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IS, UM, OCTOBER 12TH AT SEVEN 30, UH, PM AND, UM, IT'S THE GREENBERG, UH, TOWN BOARD MEETING.UM, AND, UH, THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME, UH, HEARING, I BELIEVE.
AND THERE'S ALSO A MONITOR UP HERE, FRONT LEFT, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD, THAT ALSO HAS CLOSED CAPTIONING FOR ANYONE WHO'S HEART OPINION.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
WE'LL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IT STANDS WITH MY MISSION, MY JOB IN LIBERTY, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.IN MEMORY OF THE 1,051,408 PLUS INDIVIDUAL VICTIMS OF COVID 19 HAVE DIED IN THE UNITED STATES, UM, 6,537,636 DEATHS WORLDWIDE, EACH LEAVING FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS TOO SOON.
AND IN MEMORY OF THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE KILLED DURING RUSSIA'S INVASION AND RELENTLESS, INTENTIONAL, TARGETED BOMBINGS OF CIVILIANS AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS, HOSPITALS, TRAIN STATIONS, SCHOOLS, CHILDREN'S CENTERS WITH MASS GRAVES BEING FOUND YET TO INVADE.
THE AREAS HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN WELL AND RUSSIA'S EFFORTS TO DESTROY UKRAINE.
AND ITS PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, FORCED TO FIGHT FOR THE LAND WITH FREEDOM AND GENERAL DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES.
MAY THEY REST IN PEACE, AND PEACE BE RESTORED TO THE UKRAINE.
[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of the 1,051,408+ individual victims of COVID-19 who have died in the United States, 6,537,636 + deaths worldwide, each leaving family members and friends too soon. In memory of the people in Ukraine killed during Russia's invasion and relentless intentional targeted bombing of civilians in apartment buildings, hospitals, train stations, schools and children centers, with mass graves being found after invaded areas have been retaken, all in Russia's effort to destroy Ukraine and its people, who are forced to fight for their land, their freedom, and general democratic principles. May they rest in peace and peace be restored to Ukraine.]
THANK YOU.[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk]
WE'RE GONNA HEAR ROLL CALL TOWN SUPERVISOR REER.HERE, COUNCILWOMAN ELLEN HENDRICKS, PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON.
COUNCILMAN FRANCIS SHEEN, PRESENT INTERIM TOWN ATTORNEY JOE DANKO, PRESENT.
UM, I WANTED TO ALSO MENTION THAT, UM, I BELIEVE THE GREENBERG HEALTH CENTER IS GONNA BE HAVING, UM, UH, C UM, UH, BOOSTER SHOTS AND FLU SHOTS, UM, NEXT WEEK ON WEDNESDAY AT THE GREENBERG, UM, YOU KNOW, HEALTH CENTER.
SO, UM, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO GET YOUR SHOTS, YOU CAN GET IT AT, UM, AT THE GREENBERG, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, HEALTH CENTER.
[ HISPANIC HISTORY MONTH PRESENTATION]
WE HAVE, UM, MARIA, AYA.AND MARIA IS, UM, OUR GREENBERG HISPANIC LIAISON IS DOING A, A AMAZING, UH, JOB.
SHE WAS PROFILED ON A, B, C, UM, UH, CHANNEL SEVEN OF TEMPO A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, UM, UH, FOR HER EXCEPTIONAL, UM, UNIT EFFORTS.
I AM HONORED AND HUMBLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HISTORY A LITTLE BIT.
UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I REALLY DO WHEN I INITIATE SOMETHING, I WANNA KNOW THE, THE PROCESS.
SO, HISPANIC HERITAGE ACCEPTANCE OFFICIALLY BEGAN IN 1960S AS A RESULT OF A LARGE GROUP OF LATINO ACTIVISTS WHO SAW DEMANDS INCLUDED RECOGNITION OF THEIR RIGHTS, CULTURE, AND HISTORY.
IN 1968, PRESIDENT JOHNSON DECLARED HISPANIC EDITOR WEAK, A US REPRESENTATIVE SEVEN TORRES IN 1987, PROPOSED THE EXTENSION OF THIS CELEBRATION TO 31 DAYS.
IN 1988, PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN EXTENDED THE PERIOD OF THIS CELEBRATION FOR A MONTH.
SEPTEMBER 15 WAS CHOSEN AS THE KICKOFF BECAUSE IT COINCIDES WITH THE INDEPENDENCE DAY OF FIVE COUNTRIES IN CENTRAL AMERICA, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, NICARAGUA, COSTA RICA.
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I CAN ADD ALSO THAT MEXICO CELEBRATES THEIR INDEPENDENCE ON SEPTEMBER 16, AS WELL AS CHILE ON SEPTEMBER 18TH, AS TODAY IS OCTOBER 12TH, AND WE ARE CELEBRATING CRISAL COLUMBUS, WHO DISCOVERED AMERICA IN 1492.HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH WAS ORDERED INTO LAW ON AUGUST, 1988.
IN 1989, PRESIDENT GEORGE H W BO DECLARED HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AS A NATIONAL CELEBRATION, AS AN AS, AS A NATIONAL CELEBRATION.
SO 20 YEARS LATER, THE CELEBRATION FROM A WEEK FINALLY WAS GRANTED AS A MONTHLY CELEBRATION.
SINCE THEN, AMERICA HONOR ACHIEVEMENT CULTURE HISTORY, AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTH LATINOS AND HISPANICS WHO HAS INSPIRED OTHERS TOO.
DURING THIS MONTH WITH THE LATINOS CELEBRATE AND SHARE NOT ONLY MUSICAL CULINARY, UM, RELIGIOUS FESTIVITIES, ALL THE TRADITIONS THAT ARE PASSED DOWN GENERATION TO GENERATION, WE ALSO CELEBRATE THE STRONG FAMILY TIES THAT WE ALL CARRY HERE IN GREENBORO.
THE HISPANIC POPULATION HAS BEEN GROWING TREMENDOUSLY.
UH, ACCORDING TO THE LAST CENSUS REPORT, HISPANIC POPULATION IN GREENBURG BECOME NOW 16%.
LAST YEAR, AFTER SUPERVISOR FOR FINER WON THE REELECTION, WE BOTH SAT AND HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO CREATE A PROGRAM WHERE THE HISPANIC RESIDENTS IN GREENBORO CAN BENEFIT, ESPECIALLY DO DUE TO THE PREVIOUS EVENTS THAT THIS POPULATION, THE HISPANIC POPULATION, WERE SUFFERING FROM THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION THAT I'M SURE THAT WE ALL KNOW AND WE ALL REMEMBER.
SO SINCE, UH, NOVEMBER 9TH, 2021, SPANOS IN GREENBERG, THAT'S THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDING GUIDANCE SERVICES, INFORMATION EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT.
TONIGHT, I PROUDLY SAY THAT GREENVILLE TOWN HALL HAS MADE A BIG MILESTONE IN PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE GREEN BOARD RESIDENTS.
AND JUST TO ADD THE PROGRAM IS NOT ONLY FOR LATINOS, THE PROGRAM LATELY BECOME BILINGUAL.
THE PROGRAM IS OPEN EVERY TUESDAY, AND I'M WILLING TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY.
IT IS, UM, JUDGE WALTER RIVERA HERE.
JUDGE RIVERA, I LIKE YOUR BACKGROUND.
I, I, I THINK BEFORE WE BRING IN JUDGE RIVERA, WE SHOULD ANO, UM, ANNOUNCE THE, THE FACT THAT HE IS THE FIRST LATINO JUDGE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, AND HE IS CURRENTLY THE NEW YORK STATE COURT OF CLAIMS JUDGE, AS WELL AS PRESIDENT OF THE LATINO JUDGES ASSOCIATION.
THANK YOU, HONORABLE WALTER RIVERA FOR ACCEPTING OUR INVITATION TO BE A GUEST SPEAKER THIS EVENING.
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WELL, THANK, THANK YOU, UH, MS. BEVILLE, SUPERVISOR FINER AND TO THE TOWN COUNSEL FOR, FOR THIS GENEROUS INVITATION FOR ME TO SPEAK TODAY, AS YOU HEARD.UH, CAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? SURE.
UM, AS YOU HEARD, I AM PRESENTLY UPSTATE AT A JUDGE'S CONVENTION, AND I APOLOGIZE THAT I CANNOT BE THERE IN PERSON, WHICH I WOULD'VE WANTED TO BE, BUT I'M HERE VIRTUALLY, AND IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY.
UH, I HAVE LIVED IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND THIS REPRESENTS MORE THAN ANY OTHER PLACE I HAVE EVER LIVED AT.
IN 2011, I WAS ELECTED TO A FOUR YEAR TERM AS JUSTICE OF THE GREENBERG TOWN COURT AND REELECTED IN 2015, I SERVED UNTIL MY APPOINTMENT TO THE COURT OF CLAIMS, WHICH OCCURRED IN JUNE OF 2017.
I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL TO THE RESIDENTS OF GREENBERG FOR HAVING GIVEN ME THE HONOR TO SERVE AS A GREENBERG TOWN JUDGE, ALONG WITH MY TWO COLLEAGUES, JUDGE ARLENE GORDON OLIVER, AND JUDGE DOLORES BRA, WHO SERVED DURING THE SAME TIME I DID.
AND JUDGE BRA, AS YOU KNOW, IS STILL SERVING THERE.
AND JUDGE WARDEN OLIVER IS NOW IN FAMILY COURT, BUT IT HAS BEEN OVER A DECADE SINCE MY ELECTION, AND UNFORTUNATELY, NO OTHER HISPANIC OR LATINO HAS BEEN ELECTED TO ANY OFFICE IN GREENBURG SINCE THEN.
AND IT IS MY HOPE THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE ANOTHER DECADE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
AS THIS IS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO BEAR IN MIND THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE GROWING HISPANIC COMMUNITY IN GREENBURG, AND TO FOCUS ON HOW WE CAN PROVIDE AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERY MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY.
ONE SHINING EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE WHO'S HAVING A DIRECT IMPACT IN GREENBURG AND WITH THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY IS THE PERSON THAT JUST SPOKE, MARIA PORTILLA, WHO AFTER RETIRING FROM WESTCHESTER COUNTY, HAS VOLUNTEERED TO RUN THE PROGRAM THAT SHE MENTIONED AT TOWN HALL.
THIS INITIATIVE, IN MY HUMBLE VIEW, IS WORTHY OF FURTHER EXPANSION.
LAST YEAR, I WAS ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF THE LATINO JUDGES ASSOCIATION, AND WE COUNT ON APPROXIMATELY 105 JUDGES STATEWIDE.
NOW THE MAJORITY ARE BASED IN NEW YORK CITY AND, AND IN THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY, UH, THERE'S AN ACUTE, WHAT I WOULD CALL A CRISIS AND LACK OF REPRESENTATION AND DIVERSITY AND, AND A SHORTAGE OF DIVERSITY IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, IN PLACES LIKE BUFFALO, ALBANY, ROCHESTER, AND SYRACUSE.
THE, WHILE THE PERCENTAGE OF LATINO JUDGES IS STILL BELOW THE PERCENTAGE OF LATINOS IN THE STATEWIDE POPULATION, THE NUMBERS ARE IMPROVING.
THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT A DIVERSE BENCH IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US, AND THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE JUDICIARY TO REFLECT THE POPULATION THAT IT SERVES.
HERE IN THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, WHICH ENCOMPASSES WESTCHESTER COUNTY, THERE ARE THREE LATINO ELECTED SUPREME COURT JUSTICES, JUSTICE MALIA VASQUEZ DOZ, WHO SITS IN ORANGE COUNTY JUSTICE THOMAS QUINONES, WHO SITS IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY, AND JUSTICE JAMES HIRE WHO SITS, UH, I BELIEVE HE'S IN PUTNAM COUNTY AT THE PRESENT.
AND JUSTICE VASQUEZ DOZ WAS THE FIRST LATINA ELECTED IN 2014.
AND THE OTHER TWO, JUSTICE QUINONEZ AND JUSTICE HIRE WERE BOTH ELECTED LAST YEAR AND BEGAN SERVING THIS YEAR, JANUARY 1ST OF THIS YEAR.
THEY'RE TWO APPOINTED COURT OF CLAIMS LATINO JUDGES IN OUR REGION IN THE HUDSON VALLEY.
ASIDE FROM MYSELF, THERE'S JUDGE DEMAR TARANT WHO SITS IN WESTCHESTER AS WELL.
IN 2001, GOVERNOR, FORMER GOVERNOR CUOMO APPOINTED A DIVERSE SLATE OF CANDIDATES TO THE COURT OF CLAIMS. AND THIS YEAR, GOVERNOR KATHY KEL DID THE SAME, MAKING THE COURT OF CLAIMS MUCH MORE DIVERSE.
ONE OF THOSE APPOINTEES IS SITTING RIGHT HERE WITH ME, FORMER TOWN, UH, ATTORNEY TIM LEWIS, WHO IS NOW A COURT OF CLAIMS JUDGE, AND HAS, UH, HONORED ME TO, TO ASSIST ME HERE TODAY.
AND IS, UH, SITTING HERE, AND YOU'LL SEE HIM RIGHT HERE.
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A SMALL WORLD, AS THEY SAY.AND, UH, ALSO, UH, YO COURT JUDGE ELENA GOLDBERG VELASQUEZ WAS NOMINATED TO SUPREME COURT IN WESTCHESTER.
WHILE A DIVERSE BENCH IS ONE OF THE MAIN GOALS OF THE LATINO JUDGES ASSOCIATION, UH, WE MUST ALL WORK TOGETHER AND HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO ERADICATE BIAS IN THE COURT SYSTEM.
THE COURT SYSTEM UNDERSTANDS THE NEED FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, AND IS MAKING GREAT STRIDES IN ERADICATING BIAS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM.
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DEPUTY CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE EDWINA MENDELSSOHN, ALL JUDICIAL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING THE NINTH, HAVE EQUAL JUSTICE IN THE COURT'S COMMITTEES.
AND I AM PRIVILEGED TO CHAIR, TO CO-CHAIR THE COMMITTEE FOR THE COURT OF CLAIMS FOR EQUAL JUSTICE IN THE COURTS.
THE U UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM IS ALSO LOOKING TO EXPAND LANGUAGE ACCESS, AND HAS BEGUN TO INCREASE THE HIRING OF MORE SPANISH LANGUAGE AND OTHER LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS.
IN CLOSING, HISPANICS LIKE ANY OTHER GROUP, DESERVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND TO HAVE OUR VOICES HEARD COLLECTIVELY AND WITH YOUR SUPPORT, THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY IN GREENBURG WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR TOWN RESULTING IN A MORE EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY THAT BENEFITS US ALL.
THANK YOU AND HAVE A PLEASANT EVENING.
UM, NEXT, UM, WE'RE VERY, UH, FORTUNATE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, CONGRATULATE, UM, UH, BEFORE YOU GO ON, JUDGE, AS OUR PRESENT TO YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING,
I'LL RESUME MY CONFERENCE WITH JUDGE LEWIS.
[ PRESENTATIONS (5 minutes) Proclamation - Youth Mission of Life 70th Anniversary - William Mosley (5 minutes) Maya Barmecha - Edgemont Sidewalk Initiative Update and Plans]
TO BE ABLE TO, UM, CONGRATULATE THE YOUTH MISSION OF LIFE, UM, CONGREGATION.IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1952 IN THE BRONX, AND, UH, THEY RELOCATED TO 375 DOS FERRY ROAD, UM, IN, UM, IN GREENBURG SINCE, UM, UH, THEY HAVE, UM, BEEN IN, IN GREENBURG, THEY'VE SERVED THE WESTCHESTER COMMUNITIES IN THE PHOR OF WAYS.
THEY HAVE WORKED FOR CHILDREN'S VILLAGE, WEST TAB, AND THE AVID HOUSE TO NAME A FEW VITAL ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, THEY ARE NOT ONLY, UM, A CHURCH DESCRIBED IN THE BIBLE, UH, BUT THEY BASICALLY, UM, HAVE, ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR FELLOWSHIP, THEIR HEARTFELT WORSHIP, THEIR PRAYERS, AND THEIR COMPASSION FOR THOSE IN NEED.
UH, THEIR COMPASSIONATE CARING MEANS THEY MENTOR YOUTH, THEY DISTRIBUTE FOOD TO THE HOMELESS DURING MIDNIGHT RUNS AND TO LOCAL FAMILIES AT THEIR MONTHLY FOOD PANTRY.
THEY RUN A GOOD SAMARITAN SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, HOST SUPPORT GROUPS FOR MOTHERS OF YOUNG CHILDREN, AND, UM, RUN, UM, UH, YOUTH SUMMER CAMPS AMONG OTHER, UH, OFFERINGS IN LINE WITH THEIR COMMUNITY BASED, UH, MISSION.
SO, UH, THE MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD AND MYSELF CONGRATULATE, UM, UH, THE YOUTH MISSION OF LIFE ON THEIR 70TH ANNIVERSARY.
UM, AND WE, UH, WISH THEM, UH, CONTINUED GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS AND, UM, AND SUCCESSES.
AND I HAVE, UM, A PROCLAMATION I'D LIKE TO, UM, PRESENT TO, UM, WILLIAM MOSLEY.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? SURE.
GOOD EVENING TO THE TOWN BOARD AND SUPERVISOR ER, UH, HERE ON BEHALF OF, UH, PASTOR MOSLEY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PROCLAMATION.
IT HAS BEEN OUR HONOR, OUR PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
UM, YOU CAN TELL I HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND FOR 70 YEARS, BUT THE CHURCH HAS, AND, UM, I THINK IT'S FOR MANY OF US, WE, FOR, FROM THOSE WHO I KNOW MANY OF US CAME FROM, UH, THAT THERE WAS A CHURCH THAT HELPED US WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP, AND IT'S BEEN OUR HONOR AND OUR PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO HELP THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO DO THAT GOING FORWARD AND IN THE FUTURE.
UM, MAYA ESHA, UM, IS NO STRANGER, UH, TO, UH, THE TOWN BOARD.
UH, WHEN SHE WAS IN SIXTH GRADE, UM, SHE MADE SOME PRESENTATIONS,
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UM, UH, TO THE TOWN BOARD, UM, ON, UH, THE NEED FOR, UM, FOR SIDEWALKS.UH, SHE'S SERVED ON A YOUTH ADVISORY, UH, COUNCIL.
UM, SHE IS ORGANIZING AN EFFORT, UM, PROMOTING CROOKED AT EDGEMONT.
UM, UM, YOU KNOW, HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE WAS ONE OF THE, UM, INSPIRATIONS FOR HAVING A CRICKET, UM, UH, PATCH AND CRICKET FIELD AT, UH, WEB, YOU KNOW, WEB FIELD.
UM, SHE SERVED ON, UH, THE YOUTH ADVISORY.
I, I I SERVED AS A SUMMER INTERN.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SHE IS NOT A US SENATOR OR GOVERNOR OR VICE PRESIDENT OR PRESIDENT ONE DAY.
SO, UM, I WANTED TO, UM, UH, INVITE HER, YOU KNOW, BACK, AND IF YOU MAKE IT TO THE TOP, I'LL PROBABLY, UH, SAVE THIS VIDEO AND I COULD SHOW IT TO ALL MY FRIENDS, BECAUSE I KNEW YOU WENT.
MAYA, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE WATCHED YOU GROW UP HERE.
UM, EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME? YES.
UH, GOOD EVENING, GREENBURG TOWN BOARD AND THE GREENBURG COMMUNITY.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, MY NAME IS MAYA BARCHA.
I'M A FRESHMAN AT EDGEMONT JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, THIS EVENING I'LL BE PRESENTING THE CONTINUATION OF MY EFFORTS TO ADVOCATE FOR SIDEWALKS FOR SCHOOL.
SO, FIRST, UH, YOU CAN CHANGE THE SLIDE.
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO GREENBURG FOR THE MAKING OF A SIDEWALK NEAR GREENBURG ELEMENTARY.
THE SIDEWALK EXTENDS THROUGHOUT LONGVIEW DRIVE CONTINUES ON PART OF FORT HILL AND LEY ROAD.
NOW, I'M HERE TODAY TO PROPOSE A PLAN FOR A SIDEWALK ON FORT HILL IN THREE SEGMENTS, STARTING BEGINNING ON UNDERHILL ROAD AND ENDING ON LONGVIEW DRIVE.
THE GOALS FOR THIS PLAN IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND CONVENIENT AREA FOR PEDESTRIANS TO WALK, MOSTLY FOCUSING ON STUDENTS OF THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY STUDENTS AT GREENVILLE SCHOOL.
TO THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE A MAP.
AND THERE THE DOTTED, THE, THE DOTS REPRESENT THE, UM, THE THREE SEGMENTS ON FORT HILL ROAD.
UH, SO SEGMENT ONE IS FROM UNDERHILL ROAD TO CLARENDON ROAD.
THE RED DOTS SYMBOLIZE A REGULAR SIDEWALK MADE OF CONCRETE OR ASPHALT.
UM, THIS SEGMENT IS MUCH EASIER OR LESS CHALLENGING AREA TO CONSTRUCT A SIDEWALK AS THERE'S A PART OF A SIDEWALK ALREADY PRESENT.
AND HOPEFULLY, AN IDEA FOR THIS, UM, PROJECT WOULD BE A YEAR OR THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS PROPOSAL.
SO, THE FIRST IMAGE, UM, PRESENTED IS THE BEGINNING ON, UH, UNDERHILL ROAD.
UM, IT'S ALREADY FORMULATED BY A WALKWAY OR THE REMAINS OF, UH, A SIDEWALK ALREADY ON FORT HILL.
UH, THE SECOND IMAGE SHOWS THE MOST DANGEROUS SECTION OR CHALLENGING SEC SECTION OF SEGMENT ONE, UM, BEFORE WE REACH CLARENDON, I.
AND, UH, THE THIRD PICTURE, THE ONE ON THE, UM, THE LEFT REPRESENTS JUST THE CONTINUATION OF THE SIDEWALK.
AND THEN FOUR IS THE A, ANOTHER ANGLE FROM CLARENDON ROAD, LOOKING DOWN, UH, DOWN FROM FORT HILL.
UH, THEN YOU CAN, UH, INTRODUCING SEGMENT TWO IS FROM CLARENDON ROAD TO ARGYLE ROAD.
UM, THE GREEN DOTS REPRESENT A REGULAR SIDEWALK, OF COURSE, MADE OF ASPHALT OR CONCRETE.
HOWEVER, THE BLUE DOTS REPRESENT A, UM, UH, A BOARDWALK.
SO THE REASON FOR MAKING THIS BOARDWALK OPPOSED TO, UH, A SIDEWALK IS THE CHALLENGING TOPOGRAPHY.
UM, IT MAY BE AN EASIER ALTERNATIVE TO A SIDEWALK, UM, IMPLEMENTING A BOARDWALK.
AND SINCE THIS IS A MORE CHALLENGING SEGMENT OF FORT HILL ROAD, UM, HOPEFULLY THIS WOULD BE IN A YEAR, TWO OR THREE OF, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS, OF THIS SIDEWALK.
AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE IS JUST A FEW MORE PICTURES.
UH, THE FIRST PICTURE, IT'S KIND OF HIDDEN, BUT, UM, IT REPRESENTS KIND OF THE, UH, CHALLENGING AREA OF SECTION TWO.
UM, UH, IT'S THE DOT THE BLUE.
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REGION WHERE THERE'S NO AREA FOR, UM, SOMEONE TO WALK OR STAND.THE PICTURE ONE, IT'S HIDDEN, BUT WE CAN JUST MOVE ON TO PICTURE THREE.
IT'S ANOTHER ANGLE WHICH DEPICTS THE INABILITY TO WALK ON SUCH A NARROW AREA.
AND THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE, ON PICTURE FOUR, WE SEE THE BEGINNING OF SE OF SEGMENT TWO, UM, WHICH IS A LESS CHALLENGING, UM, AND THE BEGINNING FROM CLARENDON ROAD.
UH, PICTURE FIVE, UM, IS THE ENDING OF SEGMENT TWO AND THE LESS CHALLENGING, UM, UH, PART OR SECTION OF SEGMENT TWO AND STOPPING AT ARGYLE ROAD.
AND THE LAST SEGMENT IS SEGMENT THREE, WHICH EXTENDS FROM ARGYLE ROAD TO LONGVIEW DRIVE.
AND THE RED DOT, THE RED DOTS REPRESENT A REGULAR SIDEWALK OF CONCRETE OR ASPHALT.
AND SINCE THIS IS A LESS CHALLENGING, SIMILAR TO SEG TWO, SEGMENT ONE, UM, HOPEFULLY THIS WOULD BE IN THE FIRST YEAR COMBINED WITH SEGMENT ONE, OR YEAR TWO COMBINED WITH SEGMENT ONE.
UH, AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE JUST, UM, UH, GIVES A FEW MORE PICTURES OF THE OVERALL OF SEGMENT TWO, WHICH IS JUST FROM, UM, THE ENDING OF LONGVIEW TO ARGYLE.
SO THE NEXT STEPS OF THIS PROPOSAL WOULD HOPEFULLY TO HAVE A WALKTHROUGH THROUGH THE THREE MAIN MAIN SEGMENTS ON FORT HILL WITH AN ENGINEER AND THE REST OF THE RESIDENTS ON FORT HILL.
UM, AND KIND OF LOOKING AT THE TOPOGRAPHY AND THE CHALLENGES AND HOW WE CAN WORK AROUND THOSE, OR HOW WE CAN CONSTRUCT, UH, UH, A BETTER PROPOSAL FOR LIKE, THE THREE MAIN SEGMENTS.
UH, IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'M, I'M OPEN FOR THAT.
NO, I'M JUST REALLY VERY APPRECIATIVE, UH, OF YOUR EFFORTS, UM, YOU KNOW, FIGHTING FOR SIDEWALKS, UM, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, RIGHT AFTER YOU, WHEN YOU STARTED THIS EFFORT TO, UM, ENCOURAGE THE TOWN TO BUILD MORE SIDEWALKS.
WE JUST HAD EXPERIENCED, I BELIEVE, NINE ACCIDENTS WITHIN LIKE, TWO OR THREE MONTHS.
AND THERE WERE A COUPLE FATALITIES, UH, ONE OFF, UM, YOU KNOW, FORT HILL, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, ONE IN THIS SECTION OF THE TOWN, YOU KNOW, SINCE THEN, UM, THE TOWN, WE DID GET A GRANT.
WE'RE GONNA BE BUILDING A SIDEWALK ON HILLSIDE AVENUE, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT.
UH, DALLAS SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE, UM, CONED IS GONNA BE DOING UNDERGROUND, UM, UH, GAS WORK.
SO WE WERE GONNA START IT THIS YEAR, BUT IT'S GONNA BE DONE BY THE END, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR WE ALSO GOT A GRANT, UM, FROM THE STATE TO, UM, FROM ANDREW STEWART, SENATOR ANDREW STEWART COUSINS'S OFFICE TO BUILD A SIDEWALK ON, UH, YOU KNOW, WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE.
UM, UH, CONGRESSMAN MONDAY JONES IS, UM, UM, MEETING THE TOWN BOARD.
AND, UM, UM, WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING A $1 MILLION GRANT, UH, FOR A SIDEWALK ON DUFFS FERRY ROAD, UM, FROM, YOU KNOW, ONE 19 TO, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL BASICALLY CONNECT TO WEST HAR FAILURE AVENUE.
I'VE SEEN MANNY HERE FROM, UH, THE JUNIPER HILL CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING A SIDEWALK ON JUNIPER HILL, UM, WHICH WILL, UM, MAKE IT, UH, SAFER FOR PEOPLE TO WALK TO, UM, UH, THE LEE JACKSON, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL.
UM, AND WE ALSO, UH, HOPE THIS YEAR, UH, TO, UH, START CONSTRUCTION OF THE SIDEWALK ON NORTH, UM, YOU KNOW, WASHINGTON AVENUE.
SO, I, I, I THINK THAT, UH, THESE SIDEWALKS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, AND IF IT SAVES ONE LIFE, I THINK IT'S WORTH IT, AND, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY WILL SAVE MORE THAN ONE, ONE LIFE.
BUT YEAH, YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE CHILDREN WALKING ON A ROAD IF SOMEBODY'S GOING TO SCHOOL.
UM, THEY SHOULDN'T BE WALKING, UM, YOU KNOW, ON A ROAD AND RISKING THEIR LIVES.
SO WHAT YOU'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE, WE'RE, I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS COMPREHENSIVELY, BUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS, IS REALLY, SO I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE IN GOVERNMENT, IS MAKING OUR COMMUNITY MORE PEDESTRIAN, UM, SAFE.
AND, UH, WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY WILL REVIEW, UH, YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
AND I MEAN, UM, NOT THAT I'M IN GREENVILLE ELEMENTARY ANYMORE.
I'M IN, I'M, I'M AT THE HIGH SCHOOL NOW, BUT I MEAN, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KIND OF MAKE THAT, MAKE THIS AREA, ESPECIALLY EDGEMONT SAFE FOR THE, LIKE, THE FUTURE OF OUR WORLD.
AND, UM, HOPEFULLY THE SIDEWALK CAN BE MADE BEFORE I GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR TIME.
THERE'S ALSO, UM, LEADS, YOU WENT THROUGH THE HIGH SCHOOL THERE, THERE'S SO MANY HERE.
YOU JUST DRIVE AROUND AND OUR AREA HAS TO BE MUCH MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.
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FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING, BECAUSE YOU ARE A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE INTERNS THAT WE HAVE HERE DURING THE SUMMER IN OUR GREENBERG TOWN HALL SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, WHERE WE EMPHASIZE THE FOUR PILLARS OF COMMUNICATIONS, LEADERSHIP, DEVELOPMENT, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND TEAMWORK.YOU EXEMPLIFY EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE PILLARS.
AND THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU BROUGHT FORWARD TONIGHT, AS WELL AS THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING IN THIS AREA STRONGLY EMPHASIZES LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND NEXT, UM, WE HAVE, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
OH, PAUL, BEFORE YOU GO TO THAT, I DO HAVE, UM, SOME COMMENTS, UH,
[ TOWN CLERK COMMENTS]
UNDER TOWN CLERK COMMENTS.UM, THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, UH, MARKED SEVERAL, UM, MONTHS, UH, OF, OF CELEBRATION, UM, HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, ALSO THIS MONTH, UM, WE ACKNOWLEDGE INDIGENOUS, UM, AMERICANS AS WELL AS ITALIAN AMERICANS AND BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
I ALSO WANT TO REMIND OUR RESIDENTS THAT, UM, EARLY VOTING IS COMING UP STARTING ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29TH, AND THIS YEAR IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN LOCATIONS FOR, UM, A SINCE THE INCEPTION OF EARLY VOTING, WE HAD EARLY VOTING AT DOBS FERRY, VILLAGE HALL, AND GREENBURG TOWN HALL.
THIS YEAR, EARLY VOTING WILL BE IN TWO PLACES IN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG HASTINGS ON THE HUDSON LIBRARY AND GREENBERG TOWN HALL.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE 23 DESIGNATED EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT WESTCHESTER.
RESIDENTS OF, OF WESTCHESTER MAY VOTE IN ANY ONE OF THOSE 23 LOCATIONS.
HOWEVER, ON ELECTION DAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, YOU CAN ONLY VOTE AT YOUR DESIGNATED, UH, POLLING PLACE AS IDENTIFIED BY OUR WESTCHESTER COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
AND THEY HAVE AN EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT WEBSITE.
SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DATES AND TIMES OF EARLY VOTING, JUST GOOGLE EARLY VOTING IN WESTCHESTER, AND THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS WEBSITE WILL SHARE WITH YOU ALL OF THE FACTS AND INFORMATION THAT YOU WILL NEED.
IF I MAY ADD TO THAT, JUDITH, ON OCTOBER 14TH IS THE LAST DAY TO POSTMARK VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION, OR YOU CAN REGISTER IN PERSON AT, WHAT IS IT, 25 CARPA STREET IN WHITE PLAINS? YEAH.
AND, UM, ACT OCTOBER 19TH IS THE LAST DAY TO FILE A CHANGE OF ADDRESS IF YOU'VE MOVED.
SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND IF YOU'RE THINKING OF REGISTERING TO VOTE, OR IF YOU HAVE MOVED AND HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS.
THANK YOU, ELLEN, FOR THOSE VERY IMPORTANT DETAILS YOU'VE ADDED, UH, TO MY, UH, REPORT.
IT IS IMPORTANT ALSO, EVERYONE THAT YOU GO TO THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY WEBSITE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU MAY, UH, THAT, THAT, OR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
ALL OF THE FACTS, INCLUDING ALL OF THE DETAILS THAT WE HAVE JUST SHARED WITH YOU ARE INCLUDED ON THAT WEBSITE.
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PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ZONING TEXT AMENDMENTS RELATED TO CANNABIS.I'D LIKE TO, UM, UH, MOVE THAT WE, UH, OPEN UP THE HEARING.
GOOD EVENING SUPERVISOR, FINER AND TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD, GARRETT DUANE, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS A CONTINUATION OF THE HEARING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2022, RELATED TO THE TOWN'S PROPOSED LOCAL LAW TO REGULATE CANNABIS, RETAIL DISPENSARIES, AND OTHER CANNABIS PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING RELATED USES.
AT THE PRIOR HEARING, I PROVIDED A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE LAW.
SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTED.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT AT THE LAST HEARING ON THIS MATTER,
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IT WAS ADJOURNED AS A COURTESY TO THE VILLAGE OF DOBBS FERRY, WHO INDICATED THAT THEIR NOTICE WAS RECEIVED ONE DAY LATER THAN EXPECTED.I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY COMMENTS SUBMITTED BY THE VILLAGE OF DOBBS FERRY TO DATE.
UH, TO BRIEFLY RECAP, THE LOCAL LAW PROVIDES FOR A SPECIAL PERMIT PROCESS FOR BOTH RECREATIONAL AND MEDICAL CANNABIS RETAIL DISPENSARIES IN THE PD NON-RESIDENTIAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
THE LOCAL LAW ALSO PROVIDES FOR A SPECIAL PERMIT PROCESS FOR FULLY ENCLOSED PROCESSING, DISTRIBUTION, AND CULTIVATION FACILITIES IN THE PD AND LI LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND GI GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
SPECIAL PERMIT CRITERIA ARE COMPREHENSIVE IN NATURE AND ARE CRAFTED TO ENSURE THAT APPROVED USES ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING USES IN THE APPLICABLE ZONING DISTRICTS.
YOU CAN JUST GO THROUGH THE, YOUR NAME.
THERE ARE CLOCKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROOM, AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
IT'S FOR EACH OF THE HEARINGS AND PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, RECOMMEND THAT, UM, WHEN PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING, UH, THEY HAVE THE FIVE MINUTES, AND THERE SHOULD BE NO, UH, INTERRUPTIONS FROM ANYBODY ON THE DUS UNTIL THE PERSON, YOU KNOW, SPEAKS.
SO PEOPLE HAVE ASKED QUE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS.
UM, IT COULD BE ANSWERED BY ANYONE ON THE DAAS, UM, OR BY A DEPARTMENT HEAD AFTER THEY SIT DOWN, BECAUSE OTHERWISE, THESE, YOU KNOW, KEEPS GOING ON AND ON, AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO KEEP STRICTLY TO THE FIVE MINUTE RULE.
UM, I'M ON, I'M HERE BEHALF OF PUBLIC OASIS.
UH, THESE IS MY PARTNERS BEHIND ME, UH, ONE OF THE FOUR FOUNDERS.
UM, I'M ALSO A FORMER RESIDENT OF GREENBURG AND A GRADUATE OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, MY TEAM, UH, AND I HERE, WE'RE HERE LAST MEETING TO INQUIRE, UH, ABOUT INFORMATION REGARDING THE ZONING REGULATIONS.
UH, WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO VOICE OUR CONCERNS AND OPINIONS OF THE CURRENT DRAFT, AND TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE RECONSIDER AND TO LISTEN TO THE FEEDBACK THE PUBLIC HAS GIVEN.
THE PROPOSED LAW WILL SEVERELY LIMIT THE ACCESSIBILITY TO ONE OF THESE STORES, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD ONE OF THESE TYPES OF BUSINESSES.
CURRENTLY, THERE ARE NO PROPERTIES FOR SALE OR LEASE IN EITHER THE PD OR GI DISTRICTS.
ANYONE LOOKING TO ESTABLISH A CANNABIS BUSINESS IN GREENBURG WILL FIND THAT THE SPACE IS EXTREMELY LIMITED AND MAY HAVE ROOM TO HOUSE ONLY ONE OF THE DISPENSARIES.
GREENBURG TAKES UP MOST ESSENTIAL WESTCHESTER, AND ALL OF THE MUNICIPALITIES IN GREENBURG, ASIDE FROM HASTINGS AND TARRYTOWN, HAVE OPTED OUT.
THIS LEAVES MOST OF GREENBURG VOID OF ANY SPACE TO OPEN A BUSINESS, LIMITING THE ACCESSIBILITY AND AREAS TO CONDUCT BUSINESSES TO THE MOST.
NORTHERN PART OF GREENBURG WILL NOT ONLY DETER PEOPLE FROM GOING TO GREENBURG TO SHOP, BUT WILL ALSO LOSE REVENUE TO PLACES LIKE YONKERS AND WHITE PLAINS, WHO ARE STRATEGICALLY PLANNING THEIR ZONING REGULATIONS TO INCLUDE THESE BUSY COMMERCIAL RETAIL AREAS LIKE CENTRAL AVENUE AND MAIN STREET.
FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, TRAVELING TO DIFFERENT DISPENSARIES IN DIFFERENT STATES, THEY'RE OFTEN INCLUDED IN MIXED USE AREAS AND THRIVE WHEN INCLUDED AMONGST OTHER RETAIL STORES.
THERE IS NO REASON THAT CANNABIS DISPENSARIES SHOULD BE ISOLATED FROM THE OTHER TYPES OF RETAIL BUSINESSES.
IF TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL CAN BE INCLUDED IN MIXED USE AREAS, THEN SOCIAL CANNABIS, THE ABILITY TO ENTER THE LEGAL CANNABIS MARKET IS A PRIVILEGE.
THE RESIDENTS OF NEW YORK AND THE O C M WORKED VERY HARD TO MAKE HAPPEN THEIR VISION, TO MAKE LEGAL CANNABIS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL THOSE IN NEED OF ITS MEDICINAL BENEFITS, AND TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THOSE, TO BUILD A LEGAL VIABLE BUSINESS.
BY LIMITING THE ZONING AREAS, YOU'RE LIMITING THE RESIDENTS IN THE POTENTIAL GREENBERG HAS TO GENERATE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF INCOME, REVENUE, SORRY, REVENUE FOR ITS BUDGETS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
IF DONE PROPERLY, GREENBERG CAN COMFORTABLY ACCOMMODATE AT LEAST THREE DISPENSARIES.
PLEASE HEAR US OUT AND CONSIDER THE FEEDBACK THE TOWN AND I ARE PROVIDING.
ESSENTIALLY, YOU MIGHT SAY, I'M A RECENT USER OF, UH, MEDICAL MARIJUANA.
I, I READ THE PROTOCOLS AND MEDICAL
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CANNABIS IS USED FOR CANCER PATIENTS TO ALLEVIATE THE PAIN.UH, I SUFFER FROM PAIN FROM ARTHRITIS, SO I FIGURED I OUGHTA TRY IT, BECAUSE IF IT ELIMINATES PAIN AND MAKES IT EASIER FOR YOU, IT'S GOT SOME SENSE TO IT.
SO I TRIED IT JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY, UH, FAMILY, AND CHECKED OUT BY THE, BY GRANDCHILDREN'S GENERATION, LOOKED AT WHAT I WAS USING, AND THEY SAID, THIS IS GOOD STUFF,
SO I NEED TO VERIFY THAT WHAT I WAS USING WAS, WAS LEGITIMATE.
IT CAME DOWN FROM FAMILY, SO THEY'VE BEEN USING IT FOR MONTHS.
IT DIDN'T WORK, BUT IT CERTAINLY REDUCES THE PAIN FOR MY ARTHRITIS.
I MEAN, LET'S NOT BE HYPOCRITES ABOUT IT.
THESE KIDS HAVE BEEN DRINKING BEER SINCE THEY'RE 16.
BEER'S BEEN ADVERTISED EVERYWHERE YOU GO.
THERE'S A GAS STATION ON SELMA RIVER, A BIG SIGN THERE.
BEER, THE GAS STATION GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO DECRIMINALIZE SMALL PARTS OF MARIJUANA.
IT'S TIME FOR A SELECT GROUP OF PEOPLE.
I PREFER TO BUY IT LOCALLY, WHERE I CAN LOOK SOMEBODY IN THE EYE AND SAY, WHAT'S THE BEST THING FOR MINE? BECAUSE EACH OF US IS DIFFERENT.
WE ALL DON'T USE THE SAME ONE.
STOP SHAKING HEAD, YOU'LL ENCOURAGE ME.
I WOULD PREFER SOMEBODY WHO I HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH, WHO I CAN DISCUSS IT WITH FOR MY PARTICULAR NEEDS.
AND THE ONLY THING DO IN SOME LOCAL PLACE.
SO, A MONTH AGO, I WOULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED THAT I WOULD BE STANDING HERE SAYING THIS TO YOU NOW AS I AM TODAY.
BUT IT REALLY WORKS RELIEVING THE PAIN OF MY ARTHRITIS.
GIMME A CHANCE TO DEAL WITH SOMEBODY LOCALLY.
I PREFER KEEPING BUSINESS IN TOWN.
SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME FOR THE RECORD.
I'M FROM NEW YORK, GREW UP IN WESTCHESTER, AND HAVE A STRONG CONNECTION WITH GREENBURG AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA.
I GRADUATED FROM ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M A PROUD, UM, OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN BUILT HERE.
I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER OPENING UP THE ZONES ALLOWED FOR CANNABIS IN GREENBURG.
I'M A FOUNDING MEMBER OF HOLISTIC OASIS, A CANNABIS DISPENSARY STARTUP COMPANY THAT IS LOOKING TO DO BUSINESS HERE IN GREENBERG.
I HAVE BACKGROUND IN CANNABIS DISPENSARIES AS I MOVE TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON IN 2019, AND HAVE OVER A YEAR EXPERIENCE MANAGING A DISPENSARY THERE.
I KNOW HUGE CONCERN, AND RIGHTFULLY SO FOR THE TOWN, IS FOR CANNABIS TO BE AWAY FROM KIDS AND NOT HAVE ANY UNDERAGE SELLING.
OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT DISPENSARIES AWAY FROM SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES, UH, CENTERS WHERE CHILDREN CONGREGATE.
BUT I SEE NOTHING WRONG WITH ALLOWING CANNABIS DISPENSARIES ANYWHERE WHERE LIQUOR STORES ARE ALLOWED.
FROM MY OWN WORK EXPERIENCE AND THE EXPERIENCE OF GOING TO FIVE DIFFERENT STATES THAT ALLOW FOR CANNABIS TO DISPENSARIES, ID CHECKS TO NOT ONLY MANDATORY, BUT NECESSARY TO SHOW MORE THAN ONES TO ELIMINATE ANY CHANCES OF ACCIDENTAL UNDERAGE SELLING.
IN MOST DISPENSARIES, YOU HAVE TO SHOW ID BEFORE YOU EVEN BUZZ INTO THE MAIN SHOWROOM.
OUR PLAN, PERSONALLY, FOR A HOLISTIC OASIS IS TO HAVE THREE ID CHECKS.
ONE IF THE DOOR BEFORE YOU ENTER ONE, WHEN A BUD TENDER IS HELPING YOU FIND THE RIGHT PRODUCT FOR YOU.
AND THE FINAL ONE BEING A CHECKOUT WHEN YOU'RE HANDING THEM THE MONEY, KNOWING THE RISKS FROM LAW AND REGULATION ENFORCEMENT.
THIS IS SOMETHING PEOPLE IN CANNABIS INDUSTRY TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY.
REGARDLESS OF HOW OLD A PERSON LOOKS, THE STATE HAS ENACTED SPECIFIC GUIDELINES FOR PACKAGING REQUIRING KEY INFORMATION ON THE LABEL, SUCH AS T H C PERCENTAGES AND RESTRICTIONS ON GRAPHICS AND IMAGES TO MAKE IT NOT APPEALING TO MINORS, CANNABIS PRODUCTS WILL BE SEALED.
AND OPENING PRODUCTS IN STORES IN MOST STATES IS NOT ALLOWED.
IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR DISPENSARIES TO HAVE A SECTION OF THE STORE WHERE YOU CAN SMELL SOME PRODUCTS.
HOWEVER, THIS IS ONLY RESERVED TO A FEW JARS OUT OF THE HUNDREDS OF JARS AND BAGS THAT WILL BE IN INVENTORY.
THE, THE DISPENSARY I MANAGED WAS ON A MAIN STREET WITH RESTAURANTS, SHOPS, AND OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES, AND I NEVER HAD ANY COMPLAINTS OR FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS OF SMELLING CANNABIS OUTSIDE OR AROUND THE DISPENSARY.
CANNABIS PRODUCTS PURCHASED AT DISPENSARIES ARE SAFE TO CONSUME AND REQUIRE THIRD PARTY INDEPENDENT LAB TESTING PREVENTING ANY HARMFUL CHEMICALS, PESTICIDES, ADDITIVES, OR MOLDS
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THAT MAY BE FOUND IN UNREGULATED PRODUCTS.MOST DISPENSARIES, UM, DEPLOY SOME FORM OF SECURITY THAT PREVENT AND DETER THEFT AND OTHER VARIOUS CRIMES WITHIN THE DISPENSARY.
IN ADDITION TO SECURITY TO KEEP CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES SAFE, ALL DISPENSARIES HAVE CAMERAS THAT COVER ALL ANGLES OF THE STORES.
WE'LL PLAN TO MAKE IT AS DIFFICULT AS POSSIBLE TO, UM, TO PREVENT CRIME IN OUR DISPENSARY, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING MULTIPLE JOBS TO LOCAL RESIDENTS TO KEEP SAFETY PRIORITY.
THROUGH HIRING, UM, SECURITY BY CONFIDING US TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE TOWN, YOU OPEN UP POSSIBILITIES FOR UNLICENSED CANNABIS INDUSTRY TO OPERATE FREELY IN OTHER PARTS OF THE TOWN.
IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO OPEN UP A SHOP WHERE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND POLICE CAN KEEP ITS EYES ON IT AND MAKE SURE THE SHOP IS IN STATE AND LOCAL COMPLIANCE, RATHER THAN ALLOWING THE BLACK MARKET TO THRIVE WITH NO GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT.
THE PART OF GREENBURG WHERE YOU'RE PLANNING TO ALLOW DISPENSARIES IS NOT EASY TO GET TO FOR PEOPLE WITHOUT VEHICLES.
AS THERE ARE NOT MANY SIDEWALKS OR WELL-LIT AREAS AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, THERE WOULD ONLY BE ROOM FOR ONE OR POTENTIALLY TWO DISPENSARIES IN THAT DESIGNATED ZONE.
ALLOWING FOR MORE DISPENSARIES ACROSS GREENBURG WILL NOT ONLY GENERATE MORE TAX REVENUE, BUT ALSO DETER CUSTOMERS FROM RETURNING TO THE UNREGULATED MARKET.
I WANNA CONCLUDE MY COMMENT PERIOD TONIGHT BY POINTING TO A STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE MEDICAL JOURNAL, J A M A PEDIATRICS THAT STATES THAT, UM, STATES THAT HAVE LEGALIZED CANNABIS RECREATIONALLY SAW AN 8% DROP IN TEEN CANNABIS USE THAT CONSUMED IT, UH, ONCE IN THE LAST 30 DAYS, AND A 9% DROP IN TEEN USERS THAT CONSUMED AT LEAST 10 TIMES IN THE LAST 30 DAYS.
THE STUDY COLLECTED DATA FROM 1993 TO 2017 FROM 1.3 MILLION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ANNUAL YOUTH BEHAVIORAL RISK SURVEYS.
I WOULD ARGUE THAT GETTING RID OF, I WOULD ARGUE THAT GETTING RID OF UNLICENSED SALES MAKES ACCESS TO CANNABIS AMONGST TEENS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT AND DETERS THEM FROM IT.
I BELIEVE THAT IF WE NORMALIZE CANNABIS THE SAME WAY WE DO ALCOHOL, WE WOULD BE BETTER OFF AS A, AS A SOCIETY.
I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
YOU ARE ALL HARDWORKING AND RESPECTED INDIVIDUALS, AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
BEFORE I START, I WOULD LIKE TO ADVISE THE INTERIM TOWN ATTORNEY THAT I KNOW WHAT A PUBLIC HEARING IS, AND I KNOW WHAT THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS ABOUT.
ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS TB TWO, WHICH IS THE RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE CLEAN WEAR WATER, CLEAN AIR, CLEAN JOBS ENVIRONMENTAL BOND ACT OF 2022.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK STATE.
THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY VOTED FOR IT, AND THE LAST TOWN BOARD MEETING, MS. HENDRICKS DID A PRESENTATION ON IT, WHICH I FOUND TROUBLESOME.
BUT THE REASON I'M BRINGING IT UP IS, WHY ARE YOU LOOKING TO ACT COUNTER TO THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK STATE, WHICH PASSED LAWS ALLOWING THE SALE OF CANNABIS MARIJUANA WEEDED, AND YET YOU'RE HOPPING ON THIS BANDWAGON TONIGHT UNDER TB TWO, YOU TRUST THE GOVERNOR ABOUT SOME THINGS AND NOT ABOUT OTHER THINGS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO IMPART? CANNABIS IS NOW LEGAL.
IT PROBABLY TOOK 60 YEARS TO BECOME.
SO IT WAS DONE WITH A GREAT DEAL OF CONSIDERATION PRODUCTS WHICH ARE MORE HARMFUL, LIKE ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO ARE FREELY SOLD THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.
SO I HAVE TO WONDER WHY YOU'RE CLAMPING DOWN SO HARD IN ADVANCE OF ANY ACTUAL PROBLEM ON WHERE IT CAN BE SOLD SO THAT NO ONE WHO IS JUST A TYPICAL CONSUMER CAN BUY IT IN SAFETY.
AND CONVENIENTLY, TO ME, THAT REFLECTS THE CRITICISM, HYPOCRISY OF THIS TOWN BOARD.
AND I HAVE TO ADMIT, EVERY TIME I LOOK AT YOU, I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT BEING JEWISH AND A REGISTERED DEMOCRAT, I'M ASHAMED.
UH, WE WERE TOLD NOT TO SIGN UP, SO I'M NOT WELL, IT'S, IT'S OKAY, SIR.
JUST PLEASE ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME AND THEN, AND THEN GIDEON, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU.
UM, I CURRENTLY LIVE ON NINE A OR SUMMIT RIVER ROAD, AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING, UH, MY, MY, PRETTY MUCH MY BUSINESS AND MY PARTNERS, UH, HOLISTIC OASIS.
UH, WE'RE A STARTUP CANNABIS COMPANY THAT ARE LOOKING TO DO BUSINESS HERE IN WESTCHESTER.
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PREVIOUSLY, UH, I LIVED IN GREENBURG MOST OF MY LIFE, PRETTY MUCH.UM, I GRADUATED FROM ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M CURRENTLY, WELL, I I AM A UNITED STATES VETERAN.
I HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN SPOKEN IN FRONT OF A LOT OF PEOPLE FOR A WHILE, SO BEAR WITH ME, PLEASE.
UM, AS A CURRENT GREENBOARD RESIDENT AND HOMEOWNER HERE, UH, I CAME HERE TODAY TO ASK THE BOARD TO PLEASE RECONSIDER THE CURRENT ZONING LAWS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED, UM, BY LIMITING THE, UH, CANNABIS INDUSTRY TO THE CURRENT ZONINGS PRESENTED HERE, THE TOWN HAS BEEN ADDING ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS TO A DEVELOPING INDUSTRY THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN EXTREMELY RESTRICTED.
I ASKED FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN AIDING A DEVELOPING INDUSTRY THAT, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY.
I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN AIDING US TO BUILD THE TYPE OF INDUSTRY THAT YOU ARE PROUD OF TO HAVE REPRESENTED WITHIN THE TOWN.
AS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS TRAVELED TO MULTIPLE STATES THAT HAVE LEGALIZED CANNABIS, I SUPPORT NEW YORK STATE'S APPROACH TO CANNABIS AS THEY ARE TRYING TO HELP SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICANTS TO BE THE FIRST IN LINE.
UH, WHAT THIS INDICATES IS ALLOWING MINORITIES AND UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS TO BE ABLE TO BUILD SOMETHING FOR THEMSELVES.
GREENBERG IS A LARGE ENOUGH TOWN TO BE ABLE TO HOUSE AT LEAST THREE DISPENSARIES COMFORTABLY IN AREAS WHERE THERE ACTUALLY WOULD BE CUSTOMERS AND CONSUMERS, AND NOT AT THE NORTHWEST OF TOWN WHERE THERE IS LESS TRAFFIC FOR BUSINESS.
I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT THAT THIS INDUSTRY COULD HAVE IN THIS TOWN, NOT JUST WITHIN FINANCIAL ASPECT, BUT BENEFITS THAT THIS PRODUCT CAN HAVE TO INDIVIDUALS THAT EXPRESS NEEDS NEED FOR IT.
A MAJOR BENEFIT THAT THIS PRODUCT MAY HAVE ON INDIVIDUALS ARE THOSE WHO UTILIZE IT TO SUPPORT IT IN MENTAL HEALTH.
AS A MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN MYSELF, I SEEN HOW CANNABIS, UH, CAN BENEFIT INDIVIDUALS WITH THEIR DAILY LIVES AND ROUTINES AND BE ABLE TO FUNCTION MORE EFFICIENTLY, MANAGE THEIR DEPRESSION, THEIR ANXIETY, DISTRESS, AND EMOTIONS AND THOUGHTS.
AS AN ADVOCATE, A CONNOISSEUR AND AN AVID CANNABIS USER, CANNABIS HAS ALLOWED ME TO FUNCTION MORE EFFICIENTLY AND DIMINISH AREAS OF DISTRESS.
I ALSO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THE ACCESSIBILITY ASPECT OF THIS PRODUCT BY, BY ALLOWING US TO OPERATE ON MAIN ROADS SUCH AS ONE 19 AND CENTRAL AVENUE, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO MONITOR OUR OPERATIONS AND HELP US OPERATE A BUSINESS THAT IS NOT ONLY FOCUSED ON HELPING THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO WILLING TO EDUCATE THEM ON EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING CANNABIS RELATED.
SO PLEASE, WE ASK YOU THE BOARD TO RECONSIDER SONY LAWS PER TO OPERATE, UM, AS OTHER BUSINESS AND OTHER RETAIL BUSINESS OPERATE, SO WE CAN CHANGE PERSPECTIVE ON CANNABIS.
AND I INVITE ANYONE THAT HAS ANY MORE QUESTIONS, ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CANNABIS, I INVITE THEM TO DO THEIR OWN RESEARCH.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO REACH OUT TO US.
I HAVE A, I HAVE A QUE WHAT IS THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF YOUR BUSINESS NOW? WHERE IS IT? SO, CURRENTLY WE'RE A STARTUP BUSINESS.
UH, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A MORTAR BUILDING BECAUSE AS THE ZONING LAWS ARE NOT PLACED YET, UM, CURRENTLY THE BUSINESS IS BEING OPERATING FROM MY HOUSE, AND WE'RE JUST BEEN TRYING TO KIND OF START IT.
THERE'S NOTHING, WE'RE NOT SELLING ANYTHING.
WE JUST WANT TO EDUCATE YOU GUYS.
I DID NOT HEAR THE OTHER PRESENTATION ON MARIJUANA.
I, MYSELF CAN SAY I'M VERY ANNOYED BY IT.
I DON'T LIKE SMELLING IT IN PUBLIC, WHICH I'VE SEEN ENOUGH AS IT'S BECOME LEGALIZED.
SO IF IT GOES IN THAT DIRECTION, ZONING IT TO ME WOULD BE KEY.
I'M FRUSTRATED WHEN I GO DRIVING ON MY MOTORCYCLE OR IN MY CAR WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN.
I SMELL MOTORISTS WHO ARE SMOKING IT, AND I GET THE INCOMING ODOR THAT I SMELL DRIVING BEHIND THEM.
I ALSO DON'T THINK THAT IT'S SAFE.
SO IF YOU'RE HOLDING OFF ON ZONING, WHY THEY DIDN'T HAVE IN MIND TO COME HERE AND SAY THIS TONIGHT.
BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS AN ELEMENT WHERE THEY HAVE NOT DISCUSSED THE SAFETY OF LAGGING MOTORISTS WHO ARE UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND HAVING CONSEQUENCES FOR THAT.
AND, UH, SIR, JUST PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FIRST AND LAST.
I AM ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF HOLISTIC OASIS AND HOLISTIC HOLDINGS, UH, CANNABIS COMPANY.
WE ARE INCORPORATED HERE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
AND I PERSONALLY THINK I COULDN'T PICK UP A BETTER NIGHT TO PUT MY 2 CENTS INTO THE CANNABIS, UH, SUBJECT, I BELIEVE, UM, AS A TOWN
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ALSO.AND BESIDES BEING POLITICIANS AND BOARD MEMBERS, WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT AS A ADMINISTRATORS ALSO.
AND, AND I THINK CONFINING A BUSINESS THAT'S LEGAL, LET'S DON'T TALK ABOUT THE PRODUCT TO TOWN BORDERS ONLY, UH, IS JUST KEEPING IT IN THE SHADES.
AND WHAT THE STATE OF NEW YORK HAS DONE BY PASSING, UM, THE M R T A IS PRECISELY THAT, GETTING THE CANNABIS OUT OF THE SHADES AND OUT OF THE OPEN PUBLIC FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO CONSUME IT.
AND, UM, SO THE STATE HAS DONE THAT, AND NOW THE TOWN IS TRYING TO LIMIT US TO A VERY SMALL PORTION OF IT TO THE BUSINESS.
I BELIEVE ALSO, UM, AS SOME OF MY, UM, PARTNERS HERE HAVE SAID, UM, FOR YOU AS A TOWN TO BETTER CONTROL A BUSINESS, WE'LL BE HAVING IT NEAR THE COMMUNITY AND WHERE THE TRAFFIC IS AFTER SEVEN O'CLOCK, I'M AFRAID TO GO AND BUY CHICKEN AND KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN BECAUSE IT'S JUST IN THAT AREA.
SO LET ALONE SOMEBODY THAT'S CURIOUS ABOUT CONSUMING OR BUYING MARIJUANA, HAVING TO GO THERE RIGHT FROM THE GET GO, YOU'RE LIMITING THE PEOPLE FROM THE, THE PEOPLE FROM THE TOWN WHO WANTS TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT AND HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO SO TONIGHT.
WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE TOWN, IT'S NOT A KID, AND HE'S EXPLAINING TO YOU HOW HE HAS HELPED HIM WITH PAIN MANAGEMENT, AND HE'S ONLY ONE PERSON.
AND IT'S ALSO BEEN PROVEN THAT IT HELPS PEOPLE WITH SEIZURES, ANXIETY, AND EVEN OPIOID USE.
SO RIGHT NOW, THE GOVERNMENT IS WORKING VERY HARD TO PASS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN BUDGET FOR RESEARCH FOR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, CANNABIS BEING ONE OF THEM FOR TREATMENTS AS DEPRESSION, P T S D FOR OUR VETERANS, WHICH WE HAVE ONE IN OUR TEAM.
SO YOU SEE, WE WORK VERY HARD TO BRING, UH, A VERY COMPLETE TEAM OF INDIVIDUALS, VERY WELL TRAINED.
WE ARE ALL CERTIFIED BY THE TRICOM INSTITUTE OUT OF COLORADO ABOUT CANNABIS, NOT ONLY CONSUMPTION, BUT THE STRUCTURE OF THE PLANT, WAYS OF COOKING WITH IT, PAIN MANAGEMENT, AND OTHER SORTS OF BENEFITS THAT THE PLAN HAS.
SO I BELIEVE ALL THIS TOGETHER HAS TO BE LOOKED AT AS A BUSINESS, AS A HEALTH ISSUE, AND AS A COMMUNITY ISSUE AS WELL.
SO WE CANNOT JUST RELEGATE A WHOLE COMMUNITY TO A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE TOWN TO BE ABLE TO CONSUME OR, UM, PURCHASE CANNABIS.
I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE, UM, OR LEAVE ON THE RECORD THAT THE TOWN HAS OPTED OUT OF CONSUMPTION LOUNGES.
SO I THINK FROM THE SAFETY POINT OF VIEW AND KEEPING IT AWAY FROM, FROM KIDS, YOU GUYS ALREADY TOOK THE FIRST STEP.
SO WHY NOT JUST LET IT BE PURCHASED AND, AND, AND LET IT BE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY IN NORMAL AREAS SUCH AS ONE 19 AND OTHER MAIN STREETS THAT WE HAVE, AS IT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, UM, LIQUOR STORES, GAS STATION, SELLING BEER AND, AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND SO FORTH.
SO I JUST WANNA PUT IT OUT THERE FOR CONSIDERATION.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE ZONING IS REALLY, REALLY, IT'S NOT GONNA WORK OUT.
AND IF YOU GUYS CAN PLEASE JUST TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND, AND, AND COME BACK FROM, FROM, FROM THE, UM, THE DRAWING BOARD WITH A, WITH A BETTER PROPOSAL WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
JUDITH, THERE'S ONE SPEAKER ON ZOOM.
OKAY, WHO IS THAT? GARRETT? MICHELLE BROWN.
THAT'S THE WAY THIS, IF WE, IF WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND GET THE RECORD OPEN AND WE HAVE A DISCUSSION, WE CAN TALK ABOUT
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ZONING SHOULD BE NOT SO RESTRICTIVE AND I CAN SEE WHY IT WOULD BE BECAUSE OF THE BOARD THAT'S PRESENTED BEFORE US.I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANNA KEEP THIS IMAGE THAT WE ARE THIS GREAT COMMUNITY.
WE DON'T DO THESE THINGS AND, YOU KNOW, BAD THINGS DON'T HAPPEN IN GREENBURG.
WELL, THIS IS NOT A BAD THING.
THIS SAVES PEOPLE'S LIVES AND GIVES PEOPLE A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN GREENBURG ARE GOING OTHER PLACES TO CONSUME THIS AND GET THIS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GO ANYWHERE WHERE THEY LIVE.
AND MANY PEOPLE THAT DO CONSUME THIS ARE NOT YOUNG PEOPLE, JUST SO YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT HAVE HEALTH ISSUES, MAYBE OVER 35, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN THEIR FIFTIES.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE VETERANS AS WAS PRESENTED, AND I THINK AN OPEN MIND REALLY SHOULD BE USED FOR THIS.
AND AS THEY SUGGESTED, THE MORE YOU HAVE IT OUT IN THE OPEN, THE BETTER IT IS FOR PEOPLE TO REGULATE AND TO SEE, AND ALSO BRINGS REVENUE INTO THE TOWN.
SO, UM, I JUST HOPE YOU CAN RECONSIDER THAT AND REALLY THINK ABOUT AN OPEN MIND ON HOW YOU CAN REALLY CREATIVELY DO THIS.
IF YOU GET WITH PEOPLE THAT JUST CAME UP THAT HAVE COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED, THAT HAVE LEARNED AND EDUCATED THEMSELVES AND WORK WITH THEM, AND TOGETHER YOU CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT CAN BE SUCCESSFUL INSTEAD OF JUST THINKING OF IT ONE WAY AND THAT THIS SHOULD JUST PUT IT IN THE SHADOWS AND KEEP IT IN THE CORNER AND, YOU KNOW, UM, NOT LET IT BE SOMETHING I CAN SERVE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
THERE'S NO ONE ELSE ON ZOOM, PAUL.
SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE OVER THE, UH, UM, THE HEARING.
WELL, IT, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING.
DID ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK A SECOND TIME? NO.
SO WE'RE GONNA, UH, MOVE AND CLOSE THE HEARING.
I'M GONNA LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.
[ 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)]
TO CONSIDER AMENDED SITE PLAN ENTRY REMOVAL PERMIT APPLICATION BY METROPOLIS COUNTRY CLUB FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 89 DO AREA ROAD.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN UP THE HEARING.
FINER AND TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD.
GARRETT DUQUE, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN AMENDED SITE PLAN AND TREE REMOVAL PERMIT APPLICATION BY METROPOLIS COUNTRY CLUB FOR A PROJECT INVOLVING POST CONSTRUCTION OF TWO NEW BUILDINGS.
FIRST IS AN APPROXIMATELY 10,780 SQUARE FOOT TURF CARE FACILITY, AND THE SECOND IS AN APPROXIMATELY 2,770 SQUARE FOOT SPRAYER STORAGE BUILDING TOGETHER WITH 21 PARKING SPACES AND ONE LOADING SPACE AT TWO EIGHTY NINE DOBBS FERRY ROAD, PO WHITE PLAINS, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE R 15 AND R 21 FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICTS.
IN ADDITION TO AMENDED SITE PLAN APPROVAL AND A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT FROM THE TOWN BOARD, THE APPLICANT SEEKS A STEEP SLOPE PERMIT FROM THE PLANNING BOARD.
THE AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION WAS REFERRED TO THE BY THE TOWN BOARD TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
THE PLANNING BOARD DISCUSSED THIS MATTER ON SEPTEMBER 7TH AND SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2022.
ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, THE PLANNING BOARD ISSUED A POSITIVE SITE PLAN RECOMMENDATION AND FOUND THAT THE SUBMISSION SATISFIES THE APPLICABLE SITE PLAN STANDARDS SET FORTH SECTION 2 85 54 STANDARDS, A THROUGH K PLANNING BOARD FOUND THAT THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS AS SHOWN ON PROJECT PLANS REPAIRED BY INSIGHT ENGINEERING APPEAR TO BE ADEQUATELY SCREENED, BLEND IN WITH THE LAYOUT OF THE EXISTING GOLF CLUB SITE, DO NOT APPEAR THAT THEY WOULD RESULT IN NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
LASTLY, THE PLANNING BOARD APPRECIATES THAT AT THE REQUEST OF THE PLANNING BOARD, THE APPLICANT REVISED ITS PLANS TO INCORPORATE A SIDEWALK FROM THE INTERSECTION OF JUNIPER HILL ROAD AND FAIR STREET, WESTERLY AND BEYOND.
THE CURB CUT PROPOSED IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROJECT, ALONG WITH A SURFACED PATH TO THE END OF THE DEAD END OF JUNIPER, JUNIPER HILL ROAD, WHICH WILL PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION BETWEEN THE NEARBY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE NEARBY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
MS. JANET GARRIS, ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF METROPOLIS, THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO PRESENT ADDITIONAL DETAILS WITH REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL.
UH, GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR FINER AND MEMBERS OF
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THE TOWN BOARD.THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING.
I'M A PARTNER WITH DELBELLO DANELLE AND WEINGART AND WISE WHITAKER HERE THIS EVENING.
ON BEHALF OF METROPOLIS JOINING ME THIS EVENING, ZACH PEARSON FROM INSIGHT ENGINEERING, OUR, UM, OUR PROJECT ENGINEER.
UM, SO MR. DUQUE DID A TERRIFIC JOB OF, UH, REALLY DESCRIBING WHAT OUR, OUR PROJECT IS.
UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROPERTY.
AS HE MENTIONED, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 125 ACRES COMPRISED OF, UH, 11 TAX PARCELS AND LOCATED IN BOTH THE R 15 AND R 21 FAMILY DISTRICTS OF THE TOWN.
THE AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS LOCATED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE R 20 DISTRICT.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH METROPOLIS, I THINK THAT ALL OF YOU ARE.
BUT, UM, IT IS, UH, IT'S, UH, IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE TOWN IN 1922 AND IT FEATURES AN 18 HOLE GOLF COURSE, TENNIS COURTS, A SWIMMING POOL, CLUBHOUSE, AND ASSOCIATED ACCESSORY USES.
AND IT'S BEEN CONSISTENTLY RANKED ONE OF THE BEST 18 HOLE GOLF COURSES IN THE NEW YORK METRO AREA.
AND AMONG THE 500 BEST GOLF COURSES IN THE WORLD, UH, THEY CONTINUE TO METICULOUSLY MAINTAIN THEIR FACILITIES AND TO PROVIDE THE BEST EXPERIENCE FOR THEIR MEMBERS.
SO, UH, I KNOW THAT YOU RECALL BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2020, THIS BOARD ADOPTED CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS TO THE ZONING CODE THAT WOULD PERMIT THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FACILITIES IN THE TOWN AS A SPECIAL PERMIT USE IN THE ONE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT.
AND THAT ENABLED THE APPROVAL OF THE BRIGHTVIEW SENIOR LIVING, UH, APPLICATION BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 2021 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT CONTINUUM OF CARE FACILITY ON THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IN THE AREA OF THE CLUB'S EXISTING MAINTENANCE FACILITY.
UM, SO AS A RESULT OF THAT PROJECT, IT'S INTENDED THAT THE EXISTING MAINTENANCE FACILITY IS GOING TO BE DEMOLISHED.
AND SO WE ARE SEEKING, UH, SITE PLAN APPROVAL AND A TREE REMO REMOVAL PERMIT FROM THIS BOARD, AS WELL AS A STEEP SLOPE PERMIT FROM THE PLANNING BOARD TO ALLOW THE RELOCATION OF THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY TO ANOTHER LOCATION ON THE PROPERTY.
ZACH WILL TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THE PLAN, BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO IS RELOCATE THAT MAINTENANCE FACILITY TO A FIVE ACRE PORTION OF THE SITE BETWEEN THE 12TH, 13TH, AND 14TH FAIRWAYS.
UM, THERE WILL BE TWO NEW BUILDINGS AND APPROXIMATELY 10,700 SQUARE FOOT TURF CARE FACILITY AND AN APPROXIMATELY 2,700 SQUARE FOOT, UH, UM, SPRAYER STORAGE BUILDING TOGETHER WITH 21 PARKING SPACES AND SOME LOADING SPACES.
UM, ACCESS TO THAT NEW FACILITY WILL BE FROM JUNIPER HILL ROAD.
AND AS MR. DUQUE MENTIONED, UH, WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING, UH, SOME MODIFICATIONS, SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO, UH, THE RIGHT OF WAY THERE TO INCLUDE A SIDEWALK FROM FAIR STREET DOWN JUNIPER HILL WEST TO, UH, A LITTLE BIT BEYOND THE PROPOSED SITE DRIVEWAY, AND THEN, UM, A OUS PATH TO THE, UH, TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY.
SO, I KNOW YOUR NIGHT IS LONG.
I DON'T WANT TO, UM, BELABOR MY PRESENTATION.
HE CAN WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THE PLAN.
ANOTHER THING, UH, MR. DECAY MENTIONED, WE ARE ALSO SEEKING A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT.
THERE WILL BE, UM, REPLACEMENT TREES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TOWN'S I I TREE DESIGN AS REQUIRED BY YOUR, YOUR CODE.
UM, AND WE, WE, HE CAN TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THAT AND THEN WE'LL BE HERE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
UM, AS HE MENTIONED, MR. DECAY MENTIONED WE HAVE BEEN TO THE PLANNING BOARD ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND THEY DID SEND YOU A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION, UH, ON THE SITE PLAN THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU GOOD EVENING SUPERVISOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, ZACH PEARSON INSIDE ENGINEERING.
I'M GONNA SHARE MY SCREEN IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
EVERYBODY SEE THAT? OKAY, GREAT.
UM, AS JANET HAD MENTIONED, UH, THE EXISTING MAINTENANCE FACILITY IS LOCATED, UH, NEAR THE ENTRANCE DRIVE TO THE CLUB IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER.
UH, THE, THE PROPOSAL IS TO CONSTRUCT A NEW MAINTENANCE FACILITY, UM, IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED BETWEEN THE 12TH, 13TH, AND 14TH HOLES.
UH, FAIR STREET IS IN THIS LOCATION, JUNIPER HILL ROAD, THE DEAD, THE DEAD END PORTION OF IT, UH, PURCHASE GOES TO THE WEST IN THIS LOCATION HERE, PULL UP OUR RENDERING.
UH, THIS IS THE, THE FACILITY, UH, AS PROPOSED, UH, ACCESS OFF OF JUNIPER HILL ROAD, DRIVEWAY DOWN, UM, 10,000 SQUARE FOOT PAINT TURF MAINTENANCE BUILDING.
AND THEN THIS IS THE SPRAYER BUILDING IN THIS LOCATION, UH, UTILITY CONNECTIONS TO WATER AND SEWER AND JUNIPER HILL ROAD.
UM, ALSO MENTIONED, WE, WE DID, UH, HEAR THE CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORS.
UM, IT IS PROPOSED, I'M GONNA JUST ZOOM IN HERE QUICK SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE.
IT IS PROPOSED TO PROVIDE A SIDEWALK AND A CONCRETE SIDEWALK ALONG THE CLUB PROPERTY,
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UH, TO AND BEYOND THE ACCESS POINT OFF OF JUNIPER HILL ROAD WITH THE EXTENSION OF A PERVIOUS WALKWAY, UH, FURTHER TO THE WEST TO THE, THE ENTRANCE OF THE SCHOOL.UM, WE DID TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, UH, A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SINCE THE PLANNING BOARD, UM, I'M JUST GONNA PULL UP STREET VIEW THERE.
THERE'S AN EXISTING, UH, CROSSWALK HERE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CHURCH, JUST KIND OF, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THIS.
DID THAT SHOW UP FOR YOU GUYS? LET'S, OKAY, I GUESS THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK.
UM, I THINK YOU HAVE TO UNSHARE PULL IT UP AND THEN SHARE IT AGAIN.
I TRIED TO PULL UP STREET VIEW ON GOOGLE.
I'M NOT SURE WHY YOU GUYS CAN'T SEE MY SCREEN.
I THINK YOU NEED TO UNSHARE WHAT YOU'RE SHARING, THEN PULL IT UP ON GOOGLE AND THEN SHARE THE GOOGLE.
OH, THANK YOU FOR THAT ASSISTANCE THERE.
SO, UH, JUST TO GET A LITTLE VIEW OF WHAT'S GOING ON, JUNI UH, FAIR STREET COMES UP, UH, TO THE SOUTH AND THIS IS A CORNER ON THE JUNIPER.
UH, THERE'S AN EXISTING SIDEWALK HERE WITH A, WITH A CURB RAMP.
OUR PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO HAVE A CROSSWALK ACROSS THIS INTERSECTION, CREATE A LANDING HERE, AND THEN PROVIDE A CROSSWALK BACK ACROSS.
THE CLUB IS GONNA, YOU KNOW, CLEAN UP THIS EDGE OF THE, THE PROPERTY UH, SIDEWALK AND CONCRETE, UH, A CURB AND CONCRETE SIDEWALK ALL THE WAY ALONG THIS EDGE.
UM, BACK TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE CLUB.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, PROBABLY YOU PROBABLY DISCUSSED IT, THE MEETINGS, BUT WHAT, UM, IF ANY, ARE THERE CHEMICALS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PART OF THE, THAT MAINTENANCE FACILITY? HOW YOU, ELLEN, IS YOUR MIC ON? I'M SORRY.
UM, ARE THERE ANY CHEMICALS THAT WILL BE USED IN THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY AND HOW ARE THEY BEING ADDRESSED AND, AND TREATED SO THAT THERE'S NO ISSUE FOR THE MAKERS? SO, YEAH, THE, THE CL CLUB USES FERTILIZERS RIGHT, FOR ACROSS THE GOLF COURSE, AND THAT'S PART OF THE, THE PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE THE SE, NOT THE MAINTENANCE BUILDING, BUT THE SECOND BUILDING IS A SPRAYER AND CHEMICAL STORAGE BUILDING.
YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE UP TO DATE WITH CURRENT STANDARDS OF MAINTENANCE FACILITIES.
SO, YEAH, THEY, YOU KNOW, TO OPERATE THE GOLF COURSE, THERE IS CHEMICALS USED, AND THIS IS A, A BUILDING SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO HOUSE THOSE, UM, SAFELY.
AND, UM, THERE, THERE'S NO CONCERN FOR ANY LEAKAGE OR THERE'S, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT TO PREVENT IN ANY DOUBLE, UM, PRECAUTIONS THAT ARE BEING TAKEN? UH, AS FAR AS THE ARCHITECTURE GOES, I BELIEVE IT'S ON A CONCRETE FLOOR.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE PART OF THAT BUILDING IS ALSO A, A, A WASH, WASH PAD FOR, FOR, UM, EQUIPMENT ON, ON THERE WITH A RECYCLING SYSTEM.
SO YOU, THEY CAN WASH OFF SOME OF THEIR, UH, LAWNMOWERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY CAN WASH THE CLIPPINGS AND IT'S A, A RECYCLING WATER SYSTEM THERE, THAT, THAT'S ALSO PART OF THAT.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A SEMICON CONTAINED AREA THAT, THAT'S JUST SPECIFIC FOR THAT PORTION.
JUST ONE QUICK NOTE FOR THE BOARD.
UM, WE, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL GOLF COURSES COME IN WITH SIMILAR PROPOSALS, AND IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN SEEN THAT THE, UM, BUILT OUT CONDITION IS AN IMPROVEMENT.
UM, THE EXISTING FACILITIES, UH, FOR THESE, UH, STATIONS ARE REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY UP TO TODAY'S CODE STANDARDS.
SO, UM, FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE, WE, WE DEEM THIS, UH, TO BE AN IMPROVEMENT.
A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF THIS WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE BRIGHTVIEW APPLICATION BECAUSE THAT WAS A CONCERN OF THE NEIGHBORS AS TO THE APPEARANCE OF IT.
AND, UM, UH, SINCE YOU'RE BUILDING IT NEW, YES, YOU NEED TO MEET ALL CODES AND THERE'S AN ADVANTAGE TO THAT.
SO, YEAH, I CAN, I CAN TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE TOO.
YOU KNOW, WE TOOK A, A HARD LOOK AT THE, THE SIGHTING OF THAT BUILDING IN THAT LOCATION.
IT'S, IT'S BETWEEN THREE GOLF HOLES, BUT THERE'S ALSO ELEVATION ASSOCIATED WITH IT TO TRY TO PUSH THE BUILDING AS LOW AS POSSIBLE TO LIMIT THE SITE VIEWS FROM THE, FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST ACROSS FAIR STREET.
ALSO, WHILE LOOKING TO BALANCE THE EARTH WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUILD OUT, RIGHT? TO GET TO THAT, ONTO THAT PAD, TO, TO MINIMIZE IMPORT EXPORT ONTO THE SITE.
SO IT WAS A DELICATE BALANCE TO, YOU KNOW, WE EVEN BURNED ALONG THE SOUTH AND EAST SIDE, UM, TO TRY TO PREVENT VIEWS ACROSS THE COURSE TO SEE THE BUILDING.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC?
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YES.MARY BODEN AND YOU MENTIONED, UH, SIDEWALKS.
PAUL IS A BICYCLE RIDER RIDES ALL OVER RATHER THAN A SIDEWALK.
WHY DON'T YOU BUILD A COUNTY TRAILWAY TYPE OF ASPHALT LEVEL WITH THE ROAD THAT CAN BE SHARED? YOU COULD BUILD TWICE AS MUCH FOR THE SAME MONEY.
THERE WOULD BE A PLACE FOR THE BICYCLE AND BICYCLES AND PEOPLE HAVE LEARNED TO SHARE.
IF YOU BUILD A CONCRETE CURB, THE BICYCLE IS IN JEOPARDY.
WE'VE BEEN BUILDING SIDEWALKS WITH CURBS TOO LONG.
WE SHARED THE SPACE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH PEOPLE WALKING, PEOPLE WITH CARRIAGES AND BICYCLES.
MORE PEOPLE GONNA RIDE BICYCLES, MORE PEOPLE GO WALK.
WE'LL LET YOU PENNY THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT IN FOUR TIMES AS MANY DISTANCE IN AN ASPHALT SHARED, PEOPLE LEARN HOW TO SHARE.
AND WHEN A CAR COMES AT YOU AND YOU WANT TO GET OUT OF HIS WAY, YOU CAN ALWAYS MOVE OVER WHEN YOU CAN'T DO THAT WITH A CURB.
GLOBAL WARMING HAS FORCED US TO THINK DIFFERENTLY.
WE CAN'T WASTE RESOURCES WITH CONCRETE, WHICH IS ENVIRONMENTALLY NOT TOO GOOD.
UM, HI, HOW, HOW ARE YOU? MANNY REESE? I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE JUNIPER HILL CIVIC ASSOCIATION, AND I'M HERE TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND OBSERVATION AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR HAVING THIS PLANNING, UH, SESSION, UH, HEARING.
AND I, I, FIRST OF ALL, I GOTTA THANK, UH, METROPOLIS IN BIOVIEW BECAUSE, UH, FROM THE GET GO WAY BACK WHEN, WHEN THEIR APPROVAL PROCESS WAS HAPPENING, IT'S A LITTLE HISTORY THEY'VE COMMITTED TO, TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WE SUPPORT IT.
WE SUPPORT A HUNDRED YEAR OLD BUSINESS AND, AND, AND, AND NEIGHBOR HAS TO BE SUPPORTED.
AND, AND HAVING A GOLF COURSE IS A LOT BETTER THAN HAVING A BUNCH OF HOUSES AND OTHER THINGS.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UH, AT THE SAME TIME, BACK WHEN, BACK WHEN, WHEN THEY COMMITTED TO DO THIS, THE PROJECT THAT THEY COMMITTED TO WAS TO CREATE A SIDEWALK AND PAVE ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE JUNIPER HILL ROAD.
THAT WAS THE COMMITMENT TO, TO THE JUNIPER HILL COMMUNITY.
UM, GOING FORWARD, UH, THEY, THE, THEY, THEY SUBMITTED THE STUFF TO THE PLANNING BOARD AND WITHOUT, UH, WITHOUT, UH, CONVERSATIONS WITH THE, WITH THE JUNIPER HILL CIVIC ASSOCIATION OR THE COMMUNITY, SOME STUFF WAS LEFT OUT.
I, I REACHED OUT TO THEM WITH A MEETING WITH A BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT, UH, BRIGHTVIEW, AND THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM METROPOLIS.
WE HAD A CONVERSATION THE TWO DAYS BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING ON THE 21ST, AND THERE WAS SOME STUFF THAT WAS AGREED TO OKAY.
AND I WANT TO UPDATE IT BECAUSE IT MIGHT GET LOST IN THE, IN THE CONVERSATION.
AND, AND THE, IT WAS NOT DONE IN WRITING, BUT I, I, I TRUST THEM BECAUSE THEY, THEY'VE BEEN GOOD NEIGHBORS, OKAY? THE COMMITMENTS WERE, FIRST OF ALL, WE COMPROMISED TO THE LENGTH OF THE SIDEWALK.
IT WAS GONNA BE 20 FEET PAST THE DRIVEWAY.
OKAY? I WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, BEFORE I GO THERE, THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER NON BUILDING OR STIP PLAN, UH, ISSUES THAT WERE ALSO ADDRESSED.
THE SCHEDULING OF THE DELIVERIES.
WE TALKED ABOUT SCHEDULING AND DELIVERIES.
THAT SHOULD BE BETWEEN NINE AND THREE O'CLOCK DURING THE DAY AND NOT ON WEEKENDS.
IT SHOULD ALSO BECAUSE THE SCHOOL TRAFFIC AND OTHER TRAFFIC PATTERNS THAT HAPPEN, BECAUSE PEOPLE USE THAT AS A SHORTCUT, BUT ALSO YOU, THE, THEY USE FAIR STREET AS THE PRIMARY OR THE ONLY ROUTE TO MAKE DELIVERIES BECAUSE FAIR STREET IS MORE DIRECT, LESS, LESS COMPLICATED, AND IT DOESN'T CROSS ALL THROUGH JUNIPER HILL ROAD.
OKAY? THAT WAS ANOTHER COMMITMENT THAT WAS MADE.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THESE THINGS ARE ADDRESSED AND, AND PUT IN SOME, SOME FORM.
SO, SO THAT, MOVING FORWARD, NOW, GOING TO THE SIDE PLAN IN THE SIDEWALK, THE SIDEWALK WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 20 FEET WITH SOME ROAD PAVING 20
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FEET PAST THE ENTRANCEWAY.I DON'T, THAT'S NOT MENTIONED.
AND AS I SAW THE PICTURES, I SAW IT CORRECTLY.
IT ONLY GOES TO THE, TO THE DRIVEWAY.
IT GOES PAST, IT GOES PAST, OKAY, NOW THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
THE LOCATION, THEY, THEY, THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS THAT THEY WANNA PUT IT ON THE NORTH SIDE, AND I, FOR ONE, BELIEVE IT'S A WRONG PLACE TO PUT IT.
OKAY? FIRST OF ALL, FOR SAFETY REASONS, I MEAN, IF YOU COULD PUT THE, THE, THE PICTURE UP, YOU'LL SEE THAT PUTTING IT ON THE NORTH SIDE, THE STUDENTS THAT USE THAT ROAD ON AN ONGOING BASIS TO, AS A SHORTCUT OUT OF THE CON CAMPUS, WILL BE WALKING ON THE NORTH SIDE.
AND WHEN THEY HAD TO CROSS OVER TO FIFTH STREET, SIDEWALK, THEY WOULD HAVE TO CROSS AT THE LONGEST.
AND, AND THE LESS SAFE CROSSING, WHICH ALSO HAS THE HORRIBLE SIGHTLINE, OKAY? BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE PAST THE FENCE WHEN THE TRAFFICS ARE COMING UP.
THE IDEAL SITUATION WOULD BE PUT IN ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WHICH WOULD BE A CONNECTOR TO WHERE THE JUNIPER HILL CIVIC, UH, UH, JUNIPER HILL ROAD, UH, SIDEWALK.
EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING TO BE ONCE WE GET IT DONE.
AND, AND, AND THE CROSSING IS A LOT SAFER BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE CROSSING OF A DRIVEWAY IN FRONT THE CHURCH, AND THEN ACROSS THE STREET FROM, FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF JUNIPER HILL OVER TO FAIR STREET, SAFER.
NOW, THE OTHER PART THAT THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT IS HOW THE, THE NEW YORK STATE REQUIRES YOU TO PUT A FOUR FOOT, FOUR FOOT SIDEWALK, OKAY? IF YOU EVER, IF YOU TOOK CLOSELY, LOOK CLOSELY AT THIS NORTH SIDE, THERE ARE TWO, TWO FIRE HYDRANT AND FIVE FIVE TELEPHONE POLES.
WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO PUT THAT SIDEWALK AND, AND NOT BE BLOCKED BY FIVE TELEPHONE POLES AND TWO FIRE HYDRANTS THAT ARE ON THE, ON THE NORTH SIDE.
THEY EITHER HAVE TO PUT IT ON THE GOLF COURSE, WHICH HAS A DROP OFF, AND MOST OF THE PARTS, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO BUILD IT UP OR PUT IT UNDER WHERE THE STREET'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
BY THE WAY, THIS IS MEANT TO BE A TWO-WAY, TWO-WAY ROAD.
NOT A, A WIDE DRIVEWAY FOR, FOR, TO ACCESS THE DRIVEWAY INTO THE METROPOLITAN.
BUT, BUT OLI, UM, I CAN I KEEP GOING A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I, I'M SORRY.
BUT WE HAVE TO SPEAK TO THE FIVE MINUTES.
YOU GET, YOU GET AN, YOU GET ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES AFTER OTHERS WHO WANNA SPEAK.
MAYBE NOBODY ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK.
I I STILL HAVE ONE MORE STUFF, AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
ANYONE ELSE? UH, WE DO DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER REQUESTS FOR THIS.
UH, SIR, ARE YOU COMING UP TO SPEAK ON THIS? YES.
UM, I JUST WANNA ASK, UH, I, I KNOW THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION IN THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING WITH, UM, PEOPLE COMING UP, UH, NOT SIGNING UP.
UH, SO GOING FORWARD, WE HAVE, UH, THIS PUBLIC HEARING, AND THERE'S 1, 2, 3, 4 MORE AFTER THIS.
IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE COME UP AND SIGN UP SO THAT WE KNOW YOU WANT TO SPEAK.
OKAY? SO, MR. VALENTIN, YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE.
SO THIS SPEAKER IS GIDEON VALENTIN.
GOOD EVENING BOARD, EVERYONE AS WELL.
I WAS THERE ANYTHING IMPRESSION THAT THE STRUCTURE WAS CLOSER TO WHERE I LIVE WHEN I RECEIVED THE NOTICE, BUT I CAME OUT IN SUPPORT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND I SEE A CONFLICT THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED FROM MYSELF WHEN I HAD HAD OTHER INSTANCES OF SIDEWALKS COMING NEAR ME.
UH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT CAN BE DONE OR WHAT MAKES LEGAL SENSE, BECAUSE LEGALITY IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE, ESPECIALLY IN NEW YORK STATE.
BUT TO THAT END, UH, I KNOW THAT AS A RE HOMEOWNER AND RESIDENT, HAVING A SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF MY PROPERTY IS A HEADACHE WHEN THERE'S, UH, SNOW, BECAUSE I'M RESPONSIBLE IF SOMEBODY FALLS DOWN ON THE SIDEWALK AND IT'S IN FRONT OF MY PROPERTY.
SO IF RESIDENTS HAVE A CONCERN, I UNDERSTAND WHY.
'CAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO OUT AND LITERALLY SHOVEL AND DO THE WORK OR PAY SOMEBODY TO DO IT.
WITH THAT IN MIND, EXPANDING THE ROAD IS ALSO ITS OWN COST, WHETHER IT'S FOR A SIDEWALK OR TO JUST HAVE A ROAD.
BUT AS SOMEBODY THAT USED TO GO TO JUNIPER HILL, I CAN'T IMAGINE EVER HAVING TO WALK ALONGSIDE THAT ROAD.
IT'S EITHER THE ROAD OR A TWO INCH SECTION AFTER THE WHITE LINE, AND THERE'S A ROCK, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, OR SOME NATURAL STRUCTURE THAT MAKES IT CLOSE TO IMPOSSIBLE.
SO THE COST MUST BE ASTRONOMICAL TO MAKE ANYTHING HAPPEN THERE, OBVIOUSLY.
BUT IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN
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BUILDING A SIDEWALK THAT HAS TELEPHONE POLES IN IT AND FIRE HYDRANTS IN IT, WHICH CAN BE DONE ALSO, UH, YOU WALK AROUND THE POLE AND I'VE SEEN THAT DONE BEFORE, AND YOU JUST, THE TWITCH YOU LEARN TO-DO.OR IF YOU DON'T PAY ATTENTION, YOU WALK INTO THE POLE, YOU FIGURE IT OUT.
BUT THAT IN MIND, IF YOU GO THROUGH THE HEADACHE OF EXPANDING THE ROAD AND JUST WIDENING IT SO THAT THERE'S A PLACE TO WALK, THAT MIGHT BE THE HAPPY MIDDLE OUT OF THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT COST AND ENGINEERING COST TO DO THE FULL LEGWORK.
UH, BEYOND THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY, BUT THANK YOU.
ANYBODY ELSE THEN? ANYBODY ON A SECOND TIME? ANYBODY? OH, ANYBODY ON, UH, I GUESS
AND THEN IF ANYBODY'S ON ZOOM, THEY COULD RAISE THEIR HAND.
UM, UH, THE GENTLEMAN BROUGHT A COUPLE GOOD POINTS, AS WE PROBABLY ALL KNOW, FOUR, FOUR FEET IS TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, HANDICAP AND PEOPLE WHO ARE CHALLENGED AND, AND WALKING, WHETHER IT'S CITIZENS, SENIOR CITIZEN, WALKING WITH A WALKER OR A WHEELCHAIR.
UM, THAT, THAT'S WHY IT HAS TO BE FOUR FEET ACCORDING TO STATE REGULATION.
WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE TOWN ON, ON THE FAIR STREET, UH, PROJECT.
UM, THE OTHER PART, THE CLEANING PART, YOU KNOW, UH, ONE OF THE REASONS I WAS GIVEN BY THE TOWN PLANNER AND, UM, WAS THAT, UH, THAT MAKES, UH, UH, METROPOLIS, UH, RESPONSIBLE IF THEY'RE ON THEIR SIDE, THAT'S NOT NECESSARY.
THAT'S NOT NECESSARY A FACT BECAUSE METROPOLIS IS PUTTING A LOT OF SIDEWALKS ON DOSS FERRY, WHICH IS PAST THEIR PROPERTIES, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE TA AND THE BRIGHTVIEW, I MEAN, BRIGHTVIEW SIDE IS GONNA BE TAKING RESPONSIBILITY.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH SIDE OF THE ROAD THE SIDEWALK IS, IF THE TOWN DEEMS THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT AS PART OF APPROVING THE SITE PLAN, IT, IT, IT, IT, IT CAN HAPPEN.
AND, AND IT WILL BE, IT CAN BE DONE AGAIN.
UM, I, I, FOR I, THERE'S, I WANNA MAKE SURE ALSO THAT THE LA THE ROAD THAT THEY PLAN TO BUILD IS TWO LANES.
NOT A, A WIDE DRIVEWAY INTO THEIR DRIVEWAY.
UM, UH, THE OTHER PART IS, UH, I, I DON'T WANNA MISS ANYTHING.
UM, THE OTHER PART IS THAT I SUGGEST THAT WE HAVE A, A WALKTHROUGH AND, AND I, AND EARNESTLY, EARNESTLY LOOK AT THE NOR ON THE SOUTH SIDE AS A POSSIBILITY.
THERE ARE MINIMAL AND, AND THEY'RE NOT PHYSICAL LIKE A, A TELEPHONE POLE IN THE FIRE HYDRANT.
THERE MIGHT BE A, A TREE TRUNK.
IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN ELEVATION.
AND, UH, ONE, IT WAS MENTIONED TO ME THAT THERE'S A, A, A STONE WALL.
YEAH, THE CHURCH HAS A STONE WALL, BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN WHAT WOULD BE THE ROAD BED, THE ROAD, AND, AND THERE'S ABOUT FOUR FEET, WHICH I KIND OF MEASURED IT WITH MY FEET, UH, TO FROM THE, WHAT WOULD BE THE ROAD BED TO THE, WHERE THE WALL IS.
SO IF THEY CAN ADDRESS GETTING AROUND FIVE TELEPHONE POLES AND ALSO PUTTING, PUTTING, PUTTING IT AND CROSSING THAT ENDANGERS THE STUDENTS THAT USE THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT, UH, LOOK AT PUTTING IT ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND, AND MITIGATING SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE SEEN.
ALSO, AGAIN, I WOULD STRONGLY PROPOSE THAT THERE SHOULD BE A WALKTHROUGH, AND THE TOWN BOARD SHOULD COME, COME THERE AND SEE WHAT I'M REFERRING TO BEFORE WE MOVED IN TOWARDS APPROVING THE SITE PLAN.
COULD I ASK, YOU KNOW, THE APPLICANT, IF YOU'D BE OPEN TO, UM, A WALK SO WE COULD LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, UH, THIS, UM, ALTERNATIVE.
I'VE BEEN READING YOUR EMAILS PAST FEW DAYS, AND, YOU KNOW, I, I'D BE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON, ON SIDEWALKS IN THE AREA, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE, IF, IF WE COULD HAVE A SIDEWALK THAT CONNECTS, UM, MIGHT BE WHERE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO CRUST, RIGHT? THERE'S, THERE COULD BE A POSSIBLE ADVANTAGE.
I MEAN, WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO, OR, YOU KNOW, UH, MEETING WITH A TOWN BOARD, UH, AND, UH, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION SO WE COULD HAVE A ON SITE, UH, VISIT? YEAH, I, I WOULD JUST WANT, WE JUST HAD A, A STUDENT FROM EDGEMONT HERE TALKING ABOUT SAFETY AND SIDEWALK SAFETY AND STUDENTS AND WALKING, AND I'M, I'M, I'LL PITCH YOU ANYTHING.
THERE ARE MORE STUDENTS FROM WOODLAND THAT USE THAT, THAT STREET THAN THAT STREET THAT SHE BROUGHT UP.
SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE A SAFETY CONNECTOR TO THE, THE FUTURE
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SIDEWALK ON JUNIPER HILL AND A SAFE CROSSING THAT HAS PROPER SIGHT LINES.DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ISSUES? YOU'RE DONE? YEAH.
HAPPY TO HAVE YOU OUT THERE FOR SITE VISIT.
UM, HAPPY TO HELP SCHEDULE THAT AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.
I'M GONNA SUGGEST, SINCE THERE ARE SO MANY ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED HERE THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED, THAT WE DON'T CLOSE THE HEARING, AND INSTEAD WE HOLD THIS OVER FOR ALL PURPOSES TO THE NEXT TOWN BOARD MEETING.
UH, DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD, UM, TRY HAVING THE SITE VISIT MAYBE, UH, BEFORE, I'M JUST WONDERING, UM, WELL, IT HAS, WE'RE HAVING THE WORK SESSION, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, NEXT WEEK.
WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO DO IT BEFORE THE WORK SESSION OR SHOULD WE PICK A, UM, I MEAN, THIS ISN'T GONNA TAKE THAT LONG.
IT'S JUST, I THINK THERE'S, UM, THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE SCHEDULED FOR JUST BEFORE THE WORK SESSION NEXT WEEK.
SO, UH, WOULD YOU WANT TO PICK A, A DATE NOW AND THEN CALL, WE ALSO HAVE SOMETHING WITH CONGRESSMAN MONDAY JONES.
UM, HE'S DOING SOMETHING, I THINK 1130 ON THE 20TH, ON THE, ON THE 20TH.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE AT METROPOLIS, YOU KNOW, THAT DAY.
SO YOU TO ANNOUNCE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT GRANT.
AND I'M WONDERING IF SOME OF US ARE GONNA BE THERE AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE.
IF WE COULD JUST TAKE A QUICK, ISN'T IT THE 20 LOOK BEFORE OR AFTER? SURE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AT YOUR CONVENIENCE SUPERVISOR, MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD.
UM, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WE DID LOOK AT WE'RE GONNA BE THE SIDEWALK, AND THERE ARE REASONS WHY IT'S BEING PROPOSED ON METROPOLIS SIDE OF THE STREET, NOT ONLY FOR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES AND OTHER THINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SURVEYS OF OUR OWN PROPERTY THAT WE'VE SUSPENDED SUBSTANTIAL, YOU KNOW, SUMS ON IN ORDER TO DO.
WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME KIND OF INFORMATION FOR THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET.
I THINK THAT TO, TO BURDEN THEM WITH THE EXPENSE OF HAVING TO DO THAT, HAVING TO DETERMINE WHERE THE RIGHT OF WAY ENDS, WHERE PRIVATE PROPERTY BEGINS, UM, AND HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE, UM, THE SLOPES AND THE OTHER THINGS ON THAT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
AND CERTAINLY THOSE THINGS PLAYED INTO THE REASON AND FOR THE LOCATION OF THE SIDEWALK AND WHY IT'S PROPOSED TO BE LOCATED ON THE METROPOLIS SIDE OF THE PROPERTY IN ADDITION TO THE MAINTENANCE REASONS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF, ZACH, YOU WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE IMPEDIMENTS THAT WERE MENTIONED, UM, WE CAN WORK AROUND THOSE AND BE ABLE TO DO THAT SO THAT THERE IS NOT AN OBSTRUCTION.
LET, LET ME ASK A QUESTION THAT, UH, WE'RE HAVING A PRESS CONFERENCE WITH CONGRESSMAN, UH, MONDAY JONES ON THE 20TH AT 1130.
UM, WOULD IT MAKE SENSE, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE IT SORT OF LIKE 11 O'CLOCK, UM, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE PRESS CONFERENCE? SO THIS WAY, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WITH A CONGRESSMAN, IF WE MAKE IT AFTER, YOU COULD BE WAITING A, A LONGER TIME.
SO IF WE DID IT BEFORE, I THINK IT WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE LIMITED, YOU KNOW, WE, WE LIMIT THE TIME JUST SO WE COULD LOOK, EVERYBODY COULD LOOK AT IT, AND THEN WE, WE WILL ALL GO TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE, SAY 11 O'CLOCK, 10 20 AT 11.
WOULD THAT MAKE SENSE FOR THE BOARD? AND THE QUESTION IS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE WOULD YOU THINK WE SHOULD, SHOULD BE THE MEETING PLACE NEXT WEEK? 10 27 DAY ADVENT? THURSDAY, THURSDAY.
BUT, UM, IS IT, IT'S OKAY WITH YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR EARLIER, BUT I, I MEAN, I, I COULD DO IT LIKE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'M AVAILABLE ANYTIME, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S UP TO THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR ME.
WHAT ABOUT A WEEKEND? MAKE IT AFTER SEVEN? I HAVE 12, 19TH TO THE 20, BUT I WOULD CHANGE MY THOUGHT.
WHAT ABOUT THIS SATURDAY? WELL, ACTUALLY, I'D LIKE YOU TO, I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE YOU TO LISTEN TO THE MEETING AGAIN AND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY ADDRESS THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE.
AND I THINK WE CAN DO THAT NOW.
EXPLAIN SOME OF THAT RIGHT NOW IF YOU'D LIKE.
UH, THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IN ADVANCE OF US GOING OUT.
THAT I WILL DO MY BEST TO EXPLAIN.
SO I'M JUST GONNA GO BACK TO THE, THE STREET VIEW REAL QUICK TO START.
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AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUNIPER HILL ROAD.THIS IS THE ROAD THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THERE'S AN EXISTING SIDEWALK HERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, AND OUR PROPOSAL IS TO HAVE A CROSSWALK HERE AND A CROSSWALK HERE TO GET YOU TO THE, THE METROPOLIS SIDE OF THE STREET.
THE TELEPHONE POLES ARE SET BACK.
THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY LINE, WHICH IS ON THE FENCE.
THERE ARE WATER, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A, HI, THERE ARE HYDRANTS THERE.
THE PROPOSALS TO PUT THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE HYDRANTS THAT ARE EXISTING.
SO WE'RE NOT PROPOSING TO HAVE THE HYDRANTS IN THE SIDEWALK.
YOU WILL START AT THE HYDRANT AND BE FOUR FEET INSIDE OF THAT.
UM, I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO PROPOSAL FOR US TO HAVE A SOUTH, THE, THE SOUTH SIDE OF THIS SIDEWALK HERE.
TRY TO CROSS FAIR STREET IN ANY MANNER LIKE THIS.
THERE'S NO CROSSWALK TO ACCEPT IT.
THIS IS, THERE'S NO STOP SIGN HERE ON FAIR STREET.
JUST COMES UP AND TAKES A LEFT HAND TURN.
YOU KNOW, WE SET, YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT YOU, THERE'S A TOWN ALREADY DID A SIDEWALK HERE WITH A CROSSWALK.
LET'S GET THESE PEOPLE ACROSS THE CHURCH ENTRANCE AWAY FROM THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS TURN THAT PEOPLE TAKE PRETTY QUICKLY, UM, AND GET 'EM ACROSS AND THEN HAVE THEM CROSS AGAIN AND WALK ACROSS THE GOLF COURSE.
UM, JUST TO UNSHARE THIS FOR A SECOND, AND THEN I'M GONNA SHARE THIS.
SO YEAH, THE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE POLES, YOU CAN SEE THOSE ON THE SURVEY.
THE, THE DARK BLACK LINE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN IS A PROPERTY LINE, POLE, POLE HYDRANT POLE POLE.
AND AGAIN, YOU SEE THEY'RE BACK CLOSE TO THAT PROPERTY LINE.
YOU KNOW, THE CLUB IS PROPOSING TO CLEAN UP THAT EDGE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, INSTALL THE SIDEWALK FROM THE HYDRANT OUT.
UM, I THINK THAT'S MOST OF, SO YOU HAVE THE, THE RE REQUISITE NUMBER OF FEET FROM THIS FOUR FEET.
THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO START FOUR FEET RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF WHERE THE HYDRANT IS, COME IN FOUR FEET AND RUN THE SIDEWALK OUT.
AND YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT IMPACTING THE ROADWAY OR YOU'RE TAKING ANY OF THE ROADWAY IN ORDER.
THE ROADWAY EDGE IS, IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S A STRAIGHT LINE.
I MEAN, IT'S A VARIABLE WIDTH THE ENTIRE WAY.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, AS YOU'LL SEE, YOU GUYS WILL SEE IN THE SIDEWALK.
AND WE, WE DID PROPOSE THE CONCRETE SIDEWALK EXTENDING MORE THAN 20 FEET BEYOND THE, THE, OUR ENTRANCE INTO THE FACILITY.
UM, AND JUST ONE OTHER THING, UH, ON, I BELIEVE IT WAS THIS, YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, JANET DID MENTION THIS IS THE CHURCH PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE THESE TIGHTLY PACKED CONTOURS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN EXISTING STEEP SLOPE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THESE PROPERTY LINES THAT YOU SEE IN THIS GENERAL LOCATION, THOSE ARE JUST OFF OF TAX MAPS.
YOU KNOW, OUR LINE IS SURVEYED BY THE SURVEYOR THAT DID THE WORK.
THIS IS JUST AN APPROXIMATE BASED OFF OF TAX MAPS, THAT STEEP SLOPE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WALL ESSENTIALLY AT THE TOP OF THAT, AND THERE'S A STEEP SLOPE THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN OUR OPINION, HAVING A SIDEWALK JUMP ACROSS AND KEEP AND, AND JUMPING ACROSS, AGAIN, ACROSS A, A, A DEAD END ROAD THAT DOESN'T GET A LOT OF TRAVEL ON IT, TO HAVE THEM, THE SIDEWALK CONTINUE ALONG, YOU KNOW, THE CLUB'S PROPERTY WE THOUGHT WAS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEDESTRIANS, ACTUALLY.
SO WHAT YOU'RE ASSERTING IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE POLES THERE THAT WILL NOT INTERRUPT YOU HAVING A CONTINUOUS FOUR FOOT WIDE PATH ON THAT SIDEWALK, WE WOULD WORK FROM THE POLES IN.
AND RATHER THAN TO DISTURB SHANNON SPEAKING TO THE MICROPHONE, SORRY.
AND RATHER THAN TO DISTURB THE STEEP SLOPES AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, TOPOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS ON THAT SOUTH SIDE FROM A MAINTENANCE PERSPECTIVE, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN EXAMPLES WHERE THE TOWN BOARD AND THE PLANNING BOARD HAVE APPROVED SIDEWALKS, UH, THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY TO THE SUBJECT SITE, UM, BECAUSE OF ENGINEERING REASONS OR OTHER, UM, THE MAINTENANCE OBLIGATION FOR THAT SIDEWALK WAS NOT PLACED ON THE, THE ACTUAL, UH, INSTALLER OF THE SIDEWALK.
I'M ACTUALLY NOT AWARE OF ANY SCENARIO WHERE ANY BOARD IN THE TOWN IS CONDITIONED.
UM, THE MAINTENANCE OF A SIDEWALK ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF A ROAD.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I'D FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT TYPE OF CONDITION.
UM, FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SIDEWALK, I THINK IT MAKES MUCH SENSE FOR THE SIDEWALK TO BE ON THE SAME SIDE AS THE GOLF COURSE.
ALRIGHT, SO ARE WE GONNA TRY AND FIND A TIME WHEN WE'RE GONNA MEET NOW, OR WE GOING TO FIGURE THAT OUT LATER ON? UM, YEAH, BUT YOU JUST WANNA RESPOND AND THEN, ALL RIGHT, SO HERE WE, NOW WE, NOW WE'RE NOW WE'RE NOW WE JUST BROKEN.
THEY'RE TRYING VERY HARD TO, TO FULFILL OUR, OUR REQUESTS.
AND I, I I, I THANK THEM FOR IT ALL THE TIME.
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OF YOU, BUT IN PRIVATE.OKAY? BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN OR EVEN ADULTS, IF THEY'RE WALKING ON THE NORTH SIDE ON A SIDEWALK, YOU THINK THEY'RE GONNA CUT BACK, GO ACROSS THE DRIVEWAY AND THEN CROSS THE FAIR STREET.
THEY'RE GOING TO CROSS FROM THE SIDEWALK TO FAIR STREET WITH A TERRIBLE SIGHT LINE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE AWARE OF IT, BUT THIS DIRECTION FOR DRIVERS IS A, IS DEAD, DEAD SIGHT.
THEY'RE LOOKING THIS WAY BECAUSE THEY'RE TURNING.
SO YOU GOTTA THINK OF IT AS, AS THE SAFETY, THE SIGHT LINES, THE DIRECTION THAT A DRIVER IS COMING UP.
THE HILL IS LOOKING, HE'S LOOKING AT THIS WAY.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE HE'S GONNA GO DOWN JUNIPER HILL.
HE'S GONNA BE LOOKING TO THE JU JUNIPER HILL SIDE OF THE SIDEWALK.
AND IF THERE'S SOMEBODY STANDING THERE, THEY'RE GOING TO SEE IT.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SEE IT OVER HERE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS WALK.
THEY'RE CHILDREN, THEY'RE CHILDREN.
THEY TAKE THE SHORTEST CUT THAT THEY CAN.
THE OTHER PART, IF THEY PUT THOSE FOUR FEET IN FRONT OF THE DR IN FRONT OF THE, IN FRONT OF THE, UH, TELEPHONE POLES, THEY'RE GONNA STILL HAVE TO MITIGATE SOMETHING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD TO BE ABLE TO PUT A TWO-LANE ROAD.
THEY'RE GOING TO, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TOUCH IT SOMEWHERE.
THAT'S WHY I RECOMMENDED A, A SITE VISIT.
BECAUSE EVEN IF THEY PUT THE SIDE HERE IN FRONT AND THEY'RE MAKING, MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO MAKE IT FIT, SOMETIMES MAKING IT FIT IS NOT ENOUGH GOOD ENOUGH.
BECAUSE IF THEY PUT THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THAT, THOSE DRIVE FRONT OF THOSE TELEPHONE POLE AND, AND THE HYBRID, THEN THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ON THE, ON THE SOUTH SIDE TO BE ABLE TO FIT A ROAD.
I MEAN, IT'S HALF A DOZEN ONE, BUT YOU KNOW, THE, THE, FOR SAFETY REASONS, FOR SAFETY REASONS, AND SOUTH SIDE'S THE ONE THAT MAKES ALL THE SENSE.
UM, PAUL, THAT, THAT THE MOND, UM, PRESSER IS 11, NOT 1130.
I HAVE YOU CHANGED IT TO 1130? I, YEAH, I'M PRETTY SURE IT WAS 11.
MAYBE HE'S NOT, IT'S 11, THEN WE CAN MAKE IT, MAYBE HE IS NOT, UH, INTENDING TO GET THERE UNTIL 1130.
OH, IF HE'S NOT GONNA GET THERE UNTIL 1130, THEN IT'S NOT, THERE'S NO, UNTIL THEN IT'S 30, RIGHT? NO, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT.
TYPICALLY THEY DO THAT, RIGHT? TYPICALLY THEY DO THAT.
BUT I'M SAYING BUT MAKE IT 10 O'CLOCK SO THAT WE NOT YEAH, WE CAN MAKE IT 10 O'CLOCK AT, AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.
I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN MAKE IT, BUT I'LL TRY.
YEAH, SAME DATE, OCTOBER 20TH AT 10 O'CLOCK.
THAT, THAT, I THINK IT MAKES THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE.
I THINK THAT TO HAVE IT AT 10, I WON'T BE AVAILABLE.
DO YOU THINK WE NEED I MAY NOT BE.
I MAY NOT BE EITHER, BUT IF I CAN BE THAT IT MAKES MORE SENSE FOR TO ME.
I DON'T KNOW THOUGH, SITE, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.
IF IT DOESN'T WORK FOR ALL OF YOU AT THAT PARTICULAR DATE, I AM HAPPY TO ARRANGE FOR YOU TO GO OUT THERE AND MEET WITH, WITH, YOU KNOW, A MEMBER OF, OF, OF WOULD AFTER BE BETTER.
WELL, MAYBE NY SHOULD BE THERE ALSO.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS NOT DO IT THE SAME DAY AND THEN WHEN, WHEN ARE YOU COMING BACK? THE 24TH, 25TH.
SO WHAT IF WE DID IT, UH, RIGHT BEFORE THE WORK SESSION ON UH, ON THE 20? ON THE 25TH? YOU KNOW, I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS WAY.
WE, ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE THERE ANYWAY.
WHAT TIME ARE YOU WORKING? I MEAN, I HAVE, I HAVE, I WORK, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, RIGHT PAUL, YOU ALWAYS SAY YOU CAN'T DO IT BEFORE FIVE.
HOW ABOUT A MORNING? AN EARLY EARLY MORNING? EARLY MORNING IS FINE WITH ME.
OH, I MEAN, WE CAN ALWAYS, WE CAN ALWAYS, WELL, WE DON'T NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
WE CAN ALWAYS COME UP WITH THE DATE AND LET YOU NOW I'M HAPPY, I AM HAPPY TO DO WHAT IS CONVENIENT FOR EACH OF YOU OR ALL OF YOU.
AND IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE DECIDED.
YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT NOW.
SO, SO I MOVE THAT WE, UM, HOLD THIS, UM, ADJOURN THE MEETING FOR ALL PURPOSES, UH, TO THE NEXT DOWN BOARD MEETING.
SECOND, WELL WAIT BEFORE WE SAY THE NEXT TOWN BOARD MEETING, IF THE NEXT, IF WE MIGHT NOT, YOU KNOW, IF OCTOBER 24TH IS WHEN YOU'RE BACK, WE MIGHT NOT HAVE DONE THE SITE VISIT BY THE NEXT MEETING.
SO WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO MAKE IT THE FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER? AND THAT GIVES US A LITTLE, ARE YOU INTENDING TO DO ANY CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR? UH, WELL, WE'D LIKE TO START SOME SITE WORK SOMETIME THIS YEAR IF WE CAN GET THROUGH THE APPROVALS PROCESS.
SO I WOULD PREFER NOT TO DELAY IT.
UM, IF WE DON'T NEED TO, ME TOO.
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OKAY.SO WE HAVE TO DO IT BEFORE BOARD MEETING.
WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE TIME THAT WORKS AT SOME POINT.
OR WE COULD HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.
YOU KNOW, WE DO SPECIAL MEETINGS ANYWAY, SO WE COULD, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT, UM, IF WE CAN'T FIND A TIME TO GO AND DO THE SITE VISIT, HOW ARE WE GONNA FIND TIME TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING? THE SPECIAL MEETINGS? WE MIGHT AS WELL USE THAT TIME TO DO SITE.
WE HAVE SPECIAL MEETINGS ALMOST EVERY TUESDAY.
SO THE THING IS, UH, SO WE COULD DO IT ON ANY, ANY TUESDAY THAT, THAT YOU WANT.
SO I'M SAYING IF MANNY'S UNAVAILABLE UNTIL THE 20, UH, FOURTH, THEN WE WANT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT HE, UH, SHOW UP.
UM, HAVE IT ON THE FIRST, THEN THE 18TH IS, IS TUESDAY.
IF YOU BUT MANNY, WHEN, WHEN DID MANNY SAY MANNY WAS ON THE 19TH? THE 19TH.
NO, WE DON'T WANNA MAKE YOU CHANGE YOUR PLANS UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING ON, UH, MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
WHAT ABOUT THIS SATURDAY? CAN WE MOVE THIS FORWARD? DOES THIS SATURDAY WORK? TUESDAY.
TUESDAY THE 18TH SOUNDED LIKE A GOOD DAY AND I CAN'T DO THE 18TH.
OKAY, LET'S, LET'S, UH, WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHEN WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A DATE SO WE CAN PUT ON RECORD FOR THE, WE, WE ALL KNOW THAT WE WANNA DO IT BEFORE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE WANNA HAVE THE WALKTHROUGH BEFORE WE CLOSE THOSE, WHICH, SO WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
LEMME JUST THIS ONE OTHER QUESTION.
WHAT IF WE, UM, UM, IS, ARE PEOPLE AROUND ANY, ANY DAY AROUND LIKE 11, YOU KNOW, 1130 OR SOMETHING? OR ONE O'CLOCK OR WHAT DAY? WHAT DAY HE PICK A DAY? JUST WHATEVER.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY COURT SCHEDULE'S GONNA BE, SO I, I MEAN, I CAN PUT SOMETHING DOWN AND WORK AROUND IT.
WILL YOU? IF YOU'RE, BUT NEXT.
WELL, I CAN'T GUARANTEE IT, BUT, BUT I THINK NO G I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, SO WHY DON'T WE ADJOURN IT FOR ALL PURPOSES AND THEN WE DO IT BEFORE THE NEXT TOWN BOARD MEETING, JUST SO WE CAN TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING AND THEN WE CAN EXACTLY.
SO WE COULD JUST DO IT TILL ADJOURNED.
TILL WHAT? TUESDAY? THE 25TH? THE 26TH.
SO WE'D TURN IT TO THE 26TH AND THEN WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT DAY WE'RE GONNA DO.
I ALREADY MADE THAT MOTION, I BELIEVE I TRIED TO SECOND IT.
THEN MEANWHILE WE HAVE ANOTHER 10 PAGES OF TRANSCRIPT.
SECOND, ALL OF, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
FRANCIS MOVED TO ADJOURN HEARING FOR ALL PURPOSES TO THE NEXT MEETING.
HE SAID THE NEXT TOWN BOARD MEETING.
AND THEN PAUL, AND THEN PAUL SAID, YOU KNOW, WELL THEN HE RAISED A QUESTION ABOUT OCTOBER 26TH.
SO WHAT IS THE DATE THAT YOU WANT TO ADJOURN THE HEARING FOR? IT'S THE NEXT TOWN BOARD MEETING, WHICH IS THE 26TH.
FOR ALL PURPOSES TO, THAT WAS MY MOTION.
AND I'M IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION THAT I MADE.
AT YOUR CONVENIENCE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME IF IT'S, IF IT WORKS INDIVIDUALLY OR CARD.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD THE PUBLIC THERE, YOU KNOW, THAT WANTED TO BE THERE.
THE JUNE FOR HILL CIVIC ASSOCIATION SHOULD BE AN ATTENDANCE AS WELL.
[ 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)]
HAVE OUR THIRD HEARING.DO YOU CONSIDER LOCAL, UH, ENTITLED SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM PILOT LAW? LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN THE HEARING SECOND.
I'M GOING TO, I'LL TAKE A PICTURE AND AND TEXT IT TO EVERYBODY IF YOU WANT.
THANK YOU JACK GARRETT, YOU GOING TO INTRODUCE IT? UM, IS THIS THE SOLAR HEARING? NO, THIS IS, UH, MID MIDWAY.
I THINK THEY ANNOUNCED IT AS A SOLAR HEARING.
YOU WANNA CORRECT THE RECORD FROM PAUL? WHAT? I'M SORRY, YOU SAID THE SOLAR.
YOU WANNA CORRECT THE RECORD INSTEAD WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, OH, I'M SORRY.
UH, TO CONSIDER AN A AMENDED SITE PLAN AND RELATED APPLICATION BY MIDWAY, UM, SHELTON CENTER FOR PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 9 1 3 9 9 9 CENTRAL PARK AVENUE.
FINER AND TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD.
GARRETT DUQUE, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN AMENDED SITE PLAN AND RELATED APPLICATIONS BY MIDWAY SHOPPING CENTER FOR A PROJECT INVOLVING THE PROPOSED CONVERSION OF EXISTING RETAIL SPACE TO RESTAURANT SPACE, WHICH
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INCLUDES CONVERTING A 2,900 SQUARE FOOT EXISTING RETAIL SPACE TO RESTAURANT SPACE AND CONVERTING A 5,300 SQUARE FOOT EXISTING RE RETAIL SPACE TO QUICK SERVICE FAST FOOD.BOTH SPACES WERE THE FORMER DRESS BARN, WHICH HAS BEEN VACANT FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXPANDED OUTDOOR DINING AREA, WHICH COMBINED WOULD BE 3,300 SQUARE FEET AND THE RECONFIGURATION OF PARKING LAYOUT IMPROVEMENTS AT NINE 13 DASH 9 99 CENTRAL PARK AVENUE SOUTH PO SCARSDALE LOCATED IN THE CA CENTRAL AVENUE MIXED USE IMPACT DISTRICT.
IN ADDITION TO THE AMENDED SITE PLAN, APPROVAL FROM THE TOWN BOARD REQUESTED, THE APPLICANT SEEKS A SHARED PARKING REDUCTION IN SPECIAL PERMIT FOR RESTAURANTS FROM THE PLANNING BOARD.
THE AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION WAS REFERRED BY THE TOWN BOARD TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
PLANNING BOARD DISCUSSED THE MATTER ON JUNE 15TH, JULY 6TH AND SEPTEMBER 21ST, ALL OF 2022.
ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2022, PLANNING BOARD ISSUED A POSITIVE SITE PLAN RECOMMENDATION AND FOUND THAT THE SUBMISSION SATISFIES THE APPLICABLE SITE PLAN STANDARDS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2 85 54 STANDARDS A THROUGH K.
THE PLANNING BOARD CONCLUDED THAT THE PROJECT WILL NOT SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE THE INTENSITY OR SCALE OF ANY ASPECTS OF THE CURRENT AND PROPOSED USES ON SITE, ALTHOUGH THE PROJECT REQUIRES A SHARED PARKING REDUCTION FROM THE PLANNING BOARD.
MUCH OF THIS IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSED CHANGE IN USE WITH ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES BEING REMOVED AS PART OF THE PROPOSED SITE WORK PLANNING BOARD FINDS THAT THE PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN AND TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AS SHOWN ON PROJECT PLANS PREPARED BY J M C ARE LIKELY TO RESULT IN IMPROVED TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND FLOW WITHIN THE SITE, AND IMPROVED IN HIGHLY MORE HIGHLY VISIBLE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS, BOTH WITHIN THE NORTHERLY PORTION OF THE SITE AND ADJACENT TO THE SHOPRITE SUPERMARKET.
THE PLANNING BOARD FOUND THAT THE AFOREMENTIONED IMPROVEMENTS COUPLED WITH THE APPLICANT'S WILLINGNESS TO COORDINATE WITH TOWN STAFF AND THE TOWN'S TRAFFIC CONSULTANT TO INCORPORATE ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE AND PEDESTRIAN RELATED IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF THE PROJECT, DEMONSTRATE A PLAN BY THE APPLICANT CONSISTENT WITH FACILITATING A SAFER SITE FOR BOTH PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
MR. WILLIAM KNOLL, ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF MIDWAY THE APPLICANT'S HERE TO PRESENT ADDITIONAL DETAILS WITH REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT MR. JOHN CANNING OF KIMLEY HORN IS ALSO PRESENT TONIGHT AS A TRAFFIC SAFETY EXPERT.
KIMLEY HORN HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE PROJECT ON THE PLANNING BOARD AND TOWN BOARD'S BEHALF FOR THE DURATION OF THE PROPOSAL.
UH, GOOD EVENING SUPERVISOR, FINER MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD.
AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONER DUQUESNE FOR THE INTRODUCTION.
HE ACTUALLY SAID MOST OF WHAT I HAD PLANNED TO SAY.
I'M WILLIAM NAAM, A PARTNER OF THE FIRM OF AND FADER, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF MIDWAY SHOPPING CENTER LP, WHICH IS BOTH THE APPLICANT AND THE OWNER.
UM, KEY AMONG THE IMPORTANT ISSUES HERE IS THAT THERE IS NO NEW CONSTRUCTION OF ANY BUILDINGS PROPOSED IN THIS APPLICATION.
WE'RE SIMPLY LOOKING TO RENT OUT AND HAVE OCCUPIED THE FORMER DRESS BARN BUILDING THAT'S BEEN VACANT SINCE JULY OF 2019.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR OVER A YEAR WITH THE PLANNING BOARD ON, UM, ON DETAILS FOR THIS SITE.
AND WE THINK WE'VE COME UP AS THE PLANNING BOARD ACKNOWLEDGES WITH IMPROVEMENTS TO INTERIOR, UM, VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION THAT SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVES THE SAFETY IN THE SHOPPING CENTER.
AND RATHER THAN HAVE YOU CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO ME, UM, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MARK PETRO, UH, FROM J M C.
BUT I WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE CONSIDERABLE STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE THAT WERE VETTED BY, UM, JOHN CANNING AND BY THE PLANNING BOARD, INCLUDING TRAFFIC STUDIES, PARKING STUDIES, AND REVIEW OF OTHER DATA BEFORE WE GOT TO THE POINT OF GETTING THE FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING BOARD.
UH, GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS AND MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD.
MY NAME IS MARK PETRO FROM J M C.
UH, JUST A QUESTION FOR GARRETT, IF HE'S STILL AROUND, CAN YOU EVEN SHARE MY SCREEN, UH, TO JUST SHOW THE THE SITE PLAN? YEAH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
OKAY, MARK, YOU SHOULD BE ALL SET NOW.
UH, SO I'M JUST GOING TO SHARE THE, THE SITE PLAN WITH YOU SO EVERYONE CAN SEE.
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AS, UH, MR. NOLL HAS, UH, STATED, UH, WE DID PROVIDE TRAFFIC STUDIES AND PARKING STUDIES, UH, TO, UH, THE PLANNING BOARD, WHICH WERE REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING BOARD AND ALSO WERE REVIEWED BY THE TOWN'S TRAFFIC CONSULTANT FOUND, UH, THE FINDINGS CONCURRED WITH OUR, UH, CONCLUSIONS THAT THE PARKING CAN BE ACCOMMODATED ON THE SITE AS WELL AS THE TRAFFIC WOULD NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE ADJACENT UH, AREAS.UM, HOWEVER, FROM THOSE MULTIPLE MEETINGS AND COORDINATION WITH THE, THE BOARD, THE PLANNING BOARD, AND THE TOWN'S TRAFFIC CONSULTANT, THERE WERE MANY, UH, UH, CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED TO THE SITE PLAN AND POSITIVE CHANGES THAT IMPACT AND IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC FLOW AND TRAFFIC FLOW AND TRAFFIC CIRCULATION ON THE PROPERTY, AS WELL AS THE SAFETY ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, SO, UH, RIGHT HERE IN THIS, UH, SHADED AREA OF THE EXISTING BUILDING, THAT'S THE PROPOSED AREA THAT'S BEING REOCCUPIED BY THE PROPOSED USES.
UM, THIS LOCATION HERE, UM, AS I, UH, ZOOM OUT A LITTLE BIT, YOU CAN SEE, UH, FIRST OFF WHAT WE DID ON ZI ROAD IS WE CONSOLIDATED THE NUMBER OF DRIVEWAYS ON ZI ROAD TO REDUCE THE NUMBER THAT WERE THERE TO IMPROVE SAFETY, BUT ALSO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW AND, UH, CIRCULATION THERE.
WHAT THE APPLICANT IS ALSO DOING IS THEY'RE PROPOSING AN EASTBOUND RIGHT TURN LANE FOR PEOPLE COMING EAST, HEADING TOWARDS CENTRAL AVENUE THAT THEY CAN HAVE THEIR OWN TURN LANE TO ENTER INTO THE SITE AND NOT, UH, PROHIBIT VEHICLES THAT WOULD BE TRAVELING THROUGH, UH, THE SITE DRIVEWAY INTERSECTION THERE.
UM, ADDITIONALLY ON SEY ROAD, UH, SINCE WE'RE FOCUSED ON THAT RIGHT NOW, THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING TO IMPROVE, UH, PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY BY PROPOSING A, A CROSSWALK ACROSS SEY ROAD WITH, UH, PEDESTRIAN WARNING SIGNAGE WITH DOWNWARD HOURS TO INDICATE TO VEHICLES THAT THERE IS A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING THERE, UH, TO INFORM THEM, UH, THAT THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF PEDESTRIANS CROSSING AT THIS LOCATION,
IT'S OVER HERE ON THIS SITE PLAN HERE, IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO WESTMINSTER ROAD.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED CROSSWALK LOCATION, AND IT COME, IT COMES INTO THE SITE OVER A PROPOSED SIDEWALK AND THEN WILL ALLOW PEDESTRIANS TO ACCESS THE NEW, UH, STORE LOCATIONS AND THE SIDEWALK THAT'S BEING RECONSTRUCTED ALONG THE, THE BUILDINGS THERE.
CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION JUST ABOUT THE SIDEWALK? SURE.
BECAUSE ON LEY ROAD, UM, THERE'S A VERY STEEP, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALK.
IT'S NOT, AND I REMEMBER YEARS AGO WHEN MIDWAY WAS GONNA, UM, UH, THEY HAD COME UP WITH ANOTHER EXPANSION PROPOSAL, THEY WERE GONNA BUILD A SIDEWALK AT THEIR EXPENSE ALONG LARGELY ROAD.
IS IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, GARY, THAT IS NOT, DO YOU REMEMBER THAT THAT IS NOT BEING PROPOSED AT THIS TIME.
THE, UH, ROADWAY'S ACTUALLY BEING WIDENED TO ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL TURNING LANES OVER THERE.
SO THE, THERE'S A RETAINING WALLS AND OTHER OBJECTS IN THE WAY THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THAT, UH, INCLUSION OF THAT.
BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS CONNECTING TO THE EXISTING CROSSWALK ALONG ZE ROAD TO IMPROVE THE CONNECTIVITY FOR PEDESTRIANS EXISTING SIDEWALKS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.
THE EXISTING SIDEWALK IS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF ZE ROAD.
SO TO IMPROVE THE CONNECTIVITY, WE'RE PROPOSING A SIDEWALK CROSSWALK ACROSS ZE ROAD TO ALLOW PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS SAFELY ACROSS GARRETT.
IS GARRETT AROUND BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO ASK IF YOU REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, THAT DISCUSSION WE HAD, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS AGO.
I MEAN, AS PART OF ANY APPLICATION, IT'S GOOD TO ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT POTENTIAL, UM, PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS.
UM, I DO RECALL, UH, THAT PRIOR PROPOSAL, I BELIEVE, UM, THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE OR TWO, UH, INFILL BUILDINGS, A LARGER SCALE PROPOSAL, WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN MORE INCLINED TO WARRANT SOME OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, BUT NONETHELESS, UM, I THINK IT'S A GOOD QUESTION AND PERHAPS OFFLINE I CAN SPEAK MORE WITH THE APPLICANT AND WE CAN LOOK AT SOME CONCEPTS TO, UH, SEE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, IMPROVE SOME OF THE SIDEWALKS IN THE AREA.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, I HAVE IS, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS GONNA BE A VERY SUCCESSFUL, YOU KNOW, PRODUCT.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SHOPPING PLAZA, YOU KNOW, IN THIS, IN THIS AREA.
AND I SORT OF FEEL IF WE WANT TO HAVE PEDESTRIANS CROSSING THE STREET, THE SIDEWALK SHOULD BE, THE SIDEWALK RIGHT NOW IS VERY, VERY STEEP AND IT REALLY IS, UM, IT'S MORE OF A GOAT PATH RATHER THAN A SIDEWALK.
AND I FEEL THAT THAT THAT WOULD BE A REALLY FANTASTIC, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IMPROVEMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, MIDWAY ACTUALLY PROPOSED THIS A FEW YEARS AGO, MR. SUPERVISOR AT, AT THE TIME THAT
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THE PRIOR APPLICATION WAS MADE, UM, THERE WAS 14,300 SQUARE FEET OF ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS THAT WERE BEING PROPOSED.WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO RIGHT NOW IS SIMPLY TO OCCUPY A BUILDING THAT'S BEEN VACANT FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS.
SO THIS IS NOT A MAJOR ENHANCEMENT, UH, RENTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR US AT THIS SITE THAT WOULD YIELD GREATER REVENUES TO BUILD.
UM, SOMETHING MORE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, AS I KNOW THAT'S YOUR CONCERN, AND WE'VE WORKED WITH JOHN CANNING AND WITH THE PLANNING BOARD AND WITH YOUR CONSULTANTS, SO THAT WHAT WE COULD DO IS TO HAVE INTERNAL CIRCULATION WITHIN THE SHOPPING CENTER CONNECT TO A, UH, A CROSSWALK THAT THEN CONNECTS TO EXISTING SIDEWALKS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF ARDSLEY ROAD.
AND, AND THOSE SIDEWALKS ARE SAFE AND, AND, UH, APPROPRIATE FOR BRINGING PEDESTRIANS ACROSS TO MIDWAY.
UH, YOU'RE CORRECT THAT, THAT FURTHER UP, UM, IN OTHER AREAS, THERE, THERE ARE STEEP SIDE AREAS THAT DON'T ACCOMMODATE SIDEWALKS WELL, THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T USE IT.
AND THAT'S IN THE AREA WHERE WE HAVE A NEW TURNING LANE TO REDUCE TRAFFIC COMING IN FROM, FROM THAT DIRECTION.
SO WE, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT A SIDEWALK IN THAT AREA.
AND WE THINK THAT WHAT WE PROPOSED WORKS WORKS WELL TO ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS.
UM, THE, UH, WHAT I THINK YOU MIGHT BE, UH, DISCUSSING ABOUT THE STEEPER SLOPES MIGHT BE THE
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING THE CROSSWALK CROSSROAD Z ROAD.
UM, BUT IF, UH, IF I CAN, I'D RATHER I WOULD LIKE TO FURTHER, UH, DISCUSS SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE PROPOSING ON THE SITE, IF, IF THAT'S OKAY.
SO, AS WAS MENTIONED, WE'RE PROPOSING OUTDOOR SEATING ALONG THE STOREFRONTS HERE.
UH, THIS IS JUST TO SERVICE THE, THE PATRONS OF THE, THE RESTAURANTS IN THIS AREA AS AN ADDITIONAL AMENITY AND SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN GREATLY, UH, LOOKED, UH, AT RECENTLY WITH THE COVID, UH, HAVING OUTDOOR SEATING.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE, UH, ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO PATRONS.
UM, WHAT, WHAT, HOW WE DID THAT IS WE REALIGNED THE PARKING AREA HERE, UM, SO THAT THERE'S CURRENTLY A BIG PAINTED, UH, STRIPED ISLAND BETWEEN THE PARKING BAYS HERE.
AND WHAT WE DID IS REALIGN THE PARKING BASE SO THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY FACE THE STOREFRONTS AND IT'S MORE, UH, TYPICAL LAYOUT.
UM, AND ALSO JUST KEEPING WITH THE PEDESTRIANS, WE ARE PROVIDING, UH, NUMEROUS SIDEWALKS THROUGHOUT THIS AREA HERE, CROSSWALKS, I'M SORRY, AND CROSSWALKS AND SIDEWALKS, ACTUALLY.
UM, SO HERE AT THE EXISTING PIZZA HUTT LOCATION AT THE CORNER OF THE EXISTING CENTER, UH, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE CROSSWALKS AND THEN WE ARE NOW PROPOSING A RAISED ISLAND WITH SIDEWALK HERE, WITH A COMBINATION OF OTHER CROSSWALKS TO GET OVER TO THIS LOCATION, WHICH PROVIDES A SAFER ROUTE FOR PEDESTRIANS OUTSIDE OF THEIR TRAVEL WAY.
UM, AND THEY'RE SHORTER CROSSING DISTANCES.
HOWEVER, WE DID IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PLANNING ROAD, WE, WE ARE PROPOSING TO MAINTAIN THE EXISTING, UH, CROSSWALK THAT GOES ON THE SOUTHERNER EAST SIDE OF THE, THE INTERSECTION HERE THAT I'M KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING WITH MY CURSOR.
UM, THAT'S BASED ON DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PLANNING BOARD.
HOWEVER, WE ARE PROVIDING THIS, THIS ALTERNATIVE ROUTE, WHICH HAS SIDEWALKS IN THERE AS WELL AS A SAFER ALTERNATIVE.
ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE PROPOSING CROSSWALKS AND FURTHER CONNECTIONS TO THE WESTERN PARKING AREA FOR PEDESTRIANS TO ACCESS THE PARKING LOCATIONS UP IN THE WEST AREA THERE TOO AS WELL.
AND, UH, TO GO ALONG WITH THESE, WITH THESE CROSSWALKS, WE ARE PROVIDING PEDESTRIAN WARNING SIGNS AT THE LOCATIONS THAT THEY'RE NOT CONTROLLED.
SO AT THIS LOCATION, UH, HERE THAT CROSSES ACROSS THE AISLE HERE, WE'RE ACTUALLY PROVIDING A DUAL PEDESTRIAN SIGNAGE.
SO ON EITHER SIDE OF THIS ROAD, THERE'S A PEDESTRIAN SIGN FACING TRAFFIC, VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, SO THEY CAN REALLY SEE THAT PEDESTRIANS CROSSES THIS LOCATION.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE ARE PROVIDING SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIANS, BUT ALSO IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOW AS WELL.
UM, AND TO GO WITH FURTHER WITH THE TRAFFIC FLOW AND CIRCULATION, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE REVISING THE CIRCULATION TO PROVIDE SOME INTERNAL ONE-WAY FLOWS.
SO YOU CAN SEE AS YOU COME FROM R Z ROAD, UH, WE CHANGED THIS, UH, THE PARKING LAYOUT AND CONFIGURATIONS TO HAVE A ONE-WAY ENTERING AISLE, AND THEN IT CHANGES TO A ONE-WAY EXITING AISLE ON THE SOUTHERN END HERE.
SIMILARLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE WESTERN PARKING AREA, WE'RE PROVIDING A ONE-WAY FLOW, UH, IN A CIRCULAR FASHION, UM, WHICH WOULD REDUCE THE, THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN VEHICULAR MOVEMENTS OVER THERE TOO.
SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE,
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THE BIGGER PICTURE VEHICULAR SAFETY AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE PROPOSING WITH THIS PROJECT AS PART OF THE RE OCCUPANCY OF THIS VACANT LOCATION.UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME ONE-WAY FLOWS IN THIS, UH, PARKING AREA AS WELL, WHICH WOULD BE SERVICED FOR, UH, PICKUP ORDERS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MAIN FOCUS WITH THIS IMPROVEMENT OBVIOUSLY IS, UH, TO REOCCUPY THE EXISTING VACANT TENANT SPACE, BUT ALSO TO IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC FLOW CIRCULATION AND PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR SAFETY ON THE SITE WITH THIS APPLICATION.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU JUST AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION.
UM, AND, UM, I GUESS IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MIGHT HAVE, OBVIOUSLY OPEN, ARE THERE ANY FLOODING ISSUES? WHAT, ARE THERE ANY FLOODING ISSUES HERE AND IS THERE ANYTHING, ANY, UM, EFFORT TO PROVIDE SOME REMEDIATION IN CASE WE HAVE STORM EVENTS? IDA, GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS JUANES WITH J M C, UH, ONE OF THE ENGINEERS OF THE PROJECT.
WE'RE ACTUALLY, UM, REDUCING IMPERVIOUS AREAS AS PART OF THE PROJECT, WE'RE INTRODUCING MORE, UH, LANDSCAPE DIALS AS PART OF IT.
SO, UM, AS FAR AS THE RUNOFF THAT WILL BE PRODUCED OFF THE SITE, UM, THAT WILL BE IMPROVED BECAUSE OF THE NEW LANDSCAPE DIALS.
YEAH, I JUST SAW THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T TELL FROM THE GRAPHIC THAT THERE WERE ANY, UM, ISLANDS.
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE WHERE THERE'S ALL, UH, RIGHT THERE AND ON THE BOTTOM PORTION, UM, WHERE THE, UH, WHERE THE PICKUP IS, ALL THAT, THOSE ARE ALL NEW LANDSCAPED ISLANDS THAT, THAT DO REDUCE THE, UH, IMPERIOUS COVERAGE ON THE SITE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY? YES, FOR THIS HEARING, WE HAVE DYLAN PINE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
MARY BODEN, I NEED YOUR VOTE BACK UP AGAIN.
WE HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK, UH, MURRAY DYLAN AND HAL SAMS. UM, WE PUT THE SITE PLAN UP AGAIN.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE CROSSWALKS.
THE CROSSWALKS THERE SHOWING THERE ARE THE LATTER CROSSWALKS THAT THE, UH, COLUMN FOR THE NEW YORK STATE D O T, BUT IT IS NOT THE SAFEST CROSSWALK FOR THE DRIVER TO SEE THE CONTINENT BAR CROSSWALK, WHICH IS USED IN THE REST OF THE WORLD.
NEW YORK CITY, CALIFORNIA, NEW JER, UH, CONNECTICUT IS THE ONLY CROSSWALK THAT THE DRIVER CAN SEE CONSISTENTLY, YES, THAT LADDER CROSSWALK IS LEGAL BUT NOT SAFE.
SO I DEMAND IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY THAT YOU CHANGE ALL THE CROSSWALKS, THE BAR CROSSWALKS.
COLIN NETTLE IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY, YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WALKING ACROSS THE STREET SAFELY.
SOME OF THE ONES ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE ARE AT THE BAR, BAR CROSSWALKS, BUT IT'S NOT CONSISTENT.
NEW YORK STATE HAS BEEN DOING IT WRONG FOREVER AND TOMORROW I WILL CONFRONT THE COMMISSIONER AT A MEETING IN NEW YORK CITY ABOUT FOLLOWING THE LAW.
NEW YORK STATE, D O T DOES NOT FOLLOW THE LAW.
THERE ARE TWO PICTURES I PROVIDED FOR THE MEETING TOMORROW THAT INDICATES THEY DON'T STRIPE THE LINES ON THE ROADS CORRECTLY.
WHAT YOU JUST DID HERE IS NOT USUALLY A SPEAKER DOESN'T HAVE THE COOPERATION AS WE HAD HERE TONIGHT.
THIS IS A CHANGING WORLD, PEOPLE, THIS IS GLOBAL WARMING.
WHAT WE DID BEFORE WAS DONE BEFORE THE SAFEST CROSSWALK IS THE BAR CONSISTENTLY.
I'VE BROUGHT THIS UP WITH THE TOWN BEFORE AND I WILL BRING IT UP EVERY SINGLE TIME.
IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO POINT OUT TO YOU WHAT IS THE SAFEST WAY TO CROSS THE STREET.
CONNECTICUT ONLY USES BAR EUROPE.
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CONTINENTAL CROSSWALK BECAUSE IT'S USED IN MOST OF THE REST OF THE WORLD.YOU ALL WATCH TELEVISION, LOOK AT THE CROSSWALKS.
WHEN THEY SHOW YOU OTHER CITIES AROUND THE WORLD, THEY'RE ALL BAR CROSSWALKS.
SO WHY DON'T YOU USE THEM? BECAUSE WE EVER ALWAYS DID IT THAT WAY.
IT'S TIME TO CHANGE AND USE THE SAFEST ONE.
AND IF YOU DON'T, YOU ARE PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING PEOPLE IN DANGER.
NOW, HOW ARE YOU GONNA LIVE WITH THAT ONE? YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE IT, AND IF YOU DON'T CHANGE IT, SOMEBODY, 'CAUSE THEY'LL TELL WHEN YOU START IT THERE, IT'LL GO RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTY.
IT'S YOUR PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO CHANGE IT.
YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT I SAID? SORRY, FELLA.
MR. BOWDEN, IF YOU COULD KINDLY ADDRESS THE TOWN BOARD, PLEASE, YOUR REMARKS TO THE TOWN BOARD.
WHY HE'S THE GUY THAT HAS TO MAKE THE CHANGE, BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY WOULD BE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WHAT WE COULD DO IS WE COULD ASK, UM, OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY OFFICER, UH, NICK
UM, WHY DON'T YOU, WHY DON'T YOU, AND ME AND RICK, NICK SAT SIT DOWN AND GET THE STRAIGHTENED OUT.
YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T CARE WHAT TYPE OF CROSSWALK IT IS AS LONG AS IT'S A CROSSWALK.
SO WHY DON'T WE SEE IF WE COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, EXPLORE, EXPLORE WITH, UM, NICK, SERGEANT REON, UH, YOUR, YOUR CONCEPT, AND THEN IF WE COULD COME UP WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, A TEST THAT WOULD BE LIKE A TEST.
AND IF IT WORKS, MAYBE IT WORKS BETTER, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD VISUALIZE IT LOCALLY AND IT WORKS, THEN MAYBE WE WOULD WANT TO IMPLEMENT A SAFER CROSS CROSSWALK.
ANYTHING THAT WILL MAKE THE AREA SAFER IS BETTER.
SO WE MIGHT, WELL TEST IT OUT.
YOUR SUGGESTION IS EXCELLENT, PAUL, AND I'LL BE AVAILABLE ANYTIME YOU WANNA SET UP A MEETING.
WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD ASK, YOU KNOW, SERGEANT RESON, IF HE WOULD BE, UM, AGREEABLE TO, UM, UM, WITH A NEW, UH, CROSSWALK, UH, TESTING IT OUT AND THIS WAY EVERYBODY WOULD BE ABLE TO COMPARE IT.
YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A COUPLE YEARS, SO IT'S TIME.
SO IF WE BASICALLY SEE IT AND IT WORKS, IT'S GREAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT WORKS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD, SO IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD THAT THAT CLOCK COULD HIT ZERO.
IT, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN ADVANCE OF MEETING WITH NICK REON IF YOU COULD PROVIDE HIM A LINK OR REFERENCES TO WHATEVER STUDIES.
I'M SORRY, I FRANCIS, I CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOU.
YES, YOU CAN BECAUSE YOU HAVE A MASK ON.
YOU, UH, TURN AROUND AND THERE'S A, THERE'S A TRANSCRIPTION RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
IT'S ABOUT THREE MINUTES BEHIND THE, I LOOKED AT IT.
THIS IS ABOUT ALL, NO, IT'S ABOUT A FULLY MINUTE BEHIND.
I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE HAD, UH, REFERENCES TO ANY LITERATURE FROM ENGINEERS, ACTUAL ENGINEERS WHO ACTUALLY AGREE THAT THE CONTINENTAL IS THE SAFEST CROSSWALK, EVEN THOUGH NEW YORK STATE ALLOWS THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CROSSWALKS.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY FOR THE RECORD THAT, UH, WE'VE HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH YOUR, UH, PLANNING BOARD AND WITH YOUR TRAFFIC CONSULTANT.
WE'RE FINE WITH WHATEVER THE TOWN PREFERS AND WE'LL, WE'LL IMPLEMENT WHATEVER THE TOWN PREFERS.
IT SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE, UM, THAT AFFECTS THE SITE PLAN.
I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY WE ALL WANT THE SAFEST CROSSWALK AND WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE THAT IS.
DYLAN POLLING, UM, MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD.
UH, I'M HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL TO RAISE CONCERN ABOUT THE AMENDED SITE PLAN AND RELATED APPLICATIONS BY MIDWAY SHOPPING CENTER.
UH, ANYONE WHO REGULARLY VISITS THE MIDWAY SHOPPING CENTER KNOWS THAT THIS PARKING LOT IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS IN GREENBURG.
ANECDOTALLY, FINDING A SPOT IN MIDWAY CAN BE NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE, REQUIRING EXTENSIVE CIRCLING SEARCH AND SEARCHING TO FIND A SPOT.
WHAT THE REPORT BY J M C MAKES CLEAR IS THAT THERE'S ALREADY A LOT OF ACCIDENTS, UH, ALREADY OCCURRING AT MIDWAY, BOTH FENDER BENDERS AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING PEDESTRIANS BEING HIT IN 2016.
IT DOCUMENTS 52 ACCIDENTS NEARLY ONE A WEEK, UH, AND BETWEEN JULY, 2021 AND JUNE, 2022, IT DOCUMENTS 25 ACCIDENTS.
AND THIS IS ON, THIS ONLY REFLECTS THE REPORTED ACCIDENTS, WHICH THE REPORT CONCEDES MAY NOT BE THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE OF ACCIDENTS OCCURRING AT MIDWAY, AS MANY MORE FENDER BENDERS AND PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS LIKELY GO UNREPORTED.
UH, WHAT THE REPORT BY J M C DOES NOT MAKE CLEAR IS
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HOW THE TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN CHANGES WILL IMPROVE THE CURRENT SAFETY ISSUES ALREADY PRESENT AT MIDWAY.UH, THIS REQUESTED VARIANCE BY MIDWAY WILL ALLOW TWO NEW RESTAURANTS TO BE ESTABLISHED, WHICH WILL NOT ONLY RESULT IN A LOSS OF 197 PARKING SPOTS BY THESE RESTAURANTS UTILIZING SOME OF THE EXISTING PARKING SPACE FOR OUTDOOR SEATING.
BUT COMMON SENSE WOULD SUGGEST THAT TWO NEW RESTAURANTS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF VISITORS NEEDING PARKING COMPARED TO THE CURRENT DEMAND.
COMMON SENSE WOULD ALSO SUGGEST PARKING FOR THESE RESTAURANTS WILL BE MORE INTENSE THAN THE PREVIOUS OCCUPANT DRESS BARN AS PATRONS MIGHT NEED.
THEIR VEHICLES MIGHT PARK THEIR VEHICLES FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME AS THEY ENJOY THEIR MEALS.
UH, THE E C C IS CONCERNED THIS PLAN WILL RESULT IN CARS OVERFLOWING TO OTHER SECTIONS OF THE ALREADY OVERCROWDED MIDWAY PARKING LOT, AND RESULT IN RESIDENTS HAVING AN EVEN HARDER TIME FINDING A SPOT FROM FEWER TOTAL SPOTS AVAILABLE, UH, WITH RESIDENTS SPENDING MORE TIME SEARCHING FOR A SPOT AND PUTTING THEMSELVES AT AN EVEN GREATER RISK OF GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT, UH, THAN THE SIGNIFICANT RISK THAT THE REPORT CHOSE ALREADY EXISTS.
ADDITIONALLY, THE FURTHER AWAY FROM THESE RESTAURANTS THAT CARS HAVE TO PARK THE GREATER PRESENT OF THE RISK OF INJURY TO PEDESTRIANS HAVING TO WALK OVER TO THE RESTAURANTS AS THEY NAVIGATE PAST CARS CREEPING ALONG, LOOKING FOR THAT ONE OPEN SPOT, WHICH WAS, WHICH ANYONE DRIVING THEIR WELL KNOWS COULD BE JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE.
UH, THE E C C REQUESTS THE TOWN BOARD TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS VARIANT REQUEST, UH, AND CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT STUDY THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT NOT ONLY MIDWAY HAS AN ADEQUATE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES TO ACCOMMODATE THESE TWO NEW RESTAURANTS, BUT THAT DRIVER AND PEDESTRIAN SAFELY WILL BE IMPROVED BY THESE CHANGES.
HOW THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS IS TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC.
SO WHETHER YOU'RE PRECONDITIONED TO HEAR THAT THE PLANNING BOARD IS FINE WITH IT, SHOULD NOT DISCOUNT ANYTHING THAT YOU HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, WHICH MAY ACT INDEPENDENTLY, MAY ACT MORE SMART OR LESS SMART THAN THE PLANNING BOARD.
SO, IN REGARD TO THIS PARTICULAR APPLICANT, I'M SURPRISED THAT IN MY OWN BODY OF KNOWLEDGE, I WAS UNAWARE THAT THE OWNER IS ERTA AND BID PROPERTIES, WHICH IS A FINE COMPANY.
I'M NOT OBJECTING TO THAT, BUT I WOULD WANNA INQUIRE HOW LONG THEIR TYPICAL HOLDING PERIOD WOULD BE FOR THIS PROPERTY, MEANING THAT THEY BUY IT, YOU HAVE STORES WHICH ARE CALLED TAXPAYERS, AND THEN THEY SELL IT OR EITHER DEVELOP IT THEMSELVES.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHITE PLAINS, SOUTH BROADWAY, MAPLE AVENUE, WHERE BRENTANO USED TO BE VACANT LOT.
NOW, ONE DAY, AS MUCH AS EDGEMONT WOULD NOT LIKE TO HEAR IT, THERE COULD BE RESIDENTIAL UNITS, MIXED DEVELOPMENT, WHATEVER ON MIDWAY.
SO KNOW WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO TO BEGIN WITH.
NOW, AS FOR THE BRIEF LOOK THAT I TOOK AT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY GARRETT ONLINE TODAY, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE REDUCTION IN PARKING SPACES.
UH, I LOOK AT AN AREA OF TIME, ROUGHLY AT ONE O'CLOCK TO THREE O'CLOCK, AND WHAT I SEE WITH THE REDUCED AMOUNT OF PARKING SPACES THAT IT'LL BE OCCUPY 94% OF CAPACITY.
THAT MEANS SEVEN AND A FRACTION.
CARS COULD BRING IT UP TO 100% AT THESE ONE O'CLOCK TO THREE O'CLOCK PERIOD.
THAT'S REALLY CUTTING IT KIND OF CLOSE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK WHEN, WHEN THEY'RE ACTIVE, PRESUMABLY FOR LUNCH.
ADDITIONALLY, PARKING SPACES THAT EXIST ON ANY PROPERTY, WELL, ESPECIALLY ONE WITH A SUPERMARKET, NOT ALL THOSE PARKING SPACES ARE OPEN.
OR BECAUSE THERE MAY BE A SHOPPING CART IN IT, THE CARS PARKING NEXT TO THAT SPACE MAY NOT BE EXACTLY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE PARKING LINES.
SO YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE 100% OF ALL YOUR NAMED PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE.
SO HERE YOU HAVE A SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE SEEKING A LARGE REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES TO BRING IN TWO RESTAURANTS, WHICH HAVE A LOT, LOT MORE TRAFFIC THAN ANY DRESS BARN AT ANY ONE TIME OF DAY.
THE QUESTION THEN IS, WHO ARE THESE RESIDENTS RESTAURANTS? I THINK THEY'RE ONLY GOING THROUGH THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE CANDIDATES IN MIND ALREADY, POSSIBLY ON A LEASE.
BUT I THINK THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW WHO THE RESTAURANTS ARE BECAUSE I'M SURE THE PUBLIC HAS FEELINGS ABOUT CERTAIN RESTAURANT OPERATORS AND THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES THAT THEY CREATE.
SO I THINK THIS IS INFORMATION THAT'S ESSENTIAL TO ANY DECISION.
SO AGAIN, JUST MAKING IT VERY BRIEF, GOLLY,
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WE HAVE A SITUATION AGAIN, WHERE THE OPERATOR IS LOOKING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES TO HANDLE THE SAME SQUARE FOOTAGE OF BRICK AND MORTAR, AND IT'S NEVER BEEN MY IMPRESSION AS LITTLE AS I AM ABLE TO GET AROUND THAT THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF PARKING SPACES ALREADY ON MIDWAY.BUT LET'S TAKE IT ONE STEP FURTHER, AND THAT IS WHEN WERE THESE PARKING STUDIES CONDUCTED? WE KNOW WE'RE COMING OUT OF A PERIOD OF COVID WHERE STORES ARE VACANT, WHERE RESTAURANTS WERE OPEN, AND THERE ARE OTHER RESTAURANTS ON THAT PROPERTY, PIZZA HUTTER, SOMETHING ON THE CORNER, AND RED LOBSTER AT THE OTHER END OF THE BUILDING.
SO OVER A PERIOD OF TIME THAT THESE TRAFFIC STUDIES WERE CONDUCTED AND PARKING STUDIES WERE CONDUCTED, THE CENTER WAS NOT OPERATING AT FULL VOLUME.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MORE RECENT TRAFFIC STUDY WHERE MOST OF THE STORES ARE RENTED OTHER THAN DRESS BARN, AND ONE THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, ACCOMMODATE WHAT'S CHANGED SINCE THE DESPAIR OF C O V I D.
ARE YOU AT LIBERTY TO TELL, GIVE TELL US WHO, WHICH RESTAURANTS ARE GONNA OPEN UP THERE? WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER A FEW OF THE QUESTIONS HERE.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT IF I MAY, THERE, UM, I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME, UM, UNINTENTIONAL MISCHARACTERIZATION OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
UM, FIRST OFF, JUST TO AN ANSWER, THE, UH, OWNERSHIP ISSUE, UH, ERTA BIDDLE PROPERTIES IS A PART OWNER IN THE CENTER AND HAS BEEN A PART OWNER FOR 15 YEARS.
THEY'RE A LONG TERM HOLDER OF THE SITE.
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON IMPROVING THE SITE, AS YOU KNOW, FOR MANY YEARS.
AND THIS PROPOSAL, AS I SAID BEFORE, DOESN'T PRO DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY NEW BUILDING SPACE.
IT'S MERELY, UH, IMPROVEMENT OF PEDESTRIAN VEHICULAR CIRCULATION TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, TWO RESTAURANT SPACES.
WHY RESTAURANT SPACES? BECAUSE AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW FROM YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE, THE RETAIL MARKET HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY OVER THE PAST FIVE TO 10 YEARS.
UM, THE, THE NUMBER OF VACANT RETAIL STORES THAT ONE SEES IN ALMOST ANY DOWNTOWN IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN IT HAD BEEN IN THE PAST FIVE TO 10 YEARS.
AND IT'S NOT JUST COVID, IT'S SHOPPING ONLINE.
AND, AND THE EXPERIENCE THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR, WHERE THEY HAVE TO SHOP LOCAL IS FOOD RELATED, ENTERTAINMENT RELATED AND THAT SORT OF THING.
THOSE ARE THE TENANTS THAT ARE LOOKING TO RENT SPACE.
SO WE ARE LOOKING TO GET APPROVAL TO RENT SPACE, TO TENANTS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR SPACE.
AND THE ANALYSES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE FOR, FOR, UM, THIS SITE INCLUDE SIX RECENT STUDIES FOR PARKING DISTRIBUTION IN THE AREA.
AND THEY WERE INITIALLY DONE, AND THEN WE WERE ASKED TO DO, UH, TO TEST, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE STUDYING THE BUSIEST PERIOD OF TIME.
AND WE TESTED, AND THEN THE PLANNING BOARD AND JOHN CANNING AND YOUR PLANNING COMMISSIONER CONFIRMED THE TIMES THAT WE SHOULD DO ADDITIONAL TESTS.
THOSE TESTS WERE DONE, AND THAT INFORMATION'S PART OF THE REPORT.
SO THIS IS CURRENT INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN, UM, VETTED AND VETTED AGAIN, AND ADAPTED AND PRO AND NEW DATA, UH, SUPPLIED.
UM, THE, THE, UM, THE, THE SPACES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND THE RECONFIGURATION THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS INTENDED VERY MUCH TO SIMPLIFY TRAFFIC FLOW, AND THAT'S DETAILED IN THE STUDY.
BUT AS YOU KNOW, PROBABLY FROM LIVING HERE, UM, THE ENTRANCE FROM ARLEY ROAD WAS COMPLICATED.
YOU HAD TWO LANES EXITING OUT, ONE OF WHICH MAYBE COULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE AN ENTERING LANE IF YOU WERE HEADED WEST ON ARLEY ROAD.
WE'RE MAKING IT SO THAT IT'S MUCH MORE SIMPLIFIED COMING IN.
AND AS MR. PETRO SAID, WE'RE HAVING ONE-WAY CIRCULATION INTERNAL, AND AS I'D MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE A SLIP LANE THAT TAKES PEOPLE IN IF THEY'RE HEADED EAST ON ALEY ROAD, SO THEY CAN ENTER WITHOUT COMING DOWN TO THAT MAIN ENTRANCE.
AND WHEN THEY ENTER, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO UP TO THE UPPER PARKING LOT, WHICH AGAIN, IS ONE-WAY CIRCULATION.
THERE'S BEEN A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF THOUGHT HERE.
UM, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT, AS I SAID, ADDING ANY NEW BUILDINGS.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THE TYPE OF TENANCY THAT'S LOOKING FOR SPACE.
THREE YEARS OF VACANCY IN A RETAIL SPACE WITH, WITH ACTIVE MARKETING
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CONFIRMS THAT RETAIL ISN'T LOOKING TO GO INTO A SATELLITE BUILDING IN A SHOPPING CENTER.THEY'RE LOOKING FOR WHERE PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY WILL WALK IN FRONT OF THEM.
WHAT'S WHAT'S BEING SOUGHT IN THESE LOCATIONS THAT ARE SATELLITE BUILDINGS IS RESTAURANT TYPE OF USE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL FOR.
UM, IT HELPS NOBODY TO HAVE VACANT SPACE IN, IN A SHOPPING CENTER.
BUT IN, IN DOING THAT, WE ACCEPTED THE BURDEN OF NEEDING TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION WITHIN THE SITE, AND WORKED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS TO COME UP WITH IMPROVEMENTS THAT ADDRESSED NOT JUST VEHICULAR CIRCULATION, BUT PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION ALSO AS MR. PETRO DETAILED, BUT THAT IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF THE DRAWINGS, AS I MENTIONED, THEY'RE TRAFFIC STUDIES AND ANALYSES THAT WERE DONE.
AND THOSE WERE REVIEWED BY YOUR, YOUR TRAFFIC CONSULTANT AS WELL AS BY YOUR PLANNING COMMISSIONER.
SO, UM, WE'VE GOT A COMMITTED OWNER AND COMMITTED OWNERSHIP THAT'S NOT LOOKING TO OCCUPY THESE, THIS ONE SATELLITE BUILDING AND FLIP IT.
THAT'S NOT AT ALL THE WAY, UH, URSTADT BID OPERATES IN ITS CENTERS.
AND AS I SAID, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN AN O A PART OWNER FOR 15 YEARS.
SO I THINK WHAT WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO IS TO REVIEW THE DATA, REVIEW THE DESIGN, HOPEFULLY RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT OVER THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, AND HELP US, UM, LEASE OUT THE SPACE THAT'S BEEN VACANT FOR THREE YEARS.
UH, IT'S AN IMPROVEMENT FOR PEOPLE, UH, ENTERING FROM ARLEY ROAD.
IT'S GONNA BE AN IMPROVEMENT FROM PEOPLE ENTERING FROM CENTRAL PARK AVENUE AS WELL AND EXITING ON CENTRAL PARK AVENUE.
OVERALL, IT'S AN UPGRADE FOR THE ENTIRE CENTER, ACCEPTING THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, A CENTER OF THIS MANY YEARS OF AGE HAS LIMITS.
IT'S GOT EXISTING BUILDINGS IN IT, BUT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT ADDING BUILDINGS.
THE MAIN REASON THAT THERE'S, UH, A REDUCTION IN, IN AVAILABLE PARKING, AND WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR VARIANCE.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, A SHARED PARKING REDUCTION.
IT'S NOT A ZONING BOARD APPLICATION.
IT'S, UM, THE, THE PLANNING BOARD IN REVIEWING THESE SHARED PARKING REDUCTIONS UNDERSTANDS THAT AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THESE TYPES OF USES ARE HIGHER THAN MANY OTHER PLACES IN THE REGION.
AND THEY TESTED TO SEE WHETHER THE POPULATION THAT WE ANTICIPATE COMING TO THESE RESTAURANTS WOULD BE ABLE TO BE ACCOMMODATED IN THE AIR, IN THE PARKING AREAS IMMEDIATELY AROUND THESE RESTAURANTS.
AND THEY ANALYZED OVERFLOW INTO TWO ADJACENT PARKING AREAS THAT ARE PART OF THE SAME CENTER AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS MORE THAN AMPLE PARKING TO ACCOMMODATE THESE RESTAURANT USES.
AND THOSE STUDIES ARE IN YOUR RECORD.
THEY WERE THE BASIS FOR THE PLANNING BOARD MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION.
THEY'VE BEEN VETTED BY YOUR CONSULTANTS AND YOUR EXPERTS.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, THERE'S ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, BUT, UM, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU, UM, IF RESPECTFULLY, IF YOU WOULD CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BE ABLE TO CONSIDER HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, WE'D VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
YOU JUST REFERENCED, UM, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXITS AND ENTRANCE OFF OF CENTRAL AVENUE, WHICH WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PRESENTATION THAT YOU JUST MADE.
SO CAN YOU ELABORATE? SO THERE ARE, THERE'S NO PHYSICAL CHANGE MM-HMM.
THERE'S A CENTRAL, THERE'S A DRIVEWAY THAT IS SIGNALED ON CENTRAL AVENUE, AND THAT'S THE ONE SIGNALED DRIVEWAY WHERE PEOPLE CAN EXIT AND TURN NORTH MM-HMM.
AND WE WERE ASKED TO PUT ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE IN THAT WOULD DIRECT PEOPLE AND INFORM PEOPLE THAT THERE'S A SLIP LANE INTERNAL TO THIS PART AND FIELD MM-HMM.
THAT'S FOR THE EXIT, FOR THE ENTRANCE.
THERE'S A PROPOSED CHANGE IN THE SIGNAGE JUST AFTER THE BANK.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR TRAFFIC EXPERT.
I HAVE A SECOND QUESTION THAT THE TRAFFIC CONSULTANT IS ALSO ON.
UM, I, I HAVE A SECOND QUESTION.
THE, UM, THE UPPER PARKING LOT THAT WAS SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN IS THAT THE PARKING LOT, UH, THAT ABUTS JOANNE FABRIC, IT'S THE, IT IS THE SURFACE PARKING LOT BEFORE IT GOES ONTO THE PARKING DECK, I BELIEVE IS WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
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ADJACENT TO JOANNE FABRICS AT THE TOP.SO THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE, THE PARKING LOT.
THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE UPPER PARKING LOT THAT I MENTIONED, BUT YOU'RE REFERENCING, I BELIEVE, IS THIS PARKING LOT THAT'S ADJACENT TO JOANN FABRICS.
SO THIS IS THE SURFACE PARKING LOT.
THAT'S JUST BEFORE THAT PARKING LOT THAT YOU MENTIONED.
AND WHEN YOU SAY SURFACE, YOU MEAN ON THE, ON THE GROUND LEVEL? CORRECT.
SO THE, THE OTHER, THE, THE RAISED PARKING LOT BY JOAN FABRIC IS SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM WHAT WE'RE DESCRIBING HERE.
THAT'S IN THIS LOCATION OVER HERE.
THERE, THE WALKWAY MIXTURE MM-HMM.
I GUESS MY, MY, MY QUESTION WAS WHETHER, UM, I, I DON'T GO TO MIDWAY SHOPPING CENTER THAT OFTEN, BUT WHENEVER I'VE GONE AND I'VE GONE WHEN TO THAT PARKING LOT THAT ABUTS JOANNE FABRIC, IT'S ALMOST NEVER FULL.
IS, IS THAT, IS IT EVER FULL? DO PEOPLE THAT AREA, SORRY.
SO WE, WE CONDUCTED, AS MR. NOLL HAD STATED, WE CONDUCTED MULTIPLE PARKING STUDIES MM-HMM.
UM, WE COUNTED THE WHOLE CENTER.
HOWEVER, THE FOCUS IN THE PLANNING BOARD DISCUSSION AND THE PLANNING BOARD CHAIRMAN WAS TO FOCUS SQUARELY ON THE ADJACENT AREAS.
AND WHEN, I MEAN, ADJACENT AREAS ARE, UM, AND I'LL ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHT IT ON THIS PLAN FOR YOU, IS HERE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THE, THE RED MM-HMM.
SO, UH, WE DID NOT CONSIDER JOANNE FABRICS IN THAT PARKING ANALYSIS.
WE FOCUSED MORE ON THE NEARBY ADJACENT AREAS.
I MEAN, JUST THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE YOU ARE SAYING THAT YOU'RE REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES, AND IF THERE IS THAT LOT THAT ISN'T THAT FAR AWAY, THAT'S UNDERUSED.
AND IF IN FACT, THERE'S ACCESS FOR PEDESTRIANS OTHER THAN WALKING BACK DOWN THE RAMP THAT CARS DRIVE UP FROM THAT PARKING LOT, YOU KNOW, IT JUST MIGHT BE WHERE PEOPLE COULD PARK IF THEY COULDN'T FIND, IF EVERY OTHER PARKING SPACE WAS TAKEN, THE, THE PARKING COULD BE UTILIZED IN THE AREA.
HOWEVER, WE DID DETERMINE THAT IN THOSE AREAS THAT WE STUDIED AND FOCUSED ON, THE PARKING CAN BE ACCOMMODATED IN THOSE MM-HMM.
SO THE PARKING CAN BE ACCOMMODATED BASED ON CONCURRENCE FROM THE PLANNING BOARD AND TRAFFIC CONSULTED IN OUR PARKING.
AND I'M NOT DISPUTING THAT, I'M JUST ARGUING THAT THERE IS EVEN MORE PARKING THAN ONE CORRECT.
AVAILABLE THAN ONE WOULD, THAN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WELL, THAT'S CERTAINLY TRUE FOR THE ROOF, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
UM, BUT SHARED PARKING IS NOT BEFORE THIS BOARD.
THAT'S A, A PLANNING BOARD DETERMINATION.
SO WE ARE HERE TO ADDRESS THE SITE PLAN, UH, BUT SINCE WE ARE ON THE TOPIC OF PARKING, 'CAUSE IT'S ALWAYS AN ISSUE, AND IT WAS RAISED, UM, BY THE COMMUNITY, IF WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO THE ROOF, AS YOU SHOW IT ON YOUR DIAGRAM TO GET TO THE ROOF, YOU HAVE TO GO AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE PROPERTY.
IS THERE GONNA BE SOME SIGNAGE THAT LETS EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THIS IS THE WAY TO GET TO THE ROOF? 'CAUSE IT'S A ONE WAY AND YOU HAVE TO GO AROUND.
WE'RE NOT ENCOURAGING TO, TO GO TO THE ROOF.
THE STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT THERE'S MORE THAN AMPLE PARKING IN THE ADJACENT AREAS TO THE RESTAURANTS TO ACCOMMODATE THE RESTAURANT PARKING.
WE, WE COULD ADD SIGNAGE TO INDICATE THAT THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL PARKING THERE, BUT THE, THE, WE WERE SPECIFICALLY ASKED TO BE ABLE TO PROVE THAT IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT PARKING WOULD BE AMPLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE RESTAURANTS.
AND TO MR. JONES' POINT, THE, I THINK THE PLANNING BOARD WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SATISFIED BY US SAYING THAT THERE'S STILL MORE PARKING ELSEWHERE.
THEY WANTED IT TO BE AS CONVENIENT TO THE RESTAURANTS AS POSSIBLE, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO PROVE THAT THE MORE CONVENIENT PARKING HAS ENOUGH SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE
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THE, THE DEMANDS OF THE RESTAURANT AND, AND THE DEMANDS OF THE CENTER.BASED ON THE STUDIES THAT WERE DONE.
THOSE SIX STUDIES, I WAS REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE EMPLOYEES.
'CAUSE IN A PRIOR CONDITION, IT WAS THAT THE EMPLOYEES WOULD USE IT.
AND I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S REALLY HAPPENING AND WHETHER OR NOT THIS TRAFFIC PATTERN NOW IS GOING TO DISCOURAGE THEM EVEN MORE FROM WANTING TO USE IT.
I THINK IT'S PROBABLY EASIER TO GET THERE WITH THE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE WITH THE ONE-WAY CHANGES AND COMING IN OFF FARLEY ROAD, IT'S NO MORE DIFFICULT.
UH, THE PLANNING BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION SAID THAT THEY WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK ON PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY IMPROVEMENTS SINCE THE PLANNING BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION SAID THAT? I WAS HOPING THAT YOU WOULD WORK ON, CONTINUE TO WORK ON PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS.
PERHAPS MR. CANNING CAN CONFIRM THIS IF YOU WANT, BUT WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL CALL ZOOM MEETING AFTER THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING, AND THAT WAS WHEN WE INCLUDED THE INTERNAL KIND OF RECTANGULAR PEDESTRIAN, UH, CROSSWALK THAT WAS SHOWN SO THAT IT, AT ONE POINT, THE QUESTION WAS SHOULD WE ONLY HAVE, UM, THE, THE SIDE, THE CROSSWALK AND SIDEWALK COMBINATION THAT WAS WEST OF THAT.
THAT WAS THE PROTECTED AREA THAT MR. PORRO, UM, MENTIONED.
IF YOU LOOK, UM, AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, JUST SLIDE IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, IF YOU WOULD.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, THAT'S THE PROTECT THE CROSSWALK AND, AND SIDEWALK COMBINATION THAT WE, WE ADDED AND THE DISCUSSION BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD WAS, UM, WHETHER WE SHOULD HAVE THAT LOWER CONNECTION.
AND IN THE DISCUSSION WITH, UH, MR. CANNING AND, UH, COMMISSIONER DUANE AND OUR, UH, DEVELOPMENT TEAM, WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD INCLUDE THAT LOWER, UH, CROSSWALK CONNECTION AS WELL.
AND THAT THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE MADE AFTER THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING.
PERHAPS WE CAN HEAR FROM MR. COUNTY.
YEAH, I DON'T THINK HE'S MUTED.
HE DOESN'T, HE'S NOT NEAR HIS MICROPHONE IS WHAT
IT, THE, THE HEADSET IS NOT WORKING.
THE MICROPHONE IS, UH, GOOD EVENING.
MR. SHEEN, UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
SO, UM, MR. NULL IS CORRECT THAT WE WENT THROUGH A RIGOROUS PROCESS WITH THE PLANNING BOARD.
UH, THEY WERE INSISTENT THAT THERE BE ADEQUATE PARKING CLOSE TO THE BUILDING.
IT WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR THEM TO SAY THAT THERE WAS PARKING, UH, ELSEWHERE ON THE SITE THAT WAS REMOTE FROM THE PROPERTY.
UH, THEY HAD A, UH, VIBRANT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NEEDS FOR, UH, PEDESTRIAN, UH, FACILITIES AND CROSSWALKS AND SIDEWALKS AND, UH, NUMEROUS SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS WERE ADDED THROUGH THE PROCESS, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE, UH, THE SIDEWALK THAT MR. NOLL WAS POINTING TO ON THE SOUTH SIDE OR THE EAST SIDE ACTUALLY OF THE ACCESS DRIVE.
UH, THE BOARD WAS SOMEWHAT UNDECIDED AS TO WHETHER THAT, UH, CROSSWALK SHOULD REMAIN OR NOT REMAIN.
AND AFTER DISCUSSION, UM, THEY DIRECTED US TO MEET AND, UH, AND TALK ABOUT IT.
AND WE DID NEED TO DISCUSS, AND, AND I BELIEVE, AND, UM, MR NO CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M MISTAKEN, THAT THE AGREEMENT WAS THAT THAT CROSSWALK WOULD BE LEFT IN AND THAT, UH, SIX MONTHS AFTER THE NEW RESTAURANTS WERE OPENED, THE APPLICANT WOULD GO BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT CROSSWALK WAS FUNCTIONING THE WAY IT WAS INTENDED TO.
AND IF NOT, DO WHAT WITH THE, THE ALTERNATIVE.
WELL, THE ALTERNATIVE WAS TO TAKE THE LONG CROSSWALK OUT AND, AND REQUIRE PEDESTRIANS TO USE THE, THE, UH, OTHER SIDEWALK.
THE ONE THAT, THAT'S ON THE EAST SIDE, THE WEST SIDE.
SO RATHER THAN HAVE TWO, JUST HAVE THE ONE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT NOW, THE LOWER ONE IS THE ONE THAT IS WE SHOULD, WE WERE ASKED TO COME BACK WITH SOME REPORT ON HOW EFFECTIVE IT WAS BEING USED.
AND, AND IF, IF IT WASN'T, WE COULD REMOVE IT.
WE THOUGHT THAT THE, YOU COULD REMOVE, I'M SORRY.
UM, YOU COULD REMOVE IT WITHOUT COMING BACK TO THE BOARD.
THAT WAS WHAT WE, WHAT WE WERE TOLD THAT.
NOW I DON'T, I DON'T UP TO THE BOARD HOW YOU WANT TO HANDLE IT.
I, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE'D BE FINE LEAVING IT.
UM, BUT IF, IF THE, IF THE TOWN WANTS US TO REMOVE IT, WE CAN PAINT IT OUT.
WE THINK THAT THE, UH, PERPENDICULAR,
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ALMOST PERPENDICULAR CONNECTION FROM IN FRONT OF PIZZA HUTT ACROSS THE OTHER AISLE THERE THAT LEADS TO THAT.THANK YOU, MR. THAT, UM, FAR LEFT CROSSWALK MAKES SENSE TO GET PEOPLE ACROSS TO THE ROW OF PARKING THAT IT CONNECTS TO.
UH, AND THEN THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THAT EASTERLY CROSSWALK IS NECESSARY OR BENEFICIAL, IT DOES CROSS OVER TWO DIFFERENT LANES OF TRAFFIC THAT OTHERWISE HAVE NO CROSSWALKS.
SO THAT WAS WHY, UH, IT WAS SUGGESTED AND WE KIND OF IN THE DISCUSSION THOUGHT IT'S PROBABLY BETTER TO HAVE IT THAN NOT HAVE IT.
MR. CANNING, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT, UH, THE PEDESTRIAN ISSUES HAVE BEEN, UH, ADDRESSED TO YOUR SATISFACTION? I DO.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MR. CONING? I JUST HAD A, A QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU PAINTED OVER THE, UM, THE CROSSWALK JUST NOW, YOU KNOW, IN YELLOW, UM, I'M WONDERING, UM, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN I GO, YOU KNOW, LIKE SAY IN WESTIN OR WHATEVER YOU, YOU SEE, UM, UM, DIFFERENT COLOR, YOU KNOW, CROSSWALK, WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO, UM, PAINT HAVE A DIFFERENT COLOR THAT WOULD BE MORE VISIBLE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, UM, PEDESTRIANS AND MOTORISTS? ISN'T THAT, NO, I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
THE, UM, REFLECTORIZED WHITE PAINT IS THE MOST VISIBLE PAINT AT NIGHT.
ACCORDING TO NEW YORK STATE LAW, NO, I'M JUST ASKING YOU BECAUSE SOMETIMES I FEEL, NO, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE, THE WHITE IS, UH, IS THE BEST AND IT'S APPROVED.
SO THE SECOND ROUND ARE, ARE CROSSWALKS A SAFETY ISSUE OR ARE THEY STREET ART? A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOW USING 'EM AS STREET ART.
IF YOU PUT COLOR IN THERE, THAT'S STREET ART, NOT A CROSSWALK.
BUT THE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
YOU'VE BEEN QUESTIONING THESE PEOPLE.
WHY DOESN'T THE PUBLIC HAVE A RIGHT TO ASK THEM QUESTIONS? THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT, THAT, THAT'S NEVER BEEN ANSWERED.
YOU STOOD HERE AND FOR THE LAST 15, 20 MINUTES YOU HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC SHOULD ALSO HAVE A RIGHT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE APPLICANT.
AND YOU STOPPED ME BEFORE AND YOU SAID, TALK TO THE BOARD.
MY QUESTION WAS TO THE APPLICANT, NOT TO THE AUDIENCE, BUT TO THE APPLICANT.
AND, AND THAT SHOULD BE CLEAR INTO THE MICROPHONE.
I AM CERTAINLY GLAD TO LEARN THAT SAP IDDLE HAS BEEN IN AN OWNERSHIP POSITION FOR 15 YEARS.
'CAUSE I WAS HESITANT IN ASKING THEM THIS QUESTION, BUT NOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN THERE, WELL, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OWNERSHIP THEY HAVE AND WHETHER IT HAS INCREASED OVER THE YEARS.
BUT THAT'S A QUESTION, YOU CAN ANSWER IT LATER.
UM, THE OTHER ASPECT OF IT IS THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN BEFORE THE TOWN BOARD MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS, MANY TIMES SINCE I'VE BEEN ATTENDING MEETINGS.
AND WE'VE ALWAYS SEEN THIS ARTWORK THAT SHOWS ALL THIS SHRUBBERY AND GREEN STUFF ALL OVER THE PARKING AREA.
IT'S LIKE A VERDANT WATERLAND.
SO WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ALL THAT GREEN STUFF THAT WE WERE SHOWN EVERY TIME THEY CAME BEFORE YOU FOR ASSISTANCE, DON'T YOU THINK THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE SUPPLIED IT AS PER THE PICTURE THAT THEY ILLUSTRATED THEIR PROPERTY WITH? NOW, I'M NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN NEW TRICKS.
SO WHAT YOU CALL SATELLITE PROPERTIES, I ALWAYS LEARNED WAS OUT PARCELS AND PADS.
BUT THE REALITY IS, WHAT IS A SHOPPING CENTER TO BEGIN WITH? GENERALLY, A SHOPPING CENTER THIS SIZE HAS AN ANCHOR STORE WHICH DRAWS PEOPLE TO THE SHOPPING CENTER.
AND THE OTHER STORES WHO RENT THERE DO SO BECAUSE OF THE ATTRACTION OF THE ANCHOR STORE.
AND ONCE THEY'RE THERE, THERE MAY GO AND SHOP AT THE ADJACENT STORES.
THE ANCHOR FOR THIS PROPERTY IS THE SUPERMARKET IN THE CENTER OF THE PROPERTY.
NOW WHERE ARE YOU GONNA PARK? IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE SHOPPING CENTER, YOU MAY GO TO A RESTAURANT, BUT THE FACT IS, IF YOU GO TO THE SUPERMARKET OR MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHER STORES, YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE PACKAGES
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AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOUR CAR MORE CONVENIENT TO UNLOADING THEM TO THE STORE THAT YOU REALLY CAME FOR.AND THAT WOULD BE THE SUPERMARKET.
SO WHERE THE CONCENTRATION OF PARKING IS, IS GONNA BE AROUND THE SUPERMARKET.
THERE MAY BE PEOPLE WHO GO TO THE RESTAURANTS, BUT SINCE THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THE RESTAURANTS ARE, AND IT'S ALL THEORETICAL AND, AND YOU KNOW, THEY'VE ALREADY ESTIMATED THE RESTAURANT POPULATION NOT KNOWING WHO THE TENANTS ARE.
AND I ASSUME THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MCDONALD'S AND WHAT WAS THAT, UH, UNI UNICORN RESTAURANT IN HARTSDALE, WHICH CLOSED.
SO KNOWING WHO YOUR TENANT IS GOING TO BE WOULD CERTAINLY AFFECT ANY ESTIMATES OF POPULATION ATTENDING THESE RESTAURANTS.
SO WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? YES, THEY'VE DONE RECENT STUDIES.
SO WHAT DOES RECENT MEAN? RECENT TO ME IS WHEN COVID WAS ON, COVID ISN'T HERE 50 YEARS AGO.
IT'S WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
AND IT PROBABLY WAS PRETTY MUCH OF A DETERRENT TO SHOPPING IN BRICK AND MORTAR UP TO AROUND A YEAR AGO.
SO WHEN WERE THOSE STUDIES ACTUALLY CONDUCTED? AS FOR THE ROOFTOP PARKING? WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN A VERY BAD LOCATION, BUT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY YOU COULD USE THAT ROOFTOP PARKING AS A RESTAURANT LOCATION WHERE IT WOULDN'T INTERFERE WITH ANYONE.
NOW WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN PARKING SPACES? YOU HAVE A TOTAL VOLUME OF PARKING ASSIGNED, BUT WHERE THE SPACES ARE NOT USED IS AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE PROPERTY, THE OPPOSITE END OF WHERE THESE RESTAURANTS ARE.
SO IF THEY WANTED TO REDUCE PARKING, WELL, WE COULD ALWAYS ELIMINATE THOSE SPACES HAVING NO EFFECT ON THE SHOPPING CENTER POPULATION, BECAUSE NO ONE IS GONNA PARK ON THE SOUTH END AND GO ALL THE WAY UP TO THE NORTH END FOR A PARCEL OF FAST FOOD AS ONE OF THOSE PROPERTIES IS DESIGNED TO BE.
SO AGAIN, THEIR REPUTATION MAY BE FINE, BUT THEIR OPERATION OF THIS FACILITY, EVERY TIME THEY'VE APPEARED BEFORE YOU, THEY SHOWED YOU SHRUBBERY UP AND DOWN EVERY AISLE OF THE PARKING LANES.
WHERE IS IT? DID IT ALL DIE? SO HOW DO WE KNOW HOW WELL THEY'RE GONNA MAKE GOOD ONCE YOU APPROVE THESE CHANGES? MAYBE THEY'RE GOING TO PAINT A DIFFERENT SIDEWALK THREE, THREE YEARS FROM NOW, BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE THE FUNDAMENTAL BASIS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY ELIMINATED THE PARKING.
I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO CLOSE THIS YET, MR. CANNING.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF, UH, YOUR STUDIES HAVE, UM, ANALYZED THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESTAURANTS AND THE TRAFFIC FROM, YOU KNOW, LIKE A PIN YOU KNOW, FROM A RESTAURANT THAT WOULD BE ONE TYPE VERSUS, YOU KNOW, OTHERS YOU TOLD WHO THEY DON'T KNOW WHO THE TENANT IS.
NO, BUT I'M JUST, I'M I'M TALKING ABOUT HAVE YOU LOOKED AT DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, KINDS OF RESTAURANTS? IT'S PART OF YOUR TRAFFIC.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE ON MUTE, JOHN, YOU MICHAEL JOHN'S TURN ON YOUR HEADSET.
PARDON? I I DIDN'T WANT TO, UH, BE COUGHING DURING THE SPEAKING.
UM, THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR MR. PETRO.
UM, I DO BELIEVE, AND HE CAN CORRECT ME AGAIN, THAT THEY CONSIDERED THE GENERIC TYPE OF RESTAURANT.
IT WAS A HIGH TURNOVER RESTAURANT, WHICH IS A BUSIER TYPE OF RESTAURANT THAN A FINE DINING RESTAURANT.
TO ELABORATE, UH, WHAT WE'RE BEING DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW.
SO THE, UH, THE, UH, WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT LAND USES THAT WE LOOKED AT.
AND WE USED INSTITUTE OR TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER PARKING DEMAND DATA, WHICH, UM, IS STANDARD, UH, INDUSTRY DATA THAT LOOKS AT DIFFERENT LAND USES AND BASED ON STUDIES, THIS, IT PROJECTS WHAT THE PARKING DEMAND IS FOR THE DIFFERENT LAND USES IS ONE.
ONE LAND USE THAT WE USED WAS FOR A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT, WHICH IS WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IN ONE OF THE LOCATIONS.
THE OTHER ONE, AS JOHN HAD STATED, WE USED A HIGH TURNOVER SIT DOWN RESTAURANT AS THE OTHER RESTAURANT USE.
UM, AGAIN, UM, THAT'S A HIGHER GENERATOR THAN SAY, LIKE, AS JOHN HAD MENTIONED, JUST A FINE DINING KIND OF ESTABLISHMENT.
SO THOSE ARE THE LAND USES THAT WE USE FOR THAT PARKING DEMAND.
AND IN OUR PROJECTIONS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO NOTE THAT ON OUR PARKING ANALYSIS, WE DID NOT TAKE CREDIT FOR ANY KIND OF INTERNAL, UH, SHARED PARKING FOR THE PROPOSED USES.
WE CONSERVATIVELY KEPT THE DEMAND THAT IT HAD FOR BOTH RESTAURANTS AT THEIR PROJECTIONS.
WE DID NOT TAKE CREDIT OR REDUCE THEIR PROJECTIONS IN ANY WAY THAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE GOING TO A RESTAURANT AND THEN GOING TO OTHER TENANTS TO, TO PARK AND UTILIZE THERE.
SO IN THAT ASPECT, WE DID A CONSERVATIVE ANALYSIS
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AND JUST NOTHING THAT FAST FOOD RESTAURANT WON'T HAVE SEATING.IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? THE IDEA IS PREPARING THE FOOD QUICKLY.
AS THE NECESS DOESN'T NEED TO COME UP HERE.
DO YOU, HAVE YOU HAD YOUR SECOND ROUND MS THAT'S EVERY INTEREST, BUT ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF THIS HEARING? ALRIGHT, SO, SO THIS IS, THIS IS WHERE IT DEGRADES INTO ENTERTAINMENT.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? EXCUSE ME.
UH, SO WHAT DOES THE BOARD, UH, RECOMMEND? WILL WE ADJOURN? UH, BOTH HEARING, DID ANYBODY ELSE WANT THEIR SECOND ROUND? NO, I'M GOOD.
DO WE WANT TO ADJOURN IT AND GIVE, UH, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ANOTHER CHANCE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES? YOU, YOU KNOW, ON THIS, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT'S BEEN BEFORE US, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO YOU'VE GOTTA GIVE THEM TO US, SO THAT'S FINE.
LET'S, LET'S AJOUR AURN FOR ALL PURPOSES TO THE NEXT MEETING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION BEFORE, YOU KNOW, DI DYLAN, UM, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE SOUTHERN GREENVILLE BECAUSE THEY'VE ACTUALLY, THE KAWA AND SOUTHERN GREENVILLE HAVE COMMENTED IN THE PAST, UM, ON, UM, MIDWAY SHOPPING CENTERS.
AND I'M ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SORT OF THINKING OUT LOUD.
MAY THEY MAY, THEY MAY BE, UM, YOU KNOW, NOISE ISSUES OR LIGHTING IS, YOU KNOW, I'M SAYING THERE MAY BE OTHER QUESTIONS OF SURE, THERE IS.
I CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND THEN JUST LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY'RE HAVING, THAT WE'RE HAVING THE HEARING THE NEXT TIME.
SO THIS WAY THEY HAVE MORE TIME, TIME TO THINK OF REFLECT ON IT.
[ To consider a Local Law entitled, "Solar Energy System PILOT Law"]
IS, UM, TO CONSIDER A LOCAL, LOCAL LAW AND TILES, SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM PILOT LAW.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN UP THE HEARING.
IS ED AVAILABLE? ED IS NOT AVAILABLE, BUT I COULD GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THE LAW.
SO THIS PROPOSED LAW WOULD REQUIRE, UH, PILOT AGREEMENTS PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAX AGREEMENTS FOR A LARGE QUANTITY OF SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS WITHIN THE TOWN.
UH, IT WOULD EXCLUDE RESIDENTIAL SYSTEMS WHICH PRODUCE LESS THAN 50 KILOWATTS.
THOSE WOULD REMAIN EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
UH, THESE OTHER LARGER SOLAR PROJECTS, UH, THAT ARE NEWLY BUILT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THIS LAW.
UM, AND THOSE DESCRIPTIONS OF, OF THE TYPES OF PROPERTIES, UM, ARE DESCRIBED WITHIN THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW.
AND NOW WE'RE ESSENTIALLY, UH, PUTTING THAT LAW FORTH IN THE, ON THE TOWN LEVEL AS WELL.
UH, EACH PILOT WOULD REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR 15 YEARS WITH ONE PAYMENT DUE A YEAR.
AND THAT VALUE UNDER THE PILOT AGREEMENT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF TAXES THAT WOULD BE PAID BY A REGULAR ASSESSMENT.
THESE TYPE OF PROPERTIES ARE VALUED AT DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW.
SO THE, THE ASSESSOR WOULD ESSENTIALLY MAKE SURE THAT THE PILOT AMOUNT IS BELOW WHAT YOU WOULD TYPICALLY BE ASSESSED AT.
UM, THE DEVELOPER OF THESE PROPERTIES WOULD PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTIFICATIONS TO THE TOWN, SO THEN WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH CREATING THE PILOT UPON THE CONSTRUCTION.
AND THE LAW THAT IS PROPOSED WOULD ALS IT.
IT ALSO SPECIFIES ALL THE REQUIREMENTS THAT MUST BE CONTAINED WITHIN THE PILOT AGREEMENT.
ANYBODY LIKE TO CON TALK ABOUT THIS? I I DO WANNA MAKE A COMMENT THAT, UM, THE PROPOSAL FOR US SLIGHTLY DEVIATES FROM THE MODEL LAW FROM NEW YORK STATE.
UM, I ALSO, AND SO WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE, IT MAY CAUSE SOME AMBIGUITY.
UH, SECONDLY, IT TALKS ABOUT 50, UM, KILOWATT ABOVE GETS THIS PILOT AGREEMENT.
NOWHERE IN OUR LAW DOES IT SAY IF YOU'RE LESS, IF YOU'RE A SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNER WITH SOLAR ON YOUR ROOF, YOU'RE EXEMPT.
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SHOULD CODIFY THAT SO THAT IT'S NOT AMBIGUOUS.IT'S NOT AMBIGUOUS THAT IF YOU HAVE A BIG FACILITY, YOU CAN GET A REDUCTION IN YOUR TAXES BY DOING A PILOT.
BUT IF YOU HAVE LESS THAN THAT, YOU CAN'T.
AND IT REALLY SHOULD CLEARLY STATE THAT YOU'RE EXEMPT AS OPPOSED TO ONLY THOSE THAT ARE GREATER THAN THAT CAN GET A PILOT.
DO YOU, DO YOU FOLLOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I, I DO.
AND I BELIEVE WE COULD ADD THAT TO THE PROPOSED LAW.
ANYBODY LIKE TO COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC? THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.
[ 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]
WITNESS HEARING IS TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW, UM, MODIFYING CHAPTER FOUR 80 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ENTITLED THE ANTENNA REVIEW BOARD, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS TO THREE AND CREATING AN ALTERNATIVE MEMBER POSITION.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN THE HEARING.
ANYBODY WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT? WELL, IT'S BASICALLY, UH, WHAT IT SAYS, IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL WORD OF THREE.
THERE'S A REMOVED WORD OF FIVE, SO IT'S CHANGING THE, UH, THE MEMBERSHIP FROM FIVE MEMBERS TO THREE.
BUT IT'S ALSO ADDING AN ALTERNATE MEMBER.
UH, SHOULD ANY ONE OF THE THREE BE, UM, BE ILL ABSENT OR FOR WHATEVER REASON CAN'T MAKE THE MEETING? I, I'M WONDERING IF BEFORE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD REDUCE THE, THE NUMBERS IF WE COULD ADVERTISE AND SEE IF THERE'S PEOPLE WHO, NEW PEOPLE WHO WOULD WANT TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS.
BECAUSE I, I JUST DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF, UM, A THREE MEMBER CITIZENS BOARD THAT, YOU KNOW, MAKES POLICY.
AND I FEEL THAT IF, UM, IF IT TURNS OUT THAT NOBODY WANTS TO BE ON THE BOARD, THEN I WOULD SAY IT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE A QUORUM.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IF, UH, WE HAVEN'T ADVERTISED POSITION IN MANY, MANY YEARS, UM, THERE MAY BE SOMEBODY INTERESTED IN, IN GETTING INVOLVED IN THIS FRANCIS.
SO, SO THE INTENT REVIEW BOARD, UH, HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 1997 AND FOR ALL, BUT A FEW YEARS OF THAT HAS CONSISTED OF THREE MEMBERS.
AND NOW WITH THE NEW LEGISLATION REGARDING HAVING, UH, VIDEO CONFERENCING AND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING, UH, THERE'S A DIRE NEED, PARTICULARLY FOR THE ANTENNA REVIEW BOARD TO ADDRESS THE VIDEO CONFERENCING PART OF IT.
AND THIS CHANGE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS NEEDED FAIRLY URGENTLY BECAUSE ANTENNA APPLICATIONS COME IN AND THE ANTENNA BOARD HAS TO JUMP ON THEM AND ACT WITHIN 10 DAYS, AND ONE HAS COME IN AND THEY HAVE TO ACT WITHIN 10 DAYS.
SO I'M JUST, WE, WE HAVE REACHED OUT AND THAT'S, AND IT'S REALLY A REDUCTION FROM FIVE TO FOUR, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'RE ADDING AN, AN ALTERNATE, UH, MEMBER.
BUT WE HAVE TRIED RECRUITING, WE HAVE PUT IT OUT ON THE WEB SEVERAL TIMES.
WHENEVER THERE'S AN APPLICATION FOR AN ANTENNA, PEOPLE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA ARE VERY ANXIOUS TO BE ON THE BOARD.
BUT THEN AFTER WHATEVER HAPPENS IN THAT AREA IS OVER, WE DON'T GET THAT INTEREST ANYMORE.
AND SO, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A COMMITTEE THAT, YOU KNOW, MEETS, UM, AND DEALS WITH SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT, UM, ISSUES.
AND THE FACT THAT THERE'S ALMOST NO CONTROVERSY REGARDING THESE FACILITIES SINCE 1997 WITH THIS BOARD IN PLACE MEANS THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.
I'M JUST ASKING IF, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT OBJECT CRITIC BEING CRITICAL.
I'M BASICALLY JUST SAYING IF WE BASICALLY WE DO HAVE A CITIZENS BOARD, THIS BOARD DOES MAKE POLICY, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES AN AWFUL LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF TIME THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT WANT TO DEVOTE TO.
I JUST SORT OF FEEL THAT WE SHOULD DO, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE ENACT ANY LAW, I THINK WE SHOULD, UH, DO LIKE A SUMMARY OF THE BOARD, UM, THE RESPONSIBILITIES, THE TIME COMMITMENT, UH, POST IT ON, UM, THE, THE G LIST, YOU KNOW, SO IT GOES OUT TO EVERYBODY, SEND IT TO ALL THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
AND IF WITHIN A WEEK OR SO NOBODY RESPONDS, THEN AT LEAST WE, NOBODY COULD TELL US THAT WE'VE BEEN, UM, THAT WE DIDN'T MAKE YOU AN EFFORT.
SO IF WE HAVE THE HEARING TODAY, UM, WE COULD BASICALLY DO THIS ALMOST LIKE TOMORROW, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE NEVER ADOPT ANYTHING ON THE DAY OF A HEARING AND THEN BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING, IF
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NOBODY RESPONDS, THEN, THEN AT LEAST WE TRY IT.WELL, THIS IS ACTUALLY AN A D A ISSUE.
AND, AND YOU KNOW THIS BECAUSE I RAISED THIS YESTERDAY AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING BASED ON A D A IN TRYING TO HAVE THIS BOARD FUNCTION.
AND AGAIN, THE HISTORY SINCE 1997 IS SOME PEOPLE, OTHER THAN THE THREE ORIGINALS, I WAS ONE OF THE THREE, UH, I WOULD BE THE FOURTH ORIGINAL THAT WAS ON THIS BOARD.
OTHER THAN THE THREE ORIGINALS THAT ARE ON THERE THAT SOME PEOPLE COME ON, THEY LAST AND SOME CASES LESS THAN A YEAR.
IT'S TEDIOUS WORK AND THEY LEAVE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA APPROVE IT TODAY ANYWAY.
IT'S BEEN I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT SO WHY CAN'T WE, BUT I WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY MAKE A MOTION THAT WE LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN UNTIL MONDAY AT FIVE O'CLOCK, PERHAPS HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON TUESDAY BECAUSE THERE'S AN APPLICATION THAT CAME IN THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET AND WE CAN'T ON THEIR EXISTING LAW.
DOES THIS, UM, UH, COMMITTEE, DOES THIS BOARD REFLECT DIVERSITY WITH SUCH A SMALL NUMBER? UM, THREE INDIVIDUALS? DO WE HAVE A DIVERSE REPRESENTATION OF RESIDENTS HERE IN OUR TOWN? IF THIS IS SUCH A VERY, IF THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT COMMITTEE, UM, IT, IT, IT IS ONE THAT SHOULD, IF IT DOESN'T REFLECT DIVERSITY, IT CERTAINLY IS ONE THAT SHOULD, WELL, YOU'RE CORRECT.
IT DOESN'T REPRESENT THE PERCENTAGE RACIAL GROUP IN THE TOWN.
66% OF THE BOARD IS AFRICAN AMERICAN.
THREE MEMBERS, TWO ARE AFRICAN AMERICAN.
SO THEN THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION IS YES, THE BOARD DOES REFLECT DIVERSITY.
AND SO FRANCIS, THE CURRENT SETUP IS THAT THERE'S FIVE MEMBERS, BUT THERE REALLY, THERE'S, THERE'S UP TO FIVE MEMBERS AND THERE'S BEEN ONLY THREE, THREE MEMBERS.
SO EVERY, SO THE THREE HAVE TO SHOW UP.
AND IT'S BEEN THAT LIKE, BUT NOW THERE'S A CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE THAT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE.
IN TERMS OF A COMPROMISE IDEA, WHAT IF, UM, WE WOULD UM, WE REDUCE THE, UM, THE MEMBERS, UM, YOU KNOW, TO WHAT THE LOCAL LAW IS RECOMMENDING, PUT A SUNSET IN PROVISION AND THEN AT THE, AT THE, AND THEN ADVERTISE FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, NEW MEMBERS.
AND THEN IF WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, GET NEW MEMBERS, WHICH IS QUESTIONABLE, UH, THEN, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR THE LAW WOULD BASICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD, WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UH, REVISE THE LAW AND HAVE A A, A LARGER, YOU KNOW, LARGER BOARD.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA HOLD UP, YOU KNOW, THE APPLICATIONS.
I DON'T WANT TO BE CRITICAL OF THE ANTENNA BOARD BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, THEY HAVEN'T DONE, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN MUCH CON I THINK THERE WAS ONE CONTROVERSY A YEAR AGO IN IRVINGTON, EAST IRVINGTON.
BESIDES THAT, THERE'S BEEN REALLY NO CON VERY, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY CONTROVERSIES PUT IT, MAKE IT A ONE YEAR THING.
WE COULD START ADVERTISING AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF IT TURNS OUT THAT, UM, MORE PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED AND THEY START ATTENDING SOME OF THE MEETINGS, THEN WE COULD APPOINT, WE COULD ENLARGE THE BOARD NEXT YEAR.
THE ISSUE, THE ISSUE WITH DOING THAT IS THAT'S A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE TO THE LAW THAT'S BEEN ON OUR DESK FOR MORE THAN 10 DAYS.
NO, NO, WE WOULD HAVE TO NO, NO, NO, NO.
IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE COMPROMISE WOULD BE TO CHANGE THIS LAW, WE HAVE TO THEN RE-NOTICE IT, RESCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON IT, AND THERE'S AN URGENCY THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH.
OR WHAT IF THE BOARD WOULD AGREE, UH, NOT TO PUT A SUNSET, UH, CLAUSE, BUT WE WOULD AGREE THAT WE'LL ADVERTISE THE POSITION, THE, THE VACANCIES.
AND IF IT TURNS OUT THAT, UM, THAT YOU KNOW, MORE PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THIS BOARD, UM, YOU KNOW, IN A YEAR OR SOMETHING, THEN WE WOULD BE AMENABLE TO, BUT I THOUGHT THE BOARD ALREADY DEMONSTRATED THAT.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY.
I THOUGHT HE JUST, I THOUGHT COUNCILMAN JUST EXPLAINED TO YOU THAT THEY ALREADY WENT THROUGH THAT EXERCISE ALREADY AND THEY ALREADY DETERMINED THAT THEY CAN'T FIND ANYONE AND WHEN LET ME FINISH AND IT, AND IF, AND WHEN THEY LET ME FINISH, I'M SURE, AND WHEN THEY DO THEY HAVE A PROBLEM THAT IT'S ONLY TEMPORARY SO WE'LL, SO YOU'RE GONNA JUST PROLONG AND THEY PROLONG IT.
THEY'VE ALREADY DEMONSTRATED THAT ALREADY.
SO WE'RE GONNA KEEP DOING THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
NO, BECAUSE BASICALLY I WAS NOT AWARE UP UNTIL, YOU KNOW, A FEW DAYS AGO THAT THERE WAS EVEN A PROBLEM GETTING, YOU KNOW, THIS, YOU KNOW, I READ ALL THE EMAILS AND, AND, AND WEBSITES.
SO ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT IF WE DO A MORE CONCERTED, AGGRESSIVE EFFORT TO FIND,
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YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERS, WE MAY FIND SOMEBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN THE SUBJECT.NOW, I'M, I DON'T WANT TO HOLD UP ANYTHING.
I'M WILLING TO BASICALLY SUPPORT THIS LAW.
UM, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT IF WE, I DON'T, I, I REALLY DON'T LIKE HAVING A THREE MEMBER BOARD ON ANYTHING BECAUSE I FEEL THAT A THREE MEMBER BOARD DOESN'T GIVE, YOU KNOW, IT BASICALLY DOESN'T HAVE AS MUCH, UH, YOU KNOW, GIVE AND TAKE.
AND I FEEL IF YOU HAVE A POLICY BOARD, THERE SHOULD BE MORE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD RATHER THAN FEWER.
SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT IF WE PASS THIS LAW NEXT WEEK, UH, THEN WE'RE NOT HOLDING UP ANY APPLICATIONS.
WE'RE NOT, UH, NOBODY'S, UH, BEING PREJUDICED.
THEN DURING THE YEAR, THE YEAR WE'LL ALL WORK TO SEE IF WE COULD FIND NEW PEOPLE.
IF WE'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL, THE LAW STAYS.
IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL, WE WOULD ALL AGREE THAT WOULD BE OPEN TO HAVING A LARGER BOARD.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, THE THING IS THAT WE'RE, I'M NOT ASKING ANY THE ANTENNA BOARD TO DO ANYTHING ELSE.
I'M NOT ASKING ANYBODY TO DO ANYTHING ELSE WHILE I'M SAYING IS, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD POST IT ON DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA.
UH, WE WOULD DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND THEN PEOPLE WILL, AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
IT DOESN'T IMPACT EITHER THIS LAW BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA HOLD UP THE, UM, THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS.
ALL RIGHT, SO THEN I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND LEAVE IT.
SOMEONE JUST CAME UP AND SAID HE'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS HEARING.
HAL, YOU HAVE WORK SESSIONS EVERY TUESDAY.
I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS DISCUSSION COULDN'T HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED AT THE WORK SESSION BEING AS YOU WERE SO ANXIOUS TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE'S NOTHING YOU SPOKE ABOUT TONIGHT THAT YOU COULDN'T HAVE DISCUSSED AT A WORK SESSION AND PREPARED TO VOTE ON THE RESOLUTIONS TONIGHT, PARTICULARLY SINCE THE PUBLIC IS NOT THAT INTERESTED IN IT.
WHY ARE YOU WASTING AGAIN, THE PUBLIC'S TIME? 11.
UH, ACTUALLY I DON'T DISAGREE BECAUSE IT WAS ON THE AGENDA AND WE HAD AGENDA REVIEW AND WE HAD AGENDA REVIEW.
AND WHY DO YOU HAVE TO GO OVER THROUGH IT TONIGHT? BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE VOTING ON SOMETHING TONIGHT.
DO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE, THE PUBLIC HEARING? LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN UNTIL MONDAY AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
I MOVE THAT WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING FOR TUESDAY IN ORDER TO, UH, VOTE, UH, ON, UH, THE, THE, UH, LOCAL LAW TO REDUCE THE, UH, NUMBER OF MEMBERS ON THE ANTENNA REVIEW BOARD, UH, FROM FIVE TO THREE AND TO ADD AN ALTERNATE MEMBER.
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ALINE SUB HAS ABSOLUTELY NO SCRUPLES.THERE'S NO SCRUPLES HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT A D A HELLO, HELLO BOARD MEMBERS AND GOOD AFTERNOON.
I, I I'M JUST, I I'M JUST GETTING ANNOYED WITH THIS.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW WHAT, UM, NUMBER ONE, I WANT TO JUST THANK EVERYBODY, JUDY, PLEASE.
ALL YOU GUYS FOCUS, UH, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL NOT BEING ON YOUR PHONE BECAUSE LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT HOW YOU GUYS IS ON THE PHONE.
AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON YOUR PHONE, YOU NEED TO NOT TO SHOW ALL THAT BECAUSE OUTSIDE PEOPLE ARE TALKING, OKAY? THAT'S ONE THING THAT IS VERY MUCH BEING RUDE THAT EVERYBODY'S SPEAKING ABOUT.
SECOND, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT WE DONE FOR ANDRE, LEO TALLEY, THE, THE BOARD HAVE SENT BEAUTIFUL, THE LEGISLATIVE SENT A BEAUTIFUL, UH, PROCLAMATION TO THANK US, THANK JU UH, THANK ME JUDY AND TRISH.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY, VERY, VERY NICE.
AND ELLEN, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO EVERYBODY ATTENTION.
NOW THE SECOND THING I WANT TO GET ON, SOMEONE SENT ME AN EMAIL AND LET ME SAY SOMETHING TO YOU.
I DON'T GO FOR PEOPLE THAT IS FAKE.
AND I, I'M HERE BECAUSE I SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING AND UH, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT? ME JUST COMING IN TOWN AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ASKING ME
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TO RUN BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY, I'M GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU.WE ARE TIRED, WE ARE TIRED, WE ARE TIRED OF EVERYBODY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT EACH AND EVERY FEW OF Y'ALL.
AND I'M JUST, I JUST BEEN HERE ONLY I A WHILE AND EVERYBODY THAT'S TALKING IS VERY MUCH GETTING UPSET.
AND THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR THE OUTSIDE PEOPLE.
NOW, I GOT A EMAIL THAT I WAS ON CERTAIN PEOPLE SIDE, BUT LET ME SAY SOMETHING TO THE PERSON THAT SENT ME THIS EMAIL.
I SAY WHAT I SAY AND I SPEAK WHAT I SPEAK AND WHAT I SAID THAT WHAT I SAW THREE WEEKS AGO WHEN EVERYBODY WAS ON PAUL ABOUT THE MIRROR, UH, MINISTER FARHAN.
NOW I LIKE THAT MINISTER FARON AND BROTHER ARTHUR AND ALL THEM WANTS TO COME AND SPEAK WITH YOU GUYS BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE Y'ALL ARE STRAIGHTENING THIS THING OUT AND MAYBE EVERYBODY CAN GET TOGETHER AND GET THIS THING GOING ON AND GET IT OUT THE WAY BECAUSE THE MIRROR IS WAY ON THE OTHER SIDE.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M, I'M JUST THE LITTLE PERSON, BUT THE, NO, I'M NOT A LITTLE PERSON.
I DO NOT LIKE WHEN PEOPLE SAYING ONE THING AND OTHER PEOPLE SAYING ANOTHER THING.
AND ALL I'M SAYING TO YOU, GUY, YOU, YOU GOTTA GET IT TOGETHER.
YOU GOTTA WORK FOR THE PEOPLE.
THE PEOPLE VOTED FOR YOU GUYS TO GET IN THERE TO WORK FOR US, TO HELP US, TO COM TO COMMUNICATE.
NOW EVERYBODY ASKING ME, WOULD YOU RUN? I AIN'T NEVER SAW SO MANY PEOPLE WANNA BACK ME UP AND ALL Y'ALL ON THIS BOARD, THEY WANNA GET RID OF HAT.
MOST OF ALL OF Y'ALL OFF THIS BOARD.
AND I'M NOT, I I I HAVEN'T MADE NO DECISION 'CAUSE I'M TALKING TO THE HEAD BOOK.
BUT LEMME SAY THIS TO GET IT TOGETHER, BOY, PLEASE GET IT TOGETHER BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS VERY UPSET ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THIS ME THING, UH, PAUL, I KNOW IT'S MY TIME.
IF THEY NOT BEHIND YOU, LET IT GO.
IF THE BOARD CAN'T STAND WITH YOU, THE PEOPLE CAN'T STAND WITH YOU.
LET MINISTER FARAH, LET ANDRE LEO TALLY, LET MICHELLE OBAMA, LET ALL THEM GET UP THERE.
DON'T BE TALKING ABOUT 20 PEOPLE THAT YOU WANT TO TAKE OUT.
LET EVERYBODY, IT IS OVER THERE.
LISTEN TO ME, THREE PEOPLES IT DON'T MAKE A DECISION OF EVERYBODY LIFE.
AND WATCH YOUR COMMENTS, HOW YOU SPEAK ON YOUR EMAIL BECAUSE PEOPLE TAKE THINGS THE WRONG WAY.
YOU MAY NOT MEAN HOW YOU SAY IT, BUT PEOPLE TAKE IT THE WRONG WAY.
Y'ALL GET IT TOGETHER ON THIS BOARD BECAUSE I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING.
IT'S GONNA BE A CLEANUP AND MINISTER FARRAKHAN AND BROTHER ARTHUR COME IN HERE.
BELIEVE WHAT I TELL YOU BECAUSE I WAS A MUSLIM.
I WAS GOING TO BE SECURITY FOR MINISTER FARRAKHAN AND I AM NOT STANDING HERE JUST TELLING YOU, Y'ALL IS LOOKING FOR A WALK AND YOU SHOULD NOT WANT THAT.
NO, DON'T YOU TELL ME, BUT I'M SORRY I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE SEVEN 30 AND DON'T TELL ME YOU IS AN INTERN TRYING TO LEARN AND YOU GOTTA LEARN FROM US.
WE ARE PAYING TAX CITIZEN, RIGHT HOUSE.
UH, I WANNA THANK THE PEOPLE WHO ASKED ME FOR MY EMAIL ADDRESS.
THE PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T ASKED HER YET.
HAL MARK, H A L M A R C@AOL.COM GET THE REAL STORY NOW, A T ONE VINCENT TOOMEY, $200,000 KRISTEN STEIN.
BUT OF COURSE WHAT IT DOESN'T SAY IS ALL THE OTHER ATTORNEYS THAT HAVE BEEN HIRED FOR THE INDIVIDUAL POLICE OFFICERS, WHICH THE TOWN IS PAYING IN THIS DEFENSE.
SO I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT THE RUNNING TOTAL IS ON ALL OF THE ACTIONS BEING BROUGHT AGAINST
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THE TOWN AND ITS GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS AS A DOLLAR COST.ALSO, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO HOLD OVER TB TWO.
THIS IS THAT FEEL GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.
BUT WHAT I DO NOT SUPPORT IS THE PRESENTATION THAT MS. HENDRICKS GAVE AT THE LAST TOWN BOARD MEETING WITH ALL ITS INACCURACIES, OMISSIONS AND INCORRECT INFORMATION.
SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH THE AMOUNT OF THE BILL WAS.
6,000,004 AGAINST 4 MILLION MILLION.
NO, I SAID 6,000,002 WHEN I'M, AND I DID MEAN 4,000,002 AND I CORRECTED THAT, BUT WELL, YOU CORRECTED WHEN I BROUGHT IT UP.
BUT ALL THE, I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE MY TIME, GO THROUGH ALL THE OTHER THINGS.
BASICALLY YOU SAID IT ISN'T GONNA COST ANYTHING AND IT'S OVER 20 YEARS, ALL INCORRECT INFORMATION.
HOW DO YOU KNOW? BECAUSE AN IDIOT WOULD KNOW.
OKAY, NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT CONCERNS OUR TOWN ATTORNEY AND MR. FINER.
IN 2021, MR. FINER WAS ENTHRALLED BY THE ZUCKERBERG INSTITUTE, THE ZUCKERBERG FAMILY.
THE GROUP THAT YOU WOULD THINK NEEDS TO GO INTO THE MARKETPLACE TO GET PEOPLE TO JOIN THEIR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, WHICH THEY ONLY ADMINISTER THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA ONLINE.
AND MR. FINE WAS INTRIGUED ENOUGH TO SAY, LET'S PAY A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH STUDENT.
LET'S GIVE THE ZUCKERBERG INSTITUTE $69,000.
SO I FOILED AND THE INFORMATION I GOT BACK FROM OUR INTERIM TOWN ATTORNEY DANKO WAS THERE'S NO INFORMATION.
I ASKED TO SEE THE RESOLUTION PERMITTING THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO FUND THE TOWN'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROGRAM, HOW MUCH THE TOWN CONTRIBUTED THE NAMES OF THOSE PERSONS RECEIVING TOWN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ATTEND LAST YEAR'S PROGRAM BECAUSE MR. FINER, IN HIS OWN PROMOTIONS, NAMED FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE AT VARIOUS TIMES FOR THINGS THAT THEY HAD LEARNED THROUGH THE ZUCKERBERG INSTITUTE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 69 PEOPLE AND THE FOURTH PART, THE SOURCE OF ANY GREENBERG FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM.
NONE OF THAT INFORMATION, ACCORDING TO MY FOIL, IS AVAILABLE.
NOW MR. FEER, AMONG HIS RESPONSIBILITIES IS THE TOWN'S CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
THE TOWN CONTROLLER MERELY TAKES THE INPUT FROM THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND MAKES SURE THAT THEY ALL BALANCE THAT THEIR REVENUES AND EXPENSES END UP EVEN AT THE END OF THE BUDGET.
BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF POSSIBILITIES GOING ON HERE.
IF WE DON'T KNOW HOW THE $69,000 WAS PAID OR FOR WHO IT'S SERVING, WE WRITE A CHECK OUT TO THE ZUCKERBERG INSTITUTE FOR $69,000.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO TELL US APPARENTLY, OR YOU DON'T HAVE, WHO'S ACTUALLY GOING ON THIS LITTLE AVENGER? SO LET'S GIVE THEM 69,000.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE AT THE ZUCKERBERG INSTITUTE WILL KICK BACK X DOLLARS TO ME BECAUSE I WAS THE FINDER.
BUT THE FACT IS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP OF THE RE THE AGENDA, WE SEE THAT THE TOWNS RECEIVED THIS FINANCIAL EXCELLENCE REWARD, WHICH WE PAY $1,240 EVERY YEAR JUST TO GET IT.
IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING THAT WE WRITE IS ACCURATE.
IT ONLY SAYS THAT WE SUPPLY THE INFORMATION IN THE CHECK THE BOXES THAT THIS INFORMATION APPEARS.
SO THE QUESTION IS WHETHER WE ARE REALLY DESERVING OF THIS TRADE ASSOCIATION'S AWARD, WHICH WE'RE PAYING FOR, AND WHY ISN'T THE TOWN HAVE ANY INFORMATION? THIS IS NOT THE FIRST INSTANCE IN FOIL REQUEST WHERE I'VE BEEN TOLD THE DOCUMENTS DO NOT EXIST, NOR AM I THE ONLY PERSON THIS HAS HAPPENED TO.
SO MAYBE WE'RE SAVING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON PAPER, BUT I HAVE TO ASSUME THAT THIS TOWN OPERATES LIKE ANY OTHER COMPANY AND WILL BE ACCURATE IN REPORTING WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM AND WHERE IT GOES, WHICH YOU ARE NOT ALLOWING ME TO KNOW.
THANK YOU AND DEAR BOLAND, GOOD EVENING.
I'M NORMALLY IN BED AT THIS TIME.
UM, THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY IS, UM, ON
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SEPTEMBER 9TH, UM, ON FACEBOOK, I POSTED A COMMENT IN RESPONSE TO A POST, UM, FROM YOU, MR. FINER, ON THE FAIRVIEW COMMUNITY GROUP.AND, UM, I POSTED A COMMENT BECAUSE I FELT THAT YOUR POST WAS DIVISIVE TO THE FAIRVIEW COMMUNITY AND INCLUDED DISINFORMATION, NOT MISINFORMATION, DISINFORMATION, WHICH IS MUCH WORSE.
UM, SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THAT, UM, THE COMMENT WAS STILL PENDING, AND I ADVISED MR. FINDER IN THE SAME GROUP THAT THIS IS VIOLATION OF MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, AND I ASKED YOU TO POST MY COMMENT SEPTEMBER 19TH.
I PUT THE SAME IN THE EMAIL, WHICH I THINK ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS AND SOME OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE PRIVY TO, UM, IN THIS EMAIL.
UM, WHAT I DO WANNA SAY IS, UM, FOR GENERATIONS, UH, PHYSICAL SPACES LIKE PUBLIC SQUARES AND TOWN HALLS HAVE BEEN CRITICAL FORUMS FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK ON ISSUES OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE.
WITH THE RISE OF SOCIAL MEDIA, THE AVENUES FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK WITH THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE EXPANDED.
AS YOU SEE MR. FINER, WHEN YOU'RE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU HAVE MORE INTERACTION WITH THE TOWN THAT DOESN'T EVEN BOTHER TO COME TO THE MEETINGS.
AS YOU CAN SEE WHY THE MEETINGS RUN SO LATE, AND IT'S VERY HARD TO GET HERE.
UM, I LET YOU KNOW, UM, ON THAT FORUM THAT IT WAS A VIOLATION OF MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
UM, THE A C L U HAS ALSO STATED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO RIGHT TO CENSOR COMMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THEY MUST ANSWER EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS AND POST EVERYONE'S COMMENTS.
YOU CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT TO POST AND WHO TO ANSWER IF YOU'RE USING IT TO POSTS, UM, PUBLIC NOTICES, UM, THINGS SUCH AS THAT YOU CAN'T CENSOR.
UM, I'M VERY OFFENDED BECAUSE I'VE BEEN A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF GREENBURG.
MY PARENTS FOR OVER 30 YEARS HAVE PAID ALMOST A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TAXES TO THIS TOWN.
SO I THINK I DESERVE AN ANSWER.
I THINK I DESERVE MY, UH, MY COMMENT TO BE POSTED.
I THINK I DESERVE SOME RESPECT.
UM, ESPECIALLY YOU'RE POSTING SOME LADY FROM CALIFORNIA, YOU'RE LETTING HER POST ABOUT SOME EVENT IN CALIFORNIA THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FAIRVIEW, BUT YOU'RE CENSORING MY COMMENT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID TO YOU.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I OFFENDED YOU.
I'M REALLY NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY MY COMET IS BEING CENSORED.
I I DON'T FEEL ANYBODY SHOULD HAVE THEIR VOICE QUIETED OR THEIR COMMENT CENSORED.
UM, I'M PRETTY NEUTRAL, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS MURAL MATTER.
I REALLY DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY'S VIEWS ARE.
I RESPECT EVERYBODY'S VIEWS, WHETHER IT'S RELIGION, RACE, EVERYBODY HAS A RIGHT TO HAVE A VIEW.
UM, MY ONLY ISSUE WITH THE MURAL WAS ACCOUNTABILITY.
UM, I EXPECTED THE BOARD, YOU GUYS ARE, ARE GATEKEEPERS.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THE TAXPAYERS AND TO PROTECT OUR RIGHTS, AND SOMEHOW YOU FELL ASLEEP AT THE, AT THE WHEEL.
UM, IF I HAVE A, A PET OR A CHILD AND I LEAVE MY DOOR OPEN AND LET THEM OUT, THE DAMAGE THEY CAUSE IS MY RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE I LEFT THEM UNATTENDED AND I DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION.
I THINK EVERYTHING COULD HAVE BEEN RESOLVED IF YOU SIMPLY JUST SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PAYING MORE ATTENTION.
I APOLOGIZE, COULD YOU PLEASE FIX THE MURAL OR TAKE THIS DOWN? YOUR RESPONSE PROBABLY WOULD'VE BEEN TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
BUT INSTEAD, BLAMED THE ARTIST BLAMED CLIFF.
BUT AT THE END, THE BOARD HAD THE GREATEST RESPONSIBILITY TO US, TO TAXPAYERS, TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN.
IT'S NOT REALLY A BELIEF THING, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND AS THE LEADER OR THE SUPERVISOR OF GREENBERG, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT DIRECTLY BE YOUR FAULT, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE HARD JOB AS A LEADER IS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ADMINISTRATION OR LACK OF ACTION OR THINGS THAT HAPPENED UNDER YOUR WATCH.
WE UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT DIRECTLY YOUR FAULT, BUT THAT'S THE HARD PART OF THE JOB THAT COMES WITH BEING A GOOD LEADER.
AND I THINK IT WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN THIS FAR RIGHT.
THAT'S ALL I I JUST WANNA MENTION WITH A FACEBOOK POST.
YES, I HAVE NEVER CENSORED ANYONE.
I, AND I, I BASICALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE POST, THERE'S ALL FREQUENTLY FOR YEARS PEOPLE HAVE SAID ALL SORTS OF THINGS AGAINST ME, AND I NEVER, THAT I, I NEVER
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DELETED AND I WOULD NEVER DELETE.AND I'M LIKE, WHAT CAN I DO TO YOU? YOU KNOW WHAT I NO, I, YOU KNOW, THE THING IS, I, YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T YOU JUST EMAIL ME MM-HMM.
AND I'LL TRY FIGURING OUT HOW TO PUT IT ON THE PAGE.
UM, AND I'LL ALSO SPEAK TO MY ASSISTANT IF I'M, IF THERE'S A GLITCH THAT I'M NOT ABLE TO, BECAUSE I'M NOT THE, UH, MR. UH, YOU KNOW, THE SMARTEST PERSON WITH TECHNO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT.
SO THE THING IS, IF THERE'S A MISTAKE AND I CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT, I WILL ASK HER TO DO IT.
SO EMAIL ME, YOU KNOW, THE, THE P FINE GREENBERG AND WHY I SAY MM-HMM.
BUT I CERTAINLY, UM, YOU, WELL, IT DOESN'T MATTER NOW.
NOW I READ, I DO READ YOUR COMMENTS MM-HMM.
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THIS WHOLE ISSUE IS, I MEAN, THERE'S, PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT FEELINGS, YOU KNOW, ON, ON ALL SIDES.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVING A DIALOGUE, AN HONEST DIALOGUE WHERE PEOPLE COULD EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS TO EACH OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE POSITIVE BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS THE TOWN TORN APART WITH, UH, RACISM OR BIGOTRY.
UM, WE ALL HAVE TO LIVE AND WORK TOGETHER.
UM, SO, UM, SO IF YOU EMAIL ME, UH, YOU KNOW, TONIGHT I'LL, I'LL, OR TOMORROW I'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S UP.
BUT, UH, YOU, YOU KNOW, I ALSO WANNA MENTION, I GET, MY PROBLEM IS I LIKE WRITE A LOT ON A LOT OF FACEBOOK PAGES.
BUT I DON'T ALWAYS, AND ON, AND THE TOWN AND ALL THAT.
SOMETIMES I'LL LOOK THROUGH THE COMMENTS, BUT I DON'T SEE, I DON'T ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, I'M, IF I HAVE LIKE 300 EMAILS FROM THE TOWN, I MAY NOT NOTICE THE FACEBOOK PAGE BECAUSE I'M NOT REALLY LOOKING AT ALL THE COMMENTS.
I'M JUST POSTING, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO YOU MAY BE TAKING IT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WRONGLY.
I MEAN, I'M SOMETIMES UP TO LIKE ONE IN THE MORNING OR LATER JUST, UH, RESPONDING TO ALL THE EMAILS I GET THAT NIGHT.
LIKE AFTER, NOW WHEN I GET HOME NOW, I'LL PROBABLY BE ON MY, UH, UH, ON THE COMPUTER FOR AN HOUR, JUST ANSWERING EVERY EMAIL BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL FACEBOOK PAGE? THIS IS NO, THE FAIRVIEW PAGE.
NO, THE FAIRVIEW FACEBOOK PAGE IS ONE THAT I SET UP.
IT WAS A PER ONE THAT I SET UP PERSONALLY YEARS AGO.
BUT I POST A LOT OF STUFF ABOUT THE TOWN ON THAT PAGE.
YOU KNOW, I, I, THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT SITES BECAUSE THERE WAS NO FAIRVIEW.
IT'S BEEN THE HOT BID RECENTLY.
BUT IT, IT, IT'S BASICALLY A PERSONAL ONE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I USE IT FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER I SET IT UP PERSONALLY, IT DOESN'T REALLY IS IMMATERIAL.
YEAH, WELL IT DOES BECAUSE YOU JUST SAID YOU HAVE YOUR ASSISTANT MONITORING AND EDITING THINGS.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, BECAUSE IT'S SORT OF QUASI-PUBLIC, BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE THING IS, IS I'M, I'M POST, I'M NOT SAYING PAUL FINE IS GREAT.
I'M SAYING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A TOWN MEETING ON THIS OR THAT.
I'M REALLY USING IT FOR, FOR TOTALLY, FOR GOVERNMENT PURPOSES.
WE DEFINITELY NEED A SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY AND WE REALLY NEED TO WORK WITH IT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT.
SO EMAIL ME AND I WILL GET, UH, WE WILL FOLLOW IT UP IMMEDIATELY.
CAN I COME BACK TO THE DIALOGUE? YOUR POCKETBOOK? YOUR POCKETBOOK, YOUR POCKETBOOK, YOUR POCKETBOOK.
UNLESS YOU'RE LEAVING IT, IT'S FINE.
YOU WOULD'VE REMEMBERED AT SOME POINT.
WE DO HAVE SOMEONE NEXT, AND THEN, AND THEN UP.
THE NEXT PERSON THAT HAS REQUESTED TO SPEAK, UH, IS CLIFF ABRAMS. HE'S THE, HE'S THE LAST ONE.
YOU KNOW, UM, I WAS AT A MEETING, A BOARD MEETING FOR HOUSING FOR THREE AND A HALF HOURS.
I COME HERE AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY Y'ALL WAIT TILL 11 O'CLOCK TO GIVE SOMEBODY A CHANCE TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ALL OF THE HEARINGS THAT Y'ALL HAVE, THEY ON THE CLOCK, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY GETTING PAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU WILL WANT THE PUBLIC TO SHARE HOW THEY FEEL.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE BOYS SHOULD WANT.
AND I KNOW KEN NO WANT TO LIKE
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PAY ATTENTION WHAT I'M SAYING, BUT IT'S OKAY.BUT THAT'S WHAT PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT.
WOULDN'T YOUR WANT TO KNOW WHAT PEOPLE'S FEELING ARE? PEOPLE CONCERNS ARE TO MAKE SOMEBODY WAIT TILL 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND THE MEETING STARTS AT SEVEN 30.
SO PEOPLE THAT I INVITE TO WANT TO COME, THEY WANT TO SHARE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COME BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY CAN BE SITTING HERE FOR FOUR HOURS.
AND I JUST THINK IT'S SO DISRESPECTFUL.
SO I WAS LOOKING LIKE, UM, WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT CHILDRENS OF THE DEVIL? MM-HMM.
WHO ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD AND WHO ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL? WHOEVER DOES NOT PRACTICE, RIGHTEOUSNESS IS NOT OF GOD, NOR IS THE ONE JOHN 8 44.
YOU ARE YOUR FATHER, THE DEVIL, AND YOU AND YOUR WILL IS TO DO YOUR FATHER'S DESIRE.
HE WAS A MURDERER FROM THE BEGINNING AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TRUTH BECAUSE THERE IS NO TRUTH IN HIM.
WHEN HE LIES, HE SPEAK OUT OF HIS OWN CHARACTER.
FOR HE IS A LIAR AND A FATHER OF LIES.
Y'ALL SENT A LETTER TO THE ARTIST CLAIMING 20 SIGNATURE, 20 IMAGES TO COME DOWN THE ARTIST'S LAWYER SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
AND THIS WAS ALMOST 10 DAYS NOW, RIGHT? SO EVERYBODY IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE MOVE? YOU KNOW, WHETHER I DISAGREE WITH Y'ALL OR NOT, YOU KNOW? UM, I, I FIND MYSELF SAYING THINGS THAT SOMETIME I WISH I COULD TAKE BACK BECAUSE I GET THINGS PERSONAL.
EVEN I GOT INTO, I GOT INTO A DEBATE WITH, UM, HOW, AND ME AND HOW USUALLY AGREE ON THINGS.
SO PAUL AIN'T GOING TO SAY WHAT HE SAY WITHOUT FRANCIS.
HE KNOW THAT HE NEEDED HER BACK.
HE JUST AIN'T GONNA JUMP OUT THE WINDOW AND JUST SAY, I WANT THIS OFF THE WALL WITHOUT NO BACKING.
SO EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T SAY NOTHING UP HERE, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA SIT HERE 'CAUSE I ALREADY KNOW THAT Y'ALL SUPPORTED BECAUSE ON PEOPLE FOR POLITICS, PAUL SAID THAT Y'ALL DIDN'T TAKE A LEGAL VOTE, BUT THROUGH EMAIL, Y'ALL ALL AGREED.
SEE, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU ASKED QUESTIONS, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
SO I WANNA SAY THIS 'CAUSE MY TIME IS RUNNING OUT.
WHY CAN'T WE MOVE ON
HOW MANY TIMES BLACK PEOPLE HAS TOLD, NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY GET KILLED, HOW MUCH THEY GET HUNG, HOW MUCH THEIR ANCESTORS GOT RAPED, HOW AMERICA DON'T WANT TO PAY NO REPARATION FOR ALL THE HARM THEY DID, BUT THEY COULD GIVE $10 MILLION A DAY TO ISRAEL.
THEY COULD PAY EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND YOU TALKING ABOUT A IMAGE ON A WALL? WE DON'T HAVE A SUPERMARKET, WE DON'T HAVE A BARBER SHOP.
WE GOT HIGH END CAR DEALERSHIP ALL UP DOWN ONE 19 WHERE PEOPLE USED TO LIVE AT AND PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHO'S ON A MURAL THAT WAS DISCUSSED FOR TWO YEARS THAT Y'ALL MESSED UP BECAUSE Y'ALL PAID THEM.
Y'ALL PAID A CHECK FOR $10,000 AND FOR Y'ALL TO DO THAT.
Y'ALL MESSED UP AND LET'S MOVE ON.
OKAY, LET'S GOWAN, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY THAT, OH, UM, ONE, ONE SPEAKER ON ZOOM.
GARRETT, YOU SAID THERE'S SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT ON ZOOM? YEAH.
I DON'T THINK THAT THAT, UM, PERSON KNOWS THEY DIDN'T RAISE THE HAND FUNCTION.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THEY KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.
SOMEONE, SOMEONE PAT WILLIAMS IS COMING UP.
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HELLO? YOU'RE A BIT LOW.PAT, CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE CLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE BETTER, BUT THE CLOSER YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE MICROPHONE, THE BETTER.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, THAT'S BETTER.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START, UH, BUT I DO KNOW IT STARTS AT ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT.
I WANNA THANK HAL FOR BRINGING UP THAT INFORMATION ON, UH, REQUESTING AND FOILING FOR COSTS AND PRICES.
I'M ON THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
PAT, PAT SPEAKING TO YOUR MIC.
UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, YOU CAN.
NOW, UM, BASICALLY IT'S ON OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ALL THE WAY THROUGH WHERE THERE, THERE'S, UH, DECEPTION AND THERE'S NO ACTUAL ANSWERS.
I'M ON OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE GREENBURG POLICE REVIEW COMMISSION.
AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND OUT FOR OVER A YEAR EXACTLY HOW MUCH MONEY WAS SPENT ON EACH AND EVERY LAST ONE OF THE CIVIL, UM, CIVIL.
WE'VE BEEN SU SU FOR CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND WE'VE NOT GOT AN ANSWER.
UM, I WANNA GO DOWN TO BASICALLY THE MURAL.
AND IT'S NOT THE MURAL, IT'S THE ISSUE.
IT'S THE DRED SCOTT CASE AGAINST JAY SANFORD IN 1857, WHICH INCLUDES THE 13TH, 14TH, AND 15TH AMENDMENTS THAT OVERRIDE THE 12TH AMENDMENT THAT SAYS BLACK PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT CIV, UM, CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
WE ARE ALL THE WAY BACK TO THERE.
PAUL, WHEN YOU STARTED THIS, I TOLD YOU NOT TO OPEN THE DOOR BEFORE WE HAD A MEETING ON DISCRIMINATION OR DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
THIS IS NOW COMPLETELY TAKING OVER THE EAST COAST ON JUST ABOUT ALL OF THE BLACK STATIONS ON THE RADIO.
WE DON'T HAVE THE MEDIA THAT THE OTHER AREAS DO TELEVISION AND, AND UM, AND, AND WHATEVER ONLINE, WHATEVER.
BUT WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO TELL YOU WHAT IS WRONG.
AND WHAT IS WRONG IS THAT THE DRED SCOTT CASE CAME UP IN 1857.
IT'S A PRECURSOR TO THE CIVIL WAR.
AND I DON'T WANNA SEE A WAR HERE.
YOU ALWAYS COME UP WITH, UM, DIVISIVE THINGS AND YOU SIT BACK AND WAIT FOR EVERYBODY TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
TO SAY THAT MURAL IS JUST TELLING ME THAT BASICALLY THE LAW THAT THEY PASSED THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT PASSED IN 1857, CAME DOWN TO BASICS.
BLACK MEN OR BLACK PEOPLE HAVE NO RIGHTS THAT THE WHITE MAN MUST OR SHOULD OR COULD FIND ANY REASON TO KNOCK DOWN.
THEY'RE NOT BOUNDED TO RESPECT ANYBODY BLACK.
AND I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT FOR THIS, FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, YOU CAN BE AS VISUS AS YOU WISH.
YOU CAN TALK ABOUT WHATEVER YOU WANT, BUT YOU NEED TO KEEP IT TO YOURSELF.
I DON'T COME OVER TO A JEWISH AREA AND TELL YOU WHAT TO DO, AND I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO TELL ME OR ANY BLACK PERSON WHETHER OR NOT, EVEN IF THEY DON'T AGREE WITH FARRAKHAN ON BEING ON THAT, UM, UM, ON THE MURAL.
BUT TO RECOGNIZE A BASIC FACT, HE WAS AN ADVOCATE FOR AN ACTIVIST, ACTIVIST FOR AMA AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES, I SHOULD SAY BLACK PEOPLE WITH THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN DESCENT UP FROM SLAVERY.
AND HE'S DONE THE SAME THING FOR COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD WHO HAVE WHAT Y'ALL CALL MINORITIES, BUT THERE ARE NO MINORITIES.
IT'S EQUAL ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE WORLD.
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YOU CANNOT STATE WHO'S GOING TO BE ON THE MURAL FOR THE VERY SIMPLE REASON THAT EVERYBODY WHO'S ON IT WAS AN ADVOCATE AND THEY WENT AGAINST THE RULES FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.DON'T ASK ME HOW PAUL ROBESON HAD HIS, HIS, HIS PASSPORT SUSPENDED.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WANTED TO PUT ANGELA DAVISON JAIL.
YOU GO BY, YOU SEE, UM, MO MUHAMMAD ALI, FORMERLY KNOWN AS CASSIUS CLAY, THE BOXER, HE HAD NO OTHER COUNTRY TO GO TO WHEN THEY WERE BASICALLY FIGHTING AGAINST THE VIETNAM WAR.
ALL THE YOUNG WHITE PEOPLE LEFT THE COUNTRY.
THEY WENT TO CANADA OR THEY WENT TO EUROPE.
MUHAMMAD ALI CASH, HIS CLAY WENT TO JAIL.
EVERY PERSON ON THE MURAL HAD STOOD ALONE.
I DON'T CARE WHO IT WAS, BUT DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, WHO STOOD UP FOR THE WHITE CHILDREN WHO WERE TALKING ABOUT THE DRAFT, PRESIDENT JOHNSON DID NOT LIKE HIM.
IF HE COULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING TO HIM, HE WOULD HAVE YOU HAVE EVERYBODY.
EXCUSE ME, MS. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU.
I KNOW MY FIVE MINUTES ARE UP AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU THE LAST OF THE THREE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THAT WHICH CALL MARTHA JAMES SON, MADE A FIST.
THE UNITED STATES CLOSED HIM DOWN.
AT FIVE SECONDS WE SEE THE AGENDA.
THERE COMES A POINT WHERE YOU NEED TO STOP.
[ TB 1 – 10/12/2022 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh amending Chapter 440 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh to authorize Increases in Tax Exemptions for Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities]
ONE RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 40 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO AUTHORIZE INCREASES IN TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.[ TB 2 - 10/12/2022 Resolution supporting the Clean Water, Clean Air, Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022]
RESOLUTION.SUPPORTING CLEAN WATER, CLEAN AIR, GREEN JOBS ENVIRONMENTAL BOND ACT.
[ AT 1 - 10/12/2022 Resolution approving the continued retention of the Law Office of Vincent Toomey, to represent the Town of Greenburgh in the matter of Kristin Stein v. the Town of Greenburgh, et al, for an amount not to exceed $25,000, ($200,000 in total)]
APPROVING CONTINUED RETENTION OF THE LAW OFFICE OF VINCENT TUMAN TOY TO REPRESENT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG IN THE MATTER OF KRISTEN STEIN VERSUS THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $25,000 200,000 TOTAL.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE AYE.
[ CL 1 - 10/12/2022 Resolution authorizing closing Homewood Court at both intersections with Homewood Road, on Sunday, October 23, 2022, from 3:00 PM until 6:00 PM, for the Windsor Park Association to hold its Annual Picnic]
AUTHORIZING CLOSING, UH, VA HOMEWOOD COURT AT BOTH INTERSECTIONS ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23RD, UM, FROM THREE TO 6:00 PM FOR THE WINDSOR PARK ASSOCIATION.I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR.
[ CL 2 - 10/12/2022 Resolution authorizing closing Bradford Avenue between Maryton Road and Ethelton Road on Sunday, October 31, 2021, from 2:00 PM until 8:00 PM, for the residents of Bradford Avenue to hold a Halloween Block Party]
OF BRADFORD AVENUE BETWEEN MARITON ROAD AND ETHERTON ROAD ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31ST.THIS, THIS NEEDS TO, UH, A CORRECTION.
UM, FROM BRADFORD AVENUE TO ALL THE HALLOWEEN BLOCK PARTY, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE.
RESOLUTION AUTHOR, RESIDENT CLOSING OF LER LANE
[ CL 3 - 10/12/2022 Resolution authorizing closing Eiler Lane (P.O. Irvington, NY) between Taxter Road and Shaw Lane, on Saturday, October 29, 2022, from 6:00 PM until 10:00 PM, for the residents of Eiler Lane to hold a Block Party]
BETWEEN TEXAS ROAD AND SHORE LANE ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 29TH FROM 6:00 PM UNTIL 10:00 PM FOR THE RESIDENCE OF LER LANE TO HOLD A BLOCK PARTY.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR.
[ CL 4 – 10/12/2022 Resolution scheduling two Public Hearings for October 26, 2022, at 7:30 PM, to consider two agreements between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Ardsley to provide Fire Protection Services to Unincorporated area residents of the Chauncey and South Ardsley Fire Protection Districts, respectively, for the year 2021]
RESOLUTION SCHEDULING TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR OCTOBER 26TH TO CONSIDER TWO AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE VILLAGE OF LEY TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO UNINCORPORATED AREA RESIDENTS OF TRUANCY AND SOUTH LEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS FOR THE YEAR 2021.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CL 5 - 10/12/2022 Resolution authorizing closing Edgemont Road from Round Hill Road to the triangle at the end of Edgemont Place/Crane's Pond, on Monday, October 31st, from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM, for the Old Edgemont Association to hold a Halloween event]
OF EDGEMONT ROAD FROM ROUND HALL ROAD TO THE TRIANGLE AT THE END OF EDGEMONT PLACE, CRANES POND ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 31ST FROM FIVE TO 8:00 PM FOR THE OLD EDGEMONT ASSOCIATION TO HELD TO THE HALLOWEEN EVENT.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CL 6 - 10/12/2022 Resolution authorizing closing Edgemont Road, from Round Hill Road to the triangle at the end of Edgemont Place/Crane's Pond, on Sunday, October 30th, from 2:30 PM until 4:00 PM, for the Old Edgemont Association to hold a Halloween Parade]
OF EDGEMONT ROAD FROM ROUND HILL ROAD TO THE TRIANGLE AT THE END OF, UH, EDGEMONT PLACE, CRANES POND ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30TH FROM TWO 30 UNTIL 4:00 PM UH, FOR THE OLD EDGEMONT ASSOCIATION HELD A HALLOWEEN PARADE.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ONE FAVOR, AYE.
[ CL 7 - 10/12/2022 Resolution authorizing closing Kempster Road, between Hadden Road and Cotswold Way, on Monday, October 31, 2022 from 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM, for the residents of Kempster Road to hold their Neighborhood Block Party]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED AUTHORIZING CLOSING OF KEMPSTER ROAD BETWEEN HADDEN AND COTSWOLD.UM, WAY ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 31ST, UM, FOR THE KEMPSTER ROAD TO HOLD THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY.
[ CL 8 - 10/12/2022 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for 7:30 PM, Wednesday, October 26, 2022, to consider an Amended Site Plan and Tree Removal Permit Application by Sunningdale Country Club for property located at 300 Underhill Road (P.O. Scarsdale, NY) – TB 22-16]
A, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A 7:30 PM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26TH TO CONSIDER AN AMENDED SITE PLAN TREE REMOVAL PERMIT APPLICATION BY SUNNING DALE, UM, COUNTRY CLUB FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 300 UNDERHILL ROAD.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE.
[ CL 9 - 10/12/2022 Resolution authorizing closing Midvale Road (P.O. Hartsdale, NY) between Old Colony Road and Club Way, on Saturday, October 29, 2022 (Rain Date: October 30,2022), from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM, for the Greenridge Neighborhood to hold a Block Party]
UH, MIDVALE ROAD BETWEEN OLD COLONY ROAD AND CLUB WHITE ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 29TH FROM 5:00 PM UNTIL 8:00 PM FOR THE GREEN RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE BLOCK PARTY.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ONE FAVOR, AYE.
CHIEF RE SHOULD WE ORDER MORE BARRICADES FOR HALLOWEEN NIGHT? WE HAVE SO MANY BLOCK PARTIES GOING ON.
[03:45:01]
YOU MIGHT WANNA LOOK INTO THAT HAVE, UH, QUITE A BIT.YOU WANNA COME TO THE MIC? IF, IF YOU WANNA, 'CAUSE WE'RE STILL LIVE.
THERE MUST BE AT LEAST 10 OR 12 EVENTS GOING ON.
I KNOW STAFF AND PATROL ARE, UH, BOTH AWARE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.
NOT EVERYTHING IS THE SAME NIGHT, BUT, UM, IF IT WAS A CONCERN, MEASURES WOULD'VE BEEN TAKEN AND I, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S A CONCERN.
NORMALLY THEY PICK 'EM UP A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER.
THEY MIGHT HAVE TO PICK, PICK 'EM UP EACH DAY.
BUT IF THEY NEED TO PICK THEM UP SOONER TO PUT THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE, THEY WILL.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING IMPLEMENTATION AND FUNDING IN THE FIRST
[ CD 1 - 10/12/2022 Resolution authorizing the implementation, and funding in the first instance 100% of the federal-aid eligible costs, of a transportation federal-aid project known as the Hillside Avenue Sidewalk, and appropriating funds therefore]
INSTANCE, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL AID ELIGIBLE COSTS OF THE TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL AID PROJECT KNOWN AS SOCIETY AVENUE SIDEWALK AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THERE FOR I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.[ CR 1 - 10/12/2022 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a contract with the Westchester County Department of Social Services to accept $52,096 to operate the 2022 TANF Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) for youth ages 14 to 20 at the Theodore D. Young Community Center from May 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022]
AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO ENTER, ENTER A CONTRACT WITH THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF RE SOCIAL SERVICES TO ACCEPT $52,096 TO OPERATE THE 2022 T A N F SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PRO PROGRAM FOR YOUTH AGES OF 14 TO 20 AT THE THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER FROM MAY 1ST, 2022 TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022.[ CR 2 - 10/12/2022 Resolution authorizing personnel from the Department of Community Resources to travel to various colleges and universities in Boston, Massachusetts from November 17-20, 2022, at a total cost not to exceed $14,000, $4800 of which will be paid by program participants]
IN FAVOR? AYE.RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PERSONNEL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO TRAVEL TO VARIOUS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS FROM NOVEMBER 17TH TO 20 AT A TOTAL COST NOT TO EXCEED 14 14,000, 4,800 OF WHICH WILL BE PAID BY PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT 4,800 WILL BE PAID BY RIGHT, RIGHT.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING, UH, FISCAL YEAR
[ CO 1 - 10/12/2022 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2022 budget transfers]
2020 200 TRANSFERS.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ PR 1 - 10/12/2022 Resolution authorizing the Town of Greenburgh Department of Parks & Recreation to go out to bid for Paper Goods, Athletic Supplies, T-shirts & Miscellaneous Items, Landscape Supplies, Grounds Maintenance Supplies, Turf & Landscaping Equipment, Pool Supplies, Professional Tree Service, Turf Fertilization, Arts & Crafts Supplies, Security Guard Services, Diving Boards with Stands, and Bus Transportation Services]
GREENBURG, DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION TO GO OUT TO BID FOR PAPER GOODS.UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT, UH, IT'S MORE THAN PAPER GOODS.
YOU WANT TO READ IT? ATHLETIC SUPPLIES, T-SHIRTS, MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES, GROUND MAINTENANCE, UM, SUPPLIES, TARIFF AND LANDSCAPE EQUIPMENT, POOL SUPPLIES, PROFESSIONAL TREE SERVICE, TERRA FERTILIZATION, ARTS AND CRAFT SUPPLIES, SECURITY GUARD SERVICES, DIVING BOARDS, WITHSTANDS AND BUS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION
[ PR 2 - 10/12/2022 Resolution authorizing the execution of a $113,599 grant agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the County of Westchester to provide Site and Home Delivered Meals]
OF A 113,000 5 99 GRAND AGREEMENT BETWEEN TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.PROVIDE TO PROVIDE SADDEN HOME DELIVERED MEALS.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR
[ PH 1 - 10/12/2022 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute an Inter Municipal Agreement (IMA) between the Town of Greenburgh and Westchester County to reimburse the Town for the Summer Youth Employment Program at the Theodore D. Young Community Center for the period of July 1, 2022 through September 30, 2022]
TO EXECUTE AN INTERIM MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND WESTCHESTER COUNTY TO REIMBURSE THE TOWN FOR THE SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM AT THE THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY ONE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE AYE.
[ PO 1 - 10/12/2022 Resolution appointing Jessica DeVito as an Entry-Level Police Officer]
DEVITO AS AN ENTRY LEVEL, UH, POLICE OFFICER.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE.
[ PO 2 - 10/12/2022 Resolution adopting the recommendations of the Greenburgh Police Department to accept a Police Traffic Services Grant through New York State Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee]
I RECOMMEND RESOLUTION DUMPING RECOMMENDATIONS.THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SET, HAVE POLICE TRAFFIC SERVICES GRANT THROUGH NEW YORK STATE GOVERNOR'S TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
[ PO 3 - 10/12/2022 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a three year contract with the General Services Administration (“GSA”) for Geographic Information System (GIS) Data Professional Services related to Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) and Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) Mapping Systems for the Greenburgh Police Department in a manner that constitutes competitive bidding, at a cost not to exceed $39,665.37]
TOWN SUPERVISOR TO ENTER, ENTER A CONTRACT WITH GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM DATA PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RELATED TO COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH AND PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT, UH, MAPPING SYSTEMS, UH, FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.I JUST, UH, WANT, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE RESOLUTION ACTUALLY HAS, 'CAUSE IT WAS CONFIRMED TODAY, IT'S A THREE YEAR CONTRACT THAT, THAT WAS BASED ON A BID AND IT'S FOR NO MORE THAN, UH, 39,000 AND CHANGE.
SO IT'S, UH, NO LE NO, NO, NO.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT ALL IN FAVOR? SECOND.
[ PO 4 - 10/12/2022 Resolution accepting an additional $5,000 donation to the Greenburgh Police Department from Ray Catena for the Purchase of Operational Equipment]
COUNTRY DONATION FROM, UM, THE, FOR THE, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR PURCHASE OF OPERATIONAL EQUIPMENT.