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EVERYBODY.WELCOME TARA GREENBERG, OUR TOWN BOARD, UH, MEETING.
TODAY IS JULY 13TH AT SEVEN 30, UH, PM I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR COOPERATION, UM, WEARING, UH, MASKS, UH, TONIGHT.
UM, UH, WE'LL START WITH, UM, THE ROLL CALL JUAH, AND
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
THEN WE'LL DO, OH, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.ACTUALLY, P PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I'M SORRY.
PLEDGE OF ALL FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE ALL.
[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of the people in Ukraine killed during Russia's invasion and relentless intentional targeted bombing of civilians in apartment buildings, hospitals, train stations, schools and children centers in an effort to destroy Ukraine and its people, who are forced to fight for their land, their freedom, and general democratic priniciples. May they rest in peace and peace be restored to Ukraine. In memory of the 1,011,363+ individual victims of COVID-19 who have died in the United States, 6,353,692+ deaths worldwide, each leaving family members and friends too soon.]
STANDING.WE COULD HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND MEMORY OF THE PEOPLE.
CAN WE JUST REMAIN STANDING PLEASE? THANK YOU.
AND MEMORY OF THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE KILLED DURING RUSSIA'S INVASION AND RELENTLESS, INTENTIONAL, TARGETED BOMBING OF CIVILIANS AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS, HOSPITALS, TRAIN STATION SCHOOLS, AND CHILDREN'S CENTERS IN AN EFFORT TO DESTROY UKRAINE AND ITS PEOPLE AND WHO ARE FORCED TO FIGHT FOR THE LAND, THEIR FREEDOM AND GENERAL DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES, MAY THEY ARREST IN PEACE AND PEACE BE RESTORED TO THE UKRAINE.
AND, UM, WE ALSO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF 1,011,363 INDIVIDUAL VICTIMS OF C OVID 19, WHO HAVE DIED IN THE UNITED STATES.
6,353,692 PLUS DEATHS WORLDWIDE, EACH LEAVING FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS TOO SOON.
[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk]
UH, THE ROLL CALL, UH, JUDITH, COUNCIL SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER HERE, TOWN ATTORNEY JOE DANKO, PRESENT.COUNCIL MEMBER ELLEN HENDRICKS.
PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER GINA JACKSON.
COUNCIL MEMBER KEN JONES, PRESENT AND COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS SHEEN PRESENT.
[ PRESENTATIONS Co-Town Historians - Felicia Barber & Riley Wentzler Maci Blossom Langley-Furs - Scholarship Recipient]
I'D LIKE TO, UM, RECOGNIZE, UH, TWO AMAZING, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE, UM, THE TOWN'S CO TOWN HISTORIAN HISTORIANS.UH, THEY WERE JUST APPOINTED AT, UM, OUR LAST MEETING OF THE TOWN BOARD, FELICIA BARBER AND RILEY WESLER.
AND, AND THEY'RE, THEY, THEY'RE ENGAGED.
UM, UM, AND, UM, DURING THE PAST, UM, COUPLE YEARS, UH, THEY'VE BEEN, UM, ASSISTANT, UH, HISTORIANS AND PRACTICALLY EVERY WEEK, UH, THEY POST ON THE TOWN WEBSITE SOME INTERESTING, UH, BITS OF, UH, OF HISTORY, UM, THAT MOST PEOPLE WERE NOT AWARE OF.
SO, UH, THERE, UM, UH, POSTINGS ARE PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR, UM, THINGS TO READ IN, IN THE TOWN.
AND I SHOULD MENTION, UM, UH, WE WERE THINKING OF, UM, TOWN, UM, HISTORIAN, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S A POSITION THAT IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.
AND EVERYBODY IN THE TOWN BOARD UNANIMOUSLY SAID, RILEY AND FELICIA ARE THE MOST DESERVING OF THAT, OF THIS HONOR BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN DOING AN AMAZING JOB.
SO, RILEY AND FELICIA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? UM, LEMME TAKE, YOU WANNA COME OVER? YEAH.
SHOULD WE TAKE THE MIC? YEAH, WE CAN.
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THE MIC TO THEM, PAUL? YEAH, WE CAN TAKE THE MIC.
BY THE TIME YOU DO THAT, THEY'RE GONNA BE OVER
THE, SO MAYBE YOU COULD SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHY YOU LOVE HISTORY.
MY NAME IS RILEY WESLER, AND I ORIGINALLY CAME FROM THE CENTER OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND GOT INVOLVED WITH GREENBERG ORIGINALLY THROUGH THE IN, UH, SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
UH, BUT LONG BEFORE I CAME TO GREENBERG, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED BY HISTORY BECAUSE HISTORY IS THE ONE THING THAT REALLY BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE LIVING IN DIVIDED TIMES RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK EVERYONE AGREES ON THE FACT THAT HISTORY SHOULD BE PRESERVED BECAUSE HISTORY IS WHAT
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GIVES US OUR SENSE OF IDENTITY AS A PEOPLE.AND EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM WANTS GREENBERG AND THE UNITED STATES AS A WHOLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR IDENTITY AS A PEOPLE.
THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE IN UKRAINE ARE FIGHTING FOR RIGHT NOW, TO KEEP THEIR IDENTITY AS A PEOPLE.
AND WE MUST KEEP THAT AND PRESERVE OUR HISTORY IN ORDER TO KEEP THAT.
UH, ONE TO TWO MENTION, THANK, WHEN YOU, UH, READ ABOUT HISTORY, UM, YOU MAY LIKE TO LOOK AT ILLUSTRATIONS AND WE ARE SO FORTUNATE BECAUSE WE HAVE PROBABLY IN THIS ROOM RIGHT OVER HERE, ONE OF THE BEST ILLUSTRATORS ANYWHERE.
AND SHE, WHAT SHE DOES IS RILEY DOES THE NARRATIVE AND FELICIA DOES THE ILLUSTRATIONS YEAH.
AND MAKES A REALLY, YOU KNOW, MAKES YOU WANNA READ IT BECAUSE, UH, A GOOD ILLUSTRATOR MAKES YOU WANT TO READ THE STORY.
SO, UM, I, UM, I AM FROM, BUT I DO UP HERE AND I FIRST DID IID FOR TWO YEARS.
I, I TO AS TO, AS TO AS TO ONLY WANT, I DON'T WANT TO, TO TAKE PAUL
YOU'RE SO LUCKY IN THIS TOWN TO HAVE SOME TWO TALENTED TOWN HISTORIANS, AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO READING, UH, YOUR POSTINGS.
UM, YOU HAVE, YOU JUST WORKED ON SOMETHING AND, UH, WE JUST CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.
AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PROMOTION BECAUSE THEY WERE ASSISTANT.
UH, SINCE THE HISTORIAN POSITION IS A STA A STATE STATUTE, DO THEY HAVE TO SIGN THE OATH BOOK? I WILL LOOK INTO THAT FOR YOU, PAUL.
I'M NOT, I THINK, I THINK THEY MAY HAVE TO ACTUALLY.
SO YOU COULD COME TO THE TOWN HALL AND THEN, UH, THE, AND THEN THE TOWN KIRKS OFFICE JUST, UM, SIGN THE OATH BOOK.
UM, AND, UH, YOU HAVE TO SWEAR THAT YOU'RE GONNA COMPLY WITH THE, UH, UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND ALL THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S A REQUIREMENT.
BE SCHOLARSHIP OR SOMETHING NEXT.
UM, UM, DO WE HAVE, UM, UH, MASSEY BAAM LANGLEY FIRST HERE? YEP.
UM, SHE IS, UM, AN AMAZING, UH, YOUNG PERSON.
UM, SHE IS, UM, UM, A BRILLIANT, UM, ALL WE, SHE IS A BRILLIANT, UH, YOUNG WOMAN, UH, WHO HAD AT WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL AND 93 AVERAGE, UM, AND RECENTLY GRADUATED, UM, FROM, UH, WOODLANDS.
SHE HAS A BRILLIANT, UH, FUTURE AHEAD OF HER.
SHE'S, UM, WAS ONLY ONE OF THREE HONOREES, UH, A RECIPIENT OF THE SCHOLARSHIP FROM ELLIE MILE TEMPLE NUMBER 180 5 OF THE PRINCIPAL SHRINERS.
AND I THINK THAT SHE'S GOING TO HAVE A BRILLIANT FUTURE AHEAD OF HER.
WE ACTUALLY, NOT ONLY ME, WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A BRILLIANT FUTURE AHEAD OF YOU.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE REASONS WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE CERTIFICATE IS, UM, BECAUSE THIS WAY, UH, YOU KNOW, YEARS FROM NOW, I COULD SAY THAT, UM, I HANDED YOU A CERTIFICATE BEFORE YOU WERE FAMOUS
UM, SO, UH, AND I COULD PUT IT ON MY RESUME.
UM, SO, UH, SO LET ME GIVE YOU THE CERTIFICATE.
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OF LUCK.YOU WANNA, DO YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS, UH, ABOUT, UH, WHY, ACTUALLY, IF YOU COULD SIT, STAND OVER HERE.
MAYBE COULD SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND, UH, AND GIVE SOME WORDS OF WISDOM TO OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS.
STUDENTS AND WHAT THEY COULD DO TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
HI, MY NAME IS MACY LANGLEY FIRST, UM, I JUST GRADUATED JUNE 24TH, 2022, AND I WILL BE ATTENDING DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY.
OH, AND MAJORING IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EDUCATION.
AND FIRST I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW ME TO SPEAK.
YOU WANT ME TO START FROM THE BEGINNING? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW, PLEASE? OKAY.
FIRST I GRADUATED FROM WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, JUNE 24TH, 2022.
I WILL BE ATTENDING DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY, MAJORING IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EDUCATION.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION AND THANK YOU FOR GOING THROUGH MY APPLICATION AND READING IT AND TAKING YOUR TIME TO UNDERSTAND WHO I AM AS A PERSON.
I WOULD SAY ANYBODY WHO IS STRUGGLING WITH SCHOOL TO ALWAYS JUST ASK FOR HELP.
I'M ALWAYS JUST DOING THE CLASS WHO GOES TO EXTRA HELP, RAISES THEIR HAND, ASKS QUESTIONS.
I SEND EMAILS, THANK YOU TO MY TEACHERS.
'CAUSE I KNOW THEY WERE PROBABLY TIRED OF ME DOING THAT
BUT I KNOW WITH ALL THE SUCCESS AND ALL THE SUPPORT THAT I HAVE FROM MY PARENTS, I KNOW THAT I CAN GO FAR AND THEY CAN'T DO ALL THE WORK.
SO I KNOW I HAVE TO PUSH MYSELF AS WELL.
WERE YOU ALWAYS LIKE A GREAT STUDENT? NO, I WAS NOT
THAT ACTUALLY, UM, FLIPPED AROUND IN SIXTH GRADE.
I FELT LIKE THAT I HAD TO PROVE MYSELF 'CAUSE I WASN'T APPLYING MYSELF AS MUCH.
AND SO THEN WHEN I GOT INTO WOODLANDS, I LEARNED THAT I HAD A DIFFERENT, I LEARNED DIFFERENTLY FROM PEOPLE.
SOME PEOPLE WERE MORE HANDS-ON LEARNERS.
I WAS MORE VISUAL AND LISTENING, AND I WAS ABLE TO TALK TO MY TEACHERS ABOUT THAT.
AND THAT'S HOW I PROGRESSED ALONG WITH MY GRADES.
SO LIKE, AS A, A MODEL, AS AN INSPIRATION THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT, MORE BRILLIANT, AND YOU COULD LAND UP BEING BRILLIANT.
AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD FAILURES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS, IF THEY KEEP PUSHING, COULD BECOME SUCCESSFUL.
UH, YESTERDAY, UH, WE STARTED ON THE, UH, THE GREENBERG INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, AND WE HAVE 45, UH, STUDENTS, UH, WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED.
JUDITH, DO YOU WANNA GIVE US A VERY QUICK, UH, RUNDOWN OF, UH, THE SUCCESS OF THAT PROGRAM? I WOULD LOVE TO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS YEAR WE HAVE THE LARGEST GROUP OF INTERNS THAT WE HAVE EVER HAD IN THE HISTORY OF OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS. OUR PROGRAM STARTED OUT ABOUT 14 YEARS AGO WITH MANY, MAYBE BETWEEN FIVE AND 10 STUDENTS.
YESTERDAY, I WALKED IN HERE AND I WAS GREETED BY 44 STUDENTS.
WE, THE, THE GROUP LOOKS LIKE THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
IT IS JUST SO HEART RENDERING.
WHEN YOU SEE THE DIVERSITY AMONG THE INTERNS IN OUR ROOM, AND THEY'RE FROM ALL OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS HERE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, IT IS JUST AMAZING.
SO FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS, THEY HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED TO, UH, DEPARTMENT HEADS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS OF DOING PRESENTATIONS, SUCH AS THE ONE DONE DONE BY GARRETT DUANE TODAY, GARRETT DUANE, WHO'S THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.
HE CAME IN AND HE DID A, A, UH, HE PRESENTED THEM WITH AN OVERVIEW OF HIS DEPARTMENT, AND THEN HE SAID, OKAY, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AN ACTIVITY.
AND WE BROKE THEM UP INTO GROUPS.
AND THE ACTIVITY WAS FOR THE STUDENTS TO COME UP WITH A CRITERIA TO, TO, TO ACTUALLY FIRST OF ALL, UM, PUT THEMSELVES IN THE POSITION OF BEING A LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEADER AND DECISION MAKER.
AND THEN THEY HAD TO COME UP WITH A CRITERIA FOR, UM, UH, UH, INSTALLING SIDEWALKS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
IT WAS SO POWERFUL BECAUSE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, JUST AS OLDER ADULTS ARE, JUST AS THEIR PARENTS ARE.
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CRITERIA THAT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE CAME UP WITH.AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS JUST, IT WAS JUST AWESOME.
SO TOMORROW WE'RE GOING ON A FIELD TRIP TO REGENERON, UM, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST, IF NOT THE LARGEST PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY IN THE WORLD.
IT CERTAINLY IS ONE OF THE LARGEST, AND IT'S RIGHT HERE IN OUR TOWN.
AND SO THEIR EXPERIENCE FOR THE NEXT SIX WEEKS, THEY MEET TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, THURSDAYS 10:00 AM TO 3:00 PM FOR THE NEXT SIX WEEKS WILL BE A RICH EXPERIENCE OF LEARNING ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND ENGAGING IN ACTIVITIES AROUND THE FOUR PILLARS, COMMUNICATIONS, LEADERSHIP, DEVELOPMENT, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND TEAMWORK.
RILEY AND FELICIA ARE EVIDENCE OF THE QUALITY OF INTERNS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PROGRAM.
AND ANYONE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND BE A GUEST SPEAKER, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU, IF YOU HAVE A CAREER OR HAVE HAD A CAREER IN ANY ONE OF THE AREAS THAT REPRESENTS THOSE FOUR PILLARS, COMMUNICATIONS, LEADERSHIP, DEVELOPMENT, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND TEAMWORK.
AND SO WOULD THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
THEY'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND LEARN FROM YOU.
[ POLICE CEREMONY]
GOOD.UM, NEXT, UH, WE ARE HAVING A CEREMONY RECOGNIZING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE, UH, WE HAVE SOME NEW, UH, OFFICERS, UM, UM, AND, UH, CHIEF LONGWORTH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UM, INTRODUCE THE, THE NEW POLICE OFFICERS? GOOD EVENING.
SOMEONE WHO'S NOT NEW TO THE BOARD, JOINING ME THIS EVENING, CAPTAIN POWELL.
UH, HE, HIS CURRENT DUTIES INVOLVE PROCESSING CANDIDATES FOR EMPLOYMENT WITH THE GREENBERG.
IS IT ON? HOW ABOUT NOW? ANYBODY? AH, THERE YOU GO.
CAPTAIN POWELL, WHO PROCESSES CANDIDATES FOR EMPLOYMENT WITH THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO HE KNOW, KNOWS EACH OF THESE CANDIDATES OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, AS EACH OF THEM HAD TO GO THROUGH EXTENSIVE PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS BEFORE BEING PRESENT, PRESENTED TO THE BOARD THIS EVENING.
UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO INVITE UP PAUL POLLA.
PAUL COMES TO THE GREENBERG PD WITH MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH THE N Y P D.
PAUL WAS BORN IN ROMANIA, IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES AT THE AGE OF SIX.
HE'S BEEN A GREENBERG RESIDENT FOR FIVE YEARS, AND LIVES HERE WITH HIS WIFE AND FIVE-YEAR-OLD SON.
NEXT I'D LIKE TO INVITE JAYQUAN WASHINGTON UP TO JOIN US.
JAY J JAQUAN GREW UP IN NEW ROCHELLE.
HE STUDIED CRIMINAL JUSTICE AT MONROE COLLEGE.
HE HAS RESIDED IN HARTSDALE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND FEELS BLESSED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A GREENBURG POLICE OFFICER.
JOINING HIS BROTHER, HIS OLDER BROTHER, OFFICER KEITH HUDSON.
UH, NEXT I'D ASK BRIAN DONAHUE COME UP AND JOIN US.
BRIAN IS ALSO A HARSDALE RESIDENT.
HE GREW UP IN YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NEW YORK.
GRADUATED SIANA COLLEGE IN 2016 WITH A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.
AFTER COLLEGE, BRIAN WORKED FOR EMPRESS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AS AN E M T FOR FIVE YEARS AND WENT ON TO BECOME A NEW YORK STATE COURT OFFICER FOR THREE YEARS.
I THINK HE'S THE VETERAN OF THE GROUP.
MATTHEW, UH, COMES TO US WITH SEVEN YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE N Y P D.
MATTHEW STARTED HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER IN, IN PATROLLING THE BOROUGHS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PROMOTED TO DETECTIVE AND ASSIGNED TO THE AUTO CRIME UNIT.
HE'S ORIGINALLY FROM PAC, HAS RESIDED IN HARTSDALE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, AND MATTHEW GRADUATED FROM SUNY OTO WITH A BACHELOR'S
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DEGREE IN SOCIOLOGY.YOU WANNA COME UP AND JOIN US? THE NAME MAY BE FAMILIAR BECAUSE PETER'S NAMESAKE WAS A GREENBURG DETECTIVE FOR MANY YEARS, WHO RETIRED A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK.
UH, PETER HAS A DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE FROM DUCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
HE'S A RESIDENT OF THE IRVINGTON SECTION OF GREENBURG.
PETER HAS DREAMED OF BECOMING A POLICE OFFICER SINCE HE WAS YOUNG, TO FOLLOW IN HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS.
AND, UH, WE WELCOME YOUR BOARD.
IS YOUR DAD HERE TONIGHT? OKAY, GOT IT.
FRANK HAS LIVED IN GREENBERG SINCE HE WAS TWO YEARS OLD.
HE EARNED AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN LIBERAL ARTS FROM WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE, A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE FROM SUNYATA, AND HE GREW UP SURROUNDED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
HIS GRANDFATHER, MATTHEW DE PASCUAL, AND HIS FATHER FRANK TEI, WHO'S HERE THIS EVENING.
ALSO, I THINK I SAW HIM ON THE WAY IN.
NEXT I'D LIKE TO INVITE UP ANISE IAN.
AND HE GREW UP IN YONKERS, ATTENDING SAUNDERS TRADES TECHNICAL SCHOOL BEFORE ATTENDING ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
SHE, SHE'S WELL, IS LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
SHE SPENT A FEW YEARS IN, IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY AND HAS DEVELOPED SOME PRETTY GOOD PEOPLE SKILLS, I'M TOLD
AND LAST, BUT NOT NOT LEAST, CASSANDRA.
KEENAN CASSANDRA'S ALREADY KIND OF PART OF THE FA THE GREENBURG POLICE FAMILY IS SHE WAS, UH, A PARTICIPANT IN THE GREENBURG, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT, SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM AS A CAMPER.
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE YOU HERE THIS EVENING.
AND WITNESS STILL HERE, JOE KELLY.
JOE KELLY GREW UP IN EAST CHESTER AND CURRENTLY RESIDES IN THE BEAVER HILLS SECTION OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
IN 2017, HE BECAME A NEW YORK STATE CERTIFIED PARAMEDIC WORKING FOR EMPEROR C M S AND NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL IN 2018, HE WAS HIRED BY THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A PER DIEM PARAMEDIC, AND BECAME A FULL-TIME PARAMEDIC IN DECEMBER OF 2020.
JOSEPH WAS SWORN INTO THE DEPARTMENT AS A POLICE OFFICER IN DECEMBER OF 2021.
AND THAT CONCLUDES, UH, THE NEWEST ADDITIONS TO THE GREENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THEIR APPOINTMENTS TONIGHT IS BECAUSE WE DID IT AT A PREVIOUS MEETING, BUT JUST SCHEDULING DID NOT ALLOW THEM TO BE AT THE TIME THAT WE, WE WERE, WE WERE VOTING ON THEIR APPOINTMENT.
CHIEF, UH, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
HOW MANY, UM, SUMMER CAMP GRADUATES, UH, HAVE BEEN HIRED OVER THE YEARS? WOULD YOU KNOW, AS A POLICE OFFICER? THIS IS THE FIRST UNDER MY TENURE, BUT I'LL, I'LL REFER TO CAPTAIN POWELL.
WELL, THIS IS, UM, I BELIEVE THE FIRST CAN YOU GO TO THE MIC? THIS IS THE SECOND CAPTAIN.
CAPTAIN, CAN YOU GO TO THE MIC PLEASE? THINKING IN MY HEAD WHILE I COME OVER HERE? UM, I KNOW, UH, OFFICER BR WAS HIRED SOME TIME AGO.
HE WAS THE, UH, FIRST CAMPER TO BECOME AN OFFICER.
THEN, UH, CASSANDRA'S OLDER BROTHER CHRISTOPHER WAS ALSO A CAMPER.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY CAMPERS AND EXPLORERS, UH, WHICH IS A PROGRAM WE HAVE FOR KIDS IN THEIR MID TO LATER
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TEENS.AND, UM, THAT'S AT LEAST THREE.
AND FORGIVE ME IF I'M FORGETTING SOMEONE, BUT, UM, IT'S NICE WHEN WE CAN.
THANK, WE'LL JUST, WE'LL JUST WAIT, LIKE, UH, WAIT A COUPLE OF SECONDS UNTIL EVERYBODY CARES OUT.
YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY OFFER THEM MUCH SUPPORT.
THAT'S AN UNUSUAL THING THAT WE VOTED ON THEM ALREADY.
SO WE'RE READY TO, UH, START THE, UH, THE HEARINGS.
UM, THE FIRST IS, UM, UM, OKAY.
[ INTRODUCTION OF LOCAL LAWS 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 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]
WE HAVE, UM, INTRODUCTION OF A LOCAL LAW, UH, CREATING A NEW CHAPTER OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ENTITLED LEAF BLOWERS REGULATIONS OF A YARD AND LEAF BLOWERS, UM, TO REGULATE THE USE OF LEAF BLOWERS IN THE TOWN.UM, UH, LOCAL LAW AMENDING SECTION 3 87 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG REGULATING THE USE OF LEAF BLOWERS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
UM, AND, UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UM, FIRST ONE IS TO CONSIDER AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION BY SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB, WHICH IS LOCATED AT ONE CLUB CALLED THERE'S SEVEN GROUND.
[ To consider an Amended Site Plan application by Scarsdale Golf Club, which is located at 1 Club Way (P.O. Hartsdale, NY)]
AN AMENDED A PUBLIC HEARING OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION BY SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB, WHICH IS LOCATED AT ONE CLUB WAY.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE, UM, UM, OPEN THE HEARING.
GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR, FINER AND TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD.
GARY DUANE, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS A CONTINUATION OF THE HEARING FROM JUNE 8TH, 2022, RELATED TO AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION OF SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB FOR A PROJECT CONSISTING OF THE PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF A TEMPORARY SEASONAL ENCLOSURE AROUND TWO EXISTING TENNIS COURTS.
THE ADDITION OF TWO PICKLEBALL COURTS ON AN EXISTING PAVED AREA, AS WELL AS THE INSTALLATION OF NEW GOLF BALL SAFETY NETTING ALONG THE EXISTING DRIVING RANGE AND 16TH HOLE OF THE GOLF COURSE.
I PROVIDED THE TOWN BOARD THIS EVENING, A SERIES OF CORRESPONDENCE RELATED TO THIS APPLICATION, WHICH WAS RECEIVED BY EMAIL IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO FROM RESIDENTS AND OR MEMBERS OF THE GOLF CLUB.
MR. STEVEN RABBEL, ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT ALONG WITH THE SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB REPRESENTATIVES TO PROVIDE ANY UPDATES WITH RESPECT TO THE APPLICATION PRIOR TO HEARING FROM THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC.
UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME IN THE BACK? I'LL TAKE THAT AS A YES.
UH, SO FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME'S STEVEN ABEL.
I'M WITH THE LAW FIRM OF MCCULLOUGH, GOLDBERGER AND STOUT.
I'M HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB.
JOINING ME IS BILLARD AND MATT SEVERINO, THE MANAGER AND GROUNDSKEEPER OF THE CLUB, UH, AS WELL AS ZACH PEARSON, OUR, OUR CIVIL ENGINEER FROM INSIDE ENGINEERING.
I ALSO HAVE WITH ME, UH, GRAHAM BROY, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB, UH, WHO'S HERE.
UH, IN ADDITION, I BELIEVE TO SOME MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE CLUB'S MEMBERSHIP.
UH, WE LAST APPEARED BEFORE YOU ON JUNE 8TH, AS GARRETT NOTED.
AND AS YOU NOTED, MR. FINER, THIS IS A CONTINUED PUBLIC
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HEARING.UH, I, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO I'M SURE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, AND I'LL, I'LL TRY TO KEEP MY REMARKS BRIEF.
WE DID RESPOND TO ALL OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE RAISED IN ON JUNE 8TH IN WRITING.
UH, I WON'T BELABOR THOSE POINTS NOW, UNLESS OF COURSE THE BOARD WOULD LIKE ME TO DELVE INTO ANY OF OUR ARGUMENTS IN GREATER DETAIL.
UH, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE GRAHAM BROY, AGAIN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB, THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, MAKE A BRIEF STATEMENT TO YOU, THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC, UH, JUST ARTICULATING CLUB MEMBERSHIPS, UH, POINT OF VIEW ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT AND, UH, WHY THIS MEANS SO MUCH TO THEM.
SO AFTER THAT, CERTAINLY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR TEAM, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
OTHERWISE, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
I'M GONNA PICK THIS UP BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS TROUBLE SPEAKING INTO IT.
I'M PRESIDENT OF SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB, AS STEVE MENTIONED, AND IT'S IN THAT ROLE THAT I'M HERE TO REPRESENT OUR 540 MEMBERS, UH, OF THE CLUB TONIGHT.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB HAS BEEN A GREENBERG INSTITUTION SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1898, NEARLY 125 YEARS AGO.
IN OUR LONG HISTORY, WE HAVE ALWAYS ENDEAVORED TO BE AN ENGAGED AND SUPPORTIVE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.
OUR MEMBERS SUPPORT THE TOWN'S EMERGENCY SERVICES SERVICE PROVIDERS, INCLUDING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE.
WE HOST A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT RAISE FUNDS FOR CHARITABLE CAUSES FOR THE COMMUNITY AND OUR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR TO THE TOWN'S TAX BASE IN 2021.
AND CLUB PAID OVER $228,000 IN PROPERTY TAXES.
THE CLUB HAS OVER 540 MEMBERS, HAS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF FAMILIES WHO RESIDE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, AND SOME OF THOSE CLUB MEMBERS ARE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.
AND, AND MAYBE YOU'LL BE HAPPY IF, IF, UH, YOU COULD JUST PUT YOUR HANDS UP TO RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, THAT WHO THAT GROUP IS.
DID YOU WANT TO GUESSTIMATE HOW MANY HANDS WENT UP? 'CAUSE ON THE TRANSCRIPT IT'S GONNA BE THEY RAISED THEIR HANDS.
YEAH, EVERYONE RAISED THEIR HANDS UP.
WHAT IS THAT? UH, 40 35, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE BEFORE YOUR BOARD THIS EVENING, SEEKING APPROVALS FOR IMPROVEMENTS WHICH ARE TYPICAL FOR PRIVATE CLUBS AND WHICH ARE INTENDED TO IMPROVE SAFETY FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AND TO BETTER ENSURE THE CLUB'S OWN SUCCESS AND CONTINUITY, UH, IN THE YEARS TO COME.
OUR LAST PRESENTATION TO THE TOWN BOARD ON JUNE 8TH, UH, THERE WERE A HANDFUL OF RESIDENTS FROM BOTH APARTMENTS 80 AND 100 AND EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, WHO USE THIS FORUM TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD BY THE TOWN BOARD REGARDING THE FLOODING CONDITIONS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
I DO REALIZE THE RESIDENTS ARE FRUSTRATED WITH THE FLOODING CONDITIONS AND ARE EAGER FOR YOU TO HEAR THEIR CONCERNS.
HOWEVER, THESE ISSUES ARE NOT IMPACTED BY THE CLUB'S PROPOSAL AS STATED BY THE TOWN'S OWN STAFF.
THESE FLOODING CONCERNS ARE PART OF A MUCH LARGER ISSUE, WHICH WE KNOW THE TOWN BOARD IS WORKING HARD TO ADDRESS WITH ITS CURRENT STUDIES AND GRANT APPLICATIONS.
OUR APPLICATION IS SPECIFIC TO THE INSTALLATION OF PROTECTIVE NETTING ALONG A SHORT SECTION OF OUR DRIVING RANGE, BORDERING ONE APARTMENT BUILDING 140 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, AND FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SEASONAL TENNIS BUBBLE WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT OF OUR EXISTING TENNIS COURTS.
AS SHOWN IN OUR STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN AND ALL OUR ENGINEERING MATERIALS, THESE ITEMS WILL NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT RUNOFF.
ALL OUR PROPOSAL MATERIALS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND ACCEPTED BY THE TOWN ENGINEER AT THE JUNE 8TH MEETING.
WE WERE ALSO ASKED WHY SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB IS REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR PROTECTIVE NETTING IN FRONT OF ONE 40 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE.
THE PLACEMENT OF THAT NETTING WAS EXPRESSLY DRIVEN BY COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE RESIDENCE AT ONE 40 ABOUT ERR GOLF BALLS THAT LANDED IN THEIR PARKING LOT, WHICH WE SOUGHT TO ADDRESS.
WE ALSO RECEIVED COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE TOWN SUPERVISOR, MR. FULLER, TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO IMPROVE THE ERRANT GULF BALL, UH, CONDITIONS FOR THAT APARTMENT BUILDING.
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THAT THE PROPOSED NETTING IS SOLELY AT THE BACK OF APARTMENT BLOCK ONE 40.IT IS NOT IN FRONT OF OR ASIDE APARTMENTS, 80 OR 100.
NO PART OF THE PROPOSED NETTING IS VISIBLE FROM ANY PART OF APARTMENT 80.
IT IS NOT BEHIND APARTMENT ONE 20.
IT IS ONLY BEHIND APARTMENT ONE 40.
WE NOTE THAT AS A CLUB, WE CLOSELY SUPERVISE THE RANGE AND FOLLOW BEST PRACTICES, SO MEMBERS DO NOT REPEATEDLY HIT BALLS OUT OF BOUNDS.
AS A GOOD NEIGHBOR, THE CLUB HAS PAID DEDUCTIBLES FOR INSURANCE CLAIMS FOR ANY DAMAGE FROM ERRANT BALLS.
NEVERTHELESS, WE WISH TO RESPOND TO THESE NEIGHBOR CONCERNS AND FURTHER LIMIT THE NUMBER OF ERRANT BALLS LEAVING THE SITE.
TO THAT END, THE CLUB HIRED A NETTING EXPERT TO GUIDE US WITH DETERMINING THE REQUIRED HEIGHT, WIDTH, AND MATERIALS FOR THE PROPOSED NET TO BE EFFECTIVE AND TO FURTHER THE REDUCE THE RISK OF ERRANT BALLS LANDED IN THE PARKING LOT.
TO THIS END, THE CLUB GENERATED A PLAN TO PROTECT THE AREA AROUND ONE 40 THAT WILL COST OUR MEMBERS IN EXCESS OF $200,000.
COMMENTS WERE ALSO MADE BY THE SANE RESIDENTS OF 8,100 THAT THE CLUB HAS BEEN UNRESPONSIVE TO THEIR REQUEST TO KEEP THE STREAM WOODED BUFFET AREA AND WETLANDS, WHICH ABOVE THEIR PROPERTIES CLEAR OF LOGS AND BRANCHES.
THE CLUB REGULARLY REGULAR, REGULARLY MAINTAINS AND CLEARS THE STREAM AND HAS NEVER BEEN CITED BY THE TOWN FOR ANY ISSUES RELATED TO THE UPKEEP OF THIS WOODED AREA.
WITH OVER 132 ACRES TO MAINTAIN, THE CLUB HAS ALWAYS STRIVED TO BE RESPONSIVE TO OUR NEIGHBORS AND MAINTAIN STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WHERE OUR NEIGHBORS ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL RESPOND TO THEIR CONCERNS WHERE, WHEREVER PRACTICABLE.
TO MAKE SURE THE CLUB WAS RESPONSIVE, RESPONSIVE TO NEIGHBOR COMMENTS.
ON TUESDAY, JUNE 14TH, FOLLOWING THE TOWN BOARD MEETING, CLUB OFFICIALS INVITED GARRETT DUQUE TO WALK THE SITE WITH US.
ADDITIONALLY, F HERGER, THE TOWN'S FORESTRY OFFICER AND THE CLUB'S ARBORISTS, ED MANCUSO JOINED THE TEAM TO WALK THE AREA OF THE SITE.
THE RESIDENTS OF 80 AND A HUNDRED EAST HARTSDALE HAVE ALLEGED TO BE FILLED WITH DEBRIS AND STORMWATER.
THE TOWN FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF NEGLECT OR ANY CONDITIONS THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO FLOODING.
ANY BRANCHES OR NATURAL MATERIALS WERE DEEMED TO BE ORDINARY AND INHERENT TO WOODED AREAS.
THERE IS NO BETTER EXAMPLE OF THE CLUB'S GOOD NEIGHBOR PHILOSOPHY THAN TO ASK ITS MEMBERS TO SPEND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AT THE REQUEST OF THE TOWN AND APARTMENT RESIDENCE FOR A PLAN TO PROVIDE NETTING PROTECTION FOR A SMALL PARKING LOT AT ONE 40 EAST HARTS AVENUE.
WE HAVE BEEN DILIGENTLY PURSUING THIS APPLICATION WITH THE TOWN BOARD, THE ZONING BOARD AND PLANNING BOARD FOR MANY MONTHS.
IF THIS PROCESS IS DELAYED DUE TO GENERALIZED NEIGHBORHOOD OPPOSITION, OUR INTEREST RATE LOCK FROM THE BANK TO BORROW OUR FUNDS WILL EXPIRE.
AS I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE, INTEREST RATES ARE RISING QUICKLY.
IT WOULD BE TRULY UNFORTUNATE TO BURDEN OUR MEMBERSHIP WITH ADDITIONAL COSTS BECAUSE OF WHAT WE PERCEIVE TO BE UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS FROM NEIGHBORS WHO ARE NOT CLOSE TO THE AREA OF THE NETTING.
WE WISH TO FURTHER EMPHASIZE THAT PROPOSED PROJECT WILL HAVE NO IMPACT ON WILDLIFE.
YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE THAT THE CLUB PROVIDES A SAFE HABITAT FOR MANY SPECIES OF BIRDS, ANIMALS, AND REPTILES.
TWO OF THE CLUB'S MEMBERS ARE ON THE BOARD OF THE GREENBERG NATURE CENTER.
OUR MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES SANDY MORRISSEY'S HERE TONIGHT, THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE GREENBERG NATURE CENTER, FORMER AUDUBON SOCIETY PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER, FOUNDER OF THE EASTERN BLUEBIRD PROJECT, WHO HAS ADVISED THE CLUB IN THE PAST ON WILDLIFE PRESERVATION.
AT THEIR DIRECTION, THE CLUB HAS INSTALLED BLUEBIRD HOUSES AND OWL BOXES ON ITS GROUNDS.
THE CLUB WOULD NEVER PROPOSE WORK THAT WOULD COMPROMISE OUR WILDLIFE PROGRAMS AND IS COMMITTED TO THIS IMPORTANT ELEMENT ON OUR PROPERTY.
FINALLY, WITHOUT OBLIGATION AND HESITATION, THE CLUB ON MAY 26TH OF THIS YEAR PROVIDED A LETTER TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, SUPPORTING
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THE TOWN OF GREENBURG'S ADVANCED ASSISTANCE GRANT APPLICATION WITH NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY.THE CLUB HAS ALSO AGREED TO PARTNER IN THE COSTS OF THESE APPLICATIONS.
PLEASE KNOW, WE CONSIDER OURSELVES TO BE PART OF THE GREENBERG COMMUNITY WITH OVER 150 GREENBERG RESIDENTS AS MEMBERS WHO WISH TO SEE THESE PROJECTS MOVE FORWARD, THE PROPOSED NETTING IS INTENDED TO SERVE AS ADDITIONAL PROTECTION TO OUR NEIGHBORS.
THIS NA NETTING IS VERY TYPICAL FOR GOLF CLUBS AND WOULD BE AN OVERALL BENEFIT TO OUR NEIGHBORS.
WE HAVE ALSO PROVIDED EXPERT EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATING THERE'LL BE NO NEGATIVE IMPACTS FROM THIS NETTING, WHICH TO DATE HAS BEEN UNREFUTED BY THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE VO VOICED OPPOSITION.
I DO HOPE THESE COMMENTS WILL AFFECT THE CLUB'S COMMITMENT AND PRIDE IN CARING FOR OUR NEIGHBORS ALONG OUR PROPERTY, AND WILL NOW ALLOW US TO PROCEED WITH OUR PROPOSALS, WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN THOROUGHLY VETTED BY THE TOWN'S PROFESSIONALS AND WHICH HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A NEGATIVE DECLARATION FROM THE SECRET LEAD AGENCY.
UH, JUDITH, YOU'RE NOW GONNA, UH, WHEN WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, WE'RE GOING, UH, UH, EVERYBODY HAS TO COMPLY WITH THE TIME REQUIREMENTS.
WE, WE HAVE, I HAVE THREE NAMES HERE.
GARRETT MAY HAVE SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL NAMES.
SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UH, YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE CLOCK IT SAYS FIVE MINUTES.
THAT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES WITHIN WHICH TO SHARE YOUR COMMENTS.
OR IF YOU ASK A QUESTION AND YOU WANT A TOWN BOARD MEMBER TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, THAT QUESTION IS ANSWERED WITHIN YOUR FIVE MINUTES.
SO YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES AT THE PODIUM.
I AM AN ATTORNEY WITH THE FIRM OF FINGER AND FINGER, AND I AM HERE TO REPRESENT THE, UH, 80 EAST HARTSDALE, UH, HOMESTEAD BUILDING IN OPPOSITION TO THIS PROPOSED.
I WANNA START OFF BY SAYING, UM, GOOD EVENING, MR. PLEASE.
GOOD EVENING, MR. FINER AND COUNCIL PEOPLE AND ATTORNEY.
IS THAT BETTER? NO, WE JUST GOTTA SPEAK.
NOT USED TO, UH, THE MICROPHONES.
I WANNA START OFF BY SAYING, FIRST OF ALL, THAT I COME FROM A FAMILY OF GOLFERS.
AND THEY BELONG TO GOLF CLUBS AND THEY LOVE GOLF AND THEY PLAY.
NOW MY OFFICE IS ALMOST VACANT ON MONDAYS BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE CHARITY GOLF EVENTS IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY THAN YOU CAN COUNT.
SO IT IS NOT ABOUT OPPOSING GOLF AT ALL.
UH, I WANNA START OFF BY SAYING THAT AT THE LAST HEARING, AND I'M GONNA REPEAT THIS, UH, YOU INDICATED THAT YOU HAD TO WAIT FOR THE ZONING BOARD AND THAT WAS THE REASON THAT THERE WAS THE ADJOURNMENT.
WELL, THE ZONING BOARD ADJOURNED AND THEY ARE MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT.
SO I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE AN ERROR AND A MISTAKE AND INAPPROPRIATE TO ACT BEFORE THE ZONING BOARD.
AND I THINK THAT THE REASON THAT THE ZONING BOARD IS GOING TO HEAR AGAIN, IS BECAUSE IN FACT, AND WITHOUT DISPUTING ALL OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT THE GOLF CLUB IS TRYING TO DO, THEY DID NOT REALLY DO AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY AS IT IS AT, IS TRULY UNDERSTOOD.
THEY NEED TO HAVE THINGS SUCH AS THE VISUAL.
THEY COULD HAVE AN IMPACT PHOTO SIMULATION STUDY USING SPECIFIC VIEWS.
THESE ARE ALL WHAT THEY HAVE NOW, JUST PEOPLE WALKING AROUND AND COMMENTING.
BUT THERE ARE SCIENTIFIC METHODS.
THE, THE VISUAL IMPACT ON THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, GIVEN THE LARGE NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT IT'S NOT REALLY FOR YOU TO CONSIDER RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT THE ZONING BOARD IS GOING TO CONSIDER TOMORROW NIGHT.
SO I THINK THAT THAT IS REALLY THE CRUX OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
IT'S NOT JUST THE FLOODING ISSUE.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ISSUES AND THEY
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EVEN TRY TO ADDRESS THEM, BUT IT'S NOT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, IT'S WHAT THEY HAVE NOT DONE.AND THEY TALK ABOUT THIS BUILDING OR THAT BUILDING, BUT THERE ARE CUMULATIVE EFFECTS OF ALL OF THESE THINGS AND NOBODY HAS DONE THE PROPER STUDIES TO DEMONSTRATE THE IMPACT OF THOSE CUMULATIVE EFFECTS.
AND I JUST, THEY MENTIONED THE COST AND, AND WE ALL KNOW ABOUT INTEREST RATES, BUT THAT SHOULD NOT BE THE CONCERN OF THIS BOARD.
THAT'S NOT, IN MY OPINION, I HAVE BEEN A TRUSTEE, UH, IN ANOTHER TOWN.
I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS REALLY THE CONCERN OF THIS BOARD.
THAT'S A CONCERN FOR THE MEMBERS.
AND YES, IT MIGHT COST THEM MORE AND MEMBERS ALWAYS PAY MORE FOR MORE IMPROVEMENTS ON PROPERTY AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT.
BUT IT IS NOT, AND SHOULD NOT BE THE CONCERN OF THIS BOARD.
SO AGAIN, I URGE YOU TO GO BY YOUR UNDERSTANDING AT THE LAST HEARING THAT YOU HAD TO WAIT FOR THE ZONING BOARD AND THE ZONING BOARD IS GOING TO MEET TOMORROW NIGHT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, BASED ON THAT YOU SHOULD BE FREE TO MAKE A DECISION.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, UP THOMAS VACO.
CAN I PULL THIS DOWN A LITTLE BIT? SORRY.
JUST YOU'RE RIGHT NEXT TO OUR STENOGRAPHER.
UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
UH, AGAIN, WE ARE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GOLF COURSE PRE PRESENTATION.
I DO APPRECIATE THE PRESIDENT MAKING THE PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD AND EXPLAINING A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
UH, NOT THE ONLY THING THAT'S CONCERNING ALL THE PROPERTIES AROUND THAT MY COMPANY, WESTEX ASSOCIATES MANAGES, BUT IT'S REALLY A COMPLETE LOOK AT THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THEY DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT DO CONSIDER THE BIRDS, BUT I HAVE RESIDENTS THAT ARE SPEAKING AT THE ZONING BOARD TOMORROW AND WILL BE PRESENTING A LETTER THAT THEY ASKED ME TO PRESENT TO THE TOWN THIS EVENING ON BEHALF OF WHAT SPECIES OF BIRDS WILL BE IMPACTED BY THEIR NETTING GOING UP IN THAT AREA.
UH, THEY TALK ABOUT BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS.
UH, WELL I DO APPRECIATE NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT'S GOING ON.
THEY'RE NOT REALLY NEIGHBORLY ON WHAT THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE DOING.
UM, I PRESENTED PICTURES TO THE BOARD HERE JUNE 8TH.
I GAVE 'EM THE PICTURES OF WHAT THE SITE LOOKED LIKE.
I HAVE PICTURES I TOOK TODAY OF THE SITE AND THERE'S STILL MAJOR BRANCHES, LOGS, TRUNKS OF TREES SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO THE STREAM AND ACROSS THE BRIDGE OF A STREAM THAT CAN EASILY FLOAT INTO THE STREAM AND BLOCK IT.
WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT GREENERY AND COVERAGE, I HAVE PICTURES OF THE LYING PROPERTY AND THEIR PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS FENCE, WHICH IS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREAM.
AND THEY TAKE CARE OF ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE STREAM.
SO THEY REALLY DON'T MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY THE WAY THEY SAY THEY DO.
I ALSO WANNA TALK ABOUT A VISUAL ASPECT BECAUSE WE HAVE A PROPERTY WE MANAGE ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH IS MORE THAN 250 STREET, 50 FEET FROM THEIR PROPERTY LINE.
BUT THIS IS BASICALLY THE TERRACE VIEW OF WHAT THE CURRENT PERSON HAS ON HER PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE SHE HAS A VERY LOVELY VIEW FROM HER TERRACE OF THE GOLF COURSE AND ALL THE GREEN RED THEY HAVE NOW, THE BUILDINGS ACROSS THE STREET ARE 70 FEET HIGH IN, IN, UH, HEIGHT.
THEY WANNA PUT A 90 FOOT NETTING FENCE, WHICH WOULD ALLOW A 20 FOOT FENCE TO GO ACROSS THE BUILDING.
AND THIS IS WHAT THE PERSON WOULD SEE FROM THEIR TERRACE.
NOW TO KNOW IT'S A HANDWRITTEN DRAWING AND I KNOW IT'S BASED ON WHAT WE SEE, BUT THIS IS WHAT THE EFFECT WOULD BE VISUALLY TO THE AREA.
I DON'T THINK THAT THE GOLF COURSE TOOK THIS INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN THEY WERE DOING THIS.
SO WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THE ENGINEER, MAYBE ENGINEERING, MAYBE THE PHYSICS, MAYBE ALL THE MATH ADS UP, WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT AN IMPACT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY REALLY DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORS.
ALSO IN ADDRESSING THE FLOODING, I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH FLOODING.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THESE BUBBLES AND ALL THE, UH, WET SLOPE AND THE AVAIL, THE FOLKS THAT THEY'RE GONNA DISTURB WILL CAUSE AN INCREASE IN WATER FLOW AND CAUSE THEIR FLOODING TO INCREASE IN AN AREA THAT'S ALREADY HAVING A FLOODING PROBLEM.
EXCUSE ME, I'M GETTING A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF MYSELF.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS I'D LIKE TO PRESENT ALL THESE PICTURES TO THE BOARD.
WE'D STILL LIKE TO PRESENT THE QUESTION OF WHY WHEN THEY DID THIS ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, THEY WERE DENIED THE FENCING TO GO UP.
THEY WOULD DENY THE VARIANCE OF 25 FEET.
WHY DO THEY HAVE TO GO FROM 25 FEET TO 90 FEET, 300 FEET IN LENGTH?
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IT DOESN'T JUST COVER ONE 40 BUILDING.IT WILL COVER ONE 40, PART OF ONE, UH, ONE 60 AND PART OF 180.
THERE WILL BE FENCE THAT GOES ABOVE THE BUILDING.
SO WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO ABOUT THAT? THEY DIDN'T MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT, ABOUT AN EMERGENCY PLAN.
IF THESE REMOVABLE BUBBLE TENNIS BUBBLES HAPPEN TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF A VERY, VERY MAJOR WINDSTORM HURRICANE, WHAT'S THEIR PLAN TO REMOVE THEM AND NOT CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TO THE LOCAL STORES IN THE VILLAGE? THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE WITH THESE NETTING ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THE NETTING.
HOW IS SOMEBODY GONNA GO UP 90 FEET ON A WETLAND WHERE THEY CAN'T PUT TRUCKS OR ANYTHING AND MAINTAIN THESE FENCES WHEN THEY MAKE HOLES IN THEM, WHEN THE WIND BLOWS 'EM OFF, WHEN THEY BREAK OFF OF THE POLES? THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE NOT BEING SHARED WITH ANYBODY.
AND WILL, I APPRECIATE THE GOLF CLUB'S INTEREST AND DAVID AND GOLIATH METHOD THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO PRESENT TONIGHT.
IT REALLY ISN'T FAIR TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT ALL.
SO I'M JUST TELLING YOU, WE PRESENTED, WE WILL FIGHT THIS EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
OUR PRESENTATION IS VERY SIMPLE.
THIS IS NOT A WELL THOUGHT OUT PROJECT THAT THOUGHT ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEIR NEIGHBORS OR ANYTHING OF BEING A NEIGHBOR IN THIS AREA AT ALL.
I THANK THE BOARD FOR THE TIME.
WHAT AGENCY DEVELOPED THE LIST OF ENDANGERED SPECIES? I'M SORRY, WHAT AGENCY OR NO, THIS IS A RESIDENT WHO LIVES IN ONE OF MY PROPERTIES, RIGHT? THAT WROTE A LETTER TO THE ZONING BOARD WHO'S GOING THERE TOMORROW NIGHT TO SPEAK? HE ASKED ME TO PRESENT IT TO THE TOWN BOARD TONIGHT IF THEY'D LIKE REGARDING HIS CONCERN ABOUT THESE SPECIES OF BIRDS.
I THINK IT'S ABOUT 16 OR 20 DIFFERENT SPECIES THAT HE FEELS THE NETTING WILL, WILL UPSET THEIR, THEIR I GUESS ENVIRONMENT.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
HE JUST EXPLAINS IT IN HIS LETTER.
IF YOU WANT I COULD READ IT OR IF HE GIVE IT TO THE BOARD TO READ.
YEAH, I JUST SUBMITTED FOR US.
I I I JUST WANNA SAY THAT YES, YOU'RE PERMIT, WE GIVE YOU FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK, BUT WE DO HAVE A STENOGRAPHER, SO DON'T TRY AND, YOU KNOW, SQUEEZE 10 MINUTES INTO A FIVE MINUTE.
SHE'S DOING THE BEST SHE CAN, BUT IF IT DOESN'T MAKE IT INTO THE TRANSCRIPT, WE CAN'T READ IT RIGHT.
UM, I'VE BEEN AN A RESIDENT OF GREENBURG FOR MORE THAN 38 YEARS.
UM, THE LAST 35 OR MORE YEARS I'VE LIVED AT 74 HIGH RIDGE ROAD IN HARTSDALE, AND I SHARE A PROPERTY LINE WITH THE SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB AT THEIR 16TH GREEN.
AND I HAVE MANY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I DO NOT NEED TO BUY GOLF BALLS.
UM, I'VE ALSO BEEN LONG INVOLVED WITH THE GREENBERG NATURE CENTER.
UM, I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND I'VE BEEN THE BOARD CHAIR FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
UM, IN MY ROLE TONIGHT, I AM, I AM JUST REPRESENTING MY VIEWS AS A CITIZEN, NOT AS, UH, IN MY ROLE WITH THE NATURE CENTER.
ALSO, I WANNA BE CLEAR, I AM NOT A MEMBER OF, I AM NOT A MEMBER OF THE GOLF CLUB.
I LOVE GOLF AND I ALSO LOVE THE SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB, UM, BOTH AS A HOMEOWNER AND IN MY ROLE WITH THE NATURE CENTER.
I HAVE A LONG EXPERIENCE, 38 YEARS OR 35 YEARS AS A HOMEOWNER.
AND IN MY ROLE, UH, WITH THE NATURE CENTER TO SAY THAT THE NA THAT THE GOLF CLUB HAS BEEN A GOOD NEIGHBOR IS A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
AND, UM, SO I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CONTEXT TO UNDERSTAND.
I AM AN ADVOCATE FOR THE FENCE AND NETTING THAT THE GOLF CLUB IS PROPOSING.
UH, PART OF THAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IS FOR THE 16TH HOLE, WHICH, UH, IS THE PROPERTY LINE THAT, UH, IS MY PROPERTY LINE.
SO IT'S TO PROTECT, UH, ME AND MY FAMILY FROM GOLF BALLS COMING INTO MY YARD.
UH, I ALSO KNOW THAT WHEREVER THERE IS A DRIVING RANGE, ANY PLACE I HAVE EVER BEEN ON A DRIVING RANGE, THERE ARE NETS.
AND I WOULD BE SURPRISED THAT ANYONE LIVING NEXT TO A DRIVING RANGE WOULD NOT WANT A NET, BECAUSE LIVING NEXT TO A DRIVING RANGE CAN BE DANGEROUS TO EITHER YOU AS A PERSON OR ANY PROPERTY THAT YOU HAVE.
UM, SO TO BE CLEAR, I HAVE REQUESTED, UH, THAT MY SHARED PROPERTY LINE, UH,
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HAVE A NET, UH, UH, TO PROTECT ME.UH, SO I HAVE AN INTEREST IN THIS.
UH, UM, I ALSO KNOW THAT THE LIVING NEXT TO A GOLF CLUB IS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD.
I WILL, I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
IT'S VERY NICE LIVING NEXT TO A GOLF CLUB.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE ARE COSTS.
ON THE OTHER HAND, I KNEW WHEN I MOVED NEXT TO THE GOLF CLUB, I KNEW IT WAS THERE AND I KNEW THAT THOSE RISKS WERE INVOLVED.
SO DID THE PEOPLE MOVING INTO THOSE APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
AND FRANKLY, GIVEN THAT THE GOLF CLUB WAS CREATED IN 1898, THOSE BUILDINGS IN MY HOME WERE BUILT AFTER THE GOLF CLUB EXISTED.
SO THOSE WERE PRE-EXISTING RISKS.
AND NOW WE AS CITIZENS ARE LOOKING TO KIND OF MITIGATE THOSE RISKS WITH THINGS LIKE NETTING AND FENCES, BOTH BY MY PROPERTY LINE AS WELL AS, UM, ON, UH, HARTSDALE AVENUE.
I'LL JUST SAY IN CONTEXT AS A MEMBER OF THE GREENRIDGE ASSOCIATION, UH, WHICH IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN EDGEMONT.
I KNOW THAT THE GREENRIDGE ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THIS RECOMMENDATION.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN SAID, BUT I'LL JUST, UH, AND I'M SURE GARRETT KNOWS THAT.
UM, UM, SO I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.
MY QUESTION, FRANKLY, OF YOU AS A TOWN COUNCIL OR THE ZONING BOARD, OR THE PLANNING BOARD, UM, GIVEN THAT THIS PROCESS HAS GOING BEEN GOING ON FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, MEANING THIS REQUEST WAS MADE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO BY ME AS AS A CITIZEN, IS WHY DOES THIS TAKE SO LONG? THIS IS A COMMON SENSE, UH, RECOMMENDATION.
IT IS A COMMON SENSE SOLUTION THAT THE GOLF CLUB IS PROPOSING.
AND IT BEGS THE QUESTION OF WHY WE CAN'T JUST GET THIS DONE, AND IT IS NOT SO COMPLICATED.
SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS YOU, IS THAT YOU FIND A WAY TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AND NOT OVER COMPLICATED.
AND IN DOING SO, YOU'LL PROVIDE SAFETY TO ME AS A NEIGHBOR TO THE GOLF CLUB AS WELL AS I'M SORRY TO OTHER NEIGHBORS.
THANK I DO NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER REQUESTS.
UM, MS. LORRAINE IZZO IS, IS NOW ON THE ZOOM.
MA'AM, IF YOU COULD PLEASE UNMUTE.
GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR FINDER AND, UH, TOWN COUNCIL PEOPLE.
I AM, UH, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CENTER FOR WILDLIFE RESCUE RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION INC.
UM, THE PROPOSED NETTING WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION A FEW DAYS AGO, AND I'M QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT IT WILL HAVE ON WILDLIFE BIRDS, IN PARTICULAR, BOTH DIURNAL BIRDS, WHICH ARE, UH, AWAKE DURING DAWN AND DUSK AND NOCTURNAL BIRDS.
UM, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT MR. UH, BRO SAID, UH, IT'S WONDERFUL THAT THEY HAVE EQUIPPED THE GOLF COURSE WITH WOODLANDS AND, AND, UH, BLUEBIRD BOXES, BUT THAT MAKES THE NETTING MORE PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE BIRDS WILL FLY INTO THAT NETTING SINCE THE GOLF COURSE HAS BEEN THERE.
THE GOLF CLUB SINCE THE 18 HUNDREDS, YOU HAVE GENERATION AFTER GENERATION OF BIRDS, WHICH ARE NESTING IN THE AREA, WHICH ARE FLYING THROUGH THAT AREA.
THEY DON'T KNOW YOU'RE PUTTING THE NETTING UP.
THEY WON'T KNOW UNTIL THEY FLY INTO IT.
SO, UM, ALTHOUGH, UH, YOU STATED THAT THERE WAS SOME EXPERT, YOU NEED AN AVIAN WILDLIFE EXPERT.
AT THE VERY LEAST, YOU NEED TO CONSULT WITH THE AUDUBON SOCIETY AND OR, UM, A CENTER LIKE AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY.
THOSE PEOPLE ARE EXPERTS ON SITUATIONS SUCH AS THESE, AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE NETTING SHOULD BE PUT UP.
I'M NOT EVEN AWARE, UH, HOW LONG OR HOW HIGH THE NETTING IS.
BUT, UH, UNLESS IT'S LESS THAN FIVE FEET, IT'S VERY PROBLEMATIC FOR WILDLIFE.
AND WE MUST TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, YOU KNOW, ALL SPECIES, NOT, NOT JUST OURS.
UM, I, THAT'S ALL I REALLY HAVE TO SAY.
I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HERE, ONE ABOUT THE LENGTH AND THE HEIGHT OF THE NETTING.
AND, UM, UH, ALTHOUGH THE LAST SPEAKER STATED THIS WAS A COMMON SENSE SOLUTION, IT IS NOT SO SIMPLE.
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MORE RESEARCH NEEDS TO BE DONE BY EXPERTS IN THAT ARE EXPERTS IN AVIAN WILDLIFE.THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
ANYBODY ELSE? NO FURTHER SPEAKERS.
GARRETT, YOU MAY CALL THEIR NAMES.
OKAY, SO THEN I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WAY.
OH, DOES THE APPLICANT WANT TO RESPOND TO ANYTHING YOU'VE HEARD? UH, UH, SURE.
IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH THE BOARD.
UH, UH, AGAIN, JUST TO DOUBLE CHECK, CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME IN THE BACK? ALL RIGHT.
UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
UH, I, I'D JUST LIKE TO ADDRESS A FEW OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE DID HEAR.
UH, I'LL TRY AND DO THEM IN THE ORDER WE RECEIVE THEM.
UH, SO FIRST IN RESPONSE TO MS. FINGER, UM, SHE IS CORRECT, THE ZONING BOARD IS MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT.
UH, BUT SHE IS INCORRECT IN STATING THAT THE ZONING BOARD, UH, WAS REQUIRED IN SOME WAY TO DO A FULL E I SS, UH, WHICH THE ZONING BOARD AS LEAD AGENCY UNDER SEEKER, WHO THE TOWN BOARD DEFERRED TO, UH, DETERMINED WAS NOT REQUIRED.
RATHER, THEY TOOK THE REQUISITE HARD LOOK AND THEY ISSUED A THOUGHTFUL NEGATIVE DECLARATION UNDER SEEKER.
AND I WOULD NOTE THAT CONTRARY TO MS. FINGER'S STATEMENT, THAT THEY DID NOT LOOK AT CUMULATIVE IMPACTS, THEIR RESOLUTION OF NEGATIVE DECLARATION SPECIFICALLY STATES, AND THIS IS QUOTED IN OUR LETTER, THESE POTENTIAL SMALL IMPACTS INDIVIDUALLY AS WELL AS CUMULATIVELY WILL BE MINIMAL.
SHE SAYS THAT THEIR REVIEW DID NOT INCLUDE, UH, PHOTO SIMULATIONS OR RENDERINGS.
I, I, I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE.
WE'VE PROVIDED IT TO YOUR BOARD AS WELL AS THE ZONING BOARD.
UH, SO THAT STATEMENT ALSO INCORRECT.
THE STATEMENT THAT A THOROUGH LOOK WAS NOT TAKEN AT STORMWATER ISSUES IS ALSO INCORRECT.
FULLY ENGINEERED STORMWATER PLANS WERE PROVIDED AS WELL AS A STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN, ALL OF WHICH WERE REVIEWED IN DETAIL BY THE TOWN'S ENGINEER.
THE ZONING BOARD MADE SURE THE TOWN ENGINEER REVIEWED IT BECAUSE THEY KNEW IT WAS AN ISSUE OF SENSITIVITY FOR NEIGHBORS, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TOOK VERY SERIOUSLY AS WELL.
UH, AS FAR AS MR. FLACCO, UH, CERTAINLY WILL LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING A COPY OF THEIR MATERIALS, WHICH WE HAVE NOT SEEN YET.
UM, I, I GET THE SENSE THAT PERHAPS HE ALSO DID NOT SEE THE PHOTO RENDERINGS.
AS YOU'LL RECALL, THE 90 FOOT POLE IS IN FACT THE LOWEST OF THE FOUR POLES PROPOSED ALONG THE DRIVING RANGE.
NOW, WHY DO I SAY THAT? WHEN THE OTHER POLES ARE 75 FEET, IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE SITE AS IT SLOPES DOWN TOWARDS HARTSDALE AVENUE.
SO WHILE THE 90 FOOT POLE MAY BE THE TALLEST IN TERMS OF TOP TO BOTTOM, IT'S ACTUALLY LOCATED AT A LOWER ELEVATION.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY SHORTER THAN THE OTHER THREE POLES.
UH, AND IN FACT, THE PROPOSED NETTING WILL NOT EXCEED THE CURRENT TREE LINE.
SO THE HAND DRAWN NETTING ABOVE THE APARTMENT BUILDING, WE WOULD ARGUE, IS CLEARLY NOT BASED ON OUR STUDIES AND PROVIDED MATERIALS.
AND HE ALSO NOTED IT WAS, OH, SORRY, YES, MR. FINER.
I'M JUST SORT OF WONDERING IF IT WOULD MAKE SENSE, UM, TO HAVE LIKE THE TOWN BOARD AND, YOU KNOW, UH, DO LIKE A SITE VISIT, UM, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE HAVE REPRESENTATIVE, YOU KNOW, MRS. FINGER, UM, YOU KNOW, ALSO, YOU KNOW, THERE AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ONE OR TWO NOT, NOT, YOU KNOW, YELLING AND SCREAMING, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, SITE VISITS, BUT BASICALLY, SO WE COULD THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, HEAR BOTH SIDES ON SITE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SEE, SEE THE VISUALS.
AND MAYBE BECAUSE I SORT OF FEEL IT WOULD MAKE A, IT WOULD ENABLE US TO, YOU KNOW, OBJECTIVELY MAKE A, THE CORRECT DECISION.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE MAY BE MORE VISUALS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK SHOULD BE, THERE MAY BE OTHER THINGS.
AND I FEEL I THINK THAT WOULD, I THINK THAT COULD WORK.
I, I MEAN, I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT BE WILLING TO, YOU DID IT FOR GARRETT, BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE TOWN BOARD IS THE ONE THAT'S GONNA BE MAKING THE DECISION.
AND, AND AGAIN, IF WE HAD BOTH SIDES AT THE MEETING, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HEAR FROM EVERYBODY WHILE WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING.
YOU, YOU, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
SO WE, BECAUSE THERE'S A STENOGRAPHER DISCUSSION.
BUT, BUT NO ONE, NO ONE WAS ASKING YOU TO RESPOND.
THERE'S A STENOGRAPHER AND WE HAVE TO KEEP A CLEAN RECORD.
IF THE APPLICANT, IT'S THE APPLICANT.
IT'S THE APPLICANT THE AMOUNT OF TIME TO SPEAK.
WHAT, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT WE DO HAVE A SITE VISIT AND YOU FLOAT BALLOONS EXACTLY WHERE, AND YOU FLOAT BALLOONS,
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UH, EXACTLY WHERE THE FENCE IS GOING TO BE, THE NETTING IS GONNA BE, AND THE HEIGHT THAT THEY WILL EITHER PROPOSE TO BE AT.AND THEN WE COULD VERY EASILY SEE WHETHER OR NOT IT'S ABOVE THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDINGS, UH, AND HOW IT DOES SLOPE DOWN.
UM, IT'S SO MUCH TO ME, IT'S EVEN BETTER THAN HAVING THE PHOTO RENDERING.
AND WOULD ALSO POINT OUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING THIS DEBATE, 90 AND A HUNDRED'S, NOT GONNA SEE IT.
IT'S NOT BEHIND THEIR BUILDING.
CERTAINLY I'LL TALK TO MY CLIENT ABOUT IT.
AND I THINK THERE IS A SENSE OF FRUSTRATION ON OUR END THAT THE PROCESS CONTINUES TO GO ON DESPITE CLEARLY NOT READING OUR MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR MONTHS.
THEY'RE CALLING THE NETTING LENGTH 300 FEET.
THAT'S ALMOST TWO TIMES AS LONG AS WHAT IS PROPOSED.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT NETTING WELL AND EXCEEDANCE OF THE APARTMENT BUILDING BASED ON HAND DRAWINGS.
IT'S JUST VERY FRUSTRATING AS WE'VE HIRED A NUMBER OF PROFESSIONALS.
WE'VE PROCEEDED IN GOOD FAITH.
WE'VE BEEN BEFORE YOU NOW TWICE FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS, NOT INCLUDING THE WORK SESSION MULTIPLE TIMES WITH THE ZONING BOARD, MULTIPLE TIMES WITH THE PLANNING BOARD.
WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE THIS PROCESS FORWARD.
AND I, I, I HOPE YOU CAN JUST APPRECIATE THE LIGHTS WE'RE TRYING TO GO TO HERE.
AND THE FRUSTRATION WE'RE STARTING TO FEEL JUST WITH THE NEIGHBORS, FRANKLY, RAISING ISSUES THAT ARE NOT ACCURATE.
UH, SO CERTAINLY WE'LL DISCUSS THE SIDEWALK, BUT I, I DID JUST WANT TO EXPRESS THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT TO BE LIKE OBJECTIVE.
I WANNA BE FAIR TO, YOU KNOW, BOTH SIDES.
AND I FEEL THAT, UM, BY HAVING A SITE VISIT, UM, IT WOULD ENABLE ME AND I THINK ALL THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TO, YOU KNOW, TO LOOK AT THIS OBJECTIVELY AND THEN TO INDEPENDENTLY DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE THINK IS RIGHT OR YOU KNOW, OR WRONG.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT LOOKING TO POSTPONE THIS FOR LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOR MONTHS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING, WE COULD DO A SITE VISIT, YOU KNOW, IN A WEEK IF YOU WANTED.
UH, SO I GUESS BEFORE I, I SEE THE FLOOR, THERE WAS JUST A FEW OTHER POINTS I WANTED TO MAKE.
UH, NAMELY JUST THAT, UM, WITH REGARD TO THE WILDLIFE IMPACTS ISSUE, UH, I BELIEVE WE HEARD MS. IZZO SAY SHE HASN'T LOOKED AT THE PLAN.
SHE HAS NO IDEA HOW LONG OR HOW TALL IT IS.
I THINK SHE USED FIVE FEET AS A THRESHOLD FOR IMPACTS.
UH, BUT I WOULD NOTE YOU HAVE MANY CLUBS IN THE COUNTY AND IN YOUR OWN TOWN THAT HAVE NETTING AT EQUAL OR GREATER HEIGHT.
WE EVEN REACHED OUT TO TWO SUCH CLUBS.
WE REACHED OUT TO, UH, NOEL WOOD GOLF CLUB AND LEEWOOD COUNTRY CLUB, BOTH OF WHOM HAVE EQUAL OR TALLER NETTING FOR GREATER SPANS.
AND WE HEARD UNEQUIVOCALLY FROM BOTH, AND WE SUBMITTED THOSE EMAILS THAT THERE WERE NO ISSUES WITH WILDLIFE AT ALL.
SO RATHER THAN SPECULATING THAT NETTING MIGHT CAUSE AN ISSUE, WE REACHED OUT TO CLUBS IN YOUR TOWN THAT HAVE THE NETTING, WHO CAN TELL YOU WITH YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO ISSUES.
UH, WE THINK THAT'S FAIRLY DETERMINATIVE ON THE, ON THE QUESTION, AND WE THINK THAT'S, UH, A POINT THAT WE HAVEN'T HEARD REFUTED.
UH, AND THEN LASTLY, JUST PROCEDURALLY, I I WOULD JUST REMIND THE BOARD, WE HAVE A NEGATIVE DECLARATION FROM THE LEAD AGENCY AS WELL AS A RECOMMENDATION FROM YOUR PLANNING BOARD, FINDING THAT THIS APPLICATION IS CONSISTENT WITH ALL SITE PLAN CRITERIA.
UH, SO WE WOULD ASK YOU TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE'RE NOT A RUBBER STAMP REGARDING NOT AT ALL.
AND, UH, I WOULD APPRECIATE YOU NOT REMINDING US ABOUT WHAT OTHER BOARDS HAVE THOUGHT.
WE HAVE OUR OWN INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT TO MAKE, WE PUT OUT THERE THE OFFER OF FLOAT BALLOONS AND HAVE A SITE VISIT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO MAKE A DETERMINATION BASED ON WHATEVER RECORD YOU THINK YOU HAVE CREATED WITHOUT DOING THAT, THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE.
LET US KNOW, UNDERSTOOD MR. SHEEN, AND WE'LL DISCUSS THAT OFFER.
SO WHAT SHOULD WE, UH, DO? UM, A LITTLE, THE RECORD OPEN.
I WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO, UH, OH, SORRY.
CLOSE THE, AND KEEP THE RECORD OPEN.
WE WOULD CLOSE THE HEARING, KEEP THE RECORD OPEN, BUT THEN IF WE, IF THEY WOULD AGREE TO A SITE VISIT, WOULD THAT BE, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN YOU DO THE SITE VISIT IF YOU CLOSE THE HEARING? THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE RECORD.
SO WE COULD CLOSE THE HEARING.
UM, THE RECORD OPEN FOR WEEKS.
SHOULD WE KEEP THE RECORD OPEN FOR LIKE, MAYBE
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A LITTLE LONGER TO GIVE US A CHANCE TO TWO WEEKS, YOU KNOW, SCHEDULE, SCHEDULE A SITE VISIT IF POSSIBLE.WELL, DOES THAT, DOES ANYBODY HAVE A MOTION WE'RE GONNA BE MEETING IN? WHEN'S THE AUGUST MEETING OF THE BOARD? THE 10TH.
10TH? WELL, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD THE BOARD BASICALLY PREFER? WE ALSO HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF THE 28TH.
WE ARE HAVING A MEETING ON THE 28TH.
SO WHY DON'T WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN UNTIL, UH, JU JULY, UH, 27TH? NO, NO, WE NEED TIME.
WE CAN'T DO IT RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING.
WHY DON'T WE CLOSE THE RECORD AND LEAVE THE, UM, WE REAL, WE, WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY INTERRUPTIONS.
I REALLY THINK WE SHOULD JUST DO 10 DAYS.
WE JUST HAVE TO, IF THEY WANT THE SITE VISIT, THEY SHOULD LET US KNOW RIGHT AWAY.
YOU CAN'T CALL OUT WHEN YOU, WHEN WE CLOSE THE RECORD, I THINK WE LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR 10 DAYS.
I MEAN, CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING THE RECORD.
HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK HERE, BUT YOU CAN'T GO THE HEARING.
CLOSING THE HEARING, LEAVING THE RECORD.
ARE YOU HEARING THIS? WE'RE DISRUPTING THE MEETING DISCUSSION.
WE, WE BASICALLY, LEMME SAY SOMETHING.
WE WE'RE SETTING UP, WE'VE SET UP NEW RULES THAT, UM, ANYONE, ANYONE WHO INTERRUPT.
IT'S NOT FOR THE ENTIRE MEETING, IT'S JUST FOR THIS HEARING ON THE SCARSDALE GOLF COURSE.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT YOU CAN'T CLOSE THE HEARING.
HOW YOU GONNA CLOSE IT? THIS ISN'T, THIS ISN'T THE GENERAL COMMENT, SIR.
DON'T YOU STILL CAN'T CLOSE THE HEARING? WELL, JUST, IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT ALL Y'ALL KNOW, JUST WATCH YOU TAKE, YOU CANNOT CLOSE THE HEARING.
YOU CAN'T, I'M AGAIN, PLEASE, PLEASE.
I RE I RECOMMEND YOU CAN'T LISTEN.
ELIZABETH, YOU'RE NOW, YOU'RE NOW YOU'RE NOW DISRUPTING THE MEETING.
YOU KNOW WHAT? WE, WE, YOU'RE NOW DISRUPTING THE MEETING.
WE CAN'T JUST, I'M, I WANT YOU DON'T GO THEN WE'RE GONNA PUBLIC MEETING.
I JUST ASKED THE CHIEF, WE, WE REALLY, WE CAN'T HAVE AT EACH MEETING PEOPLE DISRUPTING THE MEETINGS.
WE'RE NOT GONNA ALLOW THAT ANYMORE.
SO THEN WE'RE TAKING, WE'RE TAKING A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
YOU CAN'T THE HERE TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
LET LET YOU CAN'T GO TOGETHER.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.
LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR 10 DAYS, AND, UH, MAKE A REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT FOR A SITE VISIT WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK.
NEXT HEARING, UH, TO CONSIDER A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS FOR FIRE PROTECTION, UM, UM, UH, SERVICES TO UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG, RESIDENTS OF THE DONALD PARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 2021.
WE'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD PLEASE BE QUIET AS YOU EXIT.
UH, LET'S JUST WAIT, PAUL, BEFORE YOU GO FORWARD, FRANCIS, MOVE.
WELL, I'M SURE THAT PAUL WILL PUT OUT AN EMAIL.
I'M SURE AN EMAIL WILL GO OUT.
PAUL, DOROTHY, COULD YOU LIKE EMAIL ME AND THEN I'LL EMAIL YOU IF I HEAR FROM THEM.
FRANCIS MOVED TO LEAVE THE RECORD OVER FOR 10 DAYS AND REQUEST A SITE VISIT BY THE APPLICANT.
DID ANYONE SECOND THAT? I DID.
[ 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]
TWO, UH, TO CONSIDER A ONE YEAR, UM, AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG RESIDENCE OF DONALD PARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 2021.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN THE HEARING.
SO THIS IS A FIRE PROTECTION CONTRACT.
THE TOWN OF GREENBURG CONTRACTS WITH NEARBY VISIT, UH, VILLAGES TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO AREAS OF THE UNINCORPORATED AREA THAT DO NOT HAVE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES PROVIDED TO THEM FROM THE TOWN OF GREENBERG'S FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
UH, THIS IS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE, UH, VILLAGE OF THE HASTING HASTINGS ON HUDSON FOR AN AREA KNOWN AS THE DONALD PARK FIRE PROTECTION
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DISTRICT.THE COST OF THE CONTRACT FOR 2021, WHICH IS THE CONTRACT BEFORE US RIGHT NOW, IS $339,084.
FOR COMPARISON, THE PRIOR YEAR CONTRACT WAS $339 AND 11, UH, $339,011.
UH, THERE WAS A $73 INCREASE, UM, UH, ALMOST NEGLIGIBLE.
AND IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ABOUT THE FIRE PROTECTION CONTRACT, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO SO.
ANYONE WANT TO COMMENT? UM, IF NOT, UM, GARRETT.
GARRETT, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY? I'M LOOKING, NO.
THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR 10 DAYS.
[ 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]
UH, HEARING TO CONSIDER ITS ZONING, UH, MAP AMENDMENT, UH, CONSERVATION DISTRICT, UH, OVERLAY RELATED TO THE WOULD PRESERVE PROJECT AND PROPERTY LOCATED AT EIGHT 50 DOVES FERRY ROAD.FINER TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD.
GARY DUQUE, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS RELATED TO THE APPLICANT'S PETITION TO THE TOWN BOARD TO INCLUDE A CONSERVATION DISTRICT OR CD OVERLAY TO THE EXISTING ZONING MIX OF R 20 AND R 31 FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO THE FORMER ELMWOOD COUNTRY CLUB SITE ON DOBBS FERRY ROAD TO ENABLE A CONSERVATION SUBDIVISION LAYOUT, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE 113 DETACHED ONE FAMILY RESIDENCES, THE PRESERVATION OF OPEN SPACE AREAS AND AREAS OF STEEP SLOPES AND WETLANDS, AND THE INCORPORATION OF A 14.2 ACRE LAND DONATION TO THE TOWN FOR FUTURE PARKLAND PURPOSES.
THIS PROPOSAL IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE PRIOR PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE OF THE TOWN BOARD KNOWN AS ALTERNATIVE H, WHICH ALSO INCLUDED 113 1 FAMILY RESIDENCES.
IN TERMS OF PROCEDURE, THE FINDING STATEMENT HAS NOT YET BEEN FINALIZED AS THE TOWN STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED TO THE TOWN BOARD THAT THE INPUT RECEIVED FROM THE C D OVERLAY PETITION FROM THE PUBLIC AND INVOLVED AND INTERESTED AGENCIES, AS WELL AS THE TOWN BOARD, OF COURSE, SHOULD FIRST BE RECEIVED AND INCORPORATED AT THE TOWN BOARD'S DIRECTION.
THE CD OVERLAY PETITION WAS SHARED WITH ALL INVOLVED AND INTERESTED AGENCIES AND IS POSTED ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE.
THE PETITION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2 85 PROCEDURES, WAS REFERRED TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION.
THE PLANNING BOARD DISCUSSED THE REFERRAL ON JUNE 15TH, 2022, AND ON JULY 6TH, 2022 UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO APPROVE A REPORT IN FAVOR OF THE CD OVERLAY, AND UNANIMOUSLY MADE A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
THE PLANNING BOARD FOUND THAT THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP AMENDMENT WOULD RESULT IN THE DONATION OF MORE LAND TO THE TOWN FOR USE AS A PARKLAND, AS PARKLAND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACE, A REDUCTION IN IMPERVIOUS SURFACES, STEEP SLOPE DISTURBANCES, AND TREE REMOVALS WHEN COMPARED WITH ALTERNATIVE H, WHICH WAS THE 113 SINGLE FAMILY HOME CONVENTIONAL SUBDIVISION OF THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.
FURTHER, THE PLANNING BOARD FINDS THAT IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE PLANNING BOARD'S FINDINGS ISSUED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PROJECT DATED APRIL 6TH, 2022.
THE PLANNING BOARD ALSO RECOMMENDS THE INCORPORATION OF VARIOUS RENEWABLE ENERGY ALTERNATIVES TO BE CONSIDERED ON THE SITE, SUCH AS CONNECTIONS FOR ELECTRICAL VEHICLES, SOLAR ROOF CONNECTIONS.
THE BOARD SUPPORTS THE POSSIBILITY OF UNITS CONTAINING AGE IN PLACE FEATURES, AND THE PLANNING BOARD IS IN FAVOR OF AN AFFORDABLY AFFORDABILITY COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT.
I, UH, MR. DAVID STEINZ, ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO, UH, OPEN WITH SOME OPENING REMARKS, AND I BELIEVE THEIR ENGINEERING AND PLANNING FIRM IS HERE AS WELL TO, UH, PRESENT BOTH PLANS.
GOOD EVENING, MR. FINER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UH, MR. STEINITZ IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING, UH, BUT WITH ME IS, UH, BRETT OWINGS FROM OWNERSHIP AND, UH, LEE LEFKOWITZ FROM ZAIN AND STEINZ.
UM, AS, UH, AS COMMISSIONER DUQUE, UH, INDICATED, HE GAVE A GREAT OVERVIEW OF, UH, THE CURRENT CD PLAN PROPOSAL, UH, THAT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED BY THE PLANNING BOARD AND THE C A C, THE PETITION'S BEEN FILED.
UM, COMMISSIONER DUQUE, IF YOU WOULD, UH, SHARE YOUR SCREEN SHOWING THE, UH, SUBDIVISION SKETCH PLAN.
I'D JUST LIKE TO GIVE A A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THIS, UH, UH, THIS PLAN, UH, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE, THE BOARD AND, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UH, JAMES CAR WITH J M C.
I JUST WANNA, UH, MAXIMIZE THE VIEW THERE.
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OH, GEEZ.UH, GARY, COULD YOU MOVE IT UP A LITTLE BIT ON THE BOARD OR MAXIMIZE? YEAH, THERE YOU GO.
UH, SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE ON THE SCREEN IS THE, UH, FORMER ELMWOOD COUNTRY CLUB PROJECT.
THE BOARD IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROPERTY.
IT'S BEEN UNDERGOING EXTENSIVE REVIEW FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS WITH THE TOWN.
UH, BUT WHAT THIS, UH, CONSERVATION DISTRICT OVERLAY DOES IS IT, UH, CONSOLIDATES THE 113 UNITS OF RESIDENCE, SINGLE FAMILY FEE SIMPLE, UH, RESIDENTIAL UNITS ON THE WESTERN PARCEL, WHICH COMPRISES 92 ACRES.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE IS NO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED ON THE EASTERN PARCEL, UH, AND NO RESIDENTIAL CURB CUTS EITHER ON THAT PARCEL.
IT IS THE 14 ACRES IS OFFERED TO THE TOWN AS A LAND DEDICATION FOR FUTURE USE AT THE TOWN'S DISCRETION FOR, UH, OBVIOUS RECREATIONAL, UH, PURPOSES IF THE TOWN SO CHOOSES.
UH, THE, UH, WE NOTE THAT THE, THE CURB CUTS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY STUDIED IN THE D E I SS AND F E I S REMAIN THE SAME OPPOSITE THE, UH, CHELSEA ASSISTED LIVING FOR A FULL MOVEMENT ENTRANCE DRIVEWAY AND A RESTRICTED RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT, UH, DRIVEWAY OPPOSITE, UH, WESTCHESTER VIEW LANE.
UH, ALL OF THE, UH, LOTS FRONTAGES WILL BE INTERIOR TO THE SITE, SO THERE WILL BE NO, UH, CURB CUTS ON WORTHINGTON ROAD OR TO THE SUBDIVISIONS TO THE NORTH.
THIS PLAN, UH, TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE CD UH, OVERLAY ZONE TO PRESERVE THE UNDERLYING R 20 AND R 30, UH, ZONING DISTRICTS.
UM, BUT PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY AND NOT ADDITIONAL DENSITY, BUT THE FLEXIBILITY IS IN, UH, PRESERVATION OF ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE, NATURAL FEATURES, STEEP SLOPES, WETLAND, WATERCOURSE AREAS, AND UTILIZING, UH, SMALLER BULK REQUIREMENTS FOR THE LOT SIZES.
LOT SIZES ARE PROPOSED A MINIMUM OF 18,000 SQUARE FEET BETWEEN AN 18,000 AND 20,000 SQUARE FOOT SIZE AND SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF STEEP SLOPES, UH, WETLAND, WATERCOURSE BUFFERS AND OTHER NATURAL FEATURES ARE, ARE ABLE TO BE PRESERVED HERE IN ADDITION TO, UH, THE FOUR 14 ACRE PARK LAND, UH, DEDICATION.
SO, UH, THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.
UM, WE APPRECIATE, UH, THE PLANNING BOARD AND THE C A C ALSO TAKING THEIR TIME TO REVIEW THIS PROJECT OVER THE PAST MONTH.
UH, WE NOTE THAT THE C A C NOTED THAT THE PLAN HAS MERITS AND THE PLANNING BOARD DID, UH, TRANSMIT A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AND A REPORT TO THAT EFFECT AS WELL.
ANYBODY LIKE TO, UH, UH, SPEAK? YES.
WE HAVE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
PAUL COLTON, SUPERVISOR FINER MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD, PAUL COLTON.
I LIVE IN HILLTOP FARMS, WHICH IS THE EASTERN NEIGHBOR TO THE, UH, SITE.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A, JUST A MINUTE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR, UM, MOVING THIS PROCESS ALONG.
AND I ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE, UM, SORRY.
THE CONSULTANT IS J J M C, J M C FOR COMING UP WITH THIS, UH, CONSERVATION, UH, OVERLAY DISTRICT.
IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THIS IS THE, THE BEST LOOKING SOLUTION, UH, FOR THE TOWN AND THE SITE.
IT WILL, UH, KEEP DENSITY TO A MINIMUM.
IT WILL, UH, HAVE MINIMAL TRAFFIC IMPACTS AS FAR AS IT, IT LOOKS AND WILL MAKE MY WIFE'S COMMUTE TO THE HARTSDALE TRAIN STATION SOMEWHAT BEARABLE
UM, IT, IT WILL ALSO, IT WILL MOVE THE TOWN FORWARD, WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD THING.
AND I THINK IT'LL MOVE THE TOWN FORWARD IN A POSITIVE WAY.
AND BY NOT DOWN ZONING THE PROPERTY AS WAS ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR, UM, WE WE'RE, WE'RE KEEPING THINGS, UH, IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ON A STABLE COURSE.
AND SO, UH, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UH,
AND, AND THE ONLY OTHER THING, UM, THE TECH STAFF REALLY NEEDS TO WORK ON THE MICROPHONES FOR THE BACK OF THE ROOM.
IT'S VERY HARD TO HEAR ANYBODY AS YOU, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE HOLDING THE MICROPHONES UP, SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT'S HAPPENING,
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BUT THANKS VERY MUCH AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.ELLA PRIZER, UM, ELLA KAISER FOR THE RECORD.
UM, I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN PAUL COLTON SAID JUST NOW.
UM, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN TOWN BOARD MEETINGS ON THIS SUBJECT FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, AND I THINK IF YOU GO BACK AND YOU LOOK AT THE RECORDS, THE SCOPING DOCUMENT THAT THIS BOARD PASSED HAD AN ALTERNATIVE C AN ALTERNATIVE C WOULD'VE ALLOWED SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOUSING, NO DOWN ZONING.
THE R 20, THE R 30 WOULD'VE CONTINUED ON THIS, AND YOU WOULD'VE PUT A P U D ON THE PROPERTY, A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH ALLOWED YOU TO CLUSTER THE HOUSES.
AND THIS IS THE SAME THING AS A CD.
WHAT IS BETTER ABOUT A CD? BUT BACK THEN, THE DEVELOPER SAID, AND IT'S IN THE TEXT, THIS ISN'T PART OF MY GOAL.
AND IN THE F E I S THE DEVELOPER EVEN SAID, EVEN IF YOU APPROVED IT, I WOULDN'T BUILD IT.
IT INCLUDED TRANSFER OF 14.2 ACRES FOR PARKLAND.
SO WHY DID THE DEVELOPER DO THIS? I MEAN, COULD HAVE HAD HALF OF THE HOUSES UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW, I, I AM JUST NOT UNDERSTANDING THIS, AND I WISH THAT SOMEBODY ON THE TOWN BOARD WOULD TELL ME WHY A CD, A CONSERVATION DISTRICT OVERLAY, IS BETTER THAN A P U D A PLANNED JT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THE REST OF YOU UNDERSTAND ZONING, BUT MR. SHEEN, MAYBE YOU CAN WEIGH IN ON THIS AND, AND, UM, SAY, WHAT IS THE IMPROVEMENT OF THIS? UM, I, I AM SORRY.
THE DEVELOPER, MR. CAR SAID, I THINK FIVE YEARS.
I, I DON'T THINK IT'S QUITE THAT LONG, BUT, UM, WHY, WHY IS THAT A QUESTION? I, I WOULD APPRECIATE AN ANSWER IF YOU'RE WILLING TO GIVE ME AN ANSWER.
WELL, WELL, SINCE IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND WE HAVE LIMITED TIME, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE US YOUR OPINION AS TO WHICH WOULD BE BETTER, A CD OR A P U D, UH, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
SO YOU'RE NOT OBJECTING TO THE C I'M NOT OBJECTING.
I I, I'M JUST WONDERING WHY THIS PROCESS HAS LINGERED ON AND ON AND ON.
AND, UM, I MEAN, IF YOU CAN'T GET WHAT YOU WANT ORIGINALLY, THEN YOU FINALLY GIVE IN LATER.
I, I JUST, UM, THERE, THERE ARE, AND, AND I'M HOPING, UM, MS. LIPSON'S GONNA SPEAK, BUT THERE WERE SOME UNANSWERED QUESTIONS, AND MAYBE THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE CD, BUT THEY'RE IMPORTANT REGARDING SEWAGE AND, AND, UM, ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT SHOULD BE ANSWERED.
BUT, UM, IF, IF YOU CAN TELL ME WHAT THE BIG IMPROVEMENT IS, FRANCIS, I'D LOVE TO KNOW.
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS AND, AND I REALLY DON'T GET IT.
I THINK, I THINK IT'S REALLY FOR THE APPLICANT TO SAY, BUT I THINK THIS IS BASICALLY, THERE'S BEEN A NEGOTIATION ALONG THE WAY AND THIS IS WHAT THEY, THEY CAN LIVE WITH BECAUSE NO OTHER CHOICE, BECAUSE YOU PICK THE, THE, OKAY.
I'M PRESIDENT OF THE WORTHINGTON WOODLAND CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
I LIVE AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE ELMWOOD COUNTRY CLUB.
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I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS FROM DAY ONE WAY BACK, ALMOST FIVE YEARS AGO THAT THIS HAS STARTED.I HAD GOTTEN THE PHONE CALL, UM, FROM MR. FINER TELLING ME THAT I WAS GOING TO BE CONTACTED BY RIDGEWOOD AND WOULD I BE LISTENING TO THEM.
AND WITH THAT, UM, I HEARD OF THE PROPOSAL FOR HE FIRST WANTED 185 TOWNHOUSES.
THAT WAS HIS ORIGINAL PROPOSAL THAT HE SPOKE ABOUT TO ME ON THE PHONE.
AND, UM, I SAID THAT I WILL NOT GIVE HIM A COMMITMENT UNTIL WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
SO WE HAD THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETING OF SIX DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT CAME TO THIS MEETING AT RIDGEWOOD, AT THE ELMWOOD COUNTRY CLUB.
AND HE GOES ON TO EXPLAIN HOW THE, NOW HE BROUGHT IT DOWN TO, UM, 175 TOWNHOUSES VERSUS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
AND HE GOES, UH, MR. VALE WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM.
AND IT WAS TORY WHO SAID, WAIT A MINUTE.
DON'T YOU NEED TO DO A DOWN ZONING? HE'D NEVER EVEN MENTIONED THAT TO ANYONE BEFORE HE STARTED THIS PROJECT.
HE WANTED TO, HE JUST WAS INTERESTED IN GETTING TOWNHOUSES BUILT.
AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THE R 30 WAS GONNA BE DOWN ZONE TO THE R 20, AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, I COUNTED UP ON THE MAP.
WE HAVE OVER 600 HOMES IN THE AREA TO THE LEFT OF THE ELMWOOD DOWN BY SUBURBAN MANOR OVER ON WYNDHAM AND UP ON FOREST BOULEVARD.
AND ALL THESE PEOPLE, THANK YOU, BELONG TO THE WORTHINGTON WOODS AND CIVIC ASSOCIATE.
NOT ALL 600, BUT OVER 150 MEMBERS ARE PART OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
SO I REQUESTED A MEETING WITH MR. GRAU, AND HE KEPT PUTTING US OFF FOR A MEETING.
FINALLY, WE HAD ONE, AND HE KEPT SAYING, I WILL DO WHATEVER THE COMMUNITY WANTS.
WELL, THE COMMUNITY WANTED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, TOTALLY IGNORED IT.
WE HAD A MEETING AT THE ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL.
HE WOULD NOT GO AND BUILD SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
HE ONLY WANTED TO BUILD, UM, TOWNHOUSES.
OVER THE YEARS, BACK AND FORTH WITH THE SCOPING DOCUMENT AND EVERYTHING, AS ELLA HAD PUT, PUT OUT, WE HAD SUGGESTED A PUD.
AND BASICALLY, THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD'VE GOTTEN IF WE HAD STARTED THIS ALMOST FIVE YEARS AGO.
SO MOST OF US ARE HAPPY ABOUT THIS.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT STILL ARE NOT HAPPY THAT THERE'RE GOING TO BE SO MANY HOMES IN THIS AREA, BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT.
THIS IS WHAT HE'S ALLOWED TO DO.
AND BY ALL MEANS, HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT.
THE QUES I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR IT OR WAIT FOR THE SITE APPROVAL TO GO FOR THE SUBDIVISION, BUT MY ONE QUESTION THAT I WANTED TO ANSWER, THE CLAIM OF 39.4 ACRES OF INTERIOR OPEN SPACE, IS THAT ACCURATE? I HAVE ASKED GARRETT TO REC, UH, RECALCULATE THAT, AND I HAVE NOT GOTTEN AN ANSWER.
I REALLY WANNA KNOW IF ALL THESE OPEN SPACES THAT ARE IN THE GREEN CALCULATE WITH THE 14 ACRES, TAKE AWAY THE 14 ACRES, WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS AT LEAST A 25%.
AND THAT'S WHAT A CD OVERLAY NEEDS TO HAVE, UM, AS OPEN SPACE.
AGAIN, I'M NOT AGAINST THIS PLAN, BUT I DO WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT WE THE COMMUNITY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANTED IN THE FIRST PLACE.
WE WANTED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
UH, JERRY BYRNE, COMMISSIONER OF PARKS AND RECREATION FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
AND I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS, UH, MY SUPPORT FOR THE CONSERVATION OVERLAY.
UM, YES, IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS.
UH, I KNOW THAT THE, UH, PARKS AND REC ADVISORY BOARD, WHEN WE WERE MAKING THE DECISION PRIOR TO THIS RECOMMENDED THE ALTERNATIVE THAT WAS FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
WE HAD A MEETING, UH, EARLIER IN THE MONTH.
WE DID NOT TAKE A VOTE OR THEY DID NOT TAKE A VOTE.
'CAUSE I'M A EX-OFFICIO MEMBER.
AND, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE IN THE ROOM REALLY ENDORSED US.
UH, THE ONE THING IN PARTICULAR, WE WERE, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ADVOCATING IS TO GET THE 14.2 ACRES.
UH, WHAT I'VE KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL SO FAR, AND I THINK IN THE FUTURE, IF IT'S APPROVED, WE COULD ALWAYS WORK OUT SOME OF THE, THE, THE, THE, UH, SMALLER ISSUES.
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IT WILL HAVE MORE OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF HOMES AND THE SMALLER LOTS.AND PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING THAT I ALWAYS ADVOCATE IS THAT THIS IS A VERY, THE 14.2 ACRES IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE DEVELOPED RIGHT AWAY, BUT LONG TERM, AS WE LOOK AT OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS IN THIS WONDERFUL TOWN, WE WILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, AN IDEAL PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS BASICALLY READY TO BE DEVELOPED FOR ACTIVE RECREATION THAT WILL COMPLIMENT EAST RENBROOK PARK.
I'M SURE AT THE FUTURE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE, WE CAN DISCUSS IT AND I'LL BE MORE AND GLAD TO HELP IN ANY WAY.
ANYBODY ELSE? GARRETT IS THERE? GARRETT, DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK? MICHELLE BROWN.
MICHELLE, BE ON IN JUST A MOMENT.
UM, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GET ANSWERED, BUT HOW BIG ARE THE LOT SIZES, UM, THEIR TOWN HOMES, UM, AND ALSO WHAT'S THE SET ASIDE FOR THAT? UM, IS IT 10, 12, 15? IS THERE A COMMITMENT FOR THAT? UM, AND ARE THESE CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE TOWN HOMES? ARE THEY ALL FOR SALE? LIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UH, ABOUT THAT.
AND, UM, IF THE SET ASIDE WOULD BE ASIDE LOW INCOME OR AFFORDABLE OR WORKING.
SO I, I WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT.
SO I'M GONNA GIVE MY TIME UP IF ANYBODY WOULD ANSWER THAT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THE APPLICANT WANNA THANK YOU.
UM, FIRST QUESTION ABOUT LOT SIZES.
THEY'RE PROPOSED THAT BETWEEN 18 AND 20,000 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE, UH, THERE ARE NO TOWN HOMES.
UH, AS PART OF THIS PROPOSAL, IT WAS ALL FEE SIMPLE, SINGLE FAMILY, UH, FOR SALE HOMES.
AND, UH, THIS PLAN DOES NOT HAVE AN AFFORDABILITY COMPONENT.
UM, THERE WAS A PLAN THAT DID HAVE THAT, IT WAS REJECTED BY THE TOWN, UNFORTUNATELY.
UM, AND, UH, THIS PLAN DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE THAT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, TO MS, UH, LIPSON'S QUESTION ABOUT THE ACREAGE.
UM, THE, UH, THE 39 ACRES DOES INCLUDE THE 14 ACRE PARK PARCEL.
HOWEVER, WHEN YOU REMOVE THAT, YOU STILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY 25.2 ACRES ON THE WESTERN PARCEL, WHICH DOES QUALIFY FOR THE CD OVERLAY ZONE AS BEING MINIMUM 25% PRESERVED OPEN SPACE.
I THOUGHT GARRETT HAD SAID IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS GONNA BE A SET ASIDE COMPONENT.
AND WHAT'S THE AVERAGE SALE PRICE OF THESE HOMES? UH, THE AVERAGE SALE PRICE OF THESE HOMES IS STILL BEING DETERMINED, GIVEN MARKET FLUCTUATIONS, BUT, UH, THE OWNER ANTICIPATES IT WOULD BE WITHIN 10% OF THE VALUES THAT WERE STUDIED UNDER THE F E I SS AND D E I SS, WHICH IS, I THINK IT WAS 1.2, APPROXIMATELY 1.2, I BELIEVE WAS A NUMBER THAT WAS PUT FORTH.
AND THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF BEDROOMS, I THINK IT WOULD BE FOUR.
UH, AVERAGE NUMBER WOULD BE FOUR.
SO 1.2 MILLION FOUR, FOUR BEDROOMS AND NO AFFORDABILITY COMPONENT.
IF THE TOWN DID NOT DO THAT WITH THAT NUMBER OF UNITS, THAT HOMES THAT ARE BEING, UM, BUILT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT WASN'T ADVOCATED FOR, THAT WASN'T HAPPENING AND THAT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
UH, IT'S JUST THIS, THIS HORRIBLE TO ME THAT THERE'S NO COMPONENT THERE FOR AFFORDABILITY OR LOW INCOME PEOPLE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THRIVING IN GREENBURG.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN THE, I CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR 10 DAYS.
[ 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, TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW CREATING A NEW CHAPTER OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ENTITLED LEAF BLOWERS REGULATION OF YARD AND LEAF BLOWERS TO REGULATE THE USE OF LEAF BLOWERS IN THE TOWN.DID YOU INTRODUCE THE LAW? SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF.
I DIDN'T HEAR WE DID AT THE BEGINNING.
YOU DID BOTH OF 'EM AT THE SAME TIME.
I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE HEARING.
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ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.UH, WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PROPOSED LEAF BLOWERS? YES.
ACTUALLY, WERE YOU ACTUALLY RECORDING WHEN WE INTRODUCED THEM? MAYBE NOT.
YOU SAID THE, WE WERE DOING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE LOCAL, I'M JUST, I I JUST NEED TO GO BACK MYSELF, JOE.
I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION.
THE LOCAL LAWS FOR USE OF VIDEO CONFERENCING AND CONSIDER ZONING, TEXTS AND ZONING MAC, THEY WERE VOTED ON THE THREE LOCAL, THE DECISIONS WERE NO, WE DIDN'T DO THE DECISIONS.
I'M, WE'RE DOING THE INTRODUCTION, THE, I'M SORRY.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO THE TWO LOCAL LAWS WERE VOTED ON? NO, THE, THE, WE WERE JUST INTRODUCING THEM BEFORE WE HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DOESN'T, WE DIDN'T, ALL WE DID WAS INTRODUCE THEM.
SO THE, UH, LEAD BLOWERS, PAUL, YOU OPENED AND WHO'S SECOND? KEN.
MANNY, DO YOU STILL WANNA SPEAK ON, ON THE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE SONOGRAPHY.
UM, MANNY URIS, RESIDENT, 1 27 JUNIPER HILL ROAD.
UM, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
I ALSO LIKE TO THANK, THANK, UH, MR. FINER FOR PUTTING IT ON, UH, ONE OF THOSE, UH, NOTICES ON THE EMAIL.
'CAUSE IT REALLY HELPS COMMUNITY PEOPLE, UM, IF THEY DO THE READING.
UM, MY, MY CONCERN WHEN IT COMES TO THE LEAF BLOWERS, UM, IT'S, I, I DON'T UN, I DON'T KNOW IF THE DUE DILIGENCE WAS DONE AS FAR AS THE IMPACT TO HEALTH AND SAFETY TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NOISES.
I MEAN, I, I HAVE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT NOISES IN MY COMMUNITY AS WELL AS MY NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT, IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T RAISE TO THE LEVEL OF BEING A DANGER.
UM, UH, I'LL ADDRESS THE, THE, THE NOISE PART.
THE NOISE PART IS, THE DANGER OF THE NOISE IS MOSTLY ON THE PEOPLE WHO ARE USING THE EQUIPMENT.
BUT IF YOU'RE IN YOUR HOME ACROSS THE STREET, AND THE DECIBELS NEVER REACH THAT LEVEL OF DANGER.
THE SECOND PART IS PARTICULATES.
THE PARTICULATES ARE ALSO THE DANGER TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE USING IT.
THE PART, THE KIND OF PARTICULATES THAT ARE BEING BLOWN UP ARE VERY HEAVY, AND THEY ACTUALLY FALL VERY QUICKLY.
WE SHOULD BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT PLASTIC IN OUR AIR, WHICH IS WE'RE BREATHING IN EVERY DAY.
THEN THE, THE DUST THAT IT KICKS UP, THOSE ARE THE TWO ITEMS THAT I THINK SHOULD BE LOOKED AT MORE SERIOUSLY, BECAUSE I THINK THE DATA DOES NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH, ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR YOU TO DECIDE TO BLOCK LEAF BLOWERS.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS LAW OF SOMEBODY THAT'S BEING BOTHERED BECAUSE AFTER THE PANDEMIC, THEY WERE LOCKED AT HOME OR STAYING MORE TIME IN THEIR, IN THEIR COMMUNITY, AND NOW THEY HEAR THE LEAF BLOWERS ARE UPSET ABOUT IT, THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE PAYING FOR IT ARE THE PEOPLE WHO USE LANDSCAPERS, WHO WILL HAVE TO EITHER HIRE MORE PEOPLE AND TO TAKE MORE TIME TO CLEAN THE YARDS.
SO EITHER THEY PAY LESS TO THE, THEY DON'T PAY FOR THE MANPOWER THAT IT'S BEING NECESSARY, OR, OR THEY PAY MORE.
SO EITHER THE HOMEOWNER OR THE LANDSCAPER ARE GOING TO BE PLACED FOR THIS ANNOYANCE THAT SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE MINUTES, MAYBE LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR IN, IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.
THE OTHER PART IS THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY DO THEIR CLEANING IN THEIR HOMES, YOU KNOW, THEY ALSO HAVE A RIGHT TO THE COMFORT AND THE ABILITY TO DO IT AS SAFELY AS EASILY AS POSSIBLE.
AND IF THEY HAVE TO SPEND LIKE HOURS, TIME IS MONEY TO CLEAN THEIR YARDS BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ALLOWING THEM TO USE A, A FORM OF EQUIPMENT.
MAYBE WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IS ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM OF THE SOUND, MITIGATING THE SOUND OF THE MACHINERY, AS WELL AS PROTECTING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE USING THE MACHINERY.
SOMEBODY ACROSS THE STREET OR DOWN THE BLOCK THAT HEARS A LEAF BLOWER IS NOT GOING TO BE HARMED BY THE SOUND
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WAVES.THEY'RE NOT, OR THE PARTICULATES.
IT HA DO WE HAVE TO HAVE HARDER DATA THAN JUST SOMEBODY COMPLAINING ABOUT IT? WE ARE, WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T FALL VICTIM TO THE NIMBYISM THAT I'VE SEEN TODAY IN ALL THE HEARINGS AS WELL AS THE, ALL THE KARENS IN THE WORLDS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY COMPLAINING AND CALLING IN TO COMPLAIN ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT AFFECTS OUR LIFE BECAUSE WE BECOME HYPER SENSITIVE TO THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE LIVE IN.
ANYBODY ELSE? YES, ELLA, BACK AGAIN.
WHICH HEARING DID YOU OPEN UP? UM, YOU HAVE TWO OF THEM LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
ONE ABOUT CHAPTER 3 74 AND ONE ABOUT CHAPTER THREE 80.
ARE WE SEPARATING THEM OR WHAT ARE WE DOING RIGHT NOW? WE OPENED UP THE 3 74.
I WENT ON THE WEBSITE AS LATE AS ABOUT FIVE O'CLOCK TODAY.
I, I COULD FIND NOTHING POSTED ABOUT THIS NEW LEGISLATION THAT YOU ARE INTRODUCING TONIGHT AND HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING ON.
SO, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO NITPICK, UM, THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS, BUT HOW CAN I DO THAT? IF YOU DIDN'T PROVIDE A COPY OF THIS LAW TO ANYONE? UM, THERE'S NOTHING OUT AT THE DESK OUT THERE, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I WILL TELL YOU IF, AND, AND I'LL DO IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE'S NO SENSE OF COMING BACK UP HERE ON THE SECOND HEARING THAT YOU'RE HOLDING ON THE NOISE ORDINANCE.
I WAS ABLE TO GO BACK ON JULY 3RD AND MR. FINER PUT OUT A GB BLAST ON JULY 3RD THAT SAID THAT YOU'RE, UM, CHANGING THE NOISE ORDINANCE, UM, SECTION THREE 80 DASH SEVEN DASH L.
UM, I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE WORDING OF THIS.
UM, SOME OF IT MAKES NO SENSE, BUT, UM, AS FAR AS THE FIRST ONE, WHERE CAN WE GET A COPY OF WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING? HOW, HOW DO WE KNOW HOW TO ADDRESS A PUBLIC HEARING IF YOU DON'T PROVIDE A COPY? IS THERE SOMETHING, MR. SHIN, YOU HAVE YOUR COMPUTER THERE.
IS THERE SOMETHING POSTED ON TONIGHT? IT WASN'T AT FIVE O'CLOCK, I CAN TELL YOU THERE WAS NO ATTACHMENT TO EITHER ONE OF THESE HEARINGS.
THIS, THE ONLY ATTACHMENT WAS THAT YOU WERE GONNA SAY QUESTION, NOT A QUESTION.
I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT I HAVE TO WAIT FOR A QUESTION BEFORE I RESPOND WHILE YOU'RE SPEAKING.
WELL, I, THERE'S NOTHING I CAN RESPOND TO ON THIS BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THE LAW.
LET'S SEE IF I CLICK ON IT, I I WISH SOMEBODY WOULD TELL ME WHERE YOU GET PERHAPS OUR NEW TOWN ATTORNEY.
ARE YOU INTERIM? I AM INTERIM, YES, MA'AM.
UM, MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN TELL ME, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO EVEN BEGIN TO LOOK.
UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE, THE WORDING AND LAWS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT YOU, YOU NEED TO PROVIDE SOMETHING AND I CAN FIND NO COPY OF IT ANYWHERE.
WELL, THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND AT YESTERDAY'S MEETING AT YESTERDAY'S WORK SESSION, THERE WAS A QUESTION AS TO WHAT VERSION DO WE PUT UP? AND FOR TWO MEETINGS NOW WE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO CHANGE THE PUBLIC, THE, UH, THE LAW BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF THE LAW THAT WE HAVE, UH, STATED.
AND I BELIEVE, PAUL, DIDN'T YOU PUT THE NOISE ORDINANCE OUT ON THE GB LIST? YEAH, I DID THAT.
WE HAVE NOT CHANGED IT, EVEN THOUGH MANY OF US DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT'S THERE.
WE'RE JUST GETTING ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
ARE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE ORIGINAL ONE THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT? ONLY ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY.
I, I I THAT THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE LAW.
WELL, HOW CAN WE ADDRESS IT IF YOU DON'T PUT IT UP THERE?
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UM, I I I AM, I AM SORRY.I, I, I HAVE TO CHECK TO SEE WHAT'S UP THERE TONIGHT, BUT WE'VE HAD IT UP AND WE'VE DISCUSSED IT AND WE HAVE MADE, AND PAUL HAS PUT IT OUT ON GB LIST, UH, TO, AND AGAIN, WE DIDN'T WANT TO CONFUSE ANYBODY BY CHANGING IT INCREMENTALLY.
WE WANTED TO GET EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS ON WHAT HAS BEEN OUT THERE.
I SAW THE TUESDAY AND THURSDAY.
TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT? I SAW THAT, UM, I KNEW YOU WERE CHANGING THE LAW, SO I DIDN'T GO BACK AND NITPICK THAT VERSION OF THE LAW TO TELL YOU WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE WORDING, BUT AS EVERETT CALLED BACK, SHE ASKED ME A QUESTION.
THAT'S WHY I'M DOING, THERE WAS SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE WORDING BACK THEN.
SO, UM, IF, IF YOU JUST WANNA PASS LAWS AND PUT THEM ON THE BOOK AND, UM, UH, AND YESTERDAY I DID HEAR YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ENFORCE THE LAW, YOU'LL GO AROUND AND WE'RE GONNA SEND OUR FEW POLICE OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE TO, UH, UM, TELL PEOPLE THIS IS A WARNING AND, AND, UH, UM, I GUESS WE OUGHT TO BRING THE 10 PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, WE HAD HERE TONIGHT AND, AND EMPLOY THEM SEPARATELY FOR GIVING WARNINGS TO LEAF BLOWERS.
BUT ARE YOU GOING TO HOLD THE HEARING ON THE SECOND ONE? I WILL TELL YOU WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS LAW.
YOU WANT THIS TO SPEAK? YEAH, I DIDN'T SIGN THE ADVANCE.
UH, YEAH, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, BRIAN LATTON, UH, 27 OLD TERRYTOWN ROAD RIGHT UP THE HILL, ACTUALLY, UH, COULD YOU SPELL YOUR LAST NAME? UH, L A V E E T A N.
AND IT'S BRIAN WITH A Y I SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT FOR MANNY TOO.
UH, I APPRECIATE THE, MY FIRST TOWN HALL, UH, LIVED IN GREENBURG FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW.
UM, SO, UH, AS ANNIE ALSO MENTIONED, A LOT OF THIS HAS BEGUN, UH, AS A RESULT OF COVID AND LOTS OF PEOPLE BEING HOME, PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T HOME DURING THE DAY WHEN MOST OF THE LANDSCAPERS HAPPEN, UH, AS SOMEBODY WHO WORKS REMOTE.
UH, I'VE BEEN HOME THE WHOLE TIME.
THOSE, THOSE LEAF BLOWERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE.
UM, I WORK A LOT OF OFF SHIFTS, RANDOM HOURS.
SHE'S 1:00 AM TO 9:00 AM UH, SO HER WAKING HOURS ARE DURING THE NIGHT AND SLEEPING IS DURING THE MORNING, MOSTLY WHEN LANDSCAPERS ARE OUT.
UM, MY CONCERN WITH THE BILL IS THAT IT REALLY ONLY HELPS THE PEOPLE WHO WORK NINE TO FIVE.
UM, I UNDERSTAND NOISE IS A PROBLEM AND CERTAINLY A CONCERN, BUT NOT EVERYBODY IS AWAKE AND WORKING DURING THOSE HOURS.
SO REDUCING THE TIME AND NARROWING THE WINDOW OF WHEN PEOPLE CAN DO THIS, UH, AND MAINTAINING THEIR LAWN, AND ESPECIALLY MYSELF, WHO DOESN'T HAVE ALL THOSE HOURS, UH, MAKES IT ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT.
AND IT, AS MANY ALSO MENTIONED, BOILS DOWN TO JUST NOISE, WHICH IS THE SECOND ONE YOU'LL BE OPENING AFTER THIS.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO ADDRESS IT, IS IT'S A NOISE PROBLEM.
SO IF IT'S A NOISE COMPLAINT, YOU ADDRESS IT BASED ON THE VOLUME, THE DISRUPTION, THE, UM, EXCUSE ME, THE, UH, IMPACT OF PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ADDRESS IT THAT WAY WITH WARNINGS AND FINES AND AS NEEDED.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO REGULATE HOW THE ACTUAL WORK GETS DONE, AS LONG AS IT FITS THE LEGAL REQUIREMENT OF THE, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE JOB DONE, NOT IMPACTING ANYTHING ELSE, AND FITTING WITHIN THE SOUND AND DECIBEL LIMITS SET BY THE TOWN AND STATE.
UM, THAT WAS REALLY ALL MY STATEMENT, SO THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK THEN? I'D LIKE TO, UH, CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR 10 DAYS.
[ 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]
CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW AMENDING SECTION 3 87.HAVE THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG NOISE REGULATING THE USE OF LEAF BLOWERS IN, UH, IN THE TOWN OF, UM, YOU KNOW, GREENBURG.
COULD WE, UH, INCORPORATE, UH, ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE IN THE LAST HEARING AND THIS ONE, YOU KNOW, AS WELL, SO PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO SPEAK TWICE, CAN WE MIX THE COMMENTS? I GUESS WE COULD.
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I THINK THAT ELLA WANTED YEAH, NO, SHE WANTS TO SPEAK.ELLA, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK AGAIN? IS THERE SOMEBODY ELSE WHO SIGNED UP THAT FIRST? YOU'RE HERE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CLOSE TO THE PODIUM.
WHEN JUDITH GETS BACK, WE CAN ADDRESS ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE OUT OF TURN.
UM, OKAY, THIS, AND I'M PRESUMING WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS WHAT WAS POSTED ON, UM, JULY 3RD BY YOU, MR. FINER? YOU, YOU PUT IT UP ON THE, THE GB LIST.
UM, BY THE WAY, JUST TO CORRECT THE RECORD, I DON'T THINK IT'S, I YOU MENTIONED IT WAS 3 87.
UM, BUT SOMEBODY WILL CHECK ON THAT.
UM, UH, THI THIS SIMPLY SAYS THAT, UM, ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAYS AND ON THE WEEKENDS, AM I READING THIS CORRECT? THAT, UM, GARDENERS CAN DO IT TOO ON THE WEEKENDS, BUT THEN THE STRANGE WORDING ABOUT WHEN USED BUY OR ON BEHALF OF RESIDENTS OR INDIVIDUALS RENTING, UM, WHY, WHY THE DISTINCTION? UM, SHOULD IT BE OWNER RESIDENTS OR, I, I, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT THE DISTINCTION IS.
AND, AND THEN, UM, FURTHER ON DOWN, THAT'S THE ADDITION TO IT.
UM, YOU CROSS OUT THE WORD GASOLINE POWERED, UM, UH, YOU, UM, CROSS OUT LEAF BLOWERS OR OTHER POWERED LAWN.
UM, WHY, WHY THIS STRANGE WORDING? I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
UM, UH, YOU MAKE NO MENTION IN HERE.
THIS PROVISION OF THE CODE DOES ALLOW FOR FINES.
YESTERDAY, MR. FINER SAID THAT YOU WEREN'T GOING TO FIND ANYBODY, UM, YOU WERE JUST GOING TO ISSUE WARNINGS, UM, THIS YEAR.
IS THAT TRUE WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO? IF SO, THAT DISTINCTION HAS TO BE CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD BY EVERYONE INVOLVED.
UM, I, I JUST, AND, AND WHY WE NEED THIS SEPARATE AT THE BOTTOM PUBLIC WORKS AND PARK AND REC EMPLOYEES, THAT THEY CAN OPERATE YARD AND LEAF BLOWERS DURING THESE HOURS OF EIGHT TO FOUR ON DAYS THAT BLOWERS ARE PERMITTED.
WHY A DISTINCTION OF DIFFERENT TIMES? IS THERE A REASON FOR THIS? UM, UM, YOU, YOU JUST, YOU, YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT OUR, OUR CODES.
UM, WE, WE, IT TOOK US 50 YEARS TO GET RID OF THE HOTEL PROVISIONS.
UM, SO YOU WEREN'T ARRESTING PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T MARRIED, WHO WERE GOING TO HOTELS, UH, YOU WEREN'T HERE, ELLEN.
I'M HOPING IT WON'T TAKE US 50 YEARS TO FINALLY CLEAN UP SOME OF THIS.
BUT THERE, I I URGE YOU TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS.
YOU REALLY DON'T WANT US TO RESPOND TO WHAT THE ACTUAL LAW IS GOING TO SAY BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET COPIES OF IT.
UM, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
A ANYONE ELSE? I HAD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN THE HEARING AND, UH, CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR 10 DAYS.
NOW, UM, WE SHOULD HAVE, UH, THE, UH, THE PUBLIC C**S, I'M JUST SORT OF WONDERING BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE VOTING ON, UM, THE, UH, ONE-WAY DESIGNATION.
AND YESTERDAY WE INDICATED, UM, THAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE SERGEANT REON, UM, GIVE US A, A REPORT.
SHOULD WE DO THAT NOW IN CA BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THAT ISSUE.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND HE IS COMING ON GREAT MINDS.
SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE US A SUMMARY OF YOUR FINDINGS?
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SURE.UH, SO WE HAD SOME TIME TO REVIEW THE STATISTICS BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER THE INSTALLATION OF THE ONE-WAY CIRCUIT.
I'M GONNA REFER TO IT AS I'M AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED.
UH, WE KNOW THAT ON MOUNT JOY AVENUE, THE AVERAGE DAILY VOLUME OF VEHICLES DECREASED.
WE KNOW THAT ON ROBIN HILL IT INCREASED SLIGHTLY AND ON HENRY STREET IT INCREASED PRETTY SUBSTANTIALLY.
UH, HENRY STREET IS A WIDER STREET.
IT ALSO HAS SIDEWALKS ALREADY BUILT IN THERE.
UM, PART OF THE REASONING BEHIND THIS ONE WAY IS WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE ABILITY AND THE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO INSTALL A SHORT SECTION OF SIDEWALK, WHICH WOULD CONNECT MOUNT JOY AVENUE ALONG ROBIN HILL TO HENRY STREET AND THE REAR OF THE SILLY PLACE SCHOOL.
THE PROBLEM IN DOING SO WOULD NARROW THE ROAD BY AT LEAST THREE FEET, AND THE, THE ROAD IS NARROWER THAN A STANDARD WIDTH AS IT SITS.
IF WE WERE ABLE TO INSTALL THIS SIDEWALK, MAKE THIS ROAD ONE WAY, A LOT OF TRAFFIC WOULD THEN COME DOWN ONTO MOUNT JOY TO MAKE THE LEFT TURN OR RIGHT TURN ONTO THE ONE WAY.
THE MOUNT JOY SECTION IS AN ONLY AN 18 FOOT WIDE ROAD.
AND TO HAVE NOW AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN USE IN THE LANES OF TRAFFIC AND TWO-WAY TRAFFIC AND PEOPLE CUTTING THROUGH TO GET TO OLD ARMY WOULD JUST CREATE RISK AND CREATE A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN VERSUS VEHICLE CONFLICTS POTENTIALLY.
SO WE CONDUCTED A TEST PERIOD OF A ONE-WAY CIRCUIT, AND IT SEEMS TO HAVE WORKED.
WE HAVE A LOT MORE PEOPLE ABLE TO WALK IN THE STREET AND A LOT MORE ROOM FOR VEHICLES TO MANEUVER AROUND PEOPLE.
ONES WHO DO SEEM TO BE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE MOUNT JOY ONE WAY ARE THOSE WHO USE IT AS A CUT THROUGH TO GET FROM CENTRAL AVENUE TO OLD ARMY IN EITHER THE TRAIN STATION OFF LEY ROAD IN SCARSDALE OR THE EDGEMONT HIGH SCHOOL.
THE SPEEDS ARE ON MOUNT JOY AND ROBIN HILL, BOTH BELOW THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT AND HENRY STREET.
THE AVERAGE SPEED IS AT THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT.
THE ONLY CONDITION BEING THAT ON HENRY STREET DURING SCHOOL HOURS IS A 15 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT, AND THE AVERAGE SPEED IS 10 MILES AN HOUR OVER THE SCHOOL SPEED LIMIT, WHICH IS WHY WE WERE CONSIDERING INSTALLING A SPEED HUMP AT CERTAIN LOCATIONS TO SLOW DOWN SOME OF THE TRAFFIC.
BUT THAT IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE ONE-WAY CIRCUIT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? SO YOUR CONCLUSION, SO THE CONCLUSION IS IF WE WANT TO INSTALL THE SIDEWALK ON THE SHORT SECTION OF ROBIN HILL, THEN I BELIEVE THE ONE-WAY CIRCUIT IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF PEDESTRIANS USING IT.
AND YOU FEEL THAT THIS, THE EXPERIMENT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL? I DO.
WELL, THE EXPERIMENT WAS TO GATHER DATA AND YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE CHARACTERIZING ITS SUCCESSFUL IS MEANING THAT, UH, THE ONE WAY IS THE BEST WAY TO GO FOR, FOR SAFETY PURPOSES.
IT, IT, FOR MOUNT JOY BEING A NARROW ROAD, IT, IT REDUCES THE POTENTIAL FOR PEDESTRIAN VEHICLE CONFLICT BECAUSE DURING THE SCHOOL HOURS WHEN DRIVERS ARE COMING DOWN, MOUNT JOY FROM OLD ARMY, AND NOW WE, IF YOU HAD DRIVERS GOING UP MOUNT JOY FROM CENTRAL TO GET TO OLD ARMY, TO THE HIGH SCHOOL OR THE TRAIN STATION, AND IN AN NARROW ROAD THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SIX FEET BELOW, EIGHT FEET BELOW A CURRENT STANDARD, YOU'RE COMPETING WITH WALKING LANES FOR PEOPLE IN THE STREET VEHICLE, TWO-WAY TRAFFIC AND PARKED CARS.
UM, HAVE I, I GOT A COUPLE EMAILS, UH, TODAY FROM PEOPLE SAYING THAT SOME CARS ARE STILL GOING THE WRONG WAY.
IS THAT, UM, IS THAT, UH, A PROBLEM, UM, AND A MAJOR PROBLEM AND, YOU KNOW, DO YOU THINK THAT'S GONNA BE ADDRESSED SUCCESSFULLY? YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT SUCCESSFULLY THROUGH SOME ENHANCEMENTS.
ONCE, IF THE ONE-WAY CIRCUIT IS TO BE PERMANENT, UM, THERE ARE SOME DESIGNS THAT WE CAN MAKE IT, THAT WE CAN INSTALL THAT WOULD MAKE IT A LOT MORE OBVIOUS AND WE'LL HAVE TO JUST SCHEDULE SOME PERIODIC ENFORCEMENT JUST TO REINFORCE THE ONE-WAY.
UH, WE HAD DISCUSSED THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS GONNA BE PERMANENT OR NOT, AND OBVIOUSLY YOU DIDN'T WANNA DO A,
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YOU KNOW, A BULB OUT, UH, IF IT WASN'T GOING TO BE PERMANENT, BUT ISN'T, AREN'T THERE SOME TEMPORARY BARRIER OR, OR EVEN A, YOU KNOW, A POLICE BARRICADE THAT WOULD KEEP THEM FROM MAKING THE TURN INTO WHAT THEY THINK AS A TRAVEL LANE.DID DO THAT ON ONE STREET? YES, WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE, WHAT ARE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PORTABLE CURBS.
UM, THEY JUST GET BOLTED TO THE STREET, VERY SIMILAR OR IDENTICAL TO THE ONES WE INSTALLED RECENTLY ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE.
SO IT'S A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL CURB WITH A DELINEATOR POST AND IT'S HIGH VISIBILITY YELLOW.
UH, WE CAN INSTALL SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND IT MAKES IT VERY OBVIOUS AND, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, GOD FORBID SOMETHING HAPPENED, YOU COULD STILL DRIVE OVER IT.
IN TERMS OF THE SIDEWALK ON ROBIN HILL, YOU KNOW, THE SHORT SIDEWALK THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO THIS YEAR, UH, WE HAD GOTTEN, UM, AN EMAIL FROM, UH, MR. GROTON WHO'S, YOU KNOW, HERE, YOU KNOW, TODAY.
AND I WONDER IF YOU, I THINK I COPIED YOU.
AND, UM, I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU HAD SEEN THE FIRE DISTRICT'S, UM, UM, EMAIL AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE A RESPONSE TO THAT.
UM, THE, THE QUESTION I BELIEVE IS THE, THE ROBIN HILL SECTION WE'RE GONNA SPEAK TO, BECAUSE THAT'S READY TO, TO GO ONCE THIS BECOMES PERMANENT.
WE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE MET OUT ON TWO OR THREE OCCASIONS.
WE TOOK MEASUREMENTS, WE PUT THEIR VEHICLES ON THE ROADWAY, UM, AND WITH THE MEASUREMENTS AND THE CHIEF OF THE GREENVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, SEEMED COMFORTABLE WITH BEING ABLE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE ON THE ROADWAY.
I, MY GIST OF THAT LETTER WAS, I, ARE YOU AGREEING WITH THAT MR. GROIN? IF I MAY, I BELIEVE YOU COULD HEAR ME FROM YOUR NO, NO, NO.
YOU NEED, YOU NEED A MICROPHONE,
AND YOU WHAT? I'LL DO THE BEST I CAN.
I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONS OF GREENVILLE FIRE DISTRICT.
AS WE SET IN OUR NOTE, WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE OBJECTIVE OF PROTECTING STUDENTS AND PEDESTRIANS ON THE SIDEWALK IS LAUDABLE AND SHOULD BE FOLLOWED AT THE SAME TIME.
THE ALT, THE CONCURRENT OBJECTIVE OF PROVIDING ADEQUATE PASSAGE FOR THE FIRE APPARATUS AND AMBULANCES AND AS WELL AS TOWN VEHICLES NEEDS TO BE FOLLOWED.
WE KNOW THAT DURING THIS DESIGN PROCESS, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF CHANGES.
THEY WERE DISCUSSED WITH SERGEANT RESON, UH, COM, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, F AND OTHERS FROM D P W AND A SITE VISIT, AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, AT THIS POINT, THE AVAILABLE TRAFFIC LANE WILL BE 13 FEET.
OUR EXISTING FIRE APPARATUS IS NINE FEET, SIX INCHES WIDE.
WE HAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO TURN AND ACCESS THE ROADWAY.
IT IS NOT SUMPTUOUS, BUT IT IS NO WORSE THAN SOME OTHER STREETS IN THAT CENTURY.
UH, OLD NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE BRETTON ROAD AND SOME OTHER AREAS.
UH, AND THE ISSUE IS, THE ONLY REASON WE SENT THE LETTER IS WE DON'T HAVE A FINALIZED PLAN.
IT CHANGED AS SITE CONDITIONS BECAME APPARENT.
THERE WERE SOME ROCK OUT CROPPINGS, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME MECHANICAL SYSTEMS THAT NEEDED TO BE ACCOMMODATED, ALL APPARENT ENGINEERING ISSUES.
IF A SIDEWALK FOR SOME REASON IS MOVE FURTHER OUT INTO THE STREET, THAT IS OUR CONCERN.
GUS WOULD, OUR CHIEF WOULD HAVE TO REMEASURE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN ADEQUATE PASSAGE LANE.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AND COME OUT INTO THE STREET WITH OUR KNOW, WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, WE THINK IT'S, IT'S WORKABLE.
DID I RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTION, SIR? YES, INDEED.
AND MY GIST, WHICH WAS, I WAS GOING TO SAY, BUT IT'S BETTER TO HEAR FROM YOU.
MY GIST OF THAT WAS YOU ARE AGREEING WITH WHAT'S PROPOSED, BUT YOU WANT TO BE KEPT IN THE LOOP SO THAT WHATEVER IS DONE, PARTICULARLY IF THERE'S A CHANGE, A FURTHER ENCROACHMENT, UH, THAT YOU BE ADVISED NOT AFTER IT'S DONE AND PUT UP BUT IN ADVANCE SO THERE COULD BE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS OUT IN THE, IN THE STREET.
THAT'S, THAT'S HOW I READ THE LETTER THAT NO OTHER CHANGE OCCURS, THAT THAT CHIEF SPEEDIER HAS KEPT, UH, APPRISED AND WE'RE IN THE LOOP.
AND I KNOW SERGEANT REON WANTS TO KEEP US THAT WAY TOO, BECAUSE NOT JUST OUR RIGS, IT'S THE TOWN VEHICLES THAT HAVE TO GET THROUGH TO PICK UP TRASH TO CLEAR STREETS.
SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS THEY WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
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ANYTHING? I, I DO WANT TO SAY, JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET EMAILS.THERE IS A RESOLUTION ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA APPROVING THIS, THAT, THAT ITEM WAS PUT ON THE, UH, AGENDA TODAY.
UH, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW WE WERE GONNA GO WITH THIS UNTIL WE GOT THE REPORT FROM SERGEANT RESON WHO GAVE, BASICALLY GAVE US A, UH, SPOILER ALERT YESTERDAY AT THE TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION.
AND AFTER HEARING HIS POSITION AND THAT IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY, WE SHOULD CONTINUE THIS PERMANENTLY, WE THEN PREPARED THAT RESOLUTION.
THE AGENDA THAT WENT OUT OVER THE WEEKEND STATED THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE A DECISION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, RIGHT? WHAT KIND OF A RESOLUTION IS THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE A DECISION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT WE COULDN'T DO ANY BETTER THAN THAT, UH, BECAUSE WE HAD NOT HEARD FROM SERGEANT REON.
AND SECONDLY, WE HAD TO ACT TONIGHT BECAUSE THE ONE WAY DESIGNATION EXPIRES THIS FRIDAY.
SO WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING, EITHER STOP IT OR CONTINUE IN IT.
SO DON'T THINK THE FACT THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO VOTE ON DOING THIS, THAT THIS WAS A FOREGONE CONCLUSION FOR A LONG TIME.
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ELSE LIKE TO COMMENT ABOUT ANYTHING? NO.THEN, UH, WE COULD GO TO, ONTO THE AGENDA.
I BELIEVE THERE'S, UH, ONE SPEAKER ON ZOOM, UH, MS. SWAN? YES.
THERE'S SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO, UM, COMMENT DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SEGMENT.
ELLA, I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT YOU SHOULD JUST STAY RIGHT UP HERE BECAUSE NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, SO GARRETT, YOU HAVE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS ALSO FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WELL, ACTUALLY, WHY DON'T WE HAVE ELLA FIRST? BECAUSE, UH, WE LET THE PUBLIC SPEAK FOR THE PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP, RIGHT? OKAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE, BUT I CAME TONIGHT BECAUSE MY GRANDSON WAS ONE OF THE POLICE OFFICERS YOU WERE APPOINTING TONIGHT.
AND SO ONCE YOU GOT ME HERE, YOU KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO GET
UM, UH, UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS.
YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE SS UM, ZONING CHANGES.
AND I WROTE YOU ALL THREE SEPARATE EMAILS.
UM, UH, UM, I STILL, GARRETT DID CALL ME AND WE DISCUSSED SOME OF THEM.
UM, I, I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS.
HE, HE SENT ME A RED LINE VERSION.
AND ON THE, UM, DEFINITION OF RESTAURANTS, NUMBER ONE, YOU SHOULD PUT AN SS ON THE WORD CAR HOP.
OTHERWISE THE SENTENCE DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
OKAY? UM, ON PAGE FIVE, UNDER SPECIAL PERMITS, UM, THERE, THERE IS, UM, THIS IS FOR FULLY ENCLOSED, UM, COMMERCIAL, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, UM, GREATER THAN 5,000 SQUARE FEET IN THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT.
THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE PROVISIONS.
THEY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS COPY.
AND I'M QUESTIONING WHY ONE HAS TO DO WITH MINIMUM LOT SIZE AND THE OTHER HAS TO DO WITH HAVING TO HAVE PLANTINGS BETWEEN THE ADJACENT STREET AND AS THERE A REASON WHY IT HAS BEEN DELETED FROM WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU HERE.
AND THE THIRD THING I WANT TO SAY IS WE DO NOT NEED ANY CAR DEALERSHIPS.
GOD KNOWS WE DON'T NEED A CAR DEALERSHIP ON THE INTERSECTION OF WAREHOUSE LANE AND NINE A, IF ANY OF YOU EVER COME OVER THERE AND YOU SEE THE U P SS TRUCKS, THE AMAZON TRUCKS, UM, ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK, UM, YOU, YOU CANNOT CREATE SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO HAVE A CAR CARRIER EVEN TRYING TO GET IN A LOT.
AND THERE WOULD BE NO WAY TO GET IN THE LOT.
NONE OF THE, UM, LOTS ARE 40,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO I, I ASKED YOU, PLEASE DELETE CAR DEALERSHIPS.
I DON'T THINK YOU NEED ONE WHERE BENJAMIN STEAKHOUSE IS, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU NEED ONE, UM, ON THE CORNER OF, UM, OF GRASSLANDS ROAD WHERE THE CABIN RESTAURANT IS.
UM, I I I JUST THINK IT'S A POOR ADDITION AND, AND I URGE YOU TO DELETE THAT FROM THE CHANGES.
UM, SHORT OF THAT, I WILL TELL YOU I STILL FEEL VERY STRONGLY IF I WERE SITTING ON THAT BOARD, I WOULD BE EMBARRASSED BY SOME OF WHAT IS IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
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TIME TO DO AN OVERHAUL.UM, ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL REORGANIZATION MEETING, FRANCIS, I SEE YOU ARE STILL THE LIAISON TO THE ZORK.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT ZORK ZONING ORDINANCE REVISION COMMITTEE, UM, HASN'T BEEN IN EXISTENCE NOW SINCE 2009, I THINK.
YOU SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED THAT YOU'RE STILL FLOUTING, UH, A 1980 LAW, WHICH IS WHAT OUR ZONING CODE IS CALLED.
IT'S THE 1980 ZONING ORDINANCE.
SO YOU REALLY DO NEED TO UPDATE IT.
THE OTHER THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT VERY BRIEFLY IS I'M THE ONE WHO HAS BEEN YELLING OUT TONIGHT ABOUT, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
I STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING AND EVERYBODY HEARS ME FINE.
IS IT BECAUSE MY VOICE CARRIES BETTER IN THE ROOM OR, OR I'M THE RIGHT HEIGHT FOR THIS MICROPHONE? BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, EVEN WORSE THAN THAT IS I WATCHED YOUR BOARD MEETINGS ON MY TELEVISION AND I HAVE TO TURN THE VOLUME UP.
AND IT'S NOT JUST THE TOWN BOARD, IT'S FOR ZONING BOARD OR PLANNING BOARD, OR I HAVE TO TURN THE VOLUME UP SO THAT IF I FORGET TO PUT IT BACK DOWN BEFORE I CHANGE CHANNELS, I FEAR I'M GONNA BLOW MY SPEAKERS ON THE TELEVISION SET.
NOW I HAVE VERIZON FOR MY CARRIER.
WE'VE BEEN SPENDING MONEY LIKE CRAZY ON THE TELEVISION, UM, HERE, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE BRINGING IN OVER A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR IN FRANCHISE FEES AND ANOTHER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN PEG FEES.
AND SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE TO FIX THE AUDIO PROBLEMS IF THESE MICROPHONES, AND THIS HAPPENED YESTERDAY WITH YOUR WORK SESSION TOO.
SO YOU KNOW, EVERY, EVERY NOW AND YEAH,
BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I WILL SEE GINA LEAN OVER AND TURN ON PAUL'S MICROPHONE AND THAT HELPS SOMETIME.
BUT THERE, THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE AUDIO SYSTEM AND I URGE YOU TO PLEASE, UM, SERIOUSLY TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
ANYBODY ELSE?
UH, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON, ON SOMETHING THE FINE LADY BROUGHT UP ABOUT, UH, CAR DEALERSHIPS.
CAR DEALERSHIPS ARE A BLIGHT, OKAY? THEY DON'T ADD ANYTHING TO COMMUNITY.
THEY DON'T DO COMMUNITY BUILDING.
THEY SHOULD BE BILLED BY AIRPORTS.
OKAY, TIMECLOCK, YEAH, I'M NOT GONNA STAY HERE THAT LONG, BUT I'M JUST TELLING YOU THE PART THAT THE CAR DEALERSHIPS HAVE BECOME A, A SIMPLE SOLUTION TO A COMMUNITY PROBLEM OF, OF CREATING BUSINESSES.
WHAT PEOPLE COME TO CAR DEALERSHIPS AND DO THEY STOP, BUY A CAR, LOOK AT THE CAR, TAKE IT OUT.
AND, AND, AND WHAT WE DO WHEN WE PUT A CAR DEALERSHIP IN OUR COMMUNITY IS CREATE A DRIVE-THROUGH A DRIVE-THROUGH.
IT DOESN'T BUILD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, IT DOESN'T BUILD COMMUNITY BUSINESS, IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND MY IMPROVEMENT, THE TAX RATE, THE TAX, THE TAX, THE TAX REVENUES A LITTLE BIT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE'S MORE THAN JUST FILLING UP ANOTHER, ANOTHER SQUARE FOOTAGE OF OF THAT THAT MIGHT PAY SOME TAXES.
PLEASE CONSIDER IT, CONSIDER IT, CONSIDER IT.
USE OTHER MEANS TO BUILD, TO, TO BUILD YOUR COMMERCIAL TAX RATE OTHER THAN CAR DEALERSHIP.
ANYBODY ELSE? GARY, DO YOU HAVE, UH, ADDITIONAL YES, ONE SPEAKER ON ZOOM, UH, MS. SWAN.
GOOD EVENING TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER, THE LOVELY TOWN CLERK, MS. JUDITH BEVILLE, COUNCILWOMAN HELEN HENDRICKS AND GINA JACKSON, COUNCILMAN KEN JENKINS AND FRANCIS JAN.
I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
FOR 61 YEARS OF MY LIFE, I'VE LIVED IN PARKWAY GARDENS WITH MY FAMILY.
I ATTENDED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HERE, AND I WORKED IN THE DISTRICT, AND I RESIDE
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IN ELMSFORD, NEW YORK.NOW, WHY IS IT I'M DIRECTING MY QUESTION TO KEN JENKINS, WHO IS OUR LIAISON FOR THE GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY.
WHY HAVE YOU NOT REACHED OUT TO ME? KEN JENKINS, I HAVE SENT YOU NUMEROUS EMAILS.
I'VE ALSO, IT STARTED IN DECEMBER.
YOU EVEN REACHED OUT TO, YOU DIDN'T, YOU REACHED OUT TO ME ONE TIME, AND I BELIEVE THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN IN JUNE TO ASK FOR MY TELEPHONE NUMBER.
WELL, ON ALL MY EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE, YOU HAVE MY ADDRESS, YOU HAVE MY EMAIL, AND YOU HAVE MY TELEPHONE NUMBER.
AND WHEN I CALLED, UH, BEFORE, UH, THE TOWN HALL, UH, THE TOWN HALL BOARD MEETING, I GAVE MY TELEPHONE OUT AGAIN AND COUNCILWOMAN HELEN HENDRICKS AND YOURSELF PRETENDED OR ACTED AS IF YOU WERE WRITING MY NUMBER DOWN.
I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU WERE GOING TO REACH OUT.
IS THERE ANY REASON WHY YOU HAVEN'T REACHED OUT OR WERE YOU JUST PUTTING ON A FACE ON THE DAIS THAT EVENING OR ON EVERY EVENING THAT YOU'RE ON THE TOWN BOARD? I GUESS I'M NOT GOING TO GET AN ANSWER, BUT I FEEL IT TO BE A SLAP IN THE FACE BECAUSE I AM A CONSTITUENT OF YOURS.
KEN JENKINS, YOU ARE SITTING BEHIND THAT DUS BECAUSE I PULLED THE LEVER TO GET YOU TO BE ON THAT DUS.
YOU DO NOT REPRESENT ME AT ALL SITTING BEHIND THAT DUS AND FOR THE GREENBERG HOUSING PUBLIC, UH, HOUSING AUTHORITY.
NEITHER DO YOU EITHER, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING THROUGH A RELOCATION AND NOT ONE TENANT HAS BEEN ABLE TO GET REACH OUT TO YOU THAT YOU HAVE NOT RETURNED AN EMAIL OR A PHONE CALL FROM.
YOU WANNA BE A TOWN COUNCILMAN SITTING ON THAT BOARD BECAUSE AS WE EASILY PUT YOU ON THAT SEAT, WE CAN EASILY HAVE YOU REMOVED.
STEPHANIE, BEFORE YOU GO OFF, I JUST WANT TO SAY, AS A MATTER OF OF RESPECT TO YOU, JUST SINCE NO ONE ELSE IS CORRECTING, UH, MAKING THE CORRECTION, THE COUNCILMAN SITTING HERE IS KEN JONES, OUR DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE FOR WESTCHESTER IS KEN JENKINS.
SO OUT OF RESPECT FOR YOU AND, AND THE STATEMENT THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO, THAT YOU'RE MAKING, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UM, THE GENTLEMAN SITTING HERE, HIS LAST NAME IS JONES.
ANYBODY ELSE? MS. MS. MS. MS. MS. BEVILLE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CORRECTING THAT.
I WROTE HIS NAME, UM, DOWN WRONG.
I WROTE OUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
KEN KNOWS I'M SPEAKING TO HIM.
THEN WE COULD GO, UH, TO GARRETT.
DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DSS DISTRICT? UH, YES, I DO APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS FROM MS. PRIZER TALKING ABOUT THE LOCAL LAWS, REALLY, UH, GET ME TO THINK ABOUT THEM, UM, IN A, IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
UM, I WOULD SAY ABSOLUTELY ADD THE SS TO THE CAR HOPS.
UH, WITH REGARD TO THE TWO SECTIONS, AND THERE WAS A QUESTION WHY THEY WERE RE REMOVED.
UM, I THINK IT'S, UM, LOGICAL QUESTION.
WHAT, WHAT'S WHAT'S NOTEWORTHY HERE IS THAT THIS LOCAL LAW BUILDS ON A PRIOR LOCAL LAW THAT WAS, UM, ACTUALLY STUNTED IN ITS, UH, DELIVERANCE TO NEW YORK STATE.
SO WHAT'S EXEC, WHAT'S ON E CODE RIGHT NOW AND WHAT'S LIKELY IN MS. PRIZE'S BOOKS IS NOT UP TO DATE.
UM, WE DID AMEND, UH, THE LOCAL LAW, UM, IN THE PAST AND IT HAS SINCE BEEN SENT TO THE STATE, AND, AND WE INTENTIONALLY DELETED THOSE TWO SECTIONS THAT SHE REFERRED TO.
UM, WE ACTUALLY DID QUITE A FEW OTHER, UH, THINGS AT THAT TIME SUCH AS, UH, CREATE THE PLANNING BOARD AS, AS JURISDICTION, UM, REGARDING SPECIAL PERMITS IN THE DSS DISTRICT.
SO, UM, THAT'S THE REASON THAT THAT OMISSION, UM, WAS SEEN.
AND I COULD UNDERSTAND WHY THAT WAS THE CASE.
UM, PROCEDURALLY, UH, E CODE NOW DOES HAVE THE, UH, SECTION AND THEY'RE GONNA SEND IT TO US SOON.
WE'LL, WE'LL PROOF THAT PRIOR LOCAL LAW, AND THEN IF THIS LOCAL LAW IS APPROVED, THIS WILL BUILD ON THAT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, GOOD, GOOD COMMENTS AND, UH, ALWAYS APPRECIATE IT.
WHAT ABOUT CD THREE WITH THE WAREHOUSE LANE AND A CAR DEALERSHIP POT POTENTIAL? YEAH.
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I DO RECOMMEND THAT THE DSS DISTRICT, UM, INCLUDE, UH, CAR DEALERSHIPS.UM, SOME OF THE SITES THAT WERE REFERENCED ARE OF INSUFFICIENT SIZE, SO THEY WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR CAR DEALERSHIPS.
UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT A PERMITTED USE THAT THAT WOULD BE A MISTAKE, I BELIEVE.
SO IT IS A SPECIAL PERMIT USE.
THERE IS, UH, PLANNING BOARD SITE PLAN APPROVAL, AND, UM, THE DSS DISTRICTS IN THE AREAS IDENTIFIED, UH, HAVE CONSISTENT TRAITS WITH, UH, ONE 19 CENTRAL PARK AVENUE.
UM, SO I FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE SIMILAR PROXIMITY TO RESIDENTIAL, SO THERE'S REALLY NO DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THAT USE AS A POTENTIAL, UM, AGAIN, WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SPECIAL PERMIT.
SO, UH, MY RECOMMENDATION IS, UH, TO, UH, NOT STRIKE, UH, THE ADDITION OF OF CAR DEALERSHIPS TO THE DSS DISTRICT.
IS THERE, UH, CRITERIA THAT WE COULD PUT IN THERE REGARDING ACREAGE? I FRANKLY, I DON'T KNOW THE ACREAGE OF THAT SITE.
SO, SO WHAT, WHAT THE, WHAT THE LOCAL LAW DOES IS IT REFERS TO, UM, CONS, THE, THE, THE EXACT, UH, CRITERIA OF THE CA DISTRICT, BUT IT HAS A REPLACEMENT WHERE THE CA DISTRICT CRITERIA MAY REFERENCE, UH, CENTRAL PARK AVENUE, UM, AND ACTUALLY THIS LOCAL LAW SPECIFIES REPLACE THE WORD CENTRAL AVENUE WITH, UM, THE APPLICABLE ROAD THAT HAS FRONTAGE.
SO, UM, THERE'S PROVISIONS SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, NOT UNLOADING IN FRONT OF, OF THE USE.
UM, BUT ABSOLUTELY THERE'S A, A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF SPECIAL PERMIT CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES, UM, THAT EXIST IN THE TOWN AND, AND HAVE ENABLED CAR DEALERSHIPS, UM, UH, IN A POSITIVE MANNER.
AND, AND THIS WOULD BE NO DIFFERENT.
I, I GUESS THE, I GUESS THE QUESTION I HAVE MAYBE I WASN'T CLEAR IS DO YOU KNOW THE ACREAGE OF THAT SITE? BECAUSE WE KNOW WITH CAR DEALERSHIPS THERE'S OFFLOADING OF CARS AND WE WOULDN'T WANT OFFLOADING OF CARS ON NINE A YES, IT'S 40,000 SQUARE FEET MINIMUM ON, UH, THE DISTRICTS THAT THAT PERMIT CAR DEALERSHIPS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
SO THAT THIS IS, UH, NO DIFFERENT WHAT'S PROPOSED.
BUT WOULD THAT SITE ACTUALLY BE, IS THAT SITE MORE THAN 40,000 SQUARE FEET? SO, UH, FLOORING LIQUIDATORS, YES.
IS THAT I I BELIEVE THAT'S THE SITE THAT'S BEING REFERENCED.
UM, WE, IT'S, IT'S VERY CLOSE TO 40,000 I BELIEVE.
UM, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WE, WE, WE, NO, NOT OFTENTIMES WE WOULD NEED TO SEE A SURVEY.
UM, I DON'T WANNA SPECULATE BASED ON THE GS G I S, WHICH I, I THINK HAS IT RIGHT AT 40,000.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE A SITE THAT WOULD NEED A SPECIAL PERMIT.
AND IF THAT, IN THAT INSTANCE, IF THE APPLICANT COULD NOT, UM, PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT, UH, THE SITE COULD BE DEVELOPED SAFELY, THAT CARS COULD NOT BE, UM, YOU KNOW, DELIVERED TO THE SITE IN A MANNER THAT, UM, RESTRICTS THE, THE, THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, THE TOWN RIGHT OF WAY, UM, THAT WOULD BE A PROJECT THAT WOULD, UH, NOT NOT GET APPROVAL.
[ TB 1 - 7/13/2022 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute an amendment to Right of Way and Easement between the Town of Greenburgh and Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C regarding a Surface Site Easement and the relocation of facilities in the right-of-way over, under and across property known as 0 Yosemite Avenue]
THE AGENDA RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE A RIGHT OF WAY AND EASEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE REGARDING A SURFACE, UM, SITE EASEMENT AND THE RELOCATION OF FACILITIES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY UNDER AND ACROSS PROPERTY KNOWN AS YOSEMITE, UH, O YOSEMITE AVENUE.[ TB 2 - 7/13/2022 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a Sewer Easement Agreement between BA Leasing BSC LLC and the Town of Greenburgh regarding the construction of a sanitary sewer line and appurtenances on property known as 777 Old Saw Mill River Road]
TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE A SEWER EASEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN BA LEASING B S C AND THE TOWN OF GREENBURG RE REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SANITARY SEWER LINE AND OR PER TENANTS ON PROPERTY KNOWN AS 7 7 7 OLD SAW MUL RIVER ROAD.[ TB 3 - 7/13/2022 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into an Amended License Agreement with Global Signal Acquisitions III LLC, d/b/a Crown Castle USA Inc. (as attorney-in-fact for STC FIVE LLC), extending the ten year option to the existing Cellular Antenna License Agreement for use of an additional six hundred square feet license area to continue cellular communication services at facilities located at the Town Highway Garage on Old Sprain Road]
AUTHORIZING SUPERVISOR TO ENTER INTO AN AMENDED LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH GLOBAL SIGNAL ACQUISITIONS, UM, EXTENDING THE 10 YEAR OPTION TO THE EXISTING CELLULAR ANTENNA LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR USE OF AN ADDITIONAL, UM, UM, UM, SIX UM, HUNDRED, UH, SQUARE FEET LICENSE AREA TO CONTINUE CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SERVICES OF FACILITIES LOCATED AT THE TOWN HIGHWAY GARAGE ON OLD SPRAIN ROAD.[ TB 4 - 7/13/2022 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh amending the Code of the Town of Greenburgh by creating a new Chapter 595 entitled, "Meetings."]
OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AMENDING THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG BY CREATING A NEW CHAPTER 5 95 ENTITLED ON MEETINGS.[ AT 1 – 7/13/2022 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related Claim File No.: 46/22C, by Rui Ru Yuen, for an amount not to exceed $900]
AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGES RELATED, UH, TO CLAIM FILE NUMBER 46 22 C BY GURU Y Y FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED, UH, $900.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 2 – 7/13/2022 Resolution approving the continued retention of the Law Office of Vincent Toomey, to represent the Town of Greenburgh in the matter of Kristen Stein v. the Town of Greenburgh, et al, for an amount not to exceed $25,000 ($175,000 in total)]
THE CONTINUED, UH, RETENTION OF THE LOWER OFFICE OF VINCENT TOOLEY TO REPRESENT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG IN THE MATTER OF CHRISTINE, UH, STEINBERG GREENBERG FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO, ITS EXCEED $25,000 $175,000 IN TOTAL.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
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AYE.[ AT 3 – 7/13/2022 Resolution approving the retention of Daniel A. Seymour, Esq., to represent Greenburgh Police Officer Davey Jakasal, Sergeant Edward Olsen, Captain Daniel Valentine, Detective Daniel O’Malley, Sergeant Carl Yuan and Detective Maria Pacino In The Matter Of Lakiesha Walker and Otte Armstrong v. Town of Greenburgh, et al., to be paid directly by the Town’s insurance company]
APPROVING THE RETENTION OF DANIELS SEYMOUR TO REPRESENT GREENBERG POLICE.UH, DAVY, UH, JACKELL, SERGEANT ED OLSON, CAPTAIN DAN VALENTINE, DETECTIVE DANLEY O'MALLEY, SERGEANT CARL Y AND DETECTIVE MARIA PACINO IN THE MATTER OF LAKEISHA WALKER ANTO, IDA ARMSTRONG VERSUS TOWN OF GREENBURG I AND I WOULD BE PAID BY THE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 4 - 7/13/2022 Resolution authorizing tax ceriorari settlement with petitioner White Marsh Holdings LLC for property located at 201 Ogden Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $13,140±; the County’s share is $97,333±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $13,853±; the Ardsley Union Free School District’s share is $657,950±. Refunds from all sources total $782,276±.]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX, TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER WHITE, UM, MARSH HOLDINGS FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 0 1 OGDEN AVENUE.I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT REFUNDS, UH, 7 82 2 7 6 SECOND.
[ AT 5 - 7/13/2022 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 150 Clearbrook Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $37,449±; the County’s share is $35,610±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $5,007±; the Pocantico Hills Central School District’s share is $95,452±; the No. Elmsford Fire Protection District’s share is $6,942± The Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $2,280±. Refunds from all sources total $182,739±.]
TAX SARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER MATT HALLE CW REALTY ASSOCIATES, UH, REFUNDS FROM WOLF, UH, UH, SOURCES, UH, TOTAL 180 2 7 39.[ AT 6 - 7/13/2022 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 50 Executive Blvd. The Town’s share of the refund is $61,663±; the County’s share is $51,804±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $7,245±; the Pocantico Hills Central School District’s share is $137,239±; the No. Elmsford Fire Protection District’s share is $10,076± The Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $3,167±. Refunds from all sources total $271,193±.]
AUTHORIZING TAX SARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER MATT KELLY, UH, CW REALTY ASSOCIATES.I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ AT 7 - 7/13/2022 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 77 Executive Blvd. The Town’s share of the refund is $7,497±; the County’s share is $5,343±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $744±; the Pocantico Hills Central School District’s share is $14,002±; the No. Elmsford Fire Protection District’s share is $1,042± The Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $317±. Refunds from all sources total $28,946±.]
AUTHORIZING, UH, TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER M KELLY C W REALTY, UH, TOTAL AMOUNT OF REFUNDS, ALL SOURCES 28,946.SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 8 - 7/13/2022 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 200 Clearbrook Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $3,491±; the County’s share is $2,034±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $276±; the Pocantico Hills Central School District’s share is $5,173±; the No. Elmsford Fire Protection District’s share is $388± The Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $108±. Refunds from all sources total $11,470±.]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TECH TERTIARY SETTLEMAN WITH PETITIONER MATT KELLY CW REALTY ASSOCIATES, L L C CLEARBROOK, UH, CROSS L C 200 CLEARBROOK ROAD, RIGHT CLEARBROOK, UH, RIGHT ROAD.UM, THAT'S 200 CLEARBROOK ROAD, UH, TOTAL AMOUNT, UH, $11,470.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 9 - 7/13/2022 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Inland-Greenburgh DelawareBusiness Trust c/o Wal-Mart #6674 for property located at 333 Saw Mill River Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $73,834±; the County’s share is $60,446±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $8,617±; the Pocantico Hills Central School District’s share is $162,593±; the No. Elmsford Fire Protection District’s share is $11,983±. Refunds from all sources total $317,473±.]
AYE.RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER INLAND GREENBERG, A DELAWARE BUSINESS TRUST, UM, TOTAL AMOUNT 317,473.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 10 - 7/13/2022 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner CIBA Specialty Chemicals Corp. for property located at 500 & 540 White Plains Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $93,976±; the County’s share is $51,414±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $7,467±; the Irvington Union Free School District’s share is $330,128±; the Glenville Fire Protection District’s share is $12,781± The Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $3,536±. Refunds from all sources total $499,303±.]
AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER SIBA, UH, SPECIALTY CHEMICAL CORP FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 505 40 WHITE PLAINS ROAD, TOTAL AMOUNT 4 99 3 0 3.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CL 1 - 7/13/2022 Resolution authorizing permission to close Yale Road, from Amherst Place to Princeton Drive, on Saturday, September 10, 2022 (Rain Date: September 11, 2022), from 4:00 PM until 7:30 PM, for the residents of Yale Road to hold their Neighborhood Block Party]
AYE.UM, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PERMISSION TO CLOSE THE ROAD FROM AMHERST, UH, PLACED TO PRINCETON DRIVE ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, UM, UH, FROM FOUR TO 7:30 PM I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CL 2 - 7/13/2022 Resolution scheduling Public Hearings for Wednesday, August 10, 2022, at 7:30 PM, to consider two one year agreements between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Irvington for Fire Protection Services to Unincorporated Greenburgh residents of the East Irvington Fire Protection District, for the years 2021 and 2022, respectively]
RESOLUTION OF SCHEDULING PUBLIC HEARING FOR AUGUST 10TH TO CONSIDER TWO ONE YEAR AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG AND VILLAGE OF IRVINGTON FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG RESIDENCE OF EAST IRVINGTON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE YEARS 2021 AND 2022 RESPECTIVELY.[ CD 1 - 7/13/2022 Resolution issuing a negative declaration for the SEQRA determination of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh with respect to an action which includes the adoption of Zoning Text and Zoning Map amendments related to the DS Designed Shopping District]
UM, ONE RESOLUTION ISSUING OF A NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR SEEKER DETERMINATION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WITH RESPECT TO AN ACTION WHICH INCLUDES THE ADOPTION OF ZONING, TEXT AND ZONING, UH, MAP AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE DS DESIGN SHOPPING DISTRICT.[ CD 2 - 7/13/2022 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh amending the Zoning Map of the Town of Greenburgh to rezone three individual parcels [4 Arthur Lane, 8 Arthur Lane, and 17 Mayfair Way] P.O. White Plains [Parcel ID 7.80-9-1, 7.80-9-2, and 7.80-9-3) from the DS Designed Shopping District to the R-10 One-Family Residence District]
RESOLUTION, UH, OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AMEND AMENDING THE ZONING MAP OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO REZONE THREE INDIVIDUAL PARCELS, UM, UH, FROM DSS DESIGN SHOPPING DISTRICTS TO OUR TEN ONE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ONE FAVOR, AYE.
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF
[ CD 3 - 7/13/2022 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh adopting a local law with respect to a Zoning Text amendment related Section 285-28 of the Zoning Ordinance to allow for additional uses in the Designed Shopping [DS] District]
THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ADOPTING A LOCAL LOG WITH RESPECT TO ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT, UM, FOR ADDITIONAL USES IN THE DESIGNED, UH, SHOPPING DISTRICT.[ CD 4 - 7/13/2022 Resolution endorsing the submission of a 2022 application for historic preservation in connection with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYSOPRHP) Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) grants program for Parks, Preservation and Heritage for funding for restoration improvements to Odell House Rochambeau Headquarters, located at 425 Ridge Road in the Town of Greenburgh]
OF 2022 APPLICATION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND CONNECTION WITHIN NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF PARKS RECREATION, HISTORIC PRESERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FUND, UM, FOR PARKS, RECREATION AND HERITAGE FOR FUNDING FOR RE RESTORATION IMPROVEMENTS TO ADELL HOUSE[ PO 1 - 7/13/2022 Resolution adopting the Greenburgh Police Department’s recommendation of one-way street designation(s) of Robin Hill Road Southbound from Mount Joy Avenue to Henry Street, Robin Hill Road northbound from Mount Joy Avenue (west) to Mount Joy Avenue (east), and Mount Joy Avenue westbound from Old Army Road to the west intersection with Robin Hill Road]
GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT'S RECOMMENDATION OF ONE WAY, UH, STREET DESIGNATIONS OF ROBIN HILL ROAD SOUTHBOUND FROM MOUNT JOY AVENUE TO HENRY STREET, ROBIN HILL ROAD, NORTHBOUND FROM MOUNT JOY AVENUE WEST TO MOUNT JOY AVENUE EAST AND MOUNT JOY AVENUE, WESTBOUND FROM OLD ARMY ROAD TO THE WEST INTERSECTION WITH, UH, ROBIN HILL ROAD.ALL IN FAVOR? YOU DID THAT VERY WELL,
[ PW 1 - 7/13/2022 Resolution authorizing renewal term with CivicPlus, L.L.C., for annual licensing costs related to SeeClickFix, at a cost not to exceed $12,600]
AUTHORIZING RENEWAL, UH, TERM WITH CIVIC PLUS FOR AN ANNUAL LICENSE COST,[02:35:01]
UH, RELATED TO C CLICK FIX ADDED COST NOT TO EXCEED 12602ND.[ PW 2 - 7/13/2022 Resolution awarding the General Construction, Plumbing, Mechanical (HVAC), and Electrical contracts for the Stadium Road Tank and Chemical Feed Station project, to the lowest respective bidders, as detailed below, for a total construction cost of $16,931,264]
UH, GENERAL CONSTRUCTION, PLUMBING, MECHANICAL, H V A C AND ELECTRICAL CONTRACTS FOR THE STADIUM ROW TANK AND CHEMICAL FEED STATION PROJECTS TO THE LOWEST RESPECTIVE BIDDERS AS DETAILED BELOW FOR TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF 16,930.WELL, I'M A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE
[ PW 3 - 7/13/2022 Resolution amending the agreement for Professional Asset Maintenance, Inspection, Repair and Painting services for Glenville, Juniper Hill, and East Irvington Water Storage Tanks of the Town of Greenburgh Consolidated Water District to add the supply and installation of a Corral System on the Knollwood Storage Tank, for an additional fee of $172,587]
AMENDING THE AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL ASSET, UH, MAINTENANCE, INSPECTION, REPAIR AND PAINTING SERVICES FOR GLENVILLE, JUNIPER HILL AND EAST IRVINGTON WATER STORAGE TANK, UH, TANKS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT.UM, AND THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL FEE OF $172,587.
[ PW 4 - 7/13/2022 Resolution authorizing the extension of Michael Broder as a consultant to assist the Department of Public Works, for an amount not to exceed an additional $45,000]
MICHAEL BRODER AS A CONSULTANT TO ASSIST THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED AN ADDITIONAL $45,000.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, UH, RECOMMEND THAT WE SCHEDULE, UM, A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE TOWN BOARD FOR, UH, THURSDAY, UM, UH, JULY 28TH.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF, UH, SCHEDULING A REFERENDUM ON, UM, UM, ASKING THE VOTERS, UH, TO APPROVE, UM, A POSSIBLE, UM, NEW POLICE HEADQUARTERS YES.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING.
UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO ADDRESS A PERSONNEL ISSUE.
SECOND, WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE, COULD WE DO IT? UH, MAYBE ON, YOU KNOW, ON TUESDAY? I THINK THERE'S A VOTE.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE A SERIOUS ISSUE AND WE GOT THE EMAIL ABOUT IT AND WE NEED TO YEAH, YEAH.
I, I, WE NEED TO TAKE A POSITION.
KNOW IT'S VERY LATE RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, CAN LISTEN, IF, IF YOU'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT A HARASSMENT COMPLAINT, THEN YOU'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
BUT I'M JUST TELLING YOU WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT.
I THINK IF, IF IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO GO ON FOR A LONG TIME, IF WE HAVE TO CONTINUE IT, WE CAN CONTINUE IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, YEAH, I MEAN YOU COULD VOTE IT DOWN IF YOU WANT.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE, WE HAVE AN ISSUE WE HAVE TO ADDRESS AND WE
SO THEN LET'S HAVE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND WE WON'T BE RETURNING THIS EVENING.