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MEETING, UM, IT'S SEVEN 40 AND IT'S JUNE 8TH.
AND WE'RE GONNA START, UM, WITH, UM,
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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FROM WHICH IT STANDS ON ONE NATION WITH GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE OF SILENCE.
[ PRESENTATIONS Tanya Shukla - Unsung Hero Community Service Award Greenburgh Snow Angels - Zachary Weinhouse-Coordinator, Co-Coordinators Jackson Tavel and Lily Moskowitz (David Barlow, Jonathan Barlow, Ashley Barlow, Ryan Connelly, Arjun Patel, Tommy Chestnut, Christopher Poulopoulos, Fiona Stern, Maddy Glotzer, Kimberly Krasner, Saisubramaniyam Venkata Girish, Parker Press, Vivian Holland, Jude Curly, Ethan Wu, Derek Sun, Keaton Tavel, Logan Tavel) Thanking Town Attorney Tim Lewis on his years of service to the Town and wishing Tim Lewis good luck on his new appointment as Judge of the New York State Court of Claims]
UM, HE WAS A LIFEGUARD CAPTAIN, DEPARTMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY, UM, RESOURCES.HE SERVED THE GREENBERG COMMUNITY FOR OVER, UH, 20, UH, YEARS, AND HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED IN DAVID, UH, YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS YES, PLEASE, PAUL.
BUT FOR WHAT DOES THAT, 32 YEARS
CAN THE SPEAKERS REMOVE THE MASK? NOPE.
UH, THANK YOU GUYS, AND, UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS DAVID REGINA, UH, CURRENT DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES, LOCATED AT THE THEODORE DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE STAFF FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES, WE'RE MR. BROWN PROUDLY SERVED FOR 32 YEARS.
WE EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO PRESTON'S WIFE, ELIZABETH, HIS FAMILY, AND HIS FRIENDS.
WE ALSO WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT THE RELATIONSHIP DOES NOT END HERE.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO HONOR AND REMEMBER PRESTON FOR THE INCREDIBLE IMPACT HE HAD ON THE ENTIRE GREENBERG COMMUNITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS FROM PRESTON'S OBITUARY, WHICH PAINTS THE PICTURE, UH, OF THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WE PROUDLY SERVED WITH.
PRESTON WAYNE BROWN OF ELMSFORD, NEW YORK PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON FRIDAY, MAY 27TH, 2022, AT HOME UNDER THE AFFECTIONATE CARE OF HIS WIFE, ELIZABETH BROWN.
PRESTON WAS BORN JULY 28TH, 1966.
THE SECOND CHILD OF THE LATE LORENZO P BROWN AND MARY CYNTHIA BROWN PRESTON LIVED HIS LIFE HIS WAY, AND UNDER HIS TERMS, WE LOVE THAT ABOUT HIM.
HIS FIGHTING SPIRIT, DEDICATED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO HIS FAMILY AND COMMUNITY WAS STEADFAST.
PRESTON WAS RAISED IN THE VILLAGE OF ELMSFORD, IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, NEW YORK.
PRESTON ATTENDED ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL, AND PRESTON THEN PURSUED HIS HIGHER EDUCATION AT HAMPTON UNIVERSITY IN VIRGINIA WITH A BACHELOR'S IN BUSINESS.
PRESTON'S CAREER JOURNEY WAS DESIGNED WITH ALL THAT HE WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT MUSIC AND SPORT.
GROWING UP IN A HOME OF MUSIC LOVERS, PRESTON BEGAN HIS DJING CAREER.
AT THE TENDER AGE OF 10 YEARS OLD, HE WOULD PLAY MUSIC FOR HIS FAMILY AT FAMILY EVENTS, FRIENDS, PARTIES, COLLEGE EVENTS, AND EVENTUALLY HIS PASSION ON THE BOARDWALKS OF CONEY ISLAND AND ATLANTIC CITY, WHERE HE TOUCHED THOUSANDS OF LIVES WITH HIS MUSICAL CREATIVITY.
HE WAS AN ENTREPRENEUR IN 1990.
PRESTON THEN JOINED THE AQUATICS DEPARTMENT OF FAIRVIEW GREENBURG COMMUNITY CENTER, NOW KNOWN AS THE THEODORE DION COMMUNITY CENTER.
AS A LIFEGUARD, HE OFFICIALLY RETIRED MAY 18TH, 2022, AS A LIFEGUARD CAPTAIN EIGHT DAYS BEFORE HIS 32ND ANNIVERSARY.
HARDWORKING IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT AS HE RAN A SUCCESSFUL DJING BUSINESS AND WAS ABLE TO WORK FULL-TIME.
PRESTON WAS ALSO A BASKETBALL COACH AT IONA PREP.
FOR OVER 20 YEARS, HE SERVED AS THE HEAD COACH FOR THE JV TEAM, THE FRESHMAN TEAM, AND MOST RECENTLY AS AN ASSISTANT FOR THE VARSITY B TEAM.
PRESTON WAS MORE THAN JUST A COACH WHO UNDERSTOOD THE GAME.
HE LOVED TO TEACH AND CARED DEEPLY FOR ALL THE KIDS THAT HE COACHED.
EVEN AT THE END WHEN HE COULD, WHEN HE COULDN'T DRIVE AND COULD BARELY WALK, HE WAS STILL AT THE GYM AND IN THE POOL COACHING AND TEACHING.
RECENTLY HELPING THE VARSITY B TEAM WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE WAS AN AVID SKIER, TRAVELER, AND SALSA DANCER.
PRESTON HAS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, ELIZABETH BROWN, MOTHER MARY CYNTHIA BROWN, SISTER BERNADETTE BROWN, AND STEPDAUGHTER MIA.
WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE BEST MEMORIES TO SHARE OF PRESTON, AND WE WILL ALWAYS BE AT PEACE KNOWING THAT HE WENT AFTER HIS DREAMS AND LIVED FOR HAPPINESS, SPREADING LOVE.
ALONG THE WAY, WE WILL SORELY MISS OUR BELOVED FRIEND AND OUR COWORKER.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
AND WE ALSO, UM, HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE PEOPLE IN UKRAINE WHO WERE KILLED DURING RUSSIA'S INVASION AND TARGETED BOMBING OF, UM, CIVILIANS AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS, HOSPITALS, TRAIN STATIONS, SCHOOLS, UM, AND, UM, AND CHILDREN'S CENTERS AND CITIES HAVE BEEN FLATTENED, MASS CIVILIAN KILLINGS CONTINUING AND MORE, UM,
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GRASS, UH, UH, MASS GRAVES BEING FOUND.MAY THEY REST IN PEACE AND BE RESTORED, AND PEACE BE RESTORED TO THE UKRAINE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN, UM, MEMORY OF ALL THE VICTIMS OF THE RECENT GUN VIOLENCE, UM, IN BUFFALO AT THE SUPERMARKET, THE CHILDREN AND TEACHERS AT VALDIS, ROB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND THE MASS KILLINGS ALL OVER, UM, ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
[ MOMENT OF SILENCE Tribute to Preston Brown - David Reggina In memory of Preston Brown, Lifeguard Captain, Department of Community Resources, who has served the Greenburgh community for over 30 years In memory of the people in Ukraine killed during Russia's invasion and targeted bombing of civilians in apartment buildings, hospitals, train stations, schools and children centers, resulting in cities being flattened, mass civilian killings continuing, and more mass graves being found. May they rest in peace and peace be restored to Ukraine In memory of all the many victims of gun violence, including those killed at the Buffalo’s Tops Supermarket and the children and teachers at Uvaldi’s Robb Elementary School In memory of the 1,009,326+ individual victims of COVID-19 who have died in the United States, 6,301,020+ deaths worldwide, each leaving family members and friends too soon]
UH, WE HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF OVER A MILLION, UH, 9,326 PLUS, UH, INDIVIDUAL VICTIMS OF C O V WHO HAVE DIED IN THE UNITED STATES.6 MILLION, UM, 301,020 DEATHS WORLDWIDE, EACH LEAVING FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS, UH, TOO SOON.
SO THIS IS SEE TIME IN THE WORLD, AND HOPEFULLY TOMORROWS WILL BE BETTER.
[ SUPERVISOR & TOWN COUNCIL REPORTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS GOOD NEWS...The Town continues (since 2008) to have the highest possible bond rating from Standard & Poors (AAA) and (since 2010) (Aaa) from Moody's. Less than 1% of communities in the nation have this record of financial stability. Recently, on 3/23/2021, Moody's reaffirmed the Town earned Moody's highest rating and, on 03/26/2021, Standard & Poors once again reaffirmed the Town earned Standard & Poors highest rating. Any individual or group interested in a visit from the Town Board should email the Board at TownBoard@GreenburghNY.com ]
SOME MORE POSITIVE, UH, UM, REPORTS.UH, FIRST, UM, YOU KNOW, WE IN GREENBERG ARE REALLY, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE NEGATIVE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD, IT'S, UM, UH, AND IN THE COUNTRY AND ALL OVER.
IT'S REALLY NICE, UH, TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT PEOPLE.
AND WE HAVE IN GREENBURG SOME AMAZING, UH, STUDENTS.
AND DURING THE YEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, WE FREQUENTLY HIGHLIGHT, UM, THE BEST OF, UM, OF THE BEST.
AND, UM, TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE RECOGNIZING SOME STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO, UM, ARE REALLY ROLE MODELS FOR, UM, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, WHO HAVE GRADUATED SCHOOL, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ROLE MODELS FOR EVERYBODY, STUDENTS AND ADULTS.
AND, AND THE FIRST PERSON I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE IS TANYA SHUKLA.
UH, TANYA IS A HARD WORKER, AND, UM, SHE HAS, UM, LED AN EFFORT IN GREENBURG AND WESTCHESTER, UH, TO PROVIDE, UM, UM, RESIDENTS WHO ARE HUNGRY WITH FOOD SECURITY.
UM, SHE'S INSPIRED YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS TO STOCK THE CUPBOARDS AT GRACE CHURCH.
AND, UM, AND AT THE GREENBURG HEALTH CENTER WITH SHELF STABLE FOOD ITEMS, CANS, DRIED FOOD, AND OTHER NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS, HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND TOILETRIES SUCH AS TOOTHPASTE, WATER BOTTLES, CAN OPENERS, UM, AND MORE.
UM, EVERY TIME I GO TO THE GREENBERG HEALTH CENTER, UM, YOU KNOW, AND I, YOU KNOW, I, I SEE THE CUPBOARD AND I SEE PEOPLE TAKING, UH, THE FOOD AND REALLY APPRECIATING THE FACT THAT, UH, THEY'RE ABLE TO TAKE, UM, ITEMS THAT THEY NEED.
YOU KNOW, NOBODY'S EMBARRASSED, UM, TO DO SO.
AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK TANYA FOR, UM, FOR HER EFFORTS.
ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT ONLY ME, IT'S THE WHOLE TOWN BOARD.
WANTS TO THANK TANYA, UM, FOR HER EFFORTS.
UH, SHE'S RAISED OVER $5,000, UM, UH, DURING THE PEAK OF COVID TO PREPARE AND DISTRIBUTE MEALS TO HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND FAMILIES IMPACTED.
AND, UM, WE BASICALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE, AND I COULD GIVE YOU A, A PROCLAMATION, SAY A FEW OVER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS AWARD.
IT MEANS A LOT TO ME AND ALL OF THE, UM, PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH ME FOR MY NONPROFIT AND WITH OUR NEWEST PROJECT, WHICH IS THE TEEN TASK FORCE, UM, WHICH IS BASICALLY A COALITION OF, UH, STUDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN FIGHTING, UH, FOOD INSECURITY IN NEW YORK AND GREENBURG ESPECIALLY.
AND ONE OF OUR NEWEST PROJECTS IS GONNA BE A COMMUNITY GARDEN THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, IN A PARK NEAR THE THEODORE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO, UM, THAT'S ONE THING WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO DO.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO SUPPORTED ME THROUGHOUT THE, UM, COUPLE OF YEARS THAT THIS HAS STARTED, INCLUDING MR. FINER AND EVERYBODY HERE RIGHT NOW, AS WELL AS, UH, ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS WHO WORK WITH ME AND MY PARENTS.
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WE, I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UM, RECOGNIZE, UM, A YOUNG MAN WHO, UM, NOT ONLY HAS BEEN HELPING, UM, WITH THE SNOW ANGELS PROGRAM IS, UM, OUR FIRST, UH, LANDSCAPE ANGEL PROGRAM IN, UH, IN TOWN HISTORY.SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR, WHETHER IT'S, UH, THE WINTER OR WHETHER IT'S, UH, UH, THE FALL OR SPRING SUMMER, UM, WHEN SENIORS AND DISABLED RESIDENTS NEED, UH, TO BE, UM, HELPED, UH, HE'S THERE FOR THEM.
UM, HE'S HELPED, UM, ENLIST, UM, VOLUNTEERS FOR THE GREENBURG SNOW ANGELS PROGRAM, FOLLOWED UP WITH SENIORS, RESPONDED TO EMERGENCIES WHEN RESIDENTS, UH, CALLED HIM ASKING ASSISTANCE.
HE'S CHECKED UP ON VOLUNTEERS AND RECIPIENTS MAKING SURE THAT THE PROMISED WORK WAS COMPLETED.
UM, HE, UM, WAS A RECIPIENT OF LOTS OF THANKS FROM, FROM SENIORS.
PEOPLE WOULD CALL ME SAYING, BECAUSE I WOULD CALL HIM, UM, AND I WOULD BASICALLY, UM, SAY WE NEED SOMEBODY'S, UH, UH, LAWN.
IT'S AN ISO, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE VERY ELDERLY.
WE NEED SOMEBODY TO, UM, CLEAN UP THEIR, UH, THEIR YARD TO MAKE THE, THE PROPERTY MORE PRESENTABLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WITHIN A DAY OR SO, UM, HE AND SOME OF HIS FRIENDS WOULD, WOULD RESPOND AND, AND GET THE WORK DONE.
SO JACKSON IS A ROLE MODEL, UM, FOR, UH, STUDENTS AND ADULTS AND, UH, THE COMMUNITY.
UM, HE'S A YOUNG MAN WHO CARES ABOUT OTHERS AND LEADS BY EXAMPLE.
AND, UM, HE REALLY IS A, A FANTASTIC, YOU KNOW, UH, ROLE MODEL.
SO I'D LIKE TO ASK JACKSON TO COME UP.
YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN I THINK OF JACKSON ON, I THINK OF, UH, MOTHER TERESA, AND IF THERE WAS A MOTHER TERESA IN, UH, THE UNITED STATES, AND IT WAS A, A MAN'S VER A MALE VERSION OF MOTHER TERESA RACER YOU IN MY MIND, WOULD BE THE CLOSEST PERSON TO THAT, BECAUSE EVERY TIME SOMEBODY HAS A PROBLEM, I WOULD CALL YOU AND YOU'VE ALWAYS SAID YES.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE, PEOPLE SOMETIMES WILL CALL ME WITH PROBLEMS AND I'LL REFER TO SOMEBODY ELSE, BUT YOU ACTUALLY DO THE WORK.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL SPEND HOURS ON A HOT SUMMER DAY, IT COULD BE 90 DEGREES OUT, AND YOU'LL CLEAN UP THEIR, UH, THEIR YARD TO MAKE IT MORE PRESENTABLE.
OR IF THERE WAS A HEAVY SNOW AND I COULDN'T FIND ANYBODY, UH, YOU WOULD STOP EVERYTHING AND YOU WOULD DO THE WORK.
SO I REALLY AM IMPRESSED AND VERY, VERY GRATEFUL.
SO YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? UM, FIRST OFF, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR. FINER, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, UH, YOU'VE BEEN A MASSIVE ROLE MODEL AND MENTOR TO ME.
UM, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE, UH, I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN A SITUATION THAT I'VE FACED, AND, UH, MANY OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT I'VE COME UP WITH HAVE, HAVE ALWAYS SPRUNG FROM MY THOUGHTS ABOUT YOU.
UH, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP ALONG THE WAY, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE, UH, UH, FOR THE BOARD'S SUPPORT AND, UH, HONORING.
I HAVE 16 INDIVIDUALS HERE IN THE BACK, UM, THAT ARE GONNA BE RECEIVING, UH, HONORS, UM, FOR THE SNOW ANGELS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'LL, I'LL GO DOWN AND THEN WE COULD CALL, EVERYBODY KNOWS THEY WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS.
THAT WOULD BE, UH, YOU, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I KNOW NONE OF YOU GUYS HAVE, UH, SPEECHES PREPARED, BUT IF YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, YOU CAN'T.
I HAD A TRIPPED AND, UH, BUT IT WASN'T A WORK RELATED INJURY, ACTUALLY.
IT WAS A WORK RELATED INJURY, SO, RIGHT.
UM, SO, UM, FIRST I'D LIKE TO, UM, RECOGNIZE LILY MOSKOWITZ.
AND LILY WAS ONE OF THE, UH, COORDINATORS OF THE, UM, SNOW ANGELS PROGRAM, UM, UH, BE BEFORE YOU TOOK THE LEAD.
UM, SHE WAS CO-COORDINATOR, UH, HELPED GET THE, UH, THE SNOW ANGELS PROGRAM.
UM, YOU KNOW, GOING FOR THE FIRST, LIKE MOST OF MY CAREER AS TOWN SUPERVISOR, I ORGANIZED THE SNOW ANGELS MYSELF.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE BASICALLY, IT WASN'T REALLY THAT ORGANIZED BECAUSE I WAS THE ONE ORGANIZING IT.
UH, THEN, UM, ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, WE, UM, WE DECIDED TO TURN IT OVER TO STUDENTS AND, UM, AND THEN IT BECAME REALLY A GREAT PROGRAM.
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UH, THE ROLE, THE GOAL, THE, THE, THE LESSON IS THAT IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY, YOU HAVE TO INVOLVE STUDENTS.BUT LILY IS, DID A, A GREAT JOB, AND I'D LIKE TO ASK HER TO COME UP.
AND DO YOU WANNA SAY, UH, A FEW WORDS ABOUT, UH, THE SNOW ANGELS? YEAH.
SO MY NAME IS LILY MOSKOWITZ AND I'M A SENIOR AT LEY HIGH SCHOOL.
I HAVE CO-LED THE SNOW ANGELS PROGRAM FOR TWO YEARS NOW, AND LIKE PAUL SAID, THE SNOW ANGELS IS A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM WHERE GREENBURG RESIDENTS VOLUNTEERED TO SHOVEL DRIVEWAYS OF ELDERLY OR DISABLED RESIDENTS.
THIS YEAR, WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW SNOWSTORMS, BUT IT WAS NOTHING.
OUR AMAZING SNOW ANGEL VOLUNTEERS COULDN'T HANDLE OUR CLOSE TO A HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS WERE ABLE TO ALWAYS PICK UP THEIR SHOVELS AND HELP WHENEVER THERE WERE TWO IN TWO INCHES OF SNOW, OR EVEN SIX INCHES OF SNOW.
AND THIS YEAR, OUR VOLUNTEERS WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF AROUND 170 GREENBURG RESIDENTS.
ALTHOUGH IT MAY SEEM LIKE A SIMPLE TASK, JUST THE SHOVELING OF ONE DRIVEWAY CAN HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON THE RESIDENT AND ON THE COMMUNITY.
IN FACT, AFTER ONE SNOWSTORM, I WAS SURPRISED WHEN I RECEIVED AN EMAIL THAT STATED THAT BECAUSE OF THE HELP OF SNOW ANGELS SHOVELING THEIR DRIVEWAY, ONE RESIDENT WAS ABLE TO GET THEIR HUSBAND TO AN EMERGENCY SURGERY.
MY VIEW OF THE SO SNOW ANGELS PROGRAM HAS FOREVER CHANGED SINCE READING THIS EMAIL, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT EVERY SINGLE DRIVEWAY SHOVELED WILL MAKE PEOPLE'S LIVES A LOT EASIER, AND IN SOME CASES CAN BE LIFE CHANGING.
I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE WORK AND THE TIME THAT VOLUNTEERS HAVE DEDICATED TO THE PROGRAM AND THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE.
OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE INCREASED VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION BY 40% AND HAVE ALLOWED THE PROGRAM TO GROW BY CONTACTING ALL GREENBURG SCHOOLS, SYNAGOGUES, AND OTHER COMMUNITIES TO HELP CONTRIBUTE VOLUNTEERS.
I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SEE HOW SNOW ANGELS WILL CONTINUE TO, TO SUCCEED.
AND WITH THE HELP OF ZACHARY WINEHOUSE, I KNOW THAT THE PROGRAM WILL BECOME EVEN BETTER THAN IT IS NOW.
IS ASHLEY HERE? UH, DAVID AND, AND WILL CAN COME UP AS WELL.
ACTUALLY, DO YOU WANT TO THE, THE THREE BARLOWS, WHY DON'T YOU GUYS COME UP? YEAH.
NEXT WE HAVE, UM, LOGAN AND KEITH.
WHY DON'T WE HAVE LOGAN AND KEITH AND TAB STEP UP? ARE THEY RELATED TO YOU? YES, THEY'RE, SO ARE BOTH OF YOU AS DEDICATED AS YOUR BROTHER IS? YEAH.
SO DO YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING?
THEY DEFINITELY WON'T BE POLITICIANS BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE TO SPEAK.
UH, SO, UH, JU UH, JUDE CURLEY AND, UH, VIVIAN HOLLAND, WHY DON'T YOU STEP UP WITH HIM? GREAT.
DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? SO WAS IT TOUGH TO, UH, PICK UP ALL THE SNOW FOR YOU?
SO WHAT I DID MORE THAN HIM, SO REALLY, I GOT A 10 YEAR SHOVEL.
YOU KNOW, YOU COULD EVENTUALLY BECOME THE HEAD OF THE SNOW ANGELS PROGRAM BECAUSE YOU'RE STARTING YOUNG
NEXT WE HAVE ETHAN, UH, WU, UH, ETHAN WU, EDDIE, IAN, AND BEN, PLEASE STEP UP.
WAIT, UH, ONLY, ONLY ETHAN HAS A CERTIFICATE AS OF RIGHT NOW, UM, THROUGH MORGAN HAS TO BE MADE IN THE FUTURE.
SO, SO WHAT? I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET MORE WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL MY EXTRA.
SO WE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET CERTIFICATES FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WE DIDN'T.
UM, THANK YOU GUYS FOR HELPING OUT.
SO WE'LL GET YOU CERTIFICATES, UM, AND YOU'LL, YOU'LL GIMME THE NAMES AND EVERYBODY, I'M SORRY, DEREK SUN.
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I DON'T SEE, UH, DEREK HERE, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT ANOTHER WAY TO GET THAT TO HIM.UH, SIZE SUPERIN GARISH, PLEASE COME UP.
UNFORTUNATELY, SHE'S NOT HERE EITHER.
ARE YOU IN PATEL? I DON'T SEE HIM EITHER.
I DON'T THINK I SEE HIM EITHER.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PROBABLY GET THE REST OF THE MADDIE LOZIER AND FIONA STERN AND, UM, UH, ZACH TALKING ABOUT, SO WE, WE DON'T, WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH MORE CERTIFICATES BECAUSE WE DIDN'T.
UM, AND ZACH, UH, WOULD YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET YOUR A CERTIFICATE ALSO, BUT, UM, UM, WOULD YOU TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOUR PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR? YEAH.
MY NAME IS ZACH WINEHOUSE, AND I HAVE SPENT THIS PAST WINTER LEARNING FROM LILY, JUST EXACTLY HOW TO RUN SNOW ANGELS, ALL THE LITTLE DETAILS ABOUT IT.
AND, UH, LOOKING AHEAD, WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, A BUNCH OF NEW VOLUNTEERS SIGNED UP, AND I'M ALSO LOOKING TO INCORPORATE DIFFERENT SPORTS TEAMS FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS INTO THE PROGRAM AND TRY TO MAKE LIKE A COMPETITION OUTTA SNOW ANGELS.
AND I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO MY FOOTBALL COACH WHO'S ALL FOR MY TEAM BECOMING SNOW ANGELS.
BUT, UH, APART FROM THE WINTER, I HOPE TO GET SNOW ANGELS MORE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY YEAR ROUND, ANYWHERE WHERE NEEDED.
JUST LIKE JACKSON'S LANDSCAPING AT ANGELS.
AND I HAVE VERY HIGH HOPES FOR THE FUTURE OF THE, OF, UH, SNOW ANGELS.
YEAH, THAT IS REALLY FANTASTIC.
AND WE'LL GET YOU THE CERTIFICATE.
UM, NEXT, UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO, UM, RECOGNIZE OUR RETIRING TOWN ATTORNEY, TIM LEWIS.
UM, TIM, UM, HAS DEVOTED ALMOST 20 YEARS.
HE'S NOT EXACTLY RETIRING, RIGHT? WELL, HE'S BECOMING A JUDGE.
HE, UM, UM, UM, WAS A TOWN ATTORNEY FOR, UH, HE'S WORKED FOR THE TOWN FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.
IF YOU CAME HERE ON, UM, A SATURDAY OR SUNDAY OR, UM, ON NEW YEAR'S DAY OR ANY HOLIDAY, CHANCES ARE YOU'D SEE TIM IN HIS OFFICE, IN THE OFFICE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITHOUT ANY OVERTIME.
UM, AND JUST A VERY DEDICATED, UM, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC, UM, PUBLIC SERVANT.
UM, LAST, UM, RECENTLY, UH, GOVERNOR HACKEL RECOGNIZED, UM, HOW GREAT TIM IS BY APPOINTING HIM TO, UM, UH, A JUDGE IN THE COURT OF CLAIMS. SO, UM, IF I HAD SUED THE STATE, UH, HE WOULD BE THE ONE WHO WOULD DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT I'D GET, UM, A MILLION DOLLARS, BUT HE PROBABLY WOULD RULE AGAINST ME.
SO, UH, UM, UM, BUT, BUT THE THING IS, UM, HE, UH, SO HE'S TAKING OFFICE AS, UM, UM, AS A JUDGE OF, UH, THIS NEW YORK STATE SENATE CONFIRMED HIS APPOINTMENT LA UH, LAST WEEK AND HIS LAST DAY OF, UM, OF SERVICE AS TOWN ATTORNEY, UM, IS ON FRIDAY, BUT THIS WEEK HE'S HERE AND NOT ASKING FOR DOING IT ALL PRO BONO, UM, BECAUSE HE'S GETTING PAID AS A, AS A JUDGE.
UM, AS TOWN ATTORNEY, TIM WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING COUNSEL TO THE TOWN BOARD PLANNING BOARD ZONING BOARD, UH, HIS OFFICE DEFENDED THE TOWN AGAINST LAWSUITS, PROSECUTED VIOLATORS OF THE TOWN CODE, DEFENDED THE TOWN AGAINST TECH, TERTIARY LAWSUITS PREPARED ON LOCAL LAWS.
UM, HE PREPARED RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING MATTERS AFFECTING THE TOWN FOR TOWN BOARD MEETINGS, AND REVIEWED AND PREPARED DOCUMENTS DEALING WITH, UM, WITH ZONE CHANGES.
AND, UM, TIM ALSO, UM, PREPARED AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN CODE.
UM, HE, UM, HANDLED AMENDMENTS TO OFFICIAL MAPS, REVIEWED PERSONNEL MATTERS, PERSONAL CONTRACTS, BONDING DOCUMENTS.
AND, UM, TIM UM, ALSO HELPED US WITH THE SALE OR ACQUISITION OF PERSONAL LAND AND REAL PROPERTY BY THE TOWN.
HE PREPARED LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND ADVISED RELATING TO SUBDIVISION
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AND SITE PLANS AND WORKED ON INTER MUNICIPAL AGREEMENTS WITH THE STATE, COUNTY, TOWN AND VILLAGES AND OTHER NON-GOVERNMENT ENTITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TOWN.SO, UM, IT'S WITH GREAT APPRECIATION THAT WE RECOGNIZE, UH, TIM ON, UM, FOR HIS DEDICATED SERVICE AND HARD WORK OVER THE YEARS.
AND WE WISH YOU, UH, GOOD LUCK AND, UM, PLEASE DON'T HOLD ME IN CONTEMPT OF COURT.
SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP? CONGRATULATIONS.
AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY WANT TO BE BRIEF.
I SEE MY FRIEND, UH, STEVE BEL HERE.
I KNOW HE WANTS TO GET OUTTA HERE TOO,
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE LEAVING THE TOWN.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF INTERESTING PEOPLE IN THE TOWN, SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE IT SINCE THE YEAR 2000, SO IT'S REALLY BEEN A LONG TIME.
YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO THANK, UM, A FEW PEOPLE, UM, DAVID FREE, WHO'S SITTING, UM, IN MY SEAT, WHO'S ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST LEGAL MINDS I KNOW, NOT ONLY IN TOWN HALL, BUT IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE HAVING WORKED WITH YOU.
AND I SEE PEGGY TAGLIA AND JERRY BYRNE AND, AND MANY OF THE PEOPLE I'VE WORKED WITH OVER THE YEARS, EDEDIE MCCARTHY.
AND IT'S JUST REALLY SO NICE TO HAVE PEOPLE HAVING EMBRACED ME AND HELPED ME DO THIS JOB.
UM, I ALSO SEE JUDITH AVILLA OVER THERE.
UM, I APPRECIATE ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS, BUT PARTICULARLY EDDIE MA BARNES, WHO, YOU KNOW, WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN ME GETTING THE JOB.
AND TIMMY WEINBERG, YOU KNOW, A NAME THAT SOME OF YOU REMEMBER.
AND, UM, JUDITH, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HELP ALL OF THE YEARS, YOUR PASSION.
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT EVERYBODY'S CUP OF TEA, UM, BUT YOU, YOU SAY WHAT YOU REALLY BELIEVE, AND I LOVE THE WAY YOU HONOR PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY WOMEN.
AND I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO HAVE, UM, THAT LEVEL OF, OF PASSION.
BUT PAUL, I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME, FOR ME OVER THE YEARS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I WAS NEW.
UM, YOU EMBRACED ME, YOU ALLOWED ME TO MAKE MISTAKES, UM, AND I REALLY WORKED HARD FOR YOU.
LIKE YOU SAID, I WORKED HOLIDAYS AND WEEKENDS, MY BIRTHDAY, YOU KNOW, LATE NIGHTS.
AND I DID IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA LET YOU DOWN.
AND I KNEW THAT YOU BELIEVED IN ME, AND I JUST REALLY WANTED TO GIVE ALL AHEAD.
AND, UM, I WOULD REALLY RUN THROUGH A, A BRICK WALL FOR YOU.
'CAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE IN YOU AND WHAT YOU DO FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS TOWN.
AND SOMETIMES IT REALLY HURTS ME THAT PEOPLE UNDERESTIMATE YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE SUCH A GOOD PERSON.
AND I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO BE THAT PERSON, BECAUSE FOR ME, YOU ARE THE BEST.
YOUR HUMILITY, YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF PEOPLE, YOUR DEDICATION TO PEOPLE, AND THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE HELPED THAT MANY OF YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT.
AND, YOU KNOW, MANY PEOPLE COME TO YOUR OFFICE UNANNOUNCED, AND YOU'VE JUST INSPIRED ME TO BE THAT KIND OF PERSON.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I'VE REALLY GROWN AS A PERSON, AND YOU HAVE A FRIEND FOR LIFE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY, AND THANK YOU, TIM, WANTED TO BE LIKE A JUDGE.
TIM WANTED TO BE A JUDGE FOR AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE DEALT WITH LIKE LOTS OF JUDGES, YOU KNOW, OVER, YOU KNOW, OVER, UH, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS FELT, AND I'VE TOLD YOU THIS, THAT, OF ANYONE I'VE MET, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYBODY WHO I THINK WOULD BE A BETTER JUDGE THAN YOU, BECAUSE YOU ARE SO EMPATHETIC.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE THING IS, PEOPLE COME TO ME WITH PROBLEMS AND, YOU KNOW, I'M ELECTED AND I BASICALLY, UH, RESPOND.
BUT A TOWN ATTORNEY DOESN'T HAVE TO, UH, TALK TO THE AVERAGE RESIDENT.
AND PEOPLE WOULD COME IN WITH MAJOR PROBLEMS AND MINOR PROBLEMS, AND YOUR OFFICE WAS ALWAYS OPEN.
AND PEOPLE WHO FELT THAT THEY HAD NO ONE TO GO TO, THEY WOULD GO TO YOU AND, AND YOU WOULD TRY TO HELP THEM.
AND, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I REALLY FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEBODY GOES BEFORE YOUR COURT AS A JUDGE, THEY'RE GONNA BE REALLY SCARED.
UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GONNA KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
AND I FEEL YOU HAVE A GREAT MANNERISM WHERE YOU'RE GONNA PUT PEOPLE AT EASE.
UH, YOU'RE GONNA TREAT PEOPLE FAIRLY IF YOU RULE AGAINST THEM, I THINK THEY, THEY'RE GONNA FEEL THAT THEY GOT A FAIR SHOT.
SO, PERSONALLY, IF IT WAS UP TO ME, YOU WOULDN'T BE ON THE COURT OF CLAIMS. I'D PUT YOU ON THE FEDERAL BENCH, UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST THINK YOU'RE EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED IN, UM, IN, IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
AND I'M, I'M REALLY, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THRILLED
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THAT YOU ACHIEVED YOUR DREAM OF BECOMING A JUDGE.SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[ TOWN CLERK COMMENTS]
CLERK COMMENTS.TIM LEWIS, NATIVE NEW YORKER, GRADUATE OF FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, AND GEORGETOWN LAW SCHOOL ASSISTANT DISTRICT DA IN THE BRONX PRIVATE PRACTICE TOWN ATTORNEY FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS, AND NOW A NEW YORK STATE JUDGE, ALWAYS PRESENT AND PROFESSIONAL COLLEAGUE AND A FRIEND, WORKING OFTEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AT TOWN HALL, ALWAYS PRESENT AS A PERSON AND AVAILABLE TO CONSULT WITH AND WILLING TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH COLLEAGUES TO EDIFY AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF LEARNING AND GROWING PROFESSIONALLY, TO GUIDE AND ADVISE BASED ON HIS KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, EXPERTISE REGARDING THE LAW.
AND EVEN AFTER ALL OF THAT, EVEN AFTER ALL OF THAT, HE'S CHALLENGED BY THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO APPRECIATE HIS CUP OF TEA EITHER.
SO, UM, NEXT, UM, WE DID THE ROLL CALL.
NOW WE'RE GONNA DO THE ROLL CALL
[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk]
FROM THE TOWN CLERK, TOWN SUPERVISOR CALLED FINER.I'M HERE, COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON.
PRESENT, COUNCILMAN FRANCIS HANEN.
PRESENT, FIRST DEPUTY TOWN ATTORNEY DAVID.
FREE, PRESENT AND NOT PRESENT.
[ To consider an Amended Site Plan application by Scarsdale Golf Club, which is located at 1 Club Way (P.O. Hartsdale, NY)]
UH, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION BY SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB, WHICH IS LOCATED AT ONE CLUB WAY.GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR, FINER MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD FOR THE RECORD, JARED DUQUE, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS RELATED TO AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION OF SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB FOR A PROJECT CONSISTING OF THE PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF A TEMPORARY SEASONAL ENCLOSURE AROUND TWO EXISTING TENNIS COURTS.
THE ADDITION OF TWO PICKLEBALL COURTS ON AN EXISTING PAVED AREA, AS WELL AS THE INSTALLATION OF NEW GOLF BALL SAFETY NETTING ALONG THE EXISTING DRIVING RANGE AND THE 16TH HOLE OF THE GOLF COURSE.
IN ADDITION TO TOWN BOARD, AMENDED SITE PLAN APPROVAL AND A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT, THE APPLICATION REQUIRES AREA VARIANCES FROM THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS AND A PLANNING BOARD STEEP SLOPE PERMIT.
THE ZONING BOARD AS PART OF A COORDINATED REVIEW, MADE A NEGATIVE DECLARATION REGARDING THE ACTION AT ITS MAY 19TH, 2022 MEETING.
THE ZONING BOARD IS SCHEDULED TO RENDER A DECISION ON THE VARIANCES AT ITS JUNE 16TH, 2022 MEETING.
THE APPLICANT APPEARED BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD AS PART OF A SITE PLAN REFERRAL AT WORK SESSIONS ON MARCH 14TH, APRIL 6TH, AND JUNE 1ST, 2022.
ON JUNE 1ST, 2022, THE APPLICATION WAS THE SUBJECT OF A NEUTRAL SITE PLAN RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING BOARD, THE PLANNING BOARD FOUND THAT THE AMENDED SITE PLAN SATISFIES THE APPLICABLE SITE PLAN STANDARDS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2 85 54 STANDARDS A THROUGH K.
MR. STEVEN RABBEL, ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT ALONG WITH SCARSDALE CLUB REPRESENTATIVES TO PRESENT THE PROPOSAL.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS STEVEN RABBEL.
I'M WITH THE LAW FIRM, MCCULLOCH BERGER AND STOUT.
UH, AND JUST QUICKLY BEFORE WE GET STARTED, AS POTENTIALLY THE ONLY APPLICANT'S ATTORNEY HERE TONIGHT, I, I FEEL I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY HOW MUCH TIM LEWIS IS GOING TO BE MISSED EVEN OUTSIDE TOWN HALL.
UH, MORE THAN GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME AND THE CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL.
UH, SO I KNOW HE'S GONE, BUT WE ALL WISH HIM THE BEST OF LUCK.
SO THAT ASIDE, UH, WITH ME TONIGHT, I HAVE ZACH PEARSON FROM INSIGHT ENGINEERING, BILL MENARD AND MATT SEVERINO FROM SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB.
GARRETT SUMMARIZED, UH, VERY WELL WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO, UM, WHICH IN BROAD STROKES, AND AS GARRETT'S PULLED UP HERE, UH, IS, UH, PROPOSED SEASONAL TENNIS ENCLOSURE OVER TWO OF THE LOWER, UH, EXISTING TENNIS COURTS, AS WELL AS NETTING ALONG THE DRIVING RANGE OF THE CLUB.
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LOOKING AT HERE, THAT, UM, THOSE BOXES AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, THAT'S THE, UH, TENNIS COURTS ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND THE DRIVING RANGE IN THE LEFT BOX.THE OTHER BOX YOU SEE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CLUB IS FROM, FOR SOME ADDITIONAL NETTING NEAR THE 16TH GREEN.
UH, SO IN A MOMENT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ZACH PEARSON TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THE SITE PLAN.
UH, THEN I'LL COME BACK ON TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE RENDERINGS, UH, WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN SUBMITTED.
UH, BUT JUST TO REITERATE A LITTLE BIT OF THE PROCESS THAT GOT US HERE, THIS MAY SEEM A LITTLE FAMILIAR TO SOME OF YOU.
YOU MAY RECALL, WE ACTUALLY APPEARED AT ONE OF YOUR WORK SESSIONS IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR.
AT THAT TIME, WE WERE ONLY PROPOSING THE SEASONAL ENCLOSURE.
AND AT THAT TIME, YOU, THE BOARD BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION SOME COMMENTS THAT HAD COME IN FROM NEIGHBORS ON THE NEARBY DRIVING RANGE, THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME BALLS COMING OFF THE SITE.
SO WE WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, WE WORKED WITH OUR CONSULTANTS, WE REACHED OUT TO THE NEIGHBORS, PARTICULARLY AT ONE 40, WHO HAD VOICED THAT, THAT ISSUE.
AND WE'VE COME BACK NOW, NOT ONLY WITH THE TENNIS ENCLOSURE, BUT WITH THE PROPOSED SAFETY NETTING ALONG THE DRIVING RANGE AND THE 16TH GREEN.
UH, AND AS GARRETT NOTED, WE'VE HAD WORK SESSIONS WITH THE PLANNING BOARD WHO HAVE ISSUED RECOMMENDATION KNOWN IN COMPLIANCE WITH SITE PLAN CONDITIONS, AND WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE PUBLIC HEARINGS WITH THE ZONING BOARD WHO HAS ISSUED A NEGATIVE DECLARATION UNDER SEEKER.
SO WITH THAT PROCEDURAL NOTE OUT OF THE WAY, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ZACH TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE SITE PLANS.
UH, WE HAVE BOARDS, AND I BELIEVE GARRETT'S GONNA PUT IT UP ON, ON THE SCREEN FOR THOSE ATTENDING VIA ZOOM AS WELL.
COULD YOU ALSO, DURING THE PRESENTATIONS HIGHLIGHT, UM, ON THE IMPACT ON A HUNDRED EAST HEARTS DAILY AVENUE, BECAUSE A LOT OF RESIDENTS, UM, FROM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE NEGATIVES I'VE GOTTEN HAVE BEEN FROM A HUNDRED EAST, AND, AND WE, WE HAD HEARD SOME OF THAT IN THE ETHER, AND WE, WE ARE PREPARED TO ADDRESS THAT.
THAT'LL BE THE, THE LAST POINT WE MAKE.
I THINK WE'VE PREPARED A SPECIAL, UH, IMAGE TO HIGHLIGHT WHERE THAT IS IN RELATION TO THE PROPOSED NETTING.
YOU MIGHT, YOU MIGHT AS WELL DO 80 AS WELL.
YOU, MR. SUPERVISOR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, ZACH PEARSON WITH INSIGHT ENGINEERING, UM, HAS STEVEN, UH, MENTIONED.
UH, WE'RE PROSING TO, UH, PROVIDE A TENNIS ENCLOSURE OVER TWO OF THE THREE EXISTING, UH, LOWER COURTS AT THE CLUB.
UH, THIS IS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS PLAN.
JUST REAL QUICK, THEY'RE, THERE'S THE THREE UPPER COURTS.
THESE ARE THE THREE LOWER COURTS, AND THIS IS WHAT'S CALLED THE PRACTICE COURT HERE.
SO, AS SHOWN HERE, WE ARE PROPOSING A TE, UH, TEMPORARY TENNIS ENCLOSURE OVER, UH, TWO OF THE THREE LOWER COURTS.
UM, WE DID HAVE INITIAL MEETINGS WITH, UH, BOTH, UH, THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE DO HAVE A FIRE ACCESS OFF OF CLUB WAY.
UM, WE'RE PROPOSING TO, TO RAISE THE, UH, PRACTICE COURTS TO THE, TO THE SAME GRADE AS THE THREE 10 COURTS, TWO OF WHICH WILL BE ENCLOSED, UH, PROVIDE EMERGENCY ACCESS OFF OF CLUB WAY.
UM, WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING, UH, TO INSTALL PERIMETER DRAINAGE AROUND THE EXISTING COURTS.
CURRENTLY, THERE IS NO DRAIN, NO FORMAL DRAINAGE THERE.
NOW WE ARE PROPOSING, UH, A PERIMETER TRENCH DRAIN, WHICH WILL THEN PIPE THE, UH, THE RUNOFF FROM THE, FROM THE, UH, PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, UH, TO A UNDERGROUND DETENTION SYSTEM.
SO THAT'S BEEN DESIGNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, UH, TOWN STANDARDS.
AND I, I DO BELIEVE, UM, THE TOWN ENGINEER HAS REVIEWED THAT, FOUND THAT ACCEPTABLE.
UM, REAL QUICK, GO TO THE, UH, ADDITIONALLY, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PROVIDING HANDICAP ACCESS HERE, UH, WITH THE HANDICAP RAMP RAMPED DOWN TO THE COURTS.
UM, AND IN THE MEETINGS WITH, UH, THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME TRAFFIC, UH, CALMING MEASURES HERE AT THE EXIT OF THE CLUB, WHICH INCLUDED A STOP BAR AND A, AND A STOP SIGN BASED ON THE SITE MEETING.
SO THIS IS THE, UH, LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED, UH, FENCING.
UM, THERE'S FOUR PROPOSED POLES ALONG THE, UH, EASTERN SIDE OF THE, THE DRIVING RANGE LOCATED DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM, UH, ONE 40 EAST HARTSDALE.
UM, FOUR POLES, ONE POLE'S 90 FEET.
I THINK THE OTHER THREE ARE 75 FEET.
AND THAT JUST HAS TO DO WITH THE GRADE CHANGE IN THE AREA.
THE OTHER, THE OTHER POLES, UM, AS STEVE HAD MENTIONED BEFORE, ARE LOCATED BEHIND THE 16TH GREEN.
THOSE ARE 25 FOOT POLES IN THAT LOCATION.
SO DO YOU WANT I'LL TURN IT OVER.
COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS, WHO'S NOT HERE, BUT IS WATCHING, UH, SAID, IF YOU COULD PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MIC WHEN YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE MAPS, BECAUSE YOU MOVE AWAY FROM THE, THE MICROPHONE.
I ALSO SUGGEST THAT IF YOU JUST TURN THAT EASEL AT AN ANGLE A LITTLE BIT
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SO THAT IT'S PERPENDICULAR TO THAT CAMERA, THIS ONE AND THE CABLE DIRECTOR COULD PROBABLY GET A BETTER SHOT.AND, UH, MY HOPE IS ALSO THAT THE, UH, HOPEFULLY CLEARER PICTURE THAT GARRETT IS SHARING VIA THE ZOOM SCREEN IS ALSO ABLE TO BE VIEWED, UH, BY THOSE VIEWING AT HOME ON ZOOM.
IT'S JUST, WE WE'RE TRYING TO DEAL WITH STANDARD, UH, DEFINITION CABLE TV.
WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT EASIER.
UH, SO AS ZACH NOTED, THERE ARE FOUR, UH, WELL, I'LL START WITH THE TENNIS ENCLOSURE.
SO THESE ARE THE RENDERINGS OF THE ENCLOSURE, UH, FROM WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE THE MOST, UH, VISIBLE POINT ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, AS WELL AS THE MOST VISIBLE ADJACENT PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE PARKING GARAGE.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE FROM THE RENDERINGS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO YOU BACK IN FEBRUARY, YOU MAY NOTICE THE COLOR IS GREEN.
YOU CAN GET IT IN DIFFERENT COLORS.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE LEANING TOWARDS GREEN INTERNALLY, THE FEELING BEING THAT THE DARKER COLOR AND THE GREEN COLOR ITSELF LOOKS A LITTLE MORE NATURAL AND WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT LESS NOTICEABLE.
UH, THE RENDERINGS, GARRETT, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND SCROLLING DOWN THAT YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BOARD HERE.
WE HAVE, AND I'LL DO MY BEST TO POINT AND MOVE.
THE MICROPHONE ON THE LEFT SIDE ARE THE TALLER NETTING, AND THAT'S WHAT'S UP ON THE SCREEN IS THE TALLER NETTING ALONG THE DRIVING RANGE.
UH, AS ZACH NOTED, THE POLES ARE 75 FEET AND 90 FEET IN HEIGHT, INTERESTINGLY, UH, AND WHAT MAY GET LOST IN THAT FIGURE, THE 90 FOOT POLE IS THE ONE THAT'S FARTHEST ON THE RIGHT.
IT ACTUALLY APPEARS TO BE SHORTER.
THAT'S DUE TO A GRADE CHANGE AS THE PROPERTY SLOPES DOWN TOWARDS THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
SO THIS IS WHAT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE SEEN, UH, FROM THE DRIVING RANGE.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT'S AT OR BELOW THE EXISTING TREE LINE.
AND THEN THE FINAL RENDERING IS OF THE NETTING PROPOSED ALONG THE 16TH GREEN, WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY SHORTER, UH, AND WAS DONE IN RESPONSE TO ANOTHER NEIGHBOR REACHING OUT, UH, ASKING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL PROTECTION FROM, UH, BALLS COMING OFF THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN LASTLY, ZACH, WOULD YOU MIND BRINGING UP THE, THE FINAL IMAGE? THIS IS GETTING RIGHT TO THE POINT ON THE, UH, 100 EAST HARTSDALE QUESTION, WHICH I KNOW A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.
SO WHAT THIS DIAGRAM SHOWS, AND AGAIN, I'LL DO MY BEST TO POINT AND SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE.
YOU CAN MOVE THE MIC, JUST PICK IT UP AND
SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE NETTING ITSELF IS IN FRONT OF PRIMARILY ONE 40 EAST HARTSDALE, AS THEY ARE THE NEIGHBOR THAT REACHED OUT AND ASKED US TO TAKE SOME MEASURES TO MITIGATE PAUSE.
AND A LITTLE BIT OFF OF ONE 50, AFTER ONE 40, YOU HAVE ONE 20, WHICH YOU CAN SEE GOES TO, AND THEN PAST THE END OF THE DRIVING RANGE, WHICH IS SCREENED HERE.
AND THEN AFTER ONE 20, YOU HAVE 100 EAST HARTSDALE.
SO THE NETTING IS NOT PROPOSED ANYWHERE NEAR EAST HARTSDALE.
I THINK THE NEAREST CORNER OF THE BUILDING IS OVER 260 FEET AWAY.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY BLOCKED BY THE, UH, CORNER OF ONE 20, WHICH JUTS OUT, UH, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE INTERVENING TOPOGRAPHY AND TREES.
AND THEN EVEN BEYOND 100 HARTSDALE AS 80 EAST HARTSDALE OVER HERE, WHICH IS EVEN FURTHER AWAY.
UH, SO I, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY CONFUSION AS TO THE LOCATION, BUT WE HOPE THAT HAS ADDRESSED THE PUBLIC'S CONCERNS FROM THOSE BUILDINGS.
THIS LOOKS LIKE THE NETTING IS IN RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TREE CANOPY.
IT, IT'S INTENDED TO BE ALONG THE EDGE OF THE RANGE.
OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T WANNA PUT YOUR NET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DRIVING RANGE AND TO BE SORT OF INTERWOVEN, I SUPPOSE YOU COULD SAY, WITH SOME OF THE EXISTING TREES.
SO THERE'LL BE NO CUTTING OF TREES TO PUT UP THE NET.
NO, THERE ARE SOME TREES INTENDED TO BE REMOVED.
I BELIEVE WE'VE SUBMITTED A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT APPLICATION.
HAVE YOU CONSIDERED, UM, HOW THE NETTING IS GONNA AFFECT THE, THE WILDLIFE, UH, THE, THE BIRDS AND THE, AND THE LAND ANIMALS? CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? SURE.
UH, THIS WAS ACTUALLY A QUESTION THAT CAME UP DURING OUR ZONING BOARD HEARING AS WELL, UH, AS, AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THERE'D BE ANY IMPACT TO BIRDS.
SO WE REACHED OUT TO OUR CONTRACTOR WHO GAVE US A LETTER.
WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU A, A COPY OF, UH, THAT SAID, IN THEIR EXPERIENCE DOING THESE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, THERE'S LITTLE IMPACT TO BIRDS.
AND IN FACT, THE PRODUCT OF NETTING THAT THEY USE IS USED IN AVIARY ENCLOSURES, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T TRAP BIRDS.
SO ANIMALS SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET UNDERNEATH.
SO I RECALL NETTING, WHEN I WAS ON THE ZONING BOARD MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, SIMILAR SITUATION CAME UP.
AND THERE WAS A PARTICULAR SPECIES OF BIRDS THAT THIS WAS A FLYWAY ZONE, UM, RIGHT, RIGHT THERE.
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I DON'T REMEMBER THE SPECIES, AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT IT'S STILL A FLYWAY FOR THOSE, THOSE BIRDS, BUT THAT HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR DECISION NOT TO PUT UP A NET.SO IT'D BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD GO BACK AND LOOK AT PRIOR ZONING, BOARD HEARINGS, TRANSCRIPTS, AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT THAT SPECIES OF BIRD IS STILL A, IS STILL AN ISSUE.
DO YOU RECALL WHETHER IT WAS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES? IT WAS ONE THAT WAS CONCERNING ENOUGH THAT, UM, AND MAYBE THE NETTING HAS IMPROVED? MM-HMM.
UM, IF WE WERE, IF WE WERE TO, UH, APPROVE NETTING, I DON'T KNOW.
UH, WELL, THE ZONING BOARD IS GONNA BE, UH, RENDERING WHETHER OR NOT TO GIVE A VARIANCE OR NOT.
BUT THERE MUST BE SOME STANDARD OF NETTING REGARDING ITS OPACITY, RIGHT? IF YOU JUST APPROVE NETTING TO A CERTAIN HEIGHT, IT KIND OF GIVES YOU FREE REIGN TO PUT UP KNITTING OF ANY KIND, EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT HAVE PRETTY PICTURES.
UM, IS THERE A WAY OF, OF SPECIFYING THE TYPE OF NETTING, THE, UH, THE SPACING, THE, THE MATERIAL, WHATEVER, UH, SHOULD THERE BE AN APPROVAL? SURE.
AND, AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO SUBMIT THE, THE LETTER FROM THE NET MANUFACTURER, WHICH INCLUDED NOT ONLY THAT NOTE, BUT ALSO SOME SPECIFICS ON THE, THE MATERIAL AND TYPE OF NETTING TO BE INCLUDED.
SO I I, I WOULD IMAGINE WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU AS WELL.
HOW DOES THIS NETTING, UH, UM, HANDLE ICE AND THINGS LIKE THAT? UH, IT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
I'VE, I'VE NEVER BEEN ASKED THAT QUESTION BEFORE.
WELL, IS IT GONNA LOOK LIKE A SOLID ICE WALL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE ICE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WHAT ICE LOOKS LIKE COMING OFF OF TREE BRANCHES, SO WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IF IT'S OCCUPYING EACH OF THE HOLES, THE SPACES THAT ARE ON THE NETTING THAT CURRENTLY GIVE IT VISIBILITY? I'LL ASK OUR, OUR NETTING CONTRACTOR AND INSTALLER, IF THAT'S EVER BEEN AN ISSUE, RIGHT? OH, OH, YEAH.
THAT'S, UH, I'M REMINDED BY, UH, THE CLUB'S MANAGER THAT THERE ALREADY EXISTS NETTING ON THE PROPERTY, AND I TAKE A BILL THAT IT'S NEVER ICED OVER.
IS IT, IS IT THE SAME NETTING THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING NOW? IT'S A BLACK PLASTIC MEASURE.
UH, BILL SAYS IT'S A, A SAME, SIMILAR, VERY SIMILAR, VERY SIMILAR, BUT CERTAINLY, WE'LL, WE'LL CONFIRM WITH THE CONTRACTOR IF THEY'VE EVER EXPERIENCED ANY ICING ISSUES.
YEAH, I DO RECALL THAT NETTING, UM, IT'S REALLY STRAINING MY MEMORY HERE, UH, BECAUSE THERE WERE ACTUALLY BALLS ACTUALLY HITTING AND BREAKING WINDOWS.
I DON'T PLAY GOLF, BUT MY GUESS IS THAT'S A BAD SHOT.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COMMENTS WE RECEIVED FROM THE NEIGHBORS, PARTICULARLY AT ONE 40, IS THEY'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN BALLS COMING OFF THE PROPERTY.
AND IF YOU TALK TO MATT OR BILL, OR PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE GAME, WHAT THEY'LL TELL YOU IS THAT OVER TIME, PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO HIT A, A BALL HAS IMPROVED.
AND THAT'S BOTH TO, UH, INCREASE STRENGTH AND SKILL OF PLAYERS, AS WELL AS IMPROVEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY ALLOWING FOR FURTHER HITS.
SO, UH, IT IS A, A CONCERN FROM NEIGHBORS THAT WE HEARD THAT WAS BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION, WHICH YOU TOOK TO US, AND WHICH WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO ALLEVIATE.
WAS THERE DISCUSSION ABOUT HAVING PARTICULAR BALLS, UH, FOR THE RANGE? I BELIEVE THE CLUB IS USING AND WILL CONTINUE TO USE A BALL THAT HAS, I BELIEVE, 20% REDUCED FLIGHT FOR, FOR THE DRIVING RANGE.
AND, AND THAT IS WHAT THIS NET HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO.
I WAS JUST, UH, GOOGLING, UH, ICING NETTING.
UM, AND, UM, I, THERE'S BEEN INSTANCES AROUND THE COUNTRY WHERE ICE HAS IMPACTED THE POLES AND, AND, AND THE NETTING.
UM, AND SOME COMMUNITIES HAVE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THE ICING, YOU KNOW, EQUIPMENT TO ADDRESS IT.
UH, I'M PERFECTING MY RESEARCH SKILLS.
I, I, SO YEAH, I THINK I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK WITH OUR ARCHITECT WHO UNFORTUNATELY COULDN'T MAKE IT TONIGHT, RIGHT? I DON'T BELIEVE THE TREES TO BE REMOVED WOULD IMPACT THE VIEWS FROM 100 OR 80.
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IF THEY'RE TAKEN OUT FOR THESE RENDERINGS, NOR NOR AM I SURE IF ANY TREES BETWEEN BE INCLUDED IN THE PHOTO, GIVEN THE DISTANCE FROM THAT PROPERTY TO THE ORDER OF THE NET.WELL, WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC YET, BUT I'M SURE THEY'RE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR VIEW OF THE GOLF CLUB THEN THE GOLF CLUB'S VIEW OF THEIR APARTMENT, THEIR UNITS.
AND, AND SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, HELPFUL TO KNOW, UH, UH, BECAUSE WHAT I'M, I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT IS THE CONCERN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE VISIBILITY AND, AND THE PICTURES.
UM, BUT THEN THERE'S WEATHER AND THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING.
I'M I I, I'M NOT DRAWING ANY CONCLUSIONS HERE.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST ASKING QUESTIONS.
SHOULD WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC? ARE YOU DONE WITH YOUR PRESENTATION? UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR US? NO.
WE, WE MAY, BUT I THINK IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE SHOULD HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC.
I, AND, UH, EVERYONE WHO SPEAKS, IF THEY CAN, UM, UH, SPEAK, UH, LOUDLY AND ALSO IDENTIFY, UH, THEIR, THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE FOR THE RECORD, DEBORAH BLOOM, 80 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, UM, IN THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF YOGI BERRA, UH, IT'S DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN.
UM, LIKE FRANCIS, I REMEMBER THE PREVIOUS HEARINGS ON A SIMILAR PROJECT MORE THAN 15 OR 20 YEARS, OR MORE THAN 15 YEARS AGO.
AT THAT TIME, THE CONCERNS OF THOSE OF US IN THE COOPERATIVES, AND BY THE WAY, THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.
YOU'RE GETTING COMPLAINTS FROM THE RENTAL BUILDINGS OF WHICH THERE ARE TWO ON THE BLOCK.
THE REST OF US ARE CO-OPS OR CONDOS.
AND WE HAD A MAJOR CONCERN ABOUT PROPERTY VALUES BASED ON THE VIEW FROM THE TERRACES IN PARTICULAR.
UM, THE ISSUES THAT I THINK IT WAS DENIED ON, AND FRANCIS, IF I GOT THIS WRONG, I'M SORRY, WERE ONE, OUR PROPERTY VALUE ISSUES, TWO, THE BIRDS AND THREE, THE EXCESSIVE HEIGHT HERE, UH, VARIANCE, UH, 12 FEET IS PERMITTED.
THEY'RE ASKING FOR A VARIANCE OF UP TO 90 FEET.
AND THAT, I THINK, STRUCK EVERYBODY AS EXCESSIVE.
AT ANY RATE, IT WAS TURNED DOWN THEN.
AND INTERESTINGLY, NO MENTION HAS BEEN MADE IN ALL OF THE PRESENTATION ABOUT THIS TO THE FACT THAT A SIMILAR PRESENT, A SIMILAR REQUEST WAS TURNED DOWN ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO.
I'VE SEEN A LIST OF WHERE NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL WERE SENT.
MANY INDIVIDUALS AT THE CLASSIC AT 50 RECEIVED NOTIFICATION.
NO PROPERTY OWNERS, NO UNIT OWNERS IN EITHER 100 OR 80 RECEIVED ANY NOTIFICATION.
I DON'T THINK ANY IN OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS GOING TOWARD THE VILLAGE RECEIVE NOTIFICATION.
YOU WILL HEAR FROM SOMEONE ELSE THAT THE PRO, THAT THE SHOP OWNERS IN THE VILLAGE HAVE NOT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF THIS PROPOSAL.
UM, TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, IT MAY HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE OFFICIAL OWNER OF THE OVERALL PROPERTY WHO DID NOT, AND PROBABLY IS NOT REQUIRED TO SHARE IT WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY OWN THE SHOPS THEMSELVES.
NOW, ADDED TO THE, TO THE PREVIOUS ISSUES, WE HAVE THE FLOODING ISSUES.
IN 2007, WE HAD WHAT WAS CALLED A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD.
WE HAD WHAT'S BEEN CALLED A 500 YEAR FLOOD, UM, HEAVY DAMAGE TO 100 AND TO 80.
IT IS POTENTIAL THAT THERE COULD BE DAMAGE TO THE BUILDINGS WHERE THE NETTING IS INTENDED TO BE INSTALLED.
AND THE SHOPKEEPERS HAD TREMENDOUS LOSSES, WHICH I BELIEVE THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM INSURANCE OR FEMA OR ANYBODY.
AND FOR SOME OF THEM, IT IS THE SECOND TIME IN 15 YEARS THAT THEY HAVE LOST EVERYTHING.
UM, IT MAY, IT IS TRUE THAT A MAJOR CAUSE OF THE FLOODING PROBLEM IS BECAUSE OF PIPES THAT ARE NOT BIG ENOUGH TO CARRY WATER AWAY.
HOWEVER, WE'VE HAD A PROBLEM OVER THE YEARS WHERE 180 CO COOPERATE EVERY YEAR IN CLEANING OUT THE WEIR.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT YOU'LL HEAR FROM 100 THAT THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS IN GETTING THE GOLF COURSE TO COOPERATE WITH US IN THIS.
IT IS ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE HAVE BEEN TREES TAKEN DOWN THAT THERE HAVE BEEN BRANCHES REMOVED,
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BUT NOT REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY.SO THAT WHEN THERE IS A STORM, NOT THE REST OF THE TIME, BUT WHEN THERE IS A STORM, THOSE BRANCHES ARE SHOVED INTO THE CARRIED OVER INTO THE WEIR AND MAJOR, MAJOR FLOODING.
MY BUILDING LOST 98 CARS, LA BA LAST SEPTEMBER 100 LOST WELL OVER A HUNDRED CARS.
THEY ALSO HAD MAJOR DAMAGE TO THEIR GARAGE.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT DAMAGE TO THE BUILDINGS FURTHER UP THE BLOCK.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD 200 AND 500 YEAR STORMS IN THE LAST 15 YEARS.
SO I DON'T THINK WE CAN COUNT ON NOT HAVING ANY MORE.
UM, AND WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT IN NUMBER ONE, WE FEEL THAT A 90 FOOT NET IS WAY TOO HIGH.
NUMBER TWO, WE FEEL THAT LESSER UNTIL THE GOLF COURSE SHOWS ITS ABILITY TO COMPLY WITH WHAT I BELIEVE ARE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS TO REMOVE TREES AND BRANCHES AND WHATEVER, WHEN THEY TAKE THINGS DOWN AND TO COOPERATE WITH THE BUILDINGS AND CLEARING OUT THE, WHERE I DON'T WANNA TAKE A CHANCE, I DON'T WANNA SEE ANY MORE DAMAGE TO US.
HARTSDALE AVENUE CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP LOSING STORES.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, PAUL, HOW DIFFICULT IT IS SOMETIMES TO FIND NEW TENANTS.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT AFTER THE NOR'EASTER IN 2007, THEY HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE GETTING NEW TENANTS.
SO THANK YOU ALL OH, ALL VERY MUCH.
AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT Z B A IS GOING TO BE MAKING A FINAL DETERMINATION ON WHEN, ON THIS NEXT WEEK.
NOW, WE HAVE BEEN GAR, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY PAUL THAT THIS HEARING WILL BE CONTINUED UNTIL, FOR TWO WEEKS.
IF A DETERMINATION IS GONNA BE MADE NEXT WEEK, WHAT IS THE USE OF CONTINUING THIS HEARING? SO I WOULD LIKE TO BE SOMEBODY TO PROVIDE SOME GUARANTEES THAT C B A WILL NOT MAKE A FINAL DETERMINATION UNTIL THE NEXT HEARING.
I JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST CONTROL THE TOWN BOARD.
WE JUST CONTROL THE TOWN BOARD'S AGENDA.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ZONING BOARD.
BUT AFTER I RECEIVED EMAILS FROM YOU AND OTHER RESIDENTS OF, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, OF THE AVENUE, UM, WHERE YOU BASICALLY SAID THAT, UM, YOU FELT THERE WAS NOT ADEQUATE NOTICE, I THOUGHT THAT, UM, THE FAIREST THING TO DO WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, TO LET PEOPLE SPEAK TODAY.
WE COULD REFLECT ON THE COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE THE HEARING IN TWO WEEKS.
UH, OR IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE BOARD DECIDES.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE BASICALLY WILL HEAR FROM THEM AGAIN.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M WILLING, IF YOU THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL, UM, TO GO UP AND DOWN THE AVENUE.
AND I'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, PUT LIKE A NOTE ON THE WINDOWS OF ALL THE BUILDINGS, UM, AND ALL, ALL THE, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS WINDOWS, YOU KNOW, SO THIS WAY NOBODY COULD, I MEAN, IF SOMEBODY'S WALKING IN AND THEY SEE NOTICE THERE'S A MEETING ABOUT ANNETTE, THEN NOBODY COULD.
OBVIOUSLY 90% OF THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GONNA SEE IT.
I MEAN, IF YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, I'LL DO IT.
I MEAN, WHY WEREN'T WE NOTICED THE WAY WE ARE? I THINK WE, WE CAN, WE CAN'T.
WE'RE WE NEED THE NEXT SPEAKER NOW.
YOU CAN GET UP AGAIN IF YOU WANT.
I WORK WITH WESTEX ASSOCIATES ADDRESS AS ONE 19 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE.
UH, WE'RE A PROPERTY MANAGER FOR 100 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, UH, AND A COUPLE OF BUILDINGS ACROSS THE STREET FROM 100 EAST DALE AVENUE, WHICH I FEEL WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY THIS PROJECT.
UM, QUESTIONS ARE THAT COME UP JUST IN REVIEWING WHAT THEY'VE SAID AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST IS, UH, NUMBER ONE, UM, WHY NOW? 15, 20 YEARS AGO, THEY APPLIED TO THIS.
WHY NOW, SIMPLE COMPLAINTS OF A GOLF BALL.
UH, IS THERE A MAJOR BREAKAGE? WHAT'S THE MAJOR ISSUE THAT CREATES A INCREASE FOR THE NEED OF THE FENCE AND THE HEIGHT OF THE FENCE? ALSO, IT WAS 12 FEET LAST TIME, OR 25 FEET.
NOW THEY'RE ASKING FOR 90 FEET.
UM, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONLY 260 FEET AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY THAT'S IN CONCERN 100 EAST HARTSDALE, IT WILL STILL BE SEEN, UM, THEIR GREENERY BEHIND THEIR PROPERTY OR ON THEIR PROPERTY.
THAT 100 EAST HARSDALE FACES IS NOT VERY WELL KEPT, MAINTAINED, OR GROOMED IN A MANNER THAT REALLY WOULD SAY ANYTHING THAT A NETTING WILL IMPROVE OR DISAPPROVE.
UM, I HAVE PICTURES HERE FOR THE BOARD.
THEY COULD LOOK AT IT ON HOW THE PROPERTY IS MAINTAINED FROM THEIR SIDE, WHICH FACES OUR DIRECT PROPERTY.
AND WE SEE FROM OUR TERRACES, UH, WE DON'T FEEL THAT IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER.
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IT'S GOING TO BE LESS MAINTAINED BECAUSE OF THE NETTING.WE FEEL IT'S GONNA BE LESS, UH, APPEALING TO PEOPLE FOR THE TERRACES BECAUSE THEN THE GREENERY WILL JUST DIE AWAY.
THEY'RE GOING TO REMOVE GREENERY, BUT THEY'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PUTTING ANYTHING BACK.
IS THE GREENERY GOING TO INTERTWINE WITH THE NETTING? HOW IS IT GONNA BE MAINTAINED? HOW IS THE NETTING GOING TO BE MAINTAINED? BUT, AND RELEVANT OF ALL THAT ISSUES AND THE NETTING AND ALL THAT, WHICH ARE PROTECTIVE ISSUES, WHICH I DO UNDERSTAND FOR OTHER PROPERTIES, THE FLOODING ISSUE IS THE MAJOR ISSUE.
UH, I STAND HERE BEFORE THIS BOARD AGAIN, SIX YEARS LATER FROM WHEN I STOOD HERE BEFORE, WHEN THE, UH, GOLF COURSE HAD A PROJECT TO BUILD A SHED ON THE CENTRAL AVENUE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
THEY WANTED TO STORE THEIR CHEMICALS, THEIR VEHICLES, ALL DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WERE OUT AND UNDER TENTING, AND THEY WANTED TO PUT IT INSIDE.
WE DISCUSSED THAT THEY WERE GONNA PUT A RETAINAGE AREA AND THEY WERE GOING TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY AT OUR PROPERTY CONTROL FLOW REPORT BACK AS TO WHAT THEY WERE DOING TO DO THAT.
WE'VE CALLED THE TOWN NUMEROUS TIMES BECAUSE EVERY TIME THEY DO ANY SORT OF MAINTENANCE ON THEIR PROPERTY TOWARDS THE GREENERY, THEY LEAVE IT IN PLACE.
THEY LEAVE STUMPS, LOGS, BRANCHES ALL OVER, AND NOT JUST ALL OVER THE PROPERTY AT THE EDGE OF THE STREAM WHERE ANY INCREASE IN THE SIZE OR THE VALUE OR THE, UH, WATER LEVEL OF THE PROPERTY WILL ALLOW THIS STUFF TO FLOAT IN AND MOVE DOWN THE LINK AND BLOCK US UP.
I ALSO NOTICE IN THEIR PROPERTY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO A LOT OF DISTURBANCE OF SLOPES.
OKAY? THEY HAVE A 15 TO 25% SLOPE, UH, DISTURBANCE IN NORMAL SLOPES, STEEP SLOPES.
THEY HAVE A 25 TO 35% PLUS OR MINUS IN THE STEEP SLOPES, AND THEN THEY HAVE A 35% PLUS OR MINUS IN THE VERY STEEP SLOPES.
THIS DISTURBANCE OF THESE SLOPES ALSO IS GROUND AREA, WHICH IS GOING TO BE HOW HELD BACK.
WHAT'S GOING TO PREVENT IT FROM MUDDING WHEN THERE IS AN INCREASE IN WATER, WELL, IT'S GONNA PREVENT IT FROM BACKING UP AND FLOWING INTO THESE STREAMS. THAT'S GOING TO BACK UP ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THE NETTING, BUT WILL BE AFFECTED BY ALL THIS FLOODING AND WATER.
AND THERE'S NO SEEM TO BE ABOUT IT.
THE DRAINAGE THEY PROPOSE AROUND THE PROPERTY GOES INTO TANKS.
WHERE DO THOSE TANKS DRAIN INTO EVENTUALLY? HOW MUCH CAPACITY DO THEY HOLD? WHAT IS THE SATURATION POINT OF THE GROUND LEVEL FOR THE TREES THAT ARE BEING REMOVED FOR THE GROUND LEVEL? WHAT'S THE WIND CAPACITY OF THESE FENCES? THEN THE NETTING UP THERE, WE HAVE MAJOR STORMS AROUND HERE WHERE THE WIND CAN, CAN WHIP AROUND PRETTY HEAVILY, AND EVERYBODY'S KNOWN THAT, OKAY, TREES FALL CONSTANTLY.
THEY'VE HAD NUMEROUS TREES FALL FROM THEIR PROPERTY JUST BY KNOCK OF MAINTENANCE.
WHEN THE WIND COMES AROUND, WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND NUMEROUS PICTURES OF TREES THAT HAVE FALLEN BECAUSE THEY'VE JUST BLOWN OVER IN THE WIND.
SO OUR CONCERN IS NOT MOSTLY THE NETTING AND THE UNSIGHTLINESS OR THE AESTHETIC VALUE OF WHAT IT'S GONNA DO, BUT WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT HOW IT'S GONNA DEVALUE THE PROPERTY WITH FLOODING.
I HAVE A LETTER HERE THAT I SENT TO THE BOARD IN APRIL OF 2016, WHICH EXPLAINS HOW THE BRONX RIVER AND HOW THE FLOW OF WATER HAS CHANGED OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS IN THE PAST SIX YEARS.
SINCE THAT TIME, THERE'S BEEN NOTHING DONE EVER TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
I KEEP HEARING IT'S BEING MANAGEMENT, WE'RE DISCUSSING IT HERE.
IT'S THE STATE, IT'S THIS, WE'RE PUTTING GRANTS.
SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
TO ADD MORE STORAGE OR DRAINAGE THAT'S GOING TO FLOW IN THERE AND TO HOLD WATER IN PLACE WHEN IT WILL BUILD UP AFTER A WHILE AT A SATURATION POINT, IS NOT REALLY WELL THOUGHT OUT ON THEIR PART.
THERE IS NO REAL STORM MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE THAT THEY HAVE OTHER THAN HOLDING WATER WHERE IT'S JUST GONNA ADD TO THE WATER THAT'S ALREADY THERE, AND THEN IF THEY CAN'T GET RID OF IT, GONNA BUILD UP AND BUILD UP AND BUILD UP.
SO OUR QUESTIONS ARE WHY? WHAT'S THE NEED FOR IT? WHAT IS THEIR PURPOSE? AND WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO ABOUT IF THERE IS BACKUPS? AND WHAT ARE THEIR EMERGENCY PLANS? BECAUSE THESE BUBBLES THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE REMOVABLE IN A MAJOR STORM.
WHAT IF THEY START BLOWING OFF? WELL, WHO'S GONNA BE PREPARED TO DO THAT.
WHAT PLANS DO THEY HAVE IN PLACE FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS? I THANK THE BOARD VERY MUCH.
ANNA, YOU MIGHT WANT TO SPELL YOUR NAME FOR THE SONOGRAPHER.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
UH, MY COMMENT, THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS ECHOED MUCH OF MY COMMENTS, BUT I'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE ONCE AGAIN, UM, SEVERAL THINGS.
ONE, WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE WITH THE NETTING.
UH, OBVIOUSLY IT IS NOT GOING TO BE BEHIND 100 EAST.
SOMEWHAT WE'RE TOLD, BUT WE'LL STILL BE SEEN.
MORE IMPORTANTLY IS HOW BIG ARE THOSE POLES? HOW FAR INTO THE GROUND WILL THEY GO? HOW MUCH WILL IT FURTHER IMPACT THE FLOODING, WHICH WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT HARTSDALE AVENUE HAS EXPERIENCED.
UM, I TOOK A FEW MOMENTS TODAY TO WALK DOWN AND SPEAK TO, UM, OUR LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS AND A, THEY'VE RECEIVED NO NOTIFICATION AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, BUT THEY ARE QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT
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THE DAMAGE THEY HAVE SUSTAINED.MOST RECENTLY DURING, UH, THE TROPICAL STORM IDA, UH, THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED COMPENSATION.
MANY OF THEM, HUNAN, UH, VILLAGE, I BELIEVE IS THE NAME OF THE SHOP, HAS WAS CLOSED FOR THREE AND A HALF MONTHS.
THEY SUSTAINED OVER $30,000 IN DAMAGES, WHICH THEY HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET BECAUSE FEMA DID NOT COME FORWARD.
THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY DID NOT COME FORWARD.
UH, THE LIQUOR STORE, SIMILAR SITUATION, $19,000 IN DAMAGES.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE NEED THOSE BUSINESSES TO KEEP THE VITALITY OF HARTSDALE, TO KEEP IT A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO COME TO LIVE.
AND IF THESE BUSINESSES SUSTAIN ONE MORE FLOOD, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STAY IN BUSINESS.
AND OUR REPUTATION AS A VILLAGE THAT FLOODS HAS, IS CERTAINLY SPREAD WIDESPREAD.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW EASILY IT WILL BE TO GET FUTURE BUSINESSES TO TAKE ON THOSE LEASES.
IN TERMS OF THE DAMAGE WE SUSTAINED AT 100 EAST, IT EXCEEDED $500,000 IN DAMAGE TO OUR PROPERTY.
THOSE WERE PERSONAL PROPERTY DAMAGES.
UH, MY FEAR IS THAT THESE, THE GOLF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THEY ARE OUR NEIGHBORS.
THE PROPERTY THAT, THAT WE BORDER, IF THEY DO NOT CLEAR UP THE DEBRIS THAT CURRENTLY FALLS IN A MANNER THAT'S REGULAR AND DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE OR EXACERBATE ANY FLOODING BY MOVING INTO THE STREAM, WE HAVE A REAL PROBLEM.
UH, I DON'T FEEL, OR I'M NOT SURE THAT ALL OF THE PROPOSED, UM, TENNIS BUBBLES AND, AND NETTING WILL NOT IN INDEED IMPACT THIS BY A REMOVING VEGETATION OR REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF VEGETATION THAT ALLOWS ABSORPTION OF WATER.
UH, THERE WERE SOME VERY GOOD POINTS MADE PREVIOUSLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WATER TANKS AND NOT ENOUGH DRAINAGE.
IT'S A REAL PROBLEM, AS WE ALL KNOW.
OUR STORMS ARE GETTING MORE FREQUENT AND STRONGER.
THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO TAKE MEASURES THAT MAY EXACERBATE CONDITIONS AND CAUSE MORE FLOODING TO OUR AREA.
AND THEN THERE'S THE PROBLEM OF THE PROPERTY VALUES WHEN YOU PUT UP THE NETTING.
GOOD POINT WAS MADE THAT THE TWO BUILDINGS THAT HAVE MADE THE COMPLAINTS ARE RENTAL PROPERTIES AND WITH NO, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO RENTAL PROPERTIES, WE ARE OWNERS.
THE REST OF US ARE COOPERATIVES.
SO OUR MAIN INVESTMENT IN OUR HOME IS RIGHT THERE.
AND SO WE HAVE MAYBE A GREATER INTEREST IN PRESERVING, UH, THE LACK OF FLOODING AND THE PROPERTY VALUES.
CERTAINLY A 90 FOOT NET IS EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH.
UM, SO I THINK THAT THE BOARD OR THE ZONING BOARD SHOULD DEFINITELY CONSIDER THIS AND MORE.
FINALLY, IF A DECISION IS GOING TO BE MADE NEXT WEEK, IT'S ALMOST POINTLESS THAT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.
AND MY FRUSTRATION IS THAT WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THIS BEFORE AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING ALL THESE POINTS FORWARD.
I DUNNO IF I'VE ARTICULATED THEM ALL AS WELL AS I HOPED TO, BUT I THINK YOU GET WHAT I MEAN.
I JUST WANTED TO ONE BIT OF CLARIFICATION HERE.
JUST, WE ARE 100 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUES ADDRESS.
YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF, UH, THE FLOOD MITIGATION, YOU KNOW, THE FLOOD CONCERN, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO FEEL THAT TOWN BOARDS LIKE GONNA IGNORE THE FLOOD ISSUE.
YOU KNOW, WE SAW, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE SEPARATE ISSUES, BUT AT OUR LAST MEETING, UM, WE VOTED TO APPLY FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR GRANTS TO, UM, UH, TO TRY COMING UP WITH A PLAN TO ADDRESS A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD MITIGATION, YOU KNOW, EFFORTS.
UM, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES HAS A NEW GRANT THAT'S OUT THERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD, UM, YOU KNOW, DECIDED TO BE PROACTIVE, NOT WAIT, YOU KNOW, TO BE PROACTIVE.
WE WANNA GET OUR DUCKS, UH, IN ORDER.
UM, UM, IF WE'RE ELIGIBLE FOR THE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, WE'RE HIRING, YOU KNOW, CONSULTANT, A K R F, THEY DID THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, STUDY, YOU KNOW, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO THE NEXT STEP WHERE WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY APPLY FOR, YOU KNOW, A GRANT.
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, PLAN OF ACTION TO, UM, REDUCE, YOU KNOW, FLOODING, UM, ON YOUR, IN, IN THE AVENUE.
I MEAN, IT'S VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE, UM, COMING UP WITH A SOLUTION.
BUT WE ARE, WE ARE TRYING, AND GAR KANE THE COMMISSIONER PLANNING HAS BEEN WORKING
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VERY, VERY HARD.UM, YOU KNOW, ON THIS, ON THIS EFFORT.
SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A SEPARATE ISSUE, BUT I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO THINK THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING THE OTHER WAY AND, YOU KNOW, GAVE UP ON, ON COMING UP WITH A PLAN FOR FLOOD MITIGATION.
ANYBODY ELSE? JUDITH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE ON THE LIST? YES.
AND IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS WHEN YOU GO TO THE MIC.
FRANCINE BACCI, 100 EAST HARSDALE AVENUE.
I AGREE WITH 80 EAST, WITH TOM, WITH ANNA.
THERE IS A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE GOLF COURSE.
I'VE ONLY LIVED IN HARTSDALE FOR 13 YEARS, BUT ALL I'VE HEARD IS PROBLEMS, NOT WITH JUST FROM 80 AND FROM ANNA AND TOM 'CAUSE I'M ON THE BOARD AT 100 FROM THE NEIGHBORS AS WELL.
THE SHAREHOLDERS, THEY ALWAYS COMPLAIN ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE.
THERE HAVE TO BE MORE COMMUNICATION.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE DOING ALL THE WORK OUTSIDE OF THE FLOODING.
I AM A BIRD LOVER TO SEE NETS GO UP FINE.
BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU BIRDS WILL GET CAUGHT ON THOSE NETS.
I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY SAYS, I'VE OWNED BIRDS MY WHOLE LIFE UNTIL I CAME HERE.
AND IF YOU WANNA PUT THE NETS UP, GO AHEAD, TAKE TREES DOWN.
WHERE WILL THE BIRDS GO? I KNOW THERE'S MORE TO LIFE THAN BIRDS, BUT THEY ARE BIRDS.
IT'S NICE TO HEAR THEM CHIRPING IN THE DAY IN THE MORNING.
I ALWAYS HEAR THEM AT THREE 30.
AM THEY FAITHFULLY EVERY MORNING.
I'D LIKE TO STILL HEAR THOSE BIRDS, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
AND I JUST THINK THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD THE COMMUNITY IN AN ADVANCE NOTICE.
I HAD TO SEE IT UP ON MY BULLETIN BOARD.
SUSAN WEIL FROM A D EAST HARTSDALE.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO ADD TO WHAT DEBORAH AND THE FOLKS FROM 100 HAVE SAID.
UM, I'VE BEEN IN THE BUILDING FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS.
UH, MY CAR DROWNED IN THE STORM, UH, LAST SEPTEMBER.
SO FLOODING IS CLEARLY MY MAJOR CONCERN.
AND I'M, I'M WORRIED THAT WITH WHATEVER CHANGES TO VEGETATION, UM, WE HAVE A PRO, WE HAD A PROBLEM BEFORE THE NETTING AND WHATEVER, AND I'M JUST SUPER CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN THE NEXT TIME WE HAVE A BIG STORM.
AND IT'S GONNA BE, THEY'RE COMING FAST AND FURIOUS THESE DAYS WITH, WITH WEATHER CHANGES.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO WAIT A HUNDRED YEARS FOR THE NEXT STORM.
SO, UM, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WANTS TO GO THROUGH WHAT WE ALL WENT THROUGH IN SEPTEMBER, UH, A SECOND TIME.
UH, MOST OF US COULDN'T AFFORD IT.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT THAT'S MY MAIN WORRY, IS WHAT HAPPENS WITH WHERE DOES ALL THE WATER GO? CAN I ASK A, A QUESTION ON OF, OF THE APPLICANT, A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THE FLOODING CONCERNS? YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE RETAINED THE SERVICES OF A K R F TO DO A FLOODING, YOU KNOW, STUDY.
I'M WONDERING IF, UM, IF THEY WOULD, YOU KNOW, AGREE TO ASK, SAY A K R F, WHICH IS OUR CONSULTANT ON FLOODING, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON A MITIGATION PLAN TO REVIEW THE IMPACTS OF, UM, OF NETTING ON, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ON FLOODING.
YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT THAT'S A, I FEEL IT'S A LEGITIMATE, LEGITIMATE, YOU KNOW, ISSUE.
AND IF WE HAD SOMEBODY WHO'S INDEPENDENT, UM, YOU KNOW, REVIEW, YOU KNOW, THIS ISSUE AND, AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IT, IT WILL HAVE A PROBLEM, IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT, OR IT WON'T HAVE AN IMPACT.
OR IF YOU OR THIS TYPE OF NETTING, UH, MAY NOT BE AS BAD, I THINK THEN IT WOULD PUT PEOPLE TO, UH, TO EASE.
YOU KNOW, I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT COULD, I MEAN, DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE? I THINK YOU MEAN TAKING DOWN TREES TO PUT UP THE NETTING
SO WE'RE, WE'RE MR. FINER, UH, JUST NOT, NOT TO CUT YOU OFF, UH, BUT TO SOME EXTENT THAT INDEPENDENT REVIEW HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.
AND WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT? SO,
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FLOODING AND STORMWATER RUNOFF IS AN ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION ACTUALLY BEFORE WE APPLIED TO THE TOWN, UH, PARTICULARLY BY THE PARKING DISTRICT.SO AS PART OF OUR, OUR PRE-APPLICATION WORK, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING OUR WORK SESSION IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR, WE HEARD FROM THE TOWN REACH OUT TO THEIR NEIGHBORS.
AND WE WORKED WITH TOWN STAFF TO GENERATE A LIST OF PROPERTIES THAT BOTH PARTIES FELT WOULD ACTUALLY BE IMPACTED BY THIS WORK.
SO WE REACHED OUT TO THE PARKING DISTRICT, 180, 1 70, 1 60, 1 50, 1 40, AND ONE 20 EAST HARTSDALE ROAD, AS WELL AS THE GREEN RIDGE CIVIC ASSOCIATION, UH, UP ON CLUB WAY CORRECT.
IT WAS DETERMINED BY STAFF, WE'RE THE ONES, UH, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT, CAN'T DO THAT.
BUT WHAT WE HEARD WAS, PARTICULARLY FROM THE PARKING DISTRICT, A CONCERN ABOUT STORMWATER RUNOFF AND STORMWATER MITIGATION.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE PAID SIGNIFICANT ATTENTION TO.
AND THEY WERE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED WITH THE EFFECTS OF RUNOFF FROM TENNIS ENCLOSURE, SINCE THAT'S ACTUALLY A CHANGE IN IMPERVIOUS, NOT NECESSARILY AN AMOUNT, BUT AN ANGLE.
'CAUSE YOU'RE PUTTING IT OVER A FLAT, SEMI IMPERVIOUS SURFACE THAT ALREADY EXISTS.
BUT WE'VE PROVIDED A DETAILED CALCULATED STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN, AND THIS WAS A SUBJECT OF GREAT DEBATE WITH THE ZONING BOARD, AND IT WAS REFERRED OUT TO JIM, ME AND YOUR INDEPENDENT TOWN ENGINEER FOR HIS REVIEW TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUFF WAS UP TO SNUFF.
ESSENTIALLY SAYING, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO INCREASE PEAK RATE RUNOFF MEETING THE STANDARDS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL.
JIM'S REVIEW CAME BACK AND HE WAS SATISFIED THAT WHAT WE HAD PROVIDED WAS SATISFACTORY.
NOT ONLY THAT, WE THINK THAT THE CHANGES WE'RE MAKING AROUND THE ENCLOSURE, GIVEN THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE IN PLACE ALL YEAR ROUND, NOT JUST WHEN THE BUBBLE IS UP, WILL PROVIDE A NET BENEFIT TO RATE OF RUNOFF FROM STORMWATER.
SO THAT INDEPENDENT REVIEW, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IT, IT'S BEEN DONE BY YOUR TOWN ENGINEER, AND HE MADE SURE TO CHECK OUR WORK AS HE SHOULD.
WE KNEW THIS WAS AN ISSUE WE DESIGNED TO IT.
UH, SO I, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT.
UH, AND THEN AS FAR AS THE CONCERNS ON TREE REMOVAL, YOU RECENTLY PASSED A TREE REMOVAL ORDINANCE, WHICH WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH YOUR ARBORIST, UH,
SO I DID WANT TO ADDRESS THAT JUST AS WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.
SO WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SAY, UH, CONTRARY TO WHAT WE JUST, UH, RECENTLY HEARD, THAT IF WE WENT OUT THERE TOMORROW, WE WOULDN'T FIND DOWN TREES, WHETHER NOT NATURALLY, OR FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT COULD, IF THERE WAS A STORM LIKE WE HAD LAST SEPTEMBER, UH, PUT DEBRIS INTO THE, UH, THE, UH, WEIR.
SO MR. SHEEN, I GUESS THE, ARE YOU ASKING THIS IN RELATION TO STORMWATER IMPACTS? I'M ASKING THIS IN RELATION TO, TO YOUR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN WHAT YOU PUT UP.
OH, SIR, I, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE GROUNDSKEEPER WITH US, BUT IF, IF THERE'S A CONDITION TO MAINTAIN THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER, I'M, I, I GUESS I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED BY THE QUESTION.
MY, MY, MY QUESTION'S VERY CLEAR.
I DON'T WANNA BE, I DON'T WANNA BE CONFUSING AT ALL ON THIS ISSUE.
A BIG ISSUE IS DO YOU MAINTAIN WHAT YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN WHEN YOU PUT SOMETHING UP, WHEN WE GIVE YOU AN APPROVAL? DO YOU LIVE UP, LIVE UP TO THAT APPROVAL? AND WHAT WE HEARD IS THAT YOU'RE NOT GOOD NEIGHBORS.
UH, I'M GIVING YOU A CHANCE TO REFUTE IT.
UH, AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T REALLY HELPED OUT IN PREVENTING FLOODING, AND THE WAY WE'RE HEARING THAT YOU HAVEN'T HELPED OUT IS THAT YOU ALLOW DOWN TREES, BRANCHES, UH, LIMBS, WHATEVER, UH, TO REMAIN ON THE GROUND, AND THEN SHOULD A STORM COME, THEY GET WASHED IN AND CAUSE A BLOCKAGE.
SO IF WE GO OUT TOMORROW, WE'RE NOT GONNA FIND THAT I, I DON'T HAVE AN, WELL, YOU HAVE A GROUND, YOU HAVE A GROUND KEEPER HERE, SO WE HAVE A GROUNDSKEEPER HERE, BUT HE'D HAVE TO COME TO THE SURE PODIUM.
UH, WHAT I WOULD NOTE THOUGH, IS IF LANDSCAPING OR SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE IS A CONDITION OF A PRIOR APPROVAL OR THIS ONE GOING FORWARD, THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO UPHOLD.
SO IF IT'S A CONDITION OF A PRIOR APPROVAL, YOU THE TOWN HAVE ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY, CERTAINLY.
UH, BUT I'LL GIVE OUR GROUNDSKEEPER, MATT SEVERINO, A CHANCE TO RESPOND AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
JUDA, HOW MANY OTHER SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE? THERE ARE NO, UM, SPEAKERS FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
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MR. SEVERINA.UM, I WORK AT SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB.
I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE, UH, 1992, SO 31 YEARS.
UM, MET WITH THE TOWN, UH, SEVERAL TIMES ON, UM, YOU KNOW, A, A NUMBER OF ISSUES INCLUDING, UH, MOST RECENTLY, UM, EFFORTS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE WITH THE TOWN, UM, FOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, LOOKING FOR FEDERAL MONEY TO, UH, COME UP WITH PROJECTS THAT WOULD ADDRESS SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, EXIST IN, IN GREENBURG.
UM, I'VE DEALT WITH THE TOWN, UH, SEVERAL TIMES WITH CONCERNS, UH, SUPPOSEDLY I ASSUME THAT WENT INTO THE TOWN, UH, WHERE THE INSPECTORS WOULD COME OUT, MEET WITH US, CHECK OUT, YOU KNOW, CONDITION OF, YOU KNOW, DRAINAGE DITCHES.
UM, THE ONE TIME THEY CAME OUT, UH, THEY DEEMED THAT THE DITCH THAT WAS ACTUALLY CLOGGED WAS ON OUR NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.
AND, UM, LOOK TO THEM FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR CULPABILITY FOR THAT.
UM, IF SOMETHING WERE TO FALL ON OUR SIDE OF THE PROPERTY INTO A STREAM, IT STILL HAS TO GO THROUGH A CHAIN LINK FENCE.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A COVERED SCREEN.
UH, I BELIEVE IT'S BEHIND THE 80 BUILDING.
UH, SO NOTHING OF ANY, UH, SUBSTANCE OR SIZE IS GOING TO GET INTO THE PIPES BECAUSE THERE'S A CHAIN LINK FENCE FIRST, AND THEN THERE'S A, A, A A, ANOTHER COVER ON THE PIPE.
SO I HAVE NEVER ONCE SEEN ANYTHING LARGE GO THERE.
WE CHECK IT ROUTINELY, DOES STUFF FLOW IN OFF OF CENTRAL AVENUE.
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, WE'RE IN, IN AND OUT FOR WATER.
THERE'S A LOT OF DEBRIS THAT, THAT COMES THROUGH OUR PROPERTY.
WHEN THE RAINS COME DOWN, HARD THINGS WASH INTO THE STREAM, WASH INTO OUR LAKE, GO OUT THROUGH THE OUTFLOW AND GO OUT.
I MEAN, WE CAN'T CONTROL THIS, THIS, A LOT OF THIS GARBAGE, I WOULD SAY VERY LITTLE OF THIS GARBAGE IS ACTUALLY GENERATED ON OUR PROPERTY.
WE COLLECT WATER FROM, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF ACRES INCLUDING OURS, OF WHICH CONSISTS OF ALMOST, YOU KNOW, ALL GRASS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, UH, NON IMPERVIOUS, UH, YOU KNOW, AREAS.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO THINK THAT SOMEHOW WE'RE GENERATING A LOT OF THE MATERIAL THAT'S GETTING CLOGGED IN, UH, YOU KNOW, IN JUST RECENT, UH, YOU KNOW, RECENTLY WE TALKED TO, UM, UH, THE TOWN AND THEIR ENGINEERS THAT THEY HIRED ON THIS PLAN THAT WE WERE ADDRESSING WITH FEMA, AND THE TOWN ADMITTED THAT A LOT OF THEIR PIPES WERE GETTING CLOGGED IN A, AND AN ISSUE WITH THE EXISTING PIPES THAT LEAD INTO OUR LAKE ARE CLOGGED UP WITH STUFF UPSTREAM OF OURS.
I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS.
THAT'S, THAT'S PREVENTING WATER FROM COMING ONTO OUR PROPERTY, YOU KNOW? SO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, TO, TO, TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE OR A PROBLEM BY SAYING THAT SOMEHOW IF THERE IS A CONDITION THAT EXISTS, IT MUST BE THE PERSON WHOSE PROPERTY IT'S ON IS NOT ALWAYS ACCURATE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE TOWN IS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, ABLE TO COME OVER AND, AND CHECK THINGS OUT.
UH, YOU KNOW, GARRETT'S BEEN ON PROPERTY, I WAS ON PROPERTY WITH HIM, UH, WITH THE ENGINEERS MAKING THIS PLAN THAT THEY HAD.
HE'S, HE'S SEEN EVERYTHING MULTIPLE TIMES.
I'VE HAD THE GUYS FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I I THINK THAT'S AN UNFAIR CHARACTERIZATION.
I'VE HEARD, I'VE HEARD THE RESIDENTS MENTION A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND I, I DON'T THINK I'VE HEARD YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION OF WHEN YOU ARE DOING MAINTENANCE ON YOUR PROPERTY AS FAR AS CUTTING DOWN TREES, UM, ANY TYPE OF LANDSCAPE WHERE YOU'RE DOING, ARE YOU CLEANING UP THAT DEBRIS TO PREVENT, UM, UNSIGHTLY, UH, SITES, IF YOU WILL? OR EVEN THAT DEBRIS, IF A STORM WAS TO COME THAT IT'S NOT, UM, FLOWING INTO OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEM? YEAH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I, I MEAN, I'VE NEVER SEEN, I'VE NEVER SEEN DEBRIS THAT WE CUT DOWN OR ANY DEBRIS CREATE A CLOG IN ANY KIND OF PIPE.
SO, SO NOT EVEN DURING THE, SO LET ME, LET ME, SO I'M TALKING ABOUT, SO REGULAR MAINTENANCE NOW, THAT'S THE SUMMERTIME.
WE HAVE A REGULAR MAINTENANCE, ALL THE WEAKNESS THAT YOU ARE DOING, ARE YOU CLEANING THE DEBRIS AFTER YOU DO ALL OF YOUR CLEANUP? BECAUSE I'M HEARING THIS, I'VE HEARD THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES, I'VE SEEN, I'VE SEEN IT ON THE EMAIL, SO I JUST HAVEN'T HEARD YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
YEAH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, YOU KNOW, TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES, IF IT'S A PLACE THAT WE CAN GET INTO, IF IT'S A PLACE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE ACCESS TO, I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S STREAMS, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A, UH, I WANNA SAY IT'S A 15 FOOT WIDE STREAM, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WE'D HAVE TO CROSS TO, TO GET THERE.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE KEEP, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP THE STREAM ITSELF AND THE SURROUNDINGS OF THE STREAM CLEAR OF DEBRIS.
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YOU KNOW, WITHOUT ANY, YOU KNOW, TO MY RECORD, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING COME OUT OF A SITE VISIT FROM A TOWN INSPECTOR SAYING THAT A DEBRIS IN OUR, ON OUR SIDE OF THE PROPERTY WAS IN ANY STREAM.OKAY, SO LET'S TAKE, LET'S TAKE THE INSPECTOR OUT OF IT, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO WHEN YOU DO YOUR MAINTENANCE AND YOU'RE GOING YOUR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, SO IF YOU DO IT EVERY WEEK, EVERY TWO WEEKS, YES.
ARE YOU CHECKING TO MAKE SURE AFTER YOUR CREW OR YOUR TEAM YES.
HAS CON HAS CLEANED UP THAT AREA, THAT THEY'VE TAKEN THE DEBRIS AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE CUT DOWN FROM WHATEVER, TREES, GLASS CLIPPINGS, ANYTHING AWAY JUST TO PREVENT ANY OF THIS HAPPENING TO, YOU KNOW? YEAH, I MEAN IT'S, IF THE DAM WAS TO, IF A STREAM WAS TO COME, BECAUSE LIKE, AGAIN, I'M GONNA SAY IT AGAIN.
I KEEP HEARING THE SAME THING THAT I, I HAVE, I HAVEN'T SEEN, YEAH, I HAVEN'T SEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY EVIDENCE OF IT.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MEMBERS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, USE OUR FACILITY.
UM, I, I WOULD THINK, I'D ALMOST GUARANTEE IF WE WERE LEAVING A LOT OF DEBRIS AROUND, I WOULD PROBABLY BE THE FIRST TO KNOW IT.
AND LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN ON PROPERTY FOR OVER 30 YEARS, SO, UM, IT'S A REASONABLY NEAT PROPERTY.
UH, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING SAY, I, I'M NOT DISPUTING YOU.
UM, THE RESIDENTS HAVE SAID SOMETHING.
THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, THEY SEEM TO DISAGREE WITH YOU.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING IF THEY HAVE DOCUMENTATION OR SOMETHING.
DAVID, TURN THE MICROPHONE TOWARDS YOU.
IF THEY HAVE DOCUMENTATION, UM, PRIOR TO THE MEETING, UH, THAT'LL BE HELPFUL.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT TOO, IF, IF THERE, THERE MAY BE AN AREA OF CONCERN THAT YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF.
UM, BUT, UH, THIS MEETING IS GONNA BE HELD OVER SO THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY IN THE INTER INTERIM TIME THEY CAN PROVIDE THAT.
AND THEN YOU CAN RESPOND TO THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
I CAN GIVE YOU PICTURES RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN YESTERDAY OF THE PROPERTY.
PRESENT TO THE BOARD FOR THEIR, WHERE THEY REVIEW NEXT MEETING WHEN, WHEN WE'RE DONE, IF YOU BRING THEM UP.
IS THAT IT, JUDITH? THERE ARE NO FURTHER REQUESTS.
ACTUALLY, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO AT LEAST SUMMARIZE WHAT THEY ARE ON THE RECORD.
SO THAT, SO IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE SUBMITTED INTO OUR OFFICIAL RECORD, THAT THEY'D BE SUMMARIZED.
UH, DAVID, IN RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION, THERE ARE NO FURTHER REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
SO WHEN WOULD WE WANT TO, UH, POSTPONE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING? NEXT MEETING.
CAN I ASK IF I COULD ASK A QUESTION? OH, NO, THAT'S THE, TO THE TOWN BOARD TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RESPONSE, UH, UH, TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT QUESTION AND TO RESPOND TO YOU.
DEBORAH HAS ASKED TO A REQUEST TO ASK A QUESTION.
SO NOR NORMALLY WHEN WE HOLD SOMETHING OVER, WE DON'T HAVE A SECOND ROUND.
UM, BUT IT, IT'S UP TO THE CHAIR TO, TO, UH, I, I MEAN, NOT FAILED.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE.
I DON'T MIND REALLY HEARING AND BECAUSE THE ZONING BOARD WILL BE MAKING SOME MAY OR MAY NOT BE MAKING A DETERMINATION.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE AS MUCH OF A RECORD AS WE CAN TONIGHT.
I, I, I DO HAVE A FEW COMMENTS WITH REGARD TO STORMWATER.
UM, SO IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, I, I CAN BRIEF AND JUST GIVE, GIVE A JUST A QUICK, QUICK, UH, COUPLE POINTS.
BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE MS. BLOOM COME UP AND THEN I, I WAS IT MR. F FLACO? YEAH.
UH, SO THEN AFTER THAT, COME UP WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHS AND JUST IDENTIFY WHAT THEY ARE.
SO WE CAN COMPLETE THAT ASPECT OF THEM.
DEBORAH BLOOM? I'M, YEAH, DEBORAH BLOOM THE EAST, UM, 15 YEARS AGO.
IT WAS NOT THE TOWN BOARD I SPOKE BEFORE, BUT THE ZONING BOARD, WHICH IS WHERE I WOULD'VE BEEN IF I'D KNOWN ABOUT THIS.
AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS, DO YOU KNOW WHETHER ANY OPPONENTS TO THIS PROPOSAL SPOKE AT THE ZONING BOARD, ASSUMING THAT ANY OF THEM KNEW ABOUT IT? THIS BOARD WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T KNOW IT.
IT'S A SEPARATE BOARD, SO YOU'D HAVE TO, I KNOW IT'S A SEPARATE BOARD, BUT AS TOWN BOARD MEMBERS, THEY MIGHT HAVE HEARD SOMETHING.
THE ANSWER IS, WE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AT THE MEETING.
MR. VRABEL MAY BE ABLE TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON THAT AFTERWARDS.
I THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR YOU TO FIND OUT, BECAUSE IF NOBODY WHO WAS IN OPPOSITION HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THE ZONING BOARD, I THINK THEY NEED TO REOPEN THE HEARING.
WELL, THAT'S THEIR DETERMINATION.
BUT THAT WOULD BE THE DECENT DEMOCRATIC APPROPRIATE THING TO DO.
MR. VRABEL, DO YOU WANNA ADDRESS WHETHER ANYONE SPOKE? WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO WAIT UNTIL PUBLIC COMMENT IS OVER? I THINK PUBLIC COMMENT IS OVER, OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT, UH, THE GENTLEMAN IS GONNA BRING UP THE PHOTOGRAPHS
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AT THE END.UH, I'D LIKE TO NOTE A COUPLE THINGS JUST WITH REGARD TO THE, EXCUSE ME, SORRY.
UH, I'D LIKE TO NOTE A COUPLE THINGS JUST WITH REGARD TO THE ZONING.
UH, FIRST, YES, THERE WAS A CONCERN.
NEIGHBOR, THE REPRESENTATIVE AND ATTORNEY FOR THE PARKING DISTRICT DID COME OUT AND VOICE THEIR CONCERN.
THEY ACTUALLY ASKED THE BOARD NOT TO GRANT THE VARIANCE, UH, ULTIMATELY OVER THE ISSUE OF STORMWATER.
BUT THE BOARD, UPON HEARING FROM JIM MEEN, DECIDED THAT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO CLOSE THE HEARING AND TO ISSUE A NEGATIVE DECLARATION FINDING MINIMAL ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, IF ANY.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY WITH REGARD TO THE NOTICING, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE, HOW DOES NOTICING WORK IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG? WE ARE REQUIRED AS THE APPLICANT TO WORK WITH THE TOWN ASSESSOR TO GENERATE A NOTICE LIST OF ALL THOSE NEIGHBORS WITHIN A CERTAIN RADIUS.
THE ASSESSOR PROVIDES THE LIST, WE THEN GENERATE MAILING LABELS AND PROVIDE IT TO THE SECRETARY FOR THE ZONING BOARD WHO ISSUES THE MAILINGS.
ALL OF THAT WAS DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH TOWN CODE.
ALL OF THAT WAS DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH STAFF.
THE INFERENCE THAT SOMEHOW WE DID NOT, OR THAT THE TOWN DID NOT PROVIDE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, I THINK IS INAPPROPRIATE AND UNCALLED FOR.
AND I THINK IT IMPUGNS THE INTEGRITY OF STAFF.
AND I THINK IT SPEAKS NEGATIVELY TO MY CLIENT'S INTENTIONS.
AND WE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH NEIGHBORS.
WE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF, WE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH VARIOUS BOARDS.
WE CAME TO YOU AT A WORK SESSION THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO EARLY ON BECAUSE WE WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT.
CERTAINLY, MR. FINER, YOU ARE WELCOME TO PROVIDE EXTRA NOTICE BY GOING AROUND AND PUTTING SIGNS UP ON PEOPLE'S DOORS.
BUT I WANNA BE CLEAR, WE ABIDED BY THE TOWN CODE AND ALL OF ITS NOTICING REQUIREMENTS.
WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THOSE NOTICING REQUIREMENTS WERE UPHELD.
WE EVEN PUT UP NOTICING SIGNS AT THE REQUEST OF STAFF, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED BY TOWN CODE.
SO, I, I, I DON'T MEAN TO GET TOO HEATED ON THIS, BUT I'M HEARING A LOT OF THIS IS BEING, I'VE SEEN EMAILS SAYING THIS IS BEING PUT UNDER THE RUGGERS IN SOME WAY, CIRCUMVENTING PROCESS.
AND I WANNA BE CLEAR THAT THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
IN ADDITION TO THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT, AND THE PRIOR TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS WE HAD WITH THE ZONING BOARD, YOU'VE SAID THERE'S GONNA BE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING WITH THIS BOARD IN TWO WEEKS.
WE HAVE A FOLLOWING PUBLIC HEARING, ASSUMING WE GET THROUGH YOUR BOARD, BUT THE PLANNING BOARD ON THE SLOW PERMIT APPLICATION, THERE IS A THOROUGH REVIEW PROCESS IN PLACE AND A THOROUGH PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS IN PLACE.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR FOR THE RECORD.
IF YOU COULD JUST, UH, COME TO THE MICROPHONE, JUST TELL, TELL US WHAT YOU'RE GIVING US AND THEN YOU CAN HAND IT TO ME.
UH, WHAT I HAVE HERE ARE PICTURES I TOOK PERSONALLY OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY FROM MY PARKING LOT AT 100 EAST HARTSDALE, FACING THE GOLF COURSE.
I TOOK UP CLOSE PICTURES THROUGH THE FENCE.
UM, WHAT THE GOLF COURSE IS ALSO NOT, UH, I GUESS REALIZING OR MAYBE, UH, ADMITTING TO IS THAT THE PROPERTY THAT THE GOLF COURSE OWNS NOT ONLY IS ON THEIR SIDE OF THE RIVER, BUT ON OUR SIDE OF THE RIVER.
SO THEIR PROPERTY EXTENDS TO THIS FENCE.
SO THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO BOTH SIDES OF THE STREAM TO MAINTAIN AND KEEP THE DEBRIS FROM IT.
NUMBER TWO, THEY CUT DOWN TREES FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AGO, MAYBE SIX MONTHS AGO.
THEY HAD AN IN, THEY WANTED TO USE MY PARKING LOT.
ALL THE TREES THEY CUT DOWN, THEY LEFT ALL THE STUMPS, ALL THE LOGS, THE TREE, THE TREES THEMSELVES.
THEY LET THE TREES, THEY CUT 'EM, THEY FELL RIGHT ON THE GROUND.
THERE'S ONE TREE LAYING RIGHT ACROSS THE STREAM ON A BRIDGE.
THEY ALSO HAD A LOG IN THE STREAM, WHICH BACKED UP THE STREAM DURING THE HURRICANE IDA.
UM, I HAVE PICTURES OF ALSO THE OVERGROWTH THAT NOW NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE THE TREES HANGING OVER THE STREAM, BUT NOW WE HAVE ARCHWAYS BEING BUILT BY ALL THE VINES THAT ARE INTERTWINING FROM ONE SIDE OF THE STREAM TO THE OTHER.
SO ONCE THEY MAKE AN ARCH, ALL OF THOSE LEAVES AND ALL OF THAT DEBRIS WILL FALL INTO THE STREAM AND WILL NEVER BE CUT BACK OR TAKEN CARE OF.
NONE OF THESE PICTURES DEPICT ANYTHING.
THERE'S PICTURES OF 80 WHEN THEY SAY THEY HAVE NO ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY.
THAT'S NOT AN ACCURATE STATEMENT.
WHEN WE PUT UP OUR FENCE, WE CALLED THEM AND WE ASKED THEM IF WE COULD PUT UP THE FENCE, MADE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS GOOD WITH THEM 'CAUSE IT WOULD BE ON THEIR PROPERTY.
WE INSTALLED A GATE FOR ACCESS FOR THEM, FOR US TO CLEAN ANY DEBRIS OR CLEAN ANYTHING OUT OF THE STREAM THAT LAYS THERE.
THESE PICTURES CLEARLY DEPICT ALL THE STUFF THAT LAYS AROUND THE STREAM THAT CAN FLOAT INTO IT ANY TIME.
AS OF YESTERDAY, THERE WAS A BRANCH THAT FELL OFF A TREE FROM THEIR PROPERTY THAT'S PUT ON THE GATE THAT HE'S CLAIMING IS NEVER COVERED WITH ANYTHING.
IF WE DON'T CLEAN THE WEIR, WE DON'T CLEAN THE GATE.
WE DON'T DO ANY OF THAT STUFF.
IF A D DOESN'T GET INVOLVED WITH IT, IT BACKS UP.
TREES WILL BUILD UP EVERY THREE MONTHS.
WE HAVE TO CLEAN THIS OUT OF DEBRIS AND THEY WALK ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE PARKING DISTRICT.
I ALSO WANNA REMIND THE BOARD WHEN THEY SPEAK ABOUT ZONING AND ALL THIS STUFF, THIS WAS ORIGINALLY FOR THEIR TENNIS BUBBLE PROJECT.
WHEN THEY ADDED THE NETTING, WHEN THEY ADDED THIS OTHER STUFF, DID
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THEY GET ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS? DID THEY GET FLOOD ZONE? DID THEY GET ANYBODY TO THINK ABOUT THAT AFTER THE NETTING WAS PUT INTO THE PROPERTY? REMEMBER, THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO AN ORIGINAL PROPOSAL THAT THEY'RE NOW ASKING FOR A VARIANCE FOR THAT HAS NO FLOOD ZONE OR ANYTHING RELATED TO IT.SO, I'M SORRY TO SAY, WHEN THEY SAY THEY'VE DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE, I FAIL.
BY THIS ATTORNEY'S OWN WORDS, HE SAID HE DIDN'T NOTIFY 100 OR 80 REGARDING THE BUBBLE.
'CAUSE IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE IMPACT.
WHEN WERE THEY GONNA NOTIFY US ABOUT THE NETTING? WHEN DID THE NETTING COME INTO THE PROJECT? WHEN WAS IT BROUGHT AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE PROJECT? WHO WERE THEY OBLIGATED TO NOTIFY? SHOULDN'T THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS HAVE GONE AFTER THAT TO EVERYBODY THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED FOR IT? POSSIBLY ANYBODY THAT COULD BE AFFECTED FOR IT.
THAT'S WHAT THE TOWN REGULATIONS REQUIRE.
SO WHEN HE SPEAKS OF REGULATIONS AS THE LEGALESE, I'M NOT A ATTORNEY OR ANYTHING, BUT I KNOW MY RIGHTS AND I KNOW ALL THESE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS, AND WE WEREN'T PROPERLY NOTIFIED THE ORIGINAL PROJECT, AN AMENDMENT TO THE PROJECT OR ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA AFFECT ANY OF THESE PROPERTIES IN THE AREA.
YOU WANNA LOOK AT THESE PICTURES? YOU WANNA COME OUT TOMORROW? I GUARANTEE YOU EVERYTHING YOU'RE SEEING IN THESE PICTURES TODAY, YOU'LL SEE THERE TOMORROW.
WHAT, WHAT, CAN YOU JUST TELL US WHEN THOSE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN? YEAH, THESE WERE TAKEN YESTERDAY, WHICH IS JUNE 7TH.
AND HOW MANY PAGES ARE THERE? ABOUT 20.
I WILL DO, DO YOU HAVE COPIES OF THEM ALREADY? NO, I NOT PRESENT THAT.
UM, WE WILL HAVE THEM AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT MR. VRABEL AND THE BOARD GETS COPIES OF IT.
UH, JUST A QUICK CLARIFYING NOTE.
THE ADDITION OF NETTING WAS DONE AFTER AN INFORMAL WORK SESSION OVER A YEAR AGO.
NETTING HAS ALWAYS BEEN PART OF THE FORMAL APPLICATION, AND IT WAS PART OF THE APPLICATION THAT WAS NOTICED.
UH, IT'S BEEN PART OF THE APPLICATION SINCE WE FILED IN FEBRUARY AND, AND BEFORE THEN, AS WE REACHED OUT TO, TO NEIGHBORS THAT ARE ACTUALLY NEAR THE NETTING.
SO TO BE CLEAR, THE NETTING HAS ALWAYS BEEN NOTICED AND WAS ALSO CONSIDERED BY JIMMY AND WHEN HE LOOKED AT OUR STORM WATER.
IF I COULD, I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY, UH, I'M SORRY.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? NO, THAT'S IT, KAREN.
UH, I'LL BE BRIEF HERE, BUT WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS JUST, UM, JUST SHARE THIS GRAPHIC AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE, THE COMPLEX NATURE OF THE WHOLE SYSTEM AND, UM, AND IN REALLY WITH, WITH RESPECT TO FLOODING EVENTS, WHERE THE SYSTEM STANDS.
SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE THE GRAPHIC HERE FOR A HUNDRED YEAR STORM, THE EXISTING SYSTEM, WHICH INCLUDES YES, A STREAM PIPING UNDERNEATH SOME OF THE BUILDINGS ON EAST HARSDALE AVENUE, BUT AN OPEN CHANNEL THAT, THAT TRAVERSES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE NETWORK AS WELL AS, AND THEN PIPING THAT GOES, UH, THROUGH THE PARKING DISTRICT PROPERTY.
UM, WHEN THE SYSTEM'S FUNCTIONING, IT, IT, IT TAKES UP 5% OF THE CAPACITY OF A HUNDRED YEAR STORM.
UH, THE SYSTEM, UM, AT ITS BEST OPTIMAL CONDITIONS, UH, HAS THE CAPACITY FOR 25% OF THE TWO YEAR STORM, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, 3.4 INCHES OF, OF RAIN IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD.
SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO JUST QUICKLY SHOW THIS TO, TO, TO, TO, TO EVERYONE INVOLVED JUST TO SHOW THE MAGNITUDE OF THE ISSUE HERE AND TO SUPERVISOR'S COMMENTS.
UM, WHY THE TOWN IS, IS TRYING TO BE AS PROACTIVE AS POSSIBLE WITH, UM, REALLY TRYING TO GET, GET, GET, UM, CONCLUSIONS ON THE, THE VIABILITY OF, OF THIS A HUNDRED YEAR SOLUTION, WHICH INDEED IS VERY EXPENSIVE.
BUT, UM, AND YES, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG APPLIED FOR A $600,000 GRANT.
WE'RE ALSO GONNA APPLY FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM WESTCHESTER COUNTY, UM, TO REALLY DO ENVIRON ENVIRONMENTAL FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS DOWNSTREAM STUDIES ON THE BRONX RIVER.
UM, BUT I, I JUST REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
UM, THE, THE GOLF COURSE IN THIS AREA IS, IS REALLY A PASS THROUGH.
AND IT'S PICKING UP, UH, STORM WATER RUNOFF FROM OVER A THOUSAND ACRES UPSTREAM.
UM, AND THAT'S NOT TO DISCOUNT THE RESIDENT'S, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT MAINTENANCE, UH, THAT APPLIES TO EVERY PROPERTY OWNER IN THE AREA, WHETHER IT'S THE GOLF COURSE OR, UM, BUILDINGS WITH PIPING UNDERNEATH.
YOU KNOW, EVERYONE HAS TO PITCH IN TO KEEP THAT SYSTEM AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE SO THAT IT MINIMALLY FUNCTIONS AS YOU SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN.
BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE CONTEXT TO THE COMPLEXITY OF, AND THE CHALLENGES THAT, THAT WE, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE FACES ON THESE STARTS TO LATITUDE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T FOR ANYTHING RELATED TO THIS IN CASE THERE'S A QUESTION.
UM, SO YOU GONNA ADJOURN THE MEETING FOR ALL PURPOSES UNTIL THE, THE 22ND? THE 22ND.
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NOW, UH, THE PUBLIC COMMENT.ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING? DO I APPROVE? YES.
BUT WE DO IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE PLANNING BOARD.
WE DO IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE PLANNING BOARD.
WE THEN CLOSE THE PUBLIC, UH, HEARING.
OH, IS THAT NOT, IS THAT NOT THE BEGINNING OF THE, UH, THE MOTION? YEAH.
WELL, THE MOTION IS TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UM, LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN THE, I'M SORRY, OPEN FOR ALL PURPOSE.
ADJOURN THE PUBLIC HEARING, ADUR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR ALL PURPOSES UNTIL JUNE.
PAUL, DID YOU MOVE TO OAK PAUL? YEAH.
NO, WE, WE HAVE THE PUBLIC COMMENT NOW.
PAUL, I'M JUST SO I CAN EMAIL IT.
JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DID YOU MOVE TO OPEN THE HEARING AND IF SO, WHO SECOND WHAT'S THAT? PAULINA DID.
I DUNNO IF THIS IS LINE, BUT CAN WE MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT THAT THE BOARD HERE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE SONY BOARD? WE'RE NOT ALLOWED UNDER OUR ETHICS LAWS.
IT'S NOT PERMITTED UNDER THE ETHICS LAW.
AND KEN, DID YOU JUST SECOND THE MOTION TO ADJOURN? NO, I DIDN'T.
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COMMENT, THOMAS? NO.I'LL, I'LL WRITE YOUR NAME DOWN.
THERE ARE TWO BEFORE YOU RIGHT NOW? YES.
JUST WAIT TILL YOU GET TO THE MICROPHONE.
ANNA BROON 100 EAST HARTSDALE PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, I JUST WANNA REITERATE, I KNOW TOM FLOCKO ASKED A QUESTION AND YOU CANNOT APPROACH THE ZONING BOARD TO ASK FOR A POSTPONEMENT.
HOW WOULD WE AS A CITIZEN DO THAT? YOU, YOU SHOULD WRITE A LETTER TO THEM.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE, THE ONLY WAY WE COULD APPROACH THIS.
SO THE JUNE 22ND MEETING WILL BE POST ANY DECISION MADE IF THEY DO NOT POSTPONE.
AM I CLEAR ON THAT? WELL, IT DEPENDS.
IF THEY MAKE I IF THEY MAKE, I'M JUST SAYING LOGISTICALLY, THEY MAY NOT MAKE A DECISION THAT NIGHT TOO.
I WANNA THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR OUR TIME AND FOR CONSIDERING ALL OF OUR COMMENTS.
IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
AND FIRST, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU YES.
FOR GIVING US ALL THE TIME, FOR LETTING ME SPEAK MORE THAN ONCE THAT IT'S APPRECIATED.
I THINK THIS BROUGHT OUT SOMETHING THAT, UH, MIGHT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED SEPARATELY, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH THE TOWN'S NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.
I THINK I KNOW WHAT WENT WRONG.
I THINK HAVING LOOKED AT THE LIST, 50 IS A CONDO.
SO THE RESIDENTS EACH OWN THEIR PROPERTY IN A SEP PROBABLY SEPARATELY ON THE TAX ROLLS.
I'M GUESSING THAT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE CO-OPS IS A SINGLE NOTE WENT TO THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, WHICH DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE.
I THINK THAT SOME WAY NEEDS TO BE FOUND THAT WHEN THERE ARE PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS, THAT NOTIFICATION CAN GO TO THE RESIDENTS, NOT TO THE SHAREHOLDERS, NOT JUST TO A SINGLE PERSON AT A MANAGEMENT COMPANY.
SO THAT, THAT'S MY COMMENT, DAVID.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, SO I THINK THAT MAY BE WHAT, THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO, WE DEFINITELY DIDN'T GET NOTICE.
HAVE A LOCAL LAW ON, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
WE, WE WILL NEED TO, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, LET'S SEE WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
UM, BUT I THINK WITH THANK YOU.
UH, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, I THINK AS PART OF OUR, UH, LAND USE, UH, DISCUSSIONS, WE CAN, UH, TALK ABOUT, UH, WHETHER THAT IS A VIABLE OPTION.
I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT OPTION BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE TIMES, UM, I MEAN, WE COULD BE LOOKING AT THE FOUR CORNERS WE COULD BE LOOKING AT.
I MEAN, THERE'S GONNA, THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ACTION STEPS
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THAT ARE GONNA BE TAKEN.AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT EVERY RESIN, UM, WHO POTENTIALLY COULD BE IMPACTED BY DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE, YOU KNOW, IS NOTIFIED.
YOU KNOW, WHEN EVEN SAY WITH THE GOLF, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, WITH THE NETTING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE VIEWS OF, UM, OF THE GOLF COURSE, THEY'RE MORE IMPACTED THAN PEOPLE WHO HAVE VIEWS OF THE PARKING LOT OF, OF, OF, OF EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY IS IMPACTED, YOU KNOW, HAS A CHANCE TO FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AND GIVEN A CHANCE TO SPEAK.
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
YEAH, I THINK WE WERE DOING THAT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD EXPLORE.
UM, WE SHOULD DEFINITELY EXPLORE THAT.
BUT LET, LET AS, AS OUR, THE, UH, DAVID IS SAYING IT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SHOULD GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS.
ANYBODY ELSE WANT TALK? JUST, YOU'D HAVE TO COME UP, COME UP TO THE MIC, RIGHT? YOU NEED TO COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I MIGHT ADD THOUGH, IN THE INTERIM, YOU MIGHT TALK TO THE MANAGING AGENT AND TELL THEM WHEN THEY GET A NOTICE TO LET YOU KNOW, RIGHT? YES.
BUT NOT EVERY BUILDING DOES THAT.
SO I THINK I, I THINK WE BOTH HAVE TO DO IT TO MAKE SURE IT GET REPETITIVE.
I MEAN, I THINK THE, THE FLOODING ISSUE IS REALLY A GIANT, A GIANT ISSUE.
BUT JUST ON THE GOLF ISSUE, 'CAUSE I PLAY GOLF AND I GO TO DIFFERENT GOLF COURSES AND LIKE THE HIGHWAY IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE, UM, THE
LIKE, LIKE FEET, FOOT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT COURSE.
WELL, I'M JUST SAYING THOUGH, THAT THEY HAVE PLASTIC BILLS.
SO IF THE BALLS END UP GOING OVER THE, OVER THE HIGHWAY, IT'S JUST A PLASTIC BALL.
IT'S NOT, THESE, THESE BALLS DON'T HARM ANYTHING.
BUT THAT STILL DOESN'T ADDRESS THE, THE FLOODING ISSUE.
BUT IT, IT WOULD ADDRESS NOT HAVING TO USE THESE 90 FOOT FENCES BECAUSE THE BALLS ARE, ARE PRETTY HARMLESS.
AND YOUR NAME SIR? MY NAME IS, MY NAME IS VINCENT SALADINO AND I LIVE AT 50 EAST, EAST, UH, HARTSDALE AVENUE.
ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO COMMENT ABOUT ANYTHING? I BELIEVE THERE ARE TWO SPEAKERS ON ZOOM.
JUST WANTED TO LET THE BOARD KNOW WHO, WHO ARE THEY, WHO ARE THEY GETTING? UH, OKAY.
JUDITH, WE HAVE CLIFF ABRAMS, UM, AND THEN PATRICIA, ME.
SO I BELIEVE CLIFF WILL ARRIVE IN ONE SECOND.
HOW EVERYBODY DOING? UM, I'D JUST REALLY LIKE TO KNOW TO GRADUATE, UM, ARNOLD, LIEUTENANT LEWIS FOR THE SERVICE THAT HE DONE FOR TOWN CLASS.
AND YOU KNOW, THEY SAY YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE UNTIL IS GONE.
AND I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE VERY MUCH MISSED.
AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO LET HIM KNOW AND THE TOWN BOARD KNOW THAT, UM, THEY'RE GONNA MISS SOMETHING.
AND EVEN WHEN I HAD MY DIFFERENCE WITH HIM, I WAS ABLE TO TALK TO HIM AND HE WAS RESPECTFUL AND HE AGREED, WE AGREED TO DISAGREE.
UM, SECONDLY, I'D LIKE TO SAY IN TOWN DURING THE JUNETEENTH PARADE AGAIN THIS YEAR, GINA, YOU TALK ABOUT THE JUNETEENTH? YES, YES.
WE'RE DOING IT A WEEK FROM FRIDAY AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
IT'S ALL, WE PUT IT ON THE, I PUT IT ON TODAY AND IT'S ON ON, I'M SURE IT'S ON THE WEBSITE, BUT I'M ASKING Y'ALL ALREADY HERE THOUGH.
SO, AND IT'S GOING TO BE AGAIN, FROM THE TOWN TO VILLE.
WHAT, YOU KNOW, AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, I, I, I'M KIND OF CONFUSED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE JUNETEENTH IS ABOUT FREEDOM FROM THE BLACK SLAVE.
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WHY IS IT FROM THE TOWN HALL TO WESTFIELD FIELD, BUT WE ARE NOT COMING TO THE BLACK AREA.A LOT OF CHILDREN FROM THE AREA OF FAIRVIEW DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT JUNETEENTH, BUT THEY DON'T TEACH THAT IN SCHOOL.
AND HOW DO THEY GET OVER TO A HORSE FIELD OR WHEN Y'ALL WANT THE CHILDREN THAT LIVE IN THE FAIRVIEW AREA TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS.
DO Y'ALL PLAN ON HAVING BUSES FROM THE CENTER TO TRANSPORT PEOPLE? OR WHY WOULD A DECISION MADE TO HAVE SLAVERY, FREEDOM FROM SLAVERY INTO A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE NEIGHBORHOOD INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH FAIRVIEW AND HAVE THAT
WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT FROM, FROM THE TOWN HALL TO, UM, TO THE WEB FIELD.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THIS IMPORTANT OCCASION.
AND THAT'S WHY WE DID A MOTORCADE FROM GREENBURG, I MEAN FROM, UH, TOWN HALL DOWN TO WEBB FIELD.
'CAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY RECOGNIZED THAT, UM, RECOGNIZED THE MEANING OF JUNETEENTH AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS ON A HUGE FIELD WHERE EVERYONE THAT'S IN ALL AREAS CAN SEE IT.
NOT THAT IT'S, IT WOULD BE IN A PARK THAT PEOPLE FROM ANYWHERE CANNOT COME AND CELEBRATE THIS OCCASION.
UH, AS FAR AS THE KIDS, LIKE WE DID THIS YEAR, UM, LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR, THERE WILL BE A BUS FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT WILL BE SENDING KIDS DOWN.
UM, AND THE T D Y C COMMUNITY CENTER, WE ARE WORKING ON SHARE RIDES TO GET SENIORS DOWN.
UM, AND IT'S, I BELIEVE LIKE IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT LAST YEAR.
IT'LL BE A SUCCESSFUL EVENT THIS YEAR.
AND, YOU KNOW, I ALSO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA HIGHLIGHT, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT BLACK LIVES MATTER AND WE, AND I THINK YOU EVEN MENTIONED WE DON'T WANT TO JUST, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SIGNAGE, YOU KNOW, EARLIER THIS YEAR, I THINK THERE WAS AN EMPHASIS THAT WE WANT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF, YOU KNOW, BLACK LIVES.
WE WANT THE, UH, WHOLE COMMUNITY, UH, PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE, HAVE FAMILY THAT HAS BEEN AS PERSONALLY IMPACTED BY, UH, THE HORRORS OF THE HORRORS OF SLAVERY TO REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF JUNETEENTH.
SO BY GOING TO WEBB FIELD AND RICHARD PRESSER PARK, WE'RE MAKING A STATEMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF JUNETEENTH ONLY TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, BUT WE WANT PEOPLE WHO, WHO MAY NOT EVEN KNOW ABOUT JUNETEENTH.
THAT'S TO RECOGNIZE IMPORTANCE.
SO I, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AS BEING MORE OF A PLUS THAN MINUS.
LEMME GET MY, LEMME GET, I TELL MY I'M ON A CLOCK.
SO YOU TALKING ABOUT YO MIGHT POP AIN'T A BIG THING.
NO, I'M, AND YOU LET ME FINISH, BUT I GOTTA SAY YOU RESPONSE, YOU DON'T THINK YOSEMITE PARK IS A BIG BILL, PAUL AND GINA, AND YOU DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE FROM OTHER AREAS CAN'T MAKE IT TO YOSEMITE PARK THE SAME WAY YOU BUILT, THEY NEED TO MAKE IT INTO WESTFIELD BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA AND AGREE WITH ALL THE BLACK AREA WHO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT JUNETEENTH VISA.
NO, I THINK THAT, I BELIEVE THAT, YES, JOSEPHITE IS A LARGE PARK AS YOU ARE AWARE, BUT I, I BELIEVE WESTFIELD'S IS A LARGE PARK AS WELL.
AND IT'S ESSENTIALLY LOCATED SO WE CAN EDUCATE EVERYONE THAT IS NOT, WE'RE JUST NOT EDUCATING ONE, ONE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE ARE ALLOWING IN.
DID YOU WANT ME TO, DID YOU WANT ME TO FINISH NEIGHBORHOOD? YEAH, I DO, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY, I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO EDUCATE ONE NEIGHBORHOOD.
JUST BECAUSE IT'S IN A BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD DON'T MEAN YOU EDUCATE ONE NEIGHBORHOOD.
JUST LIKE IF IT'S IN A WHITE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU'RE NOT JUST EDUCATED ONE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THAT'S WHY I WANT, THAT DOESN'T MAKE NO SENSE TO ME AND CLIFF, THE REASON WHY THAT LOCATION WAS CHA THAT LOCATION WAS SELECTED.
SO WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IT IS IN AN OPEN FIELD WHERE ANYONE AND EVERYONE CAN COME AND BE EDUCATED ABOUT JUNETEENTH.
THIS IS NOTHING TO SEPARATE, TO SEPARATE OUT FROM THE BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD AS OPPOSED TO THE WHITE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I JUST FOUND THAT LOCATION TO BE CENTRALLY LOCATED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE CAN BE EDUCATED ABOUT THIS OCCASION.
AND DO YOU, AND DO THE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS TRANSPORTATION? HOW DO PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT? WE HAVE TO WHO DON'T KNOW TO GO, JUST LET ME FINISH PLEASE.
WHO DON'T KNOW TO GO ON THE WEBSITE.
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YOU GOT PAMPHLETS OR YOU GOT FLYERS OUT THAT YOU'RE PICKING UP? LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT COMING FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY? YES.THEY HAVE SENT, YES, THEY HAVE.
THANK YOU MR. AMS. I DO, I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT WHEN THE PARADE IS GOING, THE POLICE SHUT DOWN PART OF ONE 19.
AND IT'S VERY CLEAR BECAUSE THERE ARE BANNERS, UH, CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH SO THAT IT GETS A MORE OF AN AUDIENCE THAN SOLELY THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
AND THEN WHEN IT TURNS ON TO CENTRAL AVENUE, IT SHUTS DOWN PART OF CENTRAL AVENUE, THE LANES, AND THERE'S A HOOTING OF HORNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND PEOPLE ARE SEEING THAT THERE'S A CELEBRATION.
AND IF THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT JUNETEENTH IS ABOUT, UH, AT LEAST IT'LL, IT'LL MAKE 'EM AWARE OF THE NAME.
MAYBE THEY'LL LOOK IT UP, MAYBE THEY WON'T.
AND THEN AT WEBB FIELD, UH, IF YOU ATTENDED, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DID, UH, IT IS A VERY DIVERSE GROUP THAT IS AT WEBB FIELD.
AND, AND IT'S A GREAT NIGHT AND I HOPE EVERYBODY COMES OUT AND, UM, AND CELEBRATES MS. WINGS.
YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A PROMPT TO SPEAK, BUT PERHAPS YOU DON'T WISH TO SPEAK.
UM, AND MAYBE YOU'RE DECLINING THAT PROMPT SHE'S PUTTING.
SO I I DID THE PROMPT A COUPLE TIMES NOW.
SO MA'AM, YOU SHOULD RECEIVE A BUTTON THAT SAYS, UH, BECOME PANELIST.
IF YOU JUST HIT THAT, YOU'LL BE ALL SET.
MS. WILLIAMS, IF YOU COULD UNMUTE PLEASE.
IT WASN'T ON MY SCREEN AT ALL.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE ONE, TWO QUESTIONS.
THE GENTLEMAN THAT'S IN, UM, IN, UM, TIM LEWIS'S POSITION DOWN THERE AT THE END, THE, UM, THE ATTORNEY, IS THAT THE ATTORNEY THAT SAID TO, UM, HAL AMI TO SHUT THE BIKE UP? IS THAT THE SAME ONE? I HAVE NEVER SAID THAT.
I'VE NEVER SAID THAT TO MR. UH, AMI.
I WANTED TO KNOW WHO DID AND I THOUGHT I IT WAS YOU.
UM, AND GINA, I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN JACKSON.
UM, COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME HOW MANY BLACK PEOPLE PARTICIPATE AT, UH, WE FIELD? I'M SORRY, CAN I TELL YOU HOW MANY BLACK PEOPLE PARTICIPATED LAST YEAR AT WE FIELD? YES.
WAS IT LIKE 50, 50, 40, 60, 30, 70? UM, 10.
WE ACTUALLY HAD A GREAT, GREAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE COME OUT.
I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY THE NUMBERS.
UM, I CAN FORWARD YOU THE PICTURES SO YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURES OF THE AMOUNT OF, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, OF THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT AND SUPPORTED, BUT I CAN'T GIVE YOU THE EXACT NUMBER.
JUST AS LONG AS I CAN SEE A PICTURE, YOU KNOW, AND IT SHOWS THAT IT WAS INTEGRATED.
IT WAS A REALLY FANTASTIC EVENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I SPENT YOU, YOU KNOW, JUST TALKING TO EVERYBODY TOOK OVER AN HOUR.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, THE FIRST EVENT WAS LESS.
THE SECOND EVENT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE.
HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, EVERY HERE'S GONNA GET BETTER AND BETTER.
UM, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE UKRAINIAN FLAG THAT IS STILL FINE IN FRONT OF, UM, TOWN HALL.
IT'S A FLAG THAT I AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN, I'M SPEAKING FOR PAT WILLIAMS, NOT FOR THE TOWN.
UM, AS ANOTHER RACIST FLAG, UKRAINIAN PEOPLE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES HAD THE AUDACITY TO REQUEST MONEY FOR THEIR COUNTRY AS THEY WERE, UM, FORCING PEOPLE WITH DARKER SKINS TO GET OFF THE TRAIN.
AND THOSE IN LINE WE'RE TOLD TO GET OUT OF LINE AND, UH, GO TO THE REAR OF THE LINE AND START OVER LETTING THEM KNOW WHENEVER YOU GOT TO THE FRONT, YOU NEED TO LEAVE, GO BACK TO THE REAR.
NOW, TO ME, THAT SOUNDS LIKE JIM CROW, JIM CROW RACISM IN MY TOWN.
LET THEM DO THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHY? NOW ONE OF THE SPEAKERS SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THE INCIDENT, THEY DID NOT MENTION IT BECAUSE HOW BLACK PEOPLE FEEL IS NOT IMPORTANT.
IT IS NOT IMPORTANT TO GREENBERG.
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BE IMPORTANT TO THEM? THEY DIDN'T FEEL THE NEED TO APOLOGIZE.THERE'S A POSTER IN THE, UM, VESTIBULE AT THE TOWN HALL THAT SAYS, UM, EVERYONE IS WELCOME.
WELL, THEY HAVE THREE LANGUAGES ON THERE.
I CAN ONLY READ THE SPANISH ONE AND I'M NOT SPANISH.
NOW I'VE ASKED FOR THAT SIGN TO BE TAKEN DOWN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT I THINK DOESN'T MATTER, YOUR REDLINING IN MY DISTRICT, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
YOU KNOW WHY? IT DOESN'T MATTER? BECAUSE YOU ALL SEE TO IT THAT, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY CAN COME IN, ANYBODY WITH BLACK PEOPLE REDLINING MEANS THEY TELL US WHERE WE CAN GO MOVE TO.
YOU CAN'T RED LINE WITHOUT, WITHOUT YOUR LOCAL POLITICIANS BEING AWARE OF IT.
FRANCIS, SHE HAD SAID, OH, WE TOOK YOU OFF OF URBAN RENEWAL BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT THAT AREA TO BE ASSIGNED WITH A STIGMA.
LIKE, UH, IT'S BLIGHTED, NOT BLIGHTED TO ME.
I MEAN, MY YARD IS THE WORST ONE IN THE SPRING, IN THE SUMMER, BUT IT GETS DONE BEFORE THE END OF THE SUMMER.
NO, IT IS NOW THOUGH, BECAUSE PAUL FINER PARKWAY GARDENS AND PARKWAY HOMES CAME TO TOWN HALL AND ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT PARKING.
WELL, BLACK PEOPLE GOT THE SAME ANSWER.
BUT AS SOON AS WHITE PEOPLE GOT IN IT FROM GREENBURG, YOU WENT TO THEIR HOUSES, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR, UM, WHAT YOU CALL 'EM, THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO COME TO TOWN HALL.
AND WHEN YOU GOT FINISHED TALKING WITH THEM, YOU CAME BACK TO TOWN HALL AND YOU AND CHRIS MCNERNEY, FORMER POLICE CHIEF, YOU ASKED HIM HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO GET DONE.
AND YOU SAID, HE SAID, OH NO, I CAN DO IT OVERNIGHT.
SO THAT TOLD ME AGAIN, DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE.
OKAY, THANK YOU MR. YOU HAD A 25 YEAR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
FRANCIS SHEAN AND DIANA NER WERE ON IT FOR THE FIRST 10 OR 12 YEARS.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY ON IT.
ONE PERSON WAS APPOINTED TO IT.
AND I THANK GOD FOR JUDITH MCG BILL FOR BRINGING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD.
I DIDN'T KNOW IT UNTIL SHE DID IT.
THANK YOU, MS. WE YOUR TIME IS UP.
SO THE TERM URBAN RENEWAL IS ONLY APPLIED TO A BLIGHTED AREA.
IT GOES WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THAT BLIGHTED COMMUNITY.
THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS 25 YEARS OLD, AND AT THE TIME WE WERE DOING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT WAS MORE THAN 30 YEARS AND IT HAD AN EXPIRED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND I, I WOULD, I WOULD DIFFER WITH ANY, ANY STATEMENT THAT SAYS THAT FAIRVIEW IS A BLIGHTED COMMUNITY TODAY.
UM, REGARDING THERE BEING NO BLACK PEOPLE ON A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THAT'S NOT TRUE.
THERE WAS FROM THE BEGINNING, THERE ALWAYS WAS REPEATING IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THAT THERE WERE NO BLACK PEOPLE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
[ TB 1 - 6/08/2022 Resolution (1) rescinding Resolution TB 2 - 5/11/2022, unanimously adopted by the Town Board on May 11, 2022, and (2) adopting a revised agreement and Exhibit A used for the RFI during the bid process at the request of the proposed market manager to provide a weekly Farmers Market at Greenburgh Town Hall June 30, 2022 through October 27, 2022]
UH, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE AGENDA, UH, RESOLUTION, UM, ADOPTED, UM, RESCINDING RESOLUTION TB 2 5 11 2022.UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED BY THE TOWN BOARD ON MAY 11TH AND ADOPTING A REVISED AGREEMENT IN EXHIBIT A USED BY THE R F I DURING THE BID PROCESS AT THE REQUEST OF THE PROPOSED MARKET MANAGER TO PROVIDE WEEKLY FARMER'S MARKET AT THE GREENBERG TOWN HALL JUNE 30TH TO OCTOBER 27TH, 2022.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, UM, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING
[ AT 1 - 6/08/2022 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related Claim, File No.: 59/22c By Dominick J. Picani, for an amount not to exceed $100]
SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM FILE, UM, NUMBER 59 22 C BY DOMINIC PE COUNTY FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED A HUNDRED DOLLARS.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 2 - 6/08/2022 Resolution approving the retention of Thomas J. Troetti, Esq., to represent Greenburgh Police Officer Jason Vlasaty in the matter of Patrick A. Navas v. the Town of Greenburgh, et al, for an amount not to exceed $25,000]
THE RETENTION OF TOM FRIDAY TO REPRESENT GREENBERG POLICE OFFICER JASONI'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 3 - 6/08/2022 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Greenburgh Shopping Center Realty Assoc. for property located at 77-103 Knollwood Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $12,559±; the County’s share is $7,062±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $940±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $32,765±; the Fairview Fire District’s share is $9,941± the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $452±. Refunds from all sources total $63,718±.]
AYE.RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX IZED SETTLEMENT, THE PETITIONER GREENBURG SHOP CENTER REALTY ASSOCIATION FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 77 1 0 3 NORWOOD ROAD, UM, THE REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES 63,718.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
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AYE.[ AT 4 - 6/08/2022 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Wyndover Woods Apartments, Inc. for property located at Wyndover Woods Lane. The Town’s share of the refund is $10,766±; the County’s share is $5,944±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $822±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $28,519±; the Fairview Fire District’s share is $8,560±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $402±. Refunds from all sources total $55,012±.]
TAX, SOCI SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER WIND WINDOVER WOODS APARTMENT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT WIND OVER WOODS LANE.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CL 1 - 6/08/2022 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for 7:30 PM, Wednesday, June 22, 2022, to consider a Special Permit Application (Child Day-Care Center) by First Unitarian Society of Westchester, on behalf of Steppe Education, Inc., for property located at 25 Old Jackson Avenue (P.O. Hastings-on-Hudson)]
A PUBLIC HEARING FOR, UH, SEVEN 30, UH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22ND TO CONSIDER A SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION CHILDCARE CENTER BY FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY OF WESTCHESTER.UM, ON BEHALF OF EY EDUCATION INCORPORATED FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 25 OLD JACKSON AVENUE, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ CL 2 - 6/08/2022 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for 7:30 PM, Wednesday, June 22, 2022, to consider Zoning Text and Zoning Map Amendments related to the Designed Shopping [DS] District]
PUBLIC HEARING FOR 7:30 PM WEDNESDAY TO CONSIDER, UH, JUNE 22ND TO CONSIDER ZONING, TEXT AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE DESIGN SHOPPING DSS DISTRICT.RESOLUTION SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING
[ CL 3 - 6/08/2022 Resolution setting a Public Hearing, Wednesday, June 22, 2022, 7:30 PM to consider a Local Law for the use of videoconferencing for meetings of public bodies consistent with the recently revised Open Meetings Law]
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22ND TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW FOR THE USE OF VIDEO CONFERENCING FOR MEETINGS OF PUBLIC BODIES CONSISTENT WITH THE RECENTLY REVISED OPEN MEETINGS LAW.[ CD 1 - 6/08/2022 Resolution referring a Zoning Map amendment petition related to a Conservation District Overlay proposal for the Elmwood Preserve property to the Planning Board for a report and recommendation in accordance with the requirements of Section 285-64 of the Town’s Zoning Ordinance]
A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT, UM, PETITION RELATED TO A CONSERVATION DISTRICT OVERLAY PROPOSAL FOR THE ELMWOOD, UM, PRESERVE PROPERTY TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR A REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 2 85 64 OF THE TOWN ZONING ORDINANCE.[ CO 1 - 6/08/2022 Resolution authorizing fiscal year 2022 budget transfers]
FISCAL YEAR 2022.I'D LIKE TO THANK BISHOP, UH, PRESTON FOR ORGANIZING YOUR, UH, COMMUNITY SAFETY FORUM TODAY.
AND WHAT DID I SAY TO YOU AT THE EVENT? EXCUSE ME? WHAT DID I SAY TO YOU AT THE EVENT PA SYSTEM? I WANTED A PA SYSTEM LIKE YOU HAVE IN YOUR CHURCH, RIGHT?
UH, IN, IN ONE OF THE, UH, LAWSUITS.
THE, UH, CADET CASE, RIGHT? YEAH.
ARE YOU GOING TO CLOSE? MOVE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
YOU JUST WANNA SIT HERE?
BEFORE YOU ALL MAKE TWO THINGS.