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IT'S FIVE, UH, 11:00 PM AND UM, 2026.
AND, UM, THERE'S NO ITEMS ON THE OPEN MEETING.
JULY 20 TOWN BOARD MEETING ADJOURNED THE DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION FOR THURSDAY'S MEETING.
SO FOR THURSDAY'S SPECIAL MEETING, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE, UH, PROPOSAL TO POTENTIALLY PURCHASE LAND AND CONSTRUCT A NEW POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND E M S FACILITY.
OF COURSE, THIS IS ALL SUBJECT TO A, A REFER, A REFERENDUM.
SHOULD YOU PASS ALL THE RESOLUTIONS ON THURSDAY NIGHT.
BUT ON SPECIFICALLY ON THIS THURSDAY NIGHT, WE WILL BE, UM, LOOKING TO POTENTIALLY AUTHORIZE, UH, THE SUPERVISOR TO ENTER INTO A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT FOR THE PROPERTY.
WE WILL BE DISCUSSING, UH, BOND RESOLUTIONS AND THE DRAFTING OF THE RESOLUTION, UH, THE REFERENDUM PROPOSALS AND HOW WE PUT THAT ON THE NOVEMBER 8TH ELECTIONS.
SO WILL WE BE, UH, ACTUALLY VOTING TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT? THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE RESOLUTIONS WHETHER WE SHOULD PUT IT ON THE BALLOT FOR NOVEMBER 8TH.
AND, AND IF WE, UH, WE, WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION BY THE BEGINNING OF WHAT, BY THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
BY THE FOLLOWING WEEK, IF YOU WERE TO PASS THE RESOLUTION, WE WOULD HAVE THE CLERK SEND, UH, THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO PUT THAT ON THE BALLOT.
SO WHAT'S, CAN, SO JUST JUST FOR TIMING PURPOSES, CAN YOU, CAN YOU OUTLINE THE DATES? SO TODAY IS THE, HE'S TRYING TO GIVE US A LIST OF FOUR, AND HE'S ONLY GIVEN US THREE.
THE, THE, THE REMAINING RESOLUTION IS FOR, UH, C R REQUIREMENTS, SO THAT WE ARE LOOKING INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE PROPERTY.
AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE ALL NECESSARY FOR THURSDAY NIGHT.
AND IN TERMS OF TIMING, SO WE, IF, IF YOU ARE TO PASS ALL OF THOSE RESOLUTIONS ON THURSDAY NIGHT, THEN BY AUGUST 8TH THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION NEEDS TO BE SIGNED TO THE COUNTY.
AND THEN BY MID-OCTOBER, WE ALSO NEED TO SEND DOCUMENTATION, UM, TO THE COUNTY TO ENSURE THAT THE QUESTIONS ARE ON THE BALLOT.
THEN AS WELL, THE COUNTY, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY, COUNTY BOARD ACTION.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS CLEAR.
GOING TO, COULD WE ALSO PUT ON THE AGENDA SETTING OF PUBLIC HEARING RELATING TO, UH, THE SMOKE SHOPS? BECAUSE ARE WE DONE NOW WITH, WITH THE CAN NO HEADQUARTERS, I THINK WE'RE NOT DONE WITH THIS.
IF, IF THERE ARE ANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS THAT A HEADQUARTERS, BUT I, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT EVEN IF ALL FOUR OF THESE RESOLUTIONS PASSED THE BOARD, THE PEOPLE STILL, THEY, THEY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD AND THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
SO I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS TO ANSWER IN THE THREE MONTHS AND PUBLIC HEARING.
AND WILL WE BE HAVING PUBLIC COMMENT ON THURSDAY TO DISCUSS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? YES.
WE SURE WE SHOULD BECAUSE THERE'S RESOLUTION.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A ACTUAL, NOT A GENERAL PUBLIC MEETING WEDNESDAY, BUT IT'S ALSO A SPECIAL MEETING, BUT IT'S A SPECIAL MEETING WITH, YOU KNOW, VERY SIGNIFICANT TOPICS ON THEM.
WE SHOULD ALSO, I THINK, UM, HAVE, UM, SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE AUGUST 10TH MEETING ON THE SMOKE SHOP, UH, ISSUE, YOU KNOW, UH, THERE'S DRAFT LEGISLATION AND, UM, IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE LEGISLATION WOULD BE APPROVED, UH, BEFORE THE, OR AROUND THE TIME THE SCHOOL STARTS.
UM, SO THE THING IS, WE SCHEDULE THE HEARING FOR THE AUGUST 10TH IN A MEETING, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ADOPT SOMETHING BY THEN OF AUGUST.
THE GOAL IS TO HAVE SOMETHING DONE BEFORE THE START OF THE SCHOOLYARD.
AND THAT'S NOW TOMORROW NOW ADOPT SOMETHING BY THE END OF AUGUST.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER MEETINGS SCHEDULED IN AUGUST.
WE CAN HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING,
UM, I WILL BE AWAY THE LAST WEEK IN AUGUST JUST TO, YOU KNOW.
WELL I CAN HAVE YOU PROXY ON EVERYTHING IF YOU WANT.
UM, NOBODY'S EVER THAT, THAT'S FINE WITH MY OFFICE AS LONG AS THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD WISHES TO DO.
BUT I SENT, I SENT A DRAFT TODAY AND WE ARE READY TO WORK ON IT.
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KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT IN THE SCHOOL YEAR'S APPROACHING QUICKLY.UM, UM, SO YOU'VE SEEN MIKE SIEGEL'S DRAFT AND YOUR DRAFT.
YOU'RE SAYING MIKE SIEGEL'S DRAFT WOULD TAKE LONGER TO IMPLEMENT? IT WOULD TAKE LONGER TO IMPLEMENT, BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE SOME DIRECTION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER SINCE IT DOES INVOLVE ZONING CHANGES, WHEREAS MY PROPOSED DRAFT, UM, I I BELIEVE WOULD BE, UH, QUICKER TO IMPLEMENT.
AND ALSO IT WOULD ADDRESS THE ORIGINAL ISSUE THAT WAS SENT TO US.
IT'S THAT THERE WAS SMOKING PARAPHERNALIA IN STOREFRONTS WITHIN A SCHOOL ZONE, AND THIS WOULD ADDRESS THAT.
AND I SENT A COPY TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR REVIEW AS WELL, SINCE UNDER MY DRAFT THEY WOULD BE THE ONE TO ENFORCE THIS.
AND THEY SAID THAT, THAT IT LOOKS GOOD.
WE, UM, WHAT WAS I GONNA SAY? YOU KNOW, I JUST, I JUST SORT FEEL THAT I'M SORRY, MIKE SIEGEL'S LEGISLATION.
I'M SORRY, PAUL, I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR.
IS YOUR DRAFT DIFFERENT THAN GARRETT'S DRAFT? WHAT WE'VE BEEN CALLING GARRETT'S DRAFT IS GARRETT'S DRAFT IN YOUR DRAFT.
ONE IN THE SAME NO, GARRETT'S DRAFT DEALS WITH ZONING AMENDMENTS.
MINE DOES NOT TOUCH THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
SO WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT VERSIONS, BUT MINE DOES NOT DEAL WITH MARIJUANA.
AND NORTHERN DOES MIKE SIEGEL'S, NOW HE TOOK OUT MARIJUANA.
HE HAS THREE DIFFERENT PROPOSED LAWS.
ONE STILL DEALS WITH MARIJUANA, THE OTHER TWO DO NOT.
CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION, UM, AND MAYBE IT'S ALSO IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION WITH MY, UM, AND THAT IS THAT, UM, WE PUT JOE'S DRAFT ON THE AGENDA FOR VOTE AND THEN IF SO THAT THERE'S SOMETHING IN PLACE IN SEPTEMBER.
AND THEN IF WE WANT TO FOLLOW UP AND FURTHER STUDY AND PERHAPS AMEND THE ZONING, DO AN AMENDMENT TO THAT SO THAT THE ZONING CAN BE CHANGED AT THAT TIME.
WELL, WE COULD PUT BOTH MIKE SIEGEL AND YOUR, UH, RESOLUTIONS ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE ALL WE'RE DOING IS ASKING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
AND, UM, TOMORROW WE'RE ALSO, UH, HAVING A ZOOM MEETING AT TWO 30, ISN'T IT TOMORROW, TWO 30? YEAH.
SO ANY BOARD MEMBER, UH, WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE, KEN, IT'S UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE E C C AND YOU KNOW, MIKE SIEGEL, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE THERE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA TR WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE, ALL THE OPTIONS.
BUT I SORT OF THINK THAT THERE'S A HIGH LIKELIHOOD THAT WE'LL REACH A CONSENSUS AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE REACH THE CONS, I MEAN, WE MIGHT ONLY WANT TO PUT, DO WHAT ELLEN SAYS, OR THEY MAY SAY, OKAY, THEY WANT SOMETHING, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, STRONGER WITH, WE WE'RE NOT LIMITING.
IF WE DO YOUR LEGISLATION AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED A PROCESS OF HOLDING THE HEARINGS ON MIKE SEALS, HE COULD ALWAYS THEN, UH, THEN, THEN WE'RE NOT, THERE'S NO DELAYS.
MY MY CONCERN IS I WOULD JUST WANT THE OPINION OF COMMISSIONER DUQUE BEFORE ACTING ON THIS, AND HE'S NOT HERE, HE'LL BE BACK.
BUT THERE'LL BE SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA.
UM, SO THE, THE MEETING TOMORROW WITH E C C, IS THAT VIA ZOOM? IT'S A ZOOM MEETING AT TWO 30, YES.
IF YOU WOULD SEND ME THE LINK.
I I THINK THAT WOULD BE TRUE FOR ALL OF US.
WHEN WOULD THAT EVER BE? NOT TRUE.
OKAY, I'LL TRY HAVING EVENT TOMORROW.
WHAT'S THAT? THE BOARD'S UNANIMOUS INTERPRETATION.
I'M NOT GONNA GO, I'M GONNA TRY TO MAKE IT AND YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY BASICALLY HAS BEEN NOTICED SAME VIEWS ANYWAY.
SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, HOW WE BEST COULD, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE A MAXIMUM PROTECTION FOR RESIDENTS WHO LIVE NEAR, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE STORES.
THAT'S BASICALLY, DO YOU KNOW IF THE MEETING'S BEEN NOTICED? UM, I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
IS THAT A, IS THAT ENOUGH TIME? I MEAN, LOOK INTO THAT.
UM, I BELIEVE THERE'S ALSO ON THERE A DECISION FOR THE NET ON EAST DALE AVENUE.
ARE WE READY FOR THAT? OKAY, LET ME, UM, I'M GLAD, UM, BECAUSE I WROTE TO, UH, WHEN WE WERE ON AT THE SITE VISIT,
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UM, I WROTE, SOME PEOPLE SAID, UM, OH, YOU KNOW, ONE 40, IF THEY HAD ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE FOR, YOU KNOW, 1 1 40, BUT IT WOULD REQUIRE, UH, ONE FORTY'S COOPERATION.AND THEY SAID, AND PEOPLE WOULD SAY, OH, ONE 40 EAST
SO I, I WROTE TO UH, UH, THE MANAGEMENT OF ONE 40.
I GOT A RESPONSE YESTERDAY SAYING THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO MEET WITH US AND THE GOLF COURSE.
AND I'M WONDER, AND I SORT OF FEEL, UM, YOU, THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, DO HAVE ON EAST
I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST GIVE IT A, A CHANCE.
AND IF IT TURNS OUT THAT, SO I'M WONDERING IF, UM, WE COULD HOLD OVER THE DECISION ON THE, THE NET AND THEN, AND HOPEFULLY MAYBE SET UP A MEETING WITH ONE 40 AND THE GOLF CLUB, UM, YOU KNOW, SEE IF A COMPROMISE IS POSSIBLE.
AND IF IT IS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND IF IT ISN'T, THEN WE TRY AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE, THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE AN UPWARD DOWN DECISION.
SO I'D RATHER LIKE HOLD IT OVER UNTIL, YOU KNOW, AUGUST 10TH.
BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT THEN ALL WE COULD DO IS, UH, YOU, I MEAN, DOES IT, IS THE BOARD OPEN TO HAVING A MEETING WITH ONE 40 STARTS STILL IN THERE? SURE.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT THEY SHOULD, SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO EVEN WITHOUT THE COOPERATION OF ONE 40.
UH, BASED ON, UH, THE SITE VISIT, UH, WHICH I HAD MENTIONED AT THE MEETING, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE YOU HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE PROPERTY LINE ON ONE 40, UH, WITH THAT NET TO PROTECT ONE 40.
IT'S CLEARLY THEY'RE TRYING TO ALSO PROTECT ONE 20, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT BEING ASKED, ASKING FOR PROTECTION, THEY'RE ASKING TO NOT SEE AS MUCH OF THE NET.
UH, BUT WE HAVE A BIGGER PROBLEM OUT THERE.
AND THOSE POPLAR TREES ARE AT THE GETTING AT THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE AND THEY'RE DYING.
SOME ARE DEAD AND THEY'RE GONNA FALL AND IT'S GONNA BE A TREMENDOUS HAZARD.
AND SO WHAT I HAD ASKED FOR GARRETT'S WAY, UM, IS TO PULL OUT OUR, THE ZONING BOARD DECISION THAT WE DID WHEN WE HAD THE POPLARS PUT IN THERE AND SEE WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE.
WE USED TO, WE, WE GENERALLY PUT IN, I SAY WE LIKE AS IF I'M STILL ON THE ZONING BOARD, BUT, UH, THE, THE, THE THREE DS DISEASE DYING AND DEAD, UH, PROVISION IN THERE AND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED IN THE NEXT ROWING SEASON.
THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN OUR TREE ORDINANCE.
AND THE TREE ORDINANCE DOES NOT CALL FOR A REPLACEMENT OF TREES THAT NATURALLY DIE AND FALL OVER 'CAUSE THERE'S NO ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE TO THEM.
BUT IF IT'S A CONDITION OF THE ZONING BOARD APPROVAL, THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT AND ACTUALLY TRUMP THE LAW.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO ON THIS.
ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK THAT'S IT UNLESS YOU COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE TO PUT ON THE AGENDA, BUT I THINK IT'S A, IT'S AN AGENDA THAT'S, I'M GOING TO, UH, I BELIEVE PROVOKE QUITE A BIT OF COMMENT AND WE SHOULD, UH, PREPARE FOR IT.
WE'LL ALSO MAKE A ZOOM LINK AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO COME IN BY ZOOM.
THAT GENERALLY GOES OUT, UM, BEFORE, BEFORE THE MEETING.
SO IF ANYBODY DOES WANT TO COMMENT THAT THURSDAY'S MEETING AND, AND TO BE CLEAR, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU SHOULD SEND IT TO THE EMAIL ADDRESS TO, FOR QUESTIONS SO THAT IT COULD BE PART OF A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.
AND THEN THERE'LL BE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AND THOSE ANSWERS WILL GO UP ON THE WEBSITE SO EVERYBODY GETS A BENEFIT OF IT.
UH, THE, UH, MEETING ON THURSDAY IS FOR US TO VOTE ON THESE FOUR RESOLUTIONS RELATED TO, UH, THE PROPOSED POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
AND IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS ABOUT THAT GENERALLY AS OPPOSED TO QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANSWERED IN THE F A Q, UH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND, UH, AND WE'LL MAKE A LINK AVAILABLE.
UM, IF YOU EMAIL PUBLIC COMMENT@GREENBERGNY.COM,
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PUBLIC COMMENT, ALL ONE WORD, NO SPACE IN BETWEEN@GREENBERGNY.COM, UH, YOU'LL GET ON A LIST OF PEOPLE WHO GET THE LINK AND THOSE WHO GET THE LINK, WHO REQUEST THE LINK AND GET THE LINK, UH, WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THE MEETING.UH, UM, I'M WONDERING IF, UM, WE SHOULD HAVE HAD, UM, THE BOND COUNCIL AT THE MEETING, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, OR YOU KNOW, BY ZOOM AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF PEOPLE HAVE THEM.
I THINK ARE WE, I'LL, I'LL SEE IF, IF SHE'S AVAILABLE, BUT ARE, ARE WE COLLECTING QUESTIONS THAT NIGHT? NO, YOU JUST, SO NO, THAT WAS MY POINT, IS WE'RE NOT COLLECTING QUESTIONS THAT NIGHT.
WE'RE, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO MAKE A COMMENT, THEY CAN MAKE A COMMENT.
UH, BUT IF THEY WANT TO MAKE A ASK A QUESTION, THEY REALLY SHOULD ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AS PART OF THE FAQS BECAUSE THEN EVERYBODY GETS A BENEFIT TO, UH, WRITTEN ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS.
AND THAT, THAT EMAIL IS POLICE HQ REFERENDUM@GREENBERGNY.COM.
IT'S ALSO, IF YOU GO ON THE GREENBERG WEBSITE ON, I THINK IT'S THE TOP OF THE HOMEPAGE, YOU CAN CLICK ON READ HERE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND IT'LL HAVE THAT LINK.
AND WE SENT A POSTCARD TO EVERYBODY IN THE TOWN AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GOT IT.
I GOT MINE ON FRIDAY AND DID EVERYBODY GET IT? I GOT IT FRIDAY.
SO FOR THE PURPOSE OF RESIDENTS WHO MAY HAVE, UH, OVERLOOKED IT OR WHATEVER, WHAT IS THE TIME OF THIS MEETING AND THE LOCATION? IT'S SEVEN 30 HERE, SEVEN 30 HERE AT GREENBERG TOWN HALL ON THURSDAY.
REGARDING THE PROPOSED POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
SO I MOVE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION COURT FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING PERSONAL MATTERS INVOLVING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS AND SEEKING LEGAL ADVICE ON VARIOUS MATTERS, INCLUDING CON CONTRACT CONTRACTS, ONGOING CONTRACTUAL.
RECORDING STOPPED UNLESS IT'S REALLY HOT.