Jul 26, 2023 Town Board- Regular

PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON.

AND, UM, JUDITH, UM, UH, WE'RE NOW HAVING, UM, A MOMENT, UH, UH, TEST.

WE'LL HAVE, HAVE A ROLL PULL AND THEN WE'LL DO, UH, UM, UH, TESTIMONIAL TO, UH, BARBARA PERRY, COUNCIL SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER, UH, HERE, COUNCILWOMAN ELLEN HENDRICKS.

PRESENT.

COUNCILMAN KEN JONES.

PRESENT.

COUNCILMAN FRANCIS SHEEN, PRESENT AND TOWN ATTORNEY JOE DANKO.

PRESENT WILL THE FAMILY OF BARBARA WATSON PERRY, PLEASE JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM ALONG WITH COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE JOE BOYKIN AND COMMISSIONER TERENCE JACKSON.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

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RESIDENTS, FRIENDS, FAMILY MEMBERS, AS YOU HEARD, THE TOWN SUPERVISOR MENTIONED IN THE BOARD TRIBUTE TO BARBARA WATSON PRAIRIE.

SHE WAS THE FIRST FEMALE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES, AND SHE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMISSIONER OF ANY DEPARTMENT IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

BEFORE I READ THE TRIBUTE, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM JOSEPH BOYKIN, WHO THE FAMILY ASKED TO SPEAK AND REPRESENT THEM AS THE COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE.

THIS IS TRULY AN HONOR TO BE HERE, TO DO THIS 'CAUSE HE REPRESENTS SO MANY PEOPLE VERY WELL.

AND PERSONALLY SPEAKING, I WOULDN'T BE STANDING HERE OR DOING ANYTHING IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WITHOUT HER GUIDANCE.

SHE WAS THERE.

IT'S VERY RARE THAT YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO HAS THE INTELLECT, HUMANITY, PASSION, HEART AND LOVE OF PEOPLE, COMBINING ONE PERSON THAT WAS BARBARA PERRY.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY SMART FOR INTELLIGENT, BUT THEY, THEY LACKED SOMETHING, BUT SHE DIDN'T LACK ANYTHING.

AND SHE SAW FIT TO SEE SOMETHING IN ME, TO GIVE ME A JOB AT THE GREENBERG CENTER TO DO SOME THINGS.

AND, AND, AND I PROSPERED FROM THERE.

AND, UM, I KNOW BROTHER CLIFF ABRAMS RIGHT HERE.

HE, HE'S ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO PROSPERED FROM BARBARA PERRY, AND HE'S COMMUNITY ACTIVIST TOO.

SO WE, WE COME FROM A, A LONG LINE OF PEOPLE WHO PROSPERED FROM THE LEADERSHIP OF BARBARA PERRY.

SHE WASN'T JUST A LEADER.

SHE WAS A FAMILY PERSON, LOVED HER FAMILY.

SHE LOVED THE COMMUNITY, LOVED HER PEOPLE.

SHE WAS REPRESENTING ALL, ALL THE WHOLE WORLD WITH CLASS AND DIGNITY.

AND I'M HONORED TO BE STANDING HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY.

I KNOW THAT THEY CHOSE ME.

I'M, I'M TOUCHED BY THIS HONOR.

AND, UH, SHE'LL, I'LL LIVE HER FOREVER AND SHE'LL ALWAYS BE IN MY HEART FOREVER.

AND THANK YOU FAMILY FOR THIS HONOR.

TERRENCE JACKSON, WHO IS THE CURRENT COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

JUNE.

THAT WAS ME, , UM, UH, COMMISSIONER.

MY MOM, FOR THE FIRST, WELL, BASICALLY UNTIL WE WENT TO SCHOOL, SHE WAS A STAY AT HOME MOM.

BUT I WAS A, UH, I WAS A CHILD OF GREENBERG THAT FELL RIGHT BETWEEN HER TWO CHILDREN, JASON, ONE YEAR OLDER, JEN, ONE YEAR YOUNGER IN SCHOOL.

AND, UH, HER VOICE WAS ALWAYS HEARD.

AND AT SOME OF THAT SAME TIME, SHE WAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND COMMISSIONER.

THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN HOLD THAT TIE, HAS BEEN ABLE TO HOLD THAT TITLE AND WILL EVER, AND SHE WAS A BLACK WOMAN, AND SHE LET YOU KNOW.

BUT THE MOST AMAZING THING WAS HER HUMANITY.

WHEN I WENT IN AS DEPUTY, I SAT WITH HER AND TALKED WITH HER.

WHEN I CAME IN AS COMMISSIONER, WE SAT AGAIN AND THE CONVERSATION WAS SIMILAR, A LITTLE ADVANCED, BUT IT WAS, YOU'RE HERE FOR THE PEOPLE.

YOU'RE HERE TO HELP EVERYBODY.

THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY, THOSE IN THE BUILDING, THOSE ON STAFF, HELP THEM GROW, HELP THEM LEARN, AND HELP THEM GIVE BACK EVERY DAY.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SHE DID.

AND SHE DID IT RIGHT UP TO THE END FOR ME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING HER WITH US.

WE NOW ACKNOWLEDGE HER CHILDREN, JENNIFER PERRY AND JASON PERRY.

PLEASE COME FORWARD AND SHARE YOUR COMMENTS AND INTRODUCE THE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE WITH YOU, AS WELL AS HER SISTER, LINDA WATSON BROWN.

I'LL KEEP IT VERY BRIEF BECAUSE IT, IT'S PRETTY MUCH BEEN SUMMED UP IN EVERY, THE LITTLE BITS THAT EVERYBODY SAID, BUT SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN SOMEBODY THAT WAS FAMILY FIRST, COMMUNITY SECOND.

AND WE GREW UP IN THAT ENVIRONMENT.

I GREW UP IN THE CENTER.

I WATCHED THE CENTER GROW WHEN THERE WAS NO POOL, WHEN THE PLAYGROUND DIDN'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE IT DID WHEN THERE WAS NO SECOND FLOOR.

AND PRIOR TO BECOMING THE COMMISSIONER, SHE WAS A PROGRAM DIRECTOR.

SO SHE WROTE A LOT OF GRANTS FOR THE DIFFERENT PHASES THAT THE, THE COMMUNITY CENTER WENT THROUGH TO BECOME THE BUILDING IT IS TODAY.

SO I WAS THERE EVERY DAY AFTER SCHOOL.

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SO WE HAD HER EXCLUSIVELY AFTER WE WERE SCHOOL AGED.

SHE WENT TO WORK.

AND THAT'S WHEN SHE STARTED DOING EVERYTHING SHE WANTED TO DO.

SHE HAD PUT HER WHOLE CAREER ON HOLD TO HAVE US AND RAISE US.

SO SHE GAVE, AND IN ESSENCE, WE GAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS OURS SO THAT SHE COULD GIVE TO EVERYBODY ELSE.

BUT IT'S WHAT SHE LOVED TO DO, AND IT'S WHAT SHE TAUGHT US TO DO.

UM, THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE TO SAY OTHER THAN SHE'S A GREAT WOMAN.

SHE WILL BE FOREVER MISSED.

HER IMPACT IS EVERYWHERE SINCE SHE'S PASSED.

YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE I'VE SPOKEN TO THAT HAVE SHARED STORIES OF LIKE, LIKE JOE SHARED, YOU KNOW, OH, SHE GAVE ME MY FIRST JOB.

SHE BELIEVED IN ME WHEN NOBODY ELSE DID.

UM, SHE, SHE LED ME IN THIS PATH, AND NOW I'M DOING THIS FOR WHAT, YOU KNOW, THIS GREAT THING OR WHATEVER.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I LIVE ON.

AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT I'M, I'M MEETING SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

SOME I KNEW, SOME I DIDN'T KNOW HAD, HAD THE STORIES THEY'VE SHARED.

BUT IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AMAZING.

AND I THANK YOU FOR THIS, MY FAMILY.

THANKS YOU FOR THIS.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT, THAT ALL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

SO I'LL JUST INTRODUCE EVERYBODY REAL QUICK AND THAT'LL BE IT.

WE HAVE MY COUSIN ALLISON.

WE HAVE ALLISON'S TWO LOVELY CHILDREN.

ONE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S GIVING ME FALL ASLEEP TALKING OF MY CHIN.

YOU GUYS CAN'T HEAR ME.

SORRY.

AND A HOST OF LOVED ONES.

MY UNCLE AARON.

WE HAVE STACY, WHO BASICALLY FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS OF MY MOTHER'S LIFE WAS LIKE OUR THIRD SIBLING.

SHE WAS WITH MY MOTHER EVERY DAY.

DID EVERY NO SECRETS.

SI WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW EXISTED UNTIL NOW.

BUT , WE HAVE MY SISTER JEN, MY COUSIN STEPHANIE, MY AUNT LINDA, MY COUSIN ROBIN, MY LITTLE COUSIN.

I CALL HIM UNCLE LESTER.

HIS REAL NAME IS KAI.

MY COUSIN DANA.

AND THAT'S THE FAMILY THAT'S REPRESENTED HERE TODAY.

SO, AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS, UH, THIS TIME THAT YOU'VE ALLOWED US.

ANYTHING YOU SAY, GOOD EVENING.

I'LL KEEP IT VERY BRIEF.

'CAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, REALLY HAVE THE COMMENTS FROM MY MOM AT HER CELEBRATION OF LIFE AND LEGACY.

BUT I'LL JUST SAY SHE IS OUR ROLE MODEL, OUR SHERO.

SHE NEVER HESITATED TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER.

SHE NEVER HESITATE.

SHE, SHE CARED ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY.

SHE LOVED THIS COMMUNITY.

SHE GREW UP IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND EVERYTHING THAT SHE DID WAS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND NO MATTER WHAT OBSTACLES SHE HAD TO GO THROUGH, OR NO MATTER WHAT HURDLES WERE PUT INTO HER WAY, SHE LEAPT OVER ALL OF THEM.

SHE DID IT WITH DIGNITY.

SHE DID IT WITH PRIDE.

SHE KEPT HER HEAD HELD HIGH.

I, THEY CALL ME BARBARA JUNIOR, BUT THERE WILL ONLY, YOU KNOW, PARENTS ALWAYS WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO DO BETTER THAN, THAN THEM.

THERE WILL NOT EVER BE ANOTHER BARBARA WATSON PERRY IN THIS WORLD.

SHE IS A TRAILBLAZER.

SHE SET THE PRECEDENCE FOR SO MANY THINGS.

AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT TO, TO BE HONORED.

SHE FAMILY FIRST COMMUNITY, FIRST NATION BUILDING, ALL OF THAT.

THERE'S, THERE'S NOT WORDS THAT WILL EVER CONVEY IT.

AND LIKE MY BIG BROTHER JASON SAID, PEOPLE ALWAYS COME UP TO US AND SAY, YOUR MOTHER GAVE ME MY FIRST JOB.

YOUR MOTHER HELPED ME GET INTO MY FIRST HOME.

YOUR MOTHER GAVE SCHOLARSHIPS TO MY CHILDREN.

I HAVE FRIENDS, THERE'S FRIENDS, THERE'S FAMILY, THERE'S PEOPLE, THERE ARE THINGS THAT SHE'S DONE.

THERE'S THINGS THAT SHE HAS DONE TO NURTURE AND HELP THAT WILL HELP PEOPLE FOR GENERATIONS.

AND I JUST WISH THAT WE ALSO WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE HOW HIGH SHE WOULD'VE RISEN AND TAKEN THE COMMUNITY WITH HER.

UNFORTUNATELY, HER TIME AND TENURE WAS CUT SHORTER THAN WHAT SHE WOULD'VE LIKED IT TO HAVE BEEN, BUT SHE WOULD'VE REALLY RISEN AND REALLY TAKEN US TO THOSE NEXT LEVELS.

AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO EVERYBODY THAT IF YOU EVER FIND AN OBSTACLE IN YOUR WAY, IF YOU EVER FIND A PERSON IN YOUR WAY, IF YOU EVER HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS TRYING TO HOLD YOU DOWN, PULL YOU DOWN, PUSH YOU BACK, YOU RISE ABOVE THEM, AND YOU FLY ABOVE THEM.

AND YOU DO THAT WITH DIGNITY AND PRIDE.

AND IN THE NAME OF BARBARA WATSON PERRY, WHO WE LOVE DEARLY AND WILL FOREVER MISS.

AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY.

PAIGE AND PEYTON, SORRY.

OH, PAIGE AND PEYTON HOUSE IS CHILDREN.

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BARBARA WATSON PRAIRIE RECEIVED A DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM THE COLLEGE OF NEW ROCHELLE, ROOTED IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, AND A PARTICIPANT IN THE HISTORIC MARCH ON WASHINGTON.

BARBARA WAS CHAIRWOMAN OF CHAIRWOMAN OF A GROUP OF WOMEN IN, IN, UH, A GROUP CALLED WOMEN IN ACTION.

IN 1971.

SHE DECLARED, WE ARE NOT HERE TO JUST SIT AROUND AND DRINK COFFEE.

OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO ELIMINATE RACISM.

SOMETHING MOST GROUPS BACK AWAY FROM WE'RE A VERY SPECIAL CALIBER OF WOMEN WE'RE INTERESTED IN SOCIAL CHANGE.

BY DOING SO, SHE WAS CALLING FOLKS TO ACTION.

BARBARA HELD TRUE TO HER WORD IN 1976.

SHE BEGAN HER ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER AS THE FAIRVIEW GREENBURG COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, AS DIRECTOR OF DAY CAMPS.

SHE WAS AMONG THE FIRST ADMINISTRATORS AT THE FIRST SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM AT THE FAIRVIEW GREENBURG COMMUNITY CENTER.

AND THERE'S AN OLD EXPRESSION IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE, WE MAKE A WAY OUTTA NO WAY.

AND THAT'S WHAT BARBARA DID WITH VERY FEW RESOURCES AT HER HAND.

I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DID IT, BUT SHE COORDINATED EVENTS, ACTIVITIES, FIELD TRIPS FOR OVER 300 CHILDREN WITH VERY FEW RESOURCES AT HER DISPOSAL.

SHE EXPRESSED, I FEEL I HAVE A PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO THE CENTER.

HER IMPACTFUL TIME THERE SPENT SEVERAL DECADES, AND SHE HELD NUMEROUS TITLES, INCLUDING PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, DEVELOPER PROGRAM COORDINATOR, GRANTS WRITER AND ADMINISTRATOR OF FOSTER CARE PREVENTION PROGRAM.

SHE HELPED ORGANIZE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE DRAMA CLUB, A YOUNG MOTHER'S PROJECT, A PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP, PIANO LESSONS GYMNASTICS, AND A SENIOR CITIZENS ACTIVITIES, UM, UH, PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDED BOWLING, PAINTING, AND FIELD TRIPS.

SHE BROUGHT EDUCATIONAL, ART AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS TO THE CENTER, HIGHLIGHTING THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE.

AMONG BARBARA'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS WAS THE CREATION OF THE FAMILY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, FOR WHICH SHE WROTE AND RECEIVED GRANTS FOR MORE THAN 700,000 AND A GRANT OF TWO POINT MILLION FROM THE STATE TO EXPAND AND RENOVATE THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

HER MAJOR GOALS WERE TO IMPROVE STAFF AND FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND TO BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

BARBARA WATSON PRAIRIE JUST HAD THAT FORESIGHT AND INNATE GIFT OF ADVOCACY THROUGH OTHER LEADERSHIP ROLES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

ALTHOUGH BARBARA'S BEEN BESTOWED WITH COUNTLESS ACCOLADES, AWARDS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS, INCLUDING LIVE-IN LEGEND WOMAN OF THE YEAR, SENIOR CITIZEN HALL OF FAME, YOUTH SERVICE AWARD, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE, AWARD ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS, AND MORE, SHE HAS, SHE REMAINED HUMBLE, ALWAYS DOING HER BEST IN GIVING SELFLESSLY TO THE PEOPLE AND HER COMMUNITY.

SHE WAS HONORED BY THE TOWN OF GREENBURG IN 2010 DURING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH FOR HER OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP.

AS SHE AS AND AS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN AND FEMALE COMMISSIONER.

SHE HELPED COORDINATE A TRIBUTE TO ELDERS.

A AN EVENT THAT, UM, I INITIATED IN 2011.

UM, SHE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO, UM, A, A BOOK, OUR ROOTS RUN DEEP HERE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

A PICTORIAL STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UH, NEW YORK FROM THE 18 HUNDREDS INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.

BARBARA WAS FROM ONE OF THE OLDEST LONGEST STANDING DEEP ROOTED FAMILIES IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

HER PARENTS KNEW EVERYONE AND THE HISTORIES OF MOST, IF NOT ALL, FAMILIES THAT GREW UP IN THE FAIRVIEW COMMUNITY.

SHE WAS A SHE.

BARBARA WAS MARRIED TO THE LOVE OF HER LIFE.

JAMES W. PERRY, FOR 49 YEARS, THEY SHARED TWO CHILDREN, JASON AND JENNIFER, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, SIDNEY, SLOAN, SAGE, AND LOGAN.

DID I INCLUDE EVERYONE? UH, ARE THERE MORE? OKAY.

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SHE WAS A MENTOR TO ME.

SHE WAS A ROLE MODEL.

I'M NOT SURE I WOULD'VE MADE IT THROUGH MY FIRST FEW YEARS IN PUBLIC SERVICE HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR BARBARA PERRY.

SHE WAS A TREMENDOUS MENTOR AND ROLE MODEL AND LEADER.

THE KAMISH, HER STORY MAKER AND SHERO, BARBARA WATSON.

PERRY IS ALL THAT AND MORE.

SHE HAS LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON THE COMMUNITY THAT STILL REVERBERATES TODAY.

THROUGHOUT HER LIFE, HER HOBBIES AND PASSIONS INCLUDED FAMILY NUMBER ONE, TRAVELING THE ARTS, THEATER, CULTURAL EVENTS, JAZZ, DANCING, BOWLING, AND READING.

A STAUNCH ADVOCATE OF EDUCATION.

SHE HAS ALWAY, SHE HAS, SHE LEAVES THIS MESSAGE TO ALL YOUNG PEOPLE.

EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO YOUR FUTURE.

AND AN EXCERPT FROM THE POEM BY MAYA ANGEL, PHENOMENAL WOMAN.

THIS IS THE LAST PART OF THE POEM THAT SPEAKS VERY DIRECTLY TO BARBARA.

NOW YOU UNDERSTAND JUST WHY MY HEAD IS NOT BOWED.

I DON'T SHOUT OR JUMP ABOUT OR HAVE TO SPEAK LOUD.

SHE WAS VERY SOFT-SPOKEN.

WHEN YOU SEE ME PASSING, IT OUGHT TO MAKE YOU PROUD.

I SAY, AH, IT'S IN THE CLIQUE OF MY HEELS, THE BEND OF MY HAIR, THE PALM OF MY HAND, THE NEED FOR MY CARE, BECAUSE I AM A WOMAN, PHENOMENALLY PHENOMENAL WOMAN.

YOU THANK YOU TO HER FAMILY.

JOE BOYKIN, TERENCE JACKSON, THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR THEIR TRIBUTE TO BARBARA WATSON PERRIN.

AND HIS IMPACT ON THE GREENBERG NATURE CENTER WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED.

AND, UM, NEXT, UM, WE WANNA INTRODUCE, UM, UM, UM, TWO OF OUR, UH, SUMMER, UM, YOU KNOW, INTERNS.

UH, UM, UH, WE HAVE 46, UH, SUMMER INTERNS, UM, THAT ARE HERE, OR EVERY TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND, UH, THURSDAY.

THIS WAS THEIR THIRD WEEK.

AND JUDITH, WE HAVE THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK STATE, UH, UM, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DELGADO SPEAK TO THE INTERNS, UM, YESTERDAY.

AND NOW THEY'RE WORKING ON A PROJECT TO HELP, UM, SOME OF THE MIGRANTS.

AND JUDITH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE INTERNS? WE WE'RE NOT DONE WITH THE MOMENT OF SILENCE.

WE HAD THE MOMENT OF SILENCE.

NO, THERE'S MORE THAN BARBARA PERRY.

NO, WE, WE HAVE THE MOMENT OF SILENCE.

UH, NO, BUT I HAVE A STATEMENT.

OH, OKAY.

FROM THE, AND THE DAUGHTER OF THE 100 YEAR OLD.

OH, I'M SORRY.

THAT'S RIGHT.

WHY DON'T YOU LET THE DAUGHTER SHE HERE, ALVERA FIELDS, UH, MS. GLEN, JENNIFER.

NO, JENNIFER GLEN, JENNIFER, BARBARA.

NO, I DON'T.

UM, SHE WAS GONNA COME.

YOU COULD SPEAK ABOUT, UM, OKAY.

I'VE BEEN ASKED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE GREENBERG NATURE CENTER TO, UM, READ A STATEMENT.

SHE WOULD BE HERE, BUT, UH, SHE WAS UNABLE TO BE, AND SHE WANTED TO HONOR JAMES DERMAN.

UM, AND WE, THE TOWN COUNCIL, WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND PAY OUR RESPECTS AND BID FAREWELL TO THIS CHERISHED MEMBER OF OUR GREENBERG NATURE CENTER FAMILY.

UM, JIM JIM'S UNWAVERING COMMITMENT AS THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR LEAVES BEHIND AN ENDURING LEGACY WHEN FILLED WITH PASSION, KINDNESS, AND A PROFOUND LOVE FOR NATURE AND ANIMALS.

IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT WE SAY GOODBYE TO AN EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUAL WHO TOUCHED THE LIVES OF SO MANY BOTH WITHIN THE NATURE CENTER AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

JIM'S PRESENCE WAS TRULY INVALUABLE,

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HIS LOYALTY AND DEPENDABILITY WERE UNMATCHED, AND HE CONSISTENTLY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF THE NATURE CENTER'S MISSION.

IT WAS EVIDENT THAT JIM'S DEDICATION WAS A HEARTFELT PASSION THAT HE EMBRACED WITH ENTHUSIASM EVERY DAY.

WHEN THINKING OF JIM, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO BE INSPIRED BY HIS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO ANIMALS.

HIS LOVE FOR NATURE AND WILDLIFE SHONE THROUGH IN EVERYTHING HE DID.

AND HE PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN CREATING A WARM AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL WHO WALKED THROUGH THE NATURE CENTER DOORS.

NOTABLY, HIS WORK WITH THE VOLUNTEERS WAS TRULY EXTRAORDINARY.

HE TOOK THE TIME TO ENSURE THAT THEY FELT WELL-TRAINED, COMFORTABLE, WHILE WORKING THEIR ANIMALS AND FOSTERING AN ATMOSPHERE OF LEARNING.

HIS GENUINE KINDNESS, WARM-HEARTED NATURE, AND GENEROUS SPIRIT TOUCHED THE LIVES OF EVERY OF EVERYONE HE ENCOUNTERED.

JIM HAD AN INCREDIBLE ABILITY TO MAKE OTHERS FEEL AT EASE, AND HIS PRESENCE BROUGHT JOY TO BOTH ANIMALS AND HUMANS ALIKE.

BEFORE WORKING AT THE NATURE CENTER, JIM SPENT YEARS AT BOTH THE BRONX ZOO AND THE NORWALK MARITIME AQUARIUM, DEMONSTRATING HIS LIFELONG MISSION TO SUPPORT WILDLIFE AND EDUCATING THE NEXT GENERATION ON THE WONDERS OF THE NATURAL WORLD.

THOUGH WE MOURN THE LOSS OF SUCH AN INCREDIBLE COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND, WE FIND SOLACE IN THE MEMORIES WE SHARE WITH JIM.

LET US TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON THE IMPACT HE MADE, WHICH WE'VE DONE ALREADY.

THE SMILES HE BROUGHT AND THE POSITIVE CHANGES HE ENACTED.

AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HONOR JIM'S MEMORY BY UPHOLDING THE PRINCIPLES HE HELPED DEAR AND NURTURING THE ENVIRONMENT HE HELPED CREATE.

AS WE BID FAREWELL TO JIM, LET US REMEMBER THE JOY HE BROUGHT TO OUR LIVES AND THE LEGACY HE LEAVES BEHIND.

LET US CARRY HIS SPIRIT WITH US, AND OUR CONTINUED EFFORTS TO PROTECT AND APPRECIATE NATURE.

JUST AS HE DID SO PASSIONATELY, HIS LIGHT WILL FOREVER SHINE BRIGHT WITHIN THE GREENBERG NATURE CENTER AND GREENBERG NATURE CENTER FAMILY.

SO FOR THOSE OF OF YOU WHO EVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOUNTER JIM, HE WAS A VERY SPECIAL, SPECIAL PART OF THAT FAMILY, AND HE WILL BE MISSED.

UM, SO NOW, UM, UH, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UM, UH, TWO OF OUR INTERNS.

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UM, AS I MENTIONED, UM, UH, BRIEFLY BEFORE, WE HAVE 46 SUMMER INTERNS WHO HAVE BEEN, UH, COMING, UM, TO TOWN HALL, UM, EVERY TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY.

UH, THIS IS THE THIRD WEEK.

THERE'S THREE MORE WEEKS.

AND JUDITH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UM, UM, RECOGNIZE AND INTRODUCE THE INTERNS WHO ARE HERE? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

I, I'M JUST SO GLAD TO SEE OUR, OUR, UH, ANDREW AND SAM HERE.

UM, LAST WEEK WE HAD A REPRESENTATIVE FROM TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL CONDUCT A WORKSHOP WITH THE INTERNS ON HOW TO CREATE AN ELEVATOR PITCH.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO CALL ON THEM TO JUST GOING TO HAVE THEM COME TO THE PODIUM, UH, APPLY THEIR ELEVATOR PITCH AND TELL YOU WHO THEY ARE.

THANK YOU, ANDREW.

THANK YOU, SAM.

AM MS. PERRY AND JIM SEEMED LIKE REALLY AMAZING AND INSPIRING PEOPLE WHO GAVE BACK A LOT TO THEIR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT ME AND ANDREW ARE TRYING TO DO HERE.

SO, WE ARE GREENBERG TOWN HALL SUMMER INTERNS, AS MS. BEVILLE SAID.

AND WE ARE WORKING WITH 67 ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY RESIDING IN THE ARLEY ACRES MOTEL.

SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING INCLUDES ORGANIZING A BARBECUE TO WELCOME THEM TO OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE THEM WITH A GOOD MEAL.

RIGHT NOW, FROZEN FOOD IS BROUGHT TO THE HOTEL FROM NEW YORK VIA TRUCK FROM NEW YORK CITY VIA TRUCK.

UPON ARRIVAL, THE FOOD HAS ALREADY THAWED AND IS UNSAFE TO EAT.

MANY OF THE IMMIGRANTS HAVE BECOME SICK FROM IT.

ADDITIONALLY, THE PORTIONS ARE TINY.

A REP, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM ST.

BARN AL CHURCH, TOLD US THAT A FULL SIZED MEAL WAS A TINY HAMBURGER PATTY FOR FRENCH FRIES AND A FEW VEGETABLES.

THE ASYLUM SEEKERS NEED OUR HELP TO SECURE AN ADEQUATE FOOD SUPPLY OF DECENT QUALITY.

WE ARE WORKING WITH ST.

BARNER, MISS EPISCOPAL CHURCH, TO CREATE A GOFUNDME PAGE TO HELP BUY GRILLING UTENSILS, SUPERMARKET GIFT CARDS, FREEZERS, AND DESKTOP COMPUTERS.

THANKS, SAM.

UM, AND SO WE NEED THE DESKTOP COMPUTERS BECAUSE, UH, ALL THESE, UH, ASYLUM SEEKERS, THEY DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH VERY WELL.

AND SO THESE DESKTOP COMPUTERS, UH, WILL BE USED IN ADDITION TO ENGLISH CLASSES AT ST.

BARNABAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH, UH, FOR ROSETTA STONE AND INSTRUCTIONAL YOUTUBE VIDEOS TO HELP THEM LEARN ENGLISH.

AND THEN ALSO, UH, I WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT THESE ASYLUM SEEKERS ARE TECHNICALLY CONSIDERED BELOW THE POVERTY LINE

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BECAUSE THEY TECHNICALLY HAVE HOUSING AND FOOD.

SO BECAUSE THEY'RE UNDER THE POVERTY LINE, THEY DON'T HAVE, UH, ACCESS TO FOOD STAMPS.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS SAM SAID, THE FOOD THAT THEY RECEIVE IS LIKE VERY SMALL PORTION, AND IT'S UNSAFE TO CONSUME.

AND, YOU KNOW, LIVING IN A MOTEL DOESN'T SEEM LIKE ADEQUATE HOUSING EITHER.

SO WE JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT, THAT TECHNICALITY THERE, UM, THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, UNJUST AND THEY NEED OUR HELP TO GET FOOD.

UM, AND SO, AND YOU'VE BEEN VOLUNTEERING, UH, WITH THE TEACHING THEM ENGLISH? YES.

I HAVE BEEN VOLUNTEERING, UH, AT ST.

BARNABAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH, UH, TEACHING THEM ENGLISH.

UH, AND SAM IS GONNA BE STARTING, UH, HELPING OUT AS WELL ON TUESDAY.

UH, AND SO WE WERE THRILLED TODAY TO FIND OUT, UH, THAT THE DOBBS FERRY FOOD PANTRY, UM, DONATED BAGS OF FRESH FOOD AND NON-PERISHABLES.

AND WE PLAN TO HOST FOOD DRIVES IN THE FUTURE.

UM, TO GET FOOD TO THE ASYLUM SEEKERS.

WE'RE GONNA BE ACCEPTING CANNED GOODS AND NON-PERISHABLE ITEMS. UM, AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, THE INTERNS WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THEIR PLACES OF WORSHIP, UM, TO SEE IF THEY CAN EITHER CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY, UH, OR WITH FOOD.

UH, WE KNOW THAT ST.

BARNABAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH IS PLANNING ON HAVE, IS PLANNING ON, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS HOSTING A DINNER, UH, ONCE EVERY SO OFTEN.

AND SO HOPEFULLY, UH, THE PLACES OF WORSHIP WILL ALSO, OTHER PLACES OF WORSHIP WILL ALSO COMMIT TO, UH, BEING PART OF THAT ROTATION.

AND THEN A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS ON OUR AGENDA.

UH, WE WANT TO TRY TO CHANGE THEIR COURT LOCATIONS.

SO A LOT OF THE ASYLUM SEEKERS, THEY HAVE COURT LOCATIONS IN FARAWAY STATES, UH, LIKE NEBRASKA AND TEXAS.

AND WITHOUT MONEY AND WITH LITTLE TO NO ENGLISH, UM, IT'S GONNA BE VERY HARD FOR THEM TO GET THERE.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET A FEDERAL JUDGE HERE IN WHITE PLAINS.

UM, AND THEN ALSO WE WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE'S A FEDERAL, UH, WORK LAW THAT REQUIRES THEM TO, UH, BE PRESENT FOR 180 DAYS BEFORE THEY CAN START WORKING.

AND I MEAN, IN MY EXPERIENCE, I MET THEM, UH, MY FIRST DAY WAS TUESDAY VOLUNTEERING, TEACHING THEM ENGLISH.

AND THESE PEOPLE ARE VERY, UH, EAGER TO GET TO WORK.

THEY APPRECIATE OUR SUPPORT, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO BE DEPENDENT ON US FOREVER.

UM, THEY'RE EXCITED TO, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, UH, GIVEN OUR HELP AND ATTENTION TODAY, THEY WILL BE, UM, VALUABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TOMORROW.

AND I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT TOMORROW WE ARE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH CONGRESSMAN BOWMAN TO SEE IF HE CAN HELP IN ANY WAY.

UM, AND JUST ANY ADVICE FOR US TO, UH, FURTHER PURSUE, PURSUE OUR, OUR GOALS IN THE FUTURE.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, HEARING WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU ANDREW AND SAM.

PLEASE, PLEASE TELL OUR AUDIENCE, UH, WHAT, WHAT SCHOOLS YOU ATTEND.

UH, I GO TO BOSTON COLLEGE.

I ATTEND ROCK COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL.

YEAR, THE LITTLE LEAGUE, UM, THE SENIOR DIVISION, UH, WON THE NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

AND BOTH ARE RESIDENTS OF TOWN OF GREENBURG.

UM, OVER THE PAST WEEK AND A HALF, ALMOST THREE WEEKS, OUR INTERNS HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY COMMUNITY LEADERS AND LEADERS AT THE LOCAL, COUNTY AND STATE LEVELS.

ONE OF THOSE, UH, INDIVIDUALS, UH, ONE OF THE LEADERS WHO SPOKE TO THEM LAST WEEK AND INSPIRED THEM TO, UM, UH, FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT, UH, IS LANE COBB, WHO IS THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE GREENBERG HUMAN RIGHTS, UH, UH, COMMITTEE.

AND SHE'S HERE WITH US THIS EVENING AS WELL.

THEY HAVE JUST BEEN SO INSPIRED BY LEADERS, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

OUR PROGRAM HAS FOUR PILLARS, COMMUNICATIONS, LEADERSHIP, DEVELOPMENT, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND TEAMWORK.

AND THEY APPLY THOSE PILLARS EVERY DAY TO THE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY ARE ENGAGED IN, AS WELL AS, UM, UH, TO, UM, THE, AND, AND THE SPEAKERS AS WELL, APPLY THOSE PILLARS TO THEIR MESSAGE, TO OUR, OUR INTERNS.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK ANDREW AND SAM.

YOU REPRESENTED YOUR 46, UM, FUTURE LEADERS.

UH, THE, THE FIRST WEEK OF THE PROGRAM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REFERRED TO AS INTERNS.

AND THEN FOR THE NEXT FIVE WEEKS, THEY ARE REFERRED TO AS FUTURE LEADERS.

AND THEY ARE, UM, SHARING WITH YOU THE EVIDENCE OF THEIR, UM, UH, PRACTICE AND THEIR BELIEF IN THEMSELVES AS FUTURE LEADERS.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THESE YOUNG MEN REPRESENT THE FUTURE LEADERS OF OUR TOWN OF GREENBURG.

LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND THANK YOU.

FROM THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

THEY MAY BE FUTURE LEADERS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

GREAT.

UH, THANK YOU.

UM, NEXT, UM, WE'D LIKE TO, UH, HONOR, UM, ELMSFORD OUR LITTLE LEAGUE.

UM, THE SENIOR DIVISION, UH, CHAMPIONS.

UM, THEY, UM, THE ELMSFORD LITTLE LEAGUE IS ONE OF THE BEST LITTLE LEAGUES ANYWHERE, PROBABLY IN THE COUNTRY, I THINK.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST AMAZING.

UH, THEY DO A GREAT JOB AND, UM, THEY'VE ALWAYS, UM, BEEN OUT EXCEPTIONAL.

BUT, UH, THIS

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SO THEY'RE THE BEST, UH, TEAM IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF NEW YORK.

UM, SO WE'RE REALLY LUCKY.

AND, UM, I'LL GO DOWN.

WE HAVE CERTIFICATES, UM, FROM THE TOWN.

UM, AND MAYBE YOU CAN TELL US JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, YOU SAW ALL THAT, WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A CHAMPION.

UH, WILL ANELLO, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? I'M GOOD.

THAT'S WHY HE'S A, THAT'S WHY HE'S, HE CHAMPION A CHAMPION, RIGHT.

UM, LUKE TRON, HE LEAVES IT ALL ON.

YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? SEE, I LEARNED SOMETHING.

I, I NOW LEARNED THAT IF I WANNA BE A CHAMPION, I SHOULD SAY LESS.

UM, YOU'VE LEARNED THEY LEAVE IT ALL ON THE FIELD.

CADEN, UH, TATE, NO COMMENT EITHER.

VINNIE, , VENICE, SPILLANE.

THERE MUST BE AT LEAST ONE POLITICIAN HERE WHO WILL WANT TO SPEAK.

UH, ONE FUTURE.

PAUL.

UH, UH, ALEX SHAPIRO.

ALRIGHT, JACK.

UM, UH, RE GOD, YOUR , NO COMMENT.

DON'T THINK EACH OF YOU WANNA COME UP AGAIN, RIGHT? SO I'M GONNA CALL THE COACHES TO COME UP.

CONNOR LABE.

I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, MY GRANDFATHER ALWAYS SAID THAT IF YOU'RE SMART, YOU DON'T SPEAK, BECAUSE THEN EVERYBODY THINKS YOU'RE SMART.

UH, SO, UM, UH, CHRIS DELUCCI.

UH, NICK, UH, BEN ETI.

DY.

I WAS TRYING.

AND CHRIS BAGLEY, YOU WANNA SPEAK? UH, SHORT? YEAH.

I MEAN, BRAVE MAN.

SHOOT.

UM, I WASN'T THINK I WAS GONNA SPEAK ANYTHING, BUT, UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO LIKE, GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR TEAM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THAT WAIT, SHOOT.

UM, YOU GOT THIS? YEAH, YOU GOT THIS? YEAH.

YOU GOT IT.

HOLD THE MICROPHONE UP CLOSER SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.

IT'S, IT'S BEEN A GREAT JOURNEY WITH Y'ALL, ESPECIALLY, AND THE FACT THAT WE'VE, LIKE ALL OF US, WE'VE PLAYED TOGETHER FOR YEARS AND THAT MAKES IT SPECIAL.

JUST ABOUT.

AND THE FACT THAT WE WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, IT'S LIKE, IT'S ALMOST BEEN SINCE LIKE 2016 SINCE WE'VE DONE THAT.

SO, AND NOW YOU'RE GOING FOR THE REGIONALS.

WELL, YOU DID WELL, YEAH.

AND, AND IT'S JUST THAT LIKE, THERE'S NO REASON TO REALLY BE SAD FOR IT BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, DON'T BE LIKE SAD THAT IT'S OVER.

BE LIKE, GRATEFUL THAT IT HAPPENED.

THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE HAVE.

UH, WHO'S REPRESENTING THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE? WHO WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, PAUL.

SO I'M GONNA DO THIS A LITTLE DIFFERENT 'CAUSE I

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DO WE HAVE THE COACHES HERE TONIGHT? OKAY.

AND THE COACHES ARE REQUIRED TO SPEAK .

SO FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY, ON BEHALF OF THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY BOARD OF LEGISLATORS, SPECIFICALLY LEGISLATOR JEWEL WILLIAMS JOHNSON, WHO REPRESENTS DISTRICT EIGHT, WHICH IS FAIRVIEW, AND ALSO LEGISLATOR DAVID AND URA, WHO REPRESENTS DISTRICT 12.

WE HAVE CERTIFICATES FOR THE WHOLE TEAM.

WE ALSO HAVE CERTIFICATES FOR THE COACHES, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, FOR YOUR SKILLS IN TEACHING THIS INCREDIBLE TEAM HOW TO GET WHERE THEY GOT.

AND I HAVE TO SAY, AS THE MOM OF A KID WHO PLAYED BASEBALL, AND HE WAS ABOUT 13 YEARS OLD, I KNOW IT IS.

SO HE WAS A PITCHER TOO.

THERE'S SO MUCH PRESSURE.

IT IS HARD.

YOU GOTTA WORK HARD.

AND IT'S CAN BE SCARY SOMETIMES, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PARENTS.

AND YOU'RE WATCHING YOUR KID UP THERE.

SO, CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU GUYS DID GREAT.

AND WE HAVE THE CERTIFICATES HERE FOR YOU, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME UP AGAIN.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GIVE THESE TO THE COACHES AND THEY CAN HAND THEM OUT.

BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.

AND ALSO A SHOUT OUT TO THE GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM.

I THINK THEY DID INCREDIBLY WELL THIS YEAR AS WELL.

SO LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND.

AND LET'S NOT FORGET A SHOUT OUT FOR THE PARENTS AND THE PARENTS.

GET THEM TO PRACTICE, DRIVE THEM EVERYWHERE.

I THINK JOY HABER MADE THAT QUITE CLEAR THAT IT IS QUITE A COMMITMENT.

IT IS, BUT IT'S A WORTHWHILE ONE.

IT'S, YOU HAVE SO MUCH PRIDE.

ARE YOU ALL THANK YOU.

I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO HEAR FROM THE COACHES.

I, I JUST HAVE TO SAY ONE THING.

I CAN'T WALK AWAY THAT, THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I STARTED COACHING SOME OF THESE BOYS WHEN THEY WERE ABOUT SIX YEARS OLD.

NOT ALL, ALL AT THE SAME TIME, BUT DIFFERENT TIMES.

UM, WE'VE BEEN OVER AT ELMSFORD, OUR FAMILY FOR PROBABLY ABOUT 18 YEARS NOW.

THIS IS OUR LAST YEAR.

UM, I GUESS UNTIL WE HAVE GRANDKIDS, BUT THAT'S NOT UP TO US.

I JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE THEM.

TRULY.

IT HAS BEEN A GREAT, GREAT RUN.

ALL ALL OF THE PERSONALITIES THAT ARE SITTING HERE, YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY BRINGS SOMETHING.

AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN ALL HERE.

THEY'RE 16 OF THEM, 17 .

THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE FUN.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT EACH ONE OF THESE KIDS THAT, UM, KEPT US GOING ALONG THE WAY.

AND, AND ALL DIFFERENT, ALL VERY DIFFERENT, ALL FROM VERY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.

AND, YOU KNOW, ALL FROM GREENBERG, BUT VERY DIFFERENT.

IT'S SO NICE TO SEE, UH, YOU GUYS BE ABLE TO BRING THAT TOGETHER.

I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE PLAYED TOGETHER FOR YEARS AND, UM, THAT'S WHAT MAKES WHAT'S HERE HAPPEN BECAUSE THEY NOT ONLY GEL, BUT THEY WANNA BE TOGETHER.

AND, AND THAT'S WHY THIS TEAM GOT SO FAR, YOU KNOW, UM, THEY, THEY REALLY WANTED TO PLAY TOGETHER.

THEY WANTED TO BE THAT PRACTICE.

WHEN WE COULDN'T MAKE IT PRACTICE, THEY WERE MAKING THEIR OWN PRACTICE.

SO THAT, THAT'S A BIG COMMITMENT.

AND YES, AGAIN, THE PARENTS, I WON'T EVEN GO THERE, .

WE KNOW WHAT THAT RUN WAS LIKE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH YOU GUYS.

UM, I, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE ANOTHER FAMILY, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE CREATED ANOTHER FAMILY AND, AND WE'LL NEVER FORGET WHAT WE'VE DONE.

OKAY? SO KEEP PLAYING.

ALL RIGHT.

AND DON'T FORGET TO GIVE BACK TO ELMSFORD BECAUSE THEY GAVE A LOT TO YOU GUYS.

COULD I SUGGEST WE HAVE ALL THE PLAYERS COME UP TO THE FRONT, THE COACHES COME UP TO THE FRONT SO THAT WE CAN GET A PICTURE SO WE CAN SAY WE KNEW THEM WHEN

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BASEBALL.

CONGRATULATIONS.

ALRIGHT, THERE WE GO.

YOU READY? YEAH.

NOW, UH, OH, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE HOOK.

NOW WE'RE GONNA, UH, LET, LET HIM GET OUT FOR A MOMENT.

CAN YOU RUN IT AS A SLIDE? OKAY.

WE'RE GONNA, I HAVE IT AS, UM, P D F AND WORD, SO I CAN ADVANCE SCREEN.

UH, IT'S NOT A POWERPOINT.

OH, DID YOU JUST LEAD TO ENLARGE THE SCREEN? YEAH, ENLARGE IT SO YOU DON'T HAVE SO MUCH ON THE SIDES.

SO, UH, NEXT, UH, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING NOW.

WE'LL HAW THE HAWLEY, OH, I'M SORRY.

THE HAWK LIGHT.

I'M SORRY.

YOU GOOD? CAN YOU MAKE THAT BIG? CAN YOU SHOW IT, UM, ON YOUR PROGRAM? LET'S, YEAH, THAT'S BETTER.

THERE SHOULD BE A WAY OF YOU RUNNING IT AS A, AS A SLIDE PROGRAM, BUT I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH YOUR, ALRIGHT.

UH, SO AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN, THE TOWN HAS BEEN WORKING TO HAVE A HAWK LIGHT AT, ON CENTRAL AVENUE AT THE INTERSECTION OF LAWTON AVENUE, WHERE, UH, A SCHOOL AGED CHILD WAS HIT BY A CAR THROWN OVER THE CAR, SERIOUSLY INJURED, UH, AND WAS OUT OF SCHOOL FOR A VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

AND SO, UH, THE STATE CAME IN, EVALUATED THE SITUATION, AND AGREED WITH US THAT A FLASHING YELLOW BEACON, AN R R F P IS WHAT THEY CALL IT, UH, WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE ON THIS WIDE AREA OF CENTRAL AVENUE.

AND THAT, UH, A NEW TECHNOLOGY CALLED A HAWK SIGNAL WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

UH, THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT A HAWK LIGHT IS IT HAS NO GREEN LIGHT.

AND SO YOU JUST HAVE TO GET USED TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT DOESN'T HAVE A GREEN LIGHT.

UH, IT BECAME ACTIVE, ACTIVE, UM, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO OBSERVE ITS USE AND MISUSE .

UH, IT HAS CERTAINLY MADE THE THE CROSSWALK MUCH SAFER BECAUSE DRIVERS KNOW TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT.

SO THE DRIVERS ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE THAT WIDER, GARRETT? YES.

ALRIGHT.

SO AS YOU'LL SEE, WHEN THE NO ONE HAS PRESSED THE BUTTON, AND THIS IS, THIS IS AN ACTIVATED, THAT'S WHERE THE HAWK, UM, HIGH INTENSITY ACTIVATED MEANS SOMEBODY HAS TO PUSH THE BUTTON.

WHEN NOBODY PUSHES THE BUTTON TO CROSS THE CROSSWALK, THEY SEE NO LIGHT WHATSOEVER.

IT DOESN'T HAVE A GREEN LIGHT, IT HAS NO LIGHT WHATSOEVER.

IT GOES DARK YELLOW, YELLOW LIGHTS, YELLOW BEACONS THAT ARE, UH, APPROXIMATELY 30 OR 40 FEET AWAY LEADING UP TO THIS LIGHT.

THEY, UM, STAY DARK.

BUT AS SOON AS SOMEBODY PRESSES THE, SO THE POINT I WANNA MAKE HERE IS THE PEDESTRIAN HAS TO WAIT.

THIS IS A NEW DAY, RIGHT? IT'S NOT, HEY, IF YOU SEE A PASS, A PASSAGE, GET ACROSS THE STREET WITHOUT GETTING KILLED, RUN AND TRY AND MAKE IT, BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY IT USED TO BE.

YOU NOW HAVE A SAFE PASSAGE ACROSS THAT

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STREET.

YOU JUST HAVE TO BE PATIENT AND WAIT FOR THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TO TURN RED.

SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE AS A PEDESTRIAN, YOU'LL SEE ON THE RIGHT IS A HAND OR RED HAND SAYING, STOP.

WHENEVER YOU SEE THAT AS A PEDESTRIAN, YOU HAVE TO STOP AND NOT TRY TO CROSS.

STILL, SOME PEDESTRIANS ARE NOT HEATING THAT DON'T CROSS.

THEY JUST SEE, LIKE THEY USED TO SEE IS I THINK I CAN MAKE IT.

AND SO NOW WITH THIS INTERSECTION, UH, YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.

IF THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC LIGHT AND YOU WALK INTO A CROSSWALK, NEW YORK STATE LAW SAYS THAT THE DRIVER HAS TO STOP.

THIS IS NOW A SIGNALED INTERSECTION.

THAT LAW DOESN'T APPLY.

INSTEAD YOU HAVE TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT.

SO THIS HAS A RED LIGHT.

ONCE YOU PUSH THE BUTTON, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS ON SEVERAL BEACONS, INCLUDING COMING DOWN LORTON AVENUE, YOU'LL SEE A FLASHING YELLOW LIGHT THAT IS A WARNING TO THE DRIVERS THAT A YELLOW LIGHT.

NOW WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WITH YELLOW LIGHTS.

SOME PEOPLE TRY TO SPEED UP TO GET THROUGH BEFORE IT TURNS RED.

WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE RIGHT IS STILL THE RED HAND.

DO NOT TRY TO CROSS WHEN IT IS FLASHING YELLOW.

YOU HAVE TO WAIT.

THE EASY LESSON HERE IS JUST FOLLOW THE SIGN, RIGHT? BUT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO EDUCATE.

THIS IS PART OF AN EDUCATION PROGRAM TO GET THE PEDESTRIANS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A VERY SAFE PASSAGE ACROSS.

YOU JUST HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE HAND TO SAY, GO AHEAD.

OR, IT'S ACTUALLY A WALK SYMBOL.

SO THIS, THE SOLID YELLOW MEANS PREPARED TO STOP PEDESTRIANS STILL CAN'T CROSS.

IF YOU COULD ADVANCE THE PAGE, GARRETT, PLEASE.

NOW IT'S GOING TO TURN RED.

NOW THE CARS ARE GOING TO STOP.

THE CARS HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT STOPPING ON A RED LIGHT BECAUSE WE'VE ALL BEEN TRAINED TO START STOP ON A RED LIGHT.

THE PEDESTRIAN SIGN NOW SAYS THE PEDESTRIAN CAN WALK.

THIS IS A GOOD THING.

THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR.

SOMEBODY PUSHED THE BUTTON, IT CHANGED, IT WENT THROUGH ITS SIGNAL, UH, UM, SEQUENCE.

AND THEN SOMEBODY ELSE IMMEDIATELY CAME AND PUSHED IT AGAIN.

I LIKE TO COLLECT DATA.

IT TOOK ABOUT A MINUTE AND A HALF BEFORE IT REACTIVATED THE SIGNAL.

OBVIOUSLY, IT DOESN'T WANT SOMEBODY TO KEEP PRESSING THAT BUTTON ALL DAY LONG AND THERE'S NO TRAFFIC GOING ON CENTRAL AVENUE.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LAG OF ABOUT A MINUTE AND A HALF.

A MINUTE AND A HALF CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE.

IF WE GO DOWN EVEN FURTHER, WE NOW HAVE THE RED LIGHTS FLASHING.

THEY'RE NO LONGER SOLID.

SO FOR A DRIVER, THAT MEANS STOP AND YOU CAN PROCEED WITH CAUTION.

I'VE ONLY SEEN ONE TIME WHERE A DRIVER WHO STOPPED HAD THE SOLID RED AS SOON AS IT STARTED TO FLASH, STARTED TO MOVE AGAIN.

EVEN THOUGH PEDESTRIANS WERE STILL IN THE CROSSWALK, THEY WEREN'T IN FRONT OF THE CAR.

SO I GUESS THEY FIGURED, HEY, THERE'S NO CAUTION PROBLEM FOR ME.

AND THEY PROCEEDED.

I THINK THAT WILL IMPROVE AS WE USE IT.

THE, THE HAND, AS SOON AS IT STARTS TO FLASH, IS GOING TO CHANGE TO RED SAYING AND FLASHING, RED STATING, GET ACROSS.

YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO GET ACROSS AS A COUNTDOWN TIMER, BUT DO NOT START FROM THE CURB TO TRY AND START.

SO I'M HOPING, AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S, AND THEN OF COURSE, IF YOU ADVANCE IT SOME MORE, THE LIGHT GOES DARK.

NOW THE NEXT THING IS THE DRIVERS AREN'T REALLY TRAINED IN WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN IT GOES DARK? SO SOMETIMES IT TAKES A, A BEEPING HORN TO MOVE SOMEBODY ALONG.

BUT I'VE SEEN IT IMPROVE DRAMATICALLY IN JUST THE WEEK AND A HALF OR SO THAT IT'S BEEN UP.

UM, AND SO WHEN I DO THIS IN SMALL GROUPS, UH, I HAVE THOSE THAT ASK PEOPLE, WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY MEAN? AND SO FORTH.

SO THE LIGHT IS UP.

PLEASE WAIT FOR IT.

EASY INSTRUCTIONS FOR A PEDESTRIAN.

WAIT UNTIL YOU GET THE WALK SIGNAL.

DON'T WALK AT ANY OTHER TIME.

FOR THE DRIVERS, IT'S FAIRLY EASY.

THEY KNOW TO STOP ON RED.

AND EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN GO WITH A FLASHING RED, TREAT IT AS A STOP SIGN AND A FLASHING RED, YOU'RE STILL REQUIRED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOBODY IN THAT CROSSWALK BEFORE YOU START THE DRIVEWAY.

OKAY? AND THAT'S THAT.

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YOU ARE CERTAINLY

[ To consider a one-year agreement 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 year 2021, at a cost not to exceed $256,378]

WELCOME.

SO NOW, UH, WOULD LIKE TO, UM, OPEN THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS.

UM, THE FIRST HEARING IS, UH, TO CONSIDER A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT BETWEEN A TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG, UM, UM, OF THE GLENVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR YEAR 2021 AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED 256 6,378.

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

SECOND.

IN MY AREA PAY AS MUCH FOR FIRE PROTECTION AS THEY PAY FOR THE REST OF EVERY OTHER TOWN.

AND A, UM, ONE, LIKE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION FIRST, LEMME JUST DO THE TYPICAL, LEMME JUST, LEMME JUST DO THE TYPICAL INTRODUCTION.

THIS IS A FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT CONTRACT.

IT DEALS WITH AN AREA OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UNINCORPORATED TOWN OF GREENBURG, THAT IT IS NOT PART OF THE THREE, UH, FIRE DISTRICTS, WHICH ARE FAIRVIEW, GREENVILLE, AND, UM, AND HARTSDALE.

THOSE, THOSE, UH, THREE UH, DISTRICTS HAVE, UM, PAID FIREFIGHTERS.

THIS IS AN AREA OUTSIDE THOSE THREE, UH, DISTRICTS.

AND WHAT WE DO IS WE CONTRACT WITH THE VILLAGES TO PROVIDE SERVICES BECAUSE THE AREAS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE TOO FAR AWAY FOR THOSE THREE DISTRICTS THAT I MENTIONED.

MANY OF US ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE FAIRVIEW FIRE DISTRICT, THE HARSDALE FIRE DISTRICT, AND THE GREENVILLE FIRE DISTRICT.

THESE ARE PARTS OF THE TOWN, UNINCORPORATED PART OF GREENBURG OUTSIDE THEIR, THEIR RANGE, SO TO SPEAK.

SO THE, THE, WHAT WE DO IS WE CONTRACT WITH THE LOCAL VILLAGE, THE CLOSEST VILLAGE TO IT, UH, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.

SO, AND THESE ARE, THESE ARE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE COVERING THESE DISTRICTS.

AND WHAT WE DO IS WE GO INTO A CONTRACT TO PROVIDE, TO, UH, HAVE THAT SERVICE.

AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IS, UH, TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS.

THIS FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE YEAR 2021.

NOW, YOU MIGHT WONDER WHY WE'RE DOING 2021 IN 2023.

IT'S JUST THE WAY THEY, THEY THE, UH, THEY DO THE, UH, ACCOUNTING OR WHATEVER.

SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN NORMAL, BUT IT'S ALL DONE WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE VILLAGE.

AND SO, UH, THIS YEAR, THE CONTRACT COST FOR 2021 IS $256,278.

THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN FROM THE 2020 NUMBER OF $295,538 AND 68 CENTS.

UH, AND THAT'S FOR THE CONTRACT YEAR 2021.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO PAY THIS ARE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.

SO IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE, UH, GLENVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, THIS NUMBER IS, IS MEANINGLESS TO YOU BECAUSE IT DOESN'T AFFECT YOU.

IT'S NOT A PART OF YOUR TAXES.

ALRIGHT? IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU LIVE IN HARTSDALE FIRE DISTRICT, YOU PAY TAXES TO HARTSDALE FIRE DISTRICT.

YOU LIVE IN FAIRVIEW FIRE DISTRICT, YOU PAY TAXES TO THE FAIRVIEW FIRE DISTRICT.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT LIVE IN ANY OF THOSE THREE.

SO THEY PAY THE COST OF THIS CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE VILLAGES FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK MR. BOWDEN, MARY BOIN? MY NAME IS MURRAY BOIN.

I OPPOSE PAYING THESE FEE ON BOTH COUNTS.

IT IS TIME TO FACE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE NO VOLUNTEER FIRE DISTRICTS ANYMORE AND THAT THE TOWN OF HAS THREE FIRE DISTRICTS AND THREE FIRE CAPTAINS.

AND WE PAY FOR THREE FIRE CHIEFS AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH IT, IT'S AN ERROR THAT HAS LONG PASSED.

THERE IS ONE POLICE CHIEF FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

THERE SHOULD BE ONE FIRE CHIEF FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

I SAT IN A MEETING OF ONE OF THE FIRE DISTRICTS WHERE THE CHAIR APPOINTED HER SON-IN-LAW AS A ASSISTANT CHIEF.

WHY DO WE PAY FOR THREE CHIEFS? IT'S AN ERROR THAT HAS PASSED THE HOW FIREHOUSE ON CENTRAL AVENUE NEXT TO THE FOUR QUARTERS SHOULD BE CLOSED.

PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED WITH HOW MUCH MONEY THEY PAY.

PEOPLE

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SERVICE, PARKS, COLLECTION, POLICE, GARBAGE, EVERYTHING COSTS US THE SAME AS IT COST US FOR FIRE PROTECTION.

THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

PEOPLE CAN AFFORD IT TODAY AND SOMEBODY AT SOME POINT HAS TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE.

VIRTUALLY EVERY FIRE DISTRICT THAT SAID VOLUNTEER HAS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS.

THERE ARE NO SUCH THING.

THE CONCEPT WAS WHEN YOU WERE AT A VOLUNTEER FIRE DISTRICT, PEOPLE CLOSED THEIR STORES GRANTED A FIREHOUSE.

THEREFORE, WITH THE FIRE, NOBODY LIVES NEAR A FIRE DISTRICT ANYMORE WHERE THEY CAN CLOSE THEIR BUSINESS AND PUT OUT THE FIRE.

THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN EVADED FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE GET PAID MONEY THAT AT THIS TIME WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD HAVE MULTIPLE DISTRICTS, TOWN OF BEDFORD AREA, MUCH BIGGER THAN OURS OR SIMILAR SIZE, BUILT A NEW FIRE HEADQUARTERS WHERE EVERYTHING IS RUN OUT OF WHERE EVERYTHING IS OPERATES FROM.

I REALIZE HOW EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IT IS FOR THIS ISSUE TO BE ADDRESSED, BUT IT'S TIME FOR THIS BOARD TO FINALLY SAY, WE CAN'T AFFORD THIS.

FRANCIS SAID, WELL, IT'S ONLY A FEW PEOPLE PAYING FOR IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE.

TRUE.

BUT FOR THE REST OF US, WHO ARE THE THREE DISTRICTS WHERE THERE ARE THREE FIRE CHIEFS, THREE A DISTRICT AND, AND A WHOLE SUPERVISORY STAFF, NO.

HOW DO WE CHANGE IT? SOMEBODY UP THERE, UH, HAS TO TAKE THE FORTITUDE AND SAY, IT'S TIME WE SAVE THAT MONEY.

I CAN'T DO IT.

IT'S YOUR JOB TO INITIATE THAT CHANGE.

AND IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT THE INTESTINAL FORTITUDE TO DO IT, PLEASE GET OFF THE BOARD AND LET SOMEBODY ELSE GET ON A BOARD WHO WILL SAVE THIS TOWN.

A LOT OF MONEY, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HURTING.

IT'S TIME TO MAKE THIS CHANGE.

ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

SO WHAT YOU JUST HEARD IS ABSOLUTELY IRRELEVANT, WHICH IS WHY I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, THIS IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE FAIRVIEW HARTSDALE OR GREENVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

THE SPEAKER GETS UP AT EVERY MEETING ABOUT THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS IN THE VILLAGES AND SAY THEY'RE NOT VOLUNTEERS, BUT THEY ARE VOLUNTEERS.

HE MAY OPPOSE PAYING THIS AMOUNT, BUT HE DOESN'T, UH, PAY THIS AMOUNT.

HE LIVES IN THE HARTSDALE FIRE DISTRICT.

UH, AND SO WHEN THE, WE ARE CONTRACTING WITH THE VILLAGE TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES, THIS IS A TYPE OF PUBLIC HEARING WHERE I HAVE NEVER, AND I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD SINCE 2016 OR 2006, NEVER HAD SOMEBODY FROM THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I OPPOSE THAT CONTRACT.

RIGHT? NEVER HAS.

SOMEBODY SAID, I OPPOSED A CONTRACT FOR A FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.

PREVIOUS SPEAKER GETS UP AT EVERY ONE OF THESE MEETINGS AND SAYS, I OPPOSE PAYING THAT AMOUNT.

BUT HE DOESN'T LIVE IN THAT, IN THAT, IN THOSE DISTRICTS.

AND SO YOU COULD HAVE AN ARGUMENT REGARDING HARTSDALE BY GOING TO THE FIRE COMMISSIONERS IN HARTSDALE OR FAIRVIEW BY GOING TO THE FIRE COMMISSIONERS IN, IN FAIRVIEW OR GREENVILLE.

THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE THEIR MEETINGS, PEOPLE ARE INVITED TO IT.

BUT EACH TIME WE HAVE A CONTRACT TO PROTECT RESIDENTS OF THE UNINCORPORATED AREA WHO ARE IN AN AREA THAT'S OUTSIDE THE RANGE OF THOSE THREE DISTRICTS, WE GET OPPOSITION FROM THE SAME SPEAKER EVERY MEETING, EVERY HEARING MAY HAVE BEEN HERE ON THE SECOND, THE SECOND HEARING FOR THE SECOND FOR THE SAME FIRE DISTRICT, SAME FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR A DIFFERENT YEAR.

BUT I DON'T WANT THE RECORD TO BE ANY WAY BE MUDDIED INTO THINKING THAT ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT

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THREE FIRE CHIEFS AND SO FORTH, IRRELEVANT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING.

'CAUSE WE'RE CONTRACTING NOT WITH HARTSDALE, FAIRVIEW OR GREENVILLE.

WE'RE CONTRACTING WITH, UH, THE VILLAGES, UH, WHO GO INTO CONTRACT WITH US AND PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES.

SO WITH THAT, RIGHT, BUT I JUST WANNA, IN DEFENSE OF MA MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, I FAIL EVERY TIME THE FIRE DISTRICTS COME UP.

UM, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO AT LEAST REFLECT ON AN ISSUE THAT IS OF IMPORTANCE TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE AS MA CORRECTLY POINTED OUT, PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN FAIRVIEW HARTSDALE OR, UH, THE GREENVILLE FIRE DISTRICTS, THEIR FIRE DISTRICT TAXES ARE ALMOST AS HIGH AS, UM, UH, THE ENTIRE TOWN, YOU KNOW, TAXES.

UM, AND I THINK MURRAY WAS POINTING OUT, HE'S POINTING OUT THAT THE TOWN BOARD SHOULD AT LEAST, THERE SHOULD BE AT LEAST A COMMUNITY DISCUSSION ON THE FUTURE OF FIRE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, SERVICES IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE TOWN.

BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, YEARS, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, I PUSHED HARD TRYING TO GET THE FI THREE FIRE DISTRICTS CONSOLIDATED, AND I DIDN'T HAVE ANY SUCCESS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAD A, A MOVEMENT AT, AT, AT A TIME.

WE HAD A COMMITTEE LOOKING AT IT.

UM, THERE WASN'T AS MUCH SUPPORT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, AS WE, UM, THINK ABOUT BUDGETS AND AS WE THINK ABOUT THE TAXES TO, UM, REFLECT ON, UM, POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, REORGANIZATIONS AS FIRE CHIEFS RETIRE, EVEN IF WE DON'T CONSOLIDATE, WE COULD BE SHARING FIRE CHIEFS.

WE COULD, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FIRE CHIEF, EACH OF THE FIRE CHIEFS, THEY WERE MAKING MORE THAN, UH, THE POLICE CHIEF.

WE HAVE ONE POLICE CHIEF, WE HAVE THREE PAID FIRE CHIEFS.

THE, UH, THE POLICE CHIEF IS EARNING LESS THAN, UM, A FIRE CHIEF WHO SERVES SIGNIFICANTLY LESS TERRITORY, UH, THAN, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE CHIEF.

SO I, I DON'T, UH, OBJECT TO MURRAY BOWDEN SPEAKING OUT.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT HAVING A DISCUSSION, HAVING A DI DIALOGUE IS IMPORTANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THE TOWN.

BECAUSE WHEN I GO AROUND, PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE TAXES AND, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE ARE SATISFIED WITH THE SERVICES OF THE TOWN.

BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S THE SCHOOL TAXES, IT'S THE FIRE AID DISTRICT TAXES, IT'S ALL THE DISTRICT TAXES COMBINED, UM, THAT, UH, THAT ARE CAUSING PEOPLE TO LEAVE THIS, SOME PEOPLE TO LEAVE THE COMMUNITY.

SO I, I THINK THAT IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO ENCOURAGE US TO AT LEAST REFLECT ON DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

IT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO AGREE, BUT AT LEAST REFLECT, AT LEAST THINK ABOUT IT.

AND THERE SHOULD BE HAVING COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE TOWN.

THERE'S NOTHING UNHEALTHY ABOUT THAT.

SO I THINK YOU PROVIDED A COMMUNITY SERVICE BY, UH, BY SPEAKING AND, AND WHAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES? ARE YOU PROPOSING THAT WE MAKE THE CHANGES FALL? ARE YOU, ARE YOU PROPOSING THAT WE DO AWAY WITH THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS? NO, I, I, I'VE, I THINK THE FI VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE TERRIFIC.

YOU KNOW, I BASICALLY, SO ARE YOU NO, I I, NO, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I HAVE ALWAYS SUPPORTED THE VOLUNTEER FI DISTRICT TAXES AND I ALSO SUPPORT, UH, THE, UH, THE, THE CONTRACTS BECAUSE, UM, PEOPLE IN THE, UH, VOLUNTEER DISTRICTS ARE PAYING SUBSTANTIALLY LESS.

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE VOLUNTEER DISTRICTS, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PAID DISTRICTS.

I'VE ALWAYS SUPPORT.

I UNDERSTAND, BUT THIS IS PUBLIC.

I'VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED CONSOLIDATION'S.

I'M NOT HEARING ON THE PAID DISTRICTS, IT'S LIKE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, YOU KNOW, YOUR FAVORITE TOPIC.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON LEAF BLOWERS, AND SOMEBODY GETS UP AND SAYS, I'M, I'M, I'M OPPOSED TO BARS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

AND WE JUST INTER LISTEN TO TALKING ABOUT BARS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ON LEAF BLOWERS.

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PAID FIRE DISTRICTS.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

RIGHT.

AND IF YOU, AND, AND THE SPEAKER SAID THAT HE OPPOSES THESE, PAYING THESE FEES.

SO IF YOU AGREE WITH HIM, IT MEANS YOU OPPOSE PAYING THE VILLAGES TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES.

NO, I, I, I, I AGREE.

THAT THERE SHOULD BE A DIALOGUE ON THE FUTURE OF FIRE DISTRICT, PAID FIRE DISTRICT, UH, YOU KNOW, SERVICES.

I THINK THAT, UH, AND I FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN MURRAY SPEAKS SOMETIMES, UM, I FEEL BAD THAT I'M NOT FIGHTING HARD ENOUGH.

UM, BECAUSE I, THE THING IS, I FEEL THAT HE'S, HE'S SOME, HE SPEAKS FROM THE HEART.

UM, HE, UM, I THINK HE'S, UH, HE COMES UP WITH VERY, UH, CREATIVE IDEAS.

HE'S NOT AFRAID TO EXPRESS HIMSELF.

AND I FEEL THAT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH, UM, HAVING COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR, YOU KNOW, OF OUR TOWN.

AND AGAIN, I DO SUPPORT THE VOLUNTEERS.

I THINK THAT THEY'RE THE BEST VALUE FOR, FOR TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

I FEEL THAT

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THESE CONTRACTS ARE, ARE DEFINITELY, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, GREAT VALUE.

I, I SEE THE VOLUNTEERS WORKING DAY, NIGHTS, WEEKENDS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SO DEDICATED.

UM, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY IT'S GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO, UM, ATTRACT VOLUNTEERS AND KEEP, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERS IN, IN SOME, IN SOME OF THESE, UM, VOLUNTEER SERVICES.

BUT AGAIN, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, UM, HAVING RESIDENTS MAKING US REFLECT AND THINK ABOUT THE TOWN.

AND DOESN'T MEAN IT'S DISRESPECT.

WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE TO RESPECT, WE DON'T HAVE TO AGREE.

WE COULD JUST SAY, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP AN ISSUE AND MAKING US THINK ABOUT IT.

MR. SUPERVISOR, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANY DISRESPECT FOR MURRAY.

I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THERE WAS CLARIFICATION, THE FORM FOR PEOPLE LISTENING TO WHAT THESE SPECIFIC AGREEMENTS WERE.

RIGHT.

AND I COMMEND FRANCIS FOR MAKING IT CLEAR.

UM, AND I COMMEND MURRAY FOR HIS CONCERNS AND HE WRITES TO US AND WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM.

THAT'S FINE.

AND THERE'S A TIME FOR COMMUNITY DIALOGUE.

AND PAUL, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INITIATE THAT, UM, WHERE WE WERE SAYING CONSOLIDATING THE THREE FIRE DISTRICTS, AGAIN, YOU CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.

MY POINT IS, IT SHOULDN'T BE ON A PUBLIC HEARING THAT DOES NOT INVOLVE THE THREE FIRE DISTRICTS YOU WANT TO CONSOLIDATE.

UH, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE, AND, AND THIS COMES UP EVERY TIME THERE'S A, UH, FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.

WE'RE PAYING $12 A PAGE FOR A TRANSCRIPT AND, YOU KNOW, IS THERE ANY OTHER TOPIC THAT WE WANT TO ADD INTO THIS ABOUT THE PIE? YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A BIT FRUSTRATING 'CAUSE I REALLY TRY TO KEEP OUR RECORDS CLEAN, OUR TRANSCRIPTS CLEAN, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DO THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE VILLAGES AND THEM PROVIDING FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES.

BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR TWO WEEKS A SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

SO I'LL MAKE IT MORE THAN A SUGGESTION.

I'LL MAKE IT A MOTION.

THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

I THOUGHT PAUL WAS COMING TO THE MOTION, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

SO THE STILL SAME I TO KEEP THE RECORD OPEN FOR TWO WEEKS.

TO CONSIDER ONE YEAR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG RESIDENTS OF THE GLENVILLE FIRED PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 2022 AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $287,986 AND 39 CENTS.

UH, THE NEXT TEARING IS

AYE, AYE.

WAIT, WAIT.

THIS IS A, SO THIS IS NOW FOR THE YEAR 2022.

FOR 2022.

2022.

SO FOR THE YEAR, THIS IS PROBABLY CLEAR.

WHAT STARTED TONIGHT? AND DON'T SAY EACH PAGE COSTS MONEY BECAUSE THE COST OF THE FIRE PROBLEM IS HUNDREDS OF TIMES WORSE.

BY THE TIME THE DATA COMES IN.

NOW THIS ONE IS WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT IS FOR THE 2022.

SO THIS, THIS AGAIN IS A NUMBER THAT'S LESS THAN THE 2020 NUMBER.

UH, THE 2020 NUMBER FOR THIS PARTICULAR PUBLIC HEARING WAS $295,538 AND 68 CENTS.

THIS ONE IS $287,986 AND 39 CENTS.

THIS IS FOR AN AREA OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG OUTSIDE THE THREE PAID FIRE.

UH, IT'S NOT, NOT APPROPRIATE TO CALL 'EM PAID FIRE DISTRICT, BUT IT'S, UH, FIRE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE, UH, PAID PERSONNEL, HARTSDALE, FAIRVIEW AND GREENVILLE.

UM, GREENVILLE IS OVER BY TARRYTOWN.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE CARRY, UH, CONTRACT WITH TARRYTOWN TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO THE AREA OF UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG JUST OVER ITS BORDER.

AND, UH, THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

AND, UH, UH, AGAIN, THIS HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH HARTSDALE FIRE DISTRICT, GREENVILLE FIRE DISTRICT, UH, OR FAIRVIEW FIRE DISTRICT.

IT'S SOLELY DEALING WITH THE VOLUNTEER, UM, FIRE DEPARTMENTS THAT, UH, ARE PRIVATE COMPANIES IN TARRYTOWN.

MARY BODEN, MY NAME IS MURRAY BODEN.

FRANCIS SHEEN'S COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON ARE INCORRECT, BUT I WILL NOT ADDRESS THEM NOW.

I WILL ADDRESS THEM AT PUBLIC COMMENT.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING TO THE TOWN'S ATTENTION WHAT'S GOING, GOING ON WRONG FOR YEARS AND YEARS.

SOMEHOW IT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED.

AND MY COMMENTS WERE MEANT TO BRING TO THE TOWN'S ATTENTION AND EVERYBODY WATCHING ON TELEVISION BECAUSE I'VE TOLD ME BEFORE THEY LEFT, THEY WERE GONNA WATCH THE INJUSTICES THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON IN THIS TOWN AND THE MISINFORMATION THAT'S BEEN GOING ON.

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SO WHEN YOU SAY MY COMMENTS INCREASED THE COST OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, ABSOLUTELY.

BUT IT STARTED A CONVERSATION THAT NEEDED TO BE STARTED.

MY PURPOSE HERE TONIGHT WAS TO GET PEOPLE INVOLVED, THOSE HERE, YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DEAL WITH IT.

AND THOSE WHO WOULD'VE BEEN HERE AND ARE WATCHING WHAT I'M SAYING TONIGHT, I OFTEN HEAR THAT PEOPLE STOP TO WATCH WHEN I SPEAK BECAUSE THEY AGREE.

MY PURPOSE WAS TO START THE CONVERSATION.

AND BY OPPOSING THIS RESOLUTION, I STARTED THE CONVERSATION.

THERE WERE IDEAS THAT CAME UP TONIGHT THAT I HADN'T HEARD BEFORE.

HAVING ONE FIRE CHIEF COVER THREE DIFFERENT ONES.

THAT'S A NEW ONE.

CERTAINLY COULD DO THAT.

THAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY COMBINE THE DISTRICTS WITHOUT ACTUALLY COMBINING 'EM.

AND WE LIVE IN AN INCREMENTAL WORLD WHERE WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR DOESN'T APPLY ANYMORE BECAUSE OF GLOBAL WARMING.

IT'S HERE.

I'M 90, I MAY LOSE THE HEARING IN MY RIGHT EAR BECAUSE A DOCTOR URGENT CARE DIDN'T TREAT ME PROPERLY.

SO I KNOW HOW PEOPLE FEEL WHO ARE IMPROPERLY TREATED BY PEOPLE WHO SHOULD KNOW BETTER.

I VERY MUCH WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR OUT OF THIS EAR AGAIN, I MAY NOT MANY OF YOU SITTING HERE, UH, HAD PROBLEMS WITH BUREAUCRACY THAT DIDN'T LISTEN.

THAT THEY WERE SMARTER AND THEY KNEW ALL THE ANSWERS, THE MISINFORMATION THAT SHE PRESENTED TONIGHT.

AND IT WAS MISINFORMATION AND IT WAS CONFUSING.

AND IT WAS NOT ON THE SUBJECT, BUT IT SOUNDED GOOD BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PAYING IT.

ONLY THOSE PEOPLE OVER THERE ARE PAYING IT.

BUT IN EFFECT, IT APPLIES TO ALL OF US.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO THINK THAT THIS IS A NEW WORLD.

5,000 YEARS OF HISTORY HAVE CHANGED.

ONE OF THE REASONS IS THE CELL PHONE, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HIDE ANYMORE.

THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO START A CONVERSATION IN A WAY THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO IT BEFORE.

IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO COMBINE THEM WHERE YOU CAN, YOU MAY NOT COMBINE THE WHOLE DISTRICTS, BUT YOU MAY HAVE ONE CHIEF COVERING ALL THREE, WHICH EFFECTIVELY DOES IT WITHOUT CHANGING THE LAW.

AND YOU CAN DO THAT.

I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND I DO IT BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE KEEP TELLING ME, DON'T STOP.

WE LIKE WHAT YOU SAY, IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY FOR SPEAKING UP FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T BECAUSE THEY MAY LOSE THEIR JOB.

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

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OKAY, NEXT.

ANYBODY LIKE TO COMMENT ABOUT ANYTHING? YES.

PUBLIC COMMENT? YES.

SO WHAT GAVE YOU SHE AND THE RIGHT TO COME AND HAVE ME REMOVED FROM THE MEETING? EXCEPT THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD THAT POWER.

WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.

UM, MARY BOIN AND ANDREA REED.

MY NAME IS MARY BOIN AND I WILL LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT FRANCIS SHEHAN TONIGHT, WHO IS IN EFFECT RUNNING GREENBERG AND HAS FOR MANY YEARS.

WHY? HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF ME PERSONALLY.

WHEN SAM WARE CAME TO GREENBURG TO EXPLAIN THE G I S SYSTEM AND THEY WE'RE IN THE ROOM OVER THERE.

I HAPPENED TO WALK BY AND CAME IN AND SAT DOWN.

FRANCIS CAME UP TO ME ON HIS OWN VOLITION.

NOBODY TOLD HIM TO DO IT AND TOLD ME TO LEAVE THE MEETING.

IT'S TRUE, IT'S ON THE RECORD.

10, TWO MINUTES LATER HE CAME OUT AND SAID, COME BACK INTO THE MEETING.

THE REASON HE TOLD ME TO COME BACK INTO THE MEETING BECAUSE SAM WARE, WHO WAS THE COUNTY G I S EXPERT, AND I DEVELOPED A PROGRAM.

I WAS ON A TEAM THAT DEVELOPED THAT PROGRAM.

I WORKED WITH SAM RIGHT THROUGH.

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WHEN FERN CLUB CEMETERY HAD A PROBLEM, THEY CAME IN FOR AN EXEMPTION AND THERE WAS AN ENGINEERING DROP OUT.

THE DRAINAGE.

YOU DIDN'T SAY REPORT TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

YOU SAID GIVE ME THE REPORT.

YOU'RE NOT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.

YOU'RE NOT THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

YOU ARE COUNCIL ONE OF A NUMBER OF THEM.

WHEN THERE WAS A KID'S AFFAIR ON CENTRAL AVENUE AND THEY NEEDED PERMISSION TO HAVE IT, FRANCIS SAID, I WANT A MEETING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE A PLAN FOR THE EXIT OF THAT GROUP.

THESE KIDS WERE IN A LITTLE TENT.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HANDLES TRAFFIC INFECTION EVERY DAY.

THAT'S THEIR JOB.

THEY DON'T NEED A SPECIAL MEETING.

CALLED BY FRANCIS INE TO MAKE A REPORT.

FRANCIS SHEAN DECIDED HE WANTS TO BE SUPERVISOR.

SO HE CONTROLS THE MEETING I WROTE TODAY.

WHO, WHO CONTROLS THE AGENDA? FRANCIS SHEAN.

WHO CONTROLS THE ZOOM? FRANCIS SHEEN.

WHO CONTROLS GREENBERG? FRANCIS SHEEN.

YOU KNOW FRANCIS DOESN'T LIKE YOU.

YOU GET FIRED.

I WAS ON THE ANTENNA REVIEW BOARD.

I GRADUATED RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE IN 1955 WITH A BACHELOR OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.

I'M TECHNICALLY QUALIFIED TO SPEAK ON ENGINEERING ELECTRICITY.

THEY KICKED ME OFF THE BOARD.

'CAUSE FRANCIS DIDN'T LIKE ME.

EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE BOARD WAS NOT QUALIFIED AS AN ENGINEER.

I AM.

I SPENT 30 YEARS WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE WHO WRITE THE RULES OF THE ROAD, THE MANUAL UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, SPECIFICALLY ON MARKINGS.

NOT ONCE HAS GREENBIRD INCLUDED ME ON ANY PROJECT WHERE THERE ARE ROAD LINES OR THAT HAWK THING ON THE CROSSWALKS.

, I'M QUALIFIED.

I WAS ON A COMMITTEE.

I WAS ONE OF THREE PEOPLE WHO WROTE THE DOTTED LINE SECTION OF THE MANUAL.

SCOTT GREENWRIGHT AND GENE HAWKINS, THE THREE OF US.

AM I QUALIFIED? YES.

HAVE YOU TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF MY QUALIFICATIONS? ABSOLUTELY NOT.

CROSSWALKS.

THERE IS ONE SAFE CROSSWALK.

IT'S THE PARALLEL BAR.

IT'S ALL OVER THE REST OF THE WORLD.

IT'S CALLED THE CONTINENTAL CROSSWALK.

'CAUSE IT'S THE SAFEST.

IT LOOKS THE SAME TO THE DRIVER.

BUT NEW YORK STATE AND GREENBURG, YOU TALK ABOUT SAFETY AND YET YOU WILL AND COST THE COST OF WHAT YOU DO AND COST MORE THAN PUTTING IN PARALLEL BARS, WHICH THE DRIVER NEEDS TO RECOGNIZE.

THE PEDESTRIANS STANDING STILL.

WHERE DO YOU START? SOMEBODY HAS TO ADMIT THAT FRANCIS SHEEN HAS MADE HIMSELF KING OF GREENBURG AND NOBODY CAN STOP HIM BECAUSE EVERYBODY NEEDS THEIR JOB.

AND FRANCIS GETS MAD AT THEM.

THEY'RE DRUMMED OUT OF TOWN.

THERE'S A CAMERA UP THERE.

IT'S RECORDED EVERYTHING I'VE SAID AND MY EMAIL SAYS, TRUST NOTHING.

I SAY, CHECK IT OUT YOURSELF.

AND I SAY IT.

AND AGAIN, TRUST NOTHING.

I SAY, GO TO THE RECORD.

HOW MANY PEOPLE HAS FRANCIS CHASED OUTTA HERE CHASED THE TOM MADDEN, WHO WAS OUR PLANNING COMMISSIONER, CHASED HIM OUT, DRUMMED HIM OUT OF TOWN.

HE WENT TO STANFORD, REVITALIZED STANFORD IN A FANTASTIC WAY, AND NOW WORKS FOR THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

MY TIME IS UP.

I WILL NOT GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO BEAT ME.

I'M JUST GONNA, I'M GONNA READ, I'M JUST GONNA RESPOND BY SAYING ALMOST NOTHING HE SAID IS TRUE.

AND HE SAYS IT'S ON THE RECORD.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU PRODUCING THE RECORD.

UH, I DO AGREE THAT I WORK HARD.

YEAH, I I DO EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAY, EXCEPT I DON'T HIRE AND FIRE PEOPLE, BUT PEOPLE HAVE TO DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.

THE TAXPAYERS EXPECT IT, THE RESIDENTS DESERVE IT.

UM, THOMAS MADDEN, UH, IS STILL, WE'RE FR WE'RE FRIENDLY.

IT'S MR. BOWDEN, YOU ALREADY HAVE YOUR FIVE MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

I HAVEN'T SAID A WORD I WANT, I WANT TALK.

I HAVEN'T

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SAID A WORD, JOE.

DON'T STOP ME UNTIL I START TO TALK.

BUT THE FACT THAT I'M STANDING HERE ENOUGH IS NOT YOUR NCE ENOUGH.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, RIGHT? I SIT HERE MEETING AFTER MEETING, LISTENING TO YOUR TRASH.

YOU KEEP PUTTING IN YOUR EMAILS TO TRUST NOTHING.

I SAY LIKE, AS IF THAT GETS YOU OFF THE HOOK FOR SLANDER, BECAUSE YOU COULD SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT, BUT AT SOME POINT, AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO BE HELD TO ACCOUNT TO, RIGHT? YOU DO THIS MEETING AFTER MEETING, YOU SAY, UM, THE A R B, RIGHT? I KICKED YOU OFF.

YOU RESIGNED.

YOU RESIGNED WITH THE ANTENNA BOARD.

YOU REFUSED TO LOOK AT ANY APPLICATION UNLESS IT WAS ON A LAPTOP AT, AT THE TIME, PEOPLE WEREN'T SUBMITTING THEIR APPLICATIONS IN AN ELECTRONIC FORM.

YOU OBJECTED TO PARTICIPATING IN ABSOLUTELY ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT ANY ANTENNA FOR THE YEAR YOU WERE ON THE BOARD.

THAT'S A FACT.

AS FAR AS THIS TENT, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

A FENCE A A TENT.

ALL OF US AS BOARD MEMBERS WILL SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE ENGINEERING REPORT.

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS.

THAT'S BECAUSE WE DO OUR JOBS.

DOES IT GO TO ENGINEERING? OF COURSE, IT GOES TO ENGINEERING.

AS FAR AS THE NOT INVOLVING YOU IN THE HAWK LIGHT.

YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT.

I DIDN'T WANT TO EMBARRASS YOU, BUT D O T WOULDN'T MEET IF YOU WERE PRESENT BECAUSE YOU HAVE MADE A REPUTATION FOR YOURSELF WITH D O T BECAUSE YOU INSIST THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE SAFE CROSSWALK, AND YET THERE ARE THREE IN THE MANUAL.

YOU HAVE YOUR OPINION AND YOU SAY THAT YOU KNOW BETTER THAN D O T, YOU KNOW, BETTER THAN OUR OUR POLICE TRAFFIC PERSON WHO'S AN EXPERT IN TRAFFIC.

SO IT'S NOT THAT I DIDN'T INVITE YOU, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE MEETING WITH US TO TALK ABOUT THE HAWK LIGHT IF YOU WERE PRESENT.

THAT'S THE REPUTATION THAT YOU HAVE IN THE STATE.

UM, I'M NOT GONNA GO GO THOMAS, MATT.

THAT'S, THAT'S ABSURD.

HE WENT BECAUSE HE GOT A MUCH BETTER PAYING JOB.

AND ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY THAT GAVE HIM A HIGHER TITLE, UH, YOU COULD CHECK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF.

BUT WHEN YOU GET UP HERE AND YOU START TALKING ABOUT CHECK IT OUT, IT'S ON THE RECORD, THEN PLEASE PRODUCE THAT RECORD.

BECAUSE YOU COULD SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT AND YOU DO ALL THE TIME.

YOU JUST SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT.

AND THEN YOU PUT INTO YOUR EMAILS, DON'T TRUST ANYTHING.

I SAY, UH, CHECK IT OUT YOURSELF.

AND I, AND I HAVE, AND NOW I'M CALLING YOU, YOU ON THIS.

'CAUSE IT CAN'T GO ON.

MARY, YOU USED TO DO THIS TO SERGEANT RESON REGARDING TRAFFIC OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

YOU WOULD DEMEAN HIM PUBLICLY FROM THAT PODIUM.

'CAUSE YOU KNOW BETTER, YOU KNOW BETTER THAN OUR TRAFFIC EXPERT.

AND I TOLD YOU, I TOLD YOU, YOU CAN'T DO THAT IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS. AND THAT'S WHEN YOU FLIPPED.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL YOUR ANGER AND FRUSTRATION WAS ON ME.

IT WASN'T BEFORE THAT.

IT WAS THEN YOU WENT TO THE ETHICS BOARD TRYING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT ME.

AND THE ONE TIME, THE ONE TIME THAT I KNOW YOU, YOU DIDN'T TURN ON YOUR CAMERA AND SPEAK, IS WHEN THE, THE ETHICS BOARD ASKED YOU, MURRAY, WHERE'S YOUR PROOF? YOU DID NOT TURN ON YOUR CAMERA.

SO THEY HELD IT OVER FOR TWO MONTHS TO GIVE YOU OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP FOR PROOF.

AND WHAT HAPPENED? AN INDEPENDENT BOARD, AN INDEPENDENT BOARD IN THE TOWN WHO ENTERTAINED YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS ASKED YOU TO PROVE WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY AND WHAT WAS THEIR DECISION.

YOU PROVIDED NO PROOF WHATSOEVER TO SUPPORT YOUR ACCUSATIONS.

SO MURRAY WE'RE ALMOST NEIGHBORS.

YOU'RE VERY CLOSE WALKING DISTANCE, UH, TO MY HOUSE.

BUT AT SOME POINT, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND YOUR OBSESSION AT AT, AT POINTING YOUR FINGER AT ME.

YOU NEED TO AT LEAST HAVE SOME BASIS FOR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS TRUE AS OPPOSED TO LOOK IT UP.

YOU KNOW, DO WHATEVER.

PLEASE.

WHEN YOU SAY THAT I THREW YOU OUT OF A MEETING WITH SAM WEIR, YOU SAY IT'S ON THE RECORD.

PRODUCE THAT RECORD.

I'D BE, I'D BE HAPPY TO APOLOGIZE IF THAT HAPPENED.

BUT IT NEVER HAPPENED.

IT NEVER HAPPENED.

YOU HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER? YES.

ANDREA REED.

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WELCOME.

HELLO.

I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY ON THAT TOPIC.

BUT, UM, GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR FINER AND THE TOWN BOARD.

CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? YES.

MY APOLOGIES.

MY NAME IS ANDREA REED AND I'M THE CHAIRWOMAN OF THE FAIRVIEW AREA DISTRICT, A DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT LEADER AND A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF FAIRVIEW AREA.

I'M HERE TODAY TO QUERY MR. FINER AND THE TOWN BOARD FOR AN UPDATE ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING OF THE SIDEWALK THAT WAS PROMISED ON HILLSIDE AVENUE.

UH, I AND THE RESIDENTS OF OUR AREA RECEIVED A LETTER BACK THIS YEAR THAT WAS DATED IN APRIL 11TH, 2023 FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.

THE LETTER WAS SENT ALONG WITH THE CONSENT FORM CONCERNING THE SIDEWALK PROJECT AND OUR DRIVEWAYS.

I DO HAVE THAT LETTER.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED TO SEE IT OR NOT.

UH, MR. FINER SENT A LETTER IN MAY UPDATING US ON THE SIDEWALK ON HILLSIDE AVENUE FROM THE GREENBURG TOWN HALL, UH, TO SOUTH ROAD.

IN HIS LETTER, IT STATED THAT THE CONSTRUCTION WAS TO BEGIN WITHIN A MONTH OR LESS.

THAT WAS BACK IN MAY.

AND WE ARE ACTUALLY ONE WEEK AWAY FROM AUGUST, AND THERE STILL IS NO CONSTRUCTION BEING DONE.

UM, MY CONCERN IS FOR THE SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

I DO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MANY OTHER THINGS MAY TAKE PRECEDENCE AND THAT DELAYS DO HAPPEN, HOWEVER, BUT WE, OUR RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN UPDATED OR UPDATE, EXCUSE ME, ON THE DELAY.

UM, LIKE I STATED PREVIOUSLY, MY CONCERN IS FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AS YOU KNOW, HILLSIDE IS A STATE ROAD, WHICH HAS MANY ACCESS POINTS TO A VARIETY OF AREAS OR DIFFERENT AREAS AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

SO IT'S CONSTANTLY INUNDATED WITH TRAFFIC ALL DAY LONG.

IT'S AN ACCESS POINT FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GET TO ELMSFORD.

BAHAA, UH, NORTH CASTLE, UH, NORTH WHITE PLAINS, IT'S A CONNIC, UH, PARKWAY NORTH, THE BRONX RIVER, UH, W C C, THE DAM, TWO CEMETERIES AND MANY OTHER LOCATIONS.

CON EDISON WAS JUST ON ONE OF OUR SIDE STREETS, INDIAN TRAILS.

SO THEY BLOCKED OFF A LOT OF THINGS, UH, DOING WORK.

UM, NOW YOU ADD THAT THE SCHOOL IS IS OUT, SO NOW THERE'S FOOT TRAFFIC THAT HAS DOUBLED IN A LITTLE OVER A MONTH.

THE KIDS WILL BE STARTING SCHOOL AGAIN, AND THEN THERE WILL BE SCHOOL BUSES TO CONTEND WITH AND CHILDREN WALKING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD, UH, TO THEIR, TO GET TO THEIR HOMES.

AGAIN.

MY PURPOSE FOR SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY, AND MY SINCERE CONCERN IS SOLELY FOR THE SEC, UH, THE SAFETY OF ANYONE WALKING ON SUCH A DANGEROUS ROAD.

I DO NOT WANT ANYONE TO GET HURT OR EVEN WORSE GET KILLED JUST WALKING UP A ROAD WHILE VISITING FAMILY OR FRIENDS, GOING TO CAMP SHOPPING AND OR GOING TO THEIR SUMMER JOBS INTERNSHIP .

UM, I BELIEVE I MADE MY POINT AND I THINK I, I COULD RESPOND SURE.

BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO GARRETT DUQUE EVERY DAY FOR, FOR WEEKS, UM, ON THIS, UM, BASICALLY THIS IS A NEW YORK STATE ROAD.

AND, UM, AND BA AND WHAT'S BEEN HOLDING AND PRACTICALLY EVERY WEEK.

UH, WE'VE THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD START MOMENTARILY.

UH, BUT, BUT LET ME, LET ME FIRST RESPOND AND THEN GARRETT COULD, COULD FILL IN.

SO BASICALLY YOU HAVE CON ED INVOLVED AND YOU HAVE, UH, THE, THE TOWN'S BEEN WORKING ON IT AND THE STATE.

UM, WE GOT A LETTER FROM, UH, AN EMAIL FROM MICHAEL ZAKI ON MONDAY.

UM, HE INDICATED THAT, UM, THERE WERE SOME GEARS UTILITY, UH, TRENCHING, UM, ISSUES THAT HAD TO BE WORKED OUT.

UH, GARRETT WAS ABLE TO ARRANGE THAT THE CONTRACTOR WHO'S GONNA BE DOING THE WORK FOR CONED IS ALSO GONNA BE DOING THE WORK FOR THE SIDEWALK.

SO WE BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY, WE HAVE EVERY, BASICALLY EVERYTHING IN PLACE.

UM, AND GARY, YOU COULD CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT YOU KNOW, WE, WE THINK THAT IT COULD, YOU KNOW, THE WORK COULD START, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME, MAYBE NEXT WEEK, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN SAYING NEXT WEEK FOR, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THREE MONTHS.

BUT THE THING IS, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE STATE.

WE CAN'T, WE, THE SIDEWALK CAN'T HAPPEN UNTIL THE STATE, UM, UNTIL THE STATE SIGN SIGNS OFF.

UH, THE CONTRACTOR, ALL THE, THEY HAVE ALL THE PAPERWORK, YOU KNOW, EV EVERY, WE'RE BASICALLY

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READY TO GO.

GAR GARRETT IS AT PRETTY MUCH, UH, ACCURATE.

THAT SIDEWALK'S GONNA HAPPEN IN 2025.

YEAH, DEFINITELY THE MAIN HOLDUP HAS BEEN, UH, CON EDISON AND THE, THE NATIONAL MEDICINE, UH, COULD NOT, COULD, COULD NOT AGREE MORE WITH, UM, THE COMMENTER AND THE NEED FOR THE SIDEWALK.

UM, SO PROUD WHEN THIS PROJECT IS FINISHED.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE SEE THE, UH, PEDESTRIANS OUT THERE DAILY, AND I JUST CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS PROJECT TO START.

UM, WHEN I SENT THAT LETTER TO YOU INDICATING, UH, APRIL OR, YOU KNOW, MAY START, UH, DEFINITELY WAS NOT AWARE OF THE TS, UM, DESIGN TEAM, UH, WAS NOT ON THE SAME PAGE AS THEIR CONSTRUCTION TEAM.

AND AT THE LAST MINUTE, UH, WE WERE THROWN, UM, INTO A STRAIGHT UP, YOU KNOW, JUST, UM, UH, FRUSTRATION, UH, BASED ON THAT, THAT FACTOR, WHICH WAS BEYOND OUR CONTROL.

SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE A START DATE.

UH, I CAN TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A TEST PIT DOUG TODAY, UM, WHICH IS THE LAST OF THE TEST PITS.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I RESPOND TO EMAILS, I GET EMAILS PERIODICALLY, I RESPOND TO THE, TO THEM IMMEDIATELY.

UH, WE HAVEN'T SENT OUT ANOTHER LETTER.

UM, I COULD, BUT I DO BELIEVE CONSTRUCTION'S VERY IMMINENT.

UM, IT'S JUST ONE LAST, UH, CONTRACT THAT NEEDS TO BE WORKED OUT BETWEEN, UH, THE TOWN'S CONTRACTOR AND CON EDISON.

THAT IS A SEPARATE CONTRACT THAT'S NOT INVOLVED TOWN, I'M TOLD.

IT'S SUPER CLOSE.

UM, AND YEAH, I MEAN, AND EVERY TIME WE'VE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN, UH, THE REASON WE HAVEN'T SENT FREQUENT UPDATES, UH, IS BECAUSE WE'VE KEPT THINKING, OH, IT'S GONNA START NEXT WEEK.

IT'S GONNA START THREE DAYS FROM NOW OR WHATEVER.

AND THERE'S ALWAYS LIKE A LITTLE ISSUE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ON, SO WE, EVERY TIME WE SAY, OH, IT'S STARTING NEXT WEEK AND IT DOESN'T START NEXT WEEK, THEN YOU LOSE THE CREDIBILITY.

SO WE KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH CON ED, WE KNOW WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE STATE.

WE KNOW EVERYBODY'S ON BOARD.

THE CONTRACTOR IS ON BOARD.

UM, IF THERE'S ANY COST OVERRUNS BECAUSE OF THE CON ED WORK, UH, THEY'RE GONNA ASSUME THE EXTRA, UM, YOU KNOW, THE EXTRA, YOU KNOW, EXTRA COSTS.

UH, WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT THE WORK WAS GONNA BE DONE, UM, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR BECAUSE, UH, BUT THEN WE FOUND THAT CONED WAS GONNA BE DIGGING UP PART OF THE ROAD SO IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, BUILD A SIDEWALK AND THEN HAVE TO REPLACE THE SIDEWALK BECAUSE CONED, YOU KNOW, ME, YOU KNOW, MESSED IT UP.

I THINK ONE YEAR THAT HAPPENED ON HILL, UH, HILLCREST AVENUE, WE PUT IN A ASPHALT SIDEWALK AND WITHIN A YEAR THE ASPHALT SIDEWALK WAS TORN APART BY CLIENT ED.

AND THEN THEY, AND THEN EVERYTHING HAD TO BE REBUILT.

SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, BEING CAREFUL, IT'S DEFINITELY GONNA HAPPEN.

UM, SUPERVISOR, JUST STAY ON TRACK.

AS SOON AS I GET A START DATE, I WILL, UM, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE ALERT YOU.

WE CAN SEND DOWN A EBLAST AND, UM, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA TAKE, WHEN IT STARTS, IT'S GONNA TAKE ABOUT FIVE MONTHS TO, AND IF I MAY, UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, KANE IS NOTORIOUS, IT'S NOT JUST IN GREENBERG.

UM, THEY DEFINITELY BEAT TO THEIR OWN DRUMMER.

THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SCHEDULES.

UM, MANY A MUNICIPALITY HAS BEEN FRUSTRATED BECAUSE OF SIMILAR THINGS SUCH AS THE SUPERVISOR MENTIONED WHERE ROAD WORK IS COMPLETED AND THE ROAD IS PAVED BEAUTIFULLY.

AND THEN CON ED WILL COME IN WEEKS LATER AND TEAR UP THE ROAD TO INSTALL SOME PIPING LIKE TRAIL.

SO THIS, THIS HAPPENS EVERYWHERE AND IT, IT'S, IT IS, IT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING.

SO WE EMPATHIZE WITH, WITH YOUR, WELL LOOK AT INDIAN TRAIL.

YOU KNOW, WE JUST REPAVED IT WHAT IS A YEAR AGO? AND THEN THEY TORE IT APART AFTER WE REPAVED IT.

AND THEY SAY, THEY KEEP, KIND OF KEEP SAYING, OH, THEY'RE COORDINATING WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

THEY DO TRY COORDINATING.

UH, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S SO FRUSTRATING BECAUSE WHEN I'M BICYCLING ALL OVER THE TOWN, UM, YOU KNOW, I SEE ROADS, I SAID, OH, I REMEMBER PUSHING REALLY HARD TO REP PAVE THE ROAD.

WE REP PAVED IT AND NOW IT'S ALL TORN UP.

AND I WISH THEY WOULD TEAR UP AND DO THE UNDERGROUND WORK ON THE ROADS THAT REALLY WERE IN BAD SHAPE.

LIKE, I'D BE THRILLED IF THEY DID IT ON NORWOOD ROAD BECAUSE, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE STATE DOESN'T REPAVE THE ROADS THAT ARE ON THEIR, IN THEIR JURISDICTION AS, AS QUICKLY AS THEY SHOULD AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S REALLY A MESS.

BUT THIS SIDEWALK IS DEFINITELY GONNA HAPPEN AND YOU KNOW, I MEAN WE'RE REALLY PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT OUR SIDEWALK EFFORTS.

UM, ON TODAY'S AGENDA, UH, THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, FROM THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO ONE 19 IS GONNA NOW HAVE A SIDEWALK THANKS TO THE COUNTY.

THE COUNTY IS UH, UH, WHICH IS REAL.

UH, WELL, I USED TO TEACH A CLASS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THE SIDEWALK THAT AT THAT LOCATION ON NORWOOD ROAD WAS THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT KEPT THE STUDENTS KEPT WANTING, WANTING AND WE'RE GONNA GET THAT SIDEWALK.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA GET THE WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE SIDEWALK, BUT THE WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE, YOU STILL NEED THE STATE COOPERATION.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT

[01:45:01]

BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN'T GUARANTEE ANYTHING.

BUT WE'RE GONNA WORK REALLY HARD TO MAKE THESE SIDEWALKS HAPPEN QUICKLY.

SO WAS THAT LETTER FROM THE COMMISSIONER DUQUE OR WAS IT FROM THE SUPERVISOR? UM, ONE FROM THE SUPERVISOR.

ALRIGHT.

AND ONE IS FROM THE, I DON'T KNOW HIS LAST NAME.

DUQUE.

DUQUE TO GIVE ME.

YES, WE WERE REALLY SURE THAT, IS THE BOARD COPIED ON EITHER ONE OF THOSE? I'M SORRY? IS THE TOWN DOES THE TOWN COUNCIL COPIED ON EITHER ONE OF THOSE.

I HAVE TO PUT MY OTHER EYEBALLS ON.

AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT, IN WHAT CAPACITY DID YOU GET IT? DID ALL THE RESIDENTS, THE YEAH, CYNTHIA, IT WAS MAILED.

IT WAS, I KNOW IT SENT, SENT IT TO ALL THE RESIDENTS.

IT WAS ACTUALLY, I DON'T BELIEVE THE TOWN BOARD WAS COPIED ON.

THE LETTER WAS SENT TO EVERY RESIDENT THAT HAS FRONTAGE RIGHT.

UH, ALONG THE PROJECT.

SO FROM ESSENTIALLY TOWN HALL UP TO NORTH ROAD.

RESOLUTION AUTHOR, THE RESIDENT OF TOWN BOARD TO CANCEL TAX LIENS ON PROPERTY OWNED BY THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA AND DESIGNATED ON THE TOWN'S TAX ROLLS AS 3 3 3 SOUTH LEY AVENUE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANYBODY ELSE WANNA SPEAK? UM, THEN, UM,

[ TB 1 - 7/26/2023 Resolution authorizing the Town Board to cancel tax liens on property owned by the Republic of Rwanda and Designated on the Town's tax rolls as 333 S. Healey Avenue (Section 8.350, Block 252, Lots 6 and 7)]

RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE AN EASEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN SCARSDALE LEASING CORPORATION AND THE TOWN OF GREENBURG CONCERNING ACCESS TO THE TOWN'S PUBLIC WARD IN MAINE ON THE SCARSDALE GOLF CLUB PROPERTY.

AYE,

[ TB 2 - 7/26/2023 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute an Easement Agreement between Scarsdale Leasing Corporation and the Town of Greenburgh concerning access to the town’s public water main on the Scarsdale Golf Club property]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT A SECOND.

RESOLUTION AUTHOR, RESIDENT TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH TYLER TECHNOLOGIES TO CONDUCT A TOWN WIDE REASSESSMENT, UH, COSTS NOW TO EXCEED 380 UM, YOU THOUSAND DOLLARS.

I'M HOLDING OVER TB THREE TO SEPTEMBER 13

[ AS 1 - 7/26/2023 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute an agreement with Tyler Technologies to conduct a Town- wide reassessment, at a cost not to exceed $380,000]

I'D LIKE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, MOVE THAT SECOND.

AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF SUPPLEMENTAL PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM BY LINDA PAYING FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $861 AND 66 CENTS.

[ AT 1 – 7/26/2023 Resolution authorizing settlement of supplemental property damage related Claim, File No.: 44/23C, by Linda Peng, for an amount not to exceed $861.66; in total]

YOU LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR? AYE AYE.

[ AT 2 – 7/26/2023 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related Claim, File No.: 101/23C by Christine Cleary, for an amount not to exceed $425]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM, UH, BY CHRISTINE CLARY FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 4 25.

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

AUTHORIZING TAX, ARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER MAC KELLY C W REALTY ASSOCIATES FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT SEVEN WESTCHESTER PLAZA.

[ AT 3 - 7/26/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Mack-Cali CW Realty Associates, LLC for property located at 7 Westchester Plaza. The Town’s share of the refund is $20,470±; the County’s share is $11,483±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $1,689±; the Pocantico Hills Central School District’s share is $31,247±; the No. Elmsford Fire Protection District’s share is $2,323±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $735±. Refunds from all sources total $67,947±.]

THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS 67,947.

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

[ AT 4 - 7/26/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner WU/LH 203 Ridgewood, LLC for property located at 203 Ridgewood Drive. The Town’s share of the refund is $3,042±; the County’s share is $1,636±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $274±; the Pocantico Hills Central School District’s share is $4,953±; the No. Elmsford Fire Protection District’s share is $365±. Refunds from all sources total $10,270±.]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT.

THE PETITIONER, UH, FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 0 3 RIDGEWOOD DRIVE, UH, REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES $10,270.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF LEWIS AND GREER AS SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR TAX ARY MATTERS FOR INITIAL 50,000 $150,000 IN TOTAL.

[ AT 5 - 7/26/2023 Resolution authorizing the continued retention of Lewis & Greer P.C. as special counsel for tax certiorari matters for an additional $50,000; $150,000 total]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF HAR CROWD AND PEARLSTEIN AS SPECIAL COUNSEL TO ADDRESS TOWN MATTERS CONCERNING LABOR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 25,050,000 IN TOTAL.

UM,

[ AT 6 - 7/26/2023 Resolution authorizing the continued retention of Harfenist Kraut & Perlstein, LLP as special counsel to address Town matters concerning labor contract negotiations for an additional $25,000; 50,000 total]

MOVE THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PERMISSION TO CLOSE DUNHAM ROAD BETWEEN ESSEX PLACE AND JOYCE ROAD ON SATURDAY, UM, SEPTEMBER 9TH.

I'D LIKE TO, UM, UM,

[ CL 1 - 7/26/2023 Resolution authorizing permission to close Dunham Road between Essex Place and Joyce Road, on Saturday, September 9, 2023 (Rain date: September 10, 2023), from 1:30 PM until 10:30 PM, for the residents of Dunham Road to hold a Neighborhood Block Party]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT FOR RESIDENTS OF DUNHAM ROAD.

I BETTER SECOND THAT ONE.

A NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY.

[ CL 2 - 7/26/2023 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for 7:30 PM, Wednesday, September 13, 2023, to consider an Amended Site Plan and related applications of Mount Hope Cemetery Association, located at 50 Jackson Avenue (P.O. Hastings-on-Hudson), and referring the Amended Site Plan application to the Planning Board for review and recommendation [TB 23-06]]

RESOLUTION SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, FOR SEPTEMBER 13TH TO CONSIDER AMENDED SITE PLAN AND RELATED APPLICATION OF MAN HOPE CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS LOCATED AT 50 JACKSON AVENUE, UM, AND REFERRING AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION.

WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR? AYE.

UM, UH, UH, THIS IS RELATING TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SIDEWALK RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD RECOMMENDING AN AWARD OF A HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION FUND GRANT FROM THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER CITY TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE AMOUNT OF 2.2 MILLION ON BEHALF OF MARATHON DEVELOPMENT TO DESIGN AND HAVE CONSTRUCTED PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS ON A LEASE PARCEL WITH THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER ADJACENT TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUS IN THE TOWN OF, UH, FOR SENIORS AGE 62 AND OLDER, HAVING INCOMES LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 60% OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY MEDIAN, UH, INCOME AREA.

[ CD 1 - 7/26/2023 Resolution of the Town Board recommending the award of a Housing Implementation Fund (“HIF”) grant from the County of Westchester to the Town of Greenburgh in the amount of $2.2 million on behalf of Marathon Development Group (“Marathon”), to design and have constructed pedestrian improvements associated with the proposed development of affordable housing units on a leased parcel with the County of Westchester adjacent to the Community College campus in the Town for seniors aged sixty-two (62) and older having average household incomes less than or equal to sixty percent (60%) of Westchester County area median income]

MEDIAN.

RIGHT.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUPPORTING SUBMITTAL OF SMART GROWTH COMMUNITY PLANNING AND ZONING GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION FOR A CORON SMART GROWTH, UH, ZONING TO THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF STATE OFFICE OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE.

UH,

[ CD 2 - 7/26/2023 Resolution (1) authorizing and supporting the submittal of a Smart Growth Community Planning and Zoning Grant Program application (Town of Greenburgh Four Corners Smart Growth Zoning) to the New York State Department of State - Office of Planning, Development & Community Infrastructure; and (2) confirming the Town of Greenburgh’s commitment to cooperate with the program should the Town’s application be approved]

AND CONFIRMING THE TOWN OF GREENBERG'S COMMITMENT TO COOPERATE WITH THE PROGRAM SHOULD THE TOWN APPLICATION BE APPROVED? I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.

OF, UM, A COMMUNITY RESOURCES A THOUSAND DOLLARS DONATION FROM THE KIWANIS CLUB, A FAIR V GREENBERG TO HELP SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS AT THE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.

UH, RESOLUTION ACCEPTING ON BEHALF

[ CR 1 - 7/26/2023 Resolution accepting on behalf of the Department of Community Resources a $1,000 donation from he Kiwanis Club of Fairview-Greenburgh to help support the programs at the Theodore D. Young Community Center]

[01:50:01]

AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2023.

[ CO 1 - 7/26/2023 Resolution authorizing fiscal year 2023 budget transfers]

[ PR 1 - 7/26/2023 Resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement to provide Site Meals and Home-Delivered Meals between the Town of Greenburgh and the County of Westchester, between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE SITE MEALS AND HOME DELIVERED MEALS BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG AND COUNTY WESTCHESTER BETWEEN JANUARY 1ST, 2023 TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.

PROMOTING POLICE OFFICER TAYLOR BRAGG TO SERGEANT.

THE TWO, UM, SPORT TIME, UM, APPLICATIONS ARE BEING HELD OVER.

THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN HELD OVER.

SAID IT WAS HELD OVER, YEAH.

UM, TILL THE SEPTEMBER MEETING.

UM, THREE IS HELD OVER AS WELL.

LEMME JUST, UM, UH, PO ONE RESOLUTION

[ PO 1 - 7/26/2023 Resolution promoting Police Officer Taylor Braig to Sergeant]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR A AYE, AYE, RESOLUTION

[ PO 2 - 7/26/2023 Resolution authorizing the Supervisor to enter into an agreement with the Valhalla Union Free School District for the police department to provide a School Resource Officer for Virginia Road School]

AUTHORIZING SUPERVISOR TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH BILL HOLIDAY UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER VIRGINIA ROAD, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL.

UM, RESOLUTION, UM, ACCEPTING A CONSULTING SERVICE PROPOSAL FROM LEXI PAUL FOR REVIEW AND REVISION TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S RULES, REGULATIONS, AND MANUAL PROCEDURES.

[ PO 3 – 7/26/2023 Resolution accepting a consulting services proposal from Lexipol for Review and Revisions to the Police Departments Rules, Regulations and Manual of Procedures]

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

AUTHORIZING EXTENSION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH RC NEW YORK FOR ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION AND RESIDENTIAL, UH, RESIDENT INSPECTION TO THE CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT FOR THE STADIUM ROB ROAD TANK AND CHEMICAL FEE FEED PROJECT FOR REQUEST NOT TO EXCEED IN ADDITIONAL 218,950.

[ PW 1 - 7/26/2023 Resolution authorizing an extension of a Professional Services Agreement with Arcadis of New York, Inc. for Additional Construction Administration and Resident Inspection to the Consolidated Water District for the Stadium Road Tank and Chemical Feed Project, for a cost not to exceed an additional $218,950]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUATION OF AN ENGINEERING SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH ARD SESSIONS CONSULTING IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE HOURLY BILLING RATE OF TWO 50 AND A TOTAL COST NOT TO EXCEED 55,000.

[ PW 2 - 7/26/2023 Resolution authorizing the continuance of an Engineering Service Agreement with Kellard Sessions Consulting, D.P.C., in an amount not to exceed the hourly billing rate of $250, and a total cost not to exceed $55,000]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT AYE RESOLUTION

[ PW 3 - 7/26/2023 Resolution authorizing the continuance of a Professional Services Agreement with Woodard & Curran Engineering, P.A., P.C., for services related to Environmental Compliance at the Town Highway Garage, for a contracted amount not to exceed an additional $42,300]

AUTHORIZING CONTINUATION OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WI AND CURRENT ENGINEERING FOR SERVICES RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AT THE TOWN'S HIGHWAY GARAGE FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 42,300.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE OUT.

SECOND ON FAVOR? AYE.

AUTHORIZING APPROVAL OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH MO MCDONALD FOR TIME CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT SERVICE LINE INVENTORY SUPPORT NOT TO EXCEED 95,000.

AND FINALLY, RESOLUTION

[ PW 4 - 7/26/2023 Resolution authorizing approval of a Professional Engineering Services Agreement with Mott MacDonald for Consolidated Water District No.1 Service Line Inventory Support, for an amount not to exceed $95,000]

I'D LIKE TO AGREE ADJOURN.

SECOND.