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BOARD MEETING TODAY IS, UM, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22ND.
UM, WE GOT A FLAG RAISING CEREMONY, UM, OUTSIDE OF TOWN HALL HONORING THE L G B T Q COMMUNITY.
THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR WE RAISED, UH, THE FLAG DURING, UM, THE PRIDE MONTH.
AND, UM, WE'RE, UM, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE, UH, DURING THE MEETING TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE A MESS, UM, SINCE COVID IS STILL, UH, UH, A, A PROBLEM IN, IN THE AREA.
[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk]
DAVID, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO, UH, UH, CALL THE, CALL THE ROLL? SURE.AND THEN WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON PRESENT.
PRESENT, UH, NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT COUNCILMAN KENNETH JONES IS NOT PRESENT AT THIS TIME, NOR IS THE TOWN CLERK.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
GREAT.NOW WE'LL DO THE LEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ALLE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND INCLUDING THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IT STANDS NATION UNDER GOD IN WILL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of Cleo Nell Oliver, 82, long-time member of the Town's Police/Community Advisory Commission; President, Hillside/Wyndover Civic Association; Vice-Chair, Council of Greenburgh Civic Associations; recipient, 2018 Hero Award from the Greenburgh Human Rights Committee; and, for more than 25 years, was co-host with Cora Carey of the 3 C's public access cable TV program: Cleo, Cora and Community. 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 the 1,013,377+ individual victims of COVID-19 who have died in the United States, 6,314,972+ deaths worldwide, each leaving family members and friends too soon]
WE'RE GONNA HAVE NOW A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF CLEO OLIVER.CLEO PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 82, WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE TOWN'S POLICE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMISSION.
SHE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE HILLSIDE WINDOW OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION, VICE CHAIR OF THE GREENBERG CIVIC, UH, COUNCIL OF CIVIC ASSOCIATION'S, RECIPIENT OF THE 2018 HERO AWARD FROM THE GREENBERG HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE.
AND FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS, WAS CO-HOST WITH CORA OF THE THREE CSS, PUBLIC ACCESS CABLE TV, UH, PROGRAM.
UM, CLEO CORA AND THE COMMUNITY.
SHE WAS A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING, UH, VERY COMPASSIONATE, VERY CARING.
SHE ATTENDED MANY, UH, TOWN BOARD MEETINGS OVER THE YEARS.
UH, SOMETIMES WOULD BE, UH, CRITICAL.
SOMETIMES SHE WOULD BE, UM, UH, POSITIVE, BUT SHE WAS ALWAYS CONSTRUCTIVE AND, AND RESPECTFUL.
AND, UM, WE WILL ALWAYS, UH, MISS HER AND WILL ALWAYS BE INSPIRED BY, UH, ALL THE GREAT THINGS, UM, THAT SHE DID.
SHE REALLY WAS A MODEL CITIZEN.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
THE MEMORY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UKRAINE KILLED, UH, DURING RUSSIA'S INVASION AND TARGETED BOMBINGS OF CIVILIANS AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS, HOSPITALS, TRAIN STATION SCHOOLS, AND CHILDREN OF CENTERS RESULTING IN CITIES BEING FLATTENED AND THE CIVILIAN KILLINGS CONTINUING.
AND MORE MISES GRAVES BEING, UH, FOUND MADE A, UM, REST IN PEACE AND PEACE BE RESTORED ONTO TO UKRAINE.
SOME RESIDENTS HAVE, UH, OFFERED TO, UM, HELP FIND, UM, TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR, UH, UKRAINIAN REFUGEES.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ANYONE, UH, WATCHING THIS INTERVIEW, UM, HAVE AN EXTRA ROOM OR WILLING TO HELP OUT, YOU CAN LET ME KNOW AND I'LL REACH OUT TO, UM, CONTACT SOFTWARE.
I THINK WE'VE HELPED WITHOUT THREE PEOPLE, SO, UH, HOPE WE WANT TO GET MORE, UM, IN MEMORY OF, UH, THE 1 MILLION, UH, 13,377 PLUS INDIVIDUAL VICTIMS OF COVID 19 HAVE DIED IN THE UNITED STATES.
UH, 6,314,972 PLUS DEATHS WORLDWIDE EACH, UM, LEAVING FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS TOO SOON.
[ PRESENTATIONS Carolyn Pittis/Greenburgh Human Rights Committee: Importance of LGBTQ Flag Raising Ceremony Certificate of Appreciation - Snow Angel Matthew Cardoso Kamran Saliani: Irvington Shakespeare Company Jennifer Lynch, Merav Gur, Alise Masterson: Baby Formula Outreach Leaders Sgt. Nick Reckson: post one-way volume and speed data sampling for Mount Joy Avenue, Robin Hill Road and Henry Street]
NEXT, UH, ON THE AGENDA.UM, AS WE MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES AGO, UM, WE, UM, UM, HAD A PLANNED RAISING CEREMONY IN HONOR OF, UH, THE L G B T COMMUNITY AND RECOGNITION OF, UH, IMPORTANCE OF PROMOTING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, UM, AND FIGHTING HATE.
AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE CAROLYN PITTI, UH, OF THE GREENBERG HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO, UH, DISCUSS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WHAT WE ELSE WE COULD DO.
THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR FINER AND ALL OF THE GOOD PEOPLE OF THE COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF GR THE TOWN OF GREENBERG.
THANK YOU ALSO TO THE LEADERS OF THE GREENBERG HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR INVITING ME TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS YEAR'S PRIDE FESTIVITIES.
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PITUS, AND I'M AN ORDINARY CITIZEN AND AN OUT AND PROUD LESBIAN RESIDENT OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON.FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS, I WAS BORN FEMALE, AND I USE FEMALE PRONOUNS.
MY WIFE AND I MARRIED IN 2017.
TWO YEARS AFTER THE SUPREME COURT RECOGNIZED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
WE MOVED HERE BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING FOR A TOWN NEAR NEW YORK CITY WITH GOOD SCHOOLS, AND THAT WOULD BE WELCOMING FOR GAY PEOPLE.
OUR DAUGHTER IS A 2015 HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE WHO IS REASSURED FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL ONWARDS THAT BEING GAY HERE WAS NO BIG DEAL.
I AM PROUD OF THE FLAG THAT YOU JUST SAW RAISED AND VERY THANKFUL THAT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR MAKING THAT A PRIORITY AND ALL THAT.
IT REPRESENTS VISIBILITY, RESPECT, INCLUSION POWER.
THE FLAG HAS MORPHED SINCE I CAME OUT 30 YEARS AGO.
THE COLORS AND SHAPES HAVE BEEN ADDED AS WE HAVE GROWN IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER.
TODAY, WE ARE EVEN MORE OF A RAINBOW COALITION, EVEN MORE AWARE OF HOW THE DIGNITY AND SECURITY OF EACH OF US IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE WELLBEING OF EVERYONE, NO MATTER WHAT SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR GENDER AFFINITY.
YET WHILE PROUD, I AM CONCERNED THAT RENEWED DISCRIMINATION AND VERBAL AND EVEN PHYSICAL VIOLENCE TARGETED MOST SPECIFICALLY TO TRANSGENDER PEOPLE ARE RESURGENT NATIONWIDE AND THREATEN MOST OFTEN OUR YOUNGEST RESIDENTS.
WE DO NOT WANT THIS DISCRIMINATION, MARGINALIZATION, CENSORSHIP, OR VIOLENCE HERE, BUT INSTEAD WANT TO BE ACTIVELY WELCOMING OF DIVERSITY, KNOWING THAT WE'RE ALL THE BETTER FOR IT.
WE DO NOT WANT L G B T Q I A PEOPLE TO FEEL THE NEED TO MOVE AWAY AS SOME HAVE, BUT INSTEAD WANT TO ENCOURAGE INCLUSIVITY AND TO ENSURE THAT ALL FEEL SAFE AND SECURE IN LIVING WITH AND AMONG US.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN ENCOURAGING OUR LOCAL COUNTY AND STATEWIDE GOVERNMENTS TO REDOUBLE STEPS TO CELEBRATE AND PROTECT L G B T Q I A PEOPLE IN THIS PROGRESSIVE TOWN AND COUNTY AND IN THIS NATION LEADING STATE.
I WOULD ASK YOU ALL TO PLEASE JOIN US THIS SATURDAY ON THE DOBBS FERRY WATERFRONT.
IT'S GOING TO BE 92 DEGREES AND SUNNY
UH, WE HAVE AN AMAZING PROGRAM THAT WE SET UP WITH MUSIC AND SPEAKERS.
SOME OF THE SPEAKERS ARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT OUR YOUTH AND CELEBRATE PRIDE WITH US.
UH, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AT THE LAST, UM, UNION.
CAN I BE, I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING SURE ABOUT, UM, FIRST OF ALL, I AM LIVING PSEUDO HASTINGS.
IT'S GREENBURG, AND I DID LIVE IN HASTINGS VILLAGE, AND I ATTENDED THE PRIDE EVENT, WHICH WAS FRIDAY NIGHT PRIDE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
AND I ALSO, UM, ATTENDED THE EVENT THAT WAS A JOINT, UM, EFFORT BY WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND WHITE PLAINS.
AND THE TURNOUT WAS HUGE IN BOTH INSTANCES AND WONDERFUL.
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF FEEL GOOD.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT TODAY, UM, THE COUNTY AND WHITE PLAINS AND THE LOFT ANNOUNCED THE, THE, UM, GROUNDBREAKING OF A NEW FACILITY, A RESIDENCE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WILL NOT ONLY HOUSE THE LOFT OFFICES IN WHITE PLAINS, BUT WILL ALSO BE FRIENDLY TO THE L BTT QIA PLUS COMMUNITY AND SENIORS MOST SPECIFICALLY.
SO IT'S A REALLY WONDERFUL, FEEL GOOD KIND OF THING.
SO THIS COUNTY, THIS TOWN, AND, UM, THE, THE VARIOUS, UH, VILLAGES THAT ARE A PART OF IT ARE ALL DOING THEIR PART TO BE INCLUSIVE AND MAKE US ALL FEEL WELCOME AND COMFORTABLE.
YOU HONOR, I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT I MENTIONED TO CAROL EVEN BEFORE THAT, UH, JUDITH, THE VILLAIN AND ME, WE BOTH PERFORMED THE FIRST, UM, SAME, UM, SEX, UM, MARRIAGE CEREMONIES, UM, IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
AND WE DID, WE WERE THE FIRST ONES IN THE WHOLE, UM, YOU KNOW, REGION TO DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WITHIN LIKE AN HOUR OR AFTER, UH, AFTER, YOU KNOW, IT BECAME, UH, YOU KNOW, LAW AND GREENBERG WAS THE SECOND COMMUNITY IN WESTCHESTER WAY BEFORE, UM, SAME-SEX
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MARRIAGES WERE, UH, ALLOWED.WE ALSO, ARTHUR, I, WE ALSO, UM, UH, RECOGNIZED CIVIL UNIONS WHEN THAT THAT WAS SORT OF A STEP LEADING, LEADING TO, UH, THE, THE MARRIAGES.
SO I FEEL GREENBERG HAS ALWAYS BEEN AS PROGRESSIVE AND AND WELCOMING.
BUT AGAIN, WE WANT TO, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE LOVE LIVING IN THIS TOWN IS BECAUSE IT IS A WELCOMING COMMUNITY AND WE WANNA FIGHT HATE NO MATTER WHO'S BEING HATED.
I JUST WANT TO ASK THAT WE WERE THE FIRST AND ONLY MUNICIPALITY ON THAT SUNDAY THAT THE GOVERNOR SAID SAME SEX MARRIAGES CAN BE HELD.
PAUL FINER HELPED ME BY GOING TO SUPREME COURT JUSTICES HERE IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND ASKING THEM TO BE PRESENT ON THAT DAY TO WAIVE THE 24 HOUR WAIT PERIOD.
AND I THINK WE MUST HAVE MARRIED ABOUT 15 COUPLES OR MORE, UM, ON THAT DAY.
IT, IT WAS A DAY TO GO DOWN IN HISTORY, SO THANK YOU.
AT THE LAST MEETING OF THE TOWN BOARD.
WELL, BEFORE YOU GO ON, WELL, THERE'S GOOD THINGS GOING ON IN GREENBURG, WE RECOGNIZED THE UNFAIRNESS OF ZONING REGULATIONS THAT WERE BASED ON FAMILY, WHICH IN MANY MUNICIPALITIES MEANT BLOOD RELATIONSHIP OR MARRIAGES THAT COULD NOT HAPPEN.
SO WE HAVE FOR A VERY LONG TIME, NOT CONSIDERED A ONE FAMILY, TWO FAMILY OR THREE FAMILY BASED ON AN ACTUAL FAMILY UNIT, AS YOU WOULD KNOW IT.
AND WE AVOIDED THAT BY DOING IT BY A NUMBER OF KITCHENS AND ALLOWED ANYBODY TO MOVE IN WITHOUT, AND, AND, AND ENJOY EVERYTHING ABOUT HOME OWNERSHIP WITHOUT HAVING TO DEAL WITH THAT FAMILY.
WHAT, WHAT'S A FAMILY AND WHAT'S NOT.
SO THAT, SO WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG OF DOING THAT.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CAME BY RECENTLY.
AT, AT THE LAST MEETING, UM, WE RECOGNIZED, UH, A GROUP OF, UH, STUDENTS WHO WERE SNOW ANGELS, UM, DID A REALLY GREAT JOB BY SHOVELING DRIVEWAYS OF SENIOR CITIZENS, UM, AT NO COST TO THEM AND HELPING THE DISABLED GET MOBILITY.
AND I'M LIKE SO AGGRAVATED BECAUSE ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WAS WORKING SO HARD DURING THE WINTER MONTHS, UH, I FORGOT TO RECOGNIZE.
UM, SO, UM, I'M TRYING TO BLAME SOMEBODY, BUT I CAN'T THINK OF THE PERSON TO BLAME NOW.
I WAS, I FORGOT, BUT IT WAS MATTHEW CARDOSO WHO CAN'T BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE I THINK HE'S HAVING HIS GRADUATION.
BUT I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE, UM, THE FACT THAT HE'S, UM, UH, DID A FANTASTIC JOB.
UM, AND HE, ALONG WITH OTHER STUDENTS JUST ARE REALLY AMAZING.
WE HAVE SNOW ANGELS, WE HAVE LANDSCAPE ANGELS, WE HAVE VOLUNTEER, UH, STUDENTS WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING, UM, HELPING PEOPLE DO, UH, GARDENING IF THEY CAN'T AFFORD A LANDSCAPER.
SO WE REALLY ARE A VERY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT L G B T Q, BUT WE'RE WELCOMING ALL AROUND.
WE DO SO MANY GREAT THINGS, AND IT'S REALLY THE PEOPLE IN GREENBURG WHO ARE LIKE THE BEST ANYWHERE.
UM, SO, UM, NEXT, BEFORE WE INTRODUCE, UH, CAMERON, I JUST WANTED TO, SINCE WE'RE, UH, TALKING ABOUT FEEL GOOD INITIATIVES, I WANTED TO, UM, RECOGNIZE, UM, UM, OUR, UM, WESTCHESTER FORMULA FINDERS A COUPLE, UM, MONTHS AGO, UM, ABOUT A MONTH OR TWO AGO, WE HAD, UM, A BIG PROBLEM IN THE TOWN.
UM, PEOPLE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET FORMULAS FOR THEIR, UH, THEIR, UH, BABIES.
AND, UH, PEOPLE WERE REALLY PANICKY, UH, VERY, VERY STRESSED OUT.
UM, AND, UM, UH, UH, ALICE MASTERSON SET UP, UM, UH, ELISE MASTERSON SET UP A, THE WESTCHESTER FORMULA FINDERS MATCHING PARENTS WITH DESPERATELY NEEDED FORMULAS FOR INFANTS DURING THE NATIONAL SHORTAGE.
UM, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WENT ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE THAT, UH, PEOPLE WERE, UH, TAKING LIKE SAMPLES THAT THEY GOT FROM THE COMPANIES, UH, UH, DONATING IT TO RESIDENTS WHO, WHO NEEDED, UH, SPECIFIC FORMULAS.
AND YEAH, THEY'VE REALLY SAVED, SHE'S HELPED SAVE LIVES.
MAYOR OF GER, UH, ALSO DESERVES, UH, OUR THANKS AND, AND RECOGNITION BECAUSE, UM, SHE SET UP A, A SIMILAR INITIATIVE IN, IN THE VILLAGE OF ARDSLEY AND IN, IN
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THE, IN THE RIVER TOWNS.AND, UM, DURING THE PAST, UH, MONTH, YOU KNOW, SHE WOULD, UM, LET ME KNOW WHO NEEDED, NEEDED FORMULAS.
SHE CAME UP WITH IDEA OF PUTTING A, A, A BOX OUTSIDE THE TOWN HALL, UM, WHERE PEOPLE COULD DROP OFF FORMULAS AND PICK THEM UP.
AND EVERY DAY PEOPLE WOULD DROP OFF A FORMULA AND THE NEXT DAY DISAPPEARED AND SOMEBODY HAD TAKEN IT.
SO IT WAS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS, AND THAT, THAT INITIATIVE DEFINITELY WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT, UH, WITHOUT HER COMING UP WITH THE SUGGESTION.
SO I'D LIKE, THEY REALLY, TO ME, ARE BOTH, YOU KNOW, HEROES.
UM, UH, ONE, UM, OTHER PERSON WHO WAS VERY INVOLVED WAS JENNIFER LYNCH, WHO CAN'T BE HERE TODAY, BUT SHE ALSO, UH, HELPED SET UP THE WESTCHESTER FORMULA FINDERS, UM, WEBSITE.
AND I JUST REALLY WANTED TO SAY TO BOTH OF THEM, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, DOING SOMETHING THAT REALLY SAVED, SAVED LIVES.
AND, UH, WITH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A COVID ANGELS PROGRAM LAST YEAR YES.
WHERE WE HELPED, UH, UH, SENIORS AND DISABLED RESIDENTS GET, UH, COVID VACCINES.
BUT THIS IS JUST A, A NICE FOLLOW UP.
SO, UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK THEM IF WE COULD PRESENT THEM WITH THE CERTIFICATES, SO THANK YOU.
AND PAN, AND IF YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING OVER THERE, MAYBE TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE NICE THING ABOUT BOTH OF THEM IS WHATEVER THEY SAY, USUALLY WHEN PEOPLE GET HONORED IS EXAGGERATIONS, BUT, UH, WHAT THEY SAY IS WELL, IS PROBABLY GONNA BE UNDERSTATED BECAUSE THEY DO SO MUCH FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THEY SAVE LIVES.
SO I REALLY CAN'T, UH, SAY ENOUGH AND PRAISE THEM ENOUGH FOR WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS HONOR.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK JENNIFER LYNCH, WHO CO UM, STARTED THE GROUP WITH ME AND HAS REALLY BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING, UH, SHE'S A NEONATAL NURSE AND HELPING PEOPLE, UH, COUNSEL ON WHAT FORMULAS MIGHT BE POTENTIALLY GOOD FITS, UM, OR ALTERNATIVES FOR THEIR BABIES.
SHE'S BEEN HUGE, ABOVE AND BEYOND AN INSPIRATION.
UM, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK, UH, SUPERVISOR FINER FOR ALWAYS BEING COMMUNICATIVE AND LETTING US KNOW WHAT THE TOWN NEEDS.
IF SOMEONE NEEDS HELP, HE'S ON AN EMAIL IMMEDIATELY, SO IT'S FANTASTIC.
UM, AND REALLY WE HAVE A GROUP OF OVER 1700 PEOPLE THAT ARE HELPING EACH OTHER.
UM, AND THAT'S HUGE RIGHT NOW.
UH, THERE'S STILL WORK TO BE DONE.
SOME OF THE GENERICS ARE DEFINITELY MAKING THEIR ROUNDS, UM, MORE SO, BUT, UM, SOME SPECIALTY FORMULAS ARE STILL IN NEED, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN, UH, THE FACEBOOK GROUP IS WESTCHESTER FORMULA FINDERS, AND YOU CAN KIND OF HELP OUT BY JUST TAKING A PICTURE IN A GROCERY STORE, UPLOADING IT, SO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO THEM.
I APPRECIATE IT, AND I APPRECIATE, UH, YOU AS WELL.
AND I THINK WE HAD A FORMULA DONATED IN THE MOR IN THE MORNING.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S STILL THERE.
YOU COULD LOOK AT THE BOX OUTSIDE.
I WANTED TO THANK, UM, SUPERVISOR FINER, WHO WAS, UM, VERY APPROACHABLE AND VERY HELPFUL.
UM, TO ME, THIS ISSUE, UM, TOUCHES VERY DEEPLY.
WHEN THE FORMULA SHORTAGE STARTED TO HAPPEN, I NOTICED THAT, UH, POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION INCREASED IN MANY PATIENTS.
THERE'S NOTHING MORE STRESSFUL TO HAVE A NEWBORN AT HOME AND NOT KNOWING WHERE THE NEXT, UH, CAN OF FORMULA IS GOING TO COME FROM.
UH, SO THAT'S WHAT MOTIVATED ME, UM, TO START WITH THESE EFFORTS.
AND, UM, I THINK AS A COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO BE, UM, MINDFUL THAT IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT FOOD, IT'S ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL.
AND WE ALSO HAVE, UM, UH, UH, EMERGING, UH, STAR IN THE COMMUNITY.
CAMERON, UH, ELIANI, UH, WHO IS WITH IRVINGTON, SHAKESPEARE, UH, YOU KNOW, COMPANY.
I RECENTLY INTERVIEWED, UH, CAMERON ON MY W V O X RADIO SHOW.
AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS, SO, I, I REALLY, AFTER I, UM, INTERVIEWED HIM AND LEARNED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, YOU KNOW, I JUST THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT SHAKESPEARE AND HOW, HOW WE COULD, UM, HOW HISTORY SORT OF REPEATS ITSELF.
AND, UH, CAMERON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL EVERYBODY A LITTLE BIT
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ABOUT, UH, THE COMPANY AND WHY YOU STARTED IT AND WHEN THE PERFORMANCES ARE? GOT IT.UM, SHOULD I GO UP THERE? YEAH.
ANYTHING LIKE THAT? FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING.
UM, I CAN'T, LIKE, PULL UP A PHOTO FROM MY WEBSITE ON THERE.
CAN I, IS THAT LIKE TOO COMPLICATED? WHAT'S YOUR WEBSITE? TOO COMPLICATED.
WHAT'S YOUR WEBSITE? WHAT'S YOUR WEBSITE? UH, I RV SHAKESPEARE.ORG.
I SHA ARE YOU GONNA DO IT? I RV SHAKESPEARE.ORG.
IT'S, IT'S BETTER TO DO IT ON THAT ONE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO, I ALSO TELL THE STORY.
SO NOW WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? FOR THE ACTING SHAKESPEARE THAT YOU AND MCKELLAN'S? YEAH.
WHO'S THAT? UH, JUST A, YEAH, A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
OH, ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE
UM, SO, SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE MIC.
YOU CAN PICK IT UP FROM, YOU CAN PICK IT UP FROM HERE TOO.
UH, HOW'S IT GOING? I AM KARON SANI.
I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF IRVINGTON, NEW YORK STANDS A FEW YEARS IN THE CITY FOR COLLEGE.
UM, DURING THE PANDEMIC, MY PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE CHANGED ENTIRELY TO WHAT WAS IMPORTANT AND WHAT WASN'T.
AND AS AN ACTOR, I WAS GOING TO THE CITY ALL THE TIME, AUDITIONING, AND THEN I REALIZED, WHY AM I DOING THAT? I WANT TO GET INTO THIS WORK, TO TELL STORIES AND TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT RAISED ME.
SO I RECOMMITTED MY ADULT CAREER TO IRVINGTON AND GREENBURG AND WESTCHESTER, AND IT'S BEEN KIND OF CRAZY.
UM, I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT IN THIS MOMENT, IN HISTORY, UM, IT'S SO CRAZY.
LIKE EVERYTHING'S HAPPENING ALL AT ONCE.
IT FEELS LIKE I'M BEWILDERED AT MOMENTS.
I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE FEEL THE SAME WAY.
AND WHAT I BELIEVE WITH STORYTELLING IS THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER DURING THIS PANDEMIC AS WE'RE TEETERING IN AND OUT OF IT.
BUT SPECIFICALLY SHAKESPEARE, BECAUSE SHAKESPEARE WROTE ABOUT THE, THE DIFFERENT THEMES OF LIFE, LOVE, HATE, RAGE, AMBITION, LUST, DESIRE, UM, LIFE, DEATH, WAR, GREED, ALL OF THESE, UH, CHARACTERS REPRESENT FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMANITY.
AND FOR ME, AND I TALKED TO PAUL ABOUT THIS WHEN I WHEN WE INTERVIEWED, UM, THE BIG THING WAS THAT WHEN, UH, VLADIMIR PUTIN INVADED UKRAINE, UM, I WAS DISGUSTED.
I WAS SHOCKED, I WAS MORTIFIED, BUT I WASN'T AFRAID.
AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR ME? BUT THAT WILL AFFECT MY LIFE IF I CAN'T FUNCTION, IF I'M SO AFRAID AND I LOSE HOPE.
BUT IN MIR PUTIN, I SAW RICHARD II, I SAW MACBETH.
THESE ARE MEN THAT THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, POWER AND FEAR AND INTIMIDATION ARE THE KEYS TO SUCCESS.
THEY'RE NOT, THEY ALWAYS END POORLY.
IF YOU READ THOSE PLAYS, THAT DOES NOT WORK OUT.
SO I WASN'T AFRAID OF THIS MAN, AND I THOUGHT, WOW, EVERYONE IN MY LIFE IS SO, YOU KNOW, IS, IS FEARFUL OF THIS, UH, OF THIS PERSON.
AND I COULD THINK CLEARLY, OKAY, WHAT'S THE NEXT STEPS? I'M NOT GONNA GIVE UP.
YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO EVEN FROM HERE? AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT YOU UKRAINE, AND HOW WE'VE COME SO FAR FROM THOSE FIRST DAYS WHERE I'M HAVING PEOPLE NOW COME, BUT NOT LOSING HOPE IS SO CRUCIAL.
SO YOU CAN THINK CLEARLY AND THEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY START TO RESPOND WITH CLARITY.
AND THAT'S WHAT SHAKESPEARE DOES FOR ME.
AND WITH THIS COMPANY I'M CREATING WORKS, UM, THAT REFLECT THAT.
IT ALSO, SHAKESPEARE IS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND FOR PEOPLE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND A LOT OF SHAKESPEARE WHEN I FIRST READ IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT, UM, OFF THE PAGE.
BUT I FIND WORKS LIKE IAN MCKELLEN'S, UH, ACTING SHAKESPEARE AS A PLAY.
HE WROTE, UM, 40 YEARS AGO, AND HE ACTUALLY GAVE ME PERMISSION TO,
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UM, REVIVE IT HERE IN IRVINGTON IN THE RIVER TOWNS.AND THIS IS THE LETTER THAT HE SENT ME.
UM, AND WE ARE PUTTING ON THIS PRODUCTION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, IT'S A CHANCE TO GET INTO SCHOOLS AND TO COMMUNITIES AND PERFORM.
AND WE TELL STORIES ABOUT THE THE WORKS MONOLOGUES, MODERN CONTEXT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND IT WILL HELP PEOPLE SEE SHAKESPEARE NOT AS LIKE, THAT BORING IN SEVENTH GRADE WHEN YOU'RE LIKE, FORCED TO READ IT AND IT'S, UH, MISERABLE.
UH, IT'S THE ONE THING WE LEARNED IN ACT SCHOOL IS LIKE, YOU NEVER READ SHAKESPEARE OFF THE PAGE.
LIKE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AT 11:00 AM ON LIKE A WEDNESDAY WORST TIME TO LEARN SHAKESPEARE.
AND PEOPLE'S RELATIONSHIP IS ALTERED BY THAT.
THEY THINK, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HIM.
EVERYONE SAYS HE'S GREAT, BUT I DON'T GET HIM.
AND, UM, WE REALLY WANNA WORK ON, UH, BREAKING THAT AND INTRODUCING HIM IN WAYS THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, NOT TRANSLATE PER SE, BUT MAKE IT IN A MODERN WAY, UM, WHERE YOU CAN ENGAGE WITH THE WORK AND HAVE THAT CATHARSIS HAVE THAT, UM, THAT MOMENT TO, UH, REFLECT WHAT'S GOING ON, UH, IN YOUR LIFE, POSSIBLY WITH THEATER.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THEATER WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR.
THE GREEKS, YOU'D COME TOGETHER IN THE CROWD, YOU'D WATCH THEM PERFORM, AND YOU'D GO BACK INTO YOUR LIFE AND GO, OH, THAT HAPPENED TO ME, OR I'M GOING THROUGH THAT.
SO IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT TOOL.
I THINK IT'S LIKE, IF YOU LOOK AT LIKE THE MACBETH, THE DENZEL, WASHINGTON MACBETH RECENTLY, LIKE EVEN I WATCHED THAT AND THAT IT WAS, IT WAS LOVELY AT TIMES, BUT I WAS STILL CONFUSED AND I'M RUNNING THE COMPANY.
SO IT'S LIKE THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO GRAPPLE WITH AND I REALLY WANT TO DO THAT, UM, AND OPEN UP SHAKESPEARE FOR EVERYBODY.
WE HAVE A SHOW THIS SUMMER AT MERCY COLLEGE.
IT'S FREE, OUR DONATIONS, WE DO NEED DONATIONS AND FUNDING
SO I'M ALSO HERE TO LET YOU KNOW AND, UH, COME HANG OUT WITH US, GRAB A TICKET, DONATE IF YOU CAN.
UM, IT'S THIS JULY, UH, AND I'M, I'M GONNA BE TOURING THIS SHOW, UM, AFTER THE SUMMER SHOW INTO THE FALL.
I'D LOVE TO TALK WITH ANYBODY.
PLEASE REACH OUT TO IRV SHAKESPEARE.ORG.
UM, OR THE SAME THING ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND, UM, YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PAUL, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND THIS WAS GREAT.
AND IF PEOPLE WANNA, UH, IF THEY'RE ASPIRING ACTORS, UH, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ACTORS AND ACTRESSES? YEAH, SO IF YOU WANNA WORK, WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HUDSON VALLEY, WESTCHESTER GREENBURG, ROCKLAND COUNTY.
UM, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO JUST BE THEM OBVIOUSLY, BUT, UH, I THINK THERE'S AN UNTAPPED POTENTIAL OF TALENT HERE.
UM, AND I WANT TO GIVE FOLKS AN OPPORTUNITY NOT TO RUN TO THE CITY, WHICH IS WHAT A LOT OF US DO.
SO WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA INVEST IN THIS COMMUNITY AND OUR TALENTS HERE.
UM, AND, UH, YOU CAN REACH OUT AT ANY TIME.
I DON'T REALLY HOLD AUDITIONS.
I DON'T REALLY BELIEVE IN AUDITIONS.
I THINK THEY'RE KIND OF MESSED UP.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW, AN ACTOR GOES IN SAYS NINE SECONDS OF SOMETHING LEAVES.
I COULDN'T TELL HOW GOOD THEY WERE.
WE WILL HAVE A MEETING AND INTERVIEW, UM, AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT EVEN VOLUNTEER, UM, OR, OR ANYTHING.
UM, NEXT, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, WE SENT OUT, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, AN EMAIL TODAY TO RESIDENTS WHO HAD, UM, EXPRESSED, UM, INTEREST IN THE TWO MONTH, UM, UM, EXPERIMENT, UH, ONE WAY ON MOUNT JOY AVENUE, ROBIN HILL ROAD, AND GETTING, UM, SOME RESPONSES, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM PEOPLE.
AND I'M WONDERING IF, UM, UH, SERGEANT REON IS AVAILABLE BY ZOOM.
SO PRIOR TO IMPLEMENTING THE ONE WAY CIRCUIT IN THE ROBIN HILL, MOUNT JOY HENRY STREET, UM, SECTION, WE COMPLETED, UM, UH, COLLECTED SPEED AND DATA VOLUME, UM, FOR THOSE STREETS.
WE CONDUCTED THAT STUDY FROM MARCH 30TH UNTIL ABOUT MAY 1ST.
AND THEN AFTER THE ONE-WAY CIRCUIT HAD BEEN IMPLEMENTED FOR OVER A MONTH, WE COMPLETED ANOTHER SET OF DATA FOR AT THE EXACT SAME POINTS ON EACH ROAD.
UM, SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING, SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS FOR MOUNT JOY AVENUE, BEFORE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ONE-WAY CIRCUIT, THE AVERAGE SPEED, UM, DAILY SPEED WAS 21 MILES PER HOUR.
AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION, THE SPEED DROPPED TO 20.2 MILES PER HOUR.
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ROAD, THE AVERAGE SPEED BEFORE THE ONE-WAY IN IMPLEMENTATION WAS 15.4 MILES PER HOUR.AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION, IT ROSE TO 17.2 MILES PER HOUR.
HENRY STREET, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS 25 MILES PER HOUR BEFORE AND 24.9 MILES PER HOUR AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ONE-WAY CIRCUIT.
KEEPING IN MIND, UM, THESE STREETS ARE 25 MILE AN HOUR POSTED SPEED LIMIT.
THE AVERAGE DAILY VOLUME FOR MOUNT JOY BEFORE WAS 811 VEHICLES PER DAY.
THAT DROPPED TO 653 VEHICLES PER DAY.
ROBIN HILL, THE AVERAGE DAILY VOLUME ROSE FROM 126 VEHICLES PER DAY TO 161 VEHICLES PER DAY.
AND ON HENRY STREET, UH, THE AVERAGE DAILY VOLUME OF TRAFFIC ROSE FROM 670 VEHICLES PER DAY TO 947 VEHICLES PER DAY.
SOME OF THE 947 VEHICLES PER DAY FOR HENRY STREET COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO.
THERE IS NOW A TURNING RESTRICTION, A LEFT TURN RESTRICTION FROM SEALY PLACE ONTO ARLEY ROAD IN THE 8:00 AM TO 9:00 AM AND TWO TO 4:00 PM UH, WE NOTICED THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE HOLDING TRAFFIC OF TRYING TO MAKE THE LEFT TURN ONTO ARTSY ROAD, BUT WE ESTIMATE THAT THAT MIGHT ONLY ATTRIBUTE MAYBE 20 TO 30 TRIPS.
WE DO HAVE ALL OF THE DATA THAT CAN BE SHARED WITH THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THAT AREA.
THEY CAN LOOK AT ALL OF THE DATA WE HAVE COLLECTED.
IT HAS WITHIN THE MEAN MEDIAN MODE FOR ALL OF THE STATISTICS.
ARE THERE ADDITIONAL MEASURES THAT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND IF WE WERE TO KEEP, IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD IN KEEPING THE ONE WAY CIRCUIT? WHEN WE BUILD OR CONSTRUCT THE SIDEWALK ON THE SHORT PORTION OF ROBIN HILL, WHICH CONNECTS MOUNT JOY TO HENRY STREET, I WOULD URGE THE TOWN TO CONSIDER OR DESIGN, UM, BUILDING WHAT'S CALLED A BULB OUT OR A CURB EXTENSION.
SO AS YOU'RE, UM, COMING UP MOUNT JOY FROM CENTRAL AVENUE, YOU WOULD BE FACED WITH A NARROWER SECTION OF ROAD, WHICH LENDS ITSELF TO TURNING AWAY FROM, UH, TRYING TO DRIVE UP MOUNT JOY.
I WOULD ALSO ENHANCE, UH, WITH SOME LANE MARKINGS TO DESIGNATE A LANE AND A WALKING SHOULDER.
UM, I WOULD ALSO, WHERE THE EASTERLY INTERSECTION OF ROBIN HILL OF MOUNT JOY IS, I WOULD TIGHTEN UP THAT INTERSECTION, UM, EXTENDING THE CURBS AND THEN MAKING IT MORE OF A T INTERSECTION INSTEAD OF A Y INTERSECTION.
WERE YOU RECOMMENDING A HUMP ANYWHERE FOR HENRY STREET? I THINK WE COULD, BECAUSE THAT ABUTS THE, UH, SILLY PLACE SCHOOL.
SO DURING SCHOOL HOURS, WE SEE THAT THE AVERAGE SPEED DOES EXCEED THE 15 MILE AN HOUR POSTED SCHOOL SPEED LIMIT.
UM, THERE ARE TWO SECTIONS WHERE I WOULD RECOMMEND PUTTING A SPEED HUMP ON HENRY STREET NOW, UH, FOR THOSE SECTIONS, IS THAT NEAR, UH, HOMES? BECAUSE WE'VE HAD ISSUES IN THE PAST WHERE PEOPLE WOULD COMPLAIN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NOISE LEVELS FROM THE SPEED HUMPS, SPEED BUMPS, YES, THEY WOULD BE IN FRONT OF, OF HOMES, RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
UH, WE PROBABLY WOULD GET A LOT LESS NOISE FROM A SPEED HUMP AS IT'S MORE GRADUAL THAN A, THAN A BUMP.
A BUMP IS SOMETHING WE'D FIND IN A PARKING LOT, OR WE DO A CAR, A SCHOOL WHERE IT'S MUCH SHARPER.
THIS WOULD ALLOW CARS TO TRAVEL AT 15 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR WITH MINIMAL DISRUPTION TO THE DRIVER.
AND WHEN YOU DO, IF WE DO LIKE A SPEED HUMP, UM, MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT THEY ALSO HAVE LIKE TEMPORARY SPEED HUMPS THAT YOU COULD TEST IT OUT.
AND IF IT, YOU KNOW, IF, UH, IT WORKS, IT'S GREAT AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK, YOU KNOW, WE COULD RE REMOVE IT.
THEY CAN BE PURCHASED AND THEN THEY CAN GET ANCHORED INTO THE GROUND.
UM, PUBLIC WORKS HAS THE ABILITY TO ANCHOR IT INTO THE GROUND, AND THEY COULD BE REMOVED EITHER FOR SNOW REMOVAL OR IF YOU FIND THAT THEY'RE JUST NOT WORKING, THEY'RE MADE OF LIKE A HARD RUBBER AND PLASTIC AND THOSE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CALLED EITHER SPEED CUSHIONS, SPEED TABLES, OR SPEED HUMPS.
YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU.
I, I'VE SAID TO, UH, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT OF, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MANY TOWN EMPLOYEES WE HAVE, YOU'RE WITHOUT QUESTION ONE OF THE MOST DEDICATED.
AND, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY, UH, GIVE EVERY ISSUE SERIOUS ATTENTION.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE AVAILABLE ON WEEKENDS.
IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, YOU ALWAYS RESPOND.
IT COULD BE WEEKENDS, EVENINGS, UH, ONCE THERE WAS A DEER IN SOMEBODY'S HOUSE, I THINK IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE AND THEY WERE PANICKY AND YOU, YOU GOT RID OF IT, UH, WHEN WE COULDN'T FIND ANYBODY.
I MEAN, YOU JUST GO THE EXTRA MILE AND YOU'RE REALLY A MODEL PUBLIC SERVANT.
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I HOPE YOU NEVER RETIRE.ESPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY IF IT WAS IN THE HOUSE VERY MUCH.
AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK SERGEANT REON FOR HIS ADVISEMENT TO THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE REGARDING FILMING PERMITS.
HE IS A VALUABLE RESOURCE TO US.
HE HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT GRANTING CERTAIN FILMING PERMITS.
AND IF THEY DO NOT HAVE CONCERNS, THEY IMMEDIATELY APPROVE THEM.
BUT HE INFORMS US AND EDUCATES US AND RAISES OUR LEVEL OF AWARENESS WITH REGARDS TO WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CONSIDERS TO BE SAFETY ISSUES.
UM, I'M HOLDING OVER TILL, UM, BEFORE YOU DO THAT.
SO WE HAD PROMISED THE NEIGHBORS WHEN WE WERE STANDING OUT AT THE STREET, UH, TWO MONTHS AGO, THAT PRIOR TO US ACTUALLY DOING ANYTHING LONG TERM THAT WE WOULD HEAR FROM THEM.
AND, AND YET THE TWO MONTHS EXPIRES NEXT WEEK.
AND IF WE DO NOTHING, IT MEANS THAT THE ONE WAY HAS TO GO AWAY.
AND IF WE THEN PUT IT BACK, IT'S GONNA CAUSE CONSIDERABLE CONFUSION.
BUT WE DID PROMISE THE NEIGHBORS THAT WE WOULD HEAR FROM THEM.
UH, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY, I THINK ON TUESDAY GONNA HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING IN ORDER TO EXTEND THE TWO MONTHS, ANOTHER TWO WEEKS.
AND THEN WE'LL MAKE A DECISION AT THE, I BELIEVE IT'S THE, UH, JULY THIR 13TH, 13TH, JULY, JULY 13TH MEETING.
AND WE HOPE IF, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THOSE STREETS, IF YOU HAVEN'T, UH, SENT SOMETHING TO US, UH, PLEASE DO TO, SO WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR OPINION.
[ REORGANIZATION MEETING - Reorganization Document]
HOLDING OVER THE REORGANIZATION MEETING TO, UH, TUESDAY AT, UH, AT 5:00 PM OKAY.[ INTRODUCTION OF A LOCAL LAW A Local Law for the use of Videoconferencing for meetings of public bodies consistent with the recently revised Open Meetings Law]
UH, NEXT, UM, INTRODUCTION OF A LOCAL LAW, LOCAL LAW, UH, FOR THE USE OF VIDEO CONFERENCING FOR MEETINGS OF PUBLIC BODIES CONSISTENT WITH THE RECENTLY REVISED OPEN MEETINGS LAW.I'D LIKE TO MOVE, UM, MOVE THAT SECOND.
YEAH, THIS IS A BUT REPEAT THAT PAUL.
IT'S A LOCAL LAW FOR THE USE OF VIDEO CONFERENCING FOR MEETINGS OF PUBLIC BODIES CONSISTENT WITH THE RECENTLY REVISED OPEN MEETINGS LAW.
JUST BEFORE WE DO, IS THERE ANYONE HERE FOR THE SCHOLARS DEAL? GOLF CLUB.
BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HOLD IT OVER, BUT IF ANYBODY DID SHOW UP, THEY MADE THEIR WAY OUT HERE AND DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS GONNA BE HELD OVER AT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
WE WERE GONNA LET YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
UH, BUT SO NEXT UP, UM, PAUL, PAUL, BEFORE MOVING FORWARD, UH, WOULD YOU CARE TO EXPOUND UPON THIS LOCAL LAW FOR THE USE OF VIDEO CONFERENCING? UM, RESIDENTS MAY NOT BE AWARE OF ANY, UH, CHANGES WITH REGARDS TO VIDEO CONFERENCING FOR MEETINGS OF PUBLIC BODIES CONSISTENT WITH THE RECENTLY REVISED OPEN MEETINGS LAW.
WELL, DAVID ISN'T DAVID? DAVID, I, I, I WANNA BE VERY BRIEF BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THIS IS, UM, A PROACTIVE MOVE.
IT'S, THERE HAS NOT BEEN, WHILE THERE HAS BEEN LEGISLATION LEGISLATURE, UH, APPROVED BY THE BOARD, THE GOVERNOR IS CONTINUING TO EXTEND HER EXECUTIVE ORDER.
SO THAT MEETINGS CAN BE EITHER IN PERSON HERE OR SOLELY ON ZOOM.
HOWEVER, IN, UH, THE SPRING, UM, THE, OR ACTUALLY EVEN BEFORE THE SPRING, THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE APPROVED A LAW THAT WILL ALLOW AFTER THE EMERGENCIES VIDEO CONFERENCING, BUT WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE LIMITED ACCESS.
AND, UH, THAT CAN BE RAISED WHEN WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, THE, THE ACTUAL SPECIFICS.
BUT SUFFICE IT TO SAY IT, IT WOULD, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE A FULL ZOOM MEETING.
UM, AS WE ARE, AS WE WOULD HAVE NOW AS THE PLANNING BOARD, ZONING BOARD AND SOME OF THE OTHER BOARDS IN TOWN HAVE BEEN DOING.
UM, WHAT YOU WOULD NEED IS YOU WOULD REQUIRE A QUORUM OF THAT PUBLIC BODY TO BE PRESENT.
AND THEN IF SOMEONE HAD EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES, UM, THEY WERE, THEY WERE OUT ON BUSINESS OR THERE WERE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY COULD NOT MAKE THE MEETING IN.
ONCE THERE WAS A QUORUM OF THE FULL BOARD, THAT PERSON COULD BE AS, UH, SERGEANT, UM, REON WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, COULD JUST, UM, UH, ZOOM IN, UM, OR TELECONFERENCE, UH, IN AND BE CONSIDERED A VOTING MEMBER OF THE BOARD.
AND JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION, THE, THE LAW THAT WAS JUST, UM, IT WAS
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ACTUALLY THE EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT THE GOVERNOR, UH, EXTENDED ONLY HAS A, A, A LIFE OF 30 DAYS.SO EVERY 30 DAYS, THE GOVERNOR HAS EXTENDED IT SINCE CLOSE TO THE BEGINNING OF COVID.
IT, IT'S, UH, IT WILL RUN OUT JULY, UH, FIFTH, 15TH, 14TH.
AND THEN, ALTHOUGH THE GOVERNOR MAY VERY WELL EXTENDED AGAIN TO AUGUST, SO WE WILL SEE.
YEAH, THAT'S WHY IT HAD, IT'S CONSTANTLY EXTENDED AND WE NEVER KNOW UNTIL THAT DAY THAT IT'S GOING TO BE EXTENDED.
SO THE RECENT REVISION TO THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW SPECIFIES EXACTLY WHAT LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE VIDEO CONFERENCING, UH, PORTION OF THAT REVISION.
AND IF WE DO NOTHING AND THE EXECUTIVE ORDER RUNS OUT, THEN WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE A BOARD MEMBER, UH, REMOTELY BE ABLE TO VOTE, UH, PROVIDED THAT THERE WAS A QUORUM IN A PUBLIC LOCATION.
SO IT WOULD BE IN PROACTIVE AND FOLLOWING UP ON A, A OPEN MEETINGS LAW REVISION THAT WAS OUT FOR MONTHS.
DOES ANYBODY WANNA SPEAK ABOUT IT? WE HAVE THE HEARING.
WE HAVE TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, PAUL, BEFORE OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING, I DO HAVE A COMMENT ON THE TOWN CLERK'S COMMENTS.
THIS YEAR WE ALREADY OPENED THE MEETING.
WE ALREADY OPENED THE MEETING.
WELL, I, THERE'S, THERE'S TOWN CLERK COMMENTS HERE ON THE AGENDA, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE, WE HAVEN'T SET THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE HAVEN'T, THAT NEEDS TO BE RESPECTED AND RECOGNIZED.
WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING YET.
NOT THIS PUBLIC HEARING HAS NOT BEEN OPENED.
WE DID NOT OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THEREFORE, I'M GOING TO MAKE PUBLIC, SO NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO THE, THEREFORE
[ TOWN CLERK COMMENTS]
I'M GOING TO DO TOWN CLERK COMMENTS.NOW, THIS YEAR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO OUR PUBLIC, OUR LISTENING AND VIEWING PUBLIC, WE WILL BE HOLDING, I'M, I'M SO EXCITED, I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
'CAUSE I JUST LOVE COMING IN HERE AND SEEING AN AUDITORIUM FULL OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS.
WE WILL HAVE THE LARGEST INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN HISTORY IN THE PAST 13 YEARS.
THE FOUR PILLARS OF OUR PROGRAM ARE COMMUNICATIONS, LEADERSHIP, DEVELOPMENT, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND TEAMWORK, REPRESENTING THE SOFT SKILLS IN THE PROFESSIONAL WORK ENVIRONMENT THAT NEVERTHELESS PROVIDE THE FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESS IN ANY POSITION.
BECAUSE THESE AREAS ARE ALL ABOUT HUMAN RELATIONS, AS WE ALL KNOW, WHETHER THOSE RELATIONSHIPS BE VIRTUAL OR IN PERSON.
SO I'M SHARING THIS WITH YOU BECAUSE I'M REACHING OUT TO YOU.
IF THERE'S ANYONE IN OUR LISTENING AND VIEWING AUDIENCE WHO HAS BACKGROUND SKILLS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF CAREER IN THESE AREAS OF COMMUNICATIONS, LEADERSHIP, DEVELOPMENT, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND TEAMWORK, PLEASE EMAIL ME BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO BE A GUEST SPEAKER TO OUR INTERNS.
WE HAVE ABOUT 35 TO 40 YOUNG PEOPLE THIS YEAR WHO WILL BE STARTING THIS INTERNSHIP SITTING WHERE YOU'RE SITTING STARTING JULY 12TH.
AND THEY'LL BE WITH US FOR SIX WEEKS.
AND, UM, LEARNING ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE VARIOUS JOBS AND PROFESSIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED WITHIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BUT ALSO RELATED TO THOSE FOUR PILLARS, COMMUNICATIONS, LEADERSHIP, DEVELOPMENT, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND TEAMWORK.
SO PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU WOULD LOVE TO BE A GUEST SPEAKER AT J BEVILLE.
THAT'S B LIKE BOY E V LIKE VICTOR, I L L E AT GREENBERG, G R E E N B U R G H N Y.COM.
I'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU AS A GUEST SPEAKER AND THANK YOU.
AND YOU KNOW, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, THIS INTERNSHIP IS BEYOND LIKE, AMAZING.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING, INCREDIBLE INITIATIVES THAT, UH, THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE WORKED ON.
WE'VE HAD SOME CLASS, UH, SPEAKERS, UM, ANDRE LEON TALLEY, UM, UH, WHO, UH, UH, A WORLD FAMOUS, UH, UH, JOURNALIST, JOURNALIST,
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UH, SPOKE TO THE INTERN.AND IN FACT, TODAY THERE'S A RESOLUTION, UM, NAMING A STREET, YOU KNOW, FOR HIM.
WE HAD HILLARY CLINTON SPEAK TO THE INTERNS.
UM, TWO YEARS AGO, UM, WE HAD A PHIL WISER WHO GREW UP IN HASTINGS, UM, AND NOW IS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF COLORADO.
HE SPOKE TO THE INTERNS, UM, LIST, UM, YOU KNOW, LIST, UM, YOU KNOW, SU YOU KNOW, SUMMER, UM, WE HAD JT UM, ROGERS WHO WON A TONY AWARD.
UM, AND HE BASICALLY, UM, UM, WON THE TONY AWARD FOR THE PLAY OSLO, UH, A NU A FEW YEARS AGO.
AND HE SPOKE AND SPENT LIKE A LONG TIME.
WE HAD MARK ZUCKERBERG'S SISTER AND FATHER RANDY ZUCKERBERG, THE FIRST FACEBOOK, UH, MARKETING DIRECTOR, SPEAK TO THE INTERNS.
WE HAD, UH, BARRETT SEAMAN, WHO WAS A WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT FOR TIME MAGAZINE.
NOW HE'S WITH A HUDSON INDEPENDENT.
WE'VE HAD PAULER PRIZE WINNERS.
WE'VE HAD, UM, PEOPLE WHO HAVE WON, UH, THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER HAD BEEN ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST.
BUT THE INTERNS, THEY DON'T ONLY, WE'RE NOT ONLY GETTING THEM TO NAME DROP AND TALK ABOUT, WELL, THESE FAMOUS PEOPLE THEY'RE INTERACTING WITH BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY LOCAL, UH, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE REALLY GREAT.
THEY'VE DONE, UH, THINGS A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UM, UH, SW RIVER ROAD IN ARDSLEY WITH, THERE WERE SO MANY POTHOLES, AND THEY ORGANIZED, UM, A PETITION EFFORT AND PERSUADED THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO, UH, REPAVE THE ROAD.
THEY, UH, THREATENED THE RALLY.
UM, THEY, UH, THEY ORGANIZED A, UH, ONLINE PETITION, UH, AND, AND THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL.
THEY, THEY'VE LOBBIED ANDREA STEWART COUSINS, THEY'VE LOBBIED TOM ANTE OR, OR SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE.
SO IF, IF, UH, YOU'RE, UM, WATCHING THIS ON TV AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO IN THE SUMMER, THIS IS WITHOUT QUESTION, I'D SAY ONE OF THE BEST INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS ANYWHERE IN, IN THE COUNTRY.
AND NOT ONLY DID THEY THREATEN TO RALLY, BUT THAT, UM, ENGENDERED A RESPONSE FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OFFICE.
AND THEY SENT A NOTE TO US SAYING, PLEASE DO NOT HAVE THOSE INTERNS OUT THERE HOLDING A PROTEST AT THE PARK.
WE WILL DO SOMETHING, WE WILL MEET WITH YOU AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE POTHOLES.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN AWESOME, YOU KNOW, THE, THE INTERNS ARE, ARE THE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM OUR AREA HIGH SCHOOLS, EDGEMONT, LEY, HASTINGS, IRVINGTON, TERRYTOWN, GREENBURG, VALHALLA.
THEY'RE FROM ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UH, BECAUSE I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALK WHEN YOU, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MOVE HERE FOR THE SCHOOLS.
SOME OF THE SCHOOLS, UM, ARE MORE AFFLUENT THAN, YOU KNOW, AND THE KIDS COME FROM FAMILIES THAT ARE NOT AS AFFLUENT.
ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT THIS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IS WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE, WHO ARE CHILDREN OF MULTIMILLIONAIRES IN THE PROGRAM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE PEOPLE WHO, UH, ARE LIVING WITH SINGLE PARENTS, UM, WHO BASICALLY ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
AND I THINK IT'S SO WONDERFUL THAT INTERNS WHO ARE WEALTHY AND POOR, PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS, PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES, UM, ARE WORKING DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS TOGETHER, UM, TO BASICALLY, UH, AND LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER AND, UM, BENEFITING FROM THIS, UH, INTERACTION.
BECAUSE IT'S REALLY, IT'S A, A MODEL OF HOW, UH, HOW WE COULD, YOU KNOW, GET, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW WE COULD TEACH OUR, OUR YOUTH.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY DO JUST AN AMAZING JOB ON THIS, AND IT'S REALLY APPRECIATED.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE MET, UH, STUDENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS AFTER, YOU KNOW, AFTER THEY'VE OUT OF THE PROGRAM AND THEY'RE RUNNING FOR OFFICE.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE SORT OF INTERESTING IF WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, I SEE THEM ON THE STREET.
UM, I'VE, I'VE DECIDED TO GO INTO GOVERNMENT, I'VE GONE INTO PUBLIC SERVICE, I'VE DONE THAT.
AND SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE SAID IT'S BECAUSE OF THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
SO SOMEBODY HEARING THIS, HOW WOULD THEY, HOW DO THEY APPLY AND WHAT IS THE SELECTION PROCESS? AND IS THERE ANY, IS THERE ANY, UH, STIPEND THAT OKAY.
WELL, ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS WE WILL ACCEPT ANYONE.
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WE WANT, WE FEEL THAT, UM, HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS WON'TIF WE GIVE THEM A GREAT EXPERIENCE, IT COULD CHANGE THEIR LIFE FOR THE BETTER.
UM, SO THEY MAY BE SOMEBODY AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE GONNA MAKE THEM ONE OF THE TOP.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WHEN, UM, ANDRE, UM, YOU KNOW, LEONIE SPOKE, HE INSPIRED EVERY THE STUDENTS.
YOU KNOW, HE BASICALLY BUILT THEM UP.
UM, AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE WANNA DO WITH EVERY STUDENT INTERN WHO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHO PARTICIPATES IN, UH, IN THIS AMAZING PROGRAM.
NOW, WE DO HAVE A STIPEND, UH, JUDITH, WHAT IS, IT'S LIKE, UH, ISN'T A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS, IT'S YES.
THE STIPEND IS $400 FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
IT'S A SIX WEEK PROGRAM, AND THE STUDENTS ARE HERE ON TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, THURSDAYS 10:00 AM TO 3:00 PM SO FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IT'S 400.
AND FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS IT'S 5 99 A DOLLAR SHORT OF 600.
SO THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO GET INVOLVED WITH CLAIMING TAXES.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY.
HOWEVER, LISTEN, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE LISTENING AND SITTING HERE, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT CAN HELP OUT WITH, WITH, UM, BOOKS, WITH, WITH CLOTHING, WITH INCIDENTS, AND IT GIVES THE YOUNG PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE, UM, A COMPENSATION FOR THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT THEY HAVE INVESTED IN THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
UM, WHAT THEY TAKE AWAY FROM HERE IS FAR MORE MEANINGFUL IN TERMS OF VALUE.
AND I HAVE THE EVIDENCE OF THAT FROM YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE SENT ME LETTERS THANKING US FOR THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, SENDING ME LETTERS OF REFERENCE, RE REQUESTING LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION FOR INTERNSHIPS THAT THEY HAVE GONE ON TO SEEK AT WASHINGTON D C DC FOR DEGREE PROGRAMS. UM, UH, IT'S AMAZING, OVER THE PAST 13 YEARS, THE NUMBER OF, OF LETTERS OF REQUESTS THAT I HAVE RECEIVED AND PAUL HAS RECEIVED FOR LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION FROM YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THANKING US FOR THE EXPERIENCE.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THOSE OF YOU IN OUR LISTENING AND VIEWING AUDIENCE, YOUR PARTICIPATION IS, IS JUST AS VALUABLE.
AND IF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND IN ANY OF THOSE FOUR AREAS THAT WE MENTIONED, WE WELCOME YOU TO BE A GUEST SPEAKER BECAUSE YOUR, WHAT YOU SHARE WITH THEM IS VALUABLE EXPERIENCE.
THEY WANNA KNOW HOW DID YOU GET TO BE WHERE YOU ARE? THIS IS THIS, THESE, THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS THE INTERNS ASK HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS ASK, HOW DID YOU GET TO BE WHERE YOU ARE? WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU FACED? AND HOW DID YOU OVERCOME THOSE CHALLENGES? THOSE ARE THE THREE MAIN QUESTIONS THAT THEY ASK.
CAN I ASK THAT QUESTION? OF COURSE, LENE.
BUT I, I JUST, MY QUE MY QUE MY, EXCUSE ME.
MY QUESTION WAS, SOMEBODY LISTENING TO THIS, HOW DO THEY APPLY AND WHAT'S THE SELECTION PROCESS? SO THEY SHOULD SEND THEIR, THEY SHOULD SEND ANY REQUESTS TO EITHER PAUL FINER P FINER@GREENBERGNY.COM OR JUDITH BEVILLE J BEVILLE@GREENBERGNY.COM.
WE DO, WE, WE, WE ACCEPT STUDENTS WHO APPLY.
AND, UM, SO THE PROGRAM BEGINS JULY 12TH.
IT GOES FOR SIX WEEKS UNTIL AUGUST 18TH.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF LINING UP FIELD TRIPS.
WE ALREADY HAVE ONE BOOKED TO REGENERON, AND WE ALWAYS VISIT OUR NATURE CENTER.
AND WE ALSO VISIT SEVERAL LOCATIONS HERE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG SO THAT YOUNG PEOPLE GET TO SEE WHAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS ALL ABOUT.
LENE, MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT, YOU GOTTA STAND AT THE MIC, PLEASE.
Y'ALL GOT ME A CERTIFICATE FOR ALL THIS.
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UM, MY QUESTION IS, YOU SAY IT IS FOR MIXED, FOR LOW INCOME AND SUPPOSEDLY, DO ANYONE HAVE THE MONEY? THE FIRST ONE IS 4 99.WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE NO, NO.
THE, THE, THE CHILDREN ARE NOT PAYING FOR THE PROGRAM.
NO, THAT'S NOT, THEY RECEIVE A STIPEND.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS RECEIVE A STIPEND OF 400 AND COLLEGE STUDENTS RECEIVE A STIPEND OF 5 99.
EVEN HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WHO ARE GRADUATING AND HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED TO COLLEGE RECEIVE THE COLLEGE STIPEND.
NO, THEY THANK YOU FOR ASKING.
MAYBE SINCE YOU HAVE SO MANY CONTACTS ALL OVER, MAYBE YOU COULD TRY, UH, HELPING US GET SOME GOOD SPEAKERS.
WELL, I'M THINKING ABOUT HELPING GET THE SPEAKERS, BUT I AMING ABOUT HELPING, HELPING SOMEONE THAT NEEDS TO GO THERE.
AND THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE MONEY AND I WILL FRONT SOMEWHERE TO HELP.
WELL, I'M JUST CONCERNED THEY GET PAID.
I, I GOT, I GOT IT FROM MY ONE FROM JUDY AND ALL THE BOARD.
BEAUTIFUL, JUDY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY.
UH, WHAT IS THE INQUIRY? THAT'S WHAT THE SPEAKERS, I DON'T HAVE NO PROBLEM GETTING, YOU KNOW.
I HAVE A, I DON'T HAVE NO PROBLEM.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M WORKING ON GETTING DENZEL, SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM.
MY, MY POWER COME FROM UP ABOVE, NOT FROM THE BOARD.
SO, BUT WHEN YOU GET THE SPEAKERS, YOU CAN LET ME KNOW BECAUSE THAT'S WAY I'LL THEN I'LL SHOW, LET US BOTH KNOW.
BUT, BUT THIS IS REALLY FANTASTIC AND MAYBE MYSELF, YOU MIGHT EVEN WANNA, UH, UH, BE A SPEAKER ALSO AND TELL THE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A ABSOLUTELY AN AMAZING, I'M GONNA HAVE LENE SUB IN HERE AS A SPEAKER.
'CAUSE I'M FROM BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI, SO I, I REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HELPING OUR GENERATION.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE HERE FOREVER.
SO THEY ARE OUR NEXT GENERATION AND WE WANT TO SEE BLACK, WHITE, BLACK, EVERYBODY.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY BE HAPPY IN EVERYBODY.
UH, BEFORE THE HEARING, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, NEXT THURSDAY, UH, JUNE 30TH, WE'RE STARTING THE, UM, THE FARMER'S MARKET AT TOWN HALL FROM 1:00 PM TO 6:00 PM IT'S THE FIRST TIME, AND IT'S GONNA BE THROUGHOUT THE FALL.
COLBY JENKINS IS, UM, THE MARKET MANAGER AND WE'RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT IT.
SO, AND, AND TOMORROW, IF YOU LIKE LOBSTER ROLLS AND YOU HAVEN'T VOTED, YOU COULD GO TO, UH, THE TOWN HALL PARKING LOT BECAUSE WE HAVE A FOOD TRUCK, UM, TOMORROW, FRIDAY.
UM, SO, UH, YOU COULD EAT AND VOTE, UM, UH, AND IT'S SUPPOSED, AND IT'S, UH, THE FOOD TRUCK OPERATOR, UH, ACTUALLY IS, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN FEATURED ON TV AND WE CALLED HIM AND HE'S SHOWING UP BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S SO, UH, DISGRACEFUL IS, YOU KNOW, I WAS SAYING TO SOMEBODY IN UKRAINE, PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY DYING.
AND HERE WE HAD EARLY VOTING AND P AND THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH OUR DEMOCRACY WHEN PEOPLE ARE REFUSING TO PARTICIPATE IN TAKING IT FOR GRANTED.
BECAUSE WE COULD BASICALLY THINK, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE IN UKRAINE FELT THAT, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S A FREE COUNTRY, IT'S A EUROPE, UH, IT'S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN THERE.
BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE STRUGGLING, UH, FOR THEIR FREEDOMS. AND 10 YEARS FROM NOW, THE SAME THING COULD HAPPEN TO US.
SO WE SHOULD EXERCISE OUR RIGHT TO VOTE, AND WE SHOULD BASICALLY PARTICIPATE.
WHETHER YOU'RE FOR OR AGAINST, DOESN'T MATTER, VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE OF YOUR CHOICE.
AND TO CLARIFY TOMORROW, THE, THE, UM, ELECTIONS, THE EARLY VOTING GOES ON AND THROUGH SUNDAY AND EARLY VOTING IS FOR THE, THE STATE OFFICES, UM, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, THE GOVERNORS, THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS AND GOVERNORS.
AND, UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ASSEMBLY RACES.
UM, AND THEN THERE'LL BE A SECOND PRIMARY.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION.
A SECOND PRIMARY FOR OUR CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES.
THE ACTUAL ELECTION DAY IS THE, FOR THIS PRIMARY IS JUNE 28TH.
THAT'S A WEEK FROM YESTERDAY, NEXT TUESDAY.
AND THAT SHOULD BE AT YOUR REGULAR VOTING PLACES.
BUT FOR EARLY VOTING, WHICH AGAIN IS THROUGH THIS WEEK, THROUGH THE WEEKEND, IT, YOU CAN VOTE AT
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ANY ONE OF 23 SITES.AND IF YOU GO ONTO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS WEBSITE, YOU CAN LOOK UP WHAT SITES ARE AVAILABLE.
GREENBURG, OF COURSE, BEING THE CLOSEST FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
BUT YOU CAN VOTE AT WHITE PLAINS ON CARPA STREET, 25 CARPA STREET, OR DOBBS FERRY AS WELL.
AND THOSE ARE REALLY OUR LOCAL, UM, POLLING PLACES THAT ARE CONVENIENT TO GREENBURG RESIDENTS.
AS WELL AS DOBBS FERRY VILLAGE HALL FOR LOCAL FOR GREENBURG RESIDENTS.
[ To consider an Amended Site Plan application by Scarsdale Golf Club, which is located at 1 Club Way (P.O. Hartsdale, NY) (Adjourned to Town Board Meeting of July 13, 2022 at applicant's request)]
SO NOW WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.THE FIRST HEARING'S BEEN ADJOURNED TO JULY 13TH.
THAT'S THE SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB.
[ To consider a Local Law for the use of videoconferencing for meetings of public bodies consistent with the recently revised Open Meetings Law]
HEARING TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW FOR THE USE OF VIDEO CONFERENCING FOR MEETINGS OF PUBLIC BODIES CONSISTENT WITH THE RECENTLY REVISED OPEN MEETINGS.LESSONS WE ALREADY DISCUSSED IT.
COULD WE INCLUDE THAT IN THE, UH, IN THE MINUTES SO WE DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT IT? ALL RIGHT.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE INCLUDE THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION AND THAT, THAT YOU RECORDED, UH, IN THIS DISCUSSION.
UH, ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT? UH, THEN, UM, I'D LIKE TO, THERE IS, UH, SUPERVISOR FINDER.
THERE IS, UH, ONE SPEAKER ON ZOOM.
MR. SAMS, IF YOU CAN UNMUTE AND PLEASE MAKE YOUR REMARKS.
UH, I'M KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT WHY WE'RE DOING THIS WITH A LOCAL LAW.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE GOVERNOR'S LAW EXPIRES ON JULY 1ST, WHICH IS EIGHT DAYS FROM NOW.
SO WILL THIS LOCAL LAW EXPIRE ALSO IN EIGHT DAYS? THAT'S A QUESTION WHICH I HOPE YOU'LL BE ANSWERING AT THE END.
I SEE IN THE LANGUAGE OF A LOCAL LAW THAT YOU'RE VERY CONCERNED BY HAVING PUBLIC BODY MEANING YOURSELVES OR LOCAL TOWN BOARDS OF ANY NAME, UH, HAVING REASONS THAT THEY CANNOT ATTEND THE MEETING AND THEREFORE ARE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE BY ZOOM.
I FIND THAT CONTRADICTORY TO HOW THE TOWN BOARD CURRENTLY CONDUCTS ITS OWN MEETINGS, WHICH SEEM TO BE WORKING ON THE LINES OF HOW DO WE KEEP THE PUBLIC FROM COMMENTING.
HERE WE HAVE AN AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING, THIS VERY MEETING, WHICH REFERENCES ALL THE WAYS THAT THE PUBLIC CAN PARTICIPATE OR VIEW THIS MEETING.
AND DESPITE MY FACT THAT I BROUGHT IT TO YOUR ATTENTION, MANY TIMES THE AGENDA DOES NOT MENTION THAT THIS MEETING CAN IN FACT BE VIEWED AND PARTICIPATED LIKE I AM DOING ON ZOOM.
SO HERE YOU WANNA PASS A LOCAL LAW ENABLING EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE WITH ZOOM.
LET'S TAKE A LITTLE STEP AWAY FROM THE ZOOM PORTION AND CONSIDER WHAT YOU ARE DOING WITH YOUR OWN MEETINGS.
WITHOUT ZOOM, YOU'VE REMOVED THE POSSIBILITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT.
IF THEY CAN'T ATTEND AND CAN'T UTILIZE ZOOM BY, YOU'RE NO LONGER ALLOWING THE TOWN CLERK TO READ WRITTEN COMMENTS SENT TO HER.
FIVE MINUTES ON ZOOM IS THE SAME AS FIVE MINUTES BEING READ BY THE TOWN CLERK, BUT HERE YOU ARE ALL UP AND EXCITED ABOUT THIS EXPIRING LAW.
AND THE CURRENT ITERATION, LIKE I SAID, EXPIRES JULY 1ST.
THERE IS A PART OF THIS LOCAL LAW WHICH INTRIGUES ME, AND THAT IS NUMBER SIX, WHICH SAYS, EACH MEETING CONDUCTED USING VIDEO CONFERENCING SHALL BE RECORDED AND SUCH RECORDINGS POSTED OR LINKED ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS DAYS FOLLOWING THE MEETING, AND SHALL REMAIN SO AVAILABLE FOR A MINIMUM OF FIVE YEARS THEREAFTER WHILE THE TOWN HAS RECORDED USING ZOOM, THE RECORDING BEING PART OF THE FUNCTION OF ZOOM, AND THEREFORE IT HAS A CONSIDERABLE ARCHIVE OF EXISTING MEETINGS.
SOME OF THOSE ARE BOARDS THAT THERE ARE NO VIDEO ARCHIVE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE TOWN WEBSITE, THE C A C, THE BOARD OF ETHICS.
SO UNDER YOUR NEW LOCAL LAW, WILL YOU BE RETRIEVING FOR ARCHIVE PURPOSES, THE WHOLE HIDDEN CABOODLE OF MEETINGS THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY RECORDED BUT HAVE NEVER BEEN AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE? I'M SURE THAT'S SOMETHING THE GOVERNMENT WOULD APPROVE OF IF YOU WERE IN FACT TO FOLLOW THROUGH AND DO THAT.
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SO THIS SEEMS TO BE RATHER RUSHED EPISODE HERE, WHICH HAS NO RELEVANCE TO REALITY IN THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE GOVERNOR WILL EVEN EXTEND IT BEYOND JULY 1ST.AND AGAIN, THE QUESTION I HAVE BEFORE THE TOWN BOARD IS THIS LOCAL LAW WHICH YOU ARE RUSHING TO PASS AS VAGUE AS IT IS, WILL IT EXPIRE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GOVERNOR'S LAW WHEN IT EXPIRES? AND WILL WE BE REPEATING THE SAME PROCESS? HOPEFULLY IF THAT HAPPENS, WE'LL BE DOING SO IN A MORE MEANINGFUL MANNER THAN THE CURRENT LANGUAGE OF THE EXISTING LOCAL LAW THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE, PEOPLE WHICH YOU HAVE NOT EVEN BOTHERED TO READ TO THE PUBLIC.
SO WILL THIS LOCAL LAW EXPIRE CONCURRENT WITH THE GOVERNOR'S LAW? THAT IS A QUESTION.
IS THERE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE AUDIO PORTION BECAUSE I'M NOT HEARING AN ANSWER.
MR. SAMS. HE ASKED THE QUESTION, MR. SAMS, UH, WHAT ARE YOU REFERRING TO WITH REGARDS TO, UH, ARCHIVING MEANS? WELL, SINCE THE TOWN HAS BEEN USING ZOOM, ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN RECORDED AS PART OF THE ZOOM CAPABILITIES.
SO THERE ARE MEETINGS THAT HAVE BEEN CAPTURED ON ZOOM, WHICH DO NOT APPEAR ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE AS ARCHIVED.
TONIGHT'S TOWN BOARD MEETING WILL BE RETRIEVABLE EITHER AFTER THIS MEETING OR TOMORROW.
AND ANYONE WHO DIDN'T WATCH IT TODAY IN THE VARIOUS SOURCES THAT CAN BE WATCHED WILL BE ABLE TO WATCH IT.
I'M CURIOUS TO SEE SOME OF THOSE ARCHIVE OF THOSE MEETINGS OF THE C A C AND THE BOARD OF ETHICS, WHICH WERE CAPTURED BY ZOOM AND HAVE NEVER APPEARED ON THE TOWN WEBSITE FOR VISIBILITY.
WELL, I DON'T HAVE A, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS PROPOSED IN THIS RESOLUTION.
HOWEVER, I, I NEED FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT I HAVE PROPOSED A SOFTWARE LASER FISH THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE RECORDING AND ARCHIVING OF MEETINGS AND I'M WAITING FOR A RESPONSE FROM THE TOWN BOARD REGARDING ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
SO THANK YOU MR. SAMS. WELL, MS. BEVILLE, THEY MAY NOT IN FACT ACCEPT THAT, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE HAVE ZOOM MEETINGS, WHICH ARE NOT BEING RETRIEVED.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THE TOWN IN INTENDS TO FOLLOW THE LANGUAGE OF ITS OWN LOCAL LAW.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO GET AN ANSWER.
NO, UH, WE REALLY HAVE, WE HAVE A RULE.
AND, AND THE IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SHOULD SPEAK.
WE REALLY SHOULDN'T INTERRUPT.
AND THEN FOR THESE HEARINGS, WE DIDN'T.
AND THEN NO, WE, WE JUST HAD COMMENTS AND HE NEVER GAVE HIM ADDITIONAL GOING GO, GOING FORWARD, BECAUSE OTHERWISE THE MEETINGS WE'LL JUST KEEP, WE HAD SIX MINUTES AND 40 SECONDS BECAUSE THE CLOCK WASN'T STARTED ACTUALLY.
BUT LET'S, LET'S TRY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? GARRETT CLIFTON ABRAMS. OKAY.
UM, HOW, AND THAT WAS A GOOD INFORMATION, APPOINTED INFORMATION AND I THINK THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO HEAR AN ANSWER TO WHAT, HOW CAME UP WITH, IS THERE ANY PROBLEM WHY MR. FINDER AND THE TOWN BOARD DON'T WANT TO ANSWER WHAT HAL BRUNG UP? 'CAUSE I WOULD TAKE THE BEST OF MY TIME TO ALLOW Y'ALL TO ANSWER SINCE Y'ALL WASN'T ABLE TO ANSWER MY HAL BRUNG UP THE INFORMATION.
THANK YOU MR. ABRAMS. THE ANSWER IS MR. PANIS IS WRONG.
THE GOVERNOR'S, UH, LAW, I DON'T KNOW HOW HE'S REFERRING TO THE LAW, IS, UH, IT'S AN EXECUTIVE ORDER.
IT EXPIRES JULY 14TH, AS WE SAID EARLIER.
UM, HOWEVER, THE GOVERNOR HAS OVER THE LAST, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS EXTENDED THAT, UH, EXECUTIVE ORDER.
UM, IF THE GOVERNOR DOES NOT EXTEND THE EXECUTIVE ORDER, THE CHANGES THAT THE LEGISLATURE MADE, WHICH THE GOVERNOR SIGNED
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EARLIER THIS YEAR, CHANGES TO, UM, UH, CHANGES TO GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW.1 0 3 WOULD NOT ALLOW US TO HAVE VIDEO CONFERENCING WHATSOEVER UNLESS WE PASS THIS LEGISLATION.
SO THAT ANSWERS MR. SAM'S QUESTION.
SO, UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, ONE OTHER PERSON.
I'M GONNA FINISH MY FIVE MINUTES.
NO, I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WERE, YOU WERE GONNA THREE MINUTES? NO, NO MINUTES.
HE HAS THREE MINUTES AND 22 SECONDS LEFT.
WITH RESPECT TO THE VIDEO CONFERENCING LOSS, I'M SORRY.
SO I APPRECIATE INSTEAD OF US JUST SITTING HERE AND NOBODY EXPLAINED WHAT YOU JUST EXPLAINED TO US, AND THAT'S ALL WE ASKED.
INSTEAD OF PEOPLE JUST SITTING THERE WITH BLANK FACES AND ACT LIKE THEY DIDN'T HEAR NOTHING.
OKAY, MR. ABRAMS, MY GENERAL POLICY IS TO WAIT FOR THE ENTIRE PUBLIC TO SPEAK AND THEN RESPOND BACK.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE KNOW NOW TOO, THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW.
THE TOWN BOARD HAS COME UP WITH A POLICY THAT WHOEVER SPEAKS GETS FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND THAT INCLUDES Q AND A AND RESPONSES.
SO HIS TIME, HE STILL HAS TWO MINUTES AND 31 SECONDS TO SPEAK.
CLIFF, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SAY WE GIVE FIVE MINUTES AND THEN AFTER THE FIVE MINUTES, NOBODY NEVER RESPONDS.
AND THEN WHEN THE FIVE MINUTES IS UP, WE CAN'T SAY NO MORE AND YOU'LL BLANK US OFF.
SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ABLE TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS AND I'M, AND I'M GLAD THAT I GOT THE ANSWERS THAT CAME FROM THE LAWYER AND NOBODY FROM THE BOARD.
ARE YOU FINISHED WITH YOUR QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR HONORING THE FIVE MINUTE RULE.
CLIFF, DO YOU, ARE YOU FINISHED WITH YES, HE INDICATED HE'S FINISHED.
SO, UM, MICHELLE BROWN IS NEXT.
SO THEN I WILL STOP AND BEGIN.
HOW ARE YOU, MICHELLE? WELL, NOW I'M REALLY CONFUSED.
SO THE Q AND A IS PART OF OUR FIVE MINUTES BECAUSE THE ATTORNEY, UM, JUST SAID THE POLICY WOULD BE AFTER WE SPOKE, THEN HE WOULD ANSWER, IS IT JUST FOR HIM OR FOR ALL OF YOU? LET ME ANSWER THAT.
IF YOU WANT, IF YOU WANT, I CAN ANSWER THAT.
I COME FROM A DIFFERENT BOARD ON SUBSTITUTING OUR POLICY.
AND OUR BOARD IS TO LET THE, THE PUBLIC SPEAK, MAKE THEIR, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING AND, AND PEOPLE ARE TO MAKE THEIR OWN COMMENTS.
SO IS TO ALLOW YOU TO MAKE COMMENTS.
AND AFTER EVERYONE IS THROUGH WITH THEIR COMMENTS, THEN THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OR THE CHAIR SHOULD THEY CHOOSE, WE'LL RESPOND TO IT.
WE DO NOT CON WE DO NOT CONDUCT A Q AND A, UH, SESSION BECAUSE, UH, IN THE BOARDS THAT I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH, IT JUST SPIRALS OUT OF CONTROL.
SO WE HEAR THE QUESTIONS AND THEN WE RESPOND.
SO THAT'S THE WAY I'M, I'M PROCEEDING TONIGHT.
WAIT, WAIT, UH, MICHELLE, I JUST STOPPED THE TIME BECAUSE DAVE IS, UM, IS, UH, SITTING IN FOR THE, HE'S THE, HE'S THE FIRST DEPUTY TOWN ATTORNEY.
AND, AND TIM LEWIS, UM, UH, LEFT THIS HIS POSITION AS TOWN ATTORNEY ON JUNE 10TH.
SO DAVE MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, MAY NOT KNOW THAT ACCORDING TO THE NEW POLICY ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD FOR THIS PARTICULAR MEETING, EVERYONE IS GIVEN, SPEAKERS ARE GIVEN FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
AND WITHIN THOSE FIVE MINUTES ARE INCLUDED Q AND A AND ANY OTHER COMMENTS, ANY DISCUSSION IS ALL CON INCLUDED WITHIN THAT FIVE MINUTES.
SO IT SAYS IT SPECIFICALLY RIGHT HERE ON THE AGENDA.
SO MICHELLE, YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES AND 12 SECONDS LEFT TO SPEAK.
IF YOU ASK A QUESTION, YOUR QUESTION MAY BE ANSWERED, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE ANSWERED WITHIN YOUR FIVE MINUTES.
THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD IT TO BE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CLARITY.
BUT NOR DOES IT SAY THAT YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED TO READ ON PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I'D LIKE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT HAPPENED AT.
IS THAT A RESOLUTION? WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE DECIDED ON AS A BOARD AND VOTED? BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER CAPABILITY OTHER THAN TO WATCH POSSIBLY ON PUBLIC NETWORK.
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I THINK AS A COMMUNITY AND AS A PUBLIC FORUM, THE PUBLIC, BUT MOSTLY YOUR RESIDENTS, YOU SHOULD BE THINKING OF THAT DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR GOVERNMENT.UM, I I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT QUESTION'S NOT BEING ANSWERED.
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE MY TIME TO HAVE THAT QUESTION ANSWERED.
IS IT A RESOLUTION? WHY, UM, IS NOT THE TOWN CLERK IS NOT PERMITTED TO READ PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND? SOMEONE? ANSWER THAT, PLEASE.
NOW YOU REALIZE THAT THERE IS, THERE IS SILENCE AND YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE BEING USED UP SO WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA SAY THIS RESPECTFULLY TO ALL OF YOU, RIGHT? THIS IS NOT A DEMOCRACY THE WAY YOU'RE DOING IT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO APPEAL TO YOUR, UM, THE, THE MAJORITY, MANY PEOPLE ARE, DON'T HAVE, UM, ZOOM, UH, WIFI, WHATEVER THEIR REASON IS.
AND ALL YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW BY YOUR SILENCE IS JUST CONFIRMING YOUR ABILITY TO JUST TAKE POWER AND USE IT HOWEVER, AND WHEREVER YOU WANNA USE IT, IT'S REALLY, UM, DISPLAYS YOUR, UM, UNCONCERN ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
LIKE, YOU WANT PEOPLE TO GO VOTE.
HOW DO THEY GET TO VOTE IF THEY CAN'T PARTICIPATE FULLY IN THEIR GOVERNMENT? AND, UM, WE HAD AN EMAIL EXCHANGE, MR. FINER, WHERE YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA BRING IT UP ON A WORK SESSION LAST NIGHT.
I DIDN'T WATCH THE WHOLE VIDEO, BUT I WATCHED A LOT OF IT.
AND, UM, MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER MR. FINDER.
DID YOU HAVE THAT COME UP IN A WORK SESSION? WAS IT VOTED ON? WHAT DID YOU DECIDE? 'CAUSE YOU WERE VERY VOCAL ON IT IN A EMAIL EXCHANGE.
UH, WE'LL HAVE I, WE'LL TO DISCUSS IT AT, UH, AT, UH, UPCOMING, YOU KNOW, WORK SESSION.
WE DIDN'T, UH, GET TO IT YESTERDAY.
SO THEREFORE THIS IS NOT A RESOLUTION.
IS THIS IS NOT, UM, SOMETHING THAT WAS VOTED ON BY THE BOARD.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS ANNOUNCED AT ONE MEETING AND WE JUST ROLLED WITH IT.
IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING? CAN YOU ANSWER THAT MR. FINER PLEASE? 'CAUSE THAT WASN'T CLEAR IN THE EMAIL EXCHANGE.
LEMME JUST SAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN ON THE AGENDA, UH, FOR A NUMBER OF MEETINGS ALREADY.
UH, ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH READING COMMENTS IS THAT SOMEBODY, UH, A A COMMENT WAS READ, WHICH INCLUDED THE NAME OF SOMEBODY ELSE ON THERE, AND THEY OBJECTED TO THEIR NAME BEING PUT OUT THERE IF THE PERSON SHOWS UP.
SO IT DOESN'T SAY COMMENTS WON'T BE READ, IT JUST NEEDS TO BE READ BY THE PERSON WHO WROTE IT SO THAT IF THERE IS AN ISSUE, IT COULD BE ADDRESSED RIGHT THEN AND THERE AS OPPOSED TO HAVE.
AND IT WAS GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAD MORE COMMENTS TO BE READ THAN PEOPLE SHOWING UP AT THE MEETING.
AND WE ALSO GOT COMPLAINTS ABOUT, HEY, I THOUGHT EVERYBODY WAS COMING BACK TO TOWN HALL.
WHY AREN'T THE PEOPLE COMING BACK TO TOWN HALL AND HAVING, HAVING A MEETING? AND SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS.
BUT THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING NEW.
IT ALSO SAYS IT ALSO, I THOUGHT YOU WANTED ME TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
NO, WHAT'S NOT NEW? YOU SAY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, THE FIVE MINUTE RULE.
THE FIVE MINUTE RULE, AND NO, LOOK, WE'RE NOT TALKING.
AND IF YOU GO BACK, IF YOU GO ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITY, IT'S NOT MINUTES.
CAN YOU PLEASE, CAN YOU PLEASE JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION IS CAN WE HAVE THE TOWN CLERK READ PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR PEOPLE THAT CANNOT AC COME FOR WHATEVER REASON? THAT'S A YES OR NO QUESTION.
AND THE BOARD HAS DECIDED THAT THAT WAS NOT AN EFFICIENT AND U USEFUL, UH, USE OF THE, THE, THE BOARD MEETING.
AND IT LEADS TO COMPLAINTS ABOUT PEOPLE MAKING REFERENCE TO OTHER PEOPLE, UM, IN THEIR COMMENTS.
AND THEN THERE'S NOT A WAY OF JUSTIFYING THAT.
I DO WANNA SAY THAT THIS BOARD IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF OPENNESS IN PUBLIC MEETINGS ON MARCH 20TH, 2020.
WE WERE IMMEDIATELY, WE IMMEDIATELY JUMPED ON THIS IDEA OF HAVING THIS PROGRAM CALLED ZOOM, WHICH I NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE.
BUT WE GOT TOGETHER A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE MAKE IT WORK? AND WE WENT LIVE WITH ZOOM.
THE VERY NEXT MEETING WASN'T PRETTY.
BUT FRANKLY, I SPENT WEEKS JUST MASTERING ZOOM, MASTERING IT IN EVERY LEVEL THAT YOU CAN KNOW, ZOOM, AND HOW DO YOU DO IT WITHOUT HAVING FEEDBACK? THAT'S THE REAL TRICK WITH ZOOM, UH, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO THIS MEETING RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE COMING IN ON ZOOM WHEN THERE'S NO AUTHORIZATION FROM THE GOVERNOR IN THE EXECUTIVE
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ORDER TO SAY WE HAD TO DO THAT, WE COULD HAVE A PHONE CALL MESSAGE AMONG US RIGHT NOW, AND THAT WOULD CONSTITUTE A MEETING AS LONG AS WE DISPLAYED WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITHIN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS.WE GET, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE CALLING IN, RIGHT? OBVIOUSLY THEY KNOW THAT THEY COULD COME IN BY ZOOM.
WE NEVER DENIED SOMEBODY BEING ABLE TO COME IN BY ZOOM, EVEN THOUGH IN THIS PERIOD IT'S REALLY NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
HOWEVER, THE REASON WHY I DIDN'T COMMENT BY THE FIRST SPEAKER REGARDING THIS IS, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD READ THE LAW ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN TO REALIZE THAT IF WE DON'T DO THIS, WE DON'T HAVE VIDEO CONFERENCING.
SO THE VERY THING THAT YOU'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT IS WE'RE NOT OPEN.
WE'RE NOT ALLOWING THIS, WE'RE NOT ALLOWING, THAT IS WHY WE'RE DOING THIS, AS OUR ATTORNEY SAID PROACTIVELY, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER IS GOING TO EXPIRE.
SHE'S NOW DOING IT ON 30 DAY INTERVALS, 30 DAYS.
THERE'S THAT TIME AFTER AT IN 30 DAYS TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING, GET THE COMMENTS BACK AND SO FORTH.
AND GOVERNOR DOESN'T SAY WE HAVE TO, GOVERNOR DOESN'T SAY WE HAVE TO DO ZOOM VIDEO CONFERENCING AT ALL.
THAT IS A DECISION THAT THIS BOARD HAD TO MAKE.
AND FRANKLY, WITH OUR TOWN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THEY SAID, YOU SHOULD REALLY THINK CAREFULLY.
'CAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS IF YOU DO IT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, TO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE CHANGING THE NARRATIVE.
I MEAN, I, I I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE OPEN WE CAN BE WHEN WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT EVEN PEOPLE, AND WE'LL BE DOING THIS EVEN MORE SO BASED ON THE NEW OPEN MEETINGS LAW, WHICH FRANKLY, FRANKLY, HAS BEEN OUT FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS.
AND ELECTED OFFICIALS KNOW ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT WAS SO MONUMENTAL THAT THE STATE LEGISLATOR ACTUALLY PASSED A LAW WITHOUT ANYBODY REALLY KNOWING.
AND IT HIT I, I BELIEVE, ON AN OFF DAY.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE WERE TRYING TO COME UP TO SPEED AS TO WHAT IT SAID.
AND WHAT IT REQUIRES US TO DO, QUITE FRANKLY, FAIRLY STRICT, IS AT LEAST A QUORUM OF THE BOARD HAS TO BE IN A PUBLIC PLACE WHERE THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO COME AND PART AND, AND OBSERVE.
SO THREE OF US HAVE TO BE SAY HERE, IF WE PASS THIS LAW, TWO OF US FOR EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES COULD BE IN A REMOTE LOCATION AND OUR VOTES WOULD STILL COUNT.
WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO RECORD IN THE MINUTES THAT WHO IS REMOTE.
BUT AS LONG AS WE HAD A QUORUM, THAT'S FINE.
IF WE DON'T PASS THIS LAW, THEN ONLY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PRESENT AT THE PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE.
IT ALSO HAS REQUIREMENTS, AS YOU HEARD IT BEFORE, THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE STORAGE OF OUR MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM DOING.
THE LAW DOESN'T SAY IF YOU PASS THIS, YOU HAVE TO GO BACK 5, 10, 15 YEARS AND NOW ARCHIVE YOUR PRIOR MEETINGS.
THIS IS GOING TO BE, FROM THE TIME WE PASS IT GOING FORWARD, WE WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW OPEN MEETINGS LAW, THE OPENS LEAP MEETINGS, LAW CHANGES DO NOT MAKE IT RETROACTIVE.
AND SO I HOPE I HAVE EXPLAINED AS MUCH AS I COULD POSSIBLY EXPLAIN, BUT TO SAY THAT THIS BOARD IS NOT BEING TRANSPARENT IN HOW IT RUNS ITS GOVERNMENT, UM, UH, I I I JUST DON'T BUY IT TOWN SUPERVISOR IN ALL DUE RESPECT.
BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST STARTED HERE AS TOWN CLERK 14 YEARS AGO, UH, AND, AND, AND WITHIN THE FIRST FEW YEARS I INTRODUCED AGENDA QUICK, WHICH IS A, UH, SOFTWARE THAT ARCHIVES ARE MEETINGS.
SO OUR MEETINGS ARE ARCHIVED AND ANYONE WHO WANTS ACCESS TO THEM MAY ACQUIRE ACCESS TO THEM IN ALL DUE RESPECT.
UM, MICHELLE BROWN WAS JUST BASICALLY ASKING WHY CANNOT PUBLIC COMMENTS BE READ, UM, AS THEY HAVE BEEN OVER THE PAST 14 YEARS.
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I DON'T THINK THAT SHE ASKED FOR ALL OF THESE OTHER EXTRANEOUS DETAILS.UH, SHE BASICALLY WANTS TO KNOW WHY PUBLIC COMMENT CAN NO LONGER BE READ.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, OWES THE PUBLIC AN EXPLANATION, A RESPONSE TO THAT BECAUSE IT IS A PRACTICE THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS.
I, I'M, I AM SPEAKING TO THE TOWN SUPERVISOR.
I REALLY DO NOT INTEND FOR THIS TO BE A BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN MYSELF AND COUNCILMAN FRANCIS SHEEN.
I AM ONLY CLARIFYING RIGHT WHAT THE SPEAKER, WHAT THE PERSON, THE RESIDENT MICHELLE BROWN IS ASKING, AND SHE'S ASKING FOR AN EXPLANATION AND A RESPONSE.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU, THE TOWN BOARD, YOU KNOW, COULD ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO SPEAK AT A BOARD MEETING COULD PARTICIPATE BY ZOOM.
SO PEOPLE REALLY DON'T HAVE A REAL VALID EXCUSE NOT TO, YOU KNOW, PARTIC YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATE.
YOU KNOW, WE, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO WRITE US A NOTE, EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD GETS THE, UH, THE LETTERS, UH, EVERYTHING'S ON THE RECORD.
ALL THE EMAILS ARE, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE BECOME, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD OF PEOPLE, UM, ASK.
AND YOU KNOW, WHAT, YOU KNOW, I FIND IS THAT, AND I'M JUST SPEAKING, FOR ME PERSONALLY, I FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE MEETINGS GO ON TILL LIKE 11 O'CLOCK OR MIDNIGHT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU READ, WHEN YOU'RE READING ALL THESE, ALL THE COMMENTS, AFTER A WHILE YOU SORT OF TUNE OUT BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO CONCENTRATE WHEN YOU'RE HERE FROM SEVEN 30 AND YOU'RE GOING UNTIL LIKE MIDNIGHT.
OR WE'VE HAD MEETINGS IN THE PAST THAT HAVE GONE TILL ONE IN THE MORNING.
SO PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO, THEY CAN'T GO ON ZOOM OR THEY CAN'T COME HERE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GIVING EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES.
ONE THING THAT I WOULD BE WILLING PERSONALLY TO AS A COMPROMISE, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO COMPROMISE, IS MAYBE IF SOMEBODY, INSTEAD OF HAVING A THREE MINUTE, UH, OR FIVE MINUTE PRESENTATION, THAT'S GOING TO TAKE UP SO MUCH TIME, YOU KNOW, IF WE SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW, I'M AGAINST THIS LAW, UM, UM, AND THEY DO IT IN THREE OR FOUR SENTENCES AND THEY WANT IT RECORDED, YOU KNOW, I COULD LIVE WITH THAT BECAUSE THAT WILL ONLY TAKE A FEW.
THAT'S NOT GONNA TAKE UP A LOT OF TIME.
AND IT WOULD PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE PHONE, LIKE A QUICK, A QUICK COMMENT, UH, THAT WOULD BE ON THE RECORD AND THEY COULD SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU READ MY STATEMENT.
IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I'M, I'M JUST GIVING YOU A QUICK SUMMARY.
I'M AGAINST THE LAW, OR I'M FOR THE LAW FOR, FOR THESE, YOU KNOW, THREE OR FOUR REASONS I COULD LIVE WITH.
I, I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE AND IT WOULD ADDRESS SOME FRANCIS'S CONCERNS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW THAT ARE, UH, THAT MIGHT NOT BE AUTHORIZED.
ALRIGHT, LET'S NOT REINVENT HISTORY HERE, PAUL.
THAT WAS A UNANIMOUS DECISION OF THE BOARD.
NO, BUT I'M JUST, I, YOU KNOW WHAT? I JUST, I JUST WANNA BE VERY CLEAR HERE.
LET'S NOT, NO, I'M NOT SAYING, BUT I'M SAYING, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES THERE COULD BE A UNANIMOUS DECISION, AND THEN I'M LISTENING TO, UH, MICHELLE, I'M LISTENING TO CLIFF, I'M LISTENING TO PEOPLE AND YOU'RE SAYING, DO YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE THERE'S LIKE A COMPROMISE THAT YOU COULD DO WHERE WE'RE ADDRESSING, UH, THEIR CONCERNS AND WE'RE ALSO ADDRESSING, UH, OTHER PEOPLE'S CONCERNS.
AND JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE THINK ONE WAY TODAY DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T CHANGE OUR MIND, YOU KNOW? UH, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT, UM, WE WANT EVERYBODY TO, WE WANNA ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE.
WE ARE GOING A BIT OFF FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UM, I THINK IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE WHO, UH, WHO IS, UH, ASSIGNED TO, TO SPEAK, THEY SHOULD DO THAT.
OTHERWISE, THE BOARD SHOULD TAKE WHATEVER STEPS IT NEEDS TO DO.
IT'S TURNING INTO A WORK SESSION.
SO, UM, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION, UM, IN A COMMENT.
SO THERE IS ONE SPEAKER, MS. WEEMS, WHO I BELIEVE INTENDS TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR PUBLIC HEARING.
ANOTHER PERSON HAS A COMMENT ABOUT THAT HASN'T SPOKEN YET, BUT HAS A COMMENT ABOUT THIS, UH, READING OF LETTERS.
BUT I, I BELIEVE THAT'S MORE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO I, JUST TO CLARIFY, UNLESS THAT IS GERMANE TO THIS PARTICULAR PUBLIC HEARING, RIGHT? NO, THE VIDEO, THE VIDEO CONFERENCING, DOES ANYONE WANTS TO SPEAK ON THE VIDEO CONFERENCING LAW? OKAY, SO MS. WEEMS IS ON RIGHT NOW.
I BELIEVE SHE INTENDS TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR MATTER.
OKAY? I'D LIKE TO STATE, UM, FIRST THAT, UM, WE HAVE A PROBLEM IN COMMUNICATIONS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS ON THE ONE
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AREA OF DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES.NOW, I'D LIKE TO SAY A TOWN CLERK SPEAKS BOTH ENGLISH AND SHE SPEAKS ENGLISH IN THE TERMS OF A PERSON TRANSLATING FROM A BLACK PERSON TO A WHITE PERSON.
I DON'T NEED HER TO TRANSLATE FOR ME TO A WHITE PERSON, BUT SHE PROBABLY SHOULD DO THAT.
SO IF I SEND IN A LETTER, BECAUSE I HAVE OUTSTANDING MEDICAL PROBLEMS AND I CANNOT ATTEND REALLY IN PERSON, UM, I NEED SOMEONE TO READ MY LETTER, MY WHAT MY CONCERNS ARE, UM, AND WHEN SHE READS THEM, IT WOULD BE SHORTER THAN WHAT I WOULD DO BECAUSE I WOULD ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME, READING THEM, READING MY, MY INFORMATION, I'D BE TRANSLATING IT.
SO YOU UNDERSTOOD, BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE ABSOLUTELY CLUELESS.
TWO PEOPLE HAVE ASKED YOU A QUESTION.
UM, MICHELLE BROWN AND CLIFF, UH, ABRAMS, AND NOW I, PATRICIA WEEMS AFRICAN-AMERICAN UP FROM SLAVERY.
I SPEAK ENGLISH AND THEN I SPEAK WHITE MAN'S PRIVILEGED ENGLISH.
SO THEREFORE, I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING WHEN I SAY IT.
I REFUSE TO NOT HAVE YOU UNDERSTAND WHEN I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND AND YOU SPEAK ON A TOTALLY DIFFERENT CONCEPT OF WHAT MY QUESTION IS, BECAUSE YOU NEVER ANSWER THEM.
YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT A DEMOCRACY IS.
EVERYONE THERE WAS AMAZED ON JANUARY 6TH THAT WAS WHITE, THAT THIS WAS TAKING PLACE IN OUR CAPITAL.
YOU ARE NOT, YOU CONSIDER IT A PRIVILEGE.
AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO PUT UP A MIRROR, UM, THE, UH, TIME CLOCK ON THE BACKSTAGE AND BACK OF PAUL AND, UH, MS. UM, JACKSON SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN SEE THE TIME THAT THEY'RE SPEAKING.
UM, MS. BEVILLE, COULD YOU PUT UP YOUR HAND WHERE MY TWO MINUTES ARE UP? THEY SHOULD BE UP 2 36.
OKAY, THEN I'M GONNA STOP BECAUSE I WANNA SPEAK AT THE FIVE MINUTES.
I JUST WANTED Y'ALL TO RECOGNIZE SPEAKING TO WHITE PEOPLE, CAUCASIANS, UM, WE SPEAK ANOTHER LANGUAGE AND Y'ALL DON'T UNDERSTAND, BUT ONLY YOURS.
AND I'M SORRY, I'M 35 SECONDS OVER AND YOU CAN TAKE IT OFF OF MY FIVE MINUTES.
NO, PAT, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES REMAINING.
DO YOU WANNA, OH, I HAVE TWO MINUTES REMAINING.
FOR MY FIVE MINUTES, TWO MINUTES AND FIVE SECONDS.
OKAY, THEN I'LL SPEAK ON WHAT I HAD PLANNED TO SPEAK ON.
AND THAT'S THE UKRAINIAN FLAG HANGING OUTSIDE MS. WEAM.
MS. WEAM, WE'RE NOW JUST ON THE VIDEO CONFERENCING LAW.
YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY LATER TO DISCUSS, TO DISCUSS THAT.
OH, BUT I, SO ON THIS, THANK YOU.
I I I WAS TOTALLY CONFUSED ON THAT.
SO I'M JUST SAYING ON THIS ONE, WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT MARY CAN'T HEAR.
I CAN WALK, BUT I STILL HAVE OUTSTANDING MEDICAL, UM, CONDITIONS THAT I CANNOT TAKE THESE SHOTS YET.
SO I DON'T LIKE COMING IN, BUT I WOULD COME IN IF I'D KNOWN THERE ARE ONLY 14 PARTICIPANTS HERE, YOU KNOW, ON THE RADIO.
BUT I, YOU'RE NOT TELLING ME, UM, MISS, UM, OUR TOWN CLERK STATED THAT THE ROOM WAS FULL WITH STUDENTS.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS WONDERFUL, BUT, UM, WE NEED TO FIND OUT A WAY THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE FOR THOSE OF US WHO CANNOT COME IN.
BEFORE I STATED, WE SHOULD INVEST IN HAVING THE HEARING AIDS FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T HEAR, PUT 'EM ON THE FIRST TWO ROWS ACROSS THE AUDITORIUM FOR ME WHO CAN'T WALK.
BUT I NEED TO SIT IN THE LAST ROW.
SO THERE, THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE CAN CHANGE SO PEOPLE CAN BE ACCOMMODATED.
I WOULD LIKE TO COME IN BECAUSE I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO STAND UP AND LET EVERYBODY SEE WHAT I'M SAYING, BECAUSE WHEN YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING, I THINK THAT HELPS YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M STATING VERBALLY.
IS THAT IT? NO OTHER REQUESTS, UNLESS THERE'S, UH, SPEAKERS THAT HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN.
NO, NO, WE'RE NOT HAVING NO SECOND ROUND.
SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.
[ 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)]
UM, TO CONSIDER, UM, A SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION CHILDCARE, UM, CENTER BY FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY[01:35:01]
OF WESTCHESTER.ON BEHALF OF CE EDUCATION FOR PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 25 OLD JACKSON AVENUE.
GOOD EVENING SUPERVISOR, FINER TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD, GARRETT DUQUE, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS RELATED TO A SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION FOR A PROJECT CONSISTING OF A PROPOSAL FOR A CHILD DAYCARE CENTER FOR 41 CHILDREN WITHIN AN EXISTING BUILDING LOCATED AT 25 OLD JACKSON AVENUE, PO HASTINGS.
THIS IS LOCATED IN THE R 21 FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT.
THE SITE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A PRIOR APPROVAL FOR A NURSERY SCHOOL BY SPECIAL PERMIT, AND HAS RECENTLY BEEN USED AS A RELIGIOUS USE WITH AN ACCESSORY CHILD DAYCARE USE MR. PETER DUDA.
REPRESENTATIVE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT ALONG WITH THE PRESENT OWNERS OF THIS SITE, FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY OF WESTCHESTER, TO PRESENT THE PROPOSAL.
UH, HONORABLE SUPERVISOR, HONORABLE COUNSEL, MEN AND WOMEN.
MY NAME IS PETER DUDA, ALSO HONORABLE ATTENDEES.
I AM PRESIDENT OF BOTH STEP EDUCATION AND VINNO ONE CHILDREN'S CULTURAL CENTER.
UH, THOSE TWO, UH, CORPORATIONS WERE CREATED.
THEY ARE NOW 5 0 1 C THREE CERTIFIED.
THEY WERE CREATED WHEN, UM, THE DIRECTOR OF OUR DAYCARE CENTER, ANA SKA, UH, CAME AROUND THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO CREATE A DAYCARE CENTER THAT WAS ABOUT BETWEEN 11 AND 12 YEARS AGO.
AND WHILE NONE OF THE EXISTING UKRAINIAN FACILITIES COULD ACCOMMODATE, I STEPPED OUTTA ONE OF THE BOARD MEETINGS AND TOLD HER I WOULD HELP HER.
WE CREATED BARO ONE CHILDREN'S CULTURAL CENTER, BINO TRANSLATED IS PERIWINKLE, AND WE WANTED A SEND, UH, A NAME THAT INDICATED THAT WE'RE GONNA DO MORE FOR CHILDREN THAN JUST BABYSIT.
WE ARE ACTUALLY TRYING TO RAISE KIDS WITH CULTURE, WITH, UM, THE EDUCATION THEY'RE GONNA NEED TO SURVIVE.
WE TRY AND GIVE THEM PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS, TRY AND BRING THEM OUT ON STAGES AND CREATE GOOD CITIZENS.
SOME TIME AGO, UH, BACK IN SEPTEMBER, UH, HURRICANE IDA BLEW THROUGH.
WE WERE SHARING SPACE IN THE FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH FACILITY ON 25 OLD JACKSON AVENUE.
AND, UH, THE TIDE CAME IN AND IT, UM, DID ENOUGH DAMAGE THAT THE FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY DECIDED THEY WANTED TO SELL THE BUILDING.
AND WE WHO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 10 YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN PERMANENTED BY THE TOWN FOR 10 YEARS AS A DAYCARE CENTER.
UM, WE DECIDED TO TRY TO PURCHASE THE FACILITY AFTER LOOKING AROUND, EXPLORING DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
BUT WE HAD A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY.
WE LOVED THE FACILITY, WE LOVED THE TOWN, WE LOVED THE COMMUNITY, AND WE WANNA MAKE A GO OF THIS.
AND WHAT WE FOUND OUT IN TALKING MY, UH, DISCUSSIONS WITH MEMBERS OF THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, VARIOUS DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE I BOUNCED AROUND DIFFERENT PLACES.
OUR ORIGINAL VISION WAS NOT ONLY DAYCARE CENTER, BUT WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP REFUGEES.
AT THE TIME THE WAR HAD STARTED AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WERE FLEEING.
AND IT WAS ORIGINALLY MY INTENTION TO CONSIDER HOUSING REFUGEES.
AND THAT IS NO LONGER IN THE PICTURE.
AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE COMMISSIONER, UH, AND, AND NOT KNOWING HOW TO REGULATE A FACILITY LIKE THAT, WE WEREN'T SURE HOW TO PROCEED.
BUT KNOWING THE REQUIREMENTS NOW OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR REFUGEES HAVING TO HAVE A PLACE TO GO, WE DON'T HAVE TO HOUSE THEM, BUT ONCE THEY HURT, THEY HAVE TO WORK AND THEY NEED TO HAVE A PLACE TO PUT THEIR KIDS.
AND WHAT WE WOULD LOVE TO DO IS HAVE THESE PEOPLE COME, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TEACHING THEM THE UKRAINIAN CULTURE THAT THEY HAD WHEN THEY WERE BACK IN UKRAINE.
AND IF THEY CHOOSE TO GO BACK, WHICH I THINK THEY MAY HAVE TO, THEY'RE STILL GONNA HAVE THAT CULTURE.
AND I THINK YOU CAN SEE BY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN UKRAINE NOW THAT THAT CULTURE IS
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STRONG.I'M GETTING A LITTLE CHOKED UP.
AND FOR THIS FACILITY, IN ORDER TO PULL THIS OFF, I'M, I'M GONNA MORTGAGE MY HOUSE BECAUSE I WANNA SEE THIS HAPPEN.
BUT WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT A SPECIAL PERMIT.
AND SO WE ARE REQUESTING, UH, THAT YOU ISSUE A SPECIAL PERMIT.
THE, THE WAY THIS WOULD BE STRUCTURED AND STEP EDUCATION, UH, THE NAME CHOSEN BECAUSE OF THE STEPS OF UKRAINE, UH, WOULD BE THE OWNERS OF THE FACILITY, 5 0 1 C THREE NOT FOR PROFIT.
AND VINNO WOULD REMAIN IN THE EXACT SAME POSITION THAT THEY'VE BEEN ALL THESE YEARS.
AND IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE STARTED THINKING WE'RE GONNA HOUSE REFUGEES, AND THAT'S OFF THE TABLE.
DO WE NEED TO STOP? PLEASE CONTINUE, SIR.
YEAH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE PRESENTING THE, THE, THE CASE FOR IT.
AND THE ONLY REASON I CONTINUED TALKING WAS IN MY DISCUSSIONS WITH GARY, HE SAID THERE WOULDN'T BE A FIVE MINUTE LIMIT.
SO I'M ALLOWING MYSELF A FEW EXTRA STORIES JUST SO YOU GET A HISTORY OF WHO WE ARE, WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE'RE GOING.
BUT WE, WE'VE HAD AN EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITARIANS.
AND IN THE LAST CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH THEM, THEY WERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD COME BACK IN AND BE SHARE SPACE WITH YOU.
AND SO THE PLANS THAT WE PRESENTED, SEVEN SETS GIVEN TO THE BILLING DEPARTMENT SHOWS WHAT SPACES TO BE OCCUPIED BY THE DAYCARE, WHAT SPACE WILL BE OCCUPIED BY THE FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY, A COMMON KITCHEN, COMMON RESTROOMS, MAIN ENTRANCE FOR YOU.
I THINK IT PAINTS THE ENTIRE PICTURE.
AND, UH, WE HOPE IT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN, UH, GRANT TO US.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING UP THE UKRAINIAN FLAG.
IT WAS AN HONOR TO SEE IT THERE, IT WAS IT INTERESTING TO GO UP TO SEE IT ALONGSIDE THE L G B T Q OR WHATEVER FLAG, WHATEVER OTHER LETTERS GO WITH IT.
AND I MADE THE COMMENT OUTSIDE AND SOMEBODY SAID TO MAKE IT IN HERE, THAT, THAT UKRAINIAN FLAG, WHEN, WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, THE, THE EDGES WERE TATTERED BY THE WIND, BUT THE CENTER OF THAT FLAG IS SOLID.
COLORS ARE CLEAR, THAT HEART IS STRONG, AND THAT IS THE UKRAINE THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE HERE.
YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS APPLICATION.
UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT GREENBERG, BY THE WAY, HAS THE SECOND LARGEST UKRAINIAN POPULATION IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY, JUST, UH, RIGHT UNDER YONKERS.
NO, I THINK IT'S, YONKERS IS NUMBER ONE AND GREENBURG IS NUMBER TWO.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY LIKE A FANTASTIC, YOU KNOW, LOCATION.
I THINK THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT THAT GREEN, YOU KNOW, I THINK SOMETIMES YOU FEEL FRUSTRATED BECAUSE YOU WANT TO DO MORE TO HELP, UM, PEOPLE IN UKRAINE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA FEEL CONNECTED TO, UH, FAMILIES THAT, UM, HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS AS, UH, REFUGEES OR, UH, FIGHTING IN UKRAINE.
SO I SORT OF FEEL IN SOME WAYS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS APPLICATION MAKES ME FEEL GOOD BECAUSE I FEEL THAT WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WE NORMALLY WOULD DO.
BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S, UM, SINCE YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HOUSING, UH, YOU KNOW, THE REFUGEES, UM, IF, UM, YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE HAVING PROBLEMS, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE FAMILY OR THEY HAVE IMMIGRATION PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, I REAL, YOU'RE LIKE DOING ME A FAVOR.
I REALLY GET A, A THRILL OUT OF, UH, TRYING TO HELP.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD EMAIL ME OR CALL ME.
UM, YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK ALONE, YOU KNOW, I POSTED SOMETHING ON THE TOWN WEBSITE SAYING IF SOMEBODY HAS HOUSING, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULD LET ME KNOW.
UH, THAT WAS DONE AT THE REQUEST OF IRENA KO.
AND, UM, WE GOT I THINK THREE OR FOUR, UH, YOU KNOW, OR SOME, THERE'S ONE PERSON WHO EMAILED ME SAID, UM, SHE IS A WIDOW.
UM, SHE NEEDS, UM, SOMEBODY TO CARE FOR HER AND SHE'LL GIVE IT FOR, OR, OR SOMEBODY SAID, UH, THEY NEED SOMEBODY TO CARE.
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CREATIVE WHERE THERE MAY BE SOMEBODY WHO, UH, IS IN THE UKRAINE, YOU KNOW, WANTS TO COME HERE, AND THEY MIGHT, THERE MAY BE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO OFFER, UH, THEM, YOU KNOW, HOUSING IN RETURN FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, TO HELP OUT WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH VARIOUS DUTIES.SO, YOU KNOW, ANYONE YOU WHO NEEDS HELP, YOU SHOULD JUST EMAIL ME AND I, I WILL TRY HELPING THEM.
UH, JUST 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE WITH THE SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION PROCESS, UH, GARRETT IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY, UH, SPEAKERS ON THIS? I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY SPEAKERS.
I BELIEVE THE, UM, SITE OWNER WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE, THE APPLICANT.
CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME? UH, YES.
AND MY NAME IS CONSTANCE KEHO.
I'M A RESIDENT OF GREENBURG SINCE 1978.
I LIVE AT 19 JAFFY PARK IN IRVINGTON.
UM, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THIS APPLICATION THAT YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT.
I'M A CONGREGANT OF THE FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY OF WESTCHESTER.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE VERY, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING AS YOU ARE.
UM, BUT APROPOS TO THE ACTUAL, UM, APPLICATION ITSELF, JUST AS A PERSONAL, UH, POINT, I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE CONGREGATIONS SINCE, SINCE 2011.
AND HERE TONIGHT, UM, THERE ARE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION, UM, WE DON'T ALL NEED TO SPEAK, WE ALL SUPPORT THIS APPLICATION.
BUT, UM, UH, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT OUR PRESIDENT, DIANE GUERNSEY, SHE'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONGREGATION, SHE WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT THE DETAILS OF OUR, OUR POSITION.
BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT, UM, THOSE WHO ARE HERE AT SUSAN GREENBERG IS THE TREASURER.
UM, KEVIN WEBER IS A MEMBER OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
UM, ERIC KEMAN IS A MEMBER OF THE CONGREGATIONS BOARD.
SO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME
UM, BUT, UH, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, WE HAVE SIMPLY, UM, THOUGHT THAT IF DIANE COULD SPEAK AS THE PRESIDENT, SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO FILL IN, UM, THE DETAILS BEYOND, UH, WHAT YOU HEARD FROM MR. DUDA.
SO IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU, UM, I WILL CALL ON DIANE GUERNSEY, PRESIDENT OF THE CONGREGATION, FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY OF WESTCHESTER.
AND DIANE, CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME REC, UH, CERTAINLY.
I LIVE AT 28 ALBERT ALBERT PLACE, NEW ROCHELLE.
UH, I'M HERE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY OF WESTCHESTER, SUPERVISOR, FINER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UH, OUR CONGREGATION IS THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AT 25 OLD JACKSON AVENUE.
AND WE HAVE BEEN SINCE 1970, UH, WHEN WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY FROM STEWART ARNOLD OF PARKVIEW PLAY SCHOOL INCORPORATED.
JUST TO GIVE AN IDEA A SENSE OF HOW LONG THERE HAS BEEN SOME KIND OF NURSERY SCHOOL OR DAYCARE, UH, GOING ON IN THAT SITE.
IN ADDITION TO USING THE PROPERTY TO HOST OUR WORSHIP SERVICES, RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES AND SOCIAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS, WE HAVE SHARED THE USE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS WITH THE HASTINGS CO-OP NURSERY SCHOOL FROM 1970 TO, UH, 2007, AND WITH BAROCK UKRAINIAN CHILDREN'S CULTURAL CENTER.
SINCE 2011, BOTH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED BY NEW YORK STATE AND WESTCHESTER COUNTY FOR THEIR NURSERY SCHOOL AND DAYCARE PROGRAMS ON THE PROPERTY.
WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU APPROVE THIS APPLICATION FOR A SPECIAL PERMIT TO OPERATE A CHILD DAYCARE CENTER ON THE PROPERTY.
SALE OF THE PROPERTY TWO STEP EDUCATION INCORPORATED IS CONTEMPLATED AND OUR MEMBERS ARE HONORED BY THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING STEP EDUCATION TAKE OVER THE OWNERSHIP OF THIS PROPERTY FOR USE AS A CHILD DAYCARE CENTER.
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YES.I LIVE AT 69 AMHERST DRIVE IN HASTINGS ON HUDSON.
NO, MY CHILDREN ARE THOUGHT WAS, NO, WE SPELL IT DIFFERENTLY.
WELL THEN YOU NAMED IT FOR ME.
SO I'M, I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS, UM, SPECIAL PERMIT AND I JUST HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE ANSWERED TONIGHT.
ONE IS, UM, WE WANNA BE SURE THAT THIS PERMIT GOES WITH THE PROPERTY AND NOT WITH THE OWNER BECAUSE WE CONTEMPLATE SELLING THE PROPERTY TO STEP EDUCATION.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE THE CURRENT OWNERS, WE WANNA BE SURE THAT THEY WILL ALSO HAVE THE PERMIT TO HAVE A DAYCARE CENTER ON THE PROPERTY WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY ARE THE OWNERS.
AND THE OTHER THING IS, UM, WHEN WILL WE KNOW YOUR RESPONSE? 'CAUSE WE DO OBVIOUSLY WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THOSE KIDS USING THE, USING THE FACILITY.
CAN I JUST ASK YOU A QUESTION ON THAT? UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO, GARRETT, MAY, MAY OR GARRETT.
IF, UM, IF, IF WE, UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE QUICKLY ON THIS.
WOULD WE BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THIS AT A SPECIAL MEETING, UM, YOU KNOW, NEXT TUESDAY IF WE LEFT THE RECORD OPEN, SAY TILL, YOU KNOW, MONDAY AND, UM, THEN WE COULD HAVE HAD THE VOTE ON TUESDAY.
OR DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR, UH, A FOLLOWING WEEK UNTIL THE JULY 13TH? THAT'S THE DISCRETION OF THE TOWN BOARD, BUT THE, BUT THE BOARD, THE BOARD BASICALLY HAS THE DISCRETION TO DO IT AT THE SPECIAL MEETING IF WE WANT.
SO THEN, I MEAN, I'D LIKE WELL, WE, WE WANNA HEAR EVERYONE FROM THE PUBLIC FIRST BEFORE WE GET CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING, PAUL.
SO WHAT DIFFERENCE WOULD IT MAKE OF HAVING IT ON A REGULAR BOARD MEETING JULY 13TH VERSUS US VOTING ON IT NEXT TUESDAY? SO, THE SALE OF A NONPROFIT, SE SELLING REAL PROPERTY HAS TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE, THE, UH, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WHICH SOMETIMES TAKES AS MUCH AS 60 DAYS THOUGH WE ARE ALSO HOPING THAT WE CAN FACILITATE THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT THEY NEED READY EXCEPT THIS PIECE, WHICH WILL ENABLE US TO HAVE THE SALE CONTRACT.
SO IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE IN OUR ABILITY TO GET THE PROPERTY FUNCTIONING FOR, UH, STEP EDUCATION EVERY WEEK, EVERY DAY MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN, IN OUR ABILITY TO, TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING THIS TRANSFER AND GETTING THE PROPERTY USED AGAIN.
ARE WE YOUR LAST APPROVAL, GARRETT? ARE, IS THE TOWN BOARD THE LAST APPROVAL? YES.
THIS IS THE ONLY, UH, LAND USE BOARD APPROVAL BEYOND THIS WOULD BE, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVALS.
THEY WOULD'VE TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT, UM, YOU HAVE TO RESET THROUGH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
IF WE COULD RE OH, CAN YOU RECESS THE CAR? SURE.
UM, AND WHEN I INDICATED THERE WERE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS, THAT WAS, JUST TO CLARIFY, THAT WAS VIA ZOOM, UH, IF, IF SPEAKERS SIGNED UP WITH MS. VILLE.
UM, YEAH, WE HAVE SOME, WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE MORE.
I'M A CONGREGANT AT FIRST UNITARIAN, UH, IN HASTINGS AND A 26 YEAR RESIDENT OF, UH, WESTCHESTER GREENBURG.
AND I SUPPORT THIS, UH, SPECIAL PERMIT USE.
SO IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK? SO WE HAVE TO RESET.
GOOD EVENING TO, MY NAME IS BAYLA, I'M RESIDENT OF, UH, DALE.
I'M RESIDENT OF HARD SALE FOR FOUR, SEVEN YEARS AND I HAVE A LITTLE PROBLEM.
IT'S LIKE, UH, UH, CONEX CONTI.
YOU'RE NOT, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE APPLICATION NOW FOR THE SPECIAL PERMIT FOR THE UNITARIAN CHURCH? NO.
THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SPEAK LATER, BUT NOT AT THIS MOMENT.
THIS IS SOLELY ON THE UNITARIAN.
YOU'RE GONNA CALL ME BACK? YEAH.
SO LET ME ASK, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS? NO.
ON THE SPECIAL PERMIT THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT, UM, WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND WE LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN UNTIL MONDAY.
AND, UH, AND THAT WE HAVE A SPECIAL, UH, PUT THIS ON THE SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA FOR, UH, FOR, UH, FOR TUESDAY SINCE WE ARE HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING.
SO THIS WILL BE VOTED ON NEXT TUESDAY.
I'D ALSO BE WILLING TO, UH, WRITE
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TO, UH, LIKE THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE AND, UH, AND YEAH.AND SEE IF I COULD, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE THEM, YOU KNOW, TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE THIS, YOU KNOW, PROCESS ALONG.
SO I'LL, I'M, YOU KNOW, I, SO I'LL, I'LL DEFINITELY DO THAT.
SO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, AFTER TUESDAY, YOU KNOW, WE COULD STRATEGIZE AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL WORK ON THAT WITH YOU.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
AND YOU KNOW, I REALLY THINK IT'S A, IT'S PUTTING GREENBERG ON THE MAP.
WE REALLY WANT TO DO MORE FOR THE UKRAINE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE ONE MORE PUBLIC HEARING, GARRETT, WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE? THE ZONING AND TEXT.
TEXT AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FOR THE DSS DISTRICT? THAT'S CORRECT.
ARE YOU GONNA INTRODUCE THAT BEFORE, BEFORE HE DOES THAT? UM, BEFORE HE DOES THAT, I JUST ASKED, UH, JANELLE WALLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH DAVID AND MYSELF ARE VIEWED ON THE, UM, RECORDING OF THIS MEETING.
NOT ONLY WHEN WE'RE SPEAKING, BUT AS PART OF THE ENTIRE DEUS.
AND SHE, UM, SPOKE VERY DISRESPECTFULLY TO ME AS A PERSONNEL MATTER THAT, EXCUSE ME.
SHE SPOKE VERY DISRESPECTFULLY TO ME, STATING THAT WE, WE DECIDED WE WILL, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE DOING ANY PERSONAL, WE'RE NOT DOING ANY PERSONAL, OKAY.
I'M JUST SAYING, I ASKED HER TO INCLUDE US MATTER, SHE SAID, JUDY PAUL, PERSONNEL MATTER.
I TOLD HER THAT I WAS GOING TO, UH, THAT, THAT SHE WAS BEING INSUBORDINATE AND SHE SAID NO, BUT NO, TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE.
SORRY, I'M TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE.
WE'RE TAKING A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
JUDITH, WE MADE IT TAKE BREAK WITH YOUR OTHER EMPLOYEES.
OKAY, PAUL, BEFORE YOU OPEN THE MEETING, WHAT WAS THE DECISION FOR THE LAST MEETING? DID YOU CLOSE IT? YEAH, THERE'S GONNA BE A SPECIAL MEETING ON TUESDAY.
LEFT THE RECORD OPEN UNTIL MONDAY.
LEFT RECORD OPEN UNTIL MONDAY.
IS THAT IT? IS THAT IT CLOSED HEARING AND LEFT RECORD OPEN UNTIL MONDAY.
IS THAT THE FINAL DECISION? YES.
DID SOMEBODY SECOND THAT? DID SOMEBODY SECOND? DID SOMEBODY SECOND THAT MOTION? NO, THE LAST ONE.
YOU WANT TO HEAR IT FROM THE SUPERVISOR OR FROM ME? DID SOMEONE SECOND THE MOTION FOR THE FIRST UNIT? YES, IT WAS SECONDED.
AND WHO WAS IT SECOND BY? I, I DON'T RECALL.
WE CAN FILL YOU IN ON THAT LATER.
I CAN'T BELIEVE PEOPLE CANNOT RECALL WHAT HAPPENED FIVE MINUTES AGO AGO.
WHEN I SPEAK, YOU SAY YOU WANT TO HEAR IT FROM THE SUPERVISOR.
[ To consider Zoning Text and Zoning Map Amendments related to the Designed Shopping [DS] District]
CONSIDER.UH, CAN WE THAT WE OPEN UP THE HEARING SECOND, DO WE OPEN UP THE HEARING BECAUSE WE JUST THIS ALRIGHT.
SUPERVISOR AND TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, WE, WE CAN'T, YES, GARRETT, YOUR MIC.
UH, THE MIC'S NOT SOUNDING GOOD.
AND I THINK WE, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST FOR THE RECORD, UH, HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE NEW LOOK THAT YOU HAVE.
YESTERDAY YOU HAD A, A LESSER BEER AND NOW YOU HAVE NONE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT,
RIGHT? AND THAT WILL BE IN A TRANSCRIPT FOREVER.
FINER AND TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE YOU FOR THE RECORD.
GARRETT DUQUE, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS RELATED TO THE DESIGN SHOPPING DSS ZONING DISTRICT IN THE TOWN WITH RESPECT TO BOTH THE ZONING MAP AND A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT PROPOSAL.
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I'M GONNA BEGIN WITH THE ZONING MAP ASPECT AND SHARE MY SCREEN.IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, THERE'S ABOUT FIVE POCKETS OF DSS DISTRICT AND THE DSS DISTRICT DESIGN SHOPPING IS, IS ESSENTIALLY A COMMERCIAL, UH, RETAIL AND RESTAURANT ZONING DISTRICT.
AND THE, THE AREAS OF THE DSS DISTRICT.
THERE'S, UH, ONE POLYGON UP ON NORWOOD ROAD ON THE VICINITY OF THE CABIN RESTAURANT IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE TOWN AT GRASSLANDS ROAD IN NOEL WOOD ROAD.
THEN THERE IS ANOTHER PORTION OF DSS, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST POCKET, WHICH, UM, THE LANDMARKS THERE ARE.
YOU'VE GOT THE SHOP RIGHT UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THE SAM'S CLUB.
THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER POCKET OF DSS, UH, WITH THE DESIGN SHOPPING, UH, I'M SORRY, THE, UH, NOEL WOOD SHOPPING CENTER WITH THE, THE ACME SUPERMARKET THERE.
AND THEN THERE'S A CLUSTER THAT'S ALONG ROUTE ONE 19, UH, JUST WEST OF THE CITY OF WHITE PLAINS.
AND, UM, COINCIDING FROM THERE TO ABOUT THE HILLSIDE AVENUE, UM, INTERSECTION WITH ONE 19.
SO THOSE ARE THE POCKETS OF DSS DISTRICT, UH, WHEN REVIEWING THE DSS DISTRICT AND THE POTENTIAL TO BROADEN THE USES IN THE DISTRICT AND, AND REALLY GOING AROUND AND LOOKING AT THE, THE USES AND THE SURROUNDING USES, UH, WHAT WE IDENTIFIED IS THAT THERE, THERE IS AN IRREGULARITY IN, IN THE, UH, ZONING DISTRICT AND THE ACTUAL LAND USES, UM, WITH RESPECT TO ONE OF THE POCKETS.
AND AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S THIS NORTHERN, UH, POCKET OF DSS DISTRICT IN THE ARTHUR LANE, UH, MAYFAIR WAY, GRASSLANDS ROAD, UH, PORTION OF THE TOWN.
AND I'M GONNA CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION, UH, SOME MAPPING THAT WE ACTUALLY, UH, RECOGNIZE THIS AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BACK IN 2016.
UM, SO WHAT THIS GRAPHIC HAS HERE, LET ME ZOOM IN JUST A TADD MORE, IS IT SHOWS OUR ZONING MAP AND WHAT'S GOING ON IS THERE'S THREE EXISTING PARCELS ON, UH, ARTHUR WAY HERE, AND THEY'RE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN.
HOWEVER, THE EXISTING USE, THERE IS ONE FAMILY RESIDENCE HOMES, AND THOSE THREE HOMES RANGE IN SIZE FROM 11,761 SQUARE FEET UP TO, AND THEN THE OTHER TWO HOMES ARE 13,000, UH, 0 68.
AND WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE IDENTIFIED THAT YOU HAD SORT OF THAT INCONSISTENCY WITH, UH, THE EXISTING USE AND THE UNDERLYING ZONING.
UH, SO IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE HAVE, UH, A SERIES OF FUTURE LAND USE MAPS, AND I HAVE, UH, TWO EXCERPTS HERE ON THE SCREEN.
AND JUST FOR FRAME OF REFERENCE WHERE MY CURSOR IS NOW, THIS IS NOEL WOOD ROAD AND THIS IS THE CABIN RESTAURANT.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE GAS STATION ON THE OTHER SIDE OF, OF NOEL WOOD ROAD.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE, THE STRIP PLAZA, UH, WITH A SERIES OF, UH, RETAIL OR, UM, SERVICE USES, AND I THINK A DELI HERE AND A PIZZA SHOP.
AND TO THE REAR IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE THREE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN SENSE AT A SINGLE FAMILY, UH, ZONING.
AND IN WE ALSO HAVE MAPPING OF COMMERCIAL, UH, FUTURE LAND USE, UH, AREAS.
AND THE CONVERSE OF WHAT YOU SEE ABOVE IS THAT THE THREE, UH, AREA, THE THREE LOTS WITH EXISTING ONE FAMILY RESIDENCES ARE ACTUALLY PULLED FROM THAT, THAT, THAT COMMERCIAL SORT OF FUTURE LAND USE.
AND WE DID RECOGNIZE THIS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND I WILL, I WILL NOTE THAT, UM, AS PART OF WHAT WAS KNOWN AS THE APPENDIX E, UH, ZONING CHANGES THAT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED, UH, ON THE HEELS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THERE WERE MANY OTHER PROPERTIES THAT FELL INTO THIS CATEGORY AND THE TOWN BOARD SUCCESSFULLY REZONED THEM, UM, ALONG WITH A SERIES OF OTHER, UH, LOTS THAT HAD SPLIT ZONING.
BUT, UM, BACK IN, I BELIEVE 20 17, 20 18, THERE WERE OVER 200 OF THESE TYPES OF, UH, APPENDIX E CHANGES.
AND JUST BY SHEER VOLUME, THIS ACTUALLY KIND OF FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS.
I I WOULD SAY IN HINDSIGHT, UH, THESE ARE THE EXACT TYPE OF CHANGES THAT, UH, WE WOULD'VE MADE BACK THEN, BUT IT JUST SORT OF FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS.
UM, NONETHELESS, UH, AS I STATED, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE DSS DISTRICT AND THINKING ABOUT USES, THIS AREA STOOD OUT AND SURE ENOUGH, I WENT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND I SAID, OH, WOW, WE, WE, WE ACTUALLY GOT THIS, UM, VERY CORRECT.
AND, UM, THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE CHANGE IS THAT REALLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO IS, UM, CREATE CERTAINTY AND, AND GOOD PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.
SO I, I DID HAVE CONVERSATIONS, WE SENT LETTERS TO EACH OF THESE PROPERTY OWNERS, AND WHAT I DESCRIBED IS THAT, UM, IT REALLY WOULD BE ACTUALLY INCONSISTENT WITH GOOD PLANNING AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER,
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IF ONE WERE TO PROPOSE TO ACTUALLY DEMOLISH, LET'S JUST SAY, ONE OF THESE HOMES AND PROPOSE A COMMERCIAL USE, UM, YES PRESENTLY THAT WOULD MEET THE DSS DISTRICT.BUT THE QUESTION IS, WOULD THAT MAKE SENSE FOR, FOR THIS LOCALIZED AREA ON, ON ARTHUR LANE TO ACTUALLY HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, AN ADDITION ADDITIONAL, UH, COMMERCIAL USE OR AN EXPANDED COMMERCIAL USE ON NORWOOD ROAD KIND OF BLEED BACK INTO THIS BACK LOT.
AND, AND, AND THE, WHAT GOOD PLANNING WOULD SAY IS NO, THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
UM, AND, AND REALLY FROM A FUTURE, UH, LAND USE SENSE THAT, THAT, THAT SHOULD REMAIN REALLY.
SO I DID HAVE SOME GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE RESIDENTS.
UH, THEY, THEY POSED GREAT QUESTIONS ASKED, WOULD THERE BE TAX IMPLICATION, UM, IMPACTS FROM THIS, THIS, THIS TYPE OF ZONE CHANGE? AND AGAIN, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN I, WHEN I, WE TALK ABOUT THE ZONE CHANGE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING FROM EXISTING DSS TO A PROPOSED R 10.
AND SO I ANSWERED ALL THOSE QUESTIONS AND, UM, I I, I THINK THIS IS DEFINITELY, UH, AN APPROPRIATE AND GOOD PLANNING, UH, ZONE CHANGE TO MAKE.
AND, UM, CLOSE THE LOOP ON, UH, ON THE ZONING MAP PROCESS.
I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THE, UH, PLANNING BOARD ALSO REVIEWED THIS AS A REFERRAL AND, UM, AND IDENTIFIED THAT, THAT THIS, THEY, THEY CONCURRED THAT THIS WAS GOOD PLANNING AND THEY MADE, ISSUED A REPORT AND A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION IN, IN SUPPORT OF THESE PROPOSED CHANGES.
SO BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE ZONING TEXT COMPONENT OF THE DSS DISTRICT, I WOULD LIKE TO PAUSE AND ASK IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE TOWN BOARD.
ALRIGHT, SO IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, OH YES, GO AHEAD.
UH, THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW THE 2016 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A LIVING DOCUMENT.
IT'S CERTAINLY NOT SITTING ON A SHELF AND IS CONSTANTLY BEING ANALYZED TO SEE HOW CAN OUR ZONING ZONING BE IMPROVED.
AND, UH, COMMISSIONER DU CAIN IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF CONSTANTLY MONITORING THE PLAN AND LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE IT.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WAYS.
AND, UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO
UM, SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS NEXT IS THE PROPOSED DS DISTRICT ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT CHANGES.
SO ALSO PROPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE DSS DISTRICT IS A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT WITH A GOAL OF BROADENING THE ALLOWABLE USES WITHIN IT IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE VACANCIES WITH A FOCUS THOUGH ONLY ON USES THAT ARE DEEMED COMPATIBLE WITH THE DISTRICT AND THOSE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND AS THE BOARD KNOWS WHEN PROPOSING A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT CONSISTENCY WITH THE TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO NOW IS CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO EXCERPTS FROM CHAPTERS 11 AND 12 OF THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS CHAPTER 11, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER.
AND I'VE, I'VE HIGHLIGHTED A SECTION HERE, I'M GONNA MAKE IT JUST A TADD BIGGER, BUT, UH, I WILL GO AHEAD AND, AND RECITE THIS BECAUSE I REALLY, I THINK IT, IT, IT, IT IT VERY APPROPRIATE FOR WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE.
SO, TE SECTION 12.7 ALSO NOTES THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING CONSISTENT ZONING REGULATORY CONTROLS IN THE TOWN'S MAJOR CORRIDORS, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF UPDATING THE PERMITTED SPECIAL PERMIT AND ACCESSORY USES TO ENSURE THAT THESE CORRIDORS HAVE MINIMAL VACANCIES AND THRIVE AS PLACES OF BUSINESSES.
THE REVIEW OF USES IN THE TOWN'S COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS MUST ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE EVOLVING NATURE OF RETAIL AND THE NEED FOR FLEXIBILITY TO COMPETE WITH INCREASED PRESSURE FROM ONLINE SALES.
AND I THINK THAT'S AMPLIFIED, UM, BY THE CONTINUING NATURE OF ONLINE SALES, BUT ALSO I THINK, UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY, WHILE WE'RE, WE'RE RETURNING TO PRE PANDEMIC, UM, UH, CHARACTERISTICS, I I ALSO THINK THE PANDEMIC HAS AMPLIFIED, UH, A LOT OF THE TRENDS WE'VE SEEN, WHICH ARE, UM, JUST, JUST LESS OF A FOCUS ON, ON, ON, ON ON RETAIL, UM, COMMERCIALIZED GOODS AND, AND THE OFFICE USES THERE.
SO WITH RESPECT TO POLICIES, UM, IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AGAIN, 12.2 0.16, IT'S VERY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THERE.
BUT IT IDENTIFIES TO REVIEW PERMITTED SPECIAL PERMIT AND ACCESSORY USES TO ENSURE THAT VIABLE USES CONSISTENT WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS OF THE PLAN ARE NOT PRECLUDED.
AND YES, SURE WE COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, ADD TONS OF USES THAT YES WOULD FILL VACANCIES, UM, BUT WE ALWAYS WANNA BE COGNIZANT THAT THE USES WE'RE CHOOSING ARE CONSISTENT, UH, ON THE SITES THAT THAT SPECIFIC ZONING DISTRICT IS APPLICABLE TO.
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UH, SO YOU DON'T WANT TO CHOOSE A USE THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IS GONNA BE INCOMPATIBLE, BRING TOO MUCH TRAFFIC TO AN AREA OR JUST BE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE ZONING DISTRICT.SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO IDENTIFY NOW ARE SOME, A FEW SPECIFICS ABOUT THE LOCAL LAW.
IT'S PREVIOUSLY NOTED, THE DSS DISTRICT IS NARROWLY FOCUSED AS A RETAIL RESTAURANT DISTRICT.
THE AMENDMENTS IF APPROVED, WOULD ADD ADULT DAYCARE CENTERS, BUSINESS AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS AND OFFICE USES AS PERMITTED USES IN THE DSS DISTRICT.
RIGHT NOW, THOSE USES ARE PROHIBITED BECAUSE THEY'RE SIMPLY NOT MENTIONED.
SO THEY'RE EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED.
THE AMENDMENTS, IF APPROVED, WOULD ADD MOTOR VEHICLE SALES AND CHILD DAYCARE CENTERS SPECIAL PERMIT USES.
AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT PRESENTLY PERMITTED, I BELIEVE THE ADDITIONS.
THESE ADDITIONS ARE HIGHLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE DSS DISTRICT AND WITH THE ASSOCIATED SPECIAL PERMIT AND SITE PLAN PROCESSES THAT WOULD ACCOMPANY NEW PROPOSALS, COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS CAN BE ACHIEVED.
THE LOCAL LAW WOULD ALSO MODERN MODERNIZE THE DEFINITION OF RESTAURANTS BY REMOVING THE PROHIBITION OF CURB SERVICES FOR PHONE APP BASED PICKUP ORDERS, WHICH WAS A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING BOARD.
THE PLANNING BOARD ALSO DISCUSSED THE ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT AT ITS WORK SESSION ON MAY 18TH, JUNE 1ST, AND JUNE 15TH, 2022.
AND THE PLANNING BOARD ISSUED A REPORT, WHICH WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THE CHANGES PROPOSED, AND ALSO MADE A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION RELATED TO THE AMENDMENTS.
SO IN, IN, IN CLOSING, UM, YOU KNOW, I I, WE, I CONSISTENTLY LOG PHONE CALLS THAT COME IN, UM, AND I DO RECEIVE A LOT OF PHONE CALLS.
IS THIS USED PERMITTED IN THIS DISTRICT? LOOK AT THE CODE.
UM, YOU KNOW, USUALLY IT'S CUT AND DRY, YES OR NO.
AND I, I KEEP A CONSTANT LOG OF, OF THE NOSS AND I, I THINK ABOUT THEM THE SECOND I, I SAY NO, I SAY TO MYSELF, I SPEAK WITH OTHERS, I DISCUSS IT WITH TOWN BOARD MEMBERS, I DISCUSS IT WITH OTHER STAFF, UH, LOOK UP OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS, OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.
AND UH, AND REALLY IT'S JUST A CONSTANT EVALUATING PROCESS AND E EVERYTHING, UH, THAT I'VE, I'VE, I'VE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE HERE AS PART OF THIS LOCAL LAW, WHICH IS, WHICH IS STAFF INITIATED.
UH, THIS IS NOT A DEVELOPMENT DRIVEN PROPOSAL.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT HAS, HAS GONE THROUGH A CONSISTENT AND THOROUGH ANALYSIS.
AND, UM, I REALLY DO THINK THAT, UH, THIS WILL BE GOOD FOR THE DSS DISTRICT.
I THINK, UH, THERE WILL BE GOOD PROPOSALS.
I THINK THERE ARE GREAT CONTROLS, UM, FOR THESE USES THAT WERE, WERE IDENTIFIED.
AND, UM, AND, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ANY COMMENTS TO THE BOARD AND FROM THE PUBLIC.
UM, BEFORE I DO TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, UH, AND THE PUBLIC, UH, I JUST WANNA NOTE WE DID RECEIVE, UH, SOMETHING IN WRITING FROM THIS GENTLEMAN, THOMAS, UH, LIPEK.
HE'S A REPRESENTATIVE OF 5 0 3 GRASSLANDS ROAD PROPERTY.
UM, HE WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT.
IT WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE CHANGES.
UM, HE HAD INDICATED TO ME THAT, UM, THEY VERY MUCH DESIRE TO, UH, FILL A GAP IN THE DAYCARE, UH, CENTER, UM, NEEDS UP UP IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE TOWN.
UM, THEY HAVE AN EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A NON-CONFORMING BUILDING BECAUSE OFFICES ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE DSS DISTRICT.
UH, SO WE WOULD ACTUALLY RENDER THAT BUILDING CONFORMING.
AND, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT MEANS THAT THIS PROPOSAL IS, IS ABSOLUTELY TO BE APPROVED.
IT JUST GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BEFORE A BOARD AND MAKE THE CASE THAT THEY HAVE A GOOD SPACE AND THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO MEET THE SPECIAL PERMIT CRITERIA.
SO, HAVING SAID THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION, IF I MAY, OF COURSE, OR A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, DID YOU ANTICIPATE ANY MIXED USE? AND I WONDER IF THERE'S BEEN ANY CONVERSATION WITH GASSER ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IF THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S ALSO DISCUSSION ABOUT NICK, ABOUT, UM, ADAPTIVE REUSE.
AND I WONDER, UM, IF THAT'S ANTICIPATED, FORGIVE ME FOR NOT BEING, UM, FOR NOT RECOLLECTING WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS TO SAY ABOUT THAT OR WHETHER IT IS SOMETHING WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION.
UM, ABSOLUTELY HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF MIXED USE AND IN ADDITION TO JUST MIXED USE, UH, THE PROSPECT FOR STRAIGHT MULTI-FAMILY.
UM, THE REASON, UH, WE'RE NOT COMING TO THE TABLE WITH ANY CHANGES IN THAT RESPECT TO THE DSS DISTRICT IS THAT THE AREAS, UM, WHERE IT SEEMS MOST APPROPRIATE TO THINK ABOUT HAVING MIXED USE WITH A RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT, WERE STRAIGHT MULTIFAMILY.
UM, IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE FOR THAT CONSIDERATION TO BE ON ONE 19 MM-HMM.
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AT CROSSROADS OF STATE ROADS SUCH AS UP BY, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYFAIR AND, AND GRASSLANDS OR, OR ACME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.SO HAVING, HAVING SAID THAT, THE THRUST THERE WILL BE, UH, I THINK, UM, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE, BETWEEN THE CITY OF WHITE PLAINS INTO THE LIBRARY AND CREATING A CONSISTENT ZONE, UH, FOR THE ROUTE ONE 19 DISTRICT AND, AND ABSOLUTELY I THINK MIXED USE WITH THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT OR STRAIGHT MULTIFAMILY SHOULD BE A PART OF THAT.
SO, AS, AS FAR AS ROUTE ONE 19 GOES, I THINK THESE CHANGES ARE INCREMENTAL.
I THINK THEY WILL HAVE POSITIVE BENEFIT.
BUT, UM, IN THE NEAR TERM, I'M NOT GONNA SAY LONG TERM.
UM, I'M GONNA SAY NEAR TERM, DEFINITELY, UH, OUT OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HERE FOR THE TOWN, WE INTEND TO, UH, FOCUS HEAVILY ON ROUTE ONE 19 AND THINK ABOUT, UH, SOME OF THAT MIXED USE AND, AND RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT.
THANK YOU ALSO FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND FOR STAYING ABREAST OF ANY CHANGES THAT, UM, THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED TO MAKE THE LIVING DOCUMENT AS FRANCIS, UM, INDICATED, HAVE FRESH AIR.
ANYONE ELSE? GARRETT, HAS, UH, ELLA PRIZER COMMUNICATED WITH YOU AT ALL ABOUT THIS LEGISLATION? UH, SHE HAS NOT.
ANYBODY ELSE? QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? WHY DON'T WE SPEAK ON THIS, UH, ZONING TEXT AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENT THERE APPEARS NOT HERE.
YES, WE DO HAVE, UH, A COUPLE, IF THERE'S NONE, UH, PRESENT, UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, SOME SPEAKERS, I BELIEVE.
UM, WE HAVE MS. EILEEN VOLLIS, UH, YOU HAVE GAR, YOU HAVE HARRY STONE HERE FIRST.
GARRETT, DO YOU WANNA CALL? I'M SORRY.
JUDITH, CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? DO YOU HAVE HARRY STONE LISTED FIRST? DO YOU WANNA CALL ON? YES, I DON'T SEE HIM ON THE ZOOM.
CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? YES, YES.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG EVENING.
I WON'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME.
I SUPPORT THE, UH, ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE, UH, DSS DISTRICT.
UH, GARRETT HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB IN, UH, ASSESSING THE SITUATION AND THE, UH, LEASING ENVIRONMENT.
UM, IF I HAVEN'T MENTIONED IT ALREADY, I'M A LEASING AND PROPERTY MANAGER THROUGHOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, MANHATTAN, BRONX.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT ALL AREAS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.
UM, ALL RETAIL PROPERTIES ARE BEING, UH, REPURPOSED.
UH, PEOPLE ARE SEEKING TO, UM, LEASE THEIR SPACES TO THE USES THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT ARE GROWING.
AND THERE IS A NEED FOR, UH, ADULT DAYCARE, CHILDCARE, UH, SERVICES IN, UM, OUR COMMUNITIES.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE LIVING LONGER AND LIVING AT HOME LONGER.
AND, UH, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, UM, WAYS TO ACCOMMODATE THESE FAMILY ARRANGEMENTS, UM, THAT ARE KIND OF OUR NEW NORMAL.
UM, AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO GARRETT FOR KEEPING TRACK OF THE NEEDS OF THE TOWN AND THE PUTTING IT INTO MOTION TO MAKE SOME CHANGES.
I THINK THAT'S PHENOMENAL, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
SO THAT GENTLEMAN, UH, I DO NOT SEE PRESENT, AND WE HAVE MS. WEEMS, UH, THAT ALSO IS SEEKING TO SPEAK.
WES, CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? YES.
UM, GARY, I I'M GONNA CONGRATULATE YOU.
CAN YOU START THE CLOCK JUTH ON? CAN YOU HEAR ME, JUDITH? IN IN ONE SECOND? YES, MA'AM.
UM, GARY, I JUST WANT TO, UM, MAKE SURE DAVID RUSKI IS NOT SPEAKING.
SO HE SIGNED UP, BUT, UH, HE DID NOT, UM, JOIN THE ZOOM, SO I, I ASSUME HE'S UNABLE TO MAKE IT.
SO FOR THE STENOGRAPHER, THE PERSON WHO IS ABOUT TO SPEAK IS PATRICIA WEEMS. OKAY? OKAY.
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I'D LIKE TO SPEAK, I'M GLAD THE STENOGRAPHER IS HERE.UM, AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO STATE FOR ONE, NUMBER ONE, WE'VE HAD A 25 YEAR, UM, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH NOT ONE AFRICAN AMERICAN ON THAT COMMITTEE.
IN FACT, I THINK THE COMMITTEE WAS ALL WHITE, BUT WE HAD NO PROBLEMS COMING INTO THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND STARTING, I, PATRICIA WEEMS, AND I KNOW CORA, CARRIE FROM GREENBURG TOOK THE LAND USAGE, UM, TRAINING COURSE FOR BY THE COUNTY.
I THOUGHT Y'ALL HAD CALLED KARA.
AND OBVIOUSLY KARA MUST HAVE THOUGHT SHE, Y'ALL CALLED ME TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, AND FOR THE RECORD, AGAIN, WE ARE REDLINING IN MY COMMUNITY.
THE FIRST PERSONS WE GOT THERE, ACTUALLY AFRICAN AMERICANS WERE THE FIRST PERSONS TO ACTUALLY HAVE THAT AREA.
UM, THE ITALIANS MOVED TO, UM, THORNWOOD, WE BOUGHT THEIR HOMES THERE.
AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS WE ARE NOT GONNA BE THERE LONG.
THAT ONE 19 CORRIDOR THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING ON BOTH SIDES NOW HAVE MORE, UM, HISPANIC PEOPLE THAN AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO'VE MOVED OUT BECAUSE THEY LOOK AND SEE, WELL, I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE HERE.
THE SAME THING IS ON THE OTHER SIDE, WHERE I LIVED.
THAT WOULD BE THE FAIR STARTING, NOT THE FAIRGROUNDS, BECAUSE THAT'S FROM JUNIPER HILL ALL THE WAY UP TO PARKWAY, HARDEN PARKWAY HOMES.
I, I THOUGHT REX DID A VERY GOOD JOB HELPING EVERYBODY HAVE THEIR STREETS MADE INTO A ONE WAY.
I'VE BEEN ASKING THAT FOR MY AREA NOW, EVER SINCE THEY STARTED.
UM, THE, UM, REDLINING, THERE'S NO PARKING IN OUR STREETS.
SO OBVIOUSLY Y'ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
AND FRANCIS, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU BECAUSE YOU RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WERE NO BLACK PEOPLE ON THAT COMMITTEE.
AND, UM, I AM, UM, FAIRLY UPSET BECAUSE YOU'VE RUINED MY COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE THAT HAVE KNOWN MY ENTIRE LIFE ARE NO LONGER HERE.
SO I'M GLAD Y'ALL ARE FIXING IT UP SO THAT EVERYBODY THAT IS NOT BLACK WON'T BE HERE.
UM, AND THAT IS GOING TO DESTROY YOUR COMMUNITY.
GREENBERG WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COMMUNITIES TO INTEGRATE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, ACTUALLY FOR THE UNITED STATES.
AND YOU'RE GONNA LOSE ALL OF THAT.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, ONCE AGAIN, ALL WHITE COMMUNITY.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, BUT YOU WILL HAVE IT.
YOU'RE TAKING AWAY OUR HOMES, YOU'RE TAKING AWAY WHAT WE LOVE.
YOU'RE TAKING AWAY A LOT OF THINGS, BUT I THINK YOU WILL, MR. MOORE, I WILL BE DEAD AND GONE, BUT Y'ALL WILL HAVE WHAT YOU WANT.
AND THAT'S AN ALL WHITE COMMUNITY WITH A, YOU KNOW, TOKEN HERE.
TOKEN THERE, THERE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ANY HOUSES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ONE 19.
IT'S GONNA BE ALL COMMERCIAL, JUST LIKE YONKERS.
UH, I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW TO BRING A SUIT AGAINST THE TOWN THAT'S GONNA BE VERY DIFFICULT TO DO FOR REDLINING.
UM, IT'S SELFISH, IT'S GREEDY.
UM, AND THE BAD PART ABOUT IT IS A LARGE PORTION OF THE BLACK PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WHAT IS GOING ON.
I WISH THAT GRETCHEN'S FATHER WAS STILL HERE, BECAUSE THEN WE WOULD HAVE SOME INPUT FROM SOMEONE WHITE WHO RECOGNIZES THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO LIVE HERE.
I'M NOT GONNA CHANGE THAT RADICALLY.
I, UM, WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT AGAINST ALL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES HERE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
I WANT IT ON THE RECORD THAT YOU WILL GET WHAT YOU WANT.
I'M QUITE SURE YOU WILL, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WHITE PRIVILEGE IS.
IT MEANS THAT YOU START SOMETHING AND YOU EXCLUDE ANYONE THAT DOESN'T LET WHITE LIKE YOU.
SO ON THAT NOTE, I WILL PASS UP AND, UM,
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TRY TO JUST CONTINUE ON.I, I RECALL THAT WALTER SIMON WAS, UH, APPOINTED, WAS A MEMBER OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
I CAN'T HEAR YOU, YOU ALL, AND SO IS VIOLA, ALIA, PHARAOH, UH, EVERY MEETING, SHE MENTIONS THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN, STATING THAT THERE WERE NO BLACK PEOPLE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE.
THE FACT THAT YOU REPEAT IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT WORKS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN JUST KEEP REPEATING SOMETHING THAT'S NOT TRUE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AND PEOPLE START TO BELIEVE IT, BUT IT'S JUST NOT TRUE.
THE CHAIR OF OUR PLANNING BOARD, WHO IS WALTER SIMON UNTIL HE JUST RECENTLY STEPPED DOWN ON HIS OWN INITIATIVE, UM, AFRICAN AMERICAN, WAS ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE AND CHAIRED OUR PLANNING BOARD, PLANNING OUR TOWN.
THE CHAIR OF OUR ZONING BOARD IS AFRICAN AMERICAN.
IT'S A NARRATIVE THAT MAY PLAY WELL FOR SOME PEOPLE, BUT IT'S JUST NOT TRUE.
AND PAT, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT VALE OF TARRO SERVED AT MY RECOMMENDATION, SO I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR HER, UM, SERVING ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING, UH, COMMITTEE.
JUST JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT.
ALRIGHT, SO THERE'S CONFIRMATION THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS WERE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE.
SO WHAT'S NEXT? ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK? OKAY, NOW, UH, THEN I MOVE, THEN WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN 10 DAYS.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, THERE'S ONE MORE SPEAKER.
WE'RE YOU'RE, YOU'RE ON, ON ZOOM.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, WHEN I LOOK AT THE GREEN AREAS, I MEAN, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT REDLINING? DOES IT, DOES IT MOVE THE NEEDLE? ANY PART OF THAT? UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ALL MAPS THERE.
I DO KNOW PART OF THAT COMMUNITY.
I DON'T KNOW ALL OF IT, BUT I, IT IS JUST A QUESTION.
UM, I HAVE, AND, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
AND AGAIN, I'M GONNA SAY ONE MORE THING.
DOESN'T MATTER IF THERE'S BLACK PEOPLE ON THERE OR NOT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD BE THE, THE SOURCE OF ALL THAT SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, RIGHT OR WRONG.
UM, THERE'S A LOT SHE SAID THERE.
I WISH YOU COULD HEAR SOME OF THAT BECAUSE, UM, SHE'S NOT WRONG.
YOU KNOW, I WAS BORN IN 1960 AND GREENBURG LOOKS NOTHING LIKE IT DID WHEN I GREW UP.
ALL OF MY 19 USED TO BE BUSINESSES AND HOMES, A LOT OF BLACK BUSINESSES THERE.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF CAR DEALERSHIPS.
I HEARD GARRETT SAY THAT SPECIAL PERMITS WOULD BE FOR ANOTHER MORE CAR DEALERSHIPS AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, NURSERY SCHOOLS.
AND I'M THINKING, HOW ARE THOSE TWO, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY THE SAME THING TO GET SPECIAL PERMITS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK GREENBERG NEEDS ANOTHER CAR DEALERSHIP, YOU KNOW? UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY CHILD, UM, WELFARE OF ANY KIND TO MAKE THEM BETTER HAS TO HAVE A SPECIAL PERMIT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING.
BUT I DO WANNA KNOW ABOUT THE REDLINING PIECE HERE BECAUSE, UH, THEY'RE IN POCKETS OF THE AREA.
SO, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT A A LITTLE BIT? AND ALSO, AGAIN, JUST DON'T LISTEN TO THE ONE THING THAT MS. WEAM SAID.
SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT.
UM, SO YES, THE TERM REDLINING COINCIDES WITH, UM, UPDATING MAPPING AND, AND WITH, WITH A CLEAR INTENT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WORK IN A NEGATIVE WAY, UM, FOR EITHER DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE OR TO MAKE PEOPLE DISADVANTAGED.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE WORKED FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBERG SINCE 2008.
UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ACTUALLY STARTED RIGHT AROUND 2007.
UH, THE PROCESS RAN FROM 2008 TO 2016 WHEN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS, UH, ADOPTED.
AND, UM, AND THERE, THERE IS NO ASPECT OF, OF ANY OF THAT PROCESS OR, OR ANY PLANNING, UH, OUT OF MY DEPARTMENT OR, UM, ANY POLICY OR PLANNING THAT I'VE INTERACTED WITH THE TOWN BOARD, UM, THAT WOULD COINCIDE WITH ANYTHING, UH, REMOTELY CLOSE TO REDLINING.
UM, WHAT'S PROPOSED, I'M SORRY, GARY, I MISUNDERSTOOD.
SAID I SAID, I SAID, NOT REDLINING.
HOW IS IT UNDOING? I DIDN'T SAY, HOW ARE YOU CREATING IT? I SAID, HOW ARE YOU UNDOING
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IT? HOW'S ANY PART OF THIS CHANGING THE NARRATIVE ON REDLINING? SO, I'M SORRY IF YOU MISUNDERSTOOD MY NOTES.BUT JUST, JUST TO CLOSE LOOP ON MY THOUGHT WHILE I WAS THERE.
SO I, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, EVERY ASPECT OF, OF, OF PLANNING THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE, WITH THE TOWN BOARD, UM, WHETHER IT'S HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND JUST TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, UH, HAS BASICALLY BEEN, UH, ANTI REDLINE REDLINING.
AND, UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE CHANGES HERE, UM, WHAT SIMPLY BEING BROUGHT TO THE TABLE IS TRYING TO, UH, MAKE THE DS DISTRICT, UH, MORE PRODUCTIVE IN THE SENSE OF MINIMIZING VACANCIES AND, UM, HAVING A BROADER ARRAY OF USES MORE COMPATIBLE USES ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER.
UM, AND, AND THAT THAT'S THE INTENT THERE.
UH, CREATE JOBS, MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES, UM, AND, AND JUST HAVE VIABLE BUSINESSES THAT THAT, THAT ARE SUPPORTED HERE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
SO, UM, THERE'S REALLY, UH, JUST, JUST, JUST THE TERM REDLINING IS JUST FLAT OUT NOT APPLICABLE TO ANYTHING THAT'S BEING DONE HERE.
UM, CAN I, CAN I HAVE SOME CLARITY HERE? UM, AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S MY MISUNDERSTANDING OR, UM, OR MICHELLE AND PAT MISUNDERSTANDING, BUT I, MY MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT YOU WERE SUGGESTING THAT ONE 19 WAS THE PLACE WHERE WE SHOULD CONSIDER ADAPTIVE REUSE TO PROVIDE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND TO, UH, WAS THAT, WAS I UNDERSTANDING IT INCORRECTLY? WELL, THAT, THAT WAS KIND OF WHERE I WAS GOING AND I DIDN'T WANNA BRING THAT WHOLE THING UP IN A SENSE BECAUSE HE DIDN'T BRING IT UP.
BUT YEAH, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THOSE CHOICES ARE THOSE CHOICES EVEN.
AND IT SOUNDED TO ME LIKE THAT'S THE ONLY TYPE OF ZONING THAT CAN HAPPEN.
BUT AGAIN, BEFORE THERE USED TO BE HOUSING THERE, I DON'T KNOW.
SO WITH THIS JARED'S NOT, YOU AND I HAVE SPOKE ABOUT DIFFERENT AREAS FOR THAT TOO.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS ONLY WHAT YOU CAN DO THERE OR NOT, SO, RIGHT.
SO, RIGHT, SO WE CLARIFIED THAT THE CHANGES WITH RESPECT TO THE DSS DISTRICT, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY ARE, HAVE NO, NO APPLICABILITY TO REDLINING.
UM, WITH RESPECT TO, UH, MY COMMENTS ABOUT, UM, THE PROSPECT FOR MULTIFAMILY OR, UH, MIXED USE WITH A MULTIFAMILY COMPONENT BEING MOST APPROPRIATE ON, UH, ROUTE ONE 19 AND THINKING ABOUT FUTURE PLANNING, UM, IN GENERAL, UM, THE THOUGHT THERE IS THAT THE ROUTE ONE 19 CORRIDOR HAS SCRAPED MASS TRANSIT, UM, IN, IN PARTICULARLY IN THE SECTIONS THAT WE IDENTIFIED ARE, ARE ESSENTIALLY WALKING DISTANCE, UH, TO THE CITY OF WHITE PLAINS AND OTHER MASS TRANSIT OPTIONS.
UM, SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY, UM, THE POTENTIAL FOR REZONING, UM, WITH A MIXED USE COMPONENT WOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR, UH, ROUTE ONE 19, UH, WHERE THERE COULD BE SOME LARGER LOTS.
UM, TYPICALLY YOU NEED MORE THAN TWO ACRES, UH, FOR A MULTIFAMILY USE OR A MIXED USE, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, WITH MULTIFAMILY OF WHICH ROUTE ONE 19 WOULD BE MORE PRONE TO HAVE THOSE USES.
SO, UM, AND YES, AND THAT WOULD ADD THE PROSPECT OF ADDITIONAL, UH, MULTI, UH, AFFORDABILITY, UM, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH THE 10% SET ASIDE.
SO, UM, YEAH, AGAIN, THAT WOULD JUST BROADEN, UH, THE ARRAY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS IN THE TOWN AND HOUSING OPTIONS IN THE TOWN TO BRING THAT TO ONE 19.
SO, UM, I JUST, I JUST, I GUESS I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND, UM, HOW THE TERM REDLINING, UH, GETS INTRODUCED INTO THE CONVERSATION.
BUT, UM, THOSE ARE THE PLANNING RATIONALES BEHIND WHAT I DESCRIBED TONIGHT, THE WAY JUST INTRODUCED GARRETT BECAUSE OF THE MAP, RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE MAP WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT AND THE MAP YOU'VE JUST SHOWN.
AND SO IT'S NOT A POSITIVE OR A NEGATIVE, IT'S JUST WHAT IT IS, RIGHT? AND I DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, ONE 19 YES.
I, I WAS TRYING TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WHEN YOU SAID MUL, YOU KNOW, MIXED USE AND THINKING, IS HE JUST THINKING, UM, COMMERCIAL ONLY? LIKE WHAT TAKES THE PRIORITY? WHO COMES FIRST? HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS I CAN SAY ABOUT IT.
I'M, I'M LISTENING A LOT TO, BUT THAT'S WHERE, WHERE RED LINE CAME FROM ME FOR THE MAP, JUST FROM WHERE THE MAP IS, YOU'RE NOT SHOWING RED LINES THERE, BUT I REMEMBER OUR MAPS THAT WE LOOKED AT AND THAT'S WHY I SAID THAT.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU CAN ALWAYS GIMME A CALL, UH, OFFLINE AND, AND YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAYBE SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME AND, AND GO OVER UH, SOME ELEMENTS ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
BUT I HOPE I WAS ABLE TO, UH, PROVIDE THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE DSS DISTRICT CHANGES AS WELL AS, UH, THE NEAR TERM CHANGES INTENDED FOR THE ROUTE ONE 19 DISTRICT.
THAT'S WHY I SAID YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
AND THEN I WANTED TO GO INTO QUESTIONS I HAD.
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UM, CLIFF ABRAMS, UM, GARY, YOU KNOW, UM, I'M NOT GONNA CALL IT REDLINING, BUT ONE 19 USED TO BE PEOPLE HAD HOMES, WE HAD BASEBALL FIELDS, WE HAD BUSINESSES ALL UP AND DOWN ONE 19.I KNOW BECAUSE WHEN I WAS A KID, I USED TO PLAY IN BASEBALL FIELDS OVER THERE AND WE HAD STORES.
NOW ONE 19 IS NOTHING BUT HIGH END CAR DEALERSHIP.
AND THEN WHEN YOU SAY THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PEOPLE GETTING JOBS, HEY, ONE 19, THEY GOT A LOT OF BUSINESSES GOING ON.
I DON'T KNOW NOBODY FROM THIS COMMUNITY GETTING ANY WORK.
THEY GOT SECTION THREE, I TALKED ABOUT THIS ABOUT OVER THREE YEARS AGO WITH YOU.
AND I SAID, WHAT ABOUT COMMUNITY? UM, COMMITMENT? YOU SAY, I SOMEWHAT HEARD ABOUT IT CLIFF.
AND I SAID THAT LOW INCOME SECTION THREE IS LOW INCOME HOUSING AND VERY LOW THAT LIVE IN HOUSING, ANY DEVELOPMENT COMES UP IN THIS AREA.
AND DEFINITELY FAIRVIEW, THEY SUPPOSED TO GET JOBS OR TRAINING.
AND MY FRIEND JOE DENNIS GAVE ME THAT INFORMATION AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
SO THE SIDEWALK'S COMING UP, RIGHT? REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ALMOST FOUR YEARS AGO.
YOU TALKED TO ME, THE SIDEWALKS COMES UP, NOBODY FROM THE COMMUNITY DON'T EVEN GET A FLAGGING YOU JOB.
THEN THE PEOPLE WHO YOUR CONTRACTEE SIDEWALKS OUT TO, THEY DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH AND THEY ONLY HIRE THEIR OWN PEOPLE.
SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE ALL THIS MONEY THAT'S COMING THROUGH FAIRVIEW AND WE GOT THE LOW INCOME PEOPLE WHO AIN'T GOT NO JOB.
AND I KNOW PAUL CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE AIN'T GOT ZOOM.
WELL PAUL, SOME PEOPLE AIN'T EVEN GOT CABLE TV.
I KNOW IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT SOME PEOPLE AIN'T GOT CABLE TV.
SO SOME PEOPLE NEED TO WRITE A LETTER AND HAVE MISS OUR COUNCIL.
UH, OUR TOWN CLERK VILLE READ IT BECAUSE EVERYBODY I KNOW, LIKE WHEN YOU SO PRIVILEGED AND YOU GOT ALL THIS STUFF, YOU CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE THAT CERTAIN PEOPLE JUST CAN'T EVEN GET THE LITTLE THING LIKE CABLE, YOU KNOW, CABLE OVER COSTS LIKE $200 A MONTH.
SO GARY, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND STILL TO THIS DAY, AIN'T NOBODY GETTING NO WORK.
AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE.
THE TOWN BOARD, THEY APPOINT FIVE PEOPLE TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD.
THEY GOT THE SCATTERY FIVE SCATTER, WE CALL IT SCATTERY.
BUT I GREW UP, WE CALL IT THE SCATTERY BECAUSE WE ALL WAS LIVING HERE AND THEN THEY SCATTERED EVERYBODY.
SO WE NAMED IT THE SCATTER SITES.
'CAUSE THEY SPLIT US ALL UP YOUR, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
IN CASE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, I START ON THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD IN JULY 1ST, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY GOT THE FIVE SCATTER SITES.
NOW IT'S CALLED GREENBURG HEIGHTS, L L C.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S ABOUT.
SO THEY'RE SAYING IT'S PRIVATE NOW.
THEN WE GOT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, WHICH IS THE STATE.
AND I ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE DUE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY STILL CONTROL THE GREENBURG HEIGHTS L L C OR DO THEY MANAGE IT? 'CAUSE THAT'S PRIVATE AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY ESTATE
SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE, BECAUSE I HEARD THAT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RAJU, HE IS, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND HE'S THE C E O OF GREENVILLE HEIGHTS, L L C.
SO I WANT TO KNOW, AND I TALKED TO YOU, GARY, ABOUT THE 10% SET ASIDE JUST BEFORE THE PANDEMIC CAME.
I SAID, WHO FOLLOWING UP ON THAT? WHO MAKING SURE THAT THESE PLACES ARE COMING, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE 10% SET ASIDE FOR THE PEOPLE WITH LOW INCOME.
WHO FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THAT AND STILL TO THE DAY? I DIDN'T GET THAT QUESTION YET.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT WE AIN'T GOTTA BE ABOUT REDLINING, BUT THE POINT IS I KNOW THAT ONE 19, I KNOW THAT ALL THESE SIDEWALKS AND I KNOW THAT NOBODY FROM THIS AREA IS GETTING ANY WORK UNTIL YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY CERTAIN THINGS HAPPEN.
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I GOT COMMUNITY CENTER OUT WALLS AND PART OF MY PROGRAM IS AN APPRENTICESHIP, BUT FOR SOME ODD REASON, YOU KNOW, WOW.I DO MY FIVE MINUTES BEFORE I HAVE MY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ANYBODY, UM, THAT WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN 10 DAYS.
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THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU AGAIN.
UH, GIVING ME OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, AIR MY PROBLEM, WHICH IS, UH, TAX, UH, PROPERTY TAX, UH, FOR, UH, COUNTY AND, UH, THE TIME INCLUDING THE SCHOOL TAX.
THIS IS GOING BACK FOR SIX YEARS AGO WHEN WE WENT TO FULL ASSESSMENT.
UH, AND THERE IS A OTHER THING.
THERE IS A PROPERTY CARD, WHAT NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE AWARE OF IT.
THERE IS A OLD ONE AND THERE IS A NEW ONE, WHICH GET CREATED ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO.
AND, UH, MY PROPERTY, IT GREW SOMEHOW BETWEEN, UH, IT'S A CLERICAL ERROR.
OKAY? UH, THEY, UH, INCREASE MY PROPERTY SIZE, THEREFORE I'M PAYING MORE TON COUNTY AND SCHOOL TAX APPROXIMATELY EACH YEAR, A THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE, 500 FOR THE TAN AND, UH, UH, COUNTY AND THE OTHER 500 FOR THE SCHOOL.
AND, UH, I HAD SPOKE TO, UH, UH, MR. FINER AND HE UNDERSTOOD MY PROBLEM, BUT HE IS HOLDING UP HIS HAND.
AND HE REFERRED ME TO A TAX DEPARTMENT.
FINALLY, THEY CAME OUT AND THEY REASSESSED MY PROPERTY, BUT IT BOTHERS ME NOW THEY ADMITTING IT, IT'S WRONG.
BUT I, UH, WAS AWARE OF THIS BEFORE APRIL 1ST, BEFORE THE TIME TAX DUE.
OKAY, THE TIME TAX DUE, IT'S IN APRIL 30TH.
I TRY TO ASK THEM TO CONFIGURE IT WITH A NEW ACTUAL VALUES.
OKAY? NOW, I ALSO ASKED THEM, THE SCHOOL TEXT DID NOT COME OUT YET, BUT THEY TOLD ME THEY'RE GONNA RECONFIGURE IT WITH THE OLD NUMBERS.
OKAY? THAT'S, THAT'S WRONG, IS YOU GO INTO THE STORE AND YOU OR BUYING SOMETHING, OKAY? YOU BUY FIVE CANS OF, UH, CONE.
AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR BILL IS, IS UH, EIGHT CANS OF CONE, OKAY? AND YOU HAVE ONLY FIVE CON UH, UH, CANS OF CONE IN YOUR BASKET.
I I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IF THERE IS A WILL, THERE IS A WAY.
IF THERE IS NO WILL, THERE IS NO WAY.
SO WHAT I TRY TO ASK, UH, JUST ONE SECOND.
SO, UM, A WRONG ASSESSMENT OF COUNTY AND THE TOWN AND SCHOOL TAXES.
FOR SIX YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN OVERCHARGED DUE TO THE WRONG ASSESSMENT PROOF OF THE OLD PROPERTY ASSESSMENT CARD.
UH, AND SIX YEARS AGO IN, UH, 2016 AND 16, WHEN THE TIME WENT TO A FULL ASSESSMENT, THEY, THEY CREATED A PROPERTY CARD, WHICH REFLECT THE SAME INFORMATION EVERY RESPECT.
THE OLD PROPERTY CARD, THE PROPERTY SIZE WAS TRANSFERRED INCORRECTLY FROM THE OLD PROPERTY CARD.
AND I HAVE APPROVED FOR THAT BECAUSE OF THIS ERROR.
I HAVE BEEN OVERCHARGED ALL TAXES FOR SIX YEARS.
ALSO, THE UPCOMING SCHOOL TAX CALCULATION SHOULD BE BASED ON THE LATEST CORRECTED ASSESSMENT.
I TRUST THE SYSTEM OF TAN OF GREENBERG PROPERTY ASSESSMENT DEPARTMENT.
NOW I HAVE BEEN PENALIZED WITH HIGHER TAXES BECAUSE THEY MADE A MISTAKE.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, I DUNNO WHAT TO DO.
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WHEN I QUESTIONED THEM, HE SAID, WELL, WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.WE GO AND SEE YOUR, UH, POLITICIANS.
OKAY? SO I SAY POLITICIAN WHO? SO THEY, THEY REFERRED ME TO, UH, THE, UH, CON COUNTY, UH, UH, SUPERVISOR, OKAY? AND, UH, THEY GET BACK TO ME AND THEY SAY THAT THAT ONLY TON OF GREENBERG COULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
SO I CAME BACK, I TOLD THEM, HE SAID, WELL, YOU HAVE TO SEE THE GOVERNOR.
THIS IS A, IS A JOKE AS A CATCH 22 AND A COUPLED.
SO, UH, I, I CALLED THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND THEY, THEY REFUSE TO HEAR IT.
CAN I, CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION AFTER LISTENING? PARDON ME? I, I THINK THAT THE ESTATE LAWS THAT GOVERN WHAT THE ASSESSOR CAN OR CAN DO, CANNOT DO.
THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE IS INDEPENDENT OF THE TOWN BOARD.
AS MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD, WE'RE PROHIBITED FROM TELLING THAT WE COULD SAY REVIEW SOMETHING, BUT WE CAN'T TELL THE ASSESS THE ASSESSOR WHETHER TO GIVE A REFUND OR NOT, OR WHAT, HOW MUCH TO ASSESS A PROPERTY.
THERE'S PROBABLY A STATE LAW THAT DEALS WITH WHETHER OR NOT A REFUND COULD BE ISSUED.
MY RECOMMENDATION IS WE SHOULD ASK EDEDIE TO REVIEW, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, TO ADVISE US IF THERE'S A STATE, IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, AN ERROR ON THE PART OF THE TOWN AND IT GOES BACK SIX YEARS TO REVIEW WHETHER OR NOT, UH, THE TOWN HAS THE ABILITY OF, UH, LEGALLY HAS ABILITY OF, OF, UM, CORRECTING THAT, UH, SHE SHOULD GIVE US AN ANALYSIS AND THEN, UM, UH, WE MAY NEED TO REACH OUT TO STATE LAWMAKERS BECAUSE HER HANDS MAY BE TIED AS TO WHAT SHE CAN OR CAN'T DO.
DAVID, WOULD YOU SAY THAT'S ACCURATE? I, WELL, I BELIEVE THE GENTLEMAN HAS THE RIGHT TO CHALLENGE THE TAX PETITIONS AND THEY GO BACK, I BELIEVE SIX YEARS.
SO IF HE FOLLOWS THE PROCEDURE AND HE WOULD HAVE TO CHECK WITH THE ASSESSOR'S OFF OFFICE HOW TO CHALLENGE, UH, THE PETITIONS AND THEN, THEN IT CAN BE LOOKED INTO.
IS THIS A SINGLE? IT IS ONLY FOR COMMERCIAL.
IS THIS A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE? NOT FOR RESIDENTIAL, SIR.
IS THIS A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE? IS IT A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE? YEAH, IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE.
SO, SO I BELIEVE YOU CAN ONLY GET BACK ONE YEAR.
UH, COMMERCIAL COULD GO BACK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
COMMERCIAL GOES BACK ALSO, I HAVE ADDITIONAL, UH, QUESTION.
UH, WHAT, WHAT TAXES I'M PAYING FOR THE LAND AND HOW MUCH, UH, TAXES I'M PAYING.
I COULD FIGURE IT OUT ONE SQUARE FOOT, HOW MUCH I'M PAYING.
IT'S SOMEWHERE AROUND $36, ONE SQUARE FOOT.
HOWEVER, I HAVE A NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET.
HE HAS A DOUBLE SIZE OF A PROPERTY, VERY SIMILAR TO MINE, AND PAYING HALF OF IT $16 PER SQUARE FOOT.
NOW HOW THIS, IS IT POSSIBLE AND WHAT I THINK THE, UM, TON SHOULD LOOK AFTER, UH, ALL THIS, UH, ASSESSMENT CARDS WHEN GET TRANSFERRED, BECAUSE I ALREADY HAVE FIND IT.
I FIND IT WHEN PEOPLE HAVING BIGGER PROPERTY AND THEY ASSESS FOR LESS PROPERTY.
BECAUSE YOU'RE WELL OVER THE FIVE MINUTES.
YOU KNOW WHAT, RIGHT? WHY DON'T YOU DO ANOTHER, I WILL ASK THE ASSESSOR TO ADVISE US WHAT THE STATE LAW IS AND TO REVIEW THIS AND TO GIVE US A MEMO.
WE MAY HAVE TO GO TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE, RIGHT.
WE'LL CHECK INTO IT AND THEN WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU.
UNFORTUNATELY, YESTERDAY WAS THE END OF GRIEVANCE DAY.
SO IF YOU DIDN'T FILE A GRIEVANCE ON YOUR TAXES PRIOR TO, UH, PRIOR TO TODAY.
BUT THE, THEN THEY, BUT I, I, I, WE CAN'T THIS BECAUSE WE'RE OVER THE FIVE MINUTES.
WE, WE WILL, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, DISCUSS WITH THE ASSESSOR, BUT UH, WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PERSON.
RIGHT? SEE, THE THING IS THAT I, I FIND FOR THAT HONOR YOUR TIME, YOUR TIME IS UP.
I DID THAT, BUT THEY DON'T ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTION.
THAT'S, UH, THE ASSESSOR IS AN INDEPENDENT DEPARTMENT AND WE WILL SPEAK TO THE ASSESSOR.
UH, BUT THIS, GOING BACK, YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOW TALK IMPLICATING YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, AND YOU'RE DOING THIS ON TELEVISION THAT THEY'RE OVER ASSESSED OR
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UNDER ASSESSED.SEE? UM, I HAD SPOKEN TO MR. T I, SIR, PLEASE, PLEASE WAIT.
PLEASE, PLEASE, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO LOOK INTO YOU, INTO IT FOR YOU, OKAY? BUT DISCUSSING YOUR ASSESSMENT, AND NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ASSESSMENT OF YOUR NEIGHBORS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT THE APPROPRIATE FORUM TO DO THAT.
BUT THE, WE'LL HAVE THE, WE'LL HAVE THE, UM, ASSESSOR LOOK INTO THIS.
YEAH, YOU CAN WE, YEAH, WE CAN'T, YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS OVER.
SO WE CAN'T CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION.
WE CAN ONLY UNTIL WE GET INFORMATION, WE CAN'T HAVE THE CONVERSATION FURTHER WITH YOU.
BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION.
AND WE WILL ADDRESS IT WITH THE, THE, UM, ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING LEGALLY THAT CAN BE DONE, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW.
BUT YOU LEFT YOUR INFORMATION WITH THE CLERK.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE PROBLEM WE'RE HAVING IS YOU'RE VERY NICE.
BUT AS PEOPLE COME UP AFTER YOU, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, I WANT TO HAVE THE SAME 10 MINUTES THAT HE GOT.
AND THEN THE MEETING FALLS APART AND WE'RE, WE'RE COMING UP ON 10 30.
RIGHT? SO WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU.
WE'RE ASSURING YOU, YOU WILL GET BACK.
IF YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY WRITE YOUR PHONE NUMBER ON THIS, UH, WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU PERSONALLY.
WRITE YOUR NUMBER ON THAT NAME AND NUMBER RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM.
MR. TOFF HAS BEEN TRYING TO ADDRESS MATTER FOR WELL OVER.
YOUR NAME AND YOUR, YOUR NAME AND YOUR, OKAY.
SAM, YOUR NAME AND YOUR NUMBER.
JUST PUT IT AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT SHEET.
YOUR NAME AND YOUR PHONE NUMBER.
HAL UH, DO WE HAVE A CALL MR. DOWN BOARD MEETING? YES.
DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS EVERYTHING RIGHT? WE HAVE IT.
HOLD ON, MRS. WE HOLD ON FOR A MOMENT.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FINISH THIS UP.
I THINK WE'RE MS. SAM, YOU, YOU MAY START NOW.
DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? WE DO NOT ACTUALLY.
I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT, THAT, UH, OH GOD.
WELL, I'M WAITING TO SEE IT ON VIDEO.
YOU WANT ALSO THE PROPERTY NUMBER I COULD GIVE? NO, WE GOT ALL THAT.
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE THE MEETING.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO MS. BEVILLES SENTIMENTS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE NO LONGER HAVE A WIDE SHOT OF THE DAY AS WHY MR. FRIED AND MS. BEVILLE ARE CUT OFF.
EVEN THIS VIEW FROM PART OF MR. SHEHAN GOES AS MAKES A DAY LOOK LIKE IT'S NINE MILES LONG.
AND THERE'S A CLOCK IN THE DISTANCE WHERE NO ONE CAN READ WHAT'S ON THE CLOCK.
I SUGGEST YOU MOVE THE CLOCK TO THE BEHIND MR. SHEEHAN'S COMPUTER WHERE IT WON'T BLOCK HIS WORK AND IT'LL BE VISIBLE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING FROM HOME.
SO I AGREE WITH MS. VILLE THAT I THINK THAT SHE SHOULD BE PART OF THE TOWN BOARD MEETING AND NOT CUT OFF BY WHOEVER'S OPERATING THE BROADCAST FUNCTION.
NOW, I'D LIKE TO KNOW FOR CERTAINTY WHAT THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER SAID, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN MR. SHEEHAN MADE REFERENCE TO IT TOO, THAT THE NEW YORK LEGISLATOR LEGISLATION DID PASS A RULE LAW ON VIDEO CONFERENCING TO EXPIRE NOT IN 30 DAYS, BUT JUNE 30TH, 2024.
IS THAT LEGISLATION ACTIVE? NO.
I, I THINK, I THINK YOU'RE CON CON CONFUSING A COUPLE OF THINGS IN JANUARY.
WHAT? MR. SAMS ASKED THE QUESTION, I'M ANSWERING IT AGAIN, WHAT WE CALL THAT QUESTION.
WASN'T HE LISTENING? HE'S ENTITLED, HE'S ENTITLED TO, TO AN ANSWER.
EVEN IF HE ASKED TO MR. SAMS. MR. SAMS, UH, THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE ITEMS. THERE WAS THE LEGISLATIVE LAW THAT, AND FORGIVE ME, I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS IN EARLY 20, UH, 22,
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WHICH, UH, WHICH, UH, PROVIDED AND, UM, THE MECHANISM TO, UH, CREATE VIDEO CONFERENCING ONCE THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS WERE ENDED, THE EXECUTIVE OFFERS OR UH, ORDERS HAVE NOT ENDED.THEY'VE BEEN CONTINUING EVERY 30 DAYS.
THE LAST ONE WAS, UM, I BELIEVE ON JUNE 14TH THAT EXTENDED ANOTHER 30 DAYS.
UM, WE DON'T KNOW, BUT THERE IS ANTICIPATION THAT THESE MAY CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE MONTHS.
BUT IF THEY DON'T, THEN WHEN, UM, THE, UM, THEN WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY EXPIRE, THE NEW LAW WILL COME INTO EFFECT.
MY, MY GUESS IF I MAY, IS THAT, UM, OTHER BOARDS SINCE, SINCE THE STATE LAW HAS LEFT IT TO THE MUNICIPALITIES TO PASS THEIR OWN LEGISLATION, UM, PERHAPS THEY HAVE NOT YET.
ALL, ALL OF THE MUNICIPALITIES HAVE NOT YET FINISHED THE PROCESS.
THEREFORE, THE GOVERNOR GAVE US AN ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS.
THE, THE WAY THE, WAIT, WAIT, CAN I JUST FINISH WHAT I'M SAYING? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.
I DIDN'T SIGN AWAY ALL MY TIME.
HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE LEFT? A MINUTE.
SO YOU BROKE YOUR OWN RULES AND STARTED ANSWERING A QUESTION? NOT BEFORE I WAS FINISHED, BUT IMMEDIATELY STEPPING IN.
I'D EXPECT TO HAVE MORE TIME, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU'VE CITED THE MAN BEFORE YOU GAVE HIM NEARLY 10 MINUTES AND HAD A DIALOGUE.
MR. SAMIS, THE, THE RULE SAYS, IF SPEAKER INSISTS ON AN IMMEDIATE ANSWER.
I I ANSWERED IT ON IMMEDIATE CONTINUE ANSWER DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.
SO I SEE 1 0 9 AND THAT IS, SHOULD BE ADDED BACK.
MR. SHEEHAN WHAT'S WRONG? WERE THE TOWN TO ADOPT ITS LOCAL LAW AND ALLOW THE PAST RECORDED ZOOM MEETINGS TO BE DISPLAYED ONLY.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A MAXIMUM OF TWO YEARS SINCE THIS STARTED WITH ZOOM.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THESE MEETINGS ACTUALLY BEING SHOWN TO THE PUBLIC? UM, IS THAT A QUESTION? I AL I ALSO ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT IF THE, IF THE EXECUTIVE ORDER AND THE NEW YORK LEGISLATION ENDS, DOES THE LOCAL LAW END, DOES THE I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.
DOES THE LOCAL LAW END HE'S ASKING THE SAME QUESTION THAT WE ANSWERED BEFORE? NO, IT DOES NOT END.
SO YOU'RE PASSING A PERMANENT LAW, CORRECT? THAT'S THE IDEA.
AND I PRESUME THAT MY INVITATION TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE TOPICS AT THE WORK SESSION NEXT TUESDAY WILL BE CONTINUING SOMETHING THAT WAS POSTPONED FOR TWO OTHER WORK SESSIONS AND NOW WILL BE ON THE 28TH.
IS THAT CORRECT, MR. FINER? I WELL, THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING IS TO GET YOUR COMMENTS.
NO, BUT SEPARATELY WAS AN INVITATION TO TALK TO THE TOWN BOARD.
WE'RE BREAKING EVERY RULE THAT WE SAID.
WE SAID EVERYBODY HAS FIVE MINUTES.
THERE'S NOT GONNA BE INTERRUPTIONS.
EVERYBODY'S INTERRUPTING EACH OTHER, BUT HE STOPS AND ASKS A QUESTION ON AND ON AND ON.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT? WE EITHER HAVE A RULE FOR ONE PER WE HAVE A RULE AND WE FOLLOW IT OR WE DON'T.
SO RIGHT NOW, NO INTERRUPTIONS.
PEOPLE SPEAK FIVE MINUTES AND THAT'S IT.
ALRIGHT, WHO'S THAT NEXT SPEAKER? WHO'S OKAY? CLIFTON ABRAMS. CLIFF.
GOODNIGHT, GOODNIGHT, GOODNIGHT.
WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GONNA BE THE FIRST ONE TO CALL
WELL, YOU KNOW, UM, IT WAS A PUBLIC HEARING I WAS SPEAKING AND WHENEVER I WAS TELLING GARY HOW GREAT HE IS, HE DIDN'T ANSWER NONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I BRUNG UP.
AND IT WAS A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN I GOT ON A CLOCK AND THEN IT RAIN AND THEN I GOTTA SIT DOWN.
BUT BEFORE I GOT UP, IT WAS BACK AND FORTH QUESTIONS, MAN.
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'CAUSE HE ASKED IF ANY QUESTIONS HE NEEDED TO ANSWER AND I ASKED A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS AND THAT NONE OF THEM GOT ANSWERED.YOU KNOW, CLIFF, IF YOU'RE DOING THE SAME THING, WE JUST SAID, SORRY, LET'S INTERRUPT.
YOU KNOW, AND UM, I WAS TRYING TO LOOK UP SECTION THREE 'CAUSE I HAD IT HERE, BUT I, I HOPE Y'ALL LOOK IT UP.
YOU KNOW, UM, COURSE IT TALKS ABOUT IT AND, AND I TALKED TO GARRETT PLENTY OF TIMES ABOUT SECTION THREE AND PAUL, AND YOU'LL KNOW THAT FOR YEARS I'VE BEEN COMING HERE ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE YEARS.
EVERY SECOND OR FOURTH WEDNESDAY BEFORE I STARTED WORKING AT NIGHT.
AND IT IS JUST THAT THE RESPECT, YOU KNOW, THAT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S NO PROBLEM LIKE SHUTTING US DOWN.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO OTHER PEOPLE, YOU'LL GIVE 'EM THE COURTESY.
AND I STILL WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ALL THESE THINGS IS BEING BUILT UP IN FAIRVIEW AND NOBODY'S GETTING NO WORK.
PAUL AND THE BOARD, I DON'T KNOW, WAS LAST YEAR SOMETIME PAUL, YOU MADE A MOTION TO PUT THE MONEY UP FOR ME FOR MY COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS.
Y'ALL VOTED ON IT AND THEN IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE, I SUPPOSED TO CALL IT DOWN FROM, BECAUSE IT IS GONNA BE THROUGH THE CENTER.
THEN Y'ALL SAY, OH, WELL GEORGE LAER DIDN'T GIVE YOU HIS MONEY, THEN HE GIVES ME THE MONEY.
THEN Y'ALL SAY I NEED A 5 0 1 C THREE, YOU KNOW? AND I'M LIKE, HOLD UP.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED OFF, IT'S A PALLET PROGRAM.
SO THE WHOLE THING IS FOR ME TO SHOW THAT IT'S NEEDED 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT HURTING ME 'CAUSE I'M GONNA DO ALL RIGHT 'CAUSE I GOT GOD ON MY SIDE.
BUT YOU'RE HURTING THE UNDERSERVED YOUTH THAT'S IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT EVERYBODY SAY THEY'RE SO CONCERNED ABOUT.
AND, AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT IT GOES FROM I SUPPOSED TO CALL THE MONEY DOWN.
I'M SUPPOSED TO WORK THROUGH THE CENTER, I'M SUPPOSED TO DO MY PROGRAM.
AND I TOLD THE SENATOR THAT, I TOLD COMMISSIONER TERRACE IT'S A WIN-WIN SITUATION BECAUSE THE CERTAIN PEOPLE AIN'T BEING SERVED AND I'M GONNA SERVE THEM PEOPLE THERE.
THEN SOMEHOW SOMEWHERE CAME, I DON'T KNOW, ELLIE, YOU CAME ON AND NEXT THING I KNOW FROM ME GETTING A PALLET PROGRAM TO NOW I GOTTA GET A 5 0 1 C THREE, WHICH I'M GOING TO GET, THEN I GOTTA GET MY OWN ASSURANCE.
AND PLUS MY PROGRAM IS PART APPRENTICESHIP, THEN I GOTTA GET ASSURANCE.
I SAID, HEY, CAN Y'ALL, AND I SAW MR. DERMAN THE OTHER DAY.
HE SAID HE CALLED OR HE SAID SOMETHING, BUT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO SEND AN EMAIL.
YOU DON'T ONE GIMME YOUR MONEY.
YOU WANT ME TO WAIT TILL OCTOBER? NO PROBLEM.
ALL I ASK IS TO DO A RESOLUTION SO I CAN RECEIVE THE MONEY JUST SO I CAN AT LEAST BUY THE ASSURANCE YOU ARE TELLING ME I NEED TO HAVE WITH MY 5 0 1 C THREE.
AND I'M LIKE SAYING, WHAT'S THE HOLD UP? YOU KNOW, WHY CAN'T, UM, THIS PILOT PROGRAM, SO IF I GET MY 5 0 1 C THREE, I DON'T NEED A TOWN BECAUSE THEN THE MONEY COULD COME RIGHT TO ME.
I NEEDED A TOWN BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE A 5 0 1 C THREE.
AND THEY TOLD ME, AND MR. LATIMER SAID TO ME, THEY DON'T, AND KIN SAID THAT YOU DON'T NEED, WE DO PLENTY OF WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE THEIR 5 0 1 C THREE, BUT FOR SOME OF ODD REASON THIS BOARD HERE, THIS BEEN SINCE WHAT? LAST YEAR? IT SUPPOSED TO START LAST YEAR IN MARCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, UM, ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT I'M TRYING TO WORK RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO COME, I'M TRYING.
I SET A 5 0 1 C THREE, I'M WORKING ALL OF THAT.
ALL I'M ASKING IS CAN YOU RELEASE, AT LEAST DO A RESOLUTION TO GET THE MONEY SO I CAN DO THINGS.
SO WHEN OCTOBER COME, I WOULD HAVE THE, THE THINGS I NEED THAT I DON'T HAVE TO WORK ON THAT ONCE I GET THE 5 0 1 C THREE, AND THAT COULD BE SEPTEMBER, WHO KNOWS IF I'M WORKING ON IT? THANK YOU STEPHANIE.
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YOU'RE ALL SET TO SPEAK.MA'AM, IF YOU COULD PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR MIC.
DO YOU NOW SUPERVISOR PAUL KLEINER AND TOWN CLERK MADAM JUDITH AND COUNCILWOMAN ELLEN HENDRICKS, GINA JACKSON AND COUNCILMAN FRANCIS SHEEN AND THE GUEST, UH, ATTORNEY SITTING IN THIS EVENING.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO CONGRATULATE ATTORNEY TIM LEWIS ON HIS JUDGMENT SHIFT.
ALSO, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE DUTIES THAT ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM OUR TOWN CLERK, JUDITH, JUDITH VILLE.
WHY ARE THESE THINGS BEING DONE? JUDITH IS ARTICULATE AND SHE'S EDUCATED AND SHE BRINGS SUCH CLASS TO THAT DECORUM OF THE DAYS THAT WE HAVE THIS EVENING.
I, JUDITH, I COMMEND YOU, MS. BEVILLE ON YOUR COMPOSURE AND I RESPECT YOU.
I'VE ALWAYS RESPECTED YOU, BUT I THINK FROM THIS EVENING MOVING FORWARD, I HAVE YOUR BACK AND ALL THOSE OTHERS WHO HAVE SPOKEN BEFORE, WHO HAVE COME BEFORE ME AND TO SPEAK BEFORE THIS PANELISTS OF COUNCILMAN ATTORNEYS AND OUR BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL MRS. VILLE THIS EVENING.
AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE HIM TO CONGRATULATE CLIFF EARL ABRAMS ON HIS ELECTION AS THE STATE COMMISSIONER OF THE GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY AND ALSO MICHELLE BROWN.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO COMMEND YOU, MS. MICHELLE BROWN ON YOUR COURAGEOUSNESS AND FOR YOU COMING FORWARD AND FOR YOU ALWAYS BEING THERE AND FOR BACKING JUDITH VILLE AND ALSO MS. PATRICIA WESS, ALL THESE HONORABLE BLACK WOMEN AND BLACK MEN OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND YES, THIS IS RED DISTRICTING AS MR. EARL ABRAMS HAS SAID ALONG ONE 19, I WAS BORN 1960 OVER AT GRASSLANDS HOSPITAL.
I REMEMBER HOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD USED TO BE WHERE THERE WERE HOMES WHERE KMART WERE WERE BECAUSE THE CASTLE BERRIES LIVED OVER THERE AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE.
BUT I JUST REMEMBER THE CASTLEBERRY BECAUSE I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH THEM.
SO HOW DARE YOU GUYS SIT THERE ON THAT BOARD AND ACT AS IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT THAT AREA WAS LIKE IT WAS, AND YOU ACT AS IF YOU'RE SURPRISED.
AND MRS. JUDITH DEVILLE, HOLD YOUR HEAD UP GIRL.
GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
GOODNIGHT EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
ANYONE ELSE? YES, THERE ARE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS.
PATRICIA WEEMS. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS FLAGS.
FINE AT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, THE AMERICAN FLAG.
I WOULD RESPECTED, I DON'T HAVE EQUAL ACCESS AS EVERYONE ELSE DOES.
AND YOU DO KNOW THE UKRAINIAN FLAG THAT'S FLYING, UM, AND GETTING 800, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MILLIONS OR OR OF THE CIVILIAN THAT THEY'RE GETTING MONEY FROM THE UNITED STATES AND, UM, THEY PUT BLACK PEOPLE OFF THE TRAIN.
AND THE FLAG IS RUNNING NEXT TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG'S FLAG, WHICH I DON'T MIND WORKING FOR TO SEE TO IT THAT IT CHANGES AND IT'S NOT A RACIST FLAG.
THE AMERICAN FLAG, WHEN YOU HAVE NO PROBLEMS FLYING THAT FLAG FROM UKRAINIAN.
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AND, UM, THAT SHOULDN'T BE.I WAS LOOKING AT THE, UM, JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION THAT THE, UM, THE CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS AND THEY HAD MICHAEL COHEN ON TODAY.
WELL, MAYBE IT WAS YESTERDAY, DON'T ASK ME, BUT I CAUGHT IT TODAY.
AND, UM, HE SAID HIS FAMILY LEFT THE UKRAINE IN 73, 19 73.
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE, BUT I THINK THEY WERE PUT OUT.
SO THAT MEANS THAT THE UKRAINIANS DON'T LIKE BLACK PEOPLE.
THEY HAVE A JEWISH PRESIDENT AND THEY'RE PUTTING JEWISH PEOPLE OUT IN 1973 OUTTA THE UKRAINE.
AND NOBODY'S SPEAKING ABOUT THIS, BUT ME.
THEY'RE TAKING OUT TAX DOLLAR KEN JONES.
AND, UM, AND, UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UM, JACKSON CLAPPED JUST FOR EVERYTHING THEY DID.
I REFUSED TO CLAP AND I REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE THEM AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN BEING BRACES.
I THOUGHT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH PUTIN, BUT I KNOW ONE THING.
NO RUSSIAN HAS EVER PUT OUT ANYBODY OF COLOR OUT OF THEIR COUNTRY.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM.
AND I THINK HATE IS THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD BECAUSE HATE JUST GROWS AND GROWS.
AND, UM, YOU'RE TELLING THE WORLD THAT THE UNITED STATES CAN ACCEPT A COUNTRY AND GIVE THEM OUR MONEY AS THEY DENIGRATE BLACK PEOPLE.
AND I CAN'T SAY MUCH ABOUT, UM, MICHAEL COHEN, BECAUSE I HAVE TO GO LOOK IT UP.
I KNOW THERE'S ONLY 1%, UH, LESS THAN 1% OF JEWISH POPULATION IN THE UKRAINE.
BUT IF THEY HAVE PUT OUT JEWISH PEOPLE, THEN THE LAST THING I WOULD EXPECT FROM TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE JEWISH ON OUR TOWN BOARD TO FLY A FLAG THAT IS REMOVING JEWS OUT OF THEIR, OUT OF THEIR HOMES.
THE FLAG THAT FLIES SHOULD NOT FLY AT THE SAME HEIGHT AS THE AMERICAN FLAG.
I DO NOT SUPPORT ANY FLAG OTHER THAN THE UNITED STATES FLAG.
AND WE HAVE THE SECOND LARGEST POPULATION.
I'LL GO ALONG WITH MR. FINER FOR UKRAINIANS.
THAT'S JUST BRINGING IN MORE PROBLEMS. AND IT DOESN'T BOTHER ANYONE BECAUSE YOU DON'T RESPECT BLACK PEOPLE.
YOU, UM, ANYTHING GOES AS LONG, LIKE I SAID, IF YOU'RE WHITE, YOU ALL RIGHT IF YOU BROWN, STICK AROUND.
AND THERE HAVE NOT BEEN THAT MANY CHANGES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THIS COUNTRY.
LOOK AT THE HAWAIIANS, LOOK AT THE PUERTO RICANS, LOOK AT THE ESKIMOS, LOOK AT THE AFRICAN AMERICANS.
ANYTHING, ANYTHING OR ANYBODY THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING.
ANY, ANYBODY ELSE SPEAKING? YES.
IF HE'S NOT PRESENT, UM, IN THE AUDIENCE, HE'S NOT SPEAKING TONIGHT.
I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE EVERY TIME WE COME, WE BLACK PEOPLE COME TO THE TOWN BOARD.
IT'S ALMOST, IT'S THE ENERGY IS NEGATIVE, NOT JUST FROM YOU, BUT FROM WHAT WE HAVE TO DISCUSS.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO DISCUSS THE BLACK BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, BUYING SOME LAND ON ONE OF THOSE LOTS YOU'RE DISCUSSING, OR SOME BLACK ORGANIZATION BEING, UM,
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YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZED FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IN A COMMUNITY, UM, WITHOUT HAVING TO ADVOCATE FOR IT TO HAPPEN.UM, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ALWAYS IN THIS TUG OF WAR WITH YOU.
AND, AND IN REALITY WE WANNA LIVE IN HARMONY.
AND, UM, THIS, THE, THE, THE GENTLEMAN WHO CAME AND SPOKE ABOUT HIS TAXES, YOU KNOW, IT BREAKS MY HEART BECAUSE HE CLEARLY NEEDS HELP.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOUR RULES ARE, YOU GOTTA HELP THIS PERSON.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T, AS A TOWN BOARD CAN'T DO IT.
IF YOU HAVE AN OUTSIDE ENTITY THAT YOU CAN'T REALLY COMMUNICATE WITH, YOU SHOULD HAVE SOME KIND OF LIAISON TO HELP PEOPLE NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND MATH AND THEN TAXES AND THEN PROPERTY AND ALL THAT.
SO I HOPE YOU GUYS REALLY DO WHAT YOU SAY AND HELP THIS FAMILY.
I WANNA SPEAK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR TOWN CLERK, AND I SAY IT RESPECTFULLY TO YOU GUYS WHEN SHE SAID SOMETHING, SHE'S AN ADULT, SHE'S A GROWN WOMAN.
LIKE, DON'T SAY THIS NOW, YOU CAN'T SAY THIS.
THESE ARE MEN SPEAKING TO A WOMAN LIKE THAT.
MEN, FRANCIS SHEAN AND PAUL FINER NO MAN TO SPEAK TO A WOMAN ABOVE A TWO EVER.
YOU STOOD UP, YOU WERE LOUD, YOU WERE AGGRESSIVE, YOU, WHAT WAS SHE GONNA, WHAT WERE YOU GONNA DO IF SHE DIDN'T STOP? OH, YOU'RE GONNA CALL FIVE MINUTES AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA CHASTISE HER.
I MEAN, YOU GUYS HAVE TO HAVE RESPECT.
SHE'S YOUR, YOU KNOW, SHE, YOU DON'T, IT'S OBVIOUS WHY ONLY YOU GUYS KNOW WHY, BUT AS MEN, IT LOOK VERY DISRESPECTFUL ON HOW YOU WERE HANDLING A WOMAN.
AND AS A BLACK WOMAN, TWO WHITE MEN COMING AT ME, SHE WAS REALLY GOOD BECAUSE THAT COULD LOOK REAL DIFFERENT WITH A DIFFERENT TYPE OF WOMAN OF COLOR.
I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW, DON'T DO THAT.
AND IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT SHE SAID.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.
AS FAR AS CLIFF ABRAMS IS CONCERNED, I DON'T KNOW WHY THE TOWN IS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF A BLACK MAN WANTING TO BETTER HIS COMMUNITY.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE WESTCHESTER, UM, COUNTY SEES GOOD IN HIM AND YOU DON'T.
UM, I'M HOPING YOU REEVALUATE HIM BEING A VOTING MEMBER ON THE COMMITTEES AND NOT SEE HIM AS AN ANTI-SEMITIC MAN.
BECAUSE I EXPLAINED A LITTLE BIT TO PAUL AND WHY BLACK PEOPLE LOOK AT MINISTER FARRAKHAN AS A PERSON AND NOT FROM AN ANTI-SEMITIC LENS.
'CAUSE WE DON'T OPERATE FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.
HE'S A BLACK MAN IN A COMMUNITY, FIRST OF ALL, THAT BROUGHT A MILLION MEN TOGETHER WITH NO VIOLENCE.
HE'S A PILLAR IN THE COMMUNITY.
HE HAS BLACK MEN AND WOMEN ASSIMILATE AGAINST FAMILIES.
THEY'RE NOT OUT DOING DRUGS AND VIOLENCE.
WHY WOULDN'T WE SUPPORT THAT? HE'S A BLACK MAN WHO IS WANTING HIS PEOPLE TO BE EDUCATED ON HISTORY, ON CURRENT EVENTS, ON LIFE.
HE IS A BLACK MAN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
NOW, FOR YOU, THE MANY, HE, HE MIGHT SEEM ANTI-SEMITIC.
AND I'M NOT SAYING WHETHER HE IS OR NOT.
I DON'T COME FROM A PLACE OF THAT.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU, A LOT OF BLACK PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY DO SUPPORT MINISTER FARON.
BUT THOSE REASONS I JUST GAVE YOU, AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANTISEMITISM.
AND 90% OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE CHRISTIANS.
AND I WANNA SAY ONE MORE THING BY YOU SAYING THAT CLIFF IS AN ANTISEMITIC BECAUSE HE IS SOMEONE WHO LISTENS TO OR SUPPORTS FARRAKHAN AND YOU'RE SAYING HE CAN'T BE A PART OF GOVERNMENT.
WHAT HE'S SAYING FOR MUSLIM PEOPLE THAT MAY SUPPORT FARRAKHAN, THAT ARE MUSLIM AND MAY NOT BE ANTI-SEMITIC, ARE THEY PERMITTED TO BE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT? BECAUSE YOU GOTTA THINK ABOUT HOW YOU ARE OPERATING RIGHT NOW.
WELL, MR UM, UH, WE REALLY HAVE TO FOLLOW THE RULES.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE TWO OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SITTING HERE WAITING TO SPEAK.
OKAY? WHO, WHO ELSE, WHO DO WE HAVE LEFT? I THINK THEY'RE JUST WAITING FOR US TO VOTE.
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TO VOTE.I JUST WANT, DAVID, YOU WANT US TO VOTE? WE TRY, WE TRY TRYING TO GET TO THE AGENDA.
YOU WANT WHAT? YOU WANT ME TO STAY HERE TILL 12 O'CLOCK? TILL Y'ALL MAKE YOUR AGENDA? NO, NO, WE'RE GETTING TO IT NOW.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE, WE WERE READY TO SPEAK, THAT'S ALL.
I LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? I CAN RESPECT YOU, BUT LET ME SAY SOMETHING TO YOU.
AND LET ME SAY SOMETHING TO YOU.
I DON'T DISRESPECT PEOPLE, BUT I DON'T LIKE YOUR ATTITUDE AND IT'S GOTTA CHANGE.
AND RIGHT ABOUT NOW, I KNOW EVERYBODY IS ALL SCREAMED, ALL UPSET.
BUT THIS IS WHAT I SEEN TONIGHT.
I'M I'M, I'M VERY, I'M VERY UPSET WITH EVERY ONE OF YOU BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, I, I'M UPSET WITH JUDY BECAUSE JUDY, SHE, SHE SHOULDN'T HAVE LET, IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN.
I'M UPSET WITH THE MEN'S BECAUSE THE MEN SHOULD HAVE WAITED AND JUST SAID, WAIT A MINUTE, LET ME JUST, EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE WENT TO THE BACK BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, WE ARE ON LIVE TV.
I AM VERY TOTALLY DISRESPECTFUL.
I COME FROM A PLACE WITH THE HOLSTER WITH THE MOST AND BUFF MISSISSIPPI.
WE DO NOT, THE SOUTHERN PEOPLE DO NOT CARRY ON.
AND I CAME UP HERE AND SEEN HOW Y'ALL REALLY ACT AND I DO NOT LIKE IT.
'CAUSE I HAD TO SEE EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL.
AND THE REASON WHY, BECAUSE I SPOKE VERY HIGHLY OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
AND I AIN'T SEEN THE UGLIEST THAT I WOULD NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD SEE.
AND I'M VERY UPSET ABOUT THAT.
AND I THINK EVERYBODY FROM WHEN Y'ALL LEAVE HERE, Y'ALL NEED TO THINK ABOUT IT.
Y'ALL NEED TO, Y'ALL NEED, Y'ALL NEED JESUS.
BECAUSE I'MA SAY THIS TO YOU, IT'S NO REASON FOR Y'ALL TO ACT LIKE THIS BECAUSE Y'ALL IS, Y'ALL IS WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, WHEN YOU DO HAVE TO GO, YOU BETTER THINK ABOUT AS ARETHA FRANK SAID, YOU BETTER THINK ABOUT THE RESPECT THAT Y'ALL ARE GIVING TO THE PEOPLE BECAUSE WE ARE YOUR PEOPLE.
[ TB 3 - 6/22/2022 Resolution approving the honorary naming of Worthington Road at the intersection of Saw Mill River Road (9A) as “André Leon Talley Way,” effective with the unveiling of the sign on September 21, 2022, at 10:00am]
SHOULD WE TAKE, UH, T P THREE OUT OF WATER RESOLUTION PROVING THE HONORARY NAMING OF, UH, WORTHINGTON ROAD, UH, THEN SECTION OF SOMO RIVER ROAD AS ANDRE LEE AND WHITE EFFECTIVE WITH UNVEILING OF THE SIGN ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, UH, AT 10:00 AM I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.UM, SO IT'S, IT'S APPROVED, IT'S APPROVED.
[ TB 1 - 6/22/2022 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a License Agreement with 100 Hillside Avenue Members, LLC c/o Alfred Weissman Real Estate, LLC. for the use of the real property/parking lot located at 100 Hillside Avenue to hold a Motorcycle/Motorist Safety Awareness Event on July 10, 2022]
T T ONE, UM, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE A THANK YOU LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH A HUNDRED HILLSIDE AVENUE MEMBERS ON ALFRED WEISMAN REAL ESTATE FOR THE USE OF, UH, REAL PROPERTY PARKING LOT.UH, UH, LOCATED A HUNDRED HILLSIDE AVENUE TO HELD A MOTORCYCLE MOTOR MOTORIST SAFETY AWARENESS EVENT ON JULY 10TH.
[ TB 2 - 6/22/2022 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh ratifying the execution of a Supplemental Memorandum of Agreement between the Town and the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), reassigning the unique title of "Staff Assistant - Building" into the CSEA Bargaining Unit and thereafter, as a title in the current contract classified as a Group XI]
OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG RATIFYING THE EXECUTION OF A SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN AND THE CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEE.UH, UNION REA SIGNING THE UNIQUE TITLE OF STAFF ASSISTANT BUILDING INTO THE C S A A BARGAINING UNIT AND THE, THE AREA AFTER AS THE TITLE AND THE CURRENT CONTRACT CLASSIFIED AS A GROUP.
UM, 11, I'M, I'M VOTING AGAINST IT AS HIGHLIGHTED BY MY COMMENTS YESTERDAY.
WELL, YOU CAN'T MAKE THE MOTION THEN, RIGHT? I'M NOT MAKING A MOTION SO I MAKE THE MOTION SECOND.
[ AT 1 – 6/22/2022 Resolution approving the continued retention of William Marletta Safety Consultants, in the Matter of Kristine Provenzale v. the Town of Greenburgh, for an amount not to exceed $5,092]
T ONE RESOLUTION TO APPROVING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF WILLIAM MARIETTA, UH, SAFETY CONSULTANTS IN THE MATTER OF CHRISTINE PROVENAL VERSUS TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $5,092.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND YE AYE.
[ AT 2 - 6/22/2022 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Alan J. Ives and Paula S. Ives for property located at 150 Fieldpoint Drive. The Town’s share of the refund is $342±; the County’s share is $2,561±; the No. Yonkers Sewer District’s share is $385±; the Irvington Union Free School District’s share is $14,549±. Refunds from all sources total $17,837±.]
AUTHORIZING TAX ARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER ALLEN ODDS AND ODDS FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 150 CA POINT DRIVE, UH, REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES TOTAL 17,837.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 3 - 6/22/2022 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Ardsley Professional Complex LLC for property located at 1055 Saw Mill River Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $37,687±; the County’s share is $21,123±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $2,991±; the Ardsley Union Free School District’s share is $138,866±; the Hartsdale Fire District’s share is $34,750±. Refunds from all sources total $235,417±.]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMAN, THE PETITIONER LEY PROFESSIONAL COMPLEX FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 10 55.SO RIVER ROAD REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES TOTAL $235,417.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND MORE FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 4 - 6/22/2022 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Laxmi Malhotra for property located at 10 Half Moon Lane. The Town’s share of the refund is $1,063±; the County’s share is $7,994±; the No. Yonkers Sewer District’s share is $1,131±; the Irvington Union Free School District’s share is $43,635±. Refunds from all sources total $53,824±.]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX ARY SETTLEMENT.THE PETITIONER S ME, UM, MEL HORA FOR PROPERTY LOCATED 10 HALF WOMEN LANE, UH, REFUNDS FROM ALL
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SOURCES TOTALS 53 8 24.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 5 - 6/22/2022 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Mack-Cali CW Realty Associates, LLC/Clearbrook Cross LLC f/k/a Mack-Cali CW Realty Assoc. LLC for property located at 400 & 500 Executive Blvd. The Town’s share of the refund is $13,151±; the County’s share is $7,631±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $1,047±; the Pocantico Hills Central School District’s share is $19,130±; the No. Elmsford Fire Protection District’s share is $1,477± The Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $369±. Refunds from all sources total $42,804±.]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TECH ARI SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER MC KELLY CW REALTY ASSOCIATES REFUND FROM ALL SOURCES TOTAL 40 2006 FOUR.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 6 - 6/22/2022 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Mack-Cali CW Realty Associates, LLC/Clearbrook Cross LLC f/k/a Mack-Cali CW Realty Assoc. LLC for property located at 2,4,6 Westchester Plaza. The Town’s share of the refund is $14,182±; the County’s share is $13,275±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $1,837±; the Pocantico Hills Central School District’s share is $34,981±; the No. Elmsford Fire Protection District’s share is $2,555± The Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $784±. Refunds from all sources total $67,614±.]
RESIDENT TEXAS SETTLEMENT, THE PETITIONER, UH, KELLY CWT ASSOCIATES TOTAL AMOUNT, UH, $67,614.WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ CL 1 – 6/22/2022 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for July 13, 2022, 7:30 PM, to consider a one-year agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson for fire protection services to Unincorporated Greenburgh residents of the Donald Park Fire Protection District for the year 2021]
AYE.UM, RESOLUTION SCHEDULING A PUBLIC CARE TO CONSIDER ONE YEAR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND VILLAGE OF HASTINGS FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG RESIDENCE OF DONALD PARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 2021.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR OF AYE AYE.
[ CL 2 - 6/22/2022 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for 7:30 PM, Wednesday, July 13, 2022, to consider a Zoning Map amendment (Conservation District Overlay) related to the Elmwood Preserve project and property located at 850 Dobbs Ferry Road, P.O. White Plains]
RESOLUTION, SCHEDULING OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR 7:30 PM TO CONSIDER ZONING APP AMENDMENT, CONSERVATION DISTRICT OVERLAY RELATING TO OM WITH, UH, PRESERVE PR PROJECT AND PROPERTY LOCATED AT EIGHT 50 DOS FERRY ROAD.[ CL 3 – 6/22/2022 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for Wednesday, July 13, 2022, at 7:30 PM to consider a Local Law creating a New Chapter of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh, Chapter 374, entitled “Leaf Blowers, Regulation of Yard and Leaf Blowers,” to regulate the use of leaf blowers in the Town of Greenburgh]
UH, RESOLUTION.RESOLUTION SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JULY 13TH AT 7:30 PM RELATING TO A LOCAL LAW, UM, CREATING A NEW CHAPTER OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UM, ENTITLED LEAD BLOWERS REGULATION OF YARD AND LEAD BLOWERS.
[ CL 4 – 6/22/2022 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for Wednesday, July 13, 2022, at 7:30 PM to consider a Local Law amending Section 380-7(i) of the code of the Town of Greenburgh, “Noise,” regulating the use of leaf blowers in the Town of Greenburgh]
AYE.SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR WEDNESDAY, UH, JULY 13TH TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW AMENDING SECTION 3 87 AYE OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG NOISE REGULATING THE USE OF LEAF BLOWERS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE.
[ CR 1 – 6/22/2022 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a contract with recording artists Sherry Winston, Michael Tate, and Kidzcastles, to provide music and entertainment at the Family Day of Jazz 2022 at the Department of Community Resources, Theodore D. Young Community Center on July 9, 2022 and August 6, 2022, at a cost not to exceed $10,000]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH RECORDING ARTIST SHERRY WINSTON, MICHAEL TATE, AND, UH, KIDS CASTLE.TO, TO PROVIDE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT AT A FAMILY ODD DAY OF JAZZ AT THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES AT IT COST NOT TO EXCEED $10,000.
[ CR 2 – 6/22/2022 Resolution authorizing he Department of Community Resources to rent Inflatables from New England Bounce About for their Summer Camp Programs Spirit Week at the Theodore D. Young Center July 14 and 15, 2022, at a total cost not to exceed $2,374]
AUTHORIZING DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO RENT IN FAVORABLE FROM NEW ENGLAND BOUNCED ABOUT FOR THE SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM AT A TOTAL COST NOT TO EIGHT EXCEED 2003 74.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR.
[ PR 1 - 6/22/2022 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute an agreement to award the Hart's Brook Housing License agreement to town employee Daniel Mejias]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH HARRISBURG HOUSING LICENSE AGREEMENT TO TOWN PLAY.DANIEL, UH, GIO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE.
[ PO 1 - 6/22/2022 Resolution appointing Anais Andonian, Brian Donahoo, Matthew Farr, Peter Kalmes, Casandra Keenan, Paul Pala, Frank Tirri, III, and Jayquan Washington as Entry-Level Police Officers]
AYE.RESOLUTION APPOINTING AND, AND BRIAN
UH, PETER THOMAS, CASSANDRA, KEENAN
FRANK TERRY, UH, THREE AND JACK PUN.
UH, WASHINGTON IS INJURY LEVEL POLICE OFFICERS WOULD LIKE TO MOVE BACK.
[ PO 2 - 6/22/2022 Resolution to accept a check from All-State Insurance Company for damages caused to police vehicle #73 and authorize a transfer of funds]
RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE CHECK FROM WALL STATE INSURANCE COMPANY FOR DAMAGES CLOSE TO POLICE VEHICLE 73 AND AUTHORIZED A TRANSFER OF FUNDS.I DID NOT HEAR, UM, P PEOPLE WHO WERE SECOND IN THE MOTIONAL WHISPERING WHO SECOND PO O TWO.
[ PO 3 - 6/22/2022 Resolution authorizing the Police Department to enter into a contract with the General Services Administration (“GSA”) to Direct Link, Dual Ops Series, Response System Crisis Negotiations Equipment in a manner that constitutes Competitive Bidding]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND TO CONTRACT WITH GENERAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATION TO DIRECT LINK DUAL OP SERIES RESPONSE SYSTEM, CRISIS NEGOTIATIONS EQUIPMENT IN A MATTER, UH, CONSTITUTING COMPETITIVE BIDDING.[ PW 1 - 6/22/2022 Resolution awarding the Reconstruction of Sidewalks, Stone and Concrete Curbing at various streets in the Town of Greenburgh 2022, to Tony Casale, Inc., the lowest bidder, for a total base bid amount of $845,000.00, and further authorizes additional work increasing the total amount of the contract by an additional amount not to exceed $800,000]
A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE RECONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALK, STONE AND CONCRETE CURVING A VARIOUS STREETS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO TONY CAEL, THE LOWEST BIDDER FOR, UH, TOTAL BASE AMOUNT, $845,000 AND FURTHER OTHER RISES.ADDITIONAL WORK, INCREASING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT BY AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $800,000.