May 11, 2022 Town Board- Regular

UM, THE TOWN BOARD WILL HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING, UM, ON FRIDAY AT 5:00 PM THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING IS FOR THE TOWN TO CONSIDER THE ATTACHED, UH, MEMO OF UNDERSTANDING, ESTABLISHING THE TOWN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATE, UH, PROGRAM TO BE MANAGED BY SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER UNDER THE 2022 EXTENSION ELECTRIC SERVICE AGREEMENT.

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ANYONE WISHING TO COMMENT ON THE M O U SHOULD DO SO DURING PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE MEETING.

AND I'M INTRODUCING, UM, A RESOLUTION, UH, ENDORSING A HOME RULE REQUEST, UM, BEING, UM, UH, SPONSORED BY, UH, THE ASSEMBLY, UH, DEALING WITH HAVING A ONE YEAR A MORATORIUM ON, UM, INCORPORATION WHICH WOULD ENABLE, UM, RESIDENTS OF, UM, EDGEMONT AND, UM, THE OTHER SECTIONS OF UNINCORPORATED GREENBERG.

UM, TO HAVE QUESTIONS, UM, ASKED AND, UM, ANSWERED.

AND FOR THE STATE OF NEW YORK, UM, IF THE LAW WOULD BE APPROVED, UH, TO ANSWER, UM, QUESTIONS THAT ARE IN DISPUTE BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ADVOCATING FOR INCORPORATION ARE, ARE SAYING ONE THING, AND THE PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE ARE SAYING OTHER THINGS, AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THERE IS INCORPORATION.

SO MY FAILING IS IF THERE WOULD BE A ONE YEAR MORATORIUM AND SOMEBODY FROM THE STATE WHO'S IMPARTIAL, WHO HAS NO, YOU KNOW, NO STAKE IN, UM, IN, UM, IN, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY INCORPORATE OR OR NOT, WOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONS THEN EVERYBODY IN THE TOWN WOULD, WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A BETTER IDEA, UM, WHAT THE IMPACTS WOULD BE, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, PARKING, IF EDGEMONT WOULD BREAK AWAY, WOULD RESIDENTS HAVE PARKING? I FEEL MAYBE THEY WOULDN'T, THE INCORPORATION ADVOCATES SAY THEY WOULD ALWAYS HAVE, YOU KNOW, PARKING PRIVILEGES, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF DEBT SERVICE, HOW MUCH IS IT GONNA COST? AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF QUESTIONS THAT ARE IN DISPUTE.

SO, UM, THE, SO I'M GONNA BE ASKING THE BOARD TO PASS, UM, A RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE HOME RULE, YOU KNOW, MESSAGE.

AND, UM, AND AGAIN, UH, THE LEGISLATURE IS ADJOURNING AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE, SO IT REALLY HAS TO BE DONE, YOU KNOW, QUICKLY.

OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO CHANCE THAT IT'S GONNA PASS.

SO I'M PUTTING THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR, UM, FOR FRIDAY.

RIGHT? SO YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING CALL ON FRIDAY AT 5:00 PM RIGHT? A SPECIAL MEETING, UH, FOR, FOR FRIDAY AT 5:00 PM IS THERE A SECOND? WHAT IS THAT? SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

UH, NEXT, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, UM, ON, UM, ENTITLED NOISE TO LIMIT THE USE OF, UM, OF BLOWERS, UH, LEAF AND GARDEN BLOWERS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WHILE, UM, ALLOWING THE USE DURING SPECIFIED SPRING AND FALL, UH, CLEANUP, UM, UNIT PERIODS.

[ To consider a Local Law amending the Code of the Town of Greenburgh Chapter 380, entitled “Noise,” to limit the use of leaf and garden blowers in the Town of Greenburgh while allowing their use during specified spring and fall clean-up periods]

UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, I COULD START THIS OFF.

UM, THIS IS A PROPOSAL THAT PROBABLY NOBODY WILL PUT ON THEIR RESUME BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY A GREAT, YOU KNOW, PROPOSAL.

BUT OVER THE YEARS WE'VE GOTTEN MANY, MANY, UH, COMMENTS FROM RESIDENTS, PEOPLE.

SOME PEOPLE JUST CAN'T TAKE THE NOISE.

AND ALMOST EVERY DAY I GET EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS FROM RESIDENTS SAYING, I, YOU KNOW, I WORK AT HOME, I JUST CAN'T TOLERATE IT, YOU KNOW, HELP DO SOMETHING.

UH, THEN THERE'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE, UH, IN THE TOWN WHO FEEL THAT IT'S SORT OF LIKE THE MASS LAW.

THEY FEEL THAT NO

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GOVERNMENT SHOULD BUTT OUT AND NOT TELL PEOPLE WHAT TO DO, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR LIVES.

SO THEY DON'T WANT THE TOWN TO DO ANYTHING.

UM, AND THEN THERE'S A THIRD GROUP, UM, THAT BASICALLY FEELS THAT, UM, IF WE DO WHAT, SAY SCARSDALE AND SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE DONE AND BEING ELECTRIC BLOWERS, THEY FEEL THAT THAT, UM, IS A LITTLE, ISN'T REALLY THAT GREAT BECAUSE, UH, THEY FEEL THAT THE ELECTRIC BLOWERS ALSO CREATE PARTICLES, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE BLOWING.

AND THE, YOU COULD GET CANCERS AND THERE'S MEDICAL, UM, PROBLEMS THAT, THAT WOULD RESULT.

SO I, YOU KNOW, THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND I SAID TO MYSELF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE APPROACH SHOULD BE TO HAVE LIKE A LEAF BLOWER HOLIDAY.

UM, AND ORIGINALLY, YOU KNOW, I CAME UP WITH, I, WE CAME UP WITH IDEA THREE DAYS OF NO LEAF BLOWING, UH, TWO DAYS.

ANYBODY COULD DO THE LEAF BLOWING ON WEEKENDS ONLY, UM, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, COULD DO IT NOT COMMERCIAL.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF EMAILS AND, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE THINK IT'S REALLY A GREAT PROPOSAL SO FAR, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE REALLY WANT, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD COME UP AND DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD AT LEAST BE BETTER THAN WHILE WE, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE HAVE.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY, YOU KNOW, I'D, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD TEST SOMETHING OUT FOR ONE YEAR.

UM, TRY IT, IF IT DOESN'T WORK, WE COULD MODIFY IT.

IF IT DOES WORK, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GREAT.

AND, UM, AND AGAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF EMAILS.

I'M OPEN TO MAKING MODIFICATIONS IN THE LAW.

YOU KNOW, SOME LANDSCAPERS HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, THREE DAYS MIGHT BE REALLY VERY DIFFICULT, YOU KNOW, I'M WILLING TO GO WITH, YOU KNOW, LIKE A TWO DAY HOLIDAY JUST TO TEST IT OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, TO CHANGE THE HOURS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AND, AND SEE IF WE COULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR DECADES, AND NOTHING'S EVER DONE.

NOTHING'S DONE.

SO MY GOAL WOULD BE, UM, TO SEE IF WE COULD GET EVEN AN INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENT.

SO IF, YOU KNOW, ANY BOARD MEMBER HAS ANY THOUGHTS OR ANY PROPOSED, UM, YOU KNOW, MODIFICATIONS OR IF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WANNA SPEAK, YOU KNOW, I REALLY AM VERY EAGER TO HEAR FROM YOU, TIM.

TIM, MAYBE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE LOCAL LAW AND EXPLAIN IT.

SO, IN SHORT, UM, AND EVERYBODY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT.

WHAT THE LOCAL LAW DOES IS IT'S, IT'S A COMPROMISE AND IT LIMITS THE DAYS AND HOURS THAT THE PUBLIC, MEANING ANYONE CAN USE A LEAF BLOWER.

UM, AND IN GENERAL, UM, YOU CANNOT USE A LEAF BLOWER, UM, ON ANY DAY OTHER THAN A TUESDAY OR A THURSDAY OR WEEKENDS.

AND, UM, YOU CANNOT USE A LEAF BLOWER OR GARDEN BLOWER, UH, BEFORE 11:00 AM OR AFTER FIVE OR 6:00 PM DEPENDING ON THE DAY.

SO, IN EFFECT, IT'S A COMPROMISE.

IT'S A PILOT LAW IN THE SENSE THAT IT HAS A SUNSET CLAUSE AFTER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THE BOARD WILL REEVALUATE THE LAW AND EITHER CONTINUE IT OR MAKE, YOU KNOW, REVISIONS TO IT.

UM, BUT IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS A SITUATION AS A SUPERVISOR SAID, WHICH IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT, UH, EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT.

I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT, UM, THE TOWN BOARD ALLOWS SPEAKERS TO SPEAK FOR FIVE MINUTES.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THE TOWN BOARD HAS RECEIVED A LOT OF EMAILS PRO, UM, AND AGAINST, UM, DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE LAW.

SO WE'LL HEAR COMMENTS.

YOU MIGHT NOT SEE OR HEAR THE TOWN BOARD RESPONDING TO THEM, BUT THEY HEAR YOU.

AND THEN WE'LL MAKE SOME DECISIONS, UM, AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED A SUBSEQUENT PUBLIC HEARING, UM, AND LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WHEN WE'RE READY TO VOTE, SORRY.

AND WE CAN GET STARTED.

THAT'S NOT IT.

WHO'S, WHO'S, WHO HAS, OKAY, SO WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD TO THE, UM, A DAYS? WE DON'T, WE DON'T, JUDITH'S NOT HERE.

SO WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD RIGHT TO THE AADE, STEP UP TO THE MICROPHONE, SAY YOUR NAME.

CAN YOU STEP STOP THE CLOCK PLEASE.

AND REMEMBER, WE HAVE A STENOGRAPHER HERE, SO YOU GOTTA SPEAK LOUDLY AND SLOW, WHICH IS SOMETIMES AN ISSUE FOR HER.

MY NAME IS DANIEL MARTIN, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF HARSDALE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO, I'M NOT GONNA SPEAK FOR FIVE MINUTES, I JUST HAD ONE

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QUESTION FOR THE BOARD.

IS YOUR MIC ON MIC IS, YOU SOUND VERY LOW.

IT'S ON, SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER.

IT, IT'S GREEN.

IT'S IF YOU, IF YOU SURE.

REPEAT AGAIN.

CURB THIS UP A LITTLE BIT.

I DIDN'T WANNA BREAK IT.

I WAS AT THE TOP.

MY NAME IS DANIEL MARTIN, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF HARTSDALE.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE BOARD AT WHICH, WHAT, UH, IS THE, THE NEXT DOOR VILLAGE OF SCARSDALE HAS PUT IN A BAN AND I, WHEN I SEE THE SIGN, IT SAYS GAS BLOWERS.

IS THAT, IS THAT, IS THAT, IS THAT A TOTAL BAN? COULD YOU TELL US WHAT THE SCARSDALE, UH, THE SCARSDALE LAW LO ALLOWS ELECTRIC BLOWERS, BUT NOT DEVIATING FROM OUR RULES.

SO, SO MR. MARTIN, WHAT WE GENERALLY DO IS WE LET YOU ASK ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

AND THEN THE TOWN BOARD, THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE.

SO SUPERVISOR, BUT IF YOU HAD ANYTHING ELSE, THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GENERATE A DIALOGUE.

SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU COULD THINK OF I GOT THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO ASK IN PERSPECTIVE THAT OKAY.

I SHOWED ON MY, IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE ANSWER IS, THIS WOULD BE THE TIME TO GET THAT OUT.

I SEE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, I JUST, UH, THINK THAT, UH, AGAIN, HAVING SEEN THAT OVER THE YEARS, THE ISSUE HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND DISCUSSED AND DISCUSSED WITH NOTHING, UH, UH, NOTHING EVER CONCRETE COMING OUT OF IT.

I WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE BOARD ON FINALLY, YOU KNOW, GRABBING THE BULL BY THE HORNS AND, AND, AND, UH, TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE, UH, WITH THE PROPOSAL, UH, OF THE THREE DAYS AND, UH, UH, UH, VACATION, INCLUDING, I GUESS THAT THAT IS NOT INCLUDING THE WEEKENDS.

IS THAT, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE, THAT THAT IS WHAT I HEARD.

SO, UH, I'M, I WOULD ENDORSE DOING THAT.

UH, AND I THINK THAT, UH, I, I THINK THAT THE ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF A LITTLE PEACE AND QUIET, IF YOU WANNA SIT OUT IN THE YARD AND READ A BOOK OR SOMETHING, UH, AND NOT TO BE DISTRACTED OR, OR BEING ABLE TO PERHAPS, WHICH HAS BEEN MY CASE, HAVE GUESTS, UH, AND I CAN'T DO THAT TO HAVE A, UH, UH, A MEAL OUTSIDE AND NOT BE ABLE TO, TO TALK OVER THE NOISE OF THE BLOWERS.

UH, IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TO HAVE SOME QUIET, UH, ON THOSE DAYS.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

OKAY, THANKS.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY, UH, MR. MARTIN, I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT THE WAY THE LAW IS CURRENTLY DRAFTED, UM, BLOWERS, UH, MAY NOT BE USED, UM, EXCEPT DURING THE PERIODS BETWEEN TUESDAYS DURING THE HOURS OF NINE AND FIVE THURSDAYS DURING THE HOURS OF 9:00 AM TO 5:00 PM AND WEEKENDS DURING THE HOURS OF 10 TO 5:00 PM.

UM, AND THAT, UM, GOES FOR WHETHER A PARTICULAR PROPERTY OWNER USES IT OR ANYONE WHO'S USING IT ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER.

JUST TO CLARIFY AND JUST, UH, TO RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTION, UM, THE VILLAGE OF S SCARSDALE IS ALLOWING ELECTRIC BLOWERS, THE GREENBERG CONSERVATION ADVISORY COUNCIL, THEY INDICATED THAT IF WE DID WHAT S SCARSDALE DID, THEY WOULD OBJECT TO IT BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT IT, IT'S NOT ONLY A NOISE ISSUE, BUT IT'S ALSO A HEALTH ISSUE OF PARTICLES GETTING IN PEOPLE'S LUNGS AND KIDS' LUNGS AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT.

SO THAT WAS THEIR CONCERN.

SO, UH, SO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY OF, UM, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING EVERYBODY'S CONCERN.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT THAT, UM, AND THEY, THEY HAD SOME EXPERTS SPEAK AT, AT TOWN BOARD MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, SHOWING THAT THERE ARE LEGITIMATE HEALTH ISSUES.

THEN WE SORT OF THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE EASIER JUST TO SAY, YOU KNOW, NO BLOWERS FOR THESE SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, DAYS THAT THAT WAS, THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT, THE PROPOSAL IS NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, IS NOT BASICALLY FOLLOWING THE SCARSDALE MODEL.

AND, YOU KNOW, MOST, MOST OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE JUST DOING ELECTRIC BLOWERS, ALLOWING ELECTRIC BLOWERS.

AND THEY ALSO FELT THAT IF WE DID LIKE A ONE YEAR PROPOSAL, UM, AND PEOPLE BOUGHT THE ELECTRIC BLOWERS, AND IT TURNS OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, MAINSTREAM RECOGNIZES THAT, UH, THERE ARE LEGITIMATE HEALTH CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE WILL HAVE PURCHASED ELECTRIC BLOWERS.

AND, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT FAIR IF THEY PURCHASE IT AND THEN WE TELL THEM A YEAR OR TWO LATER THAT THEY CAN'T USE IT.

WELL, WE GOTTA MOVE.

WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE TOWN WILL ALSO BE FOLLOWING IT, THIS, THIS LAW, SO IT'S APPLICABLE TO THE TOWN AS WELL.

TIM, CAN YOU TALK INTO A MICROPHONE TO CEMETERIES GOLF COURSES AND OTHER LARGE ENTITIES AS WELL.

SO THIS IS APPLICABLE TO EVERYONE IN THE UNINCORPORATED PORTION OF THE TOWN.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

YES, CAROL.

OKAY, CAROL, LET'S JUST WAIT UNTIL THE FIVE MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING, ALL GOOD EVENING.

CAROL DEMIS, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

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IT'S LOVELY TO SEE YOU.

UM, MY NAME IS CAROL DEMAS.

I LIVE IN EAST TON AND I'M REPRESENTING THE EAST IRVINGTON CIVIC ASSOCIATION.

SOME OF THEIR THOUGHTS, SOME OF OUR THOUGHTS, AND ALSO MYSELF.

I UNDERSTAND THE REASONS FOR THIS NEW LAW.

MANY TOWNS ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.

SO I KNOW IT ISN'T SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST CAME UP WITH TO TORTURE PEOPLE.

CERTAINLY NOT RIGHT FOR PEOPLE TO BE EXPOSED TO HEAVY NOISE AND FUMES AND PARTICLES THAT CAN BE BAD FOR THEIR HEALTH.

I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THAT, THOUGH.

IS ALL THE NOISE REALLY FROM GAS BLOWERS OR COULD IT BE MOWERS WEEDED WHACKERS CHAINSAWS AS WELL? UM, A STUDY THAT MY HUSBAND AND I FOUND SHOWED A, A LEGITIMATE STUDY THAT THE AVERAGE TIME WITH A LEAF BLOWER ON AN AVERAGE PROPERTY ON A DRIVEWAY AND A PATIO IS SIX MINUTES.

AND FOR THAT SAME JOB TO BE DONE WITH A BROOM AND RAKES TOOK 57 MINUTES.

SO IT'S KIND OF UNDERSTANDABLE WHY PEOPLE DO EMBRACE THESE MACHINES.

MY HUSBAND IS A SOUND ENGINEER AND ALSO A HIGHLY QUALIFIED ACOUSTICIAN.

WE WROTE EXTENSIVELY TO THE TOWN LAST YEAR COMPARING DECIBEL LEVELS BETWEEN THE GAS FLOW, EXCUSE ME, THE GAS POWERED, THE ELECTRIC BATTERY AND BATTERY POWERED MOWERS.

AND THAT REPORT SHOULD BE IN THE FILES SOMEWHERE.

AND IT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO YOU IF THIS GETS TO THE POINT WHERE YOU REALLY WOULD LIKE THAT INFORMATION.

CAROL? CAROL, I DON'T WANNA INTERRUPT, BUT YOU KEEP SAYING MOWERS.

DO YOU MEAN BLOWERS? I MEANT BLOWERS.

I'M SO SORRY.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING.

IT'S JUST AS A STENOGRAPHER AND IT'S A TRANSCRIPT.

I'M SORRY.

I HOPE YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHANGE ALL THAT.

ANYWAY, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT LANDSCAPERS HAVE A BIG INVESTMENT IN THEIR GAS BLOWERS, AND IF WE SHOULD DECIDE AT SOME POINT THAT THE OTHERS ARE ACCEPTABLE, IT MIGHT BE, UH, A DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR THEM.

GREENBURG IS VERY LARGE.

IT'S SPREAD OUT.

THE PROPERTIES ARE SO VARIED THAT WE FEEL THAT ONE SIZE REALLY DOESN'T FIT ALL.

UH, WE ARE BEING ASKED TO COMPROMISE AND TRY THIS PLAN.

WHAT MIGHT BE DONE TO CREATE SOME COMPROMISE OR FLEXIBILITY IN PROPERTIES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS WHO CAN'T DO THEIR OWN WORK FOR PEOPLE WHO WORK ON WEEKENDS.

LIVING IN EAST IRVINGTON AS I DO, WE MANAGE ALMOST THREE ACRES OF WOODED PROPERTY.

ONE ACRE IS A POND.

WE LOVE IT.

WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE IT.

IT'S TONS OF WORK.

AND WITH THE NEW RULES THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR US.

AND SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ALSO HAVE LARGE, COMPLICATED PROPERTIES, WE BARELY SEE EACH OTHER.

WE DON'T HEAR MUCH NOISE FROM EACH OTHER.

WE FRANKLY HEAR A WHOLE LOT MORE NOISE FOR ONE OF OUR NEAREST NEIGHBORS.

THE TRANSFER STATION, WHEN THE TRUCKS START BEEPING AT SEVEN 15 IN THE MORNING, AND AT SOMETIMES A YEAR GO ALL DAY LONG.

BUT WE TOLERATE IT.

I THINK WE SHOULD GET SOME CREDIT FOR THAT, DON'T YOU? THE DATES FROM MAY TO OCTOBER DON'T WORK FOR US BECAUSE TREES CREATE A LOT OF DEBRIS ALL THROUGH MAY AND JUNE, SEEDS AND STEMS AND FLOWERS AND NUTS AND STICKY STUFF.

WE ARE ALSO SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY 34 ACRES OF EAST IRVINGTON PARK PRESERVE WITH TREES THAT DEPOSIT MATERIAL ON OUR PROPERTY.

OUR POND IS A LIVING THING.

TOO MUCH DEBRIS FALLING OR BLOWING IN IT, NOT ONLY TO CREATE, CREATES DECAY AND MUCK IN OUR POND, BUT WE ARE CONNECTED TO THE, TO SUNNYSIDE BROOK, WHICH IS AN HISTORIC BROOK THAT RUNS ALL THE WAY THROUGH EAST IRVINGTON IRVINGTON, AND INTO THE RIVER.

AND WE TRY VERY HARD TO KEEP THE EDGES CLEAN SO THAT DEBRIS DOESN'T TRAVEL.

AND WE ALSO LIVE ON A ONE LANE ROAD THAT IS SHARED BY FOUR FAMILIES, AND WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT DEBRIS OFF THAT ROAD SO THAT FLOODING DOESN'T OCCUR AS WATER COMES DOWN FROM THE HIGHER POINTS AND GOES INTO THE BROOKS, THAT THAT TAKE IT AWAY.

WE FEEL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEALTH OF SUNNYSIDE BROOK.

AND WE, WE DON'T HAVE REAL LAWNS BECAUSE WE WON'T USE ANYTHING TOXIC.

WE'RE, WE'RE PROTECTING THE FISH, THE TURTLES, THE SNAKES.

UM, WE COMPOST SOME OF OUR LEAVES, BUT THEY'RE VERY EASILY, UM, THEY VERY EASILY FILL SEVERAL TRUCKLOADS ON FOUR SATURDAYS A YEAR.

MY HUSBAND AND I HIRE A GROUP OF FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE WHO COME AND HELP US TO DEAL WITH OUR PROPERTY, AND WE CANNOT GET THEM ON ANY DAY.

BUT SATURDAY, AND IT'S BEEN THIS WAY FOR 15 YEARS, I SIMPLY DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WILL DO UNDER THE, THIS LAW.

UM, OURS IS NOT THE ONLY PROPERTY THAT CAN'T BE MAINTAINED WITHIN THE STRUCTURE OF THESE NEW RULES.

AND WHAT ARE WE TO DO?

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WE HAVE A LARGE ROOF.

IT'S CLEANED BY HOSES AND BLOWERS.

WE LIVE WITH HUNDREDS OF TREES, AND THEY NEED ATTENTION ON A FAIRLY REGULAR BASIS.

WHAT OF THAT PROBLEM? UM, WE, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE LANDSCAPERS, WHETHER THEY WILL ALL BE CROWDING INTO TWO DAYS AND PEOPLE WILL GO CRAZY TRYING TO BALANCE THAT SITUATION.

I'M WILLING TO TACKLE MY OWN MESS IF I CAN, BUT I'M 82 YEARS OLD AND I'M RUNNING OUT OF STEAM AND I HAVE ARTHRITIS AND I DON'T, I CAN'T TAKE CARE OF MY PROPERTY UNDER THESE RULES, AND YET MY ABUSE OF BLOWERS DOESN'T DISTURB ANYONE.

I GOTTA JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW THAT SOME OF US HAVE A DIFFERENT SITUATION AND WE APPRECIATE THE PROBLEMS WE DO, BUT NOT ALL OF US LIVE THE SAME WAY.

AND I JUST WANTED TO NOTE, MS. DEEMUS, THAT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO USE, UM, BLOWERS.

THE LAW IS NOT THE, THE LAW IS NOT APPLICABLE ON WEEKENDS, JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST .

I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT NOT FOR COMMERCIAL.

AND WE, I SUPPOSE WE COULD TRY TO EQUIP THE PEOPLE WE WORK WITH ON THOSE FOUR MAJOR DAYS WITH, UM, WITH BLOWERS THAT ARE NOT GAS BLOWERS.

AND IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD BE ARRANGED, WE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO HOLD IT TOGETHER.

AND I KNOW THAT OUR SITUATION ISN'T TYPICAL, AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN'T ASK OTHER PEOPLE, UH, TO LOSE THE PRIVILEGES THAT THEY WOULD GAIN FROM THIS LAW BECAUSE WE CAN'T BALANCE OUR SITUATION WITH THEM.

WE GOT IT.

WE GOT THAT.

CAN I JUST SAY, CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION? IS THERE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE REALLY THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS, AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE CONSERVATION ADVISORY MM-HMM.

COMMITTEE, THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE, UH, ELECTRIC BLOWERS ANY BLOWERS.

RIGHT? YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT ANYTHING.

YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO WANT, WHO I JUST CAN'T TAKE THE NOISE.

IF WE, WOULD THERE BE LIKE, ANY ADDITIONAL COMPROMISE THAT YOU COULD LIVE WITH, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF SAY THREE DAYS, YOU KNOW, IF WE DID IT, YOU KNOW, A FEWER DAYS AND WE JUST TESTED IT OUT, I MEAN, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD, YOU'D BE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE OTHER P YES.

I MEAN, WE'LL, WE WILL, WE'RE WILLING TO EXPERIMENT.

NO, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT IT.

WE'RE WILLING TO TRY THIS.

WE, BUT WHAT WILL OTHER PEOPLE WITH PROPERTIES OF THAT ARE LIKE OURS DO? NO, BUT I'M SAYING, LET'S SAY WE HAD A TWO DAY, LIKE LEAF BLOWER HOLIDAY OF ALL ALL THE KINDS.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT BE WILLING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, AND WE JUST MAKE IT SIMPLE AND SAY WE'RE GONNA TEST IT OUT, AND THIS WAY EVERYBODY COULD EXPERIENCE IT FOR A YEAR.

WELL, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE DAYS OF SILENCE.

UM, BUT AS I SAID, OUR NEIGHBORS, SOME OF THEM CAN'T HEAR US.

I MEAN, WE'RE NOT THAT CLOSE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE, BUT THEN THERE'S PEOPLE WHO ARE, BUT, AND ALSO THE PARK NEXT DOOR, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL THAT PEOPLE SEE OUR PROPERTY AS THEY COME THROUGH.

WE WANT IT TO BE ATTRACTIVE FOR THEM.

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT, I REALLY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.

IT'S NOT LIKE WE DON'T, UH, FEEL BADLY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM, YOU KNOW, NOISE RIGHT OUTSIDE THEIR WINDOWS.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST GOT TO BE HORRIBLE.

BUT SOMEHOW OR OTHER, THERE ARE SUPPOSE PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITH BIG PROPERTIES, WITH NO CLOSE NEIGHBORS, JUST HAVE A WAY OF HAVING ANYONE NEAR THEM WHO CAN HEAR ANYTHING THAT GOES ON, SIGN SOMETHING THAT SAYS OKAY BY ME.

SO, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE'RE WAY OFF OUR, SO WE HAVE TO GET THESE OTHER SPEAKER.

I'M SO SORRY.

SORRY.

I REALLY, THIS ISN'T FAIR OF ME.

YEAH, BUT I, BUT YOU WERE ASKING QUESTIONS, SO I DID WANT TO ANSWER.

I UNDERSTAND.

THANKS.

AND THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS, WHICH WE WILL DEFINITELY CONSIDER.

MY NAME IS ROBINSON ROJAS.

IT'S ACTUALLY MY FIRST, UH, TOWN HALL MEETING, AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW THE PRECEDENT HERE, SO APOLOGIES IF I COMMIT ANY FULL PAUL.

I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THE GENTLEMAN THAT I HIRED TO HELP ME WITH THE PROPERTY.

THE ONLY RULE IS THAT YOU CAN'T SPEAK LONGER THAN FIVE MINUTES.

FIVE MINUTES.

PERFECT.

YEAH, I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE CLOCK.

UH, I'M A RESIDENT OF GREENBURG SINCE, UH, 2015, AND I'VE LOVED LIVING IN THIS TOWN.

I PURCHASED A HOUSE.

I MOVED HERE FROM THE CITY, FIRST TIME TAKING CARE OF A LAWN AND HAVING A PROPERTY.

UH, AND I'M NOT GONNA SAY I'M STILL IN THE HONEYMOON STAGE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I LOVE BEING OUT IN THE LAWN, BEING OUT THERE.

I HAVE TWO BOYS, UH, FOR WHICH WE PURCHASED THIS HOUSE WITH A LAWN IN THE AREA WHERE THEY CAN PLAY.

I AM A WEEKEND WARRIOR.

I AM A GUY THAT'S, YOU KNOW, OUT THERE ON THE LAWN WORKING, PUTTING, YOU KNOW, GRASS SEEDED AT 8:00 PM AT NIGHT.

AND, UH, UNFORTUNATELY I SUFFERED THREE STROKES, UH, UH, TWO YEARS AGO, RIGHT BEFORE COVID.

AND, UH, THAT BECAME THE BAND THAT MY WIFE WAS LIKE, ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO OUT THERE AND WORK ON THAT LAWN THE SAME WAY.

SO I, I HAD TO HIRE SOMEBODY.

I HAD TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO COME AND CUT THE LAWN, UH, BECAUSE ACTUALLY MY WIFE ASSOCIATES THE STRUGGLE WITH THE LAWN BECAUSE I WAS ACTUALLY PUTTING SEAT OUT AT 9:00 PM AT NIGHT AFTER WORK.

UM, SO I, I DON'T DO ALL MY WORK AND

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AND I KNOW THAT IT'S VERY LIMITING.

UM, THEY GENERALLY CAN'T PROBABLY SPEAK ENGLISH AND COME AND REPRESENT THEMSELVES.

SO I ACTUALLY SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF AS WELL, BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND THEY'RE VERY STRESSED ABOUT THIS.

UM, YOU KNOW, MENTIONING DIFFERENT COLLEAGUES AND, YOU KNOW, SITUATIONS WHERE THEY'VE BEEN FINED AND HOW IT'S VERY, YOU KNOW, STRESSFUL ALREADY AS IT IS WITH TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH GAS PRICES AND EVERYTHING.

HAVING THIS LOOMING OVER THEIR HEAD.

THEY'RE TRYING TO GET MORE WORK DONE IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

UM, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS IS THEIR LIVELIHOOD.

AND HONESTLY, I, I FEEL, I FEEL FOR THEM BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GET THAT SAME AMOUNT OF WORK DONE WITH A RAKE AND A BROOM.

AND WHEN YOU ADD ON OTHER STIPULATIONS OF, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN DAYS WHERE THEY CAN'T DO THIS OR THAT, OR IF IT'S A GAS BLOW OR A LEAFBLOWER, I THINK IT GETS INTO TOO MANY INTRICACIES THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST GONNA FUDGE THE WHOLE THING UP.

SO FOR ME, I ALSO, UH, REPRESENT MYSELF.

I ACTUALLY, UH, REACHED OUT TO PAUL FOR THE FIRST TIME.

I, I SENT AN EMAIL FOLLOWING, SEEING THE, UM, THE PROPOSAL.

AND I JUST APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT HE WAS TRYING TO TAKE BOTH SIDES.

UH, YOU KNOW, I JOINED THIS NEXTDOOR APP WHERE I SEE A LOT OF THESE COMMENTS GO ON AND OFF, AND IT REALLY DOES CREATE A REALLY HOT DEBATE.

UM, I REPRESENT, LIKE I SAID, SOMEBODY THAT STILL DOES SOME OF THE WORK.

I STILL OWN A GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWER, AND I DO STRAP IT ON THE LEAF BLOWER TO CLEAN UP MY YARD FROM TIME TO TIME.

HECK, SOMETIMES I WASH THE CAR AND I NEED IT TO BE DRIED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T DRY ON WITH WET SPOTS.

SO I USE MY LEAF BLOWER.

I DON'T WANNA HAVE TO FEEL THAT SOMEBODY'S GONNA CALL THE COPS ON ME BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO DO THINGS ON MY PROPERTY WHEN I HAVE THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME TO DO IT.

AND, UH, AND TO ME, THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE WITH IS JUST RECOGNIZING THAT, YOU KNOW, I PAY MY TAXES, I DO CARE ABOUT PEOPLE'S HEALTH.

I HAVE CHILDREN, I HAVE TO HELP WORRY ABOUT MY OWN HEALTH AS WELL.

I DON'T ACTUALLY ASSOCIATE NON MASKERS WITH PEOPLE THAT WANNA USE LEAF BLOWERS.

SO I DO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF OFFENSE TO THAT COMMENT EARLIER.

I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T WANNA WEAR A MASK BECAUSE GOVERNMENT IS TELLING YOU, I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

BUT BESIDES THE POINT, I THINK IF ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO USE IT ON CERTAIN DAYS, I CAN UNDERSTAND THE COMPROMISE.

AND I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN LIVE IN A PRETTY CIVIL COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYBODY'S, YOU KNOW, THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS ARE HEARD.

UM, IF WE COULD CUT BACK ON THE DAYS THAT IT IS A HOLIDAY, OR EVEN MAYBE CONSIDER THE HOURS, YOU KNOW, IN THE SUMMER IT GETS DARKER LATER.

I ACTUALLY TRY TO SQUEEZE IN SOME THINGS RIGHT BEFORE EIGHT O'CLOCK.

I GET HOME AROUND SIX 30.

SO I REALLY DO TRY TO DO A POWER HOUR OF JUST GETTING THINGS DONE IN THE YARD.

AND IF I COULD DO THAT OR CLEAN UP AROUND THE HOUSE OR DO SOME KIND OF CHORE AND NOT HAVE TO STRESS ABOUT THE COPS SHOWING UP, UH, BECAUSE IT WAS THE WRONG DATE, OR I WENT PAST 6:00 PM IT, IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

UM, THE OTHER THING TOO, SPEAKING FROM JUST THE FACT ALONE THAT I UNDERSTAND WHEN THERE, IT'S A REALLY BAD PERIOD.

IT'S TYPICALLY SPRING CLEANUPS AND FALL CLEANUPS, ALRIGHT, THE DAY-TODAY, IT'S REALLY, THOSE ARE THE HOT TIMES FOR, YOU KNOW, THE ARMIES OF LEAF BLOWERS SHOWING UP ON PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES.

THEY'RE TRYING TO BANG OUT A LOT OF WORK IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

AND IT IS THAT KEY TIME WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THOSE CLEANUPS THAT GENERALLY DOESN'T LAST FOR MONTHS.

THAT'S REALLY JUST IN THE BEGINNING OF SPRING AND WHEN FALL IS BASICALLY AT ITS PRIME DROPPING ALL OF ITS LEAVES.

SO I THINK IF ANYTHING, WE SHOULD CONSIDER ALSO, IF WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT A PERIOD OF TIME, JUST REALLY RECOGNIZING THAT THOSE PERIODS OF TIMES, EITHER THERE'S A GRACE PERIOD THEN, OR MAYBE WE PUT ENFORCED STRICTER LAWS DURING THAT TIME JUST SO PEOPLE DON'T FEEL INUNDATED WITH THE NOISE.

BUT I FEEL THAT IF WE START DOWN THIS ROAD, IT WILL OPEN A PRETTY SLIPPERY SLOPE 'CAUSE PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE NOISE AND THEN THE MOWERS, AND THEN THE MOWERS WILL HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED THEN THE WEED WHACKERS EARLIER.

I LOVE THE POINTS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP.

I DO THINK THAT THEN BECOMES A BIT OF A, A SITUATION DOWN THE LINE.

BUT APPRECIATE IT.

AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

I SPEAK, ASK YOU, UH, UH, THE PROPOSAL I THINK IS FROM JUNE 1ST TO, UH, I THINK OCTOBER 15TH.

ISN'T THAT TIM? CORRECT.

TIM? YES.

UM, SO IT'S, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE TIME WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF LEAVES COMING DOWN.

YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY WE, WE TEST IT OUT, SAY TWO DAYS INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, TWO DAYS, NO, UH, YOU KNOW, NO LEAF BLOWERS OF ANY KIND, UM, UH, FOR A ONE YEAR PERIOD OF TIME.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SAY ON WEEKENDS, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY THERE, I'M, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF IS THERE ANY COMPROMISE IDEAS? YOU KNOW, LIKE A TIME PERIOD THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK THIS WOULD BE REASONABLE.

OR MAYBE YOU COULD EVEN THINK ABOUT IT IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS MM-HMM.

AND JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I COULD LIVE WITH.

OR, YOU KNOW, CAROL, EVEN BECAUSE YOU'RE, SINCE I'VE KNOWN YOU, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN, YOU KNOW, VERY REASONABLE.

SO I'M, SO I SORT OF FEEL THAT IF, IF WE COULD COME UP WITH, UM, SOMETHING AND WE TEST IT OUT, AND THEN PEOPLE WILL FEEL, YOU KNOW, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BE EDUCATING PEOPLE, RIGHT? UH, WE COULD,

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UH, TRY AND, YOU KNOW, SPENDING MORE TIME ENFORCING BECAUSE IT'S SO LIMITED, RIGHT? SO LET'S, LET'S SAY WE SAY EVERY WEDNESDAY NOBODY COULD DO DO IT RIGHT THEN, YOU KNOW, THEN THE LANDSCAPERS WOULD JUST WORK AROUND OUR, OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR LAWS AND MAYBE, MAYBE IT WOULD WORK, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT COULD WORK.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE MORE DISCUSSION DURING THE, THE YEAR AND THEN NOBODY'S GONNA FAIL.

THE GOVERNMENT'S LIKE FORCING SOMETHING, UH, AND MAKING LIFE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA MAKE PEOPLE ALL STRESSED OUT AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, CREATE ALL THESE PROBLEMS. BUT I, AGAIN, I GET SO MANY CALLS FROM PEOPLE SAYING, I JUST CAN'T TAKE THE, THE NOISE ANYMORE.

SO THIS IS A DRAFT.

IF YOU COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS AND YOU CAN EMAIL THE SUPERVISOR AND THE BOARD, THEY'LL CONSIDER YOUR COMMENT AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND MAKE AMENDMENTS.

AND, YOU KNOW, MY GOAL IS REALLY FOR SOMETHING TO, UH, AND I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, YOU KNOW, I, I, MY GOAL IS FOR SOMETHING TO BE APPROVED, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, COUPLE WEEKS FOR A ONE YEAR PERIOD BECAUSE EVERY, WE'VE BEEN BRINGING IT UP EVERY, I WAS LOOKING LIKE, UH, GOOGLE GREENBERG LEAF BLOWERS.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR LIKE DECADES, AND NOTHING EVER GETS DONE.

IF I COULD JUST RESPOND REAL QUICK TO, TO THE QUESTION EARLIER WITH THE COMPROMISE, AND I WILL FOLLOW UP MORE IN DETAIL, UM, TO THE POINT YOU BROUGHT UP EARLIER.

I THINK IF WE COULD CONSIDER, I THINK RIGHT NOW, BOTH THE WEEKEND IS JUST FOR RESIDENTS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

IF WE COULD PROBABLY GIVE OPEN UP ONE OF THOSE DAYS AT LEAST, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT LANDSCAPER THAT COULD COME ON A SATURDAY AND MAYBE SUNDAY IS A RESIDENCE DAY, AND THAT'S LIKE A SACRED DAY.

MAYBE EVEN SHORTEN THE HOURS IF THAT WE MAKE, MAKE A COMPROMISE THERE.

AND TWO, IF WE PROBABLY OPEN UP MORE DAYS DURING THE WEEK, I THINK IT WOULD HELP WITH THE AMOUNT OF COST THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE WITH AND DEMAND IN TERMS OF EVERYBODY TRYING TO GET THEIR LANDSCAPERS TO COME IN.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD ALSO SPREAD IT OUT.

'CAUSE THEN THAT MEANS THOSE, THOSE DAYS WOULD PROBABLY SOUND LIKE A PRETTY BAD OUTSIDE WITH EVERYBODY GETTING ALL THEIR LANDSCAPING WORK DONE DURING THOSE DAYS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME.

I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE IT.

ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE? WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE ON ZOOM.

WE HAVE MARIE HOULAHAN.

I'M SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT NAME GARRETT? SURE.

MARIE HOULAHAN.

OH, DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UM, UH, LET ME SEE.

JUST A MOMENT.

AND THEN WE HAVE SECOND MICHELLE BROWN.

IS GARRETT BRINGING THE SPEAKER IN? YES.

ARE YOU DOING THAT? THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HERE.

AND IF YOU TURN ON YOUR VIDEO, THEN WE COULD SPOTLIGHT YOU, BUT WE CAN'T SPOTLIGHT A, UH, NO VIDEO.

HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

UM, OKAY.

I JUST, UH, THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING AT THIS LAW.

UM, I'M LOOKING AT IT FROM A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW BECAUSE I WOULD BE ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD ADVOCATE FOR A TOTAL BAN ON LEAF BLOWERS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS IN THE SAME WAY THAT MARCHMONT HAS.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, MANY PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN LIVE ON BLOCKS WITH QUARTER ACRE LOTS.

SO FOR THOSE OF US IN THAT SITUATION, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THREE ACRES, THERE IS CONSTANT NOISE AND DUST BEING BLOWN UP FROM MARCH TO SEPTEMBER.

AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THAT WE MAY WANNA MAKE EXCEPTIONS DURING SPRING CLEANUP AND FALL CLEANUP, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE CONSIDER A TOTAL BAN, AT LEAST IN THE SUMMER MONTHS.

UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT NOISE TONIGHT, AND CERTAINLY THAT IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

BUT THIS IS REALLY NOT JUST ABOUT NOISE.

UM, FOR ONE THING, THE LEAF BLOWING, ANYTIME YOU GO FOR A WALK, IT, IT IS BLOWING UP, UM, DUST.

AND THAT IS AN ISSUE FOR ANYBODY WITH ASTHMA, WITH ALLERGIES, WITH ANY KIND OF, OF RESPIRATORY ISSUES.

THE FACT THAT IT IS LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO WALK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IN ANY, ANY WEEK WITHOUT SOMEBODY BLOWING LEADS.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN A LOT OF US LOOK BACK TO OUR CHILDHOODS, PEOPLE MANAGED TO USE RAKES AND GROOMS AT LEAST IN THE SUMMER

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MONTHS.

UM, IN FACT IT WAS DONE ALL YEAR ROUND.

SO I THINK THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A MISNOMER TO NOW THINK THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE EVERY SINGLE THING OFF OF OUR, UH, OUR LAWN ALL THE TIME.

UM, AND THE OTHER THING I WOULD JUST SAY, AS A GARDENER AND ONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN HAVING BEES AND OTHER BENEFICIAL INSECTS AROUND TO POLLINATE OUR, YOU KNOW, CROPS AND PLANTS IN, IN THE COMING DECADES, WE NEED TO NOT BLOW EVERYTHING OFF OUR LAWN.

A HEALTHY LAWN SHOULD HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, LEAVES CAN BE MOWED AND, AND MULCHED, UM, THAT IS, IS HELPFUL FOR THE BEES AND THE OTHER BENEFICIAL INSECTS THAT LIVE ON OUR LAWNS TO NOT CONSTANTLY BLOW THINGS OFF.

UM, I THINK WE'VE ALL KIND OF BOUGHT INTO THIS NOTION THAT SUBURBIA HAS TO BE PRISTINE WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, A BLADE OF GRASS ANYWHERE.

AND ACTUALLY, I, I THINK THAT'S A HUGE MISTAKE.

UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE POLLINATOR GROUPS THAT HAVE SPRUNG UP AROUND THE COUNTY ARE TRYING TO COUNTER LEAF FLOWING PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE HABITATS THAT, THAT THESE AND OTHER INSECTS MAKE IN OUR LAWNS.

UM, SO I WOULD ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, SUGGEST I, I THINK AT LEAST DOING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I, I MEAN, I GUESS I'M GETTING A LITTLE CONCERNED BY THE CONVERSATION WHERE ALL OF A SUDDEN WE SEEM TO NOW BE DOWN TO JUST BANNING IT ONE DAY A WEEK AS OPPOSED TO THREE DAYS A WEEK.

AND I WOULD SUGGEST YOU, YOU GO IN THE OTHER DIRECTION, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I'VE HAD PARTIES DISRUPTED BY SUDDENLY ON A SATURDAY OR SUNDAY, PEOPLE BLOWING LEAVES AROUND AROUND MY PROPERTY.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I THINK AT LEAST THE COMPROMISE LAW THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING IS A START.

I THINK CHANGING IT TO ONE DAY IS REALLY UNFAIR TO, TO THOSE OF US WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEALTH AND NOISE ISSUES OF, OF LEAF FLOWING.

NEXT IS GOING TO BE, UH, MICHELLE BROWN.

I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT, UH, UH, I HAD SUGGESTED, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF THREE, TWO DAYS, POSSIBLY NOT ONE DAY.

I, YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I THANK YOU.

BUT I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE COMPROMISE OF AT LEAST HAVING THE THREE DAYS A WEEK IS, YOU KNOW, AN IMPROVEMENT AND A, A STEP TOWARDS WHAT SOME OF THE TOWNS LIKE LARCHMONT HAVE DONE, WHERE THEY'VE, THEY'VE DONE A COMPLETE BAN IN THE SUMMER MONTHS, AND SOMEHOW PEOPLE ARE MANAGING TO STILL TAKE CARE OF THEIR LAWNS.

UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF, IN ANY CASE, I, I JUST THANK YOU.

I DON'T WANNA GO OVER MY TIME, BUT, UM, I WOULD ASK HIM TO ERR ON, ON MORE BANNING IT MORE DAYS A WEEK RATHER THAN LESS DAYS A WEEK.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT HAPPENING AT SIX O'CLOCK BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE ARE HAVING DINNER AT THAT TIME AND, UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN FIVE O'CLOCK.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS WHAT IT IS.

AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT MORE DAYS A WEEK.

THERE ARE A LOT OF HEALTH ISSUES INVOLVED AND AS JUST MENTIONED, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, THESE POLLINATE FLOWERS GROW, UM, THE HEALTH BELONG, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE.

AND YEAH, WE DID USE TO RAKE OUR LAWNS AND WE DID USE TO SLEEP.

AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FAST AND IN A HURRY, YOU KNOW? UM, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE SICK, IF YOU'RE SICK, NONE OF THIS IS GONNA MATTER.

UM, SO THAT WOULD JUST BE MY THING, THAT IT NEVER HAPPENS PAST FIVE O'CLOCK.

UM, AND IF YOU ARE GONNA DO A COMPROMISE FOR THREE DAYS A WEEK WOULD BE SOMETHING GREAT.

AND ALSO TO LOOK AT DOING SOMETHING ON A SATURDAY WHERE A COMMERCIAL PERSON COULD COME AND HELP, UM, IF YOU'RE GONNA DO IT AT ALL.

UM, NOT JUST BAN COMMERCIAL PEOPLE THE WHOLE WEEKEND.

SORRY, SORRY.

ME BE ON A, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE DATES.

SO THANK YOU.

LEAF BLOWER LAW AND THE EXISTING CHAPTER.

ARE WE MISSING SOME? UM, ANYBODY ELSE? UM, THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN THE HEARING, UM, UH, TILL, UH, MAY, WHAT MAY THE NEXT MEETING'S MAY IS MAY 25TH.

MAY MAY 25TH.

MAY 25TH, BECAUSE THIS WAY IT WILL GIVE US A CHANCE, UM, TO MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS AND CONSIDER THE COMMENTS AND EMAILS THAT YOU RECEIVED.

ALL RIGHT.

AND IN THE, IN THE LATEST ITERATION, IT'S NOW A NEW CHAPTER.

AND SO WE CAN'T JUST PASS WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US.

WE WOULD HAVE TO RESCIND THE

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EITHER KEEP IT IN THE SAME CHAPTER AND MODIFY THE, THE CHAPTER ON, ON LEAF BLOWERS, OR HAVE A NEW CHAPTER, BUT THEN RESCIND THOSE PROVISIONS, UH, IN THE EXISTING CHAPTER.

SO WE'D HAVE A, UH, A MODIFIED OR REVISED LOCAL LAW ADDRESSING BOTH SECTIONS, RIGHT.

PROPOSED NEW ONE IN THE OLD ONE.

SO THAT, SO, UH, THE MOTION WAS MADE TO MAKE, HOLD IT OVER FOR ALL PURPOSES TO THE, UH, NOT HOLD IT OVER, BUT, UH, ADJOURN, ADJOURN IT FOR ALL PURPOSES TO THE MAY 23RD.

AND MAYBE AT THE WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY, UM, UH, MAYBE WE SHOULD, UH, TRY, YOU KNOW, HAVING A DISCUSSION, UH, ANOTHER VERSION THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT BE, UM, THAT YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE RESPONSIVE TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE HAVE RAISED.

AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE SOME THOUGHTS IN TERMS OF OTHER COMPROMISE IDEAS, JUST SO WE COULD GET THE BALL ROLLING.

IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD ENACT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WITHIN, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE WEEKS SO WE COULD TEST IT OUT THIS YEAR, SINCE IT IS SO SHORT.

IS THERE REALLY A BENEFIT TO MAKING A NEW CHAPTER OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, YOU KNOW, THIS TEST, TEST RUN.

UM, WE'D HAVE TO NOTICE RIGHT AWAY THAT WE'RE MENDING A DIFFERENT CHAPTER AS WELL.

UH, WHATEVER YOU, WHATEVER YOU THINK.

YEAH, WE'LL DISCUSS IT.

I MEAN, THE WAY THE LAWS ARE SET UP STRUCTURALLY, THEREBY, YOU KNOW, ALPHABETICAL ORDER AND WE JUST FELT THAT THE LEAF LAW, LOCAL LAW, REALLY NEEDED TO SPECIFICALLY BE HIGHLIGHTED SO PEOPLE COULD SEE IT BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF HIDDEN.

BUT WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION ON TUESDAY.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF IT COULD WAIT TILL TUESDAY.

'CAUSE YOU HAVE TO GET A NOTICE IN THE PAPER FOR THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING.

SO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO GET IT FOR THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING.

GOT IT.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

I KNOW WE NEVER, UH, WE HAVE A POLICY OF NOT, UM, APPROVING, YOU KNOW, MEASURES THE SAME NIGHT AS A PUBLIC HEARING.

UM, IF WE COULD REACH, I'M, I'M SAYING, IS THAT WHAT THE BOARD, I MEAN, ARE WE NOW TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, DOING THIS AT THE FIRST MEETING IN JUNE? OR IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, TRY IT OUT, YOU KNOW, STARTED LIKE JUNE 1ST IF, AND DO YOU THINK THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD, UH, VOTE IF THE NEXT MEETING, IF WE, IF WE COULD REACH A CONSENSUS? UM, I'M NOT A FAN OF VOTING AT THE MATTER OF FACT.

I I OPPOSED VOTING AT THE SAME MEETING THAT WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'D HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE PAPERWORK IN ADVANCE.

AND WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING WE DON'T CARE WHAT WE HEAR ABOUT AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND SO I, UH, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

THAT'S FINE.

I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

SO THEN WE COULD DO IT.

YOU HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE.

AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE.

THAT WOULD BE THE GOAL.

GOOD.

I'VE BEEN TELLING, UH, YOU ABOUT THAT.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE IT IN JUNE, BUT I FORGOT TO TELL YOU WHAT YEAR I'VE BEEN, SO, OKAY, GOOD.

SO, UH, SO PAUL FRANCIS A SECOND.

WE NEED A VOTE ON THAT.

PAUL, JUST UH, ONE QUICK QUESTION.

WHEN YOU OPENED THE HEARING.

WHO SECOND THE OPENING? WHO SECONDED? I DID.

HAVE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD.

OKAY, MR. MARTIN, NEXT WE

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ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK? YES, WE HAVE, UM, LET'S SEE.

CLIFF ABRAMS ANSWER WAS VERY GOOD.

GOOD EVENING.

UM, YOU KNOW, I'M WATCHING THIS, UM, MEET AND I'M LOOKING HOW THE BOARD IS SO ATTENTIVE, SO RESPECTFUL.

GIVE GIVE OVER FIVE MINUTES TO GO BACK AND FORTH OVER PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NOISE WHEN IT COMES TO LEAF BLOWERS.

AND THEN WHEN PEOPLE COME IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD WITH COMPLAINTS ABOUT DISCRIMINATION, ABOUT PEOPLE BEING DISPLACED IN HOUSING AND BECAUSE IT'S AN UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATION THAT WE DON'T GET THE SAME RESPECT THAT I'M SEEING PEOPLE GET DISRESPECT

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OVER SOME BLOWERS.

AND IT REALLY CONCERNS ME.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF, BECAUSE WE, Y'ALL FEEL WE ADVOCATING FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN HOUSING OR A BUILDING, BUT A CASE Y DON'T KNOW PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN HOUSING AND THAT LIVE IN BUILDING PAY MORTGAGE MONEY EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T OWN THE LAND.

AND I JUST HOPE SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE THAT THIS BOARD COULD BE MORE RESPECTFUL WHEN WE COME AND ADVOCATE FOR ISSUE OF DISCRIMINATION.

YOU KNOW, I WAS ON EMAIL THAT WAS GOING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT JORDAN COPELAND COMING TO DO A PRESENTATION ON THE RED LINE AND DISCRIMINATION OF BLACKS IN GREENBERG AND THE RACISM AND MAINLY IN EDGEMONT.

AND WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO THE WORLD SESSION YESTERDAY, I HEARD A LOT OF, WE GOING TO GIVE THEM 45 MINUTES OR THEY CAN CHOOSE TO, UM, IF THEY WANT THE PERSON TO DO THE PRESENTATION OR Q AND A, IT IS UP TO THEM, WELL THEM, I WANNA KNOW WHO THEM ARE OR THEY, AND THEN IS THE GREENBERG AGAINST SYSTEMATIC RACISM COMMITTEE ON HOUSING, WHICH GINA IS THE LEAD OF IT.

AND MR. FINDER, WHEN YOU SAY YOU WANTED TO BE ON JUNETEENTH, THIS IS NOT A BLACK HISTORY EVENT.

THIS IS A HISTORY EVENT OF AMERICA AND THE RACIST AND DISCRIMINATION THAT AMERICA DO TO, I DON'T WANT SAY PEOPLE OF COLOR TO BLACK PEOPLE BECAUSE WE SAY PEOPLE OF COLOR.

YOU TALKING ABOUT ASIAN HISPANICS AND, AND NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT BLACKS AND THIS PRESENTATION THAT JORDAN AND COPELAND IS GOING TO DO AND GOING TO BENEFIT PEOPLE LIKE ME.

'CAUSE I ALREADY KNOW THE DEAL OF GREENBURG.

I BEEN LIVING HERE MY WHOLE LIFE JUST FOR HEALTHCARE.

THAT'S IN EDGEMONT, IRVINGTON, HASTING BURY, UM, LEY THE RIVERTOWN.

THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW DISCRIMINATING AND HOW HATEFUL GREENBERG WAS AND STILL SOME OF THE THINGS THAT'S GOING ON, STILL GETTING LATE IN 2022.

AND TO HAVE US HAVE A MEETING STARTS AT SEVEN INSTEAD INSTEAD OF SEVEN 30 ON A NORMAL TIME.

SO PEOPLE WAITING, MY DAUGHTER COME IN EARLY.

THIS IS A MEETING THAT PEOPLE SHOULD, YOU ALSO WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW.

YOU ALSO WANT THE RIVERTOWN TO UNDERSTAND THAT HOW RACIST YOUR COMMUNITIES ARE.

AND, AND I WOULD TELL IT TO A PERSON FROM EDGEMONT AND HE SAID THAT, HEY, WE WANT DIVERSITY.

AND SO MAYBE IF THEY SEE THIS PRESENTATION OF HOW THE RED LINING AND HOW THEY WOULD KEEP BLACKS OUTTA CERTAIN AREAS.

SO THIS MIGHT OPEN UP THE NEW GENERATION BECAUSE THE NEW GENERATION IS MORE OPEN TO DIVERSITY AND THEY AIN'T AS HATEFUL AS THEIR INTERCESSORS AND THEIR GRANDFATHERS.

AND ALL OF THEM ARE, THEY'RE MORE OPEN TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE PROBLEMS OR CONCERNS.

AND IT JUST UPSETS ME THAT FOR SOME ODD REASON, THIS BOARD DON'T FEEL THAT WHEN IT COMES TO DISCRIMINATION OR HATEFUL WHEN IT COMES TO THE BLACK RACE, THAT Y'ALL HAVE TO SHOW ANY CONCERNS.

AND I DIDN'T SEE NO BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATION WHEN WE COME IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD.

WHAT IT IS IS THAT WHEN Y'ALL DON'T WANT TO HEAR WHAT WE GOT TO SAY, NO MORE, Y'ALL JUST SHUT IT DOWN.

NO, NO RESPECT AT ALL.

JUST SAY, HEY, WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT NO MORE.

THANKS FOR GIVING ME TIME TO SPEAK.

PAT WINGS.

I DON'T BELIEVE PAT WINGS IS NOT PRESENT.

THANK YOU GARRETT.

MICHELLE BROWN, I THINK I AGREE WITH CLIFF.

THE GREEN VERDICT IN SYSTEMIC RACISM COMMITTEE ON HOUSING SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO HAVE A PRESENTATION IN APRIL

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ON APRIL 11TH.

AND WE WANTED TO DO IT ON MAY 11TH.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN A TOWN BOARD CONVENE A MEETING TO VOTE ON WHETHER A PRESENTATION COULD HAPPEN, LET ALONE SAY THERE COULD BE NO Q AND A AND LIMIT THE PRESENTATION TO FIVE TO 10 MINUTES.

THAT WAS THE FIRST, THEN THEY HAD TO HAVE ANOTHER VOTE LAST NIGHT AT A WORK SESSION REGARDING THE SAME PRESENTATION AGAIN, ASKED FOR BY A COMMITTEE THAT'S PART OF GREENBERG AND IT'S CONNECTED TO THE TOWN BOARD BY WAY OF THE MEMBERS AND GINA JACKSON, THE COUNCILWOMAN.

AND THEN IT WAS 45 MINUTES BROUGHT UP BY MR. FINE AND THEY THEN WERE USED OFTEN.

AND GINA, YOU WERE SITTING RIGHT THERE.

YOU COULD HAVE SAID IT'S NOT A THEY OR THEM, IT'S A COMMITTEE THAT YOU SIT ON.

YOU DON'T SAY ANYTHING AND YOU'RE BLACK AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT US.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEY WANNA SAY OR WHO THEY WANNA SAY THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY SAY THEY'RE THEM.

AND YOU SAID IT TOO, GINA, YOU DISCONNECTED YOURSELF FROM A COMMITTEE.

AND WHAT JORDAN COPELAND IS GOING TO BRING IS AWARENESS AND REDLINING HAS BEEN IN PRACTICE.

VERIZON RADIO, IPHONE 13 CUSTOMER, WE IPHONE THIRTEENS TOO.

SWITCH TWO MINUTES AGO.

LITERALLY.

I'M SORRY.

I HEAR SOMETHING GOING ON.

YES, SIR.

YEAH, THAT WAS AN ERROR.

WHAT WAS THAT? THAT WAS AN ERROR EX.

EXCUSE US.

OKAY, WELL, EXCUSE ME.

UM, AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT REDLINING, IT'S ABOUT RACISM, IT'S ABOUT TREATMENT OF BLACK PEOPLE IN GREENBURG.

AND I CAN SEE WHY MR. FIGHTER MIGHT WANNA NOT HAVE IT SO PUBLIC BECAUSE IT'S DURING HIS TENDER OF 30 YEARS, REDLINING HAS NOT MOVED THE NEEDLE HASN'T MOVED THAT MUCH.

AND IT'S NOT JUST ON HIM.

I CAN GET IT.

THERE'S A WHOLE BOARD.

HOWEVER, AGAIN, WE JUST HAD AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION ABOUT LEAF BLOWERS BY RESIDENTS OF GREENBURG AND THE LEVEL OF RESPECT THAT'S GIVEN.

IT'S, IT'S SO OBVIOUS.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S IMP PALATABLE.

LIKE YOU JUST WANNA, HOW DO YOU SHAKE UP SOMEONE? YOU LOOK AT THE VIDEOS, YOU CAN SEE HOW YOU TREATED BLACK PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME BEFORE THE BOARD WITH CONCERNS RESIDENTS AS WELL.

WHETHER THEY LIVE IN APARTMENT BUILDINGS, WHETHER THEY LIVE IN CONDOS HOUSES, IT DOESN'T MATTER.

BLACK RESIDENTS ARE TREATED VASTLY DIFFERENT.

BEGINNING WITH THE REQUEST FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

I JUST HOPE THAT WE EITHER CHANGE ITS BOARD AND ITS RACIST PRACTICES OF SYSTEMIC RACISM OR WE FIND A WAY TO WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE THIS BOARD IS SYSTEMICALLY CONTINUING THE P PRACTICE OF RACISM AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE, INCLUDING GINA AND KEN.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S THE WORK YOU GUYS CAN DO TOGETHER CAN MAKE DRASTIC CHANGES IN THE COMMUNITY.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT'S NOT HAPPENING EITHER.

I JUST REALLY WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE THERE FOR A REASON AND THERE'S MUCH YOU CAN DO.

YOUR COMMUNITY WILL SUPPORT YOU.

THEY SUPPORTED YOU TO GET THERE.

AND WE JUST WANT YOU TO AMPLIFY OUR VOICES.

WE JUST WANNA BE HEARD, WE WANNA THRIVE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN.

WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING DIFFERENT.

AND I JUST DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT REALLY.

SO THE PRESENTATION WILL BE MAY 25TH, THE BOARD SAID AT 7:00 PM UM, IT'LL PROBABLY START AFTER THE BEGINNING OF THEIR, UM, THEIR AGENDA.

SO MAYBE AROUND SEVEN 15 OR SO.

IT'LL BE FOR, UH, 45 MINUTES.

I HOPE YOU CAN COME AND THERE'S A Q AND A.

UM, MR. COPELAND'S OPEN TO QUESTIONS AND HE'S WILLING TO ANSWER AND I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THIS REALLY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION AND HOPEFULLY SOME CHANGE WILL COME FROM IT.

SO THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

THEN WE'LL GO.

I JUST WANNA CHECK WITH GARRETT.

GARRETT, DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER REQUESTS THAT HAVE COME TO YOU? NO.

NO? OKAY.

OKAY THEN.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN,

UH, TB ONE, UM, WE'RE GONNA HOLD THAT OVER.

[01:05:01]

SUPERVISING ANTERIOR INTERIOR REVOCABLE.

UH, I THINK TIM, YOU WANTED TO HOLD THAT OVER TO FRIDAY, CORRECT? YES.

THAT'S UH, TB ONE.

PAUL, IF WE COULD HOLD THAT OVER TILL FRIDAY, THAT WOULD BE OKAY.

WHEN DO YOU THINK WE'LL GET THE DOCUMENT THAT CHANGES VILLAGE OF LEY TO TOWN OF GREENBURG? UM, I'M GONNA TRY TO GET THAT DONE TOMORROW.

AND THAT'S THE HOLD UP.

ALRIGHT.

RESOLUTION WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE IT, WE CAN'T DO IT.

[ TB 2 – 5/11/2022 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a revocable license agreement with Colby Jenkins of Gemstarr Entertainment, LLC to operate a Farmer's Market, accommodating approximately twenty (20) to thirty (30) vendors at the rear portion of the Town Hall parking lot between the hours of 1:00 PM and 6:00 PM on Thursdays beginning June 2, 2022 through October 27, 2022]

RESOLUTION.

AUTHOR TOWN SUPERVISOR TEND TO ENTER A REVOCABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH COL JENKINS OF UH, M STAR ENTERTAINMENT, UH, TO OPERATE A FARMER'S MARKET ACCOMMODATING APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30 VENDORS AT THE REAR PORTION OF THE TOWN HALL PARKING LOT BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 1:00 PM AND 6:00 PM ON THURSDAY IS BEGINNING, UH, JUNE 2ND THROUGH OCTOBER 27TH.

I JUST HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE QUESTION ON, UH, WE GOT AN EMAIL FROM COL, BUT SHE WANTS TO SET UP A APPRENTICESHIP IN A PROGRAM.

AND WE DID DISCUSS THAT PAUL, AND WE THINK WE CAN DO THAT UNDER A SEPARATE AGREEMENT.

IT WASN'T IN THE ARRAN ORIGINAL LANGUAGE, BUT I THINK PEOPLE ARE IN FAVOR OF DOING.

AND I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT I HAD, UH, IN MY BUDGET, UH, MONEY FOR THE ZUCKERBERG INSTITUTE, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE SO I COULD TAKE SOME OF THE FUNDS RIGHT FROM, UH, FROM THAT BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME THING, GIVING A YOUNG PERSON AN OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, LEARN A BUSINESS.

UM, RESOLUTION ADOPTING A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 60, VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC SECTION 4 61 AND 4 60 41 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

AND WE SAW YOUR EMAIL AND, AND WE TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND WE'RE GONNA DO THAT UNDER A SEPARATE AGREEMENT.

THAT'S GREAT.

PERFECT.

[ TB 3 - 5/11/2022 Resolution adopting a Local Law amending Chapter 460, Vehicles and Traffic, Sections 460-1 and 460-41 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]

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

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT.

AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVIS THE TAX EXECUTE A LETTER THAT'S BEING HELD OVER, HELD OVER

[ AT 1 - 5/11/2022 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner DP 18 LLC for property located at 828-830 S. Broadway. The Town’s share of the refund is $3,461±; the County’s share is $25,977±; the No. Yonkers Sewer District’s share is $3,825±; the Irvington Union Free School District’s share is $145,346±. Refunds from all sources total $178,607±]

THE PETITIONER, UH, THE PETITIONER, UM, UH, DB 18 L L C FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8 28 8 30 SOUTH BROADWAY, UH, REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES TOTAL.

ONE 78,607.

A ONE FOR ONE.

WHO SECONDED A ONE? GINA.

UH, I'M GONNA DO THE, THE REST OF THE ARIES TOGETHER.

[ AT 2 - 5/11/2022 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Angelos Realty Corp. for property located at 48 Russell Street. The Town’s share of the refund is $6,271±; the County’s share is $3,493±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $464±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $16,386±; the Fairview Fire District’s share is 4,967± The Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $227±. Refunds from all sources total $31,807± ]

[ AT 3 - 5/11/2022 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Marcel Tarrytown Realty LLC for property located at 201 Tarrytown Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $5,028±; the County’s share is $2,868±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $382±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $13,131±; the Fairview Fire District’s share is $3,978± The Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $175±. Refunds from all sources total $25,562±]

[ AT 4 - 5/11/2022 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Maryon Noble for property located at 61/65 Clinton St. The Town’s share of the refund is $1,103±; the County’s share is $8,266±; the No. Yonkers Sewer District’s share is $1,244±; the Irvington Union Free School District’s share is $46,938±. Refunds from all sources total $57,550±]

[ AT 5 - 5/11/2022 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner S & R Development Estates, Inc. for property located at 1 Dromore Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $4,897±; the County’s share is $2,821±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $371±; the Edgemont Union Free School District’s share is $15,721±; the Greenville Fire District’s share is 2,778± The Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $164±. Refunds from all sources total $26,752±]

[ AT 6 - 5/11/2022 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Metropolis Country Club for property located at 289 Dobbs Ferry Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $159,880±; the County’s share is $89,841±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $12,035±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $417,872±; the Fairview Fire District’s share is $126,698± The Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $5,561±. Refunds from all sources total $811,888±]

A TWO, UM, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX SARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER ANGELES REALTY CORP FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 48 RUSSELL STREET.

TOTAL AMOUNT IS 31.

UM, 8 8 0 7 A T THREE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX SARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER MARCEL TARRYTOWN REALTY REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES 25,000.

UH, SAY THE PROPERTY LOCATION PLEASE.

OH, UH, 2 0 1, UH, TARRYTOWN ROAD, UM, RES, UH, REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES TOTALS 25,562.

UH, 80, UM, FOUR FOUR.

UM, WITH, UM, UH, A 4 84 RIGHT A T FOUR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX S SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER ION NOBLE, UH, 61 65 UH, CLINTON STREET.

UM, REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES 57,550.

UM, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX, TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER SS AND R DEVELOPMENT ESTATES WERE PROPERTY LOCATED AT ONE DRONE WAR ROAD REFUNDS, UH, FROM WALL SOURCES TOTAL 26,000 752 8 5.

UM, A T UM, SIX RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT OF METROPOLIS COUNTRY CLUB REFUNDS FROM, UM, ALL SOURCES TILL 811,008.

EIGHT EIGHT.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

SO YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE A T ONE THROUGH AT A T TWO THROUGH A T SIX, CORRECT.

A SEVEN I GUESS IT SEVEN, SORRY.

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

T UH, SEVEN AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE CLAIM FILE NUMBER, UH, 1 19 21 C BY RIVER PARK APARTMENTS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $85,000.

[ AT 7 – 5/11/2022 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related Claim, File No.: 119/21C, by River Park Apartments Associates, LLC, for an amount not to exceed $85,000]

BEFORE WE VOTE ON THAT.

UH, UM, RICH? YEAH, I'M HERE.

AYE, UH, COULD, UH, IT'S A FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT.

UH, APPARENTLY WE DAMAGED, UH, THE SIDE OF A BUILDING BY PICKING UP A DUMPSTER.

ARE WE TAKING STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DUMPSTERS ARE SITUATED, UH, FURTHER FUR FURTHER FROM THE BUILDING SO THIS CAN'T HAPPEN AGAIN? WE ABSOLUTELY ARE.

INITIALLY WE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE ON THE AGENDA AND IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.

PAUL, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT WE DID, UH, HAVE A MISUNDERSTANDING WITH RESPECT TO THE CONTRACT WITH COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS.

AND

[01:10:01]

SO, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MR. ABRAMS THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE ON THE AGENDA, I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT.

AND WE DID HAVE TO MODIFY SOME OF THE LANGUAGE AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT BY LAST, UM, LAST WEDNESDAY.

SO I ANTICIPATE THAT'LL BE ON THE AGENDA SOON, BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW HE'S WATCHING.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GONNA BE ON.

SO 87.

YEAH, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A A T SEVEN VOTE.

I'D LIKE THAT.

OH, SORRY.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT RIGHT.

HELEN SECOND.

AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL TO ASSIST THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, UM, AND PLAN REVIEW FOR, UH, UH, 54,000 SQUARE FOOT CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS, UM, AND TECHNOLOGY BUILDING.

RESOLUTION

[ BD 1 – 5/11/2022 Resolution authorizing an agreement with International Code Council to assist the Building Department in Plan Review for the new 54,000 Sq. Ft. Hackley Center for Creative Arts and Technology building, at a cost not to exceed $18,183, an amount appropriated for this purpose in 2022]

AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT WOULD BE 18,183, UH, NOT TO EXCEED ONE 18,183.

SECOND ONE FAVOR, AYE.

[ CL 1 - 5/11/2022 Resolution authorizing street closing of Edgemont Road, between Round Hill Road and Edgemont Place, on Saturday, May 14, 2022 (Rain Date: Sunday, May 15, 2022), from 2:00 PM until 5:00 PM, for the Old Edgemont Association to host its Annual Earth Day Celebration]

[ CL 2 - 5/11/2022 Resolution authorizing street closing of Kempster Road, between Hadden Road and Cotswold Way, on Friday, June 17, 2022 (Rain Date: June 18, 2022), from 3:00 PM until 5:30 PM, for a Neighborhood Block Party]

[ CL 3 - 5/11/2022 Resolution authorizing permission to close Bradley Avenue from the driveway located at 99 Bradley Avenue to the dead end, on Sunday, June 12, 2022, from 12:00 PM until 5:00 PM, for the residents of Bradley Avenue to hold their Neighborhood Block Party]

[ CL 4 – 5/11/2022 Resolution authorizing permission to close Primrose Avenue, from Primrose Avenue/Bonnie Briar Road intersection to the end of Primrose Avenue cul-de-Sac, on Sunday, May 22, 2022. from 1:00 PM until 4:00 PM, for the Hilltop Farms Civic Assosciation to hold its Community Meet and Greet Block Party]

AWARD TO LOWER LOWEST HUSTLE BIDDER WHITE PLAINS LANDSCAPING RESPONSIBLE BIDDER.

RESOLUTION, UH, AUTHORIZING STREET CLOSING OF EDGEMONT ROAD BETWEEN ROUND HALL ROAD AND EDMOND PLACE ON MAY 14TH WITH A RAIN DATE SUNDAY, MAY 15TH.

RESOLUTION STREET CLOSING OF KEMPSTER ROAD BETWEEN HADDEN ROAD AND COTSWOLD WAY ON FRIDAY, JUNE 17TH, REIN DATE JUNE 18TH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PERMISSION TO CLOSE BRADLEY AVENUE FROM THE DRIVEWAY LOCATED AT 99 BRADLEY AVENUE TO THE DEAD END ON JUNE 12TH FROM, UM, 12 TO 5:00 PM UH, TILL THE NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY AND RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PERMISSION TO CLOSE PRIMROSE AVENUE FROM PRIMROSE AVENUE.

UH, BONNIE BREYER ROAD INTERSECTION, UH, ON MAY 22ND FROM ONE TO FOUR FOR THE HILLTOP FARM CIVIC ASSOCIATION.

[ CD 1 – 5/11/2022 Resolution authorizing award to lowest responsible bidder, White Plains Landscaping Inc., to provide for the planting of 12 street trees as part of the Town’s Street Tree Replacement Program, at a cost not to exceed $7,500]

RESPONSIBLE BIDDER TO PROVIDE FOR THE PLANTING OF 12 STREET TREES AS PART OF THE TOWN STREET, UH, TREE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.

IT'LL COST NOT TO, UH, EXCEED $7,500.

SECOND.

UM, CR HOLDING OVER CR ONE AND CR TWO TO FRIDAY.

RESOLUTION ACCEPTING ON BEHALF OF THE, UH, THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER OR DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES, A $20 DONATION FROM SUSAN KESSELMAN TO HELP SUPPORT PROGRAMS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

[ CR 3 – 5/11/2022 Resolution accepting on behalf of the Department of Community Resources a $20 donation from Susan Kesselman to help support the programs at the Theodore D. Young Community Center]

SECOND ON FAVOR,

[ CO 1 - 5/11/2022 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2022 budget transfers]

HONOR.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2022.

BUDGET TRANSFERS.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING, UM, BUDGET AMENDMENT OFF TO THE CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT TO COVER THE INSTALLATION OF NEW NETWORK DATA, UM, COLLECTORS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION P W 4 29 22.

[ CO 2 - 5/11/2022 Resolution authorizing a Budget Amendment to the Consolidated Water District to cover the Installation of New Network Data Collectors authorized pursuant to Resolution PW 4 - 2/9/2022]

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

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AWARD TO LOIS, RESPONSIBLE BIDDER MAY MOST TREE SERVICE TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRUNING AND OR REMOVAL OF TREES DEEMED THEM SAFE IN VARIOUS TEMP PARKS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

[ PR 1 - 5/11/2022 Resolution authorizing award to lowest responsible bidder, Ramos Tree Service, to provide for the Pruning and/or Removal of Trees deemed unsafe in various Town parks by the Department of Parks and Recreation's Arborist, at a cost not to exceed $54,000]

ARBORIST AT A CLOSE NOT TO EXCEED 54,000.

UM, P W ONE, UM, AWARDING THE CONTRACT TO THE TOWN HALL B M S, UM, IMPROVEMENTS PHASE TWO AND R T U REPLACEMENT TO CARRY ANN WALSH THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $920,000.

[ PW 1 - 5/11/2022 Resolution awarding the contract for the Town Hall BMS Improvements Phase 2 & RTU-4 Replacement to Carey & Walsh, Inc., the lowest bidder, for an amount not to exceed $920,000]

SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE AYE.

[ PW 2 - 5/11/2022 Resolution awarding the Construction of New Concrete Pads at the Town of Greenburgh Public Works Facility, to Gordian Group, Inc., for an amount not to exceed $54,297.81]

AWARDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW CONCRETE PADS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY TO GORIAN GROUP FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED, UH, 54 2 97 AND 81 CENTS.

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

RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING THE SERVICES OF PRECISION GROUP FROM AN EXISTING CONTRACT WITH ONAGA COUNTY TO RELYING AND REHABILITATE EXISTING STORM SEWER PIPES AT WAYNE VISTA DRIVE FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 95,000 464 83.

[ PW 3 - 5/11/2022 Resolution appropriating the services of the Precision Group, from an existing contract with Onondaga County to Reline and Rehabilitate Existing Storm Sewer Pipes on Buena Vista Drive, for an amount not to exceed $95,454.83]

I'D LIKE TO 4 54 83.

I'M SORRY.

83.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT, UM, BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG AND THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RELATING TO MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND ENERGIZING A HIGHWAY LIGHTING SYSTEM ON OR ALONG STATE HIGHWAYS WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHICAL JURISDICTION OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

[ PW 4 - 5/11/2022 Resolution authorizing an agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the New York State Department of Transportation related to Maintenance, Repair and Energizing a Highway Lighting System on or along state highways within the geographical jurisdiction of the Town of Greenburgh]

AND FINALLY, RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG SUPPORTING THE SUBMISSION.

A AYE.

[ PW 5 – 5/11/2022 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh (1) supporting the submission of a Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Project subapplication related to Flood Mitigation along Babbitt Court and Saw Mill River Road in the Town of Greenburgh, and (2) approving the services of Clapper Structural Engineering, PLLC for Technical Application Assistance, for an amount not to exceed $2,500]

UH, I'M SORRY, ON, ON PW FOUR.

I THINK WE NEED TO, TO DEFINE, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T CATCH THIS EARLIER.

I THINK I CAUGHT IT IN THE RESOLUTION THOUGH.

THE GEOGRAPHICAL JU JURISDICTION OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG IS THE ENTIRE TOWN OF TOWN OF GREENBURG.

UH, BUT WE CAN ONLY, UM, UH, RICH, YOU'RE STILL ON? I AM, THIS REALLY ACTUALLY PERTAINS TO THE UNINCORPORATED AREA.

IT'S A, IT'S JUST A, HAPPENS TO BE A BOILERPLATE, UM, AGREEMENT FOR MUNICIPALITY.

WE'RE NOT EXPECTED TO DO THE, UM,

[01:15:01]

THE, UH, LIGHTING SYSTEMS IN THE VILLAGES, ARE WE? NO.

SO WE JUST NEED TO CLARIFY THAT.

SO, SO DO YOU WANT TO AMEND IT OR DO YOU WANT TO DO IT ON FRIDAY? I, I BELIEVE, UH, THE RESOLUTION'S ALREADY, UH, CORRECT AND IT'S JUST THE AGENDA THAT'S WRONG, BUT, UH, I WOULD ASK THAT WE JUST VOTED AS AMENDED.

JUST TO BE CLEAR THAT AS AMENDED.

SECOND.

RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG SUPPORTING THE SUBMISSION OF HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM PROJECT, UH, SUBAPP APPLICATION RELATED TO FLOOD MITIGATION ALONG BTT COURT AND SOMO RIVER ROAD IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND APPROVING THE SERVICES OF CLAPPER STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING P L L C FOR TECHNICAL APPLICATION ASSISTANCE FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 2,500.