* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] GOT IT. [ TOWN OF GREENBURGH OFFICE OF THE TOWN BOARD 177 Hillside Avenue, Greenburgh, NY 10607 Tel: 914-989-1500 Fax: 914-993-1541 Email: JDudek@Greenburghny.com https://ny-greenburgh.civicplus.com/485/Watch-Live-Board-Meetings] I CAN MAKE IT. WE STARTED FOUR 30. WELL, I LEAVE. WE'RE STARTED. UM, HI, THIS IS THE TOWN BOARD. IT'S A WORK SESSION AND, UM, IT'S, UM, OCTOBER 25TH, 2022 AT 6 0 1, UH, PM WE HAD, UH, A SITE VISIT BEFORE. YOUR MICROPHONE'S NOT ON WHAT BACK RIGHT. OKAY. START AGAIN, START AGAIN. IT'S, UM, OCTOBER 25TH, UH, A LITTLE AFTER SIX O'CLOCK. IT'S A WORK SESSION OF THE TOWN BOARD. AND, UM, THE FIRST ITEM IS OUR, WHY DON'T YOU EXPLAIN, WE HAD A SITE VISIT. WE HAD A SITE VISIT, UH, ON JUNIPER HILL AND ON FAIR STREET, UM, REVIEWING AN APPLICATION. SO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS WERE THERE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE, UM, LATE. SO NOW WE'LL GO INTO, UH, UH, THE AGENDA. BUT BEFORE THAT, I JUST WANNA MENTION I'M SPEAKING BEFORE A GROUP ON NOVEMBER 1ST, WHICH IS NEXT TUESDAY. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T BE AT THE WORK SESSION. UM, IF YOU WANT TO CANCEL IT OR CHANGE IT OR MEET WITHOUT ME, THAT'S FINE. OH, WHAT ABOUT STARTING A LITTLE EARLIER, LIKE FOUR O'CLOCK, FOUR 30? WELL, I HAVE, YOU KNOW, FIVE 30. I HAVE TO LEAVE BY FIVE BEFORE FIVE 30. SO HAVE AN HOUR. IT'S NOT WORTH IT ALL. IT'S BETTER. WE'LL DISCUSS IT. OKAY. SO THE FIRST THING IS AGENDA REVIEW. I JUST WANTED, SO IN TERMS OF THE CANNABIS, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW'S MEETING HAS BEEN ADJOURNED TO THE NOVEMBER 9TH TOWN BOARD MEETING. AND THAT'S CREATING A LOCAL LAW ENTITLED TOBACCO PRODUCT AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE ADVERTISEMENTS AND SMOKING PARAPHERNALIA DISPLAY. SO THE OTHER FIVE HEARINGS ARE STILL SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW. JUST THAT ONE, UH, IN REGARDS TO TOBACCO HAS BEEN ADJOURNED TO NOVEMBER 9TH. AT THIS POINT, I CAN'T, I CAN'T TELL. SINCE YOU DON'T HAVE A LIGHT THOUGH, YOU ON IT'S GREEN UP HERE. OH, GOOD. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. JUST TRYING TO HELP OUT. JANELLE , THANK YOU. BETTER THAN HAVING A SCREAM AT THE SCREEN. SO, JOE, ONE OF WHICH, WHICH HEARING IS BEING RESPONDED OR THE VERY LAST ONE. OKAY. AND IT SAYS IN PARENTIS RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S, IT WAS POSTED THIS WAY AS WELL. I JUST WANT TO TO POINT IT OUT HERE. SO ANYONE WATCHING WHO MAY NOT HAVE SEEN THE AGENDA POSTED ONLINE AND MAY HAVE MISSED THAT, UM, THAT HEARING IS ADJOURNED TO NOVEMBER 9TH. WE, YEAH, I WAS JUST SAYING THERE'S, UH, THE AMENDED SITE PLAN RELATING TO, UM, I MEAN THE AMENDED SITE PLAN AND TREE REMOVAL PERMIT APPLICATION BY METROPOLIS. WE HAD OUR SITE VISIT AND WE'RE, UH, TOMORROW THERE'S GONNA BE, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY, DO WE WANT TO DISCUSS OUR, SOME THOUGHTS THAT WE HAD? YOU KNOW, OR YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE, THE HEARING? I THINK WE SHOULD HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, UH, WHAT WAS RAISED TONIGHT IS WHO OWNS THE ROAD. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH. OKAY. WELL, WE, WE HAVE, UH, RECEIVED SEVERAL EMAILS FROM THE PUBLIC ASKING WHY, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT CAN GO BEFORE PUBLIC HEARINGS. IS THERE ANY REASON WHY THAT CAN'T THE REVERSED HAVE TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO BE HEARD SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT AROUND FOR LIKE THREE AND FOUR HOURS? WELL, WE USED TO DO IT. LET THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. YEAH. AND THEN, BUT THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO DO THAT. SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC. MM-HMM. . SO IF, UH, PEOPLE ARE HERE BECAUSE THERE'S AN IMPORTANT PUBLIC HEARING AND THEY'RE WAITING THREE HOURS, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENTS, THEN PEOPLE ARE GONNA FEEL THAT IT'S THE SAME THING. THE ONLY THOUGHT THAT I HAD WAS WHAT IF WE HAVE LIKE A, LIKE A, ALMOST LIKE A TWITTER PUBLIC COMMENT WHERE IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO SPEAK FOR LIKE A MINUTE OR A MINUTE AND A HALF AND YOU KNOW, THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M AGAINST THIS, OR I'M FOR THIS AND IT'S 1, 2, 3, OR THEY HAVE A QUESTION, WE COULD TAKE THAT. AND THIS WAY THEY DON'T HAVE TO STAY. I MEAN, IT WOULD BE LIKE A VERY ABBREVIATED COMMON PERIOD. WE HAD TRIED THAT IN THE PAST. WE HAD A, WE CALLED IT THE LIGHTNING ROUND WHERE YOU GOT ONE MINUTE TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS. UM, DIDN'T KNOW IT DIDN'T ACTUALLY WORK BECAUSE ONCE THEY GOT STARTED, IT DIDN'T STAY TO ONE MINUTE. [00:05:01] BUT WE COULD TRY IT. BUT WE'RE GONNA GET THE SAME THING AS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE BELL, I DON'T CARE ABOUT THIS. IT'S SOMETHING WORTH DRIVING. WHAT IF WE BASICALLY, I'M JUST THROWING OUT BECAUSE, BECAUSE WHAT IF WE, BUT IF IT'S NOT, I'M SORRY, BUT IF IT'S ON A PUBLIC HEARING TOPIC, THEN IT'S NOT GONNA BE RECORDED BECAU WITH THE STENOGRAPHER BECAUSE THE STENOGRAPHER'S NOT GONNA START UNTIL WE ACTUALLY GET TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. RIGHT. WHAT IF WE, WE BASICALLY GAVE PEOPLE, WE HAD 15 MINUTES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING AND BASICALLY HE SAID, IT'S TWO MINUTES. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES BEFORE A PUBLIC HEARING TO SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT STRICTLY ENFORCED AT THE END OF 15 MINUTES, NO MATTER WHAT. IF THERE'S 30 PEOPLE WAITING, IT'S 15 MINUTES FOR TWO MINUTES AND IT'S FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. IT'S SORT OF LIKE THE COUNTY BOARD OF LEGISLATORS, UM, HAS, UM, A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE, UH, I THINK 30 MINUTES OR SOMETHING. YOU MEAN A HARD STOP AFTER THE 15 MINUTES? REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WANNA SPEAK? YEAH. AND, AND THIS WAY IF SOMEBODY HAS LIKE A QUICK, AND IT'S BASICALLY JUST A QUICK VERY QUICK QUESTION. LIKE A QUICK QUESTION OR A QUICK TWO MINUTE, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, STATEMENT AND THEN YOU STILL DO THE FIVE MINUTES AFTER. AND THEN WE STILL WOULD DO THE FIVE MINUTES AFTERWARDS AFTER. 'CAUSE PEOPLE THAT THEN NOBODY HAS TO WAIT AROUND AND ASK THAT PEOPLE DON'T DUPLICATE THEMSELVES UNLESS THEY HAVE FURTHER INFORMATION YEAH. THAT THEY COULDN'T IMPART. I MEAN, I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE SORT OF A COMPROMISE. AND IT'S NOT GONNA TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME. AND UM, AND YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WANTS TO SHOW UP AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M AGAINST THIS OR I'M FOR THAT, AND IT'S THREE SENTENCES. THEN WE, THEN THEY A LEAVE. SO WHERE, I'M SORRY. SO I GUESS I'M MISSING, SO WHERE IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT WOULD BE MOVED TO? NO, THIS WOULD BE LIKE A, I'M LOOKING AT THE, THE AGENDA. SO WHERE THE AGENDA WOULD BE, WE WOULD STILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT WHERE IT IS, BUT BE BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THERE WOULD BE A A 15 MINUTE, TWO MINUTE, UM, FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD WANNA MAKE A REAL SHORT STATEMENT. YEAH. YEAH. SO TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS YEAH. WOULD BE INITIAL. OKAY. I JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND. BUT IF YOU SPEAK AT THE FIRST ONE, YOU CAN'T SPEAK AT THE SECOND ONE BECAUSE, SO, OKAY. SO I HAD AN UNDERSTANDING WHEN THE REASON WHY THE PUBLIC COMMENT WAS HERE IS BECAUSE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CAME OUTTA THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, PEOPLE HADN'T CAN ADDRESS THAT DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT. WAS THAT NOT WHAT IT WAS INITIALLY? WELL, THEY STILL CAN BECAUSE IT WILL BE STILL A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AFTER THE, THE HEARINGS. OKAY. SO WE JUST SAID THOUGH, BUT WE, IF I HEARD THIS CORRECTLY, WE JUST SAID THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES. BUT IF WE, IF WE HAVE THE SAME COMMENT, BUT YOU CAN ONLY SPEAK ONCE. SO ARE YOU SAYING WE CAN ONLY SPEAK ONCE ON THE SAME, ON THE SAME TOPIC? OKAY. SO I'M GONNA PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE HERE. SO IF I'M COMING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, LET'S JUST SAY THE MARIJUANA LAW. SO IF I COMMENT AND MAKE A 15 MINUTE 20, YOU DON'T HAVE A MICROPHONE? NO. TWO MINUTES. A TWO. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. THAT'S A TWO, A TWO MINUTE, A TWO MINUTE, A TWO MINUTE, UH, COMMENT. AND THEN THAT HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE TOPICS ON THE PUBLIC HEARING. YOU COULD DO IT. THAT'S FINE. SO, SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT CAN COME BACK UP TWICE? SO I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR. NO, BECAUSE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT PUBLIC AT A PUBLIC HEARING. YOU CAN'T SPEAK AT THE PUB ABOUT A MATTER. YOU COULD SPEAK ONCE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE PUBLIC COMMENT OR THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'M NOT, LET'S NOT, I'M NOT CLEAR, I THOUGHT WOULD BE ON THE SAME TOPIC. IF IT'S ON, YOU'RE RIGHT. SO IF SOMEONE COMES TO SPEAK AND THEY, THEY HAVE TO USE THEIR JUDGMENT, PUBLIC COMMENT, RIGHT? THAT, DO THEY WANNA WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKE A LONGER COMMENT? OR DO THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY THAT'S SHORT AND SWEET THAT THEY CAN DO IN TWO MINUTES? 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A SECOND CHANCE ON THE SAME TOPIC. RIGHT? BECAUSE IT IS BASICALLY, LET'S SAY THE MIDWIFE. SO SOME PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL THE, THE DIFFICULTY OF GETTING, UH, PARKING. UM, SO PEOPLE WOULD BASICALLY SAY SOMEBODY WOULD BE HERE, THEY DON'T WANNA WAIT AROUND FOR THE WHOLE EVENING MM-HMM. THAT THEY'D SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I CAN'T, I COULD NEVER FIND PARKING, DON'T APPROVE IT. AND YOU KNOW MM-HMM. . SO THEY, THEY WOULD SAY THAT THEN THEY LEAVE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO STAY FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. THEY ALREADY, THEY FEEL THAT THEY COMMUNICATED WITHOUT WAITING FIVE HOURS. SO TO THAT POINT, I JUST WANNA STOP YOU, SO I'M JUST CLEAR. SO TO THAT POINT, SO ARE WE SAYING THAT EVERYONE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT AND SEE WHAT'S LISTED UNDER THE PUBLIC HEARING? BECAUSE YOU'LL NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE A COMMENT ON THE FIRST SECTION OF CO ON THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU, IF THE TOPIC IS UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S CLEAR. RIGHT? BUT IF, IF SOMEBODY HAS TO LEAVE OR SOMETHING AND THEY WANT, AND THEY DON'T CARE IF IT'S, IF IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY JUST WANNA SAY THEY DON'T WANNA WAIT AROUND, THEY COULD SAY, OKAY, I'M SPEAKING OUT ON SOMETHING AND THEN THEY COULD LEAVE. YEAH, I DO. BUT NOW, BUT YOU JUST NOW, BUT, BUT WE JUST SAID TWO SECONDS AGO THAT IF WE HAD, IF OH, SORRY. I THOUGHT I HAD IT. I'M SORRY. FORGIVE ME. SORRY. I HAD ONE. UM, I THOUGHT THAT IF I WAS UNDERSTANDING, IF YOU'RE SAYING YOU HAVE A COMMENT, IF I HAVE A COMMENT, I'M TALKING ABOUT MARIJUANA HERE AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND IT'S UNDER PUBLIC HEARING, [00:10:01] I STILL HAVE TO WAIT BECAUSE IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COMES OUTTA THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO COME UP THE SECOND TIME BECAUSE I SPOKE TO FIRST TIME THE BOARD WANTS TO DO, COULD SET UP ANY POLICY YOU, BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO SEE WHAT ARE WE AVOIDING IT JUST LIKE IT'S THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. SO IT REALLY IS JUST LIKE A CONVENIENCE OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT AROUND KEEPING PEOPLE SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT AROUND. NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT IF WE'RE TELLING THEM THAT YOU UNDERSTAND, THINK HERE. OKAY, , HOW ABOUT WE KEEP THE, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING SEPARATE AND SAY THAT IF YOU, IF YOU MAKE A COMMENT IN THE FAST, LIGHTNING ROUND, WHATEVER WE WANNA CALL IT, THEN YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT SAME PUBLIC COMMENT LATER ON IN THE FIVE MINUTE ROUND AS WELL. WE KEEP THE HEARINGS COMPLETELY SEPARATE. SEPARATE, OKAY. BECAUSE THIS STENOGRAPHER ALSO WILL NOT BE KEEPING NOTES DURING THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT SHE WAITS UNTIL THE HEARINGS. SO THAT, THAT COULD ALSO GET VERY CONFUSING IF SOMEONE DOESN'T KNOW WHEN THEY'RE DISCUSSING. IT'S SO, LIKE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T, IT WOULD BE BASICALLY RIGHT AFTER DECISION BEFORE PUBLIC HEARINGS WOULD HAVE A COMMENT LIKE, FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO STAY FOR THE MEETING, TWO MINUTES, UM, FOR 15 MINUTES ALLOCATED TWO MINUTES. UM, AND YOU CAN'T SPEAK AGAIN, YOU KNOW, DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY. AND THEN BASICALLY IT SEEMS TOO COMPLICATED TO ME. NEXT QUESTION. IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE. IT SEEMS TO, YEAH. LET ME, LET ME EXPLAIN HOW COMPLICATED THIS IS. I THINK BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TREMENDOUS CONTROVERSY OVER THIS BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU WILL GET FROM HISTORY, HAVING A LIGHTNING ROUND PEOPLE COMING IN, IN A GROUP THAT'S VERY OPPOSED TO SOMETHING, TAKE UP THE FIRST SEVEN SPOTS OF THE LIGHTNING ROUND 15 MINUTES NOW GO BY BECAUSE THAT YOU'RE GONNA LOSE PART OF YOUR 15 MINUTES JUST BY PEOPLE WALKING UP TO THE MICROPHONE AND BACK. SO SEVEN PEOPLE GET TO SPEAK. IT MAY BE ON THE SAME TOPIC. AND THOSE THAT CAME THINKING THAT THEY HAD A LIGHTNING ROUND AND WOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT NOW HAVE TO WAIT ANYWAY. I DON'T THINK IN A LIGHTNING ROUND YOU SHOULD BE DISCUSSING PUBLIC HEARING TOPICS BECAUSE IF YOU ARE, IT'S NOT ON THE RECORD. UM, AND AND SECONDLY, IT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF THE LIGHTNING ROUND, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE PEOPLE WHO WANNA MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH IS LATE IN THE EVENING AS OPPOSED TO WAITING FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT ARE COMING UP RIGHT AWAY. SO COULD WE, IF ANYTHING IT SHOULD BE ONE MINUTE. UM, BUT IT'S STILL COMPLICATED. BUT, SO THE ISSUE THOUGH ISN'T REALLY PUBLIC COMMENT. THE ISSUE IS THE PRESENTATIONS. IT'S THE PRESENTATIONS THAT OFTEN GO FOR TWO HOURS AND PUSH THE MEETING, PUSH PUBLIC COMMENT TO 11 O'CLOCK. SO WHY DON'T WE MOVE THE PRESENTATIONS TO AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT? BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY'RE KIDS BECAUSE OFTEN SOMEONE'S BEING INCONVENIENCED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. YEAH. I MEAN I THINK THAT IT, NO, IT'S BETTER TO LIMIT IT AS OPPOSED TO GOOD LUCK TO KEEP CHILDREN. IT IT, LISTEN TO WHAT JUDY LOGIC TO KEEP CHILDREN OR THEIR PARENTS WAITING UNTIL 11 O'CLOCK ON THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE PRESENTATIONS. YOU HAVE HAD SOME LONG ONES, BUT I, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO MOVE THEM TO 10 O'CLOCK OR 10 30. I THINK THAT THE IDEA OF THE LIGHTNING GROUND IS, IS A, IS A GOOD ONE IF, IF THE BOARD STICKS BY THE GUIDELINES THAT IT COMES UP WITH. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF, IF IT'S THE TWO MINUTES AND YOU GET TO SPEAK, YOU EITHER GET TO SPEAK DURING THE TWO MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT SEGMENT OR YOU WAIT TILL THE FIVE MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT SEGMENT. YEAH. IF YOU SPEAK DURING THE TWO MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT, THEN YOU ARE, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE CALLED UPON TO SPEAK DURING THE FIVE MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE THE PURPOSE OF THE TWO MINUTE IS FOR THOSE WHO JUST WANNA MAKE A SHORT STATEMENT AND WHO DON'T, DON'T WANNA STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING PERIOD. SO THAT'S THE GUIDELINE FOR THE TWO MINUTES. SO, SO WHY DON'T WE, SO WHY DON'T ANYTHING THAT, THAT'S NOT PUBLIC COMMENT. SO SO AS A TWO MINUTE, THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET TO. 'CAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE, I MEAN, ANYTHING THAT'S NOT PUBLIC, NOT ABOUT THE PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU LOSE THAT SECOND. THAT'S WHY I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. THAT'S WHY I WAS BRINGING THAT UP. PEOPLE COMMENT IN, IT'S A TWO MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT. 'CAUSE WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE COME UP HERE AND SPEAK WITHIN TWO MINUTES TO THREE MINUTES AND SAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. AND THEN THEY LEAVE. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE FULL FIVE MINUTES. SO THE ONES WHO SPEAK DURING THE TWO MINUTES DON'T SPEAK AGAIN DURING FIVE MINUTES. BECAUSE THE IDEA IS TO GIVE THOSE WHO JUST HAVE A SHORT STATEMENT TO MAKE AS PART OF PUBLIC COMMENT TO MAKE IT AND THEN THEY LEAVE. YEAH. TWO, TWO THINGS. SO NUMBER ONE, JUST A LOGISTICAL THING. IF WE'RE DOING THIS TO FRANCIS' POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR PEOPLE TO WALK UP, WHY DON'T WE CALL LIKE THE OKAY, THE THREE PEOPLE AND HAVE THE ONE PERSON GO UP THERE AND THE OTHER TWO WAIT NEARBY. [00:15:01] MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE SIT IN THE FRONT SEATS AND THEY COME SIT IN THE SEATS FRONT. WELL, THEY'RE WAITING BE NEXT. SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT WASTE OF TIME. THE OTHER IS THAT SECOND, THAT SECOND SET, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE USUALLY GIVE. SO ARE THE TWO MINUTE PEOPLE ALLOWED TO COME BACK FOR THAT SECOND? NO. NO. SO IT'S TWO MINUTES. THAT'S IT. AND THEN THE FIVE MINUTE PEOPLE GET THE SECOND CHANCE TO SPEAK AGAIN. YES. NO, NO, WE DON'T. WE SPEAK WELL WE, FOR FIVE MINUTES WE DID FOR PUBLIC HEARING, FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS ONLY PUBLIC HEARING ONLY HEARINGS. SO YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. RIGHT? THAT'S THE SECOND ROUND PUBLIC HEARING. THE PUBLIC CONGRESS. SO THE TWO MINUTE PEOPLE CAN'T COME FOR THE SECOND GO ROUND IN PUBLIC HEARINGS. ALL THAT'S APPLE. THAT'S NOT, I JUST WANTED CLARIFY. INFLATE, YOU'RE CONFLATING TWO CONFLATING. YEAH. YOU'RE CONFLATING PUBLIC COMMENT IN PUBLIC HEARINGS. THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE WHO SPEAK FOR THE TWO MINUTES IN THE BEGINNING OF PUBLIC COMMENT ARE, CAN SPEAK AGAIN DURING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS RELATED TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, SPEAK TWICE DURING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, BUT THEY CAN'T SPEAK DURING THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS PERIOD. OKAY. I WAS COMPLAINING THE TWO, MY APOLOGIES. ALL RIGHT. BUT, BUT WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. THE WAY IT STANDS NOW IS THAT ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ONCE MM-HMM. THEN TWICE THEN DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO THAT INDIVIDUAL CONCEIVABLY, CONCEIVABLY CAN SPEAK FOR 15 MINUTES THREE TIMES. THAT'S RIGHT. EXACTLY. SO AT EACH OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THERE'S FIVE PUBLIC HEARINGS, THERE'S FIVE. YEAH. RIGHT, RIGHT. SO YOU'RE NOW UP TO 55 MINUTES. EXACTLY. SO THAT WILL CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEONE TO SAY, WELL, GEE, IF I SPEAK DURING THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT SEGMENT, I DON'T GET TWO MINUTES, BUT SO AND SO CAN SPEAK FOR 15 MINUTES OR 30 MINUTES OR WHATEVER. SO MY POINT IS JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THE LIGHTNING ROUND IS JUST THAT IT IS TO BE CREATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT TO COME IN, MAKE A SHORT COMMENT AND LEAVE. RIGHT. BECAUSE THERE'S NO EQUITY THERE WITH RE IF, IF, IF SOMEONE SAYS, WELL, I'M ONLY LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES, WHEREAS SO AND SO CAN SPEAK FOR UP TO 15. BECAUSE AS IT STANDS NOW YOU CONFUSED ME. LET ME, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT YOU CONFUSED ME WITH THE 15 MINUTES BECAUSE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT IS ALL RELATED TO THE HEARING. SO THAT'S WHAT'S IT'S NOT NO, NO. ISN'T THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S HOW, HOW THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTOOD. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR CLARITY. SECOND COMMENT, THE PUBLIC COMMENT, IT'S FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS, PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU COULD SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING. OH, SO I THOUGHT IN THE TOWN, SO WHAT I THOUGHT THE CHANGE WAS, YOU HAVE THIS FIRST, THE FIRST LINE, FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT, TWO MINUTES WAS ANYTHING YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT? ANYTHING, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. THE SECOND ONE IS WE GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THEN IF PEOPLE WANT TO COMMENT WHAT RELATED TO THE PUBLIC HEARING TOPICS, THAT'S THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT. NO, THAT'S PUBLIC HEARING. THAT'S, THAT'S JUST PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S, IT'S ALL PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. GOTCHA. I SEE WHAT I DID. I DID THE SAME. YES, YES, YES, YES. OKAY. UNDERST. OKAY, SO, RIGHT. OKAY. SO SHOULD WE SHOULD TRY TOMORROW, , I DON'T EVEN THINK WE GOT THIS FIGURED OUT YET. WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT FIGURED OUT. WE, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO WORK ON THIS THOUGH. HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE SELECT THE LUCKY FOR SEVEN PEOPLE? THEY, WE, AND REMEMBER WE HAVE ZOOM AND WE HAVE IN PERSON. WELL, DO YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT SHOULD ONLY BE, UH, I'D SAY IN PERSON BECAUSE BASICALLY THE ZOOM PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AT HOME AND YOU KNOW THEY CAN, BUT THAT'S NOT FAIR. HOW'S THAT? FAIR? WELL, I JUST WONDER SOME OF TIMES FAIR, IF SOMEBODY'S AT HOME, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, THEY COULD BE DOING OTHER THING. THEY'RE NOT REALLY BEING AS INCONVENIENCE. NEW YORK STATE LAW STATES THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A HYBRID MEETING, YOU NEED TO TREAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN HYBRID THAT ARE AS, AS IF THEY WERE PARTICIPATING IN PERSON. SO YOU CANNOT DISTINGUISH IT. OKAY. SO THEN, NOW IF ONE OF US IS, THAT'S ASSUMING ONE OF US IS NOT PRESENT, THEN WE'RE, WE'RE DOING IT ZOOM AS WELL. UH, BUT I THINK WE, I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO HAVE DIFFERENT CITIZEN RATE THOSE THAT ARE PRESENT THAN THOSE THAT ARE NOT. YEAH. SO IF YOU OPEN UP WHEN PEOPLE CAN PUT THEIR NAMES IN AS, AS A SET HOUR, SO PEOPLE CAN'T ANTICIPATE IT. SAY THEY WANNA SPEAK FROM SIX O'CLOCK AND THEN FIRST COME FIRST, FIRST SEVEN SPEAKERS THAT SIGN UP, WHETHER IT'S IN PERSON OR ONLINE, ON, ON ZOOM, IT'S EASY BECAUSE YOU DO IT IN THE ORDER OF RAISED HANDS, RIGHT? SO THAT THERE'S NO, IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT SIGN UP, SOME CAN SIGN UP IN ADVANCE. YOU KNOW, HOW DO, DO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN PERSON GET THAT THEY [00:20:01] SIGN UP IN ADVANCE. BUT WHAT IF I DON'T SHOW, AND THEN JUDITH IS HOLDING THAT SPOT FOR ME BECAUSE I SAID I'M GONNA COME AND RUN IT. WHATEVER HAPPENS. AND ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THREE IN PERSON, THREE OR FOUR ON ZOOM? I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE, I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY, WE NEED TO REALLY FIGURE THIS OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO LET'S, LET'S IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, PUT ON WORK SESSION AND THEN WE SHOULD ANNOUNCE IT IN ADVANCE AS OPPOSED TO PEOPLE SHOWING UP TOMORROW AND SAY, BY THE WAY, YOU GET A CHANCE, BUT YOU'RE GONNA GIVE UP. YOU KNOW? AND IT WAS LIKE, SO EVERYTHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED THIS EVENING IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. SO THIS IS, NOTHING HAS CHANGED. SO WE ARE GONNA STICK TO WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING. NOW I, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED PAUL, THAT, UM, ON NOVEMBER 1ST YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESCHEDULE. WELL, I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT NOVEMBER 8TH ELECTION, ELECTION DAY, WE WON'T BE HERE, WHICH IS A TUESDAY. THE BUILDING IS CLOSED FOR THE ELECTION DAY. I JUST CAN'T MAKE IT NOVEMBER 1ST, BUT THAT'S OKAY. SO THAT MEANS WE WOULD RESCHEDULE FOR BOTH OR YOU JUST WOULDN'T BE HERE ON NOVEMBER 1ST. YEAH, I DON'T MIND WHATEVER THE BOARD WANTS. IS THERE A REASON WHY WE CAN'T MEET? YOU CAN MEET, WE MAY STILL BE HERE. , IF WE KEEP, DID YOU, WE STARTED THIS OFF SAYING WE HAD A VERY SHORT AGENDA. YEAH, WELL, I, I, LISTEN THAT'S ALRIGHT. I WHAT YOU WANT. SHOULD WE PUSH NOVEMBER FIR? CAN, CAN ANYBODY, IF WE WERE TO MAKE IT EARLIER AS YOU SUGGESTED BY FOUR 30, WOULD THAT BE IMPOSSIBLE ON THE FIRST TO BE HERE? LEAVE PRESENTATION. I'M, I'M MAKING PRESENTATIONS. I'M SORRY. BUT THE THING IS, BUT I'M SAYING I BASICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO, HAVE TO LEAVE LIKE FIVE 30 MM-HMM. . YEAH, I'M SAYING, SO WE CAN MEET FOR AN HOUR AT LEAST YOU'D BE HERE FOR PART OF IT. THAT'S FINE IF YOU WANT AND THEN LEAVE EARLY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO EVERYBODY? I, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW. WE HAVE ON AGENDA HAVE LIKE A COUPLE HOURS, LIKE ON ANOTHER DAY WHERE EVERYBODY COULD BASICALLY BE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE COULD SPEND MORE TIME FINDING ANOTHER DAY. THAT'S THE ISSUE. RIGHT. AND WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IT NOW BECAUSE RIGHT. BUT I'M JUST SAYING WE'LL BE WATCHING THE SUNRISE. THAT'S FINE. SO LET'S FIGURE THAT OUT. WE CAN, WE CAN DISCUSS THAT. WE CAN FIGURE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. UM, RESOLUTIONS YOU HAD MENTIONED ON, UH, WAS IT A T THREE? I MADE THE CHANGES ON IN THE ACTUAL RESOLUTIONS THEMSELVES. RIGHT. BUT WE ALSO NEED THE TOTAL, TOTAL AMOUNT. THIS IS A CONTINUING ON A T THREE. THIS IS, THIS IS HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL IS GOING TO BE PAID. $50,000. BUT I'D LIKE TO PUT AFTER THAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT. SO I, I WILL THEN MAKE THE CHANGE FOR BOTH A T THREE AND A T FIVE. A T FIVE WAS THE ONE I POINTED OUT. OKAY. OH, A T FIVE. OKAY. YES. I DON'T KNOW. A T THREE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD RIGHT NOW. YEAH, THAT'S EASY BECAUSE THEY JUST KEEP A RUNNING LIST OF RIGHT, RIGHT. WHAT'S COMING UP. SO THOSE CHANGES WILL BE MADE THAN BEFORE TOMORROW'S MEETING. AND THERE ARE MORE HOLIDAY PARADES. THIS HAS GOT TO BE, I MEAN, UH, EVENTS. THIS HAS GOT TO BE, UH, THE RECORD, I GUESS EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, COMING OUTDOORS AGAIN. AND THIS IS JUST, I, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS WITH THE NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO GO ON SATURDAY, SUNDAY, AND MONDAY NEXT WEEKEND. REALLY AMAZING. WHICH IS GREAT. IT IS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S ALL ABOUT CREATING SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN TO, TO HAVE THESE, UH, IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. YEAH. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? UH, I DON'T THINK SO. I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE A MOTION, PAUL? I DON'T HAVE ANY MOTION TO GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING PERSONNEL MATTERS INVOLVING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS AND SEEKING LEGAL ADVICE ON VARIOUS MATTERS. YEAH. I JUST WANNA MENTION THE GREENBERG HEALTH CENTER TOMORROW. UM, IS WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION. OKAY. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. BEFORE, UH, WE SHUT DOWN. I JUST WANNA MENTION, THE GREENBERG HEALTH CENTER TOMORROW IS HAVING, UM, A HEALTH FAIR. THEY'RE GIVING OUT COVID, UH, SHOTS AND ANYONE WHO GETS THE BOOSTER GETS $50. UM, SO IT'S FROM THREE, UH, TO SEVEN. SO, UM, IT'S A GIFT CARD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT'S A GIFT CARD. BUT, YOU KNOW, I WAS RE YOU KNOW, READING, UM, THAT THESE BOOSTERS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE JUST NOT TAKING IT SERIOUSLY. WELL, THE FLU SEASONS STARTED EARLY FOR ONE [00:25:01] THING, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THAT FLU SHOT. YEAH. SO, AND, UM, IS IT BOTH THE, THE, YEAH, I'M GONNA GET MY BOOSTER AND I'M GONNA GET THE FLU SHOT AT THE SAME TIME TOMORROW. OKAY. AND YES, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE APPROACHING WITH CALDER WEATHER WHERE WE'LL BE INSIDE. SO WE DON'T KNOW. THERE ARE OTHER VARIANTS. AND THE BIVALENT SHOT'S IMPORTANT TO GET, SORRY, IF PEOPLE HAVE HAD TWO BOOSTERS, IS THIS THE THIRD BOOSTER OR IS THIS STILL THE SECOND BOOSTER? THIS IS THE THIRD. THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE THIRD. THIS THE THIRD. THIS IS THE THIRD. WOW. YEAH. AND EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T GET THIS SECOND ONE, YOU, I THINK YOU CAN JUMP RIGHT TO THE THIRD. YES, I DID. OH, RIGHT. SO IT, THE BIVALENT COVERS MORE GROUND. YES. 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY NOT BOOSTING. THE BIVALENT IS IN PART BOOSTING, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT BOOSTING, IT'S A, DEALING WITH THE DIFFERENT VARIANCE EXPERIENCE. YEAH. AS WELL. SO ON A HAPPIER NOTE, ON A HAP HOLD ON, PAUL. ON A HAPPIER NOTE, I JUST WANNA LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT TOMORROW 1230 BJ'S, WE ARE HAVING A RIBBON CUTTING. SO OUR BJ'S THAT'S LOCATED ON TARRYTOWN ROAD AND THE CROSSROAD SHOPPING CENTER, WE'LL BE HAVING A RIBBON CUTTING TOMORROW AT 1230. SO EXCITED TO WELCOME BJ'S IN TO OUR COMMUNITY. I KNOW THAT THEY OPEN THE DOORS TO EVERYBODY. YOU KNOW WHAT, I'VE BEEN STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT. GARRETT, IF I KNOW YOU'RE ON ZOOM, IF YOU, GARY, LEMME AVAILABLE. IF YOU CAN JUST CONFIRM THAT FOR ME, PLEASE. HE'S COMING IN. OKAY. OH, AND I JUST, THE LAST THING I WANTED TO MENTION, UM, IS, UM, I HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING WITH CENTRAL TURF AND IRRIGATION SUPPLY. THEY'RE LOCATED IN ELMSFORD AND THEY'RE DONATING A THOUSAND MEALS ON, ON THANKSGIVING, UM, TO, UM, RESIDENTS OF, UH, GREENBURG, UM, WHO ARE LOW INCOME. SO WE'RE GONNA BE REACHING OUT TO, UM, VARIOUS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE COMMUNITY CENTER CAP, UM, THE AREA CHURCHES, UM, UM, UH, THE MEALS AND WHEELS PROGRAM. AND WE'RE GONNA TRY, UM, YOU KNOW, FIGURING OUT WAYS OF EFFICIENTLY, UM, GIVING OUT THE THOUSAND MEALS. UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HAVING A CATERED AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO, THEY'RE NOT ASKING ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY. WE'RE WORKING WITH A BROOK HEALTH CENTER. THAT'S CORRECT. THEY'RE GONNA, SO IF YOU KNOW OF LIKE A CHURCH OR, UM, A PROGRAM THAT, UH, LOCALLY THAT WOULD BENEFIT, UH, YOU SHOULD LET ME KNOW. AND THEN WE COULD RESERVE LIKE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF MEALS. MALE, WELL, THERE IS THAT HIGH SCHOOL GROUP, THREE DOTS OR WHATEVER CHURCH, BUT THEY'RE WORKING WITH RE HEALTH CENTER CHURCH AND THE HEALTH CENTER. YEAH, THE HEALTH CENTER'S GOING HAVE THE, UH, LIKE THE LUNCH, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE THEY'RE GOING, SO THEY'LL PROBABLY HAVE LIKE A FEW HUNDRED. AND THEN MARIA PORTEO WAS, WAS AT THE MEETING AND SHE'S REACHING OUT TO, UM, UH, LADY OF CARMEL, MOUNT CARMEL MOUNT CAR BECAUSE THEY HAVE, UM, A LARGE HISPANIC COMMUNITY. MM-HMM. AND I'M ALSO GONNA REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE VILLAGES BECAUSE THERE MAY BE, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHO BASICALLY HAVE FINANCIAL ISSUES AND, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO BENEFIT, BUT WE ONLY HAVE A FEW WEEKS BECAUSE IT'S GETTING CLOSE TO THANKSGIVING AS WELL AS TO OUR SENIORS PROGRAM. NO, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. YEAH. BUT WE, WE WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR LIKE A SENIOR WHO BASICALLY, UM, HAS, MEANS THEY WANT TO GIVE IT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE FINANCIALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, WHO, YOU KNOW, WHO REALLY CAN'T AFFORD A MEAL. NO. 'CAUSE THIS IS NOT FOR JUST A SENIOR. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE DONATION BECAUSE THEN THEY'RE NOT GONNA WANT TO DONATE IT NEXT YEAR. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU PAUL. AND SO I JUST WANNA COME BACK TO JUST THE BJ'S GRAND OPENING, AND THAT IS GONNA BE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28TH. SO DID WE HAVE A TIME WHEN IT'S GONNA OPEN? I WOULD SAFELY ASSUME IT'S GONNA BE LIKE 10. IT'S 10:00 AM ON FRIDAY. I'M SORRY. I BELIEVE IT'S 9:00 AM ON FRIDAY. 9:00 AM THANK YOU, GARRETT. YOU'RE A BIT LOW. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE SURE. SO EVERYONE, BJ'S, WE HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING TOMORROW, 1230 AT BJ'S, AND IT WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN ON, UH, FRIDAY AT 9:00 AM OCTOBER 28TH. EIGHTH. EIGHTH. ALL RIGHT. CORRECT. YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, AND I'M GONNA MAKE ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT. EARLY VOTING STARTS ON SATURDAY. SO IT'S THIS WEEKEND ALL THROUGH NEXT WEEK AND THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND AND THE HOURS, IF YOU GO ON TO THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS, YOU CAN GET THE HOURS. I THINK TUESDAYS AND THURSDAY NIGHTS ARE LATE AND THE OTHERS ARE DIFFERENT TIMES OF DAY. UM, BUT FOR GREENBERG RESIDENTS, EARLY VOTING WILL BE HERE AT TOWN HALL AND RIGHT. JUDITH STARTING AND HASTINGS AND IN HASTINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY. IT'S THAT GONNA BE IN DO AREA? [00:30:01] NO, IT'S NOT. THEY CHANGED IT THIS YEAR. IT'S HA IT'S GREENBERG TOWN HALL AND HASTINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG. AND THAT'S STARTING SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29TH. CORRECT. AND, AND I BELIEVE THERE ARE AT LEAST THREE NIGHTS. SO, BUT, BUT IT'S ALL, BUT IT'S ALL ON THE WEST CHESTER BOARD OF ELECTIONS WEBSITE. HAVE AN EXCELLENT WEBSITE. ALL THE DETAILS, ALL THE INFORMATION THERE, LISTING ALL THE DATES AND TIMES. YEAH. AND THERE ARE 23 SITES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, AND YOU CAN VOTE AT ANY ONE OF THEM JUST DURING EARLY VOTING. BUT ON ELECTION DAY, WHICH IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, YOU MUST VOTE AT YOUR ASSIGNED POLLING PLACE. DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS MAKES PEOPLE FLIP THE BALLOTS? WHY COULDN'T BE ON THE SAME SIDE? UH, YOU KNOW, THE PROPOSITIONS, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A $4 BILLION ENVIRONMENTAL BOND AND HALF THE PEOPLE WON'T EVEN VOTE BECAUSE, OR NOT, MAYBE 20% WON'T VOTE BECAUSE THEY'LL FORGET. AND I'M WONDERING WHY THE BALLOT, WELL, YOU'LL HAVE TO, THAT'S PROBABLY ABOVE A STATE BOARD OF ELECTION ELECTION. I'M SAYING A RIDICULOUS, UH, THAT'S THE NEW YORK CONTACT, THE STATE. BUT AS LONG AS POLL WORKERS GENERALLY TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE VOTING TO FLIP THE PAGE OVER. MM-HMM. YEAH. AND THEY'RE VERY GOOD ABOUT DOING THAT. YEAH. AT LEAST. BUT AS LONG AS PAUL BROUGHT IT UP, REMEMBER FLIP THE BALLOT BALLOT BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN BOND ACT, CLEAN AIR, CLEAN WATER, AND GREEN JOBS. AND IT'S A VERY WORTHWHILE BOND. $4.2 BILLION FOR STATEWIDE, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL FIXES THAT WILL ALSO PROVIDE JOBS AND INCOME FOR THE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE STATE. AWESOME. ALRIGHT, GARRETT, DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR CDS OR, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS? UH, THERE'S QUITE A FEW. WERE THERE ANY, UH, SPECIFIC QUESTIONS? UM, WE DO, WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AS WAS NOTED EARLIER. UM, ON THE HEELS OF THE SITE VISIT TODAY OF METROPOLIS, UM, THERE IS A, A SITE VISIT, UH, WITH REGARD TO, UM, I'M, I'M SORRY, A, A CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING FOR MIDWAY, UM, WHICH I THINK WAS MENTIONED. AND THEN LASTLY, THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUNNINGDALE, UM, REGARDING AN EXPANSION. THEY WANNA MAKE IT THEIR, THEIR GOLF COURSE. SO THEY'LL HAVE REPRESENTATION. WE'LL MAKE A FULL PRESENTATION. UM, REGARDING THE, THE CDS, UH, THERE IS, UM, TWO LOCAL LAWS, ONE WITH REGARD TO, UM, SPECIFIED SMOKING PRODUCTS. SO THERE'S A LOCAL LAW THAT'S BEING INTRODUCED, UM, THAT IS IN REGARD TO, UM, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND PARAPHERNALIA THAT'S TARGETED TOWARDS UNDERAGE, UM, CHILDREN UNDERAGE ADULTS. SO, UM, THAT'S A LOCAL LAW THAT, THAT WE, WE, WE WORKED ON AND, UM, RESTRICT SALES WITHIN 750 FEET OF, UM, SPECIFIED LOCATIONS SUCH AS, UM, SCHOOLS AND PARKS. AND THEN IN ADDITION, THERE'S A COMPLEMENTING, UH, LOCAL LAW THAT WITH A SIMILAR, UM, OUTLINE REGARDING, UH, WEAPONS. UM, SO THOSE ARE TWO LOCAL LAWS THAT ARE, UM, ON FOR INTRODUCTION AS WELL AS SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE NEXT TOWN BOARD MEETING. UM, ODELL HOUSE RELATED. THERE IS A, UM, UH, RESOLUTION, UH, REGARDING A MUSEUM READINESS PROPOSAL. AND, UM, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S AN EXCITING PROPOSAL THAT I THINK IS GONNA REALLY, UM, HELP THE TOWN TAKE ODELL HOUSE FROM ITS CURRENT TRACK, WHICH IS, UM, A GOOD ONE, WHICH IS MAKING SIGNIFICANT, UH, STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS TO ODELL HOUSE. AND, UM, AND, AND, AND, AND IN FACT, THE, THE WORK STARTED ON THE ROOF, UH, IS GOING TO START ON THE ROOF THIS, THIS WEEK. UM, BUT WHAT THIS, THIS RESOLUTION IS, IS, IS IT'S AN EXPENDITURE TO HIRE A COMPANY, FRANK AND GLORY. UM, WHO WOULD PROVIDE, UH, FOUR DELIVERABLES. ONE WOULD BE, UH, A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH, UH, THE FRIENDS OF ODELL HOUSE GROUP. SO THAT WOULD REALLY BE AN OUTLINE FOR HOW WE CAN BEST AS A TOWN, UM, WORK WITH, UH, THE MIGHTY HELPFUL, UH, FRIENDS OF GROUP. UM, SO WE PROVIDE SOME STRUCTURE THERE. UM, ALSO, UH, THERE WOULD BE A COLLECTION MANAGEMENT POLICY THAT THE CONSULTANT WOULD HELP US, UH, UH, INSTITUTE, UH, AS WELL AS, UM, A UNIQUE THING IN NEW YORK STATE TO HAVE A MUSEUM, YOU ACTUALLY NEED A CHARTER. UM, SO WHAT WHAT THIS CONSULTANT WOULD DO, WOULD, WOULD ASSIST THE TOWN IN, IN PREPARING A CHARTER TO GET APPROVED. AND LASTLY, UH, THE CONSULTANT, UM, WOULD, WOULD, WOULD ASSIST WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND, UM, REALLY PROVIDING A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR THE, UM, ONGOING RESTORATION OF [00:35:01] ODELL HOUSE. SO, AND ONE OTHER BENEFIT, IF I MAY GARRETT SURE. IS ONCE IT IS CLASSIFIED AND APPROVED, UH, BY NEW YORK STATE AS A MUSEUM, IT WILL BE ABLE, THEY WILL BE FRIENDS, WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR GRANTS THAT WOULD NOT BE OPEN TO THEM OTHERWISE, CORRECT? UH, THAT'S TRUE. YES. I DO BELIEVE IT WOULD HELP US. ABSOLUTELY. UH, TARGET GRANTS. OKAY, SO WE MADE A MOTION. ANYBODY WE SECOND IT? SO WE SECOND WE VOTED ON IT AND THEN WE HAD A DISCUSSION AFTER. ALRIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK, [00:44:37] WE STARTED FOUR 30, WE'RE STARTED. UM, HI, THIS IS THE TOWN BOARD. IT'S A WORK SESSION AND, UM, IT'S, UM, OCTOBER 25TH, 2022 AT 6 0 1, UH, PM WE HAD A, A SITE VISIT BEFORE OURSELVES. YOUR MICROPHONE'S NOT ON WHAT, RIGHT? OKAY, START AGAIN, START [00:45:01] AGAIN. IT'S, UM, OCTOBER 25TH, UH, A LITTLE AFTER SIX O'CLOCK. IT'S A WORK SESSION OF THE TOWN BOARD. AND, UM, THE FIRST ITEM IS OUR, WHY DON'T YOU EXPLAIN, WE HAD A SITE VISIT. WE HAD A SITE VISIT, UH, ON JUNIPER HILL AND, UM, FAIR STREET, UM, REVIEWING AN APPLICATION. SO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS WERE THERE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE, UM, LATE. SO NOW WE'LL GO INTO, UH, UH, THE AGENDA. BUT BEFORE THAT, I JUST WANNA MENTION I'M SPEAKING BEFORE A GROUP ON NOVEMBER 1ST, WHICH IS NEXT TUESDAY. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T BE AT THE WORK SESSION. UM, IF YOU WANT TO CANCEL IT OR CHANGE IT OR MEET WITHOUT ME, THAT'S FINE. OH, WHAT ABOUT STARTING A LITTLE EARLIER, LIKE AT FOUR O'CLOCK OR FOUR 30? WELL, I HAVE, YOU KNOW, FIVE 30. I HAVE TO LEAVE BY FIVE BEFORE FIVE 30, SO I HAVE AN HOUR. IT'S NOT WORTH IT ALL. IT'S BETTER. WE'LL DISCUSS IT. OKAY. SO THE FIRST THING IS THE AGENDA REVIEW. I JUST WANTED, SO IN TERMS OF THE CANNABIS, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW'S MEETING HAS BEEN ADJOURNED TO THE NOVEMBER 9TH TOWN BOARD MEETING. AND THAT'S CREATING A LOCAL LAW ENTITLED TOBACCO PRODUCT AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE ADVERTISEMENTS AND SMOKING PARAPHERNALIA DISPLAY. SO THE OTHER FIVE HEARINGS ARE STILL SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW. JUST THAT ONE, UH, IN REGARDS TO TOBACCO HAS BEEN ADJOURNED TO NOVEMBER 9TH. AT THIS POINT, I CAN'T, I CAN'T TELL. SINCE YOU DON'T HAVE A LIGHT THOUGH. ARE YOU ON? IT'S GREEN UP. YEAH. OH GOOD. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. JUST TRYING TO HELP OUT JANELLE . THANK BETTER THAN HAVE A, A SCREEN AT THE SCREEN. SO JOE, ONE OF WHICH, WHICH HEARING IS BEING RESPONSE OR THE VERY LAST ONE. OKAY. AND IT SAYS IN PARENTES RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S, IT WAS POSTED THIS WAY AS WELL. I JUST WANTED TO POINT IT OUT HERE. SO ANYONE WATCHING WHO MAY NOT HAVE SEEN THE AGENDA POSTED ONLINE AND MAY HAVE MISSED THAT, UM, THAT HEARING IS ADJOURNED TO NOVEMBER 9TH. WE, YEAH, I WAS JUST SAYING THERE'S, UH, THE AMENDED SITE PLAN RELATING TO, UM, I MEAN THE AMENDED SITE PLAN AND TREE REMOVAL PERMIT APPLICATION BY METROPOLIS. WE HAD OUR SITE VISIT AND WE'RE, UH, TOMORROW THERE'S GONNA BE, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY, WE WANT TO DISCUSS OUR, SOME THOUGHTS THAT WE HAD, YOU KNOW, OR YOU WANNA WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE, THE HEARING. I THINK WE SHOULD HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, UH, WHAT WAS RAISED TONIGHT IS WHO OWNS THE ROAD. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH. OKAY. WELL WE, WE HAVE, UH, RECEIVED SEVERAL EMAILS FROM THE PUBLIC ASKING WHY A PUBLIC COMMENT CAN GO BEFORE PUBLIC HEARINGS. IS THERE ANY REASON WHY THAT CAN'T THE REVERSED HAVE TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO BE HEARD SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT AROUND FOR LIKE THREE AND FOUR HOURS? WELL, WE USED TO DO IT. LET THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. YEAH. AND THEN WITH THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO DO THAT. SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC. MM-HMM. . SO IF, UH, PEOPLE ARE HERE BECAUSE THERE'S AN IMPORTANT PUBLIC HEARING AND THEY'RE WAITING THREE HOURS, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENTS, THEN PEOPLE ARE GONNA FEEL THAT IT'S THE SAME THING. THE ONLY THOUGHT THAT I HAD WAS WHAT IF WE HAVE LIKE A, LIKE A, ALMOST LIKE A TWITTER PUBLIC COMMENT WHERE IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO SPEAK FOR LIKE A MINUTE OR A MINUTE AND A HALF AND YOU KNOW, THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M AGAINST THIS, OR I'M FOR THIS AND IT'S 1, 2, 3, OR THEY HAVE A QUESTION, WE COULD TAKE THAT. AND THIS WAY THEY DON'T HAVE TO STAY. I MEAN, IT WOULD BE LIKE A VERY ABBREVIATED COMMENT PERIOD. WE HAD TRIED THAT IN THE PAST. WE HAD A, WE CALLED IT THE LIGHTNING ROUND WHERE YOU GOT ONE MINUTE TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS. UM, DIDN'T KNOW IT DIDN'T ACTUALLY WORK BECAUSE ONCE THEY GOT STARTED, IT DIDN'T STAY TO ONE MINUTE. BUT WE COULD TRY IT. BUT WE'RE GONNA GET THE SAME THING AS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE BELL, I DON'T CARE ABOUT THIS. IT'S SOMETHING WORTH DRIVING. WHAT IF WE BASICALLY, I'M JUST THROWING OUT BECAUSE BECAUSE WHAT IF WE, BUT IF IT'S NOT, I'M SORRY, BUT IF IT'S ON A PUBLIC HEARING TOPIC, THEN IT'S NOT GONNA BE RECORDED. BE WITH THE STENOGRAPHER BECAUSE THE STENOGRAPHER'S NOT GONNA START UNTIL WE ACTUALLY GET TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. RIGHT. WHAT IF WE, WE BASICALLY GAVE PEOPLE, WE HAD 15 MINUTES AT THE BEGINNING [00:50:01] OF THE MEETING. TWO MINUTES. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES BEFORE A PUBLIC HEARING TO SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT STRICTLY ENFORCED AT THE END OF 15 MINUTES, NO MATTER WHAT. IF THERE'S 30 PEOPLE WAITING, IT'S 15 MINUTES FOR TWO MINUTES AND IT'S FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. IT'S LIKE THE COUNTY BOARD OF LEGISLATORS, UM, HAS, UM, THE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE, UH, I THINK 30 MINUTES OR SOMETHING. YOU MEAN A HARD STOP AFTER THE 15 MINUTES? REGARDLESS OF, REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WANT TO SPEAK? YES. AND, AND THIS WAY IF SOMEBODY HAS LIKE A QUICK, AND IT'S BASICALLY JUST A QUICK VERY QUICK QUESTION. LIKE A QUICK QUESTION OR A QUICK TWO MINUTE, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, STATEMENT AND THEN YOU STILL DO THE FIVE MINUTES AFTER AND WE WOULD DO THE FIVE MINUTES AFTERWARDS AFTER, BECAUSE PEOPLE THEN, THEN THEY, NOBODY HAS TO WAIT AROUND AND ASK THAT PEOPLE DON'T DUPLICATE THEMSELVES UNLESS THEY HAVE FURTHER INFORMATION YEAH. THAT THEY COULDN'T IMPART. I MEAN, I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE SORT OF A COMPROMISE AND IT'S NOT GONNA TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME. AND UM, AND YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WANTS TO SHOW UP AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M AGAINST THIS OR I'M FOR THAT AND THREE SENTENCES, THEN WE, THEN THEY COULD LEAVE. SO WHERE, I'M SORRY. SO I GUESS I'M MISSING, SO WHERE IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT WOULD BE MOVED TO? NO, THIS WOULD BE LIKE A, I'M LOOKING AT THE, THE AGENDA. SO WHERE THE AGENDA WOULD BE, WE, WE WOULD STILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT WHERE IT IS, BUT BE BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING, THERE WOULD BE A A 15 MINUTE, TWO MINUTE, UM, FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD WANNA MAKE A REAL SHORT STATEMENT. YEAH. SO TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS YEAH. WOULD BE INITIAL. OKAY. I JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND. BUT IF YOU SPEAK AT THE FIRST ONE, YOU CAN'T SPEAK AT THE SECOND ONE BECAUSE, SO, OKAY. SO I HAD AN UNDERSTANDING WHEN THE REASON WHY THE PUBLIC COMMENT WAS HERE IS BECAUSE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CAME OUTTA THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, PEOPLE HADN'T CAN ADDRESS THAT DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT. WAS THAT NOT WHAT IT WAS INITIALLY? WELL, THEY STILL CAN BECAUSE IT WILL BE STILL A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AFTER THE, THE HEARINGS. OKAY. SO WE JUST SAID THOUGH, BUT WE, IF I HEARD THIS CORRECTLY, WE JUST SAID THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES. BUT IF WE HA IF WE HAVE THE SAME COMMENT, BUT YOU CAN ONLY SPEAK ONCE. SO ARE YOU SAYING WE CAN ONLY SPEAK ONCE ON THE SAME TOPIC? ON THE SAME TOPIC? OKAY. SO I'M GONNA PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE HERE. SO IF I'M COMING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, LET'S JUST SAY THE MARIJUANA LAW. SO IF I COME AND MAKE A 15 MINUTE 20, YOU DON'T HAVE A MICROPHONE? NO. TWO MINUTES. A TWO, I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. A TWO, A TWO MINUTE, A TWO MINUTE, A TWO MINUTE, UH, COMMENT. AND THEN THAT HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE TOPICS ON THE PUBLIC HEARING. YOU COULD DO IT. THAT'S FINE. SO, SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT CAN COME BACK UP TWICE? SO I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR. NO, BECAUSE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT PUBLIC AT A PUBLIC HEARING. YOU CAN'T SPEAK AT THE PUB ABOUT THE MATTER. YOU COULD SPEAK ONCE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THE PUBLIC COMMENT OR THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'M NOT, LET'S MODIFY, I'M NOT CLEAR, I THOUGHT WOULD BE ON THE SAME TOPIC. IF IT'S ON THE, YOU'RE RIGHT. SO IF SOMEONE COMES TO SPEAK AND THEY, THEY HAVE TO USE THEIR JUDGMENT, PUBLIC COMMENT, RIGHT? THAT DO THEY WANNA WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKE A LONGER COMMENT? OR DO THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY THAT'S SHORT AND SWEET THAT THEY CAN DO IN TWO MINUTES? 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A SECOND CHANCE ON THE SAME TOPIC. RIGHT? BECAUSE IT IS BASICALLY, LET'S SAY THE MIDWIFE. SO SOME PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL THE, THE DIFFICULTY OF GETTING, UH, PARKING. UM, SO PEOPLE WOULD BASICALLY SAY SOMEBODY WOULD BE HERE, THEY DON'T WANNA WAIT AROUND FOR THE WHOLE EVENING MM-HMM. THAT THEY'D SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I CAN'T, I COULD NEVER FIND PARKING, DON'T APPROVE IT. AND YOU KNOW, SO THEY, THEY WOULD SAY THAT THEN THEY LEAVE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO STAY FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. THEY ALREADY, THEY FEEL THAT THEY COMMUNICATED WITHOUT WAITING FIVE HOURS. SO TO THAT POINT, I JUST WANNA STOP YOU, SO I'M JUST CLEAR. SO TO THAT POINT, SO ARE WE SAYING THAT EVERYONE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT AND SEE WHAT'S LISTED UNDER THE PUBLIC HEARING? BECAUSE YOU'LL NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE A COMMENT ON THE FIRST SECTION OF CO ON THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IF YOU, IF THE TOPIC IS UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S CLEAR. RIGHT. BUT IF, IF SOMEBODY HAS TO LEAVE OR SOMETHING AND THEY WANT AND THEY DON'T CARE IF IT'S ON, IF IT'S THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY JUST WANNA SAY THEY DON'T WANNA WAIT AROUND, THEY COULD SAY, OKAY, I'M SPEAKING OUT ON SOMETHING AND THEN THEY COULD LEAVE. YEAH, I DIDN'T ALL BUT NOW, BUT YOU JUST NOW, BUT BUT WE JUST SAID TWO SECONDS AGO THAT IF WE HAD, IF OH SORRY, I THOUGHT I HAD IT. I'M SORRY. FORGIVE ME. SORRY. I HAD ONE. UM, I THOUGHT THAT IF I WAS UNDERSTANDING, IF YOU'RE SAYING YOU HAVE A COMMENT, IF I HAVE A COMMENT, I'M TALKING ABOUT MARIJUANA HERE AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND IT'S UNDER PUBLIC HEARING, I STILL HAVE TO WAIT BECAUSE IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COMES OUTTA THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO COME UP THE SECOND TIME BECAUSE I SPOKE THE FIRST TIME, TIME THE BOARD WANTS TO DO COULD SET UP ANY POLICY YOU, BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO SEE WHAT ARE WE AVOIDING IT JUST LIKE IT'S THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. SO IT REALLY IS JUST LIKE A CONVENIENCE OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT AROUND KEEPING PEOPLE SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT AROUND. NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT IF WE'RE TELLING THEM THAT YOU UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. I, OKAY, , HOW ABOUT WE KEEP THE, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING SEPARATE AND SAY THAT IF YOU, IF YOU MAKE A COMMENT IN THE FAST LIGHTNING [00:55:01] ROUND, WHATEVER WE WANNA CALL IT, THEN YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT SAME PUBLIC COMMENT LATER ON IN THE FIVE MINUTE ROUND AS WELL. WE KEEP THE HEARINGS COMPLETELY SEPARATE. SEPARATE, OKAY. BECAUSE THE STENOGRAPHER ALSO WILL NOT BE KEEPING NOTES DURING THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT SHE WAITS UNTIL THE HEARINGS. SO THAT, THAT COULD ALSO GET VERY CONFUSING IF SOMEONE DOESN'T KNOW WHEN THEY'RE DISCUSSING. IT'S SORT OF LIKE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T, IT WOULD BE BASICALLY RIGHT AFTER DECISION BEFORE PUBLIC HEARINGS WOULD HAVE A COMMENT LIKE, FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO STAY FOR THE MEETING, TWO MINUTES, UM, FOR 15 MINUTES ALLOCATED TWO MINUTES. UM, AND YOU CAN'T SPEAK AGAIN, YOU KNOW, DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY. AND THEN BASICALLY IT SEEMS TOO COMPLICATED TO ME. NEXT QUESTION. IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT. SEEMS TOO, YEAH, LET ME, LET ME EXPLAIN HOW COMPLICATED THIS IS. OKAY. BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TREMENDOUS CONTROVERSY OVER THIS BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU WILL GET FROM HISTORY, HAVING A LIGHTNING ROUND PEOPLE COMING IN, IN A GROUP THAT'S VERY OPPOSED TO SOMETHING, TAKE UP THE FIRST SEVEN SPOTS OF THE LIGHTNING ROUND 15 MINUTES NOW GO BY BECAUSE THAT YOU'RE GONNA LOSE PART OF YOUR 15 MINUTES JUST BY PEOPLE WALKING UP TO THE MICROPHONE AND BACK. SO SEVEN PEOPLE GET TO SPEAK. IT MAY BE ON THE SAME TOPIC. AND THOSE THAT CAME THINKING THAT THEY HAD A LIGHTNING ROUND AND WOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT NOW HAVE TO WAIT ANYWAY. I DON'T THINK IN A LIGHTNING ROUND YOU SHOULD BE DISCUSSING PUBLIC HEARING TOPICS BECAUSE IF YOU ARE, IT'S NOT ON THE RECORD. UM, AND SECONDLY, IT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF THE LIGHTNING ROUND, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE PEOPLE WHO WANNA MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH IS LATE IN THE EVENING AS OPPOSED TO WAITING FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT ARE COMING UP RIGHT AWAY. SO WE, IF ANYTHING IT SHOULD BE ONE MINUTE. UM, BUT IT'S STILL COMPLICATED. BUT SO THE ISSUE THOUGH ISN'T REALLY PUBLIC COMMENT. THE ISSUE IS THE PRESENTATIONS. IT'S THE PRESENTATIONS THAT OFTEN GO FOR TWO HOURS AND PUSH THE MEETING, PUSH PUBLIC COMMENT TO 11 O'CLOCK. SO WHY DON'T WE MOVE THE PRESENTATIONS TO AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT? BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY'RE KIDS, BECAUSE OFTEN SOMEONE'S BEING INCONVENIENCED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. AND I MEAN, I THINK THAT IT, IT'S BETTER TO LIMIT IT AS OPPOSED TO TO KEEP CHILDREN. IT. LISTEN TO WHAT JUDY IT LOGIC TO KEEP CHILDREN OR THEIR PARENTS WAITING UNTIL 11 O'CLOCK. UM, THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE PRESENTATIONS WE HAVE HAD SOME LONG ONES BUT I, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO MOVE THEM TO 10 O'CLOCK OR 10 30. I THINK THAT THE IDEA OF THE LIGHTNING GROUND IS, IS A, IS A GOOD ONE IF, IF THE BOARD STICKS BY THE GUIDELINES THAT IT COMES UP WITH. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF IF IT'S THE TWO MINUTES AND YOU GET TO SPEAK, YOU EITHER GET TO SPEAK DURING THE TWO MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT SEGMENT OR YOU WAIT TILL THE FIVE MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT SEGMENT. IF YOU SPEAK DURING THE TWO MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT, THEN YOU ARE, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE CALLED UPON TO SPEAK DURING THE FIVE MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE THE PURPOSE OF THE TWO MINUTE IS FOR THOSE WHO JUST WANNA MAKE A SHORT STATEMENT AND WHO DON'T, DON'T WANNA STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING PERIOD. SO THAT'S THE GUIDELINE FOR THE TWO MINUTES. SO, SO WHY DON'T WE, SO WHY DON'T WE DO ANYTHING THAT'S NOT PUBLIC COMMENT. SO, SO AS A TWO MINUTE TALK, THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING GET TO. 'CAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE I MEAN ANYTHING THAT'S NOT PUBLIC ABOUT PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING, RIGHT? RIGHT. BECAUSE YOU LOSE THAT SECOND. THAT'S WHY I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. THAT'S WHY I WAS BRINGING IT UP. PEOPLE COME IN, IT'S A TWO MINUTE PUBLIC COVER. 'CAUSE WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE COME UP HERE AND SPEAK WITHIN TWO MINUTES TO THREE MINUTES AND SAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. AND THEN THEY LEAVE. MM-HMM. , THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE FULL FIVE MINUTES. SO THE ONES WHO SPEAK DURING THE TWO MINUTES DON'T SPEAK AGAIN DURING FIVE MINUTES. RIGHT. BECAUSE THE IDEA IS TO GIVE THOSE WHO JUST HAVE A SHORT STATEMENT TO MAKE AS PART OF PUBLIC TRAUMA TO MAKE IT AND THEN THEY LEAVE. YEAH. TWO, TWO THINGS. SO NUMBER ONE, JUST A LOGISTICAL THING, IF WE'RE DOING THIS TO FRANCIS' POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR PEOPLE TO WALK UP, WHY DON'T WE CALL LIKE THE OKAY, THE THREE PEOPLE AND HAVE THE ONE PERSON GO UP THERE AND THE OTHER TWO WAIT NEARBY. MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE SIT IN THE FRONT SEATS AND THEY COME SIT IN THE SEATS. WELL, THEY'RE WAITING NEXT. SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT WASTE OF TIME. THE OTHER IS THAT SECOND, THAT SECOND SET, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE USUALLY GIVE MM-HMM. . SO ARE THE TWO MINUTE PEOPLE ALLOWED TO COME BACK FOR THAT SECOND? NO. NO. SO IT'S TWO MINUTES. THAT'S IT. AND THEN THE FIVE MINUTE PEOPLE GET THE SECOND CHANCE [01:00:01] TO SPEAK AGAIN. NO, NO. WE DON'T GET, WE NOT LETTING PEOPLE SPEAK. WELL WE, FOR FIVE MINUTES WE DID FOR PUBLIC HEARING, FOR PUBLIC HEARING ONLY PUBLIC HEARING ONLY HEARINGS. SO YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? THAT'S THE SECOND ROUND PUBLIC HEARING FOR PUBLIC SECOND. SO THE TWO MINUTE PEOPLE CAN'T COME FOR THE SECOND GO ROUND IN PUBLIC HEARINGS. THAT'S APPLE MINUTES. THAT'S NOT, I JUST WANTED CLARIFY CONFLATE YOU'RE CONFLATING TWO CONFLATING YOU'RE CONFLATING PUBLIC COMMENT IN PUBLIC HEARINGS. THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE WHO SPEAK FOR THE TWO MINUTES IN THE BEGINNING OF PUBLIC COMMENT ARE, CAN SPEAK AGAIN DURING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS RELATED TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. THEY SPEAK TWICE DURING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, BUT THEY CAN'T SPEAK DURING THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS PERIOD. OKAY. I WAS COMPLAINING THE TWO, MY APOLOGIES. ALL RIGHT. BUT, BUT WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. THE WAY IT STANDS NOW IS THAT ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ONCE MM-HMM. THEN TWICE THEN DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. SO THAT INDIVIDUAL CONCEIVABLY, CONCEIVABLY CAN SPEAK FOR 15 MINUTES THREE TIMES. THAT'S RIGHT. EXACTLY. SO AT EACH OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THERE'S FIVE PUBLIC HEARINGS, THERE'S FIVE. YEAH. RIGHT, RIGHT. SO YOU'RE NOW UP TO 55 MINUTES. EXACTLY. SO THAT WILL CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEONE TO SAY, WELL, GEE, IF I SPEAK DURING THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT SEGMENT, I DON'T ONLY GET TWO MINUTES, BUT SO AND SO CAN SPEAK FOR 15 MINUTES OR 30 MINUTES OR WHATEVER. SO MY POINT IS JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THE LIGHTNING ROUND IS JUST THAT IT IS TO BE CREATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT TO COME IN, MAKE A SHORT COMMENT AND READ. RIGHT. BECAUSE THERE'S NO EQUITY THERE WITH RE IF, IF, IF SOMEONE SAYS, WELL, I'M ONLY LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES, WHEREAS SO AND SO CAN SPEAK FOR UP TO 15. BECAUSE AS IT STANDS NOW YOU CONFUSE ME. LET ME, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT YOU CONFUSED ME WITH THE 15 MINUTES BECAUSE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT IS ALL RELATED TO THE HEARING. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S NO, IT'S NOT. NO, NO. ISN'T THAT'S, THAT'S HOW, THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTOOD. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR CLARITY. SECOND COMMENT, THE PUBLIC COMMENT, IT'S FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS, PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU COULD SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING. OH, SO I THOUGHT IN THE TOWN, SO WHAT I THOUGHT THE CHANGE WAS, YOU HAVE THIS FIRST, THE FIRST LINE, FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT, TWO MINUTES WAS ANYTHING YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT? ANYTHING, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. THE SECOND ONE IS WE GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THEN IF PEOPLE WANT TO COMMENT WHAT RELATED TO THE PUBLIC HEARING TOPICS, THAT'S THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT. NO, THAT'S PUBLIC HEARING. THAT'S, THAT'S JUST PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S ALL PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. GOTCHA. I SEE WHAT I DID. I DID THE YES, YES, YES, YES. OKAY. UNDERST. OKAY. RIGHT. OKAY. SO SHOULD, WE SHOULD TRY TOMORROW. , I DON'T EVEN THINK WE GOT THIS FIGURED OUT YET. WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT FIGURED OUT. WE, WE, WE NEED TO WORK ON THIS THOUGH. HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE SELECT THE LUCKY FOR SEVEN PEOPLE? THEY, WE SAY, AND REMEMBER WE HAVE ZOOM AND WE HAVE IN PERSON. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT SHOULD ONLY BE, UH, I'D SAY IN PERSON BECAUSE BASICALLY THE ZOOM PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ARE HOME AND YOU KNOW THEY CAN, BUT THAT'S NOT FAIR. HOW'S THAT? FAIR? WELL, I JUST WONDER HOW TIMES FAIR IF SOMEBODY'S AT HOME, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, THEY COULD BE DOING OTHER THING. THEY'RE NOT REALLY BEING AS INCONVENIENCE. NEW YORK STATE LAW STATES THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A HYBRID MEETING, YOU NEED TO TREAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN HYBRID THAT ARE AS, AS IF THEY WERE PARTICIPATING IN PERSON. SO YOU CANNOT DISTINGUISH IT. OKAY. SO THEN NOW IF ONE OF US IS, THAT'S ASSUMING ONE OF US IS NOT PRESENT, THEN WE'RE, WE ARE DOING IT ZOOM AS WELL. UH, BUT I THINK WE, I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO HAVE DIFFERENT CITIZEN RATE THOSE THAT ARE PRESENT THAN THOSE THAT ARE NOT. YEAH. WELL, IF YOU OPEN UP WHEN PEOPLE CAN PUT THEIR NAMES IN AS AT A SET HOUR, SO PEOPLE CAN'T ANTICIPATE IT. SAY THEY WANT TO SPEAK FROM SIX O'CLOCK AND THEN FIRST COME FIRST, FIRST SEVEN SPEAKERS THAT SIGN UP, WHETHER IT'S IN PERSON OR ONLINE, ON, ON ZOOM, IT'S EASY BECAUSE YOU DO IT IN THE ORDER OF RAISED HANDS, RIGHT? SO THAT THERE'S NO, IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT SIGN UP, SOME CAN SIGN UP IN ADVANCE. UH, HOW DO YOU DO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN PERSON GET THAT? THEY SIGN UP IN ADVANCE. BUT WHAT IF I DON'T SHOW, AND THEN JUDITH IS HOLDING THAT SPOT FOR ME BECAUSE I SAID I'M GONNA COME AND RUN IT. WHATEVER HAPPENS. AND ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THREE IN PERSON, THREE OR FOUR ON ZOOM? I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE, I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY, WE NEED TO REALLY FIGURE THIS OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO LET'S, LET'S IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, PUT WORK SESSION THEN, AND THEN WE SHOULD ANNOUNCE IT IN ADVANCE AS OPPOSED TO PEOPLE SHOWING UP TOMORROW AND SAY, BY THE WAY, YOU GET A CHANCE, BUT YOU'RE GONNA GIVE UP. YOU KNOW? AND IT WAS LIKE, SO EVERYTHING THAT [01:05:01] WAS DISCUSSED THIS EVENING IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. SO THIS IS, NOTHING HAS CHANGED. SO WE ARE GONNA STICK TO WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING. NOW I, I, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED PAUL, THAT, UM, ON NOVEMBER 1ST YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESCHEDULE WILL I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT NOVEMBER 8TH ELECTION IS ELECTION DAY. WE WON'T BE HERE, WHICH IS A TUESDAY. THE BUILDING IS CLOSED FOR THE ELECTION DAY. I JUST CAN'T MAKE IT NOVEMBER 1ST, BUT THAT'S OKAY. SO THAT MEANS WE WOULD RESCHEDULE FOR BOTH OR YOU JUST WOULDN'T BE HERE ON NOVEMBER 1ST. YEAH, I DON'T MIND. WHATEVER THE BOARD WANTS. IS THERE A REASON WHY WE CAN'T MEET? YOU CAN MEET, WE MAY STILL BE HERE, , IF WE KEEP YOU, WE STARTED THIS OFF SAYING WE HAD A VERY SHORT AGENDA. YEAH. WELL, I, I, LISTEN, THAT'S SO, ALRIGHT. YOU, SHOULD WE PUSH NOVEMBER? FIR? CAN, CAN ANY, ANYBODY, IF WE WERE TO MAKE IT EARLIER AS YOU SUGGESTED BY FOUR 30, WOULD THAT BE IMPOSSIBLE ON THE FIRST HERE TO LEAVE? I'M, I'M MAKING PRESENTATIONS. I'M SORRY. BUT THE THING IS, BUT I'M SAYING I BASICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO, HAVE TO LEAVE LIKE FIVE 30 MM-HMM. . YEAH. I'M SAYING SO WE CAN MEET FOR AN HOUR AT LEAST THAT YOU'LL BE HERE FOR PART OF IT. THAT'S FINE. IF YOU WANT. AND THEN LEAVE EARLY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO EVERYBODY? I, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE HAVE HAVE LIKE A COUPLE HOURS, LIKE ON ANOTHER DAY WHERE EVERYBODY COULD BASICALLY GET, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE CAN SPEND MORE TIME DAY. THAT'S THE ISSUE. RIGHT. AND WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IT NOW BECAUSE RIGHT. BUT I'M JUST SAYING WE'LL BE WATCHING THE SUNRISE. THAT'S FINE. SO LET'S FIGURE THAT OUT. WE CAN, WE CAN DISCUSS THAT. WE CAN FIGURE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. UM, RESOLUTIONS YOU HAD MENTIONED ON, UH, WAS IT A T THREE? I MADE THE CHANGES ON IN THE ACTUAL RESOLUTIONS THEMSELVES. RIGHT. BUT WE ALSO NEED THE TOTAL, TOTAL AMOUNT. THIS IS A CONTINUING ON A T THREE. THIS IS, THIS IS HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL IS GOING TO BE PAID. $50,000. BUT I LIKE TO PUT AFTER THAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT. SO I, I WILL THEN MAKE THE CHANGE FOR BOTH A T THREE AND A T FIVE. A T FIVE WAS THE ONE I POINTED OUT. OKAY. OH, A T FIVE. OKAY. YES. I DON'T KNOW. A T THREE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD RIGHT NOW. YEAH, THAT'S EASY BECAUSE THEY JUST KEEP A RUNNING LIST OF RIGHT, RIGHT. WHAT'S COMING UP. SO THOSE CHANGES WILL BE MADE THAN BEFORE TOMORROW EVENING. AND THERE ARE MORE HOLIDAY PARADES. THIS HAS GOT TO BE, I MEAN, UH, EVENTS. THIS HAS GOT TO BE, UH, THE RECORD, I GUESS EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, COMING OUTDOORS AGAIN. AND THIS IS JUST, I, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS WITH THE NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO GO ON SATURDAY, SUNDAY, AND MONDAY NEXT WEEKEND. REALLY AMAZING. WHICH IS GREAT. IT IS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S ALL ABOUT CREATING SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN TO, TO HAVE THESE, UH, IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? UH, DON'T THINK SO. ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE A MOTION, PAUL MOTION TO GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING PERSONNEL MATTERS INVOLVING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS AND SEEKING LEGAL ADVICE ON VARIOUS MATTERS. YEAH. I JUST WANNA MENTION THE GREENBERG HEALTH CENTER TOMORROW. UM, IS WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION. OKAY. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. BEFORE, UH, WE SHUT DOWN. I JUST WANNA MENTION THE GREENBURG HEALTH CENTER TOMORROW IS HAVING, UM, A HEALTH FAIR, THE GIVING OUT COVID, UH, SHOTS. AND ANYONE WHO GETS THE BOOSTER GETS $50. UM, SO IT'S FROM THREE, UH, TO SEVEN. SO, UM, THAT'S A GIFT CARD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? IT'S A GIFT CARD. BUT, YOU KNOW, I WAS RE YOU KNOW, READING, UM, THAT THESE BOOSTERS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE JUST NOT TAKING IT SERIOUSLY. WELL, THE FLU SEASONS STARTED EARLY FOR ONE THING, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THAT FLU SHOT. YEAH. SO, AND, UM, IS IT BOTH THE, THE, YEAH, I'M GONNA GET MY BOOSTER AND I'M GONNA GET THE FLU SHOT AT THE SAME TIME TOMORROW. OKAY. AND YES, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE APPROACHING CALDER WEATHER WHERE WE'LL BE INSIDE. SO WE DON'T KNOW. THERE ARE OTHER VARIANTS. AND THE BIVALENT SHOT'S IMPORTANT TO GET, SORRY, IF PEOPLE HAVE HAD TWO BOOSTERS, IS THIS THE THIRD BOOSTER OR IS THIS STILL THE SECOND BOOSTER? THIS IS THE THIRD. [01:10:01] THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE THIRD. THIS IS THE THIRD. THIS IS THIRD. WOW. YEAH. AND EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T GET THIS SECOND ONE, YOU, I THINK YOU CAN JUMP RIGHT TO THE THIRD. YES, I DID. OH, RIGHT. SO IT, THE BIVALENT COVERS MORE GROUND. YES. 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY NOT BOOSTING. THE BIVALENT IS IN PART BOOSTING, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT BOOSTING, IT'S A DEALING WITH THE INDIFFERENT RIGHT. VARIANCE EXPERIENCE. YEAH. AS WELL. SO ON A HAPPIER NOTE, ON A HAP HOLD ON, PAUL. ON A HAPPIER NOTE, I JUST WANNA LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT TOMORROW 1230 BJ'S, WE HAVING A RIBBON CUTTING. SO OUR BJ'S THAT'S LOCATED ON TERRYTOWN ROAD AND THE CROSSROAD SHOPPING CENTER, WE'LL BE HAVING A RIBBON CUTTING TOMORROW AT 1230. SO EXCITED TO WELCOME BJ'S IN TO OUR COMMUNITY. I KNOW THAT MAY OPEN THE DOORS TO EVERYBODY. YOU KNOW WHAT, I'VE BEEN STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT. GARRETT, IF I KNOW YOU'RE ON ZOOM, IF YOU, GARY, LET AVAILABLE, IF YOU CAN JUST CONFIRM THAT FOR ME PLEASE. HE'S COMING IN. OKAY. OH, AND I JUST, THE LAST THING I WANTED TO MENTION, UM, IS, UM, I HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING WITH CENTRAL TURF AND IRRIGATION SUPPLY. THEY'RE LOCATED IN ELMSFORD AND THEY'RE DONATING A THOUSAND MEALS ON, ON THANKSGIVING, UM, TO, UM, RESIDENTS OF, UH, GREENBURG, UM, WHO ARE LOW INCOME. SO WE'RE GONNA BE REACHING OUT TO, UM, VARIOUS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE COMMUNITY CENTER CAP, UM, THE AREA CHURCHES, UM, UM, UH, THE MEALS AND WHEELS PROGRAM. AND WE'RE GONNA TRY, UM, YOU KNOW, FIGURING OUT WAYS OF EFFICIENTLY, UM, GIVING OUT THE THOUSAND MEALS. UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HAVING A CATERED AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO, THEY'RE NOT ASKING ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY. WE'RE WORKING WITH A BROOK HEALTH CENTER. THAT'S CORRECT. THEY'RE GONNA, SO IF YOU KNOW OF LIKE A CHURCH OR, UM, A PROGRAM THAT, UH, LOCALLY THAT WOULD BENEFIT, UH, YOU SHOULD LET ME KNOW. AND THEN WE COULD RESERVE LIKE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF, UH, MEALS. MALE, WELL, THERE IS THAT HIGH SCHOOL GROUP, THREE DOTS OR WHATEVER THEY CHURCH, BUT THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE REBA HEALTH CENTER CHURCH AND THE HEALTH CENTER. THE HEALTH CENTER'S GOING TO HAVE THE, UH, LIKE THE LUNCH, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE THEY'RE GOING TO, SO THEY'LL PROBABLY HAVE LIKE A FEW HUNDRED. AND THEN MARIA WAS, WAS AT THE MEETING AND SHE'S REACHING OUT TO, UM, UH, LADY OF CARMEL. MOUNT CARMEL MOUNT MOUNT BECAUSE THEY HAVE, UM, A LARGE HISPANIC COMMUNITY MM-HMM. . AND I'M ALSO GONNA REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE VILLAGES BECAUSE THERE MAY BE, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHO BASICALLY HAVE FINANCIAL ISSUES AND, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO BENEFIT, BUT WE ONLY HAVE A FEW WEEKS BECAUSE IT'S GETTING CLOSE TO THANKSGIVING AS WELL AS TO OUR SENIORS PROGRAM. NO, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. YEAH. BUT WE, WE WE'RE NOW LOOKING FOR LIKE A SENIOR WHO BASICALLY, UM, HAS ME, THEY WANT TO GIVE IT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE FINANCIALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, WHO, YOU KNOW, WHO REALLY CAN'T AFFORD A MEAL. NO. 'CAUSE THIS IS NOT FOR JUST A SENIOR. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE DONATION 'CAUSE THEN THEY'RE NOT GONNA WANT TO DONATE IT NEXT YEAR. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU PAUL. AND SO I JUST WANNA COME BACK TO JUST THE BJ'S GRAND OPENING AND THAT'S GONNA BE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28TH. SO DID WE HAVE A TIME WHEN IT'S GONNA OPEN? I WANNA SAFELY ASSUME IT'S GONNA BE LIKE 10. IT'S 10:00 AM ON FRIDAY. I'M SORRY. I BELIEVE IT'S 9:00 AM ON FRIDAY. 9:00 AM THANK YOU, GARRETT. YOU'RE A BIT LOW. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SURE. SO EVERYONE BJ'S HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING TOMORROW, 1230 AT BJ'S AND IT WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN ON, UH, FRIDAY AT 9:00 AM OCTOBER 28TH. EIGHTH. EIGHTH. ALL RIGHT. CORRECT. YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, AND I'M GONNA MAKE ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT. EARLY VOTING STARTS ON SATURDAY. SO IT'S THIS WEEKEND ALL THROUGH NEXT WEEK AND THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND AND THE HOURS, IF YOU GO ON TO THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS, YOU CAN GET THE HOURS. I THINK TUESDAYS AND THURSDAY NIGHTS ARE LATE AND THE OTHERS ARE DIFFERENT TIMES OF DAY. UM, BUT FOR GREENBERG RESIDENTS, EARLY VOTING WILL BE HERE AT TOWN HALL AND RIGHT. JUDA STARTING AND HASTINGS AND IN HA AT HASTINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY. IT'S THAT GONNA BE IN DO AREA? NO, IT'S NOT. THEY CHANGED IT THIS YEAR. IT'S HA IT'S GREENBERG TOWN HALL AND HASTINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBERG. AND THAT'S STARTING SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29TH. CORRECT. AND, AND I BELIEVE THERE ARE AT LEAST THREE NIGHTS. SO, BUT, BUT IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL ON THE WEST CHESTER BOARD OF ELECTIONS WEBSITE. THEY HAVE AN EXCELLENT WEBSITE. ALL THE DETAILS, ALL THE INFORMATION THERE, LISTING ALL THE DATES AND [01:15:01] TIMES. YEAH. AND THERE ARE 23 SITES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. AND YOU CAN VOTE AT ANY ONE OF THEM JUST DURING EARLY VOTING. BUT ON ELECTION DAY, WHICH IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, YOU MUST VOTE AT YOUR ASSIGNED POLLING PLACE. DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS MAKES PEOPLE FLIP THE BALLOTS? WHY COULDN'T BE ON THE SAME SIDE? UH, YOU KNOW, THE PROPOSITIONS, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A $4 BILLION ENVIRONMENTAL BOND AND HALF THE PEOPLE WON'T EVEN VOTE BECAUSE, OR NOT, YEAH. MAYBE 20% WON'T VOTE BECAUSE THEY'LL FORGET. AND I'M WONDERING WHY THE BALLOT, WELL, YOU'LL HAVE TO, THAT'S PROBABLY ABOVE A STATE BOARD OF ELECTION ELECTIONS. RIDICULOUS. UH, THAT'S THE NEW YORK CONTACT, THE STATE. BUT AS LONG AS POLL WORKERS GENERALLY TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE VOTING TO FLIP THE PAGE OVER AND THEY'RE VERY GOOD ABOUT DOING THAT. YEAH. AT LEAST. BUT AS LONG AS PAUL BROUGHT IT UP, REMEMBER FLIP THE BALLOT. FLIP THE BALLOT BECAUSE THERE'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL BOND ACT, CLEAN AIR, CLEAN WATER, AND GREEN JOBS. AND IT'S A VERY WORTHWHILE BOND. $4.2 BILLION FOR STATEWIDE, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL FIXES THAT WILL ALSO PROVIDE JOBS AND INCOME FOR THE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE STATE. AWESOME. ALRIGHT, GARRETT, DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR CDS OR, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS? UH, THERE'S QUITE A FEW. WERE THERE ANY, UH, SPECIFIC QUESTIONS? UM, WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AS WAS NOTED EARLIER, UM, ON THE HEELS OF THE SITE VISIT TODAY AT METROPOLIS, UM, THERE IS A, A SITE VISIT, UH, WITH REGARD TO, UM, I'M, I'M SORRY, A CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING FOR MIDWAY, UM, WHICH I THINK WAS MENTIONED. AND THEN LASTLY, THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUNNINGDALE, UM, REGARDING AN EXPANSION. THEY WANNA MAKE IT THEIR, THEIR GOLF COURSE. SO THEY'LL HAVE REPRESENTATION, MAKE A FULL PRESENTATION. UM, REGARDING THE, THE CDS, UH, THERE IS, UM, TWO LOCAL LAWS. ONE WITH REGARD TO, UM, SPECIFIED SMOKING PRODUCTS. SO THERE'S A LOCAL LAW THAT'S BEING INTRODUCED, UM, THAT IS IN REGARD TO, UM, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND PARAPHERNALIA THAT'S TARGETED TOWARDS UNDERAGE, UM, CHILDREN UNDERAGE ADULTS. SO, UM, THAT'S A LOCAL LAW THAT, THAT WE, WE, WE WORKED ON AND, UM, RESTRICT SALES WITHIN 750 FEET OF, UM, SPECIFIED LOCATIONS SUCH AS, UM, SCHOOLS AND PARKS. AND THEN IN ADDITION, THERE'S A COMPLEMENTING, UH, LOCAL LAW THAT WITH A SIMILAR, UM, OUTLINE REGARDING, UH, WEAPONS. UM, SO THOSE ARE TWO LOCAL LAWS THAT ARE, UM, ON FOR INTRODUCTION AS WELL AS SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE NEXT TOWN BOARD MEETING. UM, ODELL HOUSE RELATED. THERE IS A, UM, UH, RESOLUTION, UH, REGARDING A MUSEUM READINESS PROPOSAL. AND, UM, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S AN EXCITING PROPOSAL THAT I THINK IS GONNA REALLY, UM, HELP THE TOWN TAKE ODELL HOUSE FROM ITS CURRENT TRACK, WHICH IS, UM, A GOOD ONE, WHICH IS MAKING SIGNIFICANT, UH, STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS TO ODELL HOUSE. AND, UM, AND, AND, AND, AND IN FACT, THE, THE WORK STARTED ON THE ROOF, UH, IS GOING TO START ON THE ROOF THIS, THIS WEEK. UM, BUT WHAT THIS, THIS RESOLUTION IS, IS, IS IT'S AN EXPENDITURE TO HIRE A COMPANY, FRANK AND GLORY. UM, WHO WOULD PROVIDE, UH, FOUR DELIVERABLES. ONE WOULD BE, UH, AN A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH, UH, THE FRIENDS OF ODELL HOUSE GROUP. SO THAT WOULD REALLY BE AN OUTLINE FOR HOW WE CAN BEST AS A TOWN, UM, WORK WITH, UH, THE MIGHTY HELPFUL, UH, FRIENDS OF GROUP. UM, SO WE PROVIDE SOME STRUCTURE THERE. UM, ALSO, UH, THERE WOULD BE A COLLECTION MANAGEMENT POLICY THAT THE CONSULTANT WOULD HELP US, UH, UH, INSTITUTE, UH, AS WELL AS, UM, A UNIQUE THING IN NEW YORK STATE TO HAVE A MUSEUM, YOU ACTUALLY NEED A CHARTER. UM, SO WHAT WHAT THIS CONSULTANT WOULD DO, WOULD, WOULD ASSIST THE TOWN IN, IN PREPARING A CHARTER TO GET APPROVED. AND LASTLY, UH, THE CONSULTANT, UM, WOULD, WOULD, WOULD ASSIST WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND, UM, REALLY PROVIDING A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR THE, UM, ONGOING RESTORATION OF DEL HOUSE. SO, AND ONE OTHER BENEFIT, IF I MAY, GARRETT, IS ONCE IT IS CLASSIFIED AND APPROVED, UH, BY NEW YORK STATE AS A MUSEUM, IT WILL BE ABLE, THEY WILL BE FRIENDS, WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR GRANTS THAT WOULD NOT BE OPEN TO THEM OTHERWISE, CORRECT? UH, THAT'S TRUE. YES. I DO BELIEVE IT WOULD HELP US. ABSOLUTELY. UH, TARGET GRANTS. OKAY. SO WE MADE A MOTION. ANYBODY [01:20:01] WE SECOND IT SO WE SECOND WE VOTED ON IT AND THEN WE HAD A DISCUSSION AFTERWARDS. . ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU GARRETT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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