Mar 08, 2023 Town Board- Regular

A MEMORY OF THE PEOPLE IN UKRAINE KILLED DURING RUSSIA'S INVASION AND RELENTLESS INTENTIONAL TARGETED BOMBINGS OF CIVILIANS AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS, HOSPITALS, TRAIN STATIONS, SCHOOLS AND CHILDREN'S CENTERS, DELIBERATING TARGETING, UM, UTILITIES USED BY CIVILIANS TO LEAVE THEM WITHOUT ELECTRICITY AND HEAT THROUGH THE BRUTAL, UH, WINTER, UH, WEATHER WITH MASS GRAVES BEING FOUND AFTER INVADED.

UM, AREAS HAVE BEEN RETAKEN AND CELEBRATED UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS BEING EXECUTED BY RUSSIAN TROOPS, ALL AND RUSSIA'S EFFORTS 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 ALSO IN MEMORY OF, UH, THE VICTIMS OF THE RECENT, UM, TURKEY, UM, AND SYRIA EARTHQUAKES.

I JUST WANTED TO, UH, JUST VERY BRIEFLY, UH, GIVE A, A MORE PERSONAL, UH, UM, UM, UH, REMEMBRANCE.

UH, SATURDAY, WHERE THE FAMILY WAS GOING THROUGH ALL THE THINGS THAT HE HAS, AND THEY ASKED ME TO GO OVER SO I COULD IDENTIFY SOME OF THEM.

I WAS LOOKING FOR THE APPROPRIATE WORD, UH, OF DR.

KINGSTON WHO, UH, LIVED IN OUR TOWN.

THERE'S ANOTHER ONE, UH, INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN FORENSIC SCIENTIST THAT, UM, STILL LIVES IN OUR TOWN IN POET'S CORNER.

UH, I MOVED TO GREENBERG BECAUSE OF THESE TWO GENTLEMEN, JUST TO BE NEAR THEM, AND THEIR WISDOM AND THEIR SUPERIOR INTELLECT.

UH, DR.

KINGSTON , WHICH WHO, WHO BECAME CHUCK AS WE BECAME FRIENDS.

I HAD HIM AS A PROFESSOR.

AND, UH, IN THE SEVENTIES, LATE SEVENTIES, I THEN BECAME A, WE BECAME COLLEAGUES.

UH, HE WAS THE CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT, AND HE WAS AN INTERESTING PERSON.

UH, HE LIKED TO STARE, AND YOU, HE WOULD ASK YOU A QUESTION, YOU WOULD ANSWER IT, IT COULD BE THE PERFECT ANSWER, BUT HE WOULD JUST STARE AT YOU, SEEING IF YOU'D SAY MORE.

AND GENERALLY YOU DIG YOURSELF INTO A HOLE WHEN YOU DO THAT.

AND THAT'S, THAT WAS HIM.

AND ACTUALLY, I'VE TAKEN ON THAT TYPE OF A FORMAT AND HOW I RELATE WITH STUDENTS, UM, BECAUSE IT HELPS DRAW YOU OUT.

IT ALSO GETS YOU TO BE ABLE TO RELATE TO PEOPLE.

I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING OVER HIS HOUSE LAST,

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SOME OF THEM ARE DEFINITELY MU MUSEUM PIECES.

WE STILL CAN'T FIGURE THEM OUT.

HE GOT, HE BUILT COMPUTERS WITH MOTHERBOARDS, RESISTORS, CAPACITORS, DIODES.

HE GOT ME TO DO THE SAME, UH, BEFORE THERE WERE PCS.

HE HAS THINGS THAT HE, EARLY APPLES WHERE HE HELPED MODIFY THEM.

THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG THAT WE DON'T KNOW THEIR TALENTS.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE PUBLIC GETS TO KNOW ABOUT 'EM AFTER THEY'RE GONE.

AND SO I JUST GIVE YOU THIS SMALL INSIGHT INTO ONE INDIVIDUAL IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WHICH MOST OF YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW.

UM, AND THERE ARE PROBABLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE JUST LIKE THAT, LIKE HIM, WHERE THEY'VE MADE TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTIONS.

AND, UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE TALK ABOUT THEM AFTER THEY'RE LAID TO REST.

BUT HE WAS AN AMAZING, AMAZING PERSON.

UH, HE WAS A MAGICIAN.

HE BUILT, YOU KNOW, UH, WATCHES.

I MEAN, THERE WAS NOTHING TO, THERE WAS NOTHING THAT HE BASICALLY DIDN'T DO.

WHEN I SAY HE WAS A MAGICIAN, HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MAG MAGICIAN ASSOCIATION OR WHATEVER, RIGHT? YEAH.

UM, BUT HE WAS ALSO VERY GOOD IN DECODING WHEN IT SAYS ON HERE THAT HE WORKED IN INTEL OPERATIONS, HE ACTUALLY DID DECRYPTION NOW, IN OTHER WORDS, DECODING, CODING, BEFORE THEY CALLED IT CODING.

AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST A, IT WAS JUST A AMAZING PERSON.

IT'S FASCINATING GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HE HAS IN HIS HOUSE AND TAKING A LOOK AT IT THAT IN PRISTINE CONDITION AS HE, HE, AS HE ALWAYS DID, UM, AND, UH, HE'S GONNA BE MISSED.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING WHEN YOU SAID THAT THERE'S LIKE SO MANY STORIES OF INTERESTING PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN OUR TOWN.

UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST REMEMBERED, UM, AFTER YOU SAID THIS, I BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES WHEN I USED TO KNOCK ON DOORS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD KNOCK ON THE DOOR OF GORDON PARKS AND, YOU KNOW, HE WOULD, YOU KNOW, SIT DOWN IN HIS LIVING ROOM.

AND I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT HE WAS WOR WORLD FAMOUS, UM, YOU KNOW, PHOTOGRAPHER.

UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOMEBODY ONCE I, UM, I KNOCKED ON SOMEBODY'S DOOR AND I FOUND, AND YEAH, I SPENT LIKE A HALF HOUR WITH THE PERSON, AND THEN I FOUND OUT THAT HE WON THE NOBEL PRIZE, UH, LIVED IN, LIVED IN HASTINGS, AND HE DIDN'T EVEN, YOU KNOW, MENTION IT.

THERE'S SO MANY REALLY FASCINATING AND INTERESTING PEOPLE, UM, WHO HAVE LIVED IN THE TOWN, WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED A LOT.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS A REALLY INTERESTING, UM, YOU KNOW, STORY.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE, UM, SOME, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE, UM, WHO ALSO HAVE INTERESTING STORIES, UM, AND WHO HAVE MADE MAJOR POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS.

AND THEY'RE GONNA BE OUR FUTURE, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOTERS.

AND WE'RE REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, VERY, VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THEM IN OUR COMMUNITY.

ONE OF YOUNG, UM, UH, WOMAN SOPHIE, SIR IS A 10TH GRADER AT IRVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL.

AND, UM, SHE'S HELPING THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE WITH CARE PACKAGES, WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S CENTERS.

UM, CINDY OF, UH, GOODNESS.

AND I'M GONNA RE-ASK HER TO, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE A PRESENTATION.

SHE'S REALLY AN INSPIRATION, UM, REALLY NOT ONLY, UM, TALKING ABOUT, UM, UH, HER COMMITMENT TO HELP PEOPLE IN UKRAINE, BUT ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

SO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? THAT WAS A GREAT

[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk]

SEGUE, PAUL, BUT LET'S HAVE THE ROLL CALL.

COUNCILWOMAN ELLEN HENDRICKS.

SORRY.

THAT WAS A VERY GOOD SEGUE THOUGH.

JUST ABOUT TOWN SUPERVISOR HERE.

PRESENT.

COUNCILMAN KEN JONES.

PRESENT.

COUNCILMAN FRANCIS SHEEN.

PRESENT INTERIM TOWN ATTORNEY JOE DANKO.

PRESENT AND NOT PRESENT.

COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON.

SO, UH, COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON IS ON ZOOM, BUT SHE'S NOT ABLE TO BE ON VIDEO, SO SHE WILL NOT BE COUNTING IN OUR QUORUM TONIGHT.

UM, I ASKED, SO I PRESENT A SLIDESHOW ON, CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HEAR YOU? I ASKED, UM, SOMEONE TO PRESENT A SLIDESHOW ON THE BOARD.

I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S GONNA PLAY.

YES, THANK YOU.

BUT IF YOU PLEASE TALK INTO THE MICROPHONE AND HOLD IT UP CLOSE FOR YOU IF YOU'D LIKE.

[ PRESENTATIONS Sophie Surguladze - 10th grader at Irvington High School - Discusses her efforts to help the people of Ukraine with care packages (Womens and Childrens Center, City of Goodness) (5 Minutes) Ananya Shukla/First Lego League (FLL) Team - Innovation project to prevent birds from colliding with wind turbines (5 Minutes) Vikram Sharma - Greenburgh Chamber Presentation (5 Minutes)]

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

MY NAME IS, SO JUST, LEMME KNOW WHEN YOU WANT ME TO ADVANCE THIS

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SLIDE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GEORGIANS CALLED THEMSELVES.

I'D LIKE TO START OFF MY PRESENTATION BY THANKING MR. FINER FOR INVITING YOU TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

UH, I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL.

UM, IN THE VERY, VERY LONG 15 WHOLE YEARS OF MY LIFE, I HAVE LEARNED MANY VALUABLE LESSONS.

AND THE ONE THAT STOOD OUT MOST TO ME IS THE POWER OF REACHING OUT.

UH, IT'S THE POWER OF VOICE AND OF COMMUNICATION AND TAKING A LEAP OF FAITH.

IN DECEMBER OF 2021, I MADE THE DECISION TO START A FUNDRAISER FOR GEORGIO.

I'M A GEORGIAN AMERICAN AND THE COUNTRY'S NEAR GEORGIA, SO THE BORDERING COUNTRIES.

AND I'VE HAD TO, UH, GO FROM THAT AND LEARN HOW TO, UH, REACH OUT TO, UH, PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND, UH, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE CHESS ORGANIZATIONS, LOCAL CHESS ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS ORPHANAGES IN GEORGIA AND UKRAINE.

AND IT'S BEEN A VERY VALUABLE EXPERIENCE TO ME.

UM, UH, CAN I GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? YEAH.

SO, SOME THINGS ABOUT ME IS THAT I'M A SOPHOMORE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED ON HARTSDALE AVENUE, AND I'M A PROUD GRADUATE OF LEAH JACKSON AND HIGHVIEW, AND I NOW ATTEND IRVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL.

MY PARENTS ARE BOTH GEORGIAN AMERICAN AND MY MOTHER'S ACTUALLY A REFUGEE FROM, UM, UNI, WHICH IS NOW TAKEN OVER AND WAS TAKEN OVER BY RUSSIANS AT THE TIME.

SO SHE HAD TO FLEE TO THE CAPITAL OF GEORGIA TOI.

SO THE WAR IN UKRAINE IS KIND OF VERY PERSONAL TO MY FAMILY AS WELL, BECAUSE WE FELT THE PAIN OF INVASION.

UH, SOME OF MY INTERESTS IS I'M A CHESS PLAYER AS WELL AS A TEACHER, AND I FENCE, AND I LIKE TO WRITE.

AND I STARTED A FUNDRAISING PROJECT IN DECEMBER OF 2021 CALLED GIVE THE YOUTH A SALO TIME.

SALO IS THE NAME OF THE COUNTRY.

SO, UH, YES, COULD I HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? SO THIS IS MY, UH, WEBSITE AND WHAT REALLY GOT ME INSPIRED TO START THIS FUNDRAISING MISSION IS THAT I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING TO GEORGIA EVERY SINGLE SUMMER.

AND MY FRIENDS THERE ARE VERY DIFFERENT THAN MY FRIENDS HERE.

AS MY FRIENDS HERE.

THEY TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GOING TO COLLEGE AND EVENTUALLY GOING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVEN LAW SCHOOL OR MEDICAL SCHOOL.

AND THEY HAVE VERY, VERY BIG DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS, WHEREAS MY FRIENDS IN GEORGIA ARE DEALING WITH TRYING TO SURVIVE AND POVERTY AND GETTING OUT OF, YOU KNOW, DRINKING PROBLEMS AND SMOKING PROBLEMS, OR EVEN THE AGE OF 12.

AND THEY'RE VERY HOPELESS.

I THINK IT'S A COMMON THEME IN MANY, UH, EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WHERE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMY AND THE CULTURE AND, UH, POST U S S R, UM, KIND OF TRAUMA TO THE COUNTRY THAT IT'S KIND OF BEEN IMPACTING THE YOUTH EVEN TODAY.

AND SO I WAS INSPIRED TO TRY TO USE MY POSITION AS LOVING GEORGIA AND, YOU KNOW, BEING PART OF THAT CULTURE, BUT ALSO HAVING AN OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE AND THE OPPORTUNITY IN AMERICA TO, UM, HAVE MY VOICE BE HEARD AND KIND OF GIVE HOPE BACK TO THE PEOPLE I LOVE SO MUCH IN GEORGIA.

UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO I RAISED, LAST YEAR I RAISED $2,000 AND I WAS ABLE TO DONATE IT TO TWO ORPHANAGES IN GEORGIA, ONE WITH SHELTERED DISABLED CHILDREN.

AND WE BOUGHT THEM THINGS LIKE CLOTHING, WINTER CLOTHING, AS WELL AS KITCHEN APPLIANCES.

LIKE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A STOVE AND TOYS FOR THE KIDS.

AND IT WAS SUCH AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE TO SEE THE KIDS' EYES LIGHT UP AND MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE THEY'RE WORTHY OF SOMETHING THAT EVEN THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THEM AND ARE WILLING TO PUT MONEY DOWN TO SEE THEM, UM, BECOME SOMETHING AND KNOW THEIR WORTH.

SO IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY AND I HOPE TO CONTINUE TO DO MORE PROJECTS.

AND RECENTLY, UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

I REACHED OUT TO MY IRVINGTON LIBRARY AND I WAS ABLE TO PRINT FLYERS AND, UM, GIVE THEM TO PEOPLE AROUND TOWN AND RAISE 430 POUNDS OF, UH, CLOTHING AND BLANKETS AND FOOD TO BE ABLE TO SEND TO AN ORPHANAGE THAT SHELTERS, UH, WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND, UM, CALLED THE CITY OF GOODNESS IN UKRAINE.

AND IT'S JUST BEEN AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE KNOWING, UM, HOW SUPPORTIVE MY TOWN HAS BEEN AND HOW MUCH I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR THESE KIDS.

AND WHEN I SHOWED MY MOTHER WHO WAS A REFUGEE ABOUT, UM, THESE PACKAGES, SHE HAD TEARS IN HER EYES BECAUSE SHE WAS LIKE, WHAT I WOULD'VE GIVEN TO HAVE SOMEBODY SEND THIS TO ME WHEN I WAS IN GEORGIA AND I, UH, HAD NOTHING AND JUST, I WOULD'VE HAD SO MUCH HOPE FOR THE FUTURE AND THAT I WAS CAPABLE OF SOMETHING AND THAT I MATTERED.

SO THAT'S REALLY THE WHOLE ENTIRE POINT OF THIS.

UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO, LOOKING FORWARD, I HOPE TO RUN A DRIVE AGAIN FOR TURKISH AND SYRIAN REFUGEES, UM, POST EARTHQUAKE TO KIND OF HELP 'EM GET BACK ON THEIR FEET AFTER, YOU KNOW, LOSING THEIR HOMES AND LOSING THEIR FAMILIES.

IT'S BEEN VERY DEVASTATING.

UH, AND THIS SUMMER I HOPE TO RAISE $2,000 TO PROVIDE CARE, MEDICAL CARE OF A DOCTOR AND A DENTIST TO AN ORPHANAGE IN GEORGIA WHERE KIDS DON'T HAVE ACCESS, UH, TO EITHER OF THOSE THINGS AND ARE VERY, UH, SICK CONDITIONS.

AND FINALLY, I HOPE TO CONTINUE RELATIONSHIP WITH HELPING UKRAINE AND WITH MR. FINER AND MS. SOPHIA CHER

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FROM THE UK UKRAINE, UH, UKRAINIAN, UM, CHURCH IN YONKERS, NEW YORK.

SO, YES.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO, ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS ZA, AND WHILE I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH, IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE REACHING OUT AND LEARNING HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH ORPHANAGES AND DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY.

IT'S BEEN JUST AS MUCH AS A PLEASURE OF TALKING TO YOU ALL TONIGHT.

SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

WE REALLY, UM, AN INSPIRATION FOR, UH, WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND WE NEED MORE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD LIKE YOU, WHO REALLY CARE AND ARE MAKING A, YOU KNOW, A BIG DIFFERENCE.

AND IT'S REALLY NICE TO LIVE IN A TOWN WITH PEOPLE LIKE YOU.

SO, THANK YOU.

UM, GO, SOPHIE, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS.

YOU'VE BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO HELP YOU, UH, PUBLICIZE YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR EFFORTS AND, UH, REACHING OUT TO, UM, DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO COULD HELP.

WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER, UM, UH, OUTSTANDING, UH, UH, YOUNG WOMAN, ANANYA SULER, FIRST LEGAL ALLEGO LEAGUE TEAM.

UM, AND SHE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT AN INNOVATION PROJECT TO PREVENT BIRDS FROM COLLIDING WITH WIND, UH, TURBINES.

AND HER TEAM WILL, UH, DISCUSS WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

UM, SO, SO TAKE THE MICROPHONE.

YOU CAN PICK IT UP.

WE CAN, YOU CAN PICK IT UP AND TAKE IT WITH YOU.

UM, F L L IS LIKE A COMPETITION, BUT PLEASE TALK INTO IT WHERE, UM, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GET TO DO, UM, PROGRAMMING AND THEY GET TO CREATE A PROJECT WHICH WILL, UM, GO AROUND A THEME.

SO THIS YEAR'S THEME IS ENERGY, AND WE'RE GONNA PRESENT WHAT OUR PROJECT FOR THIS YEAR IS.

AS WE COME INTO THIS DOCUMENTARY, WE SEE THE MIGHTY EAGLE SOARING ABOVE THE CLOUDS.

WE HAVE OUR WINTER TURBINE BY 9,000.

THEY WORK GREAT, THEY MAKE LOTS OF CLEAN POWER.

IN THIS VIDEO, YOU SEE OUR TURBINES WORKING, YOU NOW HAVE TO PAY $8 MILLION FOR THE KILLING OF 150 ENDANGERED BIRDS.

ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVATORY, EACH YEAR, APPROXIMATELY 366,000 BIRDS ARE KILLED EACH YEAR BY WIND TURBINES.

IN THE US ALONE, WE WANT TO CREATE WIND TURBINES TO BE MORE SAFER FOR BIRDS.

ACCORDING TO DT NEWS, THE AMOUNT OF WIND TURBINES HAS ALSO GROWN 56 FOLD OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES.

THIS INCREASES THE PROBABILITY OF BIRDS COLLIDING WITH WIND TURBINES.

ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES, ONE OF THE LARGEST US MARINE COMPANY COMPANIES, SI ENERGY HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS OF PROBATION AND ORDER TO PAY OVER $8 MILLION IN FINES FOR PAYING OVER 150 GOLDEN EAGLES AT WIND FARMS. THESE ARE JUST THREE OF OVER 30 SOURCES WE'VE USED.

OH NO, THAT HAVE LOTS OF LEGAL TROUBLE BECAUSE BIRDS HIT BY LIT TURBINES.

WELL, NOW THERE'S A WAY TO SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM WITH OUR SOLUTION, B I R D.

IT'S SHORT FOR BIRD IMPACT REDUCTION DEVICE, AND IT DETECTS BIRDS NEAR WIND TURBINES AND IT TEARS THEM AWAY.

WE STARTED BY UNDERSTANDING THE SIZE OF THE PROBLEM, LOOKING AT HOW BIRDS REACT AND WHAT THEY REACT TO.

WE WANTED TO DEVELOP A SOLUTION, WHICH BY ACTIVELY AIMING AT BIRDS, DOES NOT AFFECT PEOPLE AND ANIMALS, BUT IS EFFICIENT IN DETERRING BIRDS.

WHILE WE WERE DEVELOPING OUR IDEA, WE ASKED OURSELVES SOME QUESTIONS LIKE, HOW WOULD THE AI SYSTEM WORK? WHAT MECHANISM WOULD WE USED TO AIM THE LOUDSPEAKER AND WILL HABITATION REDUCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR SOLUTION? WE WENT THROUGH MANY ITERATIONS AS WE CONTACTED MULTIPLE PROFESSIONALS AND DISCUSSED BIRD WITH THEM.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE PROFESSIONALS.

WE TALKED TO DR.

PARTRIDGE FROM THE NEW YORK AUDUBON SOCIETY, MR. GRAHAM FROM BLUE SKY WINDS AND PROFESSOR SWADDLE, A BIOLOGIST FROM WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE.

OUR FIRST DESIGN WAS USING A VISIBLE LIGHT LASER ALONGSIDE A 30 BY 30 CENTIMETER FOCUSED LOUDSPEAKER.

BUT PROFESSOR SWADDLE WAS CONCERNED THAT BURNS WOULD BE AFFECTED IF REPEATEDLY EXPOSED

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TO LASER LIGHT.

SO WE SWITCHED TO SHORT LASER FLASHES INSTEAD.

AND DR.

RIDGE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THE PROBLEM OF HABITUATION AND THOUGHT BURNS MIGHT IGNORE OUR SOLUTION.

OVER TIME, HE RECOMMENDED OSCILLATING THE PITCH OF THE SOUND TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

AFTER GOING THROUGH MULTIPLE ITERATIONS AND BASED ON EXPERT FEEDBACK, WE CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION NAMED B I R D.

OUR SOLUTION CONSISTS OF, OF REFERRING CAMERA SYSTEM TO GENERATE A 360 DEGREE VIEW OF THE SURROUNDINGS.

THE VIDEO FEED IS CAPTURED BY THE CAMERAS AND IS ROUTED INTO THE AI SYSTEM TO DETERMINE THE PRESENCE OF A BIRD.

IF THE BIRD IS FOUND TO BE PRESENT, THEN THE COORDINATES OF THE BIRD ARE, ARE PASSED ON TO THE TOTE ASSEMBLY.

THE TOTE SPINS TOWARDS THE BIRD AND SHINES LIGHT AND PREDICTS SOUND, WHICH AIMS AT THE BIRD TO DETERT AWAY FROM THE WIND TURBINE.

WE USE BOTH LIGHT AND SOUND BECAUSE STUDIES SHOW THAT LIGHT OR SOUND SEPARATELY ARE ONLY 50 TO 60% EFFECTIVE FOR BIRD DETECTION.

WE TRAIN OUR OWN DEEP LEARNING MODEL ON A MACHINE VERSION PLATFORM THAT USED A MOBILE NET IMAGE RECOGNITION MODEL.

THE RESULTING MODEL WAS THEN USED IN OUR OPEN M VH SEVEN BASED PROTOTYPE.

WE ALSO TOOK IT, WE ALSO TOOK AN EIGHT HOUR TRIP TO ONE OF THE LARGEST WIND FARMS ON THE EAST COAST LOCUST RIDGE WIND FARM IN PENNSYLVANIA, WHERE WE SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE TECHNICIANS.

MR. STONE, OUR PATENT PENDING SOLUTION CANNOT BE, CANNOT ONLY BE USED WITH WIND TURBINES, BUT ALSO WITH ANY OPEN AIR STRUCTURES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

IT ONLY COSTS $20,000, WHICH IS UNDER 1% OF THE ACTUAL WIND TURBINE COST.

IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SAVE THOUSANDS OF BIRDS AND TO SAVE WIND TURBINE COMPANIES FROM BEING LITIGATED, SAVING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FINES.

OUR DEVICE IS A WIN-WIN FOR BOTH WILDLIFE AND WIND TURBINES.

I JUST WANNA THANK YOU.

UH, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE BRILLIANT YOUNG, UH, STUDENTS WE HAVE IN, UH, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS SORT OF THINKING, UM, THAT YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE ARE AWARE, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE VILLAGES IN THE TOWN, I THINK HASTINGS HAS MORE NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS, UM, THAN I THINK ANY PLACE IN THE COUNTRY OR IN POSSIBLY IN THE WORLD.

AND, UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS SORT OF THINKING, LISTENING TO YOUR PRESENTATION, I SAID, WHO KNOWS, MAYBE ONE OF YOU OR, UH, UH, EVERYBODY HERE WILL ONE DAY BE A NOBEL PRIZE WINNER.

YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY GET THEIR START.

AND IF I WIN THE NOBEL PRIZE, UM, AT SOME POINT I'LL PROBABLY, UH, PUT THIS, UH, VIDEO ON MY RESUME AND I'LL START RIGG MM-HMM.

UM, UM, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I REALLY AM SO IMPRESSED WITH THE PRESENTATION AND WE REALLY LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ALL THE AMAZING THINGS THAT, UM, STUDENTS IN THE TOWN, UM, DO.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A BRIEF PRESENTATION FROM, UH, VIKRAM, UH, SHARMA.

UH, WE STARTED A COUPLE, UM, WEEKS AGO AT, AT GREENBURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

AND, UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST GETTING IT ORGANIZED.

UM, FOR DECADES, THE TOWN HASN'T HAD A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

AND, UM, UM, MR. SHARMA NOT ONLY, UM, IS, UM, PROVIDING LEADERSHIP, BUT HAS COME UP WITH, UM, SOME INITIATIVES FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT COULD ACTUALLY HELP THE SMALL STRUGGLING BUSINESSES SURVIVE BY GIVING THEM TIPS AS TO, UM, HOW THEY COULD BE SUCCESSFUL.

WE DON'T WANT TO SEE VACANT STOREFRONTS, AND WE WANT TO SEE, UM, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE GIVING GREENBERG A CHANCE.

WE WANT TO ENHANCE THE CHANCES OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL.

SO, MR. SHEER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR, AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER, AND, UM, ALSO FOR, UM, THIS AMAZING, UM, INITIATIVE THAT YOU ARE OFFERING THE COMMUNITY.

GOOD EVENING, UH, SUPERVISOR FINER, GOOD EVENING.

UH, TOWN, TOWN BOARD MEMBERS.

GOOD EVENING, COMMUNITY.

UH, MY NAME IS, UH, VIKRAM SHARMA.

UH, I'M AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE GREENBERG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

AND OVER THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES, I'LL GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE CHAMBER AND WHAT WE PLAN TO DO IN THE COMING DAYS, UH, WEEKS AND MONTHS.

SLIDE PLEASE.

YEAH, SO THIS IS THE MISSION STATEMENT OF THE CHAMBER.

UH, MISSION IS TO ADVANCE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF GREENBERG BY CREATING AND SUSTAINING RELATIONSHIPS AMONGST BUSINESSES AND BETWEEN BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITY.

UH, NEXT

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SLIDE.

AND THIS IS A VISION STATEMENT.

UH, MAKE GREENBERG THE BEST REGION IN THE STATE TO LIVE, WORK, RAISE A FAMILY, OR BUILD A BUSINESS BY STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES AND IMPROVING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.

SO THIS IS THE CURRENT STATUS.

UH, AS MR. FINER MENTIONED, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

UH, THE, OUR WEBSITE HAS BEEN LAUNCHED, AND I'LL GO WITH THE DETAILS OF THE WEBSITE.

WE HAVE BEGUN, UH, SOFT PROMOTION AND, UH, RECRUITMENT EFFORTS AND, UH, VARIOUS INITIATIVES ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING, UH, LAUNCHED.

SO FOR GROWING THE CHAMBER, UH, WE'LL BE IMPLEMENTING MULTIPLE STRATEGIES.

UH, THE FIRST STRATEGY IS TO PROVIDE VALUE AND ADVANCE, UH, HOPEFULLY LEADING TO VIRAL GROWTH OF THE CHAMBER.

AND IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, WE'LL BE LAUNCHING VARIOUS, UH, INITIATIVES, AND I'LL GO OVER THOSE INITIATIVES IN A MOMENT.

THE SECOND STRATEGY IS TO RECRUIT LOCAL INFLUENCERS AND GOVERNMENT BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, DELIVER VALUE TO THEM UPFRONT AND SIGN THEM UP FOR, FOR THE CAUSE.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO, INITIATIVE NUMBER ONE IS THE SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY.

UH, WE'LL BE LAUNCHING THIS AS OF, UH, UH, MARCH, SATURDAY, MARCH 25TH.

THIS WILL BE HELD AT THE GREENBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY.

IT'LL BE FROM 10:00 AM TO 12:00 PM AND BASICALLY WE'LL BE HAVING A FREE EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR ON, UH, SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH AND MARKETING.

UH, OVER THE, IT'LL BE A TWO HOUR LECTURE IN THE FIRST ROW, IT'LL BE A PRESENTATION ON A RELEVANT TOPIC.

SO SOME OF THESE, UH, TOPICS INCLUDE HOW TO USE A BUSINESS GROWTH MACHINE TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS, HOW TO INCORPORATE BLOCKCHAIN AND CRYPTOCURRENCY INTO YOUR BUSINESS, HOW TO LEVERAGE AI TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE YOUR BUSINESS MORE EFFICIENT.

AND THEN WE'LL BE HAVING, UH, SEVERAL OTHER PROJECTS AND TOPICS, PRESENTATION ON VARIOUS OTHER TOPICS LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA, TEXT AND MOBILE MARKETING, EMAIL PAID ADS, SALES FUNNELS, SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION, UH, BUSINESS DIRECTORIES, INFLUENCER MARKETING, AND MUCH MORE INITIATIVE INIT.

INITIATIVE NUMBER TWO IS WE SALUTE THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

SO WE ARE OFFERING THREE MONTHS OF FREE MARKETING SERVICES TO 10 BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES IN GREENBURG.

AND THESE BUSINESSES WILL BE SELECTED BY THE, UH, BOARD OF MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER.

NEXT SLIDE.

AND THE NEXT INITIATIVE IS THE, WE SALUTE THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY, WHICH IS TODAY.

SO AGAIN, WE PROVIDE, WE PROVIDE THREE MONTHS OF FREE MARKETING SERVICES TO 10 WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES, UH, SELECTED BY THE BOARD OF CHAMBER.

AND THEN WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING, UH, A MARCH MADNESS INITIATIVE AS WELL.

NEXT, UH, AS I SAID, THE, THE WEBSITE, UH, HAS BEEN LAUNCHED.

THE WEBSITE IS GREENBERG CHAMBER.COM.

AND ON THIS WEBSITE, WE, UH, WE'LL HAVE THESE FOLLOWING, UH, FEATURES.

UH, MEMBERS CAN SIGN UP, REGISTER, THEY CAN MAKE THE PAYMENTS.

THERE'LL BE ONGOING COMMUNICATION WITH THE MEMBERS VIA THE WEBSITE.

THEN WE'LL HAVE A DIRECTORY SECTION WHERE ALL THE LOCAL BUSINESSES WILL, WILL HAVE A LISTING.

WE'LL HAVE THE EVENTS CALENDAR WHERE ALL THE UPCOMING EVENTS WILL BE, UH, LISTED.

IN ADDITION, WE'LL HAVE, UH, LIVE ONLINE PRESENTATIONS AND, AND THEN ALSO AN ONLINE ON DEMAND VIDEO LIBRARY OF THE VARIOUS TOPICS.

AND THERE'LL BE VARIOUS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES LIKE THE BUSINESS GROWTH MACHINE, WHICH THE BUSINESS OWNERS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS.

UH, AND THE NEXT SLIDE IS, THIS IS A COMMUNITY FACING WEBSITE, SO, WHICH IS TARGETED TOWARDS THE RESIDENTS, RESIDENTS OF GREENBURG.

AND, UH, THE SITE IS GREENBURG BOOST.COM.

AND ON THIS SITE, BASICALLY THE GOAL IS TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT, UH, LOCAL BUSINESSES.

AND AS PART OF THIS INITIATIVE, WE'LL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO JOIN THE GREENBURG, UH, V I P CLUB, WHEREBY THEY'LL RECEIVE SPECIAL OFFERS AND DEALS AND PROMOTIONS FROM THE LOCAL GREENBERG BUSINESSES.

SO BRIEFLY, THIS IS HOW THE VIA GREENBERG V P CLUB WILL WORK.

UH, WE'VE BROKEN UP THE CLUB INTO VARIOUS TOWNS AND VILLAGES THAT ARE IN GREENBURG.

SO THERE'S A DALE TARRYTOWN, ELMSFORD, OLEY, BURY, IRVINGTON, AND HASTINGS CLUB.

SO WHEN PEOPLE JOIN THE CLUB, THEY'LL GIVE US THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE NAME, EMAIL, AND, UH, CELL

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PHONE NUMBER.

AND THE, UH, ONCE THEY PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION, THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE PART OF THE CLUB AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE SPECIAL OFFERS AND PROMOTIONS FROM THE LOCAL BUSINESSES.

AND THEN THAT'S WHERE OUR MARKETING MACHINE WILL COME INTO PLAY.

UH, ONCE WE HAVE THE LIST OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THEN ON DEMAND, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEND OUT THE DEALS AND OFFERS, UH, FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES TO THEM.

AND THIS WAY, UH, BASICALLY THE LOCAL BUSINESSES WILL HAVE A DIRECT COMMUNICATION CHANNEL, A MARKETING CHANNEL TO THE COMMUNITY TO OFFER THEIR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES NEXT.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY, UH, PRESENTATION.

SUPPORT YOUR CHAMBER.

BUY LOCAL BUY GREEN.

SO TELL US THE WEBSITES AGAIN.

TELL US THE, TELL US THE NAMES OF THE WEBSITES AGAIN.

UH, GREENBERG CHAMBER.COM IS THE CHAMBER SITE.

MM-HMM.

AND THEN THE COMMUNITY SITE IS GREENBURG BOOST.COM.

I'M LOOKING AT IT ON MY PHONE AND IT'S VERY GOOD.

IT'S VERY INTUITIVE.

WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING IT.

RUNNING WEEKS.

SO, SO END OF THE MONTH IS THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH AT THE GREENBERG PUBLIC LIBRARY.

I LIKE YOUR INITIATIVES TOO, TO GET PEOPLE INTERESTED.

ARE THE, ARE THE, UM, INCENTIVES THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED ON THE WEBSITE NOW? OR WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE END.

I WAS WAITING FOR, UH, PAUL FINERS APPROVAL, SO I THINK IT'S APPROVED, DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD AND LET ME KNOW.

I, I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, MENTION, UM, YOU KNOW, WE JUST STARTED THE CHAMBER REALLY WEEKS AGO AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE BASICALLY, THIS IS NEW, UH, GREENBERG, UNINCORPORATED GREENBERG IS ONE OF THE FEW COMMUNITIES THAT HAS, HAS NOT HAD A CHAMBER IN DECADES, YOU KNOW, LIKE AT LEAST 40, 50 YEARS.

SO THIS IS REALLY VERY EXCITING.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE STILL, IT'S STILL EMERGING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL GONNA BE GROWING PAINS, BUT I THINK WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP AND EFFORTS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROVIDING REAL VALUE TO SOME OF THE, UH, THE LOCAL BUSINESSES.

AND I THINK THAT THIS HAS REALLY A LOT OF POTENTIAL BECAUSE WE COULD REALLY HELP SOME OF THE BUSINESSES, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO EVOLVE BECAUSE THE ECONOMY HAS CHANGED, WE CAN HELP THEM, UH, SUCCEED.

SO I'M REALLY VERY EXCITED AND VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

THAT IS CORRECT, PAULA.

I'VE ALREADY STARTED SPEAKING TO, YOU KNOW, LOCAL LEADERS LIKE YOURSELF, THE BOARD MEMBERS, AND THE LOCAL BUSINESS LEADERS.

UH, ALL OF THEM ARE VERY EXCITED.

YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO JOIN THE CHAMBER AND, YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY WANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, BECOME MEMBERS AND HELP THE COMMUNITY GROW.

THIS IS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE, THE LINK TO JOIN DOESN'T SEEM TO BE WORKING, SO I KNOW IT'S IN DEVELOPMENT, BUT I TRIED TO CLICK ON THE LINKS FOR JOIN AND I KNOW IT'S IN DEVELOPMENT, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE ONES YOU REALLY WANNA GET WORKING FAST.

YEAH.

SO THE, UH, MEMBERSHIP PLANS, WE ARE STILL HAVING INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.

SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO INCREASE OUR FREQUENCY OF MEETING BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN MEETING ONLY ONCE A MONTH.

SO SINCE WE, WE ARE COMING CLOSER TO LAUNCH, WE ARE GONNA INCREASE OUR FREQUENCY.

SO OVER THE COMING DAYS, WE'LL SEE MUCH FASTER WORK NOW.

UM, WE, YOU ALSO HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION, UH, WITH THE FOOD DRIVE.

YOUNG LADIES, PLEASE COME AND JOIN ME, SIR, I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY INQUIRIES, SIR.

I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY INQUIRIES I'VE RECEIVED IN THE TOWN FIRST OFFICE, UM, WITH REGARDS TO IS THERE A GREENBERG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE? SO THIS IS AWESOME WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

YES, THANK YOU.

SO WE HAVE ONE, I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT OUR YOUNG, WHAT OUR YOUTH ARE DOING, UH, EMPOWERED TO DO HERE IN THE TOWN.

IT'S JUST AMAZING.

AND WITH US THIS EVENING, WITH US THIS EVENING.

ALSO, JOINING US THIS EVENING ARE JANICE LYNN AND MADELINE MACK, WHO WERE OUR 2022 SUMMER INTERNS.

AND OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IS ALL ABOUT THE, THE, THE MAIN THEME IN OUR SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IS PREPARING FUTURE LEADERS.

SO THEY HAVE LAUNCHED AN INITIATIVE THAT REPRESENTS WHO THEY ARE AS FUTURE LEADERS AND JUST AS THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WE HEAR SPEAKING EARLIER, ONE, SPEAKING TO A PROJECT AT AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL, AND ANOTHER GROUP SPEAKING TO A PROJECT

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AT A NATIONAL LEVEL.

HOW AMAZING IS THAT? SO I'M GOING TO, UM, LET JANICE LYNN AND MADDIE MACK SHARE WITH YOU WHAT THEIR PROJECT IS ALL ABOUT.

LADIES.

THANK YOU MS. BEVILLE.

SO, UM, FIRST OF ALL, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

UM, THANK YOU MR. FINER MS. BEVILLE FOR INVITING US HERE TODAY.

UM, MY NAME'S JANICE LYN, AND THIS IS MADELINE MACK.

UM, I'M A JUNIOR ATTENDING EDGEMONT HIGH SCHOOL, AND SHE IS A SOPHOMORE ATTENDING EDGEMONT HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.

UM, LIKE MS. BEVILLE SAID, WE'RE BOTH FORMER INTERNS AT THE GREENBERG TOWN HALL SUMMER INTERNSHIP, AND TODAY WE REPRESENT THE WESTCHESTER YOUTH CONGRESS, A STUDENT LED ORGANIZATION WORKING ON PROJECTS TO IMPROVE AND HELP OUR COMMUNITY.

I WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO USE MY CONNECTIONS FROM THE INTERNSHIP TO HOLD THE TOWN HALL FOR RAISING AWARENESS ON VACCINES.

AND I'LL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO CHERISH MY MEMORIES THERE.

SO, SOME PAST PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE AS WESTCHESTER YOUTH CONGRESS INCLUDE A TOWN SUPERVISOR CANDIDATE FORUM BETWEEN MR. FINER AND MS. TASHA YOUNG, A REFUGEE TECHNOLOGY DRIVE THAT RAISED SO FAR, $2,500, AND A BOOK DRIVE THAT HAS DONATED MORE THAN A THOUSAND BOOKS.

AND SO WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO ANNOUNCE A COUPLE OF DRIVES THAT WE'RE HOLDING THIS YEAR.

FIRST, WE HAVE A NON-PERISHABLE FOOD DRIVE FOR THE BLYTHEDALE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN VALHALLA.

WE HAVE SET UP BOXES LOCATED AT THE GREENBURG AND EASTCHESTER LIBRARIES IN ADDITION TO EDGEMONT JUNIOR, SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, AND HERE AT THE TOWN HALL.

THIS DRIVE IS RUNNING FROM FEBRUARY 18TH TO APRIL 1ST.

SECOND, WE PLAN ON HAVING A FOOD DRIVE AND FOOD AND SUPPLIES DRIVE FOR LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTERS.

THIS DRIVE WILL START SHORT SHORTLY AFTER THE FOOD DRIVE, AND IT WILL END AROUND MID-JUNE.

EACH DRIVE WILL END, WILL END AROUND SIX WEEKS.

WE PLAN TO PUT UP BOXES IN THE TOWN HALL, AS WELL AS IN THE GREENBERG AND EAST CHESTER LIBRARIES AND EDGEMONT HIGH SCHOOL, SIMILARLY TO THE FOOD DRIVE.

SO I WOULD JUST SPEAK PERSONALLY ABOUT WHY I CHO CHOSE TO DONATE TO A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SINCE NON-PERISHABLES ARE NEED BY MANY.

SO WHEN I WAS SIX YEARS OLD, I HAD SYMPTOMS OF SWOLLEN JOINTS AND I COULDN'T WALK, LET ALONE GO TO THE BATHROOM BY MYSELF.

THE ONLY WAY TO TRANSPORT ME WAS THROUGH A STROLLER THAT I JUST DID NOT FIT IN.

IT WAS A HILARIOUS SIGHT TO SEE.

GIVEN THE PRECARIOUS STATE OF MY HEALTH, I HAD TO GO TO A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, MUCH LIKE DALE.

AND I SPENT MANY DAYS BEDRIDDEN, DOING A LOT OF TESTS, GETTING MY BLOOD DRAWN, GETTING AN IV PUT IN ME.

AND EVENTUALLY I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH RHEUMATIC FEVER ON MY SEVENTH BIRTHDAY.

BUT THE DOCTOR'S VISITS DIDN'T STOP FOR, FOR PREVENTATIVE MEASURES, I HAD TO GET SHOTS IN MY THIGH MUSCLES EVERY THREE WEEKS, WHICH IS MORE PAINFUL THAN YOU'D THINK.

FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO GET ALL THE TREATMENT THAT I REQUIRED.

HOWEVER, NOT EVERY HOSPITAL HAS THE SAME CAPABILITIES AS THE ONE THAT I WAS ADMITTED TO.

THAT IS WHY I WANTED TO SUPPORT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS THAT NEEDED THE MOST TO HELP THE CHILDREN THAT I SEE MYSELF IN.

AND SO I ASKED THE BRIBE DALE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL HOW I COULD HELP, AND THEY SUGGESTED A FOOD DRIVE.

OUR FELLOW WESTCHESTER YOUTH CONGRESS MEMBER, RYAN AL WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY, BUT HERE IS SOMETHING HE WANTED TO SHARE.

HE SAYS, A FEW MONTHS AGO I ADOPTED A CAT FROM OUR LOCAL NEW ROCHELLE ANIMAL SHELTER.

THE STAFF MEMBER PUT US IN A ROOM WITH 10 LITTLE KITTENS.

I KNEW THAT IT DIDN'T MATTER WHICH CAT WE CHOSE BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL SO SWEET AND FRIENDLY.

EVEN THOUGH I WANTED TO TAKE ALL OF THEM HOME, I WAS ONLY ALLOWED TO CHOOSE ONE.

I FEEL THAT EVERY ONE OF THOSE KITTENS DESERVES A HOME AND A FAMILY.

AND THE SAME GOES FOR EVERY DOG, HAMSTER, GUINEA PIG AND, AND FISH THROUGHOUT SHELTERS IN WESTCHESTER.

WHILE I WISH THEY COULD ALL GO HOME TODAY, UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF THEM BOTH SPEND YEARS OR EVEN THEIR ENTIRE LIVES AT THE SHELTER.

WHILE THEY WAIT TO FIND NEW OWNERS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ABLE TO LIVE COMFORTABLE, HAPPY, AND HEALTHY LIVES AT THE SHELTERS.

WE ARE COLLECTING FOOD, BLANKETS, CLEANING SUPPLIES AND TOYS IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

AS SOMEONE WITH TWO DOGS IN A CAT, I KNOW HOW MANY TOYS AND OTHER GOODIES GET SHOVED IN DRAWERS OR CABINETS WHEN OUR PETS DECIDE THEY DON'T LIKE THEM.

THIS DRIVE, I HOPE THIS DRIVE, I HOPE TO REDUCE THAT WASTE AND ENSURE THAT THOSE ITEMS ARE ABLE TO BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY ANIMALS IN NEED.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS IS REALLY AMAZING.

SO JANICE AND MADDIE REPRESENT THE MISSION OF THE GREENBURG TOWN HALL SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM TO INSPIRE AND EMPOWER OUR YOUTH FROM THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, THE YOUTH WHO ARE PART OF THIS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM TO BE FUTURE LEADERS.

YES, THANK YOU.

WATER HAS A GENTLEMAN HERE THAT HE WOULD LET ACTUALLY THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE RIVERFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION.

OH, AND UM, UH, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DAVID

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OKAY, MR. FINER.

WHAT THE F**K? GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING SUPERVISOR.

FINER TOM, BOARD MEMBERS, TOWN CLERK, UH, INTERIM TOWN ATTORNEY, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

MY NAME IS ASHLEY PINEDA AND I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE GREENBERG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION.

ALSO IN ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING, OUR TRUSTEES DAVID WARNER AS VICE PRESIDENT.

AND IN THE ABSENCE OF OUR PRESIDENT WHO HAD A CONFLICT, I HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE BOARD TO SPEAK ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF.

THIS E THIS EVENING WITH A NARROW SCOPE.

I WILL NOW RESTATE THE RESOLUTION.

THE GREENBERG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION UNANIMOUSLY PASSED DURING OUR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023 BOARD MEETING, WHEREAS FROM TIME TO TIME, PERSONS RESIDING WITHIN THE TERRITORIES OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG CIRCULATE PETITIONS TO FORM INCORPORATED VILLAGES WITHIN THE TOWN.

AND WHEREAS ARTICLE TWO OF NEW YORK STATE VILLAGE LAW PERMITS PERSONS RESIDING IN SUCH TERRITORIES CONTAINING A POPULATION OF AT LEAST 500 PERSONS WHO ARE REGULAR INHABITANTS OF SUCH TERRITORY TO CIRCULATE PETITIONS FOR VILLAGE INCORPORATION IN A TOWN WHEN, AMONG OTHER THINGS SUCH TERRITORIES DO NOT INCLUDE A PART OF A CITY OR VILLAGES, AND DO NOT CONTAIN MORE THAN FIVE SQUARE MILES.

AND WHEREAS INCORPORATION OF A VILLAGE WILL IMPACT PROPERTY TAXES WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE GREENBERG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WILL PLACE AN ADDITIONAL TAX BURDEN UPON THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND WHEREAS THE GREENBERG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION BELIEVES THAT SUCH TAX IMPACT WILL NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ITS FINANCES.

AND WHEREAS THE GREENBERG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION BELIEVES ALL PERSONS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE FINANCIAL IMPACT AND BE ALLOWED A VOICE IN ANY POTENTIAL VILLAGE INCORPORATION.

AND WHEREAS SECTION TWO DASH TWO 16 OF NEW YORK STATE VILLAGE LAW CURRENTLY SPECIFIES THE QUALIFICATION OF PERSONS PERMITTED TO VOTE ON SUCH PETITIONS AS RESIDENTS OF THE TERRITORY TO BE INCORPORATED.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE GREENBERG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION REQUESTS LEGISLATION BE MODIFIED, SUCH THAT A STATE CONTROLLER APPROVED FINANCIAL IMPACT STATEMENT PERTAINING TO BOTH THE POTENTIAL VILLAGE AND THE SURROUNDING FINANCIALLY IMPACT THE COMMUNITY SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR CONSIDERATION AND COMMENTS AT LEAST 40 DAYS PRIOR TO A VILLAGE INCORPORATION VOTE.

AND QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS ON A PETITION OF INCORPORAT FOR INCORPORATION SHALL INCLUDE THOSE IN THE ENTIRE TERRITORY OF UNINCORPORATED TOWN, WHICH INCLUDES ALL IMPACT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORIZED THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS TO SEND A LETTER STATING OPPOSITION ON THE TOPIC TO NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATORS.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

A FEW PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE COULD HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC ON ANYTHING.

UM, GREAT.

NEXT, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, UH, WE HAVE

[ To consider 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]

UM, THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW, UM, UH, RELATING TO THE CODE OF GREENBERG AS IT RELATES TO, UH, THE HARTSDALE CONTEXTUAL REVIEW COM, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP COMPOSITION.

I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN UP THE HEARING.

SECOND.

ALL IN FA FAVOR? AYE.

GOOD EVENING SUPERVISOR.

FINER AND TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD, GAR DUQUE, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.

THIS PUBLIC HEARING RELATES TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE H CRCS OR THE DALE CONTEXTUAL REVIEW COMMITTEE'S COMPOSITION.

THE H C R C REVIEWS PROPOSED FACADE SIGNAGE AND RELATED MODIFICATIONS FOR BUSINESSES WITHIN THE HC HARTSDALE CENTER DISTRICT, WHICH SPANS THE HARTSDALE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT.

THE H C R C IN ITS REVIEWS SEEKS TO ENSURE THAT CHANGES PROPOSED WITHIN THE DISTRICT ARE IN HARMONY WITH EACH OTHER, ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE PRESERVATION AND OF THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF OTHER PROPERTIES SITUATED THEREIN AND ARE OTHERWISE CONSISTENT WITH THE PURPOSES OF THE SECTION.

THE H C R C SEES APPROXIMATELY TWO TO FOUR APPLICATIONS PER YEAR AND MEETS ONLY WHEN THERE IS AN ACTIVE APPLICATION.

AND PRESENTLY THE H C R C IS A NINE MEMBER COMMITTEE.

THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAW WOULD ALTER MEMBERSHIP TO BE COMPRISED OF SEVEN MEMBERS AS OPPOSED TO THE CURRENT NINE.

AND MAKES CLEAR THE COMPOSITION MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY 1ST, 2023.

THE LOCAL LAW WAS THE SUBJECT OF A UNANIMOUS POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION FROM

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THE PLANNING BOARD.

UM, CONSIDER TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW CREATING, UH, A NEW ARTICLE, LENDING TO TAXATION IN THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ENTITLED TAX ASSESSMENT OF CONDOS AND CO-OPS.

WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS HEARING? UM, IF NOT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

WELL BEFORE YOU DO THAT, UH, UM, I JUST WANNA PUT INTO THE RECORD THAT THE, THERE WAS A FORMATTING CHANGE THAT, UH, WAS MADE TO THE, UH, LOCAL LAW.

UH, THE TOWN ATTORNEY HAS SAID IT'S NOT SUBSTANTIVE.

IN OTHER WORDS, IT BREAKS OUT THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AS OPPOSED TO HAVING 'EM LISTED IN ONE PARAGRAPH.

AND IT'S HARD TO SEE WHAT THE CATEGORIES ARE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND SO THOSE, UH, THOSE CHANGES ARE BASICALLY IN FORMAT.

BUT THE, UH, TOWN ATTORNEY CAN SPEAK TO THAT.

YES.

I, I AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT.

UM, AFTER MAKING THESE FORMATTING CHANGES, IT DOES NOT CHANGE ANY OF THE SUBSTANCE OF THE LAW.

AND THAT'S WHY, UM, I HAVE GIVEN MY LEGAL OPINION THAT IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE REINTRODUCED.

UM, AND THAT EVERYONE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK TONIGHT, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S ANYBODY BUT ANYONE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK TONIGHT WOULDN'T BE PREJUDICED BY THESE SIMPLE FORMATTING CHANGES.

RIGHT.

THAT WAS THE SAME EFFECT.

CORRECT.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW YOU WANNA MAKE YOUR MOTION GOOD.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UM, UH, CLOSE THE 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." [THIS HEARING IS POSTPONED TO MARCH 22, 2023 MEETING]]

UM, SINCE I'M RECUSING MYSELF, UH, UH, WE'RE NOT HAVING THAT TONIGHT.

WE'RE NOT HAVING THAT HEARING HELD OVER.

SO IT'S GONNA BE HELD OVER TO THE APRIL, UH, TO THE MARCH 22ND MEETING.

IS THAT OKAY? YES.

CONSIDER AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION OF PROSPERS NURSERY FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1120 NORWOOD ROAD.

UH, NEXT TO

[ To consider an Amended Site Plan Application of Prospero Nursery for property located at 1120 Knollwood Road (P.O. White Plains, NY) [TB 22-19]]

UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN UP THAT HEARING.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

ALL ALL FAVOR? AYE.

GOOD EVENING.

EXCELLENT AND GOOD EVENING SUPERVISOR, FINER AND TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD.

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

THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS RELATED TO AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION OF PROSPERO NURSERY FOR A PROPOSAL CONSISTING OF THE REMOVAL OF SEVERAL ONSITE BUILDINGS AND THE REMOVAL OF EXISTING ONSITE ASPHALT SURFACES TOGETHER WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 4,800 SQUARE FOOT TWO STORY BUILDING AT THE EXISTING PROSPERO NURSERY SITE LOCATED AT 1 1 2 0 NORWOOD ROAD IN THE ELMSFORD PORTION OF THE TOWN.

AND IT'S ALSO LOCATED IN THE R 41 FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT.

HOWEVER, THAT PROJECT WAS NOT CONSTRUCTED AND THAT APPROVAL HAS NOW LAPSED.

THE APPLICANT APPEARED BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD AS PART OF A SITE PLAN REFERRAL IN CONNECTION WITH THIS NEW APPLICATION AND A WORK SESSION ON FEBRUARY 1ST, 2023.

ON THAT DATE, THE APPLICATION WAS THE SUBJECT OF A UNANIMOUS POSITIVE SITE PLAN RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING BOARD.

THE PLANNING BOARD CONCLUDED THAT THE PROJECT WILL NOT SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE THE INTENSITY OR SCALE OF ANY ASPECTS OF THE CURRENT ONSITE USES.

THE PLANNING BOARD FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT THE APPLICANT INSTALL A SIDEWALK ALONG THE SITE'S FRONTAGE WITH NORWOOD ROAD, WHICH IS A NEW YORK STATE ROUTE 100 A AND THAT THIS AS THIS SIDEWALK IS A, AS THIS IS A PRIORITY SIDEWALK LOCATION IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND I SHOULD NOTE THAT THAT WAS A, UH, CONDITION OF THE PRIOR TOWN BOARD APPROVAL.

SO I BELIEVE THERE'S AN APPLICANT TEAM INCLUDING MR. BART ROADIE, THE ARCHITECT ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.

I BELIEVE THE SITE OWNER, JOE RO, IS PRESENT.

SO AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO, UM, TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT TO DESCRIBE THEIR PROJECT IN, IN FURTHER DETAIL.

HE'S BASICALLY CONSOLIDATING

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR IN TOWN BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS BART RODDY.

I'M THE, UH, ENGINEER ON A PROJECT.

I KNOW GARRETT SAID ARCHITECT.

I'M AN ENGINEER ON A PROJECT.

WE WILL FORGIVE HIM.

UH, EXCUSE ME.

I SAID WE'LL FORGIVE HIM.

UH, AS GARRETT DID SAY, THE UH, PROJECT CONSISTS OF AN OLDER PROJECT THAT WAS APPROVED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND THE NEWER PROJECT DOWNSIZED THE BUILDING.

IT'S A 4,800 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING WITH A 2,400 SQUARE FOOT FOOTPRINT.

'CAUSE IT'S TWO FLOORS.

UH, IN, UH, PART OF THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES REMOVING SEVERAL OTHER BUILDINGS.

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ALL THESE SMALLER BUILDINGS AND HIS CURRENT OFFICE INTO THIS ONE BUILDING.

UH, WE'RE ALSO DECREASING THE AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS ON THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS INSTALLING A DRAINAGE SYSTEM TO REALLY, UH, INCREASE THE POSITIVE DRAINAGE ON THE PROPERTY, UH, TO LESSEN THE IMPACT IN THE ENVIRONMENT.

UH, THAT'S THE, UH, PROJECT, UH, AS WE, AS I SAID, THE, UH, THE PLANNING BOARD REQUESTED AS A CONDITION TO PUT THE SIDEWALK OUT ON, UH, THE MAIN ROAD IN FRONT OF THE, UH, PROPERTY.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE ARE READY TO ANSWER BEST WE CAN.

SO ARE YOU ADDING ANY CURB CUTS TO THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY? UH, NO.

SO YOU WERE BEFORE US BEFORE YOU RECEIVED APPROVALS, YOU THEN CAME FOR AN EXTENSION.

THE EXTENSION LAPSED.

IF WE GRANT AN APPROVAL, WHAT'S THE CHANCES OF YOU ACTUALLY BUILDING THIS THING? UH, I, I WOULD SAY A HUNDRED PERCENT.

AND JOE COULD, UH, CONFIRM THAT, THAT IF, UH, ONCE THE PERMIT'S ISSUED, HIS PLAN IS TO START JULY 1ST, WHICH IS DIRECTLY AFTER HIS EXTREMELY BUSY SEASON AS A NURSERY.

AND IF MY RE MEMORY IS CORRECT, THIS IS A REDUCTION OVER WHAT YOUR LAST REQUEST WAS, BUT THAT THERE WAS A LARGER OTHER WORDS.

THERE WAS A SMALLER REQUEST EARLIER AND THEN THERE WAS AN INCREASE AND THEN THERE'S A DECREASE OVER THAT INCREASE.

AM I CORRECT THAT, THAT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT.

'CAUSE I WAS NOT INVOLVED THAT EARLY IN THE PROJECT, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE, UH, HOW, HOW THE PROJECT ARRIVED SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS AGO.

ALL RIGHT.

GARRETT, DO YOU RECALL? I, I BELIEVE, YES, I DO.

UM, AND AND YOUR, YOUR RECOLLECTION IS CORRECT.

THE INITIAL APPROVAL WAS FOR A PROJECT THAT WAS LARGER THAN THE CURRENT 4,800 SQUARE FEET, I BELIEVE IT WAS ON THE ORDER OF 5,300 SQUARE FEET.

AND THEN AS YOU CORRECTLY NOTED, THE APPLICANT IN RECEIVING EXTENSIONS INDICATED THAT, UM, IT WAS MOVING TOWARDS SMALLER BUILDING.

UM, SO THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE WAS, WAS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, UM, THAN THE CURRENTLY PROPOSED 4,800 SQUARE FEET.

UM, BUT AT PRESENT, IN SPEAKING WITH, UM, MR. ROADIE AND, AND MR. PROSPERO, UM, THEY HAD INDICATED THAT THIS TWO STORY BUILDING, WHICH WOULD, UM, HOUSE, UH, A BIT OF SHOWROOM SPACE, SOME OFFICES AND SOME STORAGE, UH, SHOULD MEET THEIR NEEDS AT THAT 4,800 SQUARE FEET.

SO THAT'S A 2,400 SQUARE FOOT, UH, FOOTPRINT.

AS I RECALL WHEN THIS CAME UP THE LAST TIME, IT WAS BEING BILLED AS IT'S A REDUCTION, BUT, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY AN INCREASE OVER WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY REQUESTED, IF I RECALL.

OH, OKAY.

SO, UM, IT'S ACTUALLY A, A SMALL REDUCTION OVER THE, THE INITIAL APPROVAL AND, BUT IT'S, UH, .

SO, SO THAT IS A FACT.

UM, THERE WAS AN INTERMEDIATE PERIOD WHERE THEY DID, UM, THEY DROPPED IT ENVISION A SMALLER BUILDING, BUT SO, SO THERE IS AN INCREASE FROM THAT.

BUT, UM, ALL THE IMPACTS THAT THE TOWN BOARD STUDIED, UH, WITH THE INITIAL APPROVAL, UM, THIS PROJECT IS CONSISTENT OR BETTER IN, IN, IN, IN, IN, IN ALL OF THOSE REGARDS.

UM, THERE, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, UH, IMPERVIOUS THIS COMING OFF THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF THE PROJECT, THAT'S STILL A PART OF THE PROJECT.

SO THAT'S, THAT BENEFITS FROM A STORMWATER PERSPECTIVE.

AND, UH, YEAH, THE VARIOUS BUILDINGS THAT ESSENTIALLY, UM, IN SPEAKING WITH MR. PROSPERO, UH, THE REMOVAL OF THE VARIOUS BUILDINGS, UH, SMALL STORAGE AREAS AROUND THE SITE, UM, WILL BE CONSOLIDATED INTO THIS ONE LOCATION.

AND THE PEOPLE ON TAYLOR ROAD HAVE BEEN NOTICED ON THIS MEETING, I, I ASSUME? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

UH, WE DID, THERE WAS A NOTICE CARRIED OUT, UM, WITHIN PROXIMITY TO THE SITE.

I DID RECEIVE A FEW EMAILS FROM SOME RESIDENTS THAT ASKED FOR SOME CLARIFICATIONS ABOUT ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT, SO I TRADED A FEW EMAILS.

UM, SO YES, DEFINITELY THAT NOTICE DID GO OUT.

UH, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THE CONSTRUCTION WILL TAKE FROM START TO FINISH? UH, IF, IF ONCE WE BREAK GROUND ELBOW SHOULD ONLY TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS BECAUSE THIS, UH, THE MAIN BUILDING IS A PREFABRICATED BUILDING THAT'S MADE IN A FACTORY AND BROUGHT ONTO SITE.

THE SECOND PHASE IS WE'RE DOING THE TWO FLOORS INTERNALLY SEPARATE OF THAT.

AND I GUESS THERE'S NO DRAINAGE ISSUES AND ALL THAT? OH YEAH.

WE, WE, WE, WE, AS WE SAID, WE LESSENED THE IMPERVIOUS AND ALSO PUT DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN TO CAPTURE 'EM WITH, WITH AN ONSITE RETENTION SYSTEM UNDER THE GROUND.

I DO WANNA HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE STATE, UM, ABOUT THE, THE, THE PROSPECT OF THE SIDEWALK HERE.

JUST ONE NOTE, UM, THAT I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS ON THE RECORD.

UM, WITH REGARD TO THE SIDEWALK, IT IS A STATE ROAD.

UM,

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UH, I WILL SAY FOR SOME OTHER APPLICATIONS, UM, THERE'S BEEN A THOUGHT PROCESS WHERE INSTEAD OF HAVING, UH, A PORTION OF SIDEWALK BUILT ON, ON, ON, ON A SITE SUCH AS THIS, UH, THE APPLICANT HAS, UH, IN, IN SOME OTHER INSTANCES, UM, CONTRIBUTED A ROUGH EQUIVALENT AMOUNT OF FUNDING.

UM, AND ACTUALLY IN LIEU OF BUILDING THE SIDEWALK, UH, WHAT THAT FUNDING DOES ENABLE IS THE TOWN TO WORK WITH A SURVEYOR AND SURVEY A LARGE SWATH OF THE, UM, LOCAL AREA.

SO THIS, THIS BEING A LARGER SWATH OF NORWOOD ROAD AND ALLOW US TO WORK WITH D O T GET THE BEST UNDERSTANDING OF, UM, WHAT SIDE OF THE ROAD THE SIDEWALK IS BEST SUITED.

AND, YOU KNOW, TO UNDERSTAND OTHER CHALLENGES THAT MAY BE IN THE AREA SUCH AS UTILITIES.

UM, AND ALSO USE THAT EQUIVALENT FUNDING TO, UH, CREATE A DESIGN FOR A LARGER SEGMENT OF SIDEWALK BEYOND JUST THE FRONTAGE, UM, THINKING MORE LONG TERM AND LONGER CONNECTIVITY.

SO, UM, I THINK THE SIDEWALK IS, IS A GOOD IDEA.

I'M JUST SUGGESTING THAT PERHAPS, UM, AS WE, IF, IF THE BOARD, UM, YOU KNOW, IS TO ENTERTAIN A DECISION HERE THAT'S FAVORABLE AS PART OF THAT CONDITION, MAYBE WE WORK IN SOME FLEXIBILITY TO EITHER HAVE THAT SIDEWALK BUILT, IF WE SIDEWALK BUILT, IF WE HAVE CONCURRENCE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STREET IN THE BEST LOCATION OR PERHAPS, UH, WORK IN THIS CONCEPT OF A ROUGH EQUIVALENT OF FUNDING, UH, THAT THE TOWN CAN USE TO, UM, SORT OF, UH, ROADMAP SIDEWALKS FOR THE GREATER NOEL WOOD ROAD AREA.

BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, UM, I THINK WE'RE ALL AWARE THAT THE GAP, YOU KNOW, IS, IS, IS, IS, IS THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE QUARTER, UM, AND THAT GAP IS IN NEED OF, OF PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES.

YEAH, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THOUGHTS, YOU KNOW, THAT I HAD YEAH.

AND I'M REALLY THROUGH ALL THAT.

BEFORE YOU GO ON, ARE YOU AGREEING TO EITHER ALTERNATIVE? YES, YES.

RIGHT, BECAUSE I'M JUST SAYING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD FROM, UM, MARK SER WHO WANTS TO BUILD, UM, UM, SIX, I THINK 16, YOU KNOW, SOME MORE AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

AND A LOT OF STUDENTS AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAVE CALLED FOR A SIDEWALK FROM THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO SAY 1 1 19.

SO GARRETT, ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT, UM, LET'S SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THEY WOULD AGREE TO ALLOW US TO USE AN EQUIVALENT, THE MONEY TO PUT A SIDEWALK AT THAT LOCATION, THEN WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE A REAL PRACTICAL SIDEWALK THAT WOULD SERVE, UM, A LOT OF STUDENTS.

YOU KNOW, I'M SENIOR CITIZENS WHO LIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHO LIVE, YOU KNOW, WHO LIVE NEAR THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT THE MAYFAIR, UM, COMPLEX.

AND WE MIGHT THEN BE ABLE TO GET A GRANT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND HAVE A, A REAL FUNCTIONAL SIDEWALK THAT IS GONNA BENEFIT, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS.

I MEAN, IS THAT, IS, IS THAT BASICALLY THE CONCEPT THAT YOU'RE THINKING OF, GARRETT? UH, I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT IS A GOOD SUMMARY.

I JUST DO WANNA BE, UM, VERY CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, IT'S UNDERSTOOD.

UH, I'M DEFINITELY NOT SUGGESTING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT FUNDING BE USED TO BUILD A SIDEWALK IN ANOTHER LOCATION.

NOT THAT I'M SUGGESTING YOU SAID THAT.

UM, BUT YES, IN CONCEPT, UM, CONCEIVABLY HAVING A FUNDING TO, UM, DO BOUNDARY A PROPERTY BOUNDARY AND TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY FOR THE WHOLE CORRIDOR, UM, AND THEN DESIGN FOR A SIDEWALK IN THE APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS IN THAT CORRIDOR, UM, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THIS, THIS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD FOR SURE.

UM, AND THEN YES, USE THAT TYPE OF, UM, SHOVEL READY, UM, UH, PLANS TO, TO GO TO NEW YORK STATE AND, AND, AND, AND OBTAIN, UH, GRANTS IF THEY'RE OUT THERE, UM, TO REALLY SORT OF TACKLE IN A MORE WHOLESALE FASHION, YOU KNOW, THIS LARGER PART.

AND YES, INDEED, LIKE YOU SAY, UM, PARTS LIKE, UH, AREAS OF NORWOOD ROAD BY THE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, WHERE THEY'RE SURELY NEEDED.

SO, UM, I DO AGREE WITH THAT.

WHAT YOU SEE, THAT'S YOUR QUESTION.

THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK VERY, VERY EXCITING BECAUSE FOR YEARS PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR A SIDEWALK ON NORWOOD ROAD, ESPECIALLY FROM THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO, YOU KNOW, TO ONE 19.

AND IF WE HAD SOME SEED FUNDS, EVEN PARTIAL FUNDING, UH, I THINK IT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO GET EITHER FEDERAL OR STATE GRANTS.

UM, AND AGAIN, IF WE'RE GONNA BE BUILDING, APPROVING SENIOR HOUSING, MORE SENIOR HOUSING, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO HAVE MORE HOUSING WITHOUT, WITHOUT A SIDEWALK.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS REALLY FANTASTIC.

SO, YOU KNOW, I REALLY AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, DESIRE TO, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH US.

MS. UH, CLARK BEVILLE HAD TO STEP OUT, SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO, I'LL TURN IT ON.

ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC, MR. BOWDEN? I BELIEVE

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IT'S STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.

MY NAME IS MAYOR BOWDEN.

UM, I GOT THIS WHEELCHAIR LAST WEEK AND I'M LEARNING HOW TO USE IT.

I CAN STILL WALK SOMEWHAT, NOT GREAT DISTANCES ANYMORE, BUT, UH, I'VE ALWAYS LEARNED THAT I BETTER LEARN HOW TO PUT THIS TOGETHER BEFORE I CAN'T REMEMBER OUT YOUR DISCUSSION JUST NOW ABOUT SIDEWALKS IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED TO ME BECAUSE NOW I'M IN A WHEELCHAIR AND I LOOK AT THESE THINGS MUCH MORE CAREFULLY.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS YOU PUT RAMPS FOR SIDEWALK FOR WHEELCHAIRS AIMED INTO TRAFFIC.

WHY DO YOU AIM? ADMIT THE TRAFFIC POINTS INTO THE TRAFFIC.

WHY? WE'RE NOT GOING ACROSS THE STREET.

WE'RE GOING ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET.

SO WHY AREN'T THE RAMPS FROM THIS ROAD RIGHT ACROSS THE LOCAL ROAD TO THE OTHER ONE? THEY'RE NOT.

THEY FORCED US INTO THE MAIN LINE OF TRAFFIC.

THIS ISN'T, THAT'S CRAZY.

MM-HMM.

, GO OUT THERE AND LOOK.

DODGES FERRY ROAD, WE'RE NOT GOING ACROSS THE TRAFFIC.

WE'RE GOING ON ONE SIDE, WHEREVER IT IS.

BUT THE RAMPS DON'T GO WHERE WE NEED TO GO.

WHY? WELL, WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT THAT WAY.

D O D HAS A SET OF RULES THAT ARE FIXED, HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH REALITY OF TODAY.

WHAT I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, BY THE WAY, I AM A CUSTOMER OF THEIRS AND I'VE BEEN IN FOR QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS.

AND THE RESPECT THAT I'VE ALWAYS GOTTEN THERE HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARY.

THEY'RE ONE OF THE BEST RUN COMPANIES AROUND.

HOME DEPOT NOW HAS SOMEBODY HELPING YOU, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU NEED.

THEY WERE DOING IT WAY LONG AGO.

SO EXCELLENT PLACE TO DO BUSINESS.

I BUT THE, THE, THE SITE PLAN WHERE YOU HAVE PARKING FACILITIES, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HANDICAP SPACE, THERE'S A POLE THAT SAYS HANDICAPS PARKING, WHICH PREVENTS US FROM GOING FORWARD.

WHY DO YOU HAVE THE HANDICAP THING RIGHT IN THE FRONT OF THE PARKING SPACE? 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN.

WHY DON'T YOU JUST PUT IT ON A SIDE? 'CAUSE IT'S MUCH SAFER FOR US TO GO FORWARD THAN TO BACK OUT.

WE CAN SEE WHAT'S AHEAD OF US.

WE CAN'T SEE BEHIND US STANDARD PLANS.

PUT THAT CONCRETE THING WITH, IT SAYS HANDICAP SPACES, MR. RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

WHY CAN'T YOU PUT IT ON THE SIDE? HOW DOES THIS WELL, WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT THAT WAY.

MR. BOWDEN, HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO PROSPER NURSERY? I CAN'T EITHER.

YOU, HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO PROSPER NURSERY? BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SITE PLAN WITH PARKING SPACES.

YOU HAVE A SITE PLAN WITH PARKING SPACES.

YES.

WHENEVER THERE'S A SITE PLAN WITH PARKING SPACES, IT'S MY JOB TO SAY THAT THOSE WERE POSSIBLE THAT BE PULLED THROUGH SPACES WITHOUT A BLOCK.

THERE YOU OWE A MINUTE.

I'M SORRY.

I, I THEY OWE YOU A I I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY SAY.

IT'S FINE.

I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO NEEDS TO READ LIPS BECAUSE A HEARING AID AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE.

SO WHEN SOMEBODY SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH A MASK, CAREFUL WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

AND, AND PEOPLE HAVE SAID TO ME OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY GOT A MASK ON.

YOU KNOW, I DESERVE, I DES WE DESERVE PEOPLE WITH HEARING IMPAIR DESERVE RESPECT TOO.

WE RE WE NEED TO SEE THE LIPS SO THAT WE FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

HAPPENS TO BE THE LAW EVERYWHERE.

I WAS AT THE COUNTY BOARD LEGISLATOR MEETING ON MONDAY.

I ASK THAT GARRETT, THAT EVERY PLACE WHERE A PARKING AREA IS COMES INTO PLAY, THAT IT MAY POSSIBLE FOR HANDICAP PEOPLE TO DRIVE FORWARD.

I FULLY SUPPORT THE PROJECT THAT THEY'RE DOING.

I THINK THEY'RE AS REPUTABLE COMPANY AS I'VE EVER MET.

HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE WILL CALL PEOPLE IN THE ORDER OF THEM SIGNING UP.

ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK, UH, ON THE TOPIC OF PROSPER NURSERY? YOU'RE ON THE, HOW ABOUT YOU?

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ALL RIGHT.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL MARKY.

I'M AT 11 TAYLOR ROAD, UM, WHICH IS BORDERLINES FOR SPARROW NURSERY ON MY NORTH SIDE.

UM, I'VE BEEN UP THERE FOR OVER 55 YEARS.

I KNOW JOE AND JOE'S FATHER AND JOE'S UNCLES WHO OWNED THE PLACE BEFORE HIM.

UM, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT NEIGHBORS TO ME FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

I FULLY SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.

UH, I'M, I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE SIDEWALK, UH, EDITION ON NORWOOD ROAD.

I HAVE CONVERSED WITH THE BOARD A FEW TIMES ABOUT NORWOOD ROAD.

UH, BEING A STATE ROAD NEVER GETS ANY ATTENTION FROM THE, THE TOWN AS FAR AS BEING REPAIRED AND ALL THE SEWAGE OR DRAINAGE PROBLEMS ALONG NORWOOD ROAD NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

AND I'M WONDERING IF PUTTING SIDEWALKS IN IS GOING TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM OF DRAINAGE AS WELL AS, UH, GETTING NORWOOD ROAD PAVED.

FINALLY, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH, UM, THE STATE D O T YOU KNOW, MANY TIMES DURING THE PAST, YOU KNOW, FEW YEARS, UM, BECAUSE THE ROAD IS NOT EVEN TOLERABLE.

IT'S BEYOND TOLERABLE.

IT, IN FACT, UH, THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS, WHICH FUND SAID THIS ROAD DOESN'T, CAN'T EVEN BE REPAVED.

IT HAS TO BE RE-ENGINEERED.

YES.

UM, SO I SPOKE TO, UM, UH, THE ENGINEER, THE STATE ENGINEER, THE REGIONAL ENGINEER IN CHARGE OF THE ROAD, AND THEY'RE RIGHT NOW DESIGNING, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, UH, RE-ENGINEERING OF THE ROAD.

YOU KNOW, I'M HOPEFUL THAT THEY'RE GOING TO REPAVE IT AND REBUILD THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR.

UM, I, YOU KNOW, HAVE SPOKEN TO THEM, YOU KNOW, MANY, YOU KNOW, MANY TIMES.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN MAKING A LITTLE PROGRESS.

YOU KNOW, WE DID, YOU KNOW, SAWMILL RIVER ROAD THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WE GOT SENATOR COUSINS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, FUND THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK NOEL WOOD ROAD SHOULD BE A VERY, VERY HIGH, YOU KNOW, NEXT, NEXT PRIORITY BECAUSE I BICYCLE ON THE ROAD AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S SO BE IT.

IT'S NOT EVEN POTHOLES.

IT'S CRATERS.

EXACTLY.

YOU KNOW, I FEEL ON, YOU KNOW, IF I WOULD WANT TO LAND ON THE MOON, YOU KNOW, I COULD PRACTICE, UH, YOU KNOW, ON, ON, ON, UM, ON NORWOOD ROAD.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY BAD IN CENTRAL AVENUE IS ALSO BAD.

IT'S, IT'S REALLY HORRIBLE THAT THE STATE'S JUST NOT MAINTAINING THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE NEGLECTED THE ROADS FOR, FOR YEARS AND YEARS, AND NOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, CATCH UP TIME.

I JUST WANNA ALSO COMPLIMENT YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD FROM, UH, MR. BODEN, UH, YOU KNOW, IF HE COMPLIMENTS, UH, A BUSINESS, IT'S THE GOLD STANDARD.

UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE HE IS, UH, VERY TOUGH AND, UH, AND WHEN HE IS COMPLIMENTING A BUSINESS SAYING THEY'RE GREAT, THAT MEANS HE MUST BE LIKE FABULOUS.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, HEARING FROM YOU, I THINK THAT'S ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, POSITIVE.

AND WE REALLY, UM, APPRECIATE HAVING BUSINESSES IN THE TOWN THAT ARE APPRECIATED BY, UM, BY RESIDENTS BECAUSE CUSTOMER SERVICE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE BUSINESSES LIKE YOURS THAT EXCEL AT CUSTOMER SERVICES, I THINK IT SENDS A POSITIVE MESSAGE TO OTHER BUSINESSES, AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE A MODEL FOR OTHER BUSINESSES COMING TO THE TOWN.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.

I'M NOT A COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPER, SO I CAN'T DO BUSINESS WITH JOE, BUT HE'S BEEN A GREAT NEIGHBOR AND HE'S HELPED ME OUT SEVERAL TIMES.

AND HE'S PUT NOISE ABATEMENT, UH, PLANTINGS IN ALONG HIS, UH, THE PROPERTY BORDER TO MY PROPERTY.

AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT TONIGHT.

AND IT'S REALLY NICE, YOU KNOW, IT'S REFRESHING BECAUSE A LOT OF THE COMPLAINTS I GET, YOU KNOW, SINCE I'VE BEEN SUPERVISOR IS EVERYBODY HATES EVERYBODY.

AND PEOPLE HATE, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS, THE, THEIR NEIGHBORS AND THEIR, THE BUSINESSES NEXT TO THEM.

SO IT'S REALLY REFRESHING WHEN YOU HEAR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY SAYING, I LIKE MY NEIGHBOR.

YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD MAKE LIFE SO MUCH EASIER IF EVERYBODY WAS LIKE YOU.

NOW WE HAVE, UM, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

CLOSE THE HEARING.

I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.

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HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE? UM, ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY, WE HAVE TWO SIGNED UP.

UM, THE FIRST IS MANNY AIS S I ASK THAT ALL SPEAKERS, PLEASE STICK TO FIVE MINUTES AND OUR CLOCKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HI, UH, THANK YOU

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FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LET ME SPEAK TODAY.

MY NAME IS MANNY AES, UH, IF YOU WANT TO PRONOUNCE IT THE SPANISH WAY OR HAVE BEEN PRONOUNCING IT ALL MY LIFE, IT'S RISI.

BUT ANYWAYS, HI, UH, I'M MANUEL RISI.

I'M PRESIDENT OF THE JUNIOR JUNIPER HILL CIVIC ASSOCIATION.

I AM A RESIDENT OF FAIRVIEW AND THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF GREENBURG.

TODAY, I'M, I WANNA SPEAK ABOUT SAVING GREENBURG AS MOST RESIDENTS OUTSIDE OF EDGEMONT ARE, ARE STARTING TO REALIZE THE ENORMOUS IMPACT TO THE SERVICES AND QUALITY OF LIFE TO ALL RESIDENTS OF THE CORPORATED AREA AS, UH, AS WELL AS THE IMPACT ON EDGEMONT.

AND, AND IN ADDITION TO THE, EVEN THE VILLAGES, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP THE FACT THAT MANY EDGEMONT RESIDENTS HAVE, HAS, HAVE NOT BEEN EDUCATED ON THESE IMPACTS.

WE NEED AN IMPACT STUDY THAT PROVIDES AN INDEPENDENT, UH, RENDITION OF THOSE IMPACTS.

WE NEED THIS INDEPENDENT STUDY TO BE DONE BY AN IMPARTIAL FACILITATOR, UM, THAT WILL INCLUDE THE THOUGHTS, OBSERVATION, NEEDS, AND WANTS OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS.

AS I HAVE HEARD THAT THE TOWN IS EXPECTING THIS STUDY THAT WILL BE DONE BY, WILL BE SPONSORED BY THE STATE, WHICH WILL BE PROVIDE, WILL BE PROVIDING WILL, WILL BE ASSUMING THE EXPENSE.

A GOOD THING.

UH, THE, THE LESS, UH, I'M TRYING TO READ MY HANDWRITING.

IT'S REALLY HARD.

UM, , WE'RE, THE TALENT SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT IT WILL NOT INTRODUCE ANY BIASES TOWARD ANY PARTICULAR OUTCOME.

THAT THAT'S, THAT ALREADY HAS BEEN PREDETERMINED BY THE CHOICE, BY THE CHOICE OF THE FACILITATOR, IF THAT MAY HAPPEN.

IT'D BEEN IT THAT HAS BEEN COACHED, UH, BEFOREHAND.

I, I WANNA ADD THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART BECAUSE I THINK A MAJORITY OF THE UNINCORPORATED AREA, EVEN THE VILLAGES DON'T REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ALREADY LET YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT, HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THEM.

THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE, WHICH ARE AWESOME COMPARED TO OTHER TOWNS HAVE, WILL BE GREATLY IMPACTED.

AND, AND THE, AND THE FALLOUT, IT'S ALSO GOING TO AFFECT THE VILLAGES.

I, I, I CAN ALMOST SEE THE FACT THAT ONCE WE HAVE TO PAY FOR ALL THE, ALL THE BOND ISSUES THAT WE HAVE, ALL THE CONTRACTUAL ISSUES THAT WE HAVE, WE MIGHT EVEN HAVE TO ADD TO THE, THE PARTICIPATION OF THE VILLAGES AND, AND HOW MUCH TAX THEY PAY, WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE THE VILLAGES DON'T WANNA DO THAT.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, ALL THE CONNECTORS, ALL THE SERVICES, THE PARKS THAT THEY USE WILL BE AFFECTED.

SO EDGEMONT FOLKS HAVE TO BE EDUCATED.

THE VILLAGES HAVE TO BE EDUCATED.

AND IT'S NOT JUST AN ONGOING INCORPORATED ISSUE.

IT'S AN ISSUE OF THIS TOWN AND THE VIABILITY.

AND WE'VE JUST HEARD FROM THE GENTLEMAN FROM THE, UH, THE, THAT WANTS TO START A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

WE WANT GOOD COMMERCE IN THIS TOWN.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO ALL, ALL RESIDENTS ARE EFFECTIVE AND CONSISTENT.

AND TAKING, TAKING AWAY $19 MILLION OF, OF, OF TAX REVENUE SO THAT SOMEBODY CAN SET UP THEIR OWN LITTLE VILLAGES.

THEY HAVE TO REALIZE THAT IMPACT WILL BE DETRIMENTAL TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

OR HE CAN GET IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC.

ANYBODY ELSE? YES, THERE ARE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS.

UM, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

UH, MARY BODEN, CAN YOU PASS THE MICRO, SORRY.

THIS WHEELCHAIR IS JUST THAT ONE.

I IMAGINE A YEAR FROM NOW I'LL BE HERE WITH A POWERED WHEELCHAIR THAT I MANIPULATE WITH A JOYSTICK.

IT'S COMING.

WELL, YOU SAID THAT CON EDISON'S GONNA TAKE THE POLES OUT.

I DON'T BELIEVE YOU HOR ROAD, THEY NEVER TOOK THE POLES OUT.

THEY JUST KEEP ADDING THEM.

IT IS MY BELIEF THAT INSTEAD OF SIDEWALKS WITH A CURB, IF YOU PUT IN AN ASPHALT TRAILWAY STU, LIKE THE COUNTY TRAILWAYS ARE, IT CAN BE SHARED.

WE CAN GET IN AND OUT.

I MEAN, I CAN SEE A BICYCLE COMING AND GET OUT OF HIS WAY OR PAUSE,

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YOU RIDE ON A, YOUR BICYCLE WOULD CURB.

YOU CAN'T GET OUT THE WAIVER CAR.

WHY DO WE HAVE SIDEWALKS WITH CURBS ACCEPTED IN BUSINESS DISTRICTS? BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT THAT WAY.

THIS WORLD OF LIMITED RESOURCES CAN'T ALWAYS DO IT THAT WAY.

WHEN YOU'RE ON YOUR BICYCLE, YOU CAN'T GET OUTTA WAY OF TRAFFIC.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA TAKE LANE OUT.

BUT IF YOU HAD ONE OF THE COUNTY TRAILWAYS THAT AS FORT LEVEL WITH THE ROAD, IT'S CALLED SHARING, WE COULD SHARE A SPACE, THE SPACE BETWEEN HANDICAPPED SPACES WITH A BLUE ZEBRA CROSSWALK.

IT COULD BE SHARED.

BECAUSE ONCE I GET OUT OF THE CAR IN A HANDICAPPED SPACE AND GO TO A BUILDING, I'M AT THE MERCY OF TRAFFIC.

WHY CAN'T A CROSSWALK BE ON ONE SIDE OF THE PARKING LOT IN ALL AREAS SO THAT ME IN A WHEELCHAIR, PARENTS WITH KIDS IN CARRIAGES OR PEOPLE WITH SHOPPING CARTS HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO WALK.

YOU COULD HAVE A WALKWAY ON ONE SIDE OF ALL PARKING AISLES WHERE YOU WOULD SEPARATE THE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO BE SEPARATED FROM THE TRAFFIC.

WELL, WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT WAVE BEFORE.

THERE IS A PLACE THAT I PASSED THE OTHER DAY, I DIDN'T TAKE A PICTURE OF IT THAT DOES HAVE THAT.

EXACTLY.

AND I THINKING BACK, I THINK IT'S AT LOWE'S AND YONKERS, THEY HAVE A WALKWAY THAT GOES TO THE STORE FROM THE PARKING AREA.

HAPPENS TO BE FOR HANDICAP.

BICYCLISTS ARE VERY CONSIDERATE.

ALRIGHT.

PAUL, YOU RIDE THE BICYCLE.

I RIDE A WHEELCHAIR.

WE'RE GONNA GO OUT SOMETIME.

AS SOON AS IT WARMS UP, YOU RIDE YOUR BICYCLE, ME AND MY WHEELCHAIR, AND WE'LL SEE HOW WE CAN GET ALONG.

WE CAN'T GET OVER THE CURBS, WE CAN'T GET OUTTA THE WAY OF TRAFFIC.

WE NEED TO SHARE THE ROAD WITH DRIVERS.

I'LL SHARE WITH YOU.

I SEE YOU COMING.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ME IN A WHEELCHAIR.

OR ARE YOU GONNA SEE A MOTHER WITH A BABY CARRIAGE? HOW'S THE BABY CARRIAGE GONNA GET UP AND DOWN THAT CURB CAN.

SO WE'RE IN AN AREA OF NEW THINKING.

GARRETT BEGAN TO THINK OF, TALK ABOUT IT TONIGHT WHEN HE SAID THE PEOPLE FROM THE COLLEGE WANT TO GET TO ONE 19.

SURE.

I AGREE.

EXACTLY.

THAT'S WHERE THE SIDEWALK BELONGS.

IT NEEDS TO BE A SHARED SIDEWALK.

WE'RE NOT STUPID.

IF THEY'RE GONNA SHARE OUR SPACE HIKERS ON A COUNTY TRAILWAY, SHARE IT WITH BICYCLES ALL THE TIME, WHY CAN'T WE SHARE IT WITHIN THE CITY? THE SAME WAY TAKES NEW THINKING, AS I SAID AT THE COUNTY COURT.

MY GENERATION IS FINISHED, WE'RE OVER.

IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO SPOKE THERE AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO SPOKE HERE TONIGHT.

IT'S THEIR WORLD.

WE ARE PROTECTING, NOT MINE.

I'LL BE GONE SOON SOONER THAN I BELIEVE.

I'D LIKE TO GO OVER .

I I DID SPEAK TO RICH FUN, UM, ABOUT THE SIDEWALK ON NORTH WASHINGTON.

AND, UH, THEY'RE NEGOTIATING WITH, YOU KNOW, CONED AND WE DO EXPECT BY, UM, THE BEGINNING OF, UM, MAY, UM, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY SOMETIME IN APRIL FOR, UH, ALL THE POLES TO BE REMOVED.

SO THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT WITH, WITH THE UTILITY COMPANIES.

SO THAT DEFINITELY IS GONNA HAPPEN.

I GUESS I GOTTA DO THIS 'CAUSE EVERYBODY LISTENING OUTSIDE, I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

GOD LIES THROUGH THEIR TEETH.

UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO TOUCH ON TONIGHT.

FIRST, ERIC, ERIC, WOULD YOU BEND IT UP A LITTLE BIT? TEST.

TEST.

THERE WE GO.

NO, YOU HAVE IT TURNED.

YOU JUST HAVE TO HOLD IT CLOSER.

TEST AS OPPOSED TO YOUR MOUTH.

WE HAD ON FEBRUARY 28TH REGARDING THE TIF DISTRICT AND THE PLANS TO MOVE FORWARD TO, UM, RETURN THE B BUDGET CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GENERAL TAX ROLL.

UH, A COUPLE THINGS I WANTED TO TOUCH ON TONIGHT.

FIRST, I JUST WANTED TO START BY THANKING YOU FOR, UH, THE WORK SESSION THAT

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I THINK THAT IS A, UH, TREMENDOUS STEP FORWARD FOR FISCAL PRUDENCE IN THE TOWN.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT ON THE AGENDA IN THE COMING WEEKS OR MONTHS.

UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I THINK THAT'S EXCELLENT.

UH, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS, UM, OR AT LEAST THANK YOU PARTIALLY WAS FOR, UH, I KNOW WE FINALLY, AFTER 13 MONTHS OF MONTHLY EMAILS, UH, STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SCHEDULING, UH, AN INTERVIEW FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD.

I'M A MEMBER OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD.

THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 15 OTHER MEMBERS, AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEIR APPOINTMENTS HAS BEEN EXPIRED FOR MOST, AT LEAST 27 MONTHS.

SOME THREE YEARS, SOME FOUR YEARS, SOME LONGER.

AND WE ARE NOW FINALLY MOVING FORWARD WITH SCHEDULING AN INTERVIEW TO BEGIN MOVING FORWARD WITH THE APPOINTMENTS.

WHAT I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND OR COULDN'T RECONCILE, 'CAUSE I THINK THESE INTERVIEWS ARE A GOOD IDEA.

THEY ALLOW FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FEEDBACK.

THEY FORCE PEOPLE TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO ACTUALLY BE INVOLVED.

UH, ALL THESE APPOINTMENTS SHOULD BE HELD, YOU KNOW, TO THEIR DEADLINE.

BUT WHAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WAS THAT THE TOWN BOARD ALSO MADE TWO RECENT APPOINTMENTS FOR WHICH NO INTERVIEWS OCCURRED.

THE FIRST APPOINTMENT WAS FOR SOMEONE TO THE PLANNING BOARD, UH, THAT OCCURRED, I BELIEVE JANUARY, SOMETIME IN JANUARY.

THAT PERSON WAS APPOINTED TO THE PLANNING BOARD WITHOUT ANY SUCH INTERVIEW.

I'M NOT SURE WHY WE WOULD BE INTERVIEWING MEMBERS OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD AND NOT THE PLANNING BOARD.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT PRACTICE SHOULD BE MORE STANDARD.

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY AND MORE CONCERNING WAS THE RECENT APPOINTMENT TO THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF ETHICS, WHO WAS FOUR YEARS PAST HIS EXPIRATION OF HIS TERM, HIS TERM EXPIRED FOUR YEARS AGO.

AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE OF A REQUEST FROM THE SUPERVISOR DIRECTLY FOR AN OPINION FROM THE BOARD OF ETHICS, HE IS MAGICALLY APPOINTED TO A SIX YEAR TERM FOR TWO MORE YEARS.

WHAT'S EVEN MORE CURIOUS IS THAT NO INTERVIEW OCCURRED.

ONE WOULD THINK THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF ETHICS, SOMEONE WHO HAD ALREADY HELD THE POSITION FOR SIX YEARS, SOMEONE WHOSE APPOINTMENT WAS FOUR YEARS EXPIRED, THAT IF THE TOWN BOARD IS SO KEEN TO HEAR FROM ALL 15 MEMBERS OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD THAT THE TOWN BOARD, AND BY THE WAY, MY CLOCK'S NOT GOING, BUT I'LL BE DONE SOREN.

SORRY.

DON'T WORRY.

SORRY.

I APPRECIATE, I'M, I'M, I'M NOTING YOUR HONESTY IS VERY, I'M NOTING YOUR COMMENTS.

UM, YOU ONE WOULD THINK THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF A DIRECT REQUEST FOR AN OPINION, THE CURIOUS TIMING OF AN EXPIRATION OF AN APPOINTMENT THAT'S BEEN EXPIRED FOR FOUR YEARS, THE CURIOUS TIMING OF THAT REAPPOINTMENT NOW, I THINK THE BEST PRACTICE WOULD BE FOR EVERYONE TO INTERVIEW, UM, FOR THOSE REAPPOINTMENTS THOSE POSITIONS SHOULD NOT BE LIFETIME APPOINTMENTS.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE TOWN BOARD TO GO THROUGH, BECAUSE DESPITE THE FACT THAT I HAVE BEEN EMAILING MONTHLY ABOUT THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE OTHER APPOINTMENTS ON THE TOWN BOARD OUTSIDE OF THE PLANNING BOARD HAVE ALSO EXPIRED.

SO ALL THE OTHER, UH, VARIOUS ADVISORY BOARDS THAT WE HAVE, THE MOST RECENT LIST SHOWS OVER 50% EXPIRED.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE TOWN BOARD TO MOVE FORWARD AND KEEP THOSE APPOINTMENTS CURRENT, KEEP PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTIVE AND WANT TO BE ON THOSE, IN THOSE POSITIONS IN THE, AND THEN APPLY A CONSISTENT STANDARD ACROSS THE BOARD.

BECAUSE WHEN WE AREN'T INTERVIEWING THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF ETHICS FOUR YEARS AFTER HIS TERM EXPIRED IN THE MIDDLE OF A DIRECT REQUEST FROM THE SUPERVISOR FOR AN OPINION REGARDING HIM, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT START TO WONDER THANK YOU.

I THINK WE'RE GONNA, UH, BE, UH, INTERVIEWING, UH, UM, LIKE TWO, UM, BOARD ALL THE BOARDS, UH, TWO OF THEM, UH, EACH WEEK UNTIL EVERYTHING'S CURRENT.

AND THEN WE WILL FIGURE OUT A WAY OF MAKING SURE THAT ALL APPOINTMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE KEPT CURRENT.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE LET, YOU KNOW, APPOINTMENTS LAPSE FOR SUCH A LONG, YOU KNOW, LONG TIME.

AND, YOU KNOW, OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.

UH, THEY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB AND THEY SHOULD BE APPRECIATED AND THEIR APPOINTMENTS SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, CURRENT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT, BUT, UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF CORRECTING IT IN STARTING NEXT, YOU KNOW, NEXT WEEK WE'RE MEETING TWO BOARDS.

THE FOLLOWING WEEK WE WILL MEET TWO BOARDS AND WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE CURRENT WITHIN, YOU KNOW, WITHIN HOPEFULLY A COUPLE WEEKS.

ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING? YES.

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SO IT'S, CAN YOU HEAR ME? OH, YES.

THE TOP BACK.

CAN, YOU CAN JUST MOVE THE TOP DOWN SO YOU DON'T OKAY.

SORRY ABOUT, CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME? AWESOME.

HELLO EVERYONE.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY.

HOPE EVERYBODY'S IN GOODWILL AND EVERYTHING CAN, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

HOW'S YOUR BEAUTIFUL WIFE DOING? SHE'S GOOD, THANK YOU.

OKAY, GOOD.

UM, THE REASON WHY I'M SPEAKING, I KNOW GINA IS NOT HERE, BUT SHE'S ON ZOOM, I THINK YOU SAID, RIGHT? SHE'S, I WANT TO SAY TO EVERYBODY THAT'S OUT HERE WORKING TO WORK THE POLLS AND DOING THE RIGHT THING BY EVERYBODY.

I WANT TO TELL, ESPECIALLY OUR AFRO AMERICAS, OUR PEOPLES, WE NEED TO GET OUT.

WE NEED TO COME OUT MORE.

WE NEED TO REALLY SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN GREENBURG.

I READ UP ON GREENBURG, AS Y'ALL KNOW, I'M FROM BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI AND I DID A LOT OF READING.

GREENBURG IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO LIVE, BUT WE NEED PEOPLE THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE FOR US.

I WANT TO LET GINA KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKES HER.

WE WANT TO SEE HER DO GREAT THINGS, BUT LET'S GET IT TWISTED.

WE DON'T LIKE HER POLITICIAN.

WE DON'T LIKE HOW SHE DO THINGS BEHIND THE SCENE.

SHE NEEDS TO COME OUT AND SHOW EVERYBODY WHO SHE ARE AND SPEC SPECIAL BLACK AMERICAS.

WE ARE CONCERNED, AND I NOTICED THAT WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY AFRICAN OUR KIDS IN HERE.

AND THAT BOTHERS ME.

'CAUSE WE GOT SOME SMART YOUNG BLACK MENS AND SOME SMART YOUNG WOMENS OUT THERE.

AND I'M HOPING THAT THE NEXT PERSON THAT GET ON THIS BOARD GO OUT AND FIGHT FOR EVERYONE.

BUT SPECIAL OUR PEOPLES AS MARTHA, LUTHER KING, MALCOLM X, ROSA PARKER, HARRY TUCKER, EVERYBODY, THEY FIGHT IT FOR EVERYONE.

BUT ESPECIALLY BLACK HISTORY.

TO ME, BLACK HISTORY SHOULD BE EVERY MONTH, NOT JUST FEBRUARY.

AMEN.

AND I JUST FEEL THAT WE NEED TO GET OUT, JULIE, YOU STAY STRONG BECAUSE THAT'S, THEY WANT, THEY WANT TO SEE, SEE YOU DROP WHATEVER GOD GOT FOR YOU, IT'S GOING TO BE THERE FOR YOU.

BUT YOU GOING TO HAVE TO WORK HARD EVERY, YOU GAVE 14 YEARS AND EVERYBODY SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

PLEASE DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE JUST LAYING BACK.

THEY SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

BUT YOU GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT AND YOU FIGHT JUST LIKE JESUS FIGHTING FOR US.

AND I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW, PLEASE, EVERYBODY THAT LOOKING AT, BY HAVING THAT GET OUT, COME OUT.

I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU WHO TO VOTE FOR, BUT YOU GOT TO BE SMART AND YOU GOTTA JUST DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO.

AND KENT, I'M GONNA TELL YOU, WE GONNA MISS YOU, BUT WE HOPE SOMEBODY GONNA GET ON YOUR BOARD, GET YOUR SEAT AND BE OUT THERE TO FIGHT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I TOLD YOU? I WANT TO SEE THE BEST OF YOU, AND I KNOW WE WILL.

I WANT TO SEE A PERRY MASON.

I WANT SEE A JOHNNY KIN AND I WANT SEE A CRU.

I WANT YOU TO GET OUT THERE AND WORK FOR AND HELP THE PEOPLES.

'CAUSE WE NEED YOU.

WE NEED YOUR HELP.

WE GOT YOUNG BLACK MEN, SO IN MANHATTAN, DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO.

WE GOT YOUNG GIRLS THAT'S SHOWING EVERYTHING BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO.

SO WE NEED AS TO GET TOGETHER AND WORK ON OUR YOUTHS OVER THERE.

WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND WORK ON EVERYBODY.

AND WE VOTE FOR YOU GUYS.

WE VOTE.

WE GET OUT THERE AND WORK HARD.

WE VOTE.

WE WANT TO SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE GREENBERG GOING TO HAVE A GREAT SURPRISE THIS SUMMER, BUT WHEN SHE, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN REAL GOOD.

SO GET OUT HERE AND DO SOMETHING FOR US.

OKAY? THANK YOU.

I AIN'T GET TO 15 MINUTES, BUT I'M THROUGH.

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PRIOR TO THE FIRST, UM, APPLICATION FOR INCORPORATION? NO.

REVEREND LEROY RICHARDS, I TOWN SUPERVISOR FINER AND MEMBER OF THIS BOARD.

I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU THIS EVENING.

I AM THE PASTOR OF FIRST COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE HERE IN GREENBURG.

AND I HAVE RESIDED IN GREENBURG FOR OVER 40 ODD YEARS.

I'M A RESIDENT.

I RAISED MY CHILDREN HERE.

THEY'RE GROWN AND MARRIED WITH CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN.

THEY WERE RAISED IN GREENBURG.

SO I JUST SAY THAT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM A HOMEGROWN BOY, UH, I CONCERNED ABOUT GREENBURG.

AND SO I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I WAS INFORMED ABOUT THE EFFORT BY THE FOLKS AT EDGEMONT TO SUCCEED FROM THE INCORPORATED TOWN OF GREENBURG, UNINCORPORATED TOWN OF GREENBURG.

AND THE IMPACT THAT THAT WOULD HAVE ON THE TOWN, NOT ONLY FINANCIALLY, BUT IN TERMS OF ITS SERVICES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE HAVE ENJOYED OVER THE YEARS.

BUT I ALSO AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE STATE LAW AND THE PROCESS THAT IS ALLOWING THEM TO POSSIBLY MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

AND THEREFORE, I JOINED UP WITH OTHERS WHO HAVE COINED, UH, CALL THEMSELVES SAVING GREENBERG NOW AS ELECTED OFFICIALS OF GREENBERG.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR POSITION IS ABOUT THIS.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SAVING GREENBURG, BUT I I WANT TO SAY TO YOU THAT IF YOU ARE ELECTED TO GOVERN THE WELFARE OF GREENBURG, THEN IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT NOTWITHSTANDING WHAT THE STATE LAW SAYS, THAT YOU WOULD JOIN WITH A SCHOOL BOARD AND OTHER CONCERNED PARTIES WITHIN GREENBERG AND BE EQUALLY CONCERNED BECAUSE YES, THE STATE LAW MAY ALLOW THE STATE LAW, WHICH I UNDERSTAND HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS SINCE THE 18 HUNDREDS, WHEN THINGS WERE QUITE DIFFERENT SOCIALLY AT THAT TIME, MAY ALLOW FOR A PROCEDURE TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN, WHERE YOU HAVE A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE MAKING A DECISION IMPACTING A, A MUCH, MUCH LARGER GROUP OF PEOPLE WITHOUT THE KIND OF A IMPACT, A STUDY THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THEIR DECISION.

AND SO I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OF ADDRESSING THE ISSUE AND ADDRESSING YOU.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO YOU THAT IF YOU IN YOUR CAPACITY IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE PLANNING OF GREENBERG, THE POLICING OF GREENBERG AND ALL OTHER ASPECTS OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN GREENBERG, THEN YOU HAVE A MORAL AUTHORITY TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FINANCES AND THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THIS KIND OF DECISION ON THE RESIDENTS OF GREENBERG AND THE FUTURE OF GREENBERG.

IF YOU ARE APATHETIC ABOUT IT, THEN IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, WHAT WILL HAPPEN, THE NEGATIVE IMPACT WILL BE A PART OF YOUR LEGACY.

BUT PAUL, AS BISHOP PRESTON IS COMING UP, WASN'T THERE AN IMPACT STUDY DONE ON THE,

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NO.

UM, WESTCHESTER COUNTY GOV.COM.

BISHOP REST, THANK YOU.

UH, GREETINGS TO EACH OF YOU, MR. FINER AND THE TOWN COUNCIL.

UM, I COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UH, TO AGAIN MAKE, UH, SOME STATEMENTS.

FIRST STATE, FIRST STATEMENT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TO ADDRESS IS THE STATEMENT, UH, OR THE, UH, ACT OF, UH, JUST, UH, UH, GETTING, UH, UH, THE HOUSING ON MANHATTAN AVENUE.

WE ARE LOOKING AT THE 29TH OF APRIL FOR MOVE IN DATE.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY AND NOW IT'S COMING INTO FRUITION.

BUT THE REASON I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT IS BECAUSE, UH, I'VE BEEN GETTING EMAILS AND CALLS ABOUT INFORMATION THAT'S INCORRECT.

SO I WOULD ADVISE EACH OF YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU ARE NOT REALLY, UH, UH, AWARE OF THE PROCESS, GIVE US A CALL.

MY NUMBER IS 9 1 4 9 5 4 6 0 1 0 BECAUSE IT HAMPERS THE, UM, ABILITY TO DO THINGS IN A FEASIBLE WAY WHEN WE HAVE TO ADDRESS ALL THE NEGATIVE AND ALL THE, UH, ALL THE MISINFORMATION.

SO PLEASE DO THAT AND WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS OF THE PROCESS AND WHO WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO MOVE INTO THOSE UNITS.

THE SECOND THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS IS THE, UM, IMPACT OF, OF EDGEMONT, UH, SUCCEEDING FROM THE TOWN OF GREEN, UH, FROM THE UNINCORPORATED TOWN OF GREENBURG.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE SCHOOL BOARD WHO, UH, I THINK THEY HAVE LEFT.

THEY'RE STILL HERE FOR THAT WONDERFUL AND, AND VERY POIGNANT RESOLUTION THAT ADDRESSES THE ISSUE.

UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS AS THE, UH, SAVE GREENBURG COALITION FOR SOME TIME.

AND WE'LL, WE'RE GATHERING NAMES.

I PICKED UP A LIST OF OVER 50 NAMES THIS MORNING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING DONE, A, A, A STUDY OF THE IMPACT.

UM, AND IF THE TOWN BOARD IS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE TOTALITY OF THE GREENBURG TOWN OF GREENBURG, UH, I'VE HEARD THAT, THAT WE CAN'T FIND MONEY TO DO AN IMPACT STUDY, BUT IF WE ARE REALLY CONCERNED, WE WILL FIND THE MONEY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

WE FIND THE MONEY TO DO WHATEVER WE WANT OR WHATEVER WE DEEM NECESSARY TO DO.

SO I THINK THIS IMPACT STUDY IS SOMETHING THAT IS, IS, IS, UH, PRIMARILY IMPORTANT AND WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT IMPACT STUDY DONE.

SO I URGE YOU, FIRST OF ALL, TO FIND THAT MONEY AND LET'S GET THAT IMPACT STUDY DONE.

AND, AND I, AS OF WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS, WE'VE TALKED TO DIFFERENT, UH, PEOPLE, UH, POLITICIANS AND PEOPLE IN FROM THE LEVEL OF THE STATE AND, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GARNER SOME SUPPORT FOR THIS BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE A GREAT IMPACT.

NOW, I, I'VE BEEN CONFRONTED OR AN APPROACH WITH THE PEOPLE FROM EDGEMONT THAT SAY IT WOULD NOT HAVE AN IMPACT, BUT I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW YOU COULD TAKE ONE QUARTER OF YOUR TAXABLE TAXABLE INCOME AWAY FROM A TOWN AND NOT HAVE AN IMPACT.

I, I, I'VE TRIED MY BEST TO CONCEPTUALIZE THAT AND IT, AND IT JUST DON'T WORK.

UM, THE OTHER PART THAT, UM, ANOTHER PART POINT THAT HAS BEEN MADE IS THAT, UM, IN THE LAW THAT WAS WRITTEN OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, THAT LAW GIVES THEM THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

AND, AND, AND IT TAKES AWAY THE RIGHT FROM, FROM THE GREATER PART.

OVER OVER 40,000 PEOPLE WON'T EVEN BE ABLE TO VOTE.

AND WHAT IMPACTS THEM.

AND IF THAT'S RIGHT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WRONG IS, AND THAT IS A POINT OF, OF VOTER SUPPRESSION.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A RIGHT TO VOTE ON ANYTHING THAT IMPACTS US.

AND THE OTHER PART OF THE LAW THAT IS REALLY, UM, UH, OVERLOOKED AT MANY TIMES IS OVERLOOKED AT MANY TIMES IS, IS THAT THERE IS NO PROVISIONS IN THE LAW TO FORCE THEM TO BUY THEIR SERVICES FROM US.

THEY CAN SHOP ANYWHERE THEY WANT TO AND GET SERVICES.

AND MY LAST POINT, AND I MIGHT GO OVER A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WAS ASKED THE QUESTION IF WE, UH, IF, IF FAIRVIEW WANTED TO, UH, TO PULL OUT FROM GREENBURG, WOULDN'T WE WANT JUST FAIRVIEW TO VOTE AND NOT OTHERS TO VOTE? MY ANSWER IS EXPLICITLY NO.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN TAKING RIGHTS FROM NOBODY.

EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT, AND IF THIS TOWN BOARD AND THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE STATE LEVEL SEE US AS EQUALS, THEN THEY WILL MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS TREATED EQUALLY.

EVERYONE HAS AN

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A RIGHT TO VOTE.

EVERYONE HAS THE PRIVILEGE TO HEAR, HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD IN MATTERS SUCH AS THIS AND MATTERS OF THIS MAGNITUDE.

BECAUSE WE ARE NOT IN SLAVERY TIME.

WE ARE NOT IN THE TIME WHEN THIS, THIS LAW WAS WRITTEN.

AND I DO NOT LIKE BEING GOVERNED WITH THE LAW THAT WAS WRITTEN WITH A SLANT AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE.

I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK AND CONTINUE TO PUSH THIS, AND WE WOULD GARNER YOUR SUPPORT AND FIND THE MONEY TO GET THIS STUDY DONE.

OKAY, CLIFF ABRAMS, OOPS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO STOP THAT COUGH RIGHT AWAY.

GOOD EVENING.

GEORGE LAMER COUNTY EXECUTIVE, AUGUST 10TH, 2022.

MR. CLIFTON AON, THREE MIDWOOD STREET, WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK COMMUNITY CENTER WITH OUR WALL PROPOSAL.

DEAR CLIFF, THIS LETTER WILL SUMMARIZE WESTCHESTER COUNTY COMMITMENT REGARDING YOUR PROPOSAL.

COMMUNITY CENTER WITH OUR WALLS PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE RESIDING IN THE FAIRVIEW SECTION OF GREENBERG PROGRAM ASSESSMENT.

OUR ADMINISTRATION BELIEVE THE PROGRAM CONCEPT HAS MERIT AND DESERVE A ONE YEAR TRIAL.

IF THE PROGRAM CANNOT LAUNCH IN 2022, WE ARE COMMITTED TO A LAUNCH IN 2023 FUNDING.

OUR ADMINISTRATION HAVE BUDGET 15,000 FOR THE PROGRAM IN OUR 2022 COUNTY BUDGET.

IF THE PROGRAM IS DELAYED TO 2023, WE'LL ALLOCATE THE SAME AMOUNT, 15,000 IN THE 2023 BUDGET.

THIS ALLOCATION PRESUME A MATCHING ALLOCATION OF 15,000 FROM THE TOWN OF GREENBURG COUNTY FUNDS ARE NOT TRANSFERRED TO ANY OTHER SOURCE.

THE REIMBURSE PROGRAM EXPENSE PROPERLY SUBMITTED, CONTRACTED THE CONTRACT, ROUTINELY CONTRACT WITH EITHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION TO PROVIDE AGREED UPON SERVICE.

THOSE ENTITLED SUBMIT NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO VERIFY ELIGIBILITY TO CONDUCT SUCH PROGRAM.

YOU MAY WORK WITH EITHER SOURCE TO CONFIRM A VISIBLE PARTNER WE CAN CONTACT WITH IF NECESSARY.

FINANCIAL REQUIREMENT INSURANCE ARE NORMAL.

THE COUNTY RECOGNIZED THE CERTAIN DETAILS ARE NOT EASY TO COMPLETE.

ACCORDING WE HAVE SET NO DEADLINE BY WHICH THESE REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET.

YOU MAY WORK ON YOUR END TO SECURE AN ORGANIZATION PARTNERSHIP UNTIL YOU HAVE SECURITY.

WE BELIEVE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT WILL CONSIDER THIS PROPOSAL PROGRAM VALUABLE.

CLIFF, THE RULES WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC FUNDING ARE FIXED, OVERSEE, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

AND I GOTTA RUSH IT.

AND IT'S A SHAME BECAUSE JOE, I DON'T KNOW IF I, I SHOULD SAY A DUDE OR WHATEVER BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS WITH YOUR PROBLEM, I CAME AND MET YOU, ELLEN SAID THAT, OH, CLIFF, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO HAVE A 5 0 1 C THREE OR A L L C.

I GOT MY 5 0 1 C THREE, I BRINGS IT TO YOU.

I SAY, HEY, MAKE COPIES, TALK TO THE BOARD AND THEN LET, AND LET ME BE ABLE TO HAVE A WORK SESSION.

THEN I SEND THE EMAIL THE OTHER DAY TO THE BOARD AND TO YOU.

'CAUSE YOU NEVER RESPONDED BACK TO ME.

AND I CALLED YOU.

AND THEN THE ONLY ONE RESPONDED WAS PAUL TO MY EMAIL.

SO I REMEMBER LAST MONTH I ASKED PAUL AND HE SAID THAT THE MONEY WASN'T INTO THE 2023 BUDGET.

AND I SAID TO PAUL, WELL WHY WOULDN'T THAT Y'ALL KNOWING THAT I'M GOING AFTER MY 5 0 1 C THREE AND IT'S NOT FOR ME, IT'S FOR THE YOUTH OF GREENBERG THAT'S UNDERSERVED.

AND

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FOR SOME ODD REASON, THIS BOARD THINK THAT THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP OUT YOUTH IN GREENBURG IS THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCE, WHICH IS EVERYBODY DEPARTMENT.

IT'S NOT A COMMUNITY CENTER NO MORE.

IT'S THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES.

JUST LIKE PARKS AND REC IS EVERYBODY.

MY PROGRAM IS FREE.

YOUR, YOUR CLAIM THAT Y'ALL WANT TO HELP OUT WITH THE YOUTH OUT HERE.

BUT FOR SOME ODD REASON, I DON'T CARE.

YOUR CASE AIN'T PERSONAL WITH ME BECAUSE I'M GONNA STAND IN WHAT I BELIEVE IN OR NOT.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO LIKE JUST SUBMIT BECAUSE Y'ALL WANT ME TO.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT YOU ARE NOT HURTING ME 'CAUSE I'M COVERED, YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE I, I'M A BELIEVER, BUT WHAT YOU'RE HURTING IS YOUTH WHO NEED SOCIAL PROGRAMS. AND MY PROGRAM IS SOCIAL.

I GOT MONEY FROM THE TOWN, I GOT MONEY FROM THE COUNTY, AND I WANNA KNOW WHAT'S THE HOLD UP NOW I GOT MY 5 0 1 C THREE AND JOE, FOR SOME ODD REASON, YOU DON'T GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH ME.

I, I, I LISTEN OR YOU OR THAT'S WHY Y'ALL GIVE ME THE STARE DOWN AND NOBODY AIN'T GONNA SAY NOTHING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME MR. ABRAMS. I I WILL RESPOND, BUT YOUR TIME IS UP.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CLARIFY THE RECORD THAT WE DID MEET A FEW WEEKS AGO AND I ASK THAT A FOLLOW-UP, UH, EMAIL BE SENT.

AND THAT EMAIL WAS SENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT 2:00 PM AND I'M REVIEWING THE EMAIL CURRENTLY.

THAT AIN'T TRUE.

TRUE.

SO ELLEN, YOU SAID I NEEDED A 5 0 1 C THREE.

I GOT IT.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA SAY? ATTORNEY , WE'LL RESPOND TO YOUR EMAIL THAT WAS SENT YESTERDAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.

UPDATED, UM, UH, GIVING SENIORS A REALLY GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE, BUT WE'VE ALSO ADDED, UH, TO THE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK.

ANYBODY ELSE? I HAVE NO FURTHER REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

ANYBODY ELSE WANNA SPEAK? I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A POINT OF PROCEDURE.

UH, THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS READ EARLIER BY THE SCHOOL BOARD IS, UH, PROCEDURALLY INCORRECT.

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN READ, UH, DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, RATHER THAN DURING THE TOWN SPONSORED PRESENTATION PART OF THE TOWN BOARD MEETING.

SO LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT IT SHOULD BE AMENDED TO BE INCLUDED IN PUBLIC COMMENT.

OKAY, A SECOND.

I AL I WOULD ALSO COMMENT BECAUSE THERE ARE CALLS REGARDING, YOU KNOW, THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, APPLICATIONS FOR THE GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY.

I WENT ON THE GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY AND BASICALLY ALL IT SAYS IS THAT THEY'LL BE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS MARCH 8TH.

I STRONGLY SUGGEST WHATEVER THE PROCEDURE IS, IT SHOULDN'T BE NECESSARILY BE A PHONE CALL NECESSARY BY EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THE PROCEDURE IS.

IF YOU COULD OUTLINE WHAT IS THE APPLICATION PROCEDURE, HOW WILL THE SELECTION BE MADE? IS IT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, RANDOM BY DRAWING LOTS? I'VE HEARD THAT MAYBE IT'S TRUE, MAYBE IT'S NOT.

BUT A LOT COULD BE DONE TO DISPEL MISINFORMATION IF ON THE GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY WEBSITE, IT ACTUALLY SPELLS OUT THAT PROCEDURE AS OPPOSED TO THEM CALLING US OR EMAILING US AND THEN WE SEND 'EM TO CALL YOU.

UH, THERE SHOULD BE ONE SET OF PROCEDURES FOR EVERYBODY TO READ.

I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT I POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, UM, UM, YESTERDAY, I THINK, UM, IT'S ON GREENBERG UH, NY.COM UNDER THE SUPERVISOR'S REPORT.

I, UM, I POSTED, UM, UH, INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO ME BY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND I HAVE A COPY OF THE APPLICATION.

AND, UM, I ALSO HAVE, UM, A COPY OF, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, WAS GIVEN TO ME FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM IT, IT HAS THE NUMBER OF UNITS AVAILABLE.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT IT'S PRETTY DETAILED AND YOU KNOW, I JUST ALSO WANT TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY SOMETIMES GETS BEATEN UP, YOU KNOW, I THINK UNFAIRLY BECAUSE I THINK THIS COMPLEX IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A BIG IMPROVEMENT TO A LOT OF, UM, UH, SENIOR'S, QUALITY OF, OF LIFE.

UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I GO THERE AND I, I REMEMBER SEEING THE BAND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE OLDER, UH, SCATTER SITE, YOU KNOW, UNITS WHICH WERE REALLY OLD AND, UH, FALLING APART.

UM, AND THIS IS JUST A REALLY A MODEL FOR THE TOWN.

NOT ONLY, UM, IS IT NEW,

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UM, WHICH I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ALL, UH, YOU KNOW, BE, YOU KNOW, BE GRATEFUL, YOU KNOW, BE GRATEFUL TO.

SO I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND I KNOW, UH, BISHOP PRESTON AND, UH, KEN KEN JONES.

I KNOW YOU WORKED, YOU KNOW, REALLY HARD ON THIS, BUT I WANT TO THANK, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU BECAUSE THIS IS DEFINITELY A BIG, UH, A BIG QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER, UH, SITES IN THE TOWN WHERE WE COULD BE, ONCE THIS IS DONE, YOU KNOW, I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO MODERNIZE SENIOR HOUSING AND, AND LOW INCOME HOUSING IN THE TOWN.

AND I THINK THAT THE POINT REALLY IS JUST THAT, UM, ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN, UH, APPLYING FOR SPOTS OR RELOCATING BACK, UH, TO GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY PROPERTY IS BEST SERVED BY CONTACTING THE GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY DIRECTLY.

'CAUSE THE BEST INFORMATION WILL COME FROM THAT SOURCE.

AND, AND I WANT TO APOLOGIZE, MY POINT SIMPLY IS THAT IT SHOULD BE ON THE WEBSITE.

I, I, I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT.

I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT MAY NOT BEING ON THE WEBSITE BECAUSE OUR WEBSITE IS BEING REDEVELOPED AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT, THAT, UH, WE HAVE TO RE UH, POST ON THERE.

UH, BUT WE DID SEND THE PROPER INFORMATION TO THE TOWN BOARD.

I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE RIGHT, THE TOWN WEBSITE, IT'S, AND IT'S ON THE TOWN WEBSITE.

SO, UH, SO I I'M, I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO HELP US WITH THE, WITH THE PROCESS.

AND I THINK THE BEST WAY TO HELP US WITH THE PROCESS IS IF REALLY, UH, TO SEND THEM DIRECTLY TO US.

UH, BECAUSE FROM THE GREENBURG HOUSING AUTHORITY SITE, WE HAVE MAILED OUT OLD, JUST MAILED OUT, NOT CAUGHT COUNTING WHAT PEOPLE HAVE WALKED IN TO GET.

WE HAVE MAILED OUT OVER A HUNDRED APPLICATIONS.

PLUS OUR DEVELOPING PARTNER IS, IS ALSO SENDING OUT APPLICATIONS.

SO IT CAN GET VERY CONVOLUTED IF WE DON'T HAVE A PROCESS THAT EVERYBODY FOLLOWS IN PLACE.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR THAT.

AND PLEASE EXCUSE THE WEBSITE FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.

OUR MAINTENANCE PERSON IS NO LONGER, UM, MAINTAINING THAT SITE.

AND SO WE ARE RE REDEVELOPING THAT SITE AND HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO IT'LL BE UP AND AND RUNNING.

SEE, THAT'S MISINFORMATION.

AND I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION, UH, YOU KNOW, TARA, THE, THE PATCH.COM, WHICH IS A ONLINE, UH, PUBLICATION.

THEY POSTED INFORMATION, THEY POSTED THE APPLICATION, UM, UH, ON THEIR WEBSITE.

THE HUDSON INDEPENDENT YESTERDAY PUBLISHED, UM, THE INFORMATION ABOUT, UH, THIS, THE APPLICATION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY, UM, WE'VE NOTIFIED EVERYONE ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS, UM, YOU KNOW, ADVISORY COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, LINKS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE OVER 50, I THINK 54 PEOPLE, SO THEY ALL GOT COPIES OF, OF THE APPLICATIONS AND WE'RE ENCOURAGED TO SHARE IT.

UM, SO I, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE REACH GONNA BE REACHING OUT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE TOWN AND THERE'S TIME TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE REACH OUT.

BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, UH, PROMISE WAS THAT EVERY SENIOR WHO LIVED IN THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BEFORE WILL GET, YOU KNOW, AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE BACK.

SO THERE'S NOT, SO THERE'S ONLY I THINK MAYBE SEVEN SLOTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, BY, BY LOTTERY.

SO MOST OF THE, UH, THE SLOTS ARE, YOU KNOW, BEING TAKEN BY THE SENIORS WHO YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE THE MISINFORMATION COMES IN.

PAUL.

WE, WE ARE GETTING, WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE 14 SENIORS THAT, THAT REMAIN.

UH, UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE LONG, WITH THE LENGTH OF THE PROCESS, MANY OF THEM HAVE PASSED AWAY AND DID NOT SEE THEIR DREAM COME INTO FRUITION.

UM, AND AFTER THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE 15 SLOTS SET ASIDE FOR, UH, PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.

AND THIS IS BY THE, UH, HOUSING, UM, RENTAL LAW OF THE STATE.

AND IT'S BEEN APPROVED THROUGH THE STATE AND, AND WE, WE ARE GOING BY THAT.

AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER 15 THAT WILL BE RELATED TO SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE SEVEN UNITS THAT WILL BE, UH, AND THESE ARE SECTION EIGHT UNITS, AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER SEVEN, UH, UNITS THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED FOR ANOTHER PORTION.

THEN THE LAST SEVEN UNITS WILL BE GO OUT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

IT WILL BE A LOTTERY SYSTEM AND, AND WE HAVE THE LOTTERY SYSTEM IN PLACE.

THOSE SENIORS THAT WILL BE HAS, THAT HAS BEEN GUARANTEED TO MOVE BACK, HAS ALREADY BEEN PROCESSED AND THEY'RE READY TO MOVE.

THEY MAY MOVE A LITTLE BIT BEFORE APRIL, APRIL 29TH.

WE DON'T KNOW.

WE'RE WORKING ON THAT BECAUSE OF, UH, UH, UH, WE, WE DON'T WANT THEM TO COME BACK.

WE DON'T EVEN

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WANT THEM TO COME BACK AND LOOK AT THE APARTMENTS UNTIL THE PARKING IS DONE.

SO TO BE SAFE FOR THEM TO NAVIGATE THE PROPERTY.

SO, SO THAT'S THE KIND OF INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.

WE SENT THAT TO YOU.

UH, BUT WE CAN BETTER EXPLAIN IT.

THE LOTTERY SYSTEM IS GONNA BE WORKING THAT WAY.

LIKE, AND FOR INSTANCE, IF, IF WE HAVE, WE HAVE 15 SLOTS AT FOR SET ASIDE FOR SECTION EIGHT, UH, RECIPIENTS AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.

IF THOSE SENIORS WANT TO GO, UH, THEY CAN GO.

IF THEY DO NOT, THEN THE OTHER, LIKE IF SAY 10 OF THEM WANT TO GO AND THERE'S FIVE LEFT OVER, THAT FIVE WILL GO BACK INTO THE LOTTERY SYSTEM AND BE, AND, AND UH, THOSE FIVE UNITS WILL GO BACK FIVE UNITS TO GO BACK INTO THE LOTTERY SYSTEM FOR THOSE THAT REMAIN.

SO IT'S A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TOGETHER AND, AND IT'S, I THINK IT'S BETTER EXPLAINED, LESS CONFUSION IF YOU HAVE LESS PEOPLE TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT.

SO THAT'S ALL I MEANT.

SO FOR CLARIFICATION, BISHOP, THE SENIORS WHO WERE LIVING THERE, WHO RELOCATED TEMPORARILY WHILE THE NEW FACILITY WAS BEING BILLED BUILT, WHICH UM, MORE THAN DOUBLES, IS IT THE AMOUNT OF UNITS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY THERE? YEAH, WE INCREASED THE DENSITY BY 130%.

RIGHT.

BUT EVERY SENIOR WHO HAD LIVED THERE WHO WANTED WANTS TO RETURN IS RETURNING EVERY SENIOR EXCEPT ONE.

WE HAVE ONE SENIOR THAT HAS FALLEN IN LOVE WITH WHERE THEY ARE, , THEY DON'T WANT TO COME BACK, BUT THAT'S WHY I SAID EVERY SENIOR EVERYBODY WANTS TO RETURN.

14.

14 IS COMING BACK.

JUST FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

SO THEN WHAT HAS BEEN LEFT OVER IS THE BALANCE AS YOU EXPLAINED IT, IT'S IN THE LOTTERY SYSTEM AS I EXPLAINED IT.

SO HOW MANY UNITS ARE IN THE LOTTERY? UH, I THINK IT'S A BIT 46 UNITS IN THE LOTTERY SYSTEM AFTER THE SENIORS COME BACK.

I THINK IT'S, THANK YOU.

I THINK MY MATH IS WRITING BACK.

ANYBODY ELSE WANNA SPEAK? NOPE.

AND DO WE HAVE ANY ZOOM REQUESTS? UH, NO.

THE ONLY, THE ONLY ZOOM IS, UH, COUNCILMAN JACKSON.

UH, OKAY, SO THEN WE'LL GO AND COUNCIL WOMAN JACKSON.

SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THE, I PAY FOR THAT AGENDA.

[ TB 1 - 3/08/2023 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a one year contract commencing January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 with the Village of Ardsley for Fire Protection Services to the Chauncey Fire Protection District, at a cost not to exceed $9,335.78]

SO FIRST ITEM IS, UM, LEMME JUST MAKE SURE SKIPPING, UH, THAT NUMBER'S WRONG.

TB ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR, UM, TO ENTER INTO A ONE YEAR CONTRACT COMMENCING JANUARY ONE, UH, TO DECEMBER 31ST, UH, WITH THE VILLAGE OF LEY FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO THE TRUANCY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED, NOT TO EXCEED $10,006 $10,006.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

[ TB 2 – 3/08/2023 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a one year contract commencing January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 with the Village of Ardsley for Fire Protection Services to the South Ardsley Fire Protection District, at a cost not to exceed $313,466.07]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR 10 HERE, TWO A ONE YEAR CONTRACT COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2022 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, UH, TO THE VILLAGE OF ORLEY FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO THE SOUTH ORLEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT THAT IT COSTS NOT TO EXCEED 313 3,303 332,479.

OKAY, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE RETENTION OF, UM, UH, C G R TO ANALYZE THAT'S BEING HELD OVER, THAT'S BEING HELD OVER.

UM, TB THREE, UM, I'M SORRY.

BEING HELD OVER TO APRIL 12TH, WHAT WAS THE AMENDED? WHAT WAS THE AMENDED AMOUNT? THE, UH, ON TB TWO? YEAH, LEMME GET IT FOR YOU.

332,479.

HAVE TO PULL IT OUT AGAIN.

332,479.

DID I HEAR AN ECHO? ? OKAY.

[ TB 3 - 3/08/2023 Resolution authorizing the retention of CGR to analyze the potential impact on the remaining area of the Town as a result of incorporation of a new village [Vote to be held April 12, 2023]]

JUST READING IT TO ANALYZE THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THE REMAINING AREA OF THE TOWN AS A RESULT OF INCORPORATION OF A NEW VILLAGE VOTE TO BE HELD APRIL 12TH.

I'D LIKE TO, UM, MOVE THAT IT'S BEING HELD OVER UNTIL APRIL 12TH.

YOU'RE

[ AT 1 - 3/08/2023 Resolution approving the continued retention of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP to represent the Town and requested Greenburgh Police personnel in the Matter of Kristin Stein v. the Town of Greenburgh, et al., for an amount not to exceed $50,000, $250,000 in total]

RIGHT.

RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF WILSON ELZER MOSKOWITZ AT ALMAN AND DICKER TO REPRESENT THE TOWN AND REQUESTED GREENBURG POLICE PERSONNEL IN THE MATTER OF KRISTEN STEIN, UM, AT AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 50,002 50,000 TOTAL.

LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

[ AT 2 - 3/08/2023 Resolution approving the continued retention of Daniel A. Seymour, Esq., to represent requested Greenburgh Police Personnel in the matter of Kristin Stein v. the Town of Greenburgh, Et Al., for an amount not to exceed $25,000, $50,000 in total]

RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF DANIEL SEYMOUR TO REPRESENT REQUESTED OF GREENBURG POLICE PERSONNEL IN THE MATTER OF KRISTEN STEIN, UH, VERSUS THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 25,000.

WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE AYE.

[ AT 3 - 3/08/2023 Resolution approving the continued retention of the firm of Piscionere & Nemarow, P.C., to represent requested Greenburgh Police Personnel in the matter of Kristin Stein v. the Town of Greenburgh, Et Al., for an amount not to exceed an additional $50,000, $150,000 in total]

IN THE MATTER OF KRISTEN STEIN FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED AN ADDITIONAL 50,000 158,000 IN TOTAL.

RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTINUED RETENTION WITH A FIRM OF P**S AND NERO TO REPRESENT REQUESTED GREENBURG POLICE PERSONNEL

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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX, ARI SETTLEMAN WITH PETITIONER HARTSDALE AVENUE OFFICER OFFICE ASSOCIATION, UH, STATION PLAZA ASSOCIATION FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT TWO 50 HARTSDALE AVENUE REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES TOTAL 1 12 0 9 8.

[ AT 4 - 3/08/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Hartsdale Ave. Office Assoc. a/k/a Station Plaza Assoc. LLC for property located at 250 E. Hartsdale Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $20,709±; the County’s share is $11,673±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $1,549±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $37,504±; the Edgemont Union Free School District’s share is $20,832±; the Hartsdale Fire District’s share is $19,093±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $737±. Refunds from all sources total $112,098±.]

RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF TOM TI, UM, TO REPRESENT GREENBERG POLICE, DETECTIVE EDUARDO DEMEL DIL IN THE MATTER OF MICHAEL MARAN FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 25,000.

[ AT 5 - 3/08/2023 Resolution approving the continued retention of Thomas J. Troetti, Esq., to represent Greenburgh Police Detective Eduardo Demele [Sic] in the matter of Michael Marom, et ano v. Town of Greenburgh, et ano., for an amount not to exceed $25,000, $150,000 in total]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT A TO 150,000 IN TOTAL.

SECOND.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX, ARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER, UM, BOWLING CENTERS AND A M F BOWLING CENTERS, UH, FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 70 47 TARRYTOWN ROAD.

[ AT 6 - 3/08/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Istar Bowling Centers III and AMF Bowling Centers, Inc., Lessee, for property located at 47 Tarrytown Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $2,765±; the County’s share is $1,518±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $196±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $7,262±; the Fairview Fire District’s share is $2,196±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $105±. Refunds from all sources total $14,041±.]

UM, TOTAL AMOUNT, 14,000 OH FOUR ONE.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER M C B P, WHITE PLAINS FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5 35 T TERRYTOWN ROAD, UM, REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES TOTAL 16,975.

[ AT 7 - 3/08/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner NCBP White Plains LLC for property located at 535 Old Tarrytown Rd. The Town’s share of the refund is $3,356±; the County’s share is $1,833±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $258±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $8,676±; the Fairview Fire District’s share is $2,726±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $126±. Refunds from all sources total $16,975±.]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

[ AT 8 - 3/08/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Phyllis DeLaura and/or Estate of Phyllis DeLaura for property located at 25 Washington Ave. The Town’s share of the refund is $13,872±; the County’s share is $7,753±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $1,037±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $36,056±; the Hartsdale Fire District’s share is $12,784±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $495±. Refunds from all sources total $71,997±.]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER PHYLLIS DELO, UM, AND OR STATE OF PHYLLIS DELORE FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 25 WASHINGTON AVENUE, REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCE TOTAL 71,000 909 7.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER EIGHT 30 CENTRAL PARK AVENUE ASSOCIATES FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT EIGHT 30 CENTRAL PARK AVENUE REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES TOTAL 83 2 1 8.

[ AT 9 - 3/08/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner 830 Central Park Avenue Associates, LLC for property located at 830 Central Park Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $14,947±; the County’s share is $8,366±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $1,109±; the Edgemont Union Free School District’s share is $49,463±; the Greenville Fire District’s share is $8,793±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $541±. Refunds from all sources total $83,218±.]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX ARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER REINBECK REALTY, MAVIS TIRE SUPPLY CORP.

[ AT 10 - 3/08/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Rhinebeck Realty LLC / Mavis Tire Supply Corp. for property located at 865 Central Park Ave. The Town’s share of the refund is $16,468±; the County’s share is $9,302±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $1,247±; the Edgemont Union Free School District’s share is $56,027±; the Greenville Fire District’s share is $9,905±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $553±. Refunds from all sources total $93,502±.]

UH, FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8 65 CENTRAL PARK AVENUE.

TOTAL AMOUNT IS 90, UH, 3000 5 0 2.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PERSONNEL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO TRAVEL WITHIN THE NEW YORK, NEW ROCHELLE WHITE PLAINS ALUMNI CHAPTER OF KAPPA ALPHA SI, UH, FRATERNITY AT A COST OF $7,800.

[ CR 1 – 3/08/2023 Resolutions authorizing personnel from the Department of Community Resources to travel with the New Rochelle-White Plains Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., to various colleges and universities in Mid-Atlantic states from April 3-7, 2023 at a cost of $7,800]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR,

[ PO 1 - 3/08/2023 Resolution authorizing the Police Department to purchase a Portable Emergency Backup Generator]

AYE AYE.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE A PORTABLE EMERGENCY BACKUP GENERATOR.

[ PO 2 - 3/08/2023 Resolution adopting the recommendation of the Greenburgh Police Department to amend the parking restrictions on Midvale Road between Midvale Court and Club Way amending Chapter 460 of the Greenburgh Town Code]

RESOLUTION ADOPTING RECOMMENDATION OF GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO AMEND PARKING DISTRICT AND MIDVALE ROAD BETWEEN MIDVALE COURT AND CLUB WAY.

AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 60 OF THE GREENBURG TOWN CODE.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE, IT'S JUST PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON MIDVALE ROAD AND I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.

[ PW 1 - 3/08/2023 Resolution approving professional engineering services of KS Engineers P.C., for monitoring services at the Fairview Park Drive Bridge, for an amount not to exceed $15,000]

RESOLUTION APPROVING PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, UH, IN SERVICES OF KS ENGINEERS FOR MONITORING SERVICES AT THE FAIRVIEW, UH, PARK DRIVE BRIDGE FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $15,000.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE AWARD OF THE CONTRACT FOR UNIFORMS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO UNIFORMS TODAY FOR CALENDAR YEARS 2023 TO 2025.

[ PW 2 - 3/08/2023 Resolution authorizing the award of the contract for uniforms for the Public Works Department to Uniforms Today, for calendar years 2023-2025]

AYE AYE.

MOVE, ADJOURN SECOND.