE HAS GONE UP H V A C, WHICH HAS INCREASED BY $790, AND WE HAVE AN ENTIRELY NEW CATEGORY, WHICH WASN'T ON THERE BEFORE.
AND THIS IS WHAT LEADS TO A $20,500 INCREASE FROM WHAT WE WERE COMMITTED TO PAYING LAST SPRING.
SO I DON'T SEE PAYING 20,000 PLUS MORE IS SAVING TAXPAYERS MONEY.
AND THIS ADDRESSES THE ENTIRE ISSUE OF WHEN YOU PASS THESE RESOLUTIONS OF ANY PURPOSE OF ANY DOLLAR AMOUNT, DON'T YOU INTEND TO ACT ON THEM? SO HERE HE PASSED THE RESOLUTION IN MAY TO SPEND $62,000.
AND WHAT HAPPENED SINCE NO WORK WAS DONE AT THE POLICE STATION TO IMPROVE THE LOCKER ROOM CONDITIONS FOR THE FEMALE OFF OFFICERS, IT'S OVER EIGHT MONTHS LATER.
AND NOW YOU WANNA CANCEL THAT CONTRACT, WHICH WAS, I DON'T KNOW, IT CERTAINLY WAS WHETHER IT WAS A CONTRACT, BUT THE REALITY IS IT WAS A RESOLUTION THAT THE TOWN BOARD VOTED FOR.
SO THE QUESTION REMAINS, WHY ARE WE BACK WITH THE SAME PEOPLE BUT PAYING MORE? AND WHY WHEN WE PASS A RESOLUTION, DID NO WORK COMMENCE? IT'S LIKE INVITING PROBLEMS TO OCCUR.
AND THEY MAY HAVE IN FACT OCCURRED BECAUSE MAYBE IN FACT PRICES HAVE GONE UP IN THE RECENT SURGE OF INFLATION AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THE AVAILABILITY OF WORKERS MAY HAVE CHANGED, BUT THAT WOULD SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE WERE ORIGINALLY CONTRACTING FOR WHO ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WE ARE CONTRACTING WITH TODAY, BUT PAYING MORE MONEY.
SO I WOULD ASK, HAVING WATCHED THE WORK SESSION THIS WEEK, IN WHICH QUESTION WAS ANYTHING TO DISCUSS ON THE AGENDA? THIS WASN'T DISCUSSED.
SO MAYBE YOU WANNA THINK ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION FURTHER AND PUT IT OFF UNTIL YOU CAN COME BACK AND TELL THE PUBLIC HONESTLY WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE THIS STINKS AND I WILL END ON THAT LINE.
OKAY? ANYONE WANT TO ANSWER? SO, MR. SAM, THE BOARD WAITS TO LAY HERE ALL THE COMMENTS, AND THEN THEY CHOOSE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE ABLE TO ANSWER.
THE BOARD RESPONDED TO MICHELLE.
YOU'VE ALREADY RESPONDED TO MS. SWAN.
SO WHEN SOMEBODY ASKS A TOUGH QUESTION, YOU ALL LOOK VERY BUSY MOVING PAPERS AROUND, BUT YOU'RE WILLING TO VOTE ON THIS RESOLUTION TONIGHT.
YOU'RE WILLING TO SNEAK IT PAST THE PUBLIC AND GIVE THEM THE IMPRESSION THAT THE TOWN BOARD IS WORKING FOR THEIR BENEFIT TO SAVE THEM MONEY.
BUT IN FACT, IT'S DOING THE OPPOSITE.
I'D LIKE AN EXPLANATION WHY NOTHING HAPPENED AFTER THE RESOLUTION WAS PASSED IN MAY.
WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF PASSING IT? DID YOU EVER COME TO THE TOWN AND SAY TO US, OH, WE'RE NOT GOING AHEAD.
ALL RIGHT, WE, WE'LL BE HOLDING OVER THAT RESOLUTION THE NEXT SPEAKER.
[02:35:07]
HI, I I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT GARRETT WANTED ME TO SPEAK AT THE TIME OF THE, UM, RESOLUTION ON HISTORIC AND LANDMARKS PRE I PRESERVATION.I THINK THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY IS MORE A PROPOSED SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING SAID, YOU CAN SPEAK NOW, YOU HAPPEN, UNDERSTAND IT.
THE BOARD'S WELL AWARE OF THE, UM, C CD ONE.
SO I THINK, UM, WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
NOW IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE WELCOME TO MAKE THEM, ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IF YOU, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY? WELL, I DIDN'T, I HAVE NO, NO, I DIDN'T SUBMIT.
HOW ABOUT, I JUST, HOW ABOUT I ASSUME THAT YOU ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT H AND L P B IS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, AND I WILL, UH, MAKE A COMMENT ON THE RESOLUTION THAT, UH, GARRETT IS GOING TO PUT FORTH.
ON BEHALF OF THE HISTORIC AND LANDMARKS PRESERVATION, I'M SPEAKING.
THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR A CONSULTANT.
THE APPROVAL OF OUR CHOICE HELPS US ATTAIN OUR GOAL OF UPDATING THE TWO HOU 2006 HISTORIC SURVEY KEEPS US IN COMPLIANCE WITH C L G REGULATIONS AND HOPEFULLY SHEDS LIGHT ON WHAT H AND L P B HOPES TO ACCOMPLISH.
AFTER GAR SENT OUT THE R F P, HE RECEIVED FIVE PROPOSALS SLASH RESUMES IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION OF A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING.
THE HISTORIC BOARD INTERVIEWED ALL FIVE COMPANIES VIA ZOOM.
AT THE FIRST OF TWO SPECIAL MEETINGS, WE NARROWED THE FIELD TO TWO CANDIDATES.
THE BOARD ASKED GARRETT TO RELAY SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND TO CHECK REFERENCES.
LAST NIGHT, H AND L P B HELD A SECOND SPECIAL MEETING AND VOTED TO ENDORSE EASTERN ARCHITECTS AS OUR CHOICE FOR TOWN BOARD APPROVAL.
BOTH SPECIAL MEETINGS WERE NOTICED.
EXECUTIVE SESSIONS WERE PUBLICLY VOTED UPON AND THE VOTE TO ENDORSE WAS TAKEN IN PUBLIC ON ZOOM.
ALTHOUGH THE BOARD MEMBERS FELT WE COULD PROBABLY WORK WITH ANY CHOICE, EASTERN ARCHITECTS STOOD OUT.
THE PRINCIPALS WERE UPBEAT AND ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT WORKING IN GREENBURG.
THEY HAD LIVED IN TARRYTOWN FOR 16 YEARS AND ON THE SOUND SHORE FOR TWO EASTERN HAS THE KNOWLEDGE AND HAS ACCOMPLISHED HISTORIC DESIGNATION OF PROPERTIES.
THEY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF CERTIFIED LAND GRANTS C L G REQUIREMENTS, AND IT'S THEIR OPINION ONE SHARED BY H AND L P B THAT THE EDUCATION OF THE RESIDENTS AND ALL THE TOWN BOARDS IS ESSENTIAL TO HAVING EVERYBODY ONE ON BOARD FOR LANDMARKING PROPERTIES.
EASTON ALSO IMPRESSED US BY SAYING THAT THE LARSSON FISHER 2006 SURVEY WAS VERY THOROUGH AND THAT THEY COULD BUILD ON AND UPDATE IT TO 2022, AS WELL AS PROJECTING IT FORWARD FIVE YEARS, H AND O P B LOOKS FORWARD TO A QUICK CONTRACT SIGNING SO THAT WE ALL CAN BEGIN CATALOGING WHAT MAKES BLOOMBERG UNIQUE.
AND WE WANNA THANK GARRETT FOR ALL THE WORK HE'S PUT IN SO THAT H AND L P B COULD GET TO THIS POINT.
I I'M SURE THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS 'CAUSE YOU, UM, PROBABLY DISCUSSED THIS AT WORK SESSION, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OH, WAIT, WE HAVE AN OUTDATED PLAN THAT WE NEED TO HAVE UPDATED AND WE, UH, WE ARE DESPERATELY IN NEED OF KNOWING WHAT THE HISTORIC PROPERTIES ARE IN OUR TOWN.
GARRETT, YOU, UM, ANYTHING ELSE WANT TO COME PUBLIC? YES.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND SEE IF CLIFF ABRAMS IS AVAILABLE.
AND, UH, HE'S COMING, HE'S COMING AFTER CLIFF, DOREEN LIPSON.
[02:40:01]
YES.CLIFF? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU CLIFF.
CAN YOU HEAR US? CAN YOU HEAR MY VOICE? WE CAN HEAR YOU.
ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME? YES, WE, WE ARE ABLE TO HEAR YOU.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
OH, YOU HEAR? SO MAYBE WE SHOULD GO TO MS. LIPSON AND THEN WE'LL, YEAH, I'LL GET, YEAH, I'LL, I'LL TRY AND CALL CLIFF ON THE PHONE AND, UH, OR I'LL EMAIL HIM, LET HIM KNOW THAT THERE'S A DISCONNECT, TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY HERE.
WHAT HAPPENED THERE? ALL RIGHT, JANELLE, IF YOU GET THIS, IF YOU HEAR THIS, IF YOU CAN PLEASE, UH, ACCEPT THE PROMOTION.
I THINK THERE IS A MISTAKE MADE.
UM, DOREEN, DOREEN IS ON RECORDING IN PROGRESS.
WHAT, WHO'S DOING THAT? I AM READY, DOREEN.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT ABOUT A RESOLUTION THAT WAS BEING HELD OVER, UM, IT'S CD THREE.
THE RESOLUTION PERTAINING TO THE ELMWOOD PRESERVE ON JUNE 4TH.
THE W W C A, WHICH IS THE WORTHINGTON WOODLAND CIVIC ASSOCIATION, REQUESTED THAT THE D E I S PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ELMWOOD PRESERVE BE REOPENED DUE TO THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW PROPOSAL BY THE DEVELOPER AT A TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION.
THE PROPOSAL INCLUDED A HUNDRED, 175 TOWNHOUSES WITH FAMILIES, CHILDREN INVOLVED, WHICH COULD BRING A POTENTIAL OF 700 PEOPLE TO THIS AREA VERSUS THE ZONING COMPLIANCE OF 119 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
ALL INVOLVED AGENCIES AND INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE OF THIS NEW PROPOSAL WITH ALL ITS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS WAS NOT DONE.
SO I CONTACTED TWO OF THE INVOLVED AGENCIES, THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY PLANNING BOARD, INQUIRING IF THEY HAD RECEIVED THIS NEW PROPOSAL.
THE D O T RESPONDED THAT THEY WERE INFORMED OF THE NEW ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL AND THEY WERE GOING TO BE EVALUATING IT, THE IMPACT OF THIS ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ON THE STATE ROADWAY ROADWAYS.
HOWEVER, THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY PLANNING BOARD REPLIED, THEY THANKED ME FOR MY COMMENTS, BUT TO DATE, WHICH IS ON JUNE 10TH, THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY UPDATED INFORMATION ON THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IN REMOVING THE 55 PLUS RESTRICTION AND SO ON.
WE WOULD RESPOND TO THE TOWN ON ANY NEW REFERRAL FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, WHICH EVIDENTLY, SINCE THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED, I GUESS THEY WOULD STILL HAVE NOT BEEN INFORMED.
SO THE QUESTION IS WHY HAVE NOT ALL THE INVOLVED AGENCIES, THE EIGHT INVOLVED AGENCIES, AND THE OTHER 18 INTERESTED PARTIES THAT WERE LISTED IN THE SCOPING DOCUMENT, WHY WERE WE NOT INFORMED? THIS NEW PROPOSAL WILL GENERALLY INCREASE THE DENSITY, WHICH WILL HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON TRAFFIC, SAFETY, TOWN AND FIRE SERVICES.
THE PUBLIC AND INTERESTED AGENCIES SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO COMMENT ON THIS NEW PROPOSAL BEFORE THE F B I S IS SUBMITTED BY RIDGEWOOD ACCORDING TO SECRET HANDBOOK FOURTH EDITION SECTION G SUPPLEMENTAL E I SS WHEN IS SUPPLEMENTAL
[02:45:01]
E I S NEEDED.WE BELIEVE A SUPPLEMENTAL E I S AND A REOPENED PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROJECT.
DUE TO THE SUBMISSION OF A NEW PROPOSAL, OUR CONCERNS MUST BE HEARD BEFORE THIS F B I S IS ACCEPTED BY THE TOWN.
THIS CAN ONLY BE DONE IF THE D I S PUBLIC HEARING IS REOPENED.
IF WE DO NOT GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO THIS PROPOSAL.
THE F B I S WILL NOT HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE INVOLVED AGENCIES CONCERNING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THIS PROPOSAL, TRAFFIC SAFETY, DENSITY, ET CETERA, QUALITY OF LIFE AND CHARACTER OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE MUST BE GIVEN A FAIR CHANCE TO COMMENT ON THE DATA THAT WAS PRESENTED.
PAUL COLTON SENT AN EMAIL TO YOU ON JUNE 18TH ALSO ASKING FOR, UH, THE REOPENING OF THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE D E S.
PAUL WAS ON THE SCOPING COMMITTEE WITH ME AND MANY OTHERS.
THE SECRETARY OF THE C G C A ELLA PRIZER SENT A LETTER TO THE TOWN BOARD THAT THE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS THE C G C A REQUEST THAT THE TOWN BOARD NOT ACCEPT THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT ON THE ELMWOOD COUNTRY CLUB APPLICATION AS COMPLETE AND INSTEAD REOPEN THE D E I S PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS APPLICATION.
SO THAT INVOLVED AGENCIES, INTERESTED AGENCIES AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN HAVE ANS QUESTIONS ANSWERED ABOUT THE PRESENT, ABOUT THE PRESENTATION MADE BY THE DEVELOPER AT THE TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION ON MAY 25TH, 2021.
THE C G C A IS AWARE THAT THE TOWN BOARD HAS A LONG HISTORY OF HOLDING PUBLIC HEARINGS ON F B I STOCK F B I SS DOCUMENTS EVEN THOUGH SECRET DOES NOT REQUIRE SUCH HEARINGS.
HOWEVER, THIS WAS NEW INFORMATION AND WE SHOULD BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU MS. LIPSON.
WHO'S NEXT? JUDITH? I JUST HAVE ONE MORE SENTENCE.
I DON'T WANNA DO THAT BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE WILL HAVE ANOTHER SECOND AS WELL.
AND I THINK THE TOWN BOARD UNDERSTANDS YOUR CONCERNS.
WELL, OUR CLIFF ABRAMS, ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME? YEP.
ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU, YES.
CAN SOMEBODY GIVE ME A SIGN UP? THUMBS UP WITH SOMETHING.
AS YOU KNOW, THE TOWN BOARD PUT $15,000 IN THE 2022 TOWN BUDGET TO SUPPORT A PROGRAM THAT I SUGGEST FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER OF OUR WALLS YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM.
THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS OUTSIDE OF REGULAR SCHOOL HOURS THAT PROVIDE ACADEMIC EDUCATION, RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO YOUTH AGE 12 TO 17 AND A MENTORSHIP START THE CLOCK AND THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM THAT PREPARED THE YOUTH FOR THE WORK.
AS I INDICATED IN THE PROPOSAL THAT I FORWARD TO THE TOWN BOARD LAST YEAR, I AM REQUESTING THAT THE PROGRAM BE OPERATED UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCE AT THE T D Y COMMUNITY CENTER.
WITH MY ASSISTANCE TO THE T D Y C C CAN SHARE IN THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM.
ALTHOUGH I HAVE A BUSINESS CERTIFICATE FOR, FOR MY BUSINESS AND A TAX ID NUMBER OPERATING THE PROGRAM THROUGH THE CENTER WILL ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE PROGRAM PROVIDED OWN INSURANCE COVERAGE AND MY BUSINESS WOULD NOT HAVE TO OBTAIN A 5 0 1 C THREE TAXES
[02:50:01]
OF STATUS, WHICH IS BOTH TIME CONSUMER AND EXPENSIVE TO GET.MANY OF THE CURRENT CURRENT DANCE SPORTS WOMEN AND OTHER T D Y C C PROGRAMS OPERATE UNDER T D Y C C AND ARE NOT TAX EXEMPT AND DO NOT HAVE 5 0 1 C THREE STATUS.
I SUCCESSFULLY, SUCCESSFULLY OPERATED A SIMILAR PROGRAM SEVERAL YEARS AGO UNDER THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPART AT THE F THREE VETERAN PARKS WITHOUT A 5 0 1 C THREE STAY.
YOU COULD TELL ME JERRY BURNS AND JODY CASEY I SUCCESSFUL THAT PROGRAM WAS.
I HAVE ALSO RECEIVED A COMMITMENT FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND A AND A DEVELOPERS IN TOWN TO DONATE ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR THE PROGRAM.
ONCE THE PROGRAM IS UP AND RUNNING, PLEASE ADVISE ME IF I HAVE PERMISSION TO START THIS PROGRAM, WHICH IS ALREADY FUNDED AND SOLELY NEEDED FOR THE YOUTH AND THE COMMUNITY.
WELL, DIDN'T WE, UH, MAKE AN AGREEMENT THAT THE COUNTY CONTRIBUTED THAT WE
PLEASE AFFORDABLE CONNECT THE PROGRAM.
IT'S A PROGRAM ASSISTING TO LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD TO OBTAIN BROADBAND SERVERS ALONG WITH A CONNECTED AND CONNECT DEVICE.
WE'VE GIVEN AWAY FREE TABLETS TO LOW INCOME YOUTH AND EVENTUALLY FAMILY MEMBERS.
AND I'M DOING THIS ON FEBRUARY 10TH AT THE CHRIST TEMPLE CHURCH WITH BISHOP PRESTON.
ALSO, I'M WORKING WITH TOM BERNANKI, OUR STATE ASSEMBLY.
WE ARE GOING TO BE GIVING AWAY SWEATSHIRTS TO LOW INCOME RESIDENTS WHO'S A PART OF MY PROGRAM WITHOUT A 5 0 1 C THREE.
SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS THAT THIS SHOULD REALLY BE ON A WORK SESSION AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO USE MY TIME ON MY PUBLIC COMMENT TO GET THIS ACROSS.
SO HOPEFULLY THE TOWN WILL RESPECT THAT AND I'M GLAD THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN HEAR THAT THE SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM COULD BE STARTED REAL SOON ONCE THE BOARD APPROVED THE MONEY THAT THEY PUT AWAY THAT MR AWAY.
AND I THOUGHT THEY VOTED ON AND APPROVED.
AND ALSO I'D LIKE TO SAY, UM, MR. DONNA SLATE, YOU VERY IMPORTANT PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU STEPHANIE FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
I JUST HOPE I CAN GET IT UP ON WORK SESSION TO HAVE A BACKWARD WALK WITH IT.
ANYBODY ELSE SPEAKING THEN WE COULD GO TO THE JURY.
UH, I THINK MICHELLE, IF SHE HAD A A, I THINK A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME LEFT, SHE HAD A GLITCH WITH HER COMPUTER.
YES, SHE HAD, UH, LET'S SEE, ABOUT 30 SECONDS REMAINING.
ARE YOU THERE? MICHELLE BROWN? THEN LET'S JUST GO ON THE AGENDA.
I THINK SHE'S COMING RIGHT NOW.
IT WAS SOMETHING GOING ON HERE WITH THE TOWERS, BUT, UM, WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY IS I HAD SENT AN EMAIL REGARDING, UM, FINDING OUT ABOUT HISTORICAL SITE FOR PARKWAY HOMES, PARKWAY GARDENS.
I WROTE MR. FINER, UM, IN CASE THAT'S SOMETHING THEY WANTED TO DO.
AND THEN I HEAR CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING THINGS IN A HISTORICAL STATE.
SO, UM, IF SOMEONE COULD, YOU KNOW, UM, SPEAK TO HOW THAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH THE PROCESSES IF, IF THEY DECIDED TO GO THAT WAY.
UM, AGAIN, I SENT YOU AN EMAIL, MR. FINER, AND THAT WAS THE LAST THING I WAS GONNA SAY.
[ APPOINTMENT Appointment of Mary Shannon as Deputy Tax Receiver, effective January 1, 2022]
OKAY, SO WE'LL GO APPOINTMENT OF MARY SHANNON AS DEPUTY TAX RECEIVER EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST.PAUL, UH, IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT TO HEAR YOU.
COULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK DIRECTLY INTO YOUR SPEAKER? YOUR MICROPHONE? OKAY.
UH, APPOINTMENT OF MARY SHANNON AS DEPUTY TAX RECEIVER.
[ AT 1 - 1/26/2022 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Wildey Group LLC for property located at 132 and 140 Wildey Street. The Town’s share of the refund is $512±; the County’s share is $3,825±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $540±; the Tarrytown Union Free School District’s share is $24,231±. Refunds from all sources total $29,108±]
AUTHORIZING TAX ARI SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER WILDE GROUP, UH, REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES TOTAL 29,100[02:55:02]
AND UM, $8.UM,
[ AT 2 – 1/26/2022 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related Claim, File No.: 06/22C by GEICO General Insurance Company a/s/o Liridona Kastrat, for an amount not to exceed $3,623.07]
PAUL.A T TWO A T TWO RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM, UH, BY GEICO AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,623 AND 7 CENTS.
SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ CL 1 - 1/26/2022 Resolution setting a Public Hearing on the Town of Greenburgh’s 2022 Recommended Capital Budget and 2023 and 2024 Capital Plan, at Greenburgh Town Hall, on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at 7:30 PM]
A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TOWN OF GREENBERG'S 2022 RECOMMENDED CAPITAL BUDGET AND 2023 AND 2024 CAPITAL PLAN AT GREENBURG TOWN HALL ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, 2000, UH, 22 AT, UM, SEVEN 30.UM, UM, YOU KNOW, PM UH, I JUST HAD A QUESTION WITH THE BOARD.
UM, WANNA, UM, HAVE A, A DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, NEXT WEEK BEFORE I RELEASE IT OR SHOULD I JUST RELEASE WHAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW? I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION YESTERDAY.
SO, UM, UH, THAT'S WHY WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY.
YOU HAVE TO DO NEXT TUESDAY, RIGHT? THAT'S FINE.
SO PAUL, I'M SORRY, ARE YOU MOVING C O ONE? YES.
YOU SHOULD ASK JOAN ICK TO PUT THE CAPITAL BUDGET ON, UH, THE WORK SESSION AGENDA.
FOR TUESDAY, UM, RESOLUTION, SCHEDULING
[ CL 2 - 1/26/2022 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for 7:30 PM, Wednesday, February 9, 2022, to consider an Amended Site Plan Application by Loop Road Holdings, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Regeneron – Loop Road”), located at 555 Saw Mill River Road (P.O. Tarrytown, NY)]
A PUBLIC HEARING FOR 7:30 PM UH, TO CONSIDER AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION BY LUKE, UH, ROAD HOLDINGS, UH, WHOLLY, UM, OWN SUBSIDIARY OF REGENERON UH, PHARMACEUTICALS.UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
AND JOAN IS RE JOAN IS IN THE MEETING, SO SHE SHE CAN MAKE NOTE OF THAT RIGHT.
[ CD 1 - 1/26/2022 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh approving the selection of a Professional Historic Preservation Consultant to perform an update of the Town’s 2006 Reconnaissance Level Historic Resource Survey]
OF THE TOWN OF, UH, GREENBURG APPROVING THE SELECTION OF A PROFESSIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONSULTANT TO PERFORM AN UPDATE OF THE TOWNS 2006 RECONNAISSANCE LEVEL HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEY.RE THE BOARD COULD JUST, UH, APPROVE THAT AS AMENDED.
UH, THERE WAS LEFT BLANK AS THE CONSULTANT AND WE ARE AWAITING THE HISTORIC LANDMARK PRESERVATION BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION.
SO THEY, THEY RECOMMEND EASTON, WHICH I FULLY ENDORSE.
SO, AYE, MOVE IT AS AMENDED PAUL, MOVE IT AS AMENDED.
[ CD 2 - 1/26/2022 Resolution granting an extension of a prior amended site plan approval of an application by Ferncliff Cemetery, for property located at 280 Secor Road (P.O. Hartsdale, NY)]
AN EXTENSION OF PRIOR AMENDED SITE PLAN, UM, APPROVAL OF AN APPLICATION BY[ CD 3 - 1/26/2022 Resolution accepting the Elmwood Preserve Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) as complete and scheduling a public hearing of the Town Board, as Lead Agency, on the FEIS for Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 7:30 pm (Held over to Town Board Meeting of 2/09/2022)]
THE WOULD PRESERVE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AS COMPLETE IN SCHEDULING A PUBLIC OVER IS BEING HELD OVER.THAT'S BEING HELD OVER TO TOWN BOARD MEETING OF FEBRUARY 9TH, UM, RESOLUTION
[ CO 1 - 1/26/2022 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2021 budget transfers]
AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2021.[ PR 1 - 1/26/2022 Resolution authorizing the execution of a $15,904 Grant Agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the County of Westchester for Transporting Seniors]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF 15,904 GRAND AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER FOR TRANSPORTING SENIORS.[ PO 1 – 1/26/2022 Resolution authorizing the Police Department to purchase a Policy and Compliance management platform in a manner that constitutes a sole source purchase]
AUTHORIZING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE A POLICY AND COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT, UH, PLATFORM IN A MANNER THAT CONSTITUTES A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE.[ PO 2 – 1/26/2022 Resolution authorizing the Police Department to go to bid for Medical Supplies to be used in 2022]
AUTHORIZING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GO OUT TO BID THE MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO BE USED IN 2022.[ PO 3 – 1/26/2022 Resolution adopting the recommendations of the Greenburgh Police Department to add a Stop restriction on Inwood Road at the intersection of Longview Drive, amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]
ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE AT A STOP RESTRICTION ON INWOOD ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF LONGVIEW, UH, DRIVE AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 60 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.[ PO 4 – 1/26/2022 Resolution adopting the recommendations of the Greenburgh Police Department to add a Stop restriction on Ridge Road at the intersection of Hillcrest Drive, amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]
ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT, HE HAD A STOP RESTRICTION ON RIDGE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF HILLCREST DRIVE, UM, AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 60 OF THE CODE OF, UM, OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.IS IT ME? I'D LIKE NO, A SECOND.
[ PO 5 – 1/26/2022 Resolution adopting the recommendations of the Greenburgh Police Department to reduce the posted maximum speed limit on Taxter Road between Mulligan Lane and E. Sunnyside Lane, amending Chapter 460 of the Greenburgh Town Code]
UM, RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS.[03:00:01]
AYE.RECOMME RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REDUCE THE POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT ON TAXI THE ROAD BETWEEN MULLIGAN LANE AND EAST SUNNYSIDE LANE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS
[ PO 6 – 1/26/2022 Resolution adopting the recommendations of the Greenburgh Police Department to reduce the posted maximum speed limit on Donald Drive, Mendham Avenue, and Heath Place, hereinafter referred to as “Donald Park”, amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]
OF THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REDUCE THE POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT ON DONALD DRIVE, MENDHAM AVENUE AND HEATH PLACE HERE IN, AFTER REFERRED TO AS DONALD PARK AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 60 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.[ PO 7 – 1/26/2022 Resolution authorizing the Police Department to dispose of unserviceable equipment]
AND RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DISPOSE OF UNSERVICEABLE EQUIPMENT.[ PW 1 - 1/26/2022 Resolution appropriating the services of The Precision Group from an existing contract with Onondaga County to Reline and Rehabilitate Existing Sanitary Sewer Pipes and Sanitary Manholes on Central Avenue and Columbia Avenue, for an amount not to exceed $648,970.04]
APPROPRIATING THE SERVICES OF PRECISION GROUP FROM AN EXISTING CONTRACT OF ONAGA COUNTY TO RELINE AND REHABILITATE EXISTING SANITATION, SEWER PIPES, AND CEMETERY MANHOLES ON CENTRAL AVENUE AND COLUMBIA AVENUE.FOR A NOT TO, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 6 4 8 9 7 0 0 4.
[ PW 2 - 1/26/2022 Resolution rescinding Public Works Resolution PW-2 adopted on April 28, 2021 and PW-3 adopted on May12, 2021 and awarding the construction of Greenburgh Police Department Locker Room to ELQ Industries through Gordian Group, Inc., for an amount not to exceed $82,795.13]
RESCINDING PUBLIC WORKS.[ PW 3 - 1/26/2022 Resolution authorizing the award of bid for Highway Materials to the lowest responsible bidders for 2022]
AUTHORIZING THE AWARD OF THE BID FOR, UH, HIGHWAY MATERIALS TO THE LOWEST POSSIBLE BIDDERS FOR 2022.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT IT'S THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER.
[ PW 4 - 1/26/2022 Resolution accepting grant funding in the amount of $40,775 and authorizing a 50% cost share (not to exceed $40,775) in connection with a NYSERDA Flextech Energy study for the Consolidated Water District No.1 Water Distribution System]
FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF 40,775 AND AUTHORIZING A 50% COST SHARE NOT TO EXCEED 40,775 IN CONNECTION WITH MYER FLEX TECH ENERGY STUDY.[ TY 1 - 1/26/2022 Resolution accepting on behalf of the Department of Community Resources a $200 donation from the Ivy Enrichment Fund Inc. to help support the programs at the Theodore D. Young Community Center]
UH, RESOLUTION, UH, ON EXCEPTING ON, ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES, A $200 DONATION FROM THE IVY ENRICHMENT FUND TO HELP SUPPORT PROGRAMS OF THE THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.[ TY 2 - 1/26/2022 Resolution accepting on behalf of the Department of Community Resources a $150 donation from Lee burwell to help support the programs at The Theodore D. Young Community Center]
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES $150 DONATION FROM LEE BURWELL TO HELP SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN A NO, I, I I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO GET SOME, UH, LEGAL ADVICE FROM OUR TOWN, TOWN COUNCIL SECOND.