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UH, WELCOME TO OUR GREENBERG, UH, TOWN BOARD MEETING.
TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, AND, UH, JUDITH, DO YOU WANT TO START WITH
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THE ROLL CALL? YES.AND THEN WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE PRESENTATIONS.
COUNCIL SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER.
AND COUNCILMAN KEN JONES IS NOT PRESENT.
OH, I DIDN'T SEE YOU UP THERE ON THE SCREEN.
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AND, UH, NOW WE'LL SAVE THE PLEDGE.P ALL P OF THE UNITED STATES AND AMERICA REPUBLIC.
TO THE REPUBLIC WHICH STANDS UNDER ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of the 939064+ individual victims of COVID-19 who have died in the United States, 5,899,578+ deaths worldwide, each leaving family members and friends too soon]
OF SILENCE.MEMORY OF, UH, THE 939,064 PLUS INDIVIDUAL VICTIMS OF C OVID 19 HAVE DIED IN THE UNITED STATES.
5,899,578 PLUS DEATHS, UH, WORLDWIDE, EACH LEAVING FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS TOO SOON.
AND NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM THE TOWN CLERK WHO MAKE HER, UH, AFRICAN-AMERICAN
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HISTORY MONTH PRESENTATIONS.ALTHOUGH THIS IS OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH PRESENTATION OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND PEOPLE OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA HAVE MADE TO THE GREATNESS OF AMERICA.
THE TOWN OF GREENBERG IS A CULTURAL MOSAIC, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CULTURES OF ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.
SO IF ANYONE WHO IS LISTENING TO THIS PROGRAM, THIS, UM, THIS, UM, MEETING TONIGHT, UH, WOULD LIKE TO COME FORTH AND SAY, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MY CULTURE ACKNOWLEDGE SHARON GREENBURG.
AND WE WELCOME YOU WITH OPEN ARMS. OUR FIRST HONOREES THIS EVENING WERE RECOGNIZED BY RICH FAWN COMMISSIONER DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BRIAN SIMMONS, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER.
THOSE HONOREES ARE KEVIN BLANDING, CHARLES GRAY, AND ROBERT TILFORD, WHO WERE VERY WELL RESPECTED AND BELOVED BY THEIR FELLOW EMPLOYEES.
THEY WERE HARDWORKING, DEDICATED, AND DEVOTED TO SERVING THE GREENBERG COMMUNITY.
THEY EACH RETIRED FROM THE BUREAU OF SANITATION AND 2021 WITH 97 YEARS OF COMBINED EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN IN WHICH THEY GREW UP IN, WHERE THEY WENT TO SCHOOL AND STILL CALL THEIR HOME.
CHARLES GRAY AND ROBERT TILFORD ARE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE MADE HISTORY.
THEY'RE HISTORY MAKERS HERE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
OUR NEXT HONOREE THIS EVENING IS CLIFTON E ABRAMS, LOCAL LEADER AND COMMUNITY ACTIVIST, LIFELONG RESIDENT TOWN OF GREENBURG CLIFTON ABRAMS. HIS PERSISTENCE AND PERSEVERANCE HAS GUIDED HIM THROUGH EACH AND EVERY EXPERIENCE HERE IN HIS TOWN, ENABLING HIM TO EMERGE VICTORIOUS WITH EACH ONE, A GRADUATE OF WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL AS A STUDENT WHO MATRICULATE MATRICULATED AT MERCY COLLEGE.
CLIFF HAS BEEN A MENTOR AND ROLE MODEL TO ADOLESCENTS IN HIS COMMUNITY, BRINGING HIS PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT EXPERTISE, HIS ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND TEAMWORK SKILLS TO THE TOWN AS AN EMPLOYEE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES, WHERE HE WAS THIRD IN CHARGE AS ACTIVITY COORDINATOR
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AT THE THEODORE DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.THROUGH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, CLIFF HAS REGULARLY ATTENDED TOWN BOARD MEETINGS, AS WELL AS MEETINGS OF BOTH THE GREENBURG HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY AND THE POLICE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEES, WHERE HE HAS INTRODUCED AND RECOMMENDED PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN GREENBURG.
AS A RESULT OF HIS EFFORTS, TRAFFIC SAFETY SIGNAGE WAS PLACED ALONG THE HEAVY TRAFFIC ROOTS OF MANHATTAN AVENUE AND OLD TARRYTOWN ROAD FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROTECTING LIFE, AND IN PARTICULAR THE LIVES OF CHILDREN.
IN 2020, CLIFF ABRAMS PROPOSED TO THE TOWN BOARD A PROJECT THAT WOULD HIGHLIGHT A GLOBAL MOVEMENT AND JOIN THE UNIVERSAL VOICES OF BLACK LIVES MATTER.
THROUGH COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH THE TOWN BOARD AND DEPARTMENT HEADS, CLIFF ABRAMS ORIGINATOR AND INITIATOR OF AN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY WALL MURAL PROJECT WILL BE CREATED ON MANHATTAN AVENUE WITHIN THE UPCOMING MONTHS.
CLIFTON EARL ABRAMS CONTRIBUTION TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG IS HISTORIC AND UNPRECEDENTED.
AND HIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT REWARD READS THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WESTCHESTER COUNTY STATE OF NEW YORK.
HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES AND HONORS CLIFTON EARL ABRAMS FOR HIS OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE AND DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT TO HELPING IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS OF THIS TOWN AND BEYOND, THROUGH SOCIAL JUSTICE AND AWARENESS INITIATIVES TO BRING ABOUT GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND ACCEPTANCE OF CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AMONG THE RESIDENTS OF OUR TOWN.
THIS CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION IS PRESENTED TO CLIFTON, EARL ABRAMS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, 2022.
JUDITH A BEVILLE GREENBERG TOWN CLERK GREENBERG TOWN BOARD MEMBERS.
FINER TOWN SUPERVISOR ELLEN HENDRICKS, TOWN COUNCILWOMAN.
GINA JACKSON, TOWN COUNCILWOMAN KEN JONES, TOWN COUNCILMAN AND FRANCIS SHEEN TOWN.
COUNCILMAN CLIFF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS? COUNCILMAN SHEEN? I DON'T HAVE THE PROMOTION, UH, CAPABILITIES HERE.
I BELIEVE HE SAID HE WAS AT WORK AND HE WASN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS.
HE JUST WANTED PICTURES SHARED.
OUR NEXT HONOREE, A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
CAN WE SEE THE SCREEN FOR REVEREND LANE COBB? OH, THERE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM THE MOST RECENT EVENT THAT CLIFF HELPED INITIATE THE UNVEILING OF ALL LIVES MATTER.
ALL LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL BLACK LIVES MATTER SIGNAGE ON NORWOOD ROAD THIS PAST SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH, AND THE SIGNAGE WILL BE PLACED AT TWO OTHER ENTRY POINTS TO THE TOWN OF GREENBERG.
CLIFTON IS ABLE TO, UH, SPEAK AND SAY A FEW WORDS, SO I THINK HE WILL BE ARRIVING IN A MOMENT.
CAN YOU HEAR? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
I ALWAYS LIKE TO THANK THE TOWN BOARD AND THE TOWN CLERK FOR DISHONOR.
IN PARTICIPATING FOR RECOGNIZING MY PASSION FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, MY LEADERSHIP IN AUGUST, ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS AS WELL AS ACKNOWLEDGE AND EMBRACING MY ABILITY TO LEAVE ASCENT INTENDED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OR RESIDENTS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG, AS WELL AS TO REMOVE CULTURAL BARRIERS AND INCREASE UNDERSTANDING OF DIFFERENCE ADAPTED IN 1791.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECT FREEDOM OF RELIGION, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, AND FREEDOM OF THE PRESS.
IT ALSO GIVE THOSE IN THE UNITED STATES THE RIGHT TO
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PEACEFULLY PROTEST AND PETITION THE GOVERNMENT.IT WAS ADDED TO THE CONSTITUTION ALONG WITH NINE OTHER AMENDMENT, WHICH TOGETHER BECOME KNOWN AS THE BILL OF RIGHTS.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECT AN INDIVIDUAL RELIGION, FREEDOM, THE FREE PRESS AND THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH FOR BY THE GOVERNMENT.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WHILE WE MIGHT SHARE DIFFERENCE OF OPINION, WE AS AMERICANS AND RESIDENTS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT ARE GRANTED THE RIGHT AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
THIS IS, THIS IS AN AMERICAN PRIVILEGE NOT GRANTED TO PEOPLE IN MANY COUNTRIES AROUND OUR WORLD.
I THANK YOU FOR NOT DENYING ME THIS PRIVILEGE AS I SEEK TO FORMALLY BECOME AN ACTIVE CONTRIBUTION AND VOTING MEMBER OF VERY IMPORTANT COMMITTEES.
I'M ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE FOR OVER A YEAR, AND I'M LOOKING TO SEEK TO BE A VOTE MEMBER.
I ALSO IS SEEKING TO BE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCE ADVISORY BOARD AND THE POLICE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD.
AND I HOPE THAT THE TOWN RECOGNIZED THE HARD WORK AND PASSION I PUT IN AND DO NOT HOLD ACCOUNTABLE MY POLITICAL BELIEF.
MAY WE SEE THE, BRING UP THE PHOTO OF THANK YOU CLIFF FOR SHARING YOUR COMMENTS.
MAY WE NOW SEE THE PHOTO OF REVEREND LANE COBB? OKAY.
SO LANE COBB IS A RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
MANY OF US KNOW HER PARENTS, MARY LANE COBB, AND JIM COBB FROM TERRYTOWN, WHO WERE BOTH FIRST IN THEIR OWN RIGHT.
UM, JIM COBB WAS AN INVENTOR AND LANE'S MOTHER MARY LANE COBB WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE PHYSICIAN AT PHELPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
REVEREND LANE COBB IS AN AUTHOR, COACH, AND ORDAINED INTERFAITH INTERSPIRITUAL MINISTER COMMITTED TO EDUCATING AND UPLIFTING THOSE SEEKING TO LIVE A MORE AUTHENTIC SPIRIT-FILLED LIFE.
A LIFELONG STUDENT OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
REVEREND COBB UNDERSTANDS THAT AT THE CORE, AT THEIR CORE, ALL PEOPLE NEED AND WANT THE SAME THINGS.
ONE, TO BE LOVED AND APPRECIATED.
TWO, TO BE HEARD AND UNDERSTOOD, AND THREE, TO HAVE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS ACKNOWLEDGED, KNOWN FOR HER INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP STYLE.
LANE INSPIRES PEOPLE TO EMBRACE THEIR POWER, SPEAK THEIR TRUTH, AND EMPOWER OTHERS TO DO THE SAME.
HER VIRTUAL PLATFORM RACE TALK REVOLUTION WITH LANE AND EUGENE HOLDEN PROVIDES A COURAGEOUS AND LOVING SPACE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS TO DISCUSS THE NUANCES OF SYSTEMIC RACISM, SHARE LIVED EXPERIENCES, AND CULTIVATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR EXPLORING ANTI-RACIST ACTIVISM, COMMITTED TO RELEV, TO COMMITTED, TO ELEVATING THE SOCIAL CONSCIENCE.
SHE AND HER CO-HOST, REVEREND EUGENE HOLDEN, PROVIDE SAFE SPACE WHERE EVERY VOICE IS HEARD, EVERY VOICE IS APPRECIATED, AND EVERY VOICE MATTERS.
RACE TALK, EVOLUTION REVOLUTION IS A NON-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, OFFERS TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAITH GROUPS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO CREATING SAFE SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE, LOVE, AND GROW BEYOND RACISM.
EVERYONE SAY AT 12 NOON LANE COBB AND EUGENE HOLDEN PROVIDE RACE TALK, WHICH IS A ZOOM, A VIRTUAL PROGRAM, A MEETING ACTUALLY, IT'S A MEETING OPPORTUNITY AND A PLATFORM FOR PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER TO DISCUSS ISSUES RELATED TO RACE AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES.
AND EVERY WEDNESDAY THERE'S A GUEST SPEAKER.
TODAY'S GUEST SPEAKER WAS A CAUCASIAN GENTLEMAN, AN AUTHOR
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WHO HAS WRITTEN SEVERAL BOOKS ABOUT CONFRONTING THE TRUTH AND FACTS ABOUT RACISM IN THIS COUNTRY.AN AMAZING LECTURE, LANE COBB BRINGS THIS GIFT OF HEALING TO OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN GREENBURG TO TODAY.
THERE WERE OVER 80 PEOPLE ON THIS ZOOM LUNCH WORKSHOP SEMINAR, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL ATTENDEES FROM THE TOWN OF GREENBERG LANE.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR EFFORTS HERE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG AS FOLLOWS, THE TOWN OF GREENBERG, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, STATE OF NEW YORK, HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES AND HONORS REVEREND LANE COBB FOR HER OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE AND DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT TO HELPING IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS OF THIS TOWN AND BEYOND.
THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING, ACCEPTANCE, AND RESPECT FOR CULTURAL, RACIAL, AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES BY ENCOURAGING HEALING AND EMBRACING MORALITY AS WELL AS HUMANITY.
THIS CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION IS PRESENTED TO REVEREND LANE COBB WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, 2022.
JUDITH VILLE GREENBERG TOWN CLERK GREENBERG TOWN BOARD MEMBERS PAUL J FINER TOWN SUPERVISOR ELLEN HENDRICKS, TOWN COUNCILWOMAN.
GINA JACKSON, TOWN COUNCILWOMAN KEN JONES, TOWN COUNCILMAN AND FRANCIS SHEEN TOWN.
COUNCILMAN LANE, PLEASE JOIN US WITH ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, JUDITH, FOR THIS HONOR.
THANK YOU TO THE TOWN OF GREENBERG.
THIS REALLY IS, WE'RE QUITE THRILLED TO ACCEPT THIS HONOR, AND IT IS OUR, UM, PRIVILEGE TO BRING RACE TALK REVOLUTION WITH LENA EUGENE, UM, TO THE, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY EVERY WEEK.
AND WHAT WE HOPE IS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO GROW OUR AUDIENCE.
THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SPEAKERS THAT ELEVATE THE SOCIAL CONSCIENCE AND WHO, UM, ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THE WORK, UH, TO ADDRESS RACISM IN THIS COUNTRY AND TO BRING US ALL TOGETHER UNDER A COMMON BOND OF HUMANITY.
'CAUSE WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
AND UNTIL AND UNLESS WE ADDRESS RACE AND RACISM AND REALLY ALL ISMS THAT WE FACE IN THIS COUNTRY, UNTIL WE ADDRESS ALL OF THOSE ISSUES TOGETHER, WE WILL FAIL.
SO OUR OUR GOAL IS TO, UM, BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN A CONVERSATION THAT IS INCLUSIVE, THAT IS LOVING, THAT IS COURAGEOUS, UM, AND THAT, UM, ALLOWS EVERYONE TO ASK QUESTIONS, TO SHARE LIVED EXPERIENCE, AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT HEALING AT THE FOREFRONT.
AND JUDITH, JUDITH, WE HAVE SO APPRECIATED, UM, YOUR BEING A RACE TALK FAMILY MEMBER.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR THIS HONOR ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND ALSO OF, UH, MY CO-HOST REVEREND EUGENE HOLDEN.
UM, WE ARE, WE ARE, WE ARE HONORED, WE ARE THRILLED, WE ARE BLESSED, AND WE ARE APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE ALL OF US TO MOVE THIS STYLE FORWARD.
AND, AND THANK YOU LANE FOR CREATING THIS COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE ACROSS RACIAL BOUNDARIES CAN COME TOGETHER FOR THE PURPOSE OF LEARNING, OF GROWING TOGETHER AND OF APPRECIATING EACH OTHER'S DIFFERENCES AND JUST LEARNING TO ACCEPT AND RESPECT EACH OTHER FOR WHO WE ARE IN THIS UNIVERSE.
YOUR PROGRAM IS VERY POWERFUL.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK, UM, THAT YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M, I'M JUST GOING TO SHARE THE LINK WITH, UH, OUR, UM, CABLE ACCESS DEPARTMENT
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SO THAT THEY MAY SHARE IT WITH RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU, LANE? WELL, THAT OF COURSE WOULD BE MORE THAN WONDERFUL.
WE NEED MORE PEOPLE IN THIS CONVERSATION FOR CHANGE.
AND SO THIS TAKES US RIGHT TO OUR NEXT HONOREE WHO IS LANE'S PARTNER IN BRINGING FORTH THIS VERY ENLIGHTENING OPPORTUNITY THROUGH RACE TALK REVOLUTION, REVEREND EUGENE HOLDEN, WHO IS A LICENSED SPIRITUAL COUNSELOR, HAVING STUDIED NEW THOUGHT AND SCIENCE OF MIND AND SPIRIT FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
EUGENE SERVED AS DEPARTMENT MANAGER FOR CENTERS FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING AND INTERNATIONAL NON-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FOR 10 YEARS.
AND AFTER 15 YEARS, EUGENE HOLDEN CONTINUES TO BE A WELL LOVED CONTRIBUTOR TO THE SCIENCE OF MIND MAGAZINE, INSPIRING A READERSHIP OF OVER 45,000 SUBSCRIBERS TOUCHING LIVES AROUND THE WORLD.
EUGENE IS AN EXPERIENCED PROCESS TRAINING FACILITATOR WHO HAS LED SESSION GROUP SESSIONS AT AGAPE INTERNATIONAL SPIRITUAL CENTER, CENTERS FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING AND VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, INCLUDING DENVER, FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA, PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND, UTAH, NEW MEXICO, CANADA, MEX, NEW, NEW MEXICO, CANADA, MEXICO, AND JAMAICA.
EUGENE ALLOWS VISION TO GUIDE HIM.
EUGENE IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO HIS PURPOSE OF JOYFULLY ASSISTING OTHERS IN REMEMBERING WHO AND WHAT THEY TRULY ARE DIVINE BEINGS OF LIGHT.
EUGENE BELIEVES THAT TOGETHER WE CAN REVEAL THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN RIGHT HERE ON EARTH.
EUGENE GUIDES THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE RACE TALK REVOLUTION PROGRAM TO ASKING QUESTIONS AND PARTICIPATING WITHOUT FEELING BLAME, SHAME, OR GUILT.
IT IS BETWEEN EUGENE AND LANE.
THEY CREATE SUCH A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT THESE CENTURIES OLD ISSUES.
YOU KNOW, JUST AS FROM TIME TO TIME, DOCTORS, SCIENTISTS, PEOPLE IN CRIM, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, PARENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY DECIDE WE NEED TO EXHUME THE REMAINS OF ONE OF OUR LOVED ONES TO, TO FURTHER STUDY WHAT IS IN THE BONES THAT WILL GIVE US MORE INFORMATION, WHAT'S IN THE BONES OR WHAT'S IN THE REMAINS THAT WILL GIVE US FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT TRULY HAPPENED TO THIS PERSON OR WHAT THIS, WHAT THE DISEASE WAS THAT TOOK OUR LOVED ONE AWAY.
IN THE SAME CONTEXT, WE NEED TO UNCOVER, DIG DOWN DEEP AND LOOK AT THE ROOTS OF RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION AND PREJUDICE IN THIS COUNTRY IN ORDER TO TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT ARE THE REASONS AND THE CAUSES FOR THIS ONGOING DISEASE OF SYSTEMIC RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION THAT WE CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE IN THIS COUNTRY.
EUGENE, I HOPE YOU'RE LISTENING BECAUSE THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO YOU READS AS FOLLOWS.
THE TOWN OF GREENBERG, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, STATE OF NEW YORK, HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES AND HONORS REVEREND EUGENE D. HOLDEN, FOR HIS OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE AND DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT TO HELPING IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS OF THIS TOWN AND BEYOND.
THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING,
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ACCEPTANCE, AND RESPECT FOR CULTURAL, RACIAL, AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES BY ENCOURAGING HEALING AND EMBRACING MORALITY AS WELL AS HUMANITY.THE CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION IS PRESENTED TO REVEREND EUGENE D. HOLDEN WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, 2022.
JUDITH, A BEVILLE GREENBERG TOWN CLERK GREENBERG TOWN BOARD MEMBERS PAUL J FINER TOWN SUPERVISOR ELLEN HENDRICKS, TOWN COUNCILWOMAN.
GINA JACKSON, TOWN COUNCILWOMAN KEN JONES, TOWN COUNCILMAN AND FRANCIS SHEEN TOWN.
COUNCILMAN EUGENE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE ANY COMMENTS? I DON'T BELIEVE HE IS ON UNLESS HE CAME IN BY SOME OTHER NAME.
YOU DON'T THINK HE'S ON? NO, I, OKAY.
WELL, IF EUGENE COMES ON, WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK TO HIM.
OUR LAST HONOREE IS A RESIDENT, ALSO A RESIDENT HERE IN OUR TOWN A FEW WEEKS AGO, TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER.
AND I PUT OUT A MESSAGE TO THE TOWN ASKING IF THERE WERE ANY RESIDENTS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
BECAUSE I, I TRULY FEEL, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE, WE AS AMERICANS HAVE EVOLVED TO A, A POINT IN OUR LIVES HERE IN THE HISTORY IN, IN, IN, IN THIS COUNTRY, IN OUR HISTORY IN THIS COUNTRY, WHERE IT'S TIME FOR US TO LOOK AT THE FACT THAT AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IS PART OF AMERICAN HISTORY, AND AMERICAN HISTORY IS PART OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY.
THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS' PRESENCE IN THIS COUNTRY, THERE WERE ALWAYS PEOPLE WHO DID NOT LOOK LIKE US, WHO CAME TOGETHER AND RALLIED FOR OUR SUPPORT, FOR THE SUPPORT, FOR THE FREEDOM AND THE HUMANITY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
AND THAT HISTORY IS PART OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH, AND IT SHOULD BE FAST FORWARD INTO THE SIXTIES.
WE SAW PEOPLE MARCHING TOGETHER HAND IN HAND, WHO WERE OF DIFFERENT CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS, DIFFERENT HUES, DIFFERENT HUES OF THE HUMAN RACE, DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS BACKGROUNDS WHO CAME TOGETHER AND HELD LOCKED ARMS WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING AND WITH MANY OF OUR CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS MARCHING AND STRUGGLING FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.
MIKE SIEGEL RESPONDED TO THAT EMAIL.
ACTUALLY, HE WAS THE ONE OF, MAYBE ONLY TWO PEOPLE RESPONDED TO THAT EMAIL.
AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I, I GREW UP IN A RURAL TOWN IN GEORGIA, AND, AND WHAT I WITNESSED GROWING UP WAS JUST IMMORAL.
HE SAID, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT WHAT I WITNESSED GROWING UP, UP.
BUT HE SAID, I AM A WHITE PERSON WHO EMPATHIZED WITH THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN THIS COUNTRY.
I SAW WHAT HAPPENED TO BLACK PEOPLE, HE TOLD ME, AND HE SAID IT WAS, I WAS ASHAMED FOR WHAT I WITNESSED.
SO MIKE IS GOING TO SHARE A FEW COMMENTS WITH US TODAY FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF US ALL COMING TOGETHER TO UNDERSTAND, TO, TO FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACTS OF OUR PAST AND TO UNDERSTAND AND GROW TOGETHER IN THE SPIRIT OF UNDERSTANDING AND HEALING.
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SIEGEL IS A RETIRED PARTNER OF A LARGE NEW YORK CITY LAW FIRM FOR 10 YEARS, HE REPRESENTED THE UNITED STATES AT A COMMISSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS.HE IS PAST CHAIR OF THE TOWN BOARDS OF THE BOARD OF ETHICS, VICE CHAIR OF THE TOWN'S CONSERVATION ADVISORY COUNCIL, DIRECTOR OF THE OLD EDGEMONT ASSOCIATION.
AND HE WAS ALSO AN OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY.
MIKE, THE TOWN'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO YOU READS AS FOLLOWS, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, STATE OF NEW YORK, HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES AND HONORS MICHAEL SIEGEL FOR HIS OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE AND DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT TO HELPING IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS OF THIS TOWN AND BEYOND.
THROUGH HIS ADVOCACY AND EFFORTS TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING, ACCEPTANCE, AND RESPECT FOR CULTURAL, RACIAL, AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES BY ENCOURAGING HEALING AND EMBRACING MORALITY AS WELL AS HUMANITY.
THIS CERTIFICATE OF APPRE OF APPRECIATION IS PRESENTED TO MICHAEL SIEGEL WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, 2022.
JUDITH VILLE, TOWN CLERK GREENBURG TOWN BOARD MEMBERS PAUL J FINER TOWN SUPERVISOR ELLEN HENDRICKS, TOWN COUNCILWOMAN.
GINA JACKSON, TOWN COUNCILWOMAN KEN JONES, TOWN COUNCILMAN AND FRANCIS SHEEN, TOWN COUNCILMAN MIKE, ARE YOU WITH US? HE IS.
PLEASE SHARE YOUR COMMENTS, MIKE.
TIM, IF YOU COULD UNSHARE YOUR SCREEN.
IT'S BETTER TO SEE HIM IN PERSON THAN JUST HIS NAME.
THANK YOU, MR. SIEGEL, IF YOU COULD UNMUTE YOUR MIC AND YOU'LL BE ALL SET.
UM, WHEN I TALKED TO JUDITH, UM, THE OTHER DAY ABOUT JOINING THIS, UM, SHE SAID, SINCE IT LOOKED LIKE I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO, UM, PARTICIPATED IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE DEEP SOUTH, UH, SHE ASKED ME TO EXPLAIN WHAT SEG SEGREGATION LIFE WAS LIKE IN THE DEEP SOUTH.
AND I TOLD JUDITH, I DON'T THINK I REALLY CAN RESPOND TO THAT, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK A WHITE PERSON CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND THE HUMILIATION AND SUFFERING OF THE SEGREGATED DEEP SOUTH.
I KNEW THAT WHAT WAS GOING ON WAS IMMORAL, BUT I DON'T THINK A WHITE PERSON CAN EVER UNDERSTAND THE DEPTH OF THE IMMORALITY.
I CAN, HOWEVER, RELAY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I PARTICIPATED IN.
AND LET ME START WITH A SMALL COUNTY IN THE COTTON FIELDS OF GEORGIA.
IT WAS FULL OF IMPEACH EARL WARREN SIGNS.
EARL WARREN, UH, WAS THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF US SUPREME COURT, THE BROWN VERSUS BOARD OF EDUCATION.
UM, UM, THE JOHN BUR SOCIETY IN THE EARLY SIXTIES WAS TAKING HOLD AND THE K K K WERE LONG ESTABLISHED IN THIS COUNTY.
UM, IN TERMS OF VOTING, BLACKS AND WHITE VOTED IN SEGREGATED BALLOT BOX, THERE WAS A BALLOT BOX FOR WHITES AND A BALLOT BLOCK, A BALLOT BOX FOR BLACKS.
AND THAT WAS PRETTY COMMON IN THIS PART OF GEORGIA.
UM, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR COUNTY, THEY COUNTED THE VOTES SEPARATELY, THEY COUNTED THE WHITE VOTES SEPARATELY FROM THE BLACK VOTES.
AND THEN AN AMAZING THING HAPPENED.
THE AMOUNT OF VOTES THAT WERE DISQUALIFIED FOR BLACK VOTES WAS MANY, MANY MULTIPLE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF VOTES THAT WAS DISQUALIFIED FOR WHITE VOTES.
SO IN THIS COUNTY, I REGISTERED BLACKS, SOME BLACKS TO VOTE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THIS WAS A RURAL COUNTY IN THE COTTON FIELDS OF GEORGIA.
BLACKS TO VOTE FOR THE FIRST TIME WAS NOT FOR THE LIGHTHEARTED.
IT IS, UM, NOT AN UNDERSTATEMENT TO SAY THAT
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THIS WAS DONE IN A VERY HOSTILE AND THREATENING ENVIRONMENT, THE BLACKS, BUT IT WAS VERY REWARDING.THE BLACKS THAT FINALLY GOT TO REGISTER TO VOTE.
UH, THE PRIDE THEY HAD IN FINALLY BEING ABLE TO VOTE WAS SOMETHING I STILL REMEMBER TODAY.
AND THEN I WENT TO SCHOOL IN THE SOUTH, IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY.
VANDERBILT, LIKE EVERY OTHER SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, UM, WAS IN, UH, WAS, WAS SEGREGATED EXCEPT VANDERBILT WAS AVANT-GARDE AND UNIQUE IN THE SENSE THAT IN THE DIVINITY SCHOOL, THERE WERE BLACK STUDENTS.
NOW IN VANDERBILT, UM, MOST OF THE, UH, UM, MOST OF THE FRATERNITY HOUSES, SORORITY HOUSES AND DORMS WERE FULL OF PARTIES.
SO PEOPLE WENT TO THE LIBRARY TO STUDY.
UM, ACROSS FROM THE LIBRARY WAS A SMALL, GREASY, SMOOTH SPOON DINER.
IT WAS ONLY OPEN HOWARD OR WHITES.
BLACK STUDENTS COULD NOT GO THERE.
UM, I FORMED A GROUP OF ABOUT 15 OR 20 STUDENTS TO INTEGRATE THAT RESTAURANT, AND WE PICKETED IN FRONT OF THE RESTAURANT.
UM, THIS EXPOSED US TO A LOT OF WHITE SEGREGATIONISTS, UH, IN THOSE DAYS, UH, AND MOST OF, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT AS OLD AS I AM IN THOSE DAYS, COKE BOTTLES WERE IN GLASS.
THEY WOULD COME AND THROW GLASS FUELED GLASS COKE BOTTLES AT US.
THEY WOULD THROW PAINT CANS AT US.
UH, THEY WOULD SAY A LOT OF THINGS WHICH WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERING ENCOURAGING WORDS, UM, ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, IN AND AROUND.
THIS WAS THE NATIONAL POLICE FORCE, WHICH AS FAR AS I COULD TELL AT THE TIME, WAS ALL WHITE, WHO DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO PROTECT US AND, UM, LET ALL THIS HAPPEN.
UM, EVENTUALLY, UH, FORTUNATELY, THIS, UH, THIS RESTAURANT ACROSS THE LIBRARY, IN FACT OPENED UP ALL STUDENTS THAT WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY, UM, UM, UM, UH, BLACK AND WHITE.
AND THEN I PARTICIPATED IN THE INTEGRATION OF A SEGREGATED RESTAURANT IN NASHVILLE.
AND I'VE FORGOTTEN THE, I'M NOT SURE THE NAME, I THINK IT WAS CALLED THE DAVIS HOUSE OR THE DAVIS CAFETERIA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THIS WAS WHERE ALL THE FINE FOLKS IN NASHVILLE WENT ON SUNDAYS WITH THEIR FAMILY, UM, AFTER CHURCH.
BUT EVEN THOUGH THIS IS WHERE FAMILIES WENT AFTER CHURCH ON SUNDAY, IT WAS ONLY OPEN TO WHITE FAMILIES.
IT WAS NOT OPEN TO BLACK FAMILIES AFTER THEIR, AFTER THEIR CHURCH.
AND OF COURSE, THE CHURCHES WERE SEGREGATED.
THERE WERE WHITE CHURCHES AND THE BLACK CHURCHES, UH, SOMEHOW THE FOLKS THAT WENT TO THE WHITE CHURCH JUST KIND OF, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DID WITH THE CONCEPT, UH, WERE ALL CHILDREN UNDER GOD, BUT SOMEHOW THAT ESCAPED THEM.
THEY WENT WHEN THEY WENT TO LUNCH AFTER CHURCH.
SO, AND EVENTUALLY AFTER SOME KIND OF, UM, DIFFICULTIES IN SOME OF THOSE INVOLVING THE NASHVILLE POLICE, UH, UH, WAS EVENTUALLY OPEN TO, UH, ALL BLACKS AND WHITES.
SO THAT'S, UM, I MEAN, THIS WAS 60 YEARS AGO,
BUT THE, THESE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, I CAN RECALL NOW.
WELL, MIKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT EXPERIENCE, UM, BECAUSE SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT YOU GAVE RESONATE STILL TODAY, UH, IN WHAT WE ARE WITNESSING, UH, IN, IN OUR, THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTRY TODAY, WHICH SPEAKS EVEN MORE TO THE, TO THE IMPORTANCE OF PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER REGARDLESS AS TO THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN, THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, THEIR CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS.
BECAUSE WE FACE THREATS TODAY TO VOTING RIGHTS, WE FACE THREATS TODAY TO FREE SPEECH AGAIN.
AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE AN ORGANIZED OF HUMAN BEINGS TO ONCE AGAIN STAND UP FOR THESE FREEDOMS AND RIGHTS.
AND SO THIS BRINGS US TO THE CLOSE OF
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OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH RECOGNITION FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.AND I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I, I SEE A VERY STRONG LINK BETWEEN TONIGHT AND THIS PAST SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH, WHERE OUR TOWN BOARD MEMBERS STOOD TOGETHER AND NORWOOD ROAD AT THE SITE OF A SIGN THAT WAS REINSTALLED, SAYING ALL LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL BLACK LIVES MATTER WAS A SYMBOL OF LOCAL LEADERS COMING TOGETHER TO STAND FOR HEALING, UNDERSTANDING, RESPECT, AND ACCEPTANCE.
THANK YOU, MIKE, FOR SHARING THAT.
VERY PERSONAL AND PRIVATE STORY, REAL LIFE STORY OF WHAT OF, OF LIVING HISTORY.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR HONOREES FOR YOUR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO HELPING IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR TOWN OF GREENBURG.
AND HONOREE SHOULD BE COMMENDED AND CONGRATULATE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE HONORS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS.
NEXT, UM, WE WILL HAVE, UM, A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER,
[ To consider the Town of Greenburgh’s 2022 Recommended Capital Budget and 2023 and 2024 Capital Plan.]
UH, THE TOWN OF GREENBERG'S 2022 RECOMMENDED CAPITAL BUDGET, UM, AND 2023 AND 2024, UH, CAPITAL PLAN.AND, UM, WELL, THE, UH, THE ENTIRE BUDGET IS, UH, POSTED ON, UH, EITHER THE WEBSITE, UM, AND I'M WONDERING IF ANYBODY, UH, IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SPEAK ON THE BUDGET SUPERVISOR FINER, MR. HAL WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
AND THEN WE HAVE MS. WEEMS FOLLOWING THAT.
UH, BARBARA IS COMING UP IN CASE SHE HAS TO SAY TO SLOW DOWN OR SPEED UP.
I'D LIKE TO START WITH A WELL IN THIS DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET CAPITAL BUDGET FOR 2022 AND THE PLAN FOR 2023 AND 24.
I'D LIKE TO START WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT IN IT.
WE'VE BEEN VERY CAUTIONARY ABOUT GIVING MOMENTS OF SILENCE TO GREENBERG RESIDENTS WHO HAVE PASSED ON AND ARE NO LONGER WITH US.
SO I THINK IT'S ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE THAT WE LOOK AT THE ITEMS IN THE BUDGET THAT ARE NO LONGER WITH US, ITEMS THAT MR. FINER AND THE TOWN BOARD HAVE PROMOTED FOR YEARS IN CASE OF SOME, AND AS RECENTLY AS 2021 WHEN HE WAS ON A BIG SAFETY KICK.
SO LET'S HAVE THAT MOMENT OF SILENCE AFTER I NAME WHAT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET HEADING.
THE LIST IS A NEW POLICE STATION AND COURTHOUSE, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN AROUND AS AN ITEM NEEDED SINCE AT LEAST THE YEAR 2000.
AND PERIODICALLY, THE TOWN RAISES MONEY IN ITS FUND BALANCE FOR THAT PURPOSE.
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ALLOCATED FOR THAT PURPOSE DISAPPEARED SO THAT MR. FINER COULD TELL YOU THAT FOR THE THIRD YEAR THERE WOULD BE NO TAX INCREASE.
WHAT HE DID WAS USE THE MONEY THAT WAS ACCUMULATED FOR THE NEW COURTHOUSE FOR THE NEW POLICE STATION TO AVOID A TAX INCREASE.
THIS WOULD BE THE SAME POLICE COURTHOUSE THAT THE TOWN NEVER REVEALED TO THE PUBLIC WHEN IT WAS PURSUING ONE ACROSS THE STREET FROM TOWN HALL.
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AND WAS ONLY THAT WHEN I RECEIVED, WHEN OF A LETTER TO THE TOWN DATED JANUARY, 2021, WAS IT REVEALED THAT THE COST OF THIS PROJECT WOULD MEET AS HIGH AS $85 MILLION, WHICH EXPLAINS WHY THE TOWN DID NOT REVEAL THIS TO THE PUBLIC.AND THEREAFTER, THE TOWN PROCEEDED TO SPEND ANOTHER $250,000 ON DUE DILIGENCE FOR THIS PURPOSE.
THE TOWN HAD HIRED C B R E TO LOOK AT THIS PROJECT, AND C B R E SAID, YOU KNOW, 85 MILLION, WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A BUDGET OF 35 MILLION.
AND THAT THE TOWN HAD AT THE, AT THAT TIME, THE TOWN HAD ACCUMULATED ROUGHLY $10 MILLION TOWARDS THAT COST.
SO THE QUESTION IS THAT MONEY DISAPPEARED, DISAPPEARED, SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY TAXES AND DISAPPEARED.
SO THAT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE WHEN THE NEED WILL BECOME ABSOLUTE, YOU'LL BE PURCHASING A NEW TOWN COURTHOUSE, A NEW TOWN POLICE STATION, OR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO EITHER OF THEM AT PROBABLY A HIGHER PRICE THAN COULD BE PURCHASED TODAY.
ONE THING IS FOR CERTAIN THAT WITH AAA BOND RATING THAT MR. FINER TALKS ABOUT SO OFTEN, AND BY THE WAY, THE ANGLE OF VIEW THAT I HAVE HERE IS SUCH THAT I SEE THE TOWN BOARD SEATED ON THE DESK.
I SEE MR. FINER PERIODICALLY LOOKING AT IS HIS, HIS SMARTPHONE AND USING IT.
ANYWAY, THE BOTTOM LINE IS NO NEW COURTHOUSE, NO NEW POLICE STATION.
WHAT ELSE THAT WE'RE MISSING IS, REMEMBER ALL THOSE SIDEWALK PROJECTS THAT WERE ANNOUNCED BECAUSE WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY.
I LIVE ON NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE THREE YEARS AGO, TOWN TOOK A WALK ALONG AT INVITING THE RESIDENTS TO LOOK AT IT, AND YES, WE WERE GOING TO GET A NEW SIDEWALK.
THEN A YEAR AFTER THAT, IT GOT REDUCED TO ONLY ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAVE, AND NOW IT'S DISAPPEARED ENTIRELY.
THOSE PEOPLE LIVING IN EDGEMONT, REMEMBER FORT HILL ROAD, OTHER SIDEWALKS ALONG THE EDGEMONT MID SCHOOL, WHAT HAPPENED THERE? WHAT WE DO HAVE IS A SIDEWALK FROM MARION ON CENTRAL PARK AVENUE TO FOUR CORNERS WHERE THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO ONE USING IT BECAUSE THERE'S NO POPULATION LIVING ALONGSIDE IT.
AND WE ALSO HAD TWO MEETINGS FOR HARTSDALE.
ONE, ONE PART OF THE MEETING WAS ADDRESSING THE CENTRAL AVENUE BY THE CHURCH.
A NEW SIGN, ELECTRONIC SIGN THERE.
BUT THE OTHER PART OF IT FROM EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE TO FOUR CORNERS, WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT? NOW, MIND YOU, I'M NOT TALKING JUST ABOUT THE 2022 BUDGET.
NONE OF THIS IS IN THE 2023 CAPITAL PLAN OR THE 2024 CAPITAL PLAN, BECAUSE WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING TO COME FROM? SO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE LOWEST BOND RATES FOR THE LOWEST BOND RATING.
INTEREST RATES THAT MOST OF YOU HAVE READ FROM THE NEWSPAPERS ARE GOING TO BE RAISED STARTING IN MARCH AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO THE QUESTION IS, IN WHATEVER TIME I HAVE REMAINING, I'D LIKE TO USE THAT AS A MOMENTS OF SILENCE FOR THE ITEMS THAT YOU DON'T SEE AND WEREN'T TOLD AREN'T GOING TO BE IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
I THANK YOU MR. SAMS. AND JANELLE, I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL IF AT SOME POINT WE ALSO DISPLAY THE, UM, THE TIME CLOCK.
SO SPEAKERS HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF HOW MUCH TIME THEY HAVE LEFT TO SPEAK.
UH, IT IS DISPLAYED IF THEY'RE WATCHING ON ZOOM, IT IS DISPLAYED.
I SEE IT IN A VERY DISTANT WAY, BUT I CAN'T READ IT FROM MY, MY VANTAGE POINT THAT'S IS, OH, MS. WEEMS, YOU SHOULD RECEIVE A PROMPT.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU INTEND TO SPEAK DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR THIS PARTICULAR PUBLIC HEARING, UH, BUT YOU SHOULD RECEIVE A PROMPT AND I SEE, UM, MICHELLE BROWN HAD HER HAND UP.
SO, UM, WE CAN CALL ON MICHELLE.
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I SEE MICHELLE'S HAND WENT DOWN.UM, MAYBE THERE'S NOT AN INTENT TO SEE.
SO ONCE AGAIN, UM, MS. WILLIAMS, YOU SHOULD RECEIVE A PROMPT TO, UM, CLICK, WHICH WILL ALLOW YOU TO MAKE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
I, UM, I DID WANNA ANSWER HOW SAM, IN ONE INSTANCE, THIS, I WANTED TO SPEAK LATER ON, AND, UM, THAT WAS, THE SIDEWALKS CAME UNDER THE ROCK GRANTS AND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THAT GRANT WOULD NOT PERMIT US TO GO FURTHER THAN AND SPECI AN AMOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE OR WHATEVER IT WAS.
WE COULDN'T GO PAST THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT.
BUT IT IS GOING TO COME BACK ON AGAIN.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT WHERE THE MONEY WAS UNLESS WE GET IT AND MATCH IT, THE MONEY WOULDN'T BE THERE.
BUT I WILL, ONCE AGAIN, I, I'M GOING TO, IF YOU CAN GIVE ME A CALL AND I WILL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU A LITTLE MORE BECAUSE I, YOU HAVE SOME THINGS THAT I WANTED TO FIND OUT ABOUT ALSO AND ASK ABOUT.
BUT I WANTED TO SPEAK AT THE END, I GUESS AT THE END, BECAUSE THIS IS A SECTION, UM, I WANT FIVE MINUTES, SO I'LL WAIT.
IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE A QUICK SIDEWALK UPDATE, I'D BE HAPPY TO OFFER THAT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO DO SO.
HI, MS. WILLIAMS. SORRY, I'M SPEAKING TO THE BOARD THERE.
WELL, WHAT, UH, DO YOU WANT, UH, DO YOU WANT GARRETT TO GIVE AN UPDATE REGARDING SIDEWALKS? YOUR HONOR, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT AND PUT IT ON YOUR MICROPHONE.
OH, THE NORTH AT THE WASHINGTON, UH, SIDEWALK WILL BE, UH, BUILT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR, WHICH, UH, MR. SAMS, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT UP AND, UH, HILLSIDE, UM, THIS SIDEWALK SHOULD BE ALSO BUILT.
UH, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION SHOULD START, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR.
GARRETT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, YOU KNOW, TO MENTION? THAT'S ALL I WAS GONNA MENTION.
AND THEN, UM, WE'RE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY ON LONGVIEW DRIVE IN EDGEMONT ON A, UH, RECURVING, WHICH WILL INCLUDE, UH, A NEW SIDEWALK AS WELL, WHICH IS PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR.
SO, UH, THREE VERY IMPORTANT PROJECTS AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR NAMING THE TWO OF THEM, SUPERVISOR FARNER.
AND WE'RE, UH, ALSO WORKING, UH, WITH THE JUNIPER HILL CIVIC ASSOCIATION, UM, TO BUILD A SIDEWALK ON JUNIPER HILL FROM FAIR STREET TO UH, UH, THROUGH JUNIPER HILL.
WHAT ABOUT THE HILLSIDE AVENUE SIDEWALKS, GARRETT, THAT WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR.
SO THE MONEY WAS ALLOCATED AND BONDED IN 21.
YES, WE'RE AT THE 90% DRAWING FEES AND, UH, D O T, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
UH, IT'S GONNA GREEN LIGHT US PRETTY SOON, I BELIEVE, TO, UH, GO OUT TO CONSTRUCTION BID SO THAT THE FUNDING IS THERE.
AND, UM, I THINK WE'RE IN A PLACE WHERE WE COULD BREAK GROUND IN, UH, PERHAPS JULY.
BUT KEN, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, MENTION, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING, YOU KNOW, WITH THE STATE, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE CENTRAL AVENUE SIDEWALK, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, RED TAPE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE THING IS, UH, WE FEEL WE'RE READY, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY THAT THERE COULD BE SOME DELAYS, BUT AT THIS POINT IT LOOKS, UM, LIKE THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN, UM, IN THE SUMMER.
UH, CLIFF AND ABRAMS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE'RE WAITING FOR CLIFF.
AND THIS IS ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET, RIGHT, CLIFF? YEAH, I UNDERSTAND.
NOW, WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS THAT WHEN IT COME WITH THE SIDEWALKS AND YOU ARE GOING THROUGH THE BIDDING, IS ANYBODY, BECAUSE THE LAST TIME THE SIDEWALKS WAS DONE, Y'ALL, Y'ALL GAVE THE BID TO PEOPLE WHO WASN'T EVEN FROM THE AREA AND NOBODY FROM THE AREA GOT ANY JOBS.
SO THE MONEY THAT CAME OUT OF THE BLOCK, GRANT WENT TO ANOTHER STATE.
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JERSEY GOT THE BID AND THEY DIDN'T HIRE NOBODY FROM THE AREA.SO I HOPE WHILE Y'ALL IMPLANTING ON THE BID, THAT THAT WILL BE A PART OF IT, THAT THEY LET SOME PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, BE ABLE TO GET SOME WORK WHILE THEY BUILDING ALL THESE SIDEWALKS UP.
ANYONE ELSE? I DON'T SEE ANYBODY GARITY.
I THINK THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS.
UH, MR. SAMS RAISED TO STAND AGAIN, I THINK IS, IS THERE A SECOND ROUND? NO.
UH, THE, WE'RE JUST GOING, OKAY.
NO, THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THERE ARE.
UH, HOUSE SIMS, YOU WERE THINKING OF PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAS ALL VERY INTERESTING ABOUT ALL THE SIDEWALKS, BUT THIS IS A HEARING ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET, IS IT NOT IN THAT SENSE.
THEN THE CAPITAL BUDGET, WHICH I CHECKED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON, DID NOT HAVE ANY OF THESE LINES ABOUT SIDEWALKS THAT YOU'RE SAYING ARE ON THE WAY IN 2022 AND 2023.
SO YOU'RE PLAYING THE SAME STORY AGAIN, OF TELLING EVERYONE, LOOK WHAT'S COMING.
BUT WHEN YOU ARE ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO VOTE ON IT DURING THIS HEARING, IT ISN'T THERE, IS IT? HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT, MR. FINER, WHAT ABOUT THE FA SIDEWALK THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE EAGER TO BUILD ALONG WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE FIRST, LOOKING AT THE BUDGET, MR. FEER? WELL, LET ME UH, MENTION THAT THIS, THE SIDEWALK ON WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE, UH, WE'RE ASKING, SEEKING A GRANT FROM THE STATE.
SO WE HAVEN'T BEEN ADVISED YET IF, UH, THE GRANT'S BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, APPROVED, UH, THE OTHER SIDEWALKS.
UM, UH, LEMME JUST SEE WHERE IT IS IN, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE BUDGET.
WE, WE DID NOT, WE, I THINK WE CALLED THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, UM, UNIT KNOW IMPROVEMENTS.
YOU HAVE MONEY IN THERE FOR CURVING? FOR EXISTING CURVING.
OH, NO WONDER HAS TO PERIODICALLY BE REPLACED.
WHY DIDN'T PUT THE
I I THINK IT'S HELPFUL IF THE CONTROLLER COMES UP AND GOES TO THE MICROPHONE AND YOU CAN THANK ME LATER.
I MEAN, 'CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE
THE TOWN BOARD HAPPENS SO RARELY WE'RE ANSWERING HIS QUESTION.
WELL, USUALLY WE WAIT TILL HE, YOU KNOW, GETS ALL HIS QUESTIONS OUT AND THEN WE RESPOND, RIGHT? WELL, USUALLY WE DON'T RESPOND.
SO IT'S WITHIN THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS LINE.
SO IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY SAY WHICH SIDEWALK IS GOING TO BE DONE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE PLAN ON DOING ONE SIDEWALK AND SOMETHING HAPPENS AND WE CAN'T GET IT DONE.
SO WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, HOW MUCH IS THERE? BUT THE INTENTION IS THERE TO DO IT.
HOW MUCH IS IN THERE, ROBERTA, FOR THE SIDEWALK? A MILLION FOR THIS YEAR THAT BUYS YOU HOW MUCH SIDEWALK? ALL THOSE LOCATIONS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR 2022.
I, I KNOW YOU DON'T KNOW THE COST PER FOOT, BUT $1 MILLION IS PENNIES.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE, WE NORMALLY DON'T LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE LIKE FOR SOMEONE TO SPEAK AND THEN WE CAN RESPOND TO THE QUESTIONS.
AND IT'S ALSO VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE STENOGRAPHER WHEN TWO PEOPLE ARE TALKING IN, IN THIS MANNER.
WELL, ONLY ONE PERSON IS TALKING AT THE TIME, MR. LEWIS.
SO I DON'T THINK WHO'S TALKING, IT SHOULD BE AS MUCH OF A CONCERN FOR THE STENOGRAPHER.
AND I THINK IT'S GOOD IN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WHAT THE TOWN BOARD IS THINKING, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE TELLING US ALL KINDS OF GOODIES THAT SIMPLY AREN'T THERE.
SO I DON'T WANNA TAKE YOUR TIME MR. MR. SAVIS, BECAUSE I SEE
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THE CLOCK IS RUNNING.SO I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GET ALL YOUR QUESTIONS OUT AND WE'RE RESPOND.
NO, I, I HAVE MY QUESTIONS OUT THERE, BUT, AND I HAVE MY ACCUSATION.
THE SIDEWALKS YOU WERE DISCUSSING TONIGHT AND TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT TO HAPPEN IN 2022 ARE NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
AND MR. FINER, WHEN YOU SAY NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE, YOU DON'T EVEN MEAN NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE FROM WEST HARSDALE AVENUE TO CENTRAL AVENUE, DO YOU? YOU'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE SMALL SECTION CLOSEST TO WEST HARSDALE AVENUE WHERE THERE ALREADY IS EXISTING SIDEWALK.
SO I HAVE NO OTHER CONCLUSION TO MAKE OTHER THAN YOU ARE NORMALLY GIVING YOUR SAME OLD BS TO THE PUBLIC.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON A SIDE, ON A CAPITAL BUDGET, AND YOU DO NOT HAVE THESE ITEMS IN THERE.
AND IT'S NICE THAT WE ONLY ARE TALKING ABOUT SIDEWALKS AND WE HAVE NO COMMENT ABOUT THE ABSENCE OF THE TOWN HALL AND THE POLICE STATION BECAUSE YOU USED ALL THAT MONEY.
ANYBODY ELSE? I HAVE SOME POINTS OF CLARIFICATION TO MAKE PAUL ON PAGES NINE AND 12 OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET, UH, WHERE DEPARTMENTS ARE LISTED.
UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES IS LISTED AS THE THEODORE DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS INCORRECT BECAUSE THE THEODORE DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER IS THE BUILDING FROM WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES IS RUN.
SO THOSE TWO LINES, THOSE TWO PAGES SHOULD BE CORRECTED SO THAT IT SHOULD REFLECT THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
ANYTHING ELSE? NO, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
NOBODY ELSE HAS ANY COMMENTS THEN? UH, WELL, WE DID TALK ABOUT ADDING SOME MORE MONEY FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AS A POSSIBILITY.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE THAT NOW.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE IT NOW, BUT IT, IT'S A POSSIBILITY.
SO IF WE, UH, UH, CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR, UM, UH, SEVEN DAYS TO DISCUSS THIS ON, UH, TUESDAY'S WORK SESSION.
ANY ADDITIONS THE BOARD WANTS TO MAKE? OKAY.
ARE YOU MAKING THAT MOTION? I MAKE THAT MOTION.
[ 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, NY) (To be adjourned to 3/09/2022 at applicant's request.)]
HEARING ON, UH, THE CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT, UH, HACKLEY IS BEING, UM, UH, ADJOURNED.NOW WE HAVE THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OH, SAY TO WHEN ADJOURNED, UH, TO, UH, 3 9 20 20 22 AT APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
IT'S HARD TO, UH, SEE THOUGH WHEN YOU HAVE THE MASKS ON.
[ PUBLIC COMMENT Advance signup via PublicComment@GreenburghNY.com is required. A five minute limit per speaker will be strictly enforced. No interruptions by Town Board members, the Town Clerk or the public will be permitted. Any questions or comments on agenda items or any other topic should be raised during this extended time period for the public to address the Town Board Department Heads have the option of leaving the meeting following Public Comment. There will not be a second public comment period at the end of the meeting. Any written comments sent to the PublicComment address will be forwarded to all Town Board members in advance of the meeting for their consideration.]
COMMENT.ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING? JUDITH, I SENT YOU A NOTE VIA TEXT OF THE LIST OF SPEAKERS.
UM, WHAT I'LL DO IS, UH, THERE ARE HANDS UP, SO I'M GONNA CALL THEM OUT IF THAT'S OKAY.
WE HAVE, UH, LYNN GOODMAN DOING A DIFFERENT ORDER NOW.
I HAVE IT AS MICHELLE HOWELL, AND THEN NEXT WILL BE MICHELLE BROWN.
I'M THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE GREENBERG HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
I'D LIKE TO VOICE MY SUPPORT TONIGHT FOR, UM, CLIFF ABRAMS APPLICATION TO BECOME A MEMBER OF OUR COMMITTEE.
HE'S CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH IN THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT HE HAS BEEN COMING TO OUR MEETINGS.
HE'S BEEN A, UH, AN INFORMAL MEMBER.
THROUGH HIS EFFORTS, WE'VE BECOME A LOT MORE DIVERSE.
WE'VE BECOME ALERTED TO A LOT OF ISSUES THAT WE HADN'T FOCUSED ON BEFORE.
ISSUES, UH, INVOLVING THE BLACK COMMUNITY ISSUES INVOLVING PUBLIC HOUSING, POLICING, ECONOMICS.
HE IS A VOICE OF REASON, A VOICE OF ACTIVISM, AND A VOICE OF INTEGRITY.
OUR COMMITTEE WOULD BENEFIT IF HE BECAME AN OFFICIAL VOTING MEMBER.
SO I, UH, SUPPORT HIS APPLICATION AND I ASK THAT YOU APPROVE HIS APPLICATION TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE
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GREENBERG HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.AFTER MICHELLE BROWN, WE HAVE NANCY FREE.
I WANTED TO SAY, UM, TONIGHT WAS REALLY NICE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE THAT WAS HONORED, AND I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT ON SATURDAY, BUT I DID SEE VIDEO OF IT.
UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO CLIFF DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I'M GLAD IT'S BEING RECOGNIZED AND THE WORK IS BEING APPRECIATED.
AND KEN, I WANTED TO TELL YOU TOO, YOU KNOW, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE YOU, UM, STANDING FRONT AND CENTER.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR YOUNG BLACK MEN, YOUNG BLACK BOYS, SEE BLACK MEN DOING GREAT THINGS.
SO I WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE YOU DO THAT.
YOU AND CLIFF AND, UM, JUDITH, WHAT YOU PUT TOGETHER TONIGHT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE ANOTHER TARRY COUNTER OUT HERE DOING ACTIVISM.
JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB ON THIS RIGHT NOW, SO THANK YOU.
WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR NANCY, HOW, OR MSRE, YOU'RE ALL SET COMING.
JUST SO, JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU DON'T SEE YOUR PICTURE DISPLAYED, IT MEANS YOUR VIDEO ISN'T ON.
UH, IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE DISPLAYING SOME PEOPLE'S VIDEO AND OTHER PEOPLE NOT.
IT'S ONLY PEOPLE THAT HAD DISPLAYED THEIR VIDEO.
ARE WE ALLOWED TO SPOTLIGHT? SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO TURN ON THEIR VIDEO, WE CAN SPOTLIGHT YOUR, OKAY.
UM, I'M A RESIDENT OF CARYTOWN IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, AND I WROTE A LETTER TO THE BOARD, UM, LAST WEEK ABOUT THE GAS STATION, UM, AND FUEL STORAGE AT THE REQUE, THE ZONING REQUEST FROM SAM'S CLUB.
AND I JUST WANT TO INDICATE I'M OPPOSED TO THAT BUILDING OF THAT GAS STATION AND FUEL STORAGE.
UM, AND I WROTE A LETTER, I'M JUST GONNA READ REAL QUICKLY THE, THE GIST OF THE LETTER, UM, FOR YOU.
UM, THE PROPOSAL TO HAVE A LARGE GAS STATION AND SIGNIFICANT UNDERGROUND FUEL STORAGE WOULD HURT LOCAL GAS STATIONS AND OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, MANY OF WHICH ARE NEAR ME, AND WHICH I PATRONIZE, I LIVE OFF OF ROUTE ONE 19 IN TERRYTOWN.
SO I'M REALLY NEAR, UM, THE, THE AREA IN QUESTION, UM, JEOPARDIZING LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS AND TAKING AWAY THE SOURCE OF INCOME FOR MANY PEOPLE IS NOT A VERY GOOD IDEA.
IT IS ALSO FOOLISH TO BUILD MORE GASOLINE STORAGE IN THE SAWMILL AND HUDSON RIVER WATERSHEDS AND FLOOD ZONE.
THE RECENT FLOODING ON THE SAWMILL PARKWAY AFTER THE HURRICANE AND RAINS OF 2021 WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHY ANY FURTHER NEW GAS STORAGE IS A VERY, REALLY BAD IDEA.
UM, I ALSO ASKED MEMBERS OF IRVINGTON ACTIVISTS, WHICH I BELONG TO, UM, BE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE.
UM, SO IN SUMMARY, I SEE NO VALIDITY TO THE REZONING TO MAKE A LARGE GASOLINE STATION AND STORAGE FACILITY IN OUR GREENBURG COMMUNITY.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING REPLY, AND I ACTUALLY DID HEAR FROM PAUL FINE SAYING HE WAS OPPOSED THE REZONING.
UM, SO I'M HOPING YOU MAKE THIS DECISION, FINALIZE IT, OR WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO, AND NOTIFY, UM, THE COMMUNITY,
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UM, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT ANYMORE.WE HAVE THREE MORE SPEAKERS, UH, PETER SINGH, CLIFF ABRAMS, AND THEN HAL SAMUELS.
GARY, COULD YOU PLEASE ASK, UH, COULD YOU PLEASE, UH, ADD PAT WEEMS TO YOUR LIST OF SPEAKERS? YES.
UH, PETER, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE PROMPT.
ALL RIGHT, SO NEXT IS HOUSE SAMIS.
WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR HAL, YOU HERE, YOU GAVE ME SOME OTHER NAMES ON MY PHONE.
THERE'S ALWAYS A LITTLE TIME LAG BETWEEN THE ZOOM ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED.
WELL, I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THE TOWN BOARD IS GOING TO DISCUSS AT ITS NEXT WORK SESSION, ADDITIONAL MONIES TO GO INTO THE CA CAPITAL BUDGET FOR BUILDING SIDEWALKS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO ACT A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE ALL THE WORK SESSIONS I SEE REALLY DON'T SAY ANYTHING IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC.
IN FACT, WHAT WE SEE IS MOTION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING PERSONNEL MATTERS INVOLVING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, AND TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE ON VARIOUS MATTERS.
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE OLD DAYS WHEN THE TOWN BOARD AT A WORK SESSION WOULD ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, A LIST OF YOUR VIDEO TIMINGS ON THE ARCHIVE WORK SESSIONS, AND IT RUNS SOMETHING LIKE A MINUTE AND 42 SECONDS, A MINUTE AND 36 SECONDS, TWO MINUTES AND 12 SECONDS.
ALL THAT GOES ON IN THE TOWN IS NOW BEING DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
YOU DON'T EVEN DESCRIBE IT PROPERLY FOR WHAT PURPOSE YOU'RE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION SPECIFIC TO THE ITEMS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DISCUSS.
SO THAT MAKES ME WANNA, SINCE WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LITTLE ABOUT MONEY TONIGHT, TO REMIND THE PUBLIC ACTUALLY HOW MUCH THOSE PEOPLE SITTING UP ON THAT DAY IS EARNED.
AND I'LL DISCUSS THE TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS, BECAUSE THEY ARE BY ANY REVIEW, PART-TIME EMPLOYEES, THEY ALL HAVE FULL-TIME JOBS ELSEWHERE.
THEIR CURRENT RATE OF PAY AS PART-TIMERS IS $36,544, AND THEY'RE ALL ELIGIBLE FOR AN INSURANCE BUYOUT.
THEY ALL TAKE IT, EXCEPT I THINK MR. JONES, THE INS, BECAUSE AT THEIR PERMANENT WHOLE FULL-TIME JOBS, THEY'RE ALREADY GETTING THE INSURANCE PLAN.
SO IF YOU ADD THE 36 AND THE 14 TOGETHER, YOU GET OVER $51,000.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE END OF IT BECAUSE FOR ALL THEIR HARD EFFORTS WORKING SO HARD FOR OUR CITIZENS, THEY ALSO HAVE A CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY TO ASSIST THEM IN THEIR ENDEAVORS.
NOW, ALL PLUS, I THINK SHE TAKES THE INSURANCE, SO SHE NEEDS IT.
BUT THE REALITY OF THIS IS WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE SITTING THERE ON THE DAIS WHO DON'T EARN THEIR PAY BECAUSE THEY COME TO THESE MEETINGS AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON.
THEY'RE VERY GOOD ON SECOND AND VOTING UNANIMOUSLY FOR EVERYTHING
AND I FIND EVEN MORE AMUSING, AND OF COURSE, I'M THE BAD BOY IN ALL THESE PROCEEDINGS, BUT I FIND IT VERY AMUSING WHEN THE PUBLIC COMES TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.
THOSE WHO ARE WELL-TRAINED IN, IN NICENESS AND GENTIL, THE ALL THANK THE DOWN BOARD FOR LISTENING TO THEM, I WISH MY FELLOW RESIDENTS WOULD WAKE UP AND UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THEIR JOB ON THE TOWN BOARD TO LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC.
THEY'RE BEING VERY WELL PAID FOR THE FEW MINUTES THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO PUT IN AT REAL TOWN BOARD MEETINGS AND NOT MEETINGS THAT THEY ATTEND SOLELY FOR REELECTION PURPOSES.
IT CERTAINLY WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD A TOWN COUNCIL AND A TOWN BOARD COMBINED, WHICH UNDERSTOOD THE ISSUES BEFORE THEY VOTE ON THEM.
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IN 2022, THE PUBLIC WILL GET SOMETHING IN RETURN FOR THE MONEY THAT IT PAYS TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR LIFESTYLES.REMEMBER, THIS IS THEIR SECOND JOB.
WHY DO MEETINGS NOT START ON TIME? BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT COMING TO THESE TECH WORK SESSIONS.
THEY'RE COMING FROM THEIR OTHER JOBS WHEN THEY CAN LEAVE.
OF COURSE, THE TOWN BOARD COULD SCHEDULE THE MEETINGS LATER SO THE PUBLIC DOESN'T HAVE TO SIT AROUND STARING AT A BLANK SCREEN WAITING FOR THE MEETING TO A BEGINNING.
BUT THE TOWN BOARD HAS NO RESPECT FOR THE PUBLIC.
SO THEY CAN CALL THEIR MEETINGS FOR ANY START TIME THEY WANT AND THEN SHOW UP AT ANY TIME THEY WANT.
SO IF ANYONE HAS EXPECTATIONS, THEN I'M GONNA THANK THE TOWN BOARD FOR LISTENING TO ME TONIGHT.
HEY, PETER, YOU SHOULD GET A PROMPT.
HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR.
UM, YEAH, UH, I KNOW WE HAVE A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
UH, JUST PUT THE TIME CLOCK UP, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I'LL COME BACK ANOTHER TIME AND GO OVER A FEW ITEMS IN SPECIFIC.
I'M A RESIDENT OF GREENBURG, ALSO WAS A STUDENT AT WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
I'VE GRADUATED NOW I AM STUDYING, UH, MASTER'S, UH, IN RENEWABLE ENERGY ENGINEERING AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.
SO, UH, I WANNA TALK TO YOU TONIGHT BRIEFLY ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.
SO, UH, WE HAVE A NON-PROFIT, IT'S CALLED SASSAY WORLD INC.
STUDENTS, ABOUT SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT.
IT WAS FORMED IN 2018 BY A FEW ENGINEERING STUDENTS.
SO FOR FOUR YEARS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A PROJECT THAT WE BROUGHT TO FRUITION.
NOW THIS PROJECT IS THE NET ZERO HOME.
IT'S ACTUALLY A NEGATIVE HOME BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S NET ZERO.
WE'RE USING ELECTRICAL PANELS, THERMAL PANELS, UH, STRUCTURAL INSULATED WALLS, UV, ANGEL, THAT'S, UH, A NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN KILL 99% OF PATHOGENS, C OVID 19.
UH, WE HAVE A BATTERY BACKUP SYSTEM IN IT.
UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PURSUING.
IT WOULD BE REMISS OF ME IF I DIDN'T COME TO GREENBURG FIRST.
YOU KNOW, UM, AS A PROFESSIONAL, I WANNA REACH OUT TO YOU, SEE HOW WE COULD TALK ABOUT THIS MAYBE APPROACH IN NYSERDA, THE STATE FEDERAL GRANTS AND, UM, DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT'S OUT THERE TO GET THIS PROJECT OFF THE GROUND.
NOW, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S POPULATION AND HOUSING HAS GROWN DISPROPORTIONATELY, AND I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF THAT.
LAST YEAR, $1.3 TRILLION WAS PUT INTO THE ECONOMY FOR HOUSING, AND GREENBURG PLAYS A ROLE IN THAT.
THE AVERAGE, UH, SINGLE, UH, FAMILY, THREE BEDROOM HOME USES ABOUT 40, CREATES 48 METRIC TONS OF C O TWO A YEAR.
SO IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT WE, YOU KNOW, MAKE THE MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, GET WITH THE ENVIRONMENT, TRY TO IMPLEMENT THESE TYPE OF HOMES INTO THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
THERE'S A GAS MORATORIUM THAT THE GOVERNOR'S PUT INTO PLACE.
SO THINGS ARE MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION.
I'VE BEEN ON THIS, UM, WORKING IN THE FIELD.
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME.
UH, PROFESSOR ESCALADES WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON WITH ME TONIGHT.
UH, HE'S BEEN WORKING IN THE TOWN.
HE'S A LICENSED, UH, ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT.
YOU, YOU PROBABLY, YOU GUYS KNOW HIM.
HE'S TEACHING AT THE COLLEGE ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW.
SO, UH, WE HAVE LIKE A DOZEN PROFESSORS AND ENGINEERS THAT SIGNED OFF ON IT.
UM, WE JUST NEED SOME GUIDANCE FROM THE TOWN, SOME ASSISTANCE ON HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER, MAYBE APPROACH THE STATE FOR FUNDING GRANTS OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE WE NEED THIS.
THERE'S GENTRIFICATION GOING ON REDLINING, WE KNOW THERE'S SERIOUS ISSUES CONCERNING ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE.
YOU KNOW, I WAS VICE CHAIR FOR THE COLLEGE OF DEMOCRATS OF AMERICA AND COLLEGE DEMO AND CHEER FOR COLLEGE DEMOCRATS OF NEW YORK.
AND ONE OF OUR MAIN CONCERN IN OUR FOUR POINT PLAN WAS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
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NEED TO BRING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TO GREENBERG, TO WESTCHESTER COUNTY, AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TIME FOR YOU GUYS TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS.THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE, IT IS ALSO THE, THE, THE COMPONENTS THAT WE HAVE TOGETHER.
UH, IT'S ONE OF A KIND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO DO A PROPER PRESENTATION TO YOU, UH, WITH PROFESSOR ESCALADES AND, UH, THE OTHER MEMBERS OF MY TEAM THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS.
THE NAME OF OUR ORGANIZA ORGANIZATION IS SAAY WORLD INC.
STUDENTS ABOUT SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND, UM, WE, WE WANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPROACH THE BOARD TO REACH OUT TO THE TOWN TO SUPPORT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
WE'RE A HOMEGROWN ORGANIZATION.
I LIVE HERE, AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, UM, UM, I RECOGNIZE MIKE SIEGEL.
CONGRATULATIONS, MIKE, ON YOUR AWARD.
UH, I SPENT A FEW MONTHS WITH C A C I KNOW GREENBURG IS A VERY PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, UH, TOWN.
YOU HAVE SO MANY GARBAGE CONTAINERS.
YOU, YOU TAKE EVERYTHING SERIOUS FROM TAKING DOWN NATIVE SPECIES TREES TO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UM, WORK TOGETHER, GUYS.
SO, UH, I KNOW MY TIME IS COMING UP.
UH, I THINK I COVERED MOST OF THE, UH, WHAT'S IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW, AND I'LL REACH BACK OUT TO YOU.
BUT, UM, IT, IT'S TIME FOR US TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND HOW WE APPROACH BUILDING, HOW WE APPROACH DOING THINGS AT 48 METRIC TONS, OUR CARBON FOOTPRINTS.
WE NEED TO START ADDRESS THAT.
UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU IN THE FUTURE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, UH, SPEAKING TO YOU IN THE COMING, UH, DAYS.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SAY ONE, UM, TIM LEWIS, YOU'RE CORRECT.
UH, TWO, I ALSO SENT A LETTER TO THE, UH, TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, STATING MY OBJECTIONS TO, UH, GIVING, UM, UH, UH, ZONING VARIANCE TO, UM, SAM'S AND THREE, UM, REDLINING IN MY COMMUNITY, IT'S REALLY HORRIBLE BECAUSE I'M LOSING VOTES.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CANNOT VOTE.
SO WHEN YOU'RE HERE AND YOU'RE MOVING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT GIVES LESS POWER TO THE VOTE AND IT MEANS THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SAY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE A CHANGE.
AND THAT'S THE WORST THING ABOUT IT.
UM, BUT I WANTED TO DISCUSS THE, UH, SUIT THAT GANNET IS BRINGING AGAINST, UM, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG BECAUSE OF THE INABILITY, INABILITY TO OBTAIN INFORMATION.
UM, I HAVE NOT WRITTEN TO GANNET, BUT I PLAN TO DO SO TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ON THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THROUGH TRANSPARENCY, HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THE SAME TYPE OF INFORMATION.
UM, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT AND I'M GLAD THAT, UM, SOMEONE ELSE HAS BROUGHT IT UP OTHER THAN OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE IN THE TOWN TO BELIEVE THAT UNINCORPORATED GREENBERG IS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE ARE HAVING IN ON OUR COMMITTEE, JUST GETTING INFORMATION.
AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE SAME INFORMATION NOW FOR WELL OVER A YEAR AND A HALF.
SO THEREFORE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TO IT.
AND, AND THIS IS EVEN WITH, UM, THE, UM, POLICE CHIEF, UH, LONGWORTH.
HE'S GIVING ME THE SAME INFORMATION THAT CHIEF MCNERNEY GAVE US, THE SAME INFORMATION THAT I WRITE BACK AND STATE THAT THIS IS BUSINESS AS USUAL AND WE WON'T SEE A CHANGE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG UNLESS WE ARE GIVEN THE INFORMATION FROM THE EDICT FROM THE GOVERNOR.
WHEREAS WE CAN TELL AND MAKE A STATEMENT AS TO WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
WELL, IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT NEGATIVITY, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW HOW WE CAN MAKE CHANGES SO WE CAN DO SOMETHING.
THERE IS NO OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY AS FAR AS I CAN SEE IN GREENBURG ON IMPORTANT ISSUES.
AND THOSE IMPORTANT ISSUES ARE THE ONES THAT, LEMME PUT IT THIS WAY, UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG HAS A LARGE, UH, POPULATION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS.
THE VILLAGES HAVE FEWER, BUT THE VILLAGES ARE COMING UP.
THEY'RE LISTING WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, WHAT THEY PLAN TO IMPLEMENT, AND THEY'RE TRYING
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TO DO A VERY GOOD JOB.AND I AM PROUD OF THE VILLAGES, THE UNINCORPORATED, THE INCORPORATED VILLAGES.
WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN GREENBURG.
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN A PUSHBACK.
I'M TIRED OF THE PUSHBACKS AND I, UM, UM, GONNA TRY TO GET THE COMMITTEE TO SEND A LETTER TO GANNET STATING THAT WE AGREE WITH WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED WITH THEM AND, AND THEIR INABILITY TO OBTAIN INFORMATION.
AND THAT THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED ON OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
AND I'M DOING THIS ON MY OWN BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO ANYBODY ON THE COMMITTEE, UH, UM, ACCOUNTABILITY AND, UH, OVERSIGHT.
SO I DON'T WANNA SAY THAT THE WHOLE COMMITTEE HAS SAID THIS, BUT I, PATRICIA WEEMS HAS SAID IT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A CHANGE AND NO MORE PUSHBACKS TIME IS DEAR AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THINGS IMPLEMENTED AND WE CAN'T BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET THE INFORMATION THAT IS ACCURATE AND TRUTHFUL.
ALL WE ARE SEEKING IS THE TRUTH.
AND I THINK THE PEOPLE IN, IN UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT IS THE TRUTH AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO CHANGE IT TO MAKE GREENBERG BETTER THAN WHAT IT IS.
ANYBODY ELSE? IS, IS THERE A SECOND OPPORTUNITY? NO, NO.
UM, COUNCILMAN KEN JONES FOR ASKING FOR SOME CLARITY, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SAYING FOR OVER 25 YEARS THAT THE DE YOUNG IS NOT A COMMUNITY CENTER NO MORE.
IT'S A DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCE AND PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY STILL THINK IT'S A COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO I'M GLAD THAT COUNCILMAN JONES RUNG THAT POINT UP TO DO THE CORRECTION BECAUSE JUST WHEN WE COME BACK TO TRANSPARENCY, TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THE TRUTH THAT THE, THE, THE FAIRVIEW GREENBURG COMMUNITY CENTER WAS THE FAIRVIEW GREENBURG COMMUNITY CENTER.
I WAS HERE AND THEY HAD SOCIAL PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH.
AND THEN 91, WHEN SUPERVISOR FINDER BECAME OUR TOWN SUPERVISOR, THAT IS WHEN IT BECAME THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCE.
SO IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME THAT THE COMMUNITY CENTER HAS NOT BEEN A COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND THE, AND THE COMMUNITY NEEDED KNOW THIS BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCE IS NO DIFFERENT THAN THE Y Y M C A OR PARK RAY, IT'S EVERYBODY DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCE.
THE SAME WAY THAT WHEN IT WAS A FAIRVIEW GREENBURG COMMUNITY CENTER, IT WAS FAIRVIEW CENTER AND IT HADN'T BEEN THAT IN ALMOST 30 YEARS.
AND SO, AS I ALWAYS SAY THAT THE TOWN NEED TO SOMEHOW OUTTA ONE DAY OUT OF THE WEEK MAKE IT A COMMUNITY CENTER AGAIN FOR THE PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY TO UTILIZE THAT BUILDING THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME AND PEOPLE BEFORE ME KEPT THAT BUILDING LOOKING GOOD SO THAT THEY COULD MAKE IT AN APARTMENT COMMITTED RESOURCE.
SO I JUST HOPE FROM THIS DAY FORWARD THAT THE COMMUNITY RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS NOT A COMMUNITY CENTER NO MORE.
OKAY, THEN, UM, I HAVE NO FURTHER REQUESTS.
[ TB 1 - 2/23/2022 Resolution ratifying a memorandum of agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) local 1000 AFSCME, AFL-CIO to recognize, incorporate and include a title of a Senior Office Assistant-Law in the current agreement]
TB ONE RESOLUTION RATIFYING A MEMO OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES, UM, A F L C I O TO RECOGNIZE, INCORPORATE, INCLUDE THE TITLE OF SENIOR OFFICE ASSISTANT LAW AND THE CURRENT AGREEMENT.[ TB 2 - 2/23/2022 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Mirram Group, LLC (hereinafter “Mirram”) to provide continued legislative and strategic counsel before the legislative, executive and administrative branches of New York State government, for a period of twelve (12) months, starting January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022, at a cost not to exceed $6,000 per month]
BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TURN INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH MARAM GROUP, UH, FOR A COURSE NOT TO EXCEED 6,000 PER MONTH.[ AT 1 - 2/23/2022 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner The Landing on the Water at Dobbs Ferry Condominium and The Landing on the Water at Dobbs Ferry Homeowners Association, Inc. for property located on Landing Drive and Hudson Drive. The Town’s share of the refund is $36,203±; the County’s share is $268,704±; the No. Yonkers Sewer District’s share is $37,007±; the Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District’s share is $1,824,615±. Refunds from all sources total $2,166,529±.]
AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT, PETITIONER OF THE LANDING ON THE WATER AT DOPPS BURY CONDO, UM, REFUNDS FROM WILL, UH, SOURCES 2 MILLION 1 6 6 5 2 9.[ AT 2 - 2/23/2022 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner The Landing Homeowners Association Inc. and/or Summit Landing LLC, The Landing on the Water at Dobbs Ferry Condominium and/or The Landing Homeowners Association Inc. for property located at Broadway. The Town’s share of the refund is $127±; the County’s share is $938±; the No. Yonkers Sewer District’s share is $140±; the Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District’s share is $6,228±. Refunds from all sources total $7,433±.]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER OF THE LANDING HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION AND OUR SUMMIT LANDING THE LANDING ON THE WATER AT DOPPS FERRE CONDO AND THE LANDING HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION TOTAL[01:30:01]
AMOUNT, 7,000 403 3.ALL IN FAVOR, KEN, KEN SECONDED.
[ AT 3 - 2/23/2022 Resolution approving the continued retention of The Law Office of Vincent Toomey to represent the Town of Greenburgh In The Matter of Kristin Stein v. The Town of Greenburgh, et al for an amount not to exceed $25,000, $150,000 in total]
THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF THE LAW OFFICE OF ANTHONY VINCENT TOOMEY TO REPRESENT THE TOWN OF GREENBERG IN THE MATTER OF KRISTEN STEIN AT AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $25,000.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT $150,000 IN TOTAL.
[ CL 1 - 2/23/2022 Resolution authorizing Sidewalk Sales for 2022: May 13, 14, 15, 2022 (Rain Dates: May 20, 21, 22, 2022); June 17, 18, 19, 2022 (Rain Dates: June 24, 25, 26, 2022); September 2, 3, 4, 2022 (Rain Dates: September 9, 10, 11, 2022); and October 28, 29, 30, 2022 (Rain Dates: November 4, 5, 6, 2022)]
AUTHORIZING, UH, SIDEWALK SALE FOR A 2022? UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MOVE THAT THE, THE DATES FOR THE SIDEWALK SALE.YEAH, YOU SHOULD ACTUALLY SAY THEM.
RAIN DATE'S SEPTEMBER 9, 10 11.
[ CD 1 - 2/23/2022 Resolution issuing a Negative Declaration for the SEQRA determination of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh with respect to a Site Plan and all related applications of 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) and designated on the tax map of the Town of Greenburgh as Parcel ID: 7.71-6-2.2]
ISSUING A NEXT DECK FOR THE SECRET DETERMINATION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WITH RESPECT TO A SITE PLAN AND ALL RELATED APPLICATIONS OF LOOP, UH, ROAD HOLDINGS WHOLLY, UH, OWN SUB SUB SUBSIDIARY OF REGENERON UH, PHARMACEUTICALS.[ CD 2 - 2/23/2022 Resolution approving, with conditions, a Site Plan and Tree Removal Permit Application by Loop Road Holdings, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Regeneron – Loop Road”), for property located at 555 Saw Mill River Road (P.O. Tarrytown, NY) and designated on the tax map of the Town of Greenburgh as Parcel ID: 7.71-6-2.2]
WITH CONDITION OF SITE PLANNING, TREE REMOVAL PERMIT APPLICATION BY LOOP, UH, ROAD HOLDINGS, UH, WHOLLY OWN SUBSIDIARY OF REGENERON FOR PHARMACEUTICALS.[ CO 1 - 2/23/2022 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Transfers]
FISCAL YEAR 2021.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR.
[ PH 1 - 2/23/2022 Resolution authorizing the execution of a Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) Contract between the County of Westchester and the Town of Greenburgh for a Pandemic Weekend Meals Program in the Town of Greenburgh]
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CORONAVIRUS, UH, CONTRACT BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR A PANDEMIC WEEKEND MEALS PROGRAM IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.[ PO 1 - 2/23/2022 Resolution authorizing Auctionsinternational.com, an on-line auction company, be used, at no cost to the town, to sell sixteen (16) items, including an older vehicle and miscellaneous equipment considered surplus or needing significant repair]
AUTHORIZING AUCTIONS INTERNATIONAL COM, AN ONLINE AUCTION COMPANY BE USED AT NO COST TO THE TOWN TO SELL 16 ITEMS, INCLUDING AN OLDER VEHICLE AND MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT CONSIDERED SURPLUS OR NEEDING SIGNIFICANT REPAIR.[ PO 2 - 2/23/2022 Resolution authorizing the approval of a Consulting Services Proposal from Jeffrey S. Weiss, Attorney-at-Law, for review and revisions to the Police Department's Rules, Regulations, and Manual of Procedures]
APPROVAL OF CONSULTING SERVICE PROPOSAL FROM JEFF WEISS, ATTORNEY AT LAW FOR REVIEW AND REVISIONS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S RULES, REGULATIONS, AND MANUAL PROCEDURES.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ PO 3 - 2/23/2022 Resolution adopting the recommendation of the Greenburgh Police Department to add a “No Left Turn” restriction from Seely Place onto Ardsley Road on School Days, amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]
OF ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT.SO YOU HAVE NO LEFT TERM RESTRICTION FROM SEALY PLACE ONTO R THREE ROAD, UM, AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 60 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN.
[ PW 1 - 2/23/2022 Resolution awarding bids for Equipment Repair Bureau (ERB) Materials & Supplies to the lowest responsible bidders for 2022]
BIDS FOR EQUIPMENT REPAIR BUREAU MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS FOR 2022.[ PW 2 - 2/23/2022 Resolution authorizing the purchase and installation of an Access Control Unit Keyscan System for the Greenburgh Water Department, at a cost not to exceed $21,652]
THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF ACCESS CONTROL UNIT KEY SCAN SYSTEM FOR GREENBURG WATER DEPARTMENT, UH, THAT COSTS NOT TO EXCEED 20,021,000 605 2.[ PW 3 - 2/23/2022 Resolution approving a Tyler Technologies, Inc. Sales Quotation to convert to Monthly Water Utility Billing and Related Services for the Greenburgh Consolidated Water District Number 1, at a cost not to exceed $124,930 (to be held over to March 9, 2022 meeting)]
THREE.UH, SO WE CAN ATE, BIFURCATE, UM, THE TWO TOPICS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THAT RESOLUTION.
AND I'D LIKE TO MOVE, READ, ADJOURN.
SECOND BEFORE YOU ADJOURN, CAN WE JUST THANK JANELLE WALLACE FOR THE AMAZING JOB THAT SHE DOES WITH FACILITATING THE MEETINGS, UH, VIA ZOOM? ALSO, COUNCILMAN HAN AND, UH, FOR THE WORK THAT HE DOES DOES TO FACILITATE THE ZOOM MEETINGS AS WELL AS GARRETT DAIN AND, AND TIM LEWIS.
UM, I, I JUST, I KNOW THAT TONIGHT WOULD NOT HAVE RUN AS SMOOTHLY AS IT DID WITHOUT THE CONCERTED EFFORTS OF ALL.
AND JANELLE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME OUT AND TAKE A BOW,