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TODAY'S, UM, APRIL 19TH.AND, UM, THE FIRST ITEM ON THE OPEN SESSION IS A MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS, UH, MONTH.
AND, UH, THE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION WANTS TO PUT UP, UM, BANNERS.
UM, WE'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM, SO, YOU KNOW, I RECOMMEND THAT WE, UM, UH, DO WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE.
SO WHERE ARE THEY PROPOSING TO PUT THEM? WE'VE HAD THE BANNERS OUTSIDE THE TOWN HALL.
WE'VE, UH, YOU KNOW, ON THE WALL, THIS IS, THIS IS AN ANNUAL PARTNERSHIP THAT THE TOWN HAS HAD WITH NAMING THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OR FOR, UM, MENTAL ILLNESS.
AND WE, EVERY SPRING AROUND THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, THEY PUT UP BANNERS AS WELL AS RIBBONS AROUND, UH, TREES ON, UH, STREETS IN UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG AND HARTSDALE AVENUE, NORWOOD ROAD, VARIOUS PLACES, UM, TO BRING ATTENTION TO AND HIGHLIGHT, UM, UH, MENTAL HEALTH.
SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS NOW ANNUALLY.
AND, UM, THIS IS JUST, UH, A CONTINUATION OF THE ANNUAL SUPPORT THAT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG PROVIDES AND OTHER COMMUNITIES.
AND THIS GOES ON AND THIS GOES ON IN EVERY, ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS, OR IT'S JUST, JUST THIS, JUST THIS ONE.
WE GENERALLY HAVE PUT IT UP, YOU KNOW, HERE, IF WE, WE COULD ALWAYS CONTACT THEM AND, AND YES, A MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IF, UH, IF THEY WOULD LIKE US TO THAT IN THE PAST, GENERALLY.
GENERALLY HERE AT TOWN HALL AND ON THE STREETS, THE MAIN STREETS OF UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG.
SO NOT, UH, OTHER TOWN, UH, OTHER MINISTER OFFICES, LIKE AFTER VETERAN PARK, OR NOT THERE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHERE ALL THE NO, JUST BEEN TOWN HALL, BUT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO EXPAND THE, I'M SURE I THINK THAT THE FLEXIBILITY OR POSSIBILITY IS THERE.
IF, IF YOU'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT THE, UH, AWARENESS SIGNS BE, UM, POSTED IN THOSE AREAS.
I JUST, I ACTUALLY WOULD, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO CALL ATTENTION AND, AND PUBLICIZE THE NEED FOR HELP FOR THOSE SUFFERING WITH ABSOLUTELY MENTAL HEALTH.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE WHAT WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD HAVE A RESOLUTION ON THE NEXT AGENDA AS MATTER MAY, MAYBE WE SHOULD, UH, INVITE, UH, THE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION TO EXPAND IT.
YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE A POSITIVE OUTCOME OF, YOU KNOW, THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS MEETING BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY IN THE TOWN PASSES TOWN HALL.
THE LIBRARY MOST IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THAT'S, THE RIBBONS ON THE TREES ARE VERY EFFECTIVE.
I'M SORRY, THE RIBBONS ON THE TREES ARE VERY EFFECTIVE.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE, THE DIFFICULTIES THAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD, UM, DURING THE PANDEMIC TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE'S HELP OUT THERE.
MAYBE WE COULD HAVE SOMEONE COME AND, AND GIVE A PRESENTATION.
WE'RE GONNA, YEAH, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA DO IT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
DON'T, I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S ON THE NEXT MEETING.
WELL, THEY SAID THAT THEY, IF WE WANT THEM TO SHOW UP, THEN I THINK IT'S THE NEXT MEETING, BUT IF THEY DIDN'T WANT IT, THEY WOULD PREFER TO HAVE IT TO THE SECOND MEETING.
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULDN'T WANT 'EM TO SHOW UP AND TALK ABOUT IT.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S THEIR SECOND PREFERENCE, I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
I'LL CONTACT THEM, UH, TONIGHT.
MENTIONED THAT THE BOARD WANTS TO MEET WITH THEM RIGHT NEXT, UH, AND I'LL WORK ON A RESOLUTION THAT WE CAN DO THAT.
PASS THAT AT THE, THE NEXT, UH, WHAT WAS THE UPCOMING, WHAT WAS IT? APRIL 20? WHAT'S THE NEXT MEETING? IT'S APRIL 27TH, I THINK.
UH, NEXT, UH, JUDITH, UH, UM, YOU WERE FRIENDS OF LEON AND YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE THIS? YES.
ALENE, SUBER, UM, HER HUSBAND, MONTY SUBER, AND A FRIEND.
ANNA, PLEASE COME UP AND JOIN US.
SO, AS, AS WE ALL KNOW, UH, ANDRE LEON TALLEY, UH, WAS A RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
UM, HE'S A, OR, OR JUST RECENTLY PASSED IN JANUARY.
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ANDRE WAS A ICONIC, HISTORIC, UM, UH, UM, PERSON, UM, IN THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT AND FASHION.HE WAS A JOURNALIST, A WRITER, A SPEAKER.
I WILL LET ALENE TELL YOU MORE ABOUT ANDRE AND WHY SHE IS HERE, AND HER PROPOSED OF, UH, UM, ALENE AND, AND MONTY, HER HUSBAND, OUR RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
AND THEY ARE HERE TO PRESENT TO THE TOWN BOARD A PROPOSAL FOR CREATING A COMMEMORATIVE STREET SIGN IN HONOR AND MEMORY OF ANDRE LEON TALLEY ALENE.
TO GIVE HONOR TO PAUL JUDY AND ALL THE COMMITTEE, I AM A CHRISTIAN, SO I GIVE HONOR TO YOU GUYS TO HAVE YOU.
MY PRESENTATION, GLAD TO BE HERE.
THE REASON WHY, AS YOU KNOW, I MET ANDREA TALLEY, UM, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS AMAZING.
AND I USED TO WATCH HIM ON TV, AND I USED TO SAY, WHO'S THIS, THIS MAN? AND THIS MAN WENT ALL OVER THE WORLD, AS YOU KNOW, IN 1967, IN, YOU KNOW, YEARS AFRO AMERICAS WAS, IT WAS HARD TO, TO BE A FASHION DESIGNER.
IT WAS HARD TO BE, TO COME OUT AND EVERYTHING.
SO WHEN THIS GENTLEMAN SAW ME, GOD IS SO GOOD.
WHEN THIS GENTLEMAN SAW ME, I WALKED INTO A CITY LIMIT.
AND WHEN I WALKED IN CITY LIMIT, I GUESS I HAD SOMETHING THAT REALLY TOOK HIS ATTENTION AS YOU WOULD SEE ON THE NEWS.
AND I SAYS, AND MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND SAID, THAT'S, I SAID, OH MY GOD, THIS IS THE MAN I WANTED TO SEE ALL MY LIFE FROM BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI.
SO HE SAID, COME OVER, COME OVER.
SO WHEN HE CAME OVER, I CAME OVER, WE TALKED, HE SAID, I SEE SOMETHING IN YOU.
HE SAID, YOU GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT I DID? HE MADE ME A TOP FASHION FOR NEMA MARCUS BLACK AND WHITE, WITH MICHELLE OBAMA.
HE MADE ME A FASHION FOR J I DO ALL DAY SHOWS BECAUSE OF ANDRE, LEO TALLEY.
I GAVE A MAT A PLAQUE FOR HIM AT CITY LIMIT.
AND WHEN YOU WALK INTO CITY LIMIT, YOU'LL SEE A BEAUTIFUL PLAQUE THAT IS THERE FOR HIM.
AND THEN, AND IT'S A LOT OF REASONS WHY WE SHOULD GET IT.
DON'T, IT DON'T HAVE TO BE HIS STREET.
HE, HE WORKED HARD FOR EVERYBODY.
HE WORKED HARD TO GET US ON THE MAP.
HE BROUGHT MANY OF STARS THERE, GLADYS KNIGHT, MARK, JACOB, CARL ROCK, OSCAR, EVERYBODY, JENNIFER HUS, EVERYBODY AT CITY LIVING.
HE COULD'VE WENT TO THE BIGGEST RESTAURANT, BUT WHERE DID HE GO? HE WENT TO CITY LEMON, AND HE BROUGHT EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY FLEW INTO WESTCHESTER AIR AIRPORT, WHOOPI GOLDBERG, THE VIEW, ALL OF THEM WENT TO THE CITY.
IT WAS A DIFFERENT, OKAY, OKAY.
I TELL YOU WHY THAT WAS A DIFFERENCE, BUT I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW HOW HE WENT.
HE'D BEEN LIVING OVER THERE FOR 20 SOMETHING YEARS OR 16 YEARS MM-HMM.
NOW, THE REASON WHY I GAVE THIS, BECAUSE I'M GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DIDN'T SEE ANYONE WAS DOING ANYTHING.
I SAID, THIS IS SOMEONE THAT GAVE THE WORLD, WENT OUT THERE FOR FASHION.
EVERY DESIGNER, DONNA, KAREN, EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT HIM.
SO MY SPIRIT SAID, OKAY, LET ME GO TALK TO SOMEBODY.
AND I WENT TO SPEAK TO THE MAN AT CITY LIMIT WHERE HE ALWAYS WAS THERE, WHERE I MET HIM AT MM-HMM.
AND HE SAID, YOU DO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO ON MARCH THE 23RD.
BEFORE I DID IT, I MET JUDY AND I SAID, LISTEN, YOU GOTTA COME, YOU GOTTA GET THE PEOPLE TO COME.
BUT I DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE GOD SENT EVERYBODY AT THE CITY LIVING.
IT WAS JUST SO WONDERFUL DESIGNER.
AND IT'S JUST SO MANY PEOPLE ARE SO HAPPY FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER.
IT CAN BE THE LIBRARY OR SOMEWHERE.
I JUST HAD AN IDEA THAT I THREW IT UP.
UM, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT ONE OF, YOU KNOW, HIS GREATEST QUALITIES WAS THAT HE INSPIRED YES.
AND, UM, AND I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE AN ENTRANCE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME STREETS LEADING
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TO SOME SCHOOLS.UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I'M SORT OF THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE THE HIGH VIEW SCHOOL, IT COULD BE THE LEE JACKSON SCHOOL.
YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S A, LIKE AN HONORARY STREET DESIGNATION.
IT COULD BE, UM, UH, THE STREET GOING TO WOODLANDS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO REALIZE THAT THEY TOO COULD BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND, AND, AND EVERY TIME THEY PASS THAT THEY SHOULD REALIZE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE POTENTIAL.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S YOUNG STUDENT, THERE'S STUDENTS WHO MAYBE THEY WANT TO GO IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY.
MAYBE THEY WANT TO GO INTO JOURNALISM OR WHATEVER.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD TAKE LIKE A SCHOOL, IT COULD BE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IT COULD BE A MIDDLE SCHOOL, IT COULD BE A HIGH, WHATEVER.
YOU WOULD THINK THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE TO ME, LIKE, UH, UH, A REALLY APPROPRIATE LOCATION.
AND THEN WE COULD HAVE THE FACULTY, THE, THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE TEACHERS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT YES.
YOU KNOW, TEACH ABOUT HIS LIFE.
MAYBE WE COULD ALSO ORGANIZE ON, YOU KNOW, A SCHOLARSHIP.
UH, YOU KNOW, FOR A STUDENT WHO'S INTERESTED IN YES, YES.
SO IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE LIKE THE, YOU COULD TAKE THE SCHOOL, YOU COULD TAKE LIKE THE STREET, AND THEN EVERY YEAR THERE COULD BE AN AWARD, SAY RIGHT BEFORE GRADUATION.
DO YOU KNOW IF HE WAS AT ALL AFFILIATED WITH THE BO C SCHOOL ON GRASSLANDS ROAD? WELL, BEFORE HE DIED, HE WAS GOING GO TO BO C AND HE WAS GOING TO MISSISSIPPI.
HE WAS GONNA GO AROUND THE WORLD.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, GOD TOOK HIM HOME.
HE, LIKE MR. PAUL SAID THAT HE WAS GOING OUT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
YOU KNOW, HE MADE, HE'S AN ICON.
BUT THE REASON I ASK ABOUT THE BOCE SCHOOL IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE FASHION DESIGN THERE.
THEY, THEY HAVE FASHION DESIGN PROGRAMS. UM, AND IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING TO ENGAGE THE BOCE SCHOOL IN THIS EFFORT TO SEE MAYBE IF WE COULD EXPAND THE HONORARIUM BEYOND TOWN OF GREENBURG SCHOOLS AND MAYBE INCLUDE THE FASHION DESIGN PROGRAM AT BOCES.
I WAS THINKING TO YOU, I WAS JUST THINKING WHEN I, WHEN I, I, UM, ATTENDED WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAD A WISE PROJECT.
SO THAT HELPED US PREPARE FOR, UM, OUR, AS WE AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD, WE DID INTERNSHIPS.
SO I THINK THAT ALSO, IF YOU SPEAK TO THE, UM, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION OKAY.
AND SEE PERHAPS WE CAN HAVE SOME SORT OF, UM, PROJECT MAYBE SURROUNDING BY HIM, YOU KNOW, OR SOME, SOMETHING HONORING HIM IN THAT ASPECT.
I JUST WANT TO PROPOSE THAT WE THINK ABOUT THE, THE HONORARY STREET AS BEING ONE THAT HAS BROAD ACCESSIBILITY.
UM, I, I'M JUST THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, SORT OF, YOU KNOW, A A STREET AFFILIATED WITH BOCES, FOR EXAMPLE, IS SORT OF ISOLATED.
UM, I THINK THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BROAD ACCESSIBILITY, BECAUSE ANDRE WAS A, UM, A GIGANTIC FIGURE YES.
OF A PERSON IN TERMS OF WHAT HE BROUGHT TO, UM, THE, THE INDUSTRY OF FASHION, OF ENTERTAINMENT, OF DESIGN, OF JOURNALISM, OF, UM, SPEAKING, WRITING, TEACHING, ACTING.
BUT I WASN'T, I WASN'T ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT US NAMING A STREET AFTER HIM LEADING TO BOCES.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT ENGAGING THE FASHION DESIGN PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IN HIS MEMORY, IN ADDITION TO THE STREET NAMING SOMEWHERE.
SO IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS ONGOING THING, ONE YEAR COULD BE BOCES, ONE YEAR IT COULD BE WOODLANDS.
IF I HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH MOVE STREETS AROUND EVERY YEAR, I'M NOT NAMING STREETS EVERY YEAR.
I WILL BE HAVING SOMETHING FOR YES.
AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT'S NOT SUGAR COLD.
YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE SIXTIES, FASHION WASN'T EVEN, THEY WOULDN'T EVEN LET YOU IN THE DOOR WITH FASHION.
AND SO, COULD I SAY SOMETHING? GO AHEAD, SWEETIE.
I MET ANDRE LEON AT CITY LIMITS, BUT I'VE BEEN IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
UH, AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY.
SOMETIMES I WOULD BE THE ONLY ONE OF COLOR BECAUSE I WAS A CHILDREN'S WEAR DESIGNER.
THEN, UH, I STARTED, UH, WORKING FOR, UH, JAY-Z, UH, DOING ROCKAWAY CHILDREN'S WEAR.
AND THE NAME OF IT WAS KIDS' HEADQUARTERS.
WHEN I SPOKE TO ANDRE ABOUT THIS IN CITY LIMITS, HE SAYS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING
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IF YOU TRAVEL, TRAVEL FOR PLEASURE? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU AT A JOB STABLE.YOU KNOW? AND I TOOK HIS ADVICE AND WE BECAME FRIENDLY.
I WOULD SHOW HIM MY PORTFOLIO AND EVERYTHING.
AND OF COURSE, I KNEW BEFORE I MET HIM, I KNEW OF HIM.
SO, UM, HE, UM, I, I TOOK HIS ADVICE.
AND AFTER A WHILE, BECAUSE I WAS TRAVELING A LOT, IT WAS LIKE NONSTOP, ALWAYS IN ASIA AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEN I WAS, I WAS A TECHNICAL DESIGN MANAGER FOR A PRODUCTION COMPANY.
AND SO ANDRE WAS VERY HAPPY BECAUSE THEN I WAS DOING THE PRODUCTION FOR THE TOP BLACK DESIGNER, TRACY REESE.
AND, UH, THEN HE SAYS, THAT'S WHERE YOU BELONG.
'CAUSE HIM AND TRACY WERE VERY FRIENDLY.
AND SO I'M GLAD I TOOK HIS ADVICE A LITTLE BIT LATER ON IN MY YEARS.
I WAS ALSO TECHNICAL DESIGNER FOR, UH, EE YOU KNOW, AND, UM, AND I ALSO TECHNICAL DESIGNER MANAGER FOR OSCAR DE LATA AND TECHNICAL DESIGNER FOR RALPH LAUREN.
AND THAT WAS THE INSPIRATION OF ANDRE.
ONE OF THE THINGS HE'S, UH, IF I WOULD JUST SAY THIS, HE SAYS, THIS IS, THESE ARE HIS WORDS.
HE SAYS, I FIND GREAT SATISFACTION IN ENCOURAGING THE PEOPLE.
THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE IN THE WORLD YES.
WHO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GREAT TALENT.
I WANT TO BE REMEMBERED FOR SUPPORTING THE GREATS AND FOR BEING THE PERSON BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE GREATS.
AND I WANT TO BE REMEMBERED FOR MY RESPECT, VITALITY AND MY ENTHUSIASM FOR MY WORK.
HE WORKED IT, HE APPLIED IT, AND I THINK HIS LIFE.
TO OUR INTERNS BACK IN 2016 OR 17.
AND, UM, HE TOLD THE INTERNS, FOLLOW YOUR PASSIONS.
AND YOUR DREAMS IN LIFE DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED BY OBSTACLES OR CHALLENGES AND NEVER GIVE UP.
THAT WAS HIS MESSAGE TO YOUTH IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE, AND I'M GONNA SAY THIS, AND THEN I WANT PRESENTED, UH, A YOUNG PERSON FROM LIKE, ME COMING FROM ALUX, MISSISSIPPI AND MISSISSIPPI.
YOU KNOW, I HAD A CHANCE TO, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A ROUGH TIME, BUT I HAD A CHANCE TO COME UP HERE THROUGH HURRICANE KATRINA.
I HAD LOST EVERYBODY, BUT GOD WAS SO GOOD TO ME.
BUT GOD PUT IT IN MY HEART TO SAY, TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY.
I HAVE WORKED WITH THE GREATEST.
'CAUSE WHEN I GO HOME, DO YOU KNOW WHAT MY PEOPLES IN MISSISSIPPI SAY? YOU MADE THAT HAPPEN.
YOU WENT, YOU WORKED WITH MICHELLE OBAMA, YOU WORKED WITH HILLARY, YOU KNOW HILLARY CLINTON, YOU WORKED WITH THE GREATEST FROM BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI.
A LITTLE, LITTLE, A LITTLE CHOCOLATE.
THAT CAME FROM BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI AND MADE A NAME FOR HERSELF IN NEW YORK.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY HARD AND WE JUST DON'T WANT HIM JUST BECAUSE HE GONE JUST BE FORGOTTEN.
BECAUSE CAN CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? WOULD YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS OF SAY, WE REACHED OUT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND ASKED THEM THAT THEY COULD SELECT AN ENTRANCE TO THE SCHOOL, AND THEN WE COMBINE IT WITH SAY, A SCHOLARSHIP.
UM, AND, UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, I MEAN, WE COULD, YOU KNOW, SUGGEST THAT WE DO THIS AS A WAY OF INSPIRING.
AND, YOU KNOW, I COULD, UM, I COULD WORK ON THAT TONIGHT OR TOMORROW.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO EMAIL ME OR WHATEVER MM-HMM.
AND THEN WE COULD WORK, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, TOGETHER.
AND I'M SORT OF WONDERING, UM, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU'RE THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO'S VERY ACTION DRIVEN,
SO I KNOW, COULD WE GIVE OURSELVES LIKE, SAY A MONTH? YEAH.
TIME AND MAYBE PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA A MONTH FROM NOW.
AND THEN WE COULD HOPEFULLY, IF THE BOARD GOES ALONG, THEN WE COULD SAY, A MONTH FROM NOW, WE COULD MAKE A DECISION AND SURE.
AND THEN, AND THEN WE GET SOMETHING DONE, AND THEN WE COULD PLAN, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT.
AND THEN MAYBE WE COULD START LIKE AN AWARD.
I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY FANTASTIC IF WE COULD HONOR, UH, THE, A STUDENT AT, YOU KNOW, THE GREENBERG SCHOOLS YES.
THAT DOES THE MOST FOR FASHION.
AND DO THAT EVERY, DO THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR.
THAT CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THAT PERSON'S LIFE.
I, I THINK THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA.
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WHERE ON, WHERE ON WORTHINGTON DID HE LIVE A BUSINESS CARD? EXCUSE ME.WHERE ON WORTHINGTON? DO YOU KNOW HIS ADDRESS? I WASN'T ABLE TO FIND HIS ADDRESS.
HE LIVED AT 75 75 WORTHINGTON ROAD.
I WENT AND YOU SAID HE WAS THERE FOR 30 YEARS? 30 YEARS.
HE LIVED OVER THERE TO US, LIKE CLOSE TO 20, I THINK 20 YEARS.
HE, BECAUSE HE, HE'S BEEN IN WHITE, AS YOU WILL SEE WHEN YOU, UH, WHEN YOU PRESENT.
HE BEEN IN WHITE PLAINS FOR A LONG TIME.
AND MANY OF THE STARS, HE CAME FROM NEW YORK AND BROUGHT EVERYBODY CITY.
WHEN WE DID THIS, EVERYBODY DID NOT KNOW THAT ANDRE LEO TALLETT WAS LIVING IN YEAH.
EVERYBODY SAID HE'S WHITE PLAIN TOWN OF GREENBURG.
I'M SO CONFUSED WHERE I LIVE AT.
I HAVE TO SAY, WAIT A MINUTE, WHERE DO I LIVE AT, BABE? IT TAKES PEOPLE YEARS.
SOME PEOPLE NEVER FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY LIVE.
AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, WHY WE GOT WHITE PLAIN? YOU KNOW? SO IT'S, IT IS JUST TRULY HOW THIS HAVE CAME.
AND, AND I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET ME JUST TALK, BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE THE, AND THEN YOU GUYS MAKE UP YOUR MIND.
THIS WAS AT CITY, CITY LIMITS.
GOT WEDNESDAY MORNING BREAKFAST.
A FAVORITE CUSTOMER OF ALMOST 30 YEARS.
WHO'S HEARTBREAKING? ANDRE LEON.
CALLIE HAD DIED AT 73 YEARS OLD.
ESPECIALLY THE TURKEY CHILI EXTRA ONION AND THE CHEESECAKE BREAKFAST ONE AND DINNER HE PUT ON THE MAT.
THAT'S BECAUSE YOU ON A DINER.
BUT A FASHION ICON BROUGHT ALL SORTS OF STARS AND DESIGNERS.
HE WAS A AUTHOR, MEMOIRS, TV APPEARANCES, BUT HIS FAVORITE PLACE TO EAT AT HOME.
AND WHITE PLAIN WASN'T SOME FANCY MICHELIN STAR RESTAURANT, BUT CITY WOULD MISS DI.
SO NOW THE DINER IS GIVING BACK QUOTES.
AND THAT'S WHY I FELT THAT WHITE PLANE SHOULD COME OUT FOR HIM.
MET HIM RIGHT HERE TWO YEARS AGO AT HIS TWO FOOT CORNER BOOTH WHEN HE COMPLIMENTED HER OUTFIT.
AND I HEARD SISTER SAY, FABULOUS.
THEIR CONVERSATION THAT DAY, SHE'S HER LIFE NOW.
SHE'S DOING THIS FOR HIM TO THANK THE MAN WHO GAVE SO MUCH TO SO MANY SELTZER, AND I HAVE DO HAVE MANY, IT WAS, IT WAS A LOT OF NEWSPAPER THERE.
WITH, UH, JUDY AND LA UM, UH, A LOT OF MORE.
EVERY ALL NEWS STATION CAME OUT.
AND THEY WERE JUST SO A THRILL THAT WE WENT OUT OUR WAY.
I WENT OUT MY WAY TO DO THIS BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, AGAIN, NO ONE DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING.
I SAID, NO, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T, WE, WE CAN'T LET THEM GO IN VAIN.
WE HAVE TO SHOW LOVE, SHOW KIND.
'CAUSE YOUR BLESSINGS COME WHEN YOU GET LY.
YOU MAY NOT SEE IT, BUT IT COMES.
SO I PRAY THAT ALL OF Y'ALL GET TOGETHER AND WE JUST WORK TOGETHER.
BECAUSE LET ME SAY SOMETHING TO YOU.
WHEN WE DO JENNIFER HUSS OR EVERYBODY GOING TO BE HERE, THEY GONNA GIVE A PARTY BECAUSE THEY LOVE, HE BROUGHT GLADYS KNIGHT, LOVE OVERBOARD.
I MEAN, HE BROUGHT THE FASHION DONNA, KAREN, MARK JENKIN, ALL THEM SPEAK.
YOU, YOU CANNOT HEAR ONE BAD WORD.
HE, HE WOULD NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
HE BROUGHT, HE BROUGHT US TOGETHER IN THE FASHION AND EVERYWHERE.
AND JUST LIKE I SAID, HE COULD'VE WENT TO THE HIGHEST RESTAURANT, BUT HE CHOSE Y OUR TOWN.
MY WIFE WAS READY TO KILL ME FOR NOT TELLING, UH, HER THAT, UM, THAT HE LIVED IN GREENBURG AND WENT TO THAT DINER,
SO SHE WAS, UH, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT REALLY WAS A CREDIT TO THE TOWN.
AND IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT HE WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE.
AND THAT'S WHY I LOVE THE IDEA OF REALLY YOU DOING SOMETHING WITH STUDENTS AND YEAH.
AND JUST REMEMBER ONE THING, YOU KNOW, HE DIED ALONE IN WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL.
IT TOOK, YOU KNOW, JUST TO DIE ALONE.
BUT HE, HE HAD ONE PERSON THAT PRAYING FOR HIM.
SO HE DIDN'T, HE DID NOT, HE DID NOT DIE ALONE.
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BUT, SO I FEEL THAT WE ALL CAN GET TOGETHER.WE CAN WORK, WE CAN DO SOMETHING GOOD.
WAS IT THE, THAT HE COMPLIMENT YOU ON? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU WALKED IN, THANK YOU.
HE, I HAD ON A MIGHT FACT, I HAD ON A LEPER, BLACK AND WHITE.
I HAD HAIR THEN, BUT MY GIRLFRIEND HAD BREAST CANCER, SO I SHAVED IT TO SUPPORT.
I HAD HAD IDEA AND I WALKED IN AND I, MY WORD CHANGED.
LIKE I SAID, AGAIN, I GOT MAGAZINES.
I, I'M GONNA BE THE NUMBER ONE NOW.
YOU SAID YOU HAD CARDS, SO IN CASE WE NEED SOME STUDY.
AND LIKE I SAID, AGAIN, GREET UP ON IT.
MICHELLE OBAMA, THEY CAME TO BLACK AND WHITE.
WE PUT BLACK AND WHITE J CREW BECAUSE OF ANDRE D ALL THEM BACK.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING LITTLE JOY
SO ASLEY, ASLEY AND ANNA AND MONTY ARE LEAVING.
I JUST WANT TO, TO ADD THAT, UM, IT'S WRITTEN, IT'S IN WRITING THAT HE HELPED BREAK GLASS CEILINGS.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO ADD GLASS DOORS AND GLASS WINDOWS.
THANK YOU FOR MANY YOUNG PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY AFRICAN AMERICANS AND YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR TO GET INTO THE NEWS INDUSTRY.
NEWS, FASHION, AND ENTERTAINMENT.
AND YOU AND, AND BRINGING HIM TO US.
YOU HAVE ALSO BROUGHT THAT OUT.
AND BEFORE I HAVE TO GET A PICTURE WITH, FOR THE JOURNAL NEWS, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
WE CAN GET A CHANCE WHEN Y'ALL GET THROUGH WITH EVERYTHING.
OH, YOU NEED A PICTURE? YOU WANNA, WELL, I HAVE TO.
'CAUSE I'M PRESENTED TO THE JOURNAL NEWS TOMORROW.
WE SHOULD PROBABLY DO THAT NOW.
SO MAYBE, TIM, YOU SHOULD BE IN THIS TOO.
OH, I KNEW THIS WAS HAPPENING.
I WOULD'VE WORE MY NEIGHBOR JACKET.
I WOULD'VE, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER THAT I WOULD'VE WORE, I WOULD'VE, I I HAVE TO, UH, IN THE, I HAVE TO RENT A TIE.
HOW I GET BEHIND YOU GUYS, OR SURE.
YOU WANT US TO TAKE THE, UM, PUT THE SCREEN UP THE TOWN OF GREENBERG ON, PUT THE SCREEN UP.
WELL, WE COULD GO ON OVER THERE.
WE COULD SIT IN THE, COULD SIT AT THE SIT.
SIT IN THE, SO THEN YOU COULD GOOD.
RIGHT? YOU WILL ALWAYS COME UP WITH YOU.
WHERE YOU GONNA COME RIGHT IN MY CHAIR.
SHE GONNA MAKE ME FEEL LIKE THE BIG TIME BEHIND TAKE A PARTY.
CUBA, CAN YOU GET US? I GOT, YEAH, I GOT EVERYBODY IN.
I'LL TAKE, WAIT, I'M GONNA MOVE THIS MICROPHONE OUT THERE.
FRANCIS, CAN YOU, CAN YOU GRAB MICROPHONE? JUST KIND OF CENTER IT THERE.
EVERYBODY READY? TAKING A FEW.
I'M GONNA SNAP ONE WITH MY CAMERA TOO AND I'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
I'VE GOT LIKE ONE OF THE NEWER IPHONES.
WISH YOU COULD SEE MY EYES, BUT IT WAS TRULY A PLEASURE.
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STUDENTS WHO WANNA GO INTO JOURNALISTS, ENTERTAINMENT, YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD BE ALSO GOOD? WE SHOULD REACH OUT TO, WHEN WE GO TO WOODLAND, WE SHOULD SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WENT TO PHD INSTITUTE.AND THEN MAYBE, MAYBE WE COULD, WHEN WE HAVE LIKE THE CEREMONY, WE DO THAT WE COULD HAVE GRADUATES WHO WENT TO THE GRADUATE AND YOU GOT THE BUS ON YOUR PHONE AS WELL.
INSTITUTE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHICH COULD BE REALLY GREAT.
OR WHERE WE GIVE A SCHOLARSHIP TO A STUDENT WHO GOES TO FASHION INSTITUTE OF AMERICA.
WELL, LIKE I SAID, AGAIN, WE'LL WORK TOGETHER.
WE'LL WORK YOU WILL, WE'LL, WE'LL THINK OF IDEAS.
JUST REMEMBER WHEN WE ALL DO IT, I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE AVAILABLE BECAUSE WE ALL GONNA TAKE IT BACK TO C LIMITS.
AND SHE COULD TELL YOU, WHEN WE WAS AT SITTING THERE, NOBODY HAD TO PAY FOR ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW THE TRUTH, THE TRUTH IS AT CITY LIMITS REALLY SITS ON THE BORDERLINE OF WHITE PLAINS IN GREENBIRD.
IT'S SORT OF LIKE, OKAY, IT'S WHITE, PLAIN.
I NEVER, I GET WELL, YOU DEFINITELY MADE OUR DAY.
'CAUSE I, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU MY BACK ON THE AGENDA IN ANOTHER MONTH.
I DEFINITELY WILL THINK THAT'S BE, THAT'S WHAT HE LIKE TO DO.
YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD BE, AND THEN I THINK IF WE DO SOMETHING WITH LIKE FASHION, MAYBE GIVE IT TO SOMEBODY GOING TO THE INSTITUTE AND IT HAS TO BE SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO FASHION JOURNAL.
SO MAYBE YOU COULD THINK OF, YOU HAVE MY CARD ALSO.
LET ME, MAYBE YOU COULD LIKE ME SOME THOUGHTS BECAUSE I, IF YOU COULD DO IT, THEN I, THEN I'LL WORK ON IT TODAY AND TOMORROW.
UM, NOW, UM, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE FEMA UPDATE.
UM, I SPOKE TO KRISTA, YOU WERE PART OF THE, UH, PRESENTATIONS.
SO LET'S JUST, UH, BRIAN IS ON.
SO WE'RE MAKING HEADWAY AND UM, UH, WE HAVE TILL JUNE 1ST I SPOKE TO KRISTA, UM, YOU KNOW, MADISON, YOU KNOW, MY ASSISTANT.
AND I MEAN, I'M THINKING, UM, THAT WE SHOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, GIVE, UH, YOU KNOW, DO THE BA OBVIOUSLY DO THE BABBITT COURT BECAUSE THAT'S THE EASIEST, BUT ALSO, UM, EXPANDED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, UM, ESPECIALLY TO, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU KNOW, MANHATTAN VERY SPECIAL LADY.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT YES.
BECAUSE WE DON'T, THIS IS IMPORTANT TOPIC.
SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE VERY SPECIAL LADY.
UM, YOU GOTTA BE IN THIS, I DON'T KNOW WHERE MY GREEN CARD IS, BUT, OH, HE'S GIVING A CALL.
I GOTTA MAKE SURE YOU GET ONE.
I HAVE TO KNOW WHERE TO FIND YOU.
OKAY, SO BRIAN, THERE'S BRIAN ON.
YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T YOU, UM, BRIAN, WHY DON'T YOU START BY JUST TELLING US, GIVING US A LITTLE SUMMARY OF, UM, WHERE WE ARE, UH, WITH THE BAIT COURT, UM, AND, UH, FLOOD RELIEF EFFORTS AND, UM, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD EXPAND IT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, WINTHROP, UM, MANHATTAN BROOK, THOSE AREAS.
ALRIGHT, SO, UM, SO EARLIER TODAY, UH, COUNCILMAN SHEEN, COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON, UH, GARRETT DUANE, COMMISSIONER OF, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.
UH, WINSOME GORDON, THE GRANTS COORDINATOR FOR THE TOWN.
AND, UM, KRISTA MADSON OF SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE AND MYSELF.
UH, WE MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.
UH, IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE MEETING.
UM, THEY GAVE US SOME BACKGROUND ON FEMA'S HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM.
UH, JUST AS AN OVERVIEW, IT'S, IT'S A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES FUNDING TO THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN DEVELOP HAZARD MITIGATION PLANS AND, UH, REBUILD IN A WAY THAT THAT REDUCES, UH, MITIGATES, UM, AND HELPS MITIGATE FUTURE, UH, DISASTERS.
UM, THE LOC MUNICIPALITY APPLIES FOR THE FUNDING ON BEHALF OF THE HOMEOWNERS AND, UH, LOCAL BUSINESSES.
AND THE LOCUM MUNICIPALITY IS THEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, THE MANAGEMENT, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT
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OF THE, UM, PROJECT.UH, THE APPLICATION IS VERY, UM, COMPLEX.
IT REQUIRES, UH, VERY DETAILED, UH, AND ITEMIZED, UH, COST ESTIMATES AND ALL THE WORK MUST BE, UM, UH, DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TOWN'S PROCUREMENT POLICY.
UH, THE, UH, HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM, THE, UH, APPLICATION IS DUE JUNE 1ST, UH, FOLLOWING THE APPLICATION.
IT GOES THROUGH A VERY RIGOROUS, UH, REVIEW PROCESS, UH, THAT CAN TAKE, UH, THAT ACTUALLY SAID ACTUALLY IT CAN TAKE UP TO, OR IN SOME CASES EVEN GREATER THAN SIX MONTHS, UM, TO REVIEW.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, UH, IF IT'S APPROVED, UH, THEN THE FUNDING WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE 2023 CONSTRUCTION SEASON.
UM, WITH THE JUNE 1ST DEADLINE QUICKLY APPROACHING, UM, IT WAS RECOMMENDED TO US BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES TO REALLY TRY AND PRIORITIZE THOSE HOMES, UH, THAT ARE ELIGIBLE, UM, THAT HAVE A LOT OF THIS BACKGROUND INFORMATION, UM, ALREADY AVAILABLE.
AND, UM, AND THEY SAID MOVING FORWARD, UH, THERE ARE OTHER, UH, GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
UM, ONE SUCH OPPORTUNITY THEY HAVE, IT'S CALLED THE BUILDING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN COMMUNITIES, UH, PROGRAM.
IT'S THE BRICK PROGRAM FOR SHORT.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
UM, AND THEY, SO FOR, FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT AREN'T INCLUDED IN THIS, THEY CAN BE, UM, INCLUDED IN, IN FUTURE APPLICATIONS FOR THAT PROGRAM.
UM, AND, AND SO THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE BASIS OF OUR, OF OUR MEETING.
UM, IT WAS, IT IS REALLY JUST LIKE, I, LIKE I SAID, THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE PRIORITIZE, UH, THOSE HOMES THAT ARE IN A, A POSITION, UM, TO REALLY, UH, BE ABLE TO, UM, TO MEET THIS, THIS GRANT APPLICATION.
SO THE BABBITT COURT WOULD DEFINITELY BE THE EASIEST BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY, WE'VE DONE WORK ON BABBITT COURT, SO WE COULD COMMIT, SAY, TO BABBITT COURT, COULD WE ALSO, UH, EXPAND IT TO SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, THE AREAS NEAR WAR ON WAR AND PROSPECT FLORENCE, THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO LOST EVERYTHING ALSO THERE.
AND I'M SORT OF WONDERING, UM, UH, SORT OF LIKE A SEC, YOU KNOW, SAY BABBITT COURT IS EASIEST AND WE SHOULD DEFINITELY DO THAT.
UM, AND IF WE HAVE THE TIME TO GO TO WAR AND FLORENCE AND PROSPECT AND DO THAT, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD DO THAT.
ALSO, THE CLARENDON ROAD AND, UM, THE AREAS AROUND TROUBLESOME BROOKE, YOU KNOW, THE, THERE'S PEOPLE WHO, UM, GET FLOODED EVERY, EVERY TIME THERE'S A MAJOR RAIN.
AND IT WOULD BE GR YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY WHO INITIALLY EXPRESSED INTEREST IS GONNA WANT TO DO THIS.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA LOSE THEIR BASEMENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT WHEN THEY, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY, SO, BUT I, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE MANAGEABLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS, IT, IT DEFINITELY WORKED FOR PEOPLE ON BT COURT IN 2004 WHEN WE DID IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY AGAIN, YOU KNOW, SO I'M WONDERING, DO YOU THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM YOUR, FROM YOUR OFFICE, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH COULD WE HANDLE? AND ACTUALLY YOU GET DONE BECAUSE I REALLY WANT, FOR SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE APPLICATION IS DONE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A QUALITY APPLICATION, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T JUST DO, YOU KNOW, A MILLION HOMES AND DON'T GET ANYTHING.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD SHOT AT GETTING, UH, THIS APPROVED FOR THE PEOPLE WHO APPLY.
I THINK IT'S CERTAINLY FEASIBLE TO HAVE AN APPLICATION ON BEHALF OF BTT COURT.
UM, THAT'S A, AN AREA THAT PREVIOUSLY, UM, YOU KNOW, HAD SUCCESS IN RAISING THEIR HOMES.
SO THERE'S ALREADY HAZARD MITIGATION PLANS AND STUDIES THAT WERE PERFORMED IN THAT AREA.
UH, THIS APPLICATION DOES REQUIRE, UM, A A LOT OF PUBLIC OUTREACH.
UM, EACH OF THESE PROPERTY OWNERS, RIGHT, DURING THE COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION, WILL HAVE TO BE RELOCATED FROM THEIR HOMES.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THE APPLICATION, YOU KNOW, FEMA AND, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF, UM, HOMELAND SECURITY, THEY WANT TO KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH LOSS HAS, HAS, HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST, UH, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF THE, THE RESIDENTS AND BEHALF OF THE HOMEOWNERS, THAT'S WHERE THE TALENT STEPS IN TO MAKE THIS APPLICATION.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNICATION, A LOT OF WORKING WITH EACH OF THESE PROPERTY OWNERS TO FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, TO WHAT EXTENT WAS THEIR LOSSES, HOW MANY INSURANCE CLAIMS WERE FILED.
UH, THERE'S A, A COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS THAT HAS TO BE PERFORMED, UH, FOR EACH OF THESE PROPERTIES, UM,
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TO BASICALLY DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A, WHAT THE BENEFIT COSTS, RIGHT? IS IS IT WORTH, UM, ELEVATING A HOME OR IS IT WORTH JUST ACQUIRING THE PROPERTY, UM, AND GETTING RID OF THE, UH, THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE.UM, SO EACH OF THESE THINGS, UM, ARE ARE EVALUATED BY, BY HEMEN, GO INTO THAT APPLICATION.
AND SO, UM, THE MORE PROPERTIES YOU INCLUDE, UM, LIKE I SAID, THE MORE PUBLIC IN, IN, UH, INVOLVEMENT THERE HAS TO BE, AND THE MORE COORDINATION AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THIS TIGHT TIMEFRAME THAT WE HAVE, ONLY UNTIL JUNE 1ST, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE NECESSARILY POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE EVERY PROPERTY, UH, THAT, THAT'S SEEKING TO RAISE THEIR HOMES.
UM, BABBIT COURT, LIKE I SAID, IS SOMETHING I THINK THAT IS, IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE.
UM, IF THERE'S ONLY A FEW HOMES THAT ARE THERE, THIS IS AN AREA THAT WAS ALREADY STUDIED PREVIOUSLY.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, THEY HAD SUCCESS.
SO I THINK FEMA WILL VIEW THAT VERY FAVORABLY.
UM, AND FOR THESE OTHER AREAS, IF THEY'RE STILL INTERESTED IN, UM, IN RAISING THEIR HOMES, I THINK PERHAPS THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN, UH, WORK WITH THEM ON FOR POSSIBLE FUTURE APPLICATIONS.
SO, SO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I JUST REALLY FEEL BAD ALSO FOR THE PEOPLE ON WARREN, BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE THERE.
I'M WONDERING IF, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY WE DEFINITELY COMMIT TO BABBITT COURT, SO WE'LL DEFINITELY DO THAT SAY BY JUNE 1ST WHEN I SPEAK TO MY ASSISTANT.
AND, UH, KRISTA, ARE THERE ANY, I MEAN, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO HANDLE SAY TWO OR THREE, YOU KNOW, OTHERS, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WHO WERE, YOU KNOW, HAD THE WORST EXPERIENCE AND THE MOST, YOU KNOW, SUFFERING.
UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF YOU GIVE US LIKE A NUMBER AND SAY, OKAY, WE COULD DO BABBIT COURT AND YOU KNOW, I'LL GIVE YOU THREE EXTRA, OR FOUR EXTRA APPLICATIONS OR WHATEVER, UH, THEN I COULD TELL KRISTA TO, UH, TO ADDRESS IT.
I MEAN, PEOPLE LOST EVERYTHING ON, ON.
WARREN, MAY I ASK A QUESTION? UM, IT, IN YOUR DISCUSSIONS, WAS THERE A, UM, A LIMITATION, NOT A LIMITATION PER SE, BUT FOR EACH, SINCE THE SOURCE OF FLOODING CAME FROM DIFFERENT WATER, DIFFERENT BODIES OF WATER.
UM, SO BABBITT COURT CAME FROM THE SAWMILL, OTHERS CAME FROM THE BRONX RIVER, OTHERS CAME FROM TRIBUTARIES.
UM, DOES FEMA SPECIFY THAT THEY ALL, THAT EACH DIFFERENT APPLICATION APPLICATION HAVE TO COME FOR THE SINGLE BODY OF ORDER THAT'S CREATING THAT FLOODING? OR WOULD YOU HAVE TO FILE SEPARATE APPLICATIONS? THEY'RE SEPARATE APPLICATION.
THEY MADE IT VERY CLEAR TODAY THAT IF WE'RE, IF WE ARE LOOKING TO DO ONE TO THREE HOMES, THEIR NUMBERS, UH, 'CAUSE I ASKED, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA PUT A LOT OF RESOURCES INTO THIS.
COULD YOU GIVE US, YOU KNOW, SOME IDEA, ARE WE GONNA BE SPINNING OUR WHEELS? AND JUNE 1ST YOU'RE GONNA SAY, YOU KNOW, WELL YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN IT.
BUT THEY SAID, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO ONE TO THREE HOMES, AGAIN, THE NUMBER THEY USED, IT'S DOABLE.
AND EVEN IF YOU GET A COMPLETE APPLICATION IN IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GONNA GET IT.
'CAUSE THEY'RE COMPETITIVE GRANTS.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO BE VERY CLEAR WITH, WITH THE RESIDENTS, UH, THAT THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES HERE.
UH, AND, UH, THEY THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE, UM, SOMETHING THAT WAS DOABLE.
UH, BUT IT WOULD TAKE US DOING A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS.
THE EARLIER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PUTTING IN A PARTIAL APPLICATION, JUST GET SOMETHING IN BY JUNE 1ST.
WELL, THE SPOILER THERE IS YES, YOU CAN GET A PARTIAL APPLICATION IN, AND THEN YOU GET 20 BUSINESS DAYS TO PERFECT IT 20 BUSINESS DAYS.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOU PUT SOMETHING IN JUNE 1ST AND YOU DO, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING OVER THE SUMMER TO GATHER MORE DATA.
THE LONGER IT TAKES FOR US TO PUT DATA IN, SINCE THESE ARE PROTE UH, COMPETITIVE GRANTS, THE MORE LIKELY IS IT GOES SOMEPLACE ELSE.
AND SO WE NEED TO BE VERY MINDFUL.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT TODAY, TODAY'S, UM, MEETING WAS NOT ONLY IS THIS POSSIBLE FOR US TO DO THIS ONCE WE WORK, WORK OUT THE LOGISTICS, UM, BUT THIS IS NOT THE END, RIGHT? THIS IS NOT THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY FOR MONEY.
IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THIS IS, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR MONEY BASED ON A DISASTER.
BUT THERE ARE O O OTHER FUNDING SOURCES SO WE CAN LEARN FROM, FROM WHAT WE DO THIS TIME AROUND, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE THE SAME.
NOW, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG BASICALLY HAS TO BECOME THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR
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FOR THE RAISING OF THESE HOMES, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT, AND THE CONTRACT MANAGER.AND THERE'S THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF LOGISTICS TO WORK OUT BECAUSE FEMA DOES NOT WANT THE RESPONSIBILITY OR HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS.
THEY WILL ONLY DEAL WITH THE MUNICIPALITY WHO, SO EVEN THOUGH THE HOMEOWNER MAY GET A CONTRACTOR AND LIKE A CONTRACTOR, THE TOWN HAS TO THEN NEGOTIATE WITH SOMEBODY TO RAISE THOSE HOMES THAT WILL PAY PREVAILING WAGE AND, UH, FULFILL ALL THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS, UH, THAT A MUNICIPALITY HAS TO DEAL WITH WHEN DOING CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING PERHAPS THE WIX LAW.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE ESTIMATES THAT THE HOMEOWNERS GET WILL BE MUCH LOWER THAN WHAT THE TOWN CAN GET.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE BECAUSE TO GET THE MONEY, IT HAS TO BE THROUGH THE TOWN.
AND IF IT'S THROUGH THE TOWN, WE HAVE CERTAIN STANDARDS THAT HAVE TO APPLY.
WELL, THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, UM, THE GREAT BENEFIT IS THAT IN BOTH OF THE OPPORTUNITIES, BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO CONCURRENT, AS YOU'VE WORKED OUT TOO, UM, TWO CONCURRENT, UM, UM, SOURCES, TWO GRANTS, BUT, AND EACH OF THEM IS 90 10.
SO FEMA PAYS 90% AND THE HOMEOWNER PAYS 10%.
BUT MY, MY QUESTION IS, SO THE CONTRACT HAS TO BE THROUGH THE TOWN.
THE TOWN HAS TO THEN HAVE AN M O U, UH, AND FOR STARTERS AND AGREEMENT WITH EACH OF THE HOMEOWNERS FOR TO WORK OUT THE, THE REPAYMENT, THE PAYMENT OF THAT 10%.
RIGHT? AND WOULD IT MAKE SENSE, THERE'S A, THAT'S, THERE'S A COMPLICATION THERE.
I DON'T WANNA MISLEAD ANYBODY AT ALL.
WHEN WE SAY 10%, THAT'S ASSUMING THAT THERE AREN'T COST OVERRUNS BECAUSE THE TOWN CANNOT BE IN A POSITION OF MAKING A FINANCIAL GIFT TO IMPROVE AN INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNER'S HOME.
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT WOULD, THAT WE WOULD BE GIVING A GIFT IF WE WERE TO PICK UP ANY COST OVERRUNS ON A PROJECT ON SOMEBODY'S HOME.
SO IF THERE'S A COST OVERRUN THAT WOULD HAVE TO FALL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, BECAUSE OF PRICE INCREASES OR WHATEVER, THAT WOULD HAVE TO FALL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER TO PICK UP.
AND WE WOULD TRY TO RENEGOTIATE THAT WITH FEMA.
IF THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, INFLATION CAUSED THE, THE PRICES TO GO UP, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF, OF RENEGOTIATING WITH FEMA.
BUT IF THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT IF THERE'S MONIES THAT NEED TO BE SPENT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALMOST DONE, BUT YOU'RE NOT DONE YET.
IT, THE TOWN CAN'T BE IN THE POSITION OF PUTTING OUT THAT MONEY.
IT WILL PUT OUT THE MONEY FOR YOU, BUT THEN IT'LL LIKELY BE A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY, UM, SO THAT IT GETS REPAID.
LET, LET ME, SO THOSE DETAILS STILL HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT.
AND DOES THAT JUST COVER, DOES IT COVER JUST THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION OR DOES IT COVER THE ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING DRAWINGS? CONSTRUCTION WORK IN CON JUST THE CONSTRUCTION.
SO THEN ALSO THE, THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING DRAWINGS WOULD BE ON THE HOMEOWNER IN ADDITION TO THE 10% OF THAT CONSTRUCTION.
AND THOSE, AND THE CONTRACTORS HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE TOWN.
I, I THINK THOSE KIND OF DETAILS STILL HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT IN THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS.
WHICH IS, SO WE ARE GOING TO MEET INTERNALLY ON THIS TO ABSORB WHAT WE JUST HEARD.
MEETING STARTED A HALF HOUR LATE, BUT THEN THEY WENT, THE, THE MEETING LASTED AN HOUR AND A HALF, I BELIEVE, UM, WHICH, UH, WAS REALLY EXCEPTIONAL THAT WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE ON, ON THEIR SIDE TO ADDRESS THE, THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, WORKING AND, AND BRIAN SIMMONS, UH, WAS, WAS TERRIFIC ON THE CALL.
UM, AND HE'S VERY GOOD AT, NOW LET ME UNDERSTAND IF I UNDERSTAND THIS RIGHT.
AND SO HE WAS VERY GOOD IN DOING THAT.
AND SO, UM, WE GOT SOME WORK TO DO.
WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE ANY PROGRESS.
SO, UM, AFTER THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED, IT COULD TAKE UP TO SIX MONTHS TO REVIEW AND WE'RE SAYING PRESUME PRE PRESUMING 2023 CONSTRUCTION RIGHT SEASON.
UM, SO THAT'S WAY TOO LONG TO STILL BE OUT.
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UM, I, THERE'S NO WAY, NO WAY THAT I COULD STAY OUT THIS LONG.IT JUST, I CAN'T, I CAN'T CONTINUE TO STAY AT AN EFFICIENCY AND STILL PAY MY MORTGAGE.
SO, SO MY QUESTION IS, UM,
LIKE WHAT, WHAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION, IF I MAY, THERE ARE OTHER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT CAN HELP OUT? COAD IS IS AGGREGATING A BUNCH.
THERE IS ANOTHER SOURCE, I'M FORGETTING THE NAME, BUT I CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
THAT WILL DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF SERVICES AND HELP YOU CAN NEED.
YOU NEED, CAN HELP YOU DETERMINE FUNDING SOURCES, WHETHER, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY'RE, THEY'RE GRANTS OR LOANS.
I HAVEN'T HAD MUCH OF A CHANCE TO REALLY LOOK AT IT, BUT THERE ARE, THERE, BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.
AND WHAT CAPACITY MEAN AS FAR AS GRANTS IN LAW? I'M JUST, WHAT, COULD YOU PASS THAT MICROPHONE OVER? OH, I'M SORRY.
AND WHAT CAPACITY ARE YOU REFERRING TO WHEN YOU SAY OTHER GRO, OTHER ASSISTANCE, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT LIVING ASSISTANCE? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, I'M NOT UNSURE WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
WELL, THE, THEY AGGREGATE ANY NUMBER.
THEY WILL, THEY, THEY WILL ADVISE AND DIRECT TO WHERE, WHERE WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU NEED, IF IT'S LIVING EXPENSES, IF IT'S FOOD EXPENSES, IF IT'S CLOTHING, ANY, ANY NUMBER OF THINGS.
THEY HAVE THE AVENUES TO DIRECT YOU AND MAYBE EVEN HELP OUT.
AS I SAID, I HAVEN'T EVEN LOOKED AT, REALLY LOOKED INTO IT IN DEPTH, BUT I BELIEVE THEY WILL GIVE GUIDANCE ON TO AS TO HOW TO APPLY.
AND MAYBE THE GUIDANCE GOES EVEN FURTHER.
MAYBE THEY HELP WITH THE APPLICATION.
BUT THAT'S A SEPARATE APPLICATION THAT IT'S TOTALLY SEPARATE FROM FEMA INDEPENDENT.
IT'S INDEPENDENT FOR ME TO DO NOT TO, NOT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO SUPPLY ON MY BEHALF.
I, I BELIEVE BUT THEY, THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
SO THEY WOULD MENTOR THAT PERHAPS.
I THINK THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING, AS I SAID, I WILL LOOK INTO IT FURTHER.
I WILL GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION AND ANYONE ELSE, OF COURSE, NEEDS OF COURSE WE WILL SHARE THAT.
BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS THAT, UM, AGAIN, TO REBUILD, YOU PUT THE WALLS UP, YOU DO EVERYTHING, AND THEN THEY CHOP IT.
SO THEN NOW THE MONIES THAT WERE AFFORDED FROM THE INSURANCE, WERE USED TO PUT THE HOME BACK AND THEN NOW IT GETS UNDONE TO RAISE IT.
AND THEN I HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET.
SO I'M ALREADY HURTING FINANCIALLY.
SO WE, WE WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND THAT, THAT RIGHT BALANCE SO THAT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, GOING HOME FOR A FEW MONTHS AND THEN COMING OUT AND BEING DISPLACED ALL OVER AGAIN FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.
THE HELP YOU'VE GOTTEN, IS IT TIME LIMITED OR CAN IT IT'S, IT
THE REIMBURSEMENTS ARE NOT, UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT.
SO I'M STAYING OUT OF EFFICIENCY.
UH, THE, IT'S PRETTY MUCH A ONE BEDROOM.
UM, IT'S IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO MY JOB.
AND, UH, IT HAS A KITCHENETTE, IT HAS A SOFA, IT HAS A TABLE, IT HAS A BEDROOM, A BATHROOM.
UM, I LOST ALL OF ALL OF THAT.
I CLEAN THE PLACE ON MY OWN AS IF IT WAS MY OWN PLACE.
UM, I DON'T HAVE HOUSEKEEPING COME AND DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO I, I DO IT ALL ON MY OWN, JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU WOULD AT HOME IN YOUR SPARE TIME.
AND SAME, THE REFRIGERATOR, YOU KNOW, THERE IN MY STOVE MM-HMM.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M STAYING AT.
UM, AGAIN, IT'S IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.
UM, UH, THE UTILITIES OF COURSE ARE INCLUDED, RIGHT.
I MENTIONED I'M BACK IN SCHOOL, SO I TAKE MY ONLINE CLASSES AS WELL.
UM, WENT FOR MY MASTER'S DEGREE IN NURSING AND I, UM, GET CALLED IN OFTEN, RIGHT.
FOR WORK SO I CAN GET CALLED IN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
I DRIVE AN SS U V, SO PARKING MY CAR, I CAN'T JUST BE IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD 'CAUSE I WON'T FIND PARKING.
SO I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF I GET CALLED IN, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, TWO, THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, AS I HAVE TO ON MANY OCCASION, THAT, UM, I'M NOT GONNA GET ROBBED, RAPED, OR MURDERED ON MY WAY TO HELP SOMEBODY ELSE.
RIGHT? SO IN A BEST CASE SITUATION, UH, ACCORDING TO FEMA, THIS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SPRING 2023 CONSTRUCTION.
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WE COULD BEST GET YOU FROM HERE TO THERE.AND I THINK WE NEED TO TALK TO OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO SEE WHAT IS IT THAT, WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR YOU TO HAVE A HABITABLE HOUSE.
UM, AND LET'S WORK FROM THERE.
I, I DON'T THINK THERE'S THE PLACE TO DISCUSS IT, BUT I THINK, UH, I THINK THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO.
WOULD IT MAKE SENSE, UH, TO FOCUS ON BABBITT? UH, I MEAN, SINCE THIS IS REALLY A DIFFICULT, YOU KNOW, PROCESS TO DO BABBIT, TO COMMIT TO IT, UH, TO GET THE EXPERIENCE WITH BT AND THEN LET EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE OTHER AREAS KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE LEARN FROM THIS EXPERIENCE, WE COULD APPLY, UM, TO OTHER AREAS.
BECAUSE I HAVE A FEELING THAT OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA WANNA MAKE A DECISION IN, IN FOR WEEKS.
THIS IS, I MEAN, YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK ALREADY, RIGHT? REALISTICALLY, BUT THIS WAY WE COULD GIVE A LOT OF ATTENTION TO YOUR NEEDS, SEE WHAT HOUSING IS AVAILABLE, REACH OUT AS, AS FRANCIS SAID, UH, TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO THE CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE AND UM, AND DO WHATEVER POSSIBLE SO YOU HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND HOUSING.
AND THEN WE COULD SEE WHAT OTHER FUNDING IS.
WELL, BRIAN, BRIAN, BRIAN MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A BETTER USE OF OUR RESOURCES IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE, I BELIEVE BRIAN MENTIONED THAT IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO, UM, THAT THERE ARE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES AVAILABLE IN ADDITION, UH, TO THESE TWO GRANTS THAT, THAT ELLEN REFERRED TO.
BRIAN, DO YOU KNOW, UM, FIRST OF ALL, IS THAT THE CASE? AND SECOND OF ALL, DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE DEADLINES ARE FOR THOSE PARTICULAR GRANTS SO THAT, UM, WE CAN WORK TOWARD, YOU KNOW, HELPING OTHERS OR WITH THOSE GRANTS AS WELL, PERHAPS ON A PARALLEL TRACK SO THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ONE AND THEN DOING ANOTHER, WE CAN WORK ON THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME, PERHAPS? YEAH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT.
SO ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY SPECIFIED WAS, UH, BUILDING, UH, RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITIES.
UM, THEY SAID THAT IS, UH, USUALLY AN ANNUAL PROGRAM.
UH, IF THE APPLICATION OPENS IN, UM, THE FALL PERIOD SOMETIME, I GUESS IT CHANGES EVERY YEAR, BUT IT'S SOMETIME IN THE FALL, AND THEN IT USUALLY CLOSES IN OR FEBRUARY OF THAT YEAR.
SO, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY, UM, PLAN FOR OR, YOU KNOW, ANYONE ELSE THAT IS INTERESTED THAT, THAT ISN'T INCLUDED IN THIS APPLICATION.
UM, WE CAN PLAN FOR, UH, FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO IT, IT RECURS EVERY YEAR FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO APPLY, RIGHT? CORRECT.
THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THIS IS THE MOST MONEY THAT'S EVER BEEN OFFERED BECAUSE OF THE NATURAL DISASTER OF I SURE.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IF PEOPLE AREN'T READY, UH, FOR JUNE 1ST, AND YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW OF ANYBODY THAT'S AS FAR ALONG AS YOU ARE, WOULD PAY FOR WORK AND, AND DOCUMENTATION, WHICH IS WHAT'S CRITICALLY NEEDED HERE, UH, THAT, UM, AND HAVING, YOU KNOW, INSURANCE, INSURANCE, UM, ESTIMATES ALREADY, UM, WE DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMMITTED TO BABBITT COURT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT COMMITTED TO THE OTHER AREAS.
IT JUST MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC WITH THE FUNDING SOURCE, THE FUNDING SOURCE, UM, AS A JUNE.
THIS ONE HAS A JUNE 1ST DEADLINE.
AND TO DO A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE.
YOU KNOW, PAUL, INITIALLY YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT'S EASY.
THIS IS GONNA TAKE A FULL, FULL COMMITMENT IN ORDER TO GET THIS DONE BY JUNE 1ST.
BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY PLAUSIBLE THAT WE CAN GET IT DONE FOR ONE TO THREE HOUSES, WHICH IS BASICALLY WHAT VMA HAS TOLD US.
UH, WITHOUT SAYING IT, THEY SAID THAT IF YOU OVEREXTEND YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO DO TOO MANY, UM, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE GOOD.
THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL IS IF YOU COULD TRY LIKE ITEMIZING ALL THE ISSUES THAT YOU SEE AND ALL THE OBSTACLES BETWEEN NOW AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THE CONSTRUCTION.
SO YOU INDICATED A FEW MINUTES AGO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, IT'S TAKING SO LONG AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING A A YEAR WAIT IS UN UNBEARABLE AFTER, UM, WE START THE WORK, UM, THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE, IT'S GONNA BE STRESSFUL TO BE DISPLACED, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, TEMPORARILY, WHY DON'T YOU TRY THINKING OF,
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YOU KNOW, ANY POSSIBLE ISSUE.IT COULD BE INSURANCE RELATED, IT COULD BE, UM, UH, IT COULD BE TEMPORARY HOUSING, IT BE, AND THEN I COULD HAVE, I COULD, MY OFFICE COULD WORK AND SEE IF THERE'S OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF AND OTHER RESIDENTS MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THAT WE COULD TRY.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, HELPING OUT WITH, BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S PROBABLY ALL THESE PROGRAMS AND, AND WE COULD ALMOST USE YOUR EXPERIENCES AND OTHER RESIDENTS OF BABBITT COURT.
UH, WE COULD USE YOU AND LEARN FROM THAT EXPERIENCE.
AND THEN WE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, MORE SUCCESSFUL HELPING EVERYBODY ELSE THE NEXT, THE NEXT ROUND.
BECAUSE WE, AND THIS, THIS HAPPENS TO BE TWO GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE.
NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN OTHER, THERE'S PROBABLY GRANTS WON'T COME UP IN THE, IN 2022, UH, 2023, EXCUSE ME.
SO THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO APPLY TO THE OTHER RESIDENCES, BUT WE COULD ALSO, LIKE, I SPOKE TO SENATOR SCHUMER'S OFFICE IN THE FALL, UM, AND THE THING, AND THEN I SPOKE TO MANIA JONES, YOU KNOW, IN THE FALL ALSO.
AND THE THING IS, WE COULD FIND OUT WHAT OTHER OBSTACLES, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE EXPERIENCING AND THE HARDSHIPS YOU'RE EXPERIENCING AND OTHER RESIDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING.
AND THEN WE COULD SAY TO THEM, LISTEN, YOU KNOW, THIS WHOLE PROCESS REALLY DOESN'T WORK AND NEEDS TO BE TWEAKED AND IMPROVED.
AND THEN WE COULD ALSO, YOU KNOW, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO WAYS THEY COULD DO IT, YOU KNOW, DO IT A BETTER JOB BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY HAVE ANOTHER MAJOR STORM THIS YEAR AND WE'RE GONNA BE GOING THROUGH THE SAME, YOU KNOW, SAME THING.
SO IT'S ALL, SO I REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, VERY PLEASED THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU SPOKE AT THE MEETING, YOU KNOW, A FEW DAYS AGO BECAUSE IT REALLY MADE EVERYBODY REFLECT AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL DO IT BETTER THE NEXT TIME.
SO I THINK, UM, OUT OF TODAY'S MEETING, WE AS, UH, COUNCILMAN SHEAR MENTIONED THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE INTERNAL MEETINGS, AND OUT OF THOSE MEETINGS WILL COME A TO-DO LIST FOR THE RESIDENTS, SO YOU'LL UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU WOULD NEED TO DO SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE GET EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED.
SO, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BLIND, SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO PUT A COHESIVE LIST TOGETHER.
SO YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GONNA BE REQUIRED.
'CAUSE YOU GUYS KNOW THE INTERNAL PROCESS AND YOU'RE LEARNING IT, BUT YOU KNOW MORE THAN I DO.
UM, SO LIKE I SAID, I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING THAT I'VE DONE SINCE THE FLOOD.
UM, AND I'M LIKE, IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE, LET ME KNOW SO I CAN GET ON IT.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS LIKE PRIORITIZING, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE TO STAY, WHERE TO STAY, AND THE FUNDING FOR THAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE BIGGEST HARDSHIP BECAUSE IF I WASN'T PAYING MY MORTGAGE, I'D BE OKAY.
BUT I'M PAYING MY MORTGAGE, RIGHT.
AND I'M PAYING FOR, FOR THE EFFICIENCY AND THERE'S NO WAY.
WHY, WHY DON'T WE DISCUSS, WHY DON'T YOU, WHAT I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IS IF YOU COULD, UM, JUST WRITE EVERY PROBLEM THAT YOU HAVE THAT ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU'RE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCING AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM WHEN THE STORM CAME TO, UH, TO, UM, TO NEXT YEAR.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE, WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS? AND THEN LET ME SEE IF I COULD, YOU KNOW, TRY FIGURING OUT IF THERE'S ANY GRANTS OR ANY OTHER WAYS OF, OF SEEING IF THERE'S ANY FUNDING THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE OR OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF.
'CAUSE THERE MAY BE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF.
I'LL WRITE TO EVERYBODY AND I'LL REACH OUT TO EVERYBODY AND, YOU KNOW, WE WILL TRY.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE COULD DO.
AND THEN WE WILL LEARN FROM THIS.
I REALLY THINK WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE WE NEED TO BASICALLY TAKE THE BULLS BY THE HORN, SO TO SPEAK.
UH, BECAUSE IN SEPTEMBER YOU WROTE TO MOND JONES, YOU ROT TAIL, UH, TO SCHUMER.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU WRITE SO MANY EMAILS TO SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
BUT WE, WE, WE, WE HAVE A GOAL RIGHT NOW OF COMPLYING WITH THE JUNE 1ST DEADLINE.
AND THAT'S GOTTA BE OUR LASER FOCUS AND, AND, AND DEALING WITH THAT.
AND YES, WE'RE GOING TO LEARN FROM THIS PROCESS BECAUSE THIS IS A PROCESS THAT WAS NOT FOLLOWED WHEN WE RAISED, WHEN WE DIDN'T RAISE IT, WHEN THE HOUSES WERE RAISED AT BABA COURT IN 2005, MY FIRST EXPERIENCE IN TOWN GOVERNMENT WAS GOING OUT AND BUYING A PAIR OF HIP BOOTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TYPE THAT COME ALL THE WAY UP.
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AND INSTEAD OF DOING WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WERE DOING AND DRIVING THEIR, THEIR BIG SUVS DOWN THE BLOCK TO SEE THE FLOODING AND CAUSING A WAKE, PUTTING MORE WATER INTO THE HOMES.I, I WENT OUT AND I BOUGHT HIP BOOTS, UH, SO I COULD ACTUALLY WALK MYSELF.
SO WE HAVE A, A SIGNIFICANT HISTORY, AND FRANKLY, THE TOWN TOOK UNBELIEVABLY GREAT.
YOU SAW THEM PICTURES, THEY'RE DEVASTATING.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW WITH THIS APPLICATION BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SHOW A COST BENEFIT TO RAISING YOUR HOME.
THAT ONE PICTURE WHERE IT SHOWS THE SWIMMING POOLS IN THE BACK, THE O ABOVE GROUND SWIMMING POOLS WITH THE BLUE WATER.
'CAUSE IT DID NOT REACH THE TOP OF THE SWIMMING POOL.
AND THE HOUSES THAT WERE RAISED, THE WATER CAME UP JUST BELOW THE FIRST FLOOR.
AND THOSE THAT WEREN'T UNFORTUNATELY, ONE OF THOSE WAS YOURS.
NOW, AS BAD AS THAT WAS, THAT'S GONNA BE A SIGNIFICANT HELP TO US IN PUTTING IN THIS APPLICATION.
AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S THE, THAT'S WHAT WE DON'T HAVE AS WELL DOCUMENTED ON TROUBLESOME BROOK AND DEALING WITH THE, WITH THE BRONX RIVER AND WITH THE, THE SPRAYING.
WELL, THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS THAT I HAD HERE.
SO I KNOW THEY MENTIONED, SO I DON'T WANT, I JUST DON'T KNOW, WANT PEOPLE IN OTHER AREAS TO THINK WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THEM.
IT'S JUST WE HAVE A JUNE 1ST DEADLINE AND WE CAN'T MAKE SOMETHING SO BIG THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA GET ANYTHING.
SO I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE LOSS HISTORY AND I PROVIDED THAT.
UM, AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE TOWN HAS SOMEWHAT OF AN IDEA OF THE LOSS HISTORY.
UM, I WANTED TO KNOW IF, AND THE COST FOR YOUR EFFICIENCY COUNTS.
I FOUND OUT ALL YOUR HOTEL BILLS, EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE CURR, EVERYTHING THAT COUNT TO THAT YOU NEED TO KEEP EVERY RECEIPT.
IT ALL GOES TO, IT ALL GOES TO THE DAMAGES.
UM, SO THE, UH, UP, DOES THE TOWN HAVE ANY UPDATED TOPOGRAPHY MAPS? I GUESS THAT'S FOR BRIAN WITH REGARD TO THE FLOODING IN A SENSE WHERE, LIKE YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE JUST UNDER THE HOMES THAT WERE EVEN RAISED BECAUSE, UM, RECENTLY I DID THE FLOOD ELEVATION CERTIFICATE AND WHAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDING TO ME, EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT AN ENGINEER GEN, I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, IT DOESN'T SEEM SUFFICIENT.
I FEAR THAT GOING THROUGH ALL OF THIS FIVE YEARS, AS WE KNOW WITH GLOBAL WARMING AND EVERYTHING GETTING WORSE, THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, A HOUSE FLOODS ONCE EVERY 10 YEAR, ONCE EVERY A HUNDRED YEARS.
SO GIVEN THOSE, UM, STATISTICS, I DON'T FEEL THAT, I THINK MAYBE SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE UPDATED SO THAT THEY RAISE THE HOMES SUFFICIENTLY SO THAT THE TOWN DOESN'T HAVE TO COME OUT OF POCKET.
AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS.
AGAIN, FEMA DOES, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT THING.
LIKE EVERYBODY DOES THE RIGHT THINGS TO DO IT PROPERLY, NOT DO IT ONCE AND PUT A BANDAID ON IT.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR UPDATED FLOOD MAPS? YEAH.
I, BECAUSE I THINK THE, THE FLOOD ELEVATION THAT I, THAT I HAVE, THEY'RE RECOMMENDING FOUR FEET.
AND IF I HAD TWO FEET OF WATER IN MY HOUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T SEEM SUFFICE TO ME.
IT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT SUFFICIENT.
A TEAM HAS DONE, PROBABLY DONE THE CALCULATIONS AND CAN GIVE US THAT INFORMATION.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW ABOUT DOESN'T THE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A COUNTY LEGISLATOR, THEY, THEY HAD A LOT OF MAP MAP.
BUT FEMA HAS THE FLOOD MAPS, WHICH ARE UPDATED.
BUT, BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE G I SS SYSTEM AT THE COUNTY.
SO, YOU KNOW, I, I'M NOT EXACTLY, I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING FLOOD MAPPING PER SE.
UM, BUT MAYBE THAT, BUT CERTAINLY THEY HAVE ACCESS.
SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE'RE, OH WAIT, BRIAN HAD A COMMENT.
SO I WAS GONNA SAY, SO FEMA IS THE ONE THAT PUBLISHES THE, UM, THE FLOOD ELEVATION.
AND SO THEY, THEY'VE TRIED TO UPDATE THEM, UH, PERIODICALLY.
THE MOST RECENT ONE, UH, THAT WAS, UH, PUBLISHED FOR BAG COURT WAS PUBLISHED IN 2007.
AND THAT'S WHAT ESTABLISHED AT BASE FLOOD ELEVATION.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE ENGINEERING WOULD THEN GET INVOLVED.
AND THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY, UM, COMPLEX APPLICATION, RIGHT? 'CAUSE THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THESE HOMES, ONCE THEY'RE, THAT THEY DON'T CONTINUE TO GET FLOODED OUT THERE.
AND ENGINEERING NEEDS TO COME IN AND ESTABLISH WHAT THAT BASE FLOOD ELEVATION IS BASED UPON THOSE, UH, FEMA FLOOD MAPS.
AND THEN FROM THERE, IT'LL USUALLY BE, YOU KNOW, TWO FEET ABOVE THAT BASE FLOOD ELEVATION.
UM, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT FEMA, UH,
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COULD UPDATE THOSE.I'M NOT AWARE OF THEM UPDATING 'EM, UM, IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CERTAINLY SPEAK TO 'EM ABOUT AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY PLANS TO UPDATE THOSE, UH, UH, FLOOD MAPS.
SO, RYAN, RYAN, DO THEY DO, UH, DOES FEMA DO A CALCULATION BASED ON HYDROLOGY, UM, OF WHAT TO EXPECT AND BASED ON RECENT HISTORY TO ADJUST, EVEN IF THE FLOOD MAPS HAVEN'T BEEN PUBLISHED YET, THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME KIND OF CALCULATION THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
I'M ASKING, I'M NOT STATING RIGHT, THAT THAT'S EXACTLY HOW YOU WANT THOSE, THOSE, THOSE FLOOD MAPS.
SO IT'S ONLY BASED UPON, UM, THE EXISTING HYDROLOGY.
AND WHAT THEY ACTUALLY DO IS, UM, WHEN THEY GO IN, THEY UPDATE THESE MAPS.
THEY'LL ACTUALLY DO A SURVEY AND THEY'LL, THEY'LL GO THROUGH THOSE AREAS AND LOOK AT, AT AERIAL MAPS FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUS AERIAL MAPS, CURRENT AERIAL MAPS TO TRY AND DETERMINE IF ANY NEW STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WITHIN THOSE AREAS AND HOW EARTH OUR OBSTRUCTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
PAVING AND, UM, HOW THOSE WILL IMPACT THAT FLOOD AREA.
SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE'RE ALL COMMITTED TO THE BABBITT COURT APPLICATION TO GET THE APPLICATIONS IN FOR BABBITT COURT BY JUNE 1ST.
THEN, UH, WE'RE GONNA LEARN FROM THE EXPERIENCES, AND THEN THE NEXT ROUND WE COULD EXPAND IT AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADVISE RESIDENTS, SAY ON WARREN PROSPECT AND THE OTHER AREA, CLAREDON AND FULTON PARK.
FULTON PARK, ALL THE OTHER AREAS, WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S NECESSARY.
THE OTHER THING WE COULD REALLY DO IS WE COULD TELL, UM, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS IN THE OTHER AREAS THAT THEY COULD START, YOU KNOW, DOING DOCUMENTATION AND DO A LOT OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
SO THE NEXT, BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY GONNA BE A STORM THIS YEAR ANYWAY.
SO THEN THEY'LL BE READY AND THEN WE'LL BE READY TO GO.
AND THEN THE NEXT THING IS IF YOU COULD LIKE, IDENTIFY ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU'VE HAD AND ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU ANTICIPATE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN OF THE YEAR.
AND THEN I'LL, YOU KNOW, AND OTHER PEOPLE COULD DO THE SAME THING.
AND THEN I'LL TRY SEEING IF THERE'S ANY OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE NOT RIGHT NOW, UH, KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THAT MAYBE WE COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
AND IF YOU DO THAT, I'LL START WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ON, ON THAT.
SO IF YOU SAY, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT I NEED, UH, I'M NOT GETTING, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY PROMISED ME THAT AFTER I WAS OUT, UH, THERE'D BE HELP.
UH, THIS IS HOW MUCH IT'S BEEN COSTING ME RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE GONNA BE.
UH, YOU KNOW, IN 2023, IF, IF THERE'S GONNA BE CONSTRUCT CONSTRUCTION, THIS IS THE WAY, UH, GOVERNMENT COULD MAKE IT BETTER.
I THINK THIS IS ALSO USEFUL BECAUSE WE COULD THEN, FROM YOUR EXPERIENCES, WE COULD THEN REACH OUT TO OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? THE PROCESS HAS TO BE IMPROVED.
BECAUSE IT MAY NOT BE THE, I KNOW WHEN I'VE DEALT WITH FEMA FOR YEARS, YOU KNOW, THEY ALWAYS SHOW UP AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY MAKE A SOUND.
EVERYBODY FALLS, THE APPLICATIONS, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE NEVER GET ANYTHING, OR THEY DON'T GET HALF AS MUCH AS WHAT THEY THINK THEY'RE GONNA GET.
SO IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT TO FIND OUT WHAT'S NOT WORKING, AND MAYBE WE COULD GET WASHINGTON TO MAKE IT WORK BETTER, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, DISAPPOINT OR OR UPSET OUR PARTNERS IN THIS.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK TOGETHER.
DID YOU, DID YOU EXPLORE, UM, I'M, I'M SURE YOU HAVE, UH, WITH YOUR MORTGAGE BANK PAYMENT FORBEARANCE BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE.
SO WHEN THEY, UH, WHEN THE FLOOD FIRST OCCURRED, THERE'S SOME STUFF I'M NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT.
THERE'S, UH, THERE WAS SOME THINGS GOING ON MM-HMM.
SO WHEN THE FLORIDA WAS, WHEN THE WATER WAS GONE, UM, THEY DID CALL ME OR THEY SENT AN EMAIL AND THEY ASKED HER, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU OKAY? AND I WAS LIKE, YEAH, I'M OKAY.
BUT IT WAS KIND OF LIKE, KIND OF LIKE VERY BLUNT, LIKE, ARE YOU OKAY? AND I'M LIKE, YEAH, I'M OKAY.
THEY WEREN'T OFFERING YOU ANYTHING.
RIGHT? IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T THAT KIND OF THING.
IT'S LIKE, HEY, HOW YOU DOING? AND I'M LIKE, LIVE AND BLESSED TO BE HERE, YOU KNOW? OKAY.
SO I DIDN'T, UM, REALIZE THAT.
SO THEN FROM THAT, THEY JUST CHECKED ME OFF ON, ON A FACT.
SO I TRIED TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.
WHEN WAS THAT? I TRIED TO DO THAT PROBABLY LIKE TWO MONTHS, THREE MONTHS IN, MAYBE, MAYBE BEFORE THE YEAR BEFORE THE YEAR ENDED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, THEY WERE LIKE, WELL, YOU SAID NO, YOU WERE GOOD.
I, AND I WAS EXPLAINING EVERYTHING MM-HMM.
SO I SAID, LET ME, I HAD, UH, MANY THINGS MOVING OF COURSE, AND A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING.
SO I HAD TO DEAL AND FIGHT ALL THOSE LITTLE FIRES THAT I WAS FIGHTING BEFORE I CAN
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DO THAT.AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT IF I NEEDED ANYTHING FROM THE COUNTY, THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO GET SOMETHING IN WRITING.
I MEAN, I HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I COULD POSSIBLY NEED.
YOU, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT LIKE, DISAPPOINT YOU AGAIN.
AND I BASICALLY WANNA KNOW IF WE COULD HAVE COME UP WITH LIKE A TIMELINE AND SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, NEXT WEEK AT THIS TIME, THIS IS WHERE WE WANNA BE TWO WEEKS FROM NOW.
YOU KNOW, WE ONLY HAVE LIKE, WHAT IS IT, FIVE WEEKS OR SIX WEEKS LEFT? UM, AND THIS WAY IF WE COULD HAVE LIKE A PLAN OF ACTION, THEN WE COULD ALL, YOU KNOW, THEN WE'RE NOT GONNA CRAM AND THEN WE'RE GONNA KNOW, UM, IF WE'RE STAYING WITHIN, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE NEED FROM THE RESIDENTS WHO WE'RE HELPING, LIKE A TIMELINE FOR BOTH, A TIMELINE FOR THEM, GIVE US X AMOUNT OF INFORMATION, FOR INSTANCE.
I MEAN, AND THAT'S WHAT THE INTERNAL MEETING IS STRESS NOW THAT WE HAVE TO STILL MEET INTERNALLY BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE.
SO AGAIN, NO FALSE PROMISES, NO MISLEADING.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE INTERNALLY, SINCE WE HAD A GREAT MEETING THIS AFTERNOON, THAT WE GET EVERYTHING TO YOU SO WE CAN OUTLINE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE TO DO AND KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO ON OUR END.
BUT I'M SAYING THAT'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE SAY CHRIS, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BE COMING UP AND SAYING, THIS IS A PLAN OF ACTION.
THESE ARE THE STEPS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT I THINK TINA WAS TALKING ABOUT.
WELL, CAN I JUST ASK JUST ONE FAVOR, IF ANYTHING, JUST ANY CORRESPONDENCE, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ALL LIVES THAT ARE AFFECTED THAT IT, IT JUST BE 100% TRANSPARENT, NO CONVERSATIONS INDEPENDENTLY.
UM, AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND, AND MANY HAVE ADVOCATED FOR YOU IN A SENSE THAT YOU FEEL, AND YOU, YOU TEND TO ACT ON YOUR FEELINGS, MAYBE IF YOU CAN HOLD THEM AND DISCUSS AND GET WITH THE BOARD AND GET THEIR BEST ADVICE SO THAT YOU'RE NOT SHOOTING FROM THE HIP AND SHOOTING YOURSELF IN THE FOOT AND IT'S AFFECTING US.
SO THAT'S THE ONE THING I WOULD ASK IS THAT EVERYBODY BE ON BOARD, ALL COMMUNICATION, BE OPEN, UM, SO THAT EVERYONE CAN WAIT IN AND MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR US.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS THE BOARD WORKS ON THIS PLAN, I HOPE THEY KEEP IN MIND THE FACT THAT, UM, FOR NEAR, UH, CLOSE TO A HUNDRED YEARS, UM, THE FAIRVIEW AREA HAS ALSO HAD SERIOUS FLOODING AS WELL AS FULTON PARK AND, AND, AND OTHER AREAS IN, IN THE TOWN, PARTICULARLY FAIRVIEW, THE AREA WHERE IT WAS CONSIDERED HISTORICALLY THE FAIRGROUNDS WHERE THE COMMUNITY CENTER SITS, UM, UH, EXCESSIVE FLOODING OCCURS, RESULTING IN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO HAVE TO MAKE REPAIRS THERE IN THAT, UM, IN THAT CENTER.
SO THERE ARE MANY, THERE ARE SEVERAL AREAS IN THE TOWN THAT NEED FLOOD MITIGATION.
AND HOPEFULLY AS THIS PLAN WORKS OUT SUCCESSFULLY, UM, THERE WILL BE AN EMPHASIS ON THOSE OTHER AREAS AS WELL.
WELL, THAT, THAT IS, THAT IS, AND THAT'S WHAT I SAID BEFORE IS THAT WE'RE GONNA LEARN FROM THIS.
UH, BUT HOMEOWNERS HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE TO BE IN AN ELIGIBLE LOCATION, WHICH MEANS THAT, YOU KNOW, FEMA HAS IDENTIFIED THEM AS IN A FLOOD, FLOOD FLOODPLAIN.
AND SO, UM, NOT EVERY HOUSE THAT FLOODED, IT COULD BE FLOODING FOR LOTS OF DIFFERENT REASONS, BUT IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT QUALIFIES FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF, OF, UH, FUNDING SOURCE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD.
WE'RE GOING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WORK TOWARDS, WORK TOWARDS WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO GET THIS THING DONE.
WE'RE GONNA BE IN CONTACT WITH YOU.
I'M SURE IT'S YOUR HOUSE, BUT WE HAVE TO BE THE ONES THAT CONTROL THE PROJECT.
AND SO WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE HOMEOWNERS, OBVIOUSLY.
AND FEMA NEEDS SOMETHING IN WRITING STATING THAT
AND YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE COST, YOU KNOW, COST OVERRUNS, YOU KNOW THAT WE ADDRESS THAT.
THE BIG PROB THE BIG PROBLEM WE HAD TODAY, AND IT WAS A REASON WHY THE CALL WENT LONGER THAN NORMAL, IS
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HOW DO YOU PREDICT PRICES NEXT YEAR? RIGHT.HOW DO YOU POSSIBLY BY JUNE 1ST YES.
PUT IN AN ACCURATE ESTIMATE FOR NEXT YEAR WHEN WE DON'T KNOW THE PRICE OF LUMBER, WE DON'T KNOW THE PRICE, YOU KNOW, IT JUST
WELL, I THINK SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT I PROVIDED MIGHT BE USEFUL IN A SENSE THAT THE FLOOD OCCURRED IN SEPTEMBER AND SIA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY CAME OUT AND GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE.
AND THERE WAS THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT AND THEN WHAT THE FLOOD INSURANCE ESTIMATED IT AT WAS A WHOLE OTHER AMOUNT.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE TWO AND YOU COMPARE THE DIFFERENCE, RIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN JUST THREE MONTHS.
SO, WELL, TRADITIONALLY THE CHALLENGES TOO, REMEMBER THE COST OF MATERIALS AND STUFF BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH NOW CURRENTLY THAT AND THINGS SITTING ON A BARGE.
TRADI TRADITIONALLY, WELL NOIA, THE CONSTRUCTION WAS LESS THAN WHAT THE INSURANCE USUALLY.
IT'S USUALLY YOU HAVE TO FIGHT WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY, RIGHT.
WELL THIS IS, THE CONSTRUCTION NUMBERS ARE ALWAYS FLUCTUATE, EVEN IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE SITUATION THAT WE'VE, WE ARE IN NOW BECAUSE DUE TO COVID.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING TO, JUST TO PUT AN EXCLAMATION POINT ON WHAT, UM, COUNCILMAN SHE AND COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON ARE SAYING.
SO THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HARD TIME WITH.
BUT I WOULD COUNSEL AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT THE ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING PLANS, AS MUCH AS IT'S A, UM, TEMPTATION TO TAKE THE LOWEST BID, BE WARY.
UM, BECAUSE THE IMPORTANCE, I CANNOT EMPHASIZE ENOUGH HAVING BEEN IN THIS INDUSTRY BEFORE I GOT INTO GOVERNMENT, THAT AS COMPLETE AS THE DRAWINGS ARE WITH AS FEW HOLES IN THEM AS POSSIBLE, IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
BECAUSE AT THE BACK END, WHEN YOU START GETTING THOSE CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND YOU WON'T HAVE AS MANY OVERRUNS OR, OR OH MY GOODNESS, WE DIDN'T, THAT WASN'T IN THE PLAN.
SO NOW IT'LL COST YOU X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS EXTRAS THEY'RE CALLED.
SO THAT IS MY CAUTIONARY NOTE TO EVERYONE WHO IS PARTICIPATING.
WELL LOOK AT THE, AT THE, AT THE, UH, THE, THE FIA AND THEN JUST LOOK AT THE INSURANCE ONE.
AND THEY SEEMED PRETTY COMPARABLE AS FAR AS WHAT THEY DEEMED NECESSARY.
BUT YOU, YOU HAD MENTIONED A THIRD PERSON ON YOUR STREET.
SO THE THIRD PERSON, OH, THEY'RE HERE.
THE VARGAS, THE VARGAS I HERE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR TO ME.
AND THEN, UM, THE ONE ACROSS THE STREET, THE ANTHONY'S AND THEN THE SOTO.
DID WILL, THAT DID, DID YOUR UNDERSTANDING FROM FEMA IS THAT THREE WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM OR CAN WE NO, NO, NO.
BUT THERE ARE, THERE, THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH ONE OF THEM THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE TWO, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF IN MAY NOT KIND OF, THEY'RE IN AGREEANCE, WHICH IS ODD FOR INSURANCE COMPANIES.
BUT THEY'RE IN AGREEANCE WITH WHAT THEY FEEL NEED TO BE DONE.
IN THAT SENSE, THAT WAS LIKE AN EASIER PROCESS, WAITING FOR IT TO GO THROUGH AND FINALIZE WAS A LONG PROCESS, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE TO, UM, FIGHT WITH THEM.
AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, WITH THE WAY THAT THE COST OF THINGS GOING UP, GIVE THE, YOU KNOW, THE RECEIPTS AND IF I HAVE TO SUBMIT WHATEVER FOR REIMBURSEMENT JUST TO LET THE, THE FLOOD ADJUSTER KNOW, I'M JUST SCARED WITH SO MUCH TIME PASSING, YOU KNOW, LIKE I'LL BE TALKING TO THEM IN 2023, ABOUT 2021.
SO I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT THAT.
ONE, ONE OTHER THING THAT CAME UP WAS BECAUSE IT WAS A BIG QUESTION IS FEMA CAME OUT AND THEY GAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALL THE HOMES ON DT COURT TO BE RAISED, UM, IN THAT FIRST ROUND.
AND WOULD THEY BE WILLING TO DO IT AGAIN? 'CAUSE THAT WAS A BIG CONCERN AND GOOD NEWS FROM TODAY WAS AS LONG AS THE FEMA DID NOT MAKE ANY DISBURSEMENT TO A PARTICULAR PROPERTY, THAT THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE.
SO, UM, UM, HOW ABOUT IF IT'S A DIFFERENT HOMEOWNER, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING INTO WHETHER OR NOT ANY
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PARTICULAR PROPERTY HAD HAD STARTED THE PROCESS, RECEIVED A DISBURSEMENT, AND THEN BAILED OUT ON IT THAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD BE NO LONGER ELIGIBLE.SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
AND, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN NOW AND, AND JUNE 1ST, MY LOSS HISTORY DIDN'T INCLUDE, NOT THAT I RECALL.
IT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANYTHING FROM FEMA, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT WAS JUST ALL FROM THE INSURANCE.
AND I, I PROVIDED THAT AS WELL, THE LOSS HISTORY.
THEY, THEY HAVE A CLOSEOUT LETTER AND IT DOESN'T INCLUDE YOUR HOUSE.
BRIAN, ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU CAN THINK OF? NO.
DID YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS? UH, NO.
THE OTHER BRAINS OF THE OPERATION HERE, DO THE VARGAS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SORRY.
ANDRE, YOU'VE NEVER BEEN MORE ELOQUENT HOW MANY PEOPLE I EXPECT THEM TO BE ON.
YOU KNOW WHAT, TURN OFF THE MICROPHONES, RIGHT? YEAH.
WE JUST WANT TO PRETTY MUCH JUST MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE GET LIKE ALL THE INFORMATION ONCE IDENTIFY YOURSELF PRIOR.
I AM THE, UH, IN THE AERIAL SHOT, THE POOL.
SO, SO DID YOU, DID, HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANY COST ESTIMATES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR ELEVATING THE HOUSE? UH, NOT YET.
SO YOU'VE HEARD THE DISCUSSION? YES.
UM, SO YOU HAVE A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO USE AS AN EXAMPLE? ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK YOU CAN FIND ONE LIKE THAT.
AND SO, UM, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO DECIDE IF YOU WANT IN ON THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE DISPLACED FOR, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
YOU KNOW, TO, TO RAISE A HOUSE, YOU CAN'T LIVE IN IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, 39 PEOPLE SAID THEY WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THEIR HOUSES RAISED, BUT IT 39 PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO WANT TO HAVE THEIR HOUSES RAISED WHEN THEY SEE WHAT'S INVOLVED.
BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A PROCEDURE EVEN THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A BIG COST.
EVEN THOUGH THIS ONE IS A 90 10 MATCH, MOST OF THEM ARE 75 MM-HMM.
UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S A COST.
SO, PERSONALLY AND EMOTIONALLY, FINANCIALLY.
UM, SO, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE LAYING OUT IN, IN, IN THE, IN THE NEXT SIX WEEKS AND WE'RE GONNA GET AN APPLICATION IN.
SO NOW I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED, I THOUGHT, UH, IF WE GET A PARTIAL APPLICATION IN ON JUNE 1ST, WELL MAYBE THEY TAKE THREE OR FOUR MONTHS TO REVIEW IT, THEN YOU GET 20 BUSINESS DAYS.
THEY, THEY GO RIGHT THROUGH IT AND THEY SAY, YOU'RE MISSING THIS, YOU'RE MISSING THIS, YOU'RE MISSING THIS.
AND YOU GET YOUR 20 DAYS, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A WEBSITE RIGHT.
IF YOU WANT INFORMATION THAT WE HAVEN'T GIVEN YOU.
THERE'S A WEBSITE THAT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING UNDER THE, UM, WHAT WERE THE, UM, MITIGATION? YEAH, THE HAZARD MITIGATION.
SO AT LEAST YOU'LL HAVE MORE, UM, I FORGETTING TO TURN THIS ON YEAH.
SO YOU'LL YOU'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION.
YOU, IT CAN HELP YOU GET A JUMPSTART IN WHAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SUPPLY.
SO LIKE, HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND MM-HMM.
SO NEXT ON AGENDA IN JUDGE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY, NEXT, UM, WE HAVE THE LEAF BLOWER, UM, LIST.
UM, IDEALLY IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD, UH, PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA FOR PUBLIC HEARING FOR, FOR AT THE MAIN MEETING.
AND I'M WONDERING IF ANYBODY HAS ANY THOUGHTS ON, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT YOU THINK WOULD BE, UH, YOU KNOW, ACCEPTABLE? I DON'T KNOW.
DID, DID SOMEBODY ASK ABOUT THE HUDSON, THE, UH, HASTINGS ONE? 'CAUSE FOR SOME REASON WE HAVE A PACKET OF IT.
I, I THINK I SENT EVERYBODY, UM, A COUPLE OF THEM.
AND I KNOW KEN WAS WORKING ON SOMETHING.
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I, I SENT TO TIM, UM, THE, 'CAUSE WE WERE LOOKING AT THE SCARSDALE WALL AND, UM, I THOUGHT THAT IT DIDN'T GO FAR ENOUGH.UM, I LIKE, UH, THE LAW THAT WE ALL WORKED ON WITH THE C A C, UM, THAT, WITH THE INCLUSION, WHICH, WHICH BANNED ALL LEAF BLOWERS FOR A PERIOD OF MONTHS.
UM, AND WHAT I INCLUDED IN THE, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST GAS POWERED, BUT GAS POWERED AND ELECTRIC FOR A PERIOD OF MONTHS.
UM, AND THEY WERE ALLOWED FOR A PERIOD OF MONTHS, YOU KNOW, FOR, UH, MAYBE IT'S FALL CLEANUP AND, UH, IN THE SPRING.
UM, AND THEN, UM, THERE WERE, I TOOK FROM THE SCARSDALE LAW, UH, ONE OF THE, WHAT, ONE OF THE ONE I TOOK, ONE OF THE ASPECTS OF THE SCARSDALE LAW, WHICH WAS TO LIMIT, UM, LIMIT.
SO THEY, THEY WOULDN'T BE BANNED OUTRIGHT.
THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED FOR CERTAIN HOURS DURING THE DAY, UM, CERTAIN DAYS OF THE WEEK.
THE ONLY QUESTION THAT I HAD, BECAUSE I WAS GIVING THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME THOUGHT MM-HMM.
UM, THE QUESTION IS, IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC TIMES WHEN IT'S ALLOWED DURING THE WEEK, THEN EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE, THEN YOU COULD HAVE 10 PEOPLE ON A BLOCK, UH, DOING, YOU KNOW, DOING AT THE SAME TIME AND THERE'LL BE MORE NOISE.
BUT YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU HAVE TO GIVE A LITTLE TO GET A LITTLE, EVERYBODY'S NOT GONNA GET WHAT THEY WANT.
BUT I'M SAYING, ARE WE BETTER OFF HAVING, BUT THAT'S, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, NO, NO ONE LAW IS GONNA MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY.
YOU KNOW, AND, AND THE PEOPLE, THE ONE, YOU KNOW, I WAS READING, UH, IN THE NEWSPAPERS, THE COMMENTARY FROM THE, UH, THE, THE LAW AND MAINTENANCE PEOPLE, AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EXPECTATIONS OF THEIR CLIENTS.
THEIR CLIENTS ARE ALSO GONNA HAVE TO ALTER THEIR EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT THEY WANT FOR THEIR LAWNS.
THIS WHOLE IDEA OF A CLEAN GOLF COURSE, LIKE LAWN PEOPLE HAVE TO GET OVER THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A BYGONE IDEA, I THINK.
AND IF PEOPLE WANT THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY JUST HAVE TO PAY MORE PEOPLE TO DO MORE WORK ON THEIR YARDS.
IF THEY WANT THAT, BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE THAT LIVE AROUND THEM DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT.
SO EVERYONE HAS TO SORT OF ADJUST THEIR EXPECTATION HERE.
YOU KNOW, NOT JUST THE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THE WORK, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THESE EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT THEIR PROPERTY SHOULD LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW? SO IT'S, IT'S A REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A VERY COMPLEX, MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ISSUE.
AND EVERYONE SIMPLY IS NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, AND I, I MIGHT SUGGEST THAT WE SPEAK TO THE, THE DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTS.
WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE LAWS.
I, I KNOW I HAD A CONVERSATION, GINA WAS THERE THE OTHER NIGHT TOO.
UM, AS YOU WERE, UH, LORRAINE WALSH, THE, THE MAYOR OF LARCHMONT, UM, THEY'RE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO THE LAW THAT THEY'VE HAD IN PLACE THAT IS, UM, THAT THEY'RE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS BECAUSE NOW THEY'VE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE.
THEY SEE HOW THEY HAVE TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.
AND THAT CAN INFORM US TOO, NOT JUST LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT WHAT THE LAWS ARE, LET'S LOOK AT EXPERIENCE WITH LAWS IN PLACE AND HOW THEY, THEY SEE THE, THE PITFALLS AND THE PLUSES THAT THEY MIGHT COME UP WITH.
SO I DRAFTED A LOCAL LAW REVISED BASED PRETTY MUCH ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT KIM MADE IN AN EMAIL, UM, AND SOME OTHER THINGS.
AND I'D LIKE TO CIRCULATE THAT.
BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ON, UM, THE 27TH FOR THE FIRST MEETING IN MAY.
DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN LET'S SAY TOMORROW AND THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE YOU CAN MAKE CHANGES TO THE LOCAL LAW, THEN YOU CAN HEAR COMMENT.
COULD YOU JUST GIVE US A SUMMARY RIGHT NOW, WHAT THE LOCAL LAW THAT YOU DRAFTED IS? WELL, IT'S ON THE LINE LINES OF WHAT KEN JUST MENTIONED.
IT DOESN'T TOTALLY BAN GAS BLOWERS, IT LIMITS IT TO CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, TIMES.
IS THAT IT THERE? WELL, IT'S NOT FINAL, SO I DON'T WANT TO PASS IT OUT.
BUT IT'S IN AN EMAIL THAT KEN SENT TO EVERYONE.
UM, SO IT LIMITS THE OPERATION, UM, IN TERMS DURING THE, OF TIME THAT, IN TERMS OF HOURS AND DATES, LET'S SAY FROM MARCH TO MAY,
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AND THEN LET'S SAY FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER, THE SPRING AND THE FALL PERIODS, AND AGAIN, IT CONDENSES THE TIME.NOW IT DOES PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THE BOARD DEEMS APPROPRIATE FOR, LET'S SAY, CLEANUP AFTER A STORM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO YOU HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE.
IT'S NOT PERFECT, BUT I THINK IT'S ENOUGH TO GENERATE A DIALOGUE SO PEOPLE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.
AND THEN IF YOU WANNA MAKE CHANGES TO THAT, YOU CAN MAKE CHANGES TO IT.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE ISSUE WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND ALL THAT? WELL, THAT, THAT'S THE BOARD'S DECISION, RIGHT? IF THE BOARD MAKES A DECISION, WELL, WHAT DOES THAT SAY? I'M SORRY.
WHAT DOES YOUR PROPOSAL SAY? IT SAYS EXACTLY THAT, THAT THE TOWN BOARD HAS THE ABILITY UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES TO ALLOW, UM, ITS OWN ENTITIES, LET'S SAY AFTER A STORM WHERE IT'S JUST NOT PRACTICAL TO GET OUT THERE AND, AND DO IT A RAKE.
YOU CAN DO THAT, BUT
SO WE CAN EXEMPT THE, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE MUNICIPALITIES OR COMPANIES FOR THEM TO DEAL WITH SAFETY ISSUES.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO THEN DEFINE SAFETY.
YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? YOU KNOW? BUT IF IT'S AFTER A STORM, IS EVERYBODY ALLOWED TO DO THAT? TO CLEAN UP? NO.
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE TOWN BOARD DEEMS IS APPROPRIATE.
IF THERE'S A HURRICANE, YOU MAY MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT, HEY, YOU CAN USE YOUR GLASS GAS LAW FOR THIS LIMITED PERIOD, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S IN THE DETAILS.
I'LL CIRCULATE IT, YOU'LL HAVE COMMENTS, WE CAN MODIFY IT.
AND THEN BY THE TIME THE HEARING IS HERE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PRESENT TO PEOPLE AND THEY CAN TALK ABOUT IT.
BUT AT LEAST YOU'RE ADDRESSING THE SITUATION BY HAVING A HEARING AND LETTING PEOPLE SPEAK DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO LOSE BLOWERS.
SO WE'RE SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING IN ANTICIPATION OF HAVING SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC.
WELL, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THIS TONIGHT THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT, BUT YOU WANNA MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO IT.
SO IT DEPENDS ON WHEN YOU WANT TO POST IT, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU HAVE A WEEK TO POST WHATEVER YOU DECIDE IS APPROPRIATE.
'CAUSE THE HEARING IS NOT TILL NEXT WEEK, BUT YOU'LL GET A DRAFT TONIGHT.
I I, I REALLY GOTTA SEE SOMETHING.
I JUST DON'T, I JUST DON'T WANT, I JUST DON'T WANT TO SAY, UM, I'M OKAY WITH SOMETHING THAT, WELL, HE HAD SENT SOMETHING TWO WEEKS AGO THAT I LOOKED AT AND MADE COMMENTS ON.
DID ANYONE ELSE LOOK AT THAT AND MADE COMMENTS ON IT? NO ONE MADE COMMENTS.
I'M SURE EVERYBODY SAW IT, BUT YOU'LL SEE IT TONIGHT.
AND THEN YOU CAN DECIDE BY, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF DAYS, LET'S SAY TILL THURSDAY TO DECIDE WHAT'S GONNA BE POSTED ON THE AGENDA.
YOU MAY COME UP WITH A GREAT IDEA TOMORROW AND WE CAN ADD THAT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, CIRCULATE THAT.
BUT AT LEAST IT MOVES THE DISCUSSION ALONG, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT THE GOAL IS,
NOW DO YOU HAVE A, A, A MEETING, UH, OR UM, PRESENTATION AT SYSTEM WESTCHESTER? WE, OR IS THAT NOT, OR IS THAT ANOTHER ONE'S NOT TONIGHT? WESTCHESTER, WHAT IS IT? WESTCHESTER POWER IS THE STUDENT GROUP.
AND IS THAT SCHEDULED FOR SEVEN TONIGHT? YEAH, IT WAS JUST LIKE A HALF HOUR.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF STUFF? IS THAT AN EXECUTIVE SESSION OR IS IT, I DUNNO.
WELL, I THINK THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A OPEN SESSION.
I THINK JOANIE MENTIONED IT, BUT IT'S NOT REFLECTED ON THE AGENDA.
DID SHE GET THE BUT I, I SAW, I THOUGHT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO.
SHE SAID SHE WAS GONNA CALL YOU ABOUT IT.
SHE WAS GONNA GET THE LINK WHEN I SPOKE TO HER.
ARE THEY COMING IN BY ZOOM? YES, ZOOM.
I, I, I THINK I HAD EMAILED EVERYBODY.
DO YOU HAVE THE ZOOM LINK? WE COULD SEND IT OUT.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT TIME IT SAID IT'S A JAKE APPLE? IT WAS AT SEVEN OR SEVEN 30.
REMEMBER CORRECTLY HERE IT'S, WAIT, IT'S JOAN
HERE'S, WE GOT THE ZOOM LINK, RIGHT? HELLO? I HAVE THE ZOOM.
DO YOU HAVE THE, UH, THE, THE LINK FOR THE NO, WE HAVE IT NOW, FRANCIS.
IT WAS AT THE END, RIGHT? YES.
I THINK YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO INTO, UM, EXECUTIVE SESSION.
TO DISCUSS A COUPLE OF ISSUES.
ANNOUNCE THAT I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING PERSONAL MATTERS.
WITH RESPECT TO A CERTAIN, UM, CONTRACTUAL MATTERS.
ONE OF WHICH IS THE FARMER'S MARKET.
AND I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND, UH, THERE MAY BE ANOTHER ONE.
I, I DON'T RECALL SPECIFICALLY.
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OKAY.YOU'RE MAKING THAT MOTION? YES.
ALL IN FAVOR? UH, ALL FAVOR? AYE.
AND YOU WILL BE RETURNING AT SEVEN 15 FOR AN OPEN SESSION DISCUSSION, RIGHT? OKAY.