Sep 28, 2022 Town Board- Regular

SHE PASSED ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2022.

AND IF I MAY, SO.

SURE.

UM, AND IN MEMORY OF LOUISE CLARK, A ROMANCE NOVELIST OH, WHO LIVED IN EDGEMONT, BORN IN 1930.

SHE WAS PROLIFIC WRITER AND MUCH ESTEEMED IN THE HAMLET OF EDGEMONT.

TERRIFIC.

NOW WE'LL HAVE THE ROLL CALL TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINDER HERE.

AND

[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk]

COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN HENDRICKS, PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON.

PRESENT.

COUNCILMAN KEN JONES.

PRESENT.

COUNCILMAN FRANCIS SHEEN, PRESENT AND INTERIM TOWN ATTORNEY JOE DANKO.

PRESENT.

GREAT.

[ Certificate of Appreciation to Azline Suber for her ardent dedication and commitment to honoring the late Andre Leon Talley, world renowned fashion journalist, stylist, Creative Director and Editor-at-Large of Vogue Magazine, International, resident of the Town of Greenburgh and honored with a commemorative street sign at Worthington and Saw Mill River Roads due to the efforts of resident, Azline Suber.]

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO, UM, BEGIN BY, UM, CONGRATULATING ALE, UH, ANN SUBER, FASHION STYLIST, PUBLIC RELATIONS CONSULTANT, AND, UH, RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR HER DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT.

UM, TO HONORING ANDRE LEON TALLEY, UH, A WORLD RENOWNED FASHION JOURNALIST, AUTHOR, CURATOR, FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN EDITOR AT LARGE VOGUE MAGAZINE, RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

HE, UM, UH, WORKED WITH OUR STUDENT INTERNS, UM, IN 2017.

AND, UM, I WAS LEANING ALONG WITH, UM, UH, JUDITH BEVILLE, OUR TOWN CLERK, ORGANIZED DEFINITELY THE BEST PARTY THAT THE TOWN HAS EVER HAD.

UM, IT WAS AN AMAZING, UM, UH, DEDICATION, UM, YOU KNOW, SE UH, CEREMONY, UM, YOU KNOW, LA YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK, AND PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER, UM, THE COUNTRY, UH, CAME TO PAY TRIBUTE TO ANDRE, AND THEY APPRECIATED, THEY GOT A, A SENSE OF A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT GREENBURG.

SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING US, UM, ON THE MAP.

AND I'D LIKE TO, ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN, UM, PRESENT, UM, MS. SUBER WITH, UM, A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FROM THE TOWN BOY, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR AMAZING ORGANIZATIONAL, YOU KNOW, SKILLS.

NOBODY COULD SAY NO TO YOU.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

I REALLY APPRECIATE.

BE CAREFUL.

WELCOME OUT YOUR SHOES.

IT'S LIKE CINDERELLA, RIGHT? YES.

IT'S THE NEWEST IN FASHION.

EVERYBODY, PAUL, EVERYBODY AND THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD.

DO I HAVE TO SAY MY NAME AGAIN? OKAY.

I JUST, I I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE BOARD, JUDY, ALL THE BOARD, EVERYBODY.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL TURNOUT.

I HAVE GOT SO MUCH FEEDBACK, IT'S JUST SO WONDERFUL.

UM, ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT WE DID A WONDERFUL JOB AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE TALK.

EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT ANDRE, LEO, TALLIS STREET SIGN, AND IT WAS SO WONDERFUL.

SEE SO MANY STARS TO COME OUT.

I THINK I WAS MORE EMOTIONALLY BECAUSE I SAW ALL THE, EVERYBODY COMING DOWN THE STREET AND IT WAS JUST SO JOYFUL.

JUDY FR UH, FRANCIE,

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BUT WE CAN'T FORGET TRISH, THE OTHER YOUNG LADY, SHE IS THE ONE THAT GOT ALL THE MOVIE STARS.

SHE MADE PHONE CALLS TO EVERYBODY ALONG WITH ME AND JUDY AND EVERYTHING, BUT SHE WAS OUTSTANDING.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND I WILL BE DOING MORE BUSINESS WITH YOU GUYS.

AND I LOVE YOU ALL, AND I'M, I'M GONNA KEEP YOU ALL IN MY PRAYERS.

AND, UM, Y'ALL DID A WONDERFUL JOB.

I KNOW IT AIN'T TIME TO SPEAK, BUT I'M GONNA WAIT 'CAUSE I HAVE SOMETHING ELSE I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR, YOU, YOU GUYS ATTENTION, BUT THANK YOU.

IT JUST REALLY APPRECIATE, AND I'M GONNA SAY THIS, A LOT OF PEOPLE WALKED OUTTA THAT CAFE AND DIDN'T PAY NO MONEY.

AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY RUDE OF SOMEONE DOING THAT, OF ANDRE LEO TALIBAN.

LET ME TELL YOU HOW GOD IS GOOD.

YES, HE'S, GOD IS A GOOD, NO.

GOD IS GREAT.

CHICKEN IS GOOD.

THE GENTLEMAN THAT SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WALKED OUT, DIDN'T PAY.

HE JUST SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GOING TO DEDICATE THIS BECAUSE I SEEN A GREAT JOB THAT ALL YOU GUYS DID FOR ANDRE LEO TALE.

SO ALL Y'ALL THAT LISTEN, HE SEE EVERYTHING, WHO WALKED OUT AND WHO DID NOT PAY.

BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT GOD SENT A MIRACLE TO CAME IN AND TOOK CARE, EVERYTHING.

SO IT WENT GREAT.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN, AOR.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, LENE.

OKAY,

[ SUPERVISOR & TOWN COUNCIL REPORTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS GOOD NEWS...The Town continues (since 2008) to have the highest possible bond rating from Standard & Poors (AAA) and (since 2010) (Aaa) from Moody's. Less than 1% of communities in the nation have this record of financial stability. Recently, on 3/23/2021, Moody's reaffirmed the Town earned Moody's highest rating and, on 03/26/2021, Standard & Poors once again reaffirmed the Town earned Standard & Poors highest rating. Anyone interested in serving on a board or commission should send a resume to the Town Board via Judith A. Beville, Town Clerk, 177 Hillside Avenue, Greenburgh, NY 10607 Any individual or group interested in a visit from the Town Board should email the Board at TownBoard@GreenburghNY.com ]

NEXT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ELLEN HENDRICKS.

WELL, B BE BEFORE SHE GOES ON, BECAUSE THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A CLAIM THAT WAS MADE.

THOSE OF US THAT WERE SITTING AT OUR TABLE, WE WITNESSED EVERYBODY PUT THE $20 ON THE TABLE AND WE WITNESSED THE PERSON PICKING IT UP.

SO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YES, WE DID.

YES, WE DID.

WE DID.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE OUR RECEIPT, THE MONEY WENT WHERE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO.

OH, WELL, YEAH, WE SAW THE ONES THAT DIDN'T.

YEAH, IT WASN'T OUR TABLE.

WE, IT WASN'T OKAY, BUT WE, WE, WE SEEN THE CAMERA SHOW EVERYTHING.

SO, BUT IT'S ALL GOOD.

NO DEVIL CAN PROSPER.

SO WE, WE WON.

EITHER WAY IT GO.

WASN'T GONNA LET THE DEVIL STOP THIS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

SO WE WON.

EVERYTHING WAS GREAT.

[ Discussion on Resolution supporting the Clean Water, Clean Air, Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022]

NEXT.

UM, ELLEN HENDRICKS, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE YES FOR THE TO VOTE YES, FOR THE CLEAN WATER, CLEAN AIR AND GREEN JOBS BOND ACT.

AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCREEN, THERE'S A POWERPOINT.

UM, IT TELLS YOU WHAT THIS ACT IS.

THIS WAS PASSED BY NEW YORK STATE, HOWEVER, IT WILL GO ON THE BALLOT, UM, ON NOVEMBER 8TH.

YOU MUST FLIP THE BALLOT IN ORDER TO VOTE FOR IT.

UM, IT IS A MEASURE THAT WILL PROTECT CLEAN WATER, UPLIFT PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE IN EVERY COUNTY OF NEW YORK STATE.

UM, SO WHAT WILL IT DO? IT WILL, IF, UH, GARRETT, CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

PROTECT CLEAN DRINKING WATER.

IT'LL PREVENT CONTAMINATION, RUNOFF AND POLLUTION AND SUPPLY COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO UPDATE AGING OR FAILING WATER, SEWER AND STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.

THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT APPLIES OF COURSE, TO GREENBERG, UM, AS IT DOES EVERYWHERE ELSE.

AND THAT IS THE, THE WHOLE BOND ACT IS $6.2 BILLION.

SO IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

OF COURSE, WE'RE COVERING A STATE OF 200 MILLION, 220 MILLION PEOPLE AND SOME 80,000 HOUSEHOLDS.

SO, UM, THERE ARE, THERE'S A LOT THAT CAN BE DONE.

UM, 200 MILLION FOR WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIRS AND UPGRADES.

FOR INSTANCE, IT WILL MODERNIZE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND REVITALIZE THE ECONOMY.

HOW? BECAUSE IT WILL PROVIDE JOBS.

SO REPLACING LEAD PIPES AND UPGRADING SEWERS, FIXING ROADS, RETROFITTING BUILDINGS, EXPANDING CLEAN ENERGY, AND AS I SAID, CREATING JOBS.

SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR REVENUE.

PULL DOWN THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE BIT.

BY MITIGATING, MITIGATING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND CLEANING THE AIR WE BREATHE, IT'S EXPANDING ACCESS TO PARKS.

IS THAT BETTER? ALL RIGHT.

UM, OKAY, SO WE KNOW, WHOOPS.

OKAY, EVERYBODY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWAKE.

IT'LL IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY BECAUSE

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WE DISCOVERED DURING C O V I D HOW MANY PEOPLE USED OUR PARKS.

AND BECAUSE, BECAUSE NO ONE COULD GO TO CLUBS TO EXERCISE OR GET IN THE POOL TO SWIM.

SO THEY WENT TO THE PARKS AND WALKED.

AND IT WAS A WAY TO BE OUTDOORS, GET FRESH AIR, GET EXERCISE, AND THIS WILL UPGRADE OUR PARKS.

UM, IT'LL, IT WILL SUPPORT CLEAN SCHOOL BUSES, COMMUNITY GARDENS, STREET TREES, GREEN ROOFS, COOLING CENTERS, THAT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE DURING HEAT WAVES.

UM, SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT.

UM, AS I SAID, IT'S $6.2 BILLION, BUT THAT'S AMORTIZED OVER 20 YEARS AND OVER THE WHOLE BREADTH OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE A QUESTION I'M SURE THAT WILL ARISE IS HOW MUCH, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO ME? HOW MUCH ARE WE PAYING? WELL, IT WILL ALL BE INCORPORATED INTO CAPITAL BUDGETS.

SO IN ACTUALITY, IT WILL NOT COST US ANYTHING AND WILL ULTIMATELY SAVE US MONEY, AS WELL AS SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT AND CREATING JOBS.

SO PLEASE REMEMBER, IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED TO VOTE, OCTOBER 14TH IS THE DEADLINE.

THAT'S JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AWAY.

SO PLEASE REGISTER SO THAT YOU CAN SUPPORT THIS BOND ACT.

COULD YOU JUST MENTION AGAIN THAT YOU MENTIONED IT'S NOT GONNA COST, AND COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY THAT AGAIN? WELL, BECAUSE IT WILL BE IN CAPITAL, IN INCLUDED IN CAPITAL BUDGETS FOR THE STATE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS THERE ALREADY.

UM, AND IN ADDITION, UM, SOME OF THE PROJECTS ALREADY ARE IN THE PIPELINE, AND SO IT'S ALREADY AED FOR, SO A LOT OF UPSETTING WHAT'S ALREADY BUDGET.

BUT SOME OF IT, OF SOME OF WHAT'S ALREADY BUDGETED, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN OVER THE, ALL OF THESE FIXES WON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, BUT IT WILL, IT, IT IS THE COST AMORTIZED OVER THE BREADTH OF THE STATE.

ALSO, IT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK OF IT, AND OVER THE 20 YEARS, IF THERE'S ANY, ANY COST WHATSOEVER, IT WILL BE MITIGATED.

AND CERTAINLY THE SAVINGS CREATED IF WE'RE INSTALLING SOLAR PANELS ON, BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT CAN DO, UM, INSTALLING.

SO SOLAR PANELS ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS, UM, AND OTHER, OTHER THINGS IMPLEMENTED THAT WILL ULTIMATELY SAVE US MONEY.

SO IF THERE IS ANY COST, IT CERTAINLY WOULD BE OFFSET.

AND IN ADDITION, BY CREATING JOBS, IT RAISES THE ECONOMY.

SO THAT HELPS ALSO GENERATE FUNDS AND SALES TAX THAT WILL GO INTO THE BUDGET MONIES AVAILABLE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, GREENBERG HAS A LOT OF WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IT NEEDS.

WOULD YOU, IF THIS PASSES, WOULD YOU KNOW HOW SOON, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY HOW SOON, UM, IT WOULD TAKE BEFORE GREENBERG WOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY AND OBTAIN SOME OF THE FUNDING? NO, I DO NOT.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY CROSSED ALL THE T'S AND DOTTED THE I'S ON THAT, BECAUSE FIRST IT WOULD HAVE TO PASS AND THINGS IN GOVERNMENT MOVE SLOWLY.

WE ALL KNEW THAT.

BUT IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT I'M SURE THAT THEY WILL IMPLEMENT IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND I WOULD, AS I SAID, SOME OF THE THINGS ARE ALREADY IN THE PIPELINE, AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WE'D HAVE TO, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT MONIES WE ARE GETTING FROM THE STATE AND FOR WHAT TO SEE IF THAT'S COVERED, AND THEN SEE WHATEVER ELSE, YOU KNOW, DEDUCT THAT FROM THE LIST.

BUT THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALSO AN EFFORT TO, UM, FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, THAT'S ALL PART OF THIS TOO.

SO IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT, UM, WILL THE, THE, THE BOND WILL ADDRESS FLOODING IN GREENBURG AS WELL AS OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SO SORELY IN NEED.

I GUESS THE CLEAN AIR WOULD MIGHT ENABLE US TO GET EVEN MORE MONEY FOR SIDEWALKS WITH, WITH SOME OF THE THINGS.

WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE.

WE'LL HAVE TO SEE.

THAT'S GREAT.

UM, BUT I WOULD, I, AGAIN, I ASK THAT EVERYONE FLIP THE BALLOT SO THAT YOU CAN VOTE FOR THIS.

AND, UM, AND THEY WILL BE POSTING MORE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE.

AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF VIDEOS

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AND THE POWERPOINT HERE, UM, AND OTHER, OTHER THINGS THAT WILL GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION THAN I HAVE IN JUST THAT OVERVIEW TONIGHT.

THIS IS PAGE SIX OF SEVEN.

IS THERE A PAGE SEVEN? UM, WELL, NO, BECAUSE THE, IT, IT'S JUST, UM, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

I THINK IT'S ON, IT'S JUST THIS BACK PAGE.

THESE REPRESENT CAPITAL PROJECTS.

THAT SAYS NY A OR NO, WAIT A MINUTE.

THAT'S THE OTHER ONE I HAD.

WAIT, UM, YEAH, SO THAT'S SOME THERE ARE LINKS.

YEAH, IT'S ON THE SCREEN.

OKAY, THERE WE GO.

SO VOTE YES AND MAKE SURE YOU REGISTER IF YOU HAVEN'T AND WHATEVER.

WE WILL BE PUTTING A RESOLUTION ON OUR AGENDA IN TWO WEEKS IN SUPPORT OF THIS FOR THE TOWN REPRESENTING THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

OTHER COMMUNITIES SUCH AS AUSTIN HAVE DONE SO ALREADY.

ARE YOU TAKING ANY QUESTIONS? SURE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN ANSWER THEM, BUT I'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE QUESTIONS.

WELL, THAT'S GONNA, I SEE ON THIS, UH, PIECE PAPER AVAILABLE WEBSITE.

IT'S GONNA BE A $4.2 BILLION PROGRAM, AND IT'S GOING TO SUPPORT MORE THAN 84,000 FAMILY JOBS.

SO IF YOU DIVIDE THE 4.2 BILLION BY 84,000, YOU GET AN AVERAGE PAYOUT OF $50,000 TIME IN GOVERNMENT, $4 BILLION IS ON THE TABLE.

SOME PEOPLE ARE GONNA EARN CONSIDERABLY MORE THAN 50,000 AND SOME ARE GONNA EARN CONSIDERABLY LESS.

BUT IF ALL THAT MONEY IS GOING JUST TOWARDS THE LABOR ASPECT, THERE'S THE MONEY FOR THE MATERIALS, FOR THE EQUIPMENT ALL GOING OUT IN SALARY.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SITTING ON THE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WHICH HAS AAA BOND RATING.

SO IT'S VERY LIGHT.

UNLIKELY THAT WILL BE A DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY GETTING 35 TO 40% OF THE PROCEEDS.

RIGHT? WELL, I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME DISADVANTAGED SECTIONS OF, OF THIS COMMUNITY, THIS, THIS WHOLE PATCHWORK OF A COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN.

SO WHERE IT'S NEEDED, IT WILL BE, WE DIRECTED WITH THE, THE WORK OF OUR STELLAR CREW AND D P W GUIDING THE WAY AND PLANNING.

AND SO, UM, THE, DID I SAY SIX FOOT TO, I MEANT 4.2.

SO THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING ME.

UM, AND AS I, AS I SAID IT, THE MONEY A IS GOING TO BE AMORTIZED OVER 20 YEARS, AND B, THERE IS ALWAYS MONEY IN THE STATE BUDGET FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

THIS IS DIRECTING TOWARDS CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO SAVE OUR ENVIRONMENT AND FOUND BOARD.

YOU ONLY TELL US ABOUT THE GRANT MONEY RECEIVED FROM THE STATE, THE STATE'S PORTION.

YOU NEVER MENTIONED THE PORTION THAT HAS TO BE PAID BY GREENBERG TAX PAYERS.

SO IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT BY EARNING ALL THIS GRANT MONEY, WE COULD GO BROKE.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PERCENTAGE IS.

SOMETIMES THERE'S A EIGHT 20.

BUT I THINK THAT WOULD VARY ACCORDING, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S 80 20 ACROSS THE BOARD FOR EACH CATEGORY.

MAYBE YOU KNOW MORE THAN I ON THAT, BUT IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHAT PROJECTS WE USE.

AND, AND THE BOARD SHOULD AT LEAST TELL US HOW MUCH THE TAXPAYERS HAVE, YOU KNOW, I T WE DON'T KNOW.

THIS IS A, A GENERIC, UH, THIS IS A MR. FIRE.

YOU TOLD US HOW MUCH WE ARE GETTING FROM THE STATE IN PHASE ONE, BUT YOU DIDN'T TELL US HOW MUCH THE TOWN OF GREENBURG HAS TO CONTRIBUTE TO GET THAT MONEY.

HOW IT'S NOT EVEN THE PLAN YET.

WE HAVE TO VOTE FOR IT FIRST AND ONCE IT IF ONCE APPROVED, IF IT IS APPROVED, ALL OF THOSE DETAILS BE WORKED OUT.

HOWEVER, JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, I DID CALL OUR STATE SENATOR'S OFFICE TO FIND OUT IF THERE WAS ANY, UM, IF ANYONE HAD CALCULATED, UH, ANY KIND OF COST PER PERSON OR PER HOUSEHOLD MORE ACCURATELY.

AND THEY HAVE NOT, BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE, IT HAS TO BE DEVELOPED IN MORE DETAIL.

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE YOU DON'T, SOMEONE DOESN'T GIVE BIRTH TO A BABY, GET PREGNANT AND GET BIRTH TO A BABY

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THE NEXT DAY.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE GESTATION PERIOD.

SO IT'S, IT TAKES PLANNING AND EFFORT AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN.

AND YOU'LL GET YOUR ANSWERS.

THE TOWN IS SITTING ON OVER $2 MILLION OF A FUNDS, WHICH IS ADD FOR A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME.

IT DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO SPEND THEM.

WELL, THAT MAY BE YOUR ASSESSMENT, BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY REPRESENT THE ACTUALITY WELL, THEY INCLUDE IN THE, AND THE 2023 BUDGET.

WE WILL FIGURE OUT HOW TO, WE WILL INCLUDE.

I I THINK THAT THAT'S ENOUGH QUESTIONS, DON'T YOU? I THINK SO.

I THANK YOU.

[ To consider a Local Law amending Chapter 440 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh increasing income requirements for Tax Exemptions for Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities]

UH, NEXT, UH, WE HAVE, UM, PUBLIC HEARING.

FIRST HEARING IS TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 40 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBERG, INCREASING INCOME REQUIREMENTS FOR TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

AND, UM, UH, EDIE, DO YOU WANT TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS? YES.

UM, MY PURSE BUTTON.

OH, YOU MEAN THE, SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW LAW.

UH, SIMPLY PUT THAT THE, THE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? SORRY.

LUCKY FOR MY HUSBAND, I'M LOSING MY VOICE.

UM, THEIR NEW LAW, IT'S NOT A NEW LAW, ACTUALLY, IT'S AN AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING LAW WHERE THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR SENIOR CITIZENS WHO ARE 65 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.

AND BASED ON, UH, THEIR INCOME LIMITS.

SO THE EXISTING LAW RANGED ANYWHERE FROM ZERO INCOME TO, UM, 34,000, SORRY.

$37,400.

THE LEGISLATURE USED TO INCREASE THAT AMOUNT, THOSE AMOUNTS BY A THOUSAND DOLLARS EVERY YEAR.

THEY HADN'T CHANGED THE INCOME LIMITS, THE SCALE FOR PROBABLY THE LAST 15 YEARS.

SO NOW THE GOVERNOR SIGNED INTO LAW TO CHANGE THE LIMITS FROM A ZERO INCOME TO, UM, $58,399.

SO THAT IS, THAT IS A SLIDING SCALE BROKEN OUT BY A THOUSAND DOLLARS INCREMENTS.

AND IF YOU MAKE LESS THAN $50,000 FROM ZERO TO 50, YOU GET A 50% PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION OFF OF YOUR TOWN, COUNTY, SCHOOL AND VILLAGE.

IF YOU MAKE ANYWHERE FROM 57,500 TO 58,400, YOU'LL BE RECEIVING A 5% EXEMPTION OFF YOUR PROPERTY TAXES.

THAT'S HOW THE SLIDING SCALE WORKS.

THIS INFORMATION'S ON THE WEBSITE.

I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

THIS INFORMATION'S ON THE WEBSITE.

UH, IT WILL BE ONCE THE, ONCE THE TOWN BOARD PASSES IT.

YES, MA'AM.

UH, ONE, ONE NOTE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE BECAUSE IT IS IMPERATIVE, UH, TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS, IS THAT ONCE THIS LEGISLATION IS PASSED BY THE TOWN BOARD, THEN APPLICANTS WILL HAVE, UM, UP TO MAY 1ST, 2023 TO APPLY FOR THIS EXEMPTION AT FIVE O'CLOCK ON MAY 1ST.

THAT'S THE DEADLINE.

AND THERE'S NO EXCEPTIONS.

UM, I I'M JUST IMPLEMENTING THE, THE LAWS.

THAT'S WHAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS PUT IN.

SO, ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, IF, UM, IF THE TOWN PASSES IT WITH THE FIRE DISTRICT, THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALSO HAVE TO PASS SOMETHING SIMILAR.

IS THIS ONLY FOR THE TOWN? UH, AND THE VILLAGES WITH THIS ONLY FOR THE TOWN PORTION OF THE TAXES.

I WILL BE NOTIFYING THE SCHOOLS.

THEY MUST APPROVE THE INCREASE BY A RESOLUTION.

THE VILLAGES ARE ALL AWARE, THEY'RE WAITING FOR THE TOWN BOARD TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

AND THE COUNTY, I BELIEVE IS PASSING IT VERY SOON.

THANK YOU, ED.

AND WHEN YOU SAY IN, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU SAY INCREASE, YOU MEAN THE INCREASE IN THE INCOME LEVEL OF EXEMPTION? YOU'RE NOT, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE AN INCREASE TO THE SENIORS, RIGHT? NO.

, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS? YES, WE HAVE REQUESTS TO SPEAK DURING, UH, ON THIS, UM, PUBLIC HEARING.

PAT WILLIAMS. I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS PATRICIA WEEMS. AND THAT, UM, I HOPE IT'LL GO THROUGH YOU.

I DIDN'T TURN ON THE CALL WITH YOU AS THE, UM, PRESIDENT OF THE FAIRGROUNDS CIVIC ASSOCIATION.

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THANK YOU, PATRICIA.

ANYONE ELSE? NO, I AGREE.

I AGREE WITH THIS.

YOU WANNA COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE? THINK ABOUT COME COME LOUIS LOUISE.

COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE.

LOUISE, COME SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE.

LOUISE.

OH, THE ONLY REASON WHY PAT WAS, WAS ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON THE CHAIR BECAUSE OF HER, HER WALKING.

I UNDERSTAND.

THAT'S OKAY.

BUT YOU CAN COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

I'LL WAIT MY, HER, I'M SORRY.

IT'S FINE.

ANYBODY ELSE? THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE, CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN, UH, FOR SEVEN DAYS.

[ To consider Zoning Text Amendments related to Cannabis]

UM, NEXT PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER HIS ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT RELATED TO, UH, UH, EITHER CAN THIS I SHOULD MENTION, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, MURRAY BODEN, UM, HAS TALKED ABOUT THE NEED, UM, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, HEAR PEOPLE'S COMMENTS, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE WEARING A MASK AND WE NOW HAVE CLOSED CAPTION.

UM, IT'S ON, IT'S ON THIS MONITOR.

UH, THE FRONT LEFT, THERE IS A MONITOR HERE.

WE CLOSED CAPTIONING.

UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS A SLIGHT DELAY RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE WORKING ON IMPROVING THAT FOR FUTURE MEETINGS, UM, AND MAYBE ADDING, UH, ANOTHER DEVICE SOMEWHERE ELSE WHERE WE'RE LOOKING INTO IT RIGHT NOW TO HELP EVERYBODY WHO HAS DIFFICULTY HEARING.

AND YOU HAVE THE OPTION, IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY ZOOM OF GETTING CLOSED CAPTIONING ON THE ZOOM.

IT'S NOT PERFECT.

IT'S, UH, SOME OF THE TRANSLATIONS CAN GET A CHUCKLE OUT OF YOU, BUT IT IS, UH, IT, IT GIVES YOU THE, THE GIST OF IT WHERE IT GETS WRONG.

PAUL, YOU MOVE TO OPEN, UH, WHO SECOND? YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN THE HEAR HEARING ON THE ZONING TEXT AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CANNABIS.

GOOD EVENING SUPERVISOR.

FINER AND TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD.

GARY DUQUE, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.

THE TOWN OF GREENBURG IS ONE OF MANY NEW YORK STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT OPTED OUT OF ALLOWING ONSITE ADULT CONSUMPTION CANNABIS USES.

THEREFORE, THAT COMPONENT OF CANNABIS IS NOT A PART OF THE LAW AND IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

THE TOWN OF GREENBURG IS ONE OF MANY NEW YORK STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT WILL PERMIT ADULT USE RECREATIONAL CANNABIS DISPENSARIES, AS WILL SOON BE ALLOWED IN NEW YORK STATE.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE NEW YORK STATE LICENSING PROCESS FOR ADULT USE RECREATIONAL CANNABIS DISPENSARIES COULD RENDER THESE BUSINESSES TO BE OPEN AS EARLY AS THE END OF THIS YEAR.

ON DECEMBER 13TH, 2021, THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF C, D, AND C TO DRAFT A LOCAL LAW REGULATING TIME, PLACE, AND MANNER ASSOCIATED WITH ADULT USE RECREATIONAL CANNABIS DISPENSARIES.

THE TOWN BOARD DIRECTIVE INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING GUIDING PRINCIPLES.

DISPENSARIES SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED IN ANY RESIDENTIAL ZONES OR MIXED USE CORRIDORS SUCH AS EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, ROUTE ONE 19 AND CENTRAL AVENUE IMMEDIATELY AND OR SIGNIFICANTLY ABUTTING RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.

THE TOWN BOARD INDICATED THAT A MINI MINIMUM LINEAR SEPARATION DISTANCE BE REQUIRED FROM SCHOOLS, PLAYGROUNDS, AND PUBLIC PARKS, AND THAT THE USE AND RELATED LOCAL LAW INCORPORATE A SPECIAL PERMIT PROCESS.

ON APRIL 27TH, 2022, THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE RESOLUTION DECLARING ITS INTENT TO BE LEAD AGENCY FOR THE C GRANT REVIEW ASSOCIATED WITH THE CANNABIS LOCAL LAW THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.

AND THAT LOCAL LAW WAS REFERRED BY THE TOWN BOARD ON APRIL 28TH, 2022.

THE LOCAL LAW WAS TRANSMITTED TO ALL INVOLVED AND INTERESTED AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE TOWN OF GREENBURG PLANNING BOARD, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF CANNABIS MANAGEMENT, AND ALL MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN 500 FEET OF THE TOWN, WHICH INCLUDED THE TOWN'S SIX VILLAGES.

EACH OF THESE AGENCIES WERE ENCOURAGED TO PROVIDE COMMENTS WITH THE PLANNING BOARD, THE TOWN'S CONSERVATION ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND WESTCHESTER COUNTY PROVIDING COMMENTS.

NO OTHER COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED.

THE LOCAL LAW THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT IS CONSISTENT WITH THOSE GUIDING PRINCIPLES I IDENTIFIED A FEW MOMENTS AGO.

HOWEVER, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS LOCAL LAW PROPOSES REGULATING CANNABIS BEYOND JUST ADULT USE.

RECREATIONAL CAN CANNABIS DISPENSARIES, ADULT USE MEDICAL DISPENSARIES AND OTHER CANNABIS USES SUCH AS PROCESSING, DISTRIBUTION, AND CULTIVATION FACILITIES ARE ALSO ADDRESSED AS PART OF THE LOCAL LAW.

THE REASON FOR THESE OTHER INCLUSIONS IS THAT TO BE SILENT ON MEDICAL DISPENSARIES AND PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES COULD HAVE THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF PERMITTING THEM MORE GENERALLY AS RETAIL USES OR WAREHOUSING USES, WHICH ARE PERMITTED PREVALENTLY THROUGHOUT TOWN IN NON-RESIDENTIAL

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DISTRICTS.

THEREFORE, THE PURPOSE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE NATURE OF THE LOCAL LAW WITH RESPECT TO RECREATIONAL AND MEDICAL RETAIL CANNABIS DISPENSARIES AND PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES, IS TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THE TIME, PLACE, AND MANNER OF ALL THESE USES.

SO I'M GONNA BEGIN WITH ADULT USE RECREATIONAL DISPENSARIES AND ADULT USE CANNABIS RETAIL MEDICAL DISPENSARIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAW.

BOTH ARE REGULATED IN THE SAME MANNER.

BOTH WOULD BE PERMISSIBLE BY SPECIAL PERMIT OF THE TOWN BOARD WITH A REFERRAL TO THE PLANNING BOARD IN THE PD NON-RESIDENTIAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

WHAT I'M GONNA DO NOW IS SHARE SCREEN AND HIGHLIGHT THAT PORTION OF THE TOWN.

OKAY? AND I WILL ZOOM IN IN A MOMENT, BUT THIS IS THE, UH, 18 SQUARE MILES, ROUGHLY 18 SQUARE MILES OF UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG HERE IN THE WHITE.

AND, UM, THE PD DISTRICT IS IN THE GREEN.

SO I'M NOW GONNA HIGHLIGHT ON THAT AREA.

THERE ARE TWO POLYGONS OF THE PD DISTRICT, WHICH IS WHERE THIS USE BY SPECIAL PERMIT WOULD BE ALLOWED.

AND IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE TOWN, THERE'S A LARGE SWATH OF PD DISTRICT, AND IT SITS ADJACENT TO ROUTE NINE A NORTH OF 2 87.

AND A GOOD LANDMARK, UH, I ALWAYS SAY IS, UM, SAM'S CLUB IS, IS THIS PARCEL WHERE MY CURSOR IS.

SO ESSENTIALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THE PARCELS NORTH OF THAT POINT, UH, NORTH TO REGENERON.

AND THEN, UM, YOU'VE GOT THE PROPOSED SHOPRITE OVER HERE, OR THE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, I SHOULD SAY, SHOPRITE, UM, A BIT NORTH OF THAT.

AT EXECUTIVE BOULEVARD, YOU START ANOTHER SWATH OF THE PD DISTRICT ALSO ADJACENT TO, UH, ROUTE NINE A.

AND THEN THE SECOND, UH, POLYGON OF, OF PD DISTRICT IS, IS ACTUALLY WHERE SIEMENS IS OFF OF BENEDICT AVENUE.

SO REALLY THAT PORTION WOULD NOT BE APPLICABLE, BUT INDEED IT IS PD DISTRICT.

THESE USES WOULD HAVE 13 SPECIFIC SPECIAL PERMIT CRITERIA, WHICH I'M NOW GOING TO DISPLAY ON THE SCREEN AND JUST GIVE YOU A FLAVOR OF SOME OF THOSE, UH, SPECIAL PERMIT CRITERIA.

LET ME ENLARGE HERE.

SO, RETAIL RECREATIONAL DISPENSARIES IN THE PD DISTRICT, AGAIN, UH, PERMISSIBLE BY A SPECIAL PERMIT OF THE TOWN BOARD.

UH, THERE ARE 13 CRITERIA.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A FLAVOR, I'M JUST GOING TO, UH, RECITE SEVERAL OF THEM.

SO, GARY, THIS OF COURSE MUST.

GARY.

GARY, COULD YOU ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT MORE? 'CAUSE IT'S NOT AS CLEAR ON THE TV AS IT IS ON ZOOM? YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT NOTE.

MUCH BETTER.

OKAY, GREAT.

SO THE USE OF COURSE MUST BE FULLY ENCLOSED.

UH, THERE IS INDEED A A 500 FOOT, UH, SETBACK REQUIRED FROM SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC PARKS.

AND THE, THE DISPENSARY SHOULD NOT INCLUDE DISPLAY OF SIGNS, NOISE, FUMES, OR LIGHTS THAT WILL HINDER NORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT.

UM, SO AGAIN, WITH THE SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION, AN APPLICANT WOULD SUBMIT THE, THE, THE NAME OF THEIR BUSINESS, WHAT THE SIGNAGE WOULD LOOK LIKE.

SO THE APPROVING BOARD, THE TOWN BOARD WOULD HAVE, UH, DIRECT OVERSIGHT OVER THAT.

AND, UM, YOU COULD MAKE COMMENTS AND, AND, AND CONDITION ALL OF THESE ASPECTS.

UM, ADULT USE, CANNABIS, RETAIL, RECREATIONAL DISPENSARIES ARE SUBJECT TO THE NEW YORK STATE, UH, MARIJUANA REGULATION AND TAXATION ACT.

UM, THERE'S HOURLY RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED.

UM, THERE'S A MINI MINIMUM LINEAR SEPARATION OF 500 FEET FROM LIKE USES.

SO IT'S SORT OF AN ANTI PROLIFERATION TYPE PROVISION.

UM, ONE WOULD HAVE TO SUPPLY A SITE PLAN, A FLOOR PLAN, A PROPOSAL, A PROPOSED DISPENSARY.

APPLICANT WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT THE SECURITY MEASURES THAT WOULD BE, UH, SUFFICIENT FOR THAT USE TO, UH, OPERATE APPROPRIATELY.

UM, COPIES OF THE SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION WOULD ACTUALLY BE SENT TO THE NEW YORK STATE, UH, MARIJUANA AND, UH, TAXATION ACT, UM, I'M SORRY, SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW AS PART OF ANY SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION TO THE TOWN BOARD.

COPIES OF ALL INFORMATION SUBMITTED TO THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF O C M ESSENTIALLY, UH, CANNABIS MANAGEMENT WOULD ALSO BE SUBMITTED TO THE TOWN BOARD.

SO YOU WOULD HAVE ALL THE SAME DETAILS THAT THE NEW YORK STATE WOULD HAVE.

UM, AND I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT IT'S NOT SOLELY A SPECIAL PERMIT THAT'S NEEDED FROM THE TOWN BOARD.

UH, AND APPLICANT WILL ALSO NEED NEW YORK STATE TO APPROVE A LICENSE.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S DUAL AUTHORITY THERE.

UM, AND THEN THERE ARE PROVISIONS WHERE IF, UH, ONE DOESN'T ADHERE TO THE, TO, TO THE, UM, SPECIAL PERMIT, THERE ARE VIOLATION PROVISIONS.

AND ULTIMATELY, UM, THERE ARE PROVISIONS SO THAT THE BOARD COULD REVOKE A SPECIAL PERMIT IF, UH, FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, UM, THERE WERE SALES TO UNDERAGE, UM, UM, CUSTOMERS AND, AND SO ON.

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OKAY, GREAT.

DISPENSARIES WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED IN ANY OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS IN THE TOWN OTHER THAN THE PD DISTRICT.

DIS DISPENSARIES ARE ANTICIPATED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 2,505,000 SQUARE FEET.

AND THIS WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED RETAIL SPACES IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

WE'RE GONNA DO NOW IS DISPLAY.

UM, I'M GONNA SHARE SCREEN AGAIN, AND I, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, UM, PULL TOGETHER A, A, UH, COUPLE OF IMAGES THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF, OF WHAT CA, UH, DISPENSARIES LOOK LIKE IN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING STATES, UM, SUCH AS MASSACHUSETTS AND NEW JERSEY, WHICH ARE THE TWO, UH, ADJACENT STATES, OF COURSE, WHICH, WHICH HAVE ALREADY PERMITTED.

UM, SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE AND, AND I CAN, UH, ZOOM IN HERE.

UM, I DON'T THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY EXAMPLES LIKE THIS IN THE PD DISTRICT, BUT JUST TO, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU A FLAVOR OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, UM, WITH DISPENSARIES SORT OF IN THE NORTHEAST AND, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO NEW YORK STATE, UH, YOU HAVE A DISPENSARY IN GREAT BARRINGTON.

IT IS ON A, IN ON ONE OF THEIR MAIN THOROUGHFARES THAT LEADS TO THEIR, THEIR CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.

UM, THIS ONE'S MORE IN LIKE A, YOU KNOW, A HOUSE TYPE SETTING.

UM, BUT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A DISPENSARY.

UM, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE IN PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

AND IN THIS INSTANCE, UM, THE SITE IS ACTUALLY IN THE, IN THE FOREGROUND HERE.

SO, UM, YOU REALLY CAN'T, IT, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF DOESN'T REALLY STAND OUT.

IT LOOKS SORT OF LIKE A NONDESCRIPT BUILDING.

THERE IS A SIGN HERE, UM, IT SAYS BERKSHIRE ROOTS WITH AN ARROW.

UM, BUT IT, THEY, THEY, THEY HAVE ACCESS OFF THE MAIN ROAD HERE.

UM, BUT IT, IT DOESN'T HAVE IMMEDIATE FRONTAGE ON THE ROAD.

AND I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, JUST A FUNCTION OF THE, THE SPACE THAT THEY, THEY CHOSE THERE.

UM, I DO HAVE A PICTURE OF THIS BERKSHIRE ROOTS, UH, LOCATION AGAIN IN PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

THIS JUST GIVES YOU A FLAVOR OF WHAT THAT STORE'S INTERIOR LOOKED LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SLEEK AND MODERN.

AND I GET THE SENSE THAT THAT'S GENERALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE APPROACH THAT THAT, THAT THEY LOOK FOR, UM, THESE USES.

SO, YOU KNOW, AREAS LIKE THIS, I WOULD SAY, UM, THE PD DISTRICT CERTAINLY DOES HAVE AREAS WITH TRAITS LIKE THIS.

UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A MIX OF, UH, OFFICE, UH, RETAIL AND, AND, AND, UM, TYPE SPACES.

UM, JUST, JUST, JUST TO SHOW YOU THE GAMUT, UM, LIKE MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY, THIS IS MORE IN A, A MAIN STREETS TYPE SETTING.

UH, THIS BUSINESS HERE, IT'S RATHER SMALL.

IT'S CALLED ASCEND.

UM, THIS IS AN ACTIVE USE.

UM, THERE, THERE ARE NO SORT OF, UH, MAIN STREET AREAS, I WOULD SAY, IN THE PD DISTRICT.

UM, THIS HERE IN, IN, UH, LODI, NEW JERSEY, I THINK THAT'S HOW YOU PRONOUNCE IT.

, UM, IS CERTAINLY, UH, THE TYPE OF USE WHERE YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, EXECUTIVE PARK TYPE SPACE ALONGSIDE FREESTANDING BUILDINGS.

WE ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, WOULD HAVE, UH, SPACE LIKE THIS IN THE PD DISTRICT.

SO, UM, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY NONDESCRIPT.

UM, YOU'VE GOT THE SIGN HERE, BUT YOU KNOW, JUST DRIVING BY OR WALKING BY, YOU REALLY, YOU KNOW, WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT THIS STORE SOLD UNLESS YOU'RE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR IT, IN MY OPINION.

AND AGAIN, TO SPEAK TO THAT SORT OF MODERN, SLEEK LOOK, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS TO BE THE INTERIOR LOOK OF, UH, THE FACILITY IN LO DYE, NEW JERSEY.

OKAY, CONTINUE ON HERE.

NON-RETAIL, COMMERCIAL CANNABIS USES INCLUDE CULTIVATION, NURSERY, UH, DISTRIBUTION, PROCESSING, AND WAREHOUSING.

I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THE LOCAL LAW WOULD ALSO COVER NON-RETAIL ASPECTS OF CANNABIS, WHICH WILL BE THE NEXT PART OF THE PRESENTATION.

SO WITH THE LOCAL LAW, THESE USES WOULD BE PERMISSIBLE BY SPECIAL PERMIT OF THE TOWN BOARD, AGAIN, WITH A REFERRAL TO THE PLANNING BOARD.

UM, HOWEVER, THERE WOULD BE THREE DISTRICTS WHERE THIS WOULD BE APPLICABLE.

THE PD DISTRICT IS THE SAME DISTRICT I, I I SHOWED ON THE SCREEN BEFORE THEI LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, AND THE GI GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

SO WHAT I'LL DO NOW IS, UH, AGAIN, SHARE SCREEN AND DISPLAY THESE AREAS.

AND SO NOW WE'RE, WE'VE TRANSITIONED, WE'RE NO LONGER TALKING ABOUT, UM, DISPENSARIES.

WERE ON TO SORT OF THE, THE, THE, THE NON-COMMERCIAL, THE, UH, WAREHOUSING TYPE ASPECTS OF CANNABIS USES.

SO AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE APPLICABLE IN THE PD DISTRICT.

SO WE SORT OF, WE COVERED, UM, THE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS IN THE TOWN WHERE THE PD DISTRICT IS.

UM, ALSO THE LI AND THE GI DISTRICT WOULD ALSO BE APPLICABLE AS WRITTEN IN THE LOCAL LAW.

SO THE MAJOR PORTIONS OF THE LI DISTRICT ARE, ARE ACTUALLY CLOSE TO THE PD DISTRICT.

SO I'M GONNA ZOOM IN ON THEM.

AND, UM, I THINK THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE PROBABLY THE MOST LIKELY CANDIDATE IF THERE WERE A, CALL IT A SMALL PROCESSING FACILITY.

BUT I'LL GET INTO THAT IN A MOMENT.

SO THE PD

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DISTRICT, UM, IN THIS, IN THIS POLYGON HERE, WE'RE TALKING NORTH OF THE VILLAGE OF ELMSFORD, AND AGAIN, ON NINE A, BUT CONFINED TO THE WEST OF, OF NINE A NORTH OF THE VILLAGE.

UM, SO YOU SEE THE AREAS HERE, AND THIS IS ALL, UH, SORT OF IN THE WAREHOUSE LANE, UH, PORTION, UH, OF THE TOWN.

SO SOME OF THESE SMALLER SITES ON NINE A, I DON'T THINK THIS WOULD BE APPLICABLE BECAUSE THOSE ARE VERY SMALL SITES.

UH, YOU KNOW, EIGHTH OF AN ACRE TO A HALF ACRE SITES, UM, OTHER AREAS OF THEI DISTRICT.

UM, THERE'S A POCKET OVER ON NINE A BY THE ELMSFORD LITTLE LEAGUE.

UM, AND THEN THERE ARE TWO POCKETS ON FAIRVIEW PORTION.

AND THESE AREAS ARE ALL BUILT OUT WITH, WITH EXISTING USES.

UM, SO THERE'S, UH, ACTUALLY THIS IS A CAR DEALERSHIP, SO THAT'S REALLY PROBABLY NOT APPLICABLE.

AND, UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S A PORTION OFI OFF OF OLD TERRYTOWN ROAD, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF, UM, WAREHOUSE AUTO USES.

UM, AS FAR AS THE, UH, GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, THERE IS A POCKET UP HERE IN PURPLE.

AND, UH, LASTLY, THERE IS A, UM, FAIRLY SIZABLE PORTION OF GI DISTRICT IN THE, UH, SOUTH, UH, WEST PORTION OF THE TOWN.

UM, BUDDING THE VILLAGE OF DOBBS FERRY AND THE VILLAGE OF LEY.

UM, I GUESS AROUND, UH, LAWRENCE, LAWRENCE STREET WAS A GOOD LANDMARK, UM, TO ORIENT YOU THERE.

UH, AGAIN, ON NINE A, UH, VERY SMALL POCKET OF ALLY, UM, SOUTH THE SOUTHERN MOST, UH, SOUTHERN, SOUTHWESTERN MOST PORTION OF THE TOWN.

BUT AGAIN, THOSE ARE VERY SMALL SITES.

I DON'T THINK ANYTHING WOULD BE APPLICABLE HERE AS FAR AS A, A PROCESSING FACILITY.

SO MY LIGHT TURNED OFF HERE.

IT'S TOUGH TO GET THAT BACK ON.

COULD WE ASK THEM TO TELL ME WHAT THE VENUES ARE AND THE ACRONYM? SO AGAIN, WITH THE, UM, THIS USE AGAIN, WOULD BE SPECIAL PERMIT AT, COULD YOU DISPLAY THE PREVIOUS SCREEN AND MOVE IT OVER A LITTLE BIT SO THEY CAN SEE THE WORDS NEXT TO THE LEGEND COLORS? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

AND I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO SHARE SCREEN BECAUSE I'M GONNA TRANSITION TO THE, UM, YEAH, THERE YOU GO.

SO I CAN'T SEE WHAT IS LEFT.

THERE'S THAT, SO THE BLUE IS THE LI THE PURPLE IS THE GI AND THE GREEN IS THE PD DISTRICT.

AND WHAT DO THOSE ACRONYMS STAND FOR? LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL, GENERAL, INDUSTRIAL AND PLAN UNIT, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

WHAT IS GI AND PD? IS THAT PUBLIC? UH, DISPENSARY.

DAR, COULD YOU EXPLAIN IT? 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO KEEP GOING BACK AND FORTH.

YEAH, OF COURSE, OF COURSE.

SO JUST TO REITERATE, UH, TO RECAP, UM, THE DISPENSARIES WOULD BE ALLOWED IN THE GREEN, UM, THE AREAS IDENTIFIED AS GREEN ON THE MAP HERE, WHICH ARE THE PD, UM, NON-RESIDENTIAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

AND, UM, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S LOCATED AS FROM HERE, YES, PLAN DEVELOPMENT, UH, DISPENSARIES WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED ANYWHERE ELSE.

UM, AS FAR AS LIKE THE WAREHOUSING COMPONENTS, IF ONE WERE TO PROPOSE ONE, THE ELIGIBLE AREAS WOULD BE THESE OTHER THREE COLORS, UM, THAT YOU SEE ON THE MAP, WHICH ENCOMPASS THE LI LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IN BLUE, THE GI GENERAL INDUSTRIAL IN PURPLE.

AND AGAIN, THE PD IN GREEN.

THE VILLAGES, THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES HAVE ALL BEEN NOTIFIED.

UH, YES, THEY HAVE.

THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.

UM, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY COMMENTS FROM ANY OF THE VILLAGES, UH, O OTHER THAN A COMMENT, UM, REGARDING THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT AND, AND THE NOTICING PROCEDURES FOR THAT.

ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE CLOSING THIS HEARING TONIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO BE HOLDING IT OVER FOR ALL PURPOSES TO THE NEXT MEETING.

AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, UM, IS, IS, IS, IS AGAIN, WALK, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EVERY LAST, UM, PROVISION HERE OF THE SPECIAL PERMIT.

UM, BUT I, I DO WANNA NOTE THAT THE, UH, SPECIAL PERMIT FOR THE WAREHOUSING CUL INDOOR CULTIVATION, UM, AND PROCESSING FACILITIES, THE, THE CRITERIA I'M GOING, ACTUALLY, LET ME GO AHEAD AND ZOOM IN.

AND OF COURSE, UM, ALL THESE USES WOULD HAVE TO BE FULLY ENCLOSED.

UM, SO WHEN WE SAY CULTIVATION FULLY ENCLOSED, WHEN WE SAY PROCESSING, FULLY ENCLOSED, I KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ODORS AND, UM, THE, THE PROSPECT OF THAT BEING A NUISANCE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, VERY HIGH UP ON THE PRIORITY OF RESIDENTS WITH, WITH CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, THOSE TRAITS.

UM, THIS WOULD BE A FULLY ENCLOSED USE.

UM, AN APPLICANT WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR PLAN TO, TO SHOW HOW THERE WOULD NOT BE, UM, YOU KNOW, ODORS ESCAPING THE BUILDING.

UM, OF COURSE YOU WOULD NEED A SITE PLAN, FULLY DIMENSION FLOOR PLAN, INCLUDING FIRE EXITS, FIRE PROTECTION, PROTECT PREVENTION MEASURES, UH, SECURITY MEASURES OF COURSE, VERY IMPORTANT.

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UM, THIS IS UNIQUE.

UH, SECTION FIVE, THIS IS UNIQUE TO THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES.

THIS IS NOT A PART OF THE, UH, DISPENSARIES.

UM, BUT IT SAYS THE APPLICANT APPLICATION SHALL INCLUDE AN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, UH, THAT DOCUMENTS THE PROPOSED WATER USAGE, ENERGY USAGE, AIR EMISSIONS GOES ON TO SAY, UM, INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, GIVE US THE, THE INFORMATION ON WHAT YOU WOULD USE IN THOSE RESPECTS AND HOW YOU MITIGATE.

SO ARE YOU GOING TO BE USING, UH, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION, UH, AIMED AT OFFSETTING THAT, THAT, THAT CONSUMPTION? UM, AND YES, AS I MENTIONED WITH THE DISPENSARIES, UH, NOT ONLY WOULD ONE NEED A SPECIAL PERMIT FROM THE TOWN BOARD OR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, YOU ALSO NEED A LICENSE FROM NEW YORK STATE.

SO, UM, YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE WITH THE OTH WITHOUT THE OTHER.

YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE THEM BOTH.

ALRIGHT.

SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO NOW IS CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION WITH AN OVERVIEW OF, UM, THE, THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE PLANNING BOARD IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I DO WANNA SPEAK JUST A BIT MORE ON THESE WAREHOUSING FACILITIES.

UM, SO I'M SURE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, UM, WOULD, WOULD BE WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD BE AN AVERAGE SIZE IN THAT, IN THAT TYPE OF THING.

SO IT IS DIFFICULT TO FORECAST THE AVERAGE SIZE OF A CULTIVATION NURSERY DISTRIBUTION OR PROCESSING WAREHOUSING FACILITY, IF ANY AT ALL, ARE EXPECTED TO BE PROPOSED IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

UM, BUT I WOULD SAY IN GENERAL, IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT THESE WAREHOUSE LIKE FACILITIES ARE LIKELY TO BE LOCATED FURTHER UPSTATE, WHERE LAND COSTS ARE LESS, FISCAL SPACE IS MORE READILY AVAILABLE, AND IN INSTANCES WHERE THERE'S SIGNIFICANT FI FISCAL INVESTMENT THROUGH A COUNTY I D A INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OR THROUGH OTHER NEW YORK STATE FUNDING ME MECHANISMS. SO I HAVE EXPLORED IN NEW YORK STATE WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE, UH, WAREHOUSING FRONT, IF YOU WILL.

UM, UH, I, I LEARNED OF AN EXAMPLE IN NEW YORK STATE, UH, WHICH IS A 380,000 SQUARE FOOT INDOOR GROW AND PROCESSING SITE.

UM, THIS IS AT A FORMER FACTORY IN THE TOWN OF WAR WARS, UH, THAT'S UP IN ULSTER COUNTY THAT WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED THIS YEAR.

UM, ANOTHER IS IN WARWICK, NEW YORK, THAT'S IN ORANGE COUNTY, UH, THAT'S PROJECTED TO BE A 450,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.

UM, IT'S ACTUALLY ON A FORMER PRISON GROUND.

UM, FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, I BELIEVE THE MOST REASONABLE PROSPECT FOR A CANNABIS WAREHOUSING OR PROCESSING FACILITY, UM, WHICH WOULD BE IN ONE OF, OF THESE, ONE OF THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS, WOULD BE OF A MUCH SMALLER SCALE.

AND THAT'S BASED ON THE TYPICAL SIZE OF THE EXISTING WAREHOUSING SPACE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I I WOULD ANTICIPATE IF, IF ANY AT ALL, UM, A WAREHOUSE IN THE RANGE OF 20,000 TO 80,000 SQUARE FEET.

AGAIN, THAT'S ALSO A FUNCTION OF THE HYDE LAND COSTS.

UM, BUT THERE VERY WELL COULD BE.

AND IF THERE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK SOME OF THE POSITIVE BENEFITS WOULD BE, UM, GREAT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, UH, IN FILLING A VACANT, UM, WAREHOUSING BILL.

SO NOW I WILL CONCLUDE WITH, UH, THE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.

UH, WE DID RECEIVE COMMENTS FROM WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND THE, UH, TOWN OF GREENBURG PLANNING BOARD.

UH, WESTCHESTER CO COUNTY ONLY HAD ONE COMMENT.

UH, I ACTUALLY RECOMMEND THAT THIS IS NOT NECESSARY AS ANY PROPOSAL FOR A DRIVE-THROUGH IN CONNECTION WITH THE DISPENSARY WOULD BE THE SUBJECT OF A SITE PLAN REVIEW OF THE TOWN BOARD AND SPECIAL PERMIT.

AND, UH, WE WOULD INVOLVE, AS WE ALWAYS DO AN INDEPENDENT TRAFFIC CONSULTANT TO, UH, ENSURE THAT THAT DRIVE-THROUGH PROPOSED IS, UM, YOU KNOW, IS, IS IS PROPOSED IN A SAFE FASHION.

UM, WE DON'T EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZE DRIVE-THROUGHS FOR ANY OTHER USE.

I DON'T SEE THE NEED TO DO THAT FOR THIS USE.

UM, SO I APPRECIATE THE COMMENT, BUT IN MY OPINION, I DON'T THINK, UH, THERE'S ANY FURTHER ACTION THERE.

UM, LASTLY ON AUGUST 3RD, GARRETT, UH, THE PLANNER, YES, GARY, UH, I, I READ THE, UH, COUNTY'S RECOMMENDATION A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, I THINK SAID IS THAT WE SHOULD MENTION AND REFERENCE DRIVE-THROUGHS WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO USE THEM OR NOT, SO THAT IT'S CLEAR WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE PERMITTED OR NOT PERMITTED RATHER THAN REMAIN SILENT ON IT.

SO I, I I HEAR YOU.

UM, WE ARE SILENT ON THEM FOR EVERY OTHER USE IN THE TOWN.

UM, AND, AND BY VIRTUE OF THAT, THEY ARE PERMISSIBLE, UM, BY SITE PLAN APPROVAL.

UM, BUT, UH, LET ME GIVE, LET ME GIVE THAT SOME MORE THOUGHT.

UM, AND I WILL REREAD THEIR COMMENT AND, UM, AS, AS, AS I UNDERSTAND THE TOWN BOARD, UH, WILL BE ADJOURNING THIS HEARING, UM, I CERTAINLY HAVE AMPLE TIME TO THINK ABOUT THAT AND, UM, AND BRING SOME THOUGHTS TO THE TABLE AT THE NEXT MEETING.

AND, UH, THE BOARD STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT THE TOWN BOARD ALLOW MEDICAL AND RECREATIONAL DISPENSARIES BY SPECIAL PERMIT.

SO ON AUGUST 3RD, UH, 2022, THE PLANNING BOARD ISSUED A REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION IN REGARDS TO THE LOCAL LAW.

THE PLANNING BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION WAS, WAS NEGATIVE WITH REGARD TO THE LOCAL LAW.

UM, THE PLANNING BOARD IDENTIFIED THAT FURTHER CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO EXPAND THE LIMITED AREAS WITHIN THE TOWN WHERE DISPENSARIES MAY BE LOCATED.

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UM, THEY LISTED ADDITIONAL DISTRICTS, THE CA, CENTRAL AVENUE MIXED USE DISTRICT, UH, CB CLOSED BUSINESS, D E S DESIGN SHOPPING, UH, THE IB, THE L O B O B, THESE ARE ALL DISTRICTS THAT, UM, BUT ONE 19, UM, CENTRAL AVENUE, UH, EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, HARTSDALE AVENUE.

SO THESE ARE, UM, THE TOWN'S, UH, MIXED USE COMMERCIAL COURT MIXED USE CORRIDORS, I SHOULD SAY.

AND THEY RECOMMEND THAT THE SAME CRITERIA THAT'S PROPOSED FOR THE PD DISTRICT, UM, WOULD BE APPLICABLE.

UH, THE PLANNING BOARD, UH, SAID, SHOULD THAT ABOVE, SHOULD THIS RECOMMENDATION NOT BE FOLLOWED, UM, THEY WOULD REQUEST THAT THE TOWN BOARD CONSIDER, UM, TO ALLOW MEDICAL DISPENSARIES AT A MINIMUM IN THESE SAME DISTRICTS, UH, USING THE CRITERIA FOR THE PD DISTRICT.

UM, THE PLANNING BOARD NOTED IN ITS RECOMMENDATION THAT IT FELT THERE WOULD BE LOST TAX REVENUE BY LIMIT LIMITING THE USE TO THE PD DISTRICT, AND THAT THE TOWN WOULD BE AT A COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE TO OTHER COMMUNITIES, UM, THAT MIGHT PERMIT DISPENSARIES MORE BROADLY.

UH, AND THAT THE USES CAN EXIST IN HARMONY WITH OTHER USES IN THE TOWN'S MIXED USE DISTRICTS.

UH, AND AND LASTLY, WITH RESPECT TO NON DIS, UH, NON DISPENSARY CANNABIS USES.

SO AGAIN, THESE WAREHOUSE TYPE USES, UH, THE PLANNING BOARD RECOMMENDED THAT, UM, ADDITIONAL RESEARCH BE DONE, UM, JUST TO ENSURE THAT THE, UH, RESOURCES NEEDED FOR, FOR SUCH USE, UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA OVERWHELM, UH, THE TOWN OR, OR, OR THE ELECTRIC GRID AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

UM, AND THEN UPON THAT RESEARCH TO DEVELOP, UH, MORE COMPREHENSIVE OR DIFFERENT SPECIAL PERMIT CRITERIA.

UM, I WILL SAY, UH, AS A RESULT OF THAT PLANNING BOARD COMMENT, WHEN I RECITED THE, UH, REQUIREMENT FOR A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, UM, THAT AROSE FROM THIS, THIS PLANNING BOARD COMMENT, SO, UM, IT WOULD NOT BE AN UNKNOWN IN THE SPECIAL PERMIT CRITERIA.

THE BOARD'S EXPLICITLY ASKING, UH, HOW MUCH ENERGY ARE YOU USING? HOW CAN YOU OFFSET THAT ENERGY? UM, WHAT TYPE OF GREEN, YOU KNOW, UM, BUILDING TECHNIQUES CAN YOU BRING TO, TO, TO THE PROPOSAL? AND, AND I, IN MY OPINION, I BELIEVE BETWEEN THAT AS WELL AS, UM, THE PROJECTED SMALLER SIZE OF THESE USES, UM, I, I BELIEVE THAT THE LAW AS WRITTEN, UM, I THINK PUTS THE TOWN IN A GOOD POSITION TO, UM, YOU KNOW, REVIEW SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATIONS FOR THESE TYPE OF USES.

BUT, UM, DUE RESPECT, THE PLANNING BOARD'S COMMENT IN THAT REGARD, OF COURSE.

AND, UH, THE C A C HAD SIMILAR, SIMILAR COMMENTS.

SO, UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY OPENING REMARKS, AND I KNOW WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC.

AND, UH, IF TOWN BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS, UH, I'M HERE TO ANSWER THEM.

OF COURSE.

GIVE EXCELLENT REPORT.

ANYBODY'D, LIKE TO SPEAK.

WELL, ACTUALLY IN, IN THE, UM, THE ORDER OF SIGNING UP FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING, WE HAVE HAL SAMIS LLOYD COURT AND THEN LOUISE CHERICO TO, TO SPEAK IN THE ORDER FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

OH, FOR THIS ONE? OKAY.

MM-HMM.

AND COULD I JUST REMIND EVERYONE FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL AS PUBLIC COMMENT TO PLEASE STICK TO THE FIVE MINUTE RULE? UM, THERE'S A CLOCK HERE AND A CLOCK UP IN THE CORNER THERE AS WELL.

TRYING TO GET THE PERMANENT JOB.

AND COULD WE JUST MENTION, WE'VE, WE'VE SAID, UM, THAT WE DON'T WANT ANY INTERRUPTIONS DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS AND, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS.

SO IT'S FIVE MINUTES, AND THERE'LL BE NO INTERRUPTIONS BETWEEN BY BOARD MEMBERS OR BY ANYBODY.

UH, SO WE'LL HAVE A MORE ORDERLY, UH, MEETINGS.

LAST YEAR, THIS TOWN BOARD OPTED INTO THE SALE OF MARIJUANA.

THIS YEAR IT'S BANISHING THE SALE OF MARIJUANA TO NOWHERE.

IT'S NOT MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC THAT MIGHT WANT TO PURCHASE MARIJUANA.

NOW, I'M SORRY, I MISSED EARLIER TONIGHT THE ANDRE TALLEY PRESENTATION, BUT IT KIND OF APPLIES TO THIS MARIJUANA HEARING AS WELL, BECAUSE WITH ONE HAND, THE TOWN BOARD HONORED THE BLACK COMMUNITY, AND WITH THE OTHER HAND, IT DISHONORED THE BLACK COMMUNITY BY TRYING TO REMOVE PORTRAITS FROM THE MANHATTAN AVENUE MURAL.

THIS, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS PROPOSED LAW ONLY.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

DID I SAY SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE WORD MARIJUANA IN THE SENTENCE? I THINK IT WAS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THIS.

WHY DON'T, THAT LOOKS LIKE AN INTERRUPTION, DOESN'T IT, MR. FEER? I DON'T WANT ANY INTERRUPTIONS.

TOWN ATTORNEY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE RULES.

THERE'S NO STOPPING OF STOP THE CLUB.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THERE'S NO STOPPING AT THE CLUB.

WELL, HE'S

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SO A LITTLE, HE'S OUR PARLIAMENT, HE'S A PARLIAMENTARIAN.

AND IF HE, AND, AND YOU SHOULD SHOW SOME, SOME RESPECT.

HE'S SHOWING RESPECT FOR YOU IN GENERAL, SO YOU SHOW RESPECT.

NOT BY WHAT HE SAID.

DID HE SHOW RESPECT FOR ME? PLEASE CONTINUE YOUR COMMENTS.

AND THAT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER INTERRUPTION.

CAN WE RESUME TO YOUR RULES? SO IN ESSENCE, WITH ONE HAND ON MARIJUANA, THE TOWN BOARD HAS SAID, OKAY, TO SELL IT.

AND ON THE OTHER HAND IT SAID, BUT NOWHERE, NO ONE CAN BUY IT.

SO WHAT I'M KIND OF CURIOUS IS WHAT IS THE REAL THREAT BEHIND THE SALE OF MARIJUANA, WHERE IT CAN BE PURCHASED, WHERE THERE WOULD BE CUSTOMERS, LIKE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS? I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT SOMETIME, UM, WHEN GAR GIVES HIS NEXT PRESENTATION, YOU COULD EXPLAIN WHAT THE THREAT IS, BECAUSE HONESTLY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE STATE HAS SUDDENLY GIVEN PERMISSION TO SELL MARIJUANA.

NO LONGER IS IT ILLEGAL.

SO IN ESSENCE, WE'RE CONTRIBUTING WHAT THE STATE ALLOWS US TO DO BY RESTRICTING IT TO WHERE IT CAN'T BE PURCHASED.

AND THAT'S TROUBLING BECAUSE BEFORE MARIJUANA BECAME LEGAL FOR YEARS AND YEARS, THIS TOWN HAS PERMITTED THE SALE OF ALCOHOL ALL OVER THE TOWN.

AND ANY ILL EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ARE CERTAINLY DOCUMENTED TO THE SAME EXTENT THAT THERE ARE ILL EFFECTS TO MARIJUANA.

SO WHAT'S THE REAL DIFFERENCE TO THIS TOWN BOARD? THAT IT PERMITS ALCOHOL TO BE SOLD WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE SCHOOLS, PARKS, AND THE WHOLE MAGILLA OF USES AND PLACES WHERE CHILDREN MIGHT CONGREGATE, AND YET IT ALLOWED, IS ASKED TO DISALLOW THE SALE OF MARIJUANA.

ARE YOU TELLING THE STATE THAT IT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IT'S DOING BY MAKING IT LEGAL? I THINK THIS TOWN BOARD CERTAINLY IS TWO-FACED BASED ON THE OBSERVATIONS I'VE MADE TONIGHT.

LLOYD COURT, GOOD EVENING.

LLOYD LLOYD, C O R T, UM, FROM THE C D B G ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, BELIEVE ME, MR. FINER TOM BOARD, I BASICALLY WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION, BUT PRIOR TO A QUESTION, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT IN 2021, IDA STORM DESTROYED EXTENSIVELY, UH, LOUIS BRONZE CENTER AND PARTS OF THE DE YOUNG CENTER.

SIR, I'M SORRY, BUT THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING SIMPLY FOR THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAW.

PUBLIC COMMENT LATER IS OPEN FOR ANY COMMENT.

ARE, ARE YOU HERE TO DISCUSS THE LOCAL LAW IN REGARDS TO COUNTY? I I JUST WANT TO ASK A QUESTION IS, IS IT IN REGARDS TO THE LOCAL, CAN I, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? AND THIS IS THE PREAMBLE TO MY QUESTIONS SO THAT MY QUESTION WILL BE ADDRESSED APPROPRIATELY.

THAT'S WHY I GIVE, CAN I? MAY I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

I MEAN, I JUST WANT TO GO, BUT ARE YOU HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE LOCAL LAW ON CANNABIS THAT WAS PROPOSED AND POSTED TO THE WEBSITE? NO, I'M HERE.

THAT'S WHAT THIS HEARING IS FOR.

PUBLIC COMMENT LATER ON TONIGHT IS FOR ANY TOPIC THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS.

IT'S NOT THE MOMENT, RIGHT? WELL, ANY QUESTION IF I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TO ASK THAT.

THAT'S NEXT.

THAT'S AFTER THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

THE NEXT THANKS, SO KINDLY YOU COULD COME BACK UP.

NEXT.

NO.

OH, THANK THANKS SO KINDLY TO MAKE IT SO EXPLICIT.

WHO'S NEXT ON THE CANNABIS? LOUISE PAUL.

UM, BY STATE LAW, THE TOWN SUPERVISOR PRESIDES.

OVER THIS MEETING, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU CLARIFY FOR THE SPEAKERS WHAT THEY MAY ADDRESS DURING THIS TIME, BECAUSE THE INTERRUPTIONS WHILE THEY ARE SPEAKING, CREATES TENSION AND CONFUSION.

SO PLEASE CLARIFY FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHAT EXACTLY THEY MAY ADDRESS DURING THIS FIVE MINUTE PERIOD.

ONLY ON THE CAN PROPOSED LEGISLATION RELATING TO ZONING, TEXT AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CANNABIS.

THIS IS BASICALLY A HEARING RIGHT NOW

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AND WE HAVE A STENOGRAPHER WHO'S KEEPING RECORDS, AND WE WANT TO LIMIT THIS PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING ONLY TO THE CANNABIS AFTER THIS HEARING.

AND THERE'S NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE HERE.

SO THIS IS NOT GONNA TAKE, YOU KNOW, FOREVER, UM, OR A LONG TIME.

UH, THEN WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING, PEOPLE COULD TALK ABOUT ANYTHING THEY WANT OR, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE PROCESS AND WE DON'T NEED A STENOGRAPHER FOR THAT.

AND I SHOULD JUST WANNA MENTION ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THERE SHOULD BE NO INTERRUPTIONS.

UM, SO EVERYONE ON THE DAY IS, UM, SHOULD ALSO NOT INTERRUPT BECAUSE IF WE SAY IT'S FIVE MINUTES OR THREE MINUTES, UM, YOU KNOW, AS LONG, AS, LONG AS SOMEBODY'S NOT INSULTING OR, UH, YOU KNOW, OR MAKING, UM, TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS, YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR FIVE MINUTES THAT ARE UNINTERRUPTED, RIGHT? BUT THE INTERIM TOWN ATTORNEY IS THE PARLIAMENTARIAN, AND IF HE IS COGNIZANT OF SOMEONE SAYING SOMETHING THAT IS INAPPROPRIATE, HE WILL LET THEM KNOW THAT IT'S INAPPROPRIATE AND DIRECT THEM TO WHEN IT IS APPROPRIATE.

RIGHT? AND WHAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE IS SOMETHING OTHER THAN COMMENTING ABOUT THE LOCAL LAW THAT'S BEFORE THE BOARD, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE TO GENERATE A RECORD ON.

AND THERE'S A LEGAL PROCESS THAT'S INVOLVED IN HERE, AND WE NEED THIS RECORD, AND WE NEED IT TO BE ON THE LOCAL LAW.

AND THEN WE WILL BE REVIEWING THAT RECORD AND MAKING A DECISION BASED ON THAT RECORD.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE PARLIAMENTARIAN DOES, IS HE LISTENS.

AND IF HE HEARS THAT SOMEBODY IS NOT ON THAT TOPIC, BECAUSE THEY LIKELY THINK THIS IS A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, HE STEPS IN AND SAYS, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.

BUT THIS IS ON CANNABIS FOR THIS PARTICULAR LOCAL LAW.

THE LOCAL LAW HAS BEEN POSTED ON THE WEBSITE FOR QUITE A LONG TIME.

IT'S FAIRLY DETAILED.

WE HAD A DETAILED EXPLANATION BY OUR COMMISSIONER OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONSERVATION RIGHT BEFORE THE, UH, THE, UH, PUBLIC WAS SPEAKING AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND IT'S ON THAT CONTEXT, THAT TOPIC THAT WE NEED TO HEAR, COMMENT ON.

AND IF YOU DON'T, THEN YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE.

UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A TIME PERIOD FOR THAT AFTER THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

WHO IS NEXT ON THE CANNABIS PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY.

ON, ON THE CANNABIS PUBLIC HEARING.

NEXT SPEAKER IS LOUISE CHERICO.

AM I PRONOUNCING YOUR NAME CORRECTLY? LOUISE CHERICO.

CHERICO LUIS.

DON'T SAY LOUIS CHARCO.

UNDERSTAND THAT.

ANSWER QUESTIONS, LOUISE.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

I'M LOUISE CHARCO AND I LIVE IN THE FAIRVIEW AREA.

AND I, I WANNA START OFF WITH A, WITH SOMETHING POSITIVE THAT, THAT, UH, GAR SAID, I TOTALLY AGREE.

THERE SHOULD NOT BE A DRIVE THROUGH, NOT BE A DRIVE THROUGH, BUT THE OTHER, I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE TOWN OF, IS IT ONLY UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG THAT HAS ALL THESE EXTRA STIPULATIONS? LIKE YOU GOTTA GET THIS PERMIT AND THIS PERMIT AND THAT, OR DOES THAT APPLY TO ALL THE GREENBURG AND ALL THE TOWNS? WHO DOES THAT APPLY TO OF TARRYTOWN? DOES IT APPLY TO TARRYTOWN? WE HAVE TO COME TO THE TOWN, YES.

UNTIL AFTER THE, ALRIGHT.

IT'S A RIDICULOUS THING.

IT'S LEGAL.

CHILDREN ARE NOT WALKING IN AND STARE EVERY DISPENSARY I GO TO, THERE'S NO KIDS LOOKING TO THE WINDOW.

LIKE ON 42ND STREET, BACK IN THE DAY AT THE PEEP SHOWS, THERE'S NO KIDS THERE.

THEY HAD TO BUZZ YOU IN THEIR SECURITY.

THERE'S, EVERYTHING IS LOCKED UP, OKAY? THEY ASK YOU FOR ID IF YOU DON'T HAVE GRAY HAIR LIKE ME.

OKAY? SO I CAN'T UNDERSTAND ALL THIS MADNESS.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT? MY COMMUNITY IS SUFFERING THE MOST BECAUSE YOU WANNA PUT IT WAY UP, BY THE WAY, ONE 19 BY SAM'S CLUB.

REALLY? HOW DO WE GET THERE? YOU KNOW WHAT'S EASIER FOR ME TO TAKE A TRAIN OF ALBANY, TO GO OVER 'EM, INTO BERKSHIRES AND GO TO SIX STORES? THAT'S WHAT'S EASIER.

AND I WAS GONNA, I HAD PARTNERS.

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WE WERE GONNA OPEN A DISPENSARY.

NOW, GREENBERG, FORGET IT.

I'M, I CAN'T DO IT HERE.

I CAN'T EVEN DO IT ANY PLACE AROUND HERE.

BUT I WILL BE NICE TO MY FRIENDS AND I WILL BUST IN EMPLOYEES FROM GREENBURG TO WORK FOR ME FROM FAIRVIEW.

AND I, I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY WE WANNA STICK WITH, UM, PROHIBITION.

BASICALLY.

GUESS WHAT? EVERYBODY SELLING IT ILLEGALLY BECAUSE NOBODY COULD FIND IT LEGALLY AROUND HERE.

A STILL BOOTLEG MARIJUANA EVERYWHERE YOU GO.

SO YOU ARE JUST CREATING, LISTEN, THERE WAS A BOY SHOT, KILLED, MURDERED BEHIND MY BUILDING OVER MARIJUANA.

AND NOW IT'S LEGAL HIT.

THAT BOY DID NOT HAVE TO DIE.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT? BY KEEPING IT BOOTLEG, PEOPLE ARE GONNA FREAKING DIE BECAUSE THEY HAD TO SELL IT ILLEGALLY TO EACH OTHER.

OKAY? SO THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THAT BOY OF TIE.

AND WE ARE GONNA SEE THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU ARE JUST MAKING IT RIDICULOUS.

PAUL.

I WAS LOOKING AT THE, THAT DELI THAT CLOSED.

I, NOW, I CAN'T GO THERE.

FORGET IT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT, THAT'S ALL.

AND THEN I'LL MAKE ANOTHER COMMENT.

BISHOP WILBERT.

SORRY.

BISHOP WILBERT PRESTON.

GOOD EVENING.

WILBERT PRESTON AT, UH, ON 77TH HILLCREST AVENUE.

GREENBURG.

I, UM, I, I MADE A COUPLE STATEMENTS ON THIS WHEN WE WERE PASSING THE LAW, AND I STILL HAVE THOSE CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, THE LEGALIZATION OF, OF T H C OR MARIJUANA.

AND, UM, PROBABLY THOSE CONCERNS ARE MORE POIGNANT NOW THAN EVER.

UM, BECAUSE LEGALIZING A SUBSTANCE DOES NOT MAKE IT ANY LESS DEADLY, ANY LESS, UM, UH, EASIER TO GET IT, DON'T MAKE IT ANY LESS, UM, DIFFICULT FOR A PERSON TO BE ADDICTED TO IT, OR IT DOESN'T MAKE IT ANY LESS EASY FOR THAT PERSON TO BE CLEAN OF THAT DRUG.

UH, AS I LISTENED TO THE PRESENTATION BY, BY GARRETT, I WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND IN THE, IN, IN THE LAW THAT IS TRYING TO BE PASSED, I DON'T HEAR ANY, UM, INFORMATION CONCERNING, UM, UH, POLICE PROTECTION OR HOW, WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE FOR SAFETY IN OUR TOWN.

IT CONCERNS ME, LIKE MY, UH, THE PERSON THAT SPOKE BEFORE ME, THAT ALL THE, UH, AREAS THAT GARRETT SHOWED US ARE IN THE TOWN OR IN THE UNINCORPORATED TOWN.

WE KEEP PUTTING THESE THINGS IN, IN THIS AREA, WHICH BRING DOWN, UH, THE VALUES TO PROPERTY.

IT BRING DOWN THE OVERALL PERSPECTIVE OF THE PROPERTY, BUT YET WE KEEP RECOMMENDING THESE AREAS AS THE, AS THE AREAS THAT WE PUT THESE THINGS.

UH, LIKE IT'S, IT, IT, IT'S LIKE THE CAR DEALERSHIPS.

CAR DEALERSHIPS DOES NOT RAISE THE VALUE OF YOUR PROPERTY, BUT WE KEEP PUTTING THEM IN, IN THE INCORPORATED GREENBERG, I THINK SOME CONSIDERATION NEED TO BE, UH, BE, UH, LOOKED AT OR THAT IS CONCERNED, ESPECIALLY WITH POLICING AND THE SAFETY OF WHAT THE, WHAT THESE KIND OF FACILITIES WOULD DO.

HAVE WE CONSIDERED WHAT PEOPLE WILL DO TO GET MARIJUANA AS THEY'RE GROWN IN THESE BUILDINGS? WILL THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE BUILDING THESE, THAT WILL BUILD THESE BUILDINGS, HAVE THEIR OWN PROTECTION? OR WILL WE AS GREENBERG GUIDES HAVE TO PROVIDE POLICE PROTECTION? AND EVEN IF THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PROTECTION, IT COMES TO A LEVEL, EXCUSE ME, POLICE PROTECTION EXCUSE.

YOU CAN'T, HECK ALL THIS, THAT POLICE PROTECTION WILL BE PART OF WHAT WE WILL HAVE TO DO AS TAXPAYERS IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE, UH, CON CONFISCATION OR THE THEFT OF THESE THINGS.

PEOPLE STEAL MARIJUANA WORSE THAN THEY STEAL ALCOHOL.

I'M, I'M AN, I AM A, UH, A COUNSELOR FROM, FOR DRUG ADDICTION.

MARIJUANA IS MORE ADDICTING THAN

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ALCOHOL.

IT'S MORE DANGEROUS THAN ALCOHOL.

WE SAID IT'S NOT, BUT STATISTICS SHOW IT.

GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE HISTORY, AND NOW IT'S BECOMING MORE ACCESSIBLE THAN ALCOHOL.

IT'S THE, IT'S, IT'S BECOMING THE DRUG OF CHOICE FOR MOST PEOPLE.

AND WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU LEGALIZE IT, YOU ARE ACTUALLY GIVING PERMISSION FOR PEOPLE TO BECOME ADDICTED.

AND THAT ADDICTION NOT ONLY AFFECTS THE COMMUNITY, IT AFFECTS THE FAMILY.

IT, IT AFFECTS THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THE PERSON.

AND, AND IT SEEMS KIND OF, OF, UM, COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO LEGALIZE SOMETHING.

AND THEN YOU HAVE TO BE TESTED FOR IT ON YOUR JOB.

SO, SO ALL THESE THINGS HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED, IN MY OPINION, AND I AM STILL AGAINST LEGALIZATION OF AN TOXIC DRUG, A MIND ALTERING CHEMICAL THAT BRINGS DANGER TO OUR COMMUNITY.

ALRIGHT, SO I, I JUST, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY SOMETHING BETWEEN SPEAKERS.

THIS TOWN BOARD IS NOT LEGALIZING MARIJUANA.

LEGAL MARIJUANA IS LEGAL IN NEW YORK STATE.

THIS TOWN BOARD HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

DO WE? DO WE HAVE TO GO TO HELL? BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE STOOD TOWN OF GREENBURG DID NOT LEGALIZE MARIJUANA.

AND NO MATTER WHAT THIS TOWN BOARD DOES, IT'S NOT GONNA STOP THE LEGALIZATION.

UH, OR, OR I MEAN, UH, PREVENT MARIJUANA FROM BEING LEGAL IN NEW YORK STATE.

IT'S A MISCONCEPTION THAT WE JUST NEED TO ADDRESS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT LEGALIZING MARIJUANA.

I HAVE NO FURTHER REQUESTS.

ACCORDING TO THIS SIGNUP SHEET TO SPEAK ON, THERE ARE TWO SPEAKERS ON ZOOM PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, ERIC ZINGER IS ON ZOOM.

ERIC, ERIC SINGER.

ANYONE ELSE ON ZOOM? GARRETT? YEAH.

YOU SAID YOU.

GARRETT, WHO ARE THE, WHO IS THE OTHER PERSON? SO I MAY CALL THEM IN SUCCESSION.

HUGH SCHWARTZ AND HUGH SCHWARTZ.

ADDICTION, HEALTH EFFECTS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CRIME.

WE WOULD JUST ASK THAT IF YOU'RE ON ZOOM, IF YOU COULD ELECTRONICALLY RAISE YOUR HAND SO THAT YOU'LL GO TO THE TOP OF THE LIST.

SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T EVEN, I'LL SHOW YOU.

CAN I BEGIN? ERIC, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? MM-HMM.

EXCELLENT.

GOOD EVENING TOWN BOARD.

ERIC ZINGER.

I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE TOWN BOARD TO REJECT THE CURRENT ZONING REGULATIONS BEFORE THEM GOVERNING MARIJUANA RECREATIONAL DISPENSARIES AND WHERE THEY'LL BE ALLOWED.

I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING BOARD, WHICH UNANIMOUSLY REJECTED THE PROPOSAL.

MY COMMENTS TONIGHT ARE MOSTLY FOCUSED ON THE REGULATIONS REGARDING RETAIL DISPENSARIES.

THE EXISTING PROPOSAL IS FAR TOO RESTRICTIVE IN TERMS OF WHERE THESE FACILITIES WOULD BE ALLOWED.

PIGEONHOLING THEM PREDOMINANTLY ONLY IN THE NORTHERN MOST PART OF TOWN IS A MISTAKE.

AND THE EXISTING LAW NEEDS TO BE REWORKED.

BISHOP PRESTON, WHO I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR, COULD NOT BE MORE WRONG WHEN HE SAID THAT MARIJUANA IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN ALCOHOL.

ALCOHOL, MARIJUANA IS SAFER THAN ALCOHOL BY EVERY SINGLE POSSIBLE MEASURE OF RISK THAT EXISTS.

THERE IS NOT A SINGLE WAY OF MEASURING SAFETY WHERE ALCOHOL IS SAFER THAN MARIJUANA.

LIMITING THESE FACILITIES ONLY TO THE PD DISTRICT CAN ONLY BE EXPLAINED BY XENOPHOBIA IGNORANCE OR WORSE.

PLUS, WE KNOW FROM ESTABLISHED HISTORY IN OTHER STATES THAT THERE ARE NO DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS AT ALL FROM THESE FACILITIES.

AND I DON'T SAY THAT TO YOU AS MY OPINION.

YOU KNOW, I SAY THAT TO YOU.

I ALWAYS COME WITH STATS.

AND IN 2019, THE JOURNAL OF REGIONAL SCIENCE AND ERGON ECONOMICS INCLUDED AS MUCH.

AND THEY, UH, THEIR RESULTS CONCLUDED THAT AN ADDITIONAL DISPENSARY IN A NEIGHBORHOOD LED TO A REDUCTION OF 17 CRIMES PER MONTH, PER HUNDRED 10,000 RESIDENTS.

THAT WOULD BE 50 CRIMES A MONTH IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WHICH CORRESPONDS TO A ROUGHLY 19% DECLINE RELATIVE TO THE AVERAGE CRIME RATE OVER THE SAME PERIOD.

THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY SUGGEST THAT DISPENSARIES CAUSE AN OVERALL REDUCTION OF CRIME IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH NO EVIDENCE OF SPILLOVERS TO SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.

RESULTS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THEORIES THAT PREDICT THAT MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION WILL DISPLACE ILLICIT CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS AND DECREASE CRIME THROUGH CHANGES IN SECURITY BEHAVIORS OR SUBSTITUTION TOWARDS MORE HARMFUL SUBSTANCES.

THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT MARI INCREASED MARIJUANA USE ITSELF RESULTS IN ADDITIONAL CRIME.

THESE FACILITIES SHOULD BE ALLOWED ON ONE 19.

THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED ON CENTRAL AVENUE, AND THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BRING IN THE MUCH NEEDED TAX REVENUE THAT GREENBERG NEEDS TO ALLOW LIQUOR STORES IN LOCATIONS WHERE YOU WOULD NOT ALLOW RECREATIONAL DISPENSARIES IS DISCRIMINATORY AGAINST A SUBSIST THAT IS, AGAIN, SAFER BY EVERY SINGLE MEASURE OF RISK THAT EXISTS.

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I DO AGREE NO DRIVE-THROUGH SHOULD BE ALLOWED, BUT AS GARRETT SHOWED, THESE ARE NOT DRUG DEBTS.

YOU SAW THE PICTURES.

THESE ARE SLEEK, MODERN BUSINESSES.

YOU NEED TO SCAN IN WITH YOUR ID.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE BUZZERS.

IT'S LIKE GOING TO A JEWELRY STORE.

YEP.

YONKERS IS GOING TO ALLOW THESE ON OUR BORDERS IN CENTRAL AVENUE.

WHY PLAINS IS GOING TO ALLOW THESE ON OUR BORDERS.

THE PLANNING BOARD KNOWS THIS LAW IS A MISTAKE, AND IT'S WHY THEY UNANIMOUSLY REJECTED YOUR PROPOSAL.

PAUL, I KNOW YOU DIDN'T WANT THESE FACILITIES IN THE FIRST PLACE.

YOU WERE THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE TOWN BOARD TO VOTE AGAINST ALLOWING THESE BUSINESSES TO OPERATE IN GREENBURG, BUT TO THE REST OF THE TOWN BOARD TO VOTE YES ON ALLOWING THESE DISPENSARIES UNDER THESE RULES AND LIMITING THEM SO SIGNIFICANTLY TO ONLY A TINY, THE NORTHERNMOST PORTION OF THE TOWN IS KNEECAPPING YOUR OWN VOTE TO ALLOW THESE FACILITIES.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, REVISIT THIS PROPOSAL, AND COME BACK WITH SOMETHING THAT IS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS SITUATION TO HAND.

HUGH SCHWARTZ.

CAN EVERYBODY SEE ME NOW? YES.

I'M CHAIR OF THE PLANNING BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

JUST SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, THIS LAW IS ONLY FOR UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE VILLAGES OR ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITY IN WESTCHESTER.

AND IT'S ABOUT WHERE WE PUT THESE, NOT, NOT IF THEY'RE LEGALIZED.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION.

UM, THE PLANNING BOARD DID VOTE UNANIMOUSLY AGAIN, UH, A NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION ON THIS LAW FOR SEVERAL REASONS, WHICH I'LL GET INTO, UH, RIGHT NOW.

AND IT WAS AFTER GREAT DEAL OF DEBATE.

IN FACT, TWO FULL MEETINGS OF DEBATE AND, UH, THOUGHT THAT WE DID.

SO, UM, FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T FAULT THE TOWN BOARD FOR DOING WHAT THEY DID.

YOU HAD A SHORT TIME TO DECIDE WHETHER TO OPT IN.

THAT WAS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT DECISION.

I, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THE LAW WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR MUNICIPALITIES.

'CAUSE AT THE TIME YOU OPTED IN, YOU REALLY COULDN'T ENVISION A TOTAL PLAN OR WHAT THE IMPACT OF, UH, DIFFERENT DIFFERENCES IN PLAN WERE, WHICH MAKES IT EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO GET, GET, UH, OF THE CORRECT PLAN.

HOWEVER, ONCE YOU OPTED INTO A PLAN, WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN MAKES LITTLE SENSE.

FIRST OF ALL, IT'S IN PROXIMITY.

AND I'M TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTIAL FIRST HERE AND ME MEDICAL AS WELL.

BUT I'LL, I'LL GET TO MEDICAL SEPARATELY.

THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA CENTERS, UH, ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ONE OF THE LEAST, UH, AFFLUENT NEIGHBORHOODS IN, IN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG.

UH, AND AN AREA WHICH HAS A VERY LARGE, UH, UH, GROUP OF PEOPLE OF COLOR.

IT IS ALSO NEAR A SKATING ACADEMY WHERE KIDS ARE ACTUALLY, SKATING ACADEMY IS INSIDE THE DISTRICT.

IT'S NEAR A PUBLIC PARK IN A LARGE PARTY FACILITY.

SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE ALONE, UH, IT, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, UH, TO PUT IT THERE.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE PUTTING IT IN JUST THAT ONE LITTLE SECTION OF TOWN.

FOR THAT REASON, GREENBERG ISN'T A BUBBLE EITHER.

UM, WHITE PLAINS ALREADY HAS MEDICAL DISPENSARY IN DOWNTOWN.

I GUARANTEE THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT AT ONE 19 IN CENTRAL AVENUE, AS WILL ELMSFORD, AS WILL YONKERS.

SO IF IT'S RIGHT OVER THE BORDER, IS IT GONNA MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO ANYBODY IN TERMS OF ABILITY TO, TO PURCHASE THE PRODUCT? OF COURSE NOT.

UNLESS YOU PLAN ON BUILDING A WALL AROUND GREENBURG.

I KNOW WE HAVE A FORMER PRESIDENT THAT LIKES WALLS.

I DON'T THINK WE LIKE WALLS IN GREENBURG.

AND UNLESS YOU BUILD A WALL, THEY'RE GONNA GET THE MARIJUANA ANYWAY.

SO WHY WOULD YOU GIVE THE TAX TAX REVENUE OF THESE UP TO, TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES? WE NEED THE TAX REVENUE, NOT ONLY IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, BUT HOW ABOUT IN THE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, FOR EXAMPLE, WE COULD USE IT.

AND WHERE YOU PUT IT IS ISN'T EVEN IN THE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IT'S IN THE VAL HOWA SCHOOL DISTRICT, I BELIEVE.

BUT THERE'S A LIMIT FOR HOW MUCH YOU CAN BUY UNDER PRESCRIPTION.

UM, IN TERMS OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LAW AT ALL, BECAUSE WHY WOULD YOU TREAT IT ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN ANY OTHER PRESCRIPTION DRUG? PHARMACIES SELL NARCOTICS EVERY DAY.

THEY SELL VICODIN.

OKAY? THEY SELL, SELL ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

ANTIBIOTICS.

IT IS A PRESCRIBED DRUG, OKAY? BY A DOCTOR WITH LIMITED QUANTITIES.

AND IT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE STUFF YOU SMOKE.

GENERALLY A TABLET CHEWABLE FORM.

I THINK IT MAY BE SMOKEABLE FORM AS WELL,

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SO WHY WOULD YOU CONSIDER INCONVENIENCING PEOPLE WHO NEED IT, WHICH ARE GENERALLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE SOME PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT, OKAY.

AND MAKING 'EM GO ALL THE WAY TO NORTHEAST GREENBURG TO NORTHWEST GREENBURG, EXCUSE ME, TO, TO PURCHASE A PRODUCT.

MAKES NO SENSE.

FINALLY, THE INDUSTRIAL, UH, I THINK GARRETT'S ON THE RIGHT TRACK, BUT WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THOSE PROCESSING FACILITIES IS, WHICH IS WHY THE PLANNING BOARD SUGGESTED WE HIRE A CONSULTANT TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THE USE IS.

WE ACTUALLY, AS A PLANNING BOARD BROUGHT SOMEBODY IN TO HELP US WITH THAT, THAT IT'S A VERY HIGH ENERGY USE, VERY HIGH WATER USE, AND I DON'T KNOW FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL POINT OF VIEW, IN TERMS OF WASTE, WHATEVER, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE THERE.

AND WE REALLY NEED A CONSULTANT.

FINALLY, IN TERMS OF SECURITY, THERE IS A SECURITY THING, UH, PLAN AND REQUIREMENT IN THE SPECIAL PERMIT LAW.

IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED, AND I THINK THAT'S COVERED VERY WELL IN THIS LAW.

UH, ALSO, OBVIOUSLY A DRIVE-THROUGH.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN DRIVE-THROUGHS AT ALL, FRANKLY.

I TRY, TRY TO DISCOURAGE THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE AN ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER, UH, FOR THE, FOR EVERYBODY.

THEY POLLUTE THE AIR AND USE, USE THEIR ENERGY.

UM, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, SAY, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FOR THE WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATION OR WHY, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER MEMBER THE PLANNING BOARD.

OKAY, MR. SUPERVISOR AND TOWN BOARD MEMBERS.

SO THAT SEEMS TO, UH, BRING US TOO CLOSE ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING IN TERMS OF COMMENTS.

GOOD.

SO WE WE'RE EXTENDING THE HEARING TO THE NEXT MEETING, RIGHT? I MAKE A MOTION, JUDGE AJOUR UNTIL OCTOBER 12TH, WE WE'RE ADJOURNING FOR ALL PURPOSES TO OCTOBER 12TH.

WE SHOULD VOTE, WE SHOULD VOTE ON THAT SECOND.

THE FLOOD RELIEF IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE TOWN FOR, UM, FOR THE PAST, UM, YEAR.

SO NEXT IS, UH,

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THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND MAYBE WE SHOULD START WITH LLOYD COURT SINCE YOU WENT, YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY AND THEN WE'LL CALL EVERYBODY IN ORDER.

AS MENTIONED EARLIER, MY NAME IS LLOYD COURT FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK, RIGHT AS ADVISORY GROUP.

UM, EARLIER I DID SAY GOOD EVENING, AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SAY GOOD EVENING WITH ALL SINCERITY TO THE TONGUE BOARD AND YOU, MR. FINER.

UM, IN 2021, IDA, WHICH WE ALL KNOW DESTROYED EXTREME, UH, WAS AN EXTREMELY BAD, UM, STORM, AND IT DESTROYED THE LEWIS BROWN CENTER, CHILDREN'S CENTER AND PARTS OF THEODORE, THE YOUNG CENTER, UH, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK BLOCK GRANT, OR THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAD A SERIES OF MEETINGS AND SITE VISITS IN REFERENCE TO SUCH A AT DISASTER.

UM, ON MAY 3RD, THE SAME YEAR, WE MADE APPLICATIONS, AND THAT WAS MADE TO FEMA.

FEMA IN TURN, ABOUT MAY 20TH, REPLIED TO US AND TOLD US IN THEIR CORRESPONDENCE THAT THEY WILL PAY FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT, AND THE TONGUE BOARD WILL THEN DO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO, AND FEMUR WILL BACK OUT ANY FUNDS THAT WERE GIVEN TO US, OTHER THAN THE FUNDS THAT THEY PAY FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT.

UH, I THEN WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF IT'S ALL POSSIBLE THAT THE TONGUE BOARD COULD GIVE ME SOME SORT OF UPDATE ON THE STANDS OF THAT PROJECT.

AT THIS TIME.

I, UM, WE DON'T HAVE, UM, RICH FUN, OR WE DO, BUT WE DON'T HAVE BRIAN SIMMONS.

RIGHT? UM, I COULD GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE ON, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE DONE IN RECENT, UM, YOU KNOW, MONTHS IN TERMS OF THE FLOOD RELIEF, UM, INITIATIVES.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE TOWN, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ADDRESSING

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AND I ACTUALLY POSTED ON THE TOWN WEBSITE ON OVER THE WEEKEND, SORT OF A PROGRESS REPORT.

UM, FOR EXAMPLE, TROUBLESOME BROOK IN THE EDGEMONT.

UH, THEY'VE SEEN SOME IMPROVEMENT.

UM, THEY BASICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE BASICALLY APPROVED THIS YEAR'S BUDGET FUNDING FOR FLOOD, UH, MITIGATION, WHICH ENABLED, UH, D P W TO PUT SEVERAL ESSENTIAL PROJECTS OUT TO BID.

UM, UH, TROUBLESOME BROOK, THEY WIDENED THE CHANNEL, UM, ALONG CENTRAL AVENUE, UH, IMPACTING THE GREENVILLE FIRE DISTRICT, CURRY CHEVROLET, AND ABOUT SIX RESIDENTS ALONG WINTHROP AND MCLAREN ROAD.

THE WORK INCREASED THE AREA OF WATER STORAGE AND DECREASED IT, UH, BEING PRONE TO CLOGGING MANHATTAN BROOK, ESPECIALLY, UM, BEHIND THE THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, YOU CORRECTLY POINTED OUT, THEY LOST THEIR GYM FLOOR.

AND AFTER HURRICANE IDA, THE POOL WAS SHUT DOWN WHEN IT WAS FILLED WITH MUDDY WATER.

AND THE CREWS THAT WE HIRED CLEANED OUT OBSTRUCTIONS AND SALTING UP, UM, AROUND THE CULVERTS, UH, ALONGSIDE ONE 19 AND AT THE CROSSROAD, UM, SHOPPING CENTER HERE, AGAIN, TOWN ENGINEERS HAVE SEEN IMPROVEMENTS WITH RECENT RAINFALL THAT WOULD HAVE FLOODED THE AREA OTHERWISE.

UM, WE ALSO, UM, SPENT SOME TIME, UH, CLEARING OUT A TRIBUTARY NEAR THE COUNTY CENTER THAT LE LEADS TO, UH, THE BRONX RIVER.

UM, AND THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY SIX, UH, NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE ON ALL KINDS OF GO ROAD HAVE BEEN IMPACTED.

UH, THE TOWN ALSO FILLED A MUL, UH, FILED A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR FEMA GRANT IN THE HOPES OF GETTING A HANDFUL OF HOUSES IN THE BABBITT COURT NEIGHBORHOOD OF ELMSFORD WHO SUFFERED FROM SOWA RIVER, UM, OVERFLOW REGULARLY LIFTED TO A HIGHER ELEVATION.

SO WE ARE WAITING, UH, TO FIND THE RESULTS OF, YOU KNOW, THOSE GRANTS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I, WE, WE'VE HIRED, UH, WOODARD AND CURRAN, UM, UH, CONSULTING FIRM.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY.

AND MARY JANE CHIMPSKY, A LEGISLATOR WAS HERE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE.

UM, SO SHE HELPED US GET FUNDING, UH, FROM THE COUNTY, UM, TO ADDRESS, TO STUDY BOTH MANHATTAN BROOK, WHICH, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, WHICH IMPACTS THEATER, YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER AND LOIS BRUNS CENTER.

BUT WE ALSO ARE STUDYING, UH, CLARENDON, THE, THE TROUBLESOME BROOK.

SO THE, THOSE ARE TWO MAJOR PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE TOWN AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THE COUNTY.

AND I THINK WHAT THE TOWN IS GONNA BE DOING EVERY YEAR, YOU KNOW, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGETS, UM, WHICH WILL BE RELEASED AT THE END OF NEXT MONTH, UM, WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE FUNDING.

YOU MAKE AN ANNUAL APPROPRIATION JUST LIKE WE'VE DONE FOR SIDEWALKS, FOR FLOOD RELIEF.

SO THIS YEAR, THE TOWN, UM, SPENT ABOUT $2 MILLION FOR FLOOD CONTROL.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY EVERY YEAR WE PUT 2 MILLION OR $3 MILLION IN THE BUDGET OVER, YOU KNOW, 10, 20 YEARS WILL REALLY MAKE A DENT.

NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK REALLY, YOU KNOW, HAS TO BE HIGHLIGHTED ABOUT FLOOD RELIEF IS EVERY, THIS IS LIKE SO EXPENSIVE.

NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, FLOOD AREAS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, YOU KNOW, IN PARKWAY GARDENS, PARKWAY HALL, EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD.

HOW HAS IT, SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE TRYING TO DO A LITTLE EVERY, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR AS MUCH AS WE COULD AFFORD AND HAVE THE RESOURCES, AND WE'LL TRY GETTING THE MAXIMUM GRANTS POSSIBLE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I REALLY FEEL PEOPLE ARE GONNA SEE, YOU KNOW, BIG, YOU KNOW, BIG IMPROVEMENTS.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S, AS WE POSTED PICTURES, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY GRATIFYING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE CREWS WORKING, UM, UH, LOOKING, GETTING RID OF OBSTRUCTIONS ON THE SOWA, UH, YOU KNOW, RIVER, UM, THE BRONX RIVER.

THEY'RE REAL.

I THINK THEY'RE REALLY DOING A, A FANTASTIC JOB WITH, WITH NOT A LOT OF, UM, RESOURCES.

TWO STUDIES, WHICH SUPERVISOR, FINER MENTIONED MANHATTAN BROOK AND THE TROUBLESOME BROOK.

SO COMMISSIONER VAUGHN IS ON COMMISSIONER VAUGHN, DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? EXCUSE ME.

SURELY HE'S ANSWERING COURT.

THERE'S ANOTHER GENTLEMAN COMING ON TO ANSWER YOU.

YEAH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? THIS IS MY TIME.

I CAN HEAR YOU.

SO THIS YEAR, UH, THE TOWN PUT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT, $2 MILLION TOWARDS VARIOUS DRAINAGE PRODUCT PROJECTS, WHICH WE REALLY ARE ATTACKING THIS HERE.

WE, AFTER IDA, UH, THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED

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THOSE ARE LARGE SCALE STUDIES TO, UH, TRY TO COME UP WITH PROPOSALS TO DEAL WITH HISTORIC PROBLEMS. WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE INTERIM, BASICALLY ARE WHAT WE SAW AS, UH, THE LOW HANGING FRUIT.

AND WE, WE'VE FROM JANUARY TO NOW BEEN ATTACKING THOSE PROJECTS.

UM, NEXT YEAR WE HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY PROPOSED IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FLYING FOR THE SAME, YOU KNOW, TYPE OF DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT WHAT THE CREWS HAVE DONE TO DATE, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A GREAT IMPACT.

UM, IN PARTICULAR THE CENTER, T D Y C C, EVERY TIME WE'VE HAD ONE OF THESE SIGNIFICANT STORMS, THE GYM FLOOR HAS BEEN RUINED, THE POOL HAS BEEN DESTROYED.

I THINK THEY GOT UPWARDS OF A FOOT AND A HALF OF WATER TO THE BUILDING.

SO OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ONE OF THE, THE LARGER AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, BUT I THINK SUPERVISOR FINDER DID A NICE JOB SUMMARIZING IT.

LET'S SAY THE HURRICANE IN FLORIDA, IF IT CREEPS UP HERE, IT MIGHT, THE WORK WE'VE DONE, MAY MAY HELP A LITTLE, MAY, MAY HELP, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE, OR WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO EVEN MORE WORK, AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO DO MORE WORK AND FINISHING, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT PROJECT, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S A TOTAL COMMITMENT.

AND IF I MAY JUST PUT IN 2 CENTS FOR THE $4.2 BILLION BOND WILL HELP US RESOLVE SOME OF THESE ISSUES.

SO PLEASE VOTE.

BUT DUE RESPECT TO YOU, UM, SUPERVISOR FINER AND THE REST OF THE BOARD, AND THE PERSON THAT WAS SPEAKING EARLIER, MY COMMENT IS BASICALLY JUST ONE THING IS THAT I'VE REALIZED THAT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WAS SPENT ON PROJECTS, THE FIVE MINUTE LOAN, I WAS VERY CONCERNED AND STILL IS AS I LOOKED AT FOUR AND FIVE YEAR OLD, THREE, FOUR AND FIVE YEAR OLD KIDS HOLDING HANDS FROM THE LI FROM THE LEWIS BROWN CENTER, GOING TO A PLAYGROUND SOMEWHERE.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN WE HAVE, WHEN WE ENCOUNTER STORMS WITH TWO, THREE FEET OF SNOW, WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE KIDS? WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENT WHILE THEY'RE BEING ESCORTED? AND HERE IT IS JUST IN THE BACKYARD, THEY NEED A SLIDER CARPET ON THE FLOOR AND A COUPLE OTHER SWINGS, AND THAT CANNOT BE DONE.

I QUITE UNDERSTAND ALL THAT WAS DONE, AND I RESPECT THAT, AND I CAN SEE THAT THE TONGUE HAS OVERWORKED, ITS EMPLOYEES HAVING ALL OF THIS DONE.

BUT WHAT I CAN'T UNDERSTAND, AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT ANSWER, NOT EVEN TONIGHT, BUT SOME OTHER TIME BEFORE THERE'S AN ACCIDENT AND A SUIT TO THE, TO THE TOWN, WHICH I WILL HAVE TO PAY.

SO THEREFORE, THAT'S THE QUESTION I WOULD LIKE TO ASK.

IT'S LIKE BILLING A, A SKYSCRAPER ON 42ND STREET THAT TONS OF PEOPLE COULD GO IN, EVER THEN BAIL A COP BY THE SIDE OF THE RAILROAD WHERE SOMEONE COULD HAVE A GOOD NIGHT DRESS.

THOSE ARE THE PARALLELS PARALLELISM THAT I HAVE.

CONCERNING THIS QUESTION OF THE LEWIS BROWN CENTER, WELL, I SHOULD JUST REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THE TWO PRIORITIES FOR THIS YEAR, THE FIRST 2 MILLION THAT WE HAD WAS, UM, UH, THE MANHATTAN BROOK, WHICH IS THE BROOK THAT HAS CAUSED THE FLOODING AT, AT THE THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.

UM, AND SO THEY DEFINITELY HAVE MADE, YOU KNOW, PROGRESS, UH, DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE $2 MILLION THAT WE HAVE AND THE COUNTY FUNDING.

SO BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN, WE'VE IDENTIFIED MANHATTAN BROOK AS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

UM, AND THAT'S WARREN AVENUE BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE LOST, YOU KNOW, SOME PARTS OF PROSPECT.

SO SOME PEOPLE ROSEMONT, THERE'S SOME AREAS IN THE FAIRVIEW AREA WHERE PEOPLE, IT WAS DEVASTATING.

WE GAVE THAT ATTENTION.

WE ALSO GAVE, UM, THE TROUBLESOME BROOK IN ANOTHER SECTION OF TOWN ATTENTION AS WELL.

SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE CONSULTANTS THAT ARE WORKING, GIVING US RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE'VE IMPLEMENTED SOME OF THE, WE'VE TAKEN SOME INITIATIVES, BUT WE'RE WAITING FOR, UM, ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE, RIGHT?

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YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE TWO AREAS WE'RE, WE'RE COMMITTED TO THE SAWMILL RIVER, WE'RE COMMITTED TO.

AND I SHOULD MENTION, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS, WHICH FUND, YOU KNOW, I REALLY HAVE TO HAND IT TO HIM AND HIS STAFF BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IT ALL.

YOU KNOW, THEY JUST GIVE THIS THEIR ATTENTION.

THEY'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD.

UH, NOBODY'S TELLING THEM TO DO IT.

THEY'RE, THIS IS AN INITIATIVE THAT THEY INITIATED, UM, WHERE THEY BASICALLY ARE SAYING, WE WANT TO, WE GIVE THIS PRIORITY.

SO WHEN THE CREWS ARE FREE, UH, DURING A MONTH, THEY'VE BEEN CLEANING OUT CHANNELS, THEY'VE BEEN GETTING RID OF OBSTRUCTIONS, UH, UH, AND THIS COULD BE IN THE WINTER.

SO I, I REALLY AM LIKE SO IMPRESSED WITH THEIR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK AND THEIR INITIATIVES, AND THIS, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TOWN BOARD, UH, TO FUND IT AND TO GIVE THEM MORE FUNDING SO WE COULD GET THE JOB DONE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IF IT RAINS A LOT THIS WEEK, YOU KNOW, I'LL SEE, I THINK PEOPLE ARE GONNA SAY, WELL, IT'S NOT AS BAD AS IT WAS, UM, PREVIOUS YEARS PERMIT ME JUST TO SAY, MAY I MAKE A SUGGESTION PLEASE.

I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE ON TO THE, TO THE NEXT SPEAKER WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, AND WE COULD TAKE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION.

BUT THERE ARE OTHER SPEAKERS HERE TONIGHT.

WHO, WHO WOULD NEED THEIR ALLOTTED TIMES? THANK YOU SO KINDLY.

BUT WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, SIR, PLEASE, WE, WE NEED TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.

WE'LL TAKE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION AND WE CAN DISCUSS FURTHER AFTER THE MEETING.

THE FIVE REALLY APPRECIATE ALREADY GOING OUT THE WINDOW.

RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, I HAVE A, MR. COURT HAS GIVEN A MILLION HOURS OF, UH, TIME TO THE TOWN AND IS ONE OF THE MOST DEDICATED PEOPLE I'D SAY THAT THE TOWN'S EVER HAD.

SO IF HE HAS AN EXTRA MINUTE OR TWO, I THINK HE DESERVES IT.

I UNDERSTAND, BUT YOU CAN HEAR FROM OTHER SPEAKERS ASKING FOR EQUAL TIME.

WE'LL GET EVERYTHING RESOLVED.

I, YOU KNOW, I COULD HAVE FINISHED THAT.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU.

I COULD HAVE FINISHED.

I AGREE.

YOU SHOULD GET EQUAL TIME.

I, I JUST SAY I COULD HAVE FINISHED PLEASE, MR. COURT.

THE THING IS, THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO SAY IS THAT ALL THE MONEY, I DO RESPECT WHAT THE, THE, THE TONGUE IS DOING AND WHAT THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE TONGUE IS DOING, JUST AS YOU HAVE.

BUT HERE IT IS.

SOMEBODY HAS GIVEN YOU $400,000 AND SAY, I WILL PAY FOR THIS.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT A THING.

I WILL PAY FOR IT WHEN IT'S DONE, I WILL YOU, I WILL GIVE YOU BACK THE MONEY.

THAT'S, THAT'S THE DEAL.

DO WHEN WE MEET, MEET, WHY DON'T YOU, ME AND RICH FUND, WE'LL MEET AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL GO OVER IT.

YEAH, I, I AGREE WITH THAT.

PERFECT.

FEMA SAID THEY WILL GIVE YOU THE MONEY TO GO AHEAD.

JUST PERFECT.

WE'LL, WE'LL SET UP A MEETING, UH, WHENEVER YOU ARE FREE.

SO KIND, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR COMMENTS.

THANKS.

AND THAT REALLY DOESN'T SOUND LIKE FEMA BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE HAD TO DO WITH FEMA TO GET PROJECTS APPROVED.

LOUISE .

MY TEXTING YOU THAT MY HUSBAND IS NOT FEELING TO THE, HOLD ON SECOND.

IS STILL A HIGHLY DISCUSSED AND DEBATABLE TOPIC IN THE IN JEWISH HISTORY.

I JUST WANT, SINCE THIS STENOGRAPHER LEFT, I'M LOUISE CHARCO AGAIN FROM THE FAIRVIEW.

I LIVE AT 33 OAK STREET.

UM, SINCE IT ST THIS GIRL LEFT, UM, I JUST WANT PUT SOMETHING IN THE RECORD.

I SENT YOU AN EMAIL THIS WEEK TO THE BOARD AND UM, AND I'D JUST LIKE TO READ IT.

EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF IT.

I STARTED OFF WITH DEAR PAUL, I WISHED HIM HAPPY NEW YEAR.

I HAVE A SWEET YEAR, PAUL.

I HOPE EVERYTHING WORKS GOOD WITH YOUR FAMILY AND PROSPERITY.

SO, OKAY.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE PUT A PAUSE ON THE FURTHER ACTION OF THE MANHATTAN MURAL.

I'M SORRY I LEFT THAT OUT.

UM, UNTIL WE HAVE MU A MUCH WIDER DEBATE AT A TOWN HALL MEETING, THE REAL QUESTION IS, WHO HAS A FINAL WORD ABOUT THE REALITY OF WHAT BLACK PEOPLE VIEW AS BLACK HISTORY? IS IT WHITE PEOPLE? I HAVE VAST KNOWLEDGE OF, UM, REGARDING THE HOLOCAUST, FOR THOSE WHO CARE TO READ FURTHER INTO HYMAN ROSKI, WHO WAS THE HEAD OF THE JEWISH COUNCIL IN THE LOTS GHETTO, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO HEIM LUKOWSKI IS AN EXTREMELY CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE.

THE LOTS GA GHETTO.

AND THE QUESTION SURROUNDING HEIM MURKOWSKI

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MY PERSONAL FEELING OF MR. ROMANOWSKI IS THAT HE MAKES ME PHYSICALLY ILL.

I CAN'T STAND HIM.

OTHERS IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY HOLD HIM UP AS A HERO.

HIS IMAGE IS DISPLAYED IN EVERY JEWISH HISTORY MUSEUM AROUND THE WORLD.

PEOPLE EITHER WALK BY HIS IMAGE OR STOP TO THINK ABOUT HIS ROLE DURING THAT TIME.

SO I'LL POSE THE QUESTION AGAIN A DIFFERENT WAY.

WHO GETS THE FINAL WORD REGARDING JEWISH HISTORY AND THE HOLOCAUST? SHOULD IT BE THE GERMANS WHO ARE ALIVE TODAY? MAYBE IT SHOULD BE UP TO THEM.

WHY? WHY? OKAY, SO HISTORY IS LUCID PAUL.

IT'S DEBATABLE.

WE ARE STILL TRYING TO INTERPRET WHAT THE FOUNDING FATHERS MEANT AND WHAT THEY WERE THINKING WHEN THEY WROTE THE CONSTITUTION.

ELI ZEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER AND HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, UPON THE DEDICATION OF THE NATIONAL HOLOCAUST MUSEUM, NOTED THAT THE MUSEUM AND THE HOLOCAUST WILL ALWAYS BE A QUESTION.

IT'S NOT THE ANSWER.

IT'S ALWAYS A QUESTION.

BY ERASING WHAT BLACK PEOPLE FEEL IS THEIR OWN HISTORY MAKES YOU AND THIS BOARD THE WHITE MAN WHO IS DEMANDING TO HAVE THE FINAL SAY REGARDING BLACK HISTORY, WHICH IS ALSO LUCID AND A CONTINUOUS QUESTION.

AND THAT IS MY STATEMENT.

BUT TONIGHT, AND I'M SORRY, I HAVE TO LEAVE.

YES, ALINE? YES.

TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN I WAS HERE, I HEARD EVERYBODY SPEAK ABOUT THIS, UH, THING.

MR. MINISTER .

AND I HEAR EVERYBODY GET ON PAUL, BUT PAUL IS NOT THE ONLY ONE.

MAKE A DECISION ON EVERYTHING.

TRUE SCOTT.

IT'S A COMMITTEE.

AND I SEEN EVERY ONE OF YOU COMMITTEES THAT'S ON THIS BOARD DID NOT SPEAK A WORD TO HELP PAUL, REGARDLESS OF WHAT EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL MADE, PAUL DIDN'T MAKE THAT DECISION BY HIS SELF.

EVERYBODY WAS AT PAUL.

I THINK THAT WAS NOT VERY NICE.

I FELT THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU BOARD MEMBER SHOULD HAVE SPOKE UP AND SAID, PAUL, DON'T MAKE THE ALL THE DECISION.

WE ALL MADE THE DECISION.

WHATEVER WENT DOWN WITH MINISTER FARHAN.

AND I WAS NOT PRETTY MUCH HAPPY WITH THAT.

I JUST WAITED TILL EVERYTHING CALMED DOWN.

BUT I HAD SLEEPLESS NIGHTS ABOUT THAT AND I PRAYED ON IT AND I SAID, NOW I'M LISTENING TO EVERYBODY THAT WAS IN HERE LAST TWO WEEKS AGO, THROWING ROCKS LIKE THEY DID JESUS AT PAUL.

BUT YOU DIDN'T LOOK AT THE COMMITTEE.

PAUL, DON'T MAKE THE FINAL DECISION.

HE WAS LOUDEST THOUGH.

EXCUSE ME.

YOU LOOKING AT ME AT MY, I'M GONNA SAY LOOKING AT EVERYBODY.

EMAILS, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE TAKE THINGS THE WRONG WAY.

HE DID NOT ONLY MAKE A DECISION, IT'S THE COMMITTEE MAKE A DECISION.

IF THIS IS THE WAY IT GO, DO IT.

I JUST WANNA KNOW, BECAUSE REMEMBER I'M FROM BILOXI.

OUR BOARD IS DIFFERENT FROM YOU GUYS' BOARD, OKAY? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE DON'T THE THE PEOPLE BRING IT TO YOU LIKE Y'ALL DID WITH ME, WITH ANDRE, LEO TALLEY.

BUT YOU DON'T PUT THAT TOGETHER.

THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.

BUT YOU GUYS MAKE THE FINAL DECISION ON THINGS, RIGHT? THE BOARD, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

OKAY, WELL, WHY WAS EVERYBODY ON PAUL? AND NOBODY, NONE OF YOU, NONE OF Y'ALL SPOKE UP.

THIS IS WHAT GOT TO ME.

NO ONE SPOKE UP.

AND I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU WHAT WE CALL THAT IN MISSISSIPPI, BUT I'M GOING TO LEAVE THAT ALONE.

BUT NONE OF Y'ALL DIDN'T SPEAK UP.

AND PAUL, I'M GONNA SAY THIS TO YOU.

YOU HAVE TO WATCH WHAT YOU SAY THROUGH YOUR EMAILS BECAUSE IT COMES BACK ON YOU.

I I, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE READ YOUR EMAILS WRONG.

YOU MAY NOT MEAN WHAT, HOW YOU SAY IT, BUT I I I WANT YOU TO DO THIS FOR YOU.

CHECK OUT WHAT YOU SAY ON YOUR

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AND SO THIS IS WHAT I'M SEEING IN HERE.

BUT I'M GONNA SAY THIS TO THE BOARD.

I THINK TWO WEEKS AGO Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING.

Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE SPOKE UP.

LIKE, Y'ALL SPEAKING UP TONIGHT.

BOY, YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE SPOKE UP TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN EVERYBODY WAS THROWING ROCKS, BUT NOBODY DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.

AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING, IN MISSISSIPPI, WE CALL YOU SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN THAT WHEN YOU DON'T SPEAK UP AND HELP EVERYBODY.

AND I SAW THAT AND THIS IS ALL I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW.

IT WAS NOT VERY NICE.

I FELT THAT ALL OF YOU SHOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING SAID THAT, UH, PAUL DON'T MAKE THE FINAL DECISION.

NO, HE DON'T.

THE COMMITTEE MAKES THE DECISION, DON'T THEY? THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, BUT YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL I KNOW, PLEASE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW PAT WILLIAMS. OKAY.

UM, I'M GONNA START BY STATING THAT, UM, I DON'T LIKE PANDERING THE UNITED STATES AMERICAN FLAG, AND I'M NOT GONNA LET IT HAPPEN HERE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

WE WILL NOT RAISE EVERYBODY ELSE'S FLAG.

YOU SAID, OH, WE HAVE RICH PEOPLE AND WE HAVE POOR PEOPLE, MARGINAL PEOPLE.

WE WILL NOT RAISE EVERYBODY ELSE'S FLAG IN THIS COUNTRY.

BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS NOT EVERYBODY AGREES WITH WHAT WE ARE SAYING, BUT I BELIEVE THAT MY FLAG, THAT WHEN IT SAYS LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, I SUBSTITUTE SOME, I HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I'M AMERICAN CITIZEN AND MY GRANDMOTHER WAS BORN IN 1890.

SO I MEAN, I CAN TAKE IT ALL THE WAY BACK.

SO NOW WHEN YOU RAISE THE JAMAICAN FLAG IN BACK OF THE UKRAINIAN FLAG, YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT ONE, THE UKRAINIAN FLAG THREW THE BLACK PEOPLE OFF THE TRAIN, TOLD THE WOMEN WITH THEIR CHILDREN TO GET TO THE END OF THE LINE AND FREEZE TO DEATH.

AND THEN YOU RAISE THE JAMAICAN FLAG THAT STILL BOWS A KNEE TO GREAT BRITAIN, ONE OF 25 CARIBBEANS COUNTRIES THAT ACTUALLY ARE STILL UNDER BRITISH RULE.

WELL, I'M NOT.

AND I DON'T WANT ANYBODY IN THIS COUNTRY THINKING THAT I AM.

SO WHEN YOU RAISE THAT FLAG, ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL ME THAT I AM SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THEM? A COLONIALIST SUBSERVIENT? IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

I TOLD PAUL FINER AND THIS BOARD, WHEN THIS STARTED WITH THE MURAL, WE DON'T WANNA OPEN THAT DOOR.

WE DID NOT WANT NEED TO OPEN THAT DOOR UNTIL WE HAD A DISCUSSION WITH PEOPLE WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY.

SO WHEN PAUL FINDER SAID THERE WERE THREE JEWISH PEOPLE, I DIDN'T LIKE THAT TO BEGIN WITH, THREE JEWISH TAXPAYERS.

WELL, MY FAMILY WAS HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FORTIES, PAUL, WHEN THE, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THE, UM, ALL OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE CAME OVER BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET HERE UNTIL BASICALLY AFTER 1944.

SO I'M SAYING BASICALLY CULTURALLY, BEING CULTURALLY INSENSITIVE IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO HIDE.

CAN'T HIDE IT.

BUT EVERY TIME YOU THROW SOMETHING OUT AND MAKE A STATEMENT AS TO WHAT I HAVE TO DO, AND IN YOUR LETTER YOU SAID YOU CAN SIT DOWN AND COME TO A COMPROMISE WITH AFRICAN AMERICANS ON WHO SHOULD BE OR WHOM SHOULD BE ON THE MURAL.

WELL, GUESS WHAT? YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT, THE RIGHT TO TELL ME YOU DID IT TO MY ANCESTORS.

THEY HAD TO TAKE IT BECAUSE IT WOULD BEAT TO DEATH.

I WILL NOT TURN THE OTHER CHEEK.

I WILL NOT BACK DOWN.

YOU CAN CALL ME EXTREMIST A ROGUE.

YOU CAN CALL ME ANYTHING YOU WANT TO.

BUT AS FAR AS BEING BASICALLY A RACIST, CULTURALLY INSENSITIVE FEEL THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO TELL ME WHAT I MUST DO TO MAKE JEWISH PEOPLE HAPPY.

WELL SEE, I FOLK I CALL THAT AN AFFRONT BECAUSE I LIKE MEN.

MANY JEWISH PEOPLE, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I WAS BLESSED.

I GREW UP IN GREENBURG.

I WENT TO ALL INTEGRATED SCHOOLS.

I DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ANY OF MY CLASSMATES.

KIDS GET ALONG FINE.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHO'S RICH OR POOR.

PAUL, YOU MADE A STATEMENT, UH, WHEN THEY HAD THE INTERNS HERE.

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WELL, I'M NOT MARGINAL.

YOU MARGINALIZE ME.

I AM NOT UNDERNEATH ANYBODY.

YOU'LL TRY TO PUT US BLACK PEOPLE UNDERNEATH.

BUT GUESS WHAT? WE ARE STILL HERE.

WE ARE STILL STANDING.

AND WE WILL NOT TAKE WHAT YOU THINK WE MUST TAKE.

FARRAKHAN'S FACE WILL BE ON THAT MURAL.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? AND I MUST GIVE CLIFF ABRAMS SOME CREDIT ON IT.

HE HAS STUCK WITH YOU.

HE'S BEEN CALLED NAMES.

HE'S BEEN PICKED UPON YOU, TRIED TO DISCREDIT HIM.

BUT GUESS WHAT? THIS IS GOING GLOBAL.

AND I'M EMBARRASSED 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT GREENBURG TO BE LISTED AS ONE OF THOSE WHITE COUNTRY STATES IN A COUNTRY THAT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE WHAT WE ARE.

I WANT YOU TO TAKE THAT JAMAICAN FLAG DOWN.

I WANT YOU TO PASS A LAW HERE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

WE WILL NOT RAISE ANYBODY ELSE'S FLAG OTHER THAN THE AMERICAN FLAG UNTIL THAT FLAG STANDS FOR EVERYBODY AND NOT JUST, SO THANK YOU, REAL MALLET.

GOOD EVENING.

OH, I CAN TAKE THIS OFF.

HI, GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME'S RAYA MALLET.

I REPRESENT ONE 28TH HARTSDALE, UM, CORPORATION AT CO-OP OF ABOUT 200 RESIDENTS HERE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

UM, I'M HERE ON A DIFFERENT MATTER THAN YOU JUST HEARD.

UM, I'M ACTUALLY SENT AN EMAIL, TWO EMAILS TO THE BOARD IN THE LAST 24 HOURS SUGGESTING THAT IT'S A PREMATURE FOR YOU TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE S SCARSDALE GOLF CLUBS AMENDED APPLICATION, UH, TONIGHT.

UM, I KNOW IT'S ON THE AGENDA, I KNOW IT GOT SKIPPED OVER, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE FOR THE REST OF THE, UH, MEETING.

HOWEVER, I DO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE AMENDED SITE APPLICATION OR THE APPLICATION FOR AMENDED SITE PLAN.

EXCUSE ME.

SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

IT'S AN IMPORTANT MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY AND IN PART BECAUSE IT PROVIDES A TREASURED OPEN SPACE THAT'S PRIOR PRIORITIZED BY THIS TOWN BOARD AND ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THAT'S VALUED BY RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.

MY CLIENTS AT ONE 20 EAST HARTSDALE ARE CONCERNED THAT APPROVAL OF THIS AMENDED SITE PLAN THREATENS THIS OPEN SPACE THAT IS SO PRIORITIZED BY ALL OF YOU AND ALL OF THE RESIDENTS.

LET ME SHARE WITH YOU WHY APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED SITE PLAN WILL ALLOW NETTING AT THE 16TH GREEN.

THIS NETTING, UM, WILL BE LOCATED LESS THAN THREE AND A HALF FEET FROM A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LINE.

HOWEVER, HALF OF THE GOLF COURSE IS SURROUNDED IS ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

SO IF YOU'RE GONNA START ALLOWING NETTING THREE AND A HALF FEET FROM THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LINE, I FEAR THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS CREATING A PRECEDENT WHERE WE CAN SEE THE WALLS THAT YOU EARLIER IN THE MEETING SOMEBODY REFERENCED, WE DON'T WANT HERE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG BECAUSE ALLOWING IT FOR THIS ONE PROPERTY OWNER COULD POTENTIALLY ALLOW IT FOR THE REST OF THE GOLF COURSE OR HALF OF THAT GOLF COURSE THAT'S ALSO SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND WOULD ESSENTIALLY CREATE A BARRIER FROM BETWEEN THIS OPEN SPACE AND THE COMMUNITY.

THE OTHER, UM, PART OF THE AMENDED SITE PLAN THAT ALSO, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, SULLYS, THE OPEN SPACE IS THE TENNIS BUBBLE.

IT'S NOT JUST A TENNIS BUBBLE, IT'S GOING TO BE AN ENCLOSURE OVER THE TENNIS COURTS.

WHAT WE'LL ALL REFER TO AS A TENNIS BUBBLE THAT IF APPROVED BY YOU WILL BE EIGHT FEET TALLER THAN THE ZONING ALLOWS IN THAT RESIDENTIAL ZONING AREA.

AND, UM, ACCORDING TO PHOTOS SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY WILL SEE WHEN THEY'RE DOWNTOWN IN THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.

IT IS GONNA BE LIT UP AT NIGHT.

IT'S GONNA BE ILLUMINATED.

SO EVEN THOUGH THEY WILL TELL YOU IT'S OPAQUE, THEY ALSO, THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED PICTURES SHOWING WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN OTHER AREAS.

AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE A GLOWING TENNIS BUBBLE WITH A SKYLIGHT WHERE THE LIGHT WILL COME THROUGH AT NIGHT TILL 10 15 AT NIGHT, SIX MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR.

SO FOR HALF THE YEAR, YOUR OPEN SPACE WILL NOW HAVE AN ILLUMINATED TENNIS BUBBLE AND DUSK AT, IN DUSK AND AT NIGHT, A BUBBLE THERE FOR SIX MONTHS OUTTA THE YEAR IN THE

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BEGINNING OF WHAT COULD BE BARRIERS BETWEEN THE OPEN SPACE AND THE COMMUNITY.

THE SECOND MAJOR CONCERN THAT MY CLIENTS HAVE ABOUT YOU PASSING THIS AMENDED SITE PLAN HAS TO DO WITH WHAT, UM, THE SUPERVISOR HAS ALREADY DISCUSSED TONIGHT, AND THAT IS FLOODING.

THERE IS SO MUCH MONEY BEING SPENT BY THIS TOWN TO MITIGATE THE HORRIBLE FLOODING CONDITIONS THAT ARE OCCURRING IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THE PIPES HERE GO FROM THE BROOKS AND UNDER SOME OF THE TENANT BUILDINGS ON EACH HARTSDALE AVENUE AND OTHER PARTS OF THE TOWN, THE GOLF CLUB HAS ALSO ONE OF THE MAJOR FLOODPLAINS, WHICH IS A CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL AREA.

IT ALSO HAS THE BROOK, THE WHERE THE TENNIS COURTS ARE NOW.

ALL THE STORMWATER RUNOFF ACTUALLY GOES INTO THE BRONX RIVER, WHICH IS BELOW IT.

APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED SITE PLAN ALSO MEANS THAT THE APPLICANT WILL BE ALLOWED TO TO, TO DISTURB ABOUT 4,000 SQUARE FEET OF A STEEP SLOPE.

MORE THAN 2000 SQUARE FEET.

THAT'S GONNA BE AN EXCESSIVELY STEEP SLOPE.

AND 1000, WHICH IS GONNA BE A VERY STEEP SLOPE ALL IN THE AREA ABOVE THE BRONX RIVER, THE STEEP SLOPE THAT HAD BEEN APPROVED WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE APPROVAL, IT HAS NOT YET BEEN APPROVED BY THE PLANNING BOARD.

UM, THOSE STEEP SLOPES COULD OBVIOUSLY AGGRAVATE THE VERY FLOODING THAT THIS TOWN IS SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY TO MITIGATE.

UM, THE TAXPAYERS AND RESIDENTS OF THIS TOWN DO NOT WANT TO PAY MORE MONEY OR HAVE MORE PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING THAT COULD OCCUR FROM APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN.

WE HAVE GARRETT DUANE WAS GONNA COMMENT ON, UH, THE, UH, THE FLOODING AND THE GOLF COURSE.

HE, HE'S ODD.

ABOUT MASSIVE AMOUNT OF, OF, OF DRAINAGE AREA, UM, LOTS OF UPSTREAM ACREAGE AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT A SIMPLE FIX, BUT IN MY OPINION, UH, SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB, UH, AS WENT OVER AND ABOVE, UM, WHAT IT SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO DO, UH, WITH REGARDS TO, UH, THE IMPACTS FROM THE BUBBLE.

UM, YEAH, REGARDING THE FLOODING, UH, I MADE A COMMENT YESTERDAY, UM, THAT THE APPLICANT HAD, UM, DESIGNED THEIR PROJECT TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THE 25 YEAR STORM, WHICH WAS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OUR TOWN CODE AND OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, UH, REQUIRE.

UM, THE TOWN BOARD VOLUNTARILY, UH, AGREED AS A RESULT OF COMMENTS FROM THE PLANNING BOARD TO UPSIZE THAT SYSTEM TO ACCOMMODATE A 50 YEAR STORM.

UM, THE, THE APPROVAL LETTER OR THE DRAFT APPROVAL OF THE, OF THE TOWN BOARD, THE DRAFT RESOLUTION, UM, WAS UPDATED TO MANDATE THAT 50 YEAR STORM, UM, REQUIREMENT.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I ALSO DID SPEAK BRIEFLY YESTERDAY ABOUT FLOODING IN THE, UM, EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE CORRIDOR.

UM, WHAT I FELT, GARRETT, JUST, JUST FOR REFERENCE SINCE IT WAS ADDED RECENTLY, UH, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS SECTION 5.3, INDEED SECTION 5.3.

I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

UM, SO I DID MENTION YESTERDAY THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE, THE FLOODING EVENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED, UH, DURING IDA AND YEARS PRIOR, UM, ARE, HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS.

WHAT I DIDN'T MENTION, UM, YESTERDAY WAS THAT THE TOWN BOARD, UM, VERY COGNIZANT OF THAT OF COURSE, AND HAS BEEN VERY PROACTIVE IN MY OPINION, UH, WITH REGARDS TO ITS TREATMENT OF THE CORRIDOR.

UM, WHICH ULTIMATELY IS NOT A RESULT OF THE GOLF COURSE.

IF ANYTHING, THE PRESENCE OF THE GOLF COURSE, UH, MINIMIZES THE FLOODING BY VIRTUE OF ALL THE GREEN SPACE ON THE GOLF COURSE.

UM, BUT WHAT I FAILED TO MENTION IS, YOU KNOW, STEPS THE TOWN BOARD HAS TAKEN SUCH AS, UH, COMMISSIONING A EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE FLOOD STUDY, UM, WHICH WAS DONE BY A K R F.

UH, THAT STUDY, UM, LED US TO A REPORT WHICH WAS SUBMITTED TO FEMA IN SUPPORT OF A REQUEST FOR $600,000.

UM, SEPARATE FROM THAT, THE TOWN BOARD ACTUALLY, UM, COMMISSIONED OR ALLOWED FOR EXTRA FUNDING TO HAVE A K R F ASSIST US WITH A FEMA APPLICATION, UM, TO APPLY FOR THAT $600,000.

UM, WE'VE MET WITH WESTCHESTER COUNTY, UM, TO APPLY FOR $100,000 AFTER OUR PRESENTATION, UM, WHICH WAS MADE BY BRIAN SIMMONS AND MYSELF.

UH, WESTCHESTER COUNTY ACTUALLY, UM, MADE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE APPLY FOR $200,000, WHICH WE DID, UM, AND THAT THAT APPLICATION IS COMING THROUGH.

UM, SO WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT FEMA BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE HEAR FROM THEM, UH, THAT THERE WILL BE, UH, POTENTIALLY $600,000 AVAILABLE TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WHICH WOULD GIVE US A POOL OF $800,000 TO UM, FURTHER STUDY THE AREA AND CREATE DESIGNS, UM, DESIGN PLANS, WHICH WE WILL THEN USE TO, UM, LOOK FOR A LARGER FIX.

BUT ULTIMATELY I DO WANNA NOTE THAT, UM, THAT THAT FIX COULD BE UPWARDS OF $50 MILLION.

SO WE ARE TALKING

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VILLAGES CONTRIBUTING TO IT? WE HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE ONLY A MONTH AGO WHERE MR. FRYER PROPOSED A PURCHASE OF LAND FOR POLICE HEADQUARTERS.

I THINK IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE ARE REALLY NOT, UH, MATTERS BEFORE THIS BOARD BECAUSE THE ZONING BOARD IS ALREADY, UH, MADE A DECISION REGARDING WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE, UH, GOING TO BE CONSIDERED COMPLIANT WITH THE CODE BY GETTING THOSE VARIANCES HOUSE AS OBSERVED TONIGHT, THE TOWN BOARD'S OWN RULES REGARDING SPEAKERS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT ARE ROUTINELY VIOLATED.

SO WITH THAT IN MIND AND WATCHING WORK SESSIONS OF THE TOWN BOARD THE DAY BEFORE, I HAVE MY OWN AGENDA REVIEW WORKING AND I'M SENDING IT AS I HAVE DONE TO THE TOWN BOARD MY OWN COMMENTS ON MANAGERS, WHICH ARE UP FOR RESOLUTION TONIGHT ON THE TOWN BOARD AGENDA.

SINCE I DON'T BELIEVE IN THE TOWN'S RULES THAT I SHOULD SURRENDER ANY OF MY FIVE MINUTES TO GET A RESPONSE FROM THE TOWN BOARD, I DON'T EVEN CARE IF I GET THAT RESPONSE FROM THE TOWN BOARD ANYMORE BECAUSE I'M SENDING OUT TO PEOPLE ON MY MAILING LIST WHAT I'M SENDING YOU AND THEY KNOW WHAT'S BEING ASKED OF YOU, WHAT'S BEEN SENT TO YOU.

AND IF YOU DON'T WANNA DEAL WITH IT PUBLICLY, THAT'S YOUR BUSINESS.

SO YOU KNOW THAT I'VE SENT YOU A T ONE PO, ONE, PW ONE AND TB ONE AND YOU CAN CHOOSE TO DEAL WITH IT TONIGHT OR NOT DEAL WITH IT OR EVEN HOLD THESE THINGS OVER.

AS FOR THE TOWN ATTORNEY INTERIM, IT'S VERY NICE TO SEE THAT HE'S VERY CONSCIENTIOUS AS PARLIAMENTARIAN.

WHAT HE'S NOT SO CONSCIENTIOUS IS DOING HIS JOB AS INTERIM TOWN ATTORNEY REGARDING MY FOIL APPEAL, WHICH WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY.

HE KEEPS PROMISING TO ANSWER IT IN A FEW DAYS AND DOESN'T DO IT.

SO THIS IS THE PERSON, A ATTORNEY NO LESS WHO THE PUBLIC IS SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW HIS RULES AS PARLIAMENTARIAN.

NOW THE NEW THING I WANNA DISCUSS TONIGHT, WELL, LET ME PROCEED WITH ONE THING.

I HOPE I REMAIN ON PAT WEEMS, A-LIST OF JEWS, BUT I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE MANHATTAN AVENUE MURAL, AS DID LOUISE CHERICO AND I BELIEVE THAT BOB BERNSTEIN IS REPRESENTING THE ARTIST ON THAT MURAL.

SO THERE'S YOUR THREE JEWS IN FAVOR OF MAINTAINING IT TOWN BOARD.

NOW LET'S DISCUSS A BUDGET ISSUE COMING UP BY THE END OF OCTOBER.

MR. FINER HAS TO SUBMIT THE TENTATIVE BUDGET AND I OBSERVED SOMETHING VERY CURIOUS ON IT.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF TOWN DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING THE TOWN BOARD, THE TOWN COUNCIL, THE TOWN ATTORNEY, WHICH ARE IN THE A BUDGET.

AND THE A BUDGET FOR THOSE AT HOME WHO DON'T KNOW IS THE TOWN ENTIRE BUDGET UNINCORPORATED PLUS THE VILLAGES.

WHAT WE HAVE IS ANOTHER DEPARTMENT CALLED BUILDING MAINTENANCE.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT TOWN HALL, THE FLOORS GET BUFFED, THE BATHROOMS GET CLEAN, WE HAVE A SECURITY GUARD LIGHT BULBS GET REPLACED.

THIS IS AN ITEM WHICH IS IN THE B BUDGET, UNINCORPORATED ONLY.

SO WHEREAS WE HAVE A LOT OF TOWN DEPARTMENTS SERVING THE ENTIRE TOWN, BUT IN THE A BUDGET, WE ONLY HAVE THE B BUDGET PAYING FOR THE MAINTENANCE CAPITAL FUNDING OF THE TOWN HALL WHERE ALL THESE DEPARTMENTS ARE LOCATED.

SO WHY ARE THE VILLAGES GETTING A GOOD DEAL THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO PARTICIPATE TOWARDS THE OPERATION OF TOWN HALL? AMEN.

YOUR OFFICES ARE ALL IN THIS BUILDING.

WHY AREN'T THE

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AND GOLLY, THE VILLAGES OBJECTED, DIDN'T THEY? YES, WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM BOND COUNSEL IN OVER A MONTH AND A HALF.

MR. FINER, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO HEAR, OR IS THAT LOCATION NOW DEAD ON ARRIVAL? SO RETURNING TO WHAT I SUGGESTED BEFORE, WHETHER YOU RESPOND TO ME OR NOT IN PUBLIC, THAT'S YOUR BUSINESS.

THE PUBLIC WILL KNOW FROM MY OWN MAILINGS AND FOR THE PUBLIC THAT DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT THESE MAILINGS, MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS HAL MARK, H A L M A R C@AOL.COM.

AND IF YOU EMAIL ME, I WILL PUT YOU ON THE MAILING LIST.

SO YOU'LL FIND OUT WHAT THE TOWN BOARD IS NOT DISCLOSING PUBLICLY.

ALRIGHT, LASHON WA WASHINGTON, RIGHT? MCAL MCAL.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AS YOU REMEMBER HERE LAST WEEK.

ONE EYE.

NOW I HAVE BOTH OF THEM BACK.

THANK GOD.

ALRIGHT, UM, I'LL JUST MAKE THIS VERY SHORT AND SWEET.

UM, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK AGAIN ON THE MURAL CON, UH, CONTROVERSY.

UM, I CAME TO BE A PART OF THE MURAL COMMITTEE, CELEBRATION COMMITTEE BEFORE THE CONTROVERSY BEGAN AND WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO PLANNING, UH, UNVEILING PARTY, YOU KNOW, WITH UM, PERFORMERS AND A CELEBRATION.

UH, AND NOW IT'S TURNED INTO A SURVIVAL, UH, CONTROVERSY OF UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES.

THIS MURAL CONTROVERSY WILL BECOME A MATTER OF TOWN AND NATIONAL HISTORY.

IT IS BEING DOCUMENTED FOR A FILM AND BE, WILL BE REMEMBERED AS SIGNIFICANT AND HISTORIC.

OUR STAND ON THIS MATTER WILL DETERMINE WHAT SIDE OF HISTORY WE ARE ON.

I NEED TO TELL OUR CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THAT THEIR LACK OF SUPPORT FOR THIS MURAL WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN BY THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY NEXT YEAR.

THEIR LACK OF SUPPORT FOR FREE SPEECH IS AGAINST THEIR PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE OF THE FLAG AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SPEAK UP.

FEEL FREE TO GIVE A STATEMENT ON YOUR TRUE VIEWS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS, NOT JUST YOUR PERSONAL POLITE VIEWS WHENEVER YOU CHOOSE, AS WELL AS TO EDUCATE OUR TOWN SUPERVISOR ABOUT OUR HISTORY.

NO CURRENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD IS ABSOLVED OF THIS GUILT ON THIS MATTER.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO SUPPORT THE RHETORIC OF FARRAKHAN TO SUPPORT THE ARTISTIC RIGHT OF THE COMMUNITY TO DISPLAY HIM.

IT IS OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT.

UNLIKE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS, HE HAS NOT ENSLAVED ANYONE OR SUPPORTED IT.

SPEAKING OF FARRAKHAN, HE HAS NOT CAUSED ANY WAR.

UNLIKE THE NUMEROUS LEADERS IN EUROPE'S PAST AND PRESENT, HE HAS NOT COMMITTED ANY GENOCIDE.

HE IS A RELIGIOUS LEADER.

HIS FACE ALONE IS NOT AN ANTISEMITIC SYMBOL.

HE'S A LEADER OF A MAJOR RELIGION, ONE OF THE RELIGIONS OF ABRAHAM.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO AGREE WITH HIM TO RESPECT OUR RIGHT TO INCLUDE HIM ON THE MIRROR, ON THE MURAL.

AS FOR THE OTHER 19 UNAPPROVED BLACKS ON THE WALL WHO MR. FINER HAS ALSO THREATENED TO TAKE DOWN, WHO GETS TO DECIDE WHICH BLACK FACE IS SUITABLE FOR A MORALIZING ON THAT WALL? AND WHAT CRITERIA IS BEING USED TO JUDGE THEM? IS IT THEIR GENDER, THEIR HUE, THEIR RELIGION, OR THEIR ABILITY TO MAKE WHITE AMERICA FEEL COMFORTABLE? THEIR PERSONALITY, PERHAPS THEIR COMMON SWEET SOUNDING FIRST NAME OR THEIR ABILITY TO FIGHT OPPRESSION WITHOUT OFFENDING ANYONE?

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NOT ALL FIGHTS ARE BLOODLESS AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE GET HURT, BUT WE ALL NEED TO STAND UP TO TYRANNY IN THIS TOWN IN THE END.

AND WITH THAT, I SAY TO ALL MEMBERS OF THIS TOWN, PLEASE CHOOSE A SIDE.

BUT REMEMBER, ALL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS SHOULD BE AFFORDED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

IF ITALIANS CAN HAVE A COLUMBUS DAY PARADE, A STATUE, AND A HOLIDAY, WHY CAN'T BLACK PEOPLE HAVE A PAINTING THAT THEY LIKE UNDER A BRIDGE? THANK YOU.

TO SAY THAT THE TOWN FRANCIS AND Y'ALL, I KNOW Y'ALL PUT A LOT INTO IT OR WOULD'VE NEVER GOT DONE, BUT TO TAKE ONE PICTURE OUT OF 50 PICTURE IMAGES AND TO MAKE THIS CONTROVERSIAL, YOU KNOW, UM, I, I'M SITTING HERE LIKE THERE'S A CONTRACT.

AMEN.

BISHOP WILBERT PRESTON, UH, GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

UM, I, I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE A LONG DISSERTATION, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SOME THINGS CLEAR ABOUT MY STATEMENT CONCERNING, UM, THE SALE OF MARIJUANA AND THE, UH, OFFSPRINGS OF IT.

UM, IF WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THAT, LET'S THINK ABOUT WHAT, WHAT WE ARE REALLY INTRODUCING TO OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT WE ARE, WHAT WHAT WE ARE LIBERATING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

LET ME ASK A QUESTION TO ALL OF YOU.

AND PROBABLY MOST, I I THINK ALL OF YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THE PROHIBITION OF ALCOHOL AND WHEN ALCOHOL WAS, WAS, UH, LEGALIZED.

DID DEATHS DECREASE OR INCREASE? I THINK THE RECORDS ARE SHOWED THAT IT INCREASED.

AND I THINK THE SAME THING IS GONNA HAPPEN WITH THIS WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT GIVE STATISTICS THAT, UH, SUPPORT THEIR, THEIR IDEOLOGY.

ANYBODY CAN FIND STATISTICS TO, TO SUPPORT YOUR IDEAS, BUT EVERYBODY CANNOT FIND THE TRUTH.

LET'S TAKE SIGMUND FREUD.

SIGMUND FREUD IS HEROLD.

THAT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST MINDS IN THE WORLD.

BUT DO WE KNOW OR DO WE MARVEL IN THE FACT THAT HE DIED USING SUBSTANCE? WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE FELL DOWN THE STEPS TO READ A HISTORY IN A DRUNKEN RAGE ON ALCOHOL.

IT'S NOT WHAT IS BEST, WHAT DRUG IS BEST ALCOHOL JUST SIMPLY MAY SIMPLY IS THE DRUG OF CHOICE FOR MOST PEOPLE.

BUT IT DOES NOT MAKE ANY OF THE OTHER DRUGS OR ANY OR THAT DRUG ANY WORSE WHEN ADDICTION IS CONCERNED.

IF YOU GO BACK AND STUDY, YOU'LL FIND THAT THE HISTORY WILL TELL YOU THAT ANY MINE ALTERING CHEMICAL HAS A TOLL THAT PAYS DEARLY ON THE FAMILY, THE COMMUNITY, AND THE PERSON AT LARGE.

AND THAT'S MY POINT.

I'M NOT TRYING TO, TRYING TO GIVE ALL THE STATISTICS TO BACK MY POINT.

I'M GIVING YOU MY LIFE EXPERIENCE, WHAT I DID FOR 13 YEARS AS A SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR.

AND WHEN I LOOK AT PEOPLE THAT'S HOOKED ON MARIJUANA ALONE THAT CAUSE ACCIDENTS, PEOPLE DON'T MENTION THAT, BUT I KNOW THAT SEEN IT WENT TO, WENT TO COURTS, WENT TO JAILS, WENT TO THEIR HOMES TO HELP THEM BECAUSE OF THIS.

LET'S CONSIDER ALL THAT AS WE GO MOVE FORWARD.

AND THAT'S MY POINT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED.

AND I WOULD LIKE FOR TO STAY IN, IN THE RECORDS OF THE, OF, OF THE GREENBERG ARCHIVES BECAUSE ANY MINE ALTERING CHEMICAL, THERE'S A DEAR PRICE THAT YOU PAY WHEN YOU USE IT.

WHETHER IT'S A DRUG OF CHOICE, A DRUG THAT'S LEGAL OR DRUG THAT'S ILLEGAL, THINK ABOUT IT.

THERE ARE NO FURTHER REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

OH, I'M SORRY.

CLIFF ABRAMS. I'M SO SORRY.

I SAW THAT ARM GO UP.

JUDITH, DID YOU NOT HEAR ME? OKAY, SORRY .

HOW HAVE EVERYBODY DOING TONIGHT? IF YOU, YOU SURE COULD, YOU KNOW, UM, I WAS SITTING THERE THINKING, SHOULD I COME UP HERE? SHOULD I SAY SOMETHING? SHOULD I LET HER RIDE? I SAID SITTING BACK THERE, SHOULD I COME UP HERE AND SAY SOMETHING? TRY TO SIT AND LET HER RIDE BECAUSE WE SHOULDN'T EVEN BE HERE , YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE GETTING READY TO CELEBRATE OR UNVEILING THAT A MERL A ART GALLERY UNDER A BRIDGE.

AND LISTEN, IT'S NOT

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YOU KNOW, IT SAY THAT IF YOU GOT ANY DISPUTE THAT IT'D BE SETTLED WITH ARBITRATION OR EITHER JUSTICE COURT OR THE SUPREME COURT.

I'M, I GUESS THAT NOBODY READ THAT.

AND I KNOW WHEN JANA, YOU KNOW, WE, WHEN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE TALKED FACE TO FACE, BUT YOU BRING IT UP, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CONTRACT.

AND THEN I DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME BUT THE, YOU SEND A LETTER TO THE ARTIST KENDO ART STATING THAT 20 IMAGES HAD TO COME DOWN BY MONDAY.

KENDO LAWYER, BOB BERNSTEIN REPLIED, YOU SEND IT ON THE 19TH, HE RESPONDED ON THE 21ST.

IT'S THE 28TH.

LIKE IT'S GETTING COLD.

LIKE WHAT IS IT THAT THE TOWN, AND I KNOW IT AIN'T JUST PAUL AND SO PEOPLE AIN'T REALLY THROWING ROCKS AT PAUL, BUT, AND I WANNA SAY SUPERVISOR FINDER, BUT YOU AIN'T BEEN ACTING LIKE IT 'CAUSE YOU ARE THE SUPERVISOR FOR THE WHOLE TOWN OF GREENBURG, NOT THE JEWISH PART OF GREENBURG.

AND I THINK YOU ALLOW YOUR PERSONAL FEELINGS TO GET CAUGHT UP.

AND I'M NOT JUST BLAMING YOU 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU WON'T VOTE OUT OF FIVE VOTES.

AND I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS GOING FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE, I'VE BEEN ON IT FOR TWO YEARS AND YOU BROUGHT ME IN THE BACK ROOM TO VOTE AND Y'ALL BRING UP MINISTER FARRAKHAN AND KEN JONES SAID THAT HE COULDN'T SUPPORT ME IN ANY COMMITTEE OR MY POLITICAL, UM, VIEWS AND FOR ME TO STICK TO ACTIVISM OR ACTIVISM, HIS POLITICAL BECAUSE Y'ALL FORGOT THAT.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT ACTIVISTS DO.

AND I JUST THINK LIKE, CAN WE, WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD, YOU KNOW, I MEAN IT TAKE THREE VOTES.

PAUL, YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, AND I UNDERSTAND YOU TAKE YOURSELF PERSONAL, BUT I THINK YOU JUMPED OUT THE WINDOW ON THIS ONE AND I REMEMBER HAL SAID SOMETHING LIKE, STICKS IN STONE MAY BREAK MY BONE, BUT SAYING I'M SORRY.

IT'S OKAY THAT I'VE MADE A MISTAKE AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON.

COURSE Y'ALL ARE SEPARATING THIS COMMUNITY.

AND THAT BEEN MR. FARRAKHAN, Y'ALL ARE SEPARATING THIS COMMUNITY.

AND I LIKE, UM, MISS PASSE, I WENT TO WOODLAND HIGH SCHOOL, SO WE ALL HAD INTEGRATED, UM, SCHOOLS.

I GOT SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE JEWISH AND WHITES AND ALL THAT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T LOOK AT EACH OTHER LIKE THAT.

BUT NOW, YOU KNOW, I COME HERE TRYING TO SUPPORT THE MORAL, IT MAKE ME FEEL LIKE I SAY THINGS ABOUT THEM.

I DON'T WANT TO SAY , YOU KNOW, I MIGHT SAY LIKE, I MIGHT SAY IT'S A JEWISH THING AND THEN MY FRIENDS, BUT MY JEWISH REAL FRIENDS, THEY UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M COMING FROM BECAUSE YOU MAY LIKE THIS MR. FINER, AND YOU JUST NEED TO FIND IN YOUR HEART.

I MEAN, DO JEWISH PEOPLE FORGIVE PEOPLE? HEY, BLACKS BEEN RAPED.

WE'VE BEEN CONSIDERED THREE FIFTH OF A HUMAN BEING, HUH? UM, WE GET MURDERED STILL TO THIS DAY, YOU KNOW, AND WE FORGAVE AMERICA FOR ALL THE TRAGEDY AND ALL THE HORRIFIC THINGS THEY DONE DID TO US.

AND WE SAY, LET'S MOVE FORWARD.

Y'ALL CAN'T SAY LET'S MOVE FORWARD TO A MAN WHO DIDN'T KILL NOBODY, DIDN'T ORDER A HUNDRED.

HE HAD 2 MILLION PEOPLE AT THE CAPITOL.

DIDN'T TELL NOBODY TO STORM NOTHING.

I'M LOOKING AT KEN AND GINA.

HOPE Y'ALL COULD FIND IT IN YOUR HEART, YOU KNOW, TO, TO, TO CONVINCE ONE OF THEM TO MOVE FORWARD.

YOU KNOW, I STILL DON'T KNOW WHY Y'ALL HAVEN'T RESPONDED BACK TO, UM, BOB STEIN LETTER BACK TO YOU.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, BUT YOU CONSTANTLY THREATEN AND THEN YOU MAKE US, COME ON.

I'M GONNA LEAVE IT THERE.

NEXT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPOINTMENT OF KEITH RA FOR THE POLICE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE, UH, DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.

UM,

[ BOARDS & COMMISSIONS Appointment of Keith Guerra to the Police Community Advisory Commission, for a term to expire December 31, 2023]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

UH, SECOND.

I THOUGHT THERE WAS A CONDITION THAT HE DID HE COMP I CAN'T DO.

I WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THAT.

I THOUGHT THERE WAS A CONDITION THAT HE ADDED TO COMPLETE THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION TRAINING.

DID, WAS THAT OCCUR? DID THAT OCCUR? DO YOU KNOW, JOE?

[02:20:01]

ALRIGHT, SO LET'S, LET'S DO IT BECAUSE WE'RE REQUIRING EVERYBODY TO HAVE THAT TRAINING IN ADVANCE OF APPOINTMENT.

SO LET'S JUST ADD THAT TO AN APPOINTMENT OF KEITH HERE TO THE POLICE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE.

DECEMBER 31ST, 2023, UM, CONDITIONED ON THE COMPLETION OF SEXUAL HARASS HARASSMENT PREVENTION TRAINING.

I THOUGHT IT WAS ON THERE, BUT SOMEHOW IT GOT TAKEN OFF.

OKAY, SO THAT'S YOUR MOTION, PAUL, AND I'LL SECOND IT.

JAMES MAYEN AS INTERIM TOWN ENGINEER, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2022.

RESOLUTION APPOINTING

[ TB 1 - 9/28/2022 Resolution appointing James Meehan, P.E., as Interim Town Engineer, effective September 19, 2022]

APPROVING THE RETENTION OF KENNETH UFF AND LAW FIRM OF MORRIS DUFFY, ELSO, LEY AND PITT TO REPRESENT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UH, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 25,000 IN THE MATTER OF CHRISTINE.

UM, RESOLUTION

[ AT 1 – 9/28/2022 Resolution approving the retention of Kenneth E. Pitcoff, Esq. and the Law Firm of Morris Duffy Alonso Faley & Pitcoff to represent the Town of Greenburgh in the matter of Kristine Provenzale v. the Town of Greenburgh, for an amount not to exceed $25,000]

PROVEN ALI.

SECOND FAVOR.

AYE, THAT, THAT, THAT'S AS AMENDED, WHICH ALL SAY WAS FOR, THAT'S WHAT THE, SO VOTE ON THAT AS AMENDED BECAUSE THERE IS, THERE'S A CLAUSE THAT I GENERALLY ADD TO EACH ONE OF THESE THINGS AND, UM, SOMEBODY REMINDED US THAT IT WASN'T THERE.

SO, SO VOTE ON A, MAKE THE MOTION FOR A ONE AS AMENDED.

WHO SECONDED IT? WHO SECONDED IT? KEN SECONDED INITIALLY.

SO KEN SECONDED IT ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AUTHORIZING TAX SARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER SCARSDALE LEASING CORP FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT CLUB WAY TOTAL AMOUNT 3 58 3 88 RESOLUTION

[ AT 2 - 9/28/2022 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Scarsdale Leasing Corporation for property located at Club Way. The Town’s share of the refund is $64,210±; the County’s share is $35,246±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $4,869±; the Edgemont Union Free School District’s share is $100,255±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $96,241±; the Greenville Fire District’s share is $8,890± the Hartsdale Fire District’s share is $46,286±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $2,390±. Refunds from all sources total $358,388±.]

[ AT 3 - 9/28/2022 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner 26 South Central Avenue Associates and/or Skeadas for property located at 26 So. Central Ave. The Town’s share of the refund is $485±; the County’s share is $280±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $37±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $1,272±; the Hartsdale Fire District’s share is $451±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $16±. Refunds from all sources total $2,539±.]

AUTHORIZING TAX SARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER 26 SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE, UM, UH, REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES 2,539 AND RESOLUTION, UH, APPROVING CONTINUED RETENTION OF WILSON.

I DO THAT SEPARATELY.

FROM THE TAX A T TWO AND A T THREE.

RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTINUED, UH, RETENTION OF WILSON.

UM,

[ AT 4 – 9/28/2022 Resolution approving the continued retention of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP to represent the Town and requested Greenburgh Police Personnel in the matter of Kristin Stein v. the Town of Greenburgh, et al., for an amount not to exceed $50,000 ($100,000 in total)]

UM, ELSE, SIR MOSCOWITZ EDELMAN AND DICKER, UM, TO REPRESENT THE TOWN AND, UH, IN THE MATTER OF, UH, KRISTEN STEIN, TOTAL AMOUNT IS, UH, 50,000.

AUTHORIZING PERMISSION TO CLOSE ARDEN DRIVE BETWEEN HUNTLEY DRIVE AND STANDARDISH PLACE ON OCTOBER 29TH, UH, FROM 3:00 PM TO 10:00 PM FOR A HALLOWEEN EVENT.

[ CL 1 - 9/28/2022 Resolution authorizing permission to close Arden Drive between Huntley Drive and Standish Place, on Saturday, October 29, 2022, from 3:00 PM until 10:00 PM, for a Halloween Event]

AND, UM, RESOLUTION

[ CL 2 - 9/28/2022 Resolution authorizing permission to close Standish Place between Joyce Road and Farm Road, on Sunday, October 30, 2022, from 3:00 PM until 10:00 PM, for a Halloween Event]

AUTHORIZING PERMISSION TO CLOSE, UH, STANDARDISH, UM, PLACE IN JOYCE ROAD, OCTOBER 30TH FROM 3:00 PM TO 10:00 PM FOR A HALLOWEEN EVENT.

AUTHORIZING, UH, CLOSING OF JOYCE ROAD, WEST OF SHORE, BROOK ROAD TO JOYCE ROAD, ARDEN DRIVE, SINCLAIR PLACE, AND HUNTLEY DRIVE STANDARDS PLACE.

[ CL 3 - 9/28/2022 Resolution authorizing closing (1) Joyce Road west of Sherbrooke Road to Joyce Road’s dead end; (2) Arden Drive, Sinclair Place and Huntley Drive; (3) Standish Place, Alden Place and Darwood Place, all north of Farm Road (which is located in the Village of Ardsley); (4) Kenneth Road west of Sherbrooke Road; (5) Howard Place; Southern Road and Byway; (6) Eastern Road and Eastway, both south of Northern Road; (7) Northway and Southway; and (8) Westway and Eastway, both south of Northway; all closings being located in the unincorporated area, for area residents to hold a Halloween "Parade" on Monday, October 31, 2022, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM]

UM, ALDEN PLACE AND NORWOOD PLACE, UM, KENNETH ROAD, UM, HOWARD PLACE, SOUTHERN ROAD AND BYWAY EASTON ROAD AND EASTWAY.

UM, NORTHWAY AND SOUTHWAY.

WESTWAY AND EASTWAY.

UM, UH, FOR HALLOWEEN PARADE ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 31ST FROM SIX TO 9:00 PM SECOND.

AUTHORIZING CLOSING MENDHAM BETWEEN 78 MENDHAM AVENUE AND 115 MENDHAM AVENUE ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 8TH FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, BLOCK PARTY.

THAT, THAT AREA OF TOWN FOR HALLOWEEN, IF YOU NOTICE THE 29TH, THE 30TH, AND THE 31ST, THEY'RE HAVING BLOCK PARTIES, RIGHT? SOUNDS LIKE A FUN EVENT.

[ CL 4 - 9/28/2022 Resolution authorizing closing Mendham Avenue between 78 Mendham Avenue and 115 Mendham Avenue, on Saturday, October 8, 2022, from 2:00 PM until 8:00 PM, to hold a Neighborhood Block Party]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT TWO TO 8:00 PM HERE.

ALL FAVOR? AYE.

A I DIDN'T HEAR WHO SECONDED IT.

SECOND, THANK YOU.

AUTHORIZED ENC CLOSING SOUTH ROAD FROM HILLSIDE AVENUE TO LINCOLN PLACE, UH, WITH ALL INTERSECTIONS OF SOUTH ROAD, WITH THE SIDE STREETS BETWEEN HILLSIDE AND LINCOLN PLACE ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30TH FROM ONE TO 8:00 PM UH, FOR THE ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PARADE.

[ CL 5 - 9/28/2022 Resolution authorizing closing South Road from Hillside Avenue to Lincoln Place, with all intersections of South Road with the side streets between Hillside Avenue and Lincoln Place blocked off to traffic, on Sunday, October 30, 2022, from 1:00 PM until 8:00 PM, for the Parkway Gardens Social Action Committee to host its Annual Halloween Parade and allowing children/youth the opportunity to safely engage in “Trick or Treat” activities]

SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR, UH, 7:30 PM OCTOBER 12TH TO CONSIDER AN AMENDED SITE PLAN AND TREE REMOVAL PERMANENT APPLICATION BY METROPOLIS COUNTRY CLUB FOR, UM, PROPERTY LOCATED AT TWO EIGHTY NINE DOBS FERRY ROAD.

[ CL 6 - 9/28/2022 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for 7:30PM, Wednesday, October 12, 2022, to consider an Amended Site Plan and Tree Removal Permit Application by Metropolis Country Club for property located at 289 Dobbs Ferry Road (P.O. White Plains)]

SCHEDULING, PUBLIC HEARING.

[ CL 7 - 9/28/2022 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for 7:30PM, Wednesday, October 12, 2022, to consider an Amended Site Plan and related applications by Midway Shopping Center for property located at 913-999 Central Park Avenue South (P.O. Scarsdale, NY)]

I'M TRYING.

I DON'T BE CONFUSED.

, UH, FOR OCTOBER 12TH TO CONSIDER AN AMENDED SITE PLAN AND RELATED APPLICATION BY MIDWAY SHOPPING CENTER FOR PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 9 13 9 9 9 CENTRAL PARK AVENUE.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT

[02:25:01]

A PUBLIC HEARING FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, UH, TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAURA ENTITLED SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM PILOT.

UM, RESOLUTION SETTING

[ CL 8 - 9/28/2022 Resolution setting a Public Hearing for Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 7:30 PM, to consider a Local Law entitled, "Solar Energy System PILOT Law"]

LAURA, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.

RESOLUTION SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR OCTOBER 12TH TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW MODIFYING CHAPTER FOUR 80 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ENTITLED ANTENNA REVIEW BOARD, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS TO THREE AND CREATING AN ALTERNATE, UH, MEMBER POSITION.

[ CL 9 - 9/28/2022 Resolution setting a Public Hearing for Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 7:30 PM, to consider a Local Law modifying Chapter 480 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh, entitled Antenna Review Board, reducing the number of members to three and creating an alternate member position]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT ON YOUR SIDE.

RESOLUTION AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR THE ODELL HOUSE MBO HEADQUARTERS ROOF REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TO ABBOTT PRICE, UH, THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED.

I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS KEN'S TURN

[ CD 1 - 9/08/2022 Resolution awarding the contract for the Odell House-Rochambeau Headquarters Roof Repairs and Replacement Construction Project to Abbott & Price, Inc., the lowest responsible bidder, for an amount not to exceed $248,928]

2 48.

NINE TO EIGHT.

APPROVING WITH CONDITIONS AND AMENDED TYPE PLAN AND TREE REMOVAL PERMIT APPLICATION OF SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB FOR PROPERTY.

[ CD 2 - 9/28/2022 Resolution approving, with conditions, an Amended Site Plan and Tree Removal Permit Application of Scarsdale Golf Club for property located at 1 Club Way (P.O. Hartsdale) – Case No. TB 21-17]

LOCATED ONE CLUB WAY, CASE NUMBER TB 2117.

AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2022.

[ CO 1 - 9/28/2022 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Transfers]

BUDGET TRANSFERS.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR ATTENDER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH VAL HALL SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER FOR VIRGINIA ROAD SCHOOL OF THE REQUEST OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

[ PO 1 – 9/28/2022 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into an agreement with the Valhalla Union Free School District for the Greenburgh Police Department to provide a School Resource Officer (SRO) for Virginia Road School at the request of the school district]

UM, UH, AUTHORIZING POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DISPOSE OF UNSERVICEABLE EQUIPMENT.

RESOLUTION,

[ PO 2 - 9/28/2022 Resolution authorizing the Police Department to dispose of unserviceable equipment]

[ PO 3 - 9/28/2022 Resolution adopting the recommendations of the Greenburgh Police Department to add a Stop Restriction on Juniper Road at the intersection of Longview Drive amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]

[ PO 4 - 9/28/2022 Resolution adopting the recommendations of the Greenburgh Police Department to add Stop Restrictions on Algonquin Drive, Genevieve Drive, and Mohican Lane at the intersection with Alta Vista Circle amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]

[ PO 5 - 9/28/2022 Resolution adopting the recommendations of the Greenburgh Police Department to add a Stop Restriction on Poe Street at the intersection of Keats Ave, amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]

[ PO 6 - 9/28/2022 Resolution adopting the recommendations of the Greenburgh Police Department to add a stop restriction on Wood Place at its intersections with Maplewood Road and Beechwood Road, amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]

RESOLUTION.

ADOPTING RECOMMENDATION OF THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO AT A STOP RESTRICTION ON JUNIPER ROAD PO OH FOUR IS A STOP RESTRICTIONS ON ALGONQUIN DRIVE.

OH, NO, NO.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

GENEVEVE, YOU CAN'T DRIVE AND MOGAN LAKE PO OH FIVE.

UM, THIS, UH, STOP RESTRICTIONS ON PO STREET AND INTERSECTION OF KEITH AVENUE PO OH SIX.

UM, UH, STOP RESTRICTION ON WOOD PLACE.

UM, ADDED INTERSECTION WITH MAPLEWOOD ROAD AND BEECHWOOD ROAD AND PO OH SEVEN.

UM, UH, IT MUST BE PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON OLD COLONY ROAD, BUT THAT'S NOT FROM MIDVALE ROAD.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

I DUNNO.

SO YOU PUT 'EM ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL RELATED TO CHAPTER FOUR 60.

I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.

YEAH, RIGHT, BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL, UH, STOP RESTRICTIONS.

WELL, THE ONE FOR THE ONE FOR P O SEVEN IS FOR RESTRICTION PARKING RESTRICTIONS.

NOT, NOT STOP SIGNS.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CONSISTENT.

LET'S GO POP P WE COULD GO IF YOU WANT TO DO PO SEVEN SEPARATE, THAT'S FINE.

SO DO THREE TO SIX.

[ PO 7 - 9/28/2022 Resolution adopting the recommendation of the Greenburgh Police Department to amend the parking restrictions on Old Colony Road from Midvale Road northerly for a distance of 550 feet amending chapter 460 of the Greenburgh Town Code]

PO SEVEN.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

WHAT IS PO SEVEN? THAT'S THE ONE THAT HE READ THE LAST TIME.

I KNOW, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE A CLEAN RECORD TO AMEND THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON OLD COLONY ROAD FROM MIDVALE ROAD.

UM, UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT, THAT'S WHERE, UH, NORTH NORTHLY FOR A DISTANCE OF 550 FEET OF MENDING THE CHAPTER FOUR 60.

THAT'S BASICALLY SO PEOPLE CAN'T PARK, SO THAT, UH, PREVENTING CARS FROM COMING, COMING AROUND THE BEND.

SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

RECONSTRUCTION OF GREENBURG, UH, TOWN COURT STEER STEERS TO E L Q INDUSTRY THROUGH GORDIAN GROUP FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 54,000 8 0 1 50.

UM, AWARDING THE

[ PW 1 - 9/28/2022 Resolution awarding the reconstruction of Greenburgh Town Court stairs to ELQ Industries, Inc. through Gordian Group, Inc., for an amount not to exceed $54,801.54]

UH, FOUR.

I JUST HAD A QUESTION BECAUSE, UM, I WAS READING, UH, MR. SAM'S, UM, YOU KNOW, EMAIL YESTERDAY AND, UH, COULD WE JUST ASK RICH IF THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH E L Q? BECAUSE, UM, UM, I THINK HE WAS MENTIONING THERE WERE SOME LIKE CLOSE OVERRUNS AND IN ONE OF THE EMAILS THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS READING FROM HE'S COMING UP.

I JUST WANTED TO JUST ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

THE QUESTION PAUL.

YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, FOR ABOUT A L Q, UH, MR. SAMI, UM, IN AN EMAIL TO THE BOARD YESTERDAY, UH, COMPLAINED THAT A L Q, WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH 'EM IN THE PAST.

WE HAVEN'T HAD PROBLEMS. THERE WAS A, A BID FOR THE WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOM THAT HIT DURING THE COVID AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, UH, CAUSED ISSUES WITH GETTING MATERIAL.

THEY HAD PUT IN A ADDENDUM FOR MORE MONEY THAT WAS REJECTED BY THE TOWN.

WE ENDED UP GETTING THE WORK DONE, SO THE WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOM WAS DONE, NO PROBLEM WITH THE CONTRACTOR.

OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

UM, SO I'D LIKE TO, UH, MOVE THAT SECOND.

AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR THE NEW YORK STATE LOW

[ PW 2 - 9/28/2022 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter an agreement for New York State Low Income Household Water Assistance Program ]

[02:30:01]

INCOME HOUSEHOLD WATER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE MAY BEFORE, UH, REGARDING THE, UH, RESOLUTION THAT WE ADOPTED, WHICH IS, UH, CD TWO REGARDING THE, UH, SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB.

UH, MANY PEOPLE HAVE COMMENTED THAT, UH, I VOTED AGAINST THAT WHEN I WAS ON THE ZONING BOARD YEARS ABOUT 10, 16 YEARS AGO, I GUESS.

UM, AND MIGHT BE SURPRISED THAT I'M VOTING FOR THIS TONIGHT.

AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT THE MAJOR IMPACTS THAT THE PEOPLE WERE WORRIED ABOUT, UH, WERE ADDRESSED BY THE ZONING BOARD, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID BACK THEN.

THIS TIME THE ZONING BOARD HAS GRANTED THOSE VARIANCES.

OUR ROLE IS, IS SOMEWHAT LIMITED AT THIS POINT, SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO MAKE IT, MAKE ANYBODY THINK THAT I DID SOMETHING, I VOTED AGAINST SOMETHING AND NOW I'M VOTING FOR IT.

I'M IN A DIFFERENT ROLE NOW AND WE HAVE TO VOTE ON WHAT'S BEFORE US AND WHAT, UM, OTHER BOARDS HAVE APPROVED.

UH, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, UH, CLARIFY WITH THAT.

AND ALSO, UH, THE NETTING IS NOT IMPACTING, UM, THE APARTMENTS.

OH, WELL THAT'S, THAT'S A DIFFERENT, THAT'S A DIFFERENT NETTING.

THAT'S NOT THAT, THAT WAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE RIGHT, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT THE MAJOR CONCERN, UH, THIS SUMMER WAS, UM, RESIDENTS OF EAST DALE AVENUE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, A PROPOSAL PROPOSED NETTING THAT WOULD IMPACT THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR VIEWS AND THAT WAS ADDRESSED WHEN THEY WITHDREW IT.

RIGHT.

SO YOU WANNA MAKE YOUR MOTION TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SECOND.