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UH, WELCOME TO OUR, UH, TOWN BOARD, UH, MEETING.
UH, TODAY IS JULY 12TH AT SEVEN 30, UM, P 7:39 PM
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE LIBERTY, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of Joseph A. DiSalvo, 71, former Hastings-on-Hudson Acting Village Justice and Village Justice for 35 years, passed on July 1 in his home, surrounded by his wife of 48 years and members of his very large family and extended family. Note: Hastings-on-Hudson Mayor Nicola Armacost will present remembrances of Justice DiSalvo (Joe) at the conclusion of the moment of silence. In memory of the people in Ukraine killed during Russia's invasion and relentless intentional targeted bombing of civilians in apartment buildings, hospitals, train stations, schools and children centers, deliberating targeting utilities used by civilians to leave them without electricity and heat through the brutal winter weather, with mass graves being found after invaded areas have been retaken, all in Russia's effort to destroy Ukraine and its people, who are forced to fight for their land, their freedom, and general democratic principles. May they rest in peace and peace be restored to Ukraine]
WE HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IF YOU COULD.UH, STAND AND MEMORY OF, UM, JOSEPH, UH, DESALVO FORMER HASTINGS ON HUDSON ACTING VILLAGE JUSTICE AND VILLAGE JUSTICE FOR 35 YEARS.
HE PASSED ON JULY ONE IN HIS HOME, SURROUNDED BY HIS WIFE OF 48 YEARS, AND MEMBERS OF HIS VERY LARGE FAMILY AND EXTENDED FAMILY.
AND, UM, IN A LITTLE WHILE AFTER WE HAVE THE MOMENT OF SILENCE, THE MAYOR OF HASTINGS, UM, NIKKI KOST WILL, UM, PRESENT REMEMBRANCES OF JUSTICE, UH, DESAL, DESALVO.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF PEOPLE IN UKRAINE KILLED DURING RUSSIA'S INVASION.
AND RELENTLESS INTENTIONAL, UH, TARGETED BOMBINGS OF CIVILIANS AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS, HOSPITALS, TRAIN STATION SCHOOLS AND CHILDREN'S CENTERS DELIBERATING TARGETING UTILITIES USED BY CIVILIANS TO LEAVE THEM WITHOUT ELECTRICITY AND HEAT THROUGH THE BRUTAL WINTER WEATHER WITH MASS GRAVES BEING FOUND AFTER INVADED.
AREAS HAVE BEEN RETAKEN OIL AND RUSSIA'S EFFORT TO DESTROY UKRAINE.
AND ITS PEOPLE WHO ARE FORCED TO FIGHT FOR THEIR LAND, THEIR FREEDOM, AND GENERAL DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES.
AND NOW I'D LIKE TO, UM, ASK THE MAYOR, UM, OF HASTINGS TO, UM, UM, SHARE SOME, UH, REMEMBRANCE OF ABOUT, UM, A GREAT MAN, UH, WHO IS A MAJOR, UM, ASSET TO, UH, THE VILLAGE OF, OF HASTINGS, AND TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
VERY SMART, UM, WISE, UM, CARING, UH, VILLAGE JUSTICE, THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR FINER, AND MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR SO GRACIOUSLY INVITING ME HERE TONIGHT TO EULOGIZE THE HONORABLE JUSTICE JOSEPH DESALVO ESQUIRE, WHO PASSED AWAY ON JULY 1ST, 2023 AT THE AGE OF 71.
JOE, AS MOST PEOPLE CALLED HIM, SERVED THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON FOR 35 YEARS.
HE WAS JUDGED FROM 2004 UNTIL HIS FORMER RETIREMENT, UH, WHICH WAS TWO WEEKS AGO.
AND BEFORE THAT ACTING VILLAGE JUSTICE.
FROM 1988 TO 2004, BY DAY, JOE PRACTICED THE LAW IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
HE WAS MANAGING PARTNER AT NO RIN DESALVO, L L P IN BRONXVILLE, NEW YORK.
HE JOINED THE FIRM IN 1979 AFTER BEING ADMITTED TO THE NEW YORK STATE BAR IN 1977.
HIS FOCUS WAS ON WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ESTATES, REAL ESTATE, LAND USE, AND COMMERCIAL AND LITIGATION MATTERS.
AND MANY HASTINGS AND GREENBERG RESIDENTS WERE HIS GRATEFUL CLIENTS.
BUT AT NIGHT, JOE SERVED AS OUR VILLAGE JUSTICE.
HE HANDLED EVERYTHING FROM PARKING TICKETS TO MORE SERIOUS CRIMES THAT ARE FORTUNATELY A RARE OCCURRENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
JOE ALWAYS METED OUT JUSTICE IN, AS HE WOULD PUT IT A FIRM, BUT FAIR MANNER.
HE WAS KIND, HE WAS WISE, HE WAS COMPASSIONATE, AND HE WAS RESPECTFUL.
HE DEEPLY BELIEVED IN THE FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE OF THE RULE OF LAW.
WE WERE BLESSED TO HAVE HIM PLAY THIS ROLE IN OUR VILLAGE.
JOE IS A PILLAR OF THE COMMUNITY AND A LOCAL CIVIC LEADER.
FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS, HE SERVED AS A TRUSTEE AND CHAIR AT ST.
JOHN'S RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL AS A DIRECTOR FOR THE SHARING COMMUNITY, A HOMELESS SHELTER AND SOUP KITCHEN IN YONKERS AS A DIRECTOR FOR WESTCHESTER RESIDENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES, A FAIR HOUSING ORGANIZATION, AND IN VARIOUS LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AT ST.
OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP CATHOLIC CHURCH IN HASTINGS.
HE ALSO SANG WITH THE WESTCHESTER CHORDS, MAN, A BARBERSHOP CHOIR THAT LAST PERFORMED IN THE VILLAGE AS PART OF OUR YEAR END HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS IN 2021.
HE MOVED HERE IN 1979 WITH HIS WIFE JOANNE, AND THEY RAISED THEIR FOUR CHILDREN, JULIA, ANDREW, KATIE, AND PATRICK IN HASTINGS.
HE AND JOANNE HAVE EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN, UM, INCLUDING THE
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DRAKE FAMILY THAT LIVE STILL IN HASTINGS FOR ME, JOE WAS A TRUSTED ADVISOR, MENTOR AND FRIEND.I ADMIRED HIM AS A CIVIC LEADER AND AS AN EXEMPLARY HUMAN BEING IN THESE LAST FEW MONTHS, I WAS MOVED BY THE DIGNITY AND COURAGE WITH WHICH HE FOUGHT HIS ILLNESS.
OUR CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO HIS WIFE, CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, AND MEMBERS OF THE EXTENDED FAMILY, AS WELL AS TO ALL HIS MANY FRIENDS IN OUR VILLAGE, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, AND BEYOND.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN YOU TONIGHT.
IF I MAY, UM, I KNOWN JOE AND HIS FAMILY FOR A LONG TIME AS CHAIR OF THE HASTINGS DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.
I WORKED FOR HIM AND HIS ELECTIONS.
BUT YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HEAR FROM WHAT THE MAYOR HAD TO SAY, ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT HE DID AND WHAT HE WAS CAPABLE OF.
BUT THE MAN, THE MAN WAS JUST EMANATED GOODNESS.
AND HE WAS SUCH A FAIR ARBITER OF THE LAW, ALWAYS, UM, GIVING PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO COMBAT FROM WHATEVER INFRACTION THEY MIGHT HAVE COMMITTED, OR EVEN IF IT WAS FOR A PARKING TICKET, YOU KNOW, THEY, IT WAS A LESSON TO BE LEARNED, BUT WITH, WITH KINDNESS AND, UM, HUMILITY.
NIKKI AND I HAVE KNOWN HIM FOR A LONG TIME.
THE MAYOR AND I HAVE KNOWN HIM FOR A LONG TIME, AND WE WILL MISS HIM TERRIBLY, BOTH AS THE VILLAGE ATTORNEY, BUT AS A FRIEND.
OUR SYMPATHY IS TO THE FAMILY.
HE'S REALLY A WONDERFUL, UH, HUMAN BEING.
I'VE KNOWN HIM ALSO FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS, AND JUST SO, UH, UH, APPROACHABLE AND MODEST AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY CARED ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.
SO, UM, HE'S A BIG, IT'S A BIG LOSS TO, UH, HASTINGS AND THE ENTIRE, UH, GREENBOROUGH COMMUNITY.
UH, AND IF YOU ACTUALLY, IF YOU SEARCH THE, UH, THE WEB FOR HIM, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE HE WAS INVOLVED IN A BARBERSHOP, UH, QUARTET.
AND I JUST HAPPENED TO PULL UP A VIDEO OF HIM CONDUCTING A BARBERSHOP, UM, QUARTET NOT LONG AGO.
AND, UH, YOU NEVER REALLY, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S ONLY AFTER SOMEBODY PASSES THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF US LEARN, YOU KNOW, THINGS ABOUT SOMEBODY THAT WE KNEW HE WAS A DISTINGUISHED JUSTICE, BUT, UM, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT SIDE OF HIM, WHICH WAS, IT WAS NICE TO LEARN.
JUST WANNA EXTEND MY CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY.
AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR COMING.
THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME.
YOU DON'T WANNA STAY
SHE'S BEEN ACCUSED OF THAT BEFORE.
[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk]
JUDITH, THE, THE ROLL CALL.COUNCIL SUPERVISOR PAUL FINDER.
PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON.
COUNCILMAN FRANCIS SHIN, PRESENT TOWN ATTORNEY JOE DENKO IS PRESENT VIA ZOOM PRESENT.
HI, AND DEPUTY TOWN ATTORNEY AMANDA MAGANA IS PRESENT.
[ PRESENTATIONS 7:45 PM Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages' Greenburgh Quadgeneration Plant, the first of its kind in the U.S. (20 minutes)]
SO FORTUNATE IN THE TOWN TO HAVE, UM, WITH US, UM, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM LIBERTY, COCA-COLA BEVERAGES.COCA-COLA HAS THEIR PLANT IN, UM, UM, IN, IN GREENBURG.
AND, UM, UH, THEY'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SOMETHING VERY EXCITING AND INSPIRATIONAL.
UM, GREENBURG IS GOING TO HAVE THE FIRST QUAD GENERATION PLANT, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND THERE'S A GROUNDBREAKING, UH, YOU KNOW, TOMORROW.
AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, UM, THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU, ELLEN, FOR ARRANGING THE PRESENTATION.
AND THANK YOU DYLAN, FOR COMING HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
SO, SUPERVISOR FINER AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, FOR THIS EXCITING TIME.
UM, WE'D LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE, UH, WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR TOMORROW AND THE PROJECT FOR THE FUTURE HERE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG AT LIBERTY, COCA-COLA BEVERAGES.
I LEAD THE LI UH, LIBERTY ENGINEERING GROUP FOR THE COMPANY.
AND, UH, I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF TAKING THIS PROJECT FROM ITS INFANCY TO COMMISSIONING.
SO TOMORROW, AS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, WE HAVE A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY.
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UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU THERE.AND, UH, IT'LL, IT'LL MARK THE START OF THE COUNTRY'S FIRST QUAD GENERATION CARBON CAPTURE, UM, PROCESS.
SO IF DON'T MIND GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO, HERE AT LIBERTY, WE'D LIKE TO SHARE WHAT WE STAND FOR, SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHTING THE L IN LIBERTY IS LOCAL.
SO WE LIVE, WE PLAY WHERE WE WORK.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ALSO LIVE THE IMPACTS OF OUR BUSINESS IN OUR BACKYARD.
SO WE TAKE OUR SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES VERY SERIOUSLY.
AS YOU SEE, THESE ARE OUR PURPOSE, OUR VISION, AND OUR VALUES.
AND IF YOU DON'T MIND GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'D LIKE TO, TO SHARE SORT OF A, UH, RUDIMENTARY, UH, EXPLANATION AS TO THIS PROJECT AND WHAT QUAD GENERATION IS.
SO BACK IN 2019, LIBERTY COCA-COLA COMMITTED TO CERTAIN, UH, SUSTAINABILITY METRICS OF WHICH WE STARTED THIS INITIATIVE OF QUAD GENERATION.
SO IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS IN THE MAKING, UH, LEADING UP TO THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY.
TOMORROW, UM, WE, WE, UH, OUR LEADERSHIP FROM TOP DOWN HAS SHOWN THEIR COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY AND OUR IMPACT TO THE MARKETS THAT WE SERVE.
IF YOU DON'T MIND GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, QUAD GENERATION IS DERIVED FROM FOUR DIFFERENT VALUE STREAMS, GENERATION OF FOUR DIFFERENT VALUE STREAMS, ONE OF WHICH IS ELECTRICITY.
ANOTHER IS, UH, HEAT CHILLING, AND THEN, UH, C O TWO BEVERAGE GRADE C O TWO.
SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE FIRST, UH, IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SYSTEM, AND IT'S FUELED BY NATURAL GAS.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THERE ARE SOME NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS TO NATURAL GAS.
UM, ALBEIT IT IS AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, BUT WE HAVE ANSWERS FOR THOSE, UH, DOWNSIDES.
WE DON'T PLAN TO REMAIN ON NATURAL GAS.
THE EXCITING PART OF THIS IS WE ARE NEVER SATISFIED.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE PLAN ON, UM, INSTILLING A BIOFUEL PRODUCTION SYSTEM WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON, IN FOR THIS, UH, ELMSFORD FACILITY.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL HIGHLIGHT EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
SO IN PHASE ONE IS WHAT WE'RE BREAKING GROUND ON TOMORROW.
PHASE ONE IS THE QUAD GENERATION PROCESS THAT'LL PROVIDE US THE ELECTRICITY, THE HEAT, THE CHILLING, AND THE C O TWO.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, TOMORROW ON A TOUR, WE'LL SHOW YOU A RECYCLING PROCESS.
WE'VE ALREADY UNDERWAY IN ELMSFORD FACILITY, AND WE FULLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SOLID GOODS OF WHAT WE BRING BACK FROM THE TRADE IN TERMS OF PLASTIC AND ALUMINUM.
BUT WE HAVE NOT YET FULLY TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE LIQUID EFFLUENT OF THAT PROCESS.
I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR ANSWER TO THAT IS PROCESSING A HIGH SUGAR WASTE THROUGH A DIGESTION SYSTEM OF ACTIVE ENZYMES THAT WILL THEN TAKE THE SUGARS AND PRODUCE TWO THINGS, HEAT AND METHANE.
WE'VE SPECKED THESE ENGINES THAT YOU'LL SEE TOMORROW TO RUN ON THAT METHANE.
SO AT WHICH THAT POINT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY GENERATE OUR OWN BEVERAGE GRADE, C O TWO, BUT BIOFUEL RIGHT ON SITE.
SO WE'LL MAKE OUR OWN FUEL TO MAKE OUR OWN ENERGY TO MAKE OUR OWN C O TWO.
AND THEN IN PHASE THREE, IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER THERE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, GOING BACK, PHASE THREE IS NOW WE HAVE PRETTY CLEAN WATER.
SO WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH IT? WE'RE GONNA REUSE IT FOR ALL OF OUR GRAY WATER REUSE IN THE PROCESS YOU'LL SEE TOMORROW IN THE TAS.
SO WE'RE GONNA CLEAN THAT WATER IN SUCH A MANNER THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE IT FOR IRRIGATION, UH, TOILETRIES, EXTERNAL WASH DOWNS, EVERYTHING EXTERNAL TO THE PRODUCT.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THERE, NOW WE'RE GONNA DIVE INTO THE DIFFERENT VALUE CREATIONS OF WHAT MAKES QUAD GENERATION, THE QUAD SYSTEM, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS ELECTRICITY.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, HOW THIS SYSTEM GENERATES ELECTRICITY IS AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE ROTATES A GENERATOR JUST LIKE A STANDBY GENERATOR AT A, AT A HOME, BUT ON A MUCH LARGER SCALE.
SO THE NATURAL GAS IS THE PRIMARY FUEL AND WILL GENERATE 19 MILLION KILOWATT HOURS.
IT DOESN'T MEAN A LOT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE UNTIL THEY SEEN, THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY THAT 1600 HOMES PRODUCE.
AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS EXTREMELY EFFICIENTLY AT A 52% ELECTRICAL EFFICIENCY RATE.
AGAIN, THAT MAY NOT MEAN A A LOT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE UNTIL THEY HEAR THE ELECTRICITY THAT'S PROVIDED FROM THE GRID TODAY COMES TO YOU AT ABOUT A 30% EFFICIENCY RATE.
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THAT'S STEP NUMBER ONE IN OUR SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS, IS ULTRA EFFICIENCY IN GENERATING ELECTRICITY RIGHT HERE IN GREENBURG.THE NEXT VALUE STREAM IS HEAT.
AND THAT HEAT WILL COME IN THE FORM OF LOW GRADE HOT WATER LOOPS AND STEAM INJECTION.
SO IN OUR PROCESS TODAY, WE REQUIRE QUITE A BIT OF HEAT, REQUIRE HEAT TO SANITIZE OUR BEVERAGES.
HEAT ARE, UH, SPACES THAT ARE OPERATIONAL.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THE INTERNAL COMBUST COMBUSTION PROCESS, UH, PUTS OFF A LOT OF HEAT OF WHICH IS TYPICALLY WASTED ENERGY, UH, IN LOSS EFFICIENCIES.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO RECYCLE THAT, CAPTURE EVERY BIT OF THAT HOT, UH, STEAM AND HOT WATER, AND REUSE THAT WITHIN THE PROCESS THROUGH HEAT EXCHANGERS AND PROCESS WATER.
THE NEXT VALUE STREAM IN QUAD GENERATION IS CHILLED WATER.
WE REQUIRE, UH, AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF CHILLING CAPABILITY TO CREATE THE WORLD'S MOST PREMIUM BEVERAGE AT 34 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT TO FILL OF, WHICH WE'RE EXCITED TO SHOW YOU TOMORROW.
IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THE BEST WAY TO EXPLAIN HOW WE'RE GONNA GET CHILLED WATER THROUGH HEAT IS TO EQUATE IT TO HOW THE BODY SWEATS.
WE SUPERHEAT A SALT WATER SOLUTION THAT WILL THEN EXTRACT ENERGY IN THE FORM OF HEAT OF THIS CHILLED WATER WE HAVE TO USE.
AND, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO MECHANICALLY INDUCE THAT THROUGH AN ABSORPTION CHILLER SYSTEM.
SO IT IS FUELED BY HEAT OF WHICH WE HAVE PLENTY OF THROUGH THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION PROCESS.
AND THE OUTPUT OF THAT IS EXTREMELY COOL WATER THAT WE'RE THEN ABLE TO HEAT EXCHANGE WITH OUR PROCESS WATER THAT IS CLEAN AND PURIFIED TO MAKE OUR BEVERAGE TODAY.
THE LAST BUT MOST EXCITING VALUE STREAM OF THIS IS THE NEGATIVE CONNOTATION TO INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES ARE THE IMPURITIES THAT GO THROUGH THE EXHAUST INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.
SO THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ARE, WERE, WAS OUR PRIMARY CONCERN WHEN IT CAME TO THIS TECHNOLOGY, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SAY WE'RE ABLE TO REDUCE, UM, ALL OF THE EXHAUST GAS POLLUTANTS DOWN TO THE PARTS PER BILLION LEVELS.
SO WHAT'S COMING OUT OF THAT EXHAUST IS BETWEEN 70 AND 90 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND IN PARTS PER BILLION PARTICULATE OF, UH, IMPURITY INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, WE'RE ABLE TO TARGET JUST THAT CARBON MOLECULE THROUGH, UM, DOSING OF AMINE FLUID.
THAT AMINE FLUID THEN GRABS ONTO THAT, THAT CARBON MOLECULE IN THE EXHAUST STREAM.
WE'RE ABLE TO PROCESS THAT SINGULARITY AND PURIFY AND LIQUEFY THAT AND UTILIZE THAT DIRECTLY INTO THE CARBONATION OF OUR BEVERAGE, WHICH MAKES THIS QUAD GENERATION PROCESS THE MOST EXCITING.
THIS QUAD GENERATION, UH, SYSTEM IS FIRST IN THE COUNTRY, AND IT'S EXTREMELY SHE EXCITING TO DO HERE IN, UH, AARON GREENBERG.
BUT THIS IS NOT THE ONLY THING.
WE'RE THE FIRST IN, WE WERE THE FIRST TO INTRODUCE AND PRODUCE 100% RECYCLED P E T.
ALTHOUGH P E T IS A SINGLE USE PLASTIC, BUT WE WERE THE FIRST IN THE COUNTRY TO UTILIZE 100% RECYCLED PLASTIC INTO OUR NEW BOTTLES.
WE WERE THE FIRST TO DO TO USE POST-CONSUMER RESIN PLASTICS.
THAT'S A, THAT THAT BOTTLE RIGHT THERE
SO THAT PLAS, THAT BOTTLE WAS A BOTTLE IN ITS PREVIOUS LIFE.
AND THAT'S THE MOST EXCITING PART.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO, UH, EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON, IS IF WE CAN START, UH, INCREASING OUR RECYCLING RATES, NOT ONLY WILL THAT, UM, ALLOW US TO CONTINUE USE OF 100% OUR PET, BUT INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF METHANE WE'LL BE ABLE TO GENERATE THROUGH OUR INTERNAL RECYCLING SYSTEMS. AND NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE OF THE PUBLIC NOTICED, BUT WE TRANSITIONED GREEN TO CLEAR.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE SPRITE, THE SEAGRAMS, THE GINGER ALE GREEN BOTTLES.
WE WANTED TO STREAMLINE OUR RECYCLING PROCESS AND WE COMMITTED TO 100% CLEAR P E T.
AND THAT ALLOWS US TO REMAIN CIRCULAR IN OUR RECYCLING EFFORTS.
I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN IN THE MARKET THE FIRST IN THE COUNTRY KEEL CLIP, WHICH IS THE FIRST SIX PACK THAT IS 100% CURBSIDE RECYCLABLE.
THAT IS A PAPERBOARD PACKAGE OF PACKAGE OF WHICH WE'D LOVE TO SHOW YOU TOMORROW.
AND WE LEAD THE COUNTRY IN RECYCLED PERCENTAGE RECYCLED P E T PERCENTAGE IN THE CON IN THE CONTAINERS WE PRODUCE TODAY.
WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, BEHIND, UH, THE, THE PICTURE IN PICTURE THERE, THAT'S ALMOST 15 MILLION POUNDS
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YEAR TO DATE OF RECYCLED MATERIAL WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE FROM THE, UH, FROM THE MARKETS WE SERVE AND REINSTITUTE INTO A NEW BOTTLE OR A NEW CONTAINER WHERE THE FIRST BOTTLER IN THE UNITED STATES TO CLOSE THE LOOP ON THESE RECYCLING EFFORTS IN BOTTLE TO BOTTLE IN CAN, TO CAN TOMORROW.YOU'LL, YOU'LL NOTICE, UH, WE WANT TO STOP INTO THE RECYCLING ROOM THAT WE HAVE INTERNALIZED.
AND THIS IS AN EXTREMELY EXCITING PROCESS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO TAKE THE WASTE, WHICH IS NATURALLY USED TO GO TO A LANDFILL.
WE'RE ABLE TO INTERNALIZE THAT PRODUCT PROCESS AND, UM, PROVIDE RECYCLED GOODS TO OUR, OR TO OUR RECYCLERS TO PROVIDE US THE RESIN BACK TO MAKE ANOTHER BOTTLE.
SO THE NEXT COUPLE OF SIDES ARE, UH, RENDERINGS OF WHAT THE SYSTEM WILL LOOK LIKE, THAT WE ARE SO EXTREMELY EXCITED TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC AND THE REST OF OUR INDUSTRY.
THESE INVESTMENTS AND COMMITMENTS TO SUSTAINABILITY DO NOT COME AT A PROFITABLE CLIP, BUT IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
AND WE ARE WILLING TO SPEARHEAD THAT WITHIN OUR INDUSTRY TO SHOW, UM, EVERYONE ELSE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IT IS THE RIGHT THING AND THEY SHOULD FOLLOW PRETTY QUICKLY.
SO THAT, THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
UM, IT WAS PRETTY RUDIMENTARY INTO THE QUAD GENERATION SYSTEM, BUT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SYSTEM, I'M HAPPY TO, UH, TO DIVE A LITTLE DEEPER.
ARE THE BIRDS PAID EXTRA
COULD YOU DISCUSS JUST VERY BRIEFLY, UM, THE PROCESS, UH, DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, THE TOWN THAT YOU TO GO THROUGH, UH, AND, UM, AND HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE, YOU KNOW, TO BUILD? ABSOLUTELY.
SO FROM APPLICATION, UM, WE DID NEED TO APPLY FOR A ZONING VARIANCE DUE TO THE HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS OF THE, UH, THE CARBON CAPTURE SYSTEM, OF WHICH WAS, UM, WE FEEL EXTREMELY, UH, MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL TO BOTH, UH, BOTH SIDES.
UM, THE TOWN, UH, WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN DIVING DEEP INTO OUR ANALYSIS, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND THE IMPACTS VISUALLY TO THE PUBLIC.
SO WE ARE EXTREMELY, UH, EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND ULTIMATELY WE WERE, WE GOT OUR APPROVALS TO BREAK GROUND OF WHICH WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU TOMORROW, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND IN, UH, IN ELMSFORD.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE ELMSFORD PORTION OF GREENBERG.
SO HOW LONG, FRANCIS, YOU WERE PAYING ATTENTION TO HOW LONG IT, THE PROCESS WAS IN GETTING THE APPROVALS CORRECT? I I DON'T THINK YOU, I DON'T THINK THIS WAS A VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS AT ALL BECAUSE IT WAS A, IT WAS A VERY DESIRABLE, UM, REQUEST.
I THINK IF ANYTHING, FOR EXAMPLE, TONIGHT, I DIDN'T CARE IF YOU SPOKE FOR FIVE MINUTES OR 25 MINUTES.
THIS IS, THIS IS REVOLUTIONARY.
UM, MY ONLY, MY ONLY ISSUE IS I KEEP HEARING ABOUT FIRST, FIRST, UM, UH, QUAD PLANT IN ELMSFORD.
AND YOU CAME TO GREENBURG TO GET ALL THE APPROVALS.
I KNOW IT'S VERY CONFUSING BECAUSE THE, THE POST OFFICE ADDRESS IS ELMSFORD, BUT IT'S REALLY THIS SITE AND ALL YOUR APPROVALS COME FROM THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
UM, AND WE, WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH BRANDING, WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A TESLA OF WHITE PLAINS.
WE HAVE REGENERON INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN OF TARRYTOWN.
IT'S AN UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE POST OFFICE ADDRESSES WORK, UH, PEOPLE JUST PUT WHATEVER THE POST OFFICE ADDRESS IS THERE.
BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD, UH, AND ELMSFORD IS IN GREENBURG, AND THE MAYOR WILL BE THE FIRST, WHO'S A FRIEND OF MINE.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT AS YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, UM, PROMOTING THIS, THAT AT LEAST GIVES SOME RECOGNITION THAT THE, OUR ZONING WAS CONDUCIVE FOR THIS IN GREENBERG, THE APPROVALS CAME FROM GREENBERG.
UH, AND WE'RE JUST AS THRILLED AS CAN BE.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW MY EMAIL ABOUT RESPONDING ABOUT TOMORROW, BUT I AM AS GIDDY AS CAN BE BECAUSE THIS WILL HOPEFULLY INCENTIVIZE OTHERS TO DO THIS.
AND FRANKLY, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT COCA-COLA, LIBERTY, COCA-COLA, I GUESS YOU CALL YOURSELVES NOW, UH, HAS BEEN DOING SO MUCH IN THIS AREA MM-HMM.
AND SO THIS IS CERTAINLY GOING TO HIGHLIGHT YES, THIS ENORMOUS ADVANCEMENT,
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BUT ALSO THE SMALLER THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING, LIKE THE A HUNDRED PERCENT RECYCLABLE PACK MM-HMM.SO THAT'S, THAT'S A MAJOR THING.
SO I, I, I JUST, I DON'T THINK THERE'S, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING, FRANCIS.
I ACTUALLY, UM, SENT YOU A PICTURE OF THE CRUSHED CANS AND HOW THEY PACKAGE THEM.
IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT HOW YOU, HOW YOU CONSOLIDATE THE CANS, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A WORK OF ART REALLY.
SO WHEN WE MADE OUR COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY AND INTERNALIZING OUR RECYCLING STREAM, WE HAD TO MAKE A DECISION IF WE ARE GOING TO REMAIN CIRCULAR IN OUR PRODUCTION PROCESS, WE HAD TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF OUR RECYCLING STREAM, OF WHICH WE'VE BUILT A RECYCLING PROCESS WITHIN THIS FACILITY IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
UH, THIS SYSTEM TAKES FULL GOODS, UH, OUT OF DATE, OUT OF SPEC FROM THE TRADE OR FROM THE PRODUCTION PROCESS, AND CONSOLIDATES THEM INTO HIGH DENSITY BALES OF PLASTIC AND ALUMINUM.
THE MOST EXCITING ASPECT OF THAT IS ONE BALE THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE PICTURE, SHE'S SHARING.
ONE BALE USED TO EQUAL ONE WHOLE TRUCKLOAD OF FULL GOODS WE WOULD THEN SHIP TO BE PROCESSED.
SO WE'VE TAKEN OVER 600 TRUCKS AND TRAILERS OFF THE ROAD WITH THAT PROJECT ITSELF.
AND I WANNA HIGHLIGHT, GENTLEMEN, I'LL NEVER FORGET A FACE, BUT I FORGET THE NAME.
WHAT YOU SAID IS THIS PROJECT CAN'T HAPPEN FAST ENOUGH.
AND IT STUCK WITH US QUITE A BIT.
AND, UH, AND IT, IT, IT RESONATES WITH NOT ONLY JUST THIS PROJECT, BUT OUR PURSUIT TO BIOFUELS AND FURTHER SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE.
AND WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING ABOUT THIS IS THAT IT WILL GENERATE MOMENTUM.
I'M SURE THAT YOUR COMPETITORS AND OTHER COMPANIES ARE GONNA FEEL, UM, PRESSED TO DO THE SAME THING.
AND WE'RE REALLY VERY PROUD THAT YOU'VE CHOSEN GREENBERG AS A, YOU KNOW, AS, AS YOUR, AS YOUR LOCATION.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I TOOK A TOUR OF YOUR FACILITY A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, ABOUT TOMORROW.
AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT, UM, YOU'RE PART OF THE TOWN AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE REALLY A TREMENDOUS, UM, CORPORATE, YOU KNOW, CORPORATE ASSET, AND YOU'RE LEADING BY EXAMPLE.
AND I HOPE AGAIN, THAT EVERYBODY FOLLOWS YOUR, YOUR, YOUR LEAD.
AND WE SHOULD PASS A RESOLUTION BANNING PEPSI FROM THE TOWN OF GREENBURG
SO WHEN THE, WHEN THE, WHEN THE QUAD SYSTEM IS FULLY OPERATIONAL, WILL THE PLANT BE ZERO EMISSIONS? SO THE, WE WILL NOT BE CARBON NEUTRAL YET MM-HMM.
AND, UH, WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL WE, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO BENEFIT THE TOWNS THAT WE SERVE.
HOW MANY, UH, EMPLOYEES DO YOU HAVE IN THE ELMSFORD, UH, PLANT? I BELIEVE IT'S JUST OVER 300 EMPLOYEES.
AND HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY YEARS YOU'VE BEEN THERE? WE JUST CELEBRATED OUR 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
JUST CELEBRATED OUR 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
AND YOU MENTIONED, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE THE PUSH TO OUR, SOME OF OUR COMPETITORS.
SO THE RECYCLED P E T COMES AT A COST TO OUR FACILITY IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG OF OVER $2 MILLION, OVER INCREMENTAL COST OVER WHAT VIRGIN P E T COSTS TODAY ARE WILLING TO MAKE THAT COMMITMENT TO PUSH THE INDUSTRY FORWARD.
NOW, COCA-COLA HAS OTHER SIMILAR PLANTS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
SO ARE YOU, IS THIS GONNA BE SORT OF A MODEL FOR THE OTHER COCA-COLA, YOU KNOW, PLANTS ALSO? I'M HAPPY YOU BROUGHT THAT OUT, BECAUSE WE SEE THEM AS COMPETITORS WHEN IT COMES TO SUSTAINABILITY.
WE'RE WILLING TO LEAD THE NET FRONT AS WELL.
WE WANT TO MAKE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND BOTTLERS ACROSS THE US LOOK BAD UNTIL THEY REALIZE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY FORWARD.
SO YOU SAID THAT THIS IS GONNA RUN ON NATURAL GAS.
IS IT MORE NATURAL GAS THAN PRIOR TO THIS PROJECT? IT IS SLIGHTLY MORE NATURAL GAS, BUT THE OVERALL EFFICIENCY, UH, IS, IS ON PAPER OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT WHEN YOU TAKE IN THE FOUR VALUE STREAMS. UM, BUT BECAUSE IT IS MORE NATURAL GAS, IT FURTHER WARRANTS OUR, UM, TENACITY TOWARDS GENERATING OUR OWN FUEL ON SITE BECAUSE OF THE PROJECT.
DID CONED BASICALLY GIVE A WAIVER FROM THEIR BAN OF, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW DID YOU DEAL WITH CONED? SO PREVIOUSLY,
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UM, CODE GENERATION, NOT QUAD GENERATION IS NOT NEW TO US.WE HAD A HYDROGEN FUEL CELL ON SITE OF WHICH WE'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT EXISTING ACCOUNT.
AND THEN THE INCREMENTAL INCREASE IN NATURAL GAS CAPACITY WE NEEDED WAS AT A, UH, INTERRUPTIBLE RATE.
SO WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH CONED ON THAT, UH, JUST BECAUSE THE, THE COMMITMENT IS, UH, SO IMPORTANT TO THE INDUSTRY.
YOU MENTIONED THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU, THAT THE, UH, GROUNDBREAKING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TOMORROW.
COULD YOU JUST, UM, TELL PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU'RE LOCATED AND YOU'RE CLOSE TO SAM'S CLUB AND MM-HMM.
WE'RE OFFERING TOURS TO THE PRODUCTION FACILITY AND SMALL GROUPS, UH, TO MAINTAIN SAFETY.
BUT WE'RE EXCI EXTREMELY EXCITED TO SCREAM THIS PROJECT FROM THE ROOFTOP.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING US, FOR INVITING THE COMMUNITY.
AND THANK YOU FOR EXPANDING IN GREENBURG.
I, I, I I, I'LL BE REMISS IF I DID NOT GIVE YOU A HUGE, HUGE SHOUT OUT FOR THE LAST FOUR YEAR, WELL, THREE YEARS YOU HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THE JUNETEENTH EFFORTS.
UM, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS YOU HAVE GIVEN TO US.
THIS IS ONE OF OUR PARTNERS, OUR TOWN PARTNERS, OUR CORPORATE SPONSORS.
SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
UM, WHICH IS WHY I HAVE THIS BOTTLE
AND ALSO WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND, AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
SO NEXT WE HAVE, UM, UM, LET'S SEE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
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ACTUALLY, PAUL, I, I DO HAVE A FEW TOWN CLERK COMMENTS.UM, WE ARE JUST REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UM, THIS YEAR'S GREENBERG TOWN HALL SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
WE HAVE 50 YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE FOLLOWING HIGH SCHOOLS.
ARTLEY, EDGEMONT, HACKLEY HASTINGS, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, IRVINGTON, I OWN A PREP.
MARIA REGINA, SACRED HEART, MONFORT ACADEMY, AND, UH, VALHALLA HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL AS WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, FOLLOWING COLLEGES, BOSTON COLLEGE, SUNY BUFFALO, HOWARD UNIVERSITY, INDIANA UNIVERSITY, KENYON COLLEGE, CORNELL UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, WESLEYAN.
IT IS JUST AN AMAZING GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE REPRESENTING THE CULTURAL MOSAIC OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
AND, UM, ONCE AGAIN, WORKING WITH PAUL FINER, UM, CO-COORDINATOR ALONG WITH MYSELF, CO-COORDINATOR ON THIS PROGRAM IS JUST AMAZING IN TERMS OF THE, UH, RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BRING TO THE PROGRAM AND TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND I JUST WANNA, WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED,
I SPOKE TO THE INTERNS YESTERDAY.
UH, THERE, AS YOU SAID, THERE WERE OVER 50, UH, IT'S A, SOMEBODY SAID IT REMINDS THEM OF THE UNITED NATIONS.
'CAUSE THE REAL CROSS SECTION, UM, OF PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, UM, PEOPLE FROM THE WEALTHIEST FAMILIES TO THE, UM, THE POOREST FAMILIES.
AND THEY'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER.
AND WE HAVE SOME REALLY EXCITING, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS.
UM, UH, THEY'VE BEEN MEETING WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS, UH, THE MAYOR OF, UM, ARDSLEY SPOKE TO THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, TODAY, UM, ABOUT THE MIGRANT SITUATION.
AND, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IN ARDSLEY, UM, WE, THIS IS GONNA BE, UM, VERY, VERY ASYLUM SECRETS, SOME NATIONAL, UM, UM, LEADERS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN, UM, IN SPEAKING TO THE INTERNS.
AND I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A, A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE STUDENTS.
I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE ONE OF THE BEST, UM, INTERNSHIPS THAT WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, OVER, UM, YOU KNOW, OVER THE, OVER THE YEARS.
SO THANK YOU, UM, FOR GIVING, UM, YOUNG PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS AND, UM, TO EXCEL AND, YOU KNOW, AND GAIN CONFIDENCE AND LEARN ABOUT PUBLIC SERVICE.
SO THIS IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, REALLY GREAT.
AND IF ANYBODY, UM, WOULD LIKE TO, UM, OBSERVE, UM, THE INTERNS IN ACTION, WE MEET, UH, EVERY TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY FROM 10, UM, YOU KNOW, 10 TO UM, THREE.
AND IF YOU HAVE INTERESTING EXPERIENCES THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH INTERNS, LET US KNOW.
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UM, WE COULD PUT YOU ON, UM, YOU KNOW, ON THE SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS.WE'VE HAD AMAZING INPUT FROM OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, UH, THIS WEEK IN TERMS OF GIVING OVERVIEWS OF THE VARIOUS TOWN DEPARTMENTS AND GIVING THEM, UM, INVOLVING THEM IN, UM, ENGAGING THEM IN IN ACTIVITIES, LEARNING ABOUT THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
AND THIS EVENING, OUR COUNTY EXEC, GEORGE LATIMER, HAS AGREED TO WORK WITH US ON A LOBBYING INITIATIVE.
ISN'T THAT EXCITING? SO MORE TO COME.
AND THIS IS OUR 14TH YEAR, AND WE'VE HAD HILLARY CLINTON, 15TH YEAR, WE'VE HAD HILLARY CLINTON SPEAK TO THE INTERNS.
WE HAD THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF COLORADO, UH, SPEAK TO, UH, THE INTERNS.
WE HAD ANDRE TALLEY WHO USED TO LIVE IN GREENBURG, UH, WORLD FAMOUS FASHION LEADER, UM, WHO, UH, SPOKE TO, UH, THE INTERNS IN THE PAST.
WE HAD, UM, MARK ZUCKERBERG'S SISTER AND MOTHER SPEAK TO THE INTERNS ABOUT MARKETING IN, UH, FACEBOOK.
UM, WE'VE HAD THE WHITE HOUSE, FORMER WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT FOR TIME MAGAZINE AND, UH, AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERS, UH, SPEAK TO THE INTERNS.
WE'VE HAD, UM, UH, THE AWARD-WINNING TONY AWARD, WINNER OF THE PLAY OSLO SPEAK TO THE INTERNS.
AND ONE OF THE FORMER INTERNS WHO HE SPOKE WITH HERE, UH, GOT A JOB IN LA UM, IN FILM AS A RESULT OF THIS INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE.
AND HE TOLD US THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR.
SO THIS INTERNSHIP, I AM CONVINCED IS THE BEST INTERNSHIP OF ITS KIND, I THINK, IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS YEAR.
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PUBLIC COMMENT.ANY, SO NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING? YES, WE HAVE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK FIRST.
JUST MAKE SURE IT'S CLOSE TO IT.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, MY NAME IS CHERYL HILL AND, UH, I'M HERE TO, UH, SPEAK ABOUT OUR STREET OR THE STREET I LIVE ON.
SO I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO EXPRESS OUR COLLECTIVE FRUSTRATION AND DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE RECENT GAS LINE REPLACEMENT THAT WAS CONDUCTED BY CON EDISON IN OUR BLOCK.
WHICH BLOCK IS THAT, CHERYL? THAT'S, UH, INDIAN TRAIL.
WHILE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE NECESSITY OF SUCH INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES, WE ARE DEEPLY TROUBLED BY THE LACK OF FOLLOW THROUGH AND DELAY RESTORATION, DELAY OF RESTORATION TO OUR PROPERTIES.
AND THE STREET WEEKS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE GAS LINE REPLACEMENT WAS COMPLETED, AND YET WE HAVE RECEIVED NO UPDATES OR ACTION FROM CON ED TO PROPERLY REPAIR THE AREAS IMPACTED BY THE CONSTRUCTION.
THE STREET REMAINS UNPAID, AND OUR PROPERTIES BEAR THE SCAR OF EXCAVATION.
IT IS DISHEARTENING TO WITNESS NEIGHBORING AREAS WHERE CON ED CARRIED OUT SIMILAR WORK ALREADY RESTORED TO THEIR PREVIOUS STATE.
WE DEMAND TRANSPARENCY FROM CON EDISON ON A CONCRETE TIMELINE FOR WHEN OUR BLOCK WILL RECEIVE THE ATTENTION IT DESERVES.
TOGETHER, LET US RAISE OUR VOICES AND DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE DESERVE THE SAME LEVEL OF CARE AND CONSIDERATION AS OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN PROMPTLY REPAIRED.
AND REPAVED OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES ANSWERS AND WE DEMAND ACTION FROM CON EDISON TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION PROMPTLY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND LET US WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE OUR VOICES ARE HEARD.
DID PHIL, DO YOU HAVE, SORRY? DO YOU HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS? UM, NOT OF THE, NOT OF THE STREET, BUT IF YOU WALK, YOU KNOW, I WALK THE STREET EVERY DAY AND I, MY NEIGHBORS YEAH.
IF YOU TAKE, I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE ANY POWER PER SE OVER CON ED, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY HELP ADVOCATE FOR YOU
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MM-HMM.SO IF YOU CAN PULL TOGETHER PHOTOGRAPHS AND SOME KIND OF, UH, NARRATIVE ABOUT THAT AND, UM, AND WE CAN REACH OUT AND HOPEFULLY ADD OUR VOICES SO THAT, UM, WE CAN HOPEFULLY HELP YOU.
I, I DID, DID YOU SAY HOW LONG AGO THE GAS LINE REPLACEMENT WAS COMPLETED? UH, IT WAS COMPLETED BY ABOUT THE END OF JUNE.
AND THE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS THE FOREMAN REGARDING THE WORK TOLD US ALL THAT THEY WERE GONNA SEND, UH, PEOPLE TO, UH, RESTORE MM-HMM.
MY NEIGHBOR HAS PAVERS AND HE, HE'S READY TO GET IT FIXED BACK HIMSELF.
SO, UM, THEY'RE A LITTLE UPSET, JUST SAY, BUT, UH, AND WE WANTED TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN.
'CAUSE HE TOLD US THAT THEY WERE GONNA SEND, UH, PEOPLE TO FIX IT.
I, I, I WILL, I'LL CONTACT, YOU KNOW, CON ED TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE MEETING.
UM, AND I, I WANNA MENTION I'M VERY FAMILIAR 'CAUSE I BICYCLE TO WORK AND I'M ON INDIAN TRAIL AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR TIMES A WEEK.
UM, SO I'VE, I SAW THE CONSTRUCTION SOMETIMES.
UM, IT WAS HARD TO, UH, ACTUALLY GET THROUGH BECAUSE OF THE TRUCKS, UH, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S REALLY BEEN BAD.
BUT ONE THING THAT REALLY BOTHERED ME IS THAT I REMEMBER YOUR ROAD WAS RECENTLY REPAVED.
IT WAS, AND, AND THE THING IS, WHAT'S REALLY DRIVING ME CRAZY, BECAUSE I BIKE ALL OVER, UH, GREENBERG, UM, IS WE REP PAVE A ROAD AND IT COSTS LIKE A FORTUNE TO REPAVE THE ROAD THEN AFTER REP PAVE THE ROAD BECAUSE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WERE SAYING, OH, WE NEED IT REP PAVED.
UM, UM, AND THE ROAD IS A MESS, GETS REP PAVED AND THEN A YEAR LATER KIND OF TEARS THE ROAD APART AND, UM, AND, UH, DOES UNDERGROUND WORK.
AND YOUR ROAD IS BASICALLY AN EXAMPLE BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS REPAVED PROBABLY WITHIN THE PAST TWO YEARS.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SPENT, WE'RE SPENDING, UM, YOU KNOW, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR ON ROAD REPAVING.
AND TO ME IT'S A TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY TO REPAVE A ROAD, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE NEXT WEEK.
AND THEN THE ROAD WILL BE TORN APART A WEEK LATER.
AND THIS HAPPENS ALL OVER, ALL OVER THE TOWN.
NOW, EVERY TIME I'VE SPOKEN TO THE COMMISSIONER AND I'VE SPOKEN TO CON ED, HE SAID, OH, WE'RE TRYING TO COORDINATE.
BUT YEAH, IT'S NOT WORKING BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER, YOU KNOW, ALL OVER TOWN.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW NEAR JANE STREET, NOT, YOU KNOW, IN HARTSDALE ST YOU KNOW, WILSON, COLUMBIA.
THERE'S METAL PLATES, YOU KNOW, ALL, YOU KNOW, ALL OVER.
AND I FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS SAYING TO MYSELF, YOU KNOW, WHAT, IF, IF WE WOULD GIVE KIND OF LIKE A LIST OF THE WORST ROADS IN THE TOWN, MAYBE THEY SHOULD DO THOSE ROADS, YOU KNOW, FIRST, AND, UM, AND THEN, UH, LET THEM REPAVE THE ROAD AFTER.
AND SCARSDALE, WHEN THEY TEAR APART HALF THE ROAD, THEY REPAVE THE WHOLE THING IN GREENBURG, UH, THEY REPAVE ONLY HALF OF THE ROAD.
UH, SO I SPOKE TO SOMEBODY FROM CON ED AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I SAID TO THEM THAT THERE SHOULD BE LIKE A, THERE SHOULD BE EQUAL RIGHTS FOR GREENBURG, LIKE AN EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT FOR PAVING.
YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD HAVE BASICALLY EQUAL TREATMENT FOR EACH COMMUNITY IN, UM, IN WESTCHESTER.
SO SCARSDALE RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT GET THE ENTIRE ROAD REPAVED AND GREENBURG RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, IF GREENBURG RESIDENTS DON'T GET THE SAME TREATMENT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WORK, YOU KNOW, WORK ON.
BUT I DEFINITELY WILL, UM, EMAIL CON THE LIAISON TO CONED, YOU KNOW, TONIGHT.
AND, UM, WHEN I, WHEN YOU SEE ME ON, UM, THE BICYCLE, HOPEFULLY, UH, THE ROAD WILL BE, UM, REPAVED.
OTHERWISE, IF I GET A FLAT TIRE, UH, ON MY BIKE, I'M GONNA PUT IN A CLAIM AND MAKE THEM PAY FOR THE TIRE.
DID I SAY YOUR NAME CORRECTLY? CHIN KANI.
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GOOD EVENING.I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE DOBBS FERRY ROAD TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE.
IT SEEMS THAT, UH, ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK THE ROAD JUST FILLS WITH TRAFFIC FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER.
TOOK MY WIFE AND I 15 MINUTES TO GET FROM THE SPRAIN PARKWAY TO, TO PALISADE AVENUE.
DURING THAT TIME, A CAR BEHIND US COULDN'T WAIT AND PASSED US ACROSS THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINE AND WENT AROUND US.
NOW, I MEAN, IT'S A DOUBLE YELLOW LINE, GUYS.
SO MY OTHER THING IS, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS, ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS AROUND HERE HAVE A UNIFORMED POLICE OFFICER DIRECTING TRAFFIC.
WHY DOESN'T THAT DAY CAMP HAVE THE SAME RESPONSIBILITY? A GUY IN SHORTS WITH A STOP STOP SIGN IN HIS HAND DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO ME.
YOU KNOW, IF HE WAS A UNIFORM GUY, THEN MAYBE THEY GET A LITTLE MORE RESPONSIBILITY OR SOMETHING TO THAT.
NOW WHAT THESE THE PARENTS ARE DOING IS THEY'RE PARKING IN MY DRIVEWAY.
THEY'RE PARKING IN FRONT OF MY DRIVEWAY.
WHEN I PULL INTO MY DRIVEWAY, THERE'S A GUY IN FRONT OF ME PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY WHEN I'M TRYING TO PULL INTO IT.
AND THEN THEY LOOK AT ME LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? BUT ANYWAY, ALL I KNOW IS I'VE NEVER, THIS IS THE WORST YEAR THAT EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED.
THE PRIOR YEARS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS DIFFERENT, BUT THIS YEAR WAS ONE OF THE WORST ONES I'VE EVER SEEN.
NOW, TODAY, AGAIN, I TOOK PICTURES AND THEY'RE WELL PAST MY HOUSE.
THEY'RE ALL THE WAY DOWN THE CURVE, HEADING DOWN TOWARDS NINE A.
WHERE DO YOU LIVE? WHAT PALISADE AVENUE? THE SECOND HOUSE IN 11 PALISADE SECOND HOUSE.
IN, WE, WE TALKED YESTERDAY, THE TOWN BOARD AND THE POLICE CHIEF IS HERE.
WE WERE GONNA, UM, FOLLOW UP WITH THE FIRE CHIEF AND, AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL, BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY, FROM LOOKING AT THE PICTURES YESTERDAY AT OUR WORK SESSION.
THE, THE CONCERN MANY OF US HAD WAS THAT THERE'S A SAFETY ISSUE.
BECAUSE IF THERE'D BE A HEART ATTACK OR, UM, UH, AN EMERGENCY, IT WOULD BE HARD FOR THE FIRE OR THE POLICE TO, UH, TO GET, THEY SIT, THEY, THEY SIT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, THEY SIT THERE, THEY IDLE, AND THEN THEY HAVE THE HABIT OF JUST THROWING THEIR TRASH OUT ONTO THE LAWN.
IS THIS, IS THIS ONE OF YOUR PICTURES? UH, YEAH, THAT'S MINE FROM TODAY.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU KNOW THE CHIEF, MAYBE YOU COULD JUST GIVE US A REPORT ON, BUT WHY CAN'T, WHY CAN'T THAT POLICE OFFICER OR THAT GUY DIRECTING TRAFFIC BE UNIFORM? WELL, WHY DON'T WE JUST ASK THE CHIEF, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA LET HIM FINISH HIS TIME AND THEN, UM, I CAN ADDRESS CHIEF, YOU CAN COME, COME ON CHIEF.
I, I'LL SHARE MY TIME WITH YOU.
I HAVE NO, NO, GO AHEAD MY FRIEND.
I ALWAYS RESPECT MY POLICE OFFICERS.
NO, I JUST, THAT I, I KNOW THE RULES ARE THE RULES, SO DON'T LET ME TALK.
JUST, UM, SO EVERYONE KNOWS THIS CA I'M SORRY, DO I WAS NO, PLEASE.
OH, NO, I THOUGHT I MISSED SOMETHING.
I WOULD PREFER IF HE EXPLAINS HIS PICTURES.
'CAUSE THE TIME IS GONNA BE UP BY THE TIME YOU'RE DONE.
ALRIGHT, WELL, WELL, WHAT, WHY DON'T I, I DON'T HAVE THE, I DON'T KNOW IF THEIR PICTURES WERE ALL RIGHT.
I'M STANDING ON THE CORNER OF PALISADE AVENUE LOOKING DOWN AND THERE WERE CARS, AND IF YOU JUST TURN AROUND THE OTHER WAY AND THERE WERE MORE CARS.
WHAT TIME IS THAT? WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE? THIS, THIS WAS FOUR 15 TODAY.
SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? WE'RE LOOKING, GOING EASTBOUND ON DOBBS FERRY ROAD FROM PALISADE AVENUE HEADING TOWARDS THE ENTRANCEWAY TO THE DAY CAMP.
AND LET'S SEE, I THINK THERE'S SOME MORE THAT YOU HAD, BUT WHAT IS IT AGAIN, YOU'RE SITTING THERE AND YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE, LISTEN, I COULD GET IN MY DRIVEWAY AND THEY'RE GIVING YOU AN ARGUMENT.
THEY DON'T PAY ROAD TAX FROM MY DRIVEWAY.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, GIVE ME THIS, IT'S MY HOUSE.
WHY DO I GET, TAKE ME TO 15 MINUTES TO GO FROM THE SPRING TO PALADE TO PALADE AVENUE? WHY AM I, MIGHT I HAVE TO WAIT? WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IS, I THINK THERE'S ONE IS THERE'S TOO MANY CHILDREN IN THAT, IN THAT DAY CAMP.
AND SECOND OF ALL, THEY MUST HAVE DID SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE AMOUNT OF VEHICLES THERE.
NOW WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE? UH, THIS IS HEADING FROM MY BLOCK LOOKING WEST, UH, GOING WEST DOWN TOWARDS NINE A.
SO I, I COUNT ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE CARS THERE.
UH, THERE'S PLENTY MORE DOWN IF YOU, IF I WERE TO WALK FURTHER DOWN.
I MEAN, WHAT, I MEAN, THEY'RE DOWN MY BLOCK TOO.
I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE ON GREEN.
DO YOU KNOW, ARE THESE, ARE THESE THE PEOPLE DRIVING THESE CARS? ARE THEY COMMUTERS? UM, OR, AND OR PEOPLE GOING TO THE CAMP? TO, THEY'RE GOING TO THE CAMP, BUT THEY HAVE A, A NUMBER SYSTEM THAT IT'S IN THEIR CAR.
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STICKER THERE, OR A GREEN THAT HANGS OFF OF THEIR REAR VIEW MIRROR.AND THERE'S A NUMBER TO, UH, THE VEHICLE.
SO WHEN THE CHILDREN HEAR THEIR NUMBER, THEY KNOW THAT THEIR CAR IS THERE.
SO THESE ARE CARS THAT ARE PICKING CAMPERS UP, PICKING CAMP UP.
IT'S A, IT'S A LIME GREEN, UM, UH, THING THAT STANDS IN THE WINDOW.
AND, AND BASED ON YOUR KNOWLEDGE, THESE LIME GREEN SIGNS ARE GIVEN OUT BY THE CAMP TO PARENTS OR PICKING UP THEIR KIDS.
AND SOMEHOW THEY'RE RED AS THE CAR GET THE VICINITY, YOU HEAR THE, THE, THE PERSON CALLING OUT THE NUMBER, UHHUH
AND THE CHILD KNOWS THAT HIS CAR IS THERE WAITING FOR HIM, AND THEN THE CHILD COMES OUT AND GETS THE, THE CAR.
SO THE, THE CARS THEMSELVES, DO THEY PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHILE THEY'RE WAITING FOR CAMPERS OR THEY JUST STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD? THEY JUST STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
AND THEN THE, THE GENTLEMAN OVER THERE DIRECTING, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH THE STOP SIGNS DIRECTING PEOPLE TO COME IN AND COME OUT.
SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, WHEN WERE THOSE PICTURES TAKEN? TODAY AT FOUR 15.
IS IT EVERY DAY? MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
LIKE I SAID, THIS YEAR IS ONE OF THE WORST YEARS CHIEF.
I WANTED YOU TO MAXIMIZE YOUR TIME, THAT'S ALL.
I'M GONNA GRAB SOMETHING OUTTA MY BACK BEFORE I TAKE THE MIC.
I'M PROBABLY THE ONE PERSON IN HERE THAT DOESN'T MIND THAT
UH, THIS CAME UP FIRST IN EMAIL.
I BELIEVE IT WAS TWO ME TWO EMAILS SENT TO, UH, THE SUPERVISOR FORWARDED TO ME AND THE TRAFFIC SERGEANT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WERE MORE RESIDENTS COMPLAINING OUTSIDE OF THOSE INITIAL EMAILS AFTER THE, UH, WORK SESSION YESTERDAY.
WHAT I DID THIS MORNING WAS I HAD A MEETING WITH THE TRAFFIC SERGEANT AND I ACTUALLY DROVE DOWN DOBS SPRAY ROAD PAST THE CAMP FOUR TIMES TOTAL TODAY, UM, AT DIFFERENT TIMES, BUT, WELL, I'M TELLING THIS OUT OF WATER.
WHAT I DID YESTERDAY WAS I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH, THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY ASSIST WITH THE TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT OF THE CAMP.
TWO OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE GREENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS.
I'M GONNA TRY TO EXPLAIN THIS AS BEST I CAN, BUT DON'T, DON'T HOLD ME COMPLETELY TO THE FIRE ON IT.
WHEN, UM, SOLOMON SCHECHTER, WHICH BECAME LAFELL SCHOOL WHEN THEY STARTED, WE'VE ESSENTIALLY HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM FOR UNIFORMED OFFICERS IN THE MORNING.
YOU KNOW, FOR THE WHOLE TIME THEY'VE BEEN THERE.
THE TWO OFFICERS THAT ARE THERE AND THE CIVILIAN THAT'S THERE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY PAID BY THE CAMP.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SIMPLY GIVES THEM PERMISSION TO DO THAT.
AS SIDE WORK, LIKE SOMETIMES THE POLICE OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, OR SOME OF THEM ARE AT SAM'S AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR LOCAL LOCATIONS.
THE THING IS, WHEN THEY ARE THERE IN THAT CAPACITY, WHETHER THEY'RE IN UNIFORM OR NOT, THEY ARE STILL POLICE OFFICERS.
HOWEVER, THEIR PURPOSE IS, PURPOSE IS TO FACILITATE SAFE MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLES.
AND, YOU KNOW, SIMPLY PUT, TRAFFIC CONTROL DOESN'T REALLY, IT'S NOT INTENDED TO SPEED UP TRAFFIC.
IT'S FOR THE PURPOSE OF SAFETY.
SO THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF HAVING OFFICERS THERE, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN ENTER AND LEAVE SAFELY ISN'T NECESSARILY GONNA SPEED UP PEOPLE COMING IN AND GETTING OUT.
WHAT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME PRIOR TO YESTERDAY'S MEETING IS THAT THEY HAVE, UM, DISMISSAL FOR THE CHILDREN THAT RIDE THE BUSES AT, AND I HAVE NOTES, BUT OF COURSE I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME.
AFTER THEY DO THAT, AROUND 4 0 5, 4 10, THEY HAVE THE PARENT PICKUP.
IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THE BUSIEST TIMES ARE ESSENTIALLY BETWEEN FOUR 10 AND 4 25.
A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT 15 MINUTE PERIOD.
UM, NOT ONLY DID I DRIVE THROUGH THAT AREA TODAY AT APPROXIMATELY WHAT I CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY BECAUSE I HAD SOMEONE ASSIST ME AND I TOOK VIDEO OF WHAT IT WAS TO DRIVE THROUGH THERE AT THAT TIME.
AND I WILL SAY THIS, IF I LIVED ACROSS THE STREET, WOULD I FEEL INCONVENIENCED? YES.
DID I SEE ANYTHING THAT ANYONE DID THAT WAS HAZARDOUS A SAFETY ISSUE, IRRESPONSIBLE OR WORTHY OF A SUMMONS TODAY? I DID NOT.
BUT THE ISSUE WITH PICTURES AND VIDEO, IT'S A SNAPSHOT OF THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT.
I KNOW THE CAMP GOES EIGHT WEEKS AND I KNOW THAT SOME WEEKS THEY HAVE MORE CAMPERS BASED ON THE PROGRAMS THAN OTHERS.
SO THE FIRST WEEK, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, TENDS TO BE BUSIER.
THE TRAFFIC TENDS TO BE WORSE AS THE WEEKS GO.
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ARE WORSE.WHEN I DROVE BY TODAY, AGAIN, NO TRAFFIC ISSUES.
AND IF I CAN GET THIS TO OPEN, I'LL TELL YOU HOW LONG IT TOOK ME TO DRIVE THROUGH EACH WAY, WHICH IT WASN'T A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT AGAIN, IF I LIVED ACROSS THE STREET, I WOULD FEEL SOMEWHAT INCONVENIENCED.
UM, AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, AS THE POLICE CHIEF, MY JOB IS REALLY SAFETY.
IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THE CAMP AND HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE ATTENDING THE CAMP AND, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS AN ISSUE FOR THE FAIRVIEW TO FIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT GETTING OUT OF THEIR FIREHOUSE, I DID HAVE A VERY, VERY BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH CHIEF REESE.
AND CHIEF REESE IS FULLY CAPABLE OF LETTING ME KNOW IF HE HAS AN ISSUE OR EXPRESSING ONE FOR HIMSELF.
HE IS NOT CLAIMING TO HAVE AN ISSUE TO ME AT THIS TIME, BUT I REALLY DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR HIM.
IF THE TOWN BOARD NEEDS TO FOLLOW UP WITH HIM, I'D RATHER THEY SPEAK TO HIM THEMSELVES.
UM, WHAT I WILL SAY IS, IN ADDITION TO ME GOING THROUGH, 'CAUSE I AM THE CHIEF, AND I DO SOMETIMES HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO, BUT PRIOR TO MY DRIVING THROUGH AND TAKING VIDEO TODAY, THE TRAFFIC SERGEANT SPENT TIME OVER THERE, UH, PREVIOUSLY AND ALSO ONE OF OUR TRAFFIC OFFICERS.
THE DAY THE TRAFFIC OFFICER WAS THERE, THE TRAFFIC REALLY WASN'T THAT BAD IN TERMS OF HAVING TO SPEAK TO ANYONE ABOUT TURNING INTO ANYONE'S DRIVEWAY OR SITTING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
THE TRAFFIC SERGEANT, THE DAY HE WAS THERE, HE SPOKE TO TWO PEOPLE, EXPLAINED TO THEM, YOU KNOW, THEY INDICATED THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD.
AND YOU KNOW, IT, IT APPEARS, AND I DON'T WANT TO DISMISS ANYONE'S COMPLAINT, AGGRAVATION.
I DON'T MEAN TO BE DISMISSIVE AT ALL, BUT AS WAS EXPRESSED TO ME BY TWO OF MY OFFICERS AND WHAT I EXPERIENCED TODAY, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE TIME, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA TRY TO DO THIS WITHOUT THE SOUND GOING WESTBOUND, WHICH IS TOWARDS NINE A.
IT ACTUALLY TOOK US ABOUT TWO MINUTES TO GET THROUGH.
AND I WANNA SAY WE WERE PROBABLY SITTING STILL FOR ABOUT A MINUTE OF THAT TWO MINUTES.
I WAS DRIVING, I WASN'T TAKING THE VIDEO, UM, COMING BACK THE OTHER WAY.
I, I THINK IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT LONGER ACTUALLY GOING EASTBOUND, BUT, UM, OH NO, YOU KNOW WHAT? I HAD IT BACKWARDS.
IT TOOK ABOUT THE TWO MINUTES TO GET BACK COMING EASTBOUND, WE SAT THE LONGEST GOING WEST AND IT TOOK, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT TOOK A LITTLE LESS THAN THREE MINUTES TO GET THROUGH GOING WESTBOUND.
AND THIS WAS AT, THIS WAS AT, YOU KNOW WHAT, I HAVE THE EXACT TIME IN HERE BECAUSE WE TOOK THE CLOCK IN THE DASHBOARD, BUT LET'S JUST SAY IT WAS FOUR 15 ISH.
SO I TRIED TO DO THIS AT THE HEIGHT OF THE DAY.
I THINK THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH FAIRVIEW.
UM, I ALSO SPOKE WITH THE GENTLEMAN THAT RUNS THE CAMP TODAY FOR QUITE A FEW MINUTES.
THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
HE TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE 50 STAFF MEMBERS ON THE CAMP GROUNDS ASSISTING IN GETTING THE KIDS IN THE VEHICLES AND OUT SO THEY CAN KEEP THE TRAFFIC MOVING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
UM, BUT HE SAID THAT THE ONE YEAR THAT WAS PARTICULARLY LIGHT WAS THEY DID OPERATE THROUGH COVID AND THAT'S WHY THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN A REDUCTION IN WHAT THE TRAFFIC WAS COMPARED TO WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW.
MY INTENT FOR RIGHT NOW IS TO CONTINUE TO HAVE MY TRAFFIC OFFICERS MONITOR, BUT BASED ON ALSO THE ISSUE THAT WAS RAISED TODAY, I'M GOING TO HAVE THEM SPEND SOME TIME ON PALISADES AND GREEN ACRES AND SOME OF THOSE SIDE STREETS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PARENTS AREN'T PARKING IN PEOPLE'S DRIVEWAYS OR LITTERING OR, YOU KNOW, VIOLATING THE LAW IN OTHER WAYS WHILE THEY'RE WAITING TO PICK UP THEIR CHILDREN.
UM, THE GENTLEMAN FROM THE CAMP ASSURED ME THAT SOMETHING THEY TRY TO DO, BECAUSE IT MAKES ISSUES FOR THE CAMP, IS HAVE THE PARENTS, THE PARENTS ACTUALLY HAVE A PICKUP SCHEDULE.
SO DEPENDING UPON, YOU KNOW, WHAT PARENT, WHAT KID, WHAT PROGRAM, THEY MAY COME IN TO PICK THEM UP IN CERTAIN TIMES.
THE ISSUE IS WHEN THE PARENTS DON'T ADHERE TO THE SCHEDULE, THEN THEY PULL OVER, THEY FIND SOMEWHERE TO TURN AROUND OR TRY TO SIT SOMEWHERE, AND THEM NOT FOLLOWING THE CAMPS DIRECTIONS IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROBLEM.
SO I IMPRESSED UPON HIM THAT IT WAS IN EVERYONE'S BEST INTEREST, THAT IF HE FOUND SOME WAYS TO MOVE THINGS THROUGH, YOU KNOW, MORE EFFICIENTLY, UM, IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR EVERYONE.
I TOLD HIM THAT THE TOWN BOARD WOULD POSSIBLY BE FOLLOWING UP WITH OTHER TOWN DEPARTMENTS.
UM, BUT AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR NOW, I HAVE TWO OFFICERS THAT WILL GIVE ME UNFILTERED FEEDBACK
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AND ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO KEEP THINGS MOVING.MIND YOU, THEY ARE WORKING FOR THE CAMP WHEN THEY ARE THERE.
AND THEN I WILL HAVE THE TRAFFIC UNIT AND OR THE SECTOR OFFICER SPEND TIME ON THOSE SIDE STREETS DURING THOSE TIMES OF DAYS TO MITIGATE SOME OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.
BECAUSE AGAIN, EVERYTHING THAT I'M SHARING RIGHT NOW, I'M REALLY MORE INFORMATION GATHERING THAN TRYING TO TAKE A SIDE.
SO, UM, I HAVE HAVE A QUESTION.
SO THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS IN ONE OF THE PICTURES HOLDING THE SIGN, THAT WAS A POLICE OFFICER IN PLAIN CLOTHES, THE OKAY, THERE'S NO, NO, NO, THERE'S NO, I HAVEN'T, I DIDN'T SEE THAT.
THERE'S, THERE'S THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THE TRAFFIC.
THERE'S A GENTLEMAN IN THE MORNING, HE IS AN OFF-DUTY GREENBURG POLICE OFFICER.
THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE IN THE AFTERNOON, A MALE AND A FEMALE.
THE FEMALE'S AN OFFICER, THE MALE IS A CAMP EMPLOYEE.
HOWEVER, AGAIN, THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE THERE, THEY'RE WORKING AS CAMP EMPLOYEES WHILE THEY ARE THERE.
SO THIS IS WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO.
THEY'RE NOT THERE TO WRITE TICKETS.
IF THEY START STOPPING CARS AND TRYING TO WRITE TICKETS, THEY'RE JUST GONNA MAKE THE TRAFFIC WORSE.
THE PERFECT, THE PURPOSE OF HAVING TRAFFIC OFFICERS OR FLAGGERS THERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S FOR SAFETY, NOT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.
AT THE SAME TIME, IF SOMETHING WERE GOING ON THAT NEED, THEY NEEDED TO CALL INTO HEADQUARTERS, LET US KNOW TO SEND A CAR OVER, OR GOD FORBID IT WAS SO EGREGIOUS THAT THEY NEEDED TO TAKE ACTION.
THEY ARE STILL POLICE OFFICERS AND EVEN OUT OF UNIFORM, THEY HAVE THEIR BADGES.
THEY CAN IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS SUCH.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THOUGHTS THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAD IS COULD WE ASK, UM, YOU KNOW, GREG FROM THE CAMP, IF, UM, MAYBE THEY COULD HAVE, UH, BETTER STAGGERED, UH, YOU KNOW, TIME.
SO LET'S SAY THE KIDS GET OUT, SAY AT FOUR O'CLOCK, THEN MAYBE WE COULD SAY HALF THE KIDS WOULD GET OUT AT FOUR 30 AND THEN THEY WOULD TELL THE PARENTS, YOU KNOW, TO PICK UP THOSE, THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, A HALF HOUR LATER.
BECAUSE I SORT OF FEEL THAT IF THEY DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THIS IS NOT REALLY THE POLICE, BUT YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS IF I WROTE TO HIM OR, YOU KNOW, SPOKE TO HIM? HE, HE'S OPEN TO COMMUNICATION.
HE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO REACH BACK OUT TO ME, UH, VIA EMAIL.
YEAH, BECAUSE, BECAUSE I SPOKE, HE'S OPEN TO COMMUNIC LIKE YESTERDAY AND I EMAILED, YOU KNOW, TEXTED HIM AND UM, YOU KNOW, EMAILED HIM.
BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH A, I MEAN THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERN FOR SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS, AND I FEEL THAT ELMAN'S BEEN AROUND FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE PLACE SOLD.
AND IT BECOME, YOU KNOW, EVEN MORE, I MEAN, RIGHT NOW FOR MOST OF THE YEAR, WE DON'T HAVE ANY REAL PROBLEMS. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE WEEKS, EIGHT WEEKS IN THE SUMMER.
SO I'M GONNA DO MY BEST TO, YOU KNOW, ALSO WORK WITH HIM AND SEE IF WE COULD GET THIS RESOLVED, YOU KNOW? AND I THINK HE'LL COOPERATE BECAUSE WHEN I SPOKE TO HIM, YOU KNOW, HE, YOU KNOW, HE BASICALLY WANTS TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR WITH A COMMUNITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE ALWAYS GET LIKE A FEW COMPLAINTS, UM, ABOUT THE CAMP EVERY, EVERY SUMMER.
BUT THIS YEAR HAS BEEN LIKE, WE'VE GOTTEN THE MOST NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS.
I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, I MEAN, I'VE BEEN HEARING IN THE PAST THAT THE STAGING, THE PICKUP WAS NOT AS IT IS THIS YEAR.
IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT, WHAT, I'M SORRY.
IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING, WHAT NEIGHBORS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS YEAR.
SO IN THOSE CONVERSATION, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN GO BACK TO PREVIOUS YEARS? SO WE DO NOT HAVE THE BACKUP OF TRAFFIC AND WE DON'T HAVE THESE INCIDENTS BECAUSE IT IS NOT FAIR TO THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE TRYING TO GET HOME AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AND THE SAFETYNESS OF IT, OF IT ALL.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE SWITCH THIS YEAR, AND CAN WE GO BACK? 'CAUSE CLEARLY IT'S NOT WORKING.
WHAT, WHAT HE EXPLAINED TO ME WAS THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT WITH THEIR PROCESS, BUT THERE WAS AN ELEMENT OF SOME OF THE STAFF WERE PARKING AT THE OLD COUNTRY CLUB.
SO WHAT HE ATTRIBUTED IT TO WAS SOME OF THE STAFF PARKING AT THE OLD COUNTRY CLUB, YOU KNOW, APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS EAST.
AND ALSO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, PRE PANDEMIC AND POST PANDEMIC.
BUT HE ASSURED ME THAT THEIR ACTUAL PROCEDURE IS THE SAME THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
BUT AGAIN, HE'S OPEN TO COMMUNICATING, AND I KNOW THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH HIM BEING AVAILABLE LAST NIGHT, BUT, UM, I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH HIM TODAY FOR AT LEAST MYSELF, THE TRAFFIC SERGEANT.
AND I HAD A CONFERENCE CALL WITH HIM FOR AT LEAST 10 MINUTES.
UH, I'LL EMAIL, EMAIL HIM, UH, TONIGHT AND I'LL, UM, I'LL SEE IF WE COULD GIVE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND MAYBE YOU COULD GIVE ME A PROGRESS REPORT, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD CONTACT ME EVERY DAY AND JUST LET ME KNOW IF THINGS ARE IMPROVING.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE KEEP THE PRESSURE ON, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE WE'LL GET RESULTS.
AND PART OF HIS ISSUE IS JUST EMAIL ME OR TEXT ME LIKE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND THEN WE WILL, UH, AND I'LL KEEP, I'LL KEEP, UH, FOLLOWING UP ON THIS.
AND JUST SO THE BOARD KNOWS, UM, THAT HE WORKS LONG HOURS DURING THE CAMP.
SO HE'S ACTUALLY THERE UNTIL 8:00 PM BUT I KNOW QUITE OFTEN YOU'RE ALL HERE LATER.
SO, BUT JUST F Y I SHARING, HE DOES WORK THERE
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UNTIL 8:00 PM BUT, UM, HE'S AVAILABLE BY PHONE.MARY, I HAVE HANG AROUND FOR YOU.
I HAVE SUBJECT MARY, MARY, YOU ARE ACTUALLY NET TO SPEAK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
NOW YOU NEED ME, YOU CAN STAY.
UM, PART OF WHAT I WAS, PART OF WHAT I WAS GONNA SPEAK ABOUT TONIGHT IS, UH, ITEM, UH, C O FOUR, WHICH IS THE $7 MILLION FOR A SIDEWALK ON WEST HARSDALE AVENUE.
I HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT INSTEAD OF A SIDEWALK THAT YOU USE A TRAILWAY SIDE SIDE ASPHALT SO THAT CARS CAN GO ON AND OFF.
IF YOU USED A BICYCLE, SHARED TRAILWAY KIND OF, UH, EXTENSION, THEN THE CARS ON WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE COULD PULL OFF ONTO THAT TRAILWAY WHILE THEY MADE DELIVERIES.
AND IN THIS CASE, IF THEY HAD IT, IT COULD BE SHARED BY BICYCLISTS WHEN THEY'RE THERE.
BUT THESE PEOPLE WAITING WOULD BE OFF THE ROAD USING THAT EXTENSION.
I'VE SPOKEN TO ANDREA STEWART COUSINS, GEORGE LATIMER AND MARY HINKY, AND I'M GOING TO MEET WITH THEM TO DISCUSS CHANGING THE CONCEPT OF USING A STANDARD SIDEWALK INTO A TRAILWAY THAT CAN BE SHARED BY BOTH DELIVERY PEOPLE.
AND THIS, I SPOKE EARLIER THIS EVENING TO THE DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSIONER BRIAN.
UH, AND HE AND I ARE GOING TO MEET AND GO ON A TOUR, AND WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEMS AND WHY AND HOW TO GET THAT DONE FOR WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE.
WHEN THERE'S A CURB THERE, NOBODY CAN PULL OFF AND SHARE IT.
PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE DELIVERY TRUCKS ARE GONNA MAKE A QUICK DELIVERY, WE CAN WAIT.
PEOPLE ARE CONSIDERATE THESE DAYS.
AND THAT'S THE, SO, AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO SPEAK WHEN YOU WERE STILL HERE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO DEVELOP SIDEWALKS, NOT AS KIRK SIDEWALKS, BUT AS ASPHALT LEVEL WHERE EVERYBODY CAN MOVE BACK AND FORTH AND SHARE IT.
HOW YOU GONNA RIDE A BICYCLE ON WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE? WHERE, WHERE SIDEWALKS ON ONE SIDE GOING THE OTHER WAY? IT'S DANGEROUS.
UH, NOW TO GET BACK TO MY ORIGINAL PRESENTATION,
THIS IS THE AGENDA FOR, THIS IS YOUR TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
THE TOWN BOARD ALSO RESERVES THE RIGHT TO INTERVIEW CANDIDATES FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
THAT'S A, THAT DEFINES YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
THIS BOARD IS OVERSIGHT, NOT OPERATING.
THAT MEANS THE PERSON WHO IS THE ZOOM HOST IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE TOWN STAFF AND NOT A BOARD MEMBER.
IT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST WHERE FRANCIS WAS THE ZOOM PERSON, BUT THAT HAS, HAS TO STOP.
IT'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST BECAUSE THERE'S NO OVERSIGHT.
IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS BOARD TO OVERSIGHT, OVERSEE, INTERVIEW, AND YOU PUT IT RIGHT HERE.
YOU CAN'T HAVE OVERSIGHT IF HE'S A ZOOMER.
THIS BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY IS OVERSIGHT, NOT OPERATING.
YOU GET TO FIRE PEOPLE WHO DON'T DO THEIR JOB RIGHT? CAN'T FIRE FRANCIS.
FRANCIS AND I HAVE HAD ISSUES FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
I WILL BRING HIM UP AT THIS TIME.
EVERYTHING I SAY IS ON THE RECORD AND DOCUMENTED.
I SAID EVERY WORD OF IT ON THE RECORD, AND THERE'S A VIDEO OF ALL OF IT.
THERE'S TOO MUCH GOING ON TONIGHT TO BRING IT UP.
I'LL BRING IT UP AT ANOTHER TIME.
BUT FRANCIS BEING ZOOM PERSON FOR THIS BOARD IS OVER, AS IN GARRETT'S ON THE PHONE, TRANSFER IT TO GARRETT.
GARRETT PRESENTED THE INFORMATION FOR THAT.
AND BY THE WAY, THE GENTLEMAN FROM COCA-COLA ALREADY EMAILED ME AN INVITATION TO COME AND HE WILL PROVIDE A TALK FOR ME BECAUSE I CAN'T BE THERE TOMORROW.
I SAY, I CAN'T REMEMBER STUFF.
I COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT BEING TAUGHT BY A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE.
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I'M NOT THAT GOOD.A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO TEACH ME.
THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER STUFF GOING ON.
I'M NOT GONNA PUSH IT TONIGHT.
OH, BY THE WAY, KEN, I GOT MY SWEATER, BUT I DON'T NEED HAL
DID YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT OVER THERE? SO IT WAS A PUBLIC STREET.
DID YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT OVER THERE? LET ME UNDERSTAND THIS, MR. FINER, YOU BIKED INDIAN TRAIL THREE TIMES A WEEK.
YOU ENCOUNTER DIFFICULTIES OVER THERE.
AND TONIGHT YOU'RE GONNA SEND AN EMAIL TO CON ED BECAUSE A RESIDENT COMPLAINED.
DON'T YOU SEE PROBLEMS? DON'T YOU REACT ON YOUR OWN? I KNOW THIS BEING TELEVISED.
SO YOU'RE PUTTING ON A GREAT SHOW FOR THE NEWS.
OKAY? THE WORK SESSION THAT WE HAD TUESDAY, DID ANY OF YOU IN, KEN, YOU WEREN'T THERE, SO YOU CAN DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN.
UH, DIDN'T IT OCCUR TO ANY OF YOU THAT IT'S KIND OF UNUSUAL FOR AN APPLICANT WHO WOULD BE RESPONDING TO AN R F P TO GIVING HIS APPROVAL AND NEGOTIATING AN R F P CONTENTS? DOESN'T IT SEEM RATHER CLOSE TO THE SITUATION FOR SOMEONE, SOMETHING AGAINST THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF AN R F P WHERE HE'S SITTING ON YOUR LAPS AND NEGOTIATING WITH YOU WHAT SHOULD BE IN AN R F P THAT THEY WILL RESPOND TO, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT SUCCESS STORY WITH THAT APPLICANT WHEN IT COMES TO SELLING US ELECTRIC POWER.
I KNOW YOU LOVE HIM AND YOU'RE THIS CLOSE, BUT I SEE A CLEAR CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
THIS IS THE JUNETEENTH CEREMONY OUTSIDE THE ONE THAT ORIGINALLY WAS SCHEDULED FOR PRESSER PARK IN HARTSDALE, UH, DEVICE TO LURE PEOPLE AWAY WHO MIGHT BE MOST PARTICIPATING IN AN EVENT FROM FAIRVIEW TO HARTSDALE.
AND HERE WE HAVE IT NOW, THE SHOW MUST GO ON.
AND YET, WHAT WAS JUNETEENTH ABOUT? AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT REALLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ASPECT OF JUNETEENTH IS ALREADY BEING CELEBRATED OR NOT BEING CELEBRATED IN THE SITUATION REGARDING THE MANHATTAN MURAL? WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT MANHATTAN AVENUE MURAL? WHY ISN'T IT BEING FINISHED? WHY ISN'T IT BEING COMPLETED? WHY ARE NONE OF YOU RESPONDING TO WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER A YEAR NOW, JUNETEENTH ONLY WHEN THERE'S FREE FOOD, BUT NOT WHEN YOU REALLY WANT TO GET INVOLVED.
THIS, OF COURSE, FOLLOWS VERY RACIST BEHAVIOR BY THIS TOWN BOARD IN GETTING A FOOD MARKET FOR FAIRVIEW REALLY FAIR FOLLOWING LAST YEAR'S PRESCRIPTION TO TAKE IT DOWN TO THE WIRE.
SO YOU VOTED ON FRIDAY BEFORE THE OPENING ON SATURDAY TO ALLOW THIS AND JUST LIKE TONIGHT, FREE HOT DOGS AND FREE SODA.
NOW THAT IT'S OPEN, BECAUSE YOU FINALLY GAVE YOUR CONSENT, YOU PUBLICIZE IT AFTER ALL THE DAMAGE IS DONE TO ACTUALLY GET BOOTH PEOPLE INVOLVED.
OKAY? ALSO ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS SOMETHING SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT, THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
SO YOU'RE FINALLY GETTING AROUND TO DOING WHAT YOU DIDN'T DO IN 2022.
AND NOW IN 2023, YOU'RE CONSOLIDATING MOST OF IT.
OF THE BUDGETS YOU APPROVED IN EACH YEAR, YOU'RE RUNNING $6 MILLION SHORT OF WHAT YOU ALREADY APPROVED IN WHAT TONIGHT'S TOTALS COME UP TO.
THAT'S AFTER THE 6,000,005 THAT YOU VOTED TO BOND ONLY A FEW WEEKS AGO.
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WAS FROM THE 2022 BUDGET.BUT APART FROM THE DRILL WAR SETTLEMENT, 6,000,005, WHICH BY THE WAY IS NOT THE TRUE COST OF JOE MOORE, ONLY THE AMOUNT BEING PAID TO THE LITIGANTS.
THERE'S LOTS MORE EXPENSES THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE STAND OUTSTANDING IN TERMS OF LEGAL EXPENSES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN RECIPROCATED.
AND YET TONIGHT YOU'RE APPROVING ALL THESE MEASURES ON A CAPITAL BUDGET BECAUSE THIS TOWN IS REALLY GOING BROKE.
YOU HAD TO TAKE $10 MILLION FROM CAP FROM FUND BUDGETS TO BALANCE THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR UNINCORPORATED, AND YOU HAD TO TAKE $3 MILLION FROM THE VILLAGE.
THE OUT TOWN WIDE FUND BALANCES TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.
WHAT YOU DO IS WHEN YOU BOND SOMETHING AT HIGHER INTEREST RATES THAN YOU COULD HAVE ACHIEVED IN 2022, IS NEVER SPEND THAT MONEY THAT'S ALLOCATED FOR THOSE THINGS.
AND THAT'S HOW YOU BUILD A FUND BALANCE.
YOU FOOL THE PUBLIC AGAIN AND AGAIN.
I'M A RESIDENT OF, UH, JUNIPER HILL IN THE, IN THE FAIRVIEW SECTION OF, OF GREENBURG.
UM, THE FIRST THING I WANNA MENTION IS, UM, THE CON EDISON THING.
UM, UH, WHILE I WAS PRESIDENT OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION IN GREEN IN, UH, JUNIPER HILL, WE HAD THE SAME SITUATION.
AND WE GOT TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, AS A COMMUNITY BOARD, AS A COMMUNITY, UH, ORGANIZATION.
AND WITH THE HELP OF MR. FINER, UH, WE DID GET IT PAVED, I THINK.
I THINK, UH, MY SUGGESTION IS TO THE LATE, SHE'S STILL HERE, UH, GET TOGETHER, GET TOGETHER WITH AS A COMMUNITY, AND, AND, AND, AND INSIST THE TOM BOARD CAN DO SOMETHING AND THEY SHOULD DO SOMETHING.
UH, I DON'T BUY THE FACT THAT, OH, NO, IT'S CON EDISON AS A, AS A ORGANIZATION THAT REPRESENTS CITIZENS OF GREENBURG.
I THINK YOU SHOULD DO SOMETHING AND THANK YOU MR. FINER FOR HELPING US, UH, PAVE, UH, JUNI HILL ROAD.
UM, THE SECOND, THE SECOND PART, UM, THE SECOND PART IS I LOVE WHAT LIBERTY COKE IS DOING.
UM, SOMETIMES I WONDER IF, IF IT'S ENOUGH, UM, I THINK MORE, UH, RENEWABLES SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED.
UH, AT THE SAME TIME, WHAT I WANNA MENTION IS THE, I WANTED TO ASK THE REPRESENTATIVE, HOW MANY BOTTLES ARE RETURNED, RETURNED TO LIBERTY COKE? AND SO THEY CAN GET, SO PEOPLE CAN GET THEIR NICKELS BACK, THE DEPOSIT SITUATION.
AND IT, IT'S NOT AS THE THING THAT HAS TO WITH THE TOWN, BUT IT HAS TO DO WITH SOMETHING THAT WE BE ALL, ALL BOTTLERS SHOULD BE PAYING, LETTING THE STATE KEEP THE MONEY.
NOT THEY'RE ACTUALLY PRINTING NICKELS, OKAY? BECAUSE THEY ONLY PAY FOR THE BOTTLES THAT ARE TO RETURN AS DEPOSITS.
SO MAYBE THAT'S HOW THEY'VE BEEN PAYING FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR PROJECT HERE.
UM, THEY SHOULD, THAT MONEY SHOULD STAY WITH THE CITIZENS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THAT SHE USED FOR PROJECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS WHEREVER THEY ARE.
SO MAYBE THE TOWN BOARD CAN PASS A RESOLUTION AND, AND, AND SUPPORT THAT THE NICKELS THAT NEVER GET PAID BACK TO THE CONSUMERS BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING MINTED BY, BY THE BOTTLERS, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO PAY 'EM BACK.
SHOULD STAY WITH, WITH THE CITIZENS OF GREENBURG OR IN THE STATE.
THE LAST PART, UH, THE SIDEWALK.
UH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE SIDEWALK.
I, I, AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER, I WAS REVOLVING IN, UH, CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SIDEWALKS.
I ALSO LO LOVE THE FACT THAT WE CAN SHARE SHARING IS A VERY GOOD THING.
UM, I HAVE ARTICLES AND THERE ARE EXAMPLES ALL OVER EUROPE.
ALL OVER THE EUROPE WHERE THE SIDEWALKS ARE NOT, UH, NOT, UH, HARDENED LIKE WE DO HERE IN THE STATES.
IT, IT WILL TAKE SOME, SOME CHANGE SAYS STATE LAWS, BUT THEY'RE SHARED.
IT LITERALLY HAS, THEY FIGURED OUT IT BECOMES SAFER WHEN THE, WHEN THE, WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE THE SIDEWALKS AND THEY CO-MINGLE MULTIPLE FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION, WHETHER IT'S WALKING, BICYCLING, AND CARS, IT ACTUALLY SLOWS DOWN TRAFFIC AND IT CREATES A SAFER ENVIRONMENT,
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UH, MOSTLY IN, IN THE ANDERSON, IN, IN THE MORE CONGESTED AREAS.BUT IT CAN ALSO HAPPEN, UH, HARTSDALE AVENUE MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT, BUT IT, IT IS A CONCEPT THAT IS, HAS BEEN USED.
AND I, I, I RECOMMEND THAT WE LOOK INTO IT.
AND IF IT NEEDS STATE, MAYBE THE, SOME STATE, SOME STATE, UH, MAYBE THE TOWN COULD BE PROACTIVE AND ASKING THAT MAYBE IT BE MAY POSSIBLE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
UM, MY NAME MANNY ORIS, IF YOU WANNA ENDEAR BOWMAN.
HOW YOU GOOD? I ACTUALLY HAD, UM, JUST TWO THINGS, UM, I WANTED TO ADDRESS REAL QUICK.
UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE FARMER'S MARKET, AND I'M VERY EXCITED AND I'M GLAD THAT, UH, FINALLY, UM, EVERYBODY CAME TOGETHER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
UM, WITH THAT SAID, I, I WATCHED THE WORK SESSION BEFORE AND I WAS KIND OF SHOCKED TO SEE AND HEAR ABOUT THE ROADBLOCKS THAT EVERYONE HAD TO GO THROUGH TO GET TO THAT POINT.
UM, GOING FORWARD IN THE WEEK, I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME IRONY AS I DROVE DOWN ONE 19 AND I SEE A NEW SMOKE SHOP OPENING ON ONE 19, AND YOU CAN'T MISS IT BECAUSE OF THE BOLD GREEN LETTERS.
AND I WAS JUST WONDERING THE CONTRADICTION, UM, WITH ALL THE TALK ABOUT MENTHOL AND SMOKE SHOP ADVERTISING, THAT IT'S EASIER TO OPEN A SMOKE SHOP IN GREENBURG THAN IT IS TO OPEN A FARMER'S MARKET TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY.
AND I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW THAT COULD HAPPEN.
UM, THE SMOKE SHOP, UM, WHAT TYPE OF SMOKE SHOP IS IT? IS IT A DISPENSARY? IS IT A REGULAR SMOKE SHOP? DO YOU KNOW? DO YOU HAVE AN ADDRESS? UM, IT'S RIGHT IN ROSEMONT PLAZA, RIGHT BY, UH, PLANET PIZZA.
UM, RIGHT THERE, RIGHT ON ROUTE ONE 19 AND MAYBE A COUPLE BLOCKS FROM BAILEY.
YOU CAN'T MISS THE CAR WASH BAILEY HILLSIDE AVENUE.
YOU CAN'T MISS IT BECAUSE THE LETTERS ARE BOLD GREEN AND IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S, YOU KNOW, EASY SMOKE.
IT'S SMOKE SHOP, YOU KNOW? SO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS.
SO I, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ONE, IT WAS JUST THE IRONY OF IT ALL.
UM, AND IT JUST HIT ME THAT SUCH CONTRAST EXIST IN THIS TOWN, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MENTHOL.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT A, I'M NOT A SMOKER.
I'M NOT A DRINKER, AND I DON'T WANNA INFRINGE ON PEOPLE'S RIGHTS THAT SMOKE AND DRINK.
EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.
AND I WAS ALSO, WE PASSED A, WE PASSED A REGULATION, UH, RELATING TO SMOKE SHOPS MM-HMM.
AND, UM, YOU SEE DYLAN PIONEERS, HE, HE WAS INVOLVED IN IT.
AND, UM, AND WE BASICALLY, UM, UM, THE BUILDING INSPECTOR HAS BEEN, ENFOR HAS BEEN ENFORCING, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LAW.
AND SOME OF THE SMOKE SHOPS HAVE ACTUALLY CLOSED, UM, UH, BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN IN COMPLIANCE WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE LAW.
VERY IMPORTANTLY, IT COMES, BECOMES FULLY ENFORCEABLE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
IT'S JUST THE IRONY THAT IT JUST WENT, YOU KNOW, OPENED SO QUIETLY, BUT YET IT'S JUST SO HARD TO OPEN A FARMER'S MARKET.
AND IT WAS SO MUCH CONTENTION.
IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, THE IRONY THAT HIT ME.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT, BUT IT WAS JUST STRANGE TO ME.
UM, ONE OTHER THING REAL QUICK, BEFORE MY TIME RUNS OUT MM-HMM.
UM, I KNOW ACROSS THE STATE THERE'S VARIOUS, AND I ASKED FROM TIME TO TIME VARIOUS ACTIONS WITH THE N Y C L U, THE A C L U, ABOUT THE DISCIPLINARY RECORDS.
UM, ANY CHANGE IN GREENBURG OR I, I THINK THAT THE TOWN ATTORNEY IS ON, OR DID YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT? AMANDA? UM, CAN I JUST FINISH REAL QUICK? SURE.
UM, THE REASON IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME, I HAVE TO STRESS IS BECAUSE I GREW UP IN FAIRVIEW AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE SITTING IN THE PRISONS.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND FOR YEARS, MANY PEOPLE I KNOW WERE VICTIMS OF PRETEXTUAL STOPS.
I WENT THROUGH SOMEBODY'S, UH, COURT RECORDS AND I SAW A PERSON GET A D U I AFTER THEY MADE AN ILLEGAL U-TURN ON MANHATTAN AVENUE.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT? THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN MAKE AN ILLEGAL U-TURN ON MANHATTAN AVENUE.
THAT'S CALLED A PRETEXTUAL STOP.
I'VE KNOWN PEOPLE THAT GOT STOPPED WHILE WALKING FROM THE TRAIN STATION ON THE STREET JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE KNOWN TO HAVE DRUG PROBLEMS AND FRISK, STOP AND FRISK.
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PROBLEM IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A WHILE, AND WE'VE, IT'S IMPACTED US.SO DISCIPLINARY RECORDS ARE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE MOST COPS ARE GOOD, UM, ESPECIALLY IN GREENBURG, UM, MUCH BETTER THAN OTHER PLACES.
BUT WE CAN'T PROTECT THE BAD ONES.
AND DISCIPLINARY RECORDS ARE IMPORTANT, AND I DON'T THINK GREENBURG HAS A LOT TO HIDE, BUT IT KIND OF WORRIES ME THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE
[ BOARDS & COMMISSIONS Appointments to be made following additional data gathering regarding required Sexual Harassment Prevention training, Code of Ethics training and interviews with the Town Board]
RECORDS AREN'T BEING MADE PUBLIC.IT'S, IT'S JUST A QUESTION, WHAT DO WE HAVE TO HIDE, UM, WITH NOT RELEASING THE DISCIPLINARY RECORDS.
UM, LIKE I SAID, I THINK GREENBERG IS A GREAT PLACE, AND FOR THE MOST PART, THE POLICE ARE WONDERFUL IN GREENBERG.
UM, THEY'RE COURTEOUS FOR THE MOST PART.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING NEGATIVE, BUT IT'S JUST WORRISOME WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON THAT WE'RE ONE OF THE TOWNS NOT MAKING IT PUBLIC.
WELL, WE ARE MAKING SOME DOCUMENTS PUBLIC, BUT WE'RE NOT MAKING ALL DOCUMENTS PUBLIC.
AND SO FAR THE COURTS HAVE AGREED WITH US, US, BUT I, I'LL DEFER TO THE TOWN ATTORNEY.
SO DISCIPLINARY RECORDS ARE SUBJECT TO STATE LAW, NOT TOWN LAW.
SO THE TOWN BOARD WOULD NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO AFFECT WHAT, WHAT CAN OR CANNOT BE RELEASED BECAUSE STATE LAW, UH, ABIDES HERE.
BUT I WILL SAY, AS COUNCIL MEMBER SHEEN JUST POINTED OUT, THE COURTS HAVE ACTUALLY SAID THAT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE LAW.
AND I, I'M SURE IF THERE WERE ANY FOIL REQUESTS OR ANY INFORMATION THAT WAS NEEDED, CHIEF POWELL AND THE REST OF THE STAFF, UH, WOULD COMPLY WITH THE STATE LAW.
UM, MY NAME IS SHIRLEY FRANCO.
I LIVE ON WESTCHESTER VIEW LANE, AND THE REASON I'M HERE IS TO TALK ABOUT THE DOPPS FERRY TRAFFIC.
UM, SO THE BIGGEST CONCERN FOR ME, HONESTLY, IS SAFETY.
UM, I'M A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER AND WHEN I SEE THAT TRUCKS, THE FIRE TRUCKS ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY GETTING OUT OF THEIR BLOCK.
WHEN I HEAR HORNS HONKING CONSTANTLY, UM, WHEN I SEE ALMOST HEAD-ON COLLISIONS, I GET CONCERNED.
UM, I HAVE A PERFECT VIEW 'CAUSE I ACTUALLY LIVE ON THE CORNER AND I CAN SEE DOWN ONTO THE STREET.
UM, AND I CAN SEE WHEN PEOPLE BECOME IMPATIENT AND THEY TRY TO GO AROUND.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE ABOUT 400, UH, YARDS, UM, WEST OF WHERE I LIVE.
AND SO A LOT OF THE CONCERN FOR ME IS PEOPLE COMING OFF OF WORTHINGTON, PEOPLE ON DOPPS FERRY ROAD, AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE STREETS THAT ARE TRYING TO GET ON AND GET OFF.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M KIND OF COMING FROM, IS MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS, IS SAFETY REALLY? 'CAUSE I CAN FORESEE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENING, AND I'M NOT THE KIND OF PERSON WHO DOES A WOULDA, COULDA, SHOULDA.
I'M THINKING, IF WE CAN PREVENT THIS, UM, IT WOULD BE THE BEST OPTION FOR US.
UH, SO, AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE, I MEAN, I, I CAN SPEAK FOR THE PEOPLE IN WESTCHESTER VIEW LANE BECAUSE WE'VE ACTUALLY MET ABOUT THIS, BUT THEIR, UM, THEIR SUGGESTION WOULD BE IF THE CHANGE HAS BEEN THAT THE, UM, CAMP HAS NOW ALLOWED THE SWIMMERS TO COME IN THE AFTERNOON TO HAVE LIKE A SWIMMING SESSION, UM, IF THEY'RE BEING BUSED IN, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN TRANSPORT THEM BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL LOCATION SO THAT THIS WAY THEY CAN BE PICKED UP AT THE SCHOOL, THE PRIVATE SCHOOL, AS OPPOSED TO BEING PICKED UP ON DOPPS FERRY ROAD? YOU MEAN BY BUST? UM, WHO THAT WAS? UM, NO, THAT WAS ME.
UM, SO FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, 'CAUSE I HAVE, ONE OF THE CAMPERS ACTUALLY IS ON MY STREET, UM, WHAT THEY WERE SAYING IS THAT THEY INITIALLY STARTED THE PRIVATE PRIVATE SCHOOL DURING THE, IN THE MORNING THEY GET DROPPED OFF THERE, BUT THEN THEY ACTUALLY GET BUSED FROM THE PRIVATE SCHOOL TO THE CAMP SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE LIKE SWIMMING LESSONS OR SWIMMING ACTIVITIES.
AND THEN THAT'S WHEN THE PARENTS ARE ACTUALLY THEN PICKING THEM UP AT THE CAMP AND NOT AT THEIR PRIVATE SCHOOL.
SO WHEN WE WERE SPEAKING AS A STREET, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST SOLUTION, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE, WELL, THAT'S SIMPLE.
IF THERE'S SOME WAY THAT WE COULD TALK TO THE CAMP AND SAY, WELL, THE SAME WAY THESE CHILDREN ARRIVED, PERHAPS WE CAN GET THEM BACK TO THEIR SAME LOCATION.
AND THEN, UM, PARENTS COULD PICK 'EM UP THERE.
BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A DRIVEWAY THERE, THEY HAVE POLICE OFFICERS THERE, THEY HAVE A LOT MORE RESOURCES THAN WE DO ON DOPPS FERRY ROAD.
I DON'T WANNA USE YOUR TIME, BUT WHAT YOU MEAN IS IF THEY'RE COMING BY BUS, THEY SHOULD GO BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM BY BUS.
SO THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE THE INCREASED NUMBER OF CARS THAT ARE COMING TO PICK THEM UP.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE PRIVATE SCHOOL IS? UM, SOMEONE SAY, SOMEONE SAY LAAL? YES.
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SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.OH, SO I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER DUANE IS, UH, REACHING OUT TO THE CAMP AND, UM, GONNA COORDINATE A DISCUSSION WITH RESIDENTS.
YEAH, I HAD A SIMILAR SITUATION TODAY, UM, AS MY NEIGHBOR HERE, VICTOR, UM, WHERE I WAS COMING HOME.
UM, AND USUALLY I'M DOING TELEHEALTH AT HOME, SO I'M USUALLY HEARING THE HORNS AND ALL THE NOISE.
UM, BUT TODAY I WAS ACTUALLY COMING HOME AND SOMEONE WAS BLOCKING MY DRIVEWAY AND I TRIED TO VERY POLITELY SAY LIKE, EXCUSE ME, LIKE, YOU NEED TO MOVE UP.
AND SHE GOT VERY ANGRY AT ME AND ALMOST LIKE
AND I WAS KINDA LIKE, OH, THAT'S, THAT'S STRANGE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET INTO MY DRIVEWAY.
AND THEN WHEN I KIND OF EXPLAINED TO HER LIKE, THIS IS MY DRIVEWAY, YOU NEED TO MOVE, SHE OH.
BUT I THINK THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NOT POLICE PRESENCE LIKE ON THE SIDE STREETS.
LIKE WE DON'T HAVE POLICE PRESENCE ON WESTCHESTER VIEW LANE, UM, PALISADES ON GREEN ACRES ON LANDERS MANOR.
UM, BUT I THINK IF THERE WAS PERHAPS THESE PARENTS WHO WERE PARKING ALL OVER THE PLACE AND BLOCKING PEOPLE'S DRIVEWAYS WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSIDERATE AND NOT BE SO QUICK TO, UH, LASH OUT.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? OF COURSE.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO, UM, MAYBE LIKE EMAIL ME? OF COURSE.
DO YOU HAVE MY EMAIL? YES, I DO.
COULD YOU EMAIL ME? UM, BECAUSE I FEEL THAT, UM, I'M DEFINITELY GONNA BE REACHING OUT TO, YOU KNOW, ELMWOOD.
UM, AND I FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MORE EMAILS I GET, SURE.
UH, THE MORE HE WILL REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY, UH, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS.
AND I THINK HE'LL TAKE IT MORE, YOU KNOW, HE'LL TAKE IT MORE SERIOUSLY BECAUSE HE FEELS, OH, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT MAYBE ONE OR TWO COMPLAINTS A YEAR.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THEY FEEL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CAMP, THIS IS IT WE HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT TO, UH, TO HIM, THIS IS UNUSUAL.
THIS IS NOT THE WAY IT'S BEEN FOR, FOR, FOR FOR YEARS OR DECADES.
AND, UM, AND I WILL DEFINITELY DO WHATEVER I CAN TO, UM, TO GET THIS RESOLVED AS QUICKLY AS AS POSSIBLE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK, I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE JUST GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO EVEN, UM, ARRA, YOU KNOW, WE COULD EVEN ARRANGE A MEETING LIKE AN ONSITE, YOU KNOW, I COULD SAY TO HIM, YOU KNOW, LET'S HAVE AN ONSITE MEETING AT FOUR O'CLOCK WITH NEIGHBORS AND PICK A DAY NEXT WEEK.
SO YOU COULD HAVE BETWEEN NOW AND THE DATE WE PICK, SAY AT FOUR O'CLOCK, AND WE'LL ALL BE THERE.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, I, IT'S EITHER SUPERVISOR, UM, WHY DON'T WE SEE WHAT THE RESULT OF GARRETT DE KING'S MEETING IS AND WHAT KIND OF RIGHT.
UM, WHAT KIND OF SOLUTIONS YOU CAN COME UP WITH OR, AND THEN IF RIGHT, IF IT DOESN'T WORK, WE CAN THEN NO, BUT I'M SAYING THAT MIGHT BE THE BEST APPROACH IS SAYING, YOU KNOW, NEXT THURSDAY WE'RE GONNA BE THERE AT FOUR O'CLOCK, SOLVE THE PROBLEM BETWEEN NOW AND THURSDAY, OR EVERYBODY ON THE TOWN OR THE TOWN BOARD MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY WILL BE THERE.
WE WON'T, WE'LL PARK SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, UM, AND WE'LL BASICALLY SEE THIS WAY IT'S HANDS-ON, UM, YOU KNOW, RESULTS AND THEN WE COULD SEE IT FOR OURSELVES AND HE'LL BE THERE AND, UM, AND YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, UH, YOU KNOW, GIVE SOME TIME TO FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION FOR IT.
SO CAN I JUST BE CLEAR, YOU LIVE ON WESTCHESTER VIEW LANE? YES, I DO.
AT THE CORNER OF DOBS FERRY ROAD? YES.
AND THE QUESTION BEFORE WAS, WERE PEOPLE WHO ARRIVED EARLIER THAN THEIR APPOINTED TIME TO PICK THEM UP, ARE THEY PARKING ON THE SIDE STREETS? THE POLICE CHIEF HAS SAID HE'S GOING TO BE LOOKING INTO THAT AS WELL.
YOU'RE TELLING US THAT THAT WAS HAPPENING ON WESTCHESTER VIEW LANE AND THEY WERE BLOCKING YOUR DRIVEWAY? YES.
I INTEND TO BE THERE TOMORROW AT FOUR O'CLOCK, BY THE WAY.
AND, UH, I MAY BLOCK YOUR DRIVEWAY.
WHEN DID YOU SAY THE NUMBER WAS
I LIVE ON WINDHAM STREET OFF OF WORTHINGTON, WHICH IS OFF OF, UH, DALLAS FER ROAD.
I AM ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE WORTHINGTON WOODLAND CIVIC ASSOCIATION CALLED W W C A.
YESTERDAY AT THE TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION, I SPOKE ABOUT THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS THAT ARE OCCURRING ON DOBBS FERRY ROAD WITH THE ELMWOOD DAY CAMP.
I DISCUSSED THE FOLLOWING TRAFFIC BACKUPS BETWEEN THE HOURS OF TWO 30 AND FOUR 30 BETWEEN THE SPRINGBROOK PARKWAY AND WOODLANDS AVENUE, WHICH IS ABOUT A MILE.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAFETY ISSUES, BLOCKING OF DRIVEWAYS AND SIDE STREETS REPORTED NEAR HEAD-ON COLLISIONS.
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ELMWOOD WOULD NOT ATTEND BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO BUSY.
THEY SAID IT WOULD BE DISCUSSED WHEN CAMP IS FINISHED AT THE END OF THE SUMMER.
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THAT IS NOT A GOOD ANSWER.NOR WILL IT SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS. THE C G C A EXECUTIVE BOARD HAS SENT IN AN EMAIL THE HEALTH, AND I'M ONLY GONNA READ PART OF IT, DOREEN.
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT C G C A STANDS WERE.
OH, I THOUGHT I SPOKE OFTEN ENOUGH ABOUT THAT.
THE C G C A IS THE COUNCIL OF CIVIC ASSOCIA GREENBURG CIVIC ASSOCIATION, THE COUNCIL OF GREENBURG CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS AT THE COUNCIL.
WE SPOKE ABOUT THE TRAFFIC BACKUPS ON DOS FERRY ROAD.
THE SUBSEQUENTLY PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEO HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE OF NUMEROUS VEHICLES WAITING IN LONG LINES IN, IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON DOS FERRY ROAD DURING THE DISMISSAL OF CAMPUS IN THE AFTERNOON, AT THE DAY CAMP.
SUBSEQUENTLY STILL PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEOS HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE ON NUMEROUS VEHICLES WAITING IN LONG LINES FROM ALL DIRECTIONS.
AND THE APPARENT LACK OF ELMWOOD DAY CAMP TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS. AS OF WE WATCHED IN JULY 11TH TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION, THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC AND RESIDENTS OF GREENBERGER AT STAKE.
PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO BREATHE THE CONTAMINATED AIR COMING FROM THE VEHICLES, WAITING IN LONG LINES.
PEOPLE ARE DELAYED FROM REACHING THEIR DESTINATIONS.
THIS ROUTE IS A BUS ROUTE SIX COUNTY, AND IN A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME, LIVES MAY BE AT RISK IF A FIRE TRUCK.
AND IT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED TO ME THAT AT THE BEGINNING THEY WERE PARKING ACROSS THE FIRE VIEW.
FIRE DEPARTMENT DRIVEWAYS CANNOT TRAVEL SAFELY ON DOBBS FERRY ROAD.
THE TOWN BOARD MUST TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION.
THE TOWN BOARD IS PUT ON NOTICE AND WILL NOT ACCEPT AN EXCUSE THAT QUOTE, WE ARE TOO BUSY TO DISCUSS, TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER.
BY THE ELMWOOD DAY CAMP SIGNED MADELINE, OSHA.
NOW I TAKE EXCEPTION TO WHAT THE GENTLEMAN FROM ELMWOOD SAID TO THE CHIEF.
HE SAID IT WAS ALWAYS LIKE THIS.
I'M SORRY TO SAY IT HAS NOT BEEN LIKE THIS FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.
THEY WERE USING THE ELMWOOD COUNTRY CLUB AS THEIR PICKUP SPOT.
THE PARENTS WERE COMING IN, PARKING THERE, AND ELMWOOD DAY CAMPERS WITH A COUNSELOR WAS WALKING THROUGH FAIRVIEW FIRE DEPARTMENT PROPERTY CROSS WORTHINGTON AND INTO THE, UH, DRIVEWAY AND PARKING BEING PICKED UP THERE.
THIS START, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS PROGRAM STARTED, BUT SINCE THE ELMWOOD HAS BEEN CLOSED, THEY WERE GIVEN PERMISSION TO THE CAMP OR TO THE COUNT OR TO THE SCHOOL TO LET THEM USE THEIR PARKING LOT FOR PICKUPS.
WELL, ELMWOOD COUNTRY CLUB IS NOW IN CONSTRUCTION.
DEMOLITION HAS BEEN GOING ON, CONSTRUCTION IS NOW GOING ON.
SO WHERE DO THE PARENTS HAVE TO GO? UH, STAY ON DOBBS FERRY ROAD, GO ONTO THE SIDE STREETS.
IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING TO HEAR.
AND I RE I SENT YOU ALL THE EMAILS THAT I HAD RECEIVED AS REQUESTED BY COUNCILWOMAN ELLEN HENDRICKS.
I'VE BEEN RECEIVING MORE THAT WERE GOING OUT TO YOU AGAIN.
I SENT THE, THE, THE PICTURES, THE NEW ONES TODAY.
THIS IS A VERY FRUSTRATING SITUATION FOR US.
WE ARE BEING HELD HOSTAGE IN OUR COMMUNITY, NOR CAN WE GET IN OR OUT OF THE STREETS.
AGAIN, THINK ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
ALSO, THINK ABOUT THE PARENTS WHO HAVE TO GO PICK UP THEIR KIDS.
THEY, THEY IN TURN ARE ALSO BECOMING FRUSTRATED, HAVING TO SIT AND WAIT ANOTHER WORD.
THEY CAN'T EVEN GET INTO THE ELMWOOD.
THEY CAN'T, THERE'S NO PLACE TO GO.
THEY'RE PICKING THEIR KIDS UP CURBSIDE.
AND THEIR BUSES ARE COMING OUT AGAIN.
IT'S JUST NOT FAIR TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND I WANT TO REITERATE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THESE CHILDREN BE SENT BACK TO THE CAMP BY THE BUS SERVICE THAT BROUGHT THEM HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE IN THE AFTERNOON.
THERE ARE NO FURTHER REQUESTS.
THERE ARE NO FURTHER REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, NEXT, UM, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UM, APPOINTMENTS TO BE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY.
[ TB 1 – 7/12/2023 Resolution adopting a local law creating a new chapter in the Code of the Town of Greenburgh, Chapter 325, entitled "Bamboo"]
TB ONE RESOLUTION ADOPTING A LOCAL LAW, CREATING A NEW CHAPTER IN THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, CHAPTER 3 25 ENTITLED BAMBOO.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT AND WE'RE VOTING ALL OF THESE AS THEY APPEAR ON THE WEBSITE.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE SPREAD SECOND.
[01:40:01]
THIS IS A GREAT QUALITY OF LIFE INITIATIVE AND, UH, HOPEFULLY IT WILL, UM, ADDRESS A, A BIG PROBLEM THAT SOME RESIDENTS EXPERIENCE.UM, RESOLUTION, I'M HOLDING OVER A T ONE, A T ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF SUPPLEMENTAL PROPERTY DAMAGE, UH, RELATED CLAIMS BY LINDA PANG FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED.
I DIDN'T HEAR THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THE RESOLUTION.
THERE'S THERE AN ISSUE WITH THE, UH, THE VOUCHER
[ CL 1 – 7/12/2023 Resolution authorizing permission to close Yale Road from Amherst Place to Princeton Drive, on Saturday, September 9, 2023 (rain date: September 10, 2023) from 4:00 pm until 7:30 pm for the residents of Yale Road to hold their neighborhood block party]
C ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PERMISSION TO CLOSE YELLOW ROAD FROM AMHURST.I'LL PLACE TO PRINCETON DRIVE ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, UH, FOR THE RESIDENTS OF YALE ROAD TO HOLD THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY.
[ CL 2 – 7/12/2023 Resolution authorizing permission to close Wood Avenue from Oak Street to Forest Boulevard, on Saturday, September 2, 2023 (rain date: September 3, 2023), from 3:30 pm until 8:30 pm, for the neighborhood to hold a block party]
RESOLUTION.UH, AUTHORIZING PERMISSION TO CLOSE WOOD AVENUE FROM OAK STREET TO FOREST BOULEVARD ON SATURDAY TO SEPTEMBER.
UH, SECOND, UH, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS HELD A BLOCK PARTY.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CL 3 - 7/12/2023 Resolution setting two Public Hearings for Wednesday, July 26, 2023, at Greenburgh Town Hall, 177 Hillside Avenue, Greenburgh, NY, at 7:30 p.m., or as soon as practicable thereafter, to consider two one-year agreements between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Tarrytown to provide fire protection services to Unincorporated Greenburgh residents of the Glenville Fire Protection District for the years 2021 and 2022, respectively.]
TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 26TH AT GREENBURG, UH, TOWN HALL.UM, TO CONSIDER TWO ONE YEAR AGREEMENTS BETWEEN GREENBURG AND VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN TO PROVIDE, UH, FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG RESIDENTS OF THE GLENVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR YEARS 2021 2022.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ CO 1 – 7/12/2023 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $866,544 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of the purchase of replacement passenger vehicles for use by various departments of the town to replace similar vehicles in service for one year or more, in the case of police vehicles, or three years or more, in the case of all other passenger vehicles, in and for said town]
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $866,544 IN BONDS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG CHESTER COUNTY TO PAY FOR THE QUESTION OF THE PURCHASE OF REPLACEMENT PASSENGER VEHICLES FOR USE BY VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF THE TOWN, UH, TO REPLACE SIMILAR VEHICLES AND SERVICE FOR ONE YEAR OR MORE IN THE CASE OF POLICE VEHICLES OR THREE YEARS OR MORE IN THE CASE OF OTHER PASSENGER, UH, VEHICLES AND, AND[ CO 2 – 7/12/2023 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $1,107,500 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of the purchase of equipment for various town departments, in and for said town]
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $1,107,000 $500, UM, UM, IN BONDS, UM, UH, TO PAY FOR THE PURCHASE, THE COST OF PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS TOWN DEPARTMENTS.[ CO 3 – 7/12/2023 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $75,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of the construction of a parking lot and a playground at Taxter Road Park, in and for said town]
C O THREE, UM, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSU ISSUANCE OF 75,000 BONDS AT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO PAY FOR THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION OR PARKING LOT AND PLAYGROUND, A TEXTER, UH, ROAD PARK.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT, UH, READ IT EXACTLY AS IT READS, BOTH IN ENFORCE SAID TOWN, UH, IN IT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE I INSURANCE OF 75,000.
DO WE C THREE C THREE? I'LL SECOND IT, BUT READ THE ENTIRE THING.
INCLUDING THE IN ENFORCE, SO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK TO PAY THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARKING LOT AND PLAYGROUND AT TEXAS ROAD PARK IN AND FORSET TOWN.
UH, YOU WANT ME TO SAY IN AND FORSET TOWN FOR EVERYTHING? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
THIS IS EXACTLY AS WE'RE GETTING IT FROM BOND COUNCIL RESOLUTION AUTHOR.
SO, UH, THE FIRST C O ONE AND C O TWO, UH, I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT IT'S, IT SAYS IN AND FOR AND FOR SET TOWN.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT BE INCLUDED IN THE RECORD.
[ CO 4 – 7/12/2023 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $7,760,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of the construction and reconstruction of sidewalks and curbs and pedestrian safety improvements at various locations, in and for said town]
C O FOUR RESOLUTION, UM, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $7,760,000 IN BONDS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, TO PAY FOR THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION RECONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS AND CURBS AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS OF VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND INFRA TOWN.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CO 5 – 7/12/2023 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $1,366,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of the purchase of various trucks and vehicles for use by various town departments, in and for said town]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $1,366,000 IN BONDS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, NEW YORK TO PAY FOR THE COST OF THE PURCHASE OF V S TRUCKS AND VEHICLES FOR USE BY VARIOUS TOWN DEPARTMENTS AND AND FOR SET TOWN.I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ CO 6 – 7/12/2023 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $586,500 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of the purchase of electronic communications equipment for police purposes, in and for said town]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $586,500 BONDS TOWN OF GREENBURG, UH, TO PAY FOR THE COST OF PURCHASE OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT FOR POLICE PURPOSES.[ CO 7 – 7/12/2023 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $2,350,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of the rehabilitation or replacement of retaining walls, in and for said town]
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $2,350,000 IN BONDS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK TO PAY THE COST, UH, OF THE REHABILITATION OR REPLACEMENT OF RETAINING WOL.AND THEN FOR SET TOWN, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ CO 8 – 7/12/2023 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $4,500,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of the reconstruction of various town roads, in and for said town]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF $4,500,000 BONDS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UH, TO PAY THE COST OF, UM, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF VARIOUS TOWN ROADS AND INFRA SET TOWN.[ CO 9 – 7/12/2023 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $4,400,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of various stormwater and drainage improvement projects, in and for said town]
AYE.RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF $4,400,000 BONDS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UH, TO PAY FOR THE COST VERA STORMWATER AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
AND THEN FOR SET TOWN, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ CO 10 – 7/12/2023 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $720,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of the rehabilitation of roofs of various town-owned buildings, in and for said town]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF 720,000[01:45:01]
BONDS, UM, OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG CHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK TO PAY FOR THE QUEST OF REHABILITATION OF ROOFS OF RAS, TOWN OWNED BUILDINGS.WHAT? I'M SORRY YOU SAID 720,000 BONDS.
[ CO 11 – 7/12/2023 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $25,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of the rehabilitation of the Harts Brook caretaker house, in and for said town]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $25,000 BONDS AT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WESTCHESTER COUNTY TO PAY THE COST OF THE REHABILITATION OF THE HARTSBURG CARETAKER'S HOUSE AND AND FOR A SET TOWN.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE.
[ CO 12 – 7/12/2023 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $705,900 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of various improvements to town parks and recreational areas, in and for said town]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $705,900 IN BONDS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, TO PAY THE COST OF VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS TO TOWN PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS AND INFRA TOWN.[ CO 13 – 7/12/2023 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $2,312,500 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of the purchase of maintenance vehicles for use by the town’s departments of Public Works and Parks & Recreation, in and for said town]
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $2,312,500 BONDS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, TO PAY THE COST OF THE PURCHASE OF MAINTENANCE VEHICLES FOR USE BY THE TOWN'S DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS AND RECREATION IN AND FOR TOWN.[ CO 14 – 7/12/2023 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $335,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of professional planning and design services for various capital projects within the town]
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $335,000 IN BONDS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, TO PAY THE COST OF PROFESSIONAL PLANNING AND DESIGN SERVICES FOR VARIOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS WITHIN THE TOWN.[ CO 15 – 7/12/2023 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $620,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of the replacement of HVAC systems and other building rehabilitation at town-owned buildings, in and for said town]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF 620,000 BONDS FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, TO PAY FOR THE QUEST OF THE REPLACEMENT OF H V A C SYSTEMS AND OTHER BUILDING REHABILITATION, TOWN OWNED BUILDINGS.AND THEN FOR SET TOWN, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CO 16 – 7/12/2023 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $650,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of the rehabilitation or replacement of various bridges, in and for said town]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $650,000 BONDS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK TO PAY THE COST OF THE REHABILITATION OR REPLACEMENT OF VARIOUS BRIDGES.AND THEN FOR SOUTH TOWN, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CO 17 – 7/12/2023 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $160,000 bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of improvements to Manhattan Avenue and the Greenburgh Manor house, in and for said town ]
RE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $160,000 IN BONDS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WESTCHESTER COUNTY TO PAY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT.UH, IT'S IN MANHATTAN AVENUE AND THE GREENBURG MANOR COST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS AND IN TOWN.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ PO 1 – 7/12/2023 Resolution appointing Cameron Flynn, William Maguire, and Terrence Tribble as Entry-Level Police Officers]
APPOINTING CAMERON FLYNN, WILLIAM MCGUIRE, AND TERRENCE TRILL AS ENTRY LEVEL POLICE OFFICERS WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR.IS THAT THE NATURE? GOODNIGHT MATTER.