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UH, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON.AND, UM, THE FIRST ITEM IN THE OPEN MEETING PORTION IS THE A HUNDRED MANHATTAN AVENUE, 90 MANHATTAN AVENUE, UH, 33 OAK STREET, UM, UNIT ISSUES.
AND, UM, AS I MENTIONED, LET ME JUST SEE BEFORE, UH, THE WORK SESSION, UM, YOU KNOW, STARTED SOME, UM, PAUL, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE REPRESENTING, UM, MR. SOLDIER'S OFFICE? OR, OKAY.
SO WHY DON'T YOU COME UP? WHY DON'T YOU GUYS COME TO THE TABLE? HE'S GONNA READ WHAT HE'S GONNA READ.
SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS AND STUFF, YOU GUYS CAN COME UP AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK AND GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
I'M ATTENDING VIA ZOOM TONIGHT.
UM, ACTUALLY THAT'S WHERE IT, I'M NOT GETTING IT.
YOU NEED ME TO OPEN IT UP? NO, I CAN, ALL OF A SUDDEN IT DISAPPEARED FROM MY, UM, WOULD YOU WANNA JUST GIVE LIKE A LITTLE RUNDOWN OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE POLICY IS, OR, WELL, BEFORE YOU DID THAT, WHY DON'T WE TELL, WHY DON'T WE TELL, JUST WHY DON'T MICROT WE TELL EVERYBODY WHY WE'RE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
'CAUSE YOU JUST SAID WE DIDN'T GIVE A FULL DESCRIPTION OF WHY.
WE GOT SOME CALLS FROM RESIDENTS.
NO, UH, WE GOT SOME CALLS FROM, UH, RESIDENTS, UM, DURING THE PAST, UH, FEW WEEKS.
THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT, UH, THEY'VE LIVED IN THE COMPLEX FOR, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF YEARS.
UH, SOME OF, UH, THE RESIDENTS, UM, ARE WORRIED THAT, UM, THEIR CARS ARE GONNA BE TOWED AWAY.
THEY NEED, THEY HAVE A AIDS UH, THEY HAVE MEDICAL ISSUES, SOME HAVE DISABLED FAMILY MEMBERS.
YOU KNOW, THEY'VE, THEY'RE PAYING A LOT OF MONEY AND THEY FEEL THAT THEY'RE NOT REALLY BEING TREATED, UH, WITH THE RESPECT THAT THEY DESERVE, AS, YOU KNOW, AS HARDWORKING, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS.
AND THEY, THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PARKING.
YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO, IF THEY HAVE A FRIEND VISITING, THEY WANNA BE ABLE TO HAVE THE FRIEND, UH, YOU KNOW, PARK.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ABANDONED CARS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERIOUS, YOU KNOW, ISSUES.
AND MARK INDICATED THAT, UH, THEY'RE BASICALLY TOWING AWAY THE VIETNAM CARS RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE AIDES TO, UH, THE DISABLED RESIDENT.
WELL, UM, TO BE, NOW YOU GOTTA TALK AND THEN PULL CLOSE SEAT.
MY NAME IS CHRISTINE SCOFIELD.
CAN I JUST ASK YOU TO MOVE IT CLOSER AND TURN IT DOWN? TURN AROUND SO WE CAN HEAR.
SHE WANTS TO MAKE THIS LOUDER.
MY NAME IS CHRISTINE SCHOFIELD.
I AM THE VP OF OPERATIONS FOR M M S GROUP, THE MANAGEMENT GROUP THAT MANAGES FAIRVIEW MANHATTAN.
WE IMPLEMENTED, WE STARTED SENDING NOTICES TO THE TENANTS IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR.
THE REASON FOR IT IS THE NUMBER OF ABANDONED CARS AND THE CRIME ISSUE AT THE SITE THAT WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR YEARS.
AND THE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING, AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CLEAN UP, IS THE PARKING.
SO WE'VE BEEN SENDING OUT NOTICES.
I HAVE COPIES OF ALL THE NOTICES THAT WE SENT TO THE RESIDENTS.
ESSENTIALLY IT'S THIS, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE PARKING THERE THAT ARE NOT RESIDENTS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE PARKING THERE THAT ARE CRIMINAL ELEMENTS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE PARKING THERE THAT ARE PROBABLY JUST GOING TO THE PARK 'CAUSE IT'S CONVENIENT.
UM, THEY'RE PARKING IN STAFF PARKING.
THEY'RE PARKING IN FIRE LANES.
THEY'RE PARKING BLOCKING THE, UM, THE GARBAGE.
AND, AND THE RESIDENTS CAN, YOU KNOW THIS, LIKE THEY'RE PARKING IN YOUR HANDICAP SPOTS.
SO WE IMPLEMENTED A, A PARKING POLICY.
THIS IS ADDENDUM TO YOUR LEASE.
AND EVERYONE WAS SENT THAT POLICY BACK IN APRIL.
SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO PUNISH, WE'RE LOOKING TO CLEAN UP THE BUILDING AND DO OUR JOBS.
IN ADDITION, ONE OF THE CLAUSES IN THE, UH, PARKING POLICY IS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT IN GOOD STANDING.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU OWE ME $10,000, I CAN'T GIVE YOU A NEW PARKING POLICY, A PARKING PERMIT, JUST AS MUCH AS I CAN'T GIVE YOU A NEW LEASE.
RIGHT? BECAUSE THEN, THEN IT, IT, THERE'S A LEGAL THING THAT MAKES US THINK THAT YOU'RE A TENANT IN GOOD STANDING.
SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS ANY TENANT THAT OWES US MONEY, AND I, RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY THERE IS $717,000 OWED TO THE SITE BY CURRENT RESIDENTS, $717,000 EVERY MONTH.
THAT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING FOR US TO DO THE REPAIRS THAT NEED TO GET DONE AND DO THE UPGRADES THAT EVERYONE WANTS US TO DO.
SO IF ANYONE OWES US A BALANCE, WE SAID, COME ON IN.
WE'LL HAVE A PAYMENT AGREEMENT.
IF YOU, AS LONG AS YOU ABIDE BY IT, YOU CAN HAVE A STICKER.
WE'LL SIGN A PARKING POLICY, WE'RE GOOD TO
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GO.THE PARKING, THE CAR VEHICLES MUST BE OWNED, INSURED, AND REGISTERED IN THE RESIDENCE NAME.
TO THE PROPERTY, RIGHT? NOT TO ON YOUR MICROPHONE.
YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? SO JUST MOVE IT.
SO, UM, THAT, THAT IS THE POINT BEHIND THE POLICY.
WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS POLICY, AND I HAVE OVER 44 SITES, OVER 5,000 UNITS OF, OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THIS IS WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING AND HAVE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
WE HAVE THIS POLICY AT OTHER PLACES.
UM, WHEN WE DO THESE POLICIES, WE, WE DO TALK TO OTHER AGENCIES.
SO WE RECEIVED THE TOW COMPANY FROM GREENBURG HOUSING AUTHORITY.
WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH MEMBERS THAT WORK THERE.
OUR POLICIES ARE VERY, VERY SIMILAR.
THEY DO NOT ALLOW AID PARKING.
THEY DO NOT HAVE GUESTS AND VISITOR PARKING, WHICH IS NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT RIGHT, GOING TO DO IT, BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THE RESIDENTS THERE THAT, THAT LIVE THERE, THEIR PARKING PERMITS, SEE WHERE WE GO FROM THERE, SEE HOW MANY SPOTS WE HAVE LEFT, AND THEN ADDRESS VISITORS AND AIDES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO GIVE ANYONE PARKING.
AND I'M NOT TRYING TO STOP PEOPLE FROM PARKING.
WELL, I AM, I AM, I'M TRYING TO STOP THE ELEMENTS FROM PARKING THERE THAT DON'T BELONG THERE.
BUT I'M NOT TRYING TO PENALIZE THE RESIDENTS.
I'M TRYING TO GET THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE, THAT WORK THERE, THE PARKING PERMITS, SO THAT THEY CAN PARK THERE AND THEY CAN PARK THERE SAFELY.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
SO ONCE WE GET ALL OF THAT DONE, WE CAN REASSESS, SEE HOW MANY SPOTS WE HAVE LEFT, IF WE CAN DO AID PA PARKING.
'CAUSE PART OF THE PROBLEM IS TODAY WHEN I WENT TO THE SITE, THERE WAS TWO SPOTS LEFT FOR STAFF.
SO THERE ARE PEOPLE PARKING THERE THAT ARE NOT STAFF.
SO THAT MEANS WHEN MY STAFF COME, THEY HAVE NO PLACE TO PARK WHEN THERE'S ALL THESE OTHER PARKING PER IT.
UM, BUT, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PENALIZE, BUT WE DID, WE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH GREENBURG HOUSING AUTHORITY.
WE'RE ACTUALLY USING THEIR TOW COMPANY.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WE TOOK LIGHTNING.
WE'RE NOT, WE'VE PUSHED IT OUT BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SO MANY ISSUES.
THERE'S ONLY BEEN 31 CARS REMOVED AS OF THIS POINT.
SOME OF THEM WERE REMOVED VOLUNTARILY BY THE RESIDENTS OR WHOEVER OWNED THEM BECAUSE WE'D SENT OUT THE NOTICES SAYING IF IT IS UNREGISTERED, ABANDONED OR WHATEVER, IT HAS TO BE REMOVED.
BECAUSE THAT, WHEN YOU DO THAT, IF YOU GO TO ANY PART OF PUBLIC HOUSING OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IF YOU SEE ABANDONED CARS, THAT'S THE ELEMENT FOR CRIME.
AND THE POLICE ARE VERY EXCITED THAT WE'RE DOING THIS.
MY STAFF HAS NOW BEEN THREATENED THREE TIMES WITH BODILY HARM BECAUSE OF THIS POLICY AND MY VEHICLE AND OUR VEHICLES.
THEY'RE TRYING TO ENSURE PARKING AND MAKING SURE THAT THE TENANTS THAT LIVE THERE, THAT PAY THEIR RENT, THAT DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, HAVE PARKING SPOTS AND THEY'RE BEING THREATENED WITH PHYSICAL VIOLENCE TO THE POINT WHERE WE NOW HAVE TO HAVE POLICE ESCORT THEM IN AND OUTTA THE BUILDING.
SO, PAUL, YOU READ, YOU MIGHT AS WELL PUT IT ON AT THE MEETING.
WHAT DID YOU READ? LEMME SEE IF I CAN FIND IT.
CAN I SAY SOMETHING? NOT AT THIS POINT.
SO IT SAYS, UH, AND THIS IS FROM MARK SOLDIER, THE OWNERS OF THE BUILDING.
AND HE SAYS, GOOD MORNING PAUL.
THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT ON THE PARKING SITUATION AT FAIRVIEW.
I'M TRAVELING, WILL NOT BE ABLE TO, WILL NOT BE ABLE FOR THE PROPOSED WORK SESSION NUMBER ONE.
AT THIS POINT, THE ONLY CARS THAT HAVE BEEN TOWED ARE UNLICENSED, UNREGISTERED, DISABLED, OR ABANDONED VEHICLES.
NUMBER TWO, NO ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN DENIED A PERMIT.
THE OFFICE HAS BEEN OPEN TO RESIDENCE TO, TO THE, BEEN OPEN TO RESIDENCE AT THE USUAL HOURS AND HAS NOT RUN OUT OF PARKING TICKETS, STICKERS, UM, WE HAVE PUSHED NUMBER THREE.
WE HAVE PUSHED OUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW PARKING POLICY UNTIL AUGUST ONE TO ALLOW TENANTS AND OTHER, ANOTHER MONTH TO OBTAIN PARKING PERMIT AND ALLOW MANAGEMENT COMPANY TO ADD SOME NECESSARY REVISIONS FOR THE, TO THE POLICY.
AND THEN LASTLY, NUMBER FOUR, REPORTEDLY THE PARKING PERMIT POLICY WE'RE IMPLEMENTING IS THE SAME POLICY AS SAME POLICY USED BY THE GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY.
UM, PLEASE NOTE THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE RESIDENTS ABOUT THE PARKING POLICY CONTINUOUSLY.
PLEASE NOTE WE HAVE BEEN, EXCUSE ME, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I SAY THAT CORRECTLY.
PLEASE NOTE, WE HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE RESIDENTS ABOUT THE PARKING POLICY CONTINUOUSLY SINCE APRIL OF THIS YEAR, AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
UH, I'M JUST SORT OF WONDERING YOU, BEFORE WE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY, I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD REALLY GIVE PRIORITY TO THE AIDES, RIGHT.
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IT REALLY IS.UM, THE, THE PROBLEM WITH THE AIDES, I WANNA SAY SOMETHING, RIGHT.
SO THE PROBLEM WITH THE AIDES, AND AGAIN, I'M GONNA REITERATE THAT I, I DID CONFIRM THIS WITH GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T GIVE PERMITS TO AIDS EITHER.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE'RE NOT DOING IT.
SO GETTING THE TENANTS TO COME IN AND THEN THEY GIVE THE TICKETS TO SOMEBODY ELSE, AND THEN IT'S LOST.
IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN ON THE STAFF.
SO WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF WE CAN DO IT.
AND THE SAME WITH VISITOR PARKING.
IF WE ALLOW VISITOR PARKING, THERE ARE GONNA BE RESIDENTS THAT PARK THERE THAT DIDN'T GET A PARKING STICKER, AND THEY'LL NEVER MOVE.
SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE, IN ESSENCE VISITOR PARKING, BUT JUST RESIDENTS THAT DIDN'T ABIDE BY THE POLICY.
WHAT IF, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKS FOR AS AN AIDE AND, YOU KNOW, THEY BASICALLY GO TO YOUR OFFICE, YOU KNOW, UH, TO GET LIKE A DAY PASS OR A MONTH PASS OR, OR WHATEVER.
AND WE COULD, BECAUSE I'M SAYING THERE'S PROB THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT THERE'S PROBABLY SOME PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED IT BECAUSE IT'S, NO, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU.
BUT THERE IS STREET PARKING, THERE IS STREET PARKING, THERE'S PARKING BY THE PARK.
SAY THERE WAS A LOT, BUT NOT ON FOR THAT AREA, FOR THE, FOR THE BUILDINGS NOT, RIGHT, RIGHT.
BUT I'VE SEEN PEOPLE PARK UP AND DOWN THERE.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS WITH, WITH THE PARKING PASSES.
THE PARKING PASSES ARE TO A LICENSE AND A, A LICENSE PLATE AND A REGISTRATION.
IF YOU HAVE AIDS COMING IN DIFFERENT VEHICLES, WE CAN'T MANAGE THAT.
AND IF I GIVE THE PASS TO MY FRIEND, NOW YOUR FRIEND'S PARKING HERE.
IT'S, IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO OVERCOME.
BUT IF I CAN UNDERSTAND, OH, BE CAREFUL.
IF THE AIDS ARE CHANGING MM-HMM.
UM, SOMEONE WHO GOES TO CHECK ON WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S EITHER THAT THE PERSON WOULD, A SINGLE FAM, A SINGLE PERSON IN THE HOUSEHOLD WOULD BE GIVEN ONE PARKING SPACE BECAUSE THEY'RE ONLY ONE PERSON IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD.
SO IF YOU HAVE TWO VEHICLES, THAT'S WHERE THE PROBLEM CAME IN.
WE HAVE TO GIVE ONE PARKING PERMIT TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD FIRST.
AND THEN IF WE HAVE OVERFLOW, 'CAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S FAMILIES, RIGHT.
WE KNOW WHERE THE REVISIONS WE'RE LOOKING INTO.
SO IF YOU HAVE A TWO BEDROOM, WE CAN GIVE YOU TWO SPOTS INITIALLY.
AND UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT ADULTS, HOW MANY THE HOUSE, IF YOU HAVE TWO ADULTS IN THE HOUSEHOLD, WITH TWO VEHICLES REGISTERED TO YOUR NAME, THEN WE CAN GIVE YOU TWO PARKING PERMITS.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? SO WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
'CAUSE I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE.
SO WHAT ABOUT THOSE, IF YOU ARE ON THE LEASE, ARE THEY ABLE, THOSE WHO ARE ON THE LEASE, WILL YOU GET TWO PARKING? WILL YOU GET TWO PARKING PERMITS? THEY'D HAVE TO BE ON THE LEASE.
IF YOU, SO THE TENANTS WOULD HAVE TO BE ON THE LEASE.
UHHUH
THE CARS WOULD HAVE TO BE REGISTERED AND INSURED TO THE HOUSEHOLD.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE NEED AIDS OR HAVE AIDS COMING IN AT ALL? NO, WE HAVE NO IDEA.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE ONES WHO HAVE LIVE-IN AIDS.
THE TENANTS WHO HAVE LIVE-IN AIDS, THEIR LIVE-IN AID IS IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION.
THE TENANTS WHO HAVE HOME HEALTH AIDS WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION TO SHOW THAT THEY HAVE A HOME HEALTH AID.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
WE DON'T HAVE, THEY'RE A LIVE-IN AID.
IF IT'S, THEN WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE LEASE.
UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A GROUP OF, THERE'S ADVOCACY GROUPS.
YOU HAVE WESTCHESTER DISABLED ON THE MOVE.
YOU HAVE THE COUNTY OFFICE FOR THE DISABLED.
IF, IF, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF A CONCERN, A LEGITIMATE CONCERN IS THE AIDES AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEGITIMATE DISABILITY AND MEDICAL ISSUES, WHY CAN'T YOU REACH OUT TO, TO THEM AND SEE IF THEY COULD HELP YOU COME UP WITH A, UM, YOU KNOW, A PLAN THAT, THAT THEY WOULD FEEL WOULD BE, UH, REASONABLE.
BECAUSE I THINK THE FEDERAL LAWS SAY THAT REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS HAVE TO BE MADE WELL, REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS.
SO THE THING IS, IF THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO'S HAS SAY A STROKE OR THEN THEY NEED AN AID, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO REALLY FIGURE OUT A WAY OF HELPING.
BUT I SORT OF AM SAYING LIKE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE GROUPS, YOU KNOW, AT NO COST TO YOU WOULD BASICALLY BE WILLING TO SIT DOWN.
I COULD REACH OUT AND SAY, WOULD YOU SIT DOWN WITH THE MANAGEMENT? AND THEN IT'S, IT'S NOT LIKE A FIGHT.
YOU KNOW, WE COULD SAY THERE MAY, WE COULD DO AN A, A A QUESTIONNAIRE TO THE RESIDENTS.
WE COULD FIND OUT HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE LEGITIMATE
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CONCERNS, AND THEN WE COULD, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 10 PEOPLE OR 15 PEOPLE.AND THEN WE COULD FIGURE OUT SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, THAT'S REASONABLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M WILLING TO HELP OUT AND REACH OUT TO THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE ADVOCACY GROUPS.
WELL, REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION IS A DIFFERENT MATTER ALTOGETHER.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS 5 0 4 WE'RE REQUIRED BY LAW TO DO CERTAIN THINGS.
IF ANYONE HAS A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION, THEY'RE WELCOME TO COMMAND.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION SAYS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A CHANGE IN POLICY IF IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE OR FINANCIAL BURDEN.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD PUSH BACK ON.
BUT AGAIN, WE'RE NOT SAYING WE'RE, WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO DO IT.
WE'RE SAYING WE HAVE TO RETHINK IT.
WE HAVE TO RECALCULATE IT BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A CHALLENGE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO EXPLAIN.
YOU SEE, MY, MY THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, WHEN MARK, YOU KNOW, CAME IN HERE AND, YOU KNOW, HE WAS ASKING FOR THE TAX BREAKS, WHICH WE, WHICH THE BOARD GAVE.
RIGHT? SO I FEEL THAT THE TOWN REALLY IS IN SOME WAYS A PARTNER WITH, WITH, WITH YOUR, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE, YOU KNOW, COMPANY.
AND I, I REALLY BELIEVE, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD IS IN THAT FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THE DISABLED.
I FEEL THAT IT SHOULDN'T EVEN BE NEGOTIABLE.
I FEEL WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY OF MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THIS, THEY'RE NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE.
IF THEY NEED, IF THEY HAVE AN, IF THEY NEED AN AID, THEY NEED IT.
BECAUSE OTHERWISE FAMILY MEMBERS CAN'T SURVIVE.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST REALLY, WE'RE NOT DENYING THEIR ACCESS TO THE BUILDING.
WE'RE NOT DENYING THE ACCESS TO THE BUILDING AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
I MEAN, I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE VERY TIGHT WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY GET FEDERAL SUBSIDIES.
BUT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, IF PEOPLE WOULD COMPLAIN, I'D, I'D DO THE, I'D SPEAK.
BUT THEY HAVE THE EXACT SAME POLICY.
YEAH, BUT THEY MEAN, WHO KNOWS IF THEY'RE ENFOR.
BUT ALL I'M SAYING IS, COULD WE THEY ARE THEY, THEY, I CALLED AND CONFIRMED THAT THEY ARE.
BUT BECAUSE WE'RE USING THEIR TOW COMPANY THAT THEY SUGGESTED, SO THEY ARE USING IT AND THEY ARE ENFORCING THEIR POLICY.
COULD WE MAYBE JUST, SO COULD WE REACH OUT TO LIKE ONE OF THE DISABLED ADVOCACY GROUPS? YOU COULD EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT YOU'RE, YOU REASONS ARE AND THEN WE WILL WORK IT OUT.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S, I I, YOU KNOW, I'VE KNOWN MARK FOR A LONG TIME AND I KNOW THAT HE BASICALLY WANTS TO BE, IS VERY REASONABLE.
AND I FEEL THAT HE'S VERY COMMITTED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO I FEEL THAT THIS ISN'T GOING TO, I I DON'T THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A FIGHT.
I THINK THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YEAH, WE'RE NOT FIGHTING.
WE'LL, WE'LL ALL BASICALLY FIGURE IT OUT.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS HERE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE, UM, AND THEY'RE NER YOU KNOW, THE, THE PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP TODAY DON'T COME TO OUR MEETINGS.
THEY'RE JUST NERVOUS BECAUSE IT'S THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND THEY'RE PAYING A LOT OF MONEY.
THEY'RE PAYING, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT.
AND THEY BASICALLY DESERVE THE SAME QUALITY OF LIFE AS I HAVE IN MY COMPLEX.
ANY TENANT IN GOOD STANDING THAT BRINGS US THE PAPERWORK WILL BE ISSUED A PERMIT.
WE'VE NEVER, WE HAVEN'T DENIED ANYBODY THAT PERMIT THAT.
GOOD STANDING MEANS THAT YOU'VE PAID YOUR RENT.
THAT'S WHAT GOOD STANDING IS, IS THAT YOU'RE NOT CONSTANTLY, WAIT, I'M NOT HOLDING ANYONE'S CAR.
I MEAN, SOME HOT WATER BESIDES IN THE TIME THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PARKING CONVERSATION IN 90.
AND THE RATS IN THE ROAD ADDRESS, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PARKING THIS EITHER.
WE CANNOT HEAR THE PEOPLE FROM THE, CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? WHY DOESN'T PEOPLE, UH, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK, YOU COULD GO ONLINE.
NO, WE, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO, SO WHY DON'T WE HAVE ONE OF A TIME? 'CAUSE WE WANT YOU TO BE ON CAMERA.
SO WE'RE GONNA SAY, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WANNA SPEAK.
IF YOU, MS. MS, HOW ARE YOU? HI.
I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE ABOUT 40 YEARS.
YOU GOT PLENTY OF PARKING THERE.
MOST OF THE, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THERE DON'T HAVE PARKING.
RIGHT NOW, THAT PARKING LOT BASICALLY EMPTY.
WE NEVER HAVE, YOU NEVER HAVE A PROBLEM PARKING.
SOMEONE WENT TO, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, I PUT THE SIGNS UP ABOUT THE MEETING STARTED ON, ON FRIDAY.
'CAUSE I WENT TO MY FAMILY REUNION.
WE HAD IT HERE AND WE HAD IT AT THE GREENBURG CENTER.
THIS IS A PLACE FOR FAMILY GREENBURG.
SOMEONE WENT AROUND YESTERDAY AND WE KNOW WHO DID IT.
TRACY WENT AROUND, TOOK ALL THE SIGNS DOWN WHY WE HAVE RIGHTS.
YOU ARE, YOU ARE FORCING US NOW TO GET BACK TO A, TO HAVE A TENANT ASSOCIATION, A LEGAL ONE, AND YES.
YOU'LL BE UNDERSTOOD A LOT BETTER BECAUSE IT GOES OKAY.
SO THEY WENT AROUND, TOOK OUR SIGNS DOWN.
WE NEVER TAKE THEIR SIGNS DOWN.
WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE, IF THE PURPOSE WAS FOR THE PEOPLE TO COME OUT TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINION, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN IT DOWN.
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TO US.NOBODY, NO MANAGEMENT PERSON EVER.
IN THE 40 YEARS I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE, HAVE NEVER TAKEN OUT SIGNS DOWN.
WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR THAT? NO SIGNS.
BUT I WENT BACK AND PUT THE SIGNS OUT THIS MORNING.
LATE MORNING I WENT ABOUT 11, PUTTING THE SIGNS BACK OUT AGAIN.
THANK GOD MY MOTHER CAME UP HERE TO HELP ME.
WHEN I WENT IN FOR SURGERY, MY MOM GOT SICK.
I HAVE A 94 YEAR OLD MOM NOW WITH ME.
MY MOM HAS HER OWN HOME IN NORTH CAROLINA.
SHE HAS HER OWN HOME, BUT SHE'S LIVING WITH ME.
I'VE BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL THREE TIMES THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE A CARE FOR HER SOMETIME FOR ME.
PHYSICAL THERAPY, ALL OF THAT.
YOU HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT HAVE FAMILY WHO LIVE IN GREENBURG THAT COME BY TO CHECK ON THEIR RELATIVES.
SO WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT? WE'RE A FAMILY COMMUNITY.
CAN WE HANG UP? JUST HANG UP PLEASE.
SO, UM, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT THE PEOPLE HELP EACH OTHER.
I HAVE LIKE, AND AT AT 90 I WENT OVER TO SEE B NEWTON.
SHE HAS HIP, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT ISSUES TOO.
HER FAMILY COMES OVER TO CHECK ON HER.
HER SISTER COME, BUT THEY DON'T STAY LONG.
CAN I, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING AND IN REVISING THE POLICY IS MAYBE HOLDING THE, UM, TOWING UNTIL FIVE O'CLOCK.
THAT WAY IF THE AIDES ARE COMING DURING THE DAY OR DOING IT AFTER HOUR, SO THAT THE ABANDONED, THAT WAY IT AVOIDS HAVING THE ABANDONED VEHICLES AGAIN.
AND PART PEOPLE PARKING THERE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DOING, UM, TO ACCOMMODATE THE GUESTS AND VISITORS THAT ARE CHECKING ON THE ELDERLY.
THEY'RE NOT, DO YOU HAVE VISITOR PARKING? WE DO NOT.
BECAUSE AGAIN, THE TENANTS, WERE GONNA, THE TENANTS THAT DON'T GET PARKING PERMITS ARE GONNA PARK THERE IF THEY'RE ALREADY PARKING AND STAFF PARKING NOW.
SO THEY'LL PARK AND VISITOR PARKING.
THEY ARE, WE'VE HAD SO MANY PROPERTY MANAGERS TO COME IN.
NO ONE HAS TAKEN THE HARD TOLL, THE HARD WAY THAT YOU ARE DOING IT.
WE DON'T HAVE PROBLEMS WITH PARKING.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE KNOWN ABOUT.
YOU HAVE KNOWN ABOUT WHO THEY ARE AND WE'RE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO, WHO WERE, BUT, BUT YOU'RE HOLDING EVERYBODY HOSTAGE.
YOU HAVE, YOU ARE HOLDING EVERY YES YOU ARE.
WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID IT GOING FORWARD.
YOU'RE HAVING PROBLEMS. BUT WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? TELL ME, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH THE ABANDONED VEHICLES THEN? WITH THE ABANDONED VEHICLES? IF YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE, YOU CAN HAVE THOSE CARS TOWED.
BUT DON'T HOLD ME HOSTAGE BECAUSE OF SOMEONE ELSE.
DID SOMEONE DENY YOU A PARKING PERMIT? EXCUSE ME? I WAS DENIED.
YOU HAVE A MEETING WITH MICHELLE ON THURSDAY, CORRECT? YES.
TO DISCUSS YOUR PARKING PERMIT.
I DON'T HAVE NO MEETING SCHEDULED YET WITH HER.
BUT WHAT I'M TRYING, CAN I JUST SAY, EXCUSE ME? SURE.
MARK HAD OUR HELP IN GETTING THESE APARTMENTS.
WHEN MRS. BERGENDORFF WAS THERE, THIS WAS A, SHE, SHE GOT, SHE MOVED INTO THOSE BUILDINGS BECAUSE IT'S A FAMILY ORIENTED PLACE.
PEOPLE IN GREENBURG ARE RELATED TO EACH OTHER AND THEY CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER.
PEOPLE DO COME OVER TO SEE ABOUT THEM.
NO, I DON'T HAVE A PARKING ISSUE.
AS I SAID, I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE 40 YEARS.
AND THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACES YOU CAN RIDE BY THERE IN THE EVENING.
AND YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A LOT OF EMPTY SPACES.
GREENBURG HOUSING DO NOT HAVE GREENBURG HOUSING, DO NOT HAVE ALL THE PARKING THAT YOU HAVE IN THESE TWO BUILDINGS.
THE GREENBURG HOUSING OF THE STREET.
WERE THEIR CARS TOWED THAT WERE NOT ABANDONED OR HAD, I DON'T KNOW.
BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS ARE UPSET.
AND THIS IS SO ABOUT THE PARKING.
YOU'VE TOLD US THAT THE ONLY, THE ONLY CARS THAT HAVE BEEN TOWED ARE THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN ABANDONED.
BUT IF THERE IS ANYONE HERE WHOSE CAR WAS TOWED, THAT WAS, AND IT WASN'T ABANDONED OR UNREGISTERED.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO IS THAT PROBLEM?
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SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE DEFINITELY HAVE AN ISSUE DEALING WITH THE AIDS.THERE NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSIONS.
AMONG YOURSELF, BUT ALSO WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THE TOWN.
UM, THERE ARE, THERE ARE SOLUTIONS TO THESE THINGS.
WE'RE NOT GONNA RESOLVE IT TONIGHT.
BUT, UM, SO THAT'S THE FIRST ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
NOW, IS THERE ANY OTHER ISSUE OTHER THAN THE AIDS THAT WE NEED TO REGARDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS THAT MAY SHOW UP ON A PARTICULAR DAY WITH A TEMPORARY ONE DAY PASS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WE CAN, AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO REWORD IT OR REVISIT IT A LITTLE BIT.
NO ONE THAT IS ELIGIBLE HAS BEEN DENIED A PARKING PERMIT.
IF ANYONE WANTS TO COME IN AND MEET AND DISCUSS AND GET ON A PAYMENT AGREEMENT, WE HAVE NO PROBLEMS DOING THAT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT, SO I WANTED TWO PARKING AND BECAUSE I'M ONE PERSON.
I HAD A THREE BEDROOM APARTMENT.
MY KIDS HAD PARKING, THEN THEY MOVED.
HOW LONG NOW YOU DON'T KNOW ME.
SO HOW LONG HAVE Y'ALL BEEN THERE? HOW MANY BEDROOMS ARE YOU IN RIGHT NOW? I HAD THREE.
THAT DON'T MATTER WHAT I PAY, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY NEED THE SPACE FOR WORKING.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHOSE FAMILY, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO, UH, GET THE CAR REGISTERED OR WHATEVER THEIR MOM HAS REGISTERED THE CAR FOR THEM OR WHETHER AND THEIR NAME, THEY GOT THE INSURANCE.
SOME OF THEM ARE INSURED ON THEIR PARENTS AND THEY ARE, ARE DENIED.
THESE PEOPLE NEED TO GO TO WORK TO PAY THEIR RENT.
THERE'S NO PROBLEM WITH PARKING.
I JUST SEE THIS AS A WAY OF TRYING TO PENALIZE.
PEOPLE WANNA KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD OR WHATEVER.
I PAY, IF YOU PAY YOUR RENT, YOU PAY YOUR BILLS.
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO.
I SO THEY RETIRED, SO THEY CAN'T CONTROL US.
YOU WHAT? THE WE CAN, WE, WE WANNA GIVE PEOPLE WITH HER.
LET'S HAVE, LET'S HAVE, SORRY.
LET'S HAVE, LET'S HAVE ONE PERSON AT A TIME.
YOU NEXT LADY THAT WAS SITTING BEHIND YOU.
IF YOU WANT US, YOU COULD COME UP AFTER THIS.
UM, THEY'RE SAYING EVERY, EVERYONE THAT'S ELIGIBLE FOR A PARKING PASS, WHAT MAKES THEM ELIGIBLE.
AND NOW IF THEY'RE, IF THEY SAY THEY'RE CLAIMING THEY'RE BEHIND THEIR RENT, WHO IS TO SAY SOMETIMES THEY CAN'T COME TO AN AGREEMENT OF WHAT IS OWED.
THIS IS WHAT THE COURT SYSTEM IS FOR.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA JUST SAY, OKAY, I AGREE THAT I OWE THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY.
IF I DON'T AGREE, THE COURT SYSTEM HAS TO HANDLE THAT.
YOU CAN'T SAY, WELL, YOUR CAR WILL BE TOWED.
WE'RE NOT GIVING YOUR POCKET BACK.
SO YOUR CAR'S GONNA GET TOWED.
AND THIS IS WHAT'S BEING SAID.
CAN I SAY SOMETHING? CAN I ASK A QUESTION? SURE.
SPEAKING TO THE MICROPHONE THOUGH, PLEASE.
JUST MAKE SURE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BASED UPON A BALANCE.
IF SOMEONE, IF SOMEONE, IF SOMEONE HAS A BALANCE, WHETHER IT BE, WHETHER IT BE FOR RENT OR FOR LATE FEES, EIGHT C FEES, UM, OR LEGAL FEES, FEES THAT ARE ACCRUED AGAINST A TENANT, THEY CAN COME AND SAY, OKAY, I UNDERSTAND I HAVE THESE FEES.
JUST LIKE MS. SCHOFIELD SAID, WE ARE WILLING TO DO A PAYMENT PLAN AGREEMENT IN REGARDS TO THAT.
BUT IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH IT, BUT IF YOU DON'T, I'M NOT GONNA PAY IT.
IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH IT, THEN THE CONVERSATION.
SO YOU CAN'T SAY YOU'RE GONNA TOW MY CAR.
US, I, I NEVER TOLD YOU I WAS GONNA TOW YOUR CAR.
I'M NOT GIVING YOU A PARKING PASS.
WE'RE NOT SAYING WE WE'RE NOT GIVING YOU A PARKING PASS.
YOU'RE, THAT IS EXACTLY, I'VE NEVER BE HERE.
IF IT WASN'T LIKE THAT, TOLD ANYBODY THAT I WAS GONNA TOW THEIR CAR, WOULDN'T HERE, I WOULDN'T BE HERE.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PARKING PASS, WELL GIVE ME A PARKING PASS.
AND IF I OWE MONEY, TAKE ME TO COURT.
SO YOU DON'T WANNA I MAKE A SUGGESTION.
THIS IS TOWN ATTORNEY JOE DANKO.
I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE TOWN IF A, IF THE POLICY ITSELF WAS SHARED WITH THE TOWN BOARD AND IF A SAMPLE LEASE WAS ALSO SHARED WITH THE TOWN BOARD.
BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCE ON WHAT WHAT CAN OR SHOULD HAPPEN MOVING FORWARD.
IT'S NOT IN A, IT'S AN ADDENDUM.
WHO SAW IT? WHO SAW THE ADDENDUM? IT WAS SENT OUT APRIL 1ST.
SO DO YOU, SO WHEN YOU HAVE, SO DO YOU, SO WHEN YOU HAVE ADDENDUMS, DO YOU POST THAT ON YOUR WEBSITE? WE DON'T HAVE A WEBSITE.
AND WE SENT, WE SENT COPIES OF THEM TO EVERYONE IN THE BY MAIL IN THE, NO, THEY WERE DELIVERED BY THE, WE DON'T WANNA HAVE, UH, YELLING BECAUSE WE CAN'T, IT GETS, WAIT, WE SENT OUT THREE DIFFERENT NOTICES.
SO MY, I GUESS SO IF THEY, THE TENANTS NEEDED TO GET INFORMATION
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AND THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE RULES, LIKE MR. LEE JUST CAME HERE AND SAID, THIS IS WHAT THE RULE IS.SO WHERE, WHERE, WHERE CAN THEY GET THAT INFORMATION? IS IS IT PLACED ON A WEBSITE? NO.
IF THEY POSTED AND THEY WANT A COPY.
SORRY, JUST WANNA FINISH A QUESTION.
IS IT POSTED ON A COMMUNITY BOARD? IS IT ANY OF THAT STUFF? THEY GIVE A LEASE.
THAT'S THE, SO WHEN THESE WERE, HOW YOU SAID YOU SENT, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? YOU SENT, YOU SENT VIA EMAIL.
YOU SENT VIA, THEY WERE HAND DELIVER.
THEY WERE HAND DELIVER RIGHT TO THE DOOR BY THE MAINTENANCE.
THAT'S A COULD I JUST, COULD I, WE WANNA SEE IF WE COULD JUST COME TO SOME SORT OF LIKE, AGREEMENT FOR NEXT STEPS.
YOU KNOW, THE ISSUE IS NOT, IT'S THE PARKING.
WE DON'T WANT, WE'RE NOT GONNA TODAY FOCUS ON ALL THE TENANT, YOU KNOW, CON YOU KNOW, CONCERNS.
BUT MY FEELING IS IF WE COULD GET, IF WE COULD GET LIKE, MAKE A LITTLE PROGRESS AND REACH THE CONSENSUS AT THE END OF THE MEETING, THEN WE'LL FEEL THAT WE MADE, YOU KNOW, THIS MEETING WAS PRODUCTIVE OTHERWISE, UH, YOU KNOW, SO, SO, UM, I'M SORT OF WONDERING IF PEOPLE HAVE SAY SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS MM-HMM.
WE COULD FOLLOW IT UP AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN GET BACK.
AND THEN WE COULD ALWAYS HAVE A FOLLOW UP MEETING WITH MARK IF, UH, IF IT'S NOT RESOLVED.
BUT, BUT HE, HE, MARK INDICATED THAT HE'S GOING TO, UM, HOLD THIS OFF UNTIL AUGUST 1ST.
THAT'S AND BETWEEN NOW AND AUGUST 1ST, IF, UH, YOU WRITE DOWN SPECIFIC CONCERNS THAT YOU'VE HAD, UH, THEN YOU KNOW, WE WILL SHARE IT WITH MARK AND THEN WE COULD FIGURE OUT, UM, WAYS OF RESOLVING IT.
BECAUSE MY FAILING IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S BETTER IF, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE WATCHES THIS MEETING.
IF, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE THING IS, EVERY, IF HE'S PUT, IF MARK'S PUT TOTALLY ON THE DEFENSIVE, WE'RE GONNA GET LESS OUT OF THE MEETING.
SO IF WE HAVE A MEETING WHERE THERE'S A SPIRIT THAT WE WANT TO GET THINGS DONE, WE ALL WANNA WORK TOGETHER.
WE WANT TO GET, UM, YOU KNOW, SEE IF THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF, YOU KNOW, COULD IMPROVE.
UM, I THINK IT WILL BE A MUCH MORE PRODUCTIVE, UM, END RESULT.
AND AGAIN, WE, THE TOWN BOARD MEETS EVERY TUESDAY.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE MEETING, UM, BEFORE AUGUST 1ST.
AND BETWEEN NOW AND AUGUST 1ST, MAYBE WE COULD GET A LIST, MAYBE IRA, SINCE YOU WERE THE HEAD OF ATTENDANCE GROUP, UM, WHY DON'T YOU GET LIKE SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC CONCERNS.
GET IT TO ALL OF US AND THEN, UH, WE CAN MEET WITH MAYBE IF A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE COULD MEET WITH MARK AND WE COULD GO OVER AND YOU, AND WE COULD GO OVER EACH OF THE, UM, EACH OF THE ISSUES.
AND HOPEFULLY WE COULD ALL, YOU KNOW, THEN WE COULD, YOU COULD ALSO MONITOR HOW MUCH SPACE THERE IS.
BECAUSE I REALLY, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I USED TO BE A TENANT ADVOCATE, SO I, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, AND SO I, I'VE BEEN, I, YOU KNOW, I DID A LOT OF ORG TENANT ORGANIZING WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL AFTER COLLEGE.
SO I KNOW SORT OF HOW, HOW THE PROCESS SORT OF WORKS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WANT TO HELP, IF I MAY, CAN ONE CAN, CAN YOU DESIGNATE A PERSON? CAN YOU DESIGNATE A PERSON TO COLLECT IT ALL? SO WE HAVE THEM ALL TOGETHER AND THEY DON'T COME IN PEACE.
COULDN'T HEAR YOU BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE WERE TALKING.
CAN YOU SAY WE HAD THAT SHE WAS THREATENED.
SO SHE GOT RID OF THE MEETING.
I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT YOU HAD SAID.
WELL, LET LET YOU KNOW WE'RE ALL HERE.
SO IF WE, IF IF YOU COULD ALL DESIGNATE A PERSON TO COLLECT A, AS THE SUPERVISOR HAS SUGGESTED, TO COLLECT EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO AND PUT A, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN DATE, COLLECT IT ALL AND THEN WE CAN MAKE COPIES.
WE CAN HAVE COPIES TO LOOK AT.
AND THEN BEFORE, I THINK, I THINK, AND I UNDER THAT IS A GREAT IDEA, ALAN, BUT, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE.
SO CAN YOU JUST, SO WHAT ABOUT THE AIDS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE RESIDENTS THAT ARE HEALTH CHALLENGED MM-HMM.
AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE MEDICAL CARE THAT THEY NEED, HOW ARE YOU ADDRESSING THAT? SO ARE YOU ASKING THEM OR SENDING A MEMO SAYING PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR AIDS INFORMATION IF THEY'RE HAVE A CAR? BECAUSE MR. DORSEY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SOMEONE NEEDS TO GET TO HIM.
WHO'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF HIM IF YOU'RE TELLING THEM, YEAH, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE DAUGHTER THAT SHE CAN, THAT'S, WE'RE PUTTING CAN'T, WE'RE PUTTING OFF THE PO WE'RE PUTTING OFF THE TOWING TILL AUGUST 1ST.
WE'RE GONNA RE-LOOK AT THE AID SITUATION.
WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THIS WITH MARK.
WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH A WAY, UM, IF ANYONE HAS AN AID OR WANTS TO DISCUSS IT, THEY'RE WELCOME TO CONTACT THE OFFICE AND WE'LL HOPEFULLY COME UP TO SOME KIND OF MANAGEABLE SOLUTION TO THE AID PARKING.
I JUST DON'T HAVE IT DEFINITIVE FOR YOU TODAY.
AND, AND I THINK THAT THE SUPERVISOR'S IDEA OF
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REACHING OUT TO DISABLED ON THE MOVE OR ONE OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU SOLUTIONS AT OTHER, UM, OTHER HOUSING AUTHORITIES OR HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS OF USED.YOU DISTINGUISH DISTINGUISHED IT TWO.
SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE CAN DO.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING WE HAD JUST TOO MUCH ASK QUESTION.
CAN, CAN THIS YOUNG LADY SIT DOWN PLEASE? OKAY.
UM, I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF WE CAN, AND YOU ARE, I'M SORRY, MY NAME IS GIA SANDERS.
I JUST WANNA KNOW IF, YOU KNOW, WE CAN BE ACCOMMODATED 'CAUSE THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT WORK LIKE ME.
SO IF I CAN'T GET HERE, CAN YOU EMAIL IT TO US OR DROP IT OFF EARLY IN THE MOR WE CAN DROP IT OFF TO YOUR APARTMENT AND YOU CAN DROP IT OFF TO US.
OR CAN YOU EMAIL? YEAH, I CAN EMAIL.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS AN OPTION.
SO IF IT, IT'S AN OPTION IF I'M ABLE TO DO THAT.
ACCOMMODATIONS TO GET TO THE OFFICE.
DO YOU HAVE THE SITE EMAIL ADDRESS? WOULD YOU LIKE THE SITE EMAIL ADDRESS? YES, I WOULD NEED THAT.
WHY DON'T YOU GIVE EVERYBODY THE EMAIL ADDRESS? YEP.
UM, IF YOU, IF YOU SAY IT OUT LOUD, IF PEOPLE WANNA WRITE IT DOWN OR YOU'LL GET IT FROM MS. SANDERS, JUST SAY IT, GIVE THE ADDRESS.
IF ANYONE WANTS TO HEAR THE, THE SITE EMAIL ADDRESS IS FAIRVIEW ATS GROUP.COM.
SO THAT'S FAIRVIEW AT M MARY MARY SAM AS AS IN MARY MARY SAM.COM.
SO IT'S, IT'S FAIRVIEW AT M MARY MARY SAM GROUP.COM.
NO, WE DIDN'T GET THE S FAIR SO WE SAID IT IN WRONG.
SO IT'S FAIRVIEW AT M M SS GROUP GROUP.
SO JUST OF THIS MEETING IS, WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING, UM, AND MAYBE IRIS COULD SORT OF LIKE HELP COORDINATE IT.
WE'RE GOING TO ASK EVERYBODY TO LIST ANY PARKING ISSUES AND CONCERNS YOU HAVE.
UM, UM, AND THEN, UH, WE WILL, THE WHOLE BOARD WILL REVIEW IT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SIT DOWN WITH MARK, UH, BETWEEN NOW AND AUGUST 1ST.
AND THEN WE'LL TRY GETTING, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TRY GOING THROUGH EACH OF THE ISSUES AND, AND YOU KNOW, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WE'LL GET EVERYTHING RESOLVED, HOPEFULLY.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO I, YOU KNOW, LIKE I'M, WE SHOULD BE OPTIMISTIC.
YOU KNOW, I THINK MS. SANDERS HAD SOMETHING ELSE TO SAY.
I WAS JUST ALSO SAYING IS THAT, UM, MY SON, I GET A, A, UM, CASE MANAGER THAT COMES TO MY HOUSE, BUT THEY COME AFTER HOURS BECAUSE THEY ACCOMMODATE ME BECAUSE I AM A WORKING MOTHER.
SO THEY ACCOMMODATE ME AND THEY COME IN THE EVENING.
SO I DON'T WANT THE CARE MANAGER TO COME TO MY HOUSE.
WHEN DO THEY STAY? SHE ONLY STAYS FOR LESS THAN AN HOUR.
NO ONE'S GONNA TELL IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.
THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT SITTING THERE WAITING TO TOW.
'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA SAY THAT.
AND THEN AFTER FIVE THEY START WALKING AROUND.
THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTION.
WELL, I'M GONNA TELL YOU, THEY COME AFTER FIVE 'CAUSE I DON'T GET HOME UNTIL LIKE FIVE ISH.
SO YOUR PLAN IS TO MARK THE TIRES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THEN COME BACK IN ANOTHER? I'D HAVE, YEAH.
I'D HAVE TO TALK TO THE, I DON'T KNOW IF THE TOW, I DON'T KNOW.
WE HAVEN'T IMPLEMENTED, WE HAVEN'T IMPLEMENTED IT YET.
BUT THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY I FAILED THAT IF YOU, IF WE, IF EVERYBODY WRITES ANY OF THE PARKING ISSUES, THEN WE COULD WORK IT OUT.
BECAUSE THEN IF THEY SEND YOU A NOTE SAYING DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT AFTER HOURS, THEN YOU'LL, YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE STRESSED OUT OVER IT.
I MEAN, I JUST WANNA KNOW TO BE ABLE TO TELL THEM WHERE TO YOU WE CAN'T HAVE THIS, THESE LITTLE SIDE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING YOU HAVING CONVERSATION WITH SUPERVISOR.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF TIME TO TALK.
I THINK THERE'S, I THINK THAT THERE'S CONCERN AND DISTRUST AND THE, WE'VE GOTTA TRY TO ALLEVIATE THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, THESE ARE STEPS TO KIND OF HELP GET US TO THAT POINT.
SO WE WILL TRY TO BE HELPFUL ALL AROUND.
HI MS. GARCIA, I'M GONNA NEED YOU TO JUST MOVE UP A LITTLE BIT SO WE CAN HEAR YOU LOUD.
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MY NAME IS ALICE GARCIA.I HAVE, I HAD FOUR KIDS, BUT I GOT THREE NOW.
SO THAT MEANS WHEN I HAVE A LEASE CAR, THAT MEANS MY KIDS HAVE TO TAKE MY CAR SOMETIME BECAUSE I CAN'T USE MY CAR.
THEY HAVE TO USE MY CAR 'CAUSE I'M NOT ABLE TO GET TO MY DESTINATION.
SO YOU CAN'T BE TAKING MY CAR.
MY KID'S GONNA HAVE TO LEAVE MY CAR OR WHATEVER IN THE PARKING LOT SOMETIME OR WHATEVER.
SHE WAS SAYING LEAVE THEIR CAR IN THE PARKING LOT.
OH, CAN YOU TALK INTO THE I'M MS. ANDERSON MYSELF, AND WE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS, THE, WHAT SHE'S SPEAKING OF RIGHT NOW.
AND I DIRECTED THAT I WOULD GET BACK TO HER INTO FINDING OUT ONCE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT EVERYTHING AND WE WERE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND THEN THIS AW ARRIVED, AROSE.
BUT I DID DIRECT MISS, UH, SHERRY THAT I WOULD SPEAK WITH HER IN REGARDS TO HER SITUATION BECAUSE SOMETIMES HER CHILDREN DO TAKE HER VEHICLE AND WHEN THEY TAKE HER VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE, THEIR VEHICLE, SO IF THEIR VEHICLE DOESN'T HAVE THE STICKER IN IT, SHE'S CONCERNED THAT THAT VEHICLE IS GOING TO BE TOWED.
AND I TOLD HER AT THE MOMENT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL REVISITING EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING IS BEING PUT OFF UNTIL AUGUST 1ST.
AND THAT I WOULD GET BACK TO HER IN REGARDS TO HER SITUATION SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT SITUATION WON'T IMPLEMENT AND OR HINDER HER VEHICLE TO BE TOWED.
SO, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WHAT IS CONCERNING IS THERE'S KIND OF, RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU'RE REVISITING IT.
ONE SIZE FITS ALL, BUT THERE ARE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES ALL AROUND, WHICH IS WHAT EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TO WRITE AND, AND THEN THAT WAY THEY CAN ESTABLISH A POLICY THAT WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IF THEY CAN UNUSUAL THESE UNUSUAL SITUATIONS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN COMMUNICATE THIS BACK AND FORTH AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE ARE GLAD TO HELP AND, AND MAKE THIS HAPPEN AS WELL.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE, I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU EMAIL ALL OF YOUR ISSUES TO, I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW, TO THE OFFICE SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO WHEN WE HAVE THAT MEETING, THEY START COLLECTING AND START COMING UP WITH A PLAN.
THEY CAN CONSIDER EVERYTHING THAT, UH, THAT THEY HEARD OF BECAUSE THEY CAN'T BASE A PLAN ON SOMETHING FROM INFORMATION THAT THEY DON'T HAVE.
SO THAT'S WHY I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU EMAIL HER.
SO I'M GOING TO SAY THIS AGAIN.
SO WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, IS THAT CURRENTLY THE ONLY CARS THAT ARE BEING TOWED ARE THE ABANDONED, UNLICENSED, UNREGISTERED CARS.
UNINSPECTED, UN AND UNINSPECTED CAR.
AND THEN, AND THEN, AND THEN AS FAR AS, AND YOU, I'VE BEEN ON THIS AS FAR AS THE HEALTH AIDS, YOU ARE NOT, YOU'RE NOT TO, YOU'RE NOT TOWING THEM.
SO RIGHT NOW, THAT'S WHY I, THAT'S WHY I WANTED, WE'RE NOT TOWING ANYONE.
WE'VE, WE'VE TOWED, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S ONLY BEEN 31 CARS THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
SOME OF 'EM, THE TENANTS VOLUN, WHOEVER VOLUNTARILY REMOVED THEM.
I MEAN, MAYBE WE DO IN ASSIGNED SPOT.
I, I MIGHT NEED TO SEE MORE BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S GONNA BE VERY HARD TO, I I I'M NEVER ABLE TO PLEASE EVERYONE.
I JUST, WE DO THE BEST WE CAN.
WE KNOW AND TRY AND ENCOMPASS AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE BUILDING AND MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE FOR EVERYONE TO LIVE.
SO THAT'S WHAT OUR GOAL IS TO DO.
SO THEN, AND YEAH, I'M JUST GETTING UNDERSTAND CRACKHEAD EATING THIS BUILDING.
SO I, I THINK I, I THINK, I THINK TWO GRANDKIDS GOING CRAZY.
LIKE, I MEAN ALRIGHT, SO, SO, SO JUST, SO JUST AS IT, JUST AS WE KIND OF ALL THE TIME, I WANT, WE, SO JUST, JUST TO RE JUST TO WRAP UP AND JUST, SO NOTHING WILL BE, NOTHING WILL BE DONE BETWEEN NOW AND AUGUST 1ST.
WELL, THERE WILL BE DOING THINGS BUT NOT TOING.
WE'LL NOT, I'M TALKING TOWING.
I'M TALKING ABOUT NOT, I'M TALKING ABOUT ENFORCEMENT WILL NOT BE DONE WHAT YOU HAVE, WHAT YOU'VE LISTED, WHAT YOU'VE STATED.
AS LONG AS NOT DONE AFTER FIRST.
AS LONG AS MAKE SURE PEOPLE DON'T PARK IN A FIRE ZONE OR PARK BLOCK ANY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE IN THERE.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT ANY OF THAT TO HAPPEN.
WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE STICKERS THAT WE PLACED ON, ON VEHICLES.
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STICKERS PLACED.BUT AS FAR AS TOWING, UNLESS IT'S AN ABANDONED OR, OR YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME SERIOUS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE AMBULANCE OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THEY WERE THERE TODAY BEFORE WE LEFT.
UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE SITE BEFORE WE GOT HERE, SO OKAY.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE LANES ARE ALWAYS KEPT OPEN.
I JUST, I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANT SOME, THE RESIDENTS ARE NOT AS COMFORTABLE, BUT I WANT TO FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE THAN WHEN THEY WALKED IN MM-HMM.
AND SO AT LEAST THIS IS CLEAR.
AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I REALLY WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PLEASE EMAIL THE OFFICE WITH ALL OF YOUR ISSUES SO IT CAN ALL BE ADDRESSED.
THE OFFICE IS OPEN MONDAY BETWEEN NINE AND FIVE.
THURSDAY BETWEEN NINE AND FIVE.
BUT WE HAVE THE ANSWERING SERVICE AND THE EMAIL, THE ANSWERING SERVICE IS AVAILABLE FOUR SEVEN AS WELL AS EMAIL.
EMAIL AGAIN THE EMAIL NUMBER, THE EMAIL IS FAIRVIEW@SGROUP.COM AND THE OFFICE NUMBER IS 9 1 4 4 2 8 2 74.
OKAY, SO WE CAN MOVE ON, UH, WITH A, I JUST WANNA MENTION, UM, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE YOU CAN TAKE.
WE, WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE POLICE AND I'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH.
WE MET WITH MR. SOER, WE MET WITH THE POLICE.
UM, WE'RE ADDING, UH, COMMUNITY POLICE OFFICERS, UM, WHO ARE GONNA BE, UH, YOU KNOW, PATROLLING THE BUILDINGS ON A REGULAR BASIS.
BUT I, WE ARE DEFINITELY GIVING THAT, UH, A LOT OF ATTENTION.
WE'RE ADDING MORE POLICE TO THE TOWN, UH, UH, UH, TOMORROW WHERE, UH, THE BOARD'S GONNA BE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, AUTHORIZED.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE A GREATER PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND I FEEL THAT THE POLICE CHIEF IS, IS WORKING WITH, UH, WITH MARK AND, AND GIVING THIS ATTENTION.
AND WHAT WE ARE ASKING, AUGUST 1ST IS TOO SOON.
THE BLOT IS NOT FULL TO THE BRIM AT ALL.
AN ADDENDUM TO THE LEASE IS NOT VALID.
UNLESS THE LEASE ALLOW CHANGES WITHOUT THE TENANT CONSENT.
WELL IF YOU PUT THAT IN YOUR CONCERNS IN WRITING AND THEN AT, AT SOME POINT RIGHT.
WE WILL WORK, WE'LL TRY TO HELP EFFECTUATE SOME KIND OF RESOLUTION THAT IT MIGHT NOT MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY, BUT AS MANY PEOPLE AS CAN WORK OUT.
THE OTHER THING IS WE WOULD LIKE TO USE THE COMMUNITY ROOM BECAUSE WE ARE STARTING AN OFFICIAL TENANT ASSOCIATION.
SO WE WANT TO USE THE COMMUNITY ROOM FOR A TENANT ASSOCIATE FOR THE TENANTS IN THE THREE BUILDINGS.
SO THERE'S TENANT ASSOCIATION.
I WAS PRESIDENT BUT WE ARE STARTING ONE AGAIN.
WE ARE WORKING WITH DENNIS FROM THE MOUNT VERNON TENANT ASSOCIATION.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO USE THE COMMUNITY ROOM.
I WAS TOLD NO, EMAILED THE OFFICE.
I WAS TOLD NO WE COULDN'T USE IT.
SHE JUST SAID WE CAN'T USE IT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO USE IT BECAUSE WE ARE STARTING ONE.
SO WHEN YOU DO A TENANT ASSOCIATION, AS LONG AS YOU'RE DOING IT THE LEGAL WAY.
OH, WE WERE DOING IT THE LEGAL WAY WE HAD IT.
I'M, YOU TAKE I'LL GLAD TO DO THAT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ISSUE.
THANKS EVERYBODY MEETING WITH US.
THEM MIGHT AS WELL JUST SPEAK TO THEM.
NO, WELL BECAUSE I, I EMAILED, THIS IS ABOUT, UM, THE LIGHTING FIXTURES IN THE PARKING LOT AT 90 MANHATTAN, 100 AND OVER AT 33.
I KNOW WE DID THE PARK LIGHTING LAST YEAR.
WE DID THE, UM, LIGHTING BUT PARTIAL.
AND I HAD ASKED MR. FINER TO DO A DRIVE-THROUGH AFTER THE LIGHTING FIXTURES WERE DONE AND IT'S STILL VERY DARK.
SO WE'LL SPEAK, I'LL SPEAK TO AND THE, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PROBABLY PUT THAT IN THE LETTER TO, TO MANAGEMENT AND WE'LL, WE'LL BE THERE AND MR. SOJA WILL, I'M SURE IN THE IN MANAGEMENT.
WELL WHEN HE EMAILED ME BACK, I SAID TO HIM, UM, WE NEED BRIGHTNESS IN THE LOT.
HE SAYS, WELL HE WAS ONLY GONNA REPLACE THE ONES THAT WERE OUT.
WELL, BUT THE MAJORITY OF 'EM ARE DIM.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A TENANT ASSOCIATION.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT
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ISSUE FOR YOU TO PICK UP AS A TENANT ASSOCIATION.BUT I HAD SPOKEN TO MR. FINER AND HE JUMPED RIGHT ON IT QUICKLY AND THE LIGHTING THAT WE DID GET THANKS TO HIM.
ALL THE, ALL THE LIGHTING I JUST FIXTURES NEED TO BE REPLACED.
LIKE I DEALT WITH MARK FOR A LONG TIME AND I REALLY FEEL THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE SIT DOWN WITH HIM AND EVERYBODY'S BEING REASONABLE FROM MY EXPERIENCES, I THINK HE WILL BE REASONABLE.
AND I FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE COULD LIKE AVOID LIKE A CONFRONTATION, BUT YOU KNOW, THE THING IS HE WANTS THE BUILDING TO BE WELL RUN AND UH, AND CLEAN AND SAFE.
SO THE THING IS, IF WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM, I AM CONVINCED THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK OUT 99% OF THESE, UM, UH, THESE PROBLEMS. I'M, WELL I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AN OPTIMIST, BUT, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, LET'S GIVE IT A TRY.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE MEET HERE AT THE TOWN BOARD EVERY TUESDAY.
SO IF, IF WE'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL, YOU'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, MORE PEOPLE HERE AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A FOLLOW UP MEETING.
BUT WE WILL, WE WILL DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO RESOLVE IT SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHOW UP AGAIN.
SO THAT'S MY, THAT THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY FEELING WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU PULL TOGETHER YOUR TENANTS ASSOCIATION, UM, SEND, PLEASE DO INVITE US AND THEN WE CAN, WE CAN COME LISTEN TO CON YOUR CONCERNS.
I, I APOLOGIZE THERE ARE PEOPLE WAITING HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE AN AGENDA TO QUESTION THE CAN THEN THE WINTER YOU CAN NOT IN THE WINTER TIME, NOT IN THE WINTERTIME.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE, YOU CAN PARK WHERE YOU CAN PARK, THERE ARE SOME PLACES THAT SAYS NO PARKING, YOU CAN'T PARK THERE.
SO THE STREETS ARE NOT WIDE OPEN, BUT THERE ARE STREETS WHERE YOU CAN PARK.
AND ALSO WE HAVE, WE HAVE SAY IN THE WINTER MONTHS WE'VE HAD, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET, GIVE PEOPLE SPECIAL PERMITS IF THERE'S LIKE AN EMERGENCY EMERGENCY AND THEY APPLY TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, REVIEWS IT.
BUT I'M ALSO HAPPY TO ATTEND YOUR, UH, ATTENDANCE MEETING AS OFTEN AS YOU WANT.
UH, SO, UM, YOU COULD JUST GIMME A RING.
THE LAST TIME WHEN IRIS HAD IT YEARS AGO, I SHOWED UP AND I TALKED TOO MUCH.
SO THEY TOLD ME NOT TO SHOW UP.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO NOW IS TO GET ANY COMPLAINTS YOU HAVE TO THAT EMAIL ADDRESS SO THAT THERE'S A LIST.
WHAT'S NEXT? OKAY, NEXT IS WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY SOLAR.
ROGER, YOU WANT TO, UH, COME OVER? WE HAVE GARRETT ALSO.
DO YOU WANNA COME? HE'S ON ZOOM.
SO BASICALLY GARRETT MET WITH, UH, ROGER AND SEEMS LIKE THEY WORKED OUT.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE R F P AT THE LAST MEETING AND WE SAID WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FOLLOW UP MEETING AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WORKED OUT, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S ACCEPTABLE.
UM, GARY, ARE YOU ON, ON THE LINE? UH, THERE'S AN INTERNET ISSUE.
SO, UM, I THINK IN SHORT, THE R F P IS READY TO GO OUT.
UH, THE ONLY QUESTION THAT GARRETT AND I HAD FOR THE BOARD WAS HE'S DRAFTED IT WITH TWO OPTIONS THAT PEOPLE CAN RESPOND TO.
THIS WOULD BE PROVIDERS, ONE OF WHICH INVOLVES THE TOWN HAVING THE CAPITAL TO FUND THESE INSTALLATIONS.
UM, GARRETT THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH INVESTIGATING THAT.
I JUST WANT, WE JUST BOTH WANTED TO CHECK THAT THERE WAS AN APPETITE FOR THAT, BECAUSE IF THERE ISN'T AN APPETITE FOR THE TOWN FUNDING THIS, AS OPPOSED TO DEVELOPERS FUNDING IT, WE COULD BE MORE FOCUSED IN OUR WORK AND PERHAPS DEFER THAT OPTION.
'CAUSE IT'S A MATTER OF FOCUS.
BUT, UM, IF, IF THERE IS A GENUINE APP, YOU KNOW, BELIEF THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY COME BACK IN SIX WEEKS WITH THAT OPTION, THAT YOU WOULD BE, HAVE THE CAPITAL, THE ABILITY TO APPLY CAPITAL TO THIS RIGHT, IN THAT TIMEFRAME AS OPPOSED TO SOME LATER TIMEFRAME.
SO THAT, THAT WAS THE ONE QUESTION.
OTHERWISE, I THINK FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE AND I, I WOULD SUPPORT IT CAN GO OUT.
SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE LIKE, ANY STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT, ARE YOU, WOULD YOU PREFER HAVING AN OPEN MIND IN TERMS OF THE CAPITAL, OR WOULD YOU WANT TO HAVE JUST A LEASE ARRA A SITUATION WHERE THE DEVELOPER, THE, THE CONTRACTOR'S BASICALLY UPFRONT ALL THE MONEY AND IN THE LONG RUN, THE TOWN WILL NOT MAKE AS MUCH, BUT THEN WE WON'T HAVE TO INVEST ANYTHING.
I JUST DON'T WANNA PUT A PER A COST BURDEN ON THE RESIDENTS FOR THAT.
SO THEN, SO WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT A PROGRAM THAT'S GONNA BE VIABLE FOR THE RESIDENTS.
SO I DON'T WANNA PUT ANY ADDITIONAL COST.
YOU SEE, THAT WAS, THAT'S WHAT ROGER AND I FELT THE SAME AS YOU.
BUT THEN, THEN THE R F P SHOULD JUST SAY, SAY THIS IS GONNA BE NO CAPITAL INVESTMENT, THEN WE DON'T HAVE THE TWO OPTIONS.
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MEAN, IT'S REALLY UP TO THE BOARD.I MEAN, GARRETT WAS SAYING THAT HE FEELS THAT, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY WE PUT SOLAR CANOPIES OVER HERE AND WE BASICALLY WORK OUT SOMETHING WHERE THE APPLICANT IS UPFRONTING THE MONEY, UH, IN THE LONG TERM, THE TOWN IS GONNA, IT'S GONNA BE MORE COSTLY, YOU KNOW, TO THE TOWN BECAUSE WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, IT'S NOT OURS.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE SHORT TERM, IT'S BETTER BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SPENDING ANYTHING.
I THINK I JUST SLIGHTLY MODIFIED THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY COST TO THE TOWN EITHER WAY.
THERE WILL BE REVENUE TO THE TOWN IN BOTH SITUATIONS, BUT IF THE TOWN WANTED TO COMMIT CAPITAL, THERE MIGHT BE A BIGGER UPSIDE.
LIKE IF YOU'RE INVESTING IN ANY BRISK VENTURE, THERE'S MORE OF AN UPSIDE, RIGHT? RIGHT.
IN ANY CASE, THE RESIDENTS WILL GET CHEAPER.
ELECTRICITY, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS DISCOUNT PIECE.
IF THEY, IF THEY CHOOSE TO OPT IN, AND TO YOUR POINT WHEN WE FIRST DISCUSSED IT, THE GREENBERG RESIDENTS WILL GET FIRST DIBS AT, AT THAT PARTICIPATION.
SO I THINK THE REAL QUESTION IS FOR THE, FOR WHAT WE'RE RELEASING RIGHT NOW, SHOULD WE HAVE BOTH OPTIONS SLIGHTLY SPREADS OUT OUR WORKLOAD A BIT.
UH, SO IT MIGHT DELAY THINGS A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S NOT TERRIBLE.
OR SHOULD WE JUST GO WITH THE OPTION FOR NOW WHERE THE DEVELOPER FUNDS IT AND AT SOME LATER DATE WE COULD ALSO GO TO AN OPTION WHERE THE TOWN FUNDS IT.
IT'S JUST A SIMPLE, IT'S A CHOICE REALLY.
AND IN EITHER CASE, HOW, HOW ARE WE MANAGING IT? I HAVEN'T, I'M NOT UP TO WHO'S MANAGING IT.
THE TOWN MANAGING THE TOWN IS MANAGING.
YEAH, I THINK THE, THE DECISION WAS TAKEN NOT TO, UH, RELY ON EXTERNAL HELP, WHICH WOULD CAUSE A LEVY TO BE PLACED ON THE DEVELOPER.
SO I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY SEEN THE R F P NO, I HAVEN'T SEEN, THAT'S ALL.
GARRETT, DID YOU, DID YOU SEND US THE R F P YET? I KNOW YOU'RE AWAY.
YEAH, SO I CIRCULATED IT RECENTLY BY EMAIL.
UM, IT'S A SEVEN PAGE P D F AND UM, YEAH, IN SHORT IT FOCUSES ON TWO SITES, TOWN BALL, UM, AND AT THAT, THE ROOFTOP OF TOWN BALL AS WELL AS THE PARKING LOT.
THE SECOND SITE WOULD BE THE ANTHONY F VETERAN, UH, PARK.
AND AT THAT SITE IT WOULD FOCUS ON TWO OF THE ROOFTOPS AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL, UM, FOR SOLAR PANELS IN THE PARKING LOT, WITH THE CAVEAT THAT THERE'S IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED FOR THE PARKING LOT.
UM, AND YES, IT IS INDEED STRUCTURED SUCH THAT IT WOULD ASK, UH, RESPONDERS TO, UM, LAY OUT THE BENEFITS OF THE TOWN JUST OUTRIGHT PURCHASING THE EQUIPMENT, UM, WITH THE TOWN HAVING NO OBLIGATION TO DO SO, BUT AT LEAST JUST RECEIVING THE NUMBERS.
AND, UM, AND ALSO BUILDS IN THE, UH, COMMUNITY SOLAR OPTION AND ESSENTIALLY THE TOWN LEASING BOTH OF THOSE AREAS, ALL OF THOSE AREAS, UM, FOR A SOLAR PROVIDER TO PUT UP THE PANELS AT NO COST TO THE TOWN.
UH, IN GENERAL, MY, MY OPINION IS THAT THE FLEXIBILITY STOOD, UM, I DID, AND I SPOKE TO, TO ROGER ABOUT THIS IS PUTTING A, AN UPDATED CAVEAT IN THE R F P THAT IF THERE'S A RESPONDER, UM, THAT'S ONLY INTERESTED IN LET'S SAY THE LEASE OPTION, THEY CAN RESPOND.
THEY'RE NOT BOXED OUT, THEY DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, SUPPLY, UM, BOTH OPTION, UM, AS PART OF THEIR RESPONSE.
SO I WAS TRYING TO BE FLEXIBLE IN THAT REGARD.
UM, BUT YEAH, IN SHORT, I THINK THERE'S NO HARM IN, UM, THE TOWN RECEIVING BOTH OPTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, SHORT OF THE TOWN BEING WOWED WITH A GREAT OFFER AND, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME, UM, YOU KNOW, A FEDERAL REBATE THAT THAT MAKES IT, YOU KNOW, HIGHLY, UM, PALATABLE FISCALLY FOR THE TOWN.
UM, I WOULD SUSPECT YOU WOULD NOT, UM, BUY THESE PANELS, BUT I, I, I FIGURE LET'S AT LEAST GET THE INFORMATION.
UM, YEAH, THAT, THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE.
I AGREE WITH, I AGREE WITH THAT APPROACH.
IS IT INFORMATION GATHERING? SO NOW IS, IS IT, IS IT A LEASE TO BUY? DID WE DISCUSS THAT ALEA, YOU KNOW, AT CERTAIN POINT THEN WE OWN? OR IS IT JUST A, IT'S ESSENTIALLY, IT'S EITHER A PURCHASE OF THE EQUIPMENT OR, UM, ESSENTIALLY LEASING THE ROOF SO THAT ONE COULD, UM, INSTALL THE PANELS AND THEN, UM, OFFER THAT UP FOR, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY SOLAR OPTION AND ESSENTIALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THAT, THAT'S CERTAINLY A MODEL THAT'S DONE.
WELL, BUT AGAIN, I THINK SO I MEAN, SO, SO WE WOULD, IT WOULD BE A LEASE DEAL FOREVERMORE OR WOULD WE ULTIMATELY OWN THEM AFTER PAYING A CERTAIN, LIKE, OR PAYOUT HAVE A PAYOUT AT THE END, OR? I THINK THE STRUCTURE IS, I THINK THE STRUCTURE IS LIKE 25 YEARS AND, UM, AND THEN THE PANELS COME OFF.
UM, SO THE TOWN REALLY AFTER, AFTER THEY LIVE THEIR USEFUL LIFE, UM, THEN THE LEASE AGREEMENT WOULD BE, UH, CONCLUDED.
I THINK SOME PROVIDERS, THEY, THEY LEAVE THEM THERE IF YOU WANT THEM, AND IT'S, UH, BUT IT'S IN YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
THEY, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY TAKE THEM OFF NOW SOME, YEAH, IT COULD LAST MORE THAN 25 YEARS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THOSE DETAILS, UM, IN THE WAY IT'S STRUCTURED IS THAT WE GET AN INITIAL RESPONSE, UM, UM, WITH A GOOD AMOUNT OF DETAIL, A LOT OF THE FISCAL, UH, BENEFITS, BUT ULTIMATELY
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IT WOULD BE DESIGNED TO GET A SHORT LIST OF, UM, RESPONSES THAT THE TOWN FELT COMFORTABLE WITH.AND THEN YOU WOULD REALLY, YOU WOULD REALLY FINE TUNE THE DETAILS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR THE TOWN IN SOME INSTANCES.
FOR INSTANCE, THE, UM, A F UM, A A V F UM, PARKING LOT IS REALLY A MESS.
SO, OR, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ROOF CONDITIONS ARE, WHAT IMPROVEMENTS WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE BEFORE INSTALLATION.
YEAH, I THINK THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS I SPOKE WITH.
I SPOKE WITH, UM, JERRY AND THE PARKING LOTS.
UH, BOTH NEED WORK FOR SURE, BOTH EAST AND THE WEST AT THE ANTHONY FEDERAL PARK.
AND, UM, THE ROOF ON THE MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER, UM, IS PRONE TO LEAKS SO THAT, UH, IT'S IDENTIFIED THAT THAT ROOF LIKELY NEEDS REPAIRS.
SO THAT WOULD, UM, BE A PART OF THE RESPONSE OF THE, UM, UH, RESPONDER AND THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
UH, THAT ROOF WAS BRAND NEW, SO, UM, UH, JERRY HAD NO CONCERN AND SAID THAT ALL, ALL BE A SMALL ROOF.
UM, UH, IT'S DEFINITELY APPEARS LIABLE TO GO RIGHT NOW.
SO THE RESPONDER WOULD MAKE THE REPAIRS BEFORE DOING THE INSTALLATION.
THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE DEAL.
YEAH, IT WOULD HAVE TO, AND IT MAY TURN OUT THAT IT'S NOT FISCALLY VIABLE, BUT, UH, YES, YOU WOULD ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO FIX THE ROOF BEFORE THE PANELS WENT UP AND LIKEWISE, THE PARKING LOT.
SO WHAT'S YOUR TIMETABLE FOR ISSUING THE R F P FRANCIS SAID HE WOULD LIKE, SO I WANNA GIVE, I WANT TO GIVE AMPLE TIME FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO, UH, BE ABLE TO SYNTHESIZE THAT R F P, IT'S IN YOUR INBOXES.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CERTAINLY DISCUSS IT IN SMALL GROUPS IF YOU'D LIKE.
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE IT OUT TO OTHER COMMISSIONERS FOR REVIEW.
SO, UM, I WOULD ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, IF IF THE R F P WERE, UH, READY WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME OF, UM, 10 DAYS TO TWO WEEKS, THAT THAT MIGHT BE A REASONABLE GOAL.
BUT I, I WILL ONLY GO AS FAST AS THE BOARD FEELS COMFORTABLE.
I HAD, I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION.
WOULD IT MAKE SENSE, UM, IF YOU FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED LIKE A WEEK OR TWO WEEKS, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, TO REVIEW IT, TO POST THE, UH, THE DRAFT ON THE TOWN, UH, WEBSITE.
AND THIS WAY MAYBE SOMEBODY THOUGHT OF SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HADN'T THOUGHT OF, UH, OR WE COULD MAKE, WE COULD IMPROVE IT.
AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT REALLY HOLDING ANYTHING BACK BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA GO, UH, TO THE DEPARTMENT HEADS ANYWAY, AND THE BOARD'S GONNA TAKE A LOOK, AND THEN WE COULD SAY, WE DEFINITELY ARE GONNA GET IT OUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, NO LATER THAN TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY.
UH, I WOULD SUGGEST, I, I, I WOULD SUGGEST, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, UH, THE BOARD, WHEN YOU SAID RECENTLY, YOU REALLY MEANT RECENTLY IT WAS 11 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING,
RIGHT? THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING.
SOME OF US WERE IN MEETINGS, SO, SO, UH, UH, I, I WOULD, UH, THINK THAT WE COULD DISCUSS THIS, UH, NEXT WEEK AS TO WHAT OUR OPINIONS ARE AND THEN, UH, PUT IT OUT AND FOR THE PUBLIC FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENT.
COULD I SUGGEST THAT MAYBE THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I TURNED IT OFF.
COULD I JUST ASK BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR EVEN COMMENTS, JUST RESPOND BY EMAIL SO THAT WE CAN CLOSE EVERYTHING OUT? UM, UH, IT IS BASED, I THINK, ON A PROVEN R F P THAT, UH, THAT GARRETT LEVERAGED.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE HE'S MAKING THIS UP OUTTA WHOLE CLOTH.
SO, UH, AND THEN NEXT TUESDAY, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN JUST AGREE TO PUBLISH IT.
WE GOT, UH, AN EMAIL FROM THE POLICE CHIEF RELATING TO THE ELMWOOD, UH, DAY CAMP.
WELL, NO, I THINK YOU HAVE TO START WITH THE FACT THAT WE GOT AN EMAIL COMPLAINING ABOUT TRAFFIC ON DOBBS FRAY ROAD, UM, FOR PARENTS PICKING UP CHILDREN AT THE ELMWOOD DAY CAMP.
UM, IT CREATED SOME, SOME MAJOR TRAFFIC JAMS. AND IN RESPONSE TO THAT, WE GOT AN EMAIL FROM THE CHIEF AFTER I HAD SOME DISCUSSION.
HE'S HAD DISCUSSION WITH THE MANAGER OF THE DAY CAMP, UH, WHO COULD NOT BE HERE, WOULD NOT BE HERE, WOULD NOT JOIN US TONIGHT.
UM, SO, UH, NOW DID YOU WANT, RIGHT, BUT SO, UH, THE DOREEN IS HERE.
THAT THE, DO YOU WANNA COME SIT? I THINK THE CHIEF MENTIONED THAT IT WAS CONFIDENTIAL.
HIS, AND WE APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE.
SO, UM, SO IF WE NEED TO GET THE CHIEF, HE, IF WE NEED TO GET THE CHIEF, HE IS AVAILABLE.
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MAYBE, UH, WE SHOULD HAVE THE CHIEF, UH, UH, BY ZOOM, YOU KNOW, THIS WAY HE COULD, UH, RESPOND TO, UH, DOREEN'S.HI, CHIEF, ARE YOU TRYING TO SHOW OFF YOUR CEILING OR
SO YOU WANNA JUST, WHO WANTS TO DESCRIBE THE ISSUE? WANNA DESCRIBE THE ISSUE? OKAY.
I AM A RESIDENT OF THE WORTHINGTON WOODLANDS AREA.
I LIVE ON WYNDHAM STREET, WHICH IS RIGHT OFF OF DOBBS FERRY ROAD.
I WAS NOT HOME AT THE TIME WHEN THIS OCCURRED, BUT ON 6 27, I GOTTEN AN EMAIL FROM ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO LIVES ON FOREST BOULEVARD, WHICH I SENT TO THE ENTIRE TOWN BOARD WITH PICTURES DESCRIBING THE SITUATION.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS, DEPLORABLE.
I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW, JUST HOW TERRIBLE IT IS THAT PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE TO SIT THERE FOR 20 TO 30 TO 40 MINUTES WAITING TO GET HOME OR WAITING, OR PEOPLE ON THE BUS WAITING TO GET TO THE, THE TRAIN STATION OR, OR, OR TO AN APPOINTMENT THAT IS NECESSARY.
SINCE I DID, I LOOKED AT HOW LONG I SENT OUT EMAILS TO MY COMMUNITY, AND SOMEONE ANSWERED ME THAT THE OTHER DAY.
IT WAS BACKED UP PAST THE ASSISTED LIVING TO THE SPRAIN BROOK PARKWAY.
THAT IS SEVEN TENTHS OF A MILE.
I WENT THE OTHER WAY AND I LOOKED TO SEE WHERE SOMEONE ELSE WAS STANDING, SITTING, AND THAT WAS ANOTHER TWO TENTHS OF A MILE.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A MILE OF IMPOSSIBLE PASSAGE FOR THE RESIDENTS AS WELL AS FOR THE FIRE STATION THAT'S ON THE CORNER.
I HAVE EMAILS HERE FROM PEOPLE DESCRIBING ALMOST HEAD-ON COLLISIONS, PARKING ON WESTCHESTER VIEW LANE PARKING ON GREEN ACRES, AND SO ON, TURNING AROUND PARKING IN THEIR DRIVEWAYS, CREATING PROBLEMS FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE, NEVERMIND THE PEOPLE THAT CAN GET OUT OF THE HOMES COMING UP WORTHINGTON.
THE PICTURES THAT I HAD SHOWN YOU, THEY SHOWED, THEY THE, UH, WORTHINGTON ROAD WAS COMPLETELY BLOCKED, COULDN'T GET OUT OF LOCKE AVENUE, WHICH WAS COMPLETELY BLOCKED.
AND THIS ALL IS OCCURRING BECAUSE OF THE ELMWOOD DAY CAMP AND SOMETHING NEW THAT IS OCCURRED LAST YEAR.
THEY WERE PARKING IN THE ELMWOOD COUNTRY CLUB FOR, FOR THE PARENTS TO PICK THEM UP.
NOW, SINCE THE COUNTRY CLUB IS UNDER, UH, CONSTRUCTION AND WILL BE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THEN EVENTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO GET OVER A HUNDRED AND SOME SOMETHING, 113 HOUSES, WHICH WE WELCOME.
WE DO NOT NEED THIS TYPE OF TRAFFIC.
I DON'T CARE THAT IT'S A BUSINESS.
I AM JUST, IT'S, I'M IMPOSSIBLE TO LIVE WITH.
I'M TELLING YOU NOW, IT, I KEEP GETTING THESE EMAILS FROM PEOPLE TELLING ME THEY CAN'T GET HOME, THEY CAN'T GET WHERE THEY HAVE TO GO.
MY SOLUTION HAVE, WHEREVER THEY COME FROM, CAME FROM, HAVE THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL OR WHEREVER, TRANSPORT THEM BACK AND LET THE PARENTS PICK THEM UP WHERE THEY WERE DROPPED OFF IN THE MORNING.
DOREEN, THIS TOWN IS GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE IF THERE'S HEAD-ON COLLISIONS.
AND I HAVE EMAILS TELLING ME THAT THERE WAS ALMOST HEAD-ON COLLISION.
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COLLISION THERE CERTAIN DAYS AND TIMES.IS, IS THIS BEEN A CONTINUING PROBLEM? THIS IS, THIS IS THE AFTERNOON FROM TWO TO LIKE FOUR 30 THEY'RE STARTING TO LINE UP ON, AND THAT HAPPENS EVERY AFTERNOON, EVERY DAY.
AND IT'S BEEN CONSISTENT SINCE CAMP STARTED SINCE, YES.
I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE CAMP IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS.
PAUL MADE ME COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN.
WE SAT DOWN AND WE SPOKE ABOUT SOME PARKING ISSUES, SOME NOISE ISSUES.
WE THOUGHT WE HAD THAT ALL STRAIGHTENED OUT.
I SENT AN EMAIL TO GREG LICK, HE'S THE MANAGER OF, NEVER RESPONDED TO ME.
I GAVE HIM MY PERSONAL PHONE NUMBER, NEVER RESPONDED TO ME.
WE JUST CANNOT CONTINUE DOING THIS AGAIN.
UM, WE ARE NOT WILLING TO COMPROMISE.
THE ONLY SOLUTION IS EITHER S TRANSPORT THEM BACK OR SHUT THEM DOWN COMPLETELY FROM EVEN COMING TO THE DAY CAMP.
I KNOW THAT SOUNDS TERRIBLE, BUT IT'S JUST NOT FAIR TO THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY, THE RESIDENTS WHO'VE BEEN LIVING HERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS, NOT ALL OF A SUDDEN TO HAVE THIS THRUST UPON THEM.
IF I SOUND ANGRY, I'M SORRY IF I DON'T SOUND NICE.
YOU COULD SEE RIGHT DOWN BELOW IS WHERE THE, THE FIRE STATION IS RIGHT ON THE CORNER.
AND NOW THE TRAFFIC IS BACKED UP FROM THE CAMP ALL THE WAY TO ALMOST THE SPRING BROOK PARKWAY.
IT IS NOT EVEN DEALING WITH THAT YET.
PEOPLE WANNA GO WHERE THEY HAVE TO GO.
AND PUTTING TRAFFIC MANAGERS ALL OVER UP AND DOWN THE STREET IS NOT GOING TO HELP US.
THEY HAVE TO NOT BE THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THAT SHOULD BE A DIFFERENT ANGLE.
I THINK THIS IS GOING THE OTHER DIRECTION.
SO THIS IS GOING TOWARD THE, UM, PARKWAY.
THIS IS, UH, THERE'S A, A HILL.
AND I UNDERSTAND FROM THE EMAILS THAT I'VE RECEIVED, PEOPLE PULLING OUT, THEY'RE FRUSTRATED AND SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE DRIVING UP THE STREET THE WRONG WAY.
AND THIS IS THE HEAD ON COLLISION THAT YOU ARE WORRYING ABOUT.
IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE, BUT THERE'S A PERSON IN THE ROADWAY THAT IS, UM, THAT IS HOLDING A STOP SIGN.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE, WHAT HE'S DOING, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A YOUNG PERSON IS HOLDING A STOP SIGN TO DO SOMETHING.
COMES OUT WHEN THEY'RE READY TO DISMISS.
HE DOESN'T DEAL WITH THE LINEUP OF CARS THAT HAVE STARTED AT, OH, AFTER TWO O'CLOCK.
ALRIGHT, CHIEF, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR? SURE.
I JUST, UM, I, I DIDN'T WANT INTERRUPTING EARLIER.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I CAN UNDERSTAND, UH, THE FRUSTRATION WITH, UH, SIMPLY NOT BEING ABLE TO GET TO AND FROM YOUR HOME QUICKLY AND EASILY.
UM, WHEN THIS WAS FIRST BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, THE TRAFFIC UNIT ACTUALLY, UH, MADE CONTACT WITH THE MANAGER OF THE CAMP.
I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH CAMP EMPLOYEES MYSELF, AND WE ALSO SENT, UH, THE TRAFFIC SERGEANT AND ANOTHER TRAFFIC OFFICER OVER TO MONITOR ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS JUST TO SEE WITH THEIR EYES WHAT WAS GOING ON THOSE DAYS.
UM, FOR THE MOST PART, THE SERGEANT INDICATED THAT THERE WAS A BACKUP TYPE OF TRAFFIC WHILE HE WAS THERE.
HE DID NOT OBSERVE ANY, YOU KNOW, SAFETY ISSUES, OBVIOUS HAZARDS, YOU KNOW, UM, ANYTHING THAT RAISED HIS CONCERNS IN TERMS OF SAFETY.
BUT THE, THE TRAFFIC WAS THERE WHEN THE OFFICER WAS THERE.
THE TRAFFIC WASN'T IMPAIRED THAT DAY.
WHAT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME IS THIS IS THAT THEY CAMP INTENTIONALLY STAGGER THEIR DISMISSAL.
UM, I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION THE ISSUES IN THE AFTERNOON KNOCKING OVER THE CAMP, STAGGER THEIR DISMISSAL SO THAT THE BUSES LEAVE AT APPROXIMATELY, I'M LOOKING DOWN AT THE DOOR TO SAY THE BUSES LEAVE AT APPROXIMATELY 3 55, AND THEN THE PARENT PICKS IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN FOUR
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10 AND 4 25.IN TERMS OF THERE BEING A TRAFFIC BACKUP AS EARLY AS TWO 30, I KNOW THAT THE CAMP DOESN'T ALLOW THE PARENTS OR CERTAIN TRAFFIC TO COME IN AND START PICKING UP PREMATURELY BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL CAMPERS AT PEDESTRIANS ON THE CAMP PROPERTY.
UM, I WAS TOLD THAT THE PARENTS HAVE BEEN ADVISED AND THE CAMP MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN TRYING TO REMIND THEM OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ADHERING TO THE SCHEDULE BECAUSE WHEN THEY ADHERE TO THE SCHEDULE, THEY HAVE TO PEOPLE TO DIRECT TRAFFIC, THEY HAVE TO SYSTEM SET UP AND IT TENDS TO GO BETTER THAN WHEN THEY DON'T.
I WAS ALSO LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT, UM, IT'S AN EIGHT WEEK CAMP, BUT CERTAIN WEEKS, LIKE THE FIRST WEEK, UM, THIS IS THE THIRD WEEK RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE CERTAIN WEEKS THAT ARE BETTER OR WORSE THAN OTHERS.
THE FIRST WEEK BEING THE WORST.
UM, THOSE PHOTOS ARE FROM THE FIRST, BUT I DON'T WANT TO CONTRADICT IF THE RESIDENTS ARE TELLING US THAT IT'S STILL AN ISSUE.
I'M NOT SITTING HERE TO CONTRADICT ANYONE, UM, WHAT OUR PLAN IS FOR RIGHT NOW.
AND UNLESS WE DO, OR WE CAN ADD EXTRA THINGS TO THIS PLAN, I'M GOING TO HAVE TRAFFIC FOLLOW UP WITH CAMP MANAGEMENT TOMORROW.
I KNOW THAT ALL HAS BEEN OPERATING THIS CAMP FOR, I WAS GONNA SAY YEARS, BUT I BELIEVE DECADES.
AND IT'S NOT NEW, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE SITUATION IS BECOMING MORE PD FOR THE RESIDENTS.
UM, IF ANYTHING CHANGED WITH REGARDS TO THEM HAVING ANOTHER STAGING SITE TO, YOU KNOW, DROP CHILDREN OFF, PICK CHILDREN OFF, UM, LIKE AN ADJACENT PROPERTY.
YOU KNOW WHAT, PERHAPS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO FACILITATE THAT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THE LOG JAM ON DOS BURY ROAD.
UH, BUT OTHER THAN HAVING OFFICERS THERE TO ISSUE TICKETS FOR THE THINGS THAT THEY OBSERVE, YOU KNOW, OR THERE BEING AN ISSUE WITH THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT, NOT STUDENTS, UM, CAMPERS THAT THE CAMP IS ALLOWED TO HOST.
YOU KNOW, THESE ARE REALLY THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD DO FIRST.
ALTHOUGH, UM, AGAIN, I DO UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION EXPRESSED.
I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THESE CHILDREN, CAMPERS ARE BROUGHT OVER FROM A PRIVATE CAMP IN THE AFTERNOON, I'M TOLD.
SO IT DOESN'T IMPACT THE MORNING.
THEY'RE DROPPED BY THEIR PARENTS AT THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL AND THEN THEY'RE BROUGHT OVER BY BUS.
WELL, IF THE BUS BRINGS THEM, LET THE BUS TAKE THEM BACK.
THAT WOULD BE I THINK THE FAST SOLUTION.
SEE, WE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM UNTIL THIS NEW PROGRAM WAS STARTED AND THE ELMWOOD, UH, COUNTRY CLUB WAS USED AS A DROPPING POINT.
AND THEN THE KIDS AND A COUNSELOR USED TO WALK THROUGH THE, THE CAMP, UM, VIA THE, THE, THE, UH, THE FAIRVIEW FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN WE HAD SOME ISSUES ON THAT ALSO, BECAUSE THE KIDS WERE RUNNING ALL OVER THE PLACE UNTIL WE GOT THEM, GET YOUR COUNSELORS TOGETHER AND GET THEM STRAIGHTENED OUT IN TERMS OF MANAGING YOUR OWN CHILDREN.
WELL, WE THOUGHT THAT WAS OKAY, NOW THIS IS GOING, NOW THIS IS HAPPENING.
I KNOW I'M BEING, UH, NOT A NICE PERSON, BUT I, I COULD HAVE GONE FIGURED THIS WHERE I WAS GOING TO BE THE OTHER DAY, BUT I WENT FIVE OR 10 MILES OUT OF MY WAY SO I WOULD NOT BE ON DORE ROAD.
I WENT THROUGH ONE 19 INTO NINE A AND CAME UP WORTHINGTON, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE TO GO OUT ONTO WORTHINGTON.
THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE TELLING ME THEY CAN'T EVEN GET OUT OF LOCK, THEY CAN'T GET OUT OF WORTHINGTON.
THE QUALITY OF LIFE WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, GIVE US A BREAK, MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
CHIEF, WOULD IT BE HELPFUL IF YOU SAW THE EMAILS THAT DOREEN'S BEEN GETTING SO THAT YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT I UM, I MEAN SHE CAN FORWARD THEM TO ME.
I HAVE THE FIRST TWO, UM, WHICH IS WHAT STARTED, YOU KNOW, OUR INVOLVEMENT IN THIS.
I WAS TRYING TO SCROLL BACK, BUT I WAS ALSO PAYING ATTENTION.
SO, AND I DIDN'T LOCATE THEM WHILE I WAS LISTENING, BUT I KNOW I HAVE THE, UM, ORIGINAL TWO EMAILS.
THE THING IS THAT, AGAIN, I CAN SENSE THAT THE PERSONNEL TRAFFIC HAS BEEN OVER, TRAFFIC IS GOING BACK OVER.
WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON IT FOR OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT DAYS, DIFFERENT WEEKS.
IT MAY BE WORSE, IT MAY BE BETTER.
ULTIMATELY, WE HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH CAMP MANAGEMENT AND WE'RE GONNA UTILIZE THAT TO TRY TO WORK WITH THEM TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.
UM, AND WE'LL BE REESTABLISHING THE COMMUNICATION WITH THEM TOMORROW.
THIS CAMP, AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITY IS CONCERNED, HAS JUST GOTTEN TOO BIG AND THEY KEEP BRINGING IN MORE AND MORE CAMPUS AND IT'S JUST NOT THE RIGHT THING.
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IS RIGHT THERE.HAS ANYBODY SPOKEN TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE FAIRVIEW FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR, UH, I HAVE.
HOW, HOW WOULD THEY ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THE PICTURE THAT'S DISPLAYING HERE, HOW WOULD THEY ACTUALLY GET DOWN THIS ROAD? UH, BECAUSE AS SOON AS YOU GO UP THAT HILL, IT, IT, IT'S A BLIND.
YOU'RE IN, YOU'RE IN THE BLIND AS TO SOMEBODY COMING OVER IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS.
UM, I HAVE AN EMAIL FROM SHIRLEY FRANCO AND SHE SAID, WE HAVE SEEN THE FIRETRUCK TRYING TO CIRCUMVENT THE EXCESSIVE BACKUP TO RESPOND TO A CALL.
FAIRVIEW FIRE DEPARTMENT IS NOT ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY HAVE TO GO OUT ONTO DOBBS FERRY ROAD BECAUSE THEY'RE PART OF FAIRVIEW AND THEY HAVE TO GO TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE YOU ARE FAIRVIEW.
YOU ARE NOT FAIRVIEW, BUT THEY HAVE TO GO TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, GINA, 'CAUSE YOU'RE FAIRVIEW.
THEY ALSO DO MUTUAL AID WITH, WITH, WITH HARTSDALE, AND THEY ALSO DO IT ELMSFORD AND THEY ALSO DO IT WITH, WITH ODDSLY.
SO WE WE'RE NOT, I KNOW CHIEF REESE TOLD ME AT THE BEGINNING THEY WERE BLOCKING HIS DRIVEWAY.
HE COULDN'T EVEN GET OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY.
SO, I MEAN, THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO ADAMANT IN THAT WE WANT THEM GONE FAIRVIEW.
I'M SORRY, FAIRVIEW ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME, BY THE WAY.
FAIRVIEW GOES, FAIRVIEW GOES FAR.
IT'S IN THAT JEAN JENNIFER, BARBARA AREA.
SO I THINK WE, WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.
I, I WAS REALLY OFFENDED WHEN I GOT THE EMAIL FROM THE, FROM THE CAMP STATING THAT, UH, THEY'RE TOO BUSY TO MEET WITH US UNTIL AFTER CAMP IS FINISHED.
FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, FOR THE SUMMER AT LEAST YOU GOT AN ANSWER.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE AN ISSUE WHAT THE LEVEL OF THE PROBLEM IS.
MAYBE IT CHANGES WEEK TO WEEK, MAYBE IT'S NOT AS BAD AS IT WAS THE FIRST WEEK.
UH, BUT TO TELL US THAT THEY'RE TOO BUSY TO DISCUSS A SAFETY ISSUE UNTIL AFTER THE CAMP IS OVER.
WHEN OF COURSE THEN OF COURSE THEY'LL SAY WE RESOLVE THE PROBLEM WITH THE TRAFFIC, WE JUST DON'T HAVE TO ANYMORE.
BECAUSE THERE WON'T BE ANY MORE CAMPUS.
MAYBE, UH, MAYBE WHAT, UH, SHOULD HAPPEN IS MAYBE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE FIRE CHIEF, UM, YOU KNOW, COULD, UH, YOU KNOW, MEET WITH THEM, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, DURING, DURING THIS WEEK, UM, MEET WITH THE CAMP WITH THE CAMP DIRECTOR.
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, UM, THERE, YOU KNOW, WE SAW THE PHO, THE, THE PHOTOS AND THERE IS A, THERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE A, A SAFETY ISSUE IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY WHERE THE, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO, UH, GET TO WHERE THEY HAVE TO GO QUICKLY.
AND I, I SORT OF FEEL THAT THAT'S PROBABLY THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE.
AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD JUST SPEAK TO THEM AND, AND, AND THEN THEY'LL, THEY HAVE TO COME UP WITH A, YOU KNOW, WITH A PLAN THAT, YOU KNOW, MEETS BOTH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, REQUIREMENTS.
SO WOULD THAT MAKE SENSE? UH, CHIEF? YES.
I, I, I WAS GONNA TEXT, UH, CHIEF REESE WHEN I GET OFF THE MEETING, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SPOKEN ABOUT THIS YET, BUT WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH
OKAY, NEXT, UM, THE ENDING POINT LETTER.
I THINK I SENT EVERYBODY A COPY OF WHAT I HAD.
UM, WHAT, WHEN DID YOU DO THAT? UH, EARLIER, UM, I WAS JUST LOOKING, THIS WAS JUST A LETTER FROM, UM, THE IPSEC ORGANIZATION.
THEY, THEY JUST WANT, THEY HAVE LIKE A DRAFT LETTER.
THEY JUST WANTED US TO SEND A LETTER TO THE GOV, UH, TO THE GOVERNORS, JUST TO, JUST TO EXPLAIN THE, THE, UM, THE SENATE AND THE ASSEMBLY, BOTH APPROVED LEGISLATION TO STOP DUMPING CHEMICALS FOR THE INDIAN POINT DID NOT DUMP CHEMICALS INTO THE HUDSON RIVER.
AND IT'S WAITING FOR SIGNATURE FROM THE GOVERNOR.
SO WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO SEND A LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR, URGING HER TO PLEASE SIGN THAT LEGISLATION.
SO THE GOVERNOR HAS UNTIL THE END OF THIS YEAR TO SIGN IT, AND IT'D BE, WE PREFER IT TO BE SOONER THAN LATER.
SO, ARE, ARE WE MEETING, UH, NEXT TUESDAY? WE ARE MEETING NEXT TUESDAY.
WE ARE MEETING AS FAR AS I KNOW.
IS THAT OKAY? YEAH, I, I WILL JUST BE CALLING IN AS MUCH AND HOPEFULLY HAVE THE CONNECTIVITY FOR PART OF IT.
SO WHAT IF WE DID LIKE A, A RESOLUTION, A SPECIAL MEETING,
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A RESOLUTION AND PUT IT ON FOR NEXT? NO, I CAN'T DO SPECIAL MEETINGS, PAUL, UNLESS JOAN IS BACK.I CAN ONLY BE ON FOR A SHORT WHILE.
THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT YOU WERE NO, I CAN WRITE THE, I COULD SEND A LETTER ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD IF, IF YOU WANT, OR A FEW, A FEW.
UH, WHEN DID YOU SEND WHERE? YEAH, WHEN DID YOU SEND A LETTER? I'M NOT SAYING IT.
I, I SENT, WHAT DID YOU CALL IT SO WE CAN LOOK LIKE ACTUALLY, UH, YOU HAD THE, IT WAS BASICALLY, UM, I HAVE THE, I DO I HAVE IT, YES.
BUT, BUT WHEN SUSAN SAID THAT SHE SENT IT TO YOU AND SHE EMAILED THE TWO OF US, I SAID, GREAT, I'LL LET THE, THE SUPERVISOR TAKE CARE OF IT.
AND SHE UNDERSTOOD THAT WE WEREN'T GONNA BE MEETING, I MEAN, I COULD SAY THERE'S A LETTER FROM GEORGE LATAM, OR WE COULD BASICALLY SAY, IT BASICALLY SAYS, I, I I WRITE TO HER THE TOWN BOARD.
WE COULD SAY THE TOWN BOARD RIGHTS TO URGE YOU TO SIGN NEW YORK SENATE BILL, UH, S SIX, UM, 8 9 3 HARKIN AND NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY BILL A 7 2 0 8 LEAVEN, WHICH WOULD PROTECT THE HUDSON RIVER FROM THE DISCHARGE OF ANY RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL.
HALTECH INTERNATIONAL, THE COMPANY IN CHARGE OF DECOMMISSIONING THE INDIAN POINT POWER PLANT, UM, INTENDS TO RELEASE RADIOACTIVE WASTEWATER FROM THE PLANT INTO THE HUDSON RIVER AS PART OF ITS DECOMMISSIONING PROCESS.
DISCHARGING, UH, THIS, UM, WATER INTO THE HUDSON WILL IMPACT OUR REGIONAL ECONOMY, UH, WESTCHESTER.
BOTH MANY POPULAR WATERFRONT RESTAURANTS AND MANY HAVE BOTH HOMES AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE RIVER.
SHOULD THE WATER BE RELEASED, PROPERTY VALUES OF RESIDENCES ON OR NEAR THE HUDSON WILL FALL.
WATERFRONT RESTAURANTS WILL SEE A DECLINE IN USE, AND RESIDENTS MAY FLEE FLOURISHING COMMUNITIES, UM, CRUCIAL TO WESTCHESTER'S ECONOMY IN PURSUIT OF AREAS THEY PERCEIVE TO BE MORE, MORE SAFE.
UM, OPINIONS, UH, OPTIONS BEYOND DISCHARGE INTO THOUGHTS AND ARE AVAILABLE TO HALTECH LOCAL ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT THE, UM, THE WATER BE STORED FOR ON SITE FOR AT LEAST A 12 YEAR PERIOD EQUAL TO THE HALF-LIFES OF TRITIUM.
IN ADDITION TO LESSENING THE RADIOACTIVITY ACTIVITY OF TRITIUM OVER THIS PERIOD, THEY HOPE THE ADDITIONAL DISPOSAL METHODS WILL BECOME AVAILABLE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD DUE TO THE DANGER PRESENTED TO THE ECONOMY, UM, YOU KNOW, BY HALTECH, UM, PLAN TO DISCHARGE IRRITATED WATER, UH, UH, WASTEWATER INTO THE HUDSON RIVER.
UM, BECAUSE THE GREENBERG TOWN BOARD URGES YOU TO, UH, SIGN THE LEGISLATION.
YEAH, PRETTY MUCH WHAT, WHAT GEORGE WROTE.
IF IT WAS ON TOWN OF TOWN BOARD LETTERHEAD, I WOULD SIGN IT.
THIS IS, THIS IS ON FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SUPERVISOR, BUT IF IT'S GOING FROM US, THEN IT SHOULD BE FROM ALL OF US.
SO I'LL ASK KRISTA TO, UH, YEAH, IT'S A GOOD LETTER.
AND, AND YOU COULD ALSO INCLUDE THE RESOLUTION THAT THE TOWN BOARD PASSED ON MAY 24TH SUPPORTING THE BILL, RIGHT? CORRECT.
COULD YOU, COULD YOU EMAIL ME THAT, OR EMAIL KRISTA THAT YOU, THAT RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED? SO YES, I'LL DO IT.
JOE'S ON VACATION, REMEMBER? RIGHT.
THE FACT THAT HE'S ON ZOOM DOESN'T MEAN HE'S NOT
ARE WE GOING THROUGH THE AGENDA SO THAT WE'RE GOOD.
SUPPOSED TO BE AGENDA, AGENDA REVIEW ON THIS, THEN WE WANT THE AGENDA.
I HAD ALSO ASKED FOR TWO ITEMS TO BE PUT ON, BUT THEY WEREN'T, UH, CENTURY PLACE AND CAMPUS PLACE.
PAUL HAD ASKED FOR AN OUTSIDE COUNCIL'S OPINION, UH, WHICH CAME BACK OF GREEN.
THAT WAS THE ADDED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REASON FOR THAT IS, BUT BASICALLY THE, UH, OUTSIDE COUNSEL AGREED A HUNDRED PERCENT THAT THE TIME, UH, PARKING SPACES ON TOWN PROPERTY CANNOT BE RESTRICTED TO INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE OR, UM, OR, OR REGULATED.
SO WE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY CAN'T SAY WE'RE NOT AWARE OF THE SITUATION, SO WE NEED TO NOW ADDRESS HOW TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT.
BUT THE, THE ISSUE IS, UH, WE NEED TO GET THIS, THE DESIGNATED SPOTS UP SOON.
WELL, THEY'RE GONNA PUT UP THREE HANDICAPS.
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HANDICAP SPOTS, BUT THEY CAN'T DESIGNATE IT TO AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON.THEY'RE JUST DESIGNATED AS HANDICAPS.
AND THE OTHER SPOTS CAN'T BE DESIGNATED OR RESTRICTED TO ANY ANYBODY THEY GOT.
THEY'D HAVE TO BE, THE SIGNS HAVE TO COME DOWN SAYING, WE'RE GONNA BE TOWED BECAUSE THE TOWN'S NOT TOWING ANYBODY.
UH, THE OTHER ITEM I PUT ON THERE IS THAT THERE WAS A SERIOUS ISSUE ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE WHERE SOME OF THE APARTMENTS BECAME UN UH, OCCUPIABLE BECAUSE OF A FLOODING SITUATION.
AND, UH, THE BUILDING INSPECTOR WENT OUT AND IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO GET IN CONTACT WITH ANYBODY THAT COULD PROVIDE RELIEF TO PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE BUILD, IN THOSE UNITS.
AND WHAT DID WE DO? RIGHT? IF THEY'RE NOT OCCUPIABLE, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE OCCUPYING A, A UNIT THAT DOESN'T HAVE ELECTRICITY, UM, WATER.
AND SO, FORTUNATELY EVERYBODY'S FINE AND THE BILLING INSPECTOR DEALT WITH IT, BUT IT'S A GOOD LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CONTACT THE OWNERS OF MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS, PARTICULARLY THE HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS.
SOMEBODY'S GOTTA BE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY SO THAT WHEN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS OCCUR, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS.
SO THIS WAS FORTUNATELY GOING TO BE A LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
AND, UM, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE AN, IS THAT LEGISLATION THAT WE NEED TO GENERATE THAT REQUIRES THAT SOMEONE BE WELL, I THINK THAT'S REGIONAL.
THAT'S MAYBE, THAT'S, MAYBE THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE WITH THE TOWN ATTORNEY AS TO HOW COULD WE DEAL WITH THIS.
NOW, THE BUILDINGS ARE NOT TOWN BUILDINGS.
UH, BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION AND MAYBE THE TOWN HAS TO PUT THEM UP IN A HOTEL OR SOMETHING OVERNIGHT.
OVERNIGHT, AND THEN GET REIMBURSED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER IF WE CAN'T GET THE PROPERTY ON.
WELL, SOMETHING LIKE THAT MIGHT BE RED CROSS.
THEY DON'T COME OUT UNLESS IT'S A FIRE.
AND THERE WAS, THERE WAS I THINK, SMOKE FROM THE ELECTRICAL WIRES.
IT WASN'T A FIRE, SO THEY DIDN'T QUALIFY.
UH, AND FRANKLY, FRANK MARTO, THE BUILDING INSPECTOR WAS HERE.
HE WOULD EXPLAIN THE EXTENT THAT HE TRIED THE CRISIS CENTER.
UH, BUT THE CRISIS CENTER WOULDN'T GO OUT UNLESS THEY WERE, THEY WERE, UH, DISPATCHED BY THE POLICE.
AND THEN WHEN IT GOT TO THE POLICE, THEY DISPATCHED FOR MENTAL HEALTH.
AND WAS THIS REALLY A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE? RIGHT.
SO IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING AFTER HOURS, BUT LET'S USE IT AS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE SO THAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AGAIN, LIKE THAT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE THAT SAME TYPE OF LACK OF RESPONSE AND FRUSTRATION, AND HOW CAN WE POSSIBLY HELP THOSE THAT NEED TO BE HELPED DURING OFF HOURS.
SO THOSE WERE THE TWO ITEMS I WAS GONNA BRING UP.
AND SO THE AGENDA ITSELF, I BELIEVE, YES.
HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THEIR PRESENTATION WILL BE? IT SHOULD BE ABOUT, UM, 10, 10 MINUTES OR SO.
'CAUSE I HAVE, YEAH, BECAUSE I HAVE TO HAVE TO, I DON'T HAVE A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
I I ASKED THEM FOR THE POWERPOINT.
AND THEN ONCE THEY'VE GOT IT ALL REFINED, WE WILL GET SO WE'RE NOT DOING A TOUR OR ANYTHING? WE'RE JUST THE MEETING.
WE'RE HAVING, WE'RE HAVING A, THEY ARE HAVING A GROUND.
NO, I'M SAYING I, I WANT TO REALLY, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT YOU JUST WANT TO KNOW ABOUT.
I MEAN, THIS IS, YEAH, I'M THINKING OF WHAT I'M THINKING.
THIS IS, YEAH, I KNOW, BUT I, I DON'T, I HAVEN'T SLOGAN THAT.
THIS, THIS IS A PRESENTATION AT THE TOWN BOARD MEETING.
WHICH IS THE FIRST IN THE COUNTRY.
A UNIQUE ENVIRONMENTAL, OH, THIS IS SOMETHING INTERESTING YOU SAID IT'S GONNA BE, SO WE JUST THOUGHT THE, THE RESIDENTS ADVANCE OF THEIR DE YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING LIKE A PREVIEW.
IT MAKES SENSE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF GREENBURG TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.
A QUAD GENERATION PLANNED, IT'S HAPPENING ON NINE A COCA-COLA, UH, BEVERAGES.
LIBERTY, I GUESS IS THEIR LIBERTY.
UH, REALLY IT'S BEEN THROUGH OUR APPROVAL BOARDS AND IT'S, IT'S EVERYBODY WHO SEES IT, IT'S JUST
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ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.AND IT'S IN GREENBERG AND UH, IT'S JUST GREAT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
AND THEY SAY IT'S THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND I JUST ALSO WANNA PLUG LIBERTY 'CAUSE THEY DO A LOT OF STUFF FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THEY ALWAYS GIVE A LOT OF DONATIONS.
SO THEY'VE BEEN VERY GOOD TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO I'M, I'M EXPECTING THAT WITH THE MOMENT OF SILENCE AND WITH, UH, NIKKI IKA, THE MAYOR OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON SPEAKING, THAT WILL PROBABLY TAKE ABOUT 15 MINUTES BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET TO THAT UHHUH.
I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING TOO.
THE QUAD GENERATION PLANT THAT JUST WENT THROUGH THE PLANNING BOARD, UH, ALL THE APPROVALS THAT NEEDED, I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS OVER FIVE ACRES, SO IT DIDN'T COME TO US.
ALL THE APPROVALS THAT NEEDED IT HAS.
'CAUSE OTHERWISE THERE WOULDN'T BE A GROUNDBREAKING TOMORROW.
NO, THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH, UH, THURSDAY.
THURSDAY WE HAVE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER PRESENTATIONS FOR NO.
UH, WE CAN, WE CAN SPEAK WITH THE TOWN ATTORNEY AS TO ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE TAKEN THE THREE TRAIN, THE TWO TRAININGS THAT ARE NECESSARY.
AND IF SO, WE CAN PUT THEM ON AND WE'VE INTERVIEWED THEM.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WE'VE HAD ANYONE ADDED TO THAT LIST SINCE THINK THERE WERE ABOUT FIVE OR SIX APPOINTMENTS AT THE LAST TOWN BOARD MEETING.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANYONE ELSE WHO'S SATISFIED ALL THE CRITERIA, BUT I WILL DOUBLE CHECK THAT.
UM, ISN'T THERE, ISN'T THERE SOMEONE, SO 80, 81 MAY OR MAY NOT BE HELD OVER TOMORROW.
WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE INVOICE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ONLY PAYING FOR WHAT WE SHOULD PAY.
THEN WE HAVE 17 BOND RESOLUTIONS AND THEN THE THREE ENTRY LEVEL POLICE OFFICERS MM-HMM.
SO THEN I MOVE THAT GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING PERSONNEL MATTERS INVOLVING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS AND TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE IN VARIOUS, UH, MATTERS.
I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYONE, WE HAVE AN EVENT HERE AT THE TOWN HALL CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH.
WE WASN'T ABLE TO DO IT ON JUNE 16TH, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT RIGHT BEFORE OUR TOWN BOARD MEETING.
SO WE'LL ASK EVERYONE TO COME OUT.
UH, WE'RE BEGINNING AT FIVE 15 AND WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH SEVEN 30.
WE HAVE ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE CHILDREN, FOOD AND ICE CREAM.
SO PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE SOME TIME, COME OUT, LET'S CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH.
UM, AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU TOMORROW.
SHE SAID THAT FOOD AND ICE CREAM.
IF YOU STALL JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, I'LL PUT THE FLYER UP.
AND, UH, INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE.
SO IF YOU CLICK ON THE WEBSITE, IT'S THE FIRST THING THAT YOU SEE, IT POPS RIGHT UP.
SO COME OUT, GET, HANG OUT WITH US FOR A FEW MINUTES BEFORE WE, UH, HAVE OUR TOWN BOARD MEETING AND WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE EVERYONE.
PUTTING OUT MORE THAN JUST GOODNIGHT.