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THE AFTER 7:30 PM AND WE'RE GONNA OPEN UP, UM, THE TOWN BOARD MEETING.AND, UM, I GUESS WE WILL, UM, START WITH,
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
IS IT THE ROLE, THE ROLE, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? ALL.IT'S ONLY 32 YEARS, ONLY 32 YEARS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND NATION UNDER GOD, AND IN WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AND, UM, NOW WE HAVE, WE, NOW WE HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE
[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of the 1,088,854+ individual victims of COVID-19 who have died in the United States, 6,713,093+ 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, deliberating targeting utilities used by civilians to leave them without electricity and heat through the brutal winter weather, 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 In memory of Jacqueline Tilford, lifelong resident and community activist, Town of Greenburgh (Tribute to follow)]
AND MEMORY OF THE 1,088,854 INDIVIDUAL VICTIMS OF C OVID 19, WHO HAVE DIED IN THE UNITED STATES, 6,713,093 DEATHS WORLDWIDE, EACH LEAVING, UH, FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS TOO SOON.AND MEMORY OF THE PEOPLE, UH, IN UKRAINE KILLED DURING RUSSIA'S INVASION AND RELENTLESS INTENTIONAL TARGETED BOMBINGS OF CIVILIANS AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS, HOSPITALS, TRAIN STATION SCHOOLS, AND CHILDREN CENTERS, DELIBERATING TARGETING, UH, UTILITIES USED BY CIVILIANS TO LEAVE THEM WITHOUT ELECTRICITY AND HEAT THROUGH THE BRUTAL WINTER WEATHER WITH MASS GRAVES BEING FOUND AFTER INVADED.
AREAS HAVE BEEN RETAKEN WHILE IN RUSSIA'S EFFORTS TO DESTROY UKRAINE.
AND AS PEOPLE WHO ARE FORCED, UM, TO FIGHT FOR THEIR LAND, THEIR FREEDOM AND GENERAL DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES MADE THE REST IN PEACE AND PEACE WE RESTORE TO, UM, UH, THE UKRAINE.
AND THIS, UM, PAST WEEK THERE WERE, UM, A NUMBER OF MASS SHOOTINGS AROUND, UH, THE COUNTRY.
UM, SOME IMPACTING, UM, STUDENTS AND, UM, AND THE CHINESE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN THEIR MEMORY.
AND, UM, IN MEMORY OF JACQUELINE, UM, TILFORD, A LIFELONG RESIDENT AND COMMUNITY ACTIVIST, UM, TOWN OF, UM, OF GREENBURG.
UM, AND JACQUELINE WAS HIGHLY RESPECTED AND WELL-LIKED AND VERY INVOLVED IN, UM, GREENBURG AND THE SENIOR CITIZEN COMMUNITY, UM, FAIRVIEW COMMUNITY FOR, FOR MANY YEARS.
A REALLY REMARKABLE, UH, YOU KNOW, WOMAN WHO WILL BE, UH, MISSED BY MANY PEOPLE WHO KNEW HER.
OKAY, JUDITH, YOU'LL DO THE ROLL CALL.
[ TRIBUTE TO JACQUELINE TILFORD (By Judith Beville)]
TRIBUTE TO JACQUELINE, UM, JUDGE ROLL CALL FIRST, OR TRIBUTE TESTIMONY IF YOU WANNA DO THE TRIBUTE, THAT'S FINE.THE TOWN OF GREENBERG EXPRESSES SINCERE, SYM, SINCERE SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COMMUNITY.
NOW CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF JACQUELINE TILFORD.
THE TOWN REALIZES TOO THAT A CARING, GIVING, NURTURING TREE HAS FALLEN IN THE FOREST OF WELL-REGARDED RESIDENTS WHO DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO GIVING BACK.
LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, JACQUELINE LOVINGLY REFERRED TO AS JACKIE BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS, ATTENDED GREENBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS, GRADUATED FROM WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL AND STUDIED MARKETING AT WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
DURING HER HIGH SCHOOL YEARS, SHE PLAYED ON THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM RECOMMENDED, I'M SORRY, REMEMBERED BY A FORMER TEAMMATE AND LIFELONG FRIEND.
AS A GENTLE GIANT, JACKIE CONTINUED SHARING HER LOVE OF THE SPORT OF EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE IN HER COMMUNITY AS A THREE ON THREE COACH FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS, A SENIOR YOUTH WORKER AT THEORE DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
SHE WAS A STRONG, POSITIVE AND ENCOURAGING ROLE MODEL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, AS WELL AS A GIVING CARING ASSISTANT TO, TO THE ELDERS IN HER COMMUNITY.
SHE WAS ALSO A CO-PRODUCER ALONG WITH KOBE JENKINS OF TASTY TUESDAYS, A POPULAR TAKE HOME DINNER INITIATIVE, THE OUTDOOR FOOD VENUE DURING SUMMER JAZZ EVENTS, ALSO AT THE CENTER WHERE SHE WAS IN HOT DEMAND FOR HER SUMMER, CUSTOM MADE ON JACKIE'S ICE TEA.
IN ADDITION, SHE ASSISTED COLBY IN HELPING TO PRODUCE THE ANNUAL EVENT, WOMEN WHO DARED TO BE DIFFERENT, HIGHLY RESPECTED
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AND REGARDED IN THE COMMUNITY.JACKIE PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN LOOKING OUT FOR CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDING A SAFETY NET FOR YOUTH.
A MEMBER OF THE WESTCHESTER BLACK WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS, GREENBERG CHAPTER.
JACKIE PARTICIPATED IN SUPPORTING AND RAISING CONCERNS REGARDING ISSUES IMPACTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN HER COMMUNITY.
SHE GAVE BACK IN SO MANY WAYS, JT WAS ONE OF THE BEST TO REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY.
SHE WAS A GOOD FRIEND TO SO MANY.
THE ONLY THING I HATE SAID ONE OF HER TRIBUTES AND ONE OF HER TRIBUTES IS HOW WE CELEBRATE PEOPLE TOO LATE.
SHE DESERVED TO BE HELD HIGH LONG TIME AGO.
[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk]
DO THE ROLL CALL.PAUL, FINER TOWN SUPERVISOR HERE.
ELLEN HENDRICKS, COUNCILWOMAN PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN.
COUNCILMAN FRANCIS SHIN PRESENT AND INTERIM TOWN ATTORNEY JOE DENKO.
[ SUPERVISOR & TOWN COUNCIL REPORTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS GOOD NEWS...The Town continues (since 2008) to have the highest possible bond rating from Standard & Poors (AAA) and (since 2010) (Aaa) from Moody's. Less than 1% of communities in the nation have this record of financial stability. Recently, on 3/23/2021, Moody's reaffirmed the Town earned Moody's highest rating and, on 03/26/2021, Standard & Poors once again reaffirmed the Town earned Standard & Poors highest rating. Anyone interested in serving on a board or commission should send a resume to the Town Board via Judith A. Beville, Town Clerk, 177 Hillside Avenue, Greenburgh, NY 10607 Any individual or group interested in a visit from the Town Board should email the Board at TownBoard@GreenburghNY.com ]
I, UM, FIRST GOT TO THE TOWN BOARD MEETING TODAY, UM, I NOTICED THAT SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WERE TREATING TWO PEOPLE, UH, IN THE AUDIENCE, LIKE CELEBRITIES AND, UM, AND, UM, I WAS LIKE A LITTLE JEALOUS, TO BE HONEST, UM, BECAUSE THEY GOT LIKE V I P, YOU KNOW, TREATMENT, UH, BY A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE BOARD.UM, AND, UM, AND THEY WERE SITTING IN YOUR CHAIR.
SO HERE IS THE FUTURE TOWN BOARD BECAUSE WE HAVE FUTURE TOWN SUPERVISORS HERE WHO REALLY ACTUALLY SAT IN THAT CHAIR AND HELD THE GAVEL.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING PREPARED.
SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA SKIP OVER, WE'RE GONNA SKIP OVER THIS AMOUNT, THE PRIVATE MEETING, BECAUSE I'M, I'M NOT THAT GREAT WITH COMPETITION, BUT, UM, BUT, BUT SERIOUSLY, UH, WE HAVE TWO, UH, UH, UH, YOUNG, UH, MEN VEER, BUT, UH, B BA AND SAMIT AMIN.
AND THEY ARE DOING THIS, UH, FOR THE FIRST LEGAL, UM, LEGO LEAGUE CHALLENGE.
UM, THEY, UM, COMPETED, UM, IN A ROBOT DESIGN AND SECOND, AND THEY WON FIRST PLACE AND SECOND OVERALL AT THE LOCAL COMPETITION IN YONKERS.
AND THEY PLAN TO PARTICIPATE IN REGIONAL COMPETITIONS IN MILLBROOK, UH, NEW YORK.
SO I'M GONNA ASK THEM TO, UH, COME UP HERE TO THE, THE MIC OVER THERE AND TO, UM, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE, UH, YOU'RE DOING AND WHY WE ALL SHOULD BE IMPRESSED AND EXCITED.
SWEETHEART, CAN YOU JUST COME TO THE, COME RIGHT, COME TO THE MIC HERE.
GREAT JOB TEAM SPIKE IN STONE, INSPIRED BY KING ARTHUR'S SWORD AND STONE.
YOU CAN PICK THE MIC UP AND PUT IT WHATEVER HEIGHT YOU NEED, WHATEVER'S COMFORTABLE FOR YOU.
SOME, I MEAN, I PLAY THREE INSTRUMENTS, CELLO, PIANO, AND SAXOPHONE.
I PLAY IN COMPETITIVE TENNIS TOURNAMENTS AND I LOVE MINECRAFT.
BOTH VI AND I ARE IN FIFTH GRADE AT EL EDGEMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN SCARSDALE, NEW YORK VIA BAND.
I DO FENCING AND PARTICIPATE IN REGIONAL AND NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS.
I LOVE P I I PLAY DOUBLE BASS, ELECTRIC BASS, AND PIANO.
I LOVE PLAYING ROBLOX AND OTHER VIDEO GAMES.
CAN THIS, HOW, HOW CAN WE, HOW CAN WE USE BE STOP.
HOW CAN WE USE SOLAR ENERGY? HOW CAN WE RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT IT? HOW DO SOLAR PANELS WORK? THE SUN HITS THE SOLAR PANELS AND SOME OF THE SUN'S RAYS BOUNCE OFF THE PANEL, AND THE REST ELEMENT GETS ABSORBED INTO THE PANEL.
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DO GET ABSORBED, GET CONVERTED INTO ELECTRICITY, WHICH WE CAN USE IN OUR HOUSE TO POWER LIGHT BULBS ARE FRIDGE TVS AND MANY MORE APPLIANCES.WE DIVIDED THE AREAS OF RESEARCH AND SOLUTIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE PUT TOGETHER OUR FINDINGS.
WE RESEARCHED UP TO OUR PR, UM, EXPERTS, PROFESSOR ARRAY, N Y U, TO LEARN ABOUT SOLAR ENERGY BEYOND WHAT WE FIND ONLINE.
ONCE WE HAD FOUND SOME SOLUTIONS, WE REACHED OUT TO OUR TOWN SUPERVISOR, MR. PREFIN, TO SEE HOW THE TOWN SUPPORTS NEW, THE NEW TECHNOLOGY.
LASTLY, WE REACHED OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SHARE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO USE SOLAR POWER, MR. VIVEK PATEL AND MR. MAHE SHAIN.
SO WE COULD RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT SOLAR ENERGY FAR AND WIDE THROUGH PRESENTATIONS AT SCHOOL IN OUR TOWN BOARD MEETINGS, SOLAR PANELS IN COMMUNITIES, RESIDENCES SUCH AS HOMES AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS CAN HAVE SOLAR PANELS.
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS LIKE OFFICE BUILDINGS AND SHOPPING CENTERS COULD ALSO HAVE PANELS.
SOLAR FARMS CAN BE FOUND IN DESERTS AND ANY OPEN FIELDS, NOT JUST THE ROOF, TRANSPARENT SOLAR PANELS, WINDOWS, DOORS, GREENHOUSES, AND PATIO FURNITURE.
THE TRANSPARENT, UH, PANELS ABSORB THE LIGHT THAT HUMANS DON'T NEED TO SEE AND CONVERT INTO ELECTRICITY, LIABLE SOLAR PANELS, THEN SOLAR PANELS THAT CAN BE SEWN INTO CLOTHES.
IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE'LL HAVE JACKETS THAT CAN POWER OUR PHONES, OUR PHONES IN ONE HOUR.
DID YOU KNOW IN ONE HOUR EARTH GETS ENOUGH SUNLIGHT TO PROVIDE THE ENTIRE WORLD'S YEARS WORTH OF ENERGY USE SOLAR VEHICLES.
SONO MOTORS COMPANY HAS A PROTOTYPE.
SOLAR CAR HAS A RANGE OF 305 KILOMETERS.
IT HAS 248 PANELS INTEGRATED INTO THE BODY OF THE CAR.
THE PANELS, THE PANELS CAN HELP BOOST UP TO 245 KILOMETERS AND PEAK CONDITIONS.
THE TOP SPEED OF THE CAR IS 145 KILOMETERS SLASH HOURS.
LIGHTYEAR LIGHTYEAR HAS A PATENTED DOUBLE CURVE SOLAR ARRAY THAT IS FIVE SQUARE METERS WILL PROVIDE SEVEN MILES WORTH OF DRIVING FOR AN HOUR.
IN THE SUN EFFICIENCY OF SOLAR PANELS, COMMERCIAL SOLAR PANELS ABSORB 15 TO 25% OF SUNLIGHT FALLING ON IT.
WE NEED TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY OF THE SOLAR PANELS.
N Y U RESEARCHERS LED BY PROFESSOR RAY AIL ARE WORKING ON MAKING SOLAR CELLS EFFICIENCY AS CLOSE TO 100% AS POSSIBLE.
THEY HAVE CREATED A FILM THAT SHIFTS THE LIGHT TOWARDS RED LIGHT.
RED LIGHT LEADS TO BETTER ABSORPTION BY THE SOLAR CELL TO CREATE ELECTRICITY IN THE FUTURE.
THIS WILL REDUCE THE COST OF PANELS.
OUR COMMUNITY UPDATE, WE TALKED WITH GREENBERG TOWN SUPERVISOR, MR. PAUL FINDER.
HE'S FINDING WAYS TO ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO EMBRACE SOLAR ENERGY.
THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ALREADY USES GEOTHERMAL ENERGY, AND OUR TOWN OFFICE HAS SOLAR PANELS ON THE ROOF.
WE HAVE ABOUT 1000 RESIDENTS WHO HAVE PUT, UM, PANELS ON THEIR ROOFTOPS.
WE TALK WITH TWO OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE SOLAR PANELS IN THEIR HOMES.
WE RESEARCH USING ENERGY SAGE.COM BY CALLING TESLA, SOLAR, SUN, AND SOLAR POWERED.
THEY RECEIVED ABOUT 30% TAX REBATE.
MONTHLY SAVINGS ARE HIGH OF 200 TO $500 A MONTH, BREAK EVEN TIME FOR PANELS OF SEVEN TO 10 YEARS.
WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GET SOLAR PANELS.
PAUL ALSO EXPLAINED TO US THAT CONED HAS A PROGRAM TO PAY FOR THE PANELS MONTHLY.
IT IS EXPENSIVE, BUT THE SAVINGS WILL ADD UP, ESPECIALLY IF YOU SAY STAY IN YOUR HOME FOR MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS.
AND AS RESEARCH PROGRE PROGRESSES, WE HOPE THE PANEL COSTS WILL GO DOWN.
PLEASE KEEP THIS IN MIND AS YOU DO ANY ROOF PROJECTS IN FUTURE, AND HOMES AND SCHOOLS AND IN WAREHOUSES.
WE, WE ARE PRESENTING OUR FINDINGS RIGHT NOW.
I WANTED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, MENTION, UM, TODAY AT FIVE O'CLOCK I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH, UM, UM, SOME PEOPLE FROM EAST IRVINGTON, ROGER BURKHART.
AND, UM, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AND SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER.
AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SETTING UP, UM, LIKE A SEMINAR
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THAT MAYBE YOU COULD SPEAK AT AND, UM, AND BE PART OF BECAUSE, UM, THERE'S A LOT.MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE HAS SOLAR PARKING LOTS.
UM, AND, UM, AND YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WERE PLANNING TO DO, AND IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT IF YOU COULD GET INVOLVED, IS TO REACH OUT TO COMMERCIAL, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY OWNERS AND TO, UH, ENCOURAGE THEM TO PUT THE SOLAR PARKING, YOU KNOW, LOTS THERE.
WE'RE ALSO GONNA LOOK AT, UH, TOWN FACILITIES.
UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I SORT OF THINK THAT WITH YOUR HELP, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE START GETTING ONE OR TWO, UM, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS GOING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A WAY OF REALLY, UH, ACHIEVING IT COULD BE THE NEXT STEP TO WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE.
AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU COULD BE PROVIDING SOME LEADERSHIP AND, YOU KNOW, MOTIVATING STUDENTS TO REACH OUT TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS AND, YOU KNOW, HELP US PERSUADE SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, TO TEST OUT, YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING LIKE, SAY THE MIDWAY SHOPPING CENTER.
THERE'S A LOT OF PARKING SPOTS AND, UM, A SOLAR PARKING STRUCTURE MAY BE, YOU KNOW, GOOD THERE'S SO MANY PARKING STRUCTURES IN ON CENTRAL AVENUE, UH, PARKING LOTS IN CENTRAL AVENUE.
SO YOU COULD BE ALMOST HELP US BY TRYING TO PERSUADE SOMEBODY TO GO ALONG WITH US.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BIG SEMINAR AND, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU COULD SPEAK, I'D LOVE IT IF YOU WOULD WANT TO, TO SHARE YOUR POWERPOINT WITH US, AND WE CAN PUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE.
SO THAT RE OTHER RESIDENTS OF GREENBURG CAN LEARN ABOUT IT.
MAKE SURE YOUR NAMES ARE CLEARLY THERE, AND TALK A LITTLE BIT IN AN INTRODUCTION ABOUT YOUR AWARDS SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS.
UH, WE ALSO WANTED TO SHARE WHAT THE TROPHY WE GOT FOR SECOND PLACE AND FIRST PLACE LOOKED LIKE.
[ PRESENTATIONS Greenburgh Library Guild - Rachael Methal, Board President]
TERRIFIC.UM, I DON'T SEE, UH, RACHEL, UH, AL HERE.
SHE'S THE BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE GREENBERG LIBRARY, UM, YOU KNOW, GUILD.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD A, A GREAT EVENT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ELLEN HENDRICKS WAS THERE, YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK.
UM, BUT THEY'RE DOING AN AMAZING JOB RAISING FUNDS FOR THE LIBRARY AND HELPING THEM WITH THEIR, UH, THEIR INITIATIVES.
NEXT, UM, UM, WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UM, THE SUGGESTION WAS MADE, UM, BEFORE EACH PERSON SPEAKS AT EITHER THE PUBLIC HEARING OR PUBLIC COMMENTS, UM, FOR THE SPEAKER TO STATE THEIR NAME AND PROVIDE THE LOCALITY WHERE THEY RESIDE IN.
SO WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE THE PERSON, UM, YOU KNOW, LIVES.
[ To consider a Local Law amending Chapter 380 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh entitled "Noise" as it relates to Leaf and Garden Blowers]
FIRST, UM, PUBLIC HEARING IS TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER THREE 80 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND TITLE NOISE AS IT RELATES TO LEAF AND GARDEN BLOWERS.I'D LIKE TO, UM, MOVE THAT WE OPEN UP THE HEARING.
DOES ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK AT THAT HEARING? THANK YOU.
HONORABLE TOWN SUPERVISOR, HONORABLE BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, I, UH, I'M THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS CHAIR FOR THE, UH, NEW YORK STATE TURF AND LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS HEADQUARTERED HERE IN GREENBURG, ALMOST RIGHT UP THE STREET ON PROSPECT AVENUE.
UH, WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, FIRST I WANNA THANK, UH, THE TOWN BOARD, UH, FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
UH, UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK SUPERVISOR FINER FOR MEETING WITH US.
AND WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW MEETINGS, UH, WITH THE SUPERVISOR WITH REGARD TO LEAF BLOWERS AND, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW WE CAN APPROACH THIS.
UM, IT SEEMS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PROPOSALS SEEM TO CHANGE, YOU KNOW, FROM TIME TO TIME.
UM, WE, UH, WE WERE HERE WITH A DEMONSTRATION OF, UH, UH, ELECTRIC AND, UH, GAS, UH, POWERED LEAF BLOWERS SOME TIME AGO.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T REALLY QUITE SURE HOW THE, UH, TOWN BOARD, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO PROCEED, UH, WITH THE LEAF BLOWERS.
UH, JUST TO SAY THAT THE, UH, THE NEW YORK STATE TURF AND LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION,
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UH, WE, UH, WE'RE THE PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPERS OF, UH, THIS REGION.WE'VE BEEN PART OF EVERY COMMUNITY CLEANUP THAT, UH, HAS EVER COME ALONG, BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.
WE DO ABIT DAY TREE PLANTINGS.
UH, WE'VE BEEN, UH, SERVING THE LANDSCAPERS, UH, OF, UH, THIS REGION FOR OVER 60 YEARS.
SO THAT'S A LOT OF OUR ARBOR DAY TREE PLANTINGS.
UH, WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN, UH, COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS, AND, UH, WE'RE PROUD OF OUR COMMUNITY WORK AND INVOLVEMENT.
WE ENDOW SCHOLARSHIPS, THE STUDENTS OF HORTICULTURE.
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION TO FIND BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, UH, APPLICABLE TO OUR WORK.
SO, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST, UH, AS A MEANS TO REDUCE THE IMPACTS OF LEAF BLOWERS.
UM, UH, UH, A BAN ON, UH, ON LEAF BLOWERS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.
UM, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE, UH, SINGLED OUT TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS FOR, UM, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BANNING OF, UH, THE USE OF LEAF BLOWERS.
UH, I'D LIKE YOU MAYBE TO, TO RECONSIDER THAT.
I'M CERTAINLY AVAILABLE, UH, TO, UH, TO MEET WITH YOU AND SPEAK WITH YOU AND, UH, TELL YOU, EXPLAIN THE, UH, THE PRESSURES THAT, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, PRESENTS, UH, TO LANDSCAPERS AND ALSO REALLY TO, UM, THE RESIDENTS OF GREENBERG.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE PROBABLY HERE TONIGHT THAT, UH, OBJECT TO THE USE OF LEAF BLOWERS.
UM, UH, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WORKED VERY WELL WITH, UH, SUMMER BANDS AND OTHER COMMUNITIES.
UM, AND OF COURSE, WE'RE PREPARED TO, UH, TO WORK ALONG WITH, UH, GREENBERG.
UH, IF WE COULD JUST BE A LITTLE REALISTIC ON THE, UH, ON THE DATES AND TIMES WE SUPPORT, UH, A AND P M RESTRICTIONS, WE WILL ABIDE BY THEM.
UH, BUT, UM, TAKING AWAY TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, UH, IS, UH, ESPECIALLY PROBLEMATIC FOR US, UH, DURING THE LEAF SEASON.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TRIED EVERY WHICH WAY IN OTHER COMMUNITIES TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO CLEAN UP LEAVES, UH, YOU KNOW, DURING, UH, THE LEAF SEASON.
BUT, UH, WITHOUT, UH, GAS POWERED BLOWERS.
UH, IN, UM, LATE SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, UH, WE, WE, WE JUST, UH, HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY DO THAT.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN PRESSURED BY, UH, OUR CUSTOMERS, UH, OUR, THE HOMEOWNERS, UH, TO CHEAT.
UH, WE'VE BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ASKED, UH, YOU KNOW, TO COME BACK, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, ON, ON OTHER DAYS.
AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN ASKED REALLY, UH, UH, FROM TIME TO TIME TO DISCONTINUE THE USE OF LEAF BLOWERS.
CUSTOMERS COME OUT AND THEY SAY, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, STOP THE BLOWERS.
AND WE DO IT, UH, IMMEDIATELY.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT IF A CUSTOMER SAYS TO US, DON'T USE THE BLOWER, WE DON'T USE THE BLOWER.
WE HAVE NO NEED REALLY TO USE THAT BLOWER UNLESS THE CUSTOMER, UH, INSISTS ON A CERTAIN, UH, LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE AND A CERTAIN, UH, LEVEL OF, UH, CLEANLINESS, IF YOU WILL, YOU KNOW, UH, ON THOSE PROPERTIES.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT IF A MUNICIPALITY PASSES A BAN, IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHEN OUR PROBLEMS BEGIN.
BECAUSE IT'S BEEN OUR EXPERIENCE, EVEN IN LARGEMONT, SCARSDALE, PLACES LIKE THAT, UM, THAT HAVE BANS THAT EVEN IF THEY DO PUBLICITY, THE PUBLIC DOESN'T REALLY KNOW ABOUT IT.
THE, THE WE SHOW UP, UH, AT A PLACE AND WE CAN'T USE THE BLOWERS.
AND WE GET A CALL FROM THE HOMEOWNER, WHAT'S GOING ON? WELL, YOU KNOW, YOUR TOWN BOARD PASTOR, AN ORDINANCE, UH, YOU KNOW, BANNING, UH, LEAF BLOWERS, AND THEY, THEY CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
NOW, YOU KNOW, IN, IN COMMUNITIES LIKE LARCHMONT, WE'RE STARTING TO, UH, HEAR FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM RESIDENTS AND HOMEOWNERS, UH, AGAIN, TELLING US THAT, UH, THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT AND, UH, OBJECTING TO IT.
AND OF COURSE, WE JUST CAN REFER THEM TO, UH, THEIR, UH, TOWN COUNCIL, UM, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE DO.
SO, I JUST WISH AND HOPE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL CONSIDER THESE IDEAS.
I'M AVAILABLE TO SPEAK WITH YOU ANYTIME.
AND, UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK MARY BODEN.
MY NAME, MY NAME IS MARY BODEN.
IN JUNE, I'LL BE 90 YEARS OLD.
WHEN I WAS A KID, THEY USED TO TREES, HAD THE SAME AMOUNT OF LEAVES COME DOWN AS THEY DO NOW.
THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS A LOW LEAF FOR ALL WHEAT RAK, THE LEAVES SUCCESSFULLY.
WE LIVE IN A WORLD WITH GLOBAL WARMING AND POLLUTION.
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EITHER THE GAS POWERED OR THE ELECTRIC CREATES POLLUTION.I'M NOT GONNA BE AROUND HERE TO HAVE A PROBLEM, BUT THESE KIDS WILL.
'CAUSE WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS AFFECTING THEIR LIVES.
POLLUTION ANYWHERE NEEDS TO BE REDUCED.
LESS FERTILIZER ON THE LAWN, LESS GRASS CUTTING, RAKE THE LEAVES.
YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW WHAT A RAKE IS.
WE USED TO RAKE THE LEAVES BY HAND SOMEHOW.
I WAS RELUCTANT TO SPEAK TODAY, BUT I RESPECT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AND IT'S THEIR WORLD I'M SPEAKING ABOUT.
AT WHAT POINT DO YOU TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND SAY, MAYBE WE'VE GONE TOO FAR.
ANYBODY ELSE? UH, IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SPEAK, UH, BY ZOOM THEN? UH, YES.
ARLENE, YOU MAY SPEAK, UH, IF YOU WANNA TURN ON YOUR CAMERA, YOU CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
I'M A RESIDENT OF ELMSFORD NEW YORK.
UM, I AM HERE IN OPPOSITION OF THE GOVERNMENT MANDATED LAWN CARE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
TO ME IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH IT'S AN ISSUE BETWEEN NEIGHBORS.
UH, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THAT, OR I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYBODY COMPLAIN ABOUT IT.
UM, WHEN I BLOW THE LEAVES IN MY YARD, I'M DOING IT IN BETWEEN CERTAIN HOURS WHEN PEOPLE ARE ALREADY AT WORK SO THAT THE SOUND IS NOT, UM, AFFECTING THEM.
UM, I THINK SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR LIKE WE USED TO DO BACK IN THE DAY, YOU KNOW, WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE BENEFICIAL THAN BEING FORCED TO HAVE A MANDATE STATING ON PARTICULAR DAYS YOU CAN DO IT.
AND ON PARTICULAR DAYS YOU CAN'T.
THE GENTLEMAN THAT JUST SPOKE A LITTLE WHILE AGO WAS TALKING ABOUT RAKES, AND I FOUND THAT COMICAL WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.
YES, WE HAD RAKES, WE DID USE THOSE.
UM, BUT SOME OF THOSE, LIKE MYSELF, WAS PARTIALLY DISABLED.
I AM UNABLE TO USE A RAKE, SO I USE THE LEAF BLOWER.
UM, AND TO ME IT JUST MAKES SENSE.
I KNOW FOR THE CONTRACTORS THAT COME ON TO MY BLOCK, THEY USUALLY HAVE TWO, UH, WORKERS THAT COME AT A TIME FOR THE PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD TO HAVE THEIR LAWNS MOWED BY, UM, A LANDSCAPER.
AND ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN WILL BLOW THE LEAVES, PUT IT IN A PILE, PICK IT UP, THE OTHER GENTLEMAN WILL THEN BEHIND HIM MOW THE LAWN.
ONE PERSON DOESN'T GET HURT, THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE BY THEMSELVES.
I DON'T REALLY SEE WHAT THE REAL CONCERN IS WITH USING THE, UM, THE LEAF BLOWERS.
UM, THE OTHER WEEK WHEN YOU GUYS HAD DISCUSSED THIS, THERE WAS A TALK ABOUT THE, UM, DECIBEL RATES.
AND I'M GOING, HOW WOULD I EVEN KNOW WHAT THE SOUND RATE IS FOR MY LEAF BLOWER THAT I'VE HAD FOR SEVERAL YEARS? YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN YOU GO ONTO THE WEBSITE, NOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT LISTS, YOU WILL GET A VERBAL WARNING THE FIRST TIME, AND THEN THERE'S A FEE.
I, UM, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MR. FINER A HUNDRED DOLLARS FEE, A TWO 50 FEE.
UM, AND I THINK EVEN THE FEES WEREN'T DISCUSSED, BUT I THINK THOSE ARE EXCESSIVE AS WELL.
WHO IS GOING TO POLICE ALL OF THAT? YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE TAKING THE LEAF BLOWER, UM, LANDSCAPING GUY FROM DOING THE JOB ON THOSE PARTICULAR DAYS, THEN DOES THAT MEAN THAT THOSE COMPANIES ARE NOW FINANCIALLY AFFECTED? AND IF YOU ARE GOING TO PUT THIS INTO PLACE, WHO IS GOING TO POLICE THAT? ARE WE NOW GOING TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SO THAT THE POLICE CAN DRIVE AROUND AND SEE IF WE ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR LAWN AND TO DOUBLE CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DONE ON THE RIGHT DAY WITH THE LEAF BLOWERS? AND IF WE MANDATE SOMETHING LIKE THIS AGAIN, DOES IT BECOME THAT THINGS GET EVEN MORE? I'M STARTING TO FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, WE PAYING
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H O A FEES OR WILL THAT BE SOMETHING? BECAUSE IF YOU COULD START WITH LEAF BLOWERS IS THE NEXT THING, WELL, YOU CANNOT NOW MOW YOUR LAWN ON PARTICULAR DAYS.LAWNMOWERS MAKE NOISES AS WELL.
UM, WE HAVE DAYS FOR GARBAGE, FOR PAPER, FOR ELECTRONICS, FOR, UM, WHAT'S THE OTHER THING? UM, WHEN THEY PICK UP THE LEAVES, WE, WE FOLLOW ALL OF THOSE RULES AND THEN HERE COMES ANOTHER RULE AND ANOTHER RULE AND ANOTHER RULE.
IT JUST KIND OF MAKES YOU WONDER WHEN WILL IT STOP? WILL THERE COME A DAY WHEN THERE'S GONNA BE A MANDATED RULE THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU WANNA PAINT YOUR WALLS? WELL, YOU CAN ONLY PAINT ON THIS DAY AT THIS TIME AND THIS COLOR.
YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S UNREASONABLE.
UM, AND I WOULD LIKE, UM, THE BOARD TO JUST CONSIDER THE THINGS THAT I JUST SAID.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, SO WE'LL DISCUSS IT AT THE WORK SESSION.
ANYBODY ELSE WANNA COMMENT? IF NOT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.
[ To consider a Local Law creating a New Chapter 374 in the Code of the Town of Greenburgh entitled “Leaf Blowers, Regulation of Yard and Leaf Blowers”]
HEARING IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS THE FIRST.IT'S, UM, TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW CREATING A NEW CHAPTER 3 74 IN THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ENTITLED LEAF BLOWERS REGULATION OF YARD AND LEAF BLOWERS.
UM, AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO, UH, REQUEST THAT ALL THE COMMENTS MADE, UM, IN THE FIRST HEARING, IF YOU JUST, JUST INCLUDE THOSE IN THE SECOND HEARING.
'CAUSE SIMILAR, YOU KNOW, TOPICS SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT THEMSELVES.
AND DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANNA SAY ANYTHING, UM, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THAT ASPECT OF THE HEARING? NO.
UH, THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE, UH, CLOSE THAT HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.
[ To consider a local law creating a new Article XVII to Chapter 440 "Taxation" in the Code of the Town of Greenburgh entitled "Tax Assessment of Condominiums and Cooperatives."]
FINAL HEARING IS TO CONSIDER A LOCAL, UM, LAW CREATING A NEW CHAPTER, UM, TO CHAPTER FOUR 40 TAXATION IN THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ENTITLED TAX ASSESSMENT OF CONDOMINIUMS AND COOPERATIVES.UM, THE GOVERNOR, UM, SIGNED LEGISLATION, UM, AT THE END OF LAST YEAR THAT WOULD, UH, TAX NEW CONDOS AT, UM, UM, RESIDENTIAL, UH, RATES, UH, CONDOS AND COOPERATIVES THAT CAN COOPERATIVES EXISTING CONDOS AND, UM, CO-OPS WOULD NOT BE IMPACTED BY, UH, THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION.
UM, THE LAW ONLY APPLIES TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND, UM, THE LEGISLATION INDICATES THAT THE TOWN BOARD HAS TO ADOPT A, A LOCAL LAW.
UM, UH, ABOUT A HALF HOUR AGO, UM, UH, HAL SAMAS IS CITIZEN AND ERIC ZINGER, YOU KNOW, CALLED ME AND THEY SAID THAT SINCE I OWN A CONDO, I SHOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY RECUSE MYSELF.
UM, YOU KNOW, FROM, UM, UH, FROM THAT, UM, THEY FEEL THIS LEGISLATION COULD POSSIBLY IMPACT EXISTING, UH, CONDOS BECAUSE THE NEW CONDOS WOULD BE TAXED AT HIGHER RATES THAN THE EXISTING ONES.
I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK THERE'S A CONFLICT, BUT, UM, I WROTE TO THE ETHICS BOARD AND I SAID, AT THE TIME WE VOTE, YOU KNOW, SHOULD I RECUSE MYSELF FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM THE VOTE? AND WHATEVER THEY SAY, I'LL, I'LL DO, BUT, YOU KNOW, SO I GUESS WE COULD HEAR FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM THE PUBLIC PROBABLY INCLUDE ME.
YEAH, I, I JUST WANT, I WANT TO JUST SPEAK FOR MYSELF BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T SEE THE CONFLICT, BUT I, I THOUGHT THAT SINCE MR. SAMI, UM, YOU DIDN'T MENTION THAT I'M A CONDO OWNER, I JUST WANT TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL.
PAUL, I HAVE NO REQUEST FROM THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK.
I DON'T SEE HOW IT BENEFITS YOU.
UM, ACTUALLY PAUL DID YOU MOVE TO OPEN THIS? YEAH, RIGHT.
GARY, YOU HAVE SPEAKERS ON ZOOM? YEAH, ERIC ZINGER IS NOW IN, OH, YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES.
THE PROPOSAL BEFORE US TONIGHT, I FEAR HAS MANY UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
CONSEQUENCES THAT WILL HURT GREENBERG AS A WHOLE.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE TONIGHT THAT THE PROPOSAL IS ONLY FOR GREENBERG AND ITS VILLAGES.
THE STATEWIDE BILL WAS VETOED BY GOVERNOR HACKLE.
I HOPE THAT THE TOWN BOARD CONSIDERS ALL THE IMPACTS OF THIS DECISION AND IF IT DECIDES TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS, DOES SO WITH EYES WIDE OPEN AND FULLY AWARE OF SOME OF THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THIS TOWN BOARD HAS EXPRESSED CONCERN AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS FACING OUR COMMUNITIES.
EVERYONE KNOWS THAT MULTI-FAMILY,
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CONDO AND CO-OPS ARE THE MOST, ARE A MORE AFFORDABLE FORM OF HOUSING THAN SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.THESE ARE OFTEN STARTER HOMES FOR YOUNG FAMILIES AND PLACES WHERE OUR SENIORS GO AFTER DOWNSIZING IN ORDER TO STAY IN THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY RAISE THEIR FAMILY.
WHILE THE BILL EXEMPTS HOUSING BILL, UH, HOUSING BUILT WITH FEDERAL TAX CREDITS, THOSE DEVELOPMENTS ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.
TO HELP ADDRESS THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE NEED TO BE ATTRACTING MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING DEVELOPERS, UH, AND DEVELOPMENTS TO GREENBERG NOT REJECTING THEM.
THIS BILL DOES THE EXACT OPPOSITE.
AT A TIME WHEN NEW YORK STATE IS IN THE MIDST OF A STATEWIDE HOUSING CRISIS, THIS BILL WOULD BE AN UNACCEPTABLE OUTCOME.
THOSE ARE THE WORDS OF THE GOVERNOR.
GOVERNOR HAWKE SPEAKING ABOUT THE STATEWIDE BILL, SHE CONTINUES.
THE BILL WOULD RESULT IN AN EFFECTIVE TAX INCREASE UPON NEWLY CONSTRUCTED HOUSING BUILT AS CONDOMINIUM AND COOPERATIVES IN JURISDICTION THAT CHANGED THEIR ASSESSMENT, WHICH WOULD MAKE THIS HOUSING LESS ATTRACTIVE TO POTENTIAL HOMEOWNERS AND ULTIMATELY LEAD TO FEW UNIT FEWER UNITS OF HOUSING BEING BILLED.
LOOK, THIS ISN'T ROCKET SCIENCE.
IF YOU INCREASE THE COST OF SOMETHING BY 30%, YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE IT LESS ATTRACTIVE TO BUILD.
WE WANT TO MAXIMIZE FUTURE TAX REVENUES, BUT THIS CHANGE SO SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERS THE LANDSCAPE THAT IT CHANGES THE CALCULATION OF DEVELOPERS IN WHAT TYPES OF PROJECTS THEY WOULD MOVE FORWARD.
THOSE WHO STATE OTHERWISE, OR THAT WE WILL MITIGATE THIS WITH OTHER ACTIONS HAVE YET TO PROVIDE ANY SPECIFICS OR DETAILS AS TO HOW WE WILL DO THAT.
JUST HOPING FOR AN OUTCOME OR SETTING UP A COMMITTEE IS NOT ENOUGH.
AND WE ARE THE ONLY COMMUNITY IN THE AREA DOING THIS.
WHY DEVELOP IN GREENBERG WHEN YOU CAN DO SO IN WHITE PLAINS, NEW ROCHELLE, PORTCHESTER, OR ANY OF OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND CREATE THE EXACT SAME PRODUCT WITH JUST A MORE VALUABLE RESULT? NOW, THERE ARE SOME IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO WELCOME THIS PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT ANY NEW, AND ESPECIALLY ANY NEW MULTIFAMILY HOUSING TO BE BUILT.
BUT I BELIEVE GREENBERG NEEDS TO INCREASE ITS ACCESSIBLE BASE IN ORDER TO KEEP A UP WITH THE EVER INCREASING COST OF OPERATING OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING IS THE MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FORM OF HOUSING.
AND AGAIN, THIS BILL ONLY SERVES TO MAKE IT LESS ATTRACTIVE AND LESS LIKELY TO BE BUILT.
IT GENERALLY MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING RESULTS IN FEWER STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IS LESS COSTLY TO MAINTAIN FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS REQUIRING LESS ROADS AND LESS MAINTENANCE AND COSTS OVERALL.
THE GOAL OF THIS LESS LEGISLATION IS TO INCREASE TAX REVENUES AND ACCESSIBLES, BUT I PREDICT THIS WILL ACTUALLY REDUCE POTENTIAL ACCESSIBLES.
AS DEVELOPERS LOOK FOR PROJECTS ELSEWHERE, EVERY ACTION HAS AN EQUAL AND OPPOSITE REACTION.
AND THE REACTION HERE IS GOING TO BE THE DEVELOPER'S LOOK ELSEWHERE.
WE NEED TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER MOVING AHEAD WITH THIS ON OUR OWN.
THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE ONE OF THOSE MOST SIGNIFICANT LAWS PASSED IN YOUR ENTIRE THIRD YEAR HISTORY AS SUPERVISOR PAUL.
AND AS A RESULT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO SEEK A BOARD OF ETHICS DECISION ABOUT THIS.
CONSIDERING YOUR OWN OWNERSHIP OF CONDO MAKING NEW CONDO DEVELOPMENTS MORE EXPENSIVE, LIMITS THEIR AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY, THUS INCREASING THE VALUE OF YOUR YOUR CONDO.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR, I DO NOT BELIEVE IN ANY WAY THAT YOU ARE PUSHING THIS LEGISLATION FOR THIS REASON, BUT THESE ARE UNDENIABLE FACTS AND THIS LEGISLATION DIRECTLY INCREASES THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY OF YOUR PROPERTY.
I URGE THE TOWN BOARD TO AT LEAST RECONSIDER THE PLAN IS AS IS AND TARGET LOWER HANGING FRUIT, LIKE FINALLY PASSING AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING MANDATE FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOME DEVELOPMENTS.
ANYBODY BY ZOOM OR IN PERSON THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WAY.
NO, CAN I MOVE? WE CLOSELY? NO, I DO WANT TO COMMENT.
THE GOVERNOR IN THE STATE OF THE STATE HAD MENTIONED THAT SHE WANTS MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT IN THERE SHE TALKS ABOUT HOW CONDOMINIUMS IS NOT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
CONDOMINIUMS AND, UH, OTHER, UH, OTHER TYPES OF HOUSING ARE NOT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO IT'S NOT THAT, UH, SHE VETOED EVERY OTH OTHER, UH, MUNICIPALITY.
NO OTHER MUNICIPALITY ASKED THE GOVERNOR THE WAY WE ASKED FOR THE GOVERNOR, WE WANTED IT TO BE SPECIFIC TO OUR LOCALITY.
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SHE DIDN'T SAY THAT SHE'S OPPOSED TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ASKING SPECIFICALLY WHAT, WHAT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO DO IS DO A BLANKET ACROSS THE STATE, UM, CHANGE FOR EVERYBODY UNLESS THEY'RE GOING TO DO A HOME RULE REQUEST, WHICH IS WHAT WE DID.WE ALL KNOW HOW IT WORKS, RIGHT? WE TALK ABOUT CONDOMINIUMS AND THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE KNOW FROM RECENT PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T CONSIDER A MILLION DOLLAR CONDOMINIUM AFFORDABLE RIGHT NOW.
WE COULD PLAY AROUND WITH WHAT THE DEFINITION OF AFFORDABLE IS, BUT THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE ON ELMWOOD WITH 113 UNITS.
THEY HAD AGREED THAT THEY WOULD NOT USE CONDOMINIUM FORM OF FINANCING AND THEY WOULD PAY THE REGULAR MARKET RATE, BUT THERE WAS NO WAY TO HOLD THEM TO THAT.
IT WASN'T FOR THEM FOR THE SAY IT, BUT IN TARRYTOWN, THOSE UNITS BY THE WATERFRONT, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE MARKET RATE AND THERE ARE CONDOMINIUMS. SO WHAT'S THE DISTINCTION? THE DISTINCTION IS THAT FOR TWO EQUIVALENT UNITS, EXACTLY THE SAME COUNTERTOPS, HIGH-END, YOU KNOW, TOILETS, HIGH END, YOU NAME IT, HIGH END, IF IT'S IN CONDOMINIUM FORM OF OWNERSHIP, IT'S GONNA SELL FOR 1.2.
IF IT'S A MILLION DOLLAR CONDOMINIUM, 1.2 OR MAYBE EVEN 1.3.
SO WHAT'S THE DISTINCTION? THE DEVELOPER IS MAKING A WINDFALL ON THE BACKS OF THE TAXPAYERS OF THE MUNICIPALITY.
'CAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO PAY THE HIGHER AMOUNT IN ORDER TO NOT PAY THE MUNICIPALITY FOR SERVICES THAT OTHERS HAVE TO PAY FOR.
AND SOME OF US THINK THAT'S WRONG IN THE BILL THAT WAS PASSED, INCLUDING FOR GREENBERG, THERE'S A PROVISION FOR AFFORDABLE CONDOS, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT PEOPLE ARE BUILDING.
AND SO WHEN SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT SHE WAS VETOING STATEWIDE, BUT SHE'S NOT GONNA VETO TOWN OF GREENBURG, WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO SEE WE SHE DOES WHEN THE NEXT MUNICIPALITY AND IT'S COMING ASKED BY A HOME RULE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL, UM, EXEMPTION LIKE WE DID.
SO I, I JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY'S MAKING THAT EXTRA MONEY WHEN YOU HAVE A CONDOMINIUM FORM OF OWNERSHIP ON NEW CONDOS AND JUST SO THAT THE 5,000 CONDO OWNERS IN THE IN THE TOWN AREN'T PANICKING HERE.
THIS ONLY APPLIES TO NEW CONSTRUCTION.
NOT EVEN RENOVATED CONSTRUCTION, BUT NEW CONSTRUCTION, UM, OF CONDOMINIUMS. IT DOES NOT APPLY TO PREEXISTING.
AND TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW MY POSITION, IF YOU ARE IN A CURRENT CONDOMINIUM, YOU PAY THAT PREMIUM UPFRONT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR FOR YOU TO PAY THE PREMIUM UPFRONT AND THEN ALSO GET TAXED.
BUT IF YOU ARE BUYING A NEW CONDO AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE BUYING INTO AND THAT IT WILL BE TAXED AT MARKET RATE, THEN THAT'S A DISTINCTION.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE BUYING INTO.
WE KNOW FROM THE EXPERIENCE WITH ELMWOOD THAT THEY WERE WILLING TO BUILD EVEN THOUGH IT WAS GONNA BE TAXED THAT WAY.
SO I DON'T BUY INTO THE IDEA THAT IF WE PASS THIS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL BUILDING GO GOING ON IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
WE KNOW FROM PROPOSALS, MOST OF THE PROPOSALS THAT WERE COMING IN, THEY WERE COMING IN WITH THE IDEA OF CONDO AND THERE WAS OPPOSITION BY THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T GOING TO BE TAXED THE SAME.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT WE ASKED FOR.
WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO ENOUGH TO GET IT.
AND UM, FRANKLY, I THINK RATHER THAN A DEVELOPER MAKING A KILLING UPFRONT, THE MUNICIPALITY REALLY SHOULD GET THE TAXES THAT ARE NECESSARY TO, UM, PROVIDE THE SERVICES.
IT DOESN'T COST THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ANY LESS TO EDUCATE THREE CHILDREN FROM A CONDO THAN IT DOES THREE CHILDREN FROM A REGULAR, A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
AND WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT.
YOU ADD A MOTION, PAUL, YOU A MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.
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AYE.[ PUBLIC COMMENT Supervisor Feiner: All speakers should state their name and provide the locality where they reside prior to speaking. A written statement should contain the same information. Advance signup is required. A continuous five minute limit per speaker will be strictly enforced. The clock will start when a speaker begins speaking and will not be stopped for any reason until the speaker is finished or five minutes has elapsed, whichever occurs first. Interruptions by Town Board members, the Town Clerk or the public will not be permitted. If a speaker insists on an immediate answer, should an answer be provided, it shall be part of the speaker's five minute allocation and not be interrupted. There will not be a second five minute round. Any written comments sent to PublicComment@GreenburghNY.com by 6 PM the day of the hearing will be forwarded to all Town Board members in advance of the meeting for their consideration. Written comments will not be read at the meeting unless the original author is present to do so.]
UH, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS AND IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR, UH, NAME AND PROVIDE, UH, THE PUBLIC WITH THE LOCALITY WHERE YOU RESIDE AND NOT APPRECIATE IT.ANYBODY LIKE TO COMMENT? YES, WE HAVE SEVERAL, UH, ALENE SUBER.
HAPPY NEW? NO, Y'ALL HAVEN'T SEEN ME.
I HAD FOOT SURGERY AND I WAS WONDERING WHY YOU HAD DIFFERENT, UH, SHOES ON.
YES, I HAD FOOT SURGERY AND EVERYTHING.
HASN'T SLOW SLOWED YOU DOWN THOUGH.
UH, MY NAME IS ALENE SUVA AS Y'ALL KNOW, I LIVE AT 26TH STRATFORD ROAD.
WELL, Y'ALL SAYS IT'S WHITE PLAIN GREENBURG.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WELL, I JUST WANT TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING.
IT CAME TO MY EMAIL AND I WAS VERY UPSET WITH THE BOARD.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD.
NOW I KNOW THAT FRANCIS AND EVERYBODY DON'T GET ALONG.
BUT FOR SOMEONE TO PUT OUT THAT JUDY, IT CAME ON MY EMAIL AND I THINK IT CAME ON A LOT OF PEOPLE EMAIL THAT JUDY WAS FRAUGHT AND DOING A LOT OF UGLY THINGS WITH THE INTERNSHIP.
I'M GOING TO SAY BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE SOMEONE, YOU DO NOT PUT RUMORS OUT IF Y'ALL PER, IF YOU CAN'T GET ALONG, THAT'S ON YOU.
DON'T LISTEN TO RUMORS ABOUT SOMEONE.
OKAY? WE KNOW SOMEBODY'S RUNNING AGAINST JUDY, LISA, BUT I WOULD THINK, AND I'M SPEAKING THROUGH TO EVERYBODY, MY THING IS THAT IF YOU GOT THIS MILLION DOLLAR JOB THAT TREATING YOU SO GOOD, WHY DO YOU WANT TO RUN FOR A CLERK AND GET IT FOR EVERY TWO YEARS WHEN YOU GOT THIS SO MUCH MONEY WITH THIS OTHER JOB? SO MY THING IS THAT WHY WOULD YOU PUT RUMORS OUT ON JUDY? I KNOW A LOT OF, SO WHAT? A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE ME.
SOME, A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT LIKE NONE OF Y'ALL ON THE BOARD, BUT YOU JUST DON'T GO PUTTING RUMORS OUT.
YOU DON'T GO AROUND LYING IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU TALKING ABOUT.
NOW THE INTERNSHIP AND THIS GO FOR LISA, WHOEVER, THE LADY THAT RUN IT, THAT INTERNSHIP CAME OUT WONDERFUL BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM YOUNG KIDS DID NOT HAVE NO SCHOOL CLOTHES.
AND THEY CAME UP TO THE STORES AND THEY GOT FREE SCHOOL CLOTHES TO GO TO SCHOOL FREE BOOKS AND EVERYTHING.
SO I'M SAYING IT'S OUTRAGEOUS.
AND IT SHOWED THE CHARACTER OF THE BOARD.
NOW THE PERSON THAT LEAKED THIS OUT, THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND IT IS JUST WRONG.
AND I'M GONNA SAY TO YOU, JUDY, YOU STAND UP, YOU WALK TALL, DON'T LET NOBODY STOP YOU BECAUSE LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, YOU THE, THE, HE SEE EVERYTHING.
HE SEE THE DEVILS, HE SEE EVERYTHING.
SO DON'T LET NOBODY ENTERTAIN THAT SHE HAVE THE RIGHT TO RUN.
BUT IT DON'T MEAN SHE GOING TO WIN BECAUSE HER CHARACTER'S SHOWING WHO SHE IS.
AND IT CHARACTER SHOWING WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLES ON THE BOARD THAT SENT THIS TO THIS YOUNG LADY TO PUT OUT THAT JUDY DOING FIVE THINGS WITH THE BOARD, WITH THE INTERNSHIP, WITH EVERY FACEBOOK, IT'S ALL ON EMAIL.
AND IT'S WRONG FOR THE PERSON TO DO THAT.
I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED ON THE PERSON THAT GAVE HER THE INFORMATION AND THAT PERSON KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND IT'S GOING TO COME OUT.
AND JUDY, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
YOU COULD BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE AS LONG AS I, I LIKE YOU, I LIKE GINA, I LIKE ELLEN.
I DON'T BELIEVE IN DOING EVIL THINGS JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE A PERSON.
YOU DON'T DO EVIL THINGS BECAUSE WHAT YOU DOING IS GONNA COME RIGHT BACK ON YOU.
'CAUSE UH, BECAUSE YOU GOT A LOT, YOU GOT SOME OF THE DEVILS SITTING UP THERE ANYWAY.
AND SO I AIN'T GOT TO NAME 'EM, BUT THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
BUT DON'T, DON'T ENTERTAIN THAT.
YOU WALK TALL AND YOU DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO.
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ALONE BECAUSE I AM WITH YOU.I AM WITH ANYBODY THAT'S GONNA DO RIGHT.
I'M WITH GINA, I'M WITH ANYBODY.
LET'S DO THE RIGHT THING ABOUT EVERYBODY.
AND YOU STAND TALL AND WHOEVER SENT THIS EMAIL, LISA, YOU ARE WRONG TO PUT THIS E EMAIL OUT ON JUDY.
AND I'M TELLING EVERYBODY TO THINK WHAT A PERSON.
WHEN EVEN PEOPLE DO EVEN THINK DO EVIL THINGS, DON'T GO FOR IT.
ANYBODY ELSE? ANYONE ELSE WANNA SPEAK? CLIFF, PUBLIC COMMENT.
SOMETIMES H HAS ITS DISADVANTAGES.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT BEEN GOING AROUND FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND WE JUST NEVER NOTICED IT AND NEVER CORRECTED IT.
I PARK IN HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACES BECAUSE I'M HANDICAPPED FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
WE'VE PUT THESE POLES IN THERE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE SPACE THAT SAYS HANDICAPPED PARKING.
IT'S ONLY ONE PROBLEM WITH THAT.
IT'S MUCH SAFER TO DRIVE FORWARD THAN IT IS TO BACK OUT.
SO IF YOU PUT THAT POLE ON THE CORNER INSTEAD OF RIGHT IN FRONT, THE DRIVER HAS THE OPTION OF DRIVING FORWARD INSTEAD OF HAVING TO BACK OUT EVERY SINGLE TIME.
BUT IT'S BECOME IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS I REALIZE, I DO HAVE A CAMERA THAT SHOWS ME PEOPLE COMING IN THE BACK.
SO WHY DON'T WE DO IT? BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT THAT WAY.
SO I ASK THAT SOMEBODY CHANGE THE PROCEDURE WHEN THEY MAKE A PARKING LOT.
PUT THAT POLE THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SPACE ON A SIDE OF THE POLE SO DRIVERS WITH HANDICAP CAN DRIVE FORWARD AND NOT BACK.
THE OTHER ISSUE THAT'S UH, PERTINENT TO THIS TOWN VERY MUCH IS, UH, WHAT USED TO BE CALLED GAS STATIONS.
GAS STATIONS ARE ON THEIR WAY OUT.
THE INDUSTRY THAT OPERATES MANY OF THESE FACILITIES THAT SELL FUEL HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT GAS STATIONS WILL BE THERE FOR LONG AND THEY'RE CONVERTING THEM TO MARKETS.
GO AROUND AND LOOK AT ALL OF THE GAS STATIONS AND MANY OF THEM ALREADY.
AND THEY ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME IN AND BUY SOMETHING.
THEY'RE RECOGNIZING THAT THE GAS PUMP GONNA BE GONE IN THE FUTURE OF THEIR INDUSTRY.
SO WHEN WE DISCUSS UPGRADING GAS STATIONS, PROBABLY NOT A GOOD IDEA.
THERE ARE TOO MANY GAS STATIONS AS THERE ARE NOW.
I WOULDN'T APPROVE ANY NEW ONES.
IT'S JUST ANOTHER SYMBOL OF THE WAY THE WORLD IS CHANGING.
A LITTLE WHILE AGO, THE LANDSCAPERS WERE SAYING, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS.
WELL, MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN THE, UH, CLOTHING MAINTENANCE BUSINESS FOR ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS.
THAT'S, UH, CLEANING CLOTHES FOR PEOPLE.
MY SON, WHO'S THE FOURTH GENERATION IN OUR FAMILY IN THAT INDUSTRY IS THE LAST OF THE GENERATION IN THAT INDUSTRY.
PEOPLE DON'T TRUST THE WAY THEY USED TO, WHICH ALSO MEANS THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THE TIES, THEY MAY BUY SELLING LESS TIES.
AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SELLING FORMAL SHIRTS, IF YOU WATCH THE ADS ON TV OR ON YOUR THING, THEY'RE NOT TRIVIA.
I THINK THEY WERE MAKING PROFESSIONAL SHIRTS.
THEY'RE NOT MAKING ADVERTISING THOSE SHIRTS ANYMORE.
THIS IS ONLY TO SAY THE WORLD HAS CHANGED.
IT'S NOT THE WORLD WE GREW UP IN.
IT'S THE WORLD OF OUR GRANDCHILDREN.
IN MY CASE, A FUTURE GREAT-GRANDCHILD.
WHAT KIND OF A WORLD DO YOU WANNA LIVE? I'M GOING BECAUSE I ONLY SPEAK WHEN I CAN THINK.
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WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE REST OF THE EVENING.SOME OF YOU HAVE PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES.
PLEASE CONSIDER GETTING A REFILLABLE BOTTLE.
AND IF YOU REALLY WANNA DO SOMETHING, BAN PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES IN THIS BUILDING.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN.
'CAUSE I DIDN'T DO THIS BY MYSELF.
I WANT TO THANK ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO TOOK THE TIME TO TEACH ME.
'CAUSE I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT BY MYSELF.
I JUST WANNA MENTION, WE ONLY, UH, TRANSCRIBED THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, NOT THE COMMENTS.
WE TRY TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE LESS CARPAL TUNNEL.
UH, CHIEF, UH, ACTUALLY GARY, UH, COULD WE, BECAUSE IT, IT IS AN INTERESTING POINT REGARDING THE POLL IN THE MIDDLE CHIEF.
IF YOU COULD LOOK INTO WHETHER OR NOT IT'S REQUIRED TO BE IN THE CENTER AS OPPOSED TO THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT.
SO PEOPLE COULD DRIVE STRAIGHT THROUGH.
UH, AND GARRETT, LET'S PUT THAT ON OUR, UH, TOPICS TO DISCUSS THIS WEEK.
WELL OBVIOUSLY WHETHER PEOPLE CAN DRIVE STRAIGHT THROUGH DEPENDS ON WHERE THE PARKING SPACE IS.
WELL YOU COULDN'T DO IT HERE 'CAUSE YOU'RE RUNNING INTO A BRICK WALL BECAUSE EXACTLY.
BUT IT MAY BE, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THE LAW SAYS THAT THE SIGN HAS TO BE IN THE MIDDLE SO THERE'S NO AMBIGUITY AS TO, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? UH, YEAH.
CLIFF, CLIFF ABRAMS. UH, I DON'T KNOW.
UH, THERE WAS A HAND UP BUT IT WENT DOWN.
UM, ERIC SINGER IS, IS, UH, BEING PROMOTED OH, OKAY.
UM, I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REQUEST THE TOWN BOARD RECONSIDER, UH, THE MOTION TO HOLD THE RECORD OVER FOR SEVEN DAYS ON THE TAXATION LAW.
UM, THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY MAJOR CHANGE.
YOU KNOW, I WAS THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC HERE TONIGHT.
I, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF MORE PEOPLE WERE AWARE OF, MORE PEOPLE WOULD COME OUT AND SPEAK.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME OF THESE MAJOR HEARINGS, WE USUALLY HAVE MORE THAN ONE EVENING, CONSIDERING THE WEATHER TONIGHT AND, YOU KNOW, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE TOWN BOARD TO RECONSIDER THAT AND CONSIDER HOLDING THE SECOND EVENING FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FEBRUARY 8TH TOWN BOARD MEETING.
UM, RATHER THAN, IT LOOKS LIKE THE PLAN AS OF NOW IS TO CLOSE THE HEARING AND VOTE AT THE 31ST SPECIAL MEETING.
UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THE TOWN BOARD CONSIDER, UM, FOR A VARIETY OF FACTORS, INCLUDING WEATHER IMPORTANCE, PAST PRECEDENT THAT THE TOWN BOARD CONSIDER, UH, HOLDING THE HEARING, UH, OPEN FOR ANOTHER EVENING FOR MORE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD REQUEST.
WELL, IT'S UP TO THE TOWN ATTORNEY.
'CAUSE I UNDERSTAND THERE IS AN APPLICATION THAT'S BEEN FILED, UH, AN APPLICATION FOR A NEW CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT.
SO THE, THE LAW DOES SAY, AND I WILL BRING IT UP QUICKLY, UM, I I BELIEVE THAT ANYTHING BUILT AFTER JANUARY 1ST, 2023, UH, WOULD APPLY UNDER THIS LAW.
BUT ASSUMING THAT THE LAW IS PASSED, SO THE LONGER IT REMAINS OPEN, THERE'S, THERE'S AMBIGUITY WITH THE CONDOMINIUM, POTENTIAL CONDOMINIUM THAT'S BEING BUILT.
GAR GARD, AM I MISSPEAKING? THE, THE ONLY PROJECTS, THE ONLY PROJECT THAT I'M AWARE OF, UM, WAS INTEREST IN A SITE.
UM, AND THEY DIDN'T INDICATE WHETHER THAT WAS GONNA BE PROPOSED AS A, UM, CONDO CO-OP OR RENTAL.
AND, UM, THAT, THAT PROJECT, UH, IS VERY EARLY IN THE PLANNING STAGES.
I THINK IT WAS A PRE-SUBMISSION CONFERENCE WITH THE PLANNING BOARD, UH, AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WOULD LIKELY GO THROUGH SEVERAL MONTHS OF, UH, PLANNING BOARD REVIEW.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT THAT PROJECT IS NOT IMMINENT OR SHOVEL READY.
OF COURSE NOW OUR STENOGRAPHER IS PACKED UP EVERYTHING THAT SHE HAS
UH, BUT I, I WOULD, I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE, UM, RESCIND THE CLOSING OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND LEAVING THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS AND HOLD THE RECORD OPEN FOR ALL PURPOSES UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL IS IT GONNA TAKE A WHILE
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OR CAN YOU JUST WRITE IT DOWN ANDBECAUSE OUR MEETINGS ARE ARCHIVED.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TOMORROW IF YOU LOOK OKAY WHAT I JUST SAID.
AND IT WOULD ALSO HELP BECAUSE THE, I DOUBT IF WE'RE GONNA GET AN ETHICS BOARD OPINION BACK, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING.
YOU KNOW, I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK
AND I'M WONDERING MM-HMM
IT'S ON OAK STREET AND I'M LIKE SAYING WHAT THEY GOT TO DO WITH THE MERRILL, THEN THEY HAVE ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MERRILL.
THESE AIN'T SMALL CAMERAS, THESE ARE BIG CAMERAS, HIGH POWER AND THEY GOT ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MARROW THAT WE GOING TO END UP USING ONCE WE GET THROUGH WITH THE MEDIATION AND WHATEVER ELSE WE HAVE TO DO.
BUT USUALLY WHEN SOMEBODY GOT SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS UP, THERE'S USUALLY BE A SIGN SOMEWHERE LETTING THE PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS.
MAYBE YOU COULD HELP ME OUT WITH THIS JOE.
USUALLY THEY'RE SIGNS WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, YOU ARE BEING THAT THERE'S A VILLAGE CAMERA'S GOING UP AND I DON'T SEE NO SIGNS AROUND AND I'M WONDERING WHY THERE'S NO INFORMATION OR SIGNS LETTING THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT THEY ARE UNDER CIVILIANS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE CAMERA'S ALL WORKING RIGHT.
AND, AND I JUST WONDER, SO MAYBE YOU COULD HELP ME OUT WITH THAT.
AND ALSO I'M LIKE, OKAY, I WAS ASKING UM, GINA, I SAID UM, EXCUSE ME.
I SAID, UM, DO YOU THINK THAT THE DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY RESOURCE, WHAT USED TO BE A COMMUNITY CENTER IS THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT DEAL WITH YOUTH DEVELOPMENT? AND YOU DON'T REMEMBER THAT? I DON'T REMEMBER YOU.
OH, I SEE YOU MAKING FACES BUT IT'S OKAY.
SO, AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE IT, WHAT, IT WAS ALMOST BEEN TWO YEARS NOW THAT WE, PAUL, YOU MADE A MOTION AND I REALLY, I KNOW MY FRIEND GONNA SAY WHY YOU KEEP ON TALKING TO HIM ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WHY NOT? AND YOU MADE A MOTION TO PUT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY AWAY FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITH OUR WALLS THAT IT WAS A PALLET PROGRAM.
THEN OF COURSE ELLEN COMES INVOLVED AND SHE BRINGS UP 5 0 1 C THREES AND ALL OF THAT.
AND I WANT TO KNOW, PAUL, IS THAT MONEY STILL THERE? 'CAUSE THAT WAS LIKE IN WHAT, 2021 OR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED? YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO KNOW, IS THAT STILL THERE? BECAUSE ELLEN, I SHOULD BE HAVING MY 5 0 1 C THREE SOON AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW, IS THE MONEY STILL THERE? SO WHEN I DO GET IT AND ARE Y'ALL STILL IN SUPPORT? AND DO Y'ALL THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT DEAL WITH UNDERPRIVILEGED KIDS? AND GINA SAID NO.
AND I SAID YEAH BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I HAVE AN ORGANIZATION AND I CAME TO Y'ALL A WHILE AGO AND IT BEEN A WHILE SINCE I SPOKE ON IT.
AND JOE, I CALLED YOU, I EMAILED YOU AND IT'S BEEN ABOUT TWO OR THREE MONTHS
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AGO THAT YOU SAID YOU WAS GONNA GET BACK TO ME AND YOU NEVER DID.AND I TOLD YOU JUST ON PROFESSIONAL COURTESY, IF SOMEBODY EMAIL YOU OR CALL YOU, YOU SHOULD GIVE 'EM A CALL BACK BECAUSE I HAVE SOMEBODY WORKING WITH ME.
'CAUSE IF YOU DON'T KNOW GREENBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY GIVE MY ORGANIZATION TWO DAYS EACH MONTH.
AND I'M SAYING THEY UNDER THE SAME UMBRELLA OF THE PEOPLE THINK IT'S A COMMUNITY CENTER, BUT DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY RESOURCE.
AND IF THEY CAN DO IT AND THEY CAN HELP OUT A ORGANIZATION FOR THE YOUTH IN GREENBURG, WHY CAN'T THE DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY RESOURCE, T D Y C C, AND MAYBE ELLEN CAN HELP ME WITH THAT BECAUSE, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE SINCE SHE CAME, ALL THESE THINGS STARTED HAPPENING.
I I I I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT, I DON'T THINK I RECEIVED AN EMAIL.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE PHONE CALL, I SPOKE TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE OF THE TOWN WHO SAID HE SPOKE TO YOU.
HOWEVER, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AFTER THIS MEETING TO GO OVER THAT.
ANY ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? NOBODY ELSE ON ZOOM? YOU SEE ONE THING
CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME ABOUT THE UM, JOE, ABOUT THE CAMERAS THAT'S DOWN THERE? SHOULD IT BE ASSIGNED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY'D BE ON THE CIVILIANS? BECAUSE I, I'LL JUST BRIEFLY RESPOND AND THEN IF YOU'D LIKE, WE CAN TALK AFTER THE MEETING.
BUT I, I I BELIEVE THAT TYPICALLY SIGNS THAT SAY YOU'RE UNDER SURVEILLANCE ARE TYPICALLY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
THAT THE POINT OF THOSE, UH, SIGNS IS TO STOP.
YEAH, ANY LOITERING OR ANY STEALING OF PROPERTY OR ANYTHING.
I, I KNOW THAT MANY PUBLIC CAMERAS DON'T HAVE ANY SIGNS, INCLUDING ONES RIGHT OUTSIDE THIS BUILDING RIGHT NOW.
THERE ARE CAMERAS AND THERE ARE NO SIGNS NEXT TO IT.
HOWEVER WE COULD LOOK INTO IT MORE.
'CAUSE I KNOW I'VE BEEN SOMEWHERE THAT IT WASN'T PRIVATE.
MOVE THE AGENDA THEN WE'LL MOVE THE AGENDA
[ BOARDS & COMMISSIONS Appointment of Jacqueline Baranov to the Board of Ethics, for a term to expire December 31, 2027]
APPOINTMENT OF JACQUELINE BARRON OF TO THE BOARD OF ETHICS FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER UH, 31ST 2027.I THINK YOU JUST POINTED YOURSELF.
YEAH, I THINK YOU TURNED IT OFF.
UM, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE.
NO, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT A SECOND.
[ AT 1 – 1/25/2023 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related Claim, File No.: 150/22C, by Alfredo Orzuna, for an amount not to exceed $2,398.26]
AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM FILE 1 50 22 C BY ALFREDO OR UNA FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,398 AND 26 CENTS.[ AT 2 - 1/25/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner RMC WPR LLC for property located at 555 White Plains Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $45,612±; the County’s share is $26,619±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $3,589±; the Irvington Union Free School District’s share is $143,117±; the Glenville Fire Protection District’s share is $5,608; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $1,570±. Refunds from all sources total $226,117±.]
AUTHORIZING TAX, TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER R M C W P R L L C FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5 5 5 WHITE PLAINS ROAD REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES $226,117.[ CL 1 - 1/25/2023 Resolution authorizing the closing of Old Colony Road, Club Way, Fenimore Road, Pipeline Road, Edgemont Place, Edgemont Road and White Oak Lane; as well as close the intersections of Old Colony Road with Brook Lane West, with Brook Lane East, with Midvale Court, and with Club Way; the intersections of Fenimore Road with East Hartsdale Avenue and with Pipeline Road; the intersection of Pipeline Road with Edgemont Place; the intersection of Edgemont Place with Aqueduct Drive and the intersections at the triangle; the intersections of Edgemont Road with Barclay Road, with Artillery Lane, with Round Hill Road (both ends), and White Oak Lane; and any other closings deemed necessary by the Greenburgh Police Department to provide appropriate protections to the runners; on Sunday, May 7, 2023 (No Rain Date), from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm, for the residents of Edgemont to hold the “2023 Colors Against Cancer Run"]
AUTHORIZING CLOSING OF OLD COLONY ROAD CLUB WAY.FENIMORE ROAD PIPELINE ROAD EDGE, ONE PLACE, EDGEMONT ROAD AND WHITE OAK LANE, AS WELL AS, UM, OLD COLONY ROAD WITH BROOK LANE WEST AND BROOK LANE EAST WITH MIDVALE COURT AND WITH CLUB WAY THE INTERSECTIONS OF FENIMORE ROAD WITH EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE AND PIPELINE ROAD.
INTERSECTION OF PIPELINE ROAD WITH EDGEMONT PLACE, INTERSECTION OF EDGE, ONE PLACE WITH AQUEDUCT DRIVE AND INTERSECTIONS OF THE TRIANGLE.
THE INTERSECTIONS OF EDGEMONT ROAD WITH BARKLEY ROAD, WITH ARTILLERY LANE, WITH ROUND HILL ROAD AND WHITE OAK LANE, AND OTHER CLOSINGS DEEMED NECESSARY BY GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
UM, FOR, UM, A, A RUN ON SUNDAY MAY 7TH.
IT'S, UH, THE COLORS AGAINST CANCER RUN.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CL 2 - 1/25/2023 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for February 8, 2023, 7:30 PM, to consider a Local Law amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh as it pertains to Flat Parking Rates in sites B & D of the Hartsdale Public Parking District]
RESOLUTION SCHEDULING OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR FEBRUARY 8TH TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 60 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AS IT PERTAINS TO FLAT PARKING RATES IN SITE B AND D OF THE HARTSDALE PUBLIC PARKING DISTRICT.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CL 3 - 1/25/2023 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for February 22, 2023, at 7:30 PM, to consider an agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Ardsley to provide Fire Protection Services to Unincorporated area residents of the Chauncey Fire Protection District for the year 2022, at a cost not to exceed $10,006]
RESOLUTION SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR FEBRUARY 22ND, 7:30 PM TO CONSIDER AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE VILLAGE OF VARLEY TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES, UH, TO UNINCORPORATED AREA RESIDENCE OF THE CHAUNCEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE YEARS 2022 AT A COURSE NOT TO EXCEED 10,000 OH 6 0 6.[ CL 4 - 1/25/2023 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for February 22, 2023, at 7:30 PM, to consider an agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Ardsley to provide Fire Protection Services to Unincorporated area residents of the South Ardsley Fire Protection District for the year 2022, at a cost not to exceed 332,479]
AYE.RESOLUTION SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR, UM, FEBRUARY 22ND AT 7:30 PM TO CONSIDER AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG AND VILLAGE OF ARDSLEY TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO UNINCORPORATED AREA RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTH ARDSLEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 2022 AND OF COURSE NOT TO EXCEED 3 3 2, 4, 7 9.
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I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.[ CD 1 - 1/25/2023 Resolution approving, with conditions, an amended site plan, tree removal permit and related applications by Midway Shopping Center, for property located at 913-999 Central Park Avenue (P.O. Scarsdale, NY) (TB 21-16)]
RESOLUTION APPROVING WITH CONDITIONS, AMENDED SITE PLAN, TREE REMOVAL PERMIT AND RELATED APPLICATIONS BY MIDWAY SHOPPING CENTER FOR, UM, PROPERTY LOCATED AT NINE 13, UH, 9 9 9 CENTRAL PARK AVENUE.[ CD 2 - 1/25/2023 Resolution authorizing the formation of the Accessible Viable Living “AVL” Advisory Committee to advance various housing initiatives related to policies of the Greenburgh Against Systemic Racism Housing Report and the Town’s Comprehensive Plan]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE FORMATION OF THE ACCESSIBLE, UM, VIABLE LIVING ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE VARIOUS HOUSING INITIATIVES RELATED, UH, TO POLICIES OF THE GREENBERG AGAINST SYSTEMIC RACISM HOUSING REPORT AND THE TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.I'D LIKE TO, UM, UM, MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ CD 3 - 1/25/2023 Resolution appointing members of the Sustainability and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee]
UH, RESOLUTION APPOINTING MEMBERS OF THE SUSTAINABLE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.[ CD 4 - 1/25/2023 Resolution referring a Local Law amending Section 285-29.2 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh as it relates to Hartsdale Contextual Review Committee membership composition to the Planning Board for a report and recommendation in accordance with the requirements of Section 285-64 of the Town’s Zoning Ordinance]
RESOLUTION REFERRING A LOCAL LAW AMENDING SECTION 2 85 29 2 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AS IT RELATES TO HEART SALE CONTEXTUAL REVIEW COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP COMPOSITION TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR A REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECTION 2 85 64 OF THE TOWN ZONING ORDINANCE.[ CO 1 - 1/25/2023 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2022 budget transfers]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2022.[ CO 2 - 1/25/2023 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2023 budget transfer]
UH, RESOLUTION, UH, AUTHORIZING FISCAL 2023 BUDGET TRANSFERS.[ PH 1 - 1/25/2023 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh, accepting, on behalf of the Greenburgh Police Department, a $40,000 Grant from the Lanza Family Foundation for the Greenburgh Police Department Summer Youth Camp Program Police Camp, $20,000 for Fiscal Year 2023 and $20,000 for Fiscal Year 2024 ]
OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.UM, ON BEHALF OF THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT, A $40,000 GRAND FROM THE LANDS OF FAMILY FOUNDATION FOR THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT, SUMMER YOUTH CAMP PROGRAM.
20,000 FOR FISCAL 23 AND 20,000 FOR FISCAL 24.
[ PO 1 - 1/25/2023 Resolution adopting the recommendation of the Greenburgh Police Department to amend the parking restrictions on Glendale Road between Longview Drive and Moorland Drive on School Days, amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]
RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO AMEND THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON GLENDALE ROAD BETWEEN LONGDALE ROAD AND MOORE LANE DRIVE ON SCHOOL DAYS AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 60 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.[ PO 2 - 01/25/2023 Resolution adopting the recommendation of the Greenburgh Police Department to amend the parking restrictions on Maple St at Greenburgh Commons Way related to access to the dumpsters, amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]
ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO AMEND THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON MAPLE STREET AT GREENBURG COMMONS WAY, UH, RELATED TO ACCESS TO THE DUMPSTERS AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 60 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.[ PW 1 - 1/25/2023 Resolution approving a professional services agreement with NIC Systems Corporation for control system upgrades for the Consolidated Water District No. 1's existing Rumbrook and Knollwood Pump Stations for integration of the new Stadium Road Tank and Chemical Feed station project, for an amount not to exceed $102,470]
RESOLUTION APPROVING PROFESSIONAL WATER, UH, SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH, WITH N I C, UM, SYSTEMS CORP FOR CONTROL SYSTEM UPGRADES FOR THE CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT, EXISTING BROOK AND NORWOOD, UM, PUMP STATIONS FOR INTEGRATION OF THE NEW STADIUM ROAD TANK AND CHEMICAL FEED STATION PROJECT.THE MOUNT DOES NOT TO EXCEED $102,470.
[ PW 2 - 1/25/2023 Resolution authorizing a professional service agreement for surveying services for 30 Manhattan Avenue, the Lois Bronz Children Center, with Badey & Watson Surveying & Engineering, P.C., the lowest responsible bidder, at a cost not to exceed $12,750]
AYE.AND RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR SURVEYING SERVICES FOR 30 MANHATTAN AVENUE, THE LOWEST BRONZE CHILDREN'S CENTER WITH BEATTY WATSON SURVEYING AND ENGINEERING PC THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED 12,750.
ALL IN FAVOR? A AYE AND RESOLUTION
[ PW 3 - 1/25/2023 Resolution awarding the contract for the Yosemite Park Pavilion Roof Rehabilitation to VAD Contractors, Inc., the lowest bidder, for an amount not to exceed $78,500]
AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR YOSEMITE PARK PAVILION.ROOF REHABILITATION TO V A D CONTRACTOR IS THE LOWEST BID NOT TO EXCEED $78,500.
AND I'D LIKE TO MOVERE ADJOURN THE MEETING.